Town annual report of Saugus 1899, Part 6

Author: Saugus (Mass.)
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 256


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We have to report the following cases of contagious diseases : Diptheria, 9; scarlet fever, 8; typhoid fever, 2, of which none were fatal.


Cesspools, Privies and Vaults.


RULE 22. No person shall build, or cause to be built, any privy, vault or cesspool, unless the same is constructed in a thorough and substantial manner, lined with stone, brick, or other suitable material of sufficient thickness and strength to prevent the walls from falling in, and located so that the inside of the same shall be at least three feet distant from the line of any adjoining lot or street. Every cesspool shall be of sufficient size to contain at least eighty cubic feet, measured below two feet


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BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT.


beneath the surface of the ground, and, when not water tight, shall be at least twenty feet from the outside of the cellar wall of any tenement or dwelling, and thirty feet distant from any well, spring, or any other source of water supply used for culinary or domestic purposes. In no case shall the drainage from a privy, vault, cesspool or sink, or foul drainage from any domestic source, be permitted to enter any stream, brook, run, or pond within the limits of the town.


RULE 23. All privies and vaults shall be cleaned at least once a year. Any privy or vault not cleaned within that time shall be declared a nuisance.


Cleanliness of House and Premises.


Public Statutes, Chapter 80, Section 24, provides :


"The Board, when satisfied, upon due examination, that a cellar, room, tenement or building in its town, occupied as a dwelling-house, has become, by reason of the inhabitants' want of cleanliness, or other cause, unfit for such purpose, and a cause of nuisance or sickness to the inhabitants or the public, may issue a notice in writing to such occupants, or any of them, requiring the premises to be put in a proper condition as to cleanliness ; or, if they see fit, requiring the occupants to quit the premises within such time as the Board may deem reasonable. If the persons so notified, or any of them, neglect or refuse to comply with the terms of the notice, the Board may cause the premises to be . properly cleansed at the expense of the owners, or may remove the occupants forcibly, and close up the premises, and the same shall not be again occupied as a dwelling-place, without the con- sent in writing of the Board. If the owner thereafter occupies, or knowingly permits the same to be occupied, without such per- mission in writing, he shall forfeit not less than ten dollars ($10.00), nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00)."


In considering the number of occupants, in accordance with the foregoing section, this Board will consider a sleeping-room to be over-crowded unless there should be at least three hundred (300) cubic feet of air space for each inhabitant occupying the same.


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BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT.


RULE 24. No person shall remove or carry in or through any of the streets, squares, courts, lanes, avenues, places, or alleys within the town, stinking or offensive matter, or any house dirt or house offal, either animal or vegetable, or any grease, bones, or any refuse substance from any of the dwelling-houses or other places in the town, unless such person so removing or carrying the same, and the mode in which the same may be removed or carried, shall be expressly licensed by the Board of Health, upon such terms and conditions as it may deem the health and interest of the town may require.


RULE 25. No person, without a license from the Board of Health, shall throw into or leave in or upon any street, court, square, lane, alley, public square, public enclosure, vacant lot, or any pond or body of water, within the limits of the town, any dead animal, dirt, sawdust, soot, ashes, cinders, shavings, hair, manure, oyster, clam or lobster shells, waste water, rubbish or filth of any kind, or any refuse animal or vegetable matter what- soever ; nor shall any person throw into or leave in or upon the flats or tide water within the jurisdiction of the town, any dead animal or other foul or offensive matter.


RULE 26. No person shall bury the contents of any vault or cesspool on premises occupied by him or his tenants, or allow any filth or bad-smelling water to be run out upon, or be thrown upon the surface of the ground of such premises.


RULE 27. Kitchen and waste sinks must be safely and securely connected with cesspool or well-covered drain, and must not be permitted to discharge by spouts, or otherwise, upon the side of the house or upon the surface of the ground.


