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6 Cystitis
9 Alexander L. Hanna
83
2 8 Myocarditis
10 Leona Jagielo
13
R. R. Accident
11 Josiah L. Parsons
79 3
8 Myocarditis
12 Eliza T. Clarke
84
10 5 Hemorrhage
16 Wilfred A. Bancroft
53
11 5 Myocarditis
17 William D. Pigueron
74 4 11
Uraemia
17 Helen H. Smalley
56
2 11
Toxaemia
21 Alberthana G. Johnson
86
6 17 Carcinoma
21 Elmer E. Smith
65
4 25 Carcinoma
23 Hugh Bradford
85
6 22 Myocarditis
24 Robert P. Burgess
83
9
5 Carcinoma
25 Anna A. Sperry
80
1
Carcinoma
28 Harold Southwell
40
2 18 Pneumonia
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1927
Date Name
YMD
Cause of Death
31 Mary F. Bessom
31 William Hebet Hollis
58
0 7 Pneumonia 6 Hemiphlegia
April
5 James E. Doucette
34
4
9 Tuberculosis
11 Rebecca Burnham
74-
Carcinoma
11 George W. Tait
50
- Pneumonia
11 Arthur W. Turner
58 7 30 Indigestion
15 Margaret Vanderbeck
67
Cancer
22 George Carter
87
1
8 Sclerosis
24 Wilbur F. Pratt
64
- Pneumonia
27 Wallace Castine
1
3 29 Tuberculosis
May
4 Alice Cunningham
66
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Oedema of Lungs
6 Pamelia A. Emery
82
8 22 Hemorrhage
10 Daniel Thomas Scanlon
28 4 6 Pneumonia
12 Alice F. Hill
76 11 12 Angina Pectoris
13 Clementine F. Quinn
40 - Exhaustion
17 Fannie E. Sawyer
83 2 20 Arterio Sclerosis
18 Mary M. Marshall
75
1 22 Hemorrhage
28 Elizabeth Cook Bailey
93
7 12 Heart Disease
June
4 Esther H. Macauley
79
10 -
Pneumonia
10 Charles Storey
66
22
Endocarditis
10 Mary J. Thomas
76
Myocarditis
11 Charles B. Eames
81
- Arterio Sclerosis
12 Albert A. Runge
25
28 Carcinoma
17 James Wilson Grimes
61
6 27 Angina Pectoris
21 Isaiah Frotton
63
9 16 Myocarditis
24 Jesse Merritt
65
- Carcinoma
27 Eldridge D. Smith
86
9
14 Arterio Sclerosis
28 Norah G. Walsh
11
5 -- Abscess of Lung
28 Hezekiah Wood
79
5
6 Uraemia
29 Ella F. Clark
74
- - Arterio Sclerosis
29 Martha Elizabeth Torrey
71
7 29 Pneumonia
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1927
Date
Name
YMD
Cause of Death
July
8 John Kenneth Burbine
13 8 25 Appendicitis
16 William Emerson
60
8 Auto. Accident
25 Robert W. Haskins
86 - 13 Hemorrhage
26 Walter B. Nichols
56 - 9 Hypertrophy
Aug.
4 Lizzie A. Locke
64
- -
Arterio Sclerosis
11 Marietta Baker
86
8 13
Myocarditis
11
12 Abbie D. Doughty
67
Senility
21
Jessie May Hall
52
3
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Endocarditis
21 Albert R. Shepardson
61
9
22
Carcinoma
25 Lawrence F. Meuse
0
7
28 Whooping Cough
26 Margaret Lucy Cooper
76
R. R. Accident
29 William Henry Doucette
0
2
7 Gastro Enteritis
31 Frank W. Moulton
72
5 20 Intestinal Obstruction
Sept.
3' Rebecca A. Marden
67
-
- Hemorrhage
6 · Benjamin F. Allen
91
8 14
Nephritis
6 Catherine Carter
52
-
-
Cystectomy
14 Elsie May Brown
31 9 29 Hemorrhage
17 John T. White, Jr. 0
9
8 Gastro Enteritis
20 Herbert R. Heselton
69
4
5 Myocarditis
27 Frank A. Colby
68
11 4 Myocarditis
28 Ada L. (Hix) Thorndike
79
11 19 Hemorrhage
30 Alfred G. Skinner
79
8 8 Carcinoma
Oct.
