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Grantor:
Clarence E. Gerrish, Nov. 10, 1900.
Grantee:
J. Everett Morse.
Recorded B1626-458
Description:
Beginning at the southerly corner of the granted premises on Essex street, at land now or formerly of J. F. Plummer, thence running northwest- erly by said Plummer land eighty-five and 33/100 feet to a bolt in a rock; thence notheasterly by land now or formerly of Richardson, twenty-one feet, to a point that is nine feet southwesterly from the northwesterly corner of land of the town of Swampscott; thence southeasterly on a line parallel with and nine feet from said land of the town of Swampscott, one hun- dred and eleven feet; thence turning and running southwesterly, thirty-six feet on a line parallel with and one hundred four feet from said Essex street; thence turning and running southeasterly by my other land one hundred and four feet to a point in the line of said Essex street, that is fifty feet northeasterly from said Plummer land; and thence southwesterly by said Essex street, fifty feet to the point begun at.
Grantor;
Sept. 27, 1915.
Edwin B. Greenleaf and Jennie, wife of E. B. Grantee: George D. R. Durkee,
Recorded B2308-488
Description; (portion)
- thence again southwest by said land of said town 100 feet; thence again southeast by said land of said town, 215 feet to said Essex street; thence again southwest by said Essex street, nine feet to land now or formerly of Morse; thence again northwest by said Morse land 215 feet; thence again by said Morse land 21 feet to land now or formerly of Plummer;
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It is therefore recommended that steps be taken to acquire for the town the herein described properties.
EDWARD TILLOTSON Chairman, ARTHUR W. STUBBS, Secretary, JOHN VANNEVAR, H. C. BULFINCH, HENRY S. BALDWIN,
GRANT S. HILTON, JAMES D. BENTLEY, WILLIAM E. HOUGHTON, GEORGE H. LUCEY.
Voted. To refer the report to the Finance Committee, they to report on the matter at the next Annual Meeting.
Voted, Article 29. To accept and adopt the recommendations of the Finance Committee, appropriating $4000 to be expended under the supervision of the Victory Celebration Committee to celebrate and welcome the return of soldiers and sailors from the Great War.
Voted, Article 31. To accept and adopt the recommendation of the Finance Committee appropriating $900, to extend the sewer in Hemenway road a distance of 36 feet.
Voted, Article 32. To accept and adopt the recommendation of the Finance Committee, appropriating $1100 to extend the sewer in Bertha street a distance of 150 feet.
Voted, Article 33. To indefinitely postpone the matter of contin- uing the eastern intercepting sewer, as recommended by the Finance Committee.
ยท Voted, Articles 34 and 35. To accept and adopt the report of the Finance Committee, appropriating $2800, to be raised by bonds or notes of the town, for the purpose of laying a 6-inch water main a distance of 450 feet in Orchard road and 750 feet in Palmer avenue, when in the discretion of Water and Sewer Board it becomes neces- sary, providing interest at 6 per cent is paid on the investment until the water rates of the user equal the interest.
Voted, Article 36. To authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to lease the property on New Ocean street, known as the Pumping Station, for a term of five (5) years, as recommended by the Finance Committee.
Voted, Article 37. To accept Bristol avenue, so called, as laid out by the selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated May, 1918, as soon as the waivers are signed, and appropriate $4000 for the same.
Voted, Article 39. To indeilnitely postpone the matter of resur- facing Greenwood avenue, as recommended by the Finance Committee.
Voted, Article 40. To appropriate $2000 for removing ledge and resurfacing Belmont avenue, from Minerva street, as recommended by the Finance Committee.
Voted, Article 41. To accept and adopt the report of the Finance Committee as to replacing broken corner curbstones, the expense to be charged to the appropriation for sidewalks and curbing made under Article 28.
Voted, Article 42. To appropriate the sum of $1200 to construct a drain from Thomas road to the park land, a distance of 350 feet, replacing an old drain, as recommended by the Finance Committee.
Voted, Article 43. To indefinitely postpone the matter of resurfac- ing Burrill street, as recommended by the Finance Committee.
