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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1904-Annual ReportREPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON For the Year 1904. MARLBOROUGH, MASS.; THE ESTABROOK PRESS, PRINTERS AND BINDERS, FRYE BLOCK. 1906. Resolutions on the Death of John F. Hutchinson. WHEREAS, It has seemed fitting to an all -wise Provi- dence to retnnve from our midst our associate and fellow - worker, John Frederick Hutchinson, and WHEREAS, The town of Lexington which he served so well, and whose interests were so dear to him, has been called to mourn his loss, be it Resolved, That in the death of John Frederick Hutch- inson, we, his associates in office, who knew him so inti- mately, testify by these resolutions to his kindly disposition, genial manner and courteous bearing; that we feel most deeply his loss as counsellor and friend, and be it further Resolved, That the Town also shares in the bereave- ment that has befallen the community, and mourns the loss of an efficient and faithful public servant; and be it further Resolved, 'That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the immediate family, and spread upon the records of the Town. EDWIN S. SPAULDING, GEO. W. TAYLOR. Selectmen of Lexington. January 27, 1904. A true copy attest. GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Clerk. Resolutions on the Death of Edwin 5. Spaulding. WHEREAS, It has seemed fitting to an all -wise Provi- dence to take from us our beloved councellor, associate and friend, Edwin Sumner Spaulding, and WHEREAS, The Town of Lexington, which he loved so well and served faithfully for many years has sustained a grievous loss, be it Resolved, That in the death of Edwin Sumner Spauld- ing, we, his co-workers in office, testify by these resolutions to his upright character, spotless integrity, sincerity of pur- pose and christian charity toward all men ; that we place upon record this testimonial of our love and esteem for him, and be it further Resolved, That the entire community suffers the loss of one who was ever conscientious and just in the discharge of duty, both as a private citizen and as an officer of the Town, kind and generous to all, and of whom it may be truly said : "Well done thou good and faithful servant," and be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the immediate family and spread upon the records of the Town. GEo. W. TAYLOR, EDWARD C. STONE, Selectmen of Lexington. October 15, 1904. A true copy attest. GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Clerk. LEXINGTON LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS FROM :larch 1904 to March 1905. Selectmen. *EDWIN S. SPAULDING (Chairman), GEORGE W. TAYLOR. EDWARD C. STONE(Clerk). Town Clerk. GEORGE D. HARRINGTON. Overseers of the Poor. HENRY A. C. WOODWARD (Chairman), EDWIN S. SPAULDING, GEORGE, W. TAYLOR. Surveyors of Highways. GEORGE W. TAYLOR(Chairman), EDWIN S. SPAULDING, HENRY A. C. WOODWARD. Town Treasurer. GEORGE D. HARRINGTON. *Died Oct. 18, 1904. 8 Collector of Taxes. LORING W. MUZZEY. Assessors. CHARLES G. KAUFFMANN (Chairman), GEORGE H. CUTTER, . EVERETT S. LOCKE (Clerk). Tree Warden. CORNELIUS WELLINGTON. School Committee. LORENZO D. COCHRANE, HANNAH T. CARRET, FORESTER A. MACDONALD, *FRED S. PIPER, - FRANCIS J. GARRISON, SARAH E. ROBINSON, Cemetery Committee. HERBERT L. WELLINGTON, GEORGE H. JACKSON, - ABBOTr S. MITCHELL, - CHARLES H. FRANKS, Constables. Auditors. Term expires 1905 Term expires 1905 Term expires 1906 Term expires 1906 Term expires 1907 Term expires 1907 Term expires 1905 Term expires 1906 Term expires 1907 PATRICK J. MAGUIRE. HILMAN B. SAMPSON, H. EUGENE TUTTLE. Board of Health. ALBERT B. SMITH, - DR. J. ODIN TILTON, - CHARLES H. FRANKS, - - "Resigned—Willard D. Brown appointed. Term expires 1905 Term expires 1906 Term expires 1907 9 Water Commissioners. EVERETT S. LOCKE (Chairman & Registrar)Term expires 1905 THADDEUS L. BRUCE - Term expires 1906 CHARLES G. KAUFFMANN, Term expires 1907 Sewer Commissioners. GEORGE O. WHITING, ROBERT P. CLAPP, - EDWIN S. SPAULDING, Fence Viewers. Tema expires 1905 Term expires 1906 Term expires 1907 ABRAM B. SMITH, CHARLES S. BLODGETT, GEORGE W. BUCK. Field Drivers. *EDWIN A. BAYLEY, CHARLES E. WHEELER, AI.BERN S. CHATFIELD. Surveyors of Lumber. GEORGE W. SPAULDING, ABBOTT S. MITCHELL. Board of Trustees of Cary Library. Consists of Selectmen, School Committee and settled Clergymen of the town. "Resigned—Alfred E. Haynes appointed to 511 vacancy. 10 OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN. Engineers of Fire Department. )ARIES H. PHILLIPS (Chief), WILLARD H. GREENE, GEORGE W. TAYLOR (Clerk). Registrars of Voters. GEORGE W. SAMPSON, - - 'Perm expires 1905 WILLIAM F. CALDWELL(Chairmran), Term expires 1906 JOSEPH P. RYAN, - - - - Term expires 1907 GEORGE D. HARRINGTON (Clerk). Trustees of Bridge and Beth Charitable Fund GEORGE O. DAVIS, - WALTER WELLINGTON, - CHARLES T. WEST, - Term expires 1905 Tenn expires 1906 Term expires 1907 Trustees el Gammell Legacy. MRS. LUCY M. HARRIS, MISS SARAH E. ROBINSON. Treasurer of Gilmor Fund EDWIN S. SPAULDING. Librarian Cary Library. MISS MARIAN P. KIRKLAND. Assistants. MISS HELEN E. MUZZEY, MISS BARBARA MACKINNON. Librarian East Lexington Branch Cary Library. MISS EMMA O. NICHOLS. II Treasurer Cary Library Fund. DR. FRED S. PIPER. Committee on Care of Hayes Fountain. HERBERT G. LOCKE, EDWARD WOOD, CORNELIUS WELLINGTON. Treasurer Hayes Fountain Fund. EDWIN S. SPAULDING. Town Physician. DR. HENRY C. VALENTINE. Superintendent of Town Scales and Public Weighers, GEORGE W. SPAULDING, RUFUS W. HOLBROOK_ Weigher of Hay and Grain. MOSES F. WILBUR. 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. Police Officers. CHARLES H. FRANKS (Chief), PATRICK J. MAGUIRE, JAMES IRWIN, ISAIAH PALMER. I2 Special Police Officers (without pay.) THOMAS F. GRIFFIN, EDWARD CROSSWELL, WILLARD H. GREENE, BERTRELI. L. DICKINSON, CLIFTON P. ASHLEY, ROBERT T. MONTAUGE ALBERT B. SMITH, ERNEST D. McDONALD, MARK DODD, JAMES H. FRIZELLE, ROBERT JOHNSTON, TIMOTHY McCARTHY; WILLIAM F. SIM, ABBOTT S. MITCHELL, GEORGE L. PIERCE, JOSEPH TROPEANO, JOHN H. WRIGHT, GEORGE B. DENNETT, JAMES H. PHILLIPS, CHARLES E. WHEELER, JOHN D. JOHNSON, CLIFFORD A. CURRIER, MICHAEL J. McDONNELL, F. J. FISHER, THOMAS C. BUCKLEY. Constables. CHARLES E. WHEELER, JAMES IRWIN. ISAIAH PALMER, Inspector of Cattle. DR. HARRY L. ALDERMAN. Janitor of Town Hall. GEORGE B. DENNETT. Janitor e Village Hall. JOHN H. WRIGHT. janitor of Stone Building. JAMES H. PHILLIPS. Keepers of Lockup. CHARLES H. FRANKS, ISAIAH PALMER. Superintendent and Matron of Alms Rouse. MR. AND MRS. ROBERT H. WHITE. Lexington Town Records. FROM TOWN CLERK'S RECORD. WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING. TUESDAY, March 1st, 1904. To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington, GREETING : In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall, on Tuesday, the first day of March, A. D., 1904, at 7.30 o'clock p. m., to act on the following Articles, viz :— ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. ART. 2. To ascertain what the School Committee recommends in regard to a new primary school building. ART. 3. To consider what the parents want for their children, and what the town can afford to do. ART. 4. To take such preliminary action looking toward the erection of a new primary school building as may be thought ex- pedient, but not to appropriate any money for the purpose. 14 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 Twentieth Day of Feb- ruary, A. D., 1904. t EDWIN S. SPAULDING, GEORGE W. TAYLOR, Selectmen of Lexington. MEETING MARCH 1, 1904. Meeting called to order by the Town Clerk at 7.30 o'clock p. m., who read the warrant and the return of the Constable thereon. ARTICLE 1. On motion of A. C. Stone it was voted that we pro- ceed to elect a Moderator, that the check list be used and that the polls be kept open three minutes. At the close of the polls it was found that nine ballots had been cast, all for Edward C. Stone, and he was declared elected and was sworn by the Town Clerk. ARTS. 2, 3, 4. Francis J. Garrison offered a report of the School Committee in regard to a new primary school building (see report of committee, page 552). On motion of Robert P. Clapp it was voted that the report be received and placed on file. The report was generally discussed, and on motion of Edwin A. Bayley it was voted " that it is the sentiment of this meeting that the present school requirement is for a six -room wooden primary building located somewhere between Winthrop road on the north and Percy road on the south." On motion of R. P. Clapp it was voted "that the School Com- mittee is hereby authorized and requested to prepare in conformity with the general recommendations of the report just submitted, a 5 more definite scheme with plans and estimates of cost, and submit the same at the March meeting for the town's action thereon." Voted to dissolve the meeting. Meeting dissolved at 10 o'clock. A true record, attest : GEORGE D. HARR1NGTON, turn Clerk. WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING. MONDAY, March 7, 1904. To WILI.1ANI B. Fi sTH:R, 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 seventh day of March, A. D., 1904, at 7 o'clock a. m., to act on the Following Articles, viz. :— AR rICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. ART. 2. To choose by ballot the following town officers : One 'Town Clerk for the term of one year; one Selecttnan for the term of three years ; three Overseers of the Poor for the term of one year; three Surveyors of the Highways for the term of one year; three Assessors for the term of one year ; one Town Treasurer for the term of one year ; one Collector of Taxes for the term of one year; two Auditors for the term of one year ; two Constables for the term of one year; one Water Commissioner for the term of 16 three years; one member of the Cemetery Committee for the term of three years; two members of the School Committee for the term of three years; one Sewer Commissioner for the term of three years; one member of the Board of Health for the term of three years ; one Tree Warden for the term of one year. ART. 3. To see if the town will vote for or against granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, in answer to the ques- tion : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" The vote on the above question shall be by ballot, "Yes" or "No." The election officers will receive votes under Articles 2 and 3 on the official ballot prepared by the Town Clerk. The polls will be opened as soon as possible after the organization of the meeting and will be kept open until 5 o'clock p. m. In com- pliance with Article III of the By -Laws as amended by vote of the town, Jan. 29, 1900, business under the following articles will be transacted at an adjourned meeting to be held Monday evening, Mar. 11, 1904, unless the adjourned meeting shall by unanimous vote, be ordered for some other specified time. ART. 4. To receive the report of any board of town officers or of any committee of the town for action thereon. ART. 5. To choose such town officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination. ART. 6. To see if the town will accept the list of Jurors prepared and posted by the Selectmen as required by law. ART. 7. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the proper observance of Memorial Day, to be expended under the direction of Yost 119, Grand Army of the Republic. 17 ART. 8. To provide for the support of the public schools the en- suing year, and grant money for the same. ART. 9. To provide for the support of the poor at the Poor Farm the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. ART. 10. To provide for the support of outside poor the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. ART. 11. To provide for the support of the highways the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. ART. 12. To provide for the support of the street lights the en- suing year, and grant money for the same. ART. 13. To provide for the support of the Fire Department the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. ART. 14. 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. ART. 15. To see if the 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 be repaid directly from the proceeds of said taxes, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 16. To see what measures the town will adopt in relation to the collection of taxes the ensuing year, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 17. 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. ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to issue bonds to the amount of ten thousand dollars under the authority and provisions i8 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 de- nominated "Lexington Water Bonds," which become due Nov. 1, 1904, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to build a new primary school building and secure a suitable lot of land for the same. ART. 20. To see if the town will borrow money or incur indebt- edness, and if so in what manner and in what amount, for the pur- pose of securing land upon which to erect a primary school building; erecting such building thereon and furnishing the same, and grading the grounds; or act in any manner in relation to providing for a n _w school building and the land therefor, and the means of pay- ment therefor. ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to regulate sales by hawkers and pedlars on the streets, ways, commons or public grounds in the town, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 22. To see if the town will change the name of Mason street to Bennington road, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 23. To see if the town will make an appropriation to defray the expense of extending the water mains, when, in the judgment of the Water Board, the same may be necessary, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 24. To see if the town will make an appropriation to com- mence the making of surveys and plans of the real estate in town, as recommended by the assessors in their report, or act in any manner relating thereto. ART. 25. To see if the town will vote to employ a Civil Engineer in laying all macadam, making grades, etc., by a system, and make an appropriation for the same, or act in any manner relating thereto. 19 ART. 26. To see if the town will accept the way from Bedford street to residence of C. E. Wheeler, known as "Valley road," or act in any manner in relation to improving same. 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 twentieth day of Feb- ruary, A. D., 1904. EDWIN S. SPAULDING, GEORGE W. TAYLOR, Selectmen of Lexington. MEETING MARCH 7, 1904. Meeting called to order by the Town Clerk at 7.15 o'clock. The Clerk began to read the warrant, when by unanimous vote of the meeting the further reading was dispensed with. ARTICLE 1. On motion of Edward C. Stone it was voted to elect a Moderator, that the check list be used, and that the polls be kept open one minute. At the close of the polls it was found one ballot had been cast for Edward C. Stone and he was declared elected, and was sworn by the Town Clerk. ARTS. 2 and 3. Abram B. Smith and Charles W. Swan having been appointed Ballot Clerks were sworn by the Town Clerk and receipted to him for a package said to contain 900 official ballots for male voters and a package said to contain 250 official ballots for fe- male voters. Irving Stone and Robert C. Moakley having been ap- pointed Deputy Ballot Clerks were sworn by the Town Clerk. The ballot box was shown to be empty, then Iocked and the key delivered 20 to William B. Foster, the Constable in charge, and the polls having been declared open by the Moderator the balloting commenced. C. F. Nourse, James Barnes, S. B. Bigelow, George L. Pierce, J. A. Hurley, Francis Locke, B. C. Whitcher and Homer B. Locke having been appointed Tellers were sworn by the Moderator. At 10.45 o'clock, by unanimous consent of the Moderator and Town Clerk, the ballot box was opened and 150 ballots were taken out. At 2 o'clock 150 ballots were taken out, at 3.45 o'clock 50 ballots were taken out, at 4.45 o'clock 50 ballots were taken out. At 5 o'clock the Moderator declared the polls closed. After the close of the polls 45 ballots of male voters and 40 ballots of female voters were taken from the boxes. The check list used by the Ballot Clerks showed the names of 445 male and 40 female voters checked. The Moderator's check list showed the names of 445 male and 40 female voters checked. Ballot box register stood at 445. After the Tellers had completed their work the Moderator announced the vote as follows : TOWN CLERK—One Year. George D. Harrington . 402 43 Blanks And George D. Harrington was declared elected. OVERSEERS OF 7 H POOR—One Year. Edwin S. Spaulding George W. Taylor . Henry A. C. Woodward Scattering Blanks And Edwin S. Spaulding, George W. Woodward were declared elected. 344 316 309 13 353 Taylor and Henry A. C. 21 SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS --One Year. Edwin S. Spaulding 347 George W. Taylor 313 Henry A. C. Woodward 305 Scattering 13 Blanks 357 22 CEMETERY COMMITTEE—Three Years. Abbott S. Mitchell 345 Scattering 3 Blanks 97 And Abbott S. Mitchell was declared elected. And Edwin S. Spaulding, George W. Taylor and Henry A. C. Woodward were declared elected. AUDITORS—One Year. Hilman B. Sampson 372 ASSESSORS—One Year. H. Eugene Tuttle 362 Blanks 1.56 George H. Cutter 354 Charles G. Kauffmann 359 And Hilman B. Sampson and H. Eugene Tuttle were declared Everett S. Locke 369 elected. Blanks 253 And George H. Cutter, Charles G. Kauffmann and Everett S. BOARD OF HEALTH—Three Years. Locke were declared elected. TOWN TREASURER ----One Year. George D. Harrington . 399 Blanks 56 And George D. Harrington was declared elected. COLLECTOR OF TAXES—One Year. Loring W. Muzzey Scattering Blanks And Loring W. Muzzey was declared elected, 387 2 56 Charles H. Franks 360 Scattering 2 Blanks Rg And Charles H. Franks was declared elected. SCHOOL COMMITTEE—Three Years. Francis J. Garrison 399 Sarah E. Robinson 395 Scattering 2 Blanks 174 And Francis J. Garrison and Sarah E. Robinson were declared elected. 23 . WATER CoMMIssIONER—Three Years. Charles G. Kauffmann Scattering Blanks And Charles G. Kauffmann was declared elected. CONSTABLES ---One Year. Charles H. Franks Patrick J. Maguire Isaiah Palmer Charles E. Wheeler Blanks 325 5 115 286 243 101 95 165 And Charles H. Franks and Patrick J. Maguire were declared elected. SEWER COMMISSIONER—Three Years. Edwin S. Spaulding Scattering Blanks And Edwin S. Spaulding was declared elected. TREE WARDEN—One Year. Norris F. Comley Cornelius Wellington Scattering Blanks 360 2 83 184 201 1 • 59 And Cornelius Wellington was declared elected. 24 LrCENSE. Yes 113 No 303 Blanks 29 And the town voted No License. After the result had been declared, on motion of Everett S. Locke it was unanimously voted that when the meeting do adjourn it adjourn to Friday evening, March 18th, at 7.30 oclock p. m. The check lists used by the Moderator and Ballot Clerks were sealed up and signed ; the ballots cast were sealed up and signed by the Moderator and Town Clerk. On motion of George W. Sampson it was voted to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 6.40 o'clock. ADJOURNED MEETING MARCH 18. Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 7.30 o'clock. AuTrci.E 19. The School Committee made a report in regard to the erection of a new Primary school building, and on motion of H. H. Putnam it was voted that the report be accepted and placed on file. On motion of F. J. Garrison it was Voted, That a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to secure land for a new Primary school building, and to superintend the erection of the same. 25 And the Moderator appointed the following committee : John H. Kane, Francis W. Dean and Henry W. Lewis. On motion of F. J. Garrison it was Voted, That the new school building shall not be placed on the High school lot. E. A. Bayley moved, "That it is the sentiment of the meeting that the building be of brick if the cost does not exceed $3,500, more than wood." Motion lost. ART. 20. On motion of F. J. Garrison it was Voted, That the sum of $27,000 be appropriated for the purpose of erecting a new Primary school building in accordance with the recommendations of the committee and the sentiment of the meet- ing as above expressed. On motion of A. E. Locke it was Voted, That in order to meet the appropriation for buying land and grading the same, and erecting and furnishing a school building thereon, the Selectmen and Treasurer of the town be and they are hereby authorized and instructed to issue the negotiable bonds or notes of the town, either in coupon or registered form, in the prin- cipal sum of $27,000, to be dated April 1, 1904, and payable in twenty equal annual installments, beginning April 1, 1905, up to and including April 1, 1924; to bear interest at a rate not exceeding 4 per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, April and October first, both principal and interest payable in United States gold coin of the present standard of weight and fineness; said bonds or notes to be sold at public or private sale, at the discretion of the Select- men. The vote was taken by polling the house, with the following re- sult: Yes, 68; no, 4. 26 H. W. Lewis moved, "That the building shall riot he placed an the R. I. Sherman lot." Motion lost. ART. 4. Rev. C. A. Staples moved that the Trustees of Cary Librarybe instructed to continue keeping the library open mornings, and that $250 be appropriated for the purpose. F. H. Holmes mored to amend that the library shall be kept open until nine o'clock every evening. Mr. Holmes' amendment was lost and Mr. Staples' motion was declared carried. ART. 21. On motion of E. A. Bayley it was Voted, That Article IV of the By -Laws of the town be amended by adding thereto the following Sections with reference to the regu- lations of sales by hawkers and venders, and that the Moderator pro- vide for their being presented for approval to the Superior Court. Section The Board of Selectmen may at their discretion grant permits to hawkers and peddlers of the articles covered by Section 15 of Chapter 65 of the Revised Laws, upon such terms and conditions as said board may deem reasonable and proper, and every such permit shall be printed or written and contain the full name and address of the hawker or peddler to whom it is issued, the arti- cles to be hawked or peddled, and shall expire within sixty days from the date of its issue, and may be revoked at any time by notice from the Board of Selectmen. The Board of Selectmen shall keep a record of all such permits, showing the date of issue, the name and address of the party to whom each permit is issued, and the articles to be hawked or peddled under each permit. Section Every hawker or peddler who, without a permit from the Board of Selectmen so to do, sells, offers or exposes for sale to any person on a street, or on any public ground or common in the town, any goods or articles covered by Section 15 of Chapter 65 of the Revised Laws, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars for each offense. 27 ART. 24. G. H. Cutter moved that the sura of five hundred dol- lars ($500) be appropriated and assessed, to commence the making of surveys and plans of real estate in the town, as recommended by the Assessors in their report, the same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Assessors. Motion declared lost. ART. 25. F. H. Holmes moved that the Selectmen employ an engineer to lay macadam and establish grades, and that 16500 be ap- propriated for the purpose. G. W. Sampson moved as a substitute motion that the matter be left with the Board of Selectmen to be elected March 21. Mr. Sampson's motion was declared carried. ART. 7. On motion of E. S. Locke it was Voted, That the town appropriate and assess the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) for the proper observance of Memorial Day, the same to be expended under the direction of Post 119, Grand Army of the Republic. ART. 6. The names of Christopher S. Ryan and Aril A. Wetherbee were stricken from the list at their own request, and on motion of G. D. Harrington it was Voted, That the town accept the list of Jurors as submitted by the Selectmen. ART. 4. E. S. Locke moved that the Selectmen, acting with the Water Commissioners, be authorized to sell any part of the water plant not needed under the present system of water supply. A. E. Scott moved as a substitute motion that the matter be committed to a committee of three to be appointed by the Moderator, and Mr. Scott's motion was declared carried. The Moderator appointed the following committee : H. A. C. Woodward, Charles F. Carter and James Barnes. Voted, To adjourn the meeting to March 26 at 7.30 o'clock p. m. Meeting adjourned at 10 o'clock. 28 ADJOURNED MEETING, MARCH 26, 1904. Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 7.30 o'clock p. m. ARTICLE 5. Under this article the following officers were chosen : Field Drivers, Charles E. Wheeler, Albern S. Chatfield, Edwin A. Bayley; Fence Viewers, Abram B. Smith, Charles S. Blodgett, George W. Buck; Surveyors of Lumber, George W. Spaulding, Abbott S. Mitchell. Voted, That the remaining officers be appointed by the Select- men. ART. 8. On motion of F. J. Garrison it was Voted, That the sum of $28,161,65 be appropriated and assessed for the Support of the Public Schools for 1904 and to provide for the expenditure not covered by the appropriation for 1903. ART. 9. On motion of H. H. Putnam it was Voted, That $1500 be appropriated and assessed for the Support of the Poor for 1904. ART- 10. On motion of H. H. Putnam it was Voted, That $3000 be appropriated and assessed for Outside Poor for 1904. ART. 11. On motion of G. O. Whiting it was Voted, That $14,000 be appropriated and assessed for the High- ways for 1904. On motion of A. E. Locke it was voted to recon- sider the above vote, and on motion of A. E. Locke it was voted that $14,000 be appropriated for the Highways, $10,000 to be assessed and $4000 to be taken from the Bank and Corporation Tax. 29 ART. 12. On motion of F. E. Ballard it was Voted, That $6200 be appropriated and assessed for Street Lights for 1904, and that the location of the lights remain as they are. AAT. 13. On motion of H. H. Putnam it was Voted, That $5800 be appropriated and assessed for the Fire Department for 1904. ART. 14. Under this article the following amounts were appro- priated and assessed for 1904; For Assessors, April 19th, Auditors, Board of Health, Care of Common, Collector of Taxes, Cemeteries, Constables and Police, Contingent, Clerk School Committee, Fuel and lights, Hyd rants, Hasting's Park, Interest, Janitors, Librarians, Overseers of the Poor, Printing, Removal of Snow, Registrars of Voters, Selectmen, Surveyors of Highways, Sealer of Weights and Measures, $750.00 100.00 100.00 600.00 200.00 840.00 200.00 4,500.00 1,000.00 50.00 1,500.00 4,200.00 25.00 8,000.00 800.00 1,600.00 333.33 500.00 1,200.00 100.00 333.34 333.33 100.00 30 Street Watering, Town Debt, Treasurer of Cary Library, Trimming Trees, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Town Physician, Watering Troughs, Abatement of Taxes, Overdraft CIosed Accounts, ART. 15. On motion of George D. Harrington it was 1,500.00 15,200.00 50.00 1,200.00 300.00 650.00 75.00 75.00 600.00 609.32 Voted, That for the purpose of procuring temporary loans to and,. for the use of the Town of Lexington in anticipation of 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 made. All debts incurred under this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year. ART. 16. Voted, That all taxes for 1904 be made payable Dec. lst, 1904, that an allowance of 4.%a for each full month be made for prior payment, that interest at the rate of 6% per annum be charged on all taxes paid after December 1, 1904, and that the Tax Collector be instructed to collect all taxes by June 1, 1005. ART. 17. On motion of H. H. Putnam it was Voted, That $800 be appropriated and assessed for the con- struction of sidewalks with concrete or other material, the abutter to pay one-half the expense thereof. ART. 18. On motion of George D. Harrington it was Voted, That the town issue ten registered bonds of $1000 each, dated November 1, 1904, payable in twenty years from date and 31 bearing interest at the rate of 4 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 became due November 1, 1904, under the provisions of Chapter 160 of the Acts of 1896, and that said bonds be sold at private sale under the direction of the Selectmen, upon the best terms that they can obtain. Vote unanimous. ART. 22. On motion of Charles Garrison it was Voted, To change the name of Mason street to Bennington road. ART. 23. On motion of James R. Garret it was Voted, That (1000 be appropriated and assessed to lay a water main on Clark street from Mass. ave to Forest street. ART. 26. On motion of George H. Cutter it was Voted, That the matter be referred to the Surveyors of High- ways. Voted, To dissolve the meeting. Meeting dissolved at 9.10 o'clock. A true record, attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Clerk. 32 WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING. MONDAY, March 21, A. D., 1904. To CHARLES H. FRANKS, 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 twenty-first day of March, A. D., 1904, at 7 o'clock a. m., to act on the following Articles, viz :--- ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. ART. 2. To choose by ballot the following officers : Three Select- men to serve until the annual meeting in March, A. D., 1905. The polls will be kept open until 5 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 my hand, at Lexington, this First day of March, A. D., 1904. GEORGE W. SAMPSON, Justice of the Peace. 33 MEETING MARCH 21, 1904. Meeting called to order by the Town Clerk at 7 o'clock a.m. By unanimous vote the reading of the warrant was dispensed with. ARTICLE 1. On motion of Edward C. Stone it was Voted, To elect a Moderator; that the check list be used, and that the polls be kept open two minutes. At the close of the polls it was found 23 ballots had been cast, all for William H. Whitaker, and he was declared elected and was sworn by the Town Clerk. ART. 2. The following election officers were appointed by Edwin S. Spaulding, Selectman, and George W. Sampson, Justice of the Peace : Ballot Clerks, Abram B. Smith, Irving Stone; Deputy Ballot Clerks, Homer B. Locke, Robert C. Moakley ; Tellers, George S. Teague, Samuel B. Bigelow, Francis Locke, Bradley C. Whitcher. And they were sworn by the 'Town Clerk. The Ballot Clerks receipted to the Town Clerk for a package said to contain 900 official ballots and a copy of the voting list. The ballot box was shown to be empty, then locked, and the key delivered to Charles H. Frank, the constable in charge, and the polls having been declared open, the balloting commenced. At 8.20 o'clock Dr. Samuel D. Bartlett was called to the chair by the Moderator to act as Moderator pra tem, and he was sworn by the Town Clerk. At 2 o'clock, by consent of the Moderator and Town Clerk, the ballot box was opened and 600 ballots were taken out : at 3.50 o'clock 100 ballots were taken out ; at 4.25 o'clock 50 ballots were taken out, and at the close of the polls 25 ballots were taken out. 34 The check list used by the Moderator showed 775 names checked. The check list used by the Ballot Clerks showed 775 names checked. Ballot -box register stood at 774. After the Tellers had Finished tabulating, the result was declared by the Moderator as follows For Selectmen to serve until the annual meeting, March, 1405 : Edwin S. Spaulding Edward C. Stone George W. Taylor Henry A. C. Woodward Scattering Blanks 525 421 432 388 3 556 And Edwin S. Spaulding, Edward C. Stone and George W. Taylor were declared elected. The check lists used by the Moderator and Ballot Clerks were sealed up and signed by the Moderator, Town Clerk and Ballot Clerks. The ballots cast were sealed up and signed by the Moder- ator and Town Clerk, and at 5.20 o'clock the Moderator declared the meeting dissolved. A true record, GEO. D. HARRINGT'ON, Town Clerk. 35 BEQUEST OF HENRIETTA J. DOW. TOWN TREASURER'S OFF[CE, Lexington, April 27, 1904. $100. 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 Henrietta J. Dow of Lexington, the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870, upon lot old number 43, new number 101, in the town cemetery near the High School house in said Lexington, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks and avenues adjacent thereto. GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Treasurer. Lexington, April 27, 1904, received for record. A true copy, attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Clerk. BEQUEST OF CHARLES T. WEST. TOWN TREASURER'S OFFICE, Lexington, August 4, 1904. $100. 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 Charles T. West, the interest of which 36 is to be expended in accordance with said vote, and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870, upon lot old number 73, new number 43, in the town cemetery, near the High School house in said Lexington, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks and avenues adjacent thereto. GEORGE D. HARRINGTON, Town Treasurer. Lexington, August 14, 1904, received for record. A true copy, attest : GEO. 1). HARRINGTON, Town Clerk. BEQUEST ESTATE OF GEORGE E. WHITTUM. TOWN TREASURER'S OFFICE, Lexington, September 6, 1904. £100. 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 George E. Whittum, the interest of which is to he expended in accordance with said vote and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870, upon lot old number 26, new num- ber 262, in the town cemetery near the High School house in said Lexington, in dressing and care of said lot, monument, walks and avenues adjacent thereto. GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Treasurer. Lexington, Sept. 6, 1904, received for record. A true copy, attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Clerk. 37 WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING. TUESDAY, November 8, 1904. To CHARLES E. WHEELER, Constable of Lexington, GREETING : In the natne 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 National, State, District and County affairs, to assemble at the 'Town Hall on Tuesday, the eighth day of November, A. D., 1904, at six o'clock a. m., to cast their ballots for the following National, State, District and County officers, as follows : For Electors of President and Vice -President of the United States, Governor, Lieutenant -Governor, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney -General, Representative in the 59th Congress for the 4th Congressional District, Councillor, Senator for the 5th Middlesex District, Representative in the General Court for the 13th Middlesex District, District Attorney, Sheriff, County Com- missioner and two Associate Commissioners. The election officers will receive votes for the above offices 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 4 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 our hands, at Lexington, this fifteenth day of Octo- ber, A. D., 1904. GEORGE W. TAYLOR, EDWARD C. STONE, Sekctmen of Lexington. 38 MEETING OF NOVEMBER 8, 1904. Meeting called to order by the Town Clerk at 6 o'clock a. m. On motion of Irving Stone it was voted to dispense with the reading of the warrant. Abram B. Smith and Charles W. Swan having been appointed Ballot Clerks were sworn by the Town Clerk and receipted to him for a sealed package said to contain 1100 official ballots and a copy of the voting list. Irving Stone and James A. Hurley hav- ing been appointed Deputy Ballot Clerks were sworn by the Town Clerk. The ballot box was shown to be empty, then locked and the key given to Charles E. Wheeler, the Constable in charge, and the polls were declared open. C. F. Nourse, James Barnes, S. B. Bige- low, George I. Pierce, Francis Locke, B. C. Whitcher, C. F. O'Connor and Louis L. Crane having been appointed Tellers were sworn by the Town Clerk. At 9.30 o'clock, by unanimous consent of the Selectmen and Town Clerk, 200 ballots were taken from the box, at 11.30 o'clock 200 ballots were taken out, at 11.50 o'clock 50 ballots were taken out, at 2.30 o'clock 200 ballots were taken out, at 3.25 o'clock 50 ballots were taken out. On motion of A. D. Stone it was voted to keep the polls open until 4.30 o'clock. At the close of the polls 43 ballots were taken out, making the total number cast 743. Check list used by the Ballot Clerks showed 743 names checked. Check list used by the Selectmen showed 743 names checked, the dial of the ballot box failed to register. After the Tellers had completed their work the result was announced as follows : FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE—PRESIDENT. Ar LARGE. Frederick A. Naylor of Springfield, Charles N. Wentworth of Lynn, John Ellis of Haverhill, Howard A. Gibbs of Worcester, Patrick A. Collins of Boston, 1 1 2 2 180 39 Henry W. Ely of Westfield, William W. Crapo of New Bedford, Edwin U. Curtis of Boston Napoleon B. Johnson of Milford, William H. Partridge of Newton, E. Gerry Brown of Brockton, George E. McNeill of Cambridge, Blanks, DISTRICT No. 1. Herman Keopke of Pittsfield, Edgar N. Whitaker of Holyoke, Robert Abercrombie of Greenfield, Robert M. Wood of Hatfield, Wilbur M. Purrington of Williamsburg, Blanks, DisTittcr No. 2. Henry Noftke of Holyoke, Alva E. Fenton of Springfield, William P. Hayes of Springfield, Norman P. Wood of Northfield, Alfred H. Evans of Northampton, Alvin M. Shaw of East Longmeadow, Blanks, DISTRICT No. 3. John A. Fredrickson of Worcester, Louis F. Weis of Worcester, James E. Estabrook of Worcester, Calvin D. Paige of Southbridge, Richard D. Murphy of Worcester, Francis Leander King of Worcester, Blanks, 179 514 514 6 6 2 2 77 1 2 179 514 6 41 1 2 179 514 S 39 1 2 179 5U 6 2 39 40 DISTRICT No. 4. John A. Anderson of Gardner, Ernest C. Irish of Waltham, Herbert H. Lyons of Fitchburg, Walter Perley Hall of Fitchburg, Alfred L. Cutting of Weston, Blanks, DISTRICT No. 5. John Kenny of Lawrence, John B. Cameron of Lawrence, Peter J. Brady of Lowell, Newton P. Frye of North Andover, George E. Batchelder of Lynnfield, Horace B. Foster of North Andover, Blanks, DISTRICT No. 6. James F. Dailey of Haverhill, Parkman B. Flanders of Haverhill, William B. Sullivan of Danvers, George H. Dole of Haverhill, James F. Pease of Merrimac, Benjamin Potter of Swampscott, Blanks, DISzR1Cr No. 7. Edwin S. Mayo of Everett, Alfred B. Outram of Chelsea, Charles J. Barton of Melrose, Clarence T. Fernald of Melrose, Henry A. Smith of Stoneham, Levi R. Pierce of Lynn, Blanks, 1 2 179 514 6 41 1 2 179 514 6 2 39 1 2 179 514 6 2 39 1 2 179 514 6 2 89 41 DISTRICT, No. 8. John J. Wall of Cambridge, Charles W. White of Somerville, John H. H. McNamee of Cambridge, George W. Perkins of Somerville, Joseph B. Bent of Somerville, G. Leonard McNeil of Somerville, Blanks, DISTRICT No. 9. James F. Stevens of Boston, George W. Galvin of Boston, Emery D. Leighton of Boston, Francis L. Auld of Boston, William H. Park of Boston, Henry Lemon of Boston, Blanks, Dlsrxtcr No. 10. John E. Eustace of Peabody, Daniel W. Gorman of Quincy, Lawrence J. Logan of Boston, Milton C. Paige of Boston, Roland F. Alger of Boston, Asa F. Hall of Milton, Blanks, DIsi zucr George Nelson of Boston, Jacob Haertl of Boston, John H. Lee of Boston, Thomas Sherwin of Boston, Hiram B. Cross of Boston, Phineas P. Field of Boston, Blanks, No. 11. 1 2 179 514 6 2 39 1 2 179 514 1$ 2 39 1 2 179 514 6 39 1 2 179 514 6 2 39 42 DISTRICr No. 12. Carl D. K. Fredrickson of Hopedale, Herbert Mosman of Stoughton, James E. Cotter of Hyde Park, Abbott E. French of Canton, William H. Cobb of Newton, George F. Washburn of Westwood, Blanks, D:s atcr No. 13. Dennis McGoff of New Bedford, Jeremiah J. Sullivan of Fall River, Charles S. Ashley of New Bedford, Benjamin Anthony of New Bedford, Charles A. Chase of Swansea, Blanks, DisTRtcr No. 14. Frank Bohmbach of Boston, Charles E. Lowell of Whitman, Thomas C. 'I'hacher of Yarmouth, William A. Nye of Bourne, Daniel F. Chessman of Sandwich, Thomas S. Hodgson of Middleborough, Blanks, FOR GOVERNOR. John Quincy Adams of Amesbury, John L. Bates of Boston, Oliver W. Cobb of Easthampton, William L. Douglas of Brockton, Blanks, 1 179 514 6 2 39 1 2 179 514 6 41 1 2 179 514 6 39 446 1 246 45 43 FOR LIEUTENANT -GOVERNOR. Olof Bokelund of Worcester, John C. Crosby of Pittsfield, Frank P. Dyer of Arlington, Curtis Guild Jr. of Boston, Mority E. Ruther of Holyoke, Blanks, FOR SECRETARY. James A. Bresnahan of Cambridge, Fannie J. Clary of Williamsburg, Charles C. Hitchcock of Ware, Henry 13. Little of Newburyport, William M. Olin of Boston, Blanks, FOR TREASURER. Herbert C. Bartlett of Fitchburg, Arthur 13. Chapin of Holyoke, Edmund D. Codman of Boston, Andrew Mortensen of Somerville, Willard O. Wylie of Beverly, Blanks, FOR AUDITOR. Charles E. Burnham of Worcester, Walter J. Hoar of Worcester, Charles Stevens of Plymouth, Francis X. Tetrault of Southbridge, Henry E. Turner of Malden, Blanks, 6 195 7 466 2 77 3 160 475 95 8 461 156 1 109 4 5 5 152 465 112 44 FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL. Henry M. Dean of Hyde Park, John P. Leahy of Boston, Herbert Parker of Lancaster, John Weaver Sherman of Boston, Blanks, FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS -FOURTH DISTRICT. Marcus A. Coolidge of Fitchburg, John F. Mullen of Clinton, Charles Q. 'I irrell of Natick, Blanks, FOR COUNCILLOR --SIXTH John E. Brennan of Malden, John F. O'Brien of Lowell, Walter Scott Watson of Lowell, Blanks, DISTRICT. FOR SENATOR -FIFTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT. Harrie C. Hunter of Marlborough, William T. Jenney of Medford, Lewis F. Neal of Waltham G. W. Sampson, Blanks, 5 148 478 4 108 161 5 467 110 8 147 455 133 448 159 8 1 127 FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT -THIRTEENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT. Thomas J. Greene of Arlington, Arthur J. Wellington of Arlington, Blanks, 162 471 110 45 FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER -MIDDLESEX. Francis Bigelow of Natick, Charls F. Drury of Natick, James E. Kelley of Wilmington. Blanks, FOR ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS----MIDDLi..SEX. Laughlin Cameron Malden, lambert E. Hopkins of Cambridge, David T. Strange of Stoneham, Edward Everett Thompson of Woburn, Blanks, FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY -NORTHERN DIS'TRIC'T. John J. Devine of Lowell, Squire E. Putney of Somerville, George A. Sanderson of Ayer, Blanks, FOR SHERIFF -M I DD LESEX COUNTY . Frederick Bancroft of Reading, • John R. Fairbairn of Cambridge, John L. Mulholland of Somerville, Blanks, 466 4 147 126 18 16 404 352 696 137 5 475 126 150 470 5 118 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 dissolved. A true record. Attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Clerk. 46 LEXINGTON, NOVEMBER 18, 1904. A meeting of the Town Clerks of Arlington and Lexington, com- prising 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. Arthur J. Wellington of Arlington, 929 Thomas J. Greene of Arlington, 396 LEXINGTON. Arthur J. Wellington of Arlington, Thomas J. Greene of Arlington, 471 162 Making a majority for Arthur J. Wellington, of 842, and two certi- ficates of election were filled out for Arthur J. Wellington of Arling- ton, and signed by A true rcord. THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk of Arlington. GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Ckrk of Lexenglan. GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Clerk. 47 BEQUEST ESTATE OF GEORGE H. THURSTON. TOWN TREASURER'S OFFICE, LEXINGTON, DECEMBER 7, 1904, $100. 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 George H. Thurston, the interest or which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and Chap- ter 225 of the Acts of 1870, upon lot oId No. 10, new No. 161 in the town cemetery near the High School House in said Lexington, in dressing and care of said lot, monuments, walks and avenues ad- jacent thereto. GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Treasurer. Lexington, December 7, 1904, received for record. A true copy attest : GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Clerk. 48 TOWN CLERK'S REPORT. BIRTHS. Whole number of births recorded for 1904, 89. Males, 51; fe- males, 38. Parents native born, 36. Parents foreign born, 29. Parents, one native and one foreign born, 24. MARRIAGFS. Number of marriages registered in Lexington for the year 1904, 42. Males native born, 29. Males foreign born, 13. Females na- tive born, 25. Females foreign born, 17. DATE. January 12, NAME. Charles P. French, Hattie E'Ldora Doane, January 27, Frank B. Chadbourne, Mary E. Staples, February 16, David F. Murphy, Julia Spillane, March 31, Morris G. McKay, Pearl L. Whelpley, April 2, Bertie L. Johnson, Mary E. Greene, April 6, James W. Smith, Cleora R. Russell, RESIDENCE. Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington • Lexington Lexington DATE. April 7, April 14, April 21, April 29, May 17, May 25, June 1, June 5, June 8, June 15, June 15 June 29, 49 NAMES. RESIDENCES. Fred A. Arnold, Lexington Evaline F. Russell, Lexington Walter C. Ballard, Lexington Clara A. Bigelow, Lexington J. Herbert Mead, Lexington Ethel W. Tewksbury, Arlington Edwin D. Whitney, Boston Cora R. McLeod, Lexington William S. Buttrick, Lexington Anna E. McKirby, Lexington Alfred W. Marston, Lexington Bessie E. V. Arthur, Lexington Charles M. Rogers, Jr., Lexington Helen Arenstrop, Belmont CIarence H. Corbett, Boston Annie McPhee, Lexington Edwin A. Torrey, Beverly Mary E. Sim, Lexington Charles S. McEnroe, Lexington Catherine M. Walsh, Lexington Herbert L. Smith, Bridgeport, Conn. Sarah A. Miles, Lexington Frank H. Deering, Lexington Ida J. Blanchard, Lexington DATE. June 30, June 30, July 2, July 4 July 18, July 30, July 30, 50 NAMES. I. Bernard F. Baker, Evelyn R. Patch, Arthur H. McDonald, Harriet G. Bolton, William Queen, Nellie Tatro, Herbert Butterfield, May Snelling, Richard Edward Dale, Blanche Florence Gammon, Harry A. Scott, Florence V. Walker, Robert F. Leighton, Hester W. Towle, July 31, Joseph Duhamel, Mary Dunleavy, August 25, William J. Dods, Edith F. Norton, September 4, Howard S. Matheson, Clara A. Williams, September 8, Whitney Conant, Mary F. Doe, September 15, Daniel C. Greene, Jr., Marion Lockwood, RESIDENCES. Lexington Lynn Lexington Cambridge Woburn Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Bedford Worcester Lexington Brooklyn, N. Y. Brooklyn, N. Y. Millis Lexington Somerville Lexington Lexington Lexington Paterson, N. J. Lexington' Boston Lexington 51 PATE. NAMES. RESIDENCES. October 5, Arthur F. Turner, Lexington Alice 1). Hamblen, Lexington October 12, John J. Mandigo, Lexington Carrie E. Higgins, Lexington October 12, Allston M. Redman, Lexington Edith C. Harrington, Lexington October 14, Nicholas M. Weiler, Lowell Rachael O'Brien, Lowell October 26, Michael J. Manley, Lexington Mary F. McCarthy, Lexington November 6, Patrick J. Curtis, Lexington Mary Conlin, Lexington November 13, Martin Casey, Lexington Katherine Higgins, Roxbury November 16, Frank M. Morgan, Lexington Birdeena A. Wallace, Arlington November 16, William H. Ballard, Lexington May Bigelow, Lexington November 16, Frank O. Nelson, Lexington Sigrid A. M. Stenberg, Boston November 16, George H. Holman, Lexington Emily L. Grasby, Lexington November 30, Willis E. Pearson, Lexington Julia H. McLeod, Concord DEATHS RECORDED IN LEXINGTON FOR THE YEAR 1904. GV ca N ci ca -o ro 0 O V C7 .c p nc G R c sA a 3.50 8 u� 6) G4" 0 0' z B I WI' 34 PLACE 52 tip cn Z i a, s c a 0 CI O q= o o Be .„ OA 'o 0 to t 'cd '2 eq to 0 's N 'D 'G et7 y 0' Ta = RS C 47 G rn5 1 5 G ►+ N N U N Cfl crJ N t` 4 •14 a 01 �co1- co CV p m cr � e� t- CC w z a 4 'r CO rt Lewis H. Gossam William Ahearn Catherine McCann m c 3 -V m a o 0 Q.)c C c Fi ng a plc)z U�W , y r 1S o) fuq '4'r {•I txi A W P. 41, W .-4(...) rocs c00000co t-:r7CODO Lto d4 oacos'r- d 7 tC 1. reet G4 2 4' BIRTHPLACE. as 1-- A ✓A 00 00 CIi N w or_�c - ,--r '--t A Fr 0, N N 401 N 00 53 Xi •a 1 x� GQ k s 'C U 0++o "D x..41 CO 0 0 •w .4 m ti ,t E A A= 0 a c2 41.a :4 (2 V U i-. 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Whole number licensed from Dec. 1, 1903 to Dec. 1, 1904, 329. Maks, 279; females, 49; breeder's license, 1. Amount returned to County Treasurer, June 1, 1904, $240.80 Amount returned to County Treasurer, Dec. 1. 1904, 521.44 $781.20 JURORS. List accepted by the town March 18, 1904. *Clifton P. Ashley, Janitor George H. Bailey, Painter Charles S. Blodgett, Farmer *Charles H. Bugbee, Farmer George H. Cutter, Assessor Frank E. Clark 2nd, Clerk Frank M. Cobb, Clerk *William F. Caldwell, Merchant Patrick F. Dacey, Mason Joseph Evans, Farmer *George Flint, Retired Charles A. Fowle, Retired William B. Foster, Retired Joseph H. Fiske, Merchant Peter J. Gilooly, Clerk William F. Glenn Carpenter "Elbridge W. Glass, Contractor *Gilbert P. Hadley, Tinsmith Charles E. Hadley, Tinsmith Bartlett J. Harrington, Stone Mason Frederic W. Johnson, Farmer Nelson W. Jenney, Retired Charles G. Kauffmann, Cigar Mfr. Stillman D. Kendall, Farmer *William A. Kendall, Teamster Everett S. Locke, *Francis Locke, Austin W. Locke, *Sidney M. Lawrence, *Howard M. Monroe, John Mackinnon, John McKay, John L. Norris, Frank D. Pierce, *Willard C. Pierce, Maurice A. Page, Irving Stone, Charles F. Smith, Thomas Thompson, Henry H. Tyler, Fred H. Talcott, *John H. Willard, George W. Wright, *Drawn since list was accepted. Respectfully submitted, GEO. D. HARRINGTON, Town Clerk. Water Registrar Retired Carpen ter Milk Dealer Farmer Carpenter Carpenter Adjuster Clerk Gardner Clerk Retired Farmer Clergyman Milk Dealer Druggist Farmer Agent 57 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN. LEXINGTON, Mass., January 1, 1905. To the Citizens of Lexington: The Board of Selectmen submit the following report for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1904. During the past year, the Town has sustained the loss by death of two leading citizens and faithful public servants, Selectmen John F. Hutchinson and Edwin S. Spaulding. Suitable recognition of the esteem in which they were held by the Town has been expressed in resolutions which have been spread upon the records. Work has been commenced by the Boston & Maine Railroad on the bridge for the Grant street underpass. As the Town must pay its proportion of this expense it will be necessary to appropriate $2000. The work will be completed early next summer. We feel obliged to recommend an increased appropriation for street lights, as a number of additional lights have been installed during the year, and this number would have been doubled had the Board felt justified in acceding to the constant yet very reasonable requests of tax payers. Personally, we should be glad to see the system so extended as to include the farming and outlying districts of the town. The attention of citizens is called to the necessity for repairs on town buildings. The roof of the Town Hall needs to be repaired, a chimney rebuilt, outside woodwork painted and the supper room renovated. Stone Building at East Lexington must be shingled and some painting done. Village Hall should be shingled and other re- pairs are necessary. These repairs are imperative in order to keep the buildings in reasonably good condition, and it is no economy to allow town property to deteriorate through neglect. 