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Wakefield
Andrew and Annie John A. and Maria
Fibroid phthisis Pneumonia
26 William N. Tyler
75 9 19 Married
No. Andover
Involution Psychosis
72 73 3
4 Married
Amos and Eliza T.
30 Joseph T. Nichols
Massachusetts Philadelphia, Pa. Roxbury Buxton, Me. Wakefield
DonaldD.&MargaretF. Pul. tuberculosis
28 ElizabethA. (Stevenson) Wood- 80
29 Edwin A. Head
.7 0 Widower
Nova Scotia Providence, R.I.
William D. & Wealthea Cholera infantum John and Sarah
18 Helena N. Sekulski
1 4 6 Single
21 Stephen B. Smith
73 8 18
5 20 0| 2 Single
Louis N. and Alice F. Albert and Abbie M.
14 John M. Smith
64 3 21 Married
8 :2 12 Single
John T. and Agnes F. William and Annie Michael and Mary Thomas and Patience
Appendicitis Chronic diabetis
15 Rufus F. Draper
72 10 5
Widower
28|Olive T. Doherty Oct. 2| Lydia A. (Oliver) Kent 3 Wilmer Owen Lane 7 Hannah (Gamer) O'Brien 12 Mary Miller
0, 6,17 |Single 2 14
76
Widow
0 5 24 Single 81 0 0 Widow
13 Leona A. Coralian
14 Delia B. (Aiken) Jones 18 Margaret Hill
21 Alice Muse
24 Anna W. (Keeper) Lashua
27 Lawrence C. Smith
0 10|16
39| 7 23 Married
31 Thomas F. Casey
31 Julia M. (Eaton) Phipps
76 4 10 Widow
Apoplexy
62 1 9
Married
Meridian, N. Y.
Middleton
Cerebral hemorrhage
55 0 0 Married
Wakefield
Philip and Annie S. John and Bridget M. Andrew and Mary W. Peter and Hannah C.
Pneumonia Chronic heart disease Pneumonia
311
15 Mary A. Garvey
50
0 0 Single
21 Evelyn A. (Meady) Ryerson
59
6 29
Hamilton
21 Nathaniel Dearborn
0
25 Single
Wakefield
William G. & Elizabethi Intestinal obstruction Immaturity Stanley A. & Ellen L. George and Delia B.
25 Dorothy Jones 28 Jens Peterson
61
7 0 Married
Dec. 2|Mary E. (Sanborn) Brown
69
2 12 Widow
4 Albert W. Hardacker
35
1
2 Married
5 Elbridge A. Wiley
83 3
9
66
Lynnfield
Arterio sclerosis
2
1
0 Single
Wakefield
Cong. brain deficiency
0
0
1
40
8
1 Married
Daniel and Elizabeth
Pul. tuberculosis
8 Elizabeth (Bateman) Stout
90
2 25
Widow
Ireland
William and Elizabeth Pneumonia
84
2 7
Boston
Paresis
67 10 2
Married
East Boston
Valv. disease of heart
19 William M. Palmer
32 4 7
Single
Meredith, N. H.
Edw. F. and Comillus |Meningitis Jacob and Lydia William G. & Helen B. Gastro enteritis John and unknown Lewis J. & Eleanor C. John and Bertha M. John T. and Alice L. Felix and Rose A.
General debility Acute morphinism Acute indigestion Tuberculosis of lungs Ernest E. and Mary C. Congenital dis.of heart
Tubercular meningitis
Matthias and unknown General paresis Samuel M. and Addie John and Madeline Peter and Mary
Meningitis Pneumonia Pul. tuberculosis
22 10 13
Single
Wakefield Georgetown, Me. Wakefield Limwick, Eng. Wakefield
North Saugus Wakefield Yarmouth, N. S. Dexter, Me. Wakefield
Nova Scotia Wakefield
Noah and Hannah Benjamin W. & Rosina Cancer
Nov. 6 Henry N. Hoyt 7 | Willard Knight 8 Richard J. Cuff
9| Frances A. (Lukeforth) Lilley 75
9|23 Widow
Washington, Me. Medford
18 Dometile Doucette Muse
48 0 20 Married
Nova Scotia
Alexander & Catherine Pulmonary phthisis
2 0 7
Boston
Aarmus, Denmark Peter and unknown Alexandria, N. H. C. D. and Mariah
Tuberculosis of lungs Apoplexy Pneumonia Pul. tuberculosis
Grand Prey, N. S. James and Olivia B.
