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TWENTY-FIFTH
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1877.
LYNN : BESSOM STEAM PRINTING OFFICE-RUSSELL, MANAGER. NO. 99 MUNROE STREET. 1877.
TWENTY - FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
AUDITING COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1877.
LYNN : BESSOM STEAM PRINTING OFFICE-RUSSELL, MANAGER, NO. 99 MUNROE STREET. 1877.
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Report of Auditing Committee.
Fellow Citizens of Swampscott : 1
YOUR Committee, appointed to Audit the Accounts of the Town for the year ending Feb. 28, 1877, have attended to that duty, and respectfully present the following Report.
ALBERT J. LEE, C. A. HASKELL, 2d, Auditing Committee. FRED O. ELLIS,
ASSESSORS' VALUATION OF THE TOWN, MAY 1, 1876.
Real Estate,
$2,108,462 00
Personal Property,
360,961 00
Total, .
$2,469,423 00
Rate of taxation,
$1 20 on $100 00
Number of polls,
607
Total tax on polls,
$1214 00
Number of dwelling-houses,
471
Acres of land;
15372
Horses,
201
Cows,
83
Sheep,
20
Deaths,
39
Births,
59
Marriages,
.
24
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT.
Lynn Institution for Savings, $5,000 00
P. A. Chase,
5,000 00
P. A, Chase, trustee,
5,000 00
C. F. Coffin, trustee,
11,000 00
John N. Hooper,
874 80
Henry Martin,
1,000 00
Estate of Warren Small,
500 00
Edward Knowles, .
250 00
Prov. Instiution for Savings, . 4,500 00
Lynn Five Cents Savings Bank,
2,500 00
Lynn Institution for Savings,
6,000 00
John Smith,
300 00
Elizabeth Proctor, .
600 00
Blaney & Phillips, .
1,000 00
Nat'l City Bank of Lynn, temporary loan
2,000 00
Outstanding orders,
.
.
517 57
Total,
$46,042 37
The balance of uncollected Taxes is as follows :
J. Harding, $919 56
William Seger, 1874
. 1,210 45
William Seger, 1875
. .
. 2,630 17
D. P. Stimpson, 1876
. 7,359 45
Total Tax uncollected, $12,119 63
Due on State Aid
$722 00
Cash in Treasury
1,338 20
·
Value of Public Property
. 35,200 00
--
-$37,260 20
$49,379 83
.
.
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Receipts and Expenditures.
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$2,000 00 ·
EXPENDITURES
D. P. Stimpson, services as Treasurer and
Collector $350 00
J. S. Higgins, services as Selectman and Secretary
200 00
Allen Rowe, services as Selectman
100 00
Henry Kendrick, services as Selectman 75 00
B. J. Lindsey, services as Town Clerk
75 00
Wm. Seger, services as Assessor
90 00
Geo. Smith, services as Assessor
35 00
Geo. Towns, services as Assessor,
30 00
Chas. A. Haskell, 2d, services as Auditor
15 00
Fred O. Ellis, services as Auditor, 1874 5 00
15 00
E. E. Boynton, services as Auditor sundries
3 50
S. C. Pitman, teams and labor
13 00
Sarah E. Newcomb, refunded on wall .
29 00
T. P. Nichols, printing Town Reports . Nehemiah Lee, lumber, 1875
58 50
41 49
J. P. Small, brass padlock
1 25
John Chapman, drain box
2 25
John Gannon, labor on sea wall . S. Armstrong, repairing sea wall
4 50
T. P. Nichols, Printing
1 25
Amount carried forward,
$1,176 49
1
31 75
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Amount brought forward, $1,176 49
Benj. Potter, locks, keys, etc. 8 77
S. R. Rogers, surveying 5 00
Moses Nesbett, distributing Town Reports 2 00 Joseph Brown, distributing Town Reports 2 00 Waldo Thompson, Insurance on Beach School 45 00
S. C. Pitman, labor . 7 50
Ivory Emmons, stock and labor 64 07
John Griffin, repairing sea wall 13 00
S. C. Pitman, teams and labor . 42 37
Town of Marblehead, Real Estate Tax 6 66
David Merritt, damages 4 00
Bessom Job Print, 1000 tax bills 6 00
Waldo Thompson, Insurance 98 30
T. B. Newhall, fees . 40 00
Leonard Blanchard, rent of life-boat house 20 00
Chas A. Norris, painting signs . .
