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Weld, W. Frank, Malden
500
8 00
Lot 137, Gould and Byron sts., I ·4 acre, 200 ; lots 218, 219, 220, 3-4 acre, 300.
2,050.
32 80
Dwelling house, Byron st., 900 ;lot 138, Robinson's plan, 1.8 acre, 150 ; lots 224, 225, 228, 525 ; lot 149, 1-4 acre, 125 ; lot, Rockland and Otis sts., 1-4 acre, 350.
Welch, Willard
175
2 80
West, Frank N., Newton
200
3 20
Lot 73, Pratt plan, cor. Greenwood and Warren sts., 7,200 ft., 200.
Wheeler, Mrs. C. A.
160
2 56
House lot, Nahant st., 1+4 acre, 160. Wheeler, Rosanna B. .
1,550
24 80
Dwelling house, School st., 1000; barn, 50 ; land, with buildings, 1 1-2 acre, 500.
Whitcher, Hazen, Stoneham
Land, Montrose, 1-6 acre, 25.
25
40
Weld, Stephen P .. Malden
Lots 134, 135, Robinson's plan, 1-3 acre, 175.
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POLLS AND ESTATES OF
NAMES AND ESTATES.
POLLS.
PER- SONAL.
REAL ESTATE ..
TOTAL. TAX.
Wentworth, George I., Weymouth
S
300!
$ 4 80
Lot 23, sect. 3, Myrtle ave., 10,500 feet, 300.
Westcott, George I .. , Bar Harbor, Me.
2,500!
40 00
Dwelling house, Salem st., 1300; barn and carriage house, 300 ; land, with buildings, 2 acres. 400 ; land, north of S. R. Br. R. R., 10 acres, 500. Whitcomb, A. S., Keene, N. H. .
100
1 60
Lot 59. Sargent's plan 1858, 1-4 acre, 100.
Whitten, Mrs. Abbie
1,550
24 80
Dwelling house. School st., 1000 ; shop. 100 : land, with house. I acre. 450.
White, John S., New York, N. Y.
1.900
30 40
Dwelling house, Main st., 1000 ; land. with house, 1-2 acre, 900.
75
1 20
Wiley, Benjamin, Heirs of, Malden Woodland, Wiley st., 7 acres, 75. Williams, John J., Boston
8,300
132 80
Dwelling house, cor. Albion and Gould sts., 2700 : stable, 500 ; land. with buildings, 3-7 acres. 1100 ; dwelling house, Gould st., 3000 ; land, with house, 2500 feet, 1000.
Willis, William H .. Heirs of, Reading Dwelling house, cor. Railroad and Avon sts., 2300 ; land, with house, 1-2 acre. 2400.
4,700
75 20
Winchester, Artemas, Jamaica Plains Dwelling house, Bryant st., 2000 : land, with house, 1-5 acre, 700.
2,700
43 20
Wood, Theodore H., and Nims, Clara A. Dwelling house, Main st .. 700 : land, with house, 1-4 acre, 300. Wooldredge, William .
1,000
16 00
Land. Chestnut st., 1 1-3 acre, 500. Wright, A. B., Boston .
200
3 20
I.ot 82, Robinson's plan. 1 -4 acre, 200. Walton, Augustus L., Rowley
1,050
16 80
1-2 dwelling house, Main st., 750; land, with house, 3-4 acre, 300. Walton, Helen E.
3,000
48 00
Dwelling house, Salem st .. 1500; stable, 600 ; land, with buildings. 1-3 acre, 250 ; woodland, south side Sa-
500
8 00
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THE TOWN OF WAKEFIELD.
NAMES AND ESTATES.
POLLS.
PER- SONAL.
REAL ESTATE.
TOTAL TAX.
lem st., 12 acres, 350 ; lots 1, 2, 3, Slater's plan, 32,608 feet, 125 ; lots 56, 57, Slater's plan. 20,500 ft., 125 : lot 4, Slater's plan, 11,220 feet. 50. Whalley, Henry, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Land, Lowell st., 2 1-2 acres, 250. Wood, G. N.
