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OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF LEXINGTON
For the Year 1910
THE ESTABROOK PRESS, PRINTERS AND BINDERS
BOSTON AND MARLBOROUGH, MASS.
1911
LEXINGTON
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS
FROM
March 1910 to March 1911
Selectmen
FRANK D. PEIRCE (Chairman)
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD WILLIAM H. WHITAKER
Town Clerk
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON
Assessors
GEORGE H. CU1TER (Clerk)
HENRY E. TUTTLE .
CHARLES G. KAUFFMANN (Chairman)
Assistant Assessors
Term expires 1911
• Term expires 1912
Term expires 1918
ABRAM C. WASHBURN TIMOTHY H. O'CONNOR
WILLIAM H. BALLARD
School Committee
HANNAH T. GARRET .
JAY O. RICHARDS (Chairman)
ARTHUR L. BLODGETT .
GEORGE F. REED
Cemetery Committee
HERBERT L. WELLINGTON .
ARTHUR A. MARSHALL
SYLVESTER P. ROBERTSON
Term expires 1911
Term expires 1911
Term expires 1912
Term expires 1913
Term expires 1911
Term expires 1912
Term expires 1913
Overseers of the Poor
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD (Chairman) Constables
FRANK I). PEIRCE WILLIAM H. WHITAKER CHARLES H. FRANKS PATRICK J. MAGUIRE
Sw�rveyors of Highways Auditors
WILLIAM H. WHITAI{ER (Chairman) CHARLES F. PIERCE CHARLES P. MORSE
FRANK D. PEIRCE HENRY A. C. WOODWARD
Board of Health
Town Treasurer
EZRA F. BREED Term expires 1911
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON WILLIAM B. FOSTER (Chairman) Term expires 1912
WILLIAM L. BURRILL Term expires 1913
Collector of Taxes
BYRON C. EARLE
Tree Warden
CHARLES H. BUGBEE
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Water and Sewer Commissioners
GEORGE D. MILNE
ROBERT P. CLAPP
FRANCIS W. DEAN (Chairman)
Term expires 1911
Term expires 1912
Term expires 1913
Registrar and Superintendent of Water Department
EVERETT S. LOCKE
Fence Viewers
HOWARD M. MUNROE ERNEST W. MARTIN
CHARLES H. SPAULDING
Field Drivers
WILLIAM H. WHITAKER WILLIAM F. SCAMMAN
THOMAS C. BUCKLEY
Surveyors of Lumber
GEORGE W. SPAULDING EDGAR IIARROD
Trustees of Public •Trusts
ARTHUR W. NEWELL . .
F. FOSTER SHERBURNE .
FRANK D. PEIRCE (Chairman)
• Term expires 1912
▪ Term expires 1914
Term expires 1916
Board of Trustees of Cary Memorial Library
Consists of Selectmen, School Committee, and settled Clergymen
of the town.
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APPOINTED OFFICERS
Engineers of Fire Department
GEORGE A. WARNER (Chief) ARTHUR F. TURNER (Clerk)
BARTLETT J. HARRINGTON
Trustees of Bridge Charitable Fund
ARTHUR W. NEWELL .
F. FOSTER SHERBURNE
FRANK D. PEIRCE .
Term expires 1912
Term expires 1914
Term expires 1916
Registrars of Voters
CHARLES F. NOURSE (Chairman) Term expires 1911
DAVID F. MURPHY Term expires 1912
CHARLES J. DAILEY . . . . Term expires 1913
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON (Clerk)
Trustees of Gamow ll Legacy Income Acting with the
Overseers of the Poor
MISS ROSE M. TUCKER MRS. WILLIAM W. REED
Librarian Cary Memorial Library
MISS MARIAN P. KIRIKLAND
Assistants
MISS HELEN E. MUZZEY MISS BARBARA MACKINNON
MISS EMMA 0. NICHOLS (East Lexington Branch)
Town Physician
DR. HENRY C. VALENTINE
Treasurer Cary Memorial Library
MRS. HANNAH T. CARRET
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Committee on Care of Hayes Fountain
CHARLES H. BUGBEE, HERBERT G. LOCKE
EDWARD WOOD
Superintendents of Town Scales and Public Weighers
WILLIAM E. DENHAM CHARLES H. LOWE
Sealer of Weights and Measures
CHARLES E. HADLEY
Measurers of Wood and Bark
EDWARD W. HARROD CHARLES H. DUFFY
GEORGE W. SPAULDING
Police Officers
CHARLES H. FRANKS (Chief) PATRICK J. MAGUIRE
JAMES IRWIN THOMAS C. BUCKLEY
JOHN C. RUSSELL JAMES J. SULLIVAN
Special Police Officers
CLIFTON P. ASHLEY
DENNIS H. COLLINS
WILLIAM F. FLETCHER
CHARLES E. HADLEY
GEORGE A. SIMONDS
FRANK E. CLARK, 2ND
PATRICK F. DACEY
PETER T. GILLOOLY
FRANK H. MORGAN
JOHN H. WRIGHT
HENRY COBB
MARK DODD
FRED W. JOHNSON
GEORGE L. PIERCE
GEORGE S. TEAGUE
Constables
WILLIAM H. FOSTER JAMES IRWIN
THOMAS C. BUCKLEY
Supervisor of Streets
ROBERT H. WHITE
Weighers of Hay and Grain
CHARLES F. SPAULDING FRED PORTER
CHARLES E. MALAY
Inspector of Cattle
DR. HARRY L. ALDERMAN
Janitor Town Hall and Stone Building
PETER T. GILLOOLY
Janitor Village Hall
JOHN H. WRIGHT
Keepers of Lockup
CHARLES H. FRANKS THOMAS C. BUCKLEY
Forest Warden
AZOR P. HOWE
Superintendent and Matron of Almshouse
MR. AND MRS. ROBERT H. WHITE
Lexington Town Records
WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING
TUESDAY, January 4, 1910
To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington,
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you
are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of
the town of Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town
affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall on Tuesday, the
fourth day of January, A. D., 1910, at 7.30 o'clock p. m.,
to act on the following Articles, viz : -
ARTICLE 1, To choose a Moderator to preside at said
meeting.
ART. 2. To see if the town will authorize their Treas-
urer, 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. 3. To hear the report of the committee appointed
to arrange a plan for the celebration of the one hundred
and thirty-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Lexington,
and to act thereon.
ART. 4. To see if the town will make an appropriation
for the suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths, in
accordance with Chapter 381, Acts of 1905, and amend-
ments to the same, or act in any manner relating thereto.
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ART, 5. To see if the town will make an appropriation
for the suppression of the elm tree beetle, or act in any
manner relating thereto.
ART. 6. To see if the town will make an appropriation
for the collection and disposal of garbage, or act in any
manner relating thereto.
ART. 7. To take appropriate action looking toward the
moving, re-establishment, erection, operation and mainte-
nance of the whistle now in use by the town at the electric
light station of the Lexington Gas and Electric Company
or of a new whistle or signal for use by the town in con-
nection with the Fire Department or otherwise and to
appropriate money for the same, or to act in any manner
relating thereto.
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-third
day of December, A. D., 1909.
FRANK D. PEIRCE,
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD,
WILLIAM H. WHITAKER,
Selectmen of Lexington.
MEETING JANUARY 4, 1910
Meeting called to order at 7.40 o'clock by the Town Clerk,
who read the Warrant and the return of the Constable
thereon.
ARTICLE 1. On motion of Frank D. Peirce it was
Voted to elect a Moderator by ballot ; that the check list
be used, and that the polls be kept open two minutes.
At the close of the polls three ballots had been cast, all
for Edwin A. Bayley, and he was declared elected and was
sworn by the Town Clerk.
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ART. 2. 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 for the present municipal year, the
Town Treasurer is hereby authorized to borrow from time
to time with the approval of the Selectmen, and to exe-
cute and deliver the note or notes of the town therefor,
payable within one year from the time the loan is made.
All debts incurred under this vote shall be paid from the
taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 3. Herbert G. Locke, chairman of the 19th of
April committee, made a partial verbal report, and on
motion of Frederick L. Emery it was
Voted that the report of the committee be accepted as a
report of progress, and that said committee be instructed
to carry out the same.
On motion of Frederick L. Emery it was
Voted that the Selectmen apply to the Legislature for
authority for the town to appropriate and spend under the
direction of said committee a sum not exceeding $750 for
said celebration.
Awr. 4. On motion of Edward P. Merriam it was
Voted that the sum of three thousand one hundred and
three dollars and twelve cents ($3103.12) be appropriated
and assessed for the suppression of insects.
ART. 5. On motion of Edward P. Merriam it was
Voted that the article be indefinitely postponed.
ART. 6. On motion of Frederick L. Emery it was
Voted that the Board of Health be instructed to arrange
for the collection and disposal of garbage in accordance
with the plan outlined by the chairman of the Board, and
that the sum of $1500 be appropriated and assessed for
that purpose.
ART. 7. On motion of Bartlett J. Harrington it was
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Voted that the sum of $1900 be appropriated and
assessed by the town for the removal and re-establish-
ment of the fire alarm whistle, and that said whistle be
placed upon the Town Hall, and that the same be done
under the direction of the Board of Fire Engineers and
Board of Selectmen.
Voted to dissolve the meeting at 9 o'clock.
A true record. Attest :
GEORGE 11 HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING
WEDNESDAY, February 23, 1910
To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you
are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of
the town of Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town
affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall on Wednesday, the
twenty-third day of February, A. D., 1910, at 8 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 vote to elect three
assistant assessors at the next annual meeting, to serve
for the ensuing year, or act in any manner relating
thereto.
ART. 3. To see if the town will vote to rescind or
modify its action taken at a special meeting, held on the
fourth day of January, 1910, whereby it voted to collect
and dispose of garbage and appropriated the sum of
fifteen hundred dollars therefor,
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ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to accept an act
of the Legislature authorizing the town of Lexington to
borrow a sum of money to repay or reimburse its Trust
Funds, and to provide for the custody and management of
its trust property thereafter.
ART. 5. To see if the town will vote to elect at its next
annual meeting one auditor instead of two auditors, said
auditor to act as town accountant, and to further fix and
prescribe his duties, or to act in any manner relating
thereto.
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 fourteenth
day of February, A. D., 1910.
FRANK D. PEIRCE,
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD,
W. H. WHITAKER,
Selectmen of Lexington.
MEETING FEBRUARY 23, 1910
Meeting called to order at 8 o'clock p. m. by the Town
Clerk, who read the Warrant and the return of the Con-
stable thereon.
ARTICLE 1. On motion of Frank D. Peirce it was
Voted to elect a Moderator ; that the check list be used,
and that the polls be kept open two minutes.
At the close of the polls . four 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 Frederick L. Emery it was
Voted that three assistant assessors be chosen by ballot
at the annual town meeting in March next.
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ART. 3. On motion of Charles H. Spaulding it was
Voted that the vote of the town passed at the special
meeting held Jan. 4, 1910, appropriating $1500 for the
establishment of a piggery at the Town Farm, in connec-
tion with the collection of garbage, be and the same is
hereby rescinded.
ART. 4. On motion of Alonzo E. Locke it was
Voted that Chapter 107 of the Acts of 1910 entitled
"An Act to authorize the town of Lexington to borrow
money to repay or reimburse its Trust Funds and to pro-
vide for the custody and management of its Trust Funds
property," be and the same is hereby accepted.
ART. 5. On motion of Arthur L. Blodgett it was
Voted that at the annual town meeting in March, 1911,
and thereafter, until otherwise voted, the town elect only
one auditor instead of two as fixed by vote of the town in
1891.
Voted that the Selectmen be empowered to retain the
services of one of the auditors to act as clerk or book-
keeper so as to continue the general system of book-
keeping inaugurated ; that the auditor when so employed
have authority to direct the method of keeping the various
accounts, and with the further authority to designate the
classification of accounts to bring the same in harmony as
far as possible with the requirements of the State Bureau
of Statistics.
Voted that the auditor appointed by the Selectmen as
clerk or bookkeeper be required to audit the accounts of
the Town Treasurer and other officers and departments of
the town having the handling of cash, at least quarterly.
Voted to dissolve the meeting at 10.10 o'clock.
A true record. Attest :
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
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WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING
MONDAY, March 7, 1910
To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you
are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of
the town of Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town
affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, the
seventh day of March, A. D., 1910, at 7 o'clock a. m., to,
act on the following Articles, viz :—
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said
meeting.
ART. 2. To choose by ballot the following town officers :
One Town Clerk for the term of one year; three Select-
men for the term of one year ; three Overseers of the Poor
for the term of one year; three Surveyors of the High-
ways for the term of one year ; 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 three years ; one member of the Cemetery Com-
mittee for the term of three years ; one member 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 one year ; one mem-
ber of the Board of Health for the term of three years ;
one Tree Warden for the term of one year; one Trustee of
Public Trusts for two years ; one Trustee of Public Trusts
for four years ; one Trustee of Public Trusts for six years.
ART. 3. To see if the town will vote for or against
granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, in
answer to the question: "Shall licenses be granted for
the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ? "
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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 amended by vote of the town, Jan. 29, 1900,
business under the following Articles will be transacted at
an adjourned meeting to be held Monday evening, Mar. 14,
1910, 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 appropri-
ation 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.
ART. 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 ensuing 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.
ART. 12. To provide for the support of the Fire Depart-
ment the ensuing year, and grant money for the same.
ART. 13. To see if the town will make the appropri-
ations 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 what measures the town will adopt in
relation to the collection of taxes the ensuing year, or act
in any manner relating thereto.
ART. 15. To see if the town will make an appropriation
to construct sidewalks with concrete or other materials
where the abutters will pay one-half the expense thereof.
ART. 16. To see if the town will appropriate the sum
of $200 for a School Physician, as required under Chapter
502, Section 1, Acts of 1906.
ART. 17. To see whether the town will accept as a
public way that portion of Hayes avenue which lies be-
tween Hancock street and Merriam street, and also Ber-
wick street between Hayes avenue and Merriam street, as
shown on a plan made by Whitman & Howard, civil engi-
neers, dated May 28, 1903 ; said acceptance to take effect
when the Selectmen shall consider the same suitable for
public travel, or take any action thereon.
ART, 18. To see if the town will make a further appro-
priation for the suppression and extermination of insects,
or act in any manner relating thereto.
ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to appoint a com-
mittee of two to act in co-operation with a similar com-
mittee from the other towns and cities using the Edi-
son Company's service ; and also with the co-operative
development committee of the Edison Company, for the
purpose of promoting the growth of the town, or act in
any manner relating thereto.
ART. 20. To see if the town will locate and install a fire
alarm box at the corner of East and Lowell streets, one at
the corner of Shirley and Bedford streets, and one at the
corner of Independence avenue and Massachusetts ave-
nue, and appropriate money for same, or take any action
thereon.
ART. 21. To see if the town will accept Chapter 337,
Acts of 1899, relative to the regulation and supervision
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of wires over streets and buildings in towns, or take any
action relative thereto.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to instruct the
Selectmen to grade and grass or otherwise finish the lot of
land owned by the town and fronting on Massachusetts
avenue, adjoining the lot occupied by the Cary Memorial
Library, and make such appropriation therefor as may be
legal and necessary, or act in any manner with relation
thereto.
ART. 23. To see if the town will authorize an issue of
not exceeding $30,000 bonds to be issued under authority
of Chapter 107, Acts of 1910, to repay or reimburse the
Trust Funds of the town, or act in any manner relating
thereto.
ART. 24. To see if the town will employ a civil engi-
neer or take any action in respect to having a proper sur-
vey of the town made for the use of the Surveyors of
Highways and Assessors ; to appropriate money for such
purposes or act in any manner relating thereto.
ART. 25. To see if the town will undertake the collec-
tion of garbage and ashes and appropriate money to meet
the expense of the same, or act in any manner relating
thereto.
ART. 26. To see if the town will make an appropriation
for the expenses of the finance committee.
ART. 27. To elect three assistant Assessors by ballot to
serve for the ensuing year and make an appropriation for
their compensation.
ART. 28. To see if the town will vote to authorize its
Selectmen to have all its notes and bonds authenticated by
the certificate of some State off=icial duly authorized so
to act, or by some bank or trust company of the city of
Boston, or act in any manner relating thereto.
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.
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Given under our hands, at Lexington, this twenty-fourth
day of February, A. D., 1910.
FRANK D. PEIRCE,
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD,
WILLIAM H. WHITAKER,
Selectmen of Lexington.
MEETING MARCH 7, 1910
Meeting called to order at 7.10 o'clock a. m. by the
Town Clerk, who proceeded to read the Warrant. After
reading Articles 1 and 2, on motion of Edwin A. Bayley it
was unanimously voted to dispense with the further read-
ing of the Warrant. The Clerk then read the return of
the Constable thereon.
ARTICLE 1. On motion of Frank D. Peirce it was
Voted to elect a Moderator by ballot ; that the check list
be used, and that the polis be kept open one minute.
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.
ART'S 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 1000 official ballots for male voters and a package
said to contain 300 ballots for female voters, also a copy of
the voting lists for male and female voters. Irving Stone
and George L. 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 William B. Foster, the constable in charge, and the
Moderator declared the polls open. At 8.20 o'clock the
Moderator appointed Edward P. Merriam moderator pro
tem and he was sworn by the Town Clerk. William J.
Riley, Fred G. Jones, Patrick F. Dacey, Samuel B. Bige-
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low, William H. Ballard, Cornelius F. O'Connor, George
S. Teague and Nathaniel Nunn having been appointed
tellers, were sworn by the Town Clerk.
At 10.05 o'clock, by order of the Moderator and Town
Clerk, the ballot box was opened and 150 ballots were
taken out ; at 1.10 o'clock 100 ballots were taken out ; at
3 o'clock 50 ballots were taken out ; at 3.45 o'clock 50 bal-
lots were taken out, and at the close of the polls at 5
o'clock 50 ballots of male and eight ballots of female
voters were taken from the boxes. The check list used by
the Moderator showed the names of 400 male and eight
female voters. checked. The check list used by the Ballot
Clerks showed the names of 400 male and eight female
voters checked. The ballot box register stood at 400.
After the Tellers had completed their work the Town
Clerk announced the result as follows :
TOWN CLERK—One Year
George D. Harrington,
All others,
Blanks,
And George D. Harrington was declared elected.
SELECTMEN—One year
Frank D. Peirce,
William H. Whitaker,
Henry A. C. Woodward,
All others,
Blanks,
307
4
89
342
328
305
6
219
And Frank D. Peirce, William H. Whitaker and Henry
A. C. Woodward were declared elected.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR—One Year
Frank D. Peirce,
William H. Whitaker,
Henry A. C. Woodward,
All others,
Blanks,
20
335
322
293
3
247
And Frank D. Peirce, William H. Whitaker and Henry
A. C. Woodward were declared elected.
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS—One Year
Frank D. Peirce,
William H. Whitaker,
Henry A. C. Woodward,
All others,
Blanks,
And Frank D. Peirce, William H. Whitaker
A. C. Woodward were declared elected.
ASSESSOR—Three Years
327
320
286
4
263
and Henry
Charles G. Kauffmann,
All others,
Blanks,
And Charles G. Kauffmann was declared elected.
TOWN TREASURER—One Year
George D. Harrington,
All others,
Blanks,
And George D. Harrington was declared elected.
COLLECTOR OF TARES—One Year
Byron C. Earle,
All others,
Blanks,
And Byron C. Earle was declared elected.
CEMETERY COMMITTEE—Three Years
Sylvester P. Robertson,
All others,
Blanks,
And Sylvester P. Robertson was declared elected.
21
311
2
87
352
2
46
357
1
42
298
4
98
AUDITORS—One Year
Charles P. Morse,
Charles F. Pierce,
All others,
Blanks,
And Charles P.
declared elected.
292
298
4
206
Morse and Charles F. Pierce were
BOARD OF HEALTH—One Year
Ezra F. Breed,
Charles E. Wheeler,
Ail others,
Blanks,
And Ezra F. Breed was declared elected.
BOARD OF HEALTH—Three Years
William L. Burrill,
AA others,
Blanks,
And William L. Burrill was declared elected.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE—Three Years
George F. Reed,
All others,
Blanks,
And George F. Reed was declared elected.
WATER COMMISSIONER—Three Years
Francis W. Dean,
All others,
Blanks,
And Francis W. Dean was declared elected.
22
101
54
63
182
211
17
172
294
3
111
267
6
127
CONSTABLES—One Year
Charles H. Franks,
Patrick J. Maguire,
All others,
Blanks,
And Charles H. Franks and Patrick J. Maguire
declared elected.
SEWER COMMISSIONER—Three Years
Francis W. Dean,
All others,
Blanks,
And Francis W. Dean was declared elected.
TREE WARDEN—One Year
Charles H. Bugbee,
All others,
Blanks,
And Charles H. Bugbee was declared elected.
TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC TRUSTS—TWO Years
Arthur W. Newell,
All others,
Blanks,
And Arthur W. Newell was declared elected.
TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC TRUSTS—Four Years
F. Foster Sherburne,
Blanks,
And F. Foster Sherburne was declared elected.
TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC TRUSTS—Six Years
Frank D. Peirce,
Blanks,
And Frank D. Peirce was declared elected.
23
307
302
7
184
were
264
5
131
299
4
97
288
1
111
. 297
103
302
98
LICENSE
Yes, 113
No, 255
Blanks, 32
And the town voted " No License ".
After the result was announced the Moderator declared
the meeting adjourned to March 14th at 7.30 o'clock p. m.
A true record. Attest :
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED MEETING MARCH 14, 1910
Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 7.40
o'clock p. m.
ARTICLE 4. Report of committee on Centre Engine
House.
At a town meeting held Sept. 25, 1909, under Article 4
it was voted that a committee of five be appointed by
the Moderator to investigate the condition of the Centre
Engine House and report in the near future any recom-
mendation pertaining to the same.
Your committee investigated very thoroughly the con-
dition of the Center Engine House and found it to be in
a very dilapidated state, the sills and lower timbers being-
almost
eingalmost entirely rotted away, and the sanitary conditions
when the horses are kept are very bad. We also found
that there was not sufficient room for the present equip-
ment to be properly handled. Owing to the existing con-
ditions we do not deem it advisable to recommend repair-
ing the present house for the accommodation of horses
and the horse-drawn apparatus which the town now uses.
After investigating all of the available locations near
the centre of the town the committee decided to recom-
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mend the building of a new engine house on the land
owned by the town adjoining the library building which
was originally purchased for the site of an engine house.
This piece of land we found did not have sufficient depth,
and to obviate this we proposed to recommend the pur-
chase of a part or a whole of the George W. Spaulding
property immediately in the rear of the town land.
Having decided upon a location, we asked Mr. W. D.
Brown to submit suitable plans for an engine house. A
short time afterward the matter of automobile apparatus
was brought to the attention of the committee, and as the
adoption of automobile apparatus would very materiaily
affect the matter of an engine house building, we asked
Mr. Brown to defer the drawing of plans until we should
further investigate.
The committee have investigated automobile apparatus
as far as they could in the short time we have had, and
from what we have been able to learn about the matter
we would recommend that the town further investigate
the advisability of supplanting our present apparatus by
automobile apparatus, instead of building a new engine
house. If upon further investigation it seems advisable
to adopt automobile apparatus, the present house can be
repaired and made entirely adequate and at a very great
saving to the town.
The cost of a new engine house and the necessary land,
as near as we can estimate, would be at least thirty thou-
sand dollars ($30,000). The expense of putting the old
house in proper condition for automobile apparatus, as
near as can be estimated, would be in the vicinity of three
thousand dollars ($3000).
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. SPAULDING,
Chairman.
On motion of Christopher S. Ryan it was .
Voted that the report of the committee be accepted and
placed on file.
On motion of the same gentleman it was
Voted that a committee of seven, including the present
engine house committee, be appointed by the Moderator
to investigate further the advisability of purchasing auto-
mobile fire apparatus for the town of Lexington and report
as soon as possible.
The Moderator appointed the following committee :
Arthur C. Whitney, Arthur L. Blodgett,
Fred Larcom, Henry A. C. Woodward,
Charles H. Spaulding, Timothy H. O'Connor,
George A. Warner.
On motion of Alonzo E. Locke it was
Voted that the balance of Old Water Works Property
account, $389.54, and the balance of Repairs of Almshouse
account, $161.21, be transferred to Repairs of Town Hall
account.
ART. 6. On motion of Charles G. Kauffmann it was
Voted that $250 be appropriated and assessed for the
observance of Memorial Day, to be expended under the
direction of Post 119, G. A. R.
ART. 7. On motion of Arthur L. Blodgett it was
Voted that the sum of $36,500 be appropriated and
assessed for the support of the public schools for the
ensuing year, and further voted that balance of $699.90
remaining in the Heating Plant, Hancock school, account
be transferred to School account.
ART. 8. On motion of Frank D. Peirce it was
Voted that the sum of $1700 be appropriated and
assessed for the support of the poor at the Poor Farm
for the ensuing year.
ART. 9. On motion of Frank D. Peirce it was
Voted that the sum of $1200 be appropriated and
assessed for the support of outside poor the ensuing
year.
ART. 11. On motion of Charles G. Kauffman it was
Voted that the sum of $6250 be appropriated and
assessed for the support of street lights the ensuing
year.
ART. 13. On motion of Herbert G. Locke it was
Voted that the sum of $750 be appropriated and assessed
for the proper observance of the one hundred and thirty-
fifth anniversary of the Battle of Lexington, the same to
' be spent under the direction of the committee chosen by
the town.
On motion of Alonzo E. Locke it was
Voted that the following amounts be appropriated and
assessed for the various accounts enumerated.
Auditors, $350.00
Voted that the appropriation of $350 for Auditors be
divided as follows : $250 for the compensation of the Audi-
tors in the regular work of auditing and $100 for the com-
pensation of the Auditor selected by the Selectmen to keep
the accounts.
Care of Common, $200.00
Collector of Taxes, 1,050.00
Clerk of School Committee, 50.00
Contingent, 1,000.00
Hastings Park, 5.00
Hydrants, 5,360.00
Inspector of Cattle, 100.00
Interest, 3,000.00
Overseers of the Poor, 333.33
Printing, 750.00
Registrars of Voters, 125.00
Sealer Weights and Measures, 150.00
Selectmen, 333.33
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Street Watering, 3,000.00
Surveyors of Highways, 333.33
Town Clerk, 450.00
Town Treasurer, 800.00
Treasurer Cary Memorial Library, 50.00
Town Physician, . 75.00
Trimming Trees, 300.00
Watering Troughs, 75.00
Assessors, 1,300.00
(For salaries, $1,000 ; incidentals, $300)
Inspector of Meat and Provisions, 464.00
Removal of Snow, 1,000.00
Cary Memorial Library, 3,250.00
Stone Building, 750.00
Town Hall, 1,750.00
Village Hall, 200.00
Town Debt, 27,700.37
Voted that all transactions in connection with tax lien
sales, when property is bid in by the Tax Collector, shall
be accounted for in accordance with Section 85, Part 2,
Chapter 490 of the Acts of 1909 and not charged to Con-
tingent Fund.
Voted that the Selectmen be requested to grant slaugh-
tering licenses only where the applicants volunteer to pay
the entire cost of inspection, and further that the licenses
be reduced to the lowest number possible.
ART. 14. On motion of Frederick L. Emery it was
Voted that on all taxes for 1910 paid before Dec. 1, 1910,
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. per annum thereafter, and
all taxes shall become due Dec. 31, 1910, and the Tax Col-
lector is hereby instructed to collect all taxes on or before
that date.
ART. 15. On motion of Arthur L. Blodgett it was
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Voted that the sum of $250 be appropriated and assessed
for the construction of sidewalks of concrete or other ma-
terials where the abuttors will pay one-half the expense
thereof.
Voted that the Highway Surveyors be requested to
charge the cost of all repair and construction work on
sidewalks for which the town is responsible to the regular
Highway account.
ART. 16. On motion of Alonzo E. Locke it was
Voted that the sum of $300 be appropriated and assessed
for School Physician for the ensuing year as required by
Chapter 502, Section 1, Acts of 1906.
ART. 18. On motion of Edward P. Merriam it was
Voted that a further sum of $400 be appropriated and
assessed for the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail
moths, under the provisions of Chapter 381, Acts of 1905,
and amendments thereto.
Mr. Merriam offered the following motion :
That $800 be appropriated and assessed for the suppres-
sion of the elm leaf beetle.
The motion was declared lost.
On motion of Alonzo E. Locke it was
Voted that all money used for the suppression of insects
be expended under the direction of a committee of five to
be appointed by the Moderator, to take full charge of the
work until March, 1911. The Moderator appointed the
following :
Edward P. Merriam, William P. Martin,
George H. Childs, Charles H. Bugbee,
On motion of Frederick L. Emery it was
Voted that $1000 be appropriated and assessed for the
suppression and extermination of insects.
ART. 19. On motion of Frank D. Peirce it was
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Voted that a committee of two be appointed by the
Moderator to act with a similar committee from other
cities and towns using the Edison Company service, and
also with the co-operative development committee of the
Edison Company for the purpose of mutual advancement.
The Moderator appointed
Robert P. Clapp, Frank D. Peirce.
ART. 20. On motion of Bartlett J. Harrington it was
Voted that the sum of $200 be appropriated and assessed
for the purpose of installing three fire alarm boxes.
ART. 23. On motion of Alonzo E. Locke it was
Voted that there be issued under authority of Chapter
107, Acts of 1910, to reimburse the Trust Funds of the
town, bonds or notes of the town in the aggregate sum of
$27,960, to bear interest at not exceeding four per cent.
per annum, payable, principal and semi-annual interest,
in gold coin of the United States of present standard of
weight and fineness, said bonds or notes to be made pay-
able, $1950 in one year, $1500 each in two to five years
inclusive, and $1000 each in six to twenty-five years inclu-
sive. Said bonds or notes to be signed by the Town Treas-
urer and countersigned by a majority of the Board of
Selectmen, and to be sold by the Selectmen at public or
private sale at their discretion.
Vote unanimous.
Voted that any premium received from the sale of said
bonds or notes be credited to Interest account.
ART. 26, On motion of William H. Ballard it was
Voted that the sum of $250 be appropriated and assessed
for the use of the Finance Committee for the present year.
ART. 27. On motion of Arthur L. Blodgett it was
Voted to elect three Assistant Assessors for the year .
1910 by ballot ; that the check list be used, and that the
Moderator appoint three Tellers to count the ballots. He
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appointed Henry O. Tilton, Arthur L. Blodgett and Chris-
topher S. Ryan.
At the close of the polls fifty ballots had been cast as
follows :
Abram C. Washburn, 50
Timothy H. O'Connor, 49
William H. Ballard, 47
And they were declared elected.
Voted that the matter of their compensation be laid on
the table.
ART. 28. On motion of Frank D. Peirce it was
Voted that the Selectmen be and they are hereby author-
ized to make satisfactory arrangements with some reliable
bank or trust company of the city of Boston for the pur-
pose of having all its notes and bonds authenticated by the
certificate of said bank or trust company.
Voted to adjourn the meeting one week to March 21 at
7.30 o'clock p. m.
A true record.
Attest :
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED MEETING MARCH 21, 1910
Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 7.40 o'clock
p. m.
ARTICLE 4. The Cemetery Committee made a report
on the location of a new cemetery, and on motion of Syl-
vester P. Robertson it was voted to accept the report and
place it on file.
On motion of Alonzo E. Locke it was
Voted that the sum of $50.74 be appropriated and
assessed to balance Moving Old High School account.
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Voted that the sum of $29.12 be appropriated and
assessed to balance Librarians' account.
Voted that the sum of $124.14 be appropriated and
assessed to balance Fuel and Lights account.
Voted that the sum of $73.60 be appropriated and
assessed to balance Repairs Masonic Hall account.
ART. 5. Under this article the following officers were
elected :
FENCE VIEWERS
Howard M. Munroe, Ernest W. Martin,
Charles H. Spaulding
FIELD DRIVERS
William H. Whitaker, William S. Scamman,
Thomas C. Buckley.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.
George W. Spaulding, Edgar Harrod.
ART. 10. On motion of Alonzo E. Locke it was
Voted that the sum of $16,500 be appropriated and
assessed for the support of the Highways for the ensu-
ing year.
ART. 12. On motion of Arthur F. Turner it was
Voted that the sum of $5900 be appropriated and
assessed for the support of the Fire Department the
ensuing year.
ART. 13. On motion of Alonzo E. Locke it was
Voted that the further sum of $250 be appropriated
and assessed for the incidental expenses of the Board
of Assessors.
Voted that the sum of $3500 be appropriated and
assessed for the Board of Health.
Voted that the sum of $5500 be appropriated and
assessed for the Police Department.
Voted that the sum of $1000 be appropriated and
assessed for Insurance.
On motion of Alonzo E. Locke it was
Voted that the Selectmen be requested to petition the
New England Insurance Exchange for a new rate on the
property of the town of Lexington, based on the writing
of all policies on all property belonging to the town under
a schedule form in accordance with plan submitted to the
Selectmen and the Finance Committee in letter of Mr.
Willard C. Hill dated March 19, 1910.
ART. 17. On motion of George H. Cutter it was
Voted that the matter be indefinitely postponed.
