Town annual report of Swampscott 1928, Part 1

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1928
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 254


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TOWN DOCUMENTS


Seventy-Seventh


Annual Report


OF THE


Town of Swampscott, Mass.


For the Year Ending December 31 1928


SETTLED


A.D. 1629


· INCORPORATED


T. A. D. 1852.


S


SWAN


DESCHAMPS BROTHERS SALEM, MASS. 1929


TOWN DOCUMENTS


Seventy-Seventh


Annual Report


OF THE


Town of Swampscott, Mass.


For the Year Ending December 31 1928


A.D.


SETTLED


1629


·


INCORPORATED


T.A.D. 1852.


AS


SWAMPS


DESCHAMPS BROTHERS SALEM, MASS.


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TOWN DOCUMENTS


[Dec. 31


Elected Town Officers, 1928


Selectmen Howard K. Glidden, Chairman


R. Wyer Greene


Daniel F. Knowlton


Moderator Kendall A. Sanderson


Town Clerk and Collector of Taxes Ralph D. Merritt Town Treasurer James W. Libby


Water and Sewerage Commissioners George D. R. Durkee, Chairman Term expires 1931


Harold G. Enholm Term expires 1929


Charles E. Hodgdon Term expires 1930


Assessors Edward A. Maxfield, Chairman Term expires 1929


Clarence B. Humphrey John B. Earp, Secretary Term expires 1931


Park Commissioners Archibald Miller, Chairman Term expires 1930


Stuart P. Ellis, Secretary Everett P. Mudge Term expires 1929 Term expires 1931


School Committee


George E. Mitchell, Chairman Marion D. Burdett Arthur M. Wyman, elected to fill vacancy Terms expire 1929


Beatrice Wadleigh, Secretary Rev. John Vannevar, D.D.


Term expires 1930 Charles W. Hobbs, died July 27, 1928


Term expires 1931


Trustees of Public Library F. Keeler Rice, Chairman, resigned Aug. 21, 1928 Dr. Gustavus J. Esselen, Jr., Chairman, elected to fill vacancy Term expires 1929


Louise C. Stanley Term expires 1929


Elihu Thomson Term expires 1931


Board of Public Welfare Joseph F. Crowell, Chairman Term expires 1931


Edmund Russell, Secretary Term expires 1930


Harry E. Cahoon Term expires 1929


Board of Health Dr. Loring Grimes, Chairman Term expires 1929


John B. Cahoon Term expires 1930


Harold H. Bartol Term expires 1931


Term expires 1930


1928]


ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS


3


Surveyor of Highways Michael J. Ryan Term expires 1930


Tree Warden Everett P. Mudge


Frank H. Bradford


George J. Place Willis E. Shephard


Commissioners of Trust Funds


Henry S. Baldwin Term expires 1930


James W. Libby Term expires 1929


TOWN MEETING MEMBERS


Precinct One


Term Expires


G. Edwin Allen


351 Essex street 1931


James W. Buchanan


69 Cherry street


1929


Michael J. Cogswell


2 Eliot road 1930


Ernest Corrado


33 Crescent street Windsor avenue


1930


Ralph J. Curtis


24 Bristol avenue 1931


Charles S. Doughty


41 Roy street


1929


George D. R. Durkee


4 Upland road


1929


H. Allen Durkee


2 Essex terrace


1929


William F. Healy


32 Bristol avenue


1930


Robert B. Hegarty


350 Essex street


1931


John A. Herbin


346 Essex street


1931


Andrew B. Holmes


86 Cherry street


1929


Alfred B. Jones


102 Essex street


1931


Arthur Levesque


335 Essex street 1930


Arthur Morley


26 Minerva street


1930


Everett P. Mudge


69 Cherry street 1931


Leon F. Ximiness


99 Windsor avenue 1930


Precinct Two


Joseph B. Abbott


14 Suffolk avenue


1929


Harold H. Bartol


48 Beach avenue


1931


James D. Bentley


15 Beach avenue 1931


Carl J. Berry


39 Essex avenue 1930


Charles W. Burrill


34 Maple avenue 1929


Alfred Ellis


84 Stetson avenue


1931


James F. Etter


54 Stetson avenue 1929


Albert F. Fanning


88 Stetson avenue 1930


Elmer Forrest


75 Essex street 1929


Roy H. Frye


2 Valley road 1930


Thomas Handley


95 Stetson avenue


1930


Charles F. Hathaway


257 Burrill street


1931


John A. Holmes


8 Essex avenue


1931


Francis H. Humphreys


35 Pitman road


1931


Fred A. McKennon


47 Beach avenue


1930


Martin E. Nies


56 Beach avenue 1930


Everett C. Sinclair


74 Franklin avenue 1929


Harry W. Stanley


72 Franklin avenue


1929


1929


John E. Cunningham


Constables


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TOWN DOCUMENTS


[Dec. 31


Precinct Three


LeRoy S. Austin


63 Pine street 1930


Frank I. Bickford


137 Burrill street 1931


Ralph E. Bicknell


79 Burrill street 1931


Ernest C. Blanchard


94 Pine street 1930


Chester A. Brown


17 Middlesex avenue


1930


Chester P. Brown


176 Burrill street


1929


Charles V. Burgess


15 Boynton street


1930


James A. Cook


165 Burrill street 1930


Clarence M. Finch


22 Thomas road 1929


George H. Gray


8 Humphrey street 1929


Loring Grimes


84 Humphrey street


1931


William E. Henry


195 Burrill street


1929


George H. Knowlton


164 Burrill street


1931


Harry M. Lowd


90 Burrill street 1931


Edmund Russell


189 Burrill street


1931


Harry M. Shannahan


4 Ellis terrace


1929


Harry A. Tirrell


145 Burrill street


1930


Precinct Four


Robert E. Blood


38 Berkshire street 1931


John B. Cahoon


67 Middlesex avenue


1931


Edward E. Call


60 Thomas road 1931


Ralph H. Cary


33 Norfolk avenue


1931


William G. Fallon


36 Andrew road


1930


John Fisher


15 Shaw road


1930


Walter E. Furbush


18 Berkshire street


1931


George J. Harvey


3 Paton terrace


1929


Clarence W. Horton


36 Hampden street


1931


Leon W. Howard


84 Middlesex avenue


1929


John R. Hurlburt


5 Ellis road


1930


Daniel F. Knowlton


22 Elmwood road


1930


Robert C. Mansfield


25 Norfolk avenue


1929


Frank A. Mowatt


102 Farragut road


1930


William P. Mower


48 Middlesex avenue


1929


Edward A. Sawyer


56 Middlesex avenue 1929


Orin L. Smith


42 Berkshire street 1929


Arthur W. Stubbs


74 Paradise road 1930


Precinct Five


Forrest M. Adams


3 Sheridan road


1929


Henry S. Baldwin


141 Elmwood road 1931


Paul W. Brickett


20 Outlook road 1930


Guy N. Chamberlin


25 Sheridan road


1930


Harold G. Enholm


4 Sheridan road


1930


Charles S. Goodridge


34 Walker road 1929


John B. Hadaway


120 Elmwood road


1930


Charles E. Hodgdon


95 Banks road


1931


Harry I. Illingworth


71 Walker road


1931


Albert E. Leadbetter


21 Banks road


1929


George B. Learned


12 Banks road


1929


Kendall A. Sanderson


39 Grant road


1931


Charles A. Southworth


7 Grant road


1930


Edwin W. Tibbetts


22 Walker road


1931


Edward Tillotson


60 Monument avenue 1930


George C. Thomas


15 Outlook road 1929


John Henry Welch


153 Elmwood road 1931


Mary P. Welch


153 Elmwood road


1929


Willis B. Cressey


140 Burrill street 1929


1928]


ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS


5


Precinct Six


Charles H. Bangs


293 Humphrey street 1930


Nathaniel F. Bartlett


253 Humphrey street 1931


Benjamin B. Blanchard


108 Greenwood avenue 1931


Philip W. Blood


33 Rockland street


1931


Eliot A. Bunting


187 Humphrey street


1930


Warren H. Colby


253 Humphrey street 1929


Charles B. Edgerly


9 Rose street 1930


Howard K. Glidden


49 Rockland street


1931


Horace C. Holden


5 Greenwood avenue


1931


Clarence B. Humphrey


12 Humphrey terrace 1930


Eleanor H. Ingelfinger


5 Cliffside 1929


Harry D. Linscott


78 Greenwood avenue


1931


Frank S. Newton


30 Fuller avenue


1929


Donald Redfern


292 Humphrey street


1929


Frederick J. Rudd


312 Humphrey street


1929


Michael J. Ryan


39 King street


1930


Stanley M. Stocker


15 Lawrence terrace


1930


Maurice Yozell


10 Bay View avenue


1929


Precinct Seven


Joseph Atwood


90 Aspen road


1931


Philip E. Bessom


20 Aspen road 1931


Aime H. Bourke


12 Oceanview road 1929


Abram French


646 Humphrey street


1931


Rufus W. Greene


78 Millett road


1930


Walter A. Hall


53 Bay View drive


1930


*Charles W. Hobbs


444 Humphrey street


John Homan


69 Oceanview road


1929


Havelock S. Mader


70 Millett road


1931


Ralph Maxwell


82 Millett road


1930


George E. Mitchell


64 Magnolia road


1930


Raymond E. Nichols


38 Sherwood road


1929


Eben G. Pedrick


60 Orient court


1929


James W. Santry


31 Cedar Hill terrace


1931


Geo. Lloyd Smith


Oceanview road


1929


James C. Soutter


17 Arbutus road


1929


William H. Sutherland


16 Bond street


1929


Frank H. Van Blarcom


23 Bay View avenue 1930


Harry E. Whitten


20 Oceanview road


1930


Precinct Eight


Louis M. Atherton


Tip Top road 1931


Edward T. Brown


182 Atlantic avenue


1930


Charles H. Cunningham


25 Beach Bluff avenue 1930


Norman S. Dillingham


15 Eulow street


1931


Stanley D. Forbes


25 Palmer avenue


1930


George W. Foster


22 Estabrook road


1931


Frederick A. Hale


48 Crosman avenue


1929


Wilmot R. Hastings


772 Humphrey street


1929


Clarence H. Holloway


58 Phillips avenue


1931


Herbert A. Johnson


8 Palmer avenue 1929


Walter W. Johnson


8 Palmer avenue 1929


Norville L. Millmore


34 Bellevue road 1929


Ralph H. Nutter


21 Mostyn street


1931


William E. Plummer


150 Atlantic avenue


1930


Charles I. Porter


2 Palmer avenue


1930


Lowell E. Sprague


17 Nason road


1929


John A. Waldo


5 Beach Bluff avenue 1930


Arthur M. Wyman


2 Beach Bluff avenue


1931


* Died July 27, 1928.


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TOWN DOCUMENTS


[Dec. 31


Appointed Town Officers, 1928


APPOINTED BY BOARD. OF SELECTMEN


Town Accountant and Secretary of Selectmen Horace R. Parker


Assistant Secretary of Selectmen Pearl F. Davis


Town Counsel Harry D. Linscott


Town Engineer Wallace W. Pratt


Superintendent of Cemetery Thomas Handley


Burial Agent Ralph D. Merritt


Town Weigher Mary M. Nies, resigned Dec. 15


Superintendent of Moth Work and Forest Warden Everett P. Mudge


Building Inspector Harry E. Hardy


Assistant Building Inspector Frank L. Burk


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 Viewer George H. Doane


Inspector of Wires James A. Cook


Inspector of Petroleum Dr. Gustavus J. Esselen, Jr.


