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Mar. 31. , son of Tony Wronkowski and Eva (Kobiatka) Wronkowski.
Apr. 15. Mary, daughter of Michael Donlon and Mary (McGrail) Donlon.
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Apr. 16. Robert Porter, son of Patrick F. Heaphy and Marion (Cobb) Heaphy.
Apr. 18. Mabel Louise, daughter of Harry L. Saulnier and Susan A. (Lougee) Saulnier.
May 10. , son of Arthur Dale and Alexanderina Dale.
May 21. Edward, son of Edward Pitman and Carrie (Tuttle) Pitman.
May 22. Jennie, daughter of Joseph Rochna and Anasta- sia (Jarsuka) Rochna.
May 24. Everett Parsons, son of Albert Holland and Laura (Parsons) Holland.
May 30. Angus Joseph, son of Joseph D. MacDonald and Mary K. (Conlon) MacDonald.
June 10. Marion Cole, daughter of Henry C. Webb and Marion S. (Jones ) Webb.
July 9.
Madeline Phillis, daughter of Walter Gurney and Stella (Taylor) Gurney.
July 15. Katherine, daughter of Edward Lester McGarry and Annie May (Ryan) McGarry.
July 19. Alice Margaret, daughter of John A. O'Leary and Lillian A. (McGlauflin) O'Leary.
July 29. Francis Williams, son of Francis Williams Sar- gent, 2d and Margery (Lee) Sargent.
Aug. 1. John, son of John P. McVey and Katherine F. (Lynch) McVey.
Aug. 7. Joseph Vincent, son of James Saunders and Mary (Doyle) Saunders.
Aug. 14. Stromdley, son of Telesforanvi Chludzenska and Helena (Wismewski) Chludzenska.
Aug. 26. Evelyn Lucy, daughter of Samuel Clews and Mary (Edge) Clews.
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Aug. 27. Virginia, daughter of Rodney H. Adams and Eloise (Pitcher) Adams.
Sept. 21. Grace Campbell, daughter of Paul Merrill and Rachel H. (Parker) Merrill.
Sept. 27. Edward Skeffington, son of Erle G. Brewer and Marion (Cotesworth) Brewer.
Nov. 16. Gladys Gwendoline, daughter of Thomas A. Poole and Lilian B. (Collins) Poole.
Nov. 24. Mary Agnes, daughter of Harold Back and Mar- garet (Eardsley) Back.
Dec. 9. Margaret Nina, daughter of Wentworth Peter- son and Mary Alice (Neville) Peterson.
Dec. 24. ~, son of Leo C. White and Clara Ellen (Curtis) White.
Dec. 30. Arthur Clayton, Jr., son of Arthur C. Kirby and Mary (Wilkinson ) Kirby.
DEATHS RECORDED.
Vrs.
Mos.
Days
Jan. 3. George C. Ryerson,
75
Jan. 19. Sarah E. Lovering,
78
8
18
Feb. 16. Mary Varrell,
51
April 13.
Elsie Marion Peterson,
26
1
2
May 27. John T. Gentlee,
46
8
June 20.
Charles H. Chase,
67
7
24
July 11. Caleb Jerome Norwood,
75
10
26
July 17. Allan McDonald,
33
1
15
Aug. 28. Edmond M. Cobb,
69
2
8
Sept. 2. Caroline J. Putnam,
66
10
Sept. 4. George E. Littlefield,
71
6
Sept. 10. James Burrows,
6
5
28
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Sept. 24. Elizabeth S. Webber,
79
11
18
Oct. 12. Nellie A. Ramsdell,
24
9
10
()ct. 30. Gladys E. Smerage,
14
4
17
BROUGHT INTO TOWN.
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
April 16. Betty Harriet Neilson Wil- liams,
1
11
1
May 2. George H. Dodge,
1
11
11
July 12. Charles A. Williams,
41
9
21
Aug. 2. Aretas D. Wallace,
72
8
Aug.
14. Lucretia B. Foster,
83
Aug. 26.
Laura S. Patch,
81
8
26
Dec. 27.
Ella V. Trow,
58
8
7
SAMUEL A. F. WHIPPLE,
Town Clerk.
Public Library Report.
In submitting my annual report for the Hamilton Public Library, I can certainly report a year of progress.
