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BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY, WAKEFIELD, MASS.
This Library, established in 1856, is supported by taxation and by the income from trust funds (in 1910 the trust funds amounted to $7,000) and is for the free use of all residents of Wakefield. Temporary residents, by giving satisfactory references will be gladly offered its privileges. The public reading room also in the Town Hall building, is free to all.
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NINETY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
FOR THE YEAR, ENDING JANUARY 31st, 1909
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COMPILED BY THE BOARD OF AUDITORS
FORM OF BEQUEST.
I hereby give and bequeath to the Town of Wakefield, Mass., for the benefit of the Beebe Town Library, the sum of dollars, the income only of which shall be used for the purchase of books and magazines, under the direction of the Library Trustees.
THE NINETY-SEVENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS 1
OF WAKEFIELD, MASS.,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1909.
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THE TOWN CLERK'S RECORD
OF THE .
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
DURING THE YEAR 1908.
MAY 3
1912
EVERETT, MASS. : A. W. BROWNELL, PRINTER, 150 SCHOOL STREET.
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1908-1909.
SELECTMEN. ARTHUR L. WILEY, Chairman. J. FRED PARKER, Secretary ; CORNELIUS DONOVAN,
EDWARD E. LEE, * JOHN FLANLEY.
TOWN CLERK-CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE.
TOWN TREASURER-ALBERT W. FLINT.
MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD.
WILLIAM E. ARNOLD, Chairman, Term expires 1910
FRED A. SWAIN, Secretary
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L. WALLACE SWEETSER
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. HUGH CONNELL, Ch'n. WILLIAM C. STRONG, Sec. EDWARD H. WALTON.
ASSESSORS. F. S. HARTSHORNE, Ch'n; SAM'L T. PARKER, Sec .; CHARLES A. CHENEY.
AUDITORS.
WILLIAM O. ABBOTT, WILLIAM J. STOUT, WILLIAM E. PITTOCK.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES-CHARLES E. WALTON.
SEWER COMMISSIONERS.
EDEN K. BOWSER, Chairman Term expires 1909 C. ORNE BAYRD 66 19II
W. RAYMOND EMERSOM
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WATER COMMISSIONERS.
CHARLES A. DEAN, Chairman
Term expires 1910
J. H. KIMBALL, Secretary
1909
THOMAS G. O'CONNELL
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* Deceased.
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WILLIAM E. CADE, Chief ; EDWARD S. JACOB, Clerk ; FREDERIC F. ANDERSON.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
PATRICK J. KELLY
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Term expires 1909
FRED E. BUNKER
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1910
JAMES F. CURLEY .
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CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE (ex officio).
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
CHAS. E. MONTAGUE, Chairman . Term expires 1911
IDA FARR MILLER .
1909
DARIUS HADLEY
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GREENLEAF A. GOODALE
1909
ELIZA M. GREENWOOD, Secretary .. 1910
ASHTON H. THAYER, Treasurer .
1910
CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
JAMES R. REID
Term expires 1909
ELDEN S. OLIVER
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OLIVER WALTON
1910
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
RICHARD DUTTON, Chairman
Term expires 1911
CHARLES F. MANSFIELD
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19II
EDSON W. WHITE . .
1909
HARRY FOSTER .
1909
FRANK T. WOODBURY .
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1909
ASHTON H. THAYER
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E. FLORENCE EATON
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H. LEE M. PIKE
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1910
SARAH Y. MORTON
1910
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FISH COMMITTEE.
SAMUEL PARKER, J. FRANK WHITING, MILLER N. FOSTER.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-H. A. SIMONDS
TREE WARDEN-FRANK T. WOODBURY.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
DR. J. W. HEATH
Term expires 1909
AUGUSTUS D. JENKINS .
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JOHN M. CATE
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SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS-DENNIS C. GREANY.
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
EUGENE S. HINCKLEY,
JOHN J. FOLEY, SOLOMON A. LENFEST.
POLICE. HARVEY G. BROCKBANK, Chief.
SPECIAL POLICE.
JAMES A. MCFADDEN,
JAMES HURTON,
EDWIN F. POLAND,
JOSEPH L. PRESTON, JR.
