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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
General, payrolls
$49,727 80
Fuel
4,800 00
Books and supplies .
3,000 00
Contingent
4,800 00
Evening School
.
800 00
$2,000 of this amount to be taken from estimated tuition receipts.
$63,127 80
TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT
Maturities in 1910, provided by pre-
vious votes, including Fall Appro-
priation in 1909, amounting to $8,663.33 .
$36,713 33 ·
Amounts to be deducted :
To be taken from water
receipts . $ 4,000 00 1
To be taken from Lt.
Plant receipts
· 11,050 00
15,050 00
To enter tax levy .
$21,663 33
Interest
. $25,825 75
Estimated for temporary loans
5,500 00
$31,325 75
Amounts to be deducted :
To be taken from water
receipts . $8,440 00
To be taken from Lt.
Plant receipts
5,890 75
$14,330 75
To enter tax levy .
$16,995 00
293
STATE AND COUNTY CHARGES, 1909
State, for list see Treasurer's report . $24,119 73
County . 9,677 54
$33,797 27
Poor Department
$12,000 00
$6,000 of this amount to taken
from receipts.
Police Department . 5,200 00
Town Hall
2,300 00
Miscellaneous
5,000 00
Forest Warden Work 250 00
Tree Warden. Spraying for Elm tree beetle and incidentals 450 00
Fire Department
$10,585 00
$2,000 of this amount to be taken from receipts.
Park Department 800 00
Richardson Light Guard Armory
1,000 00
State Aid
4,000 00
Soldiers' Relief
4,000 00
Military Aid .
600 00
Town Library, dog tax (estimated at . $840) all receipts and . 1,000 00
This amount includes $300 to cover lighting expense of Library and Reading Room.
Reading Room 275 00
Fish Committee
25 00
Cemetery Department. Receipts of Cemetery for its development.
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Street Railway tax and
$7,500 00
That Town Treasurer be authorized under direction of Selectmen to borrow $6,400 in anticipation of Street Railway tax.
That $1,200 be set aside for concrete sidewalks and edgestones.
That $2,000 be set aside for sidewalk repairs. These two items to be taken from general appro- priation.
That preference be given at all times to the perma- nent men, horses and carts of the Fire Depart- ment. That compensation for a pair of horses, cart and driver be no more than $5.00 per day ; to single horse, cart and driver be no more than $3.50 per day.
STREET SPRINKLING
For Street Sprinkling .
$1,800 00 That all the work be done by the horses and per- manent men of the Fire Department.
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES
Selectmen
$500 00
Assessors
900 00
Overseers
300 00
Board of Health
100 00
Board of Health (services)
300 00
Auditors
215 00
Registrars
215 00
Treasurer
400 00
Town Clerk
200 00
Tax Collector
650 00
Tree Warden .
25 00
Fire Engineers
450 00
Inspector of Milk
150 00
295
Collector of Milk Samples
50 00
Superintendent of Streets
900 00
Town Counsel
500 00
Inspector of Animals
125 00
Inspector of Plumbing
480 00
Forest Warden and Two Deputies
75 00
Clerk to Selectmen .
300 00
Clerk to Finance Committee
50 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
.
100 00
Moderator
25 00
$7,010 00
WATER DEPARTMENT
For Maintenance
$14,000 00
For Construction
5,000 00
For Interest
8,440 00
For Bond Retirement
4,000 00 ·
For Salaries of Commissioners
300 00
$31,740 00
HYDRANT SERVICE
For 199 hydrants at $20.00
$3,980 00
For 9 standpipes, 3 fountains and 3
horse troughs, at $75.00 each 1,125 00
$5,105 00
SEWER DEPARTMENT
For Maintenance, including engineer- ing, clerical services and superin- tendence ·
$800 00
For Salaries of Commissioners
·
150 00
$950 00
.
