Town annual report of Swampscott 1929, Part 20

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1929
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 244


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Art. 64. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $180 to pur- chase and install a fire alarm box at the corner of Berkshire street and Paradise road, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.


Art. 65. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $150 to pur- chase and install a fire alarm box on Humphrey street at Hemingway road, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.


Art. 66. To see if the town will vote to give to the Board of Fire Engineers permission to dispose of the old service car as part payment on another machine to take its place, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.


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Art. 67. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $500 for 500 feet of 21/2 inch hose, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.


Art. 68. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $400 for new batteries at the Central Fire Station for the Fire Alarm System, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.


Art. 69. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $5,000 for further improving the Fire Alarm System, displacing part of the present overhead construction, by underground cables with necessary loops, connections and changes, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engi- neers.


Art. 70. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $1,000 for hydrant rental, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.


Art. 71. To see if the town will vote to establish the following yearly rate of salaries in the Fire Department: Deputy Chief, $2,430; three captains at $2,265 each; privates, first year, $1,900; second year, $2,000; third year and thereafter, $2,100 per year, and appropriate the sum of $1,865 to cover same, to be retroactive to January 1, 1930, as petitioned for by George H. Lampard et als.


Art. 72. To see if the town will authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to petition the legislature for authority to borrow from time to time, within a period of five years from the passage of the act, in excess of the statutory limit of indebtedness, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding in the aggregate $500,000 for the purpose of constructing a new high school building and originally equipping and furnishing the same, and to issue notes or bonds of the town therefor, as recommended by the High School Committee.


Art. 73. To see if the town will authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to petition the legislature for authority to discontinue as a public park the use of the land on Humphrey street, commonly known as Phillips Park, and to erect thereon a public high school, and to use the same generally for public school purposes, and to place the same under the jurisdiction of the School Committee of the town of Swamp- scott, as recommended by the High School Committee. .


Art. 74. To see if the town will vote to continue the ensuing year the present High School Building Committee, with power in the Mod- erator to fill vacancies therein. Said committee to investigate and con- sider matters that may arise from time to time in connection with ques- tion of establishing a new high school building, and what use, if any, may be made of the present high school building for any other purpose, and to report thereon to the town, as recommended by the High School Committee.


Art. 75. To see if the town will authorize the Finance Committee to study the present high school building to determine whether it can be efficiently used for high school needs by making changes therein and additions thereto; and further, to see if the town will appropriate money for such study, as petitioned for by James W. Santry.


Art. 76. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $3,986 to be expended for repairs upon the school buildings of the town, as peti- tioned for by the School Committee.


Art. 77. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $1,000 to be expended for the development of the grounds about the Machon School, as petitioned for by the School Committee.


Art. 78. To see if the town will vote to build a wire fence at the Stanley School, fence to be 6 feet high and 110 feet long with posts set in cement bases, and appropriate $1,000 therefor, as petitioned for by Harry E. Hardy et als.


Art. 79. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Trustees of the Public Library to make changes in, and additions to, the library building, and further to see if the town will vote to appropriate money for such changes and additions, as recommended by said trustees in their annual report for the year 1929.


Art. 80. To see if the town will vote that German police dogs and Airedale dogs be restrained while upon the streets.


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Art. 81. To see if the town will vote permission to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Joseph L. Stevens Post 1240, to occupy the old hall on Pine street, now in possession of the G. A. R., and make the neces- sary appropriation for its maintenance, as petitioned for by Leo P. Caproni et als.


Art. 82. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the eradication of mosquitoes, the same to be spent under Chap. 252 of the General Laws, as amended by Chap. 457, Acts of 1923, and subsequent amendments, especially Chap. 288 of the Acts of 1929.


Art. 83. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee to make a comprehensive study as to the advisability of the town accept- ing or providing for a town manager, and appropriate money for said committee to pursue said investigation, and report their findings at a subsequent town meeting.


Art. 84. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law of the town so that all that land on the ocean side of Humphrey street, between King's Beach and Blaney Beach, may be zoned as a business district, as petitioned for by Ellen M. Wardwell et als.


Art. 85. To see if the town will vote that portion of the land known as Phillips Gardens, as shown on a plan drawn by Philip J. Leary, civil engineer, and bounded by Bates road, Charlotte road, Phillips park, and land of Vorenberg, be transferred from a single residence district to a two family district on the zone map of the town, so as to make the same conform to the remainder of the land shown on the above men- tioned plan, as petitioned for by S. Louis Eigner et als.


