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Male,
Charles D. and Catherine (Murray),
Reed-worker.
Female,
Jeremiah M. and Jennie (Doucette),
Stone-mason.
24 Richard Eugene Barry, 24 Helen Frances Stark,
Female,
William R. and Kate (Geary), Edwin and Julia A. (Fiske),
Machinist.
27 Edith May Mason,
Female,
Arthur C. and Abbie S. (Carter),
Shoe maker.
27 Beatrice Mortimer, March 1 Lora Doucette,
Female,
Joseph D. and Mary (Moulesong),
Stone-mason.
3 Charles Lester McHugh,
Male,
Timothy and Jennie (Nairn),
Brass-finisher.
4 Charles August Olsen,
Male,
Charles and Beatrice (Anderson),
„Reed-worker.
5 Mary Florence Roach,
Female,
John and Mary M. (Kelly),
Currier.
5 William John Bolton,
Male,
Richard and Mary A. (Bateman),
Coachman.
5 Claude Everett Furze, 10 John James Horgan,
Male,
Dennis and Maggie (Galvin),
Shoe-maker.
15 Helen Marjory Balcom,
Female,
Edwin A. and Carrie (Watterson),
Moulder.
15 David Firman,
Male,
Butler W. and Alice (Freeman),
Clerk.
19 Joseph R. Eager,
Male, Philip and Winnifred (Cullen),
Polisher.
22 Frank Ryan,
Male, Herbert and Victoria (Burke),
Male, Chester C. and Ida J. ( Atwell),
Salesman.
Journalist.
Male, John E. and Margaret E. ( Hawkes),
Sailor.
Male, Michael and Annie M. (Curran),
Male, Maurice J. and Margaret H. (Scannell),
Teamster. [Piano-polisher.
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Female,
William and Louise (Higsden),
Reed-worker.
Female,
James II. and Julia C. (Heustis),
Female,
John L. and Jennie W. (Zeh),
Wood-worker.
Laborer.
Male,
Joseph
Arthur and Carrie F. (Newhall),
Reed-worker.
12 Elizabeth Sullivan,
Carriage-maker. Hotel-keeper.
23 Harold Atwell Collins, 28 Max Everett Eaton, April 2 John Edwin Leighton, 3 Daniel Webster Coakley, 4 Thomas Lane,
Male, Will E. and Mabel (Baker).
Chair-maker.
Male,
John and Bessie (Rowe),
Tailor.
Births Registered in the Town of Wakefield during the Year 1889.
Date.
Name of Child.
Se.c.
Name of Parents.
Occupation of Father.
April
5 Harold Butler,
Male, Female, Female, Female, Male, Female, Male, Female, Male,
Thomas and Mary A. (Grindred),
Alfred P. and Alice M. (Mc Cleary),
James A. and Sarah A. (Ryan),
Chair-maker.
Laborer.
11 Bernice Isabel Pendergrace,
Laborer.
12 William Doucette,
Joseph W. and Mary (Mc Donald),
Shoe-maker.
15 Anastasia Louisa Preston, 23 Thomas Francis Cadigan,
John R. and Annie (Connelly),
Mounter.
Male,
Alonzo L. and Fannie B. (Carter), John and Rose F. (Gaffy),
Reporter.
6 Roland Cassidy,
Male,
Henry L. and Mary A. ( Mullen), John W. and Katie F. (Hawkins),
Shoe-maker.
1
6 William Harold Smith, 10 Margaret Cameron Ballentine,
Male. Female, Female, Male, Female, Male,
Daniel L. and Annie (Murray), Joseph and Mary J. (Hollander), Edward and Hannah (Horgan),
Rattan worker.
Shoe-manufacturer.
Shoe-maker.
Male,
Female, Alvin S. and Ella R. (Allen),
Ice-man. Laborer.
Teamster.
Printer.
Janitor.
Foundry.
Tailor.
Laborer.
Clerk. Rattan-worker. Steam-fitter. Grocer.
Teamster. Shoe-maker. Teamster. Laborer.
