Town annual report of Saugus 1897, Part 6

Author: Saugus (Mass.)
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 246


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I 60


26 J. Whitehead, use of drag


50


28 Oscar Edmands, milk


40


30 F. T. Merrill, milk


75 95


Nov.


I J. Whitehead, use of wagon, $ 50


5 Use of stock


2 00


Milk


2 40


Amounts carried forward,


$4 90 $3,813 86


402 72


71 40


III


OVERSEERS' REPORT.


Amounts brought forward,


$4 90 $3,813 86


Nov. 9 Milk


2 80


F. T. Merrill, milk


73 50


Milk


So


Use of stock


I 00


Milk


2 So


14 F. T. Merrill, milk


65 So


Oscar Edmands, milk


3 60


Milk 40


16 George Winslow, use of wagon, 50


Milk


3 20


F. T. Merrill, milk


57 05


24 Milk


7 So


25 Milk


2 40


26 Oscar Edmands, milk


I 60


S. V. Edmands, use of wagon, Cutler Bros., rye


25


29 Use of stock


3 00


F. T. Merrill, milk


57 05


Oscar Edmands, milk 3 20


Milk I 20


311 19


Dec.


3 Oscar Edmands, milk $3 20


6 Oscar Edmands, milk F. T. Merrill, milk


116 90


Use of stock .


2 00


9 Use of stock


1 00


10 Oscar Edmands, milk


.


3 20


II E. Stevens, use of wagon


25


13 E. E. Mills, four cows Oscar Edmands, milk


2 40


D. Whitehead, pork


I 30


17 Use of stock


I 00


21 F. T. Merrill, milk


59 85


25 Oscar Edmands, milk


S 00


Anthony Hatch, use of stock


2 00


S. Ryerson, hay


So 50ª


Amounts carried forward,


$420 20 $4,125 05


18 34


I 60


137 00


II2


OVERSEERS' REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $420 20 $4, 125 05


28 Hens 6 00


30 Oscar Edmands, milk


2 00


31 Oscar Edmands, use of stock I OO


Overseers' order 130 13


559 33


Total cash received .


$4,684 38


TREASURER'S REPORT


FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1897.


DR.


To balance from 1896 . $3,948 71


Lynn Institution for Savings, loan


5,000 00


E. H. Gay & Co. . 25,000 00


L. J. Austin, tax 1895


. 11,870 80


L. J. Austin, interest of 1895 tax · 1,064 14


L. J. Austin, tax 1896


15,374 29


. L. J. Austin, tax 1897


. 27,463 37


A. Dudley Johnson, tax 1894 400 44


A. Dudley Johnson, interest of 1894 tax, 125 00


A. Dudley Johnson, tax 1892 .


305 96


A. Dudley Johnson, tax 1893


157 32


Essex County, dog tax .


.


358 44


Commonwealth, school fund 158 38 .


A. W. Sawyer, milk license, 1896 8 00 .


City of Lynn, water rebate .


1,518 19


H. J. Mills, rent of Town hall 7 00


Charles Florence, rent of Town hall 4 00


J. E. Mansfield, rent of Town hall 51 50


Corporation tax


526 94


Burial state paupers


22 00


Interest on deposits


164 41


Temporary loans


· 40,000 00


Water loan .


5,000 00


Premium on water loan 125 00


T. P. Parsons, sale of school supplies . 8 86


Lynn & Boston R. R., removing snow, 169 75


Amount carried forward,


$138,832 50


II3


114


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward,


$138,832 50


Essex County, Salem turnpike $741 96


City of Lynn, poor department 23 62


Support of state paupers


67 14


Support of state paupers temporarily 61 51


J. W. Blodgett, plank .


[ 00


Hose No. 3, pool license ·


2 00


J. T. Parkins, pool license . .


2 00


Nanepashemet Club, pool license, 1896 and 1897 . 4 00


Nanepashemet Club, bowling license 2 00


W. P. Holt, bowling license .


2 00


C. L. Davis, carriage license


I 00


Frank Barber, hawker's license .


