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1899-Annual Report
REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON FOR THE YEAR 1899. MARLBOROUGH, MASS.: PRESS OF F. B. ESTABROOK, ROOMS 1 & 2 FRYE BLOCK, 1900. LEXINGTON LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS FROM March, 1899 to March, 1900. Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways. EDWIN S. SPAULDING (Chairman), C. A. FOWLE, (Clerk), GEORGE W SAMPSON. Town Clerk. LEONARD A. SAVILLE. Treasurer. GEORGE D. HARRINGTON. Collector of Taxes. LORING W. MUZZEY. Assessors. G. W. SAMPSON, (Chairman), WALTER WELLINGTON, QUINCY BICKNELL, JR. School Committee. HENRY H. HAMILTON (Chairman), Term expires 1900. CHARLES H. WISWELL (Clerk), - Term expires 1901. JAMES BENTON WERNER, - - Term expires 1902. Cemetery Committee. GEORGE H. JACKSON (Treasurer), - Term expires 1900. ABBOTT S. MITCHELL, - - - Term expires 1901. EMERY A. MULLIKEN, - - Term expires 1902. WILLIAM B. FOSTER, HILMAN B. SAMPSON, 4 Constables. Auditors. Board of Heal HENRY C. VALENTINE, - CHARLES H. FRANKS, - ALBERT B. SMITH, - CHARLES H. FRANKS. H. EUGENE TUTTLE. th. Water Commission NELSON W. JENNEY* - BRADLEY C. WHITCHERt EVERETT S. LOCKE, - Sewer Commission ROBERT P. CLAPP, - GEORGE O. WHITING, EDWIN S. SPAULDING, Fence Viewers. ers. ers. Term expires 1900. Term expires 1901. Term expires 1902. Term expires 1900. Term expires 1901. Term expires 1902. Term expires 1900. - Term expires 1901. - Term expires 1902. WILLIAM H. KELLEY, CHARLES E. WHEELER, HERBERT G. LOCKE. Field Drivers. GEORGE W. SPAULDING, LORING E. PIERCE, HENRY W. LEWIS. Surveyors of Lumber. GEORGE W. SPAULDING, WILLIAM F. SIM. Board of Trustees of Cary Library. Consists of Selectmen, School Committee and settled Clergymen of the town. *Resigned.—S. MYRON LAWRENCE appointed to fill vacancy. tResigned.—CHARLES W. SWAN appointed to fill vacancy. OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN. Engineers of Fire Department and Fire Wards. E. J. B. NOURSE (Chief), PATRICK F. DACEY (Clerk), HENRY H. TYLER. Registrars of Voters. WILLIAM F. CALDWELL, JOSEPH P, RYAN, - - HENRY A. C. WOODWARD, LEONARD A. SAVILLE, (Clerk). Term expires Term expires Term expires Trustees of Bridge Charitable Fund. CHARLES T. WEST, - - WALTER WELLINGTON, - GEORGE O. DAVIS, - - 1900. 1901. 1902. Term expires 1901. - Term expires 1903. - Term expires 1905. Trustees of Gammell Legacy. MRS. LUCY M. WHITING, MISS LUCY N. BLODGETT. Treasurer of Harriet R. Gilmor Fund. EDWIN S. SPAULDING. Librarian Cary Library. MISS MARION P. KIRKLAND. Assistant. MISS HELEN E. MUZZEY. Librarian East Lexington Branch Cary Library. MISS EMMA O. NICHOLS. Treasurer Cary Library Fund. CHARLES H. WISWELL. Treasurer of Cemetery Trust Funds. GEORGE H. JACKSON. Town Physician. HENRY C. VALENTINE, M. D. Superintendent of Town Scales and Public Weighers. GEORGE W. SPAULDING, RUFUS W. HOLBROOK. Weigher of Hay and Grain. BRADLEY C. WHITCHER. Sealer of Weights and Measures. EVERETT S. LOCKE. Measurers of Wood and Bark. GEORGE W. SPAULDING, WILLIAM P. EATON, FRANK V. BUTTERS, CARLTON A. CHILDS. Inspector of Cattle. CHARLES M. PARKER. Auctioneers. JOHN F. HUTCHINSON, ABBOTT S. MITCHELL, JONATHAN BIGELOW, LOUIS H. BIGELOW. Police Officers. CHAS. H. FRANKS (Chief), WILLIAM B. FOSTER, JOHN McINERNEY, PATRICK J. MAGUIRE. (Appointed Nov. 1899.) (Appointed Nov., 1899.) Special Police Officers (without pay). PATRICK F. DACEY, GEORGE L. PIERCE, GEORGE H. THURSTON, JOHN McLEOD, ABBOTT S. MITCHELL, BYRON E. ANDERSON, FRANKLIN ALDERMAN, CHARLES F. SMITH. Superintendent and Matron at Almshouse. MR. AND MRS. ROBERT H. WHITE. Janitor of Town Hall. GEORGE H. THURSTON. Janitor of Village Hall. WILLIAM J. HARRINGTON. Janitor of Stone Building. GEORGE D. ESTABROOK. Lexington Town Records. $100.00 FROM TOWN CLERK'S RECORD. BEQUEST OF WALTER WELLINGTON. TOWN TREASURER'S OFFICE. LEXINGTON, January 16, 1899. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of the town of Lexington, in town meeting assembled, on the second day of November, A. D., 1875, the town treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of one hundred (100) dollars from Walter Wellington of said Lexington, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870, upon lot No. 110 old number and No. 106 new number, in the new part of town cemetery near the High school house in said Lexington, in dressing and care of 1 said lot, monuments, walks and avenues adjacent thereto. GEORGE. D. HARRINGTON, Town Treasurer. LEXINGTON, January 16, 1899. Received for record. A true copy. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING. MONDAY, March 6, 1899. To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington, GREETING : In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, the sixth day of March, A. D., 1899, at 7 o'clock A. M., to act on the following articles, viz : — ART. 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. Voted, That the polls be kept open two minutes for choice of moderator by ballot, with the use of the check list. On ballot 10 votes were cast, all for Robert P. Clapp, who was declared elected moderator and sworn by the town clerk. ART. 2. To choose by ballot the following town officers : One town clerk, three selectmen, who shall also be overseers of the poor and surveyors of highways ; three assessors, one town treas- urer, one collector of taxes, two auditors, two constables, all for the term of one year; one member of the school committee for the term of three years, one member of the cemetery committee for the term of three years, one member of the board of health for the term of three years, one member of the board of water commissioners for the term of three years, one member of the board of sewer commission- ers for the term of three years. ART. 3. To see if the town will vote for or against granting li- censes for the sale of intoxicating liquors in answer to the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town." The vote on the above question shall be by ballot, "Yes" or " No." The election officers will receive votes under Articles 2 and 3 on the official ballot prepared by the town clerk. The polls will be opened as soon as possible after the organization of the meeting and will be kept open until 5 o'clock P. M. and as much longer as the meeting may direct, not to extend beyond sun set. ARTS. 2 and 3. The ballot clerks and deputies, viz : Abram B. Smith, Jas. rt. Frizelle, Irving Stone and Bartlett J. Harrington were s.vorn by the town clerk anal the ballot clerks receipted for a pack- age of ballots said to contain 850 ballots for male voters and 150 ballots for female voters, also a copy of voting list for male and fe- male voters. The ballot box was shown to be empty, and then locked and the key thereof delivered to William B. Foster, the con- stable in attendance, and the polls were declared open and the bal- loting commenced. At 10.20 o'clock, on order of both the . mod- erator and town clerk, the ballot box was opened and 200 ballots taken therefrom, and Bradley C. Whitcher, Geo. W. Spaulding, Pat- rick F. Dacey and Chas. F. Nourse, who had been appointed tellers were sworn to the faithful discharge of their duty and commenced to canvass the votes. 10 At 12.18 o'clock the ballot box was opened and 100 ballots taken therefrom ; at 3.15 o'clock 150 ballots were taken out; at 4.30 o'clock 100 ballots were taken out. At 4.20 o'clock, Mr. A. B. Smith moved that the polls be kept open until 5.30 and it was so voted. At close of polls at 5.30 o'clock, 20 ballots were taken out, making the number of ballots cast 570. Female Voters for School Male Voters. Committee. Ballot Box, 570 Ballot Box, Moderator's List, 570 Moderator's List, Ballot Clerk's List, 570 Ballot Clerk's List, 66 66 66 On completion of the labors of the tellers in canvassing the votes, the result was announced by the town clerk as follows : FOR TOWN CLERK - One Year. Leonard A. Saville Geo. Harrington C. B. Downer P. F. Dacey Blanks . 416 1 1 1 151 And Leonard A. Saville was declared elected for the ensuing year and was sworn by the moderator. FOR SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS - One Year. Charles A. Fowle George W. Sampson Edwin S. Spaulding William H. Whitaker Robt. P. Clapp, Geo. O. Smith, one each 341 349 418 317 2 11 Geo. Green, R. W. Holbrook, one each H. G. Locke, Jos. Dane, one each Chas. Kauffmann Blanks '2 2 1 278 And Edwin S. Spaulding, George W. Sampson and Charles A. Fowle were declared elected for the ensuing year. FOR ASSESSORS — One Year. Quincy Bicknell, Jr. George W. Sampson John J. Toomey . Walter Wellington C. G. Kauffmann . A. C. Washburn . John Spaulding, P. Doyle, R. W. Holbrook, one each Blanks . 355 389 203 414 2 2 3 342 And Walter Wellington, George W. Sampson and Quincy Bick- nell, Jr., were declared elected for the ensuing year. FOR TOWN TREASURER — One Year. George D. Harrington Otis Harrington, Jr., John McNamara, one each . P. Doyle, F. E. Ballard, Wm. Whitaker, one each . Blanks . 496 2 3 69 And George D. Harrington was declared elected' for the ensuing year. FOR COLLECTOR OF TAXES — One Year. Quincy Bicknell, Jr. 96 Byron C. Earle . 81 12 Charles G. Kauffmann Loring W. Muzzey John S. Spaulding Blanks . 126 220 20 27 And Loring W. Muzzey was declared elected for the ensuing year. FOR CONSTABLES — One Year. William B. Foster Charles H. Franks John Tobin John Shattuck, John Spaulding, John Fratus, John P. Di- nah, Wm. F. Glenn, Thos. Breslin, P. Doyle, Wm. F. Griffin, Wm. P. Griffin, one each Jos. Dane Blanks 474 449 2 9 2 '204 And William B. Foster and Charles H. Franks were declared elected for the ensuing year. FOR AUDITORS — One Year. Hilman B. Sampson H. Eugene Tuttle Chas. G. Kauffmann Blanks 451 425 2 262 And Hilman B. Sampson and H. Eugene Tuttle were declared elected for the ensuing year. FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE — ThIee Years. Charles G. Kauffmann James Benton Werner Blanks 222 364 50 13 And James Benton Werner was declared elected for the ensuing three years. Sixty-six females voted for school committee. FOR WATER COMMISSIONER — Three Years. 14 FOR BOARD OF HEALTH — Three Years. Albert B. Smith . 444 Charles Parker, C. H. Franks, one each 2 Blanks 124 And Albert B. Smith was declared elected for the ensuing three years. Everett S. Locke . 452 Henry McCaffrey . 2 LICENSE. G. 0. Whiting, Richard H. Burke, one each 2 Blanks 114 Yes 183 No 326 And Everett S. Locke was declared elected for the ensuing three Blanks 61 years. FOR CEMETERY COMMITTEE — Three Years. And the town voted "no license." After the announcement of the result of the balloting, the ballots Emery A. Mulliken 444 cast and the check lists used were sealed up and endorsed, as pro - J. F. Hutchinson, Henry Bowen, one each 2 vided by law and delivered to the custody of the town clerk, and Chas. G. Kauffman 1 such of the newly elected officers as were present were sworn by the Blanks . 123 clerk. And Emery A. Mulliken was declared elected for the ensuing three years. FOR SEWER COMMISSIONER — Three Years. Richard H. Burke 195 Charles W. Swan . 120 George 0. Whiting 210 Blanks . 45 And George 0. Whiting was declared elected for the ensuing three years. The following officers were chosen by nomination : William H. Kelley, Geo. W. Spaulding, FENCE VIEWERS. Chas. E. Wheeler, Herbert G. Locke. FIELD DRIVERS. Loring E. Pierce, Henry W. Lewis. SURVEYORS OF LUMBER. Geo. W. Spaulding, William F. Sim. 15 Voted, That the remaining minor officers be appointed by the se- lectmen. Business under the following articles will be acted on after 1 o'clock p. m. ART. 4. To receive the report of any board of town officers or of any committee of the town for action thereon. At 1.35 o'clock P. M. the moderator called the meeting to order to attend to the remaining articles in the warrant. Mr. E. P. Bliss offered a motion in regard to postponing all busi- ness excepting that under Arts. 2 and 3, and such other articles as might be taken up by unanimous consent. The matter was debated by Messrs. E. P. Bliss, Cornelius Wel- lington, G. W. Sampson, Franklin Alderman and C. E. Wheeler, and finally, on polling the house, by a vote of 27 in favor and 25 op- posed, it was Voted, That pending the election of town officers under Article 2 of the warrant, the voting under Article 3 for and against the grant- ing of licenses, and the choosing of such officers as are usually chosen upon nomination, no appropriations of money shall be made nor any action taken involving or authorizing any expenditure on the part of the town, except by unanimous consent. That as soon as the polls now open under said Articles 2 and 3 shall be closed, and the announcement made of the result of the voting, the moderator shall declare this meeting adjourned to meet at this place on Monday, March 27, 1899, at quarter past seven o'clock P. M., at which adjourned meeting the remaining articles of the warrant shall be in order for consideration and action, except in so far as the same may have been disposed of under the foregoing provisions, at the present session. 16 Voted, That the retiring selectmen, the selectmen elect, the chairman of the school committee, the chairman of the board of engineers of the fire department, the chairman of the water board, and fifteen other citizens to be appointed by the moderator in such manner as to fairly represent the different sections of the town, shall constitute a committee who shall consider the remaining articles of the warrant and all reports made at this meeting and not disposed of, and report at the adjournment of this meeting what action they consider it advisable for the town to take thereon. They shall also publish in the Lexington Minuteman previous to said adjourned meeting, the action they intend to recommend. Voted, That the moderator, Mr. R. P. Clapp, be added to said committee, which is as follows : John F. Hutchinson, Edwin S. Spaulding, Wm. H. Whitaker, Geo. W. Sampson, Chas. A. Fowle, selectmen. H. H. Hamilton, chairman school committee. Edwin J. B. Nourse, chairman board of engineers. B. C. Whitcher, chair- man water board. J. H. Frizelle, Franklin Alderman, Irving Stone, Sidney M. Lawrence, H. A. C. Woodward, Howard M. Munroe, Joseph P. Ryan, Herbert V. Smith, Wm. W. Reed, Timothy O'Con- nor, Benj. F. Brown, Albert S. Parsons, Chas. W. Swan, Frank H. Reed, Wm. Hunt and Robert P. Clapp. Said committee was duly notified by the town clerk. On motion of Mr. J. F. Hutchinson, it was Voted, That this article (art. 4) be considered before the town for action thereon, when no other business was being done. Mr. C. A. Staples for the committee on printing births, marriages and deaths, made a report as follows :— LEXINGTON, March 6, 1899. To the Town of Lexington :—In furtherance of the work of pre- serving and printing the early parish and town records, your com- mittee has delivered to the town clerk fifteen hundred printed copies 17 of a volume containing 484 pages, and embracing a record of Lex- ington births, marriages and deaths from the earliest record to Jan. 1st, 1898. A full explanation of the scope and character of the work is given in our preface thereto (pp. III -IX). Of these 1500 copies 750 are already in a substantial cloth binding ; the remain- ing 750 are in folded sheets ready for binding. The volume has, it seems to us, assumed an attractive and useful form ; and it will be found to contain, in part II, where the records from which the com- pilation is made are more complete, much collateral information as to names of parents, places of birth, etc. As the work is a compilation from the public records, one who finds, as he may in some instances, well known Lexington names omitted from the publication, must not hastily conclude that he has discovered a mistake on the part of the compiler. We have found a number of cases, even in recent years, where a missing birth or death is not contained in the original record. So, too, with regard to seeming errors in names or dates ; if one be dis- covered, the finder should go to the original source and see whether the mistake does not appear there, before he charges it against the printed book. As is said in the preface : "Though an undertaking of this kind cannot be expected to be carried through without errors occurring, we believe that the finished work now delivered from our hands to the town will be found to exhibit accuracy to a high degree, and we trust that it will prove to be correspondingly useful." Believing that the town's desire would be to make the publication as complete as possible in all details respecting births, marriages and deaths, we felt at liberty to enlarge a little its scope, as planned a year ago, and accordingly it contains a larger page and more of them -484 instead of the 425 estimated. This, of course, added somewhat also to the cost of the clerical work employed in the corn - piling. There appears in the auditor's report an unexpended balance of $807.97 to the credit of the grant for preserving town records. Of 18 this amount $800 has, since their report was made, been paid on ac- count of the bill for printing and binding, leaving only $7.97 on hand. The balance still due for printing and binding being $445.87, the amount necessary to be raised by the town in order to complete the payment is $437.90. For this sum we ask an appropriation. The town should make some arrangements with regard to dispos- ing of these volumes; a limited number should be donated to neigh- boring towns and societies in recognition of similar courtesies ex- tended by them to Lexington and a plan adopted for the sale of the book to the public. That the matter may be considered intelligently we summarize here the total cost of the publication, including all of Mr. Spar - hawk's services from the commencement of them in November, 1897: N. A. Sparhawk for copying, collating, etc. . Cost of printing 1500 copies Binding 750 and folding 750 ready for binding Total . When the remaining 750 copies shall bound at a cost of, say, The 1500 copies will have cost in all Or about $1.20 per volume. • have been $ 465.00 1080.12 165.75 $1710.87 $87.50 $1798.37 Regarding the disposition to be made of the copies already bound, we recommend that 100 copies be placed in the hands of the com- mittee to be deposited in the libraries and historical societies of the cities and principal towns of the state, or exchanged with them for similar publications, the books received in exchange to be given to Cary library. An opportunity is presented by a responsible firm in Boston to dispose of a number of the unbound copies to collectors of books of 19 this character. We recommend that the committee be authorized to make such arrangements with this and other partles as they may deem most advantageous for the interests of the town. In regard to the remaining copies, we recommend one of two plans : Either that they be sold to the people of the town at the nominal price of one dollar per copy, or even of 50 cents, or that a copy be presented to each family in town wishing to receive it, as was done a few years since with the new catalogue of Cary li- brary that cost above two dollars a copy. All of which is respectfully submitted. C. A. STAPLES, ROBERT P. CLAPP. On motion of Dr. J. O. Tilton it was Voted, That the report be received as a report of progress. On motion of Mr. Cornelius Wellington it was Voted, That the book be sold to inhabitants of the town for 50 cents a copy and that the committee be authorized to distribute 100 copies to surrounding towns and libraries. On motion of Mr. C. M. Parker it was Voted, That the committee be authorized to sell to publishers on the best terms they can make, not less than cost. Vote unanimous. Mr. C. A. Staples, chairman of trustees of Cary library, read from their report (page 98, town report for 1898) in regard to additional shelves in the library. On unanimous consent the matter was taken up, and it was Voted, That the sum of $100 he appropriated for that purpose, said sum to be taken from any unexpended money in the treasury. 20 Mr. Clapp called Mr. J. F. Hutchinson to the chair and submit- ted a report as follows in regard to sewerage :— REPORT OF THE SEWER COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON REGARDING PLAN OF ASSESSMENT. To THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON :- In obedience to your request, expressed in a vote passed May 28, 1898, we .have given much time and thought to the question of amending the Lexington Sewerage Act (Chap. 504 of the Acts of 1897) in such a way as to provide what may be, on the whole, the most equitable method of apportioning and assessing the cost of constructing the proposed sewers. The problem is a most intricate and difficult one ; and we believe that it must be recognized, at the outset, that no system of assess- ment can be devised which will give universal satisfaction. In a recent case, relative to assessing a street watering tax, the Supreme Court remarks that " perfect equality in the distribution of public burdens is not attainable." An appeal, therefore, must be made to all citizens to unite loyally in support of whatever plan shall appear to be satisfactory to a majority, subordinating individual preferences and interests to regard for the public welfare; At the time the subject was under discussion in the town meet- ings of last year, we frankly said that we shared the feeling ex- pressed by many, that a plan which ignored wide differences in the values of abutting lots was inequitable. Since then, the Supreme Court of the State, speaking through Chief Justice Field, (Weed vs. City of Boston, 171 Mass.) has intimated the same view, saying : " An assessment according to the frontage of lots abutting upon a street or public way in a city, sometimes may be a reasonable mode of making an assessment for the cost of constructing a sewer in such 21 street, because of the similarity of the lots, but such an assessment, when the sewer is constructed in the country, where the lots abut- ting are not laid out as building lots, often would be unreasonable." Our corespondence conducted with a large number of towns, disclosed a great variety of schemes of assessment. The one most commonly employed is like that embodied in the Lexington Act, that is to say, one determining the abutter's share with reference to frontage or area of his estate. Whether one bases the assessment on frontage alone, or partly on frontage and partly on area, makes substantially no difference. The results are practically the same, so long as values are excluded. It is but natural that many towns should have adopted the front- age plan; for that plan is simple, of easy application, and on the whole reasonably fair in cities or thickly settled towns, "where the lots are small, of the same depth, and similarly situated ; " and the towns naturally copied the examples set by the larger communities, in which sewer systems were first established. We have found in recent legislation a tendency to recognize as a correct principle the assessment of sewer construction cost, in part at least, upon the basis of property values, one of the more recent sewer acts, namely, that of Foxborough (passed in 1898), after pro- viding that the town treasurer shall pay not less than one-third or more than one-half of the whole cost (the particular fraction to be determined by vote of the town) enacts that the remainder shall be repaid to the town " by the owners of estates, buildings and prop- erty situated within the limits" of so rnuch of a certain specified dis- trict as lies within one mile from the centre of the common. In other words, all the property in the sewer district is made to bear pro rata, according to assessed values, the portion one-half or two- thirds (whatever it may be) that is not laid upon the town as a whole. How satisfactory this plan may prove to be in operation, it is now too early to know. In Lexington calculations have proceeded thus far upon the idea that the proportion to be put upon the town as a whole is to be 25 per cent; although we think that it might fairly be made as much as 33;3 per cent. We believe that the balance should be met in 22 Large part, of course, by the abutting owners directly benefited, but in some part also by all the real estate (perhaps all the property) in the central districts where the need of sewers is most felt, and where the several householders, though many will not have an opportunity, for some time to come, actually to connect with and use a sewer. will nevertheless, gain a substantial benefit through the protection against disease and epidemic which a sewer system will furnish. This is what may he termed a neighborhood benefit. All property owners in the neighborhood should be willing to pay something, — that is, something more than the very small burden which falls upon them equally with all the inhabitants of the town, — even though such members of the neighborhood do not have a sewer in front of their estates for some years ; and then pay a further amount from and after the time of their actual connection with the sewer. The mere introduction of the system of drainage, and its operation throughout the sections most needing it, brings actual and probable benefits which justify an annual contribution from the start from all within the neighborhood, the share of the actual user of a sewer to be, of course, larger than that of the non -user. There is in the case of Lexington a special reason why a portion of the ; or - not paid by the town treasury may properly be put upon the sewerage neighborhood ; and that is the fact that, owing to the peculiar topography and configuration of your territory, a main or intercepting sewer is essential, constructed from Flint or Curve street to the easterly side of the B. & M. R. R. location, and thence along that location and through private property to the foot of Granny Hill. Here is a very large item in, the cost of the entire system, and of course no assessments can be made upon abutting estates along the line of such intercepting sewer. The cost of its construction, — and the same thing may be said of such cost as represents the enlarging size of the trunk sewer towards its outlet, — is something made necessary in order to create an opportunity for the construction and use of sewers from time to time through the central districts; and such cost, or something In lieu of it, should be spread over the community as a whole. Either the entire community, — that is to say, the town at large, — or a restricted 23 part of it forming a Sewer District, should assume it. To put it all upon the abutting users of the sewers appears to make the tax for them unreasonably burdensome. In view of the foregoing considerations, we submit the following plan :— Draw a line around the territory to be drained, and within a reas- onable distance beyond the actual boundaries thereof, thus establish- ing what may be termed the Sewer District. The district limits may be extended from time to time as additional territory is plotted for house lots or sold for building purposes. Of the sum required an- nually to meet the accruing interest on sewer bonds issued, and make the necessary contribution to sinking fund, let say 25% be made a part of the ordinary tax levy and paid by the whole town. Let the remaining 75 % be divided between all the real estate in said Sewer District and so much of the land abutting on sewered streets as shall at the time the annual apportionment is made, be actually and directly benefited by opportunity to drain into a con- structed sewer. The proportions of said balance of 75% might be fixed at, say, one-third thereof to the district real estate, and two- thirds to the abutting benefitted land ; but it would seem to us best to leave the determination of these particular fractions to the dis- cretion of the Sewer Commissioners. Finally, let the share which falls directly and specially on the abutters, whatever it may be, be assessed pro rata according to valuation of the abutting land com- puted as on a strip one hundred and twenty-five (125) feet deep, if it measure so much, otherwise for the distance that it does measure. This special assessment would require that either the Assessors or the Sewer Commissioners appraise and keep lists of the lots embraced in such a strip of land along the lines of constructed sewers; probably it would be the better way to let this be done by the Assessors, they being, through their' experience and knowledge of values, better equipped for it. We will shortly illustrate the application of the above suggested plan, first, however, taking time to note briefly one thing that we have done in the preparation of some data. By the courtesy of the 24 Assessors and the kindness of one member of the board in partic- ular, Mr. Sampson, who gave his time to the work jointly with one of our own board, we have been enabled to make a schedule of ap- proximate valuations of the land, extending hack one hundred and twenty-five feet, which abuts upon the streets proposed to be sew- ered, including every such street as shown by the red lines on the plan of McClintock & Woodfall. These valuations were computed lot by lot according to owners, wherever plans or street watering frontages made such course practicable ; and in other instances areas were computed by measurements on plans, without regard to the names of the owners. Only taxable land was considered, and low lands not capable of being connected with the sewer were omit- ted, or intended to be. The total valuation of such strip, taking both sides of each street, appears to be, in round figures, $1,100,000. The total valuation of the real estate in the suggested Sewer Dis- trict cannot now be given except in the form of an estimate ; but it may, we think, fairly be assumed as about $3,000,000. The total construction cost of the projected sewer system will when wholly completed be, say $150,000. But there is no need of building all at once. The portions projected by our board last year, which would cost probably well within $100,000, will be sufficient for a number of years to come. Suppose, therefor, the town should issue within the near future $100,000 of 30 year 4% sewer bonds. The estimated value of such abutting lots as would be on the line of sewers embraced in those projected for immediate construction, is about $700,000, as against the $1,100,000 representing all the abutting estates on all sewers in the system. Now, to illustrate : Bonds issued . .' $100,000 Annual interest thereon $4,000 Necessary annual contribution to sinking fund, (about) . 1,900 Total annual payment . . $5,900 25 By this is meant that a payment of $5,900 annually for 29 years would keep down the interest on $100,000 of bonds, and furnish the Sinking Fund with such a sum that with its accumulations it would meet the debt at maturity. Of this $5,900 : Add annually to tax levy 25%, or . . $1,475 Assess on all real estate in district, say A- of the re- maining 75%, or • 1,475 Assess on abutters using, or who have opportunity to use, sewer, the balance, or . • 2,950 $5,900 (These figures, though given primarily for illustration, are believed to be liberal.) The $1,475 to be paid by the town would mean, on present valu- ation of Assessors, about 30 cents on $1,000. The $1,475 to be assessed on the real estate in the Sewer District would mean, say, 50 cents on $1,000. So far, then, a property owner living in the district, but not on a sewered street, would pay, say 80 cents on $1,000. The Sewer District resident owning an abutting and directly ben- efitted lot of land, would pay this, and in addition the same propor- tion of the remaining $2,950 as the value of his 125 feet of front land hears to said $700,000. This would mean about $4.25 per thousand as his special abutter's tax; but this rate, it should be borne in mind, belongs only to the abutting strip of one's land, and only where there shall be a constructed sewer into which his estate may drain. This plan makes absolutely definite and certain the proportion of the construction cost that will be paid by the town. It has the disadvantage, if it be one, of depriving an abuttor of all opportunity to pay a gross sum once for all, and thereby get rid of the special tax. 26 We believe that as applied to the situation in Lexington, it is the- oretically sound, and one that will not put upon any property a greater share of the cost than it ought to bear. We also believe that, although it may seem a little complex, an amendment to our sewer act can be drawn which will give the plan legal force and make it not unduly cumbersome in operation. The Sewer District feature of the scheme might be omitted, and the portion of the cost not paid by the town laid upon the abutting users alone; but such a modification would, in our opinion, necessi- tate increasing the town's share to at least 33k%. To suggest, in conclusion, that we be authorized to prepare a draft amendment to chapter 504 of the acts of 1897, in such form as shall seem to us best adapted to embody in the act the plan above set forth, or substantially such plan, in place of the assessment scheme now provided by the law; and that we have authority, in our discretion, to petition for and procure the passage of an amend- ing act. Under any plan, the town should be free to establish a sys tem of annual rates or rentals for the use of the sewers, if it shall be found, after the original construction, desirable to do so. Owing to the temporary absence of our associate, he is unable to append his signature to this report. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) ROBERT P. CLAPP, E. S. SPAULDING, Sewer Commissioners. March 6, 1899. After some discussion by various gentlemen, on motion of Mr. H. G. Janvrin it was Voted, That the report of the sewer commissioners be referred to the finance committee, and that they be instructed to have it printed and sent by mail to every voter in the town. 27 On motion of Mr. J. F. Hutchinson it was unanimously Voted, That the town of Lexington is hereby duly authorized, through its board of selectmen, to execute a deed of release for all property acquired by said town under Chapter 390 of the Acts of 1888, said property being what is known as tax titles, said deed of release to be given to any person or persons who may pay to the said town of Lexington, through its treasurer, a sum equal to the taxes, costs, expenses, interest and legal charges provided for in said Chapter 390 of the Acts of 1888, on any tax title or tax titles ac- quired either by sale or taking of real estate. Said costs, interest, expenses and legal charges to be determined by said Chapter 390 of the Acts of 1888, and amendments thereto, either now or in the future. For further action see adjourned meetings, March 27 and April 3, 1899. ART. 5. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors prepared and posted, as required by law, by the selectmen. This article was taken up on motion of Mr. L. A. Saville, who read the list of jurors, and moved that the names of Howard M. Munroe and Geo. H. Roberts be stricken from the list, they having been drawn since the list was posted, which was voted. Mr. Wm. H. Whitaker moved that the name of Chas. H. Bugbee be taken off at his own request, which was granted. On motion of Mr. L. A. Sa- ville the list, as amended, was accepted. ART. 6. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the proper observance of Memorial Day, under the direction of Post 119, G. A. R. See adjourned meeting, April 3, 1899. 28 ART. 7. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the proper obEervance of April 19, 1899, under the direction of a com- mittee of the Lexington Historical society. See adjourned meeting, April 3, 1899. ART. 8. To provide for the support of the public schools the en- suing year and grant money for the same. See adjourned meeting, April 3, 1899. ART. 9. To provide for the support of the poor at the poor farm the ensuing year and grant money for the same. See adjourned meeting, April 3, 1899. ART. 10. To provide for the support of outside poor the ensu- ing year and grant money for the same. See adjourned meeting, April 3, 1899. ART. 11. To provide for the support of the highways the ensu- ing year and grant money for the same. See adjourned meeting, April 3, 1899. ART. 12. To provide for the support of street lights the ensuing year and grant money for the same. See adjourned meeting, April 3, 1899. ART. 13. To provide for the support of the fire department the ensuing year and grant money for the same. See adjourned meeting, April 3, 1899. 29 ART. 14. To see if the town will make the appropriation for town expenses the ensuing year as submitted by the selectmen, or act in any manner relating thereto. See adjourned meeting, April 3, 1899. ART. 15. To see if the town will authorize their treasurer, under direction of the selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary pur- pose in anticipation of the collection of taxes the current year, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said taxes, or act in any manner relating thereto. On motion of Mr. J. F. Hutchinson it was unanimously Voted, That for the purpose of procuring temporary loans to and for the use of the town of Lexington, in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, the town treasurer is hereby authorized to borrow from time to time, with the approval of the board of se- lectmen, and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the time the loan is made with interest thereon, at a rate not exceeding five per cent. per an- num. All debts incurred under this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year. ART. 16. To see what measures the town will adopt in relation to the collection of taxes the ensuing year, or act in any manner re- lating thereto. On motion of Mr. J. F. Hutchinson it was unanimously Voted, That all taxes for the current year be made payable on or before Dec. 1, 1899, and that a discount of one-half of one per cent. for all full months prior to said date be deducted for prompt payment and that all taxes remaining unpaid at that date be subject 30 to interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum, and that the col- lector be instructed to collect all taxes before June 1, 1900. ART. 17. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to draw from any unappropriated money in the treasury for the payment of contingent expenses. See adjourned meeting, April 3, 1899. ART. 18. To see if the town will make an appropriation to con- struct sidewalks with concrete or other material, where the abutters will pay one-half the expense thereof. See adjourned meeting, April 3, 1899. ART. 19. To see if the town will alter or amend section one of the by-laws for rules and regulations of the water department, whereby it is provided that no member of the board of water com- missioners shall receive any salary or other compensation for his ser- vices, and vote a salary for the members of said board. See adjourned meeting, April 3, 1899. ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to appropriate funds for the erection of a new High school building, or to act in any manner relating thereto. See adjourned meeting, April 3, 1899. ART. 21. To provide for carrying on the work of preserving and printing the parish and town records and appropriate money therefor. See adjourned meeting, April 3, 1899. 31 ART. 22. To see if the town will authorize a petition to the gen- eral court for an act amending Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, so as to provide a new or modified method of defraying, apportioning and assessing the cost of a sewerage system, and to take such further or other action relative to drainage and sewerage as shall seem to be for the best interests of the town. See adjourned meeting, April 3, 1899. ART. 23. To see if the town will make an appropriation for pay- ment of bill of McClintock and Woodfall for engineering services on sewerage system. See adjourned meeting, April 3, 1899. ART. 24. