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Article 29. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer in Nason road a distance of 200 feet and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage board.
Article 30. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer in Aspen road a distance of 360 feet and appropriate money for the same as recommended by the Water and Sewerage board.
Article 31. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Welfare to appoint an executive secretary and fix the salary of such appointee at the rate of $1,560 per year, and appropriate money therefor, as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A, of the General Laws, (Ter. Ed.) as petitioned for by Walter H. Forbes, Jr.
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Article 32. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Assessors, the Park Commission, the Board of Public Welfare and the Planning Board to appoint a member of such boards to act as secretary thereof and receive pay therefor, as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A, of the General Laws, (Ter. Ed.).
Article 33. To see if the town will vote to have the tree removed in front of a proposed driveway at number 38 Grant road and appropriate money there- for, as petitioned for by Richard Cutts and others.
Article 34. To see what action the town will take in relation to the appropriation of money for a World War Veteran's Honor Roll, as recom- mended by the Committee appointed by the last annual town meeting.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $225 to make cer- tain alterations on the G. A. R. Building to conform with the state building laws relating to the occupancy of public buildings, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 36. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from to time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1935, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 37. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $150 for the obser- vance of Columbus Day under the jurisdiction of a citizens' committee appoint- ed by the Board of Selectmen, as petitioned for by Louis LaParrella and others.
Article 38. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $500 for the suitable celebration of Armistice Day, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 39. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000 to celebrate Independence Day in a suitable manner, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 40. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Moderator of the town meeting to appoint a committee of three or take such other action as it may deem advisable and report at the next town meeting, for the following purpose: To find out the cost and advisability of purchasing the property known as the Chick estate, adjacent to the rear of the present Junior High School, for school purposes.
Article 41. A. To see if the town will vote or take such other action in relation thereto as it may deem advisable to amend its bylaws so as to increase the number of the Selectmen from three to five members, the same to become effective as of February, 1936.
B. To see if the town will vote or take such other action as it may deem advisable to have the terms of the Selectmen commencing February, 1936, as follows: The two selectmen receiving the highest number of votes to serve for three years; the two selectmen receiving the next highest number of votes to serve two years, and the selectman receiving the next highest number of votes to serve one year. Thereafter all selectmen to be elected for a term of three years; the Board of Selectmen to appoint its chairman from year to year.
C. To see if the town will vote or take such other action as it may deem fit and proper to change the salary of the members of the Board of Selectmen so that the chairman will receive a salary of $350 a year, and that the associate members receive each a salary of $250 a year, as petitioned for by Robert B. Hegarty and others.
Article 42. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee consisting of the Board of Selectmen and three citizens of the town to investigate into the feasibility and expense of the laying out of a way ten feet wide leading from Stetson avenue through land adjacent to land of the Swampscott Tennis Club, under the Boston & Maine Railroad and over land of said railroad to Essex street for the use of pedestrians, and said com- mittee report to this or some special town meeting before the next annual town meeting.
Article 43. To appropriate and raise by borrowing or otherwise under any general or special law which authorizes the town to raise money by borrow- ing or otherwise, such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for any or all of the purposes mentioned in the foregoing articles.
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[Dec. 31
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 immediate 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 thirty-first day of January, A. D., 1935.
KENNETH ULMAN, ERNEST C. BLANCHARD, PHILIP E. BESSOM,
Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest: WAYNE ANDERSON, Constable.
RETURN ON THE WARRANT
Pursuant to the within warrant to me directed, I have notified the legal voters of Swampscott, by posting attested copies of said warrant at the town Hall, Post Offices at least one public and conspicuous place in each precinct in the town and at or in the immediate vicinity of each railroad station in Swampscott on Friday, February 8, 1935, the posting of said notices being seven days before the time of said meeting.
WAYNE ANDERSON, Constable.
Annual Town Meeting Monday, February 18, 1935
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the voters of Swampscott as- sembled at their several precincts in the Town of Swampscott, and were called to order by the presiding officer in each precinct at 6 o'clock A.M. The warrant with the return thereon was read by the clerk in each precinct the polls opened at 6 A.M.
