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2,300 00
Protection of Persons and Property.
Police department
10,000 00
Town constable
50 00
Fire engineers' salaries
350 00
Firemen's salaries
4,500 00
Fire department
2,500 00
Repairs
250 00
Fire hose
2,700 00
Fire alarm superintend- ent's salary 360 00
Hydrant service
644 00
Inspector of buildings
450 00
Sealer of weights and
measures
200 00
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Moth department
2,777 34
Moth department, town
portion on rebate 400 00
Elm leaf beetle
375 00
Tree warden
300 00
Forest tree warden
375 00
Health and Sanitation.
Board of health
2,800 00
Vital statistics
300 00
Inspection of Plumbing
550 00
Inspection of milk and cattle
175 00
Collection of ashes and
garbage 1,300 00
Highways and Bridges.
Highways
$15,000 00
Cement sidewalk
500 00
Oiling streets
3,000 00
Snow and ice
2,000 00
Street lighting
8,008 56
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits.
Overseers of the poor $8,000 00
Saugus home 11,000 00
Saugus home repairs
200 00
State and military aid
3,204 00
Soldiers' burials 150 00
Soldiers' relief
1,200 00
Education and Libraries.
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Superintendent of schools $2,000 00 Secretary of school com-
mission 50 00
Schools
57,600 00
School repairs 2,000 00
Public library
1,730 00
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Recreation and Unclassified.
Memorial day
$
275 00
Printing and distributing
town reports 525 00
Public grounds
300 00
Reserve fund
2,000 00
Water and Cemetery.
Water maintenance
$14,300 00
Water maintenance
1,450 00
Maturing bonds
4,500 00
Interest on bonds
2,397 55
Water extension
10,000 00
Riverside cemetery
2,200 00
Betterment Riverside
cemetery
500 00
Interest and Maturing Debt.
Interest, temporary loan $7,000 00
Interest, school loan 4,207 50
Interest, water loan
sinking fund 600 00
Maturing debt
7,000 00
Maturing debt, sinking
fund 5.000 00
This calls from the various departments for over Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) more than the amount appropriated in 1914. This, you readily see, means about two dollars ($2) a thousand on your tax rate above 1914.
We are working harmoniously with the Board of Se- lectmen to modify the conditions, so that the recommenda-
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tions of the Finance Committee are upheld at the Annual Meeting in March. We are of the opinion that the tax rate of 1915 will be under twenty-three dollars. We are con- fronted with a large expense that must be assumed by the Overseers of the Poor on account of the large number of unemployed, but we shall endeavor to offer the citizens propositions that will relieve the conditions and not add to the tax rate.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. SMALL, Chairman. J. GEORGE SMITH, Secretary.
Water Department
General stock on hand December 31, 1914 $1,344 51
Extension stock on hand December 31, 1914 2,168.27
Tools on hand, December 31, 1914 986.84
Due from services laid 527.09
Due from City of Lynn, for repairing meters, 1914 100 00
Cash payments to Treasurer for year ending 1914 $10,654 40
Due from City of Lynn, balance on Dec., 1914
rebate 3,888 12
Note .- $3,888.12, balance on December, 1914, rebate received January 23, 1915.
Services and Repairs.
New services laid 106
Services repaired 65
Services changed to new mains 15
Services frozen 13
Services cleaned out (no force) 170
Feet of 11/4 inch galvanized wrought iron pipe used 48
Feet of 1 inch galvanized wrought iron pipe used 293 1-12 Feet of 3/4 inch galvanized wrought iron pipe used 161 Feet of 1 inch enamel pipe used 4,0833/4
Feet of 11/2 inch galvanized wrought iron pipe used 75
Feet of 2 inch galvanized wrought iron pipe used 38
New meters set 72
Meters repaired
55
New fire hydrants set
4
Fire hydrants replaced
3
Fire hydrants repaired
11
New main gates used
12
Main gates relaid
3
Main pipe leaks repaired
5
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Table Showing Location, Etc., of Water Pipes Laid Since 1887
Diameter of Pipes
Name of Street
10 in.
8 in.
6 in.
4 in
Year Laid
Adams ave., cast iron
3,130
87-91-94
Addison avenue
132
1909
Alden
132
1909
Appleton
1,473
1911
Ash, cast iron
475
216
1905-10
Atherton, 74 inc. cast iron ..
