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December 1, 1916. at 4 per cent. 5,000 00
December 1, 1917, at 4 per cent. 10,000 00
December 1, 1918, at 4 per cent. 7,000 00
December 1, 1919, at 4 per cent.
6,500 00
December 1, 1920, at 33 per cent.
3,000 00
$43,500 00
Coupon Water Bonds of 1911, Issued Under Chapter 91, Acts of 1911. No. 3. Due November 1, 1913, at 4 per cent. . $1,000 00
No. 4. Due November 1, 1913, at 4 per cent. . 1,000 00 No. 5. Due November 1, 1914, at 4 per cent. . 1,000 00 No. 6. Due November 1, 1914, at 4 per cent. . 1,000 00
No. 7. Due November 1, 1915, at 4 per cent. . 1,000 00
No. 8. Due November 1, 1915, at 4 per cent. . 1,000 00
No. 9. Due November 1, 1916, at 4 per cent. . 1,000 00
No. 10. Due November 1, 1916, at 4 per cent. . 1,000 00
$8,000 00
Coupon Water Bonds of 1912, Issued Under Chapter gI, Acts of 1911.
No. II. Due April 1, 1917, at 4 per cent. $1,000 00
No. 12. Due April 1, 1917, at 4 per cent. 1,000 00 No. 13. Due April 1, 1918, at 4 per cent. 1,000 00 No. 14. Due April 1. 1918, at 4 per cent. 1,000 00 No. 15. Due April 1, 1919, at 4 per cent. 1,000 00
$5,000 00
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REPORT OF WATER DEPARTMENT.
1910 Water Loan Coupon Bonds July 10, 1910, Payable as Follows:
Due July 10, 1913, at 4 per cent. $1,000 00
Due July 10, 1914, at 4 per cent. 1,000 00 ·
Due July 10, 1915, at 4 per cent. 1,000 00 .
Due July 10, 1916, at 4 per cent. 1,000 00 ·
Due July 10, 1917, at 4 per cent. 1,000 00
Due July 10, 1918, at 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Due July 10, 1919, at 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Due July 10, 1920, at 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Due July 10, 1921, at 4 per cent. Due July 10, 1922, at 4 per cent. Due July 10, 1923, at 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Due July 10, 1924, at 4 per cent. Due July 10, 1925, at 4 per cent. Due July 10, 1926, at 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Due July 10, 1927, at 4 per cent. 1,000 00
Due July 10, 1928, at 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Due July 10, 1929, at 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Due July 10, 1930, at 4 per cent. 1,000 00
Due July 10, 1931, at 4 per cent. 1,000 00
Due July 10, 1932, at 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Due July 10, 1933, at 4 per cent. Due July 10, 1934, at 4 per cent.
1,000 00
1,000 00
Due July 10, 1935, at 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Due July 10, 1936, at + per cent.
1,000 00
Due July 10, 1937, at 4 per cent. 1,000 00
Due July 10, 1938, at 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Total Water Loan
$26,000 00 . $82,500 00
.
1,000 00
1,000 00
.
1,000 00
1,000 00
221
REPORT OF WATER DEPARTMENT.
Services and Repairs.
New services laid .
95
Services repaired (leaks)
32
Services renewed .
4
Services changed to new mains
5
Services frozen
104
Services cleaned out (no force)
71
Feet of galvanized pipe used ( 1 inch)
·
4,200
Feet of galvaized pipe used (3 inch)
250
New meters set
.
34
Meters repaired
29 .
New fire hydrants set
4
Fire hydrants renewed
2
Fire hydrants repaired
7
New main gates used
I3
Main gates repaired
2
Main pipe leaks repaired
.
5
.
.
.
.
222
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Table Showing Location, Etc., of Water Pipes Laid Since 1887.
DIAMETER OF PIPES.
NAME OF STREET.
10 IN.
8 IN.
6 IN.
4 IN.
Adams ave., cast iron.
3.130
87-91-94
Addison avenue
452
1907
Alden ..
1,473
1911
Appleton
475
216
1905-10
Atherton, 7 4 inc cast iron.
