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Groceries and pro- visions 1,362 59
Dry goods and clothing 18 47
Fuel and light
381 19
Medicine and medical
attendance .
51 30
Water
35 21
Stock
859 00
Grain and feed
3,316 45
Veterinary services
44 00
Blacksmithing
30 00
New equipment
295 34
Repairs to equipment
328 61
Pasturing
66 75
Automobile repairs
22 00
Gas and oil
·
18I IO
Freight and express
13 00
Seeds
177 96
Fertilizer
82 88
Disinfectant
53 00
Carpentry
148 42
Masonry
32 45
Plumbing
66 18
Electrical
13 05
Painting
43 92
Glass and shades
II 25
Insurance
56 20
All other
13 25
10,968 73 26 24
Unpaid bills 1928 .
Infirmary Heating System
Contract
985 00
Soldiers' Benefits
Soldiers Relief
$8,474 28
State Aid
1,206 00
9,680 28
Unpaid bills 1928
97 20
Total of charities
47,338 08
Carried forward,
$254,451 64
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Brought forward,
$254,451 64
Education and Libraries 1
Schools
General expenses
Superintendent
$3,640 00
Physicians
750 00
Attendance officer
300 00
Clerks
1,541 66
Stationery, printing and postage
468 16
Telephone
615 75
Nurse .
1,520 00
Mechanic
234 00
Matron .
405 00
Advertising
16 45
Diplomas
75 48
Water
447 04
Teachers' salaries . 139,605 45
Text Books and Supplies
Books
6,562 82
Supplies
5,013 OI
Tuition .
1,824 24
Support of truants
197 15
Transportation
Pupils
5,530 70
Teachers
337 10
Janitors' Service
High School .
4,874 98
Others
9,714 15
Fuel and Light
Coal and wood
8,240 52
Electricity and gas . 1,544 93
Interior Repairs
Carpentry and painting
38 79
Plumbing 6 90
Electrical
24 10
Glass and shades
5 64
Cleaning cesspools,
75 00
Carried forward, $193,609 02
$254,451 64
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Brought forward, $193,609 02
$254,451 64
Furniture and fixtures, 1,456 46
Janitors supplies 1,087 98
Census .
107 61
Express
74 20
Surveying
63 60
All other
288 80
$196,687 67
Unpaid bills 1928
227 20
Repairs
Carpentry and painting
$2,864 05
Plumbing
2,637 59
Electrical
246 .26
Glass and shades
22 65
Masonry
729 06
Architect
50 00
Fence
328 00
Miscellaneous
94 15
6,971 76
Unpaid bills 1928 .
308 21
Trade School Tuition
1,376 78
Unpaid bills, 1928 .
61 20
Cliftondale School Heating System
Contract
181 00
North Saugus Class Room
Furniture
444 55
Total for Education,
206,258 37
Libraries
Librarian
$1,440 00
Assistants
718 43
Books
2,889 60
Periodicals
107 80
Binding .
220 28
Fuel
226 50
Light
83 38
Carried forward,
$5,685 99
$460,710 01
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Brought forward, $5,685 99 $460,710 01
Carpentry and painting
118 76
Furniture
82 00
Printing, stationery
and postage
89 61
Telephone
34 31
Express and cartage
42 50
Janitor
311 10
Janitors supplies
52 94
Water
10 00
Dues ·
4 00
All other .
37 00
Total for Libraries
$6,468 21
Unclassified
Insurance
Fire
$3,895 00
Automobile
297 25
Liability, compensation
1,415 03
Boiler
5,639 34
Town Report
Printing
$1,342 20
Distributing
107 00
$1,449 20
Playgrounds
Filling
$2,162 57
Care of grounds
209 00
Pipe
156 02
Equipment and hard-
ware
853 65
Freight
91 26
Surveying
.
5 25
$3,497 75
Water Meters (For unmetered services)
Meters .
$2, 135 64
Labor ·
.
361 40
2,497 04
Carried forward,
$13,083 33 $467, 178 22
.
20 00
Advertising
.
