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Fuel
127.80
Auto Expense
108.04
Tools
304.15
Light and Power
41.84
Insurance
107:44
Gasoline and Oil
215.30
Materials
292.11
Supplies
72.30
Equipment
736.52
All Others
64.72
Loans and Interest
1,131.25
Interest
737.50
8,283.40
22,630.33
Emergency Water
Contractor
410.05
Labor
493.09
All Others
29.88
933.02
Salem Street Water Main
Materials
550.37
Gasoline and Kerosene
65.29
Compressor
383.83
Medical
.59
Use of Truck
292.50
Labor
694.71
1,987.29
Amount carried forward
$724,209.26
Loans
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Amount brought forward
$724,209.26
Cemetery
Salaries and Wages
Superintendent
1,820.00
Labor
3,944.00
5,764.00
Other Expenses
Telephone
27.54
Chapel
190.00
Tools
64.32
Water
38.99
Repairs
66.42
Auto Expenses
136.39
Shrubs, Plants, etc.
137.54
Gasoline and Oil
47.51
Loam
161.25
Equipment
158.88
All Others
19.50
1,048.34
6,812.34
SUMMARY OF ENTERPRISES
From Last Year
Transfer Appropria- Expendi- Transfer
to
tion
ture
from
Balance to Revenue
Water
Wages
$4,600.00 $10,440.00 $14,346.93
$693.07
Water Others
50,497.00
8,283.40 $39,274.85
2,938.75
Cemetery
Wages
Cemetery Others
320.75
1,048.34
7.50
1.91
Emergency Water
933.02
4,066.98
Salem Street
Water Main
$4,322.67
1,987.29
*2,335.38
Plymouth Avenue
Water Main
3,500.00
*3,500.00
Worcester Avenue
4,400.00
*4,400.00
Essex Street
Water Main
9,200.00
*9,200.00
Forrest Avenue
Water Main
1,798.00
*1,798.00
Pine Hill Road
Water Maîn
1,970.00
1,970.00
Cemetery Garage
and Locker
1,340.00
*1,340.00
$5,662.67 $4,920.75 $93,362.00 $32,362.98 $39,282.35 $32,300.09
*To 1942
Amount carried forward
$731,021.60
5,820.00 737.00 5,000.00
5,764.00
56.00
Water Main
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Amount brought forward
$731,021.60
INTEREST, MATURING DEBT AND AGENCY
Interest
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
437.56
General Debt Inside Limit
9,830.25
Sewer Loan Outside Limit
1,202.00
School Loan Outside
4,120.00
T. B. Hospital Loan
420.00
16,009.81
Maturing Debt
General Debt Inside Limit
25,700.00
Sewer Loan Outside Limit
7,350.00
School Loan Outside
14,000.00
T. B. Hospital Loan
3,000.00
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
400,000.00
450,050.00
State and County Taxes
State
60,060.00
County
38,753.85
98,813.85
Agency
Essex County Dog Licenses
1,522.20
Essex County, T. B. Hospital Assessment
10,051.71
11,573.91
Charles River Basin Tax
Loan Fund Sinking Fund
48.33
Serial Bonds
72.89
Interest
768.19
Maintenance
1,218.58
2,107.99
Metropolitan Park Taxes
Loan Sinking Fund
149.74
Serial Bonds
14.58
Interest
557.70
Maintenance
3,757.96
4,479.98
Metropolitan Parks Loan
Sinking Fund Series 2
78.26
Serial Bonds
507.04
Interest
321.10
906.40
Nantasket Beach
502.69
Metropolitan Planning Division
57.41
57.41
Canterbury Street Highway
.23
.23
Amount carried forward
$1,315,523.87
502.69
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Amount brought forward
$1,315,523.87
West Roxbury-Brookline Parkway .17
State Assessments
Auditing Municipal Accounts
604.83
Veteran's Exemption
44.78
649.61
Metropolitan Water
Sinking Fund
257.30
Serial Bonds
10,526.65
Interest
12,889.64
Maintenance
8,991.78
a/c Brookline Credit
1,137.41
33,802.78
Trust Fund Transactions Emma Y. Stocker Lot Fund
Income
10.05
Phillips Medal Fund Income
55.76
Cemetery Sale of Lots
4,611.00
Cemetery Care of Lots
78.50
Cemetery Ordinary Care
36.00
Petty Cash
235.00
Refunds
1941 Excise Refunds
2,338.61
1940 Excise Refunds
153.93
1941 Poll
4.00
1940 Poll
2.00
1941 Real Estate
2,333.88
1940 Real Estate
135.26
1941 Personal
45.90
1941 Water Rates
7.60
1940 Water Rates
11.40
1940 Water Services
54.07
Water Interest
3.06
1940 Sidewalks
8.26
Estimated Receipts
10.00
Committed Interest
1.74
D. A. R. Welfare
4.55
5,114.26
Checks Returned and Deducted from Expenditures Board of Selectmen Federal
Projects
4.75
Insurance
49.34
Sewer
12.66
Public Welfare
279.52
Old Age Assistance
84.50
U. S. Grant O. A. A. Assistance
75.00
Park
11.14
DeMoria Claim
300.00
Water
3.84
820.75
Total Expenditures Balance, January 1, 1942
$1,360,937.75
134,314.87
$1,495,252.62
.17
5,026.31
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Balance, Town of Swampscott, December 31, 1941
Dr.
