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It was found that some families were not buying to the best advantage, and suggestions and corrections along this line have been made when necessary, thus helping the parties aided to derive the best results from the year's appropriation.
The board is grateful for the charity work done by organizations and individuals and the spirit shown by all has been most helpful. The financial and statistical report will be found under the head of the Secretary's report.
Recommendation.
We would recommend that the town appropriate the sum of $6,500 for the maintenance of the Poor Department for the ensuing year.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH F. CROWELL, Chairman,
EDMUND RUSSELL, Secretary, HARRY E. CAHOON.
SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1922.
Secretary's Report.
Persons having settlement in Swampscott aided by other cities and towns
. 24
Persons full support in Swampscott .
10
Families partially supported in Swampscott 14
Men, women and children receiving aid by Swampscott, during 1922
132
Settlement in Swampscott
. 108
.
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Settlement elsewhere in state
24
Persons aided in 1922 in Swampscott
106
Persons fully supported in State Hospital
2
Financial Report.
Reimbursed by state
$703 96
Reimbursed by cities and towns
.
$316 46
Due from state .
$484 16
Due from cities and towns .
$164 40
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND RUSSELL,
Secretary.
SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1922.
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REPORT OF DOG OFFICER
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Report of Dog Officer
To the Board of Selectmen:
GENTLEMEN,-I herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1922.
The following is a summary of the work done during the past year :-
Number of dogs returned to owners
11
Number of complaints investigated
·
6
Number of dogs killed
.
38
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK H. BRADFORD,
Dog Officer.
SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1922.
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Report of the Fourth of July Committee
To the Board of Selectmen:
The undersigned appointed as a committee to arrange an observance of the Fourth of July, beg leave to submit the following report:
The committee appointed by the Moderator consisted of James T. Lyons, Stuart P. Ellis and Archibald Miller, members of the Park Com- mission; Alfred F. Frazier, Elmer B. Dyer, Dr. E. W. Marven and E. Stanley Flagg. The committee added to its membership Horace R. Parker, Harry E. Cahoon and Walter L. Quinlan, executive secretary of Swampscott Community Service. The committee organized with the choice of Alfred F. Frazier as chairman and Horace R. Parker, secretary. At the first meeting it was decided to make the celebration a children's day, and every effort was put forth toward that end.
The program consisted of band concerts by Gove's Band; flag raising and distribution of flags to the children at Town Hall; children's sports and distribution of refreshments to the children and band concert at Para- dise road playgrounds, where each child was given a noise-making souvenir of the occasion, pop corn and ice cream; games on the beach and sports in the water at Blaney Beach in the afternoon.
It was also planned to hold a baseball game between the two leading teams in the Twilight League at Jackson Park at 11 A. M. and a band concert at Abbott Park in the evening, but owing to rain it was necessary to postpone these until later dates. The concert was given later in the month and proved an innovation that was enjoyed by hundreds of citizens. Although the day was cloudy and showers were frequent it was not until evening that the enjoyment of the day was fully interfered with, a heavy downpour setting in at 7 which lasted till midnight.
Through the good offices of Congressman A. Piatt Andrew of Gloucester the U. S. S. Lamson, Capt. Henry D. Maguire, commanding, was assigned to lay in the bay over the holiday. It was planned to have the vessel open for inspection, but owing to delays through accidents and the weather but few visitors availed themselves of the opportunity. The officers of the ship were entertained at the New Ocean House and the sailors at the Swampscott Club.
The committee wishes to publicly thank the Edward R. Grabow Cor- poration, the Swampscott Club, and all those who assisted in making the day a success. Also especially Swampscott Community Service for its co-operation and assistance in the planning and execution of the sports program.
It also wishes to record its deep sense of personal loss in the sudden
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passing away of Elmer B. Dyer, who for the past two years had been an energetic, active and helpful member of the committee. He was untiring in his labors, generous of his time and always ready with ideas and sug- gestions that would make the holiday one for the children to remember. As a citizen, an officer of the town and as a friend he was one with whom it was an honor to be associated and one whose memory will long be cher- ished by those who had the good fortune to work with him.