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
Receipts
$64,000 00
Expenditures :
Bond and note payments $11,050 00
Interest 5,890 75 ·
Depreciation, 3 per cent. on $209,831.04 ·
6,294 93
Maintenance . . 50,621 15
Unpaid bills, Jan. 1, 1910
143 17
$74,000 00
Deficiency to be appropriated, repre- senting Town's cost of street light- ing, including Commissioners' sala- ries, $300, to enter tax levy Fire alarm :
$10,300 00
For maintenance
$200 00
For construction
100 00
$300 00
Total amount of our recommendations
$247,773 40
The following vacancies occur on the committee, due to expira- tions of the terms of E. F. Preston, G. H. Stowell, J. A. Melo- ney, J. H. Murphy and C. H. Stearns ; also for two years, W. H. Tay in place of C. T. Dunham, resigned.
FRANK J. HENKEL, Chairman,
ARTHUR S. HILL, Secretary.
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INDEX
Assessors' Report
215
Auditors' Report .
. 89-157
Appropriation for 1909 .
89
Assessors' Clerk Hire
. 153
Auditors' Final Balance Sheet
155
Auditors' Final Statement
157
Balance available from last year
90
Beebe Town Library
153
Bell at Boyntonville
153
Board of Health Expenses
142
Board of Health Services
141
Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth .
148
Cemetery Expenses
135
Common and Park
146
Election Expenses
142
Extraordinary Expenses
143
Fire Department
113
Fish Committee Expenses
151
Forest Warden Expenses
118
Fourth of July Committee Expenses
151
Greenwood Branch Town Library
152
Highway and Bridges
91
Interest Account
154
Legal Expenses
143
Linden Avenue Bridge .
99
List of Polls and Estates
154
Main Street Widening Damages
152
Markers for Revolutionary Graves .
152
Memorial Day
.
151
Military Aid
150
300
Miscellaneous Expenses, Recapitulation .
145
Municipal Light Plant Expenses
103
Police Department 137
Poor Department Expenses ·
118
Printing, Advertising and Stationery
144
Railroad Street Widening Damages
152
Reading Room
153
Rental of Hydrants, Standpipes and Fountains
151
Richardson Light Guard Expenses
147
Salaries Town Officers .
.
140
School Contingent Expenses
129
66 Evening School .
134
66 Recapitulation
127
66 Fuel Account
129
66 General Expenses 129
66 Income Account 135
66 Text Books and Supplies 132
Sewer Department
112
Soldiers' Relief
149
State Aid
154
Street Sprinkling
98.
Tool House .
99
Town Clerk Returns
142
Town House Expenses
138
Tree Warden Expenses 140
109
Water Street Widening Damages
152
Board of Health Report
171
Cemetery Commissioners' Report .
170
Dog Licenses
289
Finance Committee Report
290
Fish Committee Report
174
Fourth of July Committee Report .
160
Inspector of Plumbing Report
172
Inspector of Milk Report
173
Jury List
7
Library Trustees' Report
161
Librarian's Report
167
Water Department Expenses .
301
Municipal Light Plant Report
220
Manager's Report .
225
. Overseers of the Poor Report
259
Schools :
177-214
High School Principal's Report
197
High School Graduation Exercises .
205
School Committee's Report
179
School Statistics
208
Superintendent of Schools' Report .
182
Selectmen's Report
37-58
Fire Engineers' Report .
40
Forest Warden's Report
53
Police Chief's Report
50
Superintendent of Streets' Report
49
Sweetser Charity Report
57
Sweetser Lecture Committee Report
54-56
Town Counsel's Report .
39
Sewer Commissioners' Report
. 244
Tax Collector's Statement
158
Town Clerk's Register .
262
Births .
262
Deaths .
284
Marriages ·
271
Town Officials, List of
3
Town Meeting Records
9
Treasurer's Report
59
Water Commissioners' Report .
247
NINETY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1910
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COMPILED BY THE BOARD OF AUDITORS
FORM OF BEQUEST.
I hereby give and bequeath to the Town of Wakefield, Mass., for the benefit of the Beebe Town Library, the sum of
dollars, the income only of which shall be used for the purchase of books and magazines, under the direction of the Library Trustees.
