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Respectfully submitted,
MARY K. HAMMOND, R .. N., School Nurse-Attendance Adjustor.
School Census-October 1, 1937
Number of boys 5 years of age or over and under 7 106
Number of girls 5 years of age or over and under 7 97
Total 203
Number of boys 7 years of age or over and under 14 512
Number of girls 7 years of age or over and under 14 543
Total
1055
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[Dec. 31
Number of boys 14 years of age or over and under 16
149 Number of girls 14 years of age or over and under 16 157
Total
306
Number of boys 5 years of age or over and under 16 Number of girls 5 years of age or over and under 16 797
1564
Pupils Enrolled-November, 1937
High School
Sophomores 168
Juniors 133 Class I 148 3 37
Seniors 116 Class II 134
P. G. 19 Class III 154 6 Spc. Cl.
Total 436 Total 436
Junior High School Grades
1
2
Clarke
28
35
35
205
Hadley
33
29
25
39
37
203
Machon
29
29
22
25
36
35
19
195
Stanley
27
30
24
40
36
37
194
High School
436
Junior High School
436
Elementary Schools
797
1,669
Age-Grade Table-October 1937
Grade
Sex 5
7
8
9 10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
64
1
F
12
34
1
1
36
10
.
4
1
.
·
1
5
1
1
9
3
. .
4 30
13
5 3
1 1
·
9
2
·
11
6
7
F M
F
1
4
2
2
.
1 1 4 1 12
3 1 2
133
12
F
9
1 1
1
21
Sp. Cl.
F
18
66
57
51
73
1 72
64
71
60
78
67
60
57
22 6 822
F
12
56
43
66
64 , 68
66
80
78
86
72
69
53
17 39
9 1655 1655
. .
22
24
14
19
15
30
1
21
39
28
29
19
2
29 43 23
4 33 36 14 24 1
12 43 37 15
9 20
1
27
38
15
23
42
9
32 29 9 25
18 13 23 33 13
11 4 14 18 28
2
5
P. G.
M F
M
2
1
6
2
1
1
1
1
. .
1
5
6
76 77 87 83 54 79 56 59 8 13 13
153
10
170
11
F
M
1
4
20
25
..
. .
6
19
. .
1
. .
. .
30 122 100 117 137 140 130 151 138 164 139 129 110
Grand Tot. Tot.
M
18
4
. .
.
48 112
70
51 121
3
F
104
4
134
5
F
150
M F
6
19
144
M
147
52 80 132
8
M
9
F
1
2 3
23 33 1 1
4
2
4
9 35
20
M F M
115
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.
2
M
3 833
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2
M
24
F
M
M F M
49 55 73 61 68 82 75 69 77 70
.
10
2
3
8
4 32
5 38 40
1564
767
6 42
18
151
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
1937]
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT DIRECTORY
High School
Lee T. Gray, Principal Howard E. Batchelder
Brooks K. Blossom
Warren W. Morton
Flora A. Boynton
Dorothy C. O'Keefe
Arthur G. Cronk
Mildred J. O'Leary
Harriet M. Dillon
Agnes T. Santry
James H. Dunn.
