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Recommendations.
We would recommend that the Selectmen instruct the Re- vere Water Board to place hydrants on Vine street, also on Main street above the Methodist church. We would also rec- ommend that the hose now at Lynnhurst be taken away and a box put there in place of it, as the hose is useless as it is now; also that the box at the junction of Central and Winter streets be placed nearer the centre of the Town and a new one placed on the corner of Central and Denver streets. We have asked for the location of another hydrant in Cliftondale square.
We wish to thank the members of the several companies for their prompt and efficient manner in responding to all calls, which makes us feel that we have as good a department as any Town in the State of its size. We also wish to thank Mr. J. F. Pratt for his efficient service as electrician.
Respectfully submitted,
C. A. BLAKELEY, Chief. H. F. FISKE, First Asst.
C. I. HITCHINGS, Second Asst.
.
159
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RECORD OF ALARMS FOR THE YEAR 1900.
Total number of bell alarms 16
Total number of false alarms 2
Total number of still alarms 22
Total number of second alarms 3
Total miles run by all apparatus 57
Total feet of hose laid ยท 3,400
Total feet of ladders used 263
March 14. Box 31, woods fire, land of Cucci
April 2. Box 28, woods fire, rear of Franklin Park Hotel.
April 6. Box 25, woods fire, rear of Bryer's swamp.
April 6. Box 124, woods fire, west of Broadway.
April 7. Box 31, woods fire at Lynnhurst.
April 9. Box 13, barn belonging to J. Biffin; total loss; cause unknown.
April II. Box 31, woods fire at Lynnhurst.
April 15. Box 24, schoolhouse at Cliftondale, owned by Town of Saugus; damage $200; cause unknown.
April 19. Box 123, false alarm.
April 30. Box 31, woods fire, East Saugus.
May I. Box 25, woods fire, east of Central street.
May 5. Still alarm, woods fire, Central street, opp. C. King's. May 25. Still alarm, woods fire, east of Broadway.
May 27. Box 126, house belonging to D. B. Hatch; caused by gasoline stove; damage to house and contents, $125.
May 27. Box 31, woods fire at Lynnhurst.
160
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
May 27. Still alarm for woods fire at Oaklandvale.
June 3. Still alarm for woods fire near Oaklandvale school- house.
June 24. Still alarm for sawdust over ice, which was burning after the house had been burned the night before; prob- ably incendiary origin; total loss.
June 30. Still alarm for woods fire at Oaklandvale.
July I. Still alarm for woods fire, land of H. A. Nowell.
July I. Still alarm for woods fire at Oaklandvale.
July 2. Still alarm for woods fire, land of H. A. Nowell.
July 16. Box 26, 2-story house on Morton avenue, belonging to Mrs. Moses; damage about $900; caused by tipping over a lamp.
Sept. 3. Box 31, woods fire at Lynnhurst.
Sept. 5. Still alarm, woods fire, rear of W. Moody's.
Sept. 6. Still alarm, woods fire, near Wakefield line.
Sept. 10. Still alarm, woods fire on Broadway, land of F. R. Austin.
Sept. 12. Box 18, woods fire at Oaklandvale.
Sept. 12. Still alarm, woods fire, land of M. L. Penney.
Sept. 13. Still alarm, woods fire, land of J. Whitehead.
Sept. 13. Still alarm, woods fire, opp. J. Longfellow's, Oak- landvale.
Sept. 14. Still alarm, woods fire, rear of H. Howard's, Oak- landvale.
Sept. 14. Still alarm, woods fire, rear of H. Howard's, Oak- landvale.
Sept. 15. Still alarm, for woods fire east of J. Longfellow's.
161
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Sept. 15. Still alarm, for woods fire, land of W. Scott.
Sept. 15. Still alarm, for woods fire, land of J. Whitehead.
Sept. 16. Still alarm, for woods fire, land of J. Whitehead. Oct. 7. Box 18, false alarm.
Oct. 14. Box 25, house 487 Central street; caused by defective fireplace; damage to house and contents, $400.
Firemen's Salaries.