Benjamin & unknown Clarence B. & Maud M. George and Sylvia
6 Baisel LeBlanc
Anencephatis
7 Thomas F. Shannahan
9 Adah E. (Bowman) Cowdrey
9|Emily A. (Curtis) Putney
John and Jane Unknown and Sarah
Francis H. and Melina Phthisis pulmonalis
Abdominal cancer
0 0 10 |Single 0 1 0 20 10|11 |Married 0 0 2 Single
7 70 33 3 25 Married Single
29 William J. Muse
86 5,19 Widower
.
5 Edner M. Hogg
DEATHS REGISTERED IN WAKEFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1910-Continued
Date
Name of Deceased .
Age y. m. d.
Condition
Birthplace
Names of Parents
Cause of Death
Dec 11 Almira K. Downing 12 Thomas McMahan
71 6 20 Single 76 3 29 |Widower 85|10| 8 Divorced
Ireland
Joshua and Mary John and Elizabeth
Paresis Old age
: 15 Sarah E. (Clarke) Bullard
16 James F. Devlin
59 0 0 Married
Ireland
Francis G. & Sarah B. Apoplexy John and Ellen Cirrhosis of liver Charles C.and RethaM. Sarcoma of buttock
.17|Retha M. Bulmer
1
4
8
Single
Bartlett, N. H.
Wakefield
Patrick J. and Mary L. Pneumonia
19 William Maloney
0 2
0
67 2 23
Married
Sheffield, Eng.
William and Eliza
20 Lavinia M. (Pearce) Cheever 21 Mary F. Brown
0 8 21 Single
Wakefield
John J. and Mary M. Rufus and Charlotte
A cute ant. polismyelitis Tumor on brain
22 Laura E. Woods
46 13
Nova Scotia Wakefield
NathanielC.and Judith Paralysis of throat
28 Mary W. (Wright) Nickerson 28 Owen Corcoran
62 10 0
Single
Portsmouth, N.H. 66
Owen and Mary A.
Cancer
: 30 George L. Adams
80 4 20 Widower
66
George and Deborah John and Mary M.
Pneumonia
31 Mary M. White'
0|8| 1 |Single
Wakefield
Meningitis
312
75 .5 2
Widow
Kennebunkp't,Me
Salem
313
DOG LICENSES
Number of licenses issued
408
Males
.
358
Females .
.
.
49
Breeders .
[1
408
Tax on 358 males at $2.00
$716 00
Tax on 49 females at $5.00
245 00
Tax on 1 breeder at $25.00
25 00
$986 00
Deduct clerk's fees
81 60
Cash paid J. O. Hayden, County Treasurer
$904 40
FREDERIC S. HARTSHORNE,
Town Clerk, pro tem.
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1
316
INDEX
Assessors' Report
Page- 235
Auditors' Report
98-169
Appropriation for 1910
98.
Auditors' Final Balance Sheet
168
Auditors' Final Statement .
170
Assessors' Clerk Hire
166
Balance available from last year .
99
Beebe Town Library .
.
164
Board of Health Expenses .
123
Board of Health Services
132
Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth, Suppression of
159
Cemetery Committee Expenses
161
Common and Park .
·
160
Damages Emma F. Doyle .
165
Election Expenses
122
Extraordinary Expenses
125
Fire Department
117
Fish Committee Expenses .
166
Forest Warden Expenses .
127
Fourth of July Committee Expenses
167
Greenwood Branch Town Library
167
Greenwood Library Ass'n Purchase
164
Highway and Bridges .
100
Interest Account
164
Land Purchase Water Rights
165
Land for Park Purposes
165
Legal Expenses
122
List of Polls and Estates .
167
317
Markers for Revolutionary Graves
167
Memorial Day
167
Military Aid .
163
Miscellaneous Expenses
121
Municipal Light Plant Expenses .
139
Police Department
128
Poor Department Expenses
132
Printing, Advertising and Stationery
126
Railroad Street Widening Damages 167 .