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THE NINETY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF WAKEFIELD, MASS.
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1910
ALSO
THE TOWN CLERK'S RECORD
OF THE
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
DURING THE YEAR 1910
THE ITEM PRESS WAKEFIELD, MASS. 1911
TOWN OFFICERS, 1910-1911
SELECTMEN J. FRED PARKER, Chairman GEORGE E. WALKER, Secretary CORNELIUS DONOVAN ANDREW G. ANDERSON. ALBERT G. GOODWIN
TOWN CLERK-CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE
TOWN TREASURER-ALBERT W. FLINT
LIGHT COMMISSIONERS
L. WALLACE SWEETSER, Chairman Term expires 1911
EDWIN C. MILLER, Secretary
66
60 1912
CURTIS L. SOPHER
66
66 1913
.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
HUGH CONNELL, Ch'n WILLIAM C. STRONG, Sec'y EDWARD H. WALTON
ASSESSORS
FREDERIC S. HARTSHORNE, Ch'n . Term expires 1913
SAMUEL T. PARKER, Sec'y
66
66
1912
CHARLES A. CHENEY
66
66 1911
AUDITORS
WILLIAM O. ABBOTT
WILLIAM J. STOUT
WILLIAM E. PITTOCK (resigned )
WILLIAM M. KELSO
WATER AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS
CHARLES A. DEAN, Ch'n
Term expires 1913
66
1912
THOMAS G. O'CONNELL
.
60 1911
.
.
JAMES H KIMBALL, Sec'y . .
.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
CHARLES E. MONTAGUE, Ch'n .
Term expires 1911
66
1912
ASHTON H. THAYER, Treas.
.
.
.
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
ELDEN S. OLIVER, Ch'n
Term expires 1911
JOHN MINIKEN, Treas.
.
66
66 1912
TRUSTEES OF BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY
RICHARD DUTTON, Ch'n
EDSON W. WHITE, Sec'y
·
·
.
66
66 1911
HARRY FOSTER
66
66
1912
FRANK T. WOODBURY
66
66
1912
ASHTON H. THAYER' .
66
1911
E. FLORENCE EATON
66
66
1913
SARAH Y. MORTON
66
66
1913
H. LEE M. PIKE
.
FISH COMMITTEE
SAMUEL T. PARKER, Ch'n WILL H. WILEY
JOHN F. MURRAY
PARK COMMISSIONERS
EUGENE S. HINCKLEY, Ch'n GEO. W. ABBOTT, Sec'y ARTHUR P. KNIGHT
BOARD OF HEALTH
JOSEPH W. HEATH, Ch'n
Term expires 1912
AUGUSTUS D. JENKINS, Sec'y .
1911
DAVID TAGGART ·
66 1913
.
Term expires 1911
66
66 1912
CHARLES F. MANSFIELD
.
.
.
.
.
.
66
1913
·
EVA GOWING RIPLEY
66
1913
H. LEE M. PIKE . ARTHUR H. BOARDMAN
66
1912
1913
HOYT B. PARKER, Sec'y
.
66
1911
IDA FARR MILLER, Sec'y .
1913
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ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
WILLIAM E. CADE, Chief EDWARD S. JACOB, Clerk GEORGE E. ZWICKER
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
FRED E. BUNKER, Ch'n .
Term expires 1913
JAMES F. CURLEY .
