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ARTICLE VIII
PROSECUTION UNDER THE BY-LAWS
Any citizen may, and the Selectmen, police officers and con- stables shall, prosecute every violation of the foregoing by-laws, by complaint before any Court having jurisdiction.
ARTICLE IX
CONTINUANCE OR REPEAL OF FORMER BY-LAWS
Upon the acceptance of the foregoing by-laws by the town, and approval of the same by the Attorney General, all by-laws heretofore existing shall be annulled and repealed ; provided that this repeal shall not apply to or affect any by-law, order or article heretofore adopted, accepting or adopting the provisions of any statute of the Commonwealth.
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Report of Board of Selectmen
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF LYNNFIELD :-
The first meeting of the Board of Selectmen for the year 1912-1913 was held March 19, 1912, at which it organized with Chas. J. Bolton, Chairman ; Albert P. Mansfield, Secretary, and Daniel G. Harvey, Member-at-large. The Board then proceeded without further delay to transact all routine business preliminary to commencing the fiscal Town year. The appointments to fill the several offices under the jurisdiction of the Board are given elsewhere, and need no furthur mention.
One of the most important matters before the Board at that time was the systematizing of the Town Records. Contract had already been let for equiping the Town Vault with steel cabinet fitted with compartments for each Department, and, in order that a copy of all correspondence might be filed for record, it was voted to instruct the Secretary to procure a typewriter. This has been done, and we believe that every one will appreciate the value of accurate and systematic records.
Two applications for the liquor license were received, one from the C. A. Eagleson Co., of Suntaug Inn, and one from Messrs. Haggerty & Co., who wished to do a wholesale bottling business, with Lynnfield as headquarters. A hearing was granted Messrs. Haggerty & Co., who appeared by council, Mr. Corcoran and Manager Walter Grey. The Board took the matter under consideration, and decided to grant the license to C. A. Eagleston Co., as had been done the year before.
The matters of purchasing a new sprayer and a forest fire fighting equipment had been considered in the meantime. The first was disposed of by placing order with the State Board of Agriculture for a power sprayer. The second was discussed at
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length, with a view of securing maximum amount of protection for the whole Town, and a decision reached whereby two simple but strong and serviceable wagons, with necessary fittings, were purchased from J. B. McLane. The equipment for each wagon consists of 5 Johnson Pumps, 10 Badger Fire Extinguishers with 4 Marshfield Cans, each can containing two complete charges, and some 20 charges are stored under the seat, so that the available capacity of each wagon at the present time is 40 charges, all ready for immediate use.
As these wagons were intended primarily for forest fires, we have placed them as nearly as possible in the centers of the forest districts, assigning No. 1 to Deputy Albert G. Tedford of Lowell St., No. 2 to Deputy Andrew Mansfield, Jr .. corner Salem and Walnut Sts. It is our belief that this distribution, together with the other apparatus of the Fire Department, gives the Town the best fire protection possible with the apparatus at hand.
The income from the Nash Improvement Fund has been spent in accordance with the wishes of the Townspeople, ex- pressed in petitions to our Board, as follows :
Improvements about Chemical Hall No. 2 $100 00
Cross Walks about Common 151 00
$251 00
Balance unexpended $64 70
The work of the Overseers of the Poor has not been very ex- tensive. Outside of those receiving Soldier's Relief, the Town stands at this time entirely free from paupers. A few requests for temporary aid have been granted, where claims were justified, but in several cases cities have tried to thrust paupers upon us claiming a settlement in Lynnfield. In all these cases we were successful in disproving their claims.
Only a very few cases of contagious diseases have been re- ported to the Board of Health, all of which have been disposed of as required by law.
Future prosperity of the Town seems assured. The tendency of people residing in the cities to migrate to the country is already manifested by many new houses built during the past year, as well.
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as by many contemplated for the coming year. The L. G. & E. Co. have already met with your Board preliminary to securing an amendment to their charter allowing them to extend their gas service into this town. A new street railway project, which pro- poses to connect the two precincts of the town together, as well as connect them directly with Lynn and Wakefield, is well under way. All these conveniences, in addition to the many natural resources and advantages which the town possesses, lead us to look forward to a very eventful and prosperous year.