The amount of the appropriation was $1,000 and the expenditures $985.90.
The committee respectfully recommends that $1,000 be appropriated for the proper observance of the holiday in 1923.
It also recommends that a committee of seven, consisting of the mem- bers of the Park Commission and four citizens to be named before the adjournment of the annual town meeting, be appointed to arrange a program for the observance.
On three separate occasions during 1922 U. S. warships anchored in Swampscott Bay and with proper facilities for landing at Blaney Beach hundreds of people would have enjoyed visits to the ships. Owing to the landing difficulties comparatively few went aboard the ships and the officers and men of the vessels, who were really the guests of the town, on at least one of the occasions received a very poor impression of Swampscott hospitality. The committee has each year made a makeshift arrangement, but owing to the rise and fall of the tide the attempts were not very successful. It is the belief of those who have served on the committee that in course of time the town will find it advantageous to consider the construction of a landing stage.
The committee recommends that the town consider the advisability of constructing a landing stage at Blaney Beach and that a committee of three be appointed to investigate and report at the adjourned town meet- ing.
Respectfully submitted,
ALFRED F. FRAZIER, Chairman, JAMES T. LYONS, STUART P. ELLIS, ARCHIBALD MILLER, DR. E. W. MARVEN, E. STANLEY FLAGG,
Committee.
SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1922.
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Report of Collector of Taxes
Philip E. Bessom, Collector of Taxes, in Account Current with the Town of Swampscott.
1921. DR.
Uncollected moth assessment
$284 66
Uncollected sidewalk assessment
552 07
Uncollected sewer assessment
174 50
Uncollected taxes
58,290 40
Interest on taxes at 6 per cent. from Jan. 1, 1922, to January
1, 1923
1,086 77
$60,388 40
CR.
Cash paid on moth assessment
$117 25
Cash paid on sidewalk assessment
59 31
Cash paid on sewer assessment
104 21
Cash paid on taxes .
29,731 61
Interest on taxes at 6 per cent. from January 1, 1922
to January 1, 1923
1,086 77
Abatement on taxes .
220 10
Uncollected moth tax .
167 41
Uncollected sidewalk assessment
492 76
Uncollected sewer assessment
70 29
Uncollected taxes
28,338 69
$60,388 40
Philip E. Bessom, Collector of Taxes, in Account Current with the Town of Swampscott.
1922. DR.
State tax
.
$32,280 00
County tax
25,758 35
Charles River Basin tax
1,615 20
1922]
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
183
Metropolitan Park tax
8,982 12
State Highway tax .
541 14
Municipal Account tax
2,143 83
Sewer assessment
1,272 31
Sidewalk assessment
1,367 93
Moth tax
1,862 00
Town tax
342,077 72
Overlay
5,000 00
Poll tax
11,890 00
Poll tax (supplementary)
190 00
Supplementary tax
268 37
Supplementary sewer assessment
45 50
Interest on taxes at 6 per cent. from Oct. 15, 1922, to January
1, 1923
157 53
$435,452 00
CR.
Cash paid on moth tax
$1,573 75
Cash paid on sidewalk assessment
581 92
Cash paid on sewer assessment .
584 71
Cash paid on poll tax .
10,327 00
Cash paid on taxes
. 351,620 99
Cash paid on interest on taxes from October 15, 1922, to
January 1, 1923
157 53
Abatement on moth tax
1 50
Abatement on taxes, poll
1,283 00
Abatement on taxes
3,644 02
Uncollected moth tax .
288 75
Uncollected sidewalk assessment
786 01
Uncollected sewer assessment
729 17
Uncollected poll taxes
.
470 00
Uncollected taxes
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63,403 65
$435,452 00
WATER SERVICES, 1921.
DR.
Water rates
$3,196 29
CR.
Cash paid
. $2,650 33
Abatements
.
.
.
145 78
Uncollected water rates
.
.
.
.
400 18
.
3,196 29
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1922.
DR.