ART. 21. On motion of William H. Whitaker it was
Voted that the matter be indefinitely postponed.
ART. 22. On motion of Arthur L. Blodgett it was
Voted that $150 be appropriated and assessed for the
purpose of grading or otherwise finishing the lot of land
owned by the town and on Massachusetts avenue adjoin-
ing the lot occupied by the Cary Memorial Library. Such
appropriation to be expended under the supervision of the
Selectmen.
ART. 24. On motion of Robert P. Clapp it was
Voted that the matter of employing a civil engineer by
the Highway Surveyors, or for the purpose of making a
survey for the use of the Board of Assessors or for any
engineering that may be required by the Water and Sewer
Commissioners be referred to a committee of five, the
Highway Surveyors, the Water and Sewer Commissioners,
and Assessors severally to select one of their number to
serve on such committee and the other two members to be
chosen by the Finance Committee from its membership.
Such committee shall report to the town as soon as practi-
cable.
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ART. 25. On motion of Charles H. Spaulding it was
Voted that the matter of collecting garbage and ashes
be referred to the Finance Committee of 1910.
ART. 27. On motion of Arthur L. Blodgett it was
Voted that the sum of $450 be appropriated and assessed
for compensation of the three Assistant Assessors elected
to serve for the ensuing year.
The Moderator appointed the following Finance Com-
mittee for three years:
George E. Briggs, Charles H. Spaulding,
Clarence H. Cutler, J. Odin Tilton,
Edward H. Mara, Daniel G. Tyler,
Edwin B. Worthen.
Voted to dissolve the meeting at 8.40 o'clock.
A true record. Attest :
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING.
TUESDAY, April 12, 1910.
To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabi-
tants of the town of Lexington, qualified by law to vote
in town affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall on Tuesday,
the twelfth day of April, A. D., 1910, at 7.30 o'clock p. m.,
to act on the following Articles, viz:—
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said
meeting.
ART. 2. To see if the town will vote to accept Chapter
107, Acts of 1910, approved Feb. 21, 1910, authorizing the
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town of Lexington to borrow money to repay or reimburse
its Trust Funds, and to provide for the custody and man-
agement of its Trust property.
ART. 3. To see if the town will authorize an issue of
$27,960 bonds to be issued under authority of Chapter 107,
Acts of 1910, to repay or reimburse the Trust Funds of the
town therein referred to, or act in any manner relating
thereto.
ART. 4. To elect by ballot three trustees of Public
Trusts, one to serve until the annual meeting in the year
1912, one until the annual meeting- in the year 1914, and
one until the annual meeting in the year 1916.
ART. 5. To receive the report of any board of town
officers or of any committee of the town for action thereon.
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 second day of
April, A. D., 1910.
FRANK D. PEIRCE,
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD,
W. H. WHITAKER,
Selectmen of Lexington.
MEETING APRIL 12, 1910
Meeting called to order at 7.40 o'clock p. m. by the
Town Clerk, who read the Warrant and the return of
the Constable thereon,
ARTICLE 1. On motion of Frank D. Peirce it was
Voted to elect a Moderator by ballot ; that the check list
be used, and that the polls be kept open one minute.
At the close of the polls eight ballots had been cast, all
for Edward P. Merriam, and he was declared elected and
was sworn by the Town Clerk.
ART. 2. On motion of Alonzo E. Locke it was
Voted that Chapter 107 of the Acts of 1910 entitled " An
Act to authorize the town of Lexington to borrow money
to repay or reimburse the Trust Funds and to provide for
the custody and management of its Trust Property," be
and the same is hereby accepted.
ART. 3. On motion of Alonzo E. Locke it was
Voted that there be issued under authority of Chapter
107, Acts of 1910, to reimbure the Trust Funds of the
town herein referred to, bonds or notes of the town in the
aggregate sum of $27,960, to be dated April 1, 1910, and
payable, $1960 April 1, 1911, $1500 each April 1, 1912, to
April 1, 1915, inclusive, and $1000 each April 1, 1916, to
April 1, 1935, inclusive, to bear interest at the rate of
four per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, April
and October 1st; principal and interest of said bonds or
notes to be made payable in gold coin of the United States
of present standard of weight and fineness ; said bonds or
notes to be signed by the Town Treasurer and counter-
signed by a majority of the Board of Selectmen, and to
be sold by the Selectmen, with the approval of the Town
Treasurer, at public or private sale. Vote unanimous.
ART. 4. On motion of Alonzo E. Locke it was
Voted to elect by ballot three trustees of Public Trusts,
one to serve until the annual meeting in 1912, one until the
annual meeting in 1914, and one until the annual meeting
in 1916 ; that the check list be used, and that the Moder-
ator appoint three tellers to receive and count the ballots.
The Moderator appointed the following :
Arthur W. Hatch, Henry O. Tilton, Edward H. Mara
At the close of the polls twenty-two ballots had been
cast as follows :
For two years, Arthur W. Newell, 22
For four years, F. Foster Sherburne, 22
For six years, Frank D. Peirce, 22
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And they were declared elected.
Voted to dissolve the meeting at 8 o'clock.
A true record. Attest :
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON,
Town, Clerk.
WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING,
TUESDAY, November 8, 1910.
To WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Constable of Lexington,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you
are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of
the town of Lexington, qalified by law to vote in state and
county affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall, on Tuesday,
the eighth day of November, A. D., 1910, at 6.00 o'clock
a. m., to east their ballots for the following State and
County officers, as follows :
Governor, Lieutenant -Governor, Secretary, Treasurer,
Auditor, Attorney -General, Representative in Congress,
Councillor, Senator fifth Middlesex District, Representative
in the General Court twenty-ninth Middlesex District,
County Commissioners, Associate Commissioners, District
Attorney, Sheriff.
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 organiza-
tion of the meeting, and will be kept open until 4 o'clock
p. m., and as much longer as the meeting may direct, not
to extend beyond sunset.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant,
with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk on or before
the time of said meeting.
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Given under our hands, at Lexington, this twenty-
second day of October, A. D., 1910.
FRANK D. PEIRCE,
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD,
W. H. WHITAKER,
Selectmen of Lexington.
MEETING NOVEMBER 8, 1910.
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 1200 official ballots also a copy of the voting list.
George L. Peirce and Fred G. Jones 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 William B. Foster the Constable in charge and
the polls were declared open. Samuel B. Bigelow, G.
Irving Tuttle, William J. Riley, Sylvester P. Robertson,
Cornelius F. O'Connor, Nathaniel Nunn, Patrick F. Dacey
and William L. Moakley having been appointed Tellers
were sworn by the Town Clerk. At 9.10 o'clock by order
of the Selectmen and Town Clerk the ballot box was
opened and 200 ballots were taken out, at 10.10 o'clock
200 ballots were taken out, 11.55 o'clock 100 ballots were
taken out, at 2.15 o'clock 200 ballots were taken out, at
3.20 o'clock on motion of William C. Stickel it was voted
to keep the polls open until 4.30 o'clock. At 3.45 o'clock
100 ballots were taken out. At the close of the polls 38
ballots were taken out, making the total number 838.
The check list used by the Selectmen showed 838 names
checked, the check list used by the Ballot Clerks showed
838 names checked, the dial on the ballot box registered
838. After the Tellers had completed their work the Town
Clerk announced the result as follows :
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FOR GOVERNOR.
Eben S. Draper of Hopedale,
Eugene N. Foss of Boston (Democratic),
Eugene N. Foss of Boston (Dem. Progressive),
John A. Nichols of Boston,
Daniel A. White of Brockton,
Eugene N. Foss of Boston (No Party),
Blanks,
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Thomas F. Cassidy of Adams,
Louis A. Frothingham of Boston,
Henry C. Hess of Boston,
Patrick Mahoney of Cambridge,
William G. Merrill of Malden,
Blanks,
FOR SECRETARY.
Harriet D'Orsay of Lynn,
Charles J. Martell of Boston,
Andrew Mortenson of Somerville,
William M. Olin of Boston,
William E. Thomas of Boston,
Blanks, •
FOR TREASURER.
Carl Fredrikson of Worcester,
Thomas A. Frissell of Hinsdale,
Sylvester J. McBride of Watertown,
Benjamin F. Peach of Lynn,
Elmer A. Stevens of Somerville,
Blanks,
FOR AUDITOR.
John Holt of Worcester,
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493
273
16
3
7
26
20
247
504
5
5
5
72
8
226
2
529
3
70
1
3
5
227
519
83
1
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Jeremiah G. McNally of Salem,
Ambrose Miles of Lynn,
Charles C. Paine of Barnstable,
Henry E. Turner of Malden,
Blanks,
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
Dennis McGoff of New Bedford,
Harold Metcalf of New Bedford,
John B. Ratigan of Worcester,
James M. Swift of Fall River,
Blanks,
6
6
229
509
87
1
6
235
517
79
FOR CONGRESSMAN -FOURTH DISTRICT. (Regular Term.)
John J. Mitchell of Marlborough,
James D. Ryan of Fitchburg,
William H. Wilder of Gardner,
Blanks,
310
6
475
47
FOR CONGRESSMAN -FOURTH DISTRICT. (To fill vacancy.)
John J. Mitchell of Marlborough,
William H. Wilder of Gardner,
Blanks,
FOR COUNCILLOR -SIXTH DISTRICT.
Herbert E. Fletcher of Westford,
J. Kelso Mairs of Waltham,
Blanks,
FOR SENATOR --FIFTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
Edwin A. Bayley of Lexington,
Roger Sherman Hoar of Concord.
Blanks,
40
314
461
63
487
231
120
509
310
19
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT—TWENTY-NINTH
MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
John G. Brackett of Arlington, 489
Roger W. Homer of Arlington, 282
Blanks, 67
FOR COUNTY COMMISS1ONER—MIDDLESEX. (Regular
Term.)
Charles H. Richardson of Lowell, 491
Dexter C. Whittemore of Carlisle, 237
Blanks, 110
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER—MIDDLESEX. (To fill
vacancy.)
Winthrop H. Fairbanks of Sudbury,
Chester B. Williams of Wayland,
Blanks,
FOR ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS—MIDDLESEX.
Leander V. Colahan of Stoneham,
Joseph L. Marin of Lowell,
Frank A. Patch of Littleton,
Edward Everett Thompson of Woburn,
Blanks,
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY—NORTHERN
John J. Higgins of Somerville,
James J. Irwin of Everett,
Blanks,
DISTRICT.
FOR SHERIFF—MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
John R. Fairbairn of Cambridge,
Whitfield L. Tuck of Winchester,
Blanks,
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288.
492
108
217
185
363
444
467
525
228
85
516
231
91
After the announcement of the foregoing vote the ballots
cast and the check lists used were sealed and endorsed as
required by law after which the meeting dissolved.
A true record, attest:
GEO. D. HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
LEXINGTON, November 18, 1910.
A meeting of the Town Clerks of Arlington and Lexing-
ton comprising the twenty-ninth Middlesex Representative
District was held at Arlington at 12 o'clock noon this day,
and on comparing the returns it was found that votes had
been cast as follows :
ARLINGTON.
John G. Brackett of Arlington, 832
Roger W. Homer of Arlington, 703
LEXINGTON.
John G. Brackett of Arlington, 489
Roger W. Homer of Arlington, 282
Making a majority for John G. Brackett of 336, and two
certificates of election were filled out for John G. Brackett
one of which was sent to the Secretary of the Common-
wealth and the other to John G. Brackett and signed by
A true record, attest:
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
1910, 45. Males native born, 37; foreign born, 8. Fe-
males native born, 31; foreign born, 14.
DATE NAME RESIDENCE
Jan. 2 James Joseph Waldron Lexington
Josephine Frances Canisius Lexington
Jan. 8 Albert Irad Carson Lexington
Carolyn Helen Foss Hancock, Me.
Feb. 28 John Bernard McArdle Lexington
Mary Elizabeth Chapman Lexington
Mar. 17 Harry Luman Coolidge Lexington
Elizabeth Agnes Flynn Lexington
Mar. 19 Ernest Everett McPhee Lexington
Mary E. Reed Waltham
Apr. 7 Warren Mann Johnson Lexington
Atlie Pearl Kimball Lexington
Apr. 9 Alfred Emery Haynes Lexington
Jemima Moseley Lexington
Apr. 27 Clarence Elroy Dalrymple Lexington
Celia Blanche McCollum Lexington
May 14 Kingsley Cochrane Bolton
Ida Viola Porter Lexington
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DATE NAME
May 21 Byron Adams Russell
Katherine Agnes McAvin
June 8 Edward Armin Schumann
Hazel Prince
June 8 Theodore Anson Custance
Mabel MacLalan
June 16 Richard James Burke
Katherine Louise Conness
June 16 Simon Latter
Elizabeth Burns
June 21 John Tucci
Claire Flemming
July 1 Walter M. Berry
Marion MacFarlane
July 4 Edward Frank Doughty
Blanche Louise Landers
July 6 John Frances Daley
Ethel Louise Foster
July 6 Edson Alexander Pero
Philomena Frances Murphy
July 25 Charles Otis Hunnewell
Mary Katherine Cotter
July 30 Edward Patrick Hinchey
Elizabeth Dale
Aug. 15 Henry Whitcomb Porter
Alice Bigelow
Aug. 16 Frank Herbert Carson
Margaret Genivie Dungan
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RESIDENCE
Lexington
Concord
Philadelphia, Pa.
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Somerville
Arlington
Lexington
Boston
Boston
Lexington
Lexington
Waltham
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Bedford
Lexington
Lexington
Somerville
Quincy
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
DATE NAME
Aug. 22 Arthur Vernon Otis
Daisy Lillian Brooks
Aug. 23 William Wallace Stingel
Mary Ann O'Neil
Aug. 31 Alvin Bertrom Riley
Ethel Blood
'Sept. 1 Robert Ellis Thayer
Maud Jeannette Gilbert
Sept. 7 Clifford Wellington Pierce
Edith Acheson Ray
Sept. 14 Howard Emerson Custance
Orra Alberta Lyon
Sept. 18 Percy Dennett Glenn
Katherine Therasa O'Rouke
Sept. 19 William Munroe Hartwell
Cecilia M. Jennings
Sept. 20 Allen Copeland Smith
Margaret Wiswell
Sept. 28 Robert Webster:Herrick
Martha Benson Thomas
Oct. 1 William D, Milne
Lorna W. McLean
Oct. 4 George Crawford
Annie Mary Porter
Oct. 6 Charles Wentworth Hoyt
Mary Bisbee Wellington
Oct. 15 Arthur Dixey Stone
Leila Batchelder Mitchell
RESIDENCE
Lexington
Lexington
Arlington
Lexington
Belmont
Lexington
Lexington
Chelsea
Lexington
Boston
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Winthrop, Me.
Lexington
Simsbury, Conn.
Lexington
Lexington
Rochester, N. Y.
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
DATE NAME RESIDENCE
Oct. 22 Winsor Marrett Tyler
Gertrude Mabel Ball
Nov. 12 Frederick William Barry
Ethel Hubbard Clark
Nov. 22 Richard Francis Mooney
Maria Anna Shea
Nov. 22 George Arthur Greene
Ellen Frances Nolan
Nov. 23 William James Kelley
Mary Prouty
Nov. 24 William James Leary
Elizabeth Agnes McGann
Nov. 27 Richard Hughes
Margaret Bramley
Dec. 21 George Taylor Wilson
Mary Ellen Rose
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Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Waltham
Lexington
Newton, N. H.
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Lexington
Arlington
Lexington
Lexington
BIRTHS RECORDED FOR THE YEAR 1910
Whole number of births recorded for the year 1910, 93. Parents native born, 46; parents foreign
born. 30; parents, one native and one foreign born, 17.
DATE
Jan. 1
3
4
6
9
14
17
25
29
Feb. 5
14
15
15
27
Mar. 14
14
16
18
22
23
27
29
DATE
Mar. 29
30
30
Apr. 3
10
10
17
18
19
25
25
26
30
May 3
7
7
8
9
28
June 4
4
6
10
10
25
28
NAME
Eleanor Di Vincent
Elizabeth Margaret Sullivan
Mildred Eunice Kendall
Mildred Kathrine Lynah
Mary McCauley
Joan Atwood Damon
Antonio Pomposy
Dorothy Reade Foster
Arthur Buckle
George Luther Stevens
Elizabeth Walsh
Joseph Peter Kinneen
Margaret Gaffney
George Frank Locke
Patricia Putnam
John McDonald
Florence Cecilia Britt
William Thomas Cavanaugh
Laura Moakley
Reuben B. Sherburne, Jr.
John Pasquale Tropeano
Nora Theresa Hogan
NAME
Beth Govan
Richard Hammond Moulton
Edmund Sears Kelley, Jr.
Lillian Genevieve George
Rose Mary McDevitt
Walter Connearney
Charles McEnroe
John David Buckley
Hermina Martha Rending
Richard Fiske Coffin
William Lee Beardsell
Theresa Ellen Delfino
Robert White Fuller
Margaret Sevia Genitte
Frank Herman Frederick Strassenberg
Philip Young
Mary Wilhelmina McArdle
Velma Inez Cole
Mary Amelia Mulliken
Elizabeth Morse Early
Charles Henry Franks
Evelyn Virginia Tyier
William Howes
Alice Irene McDonald
PARENTS
Ernest Di Vincent and Candita English
John Sullivan and Mary Coyne
John W. S. Kendall and Grace M. Wheeler
George C. Lynah and Anna Buckley
John F. McCauley and Mary A. Mansfield
Frank H. Damon and Annie Atwood
Franko Pomposy and Annie Delfino
George E. Foster and Essela Cook
John J. Buckle and Elizabeth Stevens
Peter H. Stevens and Annie D. Hudson
James J. Walsh and Limy D. Hurley
John J. Kinneen and Mary E. O'Brien
Lawrence F. Gaffney and Margaret Donovan
Herbert H. Locke and Mabel A. Tuttle
Henry H. Putnam and Cordelia Howard
Michael J. McDonald and Elizabeth A. O'Brien
Patrick Britt and Norah C. Delaney
Thomas P. Cavanaugh and Annie McDevitt
William L. Moakley and Mary E. Martin
Reuben B. Sherburne and E. Gertrude Hutchinson
Joseph Tropeano and Caroline Fiore
Jeremiah J. Hogan and Margaret T. Mahoney
PARENTS
David Govan and Ada V. Clapham
Fred H. Moulton and May S. Hayward
Edmund S. Kelley and Anne B. Pingree
Harry B. George and Lucy L. Burgess
Owen McDevitt and Mary A. Kenney
John P. Connearney and Catherine Hawkins
Charles B. McEnroe and Katherine M. Walsh
Thomas C. Buckley and Katherine C. Kelleher
Caspar Banding and Augusta Anson
Richard S. Coffin and Hattie E. Fiske
William L. Beardsell and Edith F. Mandell
Louis De]fino and Caroline Jelidilo
Clarence D. Fuller and Abbie H. White
Domenic Genitte and Filomena Delphino
Otto Strassenberg and Minnie A. Tethter
Owen D. Young and Josephine Edmonds
John B. McArdle and Mary Chapman
George F. Cole and Mamie R. Barrett
William E. Mulliken and Edith J. Otis
Edgar M. Early and Laura Poultridge
Pau] R. Franks and Emily F. Harrison
Arthur S. Tyler and Cora L. Thayer
Walter A. Howes and Agnes Gee
Charles E. McDonald and Mable L. Fuller
DATE NAME
June 29 Arthur Raymond Scott
July 2 Elizabeth Callahan
6 Florence Louise Armstrong
6 Sara Briggs
12 Rose Curra
12 Michael Joseph Connolly
15 Frank William Peabody
20 Louise Schirmer
23 Ethel Arlene Spidle
24 Michael Traverse
25 Carmela Nici
26 Gertrude McNamara
26 Robert Woodward Perry
Aug. 1 Edgar Boyington McLalan, 2nd
4 Ethel Marie Dion
17 Marjorie Hilda Osgood
Sept. 4 Josephine Cucciniello
8 Helen Walsh
20 Elizabeth Clahane
26 Giovanni Sarno
27 ! Glenny Eme]y Peabody
Gennie Louise Peabody
29 Lucille Alberta Sherman
Oct. 7 John Ward Regan
11 John Moderno
14 Charles Otis Hunneweli, Jr.
DATE
NAME
Oct. 17 Helen Viola Fitch
22 Roland Bradford Greeley
28 Roy B. Cook
29 Frances Louise Bartlett
Nov. 6 Marion Blodgett
9 Camilla Sebastian
12 William Henry Brown
19 Mary Elizabeth Martin
24
26 Margaret Elizabeth Stevenson
27 Thelma Adella Lowell
27 Doris Edna Fox
Dec, 5 Alice Hilda Josephine Nelson l
1 Mary Mildred Cecilia Nelson
5 Ellen Moloy
22 George Stanton Murphy
23 Edward Henry Mara
29 Ellen Hammond Barbour
29 Marion Mills Kimball
PARENTS
Andrew J. Scott and Mary W. Brennan
Bartholomew D. Callahan and Elizabeth E. Curry
Silas J. Armstrong and Annie Corbett
George E. Briggs and Effie L. Backer
Jesse Curra and Mary Grace
Michael W. Connolly and Bridget McLaughlin
Barry 0. Peabody and Mary E. Staples
Joseph Walter Schirmer and Alice P. Goodwin
William A. Spidle and Marie L. Johnson
William H. Traverse and Mary E. Cochran
Sebastiano Nice and Anna Cadio
Dennis McNamara and Rose Lynch
Philip E. Perry and Marion Woodward
Aubrey MeLalan and Elizabeth A. Cavanaugh
Fred H. Dion and Delia Marquis
Harry W. Osgood and Alice A. Rose
Carmine Cucciniello and Mere Defelice
Bernard F. Walsh and Mary F. O'Rourk
James H. Clahane and Anna Fitzpatrick
Raphel Sarno and Mery Crapinolo
Charles H. Peabody and Mary E. Hertsch
Arthur E. Sherman and Mabel G. Cavanaugh
John W. Regan and Mary V. Sullivan
Dominic Moderno and Susie Piceriello
Charles 0. Hunnewell and Nellie K. Cotter
PARENTS
Nathan A. Fitch and May Manning
William Roger Greeley and Marjorie E. Houghton
Harry Cook and Althea M. Spavold
William E. Bartlett and Ella Davis
Leburton K. Blodgett and Marion E. Richardson
Terrestin Sebastiano and Venniro Orifice
Edward T. Brown and Marie Tarpy
Ernest W. Martin and Bessie 0. Sandison
James A. Stevenson and Annie P. Ray
Horace S. Lowell and Florence M. Bacon
Charles E. Fox and Ella E. MacKenzie
Frank 0. Nelson and Sigrid A. M. Stenberg
Charles E. Moloy and Ellen M. McDonnell
James P. Murphy and Mary Connolly
Edward H. Mara and Gertrude H. Dacey
Samuel L. Barbour and Clara M. Hammond
Edward W. Kimball and Marion E. Armitage
DEATHS RECORDED FOR THE YEAR 1910
Whole number recorded for 1910, including
females, 38. Native born, 41; foreign born, 23.
DATE
1910
Jan. 3
5
5
7
10
18
26
Feb. 9
11
12
14
19
Mar. 5
8
9
12
12
13
21
30
DATE
1910
Apr. 1
7
23
May 6
22
29
June 5
13
17
26
27
30
July 15
30
Aug. 13
29
Sept. 6
22
26
Oct. 9
13
13
14
22
25
NAME
George L. Lathrop
Ivory Whitten .
Philip A. Comeau
Thomas J. Henneberry
Joseph W. Bartlett
Delia F, Huntington
Ann Hooley
Antoney Pomposo
Robert L. Meade
John F. Donovan
Julia Desmond .
Elizabeth Condon
Elizabeth Buckle
Peter Veo
Sarah M. Cutler
George M. Edgar
Mary Harrington
Manul Santos .
Cornelius J. Manley
Minnie MacLeod
NAME
Reuben B, Sherburne
James P. Buck .
Florence M. Pierce
Lucina C. Reed .
Harriet E. Blinn
James S. Merriam
Oliver S. Fletcher
Marie 0. Pedron
Edwin E. Heywood
Margaret R. Landers
George H. Reed
Albert B. Smith
Mary McArdle
Arthur W. Blood
Alice M. Wright
Mary A. McCauley
Marianna Page .
Thomas Leahey .
Catherine Ryan
Augusta M. Pierce
Mary Lippitt .
Joseph S. Gorman
Isabella G. Bacon
Carlton S. Teague
Alice M. Holt .
three still births recorded as deaths, 64. Males, 31;
AGE
Yrs. Mos. Days
64
79 5 3
12
24 5 20
2 1 7
55 10 11
72 6 23
24
68 1 16
37
40 5 5
74
36 2 8
81 2
72
77 1 22
73 10
4 1
48
29
AGE
Yrs. Mos. Days
9
62
35 10 23
62
53 3 2
69
67 6 22
60 9 29
75 4 17
22 9
52 4 27
81 21
48 4
24 1 28
49 11 2
31 6 19
72 26
77
75
45 13
26
23 5 25
76 11 7
2 5 23
64 8 10
BIRTHPLACE
Lexington
Saco, Me.
Lexington
Somerville
Lexington
Cambridge
Ireland
Lexington
Washington, D. C.
Ireland
Lexington
Ireland
London, England
Canada
Gardner
Frederickton, N. B.
Ireland
Lexington
Lexington
Nova Scotia
BIRTHPLACE
Lexington
England
Gloucester
Milford, N. H.
Lexington
Nova Scotia
Ilesboro, Me,
Mauritius
Westford
Cambridge
Lexington
Lexington
Ireland
Boston
Stoneham
Lexington
Springvale, Me.
Ireland
Ireland
Union, Me.
Russia
Lexington
Utica, N. Y.
Lexington
Amesbury
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List of Jurors as Submitted by the Board of Selectmen
of the Town of Lexington. 1910
NAME OCCUPATION
Alton, Fred W., garage
Ames, Willard 0., cotton broker
Bailey, Eward C., painter
Baker, Bernard F., painter
Ballard, Ernest K., farmer
Bean, James A., farmer
Bigelow, Samuel B., fruit merchant
Blodgett, Charles S., clerk
Blodgett, Walter, farmer
Breed, Ezra F., chauffeur
*Breslin, Thomas H., clerk
Burgess, Harry A., contractor
Burrill, William L., upholsterer
Butterfield, Charles H., retired
Butters, Fred E., clerk
Clapham, Edward G., brokers clerk
Clark, Richard A., clerk
"Cloves, Fred D., clerk
Cook, Selon A., chauffeur
Crowther, William T., provisions
Currier, Charles H., produce
*Cutler, Clarence H., farmer
Dacey, Patrick F., mason
Dailey, Charles J., butcher
Dailey, John P., street contractor
Davis, Warren A., farmer
*Desmond, Daniel T., coachman
Doran, William E., farmer
Eaton, Clarence G., merchant
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RESIDENCE
Bedford st.
Bloomfield st.
East st.
Wallace pl.
Wood st.
North st.
Hastings rd.
Hancock st.
Hancock st.
Mass. ave.
Mass. ave.
Parker st.
Bedford st.
Mass. ave.
Bedford st.
No. Hancock st.
Bedford st.
Upland rd.
Mass. ave.
Hancock ave.
Woburn st.
Concord ave.
Muzzey st.
Watertown st.
Middle st.
Bedford st.
Merriam st.
East st.
Reed st.
NAME OCCUPATION
Fiske, Joseph H., merchant
Frazer, Alexander J., clerk
French, Charles P., tonics
*French, Henry W., painter
Glass, Elbridge W., farmer
Glynn, C. Edward, book-keeper
Goulding, George L., laundryman
*Graham, John G., farmer
Graves, Arthur L., clerk
Hargrove, John H., farmer
Harlow, George H., farmer
Harrington, George L., real estate
Hendley, Eugene D., carpenter
" Iiossfield, Bernard F., cabinet maker
Hurley, James A., drug clerk
Hutchinson, Edwin W., farmer
Kendall, John W. S., farmer
Lane, Ralph E., clerk
*Locke, -Herbert G., clerk
Lowe, Charles H., clerk
Mara, Edward H., painter
McKay, George, carpenter
McLalan, Edgar B., blacksmith
Montague, Edward, carpenter
Morse, Charles P., book-keeper
Mulliken, John E. A., merchant
Nichols, Howard S. 0., clerk
Nourse, George A., painter
Nunn, Nathaniel, salesman
Reed, Frank H., farmer
*Reed, William W., real estate
*Reynolds, Frank P., farmer
Rideout, Percy R., clerk
Roberts, George H., farmer
Smith, Charles F., farmer
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RESIDENCE
East st.
Percy rd.
Woburn st.
Hancock st.
Concord ave.
Hancock st.
Bloomfield st.
Burlington st.
Wallace pl.
Mass. ave.
Woburn st.
Clark st.
Mass. ave.
Centre st.
Muzzey st.
Blossom st.
Bedford st.
Mass. ave.
Hancock st.
Mass. ave.
Muzzey st.
Sherman st.
Shirley st.
Maple st.
off Mass. ave.
Waltham st.
Audubon rd.
Reed st.
Mass. ave.
Lowell st.
Mass. ave.
Mass. ave.
Fern st.
Allen st.
Bedford A.
NAME OCCUPATION
Staples, William A., salesman
Swan, Charles W., mason
Teague, George F. , farmer
*Washburn, Abram C., contractor
Whiting, Thomas G., contractor
Woodworth, Sanford IL, painter
*Drawn since list was submitted.
RESIDENCE
Concord ave.
EIm ave.
Bedford st.
Forest st.
Waltham st.
Hill st.
DOGS LICENSED
Whole number licensed from Dec. 1, 1909 to Dec. 1,
1910, 428. Males 368, females 59. Breeder's license 1.
Amount returned to County Treasurer June 1, $486.80
Amount returned to County Treasurer Dec. 1, 483.60
$970.40
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE 11 HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
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Report of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor
and Highway Surveyors.
To the Voters of Lexington:
The above joint Boards respectfully submit the following
report as a part of their duties for the year 1910.
An appropriation having been made, by permission of
the legislature, to celebrate the 135th anniversary of the
battle of Lexington, April 19th, 1775, a committee was
appointed to make arrangements for same, and they were
rewarded for their labors by being favored with a most
perfect day and the formation of a parade which was a
credit to the town. His Excellency Gov. Draper and staff
honored the occasion with his presence, as did Congress-
man Tirrell, Senator Harvey, Representative Bayley and
others which added dignity to the event. It was a day
long to be remembered.
The general condition of the town will average fairly
well, but each succeeding year bring matters to be care-
fully considered for our future development. We feel that
our by-laws should be revised and new ones added. A
Board of Survey established, provisions made for an
Inspector of Wires, building laws and town regulations
framed, are some of the questions which might be profit-
ably considered for our present and future welfare.
The conditions existing at the Centre Engine House,
which is in the hands of a committee to investigate,
remains the same, but it is hoped that some method for
improvement will be made in the near future.
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The past year a permit was granted and a location given
to the Lexington Gas Co. to install a gas main from the
Arlington town line to, at or near Grant street, for the
purpose of improving the gas supply of this town, which
we trust will be of benefit to property owners.
Perambulation of the town line was attended to in con-
formity with the statutes and the bound stones found in
good condition with few exceptions.
The sewer question is being thoroughly investigated and
will probably be presented to the town for action in the
spring. While such undertakings are expensive we can-
not help feeling that good results will acture by installing
a sewer. The assessments for the privilege of entering
the Metropolitan sewer amount to $35,551. to Dec. 31, 1910.
Street signs have received some attention and new ones
erected. As these seem to be an inviting target for gun-
ners and for boys to stone, each year cause replacement.
In the report of the town Treasurer and Auditor will be
found information concerning the receipts, expenditures
and other matters pertaining to the finances of the town.
HIGHWAYS
After the usual spring work and repairs to the outlying
streets, work on Merriam street, an undertaking that had
been delayed for some years, was began and finished.
While the conditions which confronted us were perplexing,
we are convinced that the street has been much improved
by the changes made. There are other streets in this
locality which need attention when an appropriation is
sufficient. The changes ordered by the County Commis-
sioners in Waltham street were continued, and the same
should be done the ensuing year, that the street may be
finished in compliance with the decree of 1907. These two
were the most important of the work done, the balance of
expenditure was over the sixty-five miles of road under
our care.
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We departed from the custom of using water as a dust
preventative, from the Arlington town line to and around
the Battle Green, and 10,500 gallons of Standard Emulsi-
fying Oil was used at an expense of .07 cts. per gal.
This is applied from our watering carts by mixing 100
gallons of oil with 500 gallons of water. While there are
other road materials on the market, the results derived
from this oil were fairly satisfactory. We think that the
appropriation made in previous years for street watering
might be embodied in the highway appropriation, thus
enabling those having charge of the highways to use some
of the dust laying and road preserving products, especially
on those streets largely used by automobiles.
There are many streets which might be improved if the
money was available. A large amount of stone and many
loads of gravel have been deposited in different Iocalities
for the spring work.
