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38 Sanborn, Oliver G. .
2
38 Sanborn, Mary G. .
48 16
Dwelling, 1500; lot 37, plat 12, 6325 ft., 1300.
2
34
Miller, Frank D. . ·
2
61 92
Dwelling, 2400; lot 36, plat 12, 6440 ft., 1200.
Wiley, Henry E., personal, 320
2
5 50
134 16
Dwelling and greenhouse, 1500; new building, 300 ; lot 82, plat 11, 10,236 ft., 2000; lot 65, plat 11, 34,460 ft., 4000.
37 84
Reynolds, Evelyn M. Dwelling, 1100; stable, 300; lot 35, plat 12, 7658 ft., 800. Pratt, Elias L. 2
46 Sherwood, Cornelius F. . ·
2
Hentz, Albert E. .
86 00
Dwelling, 2200; stable, 600; lot 34, plat 12, 11,148 ft., 2200.
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2
Marshall, Levi W ..
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West, Charles C., personal, 20. .
38 40 45
46
ABATEMENTS.
LIST OF ABATEMENTS.
The following abatements have been made by the Board of Assessors on the taxes for 1899 :
Alden, Anna M.
$3 44
Gowing, Avis $8 60
Anderson, A. G.
34
Hall, Francis H. 5 16
Ayer, James B.
6 88
Harper, Arthur, Heirs 8 60
Barrett, Samuel, Heirs, 8 60
Harper, Jesse 86
Batchelder, F. P., Heirs 1
72
Haskell, Henry, personal 17 20
Blatchford, Francis
86
Hawes, Willard L. 17 20
Block, Rosa B.
1 72
Hawkesworth, Abbie 8 60
Bryant, Sarah E.
2 58
Hewes, John H.
10 32
Burdett, Jos. T., Heirs
13 76
Hopkinson, Mrs. M. J. 8 60
Butler, Clara S.
1 72
Hoyt, Mary J .. 8.60
Butterfield, Harriett
8 60
Hutchinson, Edith S.
17 20
Butterfield, Sallie E. 8 60
Ilsley, Sarah E. 8 60
Calkins, James H. 3 44
Johnson, August 34
Carter, Lewis E., personal 8 60
Kalaher, Patrick 3 44
Cartwright, Jos., Heirs 8 60
Kenney, Patrick, 2d 8 60
Clark, Diana T. 8 60
Kilgore, George L.
17 20
Clough, Cheney & Per- kins 8 60
Kingston, Edward H.
26
Comer, Edward, Heirs 8 60
Lane, Sarah
8 60
Connell, Mary
8 60
Laybolt, Josiah
8 60
Cooper, George C.
43
Lee, Wm. J. 86
Coron, Mary L.
8 60
Lewis, Mary E. 3.44
Cronan, Catherine
8 60
Lewis, Caroline M. 8 60
Cuff, John, Heirs
8 60
Lockhart, Mary
8 60
Curley, M. and T.
1 72
Lord, Georgianna C.
8 60
Dacey, Dennis, Heirs
8 60
Lynde, A. V., Heirs
30 96
Daland, Pamelia, Heirs
3 44
Lyons, Dennis 3 44
Derby, Jonas 2 00
Madden, Margaret 8 60
Eager, Mary
8 60
Mahoney, Timothy
2 00
Eaton, Eliza A.
8 60
Maloney, John, Heirs 8 60
Everts, Noah R.
1 72
Mansfield, Edward, Heirs 5 16 Martin, Eph. D. 1 72
Finnegan, Joanna
3 44
Flanley, Michael, Heirs Gerry, Ellen
8 60
Gile, Wm. H.
17 20
Gilman, Helen
3 44
Mead, Margaret T. 8 60
Gleason, Margaret L.
8 60
Moody, Hulda P. 8 60
Godfrey, Warren H. 2 58
Munier, John B., Heirs 8 60
Gowen, Franklin, Heirs 8 60
Murphy, Mary 8 60
Murphy, Michael, Heirs 8 60
Gowing, Horace, Heirs 8 60
3 44
McCarthy, Michael 1 72
McGlory, Ann 8 60
Mead, Mary A., and 8 60
229
Kingman, Martha R.
