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OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF LEXINGTON
For the Year 1908
THE ESTABROOK PRESS, PRINTERS AND BINDERS.
BOSTON AND MARLBOROUGH, MASS.
1909.
LEXINGTON
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS
March 1908 to March 1909 ,
Selectmen.
FRANK D. PEIRCE (Chairman),
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD,
WILLIAM H. WHITAKER (Clerk).
Town Clerk.
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON.
Overseers of Me Poor.
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD (Chairman),
FRANK D. PEIRCE, WILLIAM H. WHITAKER.
Surveyors of Highways.
WILLIAM H. WHITAKER {Chairman.}
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD,
FRANK 17. PEIRCE (Supt. of Streets.)
Tower Treasurer.
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON.
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Collector of Taxes.
BYRON C. EARLE.
Assessors.
HENRY A. TUTTLE - - - Term expires 1909
CHARLES G. KAUFFMANN (Chairman) Term expires 1910
GEORGE H. CUTTER (Clerk) - Term expires 1911
Tree Warden.
CORNELIUS WELLINGTON.
School Committee.
CHARLES B. DAVIS -
JAMES P. MUNROE (Chairman)
GEORGE F. REED -
GEORGE L. WALKER -
HANNAH T. CARRET -
JAY O. RICHARDS
Cemetery Committee.
ARTHUR A. MARSHALL
*ABBOTT S. MITCHELL -
HERBERT L. WELLINGTON -
Constables.
Term expires 1909
Term expires 1909
Term expires 1910
Term expires 1910
Term expires 1911
Term expires 1911
Term expires 1909
Term expires 1910
Term expires 1911
CHARLES H. FRANKS, PATRICK J. MAGUIRE.
Auditors.
HENRY E. TUTTLE,
'Deceased, Sylvester P. Robertson appointed.
Board of health.
DR. J. ODIN TIL CON (Chairman)
CHARLES H. FRANKS -
DR. SAMUEL D. I3ARTLETT
CHARLES A. FOWLE
Term expires 1909
Term expires 1910
Term expires 1911
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Water Commissioners.
ROBERT P. CLAPP -
FRANCIS W. DEAN (Chairman) -
GEORGE D. MILNE -
Term expires 1909
Term expires 1910
Term expires 1911
Registrar and Superintendent of Water Department.
EVERETT S. LOCKE.
Sewer Commissioners.
ROBERT P. CLAPP (Chairman)
FRANCIS W. DEAN - -
GEORGE D. MILNE - -
Term expires 1909
Term expires 1910
Term expires 1911
Fence Viewers.
HOWARD M. MUNROE, CLARENCE H. CUTLER,
HERBERT V. SMITH.
Field Drivers.
WALTER W. ROWSE, THOMAS C. BUCKLEY,
WILLIAM F. FLETCHER.
Sumyeyors of Lumber.
GEORGE W. SPAULDING, LESTER E. SMITH.
Board of Trustees of Cary Memorial Library consists of Selectmen,
School Committee, and settled clergymen of the town.
APPOINTED OFFICERS
• Engineers of Fire Department.
JAMES H. PHILLIPS (Chief), ARTHUR F. TURNER (Clerk),
GEORGE A. WARNER.
Trustees of Bride and Beals Charitable Funds.
FRANK D. PEIRCE -
GEORGE W. SPAULDING -
GEORGE O. DAVIS -
Term expires 1909
Term expires 1910
Term expires 1911
Registrars of Voters.
WILLIAM F. CALDWELL - Term expires 1909
JAMES A. HURLEY - Term expires 1910
CHARLES F. NOURSE - - - Term expires 1911
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON (Clerk)
Trustees of Gummed Legacy.
MRS. LUCY M. HARRIS, MISS ROSE M. TUCKER,
Treasurer of Gamer Fund.
• HENRY A. C. WOODWARD.
Treasurer of George 0. Smith Fund.
FRANK D. PEIRCE.
Librarian Cary Memorial Library.
MISS MARIAN P. KIRKLAND.
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Assistants.
MISS HELEN E. MUZZEY, MISS BARBARA MACKINNON,
MISS EMMA O. NICHOLS (East Lexington Branch).
Treasurer Cary Memorial Library fund.
MRS. HANNAH T. CARRET.
Committee on Care of Hayes Fountain.
HERBERT G. LOCKE, EDWARI3 WOOD,
' CORNELIUS WELLINGTON.
Treasurer Naves Fountain Fund.
WIT.LIAM H. WHITAKER.
Town Physician.
DR. HENRY C. VALENTINE.
Superintendent of Town Scales and Pub& Weighers.
WILLIAM E. DENHAM, I.UCIUS A. AUSTIN.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
CHARLES E. HADLEY.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
LUCIUS A. AUSTIN, CHARLES E. DUFFEY,
GEORGE W. SPAULDING.
Police O f]icers.
CHARLES H. FRANKS (Chief), PATRI'CK J. MAGUIRE,
JAMES IRWIN, ISAIAH PALMER.
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Special Police Officers.
GEORGE A. SIMONDS,
PETER T. GILLOOLY,
FRANK E. CLARK,
FRED W. JOHNSON,
EDWARD CROSWELL,
WILLIAM F. FLETCHER,
THOMAS C. BUCKLEY,
GEORGE B. DENNETT,
FRANK H. MORGAN,
CHARLES E. HADLEY,
CHARLES E. WHEELER,
MICHAEL J. MANLEY,
GEORGE L. PIERCE,
OLIN L. PHELPS,
CLIFTON P. ASHLEY,
HARRY COBB,
MARK DODD,
JOHN H. WRIGHT,
JAMES H. PHILLIPS,
DENNIS H. COLLINS,
CLIFFORD A. CURRIER,
PATRICK F. DACEY.
YYei her of Hay and Grain.
CHARLES F. SPAULDING_
Constables.
CHARLES E. WHEELER,
JAMES IRWIN, ISAIAH PALMER.
Inspector of Cattle.
DR. HARRY L. ALDERMAN.
Janitor Town Hall.
GEORGE B. DENNETF.
janitor Village Hall
JOHN H. WRIGHT.
Janitor Stone Building.
PETER T. GILLOOLY.
Keepers of Lockup.
CHARLES H. FRANKS, ISAIAH
Superintendent and Matron of Almshouse.
MR. AND MRS. ROBERT H. WHITE.
Forest Warden. .
CHARLES H. BUGBEE.
PALMER,
Lexington Town Records
WARRANT FOR A TOWN' MEETING.
MONDAY, February 10, 1908.
Tit CHARLES E. LVHEELEN, Constable of Lexington, GREET MC; :
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 tenth day of February, A. D., 1908,
at 7.80 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 see if the town will make a necessary appropriation
for the suppression of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, in accord-
ance with Chapter 381, Acts of 1905 and amendments to the same,
or act in any manner relating thereto.
ART. 3. To see if the town will make an appropriation to pre-
serve the trees on the Water Works property on Liincoln street, or
act in any manner relating thereto.
Hereof fail not, and make tine return of this Warrant, with your
doings thereon, to the Town Clerk on or before the time of said
meeting.
Given under aur hands, at Lexington, this twenty-seventh day of
ianuary, A. D., 1908.
GEORGE W. TAYLOR,
FRANK D. PEIRCE,
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD,
Selectmen of Lexington.
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MEETING FEBRUARY 10, 1908.
Meeting called to order by the Town Clerk at 7.35 o'clock, who
read the Warrant and the return of the Constable thereon.
ARTICLE 1. On motion of Henry A. C. Woodward it was
Voted, 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 eight ballots had been cast, all for Edwin
A. Bayley, and he was declared elected and was sworn by the Town
Clerk.
Mr. A. H. Kirkland, Superintendent of the Gypsy Moth Commis-
sion, was present and by unanimous consent was invited to address
the meeting and explain the methods used in suppressing the moth
pest.
ART. 2. On motion al George W. 'Taylor it was
Voted, That the sum of $3,771.23 be appropriated and assessed
to meet the deficit incurred in 1907 for the suppression of Gypsy
and Brawn Tail Moths, and that the further sum of $2,759.64 be
appropriated and assessed for the suppression of Gypsy and Brown
Tail Moths for 1908.
ART. 3. On motion of Charles F. Carter it was
Voted, That the preservation of the trees on the Water Works
property on Lincoln street be especially referred to the Tree Warden.
Voted, To dissolve the meeting at 9.20 o'clock.
A true record. Attest:
GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
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WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING.
MONDAY, March 2, 1908.
To CHARLES E. WHEELER, 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 second day of March, A. D., 1908,
at 7.00 o'clock a. m., to act on the following Articles, viz.:—
Am-tax 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; three Selectmen for the term
of one year; three Overseers of the Poor for the term of one year;
three Surveyors of the Highways for the term of one year; one
Assessor for the term of one year; one Assessor for the term of two
years; one Assessor for the term of three years; 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
one year; one Water Commissioner for the term of three years;
one member of the Cemetery Committee for the term of one year;
one member of the Cemetery Committee for the terra 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."
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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
compliance with Article III of the By -Laws as umended 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. 9, 1908, 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 make an appropriation for the
proper observance of Memorial Day, to be expended under the
direction of Post 119, Grand Army of the Republic.
ART. 7. To provide for the support of the Public Schools the
ensuing year, and grant money for the same.
ART. 8. To provide for the support of the Poor at the Poor
Farm the ensuing year, and grant money for the same.
Air. 9. To provide for the support of Outside Poor the ensuing
year, and grant money for the same.
ART. 10. To provide for the support of the Highways the ensu-
ing year, and grant money for the same.
ART. 11. To provide for the support of the Street Lights the
ensuing year, and grant money for the same.
Arca. 12. To provide for the support of the Fire Department the
ensuing year, and grant -money for the same.
ART. 13. 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.
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ART. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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.
Awr. 17. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $200.00
for a School Physician, as required under Chapter 502, Section 1,
Acts of 1906.
ART. 15. To make provision for complying with the requirements
of Chapter 524 of the Acts of 1907, relative to the compulsory
installation of water meters, and to this end to give any instructions
to the Water Commissioners, also to act in any manner in relation
to metered water service.
ART. 1-9. To see if the town will vote to change the name of
"Cary Library" to "Cary Memorial Library," or act in any manner
relating thereto.
ART. 20. To see if the town will appropriate the sun of $250.00
to paint and repair Stone building, or act in any manner relating
thereto.
ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to macadamize Percy road
from Warren street to Highland avenue, and Highland avenue from
Percy road to Bloomfield street at an expense of not over $3,000.00
and appropriate money for the same, or act in any manner relating
thereto.
Ax -r. 22. To see if the town will rescind the vote passed at an
adjourned town meeting held on April 7, 1902, under article 27 of
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the warrant for said meeting (whereby the membership of the School
Committee was increased to six) by adopting the following motion
or acting in any manner relating thereto.
"That at the annual meeting for the election of town officers for
the years 1909, 1910, and 1911, and annually thereafter, the town
shall elect but one member of the School Committee for the term of
three years, so that after the annual town election in the year 1911
there shall be but three members of the School Committee."
ART. 23. To see if the town, voting by ballot with the use of the
voting list, will adopt the provisions of the fast fourteen sections of
chapter twenty-eight of Revised Laws of Massachusetts, entitled "Of
Public Parks, Playgrounds and the Public Domain."
ART. 24. '1'o elect a Board of Park Commissioners consisting of
three persons and prescribe their terms of office.
ART. 25. To see if the town will designate and set apart for a
public park, lands conveyed to it by the Lexington Water Company
and invest the Park Commissioners with the control of this land and
all other parks and public lands belonging to the town.
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 eighteenth day of
February, A. D., 1909.
GEORGE W. TAYLOR,
FRANK D. PEIRCE,
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD,
Selectmen of Lexington.
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MEETING MARCH 2, 1908.
Meeting called to order by the Town Clerk at seven o'clock a. m.,
who proceeded to read the Warrant. After reading Article 1, on
motion of George W. Taylor, it was unanimously voted to dispense
with the further reading of the Warrant. The Town Clerk then
read the return of the Constable thereon.
ARTICLE 1. On motion of George W. 'Taylor it was
Voted, To elect a Moderator by ballot; that the check list be
used, and that the polls be kept open three minutes. At the close
of the polls seven ballots had been cast, all for Edwin A. Bayley, 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 300 official ballots
for female voters; also a check list for male and female voters.
Irving Stone and George I.. Pierce having been appointed Deputy
Ballot Clerks, were sworn by the Town Clerk. The ballot box was
shown to be empty, then locked, and _the key delivered to Charles
E. Wheeler, the constable in charge, and the Moderator then de-
clared the polls open. Nathaniel Nunn, William H. P. Hatch,
Patrick F. Iltacey. Bradley C. Whitcher, Samuel B. Bigelow, Fred G.
Jones, Sylvester P. Robertson and Ezra F. Breed having been ap-
pointed Tellers, were sworn by the Town Clerk. At 10.10 o'clock,
by order of the Moderator and Town Clerk, the ballot box was
opened and 300 ballots were taken out ; at 2.15 o'clock 200 ballots
were taken out; at 3.50 o'clock 100 ballots were taken out; at 4.40
100 ballots were taken out. At the close of the polls at 5 o'clock
35 ballots of male voters and 142 ballots of female voters were taken
from the boxes. The check list used by the Ballot Clerks showed
the names of 735 male and 142 female voters checked. The check
list used by the Moderator showed the names of 735 mak and 142
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female voters checked. The ballot box register stood at 735. After
the Tellers had completed their work the Town Clerk announced
the result as follows
TOWN CLERK—One Year.
George D. Harrington,
john Toomey,
Blanks,
And George D. Harrington was declared elected.
SELECTMEN—One Year.
Frank D. Peirce,
George W. Taylor,
William H. Whitaker,
Henry A. C. Woodward,
C. T. West,
Blanks,
402
1
33'2
458
400
422
426
1
497
And Frank I). Peirce, William H. Whitaker and Henry A.
Woodward were declared elected.
OVERSEERS or' THE POOR— }ne Year.
Frank D. Peirce,
George W. Taylor,
William H. Whitaker,
Henry A. C. Woodward,
C. 1'. West,
Blanks,
481
393
415
434
1
501
And Frank 17. Peirce, William H. Whitaker and Henry A. C.
Woodward were declared elected.
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SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS—One Year. .
Frank D. Peirce, 400
George W. Taylor, 385
William H. Whitaker, 415
Henry A. C. Woodward, 430
C. T. West, 1
Blanks, 614
And Frank 1). Peirce, William H. Whitaker and Henry A. C.
Woodward were declared elected.
AssEssoR—One Year.
Daniel F. Hutchinson,
Henry E. Tuttle,
Irving Stone,
Blanks,
248
406
l
85
And Henry E. 'Tuttle was declared elected.
Ass ESSOR—'l'wo Years.
Charles 4:. Kauffmann, 562
Blanks,
173
And Charles G. Kauffmann was declared elected.
Ass ssou--Three Years.
George H. Cutter, 494
Blanks, 241
And George N. Cutter was declared eIected.
Tow& TREASURER—One Year.
George D. Harrington,
John Toomey,
Blanks,
And George D. Harrington was declared elected.
COLLECTOR Of TARES—One Year.
612
1
122
George H. Cutter, 199
Byron C. Earle, 471
Martin Fahey, 1
Blanks, 64
And Byron C. Earle was declared elected.
CEMETERY COM ntIrrEE—One Year.
Arthur A. Marshall,
Peter Gaynor,
Blanks,
And Arthur A. Marshall was declared elected.
CEMETERY CoMM1TTEE—Three Years.
Herbert L. Wellington,
Frank Holmes,
Norris F. Comley,
Blanks,
And Herbert L. Wellington was declared elected.
521
1
213
546
2
1
186
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AUDITORS --One Year.
Charles A. Fowle, 456
Henry E. Tuttle, 502
Blanks, 512
And Charles A. Fowle and Henry E. Tuttle were declared elected.
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WATER Com misstnNER—l'hree Years.
George U. Milne, 50.1
Blanks,
And George D. Milne was declared elected.
CONSTA BLES—One Year.
234
Charles H. Franks, 549
Patrick J. Maguire, 560
Boano or'' HEALTH—Three Years. James Montague, 1
William Chase, 1
Samuel D. Bartlett, 335 Johnnie Horne, 1
Charles G. Kauffmann, 190 James Tate, 1
Charles M. Parker, 81 James Irwin, I
Blanks, 129 Blanks, 356
And Samuel D. Bartlett was declared elected.
And Charles H. Franks and Patrick J. Maguire were declared
elected.
Scxoor. CommiT1'EE—Three Years. SEWER COMMISSIONER —Th ree Years.
Samuel D. Bartlett, 361
Hannah T. Garret, 494
Jay 0. Richards, 427
Blanks, • 472
And Hannah T. C,:arret and Jay 0. Richards were declared elected.
WATER Co 1M1sslorma—One Year.
Robert P. Clapp,
E. W. Glass,
Blanks,
And Robert P. Clapp was declared elected.
531
1
203
George 0. Milne,
Blanks,
And George I). Milne was declared elected.
'1'REt? V anaN—One Year.
Alfred E. Haynes,
Cornelius Wellington,
Frank H. Holmes,
Frank Holmes,
Francis Holmes,
H. F. Holmes,
Norris Com ley,
Norris F. Comley,
Blanks,
And Cornelius Wellington was declared elected.
498
237
260
344
3
10
113
21
LICENSH.
Ves,
No,
Blanks,
And the town voted no license.
177
475
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The check lists used and the ballots cast were signed and sealed
up according to law and delivered to the Town Clerk, and at 8.40
o'clock the Moderator declared the meeting adjourned to Monday
evening, March 9, at 7.30 o'clock.
ADJOURNED MEETING MARCH 9, 1908.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 7.30 o'clock p. in.
Frank D. Peirce offered the following motion
" Voted, That articles 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20,
and 21 be referred to a committee of twenty-five to be appointed by
the Moderator, such committee to include a member of the Board of
Selectmen, Surveyors of Highways, Overseers of the Poor, School
Committee, Assessors, Fire Engineers, Board of Health, Water
Commissioners, also the Town Treasurer and the Moderator. Such
committee shall fully consider the subject matter of said articles and
make report to the town at some adjournment of this meeting, with
such recommendations as they may deem prudent."
William C. Stickel moved the following as a substitute motion :
Voted, 'That articles 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20,
and 21 be referred to a committee of twenty-five to be appointed
by the Moderator, said committee not to include any town official.
Said committee shall fully consider the subject matter of said articles,
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and make report to the town at some adjournment of this meeting,
with such recommendations as they may deem prudent.
The substitute motion of Mr. Stickel was put and declared lost.
Hiram G. Janvrin moved an amendment that the committee con-
sist of twenty-one. Amendment declared lost. The original motion
of Mr. Peirce was then put and declared carried, and the Moderator
appointed the following committee:
Alonzo
Frank D. Peirce,
Charles B. Davis,
William H. Whitaker,
William P. Martin,
John F. Turner,
Edward S. Payson,
George D. Milne,
Harry F. Fay,
Henry C. Valentine,
John Chisholm,
James F. Kimball,
Frank H. Reed,
E. Locke (Chairman).
J. Odin Tilton,
Charles H. Bugbeet
James H. Phillips,
George D. Harrington,
Arthur F. Hutchinson,
Charles H. Spaulding,
Francis W. Dean,
Henry A. C. Woodward,
Timothy H. O'Connor,
George S. 'Teague,
Charles G. Kauffmann,
Edwin A. Bayley.
On motion of Robert P. Clapp it was
Voted, That Article 4 be considered before the meeting for
action thereon at any time when no business is being transacted
under some other article of the warrant.
ART. 14. On motion of George D. Harrington it was
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.
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ART. 18. On motion of Robert P. Clapp it was
Voted, That in order to comply with the requirements of Chapter
524 of the Acts of nineteen hundred and seven, as applied to the
current calendar year, the town hereby authorizes and directs Francis
W. Dean, Robert P. Clapp and George D. Milne, or their successors,
as Water Commissioners, to proceed to equip with meters, agreeably
to said Chapter and as rapidly as in their judgment may be practi-
cable, water services which were unmetered on Dec. 31st, 1907;
that they see that all water services hereafter installed are equipped
with meters as required by said Chapter; that they select for these
purposes, and purchase at the expense of the Water Department,
meters of such types and sizes as they may think most suitable; and
that in executing the directions of first clause of this vote they
select for the purpose such of the unmetered services as in their
judgment are in most urgent need of metering. Said meters shall
be and remain the property of the town and he subject at all times
to inspection and repair by its authorized officers or agents. The
rates to be paid for metered water shall, in the absence of a deter-
mination of them by vote of the town, be those from time to time
established by the Water Commissioners. Voted, further, that the
foregoing provisions shall not be construed as annulling the privi-
leges accorded water takers by vote passed Feb. 15, 1907, volun-
tarily to procure by application to the Water Board and in con-
formity with the requirements of that vote the installation of meters
upon their premises so as to receive metered service ; and the
meters so installed shall not be counted in determining the per-
centage of unmetered services changed to metered service under
the provisions of said Chapter 524.
ART. 19. On motion of Charles F. Carter it was
Voted, That the town vote to confirm the recommendation of
the Trustees of Cary Library, and that the name of said library he
changed to Cary Memorial Library.
ART. 22. On motion of Robert P. Clapp it was
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Voted, That the town hereby rescinds the vote passed at are
adjourned meeting held on April 7, 1902, under Article 27 of the
Warrant for said meeting (whereby the membership of the School
Committee was increased to six), and voted further, That at the
annual meeting for the election of town officers for the years 1909,
1910 and 1911, and annually thereafter, the town shall elect but
one member of the School Committee for the term of three years, so
that after the annual town election in the year 1911 there shall be
but three members of the School Committee.
Voted, To adjourn the meeting to Monday, March 23rd, at 7.30'
p. m.
Voted to adjourn,
ADJOURNED MEETING MARCH 23, 1908.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 7.35 o'clock p. m.
On motion of Alonzo E. Locke, Chairman of the Finance Com-
mittee,
ommittee, the following votes were passed
ARTICLE 6. Voted, That the sum of $200.00 be appropriated
and assessed for Memorial Day to be expended under the direction
of Post 119, G. A. R.
ART. 7. Voted, That the sum of $34,500.00 be appropriated
and assessed for the support of the Public Schools, with the earnest
request that the standard and efficiency of the High School bI
improved.
ART. 8. Voted, That the sunt of $1,500.00 be appropriated and
assessed for the support of the poor at the Poor Farm.
ART. 9. Votad, That the sum of $1,800.00 be appropriated and
assessed for the support of outside poor.
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AR'r, 10. Voted. That the sum of $12,000.00 be appropriated
and assessed for the support of the highways.
ART. 11. Voted, That the sum of $7,400.00 be appropriated
and assessed for the support of street lights. Voted, that a com-
mittee of five be appointed by the Moderator to investigate the sub-
ject of substituting incandescent lights in whole or in part for the
arc lights now in use in the town, said committee to include the
Chairman of the Board of Selectmen and at least one citizen familiar
with electrical matters. And the Moderator appointed the following
committee : Robert P. Clapp, Dwight F. Kilgotir, George D. Milne,
Frank D. Peirce and Dr. J. Odin Tilton.
ART. 12. Voted, That the sum of $4,900.00 be appropriated
and assessed for the support of the Fire Department.
ART. 13. Under this article Hugh Miller offered the following
amendment : First, that the Board of Overseers of the Poor and
Surveyors of Highways be abolished and that the duties of said
Board be performed by the Board of Selectmen. Second, that the
salary of each Selectman be increased to five hundred dollars, except
that of the Chairman of the Board, whose salary shall be seven hun
dred dollars. Third, that no member of the Board of Selectmen
shall hold the office of Superintendent of Streets or any other salaried
office under the town. Fourth, that $1,700.00 be appropriated and
assessed for the salaries of the Board of Selectmen during 1908.
The amendment, on motion of George W. Taylor, was divided
into four divisions and declared lost. The following amounts were
then appropriated and assessed :
Assessors,
Auditors,
Board of Health,
Contingent,
Care of Common,
Collector of Taxes,
Clerk of School Committee,
8900.00
100.00
500.00
1,000.00
200.00
850.00
50.00
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Fuel and Lights,
Hydrants,
Hastings Park,
Interest,
Insurance,
Janitors,
Librarians,
Overseers of the Poor,
Police Department,
Printing,
Removal of Snow,
Registrars of Voters,
Selectmen,
Surveyors of Highways,
Cemeteries,
Inspector of Cattle,
Inspector of Provisions,
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
Street Watering,
Town Debt,
Treasurer Cary Memorial Library,
Trimming 'frees,
Town Treasurer,
Town Clerk,
Town Physician,
Watering Troughs,
1,750.00
4,815.00
5.00
7,702.02
250.00
1,500.00
1,810.00
333.33
4,300.00
500.00
500.00
125.00
333.33
383.33
200.00
100.00
200.00
150.00
3,000.00
26,266.67
50.00
126.63
660.00
450.00
75.00
75.00
ART. 15. Voted That on all taxes for 1908 paid before Dec. 1,
1908, a discount of one-half of one per cent. shall be allowed for
each full month for prior payment; taxes unpaid Dec. 1st shall
be charged six per cent. interest thereafter, and all taxes shall
become due Dec. 31, 1908, and that the.Tax Collector be Instruc-
ted to collect all taxes by that date.
ART. 16. Voted, That the sum of $1,000.00 be appropriated
and assessed for the construction of sidewalks of concrete or other
materials where the abutters will pay one-half of the expense thereof.
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ART. 17. Voted, That the sum of $200.00 be appropriated and
assessed for a school physician, as required by the Public Statutes.
ART. 20. Voted, That the sum of $250.00 be appropriated and
assessed for the purpose of painting and repairing the Stone building.
ART. 21. Voted, That Article 21 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTS. 23, 24, 25. On motion of Frederick L. Emery it was
Voted, That the articles be indefinitely postponed.
ART. 6. Under this article the following officers were elected
FENCE VIEWERS --Howard M. Munroe, Clarence H. Cutler,
Herbert V. Smith. k
FIELD DRIVERS—Walter W. Rowse, Thomas C. Buckley, William
F. Pletcher.
SURVEYORS OF LUMaER—George W. Spaulding, Lester E. Smith.
ART. 4. Voted, That the sum of $2,100.00 be appropriated and
assessed, $1,500.00 for meeting the expense of general repairs to
the outside of the Town Hall building, and $600.00 for new sheds
in the rear of the Town Hall as recommended by the Selectmen.
ART. 4. The committee appointed Apr. 2, 1906, to investigate
the feasibility of establishing skating facilities in the town made the
following report :
"Your committee visited all places within one-quarter mile of the
centre of the town, and found but one suitable, namely, land owned
by F. H. Holmes, A. E. Scott and others in rear of Massachusetts
avenue and Waltham street, Owing to objections made by one of
the owners of this land to the scheme, we are obliged therefor to
report that no location is available."
WALTER W. ROWSE, Chairman,
REV. CHARLES F. CARTER,
GEORGE H. CHILDS.
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ART. 4. On the recommendation of the Finance Committee the
following vole was passed :
Voted, That the Moderator appoint a Finance Committee of
twenty-one members, to include the Moderator of this meeting, the
Chairman of the Board of Selectmen and the Town Treasurer. Said
committee to consider from time to time during the year the finan-
cial affairs of the town and make report at the annual town meeting
in March, 1909, or as called upon, the appropriations for the year
1909, as well as other matters, having a bearing upon the finances
of the town. The Moderator appointed the following committee :
Frank D. Peirce,
Harry F. Fay,
Edward P. Merriam,
Alfred Pierce,
Arthur L. Blodgett,
Arthur W. Newell,
Timothy H. O'Connor,
William C. Stickel,
George D. Harrington,
Clarence H. Cutler,
Edwin
F. Foster Sherburne,
Frederick L. Emery,
Alonzo E. Locke,
Fred S. Piper,
Abram C. Washburn,
Frank H. Locke,
Patrick F. Dacey,
Daniel G. Tyler,
Ira F. Burnham,
Charles H. Spaulding,
A. Bayley.
Voted, That no appropriation be made for the observance of
April 19th, but that the Selectmen be requested to hire the Drum
Corps, the expense of the same to be paid from the fees received
for licenses granted for April 19th.
Voted, That the balances of $150.00 in "Steam Roller Account"
and $4.50 in "New Hose Account" be transferred to "Contingent
Account," and that the overdrafts of $96.68 in "Grant Street
Account" and $25.00 in "Steam Boiler Account" be charged to
"Contingent Account."
Voted, To dissolve the meeting at 9.40 o'clock p. ns.
A true record. Attest :
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
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WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING.
THtYnsnnr, July 9, 1908. •
To CHARLES E. WHEELER, Constable of Lexington, GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwearth of Massachusetts you are
hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of
Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at
the Town Hall, on Thursday, the ninth day of July, A. D., 1908, at
8.00 o'clock p. m., to act on the following Articles, via.:—
ARTICLF. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To see if the town will make a further appropriation for
the suppression of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, or act in any
manner relating thereto.
ART. 3. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the
extension of water mains, and if so, of what amount ; also to authorize
the borrowing of money to meet all or a portion of such appropria-
tion.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your
doings thereon, to the Town Clerk on or before the time of said
meeting.
Given under our hands, at Lexington, this twenty-seventh day of
June, A. D., 1908.
FRANK D. PEIRCE,
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD,
W. H. WHITAKER,
Selectmen of Lexington.
MEETING JULY 9, 1908.
Meeting called to order by the Town Clerk at 7.35 o'clock p. m.,
who read the Warrant and the return of the Constable thereon.
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ARTICLE 1. On motion of George H. Cutter it was
Voted, That we elect a Moderator; that the check list be used,
and that the polls he kept open two minutes: At the close of the
polls it was found seven ballots had been cast, all for Edwin A.
Bayley, and he was declared elected and was sworn by the Town
Clerk.
•
ART. 2. On motion of Edward P. Merriam it was
Voted, That a further sum of $1,000.00 be appropriated and
assessed for the suppression of insects, in order to secure the State
allowance of $4,000.00 additional to continue the work.
Edward P. Merriam offered the following motion :
That all money used for the suppression of insects be expended
by a committee of three to be appointed by the Moderator, one of
whom shall he the local superintendent ; this committee to take full
charge of the work until March, 1909.
Charles E. Wheeler moved as an amendment that the committee
consist of five members. The amendment was accepted by Mr.
Merriam and the original motion as amended was put and carried.
The motion was favored by Frank D. Peirce, Edward P. Merriam
and William C. Stickel, and opposed by Daniel F. Hutchinson and
Arthur E. Horton. The Moderator appointed the follo'ing com-
mittee :
Charles H. Bugbee,
George H. Childs,
Cornelius Wellington.
William P. Martin,
Edward P. Merriam,
ART. 3. On motion of Francis IV. Dean it was
Votrrl, l'hat the sum of six thousand dollars ($$,000.00) is
hereby appropriated for the use of the Water Department in mak-
ing extensiotts,of water mains, and that the Town Treasurer is hereby
authorized to borrow said stun on six several notes of the town of
51,000.00 each, payable respectively in one, two, three, four, five
3t
and six years from their respective dates, with interest at a rate of
not exceeding five per centum per annum, payable semi-annually,
such notes to be signed by the Town Treasurer and countersigned
by a majority of the Selectmen. Yes, 35; no, 2.
Mr. Arthur E. Horton presented' to the town the following area of
the Town of Lexington
ARTHUR E. .HOR'IOON's AREA (W THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON.
Number of square feet,
Number of acres, •
Number of square miles,
4153,932,350
10,650,421
16,641
Calculated from the Geodetic Coordinates* after being reduced
to Rectangular Coordinates referred to the Meridian passing through
the State House.
• "Massachusetts Town Boundary Survey " data used,
ARTHUR E. Howrow,
July 9, 1908.
On motion of Rev. Charles F. Carter it was
Voter, To accept the gift, and that it be made a part of the
record of this meeting, and that the thanks of the town be extended
to Mr. Horton for the same.
Voted, To dissolve the meeting.
A true record. Attest:
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
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WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING.
THURSDAY, October 22, 1908.
To CHARLES E. WHEELER, Constable of Lexington, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are
hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of
Lexington, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to assemble at
the Town Hall, on Thursday, the Twenty-second day of October,
A. D., 1908, 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.
ARr. 2. To see what action the town will take with reference to
authorizing or providing for extensions of water mains, whether to
the new Hayden place on Shade Street, Windemere Farm, or else-
where.
ART. 3. To appropriate and provide for the raising of moneys to
defray the cost of extending water mains or constructing new ones;
and to authorize the borrowing of money for such purposes on the
note or notes of the town.
ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to extend its water mains
to a point on Middle street opposite land of Alice B. Cary, and
across said land of Cary to Shade street, an the condition that a loca-
tion across said land of Cary shall be granted without expense to
the town, and on the further condition that seven per cent. interest
shall be guaranteed to the town for six years, and appropriate money
therefor. -
ART. 5. To see if the town will locate and establish a hydrant on
its water main, if extended as provided in article four, near the
buildings of Alice B. Cary.
