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amount that should be allotted to each department. It is then for you to say at the Town Meeting whether you consider this allotment just and proper. We are pleased to say that in most cases we are able to agree with the different departments as to the amount of their needs and where we do not agree we endeavor to bring the matter before you in an impartial manner for your consideration.
Since the organization of the Finance Committee the Select- men's room has been their designated office. This room is preferable to any other for the meetings of this Committee, which consist of nine members of its own and has from one to five per- sons extra before them at a time. It is necessary for us to hold fully twenty meetings a year and as we serve without pay we believe that the Town should furnish us with the best facilities possible for us to transact our business. The Selectmen in the year 1912 have seen fit to discontinue the use of their room by the Finance Committee, hence we have placed an article in the warrant for the people to vote and designate the Selectmen's room as the office of the Finance Committee.
Last year we divided up some of the appropriation especially that of Selectmen's Incidentals and find that it has been to a good purpose. The Town Meeting in March, 1912, saw fit not to make a separate item of removal of snow from that of High- ways and Bridges. We again favor this separation, and as this separation is included in the system which you have voted to be introduced by the state, we feel that it should be so ordered by you.
We have separated the Board of Health into the items of Board of Health and Collection of Ashes and Garbage, which is a fixed charge.
The itemized list a few pages in advance shows the estimation of the individual appropriations and we shall only call your attention to such ones as are much changed from the year of 1912, or where we possibly may differ from the amount desired by the department and also where new separations occur.
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Board of Health.
Last year we appropriated $2,300.00 as a total on this account. The expenses of the department overrun over $500.00. This is not a direct loss to the Town as some of the overrun is return- able from the state. This year we estimate $1,380.00 for the collection of garbage and ashes and $1, 120.00 for the other expenses of the Board of Health.
High ways and Bridges.
We estimate $3,000.00, which with the street Railroad and Excise Tax will make nearly $10,000.00 for the use of this department on the repairs of the highways and bridges and side- walks. We further estimate $1, 200.00 for the removal of snow.
Overseers of the Poor.
This account we feel obliged to estimate this year $4,200.00 which is $700.00 more than last year, but again this extra ex- pense is incurred largely from the state and other cities and towns, which is paid back to us.
Moth Department.
We are obliged to estimate this department, which is ordered by the state, at $2,537.20 against $2,360.00 for 1912. We are also obliged to estimate an amount of $600.00 which is caused by the Town having more than $6,000,000 valuation. Twenty per cent of the amount expended by the state must be borne by the Town.
Schools.
From the information we have so far received, we estimate for Schools, $43,Soo, which is $1,000 more than we estimated in 1912. The School Committee has placed before us additional expenses not involved in the year 1912 upon which we will have to give further consideration, which will probably advance this
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amount as a recommendation at the Town Meeting. Your Committee is in favor of paying our Elementary teachers a higher salary, but we are opposed to certain extra expenses for new ideas which are proposed to be added to our School system.
Superintendent of Schools.
While the School Committee have recommended to us, $2,000 as a salary for the Superintendent of Schools beginning Septem- ber 1, 1913, which is a raise of $200. until we have a further conference and information in regard to this matter we feel obliged to estimate the previous salary of $1,800.
Police.
While the Chief of Police, in appearing before us recom- mended the addition of one more regular officer at an expense of $900, to the Town, your Committee felt that in consideration of the efficiency of the work of the Police Department during the year 1912, that it was not necessary, hence we estimate the same amount as last year of $6,500.
Respectfully submitted for the Committee, WILLIAM H. SMALL, Chairman. ALVAH J. SHEPHERD, Secretary.
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ESTIMATE OF
Municipal Appropriation for 1913.
1912
1913
Schools
$42,800 00
43,800 00
Schools Superintendent
1,680 00
1,800 00
Election and Registration
1,200 00
1,100 00
Tax Titles
1,000 00
900 00
Printing and Stationery .
1,200 00
1,200 00
Care of Town Hall
1,400 00
1,650 00
Commission on Collection of Taxes,
1,100 00
1,100 00
Selectmen's Incidentals .
