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REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
July 6. Boxes 13-14-15. Shed, Appleton street, owned by C. Murphy ; caused by rubbish ; no damage.
July 6. Still alarm. Woods fire, Baker Hill; 4.35 P. M. July 8. Box 27, 1.30 P. M. Woods fire, Bristow street. July 9. Box 27, 11.50 A. M. Grass fire, Bristow street. July 10. Box 24, 6.30 P. M. Grass, Baker Hill.
July II. Box 21, 2.25 A. M. Stable, Essex street, C. H. Bond estate; caused by spontaneous combustion. Value of building, $2,500; insurance, $1,000; loss on building, $610; insurance paid, $610; loss on contents, $50 ; no insurance.
July II. Box 36, 2.27 P. M. Woods fire at Kenwood.
July II. Box 32, 5.25 P. M. Woods fire at Twin Springs.
July II. Still alarm, 10 P. M. Brush fire, rear of Maple street.
July 12. Box 125, 4.50 P. M. Brush fire, rear of Maple street.
July 13. Box 32, 8.30 A. M. Brush fire, Twin Springs. July 13. Still alarm. Baker Hill, brush fire.
July 13. Box 28, 4,50 P. M. Brush fire, Saugus Race Track.
July 16. S Brush fire, Broadway.
July 16. Box 24, 12.20 A. M. Brush fire, rear of Central street.
169
REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
July 18. Box 126, 1.06 P. M. Freight Shed, Boston & Maine R. R .; caused by sparks from locomotive. Value of building, $1,500; loss $3.00; insurance on building, $1,500; insurance paid, $3.00.
July 21. Still alarm, 8 P. M. Brush fire on Broadway.
Sept. 3. 9.30 P. M. Box 23. False alarm.
Sept. 25. 7.15 P. M. Box 14. Two alarms.
Oct. 14. 12.40 P. M. Box 27. Brush fire, Seagirt avenue.
Oct. 23. 9.40 P. M. Box 31. Summer camp, Twin Springs, owned and occupied by Leonard Anthony ; cause not known. Value of building, $500 ; insurance on building, $500 ; loss, $500. Value of contents, $200; no insurance.
Nov. 18. 2.35 A. M. Box 21. 2} story building, owned by Charles W. Amerige, 324 Lincoln avenue ; cause not known ; occupied by John Caddy as store. Value of contents, $100; loss, $10; insurance, none. Also as store by J. F. Waitt. Value of contents, $1,500; insurance, $700 ; loss on contents, $120; insurance paid, $120. Also adjoining building, used by Town of Saugus as hose house. Value of building, $6,000 ; insurance on building, $3,500 ; loss on building, $35 ; insurance paid, $35.
. Nov. 22. 5.20 P. M. Box 25. Dwelling owned and occu- pied by Charles D. Whittredge. Value of building, $2,500; insurance, $2,500; loss, $15; insurance paid, $15.
Dec. 6. Box 123, 7.30 A. M. Dwelling owned by Elizabeth V. Smith and occupied by owner as dwelling caused by thawing water-pipe; value of building $2,600; insurance on building $2,400 ; loss on building, $700 ; insurance paid $600. Value of contents $1,500 ; insurance on contents $1,000 ; insurance paid $235.
170
REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Dec. 8. Box 26, 8.30 A. M. Needless alarm ; no damage.
Dec. 14. Box 25, 1 P. M. False alarm.
Dec. 19. Box 21, 11.25 P. M. Lincoln avenue store owned by Elizabeth J. Gaylor; occupied by W. H. Maynard as a variety store. Value of building $750 ; insurance $650; damage to building $250 ; insurance paid $236. Value of contents $400 ; insurance $400; loss on contents $400; insurance paid $227. Cause unknown.
Report of the Water Commissioners.
In conformity to the requirements of our by-laws, as well as for the information of our citizens, the Board of Water Com- missioners herewith submits its annual report of the operations of this department for the year ending December 31, 1908.
The first meeting of the Board, as constituted after the annual election in March, was held on March 2, when organization was effected with the choice of Mr. H. H. Atherton as Chairman. and Mr. Robert T. Allen as Secretary. Regular sessions have been held on the first Monday of each month during the season of activity, and upon other dates when conditions suggested the necessity.
