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9.69
438 71
Net Expenditures .
$1.557 42
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE. 81
CONCRETE AND CURBSTONES.
Appropriation .
$500.00
EXPENDITURES.
Hiram Hook, 747 yards concrete, 36c. . . $268 92
A. R. Blethen & Co., 92113 feet edge-
stones, 55c. .
. $506.73
23 5-6 feet circle e'geston's, 71c. 16 92
II feet driveway. 63c. .
6.93
530 58
George H. Mansell, setting 955 feet edge- stones, IIC. . . $105.04 resetting 125 feet edgestones,
IIC.
13.75
labor resetting
lamp posts,
repairs on catch-basin and cut-
ting roots
16.25
135 04
D. J. Myers, 4 days' blasting, $2.75
II OO
WV. H. Hutchinson, dynamite 4 51
$950.05
REIMBURSEMENTS.
George Smith. $20.15
Mrs. Anna Alden.
19.35
L. W. Wheeler, 23.37
M. Flynn, 39.32
S. F. Crosman, 346.56
D. K. Phillips 37.70
D. P. Stimpson 10.62
$497 07
$452 98
CATCH-BASINS AND GUTTERS.
Appropriation
$ 500 00
II
82
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
EXPENDITURES.
A. R. Blethen & Co., 2 N. R. catch-basin
stones $ I 2.00
I curb for grate, Burrill St. 4.48 I curb 5.50
14 days' labor 1.00
$22 98
George H. Mansell. 20626 yards paving. Beach Ave., 30c. . 62 00
T. R. Newhall, 300 paving blocks 13 50 Noble Stove Co., catch-basin covers 5 00
J. P. M. S. Pitman, 513 days, team.
$1.75 . $ 9 63
3 days, man and team, $3.50 . 10.50
IO days' service. $2.50 25.00
45 13
Peter Coan, 714 days' labor, $2.00
14 50
cement and sand I2.86
78 0I
Thos. Cahill, 9 days' labor, $2.00 . $18.00 50 hours' labor, 20c. 10.00
28 00
M. J. Ryan, 8 days' labor, $1.75
14 0I
Jas. A. Mott, I days' labor .
1 80
John Mahan, 514 days' labor, $2.00 $10.50 5 days' labor, $1.80 9.00
J. E. Cahoon, 514 days' labor, $1.75 19 50
9 19
Daniel Myers. 634 days' labor, $2.00 13 50
S. H. Shaw, 3 days' labor, $1.80 5 40
J. H. Widger, 314 days' labor with team, $3.50 II 38
J. W. Butcher, stock and labor 6 15
A. G. Stone, 3 days' labor, $1.80 5 40
L. A. May Co., 70 feet drain pipe $43.00 I 18x8Y . $7.65
less 45 per cent 3.44 4.21
47 2I
Philbrick & Pope, 46 feet drain pipe 12 82
T. Ryan, 3 days' labor, $1.8o 5 40
$420 88
Chas. Rowell, 812 days' labor, $4.00 $34.00 2900 bricks . 31.15
83
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
CULVERT.
Appropriation $350 00
EXPENDITURES.
J. T. Dearborn, contract work on Burrill
St. . . $267.00
2 days. team, $6.50
13.00
2 days' labor, 2.75
5.50
sharpening tools
.50
$286 00
George H. Mansell, 27 yards gutter pav-
ing. 30c. 8 10
Charles O. Gay, culvert specifications 5 00
Ivory Emmons. labor and material
2 75
$301 85
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation $ 2.000 00
EXPENDITURES.
S. C. Kendrick, chief of police, 54 weeks,
$15.00 . $810.00
car fare . 2.82
printing .
2.25
repairing badges
.30
telephone . .15 $815 52
Rodney A. Douglass, service. police.
18 weeks, $15.00 $270.00
15 weeks, $12.00 180.00 5 days 10.70
car fare .