300
4 80
Lots 37, 38, Sargent's plan No. 2. 300. Wood. Caroline M., Melrose
2,100:
33 60
Dwelling house. 700; stable. 100 : pasture and woodland. near Melrose line. 11 acres. 1300.
Winch, Arthur H .. Chelsea . .
1,400
22 40
Dwelling house. Madison ave., 1000 : lots 220. 221. with house, 6000 ft., 400. Wood, Harmon & Co., Boston
15,725!
251 60
Dwelling house, Main st., 500 ; barn, 200: shed, 25; land. Greenwood Park, 75 acres, 15,000.
Young, John W. .
200
3 20
Lots 119, 120, Greenwood Park. 200. Young, John D. .
15
24
Lot 18, H. O. Hale's plan. 3000 ft., 15. Young, Julia A. .
100
60
Lot 479, Greenwood Park. 100.
Owner Unknown
150,
2 40
Lot 46, Sargent's plan of 1847. 1-4 acre, 150.
Owner, Unknown
150
2 40
Lot 60, Sargent's plan of 1847. 1-4 acre. 150.
Owner, Unknown
200:
3 20
Lot 14, Converse st .. 8.677 feet. 200. Owner, Unknown
200
3 20
Lot 196. Robinson's plan, 1-4 acre. 200.
Owner. Unknown
150
2 40
Lot 23. Sargent's plan of 1847. 1.4 acre, 150.
Owner, Unknown
100
1 60
Lot 16. M. Sweetser's plan. 1-12 acre, 100.
Owner, Unknown
Lot 31, M. Sweetser's plan, 1-6 acre, 100.
100
I 60
S
S
250
4 00
$
1
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REPORTS OF THE TAX COMMISSIONERS.
REPORTS TO THE TAX COMMISSIONERS.
List of Taxable Corporations in Wakefield, 1890.
Real Estate. Value.
Machinery. Value.
Total.
Boston & Maine R. R. Co ..
$25,400
$25,400
Boston Ice Co ..
51,250
7,000
58,250
People's Ice Co.,
4,200
4,200
Citizens' Gas Light Co ..
8,000
15,000
23,000
Real Estate and Building Association, 98,050
98,050
Smith & Anthony Stove Co ..
48,400
16,000
64,400
Wakefield Rattan Co.,
229,200
155,000
384,200
Wakefield Water Co.,
36,800
36,800
H. F. Miller & Sons Piano Co.,
45,000
1,500
46,500
South Reading Ice Co.,
6,000
6,000
Statement National Bank of So. Reading.
No. of shares, 1000.
Par Value per Share, .
. $100 00
Market Value per Share
115 00
Total Value of Shares,
115,000 00
Total Tax on Shares,
1,840 00
Property Exempted from Taxation Under Provisions of the 3rd, 7th and 9th Divisions of Section 5, Chapter 11, of the Public Statutes.
Baptist Society, Church Edifice and Land,
$50,000 00
Congregational
.‹
..
15,000 00
Universalist
66
66
18,000 00
Methodist .6
. 6
66
18,000 00
Roman Catholic .6
25,000 00
Episcopal
66
3,500 00
Ist Cong'l Soc., Greenw'd
..
2,500 00
Montrose Chapel Society
$6
66
2,000 00
Steam Boiler Statement for 1890.
Whole number of boilers,
· 21
Aggregate horse power.
. 844
Tax Statement, May 1, 1890.
Tax on 1975 Polls,
$3,950 00
Personal Estate,
8,794 72
" Resident Bank, Stock. .
1,258 56
"4 Real Estate, .
63,920 56
Total,
$77,923 84
Rate, $16 per $100o.
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TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
Total number of Polls,
1,975
Total Value of Personal Property,
$628,330 00
Total Value of Real Estate,
Total Valuation.
. 3,995,035 00 4,623,365 00
Total number of Dwelling Houses,
1,322
Horses,
459
Cows,
305
..