BOARD OF SELECTMEN, A. P. MANSFIELD, Sec.
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Report of Assessors
TO THE TAXPAYERS OF THE TOWN OF LYNNFIELD :
The Board of Assessors held their first meeting on March 23, 1912, and organized as follows : Charles J. Bolton, Chairman, Albert P. Mansfield, Secretary, Elbridge H. Gerry, Member-at- large.
Pursuant to Section 41 of Chapter 490 of the Acts of 1909, notices were posted requesting all persons holding property to bring a list of same not later than May 15th. In some cases we even went so far as to forward form lists for making returns. Commencing April 1st, we visited every estate in town in search of personal property, and went over all new parcels of real estate in further compliance with above statutes.
In connection with the making of the annual assessments it seems advisable to mention certain fundamental laws passed by the General Court during the year 1909, due to the fact that many people are entirely unfamiliar with them, and in conse- quence thereof the Assessors are the object of much adverse criti- cism.
The statutes require that we shall make a fair cash valuation of all property, not exempt by law, on the first day of April. This means that the property must be assessed at 100 per cent, not 40 to 80 per cent of its value, as is frequently supposed ; and in making this valuation it is our endeavor to place the value at such an amount that it will remain absolutely unchanged if re- ferred to the County Commissions or the courts for adjustment.
'We are advised by the Tax Commissioner that in some cases where the Assessors of certain towns have not complied with the requirement of 100 per cent valuation that the difference between the assessed and true valuation of the total property in the town has been added by the Tax Commissioner to the assessed valua- tion, and the State Tax levied accordingly. With this fact in mind, we believe the lowest rate possible with 100 per cent valua- tion preferable to a higher rate with lower valuation and payment of a State Tax on an inflated valuation.
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All persons are expected, according to law, to bring in a sworn statement of all personal property, assessable or otherwise, to the Assessors on or before May 15th. It is hardly necessary to say that very few of these statements are received, and we are forced to arrive at these values as best we can, which oftentimes results in much hard feeling toward the Board.
On account of the many inquiries made as to why the tax rate for the present year is so high, a word of explanation may be in order :
In the first place we were called upon to make up an accumu- lated deficiency of several years back, the explanation for which is given in the town report for 1912.
Secondly, the annual appropriations for the year were $3,100 higher than last year, as may be seen from statement following.
Thirdly, two notes, one for $1,000 on Chemical Engine House No. 2, and one for $1,500 on Suntaug Park, had to be paid during the current year.
However, the Town is now financially sound, all but one of the temporary loans for two thousand dollars for the current year having been paid, and we believe that, after the above facts are clearly understood, your Board will be commended rather than blamed for the course it has pursued.
In closing, we wish to call attention to Section 99 of Part 1 of Chapter 490 of the Acts of 1909, which provides for the com- pensation of Assessors. It states that each Assessor shall receive at least $2.50 for each eight hours' service rendered, and as much more as the Town may allow. The revision of salaries of Town Officers for this Town, made at the annual Town Meeting in 1909, provides for a salary of $58.33 for each Assessor, which this year has amounted to approximately 56 cents for each eight hours worked.
The amount of work which the Assessors are called upon to perform each year is an ever increasing quantity, and we hope steps will be taken to correct the existing schedule of payment at the approaching Town Meeting.
BOARD OF ASSESSORS, A. P. MANSFIELD, Sec.
Feb. 1, 1913.
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ESTIMATE FOR TAX RATE FOR 1912
APPROPRIATIONS
Moth tax, Dec. 18, 1911
$437 07
Appropriation for existing shortage
2,000 00
State tax
1,312 50
County tax
.
1,104 13
NOTES DUE IN 1912
Suntaug Park
$1,500 00
Engine House ·
1,000 00
MARCH 11, 1912. TOWN MEETING
APPROPRIATIONS
Highways
2,500 00
School
5,000 00
Town Expense .
3,800 00
Memorial Day
100 00
Cemetery .
100 00
Fire Dept.
500 00
Tree Warden
100 00
Elm Tree Beetle
250 00
Sprayer
600 00
Forest Fire Equipment
400 00
Cellar Floor (Centre School)
125 00
Repairs to Library
250 00
JULY 5, 1912. TOWN MEETING
Street Lighting 600 00
Total appropriations
$21,678 70
Overlay 3 %
· .
