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December
3
Total
209
Males
189.
Females
20
CLASSIFICATION OF CRIME.
Adultery 2
Assault.
1
Assault and Battery 47
Assault with dangerous weapon 1
Assault with intent to kill 1
Assault on officer 1
Bastardy . 1
Breach of Peace 7
Carrying dangerous weapon
1
Dangerous person
5
Drunkenness
62
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Escaped prisoner 1
Fraud
2
Gaming nuisance 3
Idle person. 1
Intent to commit Rape
.1
Larceny
12
Liquor nuisance.
5
Murder
4
Neglect of child
1
Non-support
1
Poor convict.
1
Rioting
23
Stealing ride on railroad
2
Trespass
2
Vagrant.
4
Violation of Town By-Laws
5
Violation Milk law
1
Violation Lord's Day
4
Violation Food laws.
1
Violation Game laws. .6
Total 209
RECAPITULATION.
Crimes against the person 61
Crimes against property 16
Crimes against public order 132
Total 209
Aggregate terms of imprisonment imposed.
House of Correction . . 4 1-3 years
Amount of fines imposed and collected by Court $481 00 Property stolen $408 00
recovered 276 00
lost.
76 50
found
47 00
DISPOSITION OF CASES.
Appealed.
44
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Committed 26
Defaulted .7
Discharged 20
Filed 18
Fined 43
Probated 15
Released by Probation Officer 2
Sentence suspended
34
Total 209
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS,
Accidents reported . 10
Building found open and secured . . 27
Complaints investigated 204
Defective places in the streets reported 14
Dogs killed . 16
Insane persons committed to hospital 2
Injured and sick persons assisted 18
Lights extinguished in buildings 83
Stray teams put up.
2
Lost children restored ..
3
Search warrents for stolen goods. 3
Disturbances suppressed. 46
Dangerous dogs reported 16
Nuisances abated . . 5
Dead bodies cared for. 4
Arrested for out of town officers 2
Injury to shade tree reported 1
As the expense of the Police Department for thecurrent year is in a large measure responsible for much of the increased tax rate it may not be out of place in my report as Chief of this department, briefly, without entering into the merits or demerits of the occasion which caused such expense, to review the efforts of the department to meet the exigiencies of the situation that confronted the Town during the industrial disturbance of the period beginning in April and continuing until July. The situation was a new one and of no
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little magnitude for a force the size of our own. Similar disturb- ances were either in progress or had subsided in other municipal- ities about us. In some cases the State Militia were patrolling the streets to maintain law and order. Appreciating how revolting this last expediency is to the public conscience and with a full knowledge of the alarm and notoriety that the presence of the Militia would cause to the public peace, the Board of Selectmen, ever alive to the situation, immediately caused to be sworn in as special police officers any citizen who cared to serve as such, and in addition, as circumstances required, uniformed officers of surround- ing towns and cities were employed to cooperate with our own de- partment, to give to the community and its interests the protection it rightfully deserved. This could not be done without expense, and could not be done without criticism. Being charged as chief of the department with the direction of this large force, and being accountable for the protection of the life and property of the com- munity, and being desirous to accord to all citizens their just rights, I gave explicit orders, and I am pleased to admit such orders were obeyed, that in the performance of the duties as assigned that . regard should be given at all times to the rights of all parties to the controversy. As the basic principle of our government is law and order, my orders to the department were absolute in this re- spect and my instructions were to maintain law and order at any cost.
Whether I have as the Chief of the Police Department, and whether the men who faithfully served with me have met the re- quirement is not for me to say; but the citizens' attention might be called to the many expressions of approval from impartial citizens and press alike. If you would conclude that law and order was maintained during the period spoken of, the expense I believe to be meagre when compared with the final account.
Much may be said relative to the expense of the Police Dept. but when the whole question is reduced to its final analysis, is there a citizen of Ipswich that would allow the question of dollar to defeat law and order and cause disrespect to constituted author- ity ? With the absolute right of 500 citizens to persue their calling without fear or violence and with the main industry of the Town with its right to do business and desirous of giving employment to
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those who desired such, would any citizen for a question of dollars deny to those citizens, and to this industry spoken of, the protection that each citizen has a right to expect and which we would demand if our own rights were threatened ?