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22 Leroy Everett Townley, 29| Alice May Philbrick, 29 Edwin Francis McGlory,
June
1 George Harrison Cameron, 2 Elsie Dorothy Grant,
6 Mary Esther McKeon, 10 Francis Alice Flockton,
12 Walter Alexander Hendrickson,
Male, Female, Female, Female, Male, Female, Male, ¡Male,
Patrick II. and Mary A. (Reynolds),
Benjamin C. and Lucy T. (Davis), John and Emma (Peterson), William and Margaret M. (Murray), Edgar A. and Mabel A. (Henfield), Raymond and Jane ( Muse), John T. and Nora M. (Kelly), Andrew J. and Edith ( Bresso), Joseph Jr., and Mary (O'Brien),
Male, Male, Female, Male, Female, Male,
Albert H. and Mabel E. (Brewer), Jeremiah and Margaret A. (Lynch), Samuel
July 1
15 Margaret Julia Dinan, 16 Harry Walter Donald, 20 Charles Walter Dulong, 22 John Francis Curran, 27 Andrew Winfield Hutchinson, 28 Elizabeth Agnes Connell, 28 James Albert Polk, 29 Margaret Theresa O'Connell, King,
Reed-worker. Shoe-maker. Foreman.
5 Charlotte Gertrude Weston, 6 Esther Hickey, 6 Grace Edna Hall, 7 Fred Doucette,
Leslie T. and Marietta (Fogg), John M. and Mary (Doucette), Edward H. and Jennie ( Mc Kay), Simon and Nancy (Muse),
Clerk.
24 Raymond Upton Johnson, 30 Francis Low,
Male,
Tea business.
Clerk. Rattan worker.
16 Alma Sophia Beliveau, 18 John Lawrence O'Connor, 20 Marjorie Dean Hawkes, § Albert Raymond Townley,
A. Augustus and Cora (Brooks),
Albert S. and Matilda J. (Ridler),
Male,
John and Mary L. (Mead), James and Matilda A. (Lenfest), Frank E. and Ida B. (Tupper)
Wood-worker.
May
July
3|Hattie Maud Paon, 4 Margaret Ellen McCleary, 4 Robert William Peterson, 4 Mary Atherton Gerry, 5 William John Morgan, 14 Clide Morrill,
14 Joseph Madison Usher, 17 Caroline Chamberlain Welch, 18 John Sylvester Learoyd, 21 Edward Emmet Hickey,
21 Edward Parkhurst Phelps, 23 Emma Livonia Campbell, 26| Wallace Wilbur Marr, 28 Lizzie May Wynne, 28 Thomas Callan,
Aug. 3 Edward Maloney, William Field Young,
3 Winfield Nathan Young, 4 Agnes Marion Behr,
5 Lottie Frances Abbott,
5 Florence Lucy Daland,
5 Hattie Camelia Whittredge,
6 Ruby Amelia Oxley,
11 James William Wickham,
12 Elizabeth Learnard Partridge,
12 Harvey Irving Meloney, ( Daniel William Shea,
16 Martha Shea,
19 Mildred Parker, 20 Mabel Brown, 23 Allan Ernest Sederquest, 24 Mary Walsh, Sept. 1 Herbert Edgar Biggs,
Female,
John and Mary (Collins),
Male, Edward E. and Jennie ( Murdough),
Carpenter.
Female, John W. and Cora A. (Goodwin), Female, James W. and Mary E. (Mc Intosh),
Male, Adolph and Zoe (Demers),
Chair-maker.
Male, Benjamin F. and Ida M. (Merrill),
Male, George H. and Mary A. (Ward),
Male, John and Gustapa (Johnson),
Female, Stephen and Kate (Gibbons),
;Rattan-worker.
Female, James and Margaret E. (Kalty),
Male, James M. and Elizabeth A. (Eustis),
Male, Augustus and Mary (Pierson),
Female, Hugh and Mary (Orpin),
Male, Lee S. and Alice (Taylor), Frank H. and Marion II.
Male,
Female, Thomas J. and Julia F. (Chamberlain),
Clerk.
Male,
John S. and Hattie (Cross).
Male,
Cornelius N. and Bridget F. (Comer),
Male,
Albert E. and Fannie P. (Bucknam),
Female, William C. and Hattie M. (Upham),
Male.
Morris A. and Almada (Coffin),
Shoe-maker.
Moulder.
Weaver.