8 60
230
ABATEMENTS
Murray, Ellen $8 60
Sweetser, Louisa F. $8 60
Newhall, Theanna C. 8 60
Stoddard, Wm. O., Heirs 1 72
Neville, Wm. H. 1 29
Talbot, Cyrene V. 5 16
O'Connell, Michael, Heirs 8 60
Teague, Geo. H. 46
O'Hara, Margaret 8 60
Thornton, Eliza J. 8 60
O'Hare, John, Heirs 8 60
Tibbetts, Abbie M. 8 60
('Neil, Mary 8 60
Tredinnick, John 1 72
Oliver, George W. 3 44
Tyzzer, Sarah 8 60
Palmer, Charlotte M. 13 76
Parker, Grace
3 44
Poland, Alice M. 8 60
Potter, William H. 2 00
Walton, E. H. & Son 17 20
Pray, Mrs. C. R.
8 60
Plummer, Henry G. 2 00
Real Est. & Bldg. Asso. 22 36
Reed, Avis 8 60
Ricker, Hannalı 8 60
Rogers, Julia A. 8 60
Russell, A. W. 8 60
Whittier, Mary F. 8 60
Reddington, Mary 8 60
Winship, Calista 8 60
Woodward, Ralph E., Heirs 17 20
Sliney, Mary
8 60
Smith, James
2 00
Young, Ora A. 8 60
(reassessed. )
48 16
Young, Sarah A. 8 60
The following were omitted by mistake from their proper place in the preceding pages :
Low, Joseph K., Jr., Court Street, poll tax, $2.
Wilson, Fred W., Bellevue Park, dwelling, $1600; tax, $27.52. Nutter, George R., dwelling, $2200; land with house, Spring Street, lot 25, plat 26, 25,425 ft., $1000; tax, $55.04. Monat, Traverside D., lot 421, Greenwood Avenue, and lot 486, Madison Avenue, 6000 ft., $400; tax, $6.88.
Stark's Credit Foncier, land south of Water Street, 2 acres, $200 ; tax, $3.44.
Moncrief, George E., personal, $200; tax, $3.44.
Waterman, C. O. & Bow- man, C. B., trustees 8 60
Watts, John 2 00
Webber, John 2 60
Welch, Julia 8 60
White, Edson W. 5 16
Seabury, Frank W. 1 12
Young, Andrew 2 00
Stewart, Alta M.
Tuttle, Walter S. 2 00
Wakefield, Cyrus, George L. and Annie 51 60
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REPORTS TO THE TAX COMMISSIONER.
REPORTS TO THE TAX COMMISSIONER.
List of Taxable Corporations in Wakefield, 1899.
Real Estate. Value.
Machinery. Value.
Total.
Boston & Maine R. R. Co.,
$46,000
$46,000
Boston Ice Co.,
73,500
$7,500
81,000
H. F. Miller & Sons Piano Co.,
55,000
1,500
56,500
Mystic Valley Ry. Co.,
5,000
5,000
Real Estate & Building Assn.,
106,400
106,400
Smith & Anthony Stove Co.,
65,000
17,500
82,500
South Reading Ice Co.,
10,000
10,000
Wakefield Water Co.,
55,000
55,000
Wakefield & Stoneham St. Ry.Co., 83,320
83,320
Statement National Bank of South Reading.
Number of shares, 1000.
Par Value per Share,
$100
Market Value per Share, .
115
Taxable Value per Share,
115
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
66
66
66
75,000 00
Universalist 66
66
18,000 00
Methodist
66
66
18,000 00
Roman Catholic 66
66
66
66
4,000 00
1st Cong'l Soc., Greenw'd
66
66
.
3,000 00
Montrose Chapel Society
66
2,000 00
Woodville Chapel Society
66
1,500 00
Middlesex East Agricultural Association, Buildings
and Land, .
4,500 00
$201,000 00
Steam Boiler Statement for 1899.
Total number of boilers,
36
Aggregate horse power,
2051
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25,000 00
Episcopal
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TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
Total number of Polls, .
. 2543
Total value of Personal Property,
. $968,160
Total value of Real Estate,
. 6,720,658
Total Valuation,
7,688,818
Total number of Dwelling Houses,
1780
6: 66
Horses,
500
Cows, .
-
287
66 other Neat Cattle,
1
Swine,
51
66
Hens, .