8 Henry Arthur Frotten
0
1 18 Intestinal Obstruction
8 Lillian F. Young
53
9 11 Arterio Sclerosis
17 Arthur W. Temple
72
10 1 Nephritis
21 Lucy Lorena Noyes
72
7 2 Odoema of Lungs
31 Ruth Humphrey 3
9 17 Mastoiditis
Nov.
5 Angus Martin
59
- Accidental Fall
11 Sylvester Meuse
60 - - Carcinoma
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1927
Date
Name
YMD
Cause of Death
12 Bridget Greeley
64
Myocarditis
18 Frank Gear
72
Pneumonia
20 Blanche E. Mayo
56
10
22
Carcinoma
21 Robert B. Fyfe
71
7
12
Carcinoma
22 Alice A. Danforth
78
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11
Embolism
26 Edward A. Meuse
3
Pneumonia
Dec.
1 George R. D. Walker
55
9
11 Carcinoma
2 Charles B. Doonan
19
3 7 Gunshot Wound
8 Minnie M. Barber
76 5
4 Hemorrhage
11 John J. Sweeney
45 3 10 Appendicitis
12
14 James M. Estes
75
8
12 Arterio Sclerosis
17 Peter Marfia
60
Myocarditis
17 Martha M. Simmons
83
8
Pneumonia
19 Henry Brooks
7
Meningitis
19 Jean Ileen Potter
0
2
3
Whooping Cough
26 Mary Ann Hunt
89
-
- Pneumonia
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN
To the Citizens of Reading:
The annual report of the Board of Selectmen and the reports of the various departments under our jurisdiction are herewith sub- mitted, all reports being rendered for the year ending December 31, 1927.
The first meeting of the Selectmen following the annual election was held March 7, 1927, and organization was as follows: Charles F. Trevor, Chairman; Elias B. Currell, Secretary.
Regular weekly meetings and twelve special meetings were held during the year.
Owing to the death of Town Treasurer Wilfred A. Bancroft, the Selectmen appointed Preston F. Nichols, Treasurer pro tem.
The following were appointed to serve on the Reading Safety Council: Mrs. Laura S. Gordon, Chairman; Mrs. Gladys N. Fairchild, Alvah W. Clark, Edward G. Quinlan.
Fifteen hearings were held on applications for gasoline permits ; six were granted and nine refused. One permit issued in 1926 was revoked.
Four meetings with the officials of the Boston and Maine Rail- road in conjunction with the Safety Council were held to consider how best to meet conditions at the Reading Depot and vicinity. It seems very important that some means be found to lessen the danger and to prevent crossing of the tracks north of Woburn Street by children on their way to and from the Junior High School. We are recommending a climb-proof wire fence on the west side of the rail- road from Bancroft and Co.'s lumber shed north about 500 feet; on the east side from Mineral Street bridge south about 500 feet. The Boston & Maine Railroad will not assume the expense but will give consent to have the fence erected along the line.
The Board had a traffic beacon installed in Reading Square subject to the approval of the town. It was rejected by the town and removed. Some form of traffic control in the Square is essential for the safety of the public.
The care of dumps both on town and privately-owned land is a problem constantly confronting this Board. As we are not in a position to handle this matter, not having the proper equipment at our disposal, it would seem that it could be handled more easily and with greater economy by the Board of Public Works, and we so recommend.
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Owing to the death of Patrolman Daniel T. Scanlon, the Board appointed Gordon G. McIntire to fill the vacancy.
It seems wise at this time to note the fact that there is a strong sentiment in favor of a landing-field for Reading and that possibly certain land taken by the town for non-payment of taxes might be used for this purpose, involving little expense.
The Board has endeavored in all cases to keep before it the best good of the town, financially and otherwise, and its aim has been to act for the interest of the many.
In concluding we wish to express our thanks for the co-opera- tion of other officials with this Board.
