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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1916-Annual ReportREPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON For the Year 1916 MAUGUS PRINTING COMPANY WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS 1916 TOWN OF LEXINGTON LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS FROM March, 1916 to March, 1917 Town Clerk CHARLES W. SWAN Selectmen EDWARD W. TAYLOR (Chairman) WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN WILLIAM B. FOSTER Overseers of the Poor WILLIAM B. FOSTER (Chairman) EDWARD W. TAYLOR WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN Surveyors of Highways WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN (Chairman) EDWARD W. TAYLOR WILLIAM R. FOSTER Board of Survey EDWARD W. TAYLOR (Chairman) WILLIAM 5. SCAMMAN WILLIAM B. FOSTER Assessors GEORGE H. JACKSON (Chairman) HENRY E. TUTTLE I8 FREDERICK J. SPENCER 13 Town Treasurer GEORGE D. HARRINGTON Collector of Tara BYRON C. EARLE Cemetery Committee GEORGE W. SPAULDING 17 ARTHUR A. MARSHALL 18 LESTER E. SMITH 19 !School Committee JAY. D. RICHARDS (Chairman) 17 HALLIE C. BLAKE 18 ROBERT L. RYDER 19 Park Commissioners DR. J. ODIN TILTON (Chairman) 19 WILLIAM E. MULLIKEN 18 .1. WILLARD HAYDEN, JR. 17 Water and Sower Commissioners GEORGE E. BRIGGS (Chairman) I8 EDWARD H. MARA 17 ALBERT B. TENNEY 19 Trustees Public Trusts FRANK D. PEIRCE 22 F. FOSTER SHERBURNE 80 JOHN F. TURNER 18 Tree Warden 17 ALFRED E. ROBINSON Auditor CHARLES F. PIERCE Board of Health DR, WM. L. BARNES (Chairman) 17 WILLIAM B. FOSTER 18 CHARLES H. FRANKS 111 Moderator EDWIN A. BAYLEY Constables CHARLES 11. FRANKS PATRICK J. MAGUIRE Fence Viewers FRANK P. CUTTER CHARLES E. WHEELER Field Drivers WILLIAM F. FLETCHER PATRICK J. MAGUIRE Surveyors of Lumber FRANK P. CUTTER EDGAR W. HARROD 4 TOWN OF LEXINGTON APPOINTED OFFICERS Fire Engineers EDWARD W. TAYLOR (Chief) WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN BYRON A. RUSSELL Police Officers CHARLES H. FRANKS (Acting Chief) PATRICK .1. MAGUIRE THOMAS C. BUCKLEY JAMES J. SULLIVAN WALTER H. KEW JAMES IRWIN JOHN C. RUSSELL WILLIAM F. FLETCHER EDWARD C. MAGUIRE Park Police JOHN J. GARRITY Special Police FRANK E. CLARK JOHN CAMPBELL FRED W, JOHNSON CHARLES A. MANLEY CLIFTON E. WALKER THOMAS F. GRIFFIN OLIN L. PHELPS EDGAR L. WHITE GEORGE S. TEAGUE WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN WILLIAM P. WRIGHT HENRY J. MCNIDER MARK DODD GEORGE CRAWFORD GEORGE L. PEIRCE VERNON C. PAGE JOHN T. BENSON Constable CHARLES E. WHEELED. Keepers of Lockup CHARLES H. FRANKS THOMAS C. BUCKLEY Assistant Town Clerk MISS HELEN C. GALLAGHER Trutitees of Gammen Legacy Income acting with the Overseers of the Poor MISS ROSE M. TUCKER MRS. WILLIAM W. REED Board of Trustees of Cary Memorial Library Copsi to of THE SELECTMEN THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE SETTLED CLERGYMEN OF THE TOWN Treasurer of Cary Memorial Library ROBERT L. RYDER Librarian of Cary Memorial Library MISS MARIAN P. KIRKLAND Assistants MISS HELEN E. MUZZEY MISS DOROTHY B. WENTWORTH MISS EMMA O. NICHOLS (East Lexing- ton Branch) Trusters Bridge Charitable Fund F. FOSTER SHERBURNE FRANK D. PIERCE JOHN F. TURNER Superintendent of Scales and Public Weighers WILLIAM E. DENHAM (Supt. Town Scales) GEORGE S. TEAGUE GEORGE F, TEAGUE WILLIAM E. MULLIKEN • WILLIAM E, DENHAM JOHN HEDBERG Weighers of Hay and Grain CHARLES F. SPAULDING EDWARD FULLERTON FRED GIVEN ALBERT BIERENBROODSPOT Sealer of Weights and Measures CHARLES E. HADLEY Weigher at Stone Crusher MI5S L. T. WHITING Measurers of Wood and Bark EDGAR W, HARROD GEORGE S. TEAGUE Superintendent of Water and Sewer Dept. CHARLES S. BEAITDRY Clerk of Water and Sewer Department EDWIN B. WORTHEN Supervisor of Streets ROBERT H. WHITE Forest Warden ROBERT WATT Superintendent of Moth Department OSBORNE J. GORMAN Superintendent and Matron of Almshouse MR. AND MRS. ROBERT H. WHITE Inspector of Animals DR, HARRY L. ALDERMAN Inspectors of Slaughtering DR. HARRY L. ALDERMAN CHARLES H. BUTTERFIELD Inspector of Buildings WILLIAM GRATTO Inspector of Plumbing ANDREW BAIN APPOINTED Town Physician DR, HENRY C. VALENTINE Janitor of Town Hall EDGAR L. WHITE Janitor of Cary Memorial Library FRANK E. CLARKE Janitor of Village Hail WILLIAM P. WRIGHT Janitor of Stena Building JOHN E. GARMON Registrars of Voters CHARLES F. NOURSE (Chairman) 17 DAVID F. MURPHY 1S BARTHOLOMEW D. CALLAHAN 19 CHARLES W. SWAN (Clerk) OFFICERS Undertakers ARTHUR A. MARSHALL JAMES F. McCARTHY D. W. GRANNAN & SON Fumigator ARTHUR A. MARSHALL Charge of Odorless Cart ERNEST W. MARTIN Agent of Board of Health to Luce Burial Permits CHARLES W. SWAN Burial Agent ARTHUR A. MARSHALL Milk Inspector DR. LAURENCE L. PEIRCE Moth Supervisor WILLIAM S .SCAMMAN TOWN OF LEXINGTON COMMITTEES APPOINTED AT VARIOUS TOWN MEETINGS By-Laws—Appointed April 29, 1911 EDWIN A. BAYLEY ARTHUR L. BLODGETT CHARLES W. SWAN New Cemetery—Appointed March 11. 1912 ALONZO E. LOCKE GEORGE H. JACKSON JAMES F. McCARTHY EVERETT S. EMERY ARTHUR A. MARSHALL HERBERT L. WELLINGTON Finance Committee Term expires in March, 1919 DANIEL W. WEEKS GEORGE H. CHILDS EUGENE T, BUCKLEY JOHN E. A. MULLIKEN WILLIAM ROGER GREELEY Term expires in March. 1913 WILLIAM W. REED WALTER W. ROWSE CHARLES H. MILES A. INGHAM BICKNELL DANIEL J. O'CONNELL Term expires in March, 1917 LESTER T. REDMAN CHARLES H. RUDD JOHN J. DONOVAN JOHN G. GRAHAM JOSEPH N. LEONARD Committee on Increased School Accommoda- tions ARTHUR L. BLO0GET C DWIGHT F. KILGOUR CHARLES S. CLAPHAM DR. J. ODIN TILTON AND THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE Town Manager A. INGHAM BICKNELL WILLIAM ROGER GREELEY EDWIN C. STEVENS GEORGE H. CHILDS EDWARD H. MARA ALBERT B. TENNEY SYDNEY R. WRIGHTINGTON WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in saki County, Greeting:- In reeting:In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexing- ton, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Lexington, on Monday, the sixth day of March, A. D., 1916, at seven o'clock, A. M., then and there to act on the following articles: Art. 1. To choose by ballot the fol- lowing town officers: One Town Clerk for the term of one year; three Selectmen for the term of one year; three Over- seers of the Poor for the term of one year; three Surveyors of the Highways for the term of one year; One Assessor for the term of three years; one Town Treasurer for the term of one year; one Collector of Taxes for the term of one year; one Auditor for the term of one year; one Water and Sewer Commis- sioner for the term of three years; one Member of the Cemetery Committee for the term of three years; one Member of the School Committee for the term of three years; one Member of the Board of Health for the term of three years; one Park Commissioner for the term of three years; one Park Commissioner for the term of one year; one Trustee of Public Trusts for the term of six years; one Tree Warden for the term of one year; two Constables for the term of one year; one Moderator for the term of one year. Art. 2. To see if the town will vote for or against granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, in answer to the question: "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" The election officers will receive votes under articles 1 and 2 on the official bal- lot 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 five P. M. In compliance with article III of the By -Laws as amended January 29, 1900, business under the following articles will be transacted at an adjourned meeting to be held Monday evening March 13, 1916, unless the adjourned meeting shall by unanimous vote, be ordered for some other specified time. Art. 3 To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Com- mittee of the Town for action thereon, and to appoint other Committees. Art. 4. To choose such town officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination. Art. 5. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the proper observ- ance of Memorial Day, to be expended under the direction of Post 119, Grand Army of the Republic. Art. 6. To provide for the support of the Public Schools the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 7. To provide for the support of the Poor at the Alms House the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 8. To provide for the support of the Outside Poor the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 9. To provide for the support of the Highways the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 10. To provide for the support of the Street Lights the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 11. To provide for the support of the Fire Department the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 12. To see if the town will make the usual appropriations for town ex- penses the ensuing year, not specified in other articles, or act in any manner re- lating thereto. Art. 13. To see if the town will in- struct the Selectmen to improve the con- dition of the Town Hall grounds, and make an appropriation for this purpose, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 14. 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 ex- pense thereof. TOWN OF LEXINGTON Art. 15. To see if the town will make an appropriation sufficient to meet the expense of placing new insurance and re- newals for the ensuing year, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 16. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths in accord- ance with Chap. 381, Acts of 1905 and amendments thereto, or act in any man- ner relating thereto. Art. 17. To see if the town will ap- propriate a sum of money for the use of the Finance Committee, or take any ac- tion relating thereto. Art. 18. To take such action as may be deemed best by the town in relation to the removal of electric wires, now sup- ported by poles situated in or along the side of public streets, and the placing of such wires under ground; and to pass any vote or votes, adopt any by-law or give any instructions appropriate to ac- complish or facilitate the undergrounding of such wires. Art. 19. To provide for the support of the Public Parks for the ensuing year and grant money for the same, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 20. To see if the town will make further appropriations of money for the suppression of insects, or act in any man- ner relating thereto. Art. 21. To see if the town will accept and allow an altering and widening of the town way known as Revere Street, made by the Selectmen by an order dated January 19, 1916. Said order, which shows also the boundaries and measure- ments of the street as altered and wid- ened, and a plan therein referred to, are on file in the office of the Town Clerk. Art. 22. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money to widen and deep- en the brooks in the town so as to ob- tain better surface drainage, the same to be expended by the Water and Sewer Commissioners, or take any other action relating thereto. Art. 23. To appropriate money for the use of the Water Department, and vote to issue bonds or notes therefor, or other- wise determine the method of raising the' money so appropriated, and to take anyf other or further action relative thereto as may be deemed best. Art. 24. To see if the town will ap- propriate the sum of five hundred dol- lars ($500.00) for the care of the Ceme- teries for the ensuing year, or take any action relating thereto. Art. 25. To receive the report of the committee appointed to prepare and pre- sent a new code of by-laws to the town, and take action thereon. Art. 26. To see what action the town will take to raise and appropriate $36o.00 for the George Washington Memorial Building, Washington, D. C. Art. 27. To see if the town will accept a road running westerly from Highland Avenue at its junction with Broomfield Street to Highland Avenue near its junc- tion with Winthrop Road, or act in any manner relating thereto. Plans showing proposed lay -out may be seen at the office of the Town Clerk. Art. 28. To see if the town will au- thorize the Surveyors of Highways to widen the easterly end of Vine Brook Road, from forty to sixty feet, provided it is done without expense to the town, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 29. To see if the town will au- thorize their Treasurer, under the direc- tion of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purposes, in anticipa- jon of revenue for the current year, the same to be repaid directly from the pro- ceeds of said revenue, or act in any man- ner relating thereto. Art. 30. To see if the town will vote :o accept Sections 21 to 25, both inclu- sive, of Chapter 78 of the Revised Laws and all Acta in amendment thereof and in additon thereto providing for the e]ec- ;ion of a Board of Cemetery Commis- sioners and the care and management of the public burial grounds of the town, or or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 3L To see if the town will accept Chapter 447 of the Acts of 1912 relative to the retirement of Civil War Veterans, or act in any manner leating thereto. Art. 32. To receive the report of the committee appointed to consider the mat- ter of a new cemetery, and take action thereon. Art. 33. To see if the town will au- thorize the Selectmen to establish build- ing lines as recommended in their annual report, and make an appropriation for this purpose, or act in any manner re- lating thereto. Art. 34. To see if the town will vote to change the length of term of office of the members of the Board of Selectmen and the members of the Board of Over- seers of the Poor from the term of one year, as at present, to the term of three years, by providing that at the annual meeting for the election of Town Officers to be held in March 1917, the town shall elect one member of each of said Boards TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS for the term of one year; one member of each of said Boards for the term of two years, and one member of each of said Boards for the term of three years, and that thereafter at each