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I hereby submit my report as Collector of License Fees from June 4, 1931 to December 31, 1931.
No.
Kind
Amount
Total
4
Auctioneers
at
$2 00
$8 00
I
Ist Class Auto Dealer
at
15 00
15 00
I
Grove
at
5 00
5 00
I
Miniature Golf
at
10 00
10 00
I
Nurse's Registry
at
3 00
3 00
4 Peddlers
at
10 00
40 00
2
Pool
at
5 00
10 00
I
Pool
at
3 00
3 00
9 Victuallers
at
I 00
9 00
$103 00
Payment to Treasurer
$103 00
Signed :
WALTER A. WILSON, Collector of License Fees.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
sessors' Report
Number of polls assessed 4,423
Number of persons assessed for old age assistance tax .
4,569
Number of persons paying on property .
6,948
Number of persons liable to do military duty 2,948
Population as taken by the Assessors, April 1, '31, 15,500
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY ASSESSED
Number of dwellings . 3,781
Number of acres of land
·
6,267
Number of acres of land (exempted property ) .
300
Number of horses
125
Number of cows
399
Number of neat cattle other than cows
16
Number of sheep
2
Number of swine
686
Number of fowl .
10,018
Number of dogs registered (male, 813 ; female, 320),
1,133
Number of autos assessed
4,2II
VALUE OF REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE
Buildings (excluding land)
$9,899,772
Land (excluding buildings)
3,551,401
Personal property
1,037,480
Total .
$14,488,653
Exemptions
232,375
TOTAL AMOUNT OF PUBLIC PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
Final taking of unredeemed real estate
$48,375
Town property .
1,333,475
Religious societies
400,775
Charitable societies
6,775
1931]
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
421
Literary societies
3,875
Sons of Veterans' Building Association
10,675
Salvation Army of Massachusetts
150
Lynn Council, Boy Scouts of America
6,100
City of Lynn
175
City of Melrose .
50
Total
$1,810,425
ABATEMENTS
For the year 1930
$3,002 45
For the year 1931
6,277 50
BASIS OF TAXATION
Town Appropriations
. $727,022 67
Tarr Judgment .
150 00
Hayden Judgment
250 00
1929 Overlay
2,307 63
American Legion
671 76
Interest on Schoolhouse Loans
79 50
State Tax
14,925 00
Charles River Basin
1,714 05
State Highways
2,014 62
Metropolitan Parks
12,259 09
Broadway-Revere
108 19
Canterbury Street
7 00
Ways in Malden, Braintree, etc.
146 96
West Roxbury-Brookline Parkway
15 96
Southern Traffic Route
5 59
Metropolitan Planning
76 31
Care of Needy Civil War Veterans
IIO 00
Abatement of Smoke Nuisance
230 67
Special Old Age Assistance Tax
4,350 00
County Tax
24,415 85
Overlay
6,891 77
Total
$797,752 62
Less Town Income
196,367 II
Net amount to be raised by taxation on polls and property . $601,385 51
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Appropriated as follows :
On real estate
· 550,159 79
On personal estate
42,433 72
On polls
8,792 00
On Old Age Assistance
4,542 00
On Gypsy Moth (private work)
656 84
On Sidewalk Tax
759 71
Taxes of State, County and Town committed to Walter A. Wilson, Tax Collector
June 29, 1931
$8,792 00
June 29, 1931
· 4,396 00
July 13, 1931
146 00
September 16, 1931
594,010 06
December 21, 1931
489 65
December 21, 1931
54 00
December 21, 1931
27 00
Tax rate per $1,000
40 90
City of Lynn (special tax)
754 61
Motor Excise Tax committed to Walter A. Wilson,
Tax Collector
March 25, 1931
$15,571 19
July 13, 1931
7,415 75
October 15, 1931
2,511 59
December 31, 1931
644 33
Valuation of Motor Vehicles in 1931 levy
. 1,073,050 00
ABATEMENTS
For the year 1929
.
$1,251 10
For the year 1930
487 30
For the year 1931
1,108 72
Respectfully submitted,
LEWIS J. AUSTIN, Chairman, EDWIN K. HAYDEN, DANIEL B. WILLIS, Board of Assessors of the Town of Saugus.
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CEMETERY REPORT.
