Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) city directory 1919, Part 3

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*STAGE FORT AVENUE, from 82 Western avenue


STANLEY COURT, fr. 35 East Main *STANWOOD, fr. 535 Washington to Gee avenue


STANWOOD AVENUE, from 211 Essex av. across the railroad, north STARKNOUGHT HARBOR RD., from end of Witham to Long beach STARR COURT, from 120 Duncan *STATEN, from 10 Taylor to Perkins STEWART AVENUE, from Farring- ton av. to Gardner avenue


*STONE COURT, fr. 164 Washington *SUMMER, fr. 14 Beacon to Hovey 0 0 Beacon


0 Hovey school


7 Foster


0 12 Orchard


21 0 Granite


45 0 Riggs


53 54 Hovey


*SUMMIT, fr. 27 Millett to 12 Trask


*SUMNER, fr. 569 Essex avenue to Concord, West Gloucester


SUNSET, from 11 Calder


SYLVAN, from 31 Cleveland


SYLVAN COURT, from 8 Sylvan


*TAYLOR, from 146 Prospect to 10 Elwell 0 0 Prospect


Left Right 10 Staten


16 Taylor court


23 Bent


960 28 Perkins


TAYLOR COURT, from 16 Taylor TERRACE, from 3 Clarendon


*THOMPSON, from Concord to Con- cord


TOLMAN, from Williams court to Hartz


TRAGABIGZANDA, from Atlantic road to Souther road


*TRASK, from 39 Warner to Summit 0 0 Warner


5 Beckford


8 Forest


12 0 Summit


*TRAVERSE, fr. Haskell to Beach av *TUCKER, from 1095 Washington to 50 High


UNION COURT, from 27 Leonard, at Annisquam


VALE COURT, from 896 Washington, Bay View


VIKING, from 62 Langsford


VINCENT, fr. 325 Main to Vincent's Point


VINE, from 558 Washington


** VULCAN, from 9 Emerald to High WAINO AVENUE, from 56 Langsford *WALKER, fr. Sumner to Concord, near Essex line, West Gloucester WALKER COURT, from Walker, West Gloucester


WALL, from 55 East Main to Parker WALLACE COURT, from 213 Mag- nolia avenue


*WALNUT, from 26 Leonard to 84 Leonard, Annisquam


*WARNER, from 116 Prospect to 11 Millett


0 0 Prospect


17 Maple


19 Oak


39 Trask


62 57 Millett


*WARREN, from Dale avenue to 20 Pleasant


*WASHINGTON, fr. 2 Main to Rock- port line


0 0 Main


1 Puritan House


8


5 Puritan court Forbes primary school


21 Middle


20 Mansfield


47 Grand Army Hall


40 44 62


47 Gould's court Washington square Granite Orchard


79 Pine


86


87 Prospect Foster


99 Addison


94 Beacon


109 Pearl


118 Commonwealth avenue


119 Center court Arcadia court


136


138


139 B. & M. R. R. crossing


151 Derby


177 Oak Grove Cemetery 183 Grove


164 Stone court


178 192


195 Knowlton square Centennial avenue Whittemore


206 Baker


223 Gloucester avenue


Gloucester av. extension


224


246 272 286


245 Poplar Ashland place Marsh Harvey place


10


124


121 Railroad avenue Exchange


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GLOUCESTER STREET DIRECTORY


Washington St .- Con


Left Right


298 Addison Gilbert Hospital


298 Ferry


334 Wheeler


394


Hodgkins


406 opp. Riverdale place


410 opp. Reynard


455 Seeall


434 Riverdale M. E. Church


86


0 Kent Circle Stage Fort avenue


519 Gee avenue


535 Stanwood


553 Holly


558


Vine


560 Annisquam Willows


638


Minnesota


698 opp. Dennison


742


Bridgewater


828 opp.


