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April 25 Mitchell & Douglas 7 69
One cow
45 00
Clifford Macomber, milking,
25
Harry Worth, horses from Boston .
34
1 G. G. Humphreys 45
26 Ross Worth, milking I
25
Railroad fare to Boston
38
Overseers of Poor, cash
100 00
J. F. Burnham's salary from April 18 . 16 67
Mitchell & Douglass
18
27
P. B. Magrane
4 30
28 American Express Co. 25
29 Telephone . IO
American Express Co.
25
J. S. Meacom
I 00
W. P. Hood, asparagus
plants 2 50
Truck for manure spreader .
20
30 O. P. Symonds, baled shav- ings 12 50
Harry Worth
IO 50
American Express Co. 25
Postage stamps . 49
Soap and powder 00
. Charles H. Hibbard, labor 12 00
Town of Reading I OO
Cash on hand
145 61
380 46
May
2 American Express Co.
$ 40
3 American Express Co. 75
4 John H. Carter, I cow
60 00
Amount carried forward, $61 15
143
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $61 15
May 4 Charles Grover
50
Expense to Brighton
I 13
Newhall's Express 3º
6 Expenses to Boston and re- turn 38
LePage's glue 25
John Booth, labor, milking,
3 00
7 Harry Worth, labor
10 50
9 American Express Co.
50
IO Edmands Bros.
15 05
P. B. Magrane .
50
P. B. Magrane IO
II Railroad fare to Boston and
return
38
Hasp and staples
об
M. D. Milbury
5 75
Cars to Boston
20
~13 Foss, 2 cows 110 00
14 Freight on fertilizer
50
Harry Worth, labor
IO 50
Omega Oil, $1.00; witch- hazel, .50
I 50
Repairing Eaton's boots
1 00
16 Boy, milking
20
J. B. Blood Co. .
80
17 Kate Connell, labor
17 71
19 Shoes for George Eaton Expenses to Lynn
20
Fruit .
25
21 Fare to Boston
38
Harry Worth, labor
10 50
22 Express
75
23 T. C. Small
II 50
24 Tilden & Adlington
40 97
3 50
Amount carried forward, $310 OI
I44
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$310 01
May 26 Fruit .
25
27 Garden seeds
I5
Besse, Rolfe & Co.
J 96
J. B. Blood .
88
J. B. Blood
65
Lamp chimney
5
Repairing roller .
50
M. J. Curley, grain
79 20
Soap and powder
2 00
Lewando's bill
1 75
Gordon's bill
75
Curtis & Ellis
I
23
J. B. Blood
I 20
28
Bag .
25
Harry Worth, labor
10 50
3I Postage stamps
50
Albert Wood, labor
15 00
Cash balance on hand .
277 26
June
3 Trip ticket to Boston
$2 75
Coat and hat hooks
20
Expense in Boston
.
25
Esterbrook & Eaton
3 92
W. J. Curley
170 92
Edmands Bros., milk .
70
Electric fare to Boston and return
IO
4 Edmands Bros., milk . Harry Worth, labor
IO 50
9 Thos. P. Nichols
3 50
J. B. Blood Co. H. E. Wright
95
7 80
IO Butman & Cressey
138 65
$704 09
70
Amount carried forward, $340 94
-
145
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$340 94
June II Fruit . . 25
Harry Worth, labor
10 50
I3 H. E. Wright
7 80
Fruit .
25
I4 J. A. Murphy
I 50
Mrs. Blakeley, labor
6 75
George H. Atkinson
I 25
William Milbury
I 00
Lewis & Co.
20
15 Harrison Bros.
II 52
19 Vegtables .
25
Harry Worth, labor
IO 50
20 A. A. Rhodes
5 50
Fruit .
20
2I Raymond Syndicate
I 45
Telephone . Hobbs & Warren Co.
