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TOWN. DOCUMENTS THE LIBRARY Eighty-First
Annual Report
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
For the Year Ending December 31
1932
SETTLED A.D. 1629.
· INCORPORATED
T.A.D. 1852.
AS SWAM
N. A. LINDSEY & Co., INC., MARBLEHEAD, MASS. 1933
TOWN DOCUMENTS
Eighty-First
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Swampscott, Mass.
For the Year Ending December 31
1932
SETTLED
A.D. 1629.
INCORPORATED
TT. A. D. 1852.
AS
SWA
N. A. LINDSEY & Co., INC., MARBLEHEAD, MASS.
1933
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TOWN DOCUMENTS 352 SW 1932-36 Elected Town Officers, 1932
[Dec. 31
Selectmen R. Wyer Greene, Chairman
*Harry E. Hardy
Edward LaCroix
Moderator John R. Hurlburt
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 1934
Harold G. Enholm Term expires 1935
Charles E. Hodgdon Term expires 1933
Assessors Edward A. Maxfield, Chairman Term expires 1935
Clarence B. Humphrey John B. Earp, Secretary Term expires 1934
Park Commissioners Archibald Miller, Chairman Term expires 1933
Stuart P. Ellis, Secretary John Homan Term expires 1934
Term expires 1935
School Committee Eleanor Ingelfinger, Chairman Term expires 1935
Thomas S. Bubier Term expires 1935 Ralph Maxwell Term expires 1933
Harry D. Linscott Term expires 1934 Marion C. Miller, Secretary Term expires 1933
Trustees of Public Library Gustavus J. Esselen, Jr., Chairman Term expires 1933
Lee T. Gray, Secretary Elihu Thomson Term expires 1935 Term expires 1934
Board of Public Welfare Harry E. Cahoon, Chairman Term expires 1935
Clarence W. Horton, Secretary Jeannette D. Darling Term Expires 1933 Term expires 1934
Board of Health Dr. Loring Grimes, Chairman Term expires 1935
John B. Cahoon Term expires 1933
Harold H. Bartol Term expires 1934
Term expires 1933
1932]
Surveyor of Highways Michael J. Ryan Term expires 1933 Tree Warden Bernard B. Kennedy
Frank H. Bradford
Constables George J. Place Willis E. Shepard
Planning Board George M. Glidden, Chairman Term expires 1934
Henry S. Baldwin Ralph C. Curtis Terms expire 1933
John R. Hurlburt, Secretary Herbert E. Ingalls Terms expire 1935
James W. Libby Term expires 1935 Term expires 1933
Commissioners of Trust Funds Weston K. Lewis Henry S. Baldwin Term expires 1934
Town Meeting Members
Owing to Revision of Precincts All Terms Expire with Town Meeting of 1933
Leslie F. Allen
Frank N. Bessom
250 Essex street
*** James W. Buchanan
69 Cherry street
James H. E. Connelly
1 Connelly terrace
Ernest Corrado
33 Crescent street
Leo J. Coughlin Willard P. Craik
30 Cherry street
Ralph J. Curtis
Charles S. Doughty
Robert B. Hegarty
John A. Herbin
346 Essex street 86 Cherry street
Andrew B. Holmes
*** Alfred B. Jones Arthur Morley John R. Nagle
26 Minerva street 3 Upland road
Victor C. Richardson
28 Jessie street
31 Minerva street
99 Windsor avenue
Precinct Two
28 Suffolk avenue
68 Stetson avenue
Harold H. Bartol
48 Beach avenue
Carl J. Berry
39 Essex avenue
Charles W. Burrill
34 Maple avenue 34B Essex avenue 26 Stetson avenue
Albert E. Devitt
Warren J. Doherty
45 Maple avenue
Albert F. Fanning
88 Stetson avenue
2 Valley road
Roy H. Frye Thomas Handley
Charles F. Hathaway
John A. Holmes Earl E. Jenkins
63 Suffolk avenue
Walter S. Maitland
6 Maple avenue
Harold F. Merrill
95 Essex street
William P. Norcross Harry W. Stanley
19 Valley road
76 Franklin avenue