393
1887
Auburn, 164 feet 4 inch cast iron
1899
Auburn Court, 150 feet 6 inch cast iron
145
1900-09
Auburn, off Cross St., 1,016 feet 6 inch cast iron ..
710
1900
Austin avenue
262
1911
Avon
871
1887
Baker, cast iron.
573
1892
Ballard, cast iron.
2,227
196
1894-06
Bates street
196
1910
Beachview avenue
110
1910
Blueridge avenue
336
1911
Briggs ave. and Oak Hill terrace
442
1910
Bristow street
2,220
1909
Broadway, cast iron
1,937
96-97-07
Broadway North
30
1,548
1911
Brooks Terrace
120
1911
Castle
484
1887
Central
1,278
7,568
540
1887
Clayton avenue
535
1907
Cleveland avenue
324
1908
Cleveland ave., cast iron.
1,124
1893
Cliff Path, cast iron ..
247.7
725
1893
Clifton
484
1887
Clifton avenue
1,578
620
1908-09
Cliftondale ave., cast iron.
280
48,410
1891
Clinton avenue
1,042
1911
Cottage
504
1890
Crescent avenue
146
1908
Crescent, cast iron
357
146
1894
6 inch cast iron.
1900
Cross, Cliftondale, cast iron Curtis, cast iron
1893
Danforth court
240
1907-98-09
cast iron
1900-97
Denver, 1,545 cast iron.
1,854
87-9
Dream, 353 feet 4 inch cast iron .
1898-97
Elmwood ave., cast iron
10
385
1894-10
Eustis, cast iron ..
1893
Ernest, 404 feet 4 inch cast iron Emery court, cast iron.
692
1899-97
Emery, cast iron.
603
1891
Essex, 518.13-10 cast iron.
1887
Elm, Saugus Centre, cast iron
4,252.5
1,373
1895-92
Elm, cast iron. Ella
2,365
287
1892
Edison, 243 cast iron
1896
Eaton avenue
312
1908-09
Endicott, cast iron
315
1894
Fair View
1,020
311
1887-00
Fairmount, 315 feet 6 inch
cast iron
300
443
1899
Fairmount-Street court, 313
4
inch cast iron
100
1891-92
Felton, 349 cast iron.
89-9
Floyd
1,000
134
1907
Foss avenue
182
185
1902
Foster
494
1891
Columbus ave., cast iron.
591
1891
Cross, Saugus Centre, 250 feet
1894
Denver-Street court, 395 4-inch
483
1898
187
1911
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Table Showing Location of Water Pipes-Continued
Diameter of Pipes
Name of Street
10 in.
8 in.
6 in.
4 in.
Year Laid
Forest ave., cast iron
413
1897
First, cast iron
1893-97
Fairmount ave., cast iron
489.5
841
1894
Franklin, cast iron
72
310
1894
Felsmere avenue
100
1910
Fulton avenue
176
1911
Granite court
242
1889-05
Granite street
296
1909
Grove, cast iron
1896
Hamilton and Summer
704
415
87-97-10
Hayden road
415
1910
Horton, cast iron
2,881
393.2
1892
Holstead street
731
1909
Hesper, cast iron
658
372
1899
Herbert ave., cast iron.
716
1892-07
High, cast iron
375
242
1891
Harrison ave., 185 cast iron.
274
1895-92
Harlow street
292
1909
Harvard avenue
546
1911
Hood
172
1911
Jackson
1887
Jackson-st. court
1,397
1887
Jasper, 1749 cast iron
514
1910
Johnson, cast iron
950
1896
Johnston terrace
431
1892
Kenwood avenue, cast iron
624
1904
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
Levin, cast iron
144
1895
Lincoln avenue
3,149
1887
Lindell street
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 iron
870.5
89-93-94
Marden, cast iron
451
1892-97
Maple, Cliftondale
1,690
1889-94
Maple, Saugus, cast iron.
610
1894-95
Morris place
185
1907
Morton ave., 337 5-10.
1,202.5
1891-93
Mountain ave.
543
1887-06
Mt. Vernon, 404 ft. 6 inch cement
1,150
11
1887-95
Myrtle, 278 feet cement.