Our total available cash funds for purposes of extension of the service, was $2, 181.91, of which amount was the unex- pended balance of $1, 181.91 from the year 1907, and the loan of $1,000, authorized March 16th, 1908. The amount expended and the details of the same, amounting to $1,847.25 are shown in the report of the Auditor. There remains an unexpended balance of $334.66. In addition to our cash assets of $2, 181.91 there should be added the sum of $871.42 for inventory of stock on hand December 31st, 1907, making a total of $3,053.33, our complete resources. Our total available funds for maintenance purposes were $500, the amount appropriated at the meeting of March 16th, of which the sum of $274 has been expended, thus leaving a balance of $226, for which no draft has been made upon the treasury. The details of this expenditure also appear in the Auditor's report.
172
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Contrary to the custom followed by preceding boards, we have carried along the work without the appointment of a per- son technically known as Superintendent, supplanting this position by the employment of a suitable man selected from our more experienced help, who performed the joint duties of Super- intendent and Foreman at wages which have resulted in the saving of many dollars and without any impairment of the service. By comparison with years immediately preceding the current one, it will be noted that the extension of pipe has been materi- ally decreased and attributable to obvious reasons, chiefly because of the inadequacy of appropriations allowed which are insuffi- cient to make favorable response to the large number of appli- cations already on file, amounting to about $11,000, and a prospect of more to come as time goes on.
This condition leads your Commissioners to take the view that it is a debatable question as to how far the Town should go along the line of extension of service having in mind the accom- panying financial obligations which go with it, thus causing your Board much embarrassment when we are called upon to pass upon the merits of so many requests some of which at least must go unanswered. However present conditions are not unlike our former experiences with this important branch of our public ser- vice, and when considered in connection with the finances of the
- Town which call for judicious economy, we must concede that there is some degree of justification in the refusal of the Town to make larger appropriations.
The amount of rebate from the City of Lynn in accordance with the existing contract, for the year 1908 is $6,588.37, which is an avenue of considerable revenue to our Treasury and hence a business proposition of great importance which suggests the advisability of authorizing the Auditor or some other official of the Town to seek to make such an arrangement with the City of Lynn through its Public Water Board to the end that at the time when the semi-annual rebate of 50 per cent of the sum collected by the City is due to be paid to the Town by the City as per contract, that for the purpose of verification an examination might be made by some person representing the Town.
I73
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Agreeably to the request of the Finance Committee your Com- missioners appeared before that body and asked their approval of a loan of $3,000 for the year 1909 for the extension of the service and $300 for maintenance of the system.
Respectfully submitted,
H. H. ATHERTON; H. E. DODGE, ROBERT T. ALLEN, Water Commissioners.
SAUGUS, MASS., Jan. 15, 1909.
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
Extension of System.
Cleveland avenue, Ward 3.
240 feet 6-in. pipe at 572c.
$138 00
207 pounds lead at 4₺c.
9 32
I 6-in. plug
60
5 gallons oil
60
16 picks sharpened
I 60
Calking yarn
1 00
7 days' labor at $3.00
21 00
36 days' labor at 2.00
72 00
Teaming
.
17 75
$261 87
Eaton avenue, Ward 3, west from Lawn-
dale avenue.
180 feet 4-in. pipe at 26c.
$46 80
I 4-in. plug
50
I 4-in. sleeve
I 20
I 4-in. gate
7 60
I gate box
4 00
120 pounds lead at 4¿c.
5 40
Calking yarn
50
Fire wood
1 00
II days' labor at $3.00
33 00
322 days' labor at $2.00
65 50
19} yards blasting ·
64 75
Teaming and sharpening picks
.
12 85
$243 10
175
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Clifton avenue, east from Baker street.
156 feet 4-in. pipe at 26c. .
$40 56
I 6-in. bend
5 34
I 6 x 4 reducer
3 54
I 4-in. bend
2 27
3 4-in. sleeves at $1.20
3 60
I 4-in. plug
50
125 pounds lead at 4}c.
