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No. 31. No swine, horses or cattle shall be kept within the limits of the Town without a license obtained therefor from the Board of Health, and then only in such places and manner as it shall direct.
No. 32. Owners and occupants of livery and other stables within the Town shall not wash or clean their carriages or horses, or cause them to be washed or cleaned, in the streets or public ways. They shall keep their stables and yards clean, and not allow manure to accumulate in or near the same; and no manure shall be allowed to accumulate or remain uncovered outside of a stable building.
New regulation governing barber shops :
The place of business, together with all the furniture, shall be kept at all times in a cleanly condition. Mugs, shaving brushes and razors shall be
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washed in boiling water after each separate use thereof. A separate clean towel shall be used for each person. Alum or other material used to stop the flow of blood, shall be used in powder form and applied on towel. The use of powder puffs is prohibited. The use of sponges is prohibited.
Every barber shop shall be provided with running water, hot and cold. No person shall be allowed to use any barber shop as a dormitory.
Every barber shall cleanse his hands thoroughly immediately after serving each customer. Hair brushes and combs shall be thoroughly washed at least once a day.
Recommendations.
We recommend that the sewer be extended on Roy street, so that premises No. 57 may enter.
We recommend that there be a cement culvert built at the mouth of the so-called Marshall brook, and money appropriated for the same.
We also recommend the following appropriations for the year 1915 :
Sanitation
Refuse and garbage .
$3,150 00 3,175 00
Respectfully submitted, LORING GRIMES, M. D. Chairman, GEORGE C. WEBSTER, JOHN B. CAHOON.
FRANK E. LITTLEFIELD, Secretary.
SWAMPSCOTT, January 1, 1915.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
REPORT OF Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering.
To the Board of Health:
GENTLEMEN,-I herewith submit my annual report for the year 1914.
In the spring there was the usual inspection of all neat cattle, swine, etc., together with the premises and stables in which they were kept. The animals, for the most part, were in good physical condition and apparently free from contagious disease. Some of the stables, however, required changes made in them to improve their drainage, light, ventilation, etc., and this was done as soon as the owner's attention was called to it.
There has been several cases of rabies in Town during the year, although there were no serious results except the loss of the animals infected. This outbreak was, no doubt, started by the same dog; probably a stray one from some adjoining town, as all of our cases developed within a few days of each other. There was no spread of the disease, however, and no persons were bitten.
On Dec. I Foot and Mouth disease was discovered in one of our herds and was reported to the Bureau of Animal Industry. Inspectors from the Bureau examined the cows and found several well developed cases, enough, in fact, to warrant them in killing the entire herd, which was done a few days later. The animals were buried on the premises and all precautions taken to prevent any spread of the disease.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK B. STRATTON, M. D. V.
SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1914.
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Report of Plumbing Inspector.
To the Board of Health, Swampscott, Mass :
GENTLEMEN,-I herewith submit my twelfth annual report for the year 1913-1914. The work of the office is shown as follows :-
Plumbing permits issued .
Permits refused .
14
Complaints investigated
29
Cases reported to Board
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12
Cases settled by Board
12
Registered Master plumbers
12
Registered Journeyman plumbers
14
All others
82
Respectfully submitted, MARTIN E. NIES, Inspector of Plumbing.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., December 31, 1914.
Report of Milk Inspector.
To the Board of Health :
GENTLEMEN,-I herewith submit my report as Milk Inspector for the year 1914 :
Number of samples of milk taken and analyzed . 58
Number of samples of milk found under legal standard II
Number of samples of milk taken for bacteria test 24
Number of samples of milk that passed bacteria test 16
Number of licenses issued for the sale of milk 44
Amount received for licenses twenty-two dollars ($22), which amount I have paid to the Town Treasurer, and hold his receipt for the same.
Respectfully submitted,
H. D. SMITH,
Milk Inspector.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., December 31, 1914.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
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REPORT OF Sealer of Weights and Measures.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., December 18, 1914.
To the Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,- I herewith submit my annual report for the year ending January 1, 1915 :
Total number of balances and platform scales tested :
January 1, 1914, to January 1, 1915 89
Number of weights tested ·
182
Number of measures tested
120
Number of measures condemned .
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14
Number of balances condemned
4
Number of yard sticks sealed
2
Number of pumps sealed
8
Total amount received for above $22.70, which I have turned over to the Town Treasurer.