1928]


APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS


7


State Aid Correspondent Horace R. Parker Board of Registrars


Frank D. Thurston (D) Chairman Term expires 1931 C. Freeman Shaw (R) Term expires 1929


William J. Lynch (D) Term expires 1930 Ralph D. Merritt, Clerk Ex-Officio


Smoke Inspector Harry E. Hardy


Engineers of Fire Department James Warnock, Chairman and Chief of Department George B. Learned


Benjamin B. Blanchard


Clarence D. Kendrick, Clerk Chief of Police-Keeper of Lockup Walter F. Reeves


Special Police


Philip A. Blanchard


John H. Bryson


Frank H. Bradford


C. Walter Burrill


Ralph H. Burckes


Iber L. Chapman


L. Herbert Cahoon


Patrick S. Cryan


Lewis A. Coleman


H. Allen Durkee


Daniel B. Collins


Leonard Flagg


Francis Delano


Berton A. Fogg


George D. R. Durkee


Daniel Griffin


George Farnum


Leverett T. Holder


Stanley D. Forbes


Clarence W. Horton


Thomas Handley


Frank Lally


Nathaniel H. Lear


James W. Libby


Bernard B. Kennedy


James MacDonald


Nathaniel R. Martin


Albert Mclellan


William McNamara


James D. Mulligan


John Muthe Lemuel W. Pickard


George J. Place Fred J. Rowe


George H. Reed


Joseph P. Ryan


Timothy J. Ryan


Willis E. Shephard


Simeon J. Strong


C. Lee Stover


Harry A. Tirrell


Fred A. Taylor


George C. Webster


Herbert E. Wood


William A. Wildes


Board of Appeals


Terms expired June 6, 1928


Maurice Yozell, Chairman Clarence E. Cahill


George M. Glidden Henry A. Sadler


James L. Taylor, died Feb. 22 William O. Titcomb Horace R. Parker, Clerk Terms expire June 6, 1929


Henry A. Sadler, Chairman, resigned Nov. 29 Clarence E. Cahill George M. Glidden


Chas. W. Mowry William O. Titcomb


Horace R. Parker, Clerk


Safety Council


Norville L. Millmore, Chairman Walter F. Reeves, Secretary


Nathaniel F. Bartlett James Warnock Frank H. Van Blarcom, resigned June 29 Harold C. Blaney, resigned August 10


Francisco A. Page


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[Dec. 31


COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY MODERATOR


Finance


Precinct 1 Ralph J. Curtis


for 3 years


Precinct 2 Charles F. Hathaway


for 3 years


Precinct 3 Chester A. Brown


for 2 years


Precinct 4 John R. Hurlburt


for 2 years


Precinct 5 Paul W. Brickett


for 2 years


Precinct 6 Frederick J. Rudd


for 1 year


Precinct 7


James W. Santry, Chairman for 3 years


Precinct 8 John A. Waldo


for 2 years


Fourth of July


Precinct 1 Alfred B. Jones, Chairman


Precinct 2 Walter Furbush


Precinct 3


George H. Knowlton


Precinct 4


Ralph H. Cary


Precinct 5


George B. Learned


Precinct 6


Philip W. Blood


Precinct 7


Ralph Maxwell


Precinct 8


Herbert A. Johnson


High School


Precinct 1 H. Allen Durkee


Precinct 2 John A. Holmes


Precinct 3 Chester A. Brown


Precinct 4


John R. Hurlburt


Precinct 5


Henry S. Baldwin, Chairman


Precinct 6 Eleanor H. Ingelfinger


Precinct 7


Philip E. Bessom


Precinct 8


Ralph H. Nutter


Purchasing Dr. Howard K. Glidden, Chairman


William E. Plummer Edwin W. Tibbetts


Frank S. Newton


George H. Gray


Horace R. Parker, Clerk


Planning Board Dr. Howard K. Glidden, Chairman


Ernest M. Folger Egbert H. Ballard


Guy N. Chamberlin Robert B. Hegarty


Horace R. Parker, Clerk


Assistant Town Clerk


Nina C. Merritt


.


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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK


1928]


Records of Town Clerk


WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING Monday, February 20th, 1928


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 assemble in their respective precincts, in said Swampscott, on Monday, the twentieth 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 Monday, February 27, 1928, 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 Board of Public Welfare 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.


To choose one member of the Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds for one (1) year.


To choose six (6) representative town meeting members in each precinct for three (3) years; six (6) town meeting members in each precinct for two (2) years; six (6) town meeting members in each precinct for one (1) year.