.48
461 18
B. G. Pedrick. service, police, 10 weeks, $15.00 . $150.00
7 days 14.79
164 79
Amount carried forward,
$1,441 49
84
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Amount brought forward, $1,441 49
J. Wesley Marshall. service, police, 7 weeks, $15.00 . $105.00 24 days 51.36
156 36
W. H. Proctor, service, police, 9 weeks, $12.00 $108.00
6 weeks, $15.00 90.00 3 days 6.42
204 42
Fred T. Twisden, service, police, 20 hours 5 00 John Hayes, service, police, July 3 and 4 7 00 Theo. H. Rhodes, service, police, July 3 and 4 7 00
R. V. Bessom, service, police, 52 Sun- days, $2.00 $104.00 22 hours . 5.50
109 50
J. P. M. S. Pitman, service, police,
45 hours $ 11.25
carriage hire 1.50
12 75
George M. Connor, service, police,
2 weeks, $15.00 . $30.00
7 days . 14.98
1 7 hours
4.25
Charles Harmon, carriage hire, . 49 23
3 00
W. H. Hutchinson, 2 boxes cartridges . .
I 50
Samuel O. Aborn, 3 police helmets $10.20 return charges .15
IO
35
John Washburn, carriages
4 00
$2,011 60
REIMBURSEMENTS.
S. C. Kendrick, officers' and witness
fees .
$47.98
Wardwell Bros., special service 8.00
55 98
Net Expenditures
$1,955 62
85
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
. $1.575 00
EXPENDITURES.
N. E. Telephone and Telegraph Co. bal-
ance due 1887-88 . $10.40
rentals to Mar. 1, 89 . 56.33
tolls
1.50
messenger service
.IO
labor, stock and car fare
4.32
$72 65
A. L. Russell, zinc
$16.68
glass jars I.So
copper 3.84
22 32
Chas. O. Beede, 17 rubber coats, $3.75 . . Sawyer & Chase, repairs on hose reel,$ 2.50
2 straps .
I.IO
wheel cap and wrench
2.00
making box and lettering
6.00
repairs on steamer
35.00
46 60
Honors & Wardwell, wood and coal, . . . 43 05
W. A. DeLory, brush and buckets, $ 1.75
-
stock and labor
1.00
2 75
George H. Holden, wood, oil and potash, bill, '87 . $ 8.55 oil, matches, wagon jack, &c. bill, '86 . 10.63
19 18
Marblehead Water Co., water for 4 hydrants, Pine St., Beach Avenue and Galloupes to April 1, 1889 $ 80.00 repairing and labor on hydrants, Rockland Street II.SO
valves and fixtures
5.75
express
.40
97 95
Amount carried forward, $368 25
63 75
86
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Amount brought forward, $368 25
Nehemiah Lee, coal and carrying in . . 45 77
Gould & Co., 2 bbls. silver light oil . 9 48
H. A. Fisher, labor on box $ 5.00
labor at house
2.50
glass jars 3.15
zinc 9.15
copper 1.20
car fares .30
2 bells, C. K. Roberts and J.
Owen's houses . 18.00
salamoniac
.88
40 18
Boston Woven Hose Co .. I 40-ft. . .
chute . . $ 30.00
repairing 50 ft. hose II.OO
I set couplings, reset 1.00
42 00
George M. Stevens, 2 days, 612 hours
labor, $4.50 . $ 11.93
car fares 3.00
labor
3.60
18 53
Sanborn, Ham & Co., I horse blanket . . Crafts & Co., blue vitrol . $ 38.06
3 25
cotton waste . 1.32
39 38
Alden Spear's Sons & Co., neats foot oil and can 70
J. P. 'Small, shovel, hammer, key, hatchet, Philbrick & Pope, cotton hose . . $ 8 25 duster 3.00
3 02
iron pipe 1.75
brushes 1.20
chimneys. &c. 3.97
sundries
10.38
Amount carried forward, 28 55
$599 II
87
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Amount brought forward, $599 II
S. J. Pettingill, kerosene oil $ .IO
salt .50
60
J. B. Hawes, painting hydrant .
5 00
Lynn & Boston Horse R. R. Co. use of horses to Jan. 26, 1888 65 00
Edgar W. Rowell, marking rubber . . .
coats $ 1.50 glazing .60
IO
Leon G. Philintee, I jumping net .