.
.
780
66
Acres, .
. 3987
.
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ALSTEAD W. BROWNELL, CHARLES A. DEAN, HENRY W. EUSTIS,
Assessors of Wakefield.
THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE TOWN OFFICERS
OF WAKEFIELD, MASS., FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING JAN'Y 31, 1900,
ALSO
THE TOWN CLERK'S RECORD
OF THE
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
DURING THE YEAR 1899.
WAKEFIELD, MASS. : PRINTED AT THE CITIZEN AND BANNER OFFICE. 1900.
TOWN OFFICERS, 1899-1900.
SELECTMEN. *EDWARD A. UPTON, Chairman.
JAMES F. MANSFIELD, Secretary ; RICHARD S. STOUT, STEPHEN E. RYDER, EDWARD J. GIHON.
TOWN CLERK-CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE.
- TOWN TREASURER-THOMAS J. SKINNER.
MUNICIPAL, LIGHT BOARD.
EUGENE E. EMERSON, . Term expires 1902
BENJAMIN A. WYATT, Chairman, .
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DR. CURTIS L. SOPHER, Secretary, .
.
66
I900
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. WILLIAM A. CUTTER, Chairman ; WILLIS S. MASON, Sec'y; ALBERT D. CATE.
ASSESSORS.
A. W. BROWNELL, Chairman ; CHAS. A. DEAN, Sec'y ; HENRY W. EUSTIS.
AUDITORS.
EVERETT W. EATON, ALBERT W. FLINT, GEORGE W. LINNELL.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES-CHARLES E. WALTON.
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ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. WILLIAM E. CADE, Chief ; EDWARD S. JACOB, Clerk ; JAMES A. SEDERQUEST.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
CORNELIUS DONOVAN,
Term expires 1900
WESLEY T. HARRIS,
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JAMES F. CURLEY, .
66
1902
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE (ex-officio.)
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ASHTON H. THAYER, Chairman,
Term expires 1901
IDA F. CARLISLE, Sec'y,
66
I90I.
WILLIAM B. DANIEL, Treas.,
66
1900
MELVIN J. HILL,
66
66
1900
GEORGE H. S. DRIVER,
66
66
1902
EDEN K. BOWSER, .
66
1902
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
RICHARD DUTTON,
Term expires 1902
CHARLES F. MANSFIELD,
66
1902
ASHTON H. THAYER,
1902
EMMA F. HOWLAND,
66
66
1901
WILLIAM W. TAFT, .
66
66
1901
CHARLES N. WINSHIP,
66
1901
HARRY FOSTER,
66
1900
PETER S. ROBERTS,
66
1900
MAITLAND P. FOSTER,
66
66
1900
THOMAS J. SKINNER (ex-officio.)
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.
.
FISH COMMITTEE. · SAMUEL PARKER,
W. H. WILEY,
JACOB C. HARTSHORNE.
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BOARD OF HEALTH.
DR. J. W. HEATH, . AUGUSTUS D. JENKINS, . WILLIAM H. MCCAUSLAND,
Term expires 1900
66
1902
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POLICE. EDGAR A. HALLETT, Chief ;
JAMES A. McFADDEN,
EDWIN F. POLAND,
JOHN A. MELONEY, GEORGE H. POTTER,
CHARLES S. MERRILL, RUFUS F. DRAPER,
C. H. R. DUNN,
N. A. HEATH, ANDREW G. ANDERSON.
CALVIN E. TOWNLEY, GEORGE W. KIMBALL,
EUGENE P. McDONNELL,
JAMES J. KENNEDY,
ROY D. JONES, HARVEY G. BROCKBANK,
BYRON S. FOSTER,
HENRY DEROCHE,
GEORGE HEUSTIS, FRANK E. FLINT.
CONSTABLES.
EDWIN F. POLAND, JAMES A. McFADDEN, ALVIN L. VANNAH.
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR-SOLON WALTON.
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
CHARLES H. HAWES, GEORGE H. MADDOCK, EUGENE S. HINCKLEY.
INSPECTOR OF MILK-JOSIAH S. BONNEY.
TOWN COUNSEL -* EDWARD A. UPTON.
*Died July 31, 1899.
For list of other Town Officers, not chosen by ballot, see report of Annual Town Meeting.
