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Care of appara- tus, etc.
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Shavings and other combusti- ble material. Pub. Stats., chap. 104, § § 1-12.
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shall cause the same to be removed at the expense of such owners, tenants or occupants.
SEC. 11. The Chief of Department shall ob- serve all buildings in which steam engines are Chief, used, and all buildings in process of erection or Steam engines, alteration, and make a record of such of them as in his judgment may be dangerous, and report thereon to the Mayor and Aldermen forthwith. Whenever, in the opinion of the Chief of Depart- ment, any camphene or other explosive or inflam- Camphene, etc. mable fluid or material should be removed, he shall forthwith notify and direct the owner, tenant, or occupant of the premises upon which the same are situated, to remove the same, which he shall forthwith do. In case such tenant. owner or occupant shall refuse or neglect so to do, the Chief of Department shall cause the same to be removed at the expense of such owner, tenant or occupant. No person shall obstruct the Chief of Department in carrying out the provisions of this section.
SEC. 12. The Chief of Department shall, on Chief to pre- the last day of each month, prepare a pay-roll of " all persons regularly employed in the department, and present it to the committee on the fire depart- ment for their action. On the last day of June and of December in each year, the clerk of each company shall make a roll, bearing the full name, age, occupation and residence of every member of the company, specifying also the number of times the company has been called out and the attendance of each member, to which shall be appended the following certificate :-
Inspection of. buildings by
pare pay-roll,
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" We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that, accord- ing to the best of our knowledge and belief, the forego- ing persons are members of - company, and that said company had consisted of - members during the last six months; that during that time they have performed all the duties incumbent upon them as firemen, have been present at every turn-out of the company, or been duly excused, and that they are entitled to all the privileges and pay of firemen."
Certificate of pay-roll,
The certificate shall be signed by the fore- man and clerk, and shall be delivered to the Chief of Department.
The Chief of Department shall examine these rolls, and, if they are found correct, shall approve them and present them, with the pay- rolls of the several companies, to the committee on fire department for their action.
Fire-alarm telegraph,
Keys.
SEC. 13. The Chief of Department shall have the care and management of the rooms, apparatus and machinery connected with the fire-alarm telegraph, and shall determine to whom shall be intrusted the keys of the signal boxes. He shall prepare rules and directions for giving alarms of fire through the telegraph.
Signal boxes.
SEC. 14. No unauthorized person shall open any of the signal boxes, except in case of fire, or interfere with the wires or the poles, or other supports of the wires.
False alarms.
SEC. 15. The Chief of Department shall see that every person raising a false alarm of fire is prosecuted.
Gambling.
SEC. 16. No gambling shall be allowed in any building occupied by the fire department, nor shall spirituous liquors be kept or used there.
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SEC. 17. No person shall draw water from the reservoirs or fire-hydrants, except in case of fire, and except as otherwise provided ; nor shall any engine, hose, or truck, be taken out of the city, without permission of the Chief or Assis- tant Chief. No part of the apparatus shall be taken from the city, unless to a fire, without special permission from the Mayor and Aldermen.
SEC. 18. No occupant of any building or room in which there is a hatchway or trap-door shall suffer the same to be left open at night.
SEC. 19. Any member of the department in- Disabled mem- jured or disabled while on actual duty shall bers. receive pay for the time lost in consequence, not exceeding three months.
SEC. 20. No person shall wantonly or care- Setting fires lessly set fire to any tree, bush. grass, leaves. wantonly to trees, etc. brushwood, rubbish, or other substance in any place in the city of Newton.
SEC. 21. Whoever shall violate any provision Penalty. of this ordinance shall forfeit a sum not exceed- ing twenty dollars.
1 Ordinance XV ., § 19.
ORDINANCE XXIV.
BUILDINGS.
SECTION 1. No person shall erect, alter or re- build, or essentially change, any building or any part thereof, for any purpose other than a dwelling house, without first obtaining in writing Permit. a permit from the Board of Aldermen. The application for such permit shall specify the location and size of said building, the material of
Water from hydrants, etc.
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which it is to be constructed, and the use for which it is intended.
SEC. 2. No person shall use any building, or part thereof, for any purpose rendering said building, or buildings adjacent thereto, hazardous, unsafe, or liable to be destroyed by fire, or dangerous to persons or property, without first obtaining a permit as named in section one.
Chimneys and brick flues,
SEC. 3. All chimneys hereafter erected shall be built of brick, stone or other fire-proof, non- conducting material. All brick flues shall be smoothly plastered inside with mortar from top to bottom, and outside below the roofing. In no case shall chimneys rest upon any flooring with- out a footing of masonry or iron, supported by iron beams, having a secure bearing on iron at either end.
