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Mr. Maggi's report to your committee.
In accordance with your request I have made an examination and a limited study of the conditions relative to the brook cross- ing Central street, near Hurd avenue.
I find that a few years ago a surface drain was constructed in Central street from this brook to Castle street, and in Castle street from Central street, to Mountain avenue, and in Mountain avenue from Castle street toward School street, a distance of about one hundred feet. Two catch basins were constructed to this drain in Central street, and four catch basins were con- structed in Mountain avenue and connected to the drain.
I would advise that a surface drain be constructed in Jackson street to connect with the drain in Lincoln avenue, which dis- charges in the brook in Salem street, in Revere and that a drain be constructed in Mountain avenue, between Jackson street and Castle street, and to connect the four catch basins now in Mountain avenue to this new drain.
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The estimated cost of this work would be approximately twenty-five hundred dollars.
This would provide a surface drain in Jackson street, and would also provide accommodation for proper drainage from other streets leading into Jackson street which eventually will have to be provided for if the surface water is to be properly cared for.
The question of correcting the conditions relative to this brook, however, ought not to be abandoned or neglected by the plan I have suggested. I am convinced, from what knowledge I have of general conditions, that the whole subject of proper care and maintenance of all brooks in the town ought to be studied and a proper plan of treatment presented, to provide against a recurrence of the conditions, which are bound to occur, with the brooks in their present conditions.
In other communities, similar conditions have existed and it has been made possible by special acts passed by the legislature to provide the necessary rights to the municipality affected, to straighten, widen and deepen brook locations in order to correct conditions, such as exist in many brook locations in this town. I would advise the necessity of securing such legislation for the town of Saugus. Legislation similar to that passed for Chelsea as per Chapter 158 of the Acts of 1905 would be advisable.
I trust that the above information answers the request made by you.
Yours very truly,
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS,
ALFRED E. MAGGI, Superintendent.
Upon receiving Mr. Maggi's report your committee has agreed to, and does, recommend that the town lay a new drain from the catch basins in Mountain avenue to Jackson street, thence down Jackson street to the southerly end of the green in Clifton- dale square and there to be connected with the Lincoln avenue drain, so called, and that such catch basins as are necessary for the drainage of Jackson street and its tributary streets be installed and connected with this drain at this time.
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Your committee further recommends that the whole subject of improvement of brooks, streams and water courses and their relation to surface water drainage, be studied by a special com- mittee along the line of General Laws, Chapter 158 of the Acts of 1905.
Your committee further recommends that it shall be the duty of the Board of Selectmen to prepare articles and insert same in the next Town Warrant enabling the execution of the recom- mendations of your committee if these recommendations are agreeable to the Town Meeting receiving in this report. Your committee wishes to publicly thank Town Engineer, Alfred Maggi, for his courteous and practical assistance in the subject matter of this report.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRY T. TURNER, Chairman, RUSSELL CLUCAS, W. GORDAN MARR.
Verbal report of progress was made by C. F. Nelson Pratt on the Water Committee.
The Moderator appointed the following Tellers and duly qualified them. William L. Dowling, Benjamin Ramsdell, Chester F. Cross and Welcome W. Mccullough.
ART. 2. Rescind vote of Article 76 of Annual Meeting of March 17, 1930.
Voted, That the vote under Article 76 of the Annual Town Meeting of March 17, 1930; "Voted, That the Board of Selectmen be and are hereby instructed to call for bids for all highway construction and water extension projects costing over $500.00 and to award the contracts for the same to the lowest responsible bidder and that they have authority to reject all bids," be rescinded. Yeas, 91, Nays, 35.
ART. 3. Amend Zoning Law and Zoning Map concerning land on Jackson street.
Voted, To refer to the Planning Board, they to report at a later Town Meeting.
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ART. 4. Reserve Police Force for the town of Saugus. Voted, To refer to the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 5. By-Law to be adopted concerning dogs causing a nuisance.