650 36
Total levy .
$22,329 06
ESTIMATE FOR CREDITS
Rent of halls
$200 00
Bank tax .
40 00
300 polls at $2.00
.
600 00
.
·
·
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Street Railway tax .
700 00 Corparation taxi
$2,340 00
Net amount to be raised by taxation . $19,989 06
Valuation of town at time of making rate $1,199,311 00 Tax rate, $16.50.
TABLE OF AGGREGATES FOR APRIL ASSESSMENTS
Number of residents assessed on property . 313
" non-residents assessed on prop- erty . .
203
Total number of persons assessed 645
Number of male polls assessed .
317
Value of assessed personal estate
$125,481 00.
6 . . real estate
$1,078,130 00
Total valuation of April assessments ·
$1,203,611 00
Tax rate per $1,000 $16 50
Tax on personal estate $2,070 56
" " real
17,740 27
(' " polls
634 00
$20,444 83
Number of horses assessed 191
" COWS 66
·
328
66 " neat cattle assessed
34
" swine 66
.
431
66 "' dwelling houses
373
66 " acres of land
. 6,117
66 " fowl
. 6,495
ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS
Value of personal property assessed $4,800 00
Value of real estate assessed
$1,230 00
Total valuation assessed
£6,030 00
Tax on personal property .
$79 20
" " real estate assessed
20 29
$99 49
NOTE-For Abatements, See Tax Collector's Report.
.
. 800 00
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School Department
Report of the School Committee
TO THE CITIZENS OF LYNNFIELD :
The School Committee respectfully submit the following re- port :-
We are pleased to be able to state that the schools of Lynn- field have made satisfactory progress during the past year, not- withstanding the fact that the teachers have been laboring under many difficulties at the South School.
On account of the crowded condition there we were obliged to partition the lower school room and install an extra teacher.
A Superintendency Union of the towns of Essex, Wenham, Middleton and Topsfield with Lynnfield was made necessary on account of the School Committee of Wakefield voting to dissolve the former union with said town. Through the advice and co- operation of the State Board of Education we were fortunate in securing our present Superintendent, H. R. Williams.
Better results are expected, owing to more interest and time being taken in studying each individual pupil as to their respec- tive needs.
We are pleased to see that action is being taken towards giv- ing the south part of the town modern conveniences for school purposes which are very much needed.
Following this report are the reports of the superintendent, the music instructor and the drawing instructor, which we recom. mend to your careful consideration.
We recommend that the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000) be appropriated for school expenses in addition to the amount which we now have on hand as shown by our financial report.
Respectfully submitted,
E. B. RICHARDS, Chairman,
E. J. CLARKE, Secretary,
H. W. PELTON,
School Committee.
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Report of the Superintendent of Schools
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
Gentlemen :
I have the honor to submit a brief report of your schools. as I have fonnd them since November 1, 1912. During this short time I have found that all concerned in the management of the schools are co-operating in one direction and that is toward the highest efficiency in all the work of the schools. It is indeed encouraging to take up the work of supervision under such favor- able conditions.
Thus far it has been my purpose to be a careful observer and to offer only such suggestions as have seemed necessary in a general way. The excellent conditions found in the schools are a great credit to the teachers, to former superintendents and to the parents, children and school committee.
The most urgent need in your schools is more adequate and sanitary accommodations for the children of the South School, and it is encouraging to note that the people are well aware of the conditions and are making a move to better them. It is too much to expect that the teachers can get the best results or that the children will become all that we want them to be mentally, morally and physically in the conditions found in this school, especially in the primary room.
We are introducing a card registration system and a plan for keeping an up-to-date record of text books. The registration system consists of an "Admission, Discharge and Promotion" card for each pupil, which follows him through his entire course and contains important data concerning his attendance, standing and progress in every grade. There is also a duplicate "Office Record" card in the hands of the Superintendent. This card is kept up-to-date by means of reports from the teachers on a third card for that purpose. The "Office Record" card is kept on file 'after the pupil has been graduated or has left school, and to it may be added any important data concerning his after life. A
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little work in keeping in touch with the pupils who go out from the schools would furnish for this record much information that might be of value in later years.
