USA > Massachusetts > Essex County > Hamilton > Town of Hamilton Annual Report 1927 > Part 2
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
Cutler, Temple (new lot )
75.00
78.11
3.95
3.00
79.06
Dane, Ephraim A.
108.00
108.71
5.48
5.00
109.19
Dane, Francis
1,000.00
1,169.34
53.19
20.00
1,202.53
Dane, Joseph F.
100.00
103.59
5.23
4.00
104.82
Dane, Luther
100.00
110.75
5.02
4.00
111.77
Davenport, J. K.
100.00
103.82
4.71
4.00
104.53
Dodge, Edward W.
100.00
106.43
5.38
3.50
108.31
Dodge, H. Augusta
200.00
284.92
12.94
6.00
291.86
Dodge, James E.
100.00
114.89
5.78
6.00
114.67
Dodge, Joseph T.
100.00
107.61
4.89
4.50
108.00
Dufton, Joseph W.
100.00
107.63
5.43
1.00
109.06
Ellis, Emily
100.00
105.05
5.09
3.50
106.64
Elwell, J. E. & Gertrude
100.00
100.42
9.94
4.00
106.36
Fillebrown, H. K.
50.00
52.09
2.63
2.25
52.47
Gleason, William T.
100.00
105.08
4.77
5.00
104.85
Goodhue, Samuel G.
100.00
100.94
5.08
· 5.00
101.02
Graham, Charles E.
50.00
52.09
2.63
2.25
52.47
Hayes, Olivia E.
100.00
105.91
5.11
4.00
107.02
Haynes, George T.
100.00
104.96
4.75
4.00
105.71
Henry, Mary R.
75.00
79.52
4.01
3.00
80.53
Horne, Thomas
100.00
112.65
5.68
3.50
114.83
Kimball, Susan A.
150.00
155.79
7.86
5.00
158.65
Kinsman, Jacob
100.00
112.20
5.09
4.00
113.29
Knowlton, George K.
100.00
111.89
5.63
3.00
114.52
Knowlton, Isaac F.
200.00
229.58
11.61
5.00
236.19
Knowlton, Joseph
100.00
100.40
4.85
4.00
101.25
Lovering, Joseph P.
100.00
107.86
5.43
4.00
109.29
Mason, Arthur
100.00
111.47
5.63
3.50
113.60
McNeill, Hattie
100.00
108.41
5.48
3.50
110.39
Patch, Emeline
100.00
108.19
5.45
3.50
110.14
Patch, Laura
100.00
107.61
5.43
4.50
108.54
Peterson, Charles A.
100.00
105.48
5.33
4.00
106.81
Preston, Thomas A.
100.00
101.21
5.11
4.50
101.82
Proctor, Thomas
300.00
323.90
32.16
356.06
Roberts, Daniel
100.00
106.91
4.84
4.00
107.75
Safford, Daniel E.
100.00
102.87
4.66
4.00
103.53
Stone, Daniel D.
100.00
102.37
4.95
4.00
103.32
Thayer, Samuel E.
100.00
101.45
4.89
3.50
102.84
Townsend, William E.
100.00
106.30
4.82
8.50
102.62
Tuttle, John
100.00
104.51
5.28
4.00
105.79
Whipple, Albert M.
100.00
102.39
5.15
4.00
103.54
Whipple, Hannah M.
100.00
105.48
4.77
4.00
106.25
Whipple, Emerson A.
100.00
101.98
4.922
4.00
102.90
Whipple, L. D.
100.00
106.53
4.82
3.00
108.35
Whittredge, John
100.00
100.00
2.80
2.80
100.00
Wilson, James
100.00
101.35
4.89
3.50
102.74
Woodbury, John L.
100.00
100.00
2.80
2,80
100.00
Woodbury, John T.
100.00
100.00
2.80
2.80
100.00
Added in 1927
Trussell, Frank P.
130.00
. . . .
150.00
. . . .
150.00
Porter, Benjamin
100.00
. . . .
100.00
. . . .
100.00
Knowlton, John H.
100.00
. . . .
100.00
. .. .