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee to consider and report upon the advisability of laying out and con- structing a highway from the Arlington line to a point near Lexing- ton Centre, by a route running southerly of and approximately par- allel with Massachusetts avenue, or any other proposed highways in Lexington, or act in any manner relating thereto. Mr. E. P. Bliss moved that a committee of five be appointed by the moderator to consider and report upon the subject matter of the article. The matter was discussed by A. F. Hutchinson, opposed ; Frank- lin Alderman, H. G. Janvrin, E. P. Bliss and A. S. Parsons in favor, and C. E. Wheeler, H. H. Putnam and Geo. W. Sampson opposed, and on motion of Mr. E. P. Bliss it was Voted, That the moderator appoint a committee of five to con- sider and report upon the subject matter of the article, and the moderator appointed as such committee : 32 Edward P. Bliss, Herbert S. Teele, Patrick F. Dacey, Chas. G. Kauffmann, John F. Hutchinson. ART. 25. To see if the town will authorize their board of water commissioners to apply to the Metropolitan water board for terms and conditions on which the town of Lexington can he admitted to the Metropolitan water district, or act in any manner relating thereto. On motion of Mr. L. A. Saville it was Voted, That the board of water commissioners of the town of Lex- ington be requested to apply to the Metropolitan water board for terms and conditions on which the town of Lexington can be ad- mitted to the Metropolitan water district, and to report the same to the town as soon as convenient. ART. 26. To see if the town wild accept as a town way the way leading from Bedford street, opposite Hancock street, to the house of Charles E. Wheeler, or act in any manner relating thereto. Mr. C. E. Wheeler advised accepting said street and moved that the matter be referred to the selectmen. Mr. Franklin Alderman objected, and on his motion the article was laid on the table. Subsequently, on motion of Mr. H. H. Putnam, the article was taken from the table and after some discussion, on motion of Mr. H. G. Janvrin, it was Voted, That the matter be referred to the selectmen. ART. 27. To see if the town will vote to issue bonds to the amount of ten thousand dollars under the authority and provisions of Chapter One Hundred and Sixty (160) of the Acts of 1896, for 33 the purpose of refunding an equal amount of bonds of the town, de- nominated "Lexington Water Bonds," which become due Nov. 1, 1899, or act in any manner relating thereto. On motion of Mr. J. F. Hutchinson it was unanimously Voted, That the town issue ten bonds of one thousand doliars each, dated Nov. 1, 1899, payable in twenty years from date and bearing interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum, principal and interest to be paid in gold coin of the United States of the present standard of weight and fineness to refund an equal amount of the bonds of the town denominated "Lexington Water Bonds," which become due Nov. 1, 1899, under the authority of Chapter 160 of the Acts of 1896. Voted, That said bonds he sold at private sale under the direction of the selectmen upon the best terms they can obtain. In accordance with preceding vote, meeting adjourned to Mon- day, March 27, 1899, at 7.15 o'clock P. M. ADJOURNED MEETING. LEXINGTON, March 27, 1899. The meeting was called to order by Mr. R. P. Clapp, the modera- tor, at 7.35 o'clock, to consider the remaining articles in the war rant, and the report of the finance committee, who were instructed to report in print, was called for. ART. 4. Mr. J. F. Hutchinson, chairman of said committee, pre- sented the report, which had been printed in the Lexington Minute - Man as ordered, and asked if it should be read. 34 Messrs. C. M. Parker and Walter Blodgett were in favor of the reading, but the meeting decided not to have it read. On motion of Mr. J. F. Hutchinson it was Voted, That the report be accepted, and its several recommenda- tions be separately taken up and considered. REPORT OF LEXINGTON FINANCE COMMITTEE. To the Voters of Lexington:— At the annual March meeting, which was opened on the 6th inst., a committee was constituted to consider the several articles in the warrant (excepting articles 1, 2, 3, 5, 15, 16, 24, 25, 26, 27,) and- all reports made at the meeting and not disposed of, committee be- ing instructed to report at the adjournment of the meeting, March 27, 1899, at 7.15 o'clock P. M., what action they consider it advisa- ble for the town to take in reference to the several matters. The committee as made up consists of .the following : John F. Hutchinson, E. S. Spaulding, Wm. H. Whittaker, Geo. W. Sampson and Chas. A. Fowle, retiring and incoming selectmen; H. H. Ham- ilton, chairman of school committee ; E. J. B. Nourse, chief engineer fire department; B. C. Whitcher, chairman water commission; Jas. H. Frizelle, H. A. C. Woodward, Franklin Alderman, Irving Stone, Sidney M. Lawrence, Jos. P. Ryan, Howard M. Munroe, Herbert V. Smith, Albert S. Parsons, Timothy O'Connor, Frank H. Reed, Chas. W. Swan, Benjamin F. Brown, Wm. W. Reed, Wm. Hunt, Robt. P. Clapp. • As such committee we beg leave to submit the following report : 35 Pursuant to notice issued by the town clerk, the committee met in Cary hall on the 14th inst., and organized by unanimous selec- tion of John F. Hutchinson, chairman, and J. H. Frizelle, secre- tary. There have been four meetings of the committee, the attendance as a rule being good. The meetings were characterized by a high degree of interest and generally harmonious action, the results being reached by practi- cally unanimous votes in every case, except as herein otherwise specified. Our attention has been directed to a possible change in the method of accounting hitherto practised by the town, which change, if adopted, would, in our opinion, make a full knowledge by the citizens of the expenditures in a given department more easily ob- tainable from year to year. We refer to bringing forward and charging against the several grants which are overdrawn in a given year the respective overdrafts. The practice has been to bring for- ward as credits the unexpected balances, but the reverse has not been done. As a result such overdrafts as occur in the several ac- counts are paid out of general funds in the _treasury; they are not reimbursed out of the corresponding grants the next year, but are lost sight of ; and finally a deficiency arises'in consequence. Such a deficiency was made up by a special appropriation two years ago; but a comparison today between the available cash assets of the town and the temporary loan, together with the unexpended bal- ances due the several grants which have not been overdrawn, shows a deficiency Jan. 1, 1899, of $5395.20. This has arisen largely through a failure to keep in mind the overdrafts occurring from time to time, and could hardly have occurred if each department or account had been required each year to make good out of its ap- propriation for that year its overdraft of the year previous, We be- lieve that each account should be made to stand on its own footing, and so recommen 1 the plan here outlined. The town treasurer, who kindly accepted our invitation to sit with the committee at one session, indorses the suggestion, and no objection is made thereto 36 by any of the town officers with whom we have had an opportunity to consult. We recommend that the town treasurer, beginning with the pres- ent financial year, keep the several accounts in accordance with the foregoing suggestion. We further recommend that the town treasurer be requested to publish in the town report each year a separate statement of assets and liabilities other than town debt, in form similar to the statement printed on page 167 of the report for the year 1896; the purpose of this recommendation being to provide for a statement such that the citizens may know, without having themselves to make compu- tations, whether the current assets in the shape of cash on hand and accounts receivable, including unpaid taxes, are more or less than the amount due for temporary loans together with the unexpended balances standing to the credit of the several town grants. In fixing the amounts of the several appropriations herein recom- mended we have in each case taken into consideration the unex- pended balances, if any, remaining to the credit of the correspond- ing grants of last year, and also the overdrafts of last year, in the several cases where such overdrafts have occurred. It is to be understood, therefore, that where we recommend the granting of a specified sum for a given department or account, the sum mentioned is to be assessed, and that the department or ac- count in question shall have, for meeting its expenses during the current year the amount so assessed in addition to its unexpended balance, of any; or, if the department or account be already over- drawn, it shall make good such amount of overdraft out of the sum so assessed. A sub -committee, consisting of G. W. Sampson and Robert P. Clapp, appointed to consider the best method of treating the re- spective accounts entitled "Abatement of Taxes" and "Discount for the Prompt Payment of Taxes," made a report which was unani- mously adopted recommending the passing by the town of the fol- lowing vote : 37 Voted, That the town treasurer be requested to open an account with abatement of taxes, and also discount for the prompt payment of taxes. That under the item of abatement of taxes he be re- quested to credit, first, the amount appropriated and assessed for that year ; second, the amount of overlayings on taxes, as provided by section 49 of chapter 11 of the Public Statutes, which overlay- ings shall be ascertained by a certificate of the assessors of taxes at the completion of the tax levy for each. year ; third, such supple- mentary taxes as shall be levied after the completion of the tax levy for each year, and which shall be certified to in the same manner as in the case of the overlaying hereinabove specified. That he be requested to enter under the heading of " Amount Expended," an amount certified to by the said assessors of taxes, stating the amount of abatement allowed to taxpayers who for any cause are entitled to said abatements. That under the item of "Discount for the Prompt Payment of Taxes" he be requested to credit, first, the amount appropriated and assessed for that year; second, the amount collected as interest on taxes for said year, which amount shall be certified to by the collector of taxes. That he be requested to enter under the heading of " Amount Expended," an amount certified by the collector of taxes, stating the discount allowed for the prompt payment of taxes to all taxpay- ers entitled to the same. It is understood by this vote : 1st. That the assessors be requested to certify to the town treas- urer (a) the overlaying of taxes, (b) the supplementary taxes, (c) the abatetnents of taxes in each year. 2d. That the collector of taxes be requested to certify to the town treasurer (a) the amount allowed as discount for prompt pay - 38 ment of taxes at the completion of the period allowed for said dis- count, (b) the interest on said taxes for the year. 3d. That the town treasurer be requested to open accounts with abatement of taxes and discount for the prompt payment of taxes, respectively crediting and debiting said amounts as above provided. Following is the report of a sub -committee on improvement of the town hall, said committee consisting of G. W. Sampson, Irving Stone and Chas. W. Swan. The committee appointed as a sub -committee on the above matter have attended to that duty, and beg leave to report as follows : First—In the interest of economy, durability and good taste, a steel ceiling is, in the opinion of your sub -committee, in the line of the best modern development in interior architecture and decora- tion. We therefore recommended a steel ceiling for the main hall. Your committee have obtained estimates from several sources, and these estimates have been given and based on personal investiga- tion, and we therefore have arrived at a conclusion based on reliable figures from experts. We estimate that the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) is necessary for painting, decorating, staging and new ceiling for the main town hall, and for painting and decorating the ante -rooms and stairway. To carry out the recommendations of the foregoing report we suggest the passing of the following vote : That the sum of $1,000 be appropriated for repairs on the town hall, to be expended under the direction of the selectmen, of which appropriation $285.23 shall be met by transferring to such repair account the balance now standing to the credit of Adams school im- provement, the remainder of the appropriation, to wit, $714.77, to be raised by taxation the current year. Our recommendations for the general expenses of the fire depart- ment, to wit : $4,813.82, is in reality the same as that called for by 39 the fire engineers. They estimate $4,500 as the amount required for the ordinary expenses of the department, but the appropriation for last year was overdrawn $318.82. The amount required therefor to cover the overdraft and meet this expense is $4,813.82. In the matter of new fire alarm boxes we have recommended $400 instead of the $500 suggested. In the matter of the engineers recommendation of $1,000 for the purchase of a pair of horses for the hose wagon at the Centre, and another permanent man, the committee voted not to recom- mend the appropriation, but a minority favored the proposition. By adding, as we have done, to the several estimated amounts necessary to meet the expenses of the respective departments the current year, their overdrafts of last year, whenever such overdrafts have occurred, we make good nearly half of the above deficiency of $5,395.20. To cover the remainder of the deficiency we have recommended a special appropriation of $3,000. In the matter presented by article 19 of the warrant, which con- templates an amendment of section 1 of the by-laws relating to the water department, so as to provide a salary for the commissioners, reported that in view of a difference of opinion among the members the question be reported back to the town without any recommen- dation. With reference to any action looking toward the erection of a new high school building, the committee reports as follows : While believing that a new high school building would be a very desirable thing at the present time, it does not seem to be absolutely essen- tial; and in view of the town's financial condition we think that the prudent course to adopt with reference to the matter will be to ex- pend a reasonable sum, perhaps one thousand dollars, in improving the heating and ventilation of the existing building, deferring the construction of a new one until, say 1902. A glance at the times and amounts in which the instalments of the town debt fall due will show that between 1901 and 1906 there will be an interval in which 40 the town may expend $6,000 annually, and at the same time meet the instalments of debt maturing concurrently therewith, and yet have to raise no more per annum than will be required for debt alone in the years 1900 and 1901, or in the years following 1905. The Hancock school house loan will have been fully retired in 1901. The last instalments of that debt, with the water bonds maturing and necessary to be paid amount in each of the years 1900 and 1901 to $8,000 ; then the maturing bonds necessary to be paid re- duce to $2,000 per annum through a period of four years (1902 to 1905 both inclusive) ; and beginning with 1906 the amount required to be retired each year will rise to $10,000, this being a uniform an- nual requirement from that year to and including 1925. There will, therefore, be an opportunity in 1902 to build a high school or other necessary school building costing not more than $24,000, which may be wholly paid for during that and the succeeding three years without increasing the yearly burden on the town beyond what it has been during the past few years, or what it will be in the years to come. As the sum of $1000 assessed last yesr for repair at the High school has not been expended, and the full amount thereof still stands to the credit of that special grant, it is unnecessary to make any appropriation for that purpose. We recommend that the to.vn pass the following vote : Voted, That the school committee, in conjunction with a special committee heretofore appointed, consisting of R. W. Holbrook, H. S. Teele and Edwin A. Bayley, are hereby authorized to expend for the installation of a suitable system for heating and ventilating in the High school building (or for other necessary repairs) $1000 appro- priated last year for that purpose, or any portion thereof which they may deem necessary. Under Article 21, in order to complete the payment for the printed volume of births, marriages and deaths, we recommend the appropriation of $115.87, but in view of the general desire to cur- tail expenditures, we think that the work of printin; a second vol- ume of the early town records be. held in abeyance for this year. 41 It is for a similar reason that we have agreed in recommending that the town this yetr make no appropriation for the proper ob- servance of the 19th of April. Next year will be the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the day, and in view of the possible extra demonstration at that time, it seems wise to omit the appro- priation this year. We are assured that the anniversary will not pass unnoticed by the Historical society, and we suggest that the matter this year be left in their hands without any charge on the town treasury. A majority of the committee favor a vote providing that the bond of the town treasurer, and of all other town officers, who are re- quired to give bonds, except the collector of unpaid taxes, be ob- tained of a responsible surety company at the expense of the town. It was voted in committee that the board of selectmen be re- quested to assign the care of the village hall to the person who has charge of the Adams engine house, or such other person as they may think best, and that he be paid for his services in taking care of the hall 75 per cent. of the gross receipts from the rental thereof. The committee recommend the passing of the following votes : First, That the assessors be requested to deduct from the amount required to be assessed the current year (including the state and county taxes) the sum of fifty-seven hundred dollars ($5700), this being the estimated amount to be derived by the town as its share of corporation tax, and being not in excess of the amount of the re- ceipts from the corresponding source last year. Second, That there be credited to the account now on the town treasurer's books with the bank and corporation tax (and showing an unexpended balance of $1367.41) the amounts actually received the current year from such tax ; and that there be charged against said account the amounts paid for county and state taxes. On the basis of last year's valuation of $1,863,380, a tax rate of $16 per $1000 (or $1.50 per $1000 less than last year) will yield $77,814.08; add poll taxes amounting to, say $2000, and the total becomes $79,814.08, or an amount slightly in excess of the above 42 mentiontioned total of $79,247.51, which is the amount recom- mended to be assessed. The following are the amounts recommended for appropriation by your committee : Abatement of taxes, Assessors, Auditors, Adams engine house, Care of common, Collector of taxes ($20.00 to cover overdraft), Cemetery, Contingent, County and state tax (estimated), Discount for prompt payment of taxes (no assessment) deficiency, Debt—school house bonds, $2,500.00; $2,000.00 Fuel and lights, town hall and Stone building, Fire department, Fire alarm boxes, Highways, Hydrants, Health, board of Hastings park, Interest, Janitors, Liquor law, enforcement of Librarians, Nineteenth of April deficiency, Memorial Day, Poor department, CC CC Outside poor, Printing (general), Printing old records, births, marriages and deaths, water bonds, $ 500.00 700.00 100.00 267.28 145.68 720.00 200.00 2,000.00 7,000.00 3,000.00 4,500.00 1,159.20 4,813.82 400.00 10,440.39 2,500.00 150.00 5.00 2,800.00 900.00 300.00 1,330.00 4.70 175.00 1,612.66 2,700.00 200.00 445.87 43 Police department, Registrars of voters, Ringing bell (East Village), School committee, Selectmen, overseers of the poor and highway surveyors, Snow, removal of Sewer, Metropolitan, Sewer, McClintock & Woodfall, acct. old sewer commit- tee, Schools, Sidewalks, Street lighting, Town clerk, Town hall repairs, Town treasurer, Treasurer Cary library, Trimming trees, Watering streets, Watering troughs, Deduct amount of bank and corporation tax, Respectfully submitted for the committee. March 21, 1899. 2,200.00 100.00 35.00 300.00 1,000.00 1,827.43 2,353.00 468.00 19,000.00 1,204.71 4,300.00 300.00 714.77 550.00 50.00 175.00 1,250.00 50.00 $84,947.51 5,700.00 $79,247.51 JAMES H. FRIZELLE, Secretary. Voted, That the practice recommended by the committee with regard to bringing forward at the beginning of each financial year the respective amounts of overdrafts, if any, in the several grants of the year preceding, and charging them against the corresponding grants of the new year, as well as a continuance of the practice of bringing forward and crediting the respective unexpended balances, 44 meets the town's approval ; that the treasurer is hereby requested to adopt it, and also to publish in the annual town report a separate statement of current assets and liabilities (other than the funded debt) in the manner suggested by the committee. Voted, That except as otherwise specially provided, the several amounts granted at this meeting for town expenditures be under- stood, in each case, as an appropriation in addition to the unex- pended balance, if any, standing on the treasurer's books Jan. 1st, 1899, to the credit of the corresponding grant of last year, each such new grant to be assessed the current year. Voted, That the town adopt the recommendations in regard to abatements and discounts as printed. The following sums were voted : Abatement of taxes, Assessors, Auditors, Adams engine house, Care of common, Collector of taxes— On motion of G. W. Sampson it was $ 500.00 700.00 100.00 267.28 145.68 Voted, That the compensation of the collector of taxes be fixed at one per cent on the amount collected, and the sum of $720 was, appropriated for this purpose for the ensuing year, 720.00 Care of cemetery, 200.00 On motion of A. S. Parsons, it was Voted, That the third column of the printed report in regard to appropriations be read, which was done by Mr. J. H. Frizelle, the secretary. 45 Contingent, Deficiencies (overdrafts) Town debt (school house loan) Fuel and lights, Fire department, Fire alarm boxes, Highways, Hydrants, Board of health, Hastings park, 2,000.00 3,000.00 2,500.00 1,159.20 4,813.82 400.00 10,440.39 2,500.00 150.00 5.00 An effort was made to increase the above appropriation, but this did not meet with the approval of the meeting which sustained its original motion. Interest, Janitors, Enforcement of liquor law, Librarians, April 19, 1899, Memorial Day, 1899, Poor department, Outside poor, Printing (general) Printing old records, Police department, On motion of Mr. G. W. Sampson, it was 2,800.00 900.00 200.00 1,330.00 200.00 175.00 1,612.66 2,700.00 200.00 445.87 2,200.00 Voted, That when this meeting adjourns it be to Monday, April 3, at 7.30 o'clock P. M. On motion of Mr. E. A. Bayley Adjourned. 46 ADJOURNED MEETING APRIL 3, 1899. Meeting called to order by the moderator at 7.40 P. M. and busi- ness was resumed where it was left at adjournment, the report of the finance committee being then under consideration. ART. 4. Registrars of voters. Ringing bell (E. L.) On motion of J. H. Frizelle it was Voted, That the engineers of the fire department cause the bell at East Lexington to be rung daily at 12 o'clock M., without ex- pense to the town. School committee, Removal of snow, Metropolitan sewer requirements, McClintock & Woodfall (sewer engineers) Selectmen, Schools, Sidewalks, Street lights, Town clerk, Town hall repairs, 300.00 1,827.43 2,353.00 468.00 1,000.00 19,000.00 1,204.71 4,500.00 300.00 A sub -committee reported that that there should be a new steel ceiling and that $1000 would be needed to make the necessary re- pairs, but after some discussion the meeting refused to make any appropriation for the purpose. Town treasurer, 600.00 47 After some debate on this matter, participated in by Messrs. Franklin Alderman, G. W. Sampson, A. S. Mitchell, C. E. Wheeler, A. S. Parsons and Cornelius Wellington, it was Voted, That the town treasurer be paid a salary of fifty dollars ($50) per month, he to pay his own expenses as regards car fares, etc. Voted, That all bonds for town officers excepting that of collector of unpaid taxes be paid by the town. Treasurer Cary Library, Trimming trees, indefinitely postponed, no appropriation. Watering streets, Watering troughs, 50.00 1,250.00 50.00 ART. 6. See appropriation under report of finance committee. ART. 7. See appropriation under report of finance committee. This amount was fixed after a long discussion, Mr. R. H. Burke moving an appropriation of $250 which was opposed by Messrs. C. M. Parker, Cornelius Wellington, Franklin Alderman and A. S. Par- sons, who were in favor of sustaining the report of the finance com- mittee that there should be no appropriation this year. Mr. Burke's motion was loaded down with amendments and then failed of passage, and on motion of Mr. G. W. Sampson it was Voted, That two hundred (200) dollars be appropriated for the purpose and that the selectmen be added to the committee of the Lexington Historical Society. ART. 8. See appropriation under report of finance committee. Mr. H. S. Teele for the committee on repairs on Adams school house made the following report :- 48 To the Town of Lexington : — March 1, 1899. Your committee appointed one year ago with relation to the bet- ter ventilation and lighting of the Adams and high school buildings, beg leave to submit the following report :— At the adjourned town meeting held April 2, 1898, the town voted the sum of $125 for the use of the committee in securing plans for the intended improvements (p. 38 of town report), but in- asmuch as they succeeded in having the plans and specifications for both buildings submitted without expense to the town, the sum voted for that purpose remains unused. At the town meeting held June 1, 1898, your committee made a report in detail of the condition of both buildings, the alterations most needed and the estimated expense, and the town voted the sum of $1600 for the Adams school building, and $1000 for the High school building (pages 51 to 54). As stated in that report, six of the seven heating and ventilating firms invited to submit plans and specifications for the Adams school did so, and after a careful examination of the ditterent methods pre- sented, the contract was awarded to the Magee Furnace Co. of Bos- ton for $1095, less an allowance of $45 for the hot water heater then in the building. Their system was duly installed, which con- sists of two hot air furnaces with ample fresh air supply and ventilat- ing ducts supplemented by a steam boiler with suitable radiation for warming halls, sanitaries and foul air ducts. The plans submitted were approved by Mr. John T. White, inspector of public buildings, and the system after being installed was tested and accepted by him ; and during the very severe weather of the past winter, it has proved fully adequate to all demands upon it, and the janitor in- formed the committee that little, if any, more fuel is required in running the new system than was consumed by the hot water heater which it replaced. The lighting of the building ha, been vastly im- proved ; the six small windows in the westerly end of the four rooms 49 have been replaced by eight large ones (two in each room), afford- ing ample light and remedying the dismal effect and injurious con- dition previously existing. Certain much needed alterations and repairs were also made, namely : The walls and ceilings were all cleaned and tinted, the woodwork in the rooms and halls was painted, the blackboards were renewed and with a little alteration in the doors, doorways and water pipes, the convenience of the building was greatly increased with very little additional expense. Although some of these changes were perhaps not strictly within the original duties of the committee, yet we de- cided that they ought to be made and that this was the most suita- ble time to make them. The building is now in excellent condition and excepting ordinary repairs will require no great outlay for some time. We annex a detailed statement of the expenditures : Magee Furnace Co., James H. Phillips, carpenter work, Scott & Tobin, painting contract, " " " extra work, Charles O. Wentworth, ceilings and walls, 4i it " extra work, J. L. Hammett & Co., blackboards, Everett S. Locke, plumbing contract, J. Otis McFadden, window shades. P. F. Dacey, mason work, A. B. Smith, labor about building and N. J. Pero, labor, Conant Brother's, mirrors, Magee Furnace Co., covering pipes, Total, $1,050,00 215.03 60.00 22.00 60.00 5.00 30.00 29.00 23.00 10.26 removing books, 14.00 8.80 3.40 15.00 $1,545.49 50 Credit by cash—Received for one old hot air furnace, $ 10.00 for old hot water pipe, 6.00 for old iron, 3.00 town appropriation, 1898, 1,600.00 ft it « Total, $1,619.00 $1,545.49 Balance, $73.51 After a very thorough examination of the High school building and of the plans and estimates for its heating and ventilation, your committee were of the unanimous opinion that it was inadvisable to go to the expense of installing an adequate and suitable system without further action on the part of the town upon a full statement of the facts, inasmuch as the most urgent needs of the building could be provided for meanwhile by the school committee. Your appro- priation, therefore, for this building remains intact. As to the con- dition of this building, we would refer you to the reports of the school committees for the years 1897 and 1898 and particularly to the report of the superintendent of schools for the latter year, inas- much as each of these represents the opinions of those who have given the matter careful consideration and who unite in advising the town that it is both for the advantage of our schools as well as economy for the town to take immediate action looking toward the early erection of a new High school building, and in this opinion your committee most heartily concurs. Respectfully submitted, HERBERT S. TEELE, RUFUS W. HOLBROOK, EDWIN A. BAYLEY. And Mr. E. A. Bayley moved that the sum of $73.51, the balance unexpended, be transferred to school appropriation, which was voted. 51 On motion of Mr. H. W. Lewis it was Voted, That the assessors be authorized to deduct the amount of $1000 (this being the amount standing to the credit of "Improvements on High School Building") from the amount to be raised by assess- ment. On motion of Mr. H. W. Lewis it was Voted, That the sum of $125 (being the amount standing to ac- count of "Plans for High and Adams School Improvements") be transferred to the school committtee for repairs of furnace or other needed improvements in the High school building. ART. 9. See appropriation under report of finance committee. ART. 10. See appropriation under report of finance committee. ART. 11. See appropriation under report of finance committee. On motion of Mr. F. H. Holmes it was Voted, That the selectmen at once establish a permanent grade on Massachusetts avenue, from Arlington line to Lincoln street, and that future repairs be made to conform with said grade. ART. 12. See appropriation under report of finance committee. On motion of Mr. Franklin Alderman it was Voted, That the selectmen be requested to examine the position of lamps and relocate said lamps where a saving could be made to the town. ART. 13. See appropriation under report of finance committee. 52 FIRE ALARM BOXES. Much discussion was held on the subject of the fire department. On motion of Mr. E. J. B. Nourse, it was Voted, That the two chemical engines be sold, and that the pro- ceeds be placed to the credit of the fire department. An effort was made to have an appropriation of $500 to purchase a pair of horses to be used on the hose wagon, and also to be used on the watering cart during the season of street watering, but the meeting refused to make the appropriation. ART. 14. See action under report of finance committee, as pre- viously recorded. ART. 17. No action. ART. 18. See appropriation under report of finance committee. ART. 19. Mr. G. W. Sampson made a motion to amend section 1 of the by-laws in regard to water commissioners, and that they be paid a salary. Mr. R. P. Clapp opposed the motion, and on vote the town re- fused to amend the by-law. ART. 20. Mr. H. S. Teeie reported as follows in regard to the high school building — " After a very thorough examination of the high school building and of the plans and estimates for its heating and ventilating, your committee were of the unanimous opinion that it was inadvisable to go to the expense of installing an adequate and suitable system, with- out further action on the part of the town upon a full statement of 53 the facts, inasmuch as the most urgent needs of the building could be provided for meanwhile by the school committee. Your appropria- tion therefore for this building remains intact. " As to the condition of this building we would refer you to the reports of the school committee for the years 1897 and 1898, and particularly to the report of the superintendent of schools for the latter year,—inasmuch as each of these represents the opinions of those who have given the matter careful consideration, and who unite in advising the town that it is both for the advantage of our schools as well as economy for the town to take immediate action looking toward the early erection of a new high school building, and in this opinion your committee most heartily concurs." On motion of Mr. E. A. Bayley, it was Voted, That a committee of twelve composed of nine men and three women be appointed by the moderator to investigate and con- sider all matters with reference to erection of a new high school building of sufficient size to accommodate the high school grades alone or the high school grades together with some of the upper grades from the two grammar schools, and that said committee make its report to the town not later than Jan. lst, 1900. The moderator appointed the following : Edwin A. Bayley, chairman ; J. O. Tilton, Edward P. Bliss, Abram C. Washburn, Patrick F. Dacey, Charles Wellington, Mrs. Chas. B. Davis, Mrs. John H. Willard, James P. Munroe, Chas. H. Wiswell, Herbert V. Smith, Mrs. H. A. C. Woodward. ART. 21. See appropriation under report of finance committee. ART. '22. No further action has been taken under this article since the printed report of the commissioners (which was mailed to every voter) was referred to the finance committee, but it is con- templated to have a public hearing on the matter and a special town meeting to consider the subject. 54 ART. 23. See appropriation under report of finance committee On motion of Mr. R. P. Clapp, it was Toted, That when this meeting adjourn it adjourn to April 29, 1899, at 7.30 o'clock P. M., to take up the sewerage report. Voted, That the meeting do now adjourn. ADJOURNED MEETING, APRIL 29, 1899. Meeting called to order by the moderator. On motion of Mr. G. W. Sampson it was Voted, That the meeting be dissolved. A true record. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. The following papers in relation to the Lexington and Boston Street Railway Co. were placed in the hands of the town clerk, March 6, 1899. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington. GENTLEMEN : We the undersigned being a majority of the directors of the Lex- ington & Boston Street Railway Company, respectfully petition your 55 honorable board to grant to said Lexington & Boston Street Rail- way Company, a location for its tracks in the town of Lexington over and along the following streets : Commencing at the boundary line, between Lexington and Ar- lington on Massachusetts avenue, thence over Massachusetts avenue and Bedford street to the boundary line between Lexington and Bedford, also commencing on Massachusetts avenue, thence over Waltham street to the boundary line between Lexington and Waltham, also over Muzzey street from Massachusetts avenue to Forest street, thence over Forest street to Waltham street; and for permission to construct, equip, maintain, and operate a street rail- way thereon, of a single track with all necessary turnouts and con- nections ; to make use of an overhead system of electric motive power, to erect and maintain the necessary poles, wires, etc., along said route and to make such underground and surface alterations as may be required for the purpose prayed for. ALFRED PIERCE, CHAS. W. SMITH, GEO. W. SAMPSON, WALTER H. PIERCE, ALDEN E. VILES, MARCUS A. COOLIDGE, Majority Board of Directors. Filed with the selectmen Dec. 20, 1898. Upon the above petition notice is hereby given that the select- men will meet in the town hall on Saturday, Jan. 7, 1899, at 7.45 P. M. at which time and place all persons and corporations who desire may be present and be heard upon the above petition. JOHN F. HUTCHINSON, E. S. SPAULDING, WM. H. WHITAKER, Selectmen of Lexington. A true copy. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerx. 56 TOWN OF LEXINGTON. IN THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN. Whereas, The Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company by a majority of its directors, has petitioned for a location of the tracks of a street railway in the town of Lexington, and for permission to construct, equip, maintain and operate a street railway thereon of a single track, with all necessary turnouts and connections, to make use of an overhead system of electric motive power, to erect and maintain the necessary poles, wires, etc., along said route ; and due notice of a hearing upon said petition having been given and a hear- ing had thereon, it is Ordered, That a location is hereby granted to the said railway company as petitioned for, over the following streets and no others, viz : Commencing at the boundary line between Lexington and Arling- ton, on Massachusetts avenue, thence on said avenue to Bedford street, middle of the street ; thence on Bedford street, middle of the street, to a point opposite the southwesterly corner of the estate of John Ryan, then on said Bedford street to the boundary line between Lexington and Bedford, easterly side; also on Muzzey street, from Massachusetts avenue to Forest street, northwesterly side, then on Forest street to Waltham street, southwesterly side, then on Wal- tham street to the boundary line between Lexington and Waltham, southeasterly side. The location hereby granted is subject to the following terms, conditions and obligaticns : 57 SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL LAWS. SECTION 1. The right to build.and operate the railway is upon the condition that said company shall comply with all the laws of the Commonwealth applicable thereto, also with all the requirements of the by-laws of the town of Lexington and the regulations of the selectmen, both those now in force, and those that may hereafter be adopted. ACCEPTANCE OF LOCATION. SEc. 2. The location hereby granted shall be deemed and taken to be the true location of the tracks of the railway if an acceptance thereof in writing by said directors is filed with the board of select- men within thirty (30) days after receiving notice of the granting of the location. PLAN TO BE FILED. SEC. 3. Before beginning the construction of said railway said company shall file with the town clerk of Lexington a description and plan of said location, showing in detail the proposed location of all tracks, sidings, turnouts, switches and poles, and such altera- tions in the width and grading of said streets, including filling and excavating within the limits thereof, as may be considered necessary for said road ; and said locations shall be approved or modified within ten (10) days, by the selectmen in writing, before said work of construction is commenced. SEC. 4. The whole work of construction, and the kind and quality of material used shall be under the direction of and satisfac- tory to the selectmen, and approved by them. RAILS. SEC. 5. Said company shall lay and use nine -inch tram, one-half inch groove or girder rails, of weight not less than ninety pounds to 58 the yard, and sixty feet long. "T" rails, weighing not less than fifty-six pounds to the yard, may be used, where the tracks are lo- cated on side of streets. TIES. SEC. 6. The said company shall use ties not less than five and one-half inches face, five inches thick, and six feet six inches long, of chestnut, or such other material as the selectmen shall approve. STREET WIDENING. SEC. 7. If, in the opinion of the selectmen, the widening, straight- ening or rebuilding of any street, bridge or culvert is rendered necessary by reason of the location or construction, such widening, straightening or rebuilding shall be done by the said town, or by the railway company, as the selectmen may elect, and the entire cost and expense thereof shall be paid by said railway company ; pro- vided, however, that where such widening or straightening involves taking any additional land, so as to enlarge the established limits or layout of the street or highway, one-half of the cost of such land and land damages, if any, shall be borne by the town. The term "widening" shall be understood as including such filling and exca- vating as may need to be done within existing limits or layouts of streets in order to provide for the railway. GRADE. SEC. 8. All tracks shall be laid under the direction of the select- men, and where they direct, in conformity with the existing grade of the several streets in which they are laid. In case a change in the grade of any street or portion thereof shall be deemed necessary by the selectmen for the proper laying of said tracks, the expense of making such changes shall be borne by said company. Wherever surface water may collect or be obstructed by the con- struction of said railway, means for its disposal shall be provided as the selectmen may direct at the expense of said company. 59 Said company shall clear snow from their their tracks in such a manner as may be approved by their superintendent of streets, or by any other officer exercising like powers. GUTTERS. In a side location the rail nearest the centre of the street shall be so placed as to allow for an inclination of one-half inch to the foot from the crown of the street to said rail, and gutters shall be con- structed by said company on all side locations between the outer rail and the nearest street line, unless otherwise ordered in writing by the selectmen. SEC. 9. If at any time said town shall lay sewer mains or other pipes in said streets, or widen said streets, or raise or lower the grade thereof, or make any alteration or excavation therein, and it shall be necessary to remove any of the tracks of said company, the expense of such removal and of relaying or relocating said tracks shall be borne by said company. SEC. 10. All ways shall be left in as good and safe condition as when work was commenced, and the same shall be satisfactory to the selectmen. SEC. 11. Said company shall not have open the surface of any one street for the purpose of constructing said tracks, for a distance of more than 2,500 feet at any one time, without a written permit from the selectmen. SURPLUS MATERIAL. SEC. 12. All surplus material removed from any of said streets during the construction of said railway, shall be transported to any part of the said town, within one mile from place of removal, at the expense of said company, and placed wherever required by the selectmen. • 60 POLES. SEC. 13. All poles erected by said company shall be round, of chestnut or cedar, or of such other wood, as the selectmen may direct, and shall be of sufficient strength to carry any and all wires that may at any time be attached to them, and shall be kept painted and of such color as the selectmen shall determine. All poles shall be placed where the selectmen designate, and the location of any of said poles shall be changed at the expense of said company when- ever the selectmen shall deem it necessary for the public conven- ience, welfare and safety, and shall so direct in writing. Cross -bars shall be placed on all the poles erected by said company if required by the selectmen. All poles shall be firmly set not less than six feet in the ground, and shall, on one side of the street, wherever required by the selectmen, be of such height, not exceeding forty feet above ground, as the selectmen may order, so as to provide suitable spaces on said poles, above the wires and attachments of the railway company, for attaching and supporting other wires. WIRES. SEC. 14. Trolley wires, feed wires, and all other wires shall be of first quality, and of such capacity, as the selectmen from time to time may require; shall be maintained not less than twenty feet from the ground, and guard wires shall be placed over said trolley wires wherever required from time to time by the selectmen. Said board of selectmen shall have the right to order that all wires in said streets shall be placed upon the poles of said colnpany, without prejudice, however, to the right of said company to receive reasonable compensation from other companies for the use of its poles, or arrangements shall be made by said company with all other companies now having wires strung or having the right to string wires in said streets whereby they shall be granted the right to use said company's poles for their wires; but no wires belonging to any other company or person shall be placed upon said poles without permission first being obtained in writing from said selectmen. 61 Any department of said town shall have the exclusive use of the upper cross -bar and the top of each pole, free of all charge, for the purpose of placing wires thereon for its own use. All wires shall be so placed as not to interfere with, or be in dangerous proximity to, any existing wires belonging to the town of Lexington. Proper copper wire of the best quality, properly connected and bonded to the rails, shall be laid to convey all return electricity. PAVING. SEC. 15. Said railway company shall, at its own expense, properly pave, with new granite rectangular paving blocks, or paving blocks satisfactory to the selectmen, all the space between the rails and eighteen inches outside of each rail, wherever said track shall be laid in the centre of any street; also between the rails of all turnouts and switches, and eighteen inches beyond the outside rails of the turn- outs or switches, except as to such switches and turnouts or parts thereof as the selectmen shall in writing authorize to be maintained without paving. Wherever said track passes opposite to the entrance of any pri- vate avenue or driveway, said company shall plank, pave or macada- mize said driveway or avenue, as required by the selectmen between the rails and for a suitable distance on the sides thereof. And wherever the track crosses a street, walk, or gutter, said company shall properly pave, or macadamize the same if requested by the selectmen. RUNNING OF CARS AND ROLLING STOCK - FARES. SEC. 16. Said Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company shall run all the cars which run on its main line from Arlington Heights to Lexington Centre on Massachusetts avenue through to North Lexington during the months of April to October, both inclusive, in each year, and in the other months of the year shall run cars as often as every half hour between Arlington line and Lexington Centre, and as often as every hour between the Arlington line and 62 North Lexington, and shall also run its cars throughout the year at such times as will accommodate the school children going to and re- turning from school. And use good appliances, rolling stock and machinery satisfactory to the selectmen, and keep the salve and all the tracks, appliances, turnouts and property used in connection therewith, in first class order and repair, and shall charge not exceed- ing five cents for each single fare for continuous passage from any point in Lexington to any other point in Lexington, including any transfers necessary to complete the trip ; and school children shall be carried to or from school on school days for three cents each, cash fare. The company shall also furnish tickets for school children, ten rides for twenty-five cents. Said company shall carry all members of the police and fire de- partments free while in the performance of their duties. The fare from any point in Lexington to any point in Waltham shall not exceed ten (10) cents, and from any point in Waltham to any point in Lexington shall not exceed ten (10) cents. TRANSFERS. SEC. 17. The payment of fare of five (5) cents shall entitle the passenger paying the same to a transfer providing for a continuous ride within the limits of the town of Lexington upon the cars of any other street railway company whose tracks may connect with the railway of said Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company. The payment of a fare of five cents (5) upon the cars of any street railway within the limits of said Lexington, whose tracks may connect with those of said Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company, shall entitle the passenger paying the s ime to a transfer, providing for a continuous ride upon the cars of said Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company within the limits of said Lexington. BOND. SEC. 18. The said company b fore beginning the construction of said railway shall execute and deliver to the town of Lexington a 63 bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5000) with sure- ties to be approved by the selectmen, conditioned to indemnify the said town, its officers and agents, from and against all claims and demands for injury to person or property, costs, charges, and expen- ses, or compensation for or on account of any defect or defects in said streets in consequence of said company's failure to keep its tracks, turnouts, and switches in repair, or in any way resulting from the construction and operation of said Street Railway Company upon and over said streets, and to reimburse said town for all loss or damage at any time sustained by it on account of said defects. And also that it will save harmless said town under its officers and agents from all claims or demands for injury to person or property, costs, charges and expenses growing out or resulting from the erection, maintenance, or use of said poles or wires on said streets, including the transmission of electric currents, or es- cape of the same, and from any and all loss, cost or damage of every kind which it may at any time suffer by reason of the erection, maintenance, operation and use of electric system for motive power. The selectmen may at any time after the expiration of the above bond or any subsequent bond, require a new bond upon the same conditions as above set forth. TREES. SEC. 19. No tree or shrub shall be cut or trimmed by said rail - Railway Company except by permission of the selectmen. TIME OF COMPLETIONS WHEN LOCATION OR PORTIONS THEREOF BECOME VOID. SEC. 20. The railway upon that portion of the herein granted location, which extends from Lexington Centre near the town hall to John P. Reed estate, North Lexington, shall be built and put in operation as early as any other portion or route of the proposed rail- way; and unless the railway upon the whole of that portion of the 64 location which extends from the Arlington line to John P. Reed estate, North Lexington, shall be constructed and in operation before De- cember 1st, 1899, the entire location hereby granted shall be void. Furthermore, all portions of the location hereby granted on which the railway shall not be built and in operation before May 1st, 1900, shall be void. Work shall commence at the North Lexington end as soon as at Arlington Heights. EXTENSION OF TIME. But the time within which locations which have been granted, or any of them, shall be built upon, may be extended by the selectmen upon application by the said Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company prior to December 1, 1899, if the failure to build upon said locations or any of them prior to said date shall not be owing to the fault or neglect of said company. NOT TO SELL. SEC. 21. Said Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company shall not sell or lease its railway tracks or location, nor any part thereof, nor the rights acquired hereunder, to any person or corpo- ration, without the written consent of the selectmen. HEATING OF CARS. SEC. 22. Said company shall heat all cars when in use by them for the transportation of passengers, at such times, by such means, and to such extent as the selectmen shall from time to time deter- mine. INSPECTOR. SEC. 23. Said company agrees that the selectmen shall appoint an inspector of all the work required for the construction of said 65 railway, and they may remove him for any cause and appoint an- other. Said company shall pay said inspector for his services. Lexington, Mass., Feb. 4, 1899. JOHN F. HUTCHINSON, EDWIN S. SPAULDING, WILLIAM H. WHITAKER, Selectmen. A true copy. Attest: LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk, BOSTON, MASS., Feb. 27, 1899. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Lexington, Mass: GENTLEMEN—We hereby accept your order dated Feb. 4, 1899, granting to the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company a loca- tion in the town of Lexington for its tracks, poles, etc., necessary for the operation of its railway by the overhead trolley system, and the conditions therein named. ALFRED PIERCE, GEORGE W. SAMPSON, MARCUS A. COOLIDGE, CHAS. W. SMITH, EDWARD P. SMITH, ALDEN E. VILES, WALTER H. PIERCE. Directors of the Lexington b' Boston Street Railway Company. Received by the Selectmen March 3, 1899. JOHN F. HUTCHINSON, WILLIAM H. WHITAKER, EDWIN S. SPAULDING. Selectmen of Lexington. A true copy. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. $50.00. 66, BEQUEST OF CHARLES W. DAILEY ADM. TOWN TREASURER'S OFFICE. LEXINGTON, MASS., April 15, 1899. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of the town of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November A. D., 1875, the town treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of fifty (50) dollars from Charles W. Dailey, Adm. of East Cambridge, Mass., the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and Chap. 225 of the Acts of 1870, upon lot No. 161, old number, and No. 62, new number, in the new part of town cemetery near the High school house iri said Lexington, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks and avenues adjacent thereto. GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Treasurer. LEXINGTON, April 15, 1899. Received for record. A true copy. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk, WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING. May 1, 1899. To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington, Greeting : In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of 67 Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the town hall on Monday, the first day of May, A. D., 1899, at 7.30 o'clock P. M., to act on the following articles, viz ART. 1. 'Co choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. Voted, That the polls be kept open five minutes for choice of moderator, and, on ballot, J. F. Hutchinson was unanimously chosen (twelve votes) and was sworn by the clerk. ART. 2. To see if the town will authorize a petition to the Gen- eral Court for an act amending Chapter 504 of the acts of 1897, so as to provide a new or modified method of defraying, apportioning and assessing the cost of a sewerage system, and to take such further or other action relative to drainage and sewerage as shall seem to be for the best interests of the town. Mr. Clapp stated that the first thing was a report of the joint committee, consisting of sewer commissioners and finance commit- tee, signed by three members. SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF SEWER COMMISSIONERS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. To the Citizens of Lexington: Agreeably to the vote passed at the adjourned session of the an- nual town meeting on the 6th inst., the sewer commissioners in con- junction with the finance committee, have considered further the matter of a just and equitable method of assessing and apportioning the cost of constructing the proposed system of sewerage in Lexing- ton. Five meetings have been held, three of which were advertised as public hearings. The attendance of taxpayers was sought, in order both to obtain suggestions from them and to give information as to the plan outlined in the recent report of the commissioners. 68 Though the attendance has been small, those who did favor us with their presence came from the several sections of the town, and the views expressed by them may fairly be considered as represen- tative ones. The members of the committee who attended were practically unanimous in .the belief that the general plan recommended by the commissioners in said report is constructed upon the right lines, especially that part which recommends the laying of a part of the cost upon all the real estate in a sewer district ; the only substantial difference of opinion being as to the best manner in which to assess or raise that portion of the annual tax which is to fall wholly on those whose estates are upon sewered streets or ways. The commissioners themselves advised a modification of their original plan to the extent of laying the portion which falls upon the abutting strips of land alone, upon such land in part according to the area thereof, and in part according to assessed value ; this change being in lieu of the original suggestion that the pro rata distribution. of the abutter's tax be made wholly on the basis of assessed value. To make the abutter's special tax depend on nothing but the value of his abutting strip of land, was found to make the tax upon cen- trally situated and high valued property unduly burdensome, and so we tested the plan of distributing the burden upon the abutting land in some part (about half) on the basis of area. To illustrate the practical application of this modified plan, careful computations' were made in the cases of about forty different estates selected at random. The result of this work was to demonstrate to the satisfaction, as we believe, of a large majority both of the committee and of the citizens to whom the matter was explained, that the plan would operate to apportion the assessments in a manner which on the whole is just and equitable. The question what portion or percentage the town at large ought to bear of the amount necessary to be raised annually so long as any bonds shall be outstanding, received the most careful considera- tion of the committee, and an expression of opinion on the question was sought from every one who attended the hearings. 69 A few favored the payment by the town of as much of 50%, and still fewer as little as 25% ; the general sentiment being in favor of 35%. The final vote in committee was unanimous in favor of such per- centage as the town's share, the part to be borne by the sewer dis- trict to he 20%. All of the sewer district real estate bears this 20% in addition to its share, as so much taxable property, of the 35% which is put upon the town as a whole. Conversely, it is not the outskirts alone that bear the 85%. Their sole share of the annual burden in question will not exceed 12 to 14% thereof, omitting from consideration, as we have done, the annual payment made to the state for the Metropolitan sewer. There are special reasons, as pointed out in the commissioner's printed report, why Lexington as a town may fairly be asked to view this matter in a liberal spirit; and the burden placed upon the outskirts, even when their share of the Metropolitan sewer charge shall be taken into account, will be less in the matter of percentage than is commonly the case with towns throughout the state. The general law of the commonwealth is that any town voting to con- struct sewers shall pay the cost to the extent of not less than one-quarter nor more than two-thirds. In leaving this part of the subject it may be noted that the difference to taxpayers at large be- tween an annaal levy of 25% and one of 35% is only about 11 cents on $1000. To keep the sewer tax in the central district with- in reason, and so not to discourage the general growth of the town through excessive rates of taxation in the centre, is a matter of in- terest to every inhabitant and taxpayer, in whatever section he resides. The committee and the commissioners, therefore, unite in recom- mending the apportionment of the annual sinking fund and interest requirements between the town at large and the sewer district in the proportions of 35% and 20% respectively. This brings us to the remaining 45%. While, in the illustrative examples which the committee worked out, the tax to be paid by an abutter, i. e., one owning land bordering upon an actually sew- ered street or way, was computed according to fixed rules, laying a 70 part on the area of the land to the depth of 125 feet, and in part on the assessed value thereof to the same depth, it is believed that the commissioners in apportioning the abutter's tax each year should be given some discretionary power, which, though it is to be exer- cised along specified lines, will enable them to judge of and make allowances for the particular benefits or lack of them in each par- ticular case. It was voted that the following section for the pro- posed amendment of the Lexington Sew. Act be recommended for adoption, viz. : « SEC. 10. The sinking fund commissioners, until said sewer loan shall be extinguished, shall each year, on or before April 15, calcu- late and certify to the assessors of the town in writing the amount necessary to be raised in order to meet the sinking fund require- ments for that year, and also the amount required to pay the interest falling due therein on the outstanding loan. "The total so certified each year, including both the contribution to the sinking fund and the interest payments, shall be raised during the year, in part by a general town tax, in part by a tax upon all the real estate in the sewer district, and in part by a special tax assessed by said board of sewer commissioners as hereinafter provided, to be known as the abutter's tax. Thirtv-five per cent. of such total yearly amount shall be assessed by said assessors without the necessity of any vote of the town, in the same manner as taxes are ordinarily assessed, and shall be made a part of the general assessment of taxes for the year; twenty per cent. shall be assessed by said assessors upon all the real estate situated within the sewer, district hereinafter pro- vided for, and be raised by a tax thereon assessed by said assessors without the necessity of any vote of the town, and collected in like manner and on the same principles as ordinary taxes in the town are assessed upon real estate and collected; and the remaining forty-five per cent, comprising the abutter's tax, shall annually be assessed by said board of sewer commissioners to and paid by the owners of the lands abutting upon a street or way, public or private, wherein a sewer was on the first day of May constructed and ready for use; provided that no one shall be subject to said abutter's tax 71 unless his land so abutting shall be of such a level that a house placed, or that might be placed, thereon in any ordinary or usual manner, could be drained from the first or ground floor thereof into the sewer ; and provided further, that the assessment shall be based upon the land alone, and upon a depth measuring not more than 125 feet from the side line of the street or way. Said abutter's tax shall annually be assessed and apportioned to such owners, in such shares or amounts, as the board of sewer commissioners shall deem most just and equitable, having regard to the benefits, actual or probable, received or to be received by the abutting estates ; but they shall estimate such benefits in part according to the area of frontage, and in part according to the value of the abutting strip of land ; pro- vided, always, that the said sewer commissioners shall carry out such lawful rules or instructions relative to the manner of apportioning or assessing said abutter's tax, or to abatements thereof, as may from time to time be adopted by vote of the town, not in conflict with the specific requirements of this act." It will be seen from the concluding part of the section just read, that although the commissioners are given a certain discretionary power in regard to adjudicating the benefits accruing to the abutting land, they are still kept subject at all times to the jurisdiction of the town, whose instructions from time to time given relative to the manner of apportioning or assessing the abutter's tax shall be car- , ried out. The power so reserved to the town to direct the matter from year to year might, if such course be deemed just and practi- cable, be broadened so as to provide that in case the town establishes (as it has the right to do under certain provisions of the general laws of the commonwealth) annual charges or rentals for the use of sewers it may devote the receipts therefrom,in whole or in part, to said - abutter's tax, even to the extent of paying the whole thereof if de- sired. Suppose, for example, that it should be deemed wise, after the sewer is constructed and it is ascertained how many users are actually connected therewith, to charge an estate connected with the sewer an annual rental, based, perhaps, upon the amount of water rates which said estate pays, the proceeds of all such annual rentals might be applied to the payment, or partial payment, of the 72 annual amount represented by the above mentioned 45 %, compris- ing the abutter's tax, thus reducing, to such extent as the town might determine, the amount of that tax. We submit herewith a draft amendment to our sewer act, such draft being made in two parts, [narked "A" and "B" respectively. One of them ("A") follows strictly the lines upon which the com- mittee voted to recommend the amendment ; the other ("B") is in exactly the same form, except that it contains a proviso einbodying the suggestion last made above, viz : That the matter be left, if de- sired, so that the town may, to such extent as it may from year to year desire, appropriate any receipts from rentals to the payment of said abuttor's tax. An important matter considered briefly at the close of the com- mittee's sitting was that of the town's assisting those who connect with the sewers in the way of advancing the money necessary to pay the cost of connecting with the sewer, including that of changing over old or installing new plumbing. There will probably be passed at the present session of the legis- lature a bill now pending, entitled, "An Act Relative to Making Connection of Estates with Sewers." It provides, in substance, •that when the board of health of a town requires a real estate owner to connect with a sewer, or whenever such owner makes application to connect, the work of connecting may be done by the town, the expenses thereof to be assessed upon the abutting real estate ; and, if the owner, within a specified time, gives notice of his desire to have the assessment apportioned, the assessors may divide it into not less than three nor more than five installments, one of such installments to be paid each year, and deferred payments to bear interest. It was voted in our committee that in petitioning for an amend- ment to our sewer act, application be made to have the provisions of said law broadened in their application to Lexington, so as to in- clude the cost of plumbing, to the end that the owners of small houses not now provided with plumbing, or having plumbing which may be condemned as unfit for use when the sewer is constructed, 73 may not be unreasonably burdened by having to pay a large sum at one time in order to avail themselves of the sewer. The accompanying draft amendment to the sewer act contains only such provisions as are necessary to set forth the new plan. It is to be understood that in passing an amendatory act, such por- tions of the existing act as relate to a different method of assessment or are otherwise inconsistent with the new scheme, are to be re- pealed, and that such minor changes will be made in the existing statute as may be necessary to make it harmonize with the amend- ment. In closing, we would say that the experience of the committee in considering the matter submitted to them has been such as to im- press them with the truth of the statement contained at the begin- ning of the printed report of the sewer commissioners presented at the last annual meeting ; and with a quotation of that statement we close this report : The problem is a most intricate and difficult one; and we believe that it must be recognized, at the outset, that no system of assess- ment can be devised which will give universal satisfaction. In a re- cent case, relative to assessing a street watering tax. the Supreme Court remarks that "perfect equality in the distribution of public burdens is not obtainable." An appeal, therefore, must be made to all citizens to unite loyally in support of whatever plan shall appear to be satisfactory to a ma- jority, subordinating individual preferences and interests to regard for the public welfare. ROBERT P. CLAPP, EDWIN S. SPAULDING, GEO. O. WHITING, Sewer Commissioners. JOHN F. HUTCHINSON, Chairman, J. H. FRIZELLE, Secretary. For the Finance Committee. 74 A SEC. 10. To provide for the payment of the principal of said loan, a sinking fund shall be established, to which there shall be con- tributed from year to year such an amount, raised in the manner hereinafter provided, as shall, in the judgment of the sinking fund commissioners, be sufficient, with the other annual additions to the fund, and the accumulations of interest thereon, to extinguish the debt at the maturity or maturies thereof, the first of such contribu- tions to be made in the calendar year next succeeding that in which a system of sewerage or sewage disposal constructed under Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, shall be in operation, connected with the North Metropolitan sewer. Such fund shall be held, managed and invested by a board of three sinking fund commissioners. At a town meeting warned for the purpose, there shall be elected by ballot one such commissioner for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the tern of three years from the date of the an- nual town meeting next preceding the date of such election ; and at each annual meeting thereafter, one commissioner shall be elected for the term of three years. Said sinking fund commissioners, in the manner of filling vacancies occurring in the board, and in all matters relating to the qualifications, powers and duties of its mem- bers, shall be subject to the general laws of the Commonwealth at the time in force, so far as the same may be applicable thereto, and not inconsistent with the provisions hereof. SEc. 11. The sinking fund commissioners, until said sewer loan shall be extinguished, shall each year, on or before April 15, calcu- late and certify to the assessors of the town in writing the amount necessary to be raised in order to meet the sinking fund require- ments for that year, and also the amount required to pay the inter- est falling due therein on the outstanding loan. The total so certi- fied each year, including both the contribution to the sinking fund and the interest payments, shall be raised during the year, in part by a general town tax, in part by a tax upon all the real estate in the sewer district, and in part by a special tax assessed by said board of sewer commissioners as hereinafter provided, to be known as the 75 abuttor's tax. Thirty-five per cent. of such total yearly amount shall be assessed by said assessors without the necessity of any vote of the town, in the same manner as taxes are ordinarily assessed, and shall be made a part of the general assessment of taxes for the year; twenty per cent. shall be assessed by said assessors upon all the real estate situated within the sewer district hereinafter provided for. and be raised by a tax thereon assessed by said assessors without the ne- cessity of any vote of the town, and collected in like manner and on the same principles as ordinary taxes in the town are assessed upon real estate and 'collected ; and the remaining forty-five per cent., comprising the abuttor's tax, shall annually be assessed by said board of sewer commissioners to and paid by the owners of the land abutting upon a street or way, public or private, wherein a sewer was on the first day of May constructed and ready for use ; provided that no one shall be subject to said abuttor's tax unless his land so abutting shall be of such a level that a house placed, or that might be placed, thereon in any ordinary or usual manner, could be drained from the first or ground floor thereof into the sewer; and provided further, that the assessment shall be based upon the land alone, and upon a depth measuring not more than 125 feet from the side line of the street or way. Said abuttor's tax shall annually be assessed and apportioned to such own rs, in such shares or amounts as the hoard of sewer commissioners shall deem most just and equita- ble, having regard to the benefits, actual or probable, received or to be received by the abutting estates ; but they shall estimate 'such benefits in part according to the area or frontage, and in part ac- cording to the value of the abutting strip of land ; provided, always, that the said sewer commissioners shall carry out such lawful rules or instructions relative to the manner of apportioning or assessing said abuttor's tax, or to abatements thereof, as may from time to time be adopted by vote of the town, not in conflict with the spe- cific requirements of this act. The amounts so assessed upon owners as their share of the abuttor's tax shall be certified by the commissioners to the collector of taxes prior to the first day of June of each year, with a brief description of the lot of land on which the tax is laid, and shall he due on or before the first day of October of 76 the same year, interest to be added at the rate of six per cent. per annum, if not paid when due. SEC. 12. An assessment made by the sewer commisssoners under the preceding section shall constitute a lien upon the abutting strip or lot of land which shall continue until the expiration of two years from the time the assessment becomes due as aforesaid, and said assessment, if not paid within six months from and after its due date as aforesaid, may, together with interest thereon and incidental costs and expenses, be levied by sale of such strip or lot of land, to- gether with the buildings thereon, if any ; such sale, and all proceed- ings in connection therewith, to be conducted in the same manner as sales for non-payment of taxes. The real estate so sold may be redeemed the same as if sold for non-payment of taxes, and in the same manner. Any such assessment may also be collected in an action of contract in the name of said town, brought against the owner of the estate at any time within said two years. No assess- ment shall be apportioned or divided so as to provide for the pay- ment thereof in instalments or to extend the time for payment of the same. SEC. 13. Any person aggrieved by an assessment of said abutter's tax may at any time within three months after the first day of June of the year in which the same is due, apply to the county commis- sioners for a revision thereof. If they reduce the amount, the town shall pay the costs of the application and hearing, otherwise such costs shall be paid by the applicant. SEC. 14. To ascertain the real estate upon which said twenty per cent. of the total sum necessary to be raised each year in order to meet the annual interest and sinking fund requirements as aforesaid, a sewer district shall be established embracing such territory along and near the lines of sewers proposed to be built in said town as shown on the plan of McClintock & Woodfall, engineers, filed with said sewer commissioners, and approved by the state board of health, 77 as said commissioners shall determine ; and they are hereby em- powered to define the limits and boundaries of such sewer district. They shall cause to be made and filed in the town clerk's office a map showing with as much accuracy and certainty as is required in a conveyance of land, the limits and boundaries of said district. Should said system of sewerage at any time be extended by the con- struction of a sewer or sewers outside of said district, the limits thereof may be altered so as to embrace such additional territory along and near the extended sewer or sewers, as said sewer commis- sioners may determine; and in each such case they shall cause a supplementary map of the sewer district as thus enlarged to be filed with the town clerk. Upon real estate situated within the sewer district at the time of a given assessment of said twenty per cent. shall be laid the amount thereof as a special sewer district tax; and the same shall be assessed upon said real estate and collected in the same manner and with like effect as to liens and otherwise as are other taxes on real estate in said town, and all general laws relative to the assessment and collection of taxes, so far as applicable, and not inconsistent with the provisions hereof, shall apply to said sewer district tax ; provided, that the amount assessed upon any real estate owner as such tax shall be entered as a separate item in his tax bill. Such sewer district tax shall not in any case be regarded as a sewer assessment in the ordinary sense, nor within the meaning of chapter 138 of the acts of 1897, or any general laws relating to the division of a sewer assessment into parts or instalments. B SEC. 10. To provide for the payment of the principal of said loan, a sinking fund shall be established, to which there shall be contributed from year to year such an amount, raised in the manner hereinafter provided, as shall, in the judgment of the sinking fund commissioners, be sufficient, with the other annual additions to the fund, and the accumulations of interest thereon, to extinguish the debt at the maturity or maturities thereof, the first of such contribu- tions to be made in the calendar year next succeeding that in which a system of sewerage or sewage disposal constructed under chapter 78 504 of the acts of 1897, shall be in operation, connected with the North Metropolitan sewer. Such fund shall be held, managed and invested by a board of three sinking fund commissioners. At a town meeting warned for the purpose, there shall be elected by bal- lot one such commissioner for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years from the date of the annual town meeting next preceding the date of such election; and at each annual meeting thereafter, one commissioner shall be elected for the term of three commissioners, in the manner of filling board, and in all matters relating to the years. Said sinking fund vacancies occurring in the qualifications, powers and duties of its members, shall be subject to the general laws of the commonwealth at the time in force, so far as the same may be ap plicable thereto, and not inconsistent with the provisions hereof. SEC. 11. The sinking fund commissioners, until said sewer loan shall be extinguished, shall each year, on or before April 15, calcu- late and certify to the assessors of the town in writing the amount necessary to be raised in order to meet the sinking fund require- ments for that year, and also the amount required to pay Inc inter- est falling due therein on the outstanding loan. The total so certi- fied each year, including both the contribution to the sinking fund and the interest payments, shall be raised during the year, in part by a general town tax, in part by a tax upon all the real estate in the sewer district, and in part by a special tax assessed by said board of sewer commissioners as hereinafter provided, to be known as the abutter's tax; provided that the town may, in case it establishes an- nual charges or rents for the use of sewers, devote the receipts therefrom, in whole or in part, to payment of the abutter's tax, even to the extent of paying the whole thereof, if desired. Thirty-five per cent. of such total yearly amount shall be assessed by said as- sessors without the necessity of any vote of the town, in the same manner as taxes are ordinarily assessed, and shall be made a part of the general assessment of taxes for the year ; twenty per cent. shall be assessed by said assessors upon all the real estate situated within the sewer district hereinafter provided for, and be raised by a tax thereon assessed by said assessors without the necessity of any vote 79 of the town, and collected, in like manner and on the same prin- ciples as ordinary taxes in the town are assessed upon real estate and collected ; and the remaining forty-five per cent. comprising the abutter's tax, less such amount as the town shall from time to time by vote require to be paid out of annual charges or rents for the use of sewers as aforesaid, shall annually be assessed by said board of sewer commissioners to and be paid by the owners of the lands abutting upon a street or way, public or private, wherein a sewer was on the first day of May constructed and ready for use; provided, that no one shall be subject to said abutter's tax unless his land so abutting shall be of such a level that a house placed, or that might be placed, thereon in any ordinary or usual manner, could be drained from the first or ground floor thereof into the sewer ; and provided further, that the assessment shall be based upon the land alone, and upon a depth measuring not more than 125 feet from the side line of the street or way. Said abutter's tax shall annually be assessed and apportioned to such owners, in such shares or amounts as the board of sewer commissioners shall deem most just and equit- able, having regard to the benefits, actual or probable, received or to be received by the abutting estates; but they shall estimate such benefits in part according to the area or frontage, and in part ac- cording to the value of the abutting strip of land ; provided, always, that the said sewer commissioners shall carry out such lawful rules or instructions relative to the manner of apportioning or assessing said abutter's tax, or to abatements thereof, as may from time to time be adopted by vote of the town, not in conflict with the speci- fic requirements of this act. The amounts so assessed upon owners as their share of the abutter's tax shall be certified by the commis- sioners to the collector of taxes prior to the first day of June of each year, with a brief description of the lot of land on which the tax is laid, and shall he due on or before the first day of October of the same year, interest to be added at the rate of six per cent. per annum if not paid when due. • SEC. 12. An assessment made by the sewer commissioners under the preceding section shall constitute a lien upon the abutting strip or lot of land which shall continue until the expiration of two years so from the time the assessment becomes due as aforesaid, and said assessment, if not paid within six months from arid after its due date as aforesaid, may, together with interest thereon and incidental costs and expenses, be levied by sale of such strip or lot of land, to- gether with the buildings thereon, if any; such sale, and all pro- ceedings in connection therewith, to be conducted in the same man- ner as sales for non-payment of taxes. The real estate so sold may be redeemed the same as if sold for non-payment of taxes, and in the same manner. Any such assessment may also bt collected in an action of contract in the name of said town, brought against the owner of the estate at any time within said two years. No assess- ment shall be apportioned or divided so as to provide for the pay- ment thereof in instalments or to extend the time for payment of the same. SEC. 13. Any person aggrieved by an assessment of said abutter's tax may at any time within three months after the first day of June of the year in which the same is due, apply to the county commis- sioners for a revision thereof. if they reduce the amount, the town shall pay the costs of the application and hearing, otherwise such costs shall be paid by the applicant. SEC. 14. To ascertain the real estate upon which said twenty per cent. of the total sum necessary to be raised each year in order to meet the annual interest and sinking fund requirements as aforesaid, a sewer district shall be established embracing such territory along and near the lines of sewers proposed to be built in said town as shown on the plan of McClintock & tVoodfall, engineers, filed with said sewer commissioners, and approved by the state board of health, as said commissioners shall determine; and they are hereby empowered to define the limits and boundaries of such sewer dis- trict. They shall cause to be made and filed in the town clerk's office a map showing with as much accuracy and certainty as is re- quired in a conveyance of land, the limits and boundaries of said district. Should said system of sewerage at any time be extended by the construction of a sewer or sewers outside of said district, the limits thereof rnav be altered so as to embrace such additional ter i- 81 tory along and near the extended sewer or sewers, as said sewer commissioners may determine ; and in each such case they shall cause a supplementary map of the sewer district as thus enlarged to be filed with the town clerk. Upon real estate situated within the sewer district at the time of a given assessment of said twenty per cent. shall be laid the amount thereof as a special sewer district tax ; and the same shall be assessed upon said real estate and collected in the same manner and with like effect as to liens and otherwise as are other taxes on real estate in said town, and all general laws relative to the assessment and collection of taxes, so far as applicable, and not inconsistent with the provisions hereof, shall apply to said sewer district tax ; provided, that the amount assessed upon any real estate owner as such tax shall be entered as a separate item in his tax bill. Such sewer district tax shall not in any case be regarded as a sewer assessment in the ordinary sense, or within the meaning of chapter 138 of the acts of 1897, or any general laws relating to the division of a sewer assessment into parts or instalments. Mr. B. F. Brown made a minority report signed by three mem- bers. MINORITY REPORT IN REGARD TO SEWER. The undersigned, members of the finance committee appointed by the town to make report in regard to the construction of a town sewer, and other matters, would submit the following minority report : The cost of constructing the proposed sewer is estimated at $100,000. The interest on this sum annually at 31% is $3,500. A sinking fund of $1,871 per year for thirty years @ 31% will amount to $100,000. The cost of sewer will be the interest as above, $3,500, plus $1871, sinking fund, or $5,371. 82 The undersigned believe the town should build this sewer and hold same for rental as it does the water works, according to some just and equitable basis to be approved by the sewer commissioners. We would recommend the town create a sewer district for tax pur- poses. This district to be all of the land on each side of any street through which the sewer is constructed, extending back from the street 150 feet. Assess three cents per running foot on all front land abutting on the sewer. The amount required to meet interest and sinking fund in excess of frontage tax assess on all householders within the sewer district on the basis of their water rates. Suppose we assess every house and factory connected with the sewer 33% of the water tax paid by such premises, also assess any building connected with the sewer and not using town water a just tax for using sewer. No tax to be assessed on farmers and others outside the sewer district except as already assessed for Arlington or the Metropoli- tan sewer. The undersigned do not know the exact length of the proposed sewer, but it is estimated to cost $100,000. Information has come to us that the sewers in,New ton cost $2.58 per running foot. If ours cost the same, the sewer should be 38,760 feet long, or about seven miles. On both sides of the sewer then there would be, therefore, 77,520 running feet of front land. This assessed at three cents per front foot would yield $2,325. Deduct this amount from $5,371, the amount annually required for interest on bonds and sinking fund, leaves $3,046 to be paid by water takers having sewer connections. This income last year from water was $14,159. In this way the sewer tax would fall mostly on those who derive the greatest benefit from it, though it is of great benefit to the town generally. The introduction of town water made sewers necessary and it seems as though the two systems might be combined, and one hand, to use a familiar phrase, wash the other. 83 A system of sewerage is of great benefit to all adjacent land in the way of drainage. The tax as above would not bear hard on any estate. A front lot of land sixty feet on the sewer would be taxed $1.80. If 125 feet front, $3.75. A house using $10 worth of water annually would pay an increase of $3.30. An estate paying $20, the highest water tax for house, would pay a combined water and sewer tax of $26.60 in addition to three cents per running foot on front land. Summary of above as follows : $5,371, amount required to pay interest on thirty-year bonds and provide sinking fund to pay off the whole debt in thirty years. Of this amount, $2,325 is to be raised by tax on front land bordering on the sewer in the sewer district, and $3,046 by increasing water rates of those using sewer. Those persons having no sewer connections and living in sewer district may object to be assessed on account of sewer. Suppose then we deduct one-half of $14,156 income on account of water takers with no sewer connections, we have left $7,078 as water income on which sewer tax must be assessed. Forty-four per cent. of $7,078 gives us $3,115, just the sum required to balance the amount due for interest on bonds and sinking fund. This would exempt from sewer taxation all water income from the town on ac- count of hydrants, &c., and also $2,131 on account of water takers who would have no access to sewer—a sum ample for that purpose, although we believe even those living in sewer district should bear a proper share to be determined by the commissioners. Suppose we deduct one-third of the income on account of water takers with no sewer connections, we have left $9,440, as water in- come on which sewer tax must be assessed. 84 Thirty-three per cent. of $9,440 would give us $3,115, which wouid be $67 more than required to balance amount due for inter- est on bonds and sinking fund. Respectfully submitted, BENJ. F. BROWN, B. C. WHITCHER, IRVING STONE. Mr. Clapp thought that the minority report was guess work largely, while the majority report had been made up from actual study and comparison of estates in the district proposed to be sewered, and read certain figures, with name, location and tax, of various persons residing in the sewer district and advocated the majority report. Mr. Sampson and Mr. Whiting favored the report of majority and hoped it would prevail. On motion of Mr. Sampson it was Voted, That the majority report be accepted and its recommen- dations adopted. The foregoing vote was taken by polling the house, 51 in favor, 1 opposed. The town clerk proposed the following and it was Voted, That the legislature be requested to pass at its present session an act amending the Lexington Sewer Act (Chap. 504 of the Acts of 1897), the sewer commissioners being hereby author- ized to present and prosecute the necessary petition therefor, ac- companied by a draft act following substantially the lines of the supplemental report submitted by them and the finance com- mittee. ART. 3. To see what action the town will take with reference to accepting an extension of Fern street in East Lexington on petition 85 of Nelson W. Jenney and others or act in any manner in relation thereto. Mr. G. W. Sampson read the following report of the selectmen on Fern street. " The selectmen having viewed the above premises beg leave to make the following report :— That the following street, beginning at a stone bound at the end of Fern street, as now accepted and ending at another stone bound at a turn at a private way near the residence of John B. Felt, be accepted, whenever said street is, in the judgment of the selectmen, properly graded and made satisfactory, and a quitclaim deed from all of the abutters of said street shall be given to the town of Lex- ington, free and clear of all incumbrance." EDWIN S. SPAULDING, GEORGE W. SAMPSON, CHAS. A. FOWLE, Selectmen of Lexington. And on his motion it was Voted, That the report be accepted and its recommendation adopted. Vote unanimous. ART. 4. To hear and act on the report of the selectmen on lay- ing out and accepting certain streets at North Lexington on the petition of A. S. Chatfield and others or act in any manner relating thereto. Mr. G. W. Sampson read the following report of the selectmen on certain streets at North Lexington. " The selectmen having viewed the above premises beg leave to make the following report :— J J 86 That the streets hereinafter named, be accepted, whenever said streets, in the judgment of the selectmen are properly graded, and a quitclaim deed from all of the abutters of said streets shall be given free and clear of all incumbrances, viz : Reed street on a plan of lots of Mark C. Meagher, surveyed by E. A. W. Hammett, civil engineer, and recorded with Middlesex Southern District Deeds, Book of Plans 77 and dated 1892, from its junction with Reed street as now accepted, and near the house of Ivory Whitten, continuing northerly to Centre street on said plan; Centre street from its junction with Reed street on said plan to Ward street on said plan ; Ward street from its junction with said Centre street on said plan to its junction with Ash street on said plan; Ash street from its junction with Ward street to said Reed street, all on said plan. EDWIN S. SPAULDING, GEORGE W. SAMPSON, - CHAS. A. FOWLE, Selectmen. And on his motion, it was Voted, That the report be accepted and its recommendations adopted. Only one in negation. Meeting declared dissolved. A true record. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. 87 WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING. MONDAY, June 26, 1899. To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington, Greeting : In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the town hall on Monday, the 26th day of June, A. D. 1899, at 7.30 o'clock P. M., to act on the following articles, viz : ART. 