10 00


A. M. Stocker, barge license


1 00


G. Higgins, barge license


I OO


Henry Winslow, barge license .


I OO


James Starkey, barge license I OO


I 00


I 00


596 15


Judge Amerige, court fines E. H. Gay & Co., loan


·


5,000 00


L. J. Austin, interest on 1896 tax . 437 62


Essex County killing seal 3 00


Joseph Whitehead, one out building


10 00


H. A. Haley, stone from town farm 50 00


City of Lynn Water Department . 75 60


Lynn Institution for Savings, loan 5,000 00


City of Marlboro Poor Department 6 00 .


E. H. Gay & Co., loan


5,000 00 ,


E. H. Gay & Co., accommodation loan,


5,000 00


C. O. Thompson, police service 30 00


National Bank tax


453 30


Military aid .


14 00


State aid


1,301 CO 24,389 40 ·


Amount carried forward,


$163,221 90


J. S. Meacom, druggist's liquor license, Mark Sanborn, druggist's liquor license, Joseph Newhall, sale of lots in cemetery, Education of state children


199 50


289 00


115


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward,


$163,221 90


Proceeds of sinking fund 4,000 00


Estate of Sarah J. Christian .


38 70


E. H. Gay & Co., loan


5,000 00


J. C. Pratt, Poor Department, for J. Wessel


10 00


E. H. Gay & Co., loan


. 5,000 00 14,048 70


$177,270 60


CR.


By Interest on Town notes


. $7,282 95


Commonwealth, on account liquor


license, IS96


75


Central National Bank, Boston, note .


5,000 00


Lynn Institution Savings, notes 25,000 00 .


Principal school loans


2,150 00


Town Bonds


4,000 00


Manufacturers National Bank, Boston,


note


.


5,000 00


Commonwealth, notes


30,000 00 ·


David Ireson, killing seal


3 00


Commonwealth, on account liquor


license


50


National Bank of Commerce, Boston, note


5,000 00 ·


Essex County, tax


2,686 57


Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, note


5,000 00


Principal water loan


2,500 00


Recording deeds 5 95


State tax


2,065 00


E. H. Gay & Company, note


5,000 00 ·


Interest on sinking fund notes


3,300 00


Selectmens' orders


. 67,652 84


Overseers' orders


.


3,308 42 ·


Balance


2,314 62 .


$177,270 60


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TREASURER'S REPORT.


BALANCE ON HAND CONSISTS OF :


Cash and checks


$495 OI


Deposit in Boston .


401 27


Deposit in Lynn


·


1,4IS 34


$2,314 62


Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH S. MEACOM, Treasurer.


Statement of Condition of Town.


ASSETS.


Cash in treasury . $2,314 62


Sinking Fund .


61,360 00


· Balance uncollected tax, IS91 25 16


Balance uncollected tax, 1892 108 39


Balance uncollected tax, 1893


247 98 .


Balance uncollected tax, IS94 .


.


131 52


Balance uncollected tax, IS95 . 1,823 70


Balance uncollected tax, 1896 .


.


21, So8 46


Balance uncollected tax, 1897 · 35,268 25


Interest on uncollected taxes to Jan. I · 2,865 90


Due from State on account state and mili- tary aid


1,481 00


Due from Essex County on account Salem turnpike 715 32


Due from Essex County on account dog tax


328 49


Due from City of Lynn on account water rebate .


3,417 62


Due from State on account corporation tax, 572 59


Due from Cemetery, lots sold . 69 00 ·


Tax titles at cost 2, 120 09 ·


Deficiency


. 110,935 34


$245,593 43


117


TREASURER'S REPORT.


LIABILITIES.


Coupon notes .


