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SAUGUS CENTER DRAIN
A new basin was constructed at the corner of Amory and Central streets and a second one near the Pythian Building. Both these basins are of good size and will allow a man to enter for the purpose of cleaning pipe lines entering them. The sewer cleaning equipment of the town of Stoneham was loaned to us and all pipe lines in this system thoroughly cleaned. Saugus should own equipment of this type.
Mr. Dyer has been employed as of last year. He has done everything possible to help in all branches. Giving line and grade estimates and surveying for the Assessors Department. We can state that all back work in that department is completed and he is ready to start the 1931 work for April assessing.
Mr. Francis Comey has assisted him with this work. He has studied engineering at Tech. and is an able assistant.
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Several plans have been made this year. A 6x6 plan of the entire town has been finished. A plan of water gates, hydrants, and fire boxes is under way. A new set of ties for the location of water gates is near completion, plus many surveys such as Winter street and Sweetwater street which require much work.
We hope in the near future to establish a Government Bench on Monument square for the purpose of a definite point for the establishment of work on sewers at a later date. This base will correspond with state and government work and should Saugus want to join a project with adjoining towns their calculations would be on the same basis.
We were able to purchase for this department an 18 inch Y level and a 14 inch Y level and a transit ; all three instruments in good condition, for the sum of $85.00, the value being around $400.00. They were purchased in a Lynn Pawn Shop. They will be of great value when sewer construction is under way.
WATER DIVISION
General maintenance is continually increasing with the growth of the town. This department was embarrassed during the last part of the year because of the numerous applications for the relaying of services, by the lack of funds to take care of them. It was necessary for the property owners to pay the entire cost of all services installed. Meters have been placed on all new services and many of the old services. There remain very few services yet to be metered.
This year we have replaced several sections of old cement pipe with cast iron pipe on the following streets.
Newhall street. Vincent to Wendell, 450 feet.
Vincent street. Lincoln avenue to Johnson street, 500 feet.
Johnson street, 170 feet.
Pearson street. Central street East, 700 feet.
Foster street. Woodbury avenue to Pearson street, 500 feet.
Woodbury avenue. Central street East, 650 feet.
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Taylor street. Central street West, So0 feet.
Central street East, 350 feet.
Summer street. . North from Main street, 1,300 feet.
Denver street. Central street West, Soo feet.
The Denver street relay is uncompleted as is Taylor street, East of Central street, 350 feet. These two projects should be taken care of in 1932.
The abandoning of the cement mains will relieve one of our serious fire menaces, now existing with them in use. The cement pipe line on Lincoln avenue should be abandoned and used only as a feed line to the pumping station, which duty it could per- form and not be a menace. A new 12-inch cast iron pipe should be laid from the junction of Winter street and Chestnut street, thence to Washington square, thence through and paralling the proposed feed line through Lincoln avenue to Central street with a check valve installed on Chestnut street at Franklin square. It would then be possible to give stand-pipe pressure to the en- tire town and at the same time, while the stand-pipe is in use for an emergency, run the pump at the pumping station for the replenishment of the stand-pipe pressure. With this accom- plished the homes in the low lands would be well protected with sufficient water pressure, by opening the stand-pipe and with the stand-pipe closed there would be sufficient water to supply the people on the high lands at the same time.
Centennial avenue. The cement pipe was relayed for 300 feet and 160 feet of water extension, for a new development, was laid.
Intervale avenue to Stone street. Water extension 250 feet.
Kenwood avenue to Clinton avenue. Two hundred feet of pipe laid through private property after necessary releases were granted. By this construction we were able to carry high pres- sure lines through to Bailey's Hill.
Fairmount avenue 600 feet. This project was water extension to supply ten new homes built on this location. A new hydrant was also installed.
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Ballard street. One hundred feet water extension laid and a hydrant installed for the purpose of furnishing water and pro- tection to the new boat building concerns.
Bayfield road. Five hundred feet water extension was laid in this project for a new development, several new homes being built in this location.
Enfield street 350 feet water extension.
Main street. One thousand seven hundred and sixty linear feet of 12-inch pipe were laid and three new hydrants installed. Two hundred feet of 10-inch pipe was relayed at a lower level.
Gates road. Seven hundred and twenty-five feet of 6-inch pipe was laid, replacing a one-inch pipe which had for years served eleven families, This service was completely rusted out.