Male,
Michael and Mary A. (Nash),
Male,
Fred W. and Laura C. (Melendy),
Male,
Female, Frederic and Elizabeth II. (Behne),
Female,
Arthur E. and Georgie P. (Pendergrace), Everett G. and Jessie F. (Mansfield),
Merchant.
Buyer.
Chair-maker.
Brakeman.
Shipping clerk.
Undertaker.
Male,
John F. and Mary (Donovan),
Female, Female,
J. Fred and Ella F. (Gray),
Salesman. Shoe-maker.
Female, Charles H. S. and Lucy M. (Coffin),
Male, James A. and Ida E. (Wanamake),
Piano-maker. Polisher.
Carpenter. Teamster.
Gentleman. Oil clothing. Cabinet-maker. |Painter.
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Female,
Female,
James F. and Camelia A. (Moulton ), William E. and Georgie A. (Thompson),
Female,
Male, John B. and Minnie (Minnehan),
Female,
Edwin R. and Abbie R. (Edmands),
Male, John A. and Mary A. (Fitzgerald),
Carpenter.
10|Ethel Goodwin Omar, 12 Jessie Alice McDonald, 12 George Lewis Bourdon, 23 Jacob Stearns Barnard,
24 Francis Carter, 25 August Helmer Peterson, 25 Annie Louisa Doogan,
Female, !Thomas I. and Eugenie (Richard),
Shoe-maker. Commission Merchant. Cabinet-maker. Mason. Ice dealer. Commercial Traveller.
Clerk. Carpenter.
Printer.
Clerk.
Female, James and Sarah J. (Hardy),
Male, John and Mary (Gibbons),
Laborer.
Editor.
Reed-worker. Clerk.
Births Registered in the Town of Wakefield during the Year 1889.
Date.
Name nf Child.
Sex.
Name of Parents.
Occupation of Father.
Sept. 25
Mears,
Male,
Albert and Belle (Kenney),
Shoe-maker.
Female,
Chauncey E. and Lizzie J. (Palmer),
Cabinet-maker.
27 Marion Sheldon, 27 Joseph Dolan,
Male,
John and Margaret (Kenna),
Rattan-worker.
Oct.
1 | Harry Barrett, 2 Annie Morgan,
Female,
Henry J. and Nellie G. (McCarty),
Mason.
4 Edith Matilda Brunquist,
Female,
Eric P. and Julia S. (Regnell),
Piano workman.
6 James Devlin,
Male,
James and Annie A. (Comer),
Tailor.
Male,
Robert D. and Mary J. (Stack),
Rattan-worker,
6| Hugh Kinmouth Bartley, 10 Susan Hellene Johnson,
Female,
Warren B. and Eliza J. (Bowers),
Paper-hanger.
13 Horace Newton Lee,
Male,
Edward E. and Annie (Wheelock),
Merchant.
18 Maida Stimson,
Female,
John F. and Lydia P. (Emerson),
Stock fitter.
20 Lizzie Ellen Evans,
Female,
Thomas II. and Lizzie (Mander).
Foundry man.
25 Ethel Taggart Kingman,
Female, Female,
Arthur HI. and Martha R. (Taylor),
Joseph and Theresa (Moulesong),
Laborer.
27 Mary Catherine Doucette, 28 Eva Gertrude Morrison,
Female,
Elmer E. and Etta M. (Evans),
Lather.
|Male, William S. and Harriet L. (Smith),
Provision dealer.
Male, Edward U. and Alice B. (Aborn),
Male, Thomas and Mary A. (Canty),
Female,
Edward E. and Mary (O'Hara),
Piano workman.
7 Everett Hanson Cooper, 9 Cook,
Frank P. and
Mechanic.
9 Lester Hartwell Gibson,
Salesman.
15 Nathalie Cutler,
Female, Fred E. and Rosa (Bridge),
Grocer.
Hardware dealer.
15 Charles Davis Tuckerman,
Male, Joseph C. and Mary L. (Munier),
Rattan-worker.
Female, William E. and Ellen S. (Cate),
Lawyer.
Male, Cornelius and Abina (Cuff),
Chair-maker.
2 Edward Alexander Daniels,
Male, George and Euphemia (Henderson,)
Laborer.
3 Frances Ellen Sherman,
Female, John and Mary A. (Murphy),
Gate-tender.
