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TOWN DOCUMENTS
ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
Town of Saugus, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDIRO DECEMBER 31 1020
LOCAL HISTORY Ref. 352 Saugus v.39
TOWN DOCUMENTS
ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Saugus, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1926 SAUGUS PUBLIC LIBRARY 295 Central St. Saugus, MA 01906
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1927
INDEX
Reports of Departments and Committees
PAGE
Annual Town Meeting
9-26
Appointed Town Officers
Assessors
232
Chief of Fire Department
226
Board of Health
235
Building Inspector
234
Cemetery Commission
231
Chief of Police
223
Collector
237
Elected Town Officers
5
Inspector of Cattle and Milk
236
Inspector of Plumbing
236
In Memoriam, Henry A. Parker
209
Library Trustees
229
Public Works
.
218
Planning Board
210
Overseers of the Poor
228
Selectman
215
Statistics of the Town
240
Town Clerk
238
Financial Department
Accountant's Report
102
Accountant's Department
80
Agency and Trust .
77
Assessors' Department
81
Balance Sheet .
. 130-131
Cemetery
70
Collector's Department .
80
Collector of Ashes and Garbage
87
Education
92
Election and Registration ·
82
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital
94
Extension of Streets
98-99 212
Fire Department
84
Gypsy Moth Extermination
85
Health and Sanitation
86
Highways
87
Inspector of Buildings
85
.
Expenditures
79
Finance Committee
7
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Inspector of Milk and Cattle .
87
Interest
77
Law Department
81
Libraries
76
Licenses .
74
Memorial Day
97
Municipal Indebtedness
77
Outstanding Bonds
202
Overseers of Poor
90
Permanent Construction, Lincoln avenue Permanent Construction, Walnut street
88
Planning Board
210
Plumbing Inspector
87
Printing and Distributing Town Reports
94
Police Department .
83
Public Grounds
95
Public Works Department Administration
83
Receipts .
73-78
Reconstruction of Main street
88
Refunds and Transfers
78
Repairs on Town Hall
96
Registration, Town Notes
80
Repairs on Town Hall .
96
School Report following page
240
Saugus Home
91
Sealer of Weights and Measures
85
Sewerage
96
Sidewalks
88
Snow and Ice
90
Soldiers' Benefits
75
Special Town Meeting
49-52
Street Lighting
89
Tax Title Department
82
Taxes
73
Town Clerk
81
Town Hall
82
Treasurer's Department
80
Tree Warden
Balance Sheet
199
Trust Funds
· 176-198
Unclassified
94
Vital Statistics
87
Water Department
.
76
Summerized Statement Apropriation Balances
103
86
.
88
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1926]
Elected Town Officers, 1926
Town Clerk
Henry A. Parker Term expires March, 1927
Selectmen
Harold E. Dodge, Chairman . Term expires March, 1927
Vernon W. Evans
.
66 66
1927
C. F. Nelson Pratt
66 1927
Assessors
Lewis J. Austin, Chairman .
Term expires March, 1927
Daniel B. Willis
·
66
1928
Edwin K. Hayden
a
Overseers of the Poor
George H. Ames, Chairman .
Term expires March, 1927
Ernest M. Hatch
66 66
1927
Evan Evans
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Treasurer
Granville A. Clark
Term expires March, 1927
Constable
W. Charles Sellick
Term expires March, 1927
Collector of Taxes
Henry A. Parker
Term expires March, 1927
Trustees of Public Library
John B. Lang, Chairman
Term expires March, 1928
Walter D. Blossom
66
66
1927
William A. Bradford .
66
66
1927
John Husler
66
66 1928
Fred E. Ewart .
66
66
1929
Basil J. Ring
.
66
66
1929
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66
1929
1927
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Board of Health
Charles E. Light, Chairman
Term expires March, 1927
George W. Gale
1928
Tom D. Emmett
66 1929
School Committee
Francis M. Hill, Chairman
Term expires March, 1927
Benjamin Q. Belonga ·
1927
Mabel L. Carter
60
1928 -
Welcome W. Mccullough ·
1928
Ellery E. Metcalf
·
66
66 1929
Cemetery Commissioners
Benjamin F. Fullerton, Chairman, Term expires March, 1929
William E. Ludden .
66 1927
W. George Greenlay
1928
Tree Warden
Thomas E. Berrett
Term expires March, 1927
Planning Board
Charles N. Wormstead, Chairman Term expires March, 1927
Chester S. Nickerson
66
1927
Charles B. Pugsley
.
