1888-05-22 Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex, ss. To either of the Constables of the town of Beverly, and said County, Greeting:
You are hereby directed to notify and warn, in the manner prescribed by the regulations of
the town, the qualified voters of said town to meet at the Town Hall in said Beverly on Tuesday the
twenty-second day of May current, at thirty minutes past seven o'clock afternoon, the following
purposes, viz.;
1st. To choose aModerator.
2d. To see if the town will establish fire alarm boxes at the following places, viz.; one near
the residence of William Young on Hart Street, one near the residence of George Larcom on Hale
Street, one at the junction of Hale Street and Hart Street; also to see if the town will place a gong and
striker on the tower of the fire station at Beverly Farms-as per petition of A. O. Marshall and others.
3rd. To see if the town will place a fire alarm box near the junction of Hart Street and
Preston Place; to see if the town will employ a night watch man on Hart Street between Greenwood
Avenue and the boundary line between Beverly and Wenham; to see if the town will establish a
drinking fountain near the entrance to Preston Place;- as per petition of Ezra K. Preston and others.
4th. To see if the town will instead of selling the old Washington Hose House, cause the same
to be removed to the corner of Hale and Brackenbury streets; and will procure land therefor and
furnish hose and hose carriage and requisite appliances to make the same useful,-as per petition of
George E. Johnson and others.
5th. To see what action the town will take in relation to fixing the powers and duties of the
Water Board.
Hereof fail not, but make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, before the time
of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal this twelfth day of May in the year one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-eight.
Freeborn W. Cressy
Chas. H. Odell Selectmen
Robert R. Endicott of
Joseph A. Wallis Beverly
John H. Woodbury
Essex, ss. Beverly, May 14, A. D. 1888.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant I notified the persons therein named as
therein directed by posting notifications stating the time, place, and objects of said meeting at each
of the several places and town required by the Town Regulations.
William M. Woodbury, Constable of Beverly.
A true copy of the original warrant and the return thereon.
Attest. William H. Lovett, Town Clerk.
At a illegal meeting of the qualified voters of the town of Beverly held, in pursuance of the
warrant recorded on the next preceding page, at the Town Hall in said town on Tuesday the 22nd day
of May in the year 1888 at thirty minutes past seven o'clock afternoon,
A meeting having been called to order at the time appointed, by the clerk who
read the warrant therefor it was
Voted that the Moderator be chosen by hand vote. It was
Voted that Freeborn W. Cressy be Moderator.
Upon Article 2. Fire Alarm System at Farms.
Voted that the prayer of the petitioners be granted.
Upon Article 3. Fire Alarm Box, etc.
Upon motion of Wm. A. Friend it was
Voted that all action relating to the employment of a night watch men be indefinitely
postponed.
Upon motion of Wm. A. Friend it was
Voted that all action relating to a fire alarm box be indefinitely the postponed.
Upon motion of Francis Norwood it was
Voted that a drinking fountain be established near the entrance to Preston Place.
Upon Article 4. Washington Hose House.
The building referred to having been sold at auction on Saturday the
nineteenth day of May current according to the vote of the thirtieth day of April last past no action
was taken upon this Article.
Upon Article 5. Water Board.
Upon motion of Andrew E. Story it was
Voted that the Water Board, in addition to the authority already voted to it, is hereby granted
the same authority as that granted to the Selectmen under the vote of the town of Sept. 11,1876, for
the management and control of the water works and of all matters relating thereto, and said Board,
within the amounts appropriated by the town, may make such repairs, improvements in extension
of said works as in their judgment may be deemed desirable. And said Board be authorized to
enforce any contracts now existing, pertaining to said works.
It was
Voted that this meeting be dissolved.
A true record.
Attest. William H. Lovett, Town Clerk.