EDWIN McDUFFEE,
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LIST OF JURORS
ACCEPTED BY THE TOWN NOVEMBER 13, 1899.
Abbott, George W. Atherton, Arlon S. Ayscough, Charles. Bailey, Bert L.
Barker, Edward
Bessey, William W.
Biggs, William, Jr.
Blanchard, George A.
Blanchard, John O.
Brockbank, Harvey G. Brown, James W. S.
Buckley, John H.
Branch, George E.
Brownell, Alstead W.
Bryant, Albert R.
Calkins, James H.
Cowdrey, Nathaniel
Clapp, Frank A.
Classon, Charles E.
Connell, Hugh
Connell, Joseph H.
Donovan, Cornelius Duffill, A. E.
Dwyer, Thomas E. Eaton, Willard G. Eaton, Isaac F. Eaton, Everett W.
Evans, Charles A. Fell, Thomas W. H. Feindle, William B.
Flanley, John
Flanders, Phillip J. Flint, Francis E. Foster, James B.
Foster, Maitland P.
Foster, Linnell
Gihon, Edward J.
Gilman, George K.
Gould, Thomas
Gove, Merrill W. Grant, Frank E.
Gray, Frank E. Greenough, Arthur
Greenough, William S.
Hanwright, Frank R.
Hartshorne, C. F.
Heath, Nathan A. Hickey, James A.
Hickey, Thomas Hines, Elmer R.
Haley, George P.
Harris, Frank S. Howard, Justin
Hines, Nathaniel
Jacob, Edward S.
Jenkins, Augustus I).
Jenkins, J. W. Kelley, Frank Kelly, Patrick J. Kernan, Thomas
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Keefe, James P. Lawder, Robert J. Lee, Edward E. Lee, William H. Low, Joseph K. Low, Joseph K., Jr. Low, Michael Lucas, George F. Mansfield, Austin L. Mansfield, William J. Mansfield, James F. McMahon, John H. McCausland, William H. Marshall, Alson L. Nickerson, Franklin Oliver, Henry N. Painter, Thomas I. Park, Calvin W. Parker, Moses P.
Perkins, Joseph E. Perkins, William K.
Perry, Fred Parker, Samuel Purrington, E. I. Roach, Henry De
Rolfe, D. P. Regan, John J. Reid, James R. Ringer, Josiah H. Smith, George E. Sanborn, Oliver G. Savage, Harry W. Scovell, George H. Sheldon, Otis E. Simonds, Harry A. Skulley, William C. Stewart, John I. Strong, William G. Sullivan, William H. Turner, Otis G. Tyzzer, George R. Walton, Charles E. Walton, Edward H. Walton, S. Leman Waterman, Otis V. Whitten, Edward E. Whittredge, William W. White, Samuel P. Young, William F.
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Record of Town Meetings
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1900.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 6, 1899.
PRECINCT ONE.
Meeting called to order in Town Hall at 6 o'clock a. m, by Town Clerk Charles F. Hartshorne, who read the warrant and then swore in the following election officers :
WARDEN-W. B. Daniel.
DEPUTY WARDEN-P. B. Wiley.
CLERK-J. F. Parker.
DEPUTY CLERK-J. W. Kernan.
INSPECTORS-C. O. Anderson, W. J. Mansfield, Cornelius Dono- van, J. P. Keefe.
, DEPUTY INSPECTORS-W. W. Bessey, J. A. Hickey, W. S. Denni- son, W. A. Thrush.
TELLERS-G. E. Hart, A. S. Johnston, A. I. Wiley, E. S. Jacob, S. T. Parker, W. C. Skulley, H. A. Simonds, W. A. Gardner.
Polls closed at 4.30 p. m., the ballot box registering 1351 votes cast.
Total ballots cast, male 1342, women 9.
One male ballot cancelled.
PRECINCT TWO.
The following election officers were sworn by Willard G. Eaton, Warden :
DEPUTY WARDEN-F. M. Staples.
CLERK-R. D. Jones.
DEPUTY CLERK-H. W. Walton.
INSPECTORS- G. W. Kimball and N. A. Heath.
DEPUTY INSPECTORS-T. W. H. Fell and C. W. Locklin.