Hearths and grates.
Hearths of fireplaces or grates shall be laid upon brick or other trimmer arches, or upon bars of iron supporting a bed of brick-work.
Wood-work.
No wood-work of any kind shall be placed at a less distance than one inch from the outside brick-work of any flue, and in no case shall a nail be driven into the masonry of any flue.
No wood-work shall be placed at a less distance than one inch from any tin or other metal flue or flues, pipe or pipes, used or intended to be used to convey heated air or steam in any building, unless such flues or pipes be cased with metal, leaving a free circulation of air all around the same.
Smoke-pipe.
No smoke-pipe shall pass through any stud or wooden partitions, whether plastered or not, with-
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out being guarded either by a double collar of metal, with at least four inches' air-space and holes for ventilation, or by a soapstone ring not less than three inches in thickness and extending through the partition.
SEC. 4. Whoever violates any provision of the preceding sections of this ordinance shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
ORDINANCE XXII.
GUNPOWDER AND OTHER EXPLOSIVE COM-
POUNDS.
SECTION 1. No person shall keep or deposit Pub. Stats., any gunpowder within the city unless it is well secured in tight casks or canisters.
No person shall keep or deposit more than fifty pounds of gunpowder in any shop, store or other building which is within the distance of twenty- five rods from any other building or wharf; no person shall keep or deposit more than twenty- five pounds of gunpowder in any shop, store or other building which is within the distance of ten rods from any other building; and no person shall keep or deposit more than one pound of gunpowder in any shop, store or other building which is within ten rods of any other building . unless it is well secured in copper, tin or brass canisters, holding not exceeding five pounds each, and closely covered with copper, brass or tin covers.
chap. 103, §!'56.
No person to keep or deposit gunpowder/ unless, etc.
Limit of amount.
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Licenses.
SEC. 2. Licenses may be granted by the Mayor and Aldermen for the retailing of gun- powder, in form substantially as follows, to- wit :-
Gunpowder License No.
LICENSE TO SELL GUNPOWDER IN THE CITY OF NEWTON.
This certifies that of Newton, is (or are) hereby licensed and authorized to sell gunpowder at retail, at on street, being place of business in said city, for one year from the date hereof, at noon, provided shall duly conform to the laws and to the provisions of the ordinance printed hereon. And in case the said shall at any time during the term aforesaid infringe the laws, or any of the provis- ions of the said ordinance, then this license shall be void.
Dated at Newton this day of in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
No person shall sell any gunpowder within the city without such license. Every such license shall be in force one year from the date thereof, provided that any such license may be rescinded by the Mayor and Aldermen, at their discretion.
SEC. 3. Every person so licensed shall keep a sign over the outside of the principal entrance from the street of the building in which powder is kept, on which shall be printed in capitals the words, " Licensed to Keep and Sell Gunpowder."
SEC 4. The City Clerk shall keep a record of all such licenses and of the places designated therein, which places shall not be changed unless by consent of the Mayor and Aldermen, in writ_ ing. Every person who receives a, license shall sign his name to a copy of the rules prescribed in this ordinance, as evidence of his assent thereto.
Sales without license pro- hibited.
License may be rescinded,
Sign.
City Clerk to keep record of licenses, etc. Place not to be changed.
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SEC. 5. The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply or extend to the keeping or storing of metallic cartridges in fire-proof magazines, nor to cartridge manufacturers, so long as they shall keep their powder in canisters, as prescribed in Sec. 4, and in fire-proof magazines, located and built to the satisfaction of the Mayor and Alder- men, and so long as such manufacturers allow no more than one hundred pounds of gunpowder in any magazine, or five pounds of gunpowder not made into cartridges, to be in any one workshop at any one time.
SEC. 6. No person, except on military duty in the public service of the United States or of this Commonwealth, shall keep, have, or possess, in any building, place, vehicle, ship, or other vessel within one rod of a dwelling-house, any explosive compound other than gunpowder, in quantity exceeding one-fifth of a pound.
SEC. 7. The Mayor and Aldermen may Licenses. license any suitable person to keep, store, and sell such compound, in accordance with the foregoing provisions.
SEC. 8. Any member of the police or of the Fire Department may enter the building or prem- ises of any person so licensed, to make the exam- ination provided by law, at his discretion, and on alarm of fire may cause such compound there de- posited to be removed or destroyed, as the case may require.
SEC. 9. Whoever violates any provision of Penalty. this ordinance shall be liable to a fine not ex- ceeding twenty dollars.
Exceptions. Keeping in magazines.