Respectfully submitted CHARLES F. TREVOR ELIAS B. CURRELL CHARLES S. HASTY
Selectmen of Reading.
REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
The matters confronting the Board of Public Welfare are not subject to detailed report. It is our endeavor to consider all cases requiring assistance from the standpoint of the family and the town.
Our Visitor, Miss Helen A. Brown, whose report follows, and which may properly be considered as a part of the report of this Board, gives a great deal of time and thought to the work in her care and we wish to commend her for her faithful service.
Respectfully submitted CHARLES F. TREVOR ELIAS B. CURRELL CHARLES S. HASTY Board of Public Welfare.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF VISITOR
To the Board of Public Welfare:
I herewith submit my report for the year 1927.
The work of the Visitor varies but little from year to year. The latter part of the past year the conditions in industry "caused an increase in applications for aid from several families, due to lack of work. Several others have been obliged to apply for aid on account of illness. In no case, except a few elderly people who have been boarded, has the aid been more than partial. If any work can be found, every able member of a family is expected to work.
Many people have a mistaken idea that Mother's Aid is a pension. That is not the case, but sufficient aid is allowed to mothers with dependent children, to maintain the family together, assisted by the earnings of the mother and older children as far as possible. During the past year we have assisted only two families with Mother's Aid, but will be expected to pay for a third family who recently moved from Reading to another town.
The town will be reimbursed by the State for aid to five families who have no settlement in any town. Seven families who had not been aided for some time, but who were helped in previous years, have been obliged to apply again this year. Seventeen families have had the aid continued from last year, and nine new applications were granted aid during the last few months, making a total of forty families, comprised of 152 persons, 55 adults, and 97 children, aided during the year. In eleven cases the aid has ceased, several of them needing only temporary help for a few weeks. In every case of desertion or lack of support from a parent the offending person is taken to court, and obliged to give a portion of his earnings to his family.
The Visitor recorded 319 calls made during the year, besides trips to hospitals or clinics with patients needing medical aid. Grocery orders, milk and fuel bills have been approved as before. All new families have been registered in the Confidential Exchange in Boston. This will be a help in dealing with many families, as the Exchange has record of relief given by hospitals, institutions and other organizations. We will be glad to have all organizations in Reading confer with this department whenever they wish to aid a family, so that we will not duplicate their work.
This year everyone co-operated well in the Christmas work. We wish to extend thanks to the Board of Trade, the Friendly Guild, and many generous friends for gifts of money, which gave material help and much pleasure to about forty families; and to the members of
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the Junior Unity Club who gave a happy Christmas to eleven families ; to the members of the College Club, for donations; to the Steele Furniture Company and helpers for the use of their truck in delivering Christmas gifts; and to the organizations who generously gave many dinners, all of which gave help and pleasure to many who otherwise would not have had much Christmas cheer. Our heartiest thanks are due to Miss Harrington, the Visiting Nurse, and her very kind friends, who so generously gave of their time and strength at that busy season, and without whose aid so much could not have been accomplished. Altogether 170 children were remembered with Christmas gifts. We thank also the Social Service Committee of the Visiting Nurse Asso- ciation, for packing and sending out the Thanksgiving dinners which are donated by the Reading school children. The School Nurse, the Attendance Officers, the Tuberculosis Committee, and visitors from the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children have continued to .co-operate and help in dealing with many problems.
The Visitor is grateful to the members of the Board and to Mr. Bent, the Clerk of the Board, for their kind interest and help at all times.
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN A. BROWN, Visitor.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
To the Board of Health:
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit my report for the year ending
December 31, 1927.
Number permits granted 127
Number of fixtures installed 509
Bath tubs 89
Lavatories
107
Closets 120
Sinks
95
Wash trays 98
509
Respectfully submitted, DAVID TAGGART, Inspector of Plumbing.
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit the annual report of the Police Dept. of the Town of Reading for the year ending December 31, 1927.
Arrests for the Year 1927
Total number of arrests. for the year 1927-247.
