HomeMy WebLinkAbout1901-Annual ReportREPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF LEXINGTON
For the Year 1901
MARLBOROUGH, MASS.:
THE ESTABROK PRESS, ROOMS 1, 2 & 3 FRYE BLOCK
1902.
LEXINGTON
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS
FROM
March 1901 to March 1902.
Selectmen.
GEORGE W. SPAULDING (Clerk), - Term expires 1902
EDWIN S. SPAULDING (Chairman), - Term expires 1903
JOHN F. HU'I'CHINSON, - 'Perm expires 1904
Overseers of the Poor.
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD (Chairman),
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON, EDWIN S. SPAULDING.
Surveyors of Highways.
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON, (Chairman),
EDWIN S. SPAULDING, 1-IENRY A. C. WOODWARD.
Town Clerk.
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON.
Treasurer.
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON.
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Collector of Taxes.
LORING W. MUZZEY.
Assessors.
CHARLES G. KAUFFMANN, (Chairman),
GEORGE H. CUTTER, EVERETT S. LOCKE (Clerk).
Tree Warden.
EDWIN J. B. NOURSE.
School Committee.
EDWARD P. BLISS (Secretary), -
*HERBERT S. TEELE - - -
CHARLES H. WISWELL (Chairman),
.Resigned—Rev. L. D. Cochrane. appointed to fill vacancy.
Cernetery Committee.
HERBERT I.. WELLINGTON, .
GEORGE H. JACKSON (Treasurer),
ABBOTT'S. MITCHELL, -
Term expires 1902
Term expires 1903
'Perm expires 1904
Term expires 1902
Term expires 1908
Term expires 1904
Constables.
WILLIAM B. FOSTER, CHARLES H. FRANKS.
HILMAN B. SAMPSON,
Auditors.
Board of Health.
ALBERT B. SMITH,
JOSIAH ODIN TILTON (Clerk), -
CHARLES H. FRANKS, -
H. EUGENE TUTTLE.
Water Commissioners.
EVERETT S. LOCKE (Clerk and Registrar),
S. MYRON LAWRENCE, - - -
CHARLES W. SWAN, - -
Term expires 1902
Term expires 1903
Term expires 1904
Term expires 1902
Term expires 1903
Term expires 1904.
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Server Commissioners.
GEORGE O. WHITING,
ROBERT P. CLAPP, -
EDWIN S. SPAULDING,
Fence Viewers.
Term expires 1902
Term expires 1903
Term expires 1904
EDWIN A. BAYLEY, ABBOTT S. MITCHELL,
ROGER I. SHERMAN.
Field Drivers.
FRANK W. HERRICK, HENRY W. LEWIS,
DR. FREI) S. PIPER.
Surveyors of Lumber.
ABBOTT S. MITCHELL, GEORGE W. SPAULDING.
Board of Trustees of Cary Library.
Consists of Selectmen, School Committee and settled Clergymen of
the town.
OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN.
Engineers of Fire Department and Fire Wards.
E. J. B. NOURSE (Chief), HENRY H. TYLER,
PATRICK F. DACEY ( Clerk).
Registrars of Voters.
GEORGE W. SAMPSON, - Term expires 1902
WILLIAM F. CALDWELL, Term expires 1903
JOSEPH P. RYAN, - Term expires 1904
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON (Clerk).
Trustees of Bridge Charitable Fund.
WALTER WELLINGTON,
CHARLES T. WEST, -
GEORGE O. DAVIS, -
- Term expires 1903
Term expires 1904
Term expires 1905
Trustees of Gamrnell Legacy.
MRS. LUCY M. HARRIS, MISS LUCY N. BLODGETT.
Treasurer of .Harriet R. Gilmor Fund.
EDWIN S. SPAULDING.
Librarian Car.v Library.
MISS MARIAN P. KIRKLAND.
Assistants.
MISS HELEN E. MUZZEY, MISS BARBARA MACKINNON.
Librarian East Lexington Branch Cary Library.
MISS EMMA O. NICHOLS.
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Treasurer Cary Library Fund.
CHARLES I -L WISWELL.
Treasurer of Cemetery Trust Funds.
GEORGE H. JACKSON.
Town Physician.
HENRY C. VALENTINE, M. D.
Committee an care of Hayes Fountain.
E. J. B. NOURSE, CORN ELIUS WELLINGTON,
EDWARD WOOD.
Superintendents of Town Scales and Public Weighers.
RUFUS W. HOLBROOK, GEORGE W. SPAULDING.
Weigher of Hay and Grain.
BRADLEY C. WHITCHER.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
CHARLES E. HADLEY.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
LUCIUS A. AUSTIN, CHARLES H. DUFFEY,
FRANK V. BUTTERS, RUFUS W. HOLBROOK,
GEORGE W. SPAULDING.
.Inspector of Cattle.
CHARLES M. PARKER,
Auctioneer.
ABBOTT S. MITCHELL.
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Police Officers.
CHARLES H. FRANKS (Chief),
WM. B. FOSTER (1st Asst.),
JAMES IRWIN,
PATRICK J. MAGUIRE.
Special Police Officers (without pay).
BYRON E. ANDERSON,
PATRICK F. DACEY,
JAMES H. FRIZELLE,
TIMOTHY McCARTY,
ABBOTT S. MITCHELL,
GEORGE L. PIERCE,
CHARLES F. SMITH,
GEORGE H. THURSTON.
Superintendent and Matron at Alms House.
MR. AND MRS. ROBERT H. WHI`T'E.
janitor of Town Hall.
GEORGE H. THURSTON.
janitor of Village Hall.
WILLIAM J. HARRI NGTON.
Janitor of Stone Brrilrlirag.
GEORGE D. ESTABROOK.
Lexington Town Records.
FROM TOWN CLERK'S RECORD.
LEXINGTON, Jan. 12, 1901.
WHEREAS, the Waltham, Ayer and Pepperell Street Railway Company
having petitioned the Board of Selectmen for the following locations:
Massachusetts avenue from Bedford street to Lincoln street, Lincoln
street to Marrett street, Marrett street to Massachusetts avenue;
Massachusetts avenue from its junction with Marrett street to the
Lincoln line. Also Massachusetts avenue from its junction with
Bedford street to the Lincoln line, and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was given on said petition on Septem-
. ber 30th, 1899, and,
WHEREAS, publication was made according to statute, now
THEREFORE, the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, at
a meeting held this date, having decided that public convenience
and necessity do not require the granting of said location, hereby
decline the said location and give the said Waltham, Ayer and Pep-
perell Street Railway Conepany leave to withdraw its petition.
A true copy, attest :
GEORGE W. SAMPSON,
Clerk Board of Selectmen, Lexington, Mass.
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Filed with Town Clerk of Lexington, January 12, 1901.
LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk.
A true copy, attest :
LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk.
Lr:xlicu ox, January 12, 1901.
WHEREAS, the Boston & Concord Street Railway Company having
petitioned the Board of Selectmen for locations as follows: Concord
avenue from Belmont line to Lincoln line, and a public hearing hav-
ing been granted therefor on August 25th, 1900, and
WHEREAS, the said Boston & Concord Street Railway Company
having petitioned the Board of Selectmen for locations as follows :
Elrn avenue from its junction with Bedford street to Massachusetts
avenue, thence through Massachusetts avenue to Lincoln street,
thence through Lincoln street to the Lincoln line ; also an unnamed
street from Lincoln street to Concord avenue by the Cambridge
Basin; also Woburn street from its junction with Massachusetts ave-
nue to Lowell street, Lowell street to East street, East street to the
Woburn line,
And public hearings having been granted therefor on September
22nd, 1900, and
WHEREAS, due notice was given by publication as required by
statute of all these hearings, and all provisions of statute having
been fully complied with in all cases, now, therefore, the Board of
Selectmen of the Town of Lexington at a meeting held this date,
having decided that public convenience and necessity do not require
such locations, hereby decline said locations, each and severally, and
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give the said Boston & Concord Street Railway Company leave to WHEREAS, public hearings were given on all these petitions on Au-
gust 27th, 1900, and,
withdraw its petition.
A true copy, attest :
GEORGE W. SAMPSON,
Clerk Board of Selectmen, Lexington, Mass.
Filed with Town Clerk of Lexington, January 12, 1901, 4.15
P. m.
A true copy, attest :
LEONARD A. SAVILLE,
2 -own Clerk.
LEONARD A. SAVILLE,
Totem Clerk.
LEXINGTON, January 12, 1901,
WHEREAS, The Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company hav-
ing petitioned the Board of Selectmen for locations as follows :
Hancock street from Bedford street to Adams street, Adams
street from Hancock street to East street, East street from Adams
street to the Woburn line,
Also Massachusetts avenue from its junction with Bedford street
to Lincoln street, Lincoln street to Marrett street, Marrett street to
Massachusetts avenue, Massachusetts avenue from its junction with
Marrett street to the Lincoln line,
Also Massachusetts avenue from its junction with Bedford street
to the Lincoln line, and
WHEREAS, publication of each of these hearings having been made
according to statute, and,
WHEREAS, a location having been granted to said Lexington &
Boston Street Railway Company a portion of which embodied East
street from Lowell street to the Woburn line,
Now, therefore, the Board of Selectmen of Lexington at a meet-
ing held this date, having decided that public convenience and ne-
cessity do not require the granting of such locations, hereby decline
said locations, each and severally, excepting that part of East street
from Lowell street to the Woburn line to which reference is herein-
before made, and give the said Lexington & Boston Street Railway
Company leave to withdraw its petitions.
A true copy, attest :
G. W. SAMPSON,
Clerk, Board of Selectmen, Lexington, Mass.
Filed with Town Clerk of Lexington, January 12, 1901, 4.15
p. m.
LEONARD A. SAVILLE,
Toxon Clerk.
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WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING.
Monday, January 28th, 1901.
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 28th day of January, A. D. 1901, at
7.30 o'clock p. m., to act on the following articles, viz :—
ART. 1. "1'o choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
On motion of Mr. G. W. Sampson it was voted : that the polis be
kept open seven minutes for choice of Moderator by ballot.
On ballot, at close of polls, at the expiration of the time, it was
found that 42 votes had been cast. J. H. Frizelle had 41, blank 1,
and J. H. Frizelle was declared chosen as Moderator and was sworn
by the clerk.
ART. 2. To see if the town will vote, by ballot, to rescind the
vote passed January 29, 1900, under Article 2, of said meeting, and
substitute therefor the following, or act in any manner relating
thereto : "That at the annual town meeting in March, 1901, the
town shall elect one Selectman for the term of one year, and in
March, 1902, shall elect two Selectmen for the term of one year and
in March, 1903, shall elect three Selectmen for the term of one year,
and thereafter shall annually elect three Selectmen for the term of one
year, in the manner in which the Selectmen have been elected prior
to the election of March 5, 1900."
Mr. C. S. Ryan read some statistics in regard to the number of
towns in the Commonwealth which .had adopted the system of
choosing its Selectmen one annually and the number which choose
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theirs all yearly, showing that a large preponderance (45 to 224)
still hold to the old method of electing all yearly, and that of those
that had adopted the new system of electing one each year for the
term of three years, eleven towns had abandoned this method and
gone back to the former method, and he made a motion substan-
tially in the words of the article.
Mr. R. P. Clapp, after some remarks in favor of the system adopted
by the town, of the three year term, on January 29, 1900, moved the
indefinite postponement of the article.
Mr. G. W. Sampson hoped the indefinite postponement would not
be carried, and favored the motion of Mr. Ryan. Mr. Clapp argued
for the indefinite postponement and a discussion as to the legal
aspect of the case, was held. Finally a vote was taken on Mr.
Clapp's motion which the moderator declared not carried. This
was doubted and the house was polled, with the following result : 75 .
in favor and 106 opposed, and indefinite postponement was refused.
Mr. Ryan's motion was amended so that the vote would be taken
by a yea and nay vote instead of by ballot, which would consume
much time, and after some discussion, participated in by Messrs.
H. H. Putnam, A. S. Parsons, Cornelius Wellington, H. G. Janvrin
and G. F. Mead, a vote was taken as follows :
Voted, "That at the Annual Town Meeting, in March, 1901, the
Town shall elect one Selectman for the term of one year, and in
March, 1902, shall elect two Selectmen for the term of one year,
and in March, 1903, shall elect three Selectmen for the term of one
year, and thereafter shall annually elect three Selectmen for the term
of one year, in the manner in which the Selectmen have been elected
prior to the election of March 5, 1900."
That the town rescind the vote passed January 29th, 1900, under
Article 2 of said meeting, and that the vote he taken by a yea and
nay vote.
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ART. 3. To see if the town will vote to elect its Assessors and
Overseers of the Poor, or either of those boards, in the manner
authorized by Section 335 of the Election Act of 1895, (Chapter
548 of the Acts of 1898).
ART. 4. To see if the town will rescind any vote or votes hereto-
fore passed relative to the election of officers of Highway Surveyors,
and provide for the election of one or more Road Commissioners, to
that end adopting the provisions of Section 337 of said Election
Act, or making any other suitable provisions therefor.
These articles were taken up on motion of Mr. G. W. Sampson,
who moved their indefinite postponement, and the town so voted.
ART. 5. To see if the 'Town will refund the taxes collected from
the trustee of the Estate of Chandler R. Richardson, assessed on
property given by the will of said Richardson, to establish or support
an Industrial School for the town --abate the taxes hereafter assessed
on said property—petition the Legislature for authority so to do, or
act in any manner relating thereto.
This article was taken up on motion of Mr. A. E. Scott, who ex-
plained the nature of the bequest of Mr. C. R. Richardson, and the
present condition of the property and read from past Town Reports
the views of different boards of School Committees in regard to
manual training, and said that if the taxes on the property were
abated, the income could be devoted to the purpose intended.
Mr. E. A. Bayley criticised Mr. Scott's remarks and opposed the
refunding and abatement of the taxes.
A motion of Mr. H. W. Lewis to indefinitely postpone the matter
was opposed by Rev. C. F. Carter and defeated.
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On motion of Mr. A. E. Scott, it was
Voted, That the Town petition the Legislature for an act substan-
tially as follows :
The Town of Lexington may by vote at any meeting called for the
purpose exempt from taxation any or all property held by the trustee
under the will of Chandler R. Richardson for the purpose of estab-
fishing an industrial school or manual training department in connec-
tion with the Hancock School in said Lexington, abate any tax that
may be assessed thereon, or refund to said trustee the amount of the
taxes thereon already paid by him.
ART. 6. To hear the report of the Committee appointed "to in-
vestigate and consider all matters with reference to the 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 of the two grammar schools," and to act
in any manner relating thereto.
Mr. E. A. Bayley for the Committee on the new High School
Building, read the following report.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON A NEW HIGH
SCHOOL BUILDING.
To the Town of Lexington :
Your committee appointed under the vote of the Town at the ad-
journed meeting held April 3rd, 1899, "to investigate and consider
all matters with reference to the 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," have completed their duries
and beg to submit the following report.
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Although the vote creating our committee provided that the re-
port should be made to the Town prior to January lst, 1900, it was
deemed wise to delay until such a time as the Town should be pre-
pared to take immediate action. We believe that that time has ar-
rived, and that a]1 that is necessary is to make a brief statement of
our conclusions, based on the .facts already known to the parents
having children in either the Hancock or High schools, and also to
all citizens who have interested themselves to ascertain the true con-
dition of affairs.
After a careful examination of the High School building, your
committee are unanimous in its conclusion that the condition of the
building could not be much worse, both with reference to its capac-
ity and also to its sanitary and heating conditions. This will be no
news to the 'Town, for the School Committee during the last four
years have annually called these facts to your attention, and your
special committee of two years ago, after carefully investigating the
matter, declined to expend the amount appropriated by the 'Town
to renovate the building, believing it would he little less than a waste
of your money.
Considered with reference to its capacity as compared with the
present needs, this building is even more unsatisfactory. On the
ground floor there are four rooms, comprising an assembly hall with
a seating capacity of about 60, two recitation rooms in the rear with
a seating capacity of 23 and 32, and a book room or closet with a
seating capacity of four. This latter has been forced to do service
also as a recitation room. On the second floor is a room illy lighted
poorly heated and ventilated, used as a chemical laboratory and
recitation room with a seating capacity of about 45. The present
attendance at the High school is 91, an increase of about 85 %
during the last three years. For several years prior to 1897, the
attendance at the High school seemed to be at a standstill, while the
other schools, particularly the Hancock school, showed a steady
increase, indicating that too few pupils took advantage of the High
school course. Happily, that is now changed, and we are confident,
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• that the town will gladly provide for this altered condition, which
promises to become permanent. From this statement it will be seen
that no one of the rooms has a seating capacity for the present at-
tendance, and some of the classes have to recite in two divisions, while
the sanitary accommodations are almost intolerable. From these
considerations, it would seem that immediate relief was reqnired for
the health, comfort and accommodation of both pupils and instructors.
Your committee early discovered that one of the matters directly
relating to their duties, was the condition of affairs at the Hancock
and Adams schools, for it is, of course, from these schools that the
pupils go to the High school, and that the present conditions
obtaining there bear directly upon the High school question. Your
committee Finds the condition of affairs at the Hancock school to be
as follows : eight recitation rooms on the first two floors, and on the
third floor, two roosts never designed for recitation rooms, either with
reference to light, heat or ventilation, which it has become necessary
to use for recitation rooms for the last four or five years. Under
present conditions these 10 rooms are forced to accommodate 456
pupils, or an average of over 45 to each room, whereas the maxi-
mum number approved by the State Board of Education is 40 pupils.
The use of the two rooms on the third floor necessitates their being
heated by stoves, as the regular heating plant is not sufficient for cold
weather, but the lighting of these rooms is even more serious, for your
committee learns that in one of these rooms for about two-thirds of
the time during the months of December, January and February,
and on stormy and dark days, artificial light is necessary, and is
supplied by four gas burners, and in the other of these rooms, on
about three days out of five during the months of November,
December, January, and February, and also on dark and stormy days,
artificial light is required and is supplied from six gas burners;
further comment in this direction would seem to be unnecessary.
This building was opened in 1891 with an attendance of 291
pupils. Its presrnt attendance of 456 pupils shows an increase of
over 56% in nine years, and it is needless to add that immediate
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relief is necessary, which might be secured if this building alone was
to be considered, by adding an extension to the present structure, or
by erecting an entirely separate building. 'i'he Adams school is not
crowded at present, but its attendance is increasing, and at no very
distant day will demand attention. Considering the present condi-
tions and demands, there seems to your committee three courses for
the town to choose between; First, to erect a new building to be
be occupied exclusively by the High school, and reopen some of the
old district schools to relieve the Hancock school; second, to erect
a new building exclusively for the High school and either enlarge the
Hancock school or build an entirely separate building to relieve it,
or, third, to build a new building sufficiently large to accommodate
the High school and some of the grades from the Hancock school,
and later, when necessary, from the Adams school. After carefully
considering these various plans, your committee disapprove of the
first, because it believes that the reopening of the district schools
would be a step backward towards the system discarded 10 years
ago. We disapprove of the second plan as needlessly expensive at
the present time, although, otherwise, the most desirable. We
approve of the third plan, as under all the present circumstances
meeting the urgent needs with the least expense and in no way
interfering with that part of the second plan, suggesting the enlarge-
ment of the Hancock school, or the erection of a separate primary
building when the further growth of the town demands it. We
therefore, recommend that the town immediately provide for the
erection of a new school building on the site of the present High
school building, or on some more desirable one, if such can be found,
said building to comprise not less than eight (8) rooms, to accom-
modate the High school and such grades from the Hancock school
and Adams school as the School Committee may determine, and as
the cost of brick construction is only about one-third more than that
of wood, while its depreciation is, of course, scarcely anything as com-
pared with wood, we recommend that the building be erected of
brick. We urge that its construction be begun as early as possible,
in order to relieve the present congested condition above referred to
without further unnecessary detriment to the school system of the
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town. Upon inquiry and investigation, your committee find that
the cost of such a building would be from $5,000 to $6,000 per
room according to the quality of material used, and we believe that
the present is a most opportune time for providing for the cost, as
the final payment on the Hancock sc000l is made in June of this
year, and a similar arrangement could be made for the payment of
the cost of the new building by spreading it over a period of years.
In concluding it is appropriate to state that Mr. Edward P. Bliss,
who is a member of our committee, has been unable to meet with
us on account of his absence from town, but his well known attitude
with reference to all that advances the interests of our schools is an
ample assurance of his cordial indorsement of this report. Our
committee wish also to express our sorrow for the sickness of Mr.
Charles A. Wellington, the only other member whose signature is not
appended. Mr. Wellington has taken a great interest in the investi-
gations of the committee, and did his condition permit, he would
heartily join in the recommendations herein made.
Respectfully Submitted,
EDWIN A. BAYLEY,
MARY E. WOODWARD,
EMMA W. DAVIS,
IDA L. WILLARD,
J. ODIN TILTON,
HERBERT V. SM ITR,
ABRAM C. WASHBURN,
CHARLES H. WISWELL,
JAMES P. MUNROE,
PATRICK F. DACEY.
And on his motion
Voted, That the report be accepted.
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ART. 7. To see if the Town will vote to erect 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 grades
from the two grammar schools, or to act in any manner relating
thereto.
Mr. E. A. Bayley moved that a committee of 12 be appointed to
proceed to erect, construct and equip a new school building.
Mr. G. W. Sampson wanted the committee to be reduced to
three.
Mr. H. G. Janvrin wanted the committee to consist of five.
Mr. A. E. Scott disliked to oppose the matter but said we should
consider the cost.
Mr. B. F. Brown advocated opening primary schools.
Mr. J. I. Buck thought the present High school building was not
fit for school purposes and could not be used much longer.
Mr. R. P. Clapp wanted the committee to hold back a little and
moved that the motion of Mr. Bayley be laid on the table, and the
town
Volga', That the motion of Mr. Bayley be laid on the table.
Mr. Clapp moved that when this meeting adjourn it be adjourned
to three weeks from tonight (Feby. 18, 1901), and the town so
voted.
Mr. Clapp then moved that a committee of five be appointed by
the Moderator to bring in a report on a High School Building and a
Primary School Building, and the town so voted, and the Moderator
appointed as such committee : R. P. Clapp, E. A. Bayley, H. A. C.
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Woodward, H. W. Lewis and R. I. Sherman, with power to fill
vacancies.
ART. 8. To hear the report of any committee that may be ready
to report, and to act thereon.
This article was taken up on motion of Mr. H. W. Lewis, who
stated that it was for the purpose of hearing the report of Committee
on Sewerage. Mr. H. C.Y. Janvrin read the following report :—
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SEWERAGE,
CIRCULATED HY ORDER OF THE 'TOWN, JANUARY 28TH, 1901.
LEXINGTON, January 28th, 1901.
To the Citizens of Lexington:—
Your Committee, appointed at the Town Meeting of March 12th,
1900, to consider the subject of Sewerage, and to compare the
respective methods of assessments under the Acts of 1897 and 1899
and to take any other and further action relative to a system of
Sewerage, or relative to any plan or method of defraying, apportion-
ing or assessing the cost of a sewerage system, have given the subject
careful consideration, and now submit the following report
WE RECOMMEND,
That the whole system of Sewerage as shown on the plans of
McClintock & Woodfall, Engineers, be built and completed in
accordance with the said plans as soon as practicable.
That Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 451 of the Acts of 1899, rela-
tive to the sewerage system of the Town of Lexington, be adopted.
'That Section, 3, of said Act, shall be amended to read as follows :
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The sinking fund commissioners, until said sewerage loan or loans
shall be extinguished, shall each year, on or before the first day of
May, beginning in the year wherein the first contribution to the
sinking fund is to be made as aforesaid, calculate and certify to the
Assessors of said town in writing, the amount necessary to be raised
in order to meet the sinking fund requirements for the year, and also
the amount required to pay the interest falling due therein on the
outstanding loan or loans. The total so certified each year, includ-
ing both the contribution to the sinking fund and the interest pay-
ments, shall he raised during the year, in part by a general town tax,
and in part by a tax upon all the REAL ESTATE in the sewer district,
the same to be assessed by'the Assessors as hereinafter provided, and
to be collected in the same manner as thr general town taxes.
Assessments to be made as follows
Twenty•five per cent. of such total, yearly amount required, shall
be assessed by the said Assessors, without the necessity of anv 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.
The remaining Seventy-five per cent. shall be assessed by the said
Assessors (at the valuation affixed by them for general taxation) on
all Real Estate in the sewer district abutting on said sewers, and the
same shall be . designated as the Sewerage tax, and entered as a
separate item in the 'Fax bills.
That the balance of Section 3, and also all of the other Sections
of said Acts of 1899 shall be so amended as not to conflict with the
foregoing provisions for the assessment and collection of said Taxes.
And we further recommend, that the Selectmen be requested to
petition the Legislature, on or before January 31st instant, to so
amend Chapter 451 of the Acts of 1899, as to conform to the pro-
visions of this report.
In conclusion, we would urge upon you all, the, as it appears to us,
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imperative necessity of Sewerage for this town, and the importance
of the whole system being completed as soon as possible.
We don't think in the foregoing that we have presented a plan
that is perfect; while the method employed may perhaps be as
nearly equitable as any that could be suggested, there are probably
many who will feel (and your Committee are among the number)
hat possibly in the division of assessments, the town will pay too
little and the abutter too much. Yet with the necessity presented of
arriving at some agreement whereby the much to be desired ends can
be accomplished, we ask you as public spirited citizens to, with us,
waive all differences of opinion and persobal considerations, and
unite unanimously in adopting this report and its recommendations as
your Committee have in affixing their signatures.
COMMITTEE
( HIRAM G. JANVRIN,
1 ROGER 1. SHERMAN,
HENRY W. LEWIS,
TIMOTHY O'CONNOR,
1 JAMES F. RUSSELL,
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NATHANIEL H. MERRIAM.
Mr. Janvrin stated that the rel.ort was signed by six members of
the committee. Two members had not attended any of the meet-
ings, and one member refused to sign because he did not like the
terms of assessment. Mr. G. W. Sampson explained the different
acts which had been passed by the Legislature and thought this one
proposed was the hest. Mr. R. P. Clapp while comparing the
different plans proposed, thought a sewer was much needed, and
hoped some system would be adopted.
Mr. J. F. Maynard moved that the report be printed and sent to
the voters, and that action he taken at the annual meeting.
Mr. Janvrin said that all this meeting could do was to vote to
apply to the Legislature for amendment of the act, and on vote
Mr. Maynard's motion was lost.
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Mr. E. P. Merriam moved that the report he printed and circu-
lated, which was carried.
Mr. Janvrin moved that the report be accepted and its recom-
mendations adopted, and the town so voted. -
ART. 9. To transact any other business that may legally come
before said meeting.
On motion of Mr. G. W. Sampson
Voted, That the Selectmen be appointed to appear before the
Legislature and procure a curing act under Article two.
Meeting declared adjourned to Monday, Feb. 18, 1901, at 7.30
o'clock p. m.
AIDJOURNED MEETING, FEBRUARY 18, 1901.
Meeting called to order by the moderator at 7.35 p. in.
ART. 7. Mr. R. P. Clapp for the committee appointed at last
meeting to bring in a report on a High School building and Primary
School building, said that they had held several meetings, had con-
sulted an architect, and tried to obtain some information to lay
before the town, and had also considered whether it was better to
build two school houses or one large one. Mr. Clapp asked that
the committee might he continued and given more time to obtain
information. The committee were a unit that the High School
building should be an ornament to the town.
Mr. E. A. Bayley followed Mr. Clapp in the same line of remarks,
and on his motion it was
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Voted, That the special committee appointed "to bring in a
report on a High School building and a Primary School building,"
are hereby requested to present to the town with as little delay as
possible, definite plans and estimates for the erection of one or more
school buildings to accommodate the High school, and to relieve the
present crowded condition of the Hancock school, and that, and for
this purpose, the town appropriate the suin of two hundred and
fifty dollars, so much thereof as may be found necessary, to he ex-
pended by said committee in securing said plans and estimates.
ART. 8. Mr. G. W. Sampson said that at the annual meeting of
last year a committee was appointed to consider the extension of
water supply, or the joining of the Metropolitan Water System, and
called upon said committee to report. Mr. A. E. Scott, chairman of
the committee said that they had not been idle. They had made
investigations, but as the Metropolitan Water Board had applied to
the Legislature for a large increase to their systetn, which would
affect the cost of joining said system, he hoped that before our
annual meeting something would be done so that the report could he
made at that time.
ART. 9. Mr. G. W. Sampson said that the Selectmen were
appointed to go before the Legislature, to legalize the matter of
choosing Selectmen and stated that the matter had been assigned to
a committee, and a hearing would be held at an early date. Mr.
H. H. Putnam wanted to know what the date was and Mr. Sampson
said it had not yet been appointed.
On motion of Mr. Geo. F. Mead the meeting was dissolved at
S o'clock.
A true record.
Attest : LEONARD A, SAVILLE, Town Cicrk.
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TOWN OF LEXINGTON.
IN BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
WHEREAS, by an order dated February 4, 1899, the Selectmen of
this town granted to the Lexington and Boston Street Railway
Company an original location of the tracks of its then proposed rail •
way in this town, which railway has since been constructed and put
in operation;
AND WHEREAS, said Company is possessed also of other locations
for its tracks in this town, among them being one on Woburn street
from Massachusetts avenue to Lowell street, granted by order of the
Selectmen dated respectively September 1 and September 28, 1900;
AND WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of said Company has, by
petition dated November 17, 1900, petitioned the undersigned
Selectmen for a location for the extension of the tracks of the
Company in this town on Woburn street, from Lowell street to the
boundary line between Lexington and Woburn;
AND WHEREAS, pursuant to notice duly given and published as
required by law_ more than fourteen days prior to December 11,
1900, a public hearing was given to all parties interested at the
Town Hall in Lexington, on 'Tuesday, the 11th day of December,
1900, at 7.30 o'clock p. m., at which place and time the undersigned
Selectrnm met and considered said petition;
AND WHEREAS, in their opinion public convenience and necessity
require the granting (upon the terms, conditions, restrictions and
obligations hereinafter incorporated) of a location for such extension
of tracks as petitioned for, and the granting also of permission to use
electricity as a motive power, with the right to erect and maintain
poles, wires and other appliances therefor;
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Now THEN, it is ordered that a location be and is hereby granted
to said Lexington and Boston Street Railway Company for the ex-
tension of its tracks on Woburn street on the northerly side thereof
from the junction thereof with Lowell street to the boundary line
between Lexington and Woburn; such location being for a single
track street railway, including, however, such sidings, turnouts, curves
and switches as may be convenient for the operation of the railway.
Permission is also granted to use electricity as the motive power on
the tracks to be constructed on said extended location, and to this
end the right is given to said Company to construct and maintain in
and upon said Woburn street such poles, wires and other appliances
as may be adapted to the distribution and use of such power, and to
the operation of the railway by means of the overhead electric
system.
The grants and rights herein made and conferred are subject to
the special condition at the end hereof relative to widening the
street, and also to the same terms, conditions and obligations (in
addition to those applying to all street railways under the general
provisions of law) that were by said orders of September 1, and
September 28, 1900, made applicable to the locations therein
granted; it being the intent hereof to snake the terms, conditions,
restrictions and obligations imposed upon said Company in respect
to the location and rights hereby granted the same as they would
have been, had the petition on which said orders of September 1,
and September 28, 1900, were based, and said orders themselves
embraced and covered also the location and rights hereby granted,
and contained the special condition at the end hereof, relative to
widening the street, except that the concluding portion of Article
Eighth in the order of September 28, 1900, shall be taken as if there
were substituted for the words, "from Utica street to Lowell street,"
the words, "from Utica Street to the Woburn Line," thus making
said concluding portion, as herein incorporated, read as follows, viz :
"And if the town shall hereafter macadamize Woburn street from
Utica street to the Woburn line, or any part of that portion of
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Woburn street, the Company shall from time to time, as such
macadamizing is done by the town, macadamize in a corcespondiug
manner the space between the adjacent tracks and for a distance of
eighteen inches additional on the street side of the tracks."
It is hereby specially provided that track shall be laid on the ex-
tended location hereby granted only as fast as, and to the extent
that, the Railway Company, at its own cost and expense, shall have
caused the street to be widened so as to make such portion or por-
tions thereof fifty (50) feet wide, with twenty-eight (28) feet in
width thereof constructed so as to be safe and convenient for the
passage of teams; the form and manner of constmction to be the
same as was provided in an order of the County Commissioners,
dated April 16, 1898, and said construction to be done by and at
the expense of the Railway Company.
Lexington, February 7th, 1901.
EDWIN S. SPAULDING,
GEORGE W. SAMPSON,
G. W. SPAULDING,
Selectmen of Lexington.
Filed with Town Clerk of Lexington, March 1, 1901, at 8.15
o'clock a. m.
Attest : ].EONARD A. SAVILLF,
Town Clerk of Lexington.
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To the t]onorahle the Selectmen of Lexington.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Lexington and
Boston Street Railway Company, held this 21st day of February,
1901, votes were unanimously passed as follows, viz :
Voted, That the location granted by the Selectmen of Lexington,
by an order dated February lth, 1901, for the extension of the
tracks of this Company in said town on Woburn street from Lowell
street to the boundary line between Lexington and Woburn, be and
the same is hereby accepted.
Voted, That a writing to be signed by a majority of the Directors
of this Company, embodying the terms of these votes, be Filed forth-
with with said Selectmen.
