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Markers for Revolutionary Graves,
114
Memorial Day,
I13
Military Aid, .
108
Miscellaneous Expenses,
IO2
Montrose Gas Extension,
94
Municipal Light Plant Expenses,
94 II5
New Street Lights,
95
New Watering Cart,
93
Night Watch,
IOI
Police Department,
100
Poor Department Expenses,
91
Printing, Advertising and Stationery,
103
Railroad St. Widening Damages,
115
Reading Room,
III
Rental of Hydrants, Standpipes and Foun- tains,
I13
Richardson Light Guard Expenses,
108
Richardson Street, .
92 112
School Contingent Expenses, ·
97
" Fuel Account,
96 96
" Income Account, .
97
‹ Text Books and Supplies,
97
Sewerage System, .
96
Soldiers' Relief,
IIO
State Aid,
107
Steam Road Roller,
93
Street Watering,
94.
Town Clerk Returns,
I39
Town House Expenses,
99
Tree Warden Expenses,
II4
Ventilation Greenwood School House,
I12
Water Department Expenses, 95
Water Street Widening Damages, . .
115
Salaries Town Officers,
Evening School, .
97
General Expenses,
New Seats Town Hall,
321
Page
Board of Health, Report of, .
78
Cemetery Commissioners, Report of,
80
Dog Licenses, 158
Finance Committee, Report of,
309
Fish Committee, Report of,
283
Fourth of July Committee, Report of, 82
Inspector of Plumbing Report,
79
Jury List,
6
Library Trustees' Report,
I59
Librarian's Report, I64
285
Municipal Light Plant, Report of, . Manager's Report, .
289
Overseers of the Poor Report,
118-126
Schools : .
220-280
Drawing, Report of Supervisor of,
262
High School Principal's Report, 246
High School Graduation Exercises, 256
Manual Training, Report of Supervisor of, 263
Military Instructor's Report, . 266
Music, Report of Supervisor of, 259
School Committee's Report, 22I
School Statistics, 270
Sewing, Report of Supervisor of,
264
Superintendent of Schools' Report, .
229
Truant Officer's Report, . .
266
Selectmen's Report, 31-73
Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth Dept.,
72
Fire Engineers' Report, .
43
Forest Firewards' Report,
57
Inspector of Animals, Report of, 62
Inspector of Milk, Report of,
61
Inspector of Wires, Report of,
61
Military,
41
Police Chief's Report, . 58
Sealer Weights and Measures, Report of, 64
Superintendent of Streets Report, . 66
Superintendent of Streets Report, Appendix of, 317
322
Sweetser Lecture Course Committee Report, .
Page 63
Sweetser Charity Report,
62
Town Counsel's Report, . Town Hall,
.
42
Sewer Commissioners, Report of,
40 84
Tax Collector's Statement,
I27
Town Clerk's Register, .
I29
Births,
130
Deaths,
I50
Marriages,
138
Recapitulation,
I55
Town Officials, List of, .
3-5
Town Meeting Records,
8-30
Treasurer's Report,
166-204
Water Commissioners, Report of,
205
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THE NINETY-SIXTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF WAKEFIELD, MASS.,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1908,
ALSO
THE TOWN CLERK'S RECORD
OF THE
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
DURING THE YEAR 1907.
A. W. BROWNELL, PRINTER, 150 School Street, Everett Square, Everett, Mass, 1908.
TOWN OFFICERS, 1906-1907.
SELECTMEN. ARTHUR L. WILEY, Chairman. LEVI FLANDERS, Secretary. CORNELIUS DONOVAN, JOHN FLANLEY.
TOWN CLERK-CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE.
TOWN TREASURER-ALBERT W. FLINT.
MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD. WILLIAM E. ARNOLD, Chairman, Term expires 1910
FRED A. SWAIN, Secretary. 66 1909
EUGENE E. EMERSON,
1908
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. WILLIS S. MASON, Ch'n; A. G. ANDERSON, Sec'y ; EDW. H. WALTON.