Bennett


Lane road


836


836


853 Revere


0 0 Duncan ( Dodd's wharf


896


Vale court


887 Albion court


895 South Kilby


13 . Burnham Bros.' railway wharf Walen's wharf 31


924 0


0 Colburn


957 North Kilby


960 Sanderson court


964 Bay View M. E. Church


978


Plum court


989 Hillside court


996 Mt. Locust place


1003 Linwood place 1035 Church of the Sacred


Heart


1039 High 1061 Young avenue


1080


Village Hall


1084


1095 Tucker Duley Andrews


1117 Lane school


1119 Morgan avenue


*WILLOW, fr. 15 Shepherd, across the railroad


1123 Universalist Church Munsey


1104 1135 Emerald


1120 Lanesville Cong. Ch.


1122 opp. Leverett


1134


McLellan


1157 Barker


1161 Bulfinch


1160 1202


Butman avenue Langsford


1233 Woodbury


1212 Locust Grove Cemtery


1260 0 Rockport line


*WASHINGTON SQUARE, fr. 40 Washington to Granite


*WATER, fr. 215 Main to 42 Wharf 0 0 Main 7 Rogers 17 Locust Wharf street


*WEBSTER, fr. 34 Eastern avenue to Sadler


*WELLS, from 9 Beacon, crossing Commonwealth avenue


*WESLEY, fr. 6 Hodgkins to Wheeler


*WESTERN AVENUE, fr. junction Main, Washington and Angle sts., westerly, to Manchester line


33 Middle


47 Mansfield


55 Babson's court


97 Centennial avenue


101 Balford


0 Essex avenue


161 Bond 0 Washington Cemetery Beachmont avenue


178


197 Old Salem road


0 School-house Atlantic Highlands


282 Hesperus avenue


640 641 Magnolia avenue


0 Manchester line 0


*WHARF STREET, fr. 146 Duncan to beyond Pearce


42


J. Friend's wharf Water


50 0 Pearce Leighton's wharf James S. Ayer's wharf B Low's wharf


*WHEELER, from 334 Washington to Wheeler's Point


WHEELER'S POINT, end of Wheeler street


*WHITTEMORE, from 192 Washing- ton to Annisquam river, at Cape Ann Anchor Works


1088


*WILEY, fr. 16 Fremont, Rocky Neck WILLIAMS COURT, fr. 65 Eastern avenue to 32 Hartz


*WINCHESTER COURT, from 109 Prospect to 2 Spring


WINDERMERE ROAD, from At- lantic road to Moorland road . WINNIAHDIN, from 105 Essex av. WINTHROP AVENUE, from Stan- wood .av., to Stanwood av., W. G. WISE PLACE, from 23 Hartz


*WITHAM, fr. 229 Eastern avenue to the beach


WOLF HILL, between Washington street and Annisquam river, be- yond Poplar


WONSON, fr. 28 Rocky Neck avenue to Clarendon, Rocky Neck


WOODBURY, fr. 1233 Washington at Folly Cove, to Edmunds avenue WOODMAN, from 626 Essex avenue, near Essex line


WOODWARD AVENUE, fr. Stan- wood avenue to 293 Essex avenue *YOUNG AVENUE, fr. 1061 Wash- ington, across High


opp. 835 Leonard


Universalist Church


921 Quarry Mechanic place


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FOR THE YEAR ENDING OCTOBER 1920


HALLS, BLOCKS AND BUILDINGS


Andrews Hall, 73 Main


Armory, 99 Prospect


Assembly Hall, 209 Main


Bradford Building, 209 Main


Brown's Block, 7 to 15 Pleasant


Brown's Hall, 11 Pleasant


Burnham's Block, 177 to 183 Main


Cape Ann Savings Bank Building, 111 Main


Center's Block, 115 to 121 Main Central Labor Union Hall (Yates Hall) 163 Main


City Hall, Dale avenue and Warren st.


Coakley Building, 140 Main


Custom House, Main cor. Pleasant


Eagles Hall, 21 Main


Ferguson block, 201 Main


Ferguson's New Block, Washington, cor Gould court


Gilbert Home, 1 Western avenue


Gloucester National Bank Building, Main, corner Duncan


Gloucester Yacht Club, 5 Wiley


G. A. R. Hall, 47 Washington Hillside Hall, 457 Washington


Huntress Home, 110 Prospect


Independent Hall, 175 East Main, E. G Jeffery Block, 14 Pleasant Knights of Columbus Hall, 14 Pleasant Langsford Hall, 54 Langsford


Liberty Hall, 440 Essex avenue


Low's Block, Main, corner Duncan


Magnolia Hall, 396 Western avenue


Manchester Unity Hall, 97 Main


Mansfield Hall, 21 Main


Masonic Hall, 175 East Main, E. G


Masonic Hall, 201 Main


Odd Fellows' Hall, 89 Main


Odd Ladies' Hall, 171 Main


O. U. A. M. Hall, 21 Main


Parsons Hall, 195 E. Main, E. G.