5 63
Calking yarn
75
52 days' labor at $3.00
16 50
272 days' labor at 2.00
55 00
Teaming, etc.
·
14 50
4 yards blasting
8 25
Crescent avenue, Ward 3.
146 feet 4-in. pipe at 26c.
$37 96
I 4_x 6 tee
5 0I
I 4-in. plug
50
I 6 x 4 reducer
3 54
I 4-in. sleeve
I 20
50 pounds lead at 4¿c.
2 25
Fire wood
1 00
Calking yarn
75
5 gallons oil
65
92 days' labor at $3.00
28 50
35 days, 22 hours at $2.00
70 63
Teaming
6 00
$157 94
Hydrants Placed.
Hydrant on Lawndale avenue near Eaton avenue.
I hydrant
$32 00
62 feet 6-in. pipe at 572c.
3 74
16 lbs. lead at 42c.
72
Teaming ·
3 58
13 hrs. labor at $3.00 per day
4 88
62 days at $2.00
13 50
$156 44
$58 42
176
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Hydrant at the foot of Putnam street.
I hydrant . $32 00
I 4x6 tee .
5 0I
I 4-in. plug
50
62 feet 6-in. pipe at 572c.
3 74
20 lbs. lead at 4₺c.
90
Teaming
3 58
14 hrs. labor at $3.00 per day
5 25
7 days labor at $2.00
14 00
$64 98
Hydrant on Elane avenue.
I hydrant .
$32 00
7 feet 6-in. pipe at 572c.
3 93
16 lbs. lead at 42c.
72
Teaming ·
3 59
13 hrs. labor at $3.00 per day'
4 88
62 days labor at $2.00 per day
13 50
$58 62
$1,001 37
Unpaid Bills 1907.
Pay roll of Oct. 21, 1907 .
$87 00
George W. Caswell, superintending 1907 .
246 00
Joseph Whitehead for oil .
85
Fitz, Dana & Co., 5 pigs lead
28 19
Joseph Whitehead for oil .
85
E. Evans for oil
60
363 49
Stock on hand Dec. 31, 1908
1,353 81
Unexpended balance Dec. 31, 1908
334 66
Annual Loan 1908 ·
· $1,000 00
Unexpended balance Dec. 31, 1907 1,181 91 ·
Stock on hand Dec. 31, 1907
871 42
-
·
$3,053 33 $3,053 33
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
177
Maintenance.
Repair Cottage street.
24 hrs. at $2.50 per day
$7 50
20 hrs. at 2.00 per day
5 00
3 hrs. at .60 per hr.
I 80
Load gravel
I 00
$15 30
Repair Lincoln avenus, East Saugus.
P. Haigh
$4 06
Oil
.12
39 hrs. at $2.00 per day
9 75
7 hrs. at .60 per hr.
4 20
Load gravel
I 00
$19 13
Painting hydrants.
Paint and material
$5 23
P. Haigh, labor
7 25
W. Nagle, labor
. 30 00
$42 48
Flushing hydrants
9 days labor at $2.50
$22 50
Adjusting 2 frost cases, 13 hrs. labor at $2.00 per day
$3 25
$25 75
Repairing leak, Hesper street
Io hrs. at $2.00 per day
$2 50
4 hrs. at .60 per hr.
2 40
$4 90
Repairing gate, off Auburn Ct.
19 hrs. labor at $2.00 per day
$4 75
5 hrs. labor at .60 per hr.
3 00
New gate, Auburn Ct.
I 4-in. gate
$7 60
I 4-in. sleeve
I 60
20 lbs. lead at .042.
.84
13 hrs. at $2.00 per day
3 25
8 hrs. at .60 per hr.
4 80
$7 75
$18 09
12
178
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Repairing, Auburn Ct.
8 hrs. labor at $2.00 per day
$2 00
4 hrs. labor at .60 per hr. 2 40
$4 40
$137 80
Stock on hand Dec. 31, 1908
115 73
Incidentals
20 47
Unexpended balance
.
226 00
Appropriation March, 1908 .
$500 00
500 00 500 00
179
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Table Showing Location, Etc., of Water Pipes Laid Since 1887.
NAME OF STREET.
