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FORTY-FIRST
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TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT, MASS.
FOR YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1893.
FORTY-FIRST
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1893
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A.D.
SETT
1629
INCORPORATED
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LYNN, MASS. : PRESS OF G. H. & W. A. NICHOLS, 1893.
INDEX, 1892=1893.
Appropriations, Comparative Exhibit. 189
Assessors' Valuation. 4
Auditors' Report 110
Auditors' Financial Report 113
Beaches, Care of. 176
Catch Basins and Gutters 145
Cemetery Department 165
Cemetery Superintendent's Report
104
Committees, Special
12
Committees, Standing
13
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Account of. 128
Concrete and Curbstones 146
Corporation Tax 127
County of Essex, Account of. 128
County Tax
127
Dog Tax, Town Clerk's Account
129
Financial Condition of the Town 188
Fire Department. 155
Fire Engineers' Report. 87
Health, Board of, Report 92
Health Department. 175
Highway Department 140
163
Horses for Fire Apparatus, Committees' Report
91
Humphrey Street Improvement.
148
Huron Street Building.
152
Inspector of Provisions, etc.
96
Interest and Discount
130
Jurors, List of.
56
Library Department ..
173
Library Trustees' Report.
86
Memorial Day
174
Military Aid 183
Milk Inspector's Report. 98
Monument Lot, Care of. 153
National Bank Tax 127
Horses for Fire Apparatus
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INDEX-1892-1893.
New Ocean Street Wall 139
Notes Payable, List of 113
Notes Payable, 1892 126
Ontario Street, Report on 107
Police Chief's Report 105
Police Department
161
Poor Department
178
Public Property
14
Recapitulation.
187
School Building Committees' Report.
80
School Building Committee's Minority Report
85
School Committees' Report
64
Schools, Public
168
Sealer of Weights and Measures Account
129
Selectmen's Department
134
Selectmen's Report.
57
Sidewalk Department.
149
Soldiers and Sailors' Aid.
186
Stacey's Brook Outfall
151
State Aid.
184
State Tax
127
Statistics
5
Street Crossings
153
Street Light Committees' Report.
103
Street Light Department
177
Street Superintendent's Report.
99
Tax Collector's Account.
124
Temporary Loans (1892)
126
Town Clerk's Records
17
Town Clerk's Statistics 53
Town Hall Department. 166
Town Officers Appointed
S
Town Officers' Elected. 6
Treasurer's Account. 114
Truant Officer's Report 79
Warrant. 190
Water Pipes. 154
Water Rates 164
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ASSESSORS' VALUATION-1892.
Assessors' Valuation of the Town of Swampscott, Mass., May 1, 1892.
Buildings, excluding land
$1,738,875 00
Land, excluding buildings
1,532,404 00
Total value of real estate
$3,271,279 00
Personal estate
1,504,170 00
Total valuation
$4,775,449 00
Number of polls, 713
Tax on each poll, $2.00
Rate of taxation $10.00 on $1,000.00
Tax on polls .
$1,426 00
Tax on personal estate
15,041 70
Tax on real estate
32,712 79
Total tax on polls, personal and real estate . $49,180 49
State tax
$4,235 00
County tax
4,952 28
Town tax
39,993 21
Total tax for State, County and Town $49,180 49
Number of residents assessed on property . .
4944
Number of non-residents assessed on property
211
Number of persons assessed on property
705
Number of persons assessed on poll tax only
370
Total number of taxes assessed .
1,075
Number of dwelling houses
716
Number of acres of land
.
1,536
Number of horses
273
Number of cows . ·
117
Number of neat cattle other than cows
3
Number of swine .
6
Number of fowl
3,554
Value of fowl · .
$1,777 00
.
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STATISTICS-1863-1893.
Statistics of the Town of Swampscott, 1863=1893.
Assessors' Valuation May 1.
March 1.
Year.
Real Estate.
Personal Property.
Total Valuation.
Rate Taxes per $1,000
Year.
Notes
Payable.