52 00
Benj. J. Lindsey, recording marriages, births, deaths, etc. . 39 75
Benj. J. Lindsey, sundries .
3 64
D. P. Stimpson, sundries
9 61
Robert Harris, teams and labor
20 50
Geo. H. Holden, sundries . 15 58
Ivory Emmons, stock and labor on hay scales 13 17
J. Chapman, stock and labor on hay scales 1 90
S. P. Parrott, services at Coroner's Inquest 3 00
James Ruddy, services at Coroner's Inquest 3 00
-$1,703 31
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
.
$7,800 00
EXPENDITURES.
S. W. Clarke, services as teacher $314 27
Miss M. Landen, services as teacher 612 77
Mrs. L. M. Means, services as teacher 469 16
Miss E. J. Hadley, services as teacher. 449 90
Mrs. M. E. Larkin, services as teacher 449 90
Miss K. Commerford, services as teacher 449 89
Miss K. Commerford, ballance due from 1875
6 21
Miss S. Palmer, services as teacher
407 06
Miss C. F. Mott, services as teacher
449 91
Miss A. M. Mott, services as teacher Miss C. M. Colcord, services as teacher
398 18
Miss A. Goudey, services as teacher
228 54
Miss C. L. Bancroft, services as teacher, 114 27
Miss M. E. Heyborn, services as teacher 321 36
Miss E. F. Adams, services as teacher
192 80
Miss M. E. Seger, services as teacher
79 71
Mrs. L. Hayford, services as Committee
75 00
Rev. L. Drury, services as Committee 20 00
I. Emmons, services as Committee .
50 00
H. Coleman, services as Committee
25 00
A. F. Nesbett, services as Truant Officer . 35 00
Mrs. Casey, services as Janitor, Farm School 50 00
. A. F. Bartlett, services as Janitor, High Sch'l 8 00
Dan'l Marshall, services as Truant Officer, ('74) 5 00 Mrs. Cohan, services as Janitor, Beach School 56 00
J. K. West, services as Janitor, Gr. School . 333 52
R. V. Bessom, services as Janitor Essex St. Sc. 50 00
R. V. Bessom, for broom, bucket and duster . 2 25
Jas. Bryant, services as Janitor, Pine St. Sc. 100 00
I. Emmons, sawing, splitting and delivering 7 cords pine wood 21 00
Amount carried forward,
$6,223 63
449 91
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Amount brought forward, $6223 63
I. Emmons, stock and labor, High School, at
Town Hall 37 63
stock and labor, Grammar School 42 26
stock and labor, Pine St. School 23 30
stock and labor, Beach School 11 10
stock and labor, Farm School
9 14
blackboards sundries .
10 26
23 47
Choate & Rowe, wood and coal 258 00 .
G. M. Lawrence, 10 cords pine wood 60 40
J. L. Hammett, school supplies . 86 45
T. O. Philbrick, stock and labor, Beach Sch'l 2 73
stock and labor, Gram. Sch'l 21 50 stock and labor, High School 6 20 stock and labor. Pine St. Sch'l 3 90
Miss C. M. Colcord, drawing Material . 10 35
J. Campbell, Chamber's Encyclopedia, 10 vols. 23 00
J. C. Norton, tuning organ · 3 00
16 29
American Metric Bureau Chart, 1 50
F. J. Cushing & Co., plumbing
7 09
A. J. Lee, sundries 1 68
Miner & Corse, shades and fixtures 28 06
T. P. Nichols, 650 copies school reports. .
56 00
S. M. Shattuck, sundries .
75
Samuel W. Clarke, sundries .
·
11 30
Hanford & Phillips, glazing, etc. . · 13 20
E. G. Emmons, census of children from 5 to 15 15 00
B. J. Lindsey, shades and fixtures 35 00
Thompson, Brown & Co., books . 7 89
Oliver Ditson & Co., 5 doz. singing books 23 75
James Bryson, labor at Pine Street School 2 00
Chas. W. Kennard & Co., clock 7 00
W. F. Goldsmith & Co., shades Grammar Sch'l 12 50
L. Drury, sundries 13 72
Mrs. L. Hayford, sundries 5 00
Amount carried forward, $7,115 03
J. W. C. Gilman & Co., books .
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Amount brought forward,
$7,115 03
P. Ashton, ink
5 00
G H. Wadsworth, sundries .
