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C. K. & W. H. Roberts, express .
3 00
Tvory Emmons, stock and labor
12 66
Geo. H. Holden & Co., oil and chimneys
20 98
Wm. H. Gallison, 5 lbs. polish 2 00
Boston Woven Hose Co., repairs and coup- lings I 00
Peleg Gardner, stock and labor 5 89
New Eng. Tel. & Telephone Co., rental .
236 43
New Eng. Tel. & Telephone Co., supplies
29 91
Sprague & Breed, I ton cannel coal 18 25
Charles P. Jeffers, supplies and messages 14 60
S. J. Pettengill, Manilla rope 5 55
Sawyer & Chase, 6 wrenches 9 00
Sawyer & Chase, repairs on wagon . 18 95
Geo. M. Stevens, repairs on fire-alarm
9 97
Philbrick & Pope, supplies
IO 95
M. Plumstead & Son, I set harness .
125 00
M. Plumstead & Son, whip, blankets, polish, etc. 17 25
Newhall & Thing, wood and coal
44 95
Lynn Shoe Supply Co., rubber coat 3 50
Carter, Harris & Hawley, 100 lbs. blue vitriol . 5 00
Charles O. Beede, cotton waste
Į 25
Boston Lead Manufg. Co., suction hose . 5 85
$1,316 24
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation
$50 09
EXPENDITURE.
Amount paid Post Gen. J. L. Bates, G. A. R. .
$50 00
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
INDIGENT SOLDIERS.
John Gallagher $28 00 James Umber 30 00
E. Thorndike Heath
50 00
Essex Co. Receptacle for Insane :
Board of Wm. Quiner
13º 35
Clothing for Wm. Quiner
22 00
$260 35
LAMP DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$1,700 00
EXPENDITURES.
Globe Gas Light Co., lighting $1,707 58
Globe Gas Light Co., I lamp post I 75
Globe Gas Light Co., naptha and alcohol 3 63
$1,712 96
CURBSTONES.
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
M. Kennedy, blasting and setting edge- stones
$84 00
M. H. Scott, 280 ft. edgestones at 45 cents 126 00
$210 00
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
STAND PIPES.
Appropriation
$75 00
EXPENDITURE.
F. J. Cushing, 4 stand pipes . $75 00
WATER.
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURE.
City of Lynn, water for fire purposes to Jan. 1, 1886 $250 00
TOWN HALL.
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES.
Lynn Gas Light Co. $96 22
Philbrick & Pope, labor and pipe . I 16
Peleg Gardner, labor and material
5 20
A. F. Nesbitt, mop, globe and oil
2 79
A. F. Nesbitt, services as janitor
225 00
Newhall & Thing, coal and wood
98 34
R. M. Yale & Co., flag
23 00
J. P. Small, cleat and screws
25
John I. Adams, glazing 80
S. J. Pettengill, halyards
2 00
$454 76
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
CEMETERY.
Appropriation
$425 00
EXPENDITURES.
J. S. Brown, 362 days' labor at $1.75 $64 30
Services as superintendent . 25 00
John Collins, 262 days' labor at $1 75 . . 46 81
B. T. Marshall, 56 loads gravel at $1 25 . 70 00
$206 II
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDITURES.
George W. Harris, labor . $1 00
B. T. Getchell, cleaning vault, Mrs. Milan 2 00
W. H. Collins, services 30 00
John I. Adams, services . 30 00 .
R. B. Jordan, services
50 00
Martin Nies, cleaning beaches
95 65
D. Ford, gathering waste
6 00
F. R. Nies, labor .
I 00
D. W. Nesbitt, posting bills
2 00
D. W. Nesbitt, labor 1 00
D. W. Nesbitt, cleaning beaches
10 00
D. W .. Nesbitt, labor on beach . 6 00
Hastings & Sons, advertising 28 75
G. H. & W. A. Nichols, printing
7 00
$270 40
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
MONUMENT LOT.
Appropriation $25 00
EXPENDITURES.
J. S. Brown, labor
$15 50
City of Lynn, hydrant and fittings
15 77
City of Lynn, water
6 00
$37 27
STATE AID.