Accordingly the undersigned, being a majority of the Directors
do hereby attest and acknowledge the acceptance of said location,
and of the terms, conditions and obligations in said order contained.
February 21, 1901.
ALFRED PIERCE,
WILLIAM F. HAMMETT,
JAMES W. FRENCH,
ALDEN. E. VILES,
O. M. GOVE,
LEONARD A. SAVILLE,
JOHN H. FOSTER,
Majority of the Directors of the
Lexington u Boston Street Railway Company.
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LEXINGTON, February 21, 1901.
The foregoing acceptance has this day been received by the Select-
men of Lexington.
GEORGE W. SAMPSON,
Selectman and Clerk of the Board.
Filed with Town Clerk Mar. 1, 1901.
Attest : LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING.
MONDAY, March 4, 1901.
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 fourth day of March, A. U. 1901, 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 we proceed to elect a moderator by ballot and that
the polls be kept open Five minutes. Mr. H. W. Lewis asked for a
committee to assist the Town Clerk in receiving and counting the
ballots for moderator, and the chair appointed Henry W. Lewis and
Edward P. Merriam as such committee, and they were sworn by the
clerk.
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The polls were then declared open for the choice of moderator by
ballot, with the use of the check list, and at the expiration of the
time on counting the votes it was found that 33 ballots had been
cast, all for James H. Frizelle, who was declared unanimously chosen
as moderator, and was sworn to the faithful discharge of his duties.
ART. 2. To choose by ballot the following town officers : One
Town Clerk; one Selectman ; three Overseers of the Poor; three
Surveyors of Highways; three Assessors; one Town Treasurer; one
Collector of Taxes; two Constables; two Auditors,—all for the term
of one year; one member of the School Committee 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 Water Commissioners
for the term of three years; one member of the Board of Sewer Com-
missioners for the term of three years; one member of the Board of
Health for the term of three years.
ART. 3. To see if the town will vote for or against granting
licenses 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 organiza-
tion of the meeting, and will be kept open until five o'clock p. m.,
or as much longer as the meeting may direct, not to extend beyond
sunset. In compliance with Article 3 of the By -Laws amended by
vote of the town January 29, 1900, business under the following ar-
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ticles will be transacted at an adjourned meeting to he held on Mon-
day evening, March 11, 1901, at 7.30 o'clock, unless the adjourned
meeting shall by unanimous vote, be ordered for some other speci—
fied time.
ARTS. 2 AND 3. Mr. G. W. Sampson offered the following writ-
ten motion : That the Town proceed to elect one Selectman for
the term of one year : that it shall elect two Selectmen in March,
1902, for the term of one year: that it shall elect three Selectmen
in March, 1903, for the term of one year, and thereafter shall annu-
ally elect three Selectmen for the term of one year, in the manner
that the Selectmen have been elected prior to March 5, 1900,
thereby rescinding the vote passed January 29, 1900, under Section
335 of Chapter 548 of the Acts of the year 1898.
Mr. Walter Blodgett made a motion which the Moderator re-
quested him to present in writing, which he proceeded to do, when
Mr. James Barnes said there was a motion before the house, and
asked if Mr. Blodgett's motion was offerred as a substitute for Mr.
Sampson's motion. No reply was made and the matter was
d ropped.
Mr. E. P. Merriam moved to lay the motion of Mr. Sampson on
the table for one week, which was seconded, then voted down.
Mr. E. A. Bayley raised the point of order that Mr. Sampson's
motion was out of order and could not be entertained, and the chair
ruled that it was in order under the town bylaw. Mr. Bayley then
asked under what article of the by-law it could be found, and the
moderator read from the town report of 1900, the amendment to
Article 3 of the late by-law passed at the meeting of January 29,
1900, and decided that it related to the required election and the
conduct of such election. Mr. Bayley then raised the point of order
that the by-law did not apply and that Mr. Sampson's motion could
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not be entertained under any article of the warrant, nor could it he
legally acted upon at this time. Mr. A. S. Parsons objected and said
that the town had already made itself ridiculous and it was a high-
handed proceeding. The moderator requested Mr. Parsons to make
his protest in writing and File it with the town clerk.
Said protest is here appended.
LEx3NG3'oN, March 4th, 1901.
To Leonard A. Saville, Town Clerk :
As a voter of the town of Lexington I hereby enter my protest
against the right of the moderator to entertain and the voters to take
action on the motion of George W. Sampson presented by him at
the opening of the meeting under article two of the warrant calling
the meeting of this date. This protest is made and presented while
said motion is pending and before the vote is taken.
(Signed) ALBERT S. PARSONS.
We, the undersigned, voters of said town of Lexington, hereby
join in the foregoing protest.
(Signed) JOHN F. MAYNARD,
EDWIN A. BAYLEY,
GEORGE F. MEAD.
On Mr. Sampson's motion it was
Voted, That the town proceed to elect one Selectman for the
term of one year; that it shall elect two Selectmen in March 1902
for the term of one year; that it shall elect three Selectmen in March
1903 for the term of one year, and thereafter shalt annually elect
three Selectmen for the term of one year in the manner in which the
Selectmen have been elected prior to March 5, 1900, thereby rescind-
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ing the vote passed January 29th, 1900, under Section 385 of Chap•
ter 548 of the Acts of the year 1898, which the moderator declared
carried.
Mr. Sampson said he desired to doubt the vote and called for
severe to sustain the doubt, and seven did, and the house was polled
with the following result :
In favor of Mr. Sampson's motion, 121, and none opposed.
Abram B. Smith and James Barnes, who had been appointed
ballot clerks, receipted to the 'Town Clerk for a sealed package said
to contain 981 official ballots for male voters and 150 ballots for
female voters, for school committee only, also for a copy of the voting
lists for male and female voters.
The ballot box was shown to be empty, then locked and the key
thereof delivered to William B. Foster, the constable in attendance,
and the polls were declared open and the balloting was begun.
Subsequently Irving Stone and James F. Burke were sworn as
deputy ballot clerks and Patrick F. Dacey, Charles F. Nourse, George
L. Pierce, Albern S. Chatfield, James A. Hurley, John T. McNamara,
Ray F. Frizelle, William G. k lliot, Francis M. Cobb, Bartlett J.
Harrington and Christopher S. Ryan were sworn as tellers to assist
the moderator in receiving and tabulating the ballots.
At 9.05 a. m. on consent of the moderator and Town Clerk, the
ballot box was opened and 200 ballots taken therefrom and the
tellers commenced to tabulate the vote.
At 2.30 p. m. :300 ballots were taken from the box and at the
close of the polls, at 5 o'clock p. m., 157 ballots were taken out, the
register on the ballot box standing at 657 and the same number of
names was checked on the voting lists used by moderator and ballot
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clerks : also 23 ballots were cast for school committee by female
voters.
At 4.20 p. m. Mr. E. P. Merriam offered the following :
WHEREAS it is claimed that that part of Article two in the warrant
for this meeting calling for the election of one Selectman for one
year is erroneous and illegal in that under the vote of the town passed
January 29tb, 19(10, one Selectman for three years should be elected
at this meeting, and whereas it is desirable that all doubts as to the
legality of such election be settled by a legal decision, in order that all
facts relating thereto may be presented to the Court, the moderator
is requested to count or cause to be counted all votes cast for Select-
man whether for one or for three years and announce the result
before the close of the meeting.
The moderator refused to entertain the motion.
Mr. Merriam later presented the same in the form of a petition,
but this was also refused by the moderator.
After the tabulation of the vote the moderator announced the
result as follows :
Fax TOWN CLERK—One Year.
Francis E. Downer -
George D. Harrington
James H. Frizelle -
Martin Fahey, L. A. Saville, one each
Blanks - -
215
408.
3
2
29
And ..George D. Harrington was declared elected for the ensuing
year. -
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FOR SELECTMAN --One Year.
John F. Hutchinson
G. W. Taylor
H. A. C. Woodward, F. B. Butters, one each
Geo. D. Taylor - -
FOR SELECTMAN—Three Years.
G. W. Taylor -
J. F. Hutchinson
Blanks
408
31
2
1
146
8
61
And John F. Hutchinson was declared e]ectgd for the ensuing
year.
Following the announcement of the vote for Selectman for three
years the moderator ruled of follows :—
The vote cast for Geo. W. Taylor for Selectman for three years has
been done by use of what is commonly and legally known as stickers.
Those stickers do not conform with the requirements of law, they are
therefore inoperative null and void, there is no election of a Select-
man for three years.
FOR OVERSEERS OF THE POOR—One Year.
John F. Hutchinson -
Edwin S. Spaulding -
Henry A. C. Woodward
Charles A. Fowle -
Patrick Doyle, Tim Shea, Bat. Reardon, one each
J. C. Buck, John B. Thomas, W. H. Ham, one each
G. W. Spaulding, Geo. D. Taylor, one each
Geo. W. Taylor - - -
480
508
444
4
3
3
2
14
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FOR OVERSEERS OF THE Poon—Three Years.
Geo. W. Taylor
Blanks
2
516
And John F. Hutchinson, Edwin S. Spaulding and Henry A. C.
Woodward were declared elected for the ensuing year.
FOR SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS—One Year.
John F. Hutchinson -
Edwin S. Spaulding -
Henry A. C. Woodward
G. W. Taylor
Geo. Spaulding
Chas. A. Fowle
J. I. Buck, Geo. D. Taylor, one each
FOR SURVEYOR'S OF HIGHWAYS—Three Years.
Geo. W. Taylor
Blanks -
482
507
442
15
2
3
2
2
516
And John F. Hutchinson, Edwin S. Spaulding and Henry A. C.
Woodward were declared elected for the ensuing year.
FOR TOWN TREASURER—One Year.
George D. Harrington -
Mick McQuade, Patrick Doyle, one each
1). H. Collins, J. H. Frizelle, one each -
Blanks
550
2
2
103
And George 1). Harrington was declared elected for the ensuing
year.
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FOR COLLECTOR or TAXES—One Year.
Loring W. Muzzey
N. J. Ham, John Shattuck, one each
Blanks - - -
568
2
87
And Loring W. Muzzey was declared elected for the ensuing year.
FOR AssEssoRs--One Year.
George H. Cutter
Charles G. Kauffmann
Everett S. Locke
Timothy O'Connor
Blanks
349
370
389
344
519
And George H. Cutter, Charles G. Kauffmann and Everett S.
Locke were declared elected for the ensuing year.
FOR AunrroRs—One Year.
Hilman 13. Sampson
H. Eugene Tuttle -
Patrick Doyle, John McNamara, one each
Blanks -
514
495
2
303
And Hiimam B. Sampson and H. Eugene Tuttle were declared
elected for the ensuing year.
William B. Foster
Charles H. Franks
C. W. Todd -
Joe Dane -
FOR CONSTABLES—One Year.
B. C. Whitcher, Thomas Breslin, James Keefe, one each
John McInerney, Walter Ham, one each
Blanks - -
641
518
3
2 And Charles H. Franks was declared elected for the ensuing three
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And William B. Foster and Charles H. Franks were declared
elected for the ensuing year.
FOR SCHOOL CoMwrrRE—One Year.
Edward P. Bliss
William Chase _ S. H. Gibbons, Alfred Pierce, one each
BIanks - -
546
4
2
128
And Edward P. Bliss was declared elected for the ensuing year.
FOR SCHOOL Cou.rrrrF:E—Three Years.
Charles H. Wiswell -
Wm. F. Chase, Dr. Sherwin Gibbons, one each
Blanks - -
534
2
144
And Charles H. Wiswell was declared elected for the ensuing three
years.
23 females voted for school committee.
FOR BOARD OF HEALTH—Three Years.
Charles H. Franks
Daniel J. Vaughan -
F. V. Butters, J. 0. Tilton, one each
Blanks
398
151
2
106
3
2
246
years.
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FOR CEMETERY COMMITTEE—Three Years.
Abbott S. Mitchell 491
Henry Bowen - - g
E. S. Spaulding, Patrick Doyle, one each - 2
Blanks - - - 161
And Abbott S. Mitchell was declared elected for the ensuing three
years,
FOR WATER COMMISSIONER --Three Years.
Charles W. Swan
Patrick Doyle
Richard Burke
Blanks
498
2
1
156
And Charles W. Swan was declared elected for the ensuing three
years.
FOR SEEWH:R COMMISSIONER—Th ree Years.
Edwin S. Spaulding -
J. I. Buck, Geo. U. Whiting, one each
Dennis Reardon, Pat Doyle, one each
Blanks -
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As soon as the result was announced, Mr. J. F. Hutchinson ap-
proached the moderator and demanded to be sworn as Selectman for
one year and the moderator administered the oath to him.
Mr. Geo. W. Taylor then read the following protest :-
1, Geo. W, 'Taylor, of Lexington, do hereby formally protest
against the announcement that John F. Hutchinson has been this
day elected one of the Selectmen of the Town of Lexington for the
term of one year; that said pretended election is invalid and illegal ;
that no member of the Board of Selectmen can be elected at this
meeting save for a term of three years ; that I, George W. Taylor,
have received more votes for that office for that term than any other
man and should be declared elected as a member of the Board of
Selectmen for the term of three years from this date.
GEORGE W. TAYLOR.
Iexington, Mass., March 4th, 1901.
George D. Harrington was sworn as Town Clerk by the mod -
494 erator.
2
2
159
Mr. George W. 'Taylor demanded to be sworn, as Selectman for
three years, which the moderator refused to do.
And Edwin S. Spaulding was declared elected for the ensuing
three years. Charles W. Swan was sworn as Water Commissioner for three
years.
LICENSE.
if Vest
"No" -
Blanks
And the town voted "No License."
209
404
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William B. Foster and Charles H. Franks were sworn as constables.
The ballots cast at the above election and the check lists used
were sealed up and endorsed as required by law and delivered to the
custody of the Town Clerk.
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Meeting adjourned to Monday, March 11, at 7.30 p. m.
A true record.
Attest: GEO. 1). HARR1N(1•f'ON, Town Clerk.
TOWN OF LEXINGTON.
IN BOARD OF REG[STRAHS.
LEXINGTON, MASS., Mar. 8, 190I.
On the petition of Geo. W. Taylor for a recount of votes for Select-
man of the 'Town of Lexington in the County of Middlesex, and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WHEREAS, we gave notice in writing to the several candidates inter-
ested in said count and liable to be affected thereby, of the time and
place of making the recount, and whereas we have this day recounted
said votes as required by law, hereby determine that John F. Hutch-
inson received 405 votes for Selectman and George W. Taylor
received 15 votes for Selectman, that there are 64 blanks and 170
defective ballots, ane vote for F. V. I3utters, one for Geo. Taylor
and one vote for Geo. D. 'Taylor.
WILLIAM F. CALDWELL,
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD,
JOSEPH P. RYAN,
GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Registrars of Voters.
A true copy.
Attest : GEO. 17. HARRINGTON, Town Clerk.
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ADJOURNED MEETING, MARCH 11, 1901.
Meeting called to order by the moderator at 7.30 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.
Rev. C. A. Staples read the final report of the committee on the
"Hayes Memorial Fountain," as follows
FINAL. RF:YoRT of THE CO11Mrr1EE ON THF. CONSTRUCTION OF THE
HAVES MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN.
Your committee beg leave to offer the following report. At the
annual town meeting, March 7th, 1898, we were appointed to pro-
cure plans, and report upon a site for a fountain, to be erected in
Lexington, from the bequest of Francis Brown Hayes for that object.
The plans and site reported by the committee at a subsequent meet-
ing were unanimously adopted a: -id the committee authorized to
contract with the artist, H. H. Kitson, and to superintend the execu-
tion of the work.
The bequest with accrued interest amounted to the sunt of
$11,722.12, which was held by the town treasurer, subject to the
drafts of the committee. In the course of construction it was found
necessary to make many changes in the structure, and do inuch
grading to adapt it to the location; much labor was expended also
in searching for and procuring stones Fitted for special places, and to
produce the desired effect. This has caused a considerably larger
expenditure than was at first deemed necessary, but it was unavoid-
able and has added materially to the convenience and the effective
appearance of the fountain. Fortunately the bequest proved ample
for all needful purposes. All bills have been paid, all matters in
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controversy amicably settled and a substantial balance remains to
the credit of the Hayes Memorial Fountain.
The items of expenditure are as follows, viz : H. H. Kitson,
$9,905.18 ; Water and Highway I]epartments, $324.07 ; E. S. Locke,
T. Burke, Hooper & Perry, plumbing, $184.47; J. M. Ellis, stone
work, $298.80; Charles A. Wellington, bills paid for work and other
expenses, $100 ; E. W. Glass, A. C. Washburn, H. A. Shaw, Pierce &
Winn Co., G. W. Spaulding, De Veau Bros., M. McQuade and mis-
cellaneous, $40.88, making a total of $10,83.40, leaving an unex-
pended balance of 5862.7.2. What disposition should be made of
this sum?
Your committee recommend that it be held by the town and
known as ""The Hayes Fountain Trust Fund," that it be invested in
a town note or other security, and the income used for the perpetual
care of the fountain, and the grounds immediately around it. We
also recommend that a committee of three persons be appointed by
the Selectmen to have the care of the fountain and the grounds
around it, and to see that ail things pertaining thereto be kept in a
tidy and efficient condition, serving without pay and reporting an-
nually to the town the receipts and expenditures.
f t seems Fitting in conclusion to recall the services of two members
of the committee who have passed away since the committee was ap-
pointed, Leonard G. Babcock and Charles A. Wellington, both of
whom were deeply interested in making the fountain a useful and
artistic work, creditable to the town and in keeping with its historic
character.
To Mr. Wellington we are more deeply indebted for the success.
that has crowned our labors and given ns this unique and beautiful
memorial, not only of Mr. Hayes, brit of him whose name adorns our
annals and sheds glory upon our country. He gave to its construc-
tion much time and thought, and to his mechanical skill and exquisite
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taste is largely due a work that forms a new attraction to Lexington
and adorns the spot where the war for independence began.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the committee,
C. A. STAPLES,
Chairman.
And on motion of Mr. E. A. Bayley, it was
Voted, 'That the report be accepted and placed on file.
Oi motion of Mr. Staples it was
Voted, That the balance of the bequest of Francis B. Hayes,
remaining from the construction of the Hayes Memorial Fountain,
amounting to $862.72, constitute the "Hayes Fountain Trust Fund,"
to be held by the town and securely invested, the income to be used
for the perpetual care of the fountain and the grounds immediately
around it.
Voted, That the Selectmen appoint a committee of three persons
whose duty it shall be to have the care of the fountain and the
grounds around it, using the income of the Hayes Trust Fund, or so
much thereof as niay he needed, and report annually to the town
the receipts and expenditures.
Voted, That the tree warden be one of said committee.
The committee is as follows : Cornelius Wellington, Edward Wood,
Edwin J. B. Nourse.
Mr. A. E. Scott for the committee on water supply, said that their
report had been printed and circulated by mail, and thought it was
not necessary to read it.
Voted, That the report be accepted.
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On motion of Mr. Scott
Voted, That the report be laid on the table.
On motion of Mr. Scott
Voted, That Art. 4 be considered before the meeting for action
at any time when no other business is being done.
Mr. E. A. Bayley made a request "'That the moderator appoint a
committe of twelve to prepare and present to the town some appro-
priate testimonial expressing the general appreciation of our citizens
for the long and efficient Services of Mr. Leonard A. Saville as town
clerk of our town," which was unaniinonsly granted.
On motion of Mr. H. W. Lewis
Voted, That the moderator be added to the committee.
The moderator appointed the following : Edwin A. Bayley, Henry
A. C. Woodward, Edwin S. Spaulding, Charles H. Franks, George
W. Sampson, Christopher S. Ran, George W. Spaulding, Robert C.
Moakley, John F. Hutchinson, Henry W. Lewis, C. A. Staples,
George D. Harrington, Jaynes H. Frizelie.
ART. 4. Rev. C. A. Staples called attention to the report of the
trustees of Cary Library as printed, and said that more accommoda-
tion was needed for the growth of the library.
On his motion
Voted, That the cases containing relics, and the relics (excepting
the Pitcairn pistols and tongue of the old bell), be given to the
Lexington Historical Society.
Voted, That the sum of one hundred and fifty (150) dollars be
appropriated for new shelves for Cary Library and branch at East
Lexington.
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Voted, That the assistant librarian, who has been employed only
a part of the time, be employed all the time and that she receive a
salary of $300.
ART. 5. To choose a Tree Warden for the term of one year in
accordance with the provisions of Chapter 380 of the Acts of 1899
This article was taken upon motion of Mr. G. W. Sampson. He
said that in many towns the chief of the fire department was ap-
pointed as tree warden and moved that Mr. E. J. B. Nourse be
chosen to fill this position for the ensuring year and that the vote be
taken by acclamation.
On vote the moderator declared the motion carried, which was
doubted, and the house was polled, in favor 67, opposed 65, and
Edwin J. B. Nourse was declared elected tree warden for the ensuing
year.
ART. 6. To choose such town officers as are required by law and
are usually chosen by nomination.
The following officers were chosen by nomination :
FENCE VIEWERS.
Abbott S. Mitchell, Edwin A. Bayley, Roger I. Sherman.
FIELD DRtVERS.
Frank W. Herrick, Henry W. Lewis, Dr. Fred S. Piper.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.
Abbott S. Mitchell, George W. Spaulding.
Voted, That the remaining minor officers be appointed by the
Selectmen.
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ART. 7. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors prepared
and posted by the Selectmen as required by law.
The town clerk read the list of jurors presented by the Selectmen
and moved that the names of John D. Bacon and Albert H. Burnham
be stricken from the list, they having been drawn as jurors since the
list was posted, and that the names of Byron C. Earle and George
F. Teague be taken off at their own request.
Mr. A. F. Hutchinson was excused at his own request.
Voted, That the list as amended be accepted by the town.
ART. 8. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the
proper observance of Memorial Day, to be expended under the
direction of Post 119, G. A. R.
On motion of Mr. E. S. Locke, it was
Voted, That the sum of one hundred and seventy-five (175)
dollars be appropriated for the observance of Memorial Day, to be
expended under the direction of Post 119, G. A. R.
Aur. 9. '1'o provide for the support of the public schools for the
ensuing year and grant money for the same.
On motion of Mr. E. P. Bliss it was
Voter, That Art. 9 be laid on the table.
ART. 10. To provide for the support of the poor at the Poor
Farm for the ensuing year and grant money for the same.
On motion of Mr. J. F. Hutchinson it was
Voted, That the sum of two thousand (2000) dollars be appro-
priated for the support of the poor at the Poor Farm the ensuing
year.
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ART. 11. To provide for the support of the outside poor for the
ensuing year and grant money for the same.
On motion of Mr. J. F. Hutchinson it was
Voted,, That the sunt of four thousand (4,000) dollars he appro-
priated for the support of outside poor the ensuing year. This
amount to cover the overdraft of last year ($958.38).
:fur. 12. To provide for the support for the highways for the
ensuing year and grant money for the same.
On motion of Mr. E. S. Spaulding it was
Voted, That the sum of twenty thousand (20,000) dollars be ap-
propriated for the support of the highways the ensuing year.
ART. 13. To provide for the support of the street lights for the
ensuing year, and grant money for the same.
Mr. Irving P, Fox wanted to know the cost of running street
lights all night, and advocated the sante. Mr. C. H. Miles said
the expense would be $3,000 per year additional. After some dis-
cussion in the matter Mr. A. F. Hutchinson moved the appropria-
tion of 85,410, the same as last year.
Mr. E. A. B.ryley offered as an amendment that the sum of
fifty-seven hundred (5,700) dollars be appropriated, which was
voted.
ART. 14. To provide for the support of the fire department for
the ensuing year, and grant money for the same.
Mr. E. J. B. Nourse moved an appropriation of $5,000 for sup-
port of fire department, and $800 for increase of pay of firemen.
Mr. E. A. Bayley moved that the motion be divided, which was
voted,
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On motion of Mr. Bayley it was
Voted, That the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars be appro-
priated for the support of the fire department the ensuing year.
On Mr. Bayley's motion to take up the second part of
Nourse's motion the town
Voted, "No."
On motion of Mr. Nourse it was
Voted, That the sum of six hundred and fifty (650) dollars be ap-
propriated for the purchase of additional hose.
Mr.
ART. 15. To see if the town will make the appropriations for
town expenses the ensuing year, as submitted by the Selectmen, or
act in any manner relating thereto.
Mr. G. W. Sampson moved to take up the estimates for 1901, on
page 90 of the town report, which was done, and the town voted on
the same item by item and made appropriations as follows :
Abatement of taxes,
Assessors,
April 19th,
Auditors,
Care of common,
Collector of taxes,
Cemeteries,
(Said sum to include $100 for old cemetery.)
Poli e,
Contingent,
Fuel and lights,
Hydrants,
Interest,
Janitors,
Librarians,
$600.00
700.00
200.00
100.00
200.00
- 800.00
300.00
4,000.00
2,500.00
1,200.00
3,510.00
3,500.00
900.00
1,490.00
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Town debt,
Printing,
Registrars of voters,
School committee,
Selectmen,
Overseers of the poor,
Surveyors of highways,
Removal of snow,
Sidewalks,
'I'reasurer of Cary library,
Trimming trees,
Town clerk,
Town treasurer,
Watering streets,
Watering troughs,
Town physician,
Board of health,
Sealer of weights and measures,
$6,000.00
450.00
100.00
800.00
333.84
333,33
333.33
600,00
1,406.04
50.00
200.00
300.00
600.00
1,000.00
75.00
75.00
500.00
100.00
Mr. E. A. Bayley moved that the balance of three hundred and
seventy-six and 51-100 ($376.51) dollars, standing to the credit of
"Enforcement of the Liquor Law," be expended for that purpose,
and it was so voted.
Mr. E. A. Bayley made a motion to have Art. 15 laid on the table
which he afterward withdrew.
Upon motion of Mr. G. W. Sampson, it was
Voted, That Art. 15 be considered as disposed of.
ART. 16. '1'o see if rhe town will authorize their treasurer, under
the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary
purpose, in anticipation of the collection of taxes the current year,
the same to he repaid directly from the proceeds of said taxes, or act
in any manner relating thereto.
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On motion of Mr. J. F. Hutchinson, it was
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 Select-
men', and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the town
therefor, payable within one year from the time the loan is wade,
with interest thereon at a rate not exceeding five per cent. per
annum.
All debts incurred under this vote shall be paid from the taxes of
the present municipal year.
On motion of Mr. G. W. Sampson, it was
Voted, That the compensation of the Tax Collector he one per
cent. on the amount collected.
AR'T'. 18. To see if the town will make an appropriation to con-
struct sidewalks with concrete or other materials, where the abutters
will pay one-half the expense thereof.
On motion of Mr. J. F. Hutchinson, it was
Voted, That the sum of six hundred dollars ($600) be appro-
priated for the construction of sidewalks with concrete or other
material, the abutters to pay one-half the expense thereof.
Mr. G. W. Sampson moved as an amendment that the amount be
fourteen hundred and six and 4-100 ($1406.04) dollars to cover
the over -draft of eight hundred and six and 4-100 ($806,04) dollars
and the town so voted.
On motion of Mr. P. A. Nellis, it was
Voted, That the Board of Highway Surveyors be authorized by a
vote of this meeting, to raise the walks on Parker street from the
line of Mrs. Chapman to the line of Geo. H. Jackson, six inches.
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That the sidewalks shall be on a grade with the walks on either
side of us, and that they shall be at least three inches higher than
the crown of the road.
Aar. 25. To see what action the town will take in relation to the
abolition of grade crossings in the town of Lexington at Woburn,
Grant, Merriam, Hancock, Revere and Bedford streets, or act in
any manner relating thereto.
Mr. E. A. Bayley moved that Art. 25 be taken up briefly.
Some explanations were made by Mr. Bayley in regard to grade
crossings. No action was taken.
At 10.15 on motion of Mr. J. E. Maynard,
Voted, That the meeting be adjourned for one week at 7.30
o'clock p. m.
ADJOURNED MEETING MARCH 18, 1901.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 7.30 o'clock p. m.
Aim 25. Mr. E. A. Bayley made some remarks in regard to the
matter and said something must be done about sinking the tracks,
and made the following motion :—"'That the town authorize and
empower the Selectmen to take the necessary legal steps to secure
the abolition of the grade crossings mentioned in Article 25, and
that the town appropriate a sum not exceeding $30,000 to meet the
expense thereof."
The question was discussed by Messrs. A. F. Hutchinson, H. H.
Putnam, E. P. Merriam and C. B. Davis. Mr. H. G. Janvrin moved
as an amendment that the motion be passed without the appropria-
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tion. Mr. A. F. Hutchinson moved that the matttcr be indefinitely
postponed, which was lost.
Mr. E. A. Bayley moved that the question be divided, which was
voted.
Moved that the town authorize and empower the Selectmen to
take the necessary legal steps to secure the abolition of the grade
crossings mentioned in Article 25.
Mr. H. H. Putnam moved to lay the matter on the table, which
motion the Moderator refused to entertain.
On Mr. Bayley's motion, it was
Voted, That the town authorize and :empower the Selectmen to
take the necessary legal steps to secure the abolition of the grade
crossings mentioned in Article 25.
Mr. Bayley moved that a sum not to exceed $ 30,000 be appro-
priated for the purpose,
Mr. C. B. Davis moved that the matter be laid on the table, which
was carried.
ART. 27. To see if the town will lay out and construct the high-
way from Lincoln street and Spring street to Waltham street, thence
continuing in a general easterly direction to Pleasant street, follow-
ing the lines and grades on the plan of Pierce and Barnes, Civil
Engineers, or act in any manner relating thereto.
Mr. E. P. Bliss explained the matter to some extent and moved
That the Selectmen be requested to view and lay out under the
provisions of the Statutes of Betterments, a road 100 feet wide from
Waltham street to Pleasant street, as surveyed and reported by
Pierce and Barnes, making such changes as are in their judgment
advisable, but beginning on Waltham street at least 50 feet southerly
from the point established by said survey, the curve easterly to con -
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form thereto, and report to the town at the next town meeting; and
that the Selectmen be further authorized to insert in the warrant for
the next town meeting, such articles as may be necessary for the
construction of this road under the provisions of the Statutes of
Betterments ; and to proceed in other ways to secure the immediate
construction of this road.
The subject was discussed by Messrs. A. F. Hutchinson, E. A.
Bayley, Cornelius Wellington and J. F. Hutchinson. Mr. A. F.
Hutchinson moved as a substitute motion that the matter be re-
ferred to the Selectmen to report at a future town meeting, which
was lost. Mr. J. F. Maynard moved the following amendment
That no authority be given the Selectmen to make or contract any
expenditure either for the present or future use in connection there-
with. And Mr. Bliss' motion as amended by Mr. Maynard, was
passed.
ART. 9. On motion of Mr. C. H. Wiswell it was
Voted, That the sum of twenty-one thousand three hundred
(21,300) dollars be appropriated for the support of schools the en-
suing year.
ART. 17. 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.
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On motion of Mr. j. F. Hutchinson it was
Voted, That all taxes for the current year be made payable on or
before Dec. 1, 1901, 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 sub-
ject to interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum, and that the
collector be instructed to collect all taxes before June 1, 1902.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to issue bonds to the
amount of ten thousand dollars under the authority and provisions
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of Chapter one hundred and sixty (160) of the Acts of 1896 for the
purpose of refunding an equal amount of bonds of the town denom-
inated ' Lexington \Vater Bonds," which become due Nov. 1, 1901,
or act in any matter relating thereto.
On motion of Mr. J. F. Hutchinson it was
Voted, 'That the town issue ten bonds of one thousand dollars
each, dated Nov. 1, 1901, 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, 1901, under the provisions of Chapter
160 of the Acts of 1896.
Voted, That said bonds be sold at private sale under the direc-
tion of the Selectmen upon the best terms they can obtain.
Vote unanimous.
ART. 14. On motion of Mr. E. J. B. Nourse this article was
taken up by unanimous consent. Mr. Nourse moved that $800 be
appropriated for increased pay of members of the Fire department.
After the matter had been discussed Mr. J. F. Hutchinson moved as
a substitute motion that the amount be four hundred (400) dollars,
which was accepted by Mr. Nourse. The Moderator declared Mr.
Hutchinson's motion carried. The vote being doubted the house
was polled with the following result : "Yes," 106; " No," 0, and
the substitute motion of Mr. Hutchinson was carried.
ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to locate a fire alarm box
at the corner of Ward and Ash streets, or act in any manner relating
thereto.
Mr. W. H. Kelly moved that the sum of $150 be appropriated for
a fire alarm box to be located at the corner of Ward and Ash streets.
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Mr. C. E. Wheeler moved an amendment that the box be located at
the corner of Reed and Orchard streets. Mr. C. L. Ryan moved an
amendment that two hundred (200) dollars be appropriated, and
that a box he also located on Bedford street. Mr. A. S. Chatfield
moved an amendment that the location of the boxes be left with the
fire engineers, and the motion of Mr. Kelly, as amended by Mr.
Ryan and Mr. Chatfield, was carried.
AR'r. 20. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the
proper ventilation of the Stone building, or act in any manner in re-
ation thereto.
