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TOWN DOCUMENTS
Seventy - Fifth Annual Report
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
For the Year Ending December 31 1926
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Index
Reports of Departments and Committees
Animals, Inspector of
Page 185
Appropriations
62
Board of Appeals
244
Building Inspector
209
By-Law, Action on
56
By-Law, Committee Report
27 210 36
Committee on Procuring Dumps
Committee on Redington Street School
Dental Clinic
181
Dog Officer
206
Election, Town
23
Finance Committee Reports
24-35-37-73
Fire Engineers
215
Forest Warden
172
Health, Board of
173
Health Nurse
179
Highways, Surveyor of
211
Inspector of Slaughtering
184
Inspector of Wires
245
Law Department
299
Library, Trustees' Report
202
Milk Inspector, Report of
182
Moth Work, Superintendent of
171
Palmer School
73
Park Commission
242
Plumbing Inspector
180
Police Department
229
Poor, Overseers of
236
Representative Town Meeting
221
Selectmen, Board of
246
School Committee
141
School Directory
167
State Election
84
State Primaries
80
School Expenditures
143
Town Accountant
267
Town Clerk's Statistics
89
Town Clerk's Records
16 207
Town Committees Appointed
Town Officers Appointed
6
Town Officers Elected
4
Town Warrant, March 23. 1926
33
Town Warrant, July 27, 1926
70
Town Warrant, November 2, 1926
84
Town Warrant, February 21, 1927.
317
Tractor Committee
314
Tree Warden, Report of
170
Water and Sewerage Board
186
Weights and Measures, Sealer of
204
Town Engineer
8
Assessors
199
Cemetery, Superintendent of
169
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DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS Financial Reports
Page 267-274
Accounting Department
Appropriations Recommended
255
Assessors' Department
275
Assessors' Property Report
200
Balance Sheets
102-118-310
Cemetery
303
Collector of Taxes
238-275
County Tax
307
Department of Corporations and Taxation
90
Dental Clinic
286
Engineering Department
276
Election and Registration
276
Fire Department
278
Forest Warden
280
Fourth of July
301
Health Department
283
Highway Department
287
Interest and Maturing Debt
307
Inventory of Public Property
10
Law Department
276
Legislative
273
Library
296
Liabilities
131
Memorial Day
300
Metropolitan Assessments
264
Moth Extermination
130
Notes Payable
129
Park Department
297
Pensions
293
Police Department
278
Poor Department
292
Printing Town Reports
299
Refuse and Garbage
284
Schools
294
School Financial Statement
143
Sealer of Weights and Measures
280
Selectmen's Department
273
Sewer Debt
197-284
Sewer Maintenance and Operation
284
Sewer Notes and Bonds
133-134
Sidewalk and Curbing
288-289
Soldiers' Relief
293
State Tax
307
Statistics, 1884-1926
201
Street Construction
288
Street Lighting
288
Street Watering and Oiling
288
Tax Rate
200
Temporary Loan
134
Town Clerk's Department
275
Town Hall Department
276
Transfers
271-308
Treasurer's Report
122
Treasury Department
274
Treasurer's Receipts
267
Tree Warden
280
Trust Funds
136
Unpaid Bills
313
Valuation, Town
199
Water Bonds and Notes
132
Water Debt Sinking Fund
189
Water Department
302
Town Debt
134-135-254
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Elected Town Officers, 1926
Selectmen Harry D. Linscott, Chairman
Philip W. Blood
R. Wyer Greene
Moderator Kendall A. Sanderson
Town Clerk and Collector of Taxes Ralph D. Merritt
Town Treasurer James W. Libby
Assessors Edward A. Maxfield, Chairman Term expires 1929
Clarence B. Humphrey, Secretary John B. Earp Term expires 1927 Term expires 1928
Water and Sewerage Commissioners George D. R. Durkee, Chairman Term expires 1928
Harold G. Enholm Term expires 1929
