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TOWN DOCUMENTS
FIFTY-SEVENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY, 31, 1909.
SETTLED
A.D. 1629.
INCORE
TT. A. D. 1852.
RATED
AS
ME
SWA
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 1909.
TOWN DOCUMENTS
FIFTY-SEVENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY, 31, 1909.
SETTLED A.D. 1629
.
INCORPORATED
T.A.D. 1852.
AS
SWAN
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 1909.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. I
INDEX.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, TOWN OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC PROPERTY.
PAGE.
Auditors' Remarks
295
Cemetery Superintendent's Report
167
Fire Engineer's Report
. 156
Health, Board of, Report
198
Health, Report of Health Officer
200
Inspector of Cattle, Swine and Provisions Report
202
Jurors, List of
83
Library Trustees' Report
177
Milk Inspector's Report
174
Park Commissioner's Report
160
Police Report
151
Poor, Overseer's of, Report
203
Public Property, Schedule of
II
School Committee's Report
91
Sewer Commissioner's Report
192
Sealer of Weights and Measures
175
Selectmen's Report
85
Sinking Fund Commissioner's Report
189
Street Light Committee's Report
. 201
Superintendent of Moth Work
171
Surveyor of Highway's Report
146
Town Accountant
206
Town Clerk's Records
19
Town Clerk's Statistics
80
Town Officers Appointed
Town Officers Elected
4
Town Warrant, November 3, 1908
55
Town Warrant, February 27, 1909
291
Tree Warden's Report
168
Water Commissioners' Report
180
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Town Warrant, March 16, 1908 .
19
Town Warrant, December 19, 1909
60
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INDEX.
1908]
INDEX.
FINANCIAL REPORTS.
PAGE.
Ambulance .
255
Assessors
255
Assessors' Valuation
Atlantic Avenue
Care Brooks
Catch Basins and Gutters .
233
Cemetery Department
229
Cemetery Improvement
250
Concrete and Curbstones
234 246
Engine House Repairs
251
Essex Street
254 250
Fence Department
244
Fire Department
224
Fire Hose
247
Fire Horses
24S
Free Public Library
227
Health Department
210
Highway Department .
240
Interest
265 265 236
Military Aid, Chapter 372
244
Monument Lot, Care of
236
Moth Department
256
Notes Payable
267
Park Department
245
Phillips School Medal Fund
206 221
Poor Department
219
Post 118 G. A. R., Heating
254
Recapitulation
268
Resetting Curbstones
236
Sand Building
254 249 211
School House Repairs
253
School Laboratory
252
Selectmen's Department
207 2S6
Sewer Department
2S5
Sewer Department Assessment Sidewalks
230
Snow Department
24S
Soldiers's Relief
242
State Aid, Chapter 374
244
Statistics of the Town
288
Steam Drill .
253
Street Light Department
22S
Street Watering
238 259
Tax Collector's Balance Sheet
270
Town Debt
287
Town Hall Department
230 270
Tree Warden
237
Water Bonds
2S5
Water Rates
239
Water Receipts
260
Continuous Sidewalk
Corner Burrill and Essex Streets
249
Crushed Stone ·
233
Farms School Building
Joanna Morse Fund
Memorial Day
Police Department
Sanitation Park Building
School Department
Sewer Bonds
283
Swampscott Water Works
Treasurer's Balance
289
251
249
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. I
Elected Town Officers.
Selectmen. Arthur C. Widger, Chairman. Fred C. Marsh. James F. Caton.
Moderator. Daniel F. Knowlton.
Town Clerk. Milton D. Porter.
Treasurer. Benjamin O. Honors.
Collector of Taxes. Nathan G. Bubier.
Auditors.
Stuart P. Ellis. Harry E. Cahoon Nathaniel F. Bartlett, Chairman.
Assessors.
Gilbert Delano
Term expires 1909
Oscar G. Poor
1910
Edward A. Maxfield, Chairman and
Secretary
Term expires 1911
School Committee.