ASSESSORS. CHARLES A. DEAN, Chairman ; F. S. HARTSHORNE, SAMUEL T. PARKER, Secretary.
AUDITORS.
WILLIAM O. ABBOTT, WILLIAM J. STOUT, WILLIAM E. PITTOCK.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES-CHARLES E. WALTON.
SEWER COMMISSIONERS.
EDEN K. BOWSER, Chairman, Term expires 1909
THOMAS J. LALLY, Secretary, 66 1908
W. RAYMOND EMERSON,
1910
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
CHARLES A. DEAN, Chairman,
Terms expires 1910
J. H. KIMBALL, Secretary,
66 1909
W. H. BUTLER,
1908
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ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. WILLIAM E. CADE, Chief ; EDWARD S. JACOB, Clerk; FREDERIC F. ANDERSON.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
PATRICK J KELLEY, Term expires 1909
FRED E. BUNKER,
66 1910
JAMES F. CURLEY;
1908
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE (ex officio).
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
CHAS. E. MONTAGUE, Chairman,
Term expires 1908
IDA FARR MILLER,
1909
JOSIAH S. BONNEY Treasurer,
1908
GREENLEAF A. GOODALE,
1909.
ELIZA M. GREENWOOD, Sec'y, ،، 66 1910
ASHTON H. THAYER,
1910
CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
JAMES R. REID,
Term expires 1909
FRANKLIN NICKERSON
1908
OLIVER WALTON,
1910
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CHARLES F. MANSFIELD, Chairman, Term expires 1908
RICHARD DUTTON, Secretary, .
1908
EDSON W. WHITE, .
1909
HARRY FOSTER, .
1909
FRANK T. WOODBURY,
1909
ASHTON H. THAYER,
1908
E. FLORENCE EATON
1910
H. LEE M. PIKE,
1910
SARAH Y. MORTON, .
66
1910
.
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FISH COMMITTEE.
SAMUEL PARKER, W. H. WILEY, JACOB C. HARTSHORNE.
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-H. A. SIMONDS.
TREE WARDEN - FRANK T. WOODBURY.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
DR. J. W. HEATH.
Term expires 1909
AUGUSTUS D. JENKINS, .
1908
JOHN M. CATE,
66 1910
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS - DENNIS C. GREANY.
PARK COMMISSIONERS. EUGENE S. HINCKLEY, HARRY HASKELL, 2ND, JOHN J. FOLEY
POLICE. HARVEY G. BROCKBANK, Chief. SPECIAL POLICE.
JAMES A. MCFADDEN, JAMES HURTON,
EDWIN F. POLAND,
JOSEPH L. PRESTON, JR.
GEORGE H. POTTER,
ARTHUR H. GOULD,
WILLIAM R. BARRY,
HENRY DEROCHE,
EUGENE P. McDONNELL, H. A. SIMONDS,
RUFUS F. DRAPER, EMIL NELSON,
JOHN A. MELONEY,
ERNEST A. TYLER,
GEO. O. RUSSELL,
GEO. E. DONALD,
PATRICK J. MALONEY,
ROY D. JONES,
LINCOLN S. TAINTER, FRED J. BLACK,
LEWIS E. CARTER,
JOHN ANDERSON.
CONSTABLES.
EDWIN F. POLAND, JAMES A. McFADDE HARVEY G. BROCKBANK, HARRY A. SIMONDS.
INSPECTOR OF MILK -HARRY A. SIMONDS.
TOWN COUNSEL - MAYNARD E. S. CLEMONS. FOREST FIREWARDS. ELDEN S. OLIVER, JESSE C. EDMANDS, SAMUEL T. PARKER.
For list of other town officers, not chosen by ballot, see report of Annual Town Meeting.
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LIST OF JURORS
AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE TOWN.
Abbott, Arthur G.
Anderson, Clinton O.
Anderson, Fred F.
Ayscough, Charles D. Barker, Edward Bayrd, C. Orne
Flint, Francis E. Florell, Henry
Bessey, William W.