Charles E. Hodgdon Term expires 1927
Park Commissioners James T. Lyons, Chairman Resigned Nov. 19, 1926 Archibald Miller, Chairman Term expires 1927
Stuart P. Ellis, Secretary Term expires 1929
Edgar W. Marven Elected Nov. 26, 1926, to fill vacancy Term expires 1927
School Committee Rev. John Vannevar, D.D., Chairman Term expires 1928
Mabel E. Hardy Term expires 1927
George E. Mitchell Term expires 1929
Overseers of the Poor Joseph F. Crowell, Chairman Term expires 1928
Edmund Russell, Secretary Term expires 1927
Harry E. Cahoon Term expires 1929
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
Trustees of Public Library F. Keeler Rice, Chairman Term expires 1927
Elihu Thomson Term expires 1928
Louise C, Stanley Term expires 1929
Board of Health Dr. Loring Grimes, Chairman Term expires 1929
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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Appointed Town Officers, 1926
APPOINTED BY BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Town Accountant and Secretary of Selectmen Horace R. Parker
Town Counsel James W. Santry
Engineers of Fire Department
James Warnock, Chairman and Chief of Department George B. Learned Benjamin B. Blanchard
Chief of Police - Keeper of Lockup Walter F. Reeves
Constables
Walter F. Reeves
Eugene P. Brogan
James M. Kennedy
Charles Connell
John P. Costin
Charles H. Dunlap
Albert H. Hadley
Samuel Hooper
George D. Horton
Robert C. Marsh
Almon B. Owens
J. Henry Pedrick
John E. Pendergast
George A. Philcrantz
Henry D. Rehberg
Frank T. Roach
Joseph F. Shannahan
Francis P. Wall
Special Police
Joshua B. Acker
Robert E. Blood
Willis E. Shephard
John H. Bryson
Charles P. Snow
Charles Walter Burrill
Fred A. Taylor
L. Herbert Cahoon Henry M. Desrochia H. Allen Durkee
George F. Warren
Philip W. Blood
Berton A. Fogg
Ralph H. Burckes
Albert F. Frazier R. Wyer Greene Thomas Handley
Arthur L. Burt
Patrick S. Cryan
George D. R. Durkee
George Farnum
Stanley D. Forbes
Herbert F. Frazier
Arthur W. Huguley Bernard B. Kennedy Frank Lally
George H. Reed
Frank H. Bradford
1926]
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
7
James W. Libby Albert Mclellan
John Muthe
John W. Paulson
Lemuel W. Pickard
William Fowers
Nathaniel R. Martin
Donald G. Miller
Timothy J. Ryan
G. Lloyd Smith
C. Lee Stover
Harry E. Whitten
George C. Webster
Herbert E. Wood
Town Engineer Wallace W. Fratt
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
Francisco A. Page
Philip F. Peabody
George J. Place
Bernard S. Prentiss
Daniel Griffin
Clarence W. Horton
James T. Jordan
Clement E. Kennedy
Ira F. Laxton
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Registrars of Voters C. Freeman Shaw (Republican)
Richard A. Thurston (Democrat)
Frank D. Thurston, Chairman (Democrat) Ralph D. Merritt, Town Clerk (Republican)
Term expires 1929
Term expires 1927 Term expires 1928 Clerk, ex-officio
Fuel Administrator Adolf Ackermann
Inspector of Wires James A. Cook
Board of Appeals Term expires June 6, 1927
Maurice Yozell, Chairman James L. Taylor Henry A. Sadler Horace R. Parker, Clerk
Board of Survey The Board of Selectmen, ex-officio
Measurers of Wood
George S. Briggs
J. W. Cunningham
Edna Lamoureaux
Public Weighers
George S. Briggs
J. W. Cunningham
Carolyn D. Horgan
Frances Kehoe
Harry W. Kummel
Edna Lamoureaux
Richard MacFarland
Richard H. McNamara
Lionel McDuff
Lavinia Norcross
Edward D. Perry
Estelle G. Sullivan
OTHER APPOINTED OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Finance Committee Appointed by Moderator
Joseph Atwood, Chairman
Term expires 1927
Harry L. Norris
Term expires 1927
Edward R. Grabow
Term expires 1928
Arthur S. Chapin .