Appropriation
$1,400 00
Hose I
F. V. Learoyd
$35 00
A. B. Mansfield
35 00
C. W. Davis
35 00
J. McGilvray
35 00
P. Haigh 35 00
D. Hanson
35 00
C. Stevens 35 00
L. Worthley
35 00
E. F. Ryder II 68
W. D. Adlington
8 75
$300 43
Hose 2.
P. A. Flaherty
$35 00
W. A. Raddin
35 00
A. F. Sachesse
35 00
H. Smith
35 00
P. Lyons
35 00
M. F. O'Neil
35 00
M. F. Cunningham
21 34
J. P. Devine 34 21
J. Stewart 2I
54
Amount carried forward, 274 22
$300 43
162
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward,
274 22 $300 43
H. Palmer
8 76
E. Hanson
9 66
P. J. Flaherty
14 06
J. Hanson
14 06
E. Rea
14 06
O. E. Mosher
13 10
347 92
Hose 3.
C. L. Putney $35 00
W. L. Putney
35 00
Levi Florence 35 00
C. W. Oliver
35 00
J. W. Newhall
35 00
E. A. Whitcomb
35 00
G. W. Blodgett
35 00
B. Perkins
20 97
E. Evans, Jr.
20 97
O. A. Cook
13 39
I. A. Farnham
17 50
331 22
Hook and Ladder No. 1.
F. Ramsdell $35 00
R. Mansfield
35 00
J. Wentworth 35 00
C. Sellick
35 00
F. Symonds 35 00
C. L. Davis
35 00
H. W. Williams 35 00
J. E. Mansfield 35 00
C. Berrett 17 50
297 50
Total
$1,277 07
Less appropriation I22 93
163
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
, Appropriation $2,000 00
Expenditures.
Bills Presented :--
Feb. 5, 1900.
N. R. Stiles, coal $6 75
A. Sweetser, wood 4 50
Cairns Bros., record books 10 00
Lynn G. & E. Co., lighting
24 10
J. F. Pratt, labor on line
33 64
A. M. Stocker, coal
43 14
H. S. Haskell, repairs on wagon,
I 50
J. Whitehead, supplies and horse hire
30 15
H. O. Pratt, supplies and horse hire 55 70
H. A. Turner, horse hire 14 00
D. S. Bannon, labor on wire 3 72
E. V. Stevens, horse hire 6 75
R. Y. Russell & Son, printing ...
4 00
237 95
March 5.
Lynn G. & E. Co., lighting $5 10
J. A. Farnham, services I 95
B. & M. R. R., freight 40
J. E. Field, sign I 00
C. W. Luce, chairs Hose 3 . . ..
17 55
H. O. Pratt, services and supplies,
26 75
G. W. Amerige, rent hose house No. 2 62 50
A. M. Stocker, coal 20 15
J. P. Devine, call man 2 00
The Burnett Co., vitriol 28 13
165 53
Amount carried forward,
$403 48
164
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward,
$403 48 April 2.
J. A. Farnham, services as clerk, $5 00
H. C. Davis, repairing stove 4 30
C. L. Davis, horse hire 2 00
E. Stevens, horse hire
2 50
H. O. Pratt, coal
13 25
Caugh & Seeley Co., repairs on telephone 3 75
C. O. Thompson, expressing 60
Lynn G. & E. Co., lighting
21 00
52 40
April 16.
F. Stocker, horse hire $24 50
J. Brymer, washing hose 75
H. Deary, call man No. 3
3 25
C. D. Fiske, supplies 2 18
J. E. Field, sign 50
A. M. Stocker, coal 16 25
J. W. Hanson, removing snow. . 2 50
W. H. Hutchinson, supplies
3 25
H. A. Turner, horse hire 30 00
E. R. Coombs, supplies
8 10
91 28
April 23.
