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BUREAU OF STATISTICS REPORT.
1914]
General Accounts.
LIABILITIES.
Temporary Loans :
Anticipation of Revenue .
$35,000 00
Appropriation Balances :
Lally Claim
$250 00
Tank Wagon ·
295 20
Sewer Plans . .
846 30
Water Maintenance . .
269 87
Sewer Construction :
Stetson Avenue
2 75
Humphrey Street .
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1,313 55
Green wood Avenue
8 00
King Street
158 32
Monument Avenue .
50 00
Highway Construction :
Humphrey Street Widening
· 10,454 95
Humphrey Street Approaches .
7,176 64
Macadam Pavements
346 45
Continuous Sidewalks
30 72
Water Construction :
Phillips Avenue
107 89
Galloupe's Avenue
347 48
Mountwood Road
50 00
Millett Road
23 57
Premiums on Loans :
(Reserved for payment of debt)
1,177 25
Overlays : (Reserved for Abatement of Taxes)
1913 Levy .
$344 84
1914 Levy .
1,425 85
1,770 69
Water Revenue :
(Reserved when collected for Water Depart- ment )
5,484 13
Surplus Revenue :
Supplementary Warrant . ·
$36,023 76
Less General Revenue Deficiency 5,797 83 .
30,225 93
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TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT.
Balance Sheet - December 31, 1914. Debt Accounts.
Water Loan Sinking Fund :
Cash and Securities .
$68,304 60
Net Bonded Debt:
(Balancing Account)
. 720,895 40
$789,200 00
Funded or Fixed Debt :
Permanent Improvement Notes
· $344,100 00
Sewer Bonds (Serial)
· 206,500 00
Water Bonds (Serial)
88,600 00
Water Bonds (With Sinking Fund)
· 150,000 00
$789,200 00
Trust and Investment Accounts.
Trust and Investment Funds :
Cash and Securities
· $13,290 48
$13,290 48
Trust and Investment Funds :
Phillips' School Medal Fund . $1,621 18
Joanna Morse Library Fund .
6,786 18
A. F. Nesbett Cemetery Fund (General) ·
236 64
A. F. Nesbett Cemetery Fund (Private) . .
214 44
Cemetery Lots Investment Fund .
4,432 04
$13,290 48
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TOWN WARRANT.
1914]
Town Warrant. Monday, February 15, 1915.
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 assemble in the Town Hall, in said Swampscott, on Monday, the fifteenth day of February, current, at 6 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator for one (1) year.
ART. 2. To choose a Town Clerk for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Board of Selectmen for one (1) year.
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 one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Board of School Committee for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Overseers of the Poor for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Health for three (3) years.
To choose a Surveyor of Highways for three (3) years.
To choose three Constables for one (1) year.
To choose one Park Commissioner for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Water and Sewerage Board for three (3) years.
To choose one Tree Warden for one (1) year.
All to be chosen on one ballot.
ART. 3. To vote by ballot " Yes " or "No" upon the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Town?"
ART. 4. To vote by ballot " Yes " or " No " upon the question : Shall an act passed by the General Court, being Chap. 487, Acts of 1913, being an act relative to the promotion of call men in the Fire Department of cities and towns, be accepted.
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ART. 5. To vote by ballot " Yes " or " No " upon the question : Shall an act passed by the General Court, being Section 42 of Chap. 514, Acts of 1909, as affected by Chap. 494, Acts of 1911, which provides that eight hours shall constitute a day's work for city and town employees, be accepted.
ART. 6. Shall Chapter 807, of the Acts of 1913, being an act to provide for compensating laborers, workmen and mechanics for injuries sustained in public employment, and to exempt from legal liability counties and municipal corporations which pay such compensation, be accepted by the inhabitants of this Town. Yes. No.
ART. 7. To hear and act upon the reports of the
Selectmen.
Board of Assessors.
Board of Health. Overseers of the Poor.
Park Commissioners. School Committee.
Surveyor of Highways.
Library Trustees.
Tree Warden.
Superintendent of Moth Work.
Town Accountant.
Board of Fire Engineers.
Chief of Police.
Superintendent of the Cemetery.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Inspector of Plumbing.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions.
Inspector of Milk.
Committee on July Fourth.
Committee on Ways and Means.
Committee on Increased Accommodations for the Library.
Committee to consider the needs of the High School.
Committee on New Town Hall.
Committee on Salem Relief sufferers.
Forest Warden.
ART. 8. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the ensuing year.
ART. 9. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 10. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Water and Sewerage Commissioners for the ensuing year.
