Town annual report of Swampscott 1920, Part 10

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 272


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Our school expenditures in the past have been much lower than in many places, and they still will be, but it is not possible to conduct the schools for the same amount they were conducted a few years ago, and we should be wrong to try to do so. It is our duty to give the Swampscott children clean, attractive school houses, modern text-books, sufficient supplies and well trained teachers. We believe our plans for the ensuing year provide for this. But the most important factor in any school system is the teaching force, and we must treat our teachers generously or share the fate of so many other communities that lose many of their best teachers each year.


In closing let me endeavor to express the real pleasure I have derived from my connection with the schools of Swampscott. The teaching force has time and again shown that they are loyal, as well as efficient; the principals without exception have cooperated splendidly and aided mate- rially in helping me become acquainted with local conditions. To you, members of the committee, I am especially grateful for your guidance and support. Your real interest in school matters is always apparent; your time has been given generously and your decisions have been keenly accurate.


We face the New Year with every condition propitious for progress and achievement.


Respectfully submitted,


HAROLD F. DOW,


Superintendent.


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1920]


REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.


To the Superintendent and School Committee of the Town of Swampscott :


GENTLEMEN, - I submit to you herewith my first annual report as Principal of the Swampscott High School.


Soon after coming to Swampscott, on the nineteenth of January, 1920, I turned my attention to a questionnaire which I had distributed to the members of the Senior class in regard to their intended work after gradu- ation. I found that approximately 40 per cent of this class intended to con- tinue their studies in the higher schools, and I was rather surprised to learn that five of this number were unable to gain admission to the schools of their choice, either because they had not selected the right subjects or because they had not taken subjects enough. I continued my investi- gations along these lines, compiled statistics from other schools, and recommended to Mr. Whitman that the requirements for a High School diploma be raised from 72 points to 80 points. This recommendation has been adopted by the school committee to take effect with the class which will graduate in June, 1922.


In view of the present scarcity of good teachers, due to the fact that more lucrative positions are offered in other fields, I feel that the Swamp- scott High school has been exceptionally fortunate during the past year in that only three resignations were received : Miss Odell, to accept a position with the Portsmouth, N. H., High School; Mr. Cuddy, to accept a position with the U. S. M. C. of Beverly ; Miss Dix to remain at home.


Gymnasium work has always been elective at Swampscott and I found that approximately 70 per cent. of the boys availed themselves of one or more periods of athletic work last year. This year the number has been reduced to less than 50 per cent., due probably to either one or both of the following causes : The increased requirements for graduation as explained above, or the law recently passed in regard to the requirement in American History, which is explained later.


I deplore the fact that Swampscott has no regular instructor in athletic work for the girls. The boys' athletic teams in the high school receive the benefit each year of approximately $1,000 worth of material in the three major sports, while the girls receive nothing except the services of a basket ball coach during ten weeks of the winter term. I believe that it will be a question of only a few years when compulsory physical educa- tion will be a part of the curriculum of all secondary schools in Massa- chusetts, and I hope that Swampscott will not await the enactment of laws before giving this necessary instruction to all of the pupils, regardless of sex.


The only change in the curriculum made over the summer was the requirement that all seniors elect American History. This change was caused by a law recently enacted, which says in substance, that all pupils who graduate from the high school must have had at some time during their four years' course a full year's course in American History, together


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with a course in Problems of Democracy. This law, coming as it did unexpectedly, has worked a hardship upon many pupils in the college course, but nevertheless I agree with the law fully and am of the opinion that it will adapt itself to our curriculum without any difficulty during the coming years.


One of the questions which has been in the minds of educators for the past few years has been the problem of supervised study and the longer school day. When one considers the enriched programs of the secondary schools of to-day containing such subjects as Manual Training, Physical Education, Drawing, Sewing, Cooking, it seems hardly possible for a pupil to take advantage of as many of these subjects as he would care to in a day of five hours.


