Town annual report of Swampscott 1925, Part 1

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1925
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 298


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TOWN DOCUMENTS


SEVENTY-FOURTH


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Town of Swampscott, Mass.


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925


SETTLED A.D. 1629


· INCOR


T.A.D. 1852.


ATED


D AS


SWAM


MANCHESTER : MASS. NORTH SHORE PRESS, INC.


1926


TOWN DOCUMENTS


SEVENTY-FOURTH


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Town of Swampscott, Mass.


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925


SETTLED


A.D. 1629.


INCORPORATED


T,A.D. 1852


AS


PS


SWAN


MANCHESTER : MASS. NORTH SHORE PRESS, INC.


1926


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TOWN DOCUMENTS


[Dec. 31


Index


Reports of Departments and Committees


Animals, Inspector of


PAGE 158


Appropriations Recommended


. 49-54


Assessors


112


Band Concert Committee


. 199


Building Inspector


184-249


By-Law, Amendment to .


86


Dog Officer


183


Election, Town


23


Finance Committee Reports


24-28-33-68-73


Fire Engineers


173


Forest Warden


178


Hadley School Annex


69


Health, Board of .


141


Health Officer, Report of


145


Health Nurse


155


Highways, Surveyor of .


191


Inspector of Slaughtering


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157


Library, Trustees' Report


195


Moth Work, Superintendent of


177


Park Commission .


197


Plumbing Inspector


156


Police Department


185


Police, Gamewell System


56


Poor, Overseers of


171


Public Property, Inventory of


10


Selectmen, Board of


200


School Census


133


School Committee


115


School Directory


137 236


Town Clerk's Statistics


76


Town Clerk's Records


15


Town Engineer


169


Town Committees Appointed .


9


Town Officers Appointed


6


Town Officers Elected


4


Town Warrant, April 7, 1925


26


Town Warrant, May 12, 1925. .


67


Town Warrant, October 6, 1925


71


Town Warrant, February 15, 1926


281


Tree Warden, Report of


179


Water and Sewerage Board .


159


Weights and Measures, Sealer of


181


Zoning Law, Amendment to .


26


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Milk Inspector, Report of


151


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Redington Street School Committee


139


Town Accountant


Town Warrant, February 16, 1925


15


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By-Law, Committee Report


225


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DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS


3


Financial Reports


PAGE


Accounting Department


243


Assessors' Department


244


Assessors' Property Report


113


Balance Sheets


.88-274


Cemetery


268


Collector of Taxes


244-278


County Tax .


269


Division of Accounts, State Audit


77


Engineering Department


246


Election and Registration


246


Fire Department


248


Forest Warden


251


Health Department


252


Highway Department


255


Interest and Maturing Debt


269


Law Department


245


Legislative


242


Library


261


Liabilities


101


Metropolitan Assessments


264


Notes Payable


95


Park Department


259-263


Pensions


259


Police Department


247


Poor Department


259


Printing Town Reports


264


Refuse and Garbage


253


Schools


260


School Financial Statement .


119


Sealer of Weights and Measures


250


Selectmen's Department


242


Sewer Debt


168


Sewer Notes and Bonds


106


Sidewalks and Curbing


256-257


Soldiers' Relief


259


State Tax


269


Statistics, 1883-1925


114


Street Construction


256


Street Lighting


256


Street Watering and Oiling


256


Tax Rate


113


Town Clerk's Department


245


Town Debt


107


Town Hall Department


246


Transfers


239-272


Treasurer's Report


93


Treasury Department


243


Treasurer's Receipts


236


Tree Warden


251


Trust Fund Commissioners


109


Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment Valuation, Town


112


Water Bonds and Notes


. 105


Water Debt Sinking Fund


. 162


Water Department


267


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265


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253


Sewer Maintenance and Operation


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Moth Extermination


250


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TOWN DOCUMENTS


[Dec. 31


Elected Town Officers, 1925


Selectmen Harry D. Linscott, Chairman


Philip W. Blood


R. Wyer Greene


Moderator Kendall A. Sanderson


Town Clerk Ralph D. Merritt


Town Treasurer James W. Libby


Collector of Taxes Philip E. Bessom


Assessors Edward A. Maxfield, Chairman Term expires 1926 Clarence B. Humphrey, Secretary