I have found the scales in the different stores in Town in very good order, needing very little adjustment, but had to condemn quite a number of measures in the small stores. The standard embraces the following : one avoirdupois balance, fifty pounds ; one set of avoirdupois weights, sixteen divisions ; drachms, one; two divisions, ounces, one quarter, one half, one, two, four, eight, pounds; one, two, four, five, ten, twenty, twenty-five, fifty ; one set of liquid measures of six dimensions ; one gill, one half, pint, one quart, two quarts, one gallon ; one set of dry measures, four divisions ; one quart, two quarts, one-half peck, one-half bushel ; one yard measure, ten fifty pound weights, one balance for testing small weights, one steel stamp, one hammer, two drills, one bitstock, one breast drill, one tripod, one tin tube and ten graduating glasses.
ALFRED G. WATTS,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR REPORT.
1914]
Report of the Overseers of the Poor.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
The Board of Overseers of the Poor submits the following report :
The number of persons aided this year is the largest that we have ever cared for, divided as follows :
Aided in Swampscott 70
Aided in other cities and towns 24
Making a total of men, women and children of . 94
Much to our satisfaction we have been able to take care of this increase without running over our annual appropriation. This result is due largely to the fact that we are continually urging and expecting our charges to be self-supporting as far as it is possible.
We have no disputed claims with any other city or town. Our settle- ment decisions are all adjusted to protect Swampscott, and accepted by all the cities and towns that have any cases belonging to us.
We wish to commend the fine work done in Swampscott by the District Nurse Association, as it materially helps our Department. We have been working jointly on a number of cases, and the results have been beneficial to the patients as well as to the Town.
We want to call the attention of the Town to the faithful and efficient work done by Miss Kearney, the visiting nurse of the Swampscott Association, and we recommend families or persons in need of her ser- vices to call on her.
The Swampscott District Nurse Association is a worthy and useful organization, and it should be freely supported by our townspeople. The work of this Association, in our opinion, would be much larger and broader if there could be established a Relief Fund to take care of hospital cases. We have many people in our Town that are'poor, but not destitute, and these worthy cases could be looked after by a Relief Fund.
Recommendation.
We would recommend that the Town appropriate the sum of $3,800 for the maintainance of the Poor Department for the ensuing year.
The Board extends thanks to all officials and citizens who have in any way assisted us in the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH F. CROWELL, Chairman. EDMUND RUSSELL, Secretary. HARRY E. CAHOON.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., January 1, 1915.
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SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Persons having settlement in Swampscott aided by other cities and towns . .
24
Persons fully supported in Swampscott . 3 .
Families partially supported in Swampscott
13
. Men, women and children receiving aid in Swampscott dur- ing 1914 70 .
Settlement in Swampscott
62
Settlement elsewhere in State
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Financial Report.
Reimbursed by State
$57 50
Reimbursed by Boston City Hospital
10 00
Reimbursed by cities and towns ·
314 79
Due from State .
$8 53
Due from cities and towns
41 40
Expenditures 1910
$3,939 94
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1911
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66
1912
3,798 39
66
1913
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3,876 03
1914 .
3,798 45
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND RUSSELL,
Secretary.
SWAMPSCOTT, January 1, 1915.
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$382 29
3,624 60
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CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
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Report of Superintendent of Cemetery.
To the Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN, - I herewith submit my fifth annual report as Superin- tendent of the Cemetery.
Lots Sold During the Year.
One (1) in the new part at $165.00.
One (1) in the new part at $155.50.
Three (3) in the new part at $150.00 each.
One (1) in the new part at $106.50.
One (1) in the new part at $72.50.
One (1) in the new part at $67.50.
One (1) in the new part at $64.50.
One (1) in the new part at
$58.50.
One (1) in the new part at
$50.00.
Nine (9) single graves at
$15.00 each.
Total amount received for lots and single graves $1,325.00.
Number of interments, fifty-four (54).
A concrete curb has been put in around the grass and flower plot at the main entrance, also the Cemetery has been cleaned up and put in condi- tion for the winter.
I would recommend that the improvement at the Cemetery in making more small lots be completed and money be appropriated for the same.
For the care and maintenance of the Cemetery I would recommend that $1,600 be appropriated.
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD A. SMITH,
Superintendent.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., January 1, 1915.