Swine,
86
..
6.
Other Neat Cattle,
2
. .
.. Acres,
3,987
CHARLES F. WOODWARD,
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE, Assessors of Wakefield. ELWIN I. PURRINGTON,
THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH Annual Report -OF- -
The Town Officers OF WAKEFIELD, MASS., -- FOR THE -
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1890,
-ALSO,- -
THE TOWN CLERK'S RECORD
-OF THE-
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
During the Year 1889.
WAKEFIELD : PRINTED AT THE CITIZEN AND BANNER OFFICE. .
1890.
TOWN OFFICERS, 1889-90.
SELECTMEN AND ROAD COMMISSIONERS. HENRY H. SAVAGE, Chairman. J. WALLACE GRACE, GEORGE E. RICKER, Secretary.
TOWN CLERK, TREASURER,
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE. THOMAS J. SKINNER.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
SILAS W. FLINT, Chairman. HIRAM EATON, THOMAS KERNAN, Secretary.
ASSESSORS. CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE, CHARLES F. WOODWARD, ELWIN I. PURRINGTON.
AUDITORS.
WALDO E. COWDREY, WILLIS S. MASON, EVERETT W. EATON.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES .- CHARLES F. WOODWARD.
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. OWEN CORCORAN, Chief. ROGER HOWARD, Secretary. ALONZO S. COBB, Supt. of Fire Alarm.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
WESLEY T. HARRIS,
Term Expires, 1892
CORNELIUS DONOVAN,
66
66
1891
EDWARD II. WALTON, .
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE, (ex-officio.)
.
66
66
1890
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ASHTON H. THAYER,
Term Expires, 1892
WM E. ROGERS,
66 1892
EDWARD A. UPTON,
1891
CHARLES J. RYDER,
6 1891
SELIM S. WHITE, Chairman, .
1890
MELVIN J. HILL, Sec'y and Treas.,
66
66 1890
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THOMAS WINSHIP,
Term Expires, 1892
SOLON O. RICHARDSON,
66
66
1892
JUNIUS BEEBE.
6
6.
1891
THOMAS KERNAN,
66
1891
GEORGE E. DUNBAR,
66
1891
WILLIAM E. ROGERS,
66
1890
OTIS V. WATERMAN,
1890
REUBEN H. MITCHELL,
66
1890
FISH COMMITTEE.
SAMUEL PARKER, WM. S. GREENOUGHI, WM. HARRINGTON WILEY.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
JOSEPHI A. O'LEARY, M. D. J. BARNARD WILEY, JOHN M. CATE.
FENCE VIEWERS .- THE SELECTMEN.
POLICE. CHARLES E. NILES, Chief. JOHN F. ALEXANDER, A. L. VANNAH, R. L. COOPER, GEO. T. LAMONT, J. A. MCFADDEN.
CONSTABLES.
CHAS. H. DAVIS, MOSES STAPLES, ISRAEL A. PARSONS.
SUPT. OF STREETS. - GEORGE E. RICKER.
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
JUNIUS BEEBE, GEO. H. MADDOCK, CHAS. II. HAWES.
For List of other Town Officers, not chosen by ballot, see Report of Annual Meeting.
6.
,
1892
SAMUEL K. HAMILTON,
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LIST OF JURORS, ACCEPTED BY THE TOWN, NOV. 5TH, 1889.
Aborn, John G. Anguerra, Edward de Bachelder. George Balch, Theodore E.
Bartley, Robert B. Blanchard, John O. Boardman, Moses Buckley, Samuel
Burbank, Buchanan B.
Burrill, Alonzo P.
Carey, Daniel
Carter, James H.
Cate, Albert D.
Connell, Joseph Connell, Hugh
Daly, Denis Daland, Everett G.
Daniel, William B.
Eaton, Hiram
Eaton, Isaac F.
Eldridge, Everett I). Emerson, John H. Fish, George I.