Term expires 1928
Paul W. Brickett, Secretary
Term expires 1929
Frederick J. Rudd
Term expires 1929
Fourth of July Committee
James T. Lyons, Chairman Representing Park Commission
Philip R. Babcock, Sec'ty Representing American Legion
George E. Laurilliard Representing Grand Army of the Republic Representing Veterans of Foreign Wars
Leo P. Caproni
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
1926]
Committee to Consider the Question of Representative Town Government
Appointed by Moderator Henry S. Baldwin, Chairman
Ralph H. Burckes
John B. Earp
Stanley D. Forbes
Frederick W. LaCroix
Edmund A. Whiting
Maurice Yozell
Tractor Committee
Frank I. Richardson, Chairman Bradford Hathaway
Appointed by Moderator
Board of Selectmen, ex-officio Horace R. Parker, Secretary
Committee to Investigate Needs of Palmer School District Arthur M. Wyman
Frank H. VanBlarcom
Joseph Atwood of the Finance Committee Appointed by Moderator The School Committee, ex-officio
Committee to Investigate Bill of William H. Carroll
Harry D. Linscott
Harry L. Norris
Representing the Board of Selectmen Representing the Finance Committee
George D. R. Durkee Representing Mr. Carroll
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 Building Inspector
Harry E. Hardy
Henry A. Sadler
Louis H. Kimball
Representing Finance Committee Appointed by the Moderator
Horace R. Parker, Clerk
Assistant Town Clerk
Nina C. Merritt
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Inventory of Public Property
Miscellaneous
Town hall and land
$58,000 00
Adjoining 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
Selectmen's office fixtures
800 00
G. A. R. hall and land
9,000 00
$134,245 00
School Department
Phillips school and land and equipment
$203,000 00
Clarke school and land and equipment
68,700 00
Machon school and land and equipment
117,350 00
Palmer school and land and equipment
38,100 00
Hadley school and land and equipment
302,400 00
$729,550 00
Cometery 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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1926]
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
11
Police Department
Police station and land
$7,500 00
Ambulance and garages
$3,250 00
Safe
100 00
Furniture and fixtures
400 00
Typewriter
60 00
Equipment for officers
1,100 00
Lungmotor
100 00
Automobile
1,200 00
Bicycles and motorcycles
600 00
$14,310 00
Moth Department
Building
$135 00
Power sprayer and hose
1,200 00
Ladders
89 00
Small power sprayer and hose
500 00
Insecticides
82 35
Tools, etc.
108 00
Stone wagon
100 00
$2,214 35
Tax Collector and Town Clerk
Town Clerk safe
$50 00
Tax Collector safe
75 00
Burroughs adding machine
250 00
Time clock
40 00
File
20 00
Desk, chairs
65 00
$500 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
75 00
Dodge runabout
150 00
Automobile
500 00
$45,995 00
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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
$212,314 33
Land Pine street
1,500 00
Building Pine street
4,000 00
Ten acres Thompson's meadow
1,000 00
Work shop and garage
2,500 00
Auto truck
200 00
Office furniture
700 00
Two thousand three hundred fifty-one meters
26,864 51
Stock on hand
8,000 00
$257,078 84
Sewer Department
Pumping station
$17,000 00
Pumping plant
14,000 00
Land
5,000 00
Office furniture
350 00
Tools and equipment
500 00
$36,850 00
Poor Department
Safe
$30 00
Supplies
15 00
$45 00
Health Department
Dory and fittings
$15 00
Tools
25 00
Generators
100 00
Office furnishings
750 00
Milk inspection outfit
75 00
$965 00
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Engineering Department
Instruments, tools
$300 00
Typewriter
50 00
Furniture
140 00
Supplies
50 00
Calculating machine
100 00
Mimeographing machine
75 00
$515 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
Typewriter and desk
100 00
$4,290 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
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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
Summary
Miscellaneous
$134,245 00
School Department
$729,550 00
Cemetery
44,620 00
Police Department
14,310 00
Street Watering Department
1,450 00
Highway Department
31,645 00
Assessors' Department
4,290 00
Park Department
105,225 60
Health Department
965 00
Moth Department
2,214 35
Poor Department
45 00
Fire Department
,
45,995 00
Phillips Beach House
22,850 00
Hose
3,930 00
Water Department
257,078 84
Sewer Department
36,850 00
Engineering Department
515 00
Town Clerk's Department
500 00
-$1,436,278 79
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IN MEMORIAM
1926]
In Memoriam
BENJAMIN J. LINDSEY, Died April 13, 1926 Town Clerk March 11, 1876, to March 8, 1879 March 2, 1880, to March 20, 1886
JOHN ROSWELL WIDGER, Died June 3, 1926 Secretary to Selectmen 1884 and 1887 Selectman March 29, 1886, to March 18, 1888 Auditor March 16, 1891, to March 29, 1893 March 19, 1894, to March 18, 1895 Secretary to Selectmen and Town Accountant, 1909