The Moderator, Mr. J. H. Frizelle, called the Town Clerk to the
chair and moved that the Acting Moderator appoint a comtnittee of
three citizens of East Lexington to consider the natter and report,
which was voted, and the following committee was appointed :
J. H. Frizelle, E. T. Harrington and James Barnes.
Ana'. 21. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Chap-
ter 158 of the Acts of 1896, entitled " An act relative to the ap-
portionment of the assessments for betterments," or act in any man-
ner relating thereto.
Mr. E. P. Bliss moved that the matter he referred to the Select-
men, which was voted.
ART. 22. `1'o see what action the town will take in relation to the
acceptance of an extension of Pelham road ; also a new street lead-
ing from Pelham road to Warren street.
Mr. A. S. Parsons moved that the town accept the extension of
Pelham road and a new street leading from Pelham road to Warren
street.
On motion of Mr. E. A. Bayley it was
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Voted, That the matter be referred to the highway surveyors to
report at a future meeting.
ART. 23. To see if the town will make an appropriation for im-
proving the condition of the old cemetery, or act in any manner re-
lating thereto.
See action under Art. 15, meeting March 11, 1901.
ART. 24, To see if the town will accept an extension of Mer-
riam street from its present terminus, as accepted by the town across
the estate of Francis B. Hayes to East street; also a street connect-
ing with a street called Grant street, at present not accepted by the
town, on a plan of lots of David W. Muzzey, and continuing from
said street on said plan from its present terminus on said plan to
East street, or act in any manner in relation thereto.
On motion of Mr. Cornelius Wellington it was
Voted, That the matter be referred to the Highway Surveyors.
Mr. J. N. Hutchinson moved that all money appropriated be as-
sessed the ensuing year, which was voted.
Mr. E. S. Locke moved that when this meeting adjourn it be to
Saturday evening, March 23d, at 7.30 o'clock, which was carried,
and at 9.50 the meeting adjourned on motion.
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ADJOURNED MEETING MARCH 23, 1901.
Meeting called to order by Moderator at 7.35 p. m.
ART. 4. Dr. N. H. Merriam moved that the report of the water
committee be taken from the table, which was carried.
Mr. H. W. Lewis moved that the report be accepted and the
committee discharged.
Mr. E. P. Merriam moved that the motion of Mr. Lewis be
divided, which was carried.
On motion of Mr. Merriam
Voted, That the discharge of the committee be laid on the table.
Mr. E. S. Locke moved
That the Water Commissioners be instructed to take immediate
steps to try the experiment of procuring an additional supply of
water from the'Munroe meadow, and if the experiment is satisfac-
tory to make such contracts as may be required to obtain a supply
from that source for one year, and to make such other experiments
as they may deem expedient, and that one thousand dollars be ap-
propriated and assessed for such experiments.
Mr. E. A. Bayley moved, as an amendment, that the investigation
he extended to the East Lexington meadows.
Mr. W. F. Glenn moved, as an amendment, that the Dunn
meadows be included also, and both amendments were accepted by
Mr. Locke.
The question was discussed by Messrs. E. A. Bayley, N. H. Mer-
riam, H. W. Lewis, E. P. Merriam, J. F. Maynard, J. H. Frizelle
and C. M. Parker.
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H. W. Lewis moved that the Moderator and three other citizens
be added to the committee, which was lost.
Geo. O. Whiting moved that the present committee on water
supply he added to the water commissioners, which was voted.
On motion of E. A. Bayley
Voted, That the Board of Sewer Commissioners be added to the
committee.
On motion of N. H. Merriam
Voted, That ])r. J. U. 'Pilton be added to the committee.
Mr. Clapp moved to change the motion of Mr. Locke to read as
follows
That the Water Cominiksioners be instructed to take immediate
steps to try the experiment of procuring an additional supply of
water from the Munroe meadow, and such other place or places as
they may deem best, and if the experiments are satisfactory to make
such contracts as may be required to obtain a supply from such
source or sources for one year, and to make such other experiments
as they may deem expedient, and that one thousand (1,000) dollars
be appropriated and assessed for such experiments, and the motion,
as offered by Mr. Clapp, was carried.
At $.15 o'clock, on motion of Mr. R. P. Clapp, it was
Voted That the meeting be dissolved.
A true record.
Attest : (EO. D. HARRINGI'ON,
Town Clerk.
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April 20, 1901.
To the Chairman of the .Board of Selectmen rind Me Town Clerk:
I hereby tender my resignation as Selectman, as 1 do not wish to
hold an official position the legality of which is questioned. I do
this so that there will be no question whatever as to whether or not
a vacancy exists in the Board, and in order that the remaining
members may call a meeting at once for the election of a Selectman
for the term of three years. This will give any citizen an opportu-
nity to be a candidate. 1 shall also be a candidate at that meeting.
I believe this method will avoid further litigation and contention and
will be for the best interests of the town. I shall continue to hold
and regularly act with my associates as Surveyor of the Highways and
Overseer of the Poor, which offices I have recently held for the term
of three years, and upon which there is no question as to the legality
of the last election.
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON.
To the Selectmen of Lexington:
The Lexington and Roston Street Railway Company hereby re-
quests locations for the extension of the tracks of the Company in
Lexington as follows :
(1.) A location for a second track in Massachusetts avenue,
substantially parallel with the existing single track of the petitioner
therein, from the Arlington town line to the present turnout of the
Company near Oak street, East Lexington ; so that the petitioner
may have a double track railway in Massachusetts avenue from said
turnout to the Arlington line, there In connect with double tracks of
the Company extending in the town of Arlington to Arlington
Heights.
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(2.) A location for a second track in Massachusetts avenue,
slrbfitantially parallel with the existing single track of the petitioner
in said avenue, from the present turnout of the Company near
Woburn street and Winthrop road, to Bedford street; so that the
petitioner may have a double track railway in said avenue from
Bedford street to said turnout near Woburn street and Winthrop
road.
Your petitioner asks the granting also of permission to use elec-
tricity as a motiv.e power on the tracks to be constructed on such
extended or additional iocations, and the right to erect and maintain
poles, wires and other appliances therefor.
Dated February 28, 1901.
Respectfully presented by order of the Board of Directors,
LEXINGTON AND BOS'T'ON STREET RAILWAY COMPANY,
By SYDNEY HAItwOOD, President,
Upon the foregoing petition, it is ordered' that a public hearing be
given to all parties interested, at the Town Hall in said Lexington,
on Tuesday, the 2d day of April, 1901, at 7.30 o'clock p. m., at
which place and time the Selectmen of this town will meet and con-
sider said petition.
And it is further ordered that notice thereof be given by publica-
tion of a copy of said petition and of this order thereon, once a
week tor two successive weeks, in the Lexington Minute -Man, a
newspaper published in said Lexington, the first publication to be at
least fourteen days before said meeting.
EDWIN S. SPAUl DING,
G. W. SPAULI)IN(G,
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON,
Selectmen of Lesa'rgf n.
Lexington, March 7, 1901.
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Filed with Town Clerk of I..exington, April 22, 1901.
Attest : GEORGE D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING.
MoNnAv, May 20th, 1901.
To Wtt_.t taM 13. FosrER, 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 twentieth day of May, A. I). 1901, at
seven o'clock a. m., to act on the following articles, viz
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
On motion of Mr. G. W. Sampson, it was
- noted, That we proceed to the election of a Moderator by ballot,
that the check list be used and that the polls be kept open ten
minutes. The polls were then declared open and at the end of the
time specified, on counting the ballots, it was found that 67 ballots
had been cast, all for James H. Frizelle, who was sworn by the Town
Clerk.
ART. 2. 1'o choose by ballot one Selectman to fill a vacancy for
the term ending March, 1904.
The election officers will receive votes under Article 2, on the
official ballot prepared by the Town Clerk. The polls will be
opened as soon as possible after the organization of the meeting,
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and will be kept open until seven o'clock p. nn- or as much longer as
the meeting may direct, not to extend beyond sunset.
Abram B. Smith and Chas. W. Swan having been appointed ballot
clerks, and Irving Stone and Francis Locke deputy ballot clerks by
the Selectmen, were sworn, and Abram B. Smith and Chas. W. Swan
receipted to the Town Clerk for a sealed package said to contain
1000 official ballots, also a copy of the voting list. The ballot box
was shown to be empty, then locked and the key thereof delivered to
William B. Foster, the Constable, and the polls were declared open
and the balloting was begun. Subsequently Patrick F. Dacey,
Homer B. Locke, Geo. L. Pierce and Wm. H. Whitaker were sworn
as tellers to assist the Moderator in counting and tabulating tha
ballots.
At three o'clock p. m., by consent of the Moderator and Town
Clerk the ballot box was opened and 600 ballots were taken out,
and the tellers commenced their duties. At 4 o'clock p. m. 100
ballots were taken from the box, and at the close of the polls at 7
o'clock p. nr., 71 ballots were taken out, the register on the ballot box
standing at 771. The same number of names was checked on the
voting list used by the Moderator and ballot clerks. After the tabu-
lation of the vote, the Moderator announced the result as follows :
For Selectman to fill the vacancy for the term ending March,
1904:
John F. Hutchinson,
George W. Taylor,
Blanks,
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The Moderator declared John F. Hutchinson elected, and he was
duly sworn.
At 7.30 o'clock the meeting dissolved.
A true record, attest: GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
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To the Sedechmen of the Town of Lexington:
Your petitioner, the Lexington and Boston Street Railway Com-
pany, respectfully shows that for the purpose of avoiding or eliminat-
ing a crossing of the Boston & Maine Railroad by the petitioner's
railway at grade in Woburn street, Lexington, Mass., (where the
petitioner is already possessed of a location for the construction of
an extension of its railway) proposes to purchase ox otherwise take
the necessary land, not exceeding fifty feet in width, outside the
limits of said Woburn street, the same being a public way.
The land proposed to be taken consists of a strip out of the fol-
lowing tracts : (1) Tract belonging to James F. Russell, situated on
the southwesterly side of the junction of said Woburn street with the
Boston & Maine Railroad; (2) Tract belonging to Alden E. Viles,
situated on the easterly side of said junction, and bounded northerly
by said Wourn street, and southwesterly by said Boston & Maine
Railroad ; (3) A tract of land lying between and adjoining each of
the first named two tracts, said intervening tract being land of the
Boston & Maine Railroad, and embracing a portion of the location
of its railroad.
A more particular description of the strip of land proposed to be
purchased or taken as aforesaid, is shown upon a plan by Pierce &
Barnes, Civil Engineers, dated April 29, 1901, to be presented to
you for approval in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 404
of the Acts of 1898.
Wherefore, your petitioner asks that such plan be approved by
you, and to that end you give a public notice and hearing in the
premises, as required by law.
Respectfully submitted by order of the Board of Directors of
said Lexington & Boston Street Railway Co.
May lOth, 1901.
By SYDNEY HARWOOD, President.
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IN BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
LExIw;ioN, Mass., May 28, 1901.
It is ordered that a public hearing on the foregoing petition and
the plan therein referred to be given to all parties interested, at the
Town Halt, Lexington on Saturday, the 15th day of June at 7.30
o'clock p. m. ; and that notice of such hearing be given by publica-
tion of a copy of the foregoing petition, and of this order thereon,
two times in the Independent, a newspaper published in this town,
the first publication to be fourteen days at least before the date of
such hearing.
EDWIN S. SPAULDING,
G. W. SPAULDING,
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON,
Selectmen of Lexington.
Received by Town Clerk of Lexington, May 29, 1901.
GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
THE NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
COMPANY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
You are hereby notified that you are duly authorized by vote of the
Board of Selectmen of the town of Lexington, Massachusetts, to erect
and maintain poles and wires to be placed thereon, together with
such supporting and strengthening fixtures and wires as said com-
pany may deem requisite, in the following named streets and high-
ways of said town.
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A plan of locations hereby granted is filed, dated May 28th, 1901.
All construction under this permit shall be in accordance with the
following specifications:
Poles shall be of a length, size and material, and the wires thereon
shall be at a height and placed in a manner satisfactory to the Board
of Selectmen.
A copy of this permit is recorded in the records of the town of
Lexington, Massachusetts.
GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
Following arc the streets and highways above referred to :
Woburn street, between Massachusetts avenue and the Woburn
line, 29 poles.
Corner of Massachusetts avenue and Woburn street, 1 pole;
Lowell street, near Woburn street, 1 pole.
Signatures of Selectmen :
Date June 6th, 1901.
A true copy.
EDWIN S. SPAULDING,
G. W. SPAULDING.
Attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
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THE NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
COMPANY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
You are hereby notified that you are duly authorized by vote of
the Board of Selectmen of the town of Lexington, Mass., to erect
and maintain poles and wires to be placed thereon, together with
such supporting and strengthening fixtures and wires as said com-
pany may deem requisite, in the following named streets and high-
ways of said town.
A plan of locations hereby granted is filed, dated June 10th, 1901
All construction under this permit shall he in accordance with the
following specifications :
Poles shall be of a length, size and material, and the wires thereon
shall be at a height and placed in a manner satisfactory to the
Board of Selectmen.
A copy of this permit is recorded in the records of the town of
Lexington, Mass.
GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
Following are the streets and highways above referred to :
Lowell street, between Woburn street and the Burlington line, 6
poles.
Signatures of Selectmen :
Date June 20, 1901.
A true copy.
EDWIN S. SPAULDING,
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON.
Attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
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BEQUEST OF ESTATE OF NANCY E. FILLEBROWN.
$100.00.
TOWN TREASURER'S OFFICE,
LEXINGTON, July 19th, 1901.
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 the estate of Nancy E. Fillebrown, the interest
of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and Chap-
ter 225 of the acts of 1870, upon lot No. 52, old number, and No.
282, new number, in the town cemetery near the High schoolhouse
in said Lexington, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments,
walks and avenues adjacent thereto.
GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Treasurer.
Lexington, July 19, 1901, received for record.
A true copy, attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
IN BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
LEXINGTON, Massachusetts, July 24, 1901.
Voted, That The New England Telephone and Telegraph Co -
pany of Massachusetts be and it is hereby authorized and permitted
to erect and maintain poles and wires to be placed thereon, together
with such supporting and strengthening fixtures and wires as said
company may deem requisite, in the streets and highways of said
town, as hereinafter designated. A plan of locations hereby granted
is filed, dated July lfith, 1801. All construction tinder this permit
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shall be in accordance with the following specifications : The poles
shall be located between the travelled driveway and the limits of the
highway, and shall be of wood or other suitable material, and the
wires shall he run at the usual height, and along and across the
highway. After the poles and wires have been located as specified
in this permit, alterations shall be made in the location or erection
of the poles, and in the height of the wires, if so directed by the
Board of Selectmen, •Following are the streets and highways above
referred to :
Massachusetts avenue, near Middle street, 5 poles.
Woburn street, near the Woburn line, 2 poles.
Signatures of Selectmen :
EDWIN S. SPAULDING,
G. W. SPAULDING,
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON.
This permit is recorded in the records of the Town of Lexington,
Mass., Book 1898, Page 259.
$100.00.
GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
A true copy, attest : GEO. 11 HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
BEQUEST OF C. A. FOWLE, JR.
TOWN TREASURER'S OFFICE.
I..Ex! N[.TroN, Aug. lst, 1901.
Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington,
in town meeting assembled on the 2d day of November, A. D.
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1875, the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of one
hundred (100) dollars from C. A. Fowle, Jr., 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 50, old number and
441, new number, in the new part of Town Cemetery, near the High
School House, in said Lexington, in dressing and cafe of said lot,
monument, walks, and avenues adjacent thereto.
GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Treasurer.
Lexington, Aug. 1, 1901, received for record.
A true copy, attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
IN BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
LExIN[:role, Massachusetts, Aug. 15, 1901.
Voted, That The New England Telephone and 'Telegraph Com-
pany of Massachusetts be and it is hereby authorized and permitted
to erect and maintain poles and wires to be placed thereon, together
with such supporting and strengthening fixtures and wires as said
company may deem requisite, in the streets and highways of said
town as hereinafter designated. A plan of locations hereby granted
is filed, dated July_3d, 1901. All construction under this permit
shall be in accordance with the following specifications : The poles
shall be located between the travelled driveway and the limits of the
highway, and shall be of wood or other suitable material, and the
wires shall be run at the usual height and along and across the high-
way. After the poles and wires have been located as specified in
this permit, alterations shall he made in the location or erection of
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the poles, and in the height of the wires, if so directed by the Board
of Selectmen.
Following are the streets and highways above referred to :
Waltham street between Middle and Forest streets, 11 poles.
Stetson street near Merriam street, 1 pole.
Signatures of Selectmen :
EDWIN S. SPAULDING,
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON.
This permit is recorded in the records of the Town of Lexington,
Book 1898, Page 261.
GEO. 1). HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
A true copy, attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
IN BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
.EKENG'TON, Massachusetts, Aug. 15th, 1901.
Voted, That the New England 'Telephone and Telegraph Com-
pany of Massachusetts, be, and it is hereby authorized and permitted
to erect and maintain poles and wires to be placed thereon, together
with such supporting and strengthening fixtures and wires as said
company may deem requisite, in the streets and highways of said
town as hereinafter designated.
A plan of locations hereby granted is Med, dated Aug. 9th, 1901.
All construction under this permit shall be in accordance with the
following specifications :
The poles shall be located between the traveled driveway and the
limits of the highway, and shall be of wood or other suitable mate-
rial, and the wires shall be run at the usual height and along and
across the highways. After the poles and wires have been located
as specified in this permit, alterations shall be made in the location
on erection of the poles, and in the height of the wires, if so di-
rected by the Board of Selectmen.
Following are the streets and highways above referred to
Merriam street, near Massachusetts avenue, 3 poles.
Signatures of Selectmen :
EDWIN S. SPAULDI,NG,
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON.
This permit is recorded in the Records of the Town of Lexington
Book 1898, page 262.
A true copy.
GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Torun Clerk,
Attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
IN BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
LEX INcroN, Mass., Aug. 21, 1901.
Ordered, That permission be and is hereby granted the New Eng-
land Telephone and Telegraph Company of Massachusetts to lay and
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maintain underground conduits and man -holes, with the wires and
cables to be placed therein, under the surface of the following
strcets :
Massachusetts avenue, from the Arlington line to Elm avenue ;
also that permission be, and hereby is granted the New England
Telephone and Telegraph Company of Massachusetts, to erect and
maintain distributing poles, with the wires to be placed thereon, at
suitable points in such portions of said street as may be occupied by
conduits constructed under this order, and on any street intersecting
any such portion of said street, at or near the point of intersection;
also to lay and maintain underground conduits, man -holes, cables
and wires for the purpose of making connections with said poles and
with existing poles it inay desire to use for distributing purposes, and
for making building connections with its said conduits, on the above
or intersecting streets.
The foregoing permission is subject to the following conditions
1. The conduits and man -holes shall be of such material and
construction, and all work done in such manner as to be satisfactory
to the Board of Selectmen, or to such officers as it may appoint to
the supervision of the work, and a plan showing the location of con-
duit constructed, and of distributing poles erected shall be filed with
the town when the work is completed.
2. In every underground conduit constructed by said company,
one duct, not less than three inches in diameter, shall be reserved
and maintained free of charge for the use of the fire, police, tele-
phone and telegraph wires, belonging to the town and used exclu-
sively for municipal purposes.
3. Said company shall file with the town its agreement to in-
demnify and save the town harmless against all damages, costs and
expense whatsoever, to which the town may be subjected in conse-
quence of the acts or neglect of said company, its agents or ser -
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vants, or in any manner arising from the rights and privileges granted
it by the town.
4. In addition to such agreement, said company shall, before a
street is disturbed for the laying of its wires or conduits, execute its
bond in a penal sun, of not less than five thousand dollars.
5. Said company shall comply with the requirements of existing
by-laws and such as may hereafter be adopted governing the con-
struction and maintenance of conduits, poles and wires.
EDWIN S. SPAULDING,
G. W. SPAULDING,
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON,
Selectmen of Lexington.
This permit is recorded in the records of the town of Lexington
Book 1898, page 263.
A true copy.
GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
Attest: GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
BEQUEST OF MRS. E. M. MARSH.
TOWN TREASURERS OFFICE,
LEXINGTON, Aug. 31st, 1901.
Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington,
in town meeting assemhled on the 2d day of November, A. D. 1875,
the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of one hundred
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(100) dollars from Mrs. E. M. Marsh, of Waltham, Mass., the inter-
est of which is to he expended it, accordance with said vote and
Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870, upon Lot 121 old number, and
350 new number, in the new part of 'Town Cemetery, near the High
School House in said Lexington, in dressing and care of said lot,
monuments, walks and avenues adjacent thereto.
GEO. I). HARRINGTON,
Town Treasurer.
Lexington, Aug. 31, 1901, received for record.
A true copy, attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Foran Clerk.
WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING.
THURSDAY, Sept. 12th, 1901.
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 'Thursday, the twelfth day of Sept., A. D., 1901,
at 7.30 p. m., to act on the following articles, viz :—
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Voted, That we proceed to elect a Moderator by ballot, and that
the polls be kept open three minutes. At the close of the polls at
the time specified, it was found that ten ballots had been cast. J. F.
Hutchinson had nine and W. A. Tower had one, and J. F. Hutchin-
son was declared elected Moderator, and was sworn by the Clerk.
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ART. 2. To hear the report of the committee on water supply
and act thereon.
The committee on water supply snake the following report.
At the Annual Town Meeting the committee were instructed to
continue their investigations and experiments and one thousand
dollars was appropriated for this purpose.
'I'he committee were also authorized to make a contract for an
additional supply of water for a year, it being understood that such
supply would be obtained from the Munroe Meadow by a system of
driven wells, substantially as set forth in the proposition of B. F.
Smith and Piro. referred to in the printed report.
Preliminary to the making of such contract, three wells were
driven in the northwesterly part of the meadow with very satisfactory
results. The quantity was undoubted, and the above mentioned
parties were ready to contract to furnish us a half million or even
a million gallons daily, and to put themselves under satisfactory
bonds to furnish this amount or to forfeit and repay to the town the
full amount paid' to them. The quality of the water also seemed
excellent, and the wells being near the Lexington Spring, which is
noted for the supposed purity of its water, we were elated at the
prospect of a pure and permanent supply.
Before making a contract we proceeded as required by statute, to
obtain the approval of the State Board of Health. The locality and
the water were examined by its engineer and its chemist, and in due
time the water was found to be impregnated with sewage and pro-
nounced unfit for a water supply.
In the meantime the cotnmittee were continuing experiments in
the town's land near the so-called Seavern's Spring, under the super-
vision of Engineer L. E. Hawes. A large number of experimental
wells were driven in that locality resulting in the belief that a con-
siderable additional supply of water could be obtained by construct-
ing one or two large wells and by enlarging the basin of Seavern's
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Spring in depth and diameter. And in order that the water obtained
from this and other sources should not be discolored or contaminated
by the surface or meadow water now finding its way into the well or
reservoir from which we are now pumping, it was decided that a
large water -tight basin or reservoir should be constructed in the
meadow near our present wells. There being no funds for this work
at the disposal of the committee, the Water Commissioners decided
to proceed under their general authority to constnict in the southerly
corner of the land purchased of Mr. Seaverns, where the driven well
gave good results, a well or reservoir fifteen feet in diameter and
sixteen and ane -half feet deep, and to connect the same with our
pumps. 'Phis well extends down to the solid ledge. It is built of
stone and brick in a very thorough manner, with a surrounding bed
of crushed stone, sand and grave, about three feet in width and ex-
tending from the surface to the bottom, so that no surface water can
Find its way into the well without Filtering through this bed to the
bottom or through a part of it and the brick walls.
This well is now nearly completed, the pipe and connecticns have
been purchased and are being laid, and we expect to be ready to
use this water in a few days.
The water seems to be excellent and we believe it will supply up-
wards of 40,000 gallons per day. As soon as we can rely on this
additional supply, the cownmitlee recommend proceeding at oncb to
sink a deep well in the vicinity or to enlarge the basin of Seavern's
Spring to the capacity of the well just built. We think it probable
that this will not only give us this increased storage capacity, but a
considerably larger flow of water. These two wells and others, if
built in this locality, will all he connected with a large suction pipe
eight to twelve inches in diameter, through which we may pump
directly to our stand pipe, oz allow the water to run by gravity to
our tight storage basin, to be pumped as required.
It has been found that the water from the well in the core of the
reservoir dam, will flow to the pumping station by gravity, and the
pumping from this well has been discontinued.
So
The gates controlling the six wells driven in the bottom of the
reservoir, have been opened and from the quantity of water that we
are now getting, we conclude t hat there is a considerable flow from
these sources. The flow from the deep well continues undiminished
It is proposed to conduct all the water from the reservoir wells
the new well, the Seaverns well and from the deep well into the
water tight basin previously suggested, and to pump directly from
this to the stand pipe. Possibly we may thus avoid using the water
of the old wells, at those tunes in the year when it becomes dis-
colored, and we shall also avoid the probable loss of water from well
No. 1, into which all our water is now collected for pumping.
It is estimated that the cost of the new we]i will be about $2,000
Of the new Seaverns well about
Of the reception basin about
Of the pipe and laying about
2,000
3,700
2,6110
And we recommend that the town appropriate the sunt of ten
thousand dollars for these purposes.
The committee are continuing the investigation in this locality,
and are hoping that other sources will be found which will justify
constructing still another well to be connected with the same pipe
system.
It is possible that the supply which we may obtain in this vi-
cinity may be sufficient for several years. The supply during the
present year, without these additional sources, has been ample.
There has been no restriction in the use of water through lawn hose
or for watering streets, and an immense amount has been used by
the street department. It has, however, been a favorable season,
and it is unwise to rely even on our increased supply or to delay
seeking for additional sources even for a single year.
Following the instructions of the town the committee have con.
tinued their investigations independently of the work done on the
town's land as above reported. It is the belief of some of the com-
St
mittee that a good supply can be obtained from the meadows in the
northwesterly part of the town near the headwaters of the Shaw -
sheen, but this locality is remote from our pipe system, and the ex-
pense of piping would be large. We have not experimented in this
locality for the reason that we hoped to find a nearer source.
Early in the season we began to investigate the water shed lying
southerly of the Massachusetts highway, or Middle street, and not
far from the East I..exington stand pipe. The meadows lying be-
tween the two long ranges of hills along the head waters of Beaver
Brook are very extensive ant, evidently carry a large amount of
water. Several fine springs crop out at the surface with clear and
very cold water, which we are informed are not affected by a very
dry season.
We selected for our experiments that part of the low land situate
on the Whalen and Roberts farms, nearest to the stand pipe. Both
Mr. Whalen and Mr. Roberts afforded us every facility for our
work.
Through B. F. Smith Sr Co., the engineers and contractors, who
drove the wells on the Munroe meadow, we drove a series of wells,
beginning on the Whalen farm at the foot of the hill nearest the
stand pipe. At first we struck the ledge at two feet, and the great-
est depth attained easterly of the main stream was eight feet.
Crossing the stream to the Roberts farm we soon found that the
dip of the ledge was more rapid, and we succeeded in getting five
welts down from twenty-three to thirty-four feet, all of which sup-
plied a large amoum of water. There is good reason to believe that
wells driven farther along to the foot of the slope, on the westerly
side, will yield an equal or even greater amount.
This water was analysed by a competent chemist. The detailed
analysis is a part of this report. I will merely quote Mr. La Bua's
(the chemist's) final summing up. He says: "This water is al-
kaline, fairly soft, contains only mere traces of organic matter, and
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may be classed as a safe and good water for drinking purposes or
domestic uses."
The contractors are satisfied that a large supply of water can be
obtained by a system of driven wells, and are ready to contract to
furnish the town either 300,000 or 500,000 gallons daily. Thcy will
even furnish the town with a satisfactory bond that their wells will
yield this amount every day for a definite period, and in case of
failure will repay to the town the full cost of the works put in by
them.
The committee have taken steps to obtain the approval of the
State Board of Health of this locality and of its water, as the stat-
utes require.
Their engineer has made a careful examination of the water shed
and its surroundings, and a sample of the water has been analyzed
by their chemist. The engineer has informed us that the locality is
satisfactory and that the water is good, free from impurities and
without objection as a water supply, unless it may be found after
continuous pumping to contain too large a quantity of iron, and that
he will so report to the Board.
He recommends that we connect the wells we have now driven
with a pump and cause them to be pumped continuously for severa
days and test the water from time to time during the pumping.
We had already taken steps to pump the springs to which we
have referred, to test the quantity of water and it is proposed to
make the above test for quality without delay.
If the advice of the State Board of Health is satisfactory, the
committee recommend that steps be taken to procure the right to
take this water and to lay pipes through intervening lands to the
stand pipe at East Lexington or to Middle street, that a sufficient
number of wells be driven to furnish at least 300,000 gallons of
water per day, and that a pump and pumping station be erected of
sufficient capacity to force the water into the stand pipe or into our
pipe system by way of Middle street.
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Smith & Bro., have made a written proposition to drive these
wells with all fittings and apparatus complete and to guarantee the
supply of water for $5,000.
They will furnish and set up on proper foundation the necessary
boiler and pump with everything complete for $2,000.
The distance of these wells to the stand pipe is about 2,560 feet
The cost of pipe and of laying will be about
The cost of a suitable wooden building would he probably $500.
The committee do not recommend at this time making any con-
tract, as perhaps the wells can be driven for a much less sum, and
the quantity of water seems so ample that it may not be advisable to
pay anything for a guaranty. They believe, however, that the town
should be in a position to take this water and erect their works and
that some committee or board should have power to go ahead and
act in case of emergency.
The plan of the committee is to rely on the present sources of
supply as the principal sources and the present plumping station as the
principal station, and to use the other as a supplemental source and
station, to be used only during a part of a dry season, possibly
through August and September.
Funds now in the hands of the committee will probably be suffi-
cient to complete the experimental work, and as nothing can be
done until we obtain authority from the legislature, we do not recom-
mend any appropriation at this time.
In case we obtain such authority, we do not anticipate any diffi-
culty in negotiating with the land owners for the right to lay pipes,
or for the lease or purchase of sufficient land for our purposes.
In case we rely on driven wells everything will he below the sutface
of the ground excepting the small pumping station, and will in no
way interfere with the cultivation of the land or its use for other
fanning purposes.
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The land owners have been ready to assist us in our work and we
have no doubt will make arrangements satisfactory to the town.
A. E. SCOTT,
EVERETT S. LOCKE,
J. ODIN TILTON,
NATHANIEL H. MERRIAM,
JAMES E. CROWE,
GEO. O. WHITING,
FRANK D. BROWN,
ROBERT P. CLAPP,
E. S. SPAULDING.
Bos -rota, MASS., September 11, 1901.
Mr. A. E. Scott, Chairman Committee on Water Works, Lexington,
Mass.
DEAR SIR—The results of measurements of the flow of water from
various sources near the Lexington pumping station, as shown by
recent approximate measurements taken with such inexpensive
apparatus as was available, was as follows :
INTO WELL No. 1, (Clear ground -water.)
From Ball Field filter gallery, average of four measurements taken
from Aug. 29 to Sept. 9, at the rate of 12,720 gallons per day.
From the Deep well, average of five measurements taken from
Sept. 2 to 9, at the rate of 91,526 gallons per day.
From the Reservoir conduit, ground -water by gravity, average of
four measurements taken from Aug. 29 to Sept. 9, at the rate of
143,784 gallons per day.
The flow into Well No. 1 from the ground or rock at its bottom
is in addition to the above, but cannot be measured separately until
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there is a collecting basin for the other water to How into. It is
probable that considerable of the above flow is lost in Well 1 and
some of it putnped over and over by the deep well pump.
INTO WELL No. 2. (Clear ground -water.)
From the Seavern's Spring, average of eight measurements taken
front Aug. 24 to Sept. 9, at the rate of 19,062 gallons per day.
The flow into Well No. 2 from the ground or rock at its bottom,
is in addition to the above, but cannot be measured separately until
the proposed collecting basin is built to take the other water, some
of which may also be lost before reaching the pump.
INTO WELL No. 2. (Highly colored water.)
From Wells 3 and 4, average of six measurements taken from
Aug. 27 to Sept. 9, at the rate of 11,678 gallons per day.
THE NEW WELL. (Clear ground -water.)
The test well driven at the site of this well pumped 60 gallons a
minute as reported by the well driver, and during a short test tater
of three hours, the quantity was about the same, or as reported by
an assistant, from 40 to 50 gallons per minute.
During the construction of the well, the excavation has been
pumped to the bottom almost continuously for five weeks, during
which time about 1,400,000 gallons have been pumped into the
brook and wasted, or at the rate of 40,000 gallons per day.
THE BROOK.
At a point just above the new well, fairly clear water, being spring
water a little further up.
Weir measurements were made from Aug, 21 to Sept. 7, which
showed that during the five weeks when the new well was being Voted, To accept the report of the committee as a partial report
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pumped on continuously, the brook ran to waste about 2,378,000
gallons, or at the rate of 67,939 gallons per day.
Weir measurements made in the brook below the new well and
also opposite the pumping station, showed that the flow of the brook
was not materially affected by the construction of the new well.
Nor does the Seavern's Spring appear to have been affected by the
pumping from the new well.
RESERVOIR. (Storage.)
In addition to the small storage afforded by the stand pipes, the
Reservoir holds in reserve for fire purposes or an emergency, from
five to fifteen million gallons. depending upon the season, that is
collected mainly from the fall and spring rains, but is also contributed
to by springs, and which can be drawn upon directly by the pumps
at the station.