$26,500 00


Water loan


. 65,500 00


School-house loan


· 13,350 00


School-house loan, new


36,000 00


Temporary loans


· 40,000 00


Sinking fund notes


· 59,000 00


Accrued interest


3,165 40 ·


Lynn Gas & Electric Co., estimated


1,050 00


Public Water Board, Lynn, hydrant ser- vice, etc.


368 84


Wesley Paul, balance for legal services


130 00


On account of highways and bridges


227 97


Elmer B. Newhall .


89 80


Guilford, Atherton & Co.


35 44


A. G. Waldron


36 00


Frederick Stocker


57 50


Sundry small bills


82 48


$245,593 43


Statement of the Town Debt


Coupon notes


$26,500 00


Water loan


65,500 00


School-house loan


13,350 00


School-house loan new


36,000 00


Sinking fund notes


59,000 00


Temporary loans


40,000 00


$240,350 00


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Coupon Notes, Payable as Follows:


5 Coupon notes due May 1, 1898, 4%


$2,500 00


5


66


Nov. 1, 1898, "


2,500 00


5


May 1, 1899,


2,500 00


5


66 66 Nov. 1, 1899,


2,500 00


5


May 1, 1900,


2,500 00


6


Nov. 1, 1900,


3,000 00


6


May 1, 1901, 66 3,000 00


6


Nov. 1, 1901,


3,000 00


6


66


May 1, 1902, "


3,000 00


4


Nov. 1, 1902, "


2,000 00


--


$26,500 00


Principal of Water Loan, Payable as Follows:


Dec.


1898 @ 4%


$3,500 00


1899 "


66


3,500 00


1900 66 66


.


3,500 00


1901


66


.


4,000 00


1902 66 66


2,500 00


1903


3,000 00


1904


66


3,000 00


1906


3,000 00


1907


3,000 00


1908 " 42


5,000 00


1909


66


.


5,000 00


1910 66


4


.


5,000 00


19II


5,000 00


1912


66


.


.


5,000 00


1913


66


·


·


3,500 00


1914 "


66


.


·


5,000 00


.


3,000 00


1905 66


.


.


.


$65,500 00


66


119


TREASURER'S REPORT.


School-house Loan, Payable as Follows:


Dec. 1, 1898 @


$1,700 00


1899 66


1,700 00


1900


· 1,700 00


1901


1,700 00


1902


66 1,700 00


1,700 00


Mar. 7, 1898


450 00


1899


66 450 00


1900 66 66


450 00 450 00


1901 66 66


1902


66


450 00


1903


450 00


1904


66 66 4 %


$13,350 00


New School-house, Payable as Follows:


July 1, 1904 @ 4%


$3,000 00


1905


3,000 00


1906 66 66


3,000 00


1907 66 66


.


3,000 00


1 908 66 66


3,000 00


1909 66


3,000 00


1910


60


3,000 00


19II


3,000 00


1912


3,000 00


1913


66


3,000 00


1914


66


3,000 00


1915


66


3,000 00


.


.


--- $36,000 00


66


450 00


1903 66 66


I 20


STATISTICS OF THE TOWN OF SAUGUS.


STATISTICS OF THE TOWN OF SAUGUS.


YEARS.


Real Estate.


Personal Property.


Total Valuation.


Deficiency.


Tax Rate per $1,000.