annual meet- ing for the election of Town Officers, the town shall elect one member of each of said. Boards for the term of three years, as provided by law, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 35. To see if the town will vote to elect at the annual election of town officers to be held in March 1917, three Road Commissioners, one of whom shall serve for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years, and that at each annual meeting for the election of town officers thereafter, the town shall elect one Road Commissioner for the term of three years, and that at the meeting for the election of town officers to be heId in March 1917, and thereafter, the town shall elect no Surveyors of Highways, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 36. To see if the town will in- struct the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners to extend the six inch water main from its present terminus on Cliff Avenue further on said avenue and on Cummings, Wilson, Melrose, Arcadia and Rawson Avenues or on any of them, and appropriate and assess money for this purpose, or act in any manner re- lating thereto. 9 Art. 37. To see if the town will adopt a By -Law regulating and restricting the deposit of ashes, rubbish and other waste material so • that the same may not be left exposed to view within a specified distance from a public street; and to take any other or further action, by the adop- tion of a By -Law or otherwise, calcu- lated to prevent the deposit and accum- ulation of waste material in places where it tends to interfere with the comfort or well being of the inhabitants. Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this eighteenth day of February, A. D. 1916. EDWARD W. TAYLOR, GEORGE H. CHILDS, Selectmen of Lexington. Lexington, Mass., March 1, 1916. To the Town Clerk. I have notified the inhabitants of Lex- ington by posting printed copies of the foregoing warrant in the post -office and in seven other public places in the town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest: CHARLES E. WHEELER, Constable of Lexington. ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION March 6, 1916 The meeting was called to order at seven o'clock A. M. by the Moderator. The first two articles of the warrant were read by the Town Clerk, following which the meeting voted that the further reading of the warrant be omitted. The return of the Constable was then read by the Clerk. James A. Hurley and Fred G. Jones were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties as Ballot Clerks, and gave a receipt to the Town Clerk for a pack- age said to contain 1700 ballots for male voters and 500 ballots for female voters. Charles G. Kauffman and John J. Gar- rity were sworn as Deputy Ballot Clerks. The ballot box was shown to be empty, then locked and the key given to the Constable. The polls were then declared open. Albert I. Carson, Patrick F. Dacey, Ralph H. Marshall, Samuel B. Bigelow, William C. O'Leary, Cornelius F, O'Con- nor, Fred E. Butters, Nathaniel Nunn and Allston M. Redman were sworn as Tellers. At 9.15 the ballot box was opened and 300 ballots were taken out, leaving the box empty. The dial also registered 300. At 11.30 A. M. 100 ballots were taken out. At 2.30 P. M. 200 ballots were taken out. At 3.45 P. M. 150 ballots were taken out. At the close of the polls at five o'clock 100 ballots were taken out, making a total of 850 ballots cast at the election. This number agreed with the number of 10 TOWN OF LEXINGTON names checked on each voting list and with the dial on the box. Twenty-nine ballots were cast by fe- male voters for School Committees which number agreed with the number of names checked on both lists. At 7.20 o'clock the Town Clerk an- nounced the result as follows:— Whole number of ballots cast by male voters 850 Whole number of ballots cast by female voters 29 Town Clerk—One Year Charles W. Swan 603 Charles A. Kauffman 1 Blanks 246 Charles W. Swan was declared elected. Selectmen—One Year William B. Foster James F. McCarthy William S. Scamman Edward W. Taylor James A. Wilson F. D. Peirce C. P. Ashley Dwight F. Kilgour Clarence P. Johnson Arthur W. Hatch Blanks Edward W. Taylor, William man and William B. Foster clared elected. Overseers of the Poor—One Year William B. Foster 376 James F. McCarthy 293 William S. Scamman 391 Edward W. Taylor 562 James A. Wilson 351. Blanks 577 Edward W. Taylor, William S. Scam - man and William B. Foster were de- clared elected. Surveyors of Highways—One Year William B. Foster James F. McCarthy William S. Scamman Edward W. Taylor James A. Wilson Clarence P. Johnson Arthur W. Hatch Blanks William B. Foster, William man and Edward W. Taylor clared elected. Assessor—Three Years Charles E. Hadley Frederick J. Spencer Peter O'Connor Geo. Young Blanks 375 293 397 566 345 1 1 1 1 1 569 S. Scam - were de - 371 287 392 564 '356 1 1 578 S. Scam - were de - 262 530 1 1 56 Frederick J. Spencer was declared elected. Town Treasurer—One Year George D. Harrington 729 Charles A. Kauffman 1 Blanks 120 George D. Harrington was declared elected. Collector of Taxes—One Year Byron C. Earle 743 Blanks 107 Byron C. Earle was declared elected. Moderator—One Year Edwin A. Bayley 642 Edward C. Stone 1 Edward P. Merriam 1 Blanks 205 Edwin A. Bayley was declared elected. Cemetery Committee—Three Years Lester E. Smith 673 Blanks 177 Lester E. Smith was declared elected. Auditor—One Year Charles F. Pierce Blanks Charles F. Pierce was declared Board of Health—Three Years Charles H. Franks Arthur F. Hutchinson Blanks Charles H. Franks elected. School Committee—Three Years Robert L. Ryder 652 BIanks 227 Robert L. Ryder was declared elected. Water and Sewer Commissioner— Three Years Albert B. Tenney 626 Blanks 224 Albert B. Tenney was declared elected. Constables for One Year Charles H. Franks 590 Patrick J. Maguire 596 William Moakley 1 Patrick Kelley 1 Blanks 512 Charles H. Franks and Patrick J. Ma- guire were declared elected., Tree Warden—One Year Alfred. E. Robinson 625 James E. Crone 1 Blanks 224 Alfred E. Robinson was declared elect- ed. Trustee Public Trusts—Six Years Frank D. Pierce 624 James J. Sullivan 1 Blanks 225 Frank D. Pierce was declared elected. 642 208 elected. 416 358 76 was declared TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 11 Park Commissioner -Three Years J. Odin Tilton 555 John J. Garrity 1 J. Willard Hayden 1 Walter W. Rowse 1 W. E. Mulliken 1 Blanks 291 J. Odin Tilton was declared elected. Park Commissioner For Oae Year J. Willard Hayden, Jr. 416 Walter W. Rowse 369 Geo. E. Briggs 1 Blanks 64 J. Willard Hayden, Jr., was declared elected. Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town? Yes 242 No 485 Blanks 123 The town voted no license. The Moderator declared the meeting adjourned to Monday evening, March 13, 1916 at 7.30 P. M. ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING March 13, 1916 The meeting was called to order at 7.30 P. M. by the Moderator. Art, 9. Highway Appropriation. Edward W. Taylor offered the follow- ing motion: "Voted, that the sum of $30,000 be ap- propriated for the maintenance of high- ways during the ensuing year, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1916, $ 39.19 Amount to be assessed 29,960.81 $30,000.00 It was so voted at 7.47 o'clock. Art. 3. Frank H. Holmes requested that the report of the Special Committee on Alms House be read. He was informed that owing to the absence of the chairman, the report would not be presented this evening. Art. 37. On motion of Arthur F. Hutch- inson it was voted that this article rel- ative to the regulation of the deposit of ashes, etc., be indefinitely postponed. Art. 11. Fire Department Appropria- tion. William S. Scamman offered the fol- lowing:- "Voted, that the sum of $11,- 344.00 be appropriated for the support of the Fire Department for the ensuing year, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1916 $ 356.87 Amount to be assessed 10,987.13 • $11,344.00 It was so voted at 7.52 o'clock. Art. 10. Street Light Appropriations. Edward W. Taylor offered the follow- ing motion: "Voted, that the sum of $10,785.01 be appropriated to cover expenses of street- lights for the ensuing year, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1916 $ 216.01 Amount to be assessed 10,569.00 $10,785.01 It was so voted at 7.55 o'clock. Art. 6. School Appropriation. Hallie C. Blake offered the following motion: "Voted, that the sum of $54,450.47 be appropriated for the Support of the Pub- lic Schools during the ensuing year, to be made up as follows: Net Balance on hand Jan. 1, '16 $550.47 Estimated Revenue 900.00 To be assessed 53,000.00 $54,450.47 It was so voted at 7.58 o'clock. Art. 13. On motion of Edward W. Tay- lor it was voted that this article rela- tive to improving conditions in the Town Hall Grounds be indefinitely postponed. Art. 14. Sidewalk Appropriation. On motion of Edward W. Taylor it was "Voted that the sum of $700.00 be ap- propriated for Sidewalks, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 Amount to be assessed $357.63 342.37 Vote passed at 8.00 o'clock. $700.00 12 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Art. 22. Lowering of Brooks. On motion of George E. Briggs it was "Voted that the sum of $500 be appro- priated for the care of Brooks, to be made up as follows: Bal. on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $ 31.27 Amount to be assessed 468.73 $500.00 Vote passed at 8.13 o'clock. Frank H. Holmes' motion to indefinite- ly postpone the article was lost. Art. 19. Park Appropriation. Wiliam E. Mulliken offered the follow- ing motion: "Voted that the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) be appropriated and assessed for the care and maintenance of the public Parks and Playgrounds for the ensuing year. This amount to be ex- pended under the direction of the Park Commissioners." A. Ingham Bicknell, Chairman of the Finance Committee, offered the following as a substitute motion: "Voted, that the sum of $3500.00 be appropriated for Public Parks, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $ 103.67 Amount to be assessed 3,396.38 $3,500.00 It was voted to substitute the motion offered by Mr. Bicknell for the one of- fered by Mr. Mulliken and the substi- tute motion was then passed by vote of the meeting at 8.29 o'clock.. Mr. Mulliken stated that he was re- sponsible for the overdraft in the ac- count for 1915. Art. 7. It was voted to lay this article call- ing for an appropriation for the Alms House on the table until after the re- port of the Special Committee of inves- tigation had been received. Art. 5. Memorial Day Appropriation. On motion of Lester T. Redman, it was "Voted, that the sum of $250 be ap- propriated and assessed for the proper observance of Memorial Day, the same to be expended under the direction of Post 119, Grand Army of the Republic." Vote passed at 8.36 o'clock. Art. 23. Appropriation for Water De- partment. On motion of George E. Briggs it was "Voted, that there be appropriated for the use of the Water Department for the ensuing year, $7,100.31, to he made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $4,100.31 Balance of appropriation to be made up by the issuing of bonds 3,000.00 $7,100.31 Voted, that for the purpose of provid- ing bonds for the extension of water mains, the Town Treasurer be and here- by is authorized to issue and sell under the direction and with the approval of the Selectmen, negotiable, registered or coupon bonds of the Town in serial form to the aggregate principal amount of $3000.00' bearing interest at a rate not exceeding four per centum per annum, payable semi-annually and payable both principal and interest in gold coin of the United States of America of the present standard of weight and fineness, such bonds to be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Se- lectmen, so arranged that $1000.00 of the principal will fall due and payable in each of the years 1917, 1918 and 1919 in- clusive." On the above motion the house was polled, 127 voting in favor and 0 against. Vote passed at 8.40 o'clock. Art. 18. Removal of Wires. On motion of Edward W. Taylor, it was "Voted, that the Selectmen are here- by requested to consider the advisability of applying to the Legislature for the passage of an Act to compel the grad- ual placing of electric wires under- ground; and to report to a future town meeting their recommendations in rela- tion thereto." Vote passed at 8.44 o'clock. Art. 33. Building Lines. On motion of Edward W. Taylor, it a-ae voted that this article be indefinitely postponed, the town having voted in 1902 to accept the Act authorizing the Selectmen to establish building lines. Art. 24. Cemetery Appropriation. On motion of A. Ingham Bicknell, it was "Voted that the sum of $800.67 be appropriated for Cemeteries, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $300.67 Amount to be assessed 500.00 Vote passed at 8.48 o'clock. $S00.67 TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS Art. 36. Extension of Water Mains. On motion of George E. Briggs, it was voted to Iay this article on the table. Because of the amount of snow on the ground the Water Department has been unable to estimate the kind of dig- ging and probable expense of the exten- sions. - Voters living in the locality where the extensions were asked for urged that the mains be laid as requested. Art. 15. Insurance. On motion of Everett S .Emery, it was "Voted that the sum of $2,850.00 be appropriated for Insurance, to be made up as follows: Amount to be assessed $2,844.64 Bal. on hand Jan. 1, 1916 5.36 $2,850.00 Vote passed at 9.02 o'clock. Art. 21. Revere Street. Chairman Taylor read the report of the Selectmen stating that the bounds of this and many other streets are uncer- tain, and that the Board has established new lines for the street. It was voted to accept the report. On motion of Mr. Taylor, it was then voted "that the Town hereby accepts and allows the altering and widening of Revere Street, made by the Selectmen by an order dated January 19, 1916, and reported to this meeting" Vote