M. B. Cochrane
$12 00
J. C. Stimpson . 72 00
Susan Stimpson 48 00
W. T. Fay . 48 00
Lydia J. Fay
48 00
Bridget Milan
48 00
Mary Haley
48 00
Sarah E. Carroll
48 00
Hannah Johnson 48 00
Mary E. Fairbanks
48 00
Hope S. Winslow
16 00
Josiah S. Hardy 33 00
Sarah M. Hardy
44 00
Isabel F. Chute
Joseph W. Glass 32 00
A. N. Widger 28 00
28 00
E. Marsh, Jr.
13 50
Harriet M. Holden
48 00
$710 50
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
RECAPITULATION.
Appropriations and Receipts. Expenditures.
Selectmen's Department
$2,500 00
$3,383 50
School Department
7,750 00
8,470 II
Mass. School Fund 21 99 )
Highways and Sidewalks, including $200 for water
3,700 00
3,531 51
Overseers of the Poor Department
1,500 00
1,858 73
Town Hall Department, $300 ; Receipts, $366.50 .
666 50
454 76
Police Department, $1,000 ; transferred from Liquor Fund, $200 .
1,200 00
2,012 26
Fire
800 00
1,316 24
Street Lights
1,700 00
1,712 96
Indigent Soldiers' Aid
260 35
State Aid .
710 50
Memorial Day .
50 00
50 00
Monument Grounds
25 00
37 27
Health Department
200 00
270 40
Library Department, $300 ; Receipts, $20 Dog Taxes, $215.81
535 81
524 77
Curbstones
500 00
210 00
Cemetery
425 00
206 II
Stand Pipes
75 00
75 00
Water
500 00
250 00
County Tax
4,500 00
4,487 94
State Tax
4,000 00
3,210 00
Interest .
2,000 00
2,176 56
$32,649 30
$35,208 97
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT IN ACCOUNT
DR.
To outstanding orders .
$545 84
Cash paid Selectmens' orders
25,087 47
Notes
10,500 00
Interest
2,176 56
State tax
3,210 00
Cash in Treasury
3,811 51
$45,331 38
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
WITH FRANK WILLEY, TREASURER.
CR.
By cash balance on hand, 1884 $2,032 49
Receips from Town Hall . 366 50
Lynn Institution for Savings, temporary loan 9,000 00
Seth C. Kendrick, witness fees refunded 68 94
Seth C. Kendrick, received from Mudge estate 23 88
Seth C. Kendrick, received from Wardwell Bros., 5 00
Seth C. Kendrick, received from R. W. Carter .
3 50
William B. Chase, liquor license
I 00
Chas. P. Jeffers, liquor license
I 00
J. P. M. S. Pitman, gravel and gutter scrapings, Cemetery lots .
29 95
Lynn Gas Co., rebate on gas bill
2 22
E. Kendall Jenkins, County Treasurer, dog tax Corporation tax .
215 81
3,210 30
National Bank tax
1,565 68
State Aid
965 27
State Treasurer, school fund 21 99
E. H. Thomas, error in bill J. L. Hammett 7 80
Miss Mary F. Carroll, receipts Town Library . .
20 00
T. Otis Philbrick, rent G.A.R. hall, I.O.O.F. . 34 75
E. H. Thomas, city of Lynn, labor on Stacey's brook 13 00
E. H. Thomas, County Treasurer, damage by dogs 6 00
John A. Rodgers, John P. Russell 156 55
John A. Rodgers, A. Maker 36 00
John A. Rodgers, William F. Alger 26 00
City of Lynn, A. W. Reed . 24 57
John Washburn, Cornelius Morris 43 17
Taxes 1885, M. P. Carroll, Collector 27,393 0I
$45,331 38
57 00
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TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT IN ACCOUNT WITH MICHAEL P. CARROLL, COLLECTOR.
DR.