·
66
1911
PATRICK J. KELLY
66
1912
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE, (ex-officio)
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-ALBERT A. MANSFIELD
TREE WARDEN-FRANK T. WOODBURY
SUPT. OF STREETS-DENNIS C. GREANEY
TOWN COUNSEL-MAYNARD E. S. CLEMONS
INSPECTOR OF MILK-HARRY A. SIMONDS
FOREST WARDEN-SAMUEL T. PARKER
CONSTABLES
EDWIN F. POLAND
JAMES A. MCFADDEN
JAMES J. POLLARD HARRY A. SIMONDS
POLICE JAMES J. POLLARD, Chief' JAMES A. MCFADDEN EDWIN F. POLAND LINCOLN TAINTER
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Frank J. Henkel, Chairman
F. A. Seavey
Arthur S. Hill, Secretary
C. H. Stearns
J. A. Meloney
E. F. Preston
G. L. Wakefield
C. T. Dunham
G. H. Stowell
W. G. Strong Thomas Hickey J. W. Murphy J. H. Murphy W. E. Cowdrey
Nathaniel Hines
W. H. Tay
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LIST OF JURORS
Abbott, Arthur G. Alden, Joseph D. Anderson, Andrew G. Anderson, Clinton O. Anderson, John A. Arnold, William E. Ayscough, Charles D. Balcolm, Edward A. Barker, Edward Bessey, William W. Blanchard, Samuel D. Brockbank, Harvey G. Brown, Edward E. Brownell, Alstead W. Bryant, Eugene C. Buckley, John H.
Bunker, Fred E. Carlisle, Ralph E. Cary, George P. Casey, Peter Cate, Albert D. Cate, Arthur W. Cheever, Charles W. Cheney, Charles A. Clapp, Frank A. Classen, Charles E. Clothey, Edward T. Connell, Hugh Connelly, Edward J. Curley, James F. Dimick, Augustus D. Dinan, Joseph C.
Donovan, John C. Draper, Rufus F. Eaton, Willard G. Evans, Charles A. Farwell, James W. Fell, Thomas W. H. Ferriss, John K. Flint, Francis E. Florell, Henry Foster, James B. Glass, Alexander Greene, Lewis A. Greenough, William S. Hanright, Edward A. Harlow, Charles L. Hickey, James A. Hickey, Thomas Hill, John T.
Hill, Melvin J. Hill, Smith H. Hines, Campbell D. Hines, Nathaniel Howard, George E. Hunter, Needham C. Hurley, John Jack, Philip P. Jacob, Edward S. Johnson, Otto Karnes, James Kelley, Edward B. Kelley, Patrick J. Kilgore, George L.
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Kingston, David T. Knowles, Charles S. Lally, Patrick J. Lavery, Willard S. Lindsay, Charles C. Jr. Logan, James J. Logan, John A. Low, Joseph K. Low, Michael MacIntosh, Alexander B. Madden, Thomas F. Mansfield, Austin L. Mansfield, James F. Mansfield, William J. Martin, John W. McDonnell, Eugene P. McDuffie, Edwin Mckenzie, John McNeil, Stanley H. Meloney, John A., Jr. Mellett, Arthur W. Merrill, Rufus A. Millar, John A. Moran, George W. Nichols, Joseph T. Nye, Edward B. O'Connell, Thomas Oliver, Elden S.
Parker, Samuel T. Pendleton, Francis M. Perley, John M. Perkins, Joseph E. Perry, Austin E. Purrington, Elwin I. Reagan, William Reardon, Michael Reid, James R. Reynolds, Robert A. Ronan, J. Fred Scovell, George H. Simonds, Harry A. Smith, John W. Starbuck, David J. Sullivan, Jeremiah J. Sullivan, William H. Sullivan, Thomas F. Titus, Kirk H. Tupper, Arthur M. Walker, George E. Walton, Charles E. Ward, Thomas M. Webber, Albert P. Wiley, J. Barnard Whiting, J. Frank Young, Fred W.
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RECORD OF TOWN MEETINGS
For the. Year Ending December 31, 1910
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 7, 1910
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.
The polls were then declared open, and the following Election Officers were sworn in by the Town Clerk, Charles F. Hartshorne.
WARDEN-George M. Poland.
CLERK-John T. Phelan.
INSPECTORS AND TELLERS-J. D. Alden, C. O. Anderson, E. B. Kelley, M. T. Lane, A. G. Abbott, Wm. Logan, D. E. Hufton, Waldo E. Cowdrey, F. B. Jordan, Wm. H. Sullivan, George A. Sheehy, A. Leon Cutler, C. O. Bayrd, E. S. Jacob, H. A. Si- monds, Bruce Swanson.