15
22 Repairs on mowing machine,
I5
23 Expense to Boston
49
26 John F. Hunt
71 40
Harry Worth, labor
IO 50
27 Raymond syndicate Milk .
1 80
28 Newhall's express I 25
29 Milk, Gilligan
2 00
Expenses to Brighton
25
One extra cow
60 00
Charles Grover .
50
J. Edward Burnham, labor .
25 00
30 Albert Wood
10 00
Cash on hand
138 53
$723 33
0
I 00
45
*
146 OVERSEERS' REPORT. July 2 Two cans milk $ 90
July
5 Mrs. William Milbury, labor, I 50
6 Vegetables . 25
E. Evans, Jr. 24 41
7 E. Curtis McKenney 10 15
Albert Wood, labor 24 75
Twenty-five trip ticket to Boston 2 75
Harrison Brothers
·
8.23
- Expense to Boston
40
9 Harry Worth, labor
IO 50
I2 Tilden & Adlington Katie Connell, labor
13 90
2 57
I3 Expense to Brighton
40
Postage stamps ·
49
Harry Jordan, labor
22 00
14 Berries
50
15 Fruit .
25
C. A. Blakeley
31 58
Dr. Playdon
6 00
Baker
25
Harry Worth, labor
10 50
Harry Worth, extra labor
I 75
18 .T. Gilligan
I 20
F. E. Coyle
80
19 A. M. Ferguson . .
25
20 Charles Grover
1 00
Two cows in Brighton, $50 each
100 00
Raymond syndicate
50
Expense to Brighton
45
2 I Clement's emporium
2 00
22 William Gabriel, cash G. W. Felton
50
95
Amount carried forward,
$292 18
-
Harry Worth, labor IO 50
147
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$292 18 25
July 22 George Eaton, suspenders W. H. Perkins, labor .
3 75
D. H. Perkins, labor . .
6 02
23 Frank Reynolds, labor 26 25
Sam Swanton, labor
54 00
James Boyle, labor
42 00
Harry Worth, labor
IO 50
25 Clement's Emporium Horse fly net
.
50
1 50
26 Baker
20
Iron button for door
5
Two yards screen cloth
I4
Saddle pad for Nell
50
One curry comb .
25
27 Difference in cows
10 00
Expense to Brighton
1 00
Charles Grover
1 00
Record book
65
29 Pola chips
40
Red ink
10
Black ink
25
Expenses to Boston
40
Raymond syndicate
25
John W. McLean
I 00
Bowker Insekide Co.
23 08
A. L. Davis
4 88
D. J. Green
7 00
James Forgies
31 72
James Bryden Co.
2 50
John P. Squire Co.
9 84
30 John F. Burnham, salary,
May and June . 83 34
Harry Worth, labor ·
10 50
Cash, balance on hand ·
13 10
1
$639
IO
148
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Aug. I American Express
$ 25
Newhall's Express 25
5 Vegetables and fruit Boy, labor .
.
25
6 Harry Worth, labor Fruit .
25
J. Edward Burnham, labor 48 79
48 28
A. B. Burnham, labor Expenses to Boston
.73
Vegetables and fruit
41
IO Berries
25
Medicine
25
I2 H. J. Berry
28
Curley Bros., grain
81 80
Fruit .
25
Berries
25
13 Davis & Young ·
85
Harry Worth, labor
10 50
Car fare
IO
17 Milk .
9 35
Boy, labor .
35
18 G. P. Spaulding
50
George H. Johnson
So
Cash Market
1 00
W. E. Emerson
60
Manilla rope
15
20 Patterson
I 48
Harry Worth, labor
10 50
22 G. P. Spaulding C. D. Fisk
3 00
23 Bugbee & Barrett
63
25 Fruit .
25
Bugbee & Barrett
42
26 William Gabriel, cash
25
Larabee & Stearns
50
Amount carried forward,
$272 2I
.
37 99
20
10 50
149
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $272 21
Aug. 26 Brock Bros.
