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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
FIFTY-SECOND
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 26, 1904.
TLED A.D. 1629
SET
INCORP
T.A. D. 1852.
RATED
AS
SWAN
LYNN, MASS. : WHITTEN & CASS, PRINTERS 1904
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
FIFTY-SECOND
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 26, 1904.
SETTLED
A.D. 1629
· INCORPORATE
TT. A.D. 1852
AS
SWAN
LYNN, MASS. : WHITTEN & CASS, PRINTERS 1904
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 20
Index.
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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, TOWN OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC PROPERTY.
PAGE.
Auditors' Remarks .
256
Cemetery Superintendent's Report .
I16
Fire Engineer's Report
109
Health, Board of, Report .
122
Inspector of Cattle, Swine and Provisions' Report
120
Jurors, List of .
71
Kings Beach Park Joint Committee Report
Library Trustees' Report .
114 128
Milk Inspector's Report
121
Park Commissioners' Report
II3
Police Report
IOI
Public Property, Schedule of
II
School Committee's Report
78
Sewer Commissioners' Report
I37
Sewer Engineer's Report .
144
Sealer of Weights and Measures
I26
Selectmen's Report .
Sinking Fund Commissioners' Report
73 135
Standing Committees
IO
Street Light Committee's Report
127
Superintendent of Schools' Report
82 105
Town Clerk's Records
19
Town Clerk's Statistics
68
Town Officers Appointed
6
Town Officers Elected
4
Town Warrant .
~57
Tree Warden's Report
117
Truant Officer's Report .
Inn
Water Commissioners' Report .
120
Surveyor of Highways' Report
ERRATA.
On page 235, under the head of Sewer Department should read :
Holmes & Blanchard Co., supplies Honors, B. O. & Son, fuel . .
$6,669 42 102 38
ERRATA.
On page 214, under head of Salaries in Health Department, should read :
Nies, Martin E., inspector of plumbing $353 60
Stone, Jasper H. . .
85 00
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INDEX.
1904]
Index. FINANCIAL REPORTS.
PAGE.
Assessors' Library
·
· 231
Assessors' Plans .
230
Assessors' Safe
230
Assessors' Valuation
255
Beach Bluff Culvert
208
Buena Vista Street
208
Catch Basins and Gutters
Cemetery Department .
203 221 195
Concrete and Curbstones
204
County Tax
241
Crushed Stone
202
Financial Standing of Town
253
Fire Alarm Boxes
195 190 220
Health Department
213
Highway Department
196 206
Memorial Day
223
Monument Lot, Care of
223
Notes Payable
252
Park Department
216
Phillips School Medal Fund
IS7
Police Department
IS7 223
Recapitulation
250 205 207
Roy Street
209 206 IS2
Selectmen's Department
177
Sewer Bonds .
241
Sewer Reimbursement
231
Sewer Department
232
Sidewalks
200 226
Special Fire
194
State Tax
241
State Aid, Chapter 372 .
22S
State Aid, Chapter 374 .
129
Statistics of the Town
254
Street Light Department
211
Street Crossings
201
Street Watering
211
Swampscott Water Works
237
Tax Collector's Balance Sheet
244
Thomas Road Hydrant
210
Town Hall Department
2IS
Town Warrant, July 22, 1903, Art. II .
231
Town Warrant. Art. 15
232
Treasurer's Safe
230
Treasurer's Balance Sheets
246
Tree Warden .
212
Walker Road, Water Pipe
210
Water Rates .
213
Watering Cart
210
Interest .
242
Poor Department
Resetting Curbstones
Road Roller and Stone Crusher .
Roy Street Catch Basin
School Department
Soldiers' Relief
Fire Department
Free Public Library
Ingalls Terrace
Chemical House
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 20
Elected Town Officers.
Moderator. EDWARD H. THOMAS.
Selectmen. JOSEPH M. BASSETT, Chairman. CLARENCE B. DELANO. MARTIN L. QUINN.
Town Clerk. MILTON D. PORTER.
Treasurer. BENJAMIN O. HONORS.
Collector of Taxes. GEORGE T. TILL.
Auditors.
JOHN B. EARP, Chairman. HERMAN F. ASHTON.
L. FRANK CAHOON.
Assessors.
GILBERT DELANO, Chairman Term expires 1906.