ART. 6. To see if the town will vote to borrow three thousand
dollars or any sum for the purpose of extending its water mains as
provided in article four, or act in any manner relating thereto.
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ART. 7. To see if the town will instruct its Water Commissioners
to forthwith cause its water mains to be extended to and on Middle
street, to a point opposite land of Alice B. Cary to be designated by
her, thence across said land of Cary to Shade street, provided the
town is guaranteed the payment of seven per cent. interest on the
cost thereof for six years, and provided further that a location across
said Cary land shall be granted without expense to the town.
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 Twelfth day of Octo-
ber, A. D., 1908.
FRANK D. PEIRCE,
HEN RY A. C. WOODWARD,
WILLIAM H. WHITAKER,
Selectmen of Lexington.
MEETING OCTOBER 22, 1908.
Meeting called to order by the Town Clerk at 7.35 o'clock P. M..
who read the Warrant and the return of the Constable thereon:
ARTICLE 1. On motion of George H. Cutter it was voted that we
elect a Moderator, that the checklist be used, and that the polls be
kept open one minute. At the close of the polis one ballot had
been cast for Edwin A. Bayley and he was declared elected, and
was sworn by the Town Clerk.
Attrs. 2, 4, 5, 7. George O. Whiting offered the following mo-
tion :
Voted, That the town extend its water mains on Middle street,
between estates of Alice B. Cary and estates of Evans and Harding
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to a point opposite land of Miss Cary to be designated by her;
thence across said land of Cary to Shade street, provided that a
location across said Cary land shall be granted without expense to
the town in accordance with her written agreement now in the
hands of the Selectmen, and provided further that a guaranty satis-
factory to the Water Commissioners shall be furnished ; that the
town shall receive in water rates or otherwise seven per cent. interest
on the cost thereof for six years, and that the Water Commissioners
be instructed to proceed forthwith to carry out the provision of this
vote and to locate and establish a hydrant near the buildings on
said Cary estate.
William 1'. Martin offered the following amendment :
Voted, That the town extend its water mains from a point on
Middle street opposite the driveway of the Cary estate over said
Middle street and over the State road to School street, and from
School street in one direction through Lincoln street, past the Hard-
ing estate to land of Miss Cary to be designated by her. thence
across said Cary land to Shade street, and in another direction from
School street down the State road to estate of William P. Martin.
Augustus E. Scott offered the following amendment to Mr. Whit-
ing's motion : After the words six years, "on the cost of the work
from the corner of Middle and Lincoln streets to Sliade street, and
on the cost of the work from the conies of School street to the es-
tate of William P. Martin."
Edward P. Bliss moved as a substitute motion "that the whole
matter be referred to the Water Commissioners with the special rec-
ommendation that the wishes of Miss Cary be favorably considered.
Motion declared lost.
Edward P. Bliss moved that the meeting be adjourned to Satur-
day, October 31. Motion declared lost.
The amendment of Mr. Scott was declared lost ; 'he amendment
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of Mr. Martin was declared lost : the original motion of Mr. Whit-
ing was declared lost.
On motion of Edward P. Merriam it was
Voted, That a committee of three be appointed by the Modera-
tor to retire and formulate a vote with reference to these articles to
be offered to the meeting. The Moderator appointed Edward P.
Merriam, Alonzo E. Locke and William P. Martin and this commit-
tee made the following report which was adopted by the meeting :
Voted, That the Water Commissioners be instructed to take
immediate steps to extend the water mains to the buildings an the
premises of Alice B. Cary and to the premises of Mrs. Harding, J.
W. Hayden estate so called, and W. P. Martin, along such routes as
may be deemed advisable to the Water Commissioners, that an
equitable guarantee of not more than 7 per cent. be secured for a
term not exceeding 6 years, on such portions of such extensions
from Five Forks to estate of Wm. P. Martin and the Hayden estate.
ART. 3. On motion of Alonzo E. Locke it was
Voted, That the sum of $8,000 be appropriated for the purpose
of carrying out the extension of water mains under Article 3. $2,000
to be taken from the proceeds of water extension loan passed at the
meeting of Jnly 9, 1908, and that the sum of $$,000 be borrowed
on the notes of the town, maturing $1,000 annually from 1 to 6
years from date of issue with interest payable semi-annually at a rate
not exceeding 4 per cent. per annum. Vote unanimous.
Voted to dissolve the meeting.
A true record, attest :
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
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WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING.
TUESDAY, November 3d, 1908.
To CHARLES E. WHEELER, 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 National, State and County
affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall, on Tuesday, the third day of
November, A. D., 1908, gat 6 o'clock A. M., to cast their ballots for
the following National, State and County officers, as follows :—
For electors of President and Vice President of the United
States, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the Common-
wealth, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney -General, Representative for
the 4th Congressional -District, Councillor, Senator for the 5th Mid-
dlesex District, Representative in the General Court for the 29th
Middlesex District, County Commissioner, Associate Commissioner,
Register of Probate and Insolvency.
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 Four o'clock P. M. and as
much longer as the meeting may direct, not to extend beyond
sunset.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your
doings thereon, to the Town Clerk on or before the time of said
meeting.
Given under our hands, at Lexington, this seventeenth day of
October, A. 1)., 1908.
FRANK D. PEIRCE,
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD,
WILLIAM H. WHITAKER,
Selectmen of Lexington.
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MEETING NOVEMBER 3, 1908.
Meeting called to order by the Town Clerk at 6 o'clock A. M.,
who read the warrant and the return of the Constable thereon.
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 1150 official ballots and a copy of the vot-
ing list. George L. Peirce and Irving Stone having been appointed
Deputy BallotClerkswere sworn by the Town Clerk. The ballot
box was shown to be empty, then locked and the key delivered to
Charles E. Wheeler, the Constable in charge and the polls were de-
clared open. Samuel B. Bigelow, Sylvester P. Robertson, Frederick
G. Jones, G. Irving Tuttle, Patrick F. Dacey, Bradley C. Whitcher,
James R. Carret and Nathaniel Nunn having been appointed
Tellers were sworn by the Town Clerk.
At 8.60 o'clock by order of the Selectmen and Town Clerk, 300
ballots were taken from the ballot box; at 11.50 o'clock 260 bal-
lots were taken out; at 2.55 o'clock 200 ballots were taken out.
At 3.30 o'clock on motion of Edwin A. Bayley it was voted that the
polls be kept open until 4.30 o'clock. At the close of the polls 93
ballots were taken out, making the total number 843.
The check list used by the Selectmen showed 843 names
checked. The check list used by the ballot clerks showed 843
names checked. The dial on the ballot box registered 843. After
the Tellers had completed their work the Town Clerk announced the
result as follows :
FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT AT LARGE :
Richard Olney of Boston,
James E. Cotter of Hyde Park,
Hervey S. Cowell of Ashburnham,
John M. Fisher of Attleborough,
Patrick Mahoney of Boston,
161
161
4
4
5
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Eliot White of Worcester,
Michael C. O'Neill of Boston,
William F. Aiken of Greenfield,
John L. Bates of Boston,
August H. Goetting of Springfield,
Blanks,
IhsnurCr No, 1.
Luke J. Minahan of Pittsfield,
Wilbur M. Purrington of Williamsburg,
Henry O. Brigham of Westfield,
Simon J. Griffin of West Springfield,
Charles S. Shattuck of Hatfield,
Blanks
DISTRICT No. 2.
Theobald M. Connor of Northampton,
Oliver W. Cobb of Easthampton,
Alva E. Fenton of Springfield,
Charles F. Warner of Northampton,
Almond Smith of Athol,
Blanks,
DISTRICT No. 3.
John O'Gara of Spencer,
Chresten Peterson of Worcester,
James Cronin of Worcester,
William Crosbie of Worcester,
Frank Hartley of Webster,
Blanks,
5
14
14
626
626
66
161
4
5
14
626
33
161
4
5
14
626
33
161
4
5
14
626
33
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DIsTRiCr No. 4.
Charles A. Babbitt of Fitchburg,
Quincy Adams of Townsend,
Timothy Richardson of Leominster,
William A. Pierson of Hudson,
Allan G. Bnttrick of Lancaster,
Blanks,
DISTRICT No. 5.
Humphrey O'Sullivan of Lowell,
James B. Lewis, Jr., of Reading,
William E. Sproule of Lowell,
Michael A. Lee of Lowell,
James R. Berwick of Methuen,
Blanks,
DISTRICT No. 6.
William Stopford of Beverly,
Robert M. Martin of Salem,
John Quincy Adams of Amesbury,
Roland D. Sawyer of Haverhill,
Ulysses G. Haskell of Beverly,
Blanks,
DISTRICT No. T.
Dennis H. 'Tyrrell of Chelsea,
Jonathan S. Lewis of Stoneham,
Ambrose Miles of Lynn,
George W. Casavant of Saugus,
Charles N. Barney of Lynn,
Blanks,
161
4
5
14
626
3i
161
4
5
14
626
33
161
4
5
14
626
33
161
4
5
14
626
33
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DISTRICT No. S.
Warren T. Morse of Medford,
Alfred A. Wright of Cambridge,
Clayton S. Hunt of Somerville,
Granville MacFarland of Cambridge,
John Reed of Cambridge,
Blanks,
DISTRICT No. 9.
William F. McClannan of Boston,
Charles E. Eaton of Boston,
Samuel Zorn of Boston,
James P. Hayes of Boston,
Jerome A. Petitti of Boston,
Blanks,
DISTRICT No.
William '1'. Shea of Quincy,
Moses D. Monroe of Milton,
A. Hale Kingsley of Quincy,
Charles O. Power of Boston,
Milton C. Paige of Boston,
Blanks,
10.
DISTRICT No. 11.
Josiah Quincy of Boston,
Solon W. Bingham of Boston,
George W. Galvin of Boston,
John A. Coulthurst of Boston,
James N. Thompson of Boston,
Blanks,
161
4
5
14
626
33
161
4
5
14
626
33
161
4
5
14
626
83
161
4
5
14
626
33
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• DISTRICT No. 12.
Jeremiah J. Comba of Milton,
Napoleon B. Johnson of Milford,
Michael J. Moore of Newton,
Eugene L. Murphy of Norwood,
Jesse S. Wiley of Brookline,
Blanks,
DISTRICT No. 13.
John W. Coughlin of Fall River,
David Morrison of Fall River,
William Ohnesorge of New Bedford,
Matthew Hart of New Bedford,
Benjamin H. Anthony of New Bedford,
Blanks,
DISTRICT No. 14.
Charles C. Paine of Barnstable,
Herbert L. Chipman of Sandwich,
George A. Beedem of Brockton,
Herbert E. Bryant of Kingston,
Alfred B. Williams of Taunton,
Blanks,
FOR GOVERNOR.
James F. Carey of Haverhill,
Eben S. Draper of Hopedale,
William N. Osgood of Lowell,
James H. Vahey of Watertown,
Willard O. Wylie of Beverly,
Blanks,
161
4
5
14
626
33
161
4
5
14
626
S3
161
4
5
14
626
33
0
565
29
185
52
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Foa LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Charles J. Barton of Melrose,
Joos Claudino of New Bedford,
Louis A. Frothingham of Boston,
John Hall, Jr., of West Springfield,
Robert J. McCartney of Kingston,
Frank N. Rand of Haverhill,
Blanks,
FOR SECRETARY.
James F. Alyward of Cambridge,
Herbert B. Griffin of Boston,
George Nelson of Boston,
William M. Olin of Boston,
Squire E. Putney of Somerville,
John F. Williams of Waltham,
Blanks,
FOR 'TREASURER.
Charles E. Butterworth of Somerville,
Arthur B. Chapin of Holyoke,
Charles C. Hitchcock of Ware,
Edward Kendall of Cambridge,
Erwin H. Kennedy of Pittsfield,
Blanks,
FOR Aunrroa.
Frank Bohmbach of Boston,
John E. Dempsey of Fall River,
George G. Hall of Boston,
Wilbur D. Moon of Lynn,
156
3
561
4
20
7
92
126
7
I
561
3
19
126
16
563
6
4
123
131
2
19
5
8
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Henry E. Turner of Malden,
Simeon Viger of Lawrence,
Blanks,
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Henry M. Dean of Hyde Park,
Elliot C. Harding of Tisbury,
Dana Malone of Greenfield,
John McCarty of Abington,
Richard J. Talbot of Springfield,
John Alden Thayer of Worcester,
Blanks,
FOR CONGRESSMAN -FOURTH DISTRICT.
John J. Mitchell of Marlborough,
Charles Q. Tirrell of Natick,
Blanks,
FOR COUNCILLOR -SIXTH DISTRICT.
Harry H. Hill of Hudson,
Seward W. Jones of Newton,
William J. McCluskey of Lowell,
Blanks,
FOR SENATOR -FIFTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
John J. Burns of Waltham,
Edward W. Graves of Waltham,
John L. Harvey of Waltham,
Blanks,
553
109
147
7
2
544
4
17
133
136
261
501
75
18
532
122
171
156
16
531
140
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REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT -TWENTY-NINTH MIDDLESEX
DISTRICT.
Edwin A. Bayley of Lexington,
Philip A, Hendrick of Arlington,
Blanks,
COUNTY COMMISSIONER --MIDDLESEX.
Edward Gallagher of Lowell,
Levi S. Gould of Melrose,
Charles F. Walcott of Concord,
Blanks,
COUNTY COMMISSIONER -MIDDLESEX.
(To fill vacancy.1
George R. Duren of Carlisle,
Andrew W. Jones of Cambridge,
Charles H. Richardson of Lowell,
Blanks,
603
177
63
127
543
26
147
134
22
533
151
REGISTER OF PRORATE AND INSOLVENCY -MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
John F. Holland of Winchester,
William E. Rogers of Wakefield,
Roswell C. Ross of Newton,
Blanks,
FOR ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER --MIDDLESEX.
136
545
19
143
(To fill vacancy.)
James F. McCarthy, Jr., of Lowell, 133
45
Alfred W. Parnell of Waltham, 24
Frank A. Patch of Littleton, 539
Blanks,
147
After the announcement of the foregoing vote, the ballots cast,
the tally sheets and check lists used, were sealed and endorsed as
required by law, after which the meeting dissolved.
A true record, attest
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
LEXINGTON, November 13, 1908.
A meeting of the Town Clerks of Arlington and Lexington, com-
prising the 29th Representative District, was held at Arlington at 12
o'clock noon this day, and on comparing the returns it was found
that votes bad been cast as follows:
ARLINGTON.
Edwin A. Bayley of Lexington, 846
Philip A. Hendrick of Arlington, 750
LEXINGTON.
Edwin A. Bayley of Lexington,
Philip A. Hendrick of Arlington, 177
Making a majority for Edwin A. Bayley of 482, and two certifi-
cates of election were filled out for Edwin A. Bayley, one of which
was sent to the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the other to
Edwin A. Bayley and signed by
603
A true record, attest :
46
THOMAS J. ROBINSON,
Town Clerk of Arlington.
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk of Lexington.
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
MARRIAGES.
Whole number of marriages recorded for the year 1908, 40.
Males native born, 28; males foreign born, 12; females native born
24; females foreign born, 16.
DAT, NAME. Residence.
January 1. Albert A. Sherman Lexington
Elizabeth G. Moulton Lexington
January 1. John L. Murray Lexington
Flora G. Gillis Lexington
January 18. Charles William Bailey Waltham
Cora Maude Bertwell Lexington
February 19. Charles E. Fox Lexington
* Elia E. MacKenzie Waltham
February 24. George 0. Dow • Lexington
Winnifred G. Cleveland Winchester
February 24. John T. Sullivan Cambridge
Catherine V. Murphy Lexington
February 24. Frank W. McDonald Lexington
Esther Armstrong Lexington
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February 29. John E. Clement
Delia M. Leary
March 3. Nicholas Comeau
Eugenie Saulnier
April 10. Frank Joel Stimson
Helen Morse Reed
April 22. Bernard F. Baker
Bertha May Cleverley
May 4. Aubrey Mc Lalan
Elizabeth A. Kavanaugh
June 1, Allen M. Porter
Jane T. Wise
June 1. Ernest 0. Nichols
Anna W. Hamblen
June 2. Frederick J. Spencer
Ellen P. Crowley
June 10. Ralph Cleaves Wiggin
.Alice Munroe Harrington
June 14. Johnson S. Armstrong
Annie Corbett
June 16. Henry H. Cox
Amanda May Eagles
June 22. John B. Thomas
Marrietta Reece
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Malden
Waltham
Waltham
Lexington
Somerville
Lexington
Lexington
Lexi ngton
Lexington
1.exiington
Boston
Lexington
Lexington
Cambridge
Lexington,
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Belmont
Lexington
Boston
June 22.
June 24.
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Harry H. Butler
Inez C. Mapplebeck
James Monyeos
Bessie Timmons
June 27. Edward Carleton Stone
Katharine Leggett Brooke
June 29. Samuel G. Learned
Avonnie C. Wentworth
July 10. Thomas M. O'Connor
Hanora B. Holland
August 15. Robert James Long, Jr.
Mildred Virginia Caldwell
August 31. Winfield H. Wood
Caroline E. Emery
September 3. Thomas Moore
Annie Drum
September 14. Angus P. McInnis
Catherine J. McDonald
September 16. James Francis Rooney
Catherine Dorothea Straub
September 22. J. Robert Hamilton
Bertha M. Cook
September 23. George A. Nourse
Alice P. Bayley
Lexington
Lexington
Waltham
Lexington
Lexington
Sandy Spring, Md.
Arlington
Lexington
Minneapolis, Minn.
Lexington
Medford
Lexington
Lexington
Boston
Rochester, N. Y.
Lexington
Boston
1.exington
Cambridge
Cambridge
Billerica
Lexington
Lexington
Malden
September 25.
October 20,
October 28.
November 4.
November 7.
November 10.
November 11.
50
James Henry Callahan
Mary Gertrude Callahan
Thomas C. Lewis
Opal P. Foss
Robert K. Quinn
Margaret Ray
Patrick Flaherty
Bridget Doherty
William D. Jamieson
Helen F. Sawyer
Ernest Morrison
May Wilson
William H. Whitaker
Susie E. Greene
December 4. William T. Hardy
Louise S. Harper
December 19. Lawrence M. Pitman
Eleace M. Aztle
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Boston
Boston
Boston
Woburn
Lexington
Lexington
Bridgewater
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
BIRTHS RECORDED FOR THE YEAR 1908.
Whole number of births recorded for the )'ear 1908, 95. Males 55; females 40. Parents native
born 45; parents foreign born 30; parents one native and one foreign born 20.
DATE.
Jan. 3
5
6
16
28
Feb. 2
8
12
12
16
21
22
22
24
26
26
Mar. 1
10
DATE.
Mar. 10
12
18
18
26
26
31
Apr. 2
8
11
12
14
19
20
23
29
May 6
17
18
23
28
NAME.
Jane Clara Larcom
David Hanson Eaton
William Lester Barnes, Jr.
(Stillborn)
Catherine Teresa Gaffney
Edward 'Timothy Harrington
(Stillborn)
(Stillborn)
George Dennis McNamara
Josephine Young
Angelo Louis Tropeano
Katherine Dwyer
Harriet Wakefield Whitten
Emma Gertrude Cochran
Nickolina Moona Richre
Paul Herman Younggerbaur, Jr.
Winslow Roper Hatch
Robert McDonnell
NAME.
Charles Moloy
William Francis Young, Jr.
Ruth Margaret Buckley
Marion Cushing Little
Bertha Louise Buttrick
Buckle
Frank Santos, Jr.
Winthrop Swan Patch
Frederick Willard McDonald
Robert Alexander Porter
Margaret Teresa McEnroe
Philip Skidmore Stone
John Ernest Cleggett
Angilina Defelice
John William Pewtherer
Carleton Staples Teague
Dorothy Cutler Wills
George Alonzo Dow
George O'Leary
Oriel Difelice
Elizabeth Howe
PARENTS.
Fred Larcom and Mary T. (Whitlock)
William E. Eaton and Genevieve (Manning)
William I.. Barnes and Esther R. (Wyman)
Lawrence Gaffney and Maggie (Donovan)
Timothy T. Harrington and Minnie (Coyne)
Dennis McNamara and Katherine (Lynch)
Owen D. Young and Josephine (Edwards)
Joseph Tropeano and Caroline (Fiore)
Nelson F. Dwyer and Mary E. (Trussell)
Edwin H. Whitten and Grace B. (Walcott)
Lewis G. Cochran and Fannie (Bullock)
Joseph Richre and Marieo (Rizza)
Paul H. Younggerbaur and Mary A. (Allgaier)
Roy W. Hatch and Bertha M. (Roper)
Michael J. McDonnell and Elizabeth (O'Brien)
PARENTS.
Charles E. Moloy and Ellen M. (McDonnell)
William F. Young and Anna F. (McLean)
Thomas C. Buckley and Catherine J. (Kelliher)
Lyman C. Little and Helen (Moody)
Francis L. Buttrick and Sarah G. (Richards)
John J. Buckle and Elizabeth (Stevens)
Frank Santos and Victoria (Sercia)
Charles E. Patch and Edna P. (Andrews)
Frank W. McDonald and Esther M. (Armstrong)
Alexander Porter and Elizabeth (Wilson)
Charles S. McEnroe and Katherine M. (Walsh)
George E. Stone and Mary (Porter)
John J. Cleggett and Katherine (Gorman)
Joseph Defelice and Teresa (Spada)
Andrew G. Pewtherer and Susan W. (Forsythe)
George S. Teague and Ellen E. (Stebbins)
Herbert L. Wills and Olive S. (Ware)
George O. Dow and 11'innifred G. (Cleveland)
Patrick O'Leary and Mary (McCann)
Dominic Difelice and Bampina (Pacione)
Arthur B. Howe and Marion (Gooding)
DATE.
May 29
June 6
7
18
19
21
23
23
23
24
25
29
July 1
2
5
6
8
20
Aug. 11
12
DATE.
Aug. 12
13
14
21
22
30
Sept. 1
1
2
5
18
18
21
29
Oct. 3
9
11
17
18
Nov. 2
14
NAME.
(Stillborn)
Marguerite Elizabeth Walsh
Bertha Elsie Cutter
John Adams Russell
Ruth Mabel Livermore
Elvy Frances Gennito
Aloisius Bruno Henry Shafer
Mabel Elizabeth McLalan
Robert Harold Watt
Sally McLean Redman
Ginetta Dentino
Herbert Oliver Olsen
Angelino Dintine
Francis Joseph Hayes
Gustaf Edvin Harald Carlson
Dana McLean Greeley
(Stillborn)
Francis Smith Dane, Jr.
Barbara Osgood Briggs
Fred Albert Burgess
Maud May Mandigo
NAME.
Dana Thurber Norris
Edith Evelyn Hunt
John Francis Traverse
Howard Eugene Rideout
Katherine McDavitt
Ruth Hutchinson
Gladys Elizabeth McKay
Margaret Diggins
Clarence Fuller McDonald
Thomas Welch ,
Clara Mabel Melanson
Edith Lois Andrews
Harold Leslie Stoney
Rebecca Willard Smith
James Francis Kavanaugh
Frank Richardson Blodgett
Mary Octavia Tufts
(Stillborn)
Robert Edward Doran
Ruth Jeannette Bruce
Alice Leslie Fitch
PARENTS.
James J. Walsh and Lucy D. (Hurley)
Ernest V. Cutter and Glenny L. (Hudson)
John C. Russell and Annie L, (Quinlan)
Geo. C. Livermore and Katherine A. (Norcross)
Dominick Gennito and Filomena (Delfino)
Joseph Shafer and Franciska (F echteler)
Aubrey McLalan and Elizabeth A. (Kavanaugh)
Robert Watt and Catherine L. (Cullinane)
Lester T. Redman and Dorothea (Greeley)
Carmono Dentino and Dornenica (Paciane)
Martin Olsen and Bessie (Swenson)
Arcangelo Dintine and Antinella (Monsannello)
John V. Hayes and Mary G. (De Bonne)
Henning L. 1'. Carlson and Sophia (Larson)
William R. Greeley and Marjory E. (Houghton)
Francis S. Dane arid Annie L. (Edmands)
Charles P. Briggs and Gertrude (Russell)
Fred W. Burgess and Louise 1. (Webster)
John J. Mandigo and Carrie E. (Egan)
PARENTS.
Herbert L. Norris and Carrie A. (Thurber)
Edgar V. Hunt and Marie E. (LaFranca)
William H. Traverse and Mary E. (Cochran)
Percy R. Rideout and Alice (McKinley)
Owen McDavitt and Mary A. (Kenney)
J.Chester Hutchinson and T,ucy D. (Richardson)
Morris G. McKay and Pearl L. (Whelpley)
John Diggins and Mary (Coliton)
Charles E. McDonald and Mable (Fuller)
John F. Welch and Sarah (McNiff)
Leonard C. Melanson and Ellen S. (Ray)
Daniel J. Andrews and Jessie E. (Wilson)
Amos H. Stoney and Hazel G. (Peters)
James W. Smith and Cleora R. (Russell)
Thomas Kavanaugh and Annie (McDevitt)
Lebu rton K .Blodgett and Marion E. ( Richardson)
Bowen -Tufts and Octavia E. (Williams)
William E. Doran and Bertha D. (Downs)
Alexander Bruce and Mary F. (Bridges)
Nathan A. Fitch and Lucy (Manning)
DATE. NAME.
Nov. 16 William Stanley Greenwood
24 Arthur Francis Kendall
25 Charlie Delfino
Dec. 3 Ruth Harrington
4 Hazel Butterfield
5 Ellen Katherine Swan
9 Edward Murray Dalrymple
9 James Edward Bullock
12 Eugene Butler
13 Arnold Kennard Fiske
18 Donald McLaren Galletly
• 19 Richard Lockwood Tower
28 (Stillborn)
29 Abbie Garrity
PARENTS.
Frank P. L. Greenwood and Annie M. (Langille)
John W. S. Kendall and Grace M. (Wheeler)
Louis Delfino and Caroline (Gentile)
Bartlett J. Harrington and Nora J. (Barry)
Homer L. Butterfield and Lucy J. (Cook)
Joseph Swan and Maud C. (McDonald)
Herbert Dalrymple and Lelia (McPhee)
James j. Bullock and Margaret (Leary)
Harry E. Butler and Inez (Mapplebeck)
Joseph H. Fiske and Lena E. (Tukey)
Alexander Galletly and Margaret (Paton)
Richard G.Tawerand Henrietta N. (Lockwood)
John J. Garrity and Frances M. (Tatra)
DEATHS RECORDED FOR THE YEAR 1908
Whole number of deaths, including 7 still births recorded as deaths, 74;
Native born, 66 ; foreign born, 8.
DATE. NAME.
1908.
Jan, 6 Sylvia J. W. Reed
6 Ann Manderson .
8 Belinda K. Moody
16 Eleanor S. Dean
Feb. 2 Gorham Buttrick
5 Lucinda T. Ladd
7 Caroline Atherton Harrington
16 Charles W. Andrews
28 Ella B. Smith .
Mar. 4 Margaret J. Deveau
5 Daniel E. Collins
5 Myrtie Moody .
19 Wilhelmina Chapman
20 Abbott S. Mitchell
27 Buckle .
28 Alice Buckle .
Apr. 2 Josiah H. Bartlett
Males 34; Females 40.
AGE. BIRTHPLACE.
Yrs. Mos. Dys.
72 8 24 Milford, N. H.
73 Scotland
74 6 Salisbury, Mass.
78 6 12 Burlington
68 22 Concord
81 7 15 Somerville
98 20 Pownal, Vt.
1 9 19 Lexington
20 20 Southwest Harbor, Me,
47 4 13 Summerside, P. I.
45 11 Lexington
24 Strafford, Vt.
2 18 Boston
47 4 1.exington
20 hrs. Lexington
1 6 1 Lexington
78 9 11 Norway, Me.
DATE.
1908.
Apr. 6
9
17
21
26
28
May 4
17
June 2
7
8
16
27
July 1
5
6
16
19
23
27
DATE.
1908.
Aug. 6
6
9
14
19
23
26
28
Sept. 1
12
19
19
19
19
22
25
26
Oct. 15
18
18
NAME.
Jeremiah Crowley
Lucinda Maria Fowler
Emma Burt
Albert Norman I)extei'
Sarah J. Pierce
John Kopp
Darius Dow
William O. Baxter
Frank L. Porter
John A. Russell .
Nellie W. Caldwell .
Lavinia F. O'Callaghan
William H. Spencer
Mary Kinneen
Benjamin F. Brown
Frances C. Pero
Mary Randall
Mary E. Hinchey
Florence D. Hamblen
Charles T. West
NAME.
Esther M. Page .
Lydia A. Hatch .
Mary McCaffery .
Annie M. Hardy
Angelino Dintine
Francis K. Simonds
Albert A. Sherman
Sarah M. Fitch
Clifford Saville .
Annie W. Muzzey
Elizabeth P. Dennett
Ernest E. Fuller
Mary A. Diggins
George Alonzo Dow
Annie M. Mitchell
Sarah H. Bryant
Samuel T. Parks
Maria Cushman Sherman
Norah Keane .
Herbert Wyndham Mears
AGE.
Yrs. Mos. Dys.
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67 10 18
11 10
BIRTHPLACE.
Ireland
Lyme, N. H.
Boston
9 6 Medford
58 26 Lexington
74 Chillocothe, Ohio
83 3 18 No. Sudbury
82 1 19 East Greenwich, R. I.
22 5 2 Woburn
1 Lexington
54 8 10 New Bedford
33 Charlestown
85 1 8 Cambridgeport
3 6 15 Lexington
79 2 7 Candia, N. H.
11 4 Lexington
75 4 1 Providence, R. 1.
37 10 Lowell
50 2 25 Lexington
63 8 25 Plymouth, Vt.
AGE.
Yrs. Mos. Dys.
84 9 5
76 4 20
70
47 8
2 3
80 1
71
71 5 22
68 1 13
70 2 4
75 4 13
35 11 18
30
4 2
32 1 17
81 7
16 6
84 5 4
68
49 4 2
BIRTHPLACE.
England
Lyman, Me.
Ireland
St. John, N. B.
Lexington
Lexington
East Douglas
Brookl ine
Gloucester
Gloucester
Townsend
Charlestown
Somerville
Lexington
Lexington
Bedford
Newton Centre
Acushnet
Ireland
Malden
BIRTHPLACE.
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Louisa Pierce Cook
Alonzo Simon Harriman
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LIST OF JURORS AS SUBMITTED BY THE BOARD OF
SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON, 1908.
NAME. OUCUPATION.
Willard O. Armes, cotton broker
L. A. Austin, grocer
W. H. Ballard, real estate
James Barnes, salesman
W. M. Batcheller, retired
Samuel B. Bigelow, salesman
t dward P. Bliss, retired
Arthur L. Blodgett, salesman
Walter Blodgett, farmer
Ezra F. Breed, plumber
William F. Brown, salesman
*William L. Burrill, upholsterer
Charles F. Bertwell, plumber
William F. Caldwell, farmer
Edward G. Clapham, broker
Max Clark, clerk
Samuel P. Clow, carpenter
George H. Copeland, druggist
W. T. Crowther, provisions
Clifford A. Currier, salesman
"Frank P. Cutter, surveyor.
Charles J. Dailey, butcher
Warren A. Davis, farmer
Charles C. Doe, merchant
Joseph Evans, farmer
Arthur I. Fiske, merchant
George E. Foster, bookkeeper
Whitney Foster, farmer
Charles A. Fowle, bookkeeper
Irving P. Fox, editor
Peter T. Gillooly, salesman
RESIDENCE.
Bloomfield st.
Curve st.
Parker st.
Massachusetts ave.
Hancock st.
Parker st.
Oakland st.
Adams st.
Hancock st.
Massachusetts ave.
Percy road
Bedford st.
Bedford st.
Massachusetts ave.
North Hancock st.
Clark st.
Waltham st.
Waltham st.
Hancock ave.
Forest st.
Forest st.
Watertown st.
Bedford st.
Adams st.
Middle st.
East st.
Fern st.
Concord ave.
Raymond st.
Bloomfield st.
Massachusetts ave.
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Ethridge W. Glass, farmer
Frederick E. Gleason, farmer
William F. Glenn, carpenter
*George L. Goulding, laundry
Hugh P. Greeley, draftsman
Charles E. Hadley, plumber
Joseph F. Ham, retired
George L. Harrington, real estate
Eugene D. Hendley, carpenter
Arthur E. Horton, civil engineer
Edward W. Hutchinson, farmer
George H. Jackson
Joseph H. Johnson, fanner
Frank E. Kendall, farmer
John W. S. Kendall, farmer
*Stillman D. Kendall, farmer
Austin W. Locke, farmer
Charles H. Lowe, clerk
Edward H. Mara, painter
Arthur A. Marshall, undertaker
*M. J. McDonnell
Hugh Miller, banker
Edward Montague, carpenter
John E. A. Mulliken, clerk
Howard M. Munroe, farmer
Nathaniel Nunn, clerk
Peter Peterson, chauffeur
Frank W. Pierce, salesman;
Henry L. Pike, veterinary
Henry D. Piper, salesman
Frank H. Reed, farmer
Joseph P. Ryan, bookkeeper
0. Gilbert Seeley, druggist
Charles F. Smith, farmer
William A. Staples, salesman
Concord ave.