Blanchard, George A. Blanchard, John O.
Brown, James W. S.
Bowditch, Edward C.
Brownell, Alstead W.
Bowman, William F.
Branch, George E. Braxton, George W.
Buckley, John H. Bunker, Fred E.
Carey, George P.
Casey, Peter
Cate, Albert D.
Cheever, Charles W.
Clapp, Frank A.
Classen, Charles E.
Cowdrey, Waldo E.
Curley, James F. DeRoche, Henry
Draper, Rufus F. Eaton, Everett W. Eaton, Jacob H.
Evans, Charles A. Farwell, James W. Fell, Thomas W. H. Flanley, John
Ford, Frank D.
Foster, James B.
Gilman, George K.
Gilson, Harris L. Gould, Thomas
Gove, Merrill W.
Graham, Fred B. Grant, Frank E. Greenough, William S. Hall, Henry C. Hanright, Frank
Harper, Harry E. Hartshorne, Charles F. Hickey, James A. Hickey, Thomas Hill, John T. Hines, Nathaniel Horne, Robert W. Howard, Justin Huddy, Joseph S. Hurley, John Jack, Peter Jack, Philip
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Jewett, Henry M. Jordan, Frank B. Kelley, Edward B. Kelley, Patrick J. Keough, James H. Kenrick, Alfred W. Kernan, John W. Kingston, David T. Lane, Maurice J. Lindsay, Charles C. Logan, James J. Logan, John A. Low, Joseph K., Jr. Malcolm, Zina B. Mansfield, James F. Mansfield, William J. McDonnell, Eugene P. Mckay, William B. McMahon, John H. Meloney, John A., Jr. Murray, John, Vernon St. Nickerson, Franklin Oliver, Henry N. O'Connell, Jeremiah O'Connell, Thomas Parker, Harvey S. Parker, Moses P.
Parker, Samuel Parker, Samuel T. Perkins, Joseph E. Porter, Harry T. Preston, Edward F. Regan, Daniel Reid, James R, Ronan, Arthur O. Ronan, John T. Scannell, John H. Scovell, George H. Sedgley, Alton R. Simonds, Harry A. "Smith, John W. Sullivan, Jeremiah J. Sullivan, William H. Sullivan, Thomas F. Taggart, William J. Thrush, Thomas A. Thrush, William A. Walton, Charles E. Walton, Edward H. Walton, Oliver Ward, Williamı L. Whiting, J. Frank Winters, Ira B.
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Record of Town Meetings
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1908.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 4, 1907.
PRECINCT ONE.
Meeting called to order by Town Clerk Charles F. Harts- horne at 6 o'clock a. m., who read the warrant and then- swore in the following election officers :
WARDEN - S. A. Dearborn.
CLERK - J. Fred Parker.
INSPECTORS AND TELLERS-C. O. Anderson, P. J. Kelley, M. T. Lane, E. S. Jacob, A. L. Cutler, Z. B. Malcolm, F. B. Jordan, P. M. Wheeler, H. A. Simonds, J. A. Alden, John T. Phelan, Henry Madden, Bruce Swanson, Loring Jordan, Thomas F. Keady, W. H. Sullivan.
PRECINCT TWO.
The polls were declared open at 6 o'clock a. m., and the fol- lowing election officers were sworn in by Warden W. G. Eaton :
DEPUTY WARDEN - Harvey S. Parker.
CLERK - Roy D. Jones.
DEPUTY CLERK - Roscoe F. Jones.
INSPECTORS - Frank Evans, Arthur S. Hill.
DEPUTY INSPECTORS- E. A. Jones, G. F. Leach.
TELLERS- F. M. Staples, Harry P. Alden, R. L. Pittman, A. M. Baxter.
Following is the total vote with the vote of each precinct : *Indicates candidates elected.
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Precincts.
Totals.
TOWN CLERK. I II
*Charles F. Hartshorne .
955
I72
II27
TOWN TREASURER.
* Albert W. Flint
. 985
I82
1167
SELECTMEN.
