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TOWN DOCUMENTS
SIXTY-EIGHTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT, MASS.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1919
ED
SET
A.D. 1629.
INCORP
T. A. D. 1852
RATED
SC
AS
SWAMP
LYNN, MASS. JOHN F. MCCARTY & SON, PRINTERS
1920
TOWN DOCUMENTS
SIXTY-EIGHTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT, MASS.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1919
LED
A.D. 1629
SETT
INCORPORATE
T.A.D. 1852
AS
SWA
LYNN, MASS. JOHN F. MCCARTY & SON, PRINTERS
1920
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
INDEX
Reports of Departments and Committees
PAGE
Animals, Inspector of
138
Appropriations Recommended
183
Assessors
155
Building Inspector
167
Cemetery, Superintendent of
168
Committee on Memorials
169
Election, Town
18
Election, State
63
Finance Committee, Report of
20-49
Fire Engineers
110
Forest Warden
154
Health, Board of
126
Health Officer
129
Highway, Surveyor of
141
Library, Trustees of
160
Library, Building Committee's Report
162
Machon School, Committee's Report of
38
Milk Inspector
136
Moth Work, Superintendent of
147
Park Commission
151
Plumbing, Inspector of
140
Police, Chief of
107
Poor, Overseers of
158
Primaries, State
43
Public Property, Inventory of
10
Selectmen, Board of
171
School Census
94
School Committee
78
School Directory
105
School Nurse, Report of
139
Town Accountant
189
Town Clerk's Statistics
67
Town Clerk's Records
14
Town Engineer
144
Town Committees Appointed
9
Town Officers Appointed
6
Town Officers Elected
4
Town Warrant, February 17, 1919
14
Town Warrant, September 23, 1919
42
Town Warrant, September 25, 1919
46
Town Warrant, October 27, 1919
61
Town Warrant, February 16, 1920
259
Tree Warden, Report of
149
Victory Celebration, Report of Committee
163
War Memorials, Report of Committee
169
Water and Sewerage Board
116
Weights and Measures, Sealer of
165
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INDEX
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Financial Report
PAGE
Assessors' Department
196
Auditing Department
195
Balance Sheets
74-221-256
Bureau of Statistics
68-240
Cemetery
215
Collector of Taxes'
195-237
County Tax
216
Department Summaries
219
District Nurse
213
Engineering Department
197
Election and Registration
197
Essex Street Pavement
217
Fire Department
199
Forest Warden
201
Health Department
202
Health and School Nurse
203
Heat and Light, G. A. R. Hall,
213
Highway Department
205
Insurance
212
Interest and Maturing Debt
215
Law Department
197
Library
210
Liabilities
232
Memorial Day
212
Metropolitan Assessments
212
Moth Extermination
201
Municipal Insurance Fund
236
Notes Payable
227-231
Park Department
211
Pensions
212
Police Department
198
Poor Department
207
Printing Town Reports
212
Schools
208
Sealer of Weights and Measures
200
Selectmen's Department
194
Sewer Maintenance and Operation
203
Sewer Notes and Bonds
233
Sewer Pumping Station Equipment
216
Soldiers' Exemption
213
Stacey Brook Culvert
217
State Aid, Civil and German Wars
208
State Tax
216
Statistics (1877-1919)
157
Street Lighting
206
Street Watering and Oiling
205
Teachers' Pensions
210
Town Clerk's Department
196
Town Debt
234
Town Hall Department
197
Transfers
217
Treasurer's Report
224
Treasury Department
195
Treasurer's' Receipts
189
Tree Warden
201
Trust and Investment Funds
216-234-235
Victory Celebration Committee
213
Water Bonds and Notes
118-232-233
Water Debt Sinking Fund
120
Water Department
214
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Elected Town Officers, 1919
Selectmen Henry S. Baldwin, Chairman
Frederick H. Timson
Grant S. Hilton
Moderator Daniel F. Knowlton
Town Clerk
George T. Till
Town Treasurer James W. Libby
Collector of Taxes Nathan G. Bubier
Assessors Edward A Maxfield Term expires 1920
Oscar G. Poor Term expires 1922
Clarence B. Humphrey Term expires 1921