992
1887-93
Newcomb avenue, cast iron
264
1909
Nowell
394
1907
Oak, cast iron
292
1892
Oakley street
861
1904-09
Overlook terrace
300
487
87-10
Park
80
455
91-97-0-5-6
Park Road, cast iron.
140
364
1904
Parker, cast iron
447
1894-97
Pleasant
235
1,243
1887
Pleasant avenue, cast iron
51
612
1892
Prospect Road, cast iron.
221
36
1904
Prospect, cast iron
235
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
1899-05
Richard, cast iron
688
Riverside court
Round Hill
768
95-96-09-10 1887 1910
Newhall avenue
192
1897
Overlea avenue, cast iron.
144
1909
Pearson
409
1910
Park avenue, 48 4 cast iron
146
1909
722 5-10 cast
456
1910
Knowles ave., cast iron.
WATER DEPARTMENT
Table Showing Location of Water Pipes-Continued
Diameter of Pipes
Name of Street
10 in.
8 in.
6 in.
4in.
Year Laid
Summer, 1,055 ft. 6 in. cast iron.
2,171
97
1887-94
School
214
84
1907-09
Second, cast iron
394
1894
Sherman, cast iron
410
1894-95
Stone, 30 feet 4 inch cast iron ..
741
1997-98
Sussex street
242
1800
Smith
438
1919
Sunneyside avenue
400
1910
Tuttle, cast iron
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
Western avenue, cast iron.
1992-00
Waverly ave., Baker's Hill, cast iron
7
1905-06
Washington ave., 204 feet 6 inch
198.6
1901
Wamasit avenue
1903
Wickford street
890
1909
Winter
5,350
2,363.5
1887
Woodbury avenue
356
1891
Whitney, cast iron
908
1893
Wakefield and Pratt avenues
728
214
99-03-10
Walnut (Pleasant Hills),
cast
iron
449
1894
Walnut, North Saugus, cast iron
2,131
1895
Wendell, cast iron
232
1894-06
Walden Pond avenue
388
1911
Westford street
644
1911
Westland avenue
530
1911
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Table Showing Size and Total Length of Cast-Iron Pipe Laid in 1912
Size (Inches) Length (Feet)
STREET, FROM TO
4 in.
6 in.
8 in.
10 in.
12 in.
Total
Walnut Pond avenue, Walnut ...
358
Appleton (west) Summer
724
Cottage, Extension
122
Willis, Winter, Winter
40
575
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
120
Sunnyside park, Lincoln
440
Tuttle, Extension
190
Oakcrest, Walnut
150
Fairmount avenue, Washington ..
176
Johnson, Ballard
140
Granite road, Extension
26
12
1,644
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5,366
1,311
12
1,644
8,303
Table Showing Size and Total Length of Cast-Iron Pipe Laid in 1913
Size (Inches) Length (Feet)
STREET, FROM TO
4 in.
6 in.
8 in.
10 in.
12 in.
Total
Granite Road, Extension
60
Anawan Ave., Essex
216
Cottage, Extension
180
Pratt, Grand View
492
Grand View, Extension
1,457
Lewis, Pratt, Springdale.
365
Springdale Ave., Willis
1,457
Laconia Ave., Extension
Westford St.
500
Harlow, Extension, Venice.
Venice Ave., Harlow
605
Sussex St., Extension
175
Halstead, Extension
472
Seagirt Ave., Lincoln Ave.
410
Fairmount Ave., Walnut, Oakcrest
Oakcrest St.
Fairchild Ave., Fairmount
325
1,240
Blueridge Ave., Extension
630
Harrison Ave., Extension
146
Twin Springs Rd., Extension
1,413
Wormsted Ave., Twin Springs Rd_
217
Emory St., Extension
52
Pearson St., Jasper St
160
Hood St., Extension
195
Stone St., Extension
216
3,925
5,721
9,646
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Sterling Ave., Fairmount
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Lin'In ave. E. S'gus b'ge, B'l'd
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WATER DEPARTMENT
Table Showing Size and Total Length of Cast-Iron Pipe Laid in 1914
Size (Inches) Length (Feet)
Name of Street
4 in.
6 in.
8 in.
10 in.
12 in.[
16 in.
Tota
Saugus Ave., Extension
265
Intervale Ave., Extension
300
Eustis St., Extension.
167
Kent St., Extension
466
Mountain Ave., Extension
366
Newhall Court, Extension
230
Johnson St., Extension ..