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. Voted, That the polls be kept open ten minutes for the choice of moderator by ballot with the use of check list. At close of polls it was found that 32 ballots had been cast all for John F. Hutchinson, who was declared chosen as moderator, and was sworn by the clerk. ART. 2. To see if the town will incur indebtedness under the provisions of chapter 504 of the acts of 1897, relating to a system of sewerage, as amended by chapter 451 of the acts of 1899, and borrow money for the pay ment of the necessary expenses and liabil- ities to be incurred under said act; and to authorize the issuing of bonds or notes for money so borrowed. Also to authorize and pro- vide for the sale or use of such bonds and notes and to act in any other manner relative to a sewerage loan, including the making of provisions for payment thereof, the establishing of a sinking fund, and the election of sinking fund commissioners. Because of action under article 4, this article was indefinitely postponed. 88 ART. 3. To appropriate and raise money to be expended for or in connection with, the laying out and construction of a system of sewerage. Because of action under article 4, this article was indefinitely postponed. ART. 4. To see if the town will accept an act of the Legislature entitled, " An act relative to the sewerage system of the town of Lexington," said act being chapter 451 of the acts of 1899. Mr. R. P. Clapp moved to take up article 4, and it was so voted. Mr. Clapp moved that the town accept an act of the Legislature entitled. " An act relative to the sewerage system of the town of Lexington," said act being chapter 451 of the acts of 1899, which was seconded by Mr. C. B. Davis. On motion of Mr. Clapp, it was Voted, That the vote be taken by ballot " Yes " or " No " and that the check list be used. The matter of acceptance was discussed by Messrs. Sampson and Clapp in favor, and Mr. B. F. Brown moved to indefinitely postpone, which was defeated. On vote, at the close of the polls on motion of Mr. Sampson the chair appointed John F. Ballard and George E. Stone to sort and count the ballots, and they reported that 208 ballots had been cast. In favor of acceptance 122, opposed 86, and two-thirds not having voted in favor, the acceptance of the act was defeated. ART. 5. To see if the town will favor the relinquishment by the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company of its location on Forest and Muzzey streets, and in place thereof to run directly via 89 Waltham street to Massachusetts avenue, and thence by curves right and Left to connect with their line on Massachusetts avenue. Was taken upon motion of Mr. Sampson. Mr. Geo. F. Mead thought this meeting should not consider this matter at the present time, and moved an indefinite postponement, which was defeated by a vote of 43 in favor to 86 opposed. On motion of Mr. R. H. Burke, it was Voted, That the selectmen be authorized to grant a location to the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company on Waltham street, from Forest street to Massachusetts avenue in the centre of the street. ART. 6. To see if the town will favor a location to the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company, either on the easterly or westerly side of Massachusetts avenue instead of in or near the centre thereof. After some discussion on motion of Mr. R. P. Clapp, it was Voted, That the matter be referred back to the selectmen. ART. 7. To see if the town will favor the crossing by the Lex- ington & Boston Street Railway Company of the Middlesex Central branch at grade at North Lexington, and authorize counsel to ap- pear or advocate the same before the Board of Railroad Commis- sioners. This article was taken up on motion of Mr. G. W. Sampson. Mr. R. H. Burke moved that this meeting authorize the select- men to obtain counsel to favor grade crossing at North Lexington. Mr. Alderman wanted to evade grade crossing. 90 Mr. F. J. Whilton opposed grade crossing, and offered substitute motion, instructing the town to refuse to employ counsel to appear before the Railroad Commissioners. Mr. A. S. Parsons and D. F. Hutchinson opposed grade crossing. Mr. J. F. Maynard wanted franchise read, and on request of Mr. Mead the clerk read the franchise, commencing with section 20 re- garding the time of completion. Mr. Sampson wanted the time fixed definitely. On Mr. Whilton's motion not to employ counsel the town refused so to vote. Mr. C. M. Parker moved to indefinitely postpone the article. The town voted " No." Mr. J. H. Frizelle moved that article 7 be recommitted to the selectmen for further action. House polled, 51 voting in favor and 57 against, and it was lost. Mr. Sampson moved that the selectmen be instructed to petition the Railroad Commissioners to allow the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company to cross the tracks of the Boston & Maine R. R. at grade. House polled, in favor 73, opposed 75, and the motion was lost. ART. 8. To transact any business that may legally come before the meeting. No action. Meeting adjourned sine die. A true record. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. 91 BOSTON, June 1st, 1899. To the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, Mass: Your petitioners, the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Com- pany, respectfully represent, that they are a corporation having a charter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and organized under the general laws of said commonwealth, and that heretofore under the preliminary organization your petitioners secured certain locations in the town of Lexington, as follows, to wit : From the boundary line between Lexington and Waltham on Waltham street to Forest street in Lexington, thence on Forest street to Muzzey street, thence on Muzzey street to Massachusetts avenue. Also in said Lexington, at the boundary line between Lexington and Arlington, on Massachusetts avenue, thence on said avenue to Bedford street in the middle of the street, thence on Bedford street in the middle of the street to a point opposite the southerly corner of the estate of John Ryan, thence on said Bedford street to the boundary line between Lexington and Bedford. The above described locations were duly accepted. Your petitioners further represent that it is desirable that your petitioners should have the following additional locations, to wit : From the location already granted on Waltham street, at or near the junction of Forest street with said Waltham street, along Wal- tham street to connect with the petitioners tracks on Massachusetts avenue by curves necessary for its operation both in the direction of Arlington and in the direction of Bedford. 92 And your petitioners pray that such additional location may be granted them with the necessary overhead system and may be per- mitted to operate its cars thereon. LEXINGTON & BOSTON STREET RAILWAY CO. By ALFRED PIERCE, GEO. W. MORSE, SYDNEY HARWOOD, CHAS. W. SMITH, O. M. GOVE, A majority of Board of Directors. The foregoing petition was received by me June 1, 1899, 61 o'clock P. M., and handed to the selectmen June 2, 1899. LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk of Lexington. TOWN OF LEXINGTON. IN BOARD OF SELECTMEM. Whereas, by an order dated Feb. 4, 1899, the Selectmen of tha town of Lexington granted to the Lexington and Boston Street Rail- way Company a location for the tracks of its proposed railway in said town ; And Whereas said Company, by petition of its Directors, has ap- plied for a location for the extension of its tracks, to wit, a location on Waltham Street from the present location on that Street near the junction thereof with Forest Street to Massachusetts Avenue ; And Whereas due notice of said petition has been given, and a public hearing has been had thereon, as provided by law, and in the 93 opinion of the Selectmen public convenience and necessity require that said additional location should be granted, provided said Com- pany shall surrender so much of its existing location as is on Forest and Muzzey Streets, and accept such additional location in lieu of the part surrendered ; And Whereas said Company has also made application for an ex- tension of time within which certain portions of the location granted by said order of Feb. 4, 1899, are by the provisions of Section 20 thereof to be built upon; And Whereas the failure of the Company thus far to build upon its location or any part thereof appears not to be owing to its fault or neglect ; and the Selectmen are willing to grant the extension of time as hereinafter expressed, provided that the terms, conditions and obligations applying to said Company shall not thereby be al- tered in any other or further respect : Now then, it is ordered: FIRST. That, subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, a lo- cation is hereby granted on Waltham Street and in the centre thereof from Forest Street to Massachusetts Avenue, the same to be an extension of the existing location on Waltham Street, so as to al- low a continuous track therein through to Massachusetts Avenue, there connecting by two curves with the track to be laid in Massa- chusetts Avenue, one of such curves leading to the right toward Ar- ington, and the other to the left toward Bedford. Second. That the time within which the railway shall be begun upon that portion of the original location which extends from the northerly side of the steam railroad crossing in Bedford Street, North Lexington, to the John P. Reed estate, is hereby extended to such time, not later than Sept. 1, 1899, as the Board of Railroad Commissioners shall grant or deny the petition of said Railway Com- pany, now pending, for permission to construct its tracks in Bedford 94 Street across said steam railroad at grade. As soon as said Board shall render a decision upon said petition, (but not later than Sep- tember 1st, 1899, in any event) the Company shall pioceed with the construction of its railway on that portion of its location which ex- tends from said Reed estate to said crossing at Bedford Street, North Lexington (beginning the work at the more northerly point, and progressing with it southerly toward said crossing) and put the rail- way in operation on said portion of the location prior to Dec. lst, 1899. Work on the Arlington Heights end of the railway may be begun before a decision is rendered by said Commissioners in refer- ence to said Bedford Street crossing, but from and after such decis- ion (or from and after September lst, 1899, if the decision be not made before that time) the laying of rails at the Arlington Heights end and everywhere between that end and Lexington Common shall cease until a corresponding amount of road -bed construction shall have been undertaken and completed on Bedford Street, beginning at said Reed estate and extending toward said Common ; and unless the railway upon the whole of that portion of the location which ex- tends from the Arlington line to said John P. Reed estate shall be constructed and in operation before December 1st, 1899, the entire location of the Company shall be void, as is provided in the original order of location. Third. The foregoing grant of location and extension of time are made upon the following conditions : (a) The Railway Company shall, concurrently with its accept- ance hereof, file with the Selectmen a valid written surrender of said portion of its location on Forest and Muzzey Streets, and of all rights in or appertaining to those two streets. (b) The kind of rails, poles, wires and other appliances to be used on and along the extended location in Waltham Street, and the manner in which the same and the tracks of the Company on said location shall be constructed and laid, shall be the same, in all sub- stantial respects, as are provided in the original order of location. 95 (c) The several terms, conditions and obligations of said original order of location shall apply to the location of the tracks of the Company as hereby extended and altered ; the intent hereof being to leave the original grant or order (save as hereby modified in respect to the time of beginning and order of prosecuting the work of con- structing the railway) in force with the same effect that it would have had if Forest and Muzzey Streets had been omitted from the original order, and the location on Waltham Street had been de- scribed in said order as beginning at Massachusetts Avenue (with con- necting curves as aforesaid) and extending on and in the centre of Waltham Street to Forest Street, there swerving to the southeasterly side of Waltham Street and thence continuing on said street (south- easterly side) to the boundary line between Lexington and Waltham. (d) This additional location and order shall be accepted by the Railway Company in writing within thirty days after receiving notice hereof. Lexington, July 13th, 1899. EDWIN S. SPAULDING, GEORGE W. SAMPSON, CHAS. A. FOWLE, Selectmen of Lexington. Filed with Town Clerk of Lexington, July 19, 1899, 3 o'clock, P. M. LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. TOWN OF LEXINGTON. IN BOARD OF SELECTMEN. Whereas the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company, in virtue of grants by the selectmen of the town of Lexington under 96 orders dated respectively Feb. 4, 1899, and July 13, 1899, is pos- sessed of a location in said town for the tracks of its proposed rail- way. And Whereas said company desires, along portions of Massachu- setts avenue, to construct its track on the side of the avenue instead of in the centre thereof, and the selectmen are willing to allow the track to be so constructed upon the portions of the avenue below specified, subject to the reservations and conditions hereinafter ex- pressed : Now then, it is hereby ordered FIRST. That the track may be constructed on the northeast- wardly side of Massachusetts avenue, from the Arlington line to a point in said avenue at the southwesterly boundary of land now or late of Ellen Dana at Sucker Brook so called, thence in the middle of the street to a point just northerly from the dwelling house on land now or late of Geo. E. Lothrop, thence turning to the north- easterly side and continuing thereon to a concrete crossing opposite land now or late of Russell, known as the Russell house property, thence in the middle of the street as originally granted. SECOND. That said company shall macadamize the space be- tween the rails of said tracks which may be constructed on the side of the street, and also a space eighteen inches wide lying adjacent to the most southwestwardly rail of said side line of track on the highway side; all said macadamizing to be done in a manner satis- factory to the selectmen. THIRD. That this right to construct the above specified portions of the track on the side of the avenue instead of in the centre, is subject to the right hereby reserved to the selectmen and their suc- cessors in office to order the track at any time after the expiration of three years from and after the date hereof to be changed to the centre of the street, and there constructed and maintained in ac- cordance with the terms of the original order of location. 97 FOURTH. Except as hereby expressly modified, all the terms, conditions and obligations of the grants heretofore made to said company shall remain in full force and effect. FIFTH. That this order shall take effect only upon the filing by said company of an acceptance thereof in writing, and an agree- ment to change at the company's expense and in conformity with the terms hereof to the centre of said Massachusetts avenue all or any of the track originally constructed on the northeastwardly side thereof as aforesaid, said change or changes to be made from time to time at the written request of the selectmen. LEXINGTON, July 19, 1899. EDWIN S. SPAULDING, GEORGE W. SAMPSON, CHAS. A. FOWLE, Selectmen of Lexington. Filed with town clerk of Lexington July 19, 1899, at 5.30 o'clock P. M. LEONARD A. SAVILLE, 7own Clerk. BOSTON, July 19, 1899. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington. GENTLEMEN : The Lexington & Boston Street Railway Co. hereby accept the order as passed by you, dated July 19, 1899, in reference to 98 side location on Massachusetts avenue, and hereby agree to con- form to the terms herein contained. LEXINGTON & BOSTON ST. RY. CO. By CHAS. W. SMITH, 7reasurer. Filed with town clerk of Lexington, July 20, 1899, at 10.10 o'clock A. M. LEONARD A. SAVILLE, 7own Clerk. BEQUEST OF AUGUSTUS E. SCOTT, EXECUTOR. TOWN TREASURER'S OFFICE, $100.00 LEXINGTON, MASS., July 27, 1899. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of the town of Lexington, in town meeting assembled, on the 2nd day of November, A. D., 1875, the town treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of one hundred (100) dollars from Augustus E. Scott, executor of estate of Chandler R. Richardson, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and Chap. 225 of the Acts of 1870, upon lot No. 56 old number and No. 290 new number, in Lexington cemetery, near the High school house, in dressing and care of said lot, the monuments, walks and avenues adjacent thereto. GEO. D. HARRINGTON, 7own 7reasurer. LEXINGTON, July 27, 1899. Received for record. A true copy. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. 99 ORDER OF SELECTMEN AMENDING ORDER DATED July 13, 1899. Ordered, That that portion of order passed by this board, dated July 13, 1899, granting certain location to the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company be amended in paragraph three by striking out all the words in said section after the word "granted" in the fourth line, and also section A of said order be stricken out. SEC. 2. These amendments are made upon the condition that should the railroad commissioners confirm the grant by this board to the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company for location for tracks on Waltham street from Forest street to Massachusetts ave- nue, these amendments shall then be null and void, and the order as originally passed July 13, 1899, shall then be in force. Provided the amended order is accepted within three days. EDWIN S. SPAULDING, GEORGE W. SAMPSON, CHAS. A. FOWLE. Selectmen of Lexington. LEXINGTON, August 3rd, 1899. Filed with town clerk of Lexington, Mass., Aug. 10, 1899, at 10.30 o'clock A. M. LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk of Lexington. BOSTON, August 7th, 1899. 7o the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington: The order granting a location to the Lexington & Boston Street 100 Railway Company by your board, dated July 13, 1899, as amended by your order of August 3, 1899, is hereby accepted. LEXINGTON & BOSTON ST. RY. CO. By CHAS. W. SMITH, Treasurer. By GEO. W. MORSE, Corporation Counsel. Filed with town clerk of Lexington, Aug. 11, 1899, at 8.30 o'clock A. M. LEONARD. A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk of Lexington. WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING, AUGUST 15, 1899. To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington. Greeting : In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the town hall on Tuesday, the fifteenth day of August, A. D. 1899, at 7.30 o'clock P. M., to act on the following articles, viz : ART. 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. Voted, That the polls be open five minutes for choice of modera- tor. On ballot, 19 votes were cast for J. F. Hutchinson, who was declared unanimously chosen as moderator, and was sworn by the clerk. ART. 2. To see if the town will accept a bequest under the will of the late Orin W. Fiske, or act in any manner relating thereto. The clause in the will above referred to is as follows : 101 Item 1. After the payment of my just debts and funeral charges I bequeath and devise as follows : To the town of Lexington the sum of three thousand dollars to be put at interest until it shall amount to four thousand dollars, then the interest to be used for the care and preservation of the old battle ground, now called the Com- mon. On condition that the town of Lexington shall place a suit- able stone tablet on the west side of the common, with this inscrip- tion : A fund bequeathed by Col. Orin W. Fiske to the town of Lexington, for the purpose of using the income annually in the care and preservation of the old battle ground forever. Item 10. I appoint the selectmen and their successors, executors and trustees of my estate, without the usual bond; and in case the town should decline to accept of the three thousand dollars, I would name Hammon Reed to act as executor and trustee. On motion of Mr. Cornelius Wellington, it was Voted, To take up article 2 which had been read by the moder- ator. Mr. R. P. Clapp made remarks opposing the town's accepting the gift of Col. O. W. Fiske, and offered a resolution. After some remarks the town Voted, To accept the resolution offered by Mr. Clapp as follows : Whereas, under the will of Col. Orin W. Fiske, late of Lexington deceased, the town is offered a bequest of money in trust, the in- come to be expended annually in " the care and preservation of the old battle ground," on condition that the town shall erect thereon a stone monument or tablet, displaying the name and military title of the doper, and showing the source from which the cost of such pre- servation and care is defrayed ; 102 And whereas, in the opinion of the inhabitants of this town, in town meeting assembled, the placing of any tablet of such kind on the old battleground would be inconsistent with the traditions of the men, who, in a spirit of magnificent sacrifice and with a supreme disregard of self, consecrated the soil with -their blood ; Now, therefore, be it resolved that the offered bequest, on the condition specified in the will, is respectfully declined. Meeting dissolved. A true record. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. BEQUEST OF W. E. LAWRENCE. TOWN TREASURER'S OFFICE, LEXINGTON, Aug. 18, 1899. $100.00. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of the town of Lexington, in town meeting assembled, on the 2nd day of November, A. D. 1875, the town treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of one hundred (100) dollars from W. E. Lawrence, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and chapter 225 of the acts of 1870, upon lot No. 126, old number, and No. 365, new number, in Lexington cemetery near the high school house, in dress- 103 ing and care of said lot, the monuments, walks, and avenues adja- cent thereto. GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Treasurer. Lexington, Aug. 18, 1899. Received for record. A true copy. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING, MONDAY, Sept. 18, 1899. To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington. GREETING : In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the town hall, on Monday, the eighteenth day of September, A. D. 1899, at 7.30 o'clock P. M., to act on the following articles, viz : ART. 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. Voted, That the polls be open ten minutes for choice of moder- ator. On ballot 39 votes were cast all for John F. Hutchinson, who was declared chosen as moderator, and was sworn by the clerk. 104 ART. 2. To see if the town will vote to choose a committee to arrange for and carry out the 125th anniversary of the battle of Lex- ington, on the 19th of April, A. D. 1900, or act in any manner re- lating thereto. On motion of Mr. J. H. Frizelle, it was Voted, That a committee of 15 be appointed by the chair, to re- port at a future town meeting. The committee is as follows : EDWIN S. SPAULDING, CHARLES A. FOWLE, ROBERT P. CLAPP, DR. SHERWIN GIBBONS, HERBERT G. LOCKE, EDWARD P. NICHOLS, ALFRED PIERCE, GEORGE W. SAMPSON, JAMES H. FRIZELLE, TIMOTHY O'CONNOR, CHAS. H. WISWELL, ABBOTT S. MITCHELL, CHARLES M. PARKER, REV. CARLTON A. STAPLES, ARTHUR D. STONE., ART. 3. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to ex- pend a sum in addition to the present highway grant, for carrying on the work of highways, the same to be assessed in 1900, and to be borrowed in anticipation of the taxes of 1900, or act in any manner relating thereto. Mr. G. W. Sampson explained why the funds of the highway de- partment were short. That the overlay from last year and the road at North Lexington opposite Ryan's, had made great inroads on the appropriation. He showed that the surrounding towns expended more for roads than this town, and that if we were to have macadamized roads we must have more money ; and offered the following motion : 105 " That inasmuch as the requirements of the public statutes as amended are such as to forbid the borrowing of money in anticipa- tion of the taxes of the next year ensuing, that it be the sense of the town in town meeting assembled, that $3500 be expended by the selectmen, in addition to the regular highway appropriation of 1899, to be expended on the town highways." And the motion was carried. ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to purchase the works, ma- chinery, equipment, fixtures, buildings, land and other property of the Lexington Gas Light Company, or act in any manner relating thereto. Mr. Montague moved that the article be indefinitely postponed. Mr. G. W. Sampson opposed indefinite postponement. Dr. Perkins moved as a substitute for indefinite postponement that a committee of five be appointed to investigate the matter. Mr. Sampson asked Mr. Montague to withdraw his motion for in- definite postponement, but he refused. The appointment of a committee was favored by Dr. Perkins, Messrs. H. H. Putnam, J. F. Maynard, L. A. Saville, J. H. Frizelle, C. E. Wheeler and E. A. Bayley. On Mr. Montague's motion to indefinitely postpone, the 'town voted "No." Mr. Sampson moved the appointment of a committee and after several amendments had been accepted, it was unanimously Voted, That a committee of five be appointed by the chair, on which there shall be at least one member who shall be an authority 106 on business investments, and one practical mechanic, to investigate into the purchase of the property of the Lexington Gas Light Co., and to determine whether in their judgment the idea is feasible and of benefit to the town of Lexington, and to report at a future town meeting. No stockholder or other party directly or indirectly interested in the financial affairs of the company, and no town officer shall be placed upon said committee. One public hearing shall be given by said committee. The chair appointed the following : THADDEUS L. BRUCE, EDWARD T. HARRINGTON, GEORGE F. MEAD, EDWARD P. MERRIAM, GEORGE D. MILNE. Meeting dissolved. A true record. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING. TUESDAY, November 7, 1899. To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington, GREETING : In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of 107 Lexington, qualified by law to vote in state, district and county af- fairs, to assemble at the town hall, on Tuesday, the 7th day of No- vember, A. D., 1899, at 6 o'clock A. M., to cast their ballots for the following state, district and county officers, namely : Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer and Receiver -General, Auditor, Attorney -General, Coun- cillor for Sixth District, Senator for Fifth Middlesex District, Sheriff, County Commissioner, and Representative in the General Court for Thirteenth Middlesex District. The election officers will receive votes for the above named of- fices on the official ballot prepared by the Secretary of the Com- monwealth. The polls will be opened immediately after the organization of the meeting and will be kept open until 4 o'clock, P. M., and as much longer as the meeting may direct, not to extend beyond sunset. N. B. The last meeting of the registrars of voters to register names for the foregoing meeting will be held at town officers' room, town hall building, on Saturday, October 28, 1899, from 12 noon to 10 P. M., and no name can be added to the list after that time, ex- cept as provided by law. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the town clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands at Lexington, this twenty-first day of Oc- tober, A. D., 1899. EDWIN S. SPAULDING, GEORGE W. SAMPSON, CHAS. A. FOWLE, Selectmen of Lexington. 108 RETURN OF CONSTABLE ON FOREGOING WARRANT. LEXINGTON, November 2nd, 1899. Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the town of Lexington by posting a duly attested copy of the warrant in the post offices and other public places in each village, and by mailing a duly attested copy of the warrant to every regis- tered voter in the town, seven days before the time of said meet- ing. Attest : WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington. A true copy of the warrant and the return of the constable thereon. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. NOVEMBER 1, 1899. This certifies that the ballots cast at the town election March 6, 1899, were destroyed by fire this day. LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. TUESDAY, Nov. 7, 1899. Meeting called to order by the town clerk at 6 o'clock A. M., the time specified in the warrant. The warrant with the return of the constable thereon was read by the town clerk. C. W. Swan, Irving Stone, B. J. Harrington and Abram B. Smith, who had been appointed as ballot clerks and deputies, receipted to the town clerk for a sealed package said to contain 900 ballots prepared by the Secretary of State for use in this election ; also for a copy of the 109 voting list prepared by the Registrars of Voters for this election. The ballot box was shown to be empty, then locked, and the key thereof delivered to the constable in attendance, and the chairman of the selectmen declared the polls open, and the balloting com- menced. At 10 o'clock A. M. on unanimous consent of the selectmen and town clerk, the ballot box was opened and 150 ballots taken there- from, and the following gentlemen, who had been appointed tellers, were sworn by the chairman of selectmen, and commenced their. duties. J. H. Frizelle, B. C. Earle, Geo. L. Pierce, B. C. Whitcher, Geo. W. Spaulding, Geo. D. Harrington, P. F. Dacey, Francis Locke. At 11.05 box was opened and 50 ballots taken therefrom. At 2.15 box was opened and 100 ballots taken therefrom. At 3.40 box was opened and 50 ballots taken therefrom. At 3.45, on motion of Mr. Geo. F. Mead, it was Voted, That the time for closing the polls be extended to 4.30 o'clock P. M. At 4.30 P. M. the polls were declared closed. The ballot box registered 399. Check list used by selectmen had 399 names checked. Check list used by ballot clerks had 399 names checked, and 49 ballots were taken from the box, making 399 ballots cast. After the tabulation of ballots by the tellers, the chairman of the selectmen announced the vote as follows : FOR GOVERNOR. 110 Robert Treat Payne, Jr. of Boston George R. Peare of Lynn . Winfield P. Porter of Newburyport Blanks FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. John L. Bates of Boston . John H. Mack of North Adams . James H. Roberts of Cambridge Isaac W. Skinner of Brockton . James F. Stevens of Boston Blanks FOR SECRETARY. Charles H. Bradley of Haverhill John B. Lewis, Jr. of Reading . Henry Lloyd of Boston . Frank McDonald of Stoneham . William M. Olin of Boston Blanks . FOR TREASURER. Edward S. Bradford of Springfield Joseph J. Flynn of Lawrence . Herbert B. Griffin of Winthrop . Frederick A. Nagler of Springfield Charles W. White of Winchester Blanks FOR AUDITOR. 91 3 1 15 . 292 82 • 8 0 2 15 1 7 71 3 . 297 20 . 296 72 4 1 0 26 Albert B. Coats of Beverly 5 Elbridge Gerry Brown of Brockton . 70 W. Murray Crane of Dalton . 284 Frank Albin Forsstrom of Worcester 3 111 John W. Kimball of Fitchburg . Angus McDonald of Boston Franklin A. Palmer of Stockbridge Blanks . FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL. Addison W. Barr of Worcester . Hosea M. Knowlton of New Bedford John H. Morrison of Lowell Sidney Perley of Salem Walter P. J. Skahan of New Bedford Blanks FOR COUNCILLOR - SIXTH DISTRICT. Marcellus H. Fletcher of Lowell . S. Herbert Howe of Marlborough Blanks FOR SENATOR - FIFTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT. Fred Joy of Winchester . Frederick R. S. Mildon of Marlborough Blanks . 290 . 3 . 4 . 29 . 3 . 295 . 68 . 27 . 83 . 296 . 20 . 299 . 80 . 20 FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT - THIRTEENTH MIDDLE- SEX DISTRICT. J. Howell Crosby of Arlington A. S. Parsons, Robert P. Clapp Walter Sampson, Martin Fahey . Joe. Dane, Walter F. Ham, one each Blanks 112 FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER - MIDDLESEX. Levi S. Gould of Melrose . Joseph V. Schugel of Woburn Blanks . FOR SHERIFF - MIDDLESEX COUNTY. John R. Fairbairn of Cambridge . Alfred E. Jones of Everett . Blanks . 340 . 10 . 49 . 349 . 6 . 44 After the ballots cast and check lists used were sealed, and the packages signed by the town officers, the meeting at 6.15 o'clock, was declared dissolved. A true record. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. ARLINGTON, Nov. 17, 1899. . 326 The town clerks of Arlington and Lexington, towns comprising the 13th Middlesex Representative District, met at Arlington this day at noon, and on comparing returns found that ballots had been 6 Cast in said towns on Nov. 7, 1899, for one representative as fol- lows :— . 67 113 114 ARLINGTON. LEXINGTON. TOTAL. the town hall, on Tuesday, the 7th day of November, A. D., 1899, J. Howell Crosby of Arlington 569 326 895 at 7.30 o'clock, P. M., to act on the following articles, viz : Howard W. Spurr 1 1 William Nolan 1 1 ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. J. W. Whitaker 1 1 A. S. Parsons 1 1 Voted, That the polls be kept open five minutes for choice of Robert P. Clapp 1 1 moderator. Walter Sampson 1 1 Martin Fahey 1 1 On ballot, with the use of check list, ten ballots were cast, nine Joe Dane 1 1 for J. F. Hutchinson and one for R. P. Clapp, and J. F. Hutchin- Walter F. Ham 1 1 son was declared chosen as moderator and was sworn by the clerk. 904 And two certificates of election were filled out for J. Howell Crosby of Arlington, and signed B. DELMONT LOCKE, Town Clerk of Arlington. LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk of Lexington. Mr. Geo. D. Milne, for the committee on purchase of the Lex- ington Gas Light Company's property, read the following report : ART. 2. To hear and act upon the report of the committee ap- pointed at the town meeting, held Sept. 18, 1899, to investigate into the purchase of the property of the Lexington Gas Light Com- pany, and to determine whether in their judgment the idea is feasi- ble and of benefit to the town of Lexington. A true record. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING. TUESDAY, November 7, 1899. To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington, GREETING : In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GAS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT OF THE LEXINGTON GAS LIGHT CO. In compliance with the vote under which it was appointed your Committee begs to submit the following report : On Saturday, October 21, 1899, the Committee gave a public hear- ing in accordance with the terms of the vote under which it was ap- pointed. This hearing was well attended and it appeared that many of those present were in favor of the town acquiring the plant of the Gas Company, provided it could be obtained at a suitable price. The Committee is glad to express its obligation to those who attended the hearing, for the information and suggestions which resulted. Your Committee would here quote from a recognized authority the following statement, which is exceedingly apt to the present occasion 115 and exactly expresses the ideas which have guided the Committee in reaching its conclusions : "The valuation of property as made by different individuals, will vary according to their ideas of the proper return to be obtained from such property and upon their judgment as to the proper amount of depreciation to be allowed. In determining such a valuation, comparison must be made with the cost of a new and model plant and between the cost of operating an old and a new plant in so far as the organization of the old plant is detrimental to economical run- ning, when such poor organization cannot be rectified. When it can be changed to a proper organization, the cost of making this change must be deducted from its value. "The value depends primarily, but not necessarily on the first cost of the property under consideration. This might have been exces- sive at the time of its inception. It does not necessarily depend upon the first cost today of a plant identical to the one under considera- tion ; for a smaller plant owing to improvements might be installed today, which would produce the same results as the one under con- sideration. The first cost to be used in comparison therefore, is the cost today of a plant, which will produce equal results in quantity and quality as the one under consideration." Moved by considerations in line with those just quoted, your Com- mittee has reached the conclusion that the value of the plant of the Lexington Gas Light Co., as it stands, as determined by ascertained probable actual cost, less the usual depreciation applied to such sub- jects for the period of time during which they have been in use, is $17,800. Your Committee understands that Messrs. Mills & Blanchard of Boston, a Committee representing the bondholders of the Gas Co., in a letter to the selectmen dated September 5, 1899, offered the property of the Company to the town for 832,200, and that this of- fer was withdrawn by a letter dated October 20, 1899. Your Com- mittee therefore asked for a new offer to remain firm for ninety days, but this request has been refused and the intimation made that the bondholders' committee is ready to consider an offer from the town, 116 meantime holding the matter open to offers from outside interests. Your Committee believes, as a result of its inquiries, that a new elec- tric plant of the same capactity as the present one could have been built a year ago for $30,000. Supposing the existing plant to have been built at the ruling prices in 1898, as it averages from six to seven years old, it would, from a conservative business point of view, be subject to a depreciation allowance of at least $10,000, thus leav- ing $20,000 as the present value of such a plant. Taking into account the increase in the value of material such as copper wire and the decrease in the cost of dynamos and other elec- trical appliances as compared with the prices prevailing seven years ago, your Committee believes that its estimate of $17,800 as the market value of the present plant is a substantially accurate one. This will further appear when it affirms that a very heavy expendi- ture for renewals, as well as for the extension of the capacity of the plant, that is an expenditure on Capital Account, will be absolutely necessary within the next two years and that such an expenditure should without doubt exceed $10,000. Your Committee has heard a great deal about the value of the franchise, but from an investiga- tion of such records of the Gas Co. as it has been able to obtain, the Committee cannot see that the Gas Co., since the installation of the electric light plant at any rate, has ever earned a dividend, provided a proper allowance for depreciation had been charged against its earnings. The Committee is therefore of the opinion that the fran- chise has little if any present value, but even if it had the Law pro- vides that good will or exclusive privileges derived from rights in the public streets shall not be taken into account. As to the Gas Plant proper, the Committee finds no present value to the town apart from the real estate. The fittings in the gas house are old and worn out and the mains in the streets are mostly inade- quate, where not absolutely without value. To the new outfit which was installed to produce better gas two or three years ago at a cost of $10,000, little if any visible value appears. Your committee understands that if the plant is acquired by the town, the town must continue to supply gas. It is believed however, 117 that the New England Gas & Coke Co. will be ready before long to supply illuminating gas to suburban towns, in which case it may be possible for the town to obtain gas from this source at a lower cost than has heretofore prevailed. To do this, however, will involve a very considerable expenditure on supply pipes, some of which will be absolutely necessary under any circumstances, and when that is taken into account any little value that may remain in the present gas plant at once disappears and a very considerable sum will be added to the investment side of the account in providing for such in- crease in capacity and for renewals. Approaching the whole subject from the point of view of earnings, your Committee is informed that at present the plant is earning $13,000 gross per annum, of which $1,500, accrues from gas and $11,500 from electricity. If from this amount of gross earnings of the electric plant is deducted 70% for operating expenses, not too high an estimate for a small plant like that under consideration and when town management is to be taken into account, we have left a sum of $3,450, from which if we deduct $1,200, the interest at 4% on a capital of $30,000, there is left to provide for depreciation and contingencies, such as damage suits, to say nothing of the matter of sinking fund or other provision for payment of the debt to be in- curred, but $2,250, a sum representing only a little over 7% on a capital investment of $30,000, a rate which is but barely adequate to provide for depreciation on a plant of this character, when the natttre of its constituents is taken into account. Your Committee is therefore of the unanimous opinion that it is only expedient for the town to exercise its right to purchase the prop- erty of the Lexington Gas Light Co. as provided in Section 1, Chap- ter 370 of the Acts of 1891, provided said property can be obtained at a proper price, in determining which, due allowance should be made for the sum necessary to bring the plant up to a proper stand- ard of construction and efficiency. Your Committee therefore recommends that in case of action by the town in the first instance, favorable to acquiring the property in question, a thorough inspection be made by experts, who shall sub- mit a written report upon its condition with their findings as to its 118 market value, such report to be printed and a copy sent to each reg- istered voter, at least ten days before the date .of a town meeting called to take final action in the premises. Respectfully, GEORGE F. MEAD, T. L. BRUCE, EDWARD T. HARRINGTON, EDWARD P. MERRIAM, GEORGE D. MILNE, Committee. Lexington, Nov. 4, 1899. On motion of Mr. H. H. Putnam it was Voted, That the report be accepted. Mr. H. G. Janvrin wished the report read by the moderator, which was done. Mr. Jonathan Bigelow moved that the recommendations of the committee be adopted. Mr. E. P. Bliss wished to know what the recommendations were, and the moderator read the concluding part of the report. Mr. G. F. Mead explained that two meetings would have to be held by the town, at which two-thirds must vote favorably, and thought that if the town wished the committee would have the re- port printed. Mr. Bigelow said he would withdraw his motion. Mr. Janvrin thought that $17,800 was too much to pay for the plant, that he would not pay a dollar, and moved the indefinite postponement of the whole subject. 119 Mr. E. A. Bayley thought the committee had given the matter great care and study, and that the meeting should give it due con- sideration, and hoped the motion to indefinitely postpone would not be carried. Mr. Bliss thought the committee advised against the purchase of the plant. Mr. Bayley called upon the committee to state if they had not recommended to purchase at a proper price. Mr. Milne said that the opinion of the committee was that if the price could be made low enough it would be well to buy. Mr. G. W. Sampson rose to a point of order, and the chair said that indefinite postponement was debatable. Mr. Putnam said that the first thing was to see if the town wanted the plant, and moved a substitute to the effect that the town should own its own gas and electric light plant. On Mr. Putnam's motion the town voted "No." On Mr. Janvrin's motion it was Voted, That the matter be indefinitely postponed. Mr. Clapp said that the outcome of the matter was grateful to him, as he did not believe in the town owning such a plant. On his motion, seconded by Mr. Frizelle, it was Voted, That the thanks of the town be extended to the committee for their excellent report. ART. 3. To see if the town will vote to employ a night watch- man or night police officers, or act in any manner relating thereto. 