1892
$3,271,279
$1,504,170
$4,775,449
$10.00
1893
$37,499.99
1891
3,122,350
1,771,373
4,893,723
10.00
1892
42,333.32
1890
3,001,550
1,857,777
4,859,327
10.00
1891
48,666.66
1889
2,585,431
1,453,301
4,038,732
8.40
1890
52,500.00
1888
2,465,256
1,501,536
3,966,792
8.50
1889
56,000.00
1887
2,417,556
1,288,498
3,706,054
8.00
1888
57,500.00
1886
2,383,055
1,275,405
3,658,460
9.50
1887
55,500.00
1885
2,365,280
1,130,863
3,496,143
9.00
1886
47,500.00
1884
2,371,610
1,135,215
3,506,825
11.00
1885
49,000.00
1883
2,259,855
1,589,566
3,849,411
8.50
1884
50,500.00
1882
2,228,330
1,264,938
3,493,268
6.00
1883
49,000.00
1881
2,121,080
807,159
2,928,239
7.20
1882
30,500.00
1880
1,991,880
1,133,247
3,125,127
7.00
1881
31,750.00
1879
1,930,205
418,904
2,349,109
8.30
1880
39,424.80
1878
2,049,980
384,841
2,434,821
8.00
1879
42,424.00
1877
2,041,935
340,323
2,382,258
8.50
1878
42,424.80
1876
2,108,462
360,961
2,469,423
12.00
1877
45,524.80
1875
2,074,850
389,441
2,464,291
10.00
1876
50,224.80
1874
2,028,875
457,260
2,486, 135
11.00
1875
51,432.80
1873
1,949,225
460,867
2,410,792
12.00
1874
50,342.80
1872
1,854,750
578,000
2,432,750
9.50
1873
47,068.00
1871
1,598,800
504,073
2,102,873
9.50
1872
43,150.00
1870
1,334,570
508,564
1,843,134
10.00
1871
38,745.00
1869
1,244,120
313,711
1,557,834
11.20
1870
31,545.00
1868
1,141,020
347,173
1,488,193
11.50
1869
33,745.00
1867
1,124,670
268,675
1,393,345
13.50
1868
37,745.00
1866
972,120
249,289
1,221,409
12.00
1867
31,945.00
1865
755,394
279,837
1,035,231
14.70
1866
29,095.00
1864
754,316
219,445
973,761
12.50
1865
36,745.00
1863
740,430
335,532
1,075,962
10.00
1864
28,445.00
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TOWN OFFICERS ELECTED-1892.
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TOWN OFFICERS ELECTED, 1892.
Moderator. ELDRIDGE F. SMALL.
Selectmen. AARON R. BUNTING, CHAIRMAN.
JOHN H. FARWELL. ARTHUR C. WIDGER.
Torn Clerk. GEORGE T. TILL.
Treasurer. BENJAMIN O. HONORS.
Collector of Taxes. MICHAEL P. CARROLL.
Auditors. J. ROSWELL WIDGER.
ELMER A. HARDY.
D. ROBERT STONE.
Assessors.
Term ends
D. HOLMAN MILLETT, 1893. Term ends Term ends
IVORY EMMONS, 1894. GILBERT DELANO, 1895.
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TOWN OFFICERS ELECTED-1892.
School Committee.
Term ends WILMOT R. HASTINGS, 1893.
Term ends Term ends
FRANK E. INGALLS, 1894. WILLIAM H. ROGERS, 1895.
Trustees of the Public Library.
Term ends CURTIS V. MERRITT, 1893.
Term ends Term ends JAMES E. PEASLEY, 1894. FRANK F. STANLEY, 1895.
Overseers of the Poor.
Term ends GEORGE T. MELZARD, 1893. Term ends Term ends
M. P. CARROLL, 1894. JOSEPH F. CROWELL, 1895.
Board of Health.
JOHN I. ADAMS.
EDWIN F. WILEY. JOSEPH W. GLASS.
Constables.
JAMES WHEELER.
GEORGE M. CONNER. WALLACE WRIGHT.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS-1892.
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS, 1892.
Secretary of Selectmen. GEORGE T. TILL.
Town Counsel. NILES & CARR.
Librarian of Public Library. MISS S. L. HONERS.
Assistant Librarians.
ALFRED G. MACPHERSON. NOWELL INGALLS.
Registrars of Voters.
Terms ends JOHN R. MERRITT, 1893. Term ends Term ends JAS. H. MOULTON, 1894. GEO. W. MARSHALL, 1895. GEORGE T. TILL, Clerk. (Ex-Officio.)
Ballot Clerks, Election March 21, 1892.