Pub. Stats. chap. 102, §§ 59, etc.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Newton as follows :-
SECTION 1. The Chief of the Fire Department, under the direction of the Mayor and Aldermen, shall have the supervision and charge of all telegraph, telephone and electric lines. He shall forthwith report to the Mayor any violations of this ordinance.
SEC. 2. No telegraph, telephone nor electric line shall be erected nor maintained until the owner thereof shall file with the Mayor and Aldermen a written agreement accepting and promising to abide by and perform all the conditions and provisions of this ordinance, and all orders, rules, regu- lations and amendments hereafter made in addition thereto.
SEC. 3. All writings and authority for the erection of telegraph, telephone and electric lines shall be subject to the right of the Mayor and Aldermen to permit other lines to be placed upon the same posts ; but this shall not prevent a reasonable compensation therefor.
SEC. 4. On streets where curbstones are set, all posts shall be erected in the sidewalk, within and adjoining the curbstones; and where there are no curbstones, the posts shall be so erected as not to interfere with the gutters. No post shall be erected within fifteen feet of any hydrant, nor so as to interfere with any water-pipe, shade-tree, drive-way, nor intersection of streets.
SEC. 5. All posts for telegraph, telephone and electric lines shall be straight, properly trimmed and painted, shall
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not be less than twenty feet in height from the ground, shall be of iron, cedar or chestnut, and, if of wood, not less than six inches in diameter at the smaller end and ten inches in diameter at the ground. Such posts shall be firmly and properly set in the ground to the depth of at least five feet. Wherever any wire shall cross any street or way, it shall be at a height not less than twenty-five feet above such street or way, and be protected by guards, and, where practicable, cross at right angles.
SEC. 6. All wires for the transmission of electricity for lighting and motive power shall at all times be so insulated as to resist abrasion and heat and be impervious to water. When placed above the surface of the ground such wires shall be suspended upon posts. When any such wire shall be broken, or its insulation become imperfect, the electric current shall forthwith be discontinued and the wire not used until properly repaired and insulated.
SEC. 7. Wires for the transmission of electricity for lighting and motive power shall be secured to insulating fastenings of glass, hard rubber or other approved insulating material. All tie-wires shall be insulated in the same man- ner as conducting-wires. All joints in wires shall be securely made and wrapped with insulating material that will resist heat and abrasion, and be impervious to water. Continuous wires, without joints, shall be used as far as possible.
SEC. 8. Wires for the transmission of electricity for lighting and motive power, passing through the exterior walls of buildings, shall be firmly encased in substantial tubes of non-conducting material not liable to absorb mois- ture, and so placed as to prevent water from entering the building along the wire. Outgoing and returning wires for arc-lights shall enter and leave buildings at points one foot
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at least from each other; those for incandescent lights shall so enter and leave buildings at points at least six inches from each other. In running along outside walls, cornices, and the like, all such wires shall be rigidly fastened by non- conducting fastenings. In the interior of buildings, all such wires shall be so placed as not to come in contact with iron pipes, posts, nor girders, nor in any way so as to form other circuits or ground connections. In passing through floors or partitions or walls, they shall be surrounded by an insulating tube of substantial material, to protect them from injury by rats and mice. Whenever such wires enter a building, a cut-out of simple form and construction shall be provided, and properly attached as near as possible to such entrance.
SEC. 9. The frame and exposed parts of all arc-lamps shall be insulated from the circuit. All such lamps shall be provided with a separate hand-switch, and also with an auto- matic switch which will close the circuit whenever the car- bons do not approach each other, or the resistance becomes excessive.
SEC. 10. For incandescent lamps, the conducting wire leading to each building and branch circuit shall be provided with an automatic switch or cut-out, or its equivalent, capa- ble of protecting the system from injury by an excessive current of electricity.
SEC. 11. All light and power circuits shall be entirely of metal. No gas, water, nor steam pipe, nor the earth, shall be used as a part of any such circuit.
SEC. 12. In case of fire the Chief of the Fire Depart- ment shall have full power and authority to order and cause any electric wires to be cut or removed, and electric currents discontinued until the fire is extinguished.
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SEC. 13. Except by vote of two-thirds of all members of the Board of Aldermen, no wire for the transmission of elec- tricity for lighting or motive-power shall be attached to posts of the fire-alarm telegraph nor to the posts of any telegraph or telephone company upon which fire-alarm wires are placed. Such wires, excepting when permitted by a like vote to remain, shall forthwith be removed from such posts, when- ever any wire of the fire-alarm telegraph is attached thereto.
SEC. 14. All dead wires shall be removed.