In the teachers' reports of visiting day I found the unanimous opinion expressed by all that the average age and mentality shown by the classes which were visited in such surrounding towns as Malden, Brookline, Newton, Reading, etc., were one or two years in advance of that shown by pupils in the same year at Swampscott. In view of this statement, together with our rather poor success in the college board examinations of last June, I would respectfully suggest that the School Committee consider seriously at this time the following suggestions :


I. The minimum age limit for entrance to Primary schools be raised.


2. The institution of a longer school day together with super- vised study in the High School.


I wish to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to the Super- intendent and School Committee for the very cordial manner in which I was received into the town.


Respectfully submitted,


LEIGHTON S. THOMPSON, Principal.


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1920]


APPENDIX A. Census and Attendance Statistics.


SCHOOL YEAR, SEPTEMBER, 1919, TO JUNE, 1920.


Number of boys 5 years of age or over and under 16 723


Number of girls 5 years of age or over and under 16 701


Total


1,424


Number of boys 5 years of age or over and under 7


88


Number of girls 5 years of age or over and under 7


90


Total


178


Number of boys 7 years of age or over and under 14


516


Number of girls 7 years of age or over and under 14


498


Total


1,014


Number of boys 14 years of age or over and under 16 .


119


Number of girls 14 years of age or over and under 16 .


113


Total


232


Total enrollment in the schools


1,559


High School enrollment


222


Junior High School enrollment


36


Elementary School enrollment


976


Average membership


1,441


Average daily attendance


1,322


Per cent. of attendance .


92


APPENDIX B. Cost of Instruction in Swampscott, 1920.


Valuation of Town of Swampscott


$15,324,854 00


Total raised by taxation


362,322 44


Total raised for support of schools


91,567 28


Average membership 1,415


Amount raised for support of schools per pupil


$64.71


Per cent. of total tax used for support of schools 25%


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APPENDIX C. Comparison of the Cost of Swampscott Schools with Those of Other Towns.


TOWN


Population


Average Member- ship


Amount Expended 1920


Average per Pupil 1920


Estimated 1921


Lynn .


99,148


11,68 1


$775,663 48


$66 40


Belmont


10,749


1,800


139,237 00


77 35


$166,848 00


Winchester


10,485


1,604


152,259 68


94 92


Milton


9,382


1,500


165,519 99


IIO 34


170,000 00


Swampscott .


8,101


1,415


91,567 28


64 71


128,000 00


Rockland


7,544


1,304


85,823 75


65 82


90,000 00


Reading


7,439


1,500


105,283 33


70 18


125,000 00


Lexington


6,350


1,495


113,000 00


75 58


130,000 00


Wellesley


6,224


1,231.6


116,000 00


94 18


128,000 00


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APPENDIX D. Attendance Officer's Report.


To the Superintendent of Schools :


I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1920 :-


ABSENTEES


January


February


March


April


May


June


Sept.


October


Nov.


Dec.


Total


Complaints received .


34


29


62


33


51


43


21


13


9


12


307


Visits made .


41


37


77


42


67


52


28


20


12


17


393


Cases of truant


6


20


9


16


IS


5


3


2


2


92


Inexcusable absences


IO


8


14


II


15


17


8


6


4


3


96


Absent account of sickness


14


5


II


9


IC


8


8


4


3


6


78


Absent account of lack of clothing


4


5


7


4


O


2


O


O


O


1


23


Enforcement of the labor law


1


O


3


O


2


o


I


I


2


O


9


Inspection of working certificates .


9


5


O


2


O


O


3


O


I


4


24


Apprehended on the streets


2


I


7


3


5


9


I


O


O


O


28


Cases of school offenders


I


4


8


0


3


1


4


O


0


2


23


Cases in court .


O


3


O


I


I


O


0


O


O


6


Committed to Essex Co. Train'g School


O


I


3


O


1


1


O


O


O


O


6


-


Respectfully submitted,


C. WALTER BURRILL, Attendance Officer.


7


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APPENDIX E. Swampscott High School GRADUATING EXERCISES CLASS OF 1920


Motto " Knowledge is Power "


Thursday, June twenty-fourth, Nineteen hundred and twenty


AT 8 P. M.