Males
242
Females
5
Residents
88
Non-residents
159
American born
202
Foreign born
45
Adults
216
Minors
31
Cause of Arrests
Assaults
5
Larceny
7
Drunkenness
80
Keeping and exposing liquor for sale
4
Illegal transportation of liquor
2
Capias
3
Arrested for out of town officers
6
Non-support
8
Driving under the influence of liquor
30
Violating auto law
84
Non-payment of wages
2
Insane . .
1
Cruelty to animals
1
Stubborn child
1
Breaking and entering
4
Employing minor without certificate from school
1
Indecent exposure
1
Tampering with fire alarm
1
Attempt to commit a crime
1
Disturbing the peace
4
Disposition of Cases in Court
Fined
113
Released
22
On file
54
Probation
5
State . Hospital, Danvers
1
52
State Hospital, Tewksbury
2
House of Correction
6
House of Correction, suspended
13
Appealed
6
Turned over to out of town officers
11
Discharged
7
Shirley School
1
Continued cases
6
Miscellaneous
Auto accidents
165
Cases investigated
208
Wires found down by officers
3
Police ambulance to hospitals
14
Fire put out by officers
1
Notified fire dept. of fire by officers
6
Search warrants served
6
Dogs killed by autos
8
Dogs killed by police
33
Defective streets and sidewalks reported
7
Buildings found open and secured 87
Lost Children, found and returned to parents
14
Served summons for out of town officers
54
Autos reported stolen by out of town officers
95
Windows found open
4
Stopped runaway horses
1
Dead bodies taken care of
6
Guarding mail
70
Guarding pay roll
46
Lost Goods found and returned, value $ 25.00
Property reported stolen 1,966.00
Property recovered
1,285.00
Property recovered for out of town officers
5,000.00
Took 35 people to doctors
Amount of Fines Imposed by Court
45 at $ 5.00 each $ 225.00
27 at $ 10.00 each 270.00
2 at $ 20.00 each 40.00
4 at $ 25.00 each 100.00
2 at $ 30.00 each 60.00
23 at $ 50.00 each 1,150.00
1 at $ 60.00 each 60.00
2 at $ 75.00 each 150.00
7 at $100.00 each
700.00
We have had six fatal accidents this year: two by railroad, four by autos.
IN MEMORIAM Daniel T. Scanlon
Officer Daniel T. Scanlon was appointed to the force November 4, 1922, died May 10, 1927.
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Conclusion
At this time I wish to thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen, the judges and officers of our District Court, our local press, and all others who have assisted in promoting the welfare of this depart- ment; also all members of the force for what they have done to make our town safe and sane.
Respectfully yours,
JEREMIAH CULLINANE, Chief of Police.
REPORT OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
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, 1927, together with such informa- tion 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 nine (9) permanent men (including the Chief) and twenty-one (21) call men. The permanent force is divided into two platoons, four men on each shift.
Apparatus and Equipment
The Department has five pieces of motor apparatus, four of which are at the Central Fire Station, as follows: one Knox triple combination of 600 gallons per minute capacity which was purchased in 1913; one Seagrave triple combination of 400 gallons per minute capacity which was purchased in 1926; one Robinson combination service ladder truck in which a White motor has been installed pur- chased in 1916; and one Simplex single tank combination which was built by the permanent force and placed in service in 1923. At Hose No. 2 Station on Woburn St. there is a Ford hose truck. All the machines are in good working crder.
Recommendations
I would recommend the purchase of a deck nozzle this year to mount on the Simplex combination as this style nozzle is very im- portant in the event of a large fire. I also recommend a car for the use of myself because of the large number of oil burning installations, gasoline and other inspections that must be made by me.
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Fire Prevention
I have issued 508 permits for fires out of doors, 61 permits for the installation of oil burning equipment, 6 permits for the sale of fireworks and 8 permits for the transportation of explosives.
There are now 165 fuel oil burners of various types in operation in this town and while most of these are equipped with all necessary safety attachments they do constitute a fire hazard in that when the safety does not operate a fire is usually the result.