SWAMPSCOTT PUBLIC LIBRARY
* *Joseph B. Abbott George B. Atkins
102 Essex street
Boardman G. Steadman Leon F. Ximiness
Precinct One 16 Essex street
5 Essex terrace
24 Bristol avenue 41 Roy street
350 Essex street
Harry E. Cahoon
95 Stetson avenue 257 Burrill street 8 Essex avenue
ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
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Precinct Three
Jean G. Allan LeRoy S. Austin Charles H. Bangs
Ralph E. Bicknell
Chester A. Brown
Charles V. Burgess
Edward P. Carroll
148 Burrill street
John A. Carroll
148 Burrill street
165 Burrill street
Loring Grimes
84 Humphrey street
Arthur E. Hardy
90 Pine street
Samuel Harris
139 Burrill street
William E. Henry
195 Burrill street
George H. Knowlton
164 Burrill street
Harry M. Lowd
90 Burrill street
Leland S. Ross
16 Curry circle
74 Humphrey street
Precinct Four
Frederick L. Brown Edward E. Call
Ralph H. Cary
Bertha B. Epps
William G. Fallon
36 Andrew road
John Fisher E. Stanley Flagg
97 Norfolk avenue
Walter E. Furbush
*Harry E. Hardy
George J. Harvey
Clarence W. Horton
36 Hampden street
84 Middlesex avenue
18 Andrew road
Daniel F. Knowlton
Robert C. Mansfield
Frank A. Mowatt
102 Farragut road
56 Middlesex avenue
77 Middlesex avenue
Precinct Five
19 Farragut road
141 Elmwood road
81 Walker road
20 Outlook road
11 Hardy road
25 Sheridan road
George M. Glidden
30 Banks terrace
34 Walker road
120 Elmwood road 95 Banks road 90 Walker road
25 Banks terrace
49 Devens road
38 Outlook road 7 Grant road
26 Banks road
15 Outlook road
George C. Thomas John Henry Welch
6 Humphrey street
63 Pine street
64 Humphrey street
79 Burrill street
17 Middlesex avenue
15 Boynton street
James A. Cook Stuart P. Ellis
William O. Titcomb
150 Norfolk avenue
60 Thomas road
33 Norfolk avenue
34 Berkshire street
18 Berkshire street
17 Andrew road
3 Paton terrace
Leon W. Howard Frank E. Johnson
22 Elmwood road
25 Norfolk avenue
Edwin M. Bailey Henry S. Baldwin
Alfred B. Brackett
Paul W. Brickett
Nathan G. Bubier Guy N. Chamberlin
Charles S. Goodridge
*** John B. Hadaway Charles E. Hodgdon
Isabel D. King *** Henry I. Laumann George H. Lucey Florence E. Preston
Charles A. Southworth
Philip H. Stafford
153 Elmwood road
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Edward A. Sawyer ** Allen F. Spruce
15 Shaw road
12 Porter place
1932]
ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
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Precinct Six
Benjamin B. Blanchard Philip W. Blood
Elliot A. Bunting
Frank L. Burk
William Edgar Carter
269 Humphrey street
Warren H. Colby
253 Humphrey street 49 Rockland street
Howard K. Glidden Horace C. Holden
5 Greenwood avenue
Clarence B. Humphrey
Eleanor H. Ingelfinger
Harry D. Linscott
78 Greenwood avenue
Fred L. Mower
12 Blaney circle
Vincent P. O'Brien
202 Humphrey street 21 Blaney street
Horace R. Parker, Jr.
Donald Redfern
292 Humphrey street
312 Humphrey street
39 King street
15 Lawrence terrace
Precinct Seven
Charles D. Addison
50 Aspen road
Joseph Atwood
90 Aspen road
Dorothy A. Bamforth
Thomas S. Bubier
Abram French
646 Humphrey street 78 Millett road
Walter A. Hall
Herbert E. Ingalls
Havelock S. Mader
Ralph Maxwell
82 Millett road
George E. Mitchell
64 Magnolia road
Frank E. Morrison
28 Bay View avenue
Eben G. Pedrick
60 Orient court
Roger W. Pope
52 Bay View drive
Conrad P. Richardson
James W. Santry, Jr.