Voted, To adopt as presented. Yeas, 58, Nays, 40.
ART. 6. Committee to investigate purchasing the "Old Ironworks House."
Voted, That the Moderator be instructed to appoint a com- mittee of three to investigate the advisability of a purchase by the town of the "Old Ironworks House," so called, on Central street, and of the land known as the "cinder banks," constituting the site of the first ironworks in the United States, said com- mittee to report to the Annual Town Meeting of 1931.
The Moderator appointed the following committee : Arthur D. Hitchings, Mrs. Marion F. Emmett and Roger P. Beckman.
The quorum being doubted, the count was taken and 123 members being found present, the meetng proceeded.
ART. 7. $8,000.00 for new chassis for the Fire Ladder Truck.
Voted, That the sum of $5,000 be and the same hereby is appropriated for the purchase and installing and making necessary repairs of a chassis for the ladder truck of the Fire Department. Yeas, 88, Nays, 7.
The Warrant being completed, the meeting adjourned at 10.35 P.M. without date.
A true copy. Attest :
LILLIAN SHORES, Town Clerk.
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WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
TOWN OF SAUGUS
July 8th, 1930.
ESSEX, SS.
To W. Charles Sellick, Constable of the Town of Saugus:
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Saugus, qualified to vote in town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, July eighth, nineteen hundred and thirty, at eight o'clock, to hear and act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE I. To hear and act on reports of Committees.
ART. 2. To see if the town will vote to accept Johnson road, a distance of 630 feet from Winter street, in accordance with plan and specification on file with the Town Clerk, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of James Blair and others.
ART. 3. To see if the town will vote to accept Blue Ridge avenue in accordance with plans and specifications on file with the Town Clerk, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Andrew W. Townsend and others.
ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to accept Dudley street as per plans and specifications on file with the Town Clerk, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of William L. Dowling and others.
ART. 5. To see if the town will vote to accept Lincoln court, from Lincoln avenue, a distance of about 270 feet, according to the petition of George Reiniger and others.
ART. 6. To see if the town will vote to accept Riverside Park street, a distance of 200 feet, part of Victoria street, a distance of 220 feet, and Evans street, a distance of 180 feet, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of John G. Gustafson and others.
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ART. 7. To see if the town will vote to accept Hood street, in accordance with the necessary papers on file with the Town Clerk, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Isaac A. Miller and others.
ART. 8. To see if the town will vote to accept that portion of Pearson street not now accepted, a distance of about 400 feet, in accordance with plan and specifications on file with the Town Clerk, from the junction of Pearson and Jasper streets to the portion now accepted, making it a public way in its entirety, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Wendell C. Brooks and others.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to accept the lay-out of a street from Howard street to Sweetwater street and author- ize the Selectmen to take by right of eminent domain or other- wise, the land described on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, according to the following description :
Beginning at a point in the northerly line of Howard street ninety feet (90) more or less, easterly from the dividing line between the City of Melrose and the Town of Saugus, thence turning and running in a northwesterly direction ninety (90) feet from said dividing line and parallel therewith through the land now or formerly of Henry J. Penney for a distance of eleven hundred and forty (1140) feet more or less, and through the land of now or formerly, of Griswold, four hundred and twenty (420) feet more or less, to the southwesterly line of Sweetwater street (said line as above described is intended to be the south- westerly line of said proposed new road)-thence turning and running in an easterly direction across said Sweetwater street forty (40) feet more or less, to the northeasterly line of said Sweetwater street, thence turning and running in a southeasterly direction by a line forty (40) feet distant from and parallel with the above said described southwesterly line of the said pro- posed new road, passing through the land of said Griswold for a distance of four hundred and twenty (420) feet more or less, and through the land of said Penney eleven hundred and forty (1140) feet more or less, to the northerly line of said Howard street, thence turning and running in a westerly direction along said northerly line of said Howard street forty (40) feet more or less, to the point of beginning,
All of the said measurements and directions being as shown
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on a plan entitled "Plan and Profile" Sweetwater street exten- sion, Saugus, Massachusetts, scale : Hor. 40 ft. equals I inch. Vert. 8 ft. equals 1 inch. July Ist, 1926 Morse and Dickson, engineers, II Beacon street, Boston, Massachusetts ; said plan to be recorded in the office of the Town Clerk. Said road to be constructed to the grade as shown on said plan.
and make an appropriation for the same, agreeable to the peti- tion of Mildred Perry and others.
