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WILLIAM E. ROGERS, Treasurer,
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ASHTON H. THAYER, .
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TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
WILLIAM E. ROGERS, .
Term expires, 1893
OTIS V. WATERMAN,
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JUNIUS BEEBE,
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GEORGE E. DUNBAR, .
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SOLON O. RICHARDSON,
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THOMAS WINSHIP,
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CHARLES J. RYDER,
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FISH COMMITTEE.
WILLIAM S. GREENOUGH, SAMUEL PARKER, WILLIAM HARRINGTON WILEY.
BOARD OF HEALTH. J. CLARENCE OXLEY, Chair'n ; JOSEPH A. O'LEARY, Sec'y. ALVIN L. VANNAH.
FENCE VIEWERS.
REUBEN H. MITCHELL, CHARLES H. STEARNS, GEORGE H. TEAGUE.
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REUBEN H. MITCHELL,
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SAMUEL K. HAMILTON,
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POLICE. ALVIN L. VANNAH, Chief.
JAMES A. MCFADDEN,
HENRY HASKELL,
EDWIN F. POLAND,
JOHN A. MELONEY,
JOHN H. BUCKLEY,
WALTER F. SEVERANCE,
WM H. GOULD,
JOHN DAY,
CHARLES S. MERRILL,
ISRAEL A. PARSONS,
RUFUS F. DRAPER, ASHLEY E. COOPER,
CHARLES E. HORTON, WILBUR T. MAXWELL,
EDGAR A. HALLETT, WARREN B. WILEY,
WILLIAM C. STRONG.
CONSTABLES.
EDGAR A. HALLETT, JAMES A. McFADDEN, ALVIN L. VANNAH.
ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
HENRY DAVIS, Chairman,
Term expires, 1894
WINSOR M. WARD, Secretary, .
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SOLON WALTON.
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PARK COMMISSIONERS.
JUNIUS BEEBE, CHARLES H. HAWES, GEORGE H. MADDOCK.
For list of other Town Officers, not chosen by ballot, see report of Annual Town Meeting.
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LIST OF JURORS
ACCEPTED BY THE TOWN, DECEMBER 5TH, 1892.
Aborn, John G. Atherton, Arlon S. Atwell, William H. Atwood, Frank H. Balch, Theodore E. Barker, Edward Barrett, Samuel Beebe, Cyrus G. Beebe, Junius
Bessey, William W.
Biggs, William Jr. Boynton, Charles F. Britton, Richard Brownell, Alstead W.
Bryant, Albert R.
Bumpus, Horatio
Burbank, Buchanan B. Cairns, James Calkins, James H. Carter, James H. Carey, Daniel Clapp, Frank A. Clark, Fred O. Clough, Samuel A. Connell, Hugh
Connell, Joseph Connell, Joseph H. Crosby, Seth Cuff, Richard J.
Curley, Thomas Daland, Everett G. Darling, David H.
Davenport, Charles F. Deadman, William D.
Delfendahl, Clarence F.
Dimick, Augustus D.
Donovan, Cornelius Dwyer, Thomas E.
Eaton, Isaac F.
Ewing, Edward A.
Fell, Thomas H. W. Flint, Luther W.
Foster, Harry
Foster, Maitland P. Gilman, Joseph M. Gilman, George K.
Gowing, Horace
Greany, Denis
Greany, William Greenough, William S.
Hallett, Edgar A.
Hart, Everett Harrington, George W.
Haskell, Henry L. Hayden, Frank W.
Heath, Elroy N.
Hickey, James A. Hickey, Thomas
Hines, Elmer Hodgkins, Fitz Hutchinson. Andrew J. Jones, John D. Jordan, Frank B. Kernan, Thomas Kelley, Frank Kelley, Patrick J. Kingman. William W. Littlefield, Samuel F. Low, John Low, Joseph K. Low, Michael Lucas, George F. Lufkin, Stephen W. MacQuinn, William U. Mansfield, Edward Mansfield, Austin L. Mason, Willis S. McCausland, William II. McMahon, Thomas Merrill, Rufus Miller, Edwin C. O'Connell, Jeremiah Perkins, William K. Reagan, John J. Rich, Edward A. Richardson, Solon O.