Term expires 1927


John B. Earp Term expires 1928


Water and Sewerage Commissioners George D. R. Durkee, Chairman Term expires 1928


Harold G. Enholm Term expires 1926


Charles E. Hodgdon Term expires 1927


Park Commissioners James T. Lyons, Chairman Term expires 1928


Archibald Miller Term expires 1927


Stuart P. Ellis, Secretary Term expires 1926


School Committee Rev. Edward Tillotson, Chairman Term expires 1926


Mabel E. Hardy Term expires 1927


Rev. John Vannevar Term expires 1928


Overseers of the Poor Joseph F. Crowell, Chairman Term expires 1928


Edmund Russell, Secretary Term expires 1927


Harry E. Cahoon Term expires 1926


1925]


ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS


5


Trustees of Public Library F. Keeler Rice, Chairman Term expires 1927


Elihu Thomson Term expires 1928


Louise C. Stanley Term expires 1926


Board of Health Dr. Loring Grimes, Chairman Term expires 1926


John B. Cahoon Term expires 1927


Harold H. Bartol Term expires 1928


Surveyor of Highways Michael J. Ryan Term expires 1927


Tree Warden Everett P. Mudge


Constables Willis E. Shephard


Frank H. Bradford


George J. Place


Commissioners of Trust Funds


Henry S. Baldwin Term expires 1927


Weston K. Lewis Term expires 1928


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[Dec. 31


Appointed Town Officers, 1925


Town Accountant and Clerk of Selectmen Arthur C. Widger (Died February 1, 1925) Horace R. Parker (Appointed February 20, 1925)


Town Counsel James W. Santry


Engineers of Fire Department To May 1, 1925


Harry E. Hardy, Chairman James Warnock


Clarence M. Finch (Resigned March 1) George B. Learned (Appointed March 1)


From May 1, 1925


James Warnock, Chairman and Chief of Department George B. Learned Will B. Anderson (Resigned Dec. 1, 1925) Benjamin B. Blanchard (Appointed Dec. 1, 1925)


Chief of Police


William L. Quinn (Removed May 24, 1925) Edward D. Callahan (Appointed Acting Chief May 24) Walter F. Reeves (Appointed Chief Dec. 29)


Constables


William L. Quinn


Eugene P. Brogan


Charles Connell


Charles H. Dunlap


Albert H. Hadley


James M. Kennedy


Samuel Hooper


Robert C. Marsh


Almon B. Owens


J. Henry Pedrick


George A. Philcrantz


Walter F. Reeves


Frank T. Roach


S. Blaine Kehoe (Res. Mar. 6)


Keeper of Lockup


William L. Quinn (To May 24) Edward D. Callahan (From May 24 to December 31) Walter F. Reeves (Appointed Dec. 31)


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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS


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Town Engineer Wallace W. Pratt


Superintendent of Cemetery Thomas Handley


Burial Agent Ralph D. Merritt


Town Weigher Mary M. Nies


Superintendent of Moth Work and Forest Warden Everett P. Mudge


Building Inspector Harry E. Hardy


Inspector of Animals Dr. Frank B. Stratton


Sealer of Weights and Measures Charles Walter Burrill


Agent and Janitor of Town Hall L. Herbert Cahoon


Dog Officer Frank H. Bradford


Fence Viewers


George H. Doane


Hulbert C. Griffin


Registrars of Voters


C. Freeman Shaw (Republican)


Richard A. Thurston (Democrat)


Frank D. Thurston, Chairman (Democrat) Ralph D. Merritt, Town Clerk (Republican)


Term expires 1926 Term expires 1927 Term expires 1928 Clerk, ex-officio


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Board of Appeals (Term expires June 6, 1926) Henry J. Hatch, Chairman (Resigned Dec. 24, 1925) Frederick S. Hall, Clerk


Maurice Yozell


James L. Taylor Thomas S. Bubier, Clerk (Resigned July 24)


Measurers of Wood


George S. Briggs 1


George T. Till


Public Weighers


George S. Briggs


George T. Till


J. W. Cunningham


Carolyn D. Horgan


Frances Kehoe


Edna Lamoureaux


Lavinia Norcross


John Pasquale


Board of Survey Harry D. Linscott, Chairman


Philip W. Blood


R. Wyer Greene


Special Police


Joshua B. Acker


Thomas Handley


Philip E. Bessom


Leslie W. Hardy


Philip W. Blood


Clarence W. Horton


Robert E. Blood


George D. Horton


Frank H. Bradford


Arthur W. Huguley


John H. Bryson


Earl E. Jenkins


. Ralph H. Burckes


Franklin H. Keating


Charles Walter Burrill


Clement E. Kennedy Frank Lally


Arthur L. Burt


Ira F. Laxton


L. Herbert Cahoon John P. Costin


Earl F. Lermond


George P. Covert


James W. Libby


Patrick S. Cryan


Nathaniel R. Martin


Paul C. Curtis


Ralph D. Merritt


Raymond E. Devitt


Donald G. Miller John Muthe Francisco A. Page


George D. R. Durkee


H. Allen Durkee


Horace R. Parker


George Farnum Berton A. Fogg


John W. Paulson Philip F. Peabody


Stanley D. Forbes


John E. Pendergast


Alfred F. Frazier


Lemuel W. Pickard


Herbert F. Frazier


George J. Place


R. Wyer Greene Daniel Griffin


Bernard S. Prentiss George H. Reed


Paul M. Doane


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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS


9


Henry D. Rehberg Timothy J. Ryan Joseph Shannahan


Fred A. Taylor


Richard A. Thurston


Francis P. Wall


Willis E. Shephard


Horace W. Wardwell


Harry E. Whitten


Fred J. Wilmot


Herbert E. Wood


OTHER APPOINTED OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES


Finance Committee Appointed by Moderator


Charles I. Porter, Chairman


Term expires 1926


Henry A. Sadler, Clerk


Term expires 1926


James R. Dyer


James C. Soutter


Term expires 1927 Resigned Sept. 1, 1925 Term expires 1927


Joseph Attwood, appointed to fill vacancy


Term expires 1928


Howard B. Aborn


Term expires 1928


Redington Street School Building Committee As Voted by the Town


Rev. John Vannevar, D.D., Chair.


Representing School Committee


Harry D. Linscott


Representing Board of Selectmen


Harry E. Hardy


Building Inspector


Henry A. Sadler


Representing Finance Committee Appointed by the Moderator


Louis H. Kimball


Horace R. Parker, Clerk


Committee on Revision of By-Laws Appointed by Moderator


James W. Santry, Chairman


Charles W. Mowry


Charles D. C. Moore Clarence E. Cahill


Louis M. Atherton


Band Concert Committee Appointed by Moderator


Ralph H. Russell, Chairman E. Stanley Flagg Harold C. Hudson Earl W. Ellis


Joseph Attwood


Assistant Town Clerk Assistant Tax Collector


Nina C. Merritt Ralph D. Merritt


G. Lloyd Smith Charles P. Snow C. Lee Stover


Edward R. Grabow


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TOWN DOCUMENTS


[Dec. 31


Inventory of Public Property


Miscellaneous


Town hall and land


$58,000 00


House adjoining and land


5,000 00


Public Library and equipment


55,000 00


Soldiers' Monument


3,000 00


Hay scales


800 00


Piano


350 00


Standard weights and measures


2,000 00


Treasurer's safe


295 00


Town Clerk's safe


75 00


Collector's safe


50 00


Selectmen's office fixtures


700 00


G. A. R. hall and land


9,000 00


$134,270 00


School Department


Phillips school and land


$208,000 00


Clarke school and land


58,000 00


Machon school and land


113,000 00


Palmer school and land


34,000 00


Hadley school and land


225,000 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


4,000 00


Books, high school


3,500 00


Laboratory


3,500 00


Pianos


1,400 00


Equipment


300 00


$669,050 00


Cemetery Department


Receiving tomb


$2,000 00


Old tomb


20 00


House


500 00


Land


12,000 00


Implements


100 00


Andrews Memorial Chapel


30,000 00


$44,620 00


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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY


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Police Department


Police station and land


$7,500 00


Ambulance and garage


5,000 00


Safe


100 00


Furniture and fixtures


300 00


Typewriter .


60 00


Equipment for officers


900 00


Lungmotor


100 00


Automobile


600 00


Bicycles and motorcycles


600 00


$15,160 00


Street Watering Department


Two watering carts


$800 00


Oil wagon


600 00


Pump


50 00


$1,450 00


Highway Department


Stone crusher plant


$5,000 00


Steam road roller


5,990 00


Storage building, stable and land, State road


8,500 00


Gravel bank (Marblehead)


500 00


Locker building (Marblehead)


75 00


Two road machines


550 00


Water cart


200 00


Two-horse wagons


400 00


Street sweepers


300 00


Ten snow plows


1,225 00


Gutter plows


75.00


Sand (stored)


300 00


Sand shed


2,500 00


Horse, harness, buggy, sleigh, pung, blankets


350 00


Equipment and supplies


580 00


Eight horses, harness, etc.


3,000 00


Tip carts


500 00


Pungs


350 00


Crushed stone at yard


75 00


Gravel at yard


400 00


Tar kettle


350 00


Stone bogie


425 00


$31,645 00


Assessors' Department


Plans and maps


$3,000 00


Safe


90 00


Chairs


50 00


Desk


25 00


Table


25 00


Cabinet and cards


1,000 00


.