Flockton, Joseph .A. Garrity, James F. Gibson, Frank L. Godfrey, Warren H. Gove, M. W. Greenough. Arthur Hamm, Mark H. Harris, Wesley T. Hartshorne, Charles F. Hawes, Charles H. Hayden, Frank W. Hickey, Thomas Hickey, James A.
Jones, Rollin C. Kelly, Patrick J. Kendall, George W. Kilgore, George L. Knight, Willard Knowles, Charles S.
Knight, Willis H. Mansfield, Edward
Mansfield, James F.
McAllister, David
McCausland, Wm. H.
Merchant, Sidney Murdock, Caleb
Nichols, Warren
O'Hea, Bartholomew Oliver, Henry N.
Parker, Moses P.
Parker, J. Fred
Parker, Samuel
Parsons, William A.
Parsons, Israel A.
Pitman, Lawrence J.
Pope, Henry W.
Ricker, William
Ryder, Stephen E. Shaw, Josiah M.
Sherman, Marcus M. Seaver, George A. Southworth, Ezra M. Travis, Horace G. Ventress, Alphonso W.
Walton, Edward H. Walton, Oliver Waterman, Otis V. White, Samuel L. Wiley, J. Barnard.
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RECORD OF TOWN MEETINGS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN'Y 31ST, 1890.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, APRIL 1, 1889.
ARTICLE I. To choose by ballot, a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Samuel K. Hamilton was elected Moderator, receiving 37 votes to 21 for John M. Cate.
VOTED. To take up Article jo.
ART. 70. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Sections 74, 75, 76 and 77 of Chap. 27 of the Public Statutes, relating to the election of a Board of Road Commissioners.
A motion to accept was rejected and a motion to reconsider was lost.
ART. 2. To act upon the acceptance of the reports of Town Officers as printed.
VOTED. To accept the Reports as printed.
ART. 3. To bring in their votes, on one ballot, for Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Tax Collector, Park Commissioners, Board of Health, Consta- bles, Fence Viewers, Fish Committee, for nine Trustees of the Beebe Town Library, three for a term of three years, three for two years, and three for one year, a board of three Auditors, and for three Road Commissioners, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year.
Upon a separate ballot to bring in their votes for three members of the School Committee, two for a term of three years, and one for a term for two years; these ballots will be received at the same time and in the same box.
Upon a separate ballot to bring in their votes in answer to the question,-"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
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Form of ballot, "Yes," or "No," in answer to that question ; and these ballots will be received in the Standard registering. box at the same time.
VOTED. To keep the polls open until 5 o'clock, p. m.
The Moderator appointed Chas. H. Davis and Wesley T. Harris to assist in checking names on the voting list, and R. L. Cooper and W. W. Bessey to work the Patent Ballot Box.
After the close of the polls at the appointed hour the votes were counted and the result declared by the Moderator in open town meeting as follows :
TOWN CLERK.
Charles F. Hartshorne,
. (Elected) 794
Thomas J. Skinner,
. (Elected)
795
Scattering,
SELECTMEN.
Henry H. Savage,
(Elected)
738
J. Wallace Grace,
496
George E. Ricker,
462
Otis V. Waterman,
448
Scattering,
16
ASSESSORS.
Charles F. Hartshorne,
. (Elected)
792
Charles F. Woodward,
787
Elwin I. Purrington, .
782
Scattering,
.
4
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Thomas Kernan,
(Elected)
761
Silas W. Flint,
66
·
707
Hiram Eaton
705
Scattering,
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Charles F. Woodward,
. (Elected)
791
Scattering,
.
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PARK COMMISSIONERS.
Junius Beebe, .
(Elected)
796
Charles H. Hawes,
.
.
795
George H. Maddock,
.
.
.
783
Scattering,
.
.
.
2
.6
.
.
T
·
.
.
TOWN TREASURER.
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Jos. A. O'Leary, J. Barnard Wiley, John M. Cate, Scattering,
CONSTABLES.
. (Elected)
795
Moses Staples, .