Robie, George F. Roberts, Peter S. Sanborn, Oliver G. Scovell, George II. Seavey, Edward E. Sheldon, Otis G. Smith, George E. Strong, William G. Southworth, Ezra M. Sullivan, William 2nd Taylor, John H. Thayer, Ashton H. Tingley, Charles E. Turner, Otis G. Walton, Arthur G. Walton, Daniel G. Walton, Edward H. Walton, Solon Waterman, Otis V. Wentworth, James T. White Samuel P. Wiley, Peter B. Wiley, William Harrington Woodward, Charles F. Wright, Albert J. Young, William F. Young, Fred W.
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RECORD OF TOWN MEETINGS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31ST, 1893.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 7, 1892.
ARTICLE I. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. Samuel K. Hamilton was elected moderator.
The selectmen appointed Cornelius Donovan and P. Brown Wiley ballot clerks.
The moderator appointed W. W. Bessey and A. J. Hutchinson to superintend the ballot box ; J. Wallace Grace, Michael Low, Richard J. Cuff and Mark M. Sherman to check names on the voting lists; and Geo. W. Kimball, A. H. Thayer, Charles S. Emerson, Jr., Charles E. Walton, James F. Garraty, J. C. Oxley, Thomas Hickey, Alfred H. Goodwin and John H. McMahon to count votes.
ART. 2. To act upon the acceptance of the reports of town officers as printed.
VOTED. To accept reports as printed.
ART. 3. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor, two Road Commissioners, one for a term of three years, one for a term of one year ; a Collector of Taxes, three Park Commissioners, a Board of Health, consisting of three members, three Trustees of the Town Library for a term of three years, and one for a term of two years; two members of the School Committee for a term of three years, a Fish Committee consisting of three members, three Constables, three Fence Viewers, and three Auditors. Also to bring in their votes in answer to the question "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" the words Yes and No in answer to that question to constitute the form of such ballot.
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Upon a separate ballot "for the use of women qualified according to law to vote for members of the School Committee," to bring in their votes for two members of the School Committee for a term of three years; these ballots will be received at the same time and in the same box. The polls will be kept open four hours at least and for such longer time as the voters may by vote direct.
The chair declared the polls open for the reception of ballots for town officers, the register on the patent ballot box showing 0000.
ART. 4. To choose all other town officers not required by law to be chosen by ballot.
VOTED. That the chair appoint a committee of five to nominate a list of officers not chosen by ballot. The chair appointed C. H. Stearns, J. T. Burditt, E. E. Emerson, Dennis Dailey and J. H. Carter. The committee reported as follows :
WEIGHERS OF COAL AND MERCHANDISE.
* Nathaniel E. Cutler, *G. P. Haley, * Denis Greany,
*J. C. W. Walton, * Benjamin F. Earle, *A. A. Mansfield.
MEASURERS OF WOOD.
*G. P. Haley, *Austin L. Mansfield, *Denis Greany,
*B. F. Earle, *A. A. Mansfield,
*George K. Walton, George W. Killorin,
J. G. Morrill,
*C. H. Spencer, * Hoyt B. Parker,
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.
Chas. F. Bickford, Roger Howard.
*E. I. Purrington,
FIELD DRIVERS.
Oliver G. Sanborn,
*Geo. K. Walton,
Arthur S. Aborn, *O. Warren Shedd,
* Alexander Glass.
The report of the committee was accepted and the above list of officers not chosen by ballot were elected by the town.
VOTED. That all town business except the election of town officers be adjourned until next Monday evening at 7.30 o'clock. Mo tion to reconsider was rejected.