15
John J. Golden .
162 50
29 Harry Worth, labor
IO 50
Boy, labor .
1 00
30 Bugbee & Barrett
I 55
H. B. Quint
15 30
Revere Water Co.
30 00
Registered letter
08
Bugbee & Barrett
55
Quincy Market
80
Larrabee & Stearns
40
Cash on hand
114 61
$609 65
Sept. 3 Harry Worth, labor
$10 50
5 Bag
25
6 F. C. Coyle
50
J. S. Meacom
40
Railroad fare to Boston
38
Joseph Breck & Sons .
18 73
John P. Squire & Co. .
4 52
A. T. Davis
IO 32
James Bryden Co.
3 72
Harrison Brothers
II 18
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa
2 45
John Booth, labor
25
Lunch in Boston .
25
7
P. R. Olaus
25
8 Bancroft Shoe Co.
8 75
IO Fruit .
25
Harry Worth, labor
IO 50
Boy, labor .
I 00
P. B. Magrane
2 So
Car fare to Lynn
IO
Amount carried forward, $87 10
150
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$87 10
Sept. 12 E. Newhall, express
I 70
Butman & Cressey
50 00
I3 Nails .
15
15 Tilden & Adlington
49 93
Postage stamps
25
I3 W. D. Langille . I 6c
16 Fields Shoe store
I 50
Fruit .
36
G. H. Penney
2 75
17 Lunch in Malden
25
Vegetables .
25
Harry Worth, labor
10 50
William Gabriel, labor
.
25
19 Esterbrook & Eaton
8 00
C. A. Bass .
75
Rubber for carriage
5
Care fare to Wellington
20
20 C. B. & S. H. Goss
I IO ·
Deering Lumber Co. .
I 75
2I One cow, W. Connor .
54 00
Grover, cow from Brighton,
50
Express to Brighton 75
H. A. Shepard & Co. 30
Hobbs & Warren Co. .
43
22 One quarter pound calomel, Willis 30
23 William Gabriel, extra labor,
25
Harness snap
35
24 Larabee & Stearns
20
Harry Worth, labor
·
IO 50
26 H. J. Perry
24
27 Soap and powder
10 00
Express to Boston
60
28 F. E. Coyle
I 45
Amount carried forward, $298 31
151
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $298 31
Sept. 28 A. A. Farquhar .
I 50
29 H. S. Page, bag
25
James F. Boyle, labor
50 00
30 Postage stamps . .
49
Sam Swanton, labor
51 00
J. B. Mainard
30
J. S. Burnham, salary for July .
41 69
Cash on hand October I
127 45
Oct.
I Baker
$ IO
Harry Worth
10 50
3
Fruit .
70
Vegetables .
JO
4 A. D. Farquhar .
75
Bowker Sterilizer Co. .
3 75
Bowker Insectide Co. .
12 00
International Harvest Co.
20 17
Esterbrook & Eaton
3 92
Express to Boston
.
38
P. B. Magrane
I 24
Expenses to Lynn
IO
5 The Gibbs Express Co.
70
Deering Lumber Co. .
2 22
Postage stamps
25
Robbins & Co.
38 12
7 John F. Hunt
61 20
8 Fruit .
30
Car fare
IO
C. D. Fisk .
36 55
Harry Worth, labor
10 50
15 Boston trip ticket
2 75
Harry Worth, labor
10 50
Amount carried forward,
$216 90
.
for
$570 99
152
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $216 90
Oct. 19 Three cows in Brighton
162 00
C. F. Eaton
65
Expenses to Brighton .