393
1887
Auburn, 164 feet 4 inch cast iron.
...
..
Auburn Court, 150 feet 6 inch cast iron ..
.....
710
1900
Avon ..
Baker, cast iron.
2,227
196
1894-06
Bristow street.
...
2.220
Bates street
...
...
. ..
1,937
96-97-07
Broadway North
30
1,548
1911
Brooks Terrace
1,278
7,568
540
. .
1907
Clayton avenue
1891
Cottage.
324
1908
Clifton
....
1,578
620
1887
Cliftondale ave., cast iron
280
48,410
1891
Clinton avenue.
1893
Cliff Path, cast iron.
247.7 1,124
725.
1893
Cleveland ave., cast iron.
1894
Cross, Cliftondale, cast iron
.....
....
..
1908
Crescent, cast iron.
.....
357
146
1894
Danforth court
...
1,854
87-9
Denver, 1,545 cast iron.
1900-97
Denver-Street court, 395 4 inch cast iron.
.....
...
483
1898-97
Eaton avenue
Edison, 243 cast iron.
187
1911
Elm, cast iron.
2,365 4,252.5
1,373
1895-92
Essex, 518.13-10 cast iron
1891
Emery, cast iron .
1898
Emery court, cast iron
692
1899-97 1893
Eustis, cast iron.
10
385
1894
Fair View
300
443
1899
Fair mount-Street court, 313 4 inch cast iron.
.....
..
...
..
1907
Foss avenue
..
...
182
185
1902
Foster
.....
.....
..
...
489.5 72
841
1894
Fairmount ave., cast iron
. . ...
310
1894
Franklin, cast iron
..... .
100
1910
Fulton avenue
......
.. ..
Granite court
......
......
242
1889-05
Granite street
......
.....
296
1909
Grove, cast iron.
. . .
......
....
Hamilton and Summer
.. .
......
704
415
87-97-10
..
..
...
145
1900-09
Auburn, off Cross St., 1,016 feet 6 inch cast iron Austin avenue.
262
1911
....
573
1892
Ballard, cast iron
196
1910
Beachview avenue
336
1911
Briggs avenue and Oak Hill terrace
442
1910
Broadway, cast iron
120
1911
Central
Columbus ave., cast iron
504
1890
Cleveland avenue.
484
1887
Clifton avenue
.. .
484
1,042
1911
Curtis, cast iron.
1893
...
....
1900
Cross, Saugus Centre, 250 feet 6 inch cast iron .. Crescent avenue
240
1907-98-09
Dream, 353 feet 4 inch cast iron
312
1896
Ella
287
..
..
..
1894-10
Elmwood ave., cast iron
1,020
311
1887-00
Fairmount, 315 feet 6 inch cast iron.
.....
100
1891-92
Felton, 349 cast iron
Floyd ...
494
1891
413
1897
Forest ave., cast iron.
1893-97
Felsmere avenue
.....
176
1911
... ..
1,000
134
1892
Elm, Saugus Centre, cast iron.
1887
603
Ernest, 404 feet 4 inch cast iron
315
Endicott, cast iron.
.....
146
1908-09
Castle.
...
871
1887
. .
1909
Blueridge avemue.
110
1910
1887
535
591
1899
Ash, cast iron
132
1909
YEAR LAID.
89-9
First, cast iron.
.....
....
1908-09
1896
223
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.
Hayden road
415
1910
Horton, cast iron
2,881
393.2
1892
Holstead street.
731
1909
Hesper, cast iron
658.
372
1899
Hlgh, cast iron.
375
242
1891
Harlow street
....
292
1909
Hood
Jackson
Jackson-st court
1,397
514
1910
Knowles ave., cast iron.
431
1892
Kent, cast iron.
251
247
1893
Laurel cast iron ..
468
244.5
1887-92
Laconia avenue, cast iron.
585
1904
Lawndale avenue
1,099
95-96-09-10
Lincoln avenue.
3,149
468
1909
Linsdale street
135
1909
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
451
1892-97
Maple, Saugus, cast iron.