THE NEW WELL
Is 15 feet in diameter and 16.5 feet deep. The walls are of
brick resting on stone work and ledge. Sufficiently substantial
ledge for supporting the masonry appeared under only a small por-
tion of it at the expected depth, necessitating more excavation than
was anticipated, arm the laying of considerable stone work in cement
mortar. As the water comes out of the ledge, the brick work was
started on the ledge several feet lower than planned. Clay seams
and pockets were sealed over and clean sand placed in the excava-
tion outside the brick work from bottom to top to protect the well
from infiltration of discolored water.
Yours respectfully,
On motion of A. E. Scott, it was
LOUIS E. HAWES.
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and that the same committee be instructed to continue their investi-
gations, to complete the work begun and to carry out such other
measures as may be adopted at this meeting.
ART. 3. To see if the town will make an appropriation to meet
the expenses of the Water Department incurred in obtaining an ad-
ditional supply of water.
ART. 4. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the
purpose of constructing additional wells and a water tight reservoir,
and connecting the same, for improving our water supply and for
supplying water as recommended by the committee.
On notion of A. F. Scott it was
Varied, '10 appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars for the
purposes specified in Articles three (3) and four (4), and that this
sum be borrowed by the issue of bonds, and paid out by the Treas-
urer on the approval of three members of the committee.
ART. 5. To see if the town will vote to issue its bonds in the sum
of ten thousand dollars, or any sum as authorized by statute for the
purpose of laying pipes, purchasing materials, and doing other work
necessary for supplying water, or act in any manner relating thereto.
On motion of A. E. Scott it was
Voted, That the town issue its bonds in the aggregate principal sum
of ten thousand dollars for the purpose of purchasing materials, lay-
ing pipes and doing other work necessary for supplying water. Said
bonds to be of the denomination of one thousand dollars each, to
heat interest at the rate of 3z per cent. per annum, payable semi_
annually at the office of the Town Treasurer, or at any bank in Bos-
ton that the Board of Selectmen may designate on the face of the
bonds.
That said bonds and interest shall be payable in gold coin of the
United States, of standard weight and fineness. Said bonds shall be
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denominated on the face thereof '° Lexington Water Bonds," and
shall be signed by the Town Treasurer and countersigned by the
Selectmen ur a majority thereof, and shall be payable as follows :
One of such bonds shall be payable on the first day of October,
1902, and one of such bonds shall be payable on the first day of Oc-
tober of each year thereafter, until and including October 1, 1911.
Instead of establishing a sinking fund for the payment of such
bonds the Board of Assessors shall, without further vote in the year
1902, and in each year thereafter, assess the sum of one thousand
dollars until said debt shall be extinguished, in the same manner as
other taxes are assessed under the provisions of Section 84 of Chap-
ter 11 of the Public Statutes.
ART. 6. To see if the town will authorize the committee to pur-
chase from M. H. Roberts and others land in the southerly part of
the town for the purpose of obtaining an additional supply of water,
and conducting the same to our present system, or to conditionally
contract for the same, or act in any manner relating thereto.
On motion of A. E. Scott it was
Voted, That the committee be instructed to negotiate for the pur-
chase, or lease for a terns of years of such land as may be necessary
for the purpose of driving wells or otherwise constructing wells or
reservoirs and other works, for approaches thereto, and for laying
pipes from such wells or works to our stand pipe or street mains, and
to report at a subsequent meeting.
ART. 7. To see if the town will authorize the committee to pe-
tition the Legislature for authority to purchase or otherwise to take
land belonging to M. H. Roberts and others and situate in the
southerly part of the town, and the springs and streams therein, or
tributary thereto, for the purpose of obtaining a supply of water and
for laying pipes to conduct the same to . our stand pipe at East Lex-
ington or otherwise to our present system, or act in any manner re-
lating thereto.
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On motion of A. E. Scott it was
Voted, That the town, through the committee, petition the Legis-
lature for authority for the purpose of obtaining an additional supply
of water, to take and hold by purchase or otherwise the waters of
the meadows lying between Middle street and Concord avenue,
within the limits of the town, or any portion thereof, and of all or
any of the springs and streams therein and tributary thereto, and
such land as may be necessary for driving or otherwise constructing
wells or reservoirs and for other works, and for laying pipes from the
same to the stand pipe at East Lexington or to the street mains.
At 8.45 the meeting dissolved.
A true record.
Attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
TOWN OF LEXINGTON.
IN BOARD OF SELEC1MEN.
WHEREAS, the Lexington and Boston Street Railway Company
has petitioned the Selectmen of Lexington for locations for the ex-
tension of the tracks of said Company, and for the right to use
electricity as a motive power thereon, the extension asked for being
for double tracks on Massachusetts avenue, and
\VHEREAS, said Board of Selectmen have given written notice to
all parties interested, of the time and place at which they would
consider said petition, at least fourteen days before the meeting of
said Board, by publication in a newspaper published in said town, and
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WHF:REAS, a hearing has been had and said Board of Selectmen
are of the opinion that public convenience and necessity require that
said location named in said petition as far as hereinafter described
should be granted, it is hereby
ORDERED, that the prayer of said petition be and the same is
hereby granted, as herein described and set forth, and that a location
of the tracks of said Lexington and Boston Street Railway Company
be granted and located as hereinafter set forth, and authority is
hereby given to said Lexington and Boston Street Railway Company
to locate the tracks of its railway upon Massachusetts avenue in said
town from the boundary line between the town of Arlington and the
town of Lexington, to the Company's turnout near Oak street, East
Lexington, there connecting with said turnout, with the right to use
electricity as a motive power, and subject to the following restric-
tions which said Board of Selectmen deem the interests of the public
require, in addition to those applying to all street railways under the
general provision of law.
1. The kind of rails, poles, wires and other appliances to he used
on and along said herein granted location, and the manner in which
the same and the tracks thereon shall be constricted and laid, shall
he the same as provided in an order of location granted by the
Selectmen of Lexington to said Street Railway Company dated
February 4th, 1899.
2. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, the several
terms, conditions, obligations and restrictions of said order of Feb-
ruary 4th, 1899, shall so far as applicable, apply also to the location
hereby granted, and to the construction, maintenance, use and
operation of the Company's railway, and the following sections of
said order of February 4th, 1899, to wit, Sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19 and 23, are to be considered a part of
this order.
3. Before beginning the construction of said railway, said Com-
pany shall File with the Town Clerk of Lexington, a plan of Massa-
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chusetts avenue, showing in detail the proposed location of all tracks
and the proposed widening of said avenue, including the grading to
be done, the respective owners of the several parcels and the number
of square feet of each owner to be purchased or taken for said widen •
ing, and said locations and proposed widening and grading shall be
approved or modified within ten days by the Selectmen in writing.
before said work of construction is commenced.
4. Said Massachusetts avenue shall at the expense of said Lexing-
ton and Boston Street Railway Company be widened and fully
constructed to finished grade accordingto plans approved by said
Board of Selectmen, and to their satisfaction; sidewalks of gravel, six
feet wide and gutters, two roadways of gravel, (culverts and catch -
basins where ordered by the Selectmen). Said Company shall pay
all expense of relocating the hydrants upon said Massachusetts
avenue where this location is granted. Said Street Railway Company
shall secure from every abutter upon said street where this location
is granted, and good and sufficient release of all land necessary for
the widening of said avenue to seventy (70) feet, or shall indemnify
said town from all damages which may be recovered in consequence
of the taking of land for the widening of said avenue, and the con-
structing thereof, and all expenses said town shall be at therefor.
Said Company shall further pay all the expenses of widening said
Massachusetts avenue, including land damages, construction to the
full width of such location as aforesaid, all to the satisfaction of the
Board of Selectinen, also all expenses of examinution of titles, sur-
veys and other expenses which said town may be at in consequence
thereof, and shall save said town of Lexington harmless from all loss,
cost, damages and expense by reason thereof, and said Street Railway
Company shall furnish to said town of Lexington, a bond in a penal
sum not less than $10,000, with sureties satisfactory to the Select-
men of said town, that it will keep and perform all the things re-
quired of it by this order of location.
5. Said Company shall at its own expense, reinove its present
tracks from the northeasterly side of said avenue from said Arlington
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town line to said turnout near Oak street, when the double tracks
are laid in the centre of said avenue. The centre line of the tracks
shall be laid approximately two feet nine inches from the centre line
of said Massachusetts avenue after it is widened to seventy (70)
feet, so that the double tracks of the Company on the location here-
by granted shall be so placed that one line shall be on the northeast
side of substantially the centre line of said avenue after it is widened
as above provided, and the other track shall be on the southwesterly
side of substantially the centre line of said avenue as widened
aforesaid.
6. Said company shall not have open the surface of said Massa-
chusetts avenue for the purpose of constructing said tracks for a dis-
tance of more than 1,200 feet, at any one time, without a written
permit from the Selectmen, and said avenue shall be kept in a passa-
ble condition at ail times during construction, and all work shall be
pushed rapidly to completion, and said company shall clear up every-
thing after tracks are laid and as the work progresses.
7. Said railway company shall, at its own expense, properly pave
with new granite rectangular paving blocks, or paving blocks satis-
factory to the Selectmen, all the space between the rails, and
eighteen (18) inches outside of each rail ; also all the space between
the double tracks.
8. The railway shall be built and put in operation before June 1,
1902.
9. In case the company shall at any time fail or neglect to clean
snow from its tracks promptly, in accordance with Sec. 8 con-
tained in said original location and incorporated herein, the town,
by any proper officers or agents thereof, may remove the snow at the
expense of the company, and the company shall reimburse the town
for all such expenses on demand.
10. This location is granted only upon the express condition that
Massachusetts avenue shall be widened as aforesaid at the expense
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of said railway company, and shall be valid only in Massachusetts
avenue, widened and constructed as herein provided, and no tracks
shall be laid in any portion of said avenue that is not widened and
constructed as aforesaid, and this order of location shall not confer
any authority or power unless the bond herein required has been
duly executed and approved as above provided.
Lexington, August 9, 1901.
EDWIN S. SPAULDING,
G. W. SPAULDING,
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON,
Selectmen of Lexington.
Received for record Sept. 23rd, 1901.
GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
A true copy.
Attest: GEO. D. HARRING'1'ON,
Town Clerk.
BosroN, August 15, 1901.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Lexington, Mass.:
GENTLEMEN—At a regular meeting of the directors of the Lexing-
ington and Boston Street Railway Company, held at the office of
the treasurer August 15, 1901, a majority of the board being pres-
ent, it was
Voted, That a location for tracks on Massachusetts avenue, in
Lexington, from the dividing line betw€en the towns of Lexington
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and Arlington to a point near Oak street, East Lexington, granted
the above named company by an order of your board, dated August
9, 1901, be and hereby is, accepted.
Af.FRlif) .PIERCE,
WII.raANI F. HAMMEIT,
CHAS, W. SMITH,
LEONARD A. SAVII.I.E,
JOHN H. FOSTER,
E. P. SMITH,
ALDSN E. SMITH,
A Majority of the Directors of the Lexington and Boston Street
Railway Company.
Received for record Sept. 23rd, 1901.
GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
A true copy.
Attest ; GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
IN BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
LEXINGTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 3, 1901.
Voted, That the New England Telephone and Telegraph Corn
pany of Massachusetts be and is hereby authorized and permitted to
erect and maintain poles and wires to he placed thereon, together
with such supporting and strengthening fixtures and wires as said
company may deem requisite, in the streets and highways of said
town as hereinafter designated.
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A plan of locations hereby granted is filed, dated Aug. 31st, 1901.
All construction tinder this permit shall be in accordance with the
following specifications :
The poles shall be located between the traveled driveway and the
limits of the highway, and shall be of wood or other suitable material,
and the wires shall be run at the usual height and along and across
the highway. After the poles and wires have been located, as speci-
fied in the permit, alterations shall be made in the location or erec-
tion of the poles and in the height of the wire, if it is directed by
the Board of Selectmen.
Following are the streets and highways above referred to :
Iviassachusetts avenue, near Pleasant street, 3 poles.
Signatures of Selectmen :
EDWIN S. SPAULDING,
G. W. SPAULDING,
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON.
This permit is recorded in the records of the town of Lexington,
Mass., Book, 1898, page 278.
A true copy.
GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
Attest : GEO. D. HARRING'1'ON,
Town Clerk.
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IN BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
I.F:xii`G•rON, Massachusetts, Oct. 3, 1901.
Vo/ed, That the New P:ngland Telephone and Telegraph Com-
pany of Massachusetts be and it is hereby atithoriaed and permitted
to erect and maintain poles and wires to be placed thereon, together
with such supporting and strengthening fixtures and wires as said
company may deem requisite, in the streets and highways of said
town, as hereinafter designated.
A plan of locations hereby granted is to be filed.
All construction under this permit shall be in accordance with the
following specifications
The poles shall be located between the traveled driveway and the
limits of the highway, and shall be of wood or other suitable material
and the wires shall be run at the usual height and along and across
the highway. After the poles and wires have been located as speci-
fied in this permit, alterations shall be made in the location or erec-
tion of the poles and in the height of the wires, if so directed by
the Board of Selectmen.
Following are the streets and highways above referred to :
Woburn street, from the Woburn line to Lowell street.
Signatures of Selectmen
EDWIN S. SPAUI..DING,
G. W. SPAULDING,
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON.
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This permit is recorded in the Records of the town of Lexington,
Book 1898, page 279.
A true copy.
GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
Attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
OFFICE OF ASSESSORS,
LEXINGTON, Sept. 28, 1901.
To Geo. D. Warrington, Esq., ?own Clerk:
This is to certify that there are in the town of Lexington five
hundred and twenty-nine persons who are liable to do military duty.
A true copy.
EVERETT S. LOCKE,
Clerk of the Board of Assessors.
Attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
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WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING.
WEDNESDAY, October 9th, 1901.
To Wrt.I.tAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington, GRYETINO:
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 Wednesday, the ninth day of October, A. D.
1901, at 7.80 p. m., to act on the following articles, viz :—
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. To receive the report of any committee of the town
that may be presented, and act thereon.
ART. 3. To receive and act upon the report of the special com
mittee appointed to consider the matter of building a new school
house for the High School, or for the High School and some of the
grammar grades in addition ; and to appropriate money for the pur-
pose of erecting such new building, or act in any manner relating
thereto.
ART. 4. '1'o see if the town will borrow money or incur indebt-
edness, and if so in what manner and to what amount, for the pur-
pose of building a new school hoose upon the lot occupied by the
present High School house, or act in any manner in relation to pro-
viding for a new building, and the means of payment therefor.
ART. 5. 'lo see what provision the town will make for the re-
moval of the High School house from its present site, and for hold-
ing sessions of the High School while the new building is being
erected, and to appropriate money for these purposes or either of
them.
ART. 6. '1'o see if the town will make provision for the sale or
other disposition of the present High School house building, or act
in any manner relating thereto.
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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-eighth day of
September, A. D. 1901.
EDWIN S. SPAULDING,
G. W. SPAULDING,
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON,
Selectmen of Lexington.
MEETING, OCTOBER 9TH, 1901.
The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk at 7.35 p. m.,
who read the warrant for the meeting and the return of the Constable
thereon, and under Article 1, on motion of E. A. Bayley, it was
Awr. 1. Voted, That we proceed to elect a Moderator by ballot,
that the check -list be used, and that the polls be kept open ten
minutes. At the expiration of this time it was voted to extend the
time ten minutes, and it was again voted to extend the time five
minutes more. The polls were then declared closed. It appeared
that 150 votes had been cast, of which Edward C. Stone received
141 and Jatnes 1-1. Frizelle 9, and Mr. Stone was accordingly declared
elected, and was sworn by the Town Clerk.
ART. 3 Axa 4. On motion of Robert P. Clapp, it was
Voted, That the meeting take up Articles 3 and 4 together. Mr.
Clapp read the report of the committee on the proposed High
School, (this report was printed and a copy mailed to every voter)
and on motion of Edward P. Merriam, it was
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Voted, That the report be accepted as a report of progress. Mr.
Clapp then made a supplementary oral report for the committee.
Rev. Chas. F. Carter then offered the following motion : "That
the town erect a High School building upon the present lot,substantially
in accordance with the plans submitted by the committee, and that
it appropriate the sum of $55,000 for the purpose." Mr. Carter
spoke in favor of his motion. Mr. A. E. Scott made some extended
remarks in opposition to the motion, saying that he did not think
two grades of the Grammar School should be associated with the
High School, and also that Primary Schools should be built to re-
lieve the Grammar Schools. He also criticised the plan of the new
building. Mr. E. P. Bliss made some remarks in reply to Mr. Scott.
Mr. James P. Munroe favored the report, but thought some
changes should be made.
Mr. Clapp and Mr. Bayley spoke in support of the committee's
report. Mr. Whiting thought we should have more time to con-
sider the question. I)r. J. U. Tilton made some remarks and offered
the following amendment : " That $2,500 be added to the amount
called for in the motion offered by Mr. Carter for the improved me
chanical ventilation." Mr. E. P. Merriam made some remarks, and
moved as an amendment to substitute for the Carter motion a mo-
tion "That the committee present at some future meeting new plans
and cost estimates, obviating as far as possible the objectionable fea-
tures that have been pointed out." The chair ruled that the
amendment offered by Mr. Merriam took precedence of the 'Pilton
amendment. E. A. Bayley opposed the amendment of Mr. Mer-
riam, as did also Mr. G. W. Sampson, who said the committee had
put in able work, and offered the following motion, which was car-
ried : "That when this meeting do adjourn it adjourn to meet in
the same place, two weeks from to -night, at 7.30 p. m." After some
remarks the question came on the amendent of Mr. Merriam, which
was lost. The amendment offered by Dr. Tilton was then put and
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carried. The Carter motion, as amended by Dr. Tilton, was then
put and carried as follows :
Voted, " That the town erect a High school building upon the
present lot, substantially in accordance with the pian submitted by
the committee, ann that it appropriate $55,000 for that purpose, to-
gether with $2,500 for the improved mechanical ventilation."
Mr. R. P. Clapp then made the following motion, which was car-
ried, 89 voting in the affirmative and 2 in the negative.
Voted, That to provide funds with which to construct such new
High school building the Town Treasurer, in conjunction with the
Selectmen, is hereby authorized and instructed to negotiate and re-
ceive in the town's behalf a loan or loans not exceeding the aggre-
gate principal sum of fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars
(57,500), at rate of interest not exceeding four per cent. (4%) per
annum, to execute and give the promissory notes of the town there-
for, payable within a period of ten (10) years from January 1, 1902,
and to disburse the moneys in payment of bills for construction, from
time to time, on the written approval of the building committee;
each of such notes to be countersigned by the Selectmen. And
Voted further, That in lieu of a sinking fund for the payment of
the indebtedness so to be constructed, provision is hereby made for
its payment in annual proportionate payments as follows, to wit :
Ten thousand dollars of the principal shall be paid in each of the
years 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905, and twenty-nine hundred and
sixteen and sixty-six one hundredths dollars ($2,9164) in each of
the six years beginning in 1906 and ending in 1911. And the
notes above mentioned shall be drawn so as to be payable in ac-
cordance with this provision. The accruing interest thereon may
be made payable at such intervals as the Treasurer and Selectmen
shall think best.
On motion of Mr. Geo. O. Whiting it was
Voted, That the present committee on the proposed new High
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school building, with two new members who shall be mechanics and
who shall be appointed by the Moderator, is hereby authorized as a
building committee, with full power to carry out the recommenda-
tions of the report.
Mr. P. H. Cheney moved to adjourn, which motion was lost.
Mr. Bayley moved to take up Articles 5 and 6 together, which
was carried.
ARTS. 5 and 6. On motion of Mr. E. A. Bayley it was
Voted, That the town appropriate $650 for the removal and
proper establishment of the High school building for the use of the
High school while the new building is being built, and that the
school committee be authorized to make the removal as they deein
best.
On motion of Mr. E. A. Bayley it was
Voted, That Article 6 be indefinitely postponed.
On motion of Mr. E. A, Bayley it was
Voted, That the meeting reconsider the vote whereby it voted,
when it did adjourn, to adjourn for two weeks from to -night at 7.30
P- tn.
On motion of Mr. E. A. Bayley it was
Voted, That the meeting be dissolved.
Meeting dissolved at 11.25 o'clock p. m.
A true copy.
Attest : GEO. 1). HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
Under Mr. Whiting's motion the Moderator appointed A. C.
Washburn and C. W. Swan to act with the committee.
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WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING.
TUMMY, November 5th, 1901.
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 State, District and County
affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall, on Tuesday, the fifth day of
November, A. D., 1901, at 6 o'clock a. m., to cast their ballots for
the following State, District and County officers as follows :
For Governor, Lieutenant -Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor
Attorney -General, Councillor, Senator for Fifth Middlesex District,
Representative in the (general Court for the 'Thirteenth Middlesex
District, County Commissioner, two Associate Commissioners, Dis-
trict Attorney, Clerk of Courts and Sheriff.
The election officers will receive votes for the above officers all on
the official ballot prepared by the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The polls will be opened immediately after the organization of the
meeting, and will be kept open until four o'clock p. m., and as much
longer as the meeting may direct, not to extend beyond sunset.
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 aur hands, at Lexington, this nineteenth day of Oc-
tober, A. D., 1901.
EDWIN S. SPAULDING,
G. W. SPAULDING,
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON,
Selectmen of Lexington.
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MEETING, TUESDAY, NOV. 5, 1901.
Meeting called to order at 6 o'clock a. m., by the Town Clerk,
who read the warrant and the return of the Constable thereon.
Abram B. Smith and Chas. W. Swan having been appointed ballot
clerks, were sworn by the Town Clerk, and they receipted for a
sealed package said to contain 900 official ballots, and a copy of the
check -list. Irving Stone and B. J. Harrington having been ap-
pointed deputy ballot clerks, were sworn by the Town Clerk. The
ballot box was shown to be empty, then locked and the key was
delivered to William B. Foster, the Constable in charge, and Edwin
S. Spaulding, chairman of the Selectmen, declared the polls open and
the balloting commenced. Chas. F. Nourse, James Barnes, Geo. L.
Pierce, James A. Burly, Chas. G. Kauffman, Francis Locke, Louis
L. Crone and John Moakley, having been appointed tellers, were
sworn by Selectman Edwin S. Spaulding. At 9.45 a. m., by unani-
mous consent of the Selectmen and Town Clerk, 150 ballots were
taken out. At 10.45 o'clock 50 ballots were taken out. At 2.35
o'clock 100 ballots were taken out. At the close of the polls 66
ballots were taken out, making the total number 366. Check -list
used by the ballot clerks showed 366 names checked. Check -list
used by the Selectmen showed 366 names checked. Ballot box
register stood at 366 at the close of the polis at 4 o'clock p. m.
After the tellers had finished tabulating, the result of the balloting
was announced by John F. Hutchinson of the Board of Selectmen, as
follows
FOR GOVERNOR.
Michael T. Berry of Haverhill,
W. Murray Crane of Dalton,
John B. Lewis Jr., of Reading,
Josiah Quincy of Boston,
George H. Wrenn of Springfield,
Blanks,
4
'273
5
73
1
10
I05
FOR LIEUTENANT -GOVERNOR.
John L. Bates of Boston,
John W. Coughlin of Fall River,
Alfred E. Jones of Everett,
William H. Partridge of Newton,
Charles H. White of Boston,
Edwin Bailey,
Blanks,
FOR SECRETARY.
Frederick. W. Clark of Boston,
Alonzo H. Ilennett, of Middleborough,
Jeremiah O'Fihelly of Abington,
William M. Olin of Boston,
William B. Stone of Springfield,
Blanks,
FOR TREASURER.
George E. Batchellor of Lynnfieid,
Wendell P. Bosworth of Brockton,
Edward S. Bradford of Springfield,
Joseph L. Chalifoux of Lowell,
Frederick A. Nagler of Springfield,
Blanks,
FOR AUDrroR.
James F. Dean of Salem,
Frank Keefe of Lynn,
John H. Smith of Dalton,
Frank 'Thompson of Plymouth,
Henry E. Turner of Malden,
Blanks,
106
FOR ATTORNEY -GENERAL.
273 Allen Coffin of Nantucket,
89 John T. Hargraves of Worcester,
5 Herbert Parker of Lancaster,
2 Arthur A. Putnam of Uxbridge,
2 Clarence E. Spelman of Westfield,
1 Blanks,
14
6
4
6
278
66
11
1
272
62
3
21
70
3
9
3
260
21
FOR COUNCILLOR, SIX'l H DISTRICT.
Henry H. Benoit of Lawrence,
George M. Buttrick of Everett,
Francis L. Fletcher of Westford,
S. Herbert Howe of Mariborough,
Blanks,
FOR SENATOR -FIFTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
J. Joseph Foley of Winchester,
Chester B. Williams of Wayland,
Blanks,
5
3
271
72
0
15
1
5
73
273
14
73
280
18
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT -THIRTEENTH MIDDI.IiSEX
DIsTRIc1'.
J. Howell Crosby of Arlington,
Jo Dane,
Geo. Walter Sampson,
Blanks,
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER ---MIDDLESEX.
Francis Bigelow of Natick,
Robert Lusk of Cambridge,
William F. Merrill of Malden,
Blanks,
300
1
1
64
289
19
9
49
107
FOR ASSOCIATE: COMMISSIONERS -MIDDLESEX.
Christian Beck of Cambridge,
Louis Eisner of Everett,
David T. Strange of Stoneham,
Edward Everett Thompson of Woburn,
Samuel H. Warren of Weston,
Blanks,
FOR DrsTRIcr ATTORNEY -NORTHERN DISTRICT.
Thomas F. Rooney of Malden,
George A. Sanderson of Ayer,
Blanks,
FOR CLERK OF COURTS -MIDDLESEX [AUNTY.
Theodore C. Hurd of Winchester,
George F. Ritchie of Malden,
Henry A. Smith of Stoneham,
Blanks,
FOR SHERIFF -MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
John R. Fairbairn of Cambridge,
Francis P. Finigan of Everett,
Roscoe G. Watson of Cambridge,
Blanks,
28
22
223
240
14
205
31
292
43
295
20
10
41
294
24
10
38
After the announcement of the foregoing vote, the ballots cast,
the tally sheets and check -lists used, were sealed up and endorsed as
required by law, after which the meeting was declared dissolved.
A true record.
Attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
108
IN BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
LEXINGTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 7th, 1901.
Voted, That the New England Telephone and Telegraph Com-
pany of Massachusetts be and it is hereby authorized and permitted
to erect and maintain poles and wires to be placed thereon, together
with such other supporting and strengthening fixtures and wires as
said Company may deem requisite, in the streets and highways of
said town as hereinafter designated. A plan of locations hereby
granted is filed, dated October 3d, 1901.
All construction under this permit shall be in accordance with the
following specifications:
The poles shall be located between the travelled driveway and the
limits of the highway, and shall be of wood or other suitable material,
and the wires shall be run at the usual height and along and across
the highway. After the poles and wires have been located as speci-
fied in this permit, alterations shall be made in the location or erec-
tion of the poles, and in the height of the wires, if so directed by
the Board of Selectmen.
Following are the streets and highways above referred to :
Bedford street near Elm street, 5 poles.
Signatures of Selectmen :
EDWIN S. SPAULDING,
G. W. SPAULDING,
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON.
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This permit is recorded in records of the Town of Lexington,
Book 1898, Page 294.
A true copy.
GFA. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
Attest : GEO. I). HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
IN BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
LEXINGTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 7th., 1901.
Voted, That the New England Telephone and 'Telegraph Com-
pany of Massachusetts be, and it is hereby authorized and permitted
to erect and maintain poles and wires to be placed thereon, together
with such supporting and strengthening fixtures and wires as said
company may deem requisite, in the streets and highways of said
town as hereinafter designated.
A plan of locations hereby granted is filed, dated Aug. 31st, 1901.
All construction under this permit shall be in accordance with the
following specifications :
The poles shall be located between the traveled driveway and the
limits of the highway, and shall be of wood or other suitable mate-
rial, and the wires shall be run at the usual height and along and
across the highway. After the poles and wires have been located, as
specified in this permit, alterations shall be made in the location or
erection of the poles, and in the height of the wires, if so directed by
the Board of Selectmen.
110
Following are the streets and highways above referred to :
Massachusetts avenue, near Pleasant street, 6 poles.
Signatures of Selectmen :
EDWIN S. SPAULDING,
G. W. SPAULDING,
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON.
This permit is recorded in the Records of the town of Lexington,
Book 1898, page 295.
A true copy.
GEO. D. HARRINGTON;
Town Clerk.
Attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
LEXINGTON, November 15, 1901.
A meeting of the Town Clerks of Arlington and Lexington,
comprising the 13th Representative District, was held at Arlington
at 12 o'clock m., this day, and on comparing the returns, it was
found that votes had been cast as follows :
ARLINGTON.
J. Howell Crosby of Arlington,
Howard W. Spurr,
W. H. Bradley,
GVm. Bassett,
Roland A. Swan,
617
1
1
1
1
III
LEXINGTON.
J. Howell Crosby of Arlington, 300
Jo. Dane, 1
Geo. Walter Sampson, 1
Making a majority for J. Howell Crosby of 917, and two certifi-
cates of election were filled out for J. Howell Crosby of Arlington
and signed by
HARVEY S. SEARS, Town Clerk (pro tem.) of-4rh'ngton.
II2
A copy of this permit is recorded in the Records of the town of
Lexington, Massachusetts.
A true copy.
GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
EDWIN S. SPAULDING,
G. W. SPAULDING,
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON,
Selectmen of Lexington.
GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Clerk of Lexington. Attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
A true record.
Attest: GEO. D. HARRING'I'ON,
Town Clerk.
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company of Massachrs-
setts:
You are hereby notified that you are duly authorized, by vote of
the Board of Selectmen of the town of Lexington, Massachusetts, to
place and maintain wires upon poles and fixtures, whenever located
in said town, of any other persons or corporations, under arrange-
ments made with the owners for such attachments, you are also au-
thorized to allow the attachments to your poles of the wires and
fixtures of any other persons or corporations.
AU attachments of wires made under this permit shall be at a
height and p!aced in a manner satisfactory to the Board of Select-
men.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS.
Whole number of births recorded for 1901, 74. Males, 33. Fe-
males, 41. Parents native born, 33. Parents foreign born, 19.
Parents, one native and one foreign born, 22.
MARRIAGES.
Number of marriages registered in Lexington for the year 1900,
37. Males native born 23. Males foreign born, 14. Females na-
tive born, 23. Females foreign born, 14.
DATE.
1901.
January 8.
January 13.
February 21.
February 27.
April 6.
NAMES. RFS 1 D ENCES.
Ernest J. Collins, Arlington
Rose F. Keane, East Lexington
William C. Runnel's, Lexington
Mary E. Neale, Boston
Jacob Bartlett Webster, Somerville
Eva Blanche Lake, Somerville
Henry J. Nutt, I..exington
Honora J. Reardon, Lexington
Robert Brangwynne, Lexington
Emma Sweeney, Lexington
DATE.
April 17.
May 1.
May 12.
June 4.
June 16.
June 17.
June 26.
June 26.
June 26.
June 27.
June 11.
July 14.
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NAMES.
Lawrence Gaffney,
Maggie Donovan,
RESIDENCES.
Le xington
Lexington
Archie E. Wilson, Lexington
Alice Yeo, Lexington
Walter Theophilus Manning, Lexington
Clara A. (Griffin) Underwood, Winter Hill
Herbert S. Nash, Lexington
Mary E. Moran, Lexington
William Allen Harris, Lexington
Lucy M. (Gould) Whiting, Lexington
Nicholas Comeau, Lexington
Evangeline Dugas, Brookline
Edward S. Gl eeley, Waltham
Mary T. Barry, Lexington
Joseph Doyle, Lexington
Nellie Linehan, Lexington
John A. Hamilton, Boston
Enema E. Miller, I.exington
Edmund K. Arnold, Cambridge
Luenna P. Butler, Lexington
Edward C. Graves, Swampscott
Emma (Follansbee) Goodwin, Lexington
John Hughes, Boston
Mary O'Connell, Lexington
I15
PATE. NAMES.
July 15.
August 24.
August 28.
September 4.
September 11.
September 24.
September 26.
October 1.
October 9.
October 16.
October 16.
October 16.
Albert F. Flanders,
Lilian M. Norris,
Axel H. C. Hanson,
Olga K. D. Chrois,
Horatio N. Brackett,
Blanche C. Ayres,
Willard H. McPhee,
Elizabeth E. Dalrymple,
Dwight F. Kilgour,
Rhoda A. (Furbish) Cronkhite,
James Ernest Cowper,
Susie Lydia Sanborn,
John F. Ballard,
Alice M. Hunt,
Grosvenor Folsom,
Letitia R. Griffiths,
John W. Keely,
Mary E. Daley,
William S. Burgess,
Hdzne A. Willard,
George W. Morris,
Katherine M. Griffin,
John Moakley,
Urenia A. Elliott,
RESIDENCES.
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Denmark
Lexington
Durham, N. H.
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Boston
Montreal, Can.
Somerville
Lexington
Lexington
Jamaica Plain
Lexington
Lexington
Boston
Lexington
Lexington
Salem
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
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DATE. NAMES.
October 16.
October 22. William S. Mitchell,
Mary Condon,
October 23. Edward L. 'Tyler,
Cora B. Prescott,
October 29. C. Herbert Lowe,
Elizabeth T. Dinwoodie,
November 6. Harding M. Porter,
Effie L. Steele,
November 10.
