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November
1,389
1,319
95.0
December
1,372
1,293
94.2
*Much below normal owing to Infantile Paralysis precautions.
The normal distribution of membership among the several schools was as follows, showing comparison with Fall Term, 1915 :-
School
1915
1916
Variation
Per cent Variation
High
275
285
+ 3.6
Hadley
.
571
591
+20
+ 3.5
Clarke
.
302
290
-12
- 4.0
Machon
·
140
161
+21
+14.2
Palmer
·
70
60
-IO
-14.2
·
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APPENDIX C.
ABSENTEES.
| January
February
March
April
May
June
Sept.
| October
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Complaints received .
24
16
IO
9
22
I3
19
13
7
9
142
Visits made .
41
20
24
9
39
17
24
21
8
13
216
Cases of truancy .
2
3
3
3
6
5
4
2
I
I
30
Second offence
O
O
I
0
0
o
I
o
O
O
2
Inexcusible absences
9
4
3
3
7
3
IO
8
4
3
54
Apprehended on street
O
3
I
3
3
I
2
O
I
I
15
Enforcement of labor laws
I
O
I
O
O
I
2
I
O
O
6
Cases reported to Sup. of Schools
I
4
I
3
5
7
4
2
I
0
28
Cases reported to Board of Health
I
I
O
O
0
O
I
3
Cases brought in court
O
O
I
O
O
O
*
O
2
Cases com. to Essex Coun. Train School
0
O
I
O
O
O
O
O
O
I
-
*The parents promising to keep the boy in school the case was placed on file.
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APPENDIX D Comparison of the Cost of Swampscott Schools with Other Towns, 1915=16 (This classification of towns is taken from the Report of the State Board of Education and based on similiarity in size and Valuation)
TOWN
Population 1915
Valuation April 1, 1915
Tax Rate 1915
Average Member- ship
Amount Raised by Local Tax for Support of Schools
Cost per Pupil from Local Tax
Comparative Standing of Same Among 353 Cities and Towns
Amount Expended for Schools on Every $1,000 of Valuation
Standing of Same Among 353 Cities and Towns
Average Membership in High School
Cost per Pupil in High School
State .
$40 31
$4 64
Milton
S,600
$33,681,000
$12 50
1,443
$90,997 29
63 06
2 70
335
298
$93 90
Wellesley
6,439
20,684,000
12 00
1,031
6,104 15
60 24
13
3 00
331
216
82 51
Lexington
5,538
10,028,000
20 80
1,115
48,350 79
43 36
61
4 82
239
213
84 05
Winchester . .
10,005
18,920,000
18 00
1,772
$3,954 17
47 38
10
4 44
272
381
75 19
Barnstable
4,995
9,470,000
16 30
862
39, 112 41
45 37
49
4 13
289
130
101 75
Falmouth .
3,917
16,991,000
10 80
705
44,325 51
62 87
12
2 61
337
118
126 05
Swampscott . .
7,345
15,989,000
17 80
1,362
54,686 26
40 15
79*
3 42
319
285
72 40
Canton .
5,623
6,838,000
16 70
692
31,735 93
45 85
44
4 64
253
191
53 70
Hingham .
5,264
S,737,000
18 00
921
41,896 86
45 49
47
4 80
240
306
69 82
·
·
*Note that the per capita cost of education in Swampscott is lower than any of these towns with which it may justly be compared and lower than the average for the State.
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
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APPENDIX E. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF THE Swampscott High School
Class of 1916 - - - - June 21, 1916
PROGRAM
INVOCATION
Rev. John Vannevar
"MARCH OF THE TOREADORS" ·
School Chorus
SALUTATORY-"A Musical Interpretation" Blanche Winifred Miller
"SUGAR INDUSTRY IN PORTO RICO "
William Henry Preston
Veazie School Chorus
ADDRESS
Henry Turner Bailey
(a) "Evening Wind"
(b) "Jerusalem" .
Saint-Saens · Gounod School Chorus
PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFT
Lawrence Kenneth Hussey President Class of 1916
ACCEPTANCE OF CLASS GIFT Walter Edward Carr President Class of 1917
VALEDICTORY-"Vocational Training" Cleopatra Leawood
AWARDING OF PHILLIPS MEDALS AND PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Robert F. Kimball Member of School Committee
CLASS ODE
George Edward Hutchinson
ACCOMPANIST
Marion Oakes Brown
CLASS MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Roger Wells Pope
Bizet
"STORM FIEND".
