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Committee. E. C. Miller, Arthur L. Evans, C. N. Winship, C. L. Sopher, Frank A. Long, J. Fred Parker, Thomas G. ()'Connell.
Art. 32. To see what rules and regulations, if any, the town . will adopt for the custody, management and sale of real estate acquired by the town by virtue of deeds from the Collector of Taxes, and for the assignment of tax titles ; and for the custody and disposal of lands taken by the town under the statutes, for non-payment of taxes.
Voted. That the subject matter of this article be referred to a Committee of Three, to be appointed by the Chair, who shall prepare regulations for the custody, management and sale of the land that has been acquired by the town of Wake- field at sales by the Collector under the provisions of the Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts for 1909, Chapter 490, Part II, Sections 68, 69 and 70, and that this committee report the proposed regulations at the annual town meet- ing in 1911.
Committee, Theodore Eaton, John J. Butler, M. E. S. Clemons.
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Art. 33. To hear and act upon a report of progress of the. committee appointed under Article 37 of the annual town warrant of March 14, 1910, relative to securing to the town of Wakefield greater benefits from the Metropolitan. Park system. F. J. Henkel, for the Committee.
Mr. Henkel reported for the committee. Report accepted as report of progress.
Art. 34. To hear and act upon a report of the Selectmen acting under a resolution passed at the town meeting held April 25 1910, relating to the completion of Water street by the Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.
Mr. Clemons reported for the Selectmen. Report accepted. as report of progress.
Vote of thanks extended to the Moderator.
Voted. To dissolve this meeting.
TOWN MEETING DECEMBER 19, 1910
Article 1. To choose a Moderator, by ballot, to preside at said meeting.
Thomas G. O'Connell elected Moderator.
Art. 2. To see if the town will vote to allow the Overseers of the Poor to use $600 from the receipts of the Poor Dept. or what they will do about it. Hugh Connell.
Voted. To appropriate $600, to be taken from the receipts.
Art. 3. To see if the town will raise and appropriate an addi- tional sum of money for Park purposes. Eugene S. Hinck- ley and others.
Voted. To lay article on table.
Art. 4. To see if the town will accept a gift of $500 from Clarissa E. Swain, to be held in trust and the income to be expended for care and adornment of the Swain and Moses burial lots in the Old Cemetery and the surroundings thereof.
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Voted. That the town of Wakefield does hereby accept the gift of $500 from Clarissa E. Swain, and that the Town Treas- urer is hereby authorized to receive and receipt for the same. Said gift to be held in trust by the town and invested by its Treasurer, with the approval of a majority of the Board of Selectmen, and the income from said trust to be expended in the care and adornment of the Samuel Otis Swain and Nathaniel Moses burial lots and surroundings thereof, located in the Old Cemetery.
Art. 5. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of its Selectmen, to hire a sum of money sufficient to meet the appropriations made at this meeting, on a term not exceeding one year, and to issue the notes of the town therefor.
Voted. To lay on table.
Voted. That this meeting be dissolved.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF WAKEFIELD :
The Board of Selectmen respectfully submit their annual report for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31st, 1910, together with the re- ports of the several departments and committees under their con- trol and supervision.
The Board organized March 10, with the election of J. Fred Parker, chairman, George E. Walker, secretary and the appoint- ment of H. A. Simonds, clerk.
STANDING COMMITTEES
Street Department
Albert G. Goodwin
Fire Department .
Cornelius Donovan
Police Department
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Andrew G. Anderson
Military Department
George E. Walker
Town Hall .
J. Fred Parker
Signing checks
and Walker
APPOINTMENTS
Janitor of Town Hall
Rufus F. Draper
Town Counsel
M. E. S. Clemons
Supt. of Moth Department. .
W. W. Whittredge
Chief of Police
James J. Pollard
Constable
James J. Pollard
Dog officer .
