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Jackson park
1,050 00
Monument avenue
500 00
Water rates
200 00
Sundries
200 00
Administration
775 00
Labor
1,500 00
·
.
.
$8,900 00
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES T. LYONS, STUART P. ELLIS, ARCHIBALD MILLER.
SWAMPSCOTT, December 30, 1922.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Report of Surveyor of Highways
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
I herewith submit my annual report ending December 31, 1922.
All construction work this year has been done by contract.
Humphrey street, from Glen road to Phillips corner, was resurfaced with cement pavement.
Burrill street, from Railroad avenue to Essex street, has been resurfaced with asphalt pavement, both of these jobs being done by David J. Sheehan, a Lynn contractor.
There have been about one mile of streets resurfaced with gravel and two and one half miles of tar resurfacing, while seal coating has been done on several streets. During the year the department has been con- stantly patrolling the streets of the town, using tar, asphalt, oil and crushed stone. Street patching is one of our most valuable kinds of work. During the past few years, motor vehicle traffic has not only grown by leaps and bounds, but it has become an all-year thing. The effect of chains and melting snow in ruts is much more destructive than ordinary traffic, which, in the absence of snow, spreads its effect over the whole road.
Forest avenue. Owing to the laying of water and gas mains in this street which had to be done, this street was not finished and will be resurfaced next year.
Streets where water, gas or sewer pipe have been laid, have been leveled and gravel used for surfacing, and rolled with the steam roller.
Burpee road path. Owing to no waivers being signed no work was done on this walk.
Essex street bridge has been replanked with hard pine, the town paying for labor and lumber. The work was done under the direction of the Boston and Maine Railroad Bridge Department.
There has been built at the town yard a cement concrete sand shed this year.
All gutters and catch basins in all streets have been cleaned twice, main street gutters every Saturday, weather permitting.
There have been three catch basins built and seven retopped this year. With this work there have been laid 96 feet of 6-inch drain, 154 feet of 8-inch drain and 58 feet of 10-inch drain-pipe.
Many gutters have been treated with tar, mixed stone, about 1600 square yards having been laid and twenty-eight driveways lowered.
There were 528 feet of guard rail fence repaired this year.
For repairing and resurfacing sidewalks, the following amounts of material have been used: loads of screened gravel, 261; loads of stone
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1922]
dust, 131; loads of cinders, 454; for sanding icy sidewalks, 215 loads of sand. In repairing tar sidewalks, there have been laid about 3,300 square yards of tar concrete. This kind of sidewalk still exists in Swamp- scott and should be replaced with granolithic, which is more lasting.
Concrete sidewalks tar repaired as follows: Burrill street, 76 square yards; Thomas road, 417.6 square yards; Shaw road, 456 square yards; Elmwood road, 158.2 square yards; Hardy road, 379.9 square yards; Mid- dlesex avenue, 546.7 square yards; Andrew road, 76.8 square yards; Nor- folk avenue, 442.9 square yards; Puritan road, 119.5 square yards; Walker road, 12.9 square yards ; Farragut road, 507.8 square yards; Ellis road, 72.9 square yards ; Redington street, 18 square yards; Outlook road, 39.72 square yards. Price of tar concrete 55 cents a square yard.
Number feet of curbstone reset, 286; number feet of curbstone laid new, 953.
Street Watering and Oiling.
Bids for furnishing oil for street purposes were asked for, and opened in the Selectmen's room at Town hall. The Mace, Moulton Company being the lowest bidder was given the contract for the dust laying oils. About 30,658 gallons non-asphaltic oil was applied. There were 2589 gallons of 65 per cent. asphaltic road oil used, 2,045 gallons of standard binder B, and 18,670 gallons of tar used on the streets for all purposes, and 33,423 cubic feet of water.
The price paid for dust laying oil, 8 cents per gallon; applied by auto truck, .102 to .12 cents per gallon; binder B 12 cents per gallon in bar- rels; cold patch special .1525 cents per gallon in barrels, furnished by J. J. Galvin, of Boston, the lowest bidder.