Theodore C. Sargent
Walter R. Henshaw Antoinette Lambert
Amy D. Thissell
Marjorie White
Mary Mallery
Junior High School
Alice L. Shaw, Principal
Jean G. Allan
Mary G. Boyce
Marion P. Burlingame
Beatrice L. Cook
M. Shirley Perry
Eleanor Sanborn
Hester Dwinell
Mary Sexton
Helen Warren
Emma S. White
Marjorie A. C. Young
Clarke School
Blanche E. Doyle, Principal
Edith A. Farnum
Marjorie Kiernan
Evilena B. Snider
Katherine F. Wilson
Hadley School
Alice L. Shaw, Prnicipal Louise A. Cerica Amy M. Fenwick Ruth K. James
Marion F. Newcomb
Hilda J. Thacher
Maxine. Walker Anna F. Willey
Machon School
Mary I. Perkins, Principal Eleanor Birch -
Gertrude Hammond Elsie B. Oakes
Phillis G. Smith
Virginia Tague
M. Elizabeth Wade
Stanley School
Blanche E. Doyle, Principal
Charlotte N. Conners
Jessie C. Martin Emma W. Parry Clara Waterman
Supervisors
Art Physical Education Music Penmanship
Superintendent of Schools
Frank L. Mansur
Oella Minard
Geraldine E. Minton
Crandall P. Nodwell
Lena M. Patchett
Alice T. Durgin
Molly L. Goldberg
George E. Hutchinson
Florence L. Melanson
Eleanor C. Parsons
Dorothea Paulson
Helen B. Lewis
Hazel D. Chase Hazel Dullea
Mae E. Graham
Grace M. Farrell Hilda Hennigar
Clara B. Chase Harold S. Martin Esther Nazarian Marion E. Tyler
John I. Mclaughlin
Edna I. Morrison
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Marjorie Webb Audrey Witherell Marion E. Clinch
Secretaries
Hadley School High School Superintendent of Schools
Janitors
Thomas Bailey
High School
Frank Coletti
High School
Elizabeth Kehoe
High School
Daniel Myers
High School
Herbert E. Wood
Hadley School
Rudolph Woodward
Hadley School
John F. Wilson
Clarke School
Simeon J. Strong
Machon School
Harold Wheeler
Stanley School
Town Engineer
To the Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit my 26th annual report of services rendered by the Engineering Department for the various departments during the year ending December 31, 1937.
The Engineering Department has had charge of the following lines of work: designing and superintending the construction of all sewers and drains; resurfacing of all streets built by contract, to- gether with drawing the plans, specifications and estimates for the same; the establishing of street lines and grades, for setting of curbing and laying of sidewalks and all engineering questions which come before the boards of the several departments.
Drains
One of the most important WPA projects, employing some fifty or more men, is that known as Hawthorne Brook Drain. Beginning December 6, 1935, at the outlet by the sea wall on Phillips Beach, near the Marblehead line, continuing for a distance of thirty-one hundred feet (3100), to the existing culvert at Humphrey street, corner of Bradlee avenue, and having a capacity flow of two hundred cubic feet (200) per second.
The completion of this brook culvert has alleviated flood condi- tions from Humphrey street to the sea, the cost being about $35,000 to the town with an additional government payroll of about $46,000.00.
Resurfacing Farragut Road
Farragut road, from Ellis road to Paradise road, a distance of nine hundred and twenty (920) linear feet, was resurfaced with a permanent pavement by the M. McDonough Co. Inc., at a contract cost of $4,764.55.
Resurfacing Atlantic Avenue
Atlantic avenue, from the Marblehead line, south, for a distance of five hundred (500) linear feet, was resurfaced under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, at a cost of $4,390.55, the State, county and town assuming their apportionate share.
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REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD
1937]
Curbing and Sidewalks
Curbstones were set and Type E asphalt mix sidewalks placed on the following streets: Orchard road, Orchard circle, Neighborhood road, Nason road, and Essex street, at a cost of $5,000.
Sewers
Sewers were built on the following streets: Catalpa circle, (now Lexington circle), Lincoln circle, and Atlantic avenue, at a total contract cost of $6,223.92, half of which cost was assumed by the town and the other half being assessed to the abutters in accordance with the law.
Assessors' Department
The yearly routine work necessary to bring the plans and card index up to date has been completed for this department.
Selectmen's Department
Data and estimates have been furnished this department and plans submitted for their approval.
At the request of property owners, street lines and grades have been given for grading lawns, sidewalks, and building walls, etc.
WALLACE W. PRATT,
Town Engineer.
Planning Board
To the citizens of Swampscott:
The Planning Board submits herewith its report for the year 1937:
Police Station
The new police station which was constructed under the vote of the special Town Meeting held March 29, 1937, has been completed and the police department has already moved in. This building is up- to-date in every respect, containing cell blocks, a pistol range, a dark room for photography, and all essentials of a modern police station. It is constructed of brick and is of Colonial design, in keep- ing with other public buildings in the town.