50
Frank E. Fisk
35 00
Charles Grover
I 50
20 Curtis & Ellis
25
A. A. French
80
Plumstead & Son
1 00
J. W. Harding & Co. . 33
W. H. Penney 50
2I William Gabriel, extra labor, 50
Harness soap 05
T. W. Rogers ·
I 18
22 Harry Worth, labor .
10 50
Weather strips for door 50
Harness repairs 20
26 James Bayle, labor 25 00
29 Perley Brothers . 159 OI
Harry Worth, labor
IO 50
O. P. Symonds & Son
16 50
3I Katie Connell, labor
34 85
Tilden & Adlington
36 79
J. F. Burnham, August sal- ary .
41 67
Cash on hand
28 57
$785 25
Nov. 2 Joseph Woodhead
$1 00
3 Flour sifter
35
Preserved citron
35
Fruit .
30
G. P. Spaulding
2 00
7 T. F. Tuttle
6 25
J. M. Harris
2 31
Amount carried forward, $12 56
1
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
153
Amount brought forward,
$12 56
Nov. 7 Butman & Cressey
134 07
A. M. Ferguson
45
M. Stocker, weighing salt hay ·
40
P. B. Magrane
.
40
Traveling to Lynn
.
IO
9 Squash seed 25
W. H. Cooper 2 92
IO Repairing boots . 25
Quincy Market .
75
II Tilden & Adlington 22 51
Sawyer & Berrett, ice 21 26
Joseph Whitehead 34 10
Newhall's Express
3 60
Repairing boots .
IO
J. A. Raddin I 90
I2 J. W. Harding & Co. 50
'13 E. Curtis McKenney 75
16 Atherton-Guilford Lumber Co. 7 71
17 Tower Hill Fish Market
8 19
18 Expense to Boston
50
C. W. Bates & Yerxa
36 21
A. F. Davis
27 76
John P. Squire .
20 II
Harrison Bros. Co.
19 78
F. Putnam & Co.
I 25
I9 E. Newhall, express
I 50
2I Ice
25
Freight, B. & M. R. R.
25
Lunt, Moore & Co.
2 35
Esterbrook & Eaton
3 92
Express to Boston
35
22 Newhall's Express
.
25
Amount carried forward, $367 25
11
154
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $367 25
Nov. 22 Lunt, Moore & Co. I OO
Expenses to Boston IO
25 William Gabriel . 50
I 50 26 Warren F. Wetherell & Co., Richardson & Brackett 2 10
H. A. Jaynes I 06
2S W. Henry Hutchinson 52 41
C. W. Learned & Co. 20 50
J. M. Nelson .
35
Travelling expenses to Lynn, IO
Repairing boots .
15
Registered letter .
13
29 Two pairs gloves
50
One pair mittens .
25
Henry Kelly
1 00
Expense to Boston
40
30 J. F. Burnham, salary. Sep- tember and October S3 34
Cash on hand 144 79
$677 43
Dec. I J. W. Harding & Co. $1 25
Repairing clock .
25
Trolley IO
3 P. Marrow, labor 1 00
5 Butman & Cressey S7 89
6 Difference on 50
14 Brockway-Smith Corp. 72
Trolley to Lynn . IO
16 Joseph Whitehead
75
Express to Boston 45
Tie for Frank Fisk 15
Suspenders for Gabe
25
Raymond Syndicate
2 25
Amount carried forward, $95 66
155
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $95 66
Dec. 16 Esterbrook & Eaton . 4 00
Walter C. Menzer & Co.
7 92
Bailey's express .
15
17 Postage stamps
25
21 Expense to Brighton
50
23 William Gabriel .
50
Curley Bros.
100 00
28 J. F. Hunt
8:00
29 H. B. Quint 9 60
3I J. T. Parker
3 50
C. D. Fisk
12 57
Tilden & Adlington
27 16
Expense to Boston
38
John P. Squire Co.
9 93
M. F. DeArcy & Co. .
6 15
Jackson & Newton Co. 27 00
Cobb. Bates & Yerxa .