Female, James H. and Arletta M. (Cooper),
Gas fitter.
3 Anna Belle Draper, 6 Helen Taylor Ryder,
Female, Stephen E. and Annie (Taylor),
Druggist.
11 Rongvald Theodore Anderson,
17 Ruth Elizabeth Hale,
Female, Charles M. and Minnie B. (Davison),
Clerk.
19 John Milton Brooks Ryder,
Male, Andrew J. and Florence A. (Brooks),
Tinsmith.
Female, Michael J. and Mary L. (Mahan),
Male, Jerry and Julia E. (Murphy),
Rattan-worker. Shoe-maker.
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Nov. 2 John Cleveland Morse, 3 Edward Robie Gleason, 3 Charles Timothy Hickey, 7 Catherine Ewing,
Photographer.
Clerk.
Male, John T. and Louise G. (Hanson),
Rubber workman.
Male, Male, Frank L. and Florence E. (Kling),
Male, Albert W. and R. Josephine (Dennison),
19 Joseph Andrew Payro, 23 Charlotte Rogers, 23 Richard Joseph O'Leary,
Dec.
Male, John and Julia (Widdell),
Laborer.
26 Mary Margaret Fay, 29 Daniel Barrett,
Male,
Joseph and Emily (Thornily),
Reed-worker.
Custom House Official.
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RECAPITULATION. 1
-
Births registered in 1889,
. 152
Males, .
· 83
Females, · .
69
Nativity of Parents.
Fathers.
Mothers.
Wakefield,
15
17
United States,
64
62
Ireland, .
23
22
British Provinces,
21
25
England,
11
9
Sweden,
6
6
Norway, .
1
0
Scotland,
1
1
France, .
0
1
Germany,
1
1
Unknown,
6
5
149
149
Marriages registered in 1889, .
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Nativity.
Grooms.
Brides.
Born in Wakefield, .
6
6
United States,
22
22
British Provinces,
11
10
. 66 Ireland, ·
7
7
England, .
·
·
1
2
-
47 47
.
.
44
Grooms.
Brides. 42
First marriage,
38
Second marriage, .
.
7
5
Third marriage, · ·
2
0
-
47
47
No. under 20 years of age,
0
3
between 20 and 30,
33
34
30 and 40,
.
7
6
40 and 50,
5
4
50 and 60,
2
0
60 and 70,
.
0
47 47
Deaths registered in 1889,
113
Number under 5 years of age,
26
between 5 and 10,
2
10 and 20, .
·
·
5
30 and 40,
13
40 and 50.
8
50 and 60,
. 10
60 and 70,
8
70 and 80,
14
80 and 90,
14
90 and 100,
0
100 and 105, .
1
Still-births,
6
113
Average age, 39 years, 1 month, 18 days.
.
6
20 and 30,
.
·
.
.
.
.
-
.
.
.
45
Nativity.
Born in Wakefield, . 40
United States,
51
British Provinces,
·
8
Ireland,
6
England,
3
Scotland, .
2
Island of Guernsey,
1
Unknown, .
2
113
DOG LICENSES.
Number of dogs licensed in 1889,
·
360
Males, .
321
Females,
37
Kennel licenses,
2
360
Tax on 321 Males at $2, .
$642 00
37 Females, at $5,
185 00
. 2 Kennel licenses at $25,
50 00
$877 00
Deduct Clerk's fees, 72 00.
$805 00
Cash paid J. O. Hayden, County Treasurer, $805 00
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE,
Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Wakefield.
GENTLEMEN :- I have the honor herewith to submit the annual report of the Police Department from March 1, 1889, to January 31, 1890, together with an abstract of the doings of the night officers.
Whole number of arrests,
I27
Males,
.
.
Females,
. .
. . 16 .
CLASSIFIED AS FOLLOWS.
Assault,
16
Adultery, .
.
.
4
Assault on officer,
2
Assault to ravish,
2
Cruelty to animals,
3
Defrauding boarding house,
II
Disturbing the peace,
3
Drunkenness,
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Exposing and keeping intoxicating liquors,
IO
Larceny,
2
Malicious mischief,
I
Neglected children,
8
Stubborn children,
2
Threatening bodily harm,
2
Trespass,
3
Truancy, ·
I
Vagrancy, .