Municipal Building
In accordance with the vote at the annual Town Meeting, the Planning Board had plans prepared for a municipal building. These plans called for an office building constructed of brick and of Colonial design to be built on the site of the present town hall. The present town hall is antiquated and inadequate. It should be replaced as soon as the town can afford it.
Small Playgrounds
Playgrounds equipped with swings and slides were established for the small children at Jackson and Abbott Parks. The great popu- larity of these playgrounds with the children shows the need that has existed in the town for some place where the small children can safely be left to play. It is the hope of the board that in the future similar playgrounds will be established in other parts of the town.
154
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
New Billboard Statute
At the annual Town Meeting an article was put in the warrant by the Planning Board to establish a by-law regulating billboards under the authority of General Laws, Chapter 93, Section 29. This article was adopted by the town. It gives the Building Inspector authority over the erection and maintenance of billboards near the highways and parks in the town. In the future, Swampscott need have no fear that its scenic beauty will be marred by unsightly bill- boards.
Phillips Park
In accordance with the long range plans of the Park Depart- ment, enough permanent bleachers were added to the football field at Phillips Park to complete one side of the field. The Park Depart- ment hopes to obtain a large enough appropriation in 1938 to erect permanent bleachers on the other side of the field. As the Marble- head football game will be played in Swampscott in 1938, these bleachers are very necessary and the Planning Board believes that they should be erected this year.
New Planning Board
At the annual Town Meeting held in 1937, the town of Swamp- . scott adopted Chapter 211 of the Acts of 1936, by the terms of which a new Planning Board is established with much broader powers than the present board. Before the act becomes operative in the town, it is necessary to adopt a by-law specifying the number of members the new board shall have. An article will be inserted in the town warrant for the annual town meeting in 1938 to adopt such a by-law. If the article is passed, the new Planning Board will be elected in 1939.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN R. NAGLE, THOMAS W. DUNCAN, EDWARD E. CALL, RALPH J. CURTIS, DANIEL SANTRY.
Treasurer's Report
James W. Libby, Treasurer,
In account with the Town of Swampscott for the year ended December 31, 1937
Balance on hand, January 1, 1937
$273,511.47
RECEIPTS
Tax Collector
$728,264.85
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
105,008.56
Temporary Loan Notes, issued in
Anticipation of Revenue:
Notes discounted at 0.50%
200,000.00
Notes discounted at 0.35%
150,000.00
Bonds and Notes issued: Note issued in anticipation of Police Station Bonds Issue
15,000.00
Police Station Bonds 13/4 %
19,000.00
Sewer and Drain Bonds 134%
14,000.00
Amount carried forward 1
$1,231,273.41
155
REPORT OF TREASURER
1937]
Amount brought forward Premium
Accrued Interest
$1,231,273.41 208.89 14.44
Tax Titles Redeemed
44,266.45
Fire Losses
8,215.00
New High School Special Account
2,600.00