1897


$3,173,313


$177,883


$3,350,997


$110,935 34


$18 00


1896


3,044,200


179 377


3,223,597


100,298 73


22 00


1895


2,768,019


196,589


2,964,608


87,115 91


19 00


1894


2,697,548


263,825


2,961,373


83,635 38


18 40


1893


2,600,65I


303,647


2,904,298


68,983 73


18 50


1892


2,463,984


252,128


2,716, 112


72,789 68


16 50


1891


2,333,633


276.014


2,609,647


72,806 78


16 80


1890


2,253.875


238,993


2,492,868


74.322 93


18 00


1889


1,162,530


228.331


2.390,861


84,952 42


20 00


1888


2,037,192


234, 107


2,271.299


112,135 36


19 00


1887


1,906,061


202.835


2.148,896


94.785 07


13 50


1886


1,373.680


156,555


1.373.680


56,106 57


17 50


1885


1,289,982


184,378


1,474,360


55,699 40


16 80


1884


1,197,402


181,280


1.378.692


58.719 II


18 00


1883


1,200,590


145,780


1,346,370


66,231 25


18 20


1882


1,197,760


142,605


1,342,395


69,909 48


19 00


1881


1,205,210


223,752


1,425,962


70,345 49


17 60


1880


1,210,495


254,960


1,465,095


69,305 49


16 50


1879


1,202,054


260,890


1,462.944


69,901 28


17 00


1878


1,210.725


299,810


1,510,535


72,425 67


18 00


1877


1,326,529


3.55,460


1,681,980


74,541 62


16 00


1876


1,317,128


381,300


1,691,428


84,217 75


20 00


1875


1,289,433


448,825


1,738,258


52,676 73


19 00


1874


1,254,233


543,000


1,796,233


36,832 18


18 50


1873


1,165,375


541,710


1,707,184


36,142 44


13 50


1872


I, IIO,125


492,225


1,602,350


35,730 42


2 50


1871


1,048,908


451,937


1,500,845


37,709 40


18 00


1870


1,004,929


457,160


1,462,089


12,769 89


15 00


1869


973,342


469,629


1,442,97I


14,900 87


13 33


1868


914,214


369,558


1,310,772


16,143 62


14 50


1867


906,464


385,429


1,291,893


18,103 84


18 00


1866


895,312


453.366


1,348,678


20,201 36


15 00


1865


904,544


444,973


1,349,517


22,749 58


17 00


1864


909,646


397,400


1,307,046


30,080 86


12 50


1863


880,314


324,490


1,204,804


30,235 16


13 33


1862


876,680


270,000


1,146,695


18,407 08


8 00


186 I


889,693


286,189


1,175,882


16,580 17


7 86


1860


877,605


301,087


1,179,592


16,601 33


6 80


Tax Titles Held by Town


Stephen Stackpole


$72 85


Stephen Stackpole


36 70


Stephen Stackpole


II 50


Stephen Stackpole


48 10


Stephen Stackpole


II 00


Stephen Stackpole


35 15


$214 30


Eliza Stackpole


$27 55


27 55


Joseph C. Blaisdell .


46 35


46 35


Effie G. Hazen


8 65


8 65


Edgar L. Worcester


5 03


Edgar L. Worcester


4 92


9 95


Albert D. Collins


7 12


7 12


Samuel L. Crosby


II 70


II 70


Alonzo Ingalls


49 42


49 42


Henry F. Fisk


53 82


53 82


Eliza A. Hobbs


29 58


29 58


Bern & W. Westerman


123 62


Bern & W. Westerman


128 45


252 07


Alice J. Raddin


45 05


Alice J. Raddin


45 90


90 95


George H. Engeman


546 30


546 30


M. H. Abbott


.


113 SI


113 81


Estate of Edward Linehan


17 06


17 06


John Stinchcomb


10 89


John Stinchcomb


10 07


20 96


C. W. Amerige


54 55


54 55


Estate of William Hunter


63 69


63 69


Amount carried forward,


$1,617 83


.


.


.


.


·


.


.


121


I22


TAX TITLES HELD BY TOWN.


Amount brought forward,


$1,617 83


Thomas F. Miller


$13 69


13 69


Mary W. Parker


54 67


Mary W. Parker


II2 59


167 26


Edward O. Copp


53 00


53 00


Estate of J. M. Caller


8 31


Estate of J. M. Caller


23 05


31 36


Albert J. Hall


16 So


Albert J. Hall


II 40


Albert J. Hall


IO 50


Albert J. Hall


22 S5


61 55


Albert J. Hall


II 05


II 05


Albert J. Hall


26 70


26 70


Edwin E. Getchell


15 10


Edwin E. Getchell


19 45


34 55


J. S. Blaine


103 10


103 10


$2,120 09


J. S. MEACOM, Treasurer.


Report of Cemetery Lots


Balance due from 1896


$7 45


Deeds drawn prior to 1897


264 00


Deeds drawn in 1897


488 70


Single graves


40 00


Cash paid Treasurer


$800 15 596 15


$204 00


Deeds cancelled


$135 00


Balance


$69 00


Lists of lots not paid for :