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Class of 1916.
Maria Wentworth Bates Marion Oakes Brown Marion Olive Bullard Helen Warren Burgess Margaretta Frances Curtis Evelyn Gertrude Curtis Olive Rebecca Frazier Ethel Elizabeth Gay Amy Witter Godfrey Dorothy Louise Hoyt Esther Clara Jeffers Ruth Alden Johnson Cleopatra Leawood Blanche Winifred Miller Amy Frances Ranger Hazel Dorothy Varina Barbara Wardwell Barbara Widger
Elizabeth Ada Young James Leonard Congdon Karl Melvin Frost Lawrence Kenneth Hussey George Edward Hutchinson Samuel Blaine Kehoe Philip Hooper Kitfield Ira Ray Laxton Carleton Walker Owen Rogers Wells Pope William Henry Preston Norman Sinclair Ricker Percy Martin Roope Thomas Carlton Rowen Leland Goldthwaite Shaw Walter Richard Trafton Aaron Weinstein
Awarded Phillips Medals : Cleopatra Leawood Marion Oakes Brown
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Class Ode
Full many a year we've looked forward to this, As a festal occasion and joy ; But now we perceive it's a parting of ways, And its gladness with sadness alloy. O, Classmates, the day of our parting is here, May you all find the road to success ; For the years you have spent in this school on the hill, Passed lightly and gave you redress.
Five years have rolled by since we entered this school; But to-day we leave all, for it's past ;
Remember the future holds tasks in its store, And achievements which longer will last. So, farewell, dear school, farewell, dear friends, We must bid you our last adieu ;
As the years leave us older and wiser still We'll remember the White and the Blue.
Tune : " Fair Harvard."
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
APPENDIX F. GRADUATION EXERCISE CLASS OF 1916
Hadley Grammar School
Tuesday Evening, June 20, 1916 Swampscott, Mass.
PROGRAM
MUSIC (a) " Forget-me-not"
Geise
(b) " Marching" Hadley School Chorus
Trotere
SCENES FROM " MACBETH " Shakespeare
I. A Desert Place.
2. A Room in Macbeth's Castle-Inverness.
3 . A Court in Macbeth's Castle.
4. Same.
MUSIC " The Night Has a Thousand Eyes " . Van der Stucken
(b) " Day Break " Nevin
(c) " Bella Napoli " Boscovitz
5. A Room in the Palace-Forres.
6. A Hall in the Palace.
7. A Cavern.
8. A Room in the Castle-Dunsinane.
9. Within the Castle.
MUSIC (a) " Lullaby of Life " Leslie
(b) " The Long Day Closes " Sullivan
ACCOMPANIST-Herbert Irvine.
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CAST OF CHARACTERS
Macbeth .
Banquo ·
Macduff
Doctor
Lennox
Ross
Angus Seyton
Malcolm
Howard Durland
Donalbain
.
Donald Warnock
Fleance .
A Porter
Servant
Lady Macbeth
Arthur Duncan Alfred Stover Frances Henderson Adele Hyde Alice Turner Frances Tatro
First Witch
Miriam Rideout
Second Witch
Third Witch
Doris Munsey Madeline Colclough
Graduates, June, 1916.
Inga Sadie Mathilda Anderson Thomas Augustus Bailey, Jr.
Thelma Lillian Bradley
Pauline Augusta Brown Harold Abbott Burrill Madeleine Geneva Burrill Eleanor Jewell Buxton George Francis Carleton
Edward Andrew Chateauneuf
Madeline Viola Colclough George William Duffy Arthur Franklin Duncan Helen Love Dunk
Howard Libby Durland Edith Vivian Ellis Earl Hay Forsyth Charles Reginald Foster Abbie Hood Goodwin
Frances Elizabeth Henderson
Emma Watson Holmes
Oliver Elmar Holmes
Marie Adele Hyde
Herbert Joshua Allan Irvine Ernest Gustaf A. Isenbeck Edward Merritt Lewis Lillian Victoria Macdonald
Helen June Marden James Edward McCarty Frederick Atkins McKennon Lester Bertram Morley Doris Maude Munsey Russell Edward Randall Miriam Ingalls Rideout Alfred Lea William Stover Frances Louise Tatro Oscar Tauber Forrest Clark Thomas Alice Elizabeth Turner Anthony Turner
Donald James Warnock
Caspar Earl Wiley Mildred Caroline Yasi
Grace Elizabeth Young
Class Officers.