The book record plan is as follows : Each teacher has in her room a card for each set of books, giving the number of books in the set and the Superintendent has duplicates of these cards, giving, in addition to the number in each set, the condition of the books. When new books are added to the lists or any books are transferred from one room to another, the cards are changed, thus revising the record to date.
The Palmer Method of Business Penmanship has been intro- duced and manuals have been placed in all the grades. The A. N. Palmer Co., publishers of this system, give free instruc- tion in the method and all the teachers are sending each week some of their lessons to the Boston office for criticism. This company has also sent a special teacher to the schools twice since November 1 to give lessons to the teachers and pupils. With the interest manifested thus far, there can be no doubt about the re- sults in due time.
Following are the reports of the special teachers. At the end of these reports will be found statistical tables, the teachers' directory, results of the eye and ear tests, the census and the registration and average age by grades in September.
I wish to express my appreciation of the cordial reception given me by the teachers and children, the School Committee and the citizens during these first few weeks of my work in Lynnfield.
Respectfully submitted,
HARVEY R. WILLIAMS,
' Superintendent of Schools.
February 6, 1913.
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RESULTS OF EYE AND EAR TESTS
Whole number examined
118
Found defective in eyesight
12
יי " hearing
.
3
Notices sent to parents
15
REGISTRATION AND AVERAGE AGE BY GRADES, SEPT., 1912
Grade
No. Registered
yrs.
mos.
I
21
6
II
15
7
1
III
10
2
IV
19
9
1
V
19
10
9
VI
14
11
0)
VII
12
12
11
VIII
11
13
9
IX
6
14
1
Total
127 pupils.
CENSUS SEPT., 1912
Number between 5 and 15 years of age :
Boys
58
Girls
84
Total
.
142
Number between 7 and 14 years of age :
Boys
40
Girls
.
66
Total
106
Av.
Age
-
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CALENDAR
March 3, 1913
April 25, 1913
April 25 to May 5, 1913
May 5, 1913
May 30, 1913
June 20, 1913
June 20 to September 3, 1913
Sept. 3, 1913
November 27 to December 1, 1913
December 19, 1913
December 19 to December 30, 1913
December 30, 1913
February 20, 1914
Washington's Birthday Observed
February 20, 1914
Winter Term Ends
February 20 to March 2, 1914
Winter Vacation
March 2, 1914
Middle Term Begins
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Middle Term Begins יי 66 Ends
· Spring Vacation Spring Term Begins Memorial Day Spring Term Ends . Summer Vacation . Fall Term Begins Thanksgiving Recess . End of Fall Terni . Holiday Vacation Winter Term Begins
STATISTICS FOR YEAR 1911-1912
School
Total Membership
Average Membership
Average Attendance
Per cent of Attendance
Pupils under 5
Pupils between 5 and 15
Pupils over 15
Pupils between 7 and 14
Center Grammar
29
23.3
21.8
93.6
0
28
1
26
Center Primary
20
18.1
17.4
96.3
0
20
0
13
South Grammar
31
29
27.7
95.7
0
30
1
26
South Primary
41
40.6
37
91.2
0
41
0
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Totals
STATISTICS FOR FALL TERM 1912
Total
School
Average Membership Membership
Average Attendance
Per cent. of Attendance
Total sessions of Absence
No. cases Tardiness
No. cases Dismissal
No. cases Truancy
Violation of Compul'y Law
Centre Grammar
25
22.6
21.4
94.7
172
5
21
0
0
Centre Primary
16
14.4
12.9
89.6
227
12
0
0
0
South Grammar
31
28.3
27
95.5
183
-1
9
0
0
South Intermediate and Primary
60
53.3
50.4
94.6
206
86
6
0
0
Totals
132
118.6
111.7
93.6
788
110
36
0
0
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TEACHERS' DIRECTORY
Name
School
Appointed When
Grade
Salary
Where Educated
Bessie S. Hayward
South Grammar
1911
VI-IX
$625.00
Boston University, A.B.