There has been purchased one pair of horses for the department from the M. McDonough Company, the price paid being $500.
The steam roller owned by the town, which has been in service for the past twenty years, is in bad shape, and ought to be replaced by a new and up-to-date one.
The care of snow and ice is so varied in its nature that no rules for handling storms can be made. On the contrary, every snow storm or icy spell calls for different rules and workings. One part of the work is the sanding of sidewalks, which I know is appreciated by the citizens of the town. This winter it will be the endeavor of this department to keep the main roadways open from snow by the new plow, which was recently given the town.
I call attention to our working force of twenty-six men, upon whom we must rely for good results in all our work. This force consists of three teamsters, one roller engineer, one chauffeur, one watchman and twenty laborers. These are the men who have done almost all of the snow and ice work during the past ten winters, and they are the only well-qualified men upon whom we can depend in our working seasons.
This department is indebted to Representative James D. Bentley, whom I want to thank, as it was through his efforts that the town is now in possession of one Packard 31/2 ton truck, also snow plow attachment, re- ceived from the State Board of Public Works.
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[Dec. 31
Recommendations.
That the town purchase a steam roller and appropriate money for the same.
That the town lay curbstone and build sidewalk on Humphrey street, from Phillips Beach depot to Forest avenue, and appropriate money for the same.
That the town appropriate the sum of $1,500 to be used in buying side- walk plows and road machine for the department.
Respectfully submitted,
MICHAEL J. RYAN, Surveyor of Highways.
SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1922.
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REPORT OF WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD
1922]
Report of Water and Sewerage Board
WATER DEPARTMENT.
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
We submit herewith our annual report for the year ending December 31, 1922.
We have during this year done a greater amount of work than for many years, and the extension of the main on Fuller avenue is incomplete, owing to the fact that the article in the town warrant calling for this work was not presented until at a town meeting in the fall. It is a very unsatisfactory proposition to do this work late in the year, and to avoid it we can see no remedy except to insist that all articles calling for any large amount of work be presented in time to be voted on at the annual meeting.
We wish also to call your attention to necessary repairs to the stand- pipe. In view of the constantly increasing additions to the mains, and consequently the necessity for greater pressure, we feel that this next year, we should increase the capacity of the standpipe by the addition of two sections. We are looking into the expense of this work and at the proper time will have the facts and figures ready for your consideration.
Regarding the reduction in water rates spoken of in our last report, we feel after full consideration of the matter that it is not advisable to do so this year. The large amount spent for extensions this year, together with another large amount for replacements next year, seemed to justify us in not reducing the rates for at least another year.
We have for a number of years had in mind the replacement of some of the old cement-lined pipe. With an addition to the standpipe and the consequent increase in pressure we feel that, regardless of anything else, this should be done during the coming year and we therefore recommend that $15,000 be appropriated for replacement of mains in Rock avenue, 700 feet 14 in. pipe; Redington street, 310 feet 10 in. pipe; Beach ave- nue; 725 feet 6 in. pipe; Boynton street, 330 feet 6 in. pipe, and Rock- land street 975 feet 6 in. pipe.
We would also recommend that the unexpended balances from appro- priations for Morton road, Francis road, Lawrence terrace, Elmwood road, Bradlee avenue and Franklin avenue, amounting to $974.65, be trans- ferred to the emergency fund under same conditions as for last two years.
Extension of mains (with cost) including gates, hydrants, etc .:
From Appropriations.
