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Winfield S. Ripley, Jr.
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1914
Hervey J. Skinner
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FISH COMMITTEE Frank B. Stoddard Will H. Wiley
PARK COMMISSIONERS Eugene S. Hinckley, Chairman George W. Abbott, Secretary Arthur P. Knight
BOARD OF HEALTH
Joseph W. Heath, Chairman
Term expires 1915
Augustus D. Jenkins, Secretary
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David Taggart ..
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Samuel Parker
1915
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Edson W. White, Secretary
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ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT William E. Cade, Chief Edward S. Jacob, Clerk
Fred D. Graham
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Fred E. Bunker, Chairman
Term expires 1913
James F. Curley
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Patrick J. Kelley
1915
Frederick S. Hartshorne (ex-officio)
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-Albert A. Mansfield
TREE WARDEN-Frank T. Woodbury
SUPT. OF STREETS-Oscar H. Starkweather
TOWN COUNSEL-Maynard E. S. Clemons
INSPECTOR OF MILK-Harry A. Simonds
FOREST WARDEN-William E. Cade
CHIEF OF POLICE-James J. Pollard
CONSTABLES
Edwin F. Poland (deceased )
James J. Pollard
James A. McFadden Harry A. Simonds
Louis N. Tyzzer
FINANCE COMMITTEE C. H. Stearns, Chairman
W. H. Cartland, Secretary F. A. Seavey W. G. Strong Thomas Hickey J. W. Murphy J. A. Meloney E. F. Preston J. C. Dinan W. E. Cowdrey Nathaniel Hines Charles F. Winship E. C. Richardson Lewis J. Gordon
Harry A. Wheeler
FENCE VIEWERS
Albert D. Cate
Albert A. Mansfield
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LIST OF JURORS
Alden, Joseph D. Xmesbury, Edwin E. Anderson, Andrew G. Anderson, Clinton O. Anderson, George A. Anderson, John A. Arnold, William E. Ayscough, Charles D. Balcom, 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. Brown, Edward E.
Brownell, Alstead W. Bryant, Eugene C. Buckley, John H. Bunker, Fred E. Bullard, Charles E. Butler, Aloysius P. Carlisle, Ralph E.
Cate, Albert D. Cheever, Charles W. Clothey, Edward T. Clough, Frank L. Connell, Hugh Connelly, Edward J. Connelly, Thomas A. Costello, Sylvester W Cowdrey, Waldo E. Cutler, A. Leon Cutler, Nathaniel E.
Dahl, Henry M.
Dimick, Augustus D. Dinan, Joseph C. Dodge, William J. Doleman, David C.
Donegan, William Donovan, Cornelius Dunbar, George E. Eaton, Willard G. Evans, Daniel Farwell, James W. Fell, Thomas W. H. Findley, David B. W. Findley, James
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Findley, John Fletcher, Ansel B. Florell, Henry Ford, Edward B. Foster, James B. Galvin, John .J. Glass, Alexander Gordon, Lewis J. Goodwin, Wesley S. Grant, Fred S. Greenough, William S. Harlow, Charles L. Harper, Harry E. Harnden, Frank W. Hickey, James A. Hickey, Thomas Hill, Smith H. Hill, Melvin .I. Hines, Campoell D. Hopkins, Joseph E. Horne, Robert W. Hurley, John. Ide, James C Jones, Roscoe F. Jordan, Frank B. Kelley, Edward B. Kelley, Michael J. Kelley, Patrick J. Kendall, Wallace Kingston, David T. Kirk, J. Fred
Knowles, Charles S. Lally, Patrick J. Lavery, Willard S. Lord, Albert T. Loughlin, Jerry F. Low, Michael
MacIntosh, Alexander B. Maddock, George H. Malcolm, Zina B. Maloney, Patrick J. Mansfield, Austin L. Mansfield, James F. Mansfield, William J. Martin, John W. McDonnell, Eugene P. + Mckenzie, John McNeil, Stanley H.