While I am treating the matter of Fire Prevention it may be well to speak of a few of the life hazards encountered at fires today. With the oil burner which gives off a stiffling smoke, we have the electric refrigerator that uses hydrogen sulphide, the ammonia fumes from refrigeration plants, illuminating gas, which is in very nearly every house within one mile of the Square, and various chemicals which give off deadly fumes while burning, and the very inflammable and explosive liquids used in some of our manufacturing plants.
Record of Alarms
Bell
Still
Tel
Total
January
4
12
12
28
February
4
3
5
12
March
11
3
39
53
April
13
3
58
74 .
May
3
2
4
9
June
5
3
7
15
July
11
6
11
28
August
6
1
4
11
September
7
3
8
18
October
7
5
21
33
November
4
8
19
31
December
4
3
13
20
Total
78
42
191
311
Miles traveled
1,116.8
Number of feet of 21/2 in. hose laid
20,600
Number of feet of 11/2 in. hose laid
11,800
Number of feet of chemical hose used
5,200
Number of feet of ladders raised
746
Gallons of chemical used
878
Gallons of gasoline used
923
Quarts of oil used
57
Value of property in danger
$468,458.00
Insurance thereon
431,875.00
Loss thereto
10,413.45
Insurance paid thereon 6,749.45
Uninsured loss
3,664.00
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Conclusion
In concluding, 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 de- partment 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 cur- rent, to the Chief of Police for the services rendered by his depart- ment at fires, and to the employees of the New England Telephone and and Telegraph Company for prompt and efficient service rendered in receiving alarms by telephone.
Respectfully submitted,
O. O. ORDWAY, Chief of Fire Department.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE ALARM
To the Board of Fire Engineers:
Gentlemen :- The following is the report of the Superintendent of Fire Alarm for the year ending December 31, 1927.
Four new boxes have been added to the system :
262 Berkeley and Fremont Sts.
312 Lowell and Dustin Sts.
54 Ash and Cross Sts.
614 Auburn and Park Sts.
Box 31 was moved from Lowell Street beyond Grove to the juction of those streets.
On April 11 the fire alarm connection between Reading and Wakefield was put in commission. This has proved its value already. All Wakefield alarms are received in the Reading station and the Reading alarms in Wakefield.
Two transmitter wheels were purchased, 485 for the Rifle Range and 81 for calls to Wakefield.
With the shutting down of the Electric Light station it was necessary to change the location of the fire whistle. The Reading Rubber Company consented to its location on their plant. This unfor- seen expense made it necessary to exceed the appropriation.
Overhead construction on Locust St. was rebuilt.
A new 10 inch gong replaced the 15 inch gong at the Pumping Station which had become unfit for use.
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A traffic siren was installed at the corner of Pleasant and Harnden Sts. with a control box and relay in the Central Station.
There are still three new boxes to be located at Prescott St. and Sunnyside Ave., on Longview Rd., and on Green St., rear of Black's Block.
It is recommended that telephone connection be established between the Central Fire Station and the Wakefield Station using the wires of the fire alarm connection.
That Mineral, Prospect and Fremont Sts. be rebuilt, also Pearl St. from Charles to Orange. This construction is now unsafe.
A fire alarm box on Main St., opposite Pleasant St., with an underground cable from the Fire Station with conductors to allow for further underground extension, allowing the removal of the over- head fire alarm wires in the Square. Also fire alarm boxes at Main and Charles Sts., and Lincoln and Washington Sts.
:wish to thank all who assisted this department and The H Reading Rubber Company for the location of the whistle on their plant.
READING FIRE ALARM
112 Woburn and Sanborn.
113 Woburn and Bancroft Ave.
114 Mt. Vernon and Chute.
115 Woburn and High.
12 Central Fire Station.
121 Main and Haven
122 Haven and Gould.
123 Green east of High.
13 Ash and Avon.
14 Oak and Hill Crest Rd.
141 Howard and Hill Crest Rd.
15 Walnut and Summer Ave.
16 So. Main and South.
17 Prescott near Arlington.
18 Minot and Park Ave.
19 Walnut and Curtis.
21 Summer Ave. and Temple.
212. West and Howard.
213 Pratt and Fairview Ave.
221 Union St. School (Private).
223 Center School.
224 High School (Private).
225 Highland School (Private).
226 Lowell St. School.
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227 Prospect St. School.
