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April 23. James Francis Fay, Jr., Lynn, and Agnes Louise O'Brien, Swampscott, by Patrick Colman, Priest, Swampscott.
April 23. Robert Kay and Elizabeth Hayes of Swampscott, by Ernest P. Heinck, Clergyman, Chelsea.
May 10. Giovanni Marino and Guiseppa Cardillo of Lynn, by Patrick Colman, Priest, Swampscott.
May 16. Wadsworth Baylor, Swampscott, and Anna Manning Whit- comb, Jamaica Plain, by Frederick W. Fitts, Priest, Boston. May 26. John Palmer Ingalls, Swampscott, and Persis Edson Bodwell, Lynn, by A. Z. Conrad, Clergyman, Boston.
June 4. Howard Coolidge Fleming, Lynn, and Annie Winnifred God- frey, Swampscott, by O. J. White, Clergyman, Lynn.
June 10. Ralph Herman Stevens and Ethel May Russell of Swampscott, by Edgar Jones, Clergyman, Somerville.
June 14. William Henry Lee, Swampscott, and Margaret McGrath, Salem, by M. J. McCall, Rector, Salem.
June 15. Herman Walter Hay and Beatrice Ingalls Porter of Swamp- scott, by Wesley A. Paige, Clergyman, Swampscott.
June 21. Joseph William Sherry, Lynn, and Addie Marguerite Watts, Swampscott, by Donald H. Gerrish, Clergyman, Lynn.
June 22. Edward Renz Fritsche, Leavenworth, Kan., and Helen V Flynn, Swampscott, by W. M. Tufts, D. D., Clergyman Somerville.
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June 24. Edmund F. Fader, Lynn, and Letha Maude Slipp, Swampscott, by Lewis Malvern, Clergyman, Peabody.
June 24. Norman C. Smith, Swampscott, and Pauline E. Krogmann, Brookline, by Charles E. Park, Clergyman, Boston.
June 27. George E. Nickerson, Lynn, and Lucy K. Grant. Swampscott, by Donald H. Gerrish, Clergyman, Lynn.
June 27. Eben B. Phillips, Swampscott, and Gertrude M. (Mace) Phil- lips, Marblehead, by George W. Penniman, Minister, Peabody.
June 29. William Arthur Childs, and Hazel Judith Wagenfeld, both of Swampscott, by Frederick W. Manning, Clergyman, Swamp- scott.
June 30. Frank L. Burns, and Mary A. Murphy, both of Lynn, by Patrick Colman, Priest, Swampscott.
July 12. George F. Macartney and Etta L. Pitman, both of Salem, by Edward D. Johnson, Minister, Salem.
July 15. George F. Moulton, Dorchester, and Jane M. Campbell, Swamp- scott, by Arthur E. Harriman, Minister, Lynn.
July 24. Harold S. Johnson, Salem, and Susie Catherine Caldwell, Danvers, by Edward Tillotson, Clergyman, Swampscott.
Aug. 5. William R. Pettel, Saginaw, Mich., and Alice W. Wehren, Boston, by Patrick Colman, Priest, Swampscott.
Aug. 10. Michael Turrie, and Catherine Meuse, both of Swampscott, by Joseph W. Attwill, City Clerk, Justice of Peace, Lynn.
Aug. 15. Louville J. Whorf, Swampscott, and Carrie M. Graves, Marble- head, by Leslie C. Gregory, Clergyman, Marblehead.
Aug. 19. Carl Dreyfus, Boston, and Sylvia Goulston, Brookline, by Harry Leir, Rabbi, Brookline.
Aug. 23. Bernard J. Jackson, Watertown, and Abina Hogan, Swampscott, by Patrick Colman, Priest, Swampscott.
Aug. 27. Herbert Reginald Stanley, Lynn, and Margaret McQueen Fraser, Swampscott, by Addison B. Lorimer, Minister, Lynn, Mass.
Sept. II. Herbert C. Allen, Lynn, and Louise Deslex, Swampscott, by O. Brouillette, Minister, Salem.
Sept. 22. George Henry Morris and Elizabeth Ann Snell, both of Swamp- scott, by Edward Tillotson, Clergyman, Swampscott.