Mellett, Arthur W. Meloney, John A., Jr. Merrill, Rufus A. Middleton, John Minniken, John Moore, Arthur M. Moore, Gaston B. Murray, John F.
O'Connell, Thomas Oliver, Henry N. Oliver, Elden S. Oxley, Albert D. Parker, Harvey S. Parker, Hoyt B. Parker, Moses P. Parker, Samuel T. Parks, Arthur E. Pelissier, William J. Pendleton, Francis M. Potter, George H. Preston, Edward F. Purrington, Elwin I. Reardon, William H. Reid, James R. Ridlon Charles T. Ripley, Winfield S.
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Robie, Francis Carroll Ronan, Carroll V. Sederquest, Harry E. Scovell, George H. Shea, John F. Shedd, William W. Sheldon, Otis E. Smith, Frank W. Simonds, Harry A. Sliney, David Stohl, Charles L. Sullivan, Jeremiah J. Sullivan, John J. Sullivan, Thomas F.
Sullivan, William H. Swanson, Emil Taggart, William G. Titus, Kirk H. Tupper, Arthur M. Turner, Patrick J. Walton, Charles E. Ward, Thomas M. Welch, Maurice F. Whipple, Frank M. Whiting, J. Frank Winslow, Ellis T Young, Job C.
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RECORD OF TOWN MEETINGS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1912
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 4, 1912
Result of election of Town Officers.
*Indicates candidates elected.
Precinct
Totals.
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TOWN CLERK
*Frederic S. Hartshorne
944
184
1128
Blanks.
424
51
475
TOWN TREASURER
* Albert W. Flint
942
192
1134
Blanks
426
43
469
SELECTMEN
* Andrew G. Anderson
699
161
860
*Nathaniel E. Cutler
724
128
852
*Frank A. Long
816
107
923
Fred C. Scott
514
61
575
William P. Shepard.
623
103
726
William G. Strong
435
81
516
*George E. Walker .
749
207
956
*Charles S. Young
817
109
926
Blanks .
1463
218
1681
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
*Charles E. Walton .
948
196
1144
Blanks .
420
39
459
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ASSESSOR FOR THREE YEARS
*Samuel T. Parker .
922
169
1091
Blanks
446
66
512
WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD FOR THREE YEARS
*James H. Kimball .
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845
186
1031
Scattering
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30
4
34
Blanks
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493
45
538
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
* William F. Bowman
813
124
937
* Albert D. Cate
906
154
1060
*Hugh Connell .
868
144
1012
Scattering
5
5
Blanks
1512
283
1795
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS
*Edward E. Lee
814
257
1071
*Ida F. Miller .
863
195
1058
Joseph A. O'Leary .
741
16
757
Scattering
2
2
Blanks
698
82
780
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS
Willie R. Blake
742
158
900
Blanks
626
77
703
TREE WARDEN
*Frank T. Woodbury
896
152
1048
Blanks .
472
83
555
PARK COMMISSIONERS
*George W. Abbott .
778
150
928
*Eugene S. Hinckley
763
145
908
* Arthur P. Knight ..
772
142
914
Blanks
1791
268
2059
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THREE YEARS
*Joseph W. Heath
966
176
1142
Blanks
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402
59
461
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD FOR THREE YEARS
*Edwin C. Miller
924
163
1087
Scattering
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TRUSTEES BEERE TOWN LIBRARY FOR THREE YEARS
* Harry Foster .
758
142
900
*Edson W. White
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753
139
$92
*Frank T. Woodbury
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1787
283
2070
TRUSTEES BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY FOR TWO YEARS
*Walter O. Cartwright Blanks .
718
135
853
650
100
750
AUDITORS
*William O. Abbott .
801
147
945
*William M. Kelso
812
143
955
* William J. Stout
813
143
956
Blanks .
1678
272
1950
FISH COMMITTEE
George O. Flanders
485
80
565
*Samuel Parker
617
118
735
*Frank B. Stoddard
708
112
820
*Will H. Wiley
781
127
908
Scattering
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3
Blanks
1510
268
1778
CONSTABLES
1013
155
1171
*Edwin F. Poland
902
158
1060
*James J. Pollard
850
155
1005
Blanks .