EDWARD A. MAXFIELD, Clerk ·
1905.
ISAAC H. ANDREWS
.
1904.
School Committee.
CHARLES A. FLAGG, Chairman
SIDNEY E. BAILEY . · DANIEL E. BURTNER .
Term expires 1904.
1905.
66 66 1906.
.
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1904]
Overseers of the Poor.
JOSEPH F. CROWELL, Chairman
Term expires 1904
THOMAS B. P. CURTIS
1905
CHARLES A. BLANCHARD
66 1906
Water Commissioners.
WILLIAM H. BATES, Chairman
Term expires 1905
CHARLES S. HASKELL . ·
66 1904
SAMUEL M. KEHOE
I 906
Public Library Trustees.
ELIZABETH J. HADLEY, Chairman .
Term expires 1906
FRANK E. INGALLS · .
66
1905
FRANK F. STANLEY
66
1904
Park Commissioners.
JEROME PAUL JACKSON, Chairman
Term expires 1905
FRED C. MARSH .
·
66 : 1904
JOHN J. BLANEY
66
1 906
Board of Health.
DR. FRANK B. STRATTON, Chairman
Term expires 1905
MICHAEL HALEY
1904
JASPER H. STONE
1906
Surveyor of Highways. IRVING I. EDGERLY.
Constables.
SAMUEL T. HARRIS. RICHARD G. GILLEY.
EDWIN G. SPAULDING.
Sewer Commissioners.
AARON R. BUNTING, Chairman Term expires 1904
OSCAR G. POOR
66
1 906
HENRY B. SPRAGUE
1,905
Tree Warden. 1
GEORGE NEWHALL.
2
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 20
Appointed Town Officers.
Secretary of Selectmen. CHARLES G. ROWELL.
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Town Counsel. WILLIAM H. NILES.
Librarian of Public Library. MISS S. L. HONORS.
Assistant Librarians.
CARL BAIN. RALPH H. RUSSELL.
Engineers of Fire Department.
GEORGE P. CAHOON Chief
GEORGE H. LAMPARD .
FRANK L. CHAPMAN
Ist Assistant
2d Assistant
Forest Fire Wardens.
GEORGE P. CAHOON. GEORGE H. LAMPARD.
FRANK L. CHAPMAN.
Regular Police. CHARLES H. DUNLAP, Chief.
JOHN C. WHORF. ADELBERT S. HAMMOND.
SAMUEL T. HARRIS. JOSEPH D. SPINNEY. CHARLES CONNELL.
Superintendent of Cemetery.
NATHAN M. HARRIS Resigned April 10, 1903 ·
JAMES P. M. S. PITMAN · Appointed April 17, 1903
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1904]
Superintendent of Burial of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors. MICHAEL HALEY.
Care of Monument Lot. EDWIN F. WILEY.
Inspector of Provisions and Animals Intended for Slaughter or Kept for Production of Milk. JAMES T. LYONS.
Milk Inspector. J. E. O. NISBETT.
Town Weigher. THEOPHILUS W. BRACKETT.
Fence Viewer. ORLANDO R. MILLETT.
Surveyor of Lumber and Measurer of Wood and Bark. FRED H. EASTMAN.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. MICHAEL HALEY.
Secretary of the Overseers of the Poor. MRS. L. E. KENDRICK.
Secretary of the Board of Health. WILBUR B. ADAMS.
Inspector of Plumbing. MARTIN E. NIES.
Agent of Town Hall. JAMES A. MOTT. (Deceased.)
Janitor of Town Hall. JAMES A. MOTT. (Deceased.)
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Superintendent of Sewers. IRVING I. EDGERLY.
Clerk of Sewer Commissioners. GEORGE T. TILL.
Registrars of Voters.
ANDREW OLSEN, Chairman (Dem.) Term expires 1904 GEORGE C. WEBSTER, (Rep.) 66 1905
SIDNEY M. SHATTUCK, (Dem.)
1906
MILTON D. PORTER, (Rep.) (ex officio)
Inspectors of Election, March 16, 1903.
JAMES L. TAYLOR .
Republican
WILLIS C. PAUL
Democrat
Deputy Inspectors of Election, March 16, 1903.
JOHN I. ADAMS
Republican
ABRAM G. STONE .
