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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
FIFTY-THIRD
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1905.
SETTLED A.D. 1629
INCORPORATED
TT. A. D. 1852
DAS
SWAME
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 1905
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
FIFTY-THIRD
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1905.
SETTLED A.D. 1629
· INCORPORATED
TT. A. D. 1852
AS
SWA
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 1905
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. 28
Index.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, TOWN OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC PROPERTY.
PAGE.
Assessors' Report
109
Auditor's Remarks
224
Cemetery Superintendent's Report
108
Fire Engineer's Report
100
Health, Board of, Report .
142
Health, Board of, Minority Report .
Inspector of Cattle, Swine and Provisions' Report
I39 147
Jurors, List of
Library Trustees' Report .
53 119 II4
Milk Inspector's Report
Park Commissioners' Report
104
Police Report .
92 146
Plumbing, Inspector of, Report
Public Property, Schedule of .
63
Sewer Commissioners', Report .
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Selectmen's Report .
Sinking Fund Commissioner's Report
Standing Committees
132 10
Street Light Committee's Report
117
Superintendent of Schools' Report
Surveyor of Highways' Report
Town Clerk's Records
Town Clerk's Statistics .
50
Town Officers Appointed .
Town Officers Elected
Town Warrant .
Tree Warden's Report
Truant Officer's Report
91
Water Commissioners' Report .
120
Water Commissioner's}Minority Report
.
I24
.
67 96 19
5 4 225
School Committee's Report2 .
I34 115 55
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INDEX.
1905]
Index.
FINANCIAL REPORTS.
PAGE.
Assessors' Valuation
221
Catch Basins and Gutters
177
Cemetery Department .
166
Chemical House
173
Concrete and Curbstones
179
Crescent Street
178
Crushed Stone
17S
Curbstone Reset
180
Farragut Road
180
Financial Standing of Town
222
Fire Alarm Boxes
174
Fire Department
169
Hay Scales
188
Health Department
162
Highway Department
174
Horse for Superintendent of Streets
IS4
Humphrey Street Culvert
ISı
Interest
204
Library, Free Public
ISS
Mapledale Place
ISI
Marshall Street Drain
183
Memorial Day
1 90
Monument Lot, Care of
190
Notes Payable
21S
Orient Street Widening
1S2
Park Department .
16S
Pest House Road .
181
Phillips School Medal Fund
160
Playground
169
Police Department
160
Poor Department .
194
Recapitulation
214
School Department
156
Selectmen's Department
151
Sewer Assessments
212
Sewer Assessments, Particular
212
Sewer Bonds .
219
Sewer Department
200
Sidewalks
IS2
Soldiers' Relief
192
Snow Plow
IS3
Special Fire .
173
State Aid, Chapter 372 .
190
State Aid, Chapter 374 .
191
Statistics of the Town. .
220
Street Light Department
186
Street Watering
186
Swampscott Water Works
197
Tax Collector's Balance Sheet
206
Town Hall Department
165
Treasurer's Balance Sheets .
20S
Tree Warden .
185
Water Commissioners' Sinking Fund
216
Water Rates .
187
Water Receipts
213
Watering Cart
187
Stone Ledge
184
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
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Elected Town Officers.
Moderator. DANIEL F. KNOWLTON.
Selectmen. JOSEPH M. BASSETT, Chairman. PERCY F. MUNSEY.
MARTIN L. QUINN.
Town Clerk. MILTON D. PORTER.
Treasurer.
BENJAMIN O. HONORS.
Collector of Taxes. GEORGE T. TILL.
Auditors.
L. FRANK CAHOON, Chairman. HERMAN F. ASHTON. GEORGE R. HUSSEY.
Assessors.
EDWARD A. MAXFIELD, Chairman.
JOHN B. EARP, Clerk . ·
GILBERT DELANO
·
Term expires 1905
66 66 1907
1 906
School Committee.
WALTER B. SHUMWAY, Chairman
SIDNEY E. BAILEY .
ELEANOR G. HOLDEN . .
Term expires 1906
66 60 1905
66 6 1907
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1905]
Overseers of the Poor.
JOSEPH F. CROWELL, Chairman .
Term expires 1907
THOMAS B. P. CURTIS
66 1905
CHARLES A. BLANCHARD .
66
66
1906
Water Commissioners.