I offer this as apart of the report of the doings of the Police Department and as a partial answer to some of the criticism that the department has been subjected to.
For the cooperation of all law-abiding citizens during this criti- cal period mention, I offer my heartfelt thanks and the thanks of my brother officers of the Ipswich Police Department.
DISCIPLINE.
The members of the force, as a rule, have shown a disposition to obey all orders and conform to all requests made of them. They have displayed promptness, and energy in the discharge of their duty, and harmony and loyalty exist to a marked degree. I feel deeply thankful to them for this improved condition of affairs in the department.
CONCLUSION.
[ desire to take this opportunity to extend my sincere thanks to the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Judge Charles A. Sayward, and other officials of the Third District Court, Town Counsel Edgar F. Dupray, and all others who have in any way assisted in promot- ing to welfare of the department.
Respectfully submitted,
Frank C. Hull, Chief of Police.
Superintendent of Streets.
Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :----
I herewith present an itemized list of the property belonging to the Highway Department, together with a report of the work done by the teams during the year ending December 31, 1913.
Team No. 1 worked 2210 hours; Team No. 2 worked 408 hours street reparing, and 636 hours street watering, in addition to trans- porting school pupils. Team No. 3 worked 2118 hours and the ex- tra horse worked 1769 hours. Number of horses in the depart- ment, 7.
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Cost of hay and grain, water, medicine, etc. $1342 90
Average cost per week for each horse .$3 69
Number of gallons of water used. 1,228,800
INVENTORY
7 horses.
$1750 00
4 pair double harness.
150 00
3 pair street blankets
25 00
3 pair stable blankets
10 00
2 pair storm blankets.
10 00
3 two-horse carts
375 00
2 two-horse sleds.
100 00
1 two-horse barge.
200 00
1 two-horse sleigh barge.
50 00
1 two-horse street sweeper
225 00
2 road machines
200 00
3 road plows.
20 00
7 gravel screens
35 00
2 horse shovels
·
12 00
1 stone drag
5 00
1 road drag.
18 00
1 two-horse stone roller
40 00
1 steam roller.
2400 00
2 watering carts
450 00
7 snow plows.
100 00
All other tools, etc
500 00
Total .
- $6,675 00 .
Respectfully submitted,
Joseph A. Huckins,
Superintendent of Streets.
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen .-
Enclosed please find a duplicate copy of my report as render- ed to the State Commissioner of Weights and Measures for the year 1913.
Adjusted Sealed Non-sealed Condemned
Platform scales ( over
5000 pounds)
7
Platform scales (under
5000 pounds)
42
1
Computing scales,
22
1
Slot weighing scales,
5
All others
80
5
Weights,
342
Dry measures,
26
Liquid measures (Other than milk jars)
120
8
Milk jars,
Linear measures,
21
Oil and Molasses pumps
17
3
Totals,
682
3
15
Fees collected, $54.00.
This department is fairly well equipped with the exception of Apothecaries' and Metric weights, which will probably be pur- chased this year, as the State department has issued an order that all scales and weights used by the druggists in prescription work must be tested by the Sealer.
It is important that the Town should furnish a proper room for the Sealer's equipment and work. The standards are expensive and should be kept in the best possible condition, in order to guar- antee accuracy.
The field of the sealer's work is practically unlimited. He is on call at all times. His office is to protect the purchasing public and the dealer as well. A Sealer's aim is to promote a sense of fair-
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ness between him who sells and those that buy. I have yet to find a merchant in this town dishonest. In some towns sealers are more than anxious to prosecute on the mearest pretext. I do not think the number of prosecutions indicate the efficiency of a sealer any more than the number of arrests indicate the efficiency of a policeman. No merchant can stay in business and be dishonest.
Every housekeeper should have a scale (that has been tested by the sealer) hanging in her kitchen so she may make test weigh- ings of her purchases. This in justice to the dealer as well as the consumer. We quite often hear a person say, we get short weight from so and so's store, not that they really know that it was short weight, as they have never even weighed the article. Now this is an injustice to the dealer and a scale in the kitchen would very likely have shown the article to have been honest weight.