North Hancock st.
Forest st.
Bloomfield st.
Hancock st.
Massachusetts ave.
Massachusetts ave.
Clark st.
Massachusetts ave.
Waltham st.
Blossom st.
Parker st.
Adams st.
Bedford st.
Bedford st.
Bedford st.
North st.
Massachusetts ave.
Muzzey st.
Forest st.
Hancock st.
Massachusetts ave.
Maple st.
Waltham st.
Lowell st.
Massachusetts ave.
Bedford st.
Massachusetts ave.
Parker st.
Winthrop road.
Lowell st.
Bedford st.
Forest st.
Bedford st.
Concord ave.
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Charles W. Swan, mason
George F. Teague, farmer
*Henry E. Tuttle, Assessor
Charles 0. Wentworth, mason
John H. Willard, farmer
Drawn since list was submitted.
DOGS.
Elm ave.
Bedford st.
Hancock st.
Pleasant st.
North st.
Whole number licensed from Dec. 1, 1907, to Dec. 1, 1908, 380.
Males, 320; females, 56. Breeders' licenses, 4.
Amount returned to County Treasurer June 1, $289.40
Amount returned to County Treasurer Dec. 1, 654.60
$944.00
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF
THE POOR AND SURVEYORS OF
THE HIGHWAYS
To Me Citizens of Lexington :
We respectfully submit to you for your inspection the result of our
labors the past year.
We are open to your approval or criticism of the manner in con-
ducting the different departments under our supervision, and in
doing this our errors may be rectified by our successors, and thus
lead .to the best management of town affairs.
'Inc'purposes for which the money entrusted to our care in our
threefold capacity has been expended we refer you to the report of
the Town Treasurer, which is appended.
The method of collecting the taxes, and the able manner the col-
lector has attended to his duties the past year, has made it much
easier to finance the business of the town, for, unless the money
appropriated by the Town, and raised by taxation, is collected it is
difficult for its officers to meet the obligations.
While our debt is gradually being reduced there are important
matters which must be taken up in the near future, and we hope and
desire a lower tax rate will be obtained without a detriment to the
progressive character of the town.
We will make the usual estimates to cover the expenses for the
ensuing year, to be taken up by the committee of twenty-one ap-
pointed at the last annual meeting, whose services we consider a
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valuable adjunct, and their recommendations brought before the
Town for approval at the coming March meeting.
TOWN FARM.
The Poor Department has been able, even during a period of
financial depression when the demands for aid are greater, to keep
within the amount of the appropriation. A comparison with the
amounts expended by other towns of the same size will clearly show
that our expenditure is very low. This showing has been obtained
by careful examination of claims for aid in which those in need have
always received the assistance asked for, but in which unreasonable
and unnecessary demands have been rejected. As for a number of
years, Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. White have been always attentive to
the comfort of the inmates.
RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE FROM POOR FARM. '
Milk,
Calves,
Vegetables,
Apples,
Cows,
Poultry,
Rye,
Junk,
'$815.86
9.00
25.14
108.90
109.00
7.36
7.50
2.00
$1,084.76
PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE PAUPER DEPARTMENT.
Canned goods,
Carriages, wagons and pungs,
Coal,
$ 40.00
325.00
80.00
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Contents of pantry and closet,
Contents of Lockup,
Cows, five,
Farm implements,
Fire extinguishers,
Furniture in house,
Grain,
Harnesses, blankets, etc.,
Hay and rowen, thirty tons,
Horse,
Manure, thirty cords,
Molasses, salt and vinegar,
Pigs, six,
Pork,
Poultry,
Produce,
Straw and bedding,
Wood,
HIGHWAYS.
35.00
3.60
225.00
200.00
10.00
300.00
7.00
65.50
750.00
150.00
150.00
25.00
3b.00
40.00
50.00
185.00
15.00
100.00
$2,791.00
With the town's large area, and consequently many miles of
streets to keep in repair, it requires a liberal appropriation to main-
tain the standard which we have. We began the year with an ap-
propriation of about three-fourths of the previous year and much
work before us to accomplish. Some of the work has been finished
while that unfinished, together with new work remains to be taken
up the ensuing year.
The weather conditions of last winter were such that some roads
in the spring were in very poor condition, which is one of the causes
of our exceeding the appropriation, together with the large amount
of stone received, (about 1600 tons, $800.00', after closing the
crusher in October, and $300.00 for new scales and foundation.
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One-third of our appropriation was expended before any new work
was undertaken.
The more important work done the past year has been the widen-
ing and macadamizing of a portion of North Hancock street from
Bedford street, resurfacing east portion of Hancock street, macada-
mizing and improvements on Woburn street from the B. & M. R. R.
to just beyond Utica street, building with macadam a short piece on
Lowell street, near the residence of F. H. Reed, and beginning of
the work on Massachusetts avenue from Lincoln street to Merritt
street (State road) in compliance with decree of County Commis-
sioners, who also have ordered work done in Waltham street from
Concord avenue to Middle street, which should be entered upon the
coming year, also some streets of the Mt. Vernon district, Merriam
street between the crossing of the B. & M. R. R. and the residence
of A. C. Whitney, and the resurfacing with macadam or gravel some
of the streets in the outlying districts.
LVe find it is quite a problem with experienced road builders, to
determine the best method to construct a road that will meet the
requirements of the present travel.
Foreign material is being used to some extent in adjoining cities
and towns as a road binder and dust layer, the result of which is
being closely watched. Each year requests are made for watering
additional territory. If more streets are to be watered another cart
will have to be put into service, or some of the present streets treated
with materials used in other localities, as our present outfit (three
carts) find it difficult to give satisfaction, especially in a season like
the past year.
Our sidewalks are in fair condition but each succeeding year
brings new work. We think a concrete walk on the southerly side
of the old battle ground would be an improvement.
We are fortunate in not having much bridge work to attend to,
but our largest bridge located in Lowell street, near what is known
as "Grangers Pond," should receive attention in the near future.
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The system of lighting our streets is in the hands of your Com-
mittee appointed in March to investigate, and probably they will re-
port at a future meeting.
, PROPERTY OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Blankets,
Hound stone,
Carts—three double, two single,
Chains, pails and lanterns,
Collars, nine,
Crusher, engine and scales,
Drain pipe,
Evener and whiffietrees,
Feed bags, netting and halters,
Grain and chests,
Harness --four double sets, three saddles,
Horses, len,
Oil, waste, can and powder,
Paving blocks, 1700,
Pipe, pulleys and ropes,
Plough,
Pump and hose,
Pung,
Road machine and set of runners,
Scraper, macadam,
Snow -ploughs, ten,
Sleds, two,
Steam roller,
Stone hammers, fifteen, steam drill,
Stone drag and jigger, large,
Street roller,
Tools and chest,
Watering carts, five,
$65.00
18.00
375.00
40.00
30.00
2,300.00
265.00
15.00
21.00
25.00
200,00
2,100.00
40.00
60.00
75.00
7.00
10.00
70.00
160.00
200.00
350.00
120.00
3,400.00
130.00
70.00
100.00
120.00
800.00
$ 68
Wagon, 100.00
Wheelbarrows, two, 3.50
Jigger, small, 38.00
$11,257.50
There is probably rising 2000 tons of stone at the crusher for
next season's work.
POLICE.
As in past years this department, under the management of Chief
Charles H. Franks, has received the same vigilant attention. As our
population increases the duties of thisdepartment increase also, and
the time is drawing near for' more permanent men, that one or two
officers might be detailed for day duty, and more suitable quarters
provided for couducting the business.
Pu i.ic B][LDrNGS.
During the past year repairs have been made on the Town Hall,
the exterior painted, also the supper room and kitchen on the upper
floor.
New sheds have been constructed in the rear of Town 1 -call, cnn•
taining a place for materials and tools used in suppressing moths.
The stone building has been painted and some repairs made.
It became necessary to expend some money on the buildings at
the Poor Farm, and the coming year the buildings must he shingled
and painted.
It seems essential that more suitable office room be provided, for
it is difficult and annoying to properly transact the business of the
town tinder the present conditions.
To meet the requirements of the State Law relative to the safe
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keeping of public documents and records, a new fire -proof vault is
required.
The house which was a part of the Lexington Waterworks on Lin-
coln street should be repaired and painted.
There is much room in the old pumping station, which, at small
expense, might be valuable, if the town is to retain this property.
The condition of the Center Fire Station was commented upon in
a previous report and a committee was appointed to investigate.
In presenting this report we have mentioned sorhe subjects which
should be considered at the annual meeting, and other business will
probably arise which will call for an expenditure of money and the
attention of the officers elected at the March meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK D. PEIRCE,
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD,
WILLIAM H. WHITAKER.
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ESTIMATES FOR 1909.
April 19—
Assessors,
Auditors,
Board of Health,
Contingent,
Care of Common,
Callector of Taxes,
Clerk of School Committee,
Enforcement of Liquor Law,
Fuel and Lights,
Fire Department,
Hydrants,
Highways,
Hastings Park,
Inspector of Cattle,
Inspector of Meat and Provisions,
Interest,
Insurance,
Janitors,
Librarians,
Memorial Day,
• Outside Aid,
Overseers of Poor,
Police,
Printing,
Removal of Snow,
Registrars of Voters,
$50.00
900.00
100.00
500.00
1,000.00
200.00
900.00
50.00
5.24
1,750.00
5,600.00
5,335.00
18,500.00
5.00
100.00
300.00
5,500.00
1,000.00
1,600.00
1,809.45
200.00
1,200.00
333.33
4,300.00
750.00
500.00
125.00
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School Physician,
Selectmen,
Sealer of Weights and:Measures,
Sidewalks,
Street Lights,
Street Watering,
Support of Poor,
Surveyors of Highway,
Town Debt,
Treasurer of Cary Library,
Trimming Trees,
Town Clerk,
Town Treasurer,
Town Physician,
Watering Trough,
200.00
333.83
150.00
1,000.00
7,500.00
3,000,00
1,500.00
338.33
23,466.67
50.00
100.00
450.00
760.00
75.00
75.00
$91,886.35
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The Finance Committee as appointed by vote of the Town,
promptly organized at the beginning of the year, and has diligently
engaged in acquainting itself with town business and affairs.
In the course of considering the detail of the town departments,
the Committee has been aided by the uniform courtesy and coopera-
tion of the various town officers, and wishes to express its apprecia-
tion of such help.
The first subject considered was uncollected taxes, and a discus-
sion was opened which led to a proper determination of the present
status of the tax collector, that he is employed by the town on a
yearly basis. This placed for collection the entire amount of uncol-
lected taxes in the hands of the present collector.
The following schedule exhibits the salutary result from such ar-
rangement, and is a credit to the business activity of the present
collector, Mr. Byron C. Earle, with especial benefit to the finances
of the town.
Schedule showing balance of uncollected taxes at dates given
December 31, 1905,
December 31, 1906,
December 31, 1907,
December 31, 1908, (not including inherit-
ance tax.),
$54,809.23
64,871.76
63,109.30
30,211.69
Through the efforts of the Committee the tax -collector was re-
quired to give a bond as prescribed by statute, in place of a yearly
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bond for honesty only, the new bond pledging for "the faithful per-
formance of his duty," and which requires the colleaor to perform
the entire duties of his office within the limit of time given in the
bond.
The Committee has considered in detail the financial situation of
the town, and the manner of handling town accounts, with the
unanimous decision that it is desirable and important that a com-
prehensive system of accounting should be adopted at once, planned
by an expert accountant or a committee in consultation with such
authority, giving consideration to the classification as shown in the
plan of "Uniform Accounting," recommended by the state of
Massachusetts for cities and towns.
The Committtee recommend that a thorough audit be regularly
made of the accounts of all town officers and committees entrusted
with the receipt, custody and expenditure of money, as required by
Revised Laws, Chapter 25, Section 79, as it appears to the commit-
tee that this has not been done by the auditors of the town.
It is the opinion of the committee that the excess of liabilities
over assets should be accurately determined, and proviied for by a
loan or otherwise, and that the practice of making overdrafts should
' cease.
The committee finds in relation to the trust funds of the town
that for the
Gilmor Fund,
Bridge Fund,
heals Fund,
Cary Memorial Library Fund,
Gammell Fund,
$500.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
11,000.00
500.00
Town obligations are outstanding bearing interest at rates from
five to seven per cent. This is believed to be contrary to the Stat-
utes of the Commonwealth, which distinctly provide for what pur-
poses indebtedness may be incurred, and under what restrictions as
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to maturity and payment. Inasmuch as the funds received from
these trusts have been expended for current expenses, and not in-
vested, they can only be made good through an issue of town notes
or bonds, running for some definite time, securing the required au-
thority from the Legislature.
The Cemetery Trust Funds of $10,860, received for the perpetual
care of cemetery lots bear interest at 5%, and although there may
be some warrant in law requiring the town to accept such funds, it
is in line with sound business principles, that necessary authority be
secured, and bonds or notes be issued sufficient in amount to meet
the Cemetery Trust Funds and hereafter have the same invested and
managed in accordance with Sec`ion 24 of Chapter 78 of the Re-
vised Laws.
There should be given in connection with each Trust Fund re-
ported in the Town Report a statement showing the character and
purpose of each trust, that rhe citizens of the town shall have an
accurate knowledge of the same.
A careful consideration of the valuation list of assessed real estate
shows in the opinion of the committee, great inequality in valuation,
and an under -valuation of buildings, also such a general showing as to
demand at once a careful readjustment of ail real estate values.
The committee has given a considerable time to consideration of
the question of moth extermination and other matters of public in-
terest, further detail of which will be presented to the attention of
the citizens at a later time and will report in the usual manner in
regard to appropriations for 1909.
Adopted unanimously at a meeting of the Finance Committee
January 16, 1909, more than a quorum being present.
ARTHUR L. BLODGETI,
Secretary.
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REPORT OF MOTH COMMITTEE
This committee, appointed by vote of the Town July 9th, 1908, to
take charge of the work of suppressing the Gypsy and Brown Tail
Moths until March, 1909, report as follows on operations to Dec. lst,
1908, the end of the State "Moth Year."
The Committee held its first meeting July 14th and organized as
follows:
Edward P. Merriam, Chairman.
George H. Childs, Clerk.
Cornelius Wellington, Agent.
A special committee immediately made an inventory of all the
supplies, machinery and tools used in the moth work and had addi-
tional insurance placed to cover possible loss by fire. The field force
was promptly reorganized under the direction of Field -Superintendent
A. P. Howe, who assumed full charge of the workmen.
A reduction in the number of men employed was ordered in due
course as the caterpillar life of the insects began to change, and for
a brief period operations were suspended altogether during the flight
of the Brown Tail Moths.
After the Gypsy Moth nests had been formed on the trunks of
trees.and other places that could be reached from the ground, work
was resumed and the nests treated with creosote to destroy the eggs.
Some cutting of brush was undertaken, notably on Summer street,
leading off Bedford street.
The Committee solicited work on several private estates, partly to
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keep the men fully employed, and in a few badly infested areas of
large proportions, particularly the Hayes estate, the State authorized
an expenditure in excess of owner's liability of ane -half of one per
cent. of the valuation.
During the last few days of October a heavy wind storm with some
rain stripped most of the trees of dead leaves, and the force of men
was largely increased in order to accomplish as much work as possi-
ble on our roadsides in destroying the Brown Tail Moths in the tree
tops, as well as the Gypsy Moth nests out of reach from the ground
that had not been treated previously.
It must be understood that it was desirable to accomplish as much
of this work as possible before the end of the State Moth Year.,
"The Field Superintendent during November had abouf fifty men
at work on the roadsides in the outlying portions of the town, re-
serving the central portions for the less favorable weather, condi-
tions that were likely to prevail during the late winter months. On
November 30th about one-half of the road mileage of the town had
been cleaned of both Brown Tail and Gypsy Moths and on Decem-
ber 1st the force of men in the field was materially reduced.
The Field Superintendent has strict aide's to maintain a high
standard of effiency among all employees in the moth work that the
Town and State may receive full value for the money expended.
The committee feel that there has been a decided improvement
in the respect that " bug work " no longer has any significance as a
term of reproach when applied to the Lexington men now engaged
in the moth work. The committee will not tolerate the employment.
of men who are careless, indifferent, and unfaithful in the perfor-
mance of their work, the requirements of which at times are severely
exacting.
We are pleased to report that most property owners, appreciating
their neighborly duty, have their trees cared for at cost by the Town
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Moth Department, or by private contractors, so that they do not
menance adjoining property.
Our Field Superintendent, Mr. A. P. Howe, will always be glad
as he has opportunity to inspect any kind of moth work in the
interest of the property owner and no charge is made for his
services. In several cases private contract work has been carelessly
done and inspection before the work was paid for has been of con-
siderable advantage to the property owner.
Our Superintendent reports a much larger infestation of the
Brown Tail Moth than in former years and the general situation is
such that it does not seem likely that the expense will be any less
for some time to come.
Our roadsides owing to the liberal appropriations and persistent
work of former years are in far better condition than are those of
many towns of this section, yet the possibility of reinfestation from
some of the surrounding towns, which are in deplorable condition,
makes it necessary to make ample provision to continue the work of
protection and suppressing during the coming year.
The committee have been in frequent consultation with experts
who have had large experience in moth work and we have followed
treasonable methods that have been found most effective here and
elsewhere.
The spraying operations for next season are close at hand and as
authorities agree, we believe without exception, that this method is
the most effective, the committee are seriously considering the pur-
chase of another power spraying machine for use during the coming
summer. Caterpillars of both the Brown Tail and Gypsy Moths are
destroyed in largest numbers early in the season before they have
matured and it is therefore desirable to have as much of the spray-
ing done before June 1st as possible.
The prevailing Ary weather conditions last season were admirably
adapted to spraying, consequently our roadsides were sprayed using
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one power machine in a much shorter time than would be possible
even with two such machines in a very wet season.
Furthermore it is possible that one of the machines might be
available for more or less private work, a consideration not to be
lost sight of, in view of the fact, that the more private work can be
encouraged, the better chance we have of preserving for years 'to
come many woodland areas that add so much to the beauty and just
pride of our town.
So far as the committee can learn, the introduction of parasites
has not yet developed beyond the planting of small colonies, from
which no practical results of a measurable character have been
observed.
On July 9th, 1908, the town appropriated One Thousand Dollars
which, with the state's co-operation to December Ist, 1908, made
Five Thousand Dollars available in al] for moth work. On December
1st, 1908, the State Moth Year ends and the town by law is com-
pelled to expend its liability which for the coming year is $2,753.87
or 23 of 1 %o of the total valuation of both real and personal pro-
perty, before receiving further State aid.
In conducting the work the State approved all of the contracts
made by the committee excepting two bills for medical attendance
to injured workmen, amounting to twenty-one dollars, making the
cost of the work to December 1st, 1908, as follows :
Amount expended,
Less Private Work,
Sale of Creosote,
Transfer of Book Accts.,
Inventory Gain,
Net Cost,
$189.25
8.56
22.00
231.54
$4,772.55
451.35
. 4,321.20
$4,772.55 $4,772.55
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Nam :—The "Amount Expended " above noted does not include cost of Fire,
or Employers Liability Insurance..
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD P. MERRIAM,
GEORGE H. CHILDS,
CORNELIUS WELLINGTON,
CHAS. H. BUGBEE,
WILLIAM S. MARTIN.
LEXINGTON, MASS., January 16, 1909.
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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN.
As the expenditure necessary for the suppression of the insect
pests was so large it has not seemed wise to call upon the town for
the funds required for the planting of trees, nor for trimming, except
in cases where for the safety of the public it seemed necessary.
Several dead trees have been removed, involving considerable ex-
pense, also at the request of the Selectmen, and with the approval
of the residents of that neighborhood, the old willow tree on Bed-
ford street.
A considerable amount of trimming might be done to advantage
if a sufficient appropriation were to be made for the purpose.
Respectfully submitted,
CORNELIUS WELLINGTON.
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REPORT OF SEALER OF W EIGI-IT5 AND
MEASURES.
Number of weights and measures sealed:
Scales sealed weighing over 5,000,
Scales sealed weighing under 5,000,
Computing scales,
All other scales and balances,
• Weights,
Dry Measures,
Liquid Measures,
Liquid Measures condemned,
Yard sticks,
Milk jars,
Milk jars condemned,
1)ECEMsaR 31, 1908.
5
•21
10
42
208
25
2(
1
10
16,867
307
PROPERTY IN TI -IR OFFICE OF THE SEALER OF IVE1GHT5
AND MEASURES.
Twenty 50-1b. weights.
One 25-1b. weight.
Two 10-1b. weights.
One 5-1b. weight.
One 4-1b. weight, brass.
One 2-1b. weight, brash.
One 1 -ib. weight, brass.
One 8 -oz. weight, brass.
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One 4 -oz. weight, brass.
One 2 -oz. weight, brass.
One 1 -oz. weight, brass.
One +-oz. weight, brass.
One +-oz. weight, brass.
One It -oz. weight, brass. '
One -oz. weight, brass.
One balance.
One brass yard rule.
One brass guage for measuring dry measures.
One drilling machine.
Five drills.
Three steel stamps.
Three rubber stamps.
One pound of marking acid.
900 paper seals.
One record book and receipts.
One badge.
One 4 -qt. measure.
One 2 -qt. measure.
One 1 -qt. measure.
One 1 -pt. measure.
One +-pt. measure.
C. E. HADLEY,
Sealer of Weights aasd Measures.
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
DECEMBER 31, 1908.
To the Honorable Board of Setettnren
GENTLEMEN - I have the honor to submit the report of the work
done by the department for the year ending December 31, 1908.
Number of arrests in 1908,
Number of arrests in 1907,
Males,
Females,
Residents of the town,
Non-residents,
Foreign born,
Native born,
The offences for which arrests were made :
Assault and battery,
Attempt to commit robbery,
Breaking and entering,
Bastardy,
Common drunkard,
Carrying loaded revolver,
Drunkenness,
Disturbing the peace,
Defaulted,
Discharging fire arms on Lord's day,
Evading R. R. fares,
Gaming on Lord's day,
236
105
228
8
•114
122
68
186
14
1
5
1
1
2
56
6
2
1
1
14
84
Insane,
Illegally running automobiles,
Keeping swine without a license,
Keeping nuisance,
Keeping slaughter -house without a license,
Larceny,
Malicious mischief,
Ringing false alarm of fire,
Sodomy,
Suspicious persons,
Stubborn child,
Trespass and larceny of fruit on Lord's day,
Vagrants,
Violating plumbing law,
Total,
Fined,
Probation,
Committed
Committed
Committed
Committed
Committed
Committed
DISPOSITION OF CASES.
to House of Correction,
to House of Correction for non-payment of fine,
to Jail for non-payment of fine,
to Reformatory prison, Concord,
to Westboro Insane Hospital,
to State Farm,
Put under bonds to keep the peace,
Discharged by Court,
Released at Station House,
Released by Probation officer,
Placed on file,
Nol grossed,
Turned over to out-of-town officers,
Given to friends or relatives to take care of,
8
69
1
2
1
9
13
3
1
5
1
15
3
1
236
98
48
2
4
2
4
3
2
22
12
10
9
6
•
5
85
Given to State Board of Lunacy, 1
Total, 236
Aggregate amount of fines imposed by Court, $720.0
Aggregate amount of sentences imposed by Court, 5 years.
MISCELLANEOUS WORK.
Cases investigated and not prosecuted, 68
Buildings reported broken and entered, 7
Buildings found open in the night and secured, 23
Stray animals cared for, 19
Animals injured beyond recovery and killed. 2
Lanterns hung in dangerous places, 15
Lost children found, 4
Street lights reported out, 77
Disturbances suppressed, 15
Dogs killed, i2
Search warrants served, 3
Sick or injured persons taken -to their homes or hospital, 7
Persons escorted home, 46
Dead bodies taken charge of and Medical Examiner called, 1
The number of days the officers have attended Court were, 284
Amount of property reported stolen, $245.00
Amount of stolen property recovered, • 110.00
To the Board of Selectmen and all others who have so kindly
cooperated with me in the pesformance of the duties pertaining to
my office I desire to express my sincere thanks. And I wish to
thank the members of the force who have always been willing to
conform to all requests made on them and have displayed prompt-
ness and energy in the discharge of their duties and have worked
day and night without rest when it has been necessary for them to
do so. Their work in the last year has not been surpassed by any
police force of its size in the country. The time has come when -
ihete must be provided for the department a suitable office, and
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something done to our present lockup in the basement of Town
Hall on account of its very unsanitary condition at times, and the
town should have an automobile for the use of all departments, the
police to have the care and running of it. We hope the citizens
will interest themselves in this and we shall have the much-needed
improvements made this spring.
Respectfully,
CHAS. H. FRANKS,
Chief of /Wire.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Dr. S. B. Bartlett was elected a member of the Board at the
March meeting. The Board was organized with Dr. J. O. Tilton
Chairman and A. A. Marshall Clerk. The same Inspector of Plumb-
ing, J. S. Cassedy of Cambridge, was appointed, as was the Inspector
of Meat, Dr. H. L. Alderman. Licenses were issued to A. A.
Marshall and Edward J. Peltier as Undertakers.
The reports of the Inspectors of Plumbing and Meat are given
herewith. Your attention is called to them. Two important ques-
tions are before the citizens. The Inspector of Meat for the year
in Lexington cost the town $320.00. It received in license fees
$6.00 from the same parties. Is it desirable for $6.00 to license a
business which costs the town for its maintenance three or fou: hun-
dred? The Board of Health fears such a business may become a
great nuisance and is opposed to the granting of such licenses. If
they must be allowed, the town should receive, in some way, suffi-
cient fees to cover all expenses of inspection. Also the town should
provide a clean and healthy place or places for the business.
The report of the Inspector of Plumbing calls attention to the
large and constant increase in the number of cesspools. This in-
crease follows naturally the growth of the village. Every new house
adds a new cesspool. This increase in the number of cesspools
means an increase in the cost of maintenance. More carts are
needed for the removal of their contents, longer hose and more of
it, greater cost in repair of pump and other repairs. We venture to
say that the cost of the maintenance of these cesspools to the town
and citizens equals the interest on the cost of a sewer system.
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The Board of Health hoped for assistance m the consideration of
these several matters, from the Sub -Committee of Health appointed
by the Finance Committee last spring. One matter is the further
collection of ashes, garbage and swill in the village. At the present
time any one, from a boy with a box on trucks to a two -horse cart
(or steer), can collect these articles, at any and all hours of the day.
We think the town has outgrown such methods. Other towns around
us have made provisions for collecting and disposing of these. Some
make quite an income from the sale of these collections. The most
of the ashes could be used for filling. The collection of these can
be done by the town teams, especially in winter, when more men
are out of work and teams are idle, Winchester divides its town into
districts and appoints a man, for each district, who charges so much
per barrel for removal and has stated days for such work. The swill
and garbage can he collected at one or more places and then sold or
used by the town itself on its own poor farm.
Again. Milk and milk farms. During the past year several com-
plaints have come from the other towns and State Board of Health
concerning the conditions of milk and milk farms in Lexington.
Their complaints are just and real. The places complained of and
otheis are too filthy for description. Yet the owners of these places
cannot see in the dirty surroundings of pigpens, rotting swill and
swarms of flies any danger to the health of the users of the milk
raised there. They are astonished when asked to clean up or go out
of the business. Time after time the Board of Health, singly or to-
gether, visits them, gives them plain directions, only to find a week
hence the same conditions.
Lexington needs some rules and regulations for the milk business,
the care of cows, and the barns and their surroundings. We recom-
mend a committee from the milk raisers and handlers to act with
the Board of Health in drawing up such a set of rules and regula-
tions.
Third. The ice supply of Lexington. Although the control cf
all matters pertaining to waters used for domestic purposes lies in
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the State Board of Health, yet we think it worthy of consideration
by the citizens of Lexington. Anything that conduces to the health
of the community, or the opposite, demands our attention. It must
be fairly evident to conservative observers that.the sources of our ice
supply are far from good. There is no water supply of good quality
in sufficient quantity to furnish ice for the town of Lexington. The
main supply of water is liable to pollution from drainage of houses
• along its banks, which renders it dangerous for any use except cool=
ing purposes. But who wants two kinds of ice to use? The ice for
domestic purposes should be above suspicion. It is so needed in
sickness and health. It should come from water removed from
sources of pollution, either from this state or some other. Other
places, like Boston and Cambridge, get their ice outside their bor-
▪ ders. The old Lexington reservoir, if cleaned out and filled with
Metropolitan water, would have the dangers of pollution reduced to
the lowest degree. When a sewer system is allowed us the main
source of danger will be removed. Is not this a matter of sufficient
consequence to receive your earnest consideration?
One case of complaint of a nuisance has been carried by the
Board to court. The party complained of has been convicted of
keeping a nuisance, fined and compelled to clean up. It is neces-
sary for citizens to make their complaints in such manner to the
Board that when needed they can be produced in court. They must
appear in person in court when needed to uphold the complaint
made. Cooperation on the part of the citizens will always result in
quick attention and redress.
The number of contagious diseases reported to Dec. 81, 1908,
is 43.
Scarlet fever, 3
Diphtheria, 4
Typhoid fever, 3
Tuberculosis, 2
Whooping cough, 14
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M easles,
Chicken pox,
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1
43
Respectfully submitted,
J. ODIN TILTON, M. D.
CHARLES H. FRANKS,
SAMUEL D. BARTLETT, M. D.
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING.
LrxtNOToN, MASS., Jan. 4, 1909,
To the _Honorable Board of Health, Lexington, Mass.
GENTLEMEN —I submit herewith my report as Inspector of
Plumbing for the year ending Dec. 31, 1908.
The appended table will show in detail the work performed by
this department during the year.
I would call your attention especially to the number of permits,
which have been issued, and beg to remind you that this means the
addition of nearly this number of new cesspools to the many prev-
iously in use. 1 can urge no stronger argument for the installation
of a sewerage system.
Respectfully submitted,
JAS. S. CASSEDY,
Inspector of Plumbing.
Number of permits issued for plumbing in new buildings, 16
Number of permits issued for plumbing in old buildings, 28
Total number of permits,
Number of f}xtures installed :
Baths,
Lavatories,
Water closets,
Sinks,
Wash trays,
Total,
44
32
37
51
37
19
176
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF MEAT
AND PROVISIONS
To Me Board of Health:
There has been 160 inspections at the different slaughtering
places during the year. The three principal places have had nearly
the same amount of stamping; most of the meat having been well
dressed and stamped. The Local provision shops have had no in-
spection as no complaints have been made and it is well known that
nothing but good quality is sold.
N. I.. ALDERMAN, D. V. S.,
Inspector of Meat and Provisions.
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REPORT OF CATTLE INSPECTOR
LEXINGTON, December 31, 1908.
The report of the animal inspection of the town was sent to the
state in November, to join in the making of the general report of
the cattle bureau. During the year the laws and orders of urgency
have been posted in different parts of the town. A number of cattle
have conte into the town from without the state and have been
properly quarantined, tested and released. Several cases of tuber-
culosis have appeared during the year, as has also glanders and
rabies, all of which have been regulated under the law. The animals
of the town, however, are in a generally good condition and we are
in luck that the foot and mouth disease came no farther east.
H. L. ALDERMAN, D. V. S.,
Inspector of Cattle.
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS
DECEMBER 31, 1908.
The Board of Fire Engineers submits the following report for the
year ending Dec. 31, 1908 :
The Fire Department has responded to seventy-four alarms, of
which sixty-one were received by telephone.
There have been but three fires which resulted in serious loss, and
these were in buildings located outside the hydrant limits and where
no water could be obtained.
We regret that we were unable to keep within our appropriation,
but extensive repairs and replacements in the fire alarm system have
necessitated a large expenditure of money.
In 194E the fire alarm wire extending from the Arlington line to
the Russell House was placed in the conduit. The wire which was
used was a cheap insulated iron wird, entirely inadequate for conduit
purposes, especially in a creosoted conduit such as ours. This wire
caused serious trouble about last May, and although the Board of
Engineers tried to fix the trouble as cheaply as possible, nothing
could be done except to replace the wire. There has accordingly
been placed in the conduit a copper wire with an insulation especially
made to resist the effects of creosote and which undoubtedly will give
satisfactory results for many years.
The Board of Engineers have consulted the Gamewell Fire Alarm
people and feel that they have obtained the best results possible with
the least outlay of money possible.
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The fire alarm system extending from the Common to Middle
street has been replaced with new wire which puts the entire system
in a fairly good condition.
The above repairs have cost about $700.00 and account for the
large overdraft.
The condition of the Centre Engine House is very poor, and new
quarters are badly needed. The house is too small to accommodate
longer ladders which are needed to reach the upper stories of many
of our public buildings. The sanitary conditions are a menace to
the health of the men sleeping there, and action should be taken at
once for a new house.