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TELLERS-J. A. Sale, A. E. Duffill, R. L. Pittman and F. C. Evans. Polls closed at 4.30 p. m.
The result of the vote by precincts, together with the total vote, is as follows :
Precincts.
Totals.
TOWN CLERK.
I
2
*Chas. F. Hartshorne,
90 1
113
1014
Scattering,
.
2
2
Blanks, .
439
63
502
TOWN TREASURER.
* Thomas J. Skinner,
901
114
1015
Blanks, .
441
63
504
SELECTMEN.
*Edward J. Gihon, .
862
62
924
* James F. Mansfield,
812
95
907
W. H. McCausland,
614
90
704
H. B. Parker, .
542
97
639
*Stephen E. Ryder,
719
84
803
*Richard S. Stout, .
799
87
886
*Edward A. Upton, .
870
102
972
Scattering,
5
5
Blank,
1487
263
1750
ASSESSORS.
* Alstead W. Brownell,
731
96
827
*Charles A. Dean, .
899
119
1018
* Henry W. Eustis, .
772
59
831
Frederick S. Hartshorne,
687
105
792
Scattering,
I
I
Blanks, .
936
149
1085
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
*Albert D. Cate,
618
48
666
*W. A. Cutter,
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.
.
727
63
790
*Willis S. Mason,
. 595
48
643
10
Precincts.
Totals.
I
2
Thomas F. Ringer, .
410
I34
544
Henry DeRoach,
468
14
482
W. G. Strong, .
305
35
340
Blank,
903
I76
1079
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR.
James W. S. Brown,
412
26
438
*Solon Walton,
·
788
I30
918
Blank, .
142
20
162
LIBRARY TRUSTEES, THREE YEARS.
* Richard Dutton,
807
IO2
909
*Charles F. Mansfield
790
105
895
* Ashton H. Thayer,
784
107
891
Scattering,
5
5
Blank,
1640
214
1854
TAX COLLECTOR.
*Charles E. Walton,
713
91
804
Charles S. Young,
565
64
629
Blank,
64
21
85
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, THREE YEARS.
*Eden K. Bowser, .
768
II3
881
*George H. S. Driver,
637
79
716
Ellza M. Greenwood,
620
74
694
Scattering,
I
I
Blank,
676
88
764
BOARD OF HEALTH, THREE YEARS.
William F. Bowman,
372
46
418
John Moran, . .
170
7
I77
*Augustus D. Jenkins,
417
33
450
John H. Heywood,
179
25
204
Blank,
204
67
27I
MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD, THREE YEARS.
*Edwin Eugene Emerson,
593
. 92 685
11
Precincts.
Totals.
Ralph J. Patterson, .
Blank,
142
45
187
AUDITORS.
*Everett W. Eaton,
884
III
995
* Albert W. Flint,
869
116
985
*George W. Linnell,
905
106
IOII
Scattering,
I
I
Blank,
1367
195
1562
FISH COMMITTEE.
*Jacob C. Hartshorne,
641
85
726
*Samuel Parker,
629
86
715
*W. H. Wiley,
651
61
712
G. M. Poland,
622
60
682
Scattering,
3
3
Blank,
1480
236
1716
CONSTABLES.
*E. A. Hallett,
515
II2
627
* James A. McFadden,
1036
75
IIII
*Edwin F. Poland, .
992
92
1084
* Alvin I. Vannah, .
742
73
815
Blank,
74 1
176
917
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
*Charles H. Hawes,
698
87
785
*Eugene S. Hinckley,
611
68
679
Robert J. Lawder, .
524
74
598
*George H. Maddock,
601
47
648
Scattering,
I
I
Blank, .
1591
252
1843
LICENSE VOTE.
Yes,
475
35
510
No,
·
720
106
826
Blanks, .
147
35
182
* Elected.
I 607
2
646
39
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TOWN MEETING, MARCH 13, 1899.
Town Clerk Hartshorne called the meeting to order at 7.30 o'clock.
Voted. To dispense with the reading of the warrant.
Article 1. To choose a moderator, by ballot, to preside at said meeting.
On motion of William H. Butler the meeting proceeded to choose a moderator, as provided in the article. The town clerk appointed J. W. Grace, Cornelius Donovan, W. B. Daniel and James A. Hickey, to supervise the check list.