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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, 1914.
During the past year there has been constructed 8,267 square yards of tar bound macadam road, 2,223 square yards of water bound macadam road, and about one and three quarters miles of gravel resurfaced roadway.
All streets in the Town have been patrolled and wherever depressions or breaks have been found in the surface of these streets, the same have been repaired with gravel or crushed stone and tar or heavy asphalt oil.
Nearly every public street in Town with the exception of that portion of Humphrey street, where sewer and water pipe work has been in progress, has been resurfaced and rolled with the steam roller.
All gutters in the streets of the Town have been scraped and cleaned once during the spring and again in the fall, and in the main streets every week, weather permitting.
Forty-two signs, bearing the names of the streets where placed, have been located at different parts of the Town.
One hundred and ninety-one feet of guard rail fence has been erected at different places in Town where most needed.
The driveway across the railroad bridge on Essex street has been newly replanked this year.
There have been built this year, seven new catch basins. In connection with this catch basin construction there have been laid 60 feet of 6-inch pipe drain, 296 feet of 8-inch pipe drain, 150 feet of 10-inch pipe drain and 120 feet of 12-inch pipe drain.
One thousand two hundred and twenty-four square yards of gutter have been paved with cobblestone paving and one stone crosswalk has been laid.
Curbstone, which by reason of frost or some other cause has been thrown out of place, to the amount of 484 linear feet, has been reset.
For repairing and constructing sidewalks, the following amounts of material have used :
279 loads of coarse gravel,
353 loads of screened gravel and
389 tons of stone dust.
One hundred forty-six loads of sand have been used for sanding side- walks during the winter season.
Tar concrete sidewalks have been repaired wherever necessary. For this work 415.6 square yards of new tar concrete, 1,822.6 square yards of skim coat tar concrete and 331.6 square yards of painted tar concrete have been used. The prices paid for this work were as follows :
For new tar concrete work, 45 cents per square yard.
For skim coat tar concrete, 27 cents per square yard and
For painting tar concrete, 8 cents per square yard.
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Under the appropriation for Continuous Sidewalks, 3,070 linear feet of curbstone were laid.
All tar concrete sidewalks put in during the year 1914, were laid under contract by J. H. Mclaughlin of Lynn, Mass., and all granolithic walks were laid by M. McDonough Co. of Swampscott, Mass. (see Selectmen's Report. )
Stetson Avenue Drain. This drain was removed and a larger pipe drain relaid. In connection with this work there was laid 1,886 linear feet of 20-inch pipe, 207 feet of 15-inch pipe, 406 feet of 12-inch pipe, 212 feet of Io-inch pipe, 107 feet of 5-inch pipe and 46 feet of 4-inch pipe. Four brick manholes and one new catch basin were built and four catch basins were rebuilt. This work was done by contract by James T. Lyons of Swampscott, Mass. Bids for this work were called for and opened in the Selectmen's room. (See Selectmen's Report for bids.) The old pipe not used in the reconstruction of this drain were taken to the Highway Department yard and stored for future use.
The street watering and oiling has been done this year by the employees of the Highway Department.
Bids for furnishing oil for street purposes were asked for and opened in the Selectmen's room in the Town Hall and found to be as follows, all bids f. o. b. Swampscott.
Contractors' Supply Bureau,
Emulsifying Road Oil, 6 cents per gallon.
30% to 40% Asphaltic Base, 7 1-10 cents per gallon.
Alden Speare & Sons Company,
Dust Layer, 6 1-2 cents per gallon.
Tascoil, 7 1-2 cents per gallon.
Tascoil, in quantities, 30,000 gallons or over, 7 1-4 cents.
Heavy Tascoil, No. 2, 7 3-4 cents per gallon.
Heavy Tascoil, in quantities 3,000 gallons or over, 7 1-2 cents.
Dustoline for Roads, 8 1-2 cents per gallon.
Dustoline for Roads, in quantities of 30,000 gallons or over, 8 1-4 cents.
Texas Company,
45 Road Oil, 4 7-10 cents per gallon.
65 Road Oil, 5 3-10 cents per gallon.
Gulf Refining Company,
Asfaltoil C, 4 5-8 cents per gallon.
Standard Oil Company,
Asphaltic Road Oil No. 4, 40% to 50%, 4 3-4 cents per gallon. Non Asphaltic Oil, 6 4-10 cents per gallon.
