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Education 37.8 %
Debt retirement and interest 7.5 %
Miscellaneous 3.2%
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RECEIPTS 1951
Cash on hand Jan.1, 1951 Treasurer Collector of Taxes Surplus War Bonus Total
GENERAL REVENUE
Taxes
Current Year
Real Estate
293,886.68
Personal Estate
15,091.38
Poll Taxes
1,038.00
Previous Years
Real Estate
16,376.80
Personal Estate
412.18
Poll Tax
12.00
Tax Title Redemptions
271.22
From the State
Income Tax
19,346.59
Corporation Tax
21,261.58
Loss of Taxes
49.28
Total Taxes
367,745.81
Schools
Sale of Lunches
13,469.71
Tuition
26.00
All Other
236.92
Total Schools
13,732.63
Libraries
Fines
170.68
Unclassified
Town of No.Reading Tuberculosis 855.16
Grants from Federal Gov.
Old Age Assistance
23,583.39
Aid to Dependent Children
3,727.30
School Lunch Program
6,186.96
Grants from State
Vocational School Tuition
92.72
Meal Tax
383.73
Opening Graves
142.50
Care of Lots and Graves
612.00
Care of Endowed Lots
381.50
Total Cemeteries
1,238.75
Interest
On Deposits
98.30
On Deferred Taxes
656.95
On Motor Vehicles
96.71
On Library Funds
220.63
On Surplus War Bonus
33.03
On Tax Titles Redeemed Total Interest
1,211.99
Agency Trust and Investment Agency
Withholding Taxes
16,668.60
Blue Cross
805.51
Dog License Fee for County
1,295.40
Beverage License for State
20.00
Total Agency
18,789.51
Treasurer
32.71
Collector
73.51
Town Clerk
9.50
Board of Appeals
195.00
Town Hall
54.50
Total General Govt.
365.22
Protection of Persons and Property
Building Permits
1,352.00
Plumbing Fees
977.00
Private Moth Work
982.00
Fire Insurance Policies
410.53
Sealer of Weights & Measures
58.10
Telephones
30.85
Total Refunds
441.38
Damage to Trees
100.00
Police and Fire 196.50
Total Protection
4,529.50
Highways
158,103.28
State for Chapt. 90 Const.
9,498.77
County for Chapt. 90 Const. 4,749.39
From Individuals 46.30
276.00
Use of Highway Equipment Total Highway
14,570.46
Public Welfare Reimbursements For aid to Dependent Children from State 2,681.29
For Old Age Assistance
from State
16,412.58
from Cities and Towns
796.69
from Individuals
405.13
For Relief
from Cities and Towns
280.00
For Veterans Benefits
525.08
from Individuals
45.00
Total Public Welfare
21,145.77
Licenses
Liquor
3,350.00
All Other
506.50
Toatl Licenses
3,856.50
Fines and Forfeits
Court Fines
102.00
Grants and Gifts
From U. S. Treasury 66.50
Cancellation of Insurance 30.39
Total Unclassified
952.05
Total Departmental Revenue
55,466.41
Cemeteries
Sale of Material
102.75
School Bldg. Assistance
3,293.57
High School Transportation
28,987.50
Grants from County
Dog Licenses
940.90
Care and Feed of Dogs
149.00
Total Grants and Gifts
67,345.07
Total General Revenue
439,049.38
COMMERCIAL REVENUE
Special Assessments
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
46,707.20
Total Commercial Revenue
46,707.20
DEPARTMENTAL REVENUE
General Government
Trust and Investments
Teachers Retirement
3,173.59
Essex County Retirement 3,956.99
Nash Improvement Fund 9.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care 905.98
Total Trust and Investment
8,045.56
Total Agency and Trust
26,835.07
Refunds
Sale of Trees
864.00
Grand Total Receipts
729,053.46
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106.37
from State
156,592.63 50.00 1,460.65
General Government
SELECTMEN
Salaries