Central street to Church street. Three thousand four hundred feet of 10-inch pipe (cast-iron) was laid, replacing the aged cement line. In the same trench was laid 3,400 feet of 6-inch cast iron pipe, which was connected to the 6-inch pipe at Church street, going eastwardly to the Highlands. At the corner of Lincoln avenue and Central street the 6-inch pipe was routed through Kent street to Baker street, a distance of 640 feet. By doing this we replaced a 4-inch pipe through Kent street to Baker. This saved the cost of tearing up Lincoln avenue and blasting ledges on Baker street. The trench on Kent street had been previously opened for laying the 4-inch main. A gate on the 4-inch main connecting with Lincoln avenue has been closed for a great many years (separating the high pressure from the low pressure). This gate was opened and the 4-inch line was found to be filled with sediment which made it necessary to abandon same.
Hydrants have been set wherever feasible to keep buildings protected. Two hundred hydrants were serviced, having the nipples expanded and re-threaded to take national standard couplings. In the past when the water has been turned on the hose has been blown off the hydrants, owing to the fact that the threads were not correct.
This year we have used copper tubing for the construction of 90 per cent of the house services. It is less expensive than
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cement lined pipe. It is more durable, easier to handle and offers no opportunity for the use of galvanized or iron fittings which corrode with use. Copper tubing has special fittings and is purchased in 60 feet lengths, thereby giving a direct line from the main to the curb box and from the curb box to the meter. It is hoped that during the year 1932 that the pumping station will be equipped with automatic control.
BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT
The town garage is in excellent condition. I would recom- mend the installation of an oil burner for uniform heat as there is a large amount of valuable equipment in the building.
The storage shed and oil house were given two coats of yellow paint with white trimmings. The doors were repaired. The equipment has been put in first class condition and been painted.
Respectfully submitted, DEXTER G. PRATT, Superintendent of Public Works.
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WATER COMPARISON
SERVICES
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
New
.
I35
193
194
147
65
Renewals
.
58
115
83
93
80
Blow Outs
307
339
326
113
333
Feet of cement lined pipe
.
9,375 -2"'
13,485'
12, 128'-8"
10,465'-2''
5,529'-6"
1,999'-2"
Feet of Copper tubing
Commitment
36,228.45
44,932.65
47,281.14
40,328.09 35,137,994
40,070,060
40,834,90
Fixture
Meter
Maint.
Turn On
Hydrants
Total
1929
·
5,049.37
29,784.47
11,613.93
112.00
500.00
47,059.77
1930
.
.
2,843.50
32,732.27
8,565.21
113.00
500.00
44,753.98
1931
1,136.50
35,113.82
7,466.12
79.00
500.00
44,295.44
Meters Repaired
147
I35
New Meters Installed
341
IIO
Meters Frozen
.
54
76
Meters Tested
.
31
20
5,467'-2"
45,050.78
44,295.44
Cubic feet of water
.
34,216,700
34,338,400
36,773,700
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
Report of Chief of Police
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :-
It now becomes my pleasure and privilege to present to you my first annual report of the Police Department, together with the doings thereof, during the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one.
The department consists of one chief, one captain, nine permanent patrolmen and sixty-one special officers, fifteen of whom are uniformed and prepared to do police duty whenever necessary. The roster of the Police Department is as follows :
CHIEF John T. Stuart
CAPTAIN
Henry B. Wheaton
REGULAR PATROLMEN
Frank W. Joy, James P. Sullivan, Clarence H. Berrett, Roland E. Mansfield, Peter A. Flaherty, William MacDougall, Joseph A. Lambert, Jr., James F. Maher, Thomas F. Spencer.
SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS
Augustus Anderson, Timothy J. Bannon, Earl Bentley, Oren Bentley, Frank Berthold, Howard P. Berrett, William F. Cahill, Thomas E. Canavan, Harold J. Coburn, Francis Comey, James F. Cronin, C. Carroll Cunningham, Harvey Cunningham, Arthur J. Decareau, Charles DeFranzo, William Dowling, Charles Frye, Frank Garafano, Ernest M. Hatch, Norman D. Hatch, Percy Hawkes, Clarence Howard, Allen Ireland, Howard P. Kelley, R. R. P. Kelly, Fred Leary, Walter Lee- man, Alexander S. MacCarrier, Samuel Maddox, Everett Mansfield, John E. Mansfield, Howard McAdoo, Ernest Merrithew, Daniel B. Murphy, Walter F. Neal, Charles
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O'Connor, Carl Pearson, Willie Penney, Dexter G. Pratt, Charles B. Pugsley, Edwin A. Rich, Jr., Henry Robinson, William S. Rockhill, Edward O. Roy, Percy R. Salsman, Carleton Shorey, Frank Spencer, Charles E. Stillings, Louis Sylvester, Frank M. Symonds, James J. Thomas, George A. Tweedy, Everett Vickary, Daniel Willis, Henry Winslow.