WILLIAM H. BATES, Chairman
Term expires 1905
CHARLES S. HASKELL .
66 1907
SAMUEL M. KEHOE
.
66 1906
A
Public Library Trustees.
ELIZABETH J. HADLEY, Chairman
Term expires 1906
FRANK E. INGALLS ·
.
FRANK F. STANLEY
66
6 1907
Park Commissioners.
JEROME PAUL JACKSON, Chairman
Term expires 1905
FRED C. MARSH
·
JOHN J. BLANEY
66
1906
Board of Health.
DR. FRANK B. STRATTON, Chairman . MICHAEL HALEY ·
Term expires 1905
66 66 1907
66
66 1906
Surveyor of Highways.
IRVING I. EDGERLY. (Resigned.)
MICHAEL J. RYAN. (Appointed August 1, 1904.)
Constables.
SAMUEL T. HARRIS. RICHARD G. GILLEY.
EDWIN G. SPAULDING.
Sewer Commissioners.
AARON R. BUNTING, Chairman
Term expires 1907
OSCAR G. POOR . ..
1906
HENRY B. SPRAGUE
·
.
66 66 1905
1905
.
60
1907
JASPER H. STONE
·
Tree Warden. GEORGE NEWHALL.
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Appointed Town Officers.
Secretary of Selectmen. CHARLES G. ROWELL.
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
Ist Assistant
FRANK L. CHAPMAN
2d Assistant
Forest Fire Wardens.
GEORGE P. CAHOON. GEORGE H. LAMPARD.
FRANK L. CHAPMAN.
Regular Police. CHARLES H. DUNLAP, Chief.
JOHN C. WHORF. (Deceased. )
ADELBERT S. HAMMOND.
SAMUEL T. HARRIS. JOSEPH D. SPINNEY.
HENRY J. PEDRICK. CHARLES CONNELL.
Superintendent of Cemetery. JAMES P. M. S. PITMAN.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1905]
Superintendent of Burial of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors. MICHAEL HALEY.
Care of Monument Lot. JOSEPH GLASS.
Inspector of Provisions and Animals Intended for Slaughter or Kept for Production of Milk.
FRANK B. STRATTON.
Milk Inspector. · FRANK H. BRADFORD.
Town Weigher.
JOHN E. MELZARD. (Deceased.)
E. S. EASTMAN. (Appointed Nov. 22, 1904.)
Fence Viewer. W. J. WATERS.
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark. FRED H. EASTMAN. EDGAR F. DAVIS.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. MICHAEL HALEY.
Secretary of the Overseers of the Poor. MRS. L. E. KENDRICK.
Secretary of the Board of Health. W. R. PATTEN.
Inspector of Plumbing. MARTIN E. NIES.
Agent of Town Hall.
EDGAR E. VIVIAN. (Resigned.)
JOSEPH F. CROWELL. (Appointed.)
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( Janitor of Town Hall.
EDGAR E. VIVIAN. (Resigned.)
JOSEPH F. CROWELL. (Appointed.)
Superintendent of Sewers. IRVING I. EDGERLY. (Resigned.)
Clerk of Sewer Commissioners. GEORGE T. TILL.
Registrars of Voters.
GEORGE C. WEBSTER, Chairman (Rep. )
Term expires 1905
SIDNEY M. SHATTUCK, (Dem.)
66 66 1906
JAMES T. LYONS, (Dem.)
66 1907
MILTON D. PORTER, (Rep.) . ·
( ex-officio )
Special Election Officer, March 21, 1904. WILLIS C. PAUL.
Inspectors of Election, March 21, 1904.
JAMES L. TAYLOR .
MICHAEL J. RYAN
Republican Democrat
Deputy Inspectors of Election, March 21, 1904.
EDWARD H. CURTIS
JAMES McNICHOLS
Republican Democrat
Tellers of Election, March 21, 1904.
ALFRED F. PYNE
H. P. PETERS
.
Republican Republican Republican ·
J. H. WIDGER
WALTER L. J. MELVIN
EDWIN W. HAWES
. Republican Republican Republican
F. V. PORTER
BERNARD MCDERMOTT
Democrat
F. D. THURSTON
Democrat
W. H. COLLINS
Democrat
MARTIN E. NIES
Democrat
ALBERT A. STONE
Democrat
DANIET J. KAIN
Democrat
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1905]
Special Election Officer, November 8, 1904. WILLIS C. PAUL Democrat
Inspectors of Election, November 8, 1904.