Chairman
400.00
Other Selectmen
700.00
Clerk
450.00
Expenses
Stationery and Postage
38.14
Printing & Advertising
786.47
Telephone
10.74
Dues
34.00
All Other
8.00
2,427.35
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Salaries
Registrars
236.00
Election Officers
249.00
Police
30.00
Constables
15.00
Stationery and Postage
21.35
Telephone
26.35
Adding Machines
276.00
Office Supplies
61.90
1,785.60
Meals
7.91
Transportation
8.00
Ballot Seals
17.50
697.96
Salary
Treasurer
1,100.00
Expenses
Stationery and Postage
173.48
Printing and Advertising
11.42
Transportation
75.00
Surety Bond
220.90
Dues
2.00
Office Supplies
43.47
1,626.27
BOARD OF APPEALS
Exponses
Legal Fees
100.00
Postage and Supplies
35.66
Advertising
128.29
263.95
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
Town Hall
Janitor
1,820.00
Fuel
1,282.19
Lights
341.33
Janitor Supplies
153.62
Insurance
570.51
Water
43.66
Ordinary Repairs
389.60
All Other
479.49
Chemical Hall
Janitor
450.00
Fuel
504.51
Janitor Supplies
12.75
Repairs
50.44
Painting Outside
2,399.21
Lights
154.38
8,651.69
General Government Clerk
Salary
Total General Government
28,276.70
SUMMARY OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Salaries
Expenses
Total
Selectman
1,550.00
877.35
2,427.35
Accounting
1,400.00
385.60
1,785.60
Treasurer
1,100.00
526.27
1,626.27
Collector
1,200.00
1,317.41
2,517.41
Assessore
2,500.00
1,081.16
3,581.16
Other Finance Offices
100.00
1,436.50
1,536.50
Law
600.00
96.10
696.10
Clerk
350.00
394.16
744.16
Elections and Registration
530.00
167.96
697.96
Planning Board
100.00
68.55
168.55
Board of Appeals
263.95
263.95
General Government Clerk
3,580.00
3,580.00
All Other
73.10
696.10
EXPENDITURES
TOWN CLERK
Salary Clerk
350.00
Expenses
Recording Fees
167.28
Printing and Advertising 178.95
Surety Bond
7.50
Dues
5.00
Transportation
10.00
Office Supplies
25.43
744.16
ACCOUNTING
Salaries
Accountant
1,400.00
Expenses
COLLECTOR
Salaries
Collector
1,200.00
Deputy Collector
2.50
Expenses
Stationery and Postage
227.48
Printing and Advertising
406.97 441.80
Surety Bonds
Office Supplies
64.85
All Other
55.70
Foreclosure Proceedings
118.11
2,517.41
ASSESSORS
Salaries
Chairman
900.00
Other Assessors
1,600.00
Assistance
398.75
Expenses
Recording of Abstracts
137.16
Printing and Advertising
162.30
Transportation
72.00
Telephone
131.77
Repairs to Addressograph
56.00
Conventions and Dues
9.00
Office Supplies
114.18
3,581.16
OTHER FINANCE OFFICES
Printing Town Reports 600 copies 1,141.20
Clerk Salary
100.00
Typing Budgets
26.00
Finance Committee Expenses
269.30
1,536.50
LAW
Salary
Counsel
600.00
Expenses
Printing and Advertising
18.00
Dues
5.00
PLANNING BOARD
Clerk
100.00
Dues
12.50
Stationery
3.30
Printing and Advertising
52.75
168.55
Expenses
Printing and Advertising
134.55
TREASURER
3,580.00
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Municipal Buildings Town Hall Chemical Hall Totale
1,820.00 450.00
3,260.40 5,080.40
15,280.00
3,121.29 12,996.70
3,571.29 28,276.70
OTHER PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
Salary
Inspector
1,320.50
Expenses
Transportation
193.50
Dues
5.00
Office Supplies
210.00
1,729.00
Expenses
Motor Equipment
184.04
Gas and 011
359.30
Repairs to Cruiser
160.78
Clothing
319.60
Emergency Transportation
9.56
Radio Maintenance
345.60
Repairs to Ambulance
53.19
Printing, Stationery, Postage
57.70