32 06
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Brought forward,
$13,083 33 $467,178 22
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital, 6,237 21
Memorial Day
437 58
July Fourth celebration,
2,000 00
Tax title validity
1 20 00
Old Town Hall repairs,
22 69
Zoning .
294 00 *
Walnut street land
damages
875 00
Golden Hills Fire
Alarm system .
576 68
Purchase of land for school purposes .
250 00
Hydrant on Dustin
street . .
85 00
Hydrant on Essex
street . .
88 88.
Public grounds
200 00
Yanofsky judgment,
1,500 00
Painting stand pipe,
1,000 0.0
Bronze honor roll .
1,685 60
Killing dogs .
60 00
. Total Unclassified .
28,515 97
ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES Water Department
Purchase of Water
City of Lynn .
$17,914 57
City of Melrose
8 55
$17,923 12
Unpaid bills, 1928 .
296 70
Maintenance
Collecter
$300 00
Labor
10,448 04
Pipe and fittings
6,445 32
Meters and fittings,
2,836 43
Equipment and repairs, 1,151 17
Freight .
233 17
Coal and wood
16 13
Power
628 44
Light
I2 88
Carried forward, $22,071 58
$18,219 82 $495,694 19
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Brought forward,
$22,071 58 $18,219 82 $495,694 19
Office supplies
159 24
Auto repairs .
682 94
Gas and oil .
433 64
Advertising
22 00
Collector's bond
16 00
Building repairs
125 00
Truck registration .
6 00
23,516 40
Unpaid bills 1928.
9 77
Extension
Labor ·
$2,216 65
Pipe and fittings
1,818 67
Equipment and repairs, 618 6/
Freight .
290 53
Gas and oil
52 48
4,997 00
Cement Mains
Labor .
$1,672 00
Pipe and fittings
2,253 26
Equipment and repairs,
377 52
Freight .
412 27
Gas and oil
167 50
4,S82 55
Essex Street Extension
Labor
$272 00
Pipe and fittings
416 56
Equipment and repairs, 27 05
Freight .
106 97
822 58
Intervale Avenue Extension
Labor $272 10
Pipe and fittings
125 00
Equipment and repairs, 89 50
Freight .
37 50
524 10
Carried forward,
$52,972 22 $495,694 19
16
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Brought forward,
$52,972 22 $495,694 19
Grandview Avenue Extension
Labor
$358 00
Pipe and fittings
215 52
Freight .
45.00
618 52
Hilldale Terrace Extension
Labor
$126 40
Pipe and fittings
75 00
Freight .
22 50
223 90
Lake Dam and Castle Rock Roads Extension
Labor
$1,385 40
Pipe and fittings · 956 93
Equipment and repairs,
252 97
Freight .
.
225 00
Gas and oil
97 78
2,918 08
Lake Dam Road Extension
Labor .
$246 00
Pipe and fittings
100 00
Freight .
30 00
376 00.
Oak Point Road Extension
Labor
$737 00
Pipe and fittings
626 94
Equipment and
repairs
329 75
Freight .
150 00
Gas and oil
47 98
1,891 67
Orcutt Avenue Extension
Labor ·
$473 00
Pipe and fittings ·
430 00
Equipment, repairs,
113 00
Gas and oil .
48 46
Freight .
90 00
1,154 46
Carried forward,
$60,154 85 $495,694 19
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1929]
Brought forward,
$60,154 85 $495,694 19
Westland Avenue Extension
Labor
$292 60
Pipe and fittings
III 68
Freight
30 00
434 28
William Street Extension
Labor
$51 IO
Pipe and fittings
38 00
Freight
12 00
IOI IO
- 60,690 23
Total for Water Department
Cemetery
Superintendent
$1,874 97
Labor 3,258 51
Telephone 4º 53
Stone and cement 246 50
Plants
138 00
Equipment and supplies 545 23
Gas and oil
23 40
Automobile repairs 65 25
Weed killer . 45 82
Stationery and printing 48 65
All other
19 73
Total Cemetery 6,306 59
Agency and Trust
Water Service Deposits
To Collector . $5,241 87
Refunded
812 34
Perpetual care
State tax . $16,915 00
Charles River basin
1,317 73
Metro. parks, No. I . 6,073 63
Metro. parks, No. 2 .