James J. Pollard
Inspector of wires
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A. B. Morton
Inspector of animals
Palmer Corbett
Forest Warden
Samuel T. Parker
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Messrs. Anderson, Goodwin
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Keeper of lockup .
James A. McFadden
Sweetser Lecture .
J. H. Carfrey Edwin C. Miller J. H. Kimball
Registrar
Fred E. Bunker
Constable
H. A. Simonds
Superintendent of street
Dennis C. Greany
William E. Cade
Fire Engineers
- Edward S. Jacob George E. Zwicker
Janitor Town Hall
Fred J. Black
SPECIAL POLICE
Arthur Gibbons
John A. Logan
Harold W. Burnham
A. P. Butler
Henry DeRoach
Emil Nelson
Joseph L. Preston
Ernest A. Tyler
Frank H. Robinson
George O. Russell
Arthur H. Gould
Lewis E. Carter
John A. Peterson
William Shaw
Fred J. Black
George F. Leach
Eugene P. McDonnell
J. Fred Reynolds William A. George
H. A. Simonds Carrol Ronan U. S. G. Currier
George W. Howe
John A. Meloney
Louis Tyzzer
Charles S. Benjamin
Rufus F. Draper
Willie R. Blake
Roy D Jones
WEIGHERS OF COAL AND MERCHANDISE.
John H. McMahan
L. M Hellen
Leo P. Curley
Mary I. Dignan
William H. Hall
Walter T. Willey Fred E. Cutler A. Leon Cutler
Henry G. Wiggin
Fred'k W. Magdeburg
Joseph H. Cottam
E. E. Mansfield
Samuel H. Hellen
Chas. A. Shepard
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PEDLERS LICENCES- Frank Hallerhan, Melrose ; Thomas C. Smith, Wakefield ; John H. Driscoll, Stoneham ; John H. Whip ling, Reading; Solon Walton, Somerville; Thomas I. Pawn, Wakefield ; Benjamin Holmes, Melrose; Patrick H. Scannell, Melrose ; Alvin M. Woodman, Wakefield; Edw. L. Phillips, Lynnfield ; B. J. Cotter, Wakefield ; Giliseppi Santoro, Wakefield ; Walter P. Whitehead, Wakefield ; Giavonni Cravello, Wakefield ; Holden and Bishop, Melrose ; Edw. P. Dinan, Wakefield ; Chas. Shampos, Wakefield ; Arthur L. Whitten, Wakefield ; George W. Bassett, Wakefield ; John Doucett, Reading ; H. B. Quint, Lynn ; Peter Strumpolis, Melrose; Ira Nador, Lynn; F. Goldberg, Wakefield ; Henry Femzig, Wakefield.
PONY EXPRESS-American Express Co., A. B. Comins, B. J. "Cotter.
BOWLING AND POOL-Godfrey and Barnard.
JUNK LICENSES-M. Arenstein & Co., John Taylor, M. Levine, I. Horovitz & Co., Hyman Barron.
AUCTIONEERS-Chas. F. Hartshorne, George H. S. Driver, Edw. B. Kelley, Fred'k S. Hartshorne.
VICTUALLERS-Mrs. L. A. Morin, H. T. Mitchell, Robert C. Arnold, Arthur L. Whitten, Geo. W. Bassett, Emma A. Rosson Est, Ernest Mortimer, Chas. H. Cheever, George L. Teague, Ralph DeCecca, Will H. Wiley, Frank D. Whitney, John H. Campbell & Sons.
GASOLINE-Ernest G. Willard, Joseph J. Hughes.
Rufus F. Draper, Janitor of the Town Hall, died Aug. 15th. By his death the town sustained the loss of a painstaking, effi- cient and courteous official, one whose death we deeply deplore. The vacancy was filled by the appointment of Fred J. Black.
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Report of Town Counsel
TO THE HONORABLE THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
GENTLEMEN-My report as to legal matters in litigation affect- ing the the town is as follows :
Actions of tort against the town now pending-Thomas L. Harris, Mary A. Doucett, Hannah S. Wait and Richard Mirabito.