Water rates
$24,971 75
CR.
Cash paid
$18,519 24
Abatements
209 60
Uncollected water rates
6,242 91
$24,971 75
WATER SERVICES, 1922.
Water services
$2,688 57
CR.
Cash paid
. $2,005 61
Abatements
41 33
Uncollected water services
641 63
$2,688 57
RENTS, 1922.
Rents
$200 00
Cash paid
$200 00
.
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DR.
. 7
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Report of Board of Selectmen
General Remarks.
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
It is an agreeable duty to address you at the termination of our official year and to call attention to matters of importance that have transpired.
The prosperity of our town is a subject for congratulation. Many im- portant and much-needed improvements have been made and today Swamp- scott stands well up in the list of modern suburban communities. That the moneys appropriated and disbursed under our jurisdiction have been con- sistently expended will be acknowledged after a perusal of the subjoined reports of the heads of the various town departments.
ADMINISTRATIVE.
I. Bonds of Town Officers.
Bonds of the following officers are given by the American Surety Com- pany of New York, in the amounts stated :
James W. Libby, town treasurer $30,000 00
James W. Libby, treasurer trust fund
10,000 00
Philip E. Bessom, collector of taxes 20,000 00
George D. R. Durkee, water and sewer commissioner
6,000 00
Harold G. Enholm, water and sewer commissioner
6,000 00
Charles E. Hodgdon, water and sewer commissioner
6,000 00
John M. Mather, water collector
2,000 00
George T. Till, town clerk
1,000 00
John Thompson, water clerk
3,000 00
II. Licenses.
Auctioneers :
George W. Foster
Willard D. Martin
Sterling Foster
Mark S. Taylor 4
$8 00
Used car dealers' license 4
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$140 00
Bowling alley :
James D. Bentley 1 $2 00
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Carriages :
J. E. Burns W. H. Carroll J. W. Bruley Green's Garage I. B. Ingalls 5 .
$11 00
Express :
D. Sarna
N. Zletz
W. H. Carroll
W. E. Shepherd J. W. Bruley 5
$5 00
Innholders:
E. R. Grabow Company J. A. Sherrard
Junk dealers :
Louis Zeltz
Nathan Zletz Jacob Goldberg 3
.
$225 00
Pool and billiards :
James D. Bentley 1
$2 00
Victuallers :
Mabel F. D. Bibb, 1008 State road.
Blaisdell Confectionery Company, 131 Humphrey street.
John H. Bryson, 29 Essex street.
Mabel E. Creeto, 34 Humphrey street.
George H. Eaton & Company, 150 Humphrey street.
Edward M. Gerould, State road.
George F. Grant, 410 Humphrey street.
A. Sarandrea, 503 Humphrey street.
Mary A. Smith, corner Humphrey and Marshall streets.
George B. Watts, 60 Humphrey street.
Mason & Duncan, 40 Humphrey street.
Deer Cove Inn, Puritan road.
Nellie O. Carey, 1016 State road.
III. Permits Granted.
Under Chapter 5, Section 4, of the Town By-laws. To sell material and to do work for the town.
George D. R. Durkee, Loring Grimes, M. D., C. W. Horton, Coleman M. Wood, Everett P. Mudge,
James T. Lyons, Archibald Miller, Stuart P. Ellis,
Frank E. Morrison,
Clarence B. Delano.
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IV. Contract for Coal.
Proposals for coal for the several departments of the town were adver- tised in the usual manner, and only one bid was received, which was from the Liberty Coal & Supply Company. This contained a proviso that the bid continue only until December 31, 1922. The price of soft coal was $10.00 per ton and of hard coal, $15.00 per ton. It will be necessary after Decem- ber 31 for the board to authorize the several departments of the town to purchase coal in the open market. This will involve additional expense, which is unavoidable owing to the scarcity of coal.