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VOTED. That the polls be kept open until 5.30 P. M., and at that time they be closed.
At 5.30 P. M., the polls were declared closed, the register showing 918 ballots cast. The ballot box failed to register cor- rectly as the list of voters showed 931 names checked on the list, and there were 931 ballots cast.
The ballots were sorted and counted, and public declaration of the result of the ballots made in open town meeting as follows :
THE RESULT OF THE BALLOT.
' 'TOWN CLERK.
Charles F. Hartshorne,
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Scattering,
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TOWN TREASURER.
Thomas J. Skinner,
. (Elected) 738
Scattering,
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SELECTMEN.
William B. Daniel,
. ( Elected) 643
Samuel K. Hamilton,
630
Silas W. Flint,
Horace Gowing,
229
William K. Perkins,
352
John Buckley,
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ASSESSORS.
Alstead W. Brownell,
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795
Charles F. Hartshorne,
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778
Charles F. Woodward,
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Scattering, .
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Hiram Eaton,
. (Elected) 617
John G. Morrill,
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577
William A. Cutter,
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Charles A. Dean,
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Willlis S. Mason,
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Scattering,
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ROAD COMMISSIONERS, three years.
Winsor M. Ward,
. (Elected) 438
Thomas Hickey,
218
William G. Strong, .
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ROAD COMMISSIONERS, one year.
Solon Walton, .
. (Elected) 528
Geo. W. Killorin,
235
John W. Jenkins.
90
Scattering,
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Charles F. Woodward,
. ( Elected ) 500
Alstead W. Brownell,
369
TRUSTEES OF BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY, three years.
Solon O. Richardson,
. (Elected) 705
Thomas Winship,
700
Charles J. Ryder,
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684
Scattering,
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TRUSTEE OF BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY, two years.
Samuel K. Hamilton;
. (Elected) 588
Scattering,
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE, three years.
William E. Rogers,
. (Elected) 693
Ashton H. Thayer,
689
Scattering,
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PARK COMMISSIONERS.
Junius Beebe,
. (Elected) 682
Charles H. Hawes,
651
Geo. H. Maddock,
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627
Scattering,
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BOARD OF HEALTH.
Joseph A. O'Leary,
. (Elected) 647
Alvin L. Vannah,
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636
J. Clarence Oxley,
488
William N. Tyler,
460
Scattering,
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CONSTABLES.
Edgar A. Hallett,
. (Elected) 628
James A. McFadden,
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766
Alvin L. Vannah,
689
Scattering,
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AUDITORS.
Everett W. Eaton,
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661
Charles E. Walton,
604
Alfred H. Goodwin,
512
Waldo E. Cowdrey,
354
Scattering,
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FISH COMMITTEE.
William S. Greenough,
. (Elected )
688
Samuel Parker,
681
Wm. Harrington Wiley
692
Scattering,
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FENCE VIEWERS.
Reuben H. Mitchell,
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642
Chas. H. Stearns,
647
Geo. H. Teague,
648
Scattering,
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LICENSE.
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?
Yes,
325
No,
498
The ballots and check lists were sealed up and delivered to the Town Clerk according to law. Voted at 10.37 P. M., to adjourn to Monday, March 14, at 7 o'clock, P. M.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 14, 1892.
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, S. K. Hamilton, Esq.
ART. 5. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to hire money to pay all demands in anticipation of taxes.
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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 therefor, and all debts so incurred shall be paid from said taxes.
ART. 6. To raise and appropriate money for the following purposes to wit : For the payment of town debt and interest ; for school purposes ; support of the poor ; repairs of highways and bridges, and determine how the same shall be expended ; fire depart- ment ; public library, and reading room ; salaries of town officers ; care of street lamps, and the lighting of streets ; town house expenses ; miscellaneous expenses ; annual rental of hy- drants, and all other necessary town charges.