Actions of contract-Conway Contracting Co., Emily J. Mor- gan and actions by the town against the American Surety Co. and two tax collection cases against Eustace and Frank Fitz, last two defaulted.
MATTERS DISPOSED OF
Second trial of Doyle case, verdict of $4000.00, settled.
Tax collection by suit without entry.
Action of Baragnawath settled for $325.00.
In the Emily J. Morgan case there was a finding for the plain- tiff and exceptions have been filed.
Tax cases of Willard Welsh and Susan Romney have been finally settled the town collecting costs.
Six cases brought in 1904 to revise sewer assessments are still undisposed of.
I have attended the hearings on the apportionment of the Met- ropolitan and Charles River Dam cost and maintenance.
The exceptions of the Defendant in the suit against the Ameri- can Surety Co. were argued before the Supreme Court, Nov. 8, 1910, and are still undecided.
Respectfully submitted, M. E. S. CLEMONS, Town Counsel.
Dec. 31, 1910.
Engineers' Report.
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
GENTLEMEN-The Board of Fire Engineers herewith present their annual report, containing the record of the fires attended by
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the department, for the year ending December 31, 1910, and such other matter as they consider may be of interest to the town.
It will be seen that the number of alarms have greatly exceeded those of any previous year, especially in the number of still alarms. This shows that our citizens are becoming educated to the fact that a telephone call or sending word to the fire station for chimney or other small fires, instead of sending in a bell alarm, will accomplish the same result.
APPARATUS AND HORSES
The number of pieces of apparatus and horses are the same as last year, the only change being that at the annual town meeting the town voted to purchase the property owned by the Green- wood Library Association.
All the apparatus and horses are in good condition.
HOSE
There is in the department 5,700 feet of hose in good condi- tion and 1,200 feet that must be re-lined this year.
During the year we have purchased 1000 feet of hose from the Boston Belting Co. at 65 cents per foot, using $375 appropriated for that purpose at the spring meeting, and taking the balance from our regular appropriation, the ‘firm allowing a 2 per cent. discount. The total cost was $637. All the hose has been tested.
RECORD OF FIRES
The following are the alarms responded to during the year, the total being the largest in the history of the town. There were 35 box alarms and 65 still alarms, making a total of 100, as follows :
Monday, Jan. 3. Box 35, 10.32 a. m. Small fire in house rear of 11 Center street, owned by John Flanley heirs. Loss small. Caused by children.
Wednesday, Jan. 5. Box 35, 10.25 a. m. Cobbler shop, 383 Main street. Caused by kerosene stove. Loss small.
Thursday, Jan. 6. Box 29, 12.15 a. m. Boiler room at Municipal Light Plant, North avenue. Loss $265. Caused by hot coal coming in contact with wooden partition.
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Thursday, Jan. 6, Box 9, 10.25 a. m. Chimney fire in houe No. 7 Wiley Place.
Sunday, Jan. 16. Still alarm, 12.17 p. m. House .No. 10 Traverse street. Cause, smoking stove. No loss.
Tuesday, Jan. 18. Box 32, 10.28 p. m. False alarm.
Saturday, Jan. 22. Box 35, 2.55 p. m. Building corner Main and Mechanic streets, owned by Curley heirs and occupied by Social Club. Loss $20. Caused probably by cigarette smoking.
Saturday, January 22. Still alarm, 11 p. m. Central fire station. Loss small. Caused by electric light wires.
Monday, Febuary 7. Still alarm, 8.57 a. m. House No. 21 Nahant street, owned by Wm. G. Strong, occupied by Geo. W. Smith. Loss $10. Caused by chimney.
Tuesday, February 25. Still alarm, 9.20 a. m. Chimney fire in house No. 40 Emerson street.
