Town annual report of Swampscott 1888, Part 5

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 122


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II $5.50


19 days' labor on beach at .50 9.50


72 days' labor at $1.00 . 72.00


burying dead animals .


3.50


90 50


David W. Nesbitt, labor on beaches 7 00


Geo. W. Harris, labor on beaches . 1 00


R. P. Kendrick, burying dead animal


25


Herbert Collins, burying dead animals .


2 00


J. B. Earp, buying dead animal I 00


Warren T. Small, I pair oars I 50


Hastings & Sons, advertising for proposals for collecting waste 4 00


J. B. Hawes, team


4 00


John I. Adams, services on board, 1887-88 Chas. E. Harris, services on board, 1887-88 W. H. Collins, services on board, 1887-88 . $50.00


50 00


50 00


burying 2 dead animals 1.50


car fare . 50


52 00


Thos. P. Nichols, printing notices 2 00


Geo. H. Holden & Co., shovel and fork . I 54


S. J. Pettengill, anchor, rope and scoop . 2 03


$268 82


COLLECTING WASTE.


Appropriation $400 00


EXPENDITURE.


J. P. M. S. Pitman, 133 days' labor with team at $3.00 . $399 00


REIMBURSEMENT.


J. P. M. S. Pitman, sale of offal


$8 00


Net Expenditures . $391 00


87


REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.


CEMETERY DEPARTMENT.


Appropriation $275 00


EXPENDITURES.


J. S. Brown, I month superintendent of


Cemetery $4.17


314 days' labor. $2.00 6.50


IO 67


John Collins, 214 days' labor, $2.00 4 50


John Woods. 16 days' labor, $2.00 . 32 00 James McGindry, 12 days' labor, $2.00 . 24 00


Fred Chipman, 2 days' labor. $2.00 . 4 00


Geo. West, 10% days' labor, $2.00 21 00


Michael Crowley, 13 days' labor, $2.00 26 00


Albert Fenton, 1312 days' labor, $2.00 27 00


B. T. Getchell 272 days' labor self and team, $3.50 8 75


Dan'l J. Myers, 8 hours' labor. . 20 $1.60 15 loads screened gravel, .90 . 13.50


15 IO


S. N. Breed & Co., lumber, nails and teaming 3 12


J. L. Willey, plants 17 97


John H. Crosman, services superinten-


dent $45.83


414 days' labor, $2.00 8.50


dressing 4.50


58 83


Jno. Phillips' Estate, 41 loads gravel .20 8 20


Philbrick & Pope, repairing wooden pump 3 15


$264 29


CEMETERY WELL.


Appropriation


$100 00


EXPENDITURES.


Beckett & Flint, driving well as per contract $60 00


Daniel J. Myers, digging well as per con-


tract


65 00


$125 00


88


REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.


CEMETERY WALL.


Appropriation $100 00


EXPENDITURES,


Malachi Kennedy, 1412 days, $3.00 . $43 50


J. B. & W. A. Lamper, 5 barrels cement, $1.60 8 00 2320 lbs. sand . 2.32


$53 82


WATER PIPES.


Appropriation $4,000 00


EXPENDITURES.


W. C. McClallan, pipes, gates and hydrants


as per contract


$3,500 00 182 feet 6-in. pipe at 75 cents per foot 136 49


14 feet 8-in. pipe at 85 cents per foot II 90 $3,648 39


Extension of service on Rockland St. and Beach Bluff Ave.


STREET LIGHTING.


Appropriation


$1,800 00


EXPENDITURES.


Globe Gas Light Co., lighting 34,716 lights


at 5 cents .


$1,735 80


3 lamp posts at $1.75 5 25 I lantern 5 00


$1,746 05


P.Cullen & Son, repairing, lamp and nails 2 00


$1,748 05


89


REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.


DRINKING FOUNTAIN.


Appropriation $125 00


EXPENDITURES.