ELBRIDGE SMALL Died April 8, 1926 School Committee, April 11, 1893, to February 21, 1902
BENJAMIN A. MARTIN Died November 22, 1926 Sealer of Weights and Measures March 21, 1915, to March 1, 1920
BENJAMIN G. INGALLS Died November 26, 1926 First Chairman of Water Commission July 25, 1898, to March 17, 1902
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Town Clerk's Records
Town Meeting February 15, 1926
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 direct- ed to notify the inhabitants of the town of Swampscott, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in their respective precincts, in said Swampscott, on Monday, the fifteenth day of Feb- ruary at 6 A. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz:
At the close of the election the meeting shall adjourn to February 16, 1926, 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 a Town Treasurer for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for three (3) years.
To choose a Collector of Taxes for one (1) year.
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 one member of the Water and Sewerage Board for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Park Commission for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Trustees of the Pub- lic Library for three (3) years.
To choose one Tree Warden for one (1) year.
To choose three Constables 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 hear and act on the reports of town officers, boards and committees.
Art. 3. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Town Clerk, members of the Water and Sewerage Board and Custodian of Trust Funds for the ensuing year.
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1926]
Art. 4. To see what action the town will take in relation to salaries of town officials for the ensuing year.
Art. 5. 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, 1926, 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. 6. To hear the report of the committee appointed to revise the by-laws and to see what action the town will take on the recom- mendations contained therein.
Art. 7. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations not calling for the appropriation of money as con- tained in the annual report of the following officers, boards, and com- mittees: The Water and Sewerage Board, the Chief of Police, the School Committee, the Board of Selectmen and the Surveyor of High- ways.
Art. 8. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations calling for the appropriation or expenditure of money, the creation of a debt, or the disposition of town property as set forth in the report of officers, boards, and committees in the annual report as follows: Board of Health, Band Concert Committee, Park Commission, Surveyor of Highways, Chief of Police, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Tree Warden, Forest Warden, Superintendent of Moth Work, Board of Fire Engineers, Overseers of the Poor, Water and Sewerage Commission, Redington Street School Building Committee, Board of Assessors, Board of Selectmen, and the School Committee.
Art. 9. To see what action the town will take in relation to the appropriation of money for departmental and other expenses as rec- ommended and set forth on pages 213-223 of the annual town report.
Art. 10. To see what action the town will take relative to the fol- lowing unexpended balances from appropriations raised by notes and bonds of the town: Humphrey street, 32 cents; Burpee road, $1,143.47; Atlantic avenue, $1,136.69; Burrill street, $1,503.41; Military equip- ment, $6.45; Palmer school addition, $566.74; Pleasant street sewer, $14.30.
Art. 11. To see if the town will vote to lay a 6" water main in the following streets: Magnolia road, 200 feet at approximate cost of $1,100; Nason road, 600 feet at approximate cost of $2,700; Puritan avenue, 300 feet at approximate cost of $800; Hillcrest circle, 75 feet at approximate cost of $300; Curry circle, 240 feet at approximate cost of $660; King's Beach terrace, 435 feet at approximate cost of $1,442; Puritan manor, 1,710 feet at approximate cost of $5,600; when the above streets have been built to a grade established by the Board of Survey, and abutters have signed an agreement to pay 6% interest on the investment until the water rates of users are equal to the interest thereon; proper waivers to be obtained from the abutters if in the judgment of the Water and Sewerage Board waivers are neces- sary for the protection of the town, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Art. 12. To see if the town will vote to install water mains in Kensington lane and Lewis road, a distance of approximately 1,000 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Ernest M. Folger, et als.