Hadley School Hall, Swampscott, Massachusetts


PROGRAM


I. SALUTATORY-" Progress of Physical Training for girls " Marion Emily Woodbridge


2. CHORUS-a Sextet (from " Lucia ")


b " Pirate's Chorus " School Donizetti Sullivan


3. ESSAY-" Labor Problems in this County " Earl Hay Forsyth


4. PIANO SOLO-"Rondo-Capriccioso" Herbert Irvine


Mendelssohn


5. ESSAY-"Women in Business" Marion Newhall


6. CHORUS-a "Thine Eyes So Blue and Tender" Lassen


b "Soldiers' Chorus" (Faust) School


Gounod


7. ADDRESS Mr. John M. Brewer, Dept. of Education, Harvard University


8. VALEDICTORY-"The Growing Influence of Music in America" Miriam Ingalls Rideout


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9. PRESENTATION OF DIALOMAS


Willard M. Whitman, Superintendent of Schools


IO. PRESENTATION OF THE PHILLIPS MEDALS


Rev. Edward Tillotson, Chairman of the School Committee


II. CLASS SONG


Words written by Mary Beatrice Glidden Music by Herbert Joshua Allen Irvine


DIPLOMAS.


Margaret Goodwin Acker Thomas Bailey


Curtis Glover Bowes


Ida May Bradford Perley Sylvester Breed Ruth Sarah Brown Harold Abbott Burrill


Enid Keyzer


Virginia Knowlton


Margaret Elizabeth Cafferty


Mildred Mary Connell


Dorothy Amelia Lancaster Lillian Victoria Macdonald Helen June Marden


Patrick James Cryan


Bernetta May Moore


Elizabeth Josephine Delano


Lester Bertram Morley


Alice Catherine Deveau


Doris Maude Munsey


Inez Nellie Elizabeth Dow


Marion Davis Newhall


Helen Love Dunk


Horace Rowell Parker, Jr.


Agnes Owega Eaton


Edith Vivian Ellis Eleanor Farrell Anna Margaret Fitzpatrick


Doris Lillian Rideout Miriam Ingalls Rideout Eva May Shepard


George Albert Speare, Jr.


Howard Francis Foran Earl Hay Forsyth


Marjorie Marie Stiles Frances Louise Tatro


Anthony Joseph Turner, Jr. Marion Emily Woodbridge Theodore Wilson Wyman Grace Elizabeth Young


Mary Beatrice Gildden


Abigail Hood Goodwin Edgar Murphy Groome Emma Watson Holmes


Oliver Elmer Holmes Herbert Joshua Allen Irvine Charles Cahill Johnson Helen Aldrich Jones


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CLASS SONG.


Classmates all, the time for parting, Now so swiftly drawing nigh, Brings before our minds bright memories, Of our days at Swampscott High.


Thru the years we've been together, Working, striving toward that height,


Where to-day we stand triumphant,


Strong in knowledge, truth and might.


Now, as Seniors all expectant, At this parting of the ways,


Hoping for a future golden, Which shall bring us happy days.


Sampscott High, that crowns the hilltop, Fount of learning, wisdom's shrine,


May thy fair fame stand untarnished,


Long and honored days be thine.


CHORUS.


Hail, dear school, our Alma Mater, In the future oft we'll tell, Of our happy years spent with thee, We salute thee - and farewell.


MARY BEATRICE GLIDDEN, 1920,


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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.


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APPENDIX P. School Directory. School Telephones.


Clarke .


2127


Hadley


2067


High - .


2574


Machon


4858


Palmer .


1954


Teachers.


High School.


Leighton S. Thompson, Principal


Nellie L. Hadley


M. Louise Hannon


Harriet M. Dillon


108 Thurston street, Somerville, Mass. 95 Banks road 15 Farragut road


A. Lillian Rideout


Roy Walch


25 Cedar Hill terrace


Maebelle Adams


Marguerite Young


Carrie J. Fish


84 Humphrey street 271 Central street, Auburndale, Mass.


Junior High School.


Alice L. Shaw, Principal


Mrs. C. H. Doe


9 Farragut road I Reed street, Marblehead, Mass. 169 Paradise Road


Margaret Thompson


Martha Hannon 108 Thurston street, Somerville, Mass. Alice Durgin 45 Pleasant street Frances Connolly 220 Parkway, Chelsea, Mass. Beatrice L. Cook III Redington street 29 Outlook road Pauline Flagg 978 Humphrey street Mary Ireland 86 Walker road Helen Bisbee 149 Paradise road Miriam Schafer 5 Bassett street, Lynn, Mass. Marjorie Seavey 149 Paradise road Dorothy Smyth 169 Paradise road


Hadley Elementary.