Friday, March 12. Box 24, 12.51 p. m. Grass fire off Broadway.
Wednesday, March 16. Still alarm, 1.55 p. m. Grass fire off Pleasant street.
Wednesday, March 16. Still alarm, 8.55 p. m. Grass fire off Albion street.
Friday, March 18. Still alarm, 1.55 p. m. Grass fire off Nahant street.
Saturday, March 19. Box 17, 5.25 p. m. Dwelling No. 44 Lake street, owned by D. Greany, occupied by David Wood. Loss $65. Caused by children.
Monday, March 21. Box 7, 6.21 p. m. Grass fire off Nahant street.
Monday, March 21. Still alarm, 9.01. p. m. Grass fire off Pleasant street.
Wednesday, March 23. Still alarm, 1.23 p. m. Grass fire off Gould street.
Wednesday, March 23. Box 24, 1.48 p. m. Grass fire off Byron street.
Thursday, March 24. Still alarm, 11.25 a. m. Grass fire off Otis street.
Thursday, March 24. Box 29, 5.35 p. m. Dump on fire off North avenue.
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Friday, March 25. Still alarm, 6.13 p. m. Grass fire off Nahant street.
Friday March 25. Box 7, 6.15 p. m. Grass fire off Birch Hill avenue.
Saturday, March 26. Still alarm, 2.35 p. m. Grass fire off Lake street.
Sunday, March 27.
Still alarm, 11.38 a. m. Grass fire off Morrison Road.
Sunday, March 27. Hill.
Box 6, 12.34 p. m. Forest fire at Castle
Sunday, March 27. Still alarm, 1.40 p. m. Brush fire off Broadway. Sunday, March 27. Box 17, 1.59 p. m. Brush fire off Broadway.
Sunday, March 27. Still alarm 2 p. m. Brush fire off Nahant street.
Monday, March 28. Box 9, 7.10 p. m. Chimney fire in house No. 110 Water street.
Tuesday, March 29. Still alarm, 10.30 a. m. Supposed fire on Franklin street. Tuesday, March 29. Still alarm 12.40 p. m. Brush fire off Forest street.
Tuesday, March 29. Box 6, 1 p. m. Brush and cord wood fire off Montrose avenue. .
Tuesday, March 29. Box 58, 1.05 p. m. Same fire as above. Tuesday, March 29. Still alarm, 2.58 p. m. Brush fire off Montrose avenue.
Wednesday, March 30 Box 37, 2.43 p. m. Dwelling No. 6 Spaulding street, owned by Waldo Cowdrey, occupied by Leslie Hall. Loss $50. Cause, from chimney.
Friday, April 1. Box 23, 10.38 a. m. Fire in rubbish in cellar of Hamilton school.
Friday, April 1. Still alarm, electric car afire on Albion street. Sunday, April 3. Box 17, 3.20 p. m. Brush fire off Broadway. Friday, April 8. Still alarm, 2.25 p. m. Dwelling No. 7 Crescent court, owned by Mrs. Emma Glynn, occupied by Wm. Barrett. Loss about $50. Caused by oily rags.
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Monday, April 11. Still alarm, 4.40 p. m. Brush fire off Main street, Greenwood.
Tuesday, April 15. Box 26, 3.33 p. m. Grass fire off Park
avenue.
Saturday, April 16. 12 m. still alarm. Brush fire off Spring street.
Saturday, April 16. Box 12, 1.13 p. m. Brush fire off Forest street.
Saturday, April 16. Still alarm, 4.15 p. m. Brush fire off Spring street.
Sunday, May 8. Still alarm, 1.25 p. m. Grass fire off Shum- way Circle.
Thursday, May 12. Box 38, 12.13 p. m. Stable owned by C. Latimer, Lincoln street. Loss about $57. Caused by children.
Monday, May 16. Still alarm, 1 p. m. Brush fire off Grafton street.