2,912 69
Metropolitan planning division
144 21
Auditing municipal
accounts
1,311 13
Fire prevention
155 67
6,054 21 1,815 20
Carried forward,
$28,830 06
$7,869 41 $562,691 01
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Brought forward, $28,830 06 $7,869 41 $562,691 0I
Metropolitan parks,
Nantasket . ·
286 09
Metropolitan parks, Wellington bridge, 14 37
State highways ·
7,335 97
Southern traffic artery,
83 16
Smoke nuisance
44 44
Snow removal
88 82
North traffic route,
873 00
Cottage Farm bridge,
4,430 17
County tax
Total agency and trust, 75,528 47
Interest and Maturing Debts
Interest
Temporary loans $12,472 08
School loans .
6,413 75
Water loans
1,348 75
East Saugus bridge,
405 00
20,639 58
Maturing Debts
Temporary loans · $440,000 00
School bond
16,500 00
Water bond
3,000 00
E. Saugus bridge note,
9,000 00
468,500 00
Total interests and
maturing debts .
489,139 58
Refunds and Transfers Taxes and interest 1928, (check dishonored) $20 30
Taxes 1928
92 36
Taxes 1929
2 00
Tax title and interest,
(check dishonored) 21 62
Water refunds
346 35
Motor excise tax
403 18
Bank tax
09
885 90
Cash balance on hand,
December 31, 1929,
40,834 83
$1, 169,079 79
41,986 08 25,672 98
IOWN OF SAUGUS Balance Sheet as at December 31, 1929 General Accounts
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash :
In banks and on hand
$40,834 83
Water Service Deposits
180 00
Income, Wilson Library Trust Fund
182 75
Surplus War Bonus Fund
5,595 76
Premiums on Loans
135 36
Special Assessments :
Gypsy Moth, 1929 .
586 44
218,433 65
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax :
1929 Levies
8,311 33
Tax Titles
$67,242 48
Final Possessions
10,185 50
Walnut Street Construction
1,541 59
Sherman Street Construction 400 00
Saugus Center Drain
923 32
Oaklandvale School Class Room
491 83
Sweetser School .
373 20
Tax Title Validity
1,046 16
Zoning
125 15
June 1925 .
35 50
December 1925
. . .
Cleveland Avenue Water Extension
600 00
June 1926 . .
150 09
Essex Street Water Extension
77 42
December 1926
141 29
Intervale Avenue Water Extension
75 90
June 1927
195 33
Grand View Avenue Water Extension 181 48
Hilldale Terrace Water Extension
176 10
June 1928 .
1,243 12
Lake Dam and Castle Rock Water Extension,
81 92
Lake Dam Road Water Extension
124 00
Oak Point Road Water Extension
108 33
Orcutt Avenue Water Extension
195 54
Westland Avenue Water Extension
15 72
County of Essex-Dogs
60 00
Willow Street Water Extension .
73 90
Overdrawn Accounts :
Overlays Reserved for Abatements : Levy of 1929
1,113 52
Accountant .
$75 00
Yanofsky Judgment
1,500 00
1,575 00
Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus
10,702 36
Revenue Reserved until Collected :
Gypsy Moth
$586 44
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
8,311 33
Tax Titles
77,427 98
Departmental 4,012 17
Water
10,847 39
Surplus-Revenue .
42,576 90
$361,502 35
Debt Accounts
Net Funded Debt
$176,500 00
Schoolhouse Loans
$147,000 00
W ter Loans
29,500 00
$176,500 00
$176,500 00
Trust Accounts
$46,292 92 G. M. Wilson Library Fund
$2,202 96
Cash and Securities
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
44,089 96
$46,292 92
$46,292 92
119 37
Unexpended Revenue Appropriation Balances :
Woodbury Avenue Bridge
$404 63
Essex Street Culvert . . 194 83
77,427 98
Departmental :
Public Welfare
4,012 17
Water Rates :
December 1924
$22 84
Purchase Old Burying Ground
2,500 00
December 1927
578 39
December 1928
1,252 56
June 1929 . .