FRED C. MARSH. FRANK GOODWIN.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS-1892.
Tellers, Election March 21, 1892.
HERMAN F. ASHTON.
FREDD. O. THOMPSON.
SIDNEY M. SHATTUCK. DANIEL F. KNOWLTON.
WILLIAM G. EARP. WILLIAM H. PROCTOR.
Tellers, Recount March 23. 1892. JAMES H. MOULTON. ISAAC A. ULMAN.
Inspectors of Elections, for One Year, from Nov. 1, 1892. CHARLES G. ROWELL, SIDNEY M. SHATTUCK, Republican. Democrat.
Deputy Inspectors of Elections, for One Year, from November 1, 1892.
CHARLES E. ALDEN, W. HENRY COLLINS, Republican. Democrat.
Tellers, National and State Election, Nov. 8, 1892.
FREDD O. THOMPSON. WILLIAM F. NORCROSS.
DANIEL F. KNOWLTON. DAVID W. NISBETT.
BENJAMIN F. RICH. EDWARD H. THOMAS.
Superintendent of Streets. JAMES P. M. S. PITMAN.
Superintendent of Cemetery. JOSEPH S. BROWN.
Superintendent of Burial of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors. JOSEPH W. GLASS.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS-1892.
Town Forrester. JAMES P. M. S. PITMAN.
Agent and Janitor of Town Hall. A. FRANK NESBETT.
Secretary of Overseers of the Poor. MRS. L. E. KENDRICK.
Engineers of the Fire Department. CHARLES K. ROBERTS, Chief. GEORGE P. CAHOON. DAVID H. PRATT.
Forest Firewards. CHARLES K. ROBERTS. GEORGE P. CAHOON. DAVID H. PRATT.
Inspector of Provisions and of Animals intended for Slaughter, or Kept for Production of Milk. GEORGE NEWHALL.
Milk Inspector. CHARLES E. HARRIS.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. GEORGE W. HARRIS.
Surveyor of Lumber.
FRED H. EASTMAN.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS-1892.
Measurer of Wood and Bark. FRED H. EASTMAN.
Fence Viewers.
PELEG GARDNER. GILBERT DELANO.
Police.
SETH C. KENDRICK, Chief. CHARLES H. DUNLAP.
Special Police.
NATHANIEL A. CAHOON.
GEORGE NEWHALL.
JAMES P. M. S. PITMAN.
SILAS B. CARR.
LEMUEL W. PICKARD.
A. FRANK NESBETT.
RICHARD V. BESSOM.
GEORGE R. HUSSEY.
JAMES E. O. NISBETT. WILLIAM D. HUTT.
JOHN T. BIRD. JOSEPH F. PLUMMER.
DAVID W. NISBETT. DANIEL F. KNOWLTON.
EDWARD W. KINGSBURY.
Constables.
SETH C. KENDRICK. CHARLES H. DUNLAP.
Keeper of Lockup. SETH C. KENDRICK.
Field Drivers. GEORGE NEWHALL.
DANIEL P. PROCTOR. PATRICK H. RYAN.
Pound Keepers.
MARTIN CARPENTER. JOSEPH C. BASSETT. PATRICK H. RYAN. GEORGE NEWHALL.
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SPECIAL COMMITTEES-1892.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES, 1892.
Committee on Proposed New School Building. SCHOOL COMMITTEE. BOARD OF SELECTMEN. GEORGE H. HOLDEN. BENJAMIN POTTER.
CHARLES S. INGALLS. ANDREW L. HARRIS.
Committee on Proposed Extension of Atlantic Avenue. (From Humphrey Square through Forrest Avenue, so-called.) BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
Committee on Proposed Widening of Humphrey Street. BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
D. HOLMAN MILLETT. JOHN CHAPMAN KENDALL POLLARD.
Committee on Proposed Plan of Town Survey. BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
Committee on Proposed Extension of Water Mains. (Humphrey and Salem Streets, Monument Avenue and Elmwood Road.) BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
Committee on Proposed Extension of Electric Lights. STREET LIGHT COMMITTEE.
Committee on Proposed Collection of Ashes, etc. BOARD OF HEALTH.
Committee on Legality of Concreting and Curbing Private Ways. BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
Committee on Proposed Addition to Cemetery. BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
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STANDING COMMITTEES-1892-1893.