Sept. 23. Chester Melzard Glass, Lynn, and Alice Marie Coles, Swamp- scott, by W. Inglis Morse, Clergyman, Lynn,
Sept. 24. Frank Drew Howard, Lynn, and Harriett L. Cahoon (Stone,) Swampscott, by Edward Tillotson, Clergyman, Swampscott.
Sept. 25. Samuel Johnson, Cambridge, and Erin Volburgh, of Swamp- scott, by A. W. Sundclof, Clergyman, Boston.
Sept. 26. Thomas R. Gilman and Sarah S. Coy, both of Dorchester, by Edward Tillotson, Clergyman, Swampscott.
Sept. 26. Charles Edwin Snow, Swampscott, and Jennie E. Manson, South Boston, by Wesley A. Paige, Clergyman, Swampscott.
Oct. I. Alfred Welles and Jennie E. Sanderson, both of Swampscott, by Addison B. Lorimer, Minister, Lynn.
Oct. 3. Cleaves K. Hutchinson, Peabody, and Lillian Montgomery, Swampscott, by Wesley A. Paige, Clergyman, Swampscott.
Oct. 6. Franklin E. Jackson, Swampscott, and Mina L. Saunders, Lynn, by F. Ernest Smith, Minister, Lynn.
Oct. S. James R. Garney, Lynn, and Agnes M. Cochrane, Swampscott, by D. Emory Burtner, Clergyman, Lynn.
Oct. 10. Harold Grey Hussey, Swampscott, and Ethel Constantia Mellendy, South Londonderry, Vt., by D. E. Trout, Clergy- man, Brattleboro, Vt.
Oct. II. Nicholas Bourlelos, Lynn, and Annie Durkan, Swampscott, by Patrick Colman, Priest, Swampscott.
Oct. 14. George Walter Melanson, and Madella Carrie Doughty, both of Swampscott, by Frederic W. Perkins, Clergyman, Lynn. Oct. 15. Charles William Hayter, Lynn, and Edna M. Smith, Swamp- scott, by W. A. Kinzie, Clergyman, Lynn.
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Oct. 16. Stanley J. Jones, Marblehead, and Mary Agnes Gill, Swamp- scott, by Patrick Colman, Priest, Swampscott.
Oct. 17. Stuart H. Vaughan and Ethel F. Cross, both of Melrose, by Edward Tillotson, Clergyman, Swampscott.
Oct. 20. George Thorndike Poor, Swampscott, and Helen Veronica McCarthy, Lynn, by Arthur J. Teeling, Priest, Lynn.
Oct. 21. Charles F. Hathaway, Swampscott, and Elsa C. Braley, Lowell, by W. Earl Pittenger, Minister, Lowell.
Oct. 28. Earl Henry Allen Goodwin, Swampscott, and Ethel Blanche Marston, Melrose, by Wesley A. Paige, Clergyman, Swamp- scott.
Oct. 28. Ralph I. Hanscom, Portsmouth, N. H., and Jane Esther Mait- land. Swampscott, by Edward Tillotson, Clergyman, Swamp- scott.
Oct. 28. Leslie James White, Newburgh, N. Y., and Marjorie Ward Daniels, Swampscott, by Frederic W. Manning, Clergyman, Swampscott.
Nov. 10. George Pliny Warner, Lynn, and Gladys Ethel Macleod, Swampscott, by Rubens Rea Hadley, Minister, Everett.
Nov. 16. George Holt Baldwin, and Blanche Agnes Bemis of Swamp- scott, by Albert H. Plumb, Clergyman, Oakham.
Nov. 17. Albert Rothenberg, Boston, and Frances Jasinsky, Swampscott, by H. H. Rubenovitz, Rabbi, Boston.
Nov. 22. Mikel Barbuzzo and Antoinette Morizzo, both of Swampscott, by Patrick Colman, Priest, Swampscott.
Nov. 26. Jeremiah William Hayes, Salem, and Annie Frances Ledlie, Swampscott, by Patrick Colman, Priest, Swampscott.
Nov. 26. Leonard Victor Duratti, and Annie Harriett McLeod, both of Swampscott, by Patrick Colman, Priest, Swampscott.
Dec. 15. Charles E. Spear, and Ethel F. Hyatt, (Smith,) both of Swampscott, by Wesley A. Paige, Clergyman, Swampscott.
Dec. 31. Frank H. Warren, Swampscott, and Georgie S. Rogers (Sargent, ) Washington, D. C., by Samuel R. Maxwell, Clergyman, Boston.