2,717 24
December 1929
4,511 03
Temporary Loans . In Anticipation of Revenue
$190,000 00
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes, levy of 1929 $217,847 21
Unexpended War Revenue Appropriations : Macadam Paving, 1920 School Construction . 12 97
$106 40
10,847 39
9,711 02
101, 185 31
$361,502 35
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1928]
Accountant's Report
The Treasurer's Cash Account
The cash on hand December 31, 1929, was verified by me by actual count, and the cash in the bank was verified by reconcili- ation of the outstanding checks with the book and bank state- ments, and was further verified by letters received from the banks certifying to the amount to the credit of the town of Saugus at the close of the business, December 31, 1929.
Taxes Collected
The payments to the Treasurer were verified and compared with the receipts as recorded by him on his books.
Trust Funds
I have compared the savings bank books in the hands of the Treasurer with the amount called for in the Perpetual Care Fund account as being on deposit December 31, 1929, and the books and the amounts agree.
The George Melvin Wilson Library Fund account was verified by examining the Liberty Bonds in the hands of the Treasurer, which are registered bonds, also the savings bank book.
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD GIBBS, JR., Town Accountant.
January 31, 1930.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
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Outstanding Bonds
. 1910 Water Loan Coupon Bonds July 10, 1910, Payable as follows at Beacon Trust Co.
No. 20. Due July 10, 1930, at 4 per cent
$1,000 00
No. 21. Due July 10, 1931, at 4 per cent · 1,000 00
No. 22. Due July 10, 1932, at 4 per cent . ·
1,000 00
No. 23. Due July 10, 1933, at 4 per cent ·
1,000 00
No. 24. Due July 10, 1934, at 4 per cent ·
1,000 00
No. 25. Due July 10, 1935, ať 4 per cent
1,000 00
No. 26. Due July 10, 1936, at 4 per cent .
· 1,000 00
No. 27. Due July 10, 1937, at 4 per cent . 1,000 00
No. 28. Due July 10, 1838, at 4 per cent .
1,000 00
$9,000 00
Coupon Water Bonds of 1914, Issued under Chapter 133, Acts of 1911, Payable at Beacon Trust Co.
No. 16. Due May 1, 1930, at 4} per cent . $1,000 00
No. 17. Due May 1, 1931, at 42 per cent .
· 1,000 00
No. 18. Due May 1, 1932, at 42 per cent . 1,000 00 .
No. 19. Due May 1, 1933, at 42 per cent .
1,000 00
No. 20. Due May 1, 1934, at 43 per cent .
1,000 00
No. 21. Due May 1, 1935, at 42 per cent . ·
1,000 00
No. 22. Due May 1, 1936, at 42 per cent .
.
1,000 00
No. 23. Due May 1, 1937, at 4} per cent .
.
1,000 00
No. 24. Due May 1, 1938, at 42 per cent .
.
1,000 00
No. 25. Due May 1, 1939, at 42 per cent . .
1,000 00
No. 26. Due May 1, 1940, at 42 per cent .
1,000 00
No. 27. Due Myy 1, 1941, at 42 per cent .
1,000 00
No. 2S. Due May [, 1942, at 42 per cent .
1,000 00
$13,000 00
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OUTSTANDING BONDS.
1929]
Coupon Water Bonds of 1916, Issued under Chapter 133, Acts of 1914, Payable at Beacon Trust Co.
No. 38. Due May 1, 1930, at 4 per cent
$500 00
No. 39. Due May 1, 1931, at 4 per cent
500 00
No. 40. Due May 1, 1932, at 4 per cent 500 00
No. 41. Due May 1, 1933, at 4 per cent
500 00
No. 42. Due May 1, 1934, at 4 per cent 500 00
No. 43. Due May 1, 1935, at 4 per cent 500 00
No. 44. Due May 1, 1936, at 4 per cent
500 00
$3,500 00
Coupon Water Bonds of 1917, Issued under Chapter 133, Acts of 1914 Payable at Beacon Trust Co.