1,200 00
1,300 00
Overseers of the Poor
3,500 00
4,200 00
Water Loan Principal
5,000 00
3,500 00
Water Loan Interest
3,005 00
2,765 00
Water Loan, North Saugus
1,000 00
1,000 00
Roby Schoolhouse Loan, Principal,
3,000 00
3,000 00
1905 Schoolhouse Loan, Principal .
2,000 00
2,000 00
E. Saugus Schoolhouse Loan, Principal, 2,000 00
2,000 00
Interest School Loans
5,155 00
4,815 00
Interest Temporary Loans
3,800 00
4,800 00
State and Military Aid
3,300 00
3,200 00
Highways and Bridges
3,000 00
3,000 00
Snow Bills
1,200 00
1,200 00
Assessors' Department
1,500 00
1,500 00
Police
5,800 00
6,500 00
Street Lighting
7,250 00
7,192 00
Insurance
767 83
283 16
Repairs Town Buildings and Grounds,
1,000 00
1,500 00
Board of Health
2,300 00
1,120 00
Collection Garbage and Ashes
1,380 00
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Amounts carried forward,
$106,157 83 $107,805 16
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1912
1913
Amounts brought forward.
$106,157 83 $107,805 16
Concrete Sidewalk .
350 00
350 00
Tree Warden
200 00
200 00
Moth Department
2,360 00
2,537 20
Fire Department
1,000 00
1,300 00
Firemen's Salaries .
2,975 00
2,975 00
Library .
500 00
600 00
Soldiers' Relief
1,000 00
950 00
Sinking Fund
500 00
600 00
Repairs Interior School Buildings
1,000 00
1,200 00
Riverside Cemetery
2,000 00
2,500 00
Hydrant Service
632 00
644 00
Lock-up
400 00
400 00
Salaries .
3,325 00
3,350 00
State Tax
8,360 00
9,900 00
Metropolitan Park Tax .
3,859 68
2,816 0I
Charles River Basin
1,390 25
451 54
Wellington Bridge .
9 80
6 35
Highway Tax
89 50
89 50
Nantasket Park
77 22
64 85
County Tax .
8,011 20
8,447 93
Oiling Streets .
1,000 00
1,200 00
Moth Account, State Proportion
600 00
$145,197 18 $148,987 54
Memorial Day
275 00
275 00
Registration of Notes
50 00
50 00
Elm Leaf Beetle
375 00
375 00
$145,897 18 $149,687 54
Increase 1913 over 1912 .
3,790 36
$149,687 54 $149,687 54
Report for the Town Meeting, March 11, 1912.
SAUGUS, MASS., March 4, 1912.
Unexpended Amount to be Committee Balances Assessed in 1912 Recommendations
Article 5. Town Charges. Selectmen's Incidentals. $524.79 .
Unpaid bills 1911
$1,724 79
$1,724 79
Election and Registration
[,200 00
1,200 00
Care of Town Hall
1,400 00
1,400 00
Printing and Stationery ·
1,200 00
1,200 00
Tax Titles
1,400 00
1,400 00
Overseers of the Poor
3,500 00
3,500 00
Roby School Loan Principal
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3,000 00
3,000 00
1905 School Loan Principal
2,000 00
2,000 00
East Saugus School Loan Principal
2,000 00
2,000 00
Water Loan Principal. Commissioners. )
( Referred to Water
State and Military Aid
$290 50
3,209 50 _
3,500 00
Assessors' Department
78 II
1,421 89
1,500 00
Soldiers' Relief. Overrun 1911 $17.42 . ·
1,029 OI
1,029 OI
Board of Health. Bills of 191 1 unpaid of $69.92, Police Department . .
98 04
5,701 96
5,800 00
Insurance. Unpaid 1911, $252
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23 72
1,122 II
1,145 83
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2,369 92
2,369 92
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Interest on Schoolhouse Loans. Unpaid 1911, $240 . ·
5,395 00 5,395 00
12
Interest on Water Loan. (Referred to Water Commissioners.)
Interest on Temporary Loans .
1,069 53
2,730 47
3,800 00
Superintendent of Schools
1,680 00
1,680 00
Schools. (With receipts for tuition)
43,200 00
43,200 00
Snow Bills
1,200 00
1,200 00
Highways and Bridges. (Excise and Railroad Tax about $5,500. ) Unpaid 1911, $87.43 .
3,087 43
3,087 43
Fire Department. Overrun 1911, $14.02 .
1,014 02
1,014 02
Article 6. Salaries. Unpaid of 1911 .
$117 JI
Town Clerk
·
100 00
Selectmen
.
350 00
Treasurer
. .
500 00
Auditor .
300 00
Overseers of the Poor
300 00
Water Commissioners
100 00
Board of Health ·
.
75 00
Constable
50 00
Secretary of Finance Committee
50 00
Secretary of School Committee
50 00
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$92, 146 00
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Sealer of Weights and Measures
150 00
Inspector of Plumbing .