Deaths Recorded, 108.
Yrs.
Mos.
Days.
Jan. 2.
Annie C. Crosman (Wheiler)
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42
8
I2
Jan. 2.
Antonette Pagnotto
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6
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Jan. 4. Ethel L. Brown
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19
I
4
Jan. 3. Thomas Donlon
4
IO
30
Jan. 6. Caroline Gover Clark (Smith)
87
7
25
Jan. 6. Unnamed Stevens
20
I
I
Jan. IO. Unnamed Gibney
Jan. 13. John H. Redmond
39
5
Jan. 25.
Harold Willis Enholm . .
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3 hrs.
Jan. 26.
Adelaide V. Foster (Woodward) .
73
22
Jan. 28.
Donato Trono
22
Jan. 28.
Gilbert Delano
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77
26
Feb. 8. Alfred Fisher
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61
IO
24
Feb. 9.
Pasquale Mastromosis
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I
2
24
Feb. 10.
Charles Henry Buckley
69
IO
Feb. 20.
Raynor A. Jackson
5
17
Feb. 27.
Henry J. Wagenfield
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52
I
9
Feb. 28.
Mary E. Cushing (Jennison)
65
I
7
Feb. 13.
Constance E. Chamberlain Annie C. Hayden (Badger) .
57
7
Mar. 5.
Ida Virginia Amazeen (Whisteler)
59
2
8
Mar. 27.
James Hopkins Cooney
3
Mar. 28. Anna May Kitching
39
IO
9
April 4.
Caroline Frances Stanley (Roberts)
58
8
17
April 9.
Melinda J. Proctor (Mason)
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85
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29
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Jan. 16. Christina Videtti .
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14
7
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Mar. 4.
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Jan. IO. Mary J. Gibney
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Yrs. Mos. Days.
April 9. Sherman Russ
3
8
12
April 9. Isadore P. Freeman (Parker)
71
II
IO
April 12. Sarah M. Congdon (Montgomery)
57
IO
18
April 14. Julia Ellen Hathaway (Adams)
70
3
I3
April 15.
Unnamed Grassie
April 16.
Nettie Audrey Hickey
7
26
April 17.
Isabel F. Chute (Porter)
71
I
14
April 17.
Edwin Snow Brown
50
2
II
April 20.
Jane Hitchings Stanley (Martin)
77
7
6
April 24.
Charles H. Fanning
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84
I
3
April 28.
John Pagnotti
13
May 2 .
Olive Smith Hancock (Patten)
79
9
9
May 5.
Mary Chaisson (Burton) .
75
5
5
May 5 Cora Eleanor Watts (Church)
49
5
16
May 9. Benjamin George Pedrick
71
5
8
May 12.
Julia McCarthy
58
May 28.
George Harrison Smith
58
II
6
June 2.
Juliza A. Phelps ( Hamilton)
67
I
June 3. Sando Battisto
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4
26
June 20.
Josephine Picolo
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II
12
June 22.
Susannah H. Webb (Harris)
74
3
June 22.
John Finnegan
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70
June 23.
Juliaetta C. Carr
67
June 26.
Braham Wardman
54
July I.
Cora Newhall Ludlam
2
July 2.
Harriet M. Russ (Kearney)
37
6
23
July 4. Sylvester Frank Douglass
77
8
2
July 8. Unnamed Mazzoli
July
24.
Alice Keating (Donnell)
68
July
26.
Hazel J. Pendelton
I3
7
3
July 30.
Nancy Baker Massey (Baker)
67
Aug. 2.
Theodore Gazulis
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3
II
29
Aug. 3.
Cynthia J. Brown (Piper)
75
3
19
Aug. 5.
Orson Grant Shaw
46
3
28
Aug. 9. Peter Sobotky
64
5
18
Aug. 10.
Nellie T. Clark ( Cashman)
30
3
13
Aug. 12.
Everett Henry Clark
73
28
Sept. 3.
May V. D. Jones (Van Duren)
40
II
I
Sept. 5.
Frederick Kendall Stocker
56
6
2
Sept. 9.
Knott Pedrick
63
9
6
Sept. 12.
Susan W. Warren (Cook)
89
6
5
Sept. 16.
Martin Nies .
79
3
7
Sept. 17.