1339
231
1573
LICENSE VOTE
"'Yes"
456
32
155
"'No" .
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795
165
960
Blanks
117
38
155
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*James A. McFadden
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443
72
515
Blanks
141
947
Blanks .
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TOWN MEETING MARCH 11, 1912
Article 1. To choose a moderator, by ballot, to preside at said meeting.
Thomas G. O'Connell elected moderator.
Art. 2. To act upon the reports of town officers as published. Motion to accept reports and lay on table.
Voted to divide question 1st, to accept reports ; 2nd, to lay reports on table.
Voted. To accept reports.
Voted. That all reports of town officers as published be laid on table except that of School Committee.
Voted. That a committee of seven be appointed to investigate accommodations at the High School and report at the next. town meeting what may be needed to remedy existing condi- tions ; and that said committee be instructed to insert such article or articles in the warrant for the town meeting at. which they render their report as in their judgment may be needed to carry out the recommendations embodied therein.
Committee : Walter O. Cartwright, William C. Skulley, Edwin C. Miller, Joseph A. O'Leary, Arthur H. Boardman,, J. William O'Connell, Charles S. Young.
Art. 3. To choose all town officers not required to be chosen by ballot.
Voted. That a committee of five be appointed to choose officers; and report at an adjournment of this meeting.
Committee : Samuel T. Parker, David T. Dinan, T. W. H. Fell, Daniel H. Regan, Joseph H. Maxwell.
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 4, 1912, 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 notes or note of the town therefor.
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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 the taxes of the municipal year beginning March 4, 1912, to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate $285,000, 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 said municipal year. That all unexpended and unappropriated balances now in the Treasury be and hereby are appropriated to and for the payment to the amount of said balances of the bonded indebtedness of the town and interest thereon.
Art. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year and make appropria- tions for the same.
Voted. To raise and appropriate for Schools :
Raise and apppropriate $65,731 and appropriate $2000 from receipts.
General payrolls
$52,841 00
Fuel
4,690 00
Contingent
6,000 00
Books and suppliesį
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3,200 00
Evening school
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1,000 00
$67,731 00
Treasurer's Department :
For maturities in 1912 and appropriations in 1911 after tax levy had been made, the sum of $37,093.30 and in addi- tion that $4,000 be appropriated from Water Dept. receipts and $9,500 from Light Plant receipts; making total available $50,593.30.
For interest payments $15,222.50 and in addition that $8,120 be appropriated from Water Dept. receipts ; and $5,063.75 from Light Plant receipts, making the total available $28,406.25.
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Poor department, $12,000.
Police department, $7,000.
Town hall $2,625, $150 of which to provide for in- crease in sa'ary of janitor, and in addition that the janitor be permitted to do such police duty as the Chief of Police may call upon him for, providing it does not interfere with his duties as janitor of the town hall.
Miscellaneous, $5,000.
Forest warden work, $300.00.
Tree warden's department, $500.
Moth department, $5,500.
Fire department, $10,500.
Park department, $1,050 together with receipts from trust funds.
Richardson Light Guard armory, $725.
State aid, $4,000.
Soldier's relief, $4,000.
Military aid, $450.
Town library, $1,028.70 and appropriate dog tax amounting to $921.30 together with all receipts.
Reading room, $275.
Fish committee, $25.
Cemetery department, $330.
Salaries. Selectmen, $500. Assessors, $1200. Overseers, $300. Board of Health, $100. Board of health (services) $400. Cemetery Coms., $70. Auditors, $400 (providing they fill out the Gettamy Schedule). Registrars, $215. Treasurer, $600. Town clerk, $200. Tax collector, $650. Tree warden, $25. Fire engineers, $450. In- spector of milk, $150. Collector of milk samples, $50. Supt. of streets, $900. Town counsel, $500. ] Inspector of animals, $125. Inspector of plumbing, $480. Forest warden and five deputies, $75. Clerk to selectmen, $400. Clerk to finance committee, $50. Sealer of weights and measures, $10C. Moderator, $25.