Reading Room . 164
Rental of Hydrants, Standpipes and Fountains
166
Richardson Light Guard Expenses
158
Salaries Town Officers
131
School Contingent Expenses
148
Evening School
152
Fuel Account . 147
147
Income Account
153
66 Text Books and Supplies .
150
Sewerage Department
156
Soldiers' Relief .
162
State Aid .
164
Street Watering .
114
Tool House, Removal and Repairs
165
Town Clerk Returns .
122
Town House Expenses
129
Town Hall, New Floor
165
Tree Warden Expenses
166
Water Department Expenses
154
Water Street Widening Damages
167
Board of Health, Report of
221
Dog Licenses
313
Finance Committee, Report of
255
Fish Committee, Report of
175
Fourth of July Committee Report
224
Hamilton School, Heating and Plumbing
127
Inspector of Milk Report .
223
Inspector of Plumbing Report
222
.
General Expenses
318
Insurance
153
Jury List
6
Library Trustees' Report
225
Librarian's Report
232
Municipal Light Plant, Report of
261
Manager's Report 267
Overseers of the Poor Report
173
Schools : .
177-220
High School Principal's Report
203
High School Graduation Exercises
212
School Committee's Report
179
School Statistics
215
Superintendent of Schools' Report
181
Selectmen's Report .
46-64
Fire Engineers' Report
·
49
Forest Fireward's Report
62
Police Chief's Report
58
Sealer Weights and Measures ·
63
Superintendent of Streets' Report
57
Sweetser Charity Report
63
Town Counsel's Report
49
Tax Collector's Statement .
171
Town Clerk's Register
284
Births
284
Deaths
307
Marriages .
293
Town Officials, List of
3-5
Town Meeting Records
8-45
Treasurer's Report
65-97
Water and Sewerage Commissioners, Report of
241
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100th
Annual Town Report OF ----- WAKEFIELD MASS.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31. 1911
COMPILED BY
THE BOARD OF AUDITORS
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THE ITEM PRESS WAKEFIELD, MASS. 1912
THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF WAKEFIELD, MASS.
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1911
ALSO
THE TOWN CLERK'S RECORD
OF THE
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
DURING THE YEAR 1911
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THE ITEM PRESS WAKEFIELD, MASS 1912
TOWN OFFICERS, 1911-12
SELECTMEN George E. Walker, Chairman
Charles S. Young, Secretary
Frank A. Long
Andrew G. Anderson · Nath'l E. Cutler
TOWN CLERK-Frederic S. Hartshorne
TOWN TREASURER-Albert W. Flint
TAX COLLECTOR-Charles E. WALTON
LIGHT COMMISSIONERS
Edwin C. Miller, Chairman
Term expires 1912
L. Wallace Sweetser, Secretary .
.
66
1914
Curtis L. Sopher
·
.
66
1913
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Hugh Connell, Chairman
Edward H. Walton ( Deceased)
Albert D. Cate, Secretary
William B. Bowman
ASSESSORS
Samuel T. Parker, Chairman
Term expires 1912
George H. Stowell, Secretary .
.
.
Charles A. Cheney
.
66 1914
AUDITORS
William O. Abbott
William J. Stout
William M. Kelso
WATER AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS
Charles A. Dean, Chairman
Term expires 1913
James H. Kimball, Secretary .
.
.
66
1912
Thomas G. O'Connell
.
·
.
66 1914
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1913
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Arthur H. Boardman, Chairman
Term expires 1914
Ida Farr Miller, Secretary
.
.
66 1912
Ashton H. Thayer, Treasurer
.
.. .
66 1914
Eva Gowing Ripley .
.
.
·
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
Hoyt B. Parker, Chairman
Term expires 1914
James R. Reid, Secretary
.
.
.
66
1913
TRUSTEES BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY
Richard Dutton, Chairman
Term expires 1914
66
1912
Charles F. Mansfield
66
1914
Harry Foster
66
1912
Frank T. Woodbury
66
66
1912
E. Florence Eaton
.
66
66
1913
Winfield S. Ripley, Jr.
66
1914
Hervey J. Skinner
6.
66
1913
FISH COMMITTEE
Samuel Parker, Chairman Will H. Wiley
Jacob C. Hartshorne
PARK COMMISSIONERS
Eugene S. Hinckley, Chairman George W. Abbott, Secretary Arthur P. Knight
BOARD OF HEALTH
Joseph W. Heath, Chairman
Term expires 1912
Augustus D. Jenkins, Secretary ·
.