Indian Refining Company,
30% to 35% Asphaltic Road Oil, 5 3-4 cents per gallon.
40% to 45% Asphaltic Road Oil, 6 cents per gallon.
Non Asphaltic Road Oil, 7 1-4 cents per gallon.
The department used one tank of Black oil and had so many com- plaints from citizens regarding the use of this that from that time the lighter dust laying oils were used for the balance of the season.
Number of gallons of oil used, 58,347.
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Standard Road Oil (Black Oil No. 4) · 10,117 Standard Non Asphaltic . 13,935
Tascoil, Heavy No. 2 .
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34,295
Every street in town has been oiled once, and Burrill street, Essex street from the Lynn line to Danvers road, Monument avenue, Middlesex avenue, Stetson avenue, Redington street, Banks road, Greenwood terrace and Blaney street have been oiled twice.
Tascoil seems to have given the best results the past year, as it lays the dust well and does not track or leave a black, sticky deposit to walk through.
The streets have been watered during forty-three days the past year, the first application having been made April 10, 1914.
Oil was first applied to the main streets April 23, and all streets were oiled by June 25, 1914.
There has been added to the Highway Department the past year one improved oil wagon, and so far this wagon has done fine work.
The Marshall street drain has been rebuilt during the past summer, having been constructed of Portland cement concrete. This work was done under the direction of W. W. Pratt the Town Engineer, and was done for the amount of the appropriation.
The following named streets ; Humphrey terrace, Millett road, Wyman road, Ocean View terrace, Bay View avenue, Fuller avenue and Bond street have been accepted by the Town during the past year. These streets have a total length of about 3,300 feet and they nearly all need to be resurfaced with gravel and have paved gutters constructed.
Humphrey street, from the Roberts turnout to Phillips square, on both sides of the railway tracks will need to be resurfaced the coming year, as a sewer has been constructed there this fall and the street is in a bad condition.
That part of Humphrey street which has been reconstructed during the past year, the Highway Department intend to keep clean and free from flying paper and other refuse, and for that purpose will keep a man with a push cart as much of the time as may be necessary on this street.
Owing to the fact that much heavy travel has been diverted from Humph- rey street to the other town streets during the past year, by reason of reconstruction work, it will be necessary for this department to do con- siderable more street surfacing early the coming season than usual.
Since the removal of the Boston & Maine Railroad freight yard to Essex street, there has been an unusually large increase in the heavy travel along Essex street, between the freight yard and the Lynn line, and I would recommend that curbstones be placed along both sides of this street the entire distance between these points and a concrete surfaced driveway similar to that in Essex street in Lynn, be constructed therein.
Respectfully submitted,
MICHAEL J. RYAN.
SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1914.
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FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE REPORT.
1914]
Fourth of July Committee.
SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1914.
To the Citizens of the Town of Swampscott:
GENTLEMEN,-The committee appointed by the direction of the annual town meeting of 1914 to furnish entertainment on the Fourth of July, 1914, submit the following report. Appropriation $800.
EXPENSES :
W. F. Newhall & Son, prizes for sports
$163 00
Engineering, for sports
3 00
Ice, for ice water
50
American Express Company, expressing on fire- works
2 78
J. B. Hawes, labor
I 25
American Fireworks Company, fireworks
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200 00
F. W. Homan, sundry expenses for sports
IO 66
E. E. Shapleigh, corn crippettes
32 50
Ward Press, printing
2 15
H. D. Palmer, ice cream for children .
36 00
Morse & Prentiss, printing
7 25
Swampscott Cadet Band
220 50
O. G. Poor, lumber
14 78
E. A. Runalls, flags
83 30
$777 67
Balance on hand
$22 33
The thanks of the committee is, through this report, extended to Andrew W. Preston, the Lynn Gas & Electric Company, Mrs. Louise E. Shapleigh, General James L. Bates, W. R. C. 122, and all others who gave valuable assistance in the carrying out of the program of the day.
STUART P. ELLIS,
OSCAR G. POOR, ALFRED F. FRAZIER, F. A. B. STANTON, WILLIAM R. CURTIS, F. W. HOMAN.
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Report of Park Commissioners.
SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1914.
To the Citizens of the Town of Swampscott:
The Park Commissioners herewith submit their Annual Report for the year 1914.