10 IN.
8 IN .
6 IN.
4 IN.
YEAR LAID.
Adams ave., cast iron.
3,130
452
Ash, cast iron
475
1905
Atherton, 7 4 inch cast iron.
393
1887
Auburn, 164 feet 4 inch cast iron.
.. ....
. .
..
..
. . .
......
710
871
1887
Baker, castiron.
Ballard, cast iron.
2,227
196
1894-06
Broadway, cast iron.
1,937
1896-97-07
Central
1,278
7,568
540
1887
Clayton avenue
Columbus ave., cast iron
591
1891
Cottage.
...
240
1908
Clifton.
.... .
·
.. . .
..
4841 0
1891
Curtis, cast iron.
247 7
725.
1893
Cleveland ave., cast iron
...
1,130
1893
Cross, Cliftondale, cast iron.
.....
146
1908 1894
Crescent, cast iron.
......
357
146
Danforth court
......
1,854
87-9
Denver-Street court, 395 4 inch cast iron.
......
483
1898-97 1908 1896
Edison, 243 cast iron.
...... 2,365 4,252.5
287 1,373
...
..
1895-92
Essex, 518.13-10 cast iron
. .
....
603
1891 1898
Emery court, cast iron
692
......
. .
....
1894
Endicott, cast iron ...
1894 1887-00
Fairmount, 315 feet 6 inch cast iron ..
.....
.....
1,000
134
1907
Foss avenue.
. . .
182
185
1902
Foster
1891
Forest ave., cast iron ..
413
1897
First, cast iron.
......
489.5 72
310
1894
Granite court
...
....
704
1887-97
Harrison ave., 185 cast iron.
....
...
375
716
1891
Herbert ave., cast iron
658.5
372
1899
Horton, cast iron
2,881
393.2
1892
Jackson
...
1,397
237
1887
Jasper, 1749 cast iron
.....
950
1896
Knowles ave., cast iron
.....
624
1904
Kent, cast iron.
......
251
247.5 244
1893
Laurel, cast iron.
......
468
1887-92
Laconia avenue, cast iron.
585
1904
Lawndale avenue.
......
.... .
840
1906
. .
.....
1899
Auburn Court, 150 feet 6 inch cast iron.
......
......
1900
Avon .
......
573
439
1907
1890
Cleveland avenue.
....
484
1887
Clifton avenue
156
1908
Castle ...
484
1887
Cliftondale ave., cast iron.
280
1893
Cliff Path, cast iron
..
1894
Dream, 353 feet 4 inch cast iron
.....
Eaton avenue
180
Elm, cast iron.
1892
Elm, Saugus Centre, cast iron.
1887
Emery, cast iron
.....
1899-97
Eustis, cast iron.
1893
Elmwood ave., cast iron
10
Fair View
1,020
311
443
1899 18991-92 89-9
Felton, 349 cast iron
Floyd ...
.. .
...
. .
Fairmount ave., cast iron
733
1894
Franklin, cast iron
.....
242
1889-05
Grove, cast iron
Hamilton ..
274
242
1895-92
High, cast iron ..
1892-07
Hesper, cast iron
...
...
1887
Jackson-st court
...
1900-06
Johnson, cast iron ..
.....
431
...
1892
Kenwood avenue, cast iron.
.....
315
Fairmount-Street court, 313 4 inch cast iron
300 100
156
19072-98
Denver, 1,545 cast iron.
......
1900
Cross, Saugus Centre, 250 feet 6 inch cast iron .. Crescent avenue
......
504
1892
....
.. .
1887-91-94 1907
Alden
...
1900
Auburn, off Cross St., 1,016 feet 6 inch cast iron
DIAMETER OF PIPES.
.....
494
1893-97
...
1896
Ernest, 404 feet 4 inch cast iron
1900-97
...
. .
180
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
TABLE SHOWING LOCATION OF WATER PIPES-Continued.
DIAMETER OF PIPES.
NAME OF STREET.
10 IN.
8 IN.
6 IN
4 IN.
YEAR LAID.
Levin, cast iron
1895
Lincoln avenue ..
3,149
......
Lynnwood, cast iron
5,230
2,362.7
...