November 14. Charles E. Douglas,
Mary Sandisan,
November 20. .
Christopher S. Ryan,
Helena C. Carroll,
Peter Gaynor,
Mary A. O'Donnell,
Fred. M. Fitch,
Annie L. Keefe,
RESIDENCES.
Lexington
Lexington
Roxbury
Lexington
1.exington
Arlington
I.exington
Lexington
1.exington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Arlington
Lexington
I .exington
Woburn
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DISEASES.
Pneumonia, 3
Paralysis, 3
Heart disease, 10
Old age, 7
Cancer, 3
Diseases of throat and lungs, 8
Disease of spine, 1
Disease of brain, 6
Rheumatism, 1
Diseases of blood and circulation, 2
Intestinal, 12
Accidental, 4
I.a Grippe, 1
Scarlet fever, 2
Convulsions, 1
Whooping Cough, 2
Diphtheria, 2
Still -born and deficient vitality, 11
Docs.
Whole number licensed from Dec. 1, 1900, to Dec. 1, 1901, 256.
Males, 226 ; females, 29 ; breeder's license, 1.
Amount returned to county treasurer June, 1901,
Amount returned to county treasurer December, 1901,
JURORS.
List of Jurors accepted by the Town
George K. Bailey
Delmont A. Butterfield
William A. Butler
George H. Cutter
Patrick F. Dacey
John P. Dailey
Joseph Evans
George Flint
John E. Garmon
Peter F. Gillooley
$213.20
357.60
$570.80
March 11, 1901.
*Charles H. Harrington
Bartlett J. Harrington
George D. Harrington
*Rufus W. Holbrook
William Hunt
Frederick W. Johnson
Frederick C. Jones
William A. Kendall
*'Timothy Dineen, Jr.
Nelson W. Jenney
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Charles G. Kaufmann
Everett S. Locke
Francis Locke
John L. Norris
Charles F. Nourse
Frank Peabody
*Charles F. Pierce
Frank D. Pierce
George L. Pierce
Willard C. Pierce
William W. Reed
*Drawn since list was accepted.
Charles M. Rogers
Edward Rolfe
*Irving Stone
John F. Tobin
Henry A. 'Turner
Henry Eugene Tuttle
George A. Vickery
George O. Wellington
Aril A. Wetherbee
John H. Willard
George W. Wright
Respectfully submitted,
11
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON,
Torun Clerk.
125
REPORT OF THE SELECTI'IEN.
7o the Citizens rf Lexington:
The Selectmen respectfully submit the following report pertaining
to the above office.
Nothing has been done by the Board in regard to the proposed
Boulevard, for the reason that there has appeared an utter indif-
ference or an opposition on the part of the abutters and many
citizens.
Your officers are ready to assist in this enterprise at any time those
directly interested are ready to co-operate. The time is coming
when this street will not only be needed, but will he a great drawing
card to Lexington as a residential suburb.
PoLSCE.
We cannot speak too highly of the efficiency of our police force.
During the past year we have lost a valuable officer by the death of
Mr. John McInerney, and in his place we have appointed Mr. James
Irwin of East Lexington. It appeared to the entire Board that the
new officer should patrol the easterly part of the town as regular
work, and that we should have more efficient service if he resided in
that part of the town, and we feel that the work of this deparment,
although little appreciated by the general public, has been most
satisfactory.
126
STREET RA]I.WAYs.
Some petitions have been received and hearings held in relation
to Street Railway Companies. A full account of the same can be
found in the Town Clerk's report.
We recommend the following appropriations for the next financial
year, in addition to the balance now standing to the credit of the
several accounts as per Auditor's report.
EDWIN 5. SPAULDING,
G. W. SPAULDING,
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON,
Selectmen of Lexington.
127
ESTIMATES FOR 1902.
Assessors,
April 19 celebration,
Auditors,
Care of common,
Collector of taxes,
Cemeteries,
Constable and police,
Contingent,
Fuel and lights,
Highways,
Hydrants,
Hasting Park,
Interest on town debt,
Insurance,
Janitors,
Librarians,
Memorial Day and decorating graves of Revolutionary
soldiers,
Outside aid,
Payment on town debt,
Poor, support of,
Printing,
Registrars of voters,
School committee,
Selectmen,
Overseeers of the poor,
Surveyors of highways,
Snow, removal of,
$750.00
200.00
100.00
200.00
1,050.72
200.00
3,500.00
2,500.00
1,200.00
16,000.00
3,600.00
25.00
3,500.00
3,500.00
800,00
1,450.00
200.00
5,500.00
10,000.00
1,500.00
500.00
100.00
300.00
333.34
333.33
333.33
1,000.00
Sid exwaiks,
Street lighting,
Sealer of weights and measures,
'I'reasurer of Cary Library,
Trimming trees,
Town Clerk,
' I'ow n Treasurer,
Town Physician,
Watering streets,
Watering troughs,
128
5,1,000.00
6,,412.00
80.00
50.00
200.00
300,00.
600.00
75.00
2,600.(R)
75.01
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REPORT OF THE SURVEYORS OF
HIGHWAYS.
To the Citizens of Lexington:
Your Surveyors of Highways submit herewith the following re-
port :
Our highway department has been kept busy through the entire
season. We have continued macadamizing on the Main street
through the East village, and should have continued nearly, if not
quite, to the Arlington line, except for the uncertainty of double
tracking and widening the street at that end.
We have endeavored to macadamize our poorest roads that have
the largest amount of travel. We found that Waltham street, from
Forest street to Grapevine Corner and a portion of Hancock to
Adapts street, about the poorest in town; they can now be classed
among the best.
IVe have also macadamized Bedford street from Massachusetts
avenue to the vicinity of where the electric cars leave the centre for
the side of the street ; also Hancock street from Bedford street to
the Boston & Main crossing. A portion of State road has also been
constructed in the northern part of the town on Bedford street.
A new snow plow has recently been purchased, so that our walks
can he plowed out at an earlier hour than formerly.
130
Following is the schedule of property belonging to the Highway
Department at the Poor farm and elsewhere
Blankets,
Carts (3 double),
Carts (2 single),
Chains,
Collars (8),
Crusher, engine and scales,
Evener and whiffletree,
Feed bags,
Fly netting,
Grain and grain chests,
Grate for catch basin (2),
Halters,
H arness,
Harness (double 4 sets),
Horses (9),
Oil,
Oil can and powder,
Pails and lanterns,
Pipe,
Plows (3),
Pulleys and rope,
Pump, diaphragm and hose,
Yung,
Road machine,
Saddles and harness (3),
Sidewalk snow plows (7),
Sled,
Steam roller,
Steam drill and tools,
Stone hammers (15),
Street roller,
Tools,
$15.00
270.00
90.00
25.00
30.00
2700.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
21.00
14.00
5.00
8.00
150.00
1,400.00
30.00
3.00
15.00
25.00
25.00
60.00
60.00
75.00
100.00
35.00
140.00
80.00
2,400.00
90.00
40.00
100.00
90,00
Too) chests,
Wagon,
Watering carts (4),
Wheelbarrow,
Wrench, large,
iii
$10.00
130.00
1,000.00
2.00
1.50
$9,257.50
JOHN F. HUTCH.INSON,
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD,
EDWIN S. SPAULDING,
Surveyors of Highways.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
To the Citizens of Lexington:
In submitting our report for the year 1901, the Board of Over-
seers of the Poor congratulate the town upon the condition of the
almshouse and the surrounding farm land. The grounds are well
kept and reflect credit upon the superintendent and matron, Mr.
and Mrs. R. H. White, who have done their full duty as in the past,
and in calling attention to their useful and valuable services, we feel
that we are only rendering to these faithful and reliable public ser-
vants their just dues.
As all reports date from Jan. lst, several names will be found in
the list of those aided, who have received no help since March 1st.
Your Board report a saving of $619 from last year in the outside
Poor Department.
RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE FROM POOR FARM.
Milk,
Apples,
Calves,
Peas,
Corn,
Potatoes,
$620.54
8.90
10.00
1.00
4.80
55.10
$600.34
133 134
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE PAU-
PER DEPARTMENT.
Augers, $3.00
Barrels, 4.50
Baskets, 3.00
Bench and vise, 7.00
Blankets, 4.50
Boxes, 3.50
Buffalo robe, 5.00
Cabbages, 9.00
Can goods, 8.00
Cart harness, 12.00
Carriage harness, 30.00
Carryall, 20.00
Chains, 5.00
Chain harness, 5.00
Cows (6), 300.00
Corn on ear, 10.00
Coal, 80.00
Collars (2), 3.00
Contents of lockup, 7.00
Contents of pantry and closet, 35.00
Cultivator, 12.00
Democrat wagon, with top, 8.00
Double sled, 46.00
Drills, 10.00
Express harness, 12.00
Express wagon, 30.00
Fire extinguishers, 10.00
Fowls, 20.00
Furniture in house, 450.00
Grain, 5.00
Grain chest, 5.00
Grind stone, $3.00
Halters and surcingles, 4.00
Harrows, 8.00
Hay (15 tons), 270.00
Hay (rowen) 8 tons, 96.00
Hay tedder, 10.00
Hay wagon (one horse), 30.00
Hay wagon (two horse) 35.00
Horse, 175.00
Horse rakes, 20.00
Hose, 10,00
Iron bars, hooks and shovels, 9.00
Manure (30 cords), 180.00
Manure wagon, 135.00
Measures, 1.00
Molasses, 6.00
Mowing machines, 32.00
Oil and barrel, 4.00
Pails, 2.00
Plows, 15.00
Pork, 55.00
Pigs (4), 15.00
Potatoes (160 bushels), 90.00
Rackets, 4.00
Rakes, forks and ladders, 7.00
Reins (set double), 3.50
Roots, 40.00
Sail cloth, 10.00
Salt, 1.50
Scythes, 5.00
Sled, 45.00
Stake chains, 3.00
Tip cart, 35.00
Wheelbarrow, 3.50
Wheel harrow, 18.00
Wheel jack and whiffletree,
Wood,
Wrenches and hammers,
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$8.00
70.00
5.00
82,625.00
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD,
JOHN F. HUTCHINSON,
EDWIN S. SPAULDING,
Overseers of .Poor.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Board of Health submits the following report for the year
1901, together with the report of the Inspector of Plumbing. Mr.
J. S. Cassidy of Woburn was appointed Inspector of Plumbing in the
place of S. H. Patten, resigned.
The rules and regulations of plumbing have, by vote of the board,
been thoroughly overhauled and revised by Mr. Cassidy, and pub-
lished in compact book form for the convenience of plumbers.
Since their publication there has been a constant call for them
from plumbers and others.
As soon as it was understood that these rules and regulations
would be enforced in Lexington, plumbers began to be observant of
them. Your board has had but one case, which required bringing
the delinquent into court. We believe that there will be no further
attempt to disregard these rules and regulations.
Following is the record of contagious diseases for the years of
1900 and 1901
1901 1900
Measles, 15 10
Typhoid fever, 1 4
Diphtheria. 13 4
Scarlet fever, 4 16
33 34
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During the year Lexington is to be congratulated that she has es-
caped any case of smallpox, in view of the fact that nearly every
town around us has been afflicted more or less by this disease. So
likely did it seem that it might break out in our town that the
Board of Health advised that all school children should be vaccin-
ated, and citizens as well who had not been for several years. Such
suggestions have been received in a hearty and general response by
the public, as nearly half, if not two-thirds, of the citizens have been
vaccinated, with not a single bad result.
Your Board of Health has at different times received complaints
concerning the quality of the ice furnished to the citizens of the
town by the ice company. Although having no charge of this busi-
ness, as all control of ice, and water used by the town for drinking
purposes, is under the State Board of Health, your board has been
severely criticised for not doing what does not beloieg to it to do.
However, it did interest itself enough to see that the ice company
had its ice analyzed, and it was found free of ail sewage contamina-
tion. This question of ice contamination and danger from germs of
disease and bacteria has been definitely settled by experts, to whom
this question was submitted by Boston investigating concerning its
own ice supply. The report of this investigation shows that all
harmful bacteria remaining in ice six weeks become inert and harm-
less.
One of the rules and regulations of the town is :
"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 render_
ing establishment; but this regulation shall not apply to any person,
firm or corporation who may be engaged in such business or em -
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ployment within the limits of the town of Lexington, at the date of
the adoption hereof."
Although the Board of Health has and does regard the exercise of
the trade or employment of slaughtering cattle, etc., as a nuisance
and hurtful to the inhabitants of the town and dangerous to the
public health, yet your honorable Board of Selectmen saw fit the
past year to grant licenses to three persons to kill and slaughter cat-
tle, calves, hogs, etc.
The granting of these licenses necessitated the appoint-
ing of an inspector of meat to look after such persons so licensed.
Mr. C. M. Parker was appointed meat inspector, with the proviso
that the licensed parties should pay all costs of such office. The
laws regarding meat inspection are rather blind and not well under_
stood by even the Cattle Commissioners of the state, who have
charge of such matter, and we question very much if your Board of
Health has any right to regulate expenses in any such manner, but
rather that the town must fix the pay of the inspector. There has
been considerable trouble already between the parties regarding the
rates of inspecting, and the opinion of the board is that the issuing
of these licenses will create a nuisance difficult to abate, We recom -
mend that these licenses be rescinded.
Your Board of Health cannot let a year go by without calling your
attention sharply to the necessity of immediate attention to the sub-
ject of sewerage for the town of Lexington. For quite a number of
years cesspools will answer for the purpose of receiving sewage from
the houses of the town. When water works come in and hundreds of
thousands of gallons of water are poured into the ground every day
and night in addition to the storm water, and no way provided for
its escape but by a cart, no one is so blind as not to be able to un-
derstand how the soil is soaked and saturated, and finally fills the
air with poison and miasm, the more so when it is understood that
it is now known to be a positive truth that many of our worst dis-
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eases—typhoid fever, yellow fever, malaria, etc., are conveyed by
flies, mosquitos and insects which breed and multiply in these same
stagnant pools, cesspools and wet places caused by standing water.
We believe that there is more sickness to -day, relatively, in the
town, from ground soil saturated with sewage than there was ten
years ago.
If it was a question between new school houses and sewerage, be-
tween no school for a year and the health of the town, we believe
that it would be better for the town to forego new schoolhouses, and
close its schools for a year, and put in a system of sewerage.
Regulations of the Board of Health of the town of Lexington,
Mass., in accordance with the provisions of the Public Statutes 80,
Sections 18 and 19.
1. The attention of physicians is respectfully called to the neces-
sity of promptly reporting all contagious diseases, according to law,
occurring in their practice in Lexington.
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 occupant, in accordance with Public Statutes 80, Section 83.
3. Cesspools will be cleaned by the odorless cart upon applica-
tion to the Board of Health or to the driver of the odorless cart,
either verbally or in writing, and shall be cleaned in the same order
of precedence 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 shall be paid to the driver of the
odorless cart within thirty (30) days from the time of removal of the
contents of said vault or cesspool or any part thereof.
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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 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 town
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
ernploymentof keeping swine without having first obtained a permit
thereof in writing frorn the Board of Health, and such permit 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
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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
empioyment of slaughtering cattle, swine, sheep or other animals, or
of conducting a melting or rendering establishrnent; but this regula-
tion 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,
ALBERT B. SMITH,
CHAS. H. FRANKS,
J. ODIN TILTON.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING.
LEXINGTON, Mass., January 1, 1902.
To the Honorable Board of Health, Lexington, Mass.
GENTLP.I<t8N—I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Plumb-
ing from the date of my appointment to December 31st, 1901. The
appended table will show in detail the amount of work done during
the year. In addition to this I have made many calls and inspec-
tions where no new fixtures were set or in cases where property
owners have thought that their plumbing was not in a sanitary con-
dion, in some cases applying a test and in others merely inspecting
the work.
The new plumbing laws adopted by your Board during the year
have been printed and distributed and we are now working under
them. While no radical changes have been made, experience has
shown us that some parts of the old law could be done away with,
and to keep up to the standard of other cities and towns some addi-
tions were necessary. I am satisfied that in their present form they
compare favorably with any plumbing laws in the state. The
plumbers are satisfied with them and I trust that property owners
will be.
I have found the plumbers ready and willing to do all that the
laws call for, and have had to report but one violation during my
term of service. This was the case of a plumber from an adjoining
town who did work without a permit from your Board. He was con-
victed and fined.
143 144
The quality of the plumbing done in the town is of a high standard,
due in part to the strictness of the plumbing laws and in part to the
ability of the workmen, and to maintain this standard frequent and
unexpected visits should be made for the purpose of examination, as
the ever increasing competition is a great temptation to slight the
work, where it can be concealed from the Inspector's view.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) J. S. CASSIDY,
Inspector of Plumbing.
Number of permits issued, 45
Number of water closets set, 37
Number of sinks set, S9
Number of wash trays set, 18
Nuinber of bath tubs set, 25
Number of wash bowls set, 37
Stables plumbed, 2
REPORT OF THE CHEF OF POLICE.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
I herewith submit my annual report of the work done by the de-
partment for the year ending December 31, 1901.
Number of arrests,
Males,
Females,
CAUSES OF ARREST.
72
69
3
Assaults, 11
Assault and Robbery, 1
Breaking and entering, 2
Bribery, 1
Drunkenness, 26
Dipsomanoins, 1
Default, 1
Insane, 2
Larceny, 4
Neglecting to support children, 2
Malicious mischief, 3
Making threats, 1
Riding bicycle on sidewalk, 7
Running over and killing with electric car, 2
Running away from School for Feeble Minded, 1
Truancy, 1
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Selling cigarettes to minors,
Violation of town by-law,
Violation of liquor law,
2
3
1
The number of tramps given lodging at police station was 1649 ;
995 were American born and 654 were foreign born.
Fined,
Proba tion,
Committed
Committed
Committed
DISPOSITION OF CASES.
to house of correction,
to truant school,
to Worcester insane asylum,
Committed w Westboro insane asylum,
Committed to state farm, Bridgewater,
Discharged,
Placed on file,
Put under bonds to keep the peace,
'Turned over to out of town officer,
Waiting trial,
Amount of fines paid were,
MISCELLANEOUS WORK.
Buildings reported broken and entered,
Amount of property reported stolen,
Amount recovered,
Buildings found open and secured,
Street obstructions removed,
Lanterns hung in dangerous places,
Street lights reported out,
Cases investigated and not prosecuted,
Dogs killed,
Lost children returned home,
22
28
3
1
1
1
2
4
4
2
1
3
$231.00
5
$350.25
$195.75
3
12
24
84
75
8
5
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Sick persons taken to hospital,
Persons escorted home,
Disturbances suppressed,
Dead bodies taken charge of medical examiner
Search warrants for stolen property served,
Search warrants for intoxicating liquors served,
called,
To the Board of Selectmen and officers of the
others who have so kindly co-operated with me
of the duties pertaining to my office, I desire to
thanks.
1
8
8
2
1
2
Department, and all
in the performance
express my sincere
CHAS. H. FRANKS,
Chief of Police.
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FIRE ENGINEERS' REPORT.
LEXINGTON, MASS., January 1, 1902.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the town of Lexington.
The Board of Engineers submit the following report for the year
ending Dec_. 31, 1901.
Number of alarms during the year, nine, as follows :
Jan. 17, rabbitry owned by C. G. Currier, Forest street.
April 17, brush fire, back of water works.
May 8, brush fire, off Pleasant street.
July 30, house owned by C. G. Loomis, Bedford.
August 20, building owned by Frank Canisius, Lexington Heights
September 1, house owned by Gorman Brothers, N. Lexington.
September 24, house owned by John M. Ryan, Concord Hill.
November 3, brush fire, off Pleasant street.
December 4, power house of Lexington Gas & Electric Light Co
The number of fire alarms, nine, for the past year was unusually
small compared with the preceding year, when there were twenty-two
alarms. This was due in part to the fact that the spring was un-
usually wet, and the number of brush fires correspondingly small.
However, this is not any reason why the fire department should
relax in the future. It is better to have a well-equipped fire depart-
ment in readiness than to endanger the valuable property of the
town.
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The fire apparatus is in good condition. One thousand feet of
new hose has been purchased, and also a new wagon to be used in
exercising the horses and as a supply wagon. In former years, when
the late Mr. Walcott was an engineer, he allowed the department
the use of one of his wagons, free of charge. The firm of Scott &
I)enharn charged fifty cents a day for a wagon to be used for the
purpose. This would be expensive for the town, and so we deemed
it advisable to purchase a wagon. As there was no available space
in the engine house for storing the wagon, we found it was necessary
to lease a piece of land at an expense of $18 per year, and build a
shed for storing the wagon.
It was also found necessary to repair and paint the outside of the
centre engine house, as it had not been painted for a number of
years.
The fire alarm system has been a constant source of trouble for
some time. After looking into the matter carefully and consulting
experts on the subject, we concluded to change the system. All the
neighboring towns of the size of Lexington have installed storage
batteries. The old system of gravity battery does not give good
service in a town where there are as many miles of fire alarm wires
as there are in Lexington. A storage battery plant has been installed
at the centre engine house and charged with electricity procured from
the Lexington and Boston Street Railway Co., at a small expense.
'['he cost to furnish material to maintain gravity battery for 125 cells
is about $325 per year; the cost to maintain storage battery will be
less than $25 per year. The storage battery at a cost of $800 will
then pay for itself in three years. Thus, the new system will not
only give us better service, but will be an economy for the town.
As the firemen received an increase in pay the past year, the town
may not expect to hear any more petitions in regard to salary for
some time. Two permanent men are now employed by the depart-
ment; one in the centre engine house, and one in East Lexington.
The salary of the former is $720 per year, and the Latter $660 per
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year. They also receive two days off a month and two weeks'
vacation annually.
At present the fire department is paid once a year, but a great
many of the men draw part of their pay during the winter. This is
the cause of no small annoyance to the officers of the fire depart-
ment and also to the town treasurer. We would recommend that
the men receive their pay semi-annually.
We think it would be a great advantage to the town to have an-
other pair of horses at the centre engine house, to be used on the
hose wagon. There is always delay in obtaining horses from the
livery stable.
We would recommend an appropriation of $5800 to defray the
expenses of the fire department for the ensuing year,
E. J. B. NOURSE,
H. H. TYLER,
P. F. DACEY,
Engineer s.
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
Your committee, in submitting their report, would like to call the
attention of the town again to the very urgent need of a new ceme-
tery, there being only about six available lots left in the cemetery.
We would like the usual appropriation of ($200) two hundred dol-
lars for the general care of the cemetery. We would also like to
hear a favorable report from the committee chosen to look into the
matter of the drainage into the cemetery.
Respectfully submitted,
ABBOTT S. MITCHELL,
GEO. H. JACKSON,
HERBERT L. WELLINGTON,
Cemetery Com PIiitee.
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REPORT OF TREASURER OF CEMETERY
TRUST FUND.
'Total amount of fund Dec. 31, 1901,
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1900,
Receipts,
$7,760.00
$540.33
378.65
1•;xpenditures,
Balance due Dec. 31, 1901,
Respectfully submitted,
$918.98
451,27
$467.71
GEO. H. JACKSON,
Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF CARY
LIBRARY.
A pleasing and useful improvement of the year is the new order
of the library. By transferring the historic relics to the Hancock -
Clark House, by bringing together and arranging in alphabetical
order, the periodicals, supplying them with a table and Pool's Index,
and by making the Reference room more accessible, ail the reference
books—those invaluable tools of mental laborers, are now handy for
the use of the members of the literary clubs, the members of the
schools, and others. This new order places the Juvenile department
together in a classified form, and so increases its power. The new
books are in a more attractive place, and more light is let in upon
the reading tables.
•It is the pleasant duty of the trustees to stand at the head waters
of a stream of fifty new volumes pouring their fresh life monthly into
the circulation of Cary Library. Out of more than twenty thousand
volumes, twenty-five hundred books go monthly into six hundred
and fifty homes. Seven hundred children of our public schools are
helped by the library. Some of their young minds are fed at
the reading tables with their goodly number of illustrated papers and
magazines. Some of them are learning the power of the reference
library. Some are attracted to the beautiful collection of books on
Nature studies. And numbers of them roam at will ;among the
eighteen hundred volumes in the juvenile department. And with
their faithful ministering to the needs of adult readers, Miss Kirkland
and her assistants are devoted to helping any child in its quest of
knowledge. And of the amount of mental labor that this one portion
of their work involves, very few persons can form any estimate. The
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present free acquaintance allowed the children with the wonders of
a large public library must have a wholesome educational influence.
This freedom of all inquiring minds using the library leads to much
unavoidable noise with the present bare floors, and consequent an-
noyance of readers, which could be dispensed with very largely, or
wholly by carpeting. Therefore we recommend that the room, or
anyway those parts most traversed, including the Juvenile depart-
ment, be supplied with a rubber carpet.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE PREPARED BY THE LIBR IRIAN SHOWS
THE CIRCULATION OF BOOKS BY CLASSES, 1901-1900.
1901.
E
E
Periodicals unbound,
Periodicals hound,
Philosophy and Religion
Biography,
Ifistnry,
Travels,
Government and Social
Science,
- Science,
Arts, Useful,
Art,,, Fine,
Language and Literature,
Fiction,
Poetry,
369
6I8
638
1,166
1,528
652
265
657
427
291
1,047
17,402
402
242
11
114
116
43
:5
63
9
12
58
2,572
94
369
858
649
1,280
1,644
695
27
72
3
1,105
19,04
616
Total Home Circulation,
Reference,
25,520
2,530
3,339
328
28,859
2, 57
Total Circulation,
28,059
3,667
31,72
1900.
✓e u
0! �
382 486 372
701 28
980 118
1,351 143
778 77
226
633
413
306
985
16,5)84
458
24,688
3,014
8
83
23
11
96
8,285
131
•4,375
557
yr
382
858
729
1,098
1,494
855
234
716
438
317
1,081
20,260
589
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Government and Social Science. One rises from a study of this
table with the question, Why so large a proportion of fiction, of light
reading, in the circulation of the library? The first answer is that
a large per cent. of this fiction is no fiction, but real life with
glimpses of the ideal to inspire the reader. Numbers of novel
writers scatter renovating principles of moral health. Our second
answer is that the practical ideal for those selecting the reading
matter for a free people is to choose the strongest, best books that
will be read. In a reading public there are those who seek the strength
of the anchors, and others who seek the beauty of the gossamers of
the mind, those who need the full light of this scientific day, and
others who need a partial screen from the light, something to "soothe
their restless spirits and banish the thoughts of day."
One hundred and thirty-two persons have gathered around our
reading tables daily. This is twenty more than availed themselves
of this privilege the previous year. To this company of readers of
current literature has been supplied one daily and one weekly paper,
eleven weekly, thirty-three monthly and three quarterly periodicals.
Six of the number were donated by friends of the library. This de-
partment needs a reading room with more sunlight. At the Branch
Library twenty-seven enjoyed the privilege daily for five days in the
week of fifteen magazines and papers. Two of these periodicals were
loaned through the kindness of friends. .
By means of membeship in the Library Art Club, eight exhibitions
have been held during the year. Some of these were of a high order,
and a number of people have expressed their appreciation of these
29,058 reproductions of the noted works of art and architecture.
3.571
27,097
4,982
32,629
It will be observed that the slight falling off in the total circula-
tion this year as compared with last year is mostly in the field of
Fiction, and that that there is an increase in Biography, History,
One of the chief values of the East Lexington branch is the op-
portunity it offers the school children to becotne acquainted with
good books and to look up information on subjects in their class
work. Hence the recent change of time of opening from 4.30 to
3.30 o'clock, thus permitting them to go direct from school to the
library and get what they need has been a marked advantage to the
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children of families Iiving at a distance from the library. And we
are of the opinion that this branch might be kept open Thursdays
with a slightly increased expense, and so give the children and others
the invaluable help of the library and reading room another after-
noon and evening every week. And has not the time come when it
would be wise to open the doors of Cary Library Sunday afternoons?
Knowing the many temptations and the manifold evil influences act-
ing upon the restless, aimless, wandering classes throughout a long
Sunday, we may well consider thoughtfully whether our reading
tables, with their fifty fresh, new publications, their pleasant read-
ing' and beautiful illustrations would not bean attraction to the inno-
cent young away from evil companions, and a saving power in many
instances to the semi -reckless and semi evil. There may be an un-
used power here mightier than prison bars and less expensive. The
librarians found in their annual examination of the books that -none
had been lost during the year. This honesty of the thousands of
visitors, each having the freest access to the books, conformable to
their common interests, reveals the realization already of the 'Wife
lihray ideal of faith in an enlightener -1 people.
Faithfully submitted in behalf of the trustees,
L. D. COCHRANE.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF CARY
LIBRARY.
JANUARY 1, 1902.
PERa!ANENT FUND.
Notes of the Town of Lexington, $11,000.00
Book No. 1522, Lexington Savings Bank, 1,000.00
Book No. 2.235, Lexington Savings Bank, Beals Fund, 1,000.00
Book No. 1476, Lexington Savings Bank, Robbins Fund, 107.39
Increase :
Book No. 5123, Lexington Savings Bank, Wellington Fund, 1,000.00
CASH. DR.
'1'o cash on hand Jan. 1, 1901,
To cash received from fines,
To cash received from dog tax,
To interest on 'Town notes,
To interest from Savings Bank,
By amount paid for books,
By amount paid for binding,
By amount paid for periodicals,
CR.
$14,107.39
5 68.68
12.00
528.58
660.00
112.00
$1,381.26
$699.67
32.066
169.15
By amount paid for supplies;
By amount paid for cleaning,
Ey amount paid for expressage,
By cash on hand Jan. 1, 1902,
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$109.30
45.10
1.60
30.38
$1,381.26
CHARLES H. WISWELL,
Treasurer.
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
The receipts and regular running expenses of the Water Depart-
ment, including the extension of mains for the year 1901, have been
as follows :
RECEIPTS.
Premium on refunded bonds Nov. lst, 1901,
Rental of hydrants,
Street watering,
Water for highway repairs,
Rent of land,
Services put in (pipe and labor, etc.),
Galvanized iron pipe sold,
Labor paid for,
Water rases,
EXPENrlrrURES.
Pipe and Fittings, $801.16
Tools and repairs, 76.55
Fuel, 1,911.54
Services put in, '353.44
Labor on services; at station, on repairs, etc., 1,164.27
Expense at station, electric light, telephone,
oil, repairs on pumps, etc., 526.21
$1,257.00
3,512.50
1,002.00
70.50
75.00
967.54
25.42
212.75
10,006.81
$17,129,52
59
New hydrants, $118.25
Engineer and assistants at station, 1,317.47
Salaries (Supt. Registrar and Clerk), 1,220.00
Expense of office, stationary, postage, etc., 54.92
Expense of stable, 105.31
Metropolitan water board, bill for water
used in 1900, 259.80
Lexington & Boston St. R. R. Co., for water, 56.60
New roof on wells Nos. 3 and 4, 66.44
Fencing, 26.84
Expressing and teaming, 63.08
Interest on bonds, 8,540.00
Excess of receipts over expenditures,
Water rates
$16,561.88
567.64
$17,129.52
Amount due Jan. 1, 1901, as per town re-
port for 1900, page 132, $3,772.48
Water rates, January to April, $2,55011
Hyd rants, 877.50
Rent of land, 50.00
$3,477.61
Water rates, April to July, 2,788.92
Hydrants, 877.50
Street watering, 324.37
Services put in, 934.77
Galvanized iron pipe sold, 17.40
1 6o
Crater rates, July to October,
Hydrants,
Street watering,
Services put in,
Water rates, October to Jan. 1, 1902,
Hydrants,
Street watering,
Services put in,
Rent of land,
Water for highway repairs,
Galvanized iron pipe sold,
$2,969.45
880.00
641.86
23.66
$4,514.97
$2,685.61
900.00
35.14
9J1
25.00
70.50
8.02
3,706.38
$20,414.40
Amount collected and paid to Town
Treasurer, $15,872.52
Rebates allowed, 44.29 $15,916.81
Balance due Jan. 1st., 1902,
EXTENSIONS OF MAINS.
Hancock street :
636 feet 6 inch iron pipe,
Fittings,
Jute packing and lead,
1 6 inch hydrant,
53 4-9 days labor,
$318.00
6.75
16.10
28.00
93.53
$4,942.96 $462.38
Total cost 72 7-10 cents per foot.
$4,497.59
161
162
Sherman street :
ADDITIO?'AL WATER SUPPLY ACCOUNT.
141 feet 4 inch iron pipe, $46.53
Fitting, 2.00 There has been received and expended by the committee a•p
Lead and packing, 3.67 pointed by the town to obtain an additional supply of water, up to
17i days labor, 30.63 the first of January 1902, as follows :
$82.83
Total cost, 58-i cents per foot.
Off Maple street, East Lexington :
144 feet 4 -inch iron pipe, $47.52
Fittings, 2.00
Lead and packing, 4.10
16i days labor, 28.88
Total cost, 57 cents per foot.
$82.50
Number of services added in 1901, 20
Making whose number jan. 1st, 1902, 598
Pipe and stock at station Dec. 31st, 1901
2 lengths of 8 inch pipe.
2 iengths of 6 inch pipe.
3 pieces of 6 inch flang pipe.
2 8 inch sleeves.
4 4 inch sleeves.