It may be interesting to some to know how well the Library is patronized. During the past year we have issued more volumes than the previous year, the largest number being during the month of July. That month the circulation, for the two days on which the Library is open, averaged ninety books each day. The month in which we issued the fewest books was November, averaging then only forty books each day.
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We have arranged on the shelves in the rear of the Library, some two hundred volumes of non-fiction which do not appear in our finding-list or card catalogue. These have been presented to us at different times, and while many of them are too ancient to be of much value, possibly among them there are some which would be interesting to some of the patrons of the Library should they care to look them over.
Last year, Miss Alice Dodge presented to the Library a beautiful bust of Henry W. Longfellow which has been placed on a shelf in the reading-room and which adds much to its attractiveness. We extend many thanks to her for the gift.
The interest in the magazines still holds good and they are eagerly sought for as soon as available. During the year, many of the High School pupils spent much time searching the magazines for "war topics" connected with their school work.
We have had three sets of pictures loaned us by the Woman's Educational Association, one especially interesting to the children being "Illustrated Fairy Tales." At present, a set of pictures on "Rome" is on exhibition in the reading room.
We wish to thank all who have kindly contributed books or magazines to the Library.
GRACE C. STONE,
Librarian.
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Appended may be found a list of books added to the Library the past year.
Anderson, Ada W.
The Rim of the Desert. F2845
Antin, Mary
The Promised Land
B. A. 13
Allen, Capt., Quincy
The Outdoor Chums
F2815
The Outdoor Chums in the Forest 2816
The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf 2817
The Outdoor Chums after Big Game 2818
2819
The Outdoor Chums on a House-boat. Appleton, Victor
Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout
F2861
Tom Swift and his Sky Racer F2862
Tom Swift and his Grant Cannon
F2863
Bacon, Josephine D. Open Market F2890
Barbour, Ralph W.
Left Tackle Thayer
F2922
The Secret Play
F2923
Barley, Temple
Contrary Mary
F2847
Bassett, Sara W.
The Taming of Zenas Henry
F2865
Beach, Rex
Heart of the Sunset
F2915
Benedict, Arnold
Your United States
917.3B1
Benning, Howe
Miss Charity's House F2820
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Bindloss, Harold
Winston of the Prairie F2854
Bjorkman, Francis Woman Suffrage Blackmore, R. D. Lorna Doone
324.3B
F2836
Carleton, William
The Red Geranium
F2896
New Lives for Old
814.C2
Chapman, Allen
Fred Fenton, the Pitcher
F2889
Fred Fenton in the Line F2912
Fred Fenton on the Track
F2913
Fred Fenton on the Crew
F2893
Ralph of the Round House
F2907
Churchill, Winston
A Far Country
F2866
Comstock, Harriet T.
Janet of the Dunes
F2899
Corelli, Marie Innocent F2796
Cowles, Julia D.
Our Little Athenian Cousin of Long Ago F2829
Our Little Roman Cousin of Long Ago F2830
Crane, Laura D.
The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach F2881
Curwood, James O.
The Danger Trail
F2895
Davis. Richard H.
With the Allies 940.9D
De Forest, Jean L.
Molly F2877
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Dell, Ethel M.
The Knave of Diamonds F2931
Dixon, Thomas
The Foolish Virgin F2928
Dowd, Emma C.
Doodles-the Sunshine Boy
F2879
Eaton, Walter P.
Boy Scouts of the Wildcat Patrol
F2942
Emerson, Alice B.
Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies
F2875
Ruth Fielding at Sunrise Farm
F2876
Emerson, Walter G.
The Treasure of Hidden Valley
F2911
Erskeme, Payne
A Girl of the Blue Ridge F2852
Farnol, Jaffery
Beltane the Smith F2903
Ferris, Elmer E.
The Business Adventure of Billy Thomas F2880
Finley, Roger T.
The Wonder Island Boys
F2917
Flower, Jesse G.
Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton
College F2791
Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College F2792
Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College F2793
Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College F2794
Forbes, Graham B.