Grace E. McIntosh
South Intermediate
1912
IV-V
450.00
Bridgewater Normal
M. Azella Goodell
South Primary
1911
I-III
600.90
Bridgewater Normal
Jennie B. Friend
Centre Grammar
1908
VI-IX
625.00
Boston University
Florence T. Young
Centre Primary
1906
I-V
600.00
Salem Normal
37
George E. Wales
Music
1904
175.00
Bridgewater Normal
Amy L. Butterfield
Drawing
1910
150.00
Boston Normal Art
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Report of Drawing Supervisor
WAKEFIELD, MASS., Feb. 6, 1913.
MR. H. R. WILLIAMS,
Superintendent of Schools.
DEAR SIR :
The general plan for the work in drawing has been much the same as last year except that we added picture study in some of the grades. An artist appropriate to the grade was selected and a short sketch of his life written in the language or writing period. These stories were carefully bound, the margins having been ruled and the covers planned, thus forming very attractive book- lets. It will be seen that these involved not only picture study and acquainting ourselves with the great masters but also lan- guage, spelling, writing. design, lettering and, above all, neat- ness and accuracy of execution.
In January, February and March we drew from objects, striving for correct proportions in the lower grades and learning to express the third dimension in the upper grades. In April, May and June we painted from nature and made designs from these nature drawings. In September an 1 October we studied color and color harmonies, taking a different, definite problem in each of the upper grades as, Dominant Harmony in the sixth, Analogous Harmony in the Seventh, Complimentary Harmony in the eighth and in the ninth grade a review of all three. These schemes of color were applied to house furnishings, costumes, the autumn leaves and flowers. In the lower grades we teach the little new- comers how to use their hands, first by simple exercises in paper folding and paper cutting and later, cutting to a line. We de- voted November and December to picture study and to construct- ing gifts for Christmas, involving accurate measuring, cutting and pasting.
I wish to take this opportunity to thank the members of the school committee, superintendent and teachers for their support and co-operation.
Respectfully submitted, AMY L. BUTTERFIELD, Supervisor of Drawing.
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Report of Music Supervisor
MR. H. R. WILLIAMS,
Superintendent of Schools,
Lynnfield, Mass.
Dear Sir :
At the close of the year, if one can look back with a feeling of satisfaction upon the work performed, it is evidence that the progress has been sufficiently great to merit praise. This is true in the main of the schools of Lynnfield. In those rooms in which the best spirit prevails the greatest progress is made.
The new music readers have proved to be what we hoped for, combining helpful exercises, tuneful and interesting songs, reading sufficiently difficult to inspire the pupil. Every teacher who uses the new music readers speaks in the highest terms of their helpfulness. This year finds the new music books in every grade.
It is to be regretted that there is so uneven a distribution of pupils in the two districts, one having barely enough to make the work interesting, while the other is so crowded that the work has to be handled very carefully, but the arrangement of the classes has been skillfully made by the teachers, and the work is pros- pering well. It is much more satisfactory to have the classes so divided that those of similar grades may sing together.
The enthusiastic interest;of the teachers throughout the year has helped greatly in advancing the standard in Music.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. E. WALES,
Director of Music.
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School Department
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
RECEIPTS
Balance of cash on hand
$547 78
Appropriation, General Fund .
5,000 00
Appropriation, cementing cellar, Centre School
125 00
From State :
Tuition, State Children . . $83 08
High School Tuition 1,482 68
Mass. School Fund . 658 03
Superintendent
125 00
Junk sold
2 00
$2,350 79
$8,023 57
DISBURSEMENTS
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
E. B. Richards
$8 33
H. W. Pelton
.
8 33
E. J. Clarke . · .
8 34
$25 00
H. W. Pelton, expense, tele- phone, etc. . ·
· $5 37
E. J. Clarke, expense, tele- phone, etc. · 4 90
$10 27
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SUPERINTENDENT
W. B. Atwell,
salary
(5
months) . · .
$90 00
H. R. Williams, salary
(3
months) .
64 29
$154 29
D. J. McCarthy, Truant Officer
2 00
H. R. Williams, expense
6 15
H. F. Russell, school census
7 00.
TEACHERS' SALARIES
CENTRE SCHOOL
Jennie B. Friend, 10 months
.