Morton road, 1170 feet 6-in. pipe $2,330 50
Francis road, 112 feet 6-in. pipe . 236 94
Lawrence terrace, 157 feet 6-in. pipe 318 42
Elmwood road, 372 feet 6-in. pipe . 718 21
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[Dec. 31
Bradlee avenue, 226 feet 6-in. pipe . 492 31
Franklin avenue, 800 feet 6-in. pipe . 2,115 97
Forest avenue, 765 feet 10-in. pipe (incomplete)
3,546 13
Fuller avenue, 485 feet 6-in. pipe (incomplete)
1,315 00
$11,073 48
From Emergency Fund. Millett road, 36 feet 6-in. pipe Hillcrest Circle, 143 feet 6-in. pipe . Mountwood road, 60 feet 6-in. pipe Barnstable road, 72 feet 6-in. pipe Belmont avenue, 120 feet 6-in. pipe .
$155 90
343 51
247 96
205 64
292 33
267 25
Essex terrace, 132 feet 4-in. pipe . Thorndike terrace, 106 feet 2-in. pipe Payton terrace, 139 feet 2-in. pipe .
69 06
60 65
1,642 30
Incomplete 1921, Completed 1922.
Francis road
$245 39
Bradlee avenue
276 98
Hillcrest circle
43 03
Plymouth avenue
297 24
862 64
$13,578 42
Gates :
Total, December 31, 1921
486
Added
14
Total, December 31, 1922
500
Hydrants :
Total, December 31, 1921
213
Added
9
Total, December 31, 1922
222
Meters :
Total cost to December 31, 1921
$19,571 50
Purchased during year 1922, 60
928 80
Total cost to December 31, 1922
$20,500 30
Services :
Total, December 31, 1921
. 2,036
Added
64
.
Abandoned
4
. 60
Total, December 31, 1922 . 2,096
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1922]
Table of distributing pipe in feet, December 31, 1922:
Wrought Iron
Cast Iron
Cement Lined 528
Kalemin
Total
11/4 -inch
528
2-inch
11,860
1,153
13,013
3-inch
544
544
4-inch
7,090
1,734
8,824
6-inch
90,009
3,146
1,410
94,565
8-inch
6,593
6,593
10-inch
19,452
694
20,146
12-inch
6,714
6,714
14-inch
3,045
3,045
12,404
132,903
4,827
3,838
153,972
Inventory of Property, December 31, 1922:
Water mains and standpipes
$181,715 70
Ten acres, Thompson's meadow
1,000 00
Land on Pine street
5,000 00
Brick building, Pine street
4,000 00
Work shop and garage
2,000 00
Auto truck
100 00
Office furniture
700 00
2,136 meters
20,500 30
Stock on hand
4,000 00
$219,016 00
Water Debt.
Bonds and notes issued to December 31, 1922 .
$332,800 00
Bonds and notes paid to December 31, 1922
71,500 00
Total bonds and notes outstanding
$261,300 00
Less Sinking Fund
120,321 54
Net water debt
$140,978 46
Increase during year
2,681 54
Bonds and notes due 1923
8,200 00
(For details of above debt see report of Town Treasurer)
Financial Statement for year ending December 31, 1922.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand, January 1, 1922
$3,118 55
Commitments of water rates, services, etc.,
$69,587 05
Interest on deposits
250 80
Refunds
11 71
69,849 56
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[Dec. 31
Bonds issued
18,500 00
Emergency Fund .
.
.
4,550 61
$96,018 72
EXPENDITURES.
Metropolitan Assessment.
Interest
$9,561 76
Maintenance
4,567 45
Sinking Fund
1,372 07
Serial Bonds
318 70
$15,819 98
Debt and Interest.
Sinking Fund
$2,000 00
Sinking Fund interest
5,250 00
Serial Bonds
7,200 00
Serial Bond interest
3,986 25
18,436 25
Maintenance expenses
30,356 53
Construction work (see tables)
13,578 42
Balance
17,827 54
$96,018 72
Balance
$17,827 54
Cash on hand Town Treasury
$8,330 35
« " Water Office
25 00
Emergency Fund
2,045 67
Bal. Appro. Morton road
381 50
Lawrence terrace
81 58
Francis road
63 06
Elmwood road
56 79
66
66 Bradlee avenue
7 69
Franklin avenue
384 03
66 Forest avenue (incomplete)
3,266 87
Fuller avenue (incomplete)
3,185 00
$17,827 54
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1922]
Water Sinking Fund
Report of Trustees of Sinking Fund for Water Department for the year ending December 31, 1922.