George W. Abbott
588
70
658
Albert D. Cate
619
84
703
Nathaniel E. Cutler .
661
80
741
*Cornelius Donovan .
820
I24
944
*Levi Flanders
737
87
824
*John Flanley .
855
56
9II
*Charles H. Studley, Jr.
664
216
880
* Arthur L. Wiley
836
67
903
ASSESSORS.
Alstead W. Brownell
723
109
832
*Charles A. Dean
802
I19
921
*Frederic S. Hartshorne .
785
I29
914
*Samuel T. Parker .
734
119
853
W. W. Wilder
315
46
361
MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD, 3 Years.
*William E. Arnold
926 180
II06
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
*Charles E. Walton
. 975
189
1164
SEWER COMMISSIONER, 3 Years.
*W. Raymond Emerson . .
883 I55
1038
SEWER COMMISSIONER, I Year.
C. O. Bayrd
487
87
574
*Thomas J. Lally
670
37
707
G. E. Thompson
I34
51 185
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
*Andrew G. Anderson
836
I26
962
William F. Bowman
7II
88
799
*Willis S. Mason
833
129
962
*Edward Hazen Walton ·
839
I38
977
WATER COMMISSIONER, 3 Years.
*Charles A. Dean
793
104
897
Frank J. Henkel
544
IOI
645
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 3 Years.
*Eliza M. Greenwood
881
I56
IO37
*Ashton H. Thayer .
832
I68
1000
AUDITORS.
*William O. Abbott
816
I47
963
*Charles S. Emerson
805
146
951
*William J. Stout
879
140
1019
BOARD OF HEALTH, 3 Years.
*John M. Cate .
670
IIO
780
G. E. Howard .
555
170
625
TRUSTEES BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY, 3 Years.
*E. Florence Eaton
765
I38
903
*Sarah Y. Morton
739
I34
873
*H Lee M. Pike
713
148
86I
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER, 3 Years.
Elden S. Oliver
293
I28
421
*Oliver Walton
806
72
878
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
*John J. Foley
769
68
837
*Harry Haskell, 2d,
770
I32
902
*Eugene S. Hinckley
744
129
973
George H. Maddock
642
IO2
744
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FISH COMMITTEE.
*Jacob C. Hartshorne
782
I24
906
*Samuel Parker
.
829
I29
958
*William H. Wiley .
845
I35
980
TREE WARDEN.
*Frank T. Woodbury
939
142
108 I
CONSTABLES.
*Harvey G. Brockbank
933
150
1083
*James A. McFadden
III8
I53
I27I
*Edwin F. Poland ** Elected.
1005
163
II68
LICENSE VOTE.
Yes
506
36
542
No . .
.
768
148
916
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TOWN MEETING, MARCH 11, 1907.
Article I. To choose a moderator, by ballot, to preside at said meeting.
Thomas G. O'Connell was elected moderator.
All articles involving the appropriation of money were, by the moderator, declared referred to the town Finance Committee.
Article 2. To act upon the reports of town officers as published.
Voted. That the report of town officers as printed be ac- cepted and laid on the table.
Voted. That all boards of town officers present to the town a list of all unpaid bills at an adjournment of this meeting.
Article 3. To choose all town officers not required to be chosen by ballot.
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Voted. That a committee of five be appointed to retire and and bring in a list of town officers not chosen by ballot. Chair appointed Daniel Evans, J. A. Meloney, E. A. Rich, J. F. Curley and S. T. Parker.
Art. 4. To see if the town will authorize its treasurer to hire money to pay all demands in anticipation of taxes.
Voted. That for the purpose of procuring temporary loans to and for the use of the town of Wakefield the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed with the. approval of a majority of the Board of Selectmen to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the town therefor. Any debt or debts incurred by a loan or loans to the Town under this vote shall be paid from the said taxes of the present munici- pal year.
Art. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year and make ap- propriations for the same.