Telephone
308.56
All Other
135.12
New Cruiser
313.86
22,739.81
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Chief
1,000.00
Deputy Chief
500.00
Captains & Lieutenants
1,400.00
Privates
3,000.00
Other Employees
413.00
Expenses
Apparatus
625.57
Hose
1,950.20
Equipment
104.90
Repairs
802.26
Gas and 011
193.19
Alarm System Extension
920.70
Alarm System Maintenance
1,093.81
Water
37.00
Telephone
190.84
Insurance
245.00
All Other
118.35
12,594.82
HYDRANT RENTAL
Lynnfield Water District
1,475.00
Lynnfield Ctr. Water District
2,400.00
Wakefield Water District
25.00
3,900.00
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Superintendent
1,419.00
Other Labor
2,474.77
Expenses
Insecticides
63.78
Gasoline
3.23
Hardware and Tools
118.30
Truck Hire
718.91
4,797.99
DUTCH ELM DISEASE
Labor
2,089.00
Remove Trees
275.00
Spraying Trees
276.00
Insecticides
325.95
Repairs
42.75
Truck Hire
196.25
3,204.95
TREE WARDEN
Salaries
Warden
372.60
Other Labor
770.00
Expenses
Hardware and Tools
226.23
Repairs
46.79
Truck Hire
128.75
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary Sealer
135.00
Expenses
Transportation
22.43
Dies
7.57 165.00
DOG OFFICER
Salary
Officer
450.00
Expenses
Telephone and Postage
4.84
Care and Custody of Dogs
175.50
Transportation
40.00
670.34
Total Protection
51,860.83
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Salaries
Board of Health
30.00
Agent
300.00
Expenses
Stationery and Postage
5.25
Printing and Advertising
55.60
Telephone
12.20
Nurse
9.00
Drugs and Medicine
25.00
All Other
227.43
664.48
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ANIMAL INSPECTOR
Salary
Inspector
40.00
Expenses
Transportation
10.67
50.67
MILK INSPECTOR
Salary
Inspector
20.00
Expenses
Transportation
6.00
26.00
REFUSE AND GARBAGE
Refuse Collection
2,700.00
Garbage Collection
1,800.00
4,500.00
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
Salary
Inspector Total Health and Sanitation
320.50
5,561.65
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
Salaries and Wages Commissioner Labor
3,640.00
11,205.21
Salaries
Chief
3,718.00 12,584.00
Patrolmen
Special Officers
4,190.50
Planting Shade Trees Cutting Brush
395.20 119.35 2,058.92
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
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Expenses Lights Hired Equipment
64.07
728.80
Office Expense
152.82
Telephone
74.80
Fuel
643.58
Broken Stone and Gravel
1,438.10
Equipment and Repairs
3,311.11
Gas and Oil
339.47
Tarvia Road Oil
1,614,38
All Other
208,19
23,420.53
SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL
Salaries and Wages Labor
2,193.13
Expenses
Hired Trucks
421.50
Equipment
200.89
Sand
775.53
Rock Salt
262.40 3,853.45
Cities
1,264.83
Towns
1,019.27
Total Public Welfare
5,139.60
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Salary
Agent
1,820.00
Expenses
Transportation
365.00
Stationery and Postage
5.75
Office Supplies
42.35
Assistance
Cash Grants - Town
21,587.77
Cash Grants - Federal
19,038.92
Other Cities and Towns
808.92
Total Old Age
43,668.71
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Aid
Cash Grants - Town
3,886.21
Cash Grants - Federal
3,820.10
Total Aid
7,706.31
VETERAN BENEFITS
Salary
Director
300.00
Expenses
Transportation
97.71
Telephone 109.94
Office Supplies
19.95
Benefits
Cash Grants
930.00
Medical
42.50
Hospital
484.33
Precinct #1