208
Allard & Springdale Ext'n
212
296
Pearson St., Extension
108
Gates Road, Guild Road, Clem- ent & Richards Sts.
170
1,200
Lincoln Ave. from Central St.
16
8
360
Lawndale Ave. & Hillcrest St.
554
Fairmount Av. & Newcomb Av.
1,558
Spencer Ave.
1,025
Bailey Ave.
153
Totals
3,075
4,191
16
8
360
7,650
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ROBERT T. ALLEN,
HERBERT E. DODGE,
J. ARTHUR RADDIN,
Water Commissioners.
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Report of Overseers of Poor
Charity Department.
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
In submitting our report for the year ending December 31, 1914, we desire to call your attention to the fact that we were able to turn back to the town from our appropria- tion, $925.52. We also have been able to collect from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and from cities and towns the amount of $1,804.57. Therefore, the actual expense of this department for the year 1914 was $5,453.47.
We would recommend that our appropriation for 1915 be the same as that for 1914, owing to the increase of mothers' aid cases, and the large number of people unemployed at the present time. We, therefore, feel that the expenses of our department for 1915 will exceed those of 1914.
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Saugus Home.
The Home has been well managed by our warden and our matron, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Koch. Our appropriation for the Home was $10,000.00. We spent this year $11.119.40. The receipts for the year are $9,875.90 plus $560.82, due on outstanding accounts, making our total credit $10,436.72, or a deficit of $682.68. Of this amount $210.00 was for bills of 1913 paid in 1914. This makes a net deficit of $472.88 for 1914.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE H. AMES, Chairman. CHARLES W. BAILEY. ANTHONY HATCH.
Report of Board of Selectmen
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
We present this report to you with the earnest re- quest that you acquaint yourself with some of the dif- ficulties we have had to face, and then judge us accord- ingly. Besides the regular routine business which formerly required that meetings be held fortnightly, it is now of such importance that a meeting is held every week, and any Monday evening the board will be pleased to receive any citizen of the town, either to give or receive advice as the occasion may require.
At the Annual Town Meeting $1,200 was voted to in- stall a fireproof vault in the basement of the Town Hall. The contract was awarded to W. George Greenlay-the vault was built under Mr. Greenlay's personal directions, and is a very creditable piece of work. Same is furnished with steel fixtures and is now ready for use.
The contract for building the footbridge over the river at the foot of Woodbury Avenue was given to Charles N. Wormstead, and we feel safe in saying that the town received good value for the $500, that being the amount awarded to Mr. Wormstead for the whole job.
This year we took up the matter of Town Insurance under the old form policies held by the town-the various buildings had different rates, and some we only insured for one year and even then at a high rate. We now have a blanket form, and under this we placed all of the town buildings and contents at a uniform rate of $1.68 per hun- dred for five years. Nearly $20,000 more insurance was placed. Even with the added amount a number of hundred dollars was saved to the town.
The town voted to adopt the Workingmen's Compen- sation Act; for this we ask that an amount sufficient to take care of the town be appropriated.
While on the matter of insurance, we are going to ask you to place the entire insurance in the hands of the Selectmen, it being of vital importance that it be placed
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under one head, and with this in mind we have placed in the Town charge under one item the whole amount for the year.
In our Highway Department the surface water from our streets is now the one great difficulty. Heretofore the water has been turned on to a vacant lot or into some field where the water might in time disappear-conditions are changing-people are buying up these places, and building on them, and naturally, refuse to put up with the old order of things, so that we are obliged to take care of the water. Lincoln Avenue, East Saugus, Winter and Vine Streets, Saugus, and Lynnhurst should be taken care of this year, so as to relieve these people of the very unsatisfactory condition of water in their cellars.
This year we are asking you to appropriate money for a Stone Crusher. A portable crusher, with a capacity for crushing 125 to 150 tons a day, can be purchased for $2,200. This is for the complete outfit, and same would be a great asset in building and repairing our roads. We trust this will meet with your approval.
We recommend that a spraying outfit for oiling the streets be purchased. With this machine at our command the streets can be oiled when we think necessary, thereby being able to cover places most needed with more than one oiling. The amount of this purchase can be paid out of this year's appropriations, and the same amount of roads oiled as last year.