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Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Bay View drive, so-called, a distance of approximately 350 feet, to connect with the mains authorized to be laid in said road by votes of the town under Articles 41 and 42 of the warrant for the annual town meeting held February 18, 1924, and appropriate money for same, as petitioned for by C. I. Lander, et als.
Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer in Walker road a distance of about 330 feet and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Art. 15. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer in King street, a distance of about 120 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Art. 16. 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 Marion G. Coughlin, et als.
Art. 17. To see if the town will vote to lay a sewer in Puritan road southerly from the junction of Puritan road and Humphrey street at Phillips corner, a distance of approximately 300 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Addie N. Furbush, et als.
Art. 18. To see if the town will vote to lay sewers in the follow- ing streets and appropriate money for the same: Puritan park for a distance of 470 feet; Atlantic road for a distance of 400 feet; Puritan avenue for a distance of 610 feet; and on private land for a distance of 210 feet, thus connecting with the present main, as petitioned for by Herbert R. Pickering, et als.
Art. 19. To see if the town will vote to continue the sewer from the property of Rose F. Vorenberg, 386 Puritan road, in Puritan road toward Little's Point approximately 1,100 feet and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Herbert E. Gale, et als.
Art. 20. To see if the town will vote to lay a sewer in the property known as "The Orchard," in Neighborhood road, for a distance of 225 feet; in Nason road for a distance of 350 feet; and in Orchard road for a distance of 284 feet and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Isabelle D. Nason, et als.
Art. 21. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Millett road, westerly and northerly from the junction of Oceanview road and Millett road, a distance of approximately 700 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by R. Wyer Greene, et als.
Art. 22. To see if the town will vote to lay a sewer in Paradise road from the manhole at Banks road northeasterly to Franklin avenue and in Franklin avenue from Paradise road to a point near the end of the present sewer in Franklin avenue, a distance of approxi- mately 1,400 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by J. C. Pearson, et als.
Art. 23. To see if the town will vote to lay a 12-inch pipe for the drainage of Orchard circle, with necessary manholes and catch basins, and appropriate money for same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Art. 24. To see if the town will vote to extend King's brook cul- vert, so-called, from its present terminus to Superior street, and ap- propriate money for the same, as petitioned for by John Dalferro, et als.
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Art. 25. To see if the town will vote to continue the reconstruc- tion of Essex street with cement from the end of the cement road, near the cemetery in Swampscott, to the Salem line, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Art. 26. To see what action the town will take in relation to the appropriation of money for permanent street construction.
Art. 27. To see if the town will vote to resurface Middlesex avenue with bituminous macadam from and including the intersection with Norfolk avenue to Burrill street and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 28. To see if the town will vote to resurface Palmer avenue, from Humphrey street to Atlantic avenue, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Herbert A. Johnson, et als.
Art. 29. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $700 to change lines and grades and build catch basins at the junction of Humphrey and Redington streets, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Art. 30. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,000 for street signs, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Art. 31. To see if the town will vote to build a catch basin at the southerly corner of Atlantic avenue and Palmer road, connecting with the drain in said road, and appropriate money for the same, as rec- ommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to remove the ledge on Buena Vista street to a line corresponding with the street line, so that the full width of the roadway will be available for traffic, as already laid out and accepted by the town, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Harold W. Doughty, et als.
Art. 33. To see if the town will vote to purchase for use of the Highway Department, a crawler tractor of not over 5-ton weight and having a standard maximum engine capacity of not less than 55 H.P .; together with a suitable all-steel, one-man snow plow to fit same and appropriate money for the same in a sum not exceeding $6,000, as petitioned for by Edward A. Terhune, Jr., et als.
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