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28 Wallace Bronson Bailey
28 Edna Frances Meuse
31 John Whitmore Rich
Guy E. and Mildred B.
Nov.
4 Phyllis Rae Springford
8 John Hubert McBride 10 10 Ernest Paul Doucette
11 Richard Francis White
14 Raymond Armand Petrain
17 Joseph Alfred Wilton
17 Barbara Marion Merritt
19 Paul Hillman Colvin
21 Edward Frank Clark 23 Phyllis Irene White
25 David Wills Brown
28 Leo Nicholas Roberts
29 Kenneth William Castine
30 Elizabeth Dorothy Burpee
Frederick L. and Mildred H. John W. and Annie P.
Albert J. and Delia G.
Thomas and Winnifred B.
Henry and Alida
Julius K. and Eva G.
Fred E. and Helen C.
Josiah P. and Helen C.
Ernest F. and Myrtle B. Roy E. and Katherine H.
Rodney W. and Mabel H.
Nicholas J. and Mildred F.
William F. and Anna L.
Ray W. and Mary H.
Dec.
1 Lewis Ernest Muise
4 Frances McLaughlin
6 Phyliss Irene Gormlie
7 Barbara Lois Thorn
18 Frank Ellsworth Owen
13 Robert Eugene Zwicker
Jeremiah and Florence M.
Francis J. and Carolyn D.
Joseph J. and Adelaide O.
George H. and Harriet W.
Walter D. and Rose V.
George C. and Alma A.
Arthur J. and Daisy B. George B. and Eleanor K. George H. and Evelyn R. John J. and Hannah B.
John R. and Frances C.
Bertrand W. and Hilda P.
Edward F. and Florence M.
John S. and Margaret M. James A. and Agnes H. Charles F. and Bertha M. Joseph E. and Alice M. Frank M. and Louise W. Lavers D. and Cora H.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1924
Date
Name
Parents
18 Barbara Ruth King
18 Thomas Joseph Thornton, Jr.
23 Chester Stanley Buck, Jr.
Chester S. and Malvina J.
24 Charles Andrew Bacigalupo
Philip J. and Theresa C.
24 Alfred Edward Colford
Alfred J. and Annie B.
25 Thomas Merriam Foster
Harold P. and Frances M.
25 Robert Charles Sherrod
Roy L. and Florence M.
29 George Joseph De Vean, Jr.
George J. and Minnie D.
30 James Talbot Emery
Francis P. and Rebecca T.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING FOR PRECEDING YEARS
Feb. 16, 1880
William Matthew Goodwin
Walter C. and Jennie H.
Sept. 13, 1891 Myrtle Delphine Wells
Charles D. and Mabel F.
Apr. 4, 1899 Anna May McKillop
John C. and Annie M.
Nov. 1, 1912
Delma Helena Turner
Hugh N. and Edith F.
Aug. 1, 1918
Lawrence Abbott Cate
Frank C. and Lucille A.
Oct. 1, 1921 Jeanette Eloise Forbes
Frank D. and Margaret D.
July 8, 1922 Natalie Clara Staples
Malcolm L. and Margaret N.
Dec. 6, 1922 Philip Arthur Burbine
Peter J. and Rose G.
Dec. 7, 1922
Thomas Henry Rotchford, Jr.
Thomas H. and Agnes G.
Dec. 27, 1922
Mary Virginia Graves
Percy M. and Hilda L.
May 21, 1923 Ruth Edith Pendergrace
Frederick G. and Edith C.
Chester R. and Almira W.
Thomas J. and Ruth D.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1924
Date
Names
Age Occupation
Residence
Jan.
18 John Lawrence Knight
21 S. O. Man
Stoneham
Florence Elizabeth Gray
18 Millhand
Reading
30 Henry A. Anderson
56
Carpenter
Brockton
Alice May Crimmins
36
Bookkeeper
Brockton
Feb.
2 Walter Richard Trafton
27
Farmer
Swampscott
Grace Damon Flint
27
Clerk
Reading
17 Samuel Joseph Feinstein Lillian Finstein
23
Clerk
Cambridge
23 Iron Worker
Stoneham
24 Warren Fred. Gregory Mary Ellen Clements
21 At home
Reading
27 Emil Andrew Frotten
23 Millhand
Reading
Esther White
28 Housework
Reading
March
8 Horton Eldredge
21 Chauffeur
North Reading
Bertha Mary (Dill) Dudley
37 Mill Operative
North Reading
15 Craig Vincent
27 Telephone Engineer
Reading
Ruth Louise Wiggin
24
At home Bedford, N. H.