Police Court Building, Duncan, corner Rogers


Post Office, Main, corner Pleasant


Procter's Building, Main, corner Centre


Pythian Hall, 141 Main


Red Men's Hall, 26 Middle


Rogers' Block, 107 to 113 Main


Safe Deposit & Trust Co's Hall, 191} Main


Sawyer Block, 95 to 101 Main


Sawyer Free Library, 88 Middle Scientific Hall, 65 Middle


Shepherd's Building, 141 Main


Sinclair's Block, Duncan, corner Rogers


Tappan Block, 112 to 116 Main


Tibbets' Block, 100 to 106 Main


Village Hall, 1080 Washington


Village Hall, 38 Leonard, Annisquam


Wa nola Hall, 56 Langsford (Lanes- ville)


West Gloucester Grange Hall, 545 Essex av., W. G.


Yates' Hall, 163 Main


Young Men's Christian Association, 71 Middle, corner Hancock


WHARVES


Atlantic, from 137 Duncan


Ayer's (James S.) 61 Wharf


Boynton's, from 31 Rogers


Bradford's, from 21 Fort Square


Burnham Brothers' Railway, from 13 Wharf street


Central, foot of Parsons, fr. 89 Rogers Chisholm's (John), foot of Water


Cunningham & Thompson's, 88 Com- mercia!


Davis', 63 Rogers


Dodd's, from 13 Wharf street


Duncan's Point, foot of Duncan Fears', from 87 Duncan Fort, end of Commercial Griffins, Commercial street


Jordan's, from 375 Main King's, 66 Commercial


Langsford's, 67 Rogers


Lantz, from 105 Duncan Leighton's, 51 Wharf Low's (Benj., estate of), 71 Wharf Mansfield's, from Rogers


McKenzie & Co., from 43 Duncan Montgomery's, foot of Montgomery pl. Parkhurst's, foot of Duncan


Parsons, from 159 East Main Pearce Street wharf, foot of Peage Perkins, from 371 Main


Pew's, from 331 Main


Porter's, from foot of Porter


Procter's (Joseph O.), from opp. 51 Commercial


Reed & Gamage's, from 217 East Main Sayward's, from 65 East Main Shute & Merchant 22 Parker Slade-Gorton, 95 East Main Smith (D. B. & Co.). 524 Main


Smith's (Sylvanus), from 401 Main Steamboat wharf, foot of Pearce Story's, from 227 East Main Todd's, from 393 Main


Town Landing, Rogers


Walen's (M. & Sons), foot of Water


Wonson's (William H. & Son Co), foot of Parker, East Gloucester


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POINTS OF INTEREST


ANNISQUAM LIGHT, at the extreme end of Annisquam Point. Iron light tower


ANNISQUAM WILLOWS, planted many years ago, and forming an arch over Washington street just before entering Annisquam


BABSON HOUSE, at Pigeon Cove, erected by three men who fled from Salem about 1698 with their mother charged with witchcraft and hid in this house


BABSON HOUSE, Riverdale, built about 1740 by Joseph Allen. Said to still retain the slave pens used during the slavery times


CAPE ANN SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY ASSOCIATION, 65 Middle street. A fine collection of models of Gloucester fishing vessels and other local matters. Open to the public.


CAPE POND, on the road to Rockport; water supply for Rockport COFFIN'S BEACH, near Willoughby Park, now called Wingaersheek Beach. Unusual sand dunes. Take West Gloucester drive to Concord street; through Concord street to Atlantic street, thence to the beach


DENNISON HOUSE, Bay View, built about 1727


DOG TOWN COMMONS. May be visited by way of Washington street and Gee avenue


EASTERN POINT LIGHT. May be reached by the government road. Niles' Beach and Pond are on the road


ELLERY HOUSE, Riverdale, built between 1704 and 1710 by Rev. John White. Used for a long time as a tavern. Contains many interesting relics


FIVE AND TEN POUND ISLANDS, in Gloucester Harbor, so named from the fact that five and ten pounds respectively were paid for them. On the latter are the building of the United States Bureau of Fisheries and lighthouse


FREEMAN HOUSE, West Gloucester, was erected previous to 1700, and used as a tavern for years


GOOD HARBOR BEACH, at Bass Rocks


GORTON-PEW FISHERIES (East Main Street Branch). Guides fur- nished free by company. East Gloucester cars to door


GOVERNOR's HILL, to the left of Washington street, by way of Com- monwealth avenue; commands a fine view of the city and harbor GRANITE QUARRIES, at Pigeon Cove, may be seen on the drive around the Cape. The quarry of the Rockport Granite Company may be seen from the main road


HOME FOR CAPE ANN FISHERMEN, 136 Eastern avenue. Open to the public


INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH. The first Universalist Society in America. Organized 1770. Present building built in 1806, Middle corner Church.