1931 ]
Report of Cemetery Commissioners
Your Commissioners are pleased to report that during 1931 the receipts of the cemetery totalled $8,692.57, or more than $1,000 in excess of the appropriation made last year.2
It will be recalled that the Finance Committee last year recommended an additional $1,000 for the Old Parish Burying Ground and $500 to start grading and gutter work at Riverside. At the Old Parish Burying Ground your Commissioners were able to relay the wall facing Main and Central streets ; to fill the depression in the southwest corner; and in addition relay the old wall on the south side with cement. Bids for labor on the front wall ran from $315 to $1,000, and a very satisfactory job was done by the lowest bidder.
The Commissioners feel that under present conditions, even though a net gain was shown in 1931, every possible corner should be cut this year, and an appropriation of only $5,600 is asked for 1932, thereby reducing last year's request by about 27 per cent. No new work is planned except what can be done in spare time by its regular employees. No appropriation is asked for the Old Parish Burying Ground as it is intended to use the regular employees of Riverside to keep these grounds in proper condition.
Under these circumstances the Cemetery Department will provide income for the town rather than be an expense.
Respectfully submitted, HENRY A. B. PECKHAM, WILLIAM E. LUDDEN, W. GEORGE GREENLAY,
Cemetery] Commissioners.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Report of Playground Commission
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
The Playground Commission submit the following report for the year 1931.
On the work that was done by the children we would ask that you read the report of the girl's and boy's Supervisors, which cover all the work that was done by the children and their general program. By these two reports you can readily see that there wasn't many idle moments for the children. Our three instructors did their duties to the best of their abilities and to our satisfaction.
Stackpole field was used every playing day either by the high school, amateur teams, or the children, for baseball and football. This field was the subject of favorable comment by all the visiting schools and coaches both for the condition of the field and facilities for handling of the spectators. The play- ground equipment was in use all the time and is overhauled the first of each season and inspected once a week for a safety measure. A new storage shed was built for the purpose of keeping the equipment in. Additional bleachers were purchased this year giving us the seating capacity of twelve hundred people, this we believe should be sufficient for the present.
Cliftondale Playground received a large lot of filling this year, giving us a much larger surface. Drainage is still a major problem at Cliftondale. A new storage shed was built here to house the equipment nightly. The Women's Civic League again present the playground with another building, this year being a sand house, which was most popular with the children. The Playground Commissioners are greatly indebted to the Women's Civic League for their interest in the playground at Cliftondale.
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PLAYGROUND REPORT.
1931]
Sanitation is a problem confronting us at both playgrounds and should be taken care of as soon as possible. In closing we wish to thank our instructors for their good work, and also again thank the Women's Civic League for their interest and gifts to the playgrounds.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE NICHOLSON, Chairman, EDWIN JAQUITH, EDWIN M. HOLMES, Secretary, Saugus Playground Commissioners.
Report of Girls' Supervisor
Saugus Playground Commission :
GENTLEMEN,-I herewith submit my report as supervisor of the girl's work at the Cliftondale and Saugus Center playground during the summer of 1931.
The season was very successful, although the insufficiency of funds necessitated a division of my time between the two play- grounds. The most satisfactory solution of this problem ap- peared to be that Cliftondale should receive instruction each morning and Stackpole's each afternoon.
From experience I found it utterly impossible to carry out, on a half-time schedule, all the desired features of a playground program. Popular demand on the part of the children confined the instruction to the field of handiwork. Supervised physical instruction for the girls naturally suffered. I sincerely hope that this year the finance committee and townspeople will real- ize the value and need of a full time instructor for the girls, as well as the boys, at each playground. The introduction of a program of competitive sports and group games initiating the character building qualities of sportsmanship and team play and a direct application of a high ethical code, would then balance the handiwork program.
The attendance at the playgrounds certainly justifies such action, for on an average the number of children coming daily to the playgrounds was a decided increase over that of last year, due perhaps to the Safety and Patrol System introduced in
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
cooperation with the Massachusetts Automobile Rating and Accident Prevention Bureau in which system the competition became very keen.