Geo. H. Mansell & Co .. paving around fountain as per contract $10 00


Chas. F. Curwen, fountain . 75 00


Marblehead Water Co., labor and stock


setting fountain .


$17.79


labor and stock repairing for


overflow .


4.75


22 54


Chas. Rowell. labor and stock on fountain. 3 50


John I. Adams. asphalting fountain I 50


Walter A. DeLory, chain and dipper . 50


J. P. M. S. Pitman, 3


days' services


with team, $3.50


10 50


$123 54


FIRE ESCAPE.


Appropriation $300 00


EXPENDITURES.


Paul B. Patten, fire escape on Pine Street school house . $100 00


Delano & Rich, 334 days' labor on same at $3.00 . 11.25


stock and teaming 7.96


19 21


R. B. Jordan. services and expenses 5 00


Philbrick & Pope, labor and stock . 13 14 $137 35


MEMORIAL DAY.


Appropriation $50 00


EXPENDITURE.


Amount paid Post 118, G.A.R. . $50 00


12


90


REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.


STATE AID.


John C. Stimpson


$72 00


Susan Stimpson


48 00


Wm. T. Fay 48 00


Lydia J. Fay


48 00


Bridget Milan


48 00


Mary Haley


48 00


Sarah E. Carroll


48 00


Mary E. Fairbanks


48 00


Josiah M. Hardy


3 00


Sarah M. Hardy


4 00


Hope S. Winslow


48 00


Isabella F. Chute


48 00


Harriet M. Holden


48 00


Chas. Roderick 36 00


Mary E. Roderick


36 00


Joseph W. Glass


72 00


Martin Carpenter


36 00


Sarah L. Umber


44 00


Benj. M. Green . 36 00


Mehitable Green


32 00


Rodney A. Douglass


15 00


Joseph A. Horton 6 00


James E. Alger .


3 00


$875 00


STREET CROSSINGS.


Appropriation


$50 00


EXPENDITURES.


Hiram Hook, 28 yds. concrete at fish houses, 36 cents $10 08


37 yds. concrete at depot, 36 cents . 13 32


$23 40


91


REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.


INDIGENT SOLDIERS' AID.


Eben T. Heath .


$20 00


Edward Marsh, Jr.


72 00


John Pedrick


20 00


Thomas Allen


20 00


Essex County Receptacle for Insane, board


Wm. Quiner, Jan. I , to Sept. 29,


1887 $97.14


clothing for Wm. Quiner . 17.00


114 14


Danvers Lunatic Hospital, board of Wm. Quiner. Sept. 29, to Dec. 31, 1887 $43.64


clothing for Wm. Quiner


7.25


50 89


$297 03


92


REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.


RECAPITULATION.


Appropriation and Receipts.


Expenditures.


Selectmen's Department .


$3,585 00 $3.524 89


School Dept .. $8,500, Receipts $31.13 .


8,531 13


8,480 87


Highway Dept., $3.500, Receipts $31.02 . Sidewalk Department


3.531 02


3,528 51


Stone Crushing Department


300 00


297 50


Concrete Sidewalks. $500. Receipts $189.42


689 42


478 08


Curbstone Dept., $150, Receipts $68.00


218 00


206 57


Poor Dept .. $1,500, Receipts $577.93 .


2,077 93


2,202 54


Police Dept., $1,850, Receipts $33.10 .


1,883 10


1,880 29


Fire Department .


900 00


895 89


Town Hall, $100, Receipts, $309.90


409 90


405 94


Library Dept., $300, Receipts $42.35 Dog Tax, $245,


587 35


563 59


Library Catalogue


300 00


300 00


Collecting Waste, $400, Receipts $8.


408 00


399 00


Cemetery Well .


100 00


125 00


Cemetery Wall .


100 00


53 82


Water Pipes


4,000 00


3,648 39


Street Lighting .


1,800 00


1,748 05


Drinking Fountain


125 00


123 54


Fire Escape


300 00


137 35


Memorial Day


50 00


50 00


Monument Lot .