H. M. Knowlton, balance due $24 00


J. I. Cooper, balance due


2 50


Mrs. Edwin Alexander, balance due


8 75


Cash received since January I


33 75


$69 00


Report of condition of trust funds in the hands of the Treas- urer, the income of which is devoted to the perpetual care of the following lots in the Saugus Cemetery :


Lot No. 226, Mary A. Perley.


Dr. To balance as reported


$245 13


Interest to July 1, 1897 9 90


$255 03


Cr. Paid for care of lot


$6 00


Balance


249 03


255 º3


Henry Hone lot.


Dr. To balance as reported


$213 67


Interest to November 1, 1897


13 04


226 71


123


124


REPORT OF CEMETERY LOTS.


Cr. Paid for care of lot


$6 00


Balance


220 71


$226 71


Edward Ward lot.


Dr. To balance as reported


$51 13


Interest to July I


2 06


Cr. Paid for care of lot


$2 00


Balance


·


51 19


Ira Draper lot.


Dr. To balance as reported


$IOI 04


Interest to July 1, 1897 .


4 08


105 12


Cr. Paid for care of lot


$4 00


Balance


IOI 12


105 12


Twiss and Jones lot and one-half of Snow tomb.


Dr. To balance as reported $150 00


Interest to July 1, 1897 ·


6 06


156 06


Cr. Paid for care of lots $6 06


Balance


150 00


Butterfield and Avery lot, No. 11 old plan.


Dr. Balance as reported


$100 00


Interest to November 1, 1897 .


4 00


104 00


Cr. Paid for care of lot


$2 50


Balance ·


IOI 50


L. B. George lot, No. 142.


Dr. Balance as reported


$200 00


Interest to July 1, 1897. .


6 04


206 04


Cr. Paid for care of lot


$6 00


Balance


200 04


Charles L. Smith lot.


Dr. Received of William S. Smith 100 00


Cr. Balance


100 00


.


53 19


53 19


156 06


104 00


206 04


J. S. MEACOM, Treasurer.


Town Clerk's Report


Births.


Number of births registered in 1897


130


Less than last year .


2


American parentage


67


Foreign parentage .


35


American and foreign


28


Males


.


69


Females


·


61


Marriages.


Marriages in 1897 .


44


American born


62


Foreign born .


26


Average age of groom


28


Average age of bride


24


Oldest person married


76


Youngest person married


17


Deaths.


Deaths registered in 1897


So


Less than last year .


I2


Males


41


Females .


39


AGES.


Under 5 years


30 From 50 to 70 18


From 5 to 30.


.


8 From 70 to 90 .


12 .


From 30 to 50


I2


.


125


I26


TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.


Dogs.


Whole number of dogs licensed in 1897, 181.


Number of males, 174 ; number of females, 7. Breeder's license, I.


Amount received for dog licenses


$408 00


Amount fees deducted


36 40


Paid County Treasurer ·


$371 60


Population of Saugus.


1820


748


1860


2,024


1885


2,855


1830


·


960


1866


2,106


1890


3,673


1840


·


1,098


1870


· 2,247


1893


4,040


1850


·


1,552


1875


· 2,570


1895


· 4,497


1855


.


1,788


1880


·


2,612


1897


· 4,804


ELMER B. NEWHALL,


Town Clerk.


Collector's Department


A. Dudley Johnson, Collector, in account with Town of Saugus


Jan. 1, 1898. DR.


To balance of 1891 tax . .


CR.