1887-92
Main, Cliftondale, 722 5-10 cast iron
870.5
89-93-94
Marden, cast iron ..
1892-97
Maple, Cliftondale.
1889-94
Maple, Saugus, cast iron.
....
Morris place
......
1,202.5
543
1887-06
Mt. Vernon, 404 feet 6 inch cement.
......
1,150
11
1887-95
Myrtle, 278 feet cement.
......
264
286
1907
Oak, cast iron.
......
693
1904
Pearson
......
80
455
91-97-0-5-6
Park Road, cast iron.
...
......
447
1894-97
Pleasant avenue, cast iron
......
51
36
1904
Prospect, cast iron
. . .
.....
235
492.5
1893
Rhodes, 126 feet 4 inch cast iron
......
....
1899-05
Richard, cast iron.
253
1895-96
Riverside court .
.....
2,171
97
1887-94
School ...
1907
Second, cast iron
......
410
1894-95
Stone, 30 feet 4 inch cast iron
......
741 377.2
1892
Taylor. 132 cast iron
......
.....
1,187
1887-93
Vermont avenue, cast iron
......
......
387
1892
Vincent, cast iron ...
......
...
240
1894-96
Waban Road, cast iron.
....
......
132
1903
Wamasit avenue ...
... .
......
528
1903
Washington avenue, 204 feet 6 inch.
...
......
198.6
7
1905-06
Western avenue, cast iron
......
5,350
2,363.5
... 356
1891
Whitney, cast iron.
...
......
214
214
1899-03
Walnut (Pleasant Hills), cast iron.
...
....
.....
2,131
1895
Wendell, cast iron
...
..
.....
232
1894-06
...
......
235
1,243
1887
Prospect Road, cast iron
......
221
148
1905
Putnam, cast iron.
. .
..
......
1887
Summer, 1.055 feet 6 inch cast iron
.....
214
......
394
1894
Sherman, cast iron
......
1897-98
Tuttle, cast iron
......
.....
488
1804
Walcott court
. . .
......
...
1901
Waverly ave., Baker's Hill, cast iron.
......
1992-00
Winter
1887
Woodbury avenue
.. . .
...
908.
1893
Wakefield avenue.
449
1894
Walnut, North Saugus, cast iron
.. .
......
Nowell
......
..
292
1892
Overlea avenue, cast iron
......
487
1887
Park avenue, 48 4 cast iron
......
140
364
1904
Pleasant.
......
612
1892
Morton ave., 337 5-10
......
Mountain ave
...
......
...
1,690
610
1894-95 1907
185
1891-93
1887-93
Newcomb avenue, cast iron.
1897
...
....
....
144
1887
Main, Saugus, 374 7-10 cast iron.
.....
602
1887-96
451
992
Parker, cast iron.
......
..
. ..
. .
.
.....
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
181
STATEMENT.
The following statistics have been furnished by the Public Water Board of the City of Lynn.
SHOWING THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS TO WHICH WATER IS SUPPLIED ALSO THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES, VARIOUS FIXTURES, ETC., CONTAINED IN THE SAME, TOGETHER WITH THE NUMBER OF FIRE HYDRANTS, DEC. 31, 1908.
SAUGUS.
Dwellings
Stores and shops
51
Factories
4
Offices "
17
Restaurants and saloons
..
School-houses
II
Churches
5
Bakeries
..
Laundries
..
Engine-houses
3
Families
1,320
Boarding-houses
3
Faucets
2,180
Water-closets
638
Bath tubs
402
Hose bibs
207
Urinals
8
Heaters
88
Stationary engines
8
Motors
·
Green-houses
2
Drinking fountains
3
Stand-pipes for water-carts
. .
Sewer connections
. .
Automatic sprinklers .
5
Hydrants
175
Hydrants for car sprinklers
I
Stand-pipes for fire purposes
1,233
I
182
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Inventory of Stock on Hand December 31, 1908.