Voted. To raise and appropriate as follows :
Interest,$7,568.50, and last year's unexpended balance, and in addition that $9,590 interest on sewer bonds be taken from abutters' assessments, that $8,920 in- t'erest on water bonds be taken from water receipts, and that $6,070.50 be taken from Municipal Light Plant receipts.
Poor Department receipts from farm, all other receipts and $5,000.
Police Department, $2,450.
Night Watch, $1,869.04.
Town Hall Expenses, the receipts and $1,800.
Miscellaneous Expenses, $5,000.
Forest Firewards, $250.
Park Department, $800. Of which sum $100 to be used for purchase of park seats.
Richardson Light Guard, $600.
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State Aid, $4,000.
Soldiers' Relief, $4,000.
Military Aid, $300.
Beebe Town Library, Dog Tax and $500.
Public Reading Room, $250.
Fish Committee, $25.
For Salaries of Town Officers, $6,205, as follows :
Tree Warden, salary, $25.
Tree Warden, all services and expenses, $75.
Board of Health, $100 for salaries, $300 for extra service.
Board of Auditors, $215.
Board of Registrars, $215.
Board of Assessors, $900.
Board of Overseers, $300.
Board of Forest Firewards, $75.
Board of Light Commissioners, $300.
Board of Selectmen, $100 each, Clerk, $200.
Superintendent of Streets, including horse and team, $900.
Town Treasurer, $400.
Town Clerk, $200.
Town Counsel, $500.
Tax'Collector, $650.
Inspector of Milk, $150.
Collector of Milk, $50.
Sealer of Weights and Measures, $100.
Secretary Finance Committee, $50.
Voted to adjourn for one week at 7.30 o'clock p.m.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 18, 1907. Voted. To take up Article 5.
Voted. That matter of salary of Board of Fire Engineers be referred to a committee of three to report at an adjourn-
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ment of this meeting. Chair appointed Everett W. Eaton, C. W. Whitten, Roy D. Jones.
Voted. To raise and appropriate :
Schools :
For Pay rolls
$45,312.50
Fuel
4,300.00
Contingent
2,500.00
Supplies
2,800.00
Evening school
950.00
$55,862.50
Voted. To take up Article 2.
The following unpaid bills were reported from various de- partments :
School Department, $219.62.
Board of Health, $200.
Milk Inspector, $2.50.
Park Department, $44.41.
Cemetery Commissioners, $61I.
Highway Department, $1,402.02.
Voted. To take up Article 5.
Voted. To raise and appropriate for Fire Department, $7,400 and earnings.
Voted. To adjourn until next Monday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 25, 1907.
Art. 5. Water Department :
For maintenance including 10 new hydrants and gates, . . $13,600 00
For remodelling and repairing the Hackett estate, . 1,200 00 · For construction, . 5,000 00 · For salaries of commissioners, · 300 00
$19,100 00 -
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Water hydrants, fountains and stand pipes, . 4,700 00 Voted. To adjourn for one week at 7.30 o'clock.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, APRIL 1, 1907.
Art. 5. Sewer Department :
For maintenance, . $750 00
Of this amount $250.00 to cover clerical and engineering services. Same to include clerical services for the board, and house connec- tions.
Salary of commissioners, 300 00 Cushing & Pevear suit, 300 00
Municipal Light Plant :
Receipts and . 11,897 40
Fire alarm maintenance,
500 00 .
Voted. That the Municipal Light and Gas Commissioners of the town of Wakefield be instructed to petition the Electric Light and Gas Commissioners of the state of Massachusetts for a reduction in the per cent. rate of de- preciation, also for a reduction in the valuation of the plant.
Highway Department. Street railway tax and $5,000 00 That $1,000 be set aside for snow work.
That $750 be set aside for concrete sidewalks, stone crossings and edgestones.
These two items to be taken from general appropriation.
That Town Treasurer be authorized to borrow $6,000 in an- ticipation of street railway tax.
That preference be given at all times to the permanent men, horses and carts of the Fire Department.
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That compensation for a pair of horses, cart and driver be no more than $5.00 per day ; to single horse, cart and driver, to be no more than $3.50 per day.