13 00
A. W. Chesterton & Co. 1/2 doz. gauge glasses 3 00
Silsby Manufacturing Co., repairing done on engine . $ 23.75
nickel plated side lamp 20.00
boxes .
1.00
2 sets grates 20.00
64 75
Stephen Smart, repairing harness . . . . I 25
Lynn Brass Foundry, plating and polish- ing on steamer . 28 00
Ivory Emmons, stock and labor 2 25
C. K. & W. H. Roberts, oil, vitrol, hose,
6 45
William Granger, services as janitor. 50 weeks, $3.00 $150.00
as fireman, 8 months 16.64
166 64
George A. Heath, as engineer to Apr. 1 ,'88 50 00 W. H. Neill, as fireman to Apr. I. '88 . 12 50
T. B. P. Curtis, as fireman to May 1, '89, Charles E. Reed. as janitor, 9 weeks $36.00
14 56
as fireman. 414 months 8.84
bottle polish 75
45 59
Amount carried forward,
$1,079 80
.
88
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Amount brought forward. $1.079 80
C. K. Roberts, services as engineer to May
I , 'S9 . 50 00
Geo. P. Cahoon, as engineer to May 1, '89 50 00
E. Gerry Emmons, as engineer of steamer to May 1 , '89 50 00
IV. G. Earp, as fireman to May 1 , '89 25-00
J. G. Owens. do. do.
25 00
W. S. Clark, do. do.
25 00
C. H. Twisden, do. do. 25 00
B. F. Rich, do. do. 25 00
J. B. Crowell, do.
do. 25 00
W. T. Rich, do.
do.
25 00
Peter Coan, do. do.
25 00
C. G. Rowell, do.
do.
25 00
J. B. Hawes, do.
do.
25 00
A. G. Stone, do.
do. 25 00
M. T. Roberts, do.
do.
25 00
Geo. W. Cahoon, do.
Jan. 3, '89
16 64
A. W. Rowell, do.
May 1, '88
2 08
W. S. Kendrick, do.
Oct. 1, '88
10 40
$1,558 92
TOWN HALL.
Appropriation
$300 00
Receipts . 288 50
$588 50
EXPENDITURES.
Lynn Gas Light Co., gas from Jan. 1. 88, to Jan. 'S9 .
$99 36
Marblehead Water Co., water from Apr. I. 1888 to Apr. 1, '89 6 00
Globe Gas Light Co., repairing lantern 3 00
Honors & Wardwell, 10 tons, 1,640 lbs. coal 64 92
Amount carried forward, $173 28
89
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Amount brought forward. $173 28
Philbrick & Pope, labor $6.15
faucet . . 2.25
lead and gas pipe. and fixtures 10.47
18 87
Z. C. Coffin, stock and labor . 7 21
Nehemiah Lee, 17 tons, 25 lbs. coal . 93 57
J. P. Small, repairs on locks and staples W. A. DeLory, 67 feet galvanized pipe $13.40
I 53
stock and labor 5.55
18 95
G. H. Holden & Co .. sundries.
2 20
J. E. O. Nisbett, glazing .
50
E. S. Eastman, repairing and cleaning tower clock $3.75
cleaning hall clock 2.00
John I. Adams, painting and lettering 6 lanterns
I 50
James A. Mott. 234 days' labor, $1.75 . . 4 82
A. F. Nesbitt, janitor from April 3 to May 3, '88 . . $20.80
balance services. vear 1887-88 . 160.00
180 80
J. E. Crowell. on account of services as janitor . $185.00
sundries 1.55
186 55
B. T. Getchell, cleaning vault 2 50
Peleg Gardner, labor and material on doors and windows . 3 15
$701 18
MONUMENT LOT.
Appropriation $50 00
EXPENDITURES.
Joseph S. Brown, 7 days, 912 hours, $2.00 $15.90
I2
5 75
90
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
LIBRARY.
Appropriation
$300 00
Receipts . 25 00
Dog Tax
312 20
$637 20
EXPENDITURES.