To amount committed for collection $32,775 77
amount overpaid Town Treasurer I 18
$32,776 95
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer . $27,393 0I
County Treasurer 4,487 94
Discounts
511 47
Abatements
384 53
$32,776 95
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PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Town House and Lot . $14,000 00
Grammar School House and Lot 8,000 00
Beach School House and Lot 4,000 00
Pine Street School House and Lot 4,000 00
Essex School House and Lot 4,000 00
Essex School House and Lot, opposite Cemetery 300 00
Engine House and Lot 1,500 00
Farm School House and Lot
2,000 00
Engine and apparatus
5,000 00
Building for storing oil
25 00
Gravel pits
500 00
Two safes at Town Hall
100 00
Town Library . 5,000 00
School supplies 350 00
Treasurer's safe 20 00
100 00
Weights and measures
Water pipes
. 15,000 00
Four revolvers and badges
28 00
Eight pairs twisters
6 50
Six pairs handcuffs 19 50
Four whistles
3 00
Twelve billies
10 00
Eight police helmets
12 00
One dark lantern
50
Twelve picks
12 00
Ten shovels .
2 50
Three bars
4 50
One cant hook, $1 ; two iron pins, $1
2 00
Three lanterns, $2.70 ; two street hoes, $1.50
4 20
Three road hammers .
2 25
Three hand rakes, $1.50; three stone rakes, $1.50 3 00
Two snow plows
30 00
One stone drag 6 50
One road machine 200 00
$64,341 45
Hay scales 100 00
STATISTICS OF THE TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT.
Years.
Real Estate.
Personal Property.
Total Valuation.
Debt.
Rate Taxes per $1,000
May 1, 1885
$2,365,280
$1,130,863
$3,496,143
$47,500.00
$ 9.00
1884
2,371,610
1,135,215
3,506,825
49,000.00
11.00
1883
2,259,855
1,589,566
3,849,411
50,725.86
8.50
1882
2,228,330
1,264.938
3,493,268
49,091.00
6.00
1881
2,121,080
807,159
2,928,239
30,982.39
7.20
1880
1,991,880
1,133,247
3,125,127
32,032.20
7.00
1879
1,930,205
418,904
2,349,109
39,705.20
8.30
1878
2,049,980
384,841
2,434,821
42,519.94
8.00
1877
2,041,935
340,323
2,382,258
41,593.95
8.50
1876
2,108,462
360,961
2,469,423
46,042.37
12.00
1875
2,074,850
389,441
2,464,291
50,484.97
10.00
1874
2,028,875
457,260
2,486,135
51,715.65
11.00
1873
1,949,925
460,867
2,410,792
50,770.50
12.00
1872
1,854 750
578,000
2,432,750
48,300.15
9.50
1871
1,598,800
504,073
2,102,873
43,599.43
9.50
1870
1,334,570
508,564
1,843,134
39,156.62
10.00
1869
1,244,120
313,711
1,557,834
31,545,00
11.20
1868
1,141,020
347,173
1,488,193
34,565.29
11.50
1867
1,124,670
268,675
1,393,345
37,938.19
13.50
1866
972,120
249,289
1,221,409
34,356.82
12.00
1865
755,394
279,837
1,035,231
29,465.73
14.70
1864
754,316
219,445
973,761
37,117.77
12.50
1863
740,430
335,532
1,075,962
28,790.81
10.00
1862
720,620
334,813
1,055,433
30,510.82
.
1861
729.300
324,227
1,053,527
12,199.64
5.70
1860
705,605
337,329
1,042,934
9,118.77
5.60
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LIST OF JURORS.
LIST OF JURORS.
Prepared by the Selectmen, for the consideration of the Town, at their Annual Town Meeting, to be held Saturday, March 20, 1886.
Zebedee Small.
Horace M. Norton.
John I. Adams.
James E. Phillips.
James L. Taylor.
George T. Melzard.
Isaac H. Andrews.
J. H. Farwell.
Calvin Tucker.
Eben N. Wardwell.
Wm. F. Norcross.
Peleg Gardner.
Allen Rowe.
David Atkins.
W. Henry Neil.
Benjamin Potter.
James A. Knowlton.
Charles Rowell.
Gilbert Delano.
Charles K. Roberts.
John Stanley.
George W. Harris.
Briggs B. Thomas.
Aaron R. Bunting.
Charles W. Haskell.
Abner Hayford.
Samuel Horton.
Joseph Stanley.
Daniel Marshall.
Moses Goodridge.
Charles A. Morris.
George Gilbert.
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TOWN OFICERS- 1885-6.
Selectmen.
EDWARD H. THOMAS. JOHN STANLEY. JOHN H. FARWELL.
Secretary Board Selectmen .. EDWARD H. THOMAS. Town Clerk. BENJAMIN J. LINDSEY.