Arthur W. Stubbs, Secretary . Dr. Howard K. Glidden . S. Perry Condgon, Chairman . 19II .
Term expires 1909
1910
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1909]
Overseers of Poor.
Edmund Russell
Term expires 1909
Joseph F. Crowell, Chairman .
66 1910
James H. Moulton
.
.
66
1911
Water Commissioners.
Samuel M. Kehoe
Term expires 1909
I. Irving Edgerly
1910
William H. Bates, Chairman
66 1911
Public Library Trustees.
Elizabeth J. Hadley
Term expires 1909
Frank F. Stanley, Chairman .
1910
Frank E. Ingalls
191I
Park Commissioners.
John J. Blaney
Term expires 1909
Clarence B. Humphrey, Chairman
1910
Robert Leslie, Secretary
66 1911
Board of Health.
Jasper H. Stone
.
Term expires 1909
George C. Webster, Chairman .
66 66 1910
Dr. Loring Grimes
66
1911
Surveyor of Highways. Michael J. Ryan.
Constables.
Frank H. Bradford. William H. Carroll.
Richard G. Gilley.
Sewer Commissioners.
Edward H. Curtis
Term expires 1909
Aaron R. Bunting, Chairman ·
.
1910
James T. Lyons
.
19II
·
·
.
.
Tree Warden. L. Herbert Cahoon.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. I
Appointed Town Officers,
Town Accountant. Charles G. Rowell.
Town Counsel. Parsons & Bowen.
Librarian of Public Library. Miss S. L. Honors.
Assistant Librarians.
Raymond Till.
Mahlon Knowles. Stanley Flagg.
Engineers of Fire Department.
George P. Cahoon.
George H. Lampard. Frank L. Chapman.
Forest Fire Wardens.
George P. Cahoon. George H. Lampard.
Frank L. Chapman.
Forest Warden. George P. Cahoon.
Regular Police. Ulysses M. Corson, Chief.
Charles H. Dunlap. Charles Connell. Adelbert S. Hammond.
Fred T. J. McNamara. J. Henry Pedrick. Joseph D. Spinney.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1909]
Keeper of Lockup. Ulysses M. Corson.
Constables.
Ulysses M. Corson. Charles H. Dunlap. Charles Connell.
Adelbert S. Hammond. Fred T. J. McNamara. J. Henry Pedrick. Joseph D. Spinney.
Superintendent of Cemetery. James P. M. S. Pitman.
Superintendent of Burial of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors. Richard G. Gilley.
Caretaker of Monument Lot. Joseph W. Glass.
Inspector of Animals, Etc. Samuel A. Spaulding.
Milk Inspector. Frank H. Bradford.
Town Weigher. Enoch S. Eastman.
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark. Fred H. Eastman. . Oscar G. Poor.
Elmer B. Dyer.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. Alfred G. Watts.
Janitor of Town Hall. Eben S. Martin.
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Dog Officer. Richard G. Gilley.
Truant Officer. Alfred F. Frazier.
Field Driver. Richard G. Gilley.
Registrar of Voters.
Frank D. Thurston (Democrat)
Term expires 1909
Joseph P. Mather (Democrat)
1910
Ernest B. Thing (Republican)
1911
Milton D. Porter (Republican)
(ex-officio)
Superintendent of Moth Work. L. Herbert Cahoon.
Deputy Superintendent of Moth Work. David W. Nesbett.
Fence Viewers.
Gilbert Delano, Peleg Gardner,
Daniel F. Knowlton.
Clerk of Selectmen. C. G. Rowell.
Clerk of Overseers of Poor. Edmund Russell.
Clerk of Board of Health. John B. Cahoon.
Clerk of Sewer Commissioners. George T. Till.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1909]
Superintendent of Sewers. Aaron R. Bunting.
Inspector of Plumbing. Martin E. Nies.
Special Police.
L. Herbert Cahoon.
Richard G. Gilley.