610
1894-95
Morton ave., 337 5-10
1,202.5
543
1887-06
Myrtle, 278 feet cement.
1,150
11
1887-95
Newcomb avenue, cast iron.
264
1909
Nowell.
394
1907
Oak, cast iron.
292
1892
Overlea avenue, cast iron
861
144
1909
Pearson
300
487
87-10
Park avenue, 48 4 cast iron
80
455
91-97-0 5-6
Park Road, cast iron.
140
364
1904
Pleasant ..
235
1,243
1887
Pleasant avenue, cast iron.
51
612
1892
Prospect Road, cast iron
36
1904
Prospect, cast iron
148
1905
Putnam, cast iron
492.5
1893
Packard avenue
172
1911
Putnam
588.5
1911
Raddin terrace
116
1909
Rhodes, 126 feet 4 inch cast iron.
253
Riverside court
688
Round Hill
768
1910
School ....
214
84
1907-09
Sherman, cast iron
410
Sussex street
242
1800
Smith.
438
1919 1910
Tuttle, cast iron
400
377.2
1892
Taylor, 132 cast iron
1,187
1887-93
Vermont avenue, cast iron.
387
1892
Vincent, cast iron.
488
240
1894-96
Waban Road, cast iron.
1894
Walcott court .
. .
528
132
1903
1892-07
Harrison ave., 185 cast iron
274
1895-92
Harvard avenue
546
172
1911
Johnson, cast iron ..
950
1896
Johnston terrace
456
1910
Kenwood avenue, cast iron
624
1904
Levin, cast iron
144
1895
Lindell street.
Maple, Cliftondale.
1,690
1889-94
Morris place .
185
1907
Mountain ave .
1891-93
Mt. Vernon, 404 feet 6 inch cement.
992
1887-93
Newhall avenue
192
1897
Oakley street
146
1909
1904-09
Park
409
1910
Parker, cast iron.
447
1894-97
Richard, cast iron.
95-96-09-10 1887
Summer, 1.055 feet 6 inch cast iron
2,171
97
1887-94
Second, cast iron
394
1894
Stone, 30 feet 4 inch cast iron
741
1997-98
Sunneyside avenue
221
235
89-93-94
Marden, cast iron ...
1887
1887
Jasper, 1749 cast iron
1911
Herbert ave., cast iron
716
1899-05
1894-95
Overlook terrace
1887
224
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONER.
TABLE SHOWING LOCATION OF WATER PIPES .- Continued.
NAME OF STREET.
DIAMETER OF PIPES.
10 IN.
8 IN.
6 IN,
4 IN.
YEAR LAID.
Western avenue, cast iron
1992-00
Waverly ave., Baker's Hill, cast iron
1905-06
Washington avenue, 204 feet 6 inch.
198.6
1901
Wamasit avenue.
1903
Wickford street.
896
1909
Winter
5,350
2,363.5
356
1891
Whitney, cast iron.
908.
1893
Wakefield and Pratt avenues ..
728
214
99-03-10
Walnut (Pleasant Hills), cast iron.
1894
Walnut, North Saugus, cast iron
2,131
232
1894-06
Walden Pond avenue
1911
Westford street
644 530
1911
Table Showing Size and Total Length of Cast-Iron Pipe Laid in 1912
STREET FROM TO.
TOTAL.
4.IN.
6-IN.
8-IN.
10-IN.
12-IN.
Walnut Pond avenue, Walnut
358
· 724
Appleton (west) Summer
Cottage, Extension .
122
Willis, Winter, Winter
40
Houston avenue, Ballard
1,193
Beachview
Belair
Hewlett, Bristow
1,072
12
Walden avenue, Broadway
706
Park, Extension
108
Granite road, Extension
120
Webb place, Central
375
Olive avenue, Jackson
I20
Sunnyside park, Lincoln
440
Tuttle, Extension
190
Oakcrest, Walnut
150
Fairmount avenue, Washington
176
Johnson, Ballard
140
Granite road, Extension
26
12
1,644
5,336
1,311
12
1,644
8,303
.