J. Whitehead, supplies $26 90
A. B. Mansfield, labor on line 2 00
S. Cameron, labor on line 2 98
O. Cahoon, labor on line.
2 60
C. Callahan Co., supplies . F. V. Learoyd and others, wash- ing hose
4 00
E. Stevens, horse hire 26 25
C. A. Blakeley, repairs on truck,
8 00
J. Cusalito, horse hire 2 00
6 50
Amount carried forward, 81 23
547 16
165
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, 81 23 $547 16
H. O. Pratt, horse hire and coal, 26 25
A. Sachesse, glass
75
J. Devine, washing hose
I 75
P. Lyons, washing hose
I 50
Cochrane Chemical Co., vitriol . .
4 40
J. F. Pratt, labor on line 20 20
E. Stevens, steward Hose No. I . .
40 00
M. F. O'Neil, steward Hose
No. 2
35 00
J. Brymer, steward Hose No. 3. . 30 00
J. E. Mansfield, removing ashes . . 3 00
244 08
May 8.
J. C. Townsend, services $1 00
C. H. Davis, horse hire 2 00
J. A. Farnham, painting boxes and hydrants .
13 87
H. A. Turner, horse hire
16 50
W. F. Turner, services 2 50
R. W. Copeland, services 2 00
C. D. Fiske, supplies
5 42
O. Symonds, services
75
H. O. Pratt, horse hire
4 00
$48 04
June 4.
A. J. Farnham, labor on hy- drants $16 13
H. O. Pratt, horse hire I 00
C. S. Knowles, gross of bottles. . 12 50
Knight & Thomas, two No. 7 extinguishers 44 00
E. J. Coverly, axle oil
25
E. Stevens, horse hire 3 00
C. D. Fiske, supplies
80
Amount carried forward, 77 68
$839 28
166
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, 77 68 $839 28
G. M. Amerige, rent hose house No. 2 68 50
O. Cahoon, lineman 6 55
152 73
July 2.
W. H. Hutchinson, supplies $3 50
J. Brymer, services 5 00
Lynn G. & E. Co., lighting II 69
E. Stevens, horse hire 10 00
H. O. Pratt, horse hire IO 25
H. C. Davis, labor and supplies ..
3 18
W. E. Decraw, keys
I 00
44 62
July 16.
J. Robbins, badges $7 50
S. A. D. Forristall, vitriol 25 79
C. Callahan, supplies 45 50
H. K. Barnes, supplies
4 00
8 50
Sprague & Breed, kennel coal .. . Pettengill, Andrews Co., 100 cap- pers
8 00
D. S. Bannon, supplies
5 70
104 99
Aug. 7.
J. F. Pratt, services $25 00
H. C. Davis, supplies 6 39
A. B. Mansfield, services 2 00
W. H. Hutchinson, supplies
I 20
E. Stevens, horse hire and ser- vices 12 00
H. O. Pratt, horse hire and ser- vices
8 25
C. D. Fiske, supplies I 65
Amount carried forward, 56 49
$1,141 62
167
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, 56 49
$1,141 62
Beattie Zinc Works, supplies ... 2 33
Knight & Thomas, repairing ex- tinguishers 2 00
C. Callahan Co., repairing ex- tinguishers 15 75
H. A. Turner, horse hire and ser- vices 19 00
95 57
Sept. I. A. Edmands, curtains and fix- tures $15 00
G. M. Amerige, rent for hose house No. 2 62 50
77 50
Sept. 17.
H. C. Davis, labor and supplies. . $16 98
J. Whitehead, horse hire and sup- plies 30 69
T. Foley, washing hose I 75
J. P. Devine, washing hose
I 75
E. Harding, services
75
H. Palmer, services
75
F. V. Learoyd, washing hose. I 50
J. C. Townsend, services I 00
H. O. Pratt, horse'hire
3 00
E. B. Newhall, 2 poles
I 85
H. A. Turner, horse hire and ser- vices 8 50
E. Stevens, horse hire and ser- vices 16 75
85 27
Oct. I.
Lynn G. & E. Co., lighting . $9 86
Amount carried forward,
9 86
1,399 96
168
FIRE DEPARTMENT,
Amount brought forward,
9 86 1,399 96
H. O. Pratt, services and sup- plies 43 60
A. A. Hawkes, soda I 60
W. L. Newhall, repairing hose house No. 3
15 00
C. E. Perry, register tape 3 30
Walter Scott, vitriol
2 38
75 74
Nov. 5.