Mary Elizabeth Oliver (Gray)
65
15
Sept. 18.
Mary Angelette Paine
63
II
Sept. 19.
Charles Goodhue Rowell
50
6
2
Sept. 24.
John Chianadonno
.
Sept. 25.
Frank Welts
7
Sept. 25.
William H. Blaban
53
7
12
Sept. 28.
Harriett D. Graves (Mckinley)
60
IO
Sept. 28.
Jennie H. Grant (Ray)
60
9
Oct. 3.
Unnamed Yasi
8
7 19
Oct. 19.
Benjamin A. Goodwin
73
3
I
Oct. 20.
Ruth Woodbridge
I
19
Oct. 27.
Nicholas Doto .
29
Oct. 30.
William Clarkson Lamphier
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72
2
12
Nov. 3. Linda Gage Greenough (Douglass)
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33
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16
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April 9. Veryl Russ
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68
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Sept. 9.
Nelson Nicaina Kent .
65
4
20
Sept. 7.
Ellen Leonard (Crowley)
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Aug. 31.
Richard Franklin Ranger
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6
12
Oct. 10.
George E. Strong
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Aug. 8. Jennie Pagnotti
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3
Aug. 30.
John A. Currier
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TOWN CLERK'S STATISTICS. 85
Yrs. Mos. Days.
Nov. 6. George Washington Cahoon
64
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3
Nov. 9. Unnamed Chase
Nov. 27. Robert Finnegan
6
9
8
Nov. 29. Philip S. Thomas
86
9
8
Dec. 6. Annie Frances Parshley (Brook)
38
Dec. 7. Alice Taylor Thomas (Bacon) .
67
5
I5
Dec. 9. Elizabeth D. Thomson (Higgins)
60
2
3
Dec. IO. Drusilla Barnes (Myrick) .
76
6
21
Dec.
13. Unnamed Drummond
86
2
25
Dec. 18. Antone Tripolie
IO
4
Dec. 22. Harry L. Brown
6
23
Dec. 25.
Helen L. Hackbarth
21
15
Dec. 26.
Edwin F. Wiley
72
3
5
Dec. 29.
Mary Eleanor Martin (Clarkson)
81
6
3
Dec. 29.
Robert Norcross Page ·
37
4
23
Dec. 31.
Jane Elliott Nelson
52
22
Births Recorded, 190.
Males, 85; Females, 105.
In January, 12; February, 19; March, 16; April, 15; May, II ; June, 22; July, 24; August, 20; September, 15; October, 15; November, 12; December, 9.
Dogs Licensed, 252.
Males, 212; Females, 40.
Money paid to County Treasurer.
Licenses Issued.
2 Auctioneers
$2 00
$4 00
2 Junk Dealers
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60 00
120 00
8 Fruit Pedlars
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2 00
16 00
2 Pool Tables
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2 00
4 00
I Bowling Alley ·
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2 00
Paid Town Treasurer, $146.00.
Gunners' Licenses.
187 at $1.00; I at $15.00.
Money paid to Commissioner on Fisheries and Game.
GEORGE T. TILL,
Town Clerk.
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Dec. 5. Whitfield Arey Stubbs .
Dec. 14. Charles John Taylor
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SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1914.
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Report of the Board of Selectmen.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
The Board of Selectmen submit herewith its annual report for the year 1914, covering the twelve calendar months, it being the sixty-third annual report of the Board since Swampscott was set off from Lynn, in 1852.
The personnel of the Board of Selectmen has not changed for the past five years, during which time we have had an uninterrupted opportunity to observe and study the present administrative machinery of town gov- ernment; and while it is not the same machinery that a corporation would adopt in managing a business of the same magnitude, we think that its efficiency compares favorably with other towns, but also that there is an excellent opportunity for improvement.
In suggesting changes, it must be understood that the government itself is no better than its citizens, and that no form will succeed to the satisfaction of all, without efficient officers, backed up by an electorate who will show a continual interest throughout the year. Many new forms of government are now being considered by cities, which forms slightly modified are gradually spreading to towns, among which are the commis- sion form and the business management form, the latter being in vogue by quite a few towns and one large city. We do not advocate either of the above, nor any change that would take the appropriating power out of the hands of the electorate, nor do away with meetings whereby the electorate would fix the policy and instruct due administrative bodies to carry out that policy. We think that a form of government consisting of a town treasurer, tax collector, town clerk, board of assessors, and a board of five men (call them what you would), with power to hire clerks and appoint necessary assistants, could better administer the town business than five distinct bodies of three or more men each, each with its own clerks and assistants.