500 00
Inspector of Buildings ·
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400 00
Town Counsel . ·
400 00
Firemen. Unpaid bills 1911, $117. 1I
521 18 5,895 93
2,975 00
Art. S. Eradiction of the Mosquito in Saugus. (Recommend no appropriation. )
Art. 9. Erecting Bulletin Boards. (Recom- mend no appropriation. Art. II. Horses, Harnesses, Swill and Ash Wagons. ( Recommend no appropriation. ) Art. 13. Electric Lights, Kenwood District. (Provided for in Art. 23.)
Art. 15. Water Bonds Extension . $5,000 00
Art. 16. Laying Water Pipe on Beach View avenue. (To be taken from 1910 North Saugus Water Loan)
Art. 17. Laying Water Pipe on Walden ave. (To be taken from 1910 North Saugus Water Loan) . · .
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700 00
870 35
. Art. 19. Memorial Day . . Art. 20. Steel Fixtures, Town Clerk's Vault .
275 00 250 00
275 00 250 00
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Art. 21. Riverside Cemetery. Unpaid 1911, $23.00
2,023 00
2,023 00
Art. 32. Betterment Riverside Cemetery. (One half of amount received from sales of lots and graves. )
Art 23. Street Lighting ·
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1 74 32
7,147 6S
7,322 00
Art. 24. Collection of Taxes (2 of I per cent for all 1912 taxes collected on or before May 1, 1913.
Art 25. For payment of commissions for col- lection of taxes. Unpaid 1911, $63.19 ·
1,113 19
1,113 19
Art. 26. Oiling Streets . · .
114 36
885 64
1,000 00
Art. 27. Certification Town Notes .
50 00
50 00
Art. 28. Concrete Sidewalks .
77 57
272 43
350 00
. Art. 29. Repairs Town Building and Grounds. Unpaid bill 1911, $69.93 ·
1,569 93
1,569 93
Art. 30. Tree Warden .
200 00
200 00
Art. 31. Lockup. Unpaid 1911, $68.60
468 60
468 60
. Art. 32. Hydrant Service. Unpaid bill 1911 $128 .
760 00
760 00
Art. 33. Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth ·
2,356 02
2,356 02
Art. 34. Sinking Fund . ·
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600 00
600 00
Art. 35. Repairs Interior School Buildings ·
1,000 00
1,000 00
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Art. 36. Public Library. (Dog Tax about $556.98.) Unpaid 1911, $86.22 586 22
Art. 37. Electric Lights and Central street, Birchwood avenue and Walnut. (Provided in Art 23.)
Art. 38. Department Overruns. 'Taken care of by appropriation in each department. Art. 39. Pension Fund for Retirement of Teachers. (No action. Town election voted against. )
Art. 40. Elm Leaf Beetle .
375 00
232 12 142 88 Art. 41. Electric Light, Fairmount place. (See Article 23.)
Art. 42. Small Town Act
1,200 00
1,200 00
Totals
$2,679 45 $117,382 62
$120,062 07
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Estimation of Tax Rate for 1912.
Appropriations 1912, to be assessed, $117,382 62 Appropriation September 7, 1911 2,700 00
State Tax estimated 8,360 00
County Tax estimated 8,011 20
Metropolitan Park Tax estimated 3,946 40
Highway Tax
89 50
Charles River Basin Tax
1,390 25
Overlay . 4,336 94
$146,216 91
Less Town Income estimated . $12,000 00
Less Assessment, Dec. 20, 191I 434 56
12,434 56
Amount to be raised by taxation Less Poll Tax estimated .
$133,782 35 4,600 00
Net amount to be raised by Tax upon Real Estate and Personal Property
Tax estimated at $6,200,000 Rate per thousand $20.85.
$129, 182 35
Respectfully submitted for the Committee,
WILLIAM H. SMALL, Chairman. EDGAR E. CHAPMAN, Secretary.
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REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE.
OFFICE OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. Selectmen's Room, Town Hall.
SAUGUS, MASS, September, 28, 1912.
Report for the Town Meeting, October 11, 1912.
Asked. Com. Recommends.
Art. 3.
Selectmen's Incidentals
$300 00
$300 00
Art. 4. Fire Department
400 00
300 00
Art. 5. Tax Titles
350 00
350 00
Art. 6. Care Town Hall
250 00
250 00
Art. 7. Printing and Stationery
150 00
150 00
$1,450 00
$1,350 00
Art. II. No recommendation.