E. Stevens, services $IO 50
W. H. Stocker, supplies 2 24
A. B. Mansfield, services 3 60
H. O. Pratt, services 8 60
H. A. Turner, services
7 50
G. Manter, supplies
2 30
G. A. Putney, supplies
I 40
Saugus Branch Groc'y, supplies, Sawyer, expressing I 25
19 34
Orthodox Society, repairing
4 42
O. Gallup, supplies
I 00
C. A. Blakeley, repairs
19 00
N. Somes, services
50
J. P. Devine, services
75
P. Lyons, services
2 50
O. Cahoon, services
2 95
J. F. Pratt, services 21 05
Hall & Beede, supplies 3 74
G. N. Blodgett, services I 40
J. W. Paul, repairs house No. 3, 23 75
C. D. Fiske, supplies 2 22
140 OI
Dec. 3.
G. M. Amerige, rent and water for hose house No. 2 ......
$68 50
Amount carried forward, 68 50
1,615 71
169
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward,
68 50
1,615 71
Brockway-Smith Corp., supplies,
99
E. Stevens, services
I 00
H. O. Pratt, wood 4 6I
C. H. Stocker, coal and wood. . .
14 50
W. L. Newhall, labor
7 00
A. B. Mansfield, labor
75
Pettingill, Andrews & Co., sup- plies
7 63
104 98
Dec. 17.
S. A. D. Forristall, vitriol $27 33
Pettingill, Andrews & Co., sup- plies 23 71
Sampson & Allen, supplies 5 55
F. N. Barker, setting poles 22 00
J. F. Pratt, labor on line 14 30
A. B. Mansfield, labor on line ..
I 00
-
93 89
Dec. 31.
Lynn G. & E. Co., lighting $17 92
D. Mansfield, labor on line I 00
S. Cameron, labor on line 3 00
R. L. Mansfield, labor on line . ..
9 25
A. B. Mansfield, labor on line ..
9 00
J. F. Pratt, labor and supplies . . II 78 J. W. Whitehead, horse hire and supplies 6 35
H. O. Pratt, coal and wood
37 75
Oak Hall Clothing Co., sup-
plies . 4 75
A. B. Mansfield, labor 2 00
Geo. Macomber, repair'g furnace,
17 63
E. Newhall, expressing 3 00
W. L. Crafts, supplies 5 00
Amount carried forward, 128 43
1,814 38
170
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward,
128 43
1,814 38
C. D. Fiske, supplies
2 05
C. H. Stocker, coal and wood ..
6 25
H. A. Turner, horse hire
2 50
W. Hutchinson, supplies .
I 95
F. Stocker, horse hire and ser- vices
40 50
Saugus Branch Groc'y, supplies,
82
182 50
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Total expenditures
1,996 88
$3 12
Returned to Treasurer
2 50
Balance
.
$5 62
Fire Apparatus.
The apparatus consists of 3 hose wagons, I hook and ladder truck, 4 Underwriters' and 6 Babcock hand extinguishers, 4800 feet of 21/2-inch hose, 100 feet of garden hose, 3 plain brass pipes and 7 regulation play pipes, 12 extinguishers in public buildings, 4 sets of double harness, 2 45-foot extension ladders, 2 20-foot roof ladders, I 45-foot, I 30-foot, I 25-foot ladders, 2 20-foot and I 30-foot roof ladders, one pull-down hook with chain and rope attached, 3 crotch poles, 8 lanterns, 3 long hooks, 2 axes, 3 bars, 20 spanners and belts, 12 lighters, 30 rubber coats, 14 fire hats, 3 axes, I plaster hook, 3 wrenches, 3 jump nets, 6 18-foot extension ladders, 8 horse blankets, 3 drag ropes.
Report of Water Commissioners.
Extension of System.