Whole number of votes, 404
Necessary for choice,
203
John M. Cate, I
Darius Hadley,
136
Thomas G. O'Connell, 267
Mr. O'Connell was declared elected.
Voted. That the meeting adjourn at ten o'clock, and that future sessions adjourn at the same hour.
Voted. To take up article 73.
Art. 73. To see if the town will vote to abolish the office of super- intendent of schools, and so instruct the school committee, or what it will do about it.
Motion to indefinitely postpone, lost.
Motion to reconsider, lost.
Motion to lay on the table, lost.
Voted. That the town do not abolish the office of superintendent of schools, and that the town instruct the school committee to employ a superintendent of schools, and it is the sense of this meeting that he be employed for five days each week at a salary of $1500, and that the school committee be instructed to se- cure the exclusive services of such superintendent.
Motion to reconsider, lost.
Voted. To adjourn until Monday evening, March 20, 1899, at 7.30 p. m.
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 20, 1899.
Voted. To take up the articles in their order.
Art. 2. To act upon the reports of town officers as published.
Voted. To refer the assessors' report to the assessors to report at the next meeting.
Art. 3. To choose all town officers not required to be chosen by ballot.
Voted. That a committee of seven be appointed to bring in a list of names : W. S. Greenough, Harry Foster, J. A. Hickey, C. N. Winship, S. O. Richardson, Thomas Kernan and Thomas J. Skinner.
Art. 4. To see if the town will authorize its treasurer to hire money to pay all demands in anticipation of taxes.
Voted. To authorize the treasurer to hire money, with the approval of the selectmen, as provided in the article.
Art. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriations for the same.
Voted. To appropriate $6000 for the poor department, together with the income from the farm.
Voted. That the town clerk keep a record of the appropriations and that the total amount appropriated be announced after each appropriation.
The town treasurer's report showed that $26,370 would have to be raised for the payment of bonds due this year and ap- propriations made last November. The state and county taxes were estimated at $12,000 more, showing a total of $38,370 as a starter. As each appropriation was made, the moderator an- nounced the total amount as recorded by the town clerk.
The following appropriations were made with little or no op- position. Schools, general, $32,000; schools, contingent, $2000 ; schools, books and supplies, $2000 ; municipal light board, general income of the plant ; municipal light extension of electric lines, $1000 ; town house expenses, receipts of hall and $1800.
On the Fire Department it was voted that the matter be re-
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ferred to a committee of seven, to investigate the fire depart. ment conditions and report at an adjourned meeting. The moderator appointed Jas. F. Emerson, A. R. Perkins, E. J. Gihon, W. E. Cade, W. F. Young, Cornelius Donovan and T. F. Ringer.
The sum of $2,900 was appropriated for Soldiers' Relief.
On Highway Department it was voted that $11,000 be ap- propriated, of which $3,000 should be reserved "exclusively for snow work and no other purpose."
Concrete Work $500, abuttors to pay half.
Stone Street Crossings, $300.
Edgestones $400, abuttors to pay half.
Police Department $1200.
Military Aid $875. Spanish War Relief $250.
Night Watch $1800.
Salaries Town Officers $5355, to be divided as printed in town report.
Voted. To adjourn for one week at 7.30 p. m.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 27, 1899.
Acting under article 5 these appropriations were made : Miscellaneous expenses, $4000 ; hydrant rental, $4340 ; insur- ance premiums, $150 ; Richardson Light Guard, $600 ; printing, advertising and stationery, $1100 ; interest on town debt, $14,- 000 ; town library, $500, with proceeds of dog tax; public reading room $175.
Common and Park, $600. Forest Fire Wards, $600.
Voted. That this article be now laid on the table.
Art. 6. To see what method the town will adopt for the collection of taxes for the ensuing year.
Tax Collector Walton moved that all taxes be due Oct. I, 1899, allowing three days' grace, and that 5 per cent. interest be added after Oct. I, on taxes remaining unpaid.
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Art. 17. To see if the town will authorize its collector of taxes for the year ensuing to use all means which a town treasurer, when appointed collector, may use.
Voted. To so authorize.
Art. 8. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appro- priate for concrete work.
Art. 9. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appro- priate for edgestones, and the setting thereof, where the abut- tors pay one-half cost of the same.