The State department has issued a folder, "Suggestions to Housekeepers and Retail Dealers," with legal weight cards attach- ed. Your sealer will supply them on application.
I wish to thank the Town officials, the merchants and the general public for their generous support in my work.
Very respectfully,
William A. Stone,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Play Grounds.
Paid to
Geo H W Hayes, examination of title and re-
$31 50
cording deeds.
$31 50
Unexpended balance
53 63
Balance appropriation 1912
$85 13
$85 13
Public Scales.
Paid to
W A Stone, fees $2 30
As there was no appropriation for this department this ac- count shows an overdraft of $2.30.
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Bonded Debt.
Name of Loan.
Amount.
General Purpose
$ 9100 00
Payable. On demand Serially, 1914-1927
Central Fire Station
14000 00
Burley School House
6000 00
1914-1919
Hose 2 and Chemical
500 00
1914
Play Grounds
1100 00
1914-1915
Ladder Truck.
1000 00
1914-1915
Central Street Macadam ..
7000 00
1914-1917
Electric Light.
62650 00
1914-1934
Water Notes
27000 00
1914-1934
Water Bonds.
130000 00
1924
Water Bonds.
30000 00
1927
Temporary Loan
10000 00
April 12, 1914
5000 00
..
10000 00
May 12, 1914
10000 00
October 12, 1914
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List of unpaid bills for the year 1913.
SELECTMEN.
Geo. A Schofield, balance salary, 2 mos.
$33 32
Chas. E Goodhue,
41 80
John A Brown,
16 80
John F Wippich, care of Town Clock.
25 00
Chas. G Hull, printing.
3 00
N E Tel. & fel. Co., telephone
9 08
D A Grady, teams. 11 00
$140 00
TOWN CLERK.
George E Mac Arthur, M D, reporting births $3 25
$3 25
TOWN HALL.
Electric Light Dept., fixtures
$ 6 85
Austin L Lord, masonry
261 09
CC Caldwell, coal.
40 61
$308 55
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION.
Chas. W. Bamford, balance of salary
$15 00
J H Lakeman, salary
50 00
James Damon,
33 33
Ipswich Chronicle, printing and advertising ..
25 80
SOLDIERS RELIEF.
D A Grady, rent
$8 00
$8 00
POLICE DEPT.
A S Garland, meals for prisioners.
$12 80
C F Chapman, supplies. .
2 25
N E Tel. and Tel. Co., telephone.
3 17
D A Grady, teams.
12 25
Gen. G Dexter, cards.
1 60
$124 13
$32 07
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HEALTH AND SANITATION.
Geo. Fall. coal. $ 14 70
Annie Andrews, board. 16 00
A E Bailey, medicine .. 5 70
E Newton Brown, salary cattle inspector
286 75
A C Damon, furniture
18 25
Geo. W Smith, balance salary
12 50
Aaron Lord, salary .
75 00
Aaron Lord, balance salary as agent.
106 25
$535 15
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
F H Winch, auto
$ 5 00
Geo. G Dexter, frame
50
Lathrop Bros., moving
10 00
Pettingell Andrews Co., supplies
10 50
Geo. W. Hills, painting
1 50
Joseph A King, repairs.
6 30
Poole Bros., repairs.
38 17
Thos. G Gauld, trucking
1 00
C L Lovell, coal 41 38
Tozer & Starkey, supplies
1 02
A I Savory, supplies.
1 32
Mayer & Porter, auto and supplies
7 50
J W Goodhue, Supplies.
8 65
Rodney C Bamford, salary
17 50
D A Grady. supplies.
1 35
C F Chapman, Supplies.
16 75
Electric Light Dept., light and repairs
125 06
Water Dept., water.
7 03
N E Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone
5 06
$305 59
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
D A Grady, teams .
$9 50
$9 50
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
J W Goodhue, supplies.
$3 50
Robert Spencer, estimating
2 50
$6 00
EDUCATION.