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Voted, Article 44. To accept and adopt the recommendations of the Finance Committee appropriating $2000 to repair Salem street, from Humphrey street to Vinnin square.
Voted, Articles 45 and 46. To accept and adopt the recommenda- tions of the Finance Committee, thereby rescinding the vote taken at the adjourned Town Meeting of March 27, 1917, under Article 64 of the warrant for the meeting, and to appropriate $15,000 to lay a concrete pavement on, and curb both sides of that portion of Essex street, from the easterly side of Burrill street to the Lynn line, the work to be done in accordance with the specifications of the Massa- chusetts Highway Commission, the money to be raised by bonds or notes of the town, provided, however, that the bonds or notes shall not be issued or the work started until the Board of Selectmen shall have secured from the Bay State Street Railway Company, or its representative or successor an agreement in writing, to repair its present track and raise it to grade, using a type of rail and con- struction satisfactory to the board; all other public service corpora- tions having rights on or under said portion of Essex street to be notified to install all contemplated and repair all existing under- ground construction before the work is started; failing to do this they to be debarred from disturbing the pavement for at least ten years.
Voted, Article 47. To accept the report and adopt the recom- mendations of the Finance Committee as follows:
That, for the purpose specified in Articles 34 and 35, the treas- urer, with the approval of the selectmen, be authorized to borrow a sum not exceeding $2800, and to issue notes of the town therefor, said notes to be issued and to be payable in accordance with the pro- visions of Section 14 of Chapter 719 of the Acts of 1912, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than thirty years from the date of the issue of the first note, or at such earlier dates as the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, may determine. Such notes shall be denominated on the face thereof, "Swampscott Additional Water Loan Act of 1912." Votes in favor, 130; none against.
Voted, Article 47. To accept and adopt the recommendations of the Finance Committee as follows: That for the purposes specified in Article 46, the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be authorized to borrow a sum not exceeding $15,000, and to issue notes of the town therefor, said notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 of Chapter 719 of the Acts of 1913, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten years from the date of the issue of the first note, or at such earlier dates as the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, may determine. Votes in favor, 130; none against.
Voted. To dissolve at 11.10 P. M.
Attest: GEORGE T. TILL, Town Clerk.
Swampscott May 26, 1919.
The moderator appointed John F. Luther and Calvin S Tilden as members of the Finance Committee.
Attest: GEORGE T. TILL,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
State Primary, Tuesday, September 23, 1919
TOWN WARRANT
ESSEX, SS
To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscott in said County,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualitied to vote in Primaries to meet in the Town Hall at Swampscott, Tuesday, the twenty-third day of September, 1919, at 12 o'clock M, for the follow- ing purposes:
To bring in their votes to the primary officers for the nomination of candidates of political parties for the following offices:
Governor for this Commonwealth.
Lieutenant Governor for this Commonwealth.
Secretary of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth.
Treasurer and Receiver General for this Commonwealth.
Auditor of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth.
Attorney-General for this Commonwealth.
Councillor for the 5th Councillor district.
Senator for 1st Senatorial district.
One Representative in General Court, for 15th Representative dis- trict.
County Commissioner for Essex county.
District Attorney, for Eastern district.
And for the election of the following officers:
District member of State Committee for each political party, for the 1st Senatorial district.
Seven members of the Democratic Town Committee.
Seven members of the Republican Town Committee.
Delegates to State conventions of both political parties.
All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot.
The polls will be open from 12 M. to 8 P. M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town.
Hereof Fail Not, and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this twelfth day of September, A. D., 1919.
HENRY S. BALDWIN, FREDERICK H. TIMSON, GRANT S. HILTON, Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest:
FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
Return on the Warrant
Pursuant to the within warrant to me directed, I have notified the legal voters of Swampscott by posting attested copies of said war- rant at the Town Hall, Post Offices and three other public and con- spicuous places in Swampscott on Saturday, September 6, 1919, the posting of said notices being at least seven days before the time of said meeting.
FRANK H. BRADFORD,
Constable.