The Boys of Columbia High F2833
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The Boys of Columbia High on the Dia- mond F2834
The Boys of Columbia High on the Grid- iron F2837
The Boys of Columbia High on the Ice
F2838
The Boys of Columbia High in Track Athletics F2839
The Boys of Columbia on the River
F2850
French, Allen, The Runaway F2808
Froissant, Sir John
The Boy's Froissant
940.4F
Garis, Howard R.
Dick Hamilton's Fortune
F2797
Dick Hamilton's Cadet Days F2798
Dick Hamilton's Steam Yacht
F2799
Dick Hamilton's Foot-ball Team
F2800
Dick Hamilton's Touring Car
F2801
Dick Hamilton's Air Ship
F2802
George, W. L.
The Second Blooming F2898
Gordon, Harry
On the Columbia
2932
Gray, Phœbe
Little Sir Galahad
F2842
Gray, Jane
The Heritage of the Desert
F2812
Desert Gold
F2835
The Rainbow Trail
F2935
Green, Anna K.
The Forsaken Inn F2872
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Hall, Gertrude C.
The Nowadays' Girls in the Adirondacks F2937
Harris, Joel Chandler
Nights with Uncle Remus F2849 Uncle Remus F2853
Harrison, Henry S.
Angela's Business
F2908
Holland, Annie J. Taletha Cumi
F2806
Hope, Laura Lee
The Bobbsey Twins
F2831
The Bobbsey Twins in the Country F2855
The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore
F2856
The Bobbsey Twins at School
F2857
The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge
F2858
The Bobbsey Twins on the Houseboat
F2859
The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook
F2860
Ingram, Eleanor
In the Car Behind
F2822
Jackson, Gabrielle E.
Three Little Women
F2824
Three Little Women's Success
F2825
Three Little Women as Wives
F2826
Johnson, Mary
The Fortunes of Garin
F2938
Jones, Doris E.
Time O' Day
F2888
Kay, Ross
The Search for the Spy
F2918
Knibbs, Henry H.
Lost Farm Camp
F2871
Sundown Slim
F2919
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Lee, Jannette
Aunt Jane
F2924
The Woman in the Alcove
F2810
Lincoln, Joseph
Thankful's Inheritance
F2887
Lippman, Julia M.
Burkeses, Amy
F2939
Locke, William J.
Jaffery
F2894
Long, Helen B.
Janice Day
F2841
The Testing of Janice Day
F2943
London, Jack
The Sea Wolf
F2892
Lutz, Grace
Miranda
F2900
The Obsessions of Virginia Gracen
F2909
Malory, Sir Thomas
The Boy's King Arthur
929.7M
Maniates, Belle K.
Amarilly of Clothes Line Alley
F2843
Marlowe, Amy B.
The Girls of Hillcrest Farm
F2867
Frances of the Ranges
F2910
McCall, Sidney
The Stirrup Latch
F2936
McClung, Nellie L.
Sowing Seeds in Danny
F2873
The Second Chance
F2884
Mccutcheon, George B.
Black is White F2789
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Meade, L. T.
The Manor House
F2840
Montgomery, L. M.
F2848
The Golden Road Anne of the Island
F2886
Morris, Gouverneur
The Seven Darlings
F2930
Nicholson, Meredith
A Hoosier Chronicle
F2795
Oppenheim, E. P.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo F2901
Orczy, Baroness
The Bronze Eagle
F2941
Otis, James
The Boy Spies at Yorktown F2869
The Boy Spies at the Battle of Bunker Hill F2870
Packard, Winthrop
Wild Pastures 917.4P
Palmer, Frederick
Over the Pass
F2804
Parker, Gilbert
The Money Master
F2904
Perry, Stella G. S.
The Kind Adventure
F2809
Porter, Eleanor H.
Pollyanna Grows Up F2846
Porter, Gene Stratton
Michael O'Holloran
F2916
Porter, Horace Young Aeroplane Scouts in France and Belgium F2925
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Powell, E. Alexander
Fighting in Flanders
Rice, Alice H.
The Honorable Percival
F2821
Rinehart, Mary
King's, Queens and Pawns 940.9R
Roe, Vingie E.
The Heart of the Night Wind F2805
Rouse, Adelaide L. Helen Beaton F2883
Roy, Lillian E.