Monday, May 16. Still alarm, 2.30 p. m. Brush fire off Grafton street.
Thursday, May 19. Still alarm, 4.40 p. m. Chimney fire in house No. 65 Melvin street. Friday, May 20. Still alarm, 6.43 a. m. Chimney fire in house No. 45 Valley street.
Friday, May 20. Box 6, 3.50 p. m. Fire at Poor Farm, Nahant street, in house for tools. Loss about $250. Caused by careless smoking.
Wednesday, June 8. Still alarm, 6.05 p. m. Chimney fire in house No. 21 Crescent street
Saturday, June 18. Still alarm, chimney fire in house No. 268 Salem street.
Monday, July 4. Still alarm, 2.40 a. m. Rubbish fire off Main street, Greenwood.
Monday, July 4. Box 61, 12.10 p. m. Slight fire on roof of small shed off North avenue ; loss, small. Caused by spark from locomotive.
. Monday, July 4. Still alarm, 3 p. m. Brush fire off Forest street.
Friday, July 15. Still alarm, 11.55 a. m. Brush fire off Oak street.
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Monday, July 25. Still alarm, 11.25 a. m. Dump afire off North avenue.
Monday, July 25. Still alarm, 3.05 p. m. Brush fire off Kendrick Road.
Tuesday, July 26. Still alarm, 4.20 p. m. Chimney fire, house corner Main and Salem streets.
Sunday, August 14. Still alarm, 2.55 p. m. Small fire on roof of grocery store owned by W. S. Atherton, Albion street. Loss small. Caused probably by cigar.
Saturday, August 20. Still alarm, 9.10 a. m. Chimney fire house No. 117 Albion street.
Saturday, August 27. Still alarm, 11.30 a. m. Brush fire off Lee street, Greenwood.
Saturday, August 27. Sitll alarm, 1.15 p. m. Brush fire off Lee street.
Sunday, August 28. Still alarm, 1.30 p. m. Brush fire off Lee street. Sunday, August 28. Still alarm 3 p. m. Brush fire off Oak
street.
Tuesday, August 30. Still alarm, 6.30 a. m. Brush fire off Kendrick Road, Greenwood.
Tuesday, August 30. Still alarm, 11.45 a. m. Brush fire off Pittman avenue, Greenwood.
Wednesday, August 31. Still alarm, 12.50 p. m. Brush fire off Harrison avenue.
Friday, September 2. Still alarm. Dump fire off North avenue. Thursday, September 8. Box 13, 7.45 p. m. Dwelling not occupied, off Spring street. Owned by Albert W. Morton. Loss $1300. Cause, unknown.
Thursday, September 15. Box 7, 1.13 p. m. Chimney fire in house No. 8 Traverse street.
Saturday, October 1. Still alarm, 12.45 p. m. Brush fire off Oak street.
Wednesday, October 5. Still alarm, 1.30 p. m .. Forest fire off Water street.
Wednesday, October 5. Box 6, 2.55 p. m. Woods off Water street.
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Wednesday, October 5. Still alarm, 6.20 p. m. Old rubbish rear of Taylor Buidling.
Thursday, October 6.
Box 10, 10.17 a. m. Woods fire off Water street
Wednesday, October 12. Box 9, 9.59 a. m. Chimney in
house on Wiley Place. Friday, October 14. Still alarm, 12.45 p. m. Brush fire off Forest street.
Still alarm, 1.30 p. m. Brush fire off Forest street.
Monday, October 17.
Tuesday, October, 18. Still alarm, 4.15 p. m. Brush fire off Spring street.
Wednesday, October 19. Still alarm, 1 p. m. Forest street.
Brush fire off
Wednesday, October 19. Box 7, 1.15 p. m. Brush fire off Nahant street.
Wednesday, Oct. 19. Box 7, 2.23 p. m. Brush fire off Nahant street.
Wednesday, October 19. Still alarm, 5 p. m. Brush fire off Spring street.