MOUNT ANNE PARK, formerly Thompson's Mountain given to the city by Minot Brothers of Boston, in West Gloucester. The highest elevation on Cape Ann, being 255 feet above sea level, commanding an extensive view


NILES' POND, Eastern Point, a State pond at East Gloucester, con- taining pickerel and other fresh water fish


NORMAN'S WOE, known wherever English is spoken through Long- fellow's "The Wreck of the Hesperus". May be visited on the drive to Magnolia. Not visible from road


OLD FORT, at Eastern Point, just off the road to Eastern Point Light, erected 1862


OLD FORT, at Stage Fort Park, erected 1812


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POINTS OF INTEREST


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"OLD MOTHER ANN", at the extremity of Eastern Point. A perfect contour of a woman in a reclining position


OLDEST HOUSE ON CAPE ANN. Built at Goose Cove by Thomas Riggs, the first schoolmaster and town clerk. Take road on the left approaching the Willows


PAVILION BEACH, just off Western avenue near Main street


RAFE'S CHASM, Magnolia, is a fissure in the solid rocks, some sixty feet deep and twelve wide at the mouth, gradually growing narrower as it runs inland


RAVENSWOOD PARK. Bequeathed to the city by the late Samuel E. Sawyer, to be preserved as a wild park, on Western avenue, near Fresh Water Cove


REVOLUTIONARY HOUSE, 47-49 Middle. Home of the Rev. John Murray, first Universalist minister in America


SAWYER FREE LIBRARY, 88 Middle. An example of fine interior architecture of the Colonial Period.


STAGE FORT PARK, was purchased by the city in 1898. On Western avenue. An excellent view of the harbor and city


THACHER'S TWIN LIGHTS, on Thacher's Island, the outpost of Cape Ann. They may be visited by hoisting a signal which will be found on shore at the mainland's nearest point to the island


UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION HATCHERY, on Ten Pound Island in the harbor. Open to the public


WILLOUGHBY PARK, in West Gloucester, by way of Essex avenue and Atlantic street


DRIVES


DRIVES AROUND THE CAPE. May be made via Eastern avenue to Rockport first, or in the opposite direction via Washington street


AROUND THE BIG HEATER. Through Western and Essex avenues to Essex, thence to Manchester, and thence home by way of West- ern avenue


AROUND WEST GLOUCESTER. Through Western and Essex avenues to Concord street, thence through Concord and Atlantic streets to Willoughby Park and Wingaersheek Beach. Concord street may be taken to Essex on return


To EAST GLOUCESTER AND EASTERN POINT. Through Main street and East Main street to Eastern Point; thence along the ocean to Bass Rocks, continuing around to East Main street again


To MAGNOLIA. Through Western avenue, past Stage Fort Park and Ravenswood Park. This is part of the Manchester drive To MANCHESTER. Through Western avenue to Magnolia and Man- chester


To WINGAERSHEEK BEACH. See West Gloucester drive


PARKS


Dogtown Commons, east of Washington street and Gee avenue, Riverdale.


Governor's Hill City Reservation, Commonwealth avenue, Beacon and Lookout streets.


Marine Park, Western avenue, at Blynman Bridge.


Mount Anne Park, 50 acres, off Essex avenue, near Post Office, West Gloucester. Given by the Minot Brothers of Boston to the State of Massachusetts for a public reservation.


Ravenswood Park, off Western avenue. This park was donated by Samuel E. Sawyer, to be preserved as a wild park.


Stage Fort Park, off Western avenue, opposite Essex avenue.