794
Israel A. Parsons,
791
Scattering,
5
FENCE VIEWERS.
Charles H. Stearns, .
(Elected)
796
George H. Teague,
787
Reuben II. Mitchell. .
734
Scattering,
FISH COMMITTEE.
. (Elected )
798
Samuel Parker, .
797
Wm. S. Greenough,
.
.
792
Scattering,
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Thomas Winship,
3 years, .
( Elected )
786
Solon O. Richardson,
785
Samuel K. Hamilton.
‹.
66
.
.
·
794
Thomas Kernan,
782
George E. Dunbar,
747
William E. Rogers,
I year, .
66
764
Reuben H. Mitchell.
6:
372
William N. Tyler,
34 1
Scattering,
AUDITORS.
Willis S. Mason,
(Elected)
796
Everett W. Eaton,
788
Waldo E. Cowdrey,
784
Scattering,
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Ashton H. Thayer,
3 years,
. (Elected )
667
William E. Rogers,
66
66
.
663
Charles J. Ryder,
2 years,
.
365
V'm. F. Young,
6:
314
Scattering.
.
3
.
. (Elected)
765
66
748
.
.
.
·
.
727
.
.
I3
Charles H. Davis,
·
66
66
.
.
66
.
·
.
6.
.
.
787
Otis V. Waterman,
66
.
66
.
8
66
2
.
VOTE ON THE QUESTION OF LICENSE. Yes, 277. No, 431.
66
734
Junius Beebe,
2 years, .
66
2
Wm. Harrington Wiley.
6.
66
I
66
BOARD OF HEALTH.
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ART. 4. To choose all other needed town officers.
VOTED. That a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to nominate a committee of thirteen, three from the Centre and two from each of the outer wards, who shall nominate a list of officers not chosen by ballot. Messrs. Jas. F. Emerson, Robert Blyth and J. Wallace Grace were appointed, and they reported the following committee of thirteen :
Centre Ward-S. O. Richardson, Thos. Winship, Richard Britton.
North
E. E. Emerson, Denis Daly.
South 66 H. H. Savage, A. H. Thayer.
East A. I. Mansfield. J. T. Burditt.
West .. Geo. H. Teague, C. Donovan.
Little World. Geo. E. Donald, Patrick Kenney.
VOTED. To adopt the reported list.
At a later hour this committee made a report which was accepted and adopted as follows :
WEIGHERS OF COAL AND MERCHANDISE.
M. C. Evans, Denis Greany, A. I .. Mansfield,
A. A. Mansfield,
A. W. Chapman. Geo. W. Aborn, Geo. K. Gilman.
MEASURERS OF WOOD.
Denis Greany. A. A. Mansfield, E. E. Lee,
M. C. Evans, A. I .. Mansfield, Ira Atkinson,
I. B. Eaton, Charles Gorham, H. N. Oliver.
C. F. Bickford,
E. I. Purrington, C. W. Trow,
H. B. Parker,
Roger Howard. FIELD DRIVERS.
Geo. H. Wiley, B. F. Shedd,
H. N. Oliver,
Lee S. Morrill. Simeon Parker,
Thos. Gould,
W. W. Bessey,
VOTED. To postpone further consideration of the town warrant to I o'clock, P. M. At that hour the meeting took up
ART. 5. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to hire money to pay all demands in anticipation of taxes.
VOTED. That the Town Treasurer be authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to hire money in anticipation of the taxes of the current municipal year, and to issue notes of the town there- for, and all debts so incurred shall be paid from said taxes ; Yes, 17; No, o.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.
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ART. 6. To raise and appropriate money for the payment of town debt and interest.
VOTED. That the sum of $3,300 be raised and appropriated for the payment of interest upon the town debt ; and that the Treasurer be authorized to use any surplus of receipts received from various sources other than from loans and taxes, for the payment of the town debt. Yes, 24 ; No, o.
VOTED. To take up article 57.
