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Audience requested to stand. School Chorus.
PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFTS
William Ernest Waterhouse.
ACCEPTANCE OF GIFT AND AWARDING OF PHILLIPS MEDALS. Secretary of School Board, Arthur W. Stubbs.
" Voyagers " . Facer School Chorus.
VALEDICTORY-" Present Day Pilgrims " Edith Carolyn Jones.
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Member of School Board, J. Henry Welch.
CLASS ODE Gladys Chestina Smith. Accompanist, Zora Nute, '13.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
1912]
GRADUATES-1912.
Alice Lillian Earp. Annie Winifred Godfrey. Edith Carolyn Jones. Anna Louise McNamara. Lavinia Norcross. Gladys Chestina Smith. Ruth Evelyn Symonds. Annie Augusta Vance.
Annie Louise Ward. Helen Warren.
Jessie Lenore Weir.
Frank White Bucknam.
Leonard Eldredge Proctor. Clarence Freeman Shaw. Williston Lockwood Warren. William Ernest Waterhouse.
Post Graduate.
Harold Everett Morse.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
GRADUATION EXERCISES
OF THE
Clarke and Beach Grammar Schools
TOWN HALL, SWAMPSCOTT, MASS.
Thursday Evening, June 19, 1912, 7.45
Order of Erercises
INVOCATION
Rev. W. C. McCallum
TWENTY-THIRD PSALM Gilchrist
Chorus
SKETCH OF LIFE OF RUDYARD KIPLING
Marion Yetta Murr
BELLS OF SEVILLE Jude
Chorus
RECITATION -" The Sea and the Hills " Kipling
George Edward Vance
PIANO SOLO -"Valse Chromatique " Godard
Esther Jordan Sampson
RECITATION -" If " Kipling
Ellen Gertrude Maitland
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CORNET SOLO - "The Holy City " Adams
Leslie James Webber
SELECTIONS FROM CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS · Kipling
Francis Thomas Kain
(a) "'The Night has a Thousand Eyes " Birge
(b) "Hark ! Hark ! The Lark" Schubert
Chorus
Recitation - " The Palace " Kipling
Sally Shreve Pickering
BARCAROLLE- " From Tales of Hoffman " Offenbach
Girls' Chorus
RECITATION -" The Thousandth Man " . Kipling
Richard Hartland Bessom
VOCAL SOLO - " An Evening Love Song " Chipman
Irene Frances Tapper
RECITATION - " When Earth's Last Picture is
Painted " . Kipling
Chrystal Winnifred Smith
ANNIE LAURIE Scott
Chorus
READING OF SELECTED LIST .
Member of School Committee, J. Henry Welch.
THE KING'S CHAMPION . Watson
Chorus
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS .
Secretary of School Committee, Arthur W. Stubbs.
ACCOMPANIST - Esther Jordan Sampson.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
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Graduates of Clarke School.
Beatrice Anderson Percy Atkins
Frank Belben
Richard Hartland Bessom
Evelyn Stevens Boynton Fred W. Brown
Walter Edward Carr
Ralph Edward Conner Gertrude Lowella Cook Raymond James Costello James Elmer Crozman Arnold Woodbury Dennis Albert Ellis Devitt Charles LeRoy Dodge John Corbin Doherty Isabella Elliott Duncan Frank Clayton Durkee Mary Agnes Fenton Lauretta Mae Fuller Lillian Franklin Goodwin
Ellen King Leahy Linthal Earnest Leatherby James Alexander Ledlie Ruth Lord Littlefield
Mary Josephine Lyons Ellen Gertrude Maitland George Maso Kenneth Ivory McKennon Ida Mildred Merrill
Mildred Irene Montgomery Anna Mary O'Connor
Pamelia Stetson Peabody Albert Franklin Pinfold Edna Mabel Poole Winston Henry Pote Walter Lawrence Ranger Hazel Dorothy Raymond Mildred Sigrid Reinholm Aurelia Sampson Serrington Florence Gertrude Sharp
Elizabeth Goldsmith Goodwin Chrystal Winnifred Smith Nina Elinor Graves Gordon LeRoy Hambrecht Marion Beatrice Harlow Virginia Hathaway Heal William Canavan Holland Bessie May Horton Alice Hortense Hoyt Miriam Elizabeth Illingworth Francis William Johnson Francis Thomas Kain Josephine Lampard
Ethelyn Smith Marion Catherine Smith John Harold Stevens Elbridge L. Stone Arlene Helena Sullivan Irene Frances Tapper Gladys Amelia Webber Leslie James Webber Dorothy Isabella Webster Florence Ev'l'e Cecilia Westwell Lloyd Everett Wilkins
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
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Graduates of Beach School.