8
Total,
127
I
Attempt to break and enter,
I
Common drunkard,
.
.
.
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SEARCH WARRANTS SERVED.
'Search for intoxicating liquor,
14
Search for stolen goods,
2
Total,
I6
Furnishing lodgings at lockup,
.
. 196
OF THE NUMBER ARRESTED THERE WERE
Foreign born,
104
Native born,
23
REPORT OF NIGHT WATCH FROM MARCH IST, 1989, TO FEB- RUARY IST, 1890.
Number of arrests made,
· 25
For drunkenness,
2I
For attempting to break and enter,
2
For malicious mischief,
I
For vagrancy,
I
Disturbances suppressed,
II
Assisted home,
9
Assisting in finding lodgings,
I6
Stray teams found,
I
Stray horses found,
3
Places of business found open,
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ALVIN L. VANNAH, JAMES A. McFADDEN,
Night Watchmen.
Until the present year the Town of Wakefield has never rounded its police administration with the efficiency pertaining to a complete whole. No police quarters have ever been established where citizens could readily find an officer, or lodge complaints, or seek such assist- ance as circumstances required. Officers from other cities and towns have been under the necessity heretofore of searching for local police assistance (until some stray officer could be found) when immediate aid was of the utmost importance. Lost children, run- aways, accidents and the many causes for action on the part of the police have heretofore devolved upon a divided and consequently
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inefficient police service. As at present provided for, the Police Department as a working organization, though small, is established upon a basis which calls for continued support and recognition. Officers may be changed, but the organization if continued, as all law-abiding citizens should demand and provide for, must, in the nature of things, meet just the want which has for a long time been felt, of guaranteeing the exact, prompt and efficient assistance which the divided and inefficient service heretofore mentioned has failed, and must fail, to guarantee or provide for. During the eleven months last past an officer has been on duty at all times through the day and evening, and when not engaged in actual police duty away from the office, has been unremittingly engaged in the innumerable duties heretofore distributed among various police officers or left undone. The present Board of Selectmen have placed the Police Department in line with the towns in our immediate vicinity, and upon a basis which the best sentiment of the community in warm terms sustains, and which I have no doubt is the wisest move in the right direction, whoever may be called to administer the office.
The following recommendations are offered as necessary and im- portant.
FIRST. Three new cells should be built for the accommodation of persons who apply for lodgings, so that the present accommodations may be used solely for the legitimate purpose for which they were constructed.
SECOND. An entrance to the lockup should be constructed from the outside ; a reasonable investigation of this proposition will disclose the necessity for its recommendation.
I desire in 'conclusion to add my personal and official acknowledge- ment to the night officers for the faithful and efficient manner in which their duties have been performed, and for various additional and voluntary offices tendered by them, and accepted for the public good.
CHARLES E. NILES, Chief of Police.
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COLLECTOR'S STATEMENTS.
--
TAX OF 1887.
Balance uncollected, Feb. 28, 1889, $5,738 02
Received as interest, 476 46
$6,214 48
Paid Town Treasurer, . 5,724 60
Abated by Assessors, ·
489 88 $6,214 48
TAX OF 1888.
Balance uncollected, Feb. 28, 1889, $11,430 84
Re-assessed by Assessors, 2 40
Received as interest,
. 174 45 $11 607.69
Paid Town Treasurer, . 5,338 55 .
Abated by Assessors, .
598 34 5,936 89
Balance uncollected,
$5,670 80
TAX OF 1889.
Total amount assessed, . $72,175 49
Received as interest,
5 09 $72,180 58
Paid Town Treasurer, . . . 56,028 39
Discount allowed,
·
2,169 83
Abated by Assessors, . · 1,115 81 59,314 03
Balance uncollected, .
$12,866.55
CHAS. F. WOODWARD, Collector. JAN. 31, 1890.
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Report of Appropriation Committee.
This Committee was in session during two evenings, and met the representatives of the different departments, and af_ ter conference with them, and careful consideration, would recommend the following appropriations for the ensuing year :
Support of Schools, . $17,800 00
School Contingent Fund, .
.