Marion F. Newcomb


Mabel I. Colby Grace E. Fuller Mabel Verry


Amy Fenwick


Margaret Durgin


Frances Gould (Coach)


II Redington street 66 New Park street, Lynn, Mass. 25 Farragut road 334 Broadway, Somerville, Mass. 255 Burrill street 45 Pleasant street 7 Nichols street, Danvers, Mass.


Jean G. Allan


I17 Paradise road 197 Lynn Street, Peabody, Mass.


Mildred C. Fraser


6 Prospect avenue 19 Andrew road


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Clarke School.


Blanche E. Doyle, Principal


Sarah Bucknam, VI


Melvina G. Pearson, VI


34 Berkshire street


Mabel Knight, V


43 Norfolk avenue


E. Jennie Owen, V


86 Norfolk avenue


Grace Kent, IV


254 Burrill street


Edith Farnum, III


Marion Ormes, II


Anna F. Willey, I


Elizabeth Packard, I, II, Assistant


56 Rockland street 16 Burrill avenue, Lynn, Mass.


Machon School.


Alice I. Quinn, Principal, IV 47 Hillside avenue


Grace E. Howard, III


40 Perley street, Lynn, Mass.


M. Elizabeth Williams, II


4 Chapman street, Beverly, Mass.


Dorothy Cormack, I


36 Lyman street, Lynn, Mass.


Miss Catherine Wilson, I, Assistant


Maple street, Marblehead, Mass.


Palmer School.


Louise C. Stanley, II, III, Principal


Jessie C. Martin, I, II


Gladys L. Mitchell, IV, V


48 Lowell street, Lynn, Mass.


Grace E. Farrell, Assistant


60 King street


Supervisors.


Robert Gibbs


East Dedham, Mass. II Outlook road


Clara B. Fowler


S. Perry Congdon


3 Burton avenue, Beverly, Mass. 41 Thomas road 64 Middlesex avenue


Janitors.


Fred W. Wardwell, High


23 Ingalls terrace


Leverett T. Holder, Hadley


19 Elmwood road


Iber Chapman, Clarke


30 Blaney street


Abram Stone, Machon


84 Pine street


William C. McNamara


802 Humphrey street


School Physicians.


High


Dr. Loring Grimes


Clarke


Dr. Howard K. Glidden


Hadley


Dr Harry M. Lowd


Machon


Dr. Francis G. Rowley


Palmer


Attendance Officer.


Charles W. Burrill


263 Burrill street


Helen Warren


149 Humphrey street 5 Elmwood terrace


Stephen V. White


Dr. Ralph E. Bicknell


I14 Norfolk avenue 149 Humphrey street


133 Norfolk avenue 254 Burrill street


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CHIEF OF POLICE REPORT.


1920]


Report of Chief of Police


To the Board of Selectmen :


GENTLEMEN,-Herewith I submit the annual report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1920.


Arrested or summoned to appear in court for the following offences :


Males


182


Females


5


Total


187


Assault and battery ·


14


Assault with intent to rape .


I


Breaking and entering


3


Disorderly conduct


I


Bastardy


I


Drunkenness


12


For officers of other places .


89


Insane


I


Indecent pictures


I


Injuring a building


2


Gambling


4


Larceny


4


Neglected children


6


Ringing false alarm .


I


Trespass


I


Transient vendor


I


Violating fowl law


I


Violating garbage law .


I


Violating gasoline law


I


Violating liquor law .


4


Violating Lord's Day .


19


Violating motor vehicle laws


16


Violating swine law


I


Disposition of cases in court :


Appealed to Superior court


4


Committed to State Hospital (Danvers)


I


Cases pending


2


Committed to Lawrence Training School .


.


3


Non-support of children


I


Secreting a patient to escape


I


187


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Delivered to other officers


89


Defaulted .


I


Discharged by court


18


Fined and paid .


35


Filed on payment of costs


6


Placed on file


II


Placed on probation


9


Released by probation officer


4


Sent to Superior court


3


Taken to Salem House of Correction for non-payment


I


Miscellaneous work :


Accidents and assistance rendered


88


Assisted other officers .