By abatements


141 91


Balance


·


$25 16


Jan. 1, 1898.


DR.


To balance of 1892 tax ·


$642 32


CR.


By Cash paid Treasurer


$305 96


Abatements


227 97


Balance


·


108 39


Jan. 1, 1898.


DR.


To balance of 1893 tax


CR. ·


By Cash paid Treasurer


$157 32


Abatements


408 39


565 71


Balance .


247 98 .


Jan. 1, 1898.


DR.


To balance of 1894 tax


$922. 31 .


Interest .


125 00


CR.


By Cash paid Treasurer


$400 44


Interest


125 00


Abatements


.


390 35


915 79


Balance


131 52


127


·


.


533 93


$813 69


$1,047 31


.


$166 07


I 28


COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT.


Lewis J. Austin, Collector, in account with the Town of Saugus.


Jan. 1, 1897. DR.


To balance of tax of 1897


$15,051 82


Interest collected and paid Treas-


urer


1,064 14


$16,115 96


CR.


By cash paid Treasurer


$11,870 80


Interest


1,064 14


Abatements


548 37


Tax titles at cost


808 95


14,292 26


Balance uncollected tax


$1,823 70


Jan. 1, 1898. DR.


To balance of 1896 tax


$37,952 66


Interest collected and paid Treas-


urer


437 62


38,390 28


CR.


By cash paid Treasurer


$15,374 29


Interest


437 62


Abatements


.


769 91 .


16,581 82


Balance uncollected tax


$21,808 46


DR.


Jan. 1, 1898.


To tax of 1897 committed


CR.


By cash paid Treasurer


$27,463 37


Abatements


266 30


27,729 67


Balance uncollected tax


$35,268 25


.


·


62,997 92


Report of Sinking Fund Commissioners


To the Selectmen of Saugus :


The Sinking Fund Commissioners beg leave to submit the following report :


Value of Sinking Fund Jan. 1, 1897, $55,000 00


Interest collected to May 1, 1897 ·


3,300 00


Used of the appropriation of 1897 700 00


$59,000 00


Invested in Town of Saugus note


59,000 00


Value of Sinking Fund, Jan. 1 1898 :


Town of Saugus note . ·


$59,000 00


Accrued interest to January, 1898, 2,360 00 -- $61,360 00


The appropriation required for the year 1898 is fourteen hundred and sixty dollars.


HERBERT B. NEWHALL, SAMUEL HAWKS, HERBERT O. PRATT, Sinking Fund Commissioners.


Saugus, Jan. 1, 1898.


129


Superintendent of Streets' Report


In performance of my duty as Superintendent of Streets, I submit the following report :


Owing to the heavy rain storms of 1896, we were obliged to be at great expense to keep our streets in a passable condition. This of course made a large inroad into the appropriation, so much so that after the spring and summer work was completed there was nothing left for the fall work. I then consulted with the Select- men and we made arrangements to repair Birch Brook road and put the gutters and catch basins in good condition for the winter, the same to be taken out of the 1897 appropriation. This we did at a cost of one thousand forty-six dollars and twenty-six cents. During the months of January and February we paid out for moving snow and repairing snow plows, eight hundred and five dollars. This with what we overrun from 1896 amounts to one thousand eight hundred fifty-one dollars and twenty-six cents. Deducting this from the appropriation and we had left only four thousand six hundred forty-eight dollars and seventy-four cents for the improvement of streets. The Selectmen urged me to curtail all I could so as not to exceed the appropriation any more than possible, and I have done so to the best of my ability. The largest amount of work done on any one street was Lincoln avenue, and with a few hundred dollars more could be made a nice thoroughfare. Whitney street, Cliftondale, is in a very poor condition and should be attended to this year. Central street, between Cliftondale and Saugus Centre, needs grading. I hope the Town will take some action this year in regard to Winter street. I have done some patching on this street, but that is very unsatisfactory on a street that needs grading all the way. Walnut street, near Lynn line, is badly washed and should be one of the first attended to. Hawks hill on the east side needs grading,


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also along by the Richard and Lewis Hawks estates. This and the Hawks hill are the two worst places in North Saugus, with the exception of the Turnpike, and that I am in hopes the State will take in the near future. Main street, westward from the house of Mrs. Carns to Howard street, needs grading most of the way. There are many more places that it would be well to have repaired if the Town was able, but I think if those I have men- tioned could be attended to we could get along very well for the present.