STANDING COMMITTEES, 1892=1893.
Committee on Serverage.
BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
SAMUEL F. CROSMAN. CHARLES P. CURTIS, JR.
JAMES A. KNOWLTON. DAVID K. PHILLIPS.
GEORGE E. EMMONS. FRANK E. INGALLS.
Street Light Committee.
SAMUEL F. CROSMAN.
CURTIS V. MERRITT.
WILLIAM F. NORCROSS. IVORY EMMONS.
EDWIN A. FARNHAM. THOMAS E. STONE.
Committee on Proposed New School Building. SCHOOL COMMITTEE. BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
Committee on Proposed Widening of Humphrey Street. BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
Committee on Proposed Change of Grade of Burrill Street Railroad Crossing, Boston aud Maine Railroad. BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
Committee on Outfall at Stacey's Brook. BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
Committee on Repairs to Fence Rear of Cemetery. BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
Committee to Purchase Horses for Fire Apparatus. CHARLES K. ROBERTS. AARON R. BUNTING. ARTHUR C. WIDGER.
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PUBLIC PROPERTY-1893.
SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY. 1893.
Town Hall and Land
$14,000 00
Public Library
5,000 00
Water Pipes
45,000 00
Standard Weights and Measures
100 00
Hay Scales
100 00
Portable Safe Selectmen's Room
200 00
Treasurer's Safe
20 00
Steel Box
25 00
Piano
.
75 00
$64,520 00
School Department.
Grammar School and land
$8,500 00
Beach School and land .
4,000 00
Essex Street School and land
4,000 00
Pine Street School and land .
4,000 00
Farm School and land .
2,000 00
Land, Essex Street, near Cemetery
300 00
School Supplies .
500 00
School Furniture .
500 00
23,800 00
Cemetery Department.
Receiving Tomb
$2,000 00
Storage Building ·
.
125 00
Tools
25 00
2,150 00
Amount carried forward
$90,470 00
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PUBLIC PROPERTY-1893.
Schedule of Public Property.
Amount brought forward
$90,470 00
Highway Department.
Stone Crusher Plant
$2,500 00
Gravel Bank, Marblehead
500 00
Storage Building, New Ocean St
400 00
Two Snow Plows
30 00
Snow Plow, new .
36 00
Victor Road Machine
200 00
Tool House
25 00
Tool Box
5 00
Twenty-six Picks .
20 00
Twenty-five Shovels
15 00
Four Iron Bars
3 00
Ten Lanterns
5 00
Six Street Hoes
3 50
Four Hammers
4 00
Five Rakes .
1 50
Three Mattocks
6 00
Two Wheelbarrows
4 00
Six Stone Points
1 50
Ten Drills
2 50
Gravel Screen
.
7 00
3,769 00
Police Department.
Five Revolvers and 14 Badges
55 00
Seven Twisters and 8 Pairs Hand- cuffs .
25 00
Ten Whistles and 12 Billies
15 50
Police Helmets
15 00
One Dark Lantern and Buttons
3 50
Gun
20 00
134 00
·
Amount carried forward
$94,373 00
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PUBLIC PROPERTY-1893.
Schedule of Public Property.
Amount brought forward
$94,373 00
Fire Department.
New Engine House
$4,500 00
Steam Fire Engine
3,500 00
New Hose Wagon
450 00
Ladder Truck
150 00
Supply Wagon
100 00
Hose Reel Engine House
25 00
Hose Reel and Hose Beach Bluff
200 00
66
66 66
66
Redington St
200 00
66 66
" Essex St
200 00
66
66 66
"' Mountain Pk
200 00
Hose and Fittings Humphrey St
200 00
Fire Alarm Bell (Town Hall)
775 00
Thirteen Fire Alarm Boxes .
700 00
Fire Alarm Striker
325 00
Fire Alarm Register
35 00
Steam Whistle
50 00
Steam Heating Apparatus
450 00
Furniture and Bedding
150 00
Two thousand feet Hose
1,200 00
Five Horses
1,200 00
Two Setts Double Swinging
Harness
300 00
One Single Swinging Harness
75 00
Five Horse Blankets
·
7 50
Three Lanterns
7 50
Hay and Grain
35 00
Coal and Wood
45 00
Supplies for Batteries
75 00
Seventeen Rubber Coats
25 50
15,180 50
$109,553 50
.