ART. 57. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Town Officers that all appropriations of money voted at the annual town meet- ings are to be used only for the payment of bills contracted dur- ing the then financial year ensuing, unless the special amounts for bills of the then previous year are mentioned in the motion for an appropriation.
VOTED. To so instruct the Town Officers.
ART. 7. To raise and appropriate money for schools.
VOTED. $18,000 for the support of schools ; $1500 for school con- tingent fund and $1400 for school text books and supplies.
ART. 8. To raise and appropriate money for the support of the poor. VOTED. $5,000 and all receipts.
ART. 9. To raise and appropriate money for the repairs of highways and bridges and determine how it shall be expended.
VOTED. $5,000 to be expended under direction of the Selectmen.
ART. 10. To raise and appropriate money for the Fire Department. VOTED. $2,000, of which $150 shall be expended under direction of the Forest Fire Wards for services with Johnson Pumps, etc., they to give the location of said pumps in their next report.
ART. II. To raise and appropriate money for the Public Library. VOTED. $400 in addition to the dog tax.
ART. 12. To raise and appropriate money for the Public Reading Room.
VOTED. $175.
ART. 13. To raise and appropriate money for the salaries of Town Officers.
VOTED. $2,550, and $1,000 for police services in addition.
ART. 14. To raise and appropriate money for the care of Street Lamps.
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VOTED. To lay on the table until the Committee on Electric Lights have reported.
ART. 15. To raise and appropriate money for Town House ex- penses.
VOTED. $1600.
ART. 16. To raise and appropriate money for Miscellaneous ex- penses.
VOTED. $3,000.
ART. 17. To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,920 to pay the annual rental of hydrants as per contract with the Wakefield Water Co.
VOTED. $3,000 for rental of 60 hydrants and $25 per hydrant for the remainder, not in the original contract.
ART. 18. To see what method the town will adopt for the collection of taxes for the year ensuing.
VOTED. That all taxes not exceeding $3 shall be paid on or before Sept. 1, 1889, and if not paid within 30 days from that date the Collector shall immediately proceed to collect them according to law :
One-half of all other taxes shall be payable on or before Sept. 15, '89, the other half on or before Feb. 15, 1890, and that the Collector allow a discount of four per cent. on all property taxes paid by Sept. 15, 1889.
On all taxes not paid within fourteen days after they are due, a notice shall be issued to the delinquent, demanding payment for which twenty cents additional shall be charged, and on all taxes not paid when due, interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum shall be added until paid.
That all property taxes not paid on or before April 15, 1890 be advertised and enough sold to pay the tax, interest and ex- penses.
That all taxes be payable at the office of the Collector, he to notify all persons to be found by the presentment of their bills, at least two weeks before the tax is due, poll taxes excepted.
That the Collector pay all money as fast as collected to the Treasurer, and shall be required to settle his tax list within two years from the time of his election, and upon his failure to do so, the Town Treasurer be instructed to sue the Collector's bond. That the same discount be allowed on poll taxes as upon property taxes.
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ART. 19. To see if the town will authorize the Collector of Taxes for the year ensuing to use all means for the collection of taxes, which a Town Treasurer when appointed Collector, may use.
VOTED. To so authorize the Collector of Taxes.
ART. 20. To see what sum the town will raise and appropriate to be expended in concrete work.
VOTED. $500 where the abutters pay one-half the expense for side- walks.
ART. 21. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to provide a Night Watch, and will appropriate money for the payment thereof.
VOTED. $1800 for the purpose named in this article.
ART. 22. To determine the compensation of Enginemen for the year ensuing.
VOTED. That the compensation be $25. Yes, 82 ; No, 47.
ART. 23. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $200 for the purposes of Memorial Day, and will grant the free use of the
Town Hall to H. M. Warren Post, No. 12, G. A. R., for that day. VOTED. $200 and free use of the hall.
ART. 24. To see if the town will raise and appropriate five hundred dollars for enforcement of the liquor law, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. To indefinitely postpone action.
ART. 25. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the macadamizing of Main street from the Rockery to Water street, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. To indefinitely postpone action.