120 Mr. J. H. Frizelle moved that the town appoint three night watchmen; one foi the Centre, one for East Lexington and one for North Lexington. This motion was not seconded. Mr. R. H. Burke moved the appointment of two night watch- men. Mr. Franklin Alderman moved that the matter be indefinitely postponed. Mr. A. S. Parsons wanted to know if we did not have a night watchman. Mr. C. H. Franks said yes, and a day one also in the same man. Mr. Parsons seconded Mr. Burke's motion to appoint two night watchmen, and hoped the motion would prevail, and that the matter would not be indefinitely postponed. Mr. Sampson explained that a night watchman was needed. Mr. Janvrin thought that if there were going to be any night watchmen, there should be enough to cover the whole town. On Mr. Alderman's motion to indefinitely postpone, the house was polled with the following result : In favor 37, opposed 67, and it was not carried. Mr. Burke renewed his motion, and on this motion the moderator declared it was Voted, That the town appoint two night watchmen. This vote was doubted and the house was polled with the follow- ing result : In favor 75, opposed 1, and the motion was carried. 121 The matter was further discussed by several gentlemen, who con- tended that the vote was the appointment of more men than the article called for. Mr. H. W. Lewis thought that the vote passed in regard to the appointment of two night watchmen should be declared null and void and not go on record. Mr. R. P. Clapp opposed and said that the vote having been passed should go on record, and the subject was dropped. ART. 4. To hear the report of any committee that may be ready to report and act thereon. Mr. Sampson made a verbal report as to the doings of the com- mittee for April 19, 1900, reporting progress, after which the meet- ing was dissolved. A true record. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. October 13th, 1899. To the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, Mass.: GENTLEMEN—Your petitioners, the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company, and the directors thereof respectfully represent that they already have locations in the town of Lexington, and have actually constructed thereon over two miles of their track. Your petitioners further represent that it is desirable that your petitioners should have the following additional locations, to wit : 122 From the location already granted on Waltham street, at or near the junction of Forest street with said Waltham street, along Wal- tham street to connect with the petitioners tracks on Massachusetts avenue by curves necessary for its operation both in the direction of Arlington and in the direction of Bedford. And your petitioners pray that such additional locations may be granted them with the necessary overhead system, and that they may be permitted to operate their cars thereon. LEXINGTON & BOSTON STREET RAILWAY CO. By GEORGE W. MORSE, Corporation Counsel. GEO. W. MORSE, SIDNEY HARWOOD, LEONARD A. SAVILLE, ALDEN E. VILES, ALFRED PIERCE, Board of Directors. Filed with Town Clerk of Lexington, Nov. 11, 1899. LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASS. October 16th, 1899. Upon the petition of the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company and the Board of Directors thereof, for a location or change of location on Waltham street in Lexington from Forest street to Massachusetts avenue and for turnouts on Massachusetts avenue, it is hereby Ordered, that a public hearing be had before the Board of Select- men at the town hall in Lexington, on Saturday, Nov. 4th, 1899, at 123 7.30 o'clock P. M., and that notice of the time and place of such hearing be given to all parties interested, by publication fourteen days previously thereto in the " Lexington Minute -Man," — a news- paper published in said town of Lexington. EDWIN S. SPAULDING, GEO. W. SAMPSON, CHAS. A. FOWLE, Board of Selectmen. Filed with Town Clerk of Lexington, Nov. 11, 1899. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. TOWN OF LEXINGTON IN BOARD OF SELECTMEN. Whereas, by an order dated Feb. 4, 1899, the selectmen of the town of Lexington granted to the Lexington & Boston Street Rail- way Company a location for the tracks of its proposed railway in said town ; And whereas said company, by petition of its directors, has ap- plied for a location for the extension of its tracks, to wit, a location on Waltham street from the present location on that street near the junction thereof with Forest street to Massachusetts avenue; And whereas due notice of said petition has been given by publi- cation in accordance with the statutes of this commonwealth four- teen days before the date of the hearing herein mentioned, and a public hearing has been had thereon, as provided by law, and where- as in the opinion of the selectmen public convenience and necessity require that said additional location should be granted ; Now then, it is ordered, First—That, subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, a location is hereby granted on Waltham street and in the centre 124 thereof from Forest street to Massachusetts avenue, the same to be an extension of the existing location on Waltham street, so as to allow a continuous track therein through to Massachusetts avenue, there connecting by two curves with the track to be laid in Massa- chusetts avenue, one of such curves leading to the right toward Arlington, and the other to the left toward Bedford. Second—The foregoing grant of location is made upon the fol- lowing conditions : (a) The kind of rails, poles, wires and other appliances to be used on and along the extended location on Waltham street, and the manner in which the same and the tracks of the company on said location shall be constructed and laid, shall be the same, in all sub- stantial respects, as are provided in the original order of location, dated February 4, 1899. (b) The several terms, conditions and obligations of said orig- inal order of location shall apply to the location of the tracks of the company as hereby extended. (c) This additional location and order shall be accepted by the Railway Company in writing within thirty days after receiving notice hereof. Lexington, November 6th, 1899. EDWIN S. SPAULDING, GEO. W. SAMPSON, CHAS. A. FOWLE, Selectmen of Lexington. Filed with Town Clerk of Lexington, Nov. 11, 1899. LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. 125 November 9th, 1899. To THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON: Gentlemen—The undersigned, the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company and the Board of Directors thereof, accept the location recently granted by your order of November 6th, 1899, on Waltham street from a point at or near the junction of Forest and Waltham streets to Massachusetts avenue, connecting with the com- pany's track on said avenue by curves as therein set forth. LEXINGTON & BOSTON STREET RAILWAY CO. By GEO. W. MORSE, Corporation Counsel. ALFRED PIERCE, GEO. W. MORSE, SIDNEY HARWOOD, ALDEN E. VILES, JOHN H. FOSTER, E. P. SMITH. Board of Directors. Filed with the Town Clerk of Lexington, Nov. 11, 1899. LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. BEQUEST OF MRS. JULIA A. BUTTERFIELD. TOWN TREASURER'S OFFICE. $85.00 LEXINGTON, November 17, 1899. Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, in town meeting assembled, on the second day of November, A. D. 126 1875, the town treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of eighty- five (85) dollars from Mrs. Julia A. Butterfield of said Lexington, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and Chap. 225 of the Acts of 1870, upon lot No. 78, old number, and No. 314, new number, known as the Eben Gammell lot, in Lexington cemetery, near the High School house, in dress- ing and care of said lot, monuments, walks and avenues adjacent thereto. GEORGE D. HARRINGTON, Town Treasurer. LEXINGTON, Nov. 17, 1899. Received for record. A true copy. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. TOWN OF LEXINGTON. IN BOARD OF SELECTMEN. Whereas, it is provided in the order of the Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, dated February 4, 1899, granting to the Lexington and Boston Street Railway Company locations for the tracks of its railway in said town, that the time within which the locations, or any of thein, are to be built upon may be extended by the Select- men upon application by said Company prior to December 1, 1899, " if the failure to build on said locations, or any of thein, prior to said date shall not be owing to the fault or neglect of said Com- pany ;" 127 And Whereas, by an order of the Selectmen of said Town, dated November 6, 1899, a location has been granted said Company for the extension of its tracks on Waltham Street to Massachusetts Ave- nue ; And Whereas the Company has made application for an exten- sion of the time within which the several locations heretofore grant- ed shall be built upon, and of the time within which the railway shall be put in operation thereon ; and the failure of the Company to build with the rapidity contemplated by said original order is not owing to the Company's fault or neglect; and the Selectmen consider the grant of an extension of time as herein provided, just and reasonable : Now Then it is Ordered, that the time for completing and putting in operation its railway upon that portion of the Company's location which extends from the Arlington line to the John P. Reed estate, be and is hereby extended to May 1, 1900, in any event, and for such further period or periods, if any, as may hereafter be prescribed in writing by the Selectmen for the time being, whether the present Board or their successors ; and that all portions of locations on which the railway shall not be built and in operation before June 1, 1900, shall be void ; provided, however, that if the Company, in case of any given location or portion thereof, shall be delayed or in- terrupted by any injunction, order of court, or any quasi-judicial pro- ceedings, in the attempted work of constructing the railway thereon, the time within which it shall be built and put in operation on such location and portion thereof, in order to prevent the same from lapsing or becoming void, shall be such as to allow the Company a period of ninety working days, under favorable conditions of wea- ther, from and after the removal of said cause of delay or interrup- tion, in which to complete the work. EDWIN S. SPAULDING, GEORGE W. SAMPSON, CHAS. A. FOWLE, Selectmen of Lexington. 128 LEXINGTON, Nov. 28, 1899. The above order is hereby accepted pursuant to a vote passed by the directors of the Lexington and Boston Street Railway Company, November 29, 1899, copy of which vote is hereto annexed. LEXINGTON AND BOSTON STREET RAILWAY COMPANY, By GEO. W. MORSE, Corporation Council. November 29, 1899. Voted, That the order of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington dated November 28, 1899, extending the time within which the Company is to build and put in operation its railway on the several locations in that town be and hereby is accepted and that a written acceptance of the order be signed by Geo. W. Morse, Cor- poration Counsel, and filed with the Selectmen forthwith. A true copy of vote passed by directors of Lexington and Boston Street Railway Company at a meeting held November 29, 1899. Attest : GEO. W. MORSE, Assistant Clerk. Received by Town Clerk of Lexington, Dec. 1, 1899. LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS. Whereas the Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, Massachusetts by an order dated November 6th, 1899, have granted the under- signed, the Lexington and Boston Street Railway Company, a loca- tion for the extension of its tracks on Waltham Street, from the 129 junction thereof with Forest Street to Massachusetts Avenue, against which order and location certain owners of real estate abutting on said Street have filed with the Board of Railroad Commissioners a written protest, and the matter is now pending before said Board on the question of approving said location. And Whereas said Company, which is possessed, under order of the Selectmen of said Town dated Feb. 4th, 1899, of a location for tracks on Forest Street, from the junction thereof with Waltham Street to Muzzey Street, and thence on Muzzey Street to Massachu- setts Avenue, has been requested by the Selectmen not to build on said last mentioned location, but to treat as a substitute the Wal- tham Street extension to be built along and upon the location first above mentioned ; and said Company desires to do so, believing the abandonment of its original plan of building on Forest and Muzzey Streets to be calculated to serve the interests of the public : Now Tien, in consideration of the premises, and of said exten- sion of location on Waltham Street to Massachusetts Avenue, said Railway Company hereby agrees to surrender its said location on Forest and Muzzey Streets, and all rights of which it is possessed in or appertaining to those streets, if said location on Waltham Street shall be approved by the Board of Railroad Commissioners ; the in- tent hereof being that so soon as said Board shall have taken final action on said Waltham Street location approving the same, this in- strument shall of itself, without any further act on the part of the Railway Company, operate as such surrender. And said Company hereby further covenants and agrees that, in case of such approval by the Commissioners, it will not exercise or attempt to exercise any rights, in, to or under its said location on Forest and Muzzey Streets or any part thereof. In Witness Whereof, the Lexington and Boston Street Railway Company has caused these presents to be executed under its corpo- 130 rate seal by Geo. W. Morse, its counsel hereunto duly authorized by its Board of Directors, this 29th day of November, 1899. LEXINGTON AND BOSTON STREET RAILWAY COMPANY - By GEO. W. MORSE, Corporation Counsel. Received and approved. EDWIN S. SPAULDING, GEORGE W. SAMPSON, CHAS. A. FOWLE, Selectmen of Lexington. LEXINGTON, Nov. 29, 1899. Voted, That the draft agreement with the Selectmen of Lexing- ton, just read, relative to surrendering the location on Forest and Muzzey Streets, be and hereby is approved and that Geo. W. Morse, Corporation Counsel, is hereby authorized to execute said agree- ment on the part of the Company. A true copy of votes passed at a meeting of the directors of the Lexington and Boston Street Railway Company on November 29, 1899. Attest : GEO. W. MORSE, Assistant Clerk. Received by Town Clerk of Lexington Dec. 1, 1899. LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING. SATURDAY, December 16, 1899. To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington, GREETING : In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of 131 Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the town hall, on Saturday, the 16th day of December, A. D., 1899, at 7.30 o'clock, P. M., to act on the following articles, viz : ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. Voted, That we proceed to choose a moderator by ballot, and that the polls be kept open three minutes. On ballot, fourteen votes were cast, all for J. F. Hutchinson, who was declared chosen moderator and was duly sworn by the clerk. ART. 2. To hear the report of the committee on the celebration of April 19, 1900, and act in any manner relating thereto. Mr. J. H. Frizelle, secretary of the committee on April 19 cele- bration, read a report stating in substance that the committee could not make any definite arrangements until they knew how much money would be granted. On motion of Mr. H. H. Putnam it was Voted, That the report be accepted. ART. 3. To see if the town will vote to authorize an appropria- tion for the proper celebration of April 19, 1900, the same to be drawn from any unexpended balance in the treasury and to be as- sessed in the year 1900, or act in any manner relating thereto. Mr. H. H. Putnam said that probably some member of the com- mittee had some plan in relation to the proposed celebration and the meeting would be glad to hear it. Mr. J. H. Frizelle read a proposed programme for the celebra- tion, which, if carried out, would cost upwards of $1100. 132 Mr. Cornelius Wellington moved that $1200 be appropriated for the expense of the celebration. Mr. Irving Stone moved that the amount be $200. Mr. E. P. Merriam moved an amendment, that the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Co. pay into the treasury a sum equal to that voted by the town to be used in the celebration of April 19, 1900, the same to be expended under the direction of the committee ap- pointed by the town to take charge of said celebration. Mr. G. W. Sampson moved an amendment that the Lexington & Boston Street Railway be stricken out, and the Boston & Maine Railroad be substituted therefor. A general and somewhat heated discussion ensued, and a motion to adjourn the meeting was voted down, and a motion by Mr. H. G. Locke to lay the matter on the table was carried. An effort was made to take up Arts. 4 and 5, but this the meet- ing refused to do. On motion of Mr. J. H. Frizelle, Art. 3 was taken from the table. Mr. G. W. Sampson moved that $1500 be appropriated, which was voted down. Mr. Cornelius Wellington moved that $1200 be appropriated, which was voted down. Mr. A. S. Parsons moved that $600 be appropriated and $600 be raised by subscription. Mr. E. P. Bliss moved a substitute motion that $1200 be appro- priated by the town and that the Boston & Maine Railroad, and the 133 Lexington & Boston Street Railway be invited to contribute $250 each toward the celebration, which was adopted by a vote of twenty- three in favor of substitution and twenty-one opposed, and the moderator declared the motion carried. The vote was doubted and the house was polled, when thirty voted in favor and fourteen op- posed, and the motion of Mr. Bliss was carried. ART. 4. To see if the town will choose a committee to appear before the legislature and secure the passage of an act to authorize the appropriation of money for the celebration of April 19, or act in any manner relating thereto. On motion of Mr. J. H. Frizelle it was Voted, That a committee of three be appointed by the moderator to appear before the legislature and secure the passage of an act to authorize the appropriation, and the moderator appointed E. A. Bayley, L. A. Saville and J. H. Frizelle as such committee. ART. 5. To hear the report of any other committee or board of officers that may be ready to report and act thereon. On motion of Mr. Irving Stone the selectmen were instructed to license hucksters and charge a reasonable fee, for the celebration of April 19, 1900. Meeting adjourned sine die. A true record. Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. 134 PETITION OF THE LEXINGTON & BOSTON STREET RAILWAY COMPANY. To the Board of Selectmen - of the Town of Lexington, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts : Respectfully represents the Lexington and Boston Street Railway Company, that it is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; That it has already been granted, by the selectmen of said town of Lexington, a location on Bedford street, within said town. That for the purpose of avoiding a crossing of the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation, ]eased to and operated by the Boston and Maine Railroad, by the railway of the Lexington and Boston Street Railway Company, at grade, on said Bedford street, it is necessary that your petitioner should acquire land necessary there- for, fifty feet in width, outside the limits of said Bedford street. And your petitioner says that under and by virtue of the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, it desires to take land fifty feet in width outside the limits of said Bedford street, for the pur- pose aforesaid. The said land proposed to be taken consists of the various par- cels hereafter mentioned and described, viz : 1. A parcel of land belonging to Robert H. White, which is bounded and described as follows : Beginning at the east side line of the Bedford road at a corner of land of Osborne Gorman ; thence in their line northeasterly 32.10 feet; thence southerly 102.96 feet over land of said White to said easterly line of the Bedford road ; thence by said easterly line of the Bedforc' road northwesterly 97.61 feet to the first mentioned bounds ; containing 1,560 square feet, more or less. 135 2. A parcel of land belonging to Osborne Gorman, and bounded and described as follows : Beginning at a point on the easterly line of the Bedford road, at a corner of land of Robert H. White ; thence northwesterly by said road 62.56 feet to a point which is 253.23 feet southerly from a stone bound at an angle in said road line by land of Emily J. Paine ; thence northerly, making an angle with said road line of 18.10, a distance of 104.90 feet over land of said Gorman to a point in a division line of land of said Emily J. Paine and said Gor- man ; thence northeasterly 44.70 feet in said division line between Paine and Gorman to a corner of their lands, said corner being in the center of a brook; thence southeasterly in their line 20.00 feet; thence by a line parallel to and 50.00 feet from the second des- cribed line southerly 162.00 feet over land of said Gorman to first mentioned division line of said White and Gorman; thence south- westerly 32.10 feet by said division line to the first mentioned bounds ; containing 8,690 square feet, more or less. 3. A parcel of land belonging to Emily J. Paine, bounded and described as follows : Beginning at a point on the division line between land of Emily J. Paine and Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation, leased to and operated by the Boston and Maine Railroad, said point being 158.00 feet easterly from the intersection of the easterly line of the Bedford road with the southerly line of the location of the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation; and from thence running in an easterly direction by the southerly line of the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation location about 51.07 feet; thence turning and running in a southerly direction over land of Emily J. Paine about 240.00 feet to land of Osborne Gorman; thence turning and run- ning in a northwesterly direction by land of said Gorman about 20.00 feet; thence turning and running in a southwesterly direction by land of said Gorman about 44.70 feet; thence turning and run- ning in a northerly direction over land of said Paine about 274.67 136 feet to the point of beginning, the last described line being 50.00 feet from the parallel with the second described line ; containing 12.815 square feet more or less. 4. A parcel of land belonging to Emily J. Paine, taken by the Middlesex Central Railroad Company, the said Middlesex Cen- tral Railroad Company having been consolidated with the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation, and said Boston and Lowell Rail- road Corporation being now leased to and operated by the Boston and Maine Railroad, bounded and described as follows : Beginning at a point on the southerly line of the location of the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation, leased to and operated by the Boston and Maine Railroad, at the land of Emily J. Paine, dis- tant 158.00 feet easterly from the intersection of the easterly line of the Bedford road and the southerly line of the location of the Bos- ton and Lowell Railroad Corporation ; and from thence running northerly, across the location of the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation, about 82.00 feet, to other land of said Paine ; thence running easterly, by land of said Paine, about 51.14 feet ; thence running southerly, across the location of the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation, about 82.00 feet, to land of said Paine; thence running westerly, by land of said Paine, about 51.07 feet to the point of beginning; containing 4,100 square feet more or less. 5. A parcel of land belonging to Emily J. Paine, bounded and described as follows : Beginning at a point on the easterly line of the Bedford road, dis- tant 100 feet southerly from the stone monument opposite the house of Emily J. Paine ; and from thence running in a southeasterly di- rection about 90.00 feet; thence running by a true curve to the left of 304 feet radius about 89.00 feet ; thence running in a southeast- erly direction about 94.00 feet ; thence running by a true curve to the right with a radius of 336 feet about 381.7 feet; thence run- ning in a southerly direction about 28.08 feet to the northerly line 137 of location of the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation, leased to and operated by the Boston and Maine Railroad; the last five described lines being over land of said Paine ; thence running in a westerly direction by the northerly line of location of the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation about 51.14 feet; thence running in a northerly direction about 17.36 feet ; thence running by a true curve to the left of a radius of 286 feet about 324.9 feet ; thence running in a northwesterly direction about 94.00 feet; thence running by a true curve to the right of a radius of 354 feet about 89 feet to the easterly line of the Bedford road ; the last four described lines be- ing over land of said Paine ; thence running in a northwesterly di- rection by the easterly line of the Bedford road about 116.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing 30,175 square feet, more or less. And your petitioner says that it has filed herewith a plan, made on an appropriate scale, and showing by metes and bounds the land proposed to be taken, with the names of the owners thereof. And your petitioner prays that notice may be given to such own- ers and that a public notice and hearing may be had, in accordance with law ; and that said plan may be approved in writing by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington. The Lexington and Boston Street Railway Company. By GEO. W. MORSE. LEXINGTON & BOSTON STREET RAILWAY CO. The above company has duly executed and filed, by George W. Morse, its attorney, with the selectmen of Lexington, a petition and plan to take certain tracts of land in that part of Lexington called North Lexington, in pursuance of law for the purpose of avoiding a crossing at grade of the Boston and Maine Railroad location at 138 said North Lexington, at the Bedford street crossing. The owners of the said several tracts are supposed to be as follows : Robert H. White, Osborne Gorman, Emily J. Paine and the Boston and Maine Railroad; said tracts being fully described in said petition and plan. Upon the above petition notice is hereby given that the selectmen will meet in the town hall on Saturday, December 30, 1899, at 7.30 P. M., at which time and place all persons and corporations who desire may be present and be heard upon the above petition, and the matters contained therein, and it is hereby ordered that a copy of the above petition, and of this order, be served upon the owners of the various parcels of land proposed to be taken, as shown on said plan, and also that a copy of the above petition and this order be published in the " Lexington Minute -Man " at least fourteen days before the date of said meeting. EDWIN S. SPAULDING, GEORGE W. SAMPSON, CHAS. A. FOWLE, Selectmen of Lexington. Filed with Town Clerk of Lexington, Dec. 16, 1899. LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. I, George T. Ordway, for and in behalf of the Lexington & Bos- ton Street Railway Company, hereby certify that in pursuance of the within order, I caused a copy of the within petition and the within order to be published in the " Lexington Minute -Man " at least fourteen days before the date of the hearing referred to in said 139 order. Said copy was published in the " Lexington Minute -Man " of December 15, 1899. GEO. T. ORDWAY. Subscribed and sworn to by me this thirtieth day of December, 1899. Middlesex, ss. JOHN T. HUGHES, Justice of the Peace. Malden, December 23d, 1899. I this day served the within precept upon the within named Rob- ert H. White, Osborne Gorman and Emily J. Paine, by delivering in hand to said White and Gorman each an attested copy of this pre- cept and by leaving at the last and usual place of abode of said Emily J. Paine, an attested copy of said precept. Fees, service, Copies, Travel, H. & C. $ 1.50 3.00 .80 1.20 $6.50 In serving this precept, it was necessary and I actually used a horse and carringe 10 miles. LYMAN H. RICHARDS, Deputy Sherif. 140 SUFFOLK, ss. BOSTON, December 28, 1899. I this day served the within precept upon the within named Bos- ton and Lowell Railroad Corporation, and the Boston and Maine Railroad, by delivering in hand to C. E. A. Bartlett, Treasurer of said Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation, and by delivering in hand to H. E. Fisher, Assistant Treasurer of said Boston and Maine Rail- road, to each in hand, an attested copy of the within petition and order. Service Copies Travel FEES. $1.00 2.00 . .80 $3.80 FRANCIS MARTIN, Deputy Sheriff: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. IN BOARD OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS. December 13, 1899. In the matter of the request for the approval by the Board, under the provisions of chapter 578, Acts of 1898, of a location granted by the selectmen of the town of Lexington to the Lexington and Bos- ton Street Railway Company upon Waltham Street, a public way in that town, a protest having been filed against the same by Hammon Reed and others owning real estate abutting upon said street—after 141 public notice and hearings at which the protesting abutters, the street railway company and the town of Lexington were represented by counsel and were fully heard. It appearing to the Board that the location has been duly granted to the said street railway company upon said Waltham street by the selectmen of the town of Lexington acting properly and in the due performance of their official duties in regard to the same ; that the protest of those owning real estate upon said street has been duly filed in accordance with the provisions of the statute ; that the pub- lic necessity and convenience require that the location granted as aforesaid become valid and that the general public interest demands the approval of the same—it is Ordered, That the approval of the Board be and the same is hereby given to the location above granted to the Lexington and Boston Street Railway Company in and. upon Waltham Street in the town of Lexington. Attest : A true copy. Attest : (Signed) WM. A. CRAFTS, Clerk. WM. A. CRAFTS, Clerk. Filed with Town Clerk of Lexington, Dec. 19, 1899. LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. Whereas the Lexington and Boston Street Railway Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, for the purpose of avoiding a crossing 142 of the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation, leased to and oper- ated by the Boston and Maine Railroad, by the railway of the Lex- ington and Boston Street Railway Company, at grade, on Bedford Street in Lexington, in the county of Middlesex and said Common- wealth, desires to take land necessary therefor fifty (50) feet in width outside the limits of said Bedford Street ; and whereas a plan, made on an appropriate scale, and showing by metes and bounds the land proposed to be taken, with the names of the owners thereof, has been filed with the Board of Selectrnen of the Town of Lexington; and whereas a petition, accompanying said plan, containing a description of the land proposed to be taken together with the names of the own- ers thereof, and setting forth the purposes for which said land is pro- posed to be taken, and praying that a notice may be given to the owners of said land, and that a public notice and hearing may be had, in accordance with law, and that said plan may be approved in writ- ing by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, has been filed with said Board of Selectmen ; and whereas upon said petition notice was given by the Board of Selectrnen that the Board of Select- men would meet in the Town Hall on Saturday, December 30th, 1899, at 7.30 P. M., at which time and place all persons and cor- porations who desired might be present and be heard on said peti- tion and the matters contained therein; and whereas it was ordered that a copy of the said petition and of said order be served upon the owners of the various parcels of land proposed to be taken, as shown on said plan, and also that a copy of the said petition and said order be published in the "Lexington Minute -Man" at least fourteen days before the date of said meeting; and whereas the Board of Select- men of Lexington finds that notice has been given to the owners of said parcels, and that a copy of said petition and of said order has been served upon the owners of the various parcels of land proposed to be taken, as shown on said plan ; and whereas a public notice has been given by the publication of a copy of said petition and said or- der in the "Lexington Minute Man" at least fourteen days before the date of said meeting ; and whereas said order of the Board of Select- men has been in all respects duly complied with ; and whereas a pub- lic notice and hearing have been had, such as are required by law, and in accordance with said order; 143 Now therefore said plan filed by the Lexington and Boston Street Railway Company is hereby approved in writing by the Board of Se- lectmen of the Town of Lexington. EDWIN S. SPAULDING, GEORGE W. SAMPSON, CHAS. A. FOWLE, Selectmen of Lexington. December 30th, 1899. A true copy from the records. Attest, LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk of Lexington. 145 REPORT OF THE SELECTCIEN, OVER- SEERS OF THE POOR AND SURVEY- ORS OF HIGHWAYS. To the Citizens of Lexington: The selectmen beg leave to submit the following report for the year 1899. It has fallen to the lot of the present board of selectmen to su- pervise the construction of the roadway of the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company, whose franchise was granted by the pre- ceding board on February 4th, 1899, and which is printed in full in another portion of the town report. We found ourselves in a position of the greatest responsibility to the town, and have endeav- ored to carry out, not only its expressed wish in the matter of a street railway, as recorded by its emphatic vote of November, 1897, but also the application of the broad principle which demands the best possible construction up to the line of absolute prohibition. By this we mean that while the town demands that a railroad should be built within its limits, we believe that it must have the best built railroad for a town of its size and character, but on the other hand we should not insist on a franchise so burdensome that the railroad could not build. To insure an adherence to both of these ideas, the utmost firmness was necessary in many cases. It was the fate of the Lexington Street Railway Co. that their franchise was too 146 burdensome and that nobody would undertake the work of building in view of the tremendous requirements therein contained. To avoid a similar fate on the part of the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Co., the previous board considerably modified the old fran- chise, and a comparison with the franchise of February 4th, 1899, and that of the franchise of 1897 will show that certain important changes were made with respect to conditions. On the other hand, the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Co., a corporation whose sole object was not to benefit the town, but to make money for themselves and whose aim has been devoted to the latter purpose, were not in sympathy with many of our requirements. Your board, nevertheless, would not permit a cheap railroad to be built, and it is but fair to the railway company to say that such was not their intention. As a result, they did not "build better than they knew," but they built better than they intended. The direc- tors of that corporation complained bitterly that our requirements cost them many thousands of dollars, and on the other hand we were steadfastly assailed with the criticisms of those who wanted us to put restrictions which were unnecessary and conditions which would render the completion of the railway prohibitive. Your board in this connection has travelled many miles to inspect other roadbeds, have had constant daily supervision of the work of construction and have fought the town's battle unceasingly for the best interest of the whole people. Never again in the history of the town will such questions be pre- sented for settlement. When other roads come for a franchise and commence construction under it, the experience of the year 1899 will serve as a beacon light to guide succeeding boards, and our suc- cesses or failures will serve to direct them toward the proper settle- ment of difficulties. In this connection we desire to add a word touching on the peti- tion of the Waltham, Aver and Pepperell Street Railway Company. We believe that our action in making no decision in their case was one which will commend itself to the people of the town. Certainly 147 at the time of the petition of the company referred to, it would have been impossible to have commenced construction ; on the other hand had we given them leave to withdraw it would have prejudiced their case in other towns ; but in the spring, when they have six or seven months of good weather ahead, then is the time to ask for a location, the town's experience with two railroads having showed the inadvisability of granting a franchise in the fall or winter months. Incidentally, the construction of the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company has proved of great benefit to labor in Lexington. On the roadbed, power house, car barn, pole setting, stone crush- ing, brook lowering, in North Lexington and Billerica, and other work in connection with the abolition of the two grade crossings at these places, in all these various pieces of construction, the railway company has left some thousands of dollars in Lexington for labor alone. Our highway department began the year 1899 with some $2,000 of overdue bills for money expended in 1898 and an added burden of about $1,500 imposed upon us by the Middlesex county commis- sioners embodied in an order to build Summer street in Lexington to connect with the road in Bedford, a road which is of no possible benefit to Lexington and which will not be for many years. In previous years the town has been so fortunate as to have other work than the regular highway appropriation. In 1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898 the state highway was constructed and in the latter year a special appropriation of $3,000 in addition was expended in the construction of Lowell street. This necessitated a larger plant and more men. In 1899 the town had no other work of this nature and with the added expense of about $3,500, as just noted, your board found ourselves with about $6,500 to be expended upon the town's highway department, against $25,922.91 in 1898 for town and state highways. It was reducing a $26,000 a year plant with equip- ment for doing that amount of work to $6,500 a year. Added thereto was the "surplus clause" work of the street railway franchise by which, at their own expense, the street railway hauled all sur - 148 plus material at any point within a mile of the construction, and by availing ourselves of this clause we were enabled, at the bare ex- pense of the labor alone, to thoroughly construct Sylvia, Pleasant, Fern, Watertown and Sherman streets. All this necessitated a Larger appropriation of money and accordingly we asked for the $3,500 we needed, calling a special town meeting for that purpose and it was granted without a dissenting vote. As this money was taken from cash in the treasury, it must be assessed in 1900, hence we would ask for an appropriation of $13,500 for highways, $3,500 for money already expended in 1899 and the usual $10,000 for the highway appropriation of the current year. In this connection our citizens must bear in mind that macadam is costly and a large amount of money covers only a very short dis- tance on a macadamized road. This was shown on Lincoln street from its junction with Massachusetts avenue to the state highway, but the necessity for repairing when a road is once thoroughly macadamized does not exist and will not for many years to come. It was a fortunate circumstance in this connection that the town took the action they did in voting the $3,500 at the town meeting last fall, for never before in the history of the town has the work continued until December 28th on the highways. The weather has been most excellent and labor has been fully employed. The intimate relations and connections of the highway and pau- per departments are of benefit to the former rather than the latter department. The highway department has free storage of all carts and supplies, which gives them practically a free rental. The superintendent's time is more devoted to the highway than to the pauper department, and often the pauper department has shown a shortage where the highway department was the indirect beneficiary. Our police force has been increased in pursuance with a vote taken in November, 1899, by the addition of two more perma- nent night men, Messrs. John McInerney and Patrick J. Maguire. 149 Both of these officers have won their spurs as special policemen in past years and have demonstrated their ability and qualifications for the office. The two other officers, Chief Franks and Officer Foster, as so well known to the town and their superior administrative and executive qualities are so well known to your board of selectmen that comment seems almost unnecessary, yet we desire to testify once more, as our predecessors have done in years past, to their es- pecial fitness for the duties they are called upon to perform. At the almshouse the same careful attention to the needs of its inmates has been observed as in years past, Mr. and Mrs. White at- tending to the duties of superintendent and matron respectively, and giving the utmost satisfaction. SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE PAUPER DEPARTMENT. Apples, Augers, Barrels, Baskets, Bench and vise, Blankets, Boxes, Buffalo robe, Cabbages, Canned goods, Cart harness, Carryall, Chains, Chain harness, Cows (5) Coal, Collars (2), Contents of lockup, $ 6.25 3.00 5.00 3.00 7.00 4.50 3.50 25.00 15.00 10.00 14.00 35.00 6.00 5.00 250.00 45.00 4.00 8.00 Contents of pantry and closet, Cultivator, Democrat wagon with top, Double sled, Drills, Express harness, Express wagon, Fire extinguishers, Fowls, Furniture in house, Grain, Grain chest, Grindstone, Halters and surcingles, Harrows, Hay (ten. tons), Hay (rowen, five tons), Hay tedder, Hay wagon (one-horse), Hay wagon (two -horse) Horse, Horse rake, Hose, Iron bars, hooks and shovels, Manure (thirty-two cords), Manure wagon, Measures, Molasses, Mowing machines, Oil, Pails, Plows, Pork, Potatoes (125 bushels), Pung, Rackets, 150 50.00 3.00 32.00 50.00 1.50 14.00 35.00 15.00 50.00 500.00 7.00 5.00 4.00 4.00 10.00 180.00 90.00 10.00 35.00 40.00 175.00 5.00 10.00 9.00 192.00 135.00 1.00 20.00 35.00 5.00 2.00 15.00 30.00 100.00 5.00 4.00 151 Rakes, forks and ladders, Reins (set double), Roots, Robes, Sail cloth, Salt, Scythes, Sled, Squashes, Chains (stake), Tip cart, Vinegar, Wheelbarrow (new), Wheel harrow, Wheel jack and whiffletree, Wood, Wrenches and hammers, 7.00 3.50 25.00 1.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 50.00 7.00 3.00 35.00 8.00 4.00 20.00 8.00 120.00 5.00 $2,636.25 SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. Belts, Blankets, Carts (3 double) Carts (2 single) Chains, Collars (7) Crusher, engine and scales, Drags, Evener and whiffletree, Feed bags, Fly netting, $ 40.00 35.00 850.00 100.00 23.00 24.00 2,800.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 14.00 152 Grain chest and grain, Halters and surcingles, Harness, Harness double (4 sets) Horses (7) Oil can and powder, Pails and lanterns, Pipe, Plows (3) Pulleys and rope, Pung (new) Road machines (2) Saddles and harness (3) Sidewalk snow plows (5) Steam roller, Stone hammers (10) Street roller, Tools, Tool chest, Wagon, Watering carts (3) Wheelbarrow, Wrench (large) Steam drill and tools, Pump, diaphragm and hose, 15.00 5.00 8.00 175.00 800.00 3.00 12.00 45.00 40.00 20.00 75.00 200.00 38.00 150.00 2800.00 35.00 125.00 100.00 10.00 10.00 700.00 2.00 2.00 400.00 75.00 $9,243.00 It might interest many of the tax -payers and citizens to know the statistics of the poor faun. It is a piece of land containing about twenty-five acres, with buildings thereon, of which about one acre is devoted to the dwelling, outbuildings and barn, twenty acres to pas- ture, mowing and tillage, three acres to meadow, and one acre is unimproved land. The cultivation in 1899 was approximately as follows : 153 Peas, about 1 -20th of an acre Beans, " 1 -40th " " " Squashes, " 1 -12th " " " Sweet corn, " 1 -6th " " " Fodder corn, " 1 -8th " " " Cabbages, °' 1 -30th °' " " Tomatoes, " 1 -40th " Potatoes, " 1 1 -20th acres Carrots, " 1 -14th of an acre Strawberries, " 1 -30th " " Onions, " 1 -35th " " " Truck, " 1 -200th" " " Sale of products from poor farm : Potatoes, 19.50 Eggs, 20.66 Calves, 14.50 Milk, 394.41 Vegetables, 20.80 Pork, 47.85 Old iron, 1.00 Apples, 15.70 Corn, 17.55 Beans, 1.65 Tomatoes, .90 Peas, 2.25 Hay, 43.35 Weighing fees, .47 Total, $600.59 The receipts for produce at the poor farm exceeded those of the year 1898 by $123.64, while the expenditures were $76.47 less than those of 1898. 