.
Street Sprinkling. For street sprinkling. $1,800 00
That all this work be done by the horses and permanent men of the Fire Department.
Voted for 1906 Bills.
Highway Department $1,454 29
Art. 6. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to appoint a night watch and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Voted. To authorize the Selectmen to employ a night watch.
Art. 7. To determine the compensation of enginemen for the year ensuing.
Voted. That the compensation of enginemen for the centre district be fixed at $50, and $35 for the outlying districts.
Art. 8. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to em- ploy a town counsel.
Voted. To so authorize the selectmen.
Art. 9. To see if the town will raise and appropriate three hundred dollars for the purpose of Memorial Day.
Voted $300.
Art. 10. To see if the town will vote that all printing done in behalf of the town of Wakefield bear the Allied Printing Trades Label, this to be in force until such time as it is rescinded by vote of an annual town meeting.
Indefinitely postponed.
Voted to adjourn for one week from tonight at 7.30 o'clock.
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, APRIL 8, 1907.
Art. II. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a suf- ficient sum of money, to work, grade and macadamize Albion street, from Lake street to the Stoneham line, same to be provisional upon the condition that the state, through the Highway Commission, contribute one-half the cost thereof.
Voted. $1,500, on proviso of State Highway Commission contributing an equal amount.
Art. 12. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a suffi- cient sum of money to work, grade and macadamize Main street, from Aborn avenue, to Lawrence street, same to be provisional upon the condition that the State, through the Highway Commission, contribute one-half the cost thereof.
Voted. $650 on same conditions as Article II.
Art. 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 to macadamize and drain Lake street, or what they will do about it.
Voted. $600, to be taken from Highway appropriation.
Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to install a system of surface drainage on Pitman avenue to take care of the water on lower end of Greenwood Park, and raise and appropriate money therefor, or what they will do about it.
Voted. $400.
Art. 15. To see if the town will cause drainage to be in- stalled to provide an outlet for surface water at the junc- tion of Oak, Main and Greenwood streets, and to the School Building on Main street, and appropriate money therefor.
Voted. $150.
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Art. 16. To see if the town will vote to install suitable heat- ing apparatus in the Greenwood Hose House and appro- priate money for the same, or what they will do about it.
Voted. $325. By vote of meeting, moderator appointed Ar- thur S. Hill, John T. Cooper, Thomas F. Ringer, Daniel Evans, Henry H. Savage as committee to attend to same.
Art. 17. To see if the town will repair and build the side- walk on the south side of Water street from near the es- tate of Daniel Coleman to Brook avenue, and have it conform to the boundary line of the street, and appropri- ate money therefor, or what they will do about it.
Voted. $900.
Art. 18. To see if the town will build a sidewalk on the north side of Water street from a bridge near the estate of Daniel Coleman to Perham street, and appropriate money therefor, or what they will do about it.
Voted. That whatever sum is left appropriated under Ar- ticle 17 be used on the north side of Water street near the estate of Daniel Coleman to Perham street.
Art. 19. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee which shall report at a future meeting as to the desirabil- ity of the town creating a board of public works.
Voted. That a committee consisting of the moderator and six others be appointed to consider and report upon the advisability of creating a Board of Public Works or mak- ing other changes in the management of the gas, water, street and sewer departments. Committee appointed Thomas G. O'Connell, Edwin C. Miller, Cornelius Don- ovan, Arthur G. Walton, Charles A. Dean, Edson W. White, M. E. S. Clemons. 1
Art. 20. To see if the town will approve the regulations made by the Board of Cemetery Commissioners.
Voted. To lay on the table.
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Art. 21. To see if the town will investigate by means of a committee or otherwise the doings of the Board of Ceme- tery Commissioners, since the institution of said board in the year 1903, and make a suitable appropriation for such investigation, or what they will do about it.
Voted. That a committee be appointed to investigate with- out expense to town. Moderator appointed Clinton H. Stearns, Roscoe D. Jones, John A. Meloney, Samuel T. Parker, Waldo E. Cowdrey.