The town having already appropriated money for concrete work and edgestones, it was voted to follow the regular custom, in requiring abuttors to pay one-half, in either instance.
Art. 10. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to appoint a night watch and raise and appropriate money therefor, or what action it will take thereon.
Voted. «To authorize the selectmen, as requested.
Art. 11. To determine the compensation of enginemen for the year ensuing.
Voted. To refer to fire department committee to report at an ad- journed meeting.
Art. 12. To see if the town will raise and appropriate two hundred and fifty dollars for the purposes of Memorial Day.
Voted. $250.
Art. 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate twenty-five dollars for the use of the fish committee for the present year.
Voted. $25.
Art. 14. To see if the town will raise and appropriate six hundred dollars to repair and paint the house at the town farm, or what they will do about it.
Art. 15. To see if the town will enlarge the present house or build a new one at the town farm, or what they will do about it, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 16. To see if the town will raise and appropriate eight hundred dollars to enlarge, repair and paint the barn at the town farm, or what they will do about it.
These articles were taken up together.
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Secretary Perkins of the finance committee offered a report which provided for a further report, if the town desired. The town voted to accept the report and receive the additional in- formation, on motion of Overseer W. A. Cutter. Mr. Perkins stated that a sub-committee of the finance committee, consist- ing of Messrs. F. O. Clark, S. W. Flint, C. A. Dean, W. G. Strong and G. H. S. Driver, had made a thorough investigation. The committee deemed it unnecessary to build a new farm house or make any addition, but recommended that alterations be made by finishing off the attics and putting in water closets and a bath room. The state board, under whose care the alms- houses are included, had found much fault with the condition of things, and later on a letter from Inspector Woodbury was read by Overseer Mason which didn't speak well for the town, although no fault was found with the management. The princi- pal criticism was the lack of proper sanitary arrangements and the need of separating the sexes at the farm. The committee therefore recommended that Article 14 be indefinitely post- poned ; that $1400 be appropriated under Article 15, the altera- tions to be made under the direction of a committee of three, and that under Article 16 the town appropriate $25 for tem- porary repairs, not including painting the barn. The altera- tions in the house provided for eleven additional rooms.
Voted. Report of committee accepted.
Voted. To submit the report of finance committee to the town.
Voted. That the whole matter be referred to a committee of five to investigate and report at an adjourned meeting : Michael Low, Harry Foster, F. O). Clark, Wm. G. Strong and J. A. Hickey.
Art. 17. To see what action the town will take for the care of the tramps, raise and appropriate money for the same, or what they will do about it.
Mr. Perkins, on behalf of the finance committee, recommen- ded that a room twenty-five feet square be provided in the northeast corner of the basement of the town hall building (un- der the reading room) where better accommodations could be made for ventilation and sanitary arrangements. The commit- tee recommended $475 and that alterations be made at the po-
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lice department entrance providing for the separation of the tramps from other parts of the building. The recommenda- tions were adopted and the money appropriated.
Art. 18. To hear and act on the report of the cemetery committee.
Everett W. Eaton, a member of the committee, stated that the report was published in the town report.
Voted. To accept the report.
Art. 19. To see how much money the town will raise and appropri- ate for laying out, development and improvement of the new public cemetery on Lowell street, or what action shall be taken in reference thereto.
Chairman C. W. Eaton of the finance committee stated that a sub-committee had been appointed, and further time was asked and granted.
Art. 20. To see if the town will accept the bequest of the late Franklin Poole for the Beebe town library, as stated in the third item of his will, which reads as follows :
Third. I give and bequeath to the Beebe town library of Wakefield the sum of five hundred dollars.
On motion of Town Treasurer Skinner it was voted to accept the bequest and the treasurer was authorized to invest the same in town notes or bonds, and that the amount be held as a trust fund, the interest to be used under the direction of the library committee.
Art. 21. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars for the placing of a drinking fountain in the vicinity of the postoffice building on Main street, or what it will do about it.
Voted. $75 and that it be referred to the selectmen to carry out the vote.
Art. 22. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the erection of a suitable tablet in the memorial room of the town hall commemorative of the Spanish-American war and the members of the Wakefield company who lost their lives in the service.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 23. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of
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two hundred dollars to repair Highland street, or what they will do about it.
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