RULE 28. No person shall keep any fowl or animal in any place in the town where the Board of Health may deem such keeping detrimental to the health or comfort of the residents of the neighborhood, or to those who may pass thereby; and said Board shall have the power to remove or cause to be removed therefrom any such fowl or animal so kept.


RULE 29. No swine shall be kept within the limits of the town, without a license first obtained therefor from the Board of Health, and then only in such place and manner as it shall direct.


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RULE 30. Owners and occupants of livery and other stables within the town shall not wash or clean their carriages or horses, or cause them to be washed or cleaned in the streets or public ways. They shall keep their stables and yards clean, and not allow large quantities of manure to accumulate in or near the same at any one time between the first day of May and the first day of November, and no manure shall be allowed to accumulate or remain uncovered outside of a stable building.


We would respectfully ask that an appropriation be made for the collection of ashes, swill and garbage at least once a week in each section of the Town. Citizens, please give this your serious consideration and see to it that we have an appropriation at our next Town Meeting.


GEORGE W. GALE, M.D., Chairman. WILLIAM F. BELCHER, Secretary. BENJ. F. ROBINSON, Health Officer.


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REPORT OF Engineers of Fire Department


In accordance with the requirements governing the Fire Department, it becomes my duty, as Chief Engineer, to present the annual report of the Fire Department of the Town of Saugus for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1899.


The report will be found to contain statements in detail, embracing the amount of expenditures, a record of all fires and alarms which have occurred during the year, and the cause thereof, with the names of the owners and occupants, the loss and insurance, as nearly as could be ascertained, also an inven- tory of all property of the department, in charge of the several companies, and such other information as is thought proper for your consideration.


Recommendations.


We would recommend that the Town equip the several houses of the department with horses, thereby increasing the efficiency of the department at least fifty per cent. ; the same, when not needed for fire service, to be used upon the highways.


Additional fire alarm boxes are seriously needed to properly cover exposed sections, namely, one at Lynnhurst, one at the corner of Broadway and Felton Streets, Cliftondale, also one on Western Avenue at or near the residence of Alex. Munro, Clif- tondale.


We would respectfully recommend that the sum of $1,800 be appropriated for the expense of the Fire Department for the ensuing year.


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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


We wish to thank the officers and members of the department for the very prompt and efficient manner in which they have responded to all calls in the past year; also to Mr. James F. Pratt for his efficient service as electrician for the past year.


Respectfully submitted,


HENRY F. FISKE, Chief Engineer.


Board of Engineers :


H. F. FISKE, Chief. J. A. FARNHAM, First Asst. C. A. BLAKELEY, Second Asst.


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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Financial Statement.


Appropriation


$2,000 00


EXPENDITURES.


Feb.


6 C. D. Fisk, supplies $I IO


J. Mungan and B. Barton, services . I 00


Mugridge & Coombs, sup- plies S 12


Lynn Gas and Electric Co. 17 58


Brockway-Smith Corporation, supplies 42


H. C. Davis, labor 2 65


Rowe & Hitchings, coal .


23 00


A. H. Raddin, supplies 5 55


Knight & Thomas, two ex- tinguishers 50 00


C. S. Knowles, lights I So .


H. Deary, call man


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3 00


James Brymer, call man


I 00


Levi Florence, use of horses,


7 50


Fred Stocker


50


J. A. Farnham


3 20


E. E. Ryder, labor


I 25


N. F. Mayo, coal


48 So


J. Whitehead, horses and sup- plies 17 67


C. L. Davis, use of horses 5 75


Henry Smith, use of horses .


19 25


Justin Mansfield, call man


75


Thomas Jackson, labor on line . . .


5 40


Amount carried forward,


$225 29


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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Amount brought forward, $225 29


Feb. 6 H. O. Pratt, horses and sup- plies 9 28


Eugene Stevens, use of horses, 8 75


The Burnett Co., vitriol 27 54


20 B. F. Robinson, use of horses, 25 00


A. B. Mansfield, labor on hydrants . 6 50


E. E. Ryder, labor on hy- drants I 75


J. C. Townsend, services


December 13 and 14 .