Treasurer. FRANK WILLEY.
Assessors.
D. H. MILLETT, 1887. PELEG GARDNER, 1888. JOHN CHAPMAN, 1886.
Collector of Taxes. ' MICHAEL P. CARROLL.
School Committee.
CHAS. A. MORRIS, '88. SAM'L O. INGALLS, '87. CURTIS V. MERRITT, '86.
Overseers of Poor. JOHN A. ROGERS, '88. GEO. T. MELZARD, '87. JOHN WASHBURN, '86.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Board of Health.
REUBEN B. JORDAN. JOHN I. ADAMS. WILLIAM H. COLLINS.
Auditors.
ARTHUR C. WIDGER. BENJAMIN J. LINDSEY. CHARLES H. TILL.
Constables.
JAMES WHEELER. JOSEPH F. SYMONDS.
JOHN S. HIGGINS. SETH C. KENDRICK. W. HARRY PROCTOR.
Surveyor of Highways. JAMES P. M. S. PITMAN.
Fence Viewers.
PELEG GARDNER. JOHN CHAPMAN.
Pound Keeper. EDGAR W. ROWELL.
APPOINTED OFFICERS. Sealer of Weights and Measures. GEORGE W. HARRIS,
Measurer of Wood and Bark. WILLIAM D. HUTT.
Superintendent of Cemetery. JOSEPH S. BROWN.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Janitor of Town Hall. A. FRANK NESBITT. Trustees of Library.
B. W. REDFERN, '88. C. V. MERRITT, '87. FRANK F. STANLEY, '86.
Librarian. MISS S. L. HONORS.
Town Weigher. THOMAS PEDRICK.
Police.
SETH C. KENDRICK. W. HARRY PROCTOR.
Special Police.
A. FRANK NESBITT. RICHARD V. BESSOM.
J. E. O. NESBITT. WILLIAM D. HUTT.
ROBERT R. WILEY.
J. P. M. S. PITMAN.
FRANK H. HORTON. L. CHESTER SMITH.
DAN'L F. KNOWLTON. GEO. A. FAIRBANKS.
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Milk Inspector. DANIEL MARSHALL.
Engineers of Fire Department. IVORY EMMONS. JAMES E. PHILLIPS. NATHANIEL GALEUCIA.
Registrars of Voters. G. W. MARSHALL, '88. FRANK E. INGALLS, 'S7. MILTON D. PORTER, '86.
BENJAMIN J. LINDSEY, CLERK.
TOWN WARRANT.
ESSEX, ss.
To EITHER OF CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT, IN SAID COUNTY, GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott qualified to vote in Elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Swampscott, on Saturday, the Twentieth day of March current, at Nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the fol- lowing articles :
ART. I. To choose a Moderator to preside in "said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose a Town Clerk for one ( 1) year. To choose a Board of Selectmen for the year ensuing.
To choose one member of the Board of Asses- sors for three (3) years.
To choose a Town Treasurer for one (I) year. To choose a Tax Collector for the year en- suing.
To choose one member of the School Com- mittee for three (3) years.
To choose one or more Surveyors of High- ways for one (1) year,
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To choose one member of the Board of Trus- tees of the Public Library for three (3) years.
To choose three members of the Board of Auditors for the year ensuing.
To choose one Overseer of the Poor for three (3) years.
To choose a Board of Health for one (1) year. To choose one or more Surveyors of Lumber for the year ensuing.
To choose one or more Measurers of Wood and Bark for one (I) year.
To choose two or more Fence Viewers for the year ensuing.
To choose all necessary Constables and Field Drivers for one (1) year.
All to be chosen on one ballot
ART. 3. Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of In- toxicating Liquors in this Town? "Yes," or " No." By ballot.
ART. 4. To hear and act upon the Reports of the Auditing Committee, the Board of Selectmen, the School Committee, the Surveyor of Highways, the Board of Trus- tees of the Public Library, the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, the Superintendent of the Cemetery, the Com- mittee appointed to suppress the illegal sale of Intoxicating Liquors, and any other Committee or Committees previous- ly chosen.
ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray Town expenses for the ensuing year, and make appropriations for the same.
ART. 6. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the current year.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Trea- surer to hire money under the direction of the Selectmen to pay Town indebtedness.