During the time spent at the playgrounds the children were kept busy. Clay modelling was the favorite past time of the youngest children and from the objects exhibited on Field Day it was obvious that skill and originality were often revealed. Safety color sheets in booklet form were another attraction for the younger followers. Scrap books for hospitals and study in flowers and tinting either by paint or crayon was somewhat more advanced work. Nature study was also carried on by collection of smoke prints. Either by the use of sewing cards or samplers, instruction was given in the various stitches, graded from the simple to the difficult according to the ability to progress. Weaving was taugnt by two different processes : First, using colored paper strips, secondly, by use of a frame.
The playground season was fittingly climaxed by a Field Day at which competitive sports and games were held, and during which time there was an exhibition of the handiwork made throughout the season.
The Cliftondale playground in spite of the vandalism exercised by a particular group of youths during the early evenings and Saturday afternoons, had a satisfactory summer which ended with a post-season pageant given with the able assistance of Mrs Ernest Phillips under the auspices of the Cliftondale Wo- man's Civic League. To this organization the Cliftondale chil- dren are indebted for the pavilion where the handiwork classes were held during the past summer and so thoroughly enjoyed by the little tots.
Playgrounds are safest places for the children during summer months, but to secure the greatest safety it is necessary to have supervisors to care for the welfare of the children while they are attending these recreational centers, where they can obtain all the benefits of an expensive vacation from which are elimin- ated many of the hazards of seashore, woods or open country. The interest of each child should gain cognizance and be stimu- lated to the best ends. This is possible only by means of a di- versified program.
427
PLAYGROUND REPORT.
1931]
For the past three years the townspeople have been recogniz- ing these desires and needs of their children and each year has seen progressive measures adopted. I sincerely trust that the succeeding years will continue to reveal a similar attitude and intelligent and worthy foresight.
In closing I wish to thank the Playground Commissioners, the Women's Civic League, and those citizens who extended such interest and cooperation during the past season.
Respectfully submitted,
DOROTHY L. THOMPSON,
Girls' Supervisor.
Report of Boys' Supervisor
Saugus Playground Commission :
GENTLEMEN :- I respectfully submit my report of the play- ground work for 1931.
In our attempt to offer a diversification of activities to the boys in each age group and with the idea in mind that competi- tive play, properly supervised, builds for character ; baseball teams were organized at both playgrounds consisting of midgets, juniors, and senior boys.
Interesting games were staged for intersectional honors between the smaller boys of East Saugus, Saugus Centre, and Cliftondale.
The senior boys playground team had a very successful season, meeting defeat only once in inter-city competition, their oppo- nents being the playground boys of Malden. Lynn, Melrose and Revere.
For the smaller children, the sand house, swings, teeters and slides were in constant use. The most popular piece of equip- ment seemed to be the wooden, double-seated swing made in Cliffondale by Mr. Herbert Rice.
I was able to acquaint the boys with big-league baseball methods, through the courtesy of the management of the Boston
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[ Dec. 31
Braves. The boys were offered membership in the Knot-hole Gang, a group of junior baseball enthusiasts. The boys responded with a membership of 102, between the ages of 10 and 16. Under the supervision of Mr. Coons and myself, the boys witnessed five big-league contests.
Two outings were held during the summer at Lynn Beach. Approximately 150 children making each trip. Games were played and elementary swimming strokes and artificial respira- tion, as applied to drowning persons, were taught. Donations for these two outings were received from Lover's Leap Tonic Co., J. B. Blood and Turner Centre Creamery Co.
Near the end of the summer a Field Day for all the children of the town was held at Stackpole's Field. Races of all kinds were staged, with ribbons as awards for the winners.
I wish to compliment Miss Thompson for her efficient work in the girls' department and thank Mr. Coons for his fine cooperation in the boys work. Mr. Winslow is deserving of great praise for keeping the diamond at Stackpole's Field in such fine condition.
In closing I wish to stress the need of sanitation at both play- grounds and either a drainage system or more fill at the Clifton- dale playground.
Thanking the Commissioners for their fine spirit of coopera- tion, I am
Sincerely yours.
RAYMOND A. KELLEY.
February 11, 1932.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1931]
Collector's Report
Walter A. Wilson, Collector, in Account with Town of Saugus :
DR.
January 1, 1932
To balance of 1930 tax . . $182,870 00
To 1930 interest collected
Unlocated difference
5,016 61 65
To be refunded
82 95
$187,970 22
CR.
By 1930 tax paid Treasurer . . $139,313 33
By 1930 interest paid Treasurer
5,016 61
By 1930 abatements
2,242 17
By Tax Titles to town
c
16,360 37
By Tax Titles to town
(Chap. 60, Sec. 61, G. L.)