100.00
$8,558.00
$9,055.59
$798.95
$293.40
$9,561.14
46
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Savings Bank Deposits at beginning of year $9,055 59 Savings Bank Deposits at end of year 9,561 14
RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
Deposits for care $350 00
Care of Lots $293 40
Interest 448 95
Deposited in Savings Banks 505 55
$798 95
$798.95
INVESTMENT FUNDS
SPECIAL CEMETERY FUND
Principal
Interest
Total
Savings Bank Deposit at
beginning of year $1,125 00
$71 53
$1,19$ 53
Deposited in Savings Bank in 1927 110 00
114 21
224 21
Savings Bank Deposit at end of year $1,235 00 $185 74
$1,420 74
47
FINANCIAL REPORT
PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS December 31, 1927
H. AUGUSTA DODGE FUND
Cash
Savings Bank Total
On hand at beginning of year
$194 79 $1,000 00 $1,194 79
On hand at end of year
RECEIPTS
236 84 1,000 00 1,236 84 PAYMENTS Paid for periodicals $8 58
Cash on hand at be-
ginning of year
Cash on hand at
(in general cash) $194 79
Income in 1927 50 63
end of year (in general cash) 236 84
$245 42
$245 42
DR. JUSTIN ALLEN FUND
Cash
Savings Bank
Total
On hand at beginning of year
$58 69 $500 00 $558 69
On hand at end of year 82 98 500 00 582 98
RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
Cash on hand at be- ginning of year (in general cash) $58 69
Cash on hand at end of year (in general cash) $82 98
Income in 1927 24 29
$82 98
$82 98
Respectfully submitted,
CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON, Town Accountant.
48
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
TREASURER'S CASH
Cash on hand January 1, 1927 $21,206 36 270,893 68
Receipts in 1927
$292.100 04
Payments in 1927 $274,485 68
Cash on hand December 31, 1927
17,614 36
292,100 04
Cash on hand December 31, 1927 17,614 36
$17,614 36
Merchants Nat. Bank (deposit) $17,577 88
Cash in office 36 48
17.614 36
Merchants Nat. Bank (check book) $17,577 88 Checks outstanding Dec. 31, 1927 24,359 01
$41,936 89
Merchants National Bank Balance December 31, 1927 $41,936 89
$41.936 89
Yours respectfully,
ANNIE E. WOODBURY, Treasurer.
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
BIRTHS RECORDED
1926 July 25 William Henry son of Edward W. and Mary A. (Maloney) Wallace.
1927
Jan. 4 Gloria Trene, daughter of Ernest and Marion (Perley ) Colwell.
Jan. 10 Robert, son of John H. and Mary M. (Boland) Perkins.
Jan. 13 Ida Barker, daughter of Frank E. and Adelaide (Courtis) Manthorn.
Jan. 26 Revere Wade, Jr., son of Revere W. and Doris (Stone) Brooks.
Feb. S Edward Warren, son of
Clarence and Roma (Rogers) Fuller.
Feb. 23 Barbara, daughter of Stanley E. and Gertrude M. (Hitchings) Allen.
Mar. 4 Richard Leslie, son of Harold M. and Myrtis A. (Ruce) Johnson.
Mar. 7 Grace Eva, daughter of
Frank R. and Eva (Ingraham) Feener.
Mar. 13 Donald Wilson, son of Robert H. Jr. and Mabel (Batchelder) Chittick.
Mar. 1S Leroy Charles, son of Henry E. and Mildred ( Kneeland) Tobyne.
.April 21 Ray Albert, son of Frank E. and Alice (Morse) Whitcomb ..
May 10 Robert Edward, son of Michael and Nellie (Riley) McDonald.
May 24 Barbara Frances, daughter of John and Frances (Smith) Foster.
49
50
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
May 30 Joseph, Jr., son of Joseph and Mary J. (Sallaway) Bousley.
June 3 Jane, daughter of Herbert A. and Mildred A. (Thompson) Upton.
June 12 Doris Evelyn, daughter of Arthur and Blanch (Callahan) Melvin. July S Catherine, daughter of Eddie and Mamie (Mercer) Carter.