James Edward McCarty, President. Doris Maude Munsey, Vice President. Lester Bertram Morley, Treasurer. Eleanor Jewell Buxton, Secretary.
Russel Randall Casper Wiley Edward McCarty
Earl Forsyth Oliver Holmes Merritt Lewis
Gentlewomen
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
APPENDIX G. School Directory. School Telephones.
Clarke
2127
Hadley .
2067
High
2574
Machon
4858
Palmer
1954
Teachers. High School.
George W. Low, Principal
Alice I. Marsh
Ruth Everett
Marion D. Munsey
Harriet M. Dillon
Frances M. Fay
Mildred B. Skerry
Abby W. Howes
A. Lillian Rideout
Mary F. Davis
Maebelle Adams
Annie Hall
Carrie J. Fish
Elsie O. Knowlton
Cleopatra Leawood, Clerk
15 Bay View avenue 165 Redington street 113 Paradise road 29 Andrew road 6 Elmwood terrace 113 Paradise road 141 Paradise road 18 Stimpson road 15 Farragut road 74 Paradise road 117 Paradise road 49 Brown street, Waltham, Mass. 165 Redington street 79 Greenwood avenue 38 Thomas road
Hadley School.
Elizabeth P. Dame, Assistant, VIII-A
Louise E. Hoeh, VIII-B
Marion H. Collyer, VIII-B
Maude L. Schofield, VII-A
Ada C. Bundy, VII- A & B
Lena Jenkins, VII-B Mary E. King, VI-A
Florence Gregg, VI-B
Frances A. Gould, V-A
Mabel F. Verry, V-B
Pauline Flagg, IV-A Eva L. Knowlton, IV-B
Marion F. Newcomb, III Katharine Y. Prescott, II
Mabel L. Colby, I-A
Dorothy Jasinsky, I-B
259 Humphrey street Roxbury, Mass. 259 Humphrey street 38 Rockland street 95 Banks road 38 Rockland street 38 Rockland street 17 Ingalls terrace 7 Nichols street, Danvers, Mass. 304 Broadway, Everett, Mass. 978 Humphrey street 241 Humphrey street 60 Greenwood avenue 23 Huron street, Lynn, Mass. 67 New Park street, Lynn, Mass. 94 Walker road
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Clarke School.
Alice L. Shaw, Principal Emily McFadden, VI E. Jane Owen, V Mabel S. Knight, IV
Jean G. Allan, III
Alice T. Durgin, III
Edith A. Farnum, II
Marjorie M. Grey, I
Anna F. Willey, I
9 Farragut road 187 Burrill street 90 Norfolk avenue 42 Poplar street, Danvers, Mass. 74 Clinton street, Evereet, Mass. 45 Pleasant street 133 Norfolk avenue 255 Burrill street 56 Rockland street
Machon School.
Elsie M. Hussey, Principal and IV
lsabel O. Delory, III
Elizabeth Williams, II
Amy M. Fenwick, I
I22 Norfolk avenue 84 Greenwood avenue
4 Chapman street, Beverly, Mass, 255 Burrill street
Palmer School.
Louise C. Stanley, Principal and III-II Blanche E. Doyle, I
149 Humphrey street
149 Humphrey street
Supervisors.
Robert W. Gibb, Music
Alice M. Ballard, Domestic Science
Lulu M. Dix, Drawing
S. Perry, Congdon, Manual Training
East Dedham, Mass. 187 Burrill street Essex street, Lynn, Mass. 41 Thomas road
Janitors.
Horace W. Wardwell, High
James Warnock, Hadley
Fred M. Wardwell, Clarke
Arthur McNamara, Palmer
Abram Stone, Machon
School Physicians.