Democrat
Tellers of Election, March 16, 1903.
W. H. WEBSTER
H. P. PETERS
Republican Republican
J. H. WIDGER
Republican
E. M. TUTTLE
Republican
B. F. RICH
Republican
F. V. PORTER
Republican Democrat
H. B. MARTIN
F. D. THURSTON
Democrat
W. H. COLLINS
Democrat
S. M. SHATTUCK
Democrat
B. MCDERMOTT Democrat
A. D. STONE
Democrat
Special Election Officer, November 3, 1903. MARTIN NIES . Democrat
Inspectors of Elections, November 3, 1903.
ERNEST B. THING . Republican Democrat
MICHAEL J. RYAN .
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1904]
Deputy Inspectors of Election, November 3, 1903.
FRANK H. BASSETT
GEORGE W. CAHOON
Republican Democrat
Tellers of Election, November 3, 1903.
A. F. PINE
Republican
F. H. BASSETT
Republican
W. H. WEBSTER
Republican
HARRY P. PETERS .
Republican
FRANK D. THURSTON
Democrat
JOHN W. THURSTON
Democrat
DANIEL J. KAIN
Democrat
BERNARD MCDERMOTT
Democrat
SAMUEL T. HARRIS. JOHN C. WHORF.
Constables. CHARLES H. DUNLAP. JOSEPH D. SPINNEY.
ADELBERT S. HAMMOND.
Keeper of Lockup. CHARLES H. DUNLAP.
Special Police.
RICHARD G. GILLEY.
GEORGE R. HUSSEY.
ELIAS G. HODGKIN.
JAMES A. MOTT.
PATRICK CRYAN.
J. P. M. S. PITMAN. JOSEPH W. GLASS.
LOUIS G. CLARK.
GEORGE H. REED.
JOHN BURNETT. JOHN F. WARD.
EDWARD G. SPAULDING.
LEMUEL W. PICKARD. B. G. PEDRICK. CHARLES Q. LOUD FRANK GRIFFIN.
GEORGE M. CONNOR.
FRANK E. POWERS. MICHAEL HALEY. B. F. REED.
LOUIS F. AMAZEEN.
SYLVESTER F. DOUGLASS. HORACE W. BLANCHARD. GEORGE NEWHALL. J. FRANK MOORE. WILLIAM R. BLANEY. SETH C. KENDRICK. ELMER I. THOMPSON.
GEORGE D. R. DURKEE. WM. C. MCNAMARA.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS. [Feb. 20
Pound Keeper. JEFFERSON G. OWENS. Field Driver. RICHARD G. GILLEY. Dog Officer. RICHARD G. GILLEY.
Standing Committees.
Committee on Street Lights.
EDWIN A. FARNHAM, Chairman. FRANK J. LINNEHAN. MARTIN L. QUINN.
JOHN R. MERRITT.
FRANK L. BONNEY.
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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1904]
Schedule of Public Property.
Miscellaneous.
Swampscott Water Works
$180,779 24
Town Hall and land
23,000 00
Public Library
5,000 00
Soldiers' Monument
3,000 00
Hay scales .
200 00
Portable safe
200 00
Steel box
25 00
Piano .
75 00
Standard weights and measures
100 00
Treasurer's safes .
295 00
Town Clerk's safe
.
75 00
Collector's safe .
50 00
$212,799 24
School Department.
Phillips School and land . $57,000 00
Redington Street School and land
5,000 00
Beach School and land
.
4,000 00
Pine Street School and land
4,500 00
Essex Street School and land
8,000 00
Farm School and land
2,000 00
Land, Essex street, opposite Cemetery . Chemical Laboratory .
300 00
Laboratory supplies
400 00
School furniture . ·
·
.
·
2,300 00
School supplies . .
Soo oo
.
1,900 00
-$86,200 00
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 20
Cemetery Department.
Receiving tomb
·
·
.
. $2,000 00
Old tomb
.
·
.
.
20 00
House . .
500 00
Implements
45 00
$2,565 00
Police Department.
Nine revolvers
$45 00
Forty-eight badges
55 00
Nine handcuffs
29 00
Nine twisters
9 00
Ten billies
10 00
Seventeen helmets
30 00
One gun
20 00
One cap
3 00
Six belts and clubs
7 50
Six lanterns .