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK-1892-1893.
RECORDS OF THE TOWN CLERK, 1892=1893.
ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 21, 1892.
TOWN WARRANT.
ESSEX, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscott in said County, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Swamp- scott qualified to vote in Elections, and in Town affairs. to meet at the Town Hall, in said Swampscott, on Monday, the Twenty-first day of March, current, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles. viz : -
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose a Town Clerk for one (1) year.
To choose a Board of Selectmen for the year ensuing.
To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for three (3) years.
To choose a Town Treasurer for one (1) year. To choose a Collector of Taxes for the year ensuing.
To choose one member of the School Committee for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library for three (3) years.
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To choose three members of the Board of Audi- tors for the year ensuing.
To choose one Overseer of the Poor for three (3) years.
To choose a Board of Health for one (1) year.
To choose three Constables for the year ensuing. All to be chosen on one ballot.
ART. 3. To vote by ballot "Yes" or "No" upon the question : Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of Intoxi- cating Liquors in this Town.
ART. 4. To hear and act upon the Reports of the Audit- ing Committee, the Board of Selectmen, the School Com- mittee, the Superintendent of Streets, the Board of Trustees of the Public Library, the Engineers of the Fire Department, the Superintendent of the Cemetery, the Board of Health, the Chief of Police, the Milk Inspector, the Committee on Street Lights, the Committee on Sewerage, the Committee on Build- ing Engine House, the Committee on the Extension of Pine Street under the Railroad, and the Report of the Committee on the Enlargement of the Cemetery.
ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriations therefor.
ART. 6. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the current year.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to hire money, under the direction of the Selectmen, in anti- cipation of the taxes to be assessed and collected for the current year.
ART. 8. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector for the collection of taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 9. To see what compensation the Town will allow the Collector for the collection of taxes for the ensuing year.
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ART. 10. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the collection of taxes, and what rate of discount, if any, will be allowed for prompt payment on or before a certain date.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will accept the list of names for Jurors as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will appropriate the money received from the County Treasurer for dog licenses to aid in support of the Public Library.
ART. 13. To see what compensation the Town will allow the members of the Fire Department the current year, and grant money for the same.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to furnish and set curbstones, and lay concrete side- walks; provided, the abutters will pay one-half of the expense.
ART. 15. ›To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifty dollars ($50) to be placed in the hands of James L. Bates' Post 118, G. A. R., towards defraying the expenses of Memorial Day.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept, adopt, and allow the report of the Selectmen laying out of Huron street as a Town way, as per report and plan on file in the Town Clerk's office, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) for the care of the Beaches.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will construct a stone cross- ing on Burrill street, from the north corner of Monument avenue to the Estate of John B. Prince, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will construct a street cross- ing on Blaney street, from the N. E. corner of Estate of Mrs. H. J. Thing to sidewalk opposite, near line of Estates of F.
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C. Thing and J. B. Harris, and appropriate money therefor. agreeable to the petition of Charles E. Harris and others.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will construct a stone cross- ing on Humphrey street, opposite or near the residence of Leonard Fowle, and appropriate money for the same, agree- able to the petition of George E. Gilbert and others.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will construct a street cross- ing on Burrill street, opposite the southerly corner of Clare- mont terrace, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of James A. Mott and others.
ART. 22. To see what action the Town will take to cause an electric (arc) light to be placed on Crescent street, Upper Swampscott, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of Wm. C. Cowdrey and others.
ART. 23. To see what action the Town will take to cause an electric (arc) light to be placed at the end of Monument avenue, between Sheridan and Farragut and Andrew roads. Also to cause an electric (arc) light to be placed at the junc- tion of Elmwood and Sheridan roads, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of E. H. Kitfield and others.
ART. 24. To see what action the Town will take in extending Atlantic avenue from Humphrey square, following Forrest avenue so-called, to the Mudge Estate, then through the said Mudge Estate, crossing Paradise street, then through the Stetson Estate to Burrill street, at a point nearly opposite the station of the Boston & Maine Railroad, agreeable to the petition of James H. Moulton and others.
ART. 25. To see what action the Town will take to extend the water pipe from Roberts' Express stable through Humphrey street to the Eastern junction of Orient street, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of H. F. Hawkes and others.