It is very gratifying to the officials of the town at the prompt manner in which the tax-payers have paid this year's taxes. Out of a commitment of $186,829.43, the Tax Collector has received and turned over to the Treasurer $100,277.12-a much larger percentage than formerly. This surely is a step forward. On Tax Titles $4,108.94 has been received by the Tax Collector and Tax Titles to that amount released with $682.68 excess interest. Much credit is due the Collector for the efficient way in which this account has been handled.
GEORGE QUARMBY, WALTER SPRAGUE, GEORGE L. NOURSE, Board of Selectmen.
Assessors' Report
Table of Aggregates of Polls and Taxes Assessed April 1, 1914.
Number of polls assessed 2,643
Number of persons paying property tax 3,172
Number of persons paying poll tax only 1,699
Number of persons liable to do military duty 1,847
Population as taken by the assessors
9,360
Schedule of Property Assessed.
Number of dwelling houses
2.214
Number of acres of land 6,329
Number of acres of land (exempted property)
255
Number of horses
274
Number of cows
540
Number of fowl
8,889
Number of dogs to be registered (female 90, male 435) 525
Total Amount of Property Assessed.
Resident real estate
$4,692,702
Non-resident real estate
1,691,397
Resident personal estate
326,985
Non-resident personal estate
232,271
$6,943,355
Value of Real and Personal Estate.
Buildings, excluding land
$3,878,801
Land, excluding buildings
2,505,298
Personal property
559,256
$6,943,355
Exemptions.
Resident Non-resident
86,317
12,425
98.742
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Abatements.
For the year 1911
$ 159 80
For the year 1912
373 26
For the year 1913
1,775 45
For the year 1914
1,341 62
Basis of Taxation.
State tax
$12,687 50
County tax
7,744 09
Bureau of Statistics
120 96
Charles River Basin
590 78
State Highway
266 35
Metropolitan Park
3,260 60
Appropriations
201,769 06
$226,439 34
Overlay
$3,000 00
Gypsy Moth tax (individuals)
2,224 13
$231,663 47
Less Town Income
47,790 88
Net amount to be raised by taxation $183,872 59
Appropriated as follows :
On real estate
$162,157 14
On personal
14,205 32
On polls
5,286 00
On Gypsy Moth (individuals)
2,224 13
-$183,872 59
Tax for State, County, and town purposes committed to Henry A. Parker, Tax Collector, August 1, 1914 $183,872 59
December 20, omitted assessment 2,956 84 Total Commitment $186,829 43
State Railway Excise Tax 3,396 35
Tax Rate per $1,000 25 40
LEWIS J. AUSTIN, EDWIN K. HAYDEN, H. H. ATHERTON.
Assessors.
Report of Tree Warden
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To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
I herewith submit to you my annual report for the year ending December 31st, 1914. I have removed a number of dead trees and dead limbs in different parts of the town. I have also trimmed a large number of trees. . would recommend the sum of two hundred dollars for the care of shade trees this coming year. I also set out fifty young trees in different parts of the town. I would recom- mend the sum of one hundred dollars for setting out trees for this coming year. I also submit to you the number of trees I have sprayed for elm leaf beetle, which numbered seven hundred and fifteen. I would recommend the sum of three hundred and seventy-five dollars for spraying for the elm leaf beetle this coming year.
Respectfully submitted,
T. E. BERRETT,
Tree Warden.
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Report of Janitor
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For the year ending December 31, 1914.
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Dr.
Received for rent of town hall
$260 00
Received for police service at town hall
97 00
$357 00
Cr.
Paid treasurer
$260 00
Paid for police service
97 00
$357 00
J. E. MANSFIELD, Janitor.
HAY SCALES.
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Received from hay scales, 1914 Paid treasurer 4 00
$4 00
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J. E. MANSFIELD,
Public Weigher.
Report of Board of Engineers
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To the Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :- Your Board of engineers submit their annual report of the year ending December 31, 1914.
The department consists of chief engineer, two assistant engineers, two permanent men, one sub-permanent man, twenty call men, four sub-call men, and superintendent of fire alarm system.
Apparatus.
The apparatus consists of one auto combination, three hose wagons, one ladder truck. We recommend the replac- ing of this truck with an auto combination truck.
Hose.
We have about 4,000 feet of hose, of which amount about 60 per cent. will have to be condemned when the increased pressure from the standpipe is given us, as this hose will not stand the increased high pressure.