3 50
Five chairs
7 50
One table
3 50
One gas heater
3 00
One Public Statute
4 25
Thirty-two dozen buttons
19 CO
One stop watch
7 00
·
·
$256 25
1904]
Fire Department.
Engine house, New Ocean Street . $6,750 00
Land and storage building 1,500 00
Mountain Park hose house and land 500 00
Steam fire engine .
3,600 00 .
Hose wagon .
450 00
Ladder truck .
Two crow-bars, 9 ladder hose straps, 2
hay hooks, 2 hay forks
·
One 30-foot ladder ·
Two 25-foot ladders
One 22-foot ladder
One 20-foot ladder
400 00
Two 17-foot ladders
One 10-foot ladder
.
One 50-foot ladder
.
One 18-foot extension ladder
Four fire-hooks.and poles
Two axes
Six coal baskets, 5 hydrant wrenches
19 00
One supply wagon
75 00
One syphon .
17 00
One army coat
2 50
Twenty-two alarm boxes
1,590 00
Stable tools
15 00
Fire alarm bell, Town Hall
800 00
Two fire-alarm strikers, one at Town Hall, one at Congregational church
550 00
Three gongs .
166 00
Three tappers
45 00
Four hand chemicals
80 00
Two steam whistles
500 00
Eight horses .
1,625 00
Three sets double harness
450 00
Amount carried forward
$19,134 50
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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
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Amount brought forward, $19,134 50
One single harness
35 00
One three-horse hitch
150 00
Eight horse blankets in good order
40.00
Two old blankets ..
3 00
Furniture and bedding
75 00
Supplies for batteries
100 00
Five play pipes
100 00
Twenty-four spanners
6 00
Two wagon-jacks
6 50
Nine lanterns
4 50
Thirty-one rubber coats
92 00
Canvas life net
20 00
Life sheet
35 00
One shut-off nozzle
15 00
One shut-off gate
20 00
One plaster hook
3 00
Thirty-two badges
24.00
One repeater .
300 00
One tape register
60 00
Two indicators
225 00
One nickle iron bar
4 00
One patent horse collar
15 00
Old ladders
20 00
18 feet soft suction .
12 00
One heater for steamer
25 00
One pump
20 00
One hydrant pump
6 00
Eighty-six hydrants
2, 150 00.
One light wagon
50 00
Hose reel and 300 feet hose, wrench
and two spanners at John Shep-
ard's, Atlantic avenue
200 00
Amount carried forward, $22,950 50
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Amount brought forward $22,950 50
Hose reel and 300 feet hose, wrench and two spanners at John Palmer's stable, Humphrey street · Hose reel and 300 feet hose, wrench and two spanners at Lynn & Bos- ton R. R. stables, Essex street
200 00
200 00
Hose reel and 400 feet hose, wrench, one axe, two spanners at Mountain Park Hose House ·
250 00
Hose reel and 400 feet hose, wrench and spanners at Lincoln House . Two hundred and fifty feet hose, wrench and two spanners at Evans & Cole's stable, Orient street
250 00
Twenty-seven hundred feet cotton hose, rubber lined, two and one- half inch ·
1,350 00
Eight hundred feet cotton hose, rub- ber lined, two and one-half inch, worthless.
Chemical House, Phillips' Beach.
Chemical House and land
·
8,400 00
One chemical engine
.
2,225 00
Two hand chemicals
50 00
One indicator
90 00
One gong
45 00
Two horses
450 00
One set double harnesses
90 00
Two horse blankets
12 00
Furniture and bedding
75 00
Supplies
160 00 - $36,922 50
125 00
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Highway Department.
Road roller
· $3,250 00
Stone crusher plant
3,600 00
Gravel bank, Marblehead
500 00
Storage building, New Ocean street . 400 00
Land with same
400 00
Three street watering carts
750 00
Victor road machine
150 00
Six snow ploughs .
235 00
Tool house
.
25 00
Two tool boxes
10 00
· Two sets double harness
87 00
Two sets lead harness
21 00
Five horse collars
15 00
One cart harness
15 00
One four-wheel tip-cart
156 00
One-horse tip-cart
70 00
One two-horse roller
225 00
Tools
325 00
100 ton crushed stone
125 00
Supplies for crusher and roller
1 .