V. Printing Town Reports.
Proposals for printing the town reports for the current year were adver- tised on the basis of 30 square inches to the page, 300 pages, and 2,000 copies. The following bids were received :
Perry & Elliott
1000 sq. in. 6 point $ 09
4000 sq. in. 4000 sq. in. 8 point 10 point $ 06
$ 03
Balance page $2 88
Frank S. Whitten
10
08
02
1 75
Printing and binding the report of 1921
$1,032 38
Editing
100 00
Advertising and distribution
86 20
$1,218 58
VI. Contracts for Walks and Edgestones.
Proposals for granolithic walks and edgestones were advertised in accord- ance with chapter 5, section 1, of the by-laws, and the following bids received :
Straight curb, lin. ft.
M. McDonough Company $1 45
D. J. Sheehan $1 40
Curved curb, lin. ft.
1 70
1 80
Granolithic sidewalk, sq. yd.
2 25
2 64
Parking, sq. ft.
15
10
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The contract was awarded to M. McDonough Company, the lowest bidder. Owing to strikes and other conditions it was impossible for the contractor to obtain edgestones until late in the season. This prevented some of the granolithic walk construction being completed before cold weather. The following continuous sidewalks, however, were laid:
CONTINUOUS SIDEWALKS.
Redington street:
553.5 lin. ft. straight curb. 67.8 lin. ft. curved curb.
New Ocean street :
233.7 lin. ft. straight curb. 3.1 lin. ft. curved curb.
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Beach Bluff avenue :
11.8 lin. ft. straight curb.
15.5 lin. ft. curved curb.
VII. Public Buildings.
The following is a list of rents received from public buildings :
Town Hall
$166 00
Tenement, 82 Burrill Street
156 00
Owing to the condition of the Grand Army hall building, general repairs will be necessary. This will include painting, plastering and similar work. We recommend that the sum of $1000.00 be appropriated for this purpose.
CHAIRS FOR TOWN HALL.
In accordance with the vote of the town, proposals for chairs for the upper hall were advertised and the following bids received :
Byron and Jackson
$1,084 80
Titus and Buckley 1,052 40
R. S. Bauer & Co. 1,024 60
The contract was awarded to R. S. Bauer & Co., the lowest bidder.
Three hundred and twenty-four folding chairs of approved make, in sec- tions of three, were purchased under this contract. Cleats were also pro- vided to locate the sections in proper position on the floor.
VIII. Street Lighting.
The following is a list of street lights for the year 1922:
LYNN GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
Arc lights
106
Incandescent lights
341
Flood lights
2
The actual cost of all street lights for the year 1922 was $17,558.66.
The contract for electric lighting expired July 1, 1922. The new con- tract was made for five years from this date. The following are the prices for each lamp under the old and the new contract:
1921
1922
Arc lights
$101 35
$90 00
Incandescent lights
24 00
20 00
Including the lights which were added in 1922, the new contract will show a reduction in the lighting bill for the current year of about $1,750.00.
A plan has been worked out by the board, in conjunction with the Lynn Gas & Electric Company and the engineers of the lighting department of the General Electric Company, for future location of lights in all streets of the town, whether built upon at the present time or not. It is the idea .
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of the board to in this way insure that lights of the proper kind shall be added from time to time to give the best results, both from the standpoint of light and economy.
The work of the engineers of the General Electric Company has been done without charge and the board wishes to express its thanks for this co-operation.
The new plan will call for a number of 100-watt lights to be used in place of the 60-watt lamps; also, some additions and changes from present locations.
Using the figures of the new contract and continuing the all night, every night system of lighting, the amount of $17,500.00 will be required. The board, therefore, recommends that this amount be appropriated for street lighting for 1923.
IX. Forest Warden.
Everett P. Mudge was appointed Forest Warden for 1922, as provided by statute.
X. Gypsy Moth Department.
Everett P. Mudge was reappointed to superintend the gypsy moth work. The board recommends that the amount of $5,000.00 be appropriated for the gypsy moth work for 1923.
XI. Law.
Board of Selectmen, Swampscott, Mass .:
I herewith submit my report as counsel for the town for the year 1922.