Miss S. L. Honors, services as librarian $175 00 Eddie Hawes, services as assistant librarian 30 00
Eddie Keay, services as assistant librarian 20 00 F. M. Collins, services as assistant librarian 10 00
C. K. & W. H. Roberts, expressing
6 75
A. H. Roffe & Co., magazines .. 42 92
T. P. Nichols, circulars and cards · 17 00
Geo. F. King & Merrill, paper, pens and twine
I4 37
D. Appleton & Co., 2 vols. Cyclo. Ameri- can Biography 12 00
Courtis & Breare, binding books and maga- zines 54 25
Estes & Lauriat, books 252 60
John I. Adams, pellucidating carpet . 1 80
$636 69
HEALTH DEPT.
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES.
Charles Connell, labor on beach $ 25
James Bryson, labor on beach
I 00
Hastings & Sons, advertising proposals . 4 25
Edgar W. Rowell, painting and lettering signs I 50
Edward T. Rich, 4 days' labor on beach, $2.00 8 00
Peter Coan, cleaning road 4 00
James Finnegan, I day's labor on beach 2 00
Amount carried forward, $21 00
91
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Amount brought forward. $21 00
George W. Harris. labor on beach II 00
Malachi Connell, labor on beach 3 00
Bert. C. Melzard, labor on beach .
75
John Washburn, 234 days with team
$3.50 . $9.63
2 days' labor with team on beach. $3.50 7.00
16 63
John Griffin, labor on beach
1 00
S. S. Stone, 96 days' labor on beach, $1.00 . $96.00
314 days' labor on beach, $2.00 6.50
102 50
M. McDonough, labor on beach 1 00
John I. Adams, services on board .
50 00
Thomas P. Nichols, printing .
5 50
E. G. Emmons, I 13-foot dory
16 00
W. T. Small, I pair oars
I 50
W. S. Kendrick, services on board, $50.00 I day' labor 2.00
52 00
B. T. Getchell. cleaning beach .
I 75
S. J Pettingell. rope, anchor, pins and
scoop
I
74
$285 37
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES.
Joseph S. Brown, 43 days' labor, $2.00 $86.00
services as superintendent .
50.00
$136 00
Amount carried forward, $136 00
92
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Amount brought forward, $136 00
John G. Collins, 46 days' labor, $2.00 . 92 00
J. M. Gould, plants . 14 55
George Pecker, phosphates 1 00
Geo. H. Holden & Co., sail cloth . $5.50
tools 4.70
10 20
B. T. Getchell, load of manure . I 50
Michael Crowley, 572 days' labor, $1.75 . 9 62
J. H. Crosman, services as superintendent I month . 4 17
Philbrick & Pope, repairing pump I 75
$270 79
WATER PIPES.
Appropriation $3,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
W. C. McClellan, Redington, Blaney, and Highland Sts., 2,150 feet 6-inch pipe,
laid, $1.15 . $2,472.50 5 6-inch gates and boxes,$25.00 125.00 4 5-inch hydrants, $42.00 . . 168.00
9 6-inch branches, $6.00 54.00
I 10 × 6 branch 9.50
2 6-in. Sleeve, $5.00 , 10 00
1 6-inch 14 bend . 4.00
I IO-inch sleeve . 6.00
I 6 x 3 C. I. tee . 7.50
stand-pipe, Blaney St. 28.00
R 2114 feet 2-inch pipe . 2.94
trenching
4.00
$2,891 44
C. W. Gay, for preparing specifications, contract and plan of location and superintendent as per agreement $50.00 extra copies specifications . 4.23
$2,945 67
credit by Washburn 14 00
$2,931 67
93
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation .
$2,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
Globe Gas Light Co., lighting 9,001 lights,
5 cts. .
. $450.05
lighting 28,363 lights 1,500.01
60 gallons naphtha
7.53
cedar lamp post .
2.00
I No. 30 lantern
4 cedar lamp posts 5.00
7.00
3 iron frames, and screws
3.00
3 No. 30 C. & B. lanterns for Essex St. 15.00
$1,989 59
J. T. Lyons, setting posts
2 00
-
$1,991 59
COLLECTING OFFAL.
Appropriation $500 00
EXPENDITURE.