ERNEST B. THING .
Republican .
ANDREW OLSEN
Democrat
Deputy Inspectors of Election, November 8, 1904.
FRANK H. BASSETT
Republican
DAVID W. NESBETT
Democrat
Tellers of Election, November 8, 1904.
EDMUND RUSSELL .
Republican
RALPH E. MELZARD
.
Republican
W. R. PATTEN
F. V. PORTER
Republican Republican
FRANK D. THURSTON
Democrat
JOSEPH P. MATHER
Democrat
ALBERT A. STONE
Democrat
BERNARD MCDERMOTT
Democrat
Constables.
HENRY J. PEDRICK. JOHN C. WHORF. (Deceased. )
ADELBERT S. HAMMOND.
CHARLES H. DUNLAP. JOSEPH D. SPINNEY. CHARLES CONNELL.
Keeper of Lockup. CHARLES H. DUNLAP.
Special Police.
RICHARD G. GILLEY. GEORGE R. HUSSEY. J. P. M. S. PITMAN. JOSEPH W. GLASS. JOHN BURNETT. JOHN F. WARD.
LEMUEL W. PICKARD. B. G. PEDRICK. CHARLES Q. LOUD.
LOUIS F. AMAZEEN.
ELIAS G. HODGKIN.
PATRICK CRYAN.
LOUIS G. CLARK. GEORGE H. REED.
EDWARD G. SPAULDING.
SYLVESTER F. DOUGLASS.
HORACE W. BLANCHARD.
GEORGE NEWHALL.
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Special Police .- Continued.
FRANK GRIFFIN.
GEORGE M. CONNOR.
FRANK E. POWERS.
SETH C. KENDRICK.
MICHAEL HALEY.
ELMER I. THOMPSON.
B. F. REED.
GEORGE D. R. DURKEE.
WILLIAM C. MCNAMARA.
JOHN H. BRYSON.
FRANK A. MARTIN.
J. H. DEMONT.
Truant Officer. RICHARD G. GILLEY.
Pound Keeper. JEFFERSON G. OWENS.
Field Driver. RICHARD G. GILLEY.
Dog Officer. RICHARD G. GILLEY.
Smoke Officer. CHARLES H. DUNLAP.
Standing Committee.
Committee on Street Lights.
EDWIN A. FARNHAM, Chairman. FRANK J. LINNEHAN. JOHN R. MERRITT. MARTIN L. QUINN.
FRANK L. BONNEY.
EDGAR E. VIVIAN.
EDWARD A. SMITH.
J. FRANK MOORE.
WILLIAM R. BLANEY.
BENJAMIN H. SHERIDAN.
DEXTER E. WESTON.
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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1905]
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
1,900 00
Laboratory supplies
.
400 00
School furniture
.
.
·
2,300 00
School supplies . ·
Soo oo
$86,200 00
.
300 00
.
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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 hemlets
30 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 00
One stop Watch
7 00
$256 25
One gun
20 00
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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1905]
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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·
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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 Chemical House,
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 . 200 00 Hose reel and 300 feet hose, wrench and two spanners at Lynn & Boston R. R. stables, Essex street 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 250 00
Two hundred and fifty feet hose, wrench and two spanners at Evans & Cole's stable, Orient street . 125 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
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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
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.
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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 00
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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Summary.
Miscellaneous
School Department
$212,799 24 86,200 00
Cemetery Department
Police Department
2,565 00 256 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.
1905]
-
Records of the Town Clerk.
Annual Town Meeting, March 21st, 1904.
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 twenty-first 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 meet- ing.
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 two (2) years.
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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 ensuing. 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 ensuing.
To choose three Constables for the year ensuing.
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 Commit- tee 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, the Committee to regain Kings Beach, Committee on sale of Pest House and the Committee on purchase of land at Hay Scales.
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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 year ensuing.
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. II. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred and seventy-five ($175) dollars to be placed in the hands of James L. Bates, Post 118, G. A. R., toward defraying the expenses of Memorial Day.
ART. 12. To see what action the Town will take to fix the amount of salary for Town officials for the ensuing year.
ART. 13. To see what rate of interest the Town will charge on taxes not paid before November I, of the year in which they are assessed.