25 00


16 45


Reimbursed Geo. H. Holden


507 00


507 00


State Aid


792 50


875 OQ


Street Crossing


50 00


23 40


State Tax


3,000 00


4,432 50


County Tax


4,000 00


4,005 74


Interest


2,500 00


2,355 84


$42,060 38 $42,633 40


Amount of notes


. $57,500 00


Outstanding drafts


170 08


$57,670 08


Value of Public Property · $74,415 50


Cash in Treasury . 5,622 69


$80,038 19


Whole amount of Selectmen's Drafts . . $31,839 32


Health Department


300 00


268 82


Cemetery Department


275 00


264 29


Indigent Soldiers' Aid .


165 03


297 03


550 00


537 51


93


REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.


ACCOUNT OF MICHAEL P. CARROLL, COLLECTOR, WITH TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT.


DR.


To amount committed for collection . . $30,956 32


Supplementary list 37 50


$30,993 82


CR.


By cash paid Town Treasurer $26,184 8I


By cash paid County Treasurer 4,005 74


Discounts 483 91


Abatements


319 36


-$30,993 82


94


REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.


ACCOUNT OF BENJ. O. HONORS, TREASURER,


Received of George H. Holden, Treasurer, $6,873 87


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, corporation tax 6,205 88


do. National Bank tax 1,435 95


do. Water Loan


4,000 00


do. Loan for Town Indebtedness 4,000 00


do. School Fund . 23 50


do. State Aid under Chap. 252, Acts 1879 .


165 03


do. State Aid under Chap. 301, Acts 1879 .


792 50


Treasurer Essex County, dog license 245 00


Lynn Institution for Savings, temporary loan . 5,000 00


Lynn Institution for Savings, temporary loan 1,000 00


John R. Honors, temporary loan 1,000 00


Michael P. Carroll. collector taxes 26,184 81


Miss S. L. Honors, receipts Town Library 42 35


A. F. Nesbitt, receipts Town Hall 309 90


School Committee, rent of G.A.R. Hall to I.O.O.F. II2 50


do. Rent of Essex St. Hall to I.O.R.M. . 47 92


Overseers Poor, reimbursements 577 93


Curbstone Department, reimbursements 68 00


Concrete Sidewalk Department, reimbursements


189 42


Police Department, reimbursements . 6 00


Seth C. Kendrick, witness fees 27 10


Highway Department, reimbursements


20 94


Highway Department, F. F. Stanley, gravel . . .


10 08


Collecting Waste Department, reimbursed by J. P. M. S. Pitman 8 00


School Department, reimbursements 7 63


Sale of Cemetery Lots . 450 00


Horace Norton, rent of land 15 00


Discount on County Tax 10 00


Interest on Bank deposits . 126 12


Chas. E. Harris, milk licenses 10 00


Chas. E. Harris, sale of dory . 9 00


Wm. B. Chase, apothecary's license . I 00


Chas. P. Jeffers, apothecary's license 1 00


Chas. Rowell, 300 bricks . 3 00


$58,979 43


95


REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.


WITH TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT.


Paid Outstanding orders, 1886-87 $898 66


Selectmen's orders, 1887-88 31,669 24


Interest . 2,355 84


Lynn Institution for Savings, note 10 years from May 21, 1877 4,500 00


Lynn Institution for Savings, temporary loan, 2 months from Aug. 16, 1887 1,000 00


Lynn Institution for Savings, temporary loan, 6 months from May 21, 1887 . 5,000 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, note I year from Jan. 1, 1886 . 1,000 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, note 5 years from Dec, 12, 1882 1,500 00


John R. Honors, temporary loan, 2 months from Aug. 1, 1887 . 1,000 00


State tax 4,432 50


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Liquor license 1887 50


Balance-Cash in Treasury *5, 622 69


$58,979 43


* Verified by Cashier's certificate.


96


REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.


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 Street School House and Lot


4,000 00


Essex Street Lot, opposite Cemetery


300 00


Farm School House and Lot


2,000 00


Engine House and Lot .