VOTED. That the sum of $2,500 be raised and appropriated for the payment of the town debt, and that the sum of $4,500 be raised and appropriated for interest on loans.
The following amounts were raised and appropriated :
For school general fund, $21,200.
For school contingent fund, $1,700.
For school text-books and supplies, $2,000, including unpaid bills, $250, and new maps, $400.
For support of the poor, $5,000, and income from town farm.
VOTED. To refer the matter of purchasing a horse to the Board of Overseers.
For Highways and Bridges :
VOTED. To lay this subject on the table until other matters relating to the highways have been acted upon .*
For Fire Department, $2,625, including $250 for Forest Fire Wards, and $75 for salary of Fire Alarm Superintendent.
For Public Library, $400 ; (also the dog tax.)
For Public Reading Room, $250.
For salaries of Town Officers, $2,775, divided in accordance with recommendations of the Appropriation Committee, as follows :
Town Treasurer $200
Town Clerk 150
Tax Collector. . . 500
Board of Selectmen . 400
*See Page 14.
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Board of Assessors. ·$400
Overseers of the Poor 250
School Committee .. 250
Road Commissioners . 200
Board of Auditors. 115
Board of Registrars
Fire Engineers . 75
Board of Health. 50
Forest Fire Wards 75
For care of street lamps and cost of lighting.
VOTED. That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator who shall take this matter into consideration and report at an adjournment of this meeting. Chair appointed Michael Low, Richard Britton, E. W. Eaton, W. S. Greenough and T. E. Balch as committee. (See page 18.)
For Town House expenses, $2,000.
For Miscellaneous expenses, $5,000.
VOTED. That the Selectmen be instructed to keep the old cemetery in repair, the expense to be taken from this sum.
For Rental of Hydrants.
VOTED. To lay this matter on the table. (See page 19.)
For Common and Park expenses : $500, and $5 of this sum to repair the basin on Main street at the Rockery. - (See page.)
For Police Department, $1,000.
VOTED. That the remaining articles in the warrant be acted upon as they are printed.
For Miscellaneous expenses $500 additional, to be used by the Park Commissioners.
VOTED. To take from the table that part of Article 6, relating to Highways and Bridges, and $8,000 was raised and appropriated. Motion of W. G. Strong that the Road Commissioners be in- structed to advertise in the local papers, and to contract for the hauling of all gravel and crushed stone, and to let out the con- tract to the lowest responsible bidders in our town ; and that all crushed stone be produced by our own stone crusher. Pending this motion.
VOTED. To adjourn this meeeting until to-morrow night at 7.30 o'clock.
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 15, 1892.
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator.
ART. 6. The motion of Mr. Strong was acted upon, and was rejected by a vote of 43 Yes ; 110 No.
VOTED. That all crushed stone for the highways be furnished by our own stone crusher.
VOTED. That all debate be limited to five minutes and no person be allowed to speak more than twice upon any one article. Yes, 143 ; No, 33. Motion to reconsider the vote whereby we voted to pay the Road Commissioners $200. Lost.
VOTED. That no new article in the warrant be taken up after 10.15 this evening.
VOTED. That $1,000 be raised and appropriated for the Police De- partment, for the year ensuing.
ART. 7. To see what method the town will adopt for the collection of taxes for the year ensuing.
VOTED. Same method as last year.
ART. 8. 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 do so.
ART. 9. To see what sum the town will raise and appropriate for concrete work.
VOTED. $500. Abuttors to pay one-half the expense. $500 for repairs.
ART. 10. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to provide a Night Watch, and will raise and appropriate money to pay them.
VOTED. To do so and $1800.
ART. II. To determine the compensation of engine-men for the year ensuing.
VOTED. $23 and a sum equal to a poll tax.
ART. 12. To see if the town will raise and appropriate two hundred. dollars for the purposes of Memorial Day.
VOTED. $200.