25 Frank A. Smith
42
Cook
North Reading
Jessie E. Bannister
34
Waitress
Reading
April
12 Joseph F. Merrill
22
Teamster
Lynn
Erma A. Harriman
18
Shoeworker
Lynn
27 Roland N. Beauchamp
27
Mason Tender
Reading
Nellie Mary Surette
26 Millhand
Reading
May
17 John Wilson Dorothy D. M. Hedgeley
18
Operative
Malden
21 William Joseph McMahon Alice Christina Torrell
26
Ice Cream Maker
Reading
18 Shoe Worker
Reading
25 John F. Dulong Dorothy Griffith
19 Greenhouse Worker
Lynnfield
28 John Langford Morton Dorothy Lane
44 Insurance Engineer
Plymouth
28 Secretary
Reading
June
4 Charles F. Carter
23 Expressman
Ayer
Jennie L. Lyle
28 Stenographer
Reading
7 Louis Granville Hill
52
Superintendent
Reading
Marion (Campbell) Strout 40 Bookkeeper
Medford
21
Chauffeur
Malden
21 Weigher
Reading
23 Auto. Mechanic
Reading
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1924
Date
Name
Parents
18 Barbara Ruth King
18 Thomas Joseph Thornton, Jr.
23 Chester Stanley Buck, Jr. Chester S. and Malvina J.
24 Charles Andrew Bacigalupo
24 Alfred Edward Colford
Alfred J. and Annie B.
Harold P. and Frances M.
25 Robert Charles Sherrod
Roy L. and Florence M.
29 George Joseph De Vean, Jr.
George J. and Minnie D.
30 James Talbot Emery
Francis P. and Rebecca T.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING FOR PRECEDING YEARS
Feb. 16, 1880
William Matthew Goodwin
Walter C. and Jennie H.
Sept. 13, 1891 Myrtle Delphine Wells
Charles D. and Mabel F.
Apr. 4, 1899 Anna May McKillop
John C. and Annie M.
Nov. 1, 1912
Delma Helena Turner
Hugh N. and Edith F.
Aug. 1, 1918
Lawrence Abbott Cate
Frank C. and Lucille A.
Oct. 1, 1921
Jeanette Eloise Forbes
Frank D. and Margaret D.
July 8, 1922
Natalie Clara Staples
Malcolm L. and Margaret N.
Dec. 6, 1922 Philip Arthur Burbine
Peter J. and Rose G.
Dec. 7, 1922
Thomas Henry Rotchford, Jr.
Thomas H. and Agnes G.
Dec. 27, 1922
Mary Virginia Graves
Percy M. and Hilda L.
May 21, 1923 Ruth Edith Pendergrace
Frederick G. and Edith C.
Philip J. and Theresa C.
25 Thomas Merriam Foster
Chester R. and Almira W.
Thomas J. and Ruth D.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1924
Date
Names
Age Occupation
Residence
31 Joseph L. Hartnett
26 Insurance Adjuster
Charlestown
Mary F. Hickey
20
Counter Girl
Reading
31 Thomas Joseph Thornton
25 Clerk
Reading
Ruth Elizabeth Doucette
20 Telephone Operator
Reading
Sept.
1 John James Flanagan Ella May Meekins
24 Stenographer
Reading
5 Ralph A. McDowell Rachel Hutchinson
22 Stenographer
Reading
16 Raymond James McKay Alma Matilda DeLesdernier
32
Organ Pipe Maker
Reading
33 Clerk
Reading
34 Chef
Reading
7 Percy Charles Rogers Evelyn Louise Dow
18 Stenographer
Reading
10 Arthur Michelini
31 Manufacturer
Reading
Helen Nowell
25 At home
Reading
13 Frederick E. Smith Stella M. Brooks
26 Stenographer
Lynn
15 Chester D. Stevens
27
Statistician
Reading
Beulah H. Page
25
Clerk
Reading
17 Robert Weaver Totten
38
Plumber
Reading
Alda Lottie Parker
37
Teacher
Reading
27 William Louis Wilby
20 Baker
Stoneham
Ethel M. Crafts
21 Shoe Worker
Reading
Oct.