1,500 00


Engine and apparatus


5,000 00


Building for storing oil


25 00


Gravel pits . .


500 00


Two safes in Town Hall


100 00


Town Library


5,000 00


School supplies


400 00


Treasurer's safe .


20 00


Hay Scales


100 00


Weights and measures


100 00


Water pipes


25,000 00


Revolvers and badges


55 00


Twisters and handcuffs 26 00


Whistles and billies


14 50


Police helmets


8 00


Dark lantern and buttons


2 50


Ten picks .


10 00


Twelve shovels


8 00


Three bars 3 00


Two iron pins


I 00


Five lanterns .


I 00


Two street hoes .


I 00


Two hammers


3 00


Two rakes


1 00


Three stone rakes .


I 50


Two snow plows


30 00


One road machine


200 00


One tool box


5 00


$74,415 50


97


REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.


VALUATION OF TOWN, MAY 1, 1887.


Personal estate


. $1,288,498 00


Real estate . . 2,417,556 00


$3,706,054 00


State tax . $4,432 50


County tax .


4,005 74


Rate of taxation


$8.00 per $1000 00


State and county tax on polls .


$2 00


Number of polls 654


Total tax on polls $1,308 00


Total tax on personal estate 10,307 94


Total Tax on real estate


19,340 38


$30,956 32


Number of persons paying a poll tax only


341


persons paying a tax on property


591


tax payers


932


horses .


312


COWS


145


neat cattle other than cows


6


swine .


33


dwelling houses


567


acres land


1583


13


NOTES PAYABLE.


Date of Note.


To whom Payable.


Amount.


Time.


Rate of Int.


Dec. 12, '82


State of Massachusetts


$1,500 00)


6 yrs.


4 per ct


Dec. 12, '82


State of Massachusetts


1,500 00


7 yrs.


4 per ct


Dec. 12, '82


State of Massachusetts


1,500 00


8 yrs.


4 per et


Dec. 12, '82


State of Massachusetts


1,500 00


9 yrs.


4 per et


Dec. 12, '82


State of Massachusetts


1,500 00 |


10 yrs.


4 per ct


May


4, '83


State of Massachusetts


3,000 00


5 yrs.


4 per et


Nov. 15, '84


Lynn Instit'n for Savings


26,000 00


10 yrs.


4 per ct


June


1,'86


State of Massachusetts


1,000 00)


1 yr.


312 per ct


June 1,'86


State of Massachusetts


1,000 00


2 yrs.


312 per ct


June


1, '86


State of Massachusetts


1,000 00


3 yrs.


312 per ct


June


1, '86


State of Massachusetts


1,000 00


4 yrs.


312 per ct


June


1,'86


State of Massachusetts


1,000 00


5 yrs.


312 per ct


June 1, '86


State of Massachusetts


1,000 00


6 yrs.


312 per ct


June


1,'86


State of Massachusetts


1,000 00


7 yrs.


312 per ct


June 1,'86


State of Massachusetts


1,000 00j


8 yrs.


312 per ct


June 1, '86


State of Massachusetts


1,000 00


9 yrs.


312 per ct


June


1,'86


State of Massachusetts


1,000 00


10 yrs.


312 per ct


June


1,'86


State of Massachusetts


1,000 00


11 yrs.


312 per ct


Aug.


2, '86


Lynn Instit'n for Savings


2,000 00


5 yrs.


334 per ct


May


21,'87


State of Massachusetts


1,000 00


1 yr.


4 per ct


May


21, '87


State of Massachusetts


1,000 00


2 yrs.


4 per ct


May 21,'87


State of Massachusetts


1,000 00


3 yrs.


4 per ct


May


21, '87


State of Massachusetts


1.000 00


4 yrs.


4 per ct


May


21, '87


State of Massachusetts


1,000 00


5 yrs.


4 per et


May 21,'87


State of Massachusetts


500 00


6 yrs.