Alfred F. Frazier.
John C. Thomas.
William D. Hutt.
J. Frank Mower.
Edwin G. Spaulding.
John A. Finnegan.
Joseph W. Glass.
Seth C. Kendrick.
William C. McNamara.
William R. Blaney.
James J. Farrell.
J. P. M. S. Pitman.
Frank H. Bradford.
George R. Hussey.
Frank Griffin.
Elias G. Hodgkins.
John H. Bryson.
Burton A. Fogg.
George H. Reed.
George D. R. Durkee.
Fred W. Drake.
Louis F. Amazeen.
Patrick Cryan
Horace W. Wardwell.
Eben S. Martin.
John Doherty.
Charles Q. Lowd.
Edward A. Smith.
Lemuel W. Pickard.
Election Officers, March 16, 1908.
Special Election Officer.
Andrew Olsen
Democrat
Inspectors of Elections.
Willis C. Paul . Willard M. Hatch
Democrat . Republican
Abram G. Stone W. Percy Norcross
Deputy Inspectors.
Democrat . Republican
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Tellers.
Alfred F. Pyne .
· Rebublican
Frank V. Porter .
. Republican
James W. Libby
. Republican
Lyndon B. Jeffers
. Republican
Freeman A. Baker
. Republican
John T. McDermott
Democrat
John A. Finnegan
· Democrat
William P. Bergin
. Democrat
Joseph P. Nies .
.
.
Democrat
Election Officers November 3, 1908. Special Election Officer.
John A. Cullen .
Democrat
Inspectors of Elections.
Willis C. Paul
Democrat
Willard M. Hatch
. · .
. Republican
Deputy Inspectors.
Abram G. Stone
Democrat
W. Percy Norcross
. Republican
Tellers.
Frank V. Porter
· Republican
Freeman A. Baker
. Republican
James W. Libby
· Republican
Robert B. Wardwell, Jr.
Republican
William P. Bergin
Democrat
Joseph P. Nies .
Democrat
John A. Finnegan
. Democrat
Daniel J. Kain ·
. Democrat
Tellers Jan. 27, 1909.
S. Perry Congdon.
John T. McDermott.
.
.
.
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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1909]
Schedule of Public Property.
Town Hall and land
$23,000 00
Public Library
5,000 00
Pine Street building and land . . 4,500 00
Soldiers' Monument
3,000 00
Hay scales
200 00
Portable safe .
100 00
Small safe .
35 00
Steel box
10 00
Piano
475 00
Standard weights and measures
200 00
Treasurer's safe
295 00
Town Clerk's safe
75 00
Collector's safe ·
50 00
Selectmen's office fixtures
.
100 00
Morris land .
.
2,800 00
$39,840 00
School Department.
Phillips School and land
$60,000 00
Redington Street School and land
5,000 00
Beach School and land
4,000 00
Essex Street School and land .
10,000 00
Farm School and land . 8,000 00
Land, Essex Street, opp. Cemetery 300 00
Manuel Training
1,900 00
Laboratory supplies
700 00
School furniture
5,500 00
School supplies
1 000 00
Clarke School and land .
33,850 00
Manuel Training equipment
.
1,250 00 - $131,500 00
.
·
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. I
Cemetery Department.
Receiving tomb
. $2,000 00
Old tomb
20 00
House .
500 00
Implements
50 00
Land
5,000 00
$7,570 00
Police Department.
Police Station and fixtures
.
· $3,200 00
Nine revolvers
45 00
Fifty-five badges
63 00
Eleven handcuffs
45 00
Ten twisters .
10 00
Twenty helmets
56 00
One gun
20 00
Six belts and clubs
7 50
Ten chairs
20 00
One table
3 00
One Public Statute
4 25
Seven police belts
7 00
One stop watch
7 00
Twenty-seven numbers for helmets
4 05
Thirty-two dozen buttons
19 00
One motorcycle and tools
250 00
One speed gauge .
. .