WILLIAM H. SMALL, Chairman. ALVAH J. SHEPHERD, Secretary.
Selectmen's Report.
According to promise, the Selectmen have devoted every effort the past year to the reduction of the Tax Rate, and have so far succeeded that the rate is now $20.70 against $25.60 on a thou- sand the previous year. In our effort to keep the expenditures within this limit, we have received cordial support of nearly all departments without any diminution of effectiveness. The Town is somewhat troubled, however, by its $130,000 of tem- porary loans, and the time is near at hand when about $60,000 of these should be funded in twenty-year serial bonds, under which arrangement the debt would be reduced at the rate of $3,000 per annum, without any material increase of the Tax Rate. The only alternative will be to carry a considerable sum into the Tax Rate each year for the extinction of this floating debt. All departments of the Town are being managed with economy. The Schools are creditable; the Police force is par- ticularly efficient ; water, lights, and fire protection are as good as the Town can afford; and our highways have been in better condition the past year than those of Lynn, Everett, Revere and most other surrounding towns and cities. Of course the alter- nate thaws and freezing of the past month or two have been par- ticularly severe on the roads.
On June 15, the Town Auditor reported to us a deficiency in the accounts of the Treasurer, and Mr. Meacom was put under bonds for prosecution and sent his resignation to the Board. It appeared that the shortage had been growing for some time, and the Auditor, with characteristic kindness of heart, had been giving him every opportunity to make it up. When this was found impossible, he reported the facts to the Board. The accounts were put in the hands of the State Bureau of Statistics.
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and their expert accountant reports the deficiency elsewhere as $7,910, which should be amply covered by Mr. Meacom's bond, though the Bonding Company has been induced to avoid pay- ment, and we have now brought suit against them. The decease of Auditor George Parsons, universally loved and honored, who had been the industrious and faithful Auditor of our Town for twenty years, subsequently caused a vacancy in that office, and we appointed to the position Mr. Granville A. Clark, whose competency is demonstrated by the Town report which he has prepared. Upon the resignation of Mr. Meacom, Mr. Thomas P. Parsons filled the office of Treasurer for a short time, and, upon his unwillingness to continue, was succeeded by Mr. James M. Maxwell. The financial requirements of the Town for the ensuing year will be found under the proper headings elsewhere.
HENRY F. FISKE, FRANK P. BENNETT, GEORGE QUARMBY.
sessors' Report.
Table of Aggregates of Polls and Taxes Assessed April 1, 1912.
Number of polls assessed 2,400
Number of persons paying property tax 2,721
Number of persons paying poll tax only . 1,618
Number of persons liable to do military duty 1,676
Population as taken by the Assessors
8,930
Schedule of Property Assessed.
Number of dwelling houses 2,015
Number of acres of land
6,842
Number of horses
276
Number of cows ,
723
Number of swine
90
Number of fowls .
6,422
Number of dogs to be registered (female 89, male
399) .
488
Total Amount of Property Assessed.
Resident real estate
$4,303,770
Non-resident real estate
1,608,067
Resident personal estate . 344,815
Non-resident real estate .
185,325
$6,441,977
Value of Real and Personal Estate.
Buildings exclusive of land $3,416,365
Land exclusive of buildings 2,495,472
Personal property .
530,140
$6,441,977
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Exemptions.
Resident
$89,810
Non-resident
9,161
$98,971
Abatements.
For the year 1906
$223 02
For the year 1907
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265 77
For the year 1908
38 47
For the year 1909
10 00
For the year 1910
768 58
For the year 1911
1,458 31
For the year 1912
.
736 38
$3,500 53
Basis of Taxation.
Apropriations
$124,327 62
State Tax
9,500 00
County Tax
8,047 93
State Highway Tax 89 50
Charles River Basin Tax
.
451. 54
Metropolitan Park Tax .
2,887 21
Gypsy Moth Tax (Individuals) .
2,030 75
Overlay .
.
4,300 00
Less Town Income estimated .
$151,634 55 13,501 78
Net amount raised by taxation
$138,132 77
Appropriated as follows :
On real estate
. $120,390 94
On personal
10,911 08
On polls ·
4,800 00
On Gypsy Moth (Individuals) . 2,030 75
$138,132 77
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Tax for State, County and Town purposes committed to Henry A.