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Liberty Bond Details Compared


First Liberty Loan 33% Bonds


Second Liberty Loan 4% Bonds


Third Liberty Loan 42% Bonds


Issued


June 15, 1917


Nov. 15, 1917


May 9, 1918


Interest due


June 15, Dec. 15


May 15, Nov. 15


Mar. 15, Sept. 15


Maturity


June 15, 1947


Nov. 15, 1942


Sept. 15, 1928


Amount authorized


$2,000,000,000


$3,000,000,000 plus half of oversub- scription


$3,000,000 000 plus over subscription


subscribed


over $3,000,000,000


$4,617,532,300


$4,170,019,650


issued


indefinite because of conversions


$3,808,766,150


$4,170,019,650


Tax features Normal Federal Income Tax


Exempt


Exempt


Exempt


U. S. Surtaxes on Incomes, Excess Profits and War Profits Taxes


Exempt


Interest on $5000 totalholding of Liber- ty Loan 4s, 42s and certificates of indebt- edness, is exempt.


Interest on $5000 total holding of Liber- ty Loan 4s, 42s and certificates of indebt- edness, is exempt.


10% Tax on Un- distributed Income of Corporations


Taxable


Exempt


Exempt


Estate and Inheritance Taxes


Taxable


Taxable


Taxable


All other U.S. State and Local Taxes


Exempt


Exempt


Exempt


Subject to redemption


On June 15, 1932, or any interest date thereafter, on three month's notice


On Nov. 15, 1927, or any interest date thereafter, on six month's notice


Not subject to call for redemption be- fore maturity


No privilege of con- version


Conversion Privileges


May be converted. before May 15, 1918, into First Liberty Loan Converted 4% Bonds having interest Dates, Maturity and redemption features as above, and conversion and taxation features like Second Liberty 4s


or ... .. . before Nov. 9


1918, into First Liberty Loan Converted 41% Bonds having interest Dates, Maturity and redemption features as above, and conversion and taxation features like Third Liberty Loan 42% Bonds


or .... into any bonds of higher interest rate that may be issued during this war, within six months of issue of such bonds.


May be converted. . . before Nov. 9, 1918, into Second Liberty Loan Con- verted 41% Bonds having Interest Dates, Maturity and redemption features as above, and conversion and taxation features same as Third Lib- erty Loan 42%


Bonds


Prepared by War Committee of the Association of American Directory Publishers from sources they believe reliable


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Settled 1623. Incorporated as a city 1873. Revised Charter in effect January 1, 1909


CITY GOVERNMENT, 1918


Annual Election on Tuesday following first Monday in December


MUNICIPAL COUNCIL


For the Year 1918 MAYOR, JOHN A. STODDART


ALDERMEN


Asa G. Andrews Augustus Hubbard


William F. Poole Antoine A. Silva


COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN


Mayor-Finance, Licenses, Trust Funds, Officers' Bonds, Fire Department, Ordinances


Silva-Accounts, Public Property


Hubbard-Administration, Fuel, Claims, Gypsy Moth, Street Lights, Telephone and Telegraph Poles, State Aid, Military and Soldiers' Relief Poole-Highways Andrews-Police


CITY OFFICERS


City Clerk-John J. Somes Assistant City Clerk-Allen F. Grant


City Treasurer-Edward Dolliver Collector of Taxes-Richard L. Morey City Auditor-Daniel O. Marshall


City Solicitor-M. Francis Buckley City Marshal-Daniel M. Casey Acting City Physician-Philip P. Moore


Superintendent of Highways-Charles H. Barrett City Engineer-John H. Griffin City Messenger-Samuel H. Rogers


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MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT


Night Watchman, City Hall-Walter J. Kendall


Agent to Issue Burial Permits-John J. Somes


Assessors-Edward Carpenter (Chairman), Samuel Montgomery, Frank A. Rogers


License Commissioners-William P. Daley, Chairman and Sec .; Arthur C. Thurston, Thomas Avery


Board of Health-Dr. Philip D. Moore, Chairman; Osborne Knowles, Christian D. Saunders, John A. Radcliffe, Clerk


Health Agent-William E. Tucker


Inspector of Animals-Elmer W. Babson


Inspectors of Slaughtering-Elmer W. Babson, George E. Watson Inspector of Provisions, Milk and Vinegar-George E. Watson


Inspector of Plumbing-William E. Tucker


Park Commissioners-Horace A. Smith, George O. Stacy, Fred L. Davis, James S. Steele, William G. Brown, jr.