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
In compliance with Chapter 293, Acts of 1898, we submit herewith our annual report.
Amount in fund, December 31, 1921
$111,703 08
RECEIPTS.
1 year interest $31,000 Swampscott
31/2 per cent. $1,085 00
1
1,000
4
66
40 00
6 mos,
300
66
41/2 "
6 75
6
1 year
1,800
41/2
81 00
1
66
66
3,000 Ipswich
4
66
120 00
1
66
3,000 Revere
4
66
120 00
6 mos.
1,500
4
66
30 00
6
66
1,250
4 31/2
66
66
25 00
1 year
3,000 New Bedford
4
66
120 00
1
66
2,000
4
66
80 00
6 mos.
66
1,000 Pittsfield
31/2
66
17 50
1 year
66
2,000 Quincy
31/2
66
70 00
1
1,000 Cambridge
31/2 "
35 00
1
66
24,000 U. S. Bonds
41/4
1,020 00
1
66
2,500
41/4
106 25
1
66
66
2,500 Swampscott
4
66
100 00
1
4,000 Belmont
4
66
66
160 00
1
66
3,000 Cambridge
4
66
120 00
1
66
66
1,000 Clinton
31/2
66
35 00
1
66
66
1,000 Gt. Barrington
4
66
66
40 00
1
66
3,000 Ipswich
4
66
120 00
1
66
1,000 Haverhill
4
"
40 00
1
3,000 W. Springfield
4
66
120 00
1
66
1,000 Attleboro
4
40 00
1
66
2,000
31/2
70 00
1
1,000 Peabody
4
40 00
1
66
2,000 Newton
4
66
80 00
6 mos.
500 Swampscott
4
10 00
200
41/2
31%
35 00
1
5,000 Reading
41%
225 00
1
105 00
1
3,000 Lynn
1,000 Arlington
4
40 00
1
4,341 00
4 50
1,000
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[Dec. 31
From Sale of Water Dept. Land
$2,000 00
From Water Department
2,000 00
Interest on Deposits, Security Trust Co. 35 41
100 00
66 66
500 00
Revere
250 00
Lynn
1,000 00
Pittsfield
1,000 00
66 Swampscott
500 00
One $1,000 U. S. Bond
1,000 00
One $1,000 Springfield Bond
1,000 00
One $7,000 Boston Bond
7,000 00
16,385 41
$132,429 49
EXPENDITURES.
One $1,000 Liberty Bond 41/4%
$972 60
One $1,000 Springfield
4%
995 00
One $7,000 Boston
31/2%
6,761 30
$8,728 90
Accrued Interest
4 mo. 24 days
$17 00
11 days
7 49
1 mo. 11 days
4 56
29 05
Bonds Matured, Swampscott
$100 00
66
500 00
66
66
Pittsfield
1,000 00
66
66 Revere
250 00
66
Lynn
1,000 00
66
66 Swampscott
500 00
3,350 00
12,107 95
Balance in fund .
$120,321 54
Sinking Fund Investments. REGISTERED.
26 $1,000 Swampscott Water
31/2% 1928 $26,000 00
10
500
31/2% 1928 5,000 00
2
500
66
4% 1927-8 1,000 00
2
100
41/2% 1923-4 200 00
2
500
66
66
41/2% 1923-4
1,000 00
1
300
6
41/2% 1925 300 00
1
1,000
6
Sewer
31/2% 1923
1,000 00
5
1,000 Reading M. E. L. Ref.
41/2% 1923-7 · 5,000 00
Bonds Matured, Swampscott
66
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167
2 1,000 Ipswich C. F. S.
4%
1926-7
2,000 00
1
1,000 Ipswich E. L.