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ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Trea- surer to hire money under the direction of the Selectmen in anticipation of the taxes to be assessed and collected for the current year.
ART. 9. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector for the collection of taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. IO. To see what compensation the Town will allow the Collector for the collection of taxes for the cur- rent year.
ART. II. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to the collection of taxes, and what rate of discount, if any, will be allowed for the prompt payment on or before a certain date.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will accept the list of names for Jurors as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will appropriate the money received from the County Treasurer for Dog Li- censes to aid in support of the Public Library.
ART. 14. To see what compensation the Town will make the members of the Fire Department the current year, and grant money for the same.
ART. 15. To see what action the Town will take in re- lation to change of By-Laws or addition to the same.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to furnish and set Curbstones, provided the abutters will pay one-half of the expense.
ART. 17. To see what action the Town will take to- wards reimbursing A. O. Cahoon for damages done his horse at the Cedar Hill fire, agreeable to the petition of John Washburn and others.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will appropriate a suffi- cient sum of money to extend the Water Pipes from their present terminus near Galloupe's point, to a point on At- lantic Avenue near the Hotel Preston, agreeable to the petition of David K. Phillips and others.
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ART. 19. To see if the Town will accept as public ways the streets located at Beach Bluff, known as Beach Bluff Avenue, Eulow and Mostyn Streets, as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the plan drawn by Chas. W. Gay.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will appropriate a suffi- cient sum of money to repair damages to Stacey's Brook, damaged by the late flood.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) for the purpose of building a sidewalk on such parts of Essex Street that are at present unprovided with such walks, agreeable to the petition of C. A. Stetson and others.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), to be used by Gen. J. L. Bates Post 118, G.A.R., for the proper observance of Memorial Day, agreeable to the petition of J. I. Adams and others.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will appropriate Six Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($650.00) for the purpose of purchasing a new horizontal Boiler, to be placed in the Grammar School Building agreeable to the petition of D. P. Stimpson and others.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), for the purpose of enforcing the laws in relation to the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors, agreeable to the petition of D. F. Knowlton and others.
ART. 25. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to a water supply.
ART. 26. To see what action the Town will take to- wards having the Town Clerk read the minutes of all Town Meetings at the close of the meetings, agreeable to the petition of William G. Earp and others.
ART. 27. To see what action the Town will take con- cerning sidewalks for the Town, of concrete or other
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material, and appropriate a sum of money for the same, agreeable to the petition of Frank O. Ellis and others.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, at the Town Hall, Depot, Post Office, and three other public and conspicuous places in the Town, seven days at least before the day appointed for 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 meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty- six.
EDWARD H. THOMAS, r Selectmen
J. H. FARWELL, of JOHN STANLEY, Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest :
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
TO THE CITIZENS OF SWAMPSCOTT :
THE undersigned, Selectmen of the Town of Swamp- scott, have the honor to submit the following report of their doings for the year ending February 28, 1886.
STREETS AT BEACH BLUFF.
One of the most important subjects to receive our atten- tion was the matter of laying out streets in that section of the town knows as Beach Bluff.
After careful consideration of the question, we have laid out the ways known as Eulow and Mostyn Streets, and Beach Bluff Avenue, and sincerely trust that they will be accepted and allowed by the Town.
We are informed by residents and tax payers in that lo- cality, that this is the fifth consecutive year that they have petitioned for the laying out of these streets, and now that the matter is brought before the town, it would seem to be only simple justice, that they should be allowed. This would not only be a wise act of public policy in open- ing up a large amount of land suitable for building pur- poses, but would remove the only real grievance which the petitioners are now urging before the legislature as a reason for the division of our Town.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
PINE STREET AND STACEY'S BROOK.
At the last annual Town meeting the Selectmen were in- structed to raise the grade and culvert of Pine Street. But upon examination of the premises, it was found that the difficulty was greater than was at first supposed, and that in order to make the property in that section safe and hab- itable, it would be necessary to raise and widen the New Ocean and Humphrey Street culverts, as well as that of Pine Street ; and as the co-operation of the City of Lynn could undoubtedly be secured in bearing her just propor- tion of the expenses, we would recommend that our suc- cessors be instructed to make the improvements at once.