No objection being raised the ballot box was opened by the Warden in the presence of the Election Officers.
At 8.13 o'clock and registered 343 votes.
At 9.35 o'clock and registered 452 votes.
At 1.30 o'clock and registered 1054.
At 3.15 o'clock and registered 1277.
At 4.03 o'clock and registered 1395.
At 4.30 o'clock and registered 1433.
The polls were then declared closed by the Warden at 4.30 o'clock.
Total number of ballots cast fourteen hundred thirty three.
Check list number one showed fourteen hundred eleven names checked.
Check list number two showed fourteen hundred eleven names checked.
Women's check list showed twenty-two names checked.
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PRECINCT Two.
At 5.50 A. M. 562 ballots were received, (446 male ballots offi cial, 116 female ballots official.)
Six o'clock A. M. the polls were declared open.
The following officers were sworn in by Warden Eaton.
CLERK-Edward H. Jordan.
INSPECTORS-Frank H. Evans, George F. Leach.
DEPUTY INSPECTOR-Edward A. Jones.
TELLERS-R. L. Pittman, George E. Potter, A. M. Baxter, Harry P. Alden.
Ballot box registered 000.
At 10 o'clock A.M. ballot box skipped one number.
At 11 o'clock A.M. ballot box opened and 175 ballots removed therefrom for the purpose of counting the same.
At 2.45 p.M. ballot box opened and 18 ballots (16 male, 2 fe- male) removed for counting.
At 4.30 P.M. polls declared closed.
Ballot box registered 248 ballots cast.
Ballot box opened and 5 ballots removed for counting.
Check list number one showed two hundred forty seven.
Check list number two showed two hundred forty seven.
Two hundred forty three male and four female.
Following is a total vote of each precinct.
*Indicates candidates elected.
Precincts
Totals
I II
TOWN CLERK
*Charles F. Hartshorne
949
190
1139
Blanks
462
43
505
TOWN TREASURER
Albert W. Flint
963
200
1163
Blanks
.
448
43
491
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SELECTMEN
* Andrew G. Anderson
760
151
911
*Cornelius Donovan John J. Foley
729
122
851
* Albert G. Goodwin John F. Mahoney Ernest E. Mortimer
717
79
796
398
19
417
609
140
749
*J. Fred Parker
813
149
962
*George E. Walker
820
219
1039
Blanks
1588
267
1855
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
*Charles E. Walton
963
199
1162
Blanks
.
·
448
44
492
ASSESSOR (3 years)
*Frederic S. Hartshorne
913
184
1097
Blanks
498
59
557
WATER COMMISSIONER
(3 years)
*Charles A. Dean
944
176
1120
Blanks
.
.
467
67
534
MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD (3 years)
*Curtis L. Sopher
842
176
1018
Blanks
569
67
636
SEWER COMMISSIONER (3 years)
*Richard A. Cosman
806
162
968
Blanks
605
81
686
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
William F. Bowman .
789
112
901
* Hugh Connell
807
118
925
* William C. Strong
774
144
918
*Edward Hazen Walton
854
151
1005
Blanks
1009
204
1213
69
690
621
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE (3 years )
*Eva Gowing Ripley
833
177
1010
* Ashton H. Thayer
794
18
975
Blanks
1239
128
1367
SCHOOL COMMITTEE (1 year)
* Arthur H. Boardman .
850
169
1019
Blanks
.
583
74
657
PARK COMMISSIONERS
*George W. Abbott
770
160
930
*Eugene S. Hinckley
778
165
943
* Arthur Philip Knight . Maurice F. Welch
752
158
910
443
32
475
Blanks
1490
214
1704
TRUSTEES BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY (3 years)
*E. Florence Eaton
757
160
917
*Sarah Y. Morton
726
159
885
*H. Lee M. Pike
725
185
910
Blanks
2025
225
2250
TREE WARDEN
*Frank T. Woodbury
877
164
1041
Blanks
534
79
613
BOARD OF HEALTH (3 years)
John M. Cate
383
79
462
Richard G. Eaton
399
76
475
* David Taggart .