July 12 Gloria Grant, daughter of Philip K. and Rachel H. (Grant) Brown.
July 28 John Brayton, son of Waldo L. and Agnes (Foss) Lucas.
Aug.
7 Thomas Francis, son of Laurence G. and Elizabeth (Horan) Bush.
Sept. 22 Leonard Francis, son of Dana and Helen (Cross) Lane.
Oct. 1 Margaret Ann, daughter of Peter J. and Dorothy M. (Morse) Thimmer.
Oct. 25 Richard Emery, son of Walter and Viola (Kempton) Blanchard.
Nov. 25 Robert Clarkson, son of Arthur and Mary (Lightbody) Upton.
Nov. 27 Allan Argyle, son of Leverett W. and Helen F. (Brumby) Campbell. Nov. 28 Marion Louise, daughter of
Amos and Helen E. (Dodge) Fuller.
MARRIAGES RECORDED
John D. McLean of Hamilton, Ellen Josephine Lonergan of Hamilton.
Arthur W. Fraser of Wenham, Mildred R. Clarke of Wenham.
51
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Martin Dunlap of Salem, Elizabeth Casey of Wenham.
Stanley B. Macomber of Hamilton, Helen K. Gorman of Danvers.
Everett C. Welch of Lynn, Dorothy W. Smerage of Hamilton.
Arthur A. Upton of Lynn, Mary F. Lightbody of Hamilton.
David Earl Gosper of Essex, Hattie Bell Stanley of Essex.
Daniel McNeil of Hamilton, Martha Katherine Flanagan of Hamilton.
Rudolph H. Haraden of Hamilton, Martha N. Anderson of Hamilton.
Lester W. Standley of Wenham, Grace E. Harraden of Hamilton.
Emerson P. Dodge of Hamilton, Hattie G. Blair of Amherst, Mass.
William G. McKay of Hamilton, Ida M. Caverly of Beverly.
Leslie I. Hatt of Hamilton, Kathleen P. Garron of Hamilton.
52
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
John A. Sanborn of Boston, Eleanor G. Hunt of Arlington.
Trask N. Ready of Lynn, Ida E. McGovern of Lynn.
James A. Fitzgerald of Boston, Margaret Kelly of Hamilton.
Caroll L. Lander of Hamilton, Eva L. Spalding of Salem.
Aubrey W. Burgess of Hamilton, Rebecca M. Jeddrey of Hamilton.
Harold E. Corwin of Hopkinton, Mass. Alice E. Day of Hamilton.
Lawrence F. Burnham of Wenham, Frances M. Cogswell of Essex.
Kenneth E. Lombard of Hamilton, Edith M. Tucker of Marblehead.
Albert H. Tremblay of Hamilton, Marion R. Willett of Rowley.
John Henry Howard of Guilford, Vt., Sarah DeLuca of Hamilton.
Raymond A. Whipple of Hamilton, Ruth B. Perley of Hamilton.
53
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Arthur Albert LeMay of Beverly, Ruth Marshall of Beverly.
William M. Perkins of Salem, Alice E. Hatt of Hamilton.
Gilbert L. Steward of Hamilton, Anne Beekman Ayer of Hamilton.
William A. Brumby of Hamilton, Ellen G. Moynihan of Hamilton.
Raymond N. Lanctot of Hamilton, Irene Jodoin of Hamilton.
DEATHS RECORDED
1927
Yrs.
Mos. Days
Jan. 2 Irene M. Knowlton
89
4
10
Jan. 21
Lewis Delude
73
. . . .
Feb. 24 Archie Como
49
. .
· ·
Mar. 26
Margaret Michaud
35
0
14
Apr. 10 Mary P. Simpson
71
5
26
Apr. 27
Edward H. Haraden
39
8
16
Apr. 29 Fred C. Morton
69
3
18
May 5 Mary E. Gamboa
59
6
0
May 8 Fannie B. Trussell
59
1
0
June 20
Sarah A. Knowlton
78
2
28
July
7 Joseph M. Gamboa
61
11
0
Aug. 2 Einer R. Johnson
23
9
16
Oct. 3 Jeannie Kettendorf
66
2
6
Oct. 11
Michael Collins
65
. .