4%
1928
1,000 00
3
1,000 Revere School
4%
1924
3,000 00
5 250
4%
1923-7
1,250 00
1 3,000 New Bedford Sewer
31/2% 1928
3,000 00
1
2,000 Lynn Water
4%
1927
2,000 00
2
1,000 Lynn Sewer
4%
1927
2,000 00
2 1,000 Quincy Water
31/2% 1927-8
2,000 00
1 1,000 Cambridge Water
31/2% 1925
1,000 00
1 7,000 Boston
31/2% 1928
7,000 00
$63,750 00
COUPON.
24 $1,000 U. S. Bonds
414% 1928
$24,000 00
2
1,000
">
414% 1942
2,000 00
1
500
66
414% 1942
500 00
5
500 Swampscott Sewer
4%
1930-4
2,500 00
3
1,000 Belmont Water
4%
1926
3,000 00
3
1,000 Cambridge Water
4%
1924
3,000 00
1
1,000 Arlington Water
4%
1924
1,000 00
3
1,000 Ipswich Water
4%
1924
3,000 00
1
1,000 Great Barrington Water
4%
1923
1,000 00
1
1,000 Haverhill School
4%
1926
1,000 00
2
1,000 West Springfield Ref.
4%
1928
2,000 00
1
1,000 West Springfield Water
4%
1929
1,000 00
1
1,000 Attleboro Water 66
4%
1926
1,000 00
2
1,000
31/2% 1935
2,000 00
1
1,000 Peabody Sewer
4%
1931
1,000 00
2
1,000 Newton Water
4%
1924
2,000 00
1 1,000 Springfield
4%
1926
1,000 00
1
1,000 Belmont E. L.
4%
1928
1,000 00
1
1,000 Clinton General
31/2%
1930
1,000 00
Cash in Bank, Security Trust Co.
53,000 00 3,571 54
$120,321 54
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Sewer Department.
We recommend that unexpended balances Stacey brook culvert, and Cherry street and Hillcrest circle sewers, amounting to $6,249.86, be transferred to the emergency fund under same conditions as voted last year.
We recommend that $8,200 be appropriated for sewer maintenance and $500 for particular sewers.
Financial Statement for Year Ending December 31, 1922.
RECEIPTS.
Maintenance appropriation .
$8,200 00
Particular sewers appropriation .
500 00
Unexpended balances (1921) to Emergency Fund.
Banks road and Banks terrace $2,522 14
Palmer avenue
322 15
2,844 29
Bonds Issued.
Stacey brook culvert .
$15,000 00
Cherry street sewer
3,000 00
Hillcrest circle sewer
300 00
18,300 00
Emergency Fund
2,029 29
$31,873 58
EXPENDITURES.
Maintenance
$7,740 21
Particular sewers
500 56
.
Construction work (see tables)
Stacey brook culvert
$10,228 84
Cherry street sewer .
1,566 19
Hillcrest circle sewer
.
255 11
12,050 14
Emergency Fund.
J. T. Lyons (sewer connections) $160 60
D. J. Sheehan (sewer connections) 444 00
604 60
Unexpended balances
10,978 07
$31,873 58
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Unexpended balances (reverting to town).
Maintenance
$ 459 23
Bond Issues.
Stacey brook culvert
.
4,771 16
Cherry street sewer
·
1,433 81
Hillcrest circle sewer
.
44 89
Emergency Fund
4,268 98
$10,978 07
Construction Tables.
Stacey Brook Culvert.
Mark E. Kelley Co., Inc., contract.
695.2 cu. yds. reinf. conc. masonry @ $21 50 $14,946 80
69,878 lbs. twisted steel bars @ $.069 4,821 58
Extras.
Cribbing for bottom
.
$27 11
9 catch basins
160 29
Fill
51 50
Lumber in place
45 00
$283 90
Plus 15 per cent.
42 59
326 49
$20,094 87
One half of above total paid by town of Swampscott .