The Blue Birds of Happy Times Nest
F2832
Sage, William
A Maid of Old Virginia F2914
Scott, John Reed
The Princess Dehra F2790
Sidney, Margaret Our Town F2807
Smith, F. Hopkinson,
Felix O'Day
F2905
Smith, Harriet L.
Peggy Raymond's Vacation
F2934
Speed, Nell
Molly Brown's Orchard Home
F2885
Stewart, Elinore P.
Letters of a Woman Homesteader 808.6S
Theiss, Louis and Mary
His Big Brother F2920
Tompkins, Juliet W. Diantha F2878
Townsend, Charles W .
Sand Dunes and Salt Marshes 508T
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Twain, Mark
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
F2844
Usher, Roland G. Pan-Germanism
940.9W
Vandercook, Margaret
The Camp Fire Girls Amid the Snow F2786
The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World F2787
The Camp Fire Girls Across the Sea F2788
The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill F2803
Van Vorst, Marie
Big Tremaine F2891
Mary Moreland
F2874
Wade, Mary H.
Our Little Porto Rican Cousin
F2827
Weir, Hugh C.
The Young Wheat Scout F2912
Wells, Carolyn
Two Little Women F2926
Westcott, F. N.
Hepsy Burke F2851
White, Stewart E.
The Call of the North
F2902
The Gray Dawn
F2940
Williamson, C. N. & A. M.
The Guest of Hercules
F2785
A Soldier of Legion
F2811
Willsie, Honore Still Jim F2868
Wilson, Harry L.
Ruggles of Red Gap
F2882
Winslow, Clara V.
Our Little Servian Cousin -
F2828
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Wood, Eric F.
The Note-Book of an Attaché 920.01W Wright, Harold B.
The Eyes of the World F2784
Report of the Branch Library-South Hamilton.
During the past year about fifty (50) new names have been added to the list of readers.
There has been forwarded to the chairman of the libra- ry committee eight dollars and fifty-eight cents ($8.58) all of which was received from book fines.
The library is open Tuesdays and Saturdays from two until eight o'clock.
During the past year an average of thirty-nine (39) books a day have been issued.
The call for non-fiction books is not nearly as great as for fiction. However there are always a few non-fiction books here, should any one care to read them.
There is always a great demand for new and up-to-date books which, no doubt, will be supplied as far as the library committee is able to do so.
OSGOOD J. KIMBALL.
Report of the Committee on Fire Apparatus.
South Hamilton, Mass., Feb. 7, 1916.
After last year's experience, and knowing the sentiment of the people and about what amount the Town feels able to appropriate, the Committee on Fire Apparatus would rec- ommend the appropriation of fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) to purchase a two-tank chemical Ford LaFrance.
The truck fairly equipped costs twelve hundred and fifty dollars ($1250). The trailer, which is very essential for carrying extinguishers, brooms, pails, etc., costs one hundred and fifty dollars ($150), thus making the actual cost of the machine, fourteen hundred dollars ($1400), and leaving one hundred dollars ($100) for extras, such as:
Speedometer, $12 00
Demountable Rimmed Wheels, 25 00
Standard Weed Chains 5 30
30 x 3} Wheels and Pneumatic Tires on front, 20 00
Acetylene Searchlight and Presto Tank, 35 00
Nickel Trimmings, 15 00
We have the promise of one gong, fifty feet of extra chemical hose and the truck landed here with no extra charge, which means a saving of about fifty dollars ($50).
These cars have been designed to provide the smaller communities with the advantages of motor driven apparatus
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which heretofore only the larger cities have enjoyed. No village, town or city can afford to be without adequate fire protection and the Ford Fire Cars make it possible for the smaller communities to enjoy real protection.
We are sure you will recognize the merits of American- LaFrance apparatus mounted on Ford chassis and that you will urge your fellow citizens to earnestly consider the pur- chase of such a car to make OUR COMMUNITY a safer place in which to live and do business.
We trust the Engineers will find a proper place to house this machine, as the Committee would not feel like recommending to the Town to appropriate fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) unless it was to be housed in a suitable place with the proper care, all of which is very essential in making the service complete.
We find that towns which are using this outfit are more than pleased with it, since it cannot be equalled for the money expended.
Four words describe the fire kit in a nutshell :
Inexpensive, Durable, Efficient, Economical.