21,868 29
Balance outstanding
2,413 95
Taxes paid to Treasurer .
755 50
$187,970 22 Since January 1, 1932 have collected $896.95, leaving uncollected $1,517.00 on February 9, 1932.
DR.
To tax of 1931 committed September
16, 1931, and December 21, 1931 $594,499 71
To 1931 interest collected 275 20
$594,774 91
CR.
By 1931 tax paid Treasurer . $299,009 10
By 1931 interest paid Treasurer 275 20
By 1931 tax paid in Treasurer's office 362 54
By 1931 interest paid in Treasurer's office .
2 89
By 1931 abatements 6,047 45
Uncollected December 31, 1931 on the 1931 commitment .
$305,697 18.
$289,077 73.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS. [Dec. 31
Since January 1, 1932, have collected $32,852.73, abated $822.57, leaving uncollected $255,402.13 on February 9, 1932.
POLL AND OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES
DR.
To 1930 poll tax commitment com-
mitted March 31, 1931 $404 00
To interest collected
6 85
$410 85
CR.
By 1930 poll taxes paid Treasurer $140 00
By 1930 poll tax abatements .
262 00
By interest paid Treasurer
6 85
Uncollected poll tax December 31,
$408 .85
1931, on 1930 commitment .
$2 00
Since January 1, 1932, have paid to Treasurer $2.00.
DR.
To 1931 Poll Tax committed June 29, 1931 and December 21, 1931 $8,846 00
$8,846 00
CR.
By 1931 Poll Taxes paid Treasurer, $8,132 00
By 1931 Poll Tax Abatements 168 00
8,300 00
Uncollected Poll Taxes December
31, 1930, on 1931 commitment
$546 00
Since January 1, 1932, have collected $12.00 ; abated, $2.00, leaving uncollected $532.00 on February 9, 1932.
DR.
To 1931 Old Age Assistance Tax commitment, committed June 29, 1931, July 13, 1931, and Decem- ber 21, 1931
$4,569 00
$4,569 00
.
-
1931]
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
431
CR.
By 1931 Old Age Assistance Tax paid Treasurer $4,108 00 By 1931 Old Age Assistance Tax Abatements I 00
4,109 00
Uncollected Old Age Assistance
Taxes December 31, 1931 on 1931
commitment
$460 00
Since January 1, 1932, have collected $6.00, leaving uncol- lected $454.00 on February 9, 1932.
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES
DR.
To balance of 1929 Motor Vehicle
Excise Tax committed April 13, 1931 .
$1,426 87
To interest collected
17 12
$1,443 99
CR.
By 1929 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
paid Treasurer . $175 77
By 1929 Commitment Abatements, 1,251 IO
By interest paid Treasurer 17 12
1,443 99
DR.
To balance of 1930 Motor Vehicle
Excise Tax committed April 13, 1931 $4,951 47
To interest collected
79 37
$5,030 84
CR.
By 1930 commitment tax paid Treasurer
$2,057 33
By 1930 commitment abatements 460 39
By 1930 interest paid Treasurer .
79 37
$2,597 09
Uncollected December 31, 1931 on 1930 Excise Tax commitment $2,433 75
Since December 31, 1931, have collected $300.27, leaving uncollected February 9, 1932, $2, 133.48.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS. [Dec. 31
DR.
To Motor Vehicle Tax committed
March 25, 1931 . $15,571 19
To interest collected
72 19
$15,643 38
CR.
By March 1931 commitment tax paid Treasurer . ·
.
$11,250 17
By March 1931 interest paid Treas- urer
72 19
$11,322 36
Uncollected December 31, 1931 on
March 1931 Excise Tax Commit- ment
$4,321 02 Since January 1, 1932, have collected, $51. 14 leaving uncol- lected $4,269.88 on February 9, 1932.
DR.
To Motor Vehicle Excise Tax com-
mited July 13, 1931 $7,415 75
To interest collected
7 36
$7,423 II
CR.
By July 1931 commitment tax paid Treasurer $4,587 24
By July 1931 commitment abate- ments 49 70
By July 1931 interest paid Treasurer 7 36
$4,644 30
Uncollected December 31, 1931 on July 1931 Excise Tax commitment $2,778 81 Since January 1, 1932 have collected $60.58, leaving uncol- lected $2,718.23 on February 9, 1932.