612 50
Florence T. Young, "
66
587 50
SOUTH SCHOOL
Bessie]Hayward, 10 months
612 50
Azella Goodell, “
·
587 50
Grace McIntosh, 3 months
·
180 00
$2,580 00.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTORS
George E. Wales, music .
$175 00
Amy L. Butterfield, drawing
.
137 50
$312 50
SUPPLIES
American Book Co., books
$7 29
E. E. Babb Co., books and supplies . 146 91
G. H. Bancroft, supplies 1 60
Oliver Ditson, music 43
Ginn & Co., books .
40 53
Houghton, Mifflin Co., books .
5 52
Little, Brown Co., books 23 62
Milton Bradley, supplies . 30 58
Library Bureau, 66 3 55
Michelson Bros., books .
4 10
G. H. & A. L. Nichols, reports 7 75
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Hammett Co., maps 44 11
Item Press, cards . 5 00
Silver, Burdett Co., books
33 93
Wright & Potter, blanks
2 50
A. N. Palmer Co., supplies
22 70
$380 12
TRANSPORTATION
E. B. Richards
300 00
Bay State R. R.
2 50
$302 50
HIGH SCHOOL TUITION
City of Lynn .
$93 75
Town of Wakefield
957 50
Town of Peabody
347 68
$1,398 93
JANITOR'S SERVICES
Albert F. Southworth, salary .
$200 00
Sidney Eaton, salary
172 00
Jos. Hobson, salary 32 00
$404. 00
FUEL
E. B. Richards, sawed wood
$14 50
E. & A. W. Mansfield, sawed wood 13 50
W. E. Roundy, sawed wood 2 00
F. W. Freeman, coal, Centre
34 00
W. E. Roundy, “
. .
105 00
F. W. Freeman, " South 112 50
$281 50
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDING AND GROUNDS
S. M. Eaton, brush, etc. $2 60
E. Q. Moulton, labor and ma- terial 7 75
John W. Robbins, labor and material . 5 40
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Jos. Hobson, labor and mate- rial 6 95
S. M. Eaton, extra labor 4 40
H. W. Pelton, paid for cleaning 9 38
Roundy & McCarthy, sundries 4 21
T. E. Brown, setting glass 1 45
Perkins & Bancroft, labor
1 5C
H. B. Falls, labor and stock 34 90
A. F. Southworth, extra labor
22 25
A. T. Locke, lumber 8 90
R. J. Hiatt, labor . 6 00
Geo. T. D. Barnjium, repairs . 75
$116 44
S. L. Russell, Insurance, South School 50 00
Killorin Contracting Co., cement- ing cellar 80 00
FURNISHINGS
N. S. Hoagland, fire extin- guishers $8 00
American Seating Co., desks
and chairs 49 20
Roundy & McCarthy, wire fence 3 60
S. M. Eaton, ash barrels 3 50
$64 30
OTHER EXPENSE
J. F. Smith, spring water
26 60 C
H. F. Nesbitt, ice . 3 10
$29 70
ALTERATION, SOUTH SCHOOL
E. Q. Moulton, building parti- tion, labor and stock $86 12
MEDICAL INSPECTION
F. W. Freeman, M.D.
$24 00
$6,314 82
Balance unexpended
.
$1,708 75
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Report of Highway Surveyor
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF LYNNFIELD :-
Having learned from past experience the advantage of early grading, iu use of heavy gravel, we commenced work early in the spring on a particularly flat; muddy section of Summer Street, near Willow Cemetery, and gave a good substantial grading from the railroad crossing to what is known as the Coburnville Road- working in a good foundation of stones at the bottom of the road- bed. The results have fully justified the expense, which was about four hundred and fifty dollars. Considerable work was also done on Summer Street, between Pillings Pond and the Com- mon, in freeing the gutters and in grading and rounding the road- bed with a medium grade of good gravel. It is very important that good drainage be provided in roal building, both by well rounded streets and by gutters with proper outlets. The old road scraper, which has been in use thirty years or more, was found to be entirely beyond repair, and a new up- to-date machine has been purchased, which has done excellent work in shaping our roads and cleaning the gutters. All the streets of the town have been cleaned and shaped with this road machine, both in the spring and fall.
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