PROPERTY OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Blankets,
Bound stone,
Carts -three double, two single,
Chains, pails and lanterns,
Collars, ten,
Crusher, engine and scales,
Drain pipe,
Eveners and whiffietrees,
Feed bags, netting and halters,
Grain and chest,
Harness -five double sets, three saddles,
Horses, eleven,
Jigger, small,
Oil, waste, can and powder,
Pipe, pulleys and ropes,
Plough,
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$60.00
75.00
325.00
40.00
32.00
2,000.00
125.00
18.00
21.00
30.00
250.00
2,550.00
38.00
40.00
75.00
7.00
Pung,
Road machine and set of runners,
Scraper, macadam,
Snow -plows, seven,
Steam roller,
Sleds, three,
Stone hammers, fifteen, steam drill,
Stone drag and jigger, large,
Street roller,
Tools and chest,
Watering carts, five,
Wagon,
Wheelbarrow,
70.00
150.00
200.00
250.00
3,100.00
120.00
130.00
70.00
100.00
120_)0
650.00
100.00
1.50
$10,747.50
TOWN FARM
During the past year the Overseers of the Poor have
tried to get along with the extremely small appropriation
made for this department, but two cases in which the town
has been obliged to pay hospital charges and other unfor-
seen expenses necessitated by law, have rendered this im-
possible and for the first time in a number .of years the
Overseers have spent more than the amount appropriated.
As the needs of this branch of the town government are
uncertain and cannot be calculated in advance, it would
be well to increase the appropriation for next year.
RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE FROM POOR FARM
Apples,
Calves,
Corn,
Cow,
Fowl,
Milk,
Pigs,
Potatoes,
$1.50.00
'17.50
2.40
52.00
15.00
885.51
147.10
1.10
$1,270.61
PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE PAUPER DEPARTMENT
Canned goods,
Carriages, wagons and pungs,
Coal,
Contents of pantry and closet,
Contents of lock-up,
Corn,
Cows, six,
Farm implements,
Fire extinguishers, three,
Furniture in house,
Grain,
Harnesses, blankets, etc.,
Hay and rowen, thirty-seven tons,
Horse,
Manure, thirty-two cords,
Pigs, seventeen,
Pork,
Poultry,
Produce,
Salt and vinegar,
Straw and bedding,
Wood,
$45.00
300.00
100.00
35.00
8.50
30.00
435.00
225.00
10.00
300.00
10.00
65.50
850.00
150.00
165.00
215.00
52.00
60.00
165.00
20.00
25.00
75.00
$3,341.00
POLICE
Provision having been made to increase the police force,
two extra patrolmen were appointed in April, so we have
a chief, one day officer and four for night duty, beside a
number of specials who are more or less called upon.
The department under the management of Chief Franks
is in good condition.
STREET LIGHTS
The service has been increased by the addition of two
lights on Slocom avenue, three on PIeasant street, three
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on Adams street, four on East street, one on Utica street,
one in rear of the town hall, one on Bloomfield street and
five on Massachusetts avenue northerly from Concord Hili.
We are now lighting 423 40 c. p. lights and 27 60 c. p.
lights. As we are under a moon -light schedule contract
there may be at the first part of the new moon, times when
it seems a little dark, but as the power can be ordered on
at short notice by the selectmen, such occasions are pro-
vided for.
The growth of the town, the increased cost of labor and
materials, together with less working hours, all tend to an
extra expense of completing the work of the different
departments and it is hoped that additional property will
more than offset the larger appropriations so that our tax
rate may be kept at the lowest minimum.
FRANK D. PEIRCE,
HENRY A. C. WOODWARD,
W. H. WHITAKER,
ESTIMATES FOR THE YEAR 1911
April 19th,
Assessors,
Auditors,
Board of Health,
Care of Common,
Contingent,
Collector of Taxes,
Fire Department,
Hastings Park,
Highways,
Hydrants, 138,
Inspector of Cattle,
Inspector of Meat and Provisions,
Interest,
Insurance,
Memorial Day,
Outside Aid,
Overseers of the Poor,
Police,
Printing,
Registrars of Voters,
Removal of Snow,
School Physician,
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
Selectmen,
Sidewalks,
Street Lights,
Street Watering,
Support of Poor,
Surveyors of Highways,
Town Debt,
Town Clerk,
Town Physician,
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$50.00
1,300.00
250.00
1,500.00
200.00
1,000.00
1,050.00
5,500.00
5.00
20,000.00
5,520.00
100.00
472.00
3,000.00
1,200.00
250.00
3,000.00
333.33
6,500.00
600.00
125.00
1,000.00
300.00
150.00
333.33
400.00
6,400.00
2,000.00
1,700.00
333.33
25,626.65
460.00
75.00
Town Treasurer,
Treasurer Cary Memorial Library,
Trimming Trees,
Watering Troughs,
FUEL, LIGHTS, LIBRARIES AND JANITORS
Cary Memorial Library:
Janitor,
Fuel,
Lights,
Librarians,
Water,
Telephone,
Village Hall:
Fuel,
Lights,
Water,
Town Hall:
Fuel,
Janitor,
Lights,
Telephone,
Water,
Incidentals,
Stone Building:
Janitor,
Librarian,
Fuel,
Lights,
Water,
Incidentals,
Total,
64
900.00
50.00
200.00
100.00
$700.00
350.00
450.00
1,580.00
25.00
35.00
$3,140.00
$100.00
82.00
18.00
$500.00
800.00
200.00
100.00
50.00
100.00
$125.00
300.00
125.00
100.00
15.00
75.00
$200.00
$1,750.00
740.00
$97,813.64
REPORT OF MOTH COMMITTEE
The work of this department has proceeded along practi-
cally the same lines as in former years under the super-
vision of Field Superintendent A. P. Howe and we believe
satisfactory results have been secured. Our street trees
have received painstaking care and none have suffered
any marked degree of stripping from the larvae of Gypsy
and Brown -tail moths so far as is known. The extensive
woodland areas in the northerly towns contributed vast
numbers of Brown -tail moths during the mid -summer
flight, the prevailing winds driving them thither, and for
this reason it became necessary to have our moth work
further advanced on Dec. 1 than in 1909 ; operations in
September and October were, therefore, conducted on a
much larger scale, and this. in general, accounts for the
increased expenditure of about eight hundred dollars
between the two corresponding periods. Maple street,
formerly cleaned by the Federal Government, was cut
out of its operations in 1910 and it is expected that other
streets now under its care, including parts of Lowell street
from Woburn northerly, Middle street from Five Forks
westerly, also Concord avenue, Wood street and Grove
street, will be dropped in time. No Elm Leaf Beetle work
is covered by these Federal Government operations. By
special agreement with the Commonwealth the elm leaf
beetle work was done in connection with our regular moth
work, for which we allowed the fixed sum of $800. In
addition to this, the shrubbery on the grounds of the Cary
Library were treated to destroy an infestation of " scale ",
costing $8.25, which leaves an unexpended balance of
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$191.75 in the special appropriation of $1000 called " Sup-
pression of Insects ".
The Elm Leaf Beetle infestation is still a matter of grave
concern, and adequate appropriations to protect all our
street trees from the depredations of all insects should be
made. It is encouraging to note that the Gypsy moth
infestation is Less prevalent in the residential section than
in former years, a condition, we believe, that has been
brought about by incessant moth work. Reports on the
introduction of Parasites and Fungus Diseases continue to
be of an encouraging nature, but much of this work, if not
all, is still in an experimental stage and has had no appre-
ciable effect on the general situation. A comparison of
the work given below will be of interest.
Moth Year
1908
1909
"1910
Public Work
$16,177. 37
9,810.25
9,810.01
Private Work
$1,532.26
2,900.08
2,117.77
'Elm Leaf Beetle work costing $800 should be added to coat of Public
Work in making comparison with 1909.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD P. MERRIAM,
CHARLES H. BUGBEE,
WILLIAM C. STICKEL,
WILLIAM P. MARTIN,
GEORGE H. CHILDS,
Moth Committee.
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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
The appropriation for trimming trees, and replacing
trees removed, or where needed, was largely used for
trimming limbs which interfered with travel, and remov-
ing dead trees. It became necessary to cut down the two
largest elm trees in town, which had died from general
decay, these making in number, eighteen trees removed
by this department.
The gypsy and brown tail moth department have
changed the condition of caring for the trees, as the
inspector of our district permits us to have the dead
limbs removed by the men climbing for gypsy moths.
My department furnishes saws, ropes and tar for same
work, this making the proportionate part of the town
expense about twenty per cent. of the whole.
I would suggest that this spring a few trees be set out
on the highways. It is the advice of the forestry depart-
ment of the state that rock maples seem more hardy and
immune from destroying insects than other varieties.
CHARLES H. BUGBEE,
Tree Warden.
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Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
LEXINGTON, MASS., Dec. 31, 1910.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
GENTLEMEN : — I have the honor to submit the following
report of the work done for the year ending Dec. 31, 1910 :
Sealed C. P.
Scales weighing 5000 pounds or over, 6 1
Scales weighing under 5000 pounds, 28
Computing scales, 13
Other scales, 45 1
Number of weights, 225
Dry measures, 37 6
Liquid measures, 54
Linear measures, 'T
Oil pumps, 5 2
Slot -weighing machines, 2 1
PROPERTY IN THE OFFICE OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES
Twenty 60 -pound weights, iron.
Two 10 -pound weights, nickel plated.
One 25 -pound weight, nickel plated.
Two five -pound weights, nickel plated.
One 4 -pound weight, brass, in case.
One 2 -pound weight, brass, in case.
One 1 -pound weight, brass, in case.
One 8 -ounce weight, brass, in case.
One 4 -ounce weight, brass, in case.
One 2 -ounce weight, brass, in case.
One 1 -ounce weight, brass, in case.
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One +-ounce weight, brass, in case.
One +-ounce weight, brass, in case.
One +-ounce weight, brass, in case.
One its -ounce weight, brass, in case.
One balance in a case.
One drilling machine, five drills.
Three steel sumps.
One-half pound of marking acid.
One yard rule, brass.
Three rubber stamps.
Eight hundred and seventy paper seals.
One 4 -quart measure, steel.
One 1 -quart measure, steel.
One 2 -quart measure, steel.
One 1 -pint measure, steel.
One +-pint measure, steel.
One brass rule for measuring dry measures.
One brass guage for measuring dry measures.
One Record book, receipts and coal weighing book.
One badge.
Three test weighings of coal have been made and found
correct.
The scales of junk men have been examined. One was
found incorrect and condemned. Several were sealed.
The junk collectors come from adjoining towns and cities.
I have made several inspections and test weighings at
the stores.
Two stores were notified to place bread signs in a con-
spicuous place in their stores.
The Sealer of Weights and Measures will investigate all
complaints of short weights or measures.
CHARLES E. HADLEY,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Citizens of Lexington :
We respectfully submit the following annual report for
the year ending Doc. 31, 1910: --
The Board has two new members, Ezra F. Breed and
William L. Burrell ; organized with William B. Foster as
chairman, Ezra F. Breed as clerk.
The following appointments made: Inspector of Plumb-
ing, Edwin Mills ; Inspector of Meats, Provisions, and Ani-
mals, Harry L. Alderman, D. V. S. ; Licensed Under-
takers, Arthur A. Marshall, D. W. Grannan and Son ;
Fumigator, A. A. Marshall ; care of the odorless cart,
Ernest W. Martin.
The number of contagious
Chicken pox,
Diphtheria,
Infantile paralysis,
Measles,
Phthisis,
Scarlet fever,
Tuberculosis,
diseases reported, 121.
4
27
1
12
2
28
5
Typhoid fever, 1
Varicella, 41
A system of sewers would clean up a large part of the
filthy places, prevent some of the sickness, reduce the
expense of caring for contagious cases, to which the
Board has given its time freely, and such cases must be
cared for. On account of these contagious cases the
Board is sorry to say that the expenses are six to seven
times more than the appropriation for any previous year.
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An epidemic has been near to you and may come any
time. You may hope, as the Board do, that there will be
a let up during the coming year. But remember the con-
ditions have not been changed. Do not permit the town
to forfeit its reputation as a healthy locality. Think it
over ; look it over ; talk it over. And do your part as a
citizen when the sewer question comes before the town
again.
The odorless cart and pump have been in commission
seventeen years ; it is expensive to keep in repair, and if
the town is not to have a system of sewers it will be
necessary to purchase a new cart and pump because of
the permits issued in the past ten years to set 551 water
closets, 417 sinks, 423 lavatories, 362 bath tubs, and 234
wash -tub sets ; total number of fixtures, 1987. Twenty-
eight new cesspools built this year.
Dr. Charles E. Simpson of Lowell is state inspector of
health for this district, which is number nine.
The State Board of Health furnishes free of cost to
physicians who are registered a solution of silver nitrate ;
its use is expected to prevent blindness of new-born
infants.
LAWS CONCERNING NOTIFICATION OF OPHTHALMIA
NEONATORUM
Under any circumstances cases of ophthalmia neona-
torum must be reported immediately in accordance with
Sections 49 and 50 of Chapter 75 of the Revised Laws,
which provide ; —
[Revised Laws, Chapter 75]
SECTION 49. A householder who knows that a person
in his family or house is sick of small -pox, diphtheria,
scarlet fever or any other infectious or contagious disease
declared by the State Board of Health to be dangerous to
the public health shall forthwith give notice thereof to the
Board of Health of the city or town in which he dwells.
Upon the death, recovery or removal of such person, the
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householder shall disinfect, to the satisfaction of the
Board, such rooms of his house and articles therein as, in
the opinion of the Board, have been exposed to infection
or contagion. Should one or both eyes of an infant be-
come inflamed, swollen and red, and show an unnatural
discharge at any time within two weeks after its birth, it
shall be the duty of the nurse, relative or other attendant
having charge of such infant to report in writing within
six hours thereafter, to the Board of Health of a city or
town in which the parents of the infant reside, the fact
that such inflammation, swelling and redness of the eyes
and unnatural discharge exist. On receipt of such report,
or of notice of the same symptoms given by a physician
as provided by the following section, the Board of Health
shall take such immediate action as it may deem necessary
in order that blindness may be prevented. Whoever vio-
lates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a
fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
SECTION 50. If a physician knows that a person whom
he is called to visit is infected with small -pox, diphtheria,
scarlet fever or any other disease declared by the State
Board of Health to be dangerous to the public health, or if
one or both eyes of an infant whom or whose mother he
is called to visit become inflamed, swollen and red, and
show an unnatural discharge within two weeks after the
birth of such infant, he shall immediately give notice
thereof in writing over his own signature to the Selectmen
or Board of Health of the town ; and if he refuses or neg-
lects to give such notice, he shall forfeit not less than fifty
nor more than two hundred dollars for each offence.
Nuisances and sanitary defects have been investigated
and, where needed, have been remedied.
Complaints to the Board must be made in writing over
the signature of the complainant.
The Board hereby expresses its appreciation of the sup-
port it has received in many ways.
Appended is the report of the several officers appointed
by the Board, to which your attention is called.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM B. FOSTER,
WILLIAM L. BURRILL,
EZRA F. BREED.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
To the Board of Health :
GENTLEMEN: — I respectfully submit herewith report
as Inspector of Plumbing for the year ending Dec. 31,
1910 : —
Number of permits issued for plumbing in new
buildings,
Number of permits issued for plumbing in old
buildings,
Water closets,
Bath tubs,
Lavatories,
Sinks;
Wash trays,
26
35
69
56
63
56
34
Total, 278
Safe sanitary conditions for the town cannot be obtained
until an adequate sewerage system is provided.
EDWIN MILLS,
Inspector of Plumbing.
REPORT OF FUMIGATOR
Board of Health:
GENTLEMEN : —1 have the honor to submit my report as
fumigator for the year ending Dec. 31, 1910 :—
Whole number of cases fumigated, fifty-one (51),
requiring the fumigation of 227 rooms, also 13 school-
rooms, basements and halls.
Twenty-seven (27) cases of diphtheria, requiring the
fumigation of one hundred twenty-eight (128) rooms.
Twenty-eight (28) cases of scarlet fever, requiring the
fumigation of seventy-five (75) rooms.
Five (5) cases of tuberculosis, requiring the fumigation
of nineteen (19) rooms.
One case (1) of infantile paralysis, requiring the fumi-
gation of five (5) rooms.
Halls, closets and cellars fumigated wherever necessary.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR A. MARSHALL,
Fumigator.
Lexington, Dec. 31, 1910.
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REPORT OF CESSPOOLS CLEANED
Board of Health, Town of Lexington :
GENTLEMEN : —I submit the following report of cess-
pools cleaned from April lst to Dec. 31st, 1910 : —
April 31 cesspools,
3 vaults,
May 31 cesspools,
13 vaults,
June 30 cesspools,
4 vaults,
July 8 cesspools,
1 vault,
August 15 cesspools,
3 vaults,
September 11 cesspools,
October 23 cesspools,
November 15 cesspools,
12 vaults,
December 34 cesspools,
1 vault,
235 cesspools and vaults,
198 cesspools,
37 vaults,
235 cesspools and vaults,
24 less cesspools outside proposed sewer district,
211 cesspools,
69 loads
3 "
82
7
51
4
17
2
32
5
48
A,� "
`3`6
6
96
1
503 loads
475 loads
28 "
503 loads
79 "
424 loads
ff
'4
4'
if
14
11
Respectfully submitted,
ERNEST W. MARTIN.
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REPORT OF MEAT INSPECTOR
To Board of Health :
GENTLEMEN : — There has been a slight increase in the
number of animals slaughtered over other years, decreas-
ing a little in the number of cattle and increasing in the
number of swine.
You understand, I suppose, that the animals are stamped
several hours after they are dressed, but the Lungs and
entrails are held for me to examine.
Following is the list of stamping : —
Holman Young Daily
Beef, 80 817 --- 897
Veal, 501 • 312 575--1388
Swine, 508 480 90-1078
1089 1609 665---3363
Beside the report already submitted, there have proba-
bly been one thousand animals slaughtered and stamped
under the conditional licenses issued by the Selectmen.
Most of the animals have been calves and pigs, a very
small amount of beef having been stamped.
H. L. ALDERMAN,
Inspector.
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REPORT OF CATTLE INSPECTOR
The cattle inspection of the town has been carried out
during the fall months. Tuberculosis exists to some
extent, probably in all herds of any size that have not
been cleaned up by the tuberculin test ; so that bad cases
present themselves from these incipient ones outside of
the regular period of inspection.
Farmers are getting to know tuberculosis in their ani-
mals and dispose of them, in some way, when it begins to
show itself ; so that the cows of the town are fairly free
as far as a physical examination goes. The barns where
the cattle are housed have gradually become more sani-
tary ; however, there is plenty of room for improvement.
There have been several cases of glanders which have
been quarantined and later destroyed and disinfection
enforced.
Rabies appeared but once, but in a very violent form.
Luckily the owner, suspecting the trouble before the vio-
lent stages set in, had the dog confined before I saw it and
put it out of its suffering. Had the dog gotten at large a
great deal of damage would have resulted.
H. L. ALDERMAN, D. V. S.
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS
At an adjourned town meeting held March 22, 1909,
the selectmen were instrueted to take legal proceedings
toward placing the various trusts of the town in proper
form, and as result of such action, the following Act
was presented and approved by the Legislature on Feb. 21,
1910 : —
AN ACT
To authorize the town of Lexington to borrow money to
repay or reimburse its Trust Funds and to provide for the
custody and management of its Trust property.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of
the same, as follows :—
SECTION 1. The town of Lexington, for the purpose of
repaying or reimbursing certain Trust Funds received by
said town, and subsequently paid out and expended by it
for the general expenses of the town, is hereby authorized
to borrow a sum not exceeding thirty-five thousand dol-
lars, and to issue notes or bonds therefor, payable at
periods not exceeding twenty-five years from the date of
issue. Such notes or bonds shall be signed by the Treas-
urer and countersigned by the Selectmen, shall bear
interest, payable semi-annualjy, at a rate not exceeding
four and one-half per cent. per annum, and shall be sold
or disposed of in such manner, or upon such terms, as the
Treasurer and Selectmen may determine. At the time of
issuing said notes or bonds the town shall provide for the
payment thereof in such annual payments as shall extin-
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guish the debt within the time prescribed within this
Act, and when a vote to that effect has been passed, the
amount required therefor shall be raised annually by tax-
ation in the same manner in which other taxes are raised
without any further vote or action of the town.
SEC. 2. The town may at its next annual meeting, or
at a special meeting duly called for the purpose, elect by
ballot in the same manner as other town officers are
elected a board of three citizens who shall serve without
compensation and who shall be called Trustees of Public
Tfusts, one of whom shall serve until the annual meeting
in the year 1912, one until the annual meeting in the year
1914, and one until the annual meeting in the year 1916,
and at the annual meeting in the year 1912 and biennially
thereafter the town shall elect one trustee for the term of
six years and until his successor is elected and qualified.
SEC. 3. Unless it shall be otherwise provided or deter-
mined by vote of the town, or by the terms of the instru-
ment creating the trust, said Board shall take, hold, man-
age, invest, reinvest, administer and dispense all the
estates and properties, real and personal, and the pro-
ceeds thereof, which have already been, or which may
hereafter be devised, bequeathed or otherwise given to
or conferred upon said town of Lexington, for public or
charitable objects, including the Trust Funds referred to
in Section 1, and also any properties devised, bequeated
or otherwise conferred upon said Board for the benefit
of said town or any public or charitable objects therein.
Said ;Board may invest and reinvest all said estates and
properties, real and personal, and the proceeds thereof, in
such other estates and securities, real and personal, as it
may deem safe and proper, having always in mind the
security of the principal sums of said trusts.
SEC. 4. A vacancy in said Board shall be created by
the death, the removal for cause by the Supreme Judicial
Court, the removal of his legal residence from said town,
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or the resignation in writing delivered to the Selectmen,
of any member of the Board, and any vacancy shall be
filled by the election of a new member by ballot for the
remainder of the term so vacated at a meeting of the
voters duly called for the purpose.
SEC. 6. Said Board shall take, hold, and manage all
sums of money deposited with the Treasurer of said town
for the care and preservation of cemetery lots under the
provisions of the laws of the Commonwealth, and may
invest the same in the Lexington Savings Bank or other
savings banks in this Commonwealth in separate accounts
with each deposit and shall pay over from the income
thereof to the proper persons the sums necessary to carry
out the purpose of said deposits.
SEC. 6. Said Board shall do all acts necessary or proper
to be done for the purpose of carrying into effect the pro-
visions of this Act, and shall annually make a full report
to said town of the amounts and investments of all prop-
erty and deposits held by them hereunder and of their
doings in relation thereto.
SEC. 7. Nothing in this Act contained shall be con-
strued as restricting, enlarging or in any way changing
the terms of the bequests or donations under which said
estates are devised or given.
SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by said town at a legal meeting duly called for the pur-
pose.
Chapter 107.
Approved Feb. 21, 1910.
Accepted by town April 12, 1910.
Trustees elected April 12, 1910.
This Act was accepted by the town at a meeting held
April 12, 1910, and at the same meeting three Trustees
were elected in compliance with Section 2 of said Act,
namely : —
Arthur W. Newell for two years.
F. Foster Sherburne for four years.
Frank D. Peirce for six years.
And they herewith submit their annual report.
ELEANOR S. BEALS LEGACY—PRINCIPAL
ACCOUNT
RECEIPTS
1910
April 28
Cash received from Town Treasurer,
for principal of fund,
DISBURSEMENTS
$2000.00
1910
June 16 Cash paid for $2000 City of
Lynn 4s at par, $2000.00
Dec. 31 Principal of fund invested
in $2000 City of Lynn 4s, $2000.00
ELEANOR S. BEALS LEGACY—INCOME ACCOUNT
RECEIPTS
1910
April 28 Cash received from Frank D. Peirce,
Trustee, for income accrued to date,
July 19 Cash received from Fourth National
Bank, Boston, for interest on ac-
count,
Oct. 1 Cash received for coupons on $2000
City of Lynn 4s,
Oct. 20 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank,
for interest on account,
Total receipts,
81
$11.15.23
6.85
40.00
17.84
$1179.92
1910
June 16
Dec. 31
Dec. 31
DISBURSEMENTS
Cash paid for accrued in-
terest on $2000 City of
Lynn 4s,
Cash paid at various dates
for charitable objects,
$16.67
87.80
Total disbursements, $104.47
Balance of income deposi-
ted in Lexington Savings
Bank, book No. 2569, 1075.45
$1179.92
SAMUEL J. BRIDGE GIFT—PRINCIPAL ACCOUNT
RECEIPTS
1910
April 28
Cash received from Town Treasurer,
for principal of fund,
Mortgage of Caroline Wellington,
Trustee, received from Town
Treasurer,
Total receipts,
DISBURSEMENTS
1910
June 16 Cash paid for $2000 City of
Quincy 4s at par,
Dec. 31 Principal of fund invested in
$2000 City of Quincy 4s,
Mortgage of Caroline Wel-
lington, Trustee,
82
$2000.00
$2000.00
2000.00
$2000.00
2000.00
$4000.00
$4000.00
SAMUEL J. BRIDGE GIFT—INCOME ACCOUNT
1910
April 28
June 11
July 19
Aug. 1
Oct. 21
Oct. 25
Oct. 29
1910
RECEIPTS
Cash received from Frank D. Peirce,
Trustee, for income accrued to date
(Lexington Savings Bank account),
Mortgage note of Caroline Wellington
received from Town Treasurer,
Mortgage note of C. & E. DeVeau
received from Town Treasurer,
Cash received for interest on note of
C. & E. DeVeau,
Cash received from Fourth National
Bank, Boston, for interest on ac-
count,
Cash received for coupons on $2000
City of Quincy 4s,
Credited by Lexington Savings Bank,
for interest on account,
Cash received for interest on note of
C. & E. DeVeau,
Cash received from Caroline Welling-
ton, for interest on notes,
Total receipts,
DISBURSEMENTS
June 16 Cash paid for accrued in-
terest on $2000 City of
Quincy 4s, $30.00
Dec. 31 Cash paid at various dates
for charitable objects, 232.54
Total disbursements, $262.54
ss
$879.11
500.00
1400.00
42.00
6.85
40.00
12.81
42.00
62.50
$2985.27
Dec. 31 Balance of income invested
as follows : —
Mortgage note of
Caroline Wel-
lington, $500.00
Mortgage note of
C. & E. DeVeau, 1400.00
Cash deposited in
Lexington Sav-
ings Bank, 822.73
2722.73
$2985.27
HARRIET R. GILMOR LEGACY—PRINCIPAL
ACCOUNT
RECEIPTS
1910
April 28
Dec. 31
Cash received from Town Treasurer,
for principal of fund,
(No disbursements)
Principal of fund invested in Lexing-
ton Savings Bank, book No. 6949,
$500.0
500.00
HARRIET R. GILMOR LEGACY --INCOME ACCOUNT
RECEIPTS
1910
April 28
July 19
Cash received from H. A. C. Wood-
ward, Treasurer, deposited in Lex-
ington Savings Bank,
Cash received from Fourth National
, Bank, Boston, for interest on ac-
count,
$422.64
2.77
Dec. 1 Credit by Lexington Savings Bank,
for interest on account, 6.79
Total receipts,
DISBURSEMENTS
Dec. 31 Cash paid at various dates
for charitable purposes, $89.86
Total disbursements,
Dec. 31 Balance of income deposi-
ted in Lexington Savings
Bank, book 3913,
$89.86
342.34
$432.20
$432.20
CHARLES E. FRENCH FUND --PRINCIPAL
ACCOUNT
RECEIPTS
1910
May 24 Cash received from Town Treasurer,
for principal of fund,
DISBURSEMENTS
May 24 Cash paid for $4000 Town
of Lexington 4s at par, $4000.00
Dec. 31 Principal of fund invested
in $4000 Town of Lex-
ington 4s,
$4000.00
$4000.00
CHARLES E. FRENCH FUND INCOME ACCOUNT
(CEMETERY)
RECEIPTS
1910
April 28
Cash received from Frank D. Peirce,
Treasurer, for balance of unex-
pended income,
86
$200.64
May 24 Cash received from Town Treasurer, 40.00
Sept. 29 Cash received for interest on Town of
Lexington 4s, • 28.66
Dec. 1 Credit by Lexington Savings Bank,
for interest on account, 2,55
Total receipts, $271.85
DISBURSEMENTS
1910
Dec. 6
Dec. 31
Cash paid to A. A. Marshall,
Total disbursements,
Balance of income deposi-
ted in Lexington Savings
Bank, book 6264,
$20.00
$20.00
251.85
$271.85
CHARLES E. FRENCH FUND INCOME ACCOUNT
(SCHOOL)
RECEIPTS
1910
April 28
May 24
Sept. 29
Dec. 1
Cash received from Frank D. Peirce,
Treasurer, for balance of unex-
pended income, $77.14
Cash received from Town Treasurer, 40.00
Cash received for interest on Town of
Lexington 4s, 28.66
Credit by Lexington Savings Bank for
interest on account, 2.56
Total receipts, $148.36
DISBURSEMENTS
1910
July 16 Cash paid for medals,
Total disbursements,
86
$50.00
$50.00
Dec. 31 Balance of income deposi-
ted in Lexington Savings
Bank, book 6264,
98.36
$148.36
JONAS GAMMELL LEGACY—PRINCIPAL ACCOUNT
RECEIPTS
1910
April 28 Cash received from Town Treasurer,
for principal of fund, $500. 00
(No disbursements)
Dec. 31 Principal of fund deposited in Lexing-
ton Savings Bank, book No. 7044, 500.00
JONAS GAMMELL LEGACY—INCOME ACCOUNT
RECEIPTS
1910
July 19 Cash received from Fourth National
Bank, for interest,
DISBURSEMENTS
1910
July 19 Cash paid to Rose M. Tucker,
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
RECEIPTS
$2.78
$2.78
1910 Cash received from Town Treasurer:—
April 28 From Town Treasurer, $11,960.00
May 14 G. L. Fuller, lot, 100.00
June 27 James Barnes, lot, 200.00
87
July 5
July 11
Aug. 8
Sept. 1
Nov. 7
Charles Robinson, lot,
John Viles, lot,
William Locke, lot,
R. W. Holbrook, lot,
H. E. Holt, lot,
Lampree & Eaton (May 16) , lot,
Isaac Childs (May 31), lot,
Ebenezer Smith (May 31), lot,
100.00
200.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
200.00
200.00
$13,360.00
Dec. 31 Deposited in Lexington Savings Bank, $13,360.00
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS—INCOME ACCOUNT
RECEIPTS
1910
April 28 Cash received from Town Treasurer,
for balance of income to date,
July 19 Cash received from Fourth National
Bank, Boston, for interest on ac-
count to date,
Oct. 21 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank,
for interest on principal of funds,
Oct. 21 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank,
for interest on income of funds,
1910
May 19
July 22
Oct. 7
Total receipts,
DISBURSEMENTS
Cash paid to Cemetery
Committee,
Cash paid to Cemetery
Committee,
Cash paid for flowers as
follows : —
SS
$150.00
150.00
$919.02
70.00
113.85
4.42
$1107.29
A. S. McDonald, $3.75
Edward Wood, 77.00
Norris Comley, 102.50
183.25
Dec. 6 Cash paid to A. A. Marshall,
Superintendent, 5.60
Total disbursements, $488.85
Dec. 31 Balance of funds deposi-
ted in Lexington Sav-
ings Bank, 618.44
$1107.29
GEORGE 0. SMITH LEGACY—PRINCIPAL ACCOUNT
RECEIPTS
1910
April 28 Cash received from Frank D. Peirce,
Treasurer, deposited in Lexington
Savings Bank,
PAYMENTS
Oct. 21 Cash paid for $2000 Town
of Chicopee 4s at par, $2000.00
Balance of fund invested as
follows : —
Dec. 31 $2000 Town of Chicopee 4s, $2000.00
Deposit in Lexington Sav-
ings Bank, book No. 5887 500.00
$2500.00
$2500.00
GEORGE 0. SMITH LEGACY—INCOME ACCOUNT
RECEIPTS
1910
Oct. 20 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank,
for interest on principal fund, $43.75
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Dec. 31 Interest on $2000 Town of Chicopee 4s, 40.00
$83.75
DISBURSEMENTS
1910
Oct. 21 Cash paid for accrued in-
terest on $2000 Town of
Chicopee 4s,
Total disbursements,
Dec. 31' Balance of income deposi-
ted in Lexington Savings
Bank, book No. 5887,
$31.11
$31..11
52.64
$83.75
HAYES FOUNTAIN FUND—PRINCIPAL ACCOUNT
1910
April 28
Dec. 31
RECEIPTS
Cash received from W. H. Whitaker,
Treasurer, for principal of fund, $862.72
(No disbursements)
Principal of fund deposited in Lexing-
ton Savings Bank, book No. 5260, $862.72
HAYES FOUNTAIN FUND—INCOME ACCOUNT
RECEIPTS
1910
April 28 Cash received from W. H. Whitaker,
Treasurer, for accrued income to
date,
90
$182.46
Dec. 1 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank,
for interest on account,
Total receipts.
DISBURSEMENTS
1910
Dec. 17 Cash paid to George W.
Spaulding for sundries, $ .64
Cash paid to J. M. Ellis &
Sons for inspecting foun-
tain, 10.00
Total disbursements,
Dec. 31 Balance of income deposi-
ted in Lexington Savings
Bank, book No. 5260,
$10.64
190.11
18.29
$200.75
$200.75
FRANK D. PEIRCE.