DR.
To Motor Vehicle Excise Tax committed October 15, 1931 $2,511 59
l'o interest collected So
$2,512 39
433
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1931]
CR.
By October 1931 commitment tax paid Treasurer .
$1,300 II By October 1931 interest paid
Treasurer
80
$1,300 91
Uncollected December 31, 1931 on
October 1931 Excise Tax commit-
ment
$1,21I 48
Since January 1, 1932 have collected $66.27, leaving uncollected $1,145,21, on February 9, 1932.
DR.
To Motor Vehicle Excise Tax com-
mited December 31, 1931
$644 33
$644 33
Since January 1, 1932, have collected $304.65, leaving uncol- lected $339.68 on February 9, 1932.
SIDEWALK TAXES
DR.
To Sidewalk Tax commited .
$6,536 06 5 06
To interest collected .
.
$6,541 12
CR.
By Sidewalk Tax paid Treasurer $459 38 By Sidewalk Tax interest paid Treasurer . 5 06
$464 44
Uncollected December 31, 1931, on Sidewalk Tax Commitment. (Bal- ance now being apportioned on regular tax bills.) $6,076 68
28
434
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
WATEE
June, 1926
Committed July 9, 1931 $137 59
Outstanding .
$137 59
137 59
December, 1926
Committed July 9, 1931
112 27
Outstanding .
. $112 27
112 27
June, 1927
Committed July 9, 1931
177 79
Outstanding .
$177 79
177 79
December, 1927
Committed July 9, 1931 . 379 56
Payments to Treasurer . .
$1I 50
Outstanding December 31, 1931
368 06
379 56
June, 1928
Committed July 9, 1931 . .
703 73
Payments to Treasurer . ·
$II 50
Outstanding December 31, 1931
692 23
703 73
December, 1928
Committed July 9, 1931 . 741 96
Payments to Treasurer . .
$6 50
Outstanding December 31, 1931
735 46
741 96
June, 1929
Committed July 9, 1931 .
1,331 07
Payments to Treasurer .
$36 88
Abatements .
34 61
Outstanding December 31, 1931
1,259 58
1,331 07
435
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1931]
December, 1929
Committed July 9, 1931 .
1,811 95
Payments to Treasurer
$169 93
Abatements .
98 34
Outstanding December 31, 1931
1,543 68
1,SII 95
New December, 1929, Commitment
Committed October 5, 1931
2,447 48
Payments to Treasurer .
·
$35 54
Outstanding December 31, 1931
2,411 94
2,447 48
Paid to Treasurer for recording liens 5 00
Cash on hand for releasing liens 5 00
June, 1930
Committed July 9, 1931
1,700 03
Payments to Treasurer
$258 53
Abatements .
151 45
Outstanding December 31, 1931
1,290 05
1,700 03
December, 1930
Committed July 9, 1931 . 4,075 83
Payments to Treasurer
$1,026 93
Abatements . .
205 50
Outstanding December 31, 1931
2,843 40
4,075 83
April, 1931
Committed July 15, 1931 355 27
Payments to Treasurer ·
294 06
Outstanding December 31, 1931
61 21
355 27
May, 1931
Committed July 15, 1931
205 36
Payments to Treasurer .
.
$114 66
Outstanding December 31, 1931
90470
205 36
.736,
TOWN DOCUMENTS. [Dec. 31
June, 1931
Committed September 21, 1931 18,250 58
Overpayment to Treasurer .
5 00
$18,255 58
Payments to Treasurer
$16,307 73
Abatements .
74 74
Outstanding December 31, 1931 1,873 11
18,255 58
July, 1931
Committed September 21, 1931 .
1,183 16
Payments to Treasurer .
.
$934 73
Abatements . ·
96
Outstanding December 31, 1931 247 47
1,183 16
August, 1931
Committed September 21, 1931
926 58
Payments to Treasurer . . .
$792 27
Outstanding December 31, 1931 .
134 31
926 58
September, 1931
Committed December 12, 1931
940 36
Payments to Treasurer .
.
$794 72
Abatements . · . .
.
4 40
Outstanding December 31, 1931 .