Emily Catherine Acker Nelson Newell Bearse Norman Irving Bearse Leo Paul Caproni Margaret Carey James Downie Carroll William Edgar Carter, Jr. Ray Allan Carter Donald Hersey Chase Marjorie Coulthurst Helen Madeline Droney John Francis Duffy Alice Louise Flagg Louise Whitney Foster Dorothy Drew Honors
Agnes Elizabeth Jordan Irene Caroline Murr Marian Yetta Murr Harris Charles Osgood Sally Shreve Pickering Ida Corinne Reed Alan Edward Ricker Edward Howard Rock Esther Jordan Sampson Robert Alfred Smith Francis Joseph Turner George Edward Vance Philip Bessom Warnock Hazel Belle Watts
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TEACHERS.
Phillips High School .- Telephone 2574.
Date of Election
Where Educated
Address
Harold W. Loker, Prin.
1907
Harvard University
1 895
36 Andrew road
A. Lillian Rideout
1893
Boston University
1891
15 Farragut road
Sarah L. Bell
1907
Hickox Shorthand
1901
16 Rockland street
Eleanor D. Clement
1910
Mt. Holyoke
1910
12 Cliffside avenue
Merle G. Summers
1912
Ohio State
1911
50 Humphrey street
Minnie L. Shedd
1912
Smith
1906
50 Thomas road
Mary F. Davis
1912
Mt. Holyoke
1909
74 Paradise road
Florence C. Young
1912
Boston University
1910
6 Elmwood terrace
Mabelle Adams
1912
Radcliffe
1909
45 Oneida street, Lynn
Annie Vance, Assistant
1912
Swampscott High
1912
694 Humphrey street
Hadley School .- Telephone 2067.
Willard M. Whitman, Prin.
1912
Harvard University
1909
15 Puritan road
Elizabeth Hadley, VIII
1872
Salem Normal
1 868
34 Rockland street
Ellen M. Dewing, VII
1 894
Natick High
1 869
20 Outlook road
Anna V. Mullaly, VII
1912
Chicago Training
1892
169 Humphrey street
Lena Jenkins, VI
1912
Salem Normal
1911
6 Berkshire street
Mary E. King, VI
1912
Quincy High
1906
129 Elmwood road
Frances A. Gould, V
I SSS
Holton High
1879
7 Nichols street, Danvers
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
Hadley School .- Telephone. 2067-Continued.
Date of Election
Florence Gregg, V
1905
Beverly Training
1895
Mabel Verry, IV
1 896
Holton High 1886
Eva L. Knowlton, IV
1912
Farmington Normal, Summer School
Marion F. Newcomb, III
1910
Salem Normal
1910
Kathrine Y. Prescott, II
1902
L. Ardell Kimball, I
1903
Salem Normal
1902
Address
16 Rockland street 304 Broadway, Everett 42 Farragut road 60 King street
13 Huron street, Lynn
6 New Ocean street
Clarke School .- Telephone 2127
Alice L. Shaw, Prin
1902
Salem Normal
1901
Emily McFadden, VIII
1912
Farmington Normal 1901
Minnie H. Fernald, VII
I SSS
Salem Normal
IS74
Ada S. Lewis, VI
1911
Salem Normal
1909
E. Jane Owen, V
1906
Tilden Seminary
1883
Mabel S. Knight, IV
1894
Salem Normal
1 887
Edith H. Farnum, III
IS97
Salem Normal
1895
Elva B. Edgecombe, II
1912
Salem Normal
1910
Anna F. Willey, I
1902
Salem Normal
1902
Machon School .- Telephone 4858.
Edith S. Gardner, IV, Prin.