GEORGE H. POTTER,
ARTHUR H. GOULD,
EUGENE P. McDONNELL, HENRY DEROCHE,
RUFUS F. DRAPER,
H. A. SIMONDS,
EMIL NELSON,
JOHN A. MELONEY,
ERNEST A. TYLER,
ROY D. JONES,
LINCOLN S. TAINTER,
FRED J. BLACK,
LEWIS E. CARTER,
JOHN ANDERSON.
CONSTABLES.
EDWIN F. POLAND,
JAMES A. MCFADDEN,
HARVEY G. BROCKBANK, HARRY A. SIMONDS.
INSPECTOR OF MILK-HARRY A. SIMONDS.
TOWN COUNSEL-MAYNARD E. S. CLEMONS.
FOREST WARDEN-SAMUEL T. PARKER. DEPUTIES-ELDEN S. OLIVER, JESSE C. EDMANDS.
For list of other town officers not chosen by ballot, see report of Annual Town Meeting.
GEO. O. RUSSELL,
PATRICK J. MALONEY,
LIST OF JURORS.
Abbott, Arthur G. Alden, Joseph D. Anderson, Andrew G. Anderson, Clinton O. Arnold, William E. Ayscough, Charles D. Balcom, Edward A.
Barker, Edward
Bessey, William W. Blanchard, John O. Blanchard, Samuel D. Brockbank, Harvey G.
Brown, James W. S. Brownell, Alstead W. Bryant, Eugene C. Bunker, Fred E. Buckley, John H. Carlisle, Ralph E. Cary, George P. Casey, Peter Cate, Albert D.
Cate, Arthur W.
Cheever, Charles W.
Cheney, Charles A. Clapp, Frank A. Classen, Charles E. Connell, Hugh Corbett, Palmer Curley, James F. DeRoche, Henry
Dimick, Augustus D. Donovan, John C.
Draper, Rufus F. Eaton, Willard G. Eaton, Jacob H. Evans, Charles A. Farwell, James W. Fell, Thomas W. H.
Ferriss, John K.
Flint, Francis E.
Florell, Henry Foster, James B. Farland, Walter R. Gihon, Edward J. Glass, Alexander
Gould, Thomas Greenough, William S. Hackett, Frank H. Hall, Henry C. Hanright, Edward A. Harlow, Charles L.
Haskell, Harry E. Henkel, Frank J.
Hickey, James A. Hickey, Thomas Hill, Melvin J. Hill, Smith H. Hill, John T. Hines, Campbell D. Hines, Nathaniel Holt, Isaiah Howard, George E. Hunter Needham C. Hurley, John
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Jack, Philip Kelly, Edward B. Kelly, Patrick J. Kenrick, Alfred W. Kilgore, George L. Kimball, George W. Kingston, David T. Lane, Maurice J. Lavery, Willard S. Logan, James J. Low, Joseph K. Malcomb, Zina B. Mansfield, Austin L. Mansfield, James F. Mansfield, William J. McDonnell, Eugene P. McDuffee, Edwin McIntosh, Alexander B. Mckay, William B. McNeil, Stanley H. Merrill, Rufus A. Meloney, John A., Jr. Nichols, Joseph T. Nickerson, Franklin North, Rufus C. O'Connell, Thomas Oliver, Elden S. Parker, Samuel T. Pendleton, Francis M.
Perley, John M. Perkins, Joseph E. Perry, Austin E. Pittock, William E. Purrington, Elwin I. Regan, William Reardon, Michael Reid, James R, Reynolds, Fred J.
Reynolds, Robert A. Ripley, Winfield S. Ronan, Arthur O.
Ronan, John T. Scovell, George H. Smith, John W. Starbuck, David J. Stone, Orrin Studley, Charles H. Sullivan, Jeremiah J. Sullivan, William H. Sullivan, Thomas F. Taggart, William J. Thrush, William A. Titus, Kirk H. Walker, George E. Walton, Charles E. Ward, Thomas M. Whiting, J. Frank Winters, Ira B.
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RECORD OF TOWN MEETINGS
For the Year Ending January 31, 1909.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 2, 1908.
PRECINCT ONE.
Meeting called to order by Town Clerk Charles F. Harts- horne at 6 o'clock a. m., who read the warrant and then swore in the following election officers :
WARDEN-S. A. Dearborn.
CLERK-Alstead W. Brownell.