58 The special report of the Tree Warden gives a comprehensive idea of conditions in regard to gypsy and brown -tail moths, and the Selectmen fully endorse the recommendations dealing with the ex- termination of these pests. The Board authorized the overdraft of this department, and we feel that the gratitude of the Town is due Mr. Comelius Wellington for his untiring efforts and judicious ex- penditures. The personnel of the Police Department remains unchanged, and maintains its efficiency under Chief Charles H. Franks. We desire to call to the attention of the Town the matter of pay- ment to the Town of moneys for the perpetual care of cemetery lots and the disposition made by the Town of the money so received. There has been received for this purpose (as appears by the Treas- urer's reports) the sum of $9210. This sum has already been actually expended out of the Town 'Treasury, but is carried on the Town's books as a debt or obligation of the Town. (See statement of Town Debt). We suggest that the Town borrow the sum already paid in and turn it over to some trust fund committee to be ap- pointed—this committee to receive in the future all money paid in for this purpose, and these several sums be invested and the income thereof applied for the purposes intended, or some other suitable action taken. Indeed, along similar lines, it might well be suggested that all moneys paid, or to be paid in to the Town for trust purposes, be turned over for investment, etc., to some suitable committee to be appointed. We recommend the following appropriation for the next financial year in addition to the balance now standing to the credit of the several accounts. Respectfully, GEORGE W. TAYLOR, EDWARD C. STONE, 59 ESTIMATES FOR 1905. Assessors, April 19th, Auditors, Board of Health, Care of Common, Collector of Taxes, Cemeteries, Constables and Police, Clerk of School Committee, Fuel and Lights, Fire Department, Hydrants, Highways, Hastings Park, Insurance, Interest on Town Debt, Janitors, Librarians, Memorial Day, Outside Aid, Overseers of the Poor, Printing, Removal of Snow, Registrars of Voters, Support of Poor, Selectmen, Surveyors of Highways, Sidewalks, Street Lights, $900.00 100.00 100.00 593.23 230.00 800.00 550.00 4,000.00 50.00 1,878.28 5,783.39 4,039,00 20,062.99 25.00 900.00 6,500.00 834.76 1,700.00 200.00 3,000.00 300.00 300.00 1,798.28 125.00 1,500.00 300.00 296.29 1,448.35 7,066.69 6o Sealer of Weights and Measures, $100.00 Street Watering, 1,522.98 Town Debt, 16,550,00 Treasurer Cary Library, 50.00 Tree Warden, trimming trees and exterminating moths, 1,794.60 Town Clerk, 375.00 Town Treasurer, 651.00 Town Physician, 75.00 Watering Trough, 75.00 Abatement of Taxes, 000.00 $86,624.84 61 REPORT OF SURVEYORS OF N1GI1-1WAYS. .FX1NGTON, MASS., January 1, 1905. To the Citizens of Lexington. The Surveyors of Highways submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1904. In addition to the usual repairs upon gravel roads, considerable money has been spent for macadamizing and rebuilding. Oakland Street has been regraded and macadamized, and the gutters laid with stone. Boundary lines have been established and sidewalks built to conform with the street grade. Lowell street has been further improved by macadamizing, and a great deal of repair work has been done on Massachsetts Avenue between the Arlington line and Common. Woburn street from Massachusetts Avenue to the B & M crossing has been regraded and macadamized by order of the County Com - missioners. The improvement in the appearance of this locality is sell -evident. Pleasant street from Massachusetts Avenue to Watertown street has been graded and re -topped, and a part of Maple street has been macadamized. Numerous catch basins have been built, and several hundred feet of pipe have been laid in various parts of the town to carry off surface water. 62 The appropriation for highway work was reduced to $14,000, and notwithstanding the fact that the utmost economy has been practised, the appropriation has been somewhat exceeded. All work has been well done, and although the first cost of macadam roads is large, the results are lasting. The Department has found it necessary to buy three horses to replace others that had outlived their usefullness. As we extend our macadam streets, more attention must be given to the disposal of surface water, particularly on hillsides where unless the streets are well guttered frequent and expensive re- pairs become necessary. The drain for Massachusetts Avenue through the old Burying Ground has again become practically useless, but as the cost of relaying would be great, the department did not feel justified in further exceeding the appropriation to do this much needed work. The drain near the new Primary school is absolutely useless, and means must be provided for carrying off surface water from Bloomfield street and Massachusetts Avenue between Munroe Hill and the Russell House. We know no way to dispose of the water except by laying a large drain pipe with catch basins from the foot of Bloomfield street along Massachusetts Avenue, to Vine brook. Simi]iar conditions exist on Massachusetts Avenue, in East Lexington where something should be done to prevent the con- stant flooding in this locality. Much work is in prospect for the coming year. Waltham street near the Waltham line should be widened and macada- mized ; at present, there is a width of sixteen feet only between the car rail and the street bounds which is far too narrow for safety. The same conditions exist to some extent on Woburn street where in places the road needs to be widened and rebuilt. 63 Spring street is in a dangerous condition and should be rebuilt without delay. Winthrop road where so many valuable houses have been recently erected should be macadamized and the sidewalks graded. For several years, negotiations have been carried on with the B & M railroad, and the Railroad Commissioners for building an underpass on Grant street. The work is now underway, and will be completed in the spring. This neccessitates building the street already laid out from Massachusetts Avenue to Sherman street at a cost of not less than $1,000. There are also a number of roads in the outlying districts which need substantial repairs. If the citizens wish to have this work done, an appropriation of $20,000 will be necessary. Most of the work of the Department during the past year was carried on under the supervision of Mr. Edwin S. Spaulding, whose death we chronicle with sorrow. The following is a schedule of property belonging to the Highway Department : Blankets, Carts -3 double, Carts -2 single, Chains, Collars, 9, Crusher, engine and scales, Evener and whiffletree, Feed bags, Fly nettings, Grain and chests, Halters, Harness -4 double sets, Horses, 10, $70.00 325.00 90.00 25.00 35.00 2,100.00 15.00 6.00 7.00 20.00 6.00 150.00 2,600.00 Oil and waste, Oil can and powder, Pails and lanterns, Pipe, Pulleys and rope, Pump and hose, Pung, Road Machine, Saddles and harness, 3, Sidewalk snow ploughs, 8, Sleds, 2, Steam roller, Steam drill and tools, Stone harnmers, 15, Stone jigger, Street roller, Tools, Tool chests, Wagon, Watering carts, 4, Wheel barrows, 3, Wrench, Total, 64 Respectfully submitted, $25.00 20.00 15.00 20.00 60.00 60.00 70.00 120.00 50.00 300.00 120.00 1,800.00 90.00 40.00 60.00 100.00 110.00 10.00 120.00 800.00 5.00 1.50 $9,344.60 GEORGE W. TAYLOR, HENRY A. C. WOODWARD, Surveyors of Highways. 65 66 REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE. REPORT OF THE CEMETERY TRUST FUND. Your committee in submitting their report would say that the expenditures have been much more than what they thought they would be, one of the largest items being a new bank wall at the left of the lower entrance. This we were obliged to do owing to the very small number of iots left for sale. By doing this and filling up around the same we have made in this part twelve very fine lots of which a part have already been sold. By filing another corner at the rear end, back of the John Bacon estate it has given us ten more very desirable lots so at the present time there are about thirty lots. The material used for filling these places was purchased for about one half of the expense usually paid. This bill is still due which amounts to One Hundred Sixty Five dollars, Sixty-five cents ($165.65) so that our appropriation for the coming year will have to be larger. There is other work to be done which will necessitate further outlay, that is the gravelling of the greater part of the avenues, and the building of a fence on the line between the John 17. Bacon estate and the cemetery, also one at the rear end of the F. E. Tufts estate. The two will cost about Seventy-five dollars ($75) and the gravelling Fifty dollars ($50.) We should therefore recommend that the sum of Five Hundred Fifty dollars ($550) should be ap- propriated for the coming year. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE H. JACKSON H. L. WELLINGTON A. S. MITCHELL. EXPENDITURES. Henritta J. Dow, Benjamin Fiske, Charles B. Pierce, Estate of John D. Bacon, Estate of Benjamin Gleason, Estate of Martha Houghton, Estate of Grace A. Sampson, Hammond Reed, Sarah C. Smith, Henry P. Webber, Almira M. Chandler, Gorham Bigelow, Caira E. Robbins, East Lexington, Estate of Mary A. Brown, Martha Bowman, Estate of Olive J. Smith, Estate of Emily Earle, A. C. Fletcher, Estate of Lucy Gamell, C. A. Fowle, Mrs. E. M. Marsh, Estate of Nancy E. Fillebrown, Estate of Joel Viles, Julia A. Butterfield, M. E. Lawrence, Chandler R. Richardson, $3.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 7.00 3.00 7.00 4.00 5.00 8.12 6.00 6.50 51.25 6.00 5.00 7.00 4.00 3.00 8.50 7.00 3.00 4.00 3.00 4.00 3.00 4.00 67 Charles H. Adair, 2nd, Mary Wells Merrill, Otis Wentworth, Charles Hudson, Mrs. Marshall Locke, Nichols Locke, Walter Wellington, Charles W. Dailey, Administrator, John Winning, Edwin Reed, Mrs. Abigail Butterick, Margaret A. Packard, Estate of Emma A. Hopkins, Josiah H. Gifford, Clinton Viles, Angeline E. Flint, J. B. Simonds, old cemetery, J. N. Russell, Mrs. F. M. Thayer, Josiah Smith, Hiram Pierce, Estate of Eliab Brown, Nathan Fessenden, Estate of J. B. Smith, Mrs. O. A. Dodge, John P. Reed, Estate of Phillip Russell, Alonzo Goddard, Estate of Charles Stratton, Viles and Newhall, Sarah S. Flagg, Harriet R. Gilmore, Mrs. Charlotte Gleason, Mrs. Hannah E. Brown, Mrs. H. M. W. Bridge, $4.00 4.00 8.00 6.00 3.00 5.00 3,00 2.00 9.50 4.00 8.53 3.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 2.00 20.88 9.50 9.50 8.00 7.00 7.95 6.00 7.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 15.50 3.00 3.00 2.00 6.50 4.00 3.00 3.00 68 Mrs. E. Wellington, Mrs. Parson 1. Hall, Charles H. Adair, Estate of Warren Duran, F. F. Raymond, Mrs. Priscilla Locke, Mrs. George Chapman, Adeline R. Parker, Elvira M. Harrington, Burbank & Jacobs, $6.00 3.00 4.00 9.50 3.00 3.00 6.00 6.00 4.00 2.00 $418.73 GEO. H. JACKSON, Superintendent. 69 REPORT OF WATER coNn[ssioNERs. The Water Commissioners herewith submit their annual report. The receipts and expenditures for the year have been as follows : RECEIPTS. Appropriation for extension of mains, Premium on refunded bonds, Rental of hydrants, Street watering, Highway department, Rental of land, Rental of meters, On account of services put in, Cast iron pipe sold, Use of portable steam boiler, Second hand pipe and plank sold, Second hand air compressor sold, State of Massachusetts on account water loan, Water rates, EXPENSES. Interest, Metropolitan Water Board, (water) F. A. Snow, balance contract of 1903, Salaries, Labor on mains, services and repairs, $10,334.00 6,391.91 1,697.02 1,220.00 1,030.27 $1,000.00 828.00 4,072.00 1,316.11 64.05 100.00 21.47 473.77 25.50 20.00 40.70 50.00 18.06 11,23 7.99 $19,267.65 70 Cast iron pipe and fittings, Services put in, (lead and wrought iron pipe, cocks, service boxes and plumbing) Smithing, repairing tools, etc., Pig lead, powder and jute, C. I. pipe cutter, drills, shovels, etc., Hydrants and repairs for same, Meters and meter boxes, Stable expenses, Office expenses, N. E. Telephone and Telegraph Co., tel- ephone service, Lumber and carpenter service, Pierce's bridge, Freight, teaming and express, Right of way for pipe line, Oakland street to Grant street, (see pape 99, 1908 re- port) Location book, (plan of pipes, gates, etc.) Repairs on dwelling house, (Lincoln street) Carriage hire, Excess of expenditures over receipts, WATER RATES. Balance due Jan. lst, 1903 : Water rates Jan. to April, 1904, Hydrants, Jan. to April 1904, Water rates, April to July, Hydrants, April to July, Water rates, July to October, Hydrants, $562.67 440.62 54.95 86.90 60.90 66.25 79.30 111.33 65.31 28.19 13.29 35.37 75.00 59.50 89.76 2.00 $22,504.54 $3,236.89 $5,178.55 $2,685.99 1,046.00 3,731.99 2,855.76 1,046.00 3,901.76 $3,309.65 1,046.00 4,355.65 71 Water rates, October to January, 1905, Hydrants, Street watering department, 1Iighway department, Rental of land, Rental of meters, Services put in, Use of portable steam boiler, Second hand pipe and plank, Collected and paid to "Treasurer, Rebates, $2,878.77 1,046.00 1,316.11 64.05 100.00 21.47 473.77 20.00 40.70 • • $3,924.77 2,036.10 $23,128.82 17,439.65 91.00 $17,530.65 1 12.inch sleeve. 1 10•inch sleeve. 2 8 -inch sleeves. 3 0 -inch sleeves. 1 4 -inch sleeves. 2 4 -inch bends. 1 4 -inch offset. 1 6 to 4 reducer. 1 12 -inch plug. 4 6 -inch plugs. 5 4 -inch plugs. 371 ft. I galvanized iron pipe. 25 corporation cocks. 4 curb cocks. 18 curb boxes. 3 extension meter boxes. 2 4 -inch gate valves. 3 8 -inch gate valves. 2000 bricks. 72 Balance due, $5,598.17 Number of services added in 1904, 14 EXTENSION OF MAINS.Whole number of services Jan. 1, 1905, 660 Hydrants added in 1904, 1 Whole number Jan. 1, 1905, 94 Clark Street : 850 ft. 8 -inch pipe, %5,2.50 Fittings, 14.00 STOCK ON HAND. Hydrant, 50.00 Lead and jute, 42.00 30 ft. 12 -inch cast iron pipe. Powder, 4.80 18 ft. 8 inch cast iron pipe. 'Teaming, 6.00 39 ft. 6 -inch cast iron pipe. Gate valve (S -inch), 10.00 12 pieces 4 -inch cast iron pipe. Labor, 240.80 1 12x12x6 tee. 1 6x8x6 tee. Cost per foot, $1.08. 1 4x4x6 tee. 1 4x4x8 tee. $919.10 73 Eliot Road : 330 ft. 6 -inch pipe, Fittings, Lead and jute, Teaming, Powder, Labor, Cost per foot, 90 cents. Winthrop Road 186 ft. 6 -inch pipe, Lead and jute, Fittings, Teaming, Powder, Labor, Cost per foot, $1,34, Clark Street main, Eliot Road, Winthrop Road, $147.00 1.25 9.00 3.00 3.30 139.55 $81.37 5.00 1.75 2.00 6.60 152.65 $919.10 303.10 219.37 74 on Massachusetts Avenue; the only supply before was through a 4 -inch pipe from Massachusetts Avenue through Bloomfield Street. The hydrant service has been much improved by this extension. The large excess of expenditures over receipts was caused partly by paying bills contracted in 1903 to the amount of about $2000, one item, (balance of F. A. Snow's contract for laying pipe on Lowell $303.10 Street) being $1,697,12, the interest account is another large item, an increase of $1,900 from last year, and $471.57 was paid for ex- tension of mains. $249.37 Total cost of extensions, $1,471.57 Appropriated, 1,000.00 Excess of appropriation, $471.57 The extension on Winthrop Road to carry the water to two new houses, was a costly job for so short a distance, being through ledge the entire distance. The main on Eliot Road was extended to, and connected with, the Warren Street main for a two -fold purpose, to get rid of a dead end and to increase the pressure and supply of water to that section, this main is a 6 -inch pipe and comes directly from the 12 -inch main The increase in income from water over 1903 has been $832.60, The department should make a better showing the ensuing year, as there are no unpaid bills, every bill has been paid to January 1. 1905. It will be necessary to lay some new pipe in the spring, and the board will probably ask for an appropriation for the same. EVERETT S. LOCKE, THADDEUS L. BRUCE, CHARLES G. KAUFFMANN, Water Commissioners. 75 REPORT OF CARY LIBRARY FOR 1904. The record of Cary Library for the past year is one of steady growth in resources and of marked gain in efficiency. From the funds at the disposal of the Trustees, a stream is continually pouring into this reservoir of learning, bringing some six hundred volumes yearly. In order to keep this stream both fresh and wholesome, the books of fiction are examined, each by two readers, before being passed on by the Trustees, and although there is frequently differ- ence of opinion between competent judges, the plan seems to work well, a considerable number of books proposed being rejected as un- desirable. An increasing need of wisdom is felt in sifting the good from the bad and indifferent, in the mass of volumes continually be- ing published. A discriminating taste on the part of the reading public must, however, always be the final court of appeal. The use made of the library has been about twenty per cent. greater than in any previous year. While this is due to a variety of causes, especially to a growth of the literary habit in a community like ours, the main factor must be found in the hours of opening that now render the library so readily available for every one. After several experiments, with careful consideration of the interests of the pupils in both the Hancock and the High schools, the present arrangement of opening from 10 a. m. until 8 p. m., and on Satur- days until 9 p. m., has been adopted, and it is expected that this will prove so satisfactory as to be the permanent plan. The urgent call for books of current interest has led the Trustees to subscribe to the Bodley Club, a branch of the Booklovers' Library. Through this agency it will be practicable, at comparatively small ex- pense, to furnish duplicate copies of the newer books, especially of those whose transient character does not warrant a permanent place 76 on the shelves. The practical value of this plan will be watched with careful interest during the coming year. Membership in the Library Art Club continues to yield exhibits of photographs, that prove interesting and instructive, especially to the children. Numerous gifts have been received, of which direct acknowledge- ment has been sent to the donors. The town is fortunate in having a group of librarians so efficient and devoted to their calling. Miss Kirkland and her associates, Miss Muzaey and Miss Mackinnon, with Miss Nichols at East Lex- ington, have the interests of the library and its patrons genuinely at heart and work unstintedly in promoting its efficiency. The ap- pended statistical report bears witness to what has been accom- plished during the year. The position of Clerk and Treasurer has been made vacant by the resignation of Dr. Piper, who has given much valuable and pains- taking service. Mrs. Carret has been appointed to this office. The great loss which befell the town in the death of Rev. Carlton A. Staples is renewedly felt at the meetings of the Trustees, who find it hard to realize that he is gone, his presence was such a vital factor at the Board. The resolutions adopted by them are herewith pre- sented to the Town The Trustees of Cary Library mourn the loss of their beloved chairman, Rev. Carlton A. Staples, and desire to place on record their keen regret at his decease, as well as their appreciation of his sterling life and character. For twenty-three years he served the Town faithfully, as trustee representing the First Parish Church, and held the distinction of chairman for the last thirteen years. He labored conscientiously for the highest interest of the library, and strove always to increase its usefulness, by making its store of 77 knowledge more freely available to all the people as well as by denouncing the too common demand for poor literature. His efforts were partly rewarded, for he was gratified by knowing the constantly increasing circulation of books of permanent worth, and the far-reaching influence exerted by opening the library fore- noons, thereby making it more accessible to school children from the remoter parts of the town. He was constant in his attendance at meetings, unflagging in his interest, prompt in the executionn of his duties, uncompromising in principles, an example of the faithful, upright citizen in the town of his adoption. Voted unanimously that this memorial be spread upon the records of the trustees and a copy of the same transmitted to Mrs. Staples. Adopted Oct. 4, 1904. Respectfully submitted for the Trustees, CHARLES F. CARTER, Chairman. 78 REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF CARY LIBRARY. Hannah '1'. Carret, Treasurer, in account with Cary Library. 1904 DR. To permanent funds yielding income, Jan. 1. To cash on hand, Feb. 3. To cash received from Town Treasurer, dog tax, March 3. To cash received from sale of old books, March 3. To cash received for binding volumes, April 21. To cash received from Town 'Treasurer, for morning hours of librarians, May 10. To cash received from sale of books, June 13. To cash received from Town Treasurer, inter- est on notes, Oct. 28. To cash received from rebate on Magazine of Art, Nov. 1. To cash received from Martha H. Whitmore, gift, Nov. 10. To cash received from Town Treasurer, inter- est on notes, Nov. 19. To cash received from sale of books, Nov. 19. To cash received from interest on deposits, Dec. 27. To cash received from sale of books, Dee. 27. To cash received from discount on supplies, Dec. 31. To cash received from librarian by fines, Dec. 31. To cash received from librarian, East Lexing- ton, by fines, $14,100.00 168.68 663.36 9.28 1.50 38.25 1.43 330.00 1.25 5.00 330.00 1.48 146.28 1.52 .30 110.09 10.72 $15,919.14 By cash paid By cash paid By cash paid By cash paid By cash paid By cash paid By cash paid By cash paid By cash paid By cash paid 79 CR. for new books, for binding, for printing, for periodicals, for supplies, for librarians, morning hours, for express and postage, for books, "Godley Club," for sundries, for Library Art Club membership, By cash in bank, By cash on hand, By interest in Savings Bank, By permanent fund, $894.88 274.80 54.25 163.35 79.00 38.25 12.20 12.50 55.81 5.00 $1,590.04 $149.33 74.93 4.84 14,100.00 $15,919.14 Respectfully snbmitted, HANNAH T. CARRET, Treasurer. 8o REPORT OF LIBRARIAN. STATISTICAL RECORD OF CARY LIBRARY FOR 1904. Accessions. Main Library ; Accessions by purchase, Accessions by gift, Accessions by binding periodicals, 650 75 55 East Lexington Branch ; Accessions by purchase, Accessions by gift, Accessions by binding periodicals, Accessions by transfer from Main Library, 14 2 9 Number of volumes missing. 0 Number of volumes lost and paid for, 3 Number of volumes withdrawn, 114 Total increase, 1904, 780 37 817 117 700 Vols. NUMBER OF VOLUMES IN LIBRARY, JAN. 1, 1905. (By actual count) Main library 19,497 Branch 2,231 21,728 Number of volumes in Juvenile department 2134 Increase in Juvenile department 97 8i CIRCULATION. Periodicals unbound, Periodicals bound, Philosophy and Religion, Biography, History, Travels, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Arts, Useful, Arts, Fine, Language and Literature, Fiction, Poetry, Total number of volumes: Circulated from Main library, Circulated from Branch library, Circulated from Main library through branch Total circulation of branch Number of new cards added to resident list Number of resident families using library, Number of temporary cards used Number of days library was open MIscELLANEous. Number of perodicals taken for reading tables Main library Branch library 981 839 740 1,557 1,703 863 429 1,024 785 563 1,699 24,887 685 33,338 3,462 36,795 2,530 5,992 94 853 118 306 48 18 66 82 Number of Newspapers Number of periodicals bound Number of books bound Number of books repaired Number of postals sent delinquents For financial report see report of Treasurer. Jan. 10, 1905. • Respectfully submitted, 2 57 533 4,411 1,389 MARIAN P. KIRKLAND. Librarian. 