. .
Oct. 13
Charles Henry Dixon
76
. .
. .
54
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Oct. 14 Johanna Petersen
52
23
Oct. 25 Charles Rogers
76
11
21
Oct. 28 Kathleen Keough
11
. .
. .
Nov. 1 Leonard F. Lane
0
1 10
Nov. 21
William E. Townsend
69
7
20
Dec. 16
J. Horace Pope
71
3
16
Died
BROUGHT INTO TOWN
1927
Apr. 27 Lucy B. Stevens
71
11
20
July 15 Abbie F. Lovering
72
2
9
Oct. 7 Norman J. Conrad, Jr.
10
1
22
Nov. 12
Robert McGregor
7
S
6
1928
Jan. 9 James E. G:vinn
66
7 13
REGISTRATION
The Registrars of Voters met as follows in year 1927 : Once at Engine House, South Hamilton, and once at Town Hall. At these meetings the registration was as follows :
Men 58
Women
38
Total
96
The total number of voters at the close of registration was as follows :
Men
508
Women 408
Total
916
55
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
DOG LICENSES
Male
116
@
$2.00
$232 00
Female
55,
a
5.00
275 00
Breeder's
2
50.00
100 00
Breeder's
1 a 25.00
25 00
Total Receipts
$632 00
Less Fees
34 80
Paid Essex County
$597 20
SPORTING AND TRAPPING LICENSES
Sporting Licenses (Resident) 106 @ $2.25
$238 50
Trapping Licenses (Resident )
4 a 2.25
9 00
Sporting Licenses ( Non-Resident )
2 a 5.25 10 50
Trapping Licenses (Non-Resident)
1
5.25 5 25
Minors' Trapping Licenses
7
.75
5 25
Duplicate Licenses 2
.50 1 00
Total Receipts
$269 50
Less Fees
30 00
Paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$239 50
56
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
OTHER LICENSES
Junk Licenses
$50 00
Common Victualler's Licenses
38 00
Auto (second-hand dealer)
12 00
Denatured Alcohol
5 00
Pool and Bowling
4 00
Public Amusement
2 00
Oleo.
1 00
Paid Town Treasurer
$112 00
TOWN MEETINGS
Town Meetings in 1927 were as follows:
Annual Town Meeting, March 8, 1927. Appropriations at above meeting as follows :
From Revenue
$135.645 00
From Surplus
5.000 00
From Overlay Reserve
3,792 90
Total
$144,437 90
Respectfully submitted,
CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON. Town Clerk.
LIST OF JURORS
1928
Frank Dane, Union Street, Foreman.
Charles A. Smerage, Rust Street, Railroad Conductor.
John E. Cox, Main Street, Foreman. Fred A. Saunders, Railroad Avenue, Clerk. Oscar A. Wood. Bridge Street, Carpenter.
Daniel P. McGinley, Park Street, Machinist. Otho L. Charles, Plum Street, Chauffeur.
Finlay D. MacDonald, Union Street, Carpenter.
Frank L. Bailey, Highland Street, Electrician.
Samuel G. Goodhue, Asbury Street, Real Estate. Foster E. Tappan, Goodhue Street, Farmer. Earl E. Johnson, Main Street, News Agent.
George M. Adams, Highland Street, Farmer. Edward A. Underhill, Main Street, Forester. John J. Crosby, Railroad Avenue, Retired. George H. Sprague, off Bridge Street. Farmer. Jerry F. Hawkins, School Street, Foreman. Raymond C. Gould, Home Street, Grocer. Francis C. Moynihan, Main Street, Contractor. Oliver Wolcott, Main Street, Lawyer. Jonathan Lamson, Highland Street, Farmer.
Hamilton, Mass., February 6, 1928.
57
DEPARTMENT OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
To the Board of Selectmen of Hamilton:
Gentlemen-In compliance with General Laws, Chapter 98, Sec. 34, I herewith submit the annual report of this depart- ment for the year 1927.