228
Chestnut Hill School.
23 Woburn and Temple.
231 West beyond Longwood Rd.
232 Junior High School.
24 Mineral and Hancock.
242 Summer Ave. and Woodbine.
25 Prospect north of King.
252 Longview Rd.
26 Hose 2 house, Woburn St. -
262 Berkeley and Fremont.
27 Summer Ave. near Prescott.
28 West opposite County Rd.
29 West and King.
31 Lowell and Grove.
312 Lowell and Dustin.
32 Franklin east of Grove.
33 Lowell, Grand and Gould Ave.
34 Grove and Forest.
35 No. Main and Locust.
36 No. Main and Ridge Rd.
37 North Main front of No. 409.
38 No. Main and Forest.
381 Forest near Colburn Rd.
39 No. Main and Franklin.
392 No. Main and Mill.
41 Village and Green.
412 Boston Stove Foundry, Village St.
414 Green and Beach.
42 Haven and John.
422 Eaton and Pleasant.
43 Salem and John.
44 Salem and Pearl.
442 Pierce and Orange.
45 Salem and Belmont.
452 Salem near Libby Ave.
46 Charles and Pearl.
47 Charles and Haverhill.
48 Bay State Rd.
485 Rifle Range, off Haverhill St.
51 Main, Ash and Washington.
53 So. Main north of Cross.
54 Ash and Cross.
55 Reading Rubber Mills.
6 C. H. Bangs Co. (Private).
61 Lowell near Sanborn.
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611 Home for Aged Women (Private).
612 Locust and Bancroft Ave.
614 Auburn and Park.
62 Spare box.
63 Hanscom Ave. north of Weston Rd.
642 Vine and Vale Rd.
65 Middlesex and Bancroft Ave.
67 Middlesex Ave. and High.
8 Out of Town.
81 Call to Wakefield.
82 State Sanatorium, No. Reading.
Special Signals
2 Recall.
2 Test at 7.45 a. m. and 5:45 p. m.
3 and a box number, Second Alarm.
3 followed in one minute by 3, Boy Scout Call.
4 and a box number, Third Alarm.
4 blows, Police Call.
22 No school signal.
Respectfully submitted,
HUGH L. EAMES, Supt. of Fire Alarm.
REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :- The annual report of the Forest Warden is here- with submitted for the year ending December 31, 1927.
The financial transactions of the department are embodied in the report of the Town Accountant, to which I refer you for any information along this line.
The following deputies were appointed by me and approved by the State Forest Warden: Henry M. Donegan, 11 Federal St., Hugh L. Eames and John J. O'Brien, Central Fire Station.
As in the past I use Combination C for all grass and brush fires. This machine is equipped with 1200 ft. of 11/2 inch hose as well as brooms and 21/2 gallon extinguishers.
I posted all woodland again this year. During the dry season we had several brush fires which burnt over large areas and made it necessary to lay 11,800 feet of 21/2 inch hose. Most of these fires were
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the result of carelessness, but some showed signs of being set. I have investigated all fires and sent reports to the State Forest Warden. I have issued 138 permits for fires out of doors. I have received 148 calls for grass and brush fires. And have received 27 calls from the look-out towers.
In concluding I wish to thank all who have in any way assisted this department during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
O. O. ORDWAY. Forest Warden.
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :- The annual report of the Tree Warden is herewith submitted for the year ending December 31, 1927.
I have removed four shade trees this year after public hearings and several dead trees that were considered unsafe.
The department planted one hundred and fifty shade trees on the roadside the past year, and there is always a demand for this kind of work. The usual amount of trimming was done on the street trees, and I consider them in a very good condition at the present time.
Respectfully submitted, HENRY M. DONEGAN, Tree Warden.
REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL
To the Honorable Law Committee of the Town of Reading:
Gentlemen : I beg to submit my report as Town Counsel for the year 1927.
The services which I have rendered during the year just passed have been largely routine in their nature such as the drafting of votes and documents, the rendering of opinions and the like, and while they have been numerous and varied I do not think that individually they have been of sufficient general interest to warrant
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