31 Cedar Hill terrace
44 Ocean View road
20 Ocean View road
Precinct Eight
Philip E. Bessom John H. Blodgett
4 Palmer avenue
100 Beach Bluff avenue
Frederick R. Bogardus
48 Atlantic avenue
Charles H. Cunningham
25 Beach Bluff avenue
Grace T. Dillingham
15 Eulow street
Gustavus J. Esselen, Jr. Lee T. Gray
437 Puritan road 79 Morton road
Samuel B. Groom
41 Bellevue road
James P. Hale
98 Phillips avenue
John R. Hurlburt
40 Beach Bluff avenue
Edward LaCroix
58 Orchard road
Robert C. McKay
Charles D. C. Moore
Ralph H. Nutter
21 Mostyn street 5 Beach Bluff avenue
2 Beach Bluff avenue
** Removed from town *** Moved to another precinct
64 Bradlee avenue 11 Eulow street
998 Humphrey street
John A. Waldo Arthur M. Wyman *Deceased
58 Orchard road
Lucelia LaCroix William H. McCarty
15 Beverly road
George Lloyd Smith
Harry E. Whitten
65 Fuller avenue 3 Beverly road
Rufus W. Greene
53 Bay View drive
188 Aspen road 70 Millett road
Frederick J. Rudd
Michael J. Ryan
Stanley M. Stocker
108 Greenwood avenue 33 Rockland street 187 Humphrey street 16 Blaney circle
12 Humphrey terrace 5 Cliffside
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Appointed Town Officers, 1932
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
Assistant Town Engineer Howard L. Hamill
Superintendent of Cemetery Thomas Handley
Burial Agent Ralph D. Merritt
Superintendent of Moth Work and Forest Warden Bernard B. Kennedy
Building Inspector Frank L. Burk
Assistant Building Inspector Wm. H. Sutherland
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 Reginald S. Hunt
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
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State Aid Correspondent Horace R. Parker
Board of Registrars
William J. Lynch (D) Term expires 1933 *Ernest B. Thing (R) ** Arthur C. Eaton Term expires 1935
Robert B. Hegarty (D) Chairman Term expires 1934 Ralph D. Merritt (R) Clerk Ex-Officio
Smoke Inspector Frank L. Burk
Engineers of Fire Department Jefferson G. Owens, Jr., Chairman
Benjamin B. Blanchard James W. Buchanan
Clarence D. Kendrick, Clerk
Chief of Fire Department James Warnock
Chief of Police-Keeper of Lockup Walter F. Reeves
Intermittent Special Police
Robert L. Cunningham
Warren J. Doherty
Fred J. Rowe Special Police
Atkins, Samuel L.
Libby, James W.
Blodgett, John H.
Little, Alexander E.
Boudreau, Wm. V.
Lusk, John W.
Bradford, Frank H.
Maitland, Frank
Bryson, John H.
Marlin, George A.
Buchanan, James W.
Martin, Nathaniel R.
Burk, Frank L.
Maxwell, Ralph McLellan, Albert
Burrill, C. Walter
Melanson, Joseph I.
Cahoon, L. Herbert
Merritt, Ralph D.
Coleman, Lewis A.
O'Brien, Daniel J.
Cunningham, Chas. H.
Pagano, Emanuel
Dolan, Charles J. Donlon, Stephen J. Duly, Richard J.
Page, Francisco A.
Parker, Horace R.
Durkee, George D. R.
Pickard, Lemuel W.
Durkee, H. Allan
Place, George J.
Handley, Thomas
Hanson, George E.
Hay, Herman W.
Randall, Martin H. Richardson, Conrad P. Ryan, Timothy J.
Hegarty, Robert B.
Shephard, Willis E.
Holder, Leverett T.
Shore, G. Arnold
Horton, Clarence W.
Strong, Simeon J.
Hurlburt, John R.
Sutherland, Ivan C.
Kennedy, Bernard B.
Tirrell, Harry A.
Kennedy, Clement E.
Wallis, James J.
LaCroix, Edward
Webster, George C.
Lally, Frank
Wood, Herbert E.
Lamkin, Everett W.
Wormwood, Daniel W.
*Deceased
* Appointed to fill vacancy
Pedrick, James H.
Burke, Edward F.