James Bryson, collecting offal to Dec. I .
$200 00
DRINKING FOUNTAIN.
Appropriation
$175 00
EXPENDITURES.
City`of Salem, 1,820 lbs. 30-in. cast-iron pipe, Burrill St. $21 12
Marblehead Water Co., labor and material 20 86
Water rates to April I . '89 . 18 75
Philbrick & Pope, 312 hours' labor . $1.27 material 3.02
4 29
J. P. M. S. Pitman, I day's labor with team $3.50
3 days' labor, $2.00 6.00
I day's labor
2.50
B. T. Getchell, teaming pipe from Wen- ham . $3.00 teaming covering stone 1.00
12 00
4 00
$SI 02
94
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation $50 00
EXPENDITURE.
Paid Gen. J. L. Bates' Post 118, G.A.R. $50 00
STATE AID.
J. E. Alger $ 6 00
R. A. Douglass . 12 00
Harriet M. Holden 8 00
Sarah E. Carroll
14 00
Joseph A. Horton 18 00
Lydia J. Fay 48 00
Isabel F. Chute .
46 00
Benj. M. Green
48 00
Mehitable Green 48 00
Bridget Milan
48 00
Martin Carpenter
36 00
Joseph W. Glass
72 00
Mary E. Fairbanks
48 00
W. T. Fay .
48 00
Mary F. Marsh
34 00
Mary Haley
48 00
Hannah M. Heath
28 00
Edward Marsh, Jr
51 00
Mary E. Rodrick .
36 00
Charles E. Rodrick 36 00
Sarah Stimpson 48 00
Susan L. Umber
28 00
John C. Stimpson 70 00
Hope S. Winslow
48 00
$927 00
INDIGENT SOLDIERS' AID.
Thomas Allen. . $30 00
Edward Marsh, Jr. .
12 00
Danvers' Lunatic Hospital. board of Wm.
Quiner from Jan. 1, 1888 to Jan. 1, 'S9
169 92
Clothing . 14 50
$226 42
95
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
ENLARGEMENT OF THE SELECTMEN'S ROOM.
Appropriation $500 00
EXPENDITURE.
Wheeler & Northend, drawing specifications
$20 00
RAILINGS.
Appropriation $500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Ivory Emmons, railing on Pine St., as per
contract $75.00
1/2 days' labor, $3.00 4.50
material
8.35
$87 85
S. N. Breed & Co., posts and planks, New
Ocean St. $11.43
same for Danvers St. 17.99
same for Essex St.
30.95
60 37
W. H. Hutchinson, nails and bolts .. I 93 Delano & Rich, 13 days' labor, fence, Dan- vers St. 39 00
John E. Melzard, 212 days painting fence, Salem and Danvers Sts., $3.00 $7.50 871/2 lbs. paint, 10 cts. . 8.75
16 25
Peleg Gardner, repairing railings, King's Beach, New Ocean and Burrill Sts. 4 86
$210 29
96
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
RECAPITULATION.
Appropriation and Receipts. Expenditures.
Selectmen
$4,000 00 $3.345 05
School, $8,500.00, Receipts, $18.83 .
8.518 83
8,495 09
School House Lot
800 00
796 22
Repairing Pine St. School House
200 00
167 93
Heating Pine St. School House .
600 00
600 00
Highway, $4.000.00, Receipts, $37.81
4,037 81
3.813 58
Highway Improvement
1,000 00
669 46
Poor, $1,700.00, Receipts, $445.32
2,145 32
1,996 13
Concrete and Curbstones, $500, Receipts,
$497.07
997 07
950 05
Catch-Basin and Gutters
500 00
420 88
Culvert
350 00
301 85
Fire
1,575 00
1,558 92
Town Hall, $300.00, Receipts, $288.50
588 50
701 18
Monument Lot .
50 00
15 90
Library, $300.00. Receipts, $25.00
Dog Tax, $312.20
637 20
636 69
Cemetery
300 00
270 79
Water Pipes .
3,000 00
2,931 67
Street Lights .
2,000 00
1,991 59
Collecting Waste
500 00
200 00
Drinking Fountain, $175, Receipts, $12.