66 1914
David Taggart .
66 66 1913
1913
Charles E. Montague
66
1913
Charles N. Winship
6 .
1912
66
1914
John Miniken, Treasurer
.
.
.
66
1913
Sarah Y. Morton
.
Edson W. White, Secretary
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ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT William E. Cade, Chief
Edward S. Jacob, Clerk Albert S. Kent
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Fred E. Bunker, Chairman
Term expires 1913
James F. Curley . .
66 1914
Patrick J. Kelley
.
. 6 1912
Frederic S. 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
CHIEF OF POLICE-James J. Pollard
CONSTABLES
Edwin F. Poland James J. Pollard
, James A. McFadden Harry A. Simonds
FINANCE COMMITTEE
C. H. Stearns, Chairman
F. A. Seavey
Arthur S. Hill, Secretary
J. A. Meloney
W. G. Strong
E. F. Preston
Thomas Hickey W. H. Tay
J. W. Murphy
W. H. Cartland
W. E. Cowdrey
J. C. Dinan Nathaniel Hines
Charles F. Winship
E. C. Richardson
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LIST OF JURORS
Alden, Joseph D. Amesbury, Edwin E. Anderson, Andrew G. Anderson, Clinton O. Anderson, John A. Arnold, William E. Ayscough, Charles D. Balcolm, Edward A. Barker, Edward Baxter, John A. Bayrd, C. Orne Beard, Frank H. Bears, George W. Berg, Isadore M. Bessey, William W. Blanchard, Samuel D. Bowman, Charles B. Brown, Edward E. Brownell, Alstead W. Bryant, Eugene C. Buckley, John H. Burley, Jacob Butler, Aloysius P. Carlisle, Ralph E. Cary, George P.
Cate, Albert D. Cheever, Charles W. Cheney, Charles A. Connell, Hugh Connelly, Edward J. Connelly, Thomas A. Costello, Sylvester W. Cutler, A. Leon Dimick, Augustus D.
Dinan, Joseph C. Dodge, William J. Doleman, David C. Donovan, Cornelius Donovan, John C. Eaton, Willard G. Evans, Daniel Farwell, James W. Fell, Thomas W. H. Findley, David B. W. Findley, John Fletcher, Ansel B. Flockton, Benjamin C. Florell, Henry Ford, Edward B. Foster, James B.
Galvin, John J. Glass, Alexander Gordon, Lewis J. Goodwin, Wesley S. Grant, Sidney Greenough, William S. Harlow, Charles L. Harper, Harry E. Harnden, Frank W. Heywood, John H. Hickey, James A. Hickey, Thomas Hill, Smith H. Hill, Melvin J. Hill, John T. Hines, Campbell D. Hopkins, Joseph E. Horne, Robert W .. Hurley John Ide, James C. Jones, Roscoe F. Jordan, Frank B. Kelley, Edward B. Kendall, Wallace Kelley, Michael J. Kelley, Patrick J.
Kingston, David T. Kirk, J. Fred Knowles, Charles S. Lally, Patrick J. Lavery, Willard S. Logan, John A. Lord, Albert T. Loughlin, Jerry F. Low, Joseph K. Low, Michael MacIntosh, Alexander B.
Maddock, George E. Malcolm, Zina B. Mansfield, Austin L. Mansfield, James F. Mansfield, William J. Martin, John W. McDonnell, Eugene P. McDuffie, Edwin Mckenzie, John McNeil, Stanley H.
Mellett, Arthur W. Meloney, John A., Jr. Merrill, Rufus A. Middleton, John Millar, John A. Minniken, John Morse, Robert C.
Moore, Arthur M. Moore, Gaston B. O'Connell, Thomas Oliver, Henry N.
Oliver, Elden S. Oxley, Albert D. Parker, Harvey S.
Parker, Samuel T.
Parker, Moses P.
Parks, Arthur E.
Pendleton, Francis M. Perley, John M. Pinkham, Henry P. Purrington, Elwin I. Reardon, William H. Regan, William T. Regan, Dennis F. Reid, James R. Ridlon, Charles T. Ripley, Winfield S.