SEC. 15. Upon the completion of any circuit, and before it is used, a plat, showing the location of the wires and posts of such circuit, shall be filed with the Chief of the Fire De- partment; and any change of such posts or wires shall be reported to him within twenty-four hours.
STATISTICS
From January 1, 1886, to December 31, 1886.
Total of alarms
Alarms by citizens
42
By firemen
16
By police. .
13
Loss on real estate. $13,171 07
Insurance paid on same. $12,331 52
Loss on personal property. $9,001 75
Insurance paid on same.
$7,385 25
Loss in excess of insurance paid. $2,467 00
Total insurance at risk ..
$153,855 00
Assessed value of real estate at risk. $154,500 00
Total of hydrants.
471
Miles of street mains. 78
Pumping capacity per diem. 5,000,000
Reservoir capacity per diem. 15,000,000
Miles of accepted streets. 108
Area protected by Fire Department. 20 square miles
Assessed value of real, personal, corporate and bank stock. $34,800,000
CITY OF NEWTON.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CITY MARSHAL
For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1886.
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PRESS OF THE NEWTON JOURNAL. 1887.
CITY MARSHAL'S REPORT.
OFFICE OF CITY MARSHAL,
CITY HALL, WEST NEWTON, Jan. 1, 1887.
To the Honorable Board of Mayor and Aldermen :
I have the honor to submit a report of the work per- formed by the Police Department during the year 1886, also the condition of the department at the present time.
ARRESTS.
Whole number of arrests
528
Arrests on warrants
231
Arrests without warrants
297
Held for trial
503
Released on examination
25
Females
32
Foreigners
307
Non-residents
146
Minors
· 119
Number of arrests in 1885
. 485
ARRESTS AT EACH POLICE STATION.
Station No. 1
58
Station No. 2
56
Station No. 3
326
Station No. 4
88
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528
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NUMBER OF ARRESTS EACH MONTH.
January
. 16
February
24
March .
35
April
. 30
May
. 39
June
79
July
45
August
59
September
·
48
October
. 50
November
66
December
37
528
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OFFENSES FOR WHICH ARRESTS WERE MADE.
Arson .
3
Assault
1
Assault and battery
· 62
Assault-felonious
2
Assault on an officer
7
Attempt to commit rape
1
Breaking glass
2
Breaking and entering
· 19
Concealing mortgaged property
6
Conspiracy .
2
Contempt of Court
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2
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109
Cruelty to animals
5
Default warrant .
1
Disturbing the peace
64
Drunkenness
207
Embezzlement
1
Evading car fare
5
Fast driving
1
Fraud .
2
Indecency
3
Insane .
9 16
Larceny-simple .
6
Lewdness
1
Malicious mischief
1
Non-support of family .
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2
Peddling without a license
.
4
Perjury
1
Polygamy
1
Profanity
3
Runaway
1
Stubborn children
4
Suspicious person
6
Suspicion of larceny
1
Tramps
6
Trespass
6
Truancy
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7 12
Violation of the dog law
11
Violation of the Lord's Day
13
Violation of the liquor law
. 20
Violation of the railroad law
1
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Violation of city ordinances
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528
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Larceny-felonious
110
FEMALES WERE ARRESTED FOR THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES.
Assault and battery
6
Concealing mortgaged property
4
Disturbing the peace
2
Drunkenness
12
Insane .
2
Profanity
1
Simple larceny
5
32
NATIVITY OF PRISONERS.
United States
215
Ireland
226
Canada
. 31
England
24
Germany
23
Sweden
4
France .
2
Scotland
2
Switzerland .
1
528
NATIVITY OF FEMALES WHO WERE ARRESTED.
United States
4
Ireland
25
England
3
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RESIDENCES OF PRISONERS.
City of Newton :
Newton
65
Newtonville .
30
Nonantum
81
West Newton
67
Auburndale .
15
Lower Falls .
20
Upper Falls .
25
Highlands
15
Newton Centre
64
Boston .
54
Cambridge
24
Watertown
16
Waltham
10
Needham
8
Wellesley
5
Natick .
5
Brookline
3
Weston
3
Fall River
3
Malden
3
Framingham
3
Newburyport
2
Dover, Mass.,
1
Fitchburg
1
Lowell
1
Lincoln
1
Southwick
1
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382
112
Westboro
1
Worcester
1
528
Arrests have been made on warrants for other police departments as follows :
For Boston .
3
For Brookline
2
For Concord, Mass.,
2
For Waltham
2
For Wellesley
2
For Needham
1
For Watertown
.
1
For Westboro
1
14
LODGERS.
The following number of persons have been accommo dated with lodging:
At Station No. 1 .
. 392
At Station No. 3 .