Highway Department. Laid on table until Art. 14 is taken up.
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Municipal Light Plant. Motion that the town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $15,000 including commissioners, salaries $300, together with the receipts. Amended. (1st) That $6000 be appropriated on account of depreciation fund, that the question of appropriating the balance that may be required, be laid upon the table until every avail- able means shall have been exhausted to have the amount fixed on an equitable basis.
(2nd) That the unpaid bills $3,078.44 to Jan. 1st, 1912, he paid from the December, 1911, earnings of the plant.
(3rd) That the Municipal Light Commissioners be instructed to discontinue the manufacture of electricity, and purchase the same where it can be obtained to the best advantage for the town, and when this be accomplished, that a reduc- tion of 20 per cent be made in the rates to electric light consumers
Voted. That question be divided.
Division 1.
Voted. That matter be laid upon table and committee of three consisting of Messrs. Henkel, Poland and Dean take up matter with State Gas Commission and report at an ad- journment of this meeting.
Voted. That name of E. C. Miller be added to the committee.
Voted. That meeting adjourn to Monday evening, March 18th, at 7.30 o'clock.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING MARCH 18, 1912
Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 7.45 o'clock. Article 5 being in order.
Mr. Poland reported for committee under Division 1.
Voted. That report be accepted.
Voted. That Division 1 and 2 be recommitted to Finance Com- mittee to report at an adjournment of this meeting.
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Division 3.
During discussion of this division a point of order was raised by Mr. Lowe that there was no article in Warrant calling for action in this matter. Point of order was sustained by the moderator.
Voted. To raise and appropriate $10,000 for the purpose of the Municipal Light Plant.
Water Department.
Voted. To appropriate $31,420 together with receipts from services.
Hydrant service.
Voted. To raise and appropriate for hydrant service the sum of $3,915.
216 hydrants at $15 $3,240 00 3 standpipes, 3 fountains and 3 horse troughs at $75 675 00
$3,915 00
Sewer Department.
Voted. To raise and appropriate for Sewer Department mainte- nance, including engineering, clerical services and superinten- dence the sum of $650 together with income from connections.
Fire Alarm.
'Voted .. To raise and appropriated for fire alarm maintenance $350, and for construction $1,100, a total of $1,450.
Fire Department.
'Voted. That vote whereby town voted $10,500 for Fire Depart- ment be reconsidered. It was then moved that $150 be added to Fire Department appropriation for repairs on Volunteer Hose Companies apparatus.
Voted. That matter be referred to the town Counsel as to legal- ity, he to report at an adjournment of this meeting.
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Art. 6. To determine the compensation of enginemen for the year ensuing.
Motion, That compensation for enginemen for the ensuing year be as follows :
Central Fire Station, including Hook and Ladder Co. and Combination Hose Co., $100 per man.
Volunteer Hose Co., No. 2, $75 per man.
Greenwood Hose Co., No. 3, $50 per man.
Montrose Hose Co., No. 4, 850 per man.
Amended, that pay of Volunteer Hose Company be increased from $75 to $100.
Amended, that pay of Greenwood and Montrose Hose Companies be increased to $75.
Amendments carried.
Motion as amended then voted.
Art. 7. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a suffi- cient sum of money to make a card index of the births. marriages and deaths, or what they will do about it.
Voted. To raise and appropriate $300.
Art. 8. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) for the purpose of Memorial Day.
Voted. To raise and appropriate $350. $300 to be devoted to use of the Grand Army and $50 for use of Spanish War Veterans.
Art. 9. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for clerk hire for the Board of Overseers of the Poor, or what they will do about it.
Voted. To raise and appropriate $75.
Art. 10. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Asses- sors to employ a permanent clerk, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum therefor, or what they will do about it. Voted. To raise and appropriate $300.
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Art. 11. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $250.00 for transfers, probate records, writing the tax collector's book, and printing the street list, or what they will do about it.