1 4x4x6 tee.
1 8x6x6x6 cross tees.
5 4 inch plugs.
1 8 inch plug.
1 4 inch offset.
1 4 inch bend.
10 curb boxes.
20 curb cocks.
8 corporation cocks.
Also the usual tools and appliances.
It
RECEIVED.
Bonds issued Oct. 1st, 1901,
Premium on the same,
$10,000.00
103.70
$10,103.70
ExPENDED.
For new wells on contract etc., $5,734.15
There has also been received and expended by the same com-
mittee for experimental work to January lst. 1902, as follows :
RECElV1 D.
By vote of town, $1,000.00
ExPEN' I)ED.
For well driving, etc., 788.72
In presenting the annual report for the Water Department for
1901, the Commissioners desire to call attention to the fact that the
financial statement shows a better condition of affairs than for the
two preceding years, there being a balance of $567.64 to the credit
of the department January lst, 1902.
Owing to frequent showers through the summer months, which
lessened the use of lawn hose very materially, and the reservoir
being nearly full, we were able to furnish all the water needed until
late in the fall without much trouble.
163
On account of the dry weather during the fall, the water in the
reservoir was exhausted about November first. We were unable to
obtain any water from the new wells, as they were not then ready for
use, consequently we were obliged to obtain water from some other
source, and knowing that the arrangement of pipes at the power
station of the 1..exington and Boston Street Railway Co. was such that
water could be pumped directly into our mains, we made arrange-
ments with that company to furnish us with water while necessary.
This they were perfecty willing to do, and charged the town what it
cost them for pumping.
As the work of obtaining an additional supply of water under the
special appropriation of $10,000 was placed in the hands of a special
committee, of which the commissioners are only a small part, and as
the work is not yet completed, we do not feel authorized to make
any report in regard to it, except as above noted.
EVERETT S. LOCKE,
S. MYRON LAWRENCE,
CHARLES W. SWAN,
Wafer Commissioners.
164
REPORT OF THE SEALER OP WEIGHTS
AND MEASURES.
LEXINGTON, Jan. 1, 1902,
1 herewith submit the annual report of the Sealer of Weights and
Measures
Number of scales sealed,
Number of scales adjusted,
Number of weights,
Number of weights adjusted,
Number of yard sticks sealed,
Number of treasures, milk cans, jars, sealed,
Number of measures, cans and jars condemned,
68
8
171
15
5
10,436
1,031.
The sealing of milk jars makes considerable work for the sealer;
every bottle has to be tried with water, as they vary so much that
Chapter 360, Acts 1901, was passed.
An Act relative to the sealing of glass bottles or jars used by
milkmen.
Be it enacted as follows
SECTION 1. Glass bottles or jars used for the distribution of milk
or cream to consumers that hold, when filled to a level with the bot-
tom of the cap or stopple, not less than seven ounces and six drams,
and not over eight ounces and two drams; not less than fifteen
ounces and five drams, and not over sixteen ounces and four
drams; not less than thirty-one ounces and four drams, and not
165
over thirty-two ounces and four drams; not less than forty-seven
ounces and three drams, and not over forty-eight ounces and five
drams ; not less than sixty-three ounces and two drams, and not
over sixty-four ounces and six drams shall be sealed as measures
under the provisions of Chapter 369 of the acts of the year 1900,
and of the Chapter 65 of the Public Statutes, and all dealers in milk
or cream who use glass bottles or jars for the distribution of milk or
cream to consumers shall bring in such bottles or jars to the office of
the Sealer of Weights and Measures in their respective cities and
towns to be sealed as aforesaid, and no fee shall in any case be
charged or received for sealing the same. When a bottle or jar has
once been sealed by the Sealer of Weights and Measures it shall not
in any case be necessary to have it sealed again at any time while it
is used for the distribution of milk or cream to cons•imers. Glass
bottles or jars sealed under the provisions of this act shall not be
legal measure except for the distribution of milk or cream to con-
sumers.
SEC. 2. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed.
Sac. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 3, 1901.
CHARLES E. HADLEY,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
166
HARRIET B. GILMOR FUND.
Permanent fund invested in town note,
Accumulated interest deposited in Lexington Savings
Bank,
$506.00
214.52
E. 5. SPAULDING,
Treasurer.
HAVES FOUNTAIN FUND.
Received from Town Treasurer and deposited in
Lexington Savings Bank, $865.00
E. S. SPAULDING,
Treasurer.
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TREASURER'S REPORT ON BRIDGE AND
BEALS FUNDS.
BRIDGE FUND, PERMANENT.
Jan. 1, 1901. Amount of Fund,
Income for the year,
$3,194.82
82.15
Amount of fund Jan. 1,1902, $3,276.97
Town note,
Lexington Savings Bank,
$2,000.00
1,276.97
$3,276.97
BRIDGE FUNDI, AVAILABLE.
Jan. 1, 1901. Amount of fund,
Income for the year,
Expended during the year,
$2,050.81
185.68
$2,236.49
63.63
Amount of fund Jan. 1, 1902, $2,172.86
Mortgage note,
Lexington Savings Bank,
$1,400.00
772.86
$2,1T2.86
168
BEALS FUND.
Jan. 1, 1901. Amount of fund,
Income for the year,
Expended during the year,
$2,424.83
160.55
$2,585.38
126.75
Amount of fund Jan. 1, 1902, $2,458.63
Town note,
Lexington Savings Bank,
$2,000.00
458.63
CHARLES. T. WEST,
Treasurer for the Trustees.
169
REPORT OF THE TAX COLLECTOR.
1899 TAXES.
Uncollected Jan, 1, 1901,
Collected in 1901,
Abated by the Assessors,
$7,887.91
$7,093.53
362.80
$7,456.33
Uncollected Jan. lst, 1902, $431.58
1900 TAXES.
Uncollected Jan. lst, 1901,
Collected in 1901,
Abated by Assessors,
$28,007.29
$18,237.83
297.63
$18,535.46
Uncollected Jan. 1st, 1902, $9,471.83
1901 TAxEs.
Amounted committed to the Collector Aug. lst, 1901, $108,378.98
Deduct credits as per Assessor's warrant, 8,943.45
Amount actually committed to Collector,
Supplementary tax,
99,435.53
250.27
$99,685.80
I70
Collected in 1901,
Abated by the Assessors,
Allowed as discount for prompt payment,
$64,847.00
1,655.48
789.92
---- 67,292.40
Uncollected Jan. ist, 1902, $32,393.40
Respectfully submitted,
LORING W. MUZZEY,
Collector of Taxes.
STREET WATERING TAX 1899.
Uncollected Jan. I, 1901,
Collected in 1901,
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1902,
1900.
Amount committed to the Collector,
Collected in 1901,
$72.05
40.15
$31.90
$436.68
816.00
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1902, $120.68
The street watering tax for 1901 has not yet been committed to the Collector,
Respectfully submitted,
LURING W. MUZZEY,
Collector of Taxes.
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ASSESSOR'S REPORT.
The valuation and tax list for 1901 is as follows :
Real estate,
Personal estate,
Resident Owners. Non -Resident Owners. Total.
$3,741,920 $794,915 $4,536,835
820,200 28,050 848,250
Gain on real estate over 1900,
Gain on personal estate over 1900,
Net gain over 1900,
$5,385,085
$100,175
102,050
$202,225
Amount of tax list committed to the Collector for 1901 :
Town grants (assessed),
Water debt tax,
State tax for 1901,
County tax for 1901,
Metropolitan Sewer assessment,
State highway tax for 1901,
Overlaying,
$18 on $5,385,085 gives
1,252 polls at $2.00 each gives
Land taken by Arlington,
Land taken by Cambridge,
Taken from Bank and Corporation tax,
$93,331.04
2,000.00
3,150.00
5,670.44
2,186.19
172.50
1,868.81
$108,378.98
$96,931.53
2,504.00
208.37
235.08
8,500.00
$108,378.98
172
Number of persons assessed on poll and property,
Number of males assessed for poll tax only,
Rate of taxation $18.00 per $1,000.
Number of horses assessed,
Number of cows assessed,
Number of neat cattle other than cows,
Number of swine assessed,
Number of sheep assessed,
Number of fowls assessed,
Value of property exempt from taxation (not including
town property),
1,883
806
683
1,055
113
437
10
2,755
$139,950.00
CHAS. G. KAUFFMAN,
EVERETT S. LOCKE,
GEORGE H. CUTTER,
Assessors of Lexington.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
SCHOOLS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Less overdraft,
J. I. Buck,
G. P. Greenwood, tuition,
State of Massachusetts, educational charity,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
EX}'ENDITUR
k:.s.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Instruction and Superintendent of Schools, $3,763.17
Lexington Gas and Electric Co., 7.30
Amount car•rierfforrwardf, $3,770.47
$21,300.00
926,59
$20,373.41
18.85
45.00
27.00
$20,464.26
1,761.72
$22,225.98
r76
Amount hrorrghtforward,
Water Department,
H. A. Davis Jr. & Co., printing,
A. M. Tucker, ribbon, enamelled cloth,
Ziegler Electric Co.,
Thompson, Brown & Co., books,
Maynard, Merrill & Co., books,
Globe School Book Co., books,
Allyn & Bacon, books,
John A. Fratus, repairing clock,
Houghton & Dutton, burners and tapers
W. H. Burke, plumbing,
R. H. Burke, plumbing and repairing roof,
C. D. Wiswell, French books,
Boston School Supply Co., books,
Ginn & Co., books,
Magee Furnace Co., grate,
American Book Co.,
Eugene D. Hendley, labor,
D. C. Heath & Co., books,
l'eirce & Winn Co., coal,
J. W. Cook, tree protection,
Silver, Burdett & Co., books,
New England Publishing Co., books,
H. A. Shaw, repairs,
Munn & Co., Scientific American,
E. E. Babb & Co., books,
Thomas Groom & Co., diplomas,
C. T. West, use of chairs,
Curtis & Weld, costumes,
Samuel P. Clough, labor,
Grace A. Goudy, pieces for prize speaking,
B. Reardon, cutting wood,
Lexington Lumber Co., lumber,
A. C. Washburn, carpenter work,
$3,770.47
20.00
24,60
3.41
58.47
2.50
.54
.96
20.00
1.75
mirror, 2.93
10.75
10.00
2.80
8.00
8.20
2.80
19.94
2.75
2.68
301.92
7.85
2.65
3.50
1.00
4.50
3.60
20.30
2.35
9.00
1.80
1.25
2.00
3.88
73.16
$4,412.30
177
HANCOCK SCHOOL.
Instruction, $5,735.50
Emma E. Wright, care of children at recess, 80.00
Scott & Denham, transportation, 2,043.61
Eugene D. Hendley, janitor and extra labor, 148.15
Wm. W. Ferguson, janitor and extra labor, 605.81
W. C. Brown, teaming ashes, etc., 47.98
Lexington Gas and Electric Co., 48.23
Water Department, 75.00
E. W. Glass, gravel and manure, 35.12
W. S. Meserve, chopping block, 1.00
Lexington and Boston Street Railway, tickets, 525.00
Colonial laundry, washing towels, 3.47
Albany Paper Co., 12.00
Pierce & Winn Co., coal, 1,539.54
A. C. Washburn, carpenter work, 17.08
Lyman Lawrence, hardware, etc., 21.07
Frank P. Reynolds, wood, 69.16
R. H. White & Co., crash, 2.66
Samuel P. Clough, labor on floor, 1.20
R. H. Burke, plumbing and repairs, 21.80
W. H. Burke, plumbing and repairs, 7.52
Wiley Ventilating Co., repairs, 13.48
F. J. Barnard & Co., books, 2.05
J. W. Griffin, repairing furnace gra+e, 2.50
J. W. Cook, tree protection, .30
James L. Howard, cleaning vault, 3.00
Thomas Burke, labor on grounds, 96.00
Suffolk Ink Co., ink, 5.00
National Publishing Co., 4.98
E. Hunnewell, express, 1.50
H. A. Shaw, smithing, 2.00
Amount carried forward, $11,171.71
12
178
Amount brought forward
Gertrude W. Carleton, sundries, ribbons
for diplomas,
Mrs. John McLeod, repairing flag,
Wm. Graham, repairs on Hag pole,
Mrs. Alice M. Holt, music,
The Morse Co., hooks,
J. L. Hammett Co., books,
G. W. Spaulding, broom, oil, lantern, etc.,
W. A. Wood & Co., cheese cloth,
B. Reardon, cutting wood,
$11,171.71
6.00
2.50
1.50
3.42
18.90
10.00
30.48
5.00
1.00
Geo. H. Underhill, contract heating apparatus, 1,154.06
P. F. Dacey, mason work, 119.24
Boston & Maine R. R., freight, .25
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., stain and shellac, 5.95
W. G. Hadlock, duster, 2.65
Boston School Supply Co., note books, 2.19
T. Forsyth, labor, 3.55
H. V. Smith, rubber tips. .50
ADAMS SCHOOL.
Instruction, $2,170.00
A. B. Smith, janitor, and extra labor, 343.98
Water department, '20.00
J. H. Philips, labor, 26.45
R. H. Burke, plumbing, 24.09
W. H. Burke, plumbing, 3.25
Charles H. Miles, bell work, 9.00
J. W. Cook & Co., tree protector, 3.50
American Book Co.,' 4.95
Amount earrded forward, $2,605.22
$12,538.90
179
Amount brought forward,
J. H. Phillips, carpenter work,
Silver, Burdett & Co., books,
C. Wellington, putting rod on tree,
Benj. Hadley's Sons, repairing tin roof,
Benj. Hadley's Sons, labor and stock,
Jessie G. Prescott, tablet and ribbon,
R. F. Baker, painting schoolhouse,
H. Malcolm Torrey, flag pole, irons and bolts,
Peirce -Winn Co., coal,
Wm. G. Hardwell, wood,
Suffolk Ink Co., ink,
E. E. Babb & Co., books,
$2,605.22
9.15
.44
4.00
1.50
30.95
1.25
95.50
5.75
144.50
6.50
2,50
1.65
TiDD SCHOOL.
Instruction,
W. H. Kelly. janitor and extra labor,
D. Gorman, wood and shovelling snow,
C. E. Wheeler, removal snow,
James H. Phillips, contract shingling,
COMMON TO ALL
Mrs. Alice M. Holt, music teacher,
A. farina McLean, drawing teacher,
Amount carried forward,
$475.01
148.34
47.90
2.00
45.00
SCHOOLS.
$350.00
100.00
$2,908.91
$718.25
8o
Amount drought forward,
Li/la M. Vickery, drawing teacher,
Lilla M. Vickery, sundries,
Chas. Wiswell, taking school census 1901,
P. F. Dacey, mason work, repairing furnace,
K. H. White & Co., huckabuck,
W. D. Miller, stationery,
University Publishing Co., books,
B. H. Sanborn & Co., books,
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books,
American Book Co., books,
E. E. Babb & Co., stationery and books,
J. L. Hammett Ca., books,
Ginn & Co., books,
D. C. Heath & Co., books,
Silver, Burdett & Co., books,
Dudley Tyng. books,
Globe School Book Co., books,
Boston School Supply Co., books,
Sibley & Ducker, books,
D. L. Brownell, books,
F. J. Barnard & Co., books,
Jordan, Marsh & Co., books,
Doubleday, Page & Co., books,
Home Co., books,
DeWolf, Fisk & Co., books,
New York Aluminum Co., cups,
Henry F. Miller & Sons, use of piano,
James Martin & Son, bunting,
Eagle Pencil Co., pencils,
Multum in Parvo Bindery Co., binders,
C. H. Franks, truant officer,
J. I. Buck, fares and incidentals,
$450,00
180.00
13.81
15.00
49.18
12.23
1.10
12.55
8.00
13.39
2.55
246.12
214.31
43.42
66.27
20.45
2.75
10.50
4,67
2.04
2.50
11.83
1.60
4.50
2.10
3.20
1.61
14.00
1.65
13.00
1.75
51.75
23.01
$450.00 Amount carried forward. $1,498.84
181
Amount brought forward, $1,498.84
Samuel P. Clough, labor on desks and stoves, 5.75
Houghton & Dutton, tapers and mantels, 1.32
Ziegler Electric Co., 15.00
O. G. Seeley, alcohol and filters, 6.93
Rand, McNally & Co., printing and stationery, 16.80
Motor Mental Education Co., boards, 11.50
Whytall, Tatum & Co., chemical, 3.25
H, A. Davis, Jr., & Co., printing and stationery, 3.25
Gaylord Bros., stationery, 1.25
Geo. F. King & Co., stationery, 2.63
Kasson & Palmer, education paper, 3.00
Dwyer Bros., express, 1.00
L. A. Saville, postmaster, stamped envelopes, 31.80
Masury, Young & Co., Nodusto, 37.20
A. F. Dinsmore, lettering diplomas, 8.10
SUM MARY.
High school,
Hancock school,
Adams school,
Tidd school,
Common to all schools,
$1,647.62
$4,412.30
1.2,538.90
2,908.91
718.25
1,647.82
$22,225.98
182
SUPPORT OF THE POOR.
RECEIPTS.
Unexpended balance,
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Sale of produce,
Board of highway horses,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
R. H. White, superintendent,
R. H. White, sundries,
J. H. Henry, one cow,
O. G. Seeley, medicines,
De Veau Bros., carpentering,
James Robertson, canvas,
Bernard M. Woiff, clothing,
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
Lyman Lawrence, hardware,
John McKay, carpentering,
Geo. H. Jackson, provisions,
Albert Carson, fish,
W. V. 'Taylor, provisions,
C. A. Butters & Co., groceries,
Geo. W. Spaulding, groceries,
Forest Hooper, plumbing and repairing,
Amount e(irriedforward,
$759.05
2,000.00
600.34
400.00
$3,759.39
$2,680.93
1,078.46
$3,759.39
$650.08
103.74
65.00
26.09
27.23
4.14
11.00
15.90
30.04
11.25
222.05
29.64
123.63
170.73
222.56
42.68
$1,655.76
183
Amount brought forward,
B. C. Whitchet, grain, etc.,
M. F. Wilbur, grain, etc.,
R. W. Holbrook, groceries,
L. A. Austin, groceries,
C. G. Eaton, crackers, cheese,
Massachusetts Ploughman,
A. M. Tucker, dry goods,
Lexington Lumber Co., 'umber,
R. C. Moakley, medicine,
Boston & Maine R. R., freight,
C. W. Swan, mason work,
John P. Squire Co., salt,
H. V. Smith, papers, clothing,
J. R. Pool & Co., grain,
Ames Plow Co., one-horse plow, hoe blades,
J. W. Griffin, smithing,
Morris, Murch & Butler, mattress and spring,
Water Department,
Scott and Denham, repairs and smithing,
Fiske Bros., boots and shoes,
John McKinnon, carpenter work,
H. M. Howard, provisions,
W. W. Rawson & Co., seeds,
J. N. Smith & Co., manure,
J. R. Ellis & Sons; butter, lard and beans,
W. L. Burrill, potatoes, oil and groceries,
J. Breck & Sons, chain and rivet,
H. A. Shaw smithing,
J. H. Frizelle & Son, hay rake,
J. H. Frizelle, sharpening lawn mower, etc.,
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., blank books,
Pierce & Winn Co., coal,
Amount carried forward,
$1,655.76
97.88
55.24
82.44
94,08
46.23
2.00
46.51
30.94
.25
22.17
25.16
11.25
30.45
10.25
6.48
10.35
7.95
33.00
12.80
8.30
3.44
19.75
10.35
33.00
53.35
62.24
3.66
14.70
20.00
1.00
9.50
85.20
$2,605.68
184
Amount brought forward,
D. J. Vaughn, plumbing,
J. W. Spredby, cow,
D. M. Davis, Jr., manure,
OUTSIDE AID.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Less overdraft of 1900,
Refunded by East Bridgewater,
Refunded by Margaret Crowley,
Refunded by August Baker,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
EXPENDITURES.
$2,605.68
1.50
55.00
18.75
$2,680.93
Aid furnished Mary A. Donovan, $206.47
Aid furnished Mrs. Peter Kerns, 383.70
Aid furnished W. W. Hartwell and sister, 258.75
Aid furnished Mrs. A. P. Doe, 67.74
Aid furnished B. Reardon, 256.23
Aid furnished John Abbott, 8:25
Aid furnished Abbie Tatro, 97.22
Amount carried forward, $1,278.36
$4,000.00
958.38
$3,041.62
206.78
144.00
5.00
$3,397.40
1,357.18
$4,754.58
185
Amount brought forward,
Aid furnished J. Donovan, 2d.,
Aid furnished Martha Leighton,
Aid furnished John P. Reimer and family,
Aid furnished McDonald children,
Aid furnished John McAvin,
Aid furnished Pherson children,
Aid furnished M. F. Scannell,
Aid furnished M. A. Leal,
Aid furnished Mrs. Blake,
Aid furnished Mrs. Fitzpatrick,
Aid furnished Mr. and Mrs. Quincy Dean,
Aid furnished Mrs, Gilman,
Aid furnished Mrs. D. Donovan,
Aid furnished Timothy Shea,
Aid furnished Mrs. James King,
Aid furnished Mrs. Leary,
Aid furnished D. O. Leary,
Aid furnished Mrs. S. K. Head,
Aid furnished Mrs. Roach,
Aid furnished Hannah Ready,
Aid furnished Geo. B. Haggett,
Aid furnished David Ray, Jr.,
Aid furnished Harry H. Pierce,
Aid furnished Catherine Hargrove,
Aid furnished August Baker,
Aid furnished George Green,
Aid furnished James Keefe,
Aid furnished Elijah Holdway,
Aid furnished Lucy M. Johnson,
Aid furnished A. A. Stimson and family,
Aid furnished Margaret Crowley,
Aid furnished Mrs, Bessie Hanson,
Aid furnished Arthur W. Day,
Amount carried forward,
$1,278.86
40.75
144.05
50.50
120.00
197.97
221.00
91.91
24.40
44.00
96.00
287.65
8.15
46.90
112.01
146.96
6.00
189.64
39.78
3.60
34.00
146.00
169.46
126.75
111.75
5.00
79.29
48.80
52.00
32.00
58.98
422.30
63.00
24.99
$4,523.95
186
Amount drought forward, $4,523.95
Aid furnished Wm. O'Neil, 10.29
Aid furnished Thomas Leahy, 66.64
Aid furnished sundry parties, 33.70
Burial of Mrs. Julia Reardon, 35.00
Burial of Quincy Dean, 33.00
Burial of Lucretia Morey, 35.00
Burial of Thomas Anderson, 17.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Unexpended balance,
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Appropriated for hose,
Lexington and Boston Street Railway, alarm box,
J. F. Tobin,
Town of Bedford, Loomis fire,
Lexington and Boston Street Railway Co., changing wires,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
EXPENDrmRES.
J. E. Shelvey, driver of steamer,
Wm. J. Harrington, driver of chemical,
Pay ro]], chemical No. 1,
Pay roll, Hook and Ladder No. 1,
Amount carried forward,
$720.00
666.00
472.90
349.04
$2,207.94
$4,754.58
$166.25
5,400.00
650,00
10.58
18.75
14.00
7.90
66.78
$6,334.26
187
Amount brought forward, $2,207.94
Pay roll, Hose No. 2, 375.00
P. F. Dacey, engineer and clerk, 87.50
H. H. Tyler, engineer, 62.50
E. J. B. Nourse, engineer, 37.50
C. B. Downer, services, 56.25
J. F. Tobin, services, 46.88
J. H. Phillips, services, 18.75
E. J. Spencer, services, 6.25
F. J. Spencer, services, 25.00
G. A. Jaynes, services, 25.00
John Doyle, services, 25.00
P. J. Moakley, services, 18.75
J. H. Wright, services, 26.00
R. E. Cosgrove, services, 33.00
Geo. M. McKay, services, 25.00
P. W. Graves, cleaning hose and truck, .75
W. F. Low, lantern oil, 5.40
Cornelius Callahan Co., zinc, 50.00
Scott & Denham, use of horses, 25.50
J. A. Veinotte, glazing, lettering and signs, 5.50
M. A. Pero, smithing, 92.10
H. A. Shaw, smithing, 27.10
Taunton and New Bedford Copper Co., copper, 21.93
E. and F. King & Co., vitriol, 55.07
R. C. Moakley, liniment and acids, .65
B. C. Whitchcr, grain, 292.82
J. R. Shangraw, care fire alarm and horses two
weeks, 213.68
E. B. McLalan, smithing, 43.75
Peirce & Winn Co., coal, 154.48
C. A. Butters & Co., grain, 98.40
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., 87.52
Geo. McKay, labor on hydrants, 3.57
Amoarni carried forward, $4,254.54
188
Amount brought forward,
J. F. Tobin, painting,
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., fire alarm,
C. E. Berry, labor on engine, repairing horse
collars,
W. E. Decrow, cleaning, repairing and inspect-
ing tapper and gong,
L. Wood, cleaning hose and truck,
Nourse & Co., express,
I. Palmer, grain,
Otis Harrington Jr., extra services,
Cornelius Cal!ah rn Co., hose, 1,000 feet,
Lyman Lawrence, hardware,
Water Department,
H. A. Shaw, wagon,
E. Hunnewell, teaming,
P. F. Dacey, mason work,
Lexington Lumber Co., lumber,
Estate of L. G. Babcock, testing fire alarm,
F. C. Babcock, testing fire alarm,
J. A. Fratus, testing fire alarm,
Lexington Ice Co., use of horses,
C. H. Miles, trimming trees, insulator, etc.,
Geo. M. Edgar, repairing cushions, Kitts,
R. H. Burke, labor and services,
J. McFadden, services,
L. E. Cane, cleaning,
J. Chisholm, duster and repairs,
C. B. Meek, [.leaning,
John McKay, contract on sheds and extras,
C. A. Claflin & Co., oil,
A. Wilson, cleaning,
E. H. Mara, painting by contract,
American Fire Engine Co., grates and valves,
$4,254.54
6.00
150.00
7.00
28.21
1.60
12.40
19.80
18.00
600.00
19.39
27.00
190.00
3.00
4.25
13.63
20.00
8.35
8,35
6.00
62.10
9.45
6.00
9.36
2.50
4.06
1.50
86.65
140
240
60.00
13.90
Aneount carried forward, $5,646.93
189
Amount brought forward,
The Leslie, meal,
M. F. Wilbur, grain,
A. M. Tucker, sheets and towels,
L. A. Cook, services on Hose Co.,
R. W. Holbrook, forks and salt,
Lexington Gas and Electric Co., on account
storage battery,
J. H. Frizelle & Son, coal,
John McKinnon, carpenter work,
G. W. Spaulding, broom, shovel, salt, oil,
J. W. Griffin, snow, rail on engine house,
L. A. Austin, oil and broom,
J. H. Phillips, carpenter work,
W. E. DeCrow, storage battery,
HIGHWAYS.
RECEIPTS.
$5.646.93
.50
70.59
2.60
21.87
.79
100.00
40.50
16.75
23.00
17.50
10.43
2.80
380.00
Unexpended balance,
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Lyman Lawrence, refunded,
J. H. Frizelle & Son, double harness,
W. H. Maguire, crushed stone,
Lexington & Boston Street Railway Co., stone,
E. G. Spaulding, crushed stone,
Hayes fountain committee, crushed stone,
G. W. Spaulding, crushed stone,
W. H. Whitaker, crushed stone,
Geo. O. Whiting, crushed stone,
$6,334.26
$50.58
20,000.00
7.2g
30.00
2.64
88.79
7.00
8.50
1.10
4.64
124.00
Amount carried forward, $20,324.53
190
Amount brought forward,
Hayes fountain, crushed stone,
B. A. Putney, crushed stone,
Mrs. Fairchild, crushed stone,
A. E. Stone, crushed stone,
F. P. Kendall, crushed stone,
Water department, crushed stone,
F. D. Robinson, crushed stone,
W. A. Hitchcock, crushed stone,
C. P. Briggs, crushed stone,
B. C. Whitcher, crushed stone,
C. H. Franks, crushed stone,
Henry Pfaff, Jr., crushed stone,
C. S. Ryan, loam,
Old iron sold,
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., labor of men,
Lexington and Boston excise tax,
R. H. White, use of roller,
Boston & Maine R. R., use of roller,
J. H. McCluskey, labor and stone,
I.exington & Boston Street Railway Co., labor,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
Pav rolls,
Geo. White, stone to crusher,
M. H. Roberts, stone to crusher,
J. Dalrymple, stone to crusher,
Amount carried forward,
$20,324.53
2,93
2.27
2.14
4.70
2.00
10.55
3.80
75.75
3.00
14.23
9.24
99.84
2.50
6.88
21.25
358.10
1.25
6.00
12.45
28.75
$20,992.16
$18,801.57
2,190.59
$20,992.16
$7,452.70
4.40
3.17
89.56
$7,549.83
191
Amount brought forward, $7,549.83
J. P. Dailey, double team and stone to crusher, 366.28
J. H. Frizelle & Son, double team and stone
to crusher, 339.06
A. J. Bevington, stone to crusher, 80.92
L. C. Sturtevant, double team and stone to
crushi r, 106.43
W. H. Bacon, stone to crusher, 20.10
T. G. Whiting, double team and stone to
crusher, 333.02
Robert Mahone, double team and stone to
crusher, 269.19
Joseph Evans, stone to crusher, 185.88
C. Ryan, stone to crusher, 18.62
Waltham Trap Rock Co., stone to crusher, 518.04
M. Carroll, stone to crusher, 67.05
G. W. Richards, stone to crusher, 21.05
F. D. Pierce, stone to crusher, 61.43
W. C. Pierce, stone to crusher, 21.19
I). Gorman, single and double teams and stone
to crusher, 195.33
F. P. Kendall. stone to crusher, 126.79
E. W. Glass, stone to crusher, 7.58
T. Couture, stone to crusher, 248.81
M. Powers, double team and stone to crusher, 68.64
W. A. McDonald, stone to crusher, 194.57
(leo. H. Schumaker, stone to crusher, 33.00
John Evans, stone to crusher, 237.25
Cary farm, stone to crusher, 141.43
1L W. B. Cotton, stone to crusher, 63.84
F. W. Perry, stone to crusher, 25.99
J. Holland, stone to crusher, 21.61
M. Neville, stone to crusher, 119.78
W. Sandison, stone to crusher, 21.88
192
Amount brosehlforward, $11,4(54.84
Geo. F. Harrington, stone to crusher, 24.31
J. M. Smith, stone to crusher, 16.00
H. Megan, stone to crusher, 126.67
A. J. Gallagher, stone to crusher, 76.57
John Lennon, stone to crusher, 18.00
E. R. Brown, stone to crusher, 19.49
Geo. Hamlet, stone to crusher, 209.42
D. F. Hutchinson & Son, stone to crusher, 114.51
Jas. S. Munroe, labor of men, teams and gravel, 52.05
H. V. Smith, gravel, 2.75
Benj. Holt, gravel, 20.00
R. H. White, sand and gravel, 6.60
A. E. Scott, gravel, 8.15
Lexington & Boston Street Railway Co., paving
stones, 59.90
Estate of E. A. Mulliken, gravel, 65.00
Thos. Cosgrove, sand, 1.25
J. McCann, labor, 1.75
J. Donovan 2d, labor, 5.69
J. H. Brown, labor, 3.00
J. Stewart, labor, 5.25
John O'Neill, labor, 2.00
1Vm. Ahern, labor, 9.40
A. I.. (ray, labor, 2.00
P. Flynn, labor, 1.50
A. 1.. Chatfield, labor, 1.50
James 'l'ate, labor, 10.50
1). McNamara, labor, 7.00
Osborne Gorman, labor, 8.00
C. M. Tupper, labor and blasting, 4.0.88
Thos. Pearce, labor and drain pipe, 7.40
H. L. Alderman, veterinary services, 31.00
De Veau Bros., carpenter work, 35.19
Amount carried forward, $11,464.84 Arno,rutcarried fn -ward, $12,457.57
193
47nount brought forward, $12,457.57
R. H. Burke, repairs, 1.80
Scott & Denham, smithing, etc., 113.36
O. G. Seeley, horse medicine, carbolic acid, 8.28
B. C. Whitcher, straw, grain, 293.07
C. A. Butler & Co., grain, 330.16
E. B. McLalan, smithing, 160.03
Lyman Lawrence, hardware, paint, 70.33
B. A. Russell, smithing, 3.45
M. A. Pero, smithing, 24.95
Lexington Lumber Co., lumber, 277.87
H. A. Shaw, smithing and wheelwrighting, 59.80
J. P. Thatcher, one grey horse, 200.00
L. A. Austin, use of telephone, .74
Ames Plow Co., tools, 39.92
J. W. Griffin, smithing, 35.10
J. Chisholm, new harness, blankets, repairs, 140.60
Scott & Denham, wagon, 140.00
Sudbury Oil Co., oil, 18.70
Lynn Oii Co., oil, 2.75
W. H. Whitaker, teams, 329.61
Good Roads Mach. Co., one set seats, dies,
plates, etc., 264.14
C. A. Claflin & Co., lacing, belting, repairs, 30.35
American Express Co. express, 5.05
F. E. Ham, two planks, 3.72
F. H. Ingalls, express, 5.90
B. E. Whitcher, labor, stone crusher, 5.00
Peirce & Winn Co., coal, 639.03
F. 1'. Reynolds, use of horses and double team, 266.72
E. Hunnewell, teaming, 2.25
G. L. Pierce, weighing stone, 296.63
John H. Brown, engineer, 411.27
E. Kendall & Sons, repairs on boiler, 50.41
Amaurai carried forward, $16,678.56
13
194
.5tmouni hre a;ht forward, $16,678.50
Western Union Telegraph Co., 2.60
Forest Hooper, sheet lead, repairs and stock, 52.60
George H. Lowe, concreting, 4.13
O. S. Kelly Co., shaft, rods, cross heads, etc., 67.50
Cyrus Martin, double team, 90.00
Fred C. Gifford, cup for bailer, 5.50
W. A. Morrison, belting and oil, 30.50
Frank Barney, engineer, 66.00
Charles Brown, grates, 2.50
Davis & Farnham Mfg. Co., grates, 56.19
Frank Elmes, engineer, 288.00
M. Powers, double team, 30.00
W. J. Neville, double team, 5.00
J. H. Frizelle, rubber packing and Filing saws, 2.26
Walworth Manfg. Co., cups, 1.35
C. H. Miles, labor on trees, 22.00
W. C. Brown, teaming, 2.35
R. W. Holbrook, oil, etc., 7.65
W. A_ Wood & Co., oil, 45.60
W. K. Porter, bay horse, 260.00
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., labor cutting trees, 27.20
Osgood, Scale Co., weigh hooks, 10.511
B. J. Harrington, rebuilding culvert on Woburn
street, 17.00
W. Faircloth, engineer, 18.00
Boston & Maine R. R., freight, 11.96
C. Ryan, team, 45.00
T. G. Whiting, removing tree, 5.00
M. F. Wilbur, grain,; 90.50
F. P. Kendall, rent of land, 30.00
Water Department, 70.50
P. Sutherland & Co., harness oil, 5.70
B. C. Whitcher, use of farce pump, 10.00
Amount carried forward, $18,051.64
195
Amount Grozrghtforward,
H. R. Hildreth, bound stones,
E. S. Spaulding, superintendent of streets,
Pauper Department, board horses,
G. IV. Spaulding, sundries,
I. Palmer, grain,
Taylor Iron & Steel Co., chute,
$18,051.64
45.00
200.00
40,0.00
72.28
25.65
7.00
$18,801.57
REMOVAL. OF SNOW.