141 24
940 36
October, 1931
Committed December 12, 1931
206 22
Payments to Treasurer . $IOI 52 ·
Abatements . . · ·
35 08
Outstanding December 31, 1931
69 62
206 22
437
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1931]
November, 1931
Committed December 12, 1931
790 86
Payments to Treasurer
$577 72
Abatements .
·
108 26
Outstanding December 31, 1931 . 104 88
790 86
December, 1931
Committed November 20, 1931 and
January 2, 1932 .
20,035 66
Payments to Treasurer
$16,391 25
Abatements .
36 85
Outstanding December 31, 1931
3,607 56
20,035 66
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER A. WILSON, Tax Collector.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Report of Chief of Fire Department
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
I herewith submit the annual report and activities of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1931.
ROSTER
CHIEF Mellen R. Joy
CAPTAIN
William R. Salsman, Tr.
LIEUTENANTS
Ralph E. Berrett
George B. Drew
PERMANENT FIREMEN
Henry Saxon John Mclaughlin
Chester A. Tarbox
Harold R. Atkinson
Joseph L. Maguire
Alfred A. Bird
Albert F. Jervis
Warren Newhall
BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS
Charles C. DeFronzo
Arthur W. Price
George F. Gosselin Ervest W. Homan
CALL FIREMEN
Ernest M. Hatch
Robert E. Holbrook
Ralph Quirk Arthur W. Randall
Lewis E. Richardson
William A. Mathewson
George W. Nicholson Lewis O. Gray
Alexander S. McCarrier
Frank P. Garafano
During the year of 1931, the Fire Department responded to 439 alarms and calls for fire, an increase of 27 more than for 1930.
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FIRE CHIEF'S REPORT.
1931]
There were 129 box alarms, and 310 telephone calls, 30 of which were followed by box alarms, many of them were unnecessary.
Sixty-four alarms were false and needless.
Total mileage traveled by the apparatus in responding to all calls was 1,726 miles. Engine 1-276 miles; Engine 2-952 miles. Ladder 1-504 miles. Chief's auto traveled 4,363 miles in responding to fires, and in performance of various other duties as required.
The assessed valuation, and insurance on buildings and con- tents and automobiles, trucks etc., involved in fires are as follows :
Assessed value of buildings, autos, trucks etc. . $155,665 00 Estimated loss on buildings, autos, trucks etc. . 66,344 00 Insurance on buildings, autos, trucks, etc. 218,850 00 . Insurance paid on buildings etc. . 56,622 81
Estimated valuation of contents 74,325 00
Estimated loss on contents
27,375 00
Insurance on contents
54,220 00
Insurance paid on contents
15,325 29
During the year 2,000 feet of 2} inch, and 2,000 feet of 12 inch hose was purchased to replace old and condemned hose that was unfit for service at fires, the condemned hose was turned over to the Department of Public Works.
During the year 42,000 feet of 22 inch, 20,800 feet of 1} inch, 34,950 feet of & inch hose was laid and used at fires, 1,480 gallons of chemical fluid was used at fires, 1,352 feet of ladders was used at fires.
Tabulated fire alarms, calls etc., are as follows.
Buildings 50, woods and brush fires 147, grass fires 83, automobiles and trucks 30, chimney fires 10, dump and rub- bish fires 21, trees 5, bonfires 3, rescue of horse from mud 1, lightning 2, defective light wires 4, call for inhalator 2, fallen electric light wires 2, false and needless alarms 64, other small fires 15, total 439.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Pumps worked and passed water through hose at fires 86 hours 20 minutes.
Alarıns and calls by months for 1931.
Alarıns and Calls by Months Bell Alarms
Telephone Calls
Total
January
14
17
31
February
6
S
14
March
I 2
26
38
April
22
84
106
May
12
2 I
33
June
3
14
17
July
4
I I
15
August
4
5
9
September
7
17
24
October
14
45
59
November
18
31
49
December
13
31
44
129
310
439
All fire apparatus, Engine 1 and 2, Ladder I are in good con- dition, and good for a number of years to come, providing that they do not meet with accidents. The old Dodge combination is in poor condition and has passed its usefulness as a piece of fire fighting equipment, a long time ago, and is unsafe for driv- ing and to be on the road. It was purchased in the fall of 1922, and it has seen some very rough useage during its exist- ence in the fire service.
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