Cash
$134,314.87 235.00
1940 Poll Taxes
34.00
1940 Taxes Real Estate
1,543.91
1941 Taxes Poll
388.00
1941 Taxes Personal
1,833.14
1941 Taxes Real Estate
97,861.94
1940 Excise Taxes
25.35
1941 Excise Taxes
1,064.22
1940 Moth
.75
1941 Moth
161.25
1941 Sewer
406.39
1941 Sidewalks
342.23
Unapportioned Sidewalks
1,320.86
Property Taken by Town for Taxes
2,688.72
Tax Titles
19,289.03
1940 Water Rates
85.25
1941 Water Rates
8,688.21
1940 Water Services
230.70
1941 Water Services
1,192.54
Liens Added to 1940 Taxes
42.28
Liens Added to 1941 Taxes
2,630.93
Water Miscellaneous
1.00
Water Interest
694.35
Water Liens
184.44
D.A.R. Health
371.43
D.A.R. Park
155.40
D.A.R. Welfare
878.06
D.A.R. Old Age Assistance
20.66
D.A.R. Cemetery
375.50
Committed Interest
95.49
1939 Overlay
255.90
1940 Overlay
598.66
County Tax
665.82
Charles River Basin Tax State Assessments
45.58
Nantasket Beach Tax State Assessments
34.62
Metropolitan Planning Division
25.73
West Roxbury-Brookline Parkway
.17
$278,782.38
Petty Cash
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Balance, Town of Swampscott, December 31, 1941
Cr. $13.00
D.A.R. School
Water Available Surplus
11,135.10
Sale of Real Estate
543.82
Water Revenue
13,749.70
Moth Revenue
162.00
Sewer Revenue
406.39
Sidewalk Revenue
1,663.09
Tax Title Revenue
21,977.75
D.A.R. Revenue
1,788.05
Committed Interest Revenue
95.49
Excise Revenue
1,089.57
Excess and Deficiency
54.903.25
1941 Overlay
158.63
Overlay Reserve
879.97
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
100,000.00
Selectmen Contingent Fund W.P.A. Others
.48
Board of Selectmen Federal Projects
172.23
Police Ambulance
86.56
Commonwealth Avenue Outdrain Sewer
973.98
King's Brook
381.88
Hemenway Road Project
2,895.52
Comminutor Station
83.54
Sewer Station Pump
374.67
Continuous Sidewalk Construction
2,117.55
Removal of Car Tracks, Chapter 90
85.83
Humphrey Street Widening
643.00
Allen Road
50.78
Highway Compressor
443.50
Ragweed Removal
68.97
U. S. Grant A.D.C. Administration
246.45
U. S. Grant A.D.C. Assistance
1,711.55
U. S. Grant O.A.A. Administration
437.88
U. S. Grant O.A.A. Assistance
8,790.47
Joanna Morse Library Fund Income
52.55
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund Income
40.20
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund Income
20.10
City of Boston Welfare Claim
1,400.00
Warrants Payable
271.98
Boston & Maine Railroad Easement
100.00
W.P.A. Recreation Project
9.72
Unpaid Bills of 1940
888.29
General Park Project
759.93
Mosquito. Control
56.46
Phillips Park Playground Equipment
.48
Jackson Park Recreation Lodge
103.84
Salem Street Water Main
2,335.38
Plymouth Avenue Water Main
350.00
Worcester Avenue Water Main
4,400.00
Essex Street Water Main
9,200.00
Forrest Avenue Water Main
1,798.00
Pine Hill Road Water Main
1,970.00
Cemetery Garage and Locker Building
1,340.00
Newsboys Badge Fund
8.50
Veterans' Exemption
4.48
Metropolitan Parks State Assessments
133.24
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Account of Boulevards
.50
792.08
Metropolitan Water Loan Public Safety Account Emergency Civilian Defense
14,370.00
7,046.00
Mass. State Guard Reserve
3,200.00
$278,782.38
The following were reported as unpaid at the close of the year: Fire
$272.36
Dog Officer
2.22
$274.58
I. MURRAY ADAMS,
Town Accountant.