1894
Swampscott High
IS93
Isabelle Delory, III
1910
Salem Normal
1908
82 Greenwood avenue
Elsie M. Hussey, II
1907
Salem Normal
1906
Dorothy Jasinsky, I
1907
Salem Normal
1906
9 Farragut road Vine street, Lynn
40 Hampden street Somerville
90 Norfolk avenue 49 Poplar street, Danvers
II Rock avenue Forest avenue, Salem
22 Maple avenue
71 Puritan road
122 Norfolk avenue Walker road
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Where Educated
Salem Normal 1902
Palmer School .- Telephone 1954.
Date of Election
Where Educated
Address
Louise C. Stanley, II, III
1888
Wheaton Seminary
1886
Coburn Institute, Maine 1 889
149 Humphrey street 149 Humphrey street
Supervisor of Music.
Date of Election
Address
Eben F. Richardson .
1910
10 Chatham place
Supervisor of Manual Training.
S. P. Congdon
1911 41 Thomas road
Supervisor of Drawing. 1911 253 Humphrey street
Truant Officer.
Alfred F. Frazier
.
32 Norfolk avenue, Telephone 1103-2
School Physicians.
Dr. Howard K. Glidden
I 907
Dr. Loring Grimes .
.
.
1910
Dr. Harry M. Lowd ·
.
.
1910
Dr. Ralph E. Bicknell
.
1910
50 Humphrey street, Telephone 2051-2 149 Burrill street, Telephone 1770 yo Burrill street, Telephone 4170 46 Burrill street, Telephone 159
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
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Blanche E. Doyle, I
1903
.
Lula S. Dix
Janitors.
School
Address
H. W. Wardwell
.
.
Phillips
8 Fuller avenue
James Warnock George I. Blake
Hadley
179 Burrill street 38 Hampden street
A. G. Stone
Machon
49 Blaney street
A. McNamara
.
Palmer
802 Humphrey stree
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
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Clarke
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Report of Board of Health.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
The Board of Health herewith submits for your consideration its report for the year ending December 31, 1912 :
At the first meeting of the year held February 23, 1912, Loring Grimes, M. D., was chosen chairman, and appointments made as follows :
Clerk, Frank E. Littlefield. Plumbing Inspector, Martin E. Nies. Milk Inspector, Herbert D. Smith. Inspector of Fruit and Provisions. Walter F. Larrabee. Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering, F. B. Stratton, M. D. V.
To care for offal at beach, Charles Melvin.
Special Clerk, George T. Till.
Milk Inspection.
Our inspection of milk this year has been carried along on the same lines we have been following the past two years, with such improvements as have suggested themselves.
Our annual inspection of dairies is a feature which has much to do with improving our milk supply, as has. also our constant attention to men who, through indifference or ignorance, are satisfied to put milk on the market that is not of the best quality. We shall so continue the coming year, and, if possible, give the people better milk than ever.
Swill and Ashes.
During the year our system of taking care of swill and ashes has not changed. We have had comparatively few complaints, and with a few minor exceptions the service has been satisfac- tory. It is our intention to bring about conditions this coming year so that paper will not be dumped about town, but properly disposed of.
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Plumbing Inspection.
We found it necessary during the year to have an assistant Plumbing Inspector. We, with consent of the Civil Service Commission, provisionally appointed E. C. Phillips at a salary of $3 per inspection. His appointment protected us, so that in absence of our regular inspector we are not obliged to incon- venience plumbers by causing them to wait for out-of-town inspectors. He has since been appointed as regular assistant.
Complaints.
The following is a tabulated list of complaints :
Ashes
1 2
Brooks
2
Swill
7
Overflowing cesspools
Unsanitary conditions
20
Carrion
.
25
Brooks and Drains.
By the appointment of a brook commission this has been taken from under our care.
Beaches.
The beaches have been cleaned twice this year. Once they were completely covered with refuse presumably from Boston's dumping.
We have taken the matter up with the authorities at Boston and also with the State, with but little satisfaction. However, the matter is under consideration and we hope it will be remedied in the near future.
Pest House.
This has been idle the past year, except for a few weeks when we allowed the City of Lynn to quarantine a smallpox patient there. For this we were more or less criticised, but considering the fact that through Lynn's courtesy we are allowed to send all of our contagious cases to their hospital, we consider it no more than right to return the courtesy. While the patient was quar - antined there all precaution necessary was taken to protect the public and without any expense to the Town.