8 38
W. C. Menzer Co.
8 5S
C. A. Blakeley
29 00
Expense to Boston and filing saw's
I 63
James Boyle, labor
57 45
Sam Swanson. labor
85 72
Katie Connell, labor
48 57
J. W. Harding & Co.
2 +7
Henry E. Wright & Son
2 00
J. F. Burnham, salary
41 67
A. F. Davis
IS 74
J. F. Hunt
160 55
J. H. Hewes
75 00
Curley Bros.
144 15
J. F. Burnham, salary .
41 67
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa
.
9 20
Cash on hand
2 62
.
--
SI. 124 67
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OVERSEERS' REPORT.
In presenting the above report, the Overseers of the Poor realize, owing to circumstances over which they had no control, the success of the past year has not been quite equal to that of the previous year. The resignation of J. B. Wiggin and the employment of J. F. Burnham, as Warden of the Saugus Home, was at a very inopportune time, the latter assuming the position on the 18th of April. But little preparatory spring farm work had been done and the present Warden was handicapped by the wet weather and backward spring, which set in when he was ready for work. Then, too, it was found that neither of the work horses were fit for what was required of them, and they had to be sold and two others purchased. Another drawback during the year was the dry weather, which set in just as the second crop of grass needed moisture, and what bid fair to yield from 15 to 20 tons of hay resulted in almost a total failure.
This Board recommended in its last annual report an appro- priation of $3,500.00, but, through some misunderstanding, the Appropriation Committee recommended, and the Town voted, only $2,500.00. This amount was inadequate for the ordinary requirements, and when the sum of $921.05 (about double the usual amount required) had to be paid out for aid to those belonging to outside districts (which will be refunded), and a horse which had to be purchased from the appropriation, . accounts in a great measure for the overdraw.
The Overseers, through the efforts of the Town Counsel, Henry C. Attwill, Esq., secured the sum of $165.07 from the Salem Savings Bank, the accumulation of a deposit made by a person who had received support from the Town and died in 1877, and which had never before been claimed.
The Home is well kept and the inmates (4) properly cared for. The Warden, Mr. Burnham, and the Matron, Mrs. Burn- ham, appear well fitted for their duties.
The Board concludes this report by recommending that the sum of $3,000.00 be appropriated for the ensuing year.
Respectfully submitted, JAMES A. HALLIDAY, GEORGE H. AMES, HENRY N. OLIVER.
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Selectmen's Report.
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
We take pleasure in presenting our report to our fellow citi- zens at the termination of our official year.
We feel proud of Saugus and its citizens who have made our Town such an attractive and prosperous residential district. We are certainly well up in the list of model towns. After extend- ing our sincere' thanks for the confidence reposed in us, we respectfully submit the following. report of the expenditures made during the past year.
Central Street.
At last (so to speak) the above street has been widened, graded and built according to the plans of the County Commissioners, the Boston & Northern Street Railroad Co. has laid its track and is operating its cars over same. The improvement must com- mend itself to every citizen of the Town as one of lasting benefit. Next spring it will be necessary for the Board to at once, either arrange with the County Commissioners, or recommend that the Town build or repair such retaining walls and fences as were: damaged by the above reconstruction of the street.
Road Roller.
The committee consisting of the Board of Selectmen made various visits and inquiries of various agents, and finally con- cluded to purchase a Buffalo Pitts Road Roller which has proved very satisfactory to the Superintendent of Streets.
Last year the Board granted a franchise to the Maplewood & Danvers Street Railroad Co. to lay a double track over what is
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commonly known as the Newburyport Turnpike and later as Broadway. We fully expected at the time that we granted the franchise that they would begin work at once, but the company have been unable to obtain a charter up to the present time, owing to the tremendous opposition from two powerful corpora- tions. Our Board has been present at several hearings of the Railroad Commissioners and have done everything in their power in connection with the officials of other towns and cities, to make this proposed road an assured fact.
The Board this year petitioned, in conjunction with the city of Melrose, the State Highway Commission to take and lay out Essex street from Cliftondale square to Town Hall, Melrose. The petition is now before the commission for a hearing.