83 84 REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN. AND MEASURES. LEXINGTON, January lst., 1905. The Seater of Weights and Measures submits the following report. No. of cans and bottles sealed, 6380. No. of cans and bottles condemned, 449. SCALES. Scoop scales, 19 Counter Platform scales, ti Platform scales, 17 Large Platform scales, 3 Computing scales, 3 Dial scales, 9 Apothecaries' scales, 2 Paper scales, 3 Yard sticks 5 No. of weights, 169 The scales and measures used in the town are in first-class order. I adjusted one weight and removed one tag from a pair of scales that was condemned in 1903. C. E. HADLEY, Sealer of Weights and Measures. Having given to the Field and Garden Club, a detailed account or work done by the Tree Warden for the past two years, which has been distributed to the town's people, it would seem unnecessary to repeat it in this report. I will say however, that by more extended observation I find that the brown -tail moths are much more in evidence than in the year last passed, and for their destruction a somewhat larger expenditure will be required. Respectfully submitted, CORNELIUS WELLINGTON, Tree Warden. 85 86 TREASURER'S REPORT OF BRIDGE AND BEALS FUND. The Treasurer of Bridge and Beals Charitable Funds herewith submits the following report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1904. PERMANENT BRIDGE FUND. Amount of fund Jan. 1, 1904, Rec'd income of fund, Interest from Lexington Savings Bank, Town note, Deposit Lexington Savings Bank, $2.000.00 1,543.06 $8,451.14 40.00 51.92 $3,543.06 $3,543.06 BEALS FUND. Amount of fund Jan. 1, 1904, Re'cd. of town of Lexington, interest, of W. C. Schouler, rent, of Lexington Savings Bank, interest, Paid aid to various persons, $ 105.73 Deposit in Lexington Savings Bank, 687.24 Town note, 2,000.00 $2,792.97 Balance of fund, $2,687.24 Respectfully submitted, $2,625.45 120.00 24.00 23.52 $2,792.97 CHARLES T. WEST, Treasurer. REPORT OF TREASURER GILMOR FUND. AVAILABLE BRIDGE FUND. JANUARY 1, 1906. Amount of fund Jan. 1, 1904, Rec'd. Interest from town of Lexington, fi on mortgage note, on Lexington Savings Bank, Paid aid to sundry persons, • Mortgage note, Lexington Savings Bank, Balance of fund, $2,315.36 $ 132.50 1,400.00 915.36 $2,447.86 $2,258.41 80.00 84.00 30.45 $2,447.86 HARRIET R. CiLMOR FUND. Permanent fund invested in town note, Accumulated interest deposited in Lexington Savings Bank, $500.00 314.966 $ 814.96 HENRY A. C. WOODWARD, Treasurer. 87 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. The Board of Health makes the following report for the year 1904. The table shows the number of contagious cases of sickness: Scarlet fever, 5 Measles, 1 Diptheria, B 12 Complaints of nuisances have been few, and easily cared for. Number of buildings in which plumbing was installed, Number of fixtures set, Water closets, Sinks, Baths, Wash trays, Lavatories, 38 195 58 38 39 20 40 The office of Inspector of Plumbing has been satisfactorily filled by Mr. J. S. Cassedy of Woburn, and his report is appended. Respectfully submitted, ALBERT B. SMITH, C. H. FRANKS, J. ODIN TILTON; January 1, 190f. 88 REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING. LEXINGTON, MASS., Jan. 2, 1905. Te the Hon. Board of Health, Lexington, Mass.; GENTLEMEN. -I submit herewith my report as Inspector of Plumb- ing for the year ending Dec. 31, 1904. As may be seen from the appended table, the work of this de- partment has been about the same as in previous years. I am pleased to report that the same high standard has been maintained in our plumbing work and our plumbing laws seem to be satisfactory to ail. Respectfully submitted, JAMES S. CASSEDY, Inspector of Plumbing. 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, occuring in their practise 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 fumi- gation immediately. The expense of such fumigation shall be borne by the occupant, in accordance with Public Statutes 80, Section 83. 3. Cesspools may be cleaned by the oderless cart upon applica- tion to the Board of Health, or to any member thereof, either ver- 89 Bally or in writing, and shall be cleaned in the same order of pre- cedence as regards time in which the request shall be made. The price for cleaning a vault or cesspool will be two (2) dollars per load, or any part thereof, and shall be paid to the driver of the oderless cart within thirty (30) days from the time of the removal of the contents of said vault or cesspool, or any part thereof. No application for cleaning a cesspool or vault can be made to the driver, but in all cases must be made to the board, or to any member thereof, as above provided. 4. The Board of Health may at any time cause each house- holder to suitably arch and brick the cesspool or cesspools on the premises, and provide an iron cover with suitable ventilating equip- ments, subject to the inspection and approval of the Board of Health ; or may at any time order any householder to dig a cesspool on the premises owned by said householder, subject to the approval and inspection of the Board of Health. 5. The teaming of swill, offal, or other offensive matter over the roads of the town, except in tight or orderless 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. 90 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 employment of keeping swine without first having obtained a permit thereof in writing from the Board of Health, and such per- mit may be revoked at any time by said board. The Board of Health hereby adjudges that the exercise of the trade or employment of slaughtering cattle, swine, sheep or other animals, or conducting a melting or rendering establishment, is a nuisance and hurtful to the inhabitants of the town and dangerous to the public health. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in, or exercise within the limits of the town of Lexington, the trade or employment of slaughtering cattle, swine, sheep or other animals, or of conducting a melting or rendering establishment, but this regulation shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation, who may be engaged in such business or employment within the limits of the town of Lexington, at the date of the adoption hereof. 91 REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS. LEXINGTON, MASS., JANUARY 1, 1905. The Board of Fire Engineers submits the following report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1904. The Department responded to 44 alarms, 23 of which were given by telephone. Number of alarms in 1900, 22 Number of alarms in 1901, 9 Number of alarms in 190.2, 32 Number of alarms in 1903, 27 SCHEDULE OF FIRES. Jan. 1, box 82, dwelling owned by Walter R. Champney. Winthrop road. Loss, $475. Cause, candles on Christmas Tree. Jan. 14, still alarm, dwelling owned by Barney McCaffrey, Lincoln street. No loss. Cause, sooty chimney. Jan. 4, still alarm, dwelling owned by Thornton Estate, Warren street. No loss. Cause, sooty chimney. Jan. 13, box 82, dwelling owned by A. M. Tucker, Massachusetts avenue. Loss, $3,750. Cause, upset alchohol lamp. Jan. 26, box 78, dwelling owned by Ray Frizzelle, off Massachusetts avenue. No loss. Cause, spontaneous combustion. Feb. 16, box 54, dwelling owned by L. A. Saville, agent. No loss. Cause, sooty chimney. 92 Feb. 17, box 82, dwelling owned by Mrs. George S. Jackson, Oak- land street. No loss. Cause, foul chimney. Feb. 27, box 82. Feb. 28, box 52. Feb. 28, box 73. False alarm. False alarm. False alarm. Mar. 4, box 82, dwelling owned by Mrs. Emily Paine, Bedford street. Loss, $2,763. Cause, overheated furnace. Mar. 14, box 89, brick block, owned by Lexington Savings Bank, Massachusetts avenue. Loss, $50. Cause, probably spontaneous combustion. Mar. 22, still alarm, dwelling owned by Miss Ellen Stone. No loss. Cause, sooty chimney. Mar. 26, box 82, dwelling owned by W. A. Walker, Massachusetts avenue. Loss, $10. Cause, unknown. Mar. 30, still alarm, dwelling owned by Mrs. R. D. Blinn. No loss. Cause, sooty chimney. Mar. 30, box 82. Brush on Bloomfield street. Apr. 5, box 82, dwelling awned by Mrs. E. R. Buckingham, Han- cock street. Loss, $125. Cause, burning grass. Apr. 5, box 82. Brush on Robinson estate, Hill street. Apr. 5, still alarm. Brush on Robinson estate, Hill street. Apr. 19, box 82, grass on land owned by William C. Stickel, Bed- ford street. Apr. 20, box 63, dwelling owned by Robert W. Porter, Lowell street. No loss. Cause, foul chimney. Apr. 23, box 82, brush on land owned by William P. Martin, Mid- dle street. May 3, box 73, hay stack owned by P. Mulvey, Woburn street. 93 May 5, box 82, brush on Summer street. May 6, box 81, dwelling owned by Miss Sarah B. Gould, Bedford street. Loss, $900. Cause, careless use of kerosene. May 7, box 82. May 7, box 82. May 7, box 82. .Brush on Lincoln street. Brush an Lincoln street. Brush on Lincoln street. May 12, box 82. Brush on land owned by R. M. Lawrence, Wal- tham street. June 24, box 23. Brush on Summer street. July 5, box 23, dwelling owned by William Hunt, Massachusetts avenue. Loss, $10. Cause, electric storm. Aug. 5, box 561, dwelling owned by R. H. White, Bedford street. No loss. Cause, spark from chimney. Oct. 1, box 231, hay stack at Winning Home. Cause, unknown. Oct. 18, box 23, dwelling owned by C. A. Barr, off Bedford street. Loss, $1600. Cause, probably incendiary. Oct. 31, box 23, brick building owned by Lexington Gas 5t Elec- tric Company. Loss, $10. Cause, unknown. Nov. 5, box 23, cord wood and brush, owned by Charles McEnroe and Lexington Golf Club. Nov. 12, box 23, dwelling owned by J. D. Bacon estate, Massachu- setts avenue. No loss. Cause, overheated stove. Nov. 19, still alarm. Dwelling occupied by Charles E. Dale. No loss. Cause, sooty chimney. Nov. 19, still alarm. Brush on land owned by Rifle Range, off Massachusetts avenue. Nov. 25, box 23, brush on Kinneen estate, Hancock street. 94 Nov. 28, box 43, hay stack owned by Martin O'Brien, off Waltham street. Dec. 10, box 23, dwelling owned by Charles F. Pierce, off Massa- chusetts avenue. No loss. Cause, sooty chimney. Dec. 31, box 23, shop owned by Clifford A. Currier, Forest street. Loss, 800. Cause, overheated stove. The general use of the telephone shows the value of this addition to the service, acting as an extension of the fire alarm system at nominal expense. Excepting during the season when the watering carts are in use, the permanent men are on duty at the engine houses twenty-one hours of each day. Many citizens have expressed a desire to have continuous house service which would make it pos- sible to communicate with headquarters at any hour of the day or night. In order to accomplish this, it would be necessary to employ an additional man at the Centre engine house. The department earned $824.40 from street watering. 14,350 feet of hose have been laid (10,050 feet by Engine Co. No. 1 and 4300 feet by Hose Co. No. 1) which involves cleaning and drying this amount and the handling of twice the quantity in replacing the hose on the apparatus. The Engineers found it necesary to replace two horses that had become unfit for service through age and disability. One was killed, and another is being used for light work on the hose truck at the Hancock engine house, in place of a horse formerly hired from the livery stable. The Department has three engine men, licensed by the State to operate the Silsbee engine. An eight -inch main has been laid from Massachusetts avenue to ,Forest street, which improves the water supply in that locality, and it is hoped that early in the spring a similar improvement will be 95 made in the Grant street district by laying suitable mains from Massachusetts avenue through Grant street to Sherman street. An additional fire -alarm box has been placed at the corner of Adams and East streets. It is essential that other boxes should be placed at the following points : Massachusetts avenue and Parker street, Lincoln street near pumping station, Hancock and North Hancock streets, Grove and Burlington streets, Waltham street near residence of E. H. Tower. The Engineers call attention to the fact that in the event of a serious fire in the upper stories of buildings such as Town Hall, Hancock school or the Bank building, the Department would be at great disadvantage, awing to the fact that there are no extension ladders long enough to reach the roofs. It would seem advisable, therefore, that in the near future the Town should provide a modern ladder truck with necessary extension ladders, and a place to keep such apparatus. The Engineers wish to express their appreciation of the faithful and efficient services rendered the Department by the permanent men, Messrs. John H. Wright and Philip A. Nelles, also to commend the officers and men of the various companies, all of whom have worked together harmoniously and with the best interest of the ser- vice always at heart. We also acknowledge the assistance of the Police Department, and the prompt cooperation of the manager and operators at the telephone exchange. Citizens are cordially invited to inspect the engine houses at any time. Respectfully submitted, JAMES H. PHILLIPS, WILLIAM H. GREENE, GEORGE W. TAYLOR, Fire Engineers. gb REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. To the Citizens of Lexington. During the past year it has been the aim of this board to com- bine economy with efficiency, while no worthy case has been neg- lected the department has endeavored to keep expenses at the lowest possible level. It has again kept within its appropriation ; but the increase in the population and the consequent increase in the calls for aid neccessitate the expenditure of more money. The remaining members of the board greatly miss the aid and experience of Mr. Edwin S. Spaulding, whose long years of ser- vice made him a most valuable member. We wish to thank the various charity organizations of the town for aid rendered during the year. RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE FROM POOR FARM. Milk, Cows, Calves, Pork, Apples and corn, Potatoes, Poultry, Team work, $548.85 100.00 12.25 31.74 91.93 9.00 9.45 3.00 $806.22 97 SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE PAUPER DEPARTMENT. Apples, 12 barrels, Augers, Barrels, Baskets, Bench and vise, Blankets, Boxes, Cabbages, Canned goods, Cart harness, Carriage harness, Carryall, Chains, Chain harness, Cows, 5, Coal, Collars, 2, Contents of lockup, Contents of pantry and closet, Cultivators, Democrat wagon with top, Double sled, Drills, Express harness, Express wagon, Fire extinguishers, Fowl, Furniture in house, Grain, Grain chest, Grind -stone, Halters and sircingles, Hay, 20 tons, $18.00 3.00 4.50 3.00 7.00 8.00 3.50 25.00 5.00 12.00 25.00 15.00 5.00 5.00 250.00 60.00 3.00 7.00 35.00 12.00 8.00 45.00 10.00 12.00 40.00 10.00 35.00 450.00 8.00 5.00 3.00 4.00 360.00 98 Hay, rowen, 6 tons, Hay tedder, Hay wagon, 1 -horse, Hay wagon, 2 -horse, Horse rakes, Hose, Iron bars, hooks and shovels, Manure, 30 cords, Manure wagon, Measures, Molasses, Mowing machine, Oil and barrels, Pails, Plows, Pork, Potatoes, 75 bushels, Rackets, Rakes, forks and ladders, Reins, set double, Roots, Sail cloth, Salt, Scythes, Sled, Stake chains, Straw and bedding, Tip cart, Wheelbarrow, Wheelbarrow and harrow, Wheel jack and whifiietree, Wood, Wrenches and hammers, Vinegar, $90.00 10.00 30.00 35.00 20.00 10.00 9.00 150.00 130.00 1.00 25.00 25.00 8.00 2.00 15.00 45.00 50.00 4.00 7.00 3.50 30.00 8.00 1.00 5.00 40.00 3.00 30.00 35.00 3.50 25.00 8.00 75.00 5.00 - 6.50 $2,440.50 HENRY A. C. WOODWARD, GEORGE W. TAYLOR, Overseers of the Poor. 99 I00 Gaming, 2 Hunting on Lord's day, 2 Having and detaining milk cans not their own, 3 Illegal REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE. liquor selling, 2 Illegallyykeeping liquor for sale, 2 Keeping vicious dog, 1 Illegally running automobiles, 29 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen : Insane, 8 Larceny, 11 GENTLEMEN—I have the honor to submit the annual report of the Larceny from building, 2 work done by the department for the year ending Dec. 31, 1904: Non-support of wife and child, 1 Persons who ran away from home, 1 Number of arrests, 206 Suspicion of larceny, 2 Number of arrests in 1903, 199 Tampering with railroad signal, 1 Number of arrests in 1902, 104 Trespass, • 4 Males, 194 Trespass and larceny of fruit, 43 Females, 12 Vagabond, 1 Residents of the town, 60 Non-residentg, 146 Total, 206 Residents of the town arrested in 1903, 91 Foreign born, 84 DISPOSITION OF CASES. Native born, 122 Fined, 109 Probation, 36 Committed States Prison, Charlestown, 1 The offences for which arrests have been made are as follows : Committed Concord Reformatory Prison, 5 Assault and battery, 3 Committed House of Correction, 2 Assault felonies, 2 Committed House of Correction for non-payment of fines, 5 Committed State Farm, Bridgewater, 1 Adultery, 2, Committed State Almshouse, Tewksbury, I Breaking and entering, 2 Committed Westboro Insane Hospital, 6 Bastardy, I Discharged by court - 15 Drunkenness, 44 Discharged at Police station 8 Defaulted 1 Common drunkard, 1 Placed on file 4 Disturbing the peace, 2 Turned over to out of town officers 3 Disorderly, 1 Turned over to parents to care for 4 Discharging firearms on Lord's day, I Awaiting sentence 4 Gaming on Lord's day, 29 Total 206 IQI Aggregate amount of fines imposed by courts Amount paid to town treasurer after costs of district court at Concord were Aggregate amount of sentences imposed Tramps given lodging at police station Tramps given lodging in 1903 In 1903 there was 88 arrests for drunkene there has been MISCELLANEOUS WORK. Cases investigated and not prosecuted Buildings reported broken and entered Buildings found open and secured 805.00 prosecution by the 557.38 11 years 1400 1520 ss, this year, 1904 44 107 2 32 Street obstruction removed 8 Lanterns hung in dangerous places 24 Street lights reported out 89 Dogs killed 3 Lost teams found 2 Search warrants served 11 Persons escorted home 46 Disturbances suppressed 11 Dead bodies taken charge of and medical examiner called 1 Fire alarms responded to ' 26 Amount of property reported stolen 313.35 Amount stolen property recovered 38.85 CONCLUUSION To the police officers and all others who have so kindly co- operated with me in the performance of the duties pertaining to my office I desire to express my sincere thanks. CHARLES H. FANKS, Chief Police. 102 REPORT OF THE TAX COLLECTOR. Uncollected Jan. 1, 1904, Collected in 1904, Abated by the Assessors, Uncollected Jan. 1, 1904, Collected in 1904, Abated by the Assessors, Uncollected Jan. 1, 1904, Collected in 1994, Abated by the Assessors, Uncollected Jan. 1904, Collected in 1904, Abated by the Assessors, 1899 TAXES. 1900 TAXES 1901 TAXES. 1902 TAXES. $285.00 27.06 $640.75 293.23 $312.06 1312.06 $933.98 $933.98 $819.40 $562.48 256.92 $819.40 $8,674.29 , $8,587.35 86.94 $8,674.29 Uncollected Jan. 1, 1904, Collected in 1904, Allowed as discount, Abated by the Assessors, Uncollected Jan. 1, 1905, 103 1903 TAXES. 1904 TAXES. Amount committed to the Collector Aug. 1, 1904, Credit as per Assessors warrant, Amount actually committed to the Collector, Supplementary taxes, Collected in 1904, Abated by the Assessors, Allowed as discount for prompt payment, $36,959.74 $24,239.29 1.93 610.39 24,851.61 $12,108.13 $130,240.50 16,859.99 113,3 80.51 53.33 $113,433.84 $75,834.16 462.93 925.28 77,222.37 Uncollected Jan. 1, 1905, Respectfully submitted, $36,211.47 LORING W. MUZZEY, Colleen r of Taxes. 104 STREET WATERING TAX. 1899. Uncollected Jan. lst, 1904, Collected in 1904, Abated by the Assessors, 1900. Uncollected Jan. 1st, 1904, Collected in 1904, Abated by the Assessors, 1901. Uncollected Jan. lst, 1904, Collected in 1904, Abated by the Assessors, 1902. Uncollected Jan. lst, 1904, Collected in 1904, Abated by the Assessors, Uncollected Jan. 1st, 1905, 1903. Amount committed to Collector, Collected in 1904, Abated by the Assessors, Uncollected Jan. 1st, 1905, Respectfully submitted, LORING W. MUZZEY, Collector of Taxes. $6.00 18.90 $29.00 47.54 $67.27 53.22 $149,27 23.28 $377.01 10.60 $24.90 24,90 76.54 73.54 120.49 120.49 206.46 172.55 $33.91 555.03 387.61 $167.42 105 STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT, JAN. 1, 1905. Registered water loan, Extension water main loan, Extension water main and improvement loan, Additional water supply loan, Extension water mains, Woburn and Lowell streets, New High School loan, New Primary School loan, Furniture, New High School loan, Sanitation, Hancock School loan, Grading, New High School grounds loan, Metropolitan water loan, Cary Library Loan, Bridge fund loan, Beals fund loan, Gammell legacy loan, Gilmor legacy Ioan, Cemetery trust fund, Temporary loans, $200,000.00 2,000.00 4,000.00 10,000.00 7,000.00 31,500.00 27,000.00 3,800.00 3,000.00 1 900.00 41,800.00 11,000.00 2x000.00 2,000.00 500.00 500.00 9,210.00 55,000.00 $412,210.00 GEORGE D. HARRINGT'ON, Town Treasurer. 106 ASSESSORS' REPORT. Valuation and tax list for 1904 : Resident owners of real estate, Non-resident owners of real estate, Resident owners of personal estate, Non-resident owners of personal estate, Total valuation, Gain on real estate over 1904, Loss on personal estate, Net gain, $4,073,520.00 891,090.00 808,500.00 54,180.00 $5,827.290.00 $160,070.00 30,410.00 Amount of tax committed to Collector : Town grants assessed, Water department tax, County tax, State tax, State highway tax, Metropolitan water tax, Metropolitan sewer tax, Overlaying, $105,135.00 3,000.00 6,820.23 4,675.00 140.80 6,391.91 2,483.43 2,094.13 Rate of taxation $19.00 on $1000. $19.00 on $5,827,290.00 gives, $110,718.51 1331 polls at $2.00 gives. 2,662.00 Land taken by Arlington, 219.94 Land taken by Cambridge, 248.14 Taken from Water Dept. income, 6,391.91 Taken from Bank and Corporation tax, 10,000.00 129,660.00 130,240.50 $130.240.50 I07 Amount actually committed to the collector, Supplementary Tax, Number of residents assessed on property, Number of non-residents assessed on property, Whole number persons assessed on property, Number assessed for poll only, Number assessed for poll and property, Whole number male polls assessed, Number horses assessed, Number cows assessed, Neat cattle other than cows, Number swine, Number fowl, Number dwelling houses, Number acres of land assessed, Referring to the Assessors' report for 1903 (page 161) in regard to surveys and plans we wish to repeat that we are still of the opinion that it would be for the interest of the town to have those surveys and plans made especially in the the residential district. Respectfully submitted, $113,380.51 53.33 828 1,062 1,890 903 2,793 1,331 637 1,188 123 257 4,220 866 9,232 CHARLES G. KAUFFMANN, EVERETT S. LOCKE, GEORGE H. CU'ITER, Assessors. 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' y' *dt d'.o acvW • cQ� vo�w 'a� I0 TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT. Cash on hand Jan. 1st, 1904, Town debt, Schools, Outside aid, Interest, Water department, Contingent, Highways, Fire department, Discount on taxes, Support of poor, Street watering, Care Hastings Park, Bank and Corporation tax, 'faxes, 1899, Taxes, 1900, Taxes, 1901, Taxes, 1902, Taxes, 1903, Taxes, 1904, Gammell legacy, County treasurer dog tax, Temporary loans, Police department, State aid, Afaunt carried forward, xecEIts. $4,712.74 10,000.00 1,315.66 335.00 459.67 18,324.59 1,721.24 989.15 824.40 1,111.50 1,206.19 1,128.55 20.00 14,178.42 285.00 640.75 56.2.48 8,587.35 24,239.29 75,884.16 35.00 663.36 92,000.00 557.38 544.00 $260,275.88 III Amount brought forward, Cemetery trust funds, Insurance, New Primary School, Cemetery trust fund interest, Cemeteries, EXPENDITURES. Town Debt, Schools, Outside Aid, Interest, Water Department, Contingent, Highways, Fire Department, Hydrants, Support of Poor, Sidewal ks, Street Watering, Enforcement of liquor law, Care of Hastings Park, Gammell Legacy, Cary Library (dog tax), Collector of Taxes, Librarians, Temporary Loans, Watering Troughs, Memorial Day, Sewer Tax, Town Treasurer, Police Department, Amount carried forward, $260,275.88 400.00 160.65 27,000.00 447.40 100.00 $288,383.93 $28,200.00 29,544.27 3,325.38 6,269.55 22,557.22 1,919.53 17,555.69 7,0 57.21 4,072.00 2,879.07 939.26 2,773.79 265.34 24.00 12.89 663.36 800.00 1,693.26 90,000.00 75.00 200.00 2,483.43 651.00 4,575.20 $228,586.45 112 Amount brought forward, Janitors, .Assessors, Removal of Snow, State Aid, Auditors, Treasurer Cary Library, Registrars of Voters, Clerk School Committee, Selectmen, Town Clerk, County Tax, State Tax, Care of Common, Overseers of the Poor, Surveyors of Highways, Town Physician, Widening Massachusetts Avenue, Insurance, Sealer Weights and Measures, State Highway Tax, New Primary School, Board of Health, Fuel and Lights, Printing, April 19th, Cemetery Trust Fund Interest, Street Lights, Cemeteries, Trimming Trees, Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1905, $228,536.45 825.00 886.15 2,550.95 538.00 100.00 50.00 100.00 50.00 300.01 354.70 6,320.23 4,675.00 230.00 300.00 296.29 75.00 90.00 366.00 100.00 140.80 26,355.69 558.70 1,488.42 464.55 50.00 418.73 6,255.68 524.06 1,109.81 4,273.68 ---$288,383.93 GEORGE D. HARRINGTON, Town Treasurer. 