INSPECTORS AND TELLERS-C. O. Anderson, M. T. Lane, E. S. Jacob, A. L. Cutler, Z. B. Malcolm, F. B. Jordan, H. A. Simonds, J. D. Alden, Bruce Swanson, W. H. Sullivan, E. B. Kelly, W. C. Skulley, J. M. Cate, A. G. Abbott, Wm. Logan, Harold B. Driver.
PRECINCT Two.
The polls were declared open at 6 o'clock a. m., and the following election officers were sworn in by Warden W. G. Eaton :
DEPUTY WARDEN-Harvey S. Parker.
CLERK-Roy D. Jones.
DEPUTY CLERK-Roscoe F. Jones.
INSPECTORS-Frank Evans, G. F. Leach.
TELLERS-Harry P. Alden, R. L. Pittman, A. M. Baxter, E. A. Jones.
Following is the total vote with the vote of each precinct :
* Indicates candidates elected.
Precincts. Totals. I II
TOWN CLERK.
*Charles F. Hartshorne
967
178
II45
TOWN TREASURER.
* Albert W. Flint
959
181
1140
SELECTMEN.
Andrew G. Anderson
694
100
794
Nathaniel E. Cutler .
690
99
789
*Cornelius Donovan .
736
125
861
*John Flanley
937
82
1019
*Edward E. Lee
774
200
974
*J. Fred Parker
890
175
1065
*Arthur L. Wiley
826
115
941
ASSESSORS.
*Charles A. Dean (3 years)
985
I68
1153
*Frederic S. Hartshorne (2 years)
945
167
III2
*Samuel T. Parker (1 year) .
923
155
IO88
MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD, 3 Years.
*L. Wallace Sweetser
729
73
802
Frank J. Henkel
.
553
124
677
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
*Charles E. Walton . .
. 999
187
II86
SEWER COMMISSIONER, 3 Years.
*C. Orne Bayrd
664
125
789
Thomas J. Lally
.
633
53
686
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
William F. Bowman
.
707
III
818
*Hugh Connell
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.
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872
91
963
*William C. Strong .
787
I35
922
*Edward Hazen Walton
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.
890
158
1048
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.
.
.
.
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WATER COMMISSIONER, 3 Years.
John W. Kernan
18I
29
210
*Thomas G. O'Connell ·
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739
III
850
George H. Scovell
.
424
54
478
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 3 Years.
John D. Colbert
674
28
702
*Darius Hadley
803
241
1044
*Charles E. Montague
925
231
1156
AUDITORS.
*William O. Abbott .
818
150
968
*William E. Pittock .
820
I44
964
*William J. Stout
865
151
1016
BOARD OF HEALTH, 3 Years.
A. D. Jenkins . ·
916
166
1082
TRUSTEES BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY, 3 Years.
Richard Dutton
881
162
1043
C. F. Mansfield
805
I54
959
Ashton H. Thayer
784
164
948
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER, 3 Years.
*Elden S. Oliver
599
182
781
Chas. Talbot
361
18
379
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
*John J. Foley .
884
13I
1015
*Eugene S. Hinckley
767
142
909
*Solomon A. Lenfest
785
I35.
920
FISH COMMITTEE.
William J. Dinan
634
81
715
*Miller N. Foster
704
141
845
*Samuel Parker
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.
863
144
1007
*J. Frank Whiting
691
95
786
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TREE WARDEN.
*Frank T. Woodbury
964
159
II23
CONSTABLES.
*Harvey G. Brockbank
876
I57
1033
*James A. McFadden
1072
I55
I227
*Edwin F. Poland
959
164
II23
LICENSE VOTE.
Yes . .
480
45
525
No
848
152
1000
TOWN MEETING, MARCH 9, 1908.
Article I. To choose a moderator, by ballot, to preside at said meeting.
Thomas G. O'Connell was elected moderator.
All articles involving the appropriation of money were, by the moderator, declared referred to the town Finance Committee.
Art. 2. To act upon the reports of town officers as pub- lished.
Voted. That the report of town officers as printed be ac- cepted and laid on the table.
Art. 3. To choose all town officers not required to be chosen by ballot.