Parker, Tax Collector August I . $138, 132 77 December 20, omitted assessment 406 63
State Railway Excise Tax Tax rate per $1,000
· Total commitment . $138,539 40 3,164 47 20 70
ERNEST L. NOERA, LEWIS J. AUSTIN, HORACE H. ATHERTON,
Assessors of the Town of Saugus.
Report of Chief of Police.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,-In accordance with the requirements of the Town Ordinance I have the honor to submit my seventeenth annual report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1912.
Chief of Police. Charles O. Thompson.
Regular Police. Captain Roland L. Mansfield, Frank W. Joy, James P. Sullivan, Clarence H. Berrett.
Special Police.
Peter A. Flaherty, William M. Penney, Timothy J. Bannon, Joseph P. Devine, Morin A. Hazel, Frank M. Symonds, Samuel C. Maddox, John P. Chesley, Justin E. Mansfield, Howard P. McAdoo, William F. Parker, George W. Parker, Nathan H. Williams, James W. Rea, Christopher C. Merrithew, Charles L. Davis, Thomas C. Sutherst, Charles F. Clark, James F. Pratt, Charles W. Sellick, Charles W. Willey, Philip Ward, Arthur G. Clark, Clifford E. Robie, John T. Stuart, George W. Jeffrey, Arthur B. Mansfield, Benjamin F. Robinson, Carl F. Koch, William H. Semons.
Arrests.
The total number of arrests for the year of 1912 was 392, of which 282, were males and 20 females.
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*Court Receipts.
The total amount of fines for the year 1912 was $1, 176.00 of which the Town of Saugus received $841.00, Town of Lynnfield $65.00, Town of Marblehead $25.00, Commonwealth $195.00, County of Essex $20.00, M. S. P. C. A. $10.00 Complainants $20.00.
* There is a difference between amount paid and amount received by Treasurer. See Bureau of Statistics.
The Following Are the Offences:
Assault, 29; arson, I ; abandoned children, 3; abortion, I ; arrested for out of town officers, I ; breaking and entering, 4 ; col- lecting junk without license, 3; cruelty to animals, 4; drunks, 80; default, 2 ; disorderly conduct, 8 ; evading car fare, 2 ; false weight, 2 ; giving cigarettes to boys, I ; hunting without a license; 1 ; illegal transportation of liquor, 3 ; illegal keeping liquor, 4 ; illegal sale of liquor, I ; indecent exposure, I ; indecent language, 2 ; interfering with an officer, I; larceny, 25 ; neglecting chil- dren, 10; profanity, 4 ; peddling without a license, I ; present at a game on the Lord's day, 13 ; rude and disorderly, 2 ; riding bicycle on the sidewalk, 3 ; running auto without lights, 2 ; run- ning motorcycle without lights, 2 ; receiving stolen property, I ; reckless driving auto, 2 ; stubborn children, 2; stealing a ride on cars, 4; threat, 2; trespass, 14; unlicensed dogs, II ; vagrants, 2 ; violation of clam laws, 10; violation of game laws, 2 ; violation of school laws, 6 ; violation Town by-laws, 3 ; non- support, 6 ; disturbing peace, 9.
Disposed of as Follows:
Fined, 147; filed, 89; discharged, 23; defaulted, 14; com- mitted to Sherborn, I ; committed to State Board, I ; committed to Salem jail, 10; held for Grand Jury, 5; held for Superior Court, 7 ; appealed, 5.
Financial Statement.
Appropriation
· $6,590 00
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EXPENDITURES.
C. O. Thompson
. $1, 140 00
R. L. Mansfield
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. 1,042 25
F. W. Joy
754 25
J. P. Sullivan 912 50
C. H. Berrett
914 00
P. A. Flaherty
S2 65
J. P. Devine .
103 15
F. M. Symonds
98 57
M. A. Hazel .
160 00
G. W. Jeffery
93 63
J. T. Stewart
99 37
J. P. Chesley .
77 13
T. J. Bannon
23 50
W. H. Semons
37 00
W. M. Penney
18 85
N. H. Williams
5 00
Oak Hall, supplies .