3,604.59
Precinct #2
2,484.78
6.089.37
RE-SURFACING OF STREET
Main St. Drainage
Engineering Services
19.50
Materials
1,648.85
Hired Equipment
472.50
2,140.85
Homestead Road
Secretary
274.80
Nurse
807.50
Materials
942.83
1,200.33
Physician
250.00
Expenses
Printing, Stationery & Postage 137.57
Telephone
424.68
Traveling
192.33
Census Taking
70.00
Rent - Office
100.00
All Other 1,310.95
Teachers Salaries
Materials
90.22
Pinewood Road
Substitute Teachers
1,251.00
Stone Bounds
40.84
Playground Instructors
870.00
Lakewood Road
Text Books and Supplies
Materials
131.05
Text Books
2,983.54
Hired Equipment
135.00
266.05
Strout Avenue
Tuition
40,927.20
Materials
265.72
Elementary
520.00
Hired Equipment
94.50
398.22
Vocational
607.49
Purchase Highway Truck
Truck
5,592.00
Lettering of Truck
15.00
Snow Plow Blade
636.17
6,243.17
Purchase of Gas and 01l Total Highways
1,442.91
59,630.60
CHARITIES PUBLIC WELFARE
General Administration
Board
60.00
Agent
780.00
Expenses
Stationery and Postage
23.60
Dues
15.00
Outside Relief by Town
Medicine & Medical Attention
211.16
State Institution
467.02
Hospital
350.57
Cash Grants
856.00
All Other
82.15
Relief by Other Cities & Towns
SIDEWALKS AND CURBING
Wages
Labor
150.00
Expenses
253.33 403.33
NO PARKING AND STREET SIGNS
Street Signs
No Parking Signs
189.98
CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION
Wages
Labor
2,742.95
Expenses
Materials
4,096.15
Hired Equipment
2,156.40
All Other
4.38
Total
8,999.88
Less Amount Transferred
896.40
8,103.48
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
Wages
Labor
769.80
Expenses
Materials
1,768.90
Hired Equipment
423.00
All Other
38.30
Total
3,000.00
Less Amount Transferred to
243.00
2,757.00
STREET LIGHTING
Total Benefits
1,984.43
Total Charities
58,499.05
EDUCATION
SCHOOL - GENERAL
Salaries and Wages
Superintendent
- 2,100.00
Clerk
627.68
Engineering Services
257.50
Stillman Road
Engineering. Service
157.50
Materials
1,531.34
Hired Equipment
952.00
2,640.84
Pleasant and Crescent Avenues
Materials
350.03
Maywood Road
Elementary School
60,236.00
Supplies
2,924.75
Engineering Services
38.00
High
Transportation
High 17,189.30
Elementary
248.66
Vocational
182.00
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Materials
Machinery Account
Machinery Account
Maintenance of Buildings Janitor's Service
6,528.50
Fuel
5,429.89
Light
1,390.71
Water
BLANKET INSURANCE ON BUILDINGS
As per Schedule Fire Ins.
2,281.44
Liability & Property Damage
1,195.80
Total Insurance
3,477.24
PARK AND CEMETERIES
Wages
Cemeteries
3,758.60
Parks
1,175.65
Expenses
Loam and Shrubs
73.55
Tools and Equipment
651.64
New Roads
900.00
All Other
238.53
Total Park and Cemetery
6,797.97
INTEREST
General Loans
Center School Addition
556.25 4,831.25
New Elementary School Total Interest
5,387.50
MATURING DEBT
General Loans
Center School Addition
12,000.00
Addition to Gym
239.65
Repairs
353.00
Supplies
83.15
Additional Insurance
27.04
2,057.84
SCHOOL SYSTEM SURVEY
Center Field Studies
2,900.00
Addressing Envelopes
27.73
2,927.73
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
Test Borings
123.14
Typewriter Rental
20.00
Secretarial Services
120.00
Stationery and Postage
19.20
1500 Reporte
196.25
Addressing Reports
47.53
Surveying
570.00
1,096.12
Total School Department
182,019.12
LIBRARY
Salaries
Librarians
1,242.00
1601
Assistants
359.00.