ART. II. To see what action the Town will take in relation to salaries for Town officials for the ensuing year.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to employ a Civil Engineer to act as Town Engineer, to have charge and supervise the engineering work of all the departments of the Town, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
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. ART. 13. To see if the Town will authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in antici- pation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1915, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, a debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
ART. 14. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations in the Selectmen's Report as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1914, on pages 86, 90, 92, 93, 95, 96, 101, 103, 104, 109, 110, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118 and 119.
ART. 15. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendation of the Board of Assessors, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1914.
ART. 16. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Board of Health, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1914, on page 161.
ART. 17. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Overseers of the Poor, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1914, on page 165.
ART. 18. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Park Commissioners, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1914, on page 175.
ART. 19. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the School Committee, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1914.
ART. 20. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Surveyor of Highways, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1914, on page 170.
ART. 21. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Tree Warden, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1914, on page 156.
ART. 22. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations in the report of the Engineers of the Fire Department, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1914, on pages 151 and 152.
ART. 23. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Chief of Police, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1914, on page 150.
ART. 24. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Superintendent of the Cemetery, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1914, on page 167.
ART. 25 To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Moth Superintendent, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1914, on page 153.
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ART. 26. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Forest Warden, as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1914, on page 155.
ART. 27. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Library Trustees as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1914, on page 176.
ART. 28. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recommendations of the Committee on High School addition as contained in the Annual Report, December 31, 1914, on page 179.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will construct a sewer from Ontario street to Erie street, so-called, and appropriate money for same, as petitioned for by A. E. Matthews and others.
ART. 30. To see what action the Town will take to extend the eastern end of the new trunk sewer, and appropriate what money is necessary for the same, as petitioned for by Walter W. Johnson and others.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Linden avenue, a distance of two hundred and fifty feet, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Adelbert S. Hammond and others ·
ART. 32. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main from a point at corner of Jessie and Tidd streets, a distance of about 660 feet, through Bertha street, with two hydrants, and make the necessary appro- priation therefor, as petitioned by Edwin G. Spaulding and others.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water system through the following streets : Stimpson road, 367 feet from Ocean View terrace ; Sargent road, 665 feet from Stimpson road ; Aspen road, west of Sargent road, and Arbutus road, as recommended by the Board of Select- men.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will vote to lay a 24-inch drain pipe from . the brook on Banks road to the culvert at the foot of Farragut road and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Albert R. Ellis and others.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will vote to lay a 24-inch drain pipe from the brook on Banks road to the culvert at the foot of Farragut road and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by George T. Smart and others.
ART. 36. To see if the Town will extend the sewer through Bay View avenue, from Greenwood avenue, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by George T. Till and others.
ART. 37. To see what action the Town will take for extension of the sewer on Roy street as far as number 57 Roy street, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 38. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $659, to be placed in the hands of the Town Treasurer under the provisions of Sec- tions 1 and 2 of Chapter 498 of the Acts of 1908, entitled "An Act to authorize citizens and towns to establish a pension fund for teachers in the public schools," as recommended by the School Committee.
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ART. 39. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1,000 to be used in securing detailed plans and specificiations, in accordance with the report submitted by the Committee having under consideration the needs of the High School.
ART. 40. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1,500 to put into better condition the yards of the Machon, Clarke and Hadley Schools, as recommended by the School Committee.
ART. 41. To see what action the Town will take toward selling certain Town lands on New Ocean street and Pine street, as petitioned for by James T. Lyons and others.
ART. 42. To see if the Town will instruct the Park Commissioners to place and maintain a bathing raft equipped with a spring board off Blaney's Beach and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Nathaniel R. Martin and others.
ART. 43. To see what action the Town will take, if any, with regard to the planting of shade trees, and to appropriate at least $150 for this purpose, in order that the Town might enter the Shade Tree Planting Contest conducted by the Massachusetts Forestry Association.
ART. 44. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of eight hundred dollars for the observance of the 4th of July, the money to be spent under the direction of the Park Commissioners, and four citizens to be appointed from the floor, as petitioned for by Oscar G. Poor and others.
ART. 45. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $600 to publish a valuation book, according to the By-Laws of the Town, giving the assessed value April 1, 1915, of all the real and personal property in the Town. This work to be done under the direction of the Board of Assessors.
ART. 46. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars ($400) to be donated to the Swampscott Visiting Nurse Associa- tion to be used for the work of that Association, as petitioned for by Charles H. Hersey and others.
ART. 47. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to secure appropriate legislation to require all premises situated along or upon sewered streets, to to be connected with the Town sewer within one year after the completion of any sewer, as petitioned for by Aaron R. Bunting and others.
ART. 48. To see if the Town will release all its right, title and interest in or to property No. 20 Rock avenue, acquired under sale for taxes for the year A. D. 1896, there appearing to be no unpaid tax outstanding against the property, but no release of the Town's right having been recorded.