75 00
-$10,434 00
Assessors' Department.
Plans and maps
· $3,000 00
Safe
90 00
Desk
.
25 00
Table
25 00
Chairs .
51 00
Cabinet and cards .
55 00
.
.
$3,246 00
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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1904]
Health Department.
Twenty-one generators
$50 00
One wheelbarrow .
2 00
One dory
15 00
One pair oars
I 00
Two lanterns
I 50
Four rakes
I 20
Three forks
I
35
· One trowel
I OO
Four garbage pails
5 00
Three garbage barrels
9 00
Lot and house, No. 7 Minerva street
2,100 00
New Contagious Hospital
2,032 00
Household goods at Hospital
186 22
Carriage
50 00
Carriage shed
84 00
Office furniture (Town Hall)
141 00
Flash light
3 00
$4,683 27
Sewer Department.
Pumping station
. $6,862 64
· Pumping plant
.
7,634 00
Land at station
1,144 63 ·
Office furniture and Fixtures
278 32
Material on hand .
·
887 49
-$16,807 08
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 20
Summary.
Miscellaneous .
$212,799 24
School Department
86,200 00
Cemetery Department
2,565 00
Police Department .
256 25
Fire Department
36,922 50
Highway Department
10,434 00
Assessors' Department
3,246 00
Health Department
·
4,683 27
Sewer Department .
16,807 08
Total
$373,913 34
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK.
1904]
Records of the Town Clerk.
Annual Town Meeting, March 16, 1903.
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 Swampscott, qualified to vote in elections, and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Swampscott, on Monday, the sixteenth day of March, current, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :-
ARTICLE I. 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 two (2) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for three (3) years.
To choose a Town Treasurer for one (1) year.
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To choose a Collector of Taxes for the year ensuing.
To choose one member of the School Committee for one (1) year.
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.
To choose a Board of Auditors for the year en- suing.
To choose one Overseer of the Poor for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Health for three (3) years.
To choose a Surveyor of Highways for the year en- suing.
To choose three Constables for the year ensuing.
To choose a Park Commissioner for one (1 ) year.
To choose a Park Commissioner for three (3) years. To choose a Water Commissioner for three (3) years.
To choose a Sewer Commissioner for three (3) years.
To choose a Tree Warden for the year ensuing. All to be chosen on one ballot.
ART. 3. To vote by ballot "Yes" or "No" upon the ques- tion : Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town.
ART. 4. To hear and act upon the reports of the Auditing Committee, the Board of Selectmen, the School Committee, the Board of Trustees of the Public Library, the Engineers of the Fire Department, the Superintendent of Cemetery, the Board of Health, the Chief of Police, the Milk Inspector, the Committee on Street Lights, the Water Commissioners, the Surveyor of Highways, the Inspector of Cattle, Provisions, etc., the Park Commissioners, the Sewer Commissioners, the Tree Warden, and the Committee on the 50th Anniversary.
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ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year, and make appro- priations therefor.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will accept the list of names for Jurors, as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
ART. 7. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes.
ART. 9. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. IO. 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. II. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars to be placed in the hands of James L. Bates Post, 118, G. A. R., towards defraying the expenses of Memorial Day.
ART. 12. To get the sense of the voters of the Town as to whether it is advisable or not to lay out a Town Way from Essex street to Columbia street, conformable to plans on file in the Town Clerk's Office, or upon any other plan.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will amend Section 2 of Arti- cle 3 of the By-laws, so as to authorize the payment of money by the Town Treasurer, upon orders drawn by the Sewer Com- missioners, or a majority of the members of said Board.
ART. 14. To see what action the Town will take to fix the amount of salary for Town Officials for the ensuing year.
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ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to pay George T. Till, Collector of Taxes for 1902 the full year's salary.
ART. 16. To see if members of the Board of Water Com- missioners shall be required to provide adequate bonds as is cus- tomary with all officers holding in trust the moneys of the Town, as petitioned for.
ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to give a lot of land on Pine street to the Woman's Relief Corps for the purpose of building a Grand Army Hall, and appropriate money for the foundation, as petitioned for.