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[Dec. 31
Contributory Retirement System Board
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
This is the fifth annual report of the Retirement Board.
On January 14, 1941, I. Murray Adams, appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Horace R. Parker, Town Ac- countant, became a member, ex officio, of the Board and was ap- pointed secretary to same.
The term of Malcolm F. Maclean, Jr., the member of the Board elected by the members of the system, expired as of July 1, 1941; an election was held for a three-year term. Ballots were mailed to all members of the system and on July 15 were opened and tab- ulated with the following result:
Whole number of ballots received-34. Malcolm F. Maclean, Jr. received 30 and was elected. Howard L. Hamill received 1, Ches- ter P. Brown received 1 (his vote was not counted as he is not a member of the system), Kathryn B. Ingell received 1 and Arthur H. Parsons, Jr., 1.
The board authorized the purchase of several investments which will appear in the statement of condition for the year 1941.
There were five retirements in 1941: Horace R. Parker, John M. Mather, Herbert E. Wood, Simeon J. Strong, and Wallace W. Pratt.
Two pensioners have died: Charles Hodgdon and Clarence Ken- drick.
One member of the system died: Harold Wheeler.
Seven members have withdrawn and eleven new members have been accepted.
Membership Summary
A. Active Members, December 31, 1941
1. Members in Group I 72
2. Members in Group II 14
Total Membership
3. Deaths 86
2
4. Withdrawals
5. Retirements for: 7
a. Superannuation 2
b. Ordinary disability 2
c. Accidental disability 1
B. Pensioners 1934-1941
1. Deaths 2
2. Retirements for:
a. Superannuation 6
b. Ordinary disability 6
c. Accidental disability 4
C. Total Membership, December 31, 1941
Including Beneficiaries 102
The following is an income statement for the period January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1941 and a statement of assets and liabilities as of December 31, 1941.
Balance December 31, 1940
$22,390.09
1941]
Income
Contributions from members
Group I Group II
$5,699.59 670.23
$6,369.82
Contributions from Town
For accrued liability
6,054.00
For normal liability
3,086.00
For expenses
707.17
For interest deficiency
236.26
10,083.43
From Interest Earned
Interest on Deposited Funds
580.00
Total Income
$17,041.25
$39,431.34
Disbursements
Refunds
Withdrawals from Group I
$1,551.54
Interest
87.84
$1,639.38
Administrative Expenses
Clerical hire
546.00
Premiums on bonds
61.24
Stationery and postage
15.50
Printing and advertising
24.50
All others
110.71
757.95
Pensions
Group I
Annuities
111.31
Prior service allowances
6,353.59
Group II
Annuities
3.00
Prior service allowances
3,573.49
10,041.39
Total Disbursements $12,438.72
Balance December 31, 1941
$26,992.62
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Investments
Lynn Institution for Savings
$3,000.00
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
4,000.00
United States Bonds
3,080.00
Salem Savings Bank
2,000.00
Danvers Savings Bank
2,000.00
First National Bank of Boston
3,766.50
National Shawmut Bank
1,015.00
Duquesne Light First
1,101.89
Connecticut River Power
1,102.71
Wisconsin Michigan Power
1,090.83
Northern Indiana Public Service
1,100.42
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
1,129.48
Central Maine Power
1,076.35
Detroit Edison Co.