JOHN H. PARKER, ROBERT T. ALLEN, HERBERT E. DODGE,
Water Commissioners.
388
1911
Westland avenue
..
1887
Woodbury avenue
449
1895
Wendell. cast iron
. . . 575
Lincoln avenue, E. Saugus bridge, Ballard
Size (Inches) Length (Feet)
Report of Trustees of Public Library.
The Trustees of the Saugus Free Public Library present the Annual Report of their Librarian and suggestions for improved service.
A year ago, the extreme high tax rate of 1911 made it unwise to ask for an appropriation sufficient to keep the Library in an efficient condition and the establishment of a new heating-system, the cost of its care and other unlooked for necessary expenses during the past year used up a large part of the decreased funds available for 1912.
The Trustees present the following urgent present needs of the Library.
First -Still more cases for books which before the Library was moved to its present location were stored in piles on the floor and on top of book-cases in the Town Hall.
Second -A very large increase in the number of books bought and especially of the better class of books. Saugus is a reading town and it is fair to suppose that the best class of books will be read if they are brought to the attention of the citizens and made available.
Third -A new catalogue, the old one has become useless, and bulletins of new books as fast as they are purchased, posted in the Library and other public places.
Fourth-New methods of bringing the Library into close contact with homes and villages at a distance from the Library. Your Trustees have considered this for more than two years, but the little expense necessary has thus far made it impracti- cable. It is hoped that the 1913 appropriation will allow the establishment in East Saugus and Cliftondale, and later in other parts of the Town, of places where books may be returned after they have been read and new ones given out.
15
226
PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT.
Fifth- The service of the Librarian for six days of the week. The increase of the Town's population cataloguing, repairing, devising schemes for better service, and the giving out and recording books claims the full time of one Librarian, and addi- tional help for hours when one person cannot handle the work.
Sixth - The Library room should be made more attractive. Its paint should be clean, its furniture good, and the Town, or private individuals, provide attractions for its walls in the way of statuary, pictures, etc.
Seventh -The Library, already partially heated, should be kept fully heated every afternoon.
The Trustees believe that the Town appreciates its Library, but that its appreciation can be made three-fold by a compara- tively small addition of expense and asks for a liberal Library appropriation for 1913.
For the Trustees of the Saugus Free Public Library.
ERNEST J. EDMANDS, Secretary.
227
PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT.
Report of Librarian.
Number of books in library, Jan. 1912 . 11,738
Number of volumes added during year .
321
Number of volumes destroyed during year (contagious diseases) . .
14
Number worn out .
57
Number of volumes in library, Jan. I,
1913 . .
11,988
Cash received from fines $22 00
Incidentals paid for from fine receipts 22 00
Gifts for 1912.
St. Nicholas, Good Houskeeping and Little Folks, Mrs. Evelyn W. Ordway.
Atlantic Monthly and Country Gentlemen, Mrs. Edward P. Parsons.
Record. Essex Bar Association, A. P. White.
Life of Mary Baker Eddy and copies of her works (9 vols. ). Christian Science Monitor (Daily), Christian Science Church, Lynn.
Universalist Leader, Y. P. U., Universalist Church, Saugus. Church Militant, Publishers.
Magazines-Mr. Abner Hall, Mrs. F. E. Cheever, Mrs. A. Hitchings, Mrs. Grosbeck, Mrs. Frank Newhall, Miss E. E. Newhall, Miss Sybil Small. Many single copies of current magazines are also brought in, for which we are grateful.
Respectfully submitted,
EMMA E. NEWHALL,
Librarian.
Public Library.
APPROPRIATION.
Annual Meeting
Dog Tax received .
.
.
.
.
.
$586 22 556 89
$1, 143 11
228
PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT.
EXPENDITURES.
Jan. 15 O. C. Christiansen, labor and stock $23 72
Alonzo Sanderson, books . 10 00 ·
L. G. Hawkes, labor and glass . 2 50
Feb. 19 Lynn Gas & Electric Co, service 4 20
Apr. 1 David Farquhar, binding books 65 06
Hatch & Wood, lamps Tilden & Adlington, supplies Lynn Gas & Electric Co., service
40
June 3 Pilgrim Press, books 27 91
W. B. Clarke Co., books .
48 48
Bailey's Express, express .