1919]
State Primaries, Sept. 23, 1919
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the voters. of the town assembled at the Town Hall and were called to order at 12 M. on Tuesday, September 23rd, 1919, by Henry S. Baldwin, Chairman of the Selectmen and Presiding Election Officer.
The warrant calling the meeting and the return thereon was read by the Town Clerk, the Primary Officers were duly qualified for their several duties by the clerk. the package of ballots were delivered to the Ballot Clerk. The polls were declared open for balloting imme- diately and remained open by vote of the meeting until 8.30 o'clock in the evening.
The following are names of Primary Officers and Tellers, all of whom were qualified for their duties.
Ballot Clerks -- John A. Cullen, (Dem.); William R Patten, (Rep.); Francis M. Kennedy (Dem.).
Republican Tellers-Harold H. Bartol, George F. Clay, Harry E. Cahoon, Thomas E. Berry, Alfred F. Frazier, Harold D. Spinney, Charles E. Melzard, Harold C. Snow.
Democratic Tellers-Peter Blaser, John B. Cahoon, John A. Fin- negan, Frank G. Melvin, Thomas M. Noonan, George H. Stone, An- thony A. Lyons, John P. Slattery.
The ballot box registered 772 and the check lists showed 771 checks. There were 772 ballots cast, as follows: Republican, 728; Democratic, 44. 'The result of the balloting was announced at 11.30 P. M.
REPUBLICAN BALLOTS
Governor
Calvin Coolidge of Northhampton
630
Blanks
98
Lieutenant Governor
Channing H. Cox of Boston
646
Blank
82
Secretary
Albert P. Langtry of Springfield
620
Blanks
108
Treasurer
Fred J. Burrell of Medford
143
Charles L. Gifford of Barnstable
21
Fred P. Greenwood of Everett
59
Frederick N. Kerr of Winchester
27
Frank S. Perkins of Salem
396
Frederick F. Pierce of Greenfield
14
Blanks
68
Auditor
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston
620
Blanks
108
Attorney General
182
Robert J. Bottomley of Boston
220
James Mott Hallowell of Newton
54
William Harold Hitchcock of Dedham
113
Clarence W. Rowley of Boston
12
David Stoneman of Boston
59
Blanks
88
Councillor 5th District
James F Ingraham Jr. of Peabody
536
Blanks 192
TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS.
43
J. Weston Allen of Newton
44
TOWN DOCUMENTS. [Dec. 31
Senator, First Essex District
Charles B. Frothingham of Lynn 84
George H. Jackson of Lynn 123
James E. Odlin of Lynn 54
Martin Lewis Quinn of Swampscott
454
Blanks
13
Representative in General Court, 15th Essex District
James D. Bentley of Swampscott
598
Blanks 130
County Commissioner, Essex
Frank H. Forsyth of Salem
99
John M. Grosvenor Jr. of Swampscott
565
Blanks
64
Associate Commissioners, Essex County
Charles Leighton of Lynn 585
Horace M. Sargent of Haverhill
452
Blanks
419
District Attorney, Eastern District
S. Howard Donnell of Peabody
338
Henry G. Wells of Haverhill
339
Blanks
51
State Committee, First Essex District
Charles S. Goodridge of Swampscott
593
Blanks
135
Delegates to State Convention
Edward A. Maxfield
(elected)
603
Alfred B. Jones
(elected)
578
Arthur C. Widger
(elected)
601
William L. Quinn
(elected)
595
H. Ashley Bowen
(elected)
580
Clarence W. Horton
(elected)
567
Blanks
841
Scattering
3
Town Committee
Charles D. C. Moore
(elected)
579
Alfred F. Frazier.
(elected)
566
Stuart P. Ellis
(elected)
573
James D. Bentley.
(elected)
581
Harry E. Cahoon
(elected)
587
Willard P. Jackson
(elected)
582
Horace R. Parker.