Art. 22. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred and seventy dollars, to be paid to James R. Reid in full settlement of his claim against the town for materials furnished, and labor furnished and per- formed, on Forest Glade Cemetery.
Voted. $450 in full settlement of claim against the town, same to be taken from Cemetery receipts.
Voted. To adjourn for one week from tonight at 7.30 o'clock.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, APRIL 15, 1907.
Art. 23. To see what measures the town will take to provide additional school accommodations in the centre of the town.
Voted. That a committee of 7 be appointed by the moder- ator, to investigate the matter of additional school accom - modations in the centre of the town. That they be au- thorized to consider changes in or additions to present school buildings or the erection of a new building, and to submit probable estimates of the cost of changes in or additions to present buildings, if such are recommended, or the probable cost of a new building, with recommenda - tions as to location, and cost of location, if a new build- ing is recommended, and to report at a future towil musting.
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Chair appointed Charles E. Montague, E. C. Miller, Thomas Hickey, C. H. Howe, Wm. C. Skulley, Albert D. Cate, Dr. J. A. O'Leary.
Art. 24. To see if the town will vote to paint the outside of the High School building, raise and appropriate money therefor, or what they will do about it.
Voted. $500.
Art. 5.
Voted salary of Fire Engineers $450, as follows : Chief En- gineer, $225; Clerk, $125; third member of Board, $100.
Art. 3.
Committee appointed under this Article presented their report which was accepted and adopted :
Field Drivers-Lester K. Finney, G. K. Walton, Alexander Glass, Palmer Corbett, J. E. Hopkins, C. E. Classen, W. F. Shedd, G. E. Donald.
Measurers of Wood -G. W. Killorin, F. M. Quinlan, A. L. Mansfield, J. C. Kalaher, W. O. Evans, H. N. Oliver, G. E. Donald, E. S. Oliver, W. C. Crocker, T. E. Toomey, L. P. Curley, Thos. Hickey, Denis Greany, P. Lannergan, A. A. Mansfield, H. A. Feindel, W. T. Curley.
Measurers of Lumber-A. T. Locke, H. B. Parker, J. B. Foster, E. I. Purrington, W. A. Prescott, J. C. Kalaher, H. A. Feindel, A. P. Webber, L. E. Bennett.
Weighers of Coal and Merchandise-P. Mclaughlin, H. A. Simonds, John Toomey, W. C. Crocker, J. C. Kalaher, T. E. Toomey, A. A. Mansfield, N. E. Cutler, A. L. Mansfield, W. T. Curley, F. M. Quinlan, L. E. Bennett, Thos. Hickey, G. A. B. Merrill, L. P. Curley. Finance Committee 3 Years-GeG. M. Poland, G. H. Stowell, J. A. Meloney, M. T. Lane, C. H. Stearns.
Finance Committee 2 Years-E. A. Rich, J. W. Murphy.
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Art. 25. To see if the town will vote to connect the Lincoln School building with the sewer, to change the plumbing and install new where it is needed in said building, and raise and appropriate money thereof, or what they will do about it.
Voted. $3,000. Following committee appointed to have charge of work : F. J. Henkel, J. S. Bonney, James A. Hickey, Geo. H. Stowell, Chas. N. Winship.
Art. 26. To see if the town will macadamize Foundry street from Albion to Maple streets, and raise and appropriate money for the same, or what they will do about it.
Voted. $1,100. To be taken from Highway Appropriation. Art. 27. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a suffi- cient sum of money to build a concrete sidewalk on Main street from West Water street to the northerly boundary line of the Wakefield estate.
Voted. To appropriate $50 for a concrete sidewalk on Main street, from West Water street to the Wakefield estate, provided the abutters pay an equal amount.
Art. 28. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $500 for finishing and furnishing a room in the basement of the Greenwood Schoolhouse, for the use of the Green- wood Branch of the Beebe Town Library, or what they will do about it.
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