ART. 10. To see if the town will vote to amend and change the Zoning Law and the Zoning Map so that the lands and premises on the westerly side of Central street, from the Boston and Maine Railroad crossing to Adams avenue and Central street shall be zoned hereafter as a business district. All of the said lands and premises are shown on the following plans.
Plan Number
Lot Number
Assessors Lot Number
Assessed to
IO12
16
A-89 Elis Mendel
IO12
15
A-88
Trustees Ahavas Sholem
IO12
I4
A-87
Daniel and Lucy Borgosiar
IO12
2
A-80
Agnes Sheridan
1012
I
A-79
Mabel M. Hatch
IO12
2
A-76
Ethel F. Bunker
IO12
13
A-65
Otto W. Thomas
IO12
I4
A-65
Otto W. Thomas
IO12
15
A-63
Edwin P. Burnham
IO12
16
A-62
Gertrude L. Stiles
IO12
24
A-54
Elizabeth and James McLeod
1012
A-53
Morris and Goldie Young
1018
Pt-A-24
Lynn Spiritual Association
1018
A-73
Harry and Goldie Young
1018
A-23
Harry and Goldie Young
1018
A
A-22
Gertrude E. Harrington
10:8
B
A-21
Henry W. and Annie J. Devine
1018
A-20
Joseph and Ad meria Wesolouska
1018
A-25
Bertha E. and Frank A. Green
IO12
A-78
Vendla C. Castle
IOI2
I
A-77
Edith Hicks
agreeable to the petition of Otto W. Thomas and others.
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ART. II. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $500 00 for repairing and resurfacing Hood street, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Isaac A. Miller and others.
ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,200.00 to lay out and repair Dudley street, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of William L. Dowling and others.
ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500.00) to be expended on semi-permanent construction on Riverside Park street, a dis- tance of 200 feet (part), Victoria street, a distance of 220 feet, and Evans street, a distance of 180 feet, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of John G. Gustafson and others.
ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to authorize the transfer of the sum of Six Hundred and Thirty-one Dollars (said amount having been received by the town for insurance) from the Excess and Deficiency Account, or Surplus Account, to the appropriation for Highways, Fences, and Bridges, to repair the garage of the Public Works Department, recently burned, or to see what action the town will take in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 15. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of Two Hundred and Seventy-five Dollars (said amount having been received by the town for fire loss, on one of the trucks in the Highway Department) from the Excess a nd Defciery Account, or the Surplus Account, to the appropriation for Streets, Fences and Bridges, or to see what action the town will take in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars for the purpose of establishing a Town Engineering Division in the Department of Public Works, or to see what action the town will take in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 17. To see what sum the town will appropriate for the purpose of laying out and constructing a system of main drains and common sewers with such connections, sub-drains
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and other works as may be required for a system of sewage dis- posal and to construct such sewers or drains over and under land or tidewater in said town as may be necessary to conduct the sewage to the filter beds, treatment works and/or to the outfall sewer of the City of Lynn, and to see how the money therefor shall be raised whether by the issue of bonds under chapter 350 of the Acts of 1929 or by taxation or otherwise, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Sewer Com- missioners.