4 per et


May 21,'87


State of Massachusetts


500 00


6 yrs.


4 per ct


May


21, '87


State of Massachusetts


1,000 00


7 yrs.


4 per ct


May 21,'87


State of Massachusetts


1,000 00 j


8 yrs.


4 per ct


M.Loan. Water Loan, 1882.


Water Loan, 1886.


Cul. Loan, 1886.


Water Loan, 1886.


$57,500 00


STATISTICS OF THE TOWN OF SMAMPSCOTT.


Years.


Real Estate.


Personal Property.


Total Valuation.


Debt.


Rate Taxes per $1,000


May 1. 1887


$2,417.556


$1.288,498


$3.706.054


857,500.00


SS.00


1886


2,383,055


1.275,405


3,658.460


55,500.00


9.50


1885


2,365,280


1,130,863


3.496,143


47.500.00


9.00


1SS4


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


ISSO


1,991,SSO


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


1,949,225


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


29,289


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


100


REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.


The foregoing accounts have been carefully examined, and found to be correct, and the proper vouchers on file.


CHARLES H. TILL,


AUGUSTINE . W. RICH, 2D, Auditing CHARLES G. ROWELL, Committee.


LIST OF JURORS.


C. W. HASKELL, ZIBA ELDREDGE, GEORGE H. HOLDEN. SAMUEL O. INGALLS, JOHN STANLEY, GEORGE T. MELZARD. DAVID K. PHILLIPS,


JAMES HENRY WIDGER,


J. H. FARWELL,


D. P. STIMPSON,


GEORGE E. TIBBETTS, CHARLES ROWELL, BRIGGS B. THOMAS,


EBEN N. WARDWELL,


HORACE W. BLANCHARD, THOS. MCLELLAN, CALVIN TUCKER. BENJ. O. HONORS, J. FRANK BLANEY.


JOSEPH C. BASSETT. A. FRANK BARTLETT, ISAIAH ALDEN, CHARLES E. GRAHAM, EVAN R. GOLDER,


DAVID HAWES,


ISAAC H. ANDREWS, ATKINS B. ATWOOD, MARTIN NIES, MILTON D. PORTER, LUTHER G. PITMAN, W. HENRY COLLINS, SPENCER L. DRAKE, WM. G. EARP, PELEG GARDNER, WM. H. THOMAS,


SAMUEL M. KEHOE,


JOSEPH W. GOLDTHWAIT, JOSEPH I. BLANEY.


TOWN WARRANT.


ESSEX ss.


To either of the 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 Seventeenth day of March, current, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the fol- lowing Articles, viz :


ARTICLE 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 (1) year. To choose a Collector of Taxes for the year ensuing.


To choose one member of the School Com- mittee for three (3) years.


To choose one or more Surveyors of Highways for one (1) year.


103


TOWN WARRANT.


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 Au- ditors 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 ensuing year.


To choose one or more Measurers of Wood and Bark for one (1) year.


To choose two or more Fence Viewers for the ensuing year.


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 Intox- icating Liquors in this Town ?- "Yes," or "No," by ballot.


ART. 4. To hear and act upon the Reports of the Au- diting Committee, the Board of Selectmen, the School Committee, the Surveyor of Highways, the Board of Trus- tees of the Public Library, the Engineers of the Fire De- partment, the Superintendent of the Cemetery. the Board of Health, the Chief of Police, the Milk Inspector, the Committee appointed to investigate the matter of Electric Lights for Street Lighting, the Committee appointed to erect a Drinking Fountain, the Committee appointed to investigate the matter of purchasing a Gravel-Pit.


ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be nec- essary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriations therefor.


ART. 6. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the current year.


104


TOWN WARRANT.


ART. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to hire money, under the direction of the Selectmen, to pay Town indebtedness.


ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer 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 regard to the collection of taxes, and what rate of discount, if any, will be allowed for 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 Select- men.


ART. 13. To see if the Town will appropriate the money received from the County Treasurer for dog licenses to aid in support of the Public Library.