$10,047 44
Advertising bids
$ 58 42
Typewriting
16 50
Lumber, catch basin covers and
gratings
106 48
181 40
$10,228 84
Cherry Street Sewer. Louis Marino, contract.
600 lin. ft. 8-in. vit. pipe @ $1 14
$ 684 00
207 lin. ft. 5-in. vit. pipe @ $ 79
163 53
100 cu. yds. rock excavation @ $3 75
375 00
2 Manholes @ $97 00 .
.
194 00
1 Flush manhole .
·
·
107 00
Advertising bids .
.
.
15 30
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[Dec. 31
Expressing
2 50
Water Department
11 36
Sewer pans
13 50
$1,566 19
Hillcrest Circle Sewer. Louis Marino, contract.
90 lin. ft. 6-in. vit. pipe @ $1 14
$ 102 60
16 lin. ft. 5-in. vit. pipe @ $ 79
12 64
9 cu. yds. rock excavation @ $3 75 1 Manhole
97 00
Extras. 8 lin. ft. 6-in. vit. pipe (relaid) @ $1 14 9 12
$255 11
Inventory of Property, December 31, 1922.
Pumping station
$17,000 00
Pumping plant
12,000 00
Land
5,000 00
Office furniture
350 00
Tools and equipment
500 00
$34,850 00
Sewer Debt.
Total sewer debt, January 1, 1922
$234,500 00
Bonds issued during the year 1922
18,300 00
$252,800 00
Bonds paid during the year 1922
15,850 00
Total sewer debt, December 31, 1922
$236,950 00
Debt increase during year
$ 2,450 00
(For details of above debt see report of Town Treasurer.)
Care of Brooks.
Very little work has been done on brooks this year, owing to the con- struction of the Stacey brook culvert. We feel that this year the culvert from Salem street to the Rowe farm field should be built, and therefore would recommend that $4,000 be appropriated to build the same in accordance with plans already drawn by the Town Engineer.
We also recommend that a pipe drain be laid from the rear of the old car barns on Essex street to Cherry street.
We would recommend an appropriation of $500 for care of brooks.
·
33 75
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RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Miscellaneous items
$127 03
Unexpended balance (reverting to town)
372 97
$500 00
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE D. R. DURKEE, HAROLD G. ENHOLM, CHARLES E. HODGDON, Water and Sewerage Board.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., December 31, 1922.
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[Dec. 31
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
To the Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit the report of this department from January 1, 1922, to December 31, 1922.
Ad
Non- Con- justed Sealed Sealed demned
Platform scales over 5,000 pounds
0
5
0
0
Counter
66 100
66
4
42
0
0
66
" under
1
1
0
0
Spring
4
38
0
0
Computing
1
22
0
0
Personal
scales
0
10
0
2
Prescription scales
0
5
0
0
Avoirdupois scales
0
66
0
0
Metric
0
43
0
0
Liquid measures
4
79
0
0
Dry
0
7
0
0
Gasoline pumps
3
27
0
0
Molasses "
0
0
1
0
Yard measures
0
1
0
0
Total
25
617
5
2
Re-Weighing.
Tested Correct Under Over
286
278
1
7
Butter
42
42
0
0
Dry commodities
856
780
41
35
Liquid commodities
129
129
0
0
Meat and provisions
36
36
0
0
Bread
79
79
0
0
Confectionery
670
640
0
0
Total
2,098
1,984
42
72
66
4
42
4
0
Beam
over
0
2
0
0
Apothecary weights
4
227
0
0
-
-
Flour
under 66
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1922]
Inspections.
Stores
15
Hawkers and peddlers
.
5
Junk dealers
.
2
Oil pumps
18
Markings on food packages
1,106
Scales
35
Total
. 1,181
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1922
$ 8 44
Amount of work done .
63 68
$72 12
Paid treasurer
$65 41
Cash on hand
6 71
-
$72 12
Inspections.
Frequent inspections have been made of stores in regard to scales, measures, etc., to see that the laws were complied with. The re-weighings of such commodities as are sold in bottles or packages were made to safe- guard the public from fraud in the labelling and contents.