Janitors
243.00
Books and Periodicals
Main
448.70
Branch
342.35
Binding
22.23
Fuel and Light
287.44
Light
48.11
Maintenance
Repairs
166.31
Water
2.75
Printing and Stationery
38.80
All Other
63.97
3,264.66
LIBRARY REPAIRS
Main
1,416.95
Branch
3,434.00
4,850.95
Total Library
8,115.61
Total Education
190,134.73
RECREATION AND PARKS
Memorial Playground
Cutting Grass
182.40
Truck Hire
56.00
Total Recreation
UNCLASSIFIED
Association Meetings
Memorial Day Observance
300.00
Civil Defense
Generators
1,188.00
Mobile Transmitters
49.00
Radio Receiver
90.00
Maps
Office Supplies
65.00 145.30 217.38
202.93
Repairs
2,447.94
Janitor Supplies
727.33
Cutting Grass
898.90
Furniture and Furnishings
Desks and Chairs
851.20
Sewing Machine
94.60
Duplex Shades
118.25
Principals Office
344.00
Other Expenses
111.85
Graduating Exercises Athletic Program
635.88
Audubon Society
605.00
All Other Total
154,638.09
HOT LUNCH PROGRAM
Salaries
5,528.60
Expenses
Provisions
12,361.80
Supplies
1,697.49
Equipment
1,544.30
All Other
167.15
Total Hot Lunch
21,299.34
NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Stage Curtain
1,355.00
New Elementary School
20,000.00
Total Maturing Debt
32,000.00
AGENCY TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Agency
State Park and Reservations
558.45
Auditing Municipal Accts.
1,990.37
County Tax
16,382.68
Withholding Tax
16,668.60
Beverage License for State
20.00
Dog Licenses for County Total Agency
36,944.90
Trust and Investment
Teacher's Retirement
3,173.59
Essex Retirement
3,956.99
Essex County Assessment
2,928.46
Blue Cross
797.71
Fireman's Pension
1,000.00
Compensation Fund
1,502.01
Tuberculosis Assessment
4,826.74
Cemetery Perpetual Care
905.98
Nash Improvement Fund
9.00
Total Trust & Investment
19,100.48
REFUNDS
Taxes
Real Estate
1,217.27
Personal
8.50
Motor Vehicle
2,067.71
Water District
6.34
Accrued
1.41
Total Refund's
3,301.23
Total Cash Payments
503,361.82
Balance Cash on Hand Dec. 31, 1951
Treasurer
224,147.96
Collector
50.00
Surplus War Bonus
1,493.68
Total Cash
225,691.64
729,053.46
ACCOUNTANT'S CERTIFICATE
I have examined the cash receipts and securities in the various Trust Funds in the hands of the Treasurer and find them to be as stated in the Treasurer's Report. The income from Trust Funds in the hands of others have been received for the year 1951 and credited to the proper accounts. The receipts as reported by the Treasurer agree with the books and that payments of the Town correctly present the financial status as of December 31, 1951.
I wish to extend my sincere thanks to the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Town Officers, employees and the Town Report Com- mittee for their co-operation in compiling this report. Respectfully submitted Theodore C. Palizzolo Town Accountant .
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Equipment and Supplies Total Civil Defense
1,754.68
238.40
95.86
Fuel
1,324.80
15.66
Labor
Report of TAX COLLECTOR
Commitments
Collected
Abated
Tax Titles
Refunds
Interest
Balance
1948 Personal
$ 129.24
1949 Personal
708.28
$ 338.58
$ 16.87
369.70
1950 Personal
604.32
73.60
1.42
530.72
1951 Personal
15.091.38
$ 107.10
$ 8.50
.85
795.46
1948 Real Estate
118.80
118.80
13.15
1949 Real Estate
6,045.66
5,449.56
$150.68
315.34
445.42
1950 Real Estate
19,938.97
11,451.36
345.60
307.84
291.07
244.80
8,125.24
1951 Real Estate
311,953.37
290,391.65
7,450.85
926.20
50.72
15,037.07
1948 Poll
2.00
2.00
.14
1949 Poll
28.00
2.00
26.00
1950 Poll
120.00
12.00
.37
108.00
1951 Poll
2,746.00
2,364.00
260.00
.37
122.00
1948 Motor Vehicle Excise
34.27
34.27
1949 Motor Vehicle Excise
607.82
271.39
16.44
336.43
1950 Motor Vehicle Excise
4,149.84
2,707.95
41.55
97.59
18.53
1,497.93
1951 Motor Vehicle Excise
48,173.47
43,727.86
3,026.87
1,875.37
66.05
3,294.11
$411,345.48
$372,002.13
$11,231.97 $458.52
$3,198.73
$745.15
$30,851.59
Percent 1951 Taxes Outstanding 5.08%
Percent All Taxes Outstanding 7.57%
Respectfully submitted
CLIFFORD C. HAM Collector of Taxes
REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
The fire record of the town for 1951 is, in the main, quite satisfactory, with a very small loss resulting from building fires.