2 lengths 10-inch pipe, 1,600 pounds ; 3 lengths and 9 feet 8-inch pipe, 2,000 pounds; 115 lengths 6-inch pipe, 40,365 pounds; 106 lengths 4-inch pipe, 23,516 pounds=67,481 pounds at $26.50 ton, $894 13 2 10 x 6 tees at $10 32 20 64 ·
3 6-inch tees at 6 30
18 90
6 4 x 6 tees at 5 0I
30 06
2 8 x 4 tees at 7 50
15 00
3 8 x 6 tees at 7 60
22 80
4 6 x 4 crosses at 6 30 25 20
6-inch cross 6 90
5 10-inch sleeves at 4 20
21 00
7 8-inch sleeves at 2 94
20 58
Io 6-inch sleeves at 2 II
21 IO
5 4-inch sleeves at I 60
8 00
1 6 x 4 reducer
3 54
6 6-inch bends at 5 34
32 04
3 4-inch bends at 2 27
6 81
2 8-inch plugs at 81
I 62
13 6-inch plugs at 60
7 80
4 4-inch plugs at 50
2 00
5 gate boxes at 4 25 21 25
5 extra top sections at $2 00
10 00
I bundle jute
5 00
2 barrels Portland cement at $2 00
4 00
6 hydrants at $32 00
192 00
I hydrant riser
3 00
2 hydrant screws at $1 50
3 00
14 pigs lead=1,626 pounds at 4}c.
73 17
Total
. $1,469 54
Report of Cemetery Commissioners.
Our work at the cemetery this year has been more satisfactory to us than any year since we took charge, while we have spent practically all our appropriation only a few dollars left, we feel that we have got something for the money spent as any citizen can see if he will look over the amount of grading that has been done this year. It was our intention to ask you for the same amount of appropriation we had last year, namely, $2,600, but on talking over the situation with our Superintendent he informs us that he has done grading of lots enough to last this whole year, he thinks he will be able to get through this year with $300 less, and in the interest of economy we are willing to try the experiment and will therefore ask for an appropriation of $2,300 with which to run the cemetery the coming year. As you will see by the Superintendent's report which is hereby made a part of our report, we have turned into the treasury the sum of $2,008.80. This amount together with the amount of bills out- standing $381 makes a total of $2,389.80 business transacted. The sum of $391.08 which was received from the sale of lots and single graves taken from this leaves the net amount paid back $1,998.72. This you will see leaves the total amount it has cost the Town this year to run the cemetery $601.28. This amount was made as large as it is by the extra amount of grad- ing done the past year. Value of tools $295.
Respectfully submitted,
H. H. ATHERTON, JOSEPH S. MEACOM, R. P. WHITCHER,
Commissioners.
184
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS.
Report of Superintendent of Cemetery.
DR.
Received for grading
$281 57
Received for interment fees
450 00
Received for mowing
.
678 90
Received for foundations
117 IO
Received for lots sold
321 08
Received for single graves
70 00
Received for miscellaneous
.
90 15
$2,008 80
CR.
Paid Town Treasurer, April I
$141 00
April 27
294 85
May 5 .
118 77
May 16 .
222 62
May 25 .
82 90
June IO .
78 25
July 16 .
116 08
Aug. 19 .
85 00
Oct. 5 ·
146 57
Nov. 3 .
286 34
Nov. 21
·
177 50
Dec. 31
258 92
$2,008 80
(Amount due Dec. 31, 1908, $381.00. )
Interments, 92.
The present value of tools and working utensils of the Ceme- tery Department is $295 00.
CHARLES L. DAVIS, Superintendent.
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of the Public Library.
In submitting their annual report there is not much that the Trustees can say, except to again speak of the fact that the over- crowded condition of the library is a great handicap to its use- fulness and to the carrying on of the work. Something should be done to relieve the congestion. The most feasible and least expensive plan would seem to be the removal to the second floor of the old Town Hall, where space for a much-needed reading- room could be provided, which would give the public freer ac- cess to books of reference, public documents, magazines and other books that are idle on the shelves. Without taking more space in the report, we would ask the town's-people to give this matter consideration.
The decreased appropriation and lack of room have caused the purchase of a smaller number of new books than formerly.
Thanks are due the following persons for donations of books, etc. :
The late James W. Thomas, for about one hundred and twenty-five valuable books, such as histories of various countries, biographies of distinguished men, works on architecture, the sciences, and some of the best novels.