1 Ralph Michelini Dorothy Knox
10 Albert Chadwick Maxwell Ethel Frances Quinn
25
Electrician
Reading
11 George Joseph Deveau Helen Minnie Doucette
18 At home
Reading
24 Auto. Mechanic
Melrose
12 Wilbur Solomon Morrell Mary Mabel White
23 Shoe Worker
Reading
15 George Johnson Marie Ward
45 Domestic
Reading
30 Paymaster
Reading
17 Harold S. Goodridge Edith L. Sherman
26 Stenographer
Waltham
33 Shipper
Malden
24 At home
Reading
29 Bank Clerk
Melrose
21 Bank Clerk
Reading
-
22 Manufacturer
Reading
21 At home
Reading
23 Telephone Operator
Wakefield
17 R. R. Worker
Wakefield
45 Salesman
Reading
18 Jesse Holbrook Clark Helen Augusta Lord
18 Joseph Morton Warren Ethyl Mae Mitchell
24 Foreman
South Boston
32
Tabulator
Melrose
27 Clerk
Reading
.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1924
Date
Names
Age Occupation
Residence
19 Arthur John Frotten
24 Barber
Reading
Marjorie Louise Doucette
19 At home
Woburn
27 Ralph Pierce Eldridge Jeanette May Bernard
48
Salesman
Reading
32 At home
Reading
Nov.
2 Harry Edward White Nellie Frances Heselton
18 Waitress
Reading
2 Rudolph Wyer Marion Lassell
17
Clerk
Reading
7 John Andrew McIntosh Lillian May Crosby
21 Machine Operator
Reading
25 Isaac Bolton Hannah J. Eaton
54 At home
Reading
46 Physician
Boston
26 Arthur Stanley Gibson Marion Audrey Fowle
26
Bank Clerk
Reading
26 Louis Joseph LeBlanc Lena Warner
21 Housework
Reading
77 Retired
Reading
26 Volney Sprague Elizabeth Pike
64 Housekeeper
Lisbon, N. H.
21
Asst. Finisher
Reading
27 William Patrick Burke Mary Elizabeth Simpson
20
Clerk
Medford
38 Police Officer
Reading
27 Patrick Joseph Long Katherine O'Brien
36 Housework
Winchester
27 Frederick L. Riessle Margaret T. Turner
32 Chauffeur
Reading
26 Cloth Inspector
Reading
Dec.
4 Harry Eldridge Waldron Clara Ethel Legro
23 Bookkeeper
Quincy
19 Clerk
Reading
Greenskeeper
Reading
13 Hermidos A. Saulnier Mary Esther Doucette
38
Shoeworker
Stoneham
16 Leather Worker
Reading
25 Albert Clarence Graupner, Jr. 25 Ethel Gertrude Bancroft
24 Bookkeeper
Reading
19 Donald Warren Shepard Eva Marie Rayfuse
21 Insurance Broker
Reading
21 Stenographer Reading
23 Rubber Worker
Reading
24
Machinist
New Bedford
22 Mechanic
Stoneham
55
Track Hand
Reading
21
Millhand
Reading
12 Howard Daggett Farrant Marie Hazel Robart
24 At home
Reading
Clerk
Reading
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1924
Date
Name
YMD
Cause of Death
Oct., 1918
5 Albert O. Surette
35
10 12 Pneumonia
Jan.
1
2 Ralph A. Fratus
35
9
Ulcer of Duodenum 6
6 Walter L. McConney
59
8
28
Hemorrhage
8 Julie R. French
53
0
26 Carcinoma
9 Susan . Grace Putnam
79 6 19 Diabetes
16 Franklin P. Eaton
69
10 1 Heart Disease
19 Robert Powers
69
7
15
Heart Disease
19 Lucy M. Kidder
76. 11
10 Hemorrhage
22 Margaret Riessle
5-1
0
12 Gall Stones
28 Michael A. Hickey
74
10
28
Carcinoma
31 Gordon W. Lewis
8
1
19
Automobile Accident
Feb.