SPECIAL POLICE FOR THE LYNN WATER SHED
Michael J. Ahearn, Patrick Garrity, John F. Heath, Dennis J. Keane, William Kennedy, Denis Mead
During the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one there were 488 males, 28 females arrested making a total of 516 arrests. Of this amount 47 were juveniles. This is a considerable decrease from the previous year 1930. Total decrease 206 arrests.
These arrests were for the following offences :- drunkenness, 148, violation of the auto laws 162, assault and battery 12, delinquency 10, vagrancy I, non-support 4, liquor laws 2, breaking, entering and larceny 8, violation of the game laws 13, court martial order I, larceny 27, truancy 2, suspicion 3, violation of probation 4, disorderly I, insanity 3, setting fires 2, stubborn child 1, trespass 4, destroying property 2, misappropri- ation I, assault with intent to rape I, concealed weapon I, assault with a dangerous weapon I, indecent exposure 5, threat I, bastardy 3, disorderly conduct 4, evading fare 3, assault 7, disturbing the peace 3, no license to peddle I, for safe keeping I, unlicensed dogs 30, violation of town by-laws 17, manslaughter accidental I, obscene language I, loitering 3, default 4, attempt larceny 1, violation of the National Prohibition Act 2, failure to pay wages J.
Disposition of the year's arrests were as follows :- Fined 229, held for grand jury 9, filed 60, probation 51, discharged 29, dismissed 7, released 62, house of correction 27, state farm 5, training school I, state hospital 3, arrests for other authorities 25.
The segregation of the nativity of the arrested persons are as follows :- American 370, Italian 53, Jewish 10, Greek 3, Eng- lish 21, French 21, Polish 38, Swedish 4, Danish I, Irish 6, Canadian 6, Turkish 1, Russian 2, Portuguese 2, Lutherian I, Scotch I, Armenian I, Ukuranian I.
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Daily reports of the officers show the following :- Complaints received and investigated 1,336, autos stolen out of town and re- ported here 108, stolen autos recovered 50, lost articles reported 61, dogs lost 72, dogs found 61, doors and windows found open and secured 260, taken to hospitals 95, responded to fires St, lost persons reported 26, lost persons found 25, notified for out of town police and hospitals 98, all others 304, making a total of 2,602.
The total amount of fines collected in this court for the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one are $1,817. Of this amount $1, 130 was paid to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, $565 paid to the Town of Saugus, $122 paid to the County of Essex. As all cases of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor are tried and prosecuted in the Lynn Court this would mean that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts receives a total of $1,525 from these cases as that is the fines for these cases during nineteen hundred and thirty-one.
I would like at this time to bring to the attention of the towns- people that the whole town has police patrol both summer and winter. In former years when the motorcycle was taken off in the beginning of the winter months the sections of Oaklandvale and North Saugus were with little or no police patrol. The new Ford sedan purchased in 1931 is patroling these sections in the winter months.
With reference to the equipment of the department, we have a Packard sedan Ford sedan and a White Ambulance. The Parkard sedan is in very good condition and will undoubtedly give the town a generous amount of service before it becomes ready for salvage. The Ford sedan is in excellent condition and has proved to be a great service to the department, both from an economical point and service point. This car is in service twenty-four hours a day eighteen of these hours on con- stant patrol. I do recommend that this car should be replaced annually. This in my opinion would save the town money . The White Ambulance which is a combination of patrol wagon and ambulance combined.
This is far beyond adequate for hospital cases and at this time I wish to bring to your attention that it is only a question of
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time when this must be replaced by a new and more modern ambulance.
There are also two Harley Davidson motorcycles in the Department. The newest being bought in 1931 and this ma- chine is in excellent shape. The other machine which is still in service but long past its usefulness and unsafe for police work, is a 1928 model and should be replaced this year.
The Teletype which has now placed itself high in favor with all the police units that use the same and also those that have not the good fortune to have this machine in their department, is now a very important factor in the apprehension of the crim- inal. It would be a step in the backward direction to be with- out this machine.
The department has fifteen signal boxes maintained and oper- ated by the New England Telephone Co. I recommend at this time that a new and most modern signal system be installed in the department. The system known as the Gamewell Police Signal system is in use in all the modern and up-to-date Police Departments throughout the country. This system has signal light on the different signal boxes to call the officer to the box.