Nathan M. Hawkes, for the eighteenth Annual Report of the Lynn Park Commissioners.
The Socialist Club, for " The Iron Heel," " The Servant in the House," and "Common Sense of Socialism."
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PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT.
George Lansing, the author, for " The Aztec God," " A Life in Song," Ballads and other poems.
Emma E. Newhall, for Shattuck's " Advanced Rules of Par- liamentary Law," and " Primer of Parliamentary Law," by Joseph T. Robert.
With the generous support of which the library is worthy, no other public institution will contribute more to the pleasure and profit of the community.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES R. HUGHES, GEORGE A. LEAROYD,
ARTHUR B. COATES, CLARA J. CALLEY,
LLOYD M. HENDRICK, LEVI G. HAWKES,
Trustees.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT.
Report of Librarian for Year Ending Dec. 31, 1908.
Amount of appropriation
$500 00
Amount of dog tax
594 27
Total amount
$1,094 27
EXPENDITURES.
W. B. Clarke Co., for books
$301 93
R. H. White, for books
89 38
Burrows & Sanborn, for books
25 94
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., for books
8 00
I. A. Newhall, History of Lynn, 2 vols. Library Bureau, for cards, book pockets,
4 00
borrowers' pockets, borrowers' cards, book supports 9 23
J. Sullivan, for binding books
33 85
F. L. Barnard, for binding books . 46 66
David Farquhar, for binding books
98 58
Thomas P. Nichols, for printing labels
9 00
Library Art Club
6 00
E. E. Newhall, salary
316 00
Jennie A. Corson, salary
96 37
Agnes Bryant, salary 11 00
M. G. Winchester, salary
3 60
Frances V. Edmands, salary .
I 55
Public Libraries Magazine
1 00
R. E. Meserve, stamp daters
I 6c
A. L. Burt, mending clock
·
1 00
Cataloging, E. E. Newhall
3 60
Electric lamp
5 00
Extra labor and supplies
2 40
Ole Christiansen, shelves and labor
.
18 25
Postal cards for Secretary
25
Total amount .
·
Paid Town Treasurer
$1,095 09 Sz
Balance
$1,094 27
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PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT.
Receipts from fines
$28 15
Sale of books
3 00
Received for lost book .
67
Total amount received
$31 82
EXPENDITURES.
Express and freight
$8 22
Stationery
3 50
Typewriter paper ·
1 00
Typewriter ribbon
75
Cheese cloth .
95
Stamps and postal cards
2 15
Ink
·
90
Paste
1 00
Towels and soap ·
65
Pencils, pens, penholders
I 95
Blank book
45
Erasers, twine
35
Reply postals
28
Mending materials
2 50
Step ladders .
I 50
Disinfectant .
I 50
Lynn Items
75
Tumblers ·
IO
Brushes, rubber stamp.
I 50
Extra helpers
.
75
Total amount
$30 75
Cash on hand
I 07
$31 82
Respectfully submitted,
EMMA E NEWHALL,
Librarian.
Report of the Tree Warden.
SAUGUS, Dec. 31, 1908.
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
In the past year I have had to take down so many dead trees and remove so many dead and dangerous limbs, that it has taken the greater portion of my appropriation, which has left me very little to spend trimming the young trees, which should be put in shape. I should recommend another year to trim all young trees and set out trees where the dead ones have been taken down.
Respectfully submitted,
T. E. BERRETT.
Tree Warden.
REPORT OF Sealer of Weights and Measures. From January 1, 1908 to January 1, 1909.
Tested.
Sealed.
Con- demned
Platform scales, capacity over 5,000 lbs., Platform scales, capacity under 5,000 lbs.,
6
6
Computing scales .
·
4
4
All other scales
82
79
3
Weights
286
286
Dry measures
106
106
Liquid measures (other than milk jars)
.
I32
132
Linear measures
8
7
I
Milk jars
·
.
29,501
29, 137
364
Total
30, 145
29,777
368
Receipts for sealing weights and measures, as above . $29 78 Expenses for sealing weights and measures, as above, II 70
Balance paid to Town Treasurer . . $18 08
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