·
22 50
$3,783 30
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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1909]
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
One stream fire engine . 3,600 00
One hose wagon 500 00
One ladder truck with 193 feet ladders 350 00
Two supply wagons 250 00 .
Twenty-five alarm boxes 1,820 00 ·
Fire alarm bell including strikers
2,225 00
One tape register with gongs .
235 00
Six hand chemicals
120 00 .
One steam whistle
500 00
Eight horses including harness
2,355 00 .
Blankets and robes
47 00
Furniture and bedding .
100 00
Storage battery and switchboard
800 00 .
One repeater, two indicators .
525 00
Eighty-six hydrants
2,190 00 .
One light wagon, one hose pung
145 00
Supplies
385 00
Chemical House Phillips Beach.
Chemical house and land
· 8,400 00
One chemical engine
2,225 00
Two hand chemicals 50 00
One indicator, one gong
135 00
Three horses ·
675 00
Blankets, harnesses and tools
258 00
Furniture and bedding .
75 00
Hose reel and 600 feet hose play-pipe and supplies .
380 00
Hose reel and 300 feet hose, wrench and two spanners, at John Palmer's stable, Humphrey street
200 00
Amount carried forward, $37,295 00
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Amount brought forward, $37,295 00
Hose reel and 300 feet hose, wrench and
two spanners, at Lynn & Boston Rail- way stable, Essex street 200 00
Hose reel and 400 feet hose, wrench, two spanners, one axe, at Mountain Park Hose House, two ladders . 250 00
Hose reel and 400 feet hose, wrench, two spanners, at Lincoln House 250 00
250 feet hose, wrench, spanners, at Evans & Cole stable, Orient street 125 00
Twenty-seven hundred feet cotton hose rubber lined, two and one-half-inch 1,350 00
-- - $39,470 00
Highway Department.
Stone crusher plant
$4,300 00
Extra set grate bars for boiler
15 00
Steam road roller
3,250 00
Ring roller
250 00
Storage buildings, State road
1,750 00
Gravel bank, Marblehead
500 00
Climax road machine
250 00
Water cart
200 00
Acme street sweeper
285 00
Eight snow plows
300 00
One-horse buggy harness, single
sleigh, street blanket .
·
250 00
One No. 3 Edson pump, two-lengths hose . 55 00
Seventy loads sand in sand shed
70 00
Six hundred tons crushed stone
600 00
One catch basin top (D-grating)
14 00
Supplies for crusher and roller, tools, etc.
500 00
$12,589 00
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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1909]
Street Watering Department.
Two watering carts
$500 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
Health Department.
One wheelbarrow
·
$2 00
One dory
.
·
12 00
One pair oars .
1 00
One pair rollers
1 00
One anchor
50
Two garbage pails .
2 50
Two garbage barrels
6 00
Three shovels
2 25
Four rakes
2 00
Four forks
I 50
Two lanterns .
I 50
Contagious Hospital
2,032 00
Household goods
60 00
Carriage
50 00
Carriage shed
84 00
Generator
85 00
Office furniture (Town Hall) .
150 00
Atlas
25 00
Letter press
10 00
.
·
·
.
$2,528 25
.
·
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Park Department. Blaney Beach Reservation.
Land, 98,500 sq. ft. at $0.35 .
$34,475 00
Fish house
4,800 00
Band stand
425 00
3 shelters
130 00
Gasoline tank
30 00
6 chairs
5 00
Directors' table
15 00
3 settees
1 50
Hose
5 00
I shovel
50
I rake
50
$39,887 50
Monument Avenue Reservation.
Land, 90,000 sq. ft., at $0.25
22,500 00
Paradise Road Playground.
Land, 91,600 sq. ft., at $0. 15
$13,740 00
Rope
24 00
Iron bars
17 50
Hammer
.
IO
13,782 60
Total
.
$76,170 10
Sewer Department.