Swampscott is not a large town geographically speaking, containing only 1600 acres and 26 miles of constructed streets. It has 32 miles of sea frontage, to which, to a large extent, is accountable for its high valu- ation. The population is largely residential, without manufacturing industries of any kind, so that we do not have the problems that manu- facturing towns have to contend with, and for that reason the above form of government would readily adjust itself.
Our report this year is subdivided into subjects under Administrative, Miscellaneous and Finance, whereby we hope to review with the older citizens, and instruct the newer citizens into, the business of the town.
We recommend that this year a committee of fifteen citizens be appointed by the Moderator to consider the advisability of modifying our present form of town government, by consolidation or otherwise; they to study the situation in all its phases and report with their recommendations thereon, on or before the next annual town meeting.
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ADMINISTRATIVE.
I. Bonds of Town Officers.
George T. Till, Town Clerk; bond is given by the American Surety Company of New York to the amount of one thousand dollars.
William H. Bates, Town Treasurer; bond is given by the American Surety Company of New York to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars. Nathan G. Bubier, Collector of Taxes ; bond is given by the American Surety Company of New York to the amount of ten thousand dollars.
Water Commissioner's bonds are given by the American Surety Com- pany of New York to the amount of three thousand dollars each.
The bonds are in the care of the Town Auditor.
II. Licenses.
Junk dealers - 2 at $60.00 Henry Sherman Louis Zeltz
Auctioneers - 2 at $2.00 George W. Foster Charles G. Woodbridge
Carriages - 6 at $1.00 Charles D. Sidell William H. Carroll Christian Enholm Joseph W. Bruley Seaside Taxi Co. A. E. Shepard
Bowling Alleys - I at $2.00 James D. Bentley
Pool Tables - 2 at $1.00 James D. Bentley T. B P. Curtis
To transport liquors (no charge) E. B. Roberts, Jr. W. E. Shephard North Shore Express Co. Portsmouth & Lynn Express Co.
Victualler's Licenses (no charge)
T. B. P. Curtis, 422 Humphrey street Alea G. Shumway, Railroad avenue J. H. Peach, 503 Humphrey street George B. Watts, 60 Humphrey street Edith M. Norwell, 57 Orient street
Automobile Permits - 37 at $1.00 John B. Atwood G. Edwin Allen
Joseph W. Bruley Ralph Bennett Edwin M. Bailey
Blanche A. Bemis
A. Caproni William H. Carroll
William M. Cowan
F. I. Devitt
H. J. Dinan
Paul E. Fitzpatrick
S. D. Forbes
Frank Griffin Arthur W. Hughley
Albert S. Hill Fred N. Kimball
Ralph Maxwell
R. W. Melville
Ralph Melzard Michael J. Murphy
E. W. Park F. M. Page Martin L. Quinn
Frank I. Richardson
Charles W. Smith Holton J. Sutherland Emma A. Seymour Willard F. Spalding Frank B. Stratton M. E. Toothaker The Texas Co. W. L. Terhune Frederick L. Wood Nathan J. Wyzanski A. C. Whipple Lydia M. Whipple
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III. Permits Granted Under Section 5. Chapter 6 of Town By-Laws.
Loring Grimes, M. D.,
George T. Till,
Alfred F. Frazier, John B. Cahoon, C. G. Rowell.
George C. Webster,
James F. Caton,
IV. Permits Granted Under Section 4. Chapter 6 of Town By-Laws.
Elias G. Hodgkins,
Nathan G. Bubier,
J. Henry Welch,
Clarence B. Humphrey,
Oscar G. Poor,
George T. Till.
V. Contracts for Walks and Edgestones.
Proposals for granolithic walks and edgestones were advertised for in April and the following bids received :
Granotithic Walks.
James T. Lyons
· $1 65 per yard
Simpson Bros. Corp.
I 62 per yard
Abram French
I 60 per yard
McDonough Co.
I 50 per yard
Orazin Marino
I 40 per yard
Edgestones.
JamesIT. Lyons .
8oc. per foot straight. $1 00 curved
Simpson Bros. Corp.
78c. per foot straight.