19 27
G. H. Holden, sundries
8 00
J. P. Small, brush and paint
1 35
Roberts' Express . ·
23 50
-$7,172 15
BEACH SCHOOL-HOUSE.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$3,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Ivory Emutons, as per contract . . $2,370 00
Joseph L. Ross, new school furniture . 247 00
S. C. Pitman, grading 125 50
Ivory Emmons, stock and labor 205 14
Thompson, Brown & Co., school furniture 254 00
A. M. Norton & Co., well pipe 23 64
C. R. Blackmore, pumps and pipe 10 20
E. Roncast, specification 20 00
A. Wentworth & Co., sink . 8 00
Thompson, Brown & Co., furniture 5 80 T. O. Philbrick, stove, funnel, etc. 84 28
Ivory Emmons, stock and labor . 5 85
P. Cullen, hinges, hooks and bolts 7 95 .
C. R. Blackmore, driving well . ·
18 00
W. D. Andrews & Bro., royalty on same 10 00
-$3,395 36
HIGHWAYS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$4,000 00
.
Special appropriation for water for streets
200 00
=- $4,200 00
2
10
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
EXPENDITURES.
S. C. Pitman, teams and labor . $3,787 23
P. Cullen, stock and labor 58 90 .
Thos. Murray, labor
. 50 00
Ames Plow Co., tools .
15 53
John Chapman, box drains . 8 25
May & Withey, drain pipe .
2 70
J. D. Dennis, stone drag .
8 00
Joshua P. Small, tools 95
Lynn Water Board, water for streets . 208 49
-$1140 05
TOWN LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
.
$100 00
Dog Tax .
.
160 25
Received for books loaned . · 443 25
-- $703 50
EXPENDITURES.
Estes & Lauriat, books $280 35
Thos. B. Breare, binding 47 45
Curtis Merritt, services as Librarian 175 00
expressing, stationery, etc. . 5 85
Geo. Till, services as Assistant Librarian 25 00
services as Janitor 18 75
N. E. Subscription Agency, Magazines, etc.,
45 95
M. G. Colesworthy, Webster's Dictionary .
7 00
P. L. Cox, " Lynn Reporter " 1 25
H. N. Hastings, " Swampscott Enterprise " 34
Kimball & Courtis, " Lynn Transcript" 50
Proctor Bros. " Cape Ann Advertiser " 84
May & Withey, lamps and fixtures for Reading- room 23 76
T. P. Nichols, printing ;
8 00
Amount carried forward, $640 04
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Amount brought forward, $640 04
B. J. Lindsey, table covering, reading-room
15 00
Benj. Potter, tables for reading-room 17 15
Geo. F. King, blank-books .
3 50
A. F. Nesbett, care of Library
11 67
E. Boynton, books
13 12
B. B. Russell, books . 5 00
T. O. Philbrick, labor on stove .
2 25
$707 73
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$800 00
EXPENDITURES. .
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, aid Jas. Bishop, . $208 20
Worcester Lunatic Hospital, aid to Mar- garet Welch, 203 76
Groceries, etc., to Eben Twining,
177 74
Town of Natick, Henry Allen, . 108 50
Town of Marblehead, Wm Quiner, 89 49
City of Boston, aid to Ellen Burrows, 72 00
City of Lynn, aid to Mrs. Caroline Pierce, 36 00
Groceries, etc., for Mrs. J. B. Watts, .
23 74
Aid to James E. Wells, 21 18
Aid to James Stone, . 17 39 Aid to Mrs. Loverill, 10 98
James A. Knowlton, Overseer for 1876
25 00
Z. Small, Overseer for 1876 20 00
D. F. Proctor, Overseer for 1876 7 00
Choate & Rowe, wood and coal to W. Atwood 3 50
-- $1024 48
CEMETERY.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation .
100 00
Received from sale of lots .
· 115 00
$215 00
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
EXPENDITURES.
J. S. Brown, labor $111 37
Dennis Lyons, stock and labor on fence . 33 00
Woodside Nursery, trees . 11 00
John S. Higgins, services as Superintendent 25 00
$180 37
TOWN HOUSE.
RECEIPTS.