IV A Mitchell, cleaning vaults.
$11 00
A I Savory, supplies.
18 36
S F Canney Est .. lumber
28 49
Americam Express Co., express.
1 40
B G Hiller, supplies.
4 08
Highway Dept., transportation
112 50
$175 83
TOWN FARM.
E E Currier, supplies.
$ 3 75
S F Canney Est., lumber
6 73
A I Savory, supplies.
1 50
A C Damon, furniture
4 65
Ernest Lemay, shoeing
14 53
Chas A Day. labor
9 00
W J Norwood, sawdust
1 32
$41 48
OUTSIDE RELIEF.
Daniel O'Brien, rent
$ 8 00
E E Currier, auto.
2 00
City of Beverly, aid .
105 84
Geo G Bailey, M D., medical attendance.
54 30
Town of Saugus, aid
12 00
Salem Hospital, board and care.
201 00
Aretas D Wallace, balance of salary
12 50
M C McGinley, M D., salary.
133 32
$528 96
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT.
F & J Farquhar, flowers. $31 20
$31 20
Receipts and Payments for the Municipal Year, 1913.
Department
Appro.
Refunds
Total
Expended
Balance Overdraft
Selectmen
.$ 1700 00
$ 1700 00
$ 1698 47
$ 1 53
Audit and Accounting ..
1200 00
1200 00
1192 41
7 59
Treasurer and Collector .
1200 '00
1200 00
1172 59
27 41
Assessors .
575 00
575 00
574 01
99
Law ....
925 00
925 00
914 47
10 53
Town Clerk.
490 00
490 00
456 35
33 65
Election and Registration .
500 00
500 00
495 04
4 96
Town Hall .
2650 00
20
2650 20
2575 88
74 32
Police.
25500 00
81 00
25581 00
25580 40
60
Fire
5315 00
5315 00
5310 14
4 86
Moth ..
2336 86
1782 03
4118 89
4118 89
Weights and Measures.
185 00
185 00
183 34
1 66
Shell Fish ..
100 00
100 00
94 65
5 35
Forest Warden.
100 00
100 00
41 50
58 50
Highways and Bridges.
10855 00
4543 20
15398 20
13624 55
1773 65
Soldiers' Relief. .
1200 00
1200 00
1199 25
75
State Aid.
2656 00
2656 00
2656 00
Trees.
425 00
425 00
359 75
65 25
Agawam Heights.
400 00
17 00
417 00
413 11
3 89
Street Lights.
1000 00
1000 00
1000 00
Market Street . .
200 00
200 00
200 00
Central Street Macadam ...
2499 93
2499 93
2245 13
254 80
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Receipts and Payments. Continued.
Department
Appro.
Refunds
Total
Expended
Balance Overdraft
Snow and Ice.
$1000 00
$1000 00
$378 90
$621 10
Edgestones and Concrete.
500 00
500 00
417 35
82 65
Town Farm ...
4000 00
224 00
4224 00
4220 31
3 69
Outfide Poor.
5000 00
58 00
5058 00
5044 22
13 78
Education ..
28475 41
32 00
28507 41
28502 85
4 56
Evening School.
1500 00
1500 00
469 34
1030 66
Parks ....
350 00
350 00
342 87
7 13
Play Grounds.
85 13
85 13
31 50
53 63
Cemeteries .
1800 00
183 75
1983 75
1908 43 -
75 32
Public Scales.
2 30
$2 30
Health ..
3700 00
3700 00
3697 90
2 10
Memorial Day .
235 00
235 00
235 00
Total
.$108,658.33
$6,921.18 $115.579.51 $111,156 90 $4,424.91 2.30 111,156.90
$2.30
$4,422.61
$4,422.61
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ENGINEERS' REPORT.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmeu.
Gentlemen :-
The Board of Engineers of the Fire Department beg leave to make the following report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1913 Number of men in department. 39
.. " box alarms. 10
" still alarms. 42
" assembly calls 3
Property threatened by fire $127350 00
Property damaged by fire 50135 00
Insurance on same 92800 00
Insurance paid . 29570 00
Value of Fire Department Equipment 15000 00
" buildings occupied by department. 20000 00
" fire alarm equipment. 2500 00
DEPARTMENT ERUIPMENT.