66
66
1928
John C. Pitman .
66 1929
Frank M. Ramsdell . · .
66 66 66 1929
66
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1926]
Appointed Town Officers, 1926
Town Accountant
Edward Gibbs, Jr. Term expires August 1, 1929
Finance Committee
Herbert P. Mason, Chairman
Termi expires December, 1927
Ernest F. Tarbox
66
66
1927
George E. Sprague
.
66
66
1928
Gordon C. Marr
.
.
66
66
66
1929
Forest Warden
Mellen R. Joy.
Keeper of Lockup Roland L. Mansfield.
Matron of Lockup Elizabeth M. Collings.
Superintendent of Public Works William J. Lumbert.
Superintendent of Schools Jesse W. Lambert.
Superintendent of Cemetery Charles E. Light.
Pound Keeper Charles D. Felch.
Field Driver Willie M. Penney.
66
66
1928
Henry A. Mccullough
.
66
1929
Harry Woodward
1929
Harry W. Merrill
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Measurer of Wood and Bark Frank H. Coburn.
Fence Viewer Frank H. Coburn.
Board of Registrars
J. Wesley Paul, Chairman Henry A. Parker
Term expires 1928
66 1927
Vincent G. Pendleton ·
.
66 1927
Leon B. Wade .
.
1929
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Sealer of Weights and Measures Alfred H. Woodward.
Cattle and Milk Inspector Arthur W. Sawyer.
Public Weighers
Crawford H. Stocker. Nelson R. Stiles
Burial Agent Benjamin F. Fullerton.
Inspector of Plumbing Thomas C. Sutherst.
Inspector of Buildings Daniel B. Willis.
Janitor of Town Hall Justin E. Mansfield.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
1926]
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
ESSEX, SS.
March 1, 1926. To W. Charles Sellick, Constable of the Town of Saugus:
GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Saugus, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the sev- eral voting precincts of the town on Monday, March first, A.D., nineteen hundred and twenty-six, at twelve o'clock M., then and there to bring their ballots to the Wardens for the following Town Officers :
Town Clerk, three Selectmen, three Overseers of the Poor, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Constable, Tree Warden, for one year ; one Assessor, one member of the Board of Health, one Cemetery Commissioner, one member of the School Com- mittee, two Trustees of the Public Library, and two members of the Planning Board for three years.
Also to appear at the Town Hall on Monday evening, March eighth, A. D., nineteen hundred and twenty-six, at eight o'clock to hear and act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear and act on reports of Committees.
ART. 3. To see what sums of money the town will vote to appropriate and raise for taxation for Town Charges and for any other purpose for which the town may lawfully expend money.
ART. 4. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in antici- pation of the revenue of the current financial year.
ART. 5. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to refund any or all of the
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revenue notes issued for less than one year, in accordance with the provisions of Section 17, of Chapter 44, of the General Laws ; any debt · o incurred to be paid from the revenue of 1926.
ART. 6. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,336.47, being the portion of the net expense so incurred and appropriated by the County Commissioners upon the inhabit- ants of the Town of Saugus, for the care, maintenance and repairs of the Hospital for the care of persons suffering from tuberculosis in the year 1925 · Board of Selectmen.
ART. 7. To see if the town will vote to rescind that portion of its vote pertaining to the issuance of bonds amounting to $30,000, passed at the Annual Town Meeting of 1924, to pay the town's share of the cost of the Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital, or to see what action the town will take in the mat- ter, agreeable to the petition of the Town Treasurer.
ART. 8. To see if the town will vote to amend the vote passed under Article 6 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting of April 6, 1925, by striking out "1941" wherever it occurs in said vote and inserting in place thereof "1940," so that said vote of April 6, 1925, will read as follows :
That the town appropriate the sum of eighty thousand dollars for the purpose of erecting upon the Lincoln School lot and such adjoining land as may be acquired by the town an elemen- tary eight-room schoolhouse and provide the same with new and original equipment, and to raise said amount $5,000, being at least 25 cents per $1,000 of the valuation of the town for 1924 shall be raised out of the current year's tax levy and the balance of $75,000 by borrowing, for which purpose the Town Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized and directed with the approval of the Selectmen to issue serial coupon bonds of the town. Said bonds shall bear such rate of interest as may be fixed by the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, shall be dated May 1, 1925, and shall be payable $5,000 annually on the first day of May, 1926, to 1940 inclusive, with interest coupons attached bearing the facsimile signature of the Town Treasurer. Said bonds shall be denominated on their face "Town of Saugus Schoolhouse Loan, 1925." All other matters in relation to the issuance, form and sale of said bonds shall be determined by the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen. Town Treasurer.