This is an imperative necessity, as the culverts at present are a source of great danger to both health and property in that vicinity.
THE NEW RECEIVING TOMB.
We regret to inform the citizens that the new receiving tomb built a little more than a year ago, is in such a con- dition owing to imperfect architecture and structural weak- ness, as to render it unfit for use. We therefore recom- mend that the parts which are defective be rebuilt under the supervision of a competent architect.
MARSHALL STREET DRAIN.
During the latter part of the year we were obliged to rebuild the drain at Marshall Street. Concluding that the best method of building was.the cheapest, we laid two lines of fifteen-inch tile-pipe from the junction of Marshall and Humphrey Streets to the Beach, a distance of about two hundred and seventy feet. The pipes have a capacity of
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emptying three thousand gallons per minute, and are, in our judgment sufficiently large.
STREET LIGHTS.
· In accordance with the vote of the Town, a contract was made with the Globe Gas Light Co., of Boston, by which the Company agreed to light the lamps (the same as in previous years), for the amount of the appropriation. The number of lamps has, however, been increased during the year, and a cheap system or a larger appropriation will therefore be necessary in the future.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
The Selectmen desire to acknowledge with sincere thanks the efficient service of our present police force. The ex- pense of the maintenance of this department was reduced at the beginning of the present year, but, owing two several outstanding bills against the Town for services and car- riage hire of the police force of 1884-85, which the Select- men have been obliged to pay, the appropriation has been considerably exceeded.
We beg to call the attention of the Town to the exceed- ingly conscientious manner in which the present chief of police, Seth C. Kendrick, has discharged the duties of his office. Contrary to the practice adopted by his predeces- sor, he has reimbursed the Town with witness fees and court expenses to the amount of sixty-eight dollars and ninety-four cents.
An examination of the books of the several courts in the County shows that the chief of police of last year, and his associate, in addition to the salary and the amount paid them by the Town for expenses attending courts, received from the officers of the courts, for witness and officers'
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fees, and other expenses, the sum of $367.28, not one cent of which was paid in to the treasury of the Town, as is required by law, and as is the custom in neighboring cities where regularly salaried officers are employed.
EDWARD H. THOMAS, J. H. FARWELL, JOHN STANLEY,
Selectmen of
Swampscott.
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
THE Board of Health respectfully submit the following report and summary of work performed during the year ending March 20, 1886.
The Board has received and investigated eighty-three complaints during the year.
There has been such a growing and wide-spread com- plaint relative to the loose and careless manner in which waste was, and always had been collected, that we de- cided to attempt a correction of the evil by districting the Town and having the waste removed, as far as practicable, in tight carts,-bearing in mind that our appropriation was so meagre that it must be done at a small expense. With more money at our disposal the plans could have been more effectually carried out and with more satisfactory results. The system has seemed to give quite general satisfaction, and we recommend to our successors its con- tinuance.
Another evil which has been recognized in years past, viz :- the running of night-soil carts in the day-time dur- ing the summer months, seemed to need correcting, and it was decided to prohibit their use after May 20th ; due notice of which was given to the inhabitants of the Town. In many cases the warning was unheeded, and later in the season complaints came of parties who had neglected to cleanse their vaults at all. There is great carelessness
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regarding cess-pools and vaults, or the necessity of them, in some of the more thickly settled portions of the town, and an increased appropriation is needed in order that your officers may have the means to look after delinquents and see that their premises are properly cleansed at the proper time.
The drainage in the vicinity of "Fishing Beach " is a matter which must be met, and should be dealt with fairly and squarely. For parties to run their waste water on to the beach is offensive, and complaints on that account have been frequently made, while, the use of cess-pools in such low ground seems impracticable. Scarlet fever of a most malignant type, appeared in the early spring, in the vicin- ity of the Beach School, but by great care and the faithful co-operation of the families in which it existed, and who seemed to be fully aware of the terrible nature of the dis- ease with which we had to contend, it did not spread to a very great extent.
Typhoid fever of a mild type generally, has to some ex- tent prevailed in the Town during the year, and quite as extensively, and most fatally in the higher and what is generally considered the more healthy portions.
After a careful investigation we must conclude that most of the cases depended for their origin upon causes entirely outside of our water supply or drainage-which latter we think will demand considerable attention from our succes- sors.
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