Voted. That a committee of five be appointed to retire and bring in a list of town officers not chosen by ballot. Chair appointed S. K. Hamilton, Thomas Ringer, E. F. Preston, W. H. Sullivan, Geo. M. Poland.
Art. 10. Voted to take up article 10, Yes 95, No o.
Voted. That our Representative in the Legislature be in- structed, and the Senator from this district be requested,
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toroppose in all their power, any effort to take any terri- tory now belonging to the Town of Wakefield. The above motion was presented by a committee of Green- wood citizens consisting of S. H. Hellen, J. H. Kimball, Eugene H. Briggs, Chas. E. Jones, T. F. Ringer.
Art. 4. To see if the town will authorize its treasurer to hire money to pay all demands in anticipation of taxes.
Voted. That for the purpose of procuring temporary loans to and for the use of the town of Wakefield the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed with the approval of a majority of the Board of Selectmen to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the town therefor. Any debt or debts incurred by a loan or loans to the Town under this vote shall be paid from the said taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year and make appropriations for the same.
Voted. To raise and appropriate as follows :
Schools :
Pay rolls
$47,207 50
Fuel
4,500 00
Books and Supplies
3,000 00
Contingent
2,800 00
Evening School
1,000 00
Interest
14,351 85
(In addition $8760, $5733.50, $5295.89 to be taken from receipts of water and light depts. and abutters' apportionment of sewer assessment. Amount to be appro- priated $14,351.85).
Poor Dept. (and receipts)
6,000 00
Police Dept.
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2,900 00
Nightwatch
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1,869 04
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Town hall (and receipts)
$1,900 00
Miscellaneous
5,000 00
Forest warden
100 00
Fire Dept. (and receipts)
7,000 00
Park Dept.
800 00
R. L. G. (Co. A armory)
800 00
State aid
4,000 00
Soldiers' relief
4,000 00
Military aid
500 00
Library and (dog tax)
700 00
Reading room
250 00
Fish committee
25 00
Street sprinkling (work to be done by fire dept. )
1,800 00 Cemetery Dept., receipts.
Art. 3. The following committee appointed to bring in a list of officers not chosen by ballot : Henry H. Savage, Geo. E. Walker, S. T. Parker, Franklin Nickerson, Frank A. Loud, P. J. Kelly, N. E. Cutler, F. E. Cox, E. K. Bowser, James A. Hickey, M. E. S. Clemons.
Voted. To adjourn this meeting for one week from this evening at 7.30 o'clock.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 16, 1908.
Art. 5. Voted to raise and appropriate : Water Department :
For Maintenance . $14,000 00
" Construction . 5,000 00
" Interest . 8,760 00 ·
" Bond retirement · 4,000 00
" Salary of Commissioners · 300 00
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Total
$32,060 00
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Hydrant service :
For 189 Hydrants, at $20 each $3,780 00
" 9 Standpipes, 3 fountains and
3 horse troughs, at $75 each 1,025 00
Total
. $4,805 00
Sewer Dept .:
Maintenance 800 00 Repairs on North Ave. and Converse St. (if necessary) 100 00 ·
Salary of Commissioners 150 00
Municipal Light Plant :
Estimated receipts · 54,852 00
Maintenance (including Commissioners' sal- ary $300) . 20,000 00
200 00 Fire alarm
Voted. To take up Article 25.
Art. 25. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay for additions and replace- ments at the Municipal Light Plant, as recommended by the Municipal Light Board, or what they will do about it.
Voted. That a committee of five be appointed to investigate the management of the gas and electric plant during the period of town ownership, and be authorized to hire ex- pert advice at a cost not exceeding $800, and the finding of this investigation be reported to the town not later than the November meeting, the expense of the same to be taken from the Miscellaneous fund, and that the com- mittee be further authorized to look into the matter of procuring electricity from private sources, and report to the town at the adjournment of this meeting.
Article 3. Committee appointed under this Article presented their report, which was accepted and adopted :
Field Drivers-Lester K. Finney, George K. Walton,
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Alexander Glass, Palmer Corbett, J. E. Hopkins, C. E. Classen, W. F. Shedd.
Measurers of Wood-G. W. Killorin, A. L. Mansfield, H. N. Oliver, E. S. Oliver, W. C. Crocker, T. E. Toomey, L. P. Curley, Thomas Hickey, Denis Greany, P. Lannergan, A. A. Mansfield, H. A. Feindel, W. T. Curley, Wm. Hickey, L. E. Bennett.