1,800 00
School Text Books and Supplies, · 1,200 00
Poor Department, the income from farm and 5,500 00
66 repairs of buildings, 500 00
Fire Department,
2,500 00
Street Lamps,
2,100 00
Highways and Bridges,
8,000 00
Concrete Sidewalks and Crossings. ·
500 00
Repairs of Concrete Sidewalks and Crossings,
500 00
Salaries of Town Officers,
2,650 00
Police Department, .
.
· 1,000 00
Night Watch, .
· 1,800 CO
Miscellaneous Expenses, . .
3,000 00
Beebe Town Library, the dog tax and
400 00
Public Reading Room,
175 00
Common and Park Expenses, · 750 00
Total,
$51,775 00
The recommendation as to the appropriation for salaries of Town Officers is made upon the following basis of division :
Town Treasurer, $200 00
100 00 Town Clerk, . . .
.
.
Town House Expenses,
. 1,600 00
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Board of Selectmen,
400 00
Road Commissioners,
200 00
66
Assessors, .
400 00
.6
Overseers of the Poor,
250 00
School Committee,
250 00
Auditors,
115 00
Registrars, .
110 00
Fire Engineers,
75 00
Health,
50 00
Tax Collector,
500 00
Total, . . $2,650 00
No recommendation is made as to the appropriation for payment of Town Debt and Interest as the subject is fully and carefully considered in the report of the Town Treas- urer to which we refer voters for information. Messrs. Thos. Winship, W. F. Young, S. S. White and Geo. L. Kilgore, having been absent from the meetings of the Com- mittee, do not sign this report.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. G. STRONG, Chairman,
RICHARD BRITTON,
DAVID HI. DARLING, ISAAC F. EATON.
SILAS W. FLINT,
WM. S. GREENOUGII, EVERETT HART, MICHAEL LOW,
SOLON O. RICHARDSON,
HENRY H. SAVAGE, WALDO E. COWDREY, Secretary.
:
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Value of Buildings, exclusive of land, $2,432,575 00
Land, exclusive of buildings, 1,390,825 00
Total value of Real Estate, $3,823,400 00
Value of Personal Property, 580,485 00
" Resident Bank Stock, (Nat. Bank of S. Reading,) 78,660 00
Total valuation,
Number of dwellings taxed, .
.
1,261
horses,
COWS, 66
. 278
swine,
77
Value of real estate and machinery of corpora- 731,050 00
tions,
Value of church property exempted by law from taxation, . 129,000 00
Number of steam boilers, ·
19
Aggregate horse power of steam boilers,
832
·
. $58,535 00
Appropriations, Annual Meeting, Nov. 6, 1888 meeting, 3,897 00
for Town Debt, · 4,000 00
$66,432 00
State tax,
4,360 00
County tax, . .
3,380 11
$74,172 11
Estimated receipts,
. $4,000 00
Tax on 1945 polls at $2 each, . · 3,890 00 7,890 00
To be assessed on property, . $66,282 11
Rate, $15.00 on $1,000.
Whole number of tax payers, .
2,693
Persons paying tax on property, ·
.
1,489
1,204 66 poll tax only, .
CHAS. F. WOODWARD, CHAS. F. HARTSHORNE, ELWIN I. PURRINGTON,
¿Assessors.
.
429
$4,482,545 00
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ANNUAL REPORT OF SUPT. OF FIRE ALARM.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.
GENTLEMEN :- The Wakefield Fire Alarm consists of ten miles of line, one thirty-cell gravity battery, eight fire alarm boxes located as follows :
Box 12, on pole at Greenwood.
66
31, I5,
66 Junction.
66 23, 66 near Hamilton School.
66 35, 66 Post Office.
37,
Corner Salem and Main Streets.
66 41, Corner of Cordis and School Sts., N. Ward.
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54, Junction of Lowell and Salem Sts., E. Ward. on Rattan Company's Office.
One tower striker on High School, one whistling machine at Rattan Factory, one steam gong at Rattan Factory, one house tapper at Hathaway's Stable, one galvanometer at Hathaway's Stable, one break circuit clock at Centre Depot, one break circuit key in High School building for school service, two-cell La Clance battery, one test bell for testing boxes.
SUPPLIES AND TOOLS.
Thirty zincs, small lot blue vitriol, five pounds sal. ammoniac, twenty 6x8 glass battery jars, twelve glass insulators, fifty feet No. 9 telegraph wire, two switch pins, small lot braided wire, two dozen key box glasses, one pair steel spurs, one pair stub steel plyers, one vice and strap.