We thank the Police Department for their cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES H. PHILLIPS,
GEORGE A. WARNER,
ARTHUR F. TURNER.
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Report of the Treasurer Oiiltnor Fund
JANuARv lsrr, 1909.
This is a bequest made under the will of Harriet R. Gilmor of
$500.00, income of which to be expended for the benefit of poor
people. It was accepted by the Town March 5th, 1894.
Permanent fund invested in Town note, $500.00
Accumalated interest deposited in Lexington
Savings Bank, Jan. 1, 1909,
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1909,
379.45
$879.45
HENRY A. C. GVOODWAR D,
Treasurer.
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98
Report of Treasurer George 0. Smith Fund. Report of Treasurer of Hayes Fountain Fund.
This legacy of $2500.00 was accepted by the Town Oct. 23, 1905.
The principal is deposited in the Lexington Savings Bank and
under the provisions of the will the income is to be expended by the
Field and Garden Club, by planting and care of trees and shrubs
along the highway, and in beautifying unsightly places.
The report of the treasurer is submitted.
1905.
Jan. 1. Balance on deposit Lexington
Savings Bank,
Accrued Interest,
Paid Field and Garden Club,
Apr. 27.
1909.
Jan. 1. Amount in Bank,
$2,550.00
101.00
$101.00
2,550.00
$2,651.00 $2,651.00
FRANK D. PEIRCE,
Treasurer.
This is a balance of $862.72 remaining from the construction of
the "Hayes Memorial Fountain." The Town voted March 11,
1901, that the above amount be invested and the income be used
for perpetual care of the fountain and grounds immediately
around it.
Aaiount on deposit in Lexington Savings
Bank, ]an. 1, 1908,
Interest to Oct. 1, 1908,
Total,
Paid Thomas Burke for care of fountain,
Balance in Lexington Savings Bank,
$977.48
39.43
$1,016.91
5.00
$1,011.91
W. H. WHITAKER,
Treasurer.
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Report of Trustee French Fund.
This consists of $4,000.00 accepted by the Town Oct. 10, 1907.
The conditions of the wilI require it invested in bonds of the Town
but as none were available a temporary loan to the town was made,
income to be expended as follows : Viz. Of $2,000.00 or such
part as may be necessary to be expended in the purchase of three
(8) silver medals in each of the public High and Grammar Schools
for the best scholarship of the graduating class.
The income of $1,000.00 to be devoted to the care of the older
part of the cemetery in .which repose the remains of Rev. John
Hancock and wife. The vault enclosing their remains to receive
due care.
By a vote of the town the income arising is expended under the
direction of the School Committee and Cemetery Committee
respectively.
The trustee submits the following report :
1907.
Dec. 31.
1908.
Dec. 31. Accrued interest,
1908.
July 10, Paid W. C. Dorrety under dir-
ection of School Committee,
Dec. 31. On deposit Lexington Savings
Bank,
Note of the Town of Lexington,
Total amount of fund, $4,100.00
$100.00
183.02
4,000.00
$4,283.02
183.02
$4,283,02
FRANK D. PEIRCE,
Trustee.
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Report of the Trustees of Bridge and Beals
Funds.
The Bridge Fund consists of a gift to the town of $2,000.00 in
1880 by Samuel J. Bridge. By vote of the Town in 1883 it was
placed in the hands of three trustees. The original gift was
$2,000.00, two-thirds of income to be expended yearly for the
worthy poor, the other third to be set aside until amounting to
$2.000.00, then the entire income to be expended as above.
ELEANOR S. BEALS FUND.
This is a legacy of $2,000.00, the income to be expended for the
benefit of the worthy, indigent aged men and women over sixty
years of age, American born. The town voted to accept June 8,
1891, and that it be managed by the Trustees of the Bridge Fund.
BRIDGE FUND.
1908.
Jan. 1. Principal fund,
Balance of available fund unex-
pended,
Rent of Gerry land,
Interest on mortgage notes,
Accrued interest Lexington Sav-
ings Bank,
$4,000.00
2,374.42
24.00
329.00
17.56
$6,744.98
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Note Town of Lexington,
Mortgage note,
Aid furnished various persons,
Mortgage notes,
Deposited in Lexing-
ton Savings Bank,
Unexpended balance,
$1,900.00
500.42
BEALS FUND.
1908.
lan. 1. Principal fund,
Balance of available fund unex-
pended,
Interest on Town note,
Interest Lexington Savings Bank,
Town note, -
Aid furnished various persons,
Deposit in Lexington Savings
Bank,
s $2,000.00
2,000.00
344.66
2,400.42 $6,744.98
$2,000.00
80.00
1,076.25
$2,000.00
997.85
120.00
38.90
$3,156.25
$3,156.25
GEORGE O. DAVIS,
FRANK D. PEIRCE,
GEORGE W. SPAULDING,
Trustees.
GEORGE W. SPAULDI NG, Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF CARY
MEMORIAL LIBRARY
On the ninth day of last December the world was reminded of the
birth of John Milton three hundred years before that date. Out of
the commemoration of his distinguished championship of the right
to think and speak and print, a fresh appreciation has arisen of the
responsibility involved in dealing with books. " It is of greatest
concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye
how books demean themselves as well as men; . . . for books
are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life id
them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay,
they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of
that living intellect that bred them."
What would this great puritan publicist and poet have said, could
he have known that a little town in the new world, whose history
would have thrilled his soul, would offer to its inhabitants a collec-
tion of twenty-four thousand books and that twenty-two hundred
people during a year would read nearly double the number of vol-
umes contained in the collection. Doubtless he would have some
questions to ask. " Do these books deal with public affairs?"
"Yes; quite a number of the new ones of the past year," we might
answer, "have been of this kind, —books with a spirit like your own,
looking toward a finer social order. A fresh harvest of these earnest
writings is being gathered and our thoughtful folk are feeding on
them."
" But they are not all of this sort E " "0 no; the great mass
comes under the head of fiction. There are stories of all kinds
published. Some are earnest portrayals of life, some are trivial and
trashy, some spring from insight and have artistic merit : they reflect
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our civilization. We try to keep out the unworthy, but we do not
always succeed. Much, too, depends on how people read them.
Some of the ablest books are most dangerous in improper hands."
"How do people read them? Do they study?" "Weil, most of
the stories are read for entertainment. It is the fascination of the
plot and the charm of the telling that wins the average reader. Yet
many, also, take their diversion seriously and the novel becomes a
valuable commentary on life. Perhaps we might call fiction our
primary school in literary culture, though we never graduate from it,
and some of our most learned post -graduates remain devoted to it
for life."
" Are there not some who read with a definite purpose of disci-
pline and culture?" " Yes, indeed. The growing use of biographies
and histories shows that, while an increasing number of essays, deal-
ing with the serious problems of life and written in admirable literary
form, find constant use. It is a growing satisfaction that so many
works of this class are finding a permanent place on our shelves."
"This building in which your books are housed seems so attractive
I wonder if it has not much to do with this extensive reading."
"The observation is quite correct. The library itself each year is
becoming a more effective agency. People resort to it for serious
work. Reference books are consulted much more than formerly,
and the trustees are taking special pains to keep this department
thoroughly equipped. A feature of the past year has been the num-
ber of books reserved for use at the library, especially by the scholars
of our High School."
"The library, then, must add to the effectiveness of your school
system, does it not?" " Decidedly so. Consignments are sent
regularly each week to three of aur school buildings, what is known
as the Munroe School having been added to the list this year, and
these selections introduce the library to the pupils and promote their
interest."
"It is an impressive sign of modern progress. The possibilities
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seem very great." "Yes; the library is a veritable people's insti-
tute, eagerly used and highly appreciated. It is a delight to be
connected with it. Everyone shares the enthusiasm and there is no
perfunctory service anywhere. Each new development paves the
way. for something better. With the amount of reading done, un-
doubtedly some of it could be more wisely undertaken. If we might
have a talk from some expert in the various fields of literature, he
would stimulate interest and might lay out courses of reading that
would yield still larger profit than is now taken. Perhaps we shall
come to that, some day. Meanwhile, noticeable stimulus has come
from occasional lectures given in the town on literary topics. Such
cooperation is of value in itself and significant for future develop-
ment. There is an exhaustless opportunity here, for we are dealing
with such a potent unit of life, as you yourself have said : 'a good
book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and
treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life."'
Together with the statistical records of the librarian and treasurer,
Respectfully submitted, for the Trustees,
CHARLES F. CARTER,
Chairman.
105
REPORT OF TREASURER OF GARY
MEMORIAL LIBRARY.
Hannah T. Carret, "Treasurer, in account with Cary Memorial
Library.
DR.
1903.
Jan. 1. To permanent funds yielding in-
come,
To balance in First National
Bank of Arlington,
To interest in Lexington Savings
Bank,
To cash in hand,
Feb. 11. To Town Treasurer, dog tax,
Aug. 3. To Town Treasurer, interest on
notes,
Nov. 3. To Miss Martha Whitmore, gift,
Dec. 22. To Town Treasurer, interest an
notes,
31. To Cary Memorial Library, by
fines,
31. To Cary Memorial Library, by
postais,
31. To Cary Memorial Library, by
payment for book lost,
31. To East Lexington Branch, by
Fines,
$14,100.00
$343,09
31.41
84.21
762.23
330.00
5.00
330.00
149.36
5.59
8.58
12.67
o6
31. To Lexington Savings Bank, by
accrued interest,
CR.
1908. .
By cash paid for new books,
By cash paid for periodicals,
By cash paid for newspapers,
By cash paid for printing,
By cash paid for binding,
By cash paid for postage,
By cash paid for supplies,
By cash paid for expressing,
By cash paid Library Art Club,
By cash paid American Library Association,
Dec. 31, by balance in First Na-
tional Bank of Arlington, $382.54
By balance in Lexington Bank, S0.80
By cash in hand, 125,23
By permanent fund,
$2,188.62
$16,288.62
$890.78
208.90
27.00
29.75
259.56
59.46
118.00
37.83
6.00
5.00
126.48
$2,188.62
$588.57
14,100.00
$16,288.62
Respectfully submitted,
HANNAH T. CARRET,
Treasurer.
I07
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CARY
MEMORIAL LIBRARY.
STATISTICAL RECORD FOR 1908,
Accessions.
Main Library :
Accessions by purchase,
Accessions by gift,
Accessions by binding periodicals,
Volumes withdrawn,
Net increase,
Branch Library :
Accessions by purchase,
Accessions by gift,
Accessions by binding periodicals,
Accessions by duplicate volumes from
Main Library,
Net increase,
Total increase for 1908,
572
52
74
698
103
37
2
8
2
NUMBER OF VOLUMES 1N LIBRARY DECEMBER 31, 1908.
Main Library,
Branch Library,
595
49
644
Io8
CIRCULATION.
General works,
Periodicals bound,
Periodicals unbound,
Philosophy and Religion,
Biography,
History,
Travels and Descriptions,
Social Sciences,
Natural Sciences,
Arts, . Useful,
Arts, Recreative,
Arts, Fine,
Language and;Literature,
Fiction,
Poetry,
Total circulation,
Circulation from Main Library,
Circulation from Branch Library,
Circulation from Main through Branch,
Total circulation of Branch,
Number of days Library was open:
Main Library,
Branch Library,
Average daily attendance,
Number of adult borrowers registered :
Main Library
Branch Library,
Number of juvenile borrowers registered
21,870 Main Library,
2,501 Branch Library,
Total number of volumes, 24,371
22
727
3,112
1,002
1,168
1,924
1,449
533
970
698
268
557
2,280
29,309
728
40,953
3,789
1,470
235
462
110
44,742
44,742
2,272
6,061
306
265
195
1,705
572
Total registration (resident), 2,277
(09
Temporary cards issued to non-residents,
MISCELLANEOUS.
Periodicals subscribed for :
Main Library,
Branch Library,
Periodicals donated,
Newspapers subscribed for,
Newspapers donated,
Periodicals bound :
Main Library,
Branch Library,
Books bound :
Main Library,
Branch Library,
Books repaired,
Postals sent delinquents,
Postals sent for books reserved,
Exhibits from Library Art Club:
Japan, No. 1; Japan, No. 2 ; Russia ; Newfound-
land; Venice, No. 4; Hawaii; Shakespeare;
New Zealand ; American Sculpture ; Florence,
No. 5; Yellowstone, No. 2; Historic dress in
America; One hundred famous men; Norway,
No. 2; New Brunswick; American parks.
Respectfully submitted,
164
56
23
2
6
1
52
8
458
37
2,467
1,179
559
MARIAN P. KIRKLAND,
Librarian.
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE
DECEMBER 31, 1908.
By the death of Abbott S. Mitchell on March 20th last, the Com-
mittee lost a member of long, faithful and efficient service. For
some twenty years he had served the Town in this capacity and in
others, and had served it well.
The remaining members of the Committee, together with the
Board of Selectmen, elected Sylvester P. Robertson to fill the
vacancy caused by Mr. Mitchell's death.
There has been expended for general care during the last year,
including salary of the Superintendent, $680.14.
There has been received for grading Tots, .building foundations,
sale of lots, care of private lots, etc., $510.58.
We beg to report that there is for sale in the cemetery but seven
lots, and that these are not very desirable and therefore that imme-
diate action to provide a suitable place for burials is imperative.
We would further recommend that the sum of $500.00 be appro-
priated for the ensuing year for the general care of cemeteries, to
include the salary of the Superintendent.
Respectfully submitted,
SYLVESTER P. ROBERTSON,
HERBERT L. WELLINGTON,
ARTHUR A. MARSHALL,
Cemetery Committee.
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REPORT OF EXPENDITURE ON PER-
PETUAL CARE LOTS
Caira Robbins lot,
Hammon Reed,
Martha Bowman,
Governor Eustis lot,
J. B. Simonds, et. al.,
E. Harrington,
Mrs. H. A. Wellington,
Otis Wentworth,
Franklin Fletcher,
Charles T. West,
Martha Houghton,
Charles G. Fletcher,
Alonzo Goddard,
0. M. and C. F. Winship,
Alnsira R. Parker,
Oliver Brown,
William Gleason,
Samuel Chandler,
Lucy P. Turner,
Mrs. F. M. Thayer,
Samuel Loveweil,
Joseph Howe,
George B. Peirce,
Walter Wellington,
Henry O. Balge,
William D. Phelps,
Warren Duren,
$15.00
3.00
5.00
4.00
21.00
9.06
2.60
3.00
2.50
4.00
11.00
3.00
8.00
2.50
9.00
9.00
3.60
6.75
6.00
14.00
10.00
4.00
3.00
2.50
4.00
6.00
10.00
Charles H. Adair,
George H. Nichols,
James H. Bennett,
Priscilla Locke,
George H. Thurston,
John D. Bacon,
Edwin Reed,
Nathaniel Mulliken,
Phillip Russell,
Gorham Bigelow, and Welch,
John Winning,
Charles Hudson,
Eiiab Brown,
Hammon Reed,
John Simonds,
Emily Earle,
J. F. Hutchinson,
John A. Russell,
Mrs. Morrow,
Benjamin Gleason,
Smith and Lawrence,
Daniel Pierce,
Nichols Locke,
Albert W. Bryant,
Augustus O. Dodge,
Elias Smith,
Samuel Bridge,
John Gammell,
Hammond Locke,
Darius Fillebrown,
William L. Smith,
G. Freeland,
Aaron P. Richardson,
Sullivan Burbank,
Billings Smith,
112
3.50
8.00
8.00
10.00
2.50
9.00
5.00
4.00
8.00
18.00
10.00
8.25
10.00
2.50
5.00
5.00
5.00
9.00
5.00
4.00
6.50
4.00
3.00
3.00
4.00
3.00
2.50
10.00
17.00
4.00
11.00
2.50
4.00
1.50
5.00
113
Joseph and Nehimiah Wellington,
Lex 26 C
Nathan Fessenden,
Isaac B. Smith,
Joel Vilest
Patrick Sullivan,
Eben Gammeli,
Christopher Solis,
J. Smith and E. Brown,
Jeremiah Russell,
Jacob Robinson,
Benjamin Fiske,
Isaac Buttrick,
John Norcross,
William H. Lawrence,
Charles Flagg,
John P. Reed,
F. F. Raymond,
Nathan Stiles,
Margaret A. Packard,
Henry P. Webber,
Charles Stratton,
Charles A. Fowle,
George T. Smith,
George W. Jamison,
George F. Chapman,
6.00
10.00
5.00
4.50
3.00
4.00
2.50
8.00
7.00
10.00
5.00
9.00
5.00
5.00
3.00
4.00
4.00
5.00
4.00
18.00
8.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
10.00
ARTHUR A. MARSHALL,
Superintendent.
114
REPORT OF THE TAX COLLECTOR
[January 1, 1908,—July 23, 1908.]
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1908,
Collected in 1908,
Abated by the Assessors,
Uncollected July 23, 1908,
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1908,
Collected in 1908,
Abated by the Assessors,
Uncollected July 23, 1908,
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1908,
Collected in 1908,
Abated by the Assessors,
Uncollected July 23, 1908,
1904 TAXES.
1905 TAXES.
1906 TAxEs.
$1,269.42
$497.27
645.20
1,142.47
$126.95
$541.1}
$82.00
127.50
$3,250.93
1,308.98
209.50
$331.64
$9,372.79
4,659.91
$4,812.88
115 116
1907 TAxEs.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1908,
Collected in 1908,
Abated by the Assessors,
Uncollected July 23, 1908,
$51,925.95
$28,683.05
1,568.08
30,251.13
$21,674.82
Respectfully submitted,
LORING W. MUZZEY,
Collector of Taxes.
STREET WATERING TAX.
[January 1, 1908,—July 23, 1908.]
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1908,
Collected in 1908,
Abated by the Assessors,
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1908,
Collected in 1908,
Abated by the Assessors,
1903.
1904.
$4.73
11.05
$15.78
15.78
Abated by the Assessors, 17.29
Uncollected July 23, 1908,
1906.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1908,
Collected in 1908,
Abated by the Assessors,
Uncollected July 23, 1908,
1907.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1908,
Collected in 1908,
Abated by the Assessors,
Uncollected July 23, 1908,
Respectfully submitted,
$24.20
21.31
22.18
22.07
$74.68
45.51
$29.17
$560.50
$382.57
28.31
410.88
$149.62
LORING W. MUZZEY,
Collector of Taxes.
$26.47 GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH DEPARTMENT.
x11
1.47 .47 [January 1, 1908, -- July 23, 1908.]
1906.
26.47
1905. Uncollected Jan. 1, 1908,
Collected in 1908,
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1908, $44.25
$4.89 Uncollected July 23, 1908,
Collected in 1908,
$601.02
155.00
$446.02
I17
1907.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1908,
Collected in 1908,
Uncollected July 23, 1908,
Respectfully submitted,
$407.76
190.00
$217.76
LORING W. MUZZEY,
Collector of Taxes.
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REPORT OF THE TAX COLLECTOR
To Me Citizens of Lexington :
I herewith submit my report as Collector of Taxes for the current
year:
1904.
Uncollected, committed July 23, 1908,
Collected in 1908,
Abated by the Assessors,
1905.
Uncollected, committed July 23, 1908,
Collected, 1908,
Abated by the Assessors,
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1909,
1908.
Uncollected, committed July 23, 1908,
Collected in 1908,
Abated by the Assessors,
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1909,
$31.80 -
95.15
$83.22
228.18
20.24
$4,182.71
569.22
60.95
$126.95
126.95
331.64
3$1.64
4,812.88
4,812.88
1 1
1907.
Uncollected, committed July 23, 1908,
Collected in 1908,
Abated by the Assessors,
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1909,
1908.
Amount committed to the Collector Aug. 1,
1908,
Credit as per Assessors' warrant,
Amount actually committed,
Supplementary taxes,
Omitted assessments,
Collected to Jan. 1, 1909,
Abated by the Assessors,
Allowed as discount for prompt payment,
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1909,
$19,497.63
1,204.28
972.91
21,674.82
21,674.82
166,866.95
26,351.55
$140,515.40
679.80
18,824.80
$160,019.50
$108,050.89
2,266.70
1,040.22
48,66L69
-- $160,019.50
The omitted assessment, $18,824.80, was not committed to Col-
lector until Dec. 20, 1909. This is for personal property.
Respectfully submitted,
BYRON C. EARLE,
Collector of Taxes.
GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH DEPARTMENT.
1906.
Uncollected July 23, 1908,
Collected Jan. 1, 1909,
$133.97
$446.02
I20
Abated by the Assessors, 296.61
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1909, 15.44
Uncollected July 23, 1908,
Collected Jan. 1, 1909,
Abated by the Assessors,
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1909,
1907.
1908.
Amount Committed to Collector June 5,
1908,
Collected Jan. 1, 1909,
Abated by Assessors,
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1909,
Respectfully submitted,
$111.56
76.69
29.51
$867.47
64.15
506.54
$446.02
$217.76
$217.76
$1,438.16
$1,438.16
BYRON C. EARLE,
Collector of Taxes.
STREET WATERING TAXES.
1905.
Amount uncollected July 23, 1908,
Collected Jan. 1, 1909,
Abated by the Assessors,
$15.47
6.60
$22.07
$22.07
12I
1906.
Amount uncollected July 23, 1908,
Collected Jan. 1, 1909,
Abated by the Assessors,
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1909,
$23.60
3.72
1.85
$29.17
$29.17
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REPORT OF THE WATER corints-
SIONERS.
1907. LEXINGTON, MASS., Feb. 1st, 1909.
$I49.62 The Water Commissioners herewith present their • annual report
for the year 1908.
Amount uncollected July. 23, 1908,
Collected Jan. 1, 1909,
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1909,
Abated by the Assessors,
1908.
Street watering taxes assessed for 1908,
Collected Jan. 1, 1909,
Abated by the Assessors,
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1909,
$103.30
32.78
13.54
1365.76
4.32
202.49
$149.62
$572.57
$572.67
Respectfully submitted,
BYRON C. EARLE,
Collector of Taxes.
WATER METERS.
The Commissioners began in January, 1908, to install water
meters, as required by an Act of the Legislature. This Act com-
pelled all cities and towns which receive water from the Metropoli-
tan Water Works to equip a certain number of existing, and all new,
'service pipes with meters. In addition to this water, takers can
have meters applied upon application, and the Commissioners are
applying meters in other cases where it is apparent that they are
advisable. Many takers have become aware that meters will prob-
ably reduce their bills, and others are convinced that water should
he metered in order that bills may be made out upon a rational
basis. The result is that there have been many applications for
meters and all have been granted. There have been applied during
the year 1908 one -hundred Forty-nine (149) meters of various kinds,
and there are (January 1, 1909) four -hundred ninety-three (493)
services still unprovided with meters.
It is the intention of the Commissioners to apply meters to as
many of the unmetered service pipes as possible during the year
1909.
The effect of the introduction of meters upon the income of the
Department has been of much interest, and some solicitude, to the
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Commissioners. The following is a statement of the number of ser-
vices in 1907 when there were very few meters in, and for 1908
when there were more, with a statement of the incomes for both
years, and the resultant income per service. There are not sufficient
meters in use to enable us to draw conclusions as to their effect upon
the income, but the indication is that there is a slight reduction in
income per service, and this was expected.
Dec. 31, 1907. Dec. 31, 1908.
Total number of services, 702 738
Number of metered services, 96 245
Total income from services, without abate-
ments, $15,026.06 $15,158.78
Average income per service, $21.40 $20.54
INCOME AND EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR 1908.
INCOME.
Water rates, $15,158.78
Less abatements, 157.93
$15,000.85
Hydrant service, 4,815.00
Street watering, 1,965.44
Highway Department, 59.31
Sale of water to State Highway Board, 30.50
Sale of water for construction, 22.00
Rent of land and reservoir for ice privilege, 175.00
Rent of meters, 25.47
Lexington & Boston St. Ry. (for filling tank, 42.50
Guarantee accounts, 367.38
$22,503.45
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ExPENSES.
Interest on Water Debt, $8,785.25
Metropolitan water tax, 6,845.05
Salaries, 1,000.00
Office expenses, 94.78
Carriage hire, 12.75
Store -room, fitting up, 26.01
Civil engineering, 387.10
Express and carting, 79.04
Tools, lanterns, etc., 94.13
PIumbing, smithing, etc., 327.77
Labor, trench work, etc., 346.91
`teaming loam and labor, Concord Hill
stand -pipe,
26.00
$18,024.79
Balance, $4,478.66
Balance from 1007, 780.14
$5,258.80
Less amount transferred to Construction
account, $5,000.00
Balance January lst, 1909, $258.80
Against this balance are bills amounting to $177.07, to be paid in
1909.
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT, 1908.
RECEIPTS.
Borrowed in 1908 (proceeds of notes),
Transferred from Income Account,
From installation of meters,
From installation of services,
$13,000.00
5,000.00
372.00
495.55
I25
From sale of cast iron pipe,
From sale of wrought iron pipe,
Charged for labor of men,
EXPENDITURES.
Labor,
Pipe and fittings,
Hydrants,
Gate valves and boxes,
Corporation and curb cocks,
Water meters,
Lead, packing, coal and powder,
Installing meters,
Freight and carting,
Lead, pipe, solder and plumbing,
Contract payment for extending pipes,
Meter boxes,
Civil engineering,
Typewriting,
Balance from 1907,
$2,804.62
6,673.82
97.80
299.60
178.87
1,694.75
311.41
595.26
163.12
298.52
1,000.00
41.86
85.00
18.26
13.58
40.00
8.00
$18,929.13
14,262.89
$4,566.24
451.03
Balance Jan. 1, 1909, ' $5,117.27
Against this balance are bills amounting to $2,909.78, to be paid in 1909.
COLLECTION STATEMENT.
Balance due ]an. 1, 1908,
Water rates, 1908,
Hydrants, 1908,
$1,231.17
$15,158.78
4,815.00
$19,973.78
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Less abatements,
Miscellaneous accounts,
Collected from water rates,
Collected from hydrant service,
Collected from miscellaneous accounts,
167.93
-- 19,815.85
3,616.73
$24,663.75
$14,534,37
4,815.00
3,505,13
22,854.50
Balance due Jan. 1, 1909, $1,809.25
COST OF THE WATER WORKS.
Inasmuch as extensions of mains and other new construction have
heretofore been made from money borrowed, scarcely any construc-
tion costs having been met out of current revenue, the total water
debt incurred in the acquisition of the property formerly belonging
to the Lexington Water Company and in making extensions since
that purchase (including the sum paid for connecting our distribu-
tion system with the Metropolitan supply), measures with approxi-
mate accuracy the cost of the present water plant, including the real
estate. The total is $308,200.00. The debt movement is shown
by the following table :
WATER; DEBT, 1896 TO 1908, INCLUS[VE.
1896 Original bond issue,
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
Added Paid Annual Debt
$200,000.00
$10,000.00 210,000.00
$ 1,000.00 209,000.00
10,000.00 1,000.00 218,000,00
2,000.00 216,000.00
2,000.00 214,000.00
10,000.00 2,000,00 222,000.00
5,000.00 3,000.00 224,000.00
63,000.00 4,000.00 273,000.00
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1904 8,200.00 264,800.00
1905 5,200.00 8,200.00 261,800.00
1906 2,000.00 19,300.00 244,500.00
1907 18,300.00 226,200.00
1908 13,000.00 15,700.00 223,500.00
$108,200.00 $84,700.00
Summary :
Original debt, $200,000.00
Additions, $108,200.00
Total indebtedness incurred, $308,200.00
Total payments made on the same, 84,700.00
Balance of debt Jan. 1, 1909, $223,500.00
DEPRECIATION.
The fair present value of the plant, excluding the real estate,
according to our estimate, may be taken as not exceeding
$165,000.00. The town has, therefore, suffered a loss of
$143,000.00, less whatever value should be placed upon the real
estate. it is obvious that the debt payments already made
from the general tax levy, amounting to $84,700.00 represent
a sum far in excess of the value of the real estate; and con-
sequently the town treasury has already taken care of a portion
of said loss. '1'o our minds it would not have been unfair to have so
fixed the water rates that the consumers of water as well as the gen-
eral taxpayers would have contributed something to the wiping out
• of this depreciation. However this may be, it seems clear to us that
in the future, and until the outstanding water debt shall have been
reduced to an amount not in excess of the value of the plant used
in supplying water, the consumers (including the town as to the
hydrant service) should be required to pay not only theordinary or
current depreciation involved, but also some part at least of the
above mentioned shrinkage which still remains. On any liberal al-
lowance for the real estate value, there is still a part of this
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loss to be taken care of. The amount $5,000.00, which we
have carried from income to construction account in last year's
operations represents but little more than the current depreciation
in the plant nowin use, such depreciation being not less than 2i to
3% on present plant value. It is therefore obvious that any
decrease in water rates, prior to the time when the debt
shall have been reduced to a sum not in excess of the current value
of the plant, would operate to the prejudice of the general tax-
payer and discriminate in favor of the water -taker.
The Commissioners recommend that the annual charge to the
town For hydrant service be reduced from $45.00 to $40.00 per
hydrant.
THE WATER CONSUMPTIONS AND METER RATES.
Below we give a table showing the average total daily consump-
tions, and the average daily consumptions per capita of the different
cities and towns in the Metropolitan District, as stated in the annual
reports of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board for the years
mentioned.
TABLE OF AVERAGE DAILY WATER CONSUMPTIONS IN GALLONS.
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This table shows that the daily water consumption per capita in
Lexington compares favorably with that of other places within the
Metropolitan District. The meter rate, while far above the mini-
mum, is also far below the maximum. The Comissioners will re-
duce the rate as the finances of the Department shall justify it.
The following are the meter rates for water now in force in Lex-
ington :
• Approx. eyuiv.
Per 10I9i Kali. rate per
cub, It.
For quantities less than 200,000 gals. per year, 30 cents 22 cents
For quantities between 200,000 and 500,000.
gals. per year, 25 cents 19 cents
For quantities over 500,000 per year, 20 cents 15 cents
Minimum rate for one faucet per year, 58.00
Minimum rate for more than one faucet per year, 12.00
EXTENSIONS OF WATER MAINS.
At the time of writing our last annual report we expressed our
anticipation that there would be fewer calls for water pipe extensions
in 1908 than in 1907. Contrary to this, however, there have been
more requests for extensions than ever, and it would be hazardous to
prognosticate as to the future.
Among the applications for extensions there have been several to
points located well out into the country. In the case of an exten-
sion in a district where it is evident that the income by meter rates
will not pay a proper return upon the cost of the extension, it is now
customary to require the person for whose benefit the extension is
made, to guarantee an income of 7 per cent. of the cost for a period
of years. 1 f the meter income does not equal this in any year the
person, or persons, making the guaranty pays the difference. As
the district becomes built up the income increases and it is expected
that by the end of the period of guaranty the income from the ex-
tension will be sufficient to cover the costs of operation and fixed
charges. The fixed charges consist of the interest, depreciation, and
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any charges that may properly come from the cost of the original
plant as purchased from the Water Company.
Whenever the income from an extension amounts to no more than
7 per cent. of its cost, the extension is a source of foss to the depart-
ment. It is not until the income equals 7 per cent., and the cost of
the water consumed in addition, that it equals the total cost. The
reason for this is that 7 per cent. of the cast of an extension just
covers the interest on the cost and the depreciation, these quantities
being respectively 4 per cent. and 3 per cent.
LENGTHS OF DIFFERENT SIZES OF WATER PIPES EX-
CLUDING SERVICE PIPES, JAN. lsr, 1909, AND
VALUE AT THE PRICES OF NEW WORK.
12 in.
10 in.
8 in.
6 in.
4 in.
Smaller sizes
Length.
9,000 ft.
2,664 ft.
8,803 ft.
64,300 ft.
34,146 ft.
3,490 ft.
Av. cost per toot,
laid, at present
prices.
$4.90
Connection to Metropolitan System (cast)
Estimated value of the Water Works,
1.19
.93
.64
Present value
including
hydrants.
$44,100.00
3,500.00*
10,475.00
59,799.00
21,863.00
1,144.00
$140,871.00
$23,700.00
$164,571.00
'Purchased at this price from Metropolitan Water & Sewerage Board.
SERVICES, METERS, AND HYDRANTS.
No. of services Jan. 1, 1906,
No. of services added in 1908,
Total number of services Jan. 1, 1909,
No. of metered services Jan. 1, 1908,
702
36
738
96
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No. of meters added in 1908,
Total number of meters Jan. 1, 1909,
No. of hydrants Jan. 1, 1908,
No. of hydrants added in 1908,
Total number of hydrants Jan. 1, 1909,
STOCK ON HAND.
This consists of pipes, fittings, etc., and is valued at $200.00.
EXTENSIONS OF MAINS.
The following extensions were made in 1908
Name of Street.
Reed
No. Hancock
Hill
Manley Ct.
Plainfield
Off Locust Ave.
Reservoir to State
Size of Pipe.
6 in.
6 in.
6 in.
4 in.
6 in.
4 in.
Length of Pipe.
400 ft.
840 ft.
1,100 ft.
107 ft.
24 it.
165 ft.