The following were appointed precinct officers and qualified for same: Precinct 1: Edward H. Jordan, warden; Wilbert J. Arsenault, clerk; John H. Keating, William H. Dow, inspectors; Bertram H. Thompson, Josephine H. Spinney, Lauretta M. Fournier, Winifred L. Amera, Charles R. Chambers, Ella J. Turner, tellers.
Precinct 2. Louis N. Crocker, warden; John E. Coville, clerk; Francis H. McCarron, Carl J. Berry, inspectors; Charles R. Sellman, Belle M. Walsh, Laura J. Pollay, Martha F. Duren, George H. Stone, Minnie J. Crowell, tellers.
Precinct 3. Stuart P. Ellis, warden; Charles Watts, clerk; George F. Clay, Donald L. Sawyer, inspectors; Howard B. Horton, Elmer L. Howard, Almer A. Jackson, Alfred J. Duratti, Edward Mulligan, tellers.
Precinct 4. Edward A. Sawyer, warden; Thomas J. McManus, clerk; John B. Cahoon, Leon W. Howard, inspectors; Bessie F. Maguire, Joseph D. Hanley, Horace P. Fifield, John J. Devine, Frances M. Fletcher, Donald H. Chase, tellers.
Precinct 5. Walter L. Kehoe, warden; Rudolph Cullen, Jr. clerk; Irving A. Curtis, Mary E. Brogan, inspectors; William Mahan, Winifred G. Jacobs, Joseph A. Landregan, Margaret L. Brogan, Walter C. Collins, Thomas E. Andreson, tellers.
Precinct 6. Henry E. Acker, warden; Harvey L. Southward, clerk; Harry G. Hutchinson, George H. Chaisson, inspectors; Robert A. LeComte, Anna M. Burke, Charles M. Gallup, Charles M. Cahoon, Margaret V. Freeman Vincent B. Easterbrook, tellers.
Precinct 7. Charles D. Addison, warden; Eustis B. Grimes, clerk; Lewis A. Coleman, James J. Finnegan, inspectors; Annie G. Ward, Catherine Hodges, Bernard F. McDermott, Ralph H. Reed, Mary K. Coleman, Charles R. Randell, tellers.
Precinct 8. Charles A. Flagg, warden; Mildred A. Gannon, clerk; Ellen Q. Lynch, Eleanor T. Hamilton, inspectors; Grace E. Mills, Sarah J. Conners, Margaret J. Duratti, John C. Pirie, Ralph Melzard, tellers.
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The balloting started at 6 o'clock A.M. and the count started at 2 o'clock P.M. The ballot boxes registered correctly and the checks on the voting list were the same as the vote cast.
There were cast in Precinct 1, 556; Precinct 2, 497; Precinct 3, 496; Precinct 4, 447; Precinct 5, 511; Precinct 6, 443; Precinct 7, 461; Precinct 8, 357; Total vote cast 3768.
Precinct 6 was the first to make a return at 7.18 P.M., and Precinct 3 the last to report, at 9:30 P.M.