472
53
525
Blanks
157
35
192
AUDITORS
* William O. Abbott
765
157
922
* William E. Pittock
.
.
·
779
157
936
* William J. Stout ·
·
.
803
161
964
Blanks
1886
254
2140
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FISH COMMITTEE
*John F. Murray
777
149
926
*Samuel Parker
.
·
779
159
938
*Will H. Wiley
776
155
931
Blanks
1901
266
2167
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS (3 years)
*John Minniken .
711
83
794
James R. Reid
402
91
493
Blanks
298
69
367
CONSTABLES
*Edwin F. Poland
933
169
1102
*James A. McFadden .
1000
167
1167
*Lincoln S. Tainter
768
168
936
Blanks
1532
225
1757
LICENSE VOTE
Yes .
466
46
512
No .
788
160
945
Blanks
.
.
160
37
197
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TOWN MEETING MARCH 14, 1910
Article 1. To choose a moderator, by ballot, to preside at said meeting.
Thomas G. O'Connell was elected moderator.
Art. 2. To act upon the reports of town officers as published. Voted. That the reports of the town officers as printed be ac- cepted and laid on the table.
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 town officers not chosen by ballot. Chair appointed M. E. S. Clemons, Albert G. Goodwin, Thomas J. Lally, Wm. P. Shepard, James A. Maclosky, Elmer C. Richardson, John F. Mahoney.
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Art. 4. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow during the current year beginning March 7th, 1910, in anticipation of the taxes for said municipal year, such sums of money as may be neces- sary to meet the current expenses of the town, giving the note or notes of the town therefor.
Voted. That the Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow from time to time during the current municipal year, beginning March, 1910, in anticipation of the taxes of said municipal year, a sum or sums not exceeding $250,000, for the purpose of meeting the current expenses of the town, and to give the note or notes of the town therefor. Every such note to be payable within one year from the date of the loan for which it is issued is incurred. All such notes to be authenticated by the certifi- cate of the Liberty Trust Company of Boston, Mass., sub- scribed thereon. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of said current muni- cipal year.
Art. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year and make appro- priations for the same.
Voted. To raise and appropriate as follows :
Schools :
Payrolls
. $49,727 80
Fuel
.
· 4,575 00
Books and supplies
3,000 00
Contingent
4,800 00
Evening school
800 00
$62,902 80
Less $2000 estimated receipts . 2,000 00
Total
. $60,902 80
Interest
.
. $16,995 00.
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In addition to this amount to enter levy $8440 is paid from Water department receipts, and $5890.75 from Light Plant.
Water department. Voted to appropriate :
Maintenance .$14,000 00
Construction
. 5,000 00
Interest . . 8,440 00 ·
Bond retirement . 4,000 00
Salaries of Commissioners · 300 00
31,740 00
Poor department (and receipts )
6,000 00
Police department
5,200 00
Town hall
2,300 00
Miscellaneous .
8,000 00
Hydrant service, including fountains and stand-
pipes .
5,105 00
Light department, (raised and appropriated
$10,300; from estimated receipts $64,000) 74,300 00
Tree warden ·
450 00
Forest fire warden
·
250 00
Park department
800 00
Fire department, (raised and appropriated $8,585 ; from estimated receipts $2,000 10,585 00
Armory .
1,000 00
Street sprinkling, work to be done by Fire dept.
1,800 00
Sewer department .
650 00
Salaries, town officers and employees
7,210 00
Soldiers' relief
4,000 00
State aid
4,000 00
Highway department, (laid on table.)
Military aid
600 00
Fire alarm, maintenance $200 ; construction $100 300 00
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.
.
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Library, (also to appropriate dog tax amounting to $895.87 and all receipts. This appropria- tion includes $300 to cover lighting expenses of library and reading room) 1,000 00
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Reading room · 275 00 Cemetery, to appropriate receipts for development
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Voted to take up Article 33.