Stillman Brown and family Maebelle Adams
100.00
Essex County, Atlantic Ave. Decree
932.99
Essex County, Dog Tax Refund
886.36
Town Clerk, Dog Licenses
1,428.00
Trust Funds Income:
Joanna Morse Library Fund
157.04
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund
60.45
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund
30.23
Phillips Medal Fund
50.75
Emma Y. Stocker Cemetery Lot
6.25
Perpetual Care Cemetery Lots
26.00
Miscellaneous
646.15
$1,291,302.41
Total receipts
$1,564,813.88
Less:
Warrants paid
1,352,199.64
Balance, December 31, 1937
$212,614.24
Bonds and Notes Payable
Issued Inside Debt Limit School Loans:
Machon School Building Loan, 1920
(5 1/4 % )
$18,000.00
Palmer School Loan, 1922
(4 1/4 %)
4,000.00
Schoolhouse Loan, 1925
(4 1/4 % )
32,000.00
Schoolhouse Loan, 1929
(4 1/2 % )
61,000.00
Total Schoolhouse debt outstanding
$115,000.00
Sewer Loans:
Sewerage Loan, 1917
(41/2 %)
$2,000.00
Sewerage Loan, 1926
(4%)
6,000.00
Sewerage Loan, 1928
(4%)
16,000.00
Sewerage Loan, 1929
(4 1/2 % )
66,000.00
Sewerage Loan, 1930
(4%)
51,000.00
Sewerage Loan, 1931
(4%)
38,000.00
Total Sewer Loans outstanding, issued inside debt limit
$179,000.00
Miscellaneous Loans:
Police Station Loan, 1937
(1 3/4 %)
$19,000.00
Sewer and Drain Loan, 1937
(1 3/4 % )
14,000.00
Essex Street Park Loan, 1912
(4%)
800.00
Stable and Vault Loan, 1929
(41/2 %)
12,000.00
Total Miscellaneous Loans outstanding Total Loans outstanding, issued inside debt limit
$45,800.00
$339,800.00
Perpetual Care of Cemetery Lots:
400.00
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[Dec. 31
Issued outside Debt Limit:
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital Loan, 1925 (4%) $21,000.00
High School Addition, 1936
(2%)
255,000.00
$276,000.00
Water Loans:
April 1, 1909, 5th Issue Acts of 1909
(31/2 % )
$6,000.00
July 1, 1920, 17th Issue Acts of 1916
(51/4 %)
8,000.00
August 1, 1922, 18th Issue Acts of
1916
(41/4 % )
4,000.00
August 1, 1923, 21st Issue Acts of
1923
(41/4 % )
1,000.00
Total Water Loan Bonds and Notes outstanding
$19,000.00
Sewer Loans:
September 1, 1902 Series A-B-C-D Acts of 1902
(3'1/2 %)
$23,000.00
May 1, 1912, Acts of 1903
(4%)
1,750.00
May 1, 1915, Acts of 1913
(4%)
2,000.00
May 1, 1916, Acts of 1913
(4%)
1,000.00
August 1, 1921, Acts of 1920
(5% )
14,000.00
August 1, 1922, Acts of 1920
(41/4 % )
7,500.00
October 1, 1924, Acts of 1920
(4%)
4,000.00
Total Sewer Loan Bonds and Notes Outstanding issued outside Debt Limit
$53,250.00
Liabilities
General Debt Bonds and Notes Payable,
Issued Inside Debt Limit:
Due in 1938
$32,700.00
Due in 1939
31,700.00
Due in 1940
31,700.00
Due in 1941
25,700.00
Due in 1942
23,000.00
Due in 1943
23,000.00
Due in 1944
22,000.00
Due in 1945
22,000.00
Due in 1946
18,000.00
Due in 1947
17,000.00
Due in 1948
15,000.00
Due in 1949
15,000.00
Due in 1950
9,000.00
Due in 1951
9,000.00
Due in 1952
9,000.00
Due in 1953
9,000.00
Due in 1954
8,000.00
Due in 1955
5,000.00
Due in 1956
5,000.00
Due in 1957
3,000.00
Due in 1958
3,000.00
Due in 1959
3,000.00
$339,800.00
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REPORT OF TREASURER
157
Issued Outside Debt Limit:
Due in 1938
$17,000.00
Due in 1939
17,000.00
Due in 1940
17,000.00
Due in 1941
17,000.00
Due in 1942
17,000.00
Due in 1943
17,000.00
Due in 1944
17,000.00
Due in 1945
14,000.00
Due in 1946
13,000.00
Due in 1947
13,000.00
Due in 1948