We desire to call the attention of the citizens to the fact that the Board has this year adjusted and arrived at an amicable set- tlement of the taxes on the Pranker Mills property, thereby enabling the heirs to dispose of the property to parties who have put it in thorough repair, and who are operating the plant at the present time.
An article will be put in the warrant asking the citizens to ratify the action of the Board at the coming Annual Town Meet- ing.
Highways and Bridges.
It may not be out of place to call the attention of the citizens to the general improvements that have been made this year under the Highway Department. After having gone over the streets and given them their spring cleaning, our efficient Super- intendent has resurfaced Winter street, also Lincoln avenue, from Cliftondale square to the Revere line; graded a large sec- tion of road at North Saugus; placed catch basins at the corner of Mt. Vernon and Laurel streets, Cliftondale, thereby relieving a long felt want, and made a lot of minor repairs too numerous to mention.
We congratulate the Superintendent for the way he has con- ducted the Street Department this year, and also the Town for having so competent a man for the place.
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Street Lighting.
We have 68 arc lamps at a cost of $67 per lamp, also 76 incandescent lamps at a cost of $16 per lamp. You will see by this that the total cost of the present system for the coming year will be about $5,772.
The Board made a 5-year contract with the Lynn Gas and Electric Co., on practically the same terms as the previous one, with the exception that the company made us some concessions in the matter of light for the Town Hall.
The service has been very satisfactory, and the citizens may rest assured that they are getting as much for their money as any other town or city in this vicinity. - The company has extended its gas pipes from Cliftondale, over Central street, and will be prepared to furnish the centre of the Town the coming summer with 90-cent gas.
There will, in all probability, be more or less calls for additional lights the coming year.
If the Town will slightly increase the appropriation the com- ing year the Board will be able to take care of any reasonable call for extensions.
Police Department.
The high state of efficiency of the Police Department is too well known to need any praise at our hands. We congratulate the Chief and his men for the manner in which they have con- ducted themselves during the past year.
For further information please consult the Police Department report.
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Fire Department.
This department has had a very busy year, having had nearly double as many alarms this year as last.
The fire-alarm system has not worked properly and has caused more or less just criticism from the citizens. A fire-alarm system must work accurately, at all times, in order to give the department the necessary information as to the location of the fire. It has not done it, and the condition of the system had become so
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demoralized that it became necessary to summons an expert to confer with Mr. Pratt as to the best method to take to correct it They have been over the line and have carefully noted 'all the possible chances that there might be of foreign interference from trees, other wires, poor insulation, etc. Mr. A. D. Wheeler electrician for the Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Co. has made some suggestions to the Board of Engineers which it would seem would have to be adopted in order to bring the system up to the proper standard.
It is well to say at this point that the trouble is not due to any one connected with the department but is the natural result of the extension of the system and also to the fact that some of the instruments in use have outlived their usefulness. The matter will be brought before the Town with an article covering the needs of the department.
Public Buildings.
The improvements that have been made this year are only what come naturally from wear and tear.
The two wooden school-houses at the center of the Town have been put in perfect order. The Lincoln avenue school-house has been shingled and the wooden school-house on Essex street has also been repaired. The Hose House at East Saugus has been repaired and painted.
The Town property is in very good condition but it will require quite a liberal appropriation each year in order to keep them so.
Finances.
The finances of the Town at the close of the year are about the same as they were at the close of 1903, that is to say that the proportion of the uncollected tax of 1904 is practically the same as it was in 1903, notwithstanding the fact that the Collector has collected about $10,000 more this year that he did last.
The Collector's report will show a marked improvement in the matter of taxes that are behind the two year limit, which is a step in the right direction, but which it will be necessary for the Collector to follow up diligently in the future in order to present to the Town a clean sheet at the close of the year 1905.
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Appropriations.
We would respectfully recommend that the following appro- priations be made for the ensuing year :
Highways and Bridges
$5,000
Selectmen's Incidentals
6,500
Insurance .