JOHN L. EDMANDS, Superintendent of Streets.


Report of Overseers of the Poor


Again has the year rolled round when it becomes the duty of the Overseers to make their annual report.


The whole amount of orders drawn by the Overseers' Depart- ment amounts to $3,308.42, as follows :- For insane, $1,512.95 ; for partial support of 65 persons, $1,206.40; for Town Farm, $477.82 ; for plumbing, $34.85 ; for insurance, $26.40; Town physician, $25.00 ; incidentals, $17.00.


The most important event in the year in this department has been the change in the management of the Almshouse. Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth's resignation taking effect April 1, Mr. J. B. Wiggin and wife were appointed superintendent and matron, coming to us highly recommended by Overseers of Poor of Tewksbury, where they had served seven years.


The Farm has produced large crops the past year, but prices for farm products have ruled very low so that the Farm does not make so good a showing as it otherwise would. Work of reclaiming a part of the pasture on Essex street has been com- menced which will make an excellent piece of land for grass. The farm is in excellent condition and reflects honor upon the Town and credit upon the Superintendent.


It is the desire of the Board and also of the Superintendent that the townspeople might by personal inspection see the farm and its workings, and to that end Mr. Wiggin and his wife extend to all the citizens of Saugus a hearty invitation to visit them at any time, when they will be cordially welcomed and shown about the Farm.


We have found the appropriation made at the March meeting was some larger than we needed. At the end of the year we were obliged to leave bills unpaid to the amount of $500 to $600 owing to not getting bills promptly from other towns, etc.


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We would therefore recommend the sum of $4,500 to meet the requirements of the Poor Department for the coming year.


HERBERT O. PRATT, GEORGE FAULKNER, ANTHONY HATCH,


Overseers of the Poor.


Report of Chief of Police


I herewith present my report for the year of 1897, giving a list of membership of the Department, number of arrests made, how they were disposed of, and a list of other work done during the year.


Membership.


The force is composed of three regular and ten special officers, as follows : Charles O. Thompson, Frank W. Joy and Walter A. Pratt are the regular officers. They report at the Town Hall at 6.30 P. M., go on duty at 7.30 and stay on until 3.30 A. M. The specials are P. A. Flaherty, S. F. Kinney, Roland Mans- field, Thomas Newhall, Charles Blakeley, Justin Mansfield, Dana B. Walker, John Townsend, Robert Chisholm, and James Rea.


Total number of arrests, 115, as follows: Drunk, 41 ; assault and battery, 12; breaking and entering, 10; non-support, 2; profane language, 2 ; cruelty to animals, 3 ; insane, 2 ; peddling without license, 12 ; disturbing peace, I ; default I ; for out of town officers, 3; capias, I; pool-selling, 5; fast driving, I ; track walking, 2; larcency, 3; liquor nuisance, 2 ; malicious mischief, I ; tramps, 16, vagrants, 2.


Of the above, 110 were males and 5 females, disposed of as follows : Fined and paid, 40 ; discharged, 20 ; placed on file, 29 ; sent to Insane Asylum, I ; sent to House of Correction, 18; sent to Grand Jury, 3 ; sent to Superior Court, 4.


List of other work done: Complaints received and investi- gated, 140; doors found open and secured, 34 ; fires discovered and put out, 2 ; lights found burning, 10; stray teams found and put up, 3 ; lights furnished for dangerous places in streets, 10; disturbances suppressed, 10; windows found open, 15; lost chil- dren found and restored, 3.