F. FOSTER SHERBURNE,
ARTHUR W. NEWELL,
Trustees of Public Trusts.
GAMMELL LEGACY INCOME REPORT
Balance unexpended Jan. 1, 1910, $163. 38
Interest,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
January 7, 1911.
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$23.84
171.63
32.09
$195.47
$195.47
ROSE M. TUCKER,
Treasurer.
Report of Trustees of Cary Memorial Library
In 1910 the number of volumes in the library was
increased by 911, sixty per cent. more than were added
in 1909, and the circulation exceeded that of the preceding
year by 1732. This indicates a wider demand upon the
library for new books and a gratifying growth in the
appreciation of the privileges freely offered by this insti-
tution. This is further confirmed by the fact that our
library has a larger circulation than most public libraries
in towns of the same size in Massachusetts ; and also, in
proportion to population, it surpasses that of many larger
municipalities.
To be sure, more than sixty per cent. of the books in use
among our readers were works of fiction, and of these,
probably a good proportion were only of current interest,—
not the classic novels and romances which are always
means of mental cultivation, besides being unfailing
sources of amusement. Nevertheless, our people compare
quite favorably with the readers of other towns and cities
in the state where fiction usually amounts to from seventy
to ninety per cent. of the total library circulation. It is
the aim of the Trustees and the Librarians to maintain
this pre-eminence in the quality of the books in circula-
tion and to encourage the wise use of books for enrich-
ment of the mind and widening of intelligence. We also
frankly admit it to be part of our duty to provide works of
wholesome and innocent entertainment for those who seek
only amusement through books.
Some important services the library renders cannot
properly be recorded by statistics ; for example, the resort
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to the reference library by pupils of our schools, by
teachers, and the general public. Indeed, the educational
importance of the library alone completely justifies its
generous support by the community. Every year the
schools and the library are more closely associated, and
pupils and teachers definitely consider it part of the edu-
cational system. This year the Librarian plans to supple-
ment the work of the schools by giving instruction upon
the use of the library—its classification, card catalogue,
and reference books—to the pupils of the High school.
Also, an exhibit is to be installed to illustrate the making
of a book throughout its various processes of printing,
folding, binding, and the like.
The resources of our schools have been enhanced by
placing in the library certain collections of stereographic
views, which portray scenery of countries and cities, works
of art, and processes of manufacture. These sets of views
are loaned with a stereoscope, and already are so much
sought after that undoubtedly additional sets will soon be
purchased. This is an extension of the functions of the
library similar to the exhibitions in the art room, which
instruct and interest our people more generally every year.
The Goodwin Music Collection now being prepared for
circulation brings into our library work a quite new ele-
ment that broadens its power of serviceableness. This
collection consists of a considerable number of musical
works of classic and standard merit for piano, voice, and
violin, which are to be offered for general use under the
same rules as other books in the Iibrary. Surely the
interest in good music in Lexington will be re -enforced
and educated through the free access of all to this collec-
tion of music, a large part of which is so expensive as to
be out of the power of many music -lovers to purchase.
The generosity of Mrs. C. C. Goodwin, who founded this
collection, confers a distinction upon our library, for com-
paratively few libraries have undertaken to establish de -
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partments of music for the benefit of students, amateurs,
and all interested in this art which ministers happily to
the imaginative and emotional life.
This notable gift should remind our citizens of an honor-
able and beautiful way of commemorating friends and
relatives. A fund may be created by gift or bequest
which shall be a permanent memorial of some worthy life,
and at the same time augment the resources of the library
for its splendid intellectual services through coming gen-
erations. Books purchased from such funds or from the
incomes thereof may bear the name of the person com-
memorated, so that perpetual distinction is secured to his
memory by association with the important work of the
library. As the town grows the demands upon the library
will become steadily greater, and to provide for this wider
usefulness there is urgent need of a larger endowment.
The Trustees commend to our citizens this opportunity
of honoring their loved ones, or perpetuating their own
names by some contribution to the endowment of the
library.
By agreement with the Trustees, the Lexington His-
torical Society has transferred to the library all books in
its possession to be catalogued and circulated, and here-
after any books purchased by the society will be made
available for general use through the medium of our
library. These books will remain the property of the
society, although in the care of our Librarians for the
public benefit. Works of historical importance which the
Trustees would not be justified in buying, either because
of their cost or because they are not books of general
interest, will, by this co-operation, become serviceable to
students of local history. Another form of co-operation
is the system of inter -literary loans. This is an arrange-
ment by which books in other libraries, like the Boston
Public Library, for example, may be obtained for our
readers by special application to our Librarian, thus en-
larging our resources in a convenient way.
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The past year the Trustees had to accept with regret the
resignation of Rev. Charles F. Carter as chairman of the
Board. During all his years of active connection with the
library Mr. Carter showed himself a discriminating lover
of books, and through the functions of the library he tried
to bring the best intellectual influences into closer touch
with the life of the whole town.
It may be seen from a glance at the report of the Treas-
urer of the library that the endowed funds in the hands of
the Trustees were last year reinvested in sound securities.
The financial methods of the Trustees were revised as
was required by the change in the form of investment,
and every detail of finance is now carefully scrutinized by
the investment committee of the Board, and passed upon
by the Trustees at the regular monthly meetings.
The usefulness of any library directly depends upon
the intelligence and faithfulness of the librarians, and in
this respect Lexington is fortunate. Miss Kirkland, the
librarian, and her assistants—Miss Muzzey and Miss
Mackinnon—are not merely faithful, but also enthusiastic
public servants, who interpret their work in a generous
spirit, and by their intelligent helpfulness seek to com-
mend the opportunities of the library to all our citizens.
The perfect appearance of order and neatness in the
library, which many visitors admire, is highly creditable
to the janitor, Mr. F. E. Clark.
Respectfully submitted for the Trustees,
JOHN M. WILSON,
Chairman.
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Report of Librarian of Cary Memorial Library ,
STATISTICAL RECORD FOR 1910
ACCESSIONS
Main Library.
Accessions by purchase :
New books,
Books worn out and replaced,
Accessions by gift,
Accessions by binding periodicals,
Volumes withdrawn,
Net increase,
Branch Library.
Accessions by purchase:
New books,
Books worn out and replaced,
Accessions by binding periodicals,
Volumes withdrawn,
Net increase,
Total increase Main Library and Branch, 1910,
NUMBER OF VOLUMES IN LIBRARY DECEMBER
747
97
92
35
971
102
32
14
10
56
14
Main Library,
Branch Library,
23,258
2,589
869
42
911
31, 1910
Total number volumes Main Library and Branch, 25,847
9e
CIRCULATION, 1910
General works,
Periodicals, bound,
Periodicals, unbound,
Philosophy and Religion,
Biography,
History,
Travel and Description,
Social sciences,
Natural sciences,
Arts: useful,
Arts: recreative,
Arts: fine,
Language and Literature,
Fiction,
Poetry,
Stereographs,
Town
2
416
3,330
855
929
1,310
1,299
479
577
555
300
333
1,733
27,334
472
49
39,973
Total circulation Main Library,
Total circulation Main Library and Branch,
Total number of volumes circulated from
children's room,
Number of days Library was open:
Main Library,
Branch Library,
Average daily attendance:
Main Library,
Branch Library,
Registration.
Main Library:
Adult registration during 1910, 1769
Juvenile registration during 1910, 528
Backe Sent
to
Branch
Books Circu-
lated from
Branch
4 150
276
21 37
56 55
32 78
85 51
30 3
43
7
17
6
84
2, 33S
55
48
24
10
13
55
2,251
9
2,638 3,200
42,611
45,811
97
10,104
305
254
230
41
Temporary registration during 1910, 186
2,483
Withdrawn during 1910, 194
Total registration Dec. 31, 1910,
Branch Library:
Adult registration during 1910, 248
Juvenile registration during 1910, 130
Total registration Dec. 31, 1910,
2,289
378
Total registration Main Library and Branch, 2667
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,
Pasta's sent delinquents,
Postals sent for books reserved,
Postals sent in contagious cases,
57
20
10
6
1
59
10
561
56
2,867
1,227
690
21
EXHIBITS IN ART ROOM FROM MASSACHUSETTS LIBRARY
ART CLUB
Rise of sculpture: Part 2; Famous pictures: No. 2; Wil-
liam Unger: No. 2; John S. Sargent: paintings; Repre-
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sentative art of our time; Famous pictures: No. 1; Wells
Cathedral; Japan; Italian fountains; Modern English pho-
togravures; Shakespeare: Boydell gallery; William Unger:
No. 1; Jamaica; Amesbury; Medici women in France,
England and Spain.
,Respectfully submitted,
MARIAN P. KIRKLAND,
Librarian.
Report of Treasurer of Cary Memorial Library
Hannah T. Garret, Treasurer, in account with Cary
Memorial Library.
1910.
Jan. 1 To balance in First Na-
tional Bank, Arlington, $434.24
Interest in Lexington Sav-
ings Bank, 209.28
Cash in hand, 123.65
Feb. 3 Town Treasurer, dog tax, 904.13
June 27 Lexington Savings Bank,
interest on deposit, 66.16
July 8 Investment Committee of
Cary Memorial Library,"
interest on town notes, 342.83
July 28 First National Bank of
Arlington, interest on
deposit, 3.07
Aug. 29 First National Bank of
Arlington, interest on
deposit, 1.01
Sept. 29 First National; Bank of
Arlington, interest on
deposit, .95
Oct. 17 Emma 0. Nichols, books, 1.13
Nov. 11 Alice Goodwin, executrix, 500.00
Nov. 25 Investment Committee, ac-
crued interest, 54.25
Nov. 30 First National Bank of
Arlington, interest on
deposit, 1.36
Dec. 31 Miss Kirkland, fines, 145.27
99 100
Dec. 31 Miss Nichols, fines,
Dec. 31 Miss Kirkland postals,
Dec. 31 Miss Kirkland, books lost
and damaged,
Dec. 31 Sale of old books and
papers,
Dec. 31 Reimbursement,
Sale of supplies,
First National Bank, Arlington, in-
terest on deposit,
Investment Committee,
EXPENDITURES
Paid for new books,
Paid for periodicals,
Paid for printing,
Paid for binding,
Paid for newspapers,
Paid for stereographs,
Paid for postage,
Paid for supplies,
Paid for expressing,
Paid for sundries,
Paid for Library Art Club,
American Library Association,
First National Safe Deposit Company,
rent of box,
Johnson Clapp and Underwood, pro-
fessional service,
Theft from Library,
Balance in bank,
Miss Kirkland, cash,
Miss Nichols, cash,
Hannah T. Garret, Treasurer, cash,
16.79
6.61
7.90
2.03
.75
.50
1.13
32.83
$2,855.87
$1,232.26
190.71
61.50
292.22
20.25
71.60
63.70
76.53
28.14
6.40
6.00
5.00
10.00
7.50
3.70
728.14
5.48
1.91
44.83
$2,855.87
HANNAH T. CARRET,
Treasurer.
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Report of Investment Committee Trustees of
Cary Memorial Library
DECEMBER 31, 1910
1910
Jan. 1 Balance.
Principal Funds: "
Notes, Town of Lexington, $11,000.00
Deposited, Lexington Sav-
ings Bank, 3,100.00
Income for year.
Interest on notes, town, $342.83
Interest on bonds, $227.50
Less accrued in-
terest, 104.67
Interest Savings Bank,
Net gain from purchase of
bonds,
122.83
55.53
252.50
$773.69
$14,100.00
Payments.
Mrs. H. T. Carret, Treas-
urer, 429.91
343.78
Balance Dec. 31, 1910,
Accounting, viz.
Bonds:
B. & M. 41 s., $3,000.00
West End 4 s., 3,000.00
Am. T. & T. Co. Coll. 4 s., 3,000.00
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$14,443.78
B. & A. 4 s., 2,000.00
Deposited Lexington Sav-
ings Bank, 3,100.00
Principal Fund Dec. 31, 1910, 14,100.00
Investment Reserve (depos-
ited in Lexington Savings
Bank), 342.50
Interest Account (deposited
Lexington Savings Bank, 1.28
$14,443. 78
Respectfully subjected,
SAMUEL KNOWLES,
FRANK D. PEIRCE,
ARTHUR L. BLODGETT,
• Investment Committee
Trustees of Cary Memorial Library.
Examined and approved
January 24, 1911.
CHARLES F. PIERCE,
CHARLES P. MORSE,
Auditors.
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
DECEMBER 31, 1910.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN:—I have the honor to submit the report of
the work done by the department for the year ending
Dec. 31, 1910:—
Number of arrests, 162
Males, 160
Females, 2
Residents of the town, 93
Non-residents, 69
Foreign born, 67
Native born, 95
The offences for which arrests were made:—
Assault and battery, 10
Assault with intent to commit murder, 1
Indecent assault, 1
Breaking and entering, 5
Bastardy, 1
Drunkenness, 58
Disturbing the peace, 1
Default, 1
Evading railroad fares, 1
Gaming on Lord's day, 11
Insane, 1
Illegally running automobile, 2
Keeping open shop on Lord's day, 2
Larceny, 11
Non-support, 2
Over -driving horse, 2
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Riding bicycle on sidewalk,
Running away from home,
Suspicious persons,
Spitting on the sidewalk,
Threats,
Vagrants,
Violating probation,
Violating milk law,
Violating town by-law,
Working on Lord's day,
DISPOSITION OF CASES
Fined,
Probation,
Committed to House of Correction,
Committed to House of Correction for non-
payment of fines,
Committed to jail,
Committed to State Farm School,
Committed to Insane Hospital,
Committed to Lyman School,
Discharged by Court,
Put under bonds to keep the peace,
Released by Probation Officer,
Released at Police Station,
Placed on file,
Nol prossed,
Turned over to out-of-town officers,
Given to friends to take home,
Now pending in Court,
Aggregate amount of fines imposed by Courts,
Aggregate amount of sentences imposed by
Courts, 10 years,
Cases investigated and not prosecuted,
Buildings reported broken into and entered,
Buildings found open in the night and secured,
105
2
4
16
3
2
4
2
1
13
5
48
20
8
4
2
1
1
1
11
3
20
18
7
4
5
5
3
$273.00
6 months
68
8
5
Stray animals cared for,
Animals injured and killed,
Lanterns hung in dangerous places,
Dangerous places reported in the street,
Street lights reported out,
Street obstructions removed,
Wires reported down,
Dogs killed,
Disturbances suppressed,
Persons escorted home,
Dead bodies taken charge of and medical
examiner called,
Alarms of fire responded to,
Fires extinguished without giving an alarm,
Days in court,
Leaks in water pipes reported,
Amount of property reported stolen,
Amount of stolen property recovered,
CONCLUSION
20
1
12
5
63
6
5
8
12
30
1
50
2
134
3
$838.59
$320.00
In conclusion I desire to express my appreciation to the
Board of Selectmen for courtesy and consideration shown
me and the department during the year, and also the mem-
bers of the department and all others who have assisted in
the discharge of my many duties.
James J. Sullivan and John C. Russell were appointed
permanent members of the department last April and
make good police officers.
CHARLES H. FRANKS,
Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF THE WATER AND SEWER
COMMISSIONERS
LEXINGTON, MASS., Feb. 1, 1911.
The Water and Sewer Commissioners herewith present
their report for the year 1910.
The following is a statement of the financial operations
of the year.
REVENUE ACCOUNT
INCOME
Water rates, $18,574.95
Less abatements, 367.91
$18,207.04
Hydrant service,
Street watering,
Miscellaneous,
5,360.00
950.56
448.57
$24,966.17
EXPENSES
Interest on Water Debt, $8,374.88
Metropolitan water tax, 7,501.34
Salary, 1,200.00
Office and miscellaneous expenses, 1,151.16
18,227.38
Balance, $6,738.79
Balance from 1909, 560.61
$7,299.40
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Less amount transferred to Construc-
tion Account,
Balance Jan. 1, 1911,
Against this;balance.are bills amounting to
paid in 1911.
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT
RECEIPTS
Transferred from Income Account,
From installation of meters,
From installation of services,
From sale of material,
Charged for labor of men, etc.,
Balance from 1909,
EXPENDITURES
Labor,
Pipe and fittings,
Water meters,
Hydrants, gate valves, etc.,
Installing services,
Installing meters,
Tools and supplies,
Miscellaneous,
7,000.00
$299.40
$129.28 to be
$7,000. 00
40.00
308.14
400.10
659.70
$8,407.94
1,307.02
$2,185.65
2,761.13
1,250.10
647.14
354.45
242.37
153.92
429.68
$8,024.44
$1,690.52
$1,337.36 to
Balance Jan. 1, 1911,
Against this balance are bills amounting to
be paid in 1911.
COLLECTION STATEMENT
Balance due Jan. 1, 1910,
Water rates, 1910,
Less abatements,
$9,714.96
$18,574.95
367.91
$18,207.04
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$954.71
Hydrants, 1910,
Miscellaneous accounts,
5,360.00
2,807.07
$26,374.11
$27, 328.82
Collected from water rates, $17,638.33
Collected from hydrant service, 5,360.00
Collected from miscellaneous accounts, 2,899.45
$25,897.78
Balance due Jan. 1, 1911, $1,431.04
COST OF THE WATER WORKS
The cost of the water works and the debt movement up
to the present time are as follows: -
WATER DEBT, 1896 TO 1910, INCLUSIVE
Added Paid Annual Debt
1896, original bond issue, $200,000.00
1896, $10,000.00 210,000.00
1897, $1,000.00 209, 000.00
1898, 10,000.00 1,000.00 218,000.00
1899, 2,000.00 216, 000.00
1900, 2,000.00 214,000.00
1901, 10,000.00 2,000.00 222,000.00
1902, 5,000.00 3,000.00 224,000.00
1903, 53, 000.00 4,000.00 273,000.00
1904, 8,200.00 264,800.00
1905, 5,200.00 8,200.00 261,800.00
1906, 2,000. 00 19,300.00 2A4,500.00
1907, 18,300.00 226,200.00
1908, 13, 000.00 15, 700.00 223,500.00
1909, 8,600.00 16,700.00 215,400.00
1910, 17,900.00 197,500.00
$116,800.00 $119, 300.00
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SUM MARY
Original debt, $200,000.00
Additions, 116,800.00
Total indebtedness incurred, $316,800.00
Total payments made, 119,300.00
Balance of debt Jan. 1, 1911, $197,500.00
VALUE OF THE PLANT
The estimated value of the plant at the end
of 1909, as stated in the report for that
year, was
Additions in 1910,
Less depreciation,
$178,000.00
8,024.44
$186,024.44
3,524.44
Value Jan. 1, 1911, $182,500.00
EXTENSIONS OF WATER MAINS
Applications for the extension of water mains continue
to be received in considerable numbers, and the Commis-
sioners have in most cases granted the requests.
The Board has been criticised for its action in extending
mains in unaccepted streets. Not to do so under any cir-
cumstances is a discouragement to the development of
property, and it has seemed to us reasonable in some cases
to extend into a private way, so constructed and used as
to be to all intents and purposes a public street, provided
care is taken to see that the grade of the way is such that
no change will be required on its acceptance as a street.
In each case:where such an extension has been made we
have first required the property owner to establish a grade
satisfactory to the Selectmen, and have then had the
water main laid at a proper depth below such grade.
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Contrary to what some persons have supposed, the mains
laid in the private streets through a portion of the J. W. Wil-
bur Co's. property have not been constructed at the expense
of the town. In Charles, Bow and one or two other streets
where these mains have been introduced, the work has been
done at the cost of the Company, in accordance with street
grades pronounced satisfactory by the Selectmen, and
under the supervision of the Superintendent of the Depart-
ment. The Commissioners have, however, stated in
writing to the Company that when the water rates regu-
larly derived from the mains so constructed shall amount
to as much as 7% per annum on the actual original cost
thereof (excluding interest), they will recommend to the
town that it purchase the mains at such cost ; "provided
said streets, throughout the extent occupied by the mains,
shall have been constructed, in a manner satisfactory to
the Selectmen and without expense to the town, so as to
conform to the street grades shown on said plans;" the
plans referred to being those prepared for the purpose of
showing definitely the grades.
At a recent town meeting, after a discussion as to the
advisability of laying mains in unaccepted streets, (the
Commissioners themselves suggesting action by the town
upon the question), a vote was passed declaring that here-
after such work shall be done only after the proposed
extension shall have been brought before the town and
been authorized by it. It will, of course, be the duty of
the Board in future to observe this limitation upon their
authority. The vote referred to is as follows:
"Voted, that in addition to applying to the extension of
water mains moneys especially appropriated by vote of
the town for that purpose, the Board of Water and Sewer
Commissioners is hereby authorized to take from current
revenue and expend for the construction of such new or
additional mains from time to time as in the judgment of
the Board, may be advisable sums not exceeding in the
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aggregate Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.44) in any one
year, such expenditures to be treated as an offset to
depreciation, provided, however, that no mains shall be
laid or extended in an unaccepted street without a prior
vote of the town authorizing the work."
In the matter of guaranties required where an extension
is made beyond thickly settled limits, we have changed
the form of agreement so as to have no specific time for the
continuance of the guaranty. It has seemed to us that a
guaranty, if reasonably required at all, should be made to
run, not for a definite term of years (since no one can
foresee how long the territory will be in developing), but
until such time as the established revenues along the line
of the extension shall yield the required amount of income.
When that time comes the obligation of the guaranty
ceases. Such is the character of the guaranty received in
the case of Somerset road, as also in the case of the line
extending into the Fair Oaks property and other recent ex-
tensions.
The New England Insurance Exchange after an investi-
gation, and tests of the capacity of pipes on Merriam Hill
for supplying fire streams, has recommended that the
pipes from Massachusetts avenue through Merriam street
as far as Chandler street, through Oakland street as far
as Glen Road, and through Chandler street, should be
replaced by an eight -inch pipe. The Commissioners have
decided to comply substantially with that recommendation,
and have already made a beginning. The work will be
completed early in 1911. In addition to this the closing of
the gap in Middle street, between the present terminus
and Waltham street, will be accomplished this year. The
line on Waltham street should also be completed, so as
to give a connection between Grape Vine corner and the
center of the town; but on account of present financial
conditions we think that this work may be deferred for a
time.
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The following are the extensions made in 1910: -
Size of Length Total Cost
Pipe of Pipe Cost Per Ft.
Name of Street
Eliot Road and High-
land Avenue,
New Street off Bed-
ford Street,
Audubon Road,
Forest Street,
Cedar Street,
Columbus Street,
Fair Oaks estate,
6 550 ft. $522.75
4 220 ft. 146.00
6 105 ft. 73.00
6 742 ft. 645.60
4 564 ft. 407.25
4 390 ft. 273.00
6 2214 ft. 1814.50
$ .95
.67
.70
.87
.72
.70
.82*
LENGTHS OF DIFFERENT SIZES OF WATER PIPES,
EXCLUDING SERVICE PIPES, JANUARY 1, 1911
Diameter Length
12 inches 9,000 feet
10 inches 2,669 feet
8 inches 9,360 feet
6 inches 79,002 feet
4 inches 35,693 feet
Smaller sizes, 4,200 feet
WATER METERS
In obedience to the law of the State all new service con-
nections made during the year were equipped with meters,
and more than the requisite number of the unmetered ser-
vices which existed at the end of 1907 have been changed
to a meter basis. This work will be continued during 1911.
The following table shows the progress made during the
past three years in the introduction of meters: -
Dec. 31, Dec. 31, Dec. 31, Dec. 31,
1907 1908 1909 1910
Total services, 702 738 780 838
Metered services, 96 245 362 475
Number of meters installed in 1910, 113.
The average income per service in 1907 was $21.40; in
1908, $20.54; in 1909, $21.60; and in 1910, $22.20.
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The following is the daily average consumption per
capita in gallons for the years named: -
Year 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910
Consumption, gallons, 79 73 71 68 78
A year ago we called attention to a tendency in Lexing-
ton, presumably arising from the increasing use of meters,
to a decreased per capita consumption. To our surprise the
average for the year 1910 has been greater than in any
other year since 1906. Much of the increase may be due
to the use of lawn hose through an exceptionally dry
season; but it is difficult to account for all of the increase
except upon the theory of leakage. Every user, whether
connected to a meter or not, is requested to examine his
service pipes and fixtures and to stop any leaks that may
be found.
In order to show when the increase has occurred the
following table of water consumptions for five years is
given:
AVERAGE DAILY CONSUMPTION OF WATER, TOTAL AND PER CAPITA
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1906
Per Day
7,A
6
ww
1907
1908
1909
1910
Per Day
6
Per Day
a
6
a.
Per Day
A
8
a
Per Day
A
8
u,
January .
February .
March . .
April . .
May . .
June . .
July -
August .
September .
October .
November .
December
283,500
293,100
278,500
275,100
297,900
300,600
390,700
359,700
312,000
305,100
266,800
224,800
71
73313,500
70
68
74318,200
74
96
88
76
74
65
54229,900
292, 500
317,600
307,300
359,900
375,600
467,100
339,500
290,400
278,000
68
72253,200
73232,900
70
72346,700
82
85
105
76
65
62
51243,500
216,700
266,500
504,500109
485,800
387,500
424,200
329,100
256,300
48
56246,900
51282,800
58
75331,400
105
83
91372,100
70
54
51251,900
226,900
309,600
408,300
493,200
,400
306,700
275,900
48
52285,400
59
64
69343,700
84
101
90
76
.62
55
50385,900
255,300
258,200
316,700
324,900
528,400119
417,000
379,200
376,300
318,200
58
65
59
72
78
73
94
85
84
71
75
.
For the Year
299,100
74
324,000
78
328,800 71 329,400
68 345,500 78
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HYDRANTS
The following is a statement with reference to hydrants:
Number of hydrants Jan. 1, 1910, 134
Number of hydrants added 1910, 4
Number of hydrants Jan. 1, 1911, 138
STOCK ON HAND
This consists of pipes, fittings, etc. valued at $1,200.00.
LIST OF WATER TAKERS DELINQUENT FEB. 1, 1911
In obedience to a vote of the town, passed on Feb. 15,
1907, a list of persons who have failed to pay their bills for
water is herewith given, the amounts having been due
Jan. 1, 1911:
F. W. Alton, (Colonial Garage),
Thomas Coyle,
Est. of Jamina Cramond (Two tenants),
M. F. D'Arcy,
W. G. Derby,
Frank Hughes,
Mrs. Clara F. Kershaw,
Mrs. C. A. Leavitt,
A. E. Scott (Tenant—Forest st.) ,
Est. of Ellen Stone,
$9.62
8.00
13.50
4.00
6.00
8.00
14.57
14.08
7.35
2.25
SEWERS
It is our expectation that before this report is distributed
we shall have printed and circulated a separate report
regarding the question of a sewerage system. We there-
fore make no further reference to it here.
FRANCIS W. DEAN,
ROBERT P. CLAPP,
GEORGE D. MILNE,
Water and Sewer Commissioners.
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE
DECEMBER 31, 1910.
There has been expended for general care during the
year, including the salary of the Superintendent, the sum
of $1096.37.
There has been received for grading lots, building foun-
dations, sale of lots, care of private lots, etc., the sum of
$1010.08.
There are no more lots in the cemetery for sale and
immediate action to provide a suitable burying ground is
absolutely necessary.
Respectfully submitted,
SYLVESTER P. ROBERTSON,
ARTHUR A. MARSHALL, SUPT.
HERBERT L. WELLINGTON.
116
ASSESSORS' REPORT
The Assessors hereby render their annual
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,
State tax,
County tax,
State highway tax,
Metropolitan sewer tax,
Metropolitan water tax,
Overlay,
Amount to be raised,
From which deduct:
Amount taken from Bank and Cor-
poration tax,
Tax on land taken by Cambridge
for water,
Tax on land taken by Arlington for
water,
117
report: --
$5,062,480.00
843,910.00
1,460,410.00
460,180.00
$7,826,980.00
$446,950.00
122,220.00
$569,170.00
$141,885.08
1,000.00
11,605.00
8,048.44
214.50
4,066.79
7.501.34
3,390.34
$22,000.00
228.55
202.47
$177,711.49
Water income, 7,501.34
29, 932.36
Amount committed to collector, $147,779.13
Rate of taxation, $18.50 on $1000,
on a valuation of $7,826,980, $144, 799.13
1,490 polls at $2.00 each, 2,980.00
Assessed Dec. 19, 1910,
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 cattle other than cows,
Number of swine assessed,
Number of 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,
Value of water works,
$147,779.13
$2,623.04
966
835
1,801.00
992
2,793
1,490
620
1,058
110
645
6,640
992
9,242
$100,550.00
$315, 487.00
$178,000.00
CHARLES G. KAUFFMANN,
GEORGE H. CUTTER,
HENRY C. TUTTLE,
Assessors.
After ten years of conscientious service on the Board of
Assessors, Mr. Charles G. Kauffmann has resigned, finding
the duties of the office too arduous for the amount of pay
received.
118
In parting with Mr. Kauffniann we wish to bear witness
to his faithful and painstaking discharge of the duties of
the office and also to say that the business of the Board
has been conducted pleasantly and harmoniously.
GEORGE H. CUTTER,
HENRY E. TUTTLE,
Assessors.
TAX STATISTICS OF TOWN OF LEXINGTON.
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REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
I herewith submit my report as Collector of Taxes for
the year 1910:—
Alt taxes committed to me previous to year 1910 have
been collected.
1908 TAxES
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1910, regular
tax,
Omitted tax held for decision of
court,
Collected in year 1910,
Omitted tax abatement,
$100.60
5,200.00
$100.60
5,200.00
$5,300.60
$5,300.60
1909 TAXES
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1910, $23,022.87
Collected in 1910, $16, 873.43
Tax liens, 215.63
Abated on regular tax, 1,383.81
Abated on omitted tax, 4,550.00
$23.022.87
1910 TAXES
Amount committed Aug. 26, 1910, $147,784.55
Omitted assessment committed
Dec. 19, 1910, 2, 623.04
$150,407.59
Collected in 1910, $125,904.02
Abated by Assessors, 3,212.07
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Allowed as discount for prompt
payment, 967.04
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1911, 20,324.46
$150,407.59
Respectfully submitted,
BYRON C. EARLE,
Collector of Taxes.
STREET WATERING
1909
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1910,
Collected in 1910,
Abated by the Assessors,
1910
Amount committed to the Collector,
Collected in 1910,
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1911,
$127.66
7.90
$468.58
102.50
$135.56
$135.56
$571.08
$571.08
Respectfully submitted,
BYRON C. EARLE,
Collector of Taxes.
GYPSY AND BROWN -TAIL MOTH DEPARTMENT
1909
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1910, $357.02
Collected in 1910, $357.02
1910
Amount committed to the Collector,
Collected in 1910,
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1911,
$1,021.85
$803.25
218.60
$1,021.85
Eespectfully submitted,
BYRON C. EARLE,
Collector of Taxes.
123
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT,
JANUARY 1, 1911
Registered water loan, 4%,
Additional water supply loan, 31%Q,
Extension of water mains loan, 3%v,
Extension of water mains loan, 3.60%,
Extension of water mains loan, 3.95%,
Extension of water mains loan, 4.78%,
Extension of water mains loan, 4%,
Public Trust Fund loan registered, 4%,
Public Trust Fund loan Coupon, 4%,
New High School loan, 3g%,
Metropolitan water loan, 3f%,
New Munroe School loan, 3i%,
G. W. Spaulding land loan, 3.65%,
Munroe School land loan, 4%,
Improvement Town Hall loan, 4%,
$150,000.00
1,000.00
1,500.00
2,000.00
8,000.00
4,000.00
2,400.00
9,960.00
18,000.00
2,916.65
28,600.00
18,900.00
500.00
1,910.00
5,500.00
$255,186.65
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON,
Town Treasurer.
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TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT
CASH RECEIPTS, 1910
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1910,
April 19th,
Board of Health,
Contingent,
Bank and Corporation Tax,
County Treasurer, (dog tax refunded),
Cemetery Trust Funds,
Cemeteries,
Interest on Taxes,
Suppression of Insects,
Fire Department,
Highways,
Interest,
Land taken for Water Purposes,
Outside Aid,
Police Department,
Public Trust Funds,
Street Watering,
Sidewalks,
Schools,
Support of Poor, (Almshouse),
State Aid,
Stone Building,
Taxes,
Temporary Loans,
Town Hall,
Tax Titles,
Village Hall,
125
$5,851.94
50.00
60.29
446.11
21,129.34
904.13
1,400.00
1,010.05
235.38
5,642.03
271.95
2,744.01
996.43
455.75
203.75
160.93
27,960.00
610.39
317.13
940.49
1,671.11
755.00
7.50
142,878.05
83,000.00
283.00
224.78
23.50
Water Department, 25,897.78
CASH EXPENDITURES.