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[Dec. 31
Board of Appeals
George M. Glidden, Chairman Ralph Maxwell
William O. Titcomb Horace R. Parker, Clerk Terms expire June 6, 1933 Board of Survey Board of Selectmen Ex-Officio
Assistant Town Clerk Nina D. Merritt Deputy Tax Collectors
George J. Place
Eustis B. Grimes
Kenneth M. Place
COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY MODERATOR
Finance
Precinct 1 Leslie F. Allen
Precinct 2 Charles F. Hathaway, Chairman
Precinct 3 LeRoy S. Austin
Precinct 4 Ralph H. Cary
Precinct 5
Paul W. Brickett
Precinct 6
Donald Redfern, Secretary
Precinct 7 Harry E. Whitten
Precinct 8 John A. Waldo
Fourth of July George J. Place, Chairman
R. Wyer Greene
Loran J. Harvey
Ralph Maxwell
Walter F. Reeves
Boardman G. Steadman Guy T. White
Mary M. Pedrick, Clerk
Purchase of Motor Pumper Philip W. Blood, Chairman
Henry S. Baldwin Benjamin B. Blanchard
R. Wyer Greene
Robert B. Hegarty
Edward LaCroix James Warnock
Horace R. Parker, Clerk
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK
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Records of Town Clerk ANNUAL TOWN WARRANT Tuesday, February 23, 1932
Essex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscott in said GREETING:
County:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are di- rected to notify the inhabitants of the town of Swampscott, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in their respec- tive precincts, in said Swampscott, on Monday, the fifteenth day of February, 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 Tuesday, February 23, 1932, 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 two members 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 Public Welfare for two (2) years, to fill vacancy.
To choose one member of the Board of Health for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Water and Sewerage Board for (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 two members of the Planning Board for three (3) years.
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 two (2) 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.
To choose one representative town meeting member from Precinct Two for two (2) years, to fill vacancy.
To choose two representative town meeting members from Precinct Two for one (1) year, to fill vacancies.
To choose one representative town meeting member from Precinct Four for one (1) year, to fill vacancy.
To choose one representative town meeting member from Precinct Six for one (1) year to fill vacancy.
All to be chosen on one ballot.
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Article 2. To hear and act on the reports of town officials, boards and committees.
Article 3. To see what amounts of bonds will be required of the Town Clerk 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.
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 Jan- uary 1, 1932, 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 contained in the reports of officers, boards or committees.
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 reports of officers, boards or committees.
Article 8. To see what action the town will take in relation to the appropriation of money for departmental and other expenses as recommended and set forth on pages 184, 185 and 186 of the annual town report.
Article 9. To see what action the town will take in relation to the appropriation or raising of money for permanent street construc- tion.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the By-law committee and adopt the amendments to the by-laws as printed on pages 165 to 173 of the town report.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to lay a drain and build necessary catch basins and manholes to take care of the surface water on Puritan road at Tupelo road and in Puritan road, near the entrance to Little's Point road, and appropriate money therefor as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways and Board of Selectmen.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to build a catch basin on New Ocean street, and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to build a catch basin in Banks road, and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to replace broken street signs, and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to lay a surface water drain from Aspen road to Millett road drain, when the necessary easements have been granted to the town, and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to change the grade of Cedar Hill terrace, at and near its intersection with Bay View ave- nue, and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by John B. Hadaway et al.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to accept Beverly road, from Puritan road to Shelton road, as a public way, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, in accordance with a plan made by W. W. Pratt, town engineer, and to appropriate money therefor, as peti- tioned for by Thomas S. Bubier et als.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to accept Fairview ave- nue as a public way, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, in ac- cordance with a plan made by W. W. Pratt, town engineer, and to
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appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Angelo Palleschi et als.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to purchase a 31/2 ton truck for the Highway Department and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 20. To see if the town will appropriate $20,000 for new street construction, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to take the property on the easterly side of Essex street, near the railroad bridge, lots 95 and 96, as shown on Assessors' plan 12, for the purpose of widening and straightening Essex street, and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Grover C. Hambrecht et al.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to petition the County Commissioners, Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway and the Bos- ton and Maine Railroad to share in the construction of a new, safe, fireproof bridge to take the place of the existing bridge over the Boston and Maine Railroad on Essex street, and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned by Grover C. Hambrecht et al.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a new contract for street lighting, for a period not exceeding five years, with the Lynn Gas & Electric Co., same to be effective at the expiration of the present contract with the Lynn Gas & Electric Co., which expires June 30, 1932.
Article 24. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $300, to be raised out of taxation or to be transferred out of the emergency fund, to be used by the Water and Sewerage Board in the settlement of sewer easements taken during the preceding year, as recommend- ed by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Article 25. To see if the town will vote to transfer the follow- ing unexpended balances from sewers to Emergency Sewer account, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board: Nason road sewer, $1,615.54; Rockland street sewer, $961.02; Burpee road sewer, $30.50; Section A sewer, $4,150.93; Section B sewer, $6,146.29; Sec- tion C sewer $1,445.85; Section D sewer, $794.70; Roy street drain, $4.84; King's brook culvert, $28.06; culvert, $14.25.