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Robie, Francis Carroll Sederquest, Harry E. Scovell, George H. Shea, John F. Sheldon, Otis E. Smith, Frank W. Simonds, Harry"A. Sliney, David Sullivan, Jeremiah J. Sullivan, John J. Sullivan, Thomas F. Sullivan, William H.
Taggart, William J. Tupper, Arthur M. Turner, Patrick J. Walsh, Edward J. Walton, Charles E. Ward, Thomas M. Welch, Maurice F. Whipple, Frank M. Whiting, J. Frank Wiley, J. Barnard Winslow, Ellis T. Young, Job C.
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE Town Clerk from 1872 until his death, Jan. 7. 1911
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RECORD OF TOWN MEETINGS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1911
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 6, 1911
PRECINCT ONE.
Meeting called to order by Warden George M. Poland in the. Town Hall at six o'clock A. M. with the following election officers.
WARDEN-George M. Poland.
CLERK-John T. Phelan.
INSPECTORS AND TELLERS-J. D. Alden, M. T. Lane, John M. Cate, C. O. Anderson, Waldo E. Cowdrey, A. G. Abbott, Wm. A. Logan, Clifford Mortimer, S. T. Parker, F. B. Jordan, Bruce Swanson, C. O. Bayrd, A. L. Cutler, George A. Sheehy, Edward S. Jacob, Wm. H. Sullivan.
The polls were then declared opened.
The Ballot Box was opened at 8.25 A. M. and registered
431
66
66
"' 9.55 A. M. "
66 564
66
66
66
66
66 1.29 P. M. 6 6.
66 1096
66
66
66
.66 2.15 P. M.
66 1239
66
66
66
66
4 6 1502
66
66
66 1546
66
66
66
66
66
66 3.00 p. M. " 3.55 P. M. 4.20 р. М. 4.30 P. M. 66
66
1557
66
" 10.22 A. M. " " 11.20 A. M. " 12.35 P. M.
602
687
66
66 838
66
66
66 1359
66
66
The polls were declared closed by Warden Poland at 4.30 P. M. Total number of ballots cast fifteen hundred and fifty seven. Check list number one showed fifteen hundred and fifty seven. Check list number two showed fifteen hundred and fifty seven. Total number of male voters fourteen hundred and fifty. Total number of female voters one hundred and seven.
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PRECINCT Two.
At 5.52 A. M. Ballot Box with 407 Male and 111 Female ballots were received.
At 6.00 A. M. the Polls opened, and ballot box registered 000.
The following Precinct officers were sworn in by Warden Eaton.
CLERK-Harry P. Alden.
DEPUTY WARDEN- Herbert G. Leet.
66 " -James Findlay.
INSPECTORS-Frank Evans.
-Charles W. Cheever.
DEPUTY INSPECTORS-Edward A. Jones. 66 -Dennis T. Reagan.
TELLERS-George E. Potter.
66 -R. L. Pittman.
66 -A. M. Baxter.
-Thos. F. A. L. Davis.
At 6.05 A. M. Ballot Box failed to register correctly.
At 10.30 A. M. Agreed by Precinct Officers to remove and count ballots.
One Hundred and seventy six ballots were removed, four ballots disfigured by box not working properly.
At 1.40 P. M. Warden Eaton assisted William B. Eldred in marking ballot.
At 2.30 p. M. Fifty two official ballots were removed from the box.
At 3.30 P. M. Nine official ballots were removed from the box. At 4.10 P. M. Nine official ballots were removed from the box. At 4.30 P. M. The Polls were closed, four official and fourteen womens ballots were removed.
Register shows Two Hundred and seventy two ballots cast.
Check list number one and two show Two Hundred and fifty official and fourteen womens ballots cancelled.
Following is a total vote of each precinct.
*Indicates candidates elected.
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Precincts
Totals
I II
TOWN CLERK
*Frederic S. Hartshorne
1029
194
1223
Blanks
.
421
56
477
TOWN TREASURER
* Albert W. Flint
977
211
1188
Blanks .
469
39
508
Scattering
.