Fairmont Street:
100 feet 6-in. pipe at 90 cents .. $90 00
I 6-in. plug
60
Ledge work
130 00
$220 60
Park Avenue:
48 feet 4-in. pipe at 70 cents
$33 60
I 6x4 reducer 4 40
I 4-in. plug
40
38 40
Dream Street:
353 feet 4-in. pipe at 70 cents. $247 10
I 4-in. plug 40
Ledge work
40 00
I 4-in. gate and box
20 00
Lead, yarn, etc.
15 00
322 50
Denver Street:
108 feet 6-in. pipe at 85 cents .. $91 80
I 6-in. plug
60
92 40
Essex Street :
180 feet 8-in. pipe at $1.15 $207 00
I 8-in plug .
70
Lead, fuel, yarn, etc.
13.00
220 70
Amount carried forward, 894 60
.
172
WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, 894 60
Stone Street :
30 feet 4-in. pipe at 70 cents
$21 00
I 4-in. plug 40
21 40
Jasper Street:
745 feet 6-in. pipe at 80 cents
$596 00
I hydrant
40 00
I 6-in. gate and box 22 00
2 6-in. Ts at $6.00
12 00
I 6-in. plug
60
Lead, yarn, etc.
32 50
703 10
Cross Street :
250 feet 6-in. pipe at So cents . $200 00
I 6-in. plug .
60
Lead, yarn, etc.
II 24
2II 84
Auburn Street:
105 feet 6-in. pipe at 80 cents
$84 00
I 6-in. plug
60
Lead, yarn, etc. 4 12
I 6-in T 6 00
94 72
Auburn Court:
156 feet 6-in. pipe at 80 cents
$124 80
I hydrant 40 00
I gate and box 22 00
Lead, fuel, etc.
15 94
I 6-in. T
6 00
I 6-in. plug
60
Expense under B. & M. R. R. ..
24 00
233 34
Amount carried forward, 2,159 00
173
WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward. 2,159 00
Hespar Street:
840 feet 6-in. cast iron pipe at 95 cents $798 00
372 feet 4-in. cast iron pipe at 75 cents 279 00
2 hydrants
80 00
I 6-in. gate and box
22 00
I 4-in. gate and box
20 00
I 6-in. bend
4 00
2 6-in. Ts
12 00
I 4-in. T 4 00
I 4-in. plug 40
Ledge work
400 00
Lead, yarn, fuel, etc. 52 50
1,67I 90
Western Avenue:
720 feet 6-in. cast iron pipe at 85 cents $612 00
I 6-in. gate and box 22 00
I hydrant 40 00
2 6-in. Ts
12 00
I 8x6 T 7 00
Ledge work
240 00
Lead, yarn, fuel, etc. 28 00
Connecting with cement pipe .. 15 00
976 00
Repairs, etc., for 1900:
Lowering pipe eight inches under cul- vert, Central street : $118 00
Lowering pipe six inches, Newcomb avenue 105 00 .
New box across bridge, Pranker's Mills: E. B. Newhall, labor and material, $44 67 267 67
Amount carried forward, 5,074 57
174
WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
5,074 57
H. W. Heath, felting 4 50
Labor . 19 50
68 67
D. B. Willis, repairs $4 49
W. L. Newhall, repairs
4 65
B. Perkins, repairs 18 II
R. Y. Russell, stationery
I 75
Y. I. Snow, repairs
I 50
B. Perkins, repairs I 75
Tools
59 85
12 steamer caps
II 76
Lynn Water Board, changing service pipe 7 00
IIO 86
Levi G. Hawkes, surveying, copying, etc. 70 00
H. C. Davis, labor on Essex street . . $8 00
Break, Franklin square 24 00
Break, Baker street 7 00
Moving hydrant, Lincoln avenue 8 00
Repairs on Main street
24 00
Repairs on Hesper street
14 00
Repairs on 26 hydrants, gate boxes, etc. 73 II
David Hanson, labor
2 66
160 77
Total amount expended
$5,440 20
Amount carried forward, 5,440 20
175
WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, 5,440 20
Balance of 1899 Appropriation
$708 53
Stock, on Jan. 1, 1900
291 99
Appropriation of 1900
5,000 00
$6,000 52
Less stock on hand Jan. 1, 1901 . 215 00
5,785 52
Amount expended as per report 5,440 20
$345 32
C. I. HITCHINGS, EDWARD BRYANT, G. CLARENCE PARCHER, Water Commissioners.
TABLE Showing Location, etc., of Water Pipes laid since 1887.