149
245
107
6
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Total Cost
Cost. Per ft.
$360.50 $ .90
737.70 .87
1,051.65 .96
96.15 .90
27.20 1.18
124.00 .75
Rd. 8 in. 690 ft. 594.30 .87
From branch to
Reservoir to
Martin's, Hay -
den's and Miss
Cary's 6 in. 8,700 ft. ' 7,400.00 .85
From branch to
Reservoir to
Waltham St. 6 in. 3,550 ft. 2,875.50 .81
15,576 ft.
THE SUPERINTENDENT AND REGISTRAR.
As stated in the last annual reliort the offices of superintendent
and registrar have been merged into one. Mr. Everett S. Locke
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was appointed to the office and is carrying along the work in an
efficient manner. Mr. Locke's duties are of a multifarious nature
and consist of supervising extensions, repairs, installation of meters,
purchasing supplies and doing all clerical work. With the advent of
meters his work has very much increased, and the time is not far off
when he will require some assistance.
THE YIELD OF WATER BY THE WATER SHEDS OF THE
METROPOLITAN WATER WORKS.
It has often been stated, and especially during the past year, which
was unusually dry, that the rainfall and supply of water are diminish-
ing, and in fact that the seasons are changing.
With denudation of forests there is no doubt that the uniformity
of the yields of the water sheds will change, but within the area of
the Metropolitan water sheds there will be but little change due to
this cause. The Metropolitan Commissioners are planting thous-
ands of trees over their water sheds and these trees will gradually
tend to counteract tree cutting in other places.
On the Sudbury River water shed records of rainfall and yield of
the river have been kept since 1875, and a study of the figures dis-
closes no evidence of a diminution. The Wachusett Reservoir, above
Clinton, was full early in 1908, although it filled more slowly than
expected on account of a succession of dry years in 1904, 1905 and
1906. These years, however, were, not as dry as those from 1879
to 1883. Persons interested in this matter will find particulars in
the annual reports of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Boaid.
LIST OF WATER TAKERS, DELINQUEN T FEB. 1, 1909.
In obedience to a vote of the Town, passed on Feb. 15th, 1907,
a list of persons who have failed to pay their bills for water is here-
with given, the amounts having been due Jan. 1, 1909
C. W. Swan,
Miss C. B. Fairchild,
C. J. Ray,
Patrick Flynn,
J. A. Collins,
Cornelius Ryan,
F. Hughes,
Mrs. L Deacon,
D. F. O'Connell,
E. M. Earley,
Frank Gibbs,
G. W. Kershaw,
E. M. Tower (Bryant estate),
M. F. Holland,
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$22.50
14.94
9.00
9.00
6.75
6.75
13.50
3.76
9.00
31.91
3.38
18.75
7.19
10.88
FRANCIS W. DEAN,
ROBERT P. CLAPP,
GEORGE D. MILNE,
Water Commissioners.
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ASSESSOR'S REPORT
The Assessors hereby render their annual report :
$4,642,120.00
730,200,00
1,068,370.00
443,980.00
Real estate of resident owners,
Real estate of non-resident owners,
Personal estate of resident owners,
Personal estate of non-resident owners,
Total valuation,
Gain on real estate,
Gain on personal estate,
Total gain,
Town grant,
Water loan tax,
State tax,
County tax,
State highway tax,
Metropolitan sewer tax,
Metropolitan water tax,
Overlay,
Total assessment,
$6,$84,670.00
$105,110.00
569,760.00
$674,870.00
$132,591.18
2,000.00
10,725.00
6,762.82
214.55
3,638.02 '
6,845.05
4,090.33
$166,866.95
Rate of taxation, $20.00 on $1,000.00.
$20.00 on a valuation of 116,884,670.00, $187,693.40
1,411 polls at $2.00 each, 2,822.00
Amount committed to Tax Collector, $140,515.40
From town of Arlington, for land taken, 237.46
From city.of Cambridge, for land taken, 269.04
Taken from Water Income, 6,845.05
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Taken from Bank and Corporation Tax, 19,000.00
Supplementary tax;
Omitted assessments, assessed Dec. 19,
Number of residents assessed on property,
Number of non-residents assessed on property,
Whole number of persons assessed on property,
Number assessed for poll only,
Number assessed for poll and property,
Whole number assessed for poli,
Number of horses assessed,
Number of cows assessed,
Number of neat castle, other than cows.
Number of swine assessed,
Number df fowls,
Number of dwelling houses assessed,
Number of acres of land assessed,
Value of real estate exempt from taxation,
Value of real estate belonging to the town,
$166,866.95
679.30
18,824.80
926
1,142
2.068
938
3,006
1,411
624
1,024
83
431
4,670
941
9,224
$99,950.00
$273,000.00
As will be noted above, there was a phenomenal increase in per-
sonal valuation, it being over fifty per cent. More than two-thirds
of this was from new residents. The balance, $156,720.00, was from
increasing the personal assessments of those who evidently had not
been paving as much tax as they ought. The law provides that
where no statement is filed, the Assessors shall use their best judg-
ment in assessing personal property. The exercise of our best
judgment, working so advantageously, for the town's interest, we see
no reason why at least an equal amount should not be gained in the
same manner by the next assessment.
No appropriation having been made for the abatement of taxes,
and knowing there would be quite an amount of taxes, that had been
uncollected for a number of years, to be abated, we thought we had
allowed sufficient for both purposes when we made our overlay
($4,090.00), but we find we put the amount required much too low,
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as in the year 1908. Abatements to the amount of $7,949.94 were
made, and since January 1st we have abated $1620.
Taxes abated since May 1, 1908, for the years 1903, '04, '05, '06
and '07, amount to $4,913.27, equal to 72 cents on $1,000.00 of
the present valuation. Nearly all the unpaid taxes for 1904, '05, '06
and '07 are collectable. The normal abatement is $1,800.00 to
$2,000.00 annually.
Transferring the books of the former to the present Collector,
necessitated a vast amount of labor, wholly unanticipated.
In December, by direction of the Tax Commissioner, personal
property to the amount of $988,000.00 was assessed, from informa-
tion obtained from the Probate Records, thus showing what a vast
amount of intangible property escapes taxation, until the death of
the owner discloses it.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES G. KAUFFMANN,
GEORGE H. CUTTER,
HENRY E. TUTTLE,
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STATEMENT OF TOWN DEIST,
JANUARY 1, 1909
Registered water loan, 4%,
Additional water supply loan, 31%,
Extension of water mains loan, 3f%,
Extension of water mains loan, 3.65%,
Extension of water mains loan, 4-1%,
Extensionnof water mains loan, 3.95%,
Metropolitan water loan, 3/ %,
New High School loan, 31%,
New Munroe School loan, 31%,
Sanitation, 14ancock School loan, 3%,
Grading, new High School loan, 3f%,
G. W. Spaulding, land loan, 3.65%,
TRUST FUNDS.
Cary Memorial Library fund, 6%,
Beals fund, 6%,
Bridge fund, 6%,
Gammell fund, 7%,
Gilmor fund, 6%,
Cemetery 'frust fund, 5%,
$170,000.00
3,000.00
2,500.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
12,000 00
33,000.00
8,749.99
21,600.00
3,000.00
1,900.00
1,500.00
$260,249.99
$11,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
500.00
00.00
11,360.00
$27,360.00
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON,
Town Tree:surcr.
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TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT
CASH RECEIPTS, 1908.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1908,
Interest on taxes,
County Treasurer (dog tax refunded),
Gammell Legacy,
April 19th (licenses),
Cemetery `frust Funds,
Bank and Corporation Tax,
Sidewalks,
Street Watering,
Support of Poor,
Schools,
Outside Aid,
Taxes, 1903,
Taxes, 1904,
Taxes, 1905,
Taxes, 1906,
Taxes, 1907,
Taxes, 1908,
Cemeteries,
Police Department,
Temporary Loans,
State Aid,
Interest,
Highways,
Suppression of Insects,
Water Department,
$2,269.70
1,134.43
762.23
85.00
23.00
600.00
23,445.25
208.10
901.03
1,484.76
455.82
125.43
3.06
582.13
84.89
7,197.69
47,829.65
104,854.46
510.58
647.91
86,000.00
535.00
251.35
1,528.84
18,245.60
35,854.50
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Cemetery Trust Fund Interest,
Fire Department,
Contingent,
CASH EXPENDITURES.
School Physician,
Hydrants,
Enforcement of Liquor Law,
Repairs Stone Building,
Care Hastings Park,
Treasurer Cary Memorial Library (dog tax),
Collector of Taxes,
Watering Troughs,
Memorial Day,
Sewer Tax,
Removal of Snow,
Treasurer Cary Memorial 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,
Trimming Trees,
Gammell Legacy,
Auditors,
State Highway Tax,
Sealer Weights and Measures,
$200.00
4,815.00
47.00
242.66
9.00
762.23
875.00
75.00
200.00
3,638.02
391.44
50.00
125.00
50.00
333.33
476.50
6,762.82
10,725.00
200.00
333.33
333.33
75.00
96.17
15.81
100.00
214.55
150.00
543.00
1,340.40
1,344.99
$333,648.80
143
Printing,
April 19th,
Repairs Town Hall and Sheds,
Street Lights,
Insurance, •
Town Treasurer,
Sid ewalks,
Street Watering,
Town Debt,
Support of Poor,
Inspector of Cattle,
Inspe.:tor of Meat and Provisions,
Librarians,
Schools,
Outside Aid,
Cemeteries,
Police Department,
Janitors,
Board of Health,
Temporary Loans,
Assessors,
State Aid,
Fuel and Lights,
Interest,
Highways,
Suppression of Insects,
Water Department,
Cemetery Trust Fund Interest,
Fire Department,
Contingent,
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1909,
558.75
25.00
1,481.69
7,253.26
200.47
660.00
1,266.08
3,655.22
24,266.67
3,304.13
100.00
320.00
1,817.70
34,754.87
1,663.92
680.14
4,928.12
1,408.33
472.20
120,000.00
931.08
569.00
1,786.08
5,600.20
16,37 8.39
18,126.48
3 2,28 7.68
573.79
7,472.05
2,736.13
7,080.18
$333,648.80
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON,
Town Treasurer.
144
STATEMENT OF CASH ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OTHER
THAN TOWN DEBT, JAN. 1, 1909.
AssE•Is.
Cash on hand Jan. I, 1909,
Taxes uncollected 1905,
Taxes uncollected 1906,
Taxes uncollected 1907,
Taxes uncollected 1908,
Street watering tax, 1906,
Street watering tax, 1907,
Street watering tax, 1908,
Suppression of moth lax, 1906,
'Suppression of moth tax, 1907,
Suppression of moth tax, 1908,
Due for water rates, services and guarantees,
LIABILITIES.
Temporary loans outstanding, $39,000.00
Unexpended balance Repairs Stone Building, 7.34
Unexpended balance Care Hastings Park, 58.52
Unexpended balance Removal of Snow, 438.31
Unexpended balance Town Clerk, 31.40
Unexpended balance Care of Common, 13.00
Unexpended balance Trimming "frees, 3.83
Unexpended balance Gamine! Legacy, 173.58
Unexpended balance Repairs Town Hall, 618.31
Unexpended balance Bank and Corporation
Tax, 6,596.23
Unexpended balance Street Lights, 6.52
Unexpended balance Insurance, 16.37
$7,080.18
20.24
60.95
972.91
48,521.39
1.85
• 32.78
202.49
15.44
29.51
506.54
1,814.89
$59,259.17
Unexpended. balance
Unexpended balance
Unexpended balance
Unexpended balance
Unexpended balance
Unexpended balance
Unexpended balance
School,
Unexpended balance
Interest,
Unexpended balance
Unexpended balance
Unexpended balance
Unexpended balance
Excess of Assets,
145
Librarians,
Schools,
Outside Aid,
Cemeteries,
State Aid,
Fuel and Lights,
Moving Old High
Cemetery Trust Fund
Contingent,
janitors,
Police Department,
Street Watering,
40.55
156.19
907.68
683.00
11.00
141.42
101.76
978.65
747.90
32.67
170.15
235.14
8,089.65
$59,259.17
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON, •
Town Treasurer.
146
AUDITOR'S REPORT
SCHOOLS.
RECEIYA'S.
Appropriated and assessed. 1908,
Less overdraft, 1907,
New England T. & T. Co., refunded,
Ruth H. Gal[oope, tickets, telephone and sundries,
J. F. Hamlin, tickets,
State .of Massachusetts, tuition,
Emma A. Robertson, sundries,
Gertrude W. Carleton, sundries,
City of Boston, tuition,
Albert C. Warren, tuition,
F. H. Damon, tickets,
Thomas E. Freeman, tickets and sundries,
E. Jennie Farrell, tickets,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
$34,500.00
44.76
$34,455.24
1.57
34.16
130.00
65.00
1.95
9.70
84.00
80.00
26.00
18.30
5.14
$34,911.06
$34,754.87
156.19
$34,911.06
4 s
•
147
Ex PENDITUR ES.
ADAMS.
E. Jennie Farrell, instruction,
Carrie F. Fiske, instruction,
E. E. Littlefield, instruction,
Mabel Pond, instruction,
Mrs. C. E. Walker, instruction,
Winfred A. Phinney, instruction,
Carrie F. Fiske, care of children,
A. B. Smith, janitor,
George L. Pierce, janitor,
P. F. Dacey, mason work,
E. E. Babb & Co., books and supplies,
John E. Barnes, repairing heater,
Chandler & Farquhar, ash cans,
B. F. Baker, painting,
C. J. LeFrank, teaming and expressing,
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, supplies,
Lexington Lumber Co., cement,
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies.
Benjamin Hadley's Sons, repairs,
Otis Harrington, removing ashes,
D. O. Hallstrom, repairing desk,
John A. Fraters, repairing clock,
Frank P. Reynolds, wood,
A. M. Tucker, dry goods,
George W. Spaulding, laundry, lead and oil,
Water Department,
A. C. Washburn, carpenter work,
W. H. Whitaker, grading,
Mrs. N. J. McDonald, cleaning and laundry,
J. H. Phillips, carpenter work,
Pierce Winn Co., coal,
Milton, Bradley Co., supplies,
George L. Pierce, sundries,
$635.00
567.50
520.00
520.00
2.50
1.15
80.00
20.00
340.04
30.30
4.67
26.59
20.00
79.84
3.40
2.00
1.25
127.97
68.78
4.00
2.50
2.50
5.50
3.16
38.06
20.00
14.33
30.00
38.17
33.00
275.77
8.26
7.07
$3,533.31
148
MUNROE.
Clara Duffey, instruction,
Ethel M. Harding, instruction,
Mrs. C. E. Walker, instruction,
Gertrude Pierce, instruction,
Amelia M. Mulliken, instruction,
Mrs. E. H. Mara, instruction,
Winfred A. Phinney, instruction,
Mary Purcell, instruction,
Emma A. Robertson, instruction,
M. Charlotte Robertson, instruction,
Emma A. Robertson, care of children,
Dennis A. Collins, janitor,
W. H. Burke, plumbing,
E. B. Badger & Sons Co., repairs,
W. L. Burrill, oak table,
Bailey Bros., painting,
DeVeau Bros., carpenter work,
American Express,
French J3ros., wood,
J. L. Hammett Co., books and supplies,
Lyman Lawrence, hardware and paints,
Lexington Gas & Electric Co.,
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, supplies,
Lexington Hardware Co.,
Water Department,
Woburn laundry,
Winchester Laundry Co.,
Masury, Young & Co., Nodusto,
Edward H. Mara, painting,
Pierce & Winn Co., coal,
S. B. Manning, repairing clocks,
George W. Spaulding, laundry and supplies,
$567.50
567.50
32.50
567.50
567.50
2.50
13.50
220.00
735.00
337.50
80.00
660.00
91.98
31.45
8.35
72.46
15.28
.60
13.00
95.85
1.80
12.00
3.50
1.90
50.00
14.03
7.08
7.50
3.00
392.32
7.00
34.01
$5,214.11
149
HIGH.
Frank H. Damon, instruction,
Mrs. Helen A. Fowle, instruction,
John F. Hamlin, instruction,
Roy W. Hatch, instruction,
Charlotte P. Marston, instruction,
Margaret Tucker, instruction,
Helen Thomas, instruction,
A. Louisa Sanders, instruction,
Martha L. Rich, instruction,
Alice Woodward, instruction,
Agnes R. Wood, instruction,
Elsa W. Regestine, instruction,
George A. Simonds, janitor,
George W. Spaulding, laundry and supplies,
Silver, Burdett & Co., books,
Thompson, Brown & Co., books,
P. Sutherland & Co., repairs,
Remington Typewriter Co., suppries,
L. C. Sturtevant, expressing,
Charles W. Swan, mason work,
New England T. & T. Co.,
Masury, Young & Co., Disinfecto and Nodusto,
Milton Bradley Co., supplies,
C. S. Parker & Son, printing,
Charles E. Merrill Co., books,
Edward H. Mara, painting,
New York & New England Publishing Co.,
books,
P. W. Merrill Co., window shades,
T. H. O'Connor, carpenter work,
Palmer, Parker & Co., lumber,
E. W. Martin, wood,
Amount carried forreiat d.
$800.00
75.00
960.00
1140.00
300.00
420.00
740.00
800.00
820.00
770,00
51.00
102.50
830.04
19.75
20.10
5.15
23.24
.75
1.75
20.60
38.06
71.70
33.14
1.00
1.05
117.84
19.50
22.50
72.53
2.99
5.50
$8,085.69
s
150
Amount brought forward,
J. A. Jansson, repairing electric clocks,
Lyman Lawrence, hardware and paints,
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., labratory supplies,
Lexington Gas & Electric Co.,
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, supplies,
Lexington Hardware Co.,
Lexington Lumber Co.,
C. J. Le Fran k, expressing,
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., repairs,
J. I.. Hammett Co., supplies,
Ginn & Co., books,
D. C. Heath & Co., books,
H. D. Hervey, lecture,
Harvard University, examination blanks,
J. W. Griffin, sharpening lawn mower,
E. Howard Clock Co., repairs,
French Bros., wood,
Ruth H. Galloupe, extra services,
William F. Glenn, carpenter work;
J. P. Dailey, grading ]awn,
Louis F. Ames, music,
Arthur J. Barnes, Publishing Co., books,
C. A. Scott & Co., commission,
W. B. Badger & Co., desks and chairs,
Smith Premier Typewriter Co., typewriter
and parts,
Allen Shade Holder Co., shades and fixtures,
Allen Bros., rubber stamps,
J. B. Hunter & Co., hardware,
R L. Goldsmith, lumber,
W. H. Burke, plumbing,
Edward E. Babb & Co., books, etc.,
American Book Co., books,
$8,085.69
25.88
41.38
24.03
88.07
32.00
2.30
1.56
1.70
7.26
243.70
103.72
8.4d
15.00
.50
1.25
5.22
6.00
8.00
56.13
90.00
.74
6.15
40.00
382.50
'52.02
27.85
7.50
5.50
6.50
27.73
47.29
38.67.
Amount carried forward, $9,490.25
151
Amount brought forward, $9,490.25
DeVeau Bros., carpenter work, 10.60
American Express, 10.76
P. F. Dacey, masori work, 5.03
D. C. Heath & Co., books, 7.34
Cleghorn Co., repairs, 26.11
American Seating Co., •supplies and furniture, 6.00
Allyn & Bacon, books, 4.24
E. B. Badger & Sons Co., repairs, 108.17
A. F. Dinsmore, lettering diplomas, 3.00
Water Department, 75.00
A. C. Washburn, carpenter work, 28.00
Underhay Oil Co., oil, 5.50
Woburn Laundry. • 9.57
Winchester Laundry Co., 3.79
Bailey Bros., painting, 45.94
J. W. Bailey & Sons Co., mouldings, 3.50
George W. Day, regain, 3.85
The Morss & Whyte Co., guards and rails, 51.50
HANCOCK.
Gertrude W. Carleton, instruction,
Edith L. Daniels, instruction,
Jennie F. Blodgett, instruction,
Thomas E. Freeman, instruction,
Maude L. Fuller, instruction,
Neva G. Mitchell, instruction;
Elizabeth Merrill, instruction,
Mary Purcell, instruction,
Sara R. Skerry, instruction,
Marion L. Rogers, instruction,
Amount tarried forward,
$9,898.15
$480.00
337.50
567.50
400.00
220.00
587.50
567.50
300.00
567.50
567.50
$4,575.00
152
Amount brought forward,
Mrs. John S. Spaulding, instruction,
Emma E. Wright, instruction,
Mrs. C. E. Walker, instruction,
Emma E. Wright, care of children,
Clifton P. Ashley, janitor,
Water Department,
A. C. Washburn, carpenter,
Frank E. Woodward & Co., repairs an furnaces,
G. W. Spaulding, laundry,
Frank P. Reynolds, wood,
A. M. Tucker, dry goods,
Silver, Burdett & Co., books,
Charles W. Swan, mason work,
D. F. Tripp, concreting,
John Rose & Co., transportation,
Pierce & Winn Co., coal,
E. W. Martin, wood,
Edward H. Mara, painting,
Timothy H. O'Connor, carpenter work,
John McKay, carpenter work,
Arthur A. Marshall, formaldehyde,
Milton Bradley & Co., supplies,
Lyman Lawrence, hardware and paints,
Lexington Gas & Electric Co.,
Lexington Lumber Co.,
Lexington Hardware Co.,
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, supplies,
C. J. LeFrank, expressing,
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., repairs,
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies,
Forest Hooper Co., repairs,
J. W. Griffin, hooks,
C. H. Harrington, painting,
$4,575.00
10.00
5f 7.60
5.00
120.00
800.04
75.00
55.62
63.00
36.04
13.18
4.91
.95
3.00
123.30
614.30
750.68
6.00
8.00
69.71
138.77
1.20
40.76
10.36
39.45
3.97
2.95
20.00
1.50
3.64
95.85
2.75
.25
4.50
)mount tarried forward, 58,267.17
153
Amount brought forward,
William F. Glenn, carpenter work,
C. P. Ashley, repairing clocks,
W. L. Burrill, repairing chairs,
W. E. Denham, transportation,
American Book Co., books.
E. E. Babb & Co., books,
George W. Day, repairs,
A. F. Dinsmore, lettering diplomas,
W. H. Burke, plumbing,
Bailey Bros., painting,
$8,267.17
30.84
4.00
22.80
1,097.75
5.91
4.95
84.06
5.50
24.55
52.00
COMMON TO ALL.
George P. Armstrong, superintendent,
Edward Ketchum, drawing,
Edward A. Kingsley, music,
Phillip E. Perry, sloyd,
Leon R. Maxwell, music,
M. G. Parker, sewing,
Paul Revere Press, printing.
Poole Piano Co., tuning,
George S. Teague, teaming coal,
Helen Thomas, books,
A. & E. Burton Co., brushes,
T. R. Marvin & Son, printing,
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, supplies,
Oliver Ditson Co., music,
Thorpe & Martin Co., supplies,
Charities Publishing Committee, books,
Powers & Lyons, books,
George N. Thompson, school census,
Amount carried forward,
$9,599.53
$900.00
300.00
200.00
655.00
300.00
240.00
14.25
2.47
48.96
1.96
27.55
1.75
9.85
3.55
3.15
1.00
10.45
22.40
$2,742.34
154
Amount brought forward,
O. G. Seeley, chemicals,
Thompson, Brown & Co., books,
The Schoenhof Book Co., books,
B. H. Sanborn & Co., books,
A. M. Tucker, dry goods,
Silver, Burdett & Co., books,
Remington Typewriter Co., typewriter and
parts,
M. Steinert & Sons Co., moving piano,
A Louise Sanders, sundries,
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., drawing supplies,
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., brass tubing,
C. E. Wheeler, printing,
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight on coal,
Middlesex County, House of Correction, mats,
Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., repairing lock,
Chas. Scribner's Sons, books,
Lexington Independent, printing,
A. W. Hall Scientific Co., chemicals,
Dodd, Mead & Co., books,
Jordan, Marsh Co., dry goods,
C. S. Parker & Son, report cards,
Murphy, Leavens & Co., brushes,
J. F. McCarthy, carriage hire,
Chas. E. Merrill Co., books,
H. 11. Needham Basket Co., waste baskets,
J. H. Phillips, fire extinguishers,
Milton Bradley Co., supplies,
The Palmer Co., books,
J. B. Hunter Co., hardware,
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies,
Houghton, MifMin & Co., books,
The Estabrook Press, special reports,
$2,742.34
1.15
33.28
23.58
10.00
18.08
56.10
84.20
16.00
3.85
6.81
.52
6.75
63.64
6.61
.23
34.10
19.60
35.56
95.00
1.35
20.45
14.66
.50
78.57
9.00
47.50
81.64
3 �0
38.79
18.03
13.50
20.55
Amount carried forward, $3,605.14
155
Amount brought forward,
Bertha M. Pattee, sewing,
Mrs. C. E. Glynn, instruction,
Ruth H. Galloupe, clerk to superintendent,
P. J. Maguire, truant officer,
F. J. Barnard & Co., binding books,
Clark & Smith Co., lumber,
Bowker, Torrey & Co., work on oil stone,
American Book Co., books,
George P. Armstrong, sundries,
American Express,
E. E. Babb & Co., supplies,
Chandler & Farquhar Co., tools and supplies,
W. L. Burrill, repairs,
C. C. Birchard & Co., books,
Ashton Valve Co., repairs,'
Lexington Lumber Co.,
Lexington & Boston Street R. R. Co., trans-
portation,
C. J. Le Frank, expressing,
Library Bureau, card guides,
Longman, Green & Co., books,
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., repairs,
Jordan, Marsh Co., ribbon,
Thomas Groon & Co., diplomas,
William A. Jepson, coal,
F. L. Goldsmith, lumber,
J. W. Griffin, filing saw,
William B. Harisou, maps,
D. C. Heath Co., books,
D. J. Green & Co., mats,
Ginn & Co., book's,
Thomas Forsyth, removing ashes and teaming,
Carpenter, Morton & Co., supplies,
Amount carried forward,
$3,605.14
160.00
3.75
210.00
75.00
41.07
83.21
.30
99.63
58.74
17.11
66.31
.75
11.54
25.56
6.00
6.81
1,240.00
9.90
17.65
1.97
72.62
9.50
15.00
367.16
45.86
.20
2.25
70.57
7.25
100.15
33.40
.83
$6,465.23
156
Amount brought forward,
W. C. Nunn, school census, 1908,
L. C. Sturtevant, expressing,
Lexington Hardware Co.,
George P. Armstrong, sundries,
Hobbs & Warren Co., book,
J. W. Bailey & Sons Co., towels,
G. H. Copeland & Co., sponges,
Adams School,
Munroe School,
High School,
Hancock School,
Common to all Schools,
SUMMARY.
HIGHWAYS.
RECEIPTS.
Unexpended balance, 1907,
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
$6,465.23
25.00
2.25
.46
5.28
9.00
1.35
1.20
$6,509.77
Old boiler sold,
Lexington & Boston Street R. R. Co., expense on'catch
basin, 33.17
Fred Howe, use of roller, 6.00
Amount carried forward, $12,123.45
$3,533.31
5,214.11
9,898.15
9,599.53
6,509.77
$34,754.87
$40.28
12,000.00
$12,040.28
$45.00
157
Amount brought forward,
Town of Arlington, use of roller,
Bound stones, -
W. A. Smith, labor,
Lumber sold,
Fred E. Ellis, use of water cart,
Lexington & Boston Street R. R. Co., excise tax,
Crushed stone,
Circus license,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
EXPENDITURES.
J. A. Anderson, stone to crusher,
F. Maher, stone to crusher,
E. H. Packard, stone to crusher,
Joseph Evans, stone to crusher,
W. H. Ryder, stone to crusher,
M. Carroll, stone to crusher,
M. Basher, stone to crusher,
W. E. Carter, stone to crusher,
A. J. Bevington, stone to crusher,
George N. Bean, stone to crusher,
James Dalrymple, stone to crusher,
W. H. Bacon, stone to crusher,
E. W. Glass, stone to crusher,
S. D. Pierce, stone. to crusher,
J. P. Nelligan, stone to crusher,
Haley Bros., stone to crusher,
Otis Harrington, stone to crusher,
D. F. Hutchinson, stone to crusher,
F. P. Kendall, stone to crusher,
Amount carried forward,
$64.46
13.81
11.37
54.53
17.64
88.55
33.83
70.15
141.99
1.16
43.07
29.90
51.69
89.76
66.69
195.44
4.51
85.86
16.73
$1,080.64
$12,123.45
129.00
4.50
3.00
1.50
16.50
1,128.93
157.24
5.00
2,804.27
$16,373.39
158
Amount brought forward,
John Lennon, stone to crusher,
Frank Johnson, stone to crusher,
Clarence H. Cutler, stone to crusher,
F. W. Schumacher, stone to crusher,
M. Powers, stone to crusher,
I.. Nelson, stone to crusher,
E. S. Payson, stone to crusher,
George W. Norton, stone to crusher,
A. M. Swenson, stone to crusher,
William Sandison, stone to crusher,
Henry H. Tyler, stone to crusher,
T. G. Whiting, stone to crusher,
George G. Whiting, stone to crusher,
W. H. Whitaker, sand,
W. H. Lyon, gravel,
Everett M. Mulliken, gravel,
George W. 'Taylor, sand,
Lexington & Boston Street R. R. Co., gravel,
B. F. Holt, gravel,
Frank 1'. Reynolds, gravel,
Antonio Ferry, gravel,
G. L. Putnam, gravel,
John Gorman, gravel and sand,
Frank 11. Steed, gravel.
Elvira H. Brown, gravel,
John E. A. Mulliken, gravel,
Frank P. Cutter, civil engineer,
Commonwealth Oil Co., oil and soap,
W. E. Denham, smithing,
John Doyle, labor,
Dwyer Bros., expressing,
A. B. Black, Agent, oil, waste, and plates,
American Express Co.,
Amount carried forward,
$1,080.64
30.20
57.50
41.90
26.10
55.24
5-59
49.06
5.30
294.18
31.04
1.47
217.70
10.93
3.50
7.35
3.80
38+75
58.65
1.35
1.50
2.10
2.70
54.40
2.35
14.25
4.35
119.00
11.65
65.15
10.00
6.70
178.61
.55
$2,483.56
159
Amount brought forward,
American Steam Gauge and Valve Mfg. Co.,
repairs,
John H. Brown, engineer at crusher,
Davis & Farnham Mfg. Co_, grates,
W, H. Burke, repairs,
George W. Day, repairs,
H. L. Alderman, D. V. S., professional ser-
vices,
Ames Plow Co., repairs,
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight,
j. Chisholm, harness repairs and supplies,
M. E. Colby, labor,
DeVeau Bros., carpenter work,
Lexington Field and Garden Club, half cost
trimming grass roadside years 1907-8,
Fred E. Ellis, coal,
W. F. Fletcher, labor,
Forest Hooper Co., repairs,
J. W. Griffin, repairs,
Thomas J. Grey & Co., repairs,
J. H. Frizzelle, use of team,
Edward Hunnewell, expressing,
L. Ellsworth Pierce, weigher at crusher,
C. J. LeFranks, expressing,
Lyman Lawrence, hardware and paints,
George D. Lexner, smith i ng,
E. B. McLalan, shoeing,
George L. Pierce, weigher at crusher,
Pay roll,
Lexington Hardware Co.,
Lexington Grain Co.,
Lexington Lumber Co., drain pipe and
cement,
AMorrlit carried forward,
$'2,483 56
2.80
138.00
40.95
.70
69.80
109.00
13.88
3 35
101.05
3.43
111.69
49.64
17.42
2.50
.25
33.00
.50
5.00
.50
67.00
.50
39.94
85.03
237.64
43.00
8,603.58
46.20
1,233.58
362.70
$13,875.69
16o
Amount brought forward,
M. H. Merriam, machine work,
Lexington Carriage Co., repairs,
E. W. Martin, use of team,
W. 0. McDuffee, surveyors stakes,
• New England Metal Culvert Co., culverts,
F. W. Pierce, weigher at crusher,
John Mackinnon, carpenter,
J. Pi1loquin, engineer on roller,
Pierce & Winn Co., lime and coal,
Priest, Page & Co., wagon scale,
G. W. Spaulding, supplies,
George H. Sampson Co., forcite,
E. Ricker, Sons & Co., edge stones,
• 0. G. Seeley, liniment,
C. M. Tupper & Co., labor at crusher,
building walls,
Shea Lubricator Co., axle grease,
W. P. Wright, clipping horses,
Robert H. White, stone jigger, gutter plow,
chestnut posts,
James H. Wilson, labor,
Thomas G. Whiting, use of team,
Peter T. Gillooly, painting signs,
Pauper Department, board of horses,
F. P. Kendall, rent of land,
R. H. White, labor on highway, 1908,
Thomas Forsyth, expressing,
P. F. Dacey, mason work,
Barrett Mfg. Co., tarvia,
C. S. McEnroe, chestnut posts,
American Brake Shoe & Foundry Co., chute,
$13,875.69
1.30
65.90
47.50
3.00
27.12
97.00
89.25
453.75
284.34
100.00
41.52
12.13
61.60 •
1.50
289.50
1.75
5.25
44.80
32.00
5.00
46.00
400.00
40.00
225.00
1.00
12.39
81,60
10.50
7.00
$16,373.39
161
WATER DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
E. S. Locke, Registrar,
State of Massachusetts, proceeds of notes,
J. M. Smith, ice privilege,
Old pump sold,
Amount expended,
Overdraft, 1903, 1904, 1905,
Balance unexpended, 1908,
EXPENDITURES.