Voted. To raise and appropriate $250, not including any ex- pense that may be incurred by the Tax Collector in examina- tion of tax titles or by Board of Assessors in writing Tax Collector's book.
Art. 12. To see if the town will vote to install meters on the water service pipes.
Voted. That the Water and Sewerage Boards be instructed to install meters.
Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to issue notes, scrip or bonds, for the purpose of paying for the purchase or instal- lation of water meters, as may be authorized under vote of next preceding article of this warrant
Voted That for purpose of providing for the payment of the installation of Water Meters, as authorized by vote of the town under' Article 12 of this warrant, the Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to issue notes or bonds of the Town of Wakefield, in accordance with the Statutes, to the amount of £15,000, said notes or bonds to be dated April 1st, 1912, payable Fifteen Hundred Dollars annually in each of the years 1913 to 1922, both inclusive, with interest not exceeding four (4) per centum per annum, pay able semi-annually, said notes or bonds may be authenticated by the State of Massachusetts or some bank or trust com- pany of the City of Boston. "Yes" 210. "No" 8.
Art. 41. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to purchase a parcel of land of sufficient size from the former Wakefield Estate, known as the Factory field, to be used for the purpose of a Play Ground, under the direc- tion of the Park Commissioners.
Motion to take up Article was lost. "Yes" 79. "No" 129.
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Voted. That vote whereby the Town voted not to take up Article 41 be reconsidered. "Yes" 132. "No" 94.
Motion was then made to take up Article 41, but during discussion it was
Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to next Monday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 25, 1912
Meeting called to order at 7.40 o'clock, Article 41 being in order.
Voted. To take up Article 41. "Yes" 126. "No" 3.
Ou motion of Finance Committee.
Voted. To raise and appropriate the sum of $5000 for purpose outlined by this article, the parcel of land to consist of four acres and the location to be determined by a committee of five. "Yes" 212. "No" 147.
Article 5.
Voted. That Article 5 be taken up.
Voted. That vote for appropriation for Schools be reconsidered.
Voted. That the salaries of the grade teachers in our public schools be increased at the rate of $50 per year. effective April 1, 1912, and that a further increase of $50 per year be granted them. effective January 1. 1913. the maximum salaries of said teachers to be 8650 per year. and that the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1635 to provide for above increase to January 1, 1913.
Voted. That vote whereby $10,000 voted for Municipal Light Plant be reconsidered.
On motion of Finance Committee.
Voted. To amend appropriation for Municipal Light Plant to read as follows: - To raise and appropriate for Municipal Light Plant the sum of $15,000, including Commissioners' salaries. $300. together with the receipts.
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The following Resolves were then offered by M. E. S. Clemons, and no objections being offered, resolves were introduced and unanimously adopted.
Resolve, Whereas, Mary E. Aborn, long a resident of Wakefield, did by her last will give to the town of Wakefield $2,000 for "Park purposes". Be it resolved, that the Town accepts with due appreciation said gift and hereby author- izes the Treasurer to execute under the seal of the town, upon payment to him of the said $2,000, by the executor of said will, full acquittance and receipt to said executors and an agreement that said sum will be used for Park purposes.
Resolve, That the Committee appointed June 19, 1911, under Articles 3 and 4 of the Warrant for that meeting, relating to the purchase of land bordering on Crystal Lake, be and hereby are authorized to report to the town in print and the expense thereof to be paid from the miscellaneous fund.
Motion to adjourn was lost.
Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to employ a competent engineer, who shall be a practical road builder, as Superintendent of Streets. Charles N. Winship.
Voted. That the Board of Selectmen be instructed to employ a competent engineer, who shall be a practical road builder as Superintendent of Streets.
Art. 35. To see if the town will vote to increase the pay of laborers in the Highway Department, from $2.00 per day to $2.25 per day, or what they will do about it. Daniel J. O'Donovan.
Voted. That Article 35 be now taken up. "Yes" 267. "No" 0.