Fire Alarm. .
The fire alarm system is in good working order. The elements for the storage will have to be renewed the coming year.
Alarms.
There have been fifty bell alarms and thirty-six tele- phone calls.
Respectfully submitted,
ERNEST STUART, Chief. J. WALTER NEWHALL, 1st Asst. ERNEST M. HATCH, 2nd Asst.
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
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To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :- I submit the following report for 1914:
Adjusted
Sealed Con- demned
Platform scales over 5,000 lbs.
7
Platform scales under 5,000 lbs.
1
34
Computing scales
3
15
1
Slot weighing scales
3
1
All other scales
8
95
5
Weights
2
307
Dry measures
1
7
Liquid measures
158
1
Linear measures
9
Measuring pumps
6
4
Totals
14
641
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Cash receipts Paid to town treasurer
$44 65
$44 65
JAMES F. PRATT,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Report of Forest Warden
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :- I submit the following report for 1914: There were 39 fires from September 20th to October 15th; during this unusually dry period, it was necessary to use 4,600 feet of fire hose and 2,400 feet of garden hose.
The total number of fires for the year was 62. The appropriation was $300; the amount spent was $749.63.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES L. DAVIS,
Forest Warden.
Report of Building Inspector
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit my annual report to date :
Total number of permits issued 206
Total number of permits to build
155
Total number of permits to build foundations under old buildings 10
Total number of permits to build additions
22
Total number of permits to build garages -
12
Total number of permits to remodel
3
Total number of permits to move
4
Department Statistics.
No. Month.
Cost.
10 January
$ 9,350 00
4 February
3,350 00
12 March
13,000 00
21 April
21,250 00
27 May
21,155 00
36 June
28,675 00
32 July
29,850 00
15 August
13,500 00
17 September
19,470 00
13 October
11,050 00
11 November
3,390 00
8 'December
11,540 00
206
Totals $185,580 00
These permits were issued to build camps estimated at $50.00 to dwellings worth $7,500.00.
Respectfully submitted, DANIEL B. WILLIS,
Inspector of Buildings.
Saugus, January 1, 1915.
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 by nine- teenth annual report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1914.
Chief of Police. Charles O. Thompson.
Regular Police.
Captain Roland L. Mansfield, Frank W. Joy, James P. Sullivan, Clarence H. Berrett, John T. Stuart, Clifford E. Robie.
Special Police.
Peter A. Flaherty, William M. Penney, Timothy J. Bannon, 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 S. Sutherst, Charles F. Clark, James F. Pratt, Charles W. Sellick, Charles W. Willie, Phillip Ward, Arthur G. Clark, George W. Jeffrey, Carl F. Koch, William H. Semons, Thomas E. Berrett, Charles O. Popp, Alston F. Hart, Daniel B. Willis, Herbert Holland, James O. Cram, Harvey Upham, William F. Parker.
Arrests.
The total number of arrests for the year 1914 was 111, of which 102 were males and 9 females.
184
TOWN DOCUMENTS
The Following are the Offences :
Arson, 1; assault, 14; arrested for out of town of- ficers, 5; breaking and entering, 3; bastardy, 1; cruelty to animals, 1; drunks, 35; disorderly conduct, 1; attempting to dynamite a house, 1; larceny, 15; malicious mischief, 6; non-support, 3; peddling without a license, 1; rape, 1; stubborn children, 2; threat, 3; truancy, 4; trespass, 3; vagrants, 2; violation of town by-laws, 2; violation of school laws, 4; violation of automobile laws, 2.
Disposition of Cases.
Committed to house of correction, 4; to state farm, 2; to state board of charity, 1; Lawrence Training School, 2; Lancaster Industrial School, 1; discharged, 15; paid fines, 32 ; placed on file, 42; released, 7; committed to Dan- vers hospital, 7; held for grand jury, 2; held for superior court, 2.
Miscellaneous.
Complaints received and investigated, 1,021; disturb- ances suppressed, 69; doors found open and secured, 87; lights furnished for dangerous places, 59; lost children restored, 8; runaway horses stopped, 7; stray teams put up, 4; windows found open, 29; dogs killed, 100; lights found burning, 69; calls for patrol wagon, 270; responded to fire alarms, 40; fires discovered by officers and alarm given, 3; lost dogs restored to owners, 3.
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