ART. 14. To see what compensation the Town will allow the members of the Fire Department the current year, and grant money for the same.


ART. 15. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to furnish and set curb-stones, and lay concrete sidewalks ; provided the abutters will pay one-half of the expense.


ART. 16. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum, not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), for the pur- pose of enforcing the laws in relation to the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors.


105


TOWN WARRANT.


ART. 17. To see if the Town will purchase a Stone- Crushing Machine and apparatus connected therewith, or do anything in relation to same.


ART. 18. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to extend the water pipes from the main supply pipe in Redington Street through Blaney Street, that a water service may be available to residents of said Blaney Street, agreeable to the petition of Charles E. Harris and others.


ART. 19. To see if the Town will publish a book con- taining a list of the real and personal estate owners and the amount of their taxes from the Assessors' book, similar to the one published four (4) years ago, and known as the "Assessors' Valuation of the Real and Personal Estates of the Town," so that every voter and tax-payer may have one, agreeable to the petition of D. Roberts and others.


ART. 20. To see if the Town will appropriate a suffi- cient sum of money for the purpose of collecting house offal in a proper manner for the year, agreeable to the pe- tition of J. B. Hawes and others.


ART. 21. To see if the Town will grant the use of the Town Hall, free of expense, to D. W. Nisbett and others on December 25th. 1888, for the Children's Entertainment and Christmas Tree, agreeable to the petition of D. W. Nisbett and others.


ART. 22. To see if the Town will locate four hundred (400) feet of fire hose with pipe and two (2) wrenches, for the better protection against fire, and to be used for no other purpose, at some convenient place at or near Cannon Hill, so called, agreeable to the petition of Thomas E. Stone and others.


ART. 23. To see if the Town will extend the water pipes through Redington and Highland Streets, or take any action in relation to the same, and appropriate money therefor, agreeable to the petition of Noah R. Newcomb and others.


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ART. 24. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to removing the fire apparatus to a more central loca- tion, and make an appropriation for the same, agreeable to the petition of David K. Phillips and others.


ART. 25. To see if the Town will adopt the provisions of Sections twenty (20), twenty-one (21), twenty-two (22), and twenty-three (23), of Chapter fifty (50) of the Public Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, also to see if the Town will adopt the provisions of Chapter three hundred and three (303) of the Statutes of said Com- monwealth of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-two (1872), and of Chapter one hundred and seven (107) of the Statutes of said Commonwealth, of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-four (1874), in relation to sidewalks, agreeable to the petition of Samuel F. Crosman and others.


ART. 26. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to cause to be graded and constructed or completed a continuous line of sidewalk upon the easterly side of Burrill and Humphrey Streets, in said town, from the Eastern Railroad to the junction of said Humphrey and Orient Streets, and complete the line of edgestones and lay in concrete said walk, agreeable to the petition of Samuel F. Crosman and others.


ART. 27. To see if the Town will widen and raise the culvert on Burrill Street, near New Ocean Street, and make appropriation for the same, agreeable to the petition of Joseph Stanley and others.


ART. 28. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifty dollars ($50), for repairing and improving the Sol- diers' Monument Grounds, agreeable to the petition of John Washburn and others.


ART. 29. To see what action the Town will take in re- lation to necessary repairs on the Pine Street Schoolhouse, agreeable to the petition of John Chapman and others.


ART. 30. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifty dollars ($50), to be placed in the hands of James


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L. Bates, Post No. 118, G. A. R., towards defraying the expense of Memorial Day, agreeable to the petition of William G. Earp and others.


ART. 31. To see if the Town will provide two Police Officers for night patrol, who shall be on duty until day- light, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of William G. Earp and others.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting 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 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 meeting, as aforesaid.


Given under our hands, this Seventh day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.


J. H. FARWELL, Selectmen EDWARD H. THOMAS, of S A true copy. Attest :


J. R. WIDGER, Swampscott.





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