Friday, October 21. Still alarm, 11.15 a. m. Brush fire off Spring street.
Monday, October 24. Still alarm, 10.12 p. m. Fire in tree off Richardson street.
Tuesday, October 25. Still alarm, 5.20 a. m. Supposed fire in small building on Centre street.
Sunday, October 30. Still alarm, 4.30 p. m. Fence at base- ball ground, West Water street.
Monday, October 31. Box 114, 9.06 p. m. False alarm.
Tuesday, November 1. Still alarm, 1.45 p. m. Brush fire off Nahant street.
Saturday, November 19. Still alarm, 12.03 p. m. Brush fire off Broadway.
Saturday, November 19. Still alarm, 1.05 p. m. Brush fire off Oak street.
Sunday, November 27. Box 9, 1.37 p. m. Woods off Water street.
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Tuesday, December 6. Still alarm 9.39 a. m. Dwelling No. 23 Lafayette street, owned by Ida Skinner. Loss $30. Cause, spark from chimney.
Monday, December 12. Still alarm, 3.30 p. m. Automatic alarm, false, in L. B. Evans Son Co. shoe factory.
Monday, December 12. Still alarm 5.55 p. m. Kerosene lamp in house No. 32 Crescent street. No loss.
Friday, December 16. Box 17, 1.49 p. m. Slight fire in dwelling No. 59 Broadway, owned by James O'Connor. Loss small. Cause, oily rags.
Tuesday, December 27. Still alarm, 3.20 p. m. Chimney fire, house 243 Vernon street.
Value of property endangered,$792,000 ; losses on same, $1,922 ; insurance, $69,100.
ACCIDENTS
During the year we have had but one serious accident. Driver W. C. Atherton fell through the pole hole at the Central Fire Station and broke his hip. He had been awakened during the night by the stamping of the horses and, arising hastily in the dark, turned the wrong way, going through the door leading to the pole instead of the one to the stairs. He was taken to the Mass. General Hospital where he was confined for about 5 months. He has since returned to duty, although he has not wholly recovered.
SPRINKLING SYSTEM
During the year the Taylor Building and the Miller Piano Factory have been equipped with camplete sprinkling systems. The other large factories in town had been previously equipped with similar fire protection. These up to date precautions mini- mize the chances for big fires in these buildings and also are of inestimable benefit to other buildings in the immediate vicinity.
FINANCIAL
Our financial report will be found in the Auditors' Report and will show an expenditure of $10,538.34. Of this amount $8585 was voted at the spring town meeting and entered into the tax levy. The balance came from the receipts of the department.
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The earnings from street watering during the past year were $2054.37, and, for lack of appropriation, we received $1780.62, leaving a balance of $273.75 due the department. This, added to the receipts, make the earnings $2231.84. If the same had been received there would be an unexpended balance of $278.40 to be returned to the town.
CONCLUSION
We desire to express to your board our thanks for its assistance, to the members of the department for duties so cheerfully and willingly performed, and to the Finance Committee for their co- operation in bringing this department up to a standard which we believe to be second to none of its size in the state.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. E. CADE, GEO. E. ZWICKER, EDW. S. JACOB, Board of Fire Engineers.
January 5, 1911.
Highway Department
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
I have the pleasure to submit my report for the fiscal year end- ing Dec. 31, 1910.
. I would recommend the following amounts to cover the ex- penses and needs for the following year.
Fences .
$200 00
Drains
200 00
Cleaning catch basins
300 00
Spring cleaning
2,000 00
Tools and supplies
200 00
Miscellaneous bills .
300 00
Washouts
300 00
Patrol
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650 00
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Concreting
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2,000 00
Edgestones
500 00
Cross walks ·
350 00
Gravel sidewalks
1,500 00
now
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$10,300 00
These are fixed charges based upon the year just ending.
NEW CONSTRUCTION
North avenue, Albion to Broadway . . $3,200 00
Avon street resurfacing .