(elected)
561
Blanks
1067
DEMOCRATIC BALLOTS
Governor
Frederick S. Deitrick of Cambridge
1
Eugene A. Foss of Boston
2
Richard H. Long of Framingham
38
George F. Monahan of Boston
1
Blanks
2
1919]
Lieutenant Governor
John F. J. Herbert of Worcester 36 Blanks 8
Secretary
Charles H. McGlue of Lynn
35
Blanks
9
Treasurer
Chandler M. Wood of Winchester
31
Blanks
13
Auditor
Arthur J. B. Cartier of Fall River
29
Blanks
15
Attorney General
Joseph A. Conry of Boston
30
Blanks
14
Councillor, Fifth District
Edward H. Savary of Groveland
30
Blanks
14
Senator, First Essex District
William E. Sexton of Lynn
29
Martin L. Quinn
1
Blanks 14
Representative in General Court 15th Essex District
Frederick H. Dreuhl of Swampscott 28
Blanks
16
County Commissioner, Essex
Blanks
44
Associate Commissioners, Essex County
Blanks
88
District Attorney, Eastern District
Blanks
44
State Committee, First Essex District
Blanks
44
Delegates to State Convention
James T. Lyons
(elected) 32
Michael J. Ryan
(elected) 37
William P. Berger
(elected) 29
Blanks
34
TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS.
45
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[Dec. 31
Town Committee
James T. Lyons.
(elected)
25
Abram G Stone
(elected)
25
John A. Finnegan
(elected)
22
Michael J. Ryan
(elected)
23
Fred Kennedy
(elected)
22
John A. Cullen
(elected
23
Francis M. Kennedy
(elected)
27
Henry L. Milo
17
William P. Bergen
17
Thomas M. Noonan
21
Frank D. Thurston
20
John B. Ryan
20
John P. Slattery
19
Frederick H. Dreuhl
17
Blanks
10
Voted. To dissolve at 11.40 P. M.
Attest: GEORGE T. TILL,
Town Clerk.
Special Town Meeting, Thursday, September 25, 1919
TOWN WARRANT
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 di- rected to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott, quali- fied to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall, in said Swampscott, on Thursday, the twenty-fifth day of Sep- tember, at 8 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:
Article 1. To see if the town will vote to adopt certain regula- tions in accordance with Chapter 293 of the General Acts of 1916, now on file with the Board of Selectmen, and entitled "Jitney Reg- ulations in accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 293 of the General Acts of 1916," as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to join the association of towns and cities, which is to test the constitutionality of the present method of distribution of the proceeds from the Income Tax, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to discontinue that portion of Lincoln House avenue situated within the estate of Frank E. Paige and Ella C. Adams, as shown on plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, town engineer, dated August, 1919, as petitioned for by Frank E. Paige, et als.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to lay a sewer on Lin- coln House avenue for a distance of about 400 feet, to connect with the sewer now laid in the Lincoln House Point property, and ap- propriate money for same, as petitioned for by Frank E. Paige, et als.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to discharge the com- mittee heretofore appointed to consider the matter of the purchase of a lot of land and the erection of a school building in place of the Machon school, as petitioned for by J. Frank Moore, et als.
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Article 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase or to take by right of eminent domain for the purpose of erecting a school building thereon, a certain parcel of land located in Burpee road in Swampscott and bounded and de - scribed as follows, namely: Beginning at a point on the north- easterly side of Burpee road, which is about 298.37 feet distant from the northerly side of Essex street, thence northwesterly along the northeasterly line of Burpee road, for a distance of 350,00 feet; thence turning at right angles to the northeast for a distance of about 127.50 feet; thence running southeasterly for a distance of about 350.42 feet; thence running southwesterly for a distance of about 130.00 feet to the point of beginning, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Frank E. Morrison, et als.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to erect a school building on the lot described in the preceding article, in accordance with plans and specifications, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Martin L Quinn, et als.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote to construct a conduit be- tween the culverts already constructed at Humphrey street and New Ocean street to carry the waters of Stacey Brook and make appro- priation therefore, as petitioned for by Henry J. Hatch, et als.