Another step in the elimination of the nuisance in connection with Stacey brook has been made by the construction of a concrete culvert con- necting the culvert under Humphrey street and the one under New Ocean street. This was done jointly by the town and the city of Lynn, the ex- pense being borne equally. Later it would seem advisable to take up with the city of Lynn the enclosing of the remaining part of this brook in the same manner. The city of Lynn should be interested in continuing this work, because it permits the postponement on its part of the expenditure of a very large sum of money with reference to its drainage system.
In connection with the use of the toboggan slide at Jackson park, in- juries were sustained by various persons; in one case at least these were quite serious. This slide was installed by the park commissioners acting properly within the scope of their duties. I am informed that no one was injured while using the slide, but that all of the injuries were confined to persons who were in the crowd as spectators. Since the park commissioners, in installing the slide, were performing a purely public municipal function from which the town receives no revenue, I advised that there was no lia- bility upon the part of the town in any of these cases. This, I know, is a hardship, but, so far as the law is concerned, nothing can be done, as the question, some time ago, was settled by the case of Steele v. City of Boston, 128 Mass. 583.
The only litigation now pending against the town of any importance is that arising from the taking of easements in connection with the Eastern
.
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Intercepting Sewer. Suits were brought by the trustees of the Maria L. Phillips estate for the assessment of damages for this taking and are pending in the superior court. Conferences are now being held to see if some adjustment of these cases can be made without trial.
I have appeared for the police department in the prosecution of many complaints in the district court of southern Essex County and have attended to all other legal work in which the town was in any way interested.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES W. SANTRY.
XII. Improvements in Condition at the Station of the Boston & Maine Railroad.
In accordance with the vote of the town, the board purchased 161 square feet of land at the corner of Columbia and Burrill streets from the Boston & Maine Railroad, for the purpose of removing the corner to give a better approach to the railroad station. This work has been completed under the direction of the town engineer, and a wall and rail provided, greatly improving the safety of traffic at that point.
XIII. Tar Concrete Walks.
Proposals for tar concrete walks were advertised and the following bids received :
Blake and A. P. Mc- Geo. E.
Clay Laughlin Millson
Tar walks, new and old, sq. yd.
$ 55
Tar walks, new, sq. yd. .
$ 85 $1 70
Tar walks, skim coat, sq. yd.
65 70
The contract was awarded to Blake and Clay, the lowest bidder.
TAR WALKS.
Burrill street
423.5 sq. yds.
Shaw road
45.6 sq. yds.
Elmwood road
158.2 sq. yds.
Hardy road
379.9 sq. yds. 546.7 sq. yds.
Middlesex avenue
Andrew road . .
76.8 sq. yds.
Norfolk avenue
442.9 sq. yds.
Puritan road
119.5 sq. yds.
Walker road
12.9 sq. yds.
Ellis road
72.9 sq. yds.
Farragut road
507.8 sq. yds.
Redington street
18.0 sq. yds.
Outlook road
63.63 sq. yds.
Ellis and Higgins terrace
31.94 sq. yds.
2,900.07 sq. yds.
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XIV. Street Construction.
BURRILL STREET.
Proposals were advertised for asphalt macadam construction for that portion of Burrill street from Railroad avenue to Essex street, and the fol- lowing bids received :
D. J. Sheehan M. McDonough
Company
Resetting curbing, lin. ft. .
$ 1 35
$ 1 50
Curbing, lin. ft.
1 50
2 00
Catch basins, each
80 00
90 00
D. frames, each
25 00
20 00
Granolithic sidewalks, sq. yd.
2 25
2 50
Parking, sq. ft.
15
15
Pipe, 10", lin. ft.
1 25
1 50
Bituminous roadway, sq. yd.
1 48
1 50
The contract was awarded to D. J. Sheehan, the lowest bidder, and the following work was done:
4031.4 sq. yds. bituminous surfacing .
@
$ 1 48
$5,966 47
244.0 lin. ft. curb (reset)
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HUMPHREY STREET.