Art. 86. To see if the town will vote to formally dedicate Abbott Park with appropriate military exercises and appropriate money there- for.


Art. 87. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Park Com- mission to erect fences along the sidewalk lines of all playgrounds in the town, in the interest of public safety and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Chief of Police.


Art. 88. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee to con- sider plans and details and to suggest a proper location for a permanent Honor Roll to replace the present Honor Roll on the Town Hall lawn, said committee to consist of the Commander of the American Legion, the Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and one represen- tative town meeting member, said committee to report at a subsequent town meeting.


Art. 89. To see if the town will vote to continue in existence the present by-law committee appointed under Article 6 of the warrant for the annual town meeting of 1929, with authority to consider revisions of and amendments to the by-laws and report to the town from time to time, such report to be made not later than the next annual town meet- ing.


Art. 90. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of three thousand six hundred fifteen dollars and sixty-four cents ($3,615.64), said sum being the portion of the expense incurred in the construction of an addition to the Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital and apportioned by the County Commissioners upon the inhabitants of the town of Swampscott.


Art. 91. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the proper observance of Fourth of July and that the Moderator be empowered to appoint a committee of three to arrange and carry out such celebration.


Art. 92. To see if the town will vote to reimburse Arthur C. Lewis the amount claimed to have been paid by him in excess of the amount rightfully due as 1924 taxes on lots 46, 47, 48 and 49, Plate 22 of the Assessors' plans, and appropriate money therefor.


Art. 93. To appropriate and raise by borrowing or otherwise, under any general or special law which authorizes the town to raise money


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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.


The polls will close at 6 P. M.


And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof at the town hall, the post offices, at least one public and conspicuous place in each precinct in the town, and at or in the imme- diate vicinity of each railroad station in the town, seven days before the day appointed 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 of meeting aforesaid.


Given under our hands this seventeenth day of January, A. D. 1930.


HOWARD K. GLIDDEN, R. WYER GREENE, DANIEL F. KNOWLTON, Selectmen of Swampscott.


A true copy. Attest:


FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.


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Swampscott Fire Alarm Boxes


Always pull a box for fire in a building instead of using the phone if the box is within reasonable distance.


(Corrected to January 1, 1930)


Box Location


Box


Location


13 Mountwood Rd.


412


Humphrey St. cor. Harrison Av.


*413 Beach Bluff Ave. & Moystin St.


*414 Phillips and Bradlee Ave.


*415 Atlantic and Palmer Ave.


421 Kensington Lane opp. Lewis Rd. Stanley School


5 Engine House, New Ocean St.


113


Town Hall


51


Essex cor. Essex Ave.


114


Sheridan opp. Elmwood Rd.


115


Park Bldg. Fisherman's Beach


121


Thomas cor. Elmwood Rd.


122


Walker near Devens Rd.


123


Walker and Brewster Ter.


124


Greenwood Ave. cor. Bay View Ave.


125


Greenwood Ave. opp. High Sch.


*131


Banks, Farragut and State Rd.


521


Middlesex Ave. cor. Berkshire


522 Clarke School, Middlesex Ave.


21


Junct. Sher'n, Andrew, Farragut


523


Pine, Superior St.


23


Engine House, Phillips Ave. 24 Monument Sq.


*532


Norfolk and Stetson Ave.


¥621 State Rd. and Salem St.


*


7 Park and Windsor Ave.


*


71 Windsor Ave. and Nichols St.


*712 Junct. Foster Rd. & Foster Ter.


8 Jessie St., Mountain Park


SPECIAL SIGNALS


721 Call to Lynn


1-1 All Out Signal


3-3 Police Call


10-10 Out of Town Signal


57 American Legion Call


LYNN BOXES ON FIRST ALARM


315 Michigan Ave. cor. Seymour Ave.


317 Ocean cor. New Ocean


318 Lewis St. Chemical House


321 Columbia Ave., Standard Oil Co.


322 Sanderson Ave., Herrick's Fac- tory


323 Empire cor. Brookline


346 Ocean cor. Prescott Rd.


347 Ocean St. cor. Kimball Rd.


371 Essex near Bessom


* (Imaginary Boxes)


53 Cor. Beach and Mountain Ave.


54 Roy St. near Hillside


512 Burrill cor. Railroad Ave.


513 Hillside Ave. cor. Cherry


514 Machon School, Burpee Rd.


*515 Essex and Greenway near Texas Oil Yard


531 Essex St. opp. Elm Place


6 Stetson opp. Franklin Ave.


26 Humphrey opp. Glen Rd.


27 Rockland, Head of Rose


28 Sargent Rd. opp. Prospect Ave.


212 Forest Ave. and Aspen Rd.


213 Fuller and Bond St.


*214 Banks, Devens Rd., Red'gton St.