187 00
81 02
Memorial Day
50 00
50 00
State Aid
927 00
Indigent Soldiers
226 42
Selectmen's Room
500 00
20 00
Railings .
500 00
210 26
Engine House Stable
350 00
$35,742 71 $33,674 65
Amount of notes
. $56,000 00
Outstanding drafts
5 35
-$56.005 35
Value of Public Property . $74.415 50
Cash in Treasury . 11,602 89
-$86.018 39
Whole amount of Selectmen's Drafts
$33,674 65
Health
300 00
285 37
Police, $2,000.00, Receipts, 55.98
2,055 98
2,011 60
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
ACCOUNT OF MICHAEL P. CARROLL, COLLECTOR, WITH TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT.
DR.
To amount committed for collection. .
$35,049 31 71 05
Supplementary list
-$35,120 36
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer . $30,230 77
By cash paid County Treasurer . 4,005 74
Discounts 562 So
Abatements
321 05
-$35.120 36
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
ACCOUNT OF BENJ. O. HONORS, TREASURER,
Balance $5.622 69
Lynn Institution for Savings. monument loan 3,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. temporary loan
Lynn Institution for Savings. water loan, ISSS 9,000 00
M. P. Carroll. collecting taxes . 3.000 00
30.230 72
Discount on county tax
10 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. corporation tax
12.040 34
Bank tax
Income from Massachusetts School Fund
II 33
State Aid, Chap. 252, 1879
143 52
State Aid. Chap. 301. 1879 .
850 00
Temporary Support of State paupers
6 61
B. O. Honors, interest on Bank Deposits.
117 04
Sale of Cemetery lots
275 00
Town Hall receipts, A. F. Nesbitt
90 50
Town Hall receipts. J. F. Crowell
198 00
W. B. Chase. apothecary license
I OO
C. P. Jeffers, apothecary license
. 1 00
J. P. M. S. Pitman, signs
1 50
J. P. M. S. Pitman. planks
2 00
J. P. M. S. Pitman. Marblehead Water Co., labor
6 10
J. P. M. S. Pitman. reimbursed on drinking fountain Treasurer of Essex Co., dog licenses
12 00
Treasurer of Essex Co., reimbursed dog damages claim
51 IO
Miss S. L. Honors, receipts Town Library
25 00
Boston & Maine R. R. grading.
22 50
Pilgrim Fathers, rent
15 63
I. O. O. F., rent. G. A. R .. hall
37 50
I. O. R. M., rent Essex St.
37 50
W. C. Stone, gravel
3 91
J. Pope, gravel .
I SO
Police, reimbursements
55 98
J. F. Packard, reimbursement, School Department
3 00
C. E. Harris, milk license
10 00
W. T. Small. logs
I 50
S. O. Hall, out-buildings
3 00
Curbstones, reimbursements
477 45
Concrete side-walks. reimbursements 19 62
Overseers Poor, reimbursements
438 71
$67.752 49
312 20
1,616 74
99
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
WITH TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT.
Paid Outstanding orders, 1887-88 $ 170 OS
Selectmen's orders. 1888-89 33,669 30
Interest . 2.377 72
MONUMENT LOAN.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. note 5 years
from May 4, ISS3, No. 8 3,000 00
TOWN INDEBTEDNESS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, note I year
from May 23, 1887. No. 22 1,000 00
WATER LOAN, 1886.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, note 2 years
from June 1, 1886. No. 1I 1.000 00
TEMPORARY LOAN.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, note 5 mos.
from May 24, 1888. No. 35 9.000 00
WATER LOAN, ISS2.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, note 6 years
from Dec. 12, ISS2. No. 3 . 1,500 00
State Tax . 4.432 50
Balance-Cash in Treasury *11,602 89
$67,752 49
*Verified by Cashier's certificate.
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Town House and Lot . $14,000 00
Grammar School 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 OO
Two street hose
I 00
Two hammers
3 00
Two rakes .
I 00
Three stone rakes
I 50
Two snow plows
30 00
One road machine
200 00
One tool box
5 00
$74,415 50
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
VALUATION OF TOWN, MAY 1, 1888.