2 00


E. E. Ryder, labor 4 00


$84 82


March 6 C. A. Blakeley, repairs on truck


$6 50


P. J. Flaherty, W. H. Rad- din, labor on Hose No. 2 . II 75 Mrs. F. M. Hill, refreshments served to Lynn firemen 5 00


T. H. Foley, washing hose . 3 25


James F. Pratt, care of system, December 6 to March 6 . 18 65


Sprague & Breed Coal Co., cannel coal 7 50


U. S. Fire Alarm Co., labor, 9 35


H. O. Pratt, use of horses 6 40


H. F. Fiske, services, Hose No. 2 4 25


T. H. Foley, services, Hose No. 2 2 25


A. F. Sachsse, services, Hose No. 2 2 25


77 15


Amount carried forward, .


$387 26


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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Amount brought forward, $387 26


J. E. Mansfield,services Hose No. I $5 50


March 6 Members Hose No. I, wash- ing hose 6 50


E. E. Ryder, use of horse .


2 50


H. A. Ryder, call man, Hose No. I 1 75


H. E. Barton, labor at fire, February 26 1 75


Thomas Jackson, labor on line 3 75


H. C. Davis, repairs, Hose No. 3 · I SO


E. B. Kent, use of horse 1 50


G. M. Amerige, rent to Mar. I, 62 50


A. Farnham, labor on hy- drants .


3 50


Levi Florence, use of horses . 6 00


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97 05


April 3 W. Knight, services 2 00


H. O. Pratt, use of horses 6 20


E. C. Parker, use of horses .


3 00


C. W. Luce & Co., chairs, Hose No. 2 17 25


Henry Smith, use of horses . 10 00


Joseph Whitehead, use of hor- ses and supplies 9 35


N. F. Mayo, coal


23 50


H. A. Turner, supplies


4 00


C. Callahan Co., 500 ft. hose,


250 00


E. Stevens, use of horses 13 50


C. D. Fisk, supplies 40


C. L. Davis, use of horse 6 50


17 Lynn Gas and Electric Light Co., electric lights 20 73


366 43


Amount brought forward,


$850 74


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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Amount brought forward, $S50174


May I Hanson & Smith, use of horses $4 50


H. C. Davis, labor at Hose No. 3 ·


2 88


J. E. Mansfield, services at Hose No. I 5 75


C. S. Knowles, supplies 6 00


Eugene Stevens, steward,


Hose No. I 40 00


Eugene Stevens, use of horse, Hose No. I 6. 75


E. R. Newhall, expressing 2 00


J. A. Farnham, clerk of engi- neers 5 00


H. E. Rhodes, steward, Hose No. 3 30 00


J. F. McCarty, printing 5 00


J. F. Pratt, labor on fire alarm, 9 15


Thomas Jackson, labor on fire alarm 8 00


W. H. Hutchinson, supplies, 2 00


James Flaherty, washing hose, Hose No. 2 I 50


Thomas Foley, washing hose, Hose No. 2 I 50


Levi Florence, use of horses, Hose No. 3 ·


2 00


Rowe & Hitchings, coal IS 00


Henry Smith, use of horses, Hose No. 2 4 00


Eugene Stevens, use of horses, Hose No. I .


18 75


H. O. Pratt, use of horses, Hose No. I 22 40


W. H. Raddin, steward, Hose No. 2 35 00


230 18


Amount carried forward,


$1,080 92


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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Amount brought forward,


$1,080 92


June 5 C. L. Davis, use of horses, Hose No. I $2 00 E. W. Fiske, removing ashes, Hose No. 2 1 00