No. 57. Due May 1, 1930, at 42 per cent
$500 00
No. 58. Due May 1, 1931, at 42 per cent 500 00 ·
No. 59. Due May 1, 1932, at 42 per cent 500 00
No. 60. Due May 1, 1933, at 42 per cent
500 00
No. 61. Due May 1, 1934, at 42 per cent
500 00
No. 62. Due May 1, 1935, at 4} per cent
500 00
No. 63. Due May 1, 1936, at 4} per cent 500 00
No. 64. Due May 1, 1937, at 42 per cent
500 00
$4,000 00
Schoolhouse Loan, 1916, Payable at Beacon Trust Co.
No. 53-55. May 1, 1930, at 4 per cent
$3,000 00
No. 56. May 1, 1930, at 4 per cent
500 00
No. 57-59. May 1, 1931, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
No. 60. May 1, 1931, at 4 per cent
500 00
No. 61-63. May 1, 1932, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
No. 64. May 1, 1932, at 4 per cent
500 00
No. 65-67.
May 1, 1923, at 4 per cent .
3,000 00
No. 68. May 1, 1933, at 4 per cent .
500 00
No. 69-71. May 1, 1934, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
No. 72 May 1, 1934, at 4 per cent .
500 00
No. 73-75. May 1, 1935, at 4 per cent
.
3,000 00
No. 76. May 1, 1935, at 4 per cent
.
500 00
No. 77-79. May 1, 1936, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
No. 80. May 1, 1936, at 4 per cent
500 00
.
$24,500 00
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Schoolhouse Loan, 1922, Payable at Beacon Trust Co.
No. S. Due May 1, 1930, at 4 per cent
$2,500 00
No. 9. Due May 1, 1931, at 4 per cent
. 2,500 00
No. 10. Due May 1, 1932, at 4 per cent
· 2,500 00
No. II. Due May 1, 1933, at 4 per cent
2,500 00
No. 12. Due May 1, 1934, at 4 per cent ·
2,500 00
No. 13. Due May 1, 1935, at 4 per cent
2,500 00
No. 14. Due May 1, 1936, at 4 'per cent · 2,500 00
No. 15. Due May 1, 1937, at 4 per cent
2,500 00
No. 16. Due May 1, 1938, at 4 per cent
2,500 00
No. 17. Due Miy 1, 1939, at 4 per cent
2,500 00
No. IS. Due May 1, 1940, at 4 per cdnt
2,500 00
No. 19. Due May 1, 1941, at 4 per cent
2,500 00
No. 20. Due May 1, 1942, at 4 per cent
2,500 00
$32,500 00
East Saugus Schoolhouse Loan under Chapter 297, Acts of 1905, Payable at Beacon Trust Co.
No. 20. Due May 1, 1930, at 4 per cent $1,000 00 .
No. 21. Due May 1, 1931, at 4 per cent
· 1,000 00
No. 22. Due May 1, 1932, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
No. 23. Due May 1, 1933, at 4 per cent ·
1,000 00
No. 24. Due May 1, 1934, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
No. 25. Due May 1, 1935, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
.
.
.
·
.
$6,000 00
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OUTSTANDING BONDS.
1929]
1905 Schoolhouse Loan, Payable to Commonwealth of Massachusetts
No. 28. August 1, 1930, at 4 per cent
$3,000 00
No. 29. August 1, 1931, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
No. 30. August 1, 1932, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
No. 31. August 1, 1933, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
No. 32. August 1, 1934, at 4 per cent 3,000 00
No. 33. August 1, 1935, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
$18,000 00
Lynnhurst Schoolhouse Loan, 1917, Payable at Beacon Trust Co.
No. 13. Due May 1, 1930, at 42 per cent
$500 00
No. 14. Due May 1, 1931, at 42 per cent 500 00
No. 15. Due May 1, 1932, at 42 per cent 500 00
No. 16. Due May 1, 1933, at 43 per cent
500 00
No. 17. Due May 1, 1934, at 42 per cent .
500 00
No. 18. Due May 1, 1935, at 4} per cent
500 00
$3,000 00
Schoolhouse Loan, 1920, Payable at Beacon Trust Co.