All to be chosen on one ballot.


Article 2. To hear and act on the reports of town officials, boards and committees.


Article 3. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Clerk, members of the Water and Sewerage Board and Custodian of Trust Funds for the ensuing year.


Article 4. To see what action the town will take in relation to salaries of town officials for the ensuing year.


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[Dec. 31


Article 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, 1928, 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 6. 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: Committee on High School, page 43, and Cemetery Committee, page 101.


Article 7. 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: Water and Sewerage Board, page 66; Sewer Extension, page 70; Police, page 73; Fire Engineers, page 74; Assessors, page 83; Surveyor of Highways, page 95; Library, page 96; Cemetery, page 100; Board of Health, pages 104-106; Milk Inspector, page 109.


Article 8. To see what action the town will take in relation to the appropriation of money for departmental and other expenses as recom- mended and set forth on pages 38 and 39 of the annual town report.


Article 9. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by changing from general residence districts to single resi- dence districts the area included in the following streets and the land contiguous thereto or in the vicinity thereof, so that said area shall then be subject to the provisions of Article 3 of said Zoning By-Law, name- ly: Bay View avenue, Greenwood terrace, Fuller avenue, and Forest avenue, as petitioned for by Peter O. Larson et als.


Article 10. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Laws by including both sides of Woodbine avenue, namely, all prop- erty abutting on said Woodbine avenue, in the single residence district, so-called, shown on the zoning map of the town as Number 3, as petitioned for by Weston K. Lewis et als.


Article 11. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by changing from a general residence district to a business district the area included in the following street and the land con- tiguous thereto, or in the vicinity thereof, so that said area shall then be subject to the provisions of Article 4 of said Zoning By-Law, name- ly, on the ocean side of Humphrey street, beginning with the Post Office building so-called, to Fisherman's (Blaney) Beach, as petitioned for by Kendall A. Sanderson et als.


Article 12. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Law by changing from a general residence district to a business district the premises at 225 Humphrey street, known as "The Wardwell Estate," so that said premises shall then be subject to the provisions of Article 4 of said Zoning By-Law, as petitioned for by Kendall A. Sanderson et als.


Article 13. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Law by creating a district to be known as an apartment house district concerning the land in Humphrey street, shown as lot 122, plate 1, on Assessors' plan of town of Swampscott, adjoining Richardson's garage on the easterly side, subject, however, to the provisions of the Tene- ment House Law so-called, as petitioned for by Thomas W. Duncan et als.


Article 14. To see if the town will amend Section 3 of Chapter 2 of the By-Laws of the town by striking out the same and substituting therefor the following: Section 3: the warrant for the town meeting shall be served by posting an attested copy thereof at the Town Hall, the postoffices, at least one public and conspicuous place in each pre- cinct in the town, and at or in the immediate vicinity of each railroad station in the town, seven days before the day appointed for said meeting.


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Article 15. To see if the town will vote to amend Chapter XI, Building By-Laws of the town, relating to "roofs," by striking out the word "and" in the second line and inserting after the numeral "2" the word "and" and the numeral "3," so as to read as follows: "Any roof hereafter constructed in Districts 1, 2 and 3 of the town of Swampscott, as established by the Zoning By-Law, shall be covered with a fire- resistive material such as metal, tile, slate, asbestos shingles, or sur- faced asphalt shingles. If asphalt shingles are used, they shall weigh not less than 235 pounds per hundred square feet laid, or 74 pounds per hundred square feet of material not laid. Whenever twenty-five per cent or more of a roof covering is hereafter replaced, the new covering shall be one of the fire-resistive materials mentioned above. Whoever violates any provision of this By-Law shall be punishable by a fine of not more than twenty dollars for each offence."


Article 16. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee to study District 1, as shown on the zoning map, with a view of zoning the territory included therein.


Article 17. To hear the report of the committee on the Palmer School matter and to see what action the town will take concerning the recommendations contained therein.