1 Warren A. Batchelder
88
0
19
Nephritis
3 Dexter F. Pecott
66
5 10
Arterio Sclerosis
9 Charlotte E. C. Clapp
79
4
4
Oedema
10 Edgar Knight
61
11 13 Hemorrhage
11 John J. Leary
75
11
7 Myocarditis
18 Augusta Jones
80
1
13 Carcinoma
25 Sarah Hutchinson
20
8
25
Eclampsia
26 Augustine P. Cummings
37
9
10 Tuberculosis
Mar.
1 Alfred Foster Swett
62
6 14
Nephritis
2 Ida M. Bowen
66
0 0 Myocarditis
10 James P. Riley
25
0
0 Pneumonia
12 George W. Perkins
58
2
27 Hemorrhage
16 Almeda E. Duley
87
1 12
Advanced Age
26 Harold Carden
0
0 5 Hydrocephalus
Apr. 3
3 Margaret A. Stewart
75
2 17 Myocarditis
5 Benjamin H. Jellison
78
3 7 Anaemia
7 Sophia F. Hamilton
90 8 19 Myocarditis
8 David Morin
73
7 18 Oedema
31
10 Jack Alexander Berg
2
9 6 Pneumonia
53
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1924
Date
Name
YMD
Cause of Death
13
Lydia L. Surrey
44
5
2
Anaemia
15 Dorothy Robertson
0
0
5
Hemorrhage
20 Mabel E. Becker
51
0
12
Pneumonia
23 Lewis H. Graham
19
4
4
Accidental Burns
24 Susan B. Higgins
70
11
15
Heart Disease
24 Mary F. Robbins ยท
33
9
5 Carcinoma
27 Phoebe Atkins Johnson
82
1
30
Hemorrhage
29 Marian A. Clapp
49
6 29
Ruptured Appendix
May
2 Lydia J. Hyde
74
7
14
Carcinoma
6 Louise A. Nichols
57
7
2
Fracture of Spine
7 Caroline E. Harnden
75
4
19
Hemorrhage
8 Ellis Proctor Holmes
63
11 29
Heart Disease
11 Julia E. Prescott
74
7
12
Pneumonia
12 Benjamin F. Goodwin
70
8
0 Hemorrhage
21 Hermenigilde Bourgault
53
0
0 Myocarditis
25 Moses E. Nichols
82
11
18 Nephritis
27 Marie T. Palumbo
0
9
29
Hemorrhage
30 Joseph P. Fay
21
9
29
Septicaemia
-
June
3 Robert Morton
51
2
24
Carcinoma
10 George A. Hunt
64
7
19
Nephritis
12 Mary A. Morrison
68
11
7 Heart Disease
18 Bessie M. Hutchinson
51
9
18
Myocarditis
19 Agnes L. Vyse
0
0
9
Hemorrhage
July
8 Catherine E. Gigie
78
6 28 Carcinoma
9 Morton H. Ambler
25
7 20
Accidental Electrocution
17 Augusta C. Sawyer
87
5 17
Carcinoma
28 Catherine Gordon
8
6 20
Automobile Accident
Aug.
2 Forest S. Lowell
64
4 10 Hemorrhage
2
4
6 Orville W. Smith
55
7 11 Myocarditis
7 Mary F. Damon
79
4 9 Heart Disease
12 Freeman R. Slocum
30
0 10
Heart Disease
12
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1924
Date
Name
YMD
Cause of Death
13 Richard Sears
14
16 Gilman M. Stokes
89
3
7
Heart Disease
26
Annie Riley
87
0
0
Myocarditis
28
Iva E. Alexander
46
3
29
Myocarditis
2S
Gilman L. Parker
77
0
9 Traemia
28
Francis G. Wilson
0
2
28
Intestinal Indigestion
30
Mary Ann Meaney
82
5
0 Myocarditis
Sept.
5 Anne H. Wait
45
6
8
Nephritis
10 Edward H. Morris
13
11
15
Peritonitis
11 Ida F. Chase
61
8
30
Heart Disease
15 Fred E. Grimes
31
11 7
Tuberculosis
15
Sarah D. Newhall
57
10 13
Carcinoma
20 Exie Estes
68
2
25 Encephalitis
24 Sarah W. Brown
81
0
0 Myocarditis
27 Corey H. Wetmore
42
10
23
Tuberculosis
30 Barbara Frances Braun
0
0
4
Heart Disease
Oct.