113 STATEMENT OF CASH ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OTHER THAN TOWN DEBT, JAN. 1, ASSETS Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1905, Taxes uncollected 1903, Taxes uncollected 1904, Street Watering tax 1902, Street Watering tax 1903, Street Watering tax 1904, Sidewalk tax 1903, Due for water rates, service pipes, labor etc., Due for crushed stone and labor, Excess of liabilities, LIABILITIES Temporary loans outstanding Unexpended balance outside aid Unexpended balance interest Unexpended balance contingent 1905. $55,000.00 285.78 214.21 3,375.05 Unexpended balance support of poor 911.97 Unexpended balance enforcement of liquor Iaw 41.76 Unexpended balance care of Hastings park 53.52 Unexpended balance bank and corporation tax 5,157.60 Unexpended balance Gammell legacy 172.57 Unexpended balance collector of taxes 34.00 Unexpended balance librarians 39.86 Unexpended balance police 789.67 Unexpended balance assessors 15.07 Unexpended balance treasurer Cary library 10.00 Amount carried forward, $66,100.96 4,278.68 12,108.13 36,211.47 83.91 167.42 466.21 24.18 5,598,17 61.14 9,422.21 $68,366.52 114 Amount brought forward, $66,100.96 Unexpended balance clerk school committee 8.33 Unexpended balance selectmen 33.33 Unexpended balance Town clerk 13.00 Unexpended balance overseers of the poor 33.33 Unexpended balance surveyors of highways 37.04 Unexpended balance widening Massachusetts Ave. 33.00 Unexpended balance insurance 394.69 Unexpended balance new primary school 644.31 Unexpended balance moving old high school 101.76 Unexpended balance printing 200.93 Unexpended balance April 19th 97.27 Unexpended balance cemetery trust fund interest 668.57 $68,366.52 GEORGE D. HARRINGTON, Town Treasurer. I15 AUDITOR'S REPORT. SCHOOLS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1904, Less overdraft of 1903, Transferred from Contingent account, Henry W. Porter, High School piano fund, Alfred Pierce, High School piano fund, Literary Union use High School hall, City of Boston, tuition, State of Massachusetts, education board of charities, Old iron sold, G. P. Greenwood, tuition, Town of Lincoln, tuition, Boston Female Asylum, tuition, Entertainment, Old Belfry Club, (piano fund) Town of Burlington, tuition, H. W. Porter, car tickets and supplies, Excess of e xpenditures over receipts, $28,161.65 661.65 $27,500.00 7.25 14.30 88.73 20.00 117.76 142.00 11.00 45.00 9.00 351.00 117.50 109.00 29b,37 $28,822.91 721.8 $29,544.27 I16 EXPENDITURES. ADAMS SCHOOL. Augusta A. Jackson, instruction, Melva Perin, instruction, Gertrude H. Dacey, instruction, Carrie F. Fiske, instruction, Anna G. Scannell, instruction, Mary L. Spencer, instruction, Melva Perin, care of children, A. B. Smith, janitor, Water department, J. H. Phillips, carpenter work, Benj. Hadley's Sons, furnace repairs, plumbing, F. P. Reynolds, wood, A. B. Smith, soap, oil, and sundries, Kingsley Cochrane, sawing wood and housing, Magee Furnace Co., repairs, Quincy E. Brewster, book binding and repairs, Thompson, Brown & Co., books, Silver, Burdett & Co., books and supplies, D. C, Heath & Co., books J. L. Hammett Co., hooks and supplies, Ginn & Co., books and supplies, T. G. Whiting, loam, T. B. Streeter, seating chairs, E. Hunnewell express, Lymin Lawrence, hardware, Peirce & Winn Co., coal, N. E. Publishing Co., Journal of Education, Joseph Whalley, mason work, Lexington Gas & Electric Co., bell repair, $585.00 506.25 536.25 536.25 28.00 4.00 78.00 140.00 20.00 36,77 63.45 7.50 2.02 7.00 37.88 6.81 9.25 57.55 17.96 .40 1.15 4.00 .75 .50 10.47 299.50 8.50 23.00 1.70 $3,129.91 117 HANCOCK SCHOOL. Ruth B. Dame, instruction, F. Helene Mayo, instruction, Amelia M. Mulliken, instruction, Ethel M. Harding, instruction, Gertrude W. Carlton, instruction, Emma A. Robertson, instruction, Emma E. Wright, instruction, Sara R. Skerry, instruction, Neva G. Mitchell, instruction, Lucretia F. Hatch, instruction, Gertrude Pierce, instruction, Jennie L. Carter, instruction, Jennie F. Blodgett, instruction, Marion L. Rogers, instruction, Alice Woodward, instruction, Elizabeth Merrill, instruction, Edith L. Daniels, instruction, Philip E. Perry, instruction, Emma E. Wright, care barge children, F. Helene Mayo, care barge children, Clifton R. Ashley, janitor, Clifton R. Ashley, extra labor and supplies, Water Department, Chickering & Sons, tuning piano, Ginn & Co., books, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books, Thompson, Brown & Co., books, American Book Co., E. E. Babb & Co., D. C. Heath &Co., A. Flanagan & Co., hooks, Educational Publishing Co., books, Amount carried forward, $210.00 536.25 385.00 355.00 780.00 390.00 586.25 586.25 385.00 506.25 385.00 165.00 538!25 536.25 398.75 356.25 187.50 300.00 117.00 78.00 764.00 8.25 75.00 4.50 36.65 94.75 153.02 30.67 147.55 43.67 3.00 11.06 $9,052.12 z18' Amount brought forward J. L. Hammett & Co., books and supplies, Silver, Burdett & Co., books and supplies, Prang Educational Co., books and supplies, Atkinson, Mentzer Co., books and supplies, Chas. Scribner & Son, books and supplies, Masury Young & Co., nodusto, G. W. Stevens, keys, Lexington & Boston St. R. R. Co., tickets, Milton Bradley Co., stationery, Chandler Desk Co., chairs, Lexington Gas & Electric Co., Wadsworth Howland & Co., painter's supplies, Forest, Hooper & Co., plumbing, J. O. Wetherbee & Co., lumber, A. Storrs & Bement Co., paper, Chandler & Barber, hardware, N. P. Reynolds, wood, $9,052.12 181.02 150.37 2.16 8.20 19.85 7.50 2.40 1,100.00 10.28 11.25 70.05 6.17 1.10 36.24 3.82 8.00 35.44 W. E. Denham, transportation and express, 2,319.95 Lexington Hardware Co., paints, wheelbarrow, 80.40 Perry Picture Co., pictures, W. E. Denham, repairs, Pierce & Winn Co., coal and wood, W. B. Badger & Co., desks and chairs, N. L. Carter, labor, Adams, Cushing & Foster, stationery, The Morse Co., maps, George P. Brown & Co., picture, Lexington Lumber Co., lumber, Lyman Lawrence, hardware, paints, Cyrus Martin, sanitary, A. M. Tucker, cotton cloth, B. F. Baker, oiling floors, Oliver Ditson Co., music, Amount carried forward, 3.84 2.00 869.51 37.00 1.00 1.50 1.35 3.00 9.11 4.11 12.00 1.20 5.25 2.03 $14,006.22 I19 Amount brought forward, $14,006.22 W. H. Whitaker, grading, 75.40 Thomas Burke, care grounds, 70.00 A. F. Dinsmore, lettering diplomas, 4.20 De Veau Bros„ lowering topmast, 4.00 C. S. Parker & Son, printing, 9.00 O. G. Seeley, chemicals, 1.25 Boston & Maine R. R., frgight, 4.71 N. E. Publishing Co., Journal Education, 8.50 Clark & Smith, lumber, 24.97 John W. McLean, filing saws, 6.90 Allen Shade Roller Co., shades and rollers, 18.26 Thomas Forsythe, teaming, 3.75 American Warming and Ventilating Co., re- pairs by contract, 784.35 C. E. Wheeler, printing, 6.25 Forest Hooper & Co., repairs, .90 P. F. Dacey, mason, 4.50 Suffolk Ink Co., ink, 5.00 $15,033.16 HIGH SCHOOL. Henry W. Porter, Superintendent and In- struc tor, $1,740.00 Clarence H. Knowlton, Instructor, 1,072.50 Elizabeth A. McGlinchey, Instructor, 480.00 Grace P. French, Instructor, 652.50 S. Alice Bigelow, Instructor, 603.75 Ruth B. Dame, Instructor, 120.00 Mary G. Woodfin, 262.50 Philip E. Perry, Sloyd teacher, 58.50 R. T. Montague, Janitor, 345.00 John D. Nason, Janitor, 450.00 Amount carried forward, $5,784.76 120 Amount brought forward, Water Department, Ginn & Co., books, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., American Book Co., E. E. Babb & Co., supplies, D. C. Heath & Co., books, D. Appleton & Co., books, J. L. Hammett Co., books and supplies, Atkinson & Mentzer, books, Henry Holt & Co., books, B. H. Sanborn & Co., books, Silver Burdett & Co., books, Allyn & Bacon, books, Sibley & Co., books, J. W. Griffin, repairing tools, lawn mower and barrow, Bailey Bros., finishing three book cases, Forest Hooper & Co., repairs and plumbing, E. Hunnewell, removing ashes, Woburn Laundry, Arthur W. Hall Scientific Co., chemicals, Lexington Gas & Electric Co., Charles D. Brown & Co., paper, Lyman Lawrence, chain, hardware, F. P. Reynolds, wood, Lexington Hardware Co., shovel and hard- ware, L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., chemicals, Peirce & Winn Co., coal and wood, Chickering & Sons, piano, E. Howard Clock Co., repairs and renewing battery, Wadsworth, Howland Co., soda and painters' supplies, Amount carried forward, $5,784.75 75.00 73.80 15.14 90.37 87.00 51.26 5.15 75.75 3.00 4.13 4.99 14.01 2..65 1.99 7.30 4.00 44.71 23.05 7.77 159.73 70.29 4.15 18.84 21.19 37.24 7.25 157.23 270.00 50.00 38.58 $7,210.32 12I Amount brought forward, N. S. Carter, labor, C. E. Wheeler, printing, Edward H. Mara, painting, 'Cambridge Botanical Supply Co., 325 sheets, W. H. Whitaker, grading, Thos. Burke, care of grounds, A, F. Dinsmore, lettering diplomas, R. '1'. Montague, extra work lecture hall, Edward Wood, shrubs and labor, M. Steinert & Sons Co., moving piano and insurance, American Express Co., C. S. Parker & Sons, printing, O. G. Seeley, chemicals, De Veau Bros., carpenter work, A. J. Burkard, tuning piano, J. F. Russell, f expense fence, C. H. Harrington, varnishing, Pierce & Winn Co., coal and wood, N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., N. E. Publishing Co., Journal Education, Eagle Oil & Supply Co., oil and gasket, Andrew J. Lloyd & Co., 1 dissecting set, E. P. Caproni & Bro., plastic arts, Oliver Ditson Co., music, Att erican School Furniture Co., stool, Winchester Tar Disenfectant Co., Jordan, Marsh Co., table, Joseph Breck & Son, coal barrow, J. P. Dailey, team and men, P. F. Dacey, mason work, B. F. Sturtevant Co., repairs, Lexington Lumber Co., lumber, Masury, Young & Co., nodusto, De Veau Bros., carpenter work, $7,210.32 .75 5.75 6.00 2.89 14.79 6.00 4.50 4.00 19.50 18.75 3.00 7.00 2.70 49.20 2.50 25.15 9.00 834.00 7.00 2.50 8.30 2.03 4.50 11.17 7.50 1.80 2.00 9.00 15.00 12.75 25.01 .75 40.20 3.32 $9,378.63 I22 NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL. Emma A. Robertson, instruction, Neva G. Mitchell, instruction, Gertrude Pierce, instruction, Amelia Mullikeu, instruction, Ethel M. Harding, instruction, Dennis H. Collins, janitor, Masury, Young Co., nodusto, E. S. Greeley, painting, Lexington Hardware Co,, hardware, Lexington Gas & Electric Co., Pierce & Winn Co., wood, H. V. Smith, laundry, De Veau Bros., carpenter work, G. W. Spaulding, sundries, Peirce & Winn Co., coal, $165.00 151.25 151.25 151.25 161.25 150.00 57.60 8.45 4.06 2.40 3.65 .21 21.81 3.88 383.65 $1,405.71 COMMON TO ALL SCHOOLS. Alice M. Holt, instructor in music, $210.00 A. Edna McLean, instructor in drawing 341.25 John L. Gibb, instructor in music, 168.75 Philip E. Perry, instructor in Sloyd, 30.00 Henry W. Porter, superintendent, 150.00 Edla M. Winship, instructor, 131.25 John B. Hamilton, taking school census, 22.50 O. G. Seeley, glue, charcoal, tags etc., 2.30 Fred S. Piper, calendars, 3.50 N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co., 52.47 F. D. Wells, & Co., furniture, 3.00 D. C. Heath & Co., books, 2.00 F. P. Reynolds, measuring, .42 Amount carried forward, $1,117.44 123 Amount brought forward, $1,117.44 Middlesex Truant school board 52.00 C. E. Wheeler, printing, 13.35 Beacon Press Co., circulars, 7.25 Quincy E. Brewster, music, 16.74 Dennison Manufacturing Co., hooks, 6.65 George S. Mumford, treasurer's book, 1.72 J. L. Hammett Co., supplies, 53.55 Thomas Forsyth, teaming, 20.71 C. S. Parker & Sons, printing 17.00' Milton Bradley Co., school supplies, 5.22 L. D. Cochran, expense bill 2.78 A. M .Tucker, dry goods, 4.85 Murphy Leavens & Co., brushes etc., 56.89 Masury Young & Co., Nodusto, 46.40 L. E. Knott apparatus Co., acid stain, 10.00 Boston & Maine R. R. freight 7.19 C. E. Wheeler, truant officer, 47.09 S. H. Couch. & Co., telephone apparatus 6.00 American Express Co., expressage, 3.05 G. W. Fuller, school census, 25.00 Silver Burdett & Co., books, 2.50 W. E. Denham, smithing, 1.S5 Henry W. Porter, incidentals & school supplies, 71.63 $1,596.86 SUM MARY. Adams School, Hancock School, High School, New Primary, Common to all Schools, $3,129.91 15,033.16 8,378.63 1,405.71 1,596.86 $29,544.27 Appropriated street, E. S. Locke, Registrar, F. A. Houdlette & Son, refunding freight, Premium on bonds, State of Massachusetts, refunded, I24 WATER DEPARTMENT. RECEIPTS and assessed for 1904, laying water main an Clark $1,000.00 17,439.65 38.88 828.00 18.06 Excess of expenditures over receipts, Expendi tures, Excess of expenditures over 1902 receipts, Excess of expenditures over 1903 receipts, Excess of expendituses over 1904 receipts, EXPENDITURES. E. S. Locke, registrar, T. L. Bruce, superintendant of labor, C. H. Bruce, labor and stock, C. Fine, labor, A. Wilson, labor, Fred King, labor, James Tate, labor, Daniel Bailey, labor, James Manley, labor, No. 7 man, labor, Paid by E. S. Locke, labor, C. Angelo, labor, P. J. Corbett, labor, 4moust earriedforward $19,324.59 3,232.63 $22,557.22 $1,506.45 2,171.59 3,232.63 $6,910,67 $500.00 730.50 65.84. 876.99 1.00 1.00 6.67 8.03 6.50 7.00 3.50 10.20 10.12 $2,228.25 125 Amount brought forward, A. Capro, labor, E. F. Deane, / F. A. Snow, laying pipe on Woburn and Lowell streets, L. A Saville, stamped envelopes, J. W. Griffin, smithing, Forest Hooper & Co., hose and plumbing, N. E.,Telegraph & Telephone Co., Mary C. Jackson, use of land, Interest coupons, M. F. Wilbur, hay and grain, Dececo Co., Corporation Cock, L. A. Austin, use of telephone, E. Hunnewell, express, Louis E. Hawes, civil engineer, Lexington Lumber Co., lumber and moulding, M. J. Drummond & Co., valves and repairs, W. E. Denham, carriage hire and repairs, C. E. Wheeler, printing, Lyman Lawrence, hardware, $2,228.25 23.00 64.86 1,697.02 52.56 28.13 285.87 27.89 75.00 10,334.00 96.33 11.20 .30 9.50 24.00 16.09 9.65 61.29 4.75 16.33 C. A. Claflin & Co., bronze packing, pipe cutter, 37.61 Boston & Maine R. R., freight, 47.10 Frank P. Cutter, civil engineer, 35.50 F. A. Houdlette & Son, hydrant and pipe, 601.87 Braman, Dow & Co., pipe, 22.91 Hersey Mfg. Co., meters, 58.50 Chadwick Boston Lead Co., lead, 60.66 Cyrus Martin, teaming, 12.50 Builder's Iron Foundry, fittings, 15.30 Laflin Rand Powder Co., powder, 13.50 Hays Mfg. Co., curb boxes and caps 25.01 American Powder Mills, powder, 5.00 D. J. Vaughan, pipe and labor, 4.17 Amount tarried forzvard, $16,000.65 126 Amouut brought forward, W. H. Burke, labor and stock, Coburn Stationery Co., billheads, Perrin, Seamans & Co., grate and jute, Locke, Stevens & Co., valves, T. Forsythe, teaming, D. J. O'Connor, painting wagon, Greenwood & Daggett Co., aquaphone, Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., repairs, Sumner Goodwin & Co., cocks, Metropolitan Water Board, water, National Meter Co., meters. B. Hadley's Sons, plumbing, John McKay, carpenter work, American Express Co., Peirce tir Winn Co., coal, G. W. Spaulding, oil, coal, etc., $16,000.65 38.15 8.00 2.83 15,00 8.25 15.00 2.50 .15 16.40 6,391.91 20.80 10.62 16.37 .30 1.50 9.79 $22,557.22 SUPPORT OF THE POOR. RECEIPTS. Balance unexpended 1903, Appropriated and assessed, 1904, Sale of 3 cows, Sale of produce, town farm, Highway department, board of horses, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, $2,879.07 911.97 $1,084.85 1,500.00 100.00 706.19 400.00 $3,791.04 $3,791.04 127 EXPENDITURES. R. H. White, Superintendent, R. H. White, sundries, Water department, G. W. Spaulding, groceries, W. E. Hayden, cow, George F. Teague, cow, A. Carson, fish, Forest, Hooper & Co., labor and repairs, C. G. Eaton, crackers and cheese, Lexington Fellowship Charities, services district nurse, M. F. Wilbur, grain, C. A. Butters & Co., groceries, R. W. Holbrook, groceries, A. M. Tucker, dry goods, N. E. Telegraph and Telephone Co., Lexington Hardware Co., soap, polish, rubber mats, H. V. Smith, clothing and paper, J. R. Ellis & Son, butter, corn, lard, beans, George H. Jackson, provisions, Peirce & Winn Co., coal, Lexington Lumber Co., lumber, W. L. Burrill, upholstering, J. A. Fratus, repairing spectacles, W. V. Taylor, groceries and provisions, Lexington Ice Co., Lyman Lawrence, hardware, Bailey Bros., wall paper, paint, paper, John MacKinnon, carpenter work, O. G. Seeley, medicines, Frank Nelson, shoes, Amount carried forward, $550.00 70.50 44.00 151,68 55.00 60.00 75.37 159.82 48.97 .50 193.55 150.84 121.00 86.77 29.65 6.57 28.75 110.00 163.38 126.26 39.81 9.00 .25 119.09 32.11 27.12 35.91 81.79 61.82 6.70 $2,636.21 128 Amount brought forward, $2,636.21 W. E. Denham, smithing, 9.62 De Veau Bros., labor and stock, 3.29 James S. Munroe, straw, 10.35 L. A. Austin, groceries, 110.81 John Tholdren, repairing shoes, 8.20 W. H. Bacon, straw, 8.20 J. W. Griffin, smithing, 9.99 C. M. Tupper, repairing and cementing stone wall, 6.50 A. Young & Co., provisions, 18.15 Massachusetts Ploughman, 4.00 Dr. H. B. Osgood, dentistry, 2.00 W. W. Reed, use pasture, 15.00 C. T. West, burial expenses Lydia Estabrook, 36.75 OUTSIDE AID. RECEIPTS. Unexpended balance, 1903, Appropriated and assessed for 1904, Lydia Estabrook refunded, Margaret Crowley refunded, Town East Bridgewater, J. McAvin, State Massachusetts, burial pauper, Sundry parties refunded, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, $3,325.38 285.78 $2,879.07 $276.16 3,000.00 44.00 144.00 120.00 15.00 12.00 $3,611.16 $3,611.16 129 EXPENDITURES. Aid furnished John Abbott, Aid furnished Daniel O'Leary, Aid furnished W. W. Hartwell and sister, Aid furnished T. Shea, Aid furnished B. Reardon, Aid furnished Mrs. Quincy Dean, Aid furnished Mrs. Fitzpatrick, Aid furnished Mrs. James King, Aid furnished Pherson children, Aid furnished Mrs. M. Ahearn, Aid furnished Margaret Crowley, Aid furnished A. A. Stimson and family, Aid furnished Mary Donovan, Aid furnished A. W. Day and family, Aid furnished J. McAvin, Aid furnished Mrs. S. K. Head, Aid furnished sundry parties, Aid furnished Maria G. Clark, Aid furnished James Clifford. Aid furnished Lyons children, Aid furnished Butcher children, Aid furnished Joseph M. Johnson, Aid furnished Martha Leighton, Aid furnished Mrs. Dennis Dinan, Aid furnished Katherine Hargrove, Aid furnished Lucy M. Johnson, Aid furnished Mrs. Dane, Aid furnished Thompson, Aid furnished M. Scannell, Aid furnished John D. O'Connell, Aid furnished, Nettie Abbott, Aid furnished, Mrs. J. Vaughn, Amount carried forward, $5.00 212.63 285.00 78.00 224.80 96.00 96.00 100.00 183.10 164.87 427.70 141.24 21.75 134.18 124.00 38.75 7.46 45.04 68.25 166.50 25.00 83.37 28.91 48.75 31.00 36.00 1.55 2.30 1.00 134.18 6.03 45.41 $3,063.77 130 Amount brought forward, Aid furnished, James A. Swinehammer, Aid furnished, Harriet L. Dane, Aid furnished, Mary Haley, Aid furnished, Mrs. Joseph Doyle, Aid furnished, Mary Springer, Aid furnished, T. W. Morey, Aid furnished, G. A. Cane, Paid C. H. Franks for conveying Martha Leighton to Tewksbury, Burial expenses of Joseph M. Johnson, Burial expenses of Herbert C. Mann, Burial expenses of Charles J. Berard, $3,063.77 53.71 48.40 12.00 8.88 30.00 15.00 5.77 FIRE DEPARTMENT. RECEIPT'S. Appropriated and assessed for 1904, Less overdraft 1903, Appropriated in 1902, assessed in 1904 for new hose, Receipts from street watering, use of horses, Excess of expenditures over receipts, EXPENDITURES. Philip A. Nellis, driver steamer, and extra, John H. Wright, driver chemical and extra, Pay roll, Engine No. 1, Pay roll, Hook and Ladder No. 1, Pay roll, Chemical and Hose 1, Amount carried forward, 7.85 34.00 15.00 31.00 $3,325.38 $750.00 750.00 325.00 240.62 353.09 $2,418.71 $5,800.00 650.58 $5,149.42 600.00 824.40 483.39 $7,057.21 '3' Amwent brought forward, Water Department, J. A. Veinotte, painting and varnishing Chemical 1, Benj. Hadley's Sons, repairs, J. H. Phillips, extra services and expenses, J. A. Veinotte, painting and varnishing Hose No. 1 and Hook and Ladder, Peirce & Winn Co., hay, straw, coal, J. E. Ricker, nozzle, J. Shangraw, care fire alarm, J. Shangraw, repairs fire alartn, E. Fuller, labor on hydrants, N. J. Pero, labor on hydrants, C. E. Berry, engine repairs, etc., H. K. Barnes, couplings, lamp, rubber garments and repairs, J. Malcolm Torrey, shoeing and smithing, R. W. Holbrook, grain, H. K. Barnes, 1000 ft. hose, Lexington Gas & Electric Co., fire alarm underground by contract, C. A. Butters & Co., grain, oil and lanterns, Lyman Lawrence, hardware, repairs, Lexington Gas & Electric Co., Thos. Forsythe, teaming, Henderson Bros., harness, F. C. Griffin, extra service chemical 1 0. G. Seeley, drugs, &c., J. W. Griffin, smithing, New England telephone & telegraph Co., E. A. Madden, labor on hydrants Lexington Hardware Co., hardware, J. Chrisholm, blankets, soap, repairs brushes $2,418.71 36.00 15.00 46.41 12.77 32.50 351.00 8.00 263.49 41.20 1.35 7.50 258.78 130.16 64.00 191.92 600.00 160.00 144.54 32.13 197.88 18.75 50.00 30.60 31.38 81.58 53.60. 3.50 4.98 31.05 Amount carried forward, $5,317.78 132 A nount brought forward, $5,317.78 Lexington Gas & Electric Co., removing wires fire alarm 59.73 Lexington Gas & Electric Co., steam for whistle 112.50 W. E Denham use horses and expressing J. Shangraw, automatic bell and repairs James A. Pratt, labor at engine house J. H. Frizelle & Son, coal L. F. Perkins, services, Solshine Manufacturing Co., polish, C. E. Wheeler, printing, Lexington Lumber Co., lumber, N. J. Pero, extra services engine house J. H. Phillips, painting, labor and lock repairs James M. Baker, hose carrier, George W. Taylor, engineer, W. H. Green, engineer, J. H. Philips, J.B. Campbell, smithing, Stuart Howland & Co., wire, Cyrus Martin, teaming hose, H. T. Jenness, painting, W. E. Decrow, fire alarm box and repairs P. Hennessey, services hook and ladder No. 1, American Express company, express, H. P. Boutell, lease of land, J. D. Johnson, extra services, L. A. Austin, • oil and can, G. W. Spaulding, oil, soap, wringer Sr laundry, Forest Hooper, Sr Co., galvanized iron, J. Mandigo, services, H. L. Alderman, veterinary services, F. 0. Robinson, hay, Thomas Forsythe, trimming horses, 388.30 28.75 2.00 14.50 9.38 5.25 7.25 19.48 4.00 29.03 6.00 37.50 37.50 56.88 14.50 8.80 3.50 13.30 119.99 14.05 3.75 15.00 2.00 5.20 9.70 1.40 2.00 23.00 52.27 2.00 Amount carried forward, $6,327.29 133 Amount brought forward, $6,327.29 Harry Richards, services, 3.12 W. A. Snow & Co., plank, 4.50 Boston Horse Mart, horse, 225.00 P. T. Gilloley, painting rubber coats, 2.75 A. M. Tucker, duck .32 G. M. Edgar, harness repairs 11.93 J. A. Veinotte, painting and lettering, 5.00 B. A. Russell, shoeing, 32.25 L. L. Pierce, veterinary services, 2.00 John C. Russell, labor, 6.00 I. F. Burnham, carrots, 1.80 J. H. Philips, carpenter and contract work, 57.88 John Halloran, charcoal, 5.25 M. F. Wilbur, straw, 19.26 L. H. Brockway, 1 horse, 225.00 Richard Dunn, hay, 17.36 John Rose, labor, 4.00 P. Moakley, labor, 2.00 M. A. Pero, shoeing, 4.50 CONTINGENT. RECEIPTS. Balance, 1903, Appropriated and assessed for 1904, Rent Masonic Hall, County Middlesex refunded widening Wo- burn street, Tax titles redeemed, C. F. Young, pool license, Rent Town Hall, Amount carricd forward, $7057.21 $2,580.59 1,000.00 150.00 360.00 31.33 2.00 324.00 $4,447.9.2 134 Amount brought forward, City of Cambridge, land taken, Town of Arlington, and taken, State of Massachusetts, military aid, F. G. Fletcher, auctioneer's license, C. E. Hadley, sealer weights and measures, Proceeds Town scales, Premiums returned, Pedlar's license, April 19th, Norumhega Park Co., license, Street Railway Co., refunded, Rent Village Hall, Amount expended, Balance, EXPENDITURES. $1,926.78 3,375.05 L. A. Saville, stamped envelopes, $119.49 Water department, 64.00 W. D. Brown, drawings school building, '23.06 A. A. Stimson, military aid, 60.00 N. E. Telegraph & Telephone Co., 81.98 C. P. Grimmer, floral design and Rowers, 80.00 G. W. Spaulding, floor oil, 3.65 R. W. Holbrook, rake, 1.25 C. P. Buckman & Co., draping Town Hall, 130.00 W. A. Carrie & Co., check book, 15.00 C. M. Parker, cattle inspector, 25.00 George H. Cutter, on account Meagher tax sale, 8.27 George D. Harrington, stationery, stamps, ink, express, 37.00 Amount carried forward, $648.70 $4,447.92 248.14 219.94 72.00 2.00 18.19 81.14 40.00 156,50 2.00 4.25 9,75 55,301.83 $5,301.83 135 Amount brou1 htforward American Express Co., W. B. Foster, distributing Warrants and Town Books, T. G. Whiting, distributing Town Reports, L. A. Austin, postage stamps, Forest, Hooper & Co., repairs at Town Hall, M. F. Bird & Co., resolutions engrossed and bound, Election officers, Williard D. Brown, relief plate, Leslie House, meals, town officers, J. H. Frizelle & San, use horse, R. W. LeBaron, changing lamps in Town Hall, J. H. Phillips, bicycle rack and labor, car- penter work, Stone Building, Thornas Burke, care Town Hall grounds, Benjamin Hadley's Sons, repairs at Village Hall, Lexington Hardware Co., hardware, Lexington Flag Pole Co., labor, Little, Brown & Co., town officer's book, C. E. Crowley, slating and repairs, John A. Fratus, repairing clock, E. Hunnewell, removing ashes, B. Campbell, repairs, Margaret M. Sanford, return of births, George B. Dennett, labor and sundries, Benjamin Hadley's Sons, labor on watering trough, H. L. Alderman, Inspector cattle, C. H. Franks, distributing warrants, L. A. Mstin, ri n ging noon bell, Amount carried forward, $648.70 6.66 15.50 10.00 22.92 22.22 56.00 96.00 6.18 41.50 2.00 4.70 16.57 27.00 10.90 7.20 35.00 4.00 3.00 5.00 7.00 4.50 .75 51,45 3.00 100.00 5.50 00 $1,247.25 136 Amount brought forward, Lexington Ice Co., Homer Albers, costs case Attorney General vs. Hutchinson, B. F. Murphy, dog license blanks, L. E. Hawes, Civil Engineer, W. B. Foster, pedler's licenses April 19, W. H. Switser, labor at Town Hall, E. C. Stone, services preparing town by-laws, E. A. Bayley, legal services, $75.00 E. A. Bayley, settling Worthen case, 250.00 Lyman Lawrence, hardware and repairs, A. P. Milne, Civil Engineer, De Veau Bros., carpenter work Town Hall, Lexington Lumber Co., lumber, Sampson & Murdock Co_, Boston Directory, John 0. Neil, labor cleaning brook, Carter's Ink Co., ink, R. M. Vale & Co., repairing flag, T. G. Whiting, labor on ball ground, W. E. Denham, barge hire, I. Palmer, collecting dog licenses, P. F. Dacey, mason work lockup, De Veau Bros., street tubs, Johnson, Clapp & Underwood, legal services, William Hall and Co., bolts, A. and E. Burton & Co., floor brush, Conant & Newhall, tally sheets, Robert S. Robson, repairing ballot box, C. E. Wheeler, distributing warrants, Middlesex Registry of Deeds, on account new street, Bailey Bros., lettering on boulder, Amount carried forward, $1,247,25 16.00 67.13 3.75 13.05 6.50 1.50 28.25 325.00 2.99 5.00 40.18 15.96 6.00 13.75 2.20 4.75 2.00 3.00 17.00 7.00 3.07 10.00 14.00 1.58 7.00 4.50 8.00 3.75 1.60 $1,880.76 137 Amount brought forward, C. E. Hadley, stamps and seal, C. T. West, returning thirty-four deaths, L. W. Muzzey, stamps, B. A. Russell, horse and team, C. S. Parker & Son, envelopes, etc., J. Henry Hartwell & Son, returning deaths, Transferred from school account, HIGH WAYS. RECEIPTS. $1,880.76 4.52 8.50 15.60 6.00 3.00 1.25 Balance unexpended, 1903, Appropriated and assessed for 1904, Taken from bank and corporation tax, E. P. Merriam, labor and material, A. C. Kilgour, crushed stone, Lexington & Boston Street R. R., crushed stone, J. F. Turner, 3 bound stones, R. P. Clapp, 4 bound stones, D. W. Davis, horse, Estate of Geo. 0. Smith, crushed stone, E. W. Glass, crushed stone, H. Plaff, Jr., crushed stone, Cary farm, crushed stone, Unitarian Society, crushed stone, C. C. Goodwin, crushed stone, Samuel Hartwell, crushed stone, A. E. Scott, crushed stone, W. L. Smith, crushed stone, J. M. Smith, crushed stone, $1,919.53 7.25 $1,926.78 $23.55 10,000.00 4,000.00 16.25 13.38 124.14 2.25 3.00 100.00 2.50 5.18 6-49 .70 17.29 5.92 7.23 8.64 3.71 2.05 Amount carriedfarward $14,342.28 138 Amount brought forward, $14,342.28 F. P. Kendall, crushed stone, 4.80 James Barnes, crushed stone, 8.85 Geo. W. Taylor, crushed stone, 9.30 George W. Taylor, 9 bound stones, 6.75 Lexington & Boston Street R. R. Co., excise tax, 542.30 F. Peabody, crushed stone, 1.56 H. T. Goold, crushed stone, 9.04 J. W. Hayden, Jr., crushed stone, 36.18 Geo. H. Reed, crushed stone, 9.02 A. E. Scott, crushed stone, 1.49 Lexington Gas & Electric Co., crushed stone and use of roller, 21.63 G. 0. Whiting, crushed stone, 4.43 J. P. Dailey, crushed stone, 6.86 B. C. Whitcher, crushed stone. 