ART. 49. To see if the Town will vote to lay out a street from Green- wood avenue to Humphrey square, so-called, now known as Forest avenue, as petitioned for by Edmund Russell and others.
ART. 50. To see if the Town will vote to change the name of the public highway, now known as Orient street, to Puritan road, as petitioned for by Peleg Gardner and others.
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ART. 51. To see if the Town will adopt the following By-Law :
It shall be the duty of the Board of Selectmen, as agents of the Town, to keep insured against loss or damage by fire all of the insurable property of the Town, both real and personal. Each department of the Town shall annually, on or before the first day of April, render a complete list of all Town property, both real and personal, under its control, to the Board of Selectmen, together with a description of said property and its estimate of the replacement value thereof. Each department shall further render a statement in writing to the Board of Selectmen of all property purchased by it for the benefit of the Town forthwith upon the purchase or acquisi- tion of any such property.
ART. 52. To see if the Town will adopt the following By-Law, rela- tive to the hours of labor of its Fire Department, viz.
SECTION I. The hours of duty of the permanent members of the Fire Department shall be 21 hours each day. Each of said members shall have a furlough of 24 hours each fifth day, together with an annual vacation of two weeks without loss of pay. The time and manner of excusing said members of the Fire Department from duty shall be determined by the Chief or other officers, or Board at the head of the Fire Department.
SECT. 2. The Chief or other officers or Board at the head of the Fire Department shall have authority in case of any public emergency to pre- vent any member of the Department from taking the furlough or vacation herein provided for at the time when he is entitled thereto or the time assigned therefor, provided that such furlough or vacation shall be granted as soon thereafter as is practicable at the discretion of said head of the Department.
ART. 53. To see if the Town will vote to place an extra permanent man at the chemical engine house on Phillips avenue, as petitioned for by W. L. Terhune and others.
ART. 54. To see if the Town will appropriate $25,000 from the special revenue account toward the erection of a public library, as petitioned for by Henry B. Sprague and others.
ART. 55. To see what action the Town will take to abate the nuisance on Humphrey street, near Pleasant street, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by John Finnegan, Jr., and others.
ART. 56. To see what action the Town will take in regards to accept- ing Yawata street as it was petitioned for. as petitioned for by John W. Wilson and others.
ART. 57. To see if the Town will vote to increase the pay of the special policemen of the Town from 30 cents to 35 cents per hour, as petitioned for by C. A. Bryson and others.
ART. 58. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $900 to lower the grade of Atlantic avenue in front of estate of Fred M. Kimball, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
ART. 59. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $3.500 for surfacing and drainage of streets accepted by the town in 1914, as recom- mended by the Surveyor of Highways.
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ART. 60. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $6,000 to reconstruct Humphrey street, from Commonwealth avenue to Humphrey Square, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
ART. 61. To see what action the Town will take to extend the improve- ments in the cemetery, and appropriate $1,200 for same.
ART. 62. To see if the Town will vote to accept Walker road, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated January, 1915, filed with the Town Clerk January 19th, 1915, and reported to the Town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed.
ART. 63. To see if the Town will vote to accept Clark road, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated January, 1915, filed with the Town Clerk, January 25, 1915, and reported to the Town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed.
ART. 64. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow Cedar Hill terrace, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated April, 1914, filed with the Town Clerk, June 13, 1914, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by James W. Santry and others.
ART. 65. To see if the Town will acquire by purchase or otherwise land at corners of Humphrey and Redington streets to make necessary corner curves and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 66. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by purchase or other- wise the triangular piece of land at the southwest corner of Burrill and Essex streets and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 67. To see what action the Town will take, if any, towards granting a Saturday half-holiday with pay for the employees of the High- way, Water, Sewer and Moth Departments, during the entire year, subject to the same regulations as for the year 1914, as petitioned for by Guy T. White and others.
ART. 68. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1,000 to be drawn upon by the Board of Selectmen to pay premiums upon insur- ance policies and in adjusting the insurance rates of the Town.
ART. 69. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Tax Collector to itemize the tax assessed against each person, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 70. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money in pay- ment for iron fence purchased by Park Commission in May, 1914, as recommended by the Board of Park Commissioners.
ART. 71 To appropriate and raise by borrowing or otherwise such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for all or any of the purposes mentioned in the foregoing articles.
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The polls to be closed at sunset.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, Depots, Post Offices and three other public and conspicuous places in the Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of the Warrant, with your doings thereon, at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-ninth day of January, in the year nineteen hundred and fifteen.
CLARENCE B. HUMPHREY, ELIAS G. HODGKINS, JAMES F. CATON,
A true copy. Attest : Selectmen of Swampscott.
FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
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