Precints
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 Total
For Moderator:
John R. Hurlburt, elected Blanks
195 112
150
98
94 138 148
320 332 296
2901
Ralph D. Merritt, elected Blanks
177
103
113
75
83
123
129
61
867
For Selectmen:
Philip E. Bessom, elected
224
247
236
244
356
194
251 183
244
1996
Lester B. Morley, elected
325
287
238
246
217
190
146
1832
R. Wyer Greene, elected
217
218
220
201
332
188
222
202
1800
Kenneth W. Ulman,
228
207
227
195
113
198
188
113
1469
Ralph Maxwell,
214
191
224
166
115
215
197
109
1431
Andrew B. Holmes,
193
172
163
135
251
132
175
171
1392
M. Paine Hoseason,
49
48
47
57
58
. 56
35
18 68
1006
For Treasurer for three years:
James W. Libby, elected
400
409
385
387
440
146 348
132 348
296
3013
Blanks
156
88
111
60
71
95
113
61
755
For Assessor for three years:
Edward A. Maxfield, elected
372 402 370 366
425
312
325
290
2862
Blanks
184
95
126
81
86
131
136
67
906
For Collector of Taxes for three years;
Ralph D. Merritt, elected Blanks
168 108 117
80
88
127
123
67
878
For School Committee for three years:
Thomas S. Bubier, elected
347 371
339
333
402
299
320
278
2689
Philip H. Stafford, elected Blanks
322 339 312
337
384
281
288
267
2530
443 284 341
224
236
306
314
169
2317
For Board of Public Welfare, for three years:
James W. Buchanan, elected Blanks
173 117 151
92
102
148
139
87
1009
For Board of Health, for three years:
Loring Grimes, elected Blanks
163 102 120
72
84
122
113
74
850
For Water and Sewerage Board for three years:
Harold G. Enholm, elected
152 186 194 254 360
George B. Atkins,
271
246 194 133
90
103
119
77
1233
Blanks
133
65 108
60
61
83
102
91
703
For Trustee of Public Library, for three years:
349 350 306 342 381 288 303
Lee T. Gray, elected Blanks
207 147 190 105 130
155
158
93
1185
For Park Commissioner for three years:
Ralph I. Lindsey, elected
63
98
111
127
171
106
110
109
895
William H. Hanifey,
103
79
76
69
71
89
170
72
729
John Grant McLearn,
78
83
132
84
100
118
52
14
661
Sullivan Marino,
144
66
51
77
82
59 29
27 42
19 73 360
Earl Abrams,
47
87
32
29
25
13
21
19
273
Blanks
59
41
57
28
21
29
39
51
325
For Tree Warden:
Bernard B. Kennedy, elected Blanks
181
123
136
96
99
139
119
72
965
71
1006
For Town Clerk:
379 394 383 372
428
257
240
189
264
2583
Walter H. Newhall,
62
43
37
33
41
351 412
304
342
285
2803
378
Blanks
218
121
133
97
91
316
338
290
2890
388 389 379 367
423
427 321
348
283
2918
393 395 376 375
383 380 345 355 409 295
322 270
2759
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361 385 346 349
417 305 313 286 2762
375 374 360
525
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For Constables:
Willis E. Shepard, elected
297 337 310 327 380
281
310
252
2494
Frank H. Bradford, elected
285
334
294 316
345
259
256
234
2323
Wayne Anderson, elected
292
313
232
296
307
189
239
225
2093
James J. Fitzpatrick
134
118
154
102
140
168
132
76 1024
Daniel A. Grieco
138
50
68
37
48
90
61
25
517
Blanks
522 339
430 263
313
342
385
259
2853
For Commissioner of Trust Funds for three years:
James W. Libby, elected Blanks
192 109
138
80
98
125
147
71
960
For Planning Board for three years:
Daniel Santry, elected
329 351 314 345 389
298
322
258
2606
John R. Nagle, elected
326 350
292 335 368
273
280
254
2478
Blanks
457 293 386 214 265
315
320
202
2452
For Planning Board for two years (to fill vacancy):
Thomas B. Epps, elected
307 351 306 341 384
269 294
246
2498
Blanks
249 146 190 106 127
174 167
111 1270
Shall the following Chapter 82, Section 25, of the General Laws Ter- centenary Edition, be accepted :
Precincts
1
2 157
3 144
4
5 166
6 127
7 137
107
1190
No,
70 108
100
81
119
86
93
87
744
Blanks
282 232
252
218
226
230
231 163 1834
Shall the provisions of Chapter 31, Section 48, General Laws Tercen- tenary Edition, thereby placing under Civil Service the call men of the Fire Department, be accepted?