154 Regarding the removal of Enow, we would call the attention of the citizens to the fact that the entire town is now divided into dis- tricts for the speedy removal of snow, so that in case of any storm, large or small the whole town is simultaneously broken out. This may cost a little more money, but it is business. The tremendous storms of the past are suggestive of the future and the town teams are kept busy clearing the middle of the town, while private indi- viduals are breaking out their respective localities. We would sug- gest that any neglect in the outlying districts to have the road broken out should be promptly reported to the selectmen. EDWIN S. SPAULDING, GEORGE W. SAMPSON, CHARLES A. FOWLE, Selectmen of Lexington. 155 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. To THE CITIZENS OF LEXINGTON : The Board of Health submits herewith its annual report for 1899. The plumbing regulations having been adopted by the town, it became necessary to appoint an inspector of plumbing, and Mr. S. H. Patten of Woburn was duly appointed to that position. He has given the utmost satisfaction to the board, and householders and tenants will appreciate the supervision of the plumbing of new build- ings as the years go by, and the freedom from sewer gas and other dangers to health become apparent. Herewith is submitted the record of contagious diseases for 1899 : Measles, ' 15 Typhoid fever, 7 Diphtheria, 5 Scarlet fever, 15 loss from last year, 17 gain " Total, 42 We reprint our regulations herewith. 5 4 14 40 REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF' THE TOWN OF LEXING- TON, MASS., IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES, 80, SEC. 18 AND 19. 1. The attention of physicians is respectfully called to the nec- essity of promptly reporting all contagious diseases, according to law, occurring in their practice in Lexington. 156 2. The Board of Health have full control of all fumigations of contagious diseases, but when deemed advisable by them the board may delegate the attending physician to fumigate a house, room or rooms, after a proper limit of time has elapsed ; but the physician shall in all such cases report to the board the date of such fumiga- tion immediately. The expense of such fumigation shall be borne by the person himself or herself, in accordance with Public Statutes, 80, Sec. 83. 3. Cesspools may be cleaned by the odorless cart upon applica- tion to the Board of Health, or to any member thereof, either ver- bally or in writing, and shall be cleaned in the same order of pre- cedence as regards time in which the request shall be made. The price for cleaning a vault or cesspool will be two (2) dollars per load, or any part thereof, and seal be paid to the driver of the odorless cart within thirty (30) days from the time of the removal of the contents of said vault or cesspool, or any part thereof. No application for cleaning a cesspool or vault can be made to the driver, but in all cases must be made to the board, or to any member thereof, as above provided. 4. The Board of Health may at any time cause each house- holder to suitably arch and brick the cesspool or cesspools on the premises, and provide an iron cover with suitable ventilating equip- ments, subject to the inspection and approval of the Board of Health; or may at any time order any householder to dig a cesspool on the premises owned by said householder, subject to the approval and inspection of the Board of Health. 5. The teaming of swill, offal, or other offensive matter over the roads of the town, except in tight or odorless carts, is hereby pro- hibited. 6. These regulations are made as provided by law, but the Board of Health may alter, amend, change, repeal or add to them at their discretion, and nothing herein shall be construed to prevent 157 the making or enforcing of any other regulations as provided by statute or by any act of this board. SPECIAL REGULATIONS. Until otherwise ordered, all persons are prohibited from driving, or causing to be driven, any diseased cattle within the limits or upon any of the streets of the town of Lexington from other towns or cities, under penalty of arrest. The Board of Health hereby adjudges that the exercise of the trade or employment of keeping swine within the limits of the tows{ is a nuisance, and hurtful to the inhabitants thereof, and dangerous to the public health. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in, or exercise within the limits of the town of Lexington the trade or employment of keeping swine without having first obtained a permit thereof in writing from the Board of Health, and such per- mit may be revoked at any time by said board. The Board of Health hereby adjudges that the exercise of the trade or employment of slaughtering cattle, swine, sheep, or other animals, or conducting a melting or rendering establishment, is a nuisance and hurtful to the inhabitants of the town and dangerous' to the public health. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in, or exercise within the limits of the town of Lexington, the trade or employment of slaughtering cattle, swine, sheep or other animals, or of conducting a melting or rendering establishment ; but this regulation shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation, who may be engaged in such business or employment within the limits of the town of Lexington, at the date of the adoption hereof. Respectfully submitted, A. BRADFORD SMITH, HENRY C. VALENTINE, M. D., CHARLES H. FRANKS, • Board of Health. 158 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: GENTLEMEN :—I herewith submit the annual report of the work done by the department for the year ending December 31, 1899 : Total number of arrests, Males, Females, Residents, Non-residents, Terms of imprisonment, 7 months. Number of tramps given lodging, Americans born, Foreign born, CAUSES OF ARRESTS. Drunkenness, Assaults, Larceny, Disturbing the peace, Making threats, Insane, Keeping disorderly house, Cruelty to animals, 65 62 3 51 14 1384 836 549 29 11 9 1 3 1 2 159 For not supporting wife and child, Bastardy, DISPOSITION OF CASES. Fined, Probation, Discharged, Delivered to officer of other towns, Taken to insane asylum, Committed to jail, Waiting trial in Superior Court, Placed on file, MISCELLANEOUS WORK. 1 1 24 23 9 3 1 2 2 1 Cases investigated and not prosecuted, 50 Dogs killed, 10 Stray animals cared for, 5 Sick and wounded taken to hospital, 4 Dead bodies taken charge of and medical examiner called, 3 Street obstruction removed, 8 Street lights reported out, 74 Lanterns hung in dangerous places, 53 Respectfully submitted, CHARLES H. FRANKS, Chief of Police. 160 FIRE ENGINEERS' REPORT. LEXINGTON, MASS., Jan. 1, 1900. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: The board of engineers submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1899 : Number of alarms during the year, fifteen, as follows : Jan. 14. House owned by August Young, Lowell street. Feb. 9. Stable owned by H. M. Howard, Forest street. April 13. Brush fire, Winthrop road. April 22. Brush fire, Frank H. Reed, Lowell street. April 29. Brush fire, W. Hargrove, Mass. Ave. April 30. Brush fire, P. O'Riordon, North Lexington. May 6. Brush fire, near Katandin Springs. June 14. House owned by P. J. Fitzgerald, Grove street. June 14. House owned by P. J. Fitzgerald, Grove street. June 16. House of Hunt estate, Wallis court. July 4. House owned by David O'Connell, Woburn street. July 19. Shed owned by Chas. G. Fletcher, Fletcher Ave. July 21. Brush fire, Winchester line. Aug. 13. Barn owned by J. O'Neil, East street. Dec. 30. Celery house owned by W. P. Shay, Lowell street. 161 During the past year the department has been fortunate in having no large fires to contend with. The department now consists of forty men including electrician, fireman and engineers. The equipment of the department includes one steamer, one hook and ladder truck, two hose wagons, one hand hose carriage, five horses, harnesses, one two -horse chemical and three thousand feet of hose. The fire apparatus is in a good condi- tion at present, but the steamer, chemical and hose wagons will need varnishing in order to preserve them. The old hook and ladder truck was examined by a blacksmith and found to be unworthy of repairs. Through the efforts of the chief, a truck was located in Framingham which was purchased to replace the old one. It has been painted and is adequate to the needs of the fire department. The old chemicals which have been out of use for some time with one hundred dollars were traded for the truck. One of the East Lexington horses becoming disabled, we were obliged to dispose of it. The horse was sold for fifty dollars and another bought at a cost of two hundred dollars. We think it advisable to purchase another pair of horses for the hose wagon at the center house. Scott and Denham have notified the department many times in the past year that no horses were available in case of fire. It is quite as important to have the hose wagon at a fire as the steamer; the one is useless without the other. The fire alarm system will need extensive alteration on account of the street railway. At least three hundred dollars will have to be ex- pended to make the necessary changes in the wires. The extra expense on the hook and ladder truck and the horse for the chemical have caused au extra outlay but we have endeav- ored to keep inside of the appropriation. We would recommend the sum of $5000 to defray the running expenses of the fire department for the ensuing year. Furthermore, we would recommend the ap- propriations of $1000 for another pair of horses and man at the cen- 162 ter engine house, and $300 for the necessary alteration in the wires of the fire alarm system. E. J. B. NOURSE, P. F. DACEY, H. H. TYLER, Engineers. 163 REPORT OF THE CECIETERY COCII'IITTEE Your committee in submitting their report, desire first of all, to call to the attention of the town the necessity for a new fence be- tween the cemetery and land of J. S. Munroe. It should be replaced by a new one for which we ask an appropriation of fifty dollars be- side the regular appropriation of two hundred dollars for the gen- eral care of the walks. In closing, we desire to express our sincere regret at the death of our late associate and co-worker, Mr. E. A. Mulliken, who for so many years helped us in the duties pertaining to the office. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE H. JACKSON, ABBOTT S. MITCHELL, Cemetery Committee. 164 REPORT OP TREASURER OF CECIETERY TRUST FUND. Total amount of fund Dec. 31, 1899, $7,460.00 Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1898, John Winning, heirs, Mrs. A. A. Dodge, Nichols Locke, Mrs. Marshall Locke, I. B. Smith, Mrs. A. Buttrick, Nathan Fessenden, Edwin Reed, Charles Hudson, Eliab Brown, Otis Wentworth, A. R. Parker, J. P. Reed, Philip Russell, Elmira Chandler, Mary W. Merrill, RECEIPTS PAYMENTS $622.35 $15.00 $24.47 5.00 16.10 5.00 5.40 5.00 21.00 5.00 6.40 10.00 6.40 7.50 6.40 5.00 5.40 7.50 5.40 T.50 5.40 5.00 5.40 5.00 5.40 5.00 5.40 5.00 4.40 5.00 5.40 5.00 5.40 165 J. P. Simonds, Lucy Gammell, Gorhan Bigelow, Sarah C. Smith, Henry P. Webber, Burbank & Jacobs, Priscilla S. Locke, F. F. Raymond, Clinton Viles, Mrs. A. J. Chapman, Caira E. Robbins (E. Lex.). Stiles & Newhall, J. A. Wellington. Mrs. H. M. W. Bridge, Warren Duren, Chas. H. Adair, Mrs. Hannah E. Brown, Mrs. Charlotte Gleason, Chas. Stratton Estate, Alonzo Goddard, Mrs. Pierson & Hall, Josiah Smith, Sarah S. Flagg, Elvira M. Harrington, Harriet Gilmore, Mrs. F. M. Thayer & Bennett, Hiram Pierce, J. W. Russell, Joel Viles, Angeline Flint, J. H. Gifford, Mrs. Margaret A. Packard, Estate Emma A. Hopkins, C. H. Adair, 2d, Walter Wellington, C. W. Dailey, 20.00 66.40 15.00 5.40 10.00 9.40 5.00 4.40 15.00 5.40 2.50 3.90 5.00 13.90 5.00 5.40 5.00 5.40 10.00 7.40 15.00 12.20 5.00 5.40 7.50 7.40 3.75 5.40 10.00 5.40 5.00 5.40 5.00 7.40 5.00 4.40 5.00 6.15 10.00 8.40 5.00 17.40 10.00 8.40 3.75 4.40 5.00 4.40 10.00 5.40 10.00 9.80 5.00 4.40 10.00 5.40 3.75 4.40 2.50 4.40 5.00 4.40 5.00 4.40 5.00 5.40 5.00 5.40 4.75 5.40 1.80 2.50 166 Chandler R. Richardson Estate, M. E. Lawrence, Julia A. Butterfield, 2.08 3.00 1.67 3.00 984.80 429.22 Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1899, 555.58 984.80 GEO. H. JACKSON, Treasurer. 167 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF CARY LIBRARY. It is a pleasant task that devolves upon the group of men who are entrusted with the general oversight of the Cary library. As they meet together every month, their chief concern is to make such a wise selection of books, from the vast number being published, that this stream of new literature constantly flowing into the town shall be fresh, invigorating and thoroughly wholesome. There are many in- dividual needs to be met and at the same time the general balance of the library must be preserved, so that its various departments shall sustain a proper proportion to each other. The new books must be considered, yet the standard works must not be overlooked, since the collection may be enriched in that direction for years to come. The tastes of the readers must always have large consideration, since people will not read what they are not interested in, while the edu- cative function of the library must also be regarded, as the effort is made constantly to broaden the range of reading done in the town and to raise its standards. These are some of the leading principles held by the trustees, by which their work is guided. It seems proper to refer still more particularly to two or three items in order that there may be the fullest co-operation possible be- tween this board of oversight and the citizens of the town. The first item bears on suggestions made by those who use the library. The more fully informed the trustees may be of books that are wanted by any of the people, the better they can meet the need. Suggestions are welcomed, since a definite desire for some particular book often 168 proves to be one of the best dews and guides to further reading. Every request of this nature is always carefully considered and if it is not granted it is for some reason that appears peculiarly convincing. A second item has regard to the moral standards of current litera- ture. Some questions of this nature are peculiarly perplexing. There are new standards among literary men that seem not alto- gether good and not altogether bad. They are mixed. The literary power may be of a high order, while the moral influence may depend upon the point of view of the reader, the same book being weaken- ing to some and strengthening to others. In such a case it must be taken into the account that it is not desirable to exercise a moral censorship over all literature. Some books are manifestly bad ; it is needless to say that these are to he excluded, whatever may be their temporary vogue. Some books are depressingly weak and vapid ; they are destined to the same limbo. But some books have such strength that, although when read amiss they become a rock of of- fence and possibly a cause of stumbling, still when read aright they are so profitable that there can be little question of their value. Hence the custodians of a library must always reckon with the fac- ulty of discrimination in the reading public and must not undertake to stamp every book that goes upon the shelves as a good book for everyone to read. As a matter of fact, this consideration applies only to a very few books actually in the library, but it seems important to state it as a principle to be observed: With reference to the symmetrical development of the library in its various departments, it may be of interest to note that, in addition to the care exercised in the monthly selection of new books, the trus- tees have profited for the last two years by the lists of best books made out under the advice of a large number of leading librarians throughout the country. In addition to this care, however, it may be well from time to time that the library be examined by some ex- pert with reference to its general character and growth. The pecu- liar constitution of the board, being, as it is, largely composed of ministers, makes it desirable that such special critical oversight be occasionally secured. 169 The statistical report, which has been rendered by the librarian, and which is embodied herein, shows the town to be owner of 19,- 107 volumes, 1846 of them being in the East Lexington branch. The increase during the y=ar has been 659 volumes to the main li- brary and 120 to the branch. Twenty-five volumes of U. S. Govern- ment publications have been received and 35 volumes, gifts from various individuals, which have been duly acknowledged. Special thought has been given to the completion of sets of standard works and several of those worn by use have been renewed. The total cir- culation in both sections of the town has amounted to 32,533, the classification being as follows : Periodicals, bound and unbound, Philosophy and Religion, Biography, History, Travels and Description, Government and Social Science, Science, Arts Useful, Arts Fine, Language and Literature, Fiction, Poetry, Reference, 1197 708 1094 1417 874 308 590 512 370 1112 20,382 647 3,322 Six hundred and sixty families are represented in this reading com- munity, fifty of them having been added during the year, while the list of temporary residents using the library has been increased by representatives from seventy-five families. By comparison with the statistics this present record shows about the same circulation from the main library as in the previous year. One feature, however, is worthy of special comment. It is impossi- ble to keep an exact record of the use made of the Reference books, but the figures show an increase from about 2100 to over 3300 in the use of these books. This is regarded as one of the most significant 170 items in the year's report. Nothing is more important in the use of books than the ability to know where to find what one wants. To gain command of a good reference library is like providing onesself with tools that will last for a life -tune. Hence our satisfaction is pe- culiarly great in recording the fact that not only among the members of the various literary clubs and among the maturer minds but also on the part of the pupils in the schools there has been a pronounced advance in the appreciation and use of these literary tools. The li- brarians, also, have given pains -taking attention in rendering assistance to those engaged in any special research. It is desired that the ser- vice of this department be extended as far as possible. Those who have need of such aid are requested freely to make known their wants to the librarians, appreciating that due time must be allowed in order thoroughly to make out a list of the desired references. The section of the library that is least satisfactory, from lack of suitable accommodations, is the Reading Room. The tables are supplied with 39 magazines and one daily and one weekly newspaper; also with the. " Christian Science Journal," " The Woman's Home Journal " and " The Wheelmen's Bulletin," which have been donat- ed. The average daily attendance of readers has been one hundred, which doubtless will be largely increased whenever a sep- arate, commodious and well lighted room shall be provided. In this connection may be noted the general good order of the patrons of the library, for the need of quiet is emphasized by the fact that the main library is used also as a reading room. The visitors' book shows that this Mecca of patriotic Americans has not been neglected during the year, recording the names of 704 persons from 28 states, territory, the District of Columbia, Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and England. Yet only a small por- tion of visitors registered, many of them coming in parties of con- siderable number, representing schools, clubs and various organiza- tions. By means of membership in the Library Art Club occasional ex- hibits of photographs have been made, the subjects including a wide range of scenes, descriptive of various countries, together with fine 171 reproductions of noted works of art. Many have expressed their cordial appreciation of these exhibitions, which cannot fail to be of interest and advantage, especially to the younger people in the com- munity. Other highly interesting collections are assured for the coming year. The work of the Children's department has been peculiarly grat- ifying, and the tribute paid by the librarian to the youth of our town should not be withheld. "We have been surpried and pleased to note the care -taking, hon- est purpose of the little ones. With the freedom which was to be allowed them we feared this department might not be a success, but it has proved to be, indeed, more than that. In the two years dur- ing which the department has existed no books have been lost and no damage done them other than the ordinary wear and tear of usage." The boys and girls evidently take a wholesome pride in the priv- ileges that have been accorded them and it is a pleasure to think that this section of the library is so safe in their hands. It now numbers some 1600 carefully selected volumes, and a separate shelf list has been prepared for this department, which greatly facilitates its use. Special mention should be made of the growth of the East Lex- ington Branch, where Miss Emma O. Nichols has been in faithful charge during the year. Since the considerable addition of books more than a year ago made possible by the Wellington fund decidedly fresh interest has been shown in this library of 1846 volumes, and the use of it this year has been remarkable. The circulation is represented by 4096 volumes that have gone out directly from the Branch, while 3164 have been distrib- uted through the Branch from the main library, making the large total of 7260. In this collection at East Lexington the very best of American literature is thoroughly well represented and the use that is now being made of it shows a worthy appreciation of its value. Ninety-five families avail themselves of these privileges, 172 while the reading tables show an average daily attendance of 12 readers. These are supplied with thirteen magazines through the kindness of Miss Carrie Fiske and Miss O. A. Smith, four other mag- azines are loaned to the Branch. As the scope of service widens, which a Library can render to its community, the work devolving upon the librarians correspondingly increases. It is no longer enough that the books be promptly checked and given out. The catalogue must constantly be kept up to date, and books must be kept in good condition, this being no light task, as is shown by the fact that 2686 volumes have been re- paired by the librarians, while 275 books and 65 magazines have been bound. In addition to all this work and general oversight, one of the main duties now resting especially upon the head librarian is to become so thoroughly informed of the contents of the books that full reference lists may be furnished on any subject. Miss Kirkland and her assistants, Miss Muzzey and Miss MacKinnon, are in hearty sympathy with this purpose constantly to increase the efficiency of our library, and we would bespeak for them the con- siderate co-operation of all who use the books, in order that our now excellent library may be a steadily advancing power for good in the life of the town. Respectfully submitted in behalf of the trustees. CHARLES F. CARTER. 173 REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF CARY LIBRARY. JANUARY 1, 1900. PERMANENT FUND. Notes of the Town of Lexington, $11,000.00 Deposit Book No. 1522, Lexington Savings Bank, 1,000.00 2235, " " " Beals Fund 1,000.00 'f 1476, " " " Robbins " 107.39 DR. To cash on hand Jan. 1, 1899, " received from fines, dog tax, " " " books, " interest on Town notes, on deposits in Savings Bank, " gift of Geo. W. Sampson, $13,107.39 71.45 43.00 499.89 2.48 660.00 82.64 1.00 $1360.46 174 CR. By amount expended for books, 661.89 " St binding, 203.10 it " periodicals, 167.30 "if " service, 9.20 " supplies, etc., 64.42 expressage, 7.40 " cash on hand Jan. 1, 1900, 247.15 $1360.46 CHARLES H. WISWELL, Treasurer. 175 176 HARRIET B. GILPIOR FUND. TOWN CLERK'S REPORT. Permanent fund invested in Town note, Accumulated interest deposited in Lexington Savings Bank, E. S. SPAULDING, BIRTHS. Whole number of births recorded for 1899, 69. Males, 35. Fe- males, 34. Parents native born, 33. Parents foreign born, 23. $500.00 Parents, one native born and one foreign born, 13. $153.12 Treasurer. MARRIAGES. Number of marriages registered in Lexington for the year 1899, 27. Males, native born, 18. Males, foreign born, 9. Females, native born, 16. Females, foreign born, 11. DATE. NAMES. RESIDENCES. 1899. Jan. 25. William Albert Jackson, Lexington Marguerite Mahoney, Lexington Feb. 11. Louis Pleau, Lexington Abbie Augusta McLellan, Boston Feb. 16. Harry N. Cutter, Lexington Jeanette G. Roberts, Medford March 5. Anson J. Webb, Lexington Laura M. Homans (Samson), Lexington DATE. March 13. March 15. April 5. June 20. June 25. July 31. August 2. August 11. August 16. Sept. 5. Sept. 6. Sept. 20. 177 NAMES. RESIDENCES. Edward F. Doherty, Woburn Catherine McGann, Lexington George Evans, Lexington Matilda Chambers, Burlington Clifford A. Currier, Lexington Amy A. Macomber (Deveau) Lexington James Henry Callahan, Woburn Mary Gertrude Cody, Lexington Charles John Lindskom, Lexington Mary Louise Young, Cambridge William Graham, Lexington Mary B. Brophy, Lexington Alexander Kenty, Lexington Addie Newcomb, Lexington James Nicholson, Lexington Margaret Toomey, Boston Christopher Robert Hamlin, Canton Centre, Ct. Edith Redmond, Lexington Arthur F. Hutchinson, Clara E. Robinson, Alfred Pierce, Florence Marion Abramson, John Albert Terhune, Nellie Wallace, Lexington Pembroke, N. H. Lexington Everett Lexington Lexington DATE. Oct. 17. Oct. 25. Oct. 25. Nov. 15. Nov. 21. Nov. 22. Nov. 22. Nov. 28. Nov. 29. Nov. 30. Nov. 30. 178 NAMES. Sherwin Gibbons, Anna Judson Pearce, John C. Collins, Mary J. Cronin, William J. Harrington, Delia A. Finnerty, Richard Arthur Clarke, Hattie Belle Favor, William A. Haskell, Mary Brown, William A. Kendall, Ethel C. Stewart, John P. Dailey, Mary E. Welch, Timothy Joseph Lyons, Mary Josephine McCarthy, Daniel Francis Shea, Ida May Brown, Patrick Michael O'Donnell, Gertrude Ann Ryan, Walter Brenton, Mary E. Lennon, RESIDENCES. Lexington West Roxbury Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lawrence Lexington Lexington Lexington Waltham Lexington Lexington Somerville Lexington Quincy Lexington Brookline Lexington Lexington Lexington DEATHS RECORDED IN LEXINGTON FOR THE YEAR 1899. Whole number of deaths, including 6 still births recorded as deaths, 56. Males, 29. Females, 27. Native born, 43. Foreign born, 13. Number under 10 years of age, 13. Number over 60 years of age, 29. DATE OF DEATH. 1899. January 3 5 6 17 17 17 18 21 28 31 9 17 25 February March NAME. Abbie O'Hara (widow of John) Ellen Shea (widow of Nicholas) Frances S. Phipps Mary Alice Lloyd . Levi C. Teel . Esther E. C. Dunham (wife of Horace P.) Peter F. Shea, • Lydia M. Russell (widow of John A.) . Hazel Sim . Charles F. Winship Lydia Teel (widow of Levi C.) . Catherine O'Brien (widow of Michael) Marion G. Whilton . 1 Grace D. Vonnah (wife of Robert W.) 2 George W. Porter 15 Melissa Kendall (widow of Lucius H.) 19 Henry French DATE OF DEATH. 1899. April CC CC June C4 tC July C4 tC ce tc tt It [1 August September AGE. Yrs. Mos. Days. DEATHS—Continued. NAME. 7 Annie Cassidy . . 16 Helen S. Locke (widow of Elbridge G.) 24 Nathaniel Harrington. 28 Prescott J. Bigelow 7 Sarah Chandler . . 12 Eliza Powell Bowman (widow of John) 24 Elizabeth W. Richardson (wife of Geo. P.) 5 George Keyou . 5 Alrick Lundguest 13 John A. Russell . . 20 Matilda Thompson (widow of Amos) . 22 Mary McNamara 24 John Ready 26 Thomas L. Keefe 27 Orin W. Fiske 31 Francis B. Fisher 6 Minerva Drew Prentiss (wife of Chas. B.) 12 William Hargrove . . 12 Mina S. F. Powers 18 Female Infant, Shaw 5 Emery A. Mulliken 64 60 82 16 12 4 83 10 14 63 3 8 23 11 82 8 18 3 5 20 71 6 15 85 11 6 95 7 9 40 9 81 8 9 77 4 11 63 11 13 AGE. 2 65' 11 74' 7 80 5 21 83 3 10 75 7 19 30 73 9 8 23 52 2 11 78 1 5 20 72 5 _ 20 85 4 80 2 8 81 2 . 22 64 44 1 1 hr. 76 3 15 BIRTHPLACE. Ireland. Ireland. Charlestown. Dorchester. Cambridge. Poland, Me. Lexington. Lexington. Lexington. Lexington. Eastport, Me. Ireland. Franklin Park. Boston. Beverly. Wethersfield, Vt. Randolph. BIRTHPLACE. Lexington. Lexington. Lexington. East Abington. Lexington. Sparta,Ga. Portland, Me. Woodstock, N. B. Sweden. Lexington. Salem. Lexington. Ireland. Lexington. Wales. Lyndon, Vt. Danville, Vt. Ireland. Poultneyville, Vt. Lexington. Lexington. DEATHS—Concluded. I3IRTHPLACE. 181 illy ZZZ • iCa G d°y ti - o -o g UHU?UUg P•4a,u - - rt O CD 0 ti 01 m • ,„„, CIOO'nr©rieH00 cc, cD d.+ d+ ti • 0 • • • P" . o ci O O w0 a •b O . z i b • " 3 ° aeon u0 b „ 5 v m 1:2111-5 m� -5 .5 U. U O 44 DATE OF DEATH. • G'q CZ- 0 Cl 00 GV CeD c9GV Cl01 +--i rt Cl Cl 182 DISEASES. Pneumonia 5, Heart disease 8, Cancer 1, Paralysis 4, Old age 3, Intestinal 3, Disease of liver 3, Diseases of throat 3, L! " kidneys 7, Apoplexy 2, Accidental 5, Acute Alcoholism 1, Still born and deficient nutrition 9, Pulmonary tuberculosis 2. DOGS. Whole number licensed from December 1, 1898, to December 1, 1899, 239. Males 214, Females 25. Amount returned to county treasurer, June, 1899, $153.60 `C " " " " Dec. 1899, JURORS. List of jurors accepted by the town March 6, 1899. Clifton P. Ashley John D. Bacon George H. Bailey Warren M. Batcheller Quincy Bicknell, Jr. Albert H. Burnham, Delmont A. Butterfield Clifford A. Currier John P. Dailey William H. Davis Byron C. Earle 351.60 $505.`'20 Everett S. Locke Francis Locke William Litchfield George F. Mead John F. Maynard *Howard M. Munroe George S. Norris Charles M. Parker Frank Peabody George L. Peirce William W. Reed 183 Joseph Evans *George R. Roberts *William E. Fiske Charles M. Rogers John E. Garmon *George W. Sampson Peter T. Gillooley *Leonard A. Saville William F. Glenn Abram B. Smith George D. Harrington George W. Spaulding Rufus W. Holbrook *Charles W. Swan William Hunt George F. Teague Hiram G. Janvrin Henry A. Turner Charles G. Kauffmann George O. Wellington William A. Kendall William H. Whitaker Lyman Lawrence George W. Wright *Drawn since list was accepted. Respectfully submitted, LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk, 184 WATER CO1 U 1ISSIONERS REPORT. To the Inhabitants of Lexington: The Water Commissioners herewith submit the following report. In May the resignation of Mr. B. C. Whitcher, chairman of the board, was received by the selectmen, and Mr. Nelson W. Jenney re- signed later in the month. The selectmen appointed Messrs. Charles W. Swan and S. Myron Lawrence to fill the vacancies ; the present board organized with the choice of Mr. E. S. Locke as chairman. INCREASED WATER SUPPLY. The question of an increased water supply must very soon be solved •by the town. The present commissioners have obtained the terms and conditions under which this town can enter the Metropol- itan system. The first cost for entering would be $23,500. Of this amount $3500 is the estimated value of the ten inch pipe already laid from Arlington line to East Lexington station. At present this pipe is the property of the Metropolitan commissioners, but would become the property of the town. 185 The probable yearly assessments are as follows : For year 1900, $2200 " 1901, $2800 1902,$3400 1903,$3800 For year 1904, $4400 1905, $5000 CC 1906, $5500 1907, $5500 After the year 1907 we understand the increase will be very little, if anything. The above figures are not absolutely correct, but are as near as the Metropolitan commissioners can give at present. We think it is somewhat doubtful if a satisfactory supply of water can be obtained through the present small mains on Massachusetts Avenue in the East Village ; that portion of the main from East Lex- ington station to East Lexington Post Office being only a four inch pipe; and from the Post Office to the Russell House only a six inch pipe. The Metropolitan engineer thought the present pipes might an- swer for a year or two, until the price of pipe is lower than at pres- ent, for by using both tanks we could get additional pressure. The town will not be allowed anything for any part of the present plant, as we would be supplied from the tank on Arlington Heights. A comparison of the cost of running our own plant, with the amount we should have paid for Metropolitan water in 1899, may be of interest. It is as follows : Expenses at station, including pay of engineers and repairs, $2692.83 Fuel for 1899, $2059.06 Estimated cost of Metropolitan water for 1899, $4751.89 $1600.00 Amount which the town would have saved, $3151.89 . 186 On account of the small amount of rainfall during the past year, the expenses have been large, but for the year 1898 the town paid $2790 for pumping and fuel, which exceeds the cost of Metropolitan water by about $1100. We have given the matter of another deep well some considera- tion, and have consulted an expert in the business. He does not ad- vise putting down another deep well near the pumping station. A new well, wherever located, means a new deep well pump, as the one now in use could not,do the work. We recommend that the town enter the Metropolitan system. SHORT SUPPLY OF WATER. Owing to the long continued dry weather, the expenses have been quite large during the past year. In the early part of the summer we were obliged to forbid the use 'of lawn hose, and were unable to furnish water for street watering. We have made every endeavor to keep up the supply of water, and to that end have kept the deep well pump going practically night and day, and have set up a temporary boiler and pump at the spring near the reservoir; this we have also kept going night and day, thus increasing the labor and fuel bills. If there is not a large amount of rainfall very early in the spring we believe it will be impossible for the town to go through another summer and have enough water even for do- mestic purposes. REPAIRS. Some repairs have been made to the large pump in the station, and on one of the boilers, and we believe the machinery, with the ex- ception of the air compressor, to be in good condition. 187 NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR THE YEAR 1899. WARREN STREET. 80 feet 4 -inch pipe, 408 " 6 " Fittings, 1 Hydrant, Explosives for blasting, Labor, Total cost per foot 87+c. CLARK AND RAYMOND STREETS. 316 feet 4 -inch pipe, Fittings, 1 Hydrant, Labor, Total cost 64ic per foot. MANLEY COURT OFF WOBURN STREET. 192 feet 4 -inch pipe, Fittings, Labor, Total cost 59c per foot. 3 HI drants have been added in 1899 making the total number now in use 78. 19 Services have been connected in 1899 making the total number Jan. 1, 1900, 567. $ 31.44 261.30 33.60 25.00 7.00 68.93 427.27 122.50 25.72 25.00 31.21 188 RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. The total receipts for the year 1899, in- cluding cash on hand Jan. 1, 1899, have been From the following sources : Cash in treasury Jan. 1, 1899, Premium on refunding of bonds, 1899, From rental of hydrants, Street watering, Rent of land, Pipe sold, Service pipes put in, Use of steam boiler, Old wheelbarrow sold, Dynamite sold, Labor of men, Water rates, 01 673.67 Nov. 1, 1,269.00 3,375.00 547.92 50.00 46.45 108.16 6.25 1.50 7.50 3.88 9,267.67 204.43 The total expenditures for the year 1899 have been 74.36 9.73 28.13 112.22 Divided as follows : Interest on bonds, Pipe and fittings, Tools and repairs, Hydrants, Service pipes and labor, Fuel, Stable account, Office expenses, printing, postage, etc., Cleaning up Bedford and Warren Streets, Salaries, Stand pipe at East Lexington, 8,700.00 427.99 49.40 111.33 339.46 2,059.06 134.27 45.42 7.66 1,220.00 44.34 $15,357.00 15,357.00 16,381.97 189 Labor, 537.66 Expenses at station, including pay of engi- neers, repairs to machinery, etc., 2,692.83 Sundry expenses not classified, 12.55 Expenses over receipts, WATER RATES, ETC. Amount due Jan. 1, 1899, as per page re- port for year 1898, page 123, Water rates from Jan. 1 to Apr. 1, 1899, Hydrants, Water rates from April 1 to July, 1899, Hydrants, Street watering, Services put in, Water rates from July ing lawn hose) Hydrants, Street watering, Pipe sold, Services put in, 16,381.97 1,024.97 3,342.40 '2,348.82 843.75 3,192.57 2,280.88 843.75 494.54 90.23 3709.40 to Oct. 1899, (includ- 2,785.85 843.75 53.38 46.45 31.26 Water rates from Oct. 1899 to Jan. 1900. Water rates, Hydrants, Rent of land, Services put in, Amount collected in 1899, 13,414.33 Abatements allowed, 11.59 Amount due Jan. 1, 1900, Pipe and stock at station Dec. 30, 1899 : 2 lengths 8 in. pipe. 13 " 6" °' 10 " 4 " 2,285.60 867.50 275.00 49.82 3,760.69 3,477.92 17,482.98 13, 425.92 4,057.06 190 1 6x6x4 Tee. 3 4 in. Tees. 5 4 in. plugs. 2 6 " " 4 4 " sleeves. 2 4 " quarter turns. 3 4 " offsets. 1 6 " $ bend. 2 4 " 1-16 bends. 3 8 " sleeves. 3 6 to 4 reducers. 1 6x6x6x6 cross. 1 4 in. hydrant. 50 lbs. waste. 20 gals. machine oil. 14 service bows. 190 lbs. lead. EVERETT S. LOCKE, CHARLES W. SWAN, S. MYRON LAWRENCE, Water Commissioners. 191 TOWN CLERK'S ACCOUNT. LEXINGTON, Dec. 30, 1899. Leonard A. Saville in acct. with Town of Lexington. DR. To cash received for sale of Histories of the Centennial in 1899. 3 copies sold (a .75 $ 2.25 To cash received for sale of copies of Births, Marriages and Deaths, as follows,: 17 copies sold to inhabitants @ .50 8.50 21 " " " non residents @ 1.25 26.25 $37.00 CR. 192 BRIDGE AND BEALS FUND. The Treasurer of Bridge and Beals Funds herewith submits his re- port for the year ending Dec. 31, 1899 : BRIDGE FUND, PERMANENT. Amount on hand Jan. 1, 1899, Income during the year, Town Note, Lexington Savings Bank, $3032.31 82.48 $2000.00 1114.79 $3114.79 $3114.79 BRIDGE FUND, AVAILABLE. By cash paid out for postage on 73 copies of Births, Marriages and Deaths donated to libraries, towns Amount of Fund Jan. 1, 1899, $1955.07 and individuals, .16 11.68 Receipts during the year, 187.16 Aid distributed during the year, Balance due the town, $25.32 Mortgage Notes, LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Deposit Lexington Savings Bank, Agent. $2142.23 $ 135.15 1400.00 607.08 $2142.23 193 BEALS FUND. Amount of Fund Jan. 1, 1899, Receipts during the year, Aid distributed during the year, Town Note, Deposit Lexington Savings Bank, $2250.79 156.90 $ 40.00 2000.00 367.69 $2407.69 $2407.69 Respectfully submitted, CHARLES T. WEST, Treasurer. 194 ASSESSORS REPORT. In submitting our report for 1899, we have occasion to congratu- late the citizens of Lexington on the reduction of the tax rate from $17.50 per thousand in 1898 to $16 in 1899. The valuation has been increased nearly 25 per cent. in the last five years and the town has reached the five million mark this year. This gain is not the result of undue inflation, but is a healthy, honest, legitimate growth, the gain on personal estate being proportionately large. This board still maintains their attitude on the assessment of personal property, as embodied in reports of previous years and we have the pleasure of having our action commended in this respect by the Deputy Tax Commissioner of the Commonwealth. As in previous years, we warn all tax -payers to comply with the statutes and file their sched- ules, resting assured that they will be assessed as our best judgment dictates, in any event of their failure to do so. For the first time we found the bank and corporation tax has been inadequate to take care of the state, county and sewer taxes. This is due to the street railway law, by which the various cities and towns through which the railways operate receive the corporation tax from such railways rather than the towns wherein the sharehold- ers reside. The Lexington and Boston Street Railway Co. having about one-half of its total mileage in the town of Lexington, 'will re- ceive one-half of the total corporation tax. Add to this the tax on the new power station, car barn and equipments therein and our corporation tax, as well as an increased real and personal valuation 195 will be very largely increased, some thousands of dollars per year being the probable gain. Following are the usual statistics : Resident Owners. Real estate, $3,329,700 Personal estate, 706,400 Non -Resident Owners. $945,845 50,060 $4,036,100 $995,905 Gain ori real estate over 1898, Gain on personal estate over 1898, Total gain in valuation over 1898, Total. $4,275,545 756,460 $5,032,005 $2,070 $166,555 Amount of tax list committed to the collector for 1899 : Town grants assessed, State tax for 1899, County tax for 1899, Metropolitan sewer assessment, Overlaying, $16 on $5,032,005 = Taken from bank and corporation tax, 1142 polls L $2.00, High School Improvement appropriation, Land taken by Arlington, Land taken by Cambridge, $168,625 $75,015.04 2,595.00 4,688.99 '2,494.88 2,320.31 $87,114.22 $80,512.08 3,000.00 2,284.00 1,000.00 185.21 132.93 Total $87,114.22 The amount actually committed to the collector is $87,114.22 less the sum of the bank and corporation tax, the High School Im- provement credit and the land taken by Arlington and Cam- bridge ($4318.14 in all) making the net amount committed to the collector $82,796.08. 196 N. B. The collector for 1898 was erroneously charged with a levy of $87,663.11. It should have been $87,315.15, as the sum of $347.96 being the land taken by Arlington and Cambridge, should have been deducted from the levy, as in the case of the col- lector for 1899. See pages 113 and 114 of the assessors report for 1898. The land taken by Arlington and Cambridge was re- ceived and turned over to the town treasurer (see Contingent page 146.) The land taken by Arlington was subject to a discount of $3.04 for prompt payment. The whole trouble arose over the fact that 1898 was the first year that the land taken under the statutes for water purposes was left out from the tax levy, as your board were of the opinion that the legality of so including it was question_ able, and it was simply used as credit items, but both your board of assessors and collector neglected to take it out. It simply means that by our showing for 1898, the collector is required to bring in $347.96 more than was committed to him, which will be rectified in his report for 1899. Number of horses cows neat cattle, other than cows swine fowls Cr 707 1231 68 433 3480 A vacancy in the Board was occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Quincy Bicknell, Jr., who was obliged to leave Lexington and take up his residence in his old home at Hingham, Mass. It is with re- gret that his duty seemed to compel this change, both to him and to his associates in office. His experience in practical construction of houses made him a valuable man for this board, and one whose place must be filled with care and discrimination by the voters of Lexington. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE W. SAMPSON, WAITER W ELLI NGTON, Assessors of Lexington. 197 REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR. 1899 TAXES. Amount assessed, $87.114.22 Less the following amounts, Deducted from bank and corporation tax, $3,000.00 °" High school appropri- ation, $1,000.00 Tax on land taken by Arlington, 185.21 Tax " " " " Cambridge, 132.93 4,318.14 Amount actually committed to the col- lector, $82,796.08 Supplementary taxes, 54.08 Total, $82,850.16 Collected in 1899, $56,935.68 Abated by the assessors, 626.94 Allowed as discount for prompt payment, 806.48 $58,369.10 Uncollected Jan. 1st, 1900, $24,481.06 198 STREET WATERING TAXES, 1899. Amount committed to,the collector, $431.51 Collected in 1899, 105.42 Uncollected Jan. 1, 1900, $326.09 Respectfully submitted, U I,ORING W. MUZZEY, Collector of Taxes. 199 200 REPORT ' OF COLLECTOR OF UNPAID TAXES. STREET WATERING TAXES, 1897. Uncollected January lst, 1899, $98.01 Collected in 1899, 98.01 STREET WATERING TAXES 1898. Uncollected January 1st, 1899, $329.28 Collected in 1899, 262.02 Uncollected January lst, 1900, $67.26 To the Citizens of Lexington: Respectfully submitted, I herewirh submit my report as collector of unpaid taxes for 1897 and 1898: 1897 TAXES. Amount uncollected January 1st, 1899, Collected in 1899, $4,964.22 Abated by the assessors, 499.97 1898 TAXES. Amount uncollected January 1st, 1899, Deduct bill for land taken for water pur- poses. (See assessors' report.) Amount actually uncollected, Collected in 1899, Abated by the assessors, $5,464.19 $22,579.25 242.22 $5,464.19 $33,284.81 $347.96 $32,936.85 $22,821.47 Uncollected January 1st, 1900, $10,115.38 G. W. SAMPSON, Collector of Unpaid Taxes. REPORTS OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND Superintendent of Schools OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON FOR THE YEAR 1899. MARLBOROUGH, MASS.: PRESS OF F. F. ESTABROOK, ROOMS 1 & 2 FRYE BLOCK, 1900. SCHOOL COMMITTEE -1899. HENRY H. HAMILTON, Chairman, CHARLES H. WISWELL, Secretary, JAMES BENTON WERNER, Term expires March, 1900. 