13,000.00
Due in 1949
13,000.00
Due in 1950
13,000.00
Due in 1951
13,000.00
Due in 1952
13,000.00
Due in 1953
13,000.00
Due in 1954
13,000.00
Due in 1955
13,000.00
Due in 1956
13,000.00
$276,000.00
Sewer Loans, Issued Outside Debt Limit:
Due in 1938
$9,350.00
Due in 1939
8,350.00
Due in 1940
7,350.00
Due in 1941
7,350.00
Due in 1942
6,350.00
Due in 1943
1,750.00
Due in 1944
1,750.00
Due in 1945
1,500.00
Due in 1946
1,500.00
Due in 1947
1,500.00
Due in 1948
1,500.00
Due in 1949
1,500.00
Due in 1950
1,500.00
Due in 1951
1,500.00
Due in 1952
500.00
$53,250.00
Water Loans, Issued Outside Debt Limit:
Due in 1938
$5,500.00
Due in 1939
4,500.00
Due in 1940
1,500.00
Due in 1941
1,500.00
Due in 1942
1,500.00
Due in 1943
1,500.00
Due in 1944
1,500.00
Due in 1945
1,500.00
$19,000.00
158
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Temporary Loan Notes
Issued in Anticipation of Revenue
No. Date Payable at Rate When Payable
Amount
598 Nov. 22, 1937 Security Trust Co., Lynn 0.35% Nov. 10, 1938
$25,000.00
599 Nov. 22, 1937 Security Trust Co., Lynn 0.35% Nov. 10, 1938 25,000.00
600 Nov. 22, 1937 Security Trust Co., Lynn 0.35% Nov. 10, 1938
25,000.00
601 Nov. 22, 1937 Security Trust Co., Lynn 0.35% Nov. 10, 1938
25,000.00
602 Nov. 22, 1937 Security Trust Co., Lynn 0.35% Nov. 10, 1938 25,000.00
603 Nov. 22, 1937 Security Trust Co., Lynn 0.35% Nov. 10, 1938 25,000.00
$150,000.00
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TREASURER'S REPORT Principal and Interest Due in 1938
GENERAL DEBT
TOTAL
Inside Debt Limit
Principal
Interest
Outside Debt Limit Principal
Interest
Interest
WATER LOANS Outside Debt Limit Principal
Interest
Principal
Interest
January
$1,612.50
$210.00
$1,822.50
February
3,532.50
$14,000.00
$2,550.00
$509.30
106.21
$14,000.00
6,698.01
March
$2,000.00
1,440.00
3,000.00
420.00
80.00
$3,000.00
105.00
8,000.00
2,045.00
May
200.00
304.75
$2,250.00
95.00
2,450.00
399.75
June
500.00
15.00
July
10,000.00
1,612.50
August
12,000.00
3,532.50
2,410.00
1,500.00
509.45
1,500.00
106.29
15,000.00
6,558.24
October
4,000.00
1,400.00
360.00
1,000.00
80.00
52.50
5,000.00
1,892.50
November
4,000.00
300.75
.. .
.
.
·
.
Total of Principal
$32,700.00
$17,000.00
$9,350.00
$5,500.00
$64,550.00
Total of Interest
$13,814.25
$5,740.00
$2,128.75
$790.00
$22,473.00
.
.
·
·
.
. .
..
.
. .
·
·
4,600.00
402.50
.
.
4,000.00
350.75
December
33.75
.
.
.
.
500.00
45.00
1,000.00
210.00
11,000.00
1,822.50
September
4,600.00
402.50
.
REPORT OF TREASURER
159
1937]
.
..
50.00
33.75
402.50
402.50
April
. .
SEWER LOANS Outside Debt Limit Principal
160
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Town Debt December 31, 1937
General Debt Bonds and Notes:
Inside Debt Limit Issues
$339,800.00
Outside Debt Limit Issues
276,000.00
Sewer Loan Bonds and Notes
53,250.00
Water Loan Bonds and Notes
19,000.00
Total Debt
$688,050.00
General Debt Statement Indicating Borrowing Capacity as of December 31, 1937
Valuation 1935, less abatements
$23,942,084.00
Valuation 1936, less abatements
24,016,213.00
Valuation 1937, less abatements
24,161,061.00
Gross three years' valuation
$72,119,358.00
Average valuation
24,039,786.00
Three per cent. of average valuation
721,193.00
Less:
Bonds and Notes issued within the debt limit
339,800.00
Borrowing Capacity $381,393.00
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES W. LIBBY,
Town Treasurer.