Dr. Ralph E. Bicknell
Dr. Loring Grimes Dr. Howard K. Glidden
Dr. Harry M. Lowd
Machon
Attendance Officer.
Charles W. Burrill
23 Ingalls terrace 179 Burrill street 23 Ingalls terrace
802 Humphrey street 84 Pine street
High and Palmer Clarke Hadley
263 Burrill street
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Report of Superintendent of Cemetery.
To the Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,- I herewith submit my first annual report as Superin- tendent of Cemetery :
Lots Sold During Year 1916.
Two lots in new part at $150 each
$300 00
One lot in new part at $150
150 00
One lot in new part at $150
150 00
One lot in new part at $60
60 00
One lot in new part at $60
60 00
One lot in new part at $60
60 00
One lot in new part at $60
60 00
One lot in new part at $60
60 00
One lot in new part at $60
60 00
One single grave in new part, $15
15 00
One single grave in old part, $15
15 00
Total amount for lots sold
$990 00
Number of interments for year 1916, 49.
For the care and maintenance of Cemetery I would recommend that one thousand six hundred dollars ($1,600) be appropriated.
Cemetery Appropriation for 1917.
Superintendent, salary
$450 00
Labor
700 00
Planting of beds
70 00
Telephone
20 00
Manure and dressing
20 00
Loam
50 00
Stone dust
35 00
Canvas .
20 00
Grass seed
15 CO
Supplies
30 00
Water and repairs
50 00
Painting fence next to railway
30 00
For shrubs
,
75 00
For safety device lowering of bodies
100 00
$1,600 00
I recommend that the town appropriate $800 to continue the wall in the new part of the cemetery, near Wright street ; to appropriate $100 for enlarging tool shed, and that the salary of the Superintendent of Ceme- tery be increased.
THOMAS HANDLEY,
SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1916.
Superintendent.
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TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT.
1916]
Report of the Town Engineer.
To the Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,-Herewith I submit my fourth annual report of the ser- vices rendered by the Engineering department for the various town departments for the year ending December 31, 1916.
The Engineering Department has had charge of the following line of work : The designing and superintending of the construction of all drains and sewers, together with the specifications and estimates of the same ; the establishing of street lines and curb grades for curbstones and grano- lithic sidewalks ; all data and plans relating to the laying out of streets for acceptance as public ways, and all engineering questions which come before the boards of the several departments.
During the past year the estimates approved by this department have amounted to about $30,000, and all contracts under our charge have been completed according to the specifications therein described.
Storm Water Drainage.
The storm water concrete conduit, 1900 feet long, which connects the Humphrey street culvert with the Melzard brook, through the Phillips Park and the New Ocean House property, as outlined in last year's report, has been completed. This provides a direct and unobstructed channel to the sea for all storm water heretofore discharged on Phillips Park from the area north of Humphrey street.
A tributary conduit of similar design, 662.5 feet long, extending from the Melzard brook to the easterly property line of the New Ocean House prop- erty, has been constructed by the E. R. Grabow Company at its expense. This work was done under the inspection of the Engineering Department
A 20-inch pipe drain has been laid, which connects the catch basins in Millett road and the drain in Humphrey street with the old stone culvert under the sidewalk in Humphrey street, and which has its outfall on Blaney beach.
The remaining portion of the old wooden box outfall has been replaced by a concrete one. It includes a manhole, which contains the necessary tide gate and affords a protection from destructive wave action.
It is imperative that these main storm water conduits should be at all times free from any deposits which would obstruct the free flow of water to the sea.
The Monument avenue drain, located at the northerly end of Monument park, has been replaced by a 20-inch pipe. The flooding of the park has been abated, but recent rains proved that the capacity of the present 15- inch pipe in Thomas road is too small, and that this water should be diverted by a larger pipe down Shaw road to the Mudge brook conduit.
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[Dec. 31
Sewers.
A low grade sewer has been constructed without any land damages to the town, from the Pine street sewer, through the town land and adjoin- ing private estates, thereby sewering the low area bounded by Ontario and Huron streets.
Both Cedar Hill terrace and Bay View avenue sewers are under con- struction. The greater portion of these sewers are in a rock cut, which requires a great amount of labor to excavate to the sewer grade.