Signed by Committee :
OSGOOD J. KIMBALL, Chairman, GEORGE CHECKETTS, HENRY N. HUDSON.
Report of the Committee on Water Supply.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
of the Town of Hamilton, Mass.
Gentlemen :- The committee which was appointed by the Town to look into and study plans to supply the Town with water respectfully submit the following.
The early work of the committee was spent in trying different methods to ascertain, if possible, if the voters and real estate owners really wanted water, and it was consider- able time before we could form any definite opinion, and during this time your committee engaged the services of Messrs. Metcalf & Eddy, a very reliable firm of Boston engineers to assist us in the possibilities of the problem, they made a report, and it was laid before the Town. Later there seemed to be an awakening by those interested in the Town for a supply of water, some fires had occurred, and it was the general opinion that water was really needed, and must be had. Your committee looked about for a capable and competent engineer to lay out the work, and decided upon Mr. R. C. Allen of Manchester, he immediately began laying out plans and making surveys, examining every part of the Town where water was likely to be found, and finally decided the Miles River Basin was the location that contained the best supply. Thereupon wells were driven and as far as
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possible an exhaustive examination made, with the result that Mr. Allen's report, full and comprehensive, has been printed and laid before the voters and real estate owners of the Town for their study and approval, or otherwise. Besides an independent supply which your committee was instructed to obtain, Mr. Allen has given basis and comparative figures for a possible supply from Salem through the Salem and Beverly Water Committee.
It is almost impossible for your committee to recom- mend to the Town either sources of supply, as both have their objections and advantages, and furthur work and investigation must be done in either case.
Your committee have held eighteen meetings in all, and with one or two exceptions, the full number have been present every time a meeting was called.
We are greatly indebted to Mr. R. C. Allen for his interest taken in the matter, and for the great amount of work which he has accomplished with the appropriations furnished. We sincerely urge a study of his report, plans, and figures.
Committee on Water Supply,
EUGENE L. WILDES. Chairman, W. C. WARE. Secretary, F. P. TRUSSELL, W. E. TOWNSEND, J. R. MANN.
Report of Board of Fire Engineers.
To the Honorable Bourd of Selectmen.
Gentlemen :- We wish to submit the first annual report of the Board of Engineers of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1915.
On April 6, 1915, the town voted to establish a Fire Department. On May 4th the newly established Board of Engineers held their first meeting. Before a company was formed it was necessary to draw a set of by-laws to govern the department. The following by-laws were adopted :
REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
ARTICLE I. The Officers of the Department shall consist of a Chief Engineer and four Assistants, one of whom shall be elected Clerk, who shall be chosen by ballot at the first annual meeting of the Board, which officers shall be styled the Board of Engineers. The Chief Engineer shall have command of the Fire Department at fires, and in his absence one of the Assistants shall take command.
ART. II. A meeting of the Board of Engineers shall be held on the first Tuesday evening of each month at 8 o'clock. The Chief Engineer shall preside at all meetings of the Board and in his absence one of the assistants shall preside.
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ART. III. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to notify the Board of Engineers of all monthly meetings, and of Special Meetings at the request of the Chief Engineer or any two members of the Board, and to keep a record of all meetings and fires and all bills approved by said Board of Engineers.
.ART. IV. All persons serving as firemen shall be sever- ally approved by said Board of Engineers, and such as are approved shall be furnished with a certificate assigning them to their Companies, which certificate shall be signed by the Chief Engineer and countersigned by the Clerk. Each Company shall draw up a code of By-Laws for the govern- ment of the Company and a copy of the same shall be sent before the Board of Engineers for approval at either the May or June meeting of the Engineers. When any person is voted into a Company to fill a vacancy it shall be the duty of the Clerk of that Company to immediately notify the Engineers of the same for their approval.
ART. V. There shall be attached to the several Fire Companies such Engineers as may be selected to assist in getting to the fire, and to superintend the several duties attached to the same.
ART. VI. The Captain of each Company will remain by his Company or at the apparatus of which he has charge, and preserve order and direct their operations. The utmost order, silence and decorum will be preserved in going to, work- ing at, and returning from a fire. On arriving at the fire the ('aptain or person having the Company in charge will report at once to one of the Engineers, and all members of the Department during a fire will remain with the apparatus to
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which they are attached and also return with the same, and- no member will be allowed to leave the same during the fire.