· 662
At Station No 4 .
. 145
1,199
Number of females who have been accommodated with
lodging
3
In 1885. fourteen hundred and thirty-eight lodgers were given accommodations.
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NATIVITY OF LODGERS.
United States
535
Ireland
425
England
. 126
Scotland
. 32
Canada
. 28
Germany
19
France
9
Sweden
7
Italy
6
Wales
5
Holland
4
Denmark
1
Norway
1
Turkey
1
1,199
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
Amount of property reported stolen in the city . $977 00
Amount of stolen property recovered 888 00
Amount of fines imposed by Court ·
2,133 00
Amount of court fees earned by officers and paid
by Clerk of Police Court to City Treas- urer 674 16
Imprisonment imposed by Court . 38 years, and 4 months. Number of city documents served and posted by members of the department 14,000 · · ·
Number of legal documents served and posted by the City Marshal 250
Cases reported to the Medical Examiner 6
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REPORTS MADE BY PATROLMEN TO THE CITY MARSHAL.
Number of accidents
58
Number of buildings erecting 168
Number of buildings found open and secured 39
Number of cases investigated
. 62
Number of defective streets
19
Number of defective sidewalks
19
Number of defective water pipes .
-13
Number of disturbances suppressed
28
Number of fire alarms .
41
Fires extinguished without alarm
19
Intoxicated persons helped home .
23
Lost children restored to friends .
5
· Sick and injured persons assisted 27
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31
Stray teams put up
LIQUOR LAW.
Number of search warrants for liquor served 20
Number of liquor seizures 17
Number of gallons of liquor seized and brought to the office of the City Marshal 254 1-2
All liquors condemned by Court are turned over to the Chief of the District Police in Boston, in accordance with Section 38, Chapter 100, of the Public Statutes.
POLICE ORGANIZATION.
The force at present consists of a Marshal, one Sergeant and eighteen patrolmen, as follows:
Daniel M. Hammond, City Marshal.
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Charles F. Richardson, Sergeant.
George E. F. Baker, Patrolman, on duty at Newton. Charles T. Bartlett. Patrolman, on duty at Newton. Noah F. Bosworth, Patrolman, on duty at West Newton. William G. Bosworth, Patrolman, on duty at Auburndale. Thomas C. Clay, Patrolman, on duty at Newtonville. John W. Conroy, Jr., Patrolman, on duty at Nonantum.
Charles E. Davis, Patrolman, on duty at Newtonville and West Newton.
Charles O. Davis, Patrolman, on duty at Nonantum. William C. Emerson, Patrolman, on duty at Newton.
Frank B. Fletcher, Patrolman, on duty at Newton Centre. Ambrose M. Fuller, Patrolman, on duty at Newton Centre. Robert S. Harrison, Patrolman, on duty at Lower Falls. James D. Henthorn, Patrolman. on duty at Newton. Edson C. Holmes, Patrolman, on duty at West Newton.
Charles P. Huestis, Patrolman, on duty at Newton Centre. Rufus H. Moulton, Patrolman, on duty at Newton Highlands. John Purcill, Patrolman, on duty at Upper Falls. John Ryan, Patrolman, on duty at West Newton.
Special Officer John W. Quilty has been on duty most of the year and has been very efficient. His route has been at Nonantum.
Patrolmen Charles T. Bartlett and Thomas C. Clay were appointed during the year.
The day force of patrolmen consists of Henthorn, Charles O. Davis, Charles E. Davis and Huestis.
The day officer at West Newton acts as officer of the Police Court.
Sergt. Richardson acts as assistant to the Clerk of the Police Court.
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Appropriation has been made for two additional patrol- men for the coming year, also for a Sergeant for night duty and a Captain for day duty.
Amount of appropriation for 1886 $21,594 00
Amount expended 21,591 46
Leaving a balance of $2 54
Deduct the amount received from the Clerk of the New- ton Police Court as fees earned by the officers and the total cost of running the department is $20,917.30.
POLICE TELEPHONE.
The Police Telephone has been extended during the year from Station 4, at Newton Centre, to the house of Pa- trolman Moulton at the Highlands and to the house of Patrolman Purcill at Upper Falls. It now consists of about nine miles of wire and eight instruments, and is very useful in conducting the business of the police and other city de- partments.
NEWTON POLICE RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
This association, which was organized March 24, 1885. is in good financial condition.
Amount of funds on hand at this date . $409 00
Paid for sick benefits in 1886 (to three members) . 16 00
No benefit is paid until after a member has been sick seven days, then one dollar per day for fifteen weeks, not to exceed that time in any case.
Number of members at present, 18.
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