Steamer
1
Hook & Ladder
1
Auto Combination Chemical and Hos 1
Hose Wagons
2
Hose Reels ..
5
Fire Alarm Boxes. 17
Number of feet of good hose 3700
Pindar F. Bussell,
Charles W. Harvey,
Walter G. Brown,
Board of Engineers.
AUTO-CHEMICAL REPORT.
To Board of Engineers,
Gentlemen :-
I wish to make the following report of the Auto-Chemical
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and Hose Wagon for the year ending Dec. 31, 1913.
Number of box alarms. 10
of still alarms. 40
of assembly calls 3
Total 53
The company laid 5000 feet of water hose and used the con- tents of 7 large (25 gallon) chemical tanks and 54 small (3 gallons) extinguishers. The total number of miles covered by the auto on actual fire duty was 229.1.
Respectfully submitted,
Edward H. Smith, Operator.
LIST OF TOWN PROPERTY.
School Houses
$75000 00
Public Buildings
40000 00
Public Grounds 10000 00
Town Farm 30000 00
Cemeteries
5000 00
Heard Wharf
100 00
Turkey Shore Pasture
1000 00
Woodland, Linebrook.
200 00
Woodland, Common Fields.
75 00
Thatch Bank. Great Flats.
Thatch Bank, Third Cteek.
Two Gravel Pits, Washington Street.
1500 00
Gravel Pit, Essex Road 300 00
Fire Apparatus
15000 00
Highway Department.
6675 00
Water Works. 225760 22
Electric Lighting Plant
97115 06
In addition to the property enumerated above, there is the shore, beach and other property given to the Town by the Com- moners, value of which is not estimated.
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TREASURER'S NOTICE.
The Treasurer's cash balance for January 1913 as shown in the report for that year was $4734.91 for the regular statement; Water Department $4231.82; Electric Light Department $1129.91; in the First National Bank a special deposit on account of an Insur- ance Fund of $3345.23.
When the State System of accounting was adopted these amounts were combined in one item forming a cash balance of $13441.87 as shown in this year's statement.
The cash balance of $33212.17 at the close of this year's busi ness includes $2597.30 Electric Light balance; $3220.19 Water balance; $4108.51 Insurance Fund; and $3550.32 that must be re- funded to the State because of an overpayment by the Tax Com- missioner's Department on account of National Bank Tax, leaving a balance of $19735.85 from which must be deducted the following balances belonging to special appropriations:
Central Street Macadam
$2028 45
Moth
1695 95
Evening Schools.
1030 36
Market Street.
200 00
Play Grounds
53 63
Independence Day
33 54
Agawam Heights
3 89
Education
4 56
Total,
$5050 38
leaving a balance of $14685.47.
There are outstanding in tax loans $25000 00 on account of 1913 taxes and as the uncollected taxes for that year amount to $22303.66 the difference between these two items, viz. $2696.34, should be deducted from the above balance leaving a net balance of $1193×9.13.
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Report of the Selectmen.
December '31, 1913, closed what was in many respects the hardest year in the history of the Town. It is doubtful if any other Board of Selectmen ever had so many difficulties to contend with, so many responsibilities to bear.
Through no negligence or other fault on the part of the Select- men, a large amount of tax on personal property and corporation holdings was lost. The Town had voted no-license and the loss of license fees was to decrease the estimated receipts by about $4,500. These items, together with several special appropriations, would bring the tax rate, it was readily seen, to $19. per$1000; the same being an increase of $4. over the previous year.This was in nowise to be laid at the door of the Board, but was the result of circum- stances over which they had no control.