7 90
Auto publishing list
10 00
F. W. Barry Beal & Co.
13 So
Joseph Cavagnare, interpretor
5 00
H. F. Ward, labor
2 00
R. E. Dexter .
2 .50
J. F. McCarty, printing .
9 00
B. N. Cockran
12 50
I. N. Halliday, printing . 13 25
C. O. Thompson, use of auto .
325 00
W. E. Ludden, one safe . 40 00
F. A. Hyde, lettering safe
+ 50
J. F. Hubbard, six keys . I 25
14 13
J. B. Gunnison, painting wagon
21 00
J. H. Brown, supplies 32 96
N. E. Tel. Co.
65 46
D. McVicker, labor on telephone Postal Telegram
39
Amount carried forward,
$6,142 49
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Amount brought forward,
$6,142 49
F. B. Sloan, storage 25 00
J. F. Wait 50
A. B. Mansfield, labor on telephone I 00
O. E. Bixbee .
I OO
H. E. Brier, supplies
I 85
E. H. Davis, labor on telephone 50
William Read & Son, supplies 68 70
A. F. Merrithew, horse hire . 7 00
E. E. Bowler, printing sign ·
I 60
C. O. Thompson, expenses on Clara Hill case 3 90
C. O. Thompson, expenses on Grace Sullivan case . 2 00
C. O. Thompson, expenses on Loring case
75
C. O. Thompson, copy of Records . 2 00
C. O. Thompson, Burrage case ·
I 25
C. O. Thompson, stamps and postal cards C. O. Thompson, committing to Salem jail
3 50
C. O. Thompson, expressing .
I 50
C. O. Thompson, horse hire . 1 00
F. W. Clark, use of horse
2 00
S. R. Masstrangiolo, helmets .
15 40
Electric Supply Co.
2 19
C. W. Sellick, use of horse
7 00
Dr. Parcher, services for prisoners 8 00
O. C. Christiansen, labor
5 95
S. H. Dane, one robe
II OO
Strout, Scanlon Co., two cushions 7 00
Garafano Bros., bicycle . 30 40
C. H. Sawyer, use of horse
I
H. D. Bisbee, removing dead bodies, horse hire Mitchell Manufacturing Co., badges
39 25
G. W. Felton, supplies .
5 38
C. S. Knowles, telephone wire
47 06
J. H. Burnell Co., telephone . ·
9 35
Lynn Sporting Goods Co., bicycle tires
8 00
Amount carried forward,
2 75
$6,477 52
10 00
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Amount brought forward, $6,477 52
Boston & Maine, R. R., freight on wire . 80 Meek Publishing Co. 2 50
Total expenditure . $6,480 82
Miscellaneous Work.
Complaints received and investigated, 1,280; committed to Danvers asylum, 5 ; dead bodies removed, I ; disturbances sup- pressed, 81 ; doors found open and secured, 107 ; dogs killed, 99; lights furnished for dangerous places, 71; lights found burning, 90; lost children restored, 12; runaway horses stopped 5 ; stray teams put up, 3 ; windows found open, 27; responded to fire alarms, 60; calls for patrol wagon, 290.
Recommendations.
I would recommend that the sum of $7,400 be appropriated for police service for the year of 1913.
I would recommend the appointment of one more regular patrolman as the business of this department is increasing rapidly with the growth of the Town. I would also recommend the purchase of an automobile patrol wagon.
Conclusion.
In submitting my report I wish to thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen for the support given me ; also Judge William E. Ludden and all others who have assisted in the performance of my duties. I desire also to tender to the officers, both regular and special my appreciation for their loyal cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES O. THOMPSON,
Chief of Police.
Report of Chief Engineer.
SAUGUS, MASS., January 1, 1913.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,-In accordance with the annual custom I re- spectfully submit the report of the Fire Department, which con- sists of four engineers, twenty call men, two permanent men, which includes the Chief, who is also Superintendent of the fire alarm system.
Buildings.
The buildings are in fair condition. Some local alterations have been made at the central engine house, and a steam heating plant installed, new cellar steps and a new bulkhead built. The roof is now being reshingled ; the chimney top is not in good condition and will have to be rebuilt this summer.
East Saugus House is in fair shape excepting a few petty repairs.
A few alterations have been made to accommodate the hook and ladder which is stationed there.
Apparatus.
The apparatus which consists of 3 hose wagons, i hook and ladder truck and I auto combination, is in good condition with the exception of the hook and ladder which should have some new ladders as stated in my report of last year. However, the truck has been repainted two coats of red and placed at East Saugus Engine House. The hose wagons are in good condition. The auto combination has had some alterations made on it to conform better to its requirements.
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Hose.
We have about 4,500 feet of two and one-half inch hose which is in medium condition and is 300 feet less than the department had in 1905, notwithstanding the fact that we have one more piece of apparatus to load. Yet we did not use as much hose last year as previously, owing to the chemical apparatus. Yet we should have another thousand feet to reload with.
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