7 Joseph R. White
0
0
28
Gastro Enteritis
7 Calvin W. Park
78
3
14
Myocarditis
9 Samuel Metcalf
88
7
26 Myocarditis
17 Mary Quinn
0
0
3 Melena
21 William John Everett
63
4
8 Pneumonia
23 Miriam Innis
34
0
0 Convulsions
24 Chester B. Rogers
55
0 24 Anaemia
29 Edward Lincoln Abbott
61
10
14
Hemorrhage
31
Samuel H. Parker
73
0
25
Myocarditis
Nov.
1 Katherine E. Hunt
95
8 14
Arterio Sclerosis
3 Margaret Jane Cameron
66
11
4
Cancer
7 Philip McArthur
75
9
0 Apoplexy
10
12 Emerline C. Nichols
93
10 1 Enteritis
18 Katherine Helen Wakefield
52
7 0 Carcinoma
19 Julia E. Chaffee
76
8 2 Arterio Sclerosis
24 Rosetta S. Smith
81
6 13
Pneumonia
27 Isabelle Fiske Rankin
73
5 18 Pneumonia
28 Malcolm McLeod
86
10
26 Heart Disease
29 Martha A. Batchelder
87
9
8 Arterio Sclerosis
30 Daniel F. Whalen
56
2
6 Carcinoma
2
2
0
Accidental Burns
55
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1924
Date
Name
Y M
Cause of Death
Dec.
3 Joseph B. Doherty
44
9
0 Phthisis
5 Ray Gowing
49
0
0
Pneumonia
6 Addin L. Hibbert
72
0
7 Myelitis
6 Richard J. Brophy
40 0
0 Phthisis
10
Georgia May Tully
47 2
27
Broncho Pneumonia
16 Zwicker
0
0
3
Hemorrhage
19 Walter H. Calkin
66
7
1 Pneumonia
19 Ellen Frost
62
11
29
Heart Disease
20 Mary E. Jewell
70
5
5 Nephritis
21 Elizabeth W. Frost
48
11 10
Accidental Burns
25 Diana M. Dean
78
3
18
Myocarditis
26 Eva A. Dickey
69
8
26
Cerebral Hemorrhage
27 Clement Gleason
74
8
22 Hemorrhage
28 Charlotte Patterson Holmes
81
1
28
Hemorrhage
31
Chester C. Richardson
68
2 20
Coronary Sclerosis
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REPORT OF BOARD OF SELECTMEN
To the Citizens of Reading:
We herewith submit the annual report of the Board of Selectmen for the year ending December 31, 1924, together with the reports of the various departments under our supervision.
The first meeting of the Board following the annual election was held March 3, 1924, and Joseph D. Knight was chosen Chairman and Robert E. Parker, Secretary; Leon G. Bent was appointed Clerk.
During the year weekly meetings have been held and ten special meetings and fifteen hearings on gasoline station locations have been held, seven permits being granted.
In joint sessions with the Library Trustees and also with the Ceme- tery Trustees, appointments have been made filling vacancies on those boards.
Due to the ever increasing volume of motor traffic we have found it necessary to appoint an additional police officer in order that the Police Department might be in a better position to give proper protec- tion to the children in the vicinity of our school houses.
The congestion at the polls during the recent election has made apparent the necessity for additional facilities for handling the num- her desiring to vote. A plan is under way to increase the accommodations for the voters during the rush hours.
Five additional traffic beacons similar to those now installed at the corner of High and Haven Streets and corner of Washington and Main Streets have been ordered subject to the approval of the Town and will be installed in locations as follows: Cor. Middlesex Avenue and Lowell Street, corner Woburn and Chute Streets, corner Haven and Main Streets, corner Woburn and West Streets, corner Summer Avenue and Prescott Street.
With the increase in automobile travel has come a considerable in- crease in the number of roadside stands selling farm products, tonics, etc. The Board views with some concern the resulting congestion in traffic where the stands are placed too near the traveled way on the main thoroughfares and it seems advisable that steps be taken to require that these be so located that patrons will not interfere with traffic.
The deplorable condition of the Police Department quarters has been repeatedly brought before the Town. Proper facilities for this depart- ment is still a matter that should engage the early attention of the citizens.