Pumping station
$7,162 64
Pumping plant
10,000 00
Land at station
1,144 63
Office furniture and fixtures
278 32
Material on hand, equipment tools,
etc.
912 49
·
$19,498 08
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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
1909]
Water Department.
Water mains and stand-pipe . · $137,000 00
48,000 feet of land on Pine street 5,000 00
20,000 ft. land west of Stacey's brook, 1,000 00
IO acres land, Thompson's meadow, 1,000 00
Brick building, Pine street 5,000 00 ·
Storage house, Pine street
·
1,300 00
Stock on hand, Feb. 1, 1909
875 60
Horse and wagons .
400 00
Office furniture
300 00
1,259 meters .
.
10,636 15
$162,511 75
Moth Department.
One force pump
$20 00
Two small pumps ·
.
4 00
Three spray poles and nozzles
·
5 00
Three extension ladders
33 00
Four chopping axes
3 00
Six brush hooks
3 00
Five bush scythes
6 25
One grindstone
2 75
Two pairs clyde shears
5 00
Two galvanized iron tanks
4 00
Two pairs driving irons
5 00
One cross-cut saw .
3 00
One large hand saw
.
2 00
One small hand saw
I 30
One small hatchet
50
One chisel
75
Bit and stock
2 50
Five pruners
6 50
Four bamboo poles and brushes
2 50
One shovel .
I 35
Two tree scrapers
.
.
·
1 00
One faucet
· ·
45
.
.
.
·
$112 85
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[Feb. I
Summary.
Miscellaneous
.
$39,840 00
School
.
.
.
131,500 00
Cemetery
.
7,570 00
Police
3,783 00
Fire .
39,470 00
Highway
12,589 00
Street watering
500 00
Assessors
3,246 00
Health
2,528 25
Park .
76,170 10
Sewer
19,489 08
Water
162,511 75
Moth work
112 85
$499,310 03
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK.
1909]
Records of the Town Clerk.
Annual Town Meeting, March 16, 1908. 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 for one (1) year.
ART. 2. To choose a Town Clerk for one (1) year.
To choose a Board of Selectmen for the year en- suing.
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.
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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 Town Ac- countant, 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 Commis- sioners, the Surveyor of Highways, the Inspector of Cattle, Pro- visions, etc., the Park Commissioners, the Sewer Commission- ers, the Tree Warden, the Board of Assessors, the Overseers of the Poor, the Committee on Ways and Means, and the Commit- tee on Combination Engine House and Police Station.
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.
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1909]
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 two hundred dollars ($200) 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 in deter- mining how money shall be raised to pay for permanent im- provements.
ART. 13. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Water Commissioners the present year.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a commit- tee of five members, to bring in a list of salaries for Town Offi- cials for the ensuing year.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to erect two school buildings of two rooms each in the lower section of the Town, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by H. K. Glidden and others.
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ART. 16. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) for sports for the children on July 4, as petitioned for by Alfred F. Frazier and others.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to place Concrete and Curbstones on Redington street in front of the school house, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by H. K. Glidden and others.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will appropriate two hundred dollars ($200) for Town fences, as recommended by the Sur- veyor of Highways.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will accept Devens road as far as the waivers are signed, as petitioned for by William B. Phil- lips and others.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) to be placed in the hands of Gen. James L. Bates, Post 118, G. A. R. for the purpose of heating and lighting the headquarters of the Post, as petitioned for by John R. Merritt and others.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to extend the Sewer System from Hillside avenue, through Elliott and Crescent streets to Buena Vista street and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by George C. Webster and others.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to extend the Sewer System from Hillside avenue to Crescent street, through Elliott street, and make an appropriation for the same, as petitioned for by C. W. Butterworth and others.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to take moneys from funds now in the hands of the Sewer Commissioners, and con- tinue the sewer from Thomas road to and through Sheridan road, as petitioned for by Grant S. Hilton and others.