Received for rent of Town Hall $140 50
EXPENDITURES.
A. F. Nesbett, care of Hall . .
$50 00
cleaning Hall . 11 50
sundries 60
Choate & Rowe, 3 tons coal
21 25
A. J. Lee, sundries 9 89
May & Withey, lamp fixtures
1 15
Joshua P. Small, door key
25
Ivory Emmons. stock and labor
1 79
T. O. Philbrick, stock and labor
90
May & Withey. floor matting
55 32
--- - $152 65
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS. .
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDITURES. .
F. A. Tweed, services as police 70 00
James Wheeler, services as police, 1875 30 50 .
James Wheeler, sevices as police, . 29 50
Geo. W. Farrington, services as police . ·
15 00
John Pedrick, services as police 5 00
Geo. W. Farrington. services as police, 1875 . 5 00
M. Nesbett, services as police 5 00
Dan'l Marshall, sevices as police, 1874 . · 10 00
- $170 00
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
STREET LAMPS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation. .
EXPENDITURES. $150 00
Walworth Manufacturing Co., 141 gal. naptha 26 52
George W. Harris, care of lamps . ·
104 14
John Binney, fixtures for lamps 10 15
Joshua P. Small, sundries .
2 32
T. O. Philbrick, 2 oil cans
.
.
2 25
$145 38
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
EXPENDITURES.
Benjamin M. Green, services for 1875 15 00
Renjamin M. Green, cash paid 3 00
A. F. Nesbett, services
16 25
Samuel C. Pitman, labor
2 50
$36 75
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriations
$25 00. EXPENDITURES.
A. F. Nesbett, care of engine . $20 00
WELLS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation . $250 00
EXPENDITURES.
Sam'l C. Pitman, labor on well at Gr. School $84 00
Jas. Bryson, labor on well at Town House 81 00
Amount carried forward, $165 00
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Amount brought forward, $165 00
F. J. Cushing & Co., labor on well at Pine St. . 70 00
Wm. D. Andrews & Bro., royalty on same 10 00
T. O. Philbrick, pump, pipe and labor -38 58
Kimball Tyler, pump for Town House .
19 50
Samuel C. Pitman, labor on beach pump 14 87
Wm. Rowell, stock and labor 9 25
Gilbert Deland, trough for beach pump 8 00
Joshua P. Small, stock and labor 2 19
T. O. Philbrick, dipper and chain
95
-$338 34
REDINGTON COURT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
S. C. Pitman, teams and labor
$417 00
P. Carroll, material for filling
50 00
P. Cullen, sharpening tools .
29 00
.
Chas. A. Hammond, plan for draining
10 00
-- $506 00
STACEY'S BROOK.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
S. C. Pitman, labor and material
,
$40 78
Daniel Marshall, services as Commissioner
.
2 00
- $42 78
J. R. MERRITT'S CLAIM.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$125 00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid John R. Merritt
$125 00
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
STATE AID.
RECEIPTS.
Received from State,
$528 00
EXPENDITURES.
Joseph W. Glass,
72 00
William Widger,
. . ·
48 00
Patrick Milan,
48 00
A. M. Chute,
48 00
William H. Johnson, .
48 00
Charles H. Fairbanks,
48 00
James Umber,
44 00
Edward Winslow,
48 00
John C. Stimpson,
120 00
Torrey Peabody, .
120 00
Horace W. Wardwell,
72 00
Patrick Brown,
6 00
- $722 00
RECAPITULATION.
Appropriations and Receipts. $2,000 00
Expenditures.
Selectmen's Department
$1,703 31
School Department .
7,800 00
7,172 15
Beach School House
3,500 00
3.395 36
Highways
4.200 00
4,140 05
Town Library
.
704 50
707 73
Overseers of the Poor
800 00
1,024 48
Cemetery .
215 00
180 37
Town House
140 50
152 65
Police Department
200 00
170 00
Lamp Department
150 00
145 38
Health Department,
36 75
Amounts carried forward,
$19,710 00
$18,828 23
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Expenditures.
Amounts brought forward,
Appropriations and Receipts. $19,710 00
$18,828 23
Fire Department
25 00
20 00
Wells
250 00
338 34
Redington Court
500 00
506 00
Stacey's Brook
500 00
42 78
John R. Merrit's claim
125 00
125 00
State Aid
600 00
722 00
State Tax
2,500 00
2,574 00
County Tax
2,000 00
2,126 85
Interest
3,800 00
3,956 95
Reduction of Town Debt
2,000 00
Dog Tax .