As if this were not enough in the way of difficulty, a strike was inaguurated in the month of April at the Ipswich Mills, which continued fourteen long weeks, bringing great anxiety to the officials and the townspeople in general. The Mill is the industrial centre of the Town, and anything which affects the prosperity of the corporation affects the whole body politic. The Selectmen were not the arbitors between corporation and employees on the wage question, but it was their duty to preserve law and order and pro- tect life and property. To this end they employed a sufficient number of effiicicient officers, with the result that prompt action was taken at every critical period, and at no time did the control of the situation slip from their grasp. Those directly interested in the outcome have not failed to express to the Board their complete satisfaction, But protection is a commodity the same as any tan- gible thing and must be compensated for. The cost of the work, about $23,000, may seem large at first thought, but it is several
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thousands less than the amount spent annually for schools, is not such a large amount over the tax paid by the corporation in 1913, and the total is immasurably under the cost of any similar trouble in this part of the country. $12,000 was levied last year, leaving a note of $10 000 to be paid for in 1914. Notwithstanding the latter circumstance, it is anticipated that there will be a subtantial reduc- tion in the rate this year, provided the appropriations are made with this desirable object in view.
The work of oiling the highways was a pronounced success, and was much appreciated by the people as a whole. The oil not only serves to lay the dust. but protects the surface of the streets as well. The cost of this work for material and applying was about $417., and the length of roadway covered, four miles, the oil being applied as it should be from gutter to gutter. It must be understood that the Town cannot have in this as well as all other respects any more than the appropriation can buy. We have recommended for this year an appropriation of $700. which we think will be sufficient to oil all the streets within a reasonable radius of Market square. The question of the general repair of the Highways is one of most serious import and is giving the Selectmen and Superintendent much concern. It is an easy matter for the "sidewalk committee" and others to make sage suggestions and even to find fault now now and then, but the matter of the real remedy and its applica- tion is another thing We are short of material, and the Town having but few gravel pits and those located many times at long dis- tances from where the repairs are being made. It cost the Town
last year $1.67 a luad to mend Argilla Road. This part of the highway is in very poor condition, complaints from property own- ers in that neighborhood have been numerous and strong, and others of our drivers of teams, trucks, autos, having occasion to use the road to the Beach have pleaded to have something to be done. The Selectmen are perfectly willing to do the work, they have no hesitation in saying that it should be done, they have recommended a special appropriation of $1000. for this purpose. We have re- commended a like amount to be used on Topsfield Road, where it is certainly required. The remainder of the appropriation recommend- ed is to be used for general work and if possible for the completion
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of High Street macadam and the work begun last year at Agawam Heights. The care of the highways is increasing each year. Heavy vehicles of many kinds are becoming more numerous, and these serve to destroy in a brief time the best surface ever laid. Those who have given the question careful thought cannot fail to under- stand the serious character of this problem.
On primary day in September a long line of plaster cornice in the vestibule of Town Hall fell suddenly and without warning and with great force. Any person standing beneath would have been instantly killed. This cornice had been stuck on the wall with nothing to hold it except the power of adhesion. Also the roof had leaked and large patches of plaster had been detached from the ceiling. Taking the matter instantly in hand, the Selectmen had the entire walls and ceiling examined and loosened particles remov- ed. The state inspector coming in at that time ordered the whole cornice removed in the audtorium as well as in the vestibule, and this was replaced with moulding of wood, and all further dang- er eliminated. The inspector also ordered that the seats be held in place by floor cleats, so that in case of a panit a fush for the door would not pile up the seats in the rear of the hall and obstruct egress. He likewise ordered that a central hand rail be placed on the front staircase to prevent swaying and breaking of the line in case of a rush for the open. This was done at considerable cost, the inspect- or refusing to issue a license for the hall unless his orders were complied with. The slate roof needs minor repairs and the hall in- side should be painted. The belfry could be dispensed with, as it is not absolutely needed and is the cause of frequent leaks.
The police room at the hall has been cleaned, lockers built for the officers, proper furniture added, and the place is now a credit to the Town. For the first time in history so far as we are aware system has been instituued in this department, and the men are working together in harmony. This speaks volumes in the way of efficiency and means much better service and greater protection for the Town. The Chief meets his officers on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week, and is ready to entertain visitors or receive complaints on these occasions. The lockup is a disgrace to the Town, is unsanitary, and has been condemned several times.
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