Art. 33. To see if the town will accept Chapter 106 of the Acts of 1910, entitled, "An act to consolidate the Sewer and Water Departments of the Town of Wakefield."
Voted. That the town accept Chapter 106 of the Acts of 1910.
Art. 6. To determine the compensation of enginemen for the year ensuing.
Voted. That the compensation of enginemen be the same as last year.
Art. 7. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $300 for the purpose of Memorial Day. Chas. F. Hartshorne and others.
Voted. $300.
Art. 8. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to renew its insurance on the property of the town. Albert W. Flint and others.
Voted. $2467.61, of this amount $467.61 to enter this year's tax levy, remainder to be paid by issuing four notes of $500 each payable annually in each of the years 1911 to 1914 in- clusive And that the Selectmen be instructed to secure competitive bids.
Art. 9. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $1,000 for the suppression or the brown Tail and Gypsy Moths. W. W. Whittredge and others.
Voted. $1,000.
Art. 10. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a suffi- cient sum of money to repair the roadbed and sidewalks on Nahant street between Birch Hill avenue and Main street, or what they will do about it. William A. Thrush and others.
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Finance Committee recommends reference to Selectmen.
Amended. To refer to Selectmen, they to report. at an adjournment of this meeting.
Pending this motion it was voted to adjourn to Monday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 21, 1910
Meeting called to order by the Moderator.
Article 10 being in order.
Amendment offered at last meeting withdrawn.
Voted. That subject matter of article be referred to Selectmen.
Art. 11. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $500 to build and repair sidewalks on Emerson street, from West Chestnut street to Elm street, and drain said part of Emer- son street. William J. Dinan and others.
Voted. That Selectmen be instructed to repair sidewalk and pro- vide suitable drainage.
Art. 12. To see if the town will raise and appropriate seven hundred dollars ($700) to grade Foundry street from Maple to Broadway. John Toomey and others.
Voted. That Selectmen be directed to repair roadbed.
Art. 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient amount of money to grade Lowell street and sidewalk from the junction of Salem and Lowell streets to Keene's Lane. Edward F. Preston and others.
Voted. That Selectmen be directed to do work as called for in article.
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Art. 14. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of eight hundred dollars to establish a grade on Fairmount avenue, to grade street and build sikewalk on westerly side of said avenue, between Hillside avenue and Curve street, to build sidewalk on easterly side of avenue from Curve street to Prospect street; to build two or more sandcatchers be- tween Curve street and Hillside avenue; to construct stone gutters on east and west side of said avenue, or what they will do about it. Fred A. Sweetser and others.
Voted. Subject matter referred to Selectmen without prejudice.
Art. 15. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200 to grade and drain Salem street from New Salem street to the town line, or what they will do about it. Charles E. Randall and others.
Voted. Referred to Selectmen.
Art. 16. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $800 to grade and repair New Salem street, or what they will do about it. Charles E. Randall and others.
Voted. Referred to the Selectmen.
Art. 17. To see if the town will vote to build a sidewalk on the easterly side of Pleasant street from Wave avenue to Sweet- ser street, and raise and appropriate money for the same, or what they will do about it. Charles E. Montague and others
Voted. Referred to Selectmen.
Art. 18. To see if the town will accept, adopt and allow the laying out of Herbert street (between Richardson street and Bennett street) as a town way. By the Board of Selectmen. Voted. Laid on table until an adjournment of this meeting.
Art. 5.
Voted. To take this article from the table.
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Motion of Finance Committee relating to Highway Depart- ment being in order.
Motion, To increase the sum ($7500) recommended by the Finance Committee, to $13,500 and $3000 to be ex- pended on Main street.
Voted. That the whole matter be referred to the Selectmen and Finance Committee, and that the Selectmen be instructed to prepare and have a statement showing where they propose to expend $20,000 if appropriated by the town, to report at an adjournment of this meeting.
Voted. To adjourn to next Thursday evening.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 24, 1910.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator.
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