We believe that much credit for our small fire losses should go to the citizens, it being an indica- tion that they have exercised a great degree of care without which the record would doubtless be con- siderably less satisfactory. The fire department, in the meantime, is striving to still further improve its operational methods and accumulate needed equip- ment against a less fortunate period.
The fire department responded to 104 alarms in 1951 for the following causes:
Grass and Woods
56 12
Automobiles
Trucks
4
Buildings
8
Oil Burners
3
Mechanical Refrigerators
3
Lost Persons
2
Animals in Ponds
1
False Alarms
7
Needless Alarms
7
Out of Town Calls
1
Total
104
Report of FIRE DEPARTMENT
The loss due to fires in buildings amounted to $4,100.00
We are particularly pleased with the small number of false alarms sounded during the year, and con- gratulate the townspeople for their care, resulting in so small a fire loss.
Chief Deputy Chief
Josiah Poeton Harold Kaler
Captains
Harry Higgins Carl Davis Arthur McGonnell
Lieutenants Call Men
Maurice Day
Carl Cheever Allen Davis George Durgin Robert Davis Elmer French Clifton Hodgdon Gustave Koch Henry Olson Thomas McGonnell James Melanson Charles Sweetser Norman Wade
Raymond Pope
Charles Smith
Lyman Twiss
Albert White
Donald Averill James Fletcher
Richard Tyacke
Chester Melanson
Respectfully submitted, CHIEF, JOSIAH POETON
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$ 129.24
15,985.44
Report of POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND THE CITIZENS OF LYNNFIELD:
Following is the annual report of the Police De- partment for the year ending December 31, 1951.
The Department has answered 741 complaints requiring Police attention as well as innumerable complaints that were settled without Police action.
The total number of arrests for the year was 107 as classified:
Male Female Total
Assault & Battery.
3
0
3
Breaking & Entering & Larceny
12
0
12
Drunkenness
16
1
17
Driving Under the Influence
3
0
3
Destroying Property
2
0
2
Disturbing the Peace.
1
0
1
Delinquency
14
0
14
Defective Delinquent
1
0
1
Failure to Pay Fine-Warrant .
1
0
1
Failing to Appear in Court .
1
0
1
Kidnaping-Violation Court Order
1
0
1
Lewd & Lascivious Person
9
1
10
Leaving Scene-Accident
1
0
1
Larceny .
5
0
5
Motor Vehicle Laws Violations .
11
10
21
Operating without a License . Robbery
1
0
1
Unnatural Act
2
1
3
Uttering & Forgery.
1
0
1
Unregistered & Uninsured Car .
1
0
1
Using Car without Authority .. .
2
0
2
Violation of Probation .
1
1
2
Recapitulation
1 Against Person
6
2 Against Property .
3
3 Against Public Order
98
Other Activities Include:
Accidents . 34
Ambulance Cases 100
Commitments
17
Report of BUILDING DEPARTMENT
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF LYNN- FIELD:
My report of the Building Department for the year ending Dec. 31, 1951, is as follows:
New Dwellings 91
New Non-Residential Buildings
25
Alterations and Repairs to Dwellings
81
Conditions of Roads Reported. 16
Court Appearances . . 46
Cruiser Out of Town-Number of Hours 211
Dead Bodies Cared for 1
Doors Found Open and Made Secure 23
Driving Licenses Suspended . 34
Lights Reported Out 159
Live Wires Guarded 9
Messages Delivered 47
Missing Persons Located. 13
Motor Transfers 209
Motor Vehicle Violations to Registry . 53
Stray Dog & Animals Cared for 89
Stolen & Lost Property Recovered. $12,500
Summons Served 59
Suspension of Registration 2
Use of Resuscitator 2
Vacant Houses Checked . 228
The usual number of property damage cases have been settled without court action.