Non- Con-
Adjusted
Sealed Sealed demned
Scales :
Platform over 5.000 lbs.
.
. . . .
Platform under 5,000 lbs.
1
17
Counter over 100 lbs.
. .
1
Counter over 100 lbs.
1
14
Spring over 100 lbs.
. .
. . . .
. .
. .
Computing under 100 lbs.
10
. .
. .
Personal weighing
..
1
. .
. .
Prescription
1
. .
. .
Weights :
Avoirdupois
1 141
. .
. .
Apothecary
42
. .
. .
Metric
12
. .
. .
Capacity Measures :
Liquid
98
. .
. .
Fuel Baskets
. .
. .
2
Automatic Measuring Devices :
Gasoline Pumps
1
13
1
. .
Kerosene Pumps
. .
. .
1
Oil Pumps
. .
2
27
. .
Quantity Stops on Pumps
99
. .
. .
Linear Measures :
Yard Sticks
. .
1
. .
. .
Molasses Pumps
. .
. .
2
. .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
Spring under 100 lbs. . .
19
.
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
5
2
59
WEIGHITS AND MEASURES
INSPECTIONS REQUIRED BY LAW
Tested
Correct
Under
Over
Bread
54
15
11
29
Butter
9
9
. .
. .
Dry Commodities
7
7
. .
. .
Flour
3
3
. .
. .
Fruit and Vegetables
5
2
2
1
Ice
4
. .
. .
4
Pedlers' Licenses
15
. .
. .
. .
Bread Labels
54
15
. .
. .
Wholesale Milk Cans
11
11
. .
. .
Ice Scales
2
2
. .
. .
Junk Scales -
1
1
. .
. .
A permanent record is kept at the Town Hall, showing each test and inspection. About 200 hours were devoted to the work of the department, and more than 275 miles covered in the per- formance of the duties attached thereto.
Respectfully submitted,
MERRILL S. LOVERING, Sealer.
REPORT OF PARK COMMISSION
Hamilton, Mass., January 29,1928.
To the Citizens of Hamilton:
"Chebacco Park," located on the shores of Chebacco Lake, just off the road that winds through the woods to Manchester, offers an ideal spot for campers and picnic parties. We hope that the townspeople will make more use of this beautiful spot.
We have continued the fence on the Dorothy Winthrop Me- morial Lot along the side facing Union Street. There is an article in the warrant asking for a special appropriation to cover the expense of extending the fence along the rear of the lot, bordering the land owned by Mr. T. A. Moynihan.
Some of the small trees and undergrowth, together with the rubbish that had been dumped there, have been cleaned up and burned. These improvements have increased the general ap- pearance of the land, and Mr. Winthrop has expressed his willingness to spend a sum of money to make this lot into a Park or Playground, provided the Town feels that there is a demand for the same, and is willing to appropriate a sum of money towards it.
The evergreen trees, which were planted around the Memo- rial Bowlder have been replaced by arbor-vitaes. This was done at the suggestion of the late Mr. Nathan Matthews and Col. J. C. R. Peabody. The change has improved the back- ground of the Bowlder, and the danger of dwarfing the shrub- bery has been overcome.
60
61
PARK COMMISSION
The planting of shrubs and trees on Central Park was car- ried out by Mr. Nathan Matthews. This has made a great improvement and gives this spot more of a park appearance. We are very much indebted to Mr. Matthews for the great interest that he always took in work of this kind. Through his generosity we are able to turn back to the Town the $300 which was appropriated to carry out this work.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE G. HARRADEN, Chairman. LAWRENCE R. STONE, Secretary. CHARLES F. POOLE.
REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Hamilton, Mass., February, 192S.
To the Board of Selectmen of Hamilton:
Gentlemen-I wish to submit my annual report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1927.