161
REPORT OF TREASURER
1937]
Trust Funds
Joanna Morse Library Fund Balance, January 1, 1937 Principal Income accrued, 1937
$5,196.00 157.04
Less withdrawals
Balance, December 31, 1937
$5,196.00
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund
Principal, January 1, 1937
$2,000.00
Income accrued, 1937
60.45
Less withdrawals
60.45
Balance, December 31, 1937
$2,000.00
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund
Balance, January 1, 1937 Principal Income accrued, 1937
$1,000.00 30.23
$1,030.23
Less withdrawals
30.23
Balance, December 31, 1937
$1,000.00
Fund for Perpetual Care of Cemetery Lots
Balance, January 1, 1937
$15,814.51
Deposits
5,469.28
$21,283.79
Dividends, 1937
397.83
$21,681.62
Less withdrawals
26.00
Balance, December 31, 1937
$21,655.62
Municipal Insurance Fund
Balance, January 1, 1937
$8,083.02
Dividends, 1937
244.31
Balance, December 31, 1937
$8,327.33
Phillips School Medal Fund
Balance, January 1, 1937 Principal
$1,000.00 1,759.21
$2,759.21
Dividends, 1937
71.62
$2,830.83
Less withdrawals for medals
50.75
Balance, December 31, 1937
$2,780.08
Income accrued
$5,353.04 157.04
$2,060.45
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Emma Y. Stocker Cemetery Lot Trust Fund
Balance, January 1, 1937
$506.25
Income accrued, 1937
12.66
$518.91
Less withdrawals
6.25
Balance, December 31, 1937
$512.66
High School Alumni Fund (see note)
Balance, January 1, 1937
$4,428.46
Dividends, 1937
110.14
Total
$4,538.60
Less:
Withdrawal, payment made on account
of Scholarship awarded by Executive
Committee of High School Alumni
Association $100.00
Balance, December 31, 1937 $4,438.60
NOTE-This is not a town of Swampscott trust fund as defined by Chapter 282 of the General Acts of 1915, but is held by the Town Treasurer as Trustee for the Swampscott High School Alumni. It is included in this report in order that the members of the High School Alumni may be kept informed of its existence.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES W. LIBBY, Town Treasurer.
Treasurer of Trust Funds and Custodian of all funds and securities, as provided for by Chapter 282 of the General Acts of 1915.
HENRY S. BALDWIN, CONRAD P. RICHARDSON, JAMES W. LIBBY, Trust Fund Commissioners.
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REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS
1937]
Highway Department
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
I herewith submit my annual report for the year of 1937.
All construction work this year has been done by contract. Far- ragut road, from Ellis road to the junction of Banks and Paradise roads, was resurfaced with bituminous macadam asphalt, the work being done under contract by M. McDonough Company of Swamp- scott and Saugus.
Fairview avenue was reshaped and put to grade, resurfaced with tar mix and rolled. The sidewalks were made out of stone dust.
New drains were laid as follows: On Ocean avenue, 636 linear feet of 12 inch pipe using as a base about 70 tons of 34 inch stone. Also four new catch basins and a manhole were built here. On Essex street 150 linear feet of 12 inch pipe was laid and basin built.
The usual maintenance of street surfaces was done with patch- ing material made by our own department, the asphalt road oil used in making this being purchased under contract. This material was used on the following jobs: Ingalls terrace and Ellis terrace were both graded, resurfaced and rolled. On Essex street from the junc- tion of Danvers road to the Salem line new shoulders to the road were put in. On Atlantic avenue from Puritan road to Ocean avenue on one side new gutter. Car tracks on Humphrey street from junc- tion of Puritan road and Humphrey street to the Marblehead line were filled in.
Repairs have been made on sidewalks when needed. Tar asphalt or concrete walks were repaired whole or in part on the following streets: Essex, Burrill, Phillips, Puritan road and Puritan avenue, Columbia, Hillside and Beach avenues and Sheridan, Walker and Far- ragut roads.