Overseers of the Poor-The Mayor and Municipal Council, ex- officiis, George H. Friend, Edwin F. Parsons, George E. Mac- Donald, Secretary


Registrars of Voters-Addison P. Burnham, Chairman; William O'Brien, William D. Corliss, John J. Somes, Clerk


Matron of City Home and Farm-Mrs. William E. MacDonald Harbor Master-Alfred W. Spurr


Superintendent of Schools-T. McK. Haines


Sealer of Weights and Measures-Robert H. Callahan


Inspector of Buildings-William S. Smith


City Electrician-Henry J. Burke


Superintendent of Blynman Bridge-Francis M. Clark


Superintendent of Annisquam Bridge-George A. Ricker


Keepers of City Pound-George R. Lane, William E. MacDonald


Keepers of Hay Scales-John D. McIsaac, Charles H. Low, John S. Hicks


Lamp Lighter-Edward A. Somes (gas)


Field Drivers-George E. Lane, Edward A. Pomeroy, Emil Swinson, Charles W. Quint, George R. Lane


Gaugers of Oil-Daniel B. Tarr, William D. Lufkin


Measurer of Salt-Thomas H. Parsons


Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark-William P. Dennis, George W. Proctor, Arthur W. Hall, John MacEachen, Loren H. Nauss, M. Herbert Keyes, Samuel DeCoste, Edward J. Flaherty, Arthur J. Grimes, Samuel Coté, Sylvanus Smith, jr., Robert Goode


Water Commissioners-Jeremiah Foster, Chairman; James H. Tarr, Melvin Parsons, Frederick F. Wonson, Clerk; John W. Moran, Supt.


Weighers and Gaugers-Albert F. Smalley, Daniel B. Tarr, Paul B. Oakley, Daniel S. Tarr


Weighers of Coal-Frank D. Griffin, William W. Cook, Edward J. Flaherty, Charles Montgomery, Willard N. Griffin, Charles T. Heberle, Edward Driscoll, Frank A. Gray, Martin J. Whalen, Sidney R. Harvey, Frank E. Harvey, Alfred M. Anderson, jr., Howard M. Parsons, Antoine C. Mello, Charles H. Bergengren, Joshua Boynton, John Anderson, Horace J. Heath, Mollie H. Merchant, George W. Harvey, Albion B. Knowlton, Sylvanus Smith, jr.


Weighers-William F. Fisher, Isaac D. Nutton, Paul B. Oakley, Sidney R. Harvey, Elliott Adams, Frank A. Gray, Edwin J. MacKay, Edward E. Coffin, Alfred G. Ireland, George, E. Mahoney, S. Harold Clark, Charles H. Low. John S. Hicks


Public Weighers-Augustus Hobart, Zeno A. Brosemer, Frank L. Levie, Charles C. Hilton, Fred E. Morris, Nathaniel Webster Day, Roland Grant, Fred A. Grant, Robert W. Goode, Carl E. Crittenden, Merrill H. Keyes, Everett B. Low, David J. Moun- tain, Walter Nickerson, Lendall H. Abbott, Joseph Langley, Phillip A. Merchant, Ernest F. Lufkin, John S. Hicks, John Schlecht, John Tucker, Wm. E. P. Rogers, Percy Rogers, John J. Lowrie


Fence Viewers-Thomas McGhie, Isaac F. Day


Officer to Care for Deceased Soldiers and Sailors-William H. Marston


Superintendent Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth, City Forester, Forest Warden-George W. O'Maley


Temperance Missionary-George Sayward


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FOR THE YEAR ENDING OCTOBER 1920


FIRE DEPARTMENT Headquarters, Dale Avenue


Chief Engineer-William S. Smith Assistant Engineers-Alfred P. Gorman, Parker Marr, Lafayette F. Hunt, William H. Poland Secretary-Parker Marr City Electrician-Henry J. Burke