The Eastern Intercepting Sewer is located for about 3,000 feet through private property, and it will be necessary for the town to obtain ease- ments. After the plans were drawn for the first section of the sewer it was deemed advisable, by existing conditions, for the town to record the easements for the entire length, before any construction work was under- taken.
It is hoped that the easements will be granted to the town without any heavy damage.
Continuous Sidewalks.
Lines and grades have been given in the various streets as designated by the Board of Selectmen for the laying of 2,917 feet of curbstone, 2, 105 square yards of granolithic sidewalks and 645 square feet of parking. This required a careful study of curb grades, and stone bounds have been set at the initial points of all established street lines within the limits of the work.
Selectmen's Department.
The condition of Essex street has been very much improved by widen- ing to 50 feet, concreting the roadway and laying double tracks. By the delay in laying the double tracks it was impossible to construct the con- crete roadway until late in the fall, when the conditions were very unfavor- able for the work.
Data, estimates and plans have been submitted at various times for the Board's use and approval, including thirteen street plans for acceptance of private ways as public streets.
Cemetery.
The proposed development of the new section of the cemetery as laid out in 1913 has been completed, which has added forty-three new lots of 120 square feet each.
Town Survey.
The co-ordinate survey of the town has been extended when it did not interfere with the construction work of the town, and to date there are completed fifteen sectional sheets of 1,500,000 square feet each.
In conclusion, I wish to express my deep appreciation of the courtesies shown me by the various departments and by private engineers, who have kindly furnished me with much private data, thereby greatly assisting the work of this department.
Respectfully submitted,
WALLACE W. PRATT,
Town Engineer.
SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1916.
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FIRE ENGINEERS' REPORT.
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Board of Fire Engineers' Report.
To the Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,-We herewith submit our report for the year 1916, together with our recommendations for the year 1917.
Apparatus.
The apparatus consists of auto combination A and a horse drawn chemical held in reserve at Phillips Beach.
At the Central house there is auto combination B, ladder truck, auto service car, exercise wagon, and a steam fire engine held in reserve.
Hose.
There is in the department 3,700 feet of good hose and 700 feet of poor hose.
Manual Force.
The manual force consists of thirty-one men assigned as follows : Chief, First Assistant Chief, Captain and six permanent men and twenty-two call men.
Horses.
There are now two horses in the department which were purchased this year to replace the ones condemned by the veterinary.
Fire Stations.
The Central Station is in poor condition and is wholly unsuited for its present requirements. It being of wood construction is a menace to the lives of the men, the apparatus and the fire alarm system, making a con- dition which private individuals would not be allowed to continue.
Your attention is called to this matter at this time, as we do not feel justified in recommending the spending of the amount of money that would be necessary to place this building in proper condition or to replace it with a new one, but the time is not far distant when this matter will have to be taken care of.
The Phillips Beach house is now in good condition, having been painted during the past year, both inside and out, and also a green slate roof was put on this building, thereby making a roof as enduring as is possible to obtain, and which we believe is more in harmony with the surroundings.
Chief's Report.
To the Board of Engineers :
GENTLEMEN,-I herewith submit my report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1916.
Fire Alarm System.
The fire alarm system is in good condition at the present writing.
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[Dec. 31
Fires and Alarms.
The past year there were 37 bell alarms, 31 telephone calls and 2 stills, making a total of 71, the no school signal was sounded II times and the department responded to out of town calls 6 times.
Combination A was called into service 41 times ; Combination B, 50 ; Ladder No. 1, 35; Chemical No. 4, of Lynn, 14; Service Car 23.
Pyrenes used, 12 ; ladders in use, 632 feet ; chemicals used, 644 gallons ; 2₺ inch hose used, 2, 100 feet ; I inch hose used, 1,950 feet ; time at fires, 55 hours and 55 minutes ; distance covered 255-4 miles.
Loss by Fires, 1916.
Value of Buildings
. $110,800 00 48,550 00
Value of Contents
Total
$159,350 00
Insurance on Buildings
$85,900 00
Insurance on Contents Total
22,000 00
$107,900 00
Damage to Buildings
$4,680 70
Damage to Contents
425 00
Total
$5,105 70
Insurance paid on Buildings
$4,680 70
Insurance paid on Contents Total
217 00
Net loss above insurance
$4,897 70 $208 00
GEORGE P. CAHOON,
Chief.