Personal estate $1.501,536 00
Real estate 2,465,256 00
$3.966,792 00
State tax .
$4,432 50
County tax .
4.005 74
Rate of taxation
$8.50 on 1,000 00
State and county tax on polls
2 00 666
Number of polls .
Total tax on polls . $1,332 00
Total tax on personal estate
12,762 64
Total tax on real estate .
20,954 67
$35,049 31
Number of persons paying poll tax only
346
persons paying tax on property
621
tax payers
967
horses 338
COWS
I4I
neat cattle other than cows
S
swine
33
dwelling houses 585
acres of land
1.5871%
NOTES PAYABLE.
Date of Note.
To whom Payable.
Amount.
Time.
Rate of interest
Expiration.
December 12, 1882 State of Massachusetts .
$1,500 00
7 years
4 per cent December 12. 1889
December 12. . '82 State of Massachusetts .
1,500 00
8 years
4 per cent December 12. . '90
December 12. . '82 State of Massachusetts .
1,500 00
9 years
4 per cent December 12, . 91
December 12. . 82 State of Massachusetts .
1,500 00 )
10 years
4 per cent December 12, . '92
November 15, . '84 Lynn Institution for Savings
26,000
00
10 years
4 per cent November 15, . 94
June 1,
'86 State of Massachusetts .
1,000 00 )
3 years
12 per cent June 1. .
68.
June 1.
'86 State of Massachusetts .
1.000 00
4 years
3/2 per cent June 1,
06.
June 1,
'86 State of Massachusetts .
1,000 00
5 years
3 /2 per cent Jnne 1.
'01
nne 1,
'86 State of Massachusetts .
1,000 00
6 years
3% per cent June 1.
*92
June 1,
86 State of Massachusetts
1,000 00
7 years
32 per cent June 1.
*93
June 1
.
·
'86 State of Massachusetts .
1,000 00
8 years
3/2 per cent June 1,
*94
June 1, ·
'86 State of Massachusetts . .
1,000 00
9 years
312 per cent June 1,
'95
June 1, .
'86 State of Massachusetts ·
1,000 00
10 years
31% per cent June.1,
*96
June 1,
. '86 State of Massachusetts
1,000 00
11 years
10
per cent June 1, *97
16.
May 21, .
'87 State of Massachusetts.
1,000 00
2 years
4 per cent May 21, . 68.
May 21.
'87 State of Massachusetts .
1.000 00
3 years
4 per cent May 21,
'90
May 21,
· '87 State of Massachusetts -
1,000 00
4 years
4 per cent May 21.
16.
May 21,
'87 State of Massachusetts
1,000 00 )
5 years
4 per cent May 21,
*92
May 21. .
'87 State of Massachusetts ·
500 00
6 years
4 per cent May 21,
*93
May 21, .
'87 State of Massachusetts ·
.
500 00
6 years
4 per cent May 21, .
'93
May 21, . .
'87 State of Massachusetts .
1,000 00
7 years
4 per cent May 21, .
4
'94
May 21, .
'87 State of Massachusetts
1,000 00 J
8 years
4 per cent May 21, · '95
May 2,
'88 Lynn Institution for Savings*
3,000 00
10 years
4 per cent May 2. .
$98
August 13,
. '88 Lyim Institution for Savingst
3,000 00
5 years
4 per cent August 13, . . 93
$56,000 00
* Monument Loan.
+ Water Loan.
.
W.L.1882.
C.L.1886. W. L. 1886.
5 years
August 2.
'S6 Lynn Institution for Savings
2,000 90
334 per cent Angust 2.
.
·
--
*
·
·
W. L. 1886.
STATISTICS OF THE TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT.
Years.
Real Estate.
Personal Property.
Total Valuation.
Debt.
Rate Taxes per $1,000
May 1, 1888
$2,465,256
$1,501,536
$3,966,792
$56.000.00
$8.50
1887
2.417.556
1.288,498
3.706.054
57,500.00
8.00
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
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
2.349.119
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
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
LIST OF JURORS.