1 15 curved
Orazin Marino
75c. per foot straight. 1 00 curved
M. McDonough Co.
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75c. per foot straight. 1 00 curved
Abram French
72c. per foot straight. .
.92 curved
The contract was awarded to M. McDonough Company.
VI. Stetson Avenue Drain.
Bids received for this drain are as follows :
James T. Lyons
$2,416 80
A. French .
2,760 80
M. McDonough Co.
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3,084 00
F. D. Mayo .
3,920 80
For details see Engineer's Report.
VII. Contracts for Tar Concrete Sidewalks.
Bids were received as follows :
M. McDonough Co. . 65c. per yard, 35c. skin coat 45c. per yard, 27c. skin coat
J. H. Mclaughlin
Tar composition 65c. per yard
The contract was awarded to J. H. Mclaughlin, Lynn.
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VIII. Contracts for Coal.
By advertising in the local papers invitations were extended for furnish- ing the several departments of the Town with coal for the current year. Two bids were received :
Honors, Holder & Sons, Lynn
George S. Briggs Coal Co.
Lackawanna egg $7 05
$7 05
Lackawanna broken 6 60
6 70
Burnside 7 80
7 75
George's Creek 4 50
4 50
The departments furnished are Schools, Water Department, Fire Department, Town Hall and Outside Poor Department.
The amounts as advertised for were 400 tons Lackawanna, egg or broken ; 50 tons Burnside, and 150 tons George's Creek.
The contract was awarded to Honors, Holder & Son of Lynn.
IX. Public Buildings.
The public buildings from which any revenue is received are as follows : Town Hall, Police Station and house No. 88 Burrill street.
The rents received this year are as follows :
Town Hall hall
$785 00
Tenement over Police Station
132 00
Tenement No. 88 Burrill street ·
132 00
$1,049 00
Slight repairs, amounting to $7.02, have been made over the Police Station this year. House No. 88 Burrill street is rented for $12.00 per month under condition that tenant make all repairs, so that the Town is free from care and maintenance until it or the land is used for Town purposes. By order of the State Building Inspector, much fireproofing, new doors, new curtain and miscellaneous other work was required in the Town Hall, which amounted to $311.97.
X. Printing Town Reports.
Proposals for printing reports this year were received upon basis of per square inch for different point size type with an idea to consolidate as far as practicable the past records usually printed under Town Clerk's report, and assist in tabulating the Auditor's report.
Basis of bids-30 square inches to a page ; 300 pages.
1,000 sq. in. 6 point 8 point
4,000 sq. in.
4,000 sq. in.
Io point
Balance Page
Summary
Frank S. Whitten .08
.05
.03
.80
$640 00
Valpey Press
.0936
.0527
.0337
1.03
748 00
Perry & Searle Co. . 12
.07
.04
1.17
910 00
Contract awarded to Frank S. Whitten.
XI. Sale of Real Estate.
The Town meeting of July 10, 1914, authorized the Selectmen to sell two parcels of real estate, namely, 6,600 square feet of land with building thereon, situate on Orient street, and 600 square feet of land situate on Jessie street.
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The sales wers duly advertised and bids received Friday, July 24, 1914, as follows :
Orient Street-James L. Taylor
$1,500 00
Joseph F. Crowell
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2,331 50
Harry R. Stanbon
. 3,375 00 . Eugene Horton
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4,051 00
James W. Santry
4,500 00
Jessie Street -J. F. Ryther
101 00
The disposal of this property, for which the town had no further use, netted the treasury $4,601.00 and further insures the Town of an income therefrom in taxes each year.
XII. Street Lighting.
The street lighting is being done by the Lynn Gas & Electric Company under contract of July 1, 1913, which expires July 11, 1918, whereby we pay $72.00 for each arc lamp, and $17.50 for each incandescent lamp, on the moonlight schedule.
During the past year many changes have been made and new lights added. The number of lights installed as of January I, are :
272 Incandescent at $17.50 $4,760 00 88 Arc at $72.00 . . 6,336 00
9 Arcs every night $90.00
810 00
$11,906 00
We recommend an appropriation of $12,500 for the current year.
XIII. Streets Accepted.
At the special Town Meeting of July 10, 1914, the following streets were accepted, subject to signing of wavers : Millet road, Wyman road, Bond road, Ocean View terrace, Bay View avenne, Fuller avenue and Humphrey terrace. At the present time only waivers for Millett road and Wyman road are on file and have been signed.