$4,190 00


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TOWN DOCUMENTS


[Dec. 31


Park Department


Land, Paradise road playground


$15,205 00


Land, Blaney's beach reservation


38,303 00


Building, Blaney's beach reservation


7,500 00


Land, Monument avenue reservation


24,997 00


Structure, Jackson Park


400 00


Jackson Park


10,000 00


Phillips Park


8,000 00


Equipment and tools


308 60


Office furniture


67 00


Signs, wire and tank


45 00


Bubble fountains


100 00


Building, Paradise road playground


300 00


$105,225 60


Moth Department


Building


$ 135 00


Power sprayer and hose


1,200 00


Ladders


98 50


Small power sprayer


300 00


Insecticides


102 00


Tools, etc.


108 00


$1,943 50


Health Department


Dory and fittings


$ 15 00


Tools


25 00


Generators


100 00


Office furnishings


750 00


Milk inspection outfit


75 00


$965 00


Poor Department


Safe


$30 00


Furniture


30 00


$60 00


Fire Department


Engine house and land, New Ocean street


$20,800 00


Ladder truck and equipment


7,000 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


Dodge runabout


450 00


Automobile


300 00


$46,620 00


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INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY


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Phillips Beach House


Chemical house and land


$19,100 00


Auto Combination A and equipment


3,575 00


Blankets, harness, etc.


50 00


Furniture and bedding


75 00


Tire shoes and inner tubes


50 00


$22,850 00


Hose


Four thousand feet of 21/2 inch hose


$3,630 00


Six hundred fifty feet of 34 inch hose


300 00


$3,930 00


Water Department


Water mains and standpipes


$204,703 33


Land Pine street


5,000 00


Building Pine street


4,000 00


Ten acres Thompson's meadow


1,000 00


Work shop and garage


2,500 00


Auto truck


300 00


Office furniture


700 00


Two thousand two hundred sixty meters


24,977 60


Stock on hand


8,000 00


$251,180 93


Sewer Department


Pumping station


$17,000 00


Pumping plant


15,000 00


Land


5,000 00


Office furniture


350 00


Tools and equipment


5.00 00


$37,850 00


Engineering Department


Instruments, tools


$457 00


Typewriter


100 00


Furniture


140 00


Supplies


50 00


Calculating machine


300 00


Mimeographing machine


180 00


$1,227 00


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[Dec. 31


Summary


Miscellaneous


$134,270 00


School Department


669,050 00


Cemetery


44,620 00


Police Department


15,160 00


Street Watering Department


1,450 00


Highway Department


31,645 00


Assessors' Department


4,190 00


Park Department


105,225 60


Health Department


965 00


Moth Department


1,943 50


Poor Department


60 00


Fire Department


46,620 00


Phillips Beach House


22,850 00


Hose


3,930 00


Water Department


251,180 93


Sewer Department


37,850 00


Engineering Department


1,227 00


$1,372,237 03


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TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS


1925]


Town Clerk's Records


Annual Town Meeting, February 16, 1925


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 di- rected to notify the inhabitants of the town of Swampscott, quali- fied to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in their respective precincts, in said Swampscott, on Monday, the sixteenth day of February, at 12 M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:


At the close of the election the meeting shall adjourn to February 17, 1925, at 7.30 P. M., at the Town Hall.


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 a Collector of Taxes 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 Board of Health for three (3) years.


To choose one member of the Overseers of the Poor 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 one member of the Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds for three (3) years.


All to be chosen on one ballot.


Art. 2. To vote by ballot "Yes" or "No" upon the question: "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this town ?"


Art. 3. To hear and act on the reports of: Town Clerk, School Committee, Water and Sewerage Board, Board of Fire Engineers, Tree Warden, Superintendent of Moth Work, Forest Warden, Over- seers of the Poor, Building Inspector, Superintendent of Cemetery,


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[Dec. 31


Plumbing Inspector, Town Engineer, Board of Health, Health Officer, Health Nurse, Milk Inspector, Surveyor of Highways, Chief of Police, Dog Officer, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Trustees of Public Library, Treasurer, Board of Assessors, Tax Collector, Park Com- missioners, Park Land Commissioners, Zoning Committee, Board of Selectmen, Town Accountant, Finance Committee.


Art. 4. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the ensuing year.


Art. 5. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.


Art. 6. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Water and Sewerage Board for the ensuing year.


Art. 7. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Clerk for the ensuing year.


Art. 8. To see what action the town will take in relation to sal- aries of the town officials for the ensuing year.