1,120.03
$26,583.21 .409.41
$26,992.62
Respectfully submitted, LINCOLN A. PALMER, M.D., Chairman,
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., I. MURRAY ADAMS.
Police Department
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
As Chief of Police, I have the honor to submit to you a report for the Police Department covering the year of 1941, in accordance with the By-Laws of the Town of Swampscott:
ROSTER
Chief of Police
Walter F. Reeves
Captain of Police James M. Kennedy
Sergeant of Police Francis P. Wall
Patrolmen
Almon B. Owens
Joseph P. Ryan
Frank T. Roach
Francis E. Delano
Joseph L. Shanahan
Frederick J. Rowe
George D. Horton
J. Warren Doherty
John P. Costin
Robert L. Cunningham James H. Pedrick
Harold J. Keating
Reserve Officers
Leon Pappas Owen E. Smith Edward P. Carroll Thomas J. Cahill, Military Substitute
Clerk Mary M. Pedrick
Pensioned Members
Captain Eugene P. Brogan Patrolman Samuel Hooper
Security Trust Co., Cash
Herbert F. Frazier
1941]
IN MEMORIAM
JAMES T. JORDAN Appointed Patrolman January 7, 1927 Died while active member, March 16, 1941 World War Veteran
Arrests
Total persons charged
68
Male
60
Female
5
Juvenile
3
Residents
24
Non-residents
44
Total offenses charged
83
By warrant
32
Without warrant
28
By summons
23
Summonses served for other departments
220
Causes of Arrest
Assault and battery
2
Breaking and entering in nighttime
1
Breaking, entering and larceny in nighttime
1
Default
1
Delinquency
1
Drunkenness
16
Failure to pay wages
1
Fugitive from justice
1
Illegitimacy
2
Larceny
2
Larceny of automobile
3
Motor Vehicle Law, violating:
1
Failing to keep to right of center of way
2
Going away unknown after knowingly causing
damage
1
Operating negligently so as to endanger
3
Operating uninsured motor vehicle
2
Operating unregistered motor vehicle
2
Operating while under influence of liquor
intoxicating
7
Operating with improper brakes
1
Operating without a license
4
Passing red light
2
Speeding
13
Non-support
3
Receiver of stolen property
1
Refusing to move on when ordered by police officer
1
Threats
1
Traffic Rules and Regulations, violating:
All night parking
2
Double parking
1
Overtime parking
1
Parked in restricted area
2
Violation of probation
2
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103
Affixing improper number plates
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Disposition of Cases
Committed to House of Correction
2
Committed to State Prison
1
Dismissed
1
Filed
15
Filed upon payment of costs
10
Fined
29
For other departments
11
Held for Grand Jury
1
No bill reported
1
Not guilty
2
Placed on probation
4
Released
6
Parking Violations
Court notices issued for violations of traffic rules
214
All night parking
101
Double parking
6
Overtime parking
4
Parked in restricted area
77
Parked upon private road or driveway
4
Parked upon crosswalk
2
Parked with right wheels more than 12 inches from curb
1
Parked with left wheels at curb
19
Miscellaneous Work
Accidents reported and investigated
27
Automobile accidents reported and investigated
Fatalities
Non-fatal injury accidents
45
Passengers reported injured
26
Pedestrians reported injured
6
Bicyclists reported injured
4
Automobile thefts and attempts reported and investi- gated
8
Reports unfounded
2
Complaints investigated
663
Defects in streets reported
29
Disturbances quelled
23
Dogs reported injured by motor vehicles
20
Dogs reported killed by motor vehicles
20
Dog complaints investigated or reported to dog officer Dogs reported lost
55
Dogs found and turned over to owner or dog officer
68
Dogs shot by police
2
Larceny reports $50 and over in value investigated Reports unfounded
2
Larceny reports under $50 in value investigated
69
Reports unfounded
9
Messages delivered for other departments
100
Obstructions removed or lighted 23
Persons reported missing and located . . .