Auditors,
April 19th,
Assessors,
Board of Health,
Contingent,
Cemetery Trust Funds,
Treasurer Cary Memorial Library,
(dog.tax),
Collector of Taxes,
Clerk School Committee,
County Tax,
Care of Common,
Cemeteries,
Cametery Trust Fund Interest,
Cary Memorial Library,
Suppression of Moths,
Fire Department,
Fire Alarm Whistle,
Finance Committee,
Fire Alarm Boxes,
Gammell Legacy,
Highways,
Hydrants,
Hastings Park,
Interest,
Insurance,,
Inspector of Cattle,
Inspector of Meats and
Memorial Day,
Outside Aid,
Overseers of the Poor,
Police Department,
$326,130.82
$100.00
748.50
1,415.55
3,336.77
1,585.83
1,400.00
904.13
1,206.70
50.00
8,948.44
200.00
1,096.37
899.68
2,974.80
9,790.01
5,912.59
1,900.00
123.83
157.50
163.38
18,414.59
5,360.00
14.00
4,091.99
1,658.99
100.00
Provisions, 464.00
250.00
2,641.27
333.33
6,181.66
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Printing,
Public Trust Funds,
Registrars of Voters,
Repairs Town Hall,
Street Watering,
Sidewalks,
Schools,
School Physician,
•Selectmen,
State Tax,
Surveyors of Highways,
State Highway Tax,
Sealer Weights and Measures,
Street Lights,
Support of Poor, (Almshouse),
State Aid,
Sewer Tax,
Sewer Commissioners,
Stone Building,
Suppression of Insects,
Town Clerk,
Town Physician,
Trimming Trees,
Town Treasurer,
Town Debt,
Temporary Loans,
Treasurer Cary Memorial Library,
Town Hall,
Village Hall,
Water Department,
Watering Troughs,
Removal of Snow,
Cash on band, Jan. 1, 1911,
GEORGE D.
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571.43
27,960.00
125.00
2,908.18
2,952.12
696.85
36,045.94
300.00
333.33
11,605.00
333.33
214.50
150.00
5,929.53
3,024.51
867.00
4,066.79
500.00
751.89
6.25
469.60
75.00
257.45
780.00
28,766.67
72,000.00
50.00
2,070.52
88.56
26,251.82
75.00
1,236.32
13,144.32
$326,130.82
HARRINGTON,
Town Treasurer.
STATEMENT OF CASH ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
OTHER THAN TOWN DEBT, JANUARY 1, 1911
ASSETS
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1911,
Taxes uncollected 1910,
Street watering tax, 1910,
Suppression of moth tax, 1910,
Due for water rates, services and
guarantees,
LIABILITIES
Temporary loans outstanding,
Unexpended balance Auditors,
Unexpended balance April 19th,
Unexpended balance Assessors,
Unexpended balance Bank and Cor-
poration tax,
Unexpended balance Contingent,
Unexpended balance Care of Common,
Unexpended balance Cemeteries,
Unexpended balance Cary Memorial
Library,
Unexpended balance Discount on
Taxes,
Unexpended balance Suppression of
Months,
Unexpended balance Finance Com-
mittee,
128
$15,000.00
250.00
62.58
569.88
3,194.83
655.98
13.00
759.11
275.20
45.40
791.15
126.17
$13,144.32
20,324.46
102.50
218.60
1,322.43
$35,112.31
Unexpended balance Fire Alarm
Boxes, 42.50
Unexpended balance Highways, 827.64
Unexpended balance Hasting's Park, 54.52
Unexpended balance Interest, 1,273.81
Unexpended balance Insurance, 115.79
Unexpended balance Police, 166.82
Unexpended balance Printing, 214.53
Unexpended balance Repairs Town
Hall, • 49.51
Unexpended balance Street Watering, 1,115.30
Unexpended balance Schools 1,304.83
Unexpended balance Street Lights, 191.07
Unexpended balance Support of Poor, 147.82
Unexpended balance Stone Building, 5.61
Unexpended balance Suppression of
Insects, 193.75
Unexpended balance Trimming Trees, 78.38
Unexpended balance Town Treasurer, 20.00
Unexpended balance Village Hall, 134.94
Unexpended balance Water Depart-
ment, 558.88
Excess of Assets, 6, 873.31
$35,112.31
GEORGE D. HARRINGTON,
Town Treasurer.
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AUDITORS' REPORT
SCHOOLS
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed 1910,
Less overdraft 1909,
Frank H. Damon, tickets,
Thomas E. Freeman, tickets,
Transferred from Heating Plant,
School,
Lyman Lawrence, refunded,
George P. Greenwood, tuition,
Town of Lincoln, tuition,
Old books sold,
Albert C. Warren, gratuity,
Underhay Oil Co., empty barrels,
City of Boston, tuition,
State of Massachusetts, tuition,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES
ADAMS
E. Jennie Farrell, instruction,
May L. Benjamin, instruction,
Amount carried forward,
130
Hancock
$36,500.00
789.62
$35,710.38
326.35
7.50
699.90
5.26
65.00
65.00
4.50
130.00
1.75
171.33
163.80
$37,350.77
$36,045.94
1,304.83
$37,350.77
$700.00
550,00
$1,250.00
Amount brought forward,
Mabel C. Pond, instruction,
Carrie F. Fiske, instruction,
Carrie F. Fiske, care of children,
Gertrude Pierce, instruction,
Mrs. Thomas E. Freeman, instruction,
Geo. L. Pierce, janitor,
W. L. Burrill, shades,
Henry A. Wheeler & Co., flag,
H. L. Wellington, wood,
Howe & French, formaldehyde,
Anti -Dust Manufacturing Co.,
L. A. Austin, supplies,
New England T. & T. Co.,
Lyman Lawrence, hardware,
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., repairs
G. W. Spaulding, sundries,
Benjamin Hadley's Sons, repairs,
Mrs. N. J. McDonald, laundry,
Water Department,
A. A. Marshall, fumigating,
Geo. L. Pierce, sundries,
J. H. Phillips, carpenter,
J. L. Hammett Co., school supplies,
William L. Moakley, electrician,
Peirce & Winn Co., coal,
W. H. Burke, bubbling fountains,
Otis Harrington, removing ashes,
Whittier Woodenware Co., baskets,
Bay State Clean Towel Co.,
MUNROE
Grace P. French, instruction,
Grace P. French, care of children, etc.
Mary E. Purcell, instruction,
Amount carried forward,
131
$1,250.00
575.00
600.00
80.00
2.50
1.25
389.51
12.69
5.81
3.00
12.35
2.18
7.49
9.80
1.12
1.70
19.64
25.68
10.63
20.00
3.50
45.46
4.39
17.00
2.34
244.32
84.00
10.56
2.70
2.25
$3,446.87
$750. 00
80.51
575.00
$1,405.51
Amount brought forward,
CIara M. Duffey, instruction,
Amelia M. Mulliken, instruction,
Joanna M. Kilmain, instruction,
E. Rae Peirce, instruction,
Ruby L. Christie, instruction,
M. F. Kauffmann, instruction,
Mrs. John Spaulding, instruction,
Gertrude Pierce, instruction,
Mrs. John Regan, instruction,
Lucy F. Hammond, instruction,
Ethel M. Harding, instruction,
Lexington Gas & Electric Co.,
Ginn & Co., books,
T. 11, O'Connor, carpenter,
Whittier Woodenware Co., baskets,
Bay State Clean Towel Co.,
American Seating Co., school furniture,
James S. Munroe, wood,
U. Holzer, recovering books,
Andrews Burr Paper Co., ,
H. L. Wellington, wood,
J. L. Hammett Co., school supplies,
Winchester Laundry Co.,
Henry A. Wheeler Co., flag,
O. G. Seeley, medicine,
Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of
Boston,
Lexington Hardware Co.,
Peirce &.Winn Co., coal,
W. H. Burke, bubbling fountains and
repairs,
Lexington Carriage Co., sundries,
George W. Day, plumber,
$1,405.51
525.00
600.00
61.00
5.00
185.00
45.00
7.50
400.00
92.25
5.00
451.25
5.00
18.41
18.08
2.70
3.75
30.00
12.00
9.40
6.00
6.00
22.49
6.62
5.81
.35
8.00
2.88
473.41
113.45
.35
.95
$4,528.16
Amount carried forward,
132
Amount brought forward,
Dennis H. Collins, janitor,
W. F. Glenn, carpenter,
Water Department,
Thomas Forsythe, removing ashes,
A. A. Marshall, fumigating services,
etc.,
Lyman Lawrence, hardware,
Lexington Lumber Co.,
G. W. Spaulding, sundries,
HIGH
Frank H. Damon, instruction,
Philip H. Jewett, instruction,
Ellen Thomas, instruction,
A. Louisa Saunders, instruction,
Charlotte P. Marston, instruction,
Alice Woodward, instruction,
Elsa W. Regestine, instruction,
Martha L. Rich, instruction,
Florence Bonney, instruction,
Bertha M. Hutchinson, instruction,
Beatrice Stevens, instruction,
Hastings Hawkes, instruction,
W. W. Hackman, instruction,
Mrs. F. L. Fowle, instruction,
Lexington Gas & EIectric Co.,
George A. Simonds, janitor,
W. F. Glenn, carpenter,
C. H. Wiswell, books,
S. C. Small & Co., school furniture,
Bailey Bros., painters,
William P. Snow, services,
Amount carried forward,
133
$4,528.16
660.00
30.81
50.00
9.25
26.30
7.97
2.70
55.23
$5,370.42
$2,000.00
510.96
786.00
800.00
800.00
800.00
800.00
280.00
475.00
14.00
21.00
600.00
80.50
14.00
43.61
830.04
62.98
6.30
31.35
2.50
25.00
$8,983.24
Amount brought forward,
G. W. Day, plumber,
Chrisman Publishing Co., supplies,
W. R. Canfield, mercury,
Ginn & Co., books,
J. A. Fratus, repairing clock,
Thorpe & Martin Co., stationery,
Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover, supplies,
F. L. Goldsmith, supplies,
Harvard Co-operative Society, Incor-
porated, books,
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies,
Edwin E. Babb & Co., school supplies,
Remington Typewriter Co.,
Peirce & Winn Co., coal,
Martin F. Fisher, sundries,
S. B. Manning, repairs,
L. T. Allen, sundries,
Schoenhof Book Co.,
D. C. McIntosh, books,
C. S. Parker & Son, printing,
Patterson Lubricating Co., supplies,
Carpenter Morton Co., supplies,
Alice Woodward, cards,
Neostyle Co.,
A. A. Marshall, formaldehyde,
George H. Buckminster Co., electrical
supplies,
W. B. Clarke Co., books,
H. & L. Chase, bags,
Jordan, Marsh Co., ribbon,
Charles H. Bugbee, services of orches-
tra,
Lexington Gas Co.,
Amount carried forward,
134
$8,983.24
16.49
7.56
1.90
214.20
1.50
4.25
27.45
38.99
8.25
3.00
67.42
69.00
329.32
8.95
10.00
2.00
7.65
8.05
7.00
3.55
20.52
1.08
39.20
.65
23.93
6.30
1.21
10.75
25.90
4.10
$9,953.41
Amount brought forward,
William L. Moakley, electrician,
Library Bureau, supplies,
Spatula Publishing Co., printing,
The Edison Electric Illuminating Co.
of Boston,
Aaron B. Ready, labor,
Lexington Hardware Co.,
T. H. O'Connor, carpenter,
Edward H. Mara, painter,
Marshall Son & Co. Inc., supplies,
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co., sup-
plies,
Henry A. Wheeler & Co., flag,
American Book Co., books,
Allyn & Bacon, books,
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., supplies,
Winchester Laundry Co.,
Kenney Bros., & Watkins, supplies,
New England T. & T. Co.,
Henry A. Fourcey, repairing electric
clock,
C. C. Birchard & Co., books,
D. C. Heath & Co., books,
Geo. W. Spaulding, sundries,
The E. Howard Clock Co., repairs,
Edward Wood, florist,
Water Department,
W. H. Burke, copper roofing and
plumbing,
P. F. Dacey, mason,
Lyman Lawrence, hardware,
135
$9,953. 41
50.33
15.00
12.00
30.20
16.65
9.20
85.00
14.83
2.15
3.55
5.81
222.97
129.61
48.84
5.17
9.60
55.97
7.50
4.40
82.83
62.78
5.75
3.50
75.00
388.44
50.25
11.07
$11,361.81
HANCOCK
Thomas E. Freeman, instruction, $1,180.00
Maude L. Fuller, instruction,
Emma E. Wright, instruction,
Emma E. Wright, care of children,
Neva G. Mitchell, instruction,
Elizabeth Merrill, instruction,
Gertrude M. Healey, instruction,
Emma Frances Jones, instruction,
Jennie F. Blodgett, instruction,
Marion L. Rogers, instruction,
Helen R. Stubbs, instruction,
Lucy F. Hammond, instruction,
Gertrude Pierce, instruction,
Elizabeth Hunter, instruction,
Lillian Reardon, instruction,
Mrs. P. H. Jewett, instruction,
Mrs. C. E. Walker, instruction,
Hattie E. Baker, instruction,
Mrs. Thomas E. Freeman, instruction,
Eva M. Brewer, instruction,
Lexington Gas & Electric Co.,
Bailey Bros., painting,
Geo. W. Knowlton Rubber Co., hose,
Andrews Burr Paper Co., sundries,
H. L. Wellington, wood,
The Felix F. Daus Duplicator Co.,
negative paper,
Lexington Gas Co.,
A. C. Washburn, carpenter,
Peirce & Winn Co., coal,
W. H. Burke, bubbling fountains,
W. L. Burrill, shades,
Clifton P. Ashley, janitor,
Amount carried forward,
136
133.49
600.00
120.00
600.00
240.00
220.00
330.00
592.50
600.00
600.00
5.00
5.00
87.50
105.00
2.50
35.00
20.00
5.00
37.50
11.80
15.32
6.25
6.15
18.00
1.85
6.15
7.03
599.91
112.80
26.94
800.04
$7,130,73
Amount brought forward,
Whittier Woodenware Co.,
The Scott Paper Co., supplies,
Smith Hardware Co.,
Edward E. Babb Co., school supplies,
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, school
furniture,
Ginn & Co., books,
Houghton, Mifflin Co., books,
T. H. O'Connor, carpenter,
Anti -Dust Manufacturing Co.,
Samuel Usher, printing,
Thomas Groom, Inc., stationery,
Library Bureau, supplies,
G. W. Day, plumber,
C. P. Ashley, sundries,
Edward Ketchum, services,
H. H. Harvie, slice bar,
DeVeau Bros., carpenters,
William L. Moakley, electrician,
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies,
A. M. Tucker, dry goods,
Lexington Hardware Co.,
Henry A. Wheeler & Co., flag and
repairs,
Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover, books,
Edward H. Mara, painter,
Ernest W. Martin, sundries,
Water Department,
Thomas Forsythe, removing ashes,
A. A. Marshall, fumigating and for-
maldehyde,
G. W. Spaulding, sundries,
Lyman Lawrence, hardware,
F. P. Reynolds, wood,
137
$7,130.73
6.90
7.50
2.00
16.70
133.73
16.65
3.99
30.24
2.17
1.00
12.00
18.56
4.75
2.00
5.00
3.80
24.76
10.00
29.08
1.00
2.25
6.56
7.83
4.75
20.00
75.00
14.65
22.45
62.14
12.42
23.22
$7,713.83
NINTH GRADE
Florence Bonney, instruction,
Mrs. John Regan, instruction,
Mary E. Poore, instruction,
Martha L. Rich, instruction,
Milton, Bradley Co., books,
COMMON TO ALL
Frank H. Damon, superintendent,
Frank H. Damon, sundries,
Mabel C. Evans, clerk schools,
Bertha M. Pattee, sewing,
Edmund Ketchum, drawing,
Edward A. Kingsley, music,
Sellma C. Moller, instruction,
Richard A. Burn, instruction,
Mrs. Mary L. Wellington, instruction,
Marion H. Jewett, instruction,
W. B. Hazelton, manual training,
Library Bureau, printing,
Edward E. Babb & Co., school sup-
plies,
C. J. LaFrank, express,
Ginn & Co., books,
C. Elliot Hadley, taking school census,
F. L. Goldsmith, paid Sousa Express,
Edward A. Kingsley, music books,
Silver Burdett Co., books,
Allyn & Bacon, books,
J. P. Sousa Express,
Dame Stoddard & Co., cutlery,
Lewis Mfg. Co., gauze,
P. J. Maguire, truant officer,
Amount carried forward,
138
$195.00
89.00
105.00
233.00
5.40
$627.40
$500.00
40.07
189.00
410.00
375.00
150.00
27.50
7.50
12.50
7.50
700.00
6.50
150.15
.50
119.09
25.00
2.50
26.00
7.60
12.50
4.35
2.50
6.60
75.00
$2,857.36
Amount brought forward,
W. W. Fessenden, taking census,
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery,
William F. Glenn, carpenter,
American Express Co.,
Clark & Smith Co., wood,
New England Tel. and Tel. Co.,
Spatula Publishing Co., printing,
Barker Lumber Co., manual training
supplies,
Boston Music Co.,
Lexington & Boston Street Railway
Co., transportation,
L. A. Saville, stamped envelopes,
A. M. Tucker, sundries,
H. C. Dimond Co., pad stamps,
Aaron B. Ready, labor,
L. C. Sturtevant, teaming,
G. A. Simonds, supplies,
John Rose & Co., transportation,
Oliver Ditson Co., music books,
Milton, Bradley Co., school supplies,
P. P. Caproni & Bro., supplies,
Waldo Bros., plaster,
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies,
O. G. Seeley, pharmacist,
Lyman Lawrence, sundries,
Chandler & Barber, hardware,
Patterson Lubricating Co., disinfec-
tant,
A. F. Dinsmore, lettering diplomas,
Burbank & Ryder Varnish Co., var-
nish,
Lexington Lumber Co.,
Nellie E. McCarthy, superintendent's
clerk,
Mary E. Berry, music,
139
$2,857.36
25.00
15.50
1.75
7.57
3.85
131.04
46.50
28.91
.70
1,710.00
12.07
20.08
2.32
12.00
4.00
16.00
1,665.65
2.70
184.84
.90
2.50
353.32
.30
2.75
20.82
3.85
14.19
24.00
43.14
112.00
200.00
$7,525.61
SUMMARY
Adams school,
Munroe school,
High school,
Hancock school,
Ninth Grade school,
Common to all schools,
$3,446.87
5,370.42
11,361.81
7,713.83
627.40
7,525.61
$36,045. 94
One hundred dollars due E. A. Kingsley not paid.
HIGHWAYS
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910, $16,500.00
Less overdraft, 1909, 1.78
$16,498.22
County of Middlesex, relocation of Massachu-
setts Ave. between Lincoln St. and State road, 500.00
Town of Lincoln, use of steam roller and water-
ing cart, 40.00
Crushed stone,
Lexington & Boston Street Railway Co., half
expense catch basin, 34.33
Water Department, use of teams and steam
roller, 104.25
Bound posts and stones sold, 24.00
East Lexington Finance Club, cleaning brook, 5.00
State of Massachusetts, motor vehicle fees fund, 2.25
Paving blocks sold, 150.33
Lexington & Boston Street Railway Co., excise
tax, 1,164.06
C. M. Tupper, refund, 26.25
Concreting, 6.00
Edgestones sold, 77.90
Amount carried forward, $18,785.11
152.52
140
Amount brought forward,
Labor, gravel, catch basin, etc.,
Street Watering Department, labor,
Lexington Gas Co., use of roller,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
$18,785.11
43.02
369.10
45.00
$19,242.23
$18,414.59
827.64
$19,242.23
EXPENDITURES
Austin Ford & Son Co., edgestones, $99.60
F. P. Kendall, rent of land, 40.00
M. H. Merriam & Co., labor, .45
James S. Munroe, stone and gravel, 49.69
C. S. McEnroe, labor, 8.00
Pauper Department, board of high-
way horses, 400.00
H. L. Alderman, D. V. S., 17.00
D. A. Mulvey, stone to crusher, 7.45
Water Department, stone to crusher, 17.23
H. A. Burgess, use of team, 139.50
Albert Stewert, labor, 16.50
J. P. Nelligan, stone to crusher, 1.50
P. T. Gillooly, painting signs, 10.00
Flint Bros., posts, 14.40
Elvira H. Brown, gravel, 38.65
F. W. Barry, Beale & Go., stationery, 2.50
C. L. Pherson, labor, 13.50
C. R. Hooper, engineer on roller, 29.25
A. M. Swenson, stone to crusher, 72.55
John Mackinnon, carpenter, 58.63
R. H. White, services as Superin-
tendent of Streets,
George S. Teague, coal,
Amount carried forward,
141
300.00
82.10
•
$1,418.50
Amount brought forward,
G. W. Spaulding, sundries,
J. B. Basher, stone to crusher,
Thomas Forsythe, trimming horses,
Ricker & Son Company, edgestones,
J. C. Littlefield, stone to crusher,
Frank P. Cutter, surveyor,
William A. Harris, weighing stone to
crusher,
Axel M. Swenson, land damages,
William H. Mague, land damages,
W. E. Denham, weighing stone,
Ames Implement & Seed Co., sup-
plies,
J. Chisholm, harness repairs and re-
pairs,
Water Department, water and exten-
sion of main,
Lexington Carriage Co., repairs,
Charles W. Swan, mason,
E. W. Glass, stone to crusher,
M. Carroll, stone to crusher,
John E. A. Mulliken, stone to crusher,
Arthur E. Horton, stone to crusher,
A. B. Black, supplies,
Pay roll,
Joseph Evans, stone to crusher,
Charles S. Smith, posts,
E. B. Flint, posts,
A. J. Bevington, stone to crusher,
H. L. Wellington, stone to crusher,
F. P. Kendall, stone to crusher,
E. B. McLalan, horse shoeing,
Lexington Lumber Co., lumber and
pipe,
Amount carried forward,
142
$1, 418.50
16.98
5.40
11.50
77.90
38.32
32.00
143.00
35.00
20.00
.60
9.99
138.49
231.67
127.53
20.75
55.65
35.16
12.24
218.47
170.76
9,579.68
110.35
10.00
17.40
112.94
26.37
79.19
237.94
148.46
$13,142.24
Amount brought forward,
J. W. Griffin, repairs,
Lexington Grain Co.,
Lyman Lawrence, paints,
Lexington Hardware Co., sundries,
Henry Watt, labor,
Commonwealth Oil Co., oil,
Wheeler McElveen & Go., horse,
F. Pelloquin, engineer on roller,
G. W. Day, repairs,
Adam Peters, gravel,
P. F. Dacey, repairs,
Perla C. Lyon, gravel,
E. W. Martin, use of team,
John Gorman, gravel,
George W. Taylor, sand and gravel,
Lexington & Boston Street Railway
Co., gravel,
S. A. Little, repairs,
Edward S. Payson, stone,
C. O. Sargent, stone,
R. H. White, wood,
F. Sampson, labor,
Peirce & Winn Co., coal,
A. M. Tucker, dry goods,
J. V. Sylvia, labor,
C. J. LaFrank, express,
J. P. Dailey, labor,
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight,
C. M. Tupper, labor,
George H. Sampson Co., forcite,
PauI Revere Auto Co., auto service,
DeVeau Bros., carpenters,
G. L. Putnam, gravel,
Amount carried forward,
143
$13,142.24
99.35
1,019.05
28.81
54.65
2.25
5.00
345.00
542.50
15.19
5.25
43.06
11.50
20.00
11.30
51.60
46.20
18.00
38.12
7.80
8.00
24.00
305.89
3.30
12.00
2.25
45.00
108.17
35.00
32.40
15.00
33.25
7.70
$16,138.83
Amount brought forward,
A. C. Washburn, carpenter,
John H. Brown, engineer crusher,
W. H. Burke, supplies,
A. B. Black Road Machinery Co.,
supplies,
New England Metal Culvert Co., cul-
verts,
T. H. O'Connor, repairs,
Barrett Mfg. Co., tarvia,
Rockport Granite Co.,
J. Henry Duffy, engineering services,
S. Louise Foster, land damages,
William E. Carter, land damages,
Francis P. Kendall, land damages,
Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co., catch
basin grates,
B. E. Whitcher, services,
Henry J. Nutt, labor,
Hays Bros., concreting,
American Express Co.,
Michael Carroll, land damages,
Hannah M. Nelligan, land damages,
George D. Lexner, repairs,
$16,138.83
1.88
189.00
1.15
46.45
145.60
1.00
190.00
265.91
57.10
75.00
75.00
150.00
83.20
3.00
5.00
816.00
.95
50.00
55.00
64.52
$18,414.59
WATER DEPARTMENT
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended, 1909,
E. S. Locke, registrar,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended, 1910,
144
$912.92
25,897.78
$26, 810.70
26, 251.82
$558.88
EXPENDITURES
E. S. Locke, registrar and superin-
tendent,
E. S. Locke, registrar, carriage hire,
car fares, etc.,
Braman, Dow & Co., valves,
Thompson Meter Co., meters,
John Rose & Co., carriage hire,
G. W. Day, plumber and repairs,
James A. Montague, labor,
Jerry Murphy, Iabor,
Thomas O'Donnell, labor,
Frank Hughes, labor,
Terry McDonald, labor,
James Keefe, labor,
Peter H. Stevens, labor,
Frank P. Cutter, surveyor,
P. J. Kelley, carriage hire,
William H. Kelley, labor,
Pierce & Winn Co., coal,
Joseph Buckley, labor,
Joseph Cassidy, labor,
Daniel Bailey, labor,
State of Massachusetts, Metropolitan
water,
Interest,
C. Fine, labor of self and men,
C. E. Wheeler, printing,
Edward Hunnewell, teaming,
American Express Co.,
J. F. McCarthy, carriage hire,
Norwood Engineering Co., supplies,
Edward O'Connor, labor,
Edward P. Adams, surveying and
plans,
Amount carried forward,
145
$1,200.00
66.91
51.82
130.20
53.50
234.93
3.00
5.33
9.33
8.00
35.20
5.00
38.00
22.00
1.25
8.00
3.50
4.00
21.31
12.00
7,501.34
8,375.38
2,439.02
19.00
26.25
5.50
41.25
16.80
17.56
174.54
$20, 529.92
Amount brought forward,
Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co., fittings,
Harold L. Bond Co., supplies,
George D. Lexner, repairs,
Michael Hinchey, labor,
H. B. Dalrymple, labor,
Con O'Leary, labor,
B. E. Whitcher, clerical work,
F. 0. Nelson, boots,
Lexington Hardware Co.,
Builders' Iron Foundry, supplies,
Hersey Mfg. Co., supplies,
Millet Signal Co., detectorphone,
Puritan Iron Works, supplies,
Peter F. Leary, labor,
Lexington Carriage Co.,
Lyman Lawrence, hardware,
Geo. H. Sampson Co., forcite,
Chadwick Boston Lead Co.,
H. Mueller Mfg. Co., supplies,
Benjamin Hadley's Sons, supplies,
Hays Mfg. Co., supplies,
The Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co. , hydrants,
Coffin Valve Mfg. Co., valves,
Walworth Mfg. Co., supplies,
Waldo Bros., supplies,
E. W. Martin, teaming,
L. C. Sturtevant, freight and cartage,
National Meter Co., meters,
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., valves,
Rensselaer Mfg. Co., valve boxes,
F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., stationery,
Locke, Stevens & Co., pipe,
American Paint Mfg. Co.,
$20,529.92
3.78
2.95
17.89
37.12
29.78
72.44
1.50
4.30
2.40
89.14
3.72
20.00
9.20
3.00
15.53
9.35
9.68
141.54
75.85
26.50
19.25
274.65
266.75
72.10
42.44
72.78
68.34
1,131.40
2820
34.80
5.75
49.00
4.50
$23,175.55
Amount carried forward,
146
Amount brought forward, $23,175.55
L. A. Saville, stamped envelopes, 75.38
Fred A. Houdlette & Son, Inc., water
pipe, 2,568.18
W. H. Burke, plumbing and repairs, 286.81
Highway Dept., repairing streets, 107.25
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight, 17.25
G. M. Cookson, typewriting, 21.40
$26, 251.82
FIRE DEPARTMENT
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
Less overdraft, 1909,
Manure,
Street watering,
Excess of expenditures over receipts, 1910,
EXPENDITURES
The Lexington Tailor, repairs,
E. G. Wheaton, brass polish,
Henry K. Barnes Co., rubber coats,
A. McLalan, repairs,
Fred A. Porter, services,
John McKay, carpenter,
William L. Moakley, electrician,
3. P. Sousa's Express,
James A. Pratt, services,
J. Chisholm, supplies,
Amount carried forward,
147
$1.50
2.00
36.75
2.00
8.34
16.25
2.25
1.00
2.00
1.00
$73.09
$5,900.00
711.76
$5,188.24
15.00
256.95
$5,460.19
452.40
$5,912.59
Amount brought forward, $73.09
Lexington & Boston Street Railway
Go., power for blowing- fire signal, 45.00
Bailey Bros., carrots, 3.00
J. J. Waldron, lunch, 6.25
John F. Buckley, services, 2.00
The Standard Extinguisher Co., sup-
plies, 2.30
The Edison Electric and Illuminating
Co. of Boston, 6.40
Payroll, Engine No. 1, 537.51
Pay roll, Hook and Ladder No. 1, 366.66
Pay roll, Adams Hose and Chemical
Co. No. 1, 450.00
The Crown Chemical Co., 4.00
Lexington Carriage Co., repairs, .75
L. Wood, labor, 1.00
New England Tel. and Tel. Co., 88.80
George A. Warner, engineer, 50.00
William P. Wright, driver of steamer, 900.00
William P. Wright, extra services, 95.00
John H. Wright, driver of chemical, 900.00
John H. Wright, extra services, 95.00
N. J. Pero, services, 2.50
Benjamin Hadley's Sons, supplies, 11.05
M. A. Pero, shoeing, 31.75
B. A. Russell, shoeing, 121.75
Gamewell Fire Alarm Tel. Co., repairs, 36.64
Charles F. Young & Co., decorators, 8.00
H. P. Boutelle, rent, 25.00
W. F. Fletcher, labor, 12.50
W. H. Burke, repairs, 36.20
L. W. Bills, installation new fire boxes
and repairs, 117.50
Roberts Iron Works Co., repairs, 8.46
Amount carried forward, $4,038.11
148
Amount brought forward,
William F. GIenn, carpenter,
G. W. Day, repairs,
S. A. Little, painting,
B. J. Harrington, services as engi-
neer,
A. Dwyer & Co., express,
Lexington Grain Co.,
R. W. LeBarron, extinguishers and
repairs,
Peirce & Winn Co., coal and wood,
John Rose & Co., use of horses,
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., steam
for whistle,
P. F. Dacey, mason,
Henry K. Barnes, supplies,
B. J. Harrington & Co., removing
snow,
E. B. McLalan, shoeing,
J. W. Griffin, repairs,
Lexington Lumber Co.,
H. L. Alderman, D. V. S., services,
Lexington Gas & Electric Co.,
L. A. Austin & Co., supplies,
Lexington Harness Co., harness and
repairs,
0. G. Seeley, medicine,
Lyman Lawrence, supplies and re-
pairs,
Lexington Hardware Co.,
E. F. Shanley, labor,
J. Murphy, labor,
Water Department,
F. McDonald, labor,
Amount carried forward,
149
$4,038.11
2.15
24.92
40.00
50.00
1.00
458.32
25.47
193.81
19.75
303.67
2.18
78.42
3.50
91.00
28.35
3.94
26.00
52.51
162.18
23.88
10.10
30.90
8.22
13.00
1.00
36.00
.50
$5,728.88
Amount brought forward,
American Express Co.,
A. M. Tucker, dry goods,
J. F. McCarthy, use of horses,
CONTINGENT
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended, 1909,
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
$5,728.88
1.90
5.31
176.50
$5,912.59
Tax titles, 1909,
Balance tax titles, 1909,
McArdle Bros., slaughtering license,
A. G. Davis, ice privilege,
United Attraction Co., Sunday permits,
T. G. Whiting, slaughtering license,
Amos Holman, slaughtering license,
C. J. Daily, slaughtering license,
A. Young, slaughtering license,
G. Bunzel, slaughtering license,
Dwyer Express Co., liquor permit,
J. P. Sousa, liquor permit,
C. J. La Frank, liquor permit,
American Express Co., liquor permit,
C. V. Vanzant, gasoline license,
Joseph Swan, gasoline license,
Frank G. Fletcher, auctioneer's license,
W. P. Hatch, pool room license,
0. L. Phelps, pool room license,
Norumbega Park Co., park license,
Lexington Gas Co., refund of McClintock &
Woodfall bill,
Amount carried forward,
150
$35.34
1,000.00
$1,035.34
450.20
310.16
1.00
25.00
15.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
10.00
187.33
$2,051.03
Amount brought forward, $2,051.03
C. E. Hadley, sealer weights and measures, 27.55
Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Boston,
. recording permits and envelopes, 38.28
W. H. Ryder, standing grass, 45.00
Lexington & Boston Street Railway Co., adver-
tising hearings, 9.88
Old bricks sold, 12.25
T. C. Treanor, repairing wagon, 2.00
Weighing fees, town scales, 51.22
New England Tel. and TeI. Co., refund and
advertising hearing, 4.20
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
$2,241.81
$1,585.83
655.98
$2,241.81
EXPENDITURES
W. L. Barnes, M. D. , returning births, $8.50
J. 0. Tilton, M. D., returning births, 6.25
H. C. Valentine, M. D., returning
births, 6.25
L. A. Austin, use of horse, 9,00
Susan W. Muzzey, services, 32.97
McClintock & Woodfall, engineering
services, 187.33
The Carter's Ink Co., 2.20
H. C. Derby, rubber stamp, 1.25
Johnson, Clapp & Underwood, legal
services, 125.00
J. W. Griffin, repairs, 2.00
Benjamin Hadley's Sons, supplies, 2.50
James Irwin, collecting clog licenses, 25.00
Union Stamp Works, 2.55
Amount carried forward, $410.80
151
Amount brought forward,
United Attraction Co.,
William F. Glenn, carpenter,
Lyman Lawrence, hardware,
The Union Safe Deposit Vaults, use
of safe,
Frederic R. Galloupe, services,
Henry H. Stoney, ringing bell,
Francis Doane & Co., stationers,
P. B. Murphy, printing,
Lexington Lumber Co.,
C. S. Parker & Son, printing,
The M. D. Jones Co., iron settees,
Thomas Groom & Co., books,
Middlesex Registry of Deeds, South-
ern District,
Henry A. Wheeler & Co., use of flag,
Wright & Potter Printing Co.,
H. H. Russell, decorating,
Lexington Flag Staff Co., painting
and labor,
M. Mueller, stamp pad,
John A. Fratus, repairing clock,
George D. Harrington, sundries,
Election officers,
C. F. Pierce, opening set books,
F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., stationery,
Mabel C. Evans, typewriting,
Hill, Smith & Co., stationers,
W. E. Denham, teaming,
Edwin A. Bayley, professional ser-
vices,
Soldiers' Relief,
J. Henry Hartwell & Son, returning
deaths,
Amount carried forward,
152
$410.80
3.20
31.37
1.67
10.00
10.00
1.00
5.00
.75
69.85
4.38
25.00
11.25
2.72
13.50
1.26
47.00
71.00
.60
2.50
45.55
72.00
117.50
9.75
2.00
6.25
9.30
84.25
108.00
1.00
$1,178.45
Amount brought forward,
John J. Hargraves, ink,
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., steel stamps,
F. E. Marsh, gauge,
L. A. Saville, stamped envelopes,
postal cards,
W. B. Foster, services,
C. J. La Frank, expressing,
Hobbs & Warren Co., stationery,
W. L. Burrill, shades,
John Rose & Co., carriage hire,
A. C. Washburn, carpenter,
L. C. Sturtevant, delivering Town
Reports,
L. C. Sturtevant, sundries,
Thorpe Martin Co., stationery,
Ye Paul Revere Tavern, meals for
election officers,
$L178.45
2 50
5.45
1.50
220.06
31.50
13.14
17.90
10.96
16.75
26.06
20.00
3.06
15.00
23.50
$1,585.83
SUPPORT OF POOR
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
Less overdraft, 1909,
Sale of produce,
Sale of pigs,
Sale of calves,
Sale of cow,
Food for cow in Pound,
Board of horses, Highway Department,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
153
$1,700.00
198.78
$1,501.22
1,156.51
54.60
7.50
52.00
.50
400.00
$3,172.33
$3,024.51
147.81
$3,172.33
EXPENDITURES
Henry L. Stone, use of land,
G. W. Spaulding, groceries,
C. J. O'Connor, electrician,
American Cultivator Publishing Co.,
George D. Lexner, repairs,
Bailey Bros., painting,
J. P. Sousa's Express,
John MacKinnon, carpenter,
Joseph Breck & Sons, agricultural
implements and supplies,
A. G. Davis, ice,
Charles P. Nunn, standing grass,
Elizabeth M. Wetherbee, standing
grass,
A. S. McDonald, plants,
Peirce & Winn Co., coal and wood,
0. G. Seeley, medicine,
Sumner Crosby, labor,
Charles J. La Frank, express,
James S. Munroe, garbage,
Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of
Boston,
De Veau Bros., carpenters,
Rice Bros. & Co., groceries,
M. Stevenson & Co., groceries and
provisions,
H. V. Smith, newspapers,
P, F. Dacey, mason,
B. H. Bashian, pruning and grafting
trees,
W. L. Burrill, upholsterer,
New England Tel. and Tel. Co.,
J. R. Ellis & Sons, groceries,
Amount carried forward,
154
$15.00
106.30
3.15
1.00
2.05
37.51
1.25
7.00
61.40
19.85
25.00
200.00
8.00
95.20
1.40
25.00
1.45
5.00
34.23
15.34
16.50
132.67
4.50
7.44
13.00
8.35
38.56
129.63
$1,015.78
Amount brought forward, $1,015.78
Paul Revere Auto Co., 12.00
W. L. Moakley, electrician, 2.25
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight, 1.00
Swift's Lowell Fertilizer Co., 10.00
Arthur A. Marshall, services, 124.65
A. Holman, dressing hogs, 7.50
T. G. Whiting, labor, 28.00
Lexington Lumber Co., 12.65
J. W. Griffin, repairs, 18.70
C. G. Eaton, groceries, 36.49
George S. Teague, coal, "52.00
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., 38.40
Lexington Grain Co., 477.04
Albert Carson, fish, 65.98
F. O. Nelson, boots and shoes, 3.75
W. R. Canfield, medicine, 11.20
Lexington Hardware Co., 12.00
Lyman Lawrence, hardware, 21.79
A. M. Tucker, dry goods, 41.29
Robert H. White, superintendent, 550.00
Robert H. White, sundries, 167.59
Martin Neville, services, 5.00
Water Department, 38.38
Lester E. Smith, groceries and pro-
visions, 108.11
A. C. Washburn, carpenter, 5.16
L. A. Austin, groceries and provisions, 113.32
Lexington Carriage Co., repairs, 4.98
G. W. Day, plumber, 39.50
$3,024.51
OUTSIDE AID
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
155
$1,200.00
Less overdraft, 1909,
Bridge Fund, refunded,
Town of Gardner, refunded,
Excess of expenditures over receipts, 1910,
ExPENDJTUREs
O. G. Seeley, medicine, $5.15
H. C. Valentine, M. D., professional
services, 16.80
J. F. McCarthy, transportation, 12.00
A. A. Marshall, services, 37.00
Aid furnished sundry persons, 2,570.32
CEMETERIES
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended, 1909,
A. A. Marshall, superintendent, care
lots,
J. M. Rogers, lot 150 B,
Frederick E. Jones, lots E. and D.,
Hans C. Swenson, lot 501,
F. H. Locke, lot 457,
Thomas Harrison, lot 506,
H. A. Burgess, lot 496,
F. O. Nelson, lot 1,
John McKay, lot 505,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
156
$2,641.27
44.92
$1,155.08
196.00
7.75
$1,358.83
1,282.44
$2,641.27
$845. 43
$670.05
50.00
100.00
50.00
40.00
50.00
20.00
5.00
25.00
$1,855.48
$1,096.37
759.11
$1,855.48
EXPENDITURES
Morris Comley, florist,
Lewis Delfino, labor,
Bailey Bros., painting,
Edward Wood, plants,
H. A. Burgess, loam,
G. W. Spaulding, sundries,
Jeremiah Murphy, labor,
A. A. Marshall, death returns,
Thomas Burke, labor,
Alexander McConnell, labor,
Peter H. Stevens, labor and rock,
A. Wilson, labor,
Egidio Digragorea, labor,
G. Parquantonio, labor,
Tony Muskitel, labor,
Peirce & Winn Co., cement,
Water Department,
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight,
A. L. Walker & Co., slate lot markers,
Thorpe, Martin Co., printing,
R. & J. Farquhar & Co., seeds,
F. C. Tyler, sharpening lawn mower,
W. H. Whitaker, manure,
A. C. Washburn, carpenter,
John McKay, carpenter,
L. A. Saville, stamped envelopes,
H. L. Wellington, loam, stone and
manure,
A. A. Marshall, services as superin-
tendent,
Joseph Breck & Sons,
C. E. Wheeler, printing,
Lexington Carriage Co., sundries,
Lexington Hardware Co.,
157
$19.00
44.00
69.45
11.00
28.00
10.72
6.25
6.75
30.00
20.00
3.25
306.39
66.00
6.00
31.00
11.25
15.00
1.03
20.97
10.00
5.00
6.75
2.50
16.10
106.61.