ART. 26. To see what sum the town will raise and appropriate for the care and improvement of the Common and Park for the year ensuing.
VOTED. $450 for that purpose.
ART. 27. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for repairs on the Town House.
VOTED. To lay this article on the table.
ART. 28. To see if the town will raise and appropriate two hundred and fifty dollars for premiums on insurance policies falling due the ensuing year.
VOTED. To indefinitely postpone action.
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ART. 29. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to build a sidewalk on the south side of Richardson street, and repair that portion already built.
ART. 30. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to put West Water street in proper condition, or what they will do about it.
ART. 31. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the purpose of repairing the sidewalk on the south side of Gould street, from Albion to Cedar street, or what they will do about it.
ART. 32. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to grade, drain and repair the sidewalks on Vernon street from Pleasant to Salem streets. or what they will do about it.
ART. 33. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for opening the drain under Railroad street opposite land of heirs of Joel Winship, E. W. Eaton and others.
ART. 34. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars to be expended in grading and building Greenwood and Spring streets, from the Melrose line, or what they will do about it.
ART. 35. To see what action, if any, the town will take in relation to the widening of that portion of Water street, south of what is known as the Leonard Wiley estate.
ART. 36. To see what action, if any, the town will take in relation to repairing the bridge over the Boston & Maine Railroad, at Greenwood.
ART. 37. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to repair the highway known as Prospect street, from the house of W. E. Cowdrey to the B. & M. Railroad, in accordance with the decree of the County Commissioners.
ART. 38. 'To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars to build a sidewalk on the north side of Lowell street, from Vernon street to house of Lewis Fogg.
ART. 39. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars to complete the improvements begun two years ago on Greenwood street, or what they will do about it.
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ART. 41. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars to be expended on Summer street.
ART. 42. To see if the town will raise the road bed of Foundry street and grade the same, build sidewalk on either side and re-lay water course at the junction of Foundry and Maple streets, and raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
ART. 43. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to lay a drain pipe under Main street in front of the house of Charles S. Gerritson, Greenwood, or what they will do about it.
ART. 44. To see if the town will build a retaining wall against the sidewalk on the southerly side of West Chestnut street, border- ing land of the late Samuel T. Parker, and appropriate money therefor, or what they will do about it.
ART. 62. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars, to grade and repair Melvin street, or what they will do about it.
ART. 63. To see if the town will grade Broadway street from Albion street to the Railroad crossing and build sidewalks thereon, and also to repair culvert bounding land of Orrin Potter and George W. Aborn, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 64. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to raise and repair the road bed and sidewalks on Centre street.
ART. 65. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the repairing of New Salem street.
VOTED. To refer the foregoing articles to a committee of nine, of whom the incoming Board of Selectmen shall be three, this committee to report to the town at an adjournment of this meeting.
VOTED. That this Committee be instructed to notify the parties in- terested when they will view the premises and when a final hearing will be given in the Selectmen's room.
The Moderator appointed on this committee, A. H. Thayer, W. E. Cowdrey, S. O. Richardson, Wm. F. Young, Wm. K. Per- kins, Michael Low and the incoming board of Selectmen, Geo. E. Ricker, H. H. Savage and J. W. Grace.
ART. 56. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to locate street lamps at the following places : eight on Greenwood street and Myrtle avenue ; one at junction of Lowell and Vernon
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streets ; one on West Chestnut street, near residence of the late Samuel T. Parker ; one at the junction of Foundry and Maple streets ; one on Sweetser street near residence of A. B. Wood- man ; one at corner of Nahant and Traverse streets ; and one at corner of private way and Gould street.
ART. 75. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to locate street lamps at the following places : one at the corner of Summit avenue and Prospect street, one on Prospect street, near the "Old Cowdrey House," one at the corner of Adams street and West Chestnut, one on West Chestnut south of Adams street, one on Prospect street near residence of Hero Nichols, one on northerly side of Otis street between Crescent and Pleasant streets and two on Bennett street.
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