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ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum not exceeding $10,000 for the purpose of continuing the perma- nent reconstruction of Water and Walnut streets, the amount to be expended to equal the amount that the state and county shall each appropriate for the same purpose, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Harry W. Merrill and others.
ART. 10. To see if the town will vote to appropriate or to raise by borrowing a sum not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of establishing a system of water supply in that portion of the Town of Saugus adjacent to the boundary line between said Town of Saugus and the City of Melrose, said system to extend from the system of the City of Melrose on Griswold road at the Saugus-Melrose boundary line over Griswold road, Sweetwater street, Lake Dam road, Clairmont street, Edge Hill road and Green Ridge road, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Grover C. Waybright and others.
ART. II. To see if the town will vote to install 430 feet of water main on Fairmount avenue and 735 feet on Wonderland avenue, appropriating for that purpose the sum of $2,950, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of John H. O'Connor and others.
ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to install a water main through Springdale avenue, a distance of about 300 feet ; Valley street, about 270 feet ; Oakwood avenue, about 400 feet ; Atlantic avenue, about 330 feet and Lander street, 120 feet, and to appropriate for that purpose the sum of $3,900, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Frederick H. Griswold and others.
ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $4,878 for the installation of about 2,439 feet of water mains on Great Woods road and Hobson street, connecting with Chase avenue and the pipe on Great Woods road, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Richard T. Pugh and others.
ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,500 to lay about 700 feet of water mains on Pinehurst
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avenue and Pine street, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Harold J. Savary and others.
ART. 15. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,300 to extend the water mains upon Basswood avenue, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of John F. Carroll and others.
ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,050 for the purpose of laying a water main on Burrill street, a distance of 425 feet, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Walter A. Wilson and others.
ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to install a water main through Sea View avenue, beginning at Elaine avenue, a distance of about 340 feet, and to appropriate for that purpose the sum of $850, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Frederick H. Griswold and others.
ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to make a contract with the Lynn Gas & Electric Company for a White Way system, according to specifications of the General Electric Company, dated January 23, 1926, and to appropriate for that purpose a sum not to exceed $5,500, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of C. F. Nelson Pratt and others.
ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,500 for the installation of a water main on Walden avenue, Hampstead street and Standish terrace, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Louis H. Briand and others.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to request the Director of Accounts of the Depart- ment of Corporations and Taxation to cause an audit to be made of all town accounts for the period since the last audit in 1913, to January 1, 1925, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of C. F. Nelson Pratt and others.
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ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $4,000 for the extension of water mains on Broadway, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Axel W. Anderson and others.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,800 to lay about 900 feet of water main on Clark and Fairview streets, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Omer Auger and others.
ART. 23. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,500 for the extension of a water main on Aberdeen avenue, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Frederick H. Yeo and others.
ART. 24. To see if"the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,000 to extend the water main on Cliff road, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Arthur M. Brown and others.
ART. 25. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $450 for the purpose of making alterations and repairs to the Old Town Hall situated on Taylor street, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Madella H. Small and others.
ART. 25. To see if the town will vote to install 50 feet of water main on DeSota street and 160 feet on Seminole street, with connection for two houses at 3 and 7 Seminole street, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Richard Downes and others.
ART. 27. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $460 for the purpose of extending the water pipe on Anawan avenue about 200 feet, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of James F. Miller and others.
. ART. 28. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,500 for the purpose of zoning the town of Saugus, said sum to be expended and such zoning to be done under the direction of the Planning Board, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of George H. Mason and others.
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ART. 29. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $8,000 for removing the four hard coal furnaces and in- stalling a new sectional steam boiler and necessary piping and equipment, in the High School, and to provide for plans, specifications, and inspection by a competent heating engineer, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the Special Committee on Heating.
ART. 30. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $5,000 for removing the present heating plant and in- stalling a new sectional steam boiler and necessary piping and equipment in the Emerson School, and to provide for plans, specifications, and inspection by a competent heating engineer, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the Special Committee on Heating.
ART. 31. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the purchase of an automobile for the Police Department, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 32. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,800 for the purchase of an automobile truck for the Public Works Department, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 33. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,500 for the re-location of existing water mains under the new schoolhouse upon Lincoln avenue, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 34. To see if the town will vote to increase the number of members of the Board of Selectmen from three to five, such increase to be effective at the election of officers at the annual meeting of 1927, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Edgar A. Mc- Kenney and others.