passed at 9.08 o'clock. • Art. 17. Finance Committee Appropria- tion. On motion of A. Ingham Bicknell, it was "Voted, that the sum of $161.80 be appropriated for the Finance Commit- tee, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $ 11.80 Amount to be assessed 150.00 Total • $161.80 Vote passed at 9.17 o'clock. Art. 27. On motion of Edward W. Taylor, it was voted that this article calling for the acceptance of Highland Avenue be in- definitely postponed. Vote passed at 9.18 o'clock. Art. 28. Widening of Vine Brook Road. Edward W. Taylor offered a vote to authorize the Surveyors of Highways to widen the easterly end of the road. On 13 motion of Robert P. Clapp it was voted to indefinitely postpone action on this ar- ticle. Vote passed at 9.23 o'clock. Mr. Clapp stated that the proceedings so far had not conformed to law. Art. 29. Temporary Loans. On motion of A. Ingham Bicknell it was "Voted, that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby, is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of revenue of the present municipal year to an amount not exceeding in the ag- gregate $125,000.00, ando issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the present municipal year." Vote passed at 9.25 o'clock. Arts. 34 and 35. Terms of Office of Se- lectmen, etc. Under article 34, Charles H. Spauld- ing offered the following motion: That at the annual meeting for the election of town officers to be held in March, 1917, the Town shall elect one Se- lectman for the term of one year, one Overseer of the Poor for the term of one year, one Selectman for the term of two years, one Overseer of the Poor for the term of two years, one Selectman for the term of three years and one Over- seer of the Poor for the term of three years, and thereafter, at each annual meeting for the election of town officers, the Town shall elect one Selectman for the term of three years and one Overseer of the Poor for the term of three years, and any and all votes heretofore passed by the Town providing for the election of Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor, otherwise than as herein provided, are hereby rescinded." Eugene T. Buckley moved that all ac- tion under article 34 be indefinitely post- poned. • The motion to indefinitely postpone was lost by a vote of 13 to 116. Mr. Spaulding's motion was carried by a vote of 131 to 6. Vote passed at 10.05 o'clock. Messrs. Ryder, Clapp, C. F. Spaulding, Kauffman, F. D. Peirce and Stickel urged the passage of the Spaulding motion. John F. Welch opposed it. Under article 35, Mr. Spaulding offered the following motion: 'That at the annual meeting for the 14 TOWN OF LEXINGTON ' election of town officers to be held in March, 1917, the town shall elect no Sur-' veyors of Highways, but in place thereof the Town shall elect one Road Commis- sioner for the term of one year, one Road Commissioner for the term of two years and one Road Commissioner for the term of three years, and thereafter, at each annual meeting for the election of Town officers, the Town shall elect one Road Commissioner for the term of three years, and any and all votes heretofore passed by the town providing for the election of Surveyors of Highways are hereby rescinded." The meeting so voted at 10.08 o'clock, 119 voting in favor and 2 against. It was voted that the meeting be ad- ' journed to Monday, March 20, 1916, at 7.30 P. M. ADJOURNED ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING March 20, 1916 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7.30 P. M. Art. 12. General Appropriations. Under this article the following votes were passed: April Nineteenth. "That the sum of two hundred seven- ty-five dollars ($275.00) be appropriated for the April 19th celebration account, said sum to be made up as follows: Unexpended balance $ 23.50 To be assessed 251.50 $275.00 Assessors That the sum of $2,050 be appropriated for Assessors to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan, 1, 1916 $ 10.85 Amount to be assessed 2,039.15 Total $2,050.00 The Chairman of the Board of Asses- sors made an unsuccessful attempt to se- cure an increase in salary of $300 for the Board. Auditor "Voted, that the sum of $726.00 be ap- propriated for Auditor, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $ 14.80 Amount to be assessed 710.20 Total $725.00 Board of Health Voted that the sum of $1,800.00 be ap- propriated for the Board of Health, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $ 5.98 Amount to be assessed 1,794.02 Total $1,800.00 Board of Survey Voted, that the sum of $300.00 be ap- propriated for the Board of Survey, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $181.92 Amount to be assessed 118.08 $300.00 Cary Memorial Library Voted, that the sum of $3,800.00 be appropriated for the Cary Memorial Li- brary, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $ 90.88 Amount to be assessed $3,709.12 Total $3,800.00 Clerk of School Committee Voted, that the sum of $75 be appro- priated for the Clerk of School Com- mittee, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Tan. 1, 1916 $ 25.00 Amount to be assessed 50.00 Total $75.00 Clerk Trustees Public Trusts Voted, that the sum of $70.00 be ap- propriated for the Clerk of Trustees of Public Trusts, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 , $ 5.48 Amount to be assessed 64.52 Total $70.00 Collector of Taxes . Voted, that the sum of $1560. be ap- propriated for the Collector of Taxes. TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 15 For salary $1200.00; incidentals $350. to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $ 31.40 Amount to he assessed 1,518.60 Total $1,550.00 Contingent Voted that the sum of $2,000.00 be ap- propriated for Contingent, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $ 14.01 Amount to be assessed 1,985.99 Total $2,000.00 Elections and Registrations Voted that the sum of $600.00 be ap- propriated for Elections and Registra- tions, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $ 57.95 Amount to be assessed 562.05 Total $600.00 Extinguishing Forest Fires Voted that sum of $500 be appropriat- ed for Extinguishing Forest Fires, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $179.26 Amount to be assessed 320.74 Total $500.00 Hydrants Voted that the sum of $1840 be ap- propriated for Hydrants, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $ 20.00 Amount to be assessed 1,820.00 Total $1,840.00 Inspector of Buildings Voted that the sum of $618.33 be ap- propriated for Inspector of Buildings, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $118.33 Amount to be assessed 500.00 Total $618.33 Inspector of Cattle Voted that the sum of $416.67 be ap- propriated for the Inspector of Cattle, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $216.67 Amount to be assessed 200.00 Inspector Meats and Provisions Voted that the sum of $400 be appro- priated for Inspector of Meats and Provisions, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $104.00 Amount to be assessed 296.00 Total $400.00 