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ART. 26. To see what action the Town will take to extend the water main the remainder of the way on Salem street, a distance of about 2900 feet, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of Willard F. Lewis and others.
ART. 27. To see what action the Town will take for the improvement of the outlet of Stacey's Brook, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the Selectmen's Report.
ART. 28. To see what action the Town will take to extend the water mains on Monument avenue and Elmwood road, a distance of twenty-three hundred (2300) feet, to use six-inch pipe, with necessary hydrants, gates, etc., and appro- priate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of Edwin M. Bailey and others.
ART. 29. To see what action the Town will take toward the purchase of a site, and the erection of a new school build- ing that shall take the place of the Redington Street School Building, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of W. H. Rogers and others.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) to rebuild the wall bordering the Estate of F. O. Ellis, on Burrill and New Ocean streets.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Assessors to have a plan made of all land in Town, and all lots, with the number of feet in each lot, and the owner's name on said lot, and appropriate money for the same, agree- able to the petition of John G. Twisden and others.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will make the following addition to the By-Laws : That the Board of Selectmen shall have the power to appoint the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department for three years, First Assistant for two years. Second Assistant for one year, and one for every three years at the expiration of the terms of said Engineers, agreeable to the petition of J. P. Farmer, Jr., and others.
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK-1892-1893.
ART. 33. To see what action the Town will take to en- large the Cemetery and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the Selectmen's report.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the improvement of Hum- phrey street as recommended by the Selectmen.
ART. 35. To see what action the Town will take in rela- tion to the widening of Humphrey street from the Lynn line to the Hay Scales, agreeable to the report of the Selectmen.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof at the Town Hall, Depot, Post Office, and three other public and conspicuous places in the Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands, this Fourth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
AARON R. BUNTING, Selectmen JOHN H. FARWELL, of ARTHUR C. WIDGER, Swampscott. }
RETURN ON WARRANT.
Pursuant to the within Warrant to me directed I have notified the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott, qualified as herein expressed, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes herein mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this Warrant in ten public and conspicuous places in said Swampscott on Saturday, the Twelfth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
JAMES WHEELER,
Constable of Swampscott.
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK-1892-1893.
In accordance with the Warrant the voters of the Town assembled at the Town Hall on Monday, March 21st, 1892.
The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, the Warrant and return theron were read, proceeded to ballot for Moderator, with the result that Eldridge F. Small was unanimously elected, he receiving ten (10) votes. The Moderator was sworn to the faithful performance of his duties by the Town Clerk. Fred C. Marsh and Frank Good- win had been appointed Ballot Clerks by the Selectmen ; they were sworn to a faithful performance of duties by the Town Clerk.
The "Acme " ballot-box not being in working order it was decided to use the old ballot-box.
Specimen ballots, cards of Instruction to Voters, and Penalties were posted according to law.
Balloting for Town Officers was commenced at 7.20 A. M.
The Moderator appointed as tellers, Herman F. Ashton, Sidney M. Shattuck, Fredd O. Thompson, Daniel F. Knowl- ton, William G. Earp, William H. Proctor, all of whom were sworn to faithful discharge of duties by the Moderator.
VOTED. To keep the polls open until 5.55 P. M. There were four hundred and twenty-nine general ballots and three special ballots cast, making a total of four hundred and thirty-two (432), both check lists agreeing.
At nine o'clock the following result was announced :
For Selectmen-Aaron R. Bunting, 285, elected ; Arthur C. Widger, 219, elected; John H. Farwell. 182, elected ; H. Cushing Bulfinch, 181; Andrew L. Harris, 124; Whitfield A. Stubbs, 86; John Stanley, 76 ; George W. Marshall. 64 ; blanks, 70.
For Town Clerk-Geo. T. Till, 391, elected. Blanks, 38.
For Treasurer-Benjamin O. Honors, 384, elected ; blanks, 45.
For Collector of Taxes -- Michael P. Carroll, 392, elected ; blanks, 37.
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For Overseer of Poor, 3 Years-Joseph F. Crowell, 122, elected ; James L. Taylor, 102; John A. Cullen, 93; Nathaniel Galeucia, 73; blanks, 39.
For Assessor, 3 Years-Gilbert Delano, 220, elected ; John Chapman, 167 ; blanks, 42.
For School Committee, 3 Years-William H. Rogers, 209, elected : Ivory Emmons, 188 ; blanks, 32.
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