Water and Sewerage Commissioners George D. R. Durkee, Chairman Term expires 1922
Harold G. Enholm Term expires 1920
Charles E. Hodgdon Term expires 1921
Park Commissioners James T. Lyons, Chairman Term expires 1922
Stuart P. Ellis, Secretary Archibald Miller Term expires 1921
Term expires 1920
School Committee Rev. Edward Tillotson, Chairman Term expires 1920
Rev. John Vannevar Term expires 1922
Arthur W. Stubbs, Secretary Term expires 1921
Trustees of Public Library Frank F. Stanley, Chairman Term expires 1922
Francis E. Ingalls Term expires 1920
F. Keeler Rice Term expires 1921
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
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Overseers of the Poor Joseph F. Crowell Term expires 1922
Harry E. Cahoon Term expires 1920
Edmund Russell, Secretary Term expires 1921
Board of Health Dr. Loring Grimes, Chairman Term expires 1920
John B. Cahoon Ferm expires 1921
Harold H. Bartol Term expires 1922
Surveyor of Highways Michael J, Ryan Term expires 1921
Tree Warden Everett P. Mudge
Constables
Clarence W. Horton
Charles Walter Burrill
Commissioners of Trust Funds
Henry B. Sprague Term expires 1922
Weston K. Lewis Term expires 1921
C. Irving Lindsey Term expires 1920
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Appointed Town Officers, 1919
Town Accountant Arthur C. Widger
Town Counsel Janies W. Santry
Engineers of Fire Department Harold C. Blaney, Chairman
*John S. Caldwell
Ralph W. Lowe Secretary tJames Warnock, Chief Clarence D. Kendrick, 1st Assistant Chief
Frank W. Ouiton, Captain Walter M. Champion, Captain
Permanent Firemen
Harold L. Jacobs *Thomas S. Leadbetter Charles Lampard įAlmon B. Owens
Ralph J. Owens Charles E. Snow William B. Snow Walter A. Thomas
Permanent Police Ulysses M. Corson, Chief
#Eugene P. Brogan Charles Connell Charles H. Dunlap James C. Pearson J. Henry Pedrick
James M. Kennedy Joseph D. Spinney Almon B. Owens William L. Quinn
Keeper of Lockup Ulysses M. Corson
Constables
Eugene P. Brogan Charles Connell Charles H. Dunlap James C. Pearson
J. Henry Pedrick James M. Kennedy Joseph D. Spinney Ulysses M. Corson
Superintendent of Cemetery Thomas Handley
Superintendent of Burial of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors George W. Thomas
· Resigned
+ Elected # Leave of Absence
1919]
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
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Caretaker of Monument Lot Ralph Fowler
Town Weigher Mary M. Nies
Librarian of Public Library Miss S. L. Honors
Assistant Librarians
Miss Lucy M. Eveleth
Miss Pauline Bain
Forest Warden
Everett P. Mudge
Forest Fire Warden
Everett P. Mudge
Building Inspector Frank E. Morrison
Inspector of Animals and Provisions Dr. Frank B. Stratton
Town Engineer Wallace W. Pratt
Health Officer and Clerk of Board of Health Clarence W. Horton
Sealer of Weights and Measures Benjamin A. Martin
Agent and Janitor of Town Hall L. Herbert Cahoon
Dog Officer George W. Boston
Field Driver William H. Brown
Superintendent of Moth Work Everett P. Mudge
Fence Viewers
George H. Doane
Hulbert C. Griffin
Attendant Officer C Walter Burrill
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Registrars of Voters
Ernest B. Thing (Republican) Andrew Olsen (Democrat) Frank D. Thurston (Democrat) George T. Till
Term expires 1920
Term expires 1921 Term expires 1922 (ex-officio)
Special Police
Joshua B. Acker John E. Barry
Alfred F. Frazier
Thomas Handley
James D. Bentley
William D. Hutt
George W. Boston
Almon T. Owens
Frank H. Bradford
Willard P. Jackson
William P. Brennan
George F. Mossley
Nathan H. Brown
Lemuel W. Pickard
John H. Byrson
Frank T. Roach
L. Herbert Cahoon
George H. Reed
William H. Carroll
Charles A. Storer
Daniel B. Collins
William A. Seaton
Patrick Cryan
Arthur W. Rowell
George D. R. Durkee
John C. Thomas
Burton A. Fogg
Henry W. Wagenfeld Coleman M. Wood.