R. Y. Russell & Son, print- ing . 5 50


J. E. Mansfield, services 2 50


Eugene Stevens, services 13 60


Joseph Whitehead, horses and


supplies . 34 65


G. M. Amerige, rent and water tax, Hose 2


68 50


127 75 -


July I E. W. Rea, labor and hy- draņts


$4 00


G. W. Caswell, for pipe ·


75


Pettingill-Andrews Co., sup- plies 6 35


C. S. Knowles, supplies 28 54 .


C. D. Fisk, supplies ·


I 58


H. A. Turner, use of horses, James F. Pratt, labor on fire alarm


27 50


24 53


Jos. Brymer, services


4 00


97 25


Aug. 7 H. A. Turner, use of horses . $22 75


C. H. Sawyer, expressing 4 75


J. E. Field, washing hose I 50


C. Callahan Co., repairs on extinguishers 12 00


Fred Stocker, use of horses . 23 00


E. W. Rea, washing hose, Hose No. 2 .


4 00


68 00


Amounts carried forward,


$1,373 92


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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Amount brought forward,


$1,373 92


Aug. 7 J. E. Mansfield, services, Hose No. I . 2 50


Eugene Stevens, use of horses, 17 00


H. O. Pratt, use of horses 12 00


C. S. Knowles, for life line gun . 25 00


B. F. Robinson, for disinfec- tants .


I 75


Cairns & Bro., roll call books, 4 20


Thomas Jackson, services on line . 5 20


Call men, Hose No. I, ser- Vices 4 50


72 15


Sept. 2 H. O. Pratt, services $7 07 G. W. Amerige, rent of Hose No. 2 62 50


C. Callahan Co., repairs on hose 28 25


Lynn Gas & Electric Co., electric lights 7 67


E. Stevens, services 9 50


F. W. Turner, washing hose,


I 50 Mugridge & Coombs, supplies, 7 So J. E. Mansfield, services, Hose No. I


75


J. F. Pratt, labor on Fire Alarm 32 98


158 02


H. O. Pratt, services rendered,


$5 13


Oct. I F. V. Learoyd, services ren- dered 2 50


J. E. Mansfield, services ren- dered 75


E. Stevens, services rendered, 6 00


14 38


Amount carried forward,


$1,618 47


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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Amount brought forward,


$1,618 47


Nov. 7 Beattie Zinc Co., supplies $50 00 .


O. Gallup, supplies 90


C. M. Kimball, polish . .


4 00


C. D. Fisk, supplies


I 60


C. W. Luce & Co., chairs, hose . 25 50


E. W. Rea, labor on hydrants, 2 00


C. H. Sawyer, expressing 4 90


J. F. Pratt, labor on line ¥5 30


H. Turner, use of horses 12 00


J. E. Mansfield, services 50


A. B. Mansfield, labor on line, 5 00


H. O. Pratt, labor on line 5 50


A. M. Stocker, coal 15 05


N. R. Stiles, coal


5 75


138 00


Dec. 14 James Brymer, washing hose, $ 50 East Saugus Grocery, sup- plies I 70


H. C. Davis, labor and sup- plies 26 45


F. Stocker, use of horses 16 00


Lynn Gas & Electric Co., electric light 9 56


Harry Smith, washing hose .


6 50


W. H. Hutchinson, supplies, 4 20


G. W. Caswell, labor and sup- plies II 95 U. S. Police & Tel. Co., repairs on box'. 5 00


Eugene Stevens, use of horse, 13 50 G. M. Amerige, rent and water rates (Hose 2) .


68 50 163 86


Amount carried forward,


$1,920 33


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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Amount brought forward, $1,920 33


Dec. 14 The Burnett Co., vitriol 26 56 H. O. Pratt, use of horse and supplies 18 65


N. R. Stiles, coal


6 50


J. E. Mansfield, services ·


I 00


52 71


Jan.


I C. D. Fisk, supplies


$2 15


J. E. Mansfield, services


I 00


E. R. Newhall, supplies


.


I 25


N. R. Stiles, coal


6 50


C. A. Blakeley, services


2 70


13 60


Total expenditures


$1,986 64


Membership.