E. S. Locke, Registrar and Superintendent,
Interest,
C. Fine, labor of self and men,
State of Massachusetts, Metropolitan water,
Rensselaer Mfg. Co., valves and boxes,
J. M. Smith, teaming,
L. A. Saville, stamps and envelopes,
G. W. Spaulding, oil,
Thomson Meter Co,, meters,
L. C. Sturtevant, teaming,
George H. Sampson Co., forcite and caps,
Frank Stillman, labor,
James 'Tate, labor,
Franklin A. Snow Co., on account of con-
tract,
C. E. Wheeler, printing,
Amount carried forward,
$22,759.50
13,000.00
75.00
20.00
$35,854.50
P2,287.68
1,289.55'
33,577.28
$1,000.00
8,785.25
' 2,548.29
6,845.05
140.85
150.30
58.78
10.84
528.00
47.53
15.20
115.61
60.87
1,000.00
20.25
$21,326.82
$2,277.27
162
Amount brought forward,
Henry W. Worthington, meters,
Walworth Mfg. Co., cocks and boxes,
Forest Hooper Co., plumbing and repairs,
Davis & Farnham Mfg. Co., pipe,
Fiske Bros., boots,
William F. Glenn, carpenter work,
Thomas Groom & Co., meter notices,
Frank Flannagan, labor,
Geo. E. Gilchrist Co.; service boxes,
'I'. G. Whiting, team and labor,
Edward Hunnewell, expressing,
Benjamin Hadley's Sons, labor and repairs,
Fred A. Houdlette & Son, pipes, sleeves and
plugs,
Hays Mfg. Co., curb boxes,
James Keefe, labor,
Timothy Harrington, labor,
Patrick Cavanaugh, labor,
G. M. Cookson, specification papers,
Hersey Mfg. Co., supplies,
Lyman Lawrence, hardware,
Gearge D. Lexner, smithing,
Lexington Hardware Co., shovels, picks, etc.,
Lynchburg Foundry Co., meter box covers,
Lexington Carriage Co., sharpening drills,
Lexington Lumber Co.,
David W. Lewis Co., pipe,
Locke, Stevens & Co., pipe,
J. F. McCarthy, carriage hire,
James A. Montague, labor,
National Meter Co., meters,
E. W. Martin, teaming,
H. Mueller Mfg. Co., supplies,
$21,326.82
200.00
90.33
80.27
167.55
3.50
9.20
3.75
43.08
19.98
10.05
11.25
7.20
6,251.51
19.95
114.34
24.20
38.05
18.26
1.47
13.24
18.58
10.35
27.93
29.61
11.11
13.06
92.21
12.75
1.00
970.76
26.10
68.88
Amount carried forward, $29,736.33
163
Amount brought forward,
Geo. H. Mason Co., lanterns,
Pierce & Winn Co., coal,
Andrew Pewthurer, labor,
Cornelius O'Leary, labor,
Donald, McNull, labor,
Perry, Seamans & Co., pipe jointer,
L. A. Austin, supplies,
W. H. Burke, plumbing and repairs,
American Express,
Frank P. Cutter, locating and recording ser-
vice boxes and surveying,
Coburn Press, printing,
Dwyer Bros., expressing,
Bramen, Dow & Co., cocks and pipe,
Chadwick -Boston Lead Co., lead,
F. W. Dean, bill of sundries,
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight,
G. W. Day, plumbing and repairs,
Chapman Valve Co., valves,
Builders Iron Foundry, bends, plugs, etc.,
P. F. Dacey, mason work,
Jess Curio, labor,
John H. Brown, labor, .
E. D. Buckley, labor,
Harold L. Bond Co., tools and jute,
Coffin Valve Co., grates, valves and hydrants,
$29,736.33
5.25
14.15
.75
65.92
31.08
9.70
3.33
223.96
4.50
472.10
3.00
14.35
43.75
276.68
9.00
5.13
830.06
126.55
125.42
2.42
72.92
26.00
24.70
21.63
139.00
$32,287.68
164
FIRE DEPARTMENT. •
RECEIPTS.
Balance unexpended 1907,
Appropriated and assessed 1908,
Horse sold,
Horse sold,
Street watering,
Manure,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
EXPENDITURES.
John H. Wright,. driver of chemical,
W. P. Wright, driver of steamer,
W. P. Wright, extra services and' back pay,
John H. Wright, extra services and back pay,
W. P. Wright, repairs,
Pay roll, Chemical Hose No. 1,
Pay roll, Engine No. 1,
Pay roll, Hook & Ladder No. I,
W. J. McConnell,_hose,
J. F. McCarthy, use of horses,
B. A. Russell, shoeing,
Lexington Carriage Co., repairs,
C. J. LeFrank, expressing,
Lexington Harness Co., repairs harnesses,
Henry W. Stoney, services,
A. Bernard, services,
H. T. Jenness, extra services,
$493.09
4,900.00
$850.00
850.00
95.00
73.50
5.30
408.34
462.48
312.49
2.50
66.00
39.90
18.40
1.05
7.35
8.33
20.84
60.00
Amount carried forward, $3,281.48
$5,393,09
$201.00
100.00
1,031.40
8.00
738.56
$7,472.05
165
Amount brought forward,
J. F. McCarthy, horse and carriage hire,
D. J. Norton, services,
J. H. Phillips, engineer,
Roberts Iron Works Co., labor and repairs,
Chas. G. Savage, extra services,
John J. Murray, extra services,
Hans Sorensen, extra services,
P. J. Kelley, extra services,
P. J. Kelley, use of horses,
Jenness, services,
Walter M. S. Kilgour, repairs,
Forest Hooper & Co., repairs,
Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Co., re-
pairs and supplies,
Benj. Hadley's Sons, grate bars and repairs,
G. M.`Edgar, harness repairs,
Fiske Bros., repairs on coats,
David Hennessey, engineer,
E. E. Fuller, extra services,
C. E. Hadley, extra services,
Arthur Forsyth, services,
John Halloran, charcoal,
J. W. Griffin, smithing,
Water Department,
L. H. Wilson, services,
Geo. H. Wilson, extra services,
W.P.'Welch, labor,
Carlisle, Ayer & Co., window,
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight,
H. L. Alderman, D. V. S., professional ser-
vices,
Walter W. Butterfield, extra services,
L. A. Austin, grain,
Amount carried forward,
£3,281.48
11.00
16.67
50.00
7.69
1.00
18.75
18.75
16.65
6.00
25.00
.60
10.31
641.44
5.10
21.60
2.50
50.00
13.25
.75
22.80
10.50
2.00
36.00
14.33
1.00
4.50
1.65
.25
6.00
21.00
194.05
$4,512.62
166
Amount brought/arruard,
Henry K. Barnes, supplies,
H. P. Boutelle, rent of land,
Selan A. Cook, services,
John Chisholm, harness repairs,
W. E. Denham, use of horses,
W. E. Denham, repairs,
Dwyer Bros., expressing,
L. W. Bills, electric lighter,
Geo. H. Brown, extra services,
American Express,
H. Malcom Torrey Co., shoeing,
Pierce & Winn Co., coal and wood,
John 0. Quigley, extra services,
John 0. Quigley, services,
0. G. Seeley, medicines,
J. H. Phillips, repairs,
M. A. Pero, shoeing,
20th Century Mfg Co., lams,
Geo. W. Spaulding, laundry and supplies,
W. E. Pratt, services,
Geo. W. Taylor, engineer,
Edward W. Taylor, services,
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., steam whistle,
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., repairs,
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., lights,
Lexington Hardware Co., supplies,
Lexington Lumber Co., cement,
Lexington Grain Co., grain,
Myer Abrams & Co., two horses,
Geo. D. Lexner, smithing,
New England T. & T. Co.,
J. F. McCarthy, storing sled,
Lyman Lawrence, hardware and paints,
E. B. McLellan. shoeing,
$4,512.62
145.78
25.00
16.67
22.80
28.00
5.30
5.30
10.00
.75
13.03
10.00
169.14
. 1.75
16.67
11.90
96.42
57.50
7.00
23.45
15.18
50.00
16.67
150.00
227.65
157.07
40.19
10.14
772.17
575.00
63.05
91.10
8.00
29.37
92.38
$7,472.05
167
CONTINGENT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance unexpended 1907,
Appropriated and assessed 1908,
Transferred New Steam Roller account,
Transferred New Hose account,
H. Hathaway, slaughtering license,
C. J. Dailey, slaughtering license,
Amos Holman, slaughtering license,
August Young, slaughtering license,
J. M. Watson, slaughtering license,
A. Witthus, slaughtering license,
Gustave Bunzel, slaughtering license,
Rent of Town Hall,
Simon W. Robinson, lodge rent,
C. E. Hadley, sealer of weights and measures,
American Express Co., transportation of liquor permit,
C. J. LeFrank, liquor permit,
Dwyer Bros., liquor permit,
O. L. Phelps, pool room license,
W. P. Hatch. pool room license,
Circus license,
Norumbega Park license,
Rent of house at pumping station,
Sunday entertainment Iicente at Lexington Park,
City of Cambridge, land taken for water purposes,
Old windows sold,
Old pump sold at pumping station,
State of Mass. burial of indigent soldiers,
Town of Arlington, land taken for water purposes,
•Tax title redeemed,
F. W. Allton, gasolene license,
Rent of Village Hall,
$1,106.12
1,000.00
150.00
4.50
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
231.00
100.00
40.12
1.00
1.00
1.00
2.00
2.00
10.00
10.00
140.00
16.00
261.20
1.50
180.00
72.00
231,62
16,90
1.00.
19.75.
$3,605.61
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
168
EXPENDITURES.
Transfer of New Boiler at crusher account,
Transfer of Grant street crossing account,
W. C. Demain & Son, paper and ruling,
Edwin A. Bayley, legal services,
Carter Ink Co., ink,
Geo. fl. Brown, labor,
H. L. Alderman, D. V. S., inspection of meat,
1907,
L. A. Austin, use of team,
Geo. B. Dennett, bill of sundries,
W. E. Denham, sharpening lawn mower and
repairs,
P. F. Dacey, mason works,
DeVeau Bros., carpenter work,
Allen Bros., stamps,
H. I. Dallman & Co., brushes,
W. H. Burke, repairs,
Chipman Bros. & Co., fasteners,
F. E. Clark, labor on floors,
American Express Co.,
P. F. Dacey, contract work at pumping station,
Boston Suburban Book Co., Town directory,
Geo. W. Day, repairs,
James Irwin, collecting dog tax 1908,
Byron C. Earle, collection of tax sales,
E. H. Stevens, M. D., professional services,
Dustbane Mfg Co., dustbane,
W. & L. E. Gurley, weights and measures,
Amount carried forward
•
$2,857.71
747.90
$3,605.61
$25.00
96.58
8.00
273.15
2.20
_ 1.75
138.00
4.40
61.70
6.71
3.0.2
11.81
2.00
11.60
49.84
1.25
3.00
.25
40.00
1.00
18.54
25.00
168.65
50.00.
2.00
69.85
$1,075.20
169
Amount brought forward,
Forest Hooper Co., repairs,
Election Officers,
F. E. Clark, labor,
John Gorman, on account land damages on
Woburn street,
Dwyer Bros., expressing,
Frank P. Cutter, civil engineer,
Wm. A. Carrie & Co., check book,
Wm. F. Glenn, carpenter work,
Emmons R. Ellis, oak desk,
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., blank books,
Wm. H. Brine & Co., shades,
J. Henry Hartwell & Son, returning deaths,
C. Elliott Hadley, postals and envelopes,
John J. Hargraves, marking fluid,
C. E. Hadley, labor man testing scales,
Geo. D. Harrington, bill of supplies,
N. H. Kenney, meals for election officers,
Benjamin Hadley's Sons, repairs,
M. D. Jones Co., signs and hitch posts,
Hobbs & Warren Co., stationery,
Johnson, Clapp & Underwood, legal services,
Hopkinson & Holden, waste baskets,
J. B. Hunter & Co., hardware,
Lexington Hardware Co.,
Lexington Flag Staff Co., work and repairs,
Lyman Lawrence, hardware,
P. T. Gillooly, painting signs,
Geo. A. Weld Co., valve,
Peter H. Stevens, wood,
A. A. Marshall, returning deaths,
B. J. Harrington & Co., stone work,
Timothy H. O'Connor, building fence at
cemetery,
$1,075.20
21.68
72.00
4.25
Amount carre'ed forward,
250.00
1.30
10.00
15.00
16.25
26.25
14.75
16.80
2.50
3.00
14.00
16.00
41.10
22.00
7.63
8.00
29.11
75.00
6.00
1.20
11.40
33.00
14.48
4.55
1.50
1 75
10.00
27.65
181.00
$2,034.35 '
170
Amount brought forward,
New England TeI. Sr Tel. Co.,
J. F. McCarthy, carriage hire,
Mass. Auto List Pub. Co.,
Frank D. Pierce, recording deed,
P. B. Murphy, dog license blanks,
Leslie Phillips, ringing bell April 19,
Misses Parker, damages to house from fall-
ing limb,
J. H. Phillips, carpenter work,
Timothy H. O'Connor, carpenter work,
E. W. Martin, cleaning cess pool,
Timothy H. O'Connor, contract at pump-
ing station,
Lawrence Reade, returning deaths,
L. A. Saville, stamps and envelopes,
J. M. Smith, ice,
Soldiers' Relief,
L. C. Sturtevant, removing ashes, and ex-
pressing,
L. C. Sturtevant, delivering town reports,
Geo. W. Spaulding, sundries,
Chas. W. Swan, mason work,
A. M. Tucker, towels,
Sampson, Murkock & Co., Boston directory,
John Rose & Co., carriage hire,
Water Department,
C. E. Wheeler, services as constable,
Wallingford Sr Acres, repairing flag,
Henry A. Wheeler, ensign,
T. G. Whiting, mowing ball grounds,
C. E. Wheeler, printing,
W. F. Caldwell, dressing lawn,
A. C. Washburne, carpenter work,
$2,034.35
116.69
2.00
2.00
1.77
3.15
1.00
. 5.00
18.38
20.87
4.00
103.88
.50
214.99
5.75
55.00
18.70
20.00
29.78
5.00
1.00
6.00
6.00
89.00
31.00
1.75
21.75
3.00
1.75
2.50
3.65
Amount carried forward, $2,830.21
171
Amount brought forward, $2,830.21
Barry, Beals & Co., stationery, 2.50
H. C. Valentine, M. D., returning births 1908, 7.00
J. O. Tilton, M. D., returning births 1907-8, 11.25
W. L. Barnes, M. D., returning births 1908, 5.75
Lester E. Smith, toilet paper, 1.00
$2,857.71
SUPPORT OF POOR.
REcEIPTs.
Unexpended balance 1907,
Appropriated and assessed,1908,
Sale of produce,
Sale of 2 cows,
Board of horses. Highway Department,
Excess of expenditures aver receipts.
EXPENDITURES.
Robert H. White, Supt.,
Robert H. White, bills of sundries,
Water Department, •
T. G. Whiting, sawing wood,
American Cultivator,
W. L. Burrill, upholstering,
L. A. Austin, groceries,
W. E. Denham, repairing wagon,
Amount carried forward,
$550.00
152.38
44.00
2.00
2.25
6.10
148.26
4.40
$909.39
$119.94
1,500.00
1,029.76
55.00
400.00
$3,104.70
199.43
$3,304.13
172
Amount brought forward, $909.89
Geo. H. Copeland & Co., medicines, 1.25
Joseph Breck Sons & Co., repairs, 1.25
Albert Carson, fish, 65.31
DeVeau Bros., carpenter work, 14.10
Dwyer Bros., expressing, 8.75
P. F. Dacey, mason work, 4.44
Geo. W. Day, repairs,. 20.88
C. G. Eaton, butter, crackers and cheese, 49.97
J. R. Ellis & Sons, butter and corn, 114.29
Forest Hooper & Co., supplies and repairs, 7.00
C. B. Foster, potatbes, 11.40
Extermation of Insects, tree oii, 2.12
J. W. Griffin, sharpening lawn mower and
repairs, 2.75
John Mackinnon, carpenter, 26.25
Henry L. Stone, use of land, 15.00
W. C. Robbins, cow, 58.00
Amos Holman, dressing hogs, 6.00
J. S. Henry, cow, 60.00
Houghton & Dutton Co., mattresses, 7.96
S. D. Kendall, service on two cows, 2.00
D. O. Hallstrom, sewing carpet, 1.60
D. F. Hutchinson & Sons, standing grass, 76.00
B. J. Harrington & Co., rebuilding barn cel-
lar wall, 38.25
Bailey Bros., setting glass, 5.14
Geo. D. Lexner, smithing, 7.15
Lyman Lawrence, hardware, 26.68
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., 103.59
Lexington Grain Co., 454.06
Lexington Ice Co., 13.52
Lexington Hardware Co., 35.06
Lexington Lumber Co., lumber for repairs
on building,
Amount carried forward,
176.98
$2,325.14
173
Amount brought forward,
John Mackinnon, carpenter work,
C. J. LeFranks, expressing,
Edward H. Mara, painting,
James S. Munroe, grass seed,
Lexington Carriage Co., repairs,
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.,
Frank Nelson, boots and shoes,
Pierce & Winn Co., coal,
A. S. McDonald, bedding plants,
Mrs. B. McCaffrey, standing grass,
W. C. Robbins, cow,
Geo. W. Spaulding, groceries,
M. Stevenson & Co., groceries and provis-
ions,
0. G. Seeley, medicines,
J. M. Smith, ice,
A. M. Tucker, dry goods and clothing,
H. V. Smith, papers and merchandise,
W. V. Taylor Co., groceries and provisions,
Est. of W. V. Taylor, groceries and pro-
visions,
].ester R. Smith, groceries ane provisions,
OUTSIDE AID.
RECEIPTS.
Balance unexpended, 1907,
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
C. A. Gillispee, refunded,
Town of Gardner, refunded,
D. W. Richards, refunded,
State of Mass., refunded,
$2,325.14
121.38
2.95
21.25
6.80
4.75
39.28
5.76
120.17
4.00
20.00
67.50
168.15
179.78
14.05
19.23
37.85
12.70
22.30
15.32
95.71
$3,804.13
$646.17
1,800.00
20.00
15.50
61.00
28.93
$2,571.60
174
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENnrTURFS.
Aid furnished Timothy Shea,
Aid furnished Ellen Reardon,
Aid furnished 13. Reardon,
Aid furnished David W. Richards,
Aid furnished Mrs. Helen M. Richards,
Aid furnished sundry parties,
Aid furnished Julia Tatro,
Aid furnished Mrs. James 0. Swinehammer,
Aid furnished Lyons children,
Aid furnished Mrs. F. S. Kinsman,
Aid furnished Ellen King,
Aid furnished Lucy M. Johnson,
Aid furnished W. W. Hartwell,
Aid furnished Kate Hennick,
Aid furnished Butcher children,
Aid furnished Mrs. Mary Ahern,
Aid furnished Michael D. Cody,
Aid furnished Mrs. Joseph Doyle,
Aid furnished Mrs. EIeanor Dean,
Aid furnished Mrs. Fitzpatrick,
Aid furnished Mrs. Geo. Dow,
Aid furnished Nellie Doyle,
Aid furnished Patrick Doyle,
Aid furnished John H. Fuller,.
Aid furnished Susie Fitzpatrick,
Aid furnished Mrs. Annie McGann,
Aid furnished William Manning,
Aid furnished Thomas Meyer,
Aid furnished Mrs. Walley,
H. C. Valentine, M. D., medicine,
Burial expenses of Mrs. Eleanor Dean,
/1,663.92
907.68
$2,571.60
/73.00
43.75
240.06
4.20
61.00
2.30
8.75
7.75
250.00
15.50
128.57
72.00
10.i'•O
28.93
96.00
104.00
7.14
83.50
17.00
112.06
8.00
4.00
60.00
2.86
18.57
80.00
24.00
8.00
34.78
13.20
45.00
/1,663.92
175
CEMETERIES.
RECEIPTS.
Unexpended balance, 1907,
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
C. T. West, Supt., scare of lots,
A. A_ Marshall, care of lots,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
$680.14
683.00
Chas. T. West, service as Supt. for January, $12.50
Arthur A. Marshall, Supt., 187.50
A. Wilson, labor, 231.00
L. H. Wilson, labor, 55.86
Thomas. Burke, labor, 50.00
Dennis Reardon, labor, 3.22
Frank A. Hart, labor, 34.18
John McDonnell, labor, 8.25
Geo. W. Spaulding, lock, oil and tools, 5.64
Peter H. Stevens, stone, labor and loam, 39.05
Lexington Hardware Co., .85
C. E. Wheeler, printing, 4.25
Pierce & Winn Co., cement, 4.50
F. C. Tyler, sharpening lawn mower, 5.25
A. C. Washburne, carpenter, 29.06
Water Department, 15.00
W. E. Denham, hand cart and repairs, 16.60
Amount carried forward,
$652.71
$652.56
200.00
30.50
480.08
$1,363.14
$1,363.14
176
Amount brought forward, $652.71
Ed. Hunnewell, use of team, 4.00
Lexington Carriage Co., stakes, 7.83
• W. H. Burke, repairs, .90
Moth Department, tree oil, 2.04
M. J. Cassidy, care of E. Lexington Ceme-
tery for 1908,.
1.exington Lumber Ca.,
SUPPRESSION OF INSECTS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed Feb. 10, 1908,
Appropriated and assessed July 9, 1908
Less overdraft of 1907,
State of Massachusetts, refunded,
1.. W. Muzzey, Collector, private property,
B. C. Earle, Collector, private property,
Arsenate of lead sold,
Tanglefoot sold,
Oil sold,
Old barrels sold,
Creosote sold, •
Labor, Trimming Trees Department,
Norwich & London Accident Insurance Co.,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
10.00
2.66
$680.14
$6,530.87
1,000.00
$ 7,530.87
3,771.23
$3,759.64
11,139.99
345.00
1,327.56
233.98
108.36
38.74
16.83
18.14
17.00
5.00
$17,005.24
1,121.24
$18,126.48
177
ExPENDITURES.
Pay rolls,
Samuel Cabot, creosote,
Joseph Breck Sr Sons Co., water barrel,
truck and nozzles,
A. W. Chesterton, moth brushes,
W. H. Claflin & Co., burlap and jute,
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight,
W. H. Burke, repairs,
Stephen B. Church, tower sprayer,
Stephen B Church, repairs,
W. L. Barnes, M. D., professional services
injured man,
American Express,
Ames Plow Co., shovels,
George D. Lexner, smithing,
Lexington Hardware Co.,
A. C. Libby & Sons, stationery,
J. F. McCarthy, use of team,
C. W. H. Moulton & Co., ladders,
C. S. Parker & Son, printing,
Edward H. Mara, painting,
Fred Howe, bills of sundries,
Jenney Mfg. Co., tree oil,
Edward Hunnewell, expressing,
A. P. Howe, climbers, freight and express,
H. H. Kelley & Co., daubers,
1. H. Gerlach Co., poles,
Fiske Bros., supplies,
W. M. Farwell, hose and coupling,
George W. Day, repairs,
W. E. Denham, carriage hire,
Globe Optical Co., globe glasses,
Amount carried forward,
$14,348.38
327.12
13.75
9.00
93.52
7.54
7.30
859.50
15.36
18.00
.65
2.00
16.90
78.14
1.15
3.75
30.25
7.00
1.75
48.40
149.05
15.50
56.68
. 3.30
17.52
1.50
186.11
14.40
1.00
25.00
$16,359.52
178
Amount Broughtforward,
Cornelius Wellington, services,
A. J. Wilkinson Sr Co., climbers and rope,
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., combs,
Cornelius Wellington, bill of sundries,
C. E. Wheeler, printing,
O. & W. Thum Co., tanglefoot,
John Shaw & Co., arsenate of lead,
George W. Spaulding, gasolene,
Standard Oil Co.,
L. A. Saville, stamped envelopes,
H. V. Smith, books, bands and advertising,
John Rose & Co., team,
Winsor M. Tyler, M. D., professional ser-
vices injured man,
$16,359.62
496.50
47.43
2.88
9.85
6.25
286.88
879.24
11.00
2.50
17.53
1.90
2.00
3.00
REMOVAL OF SNOW.
RECEirrrs.
Balance unexpended 1907,
Appropriated and assessed 1908,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
Pay rolls,
M. White, labor,
French Bros., labor,
Amount carriedfarward,
$391.44
438.31
306.29
1.75
14.95
$322.99
$18,126.48
$329.75
500.00
$829.75
$829.76
179
Amount brought forward,
W. F. Caldwell, labor,
J. P. Dailey, labor,
W. H. Whitaker, use of horses and labor,
E. E. Fuller, glass,
Geo. D. Lexner, smithing,
Lexington Carriage Co., repairs on snow plow,
W. E. Denham, repairs on snow plow,
LIBRARIANS.
$322.99
3.40
33.60
13.45
.80
7.50
8.95
.75
$391.44
i8o
POLICE.
RECaIPTs.
Balance unexpended 1907,
Appropriated and assessed 1908,
Court fines, Concord,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURES.
Balance unexpended 1907,
Appropriated and assessed 1908,
Amount expended,_
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
Marian P. Kirkland,
Helen E. Muzzey,
Barbara Mackinnon,
Emma O. Nichols,
Dorothy B. Wentworth,
$48.25
1,810.00
$1,858.25
1,817.70
40.55
1,858.25
$633.36
443.49
433.26
300.00
. 7.59
$1,817.70
Chas. H. Franks, services,
P. J. Maguire, services,
James Irwin, services,
Isaiah Palmer, services,
C. E. Wheeler, services,
W. F. Fletcher, services,
P. T. Gillooley, services,
John H. Brown. services,
Thomas C. Buckley, services,
D. H. Collins, services,
C. A. Currier, services,
H. W. Cobb, services,
Geo. L. Pierce, services,
0. L. Phelps, services,
M. J. Manley, services,
W. E. Denham, carriage hire,
C. H. Franks, carriage hire and fares,
C. H. Franks, meals for prisoners,
Amount carried forward,
$150.36
4,300.00
647.91
$5,098.27
$4,928.12
170.15
$5,098.27
$1,098.00
1,038.12
1,049.12
1,025.74
53.75
209.25
5.00
10.00
80.00
7.50
2.50
2.50
67.50
2.50
5.00
1.75
13.79
26.00
$4,698.02
181
Amount brought forward,
John A. Fratus, repairing watch,
J. J. Duffy, services,
P. F. Dacey, services,
Wm. Read & Sons, badges and flashlights,
John Rose & Co., carnage hire,
0. G. Seeley, stationery,
S. M. Spencer Mfg Co., badges,
L. A. Saville, stamped envelopes,
Myers & Franks, time watch,
J. F. McCarthy, carriage hire,
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.,
Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., pistols,
C. E. Wheeler, printing,
John H. Wright, meals for prisoners,
$4,698.02
1.00
2.50
2.50
5.55
.75
.56
9.45
9.20
10.00
7.75
125.59
43.50
3.75
8.00
$4,928.12
FUEL AND LIGHTS.
RECEIPTS.
Balance unexpended, 1907,
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
Lexington Gas & Electric Co.,
Pierce & Winn Co., coal,
Frank P. Reynolds, wood,
John Halloran, charcoal,
$177.50
1,750.00
$1,927.50
$1,786.08
141.42
$1,927.50
$939.76
837.68
3.44
5.25
$1,786.08
182
PRINTING.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
Less overdraft, 1907,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
EXPENDITURES.
C. S. Parker & Son, printing,
Conant & Newhall, election sheets,
C. E. Wheeler, printing,
The Estabrook Press, town reports,
Paul Revere Press, printing,
Wright & Potter Printing Co.,
H. A. Davis, Jr. Co., tax bills,
Lexington Independent, printing,
$51..65
11.00
93.00
340.70
3.25
1.50
48.25
14.40
CEMETERY TRUST FUND.
RECEIPTS.
Estate of Mary C. Farnsworth,
Piiilinda S. Bridge,
Edward P. Nichols,
Amount naw in trust $11,360.00.
$500.00
46.04
$453.96
• 104.79
$558.75
$558.75
$100.00
100.00
304,00
$500.00
183
CEMETERY TRUST FUND INTEREST.
REcEIPTs.
Balance unexpended, 1907,
Town of Lexington, interest for 1908,
. Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
A. Wilson, labor,
L. H. Wilson, labor,
A. McLalan, labor,
D. Reardon, labor,
W. J_ Keefe, labor,
Frank A. Hart, labor,
Norris Comley, Bowers,
F. C. Tyler, sharpening lawn mower,
Thomas Burke, labor,
Edward Wood, plants and flowers,
P. H. Stevens, loam,
G. W. Spaulding, fertilizer and grass seed,
A. S. McDonald, bedding plants,
STATE AID.
REcEtrrs.
Balance unexpended, 1907,
State of Mass. refunded,
• $1,009.44
543.00
$1,552.44
$573.79
978.65
$1,552.44
$221.63
57.99
8.67
6.00
5.00
5.00
106.60
3,00
50.00
77.00
8.75
21.50
2.75
184
Amount expended, $569.00
Balance unexpended, 11.00
EXPENDITURES.
Thomas Cosgrove,
Benjamin R. Dean,
Geo. Prescott,
John M. Logan,
Thomas Burke,
Asa F. Sterling,
Mary Cosgrove,
Abigail T. Richardson,
Mary C. Austin,
Annie M. Hanscom,
Chas. K. Granville,
Charlotte Buttrick,
Samuel Derby,
$72.00
48.00
48.00
70.00
25.00
60.00
48.00
48.00
48.00
48.00
24.00
12.00
18.00
BOARD OF HEALTH.
$573.79 RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
Less overdraft, 1907,
$45.00
535.00
$580.00
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
$580.00
$569,00
$500.00
20.32
$479.68
$472.20
7.48
$479.68
1$5
EXPENDITURES.
J. W. Griffin, repairs,
J. S. Cassedy, inspector of plumbing,
W, E. Denham, carriage hire,
Odorless Excavating Co., repairs,
Dr. Conrad Bell, cultures,
O. G. Seeley, culture tubes and telephones,
W. H. Burke, repairs,
Samuel D. Bartlett, M. D., services,
C. H. Franks, services,
J. O. Tilton, M. D., services,
A. A. Marshall, clerk,
A. A. Marshall, fumigating,
J. F, McCarthy, carriage hire,
Lexington & Concord Sightseeing Co., use
of touring car,
SELECTMEN.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
EXPEND TTURES.
Frank D. Pierce,
H. A. C. Woodward,
W. H. Whitaker,
$29.80
82.00
2.25
9.00
61.00
26.80
26.35
37.50
50.00
50.00
40.00
12.00
3.50
42.00
$333.33
$100.00
100.00
133.33
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
RxcE1PTs.
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
$472.20
$383.33
$333.33
186
E }OPEN D!TUR ES.
Frank D. Pierce,
W. H. Whitaker,
H. A. C: Woodward,
$100.00
100.00
133.33
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
W. H. Whitaker,
H. A. C. Woodward,
Frank D. Pierce, •
EXPENDITURES.
TOWN CLERK.
RECEIPTS.
Balance unexpended, 1907,
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
Geo. D. Harrington, recording births, deaths
and marriages,
Geo. D. Harrington, salary,
$333.33
$333.33
$333.33
$ 57.90
450.00
$507.90
$476.50
31.40
$507.90
$ 76.60
400.00
$476.50
187
TOWN TREASURER.
RECErPTs.
Appropriated and assessed 1908,
EXPENDITURES.
Geo. D. Harrington, salary,
Geo. W. Taylor, bond,
£660.00
$600.00
60.00
$660.00
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
EXPENDITURES.
American Surity Co., bond,
Byron C. Earle, salary,
ASSESSORS.
RECEIPTS.
Unexpended balance, 1907,
Appropnated and assessed, 1908,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
$850.00
25.00
$875.00
188
ExPENDr uREs.
E. S. Locke, copying tax list, $50.00
J. F. McCarthy, carriage hire, 18.50
L. A. Saville, stamped envelopes, 11.75
Hooper, Lewis & Co., tax book, 4.75
C. E. Wheeler, printing, 7.60
Geo. H. Cutter, copying abstracts, 34.60
C. S. Parker & San, printing pail tax books, 85.00
Geo. H. Cutter, salary, 300.00
C. G. Kauffman, salary, 200.00
H. E. Tuttle, salary, 200.00
H. V. Smith, stationery, 2.00
Geo. H. Cutter, copying.tax list, 50.00
Robert S. Jones Co., book covers, 2.40
Geo. H. Cutter, examining titles, stamps,
expressing, etc., 14.48
AUDITORS.