On May 11th, as per vote of the town at the annual meeting, an 18 inch gong was placed upon the Engine House at East Ward, at an expense of $82.55.
On May 18th, the boxes were painted, and a break circuit key was placed in the clock at the Centre Depot, so when the clock should get out of repair the town could still have the standard time.
Your Superintendent has arranged in case of a large fire, the third alarm calls aid from Reading.
Standard time will be given by one blow at 9 A. M.
5-5 will be struck at 7.45 A. M. for no school in forenoon, same at 11.55 for no school in afternoon.
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May 12th, Mr. James Graham was hired as assistant on fire alarm for one year to look after the alarm during the day as business takes the Superintendent out of town. .
May 30th, set pole and placed gong on front of Greenwood School House. This gong was borrowed from G. M. Stevens and is not the property of the town.
The alarm was used seven times during the month of May, four times for brush fires and three times for school service. The alarm was not used during the month of June. The alarm was used three times during the month of July, and a house tapper was placed in the Chief Engineer's house on Pleasant Street. The alarm was not used during the months of August and September. The alarm was used once for fire during the month of October.
November Ist, the Wakefield Rattan Company requested that a fire alarm box be placed at or near the Factory, and as they make no charge for steam, to blow the whistle, box 31 was placed on their office for their use in case of fire. Cost of running line, box and labor, $43.13.
'The alarm was not used during the month of November. The alarm was used once during the month of December for fire.
There have been during the year, several wild cat blows caused by outside parties breaking the line, moving buildings and derricks and a jar.
I would recommend that the line be extended and boxes placed so as to protect the new houses on Converse Street and Cowdrey's Hill. This can be done by running a single wire and forming a large loop, with as many boxes as the town may choose to have. By run- ning the line in this way all of the west portion will be amply pro- tected.
I would also recommend that the alarm be extended, and a box placed at or near the corner of Richardson and Melvin Streets. This can be done by looping the same as the West Ward.
There is need of a striker or large gong in the West Ward, for in windy weather it is impossible to hear the present alarm.
The battery has been cleaned and renewed as occasion required during the year. The boxes have been tested and the system kept in perfect working order.
In closing, I would take this opportunity to thank the Engineers and Town Officers in general for courtesy and kindness during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
A. S. COBB,
Superintendent Fire Alarm Telegraph.
WAKEFIELD, MASS.
55
REPORT OF FOREST FIREWARDS.
During the twelve months ending Dec. 31, 1889, there have been thirty-seven fires, viz. :
January,
5
July, I
February,
O August,
O
March, 9 September, I
April,
IO
October, 0
May,
7
November,
I
June,
2
December,
I
Three hundred persons have been employed at an average expense of 51 cents and a fraction, or a fraction over $4.14 per fire. Three of these fires were well under way before the people were properly alarmed, which made the expense correspondingly heavy, the three fires costing $60.75.
The Fire Department have been needlessly called to four wood fires, these calls being given without the knowledge of the Firewards.
The number of fires and the expenses in each ward were as follows :
Centre District, 5 fires,
$5 00
North 66 none,
South
7 fires, .
62 00
East 66
12
4º 75
West 4 60 8 25
Woodville " 9 66
.
37 50
Total,
$153 50
Thirty of the town's Johnson Pumps were used at these fires, and fifty of the town's buckets and fire cans.
RECAPITULATION.
Appropriation,
$150 00
Expense of 37 fires,
$153 50 Printing Precaution Notices, .
1 09
Repairs on pumps,
7 20
$161 79
Amount overdrawn,
.
$II 79
56
JOHNSON PUMPS.
In compliance with the vote of the town at its annual meeting the Forest Firewards herewith furnish a list of the present locations of the town's Johnson Pumps now numbering sixty-eight, as follows :
No. I, John A. Meloney, Prospect St., West District.
66 2, John F. Whiting, Pleasant St., Centre District.
66 3, Wm. H. Atwell, Prospect St., West District.
66 4, Richard Britton, Main Street, Centre District.
5, John M. Cate, Main Street, Centre District.
6, C. C. Eldridge, Myrtle Ave., South District.
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