DIMENSIONS OF PIPES.
NAME OF STREET.
YEAR LAID.
IO IN.
8 IN.
6 IN.
4 IN.
Adams ave., cast iron . . .
3,130
...
IS87-91-94
Atherton, 74 inch cast iron ...
393
ISS7
Auburn, 164 feet 4 inch cast iron.
IS99
Auburn court, 156 feet 6 inch cast iron.
1900
Auburn, off Cross St., 105 feet 6 inch cast iron ..
1900
Avon .....
SZI
ISS7
Baker, cast iron
IS92
Ballard, cast iron .
.....
...
6II
......
IS94
Broadway, cast iron
1,399
......
IS96-97
Central ...
.....
.....
ISS7
Columbus ave., cast iron
1,278
......
591
IS91
Cottage
......
504
I S90
Clifton
.....
....
484
IS87
Castle
I887
Cliftondale ave., cast iron
2 So
.....
IS9I
Curtis, cast iron ..
1893
Cliff Path, cast iron ....
247
IS93
Cleveland ave., cast iron .
1,130.7
180
1894
Cross S. C., 250 feet 6 inch cast iron
.....
1900
Crescent, cast iron
IS94
Denver, 1,545 cast iron ..
.....
357 1,854
1887-92-98
Denver Street court, 395 4 inch cast iron
......
483
IS98
Dream, 353 feet 4 inch cast iron ... .
1900
Edison, cast iron
......
......
1896-97
Elm, cast iron
......
......
1892-97
Elm, Saugus Centre, cast iron
2,365
......
1895
Essex, 583 13-10 inch cast iron.
4,432-5
603
1891
Emery court, cast iron ...
....
.....
....
. . ....
IS99
Eustis, cast iron
692
IO
......
IS93-97
Elmwood ave., cast iron
315
......
1894
Endicott, cast iron ..
1,020
......
1894
Fair View ....
IS87
Fairmount, 100 feet 6 inch cast iron.
.....
100
443
1899-00
Fairmount-Street court, 313 4 inch cast iron .. Felton, 349 cast iron
......
1,000
.. ..
.....
.....
494
IS97
Fairmount ave., cast iron.
.....
72
733
1894-97
Franklin, cast iron
.....
...
310
I889
Grove, cast iron .
. .
...
448
Hamilton.
.....
274
242
1895-97
Herbert ave., cast iron.
......
.....
685.5
1892
Hesper, 1,296 feet 6 inches cast iron.
2,156
372
1899-1900
Horton, cast iron.
...
......
..
393.2
1892
Jackson-St. court
.. .
. .
.....
950
1892-1900
Johnson, cast iron .
.. .. .....
.....
......
624
Kent, cast iron .
.....
......
247.5
Laurel, cast iron
.....
......
468
244.5
1887-92
Levin, cast iron.
.....
......
I44
1895
Lincoln avenue.
1887
Lynnwood, cast iron ....
5,230
.....
....
602
1887-96
Main, Saugus, 374 7-10 cast iron.
2,362.7
.....
. ..
1887-92
Main, Cliftondale, 722 5-10 cast iron .
870.5
....
. ..
1889-93-94 1892-97
Marden, cast iron .
.....
...
451 .2
.. .
...
. .
......
....
......
573
....
7,658
540
484
IS93
Cross, Cliftondale, cast iron ..
... .
.
...
IS98
Ernest, 404 feet 4 inch cast iron
..
300
..
IS99
Foster ...
Forest ave., cast iron
.....
... 489.5
413
1893
Granite court ..
. .
242
IS96
Harrison ave., cast iron.
375
716
IS91-92
Jackson ....
1887
......
1,397
237
1887
Jasper, 745 cast iron
201
1896
Knowles ave., cast iron
1892
1883
. . .
First, cast iron
.....
High, cast iron ...
....
.. .
......
1,286
I887-92-00
Emery, cast iron
......