No. LOCATION OF SIGNAL BOXES


112 Tarr & Wonson Factory, Rocky Neck


113 Eastern Point Boulevard and Stewart


114 Chapel, cor. Mt.Pleasant av.


115 Eastern Point Boulevard


119 Moorland rd. cor. Souther rd.


12 Rocky Neck av. terminus of street railway, on pole


12 James G. Tarr's building, Rocky Neck


13 East Main, cor. Mt.Pleasant av.


14 East Main, cor. Highland


15 East Main, near Hawthorne


16 East Main, opp. Parker


17 Beach av., Bass Rocks


18 Hammond, cor. Haskell


19 Atlantic av., Bass Rocks


21 Eastern av., cor. Harrison av.


23 Main, opp. Eastern av.


24 Bass av., cor. Brightside av., on pole


25 Friend, on Sawyer school house


26 Main, near W. H. Jordan's store


27 Main, opp. Union Hill


28 Perkins, cor. Mt. Vernon


31 Main, opp. near Custom House


32 Wharf, cor. Duncan


34 Main, near Pearce, on pole


35 Prospect, cor. Mt. Vernon


36 Prospect, on Armory


37 Pleasant, cor. Liberty, on pole


38 Cedar, cor. Sargent


39 Trask, cor. Warner


312 Main st., in Olympia theatre


41 Pine, cor. Church, on pole


42 Main, opp. Centre


43 Mansfield, cor. Washington, on pole


45 Warren, cor. Dale av., on pole


46 Maplewood av., at Ipswich Mills


47 Prospect, cor. School


51 Main, opp. Puritan House, on pole


52 Commercial, opp. Cunningham & Thompson's store


53 Western av., opp. No. 67, on pole


54 Summer, near cor. Granite


56 Washington, near Exchange


57 Washington, cor. Prospect


58 Lookout, cor. Commonwealth av.


59 Centennial av., cor. Commonwealth av.


61 Washington, cor. Marsh, on pole


661 Wheeler's Point


62 Cleveland, cor. Willow


63 Centennial av., cor. Washington


64 Cape Ann Anchor Works


65 Maplewood av., Net and Twine Factory


67 Riverdale, near Riverdale mills, on pole


68 Washington, cor. Gee av.


69 Washington, opp. Dennison


71 Annisquam, Leonard cor. Bridgewater


73 Washington, opp. Leonard


75 Washington, near granite works, Bay View


76 Washington, near Foster's drug store, Lanesville


78 Washington, near Butman av., Lanesville


79 Langsford st., near Mason sq.


81 Western av., foot of Bond's hill


82 Essex av., W. G., near Russia Cement Co.


83 Western av., cor. Hesperus av., on pole


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MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT


No. LOCATION OF SIGNAL BOXES-Continued


84 Russia Cement Co.


85 Magnolia av., cor. Western av.


86 Essex av., opp. Magnolia av., on pole


87 Magnolia Engine House


IMAGINARY BOXES


Alarms sent out from Dale-av Engine House on telephone advice


861 Richard O'Neil jr. house, Essex av., cor. Concord


862 Sidney Haskell's house, Essex av.


863 Alfred G. Ireland's house, 562 Essex av.


864 Bray's grocery store, Summer opp. Walker


865 Walter Lufkin's house, Summer street


866 Gardner Lane's house, Summer street


868 S. Nelson Bray's house, Concord street


SCHOOL SIGNALS


Nine blows three times at 7.05 A.M., no session of the High school till 9 A.M.


Nine blows at 8.05 A.M., no forenoon session for any school


Nine blows at 8.30 A.M., no session for the three primary grades


Nine blows once repeated at 12.05 P.M., no afternoon session


Nine blows at 1.05 P.M., no session for the three primary grades


School signals, Anchor Works. Nine whistles corresponding to the fire alarm signal as given above


ENGINEER'S SIGNALS


One blow tests fire alarm, by superintendent


Two blows at 12 M. and 9 p.M., tests the fire alarm


Two blows at 9 o'clock each evening, curfew


Two blows, all-out signal


Two blows repeated (four blows), second alarm


Two blows repeated twice (six blows), third alarm


Two blows repeated three times (eight blows), general alarm, calls the whole department


Three blows calls Hose


Five blows calls Hook and Ladder Truck in waiting


Three blows repeated calls Steamer One to fire out of town


Four blows repeated calls Steamer Three to fire out of town


Five blows repeated calls Steamer Five to fire out of town


Six blows repeated calls Steamer Six to fire out of town Seven blows repeated calls the Fire Boat


Eight blows repeated calls Steamer Four to fire out of town Ten blows repeated twice, military call


When two or more alarms occur at the same time, the all-out signal will be followed by one round of the box


STEAMERS, HOSE, ETC.


WILLIAM H. T. JAMESON STEAMER No. 1. 8 School street. Captain, Edward Hearn. Engineer, W. E. Tucker. Driver, Frank Griffin. Driver Hose, Eugene Robichaud




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