The present Police quarters in the Town Hall are entirely too small for the needs of this department which is fast growing. It is only a question of a short time when a new and more spacious station will have to be built.
In conclusion, I wish to thank, the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Judge William E. Ludden, the several town officials and private citizens who by their cooperation aided me during the past year and last but not least the men of the department who have worked so diligently to the very end to better the efforts of the department and the public in general. I sincerely hope that the good feeling and good-will will continue to exist toward the Police Department.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN T. STUART,
Chief of Police.
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Report of the Board of Public Welfare
CHARITY DEPARTMENT
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
Your Board of Public Welfare herewith submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1931.
Of our appropriation of $70,212.12, the sum of $61,110.48 was spent with some outstanding bills not yet rendered by other cities and towns for aid furnished to residents having Saugus settlements, amount of such bills unknown. The unexpended balance reverting to the treasury was $9, 101.64.
During the past year Saugus has received from other cities and towns $2,515.56 and from the Commonwealth $6,511.42 the total reimbursements amounting to $9,037.98 and from individuals $11.00
Our weekly payroll for mothers aid with dependent children and others amounts to approximately $350.00 and the Old Age Assistance payroll is approximately $300 00 weekly.
In submitting above report your board would like to supple- ment it with a few facts which in their opinion ought to be brought to the attention of the taxpayers.
The number of unemployed in this town as in others, has been greatly increased thereby increasing the load borne by the board to an alarming extent. The total families aided during the year by the board was 368, representing about 1,470 people as against 186 families in 1930 with approximately 700 persons : aid included groceries, fuel, shoes, clothing, medicine, medical attention, and cash. A large percentage of the people receiving aid have come to reside in the town within the last two years, of course this means that the town of Saugus will eventually be reimbursed by the state, cities or towns, wherever their settle- ment is decided upon, nevertheless once the money is paid from
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an appropriation it returns directly to the town treasury and cannot again be utilized by us.
We have done our utmost to cooperate with other depart- ments in the town especially the Department of Public Works. Feeling that quite a number of the men receiving aid would be glad to give the town a days work in return and believing that such would to a great extent help people to retain their self respect, the following number of men have been requested to report to the Superintendent of Public Works.
Minimum in one week, 3 men, 7 days work. Maximum in one week, 40 men, 63 days work. Average weekly for 30 weeks, II men per week. Total 330 men, total 3,496 hours.
What the future has in store for us, who can tell, our hope is that in the near future the depression will cease and our people will get back to work thereby relieving the Board of this heavy burden and it is with that fervent hope in mind that we recom- mend the following appropriation for the year 1932.
For general expenditures including Old Age Assistance the sum of $71,980.00 trusting such amount with judicious handling will be sufficient to meet our responsibilities.
SAUGUS INFIRMARY
Our appropriation for 1931 was $8,691.00.
Seven thousand one hundred forty-one dollars and nine cents was spent leaving an unexpended balance of $1,549.99 reverting to the town treasury.
Income received from sale of pro-
duce $436 31
Income received from sale of milk . 1,504 22
Income received from sale of wood, 7 00
Income received from sale of stock,
377 16
Income received from sale of mis- cellaneous sources
24 00
Income received from Board .
.
45 00
Total cash receipts
$2,393 69
There is now due from sale of farm products
263 63
Making a total revenue for 1931 of
$2,657 32
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The town has also received from fire insurance on hay, stock, pro- duce, and farming implements, buildings included
7,964 00
Grand total $10,621 32
The net expense of conducting the Infirmary has been $4,483.77 for 1931. If the value of the stock, hay and produce destroyed by fire be taken into account there would be an excess of receipts over expenditures.
The December 31, 1931 inventory of personal property at the Infirmary amounts to $4,307.11.
The net expense of conducting the Infirmary five years prior to 1931 was as follows :
1926
$3,354 06
1927
2,089 27
1928
2,840 01
1929
2,341 39
1930
2,153 48
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE H. AMES, Chairman,
ERNEST M. HATCH, ARTHUR C. DUNK,
Board of Public Welfare of Saugus, Mass.
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Report of Investigator and Visitor
To the Board of Public Welfare, Saugus, Mass. :
GENTLEMEN,-I am pleased to offer my first annual report as investigator and visitor for the Board of Public Welfare.