RECEIPTS.
Balance unexpended,
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Excess of expenditure over receipts,
EXPENDITURES.
Pay roll,
J. McCann, labor,
John Leary, Iabor,
J. Vaughn, labor,
C. Ryan, sand and labor,
F. 0. Donnell, labor,
W. Ahern, labor,
M. Manley, labor,
W. B. Richards, labor,
W. H. Kelly, labor,
W. J. Neville, labor,
Amount carried forward,
$606.90
9.80
22.20
24.30
72.80
.60
22.20
22.50
5.60
26.80
21.30
$$36.00
$563.65
600.00
354.36
$1,518.01
196
Amount brought forward,
E. A. Willard, labor,
D. Silva, labor,
J. Silva, labor,
J. L. Gallagher, labor,
J. Montague, labor,
Geo. W. Jameson, labor,
P. Geoghegan, labor,
Robert Porter, labor,
J. Lennon, labor,
R. McMahon, labor,
James Keefe, labor,
J. G. Graham, labor,
J. C. Collins, labor,
C. M. Tupper. labor,
1'. Haley, labor,
D. Gorman, labor,
F. Silva, labor,
Wm. Graham, labor,
W. J. Kelly, labor,
G. F. 'Teague, labor,
Geo. McCann, labor,
C. H. Cutler, labor,
L. C. Sturtevant, labor,
F. P. Reynolds, labor,
John 1Veise, labor,
Geo. E. Hills, labor,
Richard Dunn, labor,
Thos. Forsyth, labor,
Frank Maguire, labor,
Jas. S. Munroe, labor, men and teams,
Jas. Dalrymple, labor,
R. Curran, labor,
Joseph Evans, labor,
Amount carried forward
$835.00
5.60
13.20
12.40
16.80
20.80
21.40
10.00
40.50
6.00
11.00
12.80
20.20
6.10
5.10
6.40
95.40
10.80
2.60
15.40
9.80
10.60
6.00
31.60
20.55
14.80
1.10
5.20
2.60
14.00
43.90
11,20
1.00
10.00
$1,350.15
197
Amount hr•onght forward,
J. Holland, labor,
T. Kinneen, labor,
Boston & Maine R. R., freight,
R. H. White, sand,
J. Hargrove, team and men,
A. B. Black, agent, 1 improved snow plow,
H. Malcolm Torrey, repairing snow plow,
INTEREST.
RECEIPTS.
Unexpended balance,
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Fourth National Bank, interest,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
C. T. West, treasurer Beals fund,
C. T. West, treasurer Bridge fund,
Lexington Savings Bank,
Arlington National Bank,
Estabrook & Co.,
C. H. Wiswell, Cary Library,
State of Massachusetts,
Amount carried forward,
$1,350.15
1.90
68.60
1.68
7.50
16.68
65.00
6.50
$1,518.01
$145.69
3,600.00
282.38
$3,928.07
$3,286.89
641.18
$3,928.07
$120.00
120.00
1,309.38
70.42
400.13
660.00
101.25
$2,781.18
l98
Amount brought forward,
Gammel[ Legacy,
Hayes Fountain fund,
E. S. Spaulding, treasurer Giltnor fund,
Geo. H. Jackson, treasurer Cemetery fund,
$2,781.18
35.00
67.06
25.00
378.65
BOARD OF HEALTH,
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Less overdraft,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
EXPENDITURES.
C. S. Parker & Son, stationery and printing, $20.75
S. H. Patten, Inspector of Plumbing, 7.50
J. W. Griffin, indicator, float, repairs on wagon, 72.15
R. H. Burke, repairs on pump, 4.50
J. S. Cassedy, Inspector of Plumbing, 18.25
F. E. Downer, disinfecting Stone building and
Hayes house, 18.50
F. E. Downer, clerk, 30,00
O. G. Seeley, disinfectant, 20.38
C. H. Franks, services, 50.00
C. H. Franks, sundries, 4.65
J. O. Tilton, M. D., services, 50.00
Amount carried forward, $416.68
$3,286.89
$500.00
70.33
$429,67
172.47
$1602.14
199
Amount 6roughe' forward,
A. B. Smith, services,
A. B. Smith, car fares,
J. O. Tilton, M. D., clerk,
Nourse & Co., express,
Massachusetts Cattle Commissioners, branding
stamp,
Scott & Denham, carriage hire,
Stedman & Dunneau, printing,
Odorless Excavating Co.2 pump, hose couplings,
C. H. Franks, car fare, horse hire,
CONTINGENT.
RECEIPTS.
$416.68
50.00
3.00
6.66
8.00
1.75
1.00
3.25
110.30
1.50
Unexpended balance,
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Lexington & Boston Street Railway, advertising hearings,
Tax tides redeemed,
Rent Town Hall,
Rent Masonic Hall,
Sales of "Births, Deaths and Marriages,"
A. S. Mitchell, auctioneer's license,
Rent Village Hall,
Town of Arlington, land taken,
City of Cambridge, land taken,
Sealer of weights and measures, receipts,
Receipts, town scales,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
$602.14
$2,495.20
2,500.00
21.75
134.17
78.00
100.00
15.87
2.00
33.38
208.37
235.08
20.59
46.12
$5,890.63
$3,476.12
2,414.41
--- $5,890.53
200
EXPENDITURES.
H. A. Davis Jr. & Co., printing ballots, en-
velopes, 31.55
J. H. Phillips, carpenter work, 24.48
R. H. Burke, plumbing, 23.26
Middlesex County, entering by-laws and record-
ing same, 4.25
G. W. Sampson, travelling expenses to Marlboro, 3.00
Lexington Flag Pole Co., repairing flag -staff, 120.00
C. 'I'. West, returning 41 deaths, 21.25
E. C. Stone, legal services, 15.00
P. T. Gilhooly, painting signs, 29.60
Pierce and Barnes, surveying town line between
Lexington and Bedford, 13.00
L. A. Austin, stamps and envelopes, 68.12
C. H. Gannett, services, matter of Grant street
crossing, 534.50
W. B. Foster, distributing warrants, 44,00
Blackstone Paper Co., paper, .90
American Express Co., express, 3.80
H. C. Valentine, M. D., returning births, 15.00
New England Telegraph & Telephone Co., 102.29
M. A. Pero, hinges and bolts, 3.00
Geo. H. Walker & Co., copy of plans of streets, 30.00
T. G. Whiting, delivering town books, 10.00
Nourse & Co., expressing, 12.80
C. S. Parker & Son, printing, 14.75
E. S. Locke, envelopes, 6.72
L. A. Saville, returning births, marriages and deaths, 59.10
L. A. Saville, stamps, envelopes, 18.52
56.00
The Leslie, meals for town officers,
F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., tax collector, book,
stationery, 7.10
Amortrat carried forward, $1,271.99
201
Amount brought forward,
Carter Ink Co., ink,
Election officers,
A. C. Libby & Sons, stationery,
George D. Harrington, record stamp, stationery
and stamps,
Water Department,
C. H. Bruce, repairs on team,
Lyman Lawrence, hardware,
G. W. Sampson, agent, Fidelity & Deposit
Co., treasurer's bond,
Scott & Denham, carriage hire,
Thomas Burke, labor on Town Hall grounds,
Wright & Potter Printing Co.,
Estate of C. A. Childs, ringing hells April,
1899, to April, 1900,
L. A. Austin, ringing bells,
E. Hunnewell, expressing,
P_ B. Murphy, dog blanks and posters,
H. C. Derby, bands and stamps,
W. A. Carrie & Co., check books,
A. R. Gay & Co., tax books,
Ingalls, express moving, settees,
Carrie A. Wood, copying deeds,
C. E. Hadley, measures, stencil and badge,
J. H. Frizelle, repairing sprinkler and lawn
mower,
L. A. Saville, envelopes for Fax Collector,
M. I. Fyfe, clerical on street railway franchise,
G. W. Sampson, agent Fidelity & Deposit
Co., 'Treasurer Cary Library bond,
I.. W. Muzzey, collecting tax titles,
Bailey Bros., painting Town Hall and flag pole,
W. C. Brown, teaming,
$1,271.99
2.20
105.00
2.90
Amount carried forward,
13.00
55.25
7.00
6.19
80.00
46.00
30.62
1.50
35.00
35.00
2.10
8.25
7.70
15.00
8.75
5.60
32.16
18.75
2.05
53.60
6.00
10.00
503.29
54.55
2.00
$2,411..45
202
Amount brought forward,
E. O. Childs, recording and registering Tax
Co1leztor deeds,
L. A. Saville, repairing town flag,
E. S. Locke, copying two tax lists,
Priest, Page & Co., repairing town scales,
Benj. Hadley's Sons, smoke pipe Stone building,
H. A. Davis, Jr., & Co., book for Overseers Poor,
J. A. Conly & Co., repairing Town Hall roof,
R. W. Holbrook, washing powder and broom,
Conant & Newhall, tally sheets November
election,
P. F. Dacey, mason work,
J. W. Cook & Co., tree protection,
C. E. Wheeler, receipt book and bill heads,
W. H. Burke, plumbing,
Geo. D. Harrington, express, telegrams, etc.,
C. H. Franks, collecting dog licenses,
C. E. Hadley, acid and graduating glasses,
State of Massachusetts, penalty for failure
to make returns,
T. B. Streeter, reseating chairs,
Niagara Fire Insurance Co., insurance,
George H. Reed, legal service,
A. G. Wills, matting,
C. M. Parker, cattle inspector,
George H. Thurston, sundries,
G. W. Spaulding, wire nails,
W. J. Day & Co., floor in Selectmen's room,
DeVeau Bros., carpenter work on band stand,
Wm. Eaton, breaking out road,
Fairbanks Co., repairing and adjusting scales,
G. W. Sampson, agent Fidelity & Deposit
Co., Tax Collector bonds, 40.00
$2,411.45
58.95
.75
75.00
70.00
11,00
4.00
24.46
.70
3.50
7.10
46.00
10.45
14.00
14.50
15.00
2.30
5.00
7.00
2.63
45.00
7.65
50.00
10.21
1.26
115.00
116.58
10.00
37.50
Amount carried forward, $3,214.99
203
Amount brought forward, 53,214.99
Geo. D. Estabrook, cleaning Stone building, 13.58
2.00
R. M. Yale & Co., repairing flag,
Lexington Lumber Co., lumber,
H. V. Smith, papers and periodicals,
Hobbs & Warren Co., receipt and cash book,
B. Hadley's Sons, plumbing Cary Library
branch,
Geo. D. Harrington, stamps, stationery, express,
Geo. H. Cutter, services at Register of Deeds,
H. A. Wheeler & Co., draping and labor
Town Hall -death of President McKinley,
S. P. Clough, labor decorating,
Annie M. Hafley, balance tax sale,
WATER DEPARTMENT.
L. A. Saville, registrar,
E. S. Locke, ke, registrar,
Proceeds of bonds sold,
Premium on bonds,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
kECEIPTS.
EXPENDITURES.
60.70
5.40
2.95
99.40
7.00
36.00
26.90
4.50
2.70
53,476.12
53,041.42
12,831.10
10,000.00
1,360.70
527,233 22
523,561.59
3,671.63
527,233.22
Overdraft for 1900, 51,469.74
Metropolitan Water Board, water furnished, 259.80
Amount carried forward, 51,729.54
204
4monnt drought forward,
Peirce & Winn Co., coal,
A. E. Scott, half cost division fence,
Webster Co., leather,
G. W. Spaulding, oil, soap, brooms,
C. A. Claflin Co., faucets, oil, valves,
N. Nims, labor,
N. Cardini, labor,
M. McDonald, labor,
T. McDonald, labor,
P. Geoghegan, labor,
P. Burke, labor,
Ed. O'Connor, labor,
Chas. Fine, labor,
H. B. Locke, labor,
Frank Fine, labor,
A. W. Day, labor,
J. Cartina, labor,
D. Reardon, labor,
James Callahan, labor,
R. Sheehan, labor,
C. H. Bruce, engineer,
T. L. Bruce, superintendent,
Interest,
Davis and Farnham Mfg. Co., pipe, sleeves,
flange, labor, 196.19
Forest Hooper, repairs, pipe and plumbing, 212.77
B. C. Whitcher, hay and grain, 59.23
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., 112.85
A. J. Morse & Son, sidewalk and corporation cock, 23.25
B. A. Russell, sharpening chisels, 1.60
Nourse & Co , express, 19.40
L. A. Saville, registrar clerk, 83.83
J. W. Griffin, smithing, 34.10
51,729.54
1,908.04
26.84
2.75
76.63
148.95
3.28
312.22
3.60
3.80
8.00
4,80
10.80
694.72
78.67
24.00
18.40
12.64
15.75
21.79
.80
1,203.80
720.00
8,540.00
Amount carried forward, 516,422.54
205
Amount hrought forward, $16,422.54
L. A. Saville, stamped envelopes, 26.14
E. S. Locke, stationery and envelopes, express etc., 36.94
Coburn Stationery Co., stationery, bill heads, 14.00
Braman, Dow & Co., cocks and galvanized pipe, 20.69
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., 39.48
Walworth Mfg. Co., corporation cocks, pipe
and chains, 7.20
Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., hydrants, 118.25
Roberts Iron Works, repairs on boiler, 4.64
Chadwick I..ead Co., lead, 55.96
Joseph Breck & Sons, wheelbarrows, picks and
shovels, 19.62
F. A. Houdlette & Son, water pipe, 481.29
Scott & Denham, snzithing, horse hire, 28.06
E. Hunnewell, teaming, 8.50
Dwyer Bros., express, 3.70
P. Haley, labor, 10.50
Lyman Lawrence, hardware, 25.04
Lexington Lumber Co., lumber, 39.87
Climax Boiler Co., compound, 15.00
1V. H. Whitaker, teaming, 7.50
C. Ryan, teaming, loam, 3.00
Geo. H. Sampson, forcite, 9.94
Geo. F. Blake Mfg. Co., flange, 1.30
Hays Mfg. Co., curb boxes, 21.88
R. H. Burke, lead pipe and labor, 39.17
E. S. Locke, cash paid for labor, 69.90
C. W. Swan, mason work, 21.44
John McKay, carpenter work, 11.26
Geo. W. Knowlton, rubber rings, 5.94
1.. A. Austin, lanterns, 1.20
Spencer Regulating Co, repairing valves
and packing, 5.95
,Amount carried forward, $17 ,575.89
206
Amount brought forward,
Boston -Lockport !Mock Co., repairs,
W. C. Brown, teaming,
E. S. Locke, registrar,
Boston & Maine R. R., freight,
W. J. Neville, wood,
M. F. Wilbur, grain,
Knowles Steam Pump Works, repairs,
W. H. Burke, repairs,
Moakley's Pharmacy, oil,
A. M. 'fucker, comforter and pillow,
American Express Co.,
Lexington & Boston Street Railway, water,
,17,575.89
1.75
4.85
416.67
2.36
3.50
26.39
22.16
4.81
'7.80
6.00
1.55
57.60
$18,121.33
ADDETIONAI. EXPENDITUR ES.
Arthur W. Day, labor,
J. H. Ferguson, labor,
Charles Fine, labor,
C. Cardini, labor,
I.. F milo, labor,
M. Morse, labor,
1. Murphy, labor,
J. Carleno, labor,
N. Cardini, labor,
J. Washington, labor,
N. Comeau, labor,
S. De Vean, labor,
F. Fine, labor,
A. Fine labor,
Charles Boerea, labor,
J. Eyr, labor,
J. Merino, labor,
$ 78.36
130.10
364.22
27.82
11.02
3.02
12.00
48.29
53.85
1.75
26.00
1.33
44.93
9.60
9.69
23.56
22.90
Amount carried forward, $858.44
207
AmountLrought forward, $858.44
H. F. Chubbuck, labor, 15.95
H. Dalrymple, labor, 3.50
A. Fine, labor, 9.38
L, Wood, labor, 3.80
Geo. H. Dow, labor, 8.25
Town of Lexington, crushed stone, 10.55
F. R. Galloupe, engrossing 10 bonds, 8.00
Lexington Lumber Co., lumber, 352.97
Davis and Farnham Mfg. Co., pipe, 28.00
Boston and Lockport ]Bock Co., repairs on pump, 6.00
1-V. H. Whitaker, teaming, 10.00
[neo. H. Sampson, caps and fuses, 5.25
Edson Mfg. Co., repairs, 1,90
J. W. Haynes, moving derrick, 21.00
Ludlow Valve Mfg, Co., valves, 138.71
Perrin, Seaman Co., driving maul and pipe, 11.01
Builders' Iron Foundry, fittings,
75.92
D. Henry Cram, use of derrick, i 3.95
C. W. Swan, mason work, 1[2.62
A. C. Washburn, carpenter work, 79.50
Boston Herald Co., advertising, 1.50
Globe Newspaper Co., advertising, 1.50
Engineers' Record, advertising, 3.80
N ew England Bolt and Nut Co., holts,and washers, 10.18
Boston & Maine R. R., freight, 6.11
1.. E. Hawes, civil engineering. 1,280.81
T. Stewart & Sons Co., on account contract, 954.41
American Express Co., 3.15
Engineering News, advertising, 4.20
Forest Hooper, testing pipe, 6.60
J. Middlehy, use of land, man, horse and derrick, 168.63
J. M. Smith, teaming, 27.88
Hub Cloth Co., wire cloth, 1.50
Amount carried forward, $4,304.97
208
Amount drought jo9ward,
Chapman Valve Co., valves,
Scott & Denham, smithing,
Reading Foundry Co., iron pipe,
Town of Arlington, iron pipe,
J. P. Dailey, teaming,
TEMPORARY LOAN.
RECESPTS.
Balance outstanding Jan. 1, 1901,
Borrowed April 18th,
June 5,
July 1,
Aug. 18,
Aug. 23,
Sept. 18,
Balance outstanding,
April 18,
August 18,
August 21,
August 23,
August 24,
September 18,
October 7,
December 2,
EX'I Nf1PrURES.
$4,304.97
25.65
2.15
1,154.37
48.12
5.00
$5,540.26
$55,000.00
15,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
10,000.00
15,000.00
10,000.00
$115,000.00
35,000.00
$150,000.00
$10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
15,000.00
10,000.00
15,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
1480,000.00
209
PRINTING.
RECEIPTS. •
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Less overdraft,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
EXPENDITURES.
F. B. Estabrook, town reports, special school, $253.05
C. S. Parker & Son, printing, 95.25
C. E. Wheeler, warrants and reports, printing, 61.00
F. W. Goodwin & Co., report committee water
supply, 21.00
H. A. Davis Jr. & Co., printing, 34.00
The Independent, advertising, 10.00
19TH OF APRIL.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Less overdraft,
Amount expended, $168.48
$450.00
20.65
$429.45
44.85
$474.30
$474.30
$200.00
31.52
$168.48
14
2 I 0
EXPENDITURES.
G. W. Spaulding, car fares, band, paid Lexing-
ton Drum Corps,
Stewart's Military Band,
The Leslie, meals served band,
$25.98
132.00
10.50
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
EXPENDITURES.
G. W. Sampson,
L. A. Saville, services as clerk,
H. A. C. Woodward,
Geo. D. Harrington,
W. F. Caldwell,
J. P. Ryan,
AUDITORS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
EXPEND/TURES.
H. B. Sampson,
H. E. Tuttle,
$3.48
23.55
21.62
1.45
'25.00
25.00
$50.00
50.00
$100.00
$168.48
$100.00
$100.00
$100.00
2II
TOWN DEBT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Assessed,
Water bonds refunded,
EXPENDITURES.
Water bonds,
State of Massachusetts,
CARY LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
Received of County 'Treasurer, dog tax,
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Treasurer Cary Library,
$6,000.00
2,000.00
10,000.00
$12,000.00
6,000.00
$18,000.00
SURVEYING NEW BOULEVARD.
Unexpended balance,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDI'LURES.
$10.00
15.00
$18,000.00
$528.58
$528.58
125,00
$25.00
Pierce and Barnes, tracing boulevard plan, $10.00
2I2
SHELVES CARY LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed 1901,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
A. C. Washburn,
$105.56
44.44
$150,00
$150.00
$105.56
M EMORIAI. DAY.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed, $175.00
EXPENDITURES.
T. N. Morse, Q. M. l'ost 119, $175.00
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
less overdraft,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
$175.00
$800.00
148.94
$651.06
250.72
$901.78
213
EXPENDITURES.
L. W. Muziey,
HYDRANTS.
RECEIPTS.
Unexpended balance,
$901.78
$901.78
$2.50
Appropriated and assessed for 1901, 3,510.00
$3,512.50
EXPENDITURES.
GAMMELL LEGACY.
Water department,
$3,512.50
Unexpended balance,
Interest for 1901,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
W. Y. Taylor,
Geo. H. Jackson,
$11.75
111.70
$7.38
4.87
$88.45
35.00
$123.45
$123.45
$11.75
214
TOWN TREASURER.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901, $600.00
EXPENDITURES.
Geo. D. Harrington, $600.00
TOWN CLERK.
RECEIPT'S_
Appropriated and assessed, 1300.00
EXPENDITURES.
L. A. Saville, $53.33
Geo. D. Harrington, 246.67
SELECTMEN.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
1300.00
1333.33
J. F. Hutchinson,
E. S. Spaulding,
G. W. Spaulding,
215
EXPENDITURES.
$100.00
100.00
133.33
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
RECEIPTS.
$333.33
Appropriated and assessed for 1901, $333.34
EXPENDITURES.
H. A. C. Woodward,
J. F. Hutchinson,
E. S. Spaulding,
$133.34
100.00
100.00
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
RECErPTS.
$333.34
Appropriated and assessed for 1901, $338.83
EXPENDITURES.
H. A. C. Woodward,
J. F. Hutchinson,
E. S. Spaulding,
2I6
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
C. E. Hadley,
STATE AID.
RECEIPTS.
Balance unexpended,
State of Massachusetts,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
EXPENDITURES.
Thomas Cosgrove,
H. C. Kilgore,
M. Cavanaugh,
Thomas Burke,
C. E. Wheeler,
Joseph Dane,
Emma J. Leavitt,
Almira Butters,
Margaret Crowley,
Abigail T. Richardson,
Louisa Edwards,
Lydia Estabrook,
Mary Cosgrove,
$100.00
$75.00
25.00
$100.00
$75.00
$72.00
66.00
60.00
60.00
24.00
48.00
48.00
48.00
48.00
48.00
48.00
28.00
8.00
$12.00
564.00
30.00
$606.00
$333.33 $606.00
?Al
STREET LIGHTS.
RECEIP 1 S.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
C. C. Goodwin,
Overdraft,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
EXPENDITURE.
$5,700.00
8.00
$5,708.00
170.42
$5,537.58
412.10
$5,949.68
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., $5,949.68
EXPERIMENTING FOR WATER..
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
C. Cardini, labor,
C. Boerer, labor,
$1.000.00
$783.72
216.28
$1,000.00
19.42
19.42
Amount carried forward, $38.84
218
Amount brought forward, $38.84
C. Fine, labor, 6.40
A. W. Day, labor, 1.75
N. Carlini, labor, 7.00
D. Reardon, labor, 9.92
Morton & Waugh, driving wells, 599.44
Lexington Lumber Co., lumber, 9.90
Pierce & Winn Co., coal, 46.70
Wm. Crowell, engineer steam pump, 58.60
T. G. Whiting, moving boiler, 3.00
Braman, Dow & Co., labor and material, 2.17
FUEL AND LIGHTS.
RECEIPTS.
$783.72
Unexpended balance, $111.67
Appropriated and assessed for 1901, 1,200.00
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDrruREs.
Lexington Gas & Electric Co.,
C. H. Miles, bell, button, labor, tubing cord,
Pierce & Winn Co., coal,
John Halloran, charcoal,
F. P. Reynolds, wood,
$1,311.67
$1,271.29
40.38
$1,311.67
$886.47
14.80
351.21
12.25
6.56
$1,271.29
2t9
INSURANCE.
EXPENDITURES.
George W. Taylor,
G. W. Sampson,
Manchester Insurance Co.,
JANITORS.
RECEIPTS.
Unexpended balance,
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
Geo. H. 'Thurston,
Geo. D. Estabrook,
EXPENDITURES.
$600.00
900.50
264.37
$1,764.87
$816.07
159.99
$700.07
116.00
WATERING STREETS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Less overdraft,
220
Amount brought forward, $631.82
Lexington Street Railway, water contract, 500.00
Water tax, 856.15
$1,487.97
Excess of expenditures over receipts, 1,106.36
EXPENDITURES.
Forest Hooper, leather washers, .60
Estate of H. Holmes, water, 4.43
$75.06 Hammon Reed, trustee, water, 5.50
900.00 Scott & Denham, painting and repairs on cart, 50.75
J. H. Frizelle & Son, watering streets, 326.26
$975.06 C. Callahan Co., hose and band, 8.20
E. W. Glass, watering streets, 294.84
J. L. & H. K. Potter, new watering cart, 350.00
1975.06 Braman, Dow & Co., pipes, valves, etc., 121.37
E. Hunnewell, teaming, 1.00
C. Martin, watering streets, 182.52
Water department, water, 475.14
W. H. Whitaker, teaming, 5.00
J. H. Frizelle & Sun, repairing sprinkler, 2.50
$816.07 Fiske Bros., repairing valves, - .50
E. W. Glass, watering, 95.55
J. H. Frizelle & Son, watering, 75.76
Water department, water, 586.56
J. H. Phillips, labor and nails, 1.31
Lexington & Boston Street Railway, 6.54
$1,000.00
368.18
$631.82
$2,594.33
$2,594.33
22I
STATE H IGH WAY.
RECEIPTS.
Lexington Street Railway Co.,
State of Massachusetts,
Excess of expenditure over receipts,
EXPENDITURES.
Overdraft, 1900,
Pay roll,
Water Department,
De Veau Bross., carpenter work,
B. J. Harrington, extra work on culvert,
J. H. Brown, engineer at crusher,
I). B. Danforth, gravel,
F. P. Reynolds, team,
Cyrus Martin, team,
J. H. Frizelle & Son, team,
W. H. Whitaker, team,
E. W. Glass, team,
D. Gorman, team,
LIDRARIANS.
k FC F. [PTS.
Balance unexpended,
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
591.58
476.28
4.80
11.93
26.50
23.05
98.75
28.75
20.00
58.75
32.50
22.50
3.50
$1,454.71
53.75
$84.4.2
1,216.67
97.80
$1,398.89
5I,398.89
$18.46
1,490.00
$1,508.46
$1,508.46
M. P. Kirkland,
H. E. Muzzey,
Barbara MacKinnon,
E. O. Nichols,
H. R. French,
D. B. Wentworth,
LiIla A. Adair,
M. S. Harrington,
Balance,
Interest,
222
EXPENDITURES.
499.99
339.96
276.66
300.00
15.00
8.10
5.00
10.00
HAYES FOUNTAIN FUND.
RECEIPTS.
EXP ENurrURES.
H. A Shaw, smithing,
Hooper & Perry, repairs,
Pierce & Winn Co., cement,
0. W. Spaulding, seed and fertilizer,
De Veau Bros., carpenter work,
M. McQuade, stone, sand and labor,
Edward Wood, shrubs,
Thos. Burke, labor,
E. S. Spaulding, treasurer by vote of town,
Cyrus Martin, pumping water,
Highway Department, crushed stone,
F. W. Kilburn, labor,
'1. G. Whiting, gravel and teaming,
Town of Lexington, crushed stone,
55.91
3.'29
3.00
1.96
7.51
10.00
5.00
26.25
865.00
2.00
2.93
18.10
8.00
8.50
$1,454.7.1
$900.39
67.06
$967.45
5967.45
223
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Unexpended balance,
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Court fees from Concord,
Court fees from East Cambridge,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES'.
C. H. Franks, services,
W. B. Foster, services,
John Mclnerny, services,
P. J. McGuire, services,
Geo. L. Pierce, services,
P. '1'. Gillooley, services,
J. H. Frizelle, services,
C. A. Currier, services,
P. J. Dacey, services,
John H. Brown, services,
Francis Locke, services,
F. E. Butters, services,
'1'. McCarthy, services,
13. J. Rirrington, services,
James Irwin, services,
J. E. Fairbairn, 6 photographs,
N. E. Tel. & Tel. (2o.,
Scott & Lenham, carriage hire,
Amount carriedfr)wara;
$2.81
$4,000.00
194.57
6.00
$4,202.38
$3,681.79
520.69
$4,202.38
$900.00
912.50
335.25
s10.00
256.50
10.00
155.76
5.00
10.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
2,50
5.00
141.75
1.00
76.99
7.00
$3,644.24
224
Amount brought forward,
C. H. Franks, carriage hire, car fare, meals
for tramps and prisoners,
W. B. Foster, expenses to court,
Sadie Dow, care of prisoner,
L. A. Austin, telephone,
A. MacArthur, mattress and blankets,
$3,644.24
ABATEMENT OF 'l'AXES.
RECEIPTS.
Unexpended balance,
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Overlaying,
Supplementary,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
Abatement as per certificate of Assessors,
28.94
6.46
3.00
.40
3,75
$3,681.79
$2,315.91
1,031.06
BANK AND CORPORATION TAX.
RECEIPTS.
Balance unexpended,
State of Massachusetts, corporation tax,
State of Massachusetts, bank tax,
Street Railway tax,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
$627.89
600.00
1,863.81
250.27
$3,346.97
$3,846.97
:2,3315.91
$3,932.44
8,031.33
2,626.98
486.82
;16,077.57
$8,500.00
6,577.57
$15,077.57
225
EXPENDITURE.
Deducted by Assessors, $8,500.00
CEMETERIES.
RECEIPTS.
Unexpended balance,
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Appropriated and assessed for 1901, old cemetery,
Three single graves,
Lot 143, Graves family,
Lat 486, Mrs. Henry Griffin,
Lot 96, Mrs. John T. Scott and Miss B. E. Melleney,
Lot 336, Chas. E. Johnson,
Lat 691, Mrs. E. Hammond,
Lot 111, A. A. Sherman,
Lot 141, C. F. Buttrick,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
$240.08
200.00
100.00
13.00
40.00
40.00
30.00
45.00
10.00
35.00
45.00
$798.08
$384.15
413.93
J. O. Tilton, M. D., labor and stone, old cemetery
entrance, $6.00
E. Hunnewell, labor, 1.00
A. Wilson, labor, 220.00
Thos. Burke, labor and grass seed, 63.40
J. T. McNamara, stone mason, 65.00
De Veau Bros., carpenter work, 8.92
Geo. W. Spaulding, fuse, powder, grass seed, etc., 4.83
Water Department, 15.00
226
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS.
RECEIPTS.
Estate of Nancy E. Fillebrown,
C. A. Fowle, Jr.,
Mrs. E. M. Marsh,
$100.00
100.00
100.00
$300.00
This amount is incorporated in a new note to the Treasurer of the
Cemetery Trust Funds, amounting to $7,760.
STATE TAX.
Paid State Treasurer, $3,150.00
SEWER TAX.
Paid State Treasurer, $2,186.19
STATE HIGHWAY TAX.
$798.08 Paid State Treasurer, $172.50
$384.15
COUNTY TAX.
Paid County Treasurer, $5,670.44
DISCOUNT ON TAXES.