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Fumigating.
We have been using the permanganate of potash and formal- dehyde method.
Infectious Diseases.
Chicken pox .
35
Measles
.
.
.
2 I
Tuberculosis
.
II
Typhoid fever
.
2
Scarlet fever
.
3
Othalmeia Neonatorium
.
2
Diphtheria
3
Whooping cough
18
Eye diseases
3
Tuberculosis.
The care of tuberculosis patients has increased the demands on this department. All the cases we have cared for, with one exception, has been cared for at State Sanatoriums at a fixed rate of $4 per week. A new law requires all cities and towns to maintain a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients. This we have complied with by special arrangement with the City of Lynn.
Medical Inspection of Schools. This has been carried on as last year and has been satisfactory.
Ambulance.
In past years we have frequently had occasion to transport patients suffering from contagious diseases. Often it has been expensive and inconvenient to secure such transportation, but by arrangement with the Police Department, when their new amulance was put into service, we had the Beattie ambulance transferred to our department for our exclusive use. We have been able to secure storage and care for same at a local stable at the rate of $1 per month.
Contracts.
The only contract awarded this year was the one for disposal of nightsoil. There was only one bid, that of Allen S. Rowe for $90. He was awarded the contract.
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BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT.
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Mosquitoes and Flies.
It is a known fact that diseases of various types are spread by the means of mosquitoes and flies, consequently it seems that we should use all possible means of protection against them.
Mosquitoes must have stagnant water in which to breed, con- sequently the less stagnant the water the fewer mosquitoes. Where it is impossible to get rid of a stagnant body of water, covering of the surface of the water with oil prevents them breeding. During the past year we have in every case possible either drained or filled in stagnant bodies of water. Where this was not possible we have at little expense kept the surface of the water well oiled during the mosquito breeding season.
If every property owner would join with us to exterminate the mosquitoes we could in a short time rid our town of the pest, and thereby increase our comfort as well as eliminate another source of spreading disease.
Flies are another means by which disease is spread. At present the most we can do to prevent this is by screens and such methods keep them from coming in contact with food.
Recommendations.
We recommend the following as appropriations for the year 1913 :
Sanitation . . $9,896 00
Refuse and garbage
. 3,450 00
Respectfully submitted,
LORING GRIMES, M. D., Chairman, GEORGE C. WEBSTER, JOHN B. CAHOON.
F. E. LTTLEFIELD, Clerk.
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Report of the Park Commissioners.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
The Board of Park Commissioners respectfully submits its annual report for the year ending 1912 :
The first meeting in the year was held at Town Hall, February 20th, 1912, and the board organized as follows :
Arthur T. Tapper, Chairman ; Robert Leslie, Clerk ; Alfred F. Frazier, Horace W. Blanchard, Superintendent of Blaney Beach Reservation.
Blaney Beach Reservation.
Horace W. Blanchard's services were again retained as super- intendent, and as usual he has attended faithfully to the duties imposed upon him.
No special improvements were made on the reservation this year outside of the necessary repairs to the buildings, etc. It will be absolutely necessary to paint the reservation building this coming year, in order to preserve it from decay. Some repairs will have to be made on the inside in the various apartments.
There is no available space at present to be had in the fish house. The occupants and there rentals are as follows :
Joseph Horton
$5 40
Joseph Boyden
5 40
F. E. Dotey 5 40
Joseph Crowell
4 So
Rodney Douglas
.
4 So
T. W. Brackett 4 So
E. F. Wiley .
5 40
S. M. Kehoe .
5 40
Chester Smith .
5 40
Leonard Blanchard
5 40
Nathaniel Pierce
5 40
Leonard Lewis
5 40
Leonard Hatch .
Otis Cahoon . .
15 00
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Henry Douglass
$14 40
Charles Jones
Fred Kennedy
14 40
Robert Marsh
Joseph Acker
Henry Blanchard
14 40
Ernest Thing . 14 00
Blanchard & Boyden
.
15 00
Blanchard & Boyden
13 00
Joseph Boyden
II 00
Fred Watts
2 50
The above amounts represent six months' rental.