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In conclusion, we would express our appreciation of the continued spirit of co-operation evidenced by the various boards and department heads with this board, as matters referred to them by us have invariably received prompt and proper attention.
We would also mention with appreciation the service rendered by our clerk, Mr. Bent, who attends to much of the detail incident to the conduct of the executive office of the Town.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH D. KNIGHT, ROBERT E. PARKER, FREDERICK L. SPRINGFORD, Selectmen of Reading.
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit to your Honorable Board the report of the Police Department for year ending December 31, 1924:
Total number of arrests for year 1924-260.
Males
252
Females
8
Resident
116
Non-resident
141
American born
182
Foreign born
78
Adults
205
Minors
55
Making a total unmber
260
Causes of Arrests
Assaults
5
Larceny
18
Drunkenness
97
Keeping and exposing liquor for sale
6
Capias
3
Non-support
11
Insane
3
Disturbing the peace
1
Breaking and entering
4
Attempt breaking and entering
2
Driving auto under influence of liquor
23
Violating automobile laws
63
Delinquent children
2
Driving auto so as to endanger public
7
Violating Volstead act
2
Gaming
6
Rape
1
Carrying dangerous weapon without permit
1
No home
1
Illegal transportation liquor
1
Disposition of Cases in Court
Fined
114
Released
24
Turned over to out of town officers
9
59
Placed on file
53
Placed on probation
9
Cases continued 10
State hospital, Danvers
2
State hospital, Tewksbury
2
House of Correction
3
House of Correction, suspended
7
Appealed cases
10
Dismissed for want of prosecution
2
Discharged
7
State farm
1
Fines suspended
3
Held for Grand Jury
4
Amount of Fines Imposed by Court
5 at $ 2.00 each $ 10.00
34 at $ 5.00 each
170.00
1 at $ 8.00 8.00
370.00
8 at $ 15.00 each
120.00
2 at $ 25.00 each
50.00
2 at $ 30.00 each
60.00
9 at $ 50.00 each
450.00
6 at $ 75.00 each
450.00
5 at $100.00 each
500.00
2 at $150.00 each
300.00
Miscellaneous
Cases investigated 205
Disturbances quelled
7
Buildings found open and secured
114
Children lost and returned parents
9
Dead body taken care of
1
Windows found open
8
Dogs killed . 20
Wires found down and reported
3
Accidents reported and investigated
145
Lantern put in dangerous places
4
Defective sidewalks and streets reported
5
Electric lights reported out
9
Search warrants served 11
Residences temporarily vacated and special attention asked 15
Property reported stolen $7,487.29
Property recovered 6,419.29
Goods found outside of buildings and brought to station 75.00
Property damage and restitution made 50.00
Summons served for out of town officers 44
Automobiles reported stolen by out of town officers 52
37 at $ 10.00 each
60 ROSTER Chief Jeremiah Cullinane
Patrolmen
Oscar H. Low Francis T. Slack Timothy J. Cullinane Frank R. Fisher
Patrick J. Long William F. O'Brien Daniel T. Scanlon Harold W. O'Brien
Conclusion
I desire at this time to thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen, the Judges and Clerks of our Court, our local press, and all others who assisted in any way in promoting the welfare of this department; also all members of the force for what they have done.
Respectfully yours,
JEREMIAH CULLINANE, Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Reading, Mass.
Gentlemen :- The annual report of the Fire Department is herewith submitted giving the record of fires that have occurred during the year ending December 31, 1924, together with such information as I think may be of interest to the Town.
Finances
My financial transactions are all embodied in the report of the Town Accountant to which I would respectfully refer you for any information you may desire in that line.
Manual Force
The Department consists of fiye permanent men (including the Chief) and twenty-five callmen. At the State Election the Town voted to adopt the two Platoon System in the Fire Department and this will necessitate the addition of three more permanent men.
Apparatus and Equipment
The Department has five pieces of motor apparatus, four at the Cen- tral Fire Station as follows: one Knox triple combination of 600 gallons per minute capacity, purchased in 1913; one Robinson double tank com- bination purchased in 1916; one Robinson combination service ladder truck purchased in 1916; one Simplex single tank combination which was built this year by the members of the permanent force. At Hose 2 Station on Woburn st. there is a Ford hose truck. All of the machines are in good working order with the exception of the triple combination for which new wheels must be built this year. I would recommend that these wheels be made for pneumatic tires.