In various parts of the town 150 feet of curbstone was lowered to make driveways. Also 125 feet of curb was reset on Blaney street. On Humphrey street three catch basins were rebuilt. Fences were rebuilt as follows: 260 feet on Essex street and 125 feet at corner of Millett and Ocean View roads. The bridge at Essex street over the B. & M. tracks had to be repaired twice this year owing to the heavy traffic wearing out the surface planks.
Salem street, Hawthorne and Estarbrook roads were sealcoated with asphalt and covered with sand.
This year the Highway department painted all the traffic signs and placed them in their various positions, also painted all traffic road markers. This work was formerly done by the Police depart- ment.
Due to the dangerous condition of the V. F. W. building on Pine street four lanterns had to be placed on the sidewalk there every night from December 1, 1936, to June 1, 1937.
On January 8, 1937, a pile of old scrap iron that had been ac- cumulating in the highway yard for years was sold to L. Zletz for the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) which was paid by him to the town of Swampscott at the Tax Collector's office.
Continuous Sidewalk and Curbstone Program
The material included type E asphalt mixture and curbstone bought under contract bid by the Board of Selectmen. The sod used in this work was taken from Phillips park by this department. There were also from October 1 to December 30 six extra men hired whose names were taken from the top of the Civil Service list to assist in this work. The following is the list of sidewalks done with the ma- terial used on each one: Essex street on north side from Danvers
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road to 304 Essex street, 704 linear feet of curbstone was laid and 549 square yards of mixture for surface. Essex street, on the north side, from corner of Cherry street to the Lynn line, 635 square yards of mixture was used for sidewalk, the curb being already in. Neighborhood road on both sidewalks and Nason road on the north side, 662 linear feet of curb was laid and 537 square yards of mix- ture was used on surface. Orchard road on east side, 618 linear feet of curb was laid and 497 square yards of mixture for the surface. Orchard road and Whitman road on west side, 851 square yards of mixture for sidewalk surface, the curb being already in.
There are 360 catch basins in the town. Three hundred of these are cleaned out twice a year with our catch basin cleaner. The other basins have to be done by hand.
The usual amount of repairs to Highway property was taken care of, including painting of all buildings, sidewalk plows and dump carts.
Both Fisherman's and Whale beaches, the latter being in front of the New Ocean House, were cleaned every day from May 29 to September 8. Palmer's beach was cleaned fifteen times during the summer season. Burrill street, from B. & M. bridge to the Mon- ument and Humphrey street from the Lynn line to Millett road were cleaned every day during the summer months. Essex and New Ocean streets were cleaned once a week. All the streets and gutters were cleaned twice this year.
New equipment has been added to the department as follows: One new cement mixer, the old one being turned in toward the pur- chase price. One sand spreader and two new horses, to take the place of the two that died.
Snow removal and sanding slippery streets are a very import- ant item. As snow storms are of an emergency nature and occur any time of the day or night with varying force, our department must always be prepared. Our snow fighting equipment is very in- adequate and includes the following:
One 5-ton White truck eleven years old.
One 11/2-ton 1934 Ford truck.
One 5-ton tractor bought in 1927, which can only be used to plow snow after a depth of 10 inches or more has fallen.
One 1936 White 5-ton truck.
All the trucks are equipped with removable blade plows and the tractor has a V plow. We also have 500 yards of sand treated with calcium chloride.
A total of 750 feet of snow fence was put up on Salem' street, Crosman and Dennison avenues to Dale street.
The working force of the department consists of twenty-five men. This is one less than last year, owing to the retirement of Edward B. Roberts, Sr., on January 15, 1937.
I wish to recommend: that Banks road from the junction of Farragut to the junction of Walker road be resurfaced with bitum- inous macadam, also Walker road from the B. & M. bridge to the State road. That a surface drain be laid at Nason road to eliminate the flood conditions there after a heavy rain storm.
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