Monument Avenue Reservation.
Bids were called for the care of this reservation, with the following results :
J. B. Hawes. . . $110 00
Felix Marino . 87 50
Felix Marino was awarded the contract, as he was the lowest bidder.
A vast amount of work has been done on this reservation this season, both in pruning the shrubbery and trees. James E. May was engaged by this Board to do the work, and we have no doubt but that the public will notice a great improvement this coming summer season in the same. It will be necessary to continue this work of pruning every season in order to restore the shrubbery to its original form.
Paradise Road Playrgound.
Bids were called for the care of these grounds, which resulted as follows :
J. B. Hawes . $45 00 Felix Marino . 60 00
J. B. Hawes was awarded the contract, as he was the lowest bidder. He performed his work in a creditable manner. No special improvements were made on this reservation this year.
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Jackson Park.
The board advertised through the local papers for bids to lay the drain in this park and received the following :
M. McDonough Co. . $350 00
James T. Lyons
. 435 00
Felix D'Angese
· 467 32
T. S. Robinson
.
547 50
M. E. Nies
565 00 .
H. S. Tuttle .
850 00
M. McDonough Co. were awarded. the contract as they were the lowest bidders.
Seven hundred dollars was voted at a former town meeting for expenditure for laying drain and improvements in this park and $695 of this has been expended for that purpose.
Phillips Park.
As authorized by the citizens of the Town at a Town Meeting this Board took the necessary legal steps to secure this piece of property, known as the Phillips Swamp, by right of eminent domain. It may have appeared to the people at large that unnecessary time was taken to perform this duty, but in this case this board knew more about the inside workings than did the public, and they did not deem it advisable to hurry this matter, as the results will show. After several conferences with Leonard H. Phillips, he finally decided to name the price of $7,500 for which he was willing to dispose of this property and the board secured from him. a signed decument to that effect, which is in their possession at the present time. This Board feels as if this price was a very reasonable one and would advise the voters to accept the proposition made by Mr. Phillips and save all unnecessary legal proceedings. The Board has paid to Mr. Phillips the amount of $3,600, which was named in the warrant presented at the Town Meeting and which was voted thereon.
Clarence B. Humphrey, by authority of the Board, drew a plan of this property, which is now in our possession, and which was presented at a former Town Meeting for examination.
Appropriations.
We recommend the following appropriations for the mainte- nance and improvements for the following named purposes :
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Monument Avenue Park
$700 00
Jackson Park
.
2,500 00
Blaney Beach Reservation
850 00
* Phillips Park
3,900 00
Phillips Park
2,000 00
Play Grounds .
350 00
Sundries .
150 00
$10,450 00
*This amount represents the balance due Leonard H. Phillips on the price named by him.
ARTHUR T. TAPPER, ROBERT LESLIE, ALFRED F. FRAZIER. Park Commissioners.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., December 31, 1912.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
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Report of Milk Inspector.
To the Board of Health, Swampscott, Mass. :
GENTLEMEN, - I herewith submit my report as Milk Inspector for the year 1912-13 :
Number of samples of milk taken and analyzed 70
Number of samples of milk found under the standard 70
Number of samples of milk taken for bacteria test . 34
Number of samples of milk that passed bacteria test 23
Number of licenses issued for the sale of milk .
45
Amount received for licenses twenty-two dollars and fifty cents ($22.50), which amount I have paid to the Town Treas- urer and hold his receipt for the same.
Respectfully submitted,
H. D. SMITH, Milk Inspector.
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., December 27, 1912.
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INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS' REPORT.
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Report of Inspector of Animals.
To the Board of Health, Swampscott, Mass :
GENTLEMEN,-I herewith submit my report for the past year, as Inspector of Animals :
The annual inspection, this year, was made in the spring and consisted in a physical examination of all neat cattle, swine, etc., in town; also an inspection of the premises where such animals have been kept. The animals have shown no evidence of contagious disease and their quarters in most cases have been kept clean.
There have been several tuberculin tests applied during the year, but none of them have given a positive reaction.
There has been one case of glanders quarantined, which was afterwards condemned and destroyed and premises properly dis- infected.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK B. STRATTON, M. D. V. Inspector of Animals.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., January 13, 1913.