Secretary of Selectmen Arthur C. Widger
Sceretary of Water and Sewer Commissioners S. Russell Ingalls
Superintendent of Water Works .John M. Mather
Inspector of Plumbing Edward C. Phillips
Measurers of Wood
George S. Briggs
George T. Till
Charles Corriere
Weighers of Coal
George T. Till Carolyn D. Horgan
Joseph M. Daley
Election Officers Town Election, February 17, 1919
Election Officer Sidney M. Shattuck (Democrat)
Inspector William R. Patten (Republican)
Inspector William J. Lynch (Democrat)
Deputy Inspector C. Sanford Doughty (Republican)
Deputy Inspector
Abram G. Stone (Democrat)
Tellers (Republican)
Tellers (Democrat)
Samuel M. Kehoe
John B. Cahoon
Charles H. Thomas
John A. Finnegan
George H. Stone
Harry E. Cahoon Harold D. Spinney Alfred F. Frazier
Patrick A. Deine Peter J. Blaser
Horace R. Parker
William P. Bergin
Charles E. Melzard
Harold C. Snow
Frank T. Roach James J. Finnegan
George S. Briggs Charles Corriere
Perley C. Foss
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Election Officers State Primary, September 23, 1919
Election Officer
John A. Cullen (Democrat)
Ballot Clerk William R. Patten (Republican)
Ballot Clerk Francis M. Kennedy (Democrat)
Deputy Ballot Clerk .W. Percy Norcross (Republican)
Deputy Ballot Clerk
Abram G. Stone (Democrat)
Tellers (Republican)
Tellers (Democrat)
Harold H. Bartoi
George F. Clay
John P. Slattery
Harry E. Cahoon
Peter J. Blazer
Thomas E. Berry
John B. Cahoon
Alfred F. Frazier
John A. Finnegan
Harold D. Spinney
Charles E. Melzard
Thomas M. Noonan
George H. Stone
Election Officers, State Election, November 4, 1919
Election Officer
John A. Culien (Democrat)
Ballot Clerk.
Samuel Hooper (Republican)
Ballot Clerk .William J. Lynch (Republican)
Deputy Ballot Clerk .W. Percy Norcross (Republican)
Deputy Ballot Clerk
Abram G. Stone (Democrat)
Tellers (Republican)
Tellers (Democrat)
Herman E. Story
James D. Carroll
Ralph D. Merritt
Harry G. Hutchinson
Thomas E. Berry
Ernest H. Clark
Charles E. Hodgdon
James H. Ryan
Alfred F. Frazier
Anthony A. Lyons
Charles E. Melzard
James J. Finnegan
Arthur C. Widger
Frank G. Melvin
Harold C. Snow
APPOINTED TOWN COMMITTEES
Finance Committee
John F. Luther, Chairman
Term expires 1922
Herbert A. Cahoon Secretary
Term expires 1920
C. Sanford Doughty.
Term expires 1920
Calvin S. Tilden
Term expires 1921
Louis M. Atherton
Term expires 1921
Board of Survey
Henry S. Baldwin, Chairman and Secretary Frederick H. Timson Grant S. Hilton
Machon School Building Committee Rev. John Vannevar, Chairman Arthur W. Stubbs, Secretary
Rev. Edward Tillotson . Frederick H. Timson
Henry S. Baldwin Grant S. Hilton
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1919]
Leo P. Caproni
Frank G. Melvin
Harold C. Snow
Anthony A. Lyons
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Inventory of Public Property
Miscellaneous
Town Hall and land.