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1909]
ART. 24. To see what action the Town will take in regard to constructing concrete sidewalks from a point opposite the property of Alden Sleeper on Monument avenue to the end of the present concrete sidewalk on Grant road at land of Charles W. Tucker, and assessing one-half of the expense on the abutters, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Alfred W. Smith and others.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) to be expended in the completion of grading Essex street, as petitioned for by Martin E. Nies and others.
ART. 26. To see what action the Town will take toward granting a Saturday half-holiday with pay, from April I to October I, to employees of the Highway, Water and Moth De- partments, as petitioned for by Joseph P. Mather and others.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to reimburse the Sewer Department the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) in accordance with the report of the Finance Committee at the meeting of June 25, 1907, as requested by the Sewer Commis- sioners.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer in conjunction with the Board of Water Com- missioners to issue two thousand dollars ($2,000) in water bonds under the Act of 1898, the proceeds of such issue to be used toward defraying the expense of metering the remainder of the Town, as petitioned for by William H. Bates and others.
ART. 29. To see what action the Town will take in locating two incandescent lights under the Railroad bridge over Stetson avenue, one over each sidewalk, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Julius A. Ulman and others.
ART. 30. To appoint a Committee on Ways and Means in accordance with Chapter V, Section I, of the revised By-Laws.
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ART. 31. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of four thousand seven hundred dollars ($4,700) as required by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths.
The polls to be closed at sunset.
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 as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-eighth day of February, in the year nineteen hundred and eight.
ARTHUR C. WIDGER, MARTIN L. QUINN, FRED C. MARSH,
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 legal voters of Swampscott by posting attested copies of said Warrant at the Town Hall, Depot, Post Office and twenty-five other public and conspicuous places in said Swampscott, on Saturday, the seventh day of March, 1908; the posting of said notices being at least seven days before the time of said meeting.
RICHARD G. GILLEY,
Constable.
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK.
1909]
Meeting called to order at 6 o'clock A. M., by the Moderator, Daniel F. Knowlton. The following were qualified by the Clerk to act as election officers : Special, Andrew Olsen, (Dem.) Ballot Clerks, Willis C. Paul, (Dem.) and Willard M. Hatch, (Rep.) Tellers, Freeman A. Baker, Frank V. Porter, James W. Libbey, Lyndon B. Jeffers, Alfred F. Pyne, (Rep.) ; John T. McDermott, John A. Finnegan, William P. Bergin and Joseph P. Nies, (Dem).
The polls closed at 5.52 P. M., 1028 general, and 11 special ballots having been cast.
At 10.50 P. M. the vote was declared as follows :
For Moderator-Daniel F. Knowlton, 483, elected ; Henry B. Sprague, 405 ; blanks, 140.
For Selectmen-James F. Caton, 523, tie ; Elias G. Hodg- kins, 438; Fred C. Marsh, 528, elected; Martin L. Quinn, 523, tie ; Arthur C. Widger, 594, elected ; blanks, 478.
For Town Clerk-Milton D. Porter, 833, elected ; blanks, 195.
For Treasurer-Benjamin O. Honors, 810, elected ; blanks, 218.
For Collector of Taxes-Nathan G. Bubier, 568, elected ; George T. Till, 432 ; blanks, 28.
For Assessor for three years-Isaac H. Andrews, 303 ; Edward A. Maxfield, 625, elected ; blanks, 100.
For School Committee for three years-Sidney E. Bailey, 440; S. Perry Congdon, 446, elected ; blanks, 153.
For Overseer of Poor for three years-A. Wesley Clough, 286; James H. Moulton, 461, elected ; William J. Waters, 203 ; blanks, 78.
For Board of Health for three years-Loring Grimes, M. D., 837, elected ; scattering, 4 ; blanks, 187.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Feb. I
For Water Commissioner for three years-William H. Bates, 715, elected ; Wilmot R. Hastings, 276; blanks, 37.
For Park Commissioner for three years-Richard P. Horton, 353; Frank E. Johnson, 235; Robert Leslie, 358, elected ; blanks, 82.
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