Interest on Town Debt Voted that there be appropriated for payment of Interest on Town Debt $13,- 581.46 to be made up as follows: Transfer from omitted assess- ments 1914 $ 394.83 Transfer from discount on taxes 1,240.00 Estimated interest on deposits for 1916 600.00 Estimated interest on deferred payments taxes for 1916 800.00 Amount to be assessed 10,546.63 Total $13,581.46 Overseers of the Poor Voted that the sum of $312.50 be ap- propriated for the Overseers of the Poor, to be made up as follows: Amount to be assessed $312.50 Police Department Voted that the sum of $9,179.72 be ap- propriated and assessed for the Police Department. Sealer of Weights Sr Measures Voted that the sum of $187.09 be ap- propriated far Sealer of Weights and Measures, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $ 37.09 Amount to be assessed 150.00 Total $187.09 Selectmen Voted, that the sum of $2100 be ap- propriated for Selectmen, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $ 263.61 Amount to be assessed 1,836.39 Total $2,100.00 Snow Removal Voted that the sum of $1,999.99 be ap- propriated for Snow Removal, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, '1916 Amount to be assessed 1,900.00 $ 99.99 Total $416.67 Total $1,999.99 16 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Soldier's Relief Voted that the sum of $116.29 be ap- propriated for Soldiers' Relief, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $116.29 Stone Building Voted, that the sum of $825.00 be ap- propriated for Stone Building, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $ 43.52 Amount to be assessed 781.48 Total 825.00 Stone Building Repairs Voted that the sum of $400 be appro- priated and assessed for repairs for Stone Building. Surveyors of Highways Voted that the sum of $312.50 be ap- propriated and assessed for the Survey- ors of Highways. Town Clerk Voted that the sum of $1075 be ap- propriated for Town Clerk for the fol- lowing purposes: Salary $1,000.00 Incidentals 75.00 Total $1,075.00 To be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 Amount to be assessed $318.96 756.04 Total $1,075.00 Provided, however, that the appropria- tion for salary is conditional upon an agreement being entered into between the Town Clerk and the Board of Se- lectmen acting for and in behalf of the Town whereby the Town Clerk shall agree to turn over to the Town all fees received or collected by him. Town Debt Voted that the sum of $38,250. be ap- propriated for Town Debt, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $ 995.90 Amount to be assessed 87,254.10 Total $38,250.00 Town Hall Voted that the sum of $2500 be ap- propriated and assessed for the Town Hall. Town Hall Repairs Voted that the sum of $600 be appro- priated and assessed far repairs for Town Hall, Town Physician Voted that the sum of $75 be appro- priated and assessed for Town Physi- cian. Town Treasurer Voted that the sum of $1250 be appro- priated for Town Treasurer, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $ 46.66 Amount to be assessed 1,203.34 Total $1,250.00 Treasurer Cary Memorial Library Voted that the sum of $75 be appro- priated for Treasurer Cary Memorial Li- brary, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $25.00 Amount to be assessed 50.00 Total $75.00 Tree Warden Voted, that the sum of $800 be appro- priated for Tree Warden, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $ 36.18 Amount to be assessed 763.82 Total $890.00 Village Hall Voted that the sum of $150 be appro- priated for Village Hall, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $ 128.87 118 13 Amount to be assessed Total $150.00 Watering Troughs Voted that the sum of $100 be appro- priated and assessed for Watering Troughs. Hastings Park Voted that the sum of $22.52 be ap- propriated for care of Hastings Park, said sum to be made up as follows: Balanee on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $17.52 52 Amount to be assessed Total $22.52 TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS Art. 3. Alms House Report. George H. Childs, chairman of the in- vestigating committee, submitted a long report recommending "that the town contfntie to maintain its Poor Farm, but suggest a better system of book-keep- ing." On motion of Mr. Childs it was voted "That the report of the Committee ap- pointed to investigate and report to the Town upon the advisability of abolish- ing the Town Farm be received, placed on file and the committee discharged." The acceptance of the report was ad- vocated by Daniel J. O'Connell and op- posed by Francis H. Holmes and Henry L. Stone. Art. 36. Extension of Water Mains Off Wilson Avenue. William F. Greene offered a motion to authorize certain extensions of mains and providing for the raising of money by an issue of bonds. On a point of order the Moderator ruled that inasmuch as there is nothing in the article providing for a bond is- sue, he felt that the motion if passed would have no effect. Mr. Greene later withdrew his motion by unanimous consent. On motion of George E. Briggs, chair - 17 man of the Water and Sewer Commis- sioners, it was voted, "That the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners be and they hereby are authorized to lay a six-inch water main in Cummings Ave., Wilson Ave., Melrose Ave., and Arcadia Avenue and Rawson Avenue for a total distance of approximately 1500 feet, and to connect same with the main in CIiffe Avenue at an expense of not exceeding $1875; and that the sum of $1875.00 is hereby appropriated and assessed for that purpose; provided that the town has received from inter- ested property owners satisfactory re- leases from all liability for any damages that may result from the laying and maintenace of said water main." Vote passed at 10.23 o'clock. On motion of Frank D. Peirce it was voted to adjourn to Monday evening, March 27, at 7.30 o'clock. Lexington, March 23, 1916. This is to certify that I have this day appointed Helen C. Gallagher ,Assistant Town CIerk of Lexington, and that she has been duly sworn to perform the du- ties of said ofl5ice to the best of her knowledge and ability. Attest: CHARLES W. SWAN, Town: Clerk. ADJOURNED ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7.31 o'clock. Art. 16. Moth Department. Appropria- tion. On motion of William S. Scamnlan, it was "Voted, that the sum of $5366.51 be appropriated for the Moth Department, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1916 $ 605.24 Amount to be assessed, 4,761.27 Total $5,366.51 Vote passed at 7.35 o'clock. Art. 20. Elm Beetle Appropriation. On motion of William S. Scamman, it was "Voted, that the sum of $800 be ap- propriated and assessed for the suppres- sion of the Elm Tree Beetle, and other insects during the ensuing year, and that the sum be expended under the direction of the Moth Department" Vote passed at 7.36 o'clock. Art. 7. Alms House Appropriation. On motion of William B. Foster it was voted to take this article from the table. Mr. Foster then offered the following motion: "Voted that the sum of $1166.64 be appropriated for the support of the Poor at the Poor Farm, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $466.64 Amount to be assessed 700.00 Total $1,166.64 It was so voted at 8.27 o'clock. Henry L. Stone offered a substitute motion providing that the town no longer maintain its poor at the Alms House, but board them elsewhere. The meeting by a vote of 80 to 2 refused to substitute the motion for the one offered by Mr. Foster. Art. 8. Outside Poor Appropriation. On motion of William B. Foster, it was 18 TOWN OF LEXINGTON "Voted, that the sum of $5200 be appro- priated for the aid of Outside Poor, to be made up as follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $ 4.84 Amount to be assessed 5,195.16 Total $5200.00 Vote passed at 8.28 o'clock. Art. 26. George Washington Memorial. On motion of A. Ingham Bicknell, as amended by Alonzo E. Locke, it was: "Voted, that there be appropriated toward the building of the George Wash- ington Memorial Building at Washing- ton, D. C., $269, to be made up as fol- lows: Amount to be assessed $269.00 Vote passed at 8.35 o'clock. Art. 31. Grand Army Pension. On motion of Frank D. Peirce, it was "Voted that the town accept Chapter 447 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1912 relative to the retirement of Civil War Veterans now in the service of the town." Vote unanimous. Vote passed at 8.41 o'clock. Arts. 25 and 30. On motion of A. Ingham Bicknell, it was voted that action on these articles relative to By -Laws and the acceptance of Sections 21 to 25 of Chapter 78 of the Revised Laws providing for the election of Cemetery Commissioners be post- poned to the next Town Meeting. Art. 4. Minor Town Officers. The following persons were elected to the offices as designated: Fence Viewers Frank P. Cutter Charles E. Wheeler Field Drivers William F. FIetcher Patrick J. Maguire Surveyors of Lumber Frank P. Cutter Edgar W. Harrod Art. 32. Alonzo E. Locke stated that the corn- tnittee on New Cemetery was not ready to report. It was voted that the article be indefinitely postponed. Meeting dissolved at 8.55 o'clock. THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in the Town Hall, Lexington, Tuesday, the twenty-fifth day of April, 1916, at five o'clock P. M. for the following pur- poses: To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the election of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices: 4 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party. 4 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party. 4 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party. 4 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party. 8 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Prohibition Party. 8 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Prohibition Party. 2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party 8th Congressional District. 2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party 8th Congressional District. 2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party 8th Congressional District. 2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party 8th Congressional District. 1 District Delegate to the National Convention of the Prohibition Party 8th Congressional District. 1 Alternate District Delegate to the Na- tional Convention of the Prohibition Party 8th Congressional District. All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot. The polls will be open from five to nine o'clock P. M. And you are directed to serve this TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS warrant by posting printed copies there- of, seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Wa--ant, with your doings there- on, at the time and place of said meet- ing. Given under our hands this seventh day of April, A. D., 1916. EDWARD W. TAYLOR, WILLIAM S. SCAIIIMAN, WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Selectmen of Lexington, 19 Lexington, Mass., April 20, 1916. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lex- ington by, posting printed copies of the foreging Warrant in the Post -office and in six other public places in the town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town, nine days before the time of said meeting. Attest: CHARLES E. WHEELER, Constable of Lexington. PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY April 25, The meeting was called to order at five o'clock in the afternoon by Edward W. Taylor, chairman of the Board of Se- lectmen. The warrant and the return of the Constable thereon was read by the Town Clerk. The Ballots and a voting list were de- livered to James A. Hurley and George E. Foster who had been previously sworn to the faithful discharge of their du- ties as Ballot Clerks. The ballot box was shown to he empty and the polls were declared open. During the voting it was necessary to open the box and crowd down the bal- lots which on account of their size, took up much room and were hard to get through the registering apparatus on the box. Patrick F. Dacey, Nathaniel Nunn, Allston M. Redman, Samuel B. Bigelow, Fred E. Butters, Cornelius F. O'Connor, Ralph H. Marshall and William C. O'Leary were sworn to the faithful dis- charge of their duties as Tellers. At nine o'clock the polls were declared closed and 282 ballots were taken from the box. The names of 282 voters were checked on each list. The dial on the box regis- tered 287. After the Tellers had counted the bal- Iots, the Town Clerk announced the re- sult at ten -fifty o'clock as follows: Whole number Republican Democratic Prohibition 282 271 9 0 1916 Defective 20 TOWN OF LEXINGTON DEMOCRATIC PARTY Whole number Delegates at Large David. L Walsh Joseph H. O'Neil Humphrey O'Sullivan Charles B. Strecker Alternate Delegates at Large IL Oscar Rochelau Edmund D. Codman Vincent Brogna Thomas F. Higgins Blanks 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 4 District Delegates—Eighth District J. Edward Barry John F. O'Brien Blanks 8 8 2 Alternate District Delegates — Eighth District Bartlett J. Harrington 2 Blanks 16 No votes were cast under the designa- tion of Prohibition Party. M.Meeting dissolved at 10.57 o'clock P. WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING June 12, 1916 2 THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. 271 To either of the Constables of the Town the ground; thence turning and running of Lexington, Greeting: in a straight line South 27 degrees 03' 78 In the name of the Commonwealth of East three hundred eight (308) feet to 80 Massachusetts, you are directed to noti- abound set in the ground; thence turn - 79 fy the inhabitants of the Town of Lex- ing and running in a straight line North ington, qualified to vote in elections and 63 degrees 17'East two hundred six and 67 in town affairs, to meet in the Town one-tenth (206.1) feet to Bedford Street; 179 Hall,in said Lexington, on Monday, the thence turning and running northerly on 187 twelth day of June, A. D., 1916, at seven Bedford Street three hundred twenty 174 thirty o'clock P. M., then and there to (320) feet to the point of beginning - 171 containing about one and seventy-four act on the following articles: fig Art. 1. To receive the report of any one hundredths (1.74) acres. Board of Town Officers or of any Com- And to take any otheracquisition or of a h 68 mittee of the Town for action thereon tion relating to theerection of such 68 and to appoint other Committees. lot of land or to the erection of a school 69 house thereon. 