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Report of the Surveyor of Highways.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
The Surveyor of Highways herewith submits his annual report for the year ending December 31, 1912 :
During the past year the following named streets have been macadamized :
Humphrey street, from Phillips street to Redington street, also from Blaney street to Humphrey terrace.
Burrill street, from the Town Hall to New Ocean street. This street was picked up by the steam roller, reshaped, rolled and eight inches of No. I broken stone spread over the same and bonded with Tarvia, some 2,657 gallons being used for the pur- pose. The price of this Tarvia delivered and put in place on the work was 83 cents per gallon.
Farragut road, from Grant road to Monument avenue. This road received a resurfacing of six inches of broken stone, bonded by clear tar, some 4,800 gallons being used for this pur- pose, and then covered with pea stone and rolled.
Both Burrill street and Farragut road were constructed by the penetration method. There were also used 2,094 gallons of 90 per cent Asphalt Road Oil as a binder for patrolling the different streets of the Town. The price of this Asphalt oil was eight cents per gallon.
Orient street, from the George Brooks estate to the Fish house, ought to be resurfaced this coming year and Tarvia used for a binder, as so far this year it has stood the wear of automobile travel better than other binders which have been used in Town, and it makes a smooth, lasting surface and no mud.
Streets have been resurfaced with heavy 90 per cent Asphalt road oil as follows : Atlantic avenue, from the Marblehead line to Phillips' corner, 14,438.50 square yards ; also Orient street from Phillips' corner to the George Brooks estate, 7,659 square yards. This work was done by contract, M. McDonough Com- pany doing the same for 12 cents per square yard, including sweeping the street, putting oil on hot, covering with pea stone and sand and rolling the same with a steam roller.
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1912] SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS' REPORT.
There have been about three miles of gravel streets resurfaced this year.
All streets have been patroled and all holes and dangerous places have been filled with crushed stone, gravel and oil.
All streets in which sewers and water pipes were laid this year have been leveled, surfaced with gravel, and rolled with the steam roller.
Gutters on all streets of the Town have been cleaned at least twice, and on the main street, from Orient street to the Boston & Maine Railroad station, on Burrill street, every Saturday, weather permitting.
There have been placed on the different streets of the Town, thirty-eight street signs, showing the names of the streets, where placed.
There have been built this year five catch basins. In connection with these basins there have been laid 14 feet of 5-inch pipe drain, SS feet of 6-inch pipe drain, 629 feet of S-inch pipe drain, 55 feet of 12-inch pipe drain and 100 feet of 24-inch pipe drain. The 24-inch pipe drain was laid at the George S. Burton estate on Atlantic avenue, this department furnishing the labor and the Selectmen furnishing the pipe.
Gutters, to the extent of 814 square yards, have been paved with cobblestone and one cross walk was laid across Berkshire street at the state road.
For building and repairing sidewalks the following amounts of material were used ; 571 loads of screened gravel, 73 loads of coarse gravel, and 14 loads of crushed stone.
Curbstones have been reset at different parts of the Town to the extent of 105 feet.
Tar concrete sidewalks have been repaired whenever neces- sary. For this work 1, 811.56 square yards of skim coat tar con- crete were laid at an expense of twenty-seven cents a square yard, amounting to $489.12, also 187 and 57-100 square yards of new tar concrete were laid at an expense of 43 cents a square yard, amounting to $80.66.
One hundred four loads of sand were used for sanding icy sidewalks.
Under the appropriation for continuous sidewalks the length of curbstone laid was 1,763.54 linear feet.
The price paid for granolithic sidewalks was $1.60 a square yard; for tar concrete, 43 cents a square yard ; for straight curbstone, delivered but not set, 75 cents a linear foot ; for curved curbstone, delivered but not set, 95 cents a linear foot.
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Curbstone for street corners to the amount of 152 linear feet were laid at some of the corners where they were most needed.
All four horses belonging to this department have been worked every day and have given excellent service.
There have been added to the department during the past year one driving horse and two double pungs.
I would recommend that an appropriation of three hundred dollars ($300) be made for placing curbing at street corners wherever, in the opinion of the surveyer, the same are necessary.
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