No. 10. Due June 1, 1930, at 5₺ per cent
$1,000 00
No. 11. Due June 1, 1931, at 53 per cent 1,000 00 ·
No. 12. Due June 1, 1932, at 52 per cent 1,000 00
No. 13. Due June 1, 1933, at 52 per cent .
1,000 00
No. 14. Due June 1, 1934, at 52 per cent
.
1,000 00
No. 15. Due June 1, 1935, at 52 per cent .
1,000 00
No. 16. Due June 1, 1936, at 53 per cent No 17. Due June 1, 1937, at 53 per cent
.
1,000 00
1,000 00
$8,000 00
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Schoolhouse Loans, 1925
No. 5. Due May 1, 1930, at 4 per cent
$5,000 00
No. 6. Due May 1, 1931, at 4 per cent 5,000 00
No. 7. Due May 1, 1932, at 4 per cent 5,000 00
No. 8. Due May 1, 1934, at 4 per cent
5,000 00
No. 9. Due May 1, 1935, at 4 per cent
5,000 00
No. 10. Due May 1, 1936, at 4 per cent
5,000 00
No. 11. Due May 1, 1937, at 4 per cent
5,000 00
No. 12. Due May 1, 1938, at 4 per cent
5,000 00
No. 13. Due May 1, 1939, at 4 per cent
5,000 00
No. 14. Due May 1, 1940, at 4 per cent
5,000 00
No. 15. Due May 1, 1941, at 4 per cent
5,000 00
$55,000 00
Statement of Town Bonded Debt
Water Loans
$29,500 00
1905 Schoolhouse Loan
18,000 00
East Saugus Schoolhouse Loan
.
6,000 00
Schoolhouse Loan, 1916
24,500 00 .
Lynnhurst Loan, 1917
3,000 00
Schoolhouse Loan, 1920
8,000 00
Schoolhouse Loan, 1922
32,500 00
Schoolhouse Loan, 1925
55,000 00
$176,500 00
Total Schoolhouse Bonds Outstand-
ing ·
$147,000 00
Total Water Bonds Outstanding ·
29,500 00
$176,500 00
Temporary Loans Outstanding December 31, 1929
SOLD TO MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK, BOSTON, MASS.
No. Date of Issue
Date Due
Rate
Amount
$50,000 00 276 Aug. 1, 1929
Feb. 20, 1930 5.17 25,000 00 277 Sept. 17, 1929
278 May 16, 1929
May 15, 1930
4.48 20,000 00
279
May 16, 1929
May 15, 1930
4.48 20,000 00
SOLD TO ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
280 Dec. 16, 1929 Aug. 1, 1930 3.75
75,000 00
$190,000 00
June 18, 1930 5.09
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
1929]
Report of Board of Selectmen
To the Citizens of Saugus :
The Board of Selectmen herewith submit their annual report together with recommendations for the ensuing year :
The Board organized with Harry Woodward as Chairman and C. Carroll Cunningham as Secretary.
The Board wishes to express their appreciation to the Civic League for their interest each year in the Christmas tree decora- tion in Cliftondale square. We are especially grateful for their handsome financial contribution to the Cliftondale playground. We trust this good work may continue and we hope that the League will feel that they are accomplishing a good work for the town.
The Board is extremely grateful to Mr. Henry A. B. Peck- ham, Central street, Saugus Centre, and Mr. Frank B. Sloan, Essex street, West Cliftondale, for the beautiful Christmas electrical illuminations which they displayed upon their estates during the Christmas holiday. We feel that such displays give excellent publicity to the town and are a source of great satis- faction to the townspeople.