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to accept Forest avenue, so- called, laid out by the Board of Selectmen. as shown on a plan drawn by W W. Pratt, town engineer, dated August, 1919, and re- ported to the town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by James C. Soutter, et als.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to build a flight of steps from Ingalls terrace to the way leading to Rockland street, and ap- propriate money for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to pay William L. Quinn and Roy C. Walch for military compensation, under Chapter 254, General Acts, 1917, and appropriate money for the same, as recom- mended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell the surplus safety razor kits, which were bought for the men who anticipated entering United States' service, but who were not called, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee of nine to consist of the selectmen, assessors and three other citizens, to consider the advisability of establishing a civic centre upon which to erect future public buildings, to report at the next annual town meeting, said committee to be empowered to expend a sum not to exceed $300.00, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to pay the counsel fee of police officers Brogan and Pedrick, incurred in the recent hearing before the Board of Selectmen, and appropriate money to pay for same, as petitioned for by Howard B. Aborn, et als.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to have Stimpson road and Ocean View terrace known under one name, and that to be Ocean View road, as petitioned for by William A. Marks, et als.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to establish a building line on Elmwood road, as provided for under Section 73, Part 2, of Chapter 344, Acts 1917, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
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Article 17. To see if the town will vote to resurface Atlantic avenue from Humphrey street to the Marblehead line, in accord- ance with specifications of the Massachusetts Highway Commission, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen and the Surveyor of Highways.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to resurface Burrill street from Monument square to Essex street, in accordance with specifi- cations of the Massachusetts Highway Commission, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by William H. Carroll, et als.
Article 19. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Se- lectmen to take up with the Massachusetts Highway Commission- ers and the Essex County Commissioners the question of laying out and constructing a highway connecting New Ocean street and the Lynn Boulevard, and report at the next annual Town Meeting, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen, -
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to increase the salaries of the following for the balance of the current fiscal year: Town Accountant, $75.00; Treasurer, $62.50; Collector of Taxes, $50.00; Town clerk, $25.00; Town Engineer, $100.00; First Assitant Engineer, $62.50; Second Assistant Engineer, $62.50; Janitor Town Hall, $87.50; Dog Officer, $12.50; Sealer of Weights and Measures, $25.00; Health Officer, $62.50, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to make an increase of fifty per cent in the amounts now paid the following elected town officers. Board of Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Board of Health and Water and Sewer Commissioners, the same to take effect January 1, 1920, as petitioned for by Edward A. Maxfield, et als.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to increase the wages of the Surveyor of Highways and the employees of the Highway De- partment one dollar each per day, straight time, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by T. S. Dyer, et als.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to increase the salaries of the Chief of Police and permanent patrolmen four hundred dollars each per year, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by James D. Bentley, et als.
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to pay the special officers sixty-one cents per hour, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by John W. Richardson, et als.
Article 25. To see if the town will vote to increase the salaries of the permanent firemen, both officers and privates, four hundred dol- las each year and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Francis W. Kennedy, et als.
Article 26. To see if the town will vote to increase the pay of the call men of the Swampscott Fire Department to $200.00 per annum, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by C. H. Lampard, et als.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to increase the salary of the Superintendent of the Cemetery, seventeen and 50/100 dollars per month, and the men one dollar each per day, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Thomas Handley, et als.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to increase the wages of the employees of the Water and Sewer Departments one dollar each per day, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Forrest E. Beal, et als.
.
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Article 29. To see if the town will vote to increase the wages of the employees of the Moth Department one dollar each per day, straight time and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Edward M. Kehoe, et als.
Article 30. To see if the town will vote to place the care of plots at the intersection of streets under the direction of the Park Com- missioners, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 31. To appropriate and raise, by borrowing or otherwise, such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for any or all of the purposes mentioned in the foregoing articles.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, Post Offices, and three other public and conspicuous places in the town, seven days before the day ap- pointed for said meeting.
Hereof Fail Not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon. to the Town Clerk, at the time and place or meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-second day of August in the year 1919.
HENRY S. BALDWIN, FREDERICK. H. TIMSON, GRANT S. HILTON, Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest:
FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
Return on the Warrant
Pursuant to the within warrant to me directed I have notified the legal voters of Swampscott by posting attested copies of said war- rant at the Town Hall, Post Offices and three other public and con- spicuous places in Swampscott on Saturday, September 6th, 1919, the posting of said notices being at least seven days before the time of said meeting.
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