Board of three engineers, four companies of ten regular men each and three call men each.


Apparatus.


The apparatus consists of 3 hose wagons, 6 Babcock chemical extinguishers, 5,100 feet of hose, 6 play pipes, 25 spanners and belts, 15 hose hooks, 35 rubber coats, 14 fire hats, 3 axes, 3 crow- bars, 3 plaster hooks, 6 lanterns, 3 hammers, 3 monkey wrenches, 6 ladder dogs, 18 rakes, 3 jump nets, 6 18-foot extension ladders, 8 horse blankets, 3 drag ropes. One Rumsey ladder truck, equipped with 2 Underwriters' chemical fire extinguishers, I 45-foot Somerville extension ladder, I 30-foot ladder, I 25-foot ladder, I 30-foot roof ladder, 2 20-foot roof ladders, I pull-down hook with chain and ropes, 3 pitchforks, 3 long hooks, 2 axes, I crowbar, 2 sledge hammers, 4 crotch poles, 4 lanterns, 4 leather buckets, shafts, pole and drag rope. We also have 2 45-foot extension ladders, 2 20-foot roof ladders, 4 sets of double harness and 4 sets of hangers, 12 5-gallon extinguishers in public build- ings.


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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Record of Fire Alarms for 1899.


Total bell alarms, 30.


Total second alarms, 6.


Total still alarms, 5. Total false alarms, 2.


Total needless alarms, 3.


Total miles run by all apparatus, 55.


Total feet of hose laid, 11, 700.


Total feet of ladders used, 363.


Total gallons chemicals used, 120.


Total members of department injured at fires, none.


Persons, not members, injured, 1-burned.


Fires where no water could be used on account of no water, I.


Jan. 7. Box 21. Pulled for fire at Point of Pines by unknown person.


Jan. 18. Box 16. Frame dwelling owned by H. E. Dodge Loss, $75. Second alarm pulled accidentally. Cause unknown.


Feb. I. Box 25. Barn on Elm street, Cliftondale. Damage slight. Cause, lantern exploded.


Feb. 26. Boxes 126, 21. Odd Fellows' building, G. W. Caswell's plumbing shop; also occupied by L. E. Parsons as a paint shop. Two and one-half story dwelling, occupied by L. E. Parsons and E. Winslow. Total loss on Odd Fellows' build- ing, also on Caswell's building and a partial loss on the dwelling. Insured. Cause unknown.


March 4. Box 15. House and barn at North Saugus, owned by P. Baxton. Total loss. Cause unknown.


March 14. Box 37. Two and one-half story building, Depot Square, Saugus. No damage. Cause, lamp exploded.


April 6. Box 37. Woods fire on Central street. No dam- age.


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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


April 7. Box 24. False alarm.


April 9. Box 123. Woods fire. No damage.


April 15. Box 18. Woods fire on Vine street. No damage. April 17. Box 27. Woods fire on Bristow street. No damage.


April 18. Box 21. Woods fire on Baker's Hill, Cliftondale. No damage.


April 20. Box 25. Woods fire on Central street, Cliftondale. No damage.


April 21. Box 123. Dwelling-house owned by Mrs. Blaney. Damage, about $500; insured. Cause, overturning of lamp.


April 22. Box 15. Woods fire on Central street, Saugus. No damage.


April 22. Box 124. Woods fire on Broadway, Cliftondale. No damage.


April 24. Box 37. Woods fire on Snow's Hill, Saugus. No damage.


May 28. Box 25. Vacant dwelling on Knowles avenue. Owner unknown. Damage, $50; insurance not known.


June 4. Box 15. Woods fire back of Halliday's, Saugus. No damage.


June 4. Box 27. Hen-house, owned by Mr. Valpey. Total loss ; no insurance. Cause, incendiary.


June 5. Box 15. Woods fire at Saugus. No damage. July 3. Still alarm for a fire in an out-house in the rear of Clifton Hall. Damage, $15. Cause unknown.