ART. VII. No apparatus shall be removed from a fire without permission from one of the Engineers.
ART. VIII. The Board of Engineers shall have entire charge of the whole Department which includes all of the Public Pumps, Reservoirs and Cisterns, Hose carriages and Hose, Hooks and Ladders and other apparatus with the several houses, fixtures and appendages.
ART. IX. The duty of the Steward shall consist of caring of the apparatus also buildings and grounds the same to be kept in clean and neat manner, walks and driveways to be kept clear of snow, also the rooms shall be heated and lighted on all meeting nights, for which he shall receive the sum of dollars.
ART. X. The Chief Engineer shall cause prosecutions to be instituted against all persons against whom complaints may be lodged, for disobedience of orders of any Engineer in time of fire, or in going to or returning from fires, and certif- icates of any member of the Company may be revoked by the Board for disobedience of the Rules and Regulations or the order of any Engineer.
ART. XI. Gambling and all Spirituous Liquors are strictly prohibited from all houses occupied by the Depart- ment, and any person found guilty of violating this Article shall be immediately expelled from the Department.
ART. XII. The several Fire Companies shall hold a meeting each month of the year.
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While the Department at the present time has only one company, it was thought advisable to have the By-Laws broad enough to include a number, should it be decided to have more at some future time.
The Board of Engineers appointed twenty-eight men as firemen and on May 28th they held their first meeting, elect- ing the following officers :
ROBERT ROBERTSON, JR., Captain
A. MERRILL CUMMINGS, 1st Lieut.
JOHN O'LEARY, 2dl Lieut.
C. A. FOSTER, Clerk
ALVIN PERLY was appointed Steward
The past year new sills were installed in the engine house and the doors were made wider, putting the engine house in good condition.
We wish to recommend the purchase of the apparatus which the Fire Committee will report on at the Annual Town Meeting.
We recommend the appropriation of $750 for the main- tenance of the Department for the ensuing year.
We feel it our duty to call attention to the lack of an alarm system. This is a very important part of any fire de- partment and we feel one would greatly increase the efficiency of our department.
Number of men in Department, 28
Number of calls since organizing, 7
Average attendance at fires, 10
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FIRES.
Samuel Green, Hamilton Hall, caused by an electric iron, no damage.
Metz Motor Car, on Willow street, caused by back fire, dam- age unknown.
Frances Appleton, Goodhue street, cause unknown, damage $100.
Frank Whipple, Bridge street, cause unknown, barn and outbuildings burned to ground, loss $3000.
Wendell Dodge, off Asbury street, caused by overturning lamp, no damage.
Myopia Hunt Club, off Main street, caused by chimney sparks on roof, no damage.
S. C. Gould, Union street, J. M. Low tenant, chimney fire, no damage.
Respectfully submitted,
ERLE G. BREWER,
GEORGE F. PENDEXTER, WALTER C. CLIFFORD, LESTER M. WHIPPLE, FRANK DANE.
Board of Engineers.
Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting.
Essex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Hamilton,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Hamilton, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Town, on Tuesday, the fourteenth (14th) day of March, nineteen hundred and sixteen, at six (6) o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. To bring in your ballots for
Moderator, for one year.
Town Clerk, for one year.
Three Selectmen, for one year.
Overseers of Poor, Board of Health and Fence Viewers, three for one year.
Treasurer, for one year.
Tax Collector, for one year.
Tree Warden, for one year.
Three Constables, for one year.
One Assessor, for three years.
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One Library Trustee, for three years.
One Cemetery Commissioner, for three years.
One Park Commissioner, for three years.
One member of School Committee for three years.
One member of School Committee, for one year.
And to vote on the following :
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors for the coming year? Yes or No.
All on one ballot. The Polls will open at six (6) o'clock and close at ten (10) o'clock in the fore- noon.
ART. 2. To choose and appoint all other Town Officers in such manner as the Town shall determine.
ART. 3. To hear the reports of the Town Officers and of the Finance and Advisory Committee and other committees and act thereon.
ART. 4. To raise and appropriate money for the repairs of Highways, Townways and Bridges and all other Town expenses and determine the man- ner of expending same.
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