85
City of Lynn, water .
4 00
Lynn Gas & Electric Co., service
I 50
Bailey's Express, express .
50
July
I Lynn Gas & Electric Co., service
I
15 W. B. Clarke Co., books . Burrows & Sanborn, books
109 30
Sept. 3 Lynn Gas & Electric Co., service
3 20
7 W. B. Clark, books . 18 87
Library Bureau, supplies .
5 15
De Wolfe, Fiske Co., books
3 54
Lynn Gas & Electric Co., service 2 00
City of Lynn, water 4 00
L4 C. H. Stocker, coal . 16 69
28 Lynn Gas & Electric Co., service I 90
Nov. 18 W. B. Clark Co., books . 4 74 W. B. Clark Co., books 6 77
Sprague, Breed, Stevens & Newhall, coal, 9 00
Dec. 2 Lynn Gas & Electric Co .. service 3 20
9 Robert T. Allen, heater 142 00
David Farquhar, books 26 89
C. H. Stocker, coal . 12 96
23 The Pilgrim Press, books .
19 46
30 Burrows & Sanborn, books
6 53
Amount carried forward,
$600 71
3 54
Oct.
5 05
4 90
PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT.
229
Amount brought forward, $600 71
School Department, heat . 28 38
H. C. Symonds, book case
45 00
Lynn Gas & Electric Co., service Emma Newhall, salary, services
4 90
341 22
Elizabeth Edwards, salary, services
5º 75
Frances J. Edwards, salary services .
3 25
Marion Fullerton, salary, services I SO
Ethel Francois, selary, services
14 IO
Mrs. T. Schassler, salary, services
8 04
Susan W. Davis, salary, services
29 40
James Marsland, care heater
4 88
Mrs. Jane Marsland, services
2 50
Jennie Corson, services
5 40
Total expenditures
. $1,140 33
Total appropriation .
: $1, 143 1I
Total expenditures
1,140 33
Unexpended balance .
$2 78
Report of Cemetery Commissioners.
The Board of Cemetery Commissioners respectfully submit the report of the Superintendent of Cemetery showing in detail the receipts and expenditures of the Cemetery Department for the year ending December 31, 1912.
The expense of this Department necessarily increases some- what as each year the interments add permanently to the number of graves that are in the care of our Superintendent. The Commissioners are of the opinion that the same amount as appropriated last year, twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) will be sufficient to maintain the cemetery during the current year.
Respectfully, submitted,
WILLIAM E. LUDDEN, II. H. ATHERTON,
Cemetery Commissioners.
231
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS.
Report of Superintendent of Cemetery.
To the Cemetery Commissioners :
GENTLEMEN,-I submit the following report for 1912 :
Cash received for grading
$290 70
Interment fees
450 00
Mowing
789 60
Foundations
97 23
Lots sold
400 15
Single graves
134 00
Cement vaults
173 50
Miscellaneous
40 05
$2,375 23
Paid Town Treasurer :
January 19
$169 00
July 29
$103 25
March
I
83 50
Aug. 31
1IO 15
March
4
75 00 Sept. 13
140 35
March
1 2
50 50
Sept. 30
106 75
April
IO
128 00
Oct. 19
176 10
May
I
88 00
Nov. I
156 00
May
IO
133 45
Nov. 22
225 00
May
IS
72 15
Dec. 28
237 08
May
25
95 00
Dec. 31
71 50
June
18
·
154 45
*$2,375 23
Amount due December 31, 1912, $646.90 ; eighty-eight inter- ments ; value of tools and working utensils, $300.
Yours respectfully,
CHARLES L. DAVIS. Superintendent.
*There is a difference between amount received and amount paid to Treasurer. See Bureau of Statistics report.
Report of Inspector of Plumbing.
Board of Health, Saugus, Mass.