Measurers of Lumber-A. T. Locke, H. B. Parker, J. B. Foster, W. A. Prescott, H. A. Feindel, A. P. Webber, L. E. Bennett.
Weighers of Coal and Merchandise-P. McLaughlin, H. A. Simonds, John Toomey, W. C. Crocker, Wm. Hickey, T. E. Toomey, A. A. Mansfield, N. E. Cutler, A. L. Mansfield, W. T. Curley, L. E. Bennett, Thos. Hickey, G. A. B. Merrill, L. P. Curley.
Finance Committee, 3 Years-Wm. G. Strong, Na- thaniel Hines, R. F. Jones, Thos. Hickey, Geo. L. Wakefield.
Finance Committee 2 Years-N. E. Cutler, Waldo E. Cowdrey.
Article 5. For Salaries of Town Officers :
Tree Warden, salary
$25 00
Board of Health, for salaries
100 00
for extra service ·
300 00
Board of Auditors . 215 00
Board of Registrars 215 00 . .
Board of Assessors
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900 00
Board of Overseers
300 00
Forest Warden and two deputies 75 00
Board of Selectmen, each
100 00
clerk
200 00
Superintendent of Streets, including horse team
900 00
Town Treasurer
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400 00
Town Clerk .
. .
200 00
Town Counsel
500 00
Tax Collector
. 650 00
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Inspector of Milk
$150 00
Collector of Milk
50 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
100 00
Secretary Finance Committee
50 00
Inspector of Animals
125 00
Inspector of Plumbing
480 00
Moderator
25 00
Fire Engineers
450 00
Voted. To appropriate $150 for back bills of Board of Health.
Voted. To adjourn this meeting to next Monday night at 7.30 o'clock.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 23, 1908. Article 25. Moderator appointed following committee under this article: Geo. M. Poland, C. N. Winship, Geo. H. Stowell, John Flanley, E. C. Miller, T. E. Dwyer, F. J. Henkel, John T. Cooper, Frank E. Cox.
Art. 6. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to appoint a night watch and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Voted. That the selectmen be authorized to appoint a night watch.
Art. 7. To determine the compensation of enginemen for the year ensuing.
Voted. To refer subject-matter to committee of five and report at an adjournment of this meeting.
Moderator appointed E. K. Bowser, Cornelius Dono- van, Wm. E. Cade, Michael Low, Thomas F. Ringer.
Art. 8. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to employ a town counsel.
Voted. To so authorize the selectmen.
Art. 9. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $300 for the purpose of Memorial Day.
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Voted. $300.
Art. II. To see if the town will vote to renovate and paint the exterior of the town hall building, raise and appro- priate money therefor, or what they will do about it.
Voted. To appoint a committee of three to secure competi- tive bids.
Chair appointed Arthur L. Wiley, W.m. A. Prescott, Thomas Hickey.
Art. 12. To see if the town will grant permission to a com- mittee representing " one hundred of the townspeople " to erect in front of the Congregational church, at the juuction of Church and Common streets, a pedestal upon which is to be placed a bronze tablet to the memory of Cornelius Sweetser, a benefactor of this town.
Voted. Committee of five be appointed to consider subject- matter of article and report with recommendation. Chair appointed J. Fred Parker, Eugene Hinckley, Wm. J. Murphy, M. E. S. Clemons, Frank March.
Art, 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $675.00 to construct a sidewalk on one side of Greenwood street, from the B. & M. railroad crossing to connect with sidewalk on northeasterly side of Spring street, or what they will do about it.
Voted. $650 to be taken from General Highway appropria- tion.
Art. 14. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $900 to concrete the sidewalk on the westerly side of Main street, from the Green estate to Greenwood street, in so far as the street abuts the property of the Boston & Maine Railroad, or what they will do about it.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 15. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $350 for the drainage of High and Pine streets,
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Warren and Madison avenues, or what they will do about it.
Voted. $350 from Highway appropriation.
Art. 16. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money, to work, grade and macadam- ize Albion street, from Bartley street to the Stoneham line, same to be provisional upon the condition that the state, through the Highway Commission, contribute one- half the cost thereof.