160 25
Corporation Tax
1,057 10
National Bank Tax .
1,529 37
$34.756 72
$29,240 15
SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Town House and lot . $12,000 00
Grammar School-House and lot .
8,000 00
Beach School-House and lot
4,000 00
Pine Street School-House and lot
7,000 00
Essex Street School-House and lot
2,500 00
Farm School-House and lot .
2,500 00
Engine House, engine and hose
1,200 00
Gravel Pits
2,000 00
-$39,200 00
Town of Swampscott in Account with D. P. Stimpson, Collector.
1876. DR.
1876.
CR.
To amount of taxes collected ·
$22,298 68 By amount committed, 1876 $30,547 08
of taxes abated .
.
.
148 65
of taxes discounted . .
740 30
of taxes uncollected
.
3
$30,547 08
SWAMPSCOTT, Feb. 28, 1877.
Town of Swampscott in Account with William Seger, Collector.
1876.
DR.
1876.
CR.
To amount collected, 1875
$2,881 47
By balance committed, 1875
$5,742 92
collected, 1874
960 30
balance committed, 1874 interest collected
2,261 71
abated, 1875
231 28
302 08
abated, 1874
90 96
uncollected, 1875.
2,630 17
uncollected, 1874
1,210 45
interest collected, 1875
179 08
interest collected, 1874
123 00
WM. SEGER, Collector.
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REPORTS OF COLLECTORS.
.
.
.
$8,306 71
$8,306 71
·
7,359 45
D. P. STIMPSON, Collector.
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REPORTS OF COLLECTOR AND TREASURER.
Town of Swampscott, in Account with
1876.
DR.
To amount abated, 1872
$104 08
collected, 1873 .
598 20
abated, 1873 225 84
uncollected, 1873
919 56
SWAMPSCOTT, Feb. 28, 1877.
Town of Swampscott in Account with
1876.
DR.
To cash paid Selectmen's orders, 1876 .
$18,502 15
Overseer's orders, 1876 818 86
Selectmen's orders, 1875
136 91
Overseer's orders, 1875
124 56
State Aid .
722 00
County Tax
2,126 85
State Tax
2,574 00
note C. F. Coffin
2,000 00 .
note Mrs. David Newhall
500 00
note Coffin & Boyce, Trustees
3,000 00
note Mary Wilson
1200 00
note E. B. Phillips, Temporary Loan
5,000 00
note National City Bank, Temp. Loan interest on notes
3,000 00 *
3,956 95
To balance in Treasury
1,338 20
.
$45,000 51
SWAMPSCOTT. Feb. 28, 1877.
$1,847 68
.
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REPORTS OF COLLECTOR AND TREASURER.
JOSEPH HARDING, Collector.
1876.
CR.
By balance committed, 1872
$104 08
balance committed 1873
1,743 60
$1,847 68
JOSEPH HARDING, Collector.
D. P. ȘTIMPSON, Treasurer.
1876.
CR.
By balance cash in Treasury . $3,742 53
rent of Town Hall
140 50
cash from Library
465 25
from Cemetery
115 00
Selectmen's sale of old School House .
211 00
Town of Marblehead, setting Bound Stones 3 75
Ivory Emmons, school books
4 23
money found, (unclaimed)
2 80
William Seger, taxes
4,143 85
Joseph Harding, taxes 598 20 .
E. B. Phillips, Temporary Loan 5,000 00
Nat'l City Bank of Lynn, Loan
3,000 00
Nat'l City Bank of Lynn, Loan
2,000 00
County Treasurer, Dog Tax
160 25
State Treasurer, Corp. Tax .
1,057 10
State Treasurer, Nat'l Bank Tax
1,529 37
State Treasurer, State Aid .
528 00
D. P. Stimpson, Taxes
. 22,271 38
D. P. Stimpson, interest on Taxes
27 30
.
·
.
$45,000 51
D. P. STIMPSON, Treasurer.
Report of Highway Surveyor.
THE Surveyor respectfully submits a . synopsis of the Expenditures of his department, in accordance with the Monthly Statements of his Labors, that have been regularly rendered to the Board of Selectmen.