287
725.10
..
. .
...
......
3,149
1889-91-92 I891
1894
1887
....
177
WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
TABLE .- Continued.
NAME OF STREET.
YEAR LAID.
IO IN.
8 IN.
6 IN.
4 IN.
Maple, Cliftondale.
1889-94
Maple, Saugus, cast iron.
610
1894-95
Morton ave., 337 5-10.
1,202.5
1891-93
Mountain ave ..
293
1887
Mt. Vernon, 404 feet 6 inch cement-
1,150
II
1887-93
Myrtle, 278 feet cement.
992
1887-95
Newcomb ave., cast iron
264
...
292.5
1892
Pearson
487
1887
Park avenue, 48 4 cast iron
8c
299
1891-97-00
Parker, cast iron.
447
1,243
1887
Pleasant ave., cast iron
612
1892
Putnam, cast iron ..
....
492.5
1893
Rhodes, 126 feet 4 inch cast iron .
...
. .
1899
Richard, cast iron . .
253
...
1895-96
Riverside court
1887
Summer, 1,055 feet 6 inch cast iron
2,17I
97
1887-94
Second, cast iron
394
1894
Sherman, cast iron
410
1894-95
Stone, 30 4 cast iron
771
1897-98-00
Tuttle, cast iron.
.....
.....
377.2
1892
Taylor, 132 cast iron
.....
.....
11,87
1887-93
Vermont avenue, cast iron
......
.....
387
1892
Vincent, cast iron ...
240
1894-96
Western avenue, 720 feet 6 inch cast iron
1892-00
Winter.
1887
Woodbury avenue
1891
Whitney, cast iron
908.5
...
1893
Wakefield avenue. . .
....
214
1896
Walnut (Pleasant Hill), cast iron
......
449
1894
Walnut, North Saugus, east iron.
2, 13I
.. .
.....
1895
Wendell, cast iron.
. ..
.....
185
1894
. ..
.. .
. .
....
......
.....
5,350
2,363.6
356
....
.....
1894-97
Pleasant .
...
1,690
1897
Oak, cast iron.
DIMENSIONS OF PIPES.
Report of Board of Health.
The Board of Health respectfully submits its annual report for the year 1900. 6
The Board was organized as follows: George W. Gale, M. D., Chairman; William F. Belcher, Secretary; Benjamin F. Robinson, Health Officer.
Regular meetings of the Board are held at the Town Hall on the first Monday of each month at 8 o'clock P. M.
We would still urge upon the citizens of the Town the necessity for the better construction of cesspools and espe- cially the necessity of putting in a manhole large enough to admit of the passage of a man's body for the purpose of clean- ing the same properly.
In regard to the collection of ashes, swill and garbage, we would report that according to the vote made at the March meeting the same has been attended to; since May Ist, there has been a collection made in the three villages once each week, and many of the citizens have taken advantage of the same and are much pleased with the crude system now in vogue. To do this work in a proper manner, the swill should be collected twice each week and a cart made for this special purpose obtained and no other vehicle allowed to collect swill in any other way. Once each week at the present time will suffice to collect ashes and garbage. .
Quite a number of families during the past year have had their yards cleaned out and put in a sanitary condition and now have all rubbish carted away at the weekly visit of the ash cart. There are yet many families who still make a dump of their back yard, and we hope they will avail themselves of the opportunity offered to have the same carted away, and help to make all yards clean and wholesome.
There have been a large number of complaints made during
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the year and all have been attended to and all nuisances abated without recourse to the law courts.
We have been exempt from any epidemic of fever or other contagious diseases and think that with increased sanitary measures we will escape to a great extent in the future.
We have to report the following cases of contagious dis- eases: Diphtheria, II; scarlet fever, 6; 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 suf- ficient size to contain at least eighty cubic feet, measured be- low two feet 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
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a cause of nuisance or sickness to the inhabitants or the pub- lic, 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 ex- pense 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 consent in writing of the Board. If the owner thereafter occupies, or knowingly permits the same to be occupied, without such permission 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 occu- pying the same.
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 dwell- ing-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.
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