GENTLEMEN,-In accordance with the requirements of Chap- ter 103 of the Revision Law of Massachusetts of the supervision of plumbing, I hereby submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1912.
The number of inspections made during the year, together with other inspections. will be found in table herewith annexed.
Total number of inspections
294
Permits issued
IO2
Permits refused
4
Cesspools inspected 98
Complaints of violation of ordinance
I
Complaints investigated .
.
I
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS C. SUTHERST.
Plumbing Inspector.
Tree Warden's Report.
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
I herewith submit to you my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1912. I have removed eighteen dead trees which were killed by insect pests and disease. I have removed a large number of dangerous limbs in different sections of the Town. I should recommend the sum of two hundred dollars for the care of Town trees this coming year.
I also submit to you the number of trees I have sprayed for the Elm Leaf Beetle which numbered seven hundred and twenty at a total cost of three hundred and fifty-nine dollars and one cent. I would recommend the sum of three hundred and seventy- five dollars for spraying the Elm Leaf Beetle the present year.
Respectfully submitted,
T. E. BERRETT,
Tree Warden.
Report of Building Inspector.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN, -- I herewith submit my Annual Report to date. Total number of permits to build . 190
Total number of permits to build additions 28
Total number of permits to remodel and build additions to IO ·
Total number of permits to move buildings 3 ·
Total number of permits to build foundations under old buildings . ·
4
Total number of permits issued to build in January .
7
Total number of permits issued to build in February .
7
Total number of permits issued to build in March . ·
8
Total number of permits issued to build in April ·
17
Total number of permits issued to build in May .
31
Total number of permits issued to build in June .
27
Total number of permits issued to build in July .
IO
Total number of permits issued to build in August . 23
Total number of permits issued to build in September 17
Total number of permits issued to build in October 19
Total number of permits issued to build in November 14
Total number of permits issued to build in December IO
190
Total estimated value of buildings completed . $243, 105 00
Total estimated value of buildings not completed . 30,000 00
$273,105 00 Respectfully submitted, DANIEL B. WILLIS,
Inspector of Buildings.
SAUGUS, January 1, 1913.
REPORT OF Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Adjusted
Tested
Sealed Con- demned
Platform scales, over 5.000 lbs.
6
6
Platform scales, under 5.000 lbs.
3
50
13
Computing scales .
I
15
15
All other scales
S
II,
99
IS
Weights
9
367
35-
Dry measures .
23
Liquid measures
189
IS9
Measuring pumps
IO
6
1
Linear messures
IO
IO
2I
787
763
21
Receipts for sealing weights and measures Paid over to Town Treasurer .
$12 06
42 06
JAMES F. PRATT.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Janitor's Report
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1912.
DR.
Received for rent of Town Hall
$204 00
Received for Police service at Town
Hall .
8+ 00
$288 00
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$204 00
Paid for Police service .
S4 00
$288 00
J. E. MANSFILD, Janitor.
Hay Scales.
Received from hay scales, 1912 $4 30
Paid Treasurer .
4 30
J. E. MANSFIELD,
Public Weigher.
Report of Cattle and Milk Inspector.
I have inspected at slaughter houses and private places the following slaughtered animals :
Calves
5
Hogs
130
Total
135
Three hogs were condemned and disposed of by rendering. In making the annual inspection, I inspected the following :
Cattle
874
Hogs
222
Goats
7
Sheep
I
Total
1, 104
I found one tubercular cow and one glandered horse, which were disposed of by rendering.
I have issued forty-one milk licenses.
Respectfully, A. W. SAWYER.
REPORT OF Superintendent of Streets.
To the Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,-In submitting my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1912, I wish to state that although we have done a large amount of work, the streets are not in as good condition as I would like to have them, owing to the heavy frosts last winter and heavy auto travel, left the streets in a very bad shape in the spring, making it necessary to do a great deal of repairing all over the town, so it was impossible for me to grade some of the streets I intended. I would recommend the town purchase a portable stone crusher, by so doing we could get better material for our streets, there are plenty of stone we could obtain at small cost.