$37,000 00
House adjoining and land
3,000 00
Public Library and equipment
35,000 00
Soldiers' Monument
3,000 00
Hay scales
800 00
Piano
350 00
Standard weights and measures
250 00
Treasurer's safe
295 00
Town Clerk's safe
75 00
Collector's safe
50 00
Selectinen's office fixtures
600 00
G. A. R. Hall and land
9,000 00
$89,420 09
School Department
Phillips School and land
$150,000 00
Clarke School and land
43,000 00
Machon School and land
17,000 00
Palmer School and land
11,000 00
Hadley School and land
140,000 00
Manual Training School
2,000 00
Essex Street land
300 00
School furniture
13,050 00
Manual Training equipment
1,700 00
Domestic Science equipment
1,300 00
Books, elementary
3,000 00
Books, High School
2,000 00
Laboratory
3,500 00
Pianos
1,250 00
Equipment
300 00
$389,400 00
Cemetery Department
Receiving tomb
$2,000 00
Old tomb
20 00
House
500 00
Land
5,000 00
Implements
100 00
$7,620 00
Police Department
Police station
$3,300 00
Ambulance and garage
3,000 00
Safe
100 00
Three desks, 11 chairs
100 00
Cabinet
84 00
Typewriter
60 00
Public statues
10 00
Equipment for officers
383 00
Lungmotor
130 00
$7,167 00
1919]
INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
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Street Watering Department
Two watering carts
$400 00
Oil wagon
600 00
Pump
50 00
$1,050 00
Highway Department
Stone crusher plant
$5,000 00
Steam road roller
3,000 00
Storage building, stable and land, State road
8,500 00
Gravel bank (Marblehead)
500 00
Locker building (Marblehead)
75 00
Road machine
250 00
Water cart
200 00
Two-horse wagon
200 00
Street sweepers
300 00
Ten snow plows
500 00
Gutter plows
75 00
Sand (stored)
300 00
Horse, harness, buggy, sleigh, pung. blankets
350 00
Equipment and supplies
580 00
Six horses, harness, etc
2,500 00
Tip carts
500 00
Pungs
350 00
Crushed stone at yard
400 00
$23,580 00
Assessors' Department
Plans and maps
$3,000 00
Safe
90 00
Chairs
50 00
Desk
25 00
Table
25 00
Cabinet and cards
55 00
$3,245 00
Park Department
Land, Blaney's Beach Reservation
$38,303 00
Buildings, Blaney's Beach Reservation
7,500 00
Land, Monument Avenue Reservation
24,997 00
Land, Paradise Road Playground
15,205 00
Building, Paradise Road Playground
300 00
Building, Jackson Park
300 00
Jackson Park
10,000 00 '
Phillips Park
8,000 00
Equipnient and tools
308 60
Office furniture
67 00
Signs, wire and tank
45 00
Bubble fountains
100 00
-
$105,125 60
Health Department
Dory and fittings
$15 00
Tools
25 00
Hospital and ambulance
2,800 00
Household goods
25 00
Carriage shed
50 00
Generators
100 00
Office furnishings
250 00
Milk inspection outfit
35 00
..
$3,300 00
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Moth Department
Building
$135 00
Power sprayer and hose
1,200 00
Ladders
59 00
Small power sprayer
273 00
Insecticides
87 00
Tools, etc.