At the first meeting of the Board, held at the Town Hall, Friday even- ing, February 20, the Board organized for the year by choosing Arthur T. Tapper, chairman, and Alfred F. Frazier, secretary. Horace W. Blanchard was elected as the superintendent of the Blaney Beach Reser- vation. During the year the Board has met on an average of once a week and sometimes oftener. Aside from the time spent in the meetings the commissioners have given much time to the attention of matters pertain- ing to the work of the Department.
Blaney Beach Reservation.
While no important changes or alterations have been made at the fish house during the year, many things have occurred to demand much of the attention of the Board to this locality. When the layout of Humphrey street was made, a considerable strip of land was taken by the County Commissioners for the street widening. It was made necessary by this widening to remove the band stand and also one of the shelters from their former locations. The shelter was removed temporarily to the lower part of the reservation and the band stand was removed to the Paradise road playgrounds. This put the Board to an expense not figured upon at the beginning of the year. By the widening of Humphrey street the narrow part of the park land near the Stanley estate has been done away with altogether. From the Stanley estate to a point opposite the Swampscott club a new concrete sea wall has been put in which adds much to the appearance of the beach. There is a small place where the new and old wall joins that is not yet completed and the Board is at present negotiating with the engineers to have a better looking joint made. The park has been considerably narrowed through the widening of the street and the surface of almost the entire park will have to be restored. The commissioners have an agreement in writing with the M. McDonough Company, the contractors who have been doing the work on the street, to do this. The restoration of the grade will be done as soon as the spring opens. The Park Commissioners have consulted with the County Com- missioners concerning the damage done to the property of the Town by the taking of the land and the changing of the grade, but till now have been unable to receive any satisfactory answer from them. There are several matters that will need the attention of the Commissioners about the reservation during the coming year, and a number of needed repairs will have to be made, both to the buildings and grounds.
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Monument Avenue.
During the past year the commissioners have been obliged to do much pruning among the shrubbery and have been obliged to remove entirely the shrubbery in two of the beds near the junction of Monument avenue and Elmwood road. During the past summer these beds were set out with decorative plants and are now planted with tulip bulbs for the spring display. The shrubbery has not received any skilled attention since it was planted until recently, and much of it is in very poor condition and will need, during the coming year, still further attention. Two plots of grass were renewed last spring, and there are others which will have to be cared for in a similar manner the coming spring. Through the coopera- tion of the Board of Selectmen one of the new white way lights was secured to replace the unsightly pole at the junction of Monument avenue and Elmwood road. Another improvement that should be made in the near future is a concrete curbing around the circle and around the several corners of the property to prevent any encroachment of automobiles and wagons upon the grass. Because of the lowering of the grade of the Bur- rill street sidewalk a grade damage has been caused to that end of the reservation. The commissioners have consulted the State Highway Commissioners in the matter, but as yet no settlement has been reached. In this case, as in the case of the taking of the Town's land at Blaney Beach, no notice was given the Park Commissioners of the Town by either the state or county boards of the intended changes. It is the con- tention of the Park Commissioners that the taking of the Town's land and the causing of damage to the property of the Town should be cared for in the same way as the property of private owners.
At the request of the Board of Selectmen and the State Highway Com- missioners a small portion of land on the northerly side of reservation was taken from the parkway in order to make the lines of Monument avenue conform to the lines of the Soldiers' Monument lot.
Paradise Road Playgrounds.
Early the past summer five tilts were installed upon the raised portion of the playgrounds for the use of the smaller children, and a jumping box was put in for the older boys. Permission during the fall was given the high school to install a frame to hold the tackling dummy used during the football season. Early in the season considerable regrading had to be done on the part of the grounds used for baseball, and to co-operate with the Fourth of July committee still further attention had to be given to the grounds in order that they might be in first class condition for the sports on the Fourth. It is the intention of the commissioners to install if pos- sible additional apparatus during the coming year, that the little ones may have a place to play while the older ones are enjoying base ball, basket ball and other games. The commissioners have received from a public spirited citizen an offer to install, without cost to the town, sand boxes for the little ones. As a part of the improvement of the raised portion of the grounds the surface will have to be somewhat regraded, as nothing has been done to it except to cut the grass since the original laying out of the grounds. During the present winter your commissioners have had much trouble in flooding the grounds for skating. This has been due mostly to
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