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ART. 13. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to hire money on a term of years and to issue notes or bonds of the town therefor, for the purpose of renewing or paying such loans maturing during the current municipal year, as are not provided for by taxation.
VOTED. To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 14. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to carry out the orders of the county commissioners relative to widening Main street, from Salem street, north by Lakeside, or what they will do about it.
Motion of James F. Emerson, "That the sum of $1500 be raised and appropriated for widening and grading Main street from near Lawrence street to Cordis street, and also for building a sidewalk, within the same limits and on the west side of Main street, on the line as located by the County Commissioners." VOTED. To lay this article on the table.
ART. 15. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the repairs needed on the town house building, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. $400, to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen. ART. 16. To see what action the town will take, in relation to pro- curing or furnishing armory accommodations for Co. A, 6th regiment, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
VOTED. That a committee of five be appointed by the chair to act with the Selectmen to take this matter into consideration and report at the adjournment of this meeting or at the next meeting. Chair appointed Col. Charles F. Woodward, Maj. George H. Taylor, Capt. C. F. Stearns, M. Low and A. W. Brownell.
ART. 17. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to sell the old academy building, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. To instruct the Selectmen to sell the old academy building to H. M. Warren Grand Army association for the sum of $1, a bill of sale of the same to be given with a permit to move to their lot on Albion street whenever the school committee shall decide that it is no longer needed in its present location for school purposes.
ART. I8. To see if the town will take any action in relation to
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removing obstructions existing in a covered drain leading from Bennett street to Water street, preventing the natural and usual drainage of land in connection therewith, and raise and appro- priate money therefor, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. To refer to the Selectmen and Board of Health with in- structions to report on same.
VOTED. To adjourn to Thursday evening at 7.30 o'clock, March 17, 1892.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 17, 1892.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator.
ART. 19. . To see if the town will authorize the Park Commissioners to enclose and improve for public park purposes, the common land on Prospect street, between said Prospect street and Hop- kins street, and raise and appropriate money therefor, or what they will do in relation thereto.
VOTED. To refer to Park Commissioners with instructions to report on same.
ART. 20. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to complete the new school building on Academy hill ready for occupancy, including furnishing, and to grade, fence and improve the grounds and sidewalks, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. $8,000. To complete same, including furnishing, grading and improving the grounds and sidewalks, around same, to be expended under the direction of the building committee. (See Page.
RESOLVED. That the new school building on Academy Hill be named the "Lincoln School."
ART. 21. To see if the town will grant the free use of the Town Hall to the following organizations : To Post 12, G. A. R., for the evening of Memorial Day and one other evening ; to the Veteran Firemen's Association one evening ; to the Wakefield High School Cadets for the evening of their annual drill ; to the Richardson Light Guard, for two evenings; to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union for six evenings and to the Wake- field Brass Band for one evening.
VOTED. To do so.
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ART. 22. To raise and appropriate money for enlarging the Franklin street school house.
VOTED. That a committee of five be appointed by the moderator to investigate as to the necessity of enlarging the Franklin street school house, and report on same. Moderator appointed A. H. Thayer, Edward Barker, James Hickey, Wm. K. Perkins, T. E. Balch.
ART. 23. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Chapter 431 of the acts of the year 1888 relating to the employment of a superintendent of schools, and raise and appropriate money theréfor, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 24. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars to build and grade a sidewalk on the south side of Hart street, from Valley street to Melvin street, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. $200. To be expended under the direction of the Road Commissioners.
ART. 25. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to estab- lish and maintain one or more publie urinals, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 26. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to carry out the orders of the County Commissioners relative to the widening of Gould street.
VOTED. That a committee of three be appointed to make an estimate of the expense of widening Gould street ahd report on same.
Wm. G. Strong, Henry Davis, I. F. Eaton were appointed.
ART. 27. To hear and act upon the report of the Road Commission- ers relative to the laying out of Park avenue.
VOTED. To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 6. Voted to take up this article.