17.00
55.75
150.00
.60
5.25
10.60
4.15
$1,096.37
SUPPRESSION OF MOTHS
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended, 1909,
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
B. C. Earle, collector,
State of Massachusetts, refunded,
Arsenate of lead sold,
J. J. McCarthy, refund,
Amount transferred to Suppression and Exter-
mination of Insects,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
$636.01
3,503.12
$4,139.13
1,669.14
3,343.60
615.79
13.50
800.00
$10,581.16
$9,790.01
791.15
-- $10,581.16
EXPENDITURES
Southborough Print Shop, printing, $4.00
The Guptill Co., use of sprayer, 150.00
A. P. Howe, services as superin-
tendent, 90.00
A. P. Howe, clerical work, 7.00
Byron C. Earle, collector, 25.00
Edward H. Mara, paint, 2.25
Lexington Lumber Co., .75
H. A. Burgess, services, 80.85
Wetmore Savage Co., electrical sup-
plies, 35.00
The Fairbanks Co., skid, 7.50
George M, Holden, oil gun, 1.00
Byron C. Earle, collector refund, 1909, 5.15
Thomas Forsythe, sundries, 13.00
Amount carried forward, $421.50
158
Amount brought forward,
M. H. Merriam & Co., repairs,
Samuel Ward Co.. stationery,
Frost Insecticide Co., supplies,
Stephen B. Church, supplies,
C. J. La Frank, express,
G. W. Day, repairs,
The J. H. Gerlach Co., supplies,
A. P. Howe, transportation,
A. P. Howe, freight,
Boston & Maine R. R., freight,
J. A. Heney & Son, daubers,
Ernest W. Martin, horse hire,
Pay roll,
E. S. Parker & Son, printing,
Globe Stamp Works, hand stamps,
G. W. Spaulding, gasoline,
H. V. Smith, stationery,
Edward Hunnewell, freight and team-
ing,
L. A. Saville, stamps and postals,
J. F. McCarthy, horse and carriage
hire,
Lexington Hardware Co.,
C. E. Wheeler, printing,
Collins Hardware Co.,
Lexington Carriage Co., repairs,
$421.50
2.25
2.75
2.23
20.16
4.90
4.09
2.85
280.50
8.52
1.88
4.00
97.66
8,674,13
7.50
2.05
7.15
5.84
9.75
38.41
174.00
7.09
4.25
3.00
3.55
$9,790.01
REMOVAL OF SNOW
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended, 1909,
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
159
$193.61
1,000.00
$1,193.61
42.71
$ 1,236.32
EXPENDITURES
P. J. Kinneen, use of horses and labor,
Richard Dunn, labor,
Michael Shea, labor,
W. H. Whitaker, use of horses and
labor,
Francis H. Maguire, use of horses and
labor,
E. W. Glass, use of horses and labor,
T. G. Whiting, use of horses and labor,
George H. Brown, labor,
George W. Fuller, labor,
Jerry Murphy, labor,
John Doyle, labor,
N. J. McDonald, labor,
Joe Cassidy, labor,
W. H. Kelly, labor,
H. A. Burgess, use of horses and labor,
Joseph Evans, use of horses and labor,
John Wiese, use of horses and labor,
E. W. Martin, use of horses and labor,
F. P. Reynolds, use of horses,
Pay roll,
Michael Carroll, labor,
B. F. Holt, labor,
J. P. Dailey, use of horses and labor,
Robert Porter, use of horses and labor,
Peter H. Stevens, use of horses and
labor,
John G. Graham, labor,
R. Woodhouse, labor,
J. Woodhouse, labor,
R. Woodhouse, Jr.,
10
$27.60
9.00
9.02
93.28
19.20
18.29
14.50
1.32
1.10
2.00
3.50
1.50
14.00
17.08
31.00
53.00
23.08
14.00
20.00
603.47
13.20
9.24
102.22
27.72
86.60
8.40
7.00
4.00
2.00
$ 1,236.32
LIBRARIANS
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
Less overdraft, 1909,
POLICE
RECEIPT$
Balance unexpended, 1909,
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
Court fines, Concord,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
$29.12
29.12
$687.55
5,500.00
160.93
$6,348.48
$6,181.66
166.82
$6,348.48
EXPENDITURES
Timothy McCarthy, services, $6.25
John H. Brown, services, 5.00
William L. Moakley, electrician, .50
C. H. Franks, meals for prisoners, 37.00
D. H. Collins, services, 2.50
P. J. Maguire, sundries, 5.98
James Irwin, sundries, 4.00
James J. Walsh, M. D., services, 11.00
Harry W. Cobb, services, 7.50
C. E. Hadley, services, 7.50
P. F. Dacey, services, 5.00
J. F. McCarthy, carriage hire, 23.00
Ye Paul Revere Tavern, meals, 13.50
Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of
Boston, 1.80
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., books, 16.00
New England Tel. and Tel. Co., 160.91
Amount carried forward,
Isi
$307.44
Amount brought forward,
C. H. Franks, services,
P. J. Maguire, services,
James Irwin, services,
Thomas C. Buckley, services,
John H. Wright, meals for prisoners,
G. L. Pierce, services,
W. F. Fletcher, services,
R. W. Le Barron, electric repairs,
John Rose & Co., carriage hire,
G. W. Spaulding, supplies,
Police Department, city of Boston,
services of police April 19th,
Auto List Publishing Co., copy Massa-
chusetts Auto List,
C. H. Franks, sundries,
J. J. Sullivan, services,
J. C. Russell, services,
William Read & Sons, supplies,
Lexington Gas & Electric Co.,
A. S. Tyler, auto service;
P. J. Maguire, sundries,
L. A. Saville, stamped envelopes,
M. Linsky & Bros., Inc., supplies,
C. E. Wheeler, printing,
$307.44
1,092.00
992.75
1,003.75
983.50
9.25
112.50
243.75
6.60
5.25
1.33
56.47
2.00
21.97
642.50
650.00
16.00
5.30
5.00
2.00
7.60
5.20
9.50
$6,181.66
FUEL AND LIGHTS
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
Transferred from Janitors' account,
`6124.14
32.71
$156.85
Less overdraft, 1909, $156.85
162
PRINTING
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended, 1909,
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES
The Estabrook Press, Town Reports,
Conant & Newhall, tally sheets,
C. S. Parker & Son, printing,
P. B. Murphy, printing,
C. E. Wheeler, printing,
H. A. Davis, Jr., & Co., printing,
$35.96
$750.00
$571.43
214.53
$377.50
7.50
64.33
4.10
91.50
26.50
$57L43
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
RECEIPTS
Abbie S. Fuller,
Harriet E, Lampree,
Edwin S. Farmer,
Sumner Robinson,
James Barnes,
Mary B. Tenney,
Austin W. Locke,
R. W. Holbrook,
Estate Alice M. Holt,
EXPENDITURES
Trustees of Public Trusts,
163
$785.96
$785.96
$100.00
100.00
400.00
100.00
200.00
200.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
$1,400.00
$1,400.00
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS INTEREST
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended, 1909,
EXPENDITURES
Trustees of Public Trusts,
STATE AID
RECEIPTS
State of Massachusetts, refunded,
Less overdraft, 1909,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
EXPENDITURES
Aid furnished sundry persons,
BOARD OF HEALTH
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
Less overdraft, 1909,
State of Massachusetts, refunded,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
164
$899.68
$899.68
$755.00
175.00
$ 580.00
287.00
$867.00
$867.00
$3,500.00
788.37
$2,711.63
60.29
564.85
$3,336.77
EXPENDITURES
William B. Foster, services,
E. F. Breed, services,
W. L. Burrill, services,
E. F. Breed, services as clerk,
E. F. Breed, sundries,
P. J. Kelley, carriage hire,
Hospital for Contagious Diseases,
Somerville,
George D. Lexner, repairs,
W. H. Burke, sundries,
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital,
John Rose & Co., carriage hire,
Dr. Conrad Bell, cultures,
Revere Rubber Co., hose,
Edwin Mills, Inspector of Plumbing,
Edwin A. Bayley, professional ser-
vices,
Waltham Hospital,
L. A. Saville, postals,
Cattle Bureau of the State Board of
Agriculture, branding outfit,
O. G. Seeley, sundries,
J. F. McCarthy, carriage hire,
A. A. Marshall, fumigating and ambu-
lance services,
C. E. Wheeler, printing,
De Veau Bros., plans,
J. W. Griffin, new wagon, cart and
repairs,
A. A. Marshall, clerk,
SELECTMEN
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
165
$50.00
50.00
50.00
40.00
3.60
.75
52.14
1.65
54.60
361.50
3.25
59.00
63.90
335.25
10.00
1,435.66
16.62
1.15
40.45
8.00
324.20
9.25
10.00
347.95
7.85
$3,336.77
$333.33
EXPENDITURES
H. A. C. Woodward,
W. H. Whitaker,
Frank D. Peirce,
$100.00
133.33
100.00
$333.33
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
EXPENDITURES
W. H. Whitaker,
H. A. C. Woodward,
Frank D. Peirce,
$333.33
$100.00
133.33
100.00
$333.33
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
• EXPENDITURES
W. H. Whitaker,
H. A. C. Woodward,
Frank D. Peirce,
TOWN CLERK
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended, 1909,
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
EXPENDITURES
Geo. D. Harrington, recording births,
deaths and marriages,
Geo. D. Harrington, salary,
166
$69.60
400.00
$333.33
$333.33
$9.10
450.00
10.50
$ 469.60
$469.60
TOWN TREASURER
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES
American Surety Co. of New York,
bond,
George D. Harrington, salary,
$800.00
$780.00
20:00
$800.00
$80.00
700.00
$780. 00
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended, 1909,
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES
Byron C. Earle, salary,
American Surety Co. of New York,
bond,
ASSESSORS
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
Less overdraft, 1909,
167
$166.70
1,050.00
$1,216.70
$1,206.70
10.00
--- $1,216.70
$1,166.70
40.00
$1, 206.70
$2,000.00
14.57
$1,985.43
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES
Timothy O'Connor, salary,
A. C. Washburn, salary,
George H. Cutter, transfers and sun-
dries,
Frank P. Cutter, services,
Susie W. Muzzey, services,
Hobbs & Warren Co., stationery,
C. E. Wheeler, printing,
F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., stationery,
J. F. McCarthy, carriage hire,
Hooper, Lewis & Co., stationery,
H. V. Smith, stationery,
L. A. Saville, stamped envelopes,
Henry E. Tuttle, salary,
Charles G. Kauffmann, salary,
George H. Cutter, salary,
AUDITORS
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
Charles F. Pierce,
Charles P. Morse,
EXPENDITURES
168
$1,415.55
569.88
-- $1,985.43
$80.00
80.00
55.80
10.00
1.00
8.83
43.50
105.05
18.00
6.75
1.00
10.62
300.00
300.00
400.00
$1,415.55
$350.00
$100.00
250.00
$350.00
$50.00
50.00
$100.00
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
EXPENDITURES
George D. Harrington,
James A. Hurley,
David F. Murphy,
Charles F. Nourse,
$50.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
$125.00 -
$125.00
TREASURER OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910, $50.00
EXPENDITURES
Hannah T. Carret, salary, $50.00
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
EXPENDITURES
J. O. Tilton, M. D.,
CLERK OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
EXPENDITURES
Hannah T. Carret, salary,
169
TOWN PHYSICIAN
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910, $75.00
EXPENDITURES
H. C. Valentine, M. D., $75.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910, $150.00
EXPENDITURES
C. E. Hadley,
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
EXPENDITURES
H. L. Alderman, D. V. S.,
$150.00
$100.00
$100.00
INSPECTOR OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS
RECEIPTS
$300.00 Appropriated and assessed, 1910, $464. 00
EXPENDITURES
$300.00 H. L. Alderman, D. V. S., $464.00
$50.00
$50.00
JANITORS
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended, 1909,
EXPENDITURES
Transferred to Fuel and Lights Account,
170
$32.71
$32.71
CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY
RECEIPTS
County Treasurer, dog tax,
EXPENDITURES
Hannah T. Carret,
TRIMMING TREES
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended, 1909,
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES
Pay roll,
Thomas Burke, services,
Charles H. Bugbee, services, includ-
ing transportation,
Lexington Hardware Co.,
C. S. Parker & Son. printing,
Frost Insecticide Co., supplies,
William Dalrymple, labor,
B. Dalrymple, labor,
D. Gorman, labor,
G. W. Griffin, repairs,
A. McLalan, labor,
STREET LIGHTS
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
171
$904.13
$904.13
$35.83
300.00
$335.83
$257. 45
78.38
$335.83
$130.26
3.00
70.00
9.79
2.00
2.87
11.50
11.50
12.78
1.50
2.25
$257.45
$6,250.00
•Less overdraft, 1909,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
129.40
$6,120.60
$5,929.53
191.07
- $6,120.60
EXPENDITURES
Lexington Gas & Electric Co:, $1,993.55
Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of
Boston, 3,935.98
$5,929.53
WATERING TROUGHS
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
EXPENDITURES
Water Department,
HYDRANTS
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
EXPENDITURES
Water Department,
INSURANCE
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended, 1909,
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
172
$75.00
$75.00
$5,360.00
$5,360.00
$774.78
1,000.00
$1,774.78
$1,658.99
115.79
$.1,774.78
EXPENDITURES
George L. Harrington,
A. A. Marshall,
Edwin B. Worthen,
L. A. Saville, agent,
Elmer A. Lord & Co.,
George W. Taylor,
$459.99
469.50
297.00
112.50
95.00
225.00
$1,658.99
INSURANCE CARRIED BY THE TOWN
Hancock school,
Town hall,
Village hail,
Cary Memorial Library, 25,000,00
Stone building,
Munroe school,
High school,
Adams school,
Center Engine House,
BUILDINGS
$40,000.00
30,000.00
4,500.00
Hancock school,
Stone crusher,
Steam roller,
Fire engine,
Cary Memorial Library,
Munroe school,
Town hall,
High school,
Adams school,
Sprayer and gypsy moth
Employers' Liability,
Public Liability,
3,000.00
20,000.00
50,000.00
8,000.00
1,000.00
FURNITURE,
Booxs, ETC.
$3,000.00
1,000.00 $11,000.00
5n0.00
20,000.00
1,500.00
STATUES
4,000.00
3,000.00
$181,500.00 $33,000.00 $11,000.00
BOILERS
utensils,
173
$6,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
6,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
10,000.00
$82,000.00
1,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
ALMSHOUSE
House,
Stable and sheds adjoining,
Furniture,
Animals, harness, implements, etc.,
RECAPITULATION
Buildings,
Furniture, fixtures, books, etc.,
Statues,
Steam boilers,
Almshouse, stable, etc.,
Sprayer (moth work),
Employers' Liability (moth work),
Public Liability,
$2,500.00
1,800.00
300.00
6,500.00
$11,100.00
Total,
December 31st, 1910.
APRIL NINETEENTH
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended, 1909,
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
J. & J. Waldron, rent of land,
Pedlers' licenses,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES
E. 13. Worthen, postals and stamps,
Francis Burke & Co., services,
Amount carried forward,
174
$181,500.00
33, 000.00
11,000.00
82,000.00
. 11,100.00
1,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
$339,600.00
$11.08
750.00
$761.08
5.00
45.00
$811.08
$748.50
62.58
$2.40
9.00
$11.40
$811.08
Amount brought forward,
American Express Co.,
L. C. Sturtevant, teaming,
Norris F. Comley, prize money,
Lexington Drum Corps, services,
A. Dwyer & Co., express,
John Rose & Co., carriage hire,
Alfred Pierce, rent of guns for Minute
men,
Lexington Grange, prize money,
Knights of Columbus, prize money,
James W. Smith, caps for old Drum
Corps,
Bedford Fire Department,
J. Henry Duffy, incidentals,
Russell House, lunches,
Ye Paul Revere Tavern, dinners for
band,
Edwin C. Stevens, costumes,
Hayden Costume Co., costumes,
National Theatrical Booking Associa-
tion, Inc., entertainment,
Boston Badge Co.,
A. M. Tucker, prize money,
Donnelly Johnson Co., caps,
F. J. Spencer, shirts and ties,
Lexington Grange, use of hall,
Waltham Watch Co., band,
De Veau Bros., carpenters,
Lexington Minute Men, prize money,
The Harding Uniform & Regalia Co.,
rental of uniforms,
E. W. S. Jones & Co., posters,
The Masten & Wells Fireworks Mfg.