268 00
$2,022 00
Poor Department
Safe
$35 00
Furniture
35 00
$70 00
Fire Department
Engine house and land, New Ocean street
$7,000 00
Ladder truck and equipment
7,000 00
Supply wagon
200 00
Fire alarm system
8,920 00
Harness, blankets, etc.
50 00
Furniture and bedding
300 00
Combination pumping outfit and equipment
8,200 00
Service car
600 00
$32,270 00
Phillips Beach House
Chemical house and land
$14,000 00
Auto Combination A and equipment
3,575 00
Horse drawn chemical
500 00
Blankets, harness, etc
50 00
Furniture and bedding
75 00
Tire shoes and inner tubes
50 00
$18,250 00
Hose
Hose reel and supplies at Essex street car barn,
$200 00
Three thousand seven hundred feet of 21/2 -inch
hose
3,130 00
Five hundred feet of 34 -inch hose.
200 00
Seven hundred feet of 21/2-inch poor hose
$3,530 00
Water Department
Water mains and stand-pipes
$164,479 07
Land, Pine street 5,000 00
Twenty thousand feet land, west of brook
1,000 00
Ten acres, Thompson's meadow
1,000 00
Brick building, Pine street
4,000 00
Work shop and garage
1,500 00
Stock on hand
6,200 00
Truck (auto)
300 00
Office furniture
500 00
Meters
18,905 65
$202,874 72
1919]
INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
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Sewer Department
Pumping station
$12,000 00
Pumping plant
11,500 00
Land
4,000 00
Office furniture
350 00
Tools and equipment
300 00
$28,150 00
Engineering Department
Instruments and tools
$457 00
Typewriter
100 00
Furniture
140 00
Supplies
50 00
$747 00
Summary
Miscellaneous
$89,420 00
School
389,400 09
Cemetery
7,620 00
Police
7,167 00
Street watering
1,050 00
Highway
23,580 00
Assessors
3,245 00
Park
105,125 60
Health
3,300 00
Moth
2,022 00
Poor
70 00
Fire
54,050 00
Water
202,874 72
Sewer
28,150 00
Engineering
747 00
$917,821 32
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Town Clerk's Records
Town Meeting, February 17, 1919
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, quali- fled to vote in Elections and in Town affairs. to assemble in the Town Hall in said Swampscott, on Monday, the seventeenth day of February, at 6 A. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:
Article 1. To choose a Moderator for one (1) year. To choose a Town Clerk for one (1) year.
To choose three members of the Board of Selectmen for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for three (3) years.
To choose a Town Treasurer for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the School Committee for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Overseers of the Poor for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Health for three (3) years.
To choose three Constables for one (1) year.
To choose one Park Commissioner for three (3) years. To choose one member of the Water and Sewerage Board for three (3) years.
To choose one Tree Warden for one (1) year.
To choose three members of the Board of Commis- sioners of Trust Funds, one for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years, in accordance with the provisions of of Chapter 282 of the Acts of 1915, as petitioned for by Forrest E. Beal and others.
All to be chosen on one ballot.
Article 2. To vote by ballot "Yes" or "No" upon the question: "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town"?""
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to accept Section 73 of Part 2 of Chapter 344 of the Acts of 1917, an Act to establish a building line in the town.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to accept Chapter 186 of the Acts of 1907, entitled "An act to authorize the payment of pen- sions to widows or children of members of Police and Fire Depart- ments in towns," as petitioned for by George W. Baldwin and others.
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Article 5. To see if the town will vote to accept Chapter 254 of the Acts of 1917, entitled "An act to authorize cities and towns to pay to their employees who enlist in the service of the United States the difference between their military and their municipal compensation."
Article 6. To hear and act upon the reports of the
Town Clerk.
School Committee.
Water and Sewerage Board.
Trustees of Sinking Fund for Water Department.
Board of Assessors.
Library Building Committee.
Trustees of the Library.
Superintendent of Moth Work.
Tree Warden.
Forest Warden.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Building Inspector.
Town Engineer.
Chief of Police.