425
Public Buildings
1,000
Street Lighting .
5,875
Soldiers' Relief
350
ISAAC E. GRAVES, HENRY F. FISKE, FRANK P. BENNETT,
Board of Selectmen.
Assessors' Report
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1904.
Table of Aggregates of Polls, Property and Taxes Assessed May 1, 1904.
Number of polls assessed 1,543 ·
Number of persons paying property tax .
. 1,991
Number of persons paying poll tax only S52 .
Number of persons liable to military duty · 945
Number of dogs registered (male, 250; female, 49) .
299
Population as taken by the Assessors . 5,593
Schedule of Property Assessed. .
Number of dwelling-houses 1,307 .
Number of acres of land
· 6,130
Number of horses
316
Number of cows .
791
Number of neat cattle
IO
Number of swine .
139
Number of fowl .
S,S93
Number of carriages
146
Number of automobiles
.
S
Number of bicycles
260
Total Amount of Property Assessed.
Divided as follows :
Resident real estate
$2,918,478
Non-resident real estate 1,214,120
Resident personal estate 248,137
Non-resident personal estate 44,890
$4,425,625
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Value of Real and Personal Estate.
Buildings exclusive of land
$2,377,385
Land exclusive of buildings
1,755,213
Personal property
293,027
$4,425,625
Basis of Taxation.
Appropriations, March, 1904 . $92, 190 00
State tax
3,225 00
State highway tax .
.
79 95
Metropolitan Parks tax
.
1,619 77
County tax
4,259 95
Overlay . .
2,500 00
Less Town's income
$103,874 67 12,395 85
$91,478 82
Tax for state, county and town purposes committed to Lewis J. Austin, Collector, $91,478.82.
Street railway excise tax $2,553 0I
Saugus tax rate on $1,000 20 00
We would call the attention of owners of property to the notices which the Assessors are required by law to post in con- spicuous places on the first of May requiring said owners to bring in a list of their taxable property both real and personal, blank forms being furnished on application.
The Assessors have endeavored to be just in their estimation of values, and for the information of those who entertain the opinion that real estate should be assessed for only three-fourths of its value, we would say that it is a mistaken idea. The law requires that all property shall be assessed at a fair cash value. A forced sale is not to be considered as fair and equitable.
The duties of the Assessors are increasing with each year owing to large tracts of land being cut up into small lots, the many transfers of property and the increase in population, which will require an increased appropriation for salaries, etc.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
The Assessors hereby recommend that the sum of nine hun- dred dollars be appropriated for salaries for the ensuing year and the sum of one hundred dollars for searching records and obtain- ing such plans as may be deemed necessary.
Respectfully submitted,
MAURICE F. CUNNINGHAM, LEVI G. HAWKES, ALONZO PENNEY,
Assessors of Saugus.
Report of Superintendent of Streets.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,-I herewith submit my fourth annual report for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1904. Repairs in general have been somewhat hindered owing to the fact that it took about $4,000, nearly the whole of the regular appropriation, to take care of the snow and ice the past year, but notwithstanding this, good work has been done in various parts of the Town.
Myrtle Street.
This street from Mt. Vernon to Whitney has been put in very good condition. The gutters have been filled with stone and well rolled and will no doubt last a number of years.
Main Street.
Three hundred loads of gravel have been used on this street from Mitchell's corner to Mr. Longfellow's residence and the road is now in good condition. I would suggest that a liberal sum of money be spent the coming year in this part of the Town.
Myrtle Street, Ward One.
Extensive repairs have been made on this street from Mr. Hone's to the swamp near the Wakefield line. A large amount of grading has been done on Walnut street, but I would call your attention to the road from the school-house to Broadway and from Broadway to the head of Birch pond. Hawkes' hill so called is in bad condition owing to the heavy traffic caused by the building of the new dam and immediate attention should be paid to this.
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