Co., salute,
Amount carried forward,
175
$11.40
2.84
1.00
20.00
35.00
3.25
22.00
27.00
10.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
4.80
3.00
11.00
52.50
113.25
25.00
34.25
10.00
9.50
3.72
8.00
175.00
16.99
20.00
3.00
11.00
40.00
$688.50
Amount brought forward,
B. A. McConnell, clerical services,
Susan W. Muzzey, clerical services,
Mina K. Goddard, clerical services,
W. B. Wilkins, clerical services,
J. F. McCarthy, carriage hire,
Lester E. Smith, prize money,
$688.50
2.00
1.00
1.00
2.00
49.00
5.00
$748.50
MEMORIAL DAY
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
EXPENDITURES
John N. Morse, Quartermaster Post
119,
SIDEWALKS
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed, 1910,
Less overdraft, 1909,
Received from abuttors,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
EXPENDITUFRES
Hays Bros., concreting,
CARE OF COMMON
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended 1909,
Appropriated and assessed 1910,
176
$250.00
$250.00
$250.00
35.25
$214.75
317.13
164.97
$696.85
$696.85
$ 13.00
200.00
$213.00
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
$200.00
13.00
$213.00
EXPENDITURES
Thomas Burke, labor, $200.00
CARE OF HASTINGS PARK
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended 1909,
Appropriated and assessed 1910,
$63.52
5.00
Amount expended, $14.00
Balance unexpended, 54.52
EXPENDITURES
Thomas Burke, labor, $14.00
STREET WATERING
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended 1909,
Appropriated and assessed 1910,
B. C. Earle, collector,
D. G. Tyler and others,
$68.52
EXPENDITURES
Fiske Bros., gaskets, $ 1.00
Byron C. Earle, collector, refund, .15
J. W. Griffin, repairs, 33.40
Water Department, 950.56
Lexington Carriage Co., repairs, 27.81
Highway Department, use of men
and teams, 369.10
Ernest W. Martin, watering streets, 577.20
Benj. Hadley's Sons, repairs, 2.20
George D. Lexner, valve springs, • 2.25
Standard Oil Co. of New York, oil, 731.50
Fire Department, watering streets, 256.95
$2,952.12
REPAIRS ON TOWN HALL
RECEIPTS
$68.52 Balance unexpended 1909,
Transferred from Old Water Works property,
Transferred from Repairs Almshouse,
$ 457.03
3,000.00
$3,457.03
596.39
14.00
$4,067.42
Amount expended, $2,952.12
Balance unexpended, 1,115.30
$4,067.42
177
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
$2,406.94
389.54
161.21
$2,957.69
$2,908.18
49.51
$2,957.69
957.69
EXPENDITURES
A. C. Washburn, carpenter, $1,773.00
Derby Desk Co., furniture, 131.57
Frank E. Woodward & Co., steam
boilers, 342.88
The General Fireproofing Co., steel
furnishings for vault, 435.50
T. H. O'Connor, carpenter, 141.75
E. H. Mara, painter, 18.48
Charles W. Swan, mason, 65.00
$2,908.18
178
MOVING OLD HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed 1910,
Less overdraft 1909,
TAXES
Byron C. Earle, collector 1908,
Byron C. Earle, collector 1909,
Byron C. Earle, collector 1910,
DISCOUNT ON TAXES
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended 1909,
Interest on taxes,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
ExPENDITUR S
Certificate of Collector, discount on
taxes,
$ 50.74
50.74
$ 100.60
16,873.43
125,904.02
$142,878.05
$777.06
235.38
$1,012.44
$967.04
45.40
$1,012.44
$967.04
ABATEMENT OF TAXES
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended 1909,
Overlay 1910,
Revenue suspense,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
179
$6,622.71
3,390.34
4,550.00
$14,563.05
$14,345.88
217.17
$14,563.05
EXPENDITURES
Per abatement slips, $14,345.88
BANK AND CORPORATION TAX
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended 1909, $4,065.49
State of Massachusetts, Corporation Tax 1909, 312.35
State of Massachusetts, Bank Tax 1909, 55.53
State of Massachusetts, Corporation Tax 1910, 16, 930.10
State of Massachusetts, Bank Tax 1910, 3,786.94
Street Railway Tax, 44.42
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
$25,194.83
$22,000.00
3,194.83
$25,194.83
EXPENDITURES
Deducted by Assessors, $22,000.00
GAMMELL LEGACY
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended 1909,
EXPENDITURES
Overseers of the Poor,
INTEREST
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended 1909,
Appropriated and assessed 1910,
Fourth National Bank, interest,
Tax titles,
Adams & Co., premium and interest
on bonds,
180
$163.38
$163.38
$1,369.37
3,000.00
$4,369.37
393.84
3.58
599.01
$5,365.80
Amount expended, $4,091.99
Balance unexpended,
1,273.81
$5,365.80
EXPENDITURES
Holders, $260.40
Registered Bonds, 119.20
Estabrook & Co., 1,338.17
State of Massachusetts, 1,158.44
Trustees of Public Trusts, 407.95
Frank D. Peirce, Trustee, 80.00
Lexington Savings Bank, 25.40
Trustees Cary Memorial Library, 342.83
Public Trust Bonds, 360.00
Assessed 1910,
County Treasurer,
Assessed 1910,
State Treasurer,
Assessed 1910,
State Treasurer,
COUNTY TAX
RECEIPTS
EXPENDITURES
STATE TAX
RECEIPTS
EXPENDITURES
SEWER TAX
EXPENDITURES
181
$4,091.99
$8,048.44
$8,048,44
$11,605.00
$11,605.00
$4, 066.79
$4,066.79
Assessed 1910,
State Treasurer,
STATE HIGHWAY TAX
RECEIPTS
EXPENDITURES
TOWN DEBT
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended,
Appropriated and assessed 1910,
Assessed 1910,
EXPENDITURES
State of Massachusetts, Metropolitan
Water loan,
State of Massachusetts, Munroe
School,
State of Massachusetts, Munroe
School Land,
State of Massachusetts, grading new
High School,
State of Massachusetts, extension of
water mains,
State of Massachusetts, improvement
of Town Hall,
Holders improvement Town Hall,
State of Massachusetts, Spaulding
land,
State of Massachusetts, Water Bonds
redeemed,
State of Massachusetts, High School,
182
$2,200.00
1,350.00
1,000.00
1,900.00
4,700.00
2,200.00
1,000.00
500.00
11,000.00
2,916.67
$28,766.67
$214.50
$214.50
$ 66.30
27,700.37
1,000.00
$28,766.67
TEMPORARY LOANS
RECEIPTS
Balance outstanding January lst, 1910,
March 18th, Borrowed,
May 26th, Borrowed,
August 9th, Borrowed,
November 28th, Borrowed,
December 27th, Borrowed,
$4,000.00
30,000.00
25,000.00
3,000.00
10,000.00
15,000.00
$87,000.00
Paid, $72,000.00
Balance outstanding January lst, 1911, $15,000.00
EXPENDITURES
May 24th, Paid,
September 19th, Paid,
October 9th, Paid,
October 18th, Paid,
November 28th, Paid,
December 27th, Paid,
December 29th, Paid,
$4, 000.00
15, 000.00
3,000.00
15,000.00
10,000.00
15, 000.00
10, 000.00
$72,000.00
OLD WATER WORKS PROPERTY
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended 1909,
EXPENDITURES
Transferred to repairs Town Hall,
HEATING PLANT, HANCOCK SCHOOL
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended 1909,
EXPENDITURES
Transferred to School Account,
183
$389.54
$389.54
REPAIRS MASONIC HALL
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed 1910,
Less overdraft 1909,
REPAIRS ON ALMSHOUSE
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended 1909,
EXPENDITURES
Transferred to Repairs Town Hall,
FIRE ALARM WHISTLE
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed 1910,
EXPENDITURES
R. W. LeBarron, installing Com-
pressed Fire Alarm whistle system,
FINANCE COMMITTEE
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed 1910,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES
The Boston Mailing Co., envelopes,
printing and addressing,
H. L. Thatcher, circulars,
$699.90 F. L. Emery, prints of Town Sheets
and printing circulars,
$73.60
$73.60
$161.21
$161.21
$1,900.00
$1,900.00
$250.00
$123.83
126.17
$250.00
$63.58
$23.25
37.00
$699.90 $123.83
184
TAX TITLES
RECEIPTS
Tax titles redeemed,
GRADING SPAULDING LAND
RECEPITS
Appropriated and assessed 1910,
$224.78
$150.00
FIRE ALARM BOXES
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed 1910, $200.00
Amount expended, $157.50
Balance unexpended, 42.50
$200.00
EXPENDITURES
Gamewell Fire Alarm Co., signal
boxes, $157.50
SUPPRESSION AND EXTERMINATION OF INSECTS
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed 1910,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES
H. A. Burgess, labor,
Transferred from Extermination of
Moths,
185
$1,000.00
$806.25
193.75
$1,000.00
$ 6.25
800.00
$806.25
LAND TAKEN FOR WATER PURPOSES
RECEIPTS
Town of Arlington,
City of Cambridge,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITTJRES
Taken by Assessors,
STONE BUILDING
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed 1910,
Rent,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
$214.14
241.61
$455.75
$431.02
24.73
$455.75
$431.02
$750.00
7.50
$757.50
$751.89
5.61
$757.50
ExPENDITURES
Mrs. P. T. Gillooly, sundries, $4.88
Dorothy B. Wentworth, substitute
librarian, 7.35
Benjamin Hadley's Sons, repairs, 5.30
Bailey Bros., painters, 22.20
W. B. Badger & Co., book case, 8.00
P. T. Gillooly, janitor, 166.62
Emma Ostrom Nichols, services as
librarian, 300.00
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., 33.50
Amount carried forward, $547.85
I86
Amount brought forward,
Water Department,
Peirce & Winn Co., coal,
L. A. Austin & Co., sundries,
John D. Halloran, charcoal,
J. H. Phillips, carpenter,
Lexington Lumber Co.,
Herbert R. Lane & Co., carpet,
P. F. Dacey, mason,
Henry A. Wheeler & Co., flag,
Edison Electric Illuminating Co., of
Boston,
$547.85
13.60
100,07
4.73
5.25
8.28
7.00
9.50
7.50
5.81
42.30
$751.89
VILLAGE HALL
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed 1910,
Rent,
Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
EXPENDITURES
Lexington Gas & Electric Co.,
Benjamin Hadley's Sons, repairs,
Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of
Boston,
Peirce & Winn Co., coal,
J. D. Halloran, charcoal,
$200.00
23.50
$223.50
$88.56
134.94
$223.50
$8.10
4.70
7.45
63.06
5.25
$88.56
187
TOWN HALL
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed 1910,
Rent,
Simon W. Robinson Lodge, rent,
Excess of expenditures over receipts,
EXPENDITURES
P. F. Dacey, mason,
T. H. O'Connor, carpenter,
R. H. White, wood,
H. R. Lane & Co., carpet,
Frank E. Woodward & Co., repairs
on boiler,
Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of
Boston, 111.70
Lexington Gas Co., 4.25
A. G. Davis, ice, 6.75
W. L. Moakley, electrician, 2.40
George B. Dennett, sundries, 9.25
Peirce & Winn Co., coal, 699.14
George W. Day, repairs, 16.75
S. J. Tobin, repairing lawn mower, 1.50
Lexington Hardware Co., 13.50
Water Department, 29.62
Edward H. Mara, glazier, 2.50
Derby Desk Co., 4.00
G. W. Spaulding, supplies, 11.32
F. A. Walker & Co., cuspidors, 6.00
R. W. LeBarron, repairs, 4.79
William Ray, labor, 1.25
John A. Fratus, repairing clock, 1.00
$19.32
14.92
10.00
4.67
179.11
Amount carried forward, $1,153.74
188
$1,750.00
183.00
100.00
37.52
$2,070.52
Amount brought forward,
W. H. Burke, plumber,
Peter T. Gillooiy, janitor,
Lexington Gas & Electric Co.,
New England T. and T. Co.,
H. I. Dallman & Co., mops,
West Disinfecting Co. Inc., floor oil,
$1,153.74
7.10
700.00
88.45
106.98
6.75
7.50
$2,070.52
SEWER COMMISSIONERS
RECEIPTS
Amount unexpended January lst, 1910,
EXPENDITURES
Frank P. Cutter, civil engineer,
C. G. Kauffman, services,
McClintock & Woodfall, surveys,
plans, &e., 486.00
$500.00
$500. 00
Amount brought forward, $13,960.00
Trustees of Public Trusts, Bridge
Fund, 2,000.00
Trustees of Public Trusts, Gammell
Legacy, 500.00
Trustees of Public Trusts, Gilmor
Fund,
Trustees of Public Trusts,
Trustees Cary Memorial Library,
500.00
11,000.00
$27,960.00
CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY
RECEIPTS
$ 4.00 Appropriated and assessed 1910,
10.00 Amount expended,
Balance unexpended,
PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS
RECEIPTS
Adams & Co., proceeds of bonds,
Trustees of Public Trusts, proceeds of
bonds,
EXPENDITURES
Trustees of Public Trusts, Cemetery
Trust Funds, $11,960.00
Trustees of Public Trusts, Beal's
Fund, 2,000.00
Amount carried forward, Iay $13,960.00
$23,960.00
4,000.00
$27,960.00
EXPENDITURES
$3,250. 00
$2,974.80
275.20
$3,250.00
F. E. Clarke, sundries, • $2.17
Fiske Bros., repairs lawn mower, 1.50
Peirce & Winn Co., fuel, 249.94
The E. Howard Clock Co., repairing
clock, 10.40
A. W. Stone, services as janitor, 13.50
Marshall & Crosby Co., repairing
desk, 4.50
Jordan, Marsh Co., chair, 2.50
W. L. Moakley, repairs, 3.00
Lexington Hardware Co., 2.10
Lyman Lawrence, sundries, 2.28
Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of
Boston, 160.50
Amount carried forward, $451.99
190
Amount brought forward,
H. I. Dallman Co., supplies,
J. B. Hunter & Co., repairs,
Somerville Brush Co.,
G. W. Spaulding, sundries,
L, C. Sturtevant, sundries,
F. E. Clarke, janitor,
Marian P. Kirkland, librarian,
Helen E. Muzzey, assistant librarian,
Barl?ara MacKinnon, assistant libra-
rian, • 450.00
Lexington Gas & Electric Co., 108.80
New England T. and T. Co., 29.11
Water Department, 32.00
The Morss & Whyte Co., shelves, 1.50
C. H. Miles, electrical work per
contract, 82.50
George S. Teague, wood, 3.75
$451.99
4.83
2.05
4.85
11.23
20.50
641.65
650.04
480.00
$2,974.80
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RECAPITTJLATION
CASH RECEIPTS
Cash on hand Jan. 1st, 1910,
Schools,
Highways,
Water Department,
Fire Department,
Contingent,
Support of Poor,
Outside Aid,
Cemeteries,
Suppression of Moths,
Police Department,
Cemetery Trust Funds,
State Aid,
Board of Health,
County Treasurer, dog tax refunded,
April Nineteenth,
Sidewalks received from abuttors,
Street Watering,
Taxes,
Interest on Taxes,
Bank and Corporation Tax,
Interest,
Temporary Loans,
Tax titles redeemed,
Land taken for water purposes,
Stone Building, rent,
Village Hall,
Town Hall, rent,
Public Trust Funds,
192
$5,851.94
940.49
2,744.01
25,897.78
271.95
446.11
1,671.11
203.75
1,010.05
5,642.03
160.93
1,400.00
755.00
60.29
904.13
50.00
317.13
610.39
142,878.05
235.38
21,129.34
996.43
83,000.00
224.78
455.75
7.50
23.50
283.00
27,960.00
$326,130.82
EXPENDITURES
Schools,
Highways,
Water Department,
Fire Department,
Contingent,
Support of Poor,
Outside Aid,
Cemeteries,
Suppression of Moths,
Removal of Snow,
Police Department,
Printing,
Cemetery Trust Funds,
Cemetery Trust Fund Interest,
State Aid,
Board of Health,
Selectmen,
Overseers of the Poor,
Surveyors of Highways,
Town Clerk,
Town Treasurer,
Collector of Taxes,
Assessors,
Auditors,
Registrars of Voters,
Treasurer of Cary Memorial
School Physician,
Clerk of School Committee,
Town Physician,
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
Inspector of Cattle,
Inspector of Meats and Provisions,
Treasurer Cary Memorial Library,
$36,045.94
18,414.59
26,251.82
5,912.59
1,585.83
3,024.51
2,641.27
1,096.37
9,790.01
1,236.32
6,181.66
571.43
1,400.00
899.68
867.00
3,386.77
333.33
333.33
333.33
469.60
780.00
1,206.70
1,415.55
100.00
125.00
Library, 50.00
300.00
50.00
75.00
150.00
100.00
464.00
904.13
Amount carried forward,
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$126,445.76
Amount brought forward,
Trimming Trees,
Street Lights,
Watering Troughs,
Hydrants,
Insurance,
April Nineteenth,
Memorial Day,
Sidewalks,
Care of Common,
Care of Hastings Park,
Street Watering,
Repairs on Town Hall,
Gammell Legacy,
Interest,
County Tax,
State Tax,
Sewer Tax,
State Highway Tax,
Town Debt,
Temporary Loans,
Fire Alarm Whistle,
Finance Committee,
Fire Alarm Boxes,
Suppression and Extermination
Insects,
Stone Building,
Village Hall,
Town Hall,
Sewer Commissioners,
Public Trust Funds,
Cary Memorial Literary,
Cash on hand Jan. lst, 1911,
$126,445.76
257.45
5,929.53
75.00
5,360.00
1,658.99
748.50
250.00
696.85
200.00
14.00
2,952.12
2,908.18
163.38
4,091.99
8,048.44
11,605.00
4,066.79
214.50
28,766.67
72, 000.00
1,900.00
123.83
157.50
of
6.25
751.89
88.56
2, 070.52
500.00
27,960.00
2,974.80
13,144.32
326,130.82
CHARLES F. PIERCE,
CHARLES P. MORSE,
Auditors.
194
REVENUE ACCOUNT, 1910
Balance Dec. 31, 1909,
Transferred to Capital Account,
INCOME
From Tax Levy,
Cambridge tax land taken,
Arlington tax land taken,
Bank and Corporation Tax,
Omitted Assessments, 1910,
Adjustment of taxes,
Adjustments, cash to revenue basis,
EXPENSE
$147,779.13
228.55
202.47
22,000.00
2,623.04
5.42
260.94
For appropriations, $166,819.81
Overlay, 3,390.34
Adjustments Special Assessment
Accounts,
Net revenue unappropriated,
195
$5,329.49
4,572.44
173,099.55
$183,001.48
22.22
170, 232.37
$12,769.11
BALANCE SHEET
ASSETS—CURRENT
$13,144.32
20,324.46
Cash on hand,
Taxes uncollected, 1910,
Special Assessments:—
Street watering, 1910,
Moth tax, 1910,
Contract work, Moth Account, 1910,
Water rates and charges,
Overdrafts, Department Accounts,
viz:—
Town Clerk,
Sidewalks,
State Aid,
Town Hall,
Board of Health,
Outside Aid,
Fire Department,
Removal of snow,
Tax liens,
$10.50
164.97
287.00
37.52
564.85
1,282.44
452.40
42.71
CONTINGENT
TRUST
Trustees of Public Trusts
(principal) , $14,362.72
Trustees of Public Trusts,
Cemetery Trust Funds
(principal), 13,360.00
Trustees Cary Memorial
Library (principal), 14,100.00
102.50
218.60
15.68
1,418.82
2,842.39
$38,066.77
3,953.72
41,822.72
WATER WORKS
Valuation, Dec. 31, 1909 $178,000.00
Construction, 1910, $8,024.44
Less Depreciation, 3,524.44
— $4,500.00 $182,500.00
Amount carried forward, $266,343.21
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Continued on Page 198
DECEMBER 31, 1910
LIABILITIES CURRENT
Temporary Loans, $15,000.00
Revenue Account (balance unappro-
priated), 12,769.11
Due Department Accounts, unex-
pended, viz;—
Highways, $827.64
Assessors, 569.88
Improvements Spaulding
Land, 150.00
Street Watering, 1,115.30
Insurance, 115.79
Printing, 214.53
Suppression of Moths, 791.15
Contingent, 655.98
Town Treasurer, 20.00
Land Taken for Water
Purposes,
Water Department,
Schools,
Police,
Trimming Trees,
Auditors,
Fire Alarm Boxes,
Stone Building,
Village Hall,
Extermination of Insects,
Finance Committee,
Cary Memorial Library,
Repairs Town Hall,
Care Hastings Park,
Abatement Taxes,
Collector of Taxes,
24.73
558.88
1,304. 83
166.82
78.38
250.00
42.50
5.61
134.94
193.75
126.17
275.20
49.51
54.52
217.17
10.00
Amount carried forward,$7,953.28
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Continued on Page 199
BALANCE SHEET
Amount brought forward,
REAL ESTATE
Water Works real estate, $7,727.56
Sundry real estate, 307,760.00
Total Assets,
Total Liabilities,
Net Assets,
198
$266,343.21
315,487.56
$581,830.77
338,419.38
$243,411.39
DECEMBER 31, 1910
$7,953.
45.
13.
62.
3,194.
191.
147.
759.
1,273.
Amount brought forward
Discount on Taxes,
Care of Common,
April 19th,
Bank and Corporation Tax,
Street Lights,
Support of Poor,
Cemeteries,
Interest,
(CONTINUEn)
28
40
00
58
83
07
82
11
81
13,640.90
• TRUST
Sundry Trust Funds, $28,462.72
Cemetery Trust Funds, 13,360.00
. WATER WORKS
Bonds payable Account Water Works:—
Goupon Water Bonds, $1,000.00
Registered Water Bonds, 150,000.00
Notes payable Account
Water Works:—
Extension of Water Mains, 17,900.00
Metropolitan Water Loan, 28, 600.00
SUNDRY
Bonds payable Trustees
of Public Trusts, $27,960.00
Notes payable Account
Real Estate: —
New High School, 2,916.65
G. W. Spaulding Land, 500.00
Munroe School, 18,900.00
Munroe School Land, 1,910.00
Improvement Town Hall, 5,500.00
Total Liabilities,
199
41,410.01
41, 822.72
197,500.00
57,686.65
$338,419.38
NET DEBT EXHIBIT DECEMBER 31, 1910
Current Accounts Payable,
Temporary Tax Notes,
Trust Funds,
Water Works Bonds and Notes,
Other Bonds and Notes,
Current Accounts Receivable,
Trust Fund Investment,
Net debt December 31, 1910,
200
$13,640.90
15,000.00
41,822.72
197,500.00
57,686.65
$325,650.27
$38,066.77
41, 822.72
$79,889.49
$245,760.78
Report of Board of Fire Engineers
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Lexington, Mass:
DECEMBER 31, 1910.
The Board of Engineers submit herewith their report
for the year ending Dec. 31, 1910:—
ORGANIZATION AND APPARATUS
-The year 1910 has seen no radical changes in the organi-
zation of the department, although a few changes have
been made among the officers and members, all of which
have tended to increase the efficiency of the department.
There have been no changes in the apparatus with the
exception of painting the hose wagon at the central house,
and slight repairs on the engine. Last fall a test was
made of the engine by representatives of the Board of
Underwriters. This test was made on the hill back of the
railroad and later at the hydrant at the Hancock school.
The test was very unsatisfactory, and although a slight
improvement in the engine has been made by the repack-
ing of the pumps, it is not sufficient to meet the require-
ments of the Board of Underwriters. The engine has
been in service in Lexington nearly sixteen years, and
this, together with the fact that its pumping capacity is
not large enough, makes it of very little use in case of a
serious fire in the centre of our town, where several fire-
traps are located.
The department had a fortunate year with its horses, as
no changes have been necessary and they have been free
from serious sickness. The horse used on the hose wagon
at East Lexington, however, is getting old and a change
will be necessary in the near future.
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It was unnecessary to purchase any new hose the past
year, but hard use has ruined several lengths, and we urge
the purchase of one thousand feet of new hose at once.
HOUSES
The house at East Lexington is in good condition and
has been kept in its usual neat appearance by the man in
charge.
The condition of the Centre house is too well known to
treat at length here, but something must be done at once
to improve the situation or there will be serious results.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
The fire alarm system has been in charge of Mr. Louis
Bills the past year, and the condition of the system has
been greatly improved. The entire system has been gone
over, new wire and cross -arms put in wherever it was
necessary, and the wires cleared of conflicting branches of
trees. The result is that the system is in first-class con-
dition, and the cost of maintenance should be very slight
in the future.
The old steam whistle located at the electric light plant
has been discarded and a LeBaron compressed air system
has been installed on the Town Hall. This system is giv-
ing excellent satisfaction and there is a material reduction
in its operating.expense over the old service.
There have been three new fire alarm boxes added to
the system the past year, and we believe it is good judg-
ment to increase the boxes from year to year as much as
possible.
RECORD OF ALARMS
The past year has been one of the busiest years in the
history of the department and sixty-nine alarms were
answered during the year. We have had two or three
serious fires to contend with, but the great majority have
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been extinguished with very small loss. The credit for
this belongs in no small degree to the excellent work done
by the chemical engine at East Lexington, and it has
proved in the past year to have been a very valuable piece
of apparatus. Although located some distance from the
Centre, it has done excellent service at fires in this section
and has been the means of keeping the water damage at
a very small figure. There have been several fires, how-
ever, which were too far away for the chemical to reach
in time to get its greatest benefit, and in these cases the
water damage has been somewhat greater as it necessi-
tates the use of a line of hose from the hydrant, which can
cause considerable damage in a very few seconds.
The number of brush fires has increased the past year,
and we urge the citizens to be as careful as possible when
burning brush or grass, especially during the dry season.
FINANCES
We were again obliged to run over our appropriation,
although money has been spent as carefully as possible.
This overdraft was caused by a heavy decrease in the
receipts from street watering. As the streets have been
oiled during the past year the routes have been greatly
shortened, and whereas nearly one thousand dollars has
been earned in previous years, this amount was cut in
halves during 1910 and accounts for the overdraft.
We feel that several changes could be made for the
good of the department, but as a committee has been at
work looking into this matter for the past year, and which
we understand is ready to report at an early date, we will
not take up this matter at this time.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. WARNER,
BARTLETT J. HARRINGTON,
ARTHUR F. TURNER,
Board of Engineers.
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REPORTS
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
TOWN OF LEXINGTON
For the Year 1910
THE ESTABROOK PRESS, PRINTERS AND BINDERS
BOSTON AND MARLBOROUGH, MASS.
1911
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JAY 0. RICHARDS,
MRS. HAlr'NAA T. CARRET,
ARTHUR L. BLODGETT,
GEORGE F. REED,
Term expires March, 1911
Term expires March, 1911
Term expires March, 1912
Term expires March, 1913
ORGANIZATION.
JAY 0. RICHARDS, Chairman.
MRS. HANNAH T. CARRET, Secretary.
ARTHUR L. BLODGETT, Treasurer.
SUB COMMITTEES.
Buildings.
GEORGE F. REED, Chairman.
Runes and Regulations.
MRS. HANNAH T. CARRET, Chairman
Courses of Study, Text Books and Supplies.
ARTHUR L. BLODGETT, Chairman.
Finance.
JAY 0. RICHARDS, Chairman.
Superintendent of Schools.
FRANK H. DAMON.
School Physician.
DR. J. 0. Tu.ToN.
Tro.ant Officer.
P. J. MAGUIRE.
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1911-1912.
School opens January 2, 1911.
Closes for winter recess February 17, 1911.
Opens February 27, 1911.
Closes for Spring recess April 28, 1911.
Opens May 8, 1911.
Closes for Summer vacation June 28, 1911.
School opens September 11, 1911.
Closes for Thanksgiving:recess November 22, 1911.
Opens November 27, 1911.
Closes for Christmas reeess December 22, 1911.
Opens January 1, 1912.
Closes for Winter recess February 16, 1912.
Opens February 26, 1912.
Closes for Spring recess April 26, 1912.
Opens May 6, 1912.
Closes for Summer vacation June 26, 1912.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Lexington :
Your committee, in submitting the reports of those in
charge of its several departments, ask your careful con-
sideration of said reports, and feel justified in saying that
our schools are showing good progress, and we hope will
soon be on a par with the best in the state.
The question of salaries to be paid to teachers is a
serious one, and if we are to hold our best teachers (as
we should) and have the pupils receive the benefit of their
experience and influence, we must be in a position to pay'
at least equal salaries with other towns of the same stand-
ing and resources as Lexington.
While statistics show that salaries paid to the teachers
of Lexington compare favorably with those paid by other
towns in this state, they do not show that the cost of
living in Lexington is considerably more than in many of
those towns.
To induce teachers, therefore, to come to Lexington at
the same salary paid in many other places, is difficult, and
in order to secure the best teacher to fill an exceptionally
difficult position, it appears as though we must be willing
to pay a little more than many other towns to offset this
increased cost of living.
An additional demand which must be met is that of
physical training in the schools.
Through the kindness of one of our teachers and some
members of the Sargent school of Cambridge, we have
been able to start a. three months' course in gymnastics,
for some of our classes, without cost to the town, and if
this proves as beneficial as we expect, it is our intention
to add to our teaching force a competent paid instructor in
physical training.
The department of science of the High school is in much
need of additional equipment, for the advantageous pur-
suit of this important and practical study, and we have
included an amount sufficient for this purpose in our esti-
mates for the coming year.
The committee are fully alive to the recognized need of
conducting the High school in such a manner, and with
such courses of study, that pupils can receive a thorough
preparation for life, with some skill in special lines, with-
out in any way detracting from the thoroughness of prep-
aration for college. To this end the business course has
been much strengthened and has received the best sup-
port from pupils and teachers.
Bubbling drinking fountains were established in all of
the school buildings, in advance of the State requirement,
and the experiment of individual towels is being tried,
and if it proves satisfactory will be extended to all of the
buildings.
The age limit at which pupils may enter the first grade
has been raised from five to five and one-half years. The
present rule is this: Pupils may enter the first grade at
the beginning of the term in September, provided they are
five and one-half years of age at that time or within thirty
days of that time. Children having reached the age of
five and one-half years in September, or within thirty days
of that time, but who did not enter school at the begin-
ning of that term, may do so at the opening of the winter
term in January, provided they are prepared to go on with
the work of the grade.
East Lexington is outgrowing its school facilities, and
the Adams school, besides being old and unsanitary, will
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soon be unable to meet the demands put upon it. The
playground in the rear is on a rocky side hill and is not
safe for the children.
We again earnestly recommend to the citizens that an
article be inserted in the town warrant, calling for the
appointment of a committee to investigate the probable
cost of location and building and report their findings to
the town.
The business of the Committee has been conducted upon
good business lines, purchases of all material carefully
followed, and competition availed of to secure the most
favorable prices, with a result, for this and other favor-
able reasons, it was able to close the financial year with a
surplus.
The needs for the future are many, and the policy of the
Committee a progressive one. The budget for the coming
year was made up after careful consideration and with the
belief that the chief and most important question is, that
the money shall be expended in such a way as to secure
for our boys and girls the best in education.
TREASURERS' REPORT, DECEMBER. 31, 1910
Income:—
Appropriation,
Transfer,
Cash income,
Expense: —
Salaries,
Transportation,
Fuel and care,
Supervision,
Text -books and supplies,
Repairs,
Improvements,
Sundries,
$36, 500.00
699.90
940.49
$38,140, 39
$22,122.70
3,375.65
4,788.29
1,156.45
2,648.70
596.62
989.59
472.94
$36,145.94
Overdraft, 1909,
Balance unexpended,
789.62
ESTIMATES FOR 1911
Salaries,
Transportation,
Fuel and care,
Supervision,
Supplies and text -books,
Repairs and improvements,
Sundries,
Surplus, 1910,
Estimated income,
Total,
36,935.56
$1,204.83
$23,625.00
3,400.00
6,400.00
1,250.00
3,300.00
1,700.00
1, 279.00
$39,954.00
$1,204.00
750.00
1,954.00
$38,000.00
JAY ❑. RICHARDS,
MRS. HANNAH T. GARRET,
ARTHUR L. BLODGETT,
GEORGE F. REED.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of the Town of Lexington:
The following report, the twenty-fifth issued from the
office of the Superintendent of Schools, is presented
respectfully for your consideration.
THE GRADE SCHOOLS
The adoption by the School Committee of a regular
course of study, definite enough to fill eighty-nine printed
pages did much to systematize the work in all the schools.
This was supplemented by furnishing each teacher with a
record book arranged with blank spaces in which each
day's work in every subject was recorded, so that a daily
record, nearly complete, of the work in all the rooms dur-
ing 1910 is preserved. From these daily records the aver-
age work done in each subject, in each grade was found
and is given below.
FIRST GRADE
Reading, 57 minutes daily. Total 350 pages.
Language, 18 minutes daily. Phonics 10 minutes daily.
Arithmetic, 10 minutes daily. Mental combinations to
10, Counting to 100; reading and writing numbers to 100.
Penmanship, all small letters and some capitals. Regu-
lar work in Spelling, Drawing, Handwork, Dramatization
and Music.
SECOND GRADE
Reading, 30 minutes daily. Total 520 pages.
Language, 15 minutes daily, oral and written. Use of
period, of capital letters, some common abbreviations, etc.
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Spelling, 15 minutes daily. Total 350 new words.
Arithmetic, 10 minutes daily, mental combinations to 20;
the 45 facts of addition, the 90 facts of subtraction, some
work in multiplication and division, reading and writing
numbers, etc.
Regular work in Penmanship, Music, Handwork,
Drawing.
THIRD GRADE
Reading, 30 minutes daily. Total 1000 pages.
Language, 35 minutes daily, oral and written stories,
letter writing, punctuation and abbreviations, correct use
of verbs, etc.
Spelling, 18 minutes daily. Total 600 words.
Arithmetic, 40 minutes daily, reading and writing num-
bers to 1000, simple addition, subtraction, multiplication
and division. The multiplication tables through the table
of 12's etc.
Regular work in Penmanship, Drawing, Music, History
Stories and Geography Stories.
FOURTH GRADE
Reading, 40 minutes daily. Total 1100 pages.
Language, 35 minutes daily. Punctuation, Ietter writ-
ing, use of capitals, abbreviations, dictation work,
composition work.
Spelling, 15 minutes daily. Total 900 words.
Arithmetic, 40 minutes daily. Constant drill on addition,
subtraction, multiplication, division, simple work in U. S.
money, fractions and percentage. Averaged eight prob-
lems daily.
Geography, 15 minutes daily. Divisions of land and
water, seasons and climate, products of the U. S., occupa-
tions of the people. Sand modeling and map drawing.
History, stories about Columbus, DeSoto, Raleigh, John
Smith, Henry Hudson, William Penn, Miles Standish,
Gov. Winthrop, the early history of Lexington, etc.
10
Regular work in Penmanship, Music, Drawing, etc.
FIFTH GRADE
Reading, 35 minutes daily. Total 1000 pages.
Language, 20 minutes daily. Written composition on
subjects studied, letter writing, oral and written stories,
technical English, etc.
Spelling, 20 minutes daily. Total 1500 words.
Arithmetic, 60 minutes daily. Total 2400 oral problems;
2000 written problems. Factoring, common and decimal
fractions, percentage and measurements.
Geography, ' 20 minutes daily. United States and
possessions, North America.
History, 20 minutes daily. Stories of the Greeks, the
Romans, the Middle Ages, the Crusades, the discoveries in
America.
Physiology. Two lessons each week.
Regular work in Penmanship, Music, Drawing, etc.
SIXTH GRADE
Reading, 22 minutes daily. Tota] 1200 pages.
Language, 25 minutes daily. Nouns, pronouns and verbs,
written composition three times a week. Letter writing,
dictation work, etc.
Spelling, 15 to 20 minutes daily. Total 1500 words.
Arithmetic, 45 minutes daily. Total 1200 to 1400 written
problems and 1400 oral problems. Fractions, measure-
ments, percentage, interest, rapid drill.
Geography, 30 minutes daily. United States by groups
and North America.
History, 20 minutes daily. From the discovery of
America to the causes of the Revolutionary War.
Physiology. Two recitations a week.
Regular work in Penmanship, Music and Drawing.
SEVENTH GRADE
Reading, 25 minutes three times a week. Total 800
pages.
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Spelling, 20 minutes daily. Total 1500 words.
Arithmetic, 40 minutes daily. Total 1500 problems.
Fractions, measurements, percentage, interest, profit and
loss, commission, insurance, etc.
Geography, 30 minutes three times a week. South
America and Europe.
History, 30 minutes four times a week. From the causes
of the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812.
Physiology. Two lessons a week.
Regular work in Penmanship, Music, Drawing, Manual
Training and Sewing.
EIGHTH GRADE
Reading. Three lessons a week, from standard authors.
Spelling. Daily lessons, about 1200 words. Definition
and use of 700.
Language and Grammar. Full and thorough drill on
each part of speech, analysis and parsing, etc. All prac-
tice possible on different forms of written composition.
Arithmetic. Daily work. Total 1000 problems. A
thorough review of alI work from reading numbers to
insurance. Advance work was on stocks, bonds, partial
payments, proportion, partnership, involution and evolu-
tion.
Geography. Three to four lessons a week. A review
of the continents and study of the earth as a whole.
History. Three or four times a week. From War of
1812 to date.
Regular work in Physiology, Penmanship, Music, Draw-
ing, Sewing and Manual Training.
NINTH GRADE
The new outline of study adopted by the School Com-
mittee last year, provided of course, for the gradual
elemination of the ninth grade.
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It may be several years before this grade will be dispensed '
with, because only the first and second grades could be up
to standard last year without leaving work undone. Some
of the eighth grade pupils however did extra work and
were promoted to the High School. This will be possible
each year. Starting with pupils who were up to the stand-
ard second grade last June, the third grade teachers this
year will have standard grades, and as these pupils go on,
when they have completed the eight year's work, they
will all be ready for any High School.
PENMANSHIP
A very decided step in advance was taken this Fall as a
result of the decision of the Committee to have a Supervisor
of Penmanship, and we are especially fortunate that we
could secure for that work the services of Mr. Hastings
Hawkes who is an expert penman and a successful teacher.
Mr. Hawkes goes to each room in town once a week and
gives a regular lesson at a definite time on a definite day
as shown by the Penmanship Schedule in the appendix.
He meets the teachers once a week for a lesson. This
definite way of teaching the subject has made the work in
penmanship a decided success.
The children are enthusiastic, the results good.
The writer wished to know how the method of teaching
penmanship in our schools compares with that in other
places, so he obtained specimens of the work that has
been done this year, entirely unknown to Mr. Hawkes, to
the room teachers or to the pupils. These specimens were
mixed, then made into twenty different packages without
any selection. Ten of these packages were sent to super-
intendents in New England, and ten to superintendents in
the Middle States, with a statement of how long the chil-
dren had been practising, etc. The request was made for
frank criticisms of the plan of the work, and of its charac-
ter. In every case the work was highly commended and
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the statement was made by several, in substance, that two
or three years of that sort of teaching would make the
penmanship in our schools as good as the best. The School
Committee and the Town are to be congratulated upon
this step.
MISS GERTRUDE PIERCE
The close of the school year Iast June brought with it
the resignation of one who began her school work in
the Lexington schools thirty-eight years ago, service so
efficient that it assuredly merits special mention in this
report.
Miss Pierce felt that she did not care to assume longer
the duties of a regular teacher and, greatly to the re-
gret of everybody, tendered her resignation. Her career
covers a period in the Lexington schools during which
great changes have come about.
She graduated from the High school in 1871, and in
September of the next year succeeded Miss Mary B. Howe
in the Adams Intermediate school. She next taught in
the school that was at the corner of Lowell and Woburn
streets, long since discontinued, and in 1879 she began to
teach in the Warren school on School street, in the Con-
cord Hill district, also discontinued. She taught there five
years, and tendered her resignation because of ill -health
in the family. In 1895 she took up the work again in the
Hancock school, remaining there until the new Munroe
school building was opened. Here she taught until the
twenty-ninth of last June. We are fortunate that she has
consented to serve as a substitute teacher.
CHANGES IN THE TEACHING FORCE
Miss H. Roberta Stubbs joined the teaching force in
January, 1910. She had a successful career as a grammar
school teacher and principal in Bar Harbor and Brewer,
Maine, and in Ayer in this state, from which place she
came to the Hancock school as teacher in the seventh and
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eighth grades. It is needless to say that her work is very
successful.
Miss Gertrude Healey was secured to teach the sixth
grade in the Hancock school and began her work in
September. She has made already a splendid record for
herself.
Two vacancies have occurred in the Munroe school.
Miss Gertrude Pierce was succeeded by Miss Ruby
Christie and Miss Clara Duffy by Miss Joanna M. Kilmain,
both of whom have shown themselves to be able teachers.
Miss Elizabeth Merrill returned to the Hancock school,
third grade, in September at the expiration of her leave of
absence.
Miss Mabel C. Evaris resigned her position as Superin-
tendent's clerk last June in order to accept a more lucra-
tive one in Boston. She was succeeded in September by
Miss Nellie T. McCarthy, who has proved a most efficient
assistant to the Superintendent.
After several months of persistent search Mr. Hasting
Hawkes of the Passaic, N. J., High school was secured to
fill the position of sub -master of the High school, head of
the Commercial department, and supervisor of penman-
ship. His vigorous personality has made itself felt in all
the schools, while his professional skill has wrought a
marked change in the character of the commercial work.
Miss Mary E. Berry, our supervisor of music since Sep-
tember, has taken up her work in a manner that gives
assurance that henceforth the musical instruction in our
schools will be of a high order.
THE HIGH SCHOOL
It is a pleasure to report that the High school was
accepted by the New England College Entrance Certifi-
cate Board last May and placed upon its list of approved
schools for one year. This list comprises the best schools
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in New England, and assures to students who satisfacto-
# • rily complete their course of study the privilege of enter-
ing without examination all New England colleges using
the certificate system.
The action of the committee in requiring more recita-
tions each week in some subjects has proved to be wise,
and especially so in the cases of English and Mathematics.