Gasoline pumps need constant inspection, due to their mechanical con- struction.
On several occasions coal was re-weighed in the bins. Here good weight was registered.
The result of all the inspections showed that the merchants conducted their business on an honest basis. Their co-operation with this department was of the best and the manner in which they complied with the law was greatly appreciated.
Hawkers and Peddlers.
Business depression brought forth an increase in licenses issued through the state. Citizens are again warned in their dealings with this class of tradesmen. Fradulent dealers cannot be dealt with if their identity is not known. It is your right to demand and their duty to show their licenses when requested. If they cannot or will not, notify the police.
Miscellaneous.
On recommendation of the state inspector three gasoline testing cans were purchased. At present one set of metric and apothecary weights is being used, both as standard and field work. This is strictly forbidden by the state, so another set must be purchased to be used as office standards. Therefore, I recommend the sum of $75 be appropriated to purchase additional apparatus.
In conclusion, I desire to express my appreciation to the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee for their support in the discharge of my duties as sealer. The assistance given by citizens and merchants is deeply appreciated.
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Administration.
I recommend for the casuing year the following :-
Sealer of Weights and Measures
$300 00
Printing and books
30 00
Teaming and help
75 00
Miscellaneous
50 00
Additional apparatus
75 00
Total
$530 00
Respectfully submitted, C. WALTER BURRILL, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1922.
175
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PALMER SCHOOL
1922]
Report of Committee on Palmer School Addition
To the Citizens of the Town of Swampscott:
In accordance with the recommendation of the School Committee, the town voted at its last annual meeting to add two rooms to the Palmer school building, and appropriated $19,000 for the same, appointing the School Committee and the Selectmen as a Building Committee to carry out the wishes of the town. Charles V. Burgess was employed as architect.
The work was commenced immediately after the closing of the school for the regular summer vacation. It was thought best to raise the old building and add the two new rooms underneath. A new heating system was essential, as the old was inadequate.
Bids were advertised for and received as follows:
Pitman & Brown
$16,112
Morrison Construction Co.
.
.
14,390
Fred E. Rowell
15,100
N. Belben
17,896
Duncan Construction Co.
13,468
C. S. Cunningham & Co.
14,731
Harry E. Hardy
.
16,000
Heating and Plumbing.
R. T. Pender
.
$2,900
Reardon Bros.
.
2,686
J. T. Morgan
.
3,246
The contracts were awarded as follows:
General Contract, to the Duncan Construction Co, for $13,468.
Heating and Plumbing to Reardon Bros. Co. for $2,686.
It was discovered after commencing the work that the old eight-inch brick underpinning must give place to a new twelve-inch wall, also that the roof flashing needed renewing, and that added fire protection was called for. All of these extras, including the stock closet in the basement, in- creased the amount of the general contract $1,253 97: The above amounts, together with the architect's fee of $1,014.24, and the expense of advertis-
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ing, brought the entire cost of the new addition to $18,433.26, leaving an unexpended balance of $566.74:
There is now in place of the old two-room schoolhouse and the old portable building, a modern, thoroughly equipped four-room school building, which is an ornament to the town and a worthy addition to the town's school plant.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN VANNEVAR, EDWARD TILLOTSON, MABEL A. HARDY, CLARENCE B. DELANO, HENRY S. BALDWIN, FRANK E. MORRISON,
Building Committee.
177
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
1922
Report of Overseers of the Poor
To the Citizens of Swampscott, Massachusetts:
We submit our annual report for the year 1922. Owing to the fact that temporary aid has been given to several families of six to ten persons in each home, making a total increase of forty-four persons aided over 1921, our appropriation has been overdrawn to the amount of $222.51. This overdraft is very small considering the results achieved. While the department has been fortunate in obtaining all the coal it required, the housing problem remains one of our most difficult, as low rents are becoming more scarce each year, especially in Swampscott.
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