In accordance with the vote of the town, proposals were advertised for concrete construction and edgestones on Humphrey street between Glen road and Phillips corner, and the following bids received :
D. J. Sheehan M. McDonough
Company
Surfacing, sq. yd. .
$ 2 00
$ 2 25
Rock excavation, cu. yd.
.
4 00
6 00
Resetting old curb, lin. ft.
25
35
New curbing, straight, lin. ft.
1 40
1 45
New curbing, curve, lin. ft.
1 65
2 00
Block paving, relaid, sq. yd.
1 25
1 75
Catch basins, grates and frames
75 00
90 00
Pipe, 10", lin. ft.
1 25
2 00
Pipe, 12", lin. ft.
1 35
2 50
The contract was awarded to D. J. Sheehan, the lowest bidder, and the following work was done:
5455 sq. yds. concrete
@
$ 2 00
$10,910 00
130 cu. yds. rock excavation
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@
4 00
520 00
846 lin. ft. resetting curb
@
25
211 50
1445 lin. ft. straight curb
@
1 40
2,023 00
.
@
1 50
163 20
18.0 lin. ft. curb (curved
@
1 75
31 50
2 catch basins
80 00
160 00
2 D. frames
@
25 00
50 00
176.0 sq. yds. granolithic
@
2 25
396 00
560.0 sq. ft. parking
@
15
84 00
302.0 lin. ft. 10" vit. pipe
@
1 25
377 50
1 manhole
@
40 00
40 00
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
35
85 40
108.8 lin. ft. curb (straight)
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76.6 lin. ft. curved curb
@
1 65
126 39
431 sq. yds. granite pavements
·
.
@
1 25
538 75
3 catch basins
@
75 00
225 00
33 lin. ft. 10" pipe
@
1 25
41 25
395 lin. ft. 12" pipe
@
1 35
533 25
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XV. Essex Street Improvement.
For a number of years past, the matter of reconstruction of Essex street from the end of the cement road near the freight station to the Salem line has been under consideration. On December 24, 1920, the Board of Select- men petitioned the county commissioners for a hearing on this subject, and the same was held on February 18, 1921, it developing that no funds were available for this work. The matter was again taken up by the present board on June 27, 1922, with both the county commissioners and the department of public works, to see if this important work could not be done jointly by the three interested parties, as there are few buildings on this section of the road in the town of Swampscott, and it really consti- tutes the old county highway.
It is clear that if this work is done during the present year, the con- gestion of traffic on the state road and other through roads, particularly for commercial trucking, will be greatly relieved, and the distance between Lynn and Salem is also some 1200 feet less.
On November 1, 1922, a general hearing was held by the department of public works, at Salem, at which the board was represented, and Commis- sioner Synan intimated that he would favor this work provided the city of Salem did its part from the Swampscott line to Vinnin square. The matter was then taken up with the mayor and council of Salem and a hearing was held on December 18, which resulted in a hearing before Commissioner Williams of the department of public works, at Boston, on December 21. The matter is now under consideration and it is hoped that all the interested parties, namely, the state, county, city of Salem and the town of Swamp- scott, will unite in putting through this most important enterprise.
The condition of this highway at the present time is very bad and it will be necessary to do much repairing during the present year, and the money thus expended would afford only temporary relief. Should the state agree to do one-quarter and the county one-quarter, and provided Salem will do its share under the same or some other conditions, it is estimated that the sum of $24,000 will be required of Swampscott. This would pro- vide a 210-foot roadway, of 7" cement concrete with necessary shoulders. It is, therefore, recommended that the sum of $24,000.00 be appropriated for the purpose of reconstructing Essex street.
XVI. Rule to Limit Opening of Streets in Winter.
On December 30, 1922, the board adopted the following rule:
"That no openings in streets shall be made, except in case of an emer- gency, before April 1, 1923."
The object of this regulation is to prevent, except in cases of emergency, the excavation of our streets and sidewalks while there is frost in the ground. By a little forethought and planning on the part of citizens,
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work of this kind can be done during the warm months, thus avoiding much trouble and expense to the departments of the town in filling and resurfacing work done when the ground is frozen.
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