Whole number of arrests during the year, 29, divided as follows :
Male 29
Adults
20
Minors 9
Native born 23
Foreign born
4
Residents
4
Non-residents
25
OFFENSES
Larceny
4
Driving so as to endanger lives of the public
1
Taking truck without consent of owner
2
Unregistered car, improper number plates, no insurance Driving without a license
2
Gaming on the Lord's Day
6
Driving under influence of liquor
2
Disturbing the peace
6
Non-support
2
Drunk -
2
62
2
63
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
DISPOSITION
Fined and paid
14
Larceny, made restitution satisfactory to court 1
1
Three months in House of Correction (appealed) Case filed
1
Drunk and released
2
Appealed cases
-T
Sick and released
1
Found guilty, pays $4 per week for support of child 1
Found guilty, pays $10 per week for support of wife & child 1
ARRESTS MADE BY OFFICERS
Arthur Southwick 17
Fred F. Stillings
1-
Edward Frederick
3
Benjamin Dodge
2
OFFICERS' ATTENDANCE AT COURT
Arthur Southwick
36
Fred F. Stillings
10
Edward Frederick
3
Benjamin Dodge 2
Alvin Perley
2
COMPLAINTS INVESTIGATED
Arthur Southwick 116
Alvin Perley
43
Fred F. Stillings
28
Fred Saunders
16
Edward Frederick
5
Benjamin Dodge
3
64
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
SUPERIOR COURT
Cases on docket 2
Automobile licenses and registrations revoked or suspended during the year 1927 in Hamilton by Frank A. Goodwin, Reg- istrar of Motor Vehicles :
Licenses revoked 6
Licenses suspended 2
Registrations revoked
Number of motor vehicle accidents in Hamilton where per- sons were injured, during the year 1927, reported to police, 21
Number of motor vehicle accidents in Hamilton during the vear 1927, property damage only, reported to police, 54
Number of revolver licenses issued by police to carry a pistol or revolver in the State of Massachusetts, during the year 1927, 26
Number of notices of intended sale or transfer of motor vehicles issued by the Hamilton police during the year 1927, on forms supplied by Frank A. Goodwin, 91
HOURS OF DUTY PERFORMED BY OFFICERS
Arthur Southwick · 1,291
Alvin L. Perley 35515
Fred F. Stillings 353
Fred 1. Saunders 18816
Edward H. Frederick 102
George H. Harraden 104
Winthrop F. Dodge 53
Benjamin B. Dodge 21
65
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
EXPENSE OF ASBURY GROVE FIRE
Special officers (out-of-town) Trucking furniture Lunches for Officers at Grove fire
$122 55
50 00
25 90
TOWN OFFICERS
Arthur Southwick
40 hours
$24 00
Winthrop Dodge
19 hours
11 40
Fred F. Stillings
25 hours
15 00
Fred A. Saunders
18 hours
10 80
George H. Harraden
201/2 hrs.
12 30
Edward H. Frederick
19 hours
11 40
Total
$84 90
SPECIAL TOWN OFFICERS
Roland Fletcher
9 hours
$5 40
Henry Tobyne
6 hours
3 60
Edward McGregor
6 hours
3 60
Robert Wilkinson
18 hours
10 80
George W. Dodge
4 hours
2 40
Frank Dever
10 hours
6 00
Total 31 80
Total expense of Asbury Grove Fire
$315 15
66
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
MISCELLANEOUS
Automobiles reported stolen
15
Automobile stolen in town
4
Automobiles recovered
15
Automobile tires stolen
5
Automobile tire recovered
1
Other property reported lost or stolen, value about
$1,000
Other property found and recovered, value about
$400
Complaints received
211
Complaints investigated
211
Fires extinguished
4
Disturbances
34
Dogs reported lost or stolen
20
Dogs found and returned
S
Dogs killed
15
Lights reported out
48
Summons served for out-of-town officers
18
Dangerous wires reported or removed
6
Accidents reported
56
Persons received assistance
10
Police assistance to out-of-town officers
20
Police assistance by out-of-town officers
24
Court attendance for 1927
53
Report to Prison Commission
1
Report to Highway Commission
8
Letters, postal cards, and notices sent out, about
120
Letters, postal cards, and notices received, about
250
Person killed by steam train
1
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR SOUTHWICK,
Chief of Police.