Precincts,
1
2
3
4 5 198
6 138
7 151
126 1331
No,
147
152 164
131
164 138
149
123 1168
Blanks
214 156 160 154 149 167
161
108 1269
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct 1 Town Meeting Members for three years:
Frederick R. Champion, elected
288
George D. R. Durkee, elected
274
Andrew B. Holmes, elected
274
Henry A. Sadler, elected
263
Antonio Parletta, elected
222
John R. Nagle, elected
12
Harold O. Smith, elected
12
Wallace H. Dennehy
6
Scattering
38
Blanks
3059
Precinct 1 Town Meeting Members for two years (to fill vacancy) :
Scattering
5
Blanks 551
Precinct 1 Town Meeting Members for one year (to fill vacancy): Elmer E. Morley, elected 387
Blanks
169
Precinct 2 Town Meeting Members for three years:
Burt F. Harding, elected
344
Harry W. Stanley, elected
308
Earl Abrams, elected
304
J. Harvey M. Blackford, elected
295
Harold F. Merrill, elected
288
Frederick Miller, elected
284
Everett L. Burt, elected
272
Alvin M. Wilford, elected
253
Thomas P. Martin
248
Leo W. Frechette
184
Blanks
1196
8 Total
Yes,
195 189
172
162
8 Total
Yes,
204
148
364 388 358 367 413 318
314
286
2808
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Precinct 3 Town Meeting Members for three years:
Arthur E. Hardy, elected
267
Solon B. Wales, elected 239
Michael Coraine, elected
212
William H. Carroll, elected
30
Geraldine Devlin, elected
26
George H. Knowlton, elected
25
William H. Snow, elected
13
Harry M. Shanahan, elected
12
175
Scattering Blanks 2989
Precinct 4 Town Meeting Members for three years:
Egbert H. Ballard, elected
309
George J. Harvey, elected
292
Robert C. Mansfield, elected
288
Anson M. Titus, elected
284
Edward C. Eames, elected
283
Everett F. Bowden, elected
278
James R. Maddock, elected
260
Harold M. King, elected
200
Walter F. Livermore
194
Nettie M. Cutts
152
Thomas B. Epps
181
Blanks
855
Precinct 4 Town Meeting Members for one year (to fill vacancy) :
Herbert F. Bassett, elected
327
Harvey P. Newcomb, elected
339
Blanks
228
Precinct 5 Town Meeting Members for three years:
Benjamin B. Blanchard, elected
343
Raymond P. Miller, elected 304
Howard C. Smith, elected 300
Florence E. Preston, elected
300
Herbert E. Ingalls, elected
294
Guy N. Chamberlin, elected
292
George H. Lucey, elected
281
George M. Glidden, elected
268
Richard K. Butler
201
Clarence H. Burnham
165
John T. Moffett
106
J. Harold Gillen
166
Lloyd I. Edgerly
174
Blanks
894
Precinct 6 Town Meeting Members for three years:
Stanley M. Stocker ,elected
248
James A. Breed, elected 243
Donald Redfern, elected
239
Michael J. Ryan, elected
233
William Edgar Carter, elected
232
Fred L. Mower, elected
229
John D. Hathaway, elected
219
Daniel Santry, elected
200
Elliott A. Bunting
196
Edward F. Burke
155
Frank Parker, Jr.
120
M. Paine Hoseason
157
Precinct 7 Town Meeting Members for three years:
Laurence V. Bartlett, elected
260
Edward F. Breed, elected 257
Haverlock S. Mader, elected 247
Hamilton P. Edwards, elected
24€
Gustavus J. Esselen, elected
234
.
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Laurence B. Leonard, elected
222
R. Wyer Greene, elected
219
Frederic R. Bogardus, elected
218
Patrick J. Cryan
208
E. Stanley Flagg
211
Bertram S. Viles
191
Precinct 8 Town Meeting Members for three years:
Joseph S. Kimball, elected
225
Ralph H. Nutter, elected 247
Arthur M. Wyman, elected
246
Virgil A. Widdoes, elected
234
William H. McCarty, elected
233
Ralph Crocker, elected
225
Earl E. Wells, elected
224
Kendall A. Sanderson, elected
224
Curtis D. Noyes, Jr.
179
Francis W. Paine
145
Blanks
643
Adjourned to Monday evening, February 25, 1935, at the Town Hall at 7:45 P.M.
Adjourned at 9:55 P.M.
Attest:
RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
Planning Board Resignation February 21, 1935
Resignation of Henry S. Baldwin from the Planning Board received on the above date, same to take effect at once, on account of business reasons.