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. 1,000 00
Yale avenue resurfacing .
1,000 00
West Water street from Main to North avenue . · 1,750 00
Foundry street
750 00
Converse street
500 00
Park avenue
500 00
Prospect street
300 00
Spring street, Boyntonville .
· 500 00
Forest street .
Main street macadamized to Melrose line . · 250 00
. 10,300 00
Our crusher is in bad repair and with the expenditure of $500 it can be put in working condition.
Respectfully yours,
D. C. GREANY,
Supt. of Streets.
Report of the Chief of Police
WAKEFIELD, MASS., January 1, 1911.
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
GENTLEMEN: - I have the honor to submit to your honorable board the report of the doings of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1910.
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1,800 00
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Number of arrests
214
Number of summonses served
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96
Number brought before the Court .
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310
Males 307, females 3.
Residents 234, non-residents 76.
For the following crimes, viz :-
Assault and battery · .
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25
Assault with dangerous weapon
4
Assault on officer .
6
Bastardy
2
Breaking, entering and larcency
7
Carrying concealed weapons .
6
Cruelty to animals
1
Drunkenness
115
Disturbance of the peace
1
Evading railroad fare
1
Fornication . .
2
Gaming on the Lord's day
31
Gaming on week days
35
Insane
1
Illegal transportation
2
Larceny
9
Mutual assault
4
Malicious mischief
7
Non-support of wife
12
Profanity .
1
Rude and disorderly
4
Short weight
1
Stubborn child
2
Truancy
5
Vagrancy
1
Violation of liquor law
12
Violation of Lord's day
2
Violation of town by-laws
11
Total
310
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How DISPOSED OF
Appealed
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12
Bound over to the Grand Jury
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1
Continued
5
Defaulted
3.
Discharged .
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7
Delivered to other officers
12
Fines paid .
104
House of correction
4
Insane hospital
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1
Committed for non-payment of fines
2
Lyman school
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1
Placed on file
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70
Released
82
State farm .
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6
Total .
310
Amount of fines imposed by the Court . $1,754 Amount of imprisonment imposed . 6 ) month , 10 days ·
Accidents reported ·
26
Broken wires reported . ·
18
Buildings found open
218
Complaints received and investigated
812
Defective sidewalks and streets
67
Defects in water pipes .
6
Defects in gas pipes
11
Details for public assemblages
82
Dogs shot .
21
Disturbances suppressed
27
Fires extinguished without alarm
9
Horses shot .
4
Lanterns in dangerous places
72
Lost children cared for
12
Search warrants served
12
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LIQUOR LAW ENFORCEMENTS
There have been 16 successful raids.
While the number of arrests have increased during the year the number of arrests for drunkenness have decreased to a large extent.
RECOMMENDATIONS
A police department is one of the most essential things in any community ; to it is intrusted the care and moral welfare of the community, and by it the moral condition of the community is represented.
The primary duty of a police officer is to prevent crime, and failing this, is to procure its punishment.
For this purpose he is invested with broad powers and may per- form any act consistent with the rights of others and with the exercise of a sound discretion on his part.
But it should be understood that neither the state nor the municipality whose officer he is, assumes any responsibility for his wrongful action.
Physical and mental ability and moral character should be con- sidered and politics eliminated.
I would recommend that you have a Police Department to con- sist of five patrolmen and a chief ; and that for the maintaining of such a department the sum of $5,500, together with the Court fines, be appropriated.
In conclusion I wish to thank your honorable board for the kindly assistance and advice given me.
To his Honor, Judge Bruce, and his assistants, Judges Fernald and Sweetser, and also the Clerk of the District Court, Wilfred B. Tyler, and his able assistant, Henry C. Bacon, I wish to ex- tend my sincere thanks for the kind and courteous treatment accorded me throughout the year.
To all those who have in any way assisted this Department, you have my thanks.
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