Recommendations
The call members of the department have requested an increase in their salary of fifty dollars per year making their salary one hundred and fifty dollars per year. I would ask that your board give this matter due consideration as I feel that their request is just. I would also recom- mend the purchase of the following equipment and appliances, some of which have become obsolete and dangerous to use: two ladders, hose, two portable electric lanterns, an electric tire pump, life net and patrol covers. I would further recommend that Combination A and Ladder No. 1 be painted this year. The State Legislature passed an act requiring all
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cities and towns to adopt the so-called "National Standard Thread" on all hose couplings. We must change our present hose couplings at some time this year.
Fire Prevention
I have issued 839 permits for fires out of doors, 38 permits for the installation of oil burning equipment, five permits for the sale of fireworks, three permits for blasting. I have made regular inspection of public gar- ages and mercantile buildings.
There are now over one hundred fuel oil burning pieces of apparatus in town. Most of these are of an approved type and have the necessary safety attachments on them but there are still a few in use which are not thus equipped and constitute a fire hazard.
Record of Alarms
Bell
Still
Total
January
3
5
8
February
4
1
5
March
2
4
6
April
9
15
24
May
4
10
14
June
6
9
15
July
4
13
17
August
4
6
10
September
5
8
13
October
5
26
31
November
7
22
29
December
10
22
32
Total
63
141
204
Number of miles traveled
829.4
Number of feet of 2 1-2 inch hose laid
6,600
Number of feet of 1 1-2 in. hose laid
2,400
Number of feet of chemical hose used
3,200
Number of feet of ladders raised
310
Number of gallons of chemicals used
1,251
Number of covers spread
3
Number of gallons of gasoline used
490
Number of gallons of oil used
25
Value of property in danger
$307,080.00
Insurance thereon
363,950.00
Loss thereto
9,000.57
Insurance paid
8,288.57
Uninsured loss
312.00
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Conclusion
In conclusion, I wish to extend to your Honorable Board, to the Town Accountant, Treasurer and the Finance Committee my thanks for the courtesies and co-operation I have received during the year. I wish to compliment the officers and members of the department on the prompt and efficient manner in which they have performed their duties. I also wish to express my thanks to the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company for the use of current, to the Chief of Police for services ren- dered by his department at fires and to the employees of the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company for the prompt and efficient service rendered in receiving alarms by telephone.
Respectfully submitted
ORVILLE O. ORDWAY, Chief Fire Department.
64 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE ALARM
To the Board of Fire Engineers :-
Gentlemen :- The report of the Superintendent of Fire Alarm is as follows:
The system is good condition. The lines have been all cleared of grounds, new cross arms placed where needed and trees trimmed for ample clearance.
The whistle valve has been repaired.
The street boxes have been painted and many boxes changed to new poles which have replaced old ones.
One new box was added the past year, Box 141, located at Howard st. and Hill Crest road.
New break wheels and contacts were placed in boxes 121, 47 and 48. The system consists of :
30 Miles of overhead construction.
150 Cells of storage battery.
1 Stevens five circuit repeater with necessary instrument boards.
37 Stevens fire alarm boxes.
28 Gamewell fire alarm box for still alarms.
1 Gamewell fire alarm for still alarms.
1 United States fire alarm box in reserve.
1 Gamewell transmitter with 69 wheels.
2 Stevens tower bell strikers.
1 Stevens tower bell striker in reserve.
1 Stevens whistle blowing machine.
1 12 inch Crosby chime whistle.
2 Gamewell tape punching registers.
2 14 inch gongs.
1 12 inch gong.
2 8 inch gongs.
11 6 inch tappers. .
1 testing station on circuits 3 and 4 at Hose 2 house.
Recommendations
That fire alarm boxes be placed at the following locations:
Pleasant and Eaton sts.
Pratt st. near Prescott.
Forest st. west of Main st.
Salem st. near Libby ave.
That doors of the "Keyless" type be placed in boxes 29 and 231. That underground construction be started in 1926.
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In conclusion, I wish to thank your honorable Board and the Chief of the Fire Department for their co-operation.
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