4
SELECTMEN
* Andrew G. Anderson
719
165
884
Fred E. Bunker
586
124
710
Charles L. Churchill
276
41
317
* Nathaniel E. Cutler
648
72
720
John J. Foley
582
65
647
Lewis G. Hatch
388
49
437
*Frank A. Long Fred C. Scott
465
60
525
*George E. Walker
725
217
942
*Charles S. Young
831
137
968
H. Hall .
1
1
Blank
1378
191
1569
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
*Charles E. Walton
1014
206
1220
Blanks .
436
44
480
ASSESSOR FOR THREE YEARS
*Charles A. Cheney .
781
145
926
Edward B. Kelley
549
67
616
Blank
·
.
120
38
158
ASSESSOR FOR TWO YEARS
Earl H. Morton
538
196
734
*George H. Stowell .
.
·
72%
47
769
Blanks . . . .
190
7
197
.
651
129
780
12
WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD FOR THREE YEARS
*Thomas G. O'Connell
1007
168
1175
Scattering
2
2
Blanks .
·
441
82
523
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
* William F. Bowman
818
114
932
*Hugh Connell
.
901
130
1031
William G. Strong .
764
157
921
*Edward H. Walton
959
189
1148
Scattering
1
1
Blanks
907
160
1067
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS
* Arthur H. Boardman
925
174
1099
*Charles E. Montague .
885
164
1049
Blanks
1304
190
1494.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR ONE YEAR
*Charles N. Winship
1012
140
1152
George G. Wright .
462
101
563.
Blanks .
83
23
106
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS
John F. Ayer
554
73
627
*James R. Reid
545
116
661
Blanks
351
61
412
TREE WARDEN
*Frank T. Woodbury
902
164.
1066
Blanks
548
86
634
PARK COMMISSIONERS
*George W. Abbott
806
166
972
*Eugene S. Hinckley
817
165
982
* Arthur P. Knight
814
165
979
Blanks
1913
254
2166.
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THREE YEARS
* Augustus D. Jenkins
904
174
1078
Blank
546
76
622
.
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD FOR THREE YEARS
John W. Martin
257
53
310
* L. Wallace Sweetser
938
145
1083
Blanks
255
52
307
TRUSTEES BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY THREE YEARS
*Richard Dutton
886
174
1060
*Charles F. Mansfield
815
164
979
* Winfield S. Ripley, Jr.
.
812
160
972
Blanks .
1837
252
2089
TRUSTEE BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY FOR TWO YEARS
Jacob H. Carfrey ·
390
126
516
*Hervey J. Skinner .
·
.
.
731
57
788
Blanks
329
67
396
AUDITORS
*William (. Abbott
822
159
981
*William M. Kelso .
828
151
979
*William J. Stout
863
154
1017
Blanks .
1837
286
2123
FISH COMMITTEE
* Jacob C. Hartshorne
811
154
965
*Samuel Parker
826
151
977
*Will H. Wiley
848
154
1002
Blanks
1865
291
2156
CONSTABLES
*James A. McFadden
1082
172
1254
*Edwin F. Poland
982
175
1157
*James J. Pollard
918
170
1088
Blanks .
1368
233
1601
LICENSE VOTE
"' Yes"
463
40
503
"'No"
.
.
·
873
166
1039
Blanks .
.
.
114
44
158
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TOWN MEETING MARCH 13, 1911
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 five be appointed to bring in a list of town officers not chosen by ballot. Chair appointed Samuel T. Parker, Joseph C. Dinan, Harvey S. Parker, Nathaniel E. Cutler, Earl H. Morton.
Frank J. Henkel resigned as member of the Finance Com. Resignation accepted.
Finance Committee for three years-W. G. Strong, Natl. Hines, F. A. Seavey, Thomas Hickey, G. L. Wakefield.
Finance Committee for two years-W. H. Cartland, J. C. Dinan. Charles F. Winship for unexpired term of G. L. Wakefield, resigned.
Field Drivers-George K. Walton, Alexander Glass, Palmer Corbett, Carroll Roby, J. E. Hopkins, C E. Clas- sen, W. F.Shedd.
Measurers of Wood-G. W. Killorin, A. L. Mansfield, H. N. Oliver, E. S. Oliver, Thomas Hickey, A. A. Mans- field, Wm. Hickey, F. W. Magdeburg, W. C. Crocker, T. E. Toomey, L. P. Curley, H. A. Feindel, Dennis Greaney,. W. T. Curley, L. E. Bennett.