241 Hadley School, Redington St.


*242 Humphrey opp. Shore Drive


31 Atlantic and Phillips Aves.


32 Humphrey opp. Beach Bluff Ave.


34 Opp. 279 Humphrey St.


35 Beach Bluff Ave. cor. Eulow St.


36 Humphrey opp. St. John's Ch. Plummer and Atlantic 37


* 38 Whitney Est. Forest Ave.


312 Millet Rd. and Ocean View Rd. Orchard Rd.


313


324 Little's Point near Stearn's Est. 331 New Ocean House (private)


332


Puritan Rd. cor. Woodbine Ave. Galloupe's Point


*334


Tupelo Rd. Gale Estate


*341


342 Puritan Rd. opp. Ent. Little's Pt. Mountain Park


+ 41


+ 42 Camp Progress


+ 43 State Rd. to Salem St.


+ 45 Phillip cor. to Galloupe's Point


+ 46 Banks Rd. and Forest Ave.


+ 47 Foster's Dam


¡ Woods Fire Calls.


422


112


14 Humphrey opp. Pump Station


15 Puritan Rd. near Orient Ct .-


16 Puritan Rd. opp. Galloupe's Point Rd.


17 Highland near King


Farragut cor. Ellis Rd.


52 Essex near Danvers St.


*132 State Rd. and Berkshire St.


25 Humphrey. Atlantic, Puritan Rd.


*335


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INDEX


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Index


Reports of Departments and Committees


Page


Animals, Inspector of


142


Appropriations Recommended


44


Appropriations Voted


50


Assessors


164


Board of Appeals


151


Black Will's Cliff. taking of


55


Building Inspector


112


By-Laws Amended


52


Cemetery, Superintendent of


140


Dental Clinic


125


Election, Town


21


Finance Committee. Reports of


10-24-32-33


Fire Alarm Boxes


224


Fire Engineers


134


Forest Warden


147


Health, Board of


113


Health Officer


114


Health Nurse


126


High School, Committee on


104


Highway Surveyor


143


Highway Stable Committee Jury List


214


Library, Trustees of


141 -


Milk Inspector


121


Moth Superintendent


147


Park Commissioners


145


Plumbing, Inspector of


125


Police


136


Public Welfare


127


Selectmen, Board of


157


School Attendance


101


School Committee


93


School Costs


99


Slaughtering, Inspector of


126


Town Budget


162


Town Clerk's Records


9


Town Clerk's Statistics


65


Town Committees Appointed


8


Town Counsel .


153


Town Engineer


149


Town Meeting Members


3


Town Officers Appointed


6


Town Officers Elected


2


Town Warrant, January 16, 1929


9


Town Warrant, February 18. 1929 .


14


Town Warrant, March 25, 1929


30


Town Warrant, April 16, 1929


62


Town Warrant, February 17, 1930 .


216


Tree Warden


148


Wate- and Sewerage Board


128


Weights and Measures .


150


Wires. Inspector of


140


Stanley School Building Committee


155


Town Accountant


177


145


Dog Officer


133


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Financial Reports


Page


Accountant's Department


182


Assessors' Department


183


Balance Sheets


78-91-210-211


Borrowing Capacity


171


Cemetery


203


Collector of Taxes


174-183


County Tax


207


Dental Clinic


190


Eastern Intercepting Sewer


205


Election and Registration


184


Engineering Department


184


Fire Department


186


Forest Warden


188


Health Department


188


Highway Department


192


Interest and Maturing Debt


207


Law Department


183


Legislative


181


Liabilities


168


Library


199


Memorial Day


201


Metropolitan Assessments


208


Moth Extermination


187


Notes Payable


167


Park Department


200


Police Department


185


Public Welfare


196


School Department


197


Sealer of Weights and Measures


187


Selectmen's Department


182


Sewer Department


189


Sewer Notes and Bonds


169


State Aid


197


Statistics (1887-1929)


165


Street Lighting


193


Town Clerk's Department


183


Town Debt


171


Town Hall Department


184


Transfers


47-180-208


Treasurer's Report


166


Treasurer's Department


182


Treasurer's Receipts


177


Tree Warden


187


Trust Funds


172


Valuation


164


Water Bonds and Notes .


167


Water Debt


129


Water Department


.


203


.


.


66-81


State Audit


State Tax


207





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