Recommendations.
At the present time the Assistant Chief and two Captains are occupying executive positions in the department at the same salary as the permanent men. We therefore recommend that the salary of the Assistant Chief be made $23 per week and the salary of each Captain be $22 per week.
We recommend that the sum of $400 be appropriated for changing and improving the fire alarm system.
We recommend that the sum of $6,200 be appropriated for the pur- chase of a combination six cylinder motor ladder truck to take the place of the present horse drawn apparatus.
The town of Swampscott to-day has an area of about 3 square miles and contains over 1,700 dwellings, which includes several districts that are developing fast and are becoming closely-built with a class of build- ings that are high in values, many of which are covered with wooden shingles. This, taken in conjunction with the long distances the horse- drawn apparatus would be called upon to reach these sections, makes a hazard which is not only high and a menace to the immediate localities, but to the town as a whole, a condition which we believe demands your most careful consideration.
This has been impressed on us several times during the past year.
In one instance, at a fire on Beach Bluff avenue, over 15 minutes elapsed before the arrival of the ladders, thereby handicapping the rest of
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the department to a serious extent. It is a well-known fact that the cost of maintaining a pair of horses is continuous every day in the year, and it can be shown that for the amount necessary to support the horses the interest on the cost of a new auto truck could be taken care of and leave a substantial amount to be applied to the principal each year, besides giving better service and releasing another man at fires.
We believe that now is the opportune time to secure this apparatus, as we have been able to obtain an offer (in writing) of an allowance of $400 for the old truck, and we believe a sum equal to the purchase price could be realized from the sale of the horses, as they have proved to be two of the best animals that ever came into the department.
Remarks.
Upon the recommendation of this Board there was appropriated at the last annual town meeting the sum of $600 for the purchase and equipment of an automobile to be used for general work in the department. This Board purchased a used 1912 Cadillac, which was in excellent mechanical condition. A squad type of body was built on the rear capable of carry- ing 8 men, the car complete costing the town the sum of $600. Since putting the car into service in May it has travelled 1,677 miles in attend- ing to general work in the department, such as carrying supplies, fire alarm repair work and has been called into service 23 times for small fires, thus saving the sending of the regular apparatus. At a small expense an attachment was made whereby in case of an emergency the service car can be used as a tractor for hauling the horse drawn chemical now held in reserve at Phillips beach. This car makes a valuable addition to the department and shows a material saving in maintenance as compared with the horse formerly used for this purpose, besides having a wider range of usefulness.
During the summer vacation the Phillips, Hadley, Clarke and Machon schools were equipped with the very latest and best type of auxiliarized fire alarm boxes obtainable, so at the present time it is possible to give an alarm from any floor of these schools, thereby adding materially to the safety of the children.
Through the courtesy of Commissioner John Grady, of the Boston Fire Department, our first Assistant Chief was sent to the drill school of that department during the month of May, where he obtained valuable informa- tion in the modern methods of handling hose, ladders, etc., besides the latest opinions of authorities on the best methods of attacking different kinds of fires. Upon the completion of his course at the drill school, one evening a week during the summer was devoted by him to instructing the members of this department, with the result that their efficiency was greatly increased.
H. C. BLANEY, R. W. LOWE, J. WARNOCK.
Fire Engineers.
SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1916.
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[Dec. 31
REPORT OF Superintendent of Moth Work.
To the Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,- The work has been carried on the same as in previous years. During February and March, however, there was an unusual amount of snow and stormy weather, also in May and June there was much rain which hampered the work at the time, but the ground was all covered during the year and the results more satisfactory than expected.
The brown-tail moths are more suppressed than last year. However, the gypsy moths in some localities are quite abundant, while in others they too, are almost extinct. In general the conditions here are about the same as last year. In sections where spray has been used for a period of years the results are very satisfactory. The usual amounts of spraying and creosoting have been done. About fifteen acres of brush have been cut at the rear of Cedar Hill terrace and Glen road in order that we may get in to spray the large trees there. About three tons of arsenate of lead was used and between two and three barrels of creosote.
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