We have cooperated with the Fire Department in every possible way by forwarding all telephone calls for fires and answering all alarms.
At this time we would like to thank the various department heads and their colleagues for the co- operation extended the Police Department throughout the year.
Patrolmen
Walter M. Riggs
William E. Foley
Thomas F. Ganley Chilton Hastings
Frank E. Martin, Jr.
Intermittent Regular Patrolmen
Raymond Buckless Stanley E. Flagg
Respectfully Submitted,
EVERETT S. WEBSTER Chief
Miscellaneous
21
Total Permits Issued
218
Total estimated value of new buildings. . $1,152,775
of alterations and
repairs
87,936
Total
$1,240,711
Inspections made
401
34
3
1
4
All fees have been collected and turned over to the Town Treasurer.
At the beginning of 1951, a light building year was predicted with a possible drop of 20% as compared to the previous year. In spite of a drop in the number of new dwelling units over the country, as a whole, Lynnfield has continued to build up at a consistant rate of approximately 90 dwellings per year. This would probably have been even higher except for our rigid zoning laws which have retarded building to some extent. Due to these same zoning laws and the rigid enforcement of our building laws, the quality of building in Lynnfield has been compari- tively high.
All violations of the building laws have been corrected on notification to the owner or builder. There have been and still are violations of the zon- ing laws regarding the use of property in residence zones for business purposes. These are not being overlooked but it is the policy of this department to make every effort to correct these without court action if possible.
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Respectfully submitted,
HOWARD S. ARMERDING Inspector of Buildings
100
91
92
91
78
75
NUMBER OF PERMITS
59
56
50
43
25
7
0
1941
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
BUILDING PERMITS FOR RESIDENCE CONSTRUCTION
Route 128 finished in 1951
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128 WOBURN NEXT LEFT
MAIN! ST.
LYNNFIELD WAKEFIELD EXIT 23
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Lynnfield Centre Telephone Exchange
Probably no one can tell when Lynnfield Center first had telephones -- or who had them, or where. It might have been as early as 1877, for it was in May of that year that Alexander Graham Bell introduced commercially his invention of the year before. Some- one in town may have had a pair of telephones in those earliest days connecting home and store, for example. But there is no available record to say.
Telephone exchanges, to give telephone service as we know it today, did not come into use until 1878. The first one in the world was at New Haven, Conn., established in January of that year.
One of the earliest telephones in Lynnfield Center connected to an exchange, according to available rec- ords, was a pay station in the store of Roundy and McCarthy on Main Street. It was on a line running from the Wakefield exchange, which had been es- tablished in December, 1894.
During the early 1900's Lynnfield Center ac- cumulated a few telephones in homes and places of business and they were connected to the North Reading exchange, which had opened in April, 1899. Mostly, these telephones were on rural lines with 15 or more parties per line.
Those were the days when there was a premium on service at night and on Sundays. But that ended in 1907, when Division Supt. I. O. Wright of the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company gave notice that "commencing Nov. 1, 1907, the extra charge of $3.00 per year against North Reading (and Lynnfield Center) subscribers for night and Sunday service will be discontinued."
By 1909-1910 telephones in Lynnfield Center probably numbered between 15 and 20. People who had them were finding them increasingly important in business and social affairs. But so many parties to a line did not make for satisfaction with the serv- ice. The selectmen of the town and the Lynnfield Center League, a civic improvement association, were looking for something better. An active spokes- man for the town in discussions with the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company to explore ways and means of service improvement, was the League's president, Rutherford E. Smith.
The best possibility appeared to be the establish- ment of an exchange in Lynnfield Center, although there was a question whether sufficient customers could be obtained to support it. Nevertheless, the Company, in cooperation with the townspeople, went ahead on the project and on April 25, 1911, opened the exchange. Now the people of Lynnfield Center could be on lines with fewer parties, or they could have individual lines.
The brief report of the Company's district plant chief, E. T. Sturgis, to his superior, at the end of that day, tells something of the exchange's opening. Sturgis reported: "The new exchange in Lynnfield was es- tablished this morning with 32 stations working on 24 lines. Twenty-one of these stations were formerly connected with the North Reading exchange and eleven of them are new subscribers.
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