31
1
Drivers reported injured
22
Breaking and entering cases and attempts investigated Reports unfounded
29 2
Doors and windows found open and unsecured
185
Lights in vacant buildings investigated
6
5
107
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REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
105
Residences temporarily closed and special attention given
105
Robbery reports filed
0
Sale or transfer of motor vehicle notices filed
190
Sale of second-hand motor vehicles, dealers' reports
filed
650
Sick persons assisted
19
Signal system:
Duty calls reported
21,938
Calls to fires
106
Calls to hospitals
124
Street lamps reported out
198
Suicides reported and investigated
1
Suspicious persons interviewed
30
Water leaks reported
17
Windows reported broken, cases investigated
46
Wires reported defective
7
Stolen Property
Amount of property reported stolen and recovered . $275
Amount of property reported stolen and not recovered: By breaking and entering
$2725
By robbery
None
Miscellaneous
$425
Amount of property recovered for other departments ..
$20
Automobiles reported stolen here and recovered else- where
4
Automobiles stolen here and not recovered
0
Automobiles recovered for other departments
4
REMARKS
Changes in Personnel
During the year the Department suffered the loss of an efficient and loyal member, James T. Jordan, who died at the Chelsea Naval Hospital on March 16 after a brief illness. He served the town as a regular patrolman for more than fourteen years. He was a veteran of the World War.
On April 17, Harold J. Keating was appointed a permanent pa- trolman, from the reserve force, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Patrolman Jordan.
Edward P. Carroll, who topped the Civil Service eligible list, was appointed to the reserve force on November 6, to fill a vacancy resulting from the appointment of Harold J. Keating to the regu- lar department.
Thomas J. Cahill was appointed a military substitute reserve officer on November 6, from the Civil Service eligible list, to fill a temporary vacancy resulting from the entrance of Leon Pappas into the United States Army selective service on February 28.
General Conditions
The Department has functioned with such loyalty and interest in the enforcement of law that the town continues to be free of all serious crime. The Department performed its many tasks and fully co-operated with all law enforcement agencies and courts. Our citizens should feel proud that crime, as one understands it, is not such a major problem here as in other communities.
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Crime statistics of the country compiled by the Federal Gov- ernment place Swampscott near the top in a group of 505 municipal- ities with a population of 10,000 to 25,000, in control of criminal tendencies. We can justly claim that this condition is due to a rigid, just, and humane enforcement of law by the police.
Practically two-thirds of the persons arrested by the members of this Department during the year were not residents of Swamp- scott.
Morale of the Department
The morale of the personnel is excellent. The members are ac- tive, energetic and most co-operative, always giving their best in the prevention of crime, the detection and apprehension of law- breakers, the protection of life and property, and the preservation of peace.
The absence of crime will alone prove whether or not those ef- forts have been successful and whether the objects for which the police are appointed have been attained.
Traffic
In enforcing the traffic laws, the convenience of the public and the prosperity of our merchants as well as others must be given consideration. A concentrated effort has been made to have motor- ists obey the regulations. In many instances the public fails through lack of desire or heedlessness to fully co-operate with the Police Department, being careless and indifferent to restriction signs in the parking of automobiles. Such autoists leave their vehicles unlaw- fully upon the streets for long periods of time, to their own conven- ience but to the inconvenience of others; and park in restricted areas where warning signs prohibiting parking are prominently posted.
During the year, 214 court notices were issued for parking vio- lations. The notices were forwarded to owners of offending automo- biles by mail or by serving in hand to the operators.
Uniform Crime Record and Accident Reporting
The Department during the year continued its co-operation in furnishing returns each month to the Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion, Washington, D. C., pertaining to serious offenses. We also have co .- operated with the National Safety Council, Chicago, Illinois, by furnishing monthly reports regarding all traffic accidents.
Swampscott ranked first place for safety with reference to mo- tor vehicle accidents during February, October, and December, as compared with forty-six communities of similar size. Credit for this is due in a great measure to the efficiency of the police.
Auxiliary Police Force
In keeping with preparations of the Federal Government for the defense of our country during the present world crisis, an auxiliary police force has been organized with a personnel of 150 men and 4 women, of unquestionable loyalty and integrity, being trained by the chief of police for the purpose of coping with any emergency that might arise as a result of the war. The force is ready and available for immediate service at any time. Its members are subject and auxiliary to the regular police force.