ART. 18. To see what action the Town will take in regard to purchasing a safe and desk for the use of the Assessors, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 19. To see what action the Town will take in provid- ing for and maintaining an additional or auxiliary piece of Fire Apparatus, to be stationed in the vicinity of Beach Bluff, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 20. To see what action the Town will take to erect and maintain a Fire Alarm Box at the junction of Farragut and Ellis roads, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 21. To see what action the Town will take to erect and maintain a Fire Alarm Box at the corner of Thomas and Elmwood roads, and appropriate money for the same, as pe- titioned for.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will place a hydrant at the cor- ner of Thomas and Elmwood Roads, with eight inch pipe run- ning from Burrill street, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
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ART. 23. To see if the Town will place an Incandescent Light in Mapledale avenue, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will place an Electric Arc Light at the junction of Ellis road and the State Highway, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 25. To see what action the Town will take to properly light that part of the State Highway, which is east of the Rail- road bridge, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 26. To see what action the Town will take to move the street crossing across Humphrey street, opposite 374 to the foot of Ingalls terrace, and that a double crossing be laid instead of a single one, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 27. To see what action the Town will take in placing a Double Street Crossing across Maple avenue, where it connects with Columbia street, and another at the junction of Burrill street and Maple avenue, and appropriate money for the same, as pe- titioned for.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will construct a Street Cross- ing, running from 36 to 38 Orient street, across Marshall street, as petitioned for.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will place a Street Crossing on Sheridan Road near Walker road, also at the junction of Monument avenue and Walker road, and on Walker road near Outlook road, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will accept Phillips avenue as laid out by the Selectmen, and reimburse the Phillips estate the value of water pipes in said street; and appropriate money for the same.
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ART. 31. To see if the Town will accept Chatman avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will accept Ingalls terrace, as laid out by the Selectmen, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will accept Grant road as laid out by the Selectmen.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will accept Hardy road as laid out by the Selectmen.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will accept Outlook road as laid out by the Selectmen.
ART. 36. To see what action the Town will take to appro- priate money for the improvement of Buena Vista street, as pe- titioned for.
ART. 37. To see if the Town will appropriate money to move and repair the old Stone Crusher, or to purchase a new portable one, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 38. To see if the Town will appropriate money for a Steam Road Roller, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 39. To see what action the Town will take towards securing Road Building Material from the owner of land on Elm- wood road, near the corner of Sheridan road, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 40. To see what action the Town will take to place a Catch Basin on Roy street, near Hillside avenue, and appro- priate money for the same.
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ART. 41. To see what action the Town will take to procure a suitable safe for the use of the Town Treasurer, and appro- priate money for the same.
ART. 42. To see if the Town will authorize and direct the Town Treasurer in the name and behalf of the Town to borrow such sums of money as may be needed for the use of the Sewer Commissioners in the extension of the system of Sewerage, in accordance with any vote which may be passed by the Town, or for the completion of the system already authorized, and to make all necessary provisions for the issue and payment of any notes or bonds authorized hereunder.
ART. 43. To see if the Town will authorize the Sewer Com- missioners to extend the Sewer on Orient street to connect with the Private Sewer built by Mr. F. P. Farrar on the Jeffries estate, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 44. To see what action the Town will take to reim- burse the Sewer Commissioners the sum of Three Thousand Dollars, money expended to reconstruct the drain on the State highway and Burrill street, money to be raised by loan.
ART. 45. To see if the Town will instruct the Water Com- missioners to sell the whole or a part of the land on Pine street, formerly used in connection with the pumping station, together with the buildings thereon, and empower said Commissioners to convey the same.
ART. 46. To see what action the Town will take, that any one desiring to have a Water Meter, shall be permitted to have the same, by applying for the same to the Water Board, and shall have it put in, and any person having a meter put in their house, shall pay the price of the meter, and the rates shall be the same as in Lynn, Mass. No one shall be compelled to take a meter unless they wish the same, as petitioned for.
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ART. 47. To see what action the Town will take toward purchasing land for the purpose of making a Play Ground for the Town's children, to be in proximity of the Hay Scales, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 48. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Health to dispose of the house and lot on Minerva street formerly used as a contagious hospital, and empower said Board to con- vey the same.
ART. 49. To see what action the Town will take, that the stage of the Town Hall be provided with a permanent front with drop curtain and settings of scenery and suitable drops for the interior of the stage, and the arch and side partitions of the old stage be removed, and that the Town appropriate Four Hundred Dollars for the same.
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