Article 26. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Hampden street, a distance of about 750 feet, and appropri- ate money therefor, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Berkshire street, a distance of about 720 feet, and appropri- ate money therefor, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Bradley avenue, a distance of 285 feet, and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Article 29. To see if the town will vote to build and equip a new high school and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the School Committee.
Article 30. To see if the town will vote to enlarge, remodel and add to the present high school, located on Greenwood avenue, and provide necessary equipment and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the School Committee.
Article 31. To see if the town will appoint a committee to car- ry out either the building of a new high school or remodeling, enlarg- ing and adding to the present high school, whichever the town may determine, with power to obtain plans, engage an architect, enter into contracts in behalf of the town and do all things necessary, con- venient or proper to carry out and complete said work, as recom- mended by the School Committee.
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Article 32. To see if the town will vote to use Phillips Park under Chapter 310 of the Acts of 1930 for high school and school yard purposes, as recommended by the School Committee.
Article 33. To see if the town, in case it votes to build a public high school under articles in this Warrant, will vote to erect the same on Phillips Park, as recommended by the School Committee.
Article 34. To see if the town will vote to take by eminent domain or to acquire by purchase, for public school purposes, land on Forest avenue, bounded on the south by Forest avenue, on the east by the Whitney estate and on the north by the Boston and Maine Railroad, or any portion of the same, and appropriate money there- for, as recommended by the School Committee.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to take by eminent do- main, or acquire by purchase for public school purposes, land lying on the southerly side of Forest avenue contiguous to Forest avenue and Fuller avenue, and appropriate money therefor, as recommend- ed by the School Committee.
Article 36. To see if the town, in case it votes to build a high school under any articles in this Warrant, will vote to locate the same on any of the foregoing land, as recommended by the School Committee.
Article 37. To see if the town will vote to purchase a 1000-gal- lon Combination Motor Pumper and equipment for the Central Fire Station, and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 38. To see if the town will appropriate $5625 for further improving the fire alarm system by continuing the underground ca- bles from Humphrey street and Ingalls terrace to the Central Fire Station, with necessary loops, connections and changes, also laying new conduit on Burrill street, between Monument square and the Police Station, in co-operation with the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 39. To see if the town will vote to purchase 400 feet of 11/2 inch hose and fittings and appropriate $250 therefor, as recom- mended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 40. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $490 for 500 feet of 21/2 inch hose, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 41. To see if the town will vote to install an incinerator for the disposal of its combustible waste material and offal from the fish markets, hotels, etc., and appropriate money therefor, as recom- mended by the Board of Health.
Article 42. To see if the town will vote to amend the zoning by-law by changing from a general residential district the premises located at No. 225 Humphrey street, so as to permit the said prem- ises to be used for the erection of an apartment building, as peti- tioned for by Ellen M. Wardwell et al.
Article 43. To see if the town will vote that the land at 175 Humphrey street, and adjoining on Cliffside, be changed on the zon- ing map, so that the property may be used for apartment or hotel purposes, as petitioned for by Daniel F. Knowlton et al.
Article 44. To see if the town will vote to rescind its previous action in accepting Commonwealth avenue as a public way, as here- tofore laid out by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 45. To see if the town will vote to accept Common- wealth avenue as a public way as laid out by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with a revised plan made by W. W. Pratt, dated Jan- uary, 1932, on file with the Town Clerk, and appropriate money therefor.
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Article 46. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Se- lectmen to take by eminent domain for purposes of a public way on Commonwealth avenue the following described property or any of same:
Beginning at the northwest corner of land owned by Luigi and Genoveffa Gallo; thence by land of said Gallo south 40-38-0 west, for a distance of 46.86 feet; thence by land of William H. Burnett, north 66-10-55 west, for a distance of 3.54 feet; thence by old line of Com- monwealth avenue north 44-40-40 east for a distance of 48 feet, to the point of beginning, above parcel containing 79 square feet.
Article 47. To see if the town will vote to accept Bates road, from the present accepted portion to Charlotte road, as a public way, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, in accordance with a plan made by W. W. Pratt, town engineer, dated January, 1932, and to appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Abraham Ranen et al.
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