34


Ambulance calls for sickness and accidents


142


Ambulance responded to fire alarms


56


Buildings found open and secured


89


Bicycles reported lost .


7


Bicycles returned to owners


5


Complaints .


421


Cases of larceny reported . ·


27


Cases of breaking and larceny reported


32


Defective streets and sidewalks .


17


Dogs returned to owners by dog officer


61


Lost children found and returned


28


Lights furnished for dangerous places


2I


Lights reported out in streets


128


Lights found burning in buildings


22


Miscellaneous reports .


142


Poles and trees reported on fire .


16


Water and gas leaks reported


17


Wires reported down .


I4


Value of property recovered, lost or stolen


$4,700 45


Value of property recovered and returned .


2,228 30


Respectfully submitted,


U. M. CORSON,


Chief of Police.


SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1920.


187


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FIRE ENGINEERS' REPORT.


1920]


Report of Fire Engineers


To the Board of Selectmen :


Report of the Board of Fire Engineers and Chief of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1920.


Fire Alarms and Service Record.


Bell alarms


55


Telephone calls


80


Still alarms


18


Woods fire calls


4


Lynn calls


7


No school calls


IO


Combination A.


Times called in service


66


Miles traveled


225.8


Times at fires


39 hrs. 40 min.


Number feet 4-inch hose used


2,600


Gallons of chemicals used


687


Feet of ladders used .


48


Number feet 22-inch hose


1,900


Combination B.


Times called in service


94


Miles traveled


262.8


Times at fires .


87 hrs. 41 min.


Feet of 22-inch hose used


13,150


Gallons chemical used


168


Number extinguishers used


56


Out on drills


3


Combination C.


Times called in service


74


Miles traveled .


204.I


Times at fire


63 hrs. 32 min.


Feet of ¿- inch hose used .


2,275


Gallons chemical used


786


Number extinguishers used


22


Number feet ladders used


1,090


Out on drills


3


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Service Car.


Times called in service


59


Times at fires . Gallons chemical used 117


43 hrs. 46 min.


· Number extinguishers used Feet of 23-inch hose used


39


Pyrenes used


600 2


Gasoline and Oil Used.


Combination A - 71 gallons gasoline 12 qts. oil


Combination B -233.5 gallons gasoline 82.5 qts. oil


Combination C - 81 gallons gasoline 342 qts. oil


Service Car - 299 gallons gasoline 16} gal. oil


Valuation Losses and Insurance.


Value of buildings in which fire occurred · $92,400 00


Damage to buildings in which fire occurred . 22,180 00 .


Insurance on buildings in which fire occurred Insurance paid on buildings in which fire occurred 18,917 66


49,566 66


Loss over insurance


3,162 34


Value of contents


96,200 00


Damage to contents


17,551 00


insurance on contents


18,910 00


Insurance paid on contents


12,887 00


Loss over insurance on contents


4,670 00


Eleven automobile fires with total value of


15,000 00


Loss on automobiles


810 00


One motorcycle, value


150 00


Loss on motorcycle .


10 00


Three electric cars, damage slight


One railroad bridge, damage


10 00


During the past year this department has received from citizens and organizations several letters enclosing checks for the Relief Association in appreciation of the manner in which fires were handled.


In regard to the personnel of the department there are at present twenty-eight men divided as follows : Full paid or permanent, eleven- Chief ; Deputy Chief; three captains ; six drivers. Part paid or callmen, seventeen ; twelve ladder and hose men ; and five substitutes.


Placed at the Central Station, New Ocean street, are the Chief, Deputy Chief, who is also clerk of the department, and takes the place of the captains of Combinations B and C when said captains are off duty.


Apparatus.


Combination B, American LaFrance, combination pump and hose, placed in service December 1913, in charge of Captain F. T. J. McNamara with the following men: Lieutenant C. L. Stover, Harold L. Jacobs, Ralph J. Owens, J. G. Owens, A. Wallace, A. H. Danforth, Thomas Berry, A. H. Chesley. Substitutes : E. G. Blaney, F. W. McCole.