RECEIPTS.
$ 75.00 Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
800.00
$875.00
Chas. A. Fowle,
Henry E. Tuttle,
EXPENDITURES.
$931.08
$100.00
$50.00
50.00
$100.00
$ 20.48 REGISTRARS OF VOTERS. •
900.00
10.60 RECEIPTS.
$9$1.08 Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
$125.00
189
EXPENDITURES.
W. F. Caldwell,
C. F. Nourse,
j. A. Hurley,
George D. Harrington,
$25.00
25.00
25.00
50.00
$125.00
TREASURER OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
EXPENDITURES.
Hannah 1'. Carrel, salary,
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
EXPENDITURES..
j. O. Tilton, M. D.,
CLERK OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed 1908,
EXPENDITURES.
$50.00
$50.00
$200.00
$200.00
$50.00
Hannah T. Carret, salary, $50.00
190
TOWN PHYSICIAN.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
EXPENDITURES.
H. C. Valentine, M. D.,
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
EXPENDITURES.
C. E. Hadley,
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed,' 190$,
EXPENDITURES.
H. L. Alderman, D. V. S.,
INSPECTOR OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
$76.00
$75.00
$150.00
$150.00
$100.00
$100.00
$200.00
120.00
$320.00
191
EXPENDITURES.
H. L. Alderman, D. V. S., 160 inspections,
JANITORS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
Less overdraft, 1907,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
George B. Dennett,
F. E. Clark,
P. T. Gillooly,
A. M. Stone,
192
TRIMMING TREES.
$820.00 REcErPTs.
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
Less overdraft, 1907,
$1,500.00
59.00
$1,443.00
$1,408.33
3%67
$1,441.00
$700.00
600.00
83.33
25.00
$1,408.33
CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY.
R ECEIPTS.
County Treasurer, dog tax, $762.23
Amount expended, $96.17
Balance unexpended, 3.83
EXPENDITURES.
C. Wellington, labor and saw, car fares,
Moth Department, removing dead tree on
Hancock street,
$79.17
17.00
$96.17
STREET LIGHTS,
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed 1908,
Less over draft 1907,
$126.63
26.63
$100.00
$100.00
$7,400.00
140.2.2
$7,259.7$
Expenditures, $7,253.26
Balance unexpended, 6.52
$7,259.78
•
EXPEND1TUREs. ExPENDTTURES.
Hannah T. Carret, Treasurer, 76%23
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., $7,253.26
193
WATERING TROUGHS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed 1908,
EXPENDPfURES.
Water Department,
HYDRANTS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed 1908.
EXPENDITURES.
$75.00
75,00
4,815.00
Water Department, 4,815.00
INSURANCE.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed 1908,
Less overdraft 1907,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
Edward B. Worthen,
Geo. L. Harrington,
Geo. W. Taylor,
$200.47
16.37
$35.00
26.00
140.47
250.00
33.16
$216.84
$216.84
$200.47
7
194
APRIL NINETEENTH.
RECEIPTS.
Peddler's license, $23.00
Less overdraft 1907, 16.82
$6.18
Excess expenditures over receipts, 18.82
$25.00
EXPENDITURES.
Lexington Drum Corps, 25.00
MEMORIAL DAY.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed 1908,
EXPENDITURES.
$200.00
John N. Morse, Quartermaster, Post 119, 200.00
SIDEWA1.KS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed 1908,
Less overdraft 1907,
$1,000.00
280.08
$719.92
195
Byron C. Earle, Collector, sidewalk tax,
George D. Harrington, Treasurer, sidewalk tax,
Excess of expenditures over receipts.
ExPENDITtJRES.
178.72
29.38
$928.02
338.06
$1,268.08
D. F. Tripp, concreting, $1,2136.08 ,
CARE OF COMMON.
RECEIPTS.
Baiancc unexpended 1907, $13.00
Appropriated and assessed 1908, 200.00
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
$213.00
$200.00
18.00
$213.00
Thomas Burke, labor, $200,00
HASTINGS PARK.
Balance unexpended 1907, 6.2.52
Appropriated and assessed 1908, 5.00
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
$9.00
58.52
$67.52
$157.52
196
EXPENDITURES.
Thomas Burke, labor, 9.00
STREET WATERING.
RECE[PiS.
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
Less overdraft, 1907,
L. W. Muzzey, Collector, street watering tax,
B. C. Earle, Collector, street watering tax,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
W. E. Denham, repairs,
E. W. Martin, watering streets,
W. H. Burke, repairs,
J. H. Frizzelle, use of horses,
Lexington Carriage Co., repairs,
Fire Department,watering streets,
Water Department,
$3,000.00
10.67
$2,989.33
382.29
518.74
$3,890,36
$3,655.22
235.14
$3,890.36
$8.55
621.60
3.00
16.48
8.75
1,031.40
1,965.44
$3,655.22
197
REPAIRS ON TOWN HALL AND SHEDS.
REcElrrs.
Appropriated and assessed, Town Hall, 1908,
Appropriated and assessed, sheds, 1908,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
A. C. Washburn, labor and stock on sheds
and Town Hail,
Edward H, Mara, painting,
$1,500.00
600.00
$2,100.00
11,481.69
618.31
$2,100.00
$833.89
647.80
$1,481.69
198
MOVING OLD HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
Balance unexpended, 1901,
TAXES.
Loring W. Muzzey, Collector, 1904,
Loring W. Muzzey, Collector, 1906,
Loring W. Muzzey, Collector, 1907,
Byron C. Earle, Collector, 1904,
Byron C. Earle, Collector, 1905,
Byron C. Earle, Collector, 1906,
Byron C. Earle, Collector, 1907,
Byron C. Earle, Collector, 1908,
REPAIRS ON STONE BUILDING: DISCOUNT ON TAXES.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
J. H. Philips, labor and stock,
Charles H. Spaulding, painting,
Lexington Lumber Co.,
P. T. Gillooly, painting sign,
$250.00
5242.66
7.34
$250.00
$40.43
178.00
21.23
3.00
1242.66
Balance unexpended 1907,
Interest on taxes,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
RECEIPTS.
EXPENDITURES.
11,040.22
1,535.54
$101.76
1497.27
3,074.87
28,412.61
37.92
84.89
4,122.82
19,417.04
104,854.46
1160,501.88
$1,441.33
1,134.43
12,575.76
$2,576.76
tificate of Collector, discount on taxes, 11,040,22
199
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
RECEIPTS.
Overlayings,
Supplementary,
Omitted assessments,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES_
Abatement certificates of assessors,
$4,090.33
679.30
18,824.50
$23,594.43
$7,949.94
15,644.49
$23,594.43
BANK AND CORPORATION TAX.
$7,949.94
200
ENFORCEMENT OF LIQUOR LAW.
RECEIPTS:
Balance unexpended 1907,
$41.76
Excess of expenditures over receipts, 5.24
EXPFNDITUR1i5.
Edwin A. Bayley, professional services,
GAMMI;LL LEGACY.
RECEIPTS.
$47.00
47.00
Balance unexpended 1907, $154.39
Town of Lexington, interest, 35.00
RErr.iris. $189.39
Balance unexpended 1907,
State of Massachusetts, Corporation Tax,
State of Massachusetts. Bank Tax,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES.
Deducted by Assessors,
$2,150.98
20,183.16
8,262.09
$25,596.23
$19,000.00
.6,596.23
$25,596.23
$19,000.00
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
H. V. Smith,
F. H. Dion,
Lester E. Smith,
F. E. Monti,
M. Stevenson & Co,,
Fiske Bros.,
EXPENDITURES.
$15.81
173.58
$189.39
$5.20
1.92
.55
1.44
5.20
1.50
$15.81
201
INTEREST.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed 1908,
Less overdraft 1907,
Fourth National Bank, interest,
Excess of expenditures,
EXPEND1TURES.
State of Massachusetts,
Estabrook & Co.,
Lexington Savings Bank,
Frank 0. Pierce, Trustee,
Hannah T. Carret, Treasurer Cary Memorial
1 ibrary,
Geo. W. Spaulding, 'Treasurer Bridge and
Beal funds,
Geo. 0. Harrington, 'Treasurer Gammen fund,
Geo. D. Harrington, Treasurer Cemetery
Trust fund, interest,
H. A. C. Woodward, Treasurer Gilmor fund,
Assessed, 1908,
County Treasurer,
$1,565.45
1,505.50
846.25
180.00
660.00
240.00
35.00
543.00
25.00
$7,202.02
2,202.02
$5,000.00 '
251.35
348.85
$5,600.20
$5,600.20
Assessed, 1908,
State Treasurer,
Assessed, 1908,
State Treasurer,
COUNTY TAX. Assessed, 1908,
RECEIPTS:
EXPENDITURES.
$6,762.82
fi, 762.82
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STATE TAX.
RECE[PTS.
EXPENDITURES.
SEWER TAX.
RECEIPTS.
EXPENDITURES.
STATE HIGHWAY TAX.
RECEIPTS.
EXPENDITURES.
10,725.00
10,725.00
3,638.02
3,638,02
214.55
State Treasurer, 214.55
203
TOWN DEBT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed, 1908,
Assessed, 1908,
fess overdraft, 1907,
EXPENDITURES.
$26,266.67
2,000.00
$28,266.67
4,000.00
$24,266.67
204
Amount brought forward, $110,000.00
Apr. 28. Borrowed, 5,000.00
May 11. Borrowed, 10,000.00
May 24. Borrowed, 4,000.00
June 1. Borrowed, 5,000.00
June 26. Borrowed, 5,000.00
June 29. Borrowed, 20,000.00
$159,000.00
Paid, 120,000.00
Balance outstanding Jan. 1st, 1909, 539,000.00
Water Bonds redeemed, $12,000.00
State of Mass., Metropolitan Water loan, 2,200.00
State of Mass., Munroe School, 1,350.00 Mar. 19. Paid,
State of Mass., extension of water mains, L500.00 Apr. 1. Paid,
State of Mass., land for Cary Memorial Apr. 11. Paid,
Library, 500.00 May 11. Paid,
State of Mass., High School, 6,716.67 May 24. Paid,
$24,265.67 May 30. Paid,
June 29. Paid,
Aug. 1. Paid,
TEMPORARY LOANS. Aug. 11. Paid,
Sept. 19. Paid,
RscEurrs. Sept.28. Paid,
Oct. 1. Paid,
Balance outstanding Jan. lst, 1908, 578,000.00 Oct. 1. Paid,
Feb. 1. Borrowed, 4,000.00 Nov. 18. Paid,
Mar. 19. Borrowed, 4,000.00 Nov. 26. Paid,
Apr. 1. Borrowed, 4,000.00 Dec. 11. Paid,
Apr. 1. Borrowed, 15,000.00
Apr. 13. Borrowed, 10,000.00
Amount carried forward, $110,000.00
EXPENDITURES.
$4,000.00
15,000.00
10,000.00
8,000.00
4,000.00
5,000.00
20,000.00
4,000.00
7,000.00
4,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
4,000.00
10,000.00
5,000.00
10,000.00
$120,000.00
205
RECAPITU LATION.
CASH RECEIPTS,
Cash on hand ]an. 1st, 1908,
Schools,
Highways,
Water Department,
Fire Department,
Contingent,
Support of Poor,
Outside Aid,
Cemeteries,
Suppression of Insects,
Police,
Cemetery Trust Fund Interest,
State Aid,
County Treasurer, dog tax refunded,
April 19th, licenses,
Sidewalk Tax,
Street Watering,
' Taxes,
Interest on Taxes,
Bank and Corporation Tax,
Gamma Legacy,
Interest,
Temporary Loans,
Cemetery Trust Fund,
$2,269.70
455.82
1,528.84
35,854.50
1,340.40
1,344.99
1,484.76
125.43
510.58
13,245.60
647.91
543.00
535.00
762.23
23.00
208.10
901.03
160,501.88
1,134.43
23,445.25
35.00
251,35
86,000.00
500.00
$333.648.80
206
EXPENDITURES.
Schools,
Highways,
Water Department,
Fire Department,
Contingent,
Support of Poor,
Outside Aid,
Cemeteries,
Suppression of Insects,
Removal of Snow,
Librarians,
Police,
Fuel and Lights,
Printing,
Cemetery Trust Fund Interest,
Stats' Aid,
Board of Health,
Selectmen,
Overseers of the Poor,
Surveyors of Highways,
Town Clerk,
Town Treasurer,
Collector of Taxes,
Assessors,
Audi tors,
Registrars of Voters,
Treasurer of Cary Memorial Library,
School Physician,
Clerk of School Committee,
Town Physician,
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
Inspector of Cattle,
Amount carried forward,
$34,754.87
16,373.89
32,287.68
7,472.05
2,786.13
3,304.13
1,663.92
680.14
18,126.48
391.44
1,817.70
4,928.12
1,786,08
558.75
573.79
569.00
472.20
833.33
333.33
383.38
476.50
660.00
875.00
931.08
100.00
125.00
50.00
200.00
50.00
75.00
150.00
100.00
$133,288.44
207
Amount brought forward, $133,288.44
Inspector of Meats and Provisions, 320.00
janitors, 1,408.88
Cary Memorial Library, 762.23
Trimming Trees, 96.17
Street Lights, 7,253.26
Watering Troughs, 75.00
Hydrants, 4,815.00
Insurance, 200.47
April 19th, 25.00
Memorial Day, 200.00
Sidewalks, 1,266.08
Care of Common, 200.00
Hastings Park, 9.00
Street Watering, 3,4555.22
Repairs on Town Hall and Sheds, 1,481.69
Repairs an Stone Building, 242.66
Enforcement of Liquor Law, 47.00
Gammell Legacy, 15.81
Interest, 5,600.20
County Tax, 6,762.82
State Tax, 10,725.00
Sewer Tax, Metropolitan, 3,638.02
State Highway Tax, 214.55
Town Debt, 24,266.67
Temporary Loans, 120,000.00
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1909, 7,080.18
$333,648.80
CHARLES A. FOWLE,
HENRY E. TITITLE,
Auditors.
REPORTS
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
ON THE
TOWN OF LEXINGTON
For the Year 1908
THE ESTABROOK PRESS, PRINTERS AND BINDERS,
BOSTON AND MARLBOROUGH, MASS.
1909.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JAMES P. MUNROE,
CHARI.FS B. DAVIS,
GEORGE F. REED,
GEORGE L. WALKER,
JAY O. RICHARDS,
MRS. HANNAH T. CARRET,
Term expires March, '09
Term expires March, '09
Term expires March, '10
Term expires March, '10
Term expires March, '11
Term expires March, '11
ORGANIZATION.
JAMES P. MUNROE, Chairman. MRS. HANNAH T. CARRET, Secretary
CHARLES B. DAVIS, Treasurer
STANDING COMMITTEES.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
Mr. Reed, Mr. Walker, Mr. Davis, Mr. Richards.
FINANCE AND TRANSPORTATION.
Mr. Davis, Mr. Reed, Mr. Richards.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Mr. Munroe, Mr. Walker, Mrs. Carret.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
George P. Armstrong.
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TRUANT OFFICER.
P. J. Maguire.
CALENDAR FOR 1909.
Spring recess, Apr. 16-26.
School closes June 25, '09.
CALENDAR FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1909-10.
School opens Sept. 14.
Christmas recess, Dec. 23, '09 to Jan. 3, '10.
Spring recess, Apr. 15-25.
School closes June 24, '10.
Holidays : Thanksgiving Day and the Friday following, Wash-
ington's Birthday, Patriot's Day.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF LEXINGTON
To the Citizens of Lexington :
During the fiscal year 1908 the Committee paid out for all the
schools the sum of $34,754.87, which is $156.19 less than the total
amount adailable q LThey endeavored to expend this money pru-
dently, judiciously, and to the best educational interests of the
Town.
The whole number of regular teachers at the close of 1908 was
twenty-six, and of special teachers (for music, drawing, sloyd and
sewing) four. During that year the Committee elected, after
thorough investigation by the Superintendent and upon his recom-
mendation, a high school and a grammar school principal, two h+gh
school teachers, one grammar school teacher and two special teach-
ers. All of these, excepting Miss Regestein, assumed their duties in
September. Her appointment, as an extra teacher, was made
necessary by the growth in size of the high school, by the extension
of commercial instruction, and by the expressed wish of the Town
to make secondary teaching more effective.
These new principals and teachers, who are spoken of at length
in the report of the Superintendent, are all doing admirable work,
as are also the teachers longer in the service of the schools; and
the Committee do not hesitate to say that few towns of the size and
resources of Lexington have a more efficient and devoted staff.
Dr. J. O. Tilton, having rendered effective service during 1907,
was reappointed School Physician.
FIRE PROTECTION.
Following the terrible catastrophe at Collinwood, Ohio, public
anxiety was so far aroused as to make it incumbent upon the Com-
mittee to use every means for reassurance. All possible provisions
in the way of unobstructed egress from buildings, fire -gongs, extin-
guishers, etc., were immediately made, and are pronounced entirely
satisfactory by the State authorities. Regular fire -drills, instituted
some years before, are continued; and it is a great satisfaction to
know that in no case does it require more than one minute to get
every pupil out of any of the school buildings.
REPAIRS.
During the summer all buildings were put in complete repair, so
that seldom, if ever, has the school property been in such good'
condition as it is today. In addition to the usual cleaning, varnish-
ing, and inside painting, which is done every summer by the jan-
itors—whose excellent care of the schools should receive high
commendation—the Committee found it necessary to paint the out-
side of the Adams School, to add a number of new blackboards, to
put the heating plant in order and to make numerous minor repairs.
At the Hancock School little had to be done beyond making tem-
porary repairs on the heating plant in order to carry it through the
current school year. Bicycle runways were made into the basement;
and the sidewalk has been elevated and board walks have been laid
on the northerly side of the grounds in order to overcome the
effects of the large flow of water from Belfry Hill. Considerable
money, however, had to be spent upon the High School. The
Hancock and Munroe School buildings were originally so well built
that the annual charge for repairs is small. The High School build-
ing, on the contrary, exhibits so many structural defects that the re-
pair bills ever since it was opened have been large; and there
seems reason to believe that the Town must every year expend, as it
has during 1908, considerable sums for making good the injuries
due to leaks, shrinkage of woodwork, etc.
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SCHOOL GROUNDS.
* While the grounds of the Hancock School are ample, none of the
other buildings has playgrounds suited to the proper needs of school
children. As has been more than once stated in recent reports, the
area belonging to the Munroe School is so small that the pupils are
forced either to play in the steeet, where there is continual danger
from electric and motor cars, or to trespass upon private property.
There is urgent need that the Town purchase sufficient land in the
rear of the Munroe School, not only for a playground but also to
provide for that extension of the building which must eventually be
made.
The High School has sufficient ground. but there is need of quite
large expenditure for grading in order to fit it for the playing of
games. During the summer the Committee did what it could at
small cost to improve the land in the rear of the Adams School ;
but the nature of the ground is such as to make the constrution of
a satisfactory playground there exceedingly expensive.
THE HIGH SCHOOL.
The room at the High School formerly occupied by the Superin-
tendent has been fitted up with eighteen desks and four typewriters
for the technical work of the commercial course, so that the school
is now equipped to give a thorough commercial training. The room
formerly used for occasional recitations has been converted into a
regular class -room and is occupied also, with its ante -room, by the
Superintendent for his office. The senior class -room has been so
arranged that it is now used for the greater part of each day, by the
pupils of the whole school, for quiet study. The windows in the
boys' basement have been protected with netting so that games may
he played there on stormy days. To those girls who elect it, free
instruction in gymnastics is given once a week for a limited term,
by Miss Mildred Davis, a graduate of the school and at present in
her last year at the Sargent School of Gymnastics.
THE HANCOCK, ADAMS AND MUNROE SCHOOLS.
The placing of the Hancock School in charge of a male principal
has had an excellent effect, especially upon the older boys, who
need, at the beginning of adolescence, the control and influence of
a man. At the Adums School no changes have taken place in the
teaching staff, and at the Munroe School the only change has been
in the substitution of Miss Purcell for Miss Charlotte Robertson.
This stability of the instructing force is most fortunate in its effects
upon the spirit and discipline of a school and, in the opinion of the
Committee, is always to be striven for. To this end they have thought
it wise to make a small advance in salaries, sufficient, they hope, to
meet the increased cost of living; and they look forward to the time
when it may be feasible to devise some plan of retiring allowances
which shall serve, on the one hand, to hold teachers, while permitting,
on the other hand, of their retirement when burdened with illness
or with years.
GIFT'S AND PRIZES.
The following gifts for the schools have been received during the
year and are gratefully acknowledged :—
Photographs for the High School building from the class of 1908,
and from the ninth -grade classes of 1906, 1907 and 1908 ;. a piaster
group and photograph for the Adams School, and ten photographs
for the Hancock School, from the pupils and from Miss Sarah E.
Robinson ; and a desk and chair for the Adams School from Mrs.
Williamson.
At the graduating exercises, in June, awards were made of the Clapp
prizes for the best oral and written work in English; of the George
0. Smith prizes for an essay on "Patriotic Statesmanship ;" and of
the Charles E. French medals for high scholarship.
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CONCLUSION.
With the cordial cooperation of the Lexington Savings Bank, the
Committee have made plans for the early introduction of a system of
stamp savings which will do much, judging from the experience of
other committees, to instil thrift in the children of the schools.
They hope that the parents will interest themselves in this plan and
will encourage their children to use this opportunity to save.
The parents' meetings which proved so successful last year have
been given up because of the formation by the citizens of a Public
School Association which holds bi-monthly meetings and the object
of which is " to foster a closer sympathy and cooperation between
the home and the school in Lexington; and to promote the educa-
tional and social welfare of the community." This Association has
already held several meetings of great interest.
The Librarians of the Cary Memorial Library continue to work
most helpfully with the teachers in making this unusually valuable
collection of books of daily use to the pupils. In this way the
Library has become, in effect, an integral part of the school system.
In conclusion the Committee strongly urge the citizens, and
especially the parents of pupils, to visit the schools, to make the
acquaintance of the teachers, and to suggest to the superintendent
or the members of the Committee, for their careful consideration,
such changes as, in their opinion, would he to the advantage of the
schools.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
The expenditures of the School Department during the past year
have shown an increase in the department of teachers' salaries and
also that of repairs. The first increase was made in accordance with
the wishes of the town, that the results, especially in the High School,
should be improved.
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The school buildings were subjected to a very careful inspection
during the summer vacation and such repairs ordered thereon as
were found necessary and advisable to keep these buildings in first-
class condition. The item of repairs for this reason has exceeded
the ordinary amount.
The heating and ventilating plant in the Hancock School Buil-
ding is in bad condition and must be renewed during the coming
summer vacation in order to comply with our state laws. Two years
ago a new heating plant for the halls of this school was installed at
an expense of about $1,700. but the old furnaces that were left in
at that time, and which now furnish the heat and ventilation for the
school rooms, are unfit for further use. In order to complete the
plant that was started two years ago an appropriation of $2,500 will
be required, and we ask that this be made the subject of a special
appropriation for the March meeting.
Expenditures for the past
Teachers' salaries,
Transportation,
Fuel and care,
Supervision,
Supplies,
Sundries,
Repairs,
Permanent improvements,
Total expenditures,
Total appropriation,
Overdraft of 1907,
Balance available,
Cash receipts,
Total receipts,
Total expenditures,
Balance,
year have been as follows :
S19,651.90
2,951.40
5,226.21
1,47 3.00
2,216.34
404.56
2,192.60
638.86
04,754.87
04,500.00
44.76
34,455.24
455.82
04,911.06
34,764.87
$156.19
It
We estimate the following expenses
Department for the year 1909 :
Teachers' salaries,
Transportation,
Fuel and care,
Supervision,
Supplies,
Sundries,
Repairs,
Permanent improvements,
Incidentals,
Total expenditures,
Appropriation asked,
Balance unexpended,
Estimated cash receipts, 1909,
Total,
must be incurred in the School
820,820.00
3,000.00
5,400.00
1,500.00
2,000.00
400.00
1,600.00
600.00
336.19
835,656.19
$35,000.00
156.19
400.00
$35,566.19
JAMES P. MUNROE,
CHARLES B. DAVIS,
GEORGE F. REED,
GEORGE L. WALKER,
JAY 0. RICHARDS,
MRS. HANNAH T. CARRET.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF SCHOOLS
To the Lexington School Committee
I herewith present for your consideration this, the twenty-third,
in the series of annual reports by the Superintendent of Schools for
this Town.
The year just closed has seen a change of more than one-fourth
of the entire teaching staff. As fifty per cent of the changes
occurred among the principals, special teachers and supervisors, the
year may fitly be called one of numerous and important changes.
The general policy of the schools has remained unchanged
throughout the year. Improvement has been sought by eleminating
from the Arithmetic work such problems as are of no practical ser-
vice and substituting for them those that are related to the present
iife and activity of the pupil. An effort has been made to effect a
like change in character in the other subjects of the elementary
course.
Increasing attention has been given to the needs of the individual
and group instruction carried farther than heretofore.
The general aim has been to increase the pupils power to use the
knowledge he gains from day to day. In a word, to educate for
efficiency rather than for pure knowledge.
The plans for flexible sessions, as a means of securing greater
concentration of effort, more out -door exercise and special attention
to pupils needing either further drill or longer time, were put into
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exectttion and are proving helpful in bringing about the ends
desired. These, with the division of the classes into groups, where
practicable, have reduced the amount of tutoring to a minimum by
making it unnecessary. This is a substantial gain since the pupil
who has been personally conducted over his difficulties a few times
is apt to fail into the habit of seeking assistance whenever he meets
an obstacle in his pathway and so loses the power to work
independently.
A change has been made in the work of grade I whereby intervals
of work are followed by ones given to games in the open air, if the
weather permits, and in the school room if the weather is unsuitable.
This, it is believed, will prove more helpful than: if the time were
given to the so called busy work or to the elements of subjects
which the children are not yet sufficiently developed to undertake
profitably.
For a detailed knowledge of the various changes, and the present
condition, the reader is referred to the reports of the several
schools.
THE ADAMS SCHOOL.
This school has been fortunate in retaining throughout the year
the same excellent principal and staff: of teachers. A good working
spirit pervades the school and a steady improvement in the quality
of the work done is perceptible.
The repainting of the outside of the building added to its cheer,
fulness. Its grounds are still unattractive in front, and ill suited for
playground purposes in the rear. It seems quite time steps were
being taken to provide, for this section of the town, a building and
surroundings as attractive and inspiring as those in the other dis-
tricts. I am quite sure that, could every citizen of the town visit
this building after visiting the others, steps would be taken at once
to equalize the conditions by providing a larger and more suitable
site and a building corresponding in healthfulness and attractiveness
with the other three.
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THE MUNRUE SSCHOOl..
There is comparatively little change to report in this school. All
were sorry to learn of Miss Charlotte Robinson's resignation during
the summer vacation. Her position is ably filled by Miss Purcell
who last year had charge of the overflow classes from grades IV and
V in the Hancock School.
In September, it was found that both grades VII and VIII could
not be accommodated in the same room. As grade VIII was quite
small it was removed to the Hancock School and incorporated with
the corresponding grade there. The pupils of the first four grades
are divided among the teachers of the three first floor rooms, much
the same as last year.
The general character and quality of work done in this school is
very good and much of it excellent. In point of situation, cleanli-
ness and attractiveness, this plant leaves little to be desired.
But for the generosity of the adjacent land owners the need of
more spacious play grounds would lcng since have been deeply felt.
A sufficient play ground should not be looked upon as a luxury exist-
ing only for the pleasure of the children, but as an essential part of
the school equipment. Free play is a necessity both for the physical
and mental well being of every child.
Room should be provided so that each of the self constituted
groups could organize and carry on the variouti games and sports
without interference from contiguous groups. As the number attend-
ing in this building will usually be soinewhere about two hundred
fifty, it will readily be seen that the land available is none too large.
"IsHE• HANCOCK SCHOOL.
Not for several years has the school experienced as important
changes as during the present one. Miss Carleton, who had been
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the successful principal of this school for the past nine years, deci-
ded to accept an offer to enter private school work at a very
substantial increase in salary. A similiar opportunity, in the same
school, came to Miss Daniels who also accepted.
A common and merited criticism of the American public schools,
both by our own citizens and by foreign educators, who have studied
them, has been that the teaching staff is disproportionality feminine.
The vacancy in the principalship made a favorable opportunity for
increasing the amount of masculine influence in this school accor-
dingly. Only male candidates were considered for this position.
After careful investigation, Mr. Thomas E. Freeman was chosen
principal. Mr. Freeman prepared for his profession in the State
Normal School at Bridgewater, completing the full four year course.
He has had successful experience as principal at Plymouth, Mass.,
and brings to the school a strong and vigorous young manhood. He
adds a virile quality to the influence of the school upon the growing
boys which cannot but prove salutary.
The vacancy in grade VII was filled by the election of Miss
Maude Fuller of Waltham, a graduate of the Framingham Normal
School, with several years successful experience in near -by towns.
The rest of the teaching staff is the same as for some years past.
The material equipment of the school has been improved by the
insertion of prism glass in the upper windows of the rooms lighted
from one side only. This distributes the light more evenly over the
whole room at all times, but is particularly beneficial, especially in
cloudy weather, to those seated farthest from the windows.
The number of seats and desks adjustable to the varying size of
the pupils in each grade has been increased during the year. To
bring the seating up to present day standards, the remaining seat
and desk irons should be changed.
GRADE IX.
The two sections of this grade are located in the same rooms and
in the High School building and under the same teachers as last
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yearMissWoodward and Miss Rich. The former having charge
of the three classes in German and one in Algebra, is necessarily
absent from her class the greater part of each school day. Her
place is taken by teachers from the High School.
The work of this grade necessarily is somewhat of a mixed charac-
ter. Quite a percentage of the class must take Latin in order to be
ready for their college final examinations at the end of the fourth
year in High School. This makes an extra study for these pupils and one
which requires a good deal of hard work not required of those who
are completing their Grammar course only. These pupils also might
more profitably spend the whole year upon Algebra rather than
upon arithmetic. The elementary work done in Algebra done during
the last part of the year is largely forgotten during the long vacation.
If the whole year could be given to the subject it would become
assimilated and not so readily forgotten.
All things considered, it would be much better if this could be
made the first year of the High School. The work of the Grammar
schools would then be completed in the eighth grade and their
graduation exercises take place in the Grammar school buildings_
These exercises should he made more simple and an expense now
entailed avoided.
As practically all the pupils who complete the Grammar course
enter the High School, this change would not lessen the education
one would receive and it would greatly simplify and aid in the arrang-
ing of programs in the High School.
HIGH SSCHooL.
The year just past has been one of many changes in the High
School. These have affected the teaching staff, the management,
the course of study, and the material equipment.
In June, Mr. Hamlin, after two years of earnest work, resigned
and entered upon private school work. Mr. Frank H. Damon,
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University of Maine, I895, with twelve years' successful experience
in Bangor, Me., High School, was elected Principal after a careful
consideration of a number of strong candidates. He entered upon
his work in September. The effects of his vigorous personality and
professional skill have made themselves felt in all the work of the
school.
Miss Tucker resigned in June to take up the study of the Natural
Sciences, and Miss Charlotte P. Marston, Wellesley, '02, was elected
in her place. Miss Marston had charge of the Classical department
of the Danvers High School and has proved herself a strong teacher.
The increased number of classes required by lengthening and strength-
ening the Commercial course, together with an increase in the num-
ber of pupils in attendance, made it necessary to secure another
teacher. Miss Elsa Regestein, Mi. Holyoke, '02, who for the past
three years had been in charge of the Mathematics in Chicopee
High School, was elected and took charge of the same work here as
far as could be arranged without too great change in the schedule
of classes. By this plan Miss Thomas was relieved of other work
and enabled to give her attention to commercial branches.
At the suggestion of Mr. Damon, the plan of seating all pupils, not
having recitations for any given period, together in a room set apart
for study, was inaugurated. The books of reference were placed in
this room. The several teachers in turn have charge of this as their
programs permit. This plan gives each pupil a quiet room in which
to study, and relieves the teachers and classes, during recitations, of
the presence of other pupils not interested in the subject.
The course of study has been strengthened by the addition of
Trigonometry to the mathematical group. This rs of special value
to classes preparing for engineering courses. The commercial
group has been improved by the addition of The History of Com-
merce and an elementary course in Commercial Law. The former
is the natural complement of Commercial Geography and the latter
of Business Practice.
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In order to make the Commercial course as concrete and practical
as possible a room has been fitted up in general after the manner of
a counting room or business office.
A goad beginning has been made towards a collection of samples
of some of the most important articles of commerce and manufac-
ture. Some of these show the article in the various stages of pro-
duction. Some of the most complete of these are gifts from business
men in Lexington who are interested in making this course as prac-
cal as possible.
This collection will be of great service in making concrete the
work in Commercial Geography and in the study of the History of
Commerce and, in fact, they will add interest to almost evefy sub-
ject in the course.