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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


July 4. Still alarm for wood fire on Baker's Hill, Cliftondale. No damage.


July 12. Box 13. Stable owned by - O'Brien, Central street, Saugus. Damage, $200; insurance not known. Cause unknown.


July 16. Box 25. Dwelling house owned by A. J. Hall, Park avenue, Cliftondale. Total loss; insurance not known. Cause, incendiary.


July 23. Still alarm for fire in the woods back of Gill's. No damage.


July 24. Still alarm for fire in the woods back of Gill's. No damage.


July 29. Box 13. Dwelling-house owned and occupied by J. F. Pratt. Damage slight. Cause, explosion of oil stove.


July 31. Box 31. Woods fire. No damage.


Aug. 16. Box 126. Barn owned by James F. Hatch. Total loss ; insurance unknown. Cause unknown.


Oct. 26. Box 124. Dwelling-house owned and occupied by C. Drury. Loss about $900; insured. Cause, overheated stove.


Nov. 7. Box 25. Vacant store-house owned by Kent estate. Small loss. Cause, supposed to be incendiary.


Nov. 18. Box 124. False alarm.


Dec. 27. Box 214. Stable owned by H. B. Newhall. Total loss; insured. Cause, overheated stove.


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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Firemen's Salaries.


Hose No. I.


C. A. Blakeley


$II 66


G. I. Hull


14 60


George Manson


14 60


*F. V. Learoyd


35 00


*A. B. Mansfield


35 00


*C W. Davis


35 00


*P. Haigh


35 00


*D. Hanson .


35 00


*C. W. Stevens


35 00


*J. McGilvray


35 00


*F. W. Clark


17 52


*A. J. Cony .


8 76


*L. H. Worthley


8 76


Total for Hose No. I


$320 90


Hose No. 2.


M. F. Cunningham


$II 66


T. Foley, 2d .


II 66


T. H. Foley


14 58


Joel Thayer .


8 76


*P. A. Flaherty


35 00


*P. J. Flaherty


35 00


*A. F. Sachesse


35 00


*W. H. Raddin


35 00


*O. E. Mosher


35 00


*Ed. Rea


35 00


*M. F. O'Neil


35 00


*Jos. Hanson


23 36


*Harry Smith


23 36


*P. Lyons


.


5 84


Total for Hose No. 2


.


3.44 22


Amount carried forward,


$665 12


REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


147


Hose No. 3.


Amount brought forward,


$665 12;


D. B. Willis


$14 60


J. Shannon .


14 60


*W. L. Putney


20 44


*W. L. Putney


14 56


*C. L. Putney


35 00


*O. A. Cooke


35 00


*C. W. Oliver


35 00


*I. Albert Farnham


35 00


*J. W. Newhall


35 00


*L. Florence 35 00


*G. W. Blodgett


35 00


* James Brymer


17 52


*E. A. Whitcomb


17 52


Total for Hose No. 3


344 24


H. and L. No. I.


A. J. Cony


$2 92


H. Saxon


29 20


*F. M. Symonds


35 00


*F. M. Ramsdell


35 00


*E. E. Ryder


35 00


*C. L. Davis


35 00


*C. W. Sellick


35 00


E. Edmands .


32 12


*J. Wentworth


35 00


R. L. Mansfield


17 52


Total for H. and L. No I


291 76


Firemen's salaries


$1,301 12


*Members at present.


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Report of Superintendent of Streets


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


This year we have been highly favored as regards heavy rains, so that most of our streets are in fair condition. Walnut street, the coming year, should be one of the first attended to. There has been but little done along the Birch Brook Pond for several years, owing to the fact that it was thought the Lynn Water Company would raise the dam and overflow the road, but now they assure us that is something they will not do at present, if ever. Lincoln avenue is now having a very heavy traffic, owing to Salem Turnpike being closed for repairs, which will necessi- tate quite an expense in the spring to make it as passable as it was before the travel was turned this way. The Highway Department is very much in need of a watering cart, as it is impossible to do good work with the road roller without the aid of water, and we are obliged to pay three dollars per week for the use of a cart. I think it would be a matter of economy to purchase one this coming season and also build a shed to keep it in and all other tools belonging to the Highway Department. It has been suggested that it would be well to make out a list of the personal property now in possession of the Highway Department.