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Combination C, American LaFrance, combination ladder and chemie cal, placed in service December, 1917. In charge of Captain Walter M. Champion, with the following men: Lieutenant E. S. Sawyer, W. B. Snow, Herbert Jacobs, W. R. Patten, L. F. Kazer, C. J. Berry, J. A. Ralph. Substitutes : F. A. Morrison, H. W. Colclough, C. K. Hutchinson.


There is also at the Central Station a service car for general use in the department, which was rebuilt from a 1912 model Cadillac and placed in service, May, 1916.


At the Phillips Beach house is located Combination A, an American LaFrance combination hose and chemical, placed in service August, 1911, in charge of Captain F. W. Oulton, with W. A. Thomas, C. E. Snow and Relief man C. F. Lampard.


Supervisor of meter apparatus, Harold L. Jacobs.


There is also at the Phillips Beach Station in reserve the old horse drawn chemical built in 1903. The apparatus requires the following repairs and replacements : Combination A, four hundred feet chemical hose. The tires on the rear of Combination A may have to be replaced this year, and as they are of an obsolete type it would be necessary to use some other size. Service car, overhauling and changes in body.


In March, 1919, the town voted to abolish ten callmen and add two per- manent men. While we believe that the appointment of permanent men in place of callmen is a step in advance, yet in our opinion it was a mistake to remove so many callmen at one time. After working for about eighteen months under these conditions we ask that four of these callmen's positions be re-established.


Our Deputy Chief, who has charge of the department in the absence of the Chief and who also is Clerk of the Board of Engineers besides taking the place of the Captains at the Central Station during their time off duty, receives $1,875 a year. We believe he should receive an increase of $125 and recommend the same.


As our Captains now receive only forty-eight cents per week over the salary paid to the men, we recommend an increase of $50 per year for Captains.


Large Hose.


We now have 3,450 feet of first-class, 350 feet of poor and 1,200 feet of useless 24-inch hose.


Chemical Hose.


We have 600 feet, some of which is in poor condition. We will require 500 feet, two and a half inch hose and 400 feet of chemical hose, and so recommend :


Fire Station.


The Central Station on New Ocean street is very much in need of paint- ing outside. The apparatus room has not been repainted since erection of this building. This should receive some attention, as it is very dark and gloomy. There are also certain other repairs which are necessary, all of which are included in our recommendations.


Quite a little work in the way of repairs and improvements has been done by the men at this house under the direction of Captain McNamara.


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Phillips Beach Station.


This house is in very good condition, requiring only the usual minor repairs. The men at this house under the direction of Captain Oulton have recently completed the laying of a large section of cement floor.


Fire Alarm System.


During the coming year there will be need of extensive repairs to our storage batteries and racks at the Central Station. For several years we have followed the policy of discarding some of our Stevens boxes each year, and this year we have recommended that three be replaced by the modern Gamewell type.


In General.


.


We cannot urge too strongly the duty of all persons to acquaint them- selves with the location of the fire alarm box nearest any building in which they are interested. It is also of the utmost importance that in telephoning a fire call to this department, citizens should always say, " Emergency 82, Swampscott Fire Department." Write this on a card and place it in a conspicuous place near your phone. Several fires have gained great headway during the past year due to mistakes in telephoning.


During the winter months of the first of the year this department, as well as those of other cities and towns in this vicinity, was obliged to resort to horses and pungs in order to give the town reasonable protection against fire.


We are pleased to announce that following an inspection of the town and Fire Department, by the Insurance Underwriters last summer we were given one class higher rating than on their last inspection. This gave an 8 per cent. reduction in our mercantile insurance rates, taking effect December 20, 1920.


Quite a number of inspections have been made by officers of the depart- ment in the line of fire prevention and for the purpose of familiarizing themselves with the larger buildings.


A number of officers and men deserve special credit, having responded to and worked at fires when not on duty. In some cases they have been rewarded by extra time off.


In conclusion, we wish to thank the Tree Warden for his hearty cooper- ation at woods fires; the Surveyor of Highways for his assistance at different times and the Chief of Police for the good work he has done for us on various occasions. We also wish to thank the Lynn Fire Depart- ment for their cooperation during the past year, and also any others who have assisted in any way.




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