This makes the Commercial department, both as to fullness of
course and completeness of equipment, on par with any school of
its size in the metropolitan district and superior to that in many
larger schools.
The reference Library has been enlarged by the addition of a
set of the New International Cyclopaedia, also by a set of Lord's
Beacon Lights of History. The text -book supply list has received
a well -graded set of text -books in Rhetoric and Composition.
These improvements in the teaching staff organization and ma-
terial equipment are not without a clearly manifest effect upon the
spirit and work of the school. This is seen in the general order,
interest in the work, regularity of attendance and in the aspiration
of the pupils.
Of the 120 students enrolled 42 are preparing for College, 17 for
Normal Schools of some kind, Art, Gymnastics, or General Method
of Teaching; 41 are taking the full Commercial course in prep-
eration for business life.
One end of the Commereial room has been fitted up like a bank,
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so that this part of the bookkeeping and business practice may be
made as real as possible.
The fitting up of this section of the room was done largely by Mr.
Perry and some of the members of the classes in Manual Training.
A cloak room adjoining the Commercial room has been trans-
formed into a typewriting room and two additional machines pur-
chased. This gives the pupil the opportunity of learning to operate
different types and makes of machines, and so increases the chances
of readily securing employment.
The study room has been furnished with shelves for the reference
books and a reading table.
The High School has now an excellent material equipment. It is
well organized under a trained and capable Principal ; its corps of
teachers have each made a study of, and has proved her efficiency
in teaching the subjects of the department of which she has charge.
Few, indeed, are the schools of its size which has as strong a staff, as
fine an equipment.
Two things more are required to bring the school to the standard
which Lexington requires. One of these is continuity in the teach-
ing staff so that they work as a unit, and the other is the loyal
support of the homes from which the students come. Without
these, it matters not what is the equipment nor who compose the
teaching staff, it is bound to fail; but with these success is assured.
FIRE DRILLS.
The terrible disaster at the Coliinwood School, near Cleveland,
Ohio, last spring brought sharply to public attention the need of
easy and unobstructed exit from every school building and the need
of fire drills which should provide for the rapid and orderly passage
of all pupils from each building by one stairway in case fire should
prevent the use of both.
20
All of the school builriings, some of the urban newspapers to the
contrary notwithstanding, were in enod condition. There was not a
room in any building in town but had exit by more than one door
to more than one flight of stairs: no building but what had two or
more outside doors opening outward. While all the buildings had
been provided with chemical fire extinguishers an additional number
was purchased so that there should he at least one on each floor in
every building and two in each Assembly Hall. A fire alarm bell
system, with push buttons on each floor, was installed in each build-
ing and minor changes made to facilitate rapidity and certainty of
easy and unobstructt d passage for every pupil.
A set of signals was taught whereby each pupil may know before
leaving his room by which stairway or stairways he is to leave the
building. Frequent fire drills were given to accustom the pupils to
the different signals and to give practice in going out 1 y the
different exits.
THE STAMP SAVINGS SYSTEM.
For the last fifty years the Public Statutes of Massachusetts has
specified thrift as one of the habits to which the children should be
trained in the public school. Incidentally it has received some
slight attention, but nothing effective. Today, as a people, I fear
we must plead guilty to the charge of being the most wasteful
people on the globe. We are prosperous as a nation because of
the great abundance of our natural resources, not because we are
skilful in making use of every opportunity. In many lines of busi-
ness our native stock are today being driven to the wall by the less
skilful but more thrifty foreigner. It behoves us now to put into
the schools more effective methods of work in this line.
John H. Thiry, the principal of a ward school in Long Island
City, N. V., developed a School Savings Bank system, which was
found effective and was introduced to some extent from Maine to
California. It required considerable bookkeeping since a separate
account was kept for each pupil who made use of the system. The
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amount of time and trouble required to operate this system pre-
vented its general introduction. Later the Stamp Savings System
was developed, which rendered the keeping of books unnecessary by
the use of specially prepared adhesive stamps of various denomina-
tions. These were issued by the local Savings Bank or by some
society which took charge of the matter. The pupil wishing to save
money buys from the teacher stamps to the amount he wished to
deposit and pastes these into a little bank book which is furnished
by the teacher. When the savings of the pupil amount to 111.00 he
deposits it with the Savings Bank and is allowed to open an account.
The teacher receives the stamps from the principal and is responsible
for the return, in coin or stamps, of the amount she receives from
him. The principal receives his supply from the selling agent of the
bank and makes a like return once per month to the selling agent.
In this way the amount of time consumed by either • teacher or prin-
cipal is very small.
This system has been widely introduced and is found a very effec-
tive way of inculcating habits of thrift. It is useful in checking the
candy and cigarette habits. Pupils who have opened accounts and
are receiving interest upon their deposits take a new view of the
value of this subject in arithmetic. As each pupil is responsible for
the care of his own stamp book and in time of his bank book he
develops a sense of responsibility, often wanting in the present day
boy or girl.
The system is of service to the pupil who already has an account
in the savings bank in accumulating the sum necessary to make a
deposit, since by this means he can put by any sum from one cent up.
By connecting this system with the Commercial Department an
opportunity will be made to give to the students some practice in
actual bookkeeping and banking.
The reports of the School Physician, the Supervisors of Drawing
and Music and those of the special teachers in Sloyd and Sewing
will be found in the appendix to this report.
22
Mr. Maxwell, who so ably supervised the work in Music for the
past two years, resigned in June, to study in Munich, Germany. He
is succeed by Mr. Edward A. Kingsley, a graduate of the N. E.
Conservatory of Music, with several years successful work as a
supervisor and teacher. He has made a careful study of the Weaver
individual method, and is introducing some of its most helpful
features in our schools.
Miss Mildred G. Parker, whose skill in instruction was such as to
render the task of learning to sew a pleasant one, resigned her
position in June to be married in the early summer. Miss Bertha
Pattee, formerly one of Arlington's corps of teachers, who had pre-
pared herself for teaching sewing and had successful experience in
Brookline, was elected to succeed her and is doing very good work.
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
One of the subjects specifically required by the Public Statutes to
be taught to all pupils in all schools is Physiology. In this teaching,
special attention must he given to the effects of Alcohol and Nar-
cotics. To these, the last legislature added the subject of Tuber-
culosis and its prevention.
There are few who are not well aware that the happiness and use-
fulness of every human being is greatly affected by the condition of
the body as regards health and disease. Though the mind is master
of the body, ill health is not enjoyable. For this reason it is im-
portant that every child should be taught effectively how to care for
Ms body. This cannot be done impersonally, and herein lies a great
difficulty. The amount of emphasis required to make any impress-
ion upon one mind is harmful to another of differing temperament.
The widely differing views of parents as to the whole matter add to
the difficulties.
Every effort will be made to avoid extremes and to secure the
highest good of all.
23 24
Medical inspection has been continued throughout the year with
highly satisfactory results and the thanks of all are due the School
Physician for his faithfulness and skill.
Closely connected with the health of the schools and the danger
of spreading contagious disease, when present, is the drinking
fountain. With the exception of one recently placed in the High
School, these are all of the faucet type and the use of a common
drinking cup is all too prevalent. This is neither hygienic nor
altogether cleanly. Personal drinking cups, when supplied by the
parents, are seldom kept in a proper condition. The bubling foun-
tain, though rather expensive to instal, gives very satisfactory service
at low cost when once in place and is entirely free from the objec-
tionable features connected with the use of cup of any kind. At
least one should be installed in each building. The general use of
these in the schools will aid greatly in the effort now being made to
stamp out tubercular disease.
Before concluding this report I wish to express my thanks to the
officers of the Cary Library, and especially to the librarians, for the
painstaking effort they have made to help teachers and pupils to
make the widest possible use of the resources at their command; to
the Art Committee for their services in locating pictures and statuary
where they would be most effective ; to the gentlemen who are
collecting samples from warehouse and factory samples of various
lines of merchandise for the Commercial Department of the High
School; to the supervisors, principals and teachers for their hearty
cooperation and skill in making effective my plans for the improve-
ment of the schools.
I would express also to the School Committee my thanks for their
continued support and cooperation.
ROLL OF HONOR
THE FOLLOWING PUPILS NOT ABSENT OR TARDY.
FOR SEVEN YEARS.
Vernon Page, Adams School, VII
FOR SIX YEARS.
Roy Ferguson, High School,
FOR FIVE YEARS.
Hazel Ferguson, Hancock School,
Roland Garmon, Adams School,
FOR FOUR YEARS.
Ethel Butcher, Hancock School,
Melissa Whiting, Hancock School,
FOR THREE YEARS.
Ethel Manning, Hancock School,
Elizabeth Sherburne, Munroe School,
FOR TWO YEARS.
William E. Gleason, High School,
Margaret Noyes, High School,
IX
V
VII
V
VII
XI
IX
25
Alice Manning, Hancock School,
Laburton Hulbert, Hancock School,
FOR ONE YEAR.
Harold Piper, High School,
Marion Bayley, High School,
Elizabeth Woods, High School,
(Tarleton Reed, High School,
Sylvia Reed, High School,
Helen Brown, Munroe School,
Annie Rycroft, Munroe School,
Kathryn Drury, Munroe School,
Margaret Green, Hancock School,
Raymond Blodgett, Hancock School,
Helena Gavin, Hancock School,
Warren Daniels, Hancock School,
David Hallstrom, Hancock School,
Lillian Holman, Hancock School,
Wayne Wellington, Adams School,
Ruth G. Learned, Adams School,
VIII
IV
x
IX
Ix
Ix
Ix
v
V
IV
VII
VI
V
v
V
IV
VIII
V
THE FOLLOWING PUPILS NOT ASSENT, BUT,TARDY ONCE.
FOR FOUR YEARS.
Richard Rowse, Munroe School, V
FOR THREE YEARS.
Wallace Wright, Hancock School,
FOR TWO YEARS.
VI
26
FOR ONE YEAR.
James Drury, Munroe School,
J. Oscar Sorensen, Munroe School,
Edmund Corbett, Munroe School,
Marion Gavin, Hancock School,
Lucy Whiting, Hancock School,
Francis Doe, Hancock School,
Harold Manning, Hancock School,
George Thompson
PRIZES•
SMITH PRIZE.
Fenno Derby
CLAPP PRIZES.
First Oral --Carol Hatch
First Written— Margaret Buck
Second Oral—George Thompson
Second Written—Katherine Munroe
Marjorie Saville
Sylvia Howard
Mary Dodd
Katherine Buck
Marjory P. Herrick
Janet Doe
FRENCH MEDALS.
Marian V. Bayley
Marion Howard
Mary Sherburne
Lena McDonald
William Hennessy
George Montague
CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND : DICKENS.
Clarence Gleason, High School, X Malcolm Reed
27
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, CLASS OF 1908.
Louis Fearing Armes
Lillian Veazie Bennett
Mary Helen Dodd
William Gleason Gavin
Caroline Chandler Hatch
Sylvia Washington Howard
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Marian Vesta Bayley
Beulah Maud Bean
John Jerauld Huck
Katherine Buck
Francis Edward Burke
Edmund Stevens Childs
Dorothy Leone Crowther
Mildred Anna Dacey
William Joseph Dailey
Ralph Irving Dale
Blanche Louise Davis
Helen Whiting Davis
Sybil Davis
Rebecca Dodd
Janet Doe
James Loring Douglass
Ellen Harriet Fallesen
Marjorie Whittemore Ferguson
Roy Alexander Ferguson
Anna Isabel Haynes
William Augustus Hennessy
Marjory Porter Herrick
Marion Howard
Olive Mae. Knowles
Thomas Mark Liddell
James Leslie Phillips
Marjorie Saville
Mary Gertrude Shay
Warren Sherburne
Emily Tenney Silsby
Mary Irene Tewksbury
GRADUATES, 1908.
Madeleine Josephine Manley
Lena May McDonald
Michael Edward McDonnell
Mary Frances McGann
John Francis McKearney
George Francis Montague
Margaret Beatrice Noyes
Sarah O'Neil
Kathleen Canada Parks
Howard Phelps Putnam
Aaron Bernard Ready
Carleton George Reed
Haskell Reed
Rosamond Reed
Sylvia Wadsworth Reed
Rebecca Mae Saville
Marjorie Elvirra Seeley
Mary Alen Sherburne
Helen Frances Sturtevant
Mary Warren
Alice Zita Whalley
Donald Wilson
Elizabeth Frances Woods
Chester Llewellyn Wyman
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LIST OF TEACHERS FOR 1907, 1908.
Grade
Name
Elected
IX
IX
VIII
VIII
VH
VII
VI
V
IV
III
II
HIGH SCHOOL
*John F. Hamlin
Roy W. Hatch
Frank H. Damon, Prin
*Margaret Tucker
Helen Thomas.... ... .
A. Louisa Sanders
Charlotte P. itilarston
Elsa W. Regestein
Alice Woodward
Martha L. Rich
HANCOCK. SCHOOL
Thomas E. Freeman, Prin.
*Gertrude W. Carleton ...
*Edith L. Daniels
Maude L. Fuller...
Sara k. Skerry
Emma E. Wright
Neva G. Mitchell
Elizabeth Merrill
Jennie F. Blodgett
Marion L. Rogers.
MUNROE SCHOOL
VII Emma A. Robertson, Prin.
VI Clara M. Duffey
V M. Charlotte Robertson
V Mary E. Purcell
III, IV Gertrude Pierce
11, III B Ethel M, Harding
I Amelia M. Mulliken
ADAMS SCHOOL
E. Jennie Farrell, Prin....
Effie E. Littlefield.
Mabel C. Pond
Carrie F. Fiske......
1908
1899
1903
1908
1896
1877
1902
1903
1894
1903
1902
1906
1906
1907
1872
1903
1873
1906
1907
1907
1872
Preparation
Bates College.
Dartmouth College.
University of Maine.
Vassar College.
Wellesley College.
Tufts College.
Wellesley College,
Mt. Holyoke College.
Mt. Holyoke College.
Bridgewater Normal.
Bridgewater Normal,
Putnam Training School.
Mt. Holyoke College,
Framingham Normal
Holt Normal Institute.
Holt Normal Institute.
Natick I I igh School.
Newburyport Training School.
Bridgewater Normal.
Symonds Kindergarten Normal.
Hyannis and Plymouth Normal.
Northfield Sem., Summer Courses.
Lowell Normal School,
Northfield Sem„Plymouth,N H„
Framingham Normal
Holt Normal Institute.
Wellesley College.
Boston Normal School.
Quincy Training School.
Hyannis Normal School.
Bridgewater Normal School
Lexington High.
SUPERVISORS AND SPECIAL TEACHERS.
Music; *Leon R. Maxwell,
Music: Edward A. Kingsley,
Drawing: Edmund Ketchum,
Manual Training: Philip E. Perry,
Sewing: *Mildred G. Parker,
Sewing: Bertha M. Paltee,
*Resigned.
1900
1908
1907
1902
1907
1908
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MEMBERSHIP BY GRADES JAN. 1, 1909
AVERAGE AGE BY GRADES JAN. 1, 1909.
High....
Hancock
Munroe
Adams
yr. mo-
5 8
6 26da
5 9
yr. mo.
8 10
6 78
7 78
yr. mo.
8 3
15da
5
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9 3
9 510
9 010
yr. ma.
10 7
711
211
yr.
11
mo.
4
713
512
yr.
12
ma.fyr.
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611
21
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SCHOOL
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
n
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e
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1
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61
44
31
19
17
Ilancock .
23
23
23
36
33
42
41
41
Munroe
33
19
24
22
81
35
37
119
107.5
106.5
98.1
0
0
Adams
23
15
19
17
24
15
15
17
85
31
81
29.7
28.6
Tota] Number in Grade
79
57
66
75
88
92
1 93
58
61
44
31
19
17
AVERAGE AGE BY GRADES JAN. 1, 1909.
High....
Hancock
Munroe
Adams
yr. mo-
5 8
6 26da
5 9
yr. mo.
8 10
6 78
7 78
yr. mo.
8 3
15da
5
yr. mo.
9 3
9 510
9 010
yr. ma.
10 7
711
211
yr.
11
mo.
4
713
512
yr.
12
ma.fyr.
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611
21
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3
yr.
14
ma.
yr.
14
mo.
716
yr. mo.yr.
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mo.
917
yr. mo.
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ATTENDANCE,
TRANSPORTATION.
Number. of Seats
Number Enrolled
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SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.
Grade.
Number Regi
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Average D:
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High School
X -XIII
168
119
119
107.5
106.5
98.1
0
0
0
0
10
11
5
0
26
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IX
85
31
81
29.7
28.6
95.9
0
0
0
0
3
5
2
0
10
Mus Rich :....
IX
85
S3]
33
82.4
81.7
97.9
0
0
0
0
3
13
1
0
17
Totals for School.
238
183
188
169.8
163.7
97.3
0
0
0
0
16
29
$
0
53
HANCOCK SCHOOL.
Mr. Freeman. VIII
42
43
48
41.7
84.9
95.6
2
1
1
4
5
1
5
8
17
Miss Fuller VII
42
44
44
40.8
89.6
98.7
0
3
2
5
4
0
4
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Miss Skerry VI
42
43
45
42.0
40.4
91.2
6
4
4
13
0
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2
0
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Miss Wright V
42
33
34
32.4
30.0
95.4
0
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6
7
1
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3
0
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Miss Mitchell E IV
42
37
38
30.1
34.1
94.3
2
4
6
8
1
2
6
0
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Miss Merrill III
49
42
44
38.7
36.7
94.5
4
1
6
11
7
0
2
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42
85
35
31.2
28.1
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5
8
0
2
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Miss Rogers 1
42
36
37
33.8
29.4
87.9
4
3
5
12
3
0
4
0
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Totals tor School
343
313
320
296.2
274.1
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33
65
29
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28
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Report of the School Physician.
Mr. George P. Armstrong, Superintendent of Schools
DEAR Stet— I herewith submit my report as School Physician for
the year 1908.
At the beginning and during the year I have made a general
examination of 750 pupils. Under such conditions and surround-
ings existing in ordinary schools such general examinations cannot
and are not as thorough as such in a physician's office of private
patients. Yet the general observation of throat, nose glands, chest
and heart rapidly eliminates the normal pupil from the abnormal.
At a later time those with abnormalities are examined again. Out
of the entire number examined there are (or were) the following
abnormal conditions found :
Those with Adenoids (evident) 42
Enlarged tonsils (with Adenoids probably) 63
Valvular Heart murmurs, 15
Anaemic, 10
Otitis media, 2
Diabetes, 2
Epileptic, 2
During the year many of the parents have been notified of these
conditions in their children. Some cases have been treated by
remedies and operations. There are quite a number needing treat-
ment. Eniarged tonsils need not always be removed. They are
reduced by topical treatment and local means. They are a great
source of danger, being the favorite lodging place for all kinds of
disease germs, as diphtheria and tousiiitis, and others which lead to
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very serious diseases as rheumatism, tuberculosis, quinsy sore throat
and valvular heart lesions. It is far better to remove them in many
cases than wait for the scow process of topical treatment. In many
cases they conceal the mass of adenoids further back in throat and
pharynx. For this season they ought to be examined by their family
physician for radical taeatment,
By the Act of 1906, Chap. 502, pupils with symptoms of con-
tagious diseases are not allowed in school. If found in school with
any of these symptoms they are sent home by the School Physician.
These diseases are scarlet fever, small pox, measles, chicken pox,
tuberculosis, diphtheria, itch, trachoma, yellow fever and whooping
cough. Some of these are recent additions. Anyone ill with symp-
toms of tonsilitis, tuberculosis and whooping cough must be sent
home. Many parents do not know this and therefore constantly
send children ill with some of these to school. From there they re-
turn with a notice advising them of the trouble and asking them to
consult their family doctor. There is also a new regulation regard-
ing the attendance of pupils from homes where others are ill with
contagious diseases. Heretofore it has been the custom to allow a
child to attend school from a home where a brother or sister is ill
with some contagious disease, provided they do not remain in that
home themselves. The law no longer allows this but requires a two
week's absence before attending school again. Most of the con-
tagious diseases have pronounced typical symptoms, readily seen and
identified. Whooping cough is not so readily determined in its early
stages. It is very well understood at the present time that the most
contagious period of whooping cough is in the early catarrhal stages
before any typical cough appears. The parents may know of the
exposure and may note the nasal discharge yet allow the child to
attend school. It would be better to lose a little schooling by keep-
ing the child at home than to expose many others. This is the only
way epidemics can be kept out of schools.
Aside from these diseases mentioned the most troublesome evil in
the schools is that of pediculosis capitis (or head lice). It is ex-
ceedingly annoying for parents to find these pests in their children's
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heads. They ought not to, feel it is due to any neglect on their
part or that of the teachers. Association in public school with
children lacking a parent's adequate care at home will again and
again destroy all good work on their own part. We have sent home
many for this trouble. Just here a word.
It is rather difficult to walk a chalk mark of medical duty and pity
for some of these pupils. The School Physician is not allowed to
practice, but preach and make suggestions. It does little good to
send home a pupil with suggestions, or instructions to see their family
physician, knowing full well it will not be done. To tell them what
to do or give them a recipe courts criticism from some physician.
In the city and larger towns the School Nurse comes in for duty,
goes out with that pupil to their home to see that they have proper
care; also to see younger children at home and examine them for
the same trouble. The town district nurse has no time for this.
Unless a second nurse can be secured, it seems to rue some other
person could be taught and sent to carry out the School Physician's
or family physician's recommendations. Such a person could be
found for small expense to do this and similar work. In this way'
this and similar pests could be easily removed. Boys can rid them-
selves of this trouble by having their hair cut short, while all can
use vinegar, ammonia, larkspur and a fine-toothed comb.
The condition of the teeth of so large a number of school chil-
dren is another matter of too great importance for a report of this
nature. This with its relation to the common health of children is
receiving the thoughtful attention of the great Society of Dentists.
At their convention meeting in Boston in January, 1909, this matter
received as much consideration, if not more, than any other subject.
That something tangible to school work and beneficial to school
children will result in the near future I have no doubt.
Again, in my rounds 1 have found occasionally a pupil who,
although wearing glasses, seems to have considerable eye strain. In
one case I repeatedly asked the parents to have the glasses changed.
In another case the pupil said his parents did not want him to wear
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glasses. When such cases occur and, in fact, many cases, there
should be provision for an examination by a competent oculist. In
Dedham such an examination by an oculist revealed a large number
of mistakes in glasses, and the need of glasses in others not using
them.
The school buildings are in excellent shape from the good care of
the janitors, of whose work and faithful attention I cannot speak too
highly. In the Adams School I recommend the cementing of the
cellar bottom and overhead plastering. Under the present circum-
stances the janitor there has kept a remarkably neat house. I wish
to thank all the teachers for their kind, faithful work in cooperation
in all school and medical details.
I have made a total of 328 visits in the schools, and made 171
examinations, of which latter 25 were referred.
Respectfully submitted,
J. ODIN TILTON,
School Physician.
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Report of the Superintendent of Drawing and
Handwork
Mr. George P. Armstrong, Sup. of Schools, Lexington, Mass.:
MY DEAR Ma. ARMSTRONG : — The following is a report of the
course in drawing and handwork for the past year.
In my report of last year mention was made of handwork in the
schools and what had been accomplished in the Lexington schools
to Feb. 1st. During the balance of the year a number of things
were made of thin cardboard, of reed and raffia, of thin copper and
brass, and weaving of table mats, etc.
During February the freehand drawing was continued. In March
problems in constructive designing were given; the problems being
adapted to the different ages of the children. In April the work was
in applied design, and in May and June nature drawing in color.
In the Fall the usual course in drawing was carried on; in Nov-
ember considerable time was devoted to geometric drawing which
develops exactness in measuring and careful drawing with ruler and
compass. Most of the December work was the making of things for
Christmas. In January drawings are made in pencil of common
things; this will be continued during February.
Two changes in the drawing may be of interest, one is the making
of a number of working drawings of some of the type solids and sev-
eral simple pieces of furniture; the other is plan drawing, such as a
plan of a schoolroom with the furniture, or of a schoolhouse with
yard, walks, street, trees, etc. This is something all boys and girls
should understand.
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It is my intention to keep the course simple and practical, free
from fads, and to make it especially valuable to those boys and girls
who will have no education beyond the grammar school.
I wish to express my thanks to you, to the teachers and to the
committee for your support during the year.
Respectfully yours,
EDMUND KETCHUM.
100 Mt. Pleasant Ave.,
Roxbury, Mass.
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Report of Supervisor of Music
Mr. George P. Armstrong, Superintendent of Schools, Lexington Mass:
DEAR SIR : —I beg to submit my first report as Supervisor of
Music in the schools of Lexington.
If the future of music in this country depends on the pupils now
being educated in our public schools, it behooves us to consider
carefully the system we employ and to use it as an educational force.
Music should be taught according to fixed positive laws—as the
art of reading English or any other language --and is a science
before it becomes an art. It should be made to be of universal
benefit to the pupil, not only as an accomplishment but also for the
development of his intellectual faculties, cultivation of attention and
concentration of mind_ There is a mental music as there is a mental
calculation.
It has been the aim this year to maintain an even balance between
the artistic and mechanical in music, for in order to give expression
from the true artistic standpoint the fundamentals of music must
first be taught.
Without exception the Supervisor has had the faithful cooperation
of the grade teachers, for which he wishes to express his sincere
appreciation. The importance of this cooperation cannot be too
strongly emphasized and has resulted in good progress toward better
music in the schools thus fax this year.
The primary grades have done especially good work in reading at
sight from the board and work with the individual slips.
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Intermediate grades are singing two parts with words, each voice
having practise in singing either part, thereby gaining greater inde-
pendence.
Supplementary music is used in the upper grammar grades in
addition to the regular music readers. The boys are doing good
work in these grades and it has been the aim not only to drill music,
but to interest the pupils in the music and drill as well.
The High School chorus numbers about one hundred and fifty
voices this year and has taken up the study of the cantata "The
Rose Maiden," by Cowen, and will undoubtedly give a public per-
formance of the same later in the year. A girls' glee club has also
been formed, numbering about fifty voices, and will give a public
concert early in the spring. The club is doing good work.
I wish to thank you, Mr. Armstrong, for your unfailing encour-
agement in the work.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD A. KINGSLEY.
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Report of the instructor in Ilanual Training
tlfr. George P. Armstrong, Superintendent of &hoods, Lexington:
School opened in September with a largely increased number
eligible to this department.
It has been the aim of the instructor to eliminate, as far as possi-
ble, from the list of articles made by pupils, all that are not of real
and practical use, and to introduce in their place those which would
appeal lo the genuine interest of the boy.
It must at the same time be borne in mind that in the first year of
the boy's work the models must be of a simple nature consistent with
his slight experience in the use of tools and in the varied resistances
of different woods.
But by giving close attention to instruction and endeavoring to
make each succeeding piece an improvement on the last, he finds in his
second and third years that there exists an endless variety of useful
and beautiful objects capable of being constructed from that most
wonderful of all mediums— wood — many of which he may accom-
plish with lasting pride and satisfaction to himself and with pleasure
to the home circle.
Many such pieces of furniture and articles in daily use in the
homes are in process of construction or completed.
During the latter part of the fail term a few of the boys under the
direction and with the assistance of the instructor, erected the neces-
sary woodwork for a bank in the commercial department of the
High School, which fulfils the requirements both in appearance and
construction in a satisfactory manner. The interest continues una-
bated, and there seems to be no reason why the close of the year
should not show in material form a marked progress in the work
Horn the hands of those pupils who are alive to the opportunities
presented.
Respectfully submitted,
PHILIP E. PERRY.
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Report of the Supervisor of Sewing
Mr. George P. Armstrong, Superintendent of Schools, Lexington:
DEAR SIR : — The following is a report of the sewing in Lexing-
ton since last September
As sewing bas been taught here but one year, it is more difficult to
grade the work than it will be when classes have had sewing from
the sixth grade through the ninth, consequently there has been less
variety in the work of the upper grades.
The sixth grade girls have learned even and uneven basting, over -
handing, overcasting, running, and hemming. They have applied
these in making bean-bags, holders, running designs, and towels.
The sixth grade boys have had sewing with Miss Skerry. They
have learned to sew on buttons, and to do basting, over -handing, and
back -stitching. These stitches were learned so as to give practice in
the use of the needle before making buttonholes and darning.
The seventh grade girls have learned to match stripes, to make
wide hems, napery hems, hemstitching, and patching. Some have
finished pillow cases with either plain or hemstitched hems and are
making school -bags or work aprons.
The eighth grade girls have learned to make mitered and square
corners, napery hems, outline and chain stitch, hemstitching, and
the skirt placket. They have cut the aprons and underwaists that
they are making.
The ninth grade girls have learned to make French and felled
seams, buttonholes and hemstiching, and to cut and join bias pieces
for facings. They are making underwaists.
During the month of December two lessons were devoted to
Christmas work. Handkerchiefs, neckties, cushion covers and other
articles were made.
1 am grateful to the parents for the willing response in providing
materia! for garments, and to you and the teachers for the cordial
support I have received.
Respectfully,
BERTHA M. PATI'EE.
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Report of the Truant Officer
To the Superintendent of Schools:
DEAR SIR : — For the year ending Dec. 31st, 1908, I have
received seventy-one (71) calls from the different schools.
I have investigated all of these cases and the following reasons
were given :
Sickness, 24
Tniants, 23
Kept home by parents, 16
Moved into town and not attending school, 3
Moved out of town, 2
Two boys were reported who were not
attending school. I found they. were
living just across the line in Arlington, 2
One boy who was working in Boston and
under 14 years of age, I had come back
to school,
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Aside from the school calls I have investigated five cases where
children were not attending on account of not having sufficient
clothing. Those cases I reported to the School Committee.
Respectfully submitted,
P. J. MAGUIRE,
Truant Gfieer.
CONTENTS
Bridge and Beals Funds .
Estimates for 1909
Harriet R. Gilmore Fund .
George O. Smith Fund
Hayes Fountain Fund
Charles E. French Legacy Fund
Lexington Town Records .
Adjourned Meeting, March 9, 1908
Adjourned Meeting, March 23, 1908
Warrant for a Town Meeting, Feb. 10, 1908
Warrant for a Town Meeting, March 2, 1908
Warrant for a Town Meeting, July 9, 1908
Warrant for a Town Meeting, Oct. 22, 1908
Warrant for a Town Meeting, Nov. 3, 1908
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 Interest
Cemetery Trust Funds
Clerk of School Committee
100
70
96
97
98
99
9
21
24
9
11
29
32
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3
6
135
146
199
194
187
188
199
184
195
191
206
175
183
182
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Report of Auditor—Continued.
Collector of Taxes .
Contingent
County Tax
Discount on Taxes .
Enforcement Liquor Law
Fire Department
Fuet and Lights
Gammen Legacy
Hastings Park
Hydrants
Highways
Interest
Insurance
Inspector of Cattle
Inspector of Meats and Provisions
Janitors .
Librarians .
Memorial Day
Moving Old High School
Outside Aid
Overseers of Poor .
Police Department .
Printing .
Recapitulation .
Registrars of Voters
Removal of Snow .
Repairs on Town Hail and Sheds
Repairs on Stone Building
Schools .
High School
Adams School
Hancock School .
Common to all Schools
Monroe School .
Summary .
School Physician
187
167
201
198
200
164
181
200
195
193
156
201
193
190
190
191
179
194
198
173
185
180
182
205
188
178
197
197
146
149
147
151
153
148
156
189
Report of Auditor—Continued.
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Selectmen ,
Sewer Tax
Sidewalks
State Aid
State Highway Tax
State Tax
Street Lights
Support of Poor
Suppression of Insects
Surveyors of Highways
Temporary Loans .
Trimming Trees •
Town Clerk
Town Debt
Town Physician
Town 'Treasurer
Treasurer of Cary Library
Water Department
Watering Streets
Watering Troughs
Report of Board of Health
Report of Cattle Inspector
Report of Cemetery Committee
Report of Chief of Police
Report of Finance Committee
Report of Fire Engineers.
Report of Inspector of Meat and Provisions
Report of Librarian
Report of Moth Committee
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
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190
186
202
194
183
202
202
192
171
176
186
203
192
186
203
190
187
189
161
196
193
87
93
110
83
72
94
92
107
75
81
Report of Selectmen, Highway Surveyors, Overseen of Poor 63
Reports of Tax Collectors
Report of Town Clerk
Births
Marriages .
114-118
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Report of Town Clerk—Continued.
Deaths
Dogs
Jurors
Report of Treasurer ▪ of Cary Library
Report of Tree Warden . •
Report of Trustees of Cary Library
Report of Water Commissioners
Statement of Town Debt
Statement of Assets and Liabilities other than Town
Tax Statistics
Town Treasurer's Report .
SCHOOL. REPORT.
School Committee's Report
Roll of Honor
Report of Superintendent .
Report of Truant Officer
Report of School Physician
Report of Superintendent of Drawing
Report of Supervisor of Sewing
Report of Supervisor of Music
Report of Instructor of Manual Training
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106
80
102
1.22
140
Debt . 144
• 138
141
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