00 C/ « 1901. " 1902. J. I. Buck, Superintendent of Schools and Principal of High School. Residence, Forest Street, Lexington. Regular meetings of the Committee are held on the First and Third Tuesday evenings of each month, at Cary Hall. All bills should be sent to the Committee before the first Tuesday of each month. TRUANT OFFICER. SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1900. Washington's Birthday, Holiday. Winter Term closes Friday, April 13th. Spring Term opens Tuesday, April 24th. Decoration Day, Holiday. Spring Term at High School closes Wednesday, June 27th. Public Graduating Exercises of the High School in the Town Hall, Wednesday evening, June 27th, at 7.45. Spring Term at other schools closes Thursday, June 28th. Public Graduating Exercises of Grammer Schools, in Hancock Hall, Thursday afternoon, June 28th, at 2.45. Fall Term opens Tuesday, September 4th. Thanksgiving Recess, from Wednesday noon, November 28th, until Tuesday, December 4th. Fall Term closes Friday, December 21st. Winter Term opens Wednesday, January 2nd, 1901. 205 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COf lI'IITTEE January 1st, 1900. To the Citizens of Lexington : There have been a few changes in our teaching force during the past year. Miss Jessie G. Prescott, who taught for a long time in the Hancock School and has for several years had charge of the 7th, 8th and 9th Grades in the Adams School, has been given a leave of absence to pursue a year's course of study in the Emerson College of Oratory. At the beginning of the next school -year she is expect- ed to resume teaching in her former position in the Adams School. By experience and success she has proved herself to be an excellent teacher. Miss Elsie R. Cowdry, a faithful and successful teacher in the 5th and 6th Grades of the Hancock School, was obliged, on account of ill health, to resign during the first part of the school- year. Her place was filled by Miss Gertrude W. Carleton, a teacher of several years' experience as a grammar school principal. Miss Carleton's success was such that she seemed eminently fitted to take Miss P:escott's place during this school year. Miss Emma F. Par- ker, who by faithful service and kind, yet firm hand, brought the 3rd and 4th. Grades in the Adams School up to a high point of excel- lence, was elected to Miss Carleton's former position. Miss Helen Mayo, a teacher of good antecedents and long experience, takes Miss Parker's place in the Adams School. At the close of the last school -year, Miss Edith Redman, second assistant in the High 206 School, stated that she would not be a candidate for re-election. This made a great vacancy in our teaching force. For two years Miss Redman did faithful and efficient work, and she leaves with the kindest wishes of all. Her place is filled by Miss Florence Wing, who has taught with great success in Norwood, Mass. and in the High School in Orange, Mass. Mrs. Cutter, who gave unusually good instruction in Physical Culture and Evolution of Expression the last part of the year,was called to a similar and important position elsewhere; but Miss Catherine M. Tinker, a graduate of Emerson College of Oratory, who has had marked success in teaching these subjects, is engaged to take her place. The High School, on account of its enlarged course, now demands the entire time and versatile ability of :Miss Osborne, whose time was divided between this school and the Hancock School. Miss Lilla M. Vickery takes the place of Miss Southworth as teacher of Drawing. Miss Vickery is a graduate of the Normal Art School of Boston, and she enters upon her work with enthusiasm, and having it well in hand she gives every promise of securing very satisfactory results. The other teachers are the same as last year, and with little varia- tion teach the same subjects. . It will be seen that although there have been changes, the main teaching force has been retained. This we think to be good policy. We believe in keeping good teachers, even though to do so we are obliged to increase the salary. Frequent changes in teachers is detrimental to the highest efficiency. A teacher can do better work each succeeding year in the same grade. The schools in general are in an excellent condition. We have a faithful and efficient corps of teachers who aim, not only to give in- struction in the subjects taught, but to develop the whole being and help the pupil to build character. There is hearty co-operation among the teachers, and the pupils in the main are interested and faithful in their work. It is more and more evident that the school is an essential and a very important factor in elevating the individual, in the improvement of society and the promotion of the highest civilization. Our fathers believed this, and therefore they established the school right beside the church. 207 The theory of our country is that the children and youth must be educated, therefore our schools are encouraged and fostered. We think that every effort should be made to promote their highest in- terests and to realize the great object for which they were founded. The citizens of Lexington are to be commended for their liberal support of our schools, and we are glad of the conclusive evidence that they are of high efficiency. There is an increase in the number of pupils over last year. The number of teachers and pupils at the beginning of the school -year 1898, compared with 1899, is as follows : High School, Hancock School, Adams School, Tidd School, 1898. 1898. 1899. 1899. Teachers. Pupils. Teachers. Pupils. 4 10 4 1 68 393 122 25 4 10 4 1 Total, 19 608 19 73 436 126 21 650 There is a gradual increase in the number of pupils in the High School. This year there are 73 enrolled, and in addition to the large room the small recitation rooms are necessarily utilized to seat them. This is very inconvenient. It makes it hard for the teachers and is a waste of time. Taking into consideration these facts and others well known to our citizens, it is evident a new High School building is greatly needed. HIGH SCHOOL. We have a first class High School. With a comprehensive course of study and superior teachers, it meets the demands of any pupil, whether he desires a better education in English than a grammar school gives, or a practical business education, or a thorough prepa- ration for college. Besides the several English subjects usually taught in a high school, Latin, Greek and French are taught. Rev. 208 J. B. Werner also kindly continues a course in German. With such advantages a pupil can have an excellent preparation for college. This is a great advantage, considering the expense incident to a preparation at any fitting school away from home. As evidence of the thorough and finished work done, we would call attention to the progress made by the pupils in all studies during the last year, also to the high excellence of the public graduating exercises of the last class. And the public will be interested to know that several of the last class, who had in mind a college course, easily entered either college or university by certificate or after thorough examination. HANCOCK SCHOOL. In this school the largest numbers are gathered, 469 children to be taught and molded in such a way that they will be well fitted for a higher course of study or perchance to enter upon the active duties of life. With an able and faithful corps of teachers the work is well in hand and excellent results are secured. There are many features that tend to make this school prosperous. Among them is the beau- tiful building with its fine equipment and attractive environment. Yet the responsibility of having in charge so many pupils is very great, and any encouragement and appreciation of effort would help. ADAMS SCHOOL. In this school successful work is done. As we have said, changes have been made in the teaching force, but without any detrimental results as is often the case when such changes are made. In fact the esprit de cords of the school has rather improved. There is re- newed interest on the part of the pupils and great efficiency on the part of the teachers. TIDD SCHOOL. The teacher is to be congratulated that she has so successfully met the demands of this school. It is a school that, perhaps more than 200 any other, depends, not only upon the teaching ability of the teach- er, but upon her watchful care and kindliness. A kindly , spirit has been shown. This has been reciprocated by the pupils, and very satisfactory results have been secured. The exterior of this school house has been beautified by the addition of two coats of paint, an improvement it has not had, we are told, for at least twenty-five years. LIST OF TEACHERS. HIGH SCTooL.—Jonathan I. Buck, Prin. and Supt., Miss Antoi- nette J. Banister, Miss Florence Wing, Miss Elizabeth R. Osborn. HANcoCK SCHOOL.—Miss Laura A. Colbath, Mrs. Sadie W. Jenk- ins, Miss Minnie A. Brooks, Miss Emma F. Parker, Miss Emma E. Wright, Miss Gertrude Pierce, Miss Sara R. Skerry, Mrs. Grace A. Spaulding, Miss Jennie F. Blodgett, Miss Bertha Hammond. ADAMS SCHOOL.—VIiss Gertrude W. Carleton, Miss Fannie F. In- gram, Miss Helen Mayo, Miss Carrie F. Fiske. TIDD SCHOOL.—Miss Belle C. Doore. Music.—Mrs. Alice M. Holt. DRAWING.—Miss Lilla M. Vickery. ELOCUTION.—Miss Catherine M. Tinker. PRIZES. Through generosity and expressed interest in education, Mr. Robert P. Clapp of this town has given to the High School two (2) shares of stock in the East Middlesex St. Ry. Co. The dividends are to be given in two prizes for excellence in written and oral ex- pression. COLOR GUARD. We encourage the members of the Color Guard to perfect them- selves in military science as best they can. They have regular drill 210 and are becoming proficient in such exercise. The flag is raised upon our school buildings ; it is saluted and honored. By precept and object lesson loyalty to it is inculcated. CARE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS. It is no easy matter to keep the fires going, the temperature of the rooms right, the rooms swept and dusted, and everything neat, tidy and attractive. This is all important for the comfort and health of teachers and pupils. We are glad to say that the janitors under- stand their work and are faithful. INCENTIVES TO PROGRESS. Some of our best educators approve of prizes of material value as incentives to progress. From the nature of the case there are other incentives that are effective with every person. We suggest the fol- lowing : 1. The desire for approbation. Children as a rule desire the approval of parents and teachers. If, as they pursue their studies, they can be assured by their teachers, their parents, and the school officers that any such desire will be appreciated and any improve- ment commended, they will be greatly encouraged and will make greater efforts to succeed. An approving look and an encouraging word have their effect with the young. Let them feel that every effort to progress and accomplishment will be heartily commended. Praise is a potent agen( y with children: Praise more; condemn less. 2. The desire for improvement in the various studies is an incen- tive. Not simply to surpass others, to stand at the head of the class, but to advance from any point of progress that has been reached. The pupil's relative standing in the class is a considera- tion, but it is more important that he be urged to improve upon his 211 present attainments. Each can do this ; and, as a rule, pupils de- sire it. Let such a desire be utilized by teachers and parents. 3. The incentive to usefulness should be enforced. Each pupil has abilities for good. He is in the world to be useful. There are many fields of activity open to him. Now is the time to prepare to do good service in some of them. Present opportunities will npt be repeated. They should be improved. 4. The incentive to make the most of one's abilities, is a power. It is the duty of all to develop their power for good. Pupils should study with this in view. Study is not the end of action, but the means to a great end. It is to develop the mental powers and culti- vate all our capabilities for usefulness. All have not equal capabili- ties; one is by nature better adapted to a certain sphere of action than another, but each has his own abilities for good. He should be urged to use them as best he may. 5. The conviction that one should do right should be used as an incentive. This is the true motive to all action. It is recognized and approved by the conscience of each pupil. The parent and teacher should early use this power to regulate the conduct of the young. GOVERNMENT. It is self-evident that good government in our schools is necessary to sucecss. Also an orderly state of society is essential to the pros- perity and happiness of any community. "Order is Heaven's first law," and it is no more essential to the harmony of heaven than to the success of all human government, whether in the state, town, or sphere of the school. Government is for the general good of those governed. Some honest statesmen have felt that "the world is gov- erned too much ;" none ought to feel, however, that it is governed too well. 212 To have the best results in society and in our schools the firm, just, and kindly hand of authority must, in all departments of society, be felt. We feel there is an increasing need of this. It is evident that there is a growing tendency to lawlessness among us. This is not confined to our schools by any means ; it is to be seen on the streets and not infrequently in public assemblies. As to the schools we feel that teachers are restricted by a growing sentiment that punishment must be light, if tolerated at all. We deprecate this increasing senti- ment of extreme clemency. When penalties for wrong -doing shall be removed from our schools, there will be still stronger pressure to have them removed from the statute -books of judicial, state, and national authority. For the public and private good we cannot afford to en- courage such a tendency. We feel also that outside attractions and late hours are detrimental to the highest success in our schools. Dur- ing term time study is the business of pupils. True they need recre- ation, and the afternoon session is shortened that they may have more outdoor exercise. And perhaps it would be well to have simply one session, that the greater part of the afternoon may be given to recre- ation. But late hours and dissipation, always bad, are ruinous to the student not only as regards his studies and health, but also his moral character. We ask that the above suggestions have the careful thought and practical effort of all citizens. Why not have a Curfew law enacted and enforce it? CO-OPERATION OF PARENTS. For the highest success of the schools they must have the earnest support of parents; they should encourage just discipline and by their co-operation help secure it. The advice and authority at home, in no small degree, affect the discipline of the school -room. Let them also encourage their children to pursue faithfully their studies in school. The success of our schools depends, also, upon the general inter- est manifested by all the people. It is encouraging to teacher and pupils to be assured that all desire their success. This desire can find expression in visiting the school during the term and also by 213 giving expressions of interest at home, or even in public meetings. No doubt there is interest, but let it be expressed. APPROPRIATIONS. In order to retain certain teachers during this school year we were obliged to increase their salary. The sum of the increase is $400, which, added to the amount paid the teachers last year, makes a to- tal of $12,500. We were also obliged to have an extra barge at an expense of fifty dollars per month. The extra expense of painting the Tidd school -house is $65. These, with certain other practically fixed items, as fuel, janitors, books and supplies, gas and water, mow- ing the lawn, express, etc., easily rise to the amount of your appro- priation. Doubtless the necessary expenses of the ensuing year will equal those of the last financial year. Therefore for the greatest efficiency and the best results in our schools, we ask for an appropri- ation of $19,000. Respectfully submitted, HENRY H. HAMILTON, CHARLES H. WISWELL, JAMES BENTON WERNER, School Committee. 215 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.. To the School Committee of Lexington: GENTLEMEN -I take pleasure in submitting to you my third annual report, the fourteenth in the series of superintendents' reports. GROWTH IN MEMBERSHIP. The growth in membership at the Hancock school and the High school still continues undiminished and demands consideration. During the past year the High school has had an average member- ship of 67 (present membership, 72) as against 59 in 1898, divided as follows : Seniors 10, Juniors, 17, Sophomores 25, Freshmen 20. The increased size of classes, together with a slight increase in the total number of divisions, has forced us to try all expedients in order to provide rooms for the different recitations. Since last year a little room formerly used as a book closet has been converted into a recita- tion room for small classes. This room is the last available space in the building. Further expansion can take place only by using the cloak rooms or the lawn. HANCOCK SCHOOL. At the Hancock school the year opened in September with a mem- bership of 422, as against 393 the previous year—a gain of 29. Since September there has also been a steady growth, and the present mem- bership (Jan. 5) is 436—a gain of 43 since Sept. 1898. The plan 216 proposed by the school committee in their report Last year, for reliev- ing the pressure of numbers by erecting a new building large enough to accommodate the High school and the upper Grammar grades, still seems the most feasible and desirable. On general grounds the desirability of such a combination of grades is becoming more evident. During the past year this plan has received signal approbation from a committee of the National Educational Association, the leading ed- ucational organization of the country. This committee favors "a unified six-year High school course," which shall include the highest two grammar grades. These are referred to in the following extract from their report as the seventh and eighth, because in most of the central and western states the elementary course consists of eight grades, instead of nine, as with us. When there are nine grades, as is generally the case in Massachusetts, the reference is to the eighth and ninth. The committee further says : "The most necessary and far reaching reforms in secondary educa- tion must begin in the seventh and eighth grades of our schools. Educators agree that these grades must be enriched by eliminating non -essentials and adding new subjects formerly taught only in the High school. 'These reforms require the highest pedagogic knowl- edge and the most efficient supervision. In our opinion these prob- lems can be solved most quickly and surely by making the seventh and eighth grades parts of the High school. under the immediate di- rection of the High school principal. Recent attempts to teach Latin and German in these grades have not met with the success to which they are entitled on account of the lack of qualified teachers and competent supervision. The improvements in the mathematical schedules in the grades have not been given a chance to show their value, because the teachers have lacked the technical training and the breadth of view absolutely essential to good teaching in the introduc- tory courses of algebra and geometry. Science study is now acknowl- edged to have a place in the grades, yet slow progress has been made In producing educational results, largely because the grade teacher 217 has been poorly prepared to teach the subject, and the leading scien- tists of the country, in their efforts to circumvent this obstacle, have failed to agree on a suitable course of study for the grades. "The proper adjustment of these studies in a unified High school course would add much to the effectiveness and solidarity of secon- dary education. The seventh grade, rather than the ninth, is the nat- ural turning -point in the pupil's life, as the age of adolescence de- mands new methods and wiser direction. The transition from the ele- mental to the secondary period may be made natural and easy by changing gradually from the one -teacher regimen to the system of special teachers, thus avoiding the violent shock now commonly felt on entering the High school. The seventh -grade pupils, if thought necessary, could still be taught and given individual attention by one teacher in all but one or two subjects which require the services of specialists. The personality of the teacher and her intelligent direc- tion of the individual student should be insisted on and made more effective than at present. Statistics show that the number of stu- dents leaving school at the end of the sixth grade is comparatively small, while the number is very large at the end of the eighth grade. By the proposed change the students in the seventh and eighth grades would gradually gain the inspiration of the High school life, and the desire to go farther in the languages and sciences which they have already begun under favorable conditions. The result would doubtless be a more closely articulated system, with a larger percentage of High school graduates. "From an administrative point of view, the six High school grades should eventually be in one building. As far as statistics are acces- sible on this point, the experiment of placing these grades in the High school building has been successful, resulting in better scholar- ship and a greater percentage in the number of students entering the ninth grade. The gradual change to this system would probably lead to the establishment of a larger number of less expensive High schools, thus placing the 'people's college' nearer their homes with- out additional expense to the taxpayer, but with a saving in money and strength to students attending the High school." 218 EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS. Comparatively few seem to realize what a complete change has taken place in the educational field during the past twenty or twenty-five years. Work that twenty years ago was done in the senior year at college in now regularly done in the sophomore year. In fact, the last two years of the course at nearly all the colleges are today oc- cupied with what would have been considered twenty years ago as belonging solely to the university. This change has led to a con- tinually increasing demand upon the secondary schools, which has resulted in a gradual raising of grade in the high school and the grammar school. Nearly, or quite two years' work has thus been forced down from the college to the schools below it. Whatever may be our opinions as to the desirability of their forcing down the work we must recognize the fact that the change has actually taken place, and that it is apparently beyond the power of any influence or set of influences to restore matters to their former status. " It is a condition, not a theory, that confronts us." On the whole, the grammar schools have doubtless suffered more from this change than the high schools ; largely from the fact that in the past grammar school teachers have no themselves been college graduates, and consequently, have not always possessed the educational qualifications necessary for the proper handling of the new subjects. Wonderful changes have, however, taken place in the grammar schools themselves, and enough time has been saved by improved methods of handling the work to compensate partly for the addi- tional burden. There can be no question, however, that great im- provement is still possible. The upper grammar grades could be handled more efficiently and with greater economy of time and teaching force, if they could be placed under the same direct ad- ministration as the high school classes. This arrangement would also allow such a differentiation of work as would adapt it to the va- ried wants of the pupils and the coinmunity. (Classes in French, German, Latin, stenography, typewriting or elementary science could be formed and placed in charge of teachers thoroughly 219 equipped for the work.) The time necessary for fitting for college could thus be shortened, and a better general education afforded those who find it necessary or desirable to leave school at the end of the ninth year. Finally, it may be mentioned that this plan of incorporating the upper grammar grades and the High school together into one school is simply a return to the organization so successfully exemplified by the city Latin schools and the older and more successful private schools of New England. ADAMS SCHOOL. Increasing numbers in the upper grades at the Adams school have necessitated a re -arrangement of grades in that building. At pres- ent the fourth room is occupied by the eighth and ninth grades (instead of the seventh, eighth and ninth, as last year), the third room by the sixth and seventh grades, and the second by the third, fourth and fifth. In other words there are now three grades in the second room, instead of in the fourth as formerly. This arrangement is made possible at the present time by the small size of the third, fourth and fifth grades. But in the nature of things it can be only a temporary expedient. For the time being the pressure is relieved ; it will be only a matter of a year or two, however, before the ninth grade will have to be removed from this building or some additional provision made there for its accommodation. NEW SCHOOL LAWS. The legislature of 1898 revised and codified the entire body of laws pertaining to school attendance and the employment of children. The most important provisions of the present law regarding attend- ance are as follows ; 1. All children between seven (instead of eight as heretofore,) and fourteen years of age must attend school during the entire time the public schools are in session (instead of thirty weeks as hereto- fore, and without the former allowance of two weeks for unexcused '220 absence), or receive instruction equal to that given in the public schools. 2. The superintendent (or the teachers by his direction) may excuse " necessary absence." According to the secretary of the State Board of Education, " neither poverty nor lack of clothing is a legal excuse for non-at- tendance at school." 3. Absence from school for five days (or ten half days) within any period of six months on the part of a child of school age, sub- jects the parent or guardian to a fine of twenty dollars. The scope and completeness of this third provision may be seen from the decision of Judge Bosson, of the Chelsea court, before whom the leading case was tried. His interpretation of the law is that upon proof of absence for five days, or ten half days, in any six months, conviction must follow; that under the law there is abso- lutely no defense. While it is usuallry not desirable to enforce this law in such a way as to entail hardship on parent or child, still no harm can result from a knowledge on the part of parents of just what the law is. In brief, the law requires the attendance at school of every child be- tween seven and fourteen years of age, during every clay the pub- lic schools are in session, unless the child is physically or mentally unable to attend. The full text of this law is given in an appendix to this report. Several changes were also made in the laws relating to the em- ployment of minors under sixteen years of age. The employ- ment of children under fourteen in any factory, workshop or merchantile establishment is now absolutely forbidden, and cer- tain new restrictions are placed upon the employment of minors be- tween fourteen sn,1 sixteen. The text of these sections is also ap- pended to this report. 221 MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE. A new form of school register has also been furnished by the state, and towns are required hereafter to make their anirul returtii of attendance cover the school year—from September to June --in- stead of the fiscal year, as formerly. This change is without doubt a desirable one, and will obviate certain difficulties which were insep- arable from the old records. The figures for enrolment, for in- stance, have heretofore always been too large, owing to the fact that the enrolment year (January to December) overlapped two differ- ent school years. Hereafter the enrolment year and the school year will coincide. This fact should be borne in mind in making comparisons between the returns of different years. In the tabular view at the end of this report two sets of returns are given, one ac- cording to the old system for the year from Jan. 1 to Dec. 22, 1899 ; the other (according to the new system) for the school year from Sept., 1898, to June,1899. Instructions for computing the average membership and average attendance are now for the first time embodied in the statute. Each town and city has hitherto been a law unto itself in this matter; hereafter there is to be uniformity throughout the state. The new rule provides that " in the absence of knowledge that a pupil's mem- bership has ceased, ten full days of absence must be recorded against him" before his name can be dropped from the list of members. In every case, therefore, where a pupil is absent from school for a long period on account of sickness, ten days' absence has to be re- corded against him. Under the old rule only five days were thus recorded ; and in cases where it was known that the pupil's absence would be a prolonged one, even these were sometimes omitted. This change raises the average membership figures and at the same time lowers the average attendance. Hence, with the same actual attendance the percentage will be lower than if computed by the old rule. This year the attendance has been more irregular than usual on account of the prevalence of scarlet fever in the town. The two causes together have made the averages this year lower than they have been for some time. 222 In conclusion I wish to express my thanks to the gentlemen of the school committee, and to the teachers, for their kindness and co-operation during the year just passed. Respectfully submitted, J. I. BUCK, Superintendent. January 5, 1900. 223 REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER. DECEMBER 31, 1899. 7o the Superintendent of Schools: DEAR SIR :—Sixty-one pupils have been reported absent from school by their teachers. Each case has been investigated and re- ported to the respective teachers and the pupils returned to school as soon as possible. The following reasons have been found for the pupils being absent : fifteen were playing truant, thirty-three kept at home by their parents to work or for some other reason, and thirteen were kept at home on account of sickness. In more than one half of the cases where the pupil was absent from school it was the parents' fault. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES H. FRANKS, Truant Officer. 225 EXTRACTS FROM 1 SCHOOL LAWS. [For the convenience of those who may consult these pages, cer- tain leading words are italicised to indicate the contents of the dif- ferent sections.] ACTS OF 1898. [CHAP. 494.] AN ACT TO REGULATE THE EMPLOYMENT OF LABOR. Be it enacted. etc., as follows: SECTION 1. No child under fourteen years of age shall be em- ployed in any factory, workshop or mercantile establishment. No such child shall be employed in any work performed for wages or other compensation, to whomsoever payable, during the hours when the public schools of the town or city in which he resides are in ses- sion, nor be employed at any work before the hour of six o'clock in the morning or after the hour of seven o'clock in the evening. SECTION 2. No child under sixteen years of age shall be em- ployed in any factory, workshop or mercantile establishment unless the person or corporation employing him procures and keeps on file and accessible to the truant officers of the town or city, and to the district police and inspectors of factories, an age and schooling cer- tificate as hereinafter prescribed, and keeps two complete lists of all such children employed therein, one on file and one conspicuously 226 posted near the principal entrance of the building in which such children are employed, and also keeps on file a complete list, and sends to the superintendent of schools, or, where there is no super- intendent, to the school committee, the names of all minors em- ployed therein who cannot read at sight and write legibly simple sen- tences in the English language. SECTION 3. An age and schooling certificate shall be approved only by the superintendent of schools or by a person authorized by him in writing. SECTION 6. Whoever employs a child under sixteen years of age, and whoever having under his control a child under such age per- mits such child to be employed, in violation of section one or two of this act, shall for such offence be fined not more than fifty dol- lars ; and whoever continues to employ any child in violation of either of said sections of this act after being notified by a truant officer or an inspector of factories thereof, shall for every day thereafter that such employment continues be fined not less than five nor more . than twenty dollars. A failure to produce to a truant officer or in- spector of factories any age and schooling certificate or list re- quired by this act shall be prima facie evidence of the illegal em- ployment of any person whose age and schooling certificate is not produced or whose name is not so listed. Any corporation or em- ployer retaining any age and schooling certificate in violation of sec- tion five of this act shall be fined ten dollars. Every person author- ized to sign the certificate prescribed by section five of this act who knowingly certifies to any materially false statement therein shall be fined not more than fifty dollars. [CHAP. 496.] AN ACT RELATIVE TO SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TRUANCY. Be it enacted, etc.. as follows: SECTION 11. No child who has not been duly vaccinated shall be admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certifi- 227 cate signed by a regular practicing physician that such child is an unfit subject for vaccination. No child who is a member of a household in which a person is sick with small pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or measles, or of a household exposed to contagion from a household as aforesaid, shall attend any public school during such sickness or until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate from the board of health of the town or city, or from the attending physician of such sick person, stating in a case of smallpox, diphtheria or scarlet fever, that a period of at least two weeks, and in a case of measles a period of at least three days, has elapsed since the recovery, removal or death of such person, and that danger of the conveying of such disease by such child has passed. SECTION 12. Every child between seven and fourteen years of age shall attend some public day school in the town or city in which he resides during the entire time the public day schools are in session, provided, that the superintendent of schools, or where there is no superintendent of schools, the school committee, or teachers acting under authority of said superintendent of schools or school committee, may excuse cases of necessary absence ; and provided, further, that the attendance of a child upon a public day shool shall not be required if such child has attended for a like pe- riod of time a private day school approved by the school committee of such town or city in accordance with section two of chapter four hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, or if such child has been otherwise instructed for a like period of time in the branches of learning required by law to be taught in the public schools, or has already acquired the branches of learning required by law to be taught in the public schools, or if his physical or mental condition is such as to render such attendance inexpedient or impractible. Every person having under his control a child as described in this section shall cause such child to attend school as required by this section. SECTION 24. Every habitual truant, that is, every child between seven and fourteen years of age who wilfully and habitually absents 228 himself from school contrary to the provisions of section twelve of this act, upon complaint by a truant officer, and conviction thereof, may be committed, if a boy, to a county truant school for a period not exceeding two years, and if a girl, to the state industrial school for girls, unless such child is placed on probation as provided in sec- tion twenty-eight of this act. SECTION 25. Every habitual absentee, that is, every child between seven and sixteen years of age who may be found wandering about in the streets or public places of any town or city of the Commonwealth, having no lawful occupation, habitually not attending school, and growing up in idleness and ignorance, upon complaint by a truant officer or any other person, and conviction thereof, may be commit- ted, if a boy, at the discretion of the court, to a county truant school for a period not exceeding two years, or to the Lyman school for boys, and, if a girl, to the state industrial school for girls, unless such child is placed on probation as provided in section twenty- eight of this act. SECTION 26. Every habitual school offender, that is, every child under fourteen years of age who persistently violates the reasonable regulations of the school which he attends, or otherwise persistently misbehaves therein, so as to render himself a fit subject for exclu- sion therefrom, upon complaint by a truant officer, and conviction thereof, may be committed, if a boy, at the discreion of the court' to a county truant school for a period not exceeding two years, or to the Lyman school for boys, and, if a girl, to the state industrial school for girls, unless such child is placed on probation as provided in section twenty-eight of this act. 229 ROLL OF HONOR. NOTE.—Absences due to severe storm have been disregarded in compiling the following list : 230 Two YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS. Katharine Buckley, (absent once) (Ending Dec., 1899) VII George E. Smith, (Ending June, 1899) VII Isabella M. Spencer, (Adams) (tardy once) VII Lawrence Carroll, III Two YEARS. Edith Kilgour, (Adams) VII Thomas Norton, III Marion Deveau, (absent once) 1I PUPILS NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY. ONE YEAR AND SIX MONTHS. FOR FIVE YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS. Elizabeth R. Smith, Percy D. Glenn, (tardy once) FIVE YEARS. Lillian V. Bennett, V Helen W. Phelps, V Clasp. Lois A. Page, (Adams) III Orson Philbrick, (Ending June, 1899) III IX May Gleason, (absent once) VII VIII Bernice Glenn, (absent once) VI Carleton B. Hamblen, (absent once) III Alice A. Roberts, (absent once) X Griswold Tyng, (absent once) XI ONE YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS. FOUR YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS. Griswold Tyng, XI Amy Butterfield, (Ending April, 1899) IX John J. Buckley, (absent once) VIII Kingsley Cochrane, (Adams) VII Florence C. Page, (Adams) II Walworth Tyng, (absent once) XI THREE YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS. Arthur Gorman, (absent once) X Ernest A. Fessenden, (Adams) (Ending April, 1899) VIII Wallace E. Miller, (Adams) (absent once) V 231 ONE YEAR AND THREE MONTHS. Herbert R. Harrington, (Adams) (Ending Nov., 1899) ONE YEAR AND Two MONTHS. Edith E. Kilgour, (Adams) Mabel I. Reynolds, (Adams) (absent once) James A. Bean, (absent once) (Ending June, 1899) Theresa Gorman, (absent once) Katherine Harrington, (absent once) ONE YEAR. Lillian Hamilton, (Ending April, 1899) Frank Silva, Frank H. Carson, William Gleason, (Ending June, 1899) EIGHT MONTHS. Ada Woodworth, Clarence H. Messom, Joseph F. Strong, SIX MONTHS. Clifford Pierce, Marjory Houghton, Frances Comley, John Conneamey, Mary E. Rose, James H. Comley, Charles Hossfield, (Tidd) John Kelley, (Tidd) Katharine Kelley, (Tidd) I VII IX VI VI VI XIII VIII V III 232 FOUR MONTHS. Jason Sanford, G. Wilson Greenwood, Winnie V. Griffin, Georgie A. Peters, Irving B. Pierce, Alice Blanchard, Edward F. Montague, Lilian N. Morse, Louise C. Pierce, Frederick Rice, Gertrude S. Smith, Ethel F. Whitaker, Henry Duffy, (Adams) Margaret C. Tupper, Abbie H. White, Katharine Carroll, Catharine M. Johnson, (Adams) Charles W. Spencer, (Adams) Francis W. Spencer, (Adams) Joseph Gallagher, Paul Franks, Agnes Packard, Goldie Powell, Beulah B. Locke, (Adams) Sally Sherburne, Ada Woodworth, James F. Brown, Marion Doe, Gertrude M. Johnson, (Adams) Margaret Ryan, Dorothy C. Nunn, (Adams) (absent once) Emma Gorman, Lewis J. Pero, (Adams) Marjorie Saville, XII XI XI XI XI X X X X X X X IX IX IX VIII VIII VIII VIII VII VII VII VII VII VII VII VI VI VI VI VI V IV V 233 Richard T. Morey, (tardy once) George Bailey, Theresa McKearney, Martha J. Wilson, (Adams) Harold Graham, (tardy once) G. Ellsworth Comley, F'rancis S. Connearney, Marion Deveau, Edward C. Maguire, Francis O'Leary, Maud A. Reynolds, (Adams) Leo E. Deveau, Arthur Wheeler, (Tidd) Grace Wheeler, (Tidd) Ernest A. Wilson, (tardy once) Isabel Graham, (Tidd) John Graham, (Tidd) TABULAR VIEW OF SCHOOLS. 234 235 ESTI1'IATES FOR 1900. Abatement of taxes, Assessors, April 19th celebration, Auditors, Care of Common, Collector of taxes, Constables and Police, Fuel and lights Hall and Stone building, Highways, Hydrants, 78 at $45 each, Interest on town debt, Janitors of hall and Stone building, 1,ibrarians, Memorial Day and decorating graves of Rev- olutionary soldiers, Outside Poor, Payment of town debt, Poor, Printing, Registrars of voters, School committee, Selectmen, Snow, Removal of Street lighting, Treasurer of Cary Library, Trimming Trees, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Watering streets, Watering troughs, Contingent, Town Physician, $600.00 700.00 1,200.00 100.00 200.00 800.00 4,000.00 1,200.00 13,500.00 3,510.00 2,800 900.00 1,350.00 175.00 3,500.00 6,000.00 2,000.00 400.00 100.00 300.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 4,500.00 50.00 200.00 300.00 600.00 1,500.00 50.00 2,500.00 75.00 $55,110.00 TAX STATISTICS OF TOWN OF LEXINGTON. 236 0CD"co 08w,M0DOD�000" F. ci�08ICCe.�gc,, nmraouc�0m0a0 . 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Cl r OC OOD GC o00000C 00000000000000 aro 00000001 x©00000001000 ar0100000 000000Oo 100 Op 1000000 r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,1-,1.,1.,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,T.,7,I,r,r,7,r,r, 237 Ntl'J di ,r.10 t-COt- � BCA N l ddim1O.