The increased enrollment of the school this year is very
gratifying, and indicates a wholesome growth for the past
three years, as the following figures taken from the official
registers show beyond question:—
ENROLLMENT
Girls,
Boys,
1908-1909
78
40
1909-1910
89
64
1910-1911
94
90
Total, 118 153 184
Another interesting fact is the unusually large per-
centage of boys in the High school. A canvass is being
made of every high school in the state relative to the per-
centage of boys in school. Of over thirty high schools
from which returns have been received so far, this High
school has second place, in the number of boys compared
to the number of girls, and second place in the number of
pupils lost.
From September, 1908, to January 1, 1911, twenty boys
have "left" the High school. Of this number, one died;
seven have moved out of town; five have gone to work;
three were doing poor work and probably really left be-
cause of this; two have left for reasons not known to the
writer, and two have gone to other schools.
Of the 184 pupils enrolled this year the following table
shows the object in view after leaving this school:
Number of pupils fitting for college, A. B. degree, 36
Number of pupils fitting for college, B. S. degree, 21
Number of pupils fitting for normal schools, etc., 25
Number of pupils fitting for commercial work, 48
Number of pupils fitting for life, 40
Number of pupils undecided, 14
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Realizing that fifty-seven young men and women were
depending upon this High school to fit them for college,
the writer decided to find out exactly how the work of the
school was regarded by the colleges. Letters were sent to
the Deans of each college in which graduates of this school
are students, asking for a list of studies taken by each of
our former pupils, and the name of the instructor in each
subject. When these lists were received, a letter was sent
to each instructor asking how such a pupil was fitted to do
college work, and asking also for criticisms, suggestions,
etc. AU the replies, except one, commended the work of
the school. The following extract is from the letter of a
Professor of German:—
"I think I may fairly say that no preparatory school has
sent us during the past two years any group of students
who have done, or are doing any better work than those
above mentioned.
"Hoping that we may have many more of the same
calibre."
Another extract shows what the head of a college Latin
department has to say about our Latin work:—
"A school needs no greater recommendation than to
send out such pupils. We cannot have too many of them.
They are well-informed, interested in the work, and care-
ful, painstaking students. I wish the" . . . (naming
a well known High school) "would send us candidates
who were uniformly as good, or I might say, anywhere
nearly as good."
No comment seems necessary.
When the committee increased the work in French in
the High school, from two years to three, the results show
that this action met a real demand. Where there was but
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one class beginning French, there are now three classes
beginning this study, with a total of eighty-one pupils.
The subject may now be begun the first year in the High
school and pursued for three years.
RECOMMENDATIONS
The following recommendations are made :
A more flexible system of promotion in the grades, so
that the few pupils who can do the work of a higher grade,
or those who should go back a grade, may be placed in the
proper grade for them in February, and not spend the Iast
half of the year in a grade to which they are unsuited.
It is recommended also that less Iatitude be given High
school pupils in the selection of studies. The 82 pupils
fitting for College and Normal schools take certain pres-
cribed studies. The 48 pupils fitting for business positions
take a more or less definite amount of commercial work,
but some of the 54 who are fitting for life are very apt to
select the easiest studies that will give them their 72 points
for graduation.
As we have four groups of pupils, there might be at
least four groups of studies arranged, flexible enough to
meet any real demand, and pupils required to finish the
group of subjects selected.
The High school diploma today does not have a fixed
value, it means much more work done in some cases than
in others.
The third recommendation is, that some words like "with
honors," "with highest honors," etc., be added to the
High school diploma, to show whether a pupil "just
passed," or did the four year's work with high credits.
The final recommendation is, that the School Committee
and people of the town should consider the fact that, in a
short time the Hancock, Munroe and Adams school build-
ings will be crowded beyond their capacity, and something
must be done to provide more room for the children. The
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congestion exists already in the lowest grades of the
Adams and Hancock schools, and it has been necessary to
have one-half the pupils come in the forenoon and the
other half in the afternoon in both of these buildings.
Miss Fiske of the Adams school has had to take care of
60 pupils instead of 35 to 40. In this connection as some-
thing must be done soon to provide more room it is perti-
nent to say that the Adams school building is unsatisfactory,
while it may seem like an expensive undertaking, certainly
the best thing in the long run, will be to build a new
building. One more room was needed this year. Next
year one or two more rooms may be needed, and it will be
but a short time before an eight room building will be
required to take the place of the four room Adams school
building.
The following reports, and the statistics in the appendix
give the detailed information.
FRANK H. DAMON,
Superintendent.
JANUARY 2, 191.0.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
To the School Committee of Lexington:
Daily inspection of the Lexington schools has been made
during the past year and aside from scattered cases of
Scarlet fever and Diphtheria there has been very little
contagious trouble. Pupils from other towns and from
homes of sickness have been seen and properly reported
before entering the class rooms and several sick and
accidental cases have been carried to their homes and the
family physician summoned. Among so many children
accidents are bound to occur, therefore boxes of first aid
have been put in every school house. Cases requiring
medical attention referred by the School Pyhsician have
for the most part received prompt response from the
family, especially where there has been sufficient family
knowledge to cope with the case, but many of the com-
plaints require medical aid for a cure and it is then that
the family shows reluctance to carry out instructions. The
cases in such instances return to school in a few days
uncured.
It has been suggested to have a "school visitor" or
"school nurse" to follow up these cases, go to the family
and help carry out the necessary work for the complete
cure of these troubles. This would certainly be a very
good arrangement.
The State last year abolished the common drinking cup
in all places of public assemblage and its place in our
schools has been taken by the "bubbling fountains." If
the common drinking cup was a source of disease what
shall be said of the roller towel? It is the opinion of the
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Committee and Physician that this should follow the drink-
ing cup into retirement. Paper towels have been given a
trial in some places with unsatisfactory results. In the
Adams and Munroe schools individual towels have been
furnished for a trial. The cost of this experiment will be
ascertained for guidance in the future for the other
schools. The roller towel must go in any event.
The importance of good teeth in the consideration of
health cannot be over-estimated. One-third of the pupils
in our schools need the dentist's care and attention. There
has been a conference of the dentists of the town with the
School Committee looking for some arrangement with
them for cooperation on the part of pupil and dentist at a
normal expense to the poorer pupils. This matter is under
consideration at the present time.
The lunch pail has been under the teacher's and the
physician's observation. Someone has said, "The primary
need of a child is to be physically nourished ; and a teacher
who knows that the pupil is ill fed must have very little
heart to enforce mental discipline." This subject is too
vast for discussion in this report but it is bound sooner or
later to demand attention. Some of the lunches seen by
the physician and teachers exhibit either ignorance or
negligence or both on the parents part. Some parents
give their children money to buy food for their noon lunch.
They get some cake, candy and pie, not very well fitted
for good health. At present all that I can do is to appeal
to parents to furnish their children with good plain food
for lunches; and for the sellers to try to persuade the
children to buy a good sandwich, bread and butter or their
equivalents. This matter is receiving much consideration
by the Committee and a competent person may be found
to arrange lunches for the children at a very low cost.
While there are not many (if any) pupils actually suffering
from lack of food, it would no doubt afford a surprising
physical change in many if suitable supervision of food
could be afforded them.
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Healthy children are restless, needing ways and means
of overcoming muscular nervousness and restlessness.
Play and physical exercises are necessary for good healthy
bodies and minds, as well as education. This attention to
the healthy growth of its young people is world wide.
Every school should have its physical exercises indoors
and gymnastic play ground out of doors. This matter has
received earnest consideration by your School Committee
and they have planned for physical instruction in all the
schools by teachers who have been under the instruction
of Dr. Sargent at Cambridge and others. Out of doors
every school yard should have suitable apparatus for many
kinds of athletic exercises. I hope the town will support
the committee with an appropriation for beginning this
work.
The school buildings have been well cared for and are in
good condition. In this connection it must be said the time
is near at hand for a new building to take the place of the
Adams school house at East Lexington. The present
building is old and ill adapted to school work. It requires
time to get plans for a school house, to study the location
and modern ideas involved in the ventilation and heating
and general necessities of good school requirements. The
Hancock school building for solidity of building, adaptation
to school work and general condition today after nineteen
years service is not excelled by any building in town. It
required many months work to produce that building. In
view of this fact I recommend a committee to be appointed
to consider the matter, and report at some future time.
The janitors of the various school buildings have spent
much time and care in keeping them in good condition.
The neatness and sanitary excellence of the houses and
grounds have received favorable comment from visitors
and officials from our own town as well as from outside
towns and cities.
We wish to thank the committee, teachers and janitors
for their hearty cooperation and interest in all school
inspections.
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JOSIAH ODIN TILTON.
Report of Supervisor of Drawing and Handicraft
To the Superintendent of Schools of the Town of Lexington:
DEAR SIR:—The course in drawing and handicraft is
practically the same as given last year; such changes as
have been made are of minor importance. The work has
progressed well and smoothly. A number of meetings
have been held in the several schools at which the
teachers have worked out with the Supervisor the draw-
ing or handicraft for the succeeding month and have
taken pride to keep the quality of work at a high standard.
More time is given to the High school than formerly.
This year five periods are given to both freehand and
mechanical drawing and each subject is kept quite practi-
cal. The boys are given the kind of mechanical drawing
they will find useful in life, and the girls have problems
closely related to home life. They have stencilled belts
and sofa pillows, and worked -out designs for embroidery
on waists, collars and cuffs. That the girls might see
more clearly the value of all this, a trip was made by the
Lexington pupils to the Girls' High School of Practical
Arts in Boston and the day devoted to watching the classes
in cooking, sewing, dressmaking, millinery and the vari-
ous studies. In this school all the work and studies are
planned strictly with the girl's home life in view.
I wish to thank you and the teachers for your cordial
support during the year.
Respectfully yours,
EDMUND KETCHUM,
Supervisor of Drawing and Handicraft.
REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF SEWING
To the Superintendent of Schools of the Town of Lexington:
DEAR. SIR:—The following is a report of the work in
sewing during the past year:—
The aim of the work has been not only the making of
useful and ornamental articles, but the developing of those
qualities which make one efficient. There is an oppor-
tunity to develop the power of construction by allowing
the pupil to assist in planning her work; practical judge-
ment is continually called for in the choice of material
and the methods of work; and the value of concentrated
effort is shown by the amount and quality of the work
accomplished.
The general outline of work has been similar to that
given in last year's report except that of the eighth grade.
In order to have some machine stitching in this grade, the
classes have met at the High school.
I take this opportunity to thank you, the committee, and
teachers for your interest.
Respectfully,
BERTHA M. PATTEE.
Report of Supervisor of Manual Training
To the Superintendent of Schools of the Town of Lexington:
DEAR SIR:—The work in sloyd has progressed along
similar lines as preceding years, with a few changes in
the course which seemed advisable.
The seventh grade have been working along the regular
course of models and have displayed 'a keen interest in the
work.
In the eighth grade and ninth grade, boys who have
shown marked ability have been allowed to attempt larger
problems in conjunction with the regular work. Several
pieces of furniture are being constructed which have
promise of being interesting.
In the ninth grade the latter part of the year will be
devoted to building construction. The work will be mostly
confined to simple framing, working from blue prints of a
garage or small cottage, constructing the frame to a scale
of one inch to a foot, making all the joints and mortises
used in frame construction. This work has been intro-
duced in several manual training schools very successfully,
and while it contains all educational advantages sloyd
affords, it at the same time gives the boy an insight into
the trade which will be of value to him.
Thanking the committee and yourself for your cordial
support, I remain,
Sincerely yours,
WILLIAM BROOKS HAZELTON.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
To the Superintendent of Schools of the Town of Lexington:
DEAR SIR: --I have the honor to submit to you my report
for the present year, 1910-1911, as Supervisor of Music:—
In the education of a child, music holds quite as impor-
tant a place as any study in the school curriculum, both
mentally and physically. A child's mind must be active
and alert to grasp instantly the changing intervals; the
variations in rhythm; the musical phrases; and, at the
same time, connect words and notes. The development
of breath control and tone quality not only cultivates a
more pleasing voice, but a more healthy body.
The course of study followed this past year is based
largely on the New Educational Music Course, adapted
and readjusted to our particular needs. The ultimate
object of the course is four -fold: first, to develop in the
child a love and appreciation of good music; second, to
cultivate an expressive voice; third, to develop the ability
to read at sight; and, fourth, to render songs understand-
ingly.
For the development of these four points, the daily work
has been divided into four divisions;—voice training, sight
singing, musical interpretation, and written work, —with
the addition of note singing in the first three grades.
Voice training does not imply vocal training in its gen-
eral meaning, but the proper placement of a child's voice
through breathing and breath control, free tone direction
and distinct enunciation. Aside from the beneficial effects
derived from the deep breathing, the increased interest in
music awakened in the children because of the soft, sweet
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quality of tone produced, distinctly proves that tone study
and breath control are necessary factors in music study in
the schools.
The ability to read at sight is a valuable mental drill,
embracing, as it does, the study of musical forms. A defi-
nite and logical study of musical forms is established,
beginning in a small degree in the first grade and con-
tinuing consecutively through the elementary grades to
its completion in the eighth grade.
Much emphasis has been laid on right and pleasing ren-
dering of songs in all grades. The interested and thought-
ful interpretation of songs on the part of the children
is rapidly increasing to the satisfaction of teachers and
supervisor.
The department believes that the ability to write music
is as important as the ability to write any acquired knowl-
edge of words and signs. For this reason, regular time is
assigned for written work, with most satisfactory results.
In the first three grades all songs are taught by rote.
As song study has an important place in developing
interest and musical activity, great care has been used to
select songs that are poetic, as well as interesting to the
child, and that are pure and attractive in melody, as well
as within the compass of the child's voice.
With the universal co-operation and interest on the part
of the teachers, the department feels that success in the
music department is assured.
In the High school the interest and musical activity are
steadily increasing.
The department wishes to thank you and the Com-
mittee for your encouraging and kindly support in the
work.
Respectfully submitted,
MARY E. BERRY,
Supervisor of Music.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF PENMANSHIP
To the Superintendent of Schools of the Town of Lexington:
DEAR SIR:—I am pleased to submit the following brief
outline of my work in the Grades.
FIRST GRADE. —The pupils are taught to sit in a (correct)
healthful position while attempting to learn to write, so
that injury to the eyes and body may not result. Correct
pencil holding also receives attention. The Whole Arm
or Suspended Arm Movement is employed and the work
is taken up in a manner calculated to obtain freedom and
gain the interest of the little folks. In the first part of the
term the major part of the writing is done at the board;
in latter half of the year it is intended that paper and
pencil be used, the size of letters being gradually decreased.
This plan is in keeping with the tendency among small
children, when not restrained, to use the large muscles of
the arm and shoulder in both work and play.
SECOND GRADE. —Position and pencil holding receive
special attention. Board and desk work are alternated.
Physical exercises are given. The writing, though much
larger in the beginning than that ordinarily used, is
gradually reduced until it reaches the normal size. This
is accomplished near the end of the year, when the muscle
of the fore -arm is used as the point of rest.
THIRD AND HIGHER GRADES. —Beginning in the third
grade ink is introduced and the Muscular or Fore -arm
Movement is taught. Physical exercises and movement
drills containing the principles used in forming letters are
given. The letters are taken up in the order of their ease
of execution. The construction of letters is explained and
illustrated at the board, together with the connecting
strokes. The "setting of copies" is tabooed on the theory
that with proper instruction the pupil will form a correct
concept of the letter and reproduce it with a fair degree of
accuracy and freedom. The main distinction between the
first three and the higher grades is that the higher the
grade the older the pupil, and, consequently, more rapid
his progress.
GENERAL.—Copy books and cramped finger movement
have become ancient history in enlightened communities.
Believing it is little less than a crime to allow pupils to
learn to write with the left hand, I require pupils in the
first three grades to use the right hand. However, if
parents, through some false idea that left-handedness
should continue as a mark of family pride or distinction,
wish their children to follow in the wake of their an-
cestors, their wishes will be yielded to when expressed in
writing. The ultimate aim of the work is to secure not
form alone, but form with its twin brothers legibility and
rapidity with ease of execution.
In order that the teachers may be better prepared to
help the pupils in this work and sympathize with and
encourage them when difficulties are met, a period after
school each week is set aside in which I give them a lesson
covering the work which the pupils are later given.
It may not be improper at this time to express my
appreciation of the words of encouragement you have given
me and to thank the teachers for the earnest, active
interest they have shown in my work and the energy they
have exerted in helping me in my attempt to make it a
success. For without their hearty coaperation my labors
would be doomed to meet with failure.
Respectfully submitted,
HASTINGS HAWKES.
REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER
To the Superintendent of Schools of the Town of Lexington .-
DEAR SIR:—As Truant Officer of the town of Lexington
I respectfully submit the following report for the year
ending December 31st, 1910.
I have received 40 calls from the Hancock, Munroe and
Adams schools. I have investigated each case and I find
in many cases the parents are at fault for the children's
absence.
The following reasons were given :
•Kept home by parents,
Sickness,
Not sufficient clothing,
Truants,
Suspended, but taken back on conditions,
Respectfully yours,
PATRICK J. MAGUIRE,
Truant Officer.
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ROLL OF HONOR
The following pupils not absent or tardy:—
Vernon Page, nine years, High school.
Hazel Ferguson, seven years, Hancock school, Grade VI.
Roy Ferguson, seven years, High school.
Ethel Butcher, six years, Hancock school, Grade 6.
Melissa Whiting, six years, High school.
Ethel Manning, five years, High school.
Elizabeth Woods, three years, High school.
Carleton Reed, three years, High school.
Norman Adams, Jr., three years, High school.
Katherine Drury, three years, Munroe school.
Margaret Greene, three years, High school.
Harry MacGregor Woods, three years, High school.
Clara Bunzell, two years, Hancock school.
Wallace Haynes, two years, Munroe school.
Alice Smith, two years, High school.
Sybil Davis, two years, High school.
Harold Ashley, two years, Munroe school.
Charles Coburn, one year, High school.
Elinus Hadley, one year, High school.
Henry Jackson, one year, High school.
Helen Robb, one year, High school.
Emory Haynes, one year, High school.
Esther Wilkinson, one year, High school.
Margaret Noyes, one year, High school.
Christine Noyes, one year, High school.
Edward Jackson, one year, Hancock school, Grade VI.
Annie Hasher, one year, Hancock school, Grade VI.
Elizabeth Cosgrove, one year, Adams school, Grade VII.
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Carl Page, one year, Adams school, Grade VI.
Annie Armstrong, one year, Adams school, Grade VL
Warren Grows, one year, Adams school, Grade VI.
Cobin McGilvray, one year, Adams school.
Not absent or tardy for one year:—
Helen C. Gallagher, High school.
Kathleen Parks, High school.
Raymond BIodgett, High school.
Gordon Fraser, Grade IX.
Edward Nicholson, Grade IX.
Fred Britton, Grade IX.
Edward Baker, High school.
Wallace Wright, Grade IX, has been absent but one day
since 1905.
Not absent, but tardy once:—
Bertram Kelley, Adams school, Grade IV.
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AWARD OF PRIZES
CLAPP WRITTEN PRIZE
Minola Marion Whiting
HONORABLE MENTION
Dorothy Fox Harold Bryant
CLAPP ORAL PRIZE
Leon Sturtevant
HONORABLE MENTION
Mary F. Dailey Lucy A. House
GEORGE O. SMITH PRIZE
Minola Whiting
SECOND PLACE
Helen Sturtevant
FRENCH MEDALS
HIGH SCHOOL
Minola Marion Whiting Lillie Belle Douglass
Mary Frances Dailey
ADAMS SCHOOL
Katherine Murphy, Grade IX Samuel Lassof, Grade IX
Alice Flynn, Grade IX
HANCOCK SCHOOL
Raymond Blodgett, Grade VIII Rita Veinotte, Grade VIII
Katherine Hennessy, Grade VIII
MUNROE SCHOOL
Norman Adams, Jr., Grade IX Galen Russell, Grade IX
Hattie McKay, Grade VII
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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, 1910
Eloise Butterfield
Alice Clapham
Ruth Hambleton Cady
Mary Frances Dailey
Mary Elizabeth Dailey
Lillie Belle Douglas
Alice Kathleen Desmond
William Eugene Gleason
Josephine Galloupe
Catherine Johnston
Florence Carol Page
Marion Gould Roberts
Leon Sturtevant
Minola Marion Whiting
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Lexington
Lexington
Sargent School, Cambridge
Business College
Tufts College
Wellesley College
Kindergarten School
Lexington
Lexington
Business College
Post Graduate student
Lester E. Smith's store
Tufts College
Tufts College
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, 1910
PROGRAM
March of the Classes, Orchestra
Graduating Class March, Orchestra
Invocation, Rev. Mr. Ballard
Essay—Athletics in the High School, Leon Sturtevant
ORCHESTRA
Essay—Woman Suffrage, Mary F. Dailey
Piano Solo, Lillie Douglas
Essay --Washington, Eloise Butterfield
Class Gift, Presented by Minola Whiting
Accepted by Dorothy Fox
Class Prophecy,
ORCHESTRA
Marion Roberts
Presentation of Diplomas,
Mr. Jay O. Richards
Chairman of the School Committee
Presentation of Medals and Prizes,
ORCHESTRA
Mr. Richards
GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES
JUNE, 1910
Norman Ilsley Adams, Jr.
Margaret Frances Bell
Henry Briggs
Mary Evangalister Buckley
Joseph William Buckley
Arthur Raymond Blodgett
Mildred Josephine Butters
Edward Warren Baker
Edward Carroll
William Francis Callahan
John Thomas Cosgrove
Earl Crosby
Irving Henry Currier
Mary Cecelia Collins
Edward Michael Cassidy
Pauline Edna Mary Davis
Elizabeth Eaton
Ralph Carter Eaton
Alice Flynn
Ruth Fowle
Ellen Melissa Glass
John Cummings Graham
Margaret Greene
Helen Willard Hardy
Richard Van Arsdale Hubbell
Catherine Helen Hennessey
Ethel Mae Hanson
Emory Warren Haynes
Stanley Hill
Mary Frances Kelly
Winthrop Wellington Locke
86
Samuel Lassof
Joseph Robert Leary
Patrick Thomas Lyons
Mattie May McKay
Ethel Manning
Delia Frances McDevitt
Katherine Julia Murphy
Samuel Harold McFarland
Mildred Wallace Meade
Hobert Clinton Merriam
Margaret Catherine Norton
Mary Elizabeth Norton
Harold Macy Nunn
George Francis Oliver
Margaret Elizabeth O'Connor
Vernon Cookson Page
John Joseph Rudd
Galen Allen Russell
Helen Choate Robb
Max Seltzer
Henry Atwell Spaulding
Raymond Tobin
John Joseph Tobin
Ethel Grace Tanton
Rita Marion Veinotte
Eugene John Viano
Charles Henry Watt
Esther Page Wilkinson
Robert William Woodhouse
Gladys Viola Withrow
Harry MacGregor Woods
LIST OF TEACHERS, JANUARY, 1911
Grade
Name
Elected
Preparation
IX
VIII
VII
VI
V
IV
III
I1
I
VIII
VII
V, VI
III IV
I
VI, VII
V, VI
III, IV
I, II
HIGH SCHOOL
Frank H. Damon, Prin..
Alice Woodward
A. Louisa Sanders
Charlotte P. Marston
Elsa W. Regestein
Florence Bonney
Hastings Hawkes
Ethel M. Piper
Martha L. Rich
HANCOCK SCHOOL
Thos. E. Freeman, Prin.
Helen R. Stubbs
Gertrude M. Healey
Emma E. Wright
Neva G. Mitchell
Elizabeth Merrill
Jennie F. Blodgett
Marion L. Rogers
MUNROE SCHOOL
Grace P. French, Prin
Joanna M. Kilmain
Mary E. Purcell
Ruby L. Christy
Maud M. Davis
Amelia M. Mulliken ...
ADAMS SCHOOL
E. Jennie Farrell, Prin.
May L. Benjamin
Mabel C. Pond
Carrie F. Fiske
1908
1904
1907
1908
1908
1909
1910
1911
1906
1908
1909
1910
1877
1902
1904
1894
1903
1909
1910
1907
1910
1910
1878.
University of Maine.
Mt. Holyoke College.
Tufts College.
Wellesley College
Mt. Holyoke College.
Radcliffe College.
Hampden -Sidney College.
Boston University.
Bridgewater Normal.
Bridgewater Normal.
Farmington Norma].
Framingham Normal.
Holt Normal Institute.
Natick High School.
Newburyport Training School.
Bridgewater Normal.
Symonds Kindergarten School
Wellesley College.
Framingham Normal.
Framingham Normal.
Salem Normal.
Bangor Training School.
Boston Normal School.
1906 Quincy Training School.
1909 Truro Normal School.
1907 Bridgewater Normal.
1872 Holt Normal Institute.
SUPERVISORS.
Drawing: Edmund Ketchum, 1907
Sewing: Bertha M. Puttee,1908
Manual Training: William rooks Hazelton, 1909
Music: Mary E. Berry, 1910
Penmanship: Hastings Hawkes, 1910
37
TIME
2.00-2.10
2.10-2.25
2.20-2.35
2.35-2.50
2.50-3.10
TIME
2.10-2.25
2.40-2.55
2.25-240
2.55-3.10
TIME
2.00-2.30
2.30-2.55
2.55-3.10
TIME
2.00-2.10
2.10-2.20
2.20-2.32
2.32-2.44
2.44-2.56
2.56-3.08
PENMANSHIP SCHEDULE
MONDAY
HANcocK SCHOOL
Grade II
Grade III
Grade IV
Grade V
Grade VI
Teacher's lesson from 3.20-3.40
TUESDAY
ADAMS SCHooL
Grades I and II
Grades III and IV
Grades V and VI
Grades VI and VII
Teacher's lesson from 3.20 to 3.40
THURSDAY
HANCOCK SCHOOL
Grade VIII
Grade VII
Grade I
FRIDAY
MUNROE SCHOOL
Grade I
Grade II
Grades III and IV
Grades V and VI
Grade VII
Grade VIII
Teacher's lesson from 3.20-3.40
38
MUSIC SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY
TIME MUNROE SCHOOL
8.50- 9.10 Grade I
9.15- 9.35 Grade II
9.35-10.15 Grades III and IV
10.35-11.00 Grades V and VI
11.00-11.25 Grade VII
11.27-11.54 Grade VIII
TIME ADAMS SCHOOL
L30-1.50 Grades I and II
1.50-2.15 Grades III and IV
2.15-2.40 Grades V and VI
2.40-3.05 Grades VI and VII
TIME
8.45- 9.10
9.30- 9.50
9.55-10.15
10.40-11.00
11.00-11.25
11.25-11.55
1.30- 1.55
2.05- 2.30
2.30- 3.00
TIME
8.00-1.00
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
HANCOCK AND GRADE I%
Grade IX
Grade I
Grade II
Grade III
Grade IV
Grade V
Grade VI
Grade VII
Grade VIII
High School
SEWING SCHEDULE
MONDAY
High School, A. M.
Grade IX A, 9.10-10.36.
Grade IX S, 10.47-12.10.
Adams School, P. M. Grades VI, VII, and VIII.
THURSDAY
Hancock School: Grade VI, A. M.; Grade VII, A. M.;
Grade VIII, P. M.
FRIDAY
Munroe School: Grade VI, A. M.; Grade VII, A. M.;
Grade VIII, P. M.
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HIGH SCHOOL STATISTICS
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Total membership, 1520,2
Average membership, 148.78
Average attendance, 146.78 p
Per cent. attendance, 98.58
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Total Membership . . 45.
Average Membership . . 41.9
Average Attendance . . 30.9
Per Cent Attendance . . 73.8
Grade 2 and 3
Total Membership 43.
Average Membership . . . 41.9
Average Attendance . . 36.7
Per Cent Attendance . . . 87.6
HANCOCK SCHOOL
Grade 6
Total Membership
Average Membership .
Average Attendance . _
Per Cent Attendance . . _
Grade 7
Total Membership
Average Membership .
Average Attendance . .
Per Cent Attendance
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Total Membership .
Average Membership .
Average Attendance .
Per Cent Attendance . .I
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CONTENTS
Estimates for 1911 .
Gammell Legacy Income
Lexington Town Records
Warrant for a Town
Warrant for a Town
Warrant for a Town
Adjourned Meeting,
Adjourned Meeting,
Warrant for a Town
Warrant for a Town
List of Town Officers
Officers appointed by the
Report of the Assessors
Report of Auditor .
Abatement of Taxes
April Nineteenth
Assessors . .
Auditors .
Balance Sheet .
Bank and Corporation Tax
Board of Health .
Care of Common
Care of Hastings Park .
Cary Library .
Cary Memorial Library .
Cash Expenditures . .
Cemeteries .
Cemetery Trust Funds Interest
Cemetery Trust Funds .
Clerk of School Committee
Report .
Meeting, Jan. 4, 1910
Meeting, Feb. 23, 1910
Meeting, Mar. 7, 1910
Mar. 14, 1910 . .
Mar. 21, 1910 .
Meeting, Apr. 12, 1910
Meeting, Nov. 8, 1910
Selectmen
63
91
▪ 9
9
12
15
• 24
31
. 34
▪ 37
• 3
▪ 6
117
130
179
174
167
168
196
180
164
176
177
171
190
193
156
164
163
169
Report of Auditor—Continued.
Collector of Taxes
Contingent
County Tax .
Discount on Taxes
Fire Department
Fire Alarm Whistle
Finance Committee
Fire Alarm Boxes
Fuel and Lights
Gammell Legacy .
Grading Spaulding Land
Hydrants . .
Heating Plant, Hancock School
Highways .
Interest .
Insurance . .
Insurance Carried by the Town
Inspector of Cattle . .
Inspector of Meats and Provisions
Janitors . .
Land Taken for Water Purposes
Librarians . .
Memorial Day . .
Moving Old High School .
Net Debt Exhibit .
Old Water Works Property
Outside Aid .
Overseers of Poor .
Police Department .
Printing . .
Public Trust Funds .
Recapitulation . .
Registrars of Voters .
Removal of Snow .
Revenue Account, 1910
Repairs on Almshouse
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
167
150
181
179
147
184
184
185
162
180
185
172
183
140
180
172
173
170
170
170
186
161
176
179
200
183
155
166
161
163
189
192
169
159
195
184
Report of Auditor—Continued.
Repairs Masonic Hall
Repairs on Town Hall
Schools . .
High School
Adams School
Hancock School . .
Common to All Schools
Monroe School . • .
Ninth Grade
Summary
School Physician .
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Selectmen . .
Sewer Commissioners
Sewer Tax .
Sidewalks .
State Aid
State Highway Tax
State Tax . .
Stone Building .
Street Lights . .
Support of Poor
Suppression of Moths .
Suppression and Extermination of Insects
Surveyors of Highways .
Tax Titles .
Temporary Loans .
Trimming Trees
Town Clerk .
Town Debt
Town Physician • .
Town Treasurer
Town Hall .
Treasurer of Cary Library
Village Hall .
Water Department . .
184
178
130
133
130
136
138
131
138
140
169
170
165
189
181
176
164
182
181
186
171
153
158
185
166
185
183
171
166
182
170
167
188
169
187
144
Report of Auditor—Continued.
Watering Streets .
Watering Troughs .
Report of Board of Health
Report of Cattle Inspector .
Report of Cemetery Committee
Report of Cesspools Cleaned .
Report of Chief of Police
Report of Fire Engineers
Report of the Fumigator
Report of Inspector of Plumbing . .
Report of Investment Committee Trustees Cary
Memorial Library .
Report of Meat Inspector
Report of Librarian
Report of Moth Committee .
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures . . 68
Report of Selectmen, Highway Surveyors, Over-
seers of Poor .
Report of Tax Collector
Report of Town Clerk
Births .
Deaths .
Dogs .
Jurors .
Marriages . .
Report of Treasurer of Cary Library
Report of Tree Warden . .
Report of Trustees of Cary Library
Report of Trustees of Public Trusts
Eleanor S. Beal's Legacy .
Samuel J. Bridge Gift .
Harriet R. Gilmor Legacy
Charles E. French Fund .
Jonas Gammell Legacy .
Cemetery Trust Funds .
George 0. Smith Legacy .
Hayes Fountain Fund .
177
172
70
77
116
75
104
201
74
73
102
76
96
65
•
57
122
43
47
51
56
54
43
100
67
92
78
81
82
84
85
87
87
89
90
Report of Water and Sewer Commissioners • 107
Statement of Town Debt 124
Statement of Assets and Liabilities •Other than
Town Debt 128
Tax Statistics . • 120
Town Treasurer's Report 125
SCHOOL REPORT
School Committee's Report 5
Report of Superintendent 9
Report of School Physician 20
Report of Supervisor of Drawing and Handicraft 23
Report of Supervisor of Sewing . 24
Report of Supervisor of Manual Training 25
Report of Supervisor of Music 26
Report of Supervisor of Penmanship 28
Report of Truant Officer . 30
Roll of Honor . _ 31
Award of Prizes 33
High School Graduates, 1910 . • 34
High School Graduation, 1910. 35
Grammar School Graduates 36
Penmanship Schedule 38
Music Schedule 39
Sewing Schedule 40
High School Statistics 41