These streets have all been marked by stone bounds and the plans, pro- files and descriptions are on file with the Town Clerk. They will later be filed at the Essex County Registry of Deeds.
XIV. Sidewalks.
The same policy has been pursued this year as heretofore, and in addi- tion to the numerous isolated portions, a continuous walk has been pro- vided for on New Ocean street from Burrill street to the Lynn line; on Pine street from Ocean street to Railroad avenue; on Redington street from Devons road to Forest avenue, and portions of Rose and Rockland streets.
The amount expended for walks and curbs this year aggregates $5,969.28 and the petitions now pending for new work amounts to $5,224.57.
The amounts laid, as per Engineer's estimates, are as follows : New straight curb, 1,677.9 feet; new curved curb, 97.1 feet; old curb, 1,295 feet ; tar concrete, 514.3 square yards ; granolithic, 1,342.8 square yards ; and parking, 5,048 square feet.
At the prevailing prices, it cost about $2.30 per running foot to curb, grass and granolithic (five feet wide) a sidewalk. This work is all paid
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for in the first instance by the Town and in the fall a bill for one-half the cost thereof is sent to the abutting owners. If not paid for before the next warrant is issued to the Tax Collector, the sidewalk assessment is then added to the tax bill. The Town pays for no work outside of the street lines, and if walks are laid to steps, etc., it is done by order of, and whole expense to, the adjoining owner.
In the construction of Humphrey street a large amount of curb stone was rejected on account of insufficient depth, and this has been relaid in connection with the continuous sidewalk work. It amounted to 1,295 feet, which we assessed at the rate of 25 cents, and with corner curbs not previously assessed, will increase the receipts for this department $355.23.
The assessments as levied are as follows :
Harry B. Lombard
$56 73
Felice D. Agnes
$59 83
Lucretia M. Ashton
.
59 79
Emma F. Reichardt
33 35
A. C. Widger
22 54
Albert G. Potter
57 58
Kate M. Wright
75 26
E. A. and L. A. Farnum .
38 70
Est. Augustus Austin
30 31
Ruth M. Austin
.
58 75
Est. Susanna Webb
71 15
Isaac S. Leadbetter
87 57
William Allen
62 09
James E. Clark
51 43
Martha N. Knowlton .
130 50
Newman Gould .
57 89
Eva M. Melvin
63 85
Est. George T. Melzard
137 0I
W. H. Procter
34 62
Alice J. Sloan
32 13
Clarence A. Chase
35 69
Mary D. Newhall
35 11
George S. Hosmer
35 34
Bessie B. Goodridge
35 85
Sarah I. Laxton
26 99
Frank A. Butler
25 44
Guy A. Merrill
25 44
Arthur M. Wyman
116 II
Norman S. Dillingham
27 18
John J. Joyce
50 14
Alzore Lane Nute
51 56
Anna K. Brown
26 03
L. E. Town and A. H. Hilton,
55 24
Benjamin E. Holmes
19 64
Hazel Burt Moore
21 07
Martha A. Wilson
20 17
E. and A. B. Forrest
35 60
Sarah Young
153 60
Swampscott Water Works
348 31
George and Jeanette Till .
159 05
Harry M. Lowd .
44 18
Tarantine Tribe Red Men
56 00
H. M. and H. L. Jacobs
46 90
Harry Lombard
49 49
W. A. Coakley .
28 00
Harry E. Ward
2 40
Est. George T. Melzard
49 59
Est. Charles Rowell
93 71
Isaac S. Leadbetter
65 73
I. S. and Lillian Leadbetter
31 52
Charles E. Rolfe
50 56
John B. Hadaway
58 88
Total
$3,101 65
The petitions now pending for new work and the estimated cost thereof are as follows:
Cardillo Cinceppe, 664 Humphrey street .
$136 71
Percival Palmer, I Salem street
.
406 80
C. Woodbridge, 26 Rock avenue
.
155 50
N. Galeucia, 85 Rockland street
.
.
247 55
Mary Ingalls, 10 Ingalls terrace
179 90
Alfred Smith, 15 Outlook road
141 02
Continuons.
Hillside avenue, West side
1,342 50
Hampden street, South side
1,396 10
Berkshire street, East side
536 70
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