The are a number of streets it is almost useless to put gravel on them, as the auto travel is so heavy that they cut them up in a short time.
Highway Property on Hand.
Steam roller house .
$200 50
Blacksmith shop
150 00
Steam roller
3,000 00
Horse roller
125 00
Thirteen snow ploughs
300 00
One Climax road machine
125 00
One water cart
150 00
$3,950 50
Tools and supplies .
439 70
$4,390 20
I wish to thank the Board of Selectmen for their cooperation with this Department.
Respectfully submitted, DANIEL A. PARKER, Superintendent of Streets.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Bureau of Statistics. State House, Boston. CHALES F. GETTEMY, Director.
JANUARY, 23, 1913. Mr. G. A. Clark, Town Auditor, Saugus, Mass. :
DEAR SIR, -I am sending you a summary of the finding of the apparent shortage of the Treasurer of the Town of Saugus :
General Cash Account . $1,619 63
C. L. Davis, cemetery accounts 118 50
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 4,255 30
Sinking Fund cash 787 50
Interest to Sinking Funds not paid. . 100 00
Receipts from Chief of Police ·
63 00
Court Fines (Judge Ludden) . ·
12 00
Tax Titles released . 806 12
Receipt stubs . 30 00
Bank Tax from State
17 36
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth from State .
I 00
$7,910 41 Very respectfully,
EDWARD H. FENTON,
Chief Accountant.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1912.
ASSETS.
Cash on hand (In bank and office) .
$22,318 27
Accounts Receivable.
Uncollected taxes. 190S . $213 55
Uncollected taxes. 1910 . .
338 50
Uncollected taxes, 1911 19,306 55
Uncollected taxes. 1912
57,628 42
77,487 02
Tax titles
14,636 0I
Due from Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, account Gypsy Moth
1,252 85
Due from outside cities and towns, Overseers department, 1912
$655 67
Due from outside cities and towns, Overseers department, 191I 104 00
759 67
Due from Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, acct., Board of Health, $22 29
Due from Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, acct,, Board of Health, ISO 00
Due from Boston, acct., B. of Health, 24 43
226 72
(I) Revenue 1913
(2) Due as per audit made by Bureau of Statistics. General cash .
$1,619 63
C. L. Davis, Cemetery IIS 50
Interest to Sinking Fund, not paid . 100 00
Receipts from Chief of Police 63 00
Court Fines (Judge Ludden) . 112 00
Tax Titles, released So6 12
Receipts stubs
30 00
Bank Tax from State
17 36
Gypsy and B. T. Moth from State . 1 00
2,867 61
$121,331 15
(1) Appropriated at Special Meeting October 11, 1912, to be assessed in 1913.
(2) This amount is exclusive of Perpetual Care of Cemetery and Sinking Fund.
1,783 00
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
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Balance Sheet, December 31, 1912.
LIABILITIES.
Temporary Loans .
$100,000 00
'Appropriation balances.
Heating laboratories, High School . $433 00
East Saugus Schoolhouse (Loan) 120 58
Water Extension, Walden avenue 2 96
Water Extension, Spring street 48 24
Water Extension, Beachview avenue, 77 37
Water Extension
3 09
685 24 804 29
Overlay (Reserved for abatement) .
Excess of Revenue.
Surplus 1912 and prior $22,057 10
(3) Less overdrafts 2,215 48
19,841 62
$121,331 15
.
(3) Overdrafts to be appropriated 1913.
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Report of the Treasurer.
The Treasurer's report from January 1, 1912 to June 15, 1912 has been omitted owing to the fact that there is a difference in the balance on hand.
See Bureau of Statistics report.
Thomas P. Parsons, Treasurer Pro Tem, in Account with the Town of Saugus, from June 15, 1912 to July 15, 1912.
DR.
Cash Balance $13,193 40
Cemetery Department, Charles L. Davis 154 45
City of Lynn Poor Department 40 50
Temporary Loan, No. 25, C. D. Parker Co.
10,000 00
Interest on Deposit, Central National Bank .
16 07
Interest on Deposit, Beacon Trust Co.
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