The number of day's labor in gravel pits, on the roads, sidewalks and streets was 1,0422, at $1.75 $1,824 81 Number of horses and carts with drivers 4532, at $3.50 1,588 12
Running snow plow and use of pung . .
68 12
Personal services 99 days, at $3.00 .
297 00
$3,778 05 ·
Number loads of gravel hauled on roads and sidewalks 4,090
About one-third of the appropriation was expended on sidewalks and streets.
Some two hundred dollars on paving.
SAMUEL C. PITMAN.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
WE are brought to the close of another municipal year, during which nothing of note has occurred to jar the even tenor of the business of the town.
BEACH SCHOOL-HOUSE.
At the annual Town Meeting, March, 1876, a vote was passed entrusting to the Selectmen the building of a school-house at the Beach. Proposals were issued, and the job was awarded to Ivory Emmons, he being the lowest bidder, for the sum of twenty-three hundred and seventy dollars. The building was completed satisfactory to the Committee, and is now the finest school-house in town.
STACEY'S BROOK.
A Committee was chosen to confer with the City Council of Lynn, to ascertain whether they would pay half the expense of getting rid of the water that flows through Stacey's Brook. The Chairman of that Committee waited upon that Honorable Board, who promised to lay our cause before their Drainage Com- mittee. That Committee voted to pay fifty dollars
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
towards improving the drain in its original location, but refused to pay anything towards any other outlet.
Had our committee refused to accept their offer and gone to work independent of Lynn, and laid the drain in some other locality, the town of Swampscott would ever after have to maintain the whole drainage, where the authorities of Lynn admit it to be their duty to maintain one-half. Consequently the Committee con- cluded to add fifty dollars to the sum allowed by Lynn, and spend it on the outlet as it now stands, which has proved very effectual, with the exception of one very heavy rain which lasted several days, during which the adjacent lands were overflowed for a short time.
WELLS.
Appropriations were made for wells at the Town Hall, and at the Grammar, West End, and Beach School-Houses. After conferring with several promi- nent citizens in regard to the location of the well at the Town Hall, the Selectmen decided upon the present site, which proved a bad selection ; for, after worrying through twenty-six feet of the worst digging that ever pick and spade were put to, we encountered a ledge Having then about thirty inches of water in the well, we concluded to stone it; but since the unprecedented drought it has fallen to eighteen inches. Should we have the usual amount of spring rains, we are confi- dent there will be an ample supply of water in the well.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The well at the Beach needs a drain to carry off the surplus water, and we recommend that it be done as soon as the frost is out of the ground.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN S. HIGGINS, ALLEN ROWE, Selectmen. HENRY KENDRICK,
Report of Trustees of Public Library.
IT is gratifying to record that the Library becomes yearly an influence of greater good. The Committee have endeavored, in the selection of matter, to enlarge its volume of scientific and interesting works, without curtailing unduly its light and fictitious ones.
The Lower Hall has been opened as a Reading-Room Saturday evenings, the past winter, supplied with the leading papers and magazines, as well as the volumes of the Library, the use of which in the Reading-Room has been free to all. With reference to the institution of the Reading-Room, we wish to report that it was done with the unanimous approval of the committee, and with the hope that a division of the receipts and appropriations for the Library, and the application of a portion of the same to the support of the Reading- Room, would meet the approbation and command the respect and support of the reading public ; a hope which we trust will be verified by our successors in con- tinuing it, and enlarging its usefulness by keeping it open tivo or more evenings in each week, as it can be, no doubt, without any extraordinary appropriations.
The Library is open to the public every Saturday,
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
from 4 to 9, P.M., also Wednesday evenings from 6 to 9 o'clock, from the first of July to the middle of September.
BENJAMIN POTTER, CHAS. A. HASKELL, 2d. FRED O. ELLIS.
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Librarian's Statement.
STATISTICS.
Number of volumes in Library, February, 1877, . 2815
Number of volumes added during year, 194
Number of volumes lost during year, .
10
Number of U. S., and State Documents,
182
Number of U. S., and State Documents donated, . ·
9
Number of Magazines, (unbound)
198
Number of books loaned during year. ·
· 7327
Amount received for book fees, · . $443.25
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CURTIS MERRITT, Librarian.
Baldwin Collection Does Not Circulate
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