Attest : RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
Adjourned Town Meeting Monday, February 25, 1935
In accordance with the adjournment of February 18, 1935, the town meeting members assembled at the Town Hall and were called to order by Ralph D. Merritt, Town Clerk, as the Moderator was absent, being ill. The new members were sworn in by the Town Clerk.
Kendall A. Sanderson was elected Moderator protem, and duly qualified for the office.
Voted, article 4. That the report of the Committee on salaries, wages, and existing type of Town Government be accepted, and the recommendations, on salaries, be referred to the Finance Committee, they to bring in a warrant for a special town meeting on or before May 1, 1935.
The report of the Finance Committee was read by John H. Blodgett, Chairman.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
To the Members of the Representative Town Meeting:
The town budget for 1935 is larger than last year in two principal items: Public Welfare and the Reserve Fund.
Because the tax rate is now fixed April 1 instead of October 1 there can be no special town meetings for appropriations of money to come from the tax levy. Therefore to take care of any emergencies the State authorities advise increasing the Reserve Fund.
The finance committee have reluctantly increased the reserve fund to $33,000. As all transfers from this fund have to be made with the approval of the finance committee it places an unusual amount of work on the committee and also a great responsibility.
We hope that the officers of the town will realize that this fund is set up for emergencies and that they will not feel that because it is there they should find some way to spend it. There is no question that our tax rate will be increased this year over 1934. At this time it is impossible to even hazard a guess as to the State tax but indications are it will be larger.
The Board of Public Welfare has been forced to ask for a larger appro- priation. We believe that the elected officers of this board should be free to give their time to the general policies of the board. An elected officer can not be an unbiased investigator. An investigator should be free from politics. Neither
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should one of the members of the board be taking his time as clerk. A paid clerk outside of the board keeping the records should be cheaper. For these reasons we have made our recommendations in Articles 20 and 31.
Article 2 .- We believe that the adoption of this article will prove to be very costly to the town in future years. It is placed in the warrant for the im- mediate purpose of laying pipes in the Foster Dam section. This will immediately be followed by the demand for sewers and the whole project will run into several hundred thousand dollars. It also puts the town into a real estate development. The return in taxes to the town from this section does not warrant starting this project.
We recommend that the voters of the town vote no on this article.
Article 3 .- We can see no advantage to the town in placing call firemen under Civil Service. We believe the Fire Department can be operated more efficiently in allowing the chief to recommend the appointment of call men whom he believes will be of service to the department. There is the further danger that under Civil Service there will be a larger expense to the town.
We recommend that the voters of the town vote no on this article.
Article 5 .- We recommend that the town clerk be required to furnish a bond in the amount of one thousand dollars and the custodian of Trust Funds be required to furnish a bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars for the ensuing year.
Article 7 .- We recommend that the salaries of all elected town officers for the year of 1935 be the same as that of 1934.
Article 8 .- We recommend that action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 9 .- We recommend that the item for water of $76,837.25 be taken from the estimated receipts of the Water Department for the current year.
We recommend that the following amounts be appropriated for the various departments for the ensuing year.
General Government
Salaries and Wages
Others $100.00
Total $100.00
Town Meeting
Moderator
$100.00
100.00
Selectmen .
1,800.00
500.00
2,300.00
Selectmen's Contingent Fund .
500.00
500.00
Finance Committee
150.00
150.00
Accountant .
3,500.00
500.00
4,000.00
Treasurer
1,600.00
3,856.00
5,456.00
Certification of Notes and Bonds
50.00
50.00
Collector of Taxes
1,708.00
3,336.00
5,044.00
Assessors. .
3,300.00
1,100.00
4,400.00
Town Clerk.
508.00
295.00
803.00
Law.
1,000.00
1,000.00
Election and Registration
1,725.00
1,620.00
3,345.00
Engineering
6,660.00
540.00
7,200.00
Town Hall .
2,784.00
2,316.00
5,100.00
Board of Appeals
80.00
80.00
Census.