ART. 18. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $2,200.00 for the Law Department to pay the judgment ren- dered against the town as follows : Alfred J. Hynes $2,050.00 ; Mrs. Mabel D. Knowlton, $150.00. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 19. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $309.84 to pay bills of David J. Sheehan for driveways on Sloan estate, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 20. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of 1 $3,500.00 for Soldiers' Relief, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 21. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $200.00 for State Aid, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
Art. 22. To see if the town will transfer the following sums ; $195.50 from the appropriation for Orcutt Avenue Water Exten- sion, $15.72 from the appropriation for Westland Avenue Water Extension, $73.90 from the appropriation from Willow street Water Extension, a total of $265.16 to the appropriation for Highways, Fences and Bridges for the purpose of constructing a surface drain in Fairmount avenue and through the land of C. F. Wormstead, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 23. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $600.00 for salaries of call firemen. Board of Fire Engineers.
ART. 24 ... To see if the town will appropriate the following sums for unpaid bills of 1929 and prior years :..
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,
Selectmen's Department (Christmas lighting),
$50 00
Health Department
Public Works Department
205 60 99 164 72
Highways
Snow and Ice
3 86
Cemetery Department
6 00
Trade School Tuition
80 00
Infirmary
78 78
Public Welfare
1,724 74
Soldiers' Relief
193 77
School Repairs
163 21
said sums to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency or Surplus Account, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Town Accountant.
ART. 25. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for the erection of a partition through the center of the upper room of the Old Center School Building, so called, near the Roby School, the amount so appropriated to include the expense of heating, lighting, ventilating and the equipment of both rooms so provided for the accommodation of two opportunity classes as required by Statute, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. School Committee.
ART. 26. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for the extending of the water mains on Castle Rock road approximately 510 feet, or to see what action the town will take in the matter agreeable to the petition of Lance D. Day and others.
ART. 27. To see if the town will vote to transfer $500.00 from the Cleveland avenue extension to Newcomb avenue for the repair of Newcomb avenue, or to see what action the town will take in the matter agreeable to the petition of Otto F. Persson and others.
ART. 28. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to appoint two additional men to the regular police force, and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the same, or to see what action the town will take in the matter agreeable to the petition of Arthur E. Wilson and others.
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ART. 29. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the purpose of laying and relaying water mains or take any action in relation thereto, agreeable to the petition of C. F. Nelson Pratt and others.
ART. 30. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3,500.00 provided the County of Essex appropriates the same amount, for the purpose of acquiring the land and constructing a street from Howard street to Sweetwater street, as shown on a plan of a proposed street, as laid out by the Selectmen on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, or to see what action the town will take on the matter agreeable to the petition of Mildred Perry and others.
And you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the usual places seven days, at least, before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF, FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the Town Seal this nineteenth day of June, A.D., nineteen hundred and thirty.
HARRY WOODWARD, WALLACE CAMPBELL, FRANK A. GREEN, Board of Selectmen.
A true copy. Attest :
W. CHARLES SELLICK, Constable.
A true copy. Attest :
LILLIAN SHORES,
Town Clerk.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
ESSEX, SS.
July 8, 1930.
Pursuant hereunto I have served the within Warrant as directed by posting attested copies at the eight precincts at least seven days before said meeting.
W. CHARLES SELLICK,
Constable.
A true copy. Attest :
LILLIAN SHORES, Town Clerk.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO THE LIMITED TOWN MEETING
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Alexander S. Addison, Chairman. Paul A. Haley, Secretary
Arthur W. Price Roswell W. Abbott
Walter A. Wilson Edward Gibbs, Jr.
Avery Truman Weir Frederick R. Sharp
Due to a business trip to Flint, Mich , Mr. Avery Truman Weir was unable to be present at any of the meetings of the committee at which the business incidental to the Special Town Meeting was acted upon.
SUB-COMMITTEES
Assessors' Department, Walter A. Wilson
Public Works Department, Highway Department, Water Department,
Roswell W. Abbott Frederick R. Sharp
Selectmen's Department, Edward Gibbs, Jr. Arthur W. Price
Fire Department,
Police Department, Avery Truman Weir
Schools and Schoolhouse Repairs,
Paul A. Haley
Mr. Alexander S. Addison sitting as an ex-officio of all sub-committees
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July 8th, 1930.