The Citizen's Part in Crime Prevention
The Police Department is ready day and night to protect you, your family, and your property, but the department's effectiveness
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depends in a very large measure upon the prompt and intelligent co- operation of all Swampscott citizens. How can you co-operate ? You can aid in the detection and suppression of crime by being alert and telephoning the police whenever you observe suspicious persons or happenings or hear unusual noises at your own home or in the neighborhood. Do not attempt a personal investigation or turn on additional lights in the house, and do not make a lot of noise. That will only put the person in question on guard and prevent his cap- ture if. he is a criminal. Go to a telephone and dial the police. Tell your name quietly and distinctly, the location where the police are needed, and what has happened. Be observant in obtaining a de- scription; always look for distinctive marks and peculiarities of physical appearance, manner, and dress.
When your call is received at police headquarters, a patrol car can be directed to the scene at once by radio and no time is lost. Your action in telephoning might prevent or clear a crime, or even save a life. No complaint is too small to be investigated. The Police Department is for the purpose of looking into any suspicious cir- cumstances. We would rather investigate many unfounded reports than to have a single burglary occur.
Firearms
The most dangerous firearm is the .22 calibre rifle, only be- cause it can be obtained by boys so easily. During the year the Department investigated many complaints of injury both to persons and property, caused by boys armed with this weapon. Parents al- low their children to purchase such rifles, having in mind the small calibre but overlooking the killing power. The .22 rifle is effective for a distance of one mile. Boys never give a thought to what is just beyond when aiming and serious accidents often take place. If parents permit their children to have these guns, regardless of the danger involved, the rifles should be fired only at a suitable safe range and under adult supervision.
Licenses Issued and Receipts
During the year, 123 licenses to carry a pistol or revolver were issued to residents. Receipts totaling $65.05 from the licenses and other sources were paid to the town collector.
Expenditures
The total expenses of the Department during the year, including salaries, amounted to $42,227.26. On December 31, the police ap- propriation showed a balance of $299.09.
The budget submitted to the town accountant for 1942 totals $42,080.00.
Appreciation
I wish to thank the town meeting members for authorizing the purchase of a two-way radio system for the Police Department. I am sure the equipment will prove a most valuable means of police communication. I also wish to thank the citizens for providing the Department with a modern ambulance. It was put into service in June and has proven highly satisfactory.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER F. REEVES,
Chief of Police.
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[Dec. 31
Chief of Fire Department
To the Board of Selectmen:
The Chief of the Fire Department submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1941.
Important Notice
Co-operation of the Fire Department and the citizens is not only desirable but of invaluable assistance in the extinguishing of fires. There can be no more beneficial co-operation than the adop- tion by all persons who discover fires of the practice of sounding the nearest fire alarm box. The fire alarm is much quicker and registers more accurately than other means of notification. If the telephone must be used, because of remote location of the alarm box, always dial "Operator" and then give her the location of the fire as well as the name and address. If possible, detail some one to the nearest box to pull it and direct the apparatus to fire.
Department Records
Swampscott
Box alarms
92
Still alarms
339
Lynn
23
Marblehead
16
Equipment Used
21/2-inch hose
15,900 feet
11/2-inch hose
5,800 feet
3/4 -inch hose
44,400 feet
Booster tanks
220
Indian pumps
334
Ladders used
1,102 feet
Fyre fyters
4
Hand chemicals
1
Foamites
5
Chimney fuses
2
Salvage covers spread
4
Oxygen tanks used
36
Engine 1 answered
109
Engine 2 answered
287
Engine 3 answered
313
Ladder 1 answered
127
Fire alarm truck answered
20
Hours of duty
449 hours, 28 minutes
Loss and Insurance Record
Value of buildings
$279,500.00
Damage to buildings
6,905.00
Insurance on buildings
137,500.00
Insurance paid on buildings
6,605.00
Loss over insurance
300.00
Value of contents
29,200.00
Damage to contents
3,621.60
470
1941]
REPORT OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
109
Insurance on contents
27,000.00
Insurance paid on contents
3,346.60 275.00
Permits Issued
Oil burner power
89
Oil burner range
64
Blasting
16
Garage applications approved
Inspections
During the past year an inspection division was undertaken. All the mercantile, public buildings and hotels were inspected and rec- ommendations were made, but due to lack of man power we were unable to follow up our recommendations or continue any inspec- tions.
This is a very valuable branch of fire service and we hope in the near future to be able to undertake an efficient inspection bureau.
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