One road roller $175


One road machine


50


Nine snow plows


150


Small tools


75


$450 00


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN L. EDMANDS,


Supt. of Streets.


Assessors' Report


The Assessors herewith submit to the citizens of Saugus their report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1899 :


Table of Aggregates of Polls, Property and Taxes Assessed May 1, 1899.


Number of polls assessed .


1,396 a gain of 5I


Number of polls exempt


75 a dec. of 5


·Number of polls registered .


1,471 a gain of 46


Number of persons paying poll tax only .


669 a dec. of 39


Number of persons paying property tax .


1,955 a gain of


279


Total number of persons assessed


2,624 a gain of 238


Number of persons liable to do mili- tary duty


S48 a loss of 32


Number of dogs registered, females,


19; males, 226; total


245 a gain of


23


Population as taken by the assessors


4,775 a loss of


Amount of Property Assessed.


Number of dwelling-houses


1, 178 a gain of 22


Number of acres of land


5,925 a loss of 15


Number of horses .


432 a gain of 15


Number of cows


718 a gain of 59


Number of neat cattle


6 a gain of


2


Number of sheep


o a loss of 35


Number of swine


35 a loss of IO


Number of fowl


8,437 a gain of 846


Number of bicycles


408 a gain of


176


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ASSESSORS' REPORT.


Value of Real and Personal Estate.


Personal property assessed


$174,214 Buildings . . ·


$2,052,600


Land ·


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1,341,394


3,393,994


$3,568,208


Divided as follows :


Resident real estate


$2,455,325 a loss of $6,125


Non-resident real estate


938,669 a gain of 41,187


Resident personal estate


167,474 a gain of 10,246


Non-resident personal estate,


6,740 a gain of 590


Value of Personal Property.


Money at interest .


$8,700 a loss of


$670


Stock in trade


52,325 a gain of 1,625


Machinery


35,100 a gain of 3,550


Carriages


12,083 a gain of


1,443


Bicycles


10,200 a gain of


3,567


Live stock


53,171 a gain of 7,323


Wood, lumber and other property . 2,635 a loss of


5,991


$174,214 a gain of 10,836


Total value of assessed estate May 1, 1899,


$3,568,208


Total value of assessed estate May 1, 1898, 3,513,290


Showing a gain of


$54,918


Divided as follows :


Buildings


$2,052,600 a gain of 15,825


Land


1,341,394 a gain of 28,257


Personal


174,214 a gain of 10,836


Showing a net gain of .


$54,918


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ASSESSORS' REPORT.


Basis of Taxation.


Appropriation


$73,880 00


State tax


1,830 00


County tax


2,626 84


Overlay .


1,819 32


Less Town's income


$80,156 16 6,000 00 .


Net amount raised by taxation .


$74,156 16


Apportioned as Follows:


On real estate .


$67,879 88


On personal estate


3,484 26


On polls


2,792 00


$74,156 16


Total tax for State, County and Town purposes, committed to Lewis J. Austin, collector, $74, 156.16.


Tax on 419 1-2 acres of land taken from Saugus by Lynn, in connection with water supply, at an average value of $43.50 per acre, based upon a tax rate of $20.00 per $1,000, is $391.50.


The assessors recommend an appropriation of $650.00 to meet the estimated expenses of their department for the year 1900.


Also the sum of $50.00 for searching records and for plans for use of assessors.


The undersigned take this method to inform the proper author- ities that a vacancy exists in the Board of Assessors, caused by the death of Nathan K. Cross, whose term of office, for which he was elected, expires March, 1901. "




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