The Finance Committee presents herewith its report to the Members of the Limited Town Meeting on the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting on Tuesday evening, July 8, 1930.
It is the hope of the Committee that each member of the Limited Town Meeting will give careful consideration to the articles in the Warrant and the recommendations of the Finance Committee. With this Warrant, the Committee, in an effort to eliminate debate and secure a more efficient method of transact- ing business in the Town Meeting, is issuing a full and complete report giving the views of the Committee and complete informa- tion on every article coming before their consideration.
At the last Annual Town Meeting, the Finance Committee repeatedly brought to the attention of the voters the fact that appropriations in excess of $607,000 would, almost inevitably, result in an increase in the tax rate. The annual meeting, however, made the following appropriations :
For General Expenses . $602, 162 51
For Special Articles 19,637 24
$621,799 75
Conditions in the Fire Department made a Special Town Meeting necessary at which $5,000 was appropriated. This makes a total appropriation to date of $626,799.75.
With the added necessary expenses confronting the Special Town Meeting of July 8th, it is increasingly obvious that the town must reconcile itself to a higher tax rate in 1930.
Please bring this report to the Town Meeting.
ART. II. Request of residents of Hood street for $500 for the repair and resurfacing of said street.
Superintendent Alfred L. Maggi of the Public Works Depart- ment informs the Finance Committee that a serious drainage problem exists on Hood street. After an examination of the situation, the Superintendent is convinced that the sum is inade- quate to do a job of lasting value. The article is so worded that it would be impossible for the Committee to recommend an expenditure of this amount for drainage purposes. The Finance Committee is seriously opposed to the town making any appro- priations in the future for temporary road repairs where a drain- age problem exists which should be eradicated.
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The Finance Committee, therefore,
Recommends-that Article II be indefinitely postponed.
ART. 12. Request of residents of Dudley street for $1,200 for repairs on said street.
In the consideration of the merits of this project, the Finance. Committee was confronted with a similar situation. No con- sideration has been given in the article to the elimination of notorious drainage problems. The Finance Committee is con- vinced that before any repair work is done on this street that a suitable system of drainage should be installed.
The Finance Committee, therefore,
Recommends-that Article 12 be indefinitely postponed.
ART. 13. Request of John G. Gustafson and others for $1,500 for semi-permanent construction on Riverside Park street, Evans street, and Victoria street.
Surface drainage problems are of minor consideration in the repair of these streets. Superintendent Maggi declares that there is practically no problem of this nature other than for a short distance on Victoria street. The Finance Committee feels that this is one of the finest developments in Saugus, that Mr. Gustafson has brought to the town a fine type of citizen, and that the section is in every way a credit to the community. Included in the area is a valuation of $86,000 with a very small school population. Mr. Gustafson has added considerable property to the valuation of Saugus during the past few years and other than necessary water extension, which has been a pay- ing proposition, this is the only major request which he has made of the town. The committee feels that the streets named, being adjacent to the main street, and largely built up, should be repaired.
The Finance Committee, therefore,
Recommends-that the sum of $1,500 be appropriated for semi-permanent construction on Riverside Park street, Evans street, and Victoria street, provided that streets are accepted by the Town Meeting.
ART. 14. Request of the Board of Selectmen that $631 be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency or Surplus Account to the Public Works Department for repairs on the Town Garage.
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As a result of a recent fire at the Town Garage on Woodbury avenue, the town received from the insurance company $631. This, in keeping with the financial policy of the town, auto- matically goes into the Town Treasury into the Excess and Deficiency or Surplus Account, and is not available again except by direct transfer of the Town Meeting.
The Town Garage is still in deplorable condition as a result of the fire and the Public Works Department has no funds available with which to make repairs.
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