The committee to whom was referred the subject of Street Lights presented the following report :
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REPORT.
The committee to whom was referred so much of Article 6 of the warrant for this meeting as bears upon the matter of street lights, would respectfully present the following facts and con- clusions as the result of their investigations :
IST. To light the streets with the same number of gas and oil lights as are now in use, and to provide for the deficiency of last year, will require an appropriatton of $2,500.
2ND. To accept the proposition of the Citizens' Gas Light Co., for the use of 29 arc and 10 incandescent electric lights (which proposition is appended to this report) would require, after deducting a fair proportionate amount for the gas and oil lights replaced by the electric lights, an appropriaton of $4,300. (This amount includes provision for the deficiency.)
3RD. To contract with the Globe Gas Light Co. for furnish- ing 100 of their naptha-gas lights, the same to replace the 65 gas and say 20 of the oil lights now in use, and thus giving an addition of 15 to the number of lights uow in nse, would require an appropriation of $2,500. This also includes provision for the deficiency. Your committee would recommend that the town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 for street lights for the ensuing year, and that the Selectmen be instructed to contract with the Globe Gas Light Co. for furnishing not less than 100 lights, and for a term not exceeding one year.
(signed) MICHAEL LOW, RICHARD BRITTON, THEODORE E. BALCH, W. S. GREENOUGH, -
·Committee.
Mr. E. W. Eaton was unable to meet with the Committee.
VOTED. To accept the report.
VOTED. That its recommendations be adopted and the Selectmen be instructed to contract with the Globe Gas Light Co., in accordance with the report of the committee.
VOTED. $2,500 to carry out the same.
ARTICLE 6. Voted $4,400 for annual rental of Hydrants.
ART. 28. To see if the town will instruct the Road Commissioners.
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not to sell or give away any stone, gravel, loam or street scrap- ings, and to do all work on the highways in accordance with plans, if such exist, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. To so instruct them.
ART. 29. To see if the town will vote to pay Joseph Cartwright for land which he claims to have been taken by the Road Commis- sioners to widen Park street, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. To refer to Selectmen and Road Commissioners with in- structions to pay a suitable compensation if any land has been taken.
ART. 30. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for the purpose of cleaning out Saugus river from Saugus line to Water street, or what they will do about it.
John Moran offered the following motion : "That the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of cleaning out the bed of the Saugus river from Saugus line to Water street, in manner as follows: From Saugus line to Vinton street, the bed to be made twelve feet wide and two feet deeper, and from Vinton street to Water street one foot deeper than it now is, the same to be in charge of the Road Commissioners." Chair ruled the motion out of order and no other action was taken.
ART. 31. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of thirty dollars in settlement of a claim for damages made by A. L. Oliver, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. To refer to the Selectmen with power to settle if convinced of the justice of said claim.
ART. 32. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars to rebuild and repair the culverts and side- walks on Greenwood street, Main street and Myrtle avenue in Greenwood, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. $600. To be expended under the direction of the Road Commissioners.
ART. 33. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for additional Johnson pumps, or what they will do · about it.
VOTED. $50. To be expended under the direction of the Forest Fire Wards.
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ART. 34. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars to repair Vernon street, from Cordis street to the Lynnfield town line, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 35. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars as a part of the cost of watering Main street, from Water street to the Park, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 36. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for new street lights, and authorize the selectmen to locate them as follows : one on the corner of Hart street and Valley street ; two on Pleasant street extension, between Salem street and Sweetser street ; one on Greenwood street opposite Pine street ; three on Forrest street between the railroad and the house of Herbert Green ; one on the corner of Francis street and Pine street ; one on Myrtle avenue, near Samuel Kimball's; one on Avon court ; one on the corner of Spring street and Summit avenue ; one on the corner of Spring street and Dell avenue ; one on the corner of Summit avenue and Morrison avenue ; two on Converse street, and one on the corner of Lowell and Vernon . streets.
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