Voted. That the pay of laborers in the Highway Department be increased from $2.00 per day to $2.25 per day.
Art. 5.
Voted. That Article 5 be now taken up.
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Voted. To take the matter of Highway appropriation from the table.
Finance Committee offered the following motion :
That the town raise and appropriate for the Highway Department the sum of $14,000, and in addition the Street Railway Tax, $3,000 of which to be expended on Main street, and the balance of said tax to be expended in streets upon which cars run.
That the Town Treasurer be authorized under the direc- tion of the Selectmen to borrow $6,000 in anticipation of Street Railway Tax.
That preference be given at all times to the permanent men, horses and carts of the Fire Department.
That compensation for a pair of horses, cart and driver be no more than $5.00 per day ; to single horse, cart and driver no more than $3.50 per day.
Amended, to increase appropriation from $14,000 to $19,000.
Amended that amount be increased from $19,000 to $20,000.
Motion to increase compensation for horses, carts and driver was lost.
Amendment carried was then voted.
Voted. That appropriation for Salary Account be reconsidered.
Voted. To raise and appropriate $1100 additional for salary of Superintendent of Streets, and that salary of Superintendent of Streets shall not exceed $2000 per annum.
Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to next Monday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, APRIL 1, 1912
Voted. . That Article 3 be taken up.
Mr. Parker reported for the Committee.
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Mr. A. S. Hill declined to serve on Finance Committee, and Mr. E. H. Morton offered as an amendment that the name of Lewis J. Gordon be substituted for that of A. S. Hill. The report as amended was then accepted and adopted.
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, 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, Wm. Hickey, T. E. Toomey, Thomas Hickey. A. B. Morton, J. H. McMahan, F. W. Magdeburg, 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. Foster, L. E. Bennett, W. A. Prescott, H. A. Feindel, A. P. Webber, W. E. Knox.
Finance Committee for Three Years -W. E. Cowdrey, C. F. Winship, J. W. Murphy, Lewis J. Gordon, E. C. Richardson.
Finance Committee for Two Years-Winfield L. Marshall.
Article 5.
Voted. To take up Article 5.
Voted. To raise and appropriate $10,650 for use of Fire De- partment, $150 to be used for repairs on Volunteer Motor Truck.
Highway Department.
Voted. That the Selectmen be instructed to expend 10% of the appropriation for Highways on the section known as Mont-
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rose, bounded as follows : - Lowell street from Lowell St. Depot to Reid's Corner ; Salem street from Newburyport Branch R. R. to junction of Old and New Salem streets, taking in Bellevue Park, and that portion of Montrose Ave. included in the Montrose School District. An equal amount (10%) on the other three outlying sections, and balance (60%) on Main street and centre of town.
Art. 15. To see if the town will vote to have Gould and Con- verse streets, from Emerson to Jordan avenue, macadam- ized, and the whole of Dell avenue, and raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money therefor. Charles N. Win- ship and others.
On motion of Finance Committee,
Voted. That the subject matter of this article be referred to Board of Selectmen.
Art. 16. To see if the town will vote to macadamize Byron street from Albion street to Jordan avenue, and to put in two sand catchers at the junction of Byron and Gould streets, and to raise and appropriate money therefor, or what they will do about it. Harry F. Peck and others.
Voted. That the town appropriate an amount not exceeding $250, same to be taken from Highway Appropriation for purpose outlined by this article.
Art. 17. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $800, the said sum to be expended on Emerald street, and to be used in putting the sidewalks, gutters and street in good condition. Daniel H. Regan and others.
Voted. That the town raise and appropriate a sum not exceed- ing $300 for purpose outlined by this article. .
Art. 18. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a suffi- cient sum of money to light Vernon street, from Lowell street to the Lynnfield Centre line. Thomas Paon and others.
Voted. That the town instruct the Municipal Light Board to install lights as called for by this article.
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Art. 19. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a suffi- cient sum of money to install electric lights upon the public highway called Curve street between Fairmount avenue and Hillside avenue, or what they will do about it. John J. Butler and others.
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