Overseers of the Poor.
Board of Fire Engineers.
Construction Committee Sewerage Pumping Station.
Board of Health.
Inspector of Animals.
Inspector of Plumbing.
School Nurse.
Surveyor of Highways.
Park Commissioners.
Automobile Committee.
Board of Selectmen.
Town Accountant.
Finance Committee.
Article 7. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the ensuing year.
Article 8. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
Article 9. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Water and Sewerage Board for the enusing year.
Article 10. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
Article 11. To see what action the town will take in relation to salaries of town officials for the ensuing year.
Article 12. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1919, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, the debt or debts incurred thereby to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Article 13. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the School Committee, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on pages 74, 75, 79, 84, 85, 86.
Article 14. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Water and Sewerage Board, as contained in the Annual Report. dated December 31, 1918, on pages 103 and 106.
Article 15. 'To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Board of Assessors, as con- tained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 108.
Article 16. To see what action the town will take in relation to the
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recommendations in the report of the Superintendent of Cemetery, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 113.
Article 17. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Superintendent of Moth Work, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 114.
Article 18. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Tree Warden, as contained in the Annual Report dated December 31, 1918, on page 115.
Article 19. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Forest Warden, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 116.
Article 20. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 118.
Article 21. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Chief of Police, as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 123.
Article 22. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Overseers of the l'oor as con- tained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1913, on page 124.
Article 23. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recomniendations in the report of the Board of Fire Engineers, as con- tained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 129.
Article 24. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Construction Committee Sew- erage Pumping Station as contained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 131.
Article 25. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Board of Selectmen, as con- in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on page 135.
Article 26. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Surveyor of Highways, as con- tained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on pages 140 and 141.
Article 27. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recomiendations in the report of the Park Commissioners, as con- tained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on pages 143 and 144.
Article 28. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Board of Selectmen, as con- tained in the Annual Report, dated December 31, 1918, on pages 150, 152, 155, 156, 160, 161, 152, 163. 164, 165 and 166.
Article 29. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of four thousand dollars to be used in celebrating and welcoming the return of soldiers and sailors from the Great War, as recommended by the Victory Committee.
Article 30. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to confer with the Massachusetts Highway Commission and the County Commissioners of Essex County, to devise some plan for the elimination of the "S" curve, so-called, at the junction of the State road and Burrill and New Ocean streets, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 31. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer on Bertha street for the distance of 150 feet and to appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Charles H. Thomas and others.
Article 32. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer in
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Bertha street for the distance of 150 feet and to appropriate money for the same. as petitioned for by Charles H. Thomas and others.
Article 33. To see if the town will vote to continue the eastern intercepting sewer a distance of 2,000 feet, as petitioned for by Walter W. Johnson and others, and appropriate money for the same.
Article 34. To see if the town will vote to lay a 6-inch water main in Orchard road for the distance of 450 feet and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Lowell E. Sprague and others.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to lay a 6-inch water main in Palmer avenue for the distance of 750 feet and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Lowell E. Sprague and others.
Article 36. To see if the town will authorize the Water and Sewer- age Board to lease the property on New Ocean street, known as the Pumping Station, for a term of five (5) years, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Article 37. To see if the town will vote to accept Bristol avenue, so-called, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated May, 1918, reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as waivers are signed, and ap- propriate money for the same.
Article 38. To see if the town will vote to accept Banks terrace, so-called, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated May, 1918, reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as waivers are signed, and appro- priate money for the same.
Article 39. To see if the town will vote to grade and resurface Greenwood avenue from Redington strect to King street, as recom- mended by the Surveyor of Highways, and appropriate money for the same.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to remove ledge and resur- face Belmont avenue from Minerva street, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways, and appropriate money for the same.
Article 41. To see if the town will vote to replace broken corner curb stones on Humphrey street, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 42. To see if the town will vote to construct a drain from Thomas road to the park land, a distance of 350 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
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