The Board takes this opportunity to again thank the members of Saugus Post 210, American Legion, for the help and aid which they have rendered the town at various times during the year. Their service during the Christmas celebrations at the Peckham and Sloan estates was particularly noteworthy and the Board is deeply appreciative of their services. We can truth- fully say that Saugus Post, 210, American Legion, has always been ready to help in any matters that pertain to the civic better- ment of the town.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
The Board is especially desirous of commending the work of the Police Department, under Chief Roland L. Mansfield, dur- ing the year 1929. The department finished an exceptionally busy year within its appropriation even turning an unexpended balance back into the town treasury. The Board, by a vote of
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a majority of its members, added another permanent police officer to the force, in the person of Patrolman Joseph A. Lambert, Jr. This was done within the appropriation granted by the Annual March 1929 Town Meeting and, in the opinion of a majority of the Board, was decidedly for the best interests of the town. The Police Department is greatly undermaned, even at present, and the Board feels that in adding Patrolman Lambert to the force they have secured the services of a young man who has already displayed his ability as a desirable police officer.
Under Chief Mansfield the department has functioned very efficiently and the Board believes that as far as crime goes, the town is one of the cleanest in the Commonwealth. Activity against intoxicating liquors has been especially evident and the department has established an enviable record in the matter of apprehending drunken operators of automobiles. Liquor raids have also been many and successful thanks to the able coopera- tion of Captain John T. Stuart and other officers.
The Board trusts that during the years to come, the citizens of the town will appreciate the services of the Police Department and realize that they are one of the strongest agencies for the welfare of the citizens of any of our town departments. Citizens should get behind the Police Department and cooperate with it, rather than seeking to undermine it by unfair criticism.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Our Fire Department has given the citizens of the town excellent service this past year. The Department is in need of more permanent men and the Fire Engineers recommend the addition of two permanent men to the force. We are in favor of this recommendation, as it will give the town better protection.
Our Fire Engineers have served the town very faithfully this past year and the morale of the Department is very high.
TOWN HALL
The citizens should feel greatly indebted to Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. B. Peckham, for the beautiful stage curtain donated by them, also the renovating and painting of the auditorium. On behalf of the citizens we wish to thank them for their most generous gifts.
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STATE AID AND SOLDIERS' RELIEF DEPARTMENT
Charles M. O'Connor was appointed director of this depart- ment and has performed his duties in a most creditable and satis- factory manner. The duties of his position have shown a very material increase during the past year.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
On July 1, 1929, William J. Lumbert tendered his resignation as superintendent of the Public Works Department having decided to accept a position in a neighboring town and the same was accepted with regret. Foreman Peter Haigh was appointed to fill the vacancy until December 31, 1929 and receive the assurances of Mr. Lumbert that he would assist him in complet - ing the various projects scheduled for the balance of the year. The Board desires to express their appreciation of the manner in which Mr. Lumbert has fulfilled his pledge by giving much time and valuable assistance without promise or receipt of com- pensation. We desire to express our thanks to him, to wish him success in his new position and to congratulate the town of Reading in securing an honest, efficient and desirable official.
HIGHWAYS
Semi-permanent construction was done on the following streets this year : Vine street, Main street from Franklin street to the Turnpike, Central street, from Lily Pond avenue to Walnut street and Essex street from Anawan avenue to the turnpike. The Board has petitioned for financial assistance from the State and County for permanent construction on Woodbury avenue and Main street west of the turnpike.
We advise semi-permanent construction of the following streets for the year 1930: Pleasant street, East Denver street, Taylor street, Vincent street, Wendall street, Richards street, Mt. Vernon street, Myrtle street, School street and Lawndale avenue. If nine or more streets are done each year, it will not be long before our side streets are in good condition throughout the town.
SIDEWALKS AND CURBING
The Board is asking for $5,000 for sidewalks and curbing this year. We have made a good start on these projects and the work should continue. Good sidewalks are an asset to every community.
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In the interests of public safety, the School Committee has requested the construction of a sidewalk on the easterly side of Central street from the High School to Lincoln avenue. We recommend a special appropriation to provide for this work. A request from the same committee for the construction of a curb in front of the North Saugus School should be granted.
GOLDEN HILLS ROAD
For about three years the Board has been discussing the con- struction of a road for the accommodation of the people resid- ing in Golden Hills. The residents of that locality petitioned the Essex County Commissioners to construct. After several conferences it was decided by the Board to recommend the con- struction of a road from Howard street to Sweetwater street, by the nearest route, on the condition that the County of Essex shall pay one half of the cost of said road with an estimated total cost of $7,000.
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