Unexpended balance,
G. W. Sampson, collector interest on taxes,
L. W. Muzzey, collector interest on taxes,
$361.15
13.25
889.93
$1,264.33
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
227 228
EXPENDITURES.
$789,92
474.41
$1,264.33
Discount on taxes, certificate of collector, $789.92
HASTINGS PARK.
Unexpended balance,
Robert Porter, for grass,
Amount expended, $53.63
Balance unexpended, 1.77
EXPENDITURES.
Thomas Burke, '$18.38
J. N. Smith & Co., manure, 35.25
SIDEWALKS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Received from L. W. Muzzey, collector,
Less overdraft,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
EXPEN Dt1 U R ES.
Geo. H. Lowe, concreting and grading, $1,511.16
B. J. Harrington, blasting ledge, 28.72
Pierce & Barnes, line and grade Highland
•avenue, 12.00
SCHOOL CO 4I lv1I'1TE E.
$30.40
25.00
RECEIPTS.
$55.40
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
$55.40 EXPENDITURES.
$53.63
$1,406.04
542.31
$1,948.35
806.04
$1,142.31
404.57
$1,546.88
C. H. Wiswell,
H. S. Teele,
E. P. Bliss,
H. H. Hamilton,
L. D. Cochrane,
TRI lvl MING TREES.
$100.00
58.33
83.33
16.67
41.67
$1,546.88
$300.00
$300.00
Unexpended balance, $19.40
Appropriated and assessed for 1901, 200.00
Amount expended, $176.30
Balance unexpended, 43.10
$219.40
$219.40
229
EXPENDITURES.
J. W. Cook & Co., care of trees, $30.05
C. Wellington, marking trees, 3.00
Geo. F. Harrington, labor trimming trees, 38.25
Nourse & Co., team and men, 69.00
Lexington Gas and Electric Co., trimming trees, 36.00
TAXES.
RECEIPTS.
L. W. Muzrey, collector 1899,
L. W. Muzxey, collector 1900,
L. W. Muzzey, collector 1901,
TREASURER CARY LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
$176.30.
$7,093.53
18,237.83
64,847.00
$80,178.36
Appropriated and assessed for 1901, $50.00
C. H. Wiswell, 00.00
WATERING TROUGHS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Overdraft,
Amount expended, $56.2a
Balance unexpended, 5.00
$75.00
13.75
$61.25
230
EXPENDITURES.
Water Department, $56.25
CARE OF COMMON.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901, $200.00
Less overdraft, 1900, 18.87
$181.13
Excess of expenditures over receipts, 9.87
EXPENDrTURES.
Thos. Burke, labor, $182.00
C. Wellington, services, 9.00
TOWN PHYSICIAN.
RECEIPTS.
$191.00
$191.00
Appropriated and assessed for 1901, $75.00
EXPENDITURE.
H. C. Valentine, M. D., $75.00
FIRE ALARM BOXES.
RECEIPTS.
$61.25 Appropriated and assessed for 1901, $200.00
23I
EXPENDITURES.
W. E. Decrow, two signal boxes, $101.20
C. H. Miles, contract,
ASSESSORS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
EXPENDITURES.
Geo. H. Cutter,
Chas. G. Kauffman,
E. S. Locke,
98.80
$200.00
200.00
300.00
MOVING HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
C. W. Swan, mason work,
A. C. Washburn, carpenter work,
Martin Ellis & Co., moving building,
$548.24
101.76
$31.39
281.85
235.00
$200.00
$700.00
700,00
$650.00 •
$650.00
$548.24
232
NEW HIGH SCHOOL.
RECEIPTS.
State of Massachusetts, loan,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
Cooper & Bailey, architects,
$20,000,00
$1,100.00
18,900.00
#20,000.00
$1,100.00
COMMITTEE ON NEW HIGH SCHOOL,
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1901,
EXPENDITURES.
Webb Bros., photographing High School
graduates,
Aaron H. Gould, services,
Pierce & Barnes, survey and plans,
Nourse & Co., express,
F. W. Chandler, services,
Suffolk Engraving Co., plans,
H. A. Davis, Jr. & Co., printing reports,
Cooper & Bailey,
$5.00
50.00
17.00
.90
100.00
13.08
39.00
25.02
$250.00
$250.00
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RECAPITULATION.
CASH RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1901,
Schools,
Support of the poor,
Outside aid,
Fire department,
Highways,
Interest,
Contingent,
Water department,
Temporary loan,
Town debt,
Cary library dog tax,
Gammell legacy,
State aid,
Street lights,
Watering streets,
State highway,
Hayes' fountain,
Police,
Corporation tax,
Bank tax,
Street railway watering tax,
Cemeteries,
Cemetery trust fund,
Interest on taxes,
Hastings park,
Sidewal ks,
Taxes,
New high school,
$20,925.27
90.85
1,000.34
355.78
51.23
941.58
282.38
895.33
27,233.22
60,000.00
10,000.00
528.58
35.00
564.00
8.00
856.15
1,301.09
67.06
199.57
8,031.33
2,626.98
486.82
258.00
300.00
903.18
25.00
542.81
90,178.36
20,000.00
$248,687.41
234
CASH EXPENDITURES.
Schools,
Support of the Poor,
Outside Aid,
Fire Department,
Highways,
Removal of Snow,
Interest,
Board of Health,
Contingent,
Water Department,
Temporary Loan,
Printing,
19th of April,
Registrars of Voters,
Auditors,
Town Debt,
Cary Library,
Surveying New Boulevard,
Shelves for Cary Library,
Memorial Day,
Collector of Taxes,
Hydrants,
Gammell Legacy,
Town Clerk,
Selectmen,
Overseers of the Poor,
Surveyors of Highways,
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
State Aid,
Street lights,
Experimenting for water,
Fuel and Lights,
$22,225.98
2,680.93
4,754.58
6,334.26
18,801.57
1,518.01
3,286.89
602.14
3,476.12
22,091.85
80,000.00
474.30
168.48
100.00
100.00
18,000.00
528.58
10.00
105.56
175.00
901.78
3,512.50
11.75,
300.00
333.33
333.34
333.33
75.00
606.00
5,949.68
783.72
1,271.29
Amount carried forward, $199,845.97
235
Amount brought forward,
Insurance,
Janitors,
Watering Streets,
State Highway,
Librarians,
Hayes Fountain Fund,
Police,
Town 'Treasurer,
Ceme teries,
State Tax,
Sewer Tax,
State Highway Tax,
County Tax,
Hastings Park,
Sidewalks,
School Committee,
Trimming trees,
Treasurer Cary. Library,
Watering troughs,
Care of Common,
Town physician,
Fire alarm boxes,
Assessors,
Moving High School building,
New High School,
Committee on new High School,
Balance Jan. 1, 1902,
$199,845.97
1,784.87
816.07
2,594.33
807.31
1,454.71
967.45
3,681.79
600.00
384.15
3,150.00
2,186.19
172.50
5,6A.44
0.44
53.63
1,546.88
300.00
176.30
50.00
56.25
191.00
75.00
200.00
700.00
548.24
1;100.00
250.00
19,344.33
P48,687,41
HILMAN B. SAMPSON,
HENRY E. TUTTLE,
Auditors.
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STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT.
Registered water loan,
Extension water main loan,
Extension water main and'improvement loan,
Additional water supply loan,
New High School loan,
Cary Library loan,
Bridge fund loan,
Beals fund loan,
Gammell legacy,
Gilmor legacy,
Cemetery trust fund,
Temporary loans,
$200,000.00
5,000.00
7,000.00
10,000.00
20,000.00
11,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
500.00
500.00
7,760.00
35,000.00
$300,760.00
GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Treasurer.
TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1901,
Town debt,
Schools,
Outside aid,
Interest,
Water Department,
$20,925.27
10,000.00
90.85
355.78
282.38
27,233.22
Amount carried forward, $58,887.50
237
Amount 6rovht forward,
Contingent,
Highways,
Fire Department,
Support of poor,
Sidewalks,
Street watering,.
Hastings Park,
Corporation tax,
Bank tax,
Street Railway tax,
Cemeteries,
Taxes, 1899,
Taxes, 1900,
Taxes, 1901,
Gammell legacy,
County Treasurer dog tax,
Temporary loans,
Street lights,
Police Department,
' State aid,
Cemetery trust funds,
State highway,
New High School loan,
Interest on taxes,
Hayes Fountain fund,
EX PENDtrYRRS.
Town debt,
Schools,
Outside Aid,
4m not Carriedf rward,
$58,887.50
895.33
941.58
51.23
1,000.34
542.31
856.15
25.00
8,031.33
2,626.98
486,82
258.00
7,093.53
1 8,237.83
64,847.00
35.00
528.58
60,000.00
8.00
199.57
564.00
300.00
1,301.09
20,000.00
903.18
67,06
$248,687.41
$18,000.00
22,225.98
4,754.58
$44,980.56
238
Anraunt 6rotrght forward,
Interest,
Water department,
Contingent,
Highways,
Fire department,
Support of Poor,
Sidewalks,
Fuel and lights,
Street watering,
Hastings Park,
Trimming trees,
Cemeteries,
April 19th,
Printing,
Gammell legacy,
Treasurer Cary Library, dog tax,
Collector of Taxes,
Board of Health,
Librarians,
Temporary loans,
watering troughs,
Memorial Day,
Sewer tax,
Town Treasurer,
Street lights.
Police department,
Janitors,
Assessors,
State aid,
Removal of snow,
Auditors,
Treasurer Cary Library,
Registrars of Voters,
$44,980.56
3,286.89
22,091.5
3,476.12
18, 801.57
6,334.26
2,680.93
1,546.88
1,271.29
2,594.33
53.63
176.30
384.15
168.48
474.30
11.75
528.58
901.78
602.14
1,454.71
80,000.00
56.25
175.00
2,186.19
600.00
5,949.68
3,681.79
816.07
700.00
606.00
1,518.01
100.00
50.00
100.00
Amnnnt tarried forward, $163,378.93 .
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Amount brought forward,
School Committee,
Selectmen,
Town Clerk,
County tax,
State tax,
Experimenting for water,
Care of Common,
Overseers of Poor,
Surveyors of Highways,
Town physician,
Surveying new boulevard,
Shelves in Cary Library,
State highway,
Insurance,
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
State highway tax,
Committee on High School,
Fire alarm boxes,
Moving High School,
New High School,
Hayes Fountain Fund,
Hydrants,
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1902,
$163,378.93
300.00
333.33
300.00
5,670.44
3,150.00
753.72
191.00
333.34
333.33
75.00
10.00
105.56
807.31
1,764.87
75.00
172.50
250.00
200.00
548.24
1,100.00
967.45
3,512.50
19,344.33
$246,687.41
GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Treasurer.
•
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OTHER
THAN TOWN DEBT JAN. 1, 1902.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1902,
Taxes uncollected 1899,
'faxes uncollected 1900,
Taxes uncollected 1901,
Street watering tax 1899,
Street watering tax 1900,
Street watering tax 1901,
Due for water rates 1901,
Sidewalk tax 1899,
Sidewalk tax 1900,
Sidewalk tax 1901,
Due for crushed stone,
Excess of liabilities,
ASSETS.
1,!A 1311,11'1 ES_
Temporary loans outstanding,
Unexpended balance interest,
Unexpended balance water department,
Unexpended balance contingent,
Unexpended balance highways,
Unexpended balance support of poor,
Unexpended balance fue} and lights,
Unexpended balance Hastings park,
Unexpended balance trimming trees,
ilmonnt carried forward,
$35,000.00
641.18
3,671.63
2,414.41
2,190.59
1,078.46
40.38
1.77
43.10
$45,081.52
$19,344.33
431.58
9,471.83
32,393.40
31.90
120.68
478.83
8.83
4,497.59
-46.85
270.82
375.92
91.91
6,551.77
$74,107.51
241
Amount brough1jorward,
Unexpended balance cemetery,
Unexpended balance Gammell legacy,
Unexpended balance librarians,
Unexpended balance watering troughs,
Unexpended balance police department,
Unexpended balance janitors,
Unexpended balance
menting),
Unexpended balance
Unexpended balance
Unexpended balance
Unexpended balance
Unexpended balance
Unexpended balance
Unexpended balance
Unexpended balance
Unexpended balance
$45,08142
413.93
111.70
53.75
5.00
520.59
158.99
water committee (experi-
216.28
surveying new boulevard, 15.00
shelves Cary library, 44.44
sealer weights and measures, 25.00
moving high school, 101.76
new high school, 18,900.00
enforcement liquor law, 376.51
bank and corporation tax, 6,577.57
abatement of taxes, 1,031.06
discount of taxes, 474.41
$74,107.51
GEO. 1]. HARRINGTON,
Town Treasurer.
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REPORTS
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
TOWN OF LEXINGTON
For the Year 1901
MARLBOROUGH, MASS.
THE ESTAPROOK PRESS, ROOMS 1, 2 & 3 FRYE BLOCK.
1902
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE -1901.
CHARLES H. i VISWELL, Chairman,
E. P. Bliss,
L. D. COCH RAMS,
Term expires March, 1904.
Term expires March, 1902.
'Term expires March, 1902.
J. 1. I3ucK, 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 Carey Hail. Ali bills should be
sent to the committee before the first Tuesday of each month.
TRUANT OFFICER, CHARLES H. FRANKS.
No school signal (three blows, repeated three times) sounded as
follows :
7.30 a. m., no session of High School.
8.15 a. in., no session of Primary and Grammar Schools,
12.30 p. m., no afternoon session.
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1902.
Winter term closes Friday, March 21.
Spring term opens i'nesday, April 1.
Decoration Day, holiday.
Spring term at High School closes Wednesday, June 18th.
Spring terns closes at other schools 'Thursday, June 19th.
Public graduating exercises of High School in the Town Hall,
Wednesday evening, June 18th, at 7.45 p. m.
Fall term opens Tuesday, September 2d.
Thanksgiving recess, from Wednesday noon, November 26th, un-
til Tuesday, December 2d.
Fall term closes Friday, December 19th.
Winter term opens Tuesday, December 30th, 1902.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER
To the Cik'sens of the Town of Lexington:
COf1M1TTEE,
31, 1901.
In submitting the following report your committee feel that the
citizens of the town of Lexington have reasons for gratification for
the good work accomplished in our public schools, under the present
crowded conditions, and for the spirit of patience and hopeful look-
ing forward of teachers and pupils to the ampler accommodations with
the new school building.
Your committee believe that the thoroughness, accuracy, clarity of
thought and mental independence demanded in an age of science,
in business competition, and good citizenship are promoted by writ-
ten monthly examinations. And the frequent written examinations
must tend to prepare those desiring to pass up into the higher
institutions of learning for their rigid entrance examinations; there-
fore, our schools have returned to those severer, more painstaking
tests of progress.
During the year we have received the resignations of Miss Minnie
A. Brooks of the seventh grade of the Hancock School, and of Miss
Jessie G. Prescott of the ninth grade in the Adams School.
These vacancies have been filled by appointing Miss E. P. New-
comb teacher of the sixth and seventh grades in Adams, and ad-
vancing Miss Fannie F. Ingram to the ninth grade of Adams
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School; by the appointment of Miss Gertrude H. Dacey teacher of
third, fourth and fifth grades in Adams School, and transfering
Miss F. Helene Mayo to the seventh grade in the Hancock School.
Miss Hattie French has been engaged to assist the Principal of the
Hancock School one hour per day.
LIST OF TEACHERS.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Jonathan I. Back, Superintendent and Principal,
Miss (Trace E. Gaudy,
Miss Grace P. French,
Fred E. Goddard.
HANCOCK SCHOOL..
Miss Gertrude W..Carlton, Principal;
Miss Hattie French, Assistant ;
Mrs. Sadie W. Jenkins,
Miss F. Helene Mayo,
Miss Emma F. Parker,
Miss Emma E. Wright,
Miss Sara R. Skerry,
Miss Gertrude Pierce,
Mrs. Grace A. Spaulding,
Miss Jennie F. Blodgett,
Miss Bertha B. Hammond.
DAMS SCHOOL :
Miss Fannie F. Ingraham, Principal;
Miss Eisie P. Newcomb,
Miss Gertrude H. Dacey,
Miss Carrie F. Fiske.
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TIDD SCHOOL.
Miss Belle C. Doore.
Music.
Mrs. Alice M. Holt.
DRAWING.
Miss A. Edna McLean.
The dividend from the gift of Mr. Robert P. Clapp has been
awarded in prizes as follows : For excellency in Written Composition
to Gladys Vickery ; for superiority in oral work the prize was divided
between Nina M. Steele and Allan C. Smith.
To put the school buildings in their present good condition
has necessitated a considerable outlay of money. The Hancock
School heating and ventilating apparatus has been repaired at an ex-
pense exceeding $1,300, and the result is better ventilation, and we
trust, a saving of fuel. The Adams School has been painted, the
Tidd School shingled and generally renovated, and the main room in
the High School building has been partitioned into two zooms.
'These necessary expenditures and the extra cost of additional pupils
in our schools have forced us to exceed our appropriations.
The following table shows the number of teachers and pupils at
the beginning of the school year 1901, compared with 1900.
High School,
Hancock School,
Adonis School,
Tidd School,
Totals
Teachers.
1900 1901
Pupils. 'reacher. Plipilz.
4 91 4 101
10 456 10 509
4 131 4 137
1 22 1 24
19 700 19 771
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The appropriation for our school should be somewhat larger for
the current year than for the previous year, because of the deficit of
1901, and because the number of scholars has increased nearly ten
per cent. over the number of last year, adding to the cost of instruc-
tion, transportation, books and supplies.
We recommend for the maintenance of the schools the ensuing
year, the appropriation of $21,500, and to cover the expense of re-
pairing the heating apparatus of the Hancock School, another appro-
priation of $1,300.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. WISWELL,
EDWARD P. BLISS,
L. D. COCHRANE,
School Committee.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
To the School Corrnittie of Lexington:
GENTLEMEN ---I hereby submit to you my fifth annual report, the
sixteenth in the series of superintendents' reports.
During the past year the increase in membership, which has been
going on so rapidly for several years, has continued unchecked, the
average membership for the year being 678, an increase of 56 over
the preceding year.
The actual membership on the last school day of 1901 was 744,
or 66 more than the average for the year. In fact, Lexington
stands very high among the towns and cities of this state in the nat-
ter of school attendance, being twenty-first in the state and Fifth in
the county in the ratio of school attendance to the number of chil-
dren in the town. The latest published report of the State Board
of Education gives the following :
RATIO OF SCHOOL. ATTENDANCE TO THE WHOLE NUMBER OF CHILDREN
BETWEEN FIVE AND FIFTEEN VP.ARS OF DICE.
The State,
Middlesex County,
Lexington,
79.95 per cent.
85.42 per cent-
102.53 per cent.
Considering the fact that we have in our schools practically no
tuition pupils from other towns this ratio is a very high one, the av-
erage attendance of the schools being greater than the total number
of children between the ages of five and fifteen. This fact bears
more directly on the school question than appears at first thought.
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If, for example, our ratio of attendance were no higher than that
of Middlesex county, which is considerably above the average of the
state, our attendance would be reduced to about 530—our attend-
ance about five years ago --and would result in a material reduction
in the cost of maintaining the schools. It is evident, then, that
Lexington, as compared with other towns, has a large school mem-
bership and pays a corresponding large amount for supporting her
schools, because practically all her children are in the public schools,
instead of in private schools or on the street—a condition which
certainly no one would wish to have changed.
In spite of this relatively large membership, however, the burden
upon the taxpayers for the support of the schools is a light one, in
comparison with that of other towns and cities. During the past
year our tax rate has been somewhat higher than usual ; but it is
generally recognized, I suppose, that this is only a temporary fluc-
tuation in the rate, due to one or two especially heavy appropria-
tions—the highway tax in itself being responsible for nearly four
dollars out of the eighteen. It may be well, however, to show
definitely that the increase is in no way the result of increased ex-
penditure for the schools.
The table given below has been compiled from the annual town
reports, and shows what part of the annual town grant has been ap-
propriated for the maintainance of the schools since 1866.
TABLE SHOWING 'THE RATIO OF SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS TO TOTAL
'TOWN GRANT, COMPUTED IN PER CENTS FOR PERIODS
OF FIVE. YEARS.
1866-1870
1.871-1875
1876-1880
1881-1885
1886-1890
1891-1895
1896-1900
1901
27.9 per cent.
29.1 per cent.
33.1 per cent.
32.1 per cent.
30.0 per cent.
28.3 per cent.
24.6 per cent.
22.7 per cent.
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From this table it will be noticed that the relative cost of the
schools reached a maximum between 1876 and 1880, when about
one-third of the total amount raised by taxation was expended for
the support of the schools. Since that time this proportion has
gradually diminished, until at present Less than one-fourth of the
town grant is used for school purposes.
In this connection it may be interesting to note that Lexington is
apparently well able to provide generously for the schools (in spite
of the fact that the attendance is so large in proportion to the popu-
lation) because of its relatively high valuation in comparison with
the number of children.
The following table shows the valuation per pupil for the state,
the county and the town :
The State,
Middlesex Co.,
Lexington,
Valuation Average School Valuation
May 1, 18119. Attendance, 1819.00. per pupil
$2,876,021,222 366,136 $7,855
505,693,566 77,756 6,502
5,032,005 567 8,875
That is to say, Lexington has a valuation of $8,875, upon which
to assess taxes for each pupil attending the public schools—or one
thousand dollars more per prod than the average of the state, and
twenty-three hundred dollars more than the average for Middlesex
County.
From this it might naturally be inferred that our school tax ought
to be a low one. This inference is borne out by the facts. The
following table, compiled from the returns for 1899-1900, shows the
AAIOUANT APPROPRIATED FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOLS, FOR EACH
THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THE VALUATION.
The State,
Middlesex Co.,
Lexington,
Number of towns and cities in the state,
$3.61
4.44
3.76
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Rank
54
Rank of Lexington in the state,
Number of towns and cities in the county,
Rank of Lexington in the county,
273
54
45
In other words, only 80 towns and cities in the entire Common-
wealth appropriate less to the support of the schools for each thousand
dollars of the valuation than does Lexington, while 272 appropriate
more. This is due, however, to no niggardly policy towards the
schools ; on the other hand, the town has always been conspicuously
generous in appropriating money for their support, and has to its
credit an unbroken record of liberality that any town might well be
proud of. At the same time the fact is clearly apparent, from the
figures given above, that the schools have not been a heavy burden
on the town's finances ; and that high tax rates, when they have occa-
sionally been necessary, have not been due to the cost of the schools,
but to the desire of the town for needed improvements in other
directions.
In view of these facts it may be welt to consider briefly some of
the improvements which might be incorporated into the school sys-
tem, if the town should desire at any time to increase the school
appropriation for that purpose. And First I mention the judicious
increase of teachers' salaries. It has been our good fortune for
several years to have very few changes in the teaching force. Yet
vacancies will sometimes occur, and the success of the school work
depends in a large measure upon how they are filled. More is ex-
pected of a teacher today than formerly. The community in general
expects more of him. Not only does it demand adequate scholar-
ship, professional training, and successful experience, but it tacitly
asks a great deal more. As President Hyde has recently expressed
it, in speaking of college instructors,
',We are making new demands of our teachers. The doctor's
hood is good. The knowledge and technical skill which it is sup-
posed to signify is still essential. But we ask other questions. Was
he a leader among his fellows in college? Does he understand
undergraduates? Is he genial and winning in manner? Has he
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keenness and humor? Has he tact to get his ends accomplished
without clashing with young men's instincts of freedom and inde-
pendence? Does he so live in his subject that the meaning and
worth of it overflow into all that he says and does? Is he in good
health, a man among men? Can he live on his salary? Does he
stand well with the authorities in his own department, and will he
add reputation to his institution?"
In other words it is personality that we want.
The teacher must
first of all be a mast or a woman; after that, a teacher.
But sometimes these rare personalities are not available for the
salaries that we offer. At such times it seems to me that the para-
mount question should be : Does this teacher possess the qualities
that we desire in a teacher? Has she a personality that we wish
our children to come in contact with? This is a question for par-
ents and taxpayers to decide, and it is time we faced it squarely.
Do we want the best teachers for our children? or do we prefer to
save a few hundred dollars a year on the teachers' salaries and allow
our best teachers to go to surrounding towns and cities?
Closely related to this is the question of the number of pupils to
one teacher. There can be no doubt that the efficiency of our
schools would be greatly increased if the present number could be
materially reduced, and some reduction is, indeed, inevitable.
For the past two or three years the schools have necessarily been
overcrowded, owing to the lack of room for expansion. During
the past year the primary rooms in the Hancock building have had
a membership of over fifty each. Under such conditions it is ex-
tremely difficult for a teacher to exercise that direct personal in-
fluence upon the pupil, which it is so desirable that she should
exert. In primary grades the number of pupils in charge of a
single teacher should not exceed forty, and thirty would be a far
better number.
Another need is the need of a substantial course in manual train-
ing, running from the primary grades through the High School. The
desirability of manual training is no longer a matter of dispute.
The state has made it compulsory for the upper grades in towns and
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cities having a population of over twenty thousand, and many of the
smaller places have adopted it voluntarily. The basement of the new
High School building will contain an excellent, well -lighted room,
which could be used in no better way than as a manual training room
for the upper Grammar and High School classes; and it is to be
hoped that upon the opening of the new building the third story
rooms in the Hancock building will become available for a similar
purpose. Lack of room will, therefore, soon cease to be an insup-
erable obstacle; and it is hoped that in the early future the town
may see fit to make a beginning, at least, along this line.
Manual training appeals to all classes of pupils. It saves the
bookish pupil from becoming one-sided in his interests, while to the
non -bookish it offers a means of expression for his ideas such as he
cannot find in the other exercises of the school. This is, of course,
its conspicuous advantage—that it appeals to those pupils who are
not interested in the other work of the school. At present such
boys are kept in school during the compulsory period by the pres-
sure of the law; perhaps they remain a few years longer in deference
to the hopes and ambitions of their parents; but at the first oppor-
tunity they slip away from the routine which is for them uninterest-
ing and irksome, into active work, where they feel there is an
opportunity for them to do something and become an actual part of
the busy world around them. These boys are not usually dull,
though they are generally called so. They are active and alert in
matters outside of school, and becotne successful in business, often
showing marked administrative ability. But ordinary school routine
does not appeal to them—they refuse to run in the regular school
groove. Fortunately it is becoming pretty clear that it is not only
impossible, but undesirable, that everybody should run in the sane
groove.
The argument for manual training rests mainly on the claim
* " that the elements of the mechanic arts are taught, primarily, be-
cause they are adapted to develop important faculties not cultivated
by the usual school exercises. It is both impracticable and unde-
•Annual report of Secretary of State Board of Education, MO.
251
sirable to give in school sufficient practice in any branch of shop
work to develop skill and facility which the successful mechanic will
deem respectable. The course in manual training does, however,
serve to reveal mechanical aptitude to its possessor, and leads him to
a fortunate choke of occupation."
Though the emphasis is usually laid, as here, upon the discip-
linary value of manual training, it is equally true that many a boy
and many a parent is influenced by the second reason rather than
the first. And surely no harm can come from this; indeed, it is
hard to see why the school is not rendering quite as valuable a
service to the state if, by revealing to a boy his mechanical apti-
tude," it furnishes the community with a good carpenter or a good
mason, as it is in furnishing a good lawyer or a good physician.
In making the above recommendations I have no expectation or
desire that they be adopted as a whole, or indeed, that any new
departure be entered upon which will materially increase the cost of
the schools. It has seemed to me, however, that it might be well
to bring these suggestions before the community in this way for con-
sideration in the hope that their desirability might be generally rec-
ognized, and a steady and consistent advance might be made toward
their accomplishment.
Respectfully submitted,
J. 1. BUCK,
Superintendent.
January 1, 1902.
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REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER.
17F:(:FM F.R 31, 1901.
To the Superintendent of Schools:
DEAR SIR—Forty-three pupils have been reported absent from
school by their teachers. Each case has been investigated and re-
ported to the respective teachers, and the pupil returned to school
as soon as possible. The following reasons have been found for the
pupils being absent : Fifteen were playing truant, eighteen were
kept at home to work or for some other reason by their parents,
nine on account of sickness, and one because he did not have shoes
to wear. One boy has been sent to the truant school for two years
for playing truant.
Respectfully submitted,
CHAS. H. FRANKS,
Truant Officer.
259
ROLL OF HONOR.
These records end June, 1901.
No names are entered on this roll for less than a year.
PUPILS NEITHER ABSENT OR TARDY
FOR SEVEN YEARS.
Elizabeth R. Smith,
Percy D. Glenn (tardy once),
THREE YEARS, SIX MONTHS.
Grade.
XI
X
Edith C. Kilgour (Adams), IX
THREE YEARS.
Kingsley Cochrane,
Wallace Miller (Adams) (absent once),
TWO YEARS.
Marjory Houghton,
Goldie Powell,
X
VIII
XI
Ix
260
ONE YEAR, SIX MONTHS.
Walter Kilgour (Adams) ,
ONE YEAR, THREE MONTHS.
Paul Franks,
Henry 0. Tilton,
May Baxter,
Randall Houghton,
Alice Kilgour (Adams),
Albert Carson,
Helen Phelps,
Kelsey Reed,
Mary Broderick,
Elmer Denham,
ONE YEAR.
VIII
IK
XIII
XI
XI
XI
VII
VII
V
V
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CONTENTS.
Bridge and Beals Fund
Estimates for 1902
Harriet B. Gilmor Fund
Hayes Fountain Fund
Lexington 'Town Records •
Adjourned Meeting, Feb. 18, 1901
Adjourned Meeting, March II, 1901
Adjourned Meeting, March 18, 1901
Adjourned Meeting, March 23, 1901
Bequest of Estate of Nancy E. Fillebrown
Btquest of C. A. Fowle, Jr.
Bequest of Mrs. E. M. Marsh
N. E. Telephone & 'Telegraph Co_
Report of Committee on a new High School Building
Report of Committee on Sewerage
Warrant for a Town Meeting, Jan. 28, 1901
Warrant for a Town Meeting, March 4, 1901
Warrant for a Town Meeting, May 20, 1901
Warrant for a Town Meeting Sept. 12, 1901
Warrant for a Town Meeting, Oct. 9, 1901
Warrant for a Town Meeting, Nov. 5, 1901
List of Town Officers
Officers Appointed by the Selectmen ,
Report of the Assessors
Report of Auditor
Abatement on Taxes
Assessors
Auditors
Bank and Corporation Tax
Board of Health
Care of Common
Cary Library
167
127
166
166
9
25
44
54
60
70
71
76
67
16
22
18
31
64
77
98
103
3
5
171
175
224
231
210
224
198
230
211
264
Report of Auditor—Continuer.
Cemetery
Cemetery 'frust Fund
Collector of Taxes
Committee on New High School
Contingent
County Tax
Discount on Taxes
Experimenting for Water
Fire Department
Fire Alarm Boxes
Fuel and Lights
Gammell Legacy
Hastings Park
Hayes Fountain Fund
Hydrants
Highways
Interest
Insurance
Janitors
Librarians
Memorial Day
Moving High School Building
New High School
Outside Aid
Overseers of Poor
Police Department
Printing
Recapitulation
Registrars of Voters
Removal of Snow
Schools
High School .
Adams School
Hancock School
Common to all Schools
225
226
212
232
199
226
226
217
186
230
218
213
227
222
213
189
197
219
219
221
212
231
232
184
215
223
209
238
210
195
175
175
178
177
179
Report of Auditor—Continued
Tidd School, .
Summary,
School Committee,
Sealer of Weights and
Selectmen,
Sewer Tax,
Shelves Carey Library,
Sidewalks,
State Aid,
State Highway,
State Highway Tax,
State Tax,
Street Lights,
S-apport of Poor, .
Surveying New Boulevard,
Surveyors of Highways, .
Taxes.
Temporary Loan,
"Town Clerk,
Town Debt,
Town Physician,
'I own Treasurer,
'Treasurer of Cary Library,
"1'riiuning 'Trees, .
Water Department,
Watering Streets, .
Watering 'l'roughs,
19th of April,
Report of Board of Health,
Report of Cemetery Conunittee,
Report of Chief of Police,
Report of Fire Engineers, .
Report of Inspector of Plumbing.
Report of Overseers of the Poor, .
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures,
265
Measures,
179
181
228
216
214
226
212
227
216
221
226
226
217
182
211
215
229
208
214
211
230
214
229
228
203
219
229
209
136
150
144
147
132
164
D12
266
Report of Selectmen,
Report of Surveyors of Highways, .
Report of Tax Collector,
Report of Town Clerk,
Births, .
Marriages, .
Deaths, .
Diseases, .
Dogs,
jurors, .
Report of Treasurer of Cary Library,
Report of the Trustees of Cary Library,
Report of Treasurer of Cemetery Trust
Report of School Committee and Supt.
School Committee,
School Calendar, .
School Committe Report,
Roll of Honor, .
Report of Superintendent,
Report of 'I'ruant Officer,
List of Teachers, .
Tabular View of Schools,
Report of Water Commissioners,
Statement of 'Town Debt, .
Statement of Assets and Liabilities,
Town 'T'reasurer's Report,
Fax Statistics,
•
125
129
169
113
113
113
117
122
122
122
156
152
Fund, 151
of Schools, 243
245
245
247
259
251
258
248
261
158
236
other than Town Debt, 240
236
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