Art. 17. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money, to work, grade, and macadam- ize Main street, from Lowell street to the Reading line, same to be provisional upon the condition that the state, through the Highway Commission, contribute one-half the cost thereof.
Voted. To lay on table.
Article 5.
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Highway Department.
Voted. To raise and appropriate $5,000 and Street rail- way tax.
That $1,000 be set aside for snow work.
That $1,000 be set aside for concrete sidewalks, stone crossings and edgestones.
That $1,000 be set aside for sidewalk repairs.
These 3 items to be taken from general appropriation.
That Town Treasurer be authorized to borrow $6,000 in anticipation of street railway tax.
That preference be given at all times to the permanent men, horses and carts of the Fire Department.
That compensation for a pair of horses, cart and driver be no more than $5.00 per day ; to single horse, cart and driver, to be no more than $3.50 per day.
Art. 16 and 17.
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Voted. To appropriate $3,000 to be taken from General Highway appropriation, conditional that the state, through its Highway Commission, add an equal amount to complete the work of grading and macadamizing Albion street to the Stoneham line, the balance to be expended on Main street, from Lowell street to the Reading line.
Art. 18. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $350 to grade Merriam street, or what they will do about it.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Voted. To adjourn until next Monday night at 7.30 o'clock.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 30, 1908. Art. 19. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $400 to grade Elm street from Elm street cros" sing of the Boston & Maine Railroad to Winn street, or what they will do about it.
Voted. That Selectmen be instructed to properly grade said street, cost to be taken from Highway appropriation.
Art. 20. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200 to macadamize Melvin street from Bennett street to Nahant street, rebuild sidewalks and gutters, or what they will do about it.
Voted. $1,200.
Art. 21. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to build Melvin street, as laid out by the County Com- missioners.
Voted. To refer article to Selectmen.
Art. 22. To hear a report of the Board of Selectmen, laying out a town way in the Greenwood district known as Grafton street, running easterly from Main street to and across a way known as Howard street, see if the town will vote to accept and accept and allow said lawing out.
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Report laid upon table.
Art. 23. To see if the town will vote to purchase coats and fire hats for the use of the fire department, raise and appropriate $200 for the same, or what they will do about it.
Voted. $200.
Art. 24. To see if the town will vote to purchase five hun- dred feet of hose, raise and appropriate money for the same, or what they will do about it.
Voted. $325.
Art. 26. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $214 for the purpose of installing 4 incandescent lights on Merriam street, or what they will do about it.
Voted. That Municipal Light Board be authorized to install 4 incandescent lights on Merriam street.
Art. 27. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a suf- ficient sum of money for police protection in Greenwood, · or what they will do about it.
Voted. Indefinite postponement.
Art. 28. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $250 for the suppression of the elm leaf beetle and Tree Department expenses, or what they will do about it.
Voted. $175.
Art. 29. To see if the town will install plumbing in the Hamilton school, connect the same with the sewer, and raise and appropriate money therefor, or what they will do about it.
Referred to Board of Selectmen and School Committee to investigate and report at an adjournment of this meeting.
Art. 30. To see if the town will vote to resurface the con- crete in the Lincoln school yard, and raise and appropri- ate money therefor, or what they will do about it.
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Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 31. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $150 to recompense Caroline E. W. Putney for the damage done to her land by the widening of Water street, or what they will do about it.
Voted. Indefinite postponement.
Art. 32. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $1,500 for the suppression of brown tail and gipsy moths.
Voted. $1,500, and that citizens of this town be given pre- ference in being employed on this work.
Voted. To adjourn until next Monday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, APRIL 6, 1908. Article 5.
Voted. $500 to provide fire escape on Hamilton, Woodville and West Ward Schools.
Art. 33. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the proper observance of the 132d anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Voted. $500. E. J. Gihon, Geo. W. Abbott, Michael Low, appointed committee to carry out purpose of article.
Art. 17.
Voted. That all action taken under article 17 be indefinitely postponed.
Art. 34. To see if the town will instruct the assessors to publish a list of the polls and estates assessed in the town of Wakefield for the year 1908, in substantially the form heretofore published, raise and appropriate money therefor, and take such further action as may be neces- sary in connection therewith, or what they will do about it.
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Voted. $450, and that assessors publish such a list on or before October 15, 1908.
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