Weighers of Coal and Merchandise-P. Mclaughlin,. John Toomey, W. C. Crocker, Wm. Hickey, T. E. Toomey, Thomas Hickey, A. B. Morton, J. H. McMahan, F. W. Magdeberg, A. A. Mansfield, N. E. Cutler, W. T. Curley,. A. L. Mansfield, L. E. Bennett, Willard Farwell, E. F. Cobb, L. P. Curley, Mary Dignan.
Measurers of Lumber-A. T. Locke, H. B. Parker, J. B.
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Foster, L. E. Bennett, W. A. Prescott, H. A. Feindel, A. P. Webber, W. E. Knox.
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 6th, 1911, 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 Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Se- lectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of taxes of the present municipal year to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate $275,000, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the taxes of the present municipal 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 the following sums necessary to defray the town charges for the ensuing year.
Schools :
Payrolls $51,109 00
Fuel
.
4,690 00
Contingent
.
5,500 00
Books and supplies
3,200 00
Evening school
800 00
Total
$65,299 00 ·
Municipal Light Plant :
For use of plant including salaries of Commissioners, the receipts and 7,500 00
Highway department :
Street Railway Tax and 1,000 00
Unexpended balance for 1910 and 10,700 00
That $3,000 be set aside for use on Main street
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That $1,000 be set aside for use on Al- bion street
That $350 be set aside for cross walks
That $1,000 be set aside for concrete and edgestones
That $3,000 be set aside for sidewalks
That preference be given to fire depart- ment men and teams
That compensation for a pair of horses and driver be no more than $5.00 per day, single horse and driver no more than $3.50 per day
Interest
18,897 50
Poor department :
Receipts to amount of $7,000 and
5,000 00
Police department
5,200 00
Town hall
2,400 00
Miscellaneous .
5,000 00
Forest warden ·
250 00
Tree warden
400 00
Fire department :
Receipts to amount of $2,000 and 8,585 00
Park department .
1,425 00
R. L. G. Armory
.
.
1,200 00
State Aid .
.
4,000 00
Soldiers' Relief
4,000 00
Military Aid
450 00
Library :
Dog tax to amount of $868.22, receipts and 1,050 00
Reading room
275 00
Fish committee
25 00
Cemetery department
.
.
.
400 00
Street Sprinkling
1,800 00
Fire alarm, maintenance $300; construction
$100
400 00
Sewer department :
Unexpended balance of $79.63 and
650 00
.
.
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Hydrant service :
208 Hydrants at $15 00
9 Standpipes at ·
75 00
3 Fountains at 75 00 .
3 Horse Troughs
75 00
4,245 00
Water department. Appropriated :
Maintenance . $14,000 00
Construction 5,000 00
Interest . . 8,280 00
Bond retirement
. 4,000 00
Salaries
300 00
$31,580 00
Voted. That the surplus of last year's receipts be set aside as an emergency fund.
Salaries
7,210 00
Art. 6. To determine the compensation of enginemen for the year ensuing.
Voted. That compensation be same as last year.
Art. 7. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $300 for the purpose of Memorial Day. William D. Deadman and others.
Voted. To raise and appropriate $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. $3,016.57. That $516.57 enter this year's tax levy, re- mainder in five notes or bonds payable $500 each year 1912 to 1916.
Art. 9. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $1,000 for the suppression of the Brown Tail and Gypsy Moths. W. W. Whittredge and others.
Voted. $1,000.
Art. 10. To see if the town will straighten, repair and grade the sidewalk on the east side of Fairmount avenue from West Chestnut street to Hillside avenue, build a bank wall with
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iron pipe railing about 100 feet on said sidewalk, beginning at its junction with West Chestnut street and raise and ap- propriate $250 or what they will do about it. Albert E. Lord and others.
Voted. To refer to Selectmen.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 20, 1911
Article 11. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of seven hundred dollars ($700) to repair Foundry street from Maple to Broadway. John Toomey and others.
Voted. To refer to Selectmen with instructions to have street. repaired.
Art. 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500 to repair drains and grade Vernon street from Wave avenue to Cordis street. William J. Taggart and others.
Voted. To refer to Selectmen.
Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to repair the sidewalks on Nahant. street between Main street and Franklin street, or what they will do about it. William A. Thrush and others.
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