ART. 14. To see what action the Town will take in regard to placing the Collection of Ashes under the supervision of the Superintendent of Streets, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
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ART. 15. To see what action the Town will take to sur- render the lease of William C. Stone to the Town of Swamp- scott, for use of dump near pumping station.
ART. 16. To see what action the Town will take to erect and maintain a Fire Alarm Box, near 278 Humphrey street, and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for.
ART. 17. To fix the compensation to be paid to the Sewer Commissioners for services rendered prior to the current year (or the year just closed, as the case may be), and to take any action which the Town may see fit in relation to such compensa- tion.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will extend the Marshall street drain to a point opposite the estate of Mrs. Honors, or devise some other means of caring for the surface water between those points, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will construct a Catch Basin, near No. 116 on the State road, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 20. 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., as petitioned for.
ART. 21. To see what action the Town will take to widen Orient street, near the junction of Humphrey street, and take land therefor, also to remove the Hay Scales from their present location to some favorable location on the Town's land on Pine street, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Chapter 49 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts relating to sewers, drains and sidewalks.
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ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Chapter 101 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts relative to common nuisances.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Sections 20 and 21 of Chapter 25 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts relative to Public Baths.
ART. 25. To see what action the Town will take with reference to establishing Public Baths in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 25 Revised Laws and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will vote to reimburse the Sewer Department the sum of $377.44 this amount having been spent on repairs of Norfolk avenue drain.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will authorize and direct that the rate of interest to be paid upon bonds of the Swampscott Sewerage Loan, Series E. F. and G., amounting to $35,000 be increased from three and one-half per centum per annum, as now authorized, to four per centum per annum, and to take any other action in relation to the rate of interest to be paid upon said bonds or as to the negotiation and sale of said bonds.
ART. 28. To see what action the Town will take in regard to paving gutters on Crescent street and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 29. To see what action the Town will take, if any in relation to providing a public play ground for the use of the children, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 30. To see what action the Town will take for pro- viding the Superintendent of Streets with a horse and vehicle, and also pay for the maintenance of same, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
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ART. 31. To see if the Town will appropriate $89.72 for the purpose of abating taxes to that amount which M. P. Carroll, late Tax Collector of the Town, was unable to collect, and which are uncollectable.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will vote to extend the system of sewerage through Ingalls terrace, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the improvement and resurfacing of Farragut road, as petitioned for.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will accept Mapledale avenue as laid out by the Selectmen, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will lease a piece of land on Pine street, near the Water Works to the Women's Relief Corps, for the purpose of erecting a Grand Army Hall as petitioned for.
ART. 36. To see if the Town will clear out the water courses running through the Rowe land between Salem and Humphrey streets, and lower the bed of the culverts on said streets, so that water now held back will flow off to the sea, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
ART. 37. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $500 for paving and grading land at the Engine House, at Phillips' Beach.
ART. 38. To see if the Town will direct that Redington street, from the hydrant at the D. P. Stimson place down to Humphrey street, be watered during the summer months.
The polls to be closed at sunset.
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK.
1905]
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested 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 aforesaid.
Given under our hands this seventh day of March in the year nineteen hundred and four.
JOSEPH M. BASSETT, C. B. DELANO, M. L. QUINN,
Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest :
RICHARD G. GILLEY,
Constable.
Return on the 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 purpose herein mentioned, by posting up attested copies of said Warrant at the Town Hall, Depots, Post Offices, and twenty-five other public and conspicuous places in said Swampscott, on Friday, the eleventh day of March, in the year nineteen hundred and four, the posting of said notices being at least seven days before the time of said meeting.
Attest : RICHARD G. GILLEY,
Constable of Swampscott.
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In accordance with the Warrant the voters of the Town were called to order at Town Hall at 6 A. M., March 21, 1904.
Vote for Moderator : Edmund Russell, 53 ; Daniel F. Knowl- ton, 71 ; who was declared elected and qualified. Special Elec- tion Officer, Willis C. Paul; Ballot Clerks, Michael J. Ryan (Dem.), and James L. Taylor (Rep.) ; Tellers, James H. Widger, Alfred T. Pyne, Henry P. Peters, Walter L. J. Melvin, Frank V. Porter, and Edwin W. Hawes (Reps.), Bernard McDermott, Daniel J. Kain, Joseph P. Nies, Albert A. Stone, Frank D. Thurston, and W. Henry Collins (Dems.)
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