Of the three hundred and sixty-eight cases aided in 1931 I have investigated all those residing in this town having made approximately fourteen hundred calls and in determining settle- ments on people living in town with settlements in other cities or towns ninety-five were determined by me. In addition to this I have held approximately twenty-five hundred 'phone con - versations in connection with my work.
Applications for aid rejected by the Board upon the investi- gator's recommendation, forty-nine. Personal applications for aid made to the investigator to the number of one hundred twenty-two after I had investigated and found that they had some means of support either from income or some one in their immediate family who could help, were advised not to apply for town aid.
Number of cases of aid closed, one hundred thirty-two, some of which cases have since been reopened. A slight increase of aid was recommended on twenty-three cases. A slight reduc- tion of aid was recommended on ninety-eight cases.
I have received from and rendered to other welfare boards and organizations the fullest cooperation. I have conveyed ten individuals to other institutions and hospitals, my speedometer registering approximately three hundred miles a week on my welfare work.
I wish to express my apprecitation and thanks to members of the Board of Public Welfare and to all others who have so kindly cooperated with me.
Yours respectfully,
FRANK P. GAROFANO, Investigator and Visitor.
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Town Clerk's Report
To the Citizens of Saugus :
I submit herewith my first annual report as Town Clerk of the Town of Saugus :
POPULATION
IS20
749
1912
8,930
I 830
690
1913
9,060
1840
1,098
1914
9,348
IS50
1,552
1915
.
10,041
I S60
2,024
1916
10,394
I 865
2,106
1917
10,765
1870
2,249
1918
10,902
IS75
2,570
1919
11,007
1 880
2,612
1920
11,488
1 885
2,855
1921
.
11,989
1890
3,673
1922
12,118
1895
4,497
1923
12,364
IS97
4,804
1924
12,593
1 899
4,775
1925
.
12,743
1901
5,100
1926
13,244
1905
6,252
1927
.
13,788
1907
6,585
1928
. 14,269
1908
,
7,422
1929
.
14,457
1009
7,640
1930
·
15,057
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REGISTERED VOTERS
MEN
WOMEN
Precinct One
454
390
Precinct Two
.
381
356
Precinct Three
.
417
35 1
Precinct Four
392
356
Precinct Five
310
262
Precinct Six
.
381
283
Precinct Seven .
307
3II
Precinct Eight
.
.
487
402
3,129
2,71I
.
.
8,042
1931
15,500
.
.
Total Registered, 5840
1910
8,355
.
1931]
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
417
BIRTHS
Number registered
217
American parentage
146
Foreign parentage
32
Mixed parentage
40
MARRIAGES
Number registered
I34
American born .
226
Foreign born .
42
Average age of bridegroom
28
Average age of bride .
24
Oldest person
65
Youngest person
15
DEATHS
Number registered
146
Males
79
Females
67
Under 5 years
21
From 5 to 10
2
From 10 to 20
8
From 20 to 30
8
From 30 to 40
6
From 40 to 50
I2
From 50 to 60
19
From 60 to 70
29
From 70 to 80
31
From 80 to 90
8
From 90 to 100 .
I
From 100 to IIO
I
Average age at death .
55
REPORT OF DOG LICENSES
March 8, 1931 to December 1, 1931.
Licenses issued from March 8 to December 1, 1931 :
887 Males and spayed females at $2.00 . $1,774 00
235 Females at $5.00 1,175 00 .
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: Breeder's Licenses at $50.00
100 00
3 Breeder's Licenses at $25.00
75 00
Total
. $3,124 00
Fees retained by Town Clerk :
1127 Licenses at .20 .
.
225 40
$2,898 60
Amount paid to County Treasurer . .
$2,898 60
HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES
· March 9, 1931 to December 31, 1931.
158 Resident citizens, sporting at $2.75 $434 50
2 Resident citizens trapping at $5.25 10 50
I Duplicate sporting at .50 50
Total .
$445 50
Fees retained by Town Clerk
40 00
Net amount .
$405 50
Payment to Division of Fisheries and Game $405 50
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK'S FEES January I to December 31, 1931. To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
I hereby submit my report as Collector of Town Clerk's Fees from January I to December 31, 1931.
131 Marriage intentions . $131 00
94 Mortgages
173 10
1 I Discharges and assignments 9 30
45 Certified copies
II 25
12 Married woman's and business
certificates
3 00
All other
·
I 50
Total
. .
$329 15
Payment to Treasurer
$329 15
Signed, .
WALTER A. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF LICENSE FEES
June 4 to December 31, 1931.
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
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