400.00
400.00
Planning Board
60.00
60.00
Protection of Life and Property
Police
37,640.00
4,562.00
42,202.00
Fire
40,550.00
3,765.00
44,315.00
Moth .
3,900.00
1,100.00
5,000.00
Tree Warden
2,860.00
280.00
3,140.00
Forest Warden.
175.00
25.00
200.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
400.00
208.00
608.00
Inspector of Buildings
1,075.00
50.00
1,125.00
Inspector of Animals
200.00
200.00
Dog Officer
300.00
150.00
450.00
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Constable.
$100.00
$100.00
Care of Prisoners .
$100.00
100.00
Insurance
4,152.66
4,152.66
Health and Sanitation
Health
Salaries and Wages $3,438.00
Others $4,100.00
Total $7,538.00
Health Nurse.
1,350.00
Refuse and Garbage.
10,480.00
1,350.00 10,480.00
Dental Clinic.
1,000.00
200.00
1,200.00
Sewer
6,405.00
3,435.00
9,840.00
Particular Sewers
400.00
400.00
Brooks . .
200.00
200.00
Emergency Sewer
1,500.00
1,500.00
District Nurse
600.00
600.00
Dumps
1,635.00
1,635.00
Highways and Bridges
Highways.
47,200.00
9,000.00
56,200.00
Seal Coating
4,000.00
4,000.00
Street Watering and Oiling
1,500.00
1,500.00
Street Construction and Resurfacing .
2,000.00
2,000.00
Sidewalk and Curbing
2,000.00
2,000.00
Snow and Ice.
15,000.00
15,000.00
Cleaning Beaches .
1,000.00
1,000.00
Lighting Streets
24,787.00
24,877.00
Charities
Public Welfare
1,961.00
31,898.00 33,859.00
Pensions.
3,825.00
3,825.00
Soldiers' Relief
325.00
9,675.00
10,000.00
State Aid ..
300.00
300.00
Military Aid
150.00
150.00
Education
Schools.
158,373.00
30,553.00 188,926.00
Travel Outside of State.
150.00
150.00
Library
6,484.00
4,970.00
11,454.00
Parks
5,000.00
3,000.00
8,000.00
Unclassified
Printing Town Reports
1,200.00
1,200.00
Trust Fund Custodian's Bond
50.00
50.00
Reserve Fund .
33,000.00
33,000.00
Heat and Light, G. A. R. Hall
540.00
620.00
1,160.00
Legion Lease.
1,350.00
1,350.00
Memorial Day .
500.00
500.00
Veterars' Exemption
75.00
75.00
Water .
15,126.00
61,711.25
76,837.25
Cemetery
4,520.00
1,085.00
5,605.00
Interest, Maturing Debt and Agency
Interest .
26,518.75
26,518.75
Maturing Debt .
44,050.00
44,050.00
County Assessment.
5,937.49
5,937.49
Total
$735,658.15
Library.
Parks
Enterprise
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK
1935]
Article 10 .- We believe that the town should each year spend a certain amount of money for permanent street construction, but not until the Town Engineer has laid out a comprehensive plan which can be carried out yearly. No plan has been presented as yet.
We therefore recommend for the reasons stated that action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 11 .- The town should either purchase a new engine for the Phillips Beach section or discontinue the present apparatus. The present apparatus is antiquated and it is risking the lives of the men each time it responds to an alarm. We believe the apparatus recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers is large enough to serve the section.
We therefore recommend that the Board of Fire Engineers, together with the Chief of the Fire Department be authorized to purchase a 600 gallon triple combination motor pumper and equipment for the Phillips Beach Fire Station and that $8,100 be appropriated therefor and that they be further authorized to dispose of the present old apparatus.
Article 12 .- The old fire alarm cable running from Reddington street to the Central Fire Station is in very bad repair, and a new cable is badly need- ed. Also the batteries of the fire alarm system are old and should be replaced.
We therefore recommend that the sum of $3,350 be appropriated for the purpose of laying a new cable and the purchase of new batteries for the fire alarm system as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 13 .- We recommend that $490 be appropriated for the purpose of purchasing five hundred feet of 2 1-2 inch fire hose as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
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