Article 18. To hear and act on the report of the committee ap- pointed at the special town meeting held November 8th, 1927, to investigate the manner of entrance into the town and the officials responsible for the granting of a license or permit to the Lynn Sand and Stone Co., for the storage of large quantities of explosives, as petitioned for by Martin E. Nies et als.


Article 19. To see if the town will vote to transfer to the Emer- gency Water Fund the unexpended balance of $1,291.82 in the Barn- stable street water main account.


Article 20. To see if the town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to sell the land, now owned by the town, on Danvers street in Salem, known as Thompson's Meadow.


Article 21. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to extend the lease of the property on New Ocean street, now used for garage purposes, to Frank I. Richardson for a term of five years.


Article 22. To see if the town will vote to lay a water main in MacArthur circle, so called, a distance of approximately 180 feet, and appropriate or raise money therefor as petitioned for by Leon F. Ximiness et als.


Article 23. To see if the town will vote to improve drainage con- ditions connected with or relating to Hawthorne Brook, or what it will do in relation thereto, and appropriate or raise money therefor as petitioned for by John W. Holden et als. '


Article 24. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to do whatever is necessary to improve the drain- age conditions on Mapledale place, and appropriate or raise money therefor.


Article 25. To see if the town will vote to extend the eastern intercepting sewer from Palmer avenue eastward, about 1650 feet, and appropriate or raise money therefor, as petitioned for by Charles D. C. Moore et als.


Article 26. To see if the town will vote to lay a drain to care for surface drainage which accumulates on Humphrey street at and near the corner of Forest avenue and appropriate or raise money therefor.


Article 27. To see if the town will vote to construct a vault at the Town Hall and appropriate or raise money for the same.


Article 28. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell and convey to Angelina Palleschi the lot located in Fairview avenue numbered 45 on Assessors' plan 13, as petitioned for by Angelina Palleschi.


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[Dec. 31


Article 29. To see if the town will vote to increase the salary of the Chief of Police to $2800, and appropriate money therefor.


Article 30. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1000 for the observance of the Fourth of July.


Article 31. To see if the town will vote to place under the con- trol of the Park Commission those grass plots at the intersections of streets of the town not already under its control, and appropriate the sum of $200 for the care of the same.


Article 32. To see if the town will vote to replace the wood block pavement on Humphrey street and Monument square, from the Lynn line to a point at the top of the hill near the Post Office, a distance of approximately 2000 feet, and appropriate or raise money therefor.


Article 33. To see if the town will vote to seal coat Atlantic avenue and appropriate or raise money therefor.


Article 34. To see if the town will vote to construct Foster road from Burpee road to Tid street, and to appropriate therefor the sum of $1200, as petitioned for by Leon F. Ximiness et als.


Article 35. To see if the town will vote to accept Bay View Drive as laid out by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated February, 1928.


Article 36. To see if the town will accept that part of Hillcrest circle not already accepted, as laid out by the Board of Survey and appropriate or raise money therefor, as petitioned for by George D. R. Durkee et als.


Article 37. To see if the town will vote to resurface Ocean View road from Sargent road, a distance of about 200 feet, easterly, and appropriate or raise money therefor.


Article 38. To see if the town will vote to accept Banks circle, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated March, 1926, and appropriate or raise money therefor, as petitioned for by John A. Potts et als.


Article 39. To see if the town will vote to accept Lodge road, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, in accordance with a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated February, 1928, and appropriate or raise money therefor, as petitioned for by Donato Pagano et als.


Article 40. To see if the town will vote to accept Bates road, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, in accordance with a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated February, 1928, and appro- priate or raise money therefor as petitioned for by Donato Pagano et als.


Article 41. To see if the town will vote to accept Kensington Lane, a distance of 700 feet, beginning at Glen road and then continuing to Northern avenue, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated February, 1928, and appropriate or raise money for resurfacing the same as petitioned for by Ernest M. Folger et als.


Article 42. To see if the town will vote to accept Northern ave- nue as laid out by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated February, 1928, and appropriate or raise money for surfacing the same as petitioned for by Ernest M. Folger et als.


Article 43. To see what action the town will take in relation to the appropriation or raising of money for permanent street construction.




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