4.53 F. P. Kendall, crushed stone, 1.00 Hannah Hasseltine, crushed stone, 3.08 Excess of expenditures over receipts, 2,542.99 Ex D. Gorman, stone to crusher, J. L. Gallagher, stone to crusher, M. Carroll, stone to crusher, E. W. Glass, stone to crusher, F. P. Kendall, stone to crusher, J. S. Munroe, stone to crusher, C. H. Cutler, stone to crusher, J. C. Littlefield, stone to crusher, D. F. Hutchinson & Sons, stone to crusher, J. P. Dailey, stone to crusher,' W. H. Bacon, stone to crusher, French Bros., stone to crusher, $14.87 49.07 46.04 61.23 48.40 70.92 28.57 14.52 32.72 10.64 10.45 10.57 Amount carried forward, $898.00 $17,555.69 139 Amount brought forward, W. H. Whitaker, stone to crusher, A. E. Packard, stone to crusher, F. Beddington, stone to crusher, Jas. Dalrymple, stone to crusher, L. C. Sturtevant, stone to crusher, Jas. F. Kimball, stone to crusher, B. F. Holt, stone to crusher, T. G. Whiting, stone to crusher, Rollins & Bedell, stone to crusher, D. Evans, stone to crusher, F. Shumaker, stone to crusher, H. H. Tyler, stone to crusher, George N. Dean, stone to crusher, M. Powers, stone to crusher, John Butcher, stone to crusher, W. E. Carter, stone to crusher, J. A. Butcher, stone to crusher, Joseph Evans, stone to crusher, B. F. Bacon, stone to crusher, J. M. Smith, stone to crusher, George F. Hamlet, stone to crusher, Cary Farm, stone to crusher, 1'. G. Wliting, use of team, J. H. Frizeile, use of team, D. Gorman, use of team, James Dalrymple, use of team, E. W. Glass, use of team, F. P. Reynolds, use of team, W. H. Whitaker, use of team, M. Carroll, use of team, M. Hinchey, labor, C. Bryson, labor, J. Vaughan, labor, Amount carreedforward $398.00 92.81 30.66 25.34 20.79 80.76 69.21 60.25 35.25 8.11 38.88 46:18 3.00 44.07 36.32 47.54 23.37 50.65 77.71 4.45 11.55 41.48 16.25 156.25 78.75 111.25 15.76 80.00 122.50 113.75 24.50 5.00 30.00 50.00 $2,049.38 140 Amount broreght forward, J. Stewart, labor, John O'Neil, labor, J. H. Brown, labor, C. Watt, labor, M. A. Leal, labor, E. Connor, labor, C. A. Barr, labor, Lexington & Boston St. R. R. Co., gravel, John Gorman, gravel, S. B. Manning, gravel, Elvira H. Brown, gravel, B. F. Holt, gravel, W. E. Carter, gravel, T. Kinneen, gravel, Thos. Cosgrove, gravel, F. H. Reed, gravel, Herbert Nicoll, gravel, Geo. L. Pierce, weigher, M. F. Wilbur, hay and grain, Lexington & Boston St. R., paving J. W. Griffin, shoeing and smithing, Pay roll, A. B. Black, Agent, scraper, F. P. Reynolds, chestnut posts, J. S. Munroe, straw, C. A. Butters & Co., grain, E. B. McLalan, smithing, Lyman Lawrence, hardware, harness repairs, F. E. Ham, drag plank, W. E. Denham, smithing, M. Powers, straw, J. A. Veinotte, painting and varnishing buggy, $2,049.38 10.50 1.00 33.00 5.13 27.50 10.13 12.00 97.50 286.35 7.00 21.85 7.00 44.20 7.50 14.10 26.05 6.30 289.00 619.83 stones, 19.80 92.40 8,319.85 200.00 22.10 6 8.91 473.15 199.80 68.20 6.96 113.21 12.58 12.00 Amount carried forward, $13,124.28 141 Amount Brought forward, Forest, Hooper & Co., labor, Solshine Manufacturing Co., polish, Thomas Forsythe, trimming horse, Lexington Hardware Co., shovels, pickaxes, W. E. Denham, 2 -horse cart and repairs, George Wm. Waite Co., harness oil, E. W. Glass, use horse, R. W. Holbrook, salt, oil, C. W. Swan, mason work, C. W. Taylor, labor on roller, James Robertson, canvas, Boston & Maine R. R., freight, Lexington Lumber Co., drain pipe, cement, lumber, Pierce & Winn Co., coal to roller, Boston Molasses Co., 1 bbl. molasses, J. B. Campbell, sharpening picks, F. P. Cutter, civil engineer, John Stack, gravel, J. H. Frixeiie & Son, cleaning sidewalks, Ashton Valve Co., repairs, American Express Co., Lexington Gas & Electric Co., rainbow packing, E. Hunnewell, express, A. M. Wood & Co., maple roller, C. M. Tupper, stone work, John MacKinnon, carpenter work, Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co., grates, J. Chisholm, blankets, harness and repairs, W. A. Wood Co., engine oil, John H. Brown, engineer at crusher, Greenwood & Daggett Co., ring packing, Amount carried forward, $13,124.28 37.67 4.25 3.00 45.26 59.96 24.50 .75 1.55 13.53 534.00 1.32 3.73 266.75 460.84 6.98 7.20 53.00 6.15 2.50 5.70 1.65 3.50 2.75 2.50 128.50 71.64 63.87 78.40 25.40 225.51 3.60 $15,270.24 142 Amount Brought forward, Thomas Burke, labor on crossings, 0. G. Seeley, liniment, C. A. Claflin Co., waste, B. A. Russell, repairs steam roller, W. A. Morrison, oil, R. H. White, services, highway, H. L. Alderman, veterinary service, F. B. Shattuck, trimming trees, A. B. Black, agent, machinery and sundries, H. J. Shaw, machinery and labor, I3oston Broom Co., H. L. Bond Co., Ames shovels, Edgar Snow, horse, F. P. Reynolds, barrel molasses, A. L. Gray, repairs to roller, L. A. Austin, telephone, DeVeau Bros., carpentering, H. Malcom Torrey, smithing, George H. Sampson, forcite and caps, A. B. Black, agent, oil duct, P. T. Gillooley, painting signs, A. Ford & Sons, edgestones, A. M. Watch Tool Co., repairs on roller, John McKay, carpenter work, M. D. Jones & Co., sign posts, George F. Teague, sand, Lexington & Boston Street R. R. Co., sand, P. F. Dacey, mason work, F. P. Kendall, rent land for crusher, Edgar Snow, 2 horses, Water department, pipe, Water department, water, Pauper department, board horses, Amount carried forward, $15,270,24 6.00 6.85 12.10 1.90 15.75 175.00 12.00 15.23 142.87 140.51 4.00 5.36 270.00 6.68 3.50 .30 14.85 1.65 15.50 58.69 16.00 12.00 73.82 5.25 15.30 14.05 11.40 5.10 35.00 450.00 25.50 64.05 400.00 $17,297.45 143 Amount brought _fear ward, $17,297.45 Ames Plow Co., tools, 12.81 George W. Taylor, services supt. streets, 75.00 Estate of Edwin S. Spaluding services supt. streets 125.00 George W. Spaulding, oils, etc., 45.43 POLICE DEPARTMENT. RECEIPTS. Balance unexpended, 1903, Appropriated and assessed for 1904, Court fees at Concord Amount expended, Balance unexpended EXPENDITURES. C. H. Franks, services, P. J. Maguire, services, 1. Palmer, services, C. E. Wheeler, services, James Irwin, W. F. Sim, services, John D. Johnson, services Albert E. Haynes, services, C. A. Currier, services, George L. Pierce, services, E. D. McDonald, services, R. T. Montague, services, C. P. Ashley, services, $17,555.69 $307.49 4,500.00 557.38 $5364.87 $4,575.20 789.67 $5,364.87 $1,006.50 907.50 915.00 $250.00 915.00 220.00 17.50 12.50 12.50 43.75 22.50 15.00 10.00 Amount earned forward, $4,347.75 144 Amount drought forward, $4,347.75 P. J. Maguire, extra service and carriage hire 5.40 5.00 5.00 15.00 5.00 24.44 24.00 116.35 5.00 10.00 5.36 4.25 .75 1.90 P. T. Giilooly, services, John H. Brown, services, Thomas C. Buckley, services, E. W. 'Taylor, C. H. Franks, car fare, carriage hire, telephone C. H. Franks, meals for prisoners, N. E. Telephone and Telegraph Co., Leslie House, meals, Police dept city Boston inspectors 19th April, L. A. Saville, stamped envelopes, C. E. Wheeler, printing, W. E. Denham, carriage hire, P. J. Maguire, delivering notices, LIBRARIANS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1904, Overdraft, 1903, Extra appropriation, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, EXPENDITURES. $4,575.20 $1,600.00 116.88 $1,483.12 250.00 $1,733.12 51,893.26 39.86 $1,733.12 Marian P. Kirkland, $582.94 Helen E. Muxxey, 420.79 Barbara Mackinnon, 382.73 Emma O. Nichols, 300.00 Dorothy 13. Wentworth, 6.80 $1,693.26 145 REMOVAL OF SNOW. RECEIPTS. Unexpended balance, 1903, Appropriated and assessed, 1904, Excess of expenditures over receipts, EXPENDITURES. D. Gorman, labor, D. Silva, labor, J. Silva, labor, John O. Neil, labor, Thomas Burke, labor, H. B. Dalrymple, labor, F. Spellenberg, labor, B. Witthus, labor, W. J. Dalrymple, labor, John Butcher, labor, James Dalrymple, labor, C. M. Tupper, labor, J. L. Gallagher, labor and team, Alexander Currier, labor, G. C. Schofield, labor, John Lennon, labor, M. Carroll, labor, George W. Jameson, labor, Richard, Dunn, labor, John G. Graham, labor, James Bruce, labor, J. Holland, labor, D. F. Hutchinson & Sons, labor, Amount carried forward, $117.00 45.00 36.40 4.00 16.10 18.40 10.80 4.60 6.00 10.80 12.00 5.00 27.50 1.00 1.80 2.00 11.60 6.80 9.80 39.40 3.00 4.50 11.60 $405.10 $1,451.87 1,200.00 299.28 $2,550.95 10 146 Amount drought forwarrt, J. H. Frizelle & Son, use team and labor, F. P. Reynolds, use team and labor, French Bros., use team and labor, James S. Munroe, use team and labor, sand, Robert Porter, use team and labor, John Wyese, use team and labor, T. G. Whiting, use team and labor, E. W. Glass, use team and labor, J. H. Hargrove, use team and labor, J. P. Dailey, use team and labor, F. Maguire, use team and labor, Joseph Evans, use team and labor, L. C. Sturtevant, use team and labor, T. Kinneen, use of team and men, Pay roll, J. W. Griffin, smithing, A. B. Black, agent, snow plow, W. E. Denham, repairs, R. H. White, sand, B. A. Russell, repairs on plow, D. Gorman, removing snow from sidewalks and sanding, $405.10 80.22 28.75 96.22 47.26 42.65 27.60 11.25 33.75 20.00 6.65 16.80 24.50 48.80 100.20 1,347.60 11.60 110.00 13.65 50.25 15.50 FUEL AND LIGHTS. RECErrrS. Appropriated and assessed, 1904, Overdraft, 1903, Excess of expenditures over receipts, 12.60 $2,550.95 $1,500.00 389.86 $1,110.14 378.28 $1,488.42 147 ExPENnIru vs. Lexington Gas & Electric Co., Peirce & Winn Co., F. P. Reynolds, wood, T. G. Whiting, sawing wood, C. H. Cutler, Lucius A. Austin, charcoal, John Halloran charcoal, INTEREST. RE cEuvrs. Appropriated and assessed, 1904, Less overdraft, 1903. $990.13 466.57 ` 17.37 2.00 6.50 .60 5.25 Fourth National Bank and state of Massachusetts, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, EXPENDITURES. State of Massachusetts, C. T. West, treasurer, Beale fund, Estabrook & Co., Lexington Savings Bank, Fourth National Bank, C. T. West, treasurer, Bridge fund, F. S. Piper, treasurer, Cary Library, Gammeli legacy, Hannah T. Carrett, Cemetery trust fund, H. A. C. Woodward, Gilmor fund, $1,488.42 $8,000.00 1,975.91 $6,024.09 459.67 $6,483.76 $6,269.55 214.21 $2,439.50 120.00 1,320.57 1,093.75 8.33 120.00 330.00 85.00 330.00 447.40 25.00 $0,483.76 148 CEMETERIES. RECEIPTS Balance unexpended 1903, Appropriated and assessed, 1904, C. Wellington, single grave, A. E. Norris, lot 161,x, S. N. Ellison, lot 145, Excess of expenditures over receipts, EXPENDITURES. G. W. Spaulding, lawn mower, salt, paint brushes, tools, L. H. Wilson, Iabor, A. Wilson, labor, P. Mulvey, loam, Thomas Burke, labor in Old Cemetery, J. Hughes, labor, K. Mackenzie, painting buildings, E. W. Glass, breaking out and filling, E. W. Glass, stone sold Tupper, C. M. Tupper, labor, George H. Jackson, sand, Water department, Edward Wood, rock maples, $46.41 25.75 161.00 1.50 50.00 3.50 33.00 17.40 35.00 130.00 1.50 15.00 4.00 STREET WATERING. RECEIPTS. Balance unexpended 1903, Appropriated and assessed 1904, Lexington & Boston Street R. R., watering Bedford street, From street watering tax, Excess of expenditures over receipts, $143.16 200.00 5.00 50.00 45.00 80.90 $524.06 $524.06 $122.26 1500.00 500.00 828.55 22.98 $6,269.55 $2,773.79 149 EXPENDITURES. W. E. Denham, repairs to. sprinkler, W. E. Denham, set new sprinkler attach- ment, J. L. & H. K. Potter, hose, Cyrus Martin, watering, J. H. Frixelle, use team and labor, J. W. Griffin, pole to water cart, Fire department, street watering, Water department, water, 150 Amount broughtforward, $29.45 J. W. Griffin, tank indicator and teaming, J. 0. Tilton, services, A. B. Smith, services, J. 0. Tilton, clerk, 0. G. Seeley, chemicals, 138.00 5.40 403.55 5.00 5.00 824.40 1,362.99 BOARD OF HEALTH. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed, 1904, Overdraft, 1903, Excess of expenditures over receipts, EXPENDITURES. J. L. Cassidy, inspecting plumbing, D. H. Chadwick, professional services, J. W. Griffin, repairs and tires, A. A. Marshall, fumigating, W. E. Denham, horse hire, W. H. Burke, repairs, C. H. Franks, services, 0. G. Seeley, telephone and expense of messenger, Amount carried forward, $122.50 38.00 26.75 17.50 1.00 36.65 50.00 16.76 $309.15 $2,773.79 $600.00 84.53 $615.47 43.23 $558.70 STATE AID. Unexpended balance, 1903, State of Massachusetts, Amount expended, Baiance unexpended; Thomas Cosgrave, Benjamin R. Deane, George Prescott, Joseph A. Austin, Emrna J. Leavitt, Mary Cosgrove, Margaret Crowley, Abigail T. Richardson, Louisa Edwards, Mary C. Austin, Susan F. Dearborn, Samuel Moulton, RECEIPT'S. EXPENDITURES. $309.16 101.60 50.00 50.00 40.00 8.05 $538.00 . 42.00 $72.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 28.00 6.00 $558.76 $36.00 544.00 $580.00 $580.00 $538.00 151 TEM PORARY LOAN. RacEIP rs. Balance outstanding, February 8 borrowed, February 18 borrowed, February 23 borrowed, March 8 borrowed, March 24 borrowed, April 21 borrowed, August 1 borrowed, November 1 borrowed, November 1 borrowed, December 27 borrowed, Paid, Balance outstanding, EXPENDITURES. Feb. 18, paid, Feb. 23, paid, April 8, paid, Aug. 1, paid, Sept. 8, paid, Oct. 5, paid, Nov. 1, paid, Nov. 25, paid, Dec. 21, paid, $53,000.00 5,000.000 10,000.000 15,000.000 2,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 $145,000.00 90,000.00 $55.000.00 $10,000.00 15,000.00 2,000.00 18,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 $90,000.00 152 NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDING RECEIPTS. State of Mass. loan, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, $27,000.00 $26,365.69 644.31 $27,000.00 EXPENDITURES. Anna G. Harris, land, 3,000.00 Geo. H. Reed, examining title, 11.65 G. W. Sampson, insurance, 250.00 E. W. Pitman, contractor, 18,283.65 Johnson, Clapp & Underwood, legal services, 10.00 A. P. Milne, civil engineer, 23.00 Fuller & Warren Co., heating apparatus, 1,489.60 Forest, Hooper & Co., plumbing, 800.00 Willard D. Brown, architect, 500.00 John P. Dailey, grading, 1,200.00 Lexington Hardware Co., hardware, 371.75 Lexington Gas & Electric Co., wiring and extras, 121.00 F. A. Walker & Co., cups, 1.15 A. M. Tucker, towels and crash, 5.01 E. Hunnewell, freight and express, .50 O. G. Seeley, thermometers and brooms, 8.70 Paine Furniture Co., table and chairs, 35.00 Knight & Thomas, extinguishers, 40.50 Wakefield Rattan Co., Co., mats, 30.53 H. A. Shepard & Co., toilet paper, 6.25 American School Furniture Co., umbrella racks, 19.00 R. H. White Co., rug, 10.76 W. B. Badger & Co., desks and chairs, 81.60 Allen Shade Roller Co., shades, 51.00 T. Forsythe, freight and teaming, 5.04 $26,355.69 153 STREET LIGHTS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1904, Less overdraft 1903, Excess of expenditures over receipts, ExPENDrrtJRES. Lexington Gas Sr Electric Co., £6,255.68 JANITORS. RECEIPTS. Balance unexpended, 1903, Appropriated and assessed, 1904, Excess of expenditures over receipts, EXPENDITURES. George B. sennet, J. H. Phillips, $6,200.00 11.01 $6,188.99 66.69 $6,255.68 $15.24 80.0.00 9.76 $825.00 700.00 125.00 $825.00 INSURANCE. RECEIPTS. Balance unexpended, 1903, $600.04 Niagara Fre Insurance Co. returned premiums, 27.33 G. W. Sampson returned premiumns, 133.32 Amount expended Balance unexpended $760.69 $366.00 394.69 $760.69 154 EXPENDITURES. G. W. Sampson, G. W. Taylor, Niagara Fire Insurance Co., Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Co., L. A. Saville, SELECTMEN. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed, 1904 Amount expended, Balance unexpended EXPENDITURES. E. C. Stone, Estate of E. S. Spaulding, George W. Taylor, $37.50 93.76 93.75 127.50 13.50 $366.00 333.34 $300.01 33.33 $333.34 $133.34 66.67 100.00 SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed, 1904, Amount expended Balance unexpended H.A. C. Woodward George W. Taylor, Estate of E. S. Spaulding, EXPENDITURES. $296.29 37.04 $300.0I $333.33 $338.33 • $296.29 155 OVERSEERS OR THE POOR. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1904, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, EXPENDITURES. H. A. C. Woodward, Geo. W. Taylor, Estate of E. S. Spaulding, TOWN CLERK. RECEIPTS. Balance unexpended, 1903, Appropriated and assessed in 1904, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, EXPENDITURES. $300,00 33.33 $333.33 $333.33 $133.33 100.00 66.67 --$300.00 $67.70 309.00 $367.70 $354,70 13.00 $886.15 156 ASSESSORS. RECEIPTS Balance unexpended for 1903, Appropriated and assessed for 1904, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, $151.22 750.00 $901.22 $886.15 15.07 ExPENDrrURES. Geo. H. Cutter, labor registrar deeds $27.00 F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., books, 6.20 H. V. Smith, stationery, 1.Q0 Hooper, Lewis & Co., tax books, 4.75 L. D. Hott, stationery, 29.25 Wright & Potter, printing, 3.50 C. E. Wheeler, printing 9.75 W. E. Denham, team, 14.50 Geo. H. Cutter, salary 200.00 E. S. Locke, salary and clerk 300.00 C. G. Kauffmann, salary, 200.00 4. A. Davis, Jr. & Co., printing, 28.50 Horace J. Stevens, list of Copper Co. share- holders 5.70 E. S. Locke, copying valuation and taxes, 1904, 53.00 Geo. H. Tuttle, examining title, 3.00 $901.22 $3417.70 Geo. D. Harrington, recording births, deaths and marriages, $54.70 Geo. D. Harrington, services, 300.00 $354.70 TREASURER CARY LIBRARY. RECEIPTS. Balance unexpended for 1903, Appropriated and assessed for 1904, Amount expended $50.00 Balance unexpended 10.00 $10.00 50.00 $60.00 $60.00 1.57 ExPENDITUREs. Fred 5. Piper, $41.67 Hannah T. Carrett, 8.33 REGISTRARS OF VOTERS. R ECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1904, ExPEND1Tu1Es. W. F. Caldwell, Joseph P. Ryan, George W. Sampson, George D. Harrington, $25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 TOWN PHYSICIANS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1904, EXPENDITURES. H. C. Valentine, M. D., $75.00 AUDITORS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1904, EXPENDITUTES. H. B. Sampson, H. Eugene Tuttle, $50.00 50.00 $50.00 $100.00 $100.00 $75.00 $100.00 $100.00 I58 TOWN TREASURER. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1904, EXPENDITURES. George D. Harrington, $600.00 Field & Cowles, premium on bond, 51.00 COLLECTOR OF TAXES. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed, 1904, Less overdraft, 1903, Amount expended, $800.00 Balance unexpended, 34.00 EXPENDITURES. Loring W. Muzzey, $800.00 CLERK SCHOOL COMMITTEE. RECEIPTS. Balance unexpended, 1903, Appropriated and assessed, 1904 Amount expended, $50.00 Balance unexpended, 8.33 EXPENDITURES. F. A. Macdonald, $50.00 $651.00 $651.00 $840.00 6.00 $834.00 $834.00 $8.33 50.00 $58.33 $58.33 159 WATERING TROUGHS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1904, $75.00 ExPL.lD1rURES. Water Department, $75.00 TRIMMING TREES. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed, 1904, Less overdraft, 1903, Excess of expenditures over receipts, EXPEND1TUREs. H. L. Frost & Co., labor on trees, $302.30 J. H. Frixelle & Son, teaming, 42.51 C. Wellington, services, 93.70 J. W. Cook & Co., tree protectors, 48.55 Fred B. Shattuck, labor, 582.38 J. W. Griffin, smithing, .45 Lyman Lawrence, pruner, 1.80 E. Hunnewell, teaming, 36.50 J. B. Campbell, smithing, 1.25 American Express Co., burlap, .40 $1,200.00 684.76 $515.24 594.60 $1,109.84 $1,109.84 16o ENFORCEMENT LIQUOR LAW. RECEIPTS. Balance unexpended, 1908, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, EXPENDITURES. Frank H. Noyes, services and expenses, Emery, Booth & Powell, legal services, $265.34 41.76 $234.00 31.34 GAMMELL LEGACY. RECEIPTS. $307.10 $307.10 $265.34 Balance unexpended, 1903, $150.46 Interest, 35.00 Amount expended, Balance unexpended, $185,46 $12.89 172.57 EXPENDITURES. W. V. Taylor, $11.49 J. L. Janelle & Co., 1.40 CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS INTEREST. $185.46 $12.89 Balance, 1903, $639.80 Interest paid by Town of Lexington on fund, 1904, 447.40 Amount expended, Balance unexpended, $1,087.20 $418.73 668.47 $1,087,20 I61 EXPENDITURES. G. W. Spaulding, seed fertilizer and sundries, A. S. McDonald, flowers, A. Wilson, labor, A. Van Valkenberg, labor, K. Mackenzie, labor, John Hughes, labor, L. H. Wilson, labor, Thomas Burke, labor, M. Keane, labor, Edward Wood, plants and flowers, PRINTING. RECEIPTS. Unexpended balance, 1903, Appropriated and assessed, 1904, Amount expended, Balance unexpended EXPENDITURES $11.48 9.00 210.50 28.00 5.00 5.25 21.00 40.00 39.00 49.50 C. E. Wheeler, printing, Patrick Flynn, printing, C. S. Parker & Sons, printing, Estabrook Press, printing reports Estabrook press, extra school report, Conant & Newhall election sheet, C. S. Parker & Sons, ballots, register of voters, $418.73 $165.48 500.00 665.48 $464.55 200.93 $665.48 $73.60 16.25 4.00 285.65 10.85 4.00 90.20 $404.55 11 162 SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed, 1904, EXPENDITURES. Charles E. Hadley, salary $100.00 WIDENING MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE. Unexpended balance, 1903, Amount expended Balance unexpended Mary C. O'Hara, RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURES. HYDRANTS RECEIPTS. Unexpended balance, 1903, Appropriated and assessed, 1904 Amount expended Balance unexpended EXPENDITURES 90.00 33.00 $90.00 $100.00 $100.00 $123.00 $123.00 $33.00 4,200.00 $4,233.00 $4,072.00 161.00 $4,233.00 Water department, $4,072.00 163 HASTINGS PARK. RECEIPT'S. Unexpended balance, 1903, Appropriated and assessed, 1904, M. Powers, grass, Amount expended $24.00 Balance unexpended 53.52 Thomas Burke, labor, EXPENDITURES. 19th OF APRIL. RECEIPTS. Unexpended balance, 1903, Appropriated and assessed, 1904, $24.00 Amount expended $50.00 Balance unexpended 97.27 EXPENDITURES, Lexington Drum corps $50.00 $32.52 25.00 20.00 $77.52 $77.62 $47.27 100.00 $147.27 164 SIDEWALKS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed 1904, Less overdraft 1903, Excess of expenditures over receipts, EXPENDITURES. Geo. H. Lowe, concreting, D. F. Tripp, concreting, MEMORIAL DAY. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed 1904, EXPENDTTURES. George G. Meade Post 119, CARE COMMON. RECE1PTs. $147.27 Appropriated and assessed 1904, Excess of expenditures over receipts, EXPENDITURES. G. W. Spaulding, fertilizer, Thomas Burke, labor, $30.00 200.00 $800.00 309.09 $490.91 448.35 $939.26 $ 327.18 612.08 $939.2$ $200.00 $200.00 $200.00 30.00 $230.40 $230.00 165 CARY LIBRARY. RECEIPTS. Received from County Treasurer, dog tax, $663.86 EXPENDITURES. Paid Treasurer Cary Library, $663.36 CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS. RECEcrrs. Henrietta J. Dow, Charles T. West, Estate of George E. Whittum, Estate of George H. Thurston, The sum now in trust amounts to $9,210.00. TAXES. RECEIPTS. Loring W. Muzzey, collector, 1899, Loring W. Muzzey, collector, 1900, Loring W. Muxxey, collector, 1901, Loring W. Muzzey, collector, 1902, Loring W. Muzzey, collector, 1903, Loring W. Muzzey, collector, 1904, $100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 $400.00 $285.00 640.75 562.48 8,587.85 24,239.29 75,834.16 $110,149.03 166 TOWN DEBT. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1904, $15,200.00 Assessed, 3,000.00 Water bonds refunded, 10,000.00 Water bonds redeemed, Metropolitan water loan, New High School, Paid County Treasurer, Paid State'l'reasurer, EXpENrirruaEs. COUNTY TAX. STATE 'TAR. SEWER TAX. $28,200.00 $16,000.00 2,200.00 10,000.00 $4)5,200.00 $6,320.28 $4,67 5.00 Paid State Treasurer, $2,483.43 STATE HIGHWAY TAX. Paid State Treasurer, $140.80 167 BANK AND CORPORATION TAX. RECEIPTS. Unexpended' balance, 1903, $4,979.08 State of Mass., corporation tax, 10,847:31 Bank tax, 2,832.35 Street railway tax, 498.76 Amount expended, Balance unexpended, EXPENDITURES. $19,157.50 $14,000.00 5,157.50 $19,157.50 Transferred to highways by vote of the Town, 14,000.00 Deducted by assessors, 10,000 $14,000.00 DISCOUNT ON TAXES. RECEIPTS. Balance unexpended 1902, L. W. Muzzey, interest on taxes, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, EXPEmDITURES. $74422 1,111.50 $1,855.72 $927.21 928.51 $1,855.72 Certificate of Collector, $927.21 168 ABATEMENT OF TAXES. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed 1904, $600.00 Overlay ings, 2,094.13 Supplementary, 53.33 Amount expended, Balance unexpended, EXPENDITURES. Overdraft 1903, Abatements certificate assessors, RECAPITULATION. CASH RECEIPTS. $2,747.46 $2,362.20 385.26 $2,747.46 $627.73 1,734.47 $2,362.20 Cash oh hand Jan. 1, 1904, $4,712.74 Schools, 1,315.66 Water Department, 18,324.59 Support of the Poor, 1,206.19 Outside aid, 335.00 Fire Department, 824.40 Contingent, 1,721.24 Highways, 989.15 Police Department, 557.38 Interest, 459.67 Cemeteries, 100.00 Amount carried forward, $30,546.02 169 Amount brought forward, Street watering, State aid, Temporary loan, New Primary School Building, Insurance, Gammen legacy, Cemetery Trust Fund, interest, Hastings Park, Cary Library, dog tax, Cemetery Trust Fund, Taxes, Town debt, Bank and Corporation tax, Discount on taxes, CASH EXPENDITURES. Schools, Water department. Support of the poor, Outside aid, Fire department, Contingent, Highways, Police department, Librarians, Removal of snow, Fuel and lights, Interests, Cemeteries, $30,546.02 1,128.55 544.00 92,000.00 27,000.00 160.65 35.00 447.40 20.00 663.36 400.00 110,149.03 10,000.00 14,178,42 1,111.50 $288,383.93 $29,544.27 22,557.22 2,879.07 3,325.88 7,067.21 1,919.53 17,555.69 4,575.20 1,693.26 2,550.95 1,488.42 6,269.55 524.06 Amount earned forward, $101,939.81 170 Amount brought forward, Street watering, Board of Health, State aid, Temporary loan, New Primary school building, Street lights, Janitors, Insurance, Selectmen, Surveyors of Highways, Overseers of Poor, Town Clerk, Assessors, Treasurer Cary Library, Registrars of Voters, Town Physician, Auditors, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Clerk School Committee, Watering troughs, Trimming trees, Enforcement liquor law, Gammall legacy, Cemetery Trust Funds interest, Printing, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Widening Mass. avenue, Hydrants, Hastings Park, 19th of April, Sidewalks, Memorial Day, $101,989.81 2,773.79 558.70 538.00 90,000.00 26,355.69 6,255.68 825.00 366.00 800.01 296.29 300.00 854.70 886.15 50.00 100.00 75.00 100.00 641.00 800.00 50.00 75.00 1,109.84 265.34 12.89 418.73 464.55 100.00 90.00 4,072.00 24.00 50.00 939.26 200.00 Amount carried forward, $241,397.43 171 Amount brought forward, $241,397.43 Care Common, 230.00 Cary Library, 663.36 Town debt, 28,200.00 County tax. 6,320.23 State tax, 4,675.00 Sewer tax, 2,483.43 State highway tax, 140.80 Balance Jan. 1, 1905, ,273.68 X288,383.93 HILMAN B. SAMPSON, HENRY E. TUTTI..E, Auditors. REPORTS OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON For the Year 1904. MARLBOROUGH, MASS.: THE ESTABROOK PRESS, PRINTERS AND BINDERS, FRYE BLOCK, 1905. SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1904. REV. LORENZO D. COCHRANE, MRS. HANNAH T. CARRET, REV. FORRESTER A. MACDONALD, DR. FRED S. PIPER, MR. WILLARD D. BROWN, MISS SARAH E. ROBINSON, MR. FRANCIS J. GARRISON, Term expires 1905. Tenn expires, 1905. Term expires, 1906. (Resigned.) Term expires, 1905. Term expires 1907. Term expires 1907. HENRY W. PORTER, Superintendent of Schools and Principal of High School. Residence, Russell House, Massachusetts Avenue. ORGANIZATION. REV. L. D. COCHRANE, Chairman. REV. F. A. MACDONALD, Secretary. MR. F. J. GARRISON, Treasurer. SUB -COMMITTEES. FINANCE. F. J. Garrison, Sarah E. Robinson, (Fred S. Piper), W. D. Brown. RULES AND REGULATIONS. Hannah T. Carret, F. A. Macdonald. COURSFS OF STUDY AND TEXT -BOOKS. (Fred S. Piper,) Sarah E. Robinson, L. D. Cochrane, W. D. Brown. 4 BUILDINGS. F. J. Garrison, (Fred S. Piper,) W. D. Brown. HIGH SCHOOL. F. A. Macdonald, F. J. Garrison. HANCOCK SCHOOL. Sarah E. Robinson, (Fred S. Piper,) W. D. Brown. ADAMS SCHOOL. Hannah T. Carret, L. D. Cochrane. Regular meetings of the committee are held on the first Tuesday evening of each month in Cary Hall, and on the third Tuesday in the High School. Truant Officer, Charles E. Wheeler, No school signal (three blows, repeated three times) sounded as follows : 7.15 A. M., no school, morning session, all schools. 7.45 A. M., no school, morning session, Grammar and Primary schools. 11.30 A. M., no school, afternoon session, all schools. SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1905. Winter term closes Wednesday, March 22. Spring term opens Wednesday, March 29. Spring term closes Friday, June 23. Fall term opens Wednesday, September 16. Fall term closes Friday, December 22. Winter term opens Tuesday, January 2, 1906. Holidays : Saturdays, Thanksgiving day with the day following, Washington's birthday, Nineteenth of April, Memorial Day, and Seventeenth of June. 5 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1904. To the Citizens of Islington: Your School Board in submitting its report for the year would refer, as it did last year, to the report of the Superintendent for matters concerning administration, and for discussion of the theory and practice of our school system. That report will show a gratifying gain in the school attendance. It is pleasing to note that with the large increase of school member- ship there has been a coincident rise in the per cent of scholars present through the year. Our last report called upon parents and guardians to help foster regularity in attendance. We are therefore glad to acknowledge the aid that has been rendered, and encouraged to ask that still further advance may mark the coming year. The additional facilities afforded by the erection of the new build- ing have been most welcome, and have relieved the unfavorable conditions that prevailed before that school was provided. Statistics of school population, membership, and attendance will be found in the Superintendent's report. In July Dr. Fred S. Piper resigned his position on the Board. His resignation was accepted with regret, and the Board hereby expresses its appreciation of the unremitting interest and activity with which he filled his place. He served the town faithfully in its school affairs when the Board consisted of three members, and the experience and the interest that he brought from those days made him a valued member of the enlarged Board of six. Mr. Willard 1). Brown succeeded Dr. Piper, and is now filling the places made vacant by the resignation of his predecessor. 12 6 The Board acknowledges these gifts : from the Ninth Grade a picture of Canterbury Cathedral, and two views of the Parthenon ; from the Senior Class of the High School the frieze "The Tri- umph of Alexander" ; the Clapp Prizes, which were awarded this year to Edward Reed for excellence in oral English, and to Miss Helen Parks far excellence in English composition ; a beautiful set of Shakespeare from the Shakespeare Club. Our corps of teachers has continued to give faithful service, There have been some changes through resignation, two having so left, whose places, however, their successors are filling admirably. The Superintendent, by the constant exercise of his supervisory powers, and his alert and progressive ideas of school matters, has led the schools along a distinctly upward way. It remains to submit the financial exhibit for the year : SCHOOL EXPENDITURES Teachers' salaries, Transportation, Fuel and care, Truant Officer, Supplies, Sundries, Repairs, Permanent Improvements, INCOME. Appropriation for 1.904, From out-of-town pupils, From rent of High School lecture room, Deficit, Fox 1904. $16,796.75 3,214.25 5,204.73 47.09 1,800.76 644.42 1,174.03 183.09 $29,015.12 $27,500.00 773.76 20.00 28,293.76 $721.36 7 It will be observed that the expenditures for 1904 have exceeded the appropriation and receipts by $721.36, but we must point out that this includes the cost of coal and janitor for the new Primary School, an item not provided for in our estimate or in the appropri- ation for the year, as the Town had not then voted to erect the building. If, therefore, we deduct this cost ($538.61), our excess of expenditure is only $182.75, and an extraordinary and unexpected expense of $800 on the Hancock School furnaces will more than account for this. It was found at the end of the spring term that the furnaces were so worn as to require very extensive repairs to put them in proper condition, and this could no longer be postponed. For the year now opening we have to request an appropriation of thirty-one thousand five hundred dollars ($31,500), based on the following estimates, which have been made with the utmost care and reduced to the lowest figures warrantable : ESTIMATES FOR 1905. Teachers' salaries, Transportation, Fuel and care, Truant Officer, Supplies, Sundries, Repairs, Permanent improvements, Less income from outside pupils, $18,800.00 3,400.00 6,700.00 75.00 1,800.00 600.00 400.00 325.00 $32,100.00 600.00 $31,500.00 LORENZO D. COCHRANE, HANNAH T. CARRET, FORRESTER A. MACDONALD, WILLARD D. BROWN, SARAH E. ROBINSON, FRANCIS J. GARRISON. 8 REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. • LEXINGTON, MASS., Dec. 31, 1904. 7o the School Committee of Lexington: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. -It gives me pleasure to present to you my third report upon our public schools. This report is the nine- teenth in the series of annual reports of the Superintendent of Schools. At the end of this report will be found the report of the Truant Officer, the "Roll of Honor," a list of last year's graduates from our High School and from our Grammar Schools, a copy of the Course of Study adopted for use in the High School, and a table showing the attendance statistics for the year 1904 : SCHOOL POPULATION. The following table shows the number of pupils in our schools during the fall term of 1904, and it shows also their distribution by buildings and by rooms : 9 10 The enrolment during the fall term of 1903 was 853. By the preceding table it is seen to be 905 for 19114, an increase of 52 in the last year. This increase is not confined to any one section of the town, but it is general throughout all our schools. There is every reason to expect a similar increase in numbers next year, so that we shall probably have an enrolment of about 950 next Sep- tember. An examination of our school attendance of recent years shows that the yearly increase in the number of pupils has continued with- out exception. It was pointed out in last year's Annual Report that the increase was a trifle over 25 per cent. in the five years from 1898 to 1903. It is interesting to note that in the last fourteen years our average membership has been more than doubled, being increased from 380 in 1890 to 802 in 1904. During this period our school membership has increased much faster, proportionally, than has the population of our town, which was 3197 according to the census of 1890, while it is now in the vicinity of 4400—an increase of about 37 per cent. The explanation of this difference in the rate of increase is found in the fact that children as a rule stay in school longer now than they formerly did. This is due in part to Legisla- tion, for children are now required by law to attend school until they reach the age of fourteen. It is due also to better conditions in the schools themselves, for recent years have seen an improve- ment in school accommodations and equipment, in teaching, in methods of discipline, and in courses of study' Increased expendi- ture of care and money on the public schools has brought increased efficiency, and this has resulted in greater appreciation of their worth, and in an extension of their usefulness in the community. And this tendency should continue. The enjoyment of our school buildings, provided and maintained at public expense, should not be restricted to children oMy, and then for the traditional five hours per day, for five days per week, and for but forty weeks in the year. 1Vays must be devised for extending their usefulness; they should be in use for rnore hours per day, and for more days in the year. They should .1so be made to serve directly the interests of grown Grade. d tiE V F8 f. d 8.. g5 �. . � 6g V Li e a o 8 to' 1xy 0.. HIGH SCHOOL. Henry W. Porter, Prin .. Clarence H. Knowlton Grace P. French... X -XIII 110 109 104.5 101 0 S. Alice Bigelow Mary G. Woodfin Alice Woodward IX 48 46 46.8 46 0 F. Helene Mayo VIII 39 38 87. 38 1 Totals for Building 197 198 188.8 185 1 HANCOCK SCHOOL. Gertrude W. Carleton, Prin VII 53 45 44.6 48 8 Edith L. Daniels VII -VI 50 48 41.6 40 7 Sara R. Skerry V 50 48 46.3 44 2 Emma E. Wright V -IV 55 50 48.3 48 3 Lucretia F. Hatch III 51 46 46. 42 4 Elizabeth Merrill II 43 42 40. 40 0 Jennie F. Blodgett II -I 52 43 42.3 41 8 Marion L. Rogers E 46 42 38.3 32 4 Totals for Building 400 369 347.4 330 36 NEW PRI MARY SCHOOL. Emma A. Robertson, Prin VI -V 44 41 41.1 40 8 Neva G. Mitchell IV 44 43 41.3 42 1 Gertrude Pierce III 48 40 36.6 40 9 Ethel M. Harding II 43 43 41. 40 0 Amelia M. Milliken I 38 33 33. 36 1 Totals for Building 215 200 193.0 197 14 ADAMS SCHOOL. Augusta A. Jackson, Prin. VIII -VII -VI 32 30 28.2 28 0 Melva Perin. V -IV 88 30 33.4 30 0 Gertrude H. Dacey IV -III 38 37 33.3 31 0 Carrie F. Fiske II -I ii 55 50 47.2 49 4 161 153 142.1 138 4 Totals for Building Totals for Town 973 905 870.9 850 55 Counted twice in Lexington, 55 Total number of different pupils, 918 The enrolment during the fall term of 1903 was 853. By the preceding table it is seen to be 905 for 19114, an increase of 52 in the last year. This increase is not confined to any one section of the town, but it is general throughout all our schools. There is every reason to expect a similar increase in numbers next year, so that we shall probably have an enrolment of about 950 next Sep- tember. An examination of our school attendance of recent years shows that the yearly increase in the number of pupils has continued with- out exception. It was pointed out in last year's Annual Report that the increase was a trifle over 25 per cent. in the five years from 1898 to 1903. It is interesting to note that in the last fourteen years our average membership has been more than doubled, being increased from 380 in 1890 to 802 in 1904. During this period our school membership has increased much faster, proportionally, than has the population of our town, which was 3197 according to the census of 1890, while it is now in the vicinity of 4400—an increase of about 37 per cent. The explanation of this difference in the rate of increase is found in the fact that children as a rule stay in school longer now than they formerly did. This is due in part to Legisla- tion, for children are now required by law to attend school until they reach the age of fourteen. It is due also to better conditions in the schools themselves, for recent years have seen an improve- ment in school accommodations and equipment, in teaching, in methods of discipline, and in courses of study' Increased expendi- ture of care and money on the public schools has brought increased efficiency, and this has resulted in greater appreciation of their worth, and in an extension of their usefulness in the community. And this tendency should continue. The enjoyment of our school buildings, provided and maintained at public expense, should not be restricted to children oMy, and then for the traditional five hours per day, for five days per week, and for but forty weeks in the year. 1Vays must be devised for extending their usefulness; they should be in use for rnore hours per day, and for more days in the year. They should .1so be made to serve directly the interests of grown II people in the community, many of whom would gladly take advan- tage of an opportunity for self improvement if it were provided for them. I think that the public school is an agency through which such an opportunity should be provided. SCHOOL AL'ConiMODATIONS. Lexington is at present well provided with accommodations for its schoolchildren. The new High School will afford ample provision for its pupils for many years to come. The erection of the new Primary School solves the problem of accommodating our Primary and Grammar School children for the present. This new building was started late last spring; but the work was pushed forward with great rapidity, and the building was ready for occupancy in October. Before the opening of this building, the classes which were to be transferred to it were temporarily housed in the Hancock and High School buildings. The building itself • is of wood, simple and unpretentious, and it contains six class rooms besides teacher's rooms, corridors, play rooms, toilet rooms and furnace room. It is equipped with all the accommodations required for comfort and convenience, and is in every sense a modern school building, admirably adapted to its purpose. It is planned with great simplicity, with no unusual or extravagant features. Indeed it is a matter of genuine regret to me that in planning this building it was deemed necessary to confine ourselves so closely to what are generally regarded as essentials in a schoolhouse. I had hoped at least that a room in the basement could be reserved for use as a gymnasium, for there seems to me to be a real demand for such a room in Lexington, and this would have been an excellent location for it. It would be a great boon w the boys and girls in our High School to have the use of such a room during these winter afternoons. Many high schools, no larger than our own, provide their pupils an opportunity for indoor athletic games, and I am convinced that this is a most valuable feature of these schools. The problem of finding some truly profitable I2 occupation for the afternoon is a problem which seems to me to be very far from a satisfactory solution, and I believe that any one must reach this conclusion if he will become familiar with the occupations of many of our young people outside of school hours. I know that this problem should be dealt with more energetically than it is at present in the homes of many of these young people ; and I would by no means urge that the schools assume a new burden, when they are struggling under that which they now carry. But the way to induce our young people to give up useless or even harmful occupations in the afternoon is to provide something better. I believe that a school gymnasium would go far toward solving this vexing problem, and ( sincerely wish that some such provision might be made. The grounds surrounding this new building seem to me not to provide sufficient opportunity for a play ground. I would therefore urge you to consider at once the purchase, for this purpose, of at least a part of the land which lies between our line and the cemetery. We have opened five rooms in this anew building, and they contain all the the Primary and Lower Grammar grades, up to and including the sixth. Two of these classes were transferred from the attic rooms of the Hancock School, two were trans- ferred from the High School, and one was established to meet the increase in aur school population. The new school -house is placed in the best available location to meet our present needs. It includes the children living on or near Massachusetts Avenue between Maple street and Waltham street ; also all of the so-called Mt. Vernon district, and the Woburn street district. The only children who live in this district and who do not attend this sc000l, are a very few who are members of special classes at the Hancock school, and whose work would have been seriously interrupted if they had been transferred. In addition to the pupils who live in the district just mentioned, we have trans- ferred to this building about fifteen children from North Lexington and from East Lexington near the Arlington line who come to school on the electric cars. There are two reasons for doing this ; first, these 13 children can be mare easily accommodated here than in the Hancock school (where many of the classes are still large, in spite of the relief afforded by the new building) ;second, the location of this building, directly on the line of the electric cars, makes it more easily reached by the children who are transported to school in this way. The two rooms formerly occupied by Primary grades in the High School building are nerdrd by the High School. One is now used as a recitation room, and is used constantly by High School classes. The other is Fitted up for use as a lunch foom by those pupils who do not i.r,o home at noon. I would recommend that one of these rooms be supplied with works of reference and used as a reading room. It is most essential, I believe, to have reference books, particularly in History, Science, and Literature, right at hand in a High School, so that pupils may have an opportunity, in their school hours, of working in other books than their text -books. In this way they may learn that to study means a great deal more than to pour over a few pages as- signed for study in a certain book. In History and Science the value of this sort of study is widely recognized. Yet I am sure that it is equally desirable that in American and English literature a High School pupil should not confine his reading to the regular text -books used in the class. If such a reference room as I suggest were pro- vided it would be used a great deal, and would, I believe do much to increase the pupils' interest in good reading. The other room now at our disposal should he equipped for use as a drawing room. It is excellently adapted for such use, on ac- count of its size and lighting, and we need very much to have a room especially furnished for work in this subject. At present our High School classes in Drawing use the Physical Iaboratory, but the light is not what it should be for this work; the furniture is not convenient far such use ; and there is no adequate provision for storing models, materials, unfinished drawings, etc. 14 TRANSPORTATION. The centralization of our schools in four buildings compels us to furnish transportation for a large number of pupils. We try to find a happy medium in regulating this matter, avoiding, on the one hand, an unreasonable expense to the town, and, on the other hand, an unreasonable distance which pupils must walk in going to and from school. We furnish transportation on the following basis: For pupils under 8 years of age who live as much as three-quarters of a mile from school ; for pupils over 8 years of age below the High School, or below the age of 14, who live as much as one mile from school. This basis is essentially in accordance with the recom- mendation of the State Board of Education, and conforms to the general policy of towns throughout the state. The following table gives the number of pupils transported, and shows also their distribution among the different sections of the town, and their assignment to buildings and teachers : 15 PUPILS TRANSPORTED. (lan. 9, 1905.) ]fAKC:h. I:A K. Adam* Street. 