--�O 0100 00c»N ,11,1 -mc 0000 c x00 GO 4C lw000CC79 14' Nis :cc=c "117,1;' .41 8101�e7800.0000 N 0 4`1 .c+ Gv «J 0 cl c1 .fJ .LD 0,9 O .O d, 00 1- CC d, K: 239 AUDITORS' REPORT. SCHOOLS. RECEIPTS. Balance unexpended, Appropriated and assessed for 1899, From improvement Adams School, From High School plans, Old furnace, Ginn & Co., George P. Greenwood, tuition, City of Cambridge, wood -work material, Educational Publishing Co., Amount expended, Balance unexpended, $72.38 19,000.00 73.51 125.00 8.00 3.50 15.00 5.00 3.15 $19,305.54 $19,210.87 94.67 $19,305.54 24Q EXPENDITURES. HIGH SCHOOL. Instruction, and Supt. of schools, Thomas W. Speed, removing snow, John McLeod, repairing flag, F. L. Cobb & Sorb, mat, G. W. Spaulding, mat, pail, broom, soda, Water Department, water, DeVeau Bros., carpenter work, Zeigler Electric Co., electric apparatus, E. S. Locke, furnace repairs, A. J. Wilkinson & Co., hardware, Peirce and Winn Co., coal, R. H. Burke, furnace repairs, L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., chemicals, George C. Goodwin & Co., $3,563.88 10.73 1.00 39 3.14 25.00 4.05 22.60 6.65 4.67 178.03 9.53 11.36 1.04 $3,841.97 HANCOCK SCHOOL. Instruction, $5,247.51 f ohn McLeod, janitor, 849.70 cc oiling floors, repairing flag, - 13.40 W. C. Brown, teaming, 49.10 Scott & Denham., transportation of pupils, '2,402.75 Water Department, water, 93.75 Lexington Gas Light Co., 39.75 Emma E. Wright, care of barge children, 70.00 (=ertrud Pierce, " CC 18.00 Masury, Young & Co., nodusto, 39.00 Peirce & Winn Co.,coal, 820.91 4mpu-nt-€arraed forward, $9,643.87 241 Amount brought forward, $9,643.87 R. H. Burke, plumbing, 66.45 F. P. Reynolds, wood, 56.93 Lyman Lawrence & Son, hardware, 26.23 New England Pub. Co., Journal &c., 4.50 Berry Bros., elastic finish, 13.34 Thomas Burke, labor, 45.00 F. D. Weld, ladder, 3.00 Shaw & Meek, smithing, 1.55 D. A. Tuttle, book case, 16.50 F. L. Cobb & Son, basket, brush, oil &c., 8.95 G. W. Spaulding, glass, oil, polish &c., 33.15 DeVeau Bros., carpenter work, 9.57 Cobb, Bates & Yerxa, soap and expressing, 7.15 Edward Hufinewell, teaming, 75 John A. Fratus, repairing clock, 1.00 E. S. Locke, furnace repairs, 33.82 Albany Paper Co., paper, 13.50 Kasson & Palmer, " Educator," 3.00 A. C. Washburn, carpenter work, 35.72 Bailey Bros., "25 lbs. paint, 2.00 F. Belleville Jr., pipe and burners, 5.98 TIDD SCHOOL. Instruction, $465.78 Wm. H. Kelly, janitor and extra labor, 134.80 R. W. Galliver, removing snow, 1.60 D. Gorman, wood, 33.00 C. E. Wheeler, removing snow, 1.90 D. Gorman, labor and team, 5.00 Bailey Bros., painting school house contract, 65.00 E. S. Locke, repairing stove and broom, 2.75 $10,031,96 $709.83 242 ADAMS SCHOOL. Instruction, $2,072.00 A. B. Smith, janitor and extra labor, 241.82 Mrs. M. J. Pero, cleaning, 13.20 J. H. Phillips, labor, 1.42 Water Department, 25.00 Peirce & Winn Co., coal, 157.84 New England Pub. Co., 2.50 W. F. Fletcher, sand, 1.00 Francis Locke, plumbing, 4.00 Chandler Chair Co., chairs, 119.50 Kasson & Palmer, "Educator," 3.00 R. H. Burke, repairs and labor, 9.98 R. W. Holbrook, weighing coal, 1.65 Lyman Lawrence, hardware and sundries, 15.57 Irving Locke, mason work, 4.90 COMMON TO ALL SCHOOLS. Mrs. A. M. Holt, musical instruction and music, 345.61 Grace E. Southworth, drawing instructor, 180.00 Lilla M. Vickery, t4 93.75 Mary B. Merritt, elocution, 48.00 Inez S. Cutler, " 95.00 University Pub. Co., 2.88 Wadsworth, Howland & Co., paints, 12.40 Forest Reproduction Co., book, 1.00 J. L. Hamett Co., books, 313.87 Ginn & Co. " 80.38 Edward E. Babb & Co., books and stationery, 121.58 A. M. Tucker, dry goods, 10.43 H. A. Davis Jr. & Co., stationery, 42.75 Houghton Mifflin & Co., books, 23.40 Amount carried forward, $1,371.05 $2,673.38 243 Amount brought forward, D. C. Heath & Co., books, Boston School Supply Co., " and stationery, Educational Pub. Co., Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., Mineral Tablet Supply Co., ink, Maynard Merrill Co., books, Wallace E. Page, plates, J. W. Cook & Co., tree protector, E. W. Glass, labor, A. F. Dinsmore, lettering diplomas, W. C. Brown, teaming, Morse Co., books, George S. Perry & Co., stationery, Prang Educational Co., ff A. Storrs & Bement Co., paper, H. F. Miller & Son, use for piano, Werner School Book Co., American Express Co., expressage, J. I. Buck, sundries, Hinds & Noble, paper, John D. Bacon, weighing coal, C. H. Franks, truant officer, R. H. White & Co., mugs, Silver, Burdett & Co., books, Nourse & Co., express, American Book Co., books, Whittal Tatum & Co., chemicals, H. E. Holt, music books, Joseph Gillott & Son, pens, Lee & Shepard, books, W. D. Miller, stationery, Coburn Stationery Co., books and stationery, Thos. Burke, labor, Thompson, Brown & Co., books, If {f Amount carried forward, $1,$71.05 63.73 14.83 9.05 4.88 5.00 11.16 6.00 15.30 4.50 4.45 7.20 10.58 1.55 1.19 2.06 12.00 18.73 .30 15.12 .80 7.00 61.17 3.60 29.78 2.66 80.25 1.50 12.80 4.68 7.50 .79 30.00 15.00 7.29 $1,843.50 244 Amount brought forward, $1,843.50 Lexington Lumber Co., lumber, 1.43 Harper Bros., books, 16.96 Estabrook Co., steel pens, 4.20 David Farquhar, books, 22.95 Allyn & Bacon, " 12.83 Charles A. Seaver & Co., blank books, 4.25 A. J. Wilkinson & Co., hardware, .27 Perry Picture Co., pictures, 1.00 Charles D. Wiswell, school census, 15.00 Scott Foresman Co., book, 10.00 Suffolk Ink Co., ink, 7.50 Houghton & Dutton, mantels, chimneys, etc., 3.71 Longman Green Co., books, 2.01 Doubleday McClure Co., books, 4.50 Zeigler Electric Co., electrical apparatus, 3.62 High School, Hancock School, Tidd School, Adams School, Common to all schools, SUM MARY. CONTINGENT. RECEIPTS. Balance unexpended, Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Tax Titles redeemed, Court fees, Concord, it " E. Cambridge, $1,953.73 $3,841.97 10,031.96 709.83 2,673.38 1,953..73 $19,210.87 $1829.71 2000.00 100.46 226.63 15.00 Amount carried forward, $4,171.80 245 Amount broughtforward, Rent of Town Hall, " " Masonic Hall, " " Village Hall, " " Stone Building, A. S. Mitchell, auctioneer's license, Jonathan Bigelow L. H. Bigelow J. F. Hutchinson, Bert F. Bacon Balance of Tax Sale, M. A. Capelle, Lexington & Boston Street Railway Deposit for .City of Cambridge, Land Taken, Town of Arlington, " A. C. Washburn, Iron Posts, Weighing fees, town scales, L. A. Saville, books sold, CC '' CC '' [[ Amount expended, Balance unexpended, EXPENDITURES. $4,171.80 151.00 150.00 12.50 16.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 909.37 Damages, 600.00 132.93 185.21 12.00 52.99 25.32 $6429.12 $5147.30 1281.82 Water department, J. 0. Tilton, M. D., returning 40 births, A. D. Bosson, account surplus tax sales, Middlesex registry deeds, recording collector's deeds, L. G. Babcock, stamped envelopes and stamps, New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., R. H. Burke, repairing, plumbing, N. D. Canterbury & Co., balance tax sale, Geo. H. S. Driver, " " " Estate of Francis Wyman, widening Bedford St., Amount carried forward, 6429.12 86.75 10.00 546.51 97.39 38.46 154.70 98.42 105.84 250.45 100.00 $1,488.52 246 Amount brought forward, $1,488.52 0. G. Seeley, stationery, .60 Wm. B. Foster, notifying town meeting, distributing warrants, 74.45 Thomas Groom & Co., stationery, 9.60 D. 0. Hallstrom, reseating chairs, cocoa mat, 8.79 L. A. Saville, recording births, deaths, marriages, 61.10 Francis Locke, plumbing and Gurney heater, 144.40 Carlton A. Childs, telephone, stamps, envelopes, 46.80 ringing bell, 35.00 C. F. Willey, suppers and dinners, 37.25 John MacKinnon, ventilator, window and tablets, 6.90 F. C. Jones, papers, stationery, etc., 6.23 F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., stationery, 5.90 Nourse & Co., express, 3.60 Charley A. Feyhl, fares on account M. Crowley pension, 1.00 Election officers, services of 60.00 Geo. D. Harrington, stationery and expenses, 14.90 P. J. Kelley, carriage hire, 1.00 j. W. Cook & Co., tree protectors, 71.25 Jas. S. Munroe, weighing fees, .90 Scott & Denham, carriage hire, 55.00 W. A. Carrie & Co., stationery, 15.00 W. H. Chipman & Co., mat and matting, 19.25 Coburn Stationery Co., 9.40 Lyman Lawrence & Son, hardware, 28.18 H. A. Davis, Jr., & Co., books, envelopes and posters, 75.38 C. S. Parker & Son, reports, printing and advertising, 159.45 Fidelity & Deposit Co., bond for treasurer, 68.00 McClintock & Woodfall, engineering on sewerage, 98.00 Colby & Bayley, legal services, Gaffney, 445.96 Lexington Flag Pole Co., flag and repairs at Village hall, 20.00 P. B. Murphy, 300 dog licenses, 2.00 Isabella J. Morse, balance tax sale, 410.76 C. E. Wheeler, printing, 4.50 M. R. Warren Co., stationery, 21.42 Amount carriedforward, $3,410.49 247 Amount brought forward, $3,410.49 Niagara Fire Insurance Co., insurance, 50.00 C. A. Wood, recording deeds, 44.00 Lexington Gas Light Co., wire cable, 3.60 Mrs. John H. Wright, cleaning Stone building, 11.85 W. L. LaBaw, veterinary services Gaffney mare, 18.00 H. H. Austin, surveying Five Forks farm, '20.00 J. H. Frizelle, sharpening lawn mower, 1.25 Arlington Enterprise, notices, 6.00 Fidelity & Deposit Co., bond of collector, 34.00 E. S. Spaulding, paid Telephone Co., 1.80 H. G. Locke, car fares Cambridge school Band, 10.60 Wright & Potter Printing Co., 15.40 P. F. Dacey, whitening tramp room, 7.00 Lexington Gas Light Co., lighting band stand July 4, 4.50 George L. Pierce, painting and moving cannon, 6.00 DeVeau Bros., carpentering, 67.97 James H. Phillips, screens, 7.16 O. W. Whittemore, list of mine stockholders, 10.00 Thomas Burke, labor, ' 8.75 Edward Montague, carpenter work, 14.00 W. L. Burrill, cushions, 6.00 Edward Hunnewell, teaming, 1.50 Tobin & Veinotte, painting and marking tablets, 52.00 L. L. Bangs, typewritten copies and orders, 15.50 James E. Crone, copying tax list, 25.00 E. G. Kauffman, changing light in reading room, E. Lexington, 1.50 A. W. Stone, labor and stock, 1.75 Fidelity & Deposit Co., for Mr. Wiswell, 8.50 W. C. Prentiss, hanging conductor, covering carpet, 2.75 Thos. W. Speed, tree trimming, 44.55 G. W. Sampson, tax titles, 865.28 W. C. Brown, teaming, 6.50 Johnson, Clapp & Underwood, legal services, 35.00 R. W. Holbrook, weighing coal and broom, 2.08 Amount carried forward, $4,820,28 248 Amount brought forward, • C. H. Franks, collecting dog licenses, A. B. Franklin, plugs, car fares, candles, Julia M. Maynard, type writing, P. F. Dacey, repairing chimney, F. L. Cobb & Sons, salt, American Express Co., Carter Ink Co., record ink, Geo. H. Thurston, sundries, H. C. Valentine, M. D., returning 37 births, Charles M. Parker, cattle inspector, George W. Spaulding, grass seed, fertilizer, etc., L A. Saville, books, stamps, expressage, etc., SUPPORT OF THE POOR. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Less overdraft 1898, Produce from Town farm, Board highway horses, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, $1612.66 112.66 $2434.94 65.65 $4,820.28 15.00 10.21 .50 10.75 .38 .50 2.20 5.25 9.25 100.00 14.35 58.63 $5147.30 $1500.00 600.59 400.00 $2500.59 $2500.59 249 EXPENDITURES. Pay roll, $ 60.30 B. C. Whitcher, hay and grain, 192.10 F. C. Jones, clothing and shoes, 23.20 Peirce & Winn Co., coal, 92.28 C. G. Eaton, butter, crackers, washing powder, 30.49 Houghton & Dutton, house paper, 3.20 J. D. Willis, cow, 47.50 R. H. White, sundries, 138.65 R. H. White, Superintendent, 550.08 Burton Pierce Co., clothing, 7.00 Water Department, 64.00 J. W. Shattuck, hanging wall paper, 2.47 F. L. Cobb & Sons, groceries, 62.25 George H. Jackson, provisions, 160.51 H. M. Howard, " 71.23 John MacKinnon, 9.64 W. V. Taylor, provisions, 89.72 C. A. Butters & Co., groceries, 202.13 Albert Carson, fish, 24.69 C. H. Clark, shaving oak logs, 4.25 E. S. Locke, plumbing, 18.87 A. M. Tucker, dry goods, 26.60 Carlton A. Childs, groceries, 75.03 W. H. Chipman & Co., carpet lining and mat, 29.14 Lexington Lumber Co., 40.26 Edward Montague, carpentering, 15.20 R. W. Holbrook, groceries, 75.51 M. O'Connor, carpenter work, 11.00 Nourse & Co., express, .25 John Malloy, cow, 46.00 New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1.25 Amount carried forwara', $2,174.80 250 Amount brought forward, $2,174.80 W. W. Ferguson, crackers and butter, 6.05 O. G. Seeley, medicine, 41.45 L. G. Babcock, " 19.65 Charles Rooke, repairing chairs, 1.00 Shaw & Meek, smithing, 5.35 Lyman Lawrence & Son, hardware, 14.33 P. F. Dacey, mason work, 3.31 W. L. Burrill, window screens, 1.96 George M. Edgar, repairing harness, 2.67 John Tholden, repairing boots and shoes, 8.95 Bridget Murphy, pasturage, 12.00 H. C. Valentine, town physician, 75.00 medicine, 13.00 G. W. Spaulding, groceries, 55.42 OUTSIDE AID. RECEIPTS. Unexpended balance, Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Refunded by East Bridgewater, " " Marion, Franklin, Waltham, Sundry parties, M. Crowley, Excess of expenditures over receipts, gc ti '' $2434.94 $ 567.58 2700.00 110.00 13.50 13.39 3.00 2.88 48.00 743.30 $4201.65 Aid furnished Mrs. Tatro, Timothy Shea, Quincy Dean, Mrs. Brown, James Emery, Mrs. Fitzpatrick, S. K. Head, John McAvin, B. Reardon, E. Willard, Mrs. Parker, C. G. Wing, Harry H. Pierce, Mrs. Blake, David Ray, Jr., Mary A. Donovan, Mrs. Estabrook, Daniel O'Leary, McDonald children, George B. Haggett, Mabel Hammond, Mrs. Bailey, Sullivan child, James King, C. H. Collins, J. Ready, Elijah Holdway, John P. Reimer and family, Pherson children, Patrick Mead, Mrs. Dinah, Mrs. Gilman, a it '' '' '' r' u '' R '' 4' it 4' '' '4 c. '4 lQ 4' Ci 4' '' '' '' '4 '' tt '' te '' f4 '' 4' '' 4' 4' '4 '' 251 EXPENDITURES. $197.97 108.56 192.00 84.00 120.00 96.00 24.25 210.79 232.90 18.40 65.61 11.00 169.47 72.76 169.46 83.25 81.48 169.45 120.00 146.00 90.00 1.25 4.00 215.00 47.50 19.23 52.00 6.75 142.41 3.00 10.00 25.75 Amount brought fonuard, Aid furnished Mrs. Greely, James Keefe, Martha M. Leighton, Lucy M. Johnson, M. A. Leal, Mrs. Kearns, Sundry parties, Margaret Crowley, A. P. Doe, J. A. Southall, - Miller, Hartwell family, Mary A. Keene, Mrs. Hulguist, '4 l[ 4' '' if 0( it it '4 ft '4 '' '' '' it 252 $2,990.24 4.38 6.00 9.10 20.00 331.68 137.26 21.48 422.90 60.24 11.52 7.00 58.50 112.35 9.00 FIRE DEPARTMENT. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Less overdraft in 1898, Appropriated and assessed for fire alarm boxes, Old metal sold, C. Callahan Co., 3 old chemicals, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, $4201.65 $4813.82 313.82 $4500.00 $ 400.00 9.00 150.00 $5059.00 $5053.30 5.70 • $5059.00 Amount carried forward, $2,990.24 253 EXPENDITURES. J. E. Shelvey, driver steamer, $740.00 Wm. J. Harrington, driver chemical, 645.00 Pay roll, hose and chemical, No. 1, 274.22 " " hook and ladder No. 1, 154.25 " °° hose No. 2, 211.82 P. F. Dacey, engineer and clerk board, T5.00 H. H. Tyler, " 50.00 Frank Harlow, " 50.00 E. J. B. Nourse, " 25.00 C. A. Butters & Co., grain, 79.55 M. A. Pero, smithing, 96.96 Lyman Lawrence & Son, hardware, 8.57 H. A. Perham, medicines, 1.00 S. P. Clow, services, 2.10 P. J. Welch, wire, 1.40 C. A. Childs, soap, oil, telephone, 14.10 W. F. Lowe, oil, 1.50 B. C. Whitcher, hay and grain, 371.41 Scott & Denham, use of horses, 181.50 Peirce & Winn Co., coal, 183.45 H. A. Douglass, alarm, 55.70 Nourse & Co., express, 17.40 Water department, 34.00 Lexington Gas Light Co., gas, 71.94 " " " fire alarm, 150.00 W. A. Haskell, contract fire alarm boxes, 135.00 S. F. Hayward & Co., hub cap, 3.50 L. G. Babcock, fire test fire alarm, 20.00 E. B. McLalan, smithing, 48.50 C. S. Knowles, rubber wire, 12.81 Taunton Copper Mfg. Co., springs, 3.76 W. E. Decrow, fire alarm box magnets, 259.75 Frank Harlow, washer, .50 Amount carried forward, $3,979.69 254 Amount brought forward, C. Callahan & Co., sundries, C. E. Wheeler, printing, De Veau Bros., carpenter work, E. &. F. King & Co., blue vitriol, Boston & Maine R. R. freight, Tobin & Veinotte, painting, C. Callahan Co., Hook and Ladder Truck, H. M. McCaffrey, services, J. F. Welch, M. O'Connor, C. B. Downer, J. J. Collins, George McKay, Otis Harrington, Jr., W. A. Haskell, labor and wire, A. D. Puffer, Jr., coupling, James H. Phillips, carpenter work, Estate of Willard Walcott, use of horses, G. W. Spaulding, oil soap, American Fire Engine Co., repairs, James H. Phillips, assistant steward, H. H. Tyler, Ladder & Duck, George M. Edgar, harness repairs, E. S. Locke, repairs, Joseph Dane, mowing lawn, A. J. Wilkinson Co., washer cutter, J. Chisholm, harness repairs, Shaw & Meek, smithing, J. W. Wheeler & Co., oil duck curtain, Frank Belleville, Jr., labor in fire alarm, Frank Harlow, engineer steamer, George H. Hersey, smithing, Fire Department, Publishing Co., Record Pettingill Andrews Co., bracket, etc., CC 00 CC 00 If $3,979.69 64.50 6.75 36.63 80.11 5.75 20.00 257.50 18.75 36.45 12.50 18.75 12.50 8.55 10.40 7.25 .60 1.55 37.00 27.02 10.55 40.00 2.30 7.70 .15 .75 .75 3.90 7.40 5.60 145.61 8.33 8.15 Book, 5.00 .72 Amount carriedforward, $4,889.16 255 Amount brought forward, A. M. Tucker, towels, Charles Blake, cleaning, John J. Collins, labor, W. F. Lowe, oil, E. Ham & Co., 1 horse, D. L. Bolger, veterinary, R. W. Holbrook, sundries, Hopkinson & Holden, pails, H. M. Torrey, labor on stalls, TOWN CLERK. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, EXPENDITURES. L. A. Saville, $4,889.16 .50 1.75 1.25 1.15 150.00 6.00 1.11 1.13 1.25 $5,053.30 $300.00 TOWN TREASURER. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, EXPENDITURES. George D. Harrington, $600.00 $300.00 $600.00 256 ENFORCEMENT OF LIQUOR LAW. Unexpended balance, Appropriated and assessed for 1899, No expenditures. COLLECTOR OF TAXES. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Less overdraft 1898, Excess of expenditures over receipts, G. W. Sampson, Loring W. Muzzey, EXPENDITURES. JANITORS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, George H. Thurston, George D. Estabrook, George L. Pierce, EXPENDITURES. $720.00 20.00 $350.00 400.00 $750.00 $875.00 25.00 $900.00 $700.00 125.00 50.00 $875.00 $176.51 200.00 376.51 $700.00 50.00 $750.00 $900.00 257 HYDRANTS. Unexpended balance, Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, EXPENDITURES. Water Departtnetit, STATE AID. RECEIPTS. State of Massachusetts, $ 877.50 2,500.00 $3,377.50 $3,375.00 2.50 $3,377.50 $3,375.00 $578.00 Excess of expenditures over receipts, 10.00 EXPENDITURES. Thomas Cosgrove, H. C. Kilgour, Thomas Burke, Margaret Crowley, Emma J. Leavitt, Almira Butters, Louisa Edwards, Abigail T. Richardson, Michael Cavanaugh, Joseph Dane, Charles E. Wheeler, $72.00 72.00 60.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 72.00 48.00 24.00 $588.00 $588.00 258 SCHOOL COMMITTEE. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, EXPENDITURES. C. G. Kauffmann, H. H. Hamilton, C. H. Wiswell, J. Benton Werner, AUDITORS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, EXPENDITURES. Hilman B. Sampson, James E. Crone, ASSESSORS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, $16.67 100.00 100.00 83.33 $300.00 $50.00 50.00 $100.00 $300.00 $100.00 $700.00 259 EXPENDITURES. G. W. Sampson, Walter Wellington, Quincy Bicknell, Jr., James E. Crone, tax list, SELECTMEN. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, EXPENDITURES. E. S. Spaulding, G. W. Sampson, C. A. Fowle, $300.00 200.00 175.00 25.00 $700.00 $325.00 325.00 350.00 $1,000.00 REGISTRARS OF VOTERS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, $1,000.00 $100.00 L. A. Saville, W. F. Caldwell, H. A. C. Woodward, J. P. Ryan, 260 EXPENDITURES. HIGHWAYS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Less overdraft 1898, Lexington Gas Light Co., Sarah B. Gould, 2 boundary stones, County of Middlesex, account Summer St., J. M. Ellis, crushed stone, B. F. Brown, " " G. W. Taylor, " A. E. Scott, " " T. F. Mague, ff " F. E. Spencer, ff " W. H. Mague, " " weigh book, Sherman Street, appropriation, Hayes fountain fund, grading, F. Alderman, crushed stone, Old iron sold, Appropriated to be assessed in 1900, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, $25.Q0 25.00 25.00 25.00 $100.00 $10,440.39 440.39 $10,000.00 10.50 .80 535.68 14.43 14.54 48.00 10.50 98.39 7.00 626.24 .20 196.00 301.22 2.17 5.00 3500.00 $15,370.67 $14,278.83 1,091.84 $15,370.67 261 EXPENDITURES. Pay Rolls, D. B. Danforth, gravel, C. McMahon, " F. P. Reynolds, " and stone, D. McNamara, " T. Kinneen, Joseph Middleby, " E. T. Bryant, " Mrs. M. L. Blanchard, gravel, R. H. White, C. W. Swan, S. B. Manning, John Neville, W. F. Sim, J. M. Smith, J. C. Bartlett, stone, L. C. Sturtevant, M. Carroll, D. A. Gorman, N. C. Powers, W. H. Davis, T. G. Whiting, Edward Hawes, B. W. Patten, Joseph Evans, A. B. Smith, Estate of E. A. Mulliken, Cary Farm, F. P. Kendall, C. F. Smith, G. F. Tewksbury, D. W. Richards, M. Powers, '' '' stone, If it '' Ii '' " and stone, stone, CC '' Amount carried forward, $8715.18 17.1© 96.08 20.72 18.15 79.15 55.50 23.15 7.50 118.80 1.80 12.90 25.50 6.00 97.62 5.11 23.71 20.87 16.79 17.49 38.10 25.60 2.58 1.55 44.25 18.04 6.75 13.76 41.81 3.81 36.80 36.58 2.76 $9,651.43 Amount brought forward, Wm. Ahearn, labor, Joseph Dane, " J. P. Moakley, " Daniel Harrington, labor, P. J. Corbett, P. Cavanagh, J. McCann, J. Welch, M. Manley, Otis Harrington, Jr., Joseph Britton, John Lennon, George Stevens, Dennis Hinchey, J. Donovan, N. Shea, James Stewart, C. Ryan, C. M. Tupper, C. S. McEnroe, J. F. Hennessey, W. H. Kelley, labor and gravel, Peirce & Winn Co., coal, pipe, E. B. McLalan, smithing, Lyman Lawrence & Son, hardware, paints, oil, varnish, B. C. Whitcher, hay and grain, Shaw & Meek, smithing and wheelwrighting, George H. Hersey, shoeing, E. S. Locke, tinware and repairs, Scott & Denham, horse hire, Byron C. Earle, services removing injured, Nourse & Co., express, W. A. Morrison, repairs and blocks, P. F. Dacey, mason work, '' fC Ci '' ft Cf Cl it '' ti 262 $9,651.43 45.90 3.10 2.19 1.50 36.75 28.00 21.88 42.50 42.88 .50 22.00 1.00 7.33 1.00 5.43 5.81 31.50 9,75 6.53 5.81 9.17 2.15 270.38 123.45 38.80 334.84 168.05 11.00 36.04 2.00 1.75 2.50 90.73 1.75 Amount carried forward, $11,065.40 263 Amount brought forward, Good Roads Machinery Co., repairs, crushing stone, Ames Iron Works, grates, C. M. Tupper, repairs and cleaning culvert, Carlton A. Childs, telephone, lanterns, James S. Munroe, use team, C. Martin, covering stone, Frank Belleville, Jr. C. H. King, engineer, Thomas Burke, cleaning gutter, C. A. Butters & Co., grain, oil, pails, M. H. Merriam, drilling, Edward Hunnewell, teaming, W. A. Wood & Co., crusher grease, Osgood Scale Co., weigh books, W. E. Ducrow, door, Frank D. Pierce, weighing stone, M. O'Connor, labor and lumber, John H. Brown, engineer, B. W. Patten, stone to crusher, Charles A. Claflin & Co., oil, John W. Griffin, smithing, Boston & Maine R. R., freight, Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co., grates and squares, W. H. Whitaker, teaming and labor, G. W. Spaulding, J. Chisholm, harness repairs and harness, George F. Blake Manufacturing Co., repairs, J. A. Russell, smithing, H. B. Hildreth, stone for culvert, B. J. Harrington & Co., stone work, John T. McNamara, use pump, Milbury & Hersey, shoeing, A. G. Gray, engineer, Willie & Bartlett, care of lanterns, Amount carried forward, $11,065.40 676.44 20.00 36.50 4.55 35.22 2.50 2.32 37.50 3.50 245.61 1.58 4.00 11.00 6.00 2.00 14.01 2.00 70.00 15.83 61.18 5.25 21.97 25.67 32.50 1.50 106.00 56.45 4.95 84.43 461.61 10.00 1.50 45.00 6.80 $13,180.77 264 Amount brought forward, George Tyler & Co., paint, Lexington Lumber Co., C. W. Hudson Oil Co., oil, k. W. Holbrook, weighing and shovels, Li. Gorman, use pump, 1 obin & Venotte, glass, G. L. Pierce, weighing stone, t. A. Kendall, engineer roller, 1. H. Frizelle, repairing stone crusher, etc., tieVeau Bros., carpenter work, G. H. E. Fessenden, bushel coal, S. H. Broughall, smithing, D. McNamara, removing ledge, Spring St., George M. Edgar, harness repairs, Pauper department, board horses, P. "p. Gilloley, painting street signs, G. W. Spaulding, oil, powder, k. S. Spaulding, sup't of streets, Water department, removing stand pipe at E. Lexington, k. H. Burke, labor at stone crusher, G. B. Downer, weighing stone, POLICE DEPARTMENT. RECEIPTS. Unexpended balance, Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Telephone messenger, Eiicess of expenditures over receipts, $13,180.77 1.20 35.28 1.50 18.40 17.00 76.81 62.25 40.50 36.48 34.90 .35 9.25 90.00 2.40 400.00 40.85 17.97 200.00 8.17 2.75 2.00 $14,278.83 0.56 2200.00 .15 122.77 $2332.48 265 EXPENDITURES. John Mclnemey, George L. Pierce, C. H. Franks, W. B. Foster, M. J. McDonald, John McLeod, B. C. Earle, P. J. Maguire, C. H. Franks, police clubs, John H. Brown, Charles F. Smith, P. F. Dacey, B. J. Harrington, Michael Carroll, W. B. Foster, special service at court, C. H. Franks, meals for prisoners, $126.00 113.75 912.50 835.00 5.00 5.00 2.50 94.75 4.60 5.00 23.50 5.00 12.50 25.00 27.78 11.00 C. H. Franks, traveling expenses, key, station house 26.02 P. T. Gilloley, C. A. Childs, oil and lanterns, New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., LIBRARIANS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Excess of expenditures over appropriation, 5.00 1.68 90.90 $2332.48 $1330.00 5.52 1335.52 M. P. Kirkland, H. E. Muzzey, Barbara MacKinnon, Emma 0. Nichols, May S. Harrington, Dora B. Wentworth, H. R. French, Emma S. Estabrook, 266 EXPENDITURES. FUEL AND LIGHTS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Less overdraft, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, EXPENDITURES. Lexington Gas Light Co., Peirce & Winn Co., coal, John Halloran, charcoal, W. A. Haskell, labor and material, John D. Bacon, weighing coal, 499.99 343.97 159.96 300.00 15.00 3.30 10.00 3.30 1335.52 $1159.20 59.20 $1100.00 993.31 106.69 $1100.00 710.04 264.84 12.25 3.18 3.00 993.31 267 BOARD OF HEALTH. RECEIPTS. Balance unexpended, Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Excess of expenditures over receipts, EXPENDITURES. Smith & Ludden, legal services, Milbury & Hersey, repairing tank guage, etc., Scott & Denham, horse hire, Odorless Excavating Co., suction hose, S. H. Patten, inspector plumbing, H. A. Davis, Jr., & Co., printing and stationery, C. S. Parker & Son, printing, G. W. Sampson, clerk, R. H. Burke, repairing pump, W. B. Foster, carriage hire and services, A. B. Smith, services, H. C. Valentine, " C. H. Franks, " WATER DEPARTMENT. Unexpended balance, Income from water rates, Premium on bonds, Excess of expenditures over receipts, 10.00 8.00 6.15 34.00 10.00 26.05 8.50 50.00 4.00 2.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 $308.70 $106.42 150.00 52.28 $308.70 $673.67 13,414.33 1,269.00 1,024.97 $16,3$1.97 268 EXPENDITURES. L. A. Saville, registrar and clerk, $500.00 Braman, Dow & Co., repairs, 17.12 Lexington Gas Light Co., 3.30 B. C. Whitcher, grain, 95.14 L. A. Saville, stamps, envelopes, 27.67 Nicholas Cardini, labor, 326.68 John Vaughn, " 7.79 J. Welch, " 19.90 C. Ryan, " 10.00 G. Huot, " 304.46 W. F. Glenn, " 23.10 A. L. Fletcher, " 6.60 Charles Fine, " 277.94 P. Kearnes, " .58 S. Moulton, " 120.55 F. H. Whitney, " 49.40 E. Connors, " 5.25 Shaw & Meek, smithing, 36.15 John MacKinnon, carpenter work, 23.94 C. H. Bruce, engineer, 1,198.00 T. L. Bruce, superintendent, 720.00 New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., 69.50 Coburn Stationery Co., books and stationery, 15.75 Lexington Lumber Co., 55.83 Charles A. Claflin Co., oil, 173.18 Peirce & Winn Co., coal, 2,051.31 E. B. McLalan, smithing, 10.50 Interest on coupons, 8,700.00 E. S. Locke, labor and stock, 240.48 Boston & Maine R. R. Freight, 4.68 C. W. Swan, mason work, 18.91 C. M. Tupper, labor, 4.00 C. E. Wheeler, printing, 2.00 Amount carried forward, $15,119.71 269 Amount broughtfosward, W. J. Neville, wood, Lyman Lawrence & Son, hardware, Ludlow Valve Manufacturing Co., hy- drants, valves, Davis-Farnum Manufacturing Co., pipe, George F. Blake Manufacturing Co., James S. Munroe, George H. Sampson, forcite, B. J. Harrington & Co., stone work, F. D. Harrington, teaming, Nourse & Co., express, F. E. Fitts & Co., A. D. Puffer, Jr., valve, labor, Chapman Valve Co., repairs, Tobin & Veinotte, painting, American Express Co., E. Hunnewell, teaming, Knowles Steam Pump Works, repairs, L. M. Ham Co., beams, E. W. Glass, carting loam, W. C. Brown, teaming, Scott & Denham, horse and team, Roberts Iron Works, door frame, Sumner, Goodwin Co., plumbing, R. W. Holbrook, oil, Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Co., insurance, G. W. Sampson, insurance, Manchester Fire Insurance Co., insurance, F. E. Downer, services, Griffin & Graves, smithing, Charles E. Chase, labor, G. W. Spaulding, broom, soda, oil, $15,119.71 7.75 5.10 122.20 291.47 1.00 3.49 16.93 44.34 1.00 4.20 10.00 14.19 3.95 18.00 .30 4.00 213.73 9.79 15.00 3.45 7.25 4.00 61.68 .70 25.00 100.00 13.50 45.39 4.78 148.63 61.44 $16,381.97 270 REMOVAL OF SNOW. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Less overdraft, Excess of expenditures over receipts, EXPENDITURES. Pay roll, W. H. Whitaker, James Keefe, Wm. J. Kelly, C. Ryan, Albert Farmer, D. F. Hutchinson & Son, E. A. Fessenden, John O'Neil, F. B. Fletcher, John Leary, Wm. F. Ham, j. S. Munroe, E. A. Willard, R. McMahon, Peter Kearns, P. Cavanagh, A. W. Day, A. Lundberg, John T. McNamara, Joseph Ham, Amount carried forward, $1,827.43 327.43 $1,500.00 87.39 $586.13 95.40 20.30 29.20 62.20 7.40 33.80 .50 5.60 53.50 19.90 20.00 36.05 1.80 8.00 9.95 6.10 9.60 5.40 9.00 4.20 $1,024.03 $1,587.39 271 Amount brought folward, James McCann, M. Manley, Thomas Anderson, P. Geoghegan, T. Leary, Wm. Mead, Senior and Junior, James H. Wilson, C. E. Wheeler, W. J. Neville, J. G. Graham, M. Carroll, John Wiese, John Ryan, E. W. Glass, John Gallagher, M. Shea, J. Murphy, Robert Dermott, John McKerney, D. Harrington, James Bree, Joseph Dane, D. W. Richards, Joseph Evans, Shaw & Meek, smithing, George W. Jameson, F. J. Maguire, Walter Blodgett, A. F. Farmer, Richard Dunn, C. A. Butters & Co., Wm. Ahearn, J. P. Daley, Scott & Denham, use of horses, $1,024.03 3.00 14.00 8.20 10.00 9.80 3.60 9.40 3.50 5.00 29.80 10.80 41.80 12.40 37.41 14.00 9.40 10.70 5.65 5.60 5.40 3.00 13.40 4.00 8.00 4.85 2.40 40.00 35.00 9.20 4.80 .95 3.00 10.00 5.50 Amount carriedfo9ward, ,$1,417.59 272 Amount brought forward, T. Kinneen, George H. Roberts, Haley Bros., Thomas Welch, D. Gorman, W. H. Davis, George S. Norris, C. H. Bacon, A. Bevington, Henry Watt, S. H. Woodworth, W. A. Staples, F. P. Reynolds, Jas. Dalrymple, Howard Dalrymple, J. Whalley, E. F. Kendall, R. W. Gulliver, C. L. Pherson, Ivory Whitten, J. A. Montague, L. C. Sturtevant, P.AA. ivlorgan, $1,417.59 31.20 7.20 12.00 4.60 3.60 5.00 3.00 3.00 2.40 2.40 1.80 2.20 27.20 8.00 7.20 2.00 7.80 1.60 3.60 3.40 4.40 19.60 6.60 $1,587.39 WATERING STREETS. RECEIPTS. Unexpended balance, Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Water Tax 1897, " 1898, 4' 4, 1899, $ 457.98 1250.00 98.01 262.02 105.42 $2173.43 Amount expended, Balance unexpended, 273 EXPENDITURES. $1951.50 221.93 Water Department, $547.52 Shaw & Meek, smithing, 23.70 Tobin & Veinotte, painting water carts, 40.00 F. B. Fletcher, watering streets, 605.68 Braman, Dow & Co., valves, 14.00 Cyrus Martin, watering streets, 632.50 C. A. Claflin & Co., couplings, hose pipe, jacks, 64.15 Lexington Lumber Co., 4.95 John McKay, carpenter work, 5.75 R. H. Burke, repairing pump, 3.00 A. D. Puffer, Jr., labor, washers and bolts, 10.25 State of Massachusetts, De Veau Bros., E. W. Glass, STATE HIGHWAY. RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURES. INTEREST. RECEIPTS. Unexpended balance, Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Fourth National bank, $1951.50 $103.74 152.22 $255.96 $2,173.43 $255.96 $538.46 2800.00 244.54 $3583.00 Amount expended, Balance unexpended, 274 EXPENDITURES. C. T. West, treasurer of bridge fund, Beals f° Lexington Savings Bank, Estabrook & Co., State of Massachusetts, Cary library, Cemetery Trust Fund, Gilmor Fund, Gammell Legacy, SIDEWALKS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Less overdraft, Sidewalk tax receipts, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, EXPENDITURES. $2917.10 635.90 $3,583.00 $120.00 120.00 853.13 320.55 451.87 660.00 361.55 25.00 35.00 $2947.10 $1204.71 704.71 $500.00 $799.14 194.47 $993.61 George H. Lowe, $799.14 493.61 $993.61 275 TAXES. RECEIPTS. G. W. Sampson, collector, 1897, 1898, L. W. Muzzey, " 1899, TEMPORARY LOAN. RECEIPTS. Balance outstanding, Borrowed March 23, 1899, April 21, " June 12, " Oct. 21, " Nov. 18, " 23, Amount paid, Balance outstanding, EXPENDITURES. April 21, 1899, July 27, " Sept. 25, " Oct. 21, " Nov. 23, " Dec. 12, " $ 4964.22 22,579.25 5@,935.68 $35,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 $100,000.00 $65,000.00 35,000.00 $100,000.00 $.10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 10,000.00 $65,000.00 276 CEMETERY. RECEIPTS. Unexpended balance, Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Mrs. George Keyou, lot 390, Margaret Wilson, lot 466, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, EXPENDITURES. J. W. Grigg, stone, T. W. Speed, labor, James H. Wilson, labor, E. A. Mulliken, J. W. Drury, Water Department, Archie Wilson, $300.15 22.53 $322.68 11.20 33.90 26.25 177.20 26.25 15.00 10.35 BANK AND CORPORATION TAX. RECEIPTS. Unexpended balance, State' of Massachusetts Corporation Tax, Bank Tax, $ 72.68 200.00 20.00 30.00 $322.68 $300.15 $1367.41 6,599.71 1,333.82 $9,300.94 Amount expended, Balance unexpended, Deducted by assessors, 277 EXPENDITURES. STREET LIGHTS. RECEIPTS. Balance unexpended, Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Lexington Gas Light Co., George H. Thurston, lamp, Excess of expenditures over receipts, EXPENDITURES. Lexington Gas Light Co., GAMMELL LEGACY. RECEIPTS. Unexpended balance, Interest for 1899, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, EXPENDITURES. W. V. Taylor, $3,000.00 6,300.94 $9,300.94 $3,000.00 $ 65.97 4,.500.00 150.00 8.09 113.89 $4,837.86 $4,837.86 278 CARY LIBRARY. RECEIPTS. Received of County Treasurer dog tax, EXPENDITURES. Paid to Treasurer Cary Library, 499.89 CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS. RECEIPTS. Walter Wellington, C. W. Dailey, Estate of C. R. Richardson, W. E. Lawrence, Julia A. Butterfield, This amount is incorporated in a new note to the Treasurer of Cemetery Trust Funds, amounting to $7460. TOWN DEBT. RECEIPTS. Assessed vote of Town, Appropriated and assessed for 1899, $30.49 Estabrook & Co., $10,000 Town of Lexington 4 35.00 $65.49 per cent. water bonds, $ 3.51 61.98 $65.49 $3.51 Water Bonds, State of Massachusetts, EXPENDITURES. $499.89 $100.00 50.00 100.00 100.00 85.00 $435.00 $2000.00 2500.00 10000.00 $14,500.00 $12,000.00 2,500.00 $14,500.00 279 HASTINGS PARK. RECEIPTS. Unexpended Balance, $10.53 Appropriated and assessed for 1899, 5.00 J. M. Smith, grass, 25.00 Amount expended, 20.38 Balance unexpended, 20.15 40.53 EXPENDITURES. Thomas Burke, $20.38 DISCOUNT ON TAXES. Interest received on taxes, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, RECEIPTS. $806.48 126.71 933.19 EXPENDITURES. Certificate of Collector, $806.48 ABATEMENT OF TAXES. RECEIPTS. 280 IMPROVEMENTS ADAMS SCHOOL. RECEIPTS. Valance unexpended, furnace and old iron, $285.23 13.00 $40.53 $298.23 $933.19 Appropriated and assessed for 1899, $ 500.00 Overlayings, 2320.31 Supplementary taxes, 54.08 Abated as per certificate of Assessors, Balance unexpended, $ 626.94 2247.45 $2874.39 $2874.39 EXPENDITURES. A. B. Smith, labor, McGee Furnace Co., « « Transferred to schools, $14.00 195.72 15.00 73.51 $298.23 HAYES FOUNTAIN FUND. Amount from 1898, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, 11. H. Kitson, Water Department, E. S. Locke, plumbing, Highway Department, C. A. Wellington, 6,439.34 5,282.78 11,722.12 EXPENDITURES. 5900.00 22.85 115.27 301.22 100.00 $6439.34 $11,722.12 281 MEMORIAL DAY. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, EXPENDITURES. J. N. Morse, quartermaster, Post 119, $175.00 $175.00 WATERING TROUGHS. RECEIPTS. Balance unexpended, $12.50 Appropriated and assessed for 1899, 40.00 EXPENDITURES. Water Department, $62.50 SHERMAN STREET GRADING. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed in 1897, EXPENDITURES. Highway Department, DeVeau Bros., $196.00 4.00 $200.00 $62.50 282 NINETEENTH OF APRIL. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Amount expended, $117.15 Balance unexpended, 82.85 $200.00 EXPENDITURES. E. B. Smith, caterer, $ 11.88 J. H. McKenna, police duty, 16.00 Minute Men Band, 50.00 E. D. Mead, address, 25.00 L. F. Weston, invitation cards, 1.25 Scott & Denham, horse keeping for police, 1.00 DeVeau Bros., putting up band stand, removing same, 12.02 $117.15 PRINTING. RECEIPTS. $200.00 Unexpended balance, $214.20 Appropriated and assessed, 200.00 Amount expended, $395.12 $200.00 Balance unexpended, 19.08 $414.20 EXPENDITURES. Coburn Stationery Co., printing report, etc., $305.75 C. S. Parker & Son, 89.37 $395.12 $414.20 283 CARE OF COMMON. RECEIPTS. Unexpended balance, $ 54.32 Appropriated and assessed for 1899, 145.68 • Amount expended, $176.65 Balance unexpended, 23.35 $200.00 EXPENDITURES. DeVeau Bros., seat, $ 1.65 Thos. Burke, care for the season, 175.00 Paid County Treasurer, Paid State Treasurer, Paid State Treasurer, COUNTY TAX. EXPENDITURES. STATE TAX. EXPENDITURES. SEWER TAX. EXPENDITURES. $176.65 $200.00 $4,688.99 $2,595.00 $2,494.88 284 PRESERVING TOWN RECORDS. RECEIPTS. Unexpended Balance, Appropriated and assessed for 1899, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, $1,246.87 6.97 $1,253.84 EXPENDITURES. Wright & Potter Printing Co., C. S. Parker & Son, slips, $1,245.87 1.00 $1,246.87 $807.97 445.87 $1,253.84 TREASURER CARY LIBRARY. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, $50.00 EXPENDITURES. C. H. Wiswell, Treasurer, $50.00 Balance unexpended, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, TRIMMING TREES. RECEIPTS. $6.00 19.40 $25.40 25.40 285 EXPENDITURES. S. P. Clow, F. B. Chadboum, $1.80 4.20 $6.00 SHELVES IN CARY LIBRARY. RECEIPTS. Appropriated from the Treasury, Amount expended, $99.80 Balance unexpended, .20 $100.00 EXPENDITURES. D. A. Tuttle, labor ann stock, Bailey Bros., painting, W. A. Haskell, electric wire, $92.50 5.90 1.40 $99.80 McCLINTOCK & WOODFALL. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1899, EXPENDITURES. McClintock & Woodfall, sewer engineers, $468.00 IMPROVEMENT HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. Appropriated and assessed in 1898, $100.04 $468,00 $1,000.119 By vote of the Town in 1899 this amount is to be deducted from the Tax Levy of 1899. 286 RECAPITULATION. CASH RECEIPTS. Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1899, Schools, Contingent, Support of Poor, Outside aid, Fire Department, State Aid, Highways, Police, Watering streets, Water Department, Interest, Sidewalks, Taxes 1897, 1898, " 1899, Temporary loan, Cemetery, Bank and Corporation tax, Street lights, Gammell legacy, County Treasurer, dog tax, Cemetery Trust Fund, Town Debt, Hastings Park, Interest on taxes, Improvement Adams School, State Highway, $10,759.06 34.65 2,599.41 1,000.59 190.77 159.00 578.00 1,870.67 .15 465.45 14,683.33 244.54 493.61 4,964.22 22,579.25 56,935.68 65,000.00 50.00 7,933.53 158.00 35.00 499.89 10,000.00 10,000.00 25.00 933.19 13.00 255.96 $202,896.95 288 287 Amount brought forward, $172,813.79 CASH EXPENDITURES. Improvement Adams School, 224.72 Hayes Fountain fund, 6,439.34 Schools, $19,210.87 Memorial Day, 175.00 Contingent, 5,147.30 Watering troughs, 62.50 Support of Poor, 2,434.94 Sherman St., 200.00 Outside aid, 4201.65 19th April, 117.15 Fire Department, 5,053.30 Printing, 395.12 Town Clerk, 300.00 Care of Common, 176.65 Town Treasurer, 600.00 County tax, 4,688.99 Collector Taxes, 750.00 State °° 2,595.00 Janitors, 875.00 Sewer " 2,494.88 Hydrants, 3,375.00 Preserving Town Records, 1,246.87 State Aid, 588.00 Treasurer Cary Library, 50.00 School Committee, 300.00 Trimming trees, 6.00 Auditors, 100.00 Shelves in Cary Library, 99.80 Assessors, 700.00 McClintock & Woodfall, 468.00 Selectmen, 1,000.00 State Highway, 255.96 Registrars of Voters, 100.00 Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1900, 10,387.18 Highways, 14,278.83 Police, 2,332.48 $202,896.95 Librarians, 1,335.52 Fuel and lights, 993.31 H. B. SAMPSON, Board of Health, 308.70 H. E. TUTTLE, Watering streets, 1,951.50 Aiditora. Water Department, 16,381.97 Removal of snow, 1,587.39 Interest, 2,947.10 Sidewalks, 799.14 Temporary loan, 65,000.00 Cemetery, 300.15 Street lights, 4,837.86 Gammell legacy, 3.51 Cary Library, dog tax, 499.89 Town debt, 14,500.00 Hastings Park, 20.38 Amount carried fo,ward, $172,813.79 289 TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT. RECEIPTS. Cash on hand jan. 1, 1899, Schools, Water Department, Highways, Contingent, Taxes, 1897, " 1898, " 1899, Support of Poor, Outside Aid, Sidewalks, State Highway, Street Watering, Interest, Temporary Loans, Cemetery, Corporation Tax, Bank Tax, Street Lights, Gammell Legacy, State Aid, County Treasurer dog tax, Cemetery Trust Funds, Town Debt, Care Hastings Park, Fire Department, Police Department, Interest on taxes, Improvements Adams School, $10,759.06 34.65 14,683.33 1,870.67 2,599.41 4,964.22 22,579.25 56,935.68 1,000.59 193.77 498.61 255.96 465.45 244.54 65,000.00 50.00 6,599.71 1,333.82 158.00 35.00 578.00 499.89 435.00 10,000.00 25.00 159.00 .15 933.19 13.00 $202,899.95 290 EXPENDITURES. Schools, Water Department, Highways, Contingent, Support of Poor, Outside aid, Sidewalks, State Highway, Street watering, Interest, Temporary loans, Cemetery, Street lights, Hayes Fountain fund, Gammell legacy, State aid, Treasurer, Cary library, dog tax, Town debt, Care Hastings Park, Fire Department, Police Department, Collector of taxes, Librarians, Fuel and lights, Memorial Day, Watering troughs, 19th of April, Town Treasurer, School Committee, Town Clerk, Grading Sherman street, Janitors, Assessors, Amount carried forward, $19,210.87 16,381.97 14,278.83 5,147.30 2,434.94 4,204.65 799.14 255.96 1,951.50 2,947.10 65,000.00 300.15 4,837.86 6,439.34 3.51 588.00 499.89 14,500.00 20.38 5,053.30 2,332.48 750.00 1,335.52 993.31 175.00 62.50 117.15 600.00 300.00 300.00 200.00 875.00 700.00 $173,595.65 Amount brought forward, Auditors, Removal of snow, Printing, Hydrants, Registrars of voters, Selectmen, Care of Common, County tax, State tax, Preserving town records, Treasurer Cary library, Trimming trees, Improvements Adams school, Sewer tax, McClintock & Woodfall, Shelves in Cary library, Board of Health, Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1900, 291 292 1 $173,595.65 100.00 1,587.39 395.12 3,375.00 100.00 1,000.00 176.65 4,688.99 2,595.00 1,246.87 50.00 6.00 224.72 2,494.88 468.00 99.80 308.70 10,387.18 -$202,899.95 GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Treasurer. STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT. Registered Water loan, Extension Water Main loan, Extension Water Main and Improvement loan, Hancock School House loan, Cary Library loan, Bridge Fund " Beals Fund " Gammell legacy, Gilmor " Cemetery Trust fund, Temporary loans, 200,000.00 7,000.00 9,000.00 12,000.00 11,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 500.00 500.00 7,460.00 35,000.00 $286,460.00 GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Treasurer. STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OTHER THAN TOWN DEBT, JAN. 1, 1900. ASSETS. Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1900, Taxes uncollected 1898, 1899, Street watering tax 1898, 1899, /[ (C Sidewalk " 1898, Due for crushed stone and gravel, 1899, Excess of liabilities, 10,387.18 10,115.38 24,481.06 67.26 326.09 434.22 269.70 74.26 $46,155.14 4,803.95 $50,959.09 293 LIABILITIES. Temporary loans outstanding, Unexpended balance schools, highways, fire department, Hayes Fountain fund, discount on taxes, hydrants, interest, contingent, sidewalks, support of poor, fuel and Lights, street watering, enforcement of liquor law, care of Hastings Park, preserving Town records, trimming trees, cemetery, April 19th, printing, bank and corporation tax, [t 1f Ct OC it it if tt ft ft ,f it i, ft ft tt CC tt CC if Cf tt ,f it (f if Cf 35,000.00 94.67 1,091.84 5.70 5,282.78 126.71 2.50 635.90 1,281.82 194.47 65.65 106.69 '221.93 376.51 20.15 6.97 19.40 22.53 82.85 19.08 6,300.94 $50,959,09 GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Treasurer. 294 CONTENTS. Bridge and Beals Fund, Estimates for 1900, . • Harriet B. Gilmor Fund, Lexington Town Records, Adjourned Meeting Mar. 27, 1899, April 3, 1899, lt " 29, 1899, Bequest of Augustus E. Scott, Executor, Bequest of Charles W. Dailey, adm., Bequest of Mrs. Julia A. Butterfield, Bequest of Walter Wellington, Bequest of W. E. Lawrence, . Report of Finance Committee, " Sewer Commissioners, Supplementary Report Sewer Commissioners and Finance Committee, Warrant for a Town Meeting Mar. • 6, 1899, Warrant for a Town Meeting May 1, 1899, Warrant for a Town Meeting June 26, 1899, Warrant for a Town Meeting Aug. 15, 1899, Warrant for a Town Meeting Sept. 18, 1899, Warrant for a Town Meeting Nov. 7, 1899, Warrant for a Town Meeting Nov. 7, 1899, Warrant for a Town Meeting Dec. 16, 1899, Town Officers, of Assessors, of the Auditor, Abatement of Taxes, Assessors, Auditors, Bank and Corpora▪ tion Tax, Board of Health, Care of Common, Cary Library, Cash Expenditures, Cemetery, Cemetery Trust Funds, Collector of Taxes, List of Report Report {{ 1( • • • 192 235 175 7 33 46 54 98 66 125 7 102 34 20 67 8 66 87 100 103 106 113 130 3 194 239 279 258 258 276 267 283 278 287 276 278 256 295 Report of the Auditor—Continued. Contingent, . County Tax, Discount on Taxes, . Enforcement of Liquor Law, Fire Department, Fuels and Lights, Gammell Legacy, Hastings Park, Hayes Fountain Fund, Highways, Hydrants, Improvements Adams Sc▪ hool, . Improvement High School Building, Interest, Janitors, Librarians, McClintock & Wo▪ odfall, Memorial Day, Nineteenth of April, . Outside Aid, . Police Department, Preserving Town Records, Printing, Recapitulation, Registrars of Voters, Removal of snow, Schools, . Adams School, Common to all Schools, Hancock School, High School, Tidd School, School Committee, Selectmen, Sewer Tax Shelves in Cary Library, Sherman Street Grading, Sidewalks, State Aid, State Highway, State Tax, Street Lights, Summary, Support of the P▪ oor, 244 283 279 256 252 266 277 279 280 260 257 280 285 273 256 265 285 281 282 250 264 284 282 286 259 270 239 242 242 240 `240 241 258 259 283 285 281 274 257 273 283 277 244 248 296 Report of the Auditor—Continued. Taxes, Temporary loan, Town Clerk, . Town Debt, . Town Treasurer, Treasurer Cary Library, Trimming Trees, Water Dept., Watering Streets, Watering Troughs, Report of the Board of Health, c1 u 11 the Cemetery Committtee, " Chief of Police, " Collector of Unpaid Taxes, " Fire Engineers, " the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways, Schedule of Pauper Dept. Property, Highway " Report of Tax Collector, " " Town Clerk, Births, Deaths, Dogs, Jurors, Marriages, Report of Town Treasurer, Statement of Assets and Liabilities oth▪ er Town Debt. Statement of Town Debt, Report of the Treasurer of Cary Library, " " Treasurer of Cemetery Trust Fund, " the Trustees of Cary Library, " Water Commissioners, " the School Committee, Extracts from School Laws, Report of Superintendent, Report of Truant Officer, Roll of Honor, . Tabular View of Schools, Schooi Calendar for 1900, School Committee 1899, Tax Statistics, . Town Clerk's Account, 1 11 than 275 275 255 278 355 284 284 267 272 281 155 163 158 199 260 145 149 151 197 176 176 179 182 182 176 289 292 292 173 164 167 184 205 225 215 223 229 234 203 203 236 191