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Appropriation


$2,900 00


Feb. I C. O. Thompson, services $65 00


F. W. Clark, services 50 00


F. W. Joy, services .


60 00


S. F. Kinney, services


6 75


C. O. Thompson, horse hire,


20 00


C. L. Davis


I 00


Thomas Newhall, services


24 S7


C. O. Thompson, expenses to Salem I 50


March


I C. O. Thompson, services 65 00


F. W. Clark, services 54 00


F. W. Joy 60 00


S. F. Kinney


13 00


P. J. Flaherty


7 50


C. O. Thompson, expenses to Newton 3 00


J. F. Pratt


1 70


Thomas Newhall, services . 5 50


April


5 C. O. Thompson, services .


65 00


C. O. Thompson, use of horse, 5 00


F. W. Clark, services .


24 00


F. W. Joy, services .


58 00


S. F. Kinney


13 00


W. S. Hitchcock, taking pic- ture of body 5 00


Levi Florence, use of horse


I 00


F. W. Clark, services


30 00


Thomas Newhall, services


13 00


May


3 C. O. Thompson, services


65 00


4 00 C. O. Thompson, horse hire, F. W. Joy, services 62 20


D. B. Walker 6 50


F. W. Clark, use of horse


I 50


F. W. Clark, services 8 00


S. F. Kinney .


16 00


.


Amount carried forward, $816 02


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Amount brought forward, $816 02


May 3 D. Bannon, changing tele- phone, 5 00


C. O. Thompson, interpreter, I 20


· R. Y. Russell, printing I 25


Thomas Newhall, services .


2 25


C. A. Fordham, use of horse,


I 00


C. O. Thompson, two books, W. A. Pratt, services


I 50


Thomas Newhall, services


2 00


June


7 C. O. Thompson, services .


55 00


F. W. Joy, services 60 00


W. F. Pratt 62 00


F. W. Joy .


I 65


C. O. Thompson, horse hire,


10 00


R. L. Mansfield, services 4 00


S. F. Kinney .


8 00


P. A. Flaherty .


12 00


Dr. Parcher


2 00


F. W. Clark, use of horse


I 50


C. O. Thompson, to New- buryport I 50


C. F. Clark, horse hire


2 00


18 C. O. Thompson, services 30 00


W. A. Pratt


30 00


F. W. Joy


28 00


F. W. Joy


6 15


2 C. O. Thompson


35 00


W. A. Pratt


28 00


F. W. Joy


30 00


C. O. Thompson, horse hire,


8 00


19 W. A. Pratt


30 00


Aug.


2 C. O. Thompson, services


65 00


C. O. Thompson, horse hire, 9 00


C. O. Thompson, services 3 00


Express on bicycle 50


W. A. Pratt, services ·


32 50


Amount carried forward,


$1,423 02


July


38 00


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Amount brought forward, $1,423 02


Aug. 2 F. W. Joy, services


61 00


F. W. Joy, Commitment Officer 8 15


R. L. Mansfield, services 6 00 *


P. A. Flaherty, services 7 25


Thomas Newhall, services 9 00


S. F. Kinney


12 00


R. L. Mansfield


12 00


A. M. Furgerson, telephone- ing, . I 55 .


16 W. A. Pratt, services .


30 00


F. W. Joy, services 28 00


F. W. Joy, Commitment Offi- cer I 50


Sept.


2 W. A. Pratt, services 30 00


F. W. Joy, services 30 00


F. W. Joy, Commitment Offi- cer, . I 50


20 C. O. Thompson, services 65 00


C. O. Thompson, horse hire, 14 00


R. L. Mansfield, services II 25


Thomas Newhall, services


10 00


S. F. Kinney, services . .


9 00


S. A. D. Forristall, repairs on telephone . . · 5 00


C. O. Thompson, telegraph- ing, . I 25


J. E. Law, printing 2 75


Oct.


4 W. A. Pratt, services 30 25




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