ISAIAH ALDEN, ATKINS D. BAKER, JOHN CHAPMAN,
SYLVESTER F. DOUGLASS,
GEORGE L. FREEMAN.
GEORGE W. HARRIS,
WARREN LEWIS.
JOHN R. MERRITT, WILLIAM H. NEAL,
JAMES E. O. NISBETT,
JAMES E. PHILLIPS.
BENJAMIN POTTER,
ALLEN ROWE, HENRY SEGER. ZEBEDEE SMALL,
D. P. STIMPSON,
BRIGGS B. THOMAS, JOHN G. TWISDEN, ALBERT M. WHIPPLE.
ISAAC H. ANDREWS, ALFRED M. BURNHAM, MICHAEL P. CARROLL, ZIBA ELDRIDGE. NATHANIEL GALEUCIA. SAMUEL O. INGALLS, GEORGE T. MELZARD. WILLIAM MILLER, MARTIN NIES,
JAMES E. PEASLEE, MILTON D. PORTER, DANIEL RICH, ARTHUR W. ROWELL.
JOSHUA P. SMALL. JOHN STANLEY, WILLIAM C. STONE, CALVIN TUCKER, EBEN N. WARDWELL.
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 Sixteenth 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 Assessors 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 three members of the School Committee : one for one (1) year ; one for two (2) years: and one for three (3) years.
To choose one or more Surveyors of Highways for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Board of Trustees 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.
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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 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 Intoxicating 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 Trustees of the Public Library, the Engineers of the Fire Department, the Superinten- dent of the Cemetery, the Board of Health, the Chief of Police, the Milk Inspector, the Committee on Street Lights, the Valuation Committee, and the Committee to purchase land in the rear of the Grammar School House.
ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year, and make appro- priations therefor.
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 Treasurer to hire money, under the direction of the Selectmen, to pay or renew any notes that may become due.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer 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 current 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.
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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 licenses to aid in sup- port 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 : pro- vided, the abutters will pay one-half of the expense.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum, not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), for the purpose of enforc- ing the laws in relation to the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to grant to the horse railroad company a location for a double track on Humphrey street, from the Lynn line to Mudge's square, and for a "turnout" opposite, or nearly opposite, the Post Office. agreeable to the petition of Milton D. Porter and others.
ART. IS. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the better lighting of its streets, or lighting the same by Gas or Electricity, agreeable to the petition of Henry G. Parker and others.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will clear out and wall up the Town ditch, on Humphrey street, between Marshall street and the Roberts stable; cover the same, and erect a sidewalk thereon for the public convenience, and to carry the water to the public drain, agreeable to the petition of W. C. Stone and others.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will enlarge and reconstruct in a suitable manner, the Town drain, from near the residence of Mrs. Marshall on Orient street, to its outlet on the beach, agree- able to the petition of Weston Lewis and others.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will designate that portion of the Estate, called the Elisha F. Ames Estate, adjoining the Grammar School House lot, as described on the plan now on file in the Town Clerk's Office, as "Proposed Enlargement of Grammar School House lot" as a suitable place for enlarging the present Grammar School House lot, and instruct the Selectmen to either purchase the same or take the same for enlarging said school
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house lot as they deem advisable, agreeable to the petition of George L. Crosman and others.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will extend the water pipe from Redington street, through King street, to Highland street, and appropriate nine hundred dollars ($900), for the same, agreeable to the petition of Z. K. Harding and others.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifty dollars ($50), to be placed in the hands of James L. Bates Post 118, G. A. R., towards defraying the expenses of Memorial day. (By request.)
ART. 24. To see if the Town will accept Columbia street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and make an appropriation for putting the same to grade.
ART. 25. To see what action the Town will take in regard to altering or amending the By-Laws of the Town, or make any ad- dition thereto, agreeable to the petition of Edward H. Thomas and others.
ART. 26. To see what action the Town will take in regard to repairing the "Monument Lot," and make an appropriation for the same.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, Depot, Post Office, and three other puplic 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 War- rant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands, this Fourth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.
AARON R. BUNTING, Selectmen JOHN STANLEY, of
JOHN H. FARWELL, Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest :
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