ART. 35. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,000 for the celebration of the Fourth of July, the same to be spent under the direction of the Selectmen, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Wallace Campbell and others.
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ART. 36. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase and place at the rear of the Town Hall platform scales, and to appropriate for that purpose a sum not to exceed $1,200, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of C. F. Nelson Pratt and others.
ART. 37 .. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,000 for shingling the roof and painting the buildings, and to install electric lights in the house and barn of the Town Home, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of George H. Ames and others.
ART. 38. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,000 to provide for a system of drainage to take care of the surface water on Sherman street, Cleveland and Harrison avenues, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of James D. Gautreau and others.
ART. 39. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3,000 to grade and resurface Denver street from Central street to Talbot street, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Fred L. Hawkes and others.
ART. 40. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $300 for the purpose of re-shaping Stackpole's Field, recently acquired by the town as a public playground, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 41. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the equipment, maintenance, and improve- ment, including filling and grading, of the playground acquired from the Cliftondale Recreation Park, Inc., or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the School Committee.
ART. 42. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $5,000 for unpaid bills incurred in years 1924 and 1925, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the Town Accountant.
ART. 43. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $112.25 for unpaid bills of the Health Department for
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the year 1923, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Charles E. Light.
ART. 44. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3,000 to grade and repair Harrison avenue in that part of Saugus known as Lynnhurst, by using crushed rock and gravel and a coat of tar to serve as a binder to shed the water, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Andrew W. Townsend and others.
ART. 45. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,500 for the purpose of grading and resurfacing Westland avenue and Westford street to Clinton avenue, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of James Entwistle and others.
ART. 46. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3,000 to grade and repair Elm street by using crushed rock and gravel and a coat of tar to serve as binder to shed the water, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Otto F. Persson and others.
ART. 47. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,500 to finish the rebuilding and putting into perma- nent repair the work started last year on Main street, from the junction of Howard street to the Wakefield line, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Ellery E. Metcalf and others.
ART. 48. To see if the town will vote to install a fire alarm box upon Denver street, near the railroad crossing, and to make an appropriation for that purpose, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Harry L. Collamore and others.
ART. 49. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Select- men to locate a fire alarm box at the corner of Summit and Oceanview avenues and to make an appropriation for that pur- pose, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Angelo Rossetti and others.
ART. 50. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Select- men to install a fire alarm box at the corner of Knowles avenue
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and Central street, and to appropriate the sum of $150 for that purpose, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 51. To see if the town will vote to rescind the follow- ing vote passed at the Annual Town Meeting of 1925 : "Voted, that all departments be instructed to call for sealed bids on all contracts entered into by the town, where the sum of money involved exceeds $100 on any one contract," agreeable to the petition of Edward Gibbs, Jr., and others.
ART. 52. To see if the town will vote to amend the By-laws by adopting the following as a By-law of the town, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Edward Gibbs, Jr., and others.
ARTICLE-PURCHASES
SECTION I. No purchases or contracts for purchases of materials, equipment, or supplies exceeding $500 in amount shall be made by any officer or department of the town without first advertising for sealed bids therefor. Such advertisements shall state the time when and the place where such bids are to be opened, and shall be made in a newspaper, if any, published or purporting by its title page to be published in the town ; otherwise in a newspaper published in the County of Essex.
"SEC. 2. No purchases or contracts for purchases of materials, equipment, or supplies exceeding $200 in amount shall be made by any officer or department of the town without first advertising for sealed bids in the manner provided in the preceding section, or, in lieu thereof, calling for bids by notice sent by mail to at least two dealers in the materials, equipment or supplies wanted.
"SEC. 3. The foregoing sections of this article shall not be applicable in case of emergency. Any officer or a majority of any board or committee making such purchase or contract exceeding $200 shall certify in writing to the Town Accountant either that the provisions of this article have been complied with or that an emergency existed, as the case may be."
ART. 53. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $140 for the purpose of placing a hydrant on Anawan
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avenue about 400 feet from Essex street, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of James F. Miller and others.
ART. 54. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $50 for the purpose of repairing Spring street and filling in holes and tarring same, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of John H. Reilly and others.
ART. 55. To see if the town will vote to purchase for school purposes the following described parcel of land situated on Cleveland avenue : Northeasterly by Cleveland avenue, 50 feet ; southeasterly by lot 508, 80 feet ; southwesterly by lots 288 and 289, 50 feet ; northwesterly by lot 505, 80 feet; containing 4,000 square feet, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Rosanna M. Gautreau and others.
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