1 Concord Hill. i rn o 3 g 1 North Lexington, East Lexington. IAw c a 3 A F TEACHER. GRADS. HIGH SCHOOL. Miss Woodward Miss Mayo Totals X—XIII DC XIII 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 8 1 1 6 6` 01 511 8 1 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 17 10 4 1 3 5 131 814 6 0 28 HANCOCK SCHOOL. Miss Carleton Miss Daniels Miss Skerry Miss Wright Miss Hatch Miss Merrill Miss Blodgett Miss Rogers Totals VII VII—VI V V—IV III II II—I I 2 2 4 2 452112 4 2 0 3 2 1 2 1 2 4 3 0 6 2 1 4 5 2 5 4 5 3 4 4 8 7 11 11 15 16 11 5 5 2 6 2030 8 8 10 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 6 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 6 5 12 5 6 6 13 20 32 2316 91 36 819 3 81 NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL. Miss Robertson Miss Mitchell Miss Pierce Miss [larding. Miss Muliken Totals Totals for Town Vl—V IV III II I 0 0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2104 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 7 5 9 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 011 26 24 33 26 21104 52 24 25 14115 From this table it appears that below the High School we are providing transportation for 103 pupils by barge and 114 by electric car (a total of 217), out of an enrolment of 796—about 27 per cent. In the High School we provide transportation for only two pupils, but there are about 25 who come regularly on the electric cars at their own expense, so that the proportion of those who live too far away to walk to schpol is about the same in the High School as in the grades below it. 16 Though I believe that our policy in centralizing our schools and in transporting our children to them is a wise one, 1 would call atten- tion to the very large item of expense which it entails. We spent last year about $3200 for transportation, saving about $200 on our estimate of $3400 ; but one-half of this saving was due to the fact that we cut short our fall term one week, thereby saving about $100. We shall next year have to pay for this extra week, so that we should not expect to save anything on an appropriation of $3400 for this purpose. This is more than one -ninth of the total cost of maintain- ing our schools,— a very much larger proportion than is paid for this purpose by most of the towns in Massachusetts. Last year the number of pupils for whom we provided transporta- tion was 190. This year it is 217, according to the preceding table. We have been able to carry the extra number of barge pupils with- out making extra provision for them by a generous application of the principle that "there is always room for one more." The increase in the number transported by electric car causes a proportional in- crease in the expense, as we pay for each pupil each time that he rides. The location of our new schoolhouse is in the district where the demand for additional accommodations was greatest; but it does not help us appreciably in our transportation problem. When we next consider the provision of more school accommodations, we shall be able, 1 think, to build at some distance from the centre of the town, and thus reduce, to some extent, the cost of transporta- tion. Yet it seems to me that this item of expense must remain a large one for many years to come. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. The percentage of attendance in our Public Schools last year was 91.3. This is a better showing than we have made for three years, but it is not, in comparison with other towns, a strong showing. Without doubt, the fact that our school population is so widely scattered explains some of the absences from school. But it is also true that children are allowed to remain at home for very trivial rea- sons, when it would be much better for them to be at school. I7 • Moreover, there is unquestionably a considerable amount of truancy which is not suspected by parents. In order to reduce this to a minimum, the School Committee has passed a rule that "In case of absence from school during the whole or a part of a session, an ex- cuse from the parent or guardian, either in writing or in person, will be required." The teachers are instructed to enforce this rule. But they often meet with difficulty in doing so, and are criticized unfavorably and blamed for what is merely a faithful performance of their duty. This rule requiring an excuse for absence, tardiness or dismissal is not at all unusual or unreasonable. It is, of course, in- convenient at times for a parent to send an explanation of a child's absence from school. It is an effort, it takes a little time, and it may come at a busy moment. But it seems to me that a parent owes it to the teacher, and should attend to it in such a spirit that the child may feel that the parent and the teacher are working in harmony together. Yet too often this is not done. The parent scolds about the teacher, and considers that she is making a great deal of trouble over an insignificant matter. How can she know that it is insignificant unless she is duly informed about it? We employ a truant officer who investigates the cause of absences for which we cannot get in any other way a satisfactory explanation. His report appears at the end of this report, and I would call atten- tion to his statement to the effect that parents are responsible for at least four-fifths of the absences which he is called upon to investi- gate. In most cases these parents are not ignorant of the laws re- quiring the attendance of their children at school; but they are wilfully violating them. It has come to my attention many times that children are kept out of school working for some employer. These employers are responsible for the children's absence, and are punishable, according to Section 1 of Chapter 44 of the Revised Statutes, "by a fine of not more than $50.00." It is most unfortunate that in a great many eases the attendance of children at school is viewed by parents as a hardship, and is sub- mitted to only in obedience to a State law. We.should endeavor to help them to see that the laws are framed wholly in the best interests 18 of their children, and that they should keep them in school not only as long as the law requires it, but also far beyond that time. The "Roll of Honor," appended to this report contains twenty- six names, a gain of ten over last year. In addition to those whose names appear here, there is a large number of pupils who were absent or tardy only once, and then for a very good reason. It is gratifying to have this excellent record, and I hope that next year we may have a still better one. The name of Elizabeth R. Smith appears on the Roll of Honor for the tenth consecutive time, showing the remarkable record of ten years of school attendance unbroken by absence or tardiness—a most unusual record in which she may take just pride. MANUAL TRAINING. The work in Sloyd has been extended this year to include the seventh grade, so that this subject is now optional for pupils in the seventh, eighth and ninth grades. It is intended to give each pupil one two-hour lesson per week, but the arrangement of classes has re- quired us to cut this time down to one hour and a half for the ninth grade this year. It is gratifying to note that a very large proportion of those to whom Sloyd is offered, choose to study it. My only re- gret in this connection is that all the children who may have this training do not elect it, or that their parents do not realize its value enough to wish to have them take it. I think that the work is carried on sensibly and skillfully, and that it is one of the best features of our school work. Below the seventh grade, manual training is of even more value than above it. The difficult feature of the problem is to determine what form this work shall take. All of our pupils give a considerable share of their time each week to drawing, and this work is carefully outlined, and well carried out. A considerable amount of work is done in cutting paper and cardboard, and making various articles out of these materials. In many towns work in sewing and cooking, in raffia and in iron are included in the work of the lower grades. rg Out of door work, especially in gardening, is found in many schools. I think that work of this nature is of vastly greater value than much of the study of books which we are now doing, and that as we learn to develop our schools along the lines of progreis, we shall devote much more time to it than we do at present. VACATION SCHOOL. The Vacation School, conducted in the High School last summer, was not carried on as a part of our Public School system but its ob- ject was so entirely in harmony with the purpose of our Public Schools, and its value as a part of the education of our young people was so great, that mention of it should certainly be made in this report. Without giving the details of the work of this school, I may perhaps mention some of its most important features. It was started as a volunteer movement, recognized and .approved by the. School Committee, but not under its direction. Meetings of those who were interested in the establishment of the school were held, and a committee of thirteen ladies and gentlemen was formed to make the preliminary arrangements. The work was planned by a board of five directors, chosen from this larger committee; and these directors assumed the entire responsibility of securing teachers and assistants, and of conducting all the work of the school. From the School Committee was obtained permission to use the High School building. The expense incurred in carrying on the school was met en- tirely by private subscription. The directors could not know with certainty what resources were at their command, nor could they he sure how many children would wish to attend the school. It was their hope that as many as one hundred pupils would come, and that it would be possible to secure enough money to pro- vide for them all for four or five weeks. On this basis plans were made, and it was decided to open the school on Monday, July 19th. Subscriptions of money and materials were solicited 20 and also volunteers to help in the work. A generous response was made to this request—about 1225 in cash, a large amount of material for the various branches which were to be taught, and a large number of volunteer assistants whose help made possible the proper conduct of the classes. The sum of $225 seems a very small sum on which to carry on for five weeks such a school as had been planned. And it could not have been done for twice that sum if all the teachers had been regu- larly paid for their services. But a large number of Lexington ladies came faithfully to the school day after day—giving their services, and giving to the school a character which no amount of money could have secured. A canvass of the pupils in the Public schools showed that 294 desired to attend the Vacation School. It was, of course, most gratifying to the committee to meet with this response; but it was quite impossible to make adequate provision for any ,number so gr .atly in excess of what had been expected. It was necessary, therefore, to limit the number to be admitted to 138. This number of pupils was chosen from all the list of ap- plicants, by selecting those who were, on account of their age, most likely to be benefited by the classes which had been provided_ The directors had planned to have a kindergarten, so all of the very youngest children were admitted to the school. The other work which was provided was adapted to the older children. The waiting fist which was fo*med comprised therefore those of intermediate age, who were too old for the kindergarten, and too young for the other classes. Of the 138 who were notified that they might attend the school, 107 appeared on the First day. Thirty seven were afterwards admitted from the waiting list, bringing the total number of different pupils who attended the school up to 144. The branches which were taught in the school were almost entire- ly along the lines of Manual Training. They comprised Sloyd, Sewing, Cooking, Basketry and Chair -caning, together with con- structive work with Raffia and Cardboard. In addition to these 2I branches, there was a reading room where pupils might go to read or to be read to; there was a general assembly every morning in which music was a prominent feature, and there was a room in which pupils might play games. Out in the yard, under a large tree, was a sand -box for the smaller children. The work in nearly all of these branches was in charge of a teacher hired especially for this purpose, and there were at all times volunteer assistants in all of the rooms. Throughout the term of five weeks, through some of our hottest summer weather, the work continued harmoniously and successfully; the attendance of the pupils was punctual and regular, and their interest continued unabated. In many ways this school was a real object lesson. The feature which seems to me to have been of the greatest value was the presence of so many volunteer workers, giving up their leisure in order to give their services to help carry on this school. Their very presence and interest met with a response on the part of the pupils which gave to the work an earnestness and a concentration of effort and attention which we are seldom so fortunate as to find in our regular school -rooms. The spirit shown by the pupils in their work was also due in part without doubt, to the fact that they were un- dertaking the work because they wanted to do so; and this was possible because thr; work was of a character which it is natural for young boys and girls to like to do. Under such conditions it is hardly necessary to state that questions of discipline did not have to be met ---they were not present. When we can get school work per- formed under conditions like these, we shall realize some of the pos- sibilities of effective educational work, possibilities which we may not hope to realize until we succeed in offering to our pupils those subjects in which they may naturally be interested, and until we present them in such a way that our pupils shall work on them with interest and satisfaction, I earnestly hope that the Vacation School may be fairly under- stood and appreciated, and that it may be found possible to carry on the work every year. Its service to our educational development seems to me to be three -fold. In the first place, it must result in 22 very great benefit to the pupils who attend it. In the second place it affords a demonstration of the value of many forms of Manual Training which we must in time see and acknowledge. And when we see this, we shall greatly increase the scope and amount of this work in our regular schools. In the third place, if the Vacation School can be conducted each year on the lines along which it has started, it will, by enlisting people in the actual work, increase greatly their knowledge of educational problems and their interest in them. This is perhaps the chief reason that I hope to have the Vacation School continued as it has been begun—in order that more of our people may actually see school work from the standpoint of the teacher, and that they may thus be brought to co-operate with the schools more intelligently and more effectively than they do at present. IN CONCI.usION. The past year seems to me to have been one of steady gain in the efficiency of our schools. This has been made possible by the con- scientious work of the teachers, the helpful codperation of parents and friends, and the loyal support and encouragement of the School Committee. To all of these firm friends of our schools I would ex- tend my hearty thanks : and I would express the hope that a con- tinuation of their interest and support may enable us to accomplish still better results in the future. Respectfully submitted, HENRY W. PORTER. 23. 24 YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1904. REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER FOR THE YEAR 1904. LEXINGTON, Dec. 31, 1904. To the Superintendent of Schools: During the year 1904 I have received 30 calls from the teachers, and have answered by calling on 48 children and the parents or guardians of the same. Calls were as follows: Adams School, 8; Hancock School, 3; High School building (lower grades), 15; New Primary School, 4. The following reasons were given for absence : Reasonable excuses, 5 No reasonable excuse whatever, 5 Suspended for various causes, 4 Kept at home sick, 7 Kept at home to work, 6 Playing truant, 5 Children returned to state, 4 Moved from town, 1 Taken out of school by parents (16 years of age), 1 Overslept, 1 Had to stay at home to care for baby, 1 Cruelty to children (taken in charge by Massachusetts District Police -case now pending in court), 8 48 1 have frequently been with the school car in going to and from school, with the desired effect. In conclusion I wish to state that the position of truant officer is one not generally admired, and that the children are not always to blame ; at least 80 per cent. of the non-attendance can be traced to the door of the parents. CHARLES E. WHEELER, Truant Officer. Grades. a4 F� x v.e h e W a E �A ii and �� � u 44-4 HIGH SCHOOL. Henry W. Porter, Prin Clarence II. Knowlton. XIII 1 Grace P. French S. Alice Bigelow Elizabeth A. McGlinchey XII I XI 1 i X J 109 108 96.0 90.5 94.2 Ruth B. DameIX 49 48 48.8 39.8 92.0 F. Helene Mayo.. VIII 46 40 33.7 32.0 95.3 Ethel M. Harding: III -II 52 49 41.2 37.0 90.8 Amelia M. Mulliken I 45 44 41.8 1 36.8 88.6 Totals for Building 301 289 256.0 236.1 92.2 HANCOCK SCHOOL. Gertrude W. Carleton, Prin. VII 50 44 41.7 39.3 94.3 Emma A. Robertson VI 66 50 49.1 45.2 92.0 Emma E. Wright V 57 51 47.2 43.7 92.7 Sara R. Skerry V -IV 45 41 38.8 36.6 94.3 Neva G. Mitchell IV 54 42 41.1 37.8 91.9 Lucretia F. Hatch IV -III 51 37 35.2 32.2 91.5 Gertrude Pierce III 50 38 43.4 39.2 90.3 Elkabeih Merrill II 47 44 42.9 33.6 90.1 Jennie F. Blodgett I 45 40 36.3 31.6 87.2 Marion L. Rogers I 49 45 38.4 34.0 88.6 Totals for Building 504 432 414.1 378.2 1 91.4 ADAMS SCHOOL. Augusta A. Jackson, Prin. VIil-VII 28 28 24.7 22.4 90.7 Melva Perin V -IV 35 28 27.0 23.9 88.9 Gertrude H. Dacey IV -III 40 36 36.3 32.2 91.2 Carrie F. Fiske II -1 59 51 46.0 40.1 87.3 Totals for Building 162 143 133.0 118.6 89.2 Totals for Town 967 864 803.1 732.9 91.3 Names inserted twice, 44 I Total number of dilferentpupils. 928 REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER FOR THE YEAR 1904. LEXINGTON, Dec. 31, 1904. To the Superintendent of Schools: During the year 1904 I have received 30 calls from the teachers, and have answered by calling on 48 children and the parents or guardians of the same. Calls were as follows: Adams School, 8; Hancock School, 3; High School building (lower grades), 15; New Primary School, 4. The following reasons were given for absence : Reasonable excuses, 5 No reasonable excuse whatever, 5 Suspended for various causes, 4 Kept at home sick, 7 Kept at home to work, 6 Playing truant, 5 Children returned to state, 4 Moved from town, 1 Taken out of school by parents (16 years of age), 1 Overslept, 1 Had to stay at home to care for baby, 1 Cruelty to children (taken in charge by Massachusetts District Police -case now pending in court), 8 48 1 have frequently been with the school car in going to and from school, with the desired effect. In conclusion I wish to state that the position of truant officer is one not generally admired, and that the children are not always to blame ; at least 80 per cent. of the non-attendance can be traced to the door of the parents. CHARLES E. WHEELER, Truant Officer. 25 ROLL OF HONOR. These records end June, 1904. No names are entered on this roll for less than a year. PUPILS NOT ABSENT OR TARDY. FOR TEN YEARS. Elizabeth R. Smith, Vernon Page, Ruth Sherburne, Roy Ferguson, Hazel Ferguson, Abbie L. Fletcher, Agnes T. Packard, Gladys H. Harris, Minola Whiting, William Gleason, Kelsey Reed, Watson Sim, Dorothy Davis, Stillman Whittaker, Sybel Davis, Gladys M. Tuttle, Arthur E. Wheeler, Sylvia Reed, Leo Deveau, Ethel Manning, Elizabeth Sherburne, Esther Wilkinson, Roland Garmon, William Rooke, Robert Armstrong, Georgeina Deveau, FOR THREE YEARS. FOR TW{) YEARS. FOR ONE YEAR. Grade. XIII IV VI IV I XI XI IX VII VII VII VII VI VI v V V IV IV III III III III III II I GRADUATING CLASS Ida May Baxter, Helen Almy Bigelow, Bertha Gertrude Doe, John Henry Duffy, Ruth Helen Galloupe, Mabel Maria Gurney, Bertha May Hutchinson, Alice Louise Kilgour, Henrietta Willard Locke, GRADUATING CLASS 26 - OF THE LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL. June 1904. Terence McDonnell, Edward Goodwin Reed, Mabel Jane Reynolds, Katherine Louisa Shea, Elizabeth Raymond Smith, Margaret Christy Tupper, George Ellery Washburn, Edith W. Willard, Eleanor Jameson Worthen. OF LEXINGTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL. June 1904. James Thomas McDonnell, Clarence Richard Meagher Wallace Earl Miller, James Montague, Marjorie Newell, James Leslie Phillips, Irene Elizabeth Reynolds, Bessie Olivia Sandison, Leonard Brooks Saville, Marjorie Saville, Robert Lawrence Scott, Mary Gertrude Shay, Warren Sherburne, 2d, Richard Homer Streeter, Thomas Alexis Sullivan, Mary Irene Tewksbury, Annie Rebecca Wilson, George Taylor Wilson, Annie May leVorthington, Harriet Hazel Wright, Pearl Evelyn Wright. Louis Fearing Armes, Lillian Veazie Bennett, Cora Maude Bertwell, John Francis Buckley, Marie Fredericka Canisius, Albert Ired Carson, Frank Herbert Carson, Martha Cook, Gladys Estelle Dearborn, Harold Clifford Denham, John Cossar Dinwoodie, Mary Helen Dodd, Emma Louisa Flynn, Ellen Marie Adella Frid, Alonzo Hadley Glass, Gladys Helen Harris, Sylvia Washington Howard, Errol Hastings Locke, Edna Eugenie Luke, Orra Alberta Lyon, Mabel Irene MacDonald, English 4. 27 COURSE OF STUDY. LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL. 1904-1905. FRESHMAN CLASS. Latin 4. Algebra 4. Physiography 4. Freehand Drawing 1. English 3. Ancient History 4. Arithmetic 2. Bookkeeping 1. Music 1. SOPHOMORE CLASS. Latin 5. Greek 5. Mediaeval and Modern History 3. Physiology and Botany 4. Freehand Drawing 1. Music 1. German 5. Plane Geometry 4. Bookkeeping 1. English 3. JUNIOR CLASS. Latin 4. French 3. Algebra and Geometry 4. Mechanical Drawing 1. Greek 4. English History 3. Physics i. Music 1. German 4. SENIOR CLASS. English 5. Latin 6. French 3. Civics and Economics 3. Chemistry 4. Greek 4. German 4. American History 3. Solid Geometry 2. Mechanical Drawing 1. Music 1. EXPLANATIONS. The figure at the right of each study indicates its value in di) h ma points. A diploma point represents one period of prepared work per week, or two periods of unprepared work per week, throughout 28 the school year. No credit can be allowed in any subject in which a year's work is not satisfactorily completed. Work amounting to a total of 70 points is required for graduation. In each class English is a required study, and in addition to this a pupil should take enough work to make a total of 17 points each in the Freshman and Sophomore classes, and a total of 18 points each in the Junior and Senior classes. Parents and pupils are urged to exercise great care in the selec- tion of studies in order to secure a well-balanced and continuous course throughout the four years, adapted, as far as possible, to the tastes, abilities and future needs of each individual. Pupils who in- tend to prepare for college should plan their studies to meet in full the requirements for admission to the college which they wish to enter. No pupil should make any change in his course of study during the school year. Any of the studies offered may be withdrawn if, in the opinion of the School Committee, the number of pupils who desire to take it is not large enough to warrant forming the class. CONTENTS. Bridge and Beals Funds Estimates for 1905 Harriet B. Gilmore Fund . Lexingtown Town Records Adjourned Meeting, Mar. 18, 1904, . Adjourned meeting, Mar. 26, 1904 . Bequest of Henrietta J. Dow Bequest of Charles T. West Bequest of Estate of George E. Whittam . Bequest of Estate of George H. Thurston . Warrant for a Town Meeting, Mar, 1, 1904 . Warrant for a town meeting, Mar. 7,1904 . Warrant for a town meeting, Mar. 21, 1904 . Warrant for a Town Meeting, Nov. 8, 1904 . List of Town Officers Officers appointed by the Selectmen Report of the Assessors Report of Auditor Abatement of Taxes April 19th Assessors . Auditors . Bank and Corporation Tax Board of Health Care of Common Cary Library Cash expenditures Cemeteries * Cemetery 'Trust Funds Cemetery Trust Funds Intetest 85 59 86 13 24 28 35 35 36 47 13 15 32 37 7 10 106 115 168 119:3 156 157 1197 149 164 165 169 148 160 165 Report of Auditor--Caniinued. Clerk of School committee Collector of Taxes Contignent County Tax Discount on Taxes Enforcement Liquor law Fire Department Fuel and Lights Gammel l legacy Hastings Park Hydrants Highways Interest Insurance J anitors Librarians . • Metnorial Day New Primary School building 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 New Primary School Summary Sealer of Weights and Measures Selectmen . Sewer Tax . 158 158 133 166 167 160 130 146 160 163 162 187 147 153 153 144 164 152 128 155 143 161 168 157 145 115 119 116 117 122 1'22 128 162, • 154 160 Report of Auditor—Carak'nued. Sidewalks State Aid . State Highway Tax State Tax . Street Lights Support of Poor . Surveyors of Highways Taxes Temporary I.oans Town Clerk Town Debt Town Physician Town Treasurer Treasurer of Cary Library Trimming Trees Water Department Watering Streets Watering .troughs Widening of Massachusetts Avenue Report of Board of Health Report of Cemetery Committee Report of Chief of Police Report of Fire Engineers Report of Inspector of Plumbing Report of Librarian Report of Overseers of the Poor . Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures Report of Selectmen Report of Suneyers of Highways Report of Tax Collector Report of Town Clerk Births Marriages Deaths Dogs jurors 164 150 166 166 153 126 154 165 151 155 166 157 158 156 159 124 148 159 162 87 65 99 91 88 80 90 83 57 61 102 48 48 48 52 55 55 Report of Treasurer of Cary Library Report of Tree Warden . Report of Trustees of Cary Library Report of Treasurer of Cemetery Trust Funds Report of Water Commissioners . Statement of Town Debt . Statement of Assets ane Liabilities other than Town Town Treasurer's Report. Town Statistics SCHOOL REPORT. School Committee's Report Roil of Honor Report of Superintendent Report of Truant Officers 78 84 75 66 69 105 Debt 113 110 108 5 25 8 24