Art. 9. 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, 1925, 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.


Art. 10. 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, 1924, on page 121.


Art. 11. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Superintendent of Cemetery, as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on page 124.


Art. 12. 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, 1924, on pages 134 and 135.


Art. 13. 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, 1924, on pages 149, 155 and 158.


Art. 14. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Board of Health as con- tained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on page 161.


Art. 15. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Overseers of the Poor as contained in the annual report dated December 31, 1924, on page 178.


Art. 16. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Fire Engineers, as contained in the annual report dated December 31, 1924, on page 183.


Art. 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, 1924, on page 185.


Art. 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, 1924, on page 187.


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Art. 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, 1924, on page 188.


Art. 20. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on pages 190, 191 and 192.


Art. 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, 1924, on pages 196, 198, 199 and 200.


Art. 22. 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, 1924, on pages 203 and 204.


Art. 23. 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, 1924, on page 210.


Art. 24. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Park Commission, as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on page 209.


Art. 25. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations in the annual report of the Board of Selectmen, as contained in the annual report, dated December 31, 1924, on page 217.


Art. 26. To see if the town will vote to purchase an ambulance for the Police Department and appropriate twenty-five hundred ($2,500) dollars for the same as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.


Art. 27. To see if the town will vote to place a fire alarm box in the vicinity of Orchard road or Orchard circle and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Arthur C. Lewis, et als.


Art. 28. To see if the town will vote to appropriate two thousand ($2,000) dollars, for surfacing Orchard road and Orchard circle, as petitioned for by Howard B. Aborn, et als.


Art. 29. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Se- lectmen to convey to Irene Koch a certain piece of land situated at 379 and 381 Essex Street, bounded and described as follows: Northerly by Essex street one hundred feet; northeasterly by land of Hattie A. Kain ninety-five feet; southeasterly by land of William McCarty one hundred feet and westerly by land of Wendel and Mary E. Gassman one hundred and five feet.


Art. 30. To see what action the town will take in reference to Danvers street bridge and appropriate money for the same as rec- ommended by the Surveyor of Highways.


Art. 31. To see if the town will vote to build drains on Aspen road and Bay View avenue and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.


Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to place street signs at the intersections of streets and appropriate money for the same, as rec- ommended by the Surveyor of Highways.


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Art. 33. To see if the town will vote to curb and build granolithic sidewalks on Stetson avenue from Norfolk avenue to Essex street, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Sur- veyor of Highways.


Art. 34. To see if the town will vote to take a strip of land, the property of Chester A. and Emily T. Merrill, and appropriate money for the same, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the southerly line of Essex street, said point is 60.82 feet distant from the point of curve; thence running northerly for a dis- tance of 2.04 feet; thence westerly for a distance of 5.21 feet; thence southwesterly for a distance of 44.79 feet; thence southeasterly for a distance of 1.52 feet; thence northeasterly for a distance of 49.66 feet to the point of beginning.


Above parcel of land containing 95 square feet, as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen.


Art. 35. To see if the town will vote to take a strip of land, the property of Sophia A. Fox, and appropriate money for the same, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the south- erly line of Essex street, said point is 110.48 feet distant from the point of curve; thence running northwesterly for a distance of 1.52 feet; thence southwesterly for a distance of 43.07 feet; thence south- easterly for a distance of 0.83 feet; thence northeasterly for a dis- tance of 43.08 feet to the point of beginning.


Above parcel of land containing 51 square feet, as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen.


Art. 36. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Shelton road and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Michael Pierro, et als.


Art. 37. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Fuller avenue from Bay View avenue to Bond street and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Frank A. Newton, et als.


Art. 38. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Bond street from the junction of Bond street and Fuller avenue to Sher- wood road and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Frank S. Newton, et als.


Art. 39. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Fuller avenue for a distance of about two hundred fifty (250) feet more or less from the intersection of Fuller avenue and Bay View avenue and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by John C. Fox, et als.


Art. 40. To see if the town will vote to amend the zoning by- laws so as to change the lot at the northeasterly corner of Essex street and Belmont avenue from a residential locality, as now desig- nated on the zoning map, described in Article 6 of the zoning by- laws, to a business locality, and that said change be indicated in solid black on said map, as provided in said by-law, for business localities, as petitioned for by Arthur Levesque, et als.


Art. 41. To see if the town will vote to amend Section three of Chapter three of the town by-laws, which section reads as follows:


"The Selectmen shall annually, not less than seven days before the annual meeting, cause to be distributed among the tax payers at their dwellings copies of the town reports."




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