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 Massachusetts 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 thirteenth day of March, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight (March 13, 1928), at fifteen minutes before six in the fore- noon (5.45 o'clock A. M.), then and there to act on the follow- ing articles, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. To bring in your ballots for :
Moderator for one year. Town Clerk for one year.
Three Selectmen for one year.
Three Overseers of Public Welfare for one year.
One Assessor for three years.
Treasurer for one year.
Tax Collector for one year.
Tree Warden for one year.
Three Constables for one year.
One Library Trustee for three years.
One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
One Park Commissioner for three years.
One Member of the School Committee for three years. One Surveyor of Highways for one year.
All on one ballot.
67
6S
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
The polls will open at fifteen minutes before six in the morning (5.45 A. M.) and will close at one o'clock in the afternoon (1 o'clock P. M.). After the close of the polls the remaining articles of the warrant shall be acted upon.
ARTICLE 2. To choose and appoint all other town officers in such manner as the Town shall determine.
ARTICLE 3. To hear the report of the town officers and of the Finance and Advisory Committee and other committees and take any action thereon.
ARTICLE 4. To raise and appropriate money for Schools, Highways, and all Town expenses, and determine the manner of expending the same.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1,380.91 from Excess and Deficiency to cover the overdraft of the Snow Removal Appropriation for the year 1927.
ARTICLE 6. To see what action the Town will take to- wards building a cistern for fire purposes, the exact location to be set by the Board of Selectmen and Engineers of Fire Department jointly, construction of said cistern to be con- tracted for and supervised by the Board of Selectmen, and appropriate the sum of one thousand five hundred ($1,500.00) dollars for same, or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by Board of Fire Engineers.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will accept Garfield Ave- nue, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and as per plan on file in the Town Clerk's office, and appropriate a sum of money to construct same, or take any action thereon, as peti- tioned for by Wendell W. Dodge and others.
69
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING
ARTICLE S. To see if the Town will accept Lincoln Ave- nue, so called, from Asbury Street to Arthur Avenue, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen and as per plan on file in the Town Clerk's office, and to see if Town will name said street Roosevelt Avenue and appropriate a sum of money to con- struct same, or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by Samuel G. Goodhue and others.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to continue the building of permanent highway on Essex Street to Wenham line and appropriate the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars for same.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to construct a system of drainage on Elliott, Pleasant and Willow Streets and appropriate the sum of three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars to construct the same, or take any action thereon.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will properly grade and . repair Cottage Street and appropriate the necessary sum of money for same, or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by William Tullock and others.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to build a side- walk on the northeasterly side of Linden Street, from the cor- ner of Willow Street to the Wenham line, and a sidewalk on the southerly side of Willow Street from the corner of Linden Street for a distance of one hundred feet, and appropriate a sum of money for the same, as petitioned for by Earl E. John- son and others.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to lay a drain pipe from the catch basin in front of the estate of Margaret Dodge et al on Bridge Street to the brook in the rear of the
70
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
estate, and appropriate a sum of money for the same, or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by Robert B. Walsh and others.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Thirteen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($13,500.00) to reconstruct Railroad Avenue from Depot Square to Union Street, the same to be let by public bid and to be completed by July 1, 1928, or take any action thereon as petitioned for by Timothy A. Moynihan and others.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to resurface and oil Rust Street Extension, beginning at Union Street and running to the end towards the swamp, or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by John J. Cullity and others.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to re-grade and re-surface Lincoln Avenue as originally laid out (the street never having been completed because of insufficient appropria- tion), and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by Lester F. Stanley and others.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a suitable sum of money to resurface and repair the Farms Road from Main Street to the Boston & Maine R. R. bridge, or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by Charles R. Smith and others.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars for the purpose of oiling or tarring that section of Asbury Street, also known as Topsfield Road, from a point beginning at the junction of Asbury and Highland Streets in front of Peatfield's store and
71
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING
for a distance that will reach to the brook which crosses under the highway and over the property of the Dodges, on the Easterly side, and the Asbury Grove Camp Meeting Associa- tion on the Westerly side, and that the work begin as soon as the road-bed is clear from snow and free from frost, or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by Mary Florence Adams and others.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.