41 Art. 2. To provide by any appropri- Art. 3. To provide by any appropri- 163 ate means a sum of money to meet the ate means a sum of money to meet the 151 estimated cost of acquiring for the pur- estimated cost of acquiring and prepar- 149 pose herein expressed substantially the ing, for the purpose in this article ex - 151 lot of land in this article mentioned, and pressed, a lot of land, supposed to be - 201 to see if the Town will vote to take in long to Charles F. Smith, containing fee, by the right of eminent domain, for , about three and eighty-two one-hun- the purpose of erecting thereon a dredths (3.82) acres situated in Lexing- ton directly in the rear of and adjoining the lot described in the preceding article (and herein called "school -house lot,") 282 REPUBLICAN PARTY Whole Number Delegates at Large Grafton D. Cushing Charles Sumner Bird Augustus P. Gardner Robert M. Washburn Samuel W. McCall Henry Cabot Lodge John W. Weeks Winthrop M. Crane Blanks Alternate Delegates at Large Alexander McGregor Lombard Williams Daniel Cosgrove William M. Armstrong Butler Ames Louis A. Frothingham Eben S. S. Keith Frank W. Stearns Blanks District Delegates Eighth District George B. Wason Wilton B. Fay Eben H. Googins Victor A. Friend Charles H. Brown Blanks Alternate District Delegates Jay R. Benton Frederick T. Peabody George Ernest Briggs Curtis L. Sopher Blanks 122 building for a public school, substanti- 116 ally the following described lot of land, 76 supposed to belong to Charles F. Smith, 75 situated on Bedford Street in the Town and to see if the Town will authorize its 18 of Lexington, viz:— School Committee to take substantially 135 Beginning at the northerly corner said lot of three and eighty-two one - thereof on Bedford Street at the bound- hundredths (3.82) acres in fee by the 106 ary line between land of Smith and land right of eminent domain, for mainte- 103 of Kendall; thence running southwest- nance and use as a public playground 112 erly partly on said land of Kendall and agreeably to the provisions of Revised 106 partly on land of Johnson two hundred Laws, Chapter twenty-eight, section 115 seventy-six and eighty-one one hun- ; nineteen, as amended by Chapter twen- dredths (276.81) feet to a bound set in ty-five of the Acts of the year 1915, the TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS lot being bounded northeasterly by said school -house lot, southwesterly by a way known as Valley Road, northwesterly by the respective lands of Terra and John- son, and southeasterly by the southeast- erly boundary line of said School house lot projected as a straight line to said Valley Road. Also to determine by whom the powers conferred by said section nineteen of Chapter twenty-eight of the Revised Laws as amended shall be exercised, so far as the lot so to be taken is con- cerned, and to take any other or further action relative to the acquisition thereof or to the preparation, maintenance or use of the same as such playground. (A blue -print of a plan made by F. P. Cutter, C. E., dated April 15, 1916, en- titled "Land of Charles F. Smith, at Lex- ington," and showing the lots mentioned in this and the preceding article is on file with the Town Clerk,) Art. 4. To see if the town will vote to employ a Town Engineer, and to raise and appropriate the necessary funds for his compensation and for any other ex- pense incidental to such employment, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 5. To see if the town will make an appropriation sufficient to meet the estimated expense of pensions under the provisions of Chapter 447 of the Acts of 1912 which was accepted by the town on March 27, 1916, or act in any manner re- lating thereto. Art. 6. To see if the town will make an additional appropriation for the high - 21 way department, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 7. To see if the town will adopt a by-law or by-laws, providing for the li- censing of persons to be dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals or second- hand articles or for the licensing of per- sons as junk collectors, or for both such purposes; and to take any other or fur- ther action relative to junk dealers or junk collectors and the licensing thereof. Hereof fail not and make due return of This Warrant, with your doings there- on, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said Meeting. Given under our hands at Lexington, this twenty-seventh day of May, A. D., 191.6. EDWARD W. TAYLOR WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN, WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Selectmen of Lexington. Lexington, Mass., June 6, 1916. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lex- ington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post -office and in seven other public places in the town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town, eight (8) days before the time of said meeting. Attest: CHARLES E. WIIEELER, Constable of Lexington. TOWN MEETING June 12, 1916 The meeting was called to order at 7.30 P. M. by the Moderator. The Town Clerk proceeded to read the Warrant, but upon motion of George E. Briggs the further reading was dispensed with. The Return of the Constable was then read by the Clerk. Art. 5. Appropriation of Veterans' Pen- sions. On motion of William B. Foster it was "Voted that the sum of $412 be appro- priated and assessed for the payment of pensions in accordance with Chapter 447 of the Acts of 1912." Vote passed at 7.37 P. M. Art. 6. Appropriation for Highways. On motion of William S. Scamman, it was "Voted that the sum of $2000 be appropriated and assessed for the High- way Department to be used for the work on the Summer Street Extension." Vote passed at 7.40 P. M. Art. 2. Taking of Land at North Lex- ington exington for a School House Lot. Hallie C. Blake offered the following motion: "Voted, first, that the town take in fee under the provisions of Sections forty-seven and forty-eight of chapter twenty-five of the Revised Laws for the purpose of erecting thereon a building to be used for a public school, the fol- lowing decribed lot of land situated on 22 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Bedford Street in the town of Lexing- ton, viz:— Beginning at the northerly corner therof on Bedford Street at the boundary line between land of Smith and land of Kendall; thence running southwesterly partly on said land of Kendall and partly on land of Johnson two hundred seventy- six and eighty-one one hundredths (276.81) feet to a bound set in the ground; thence turning and running in a straight line South 27 degrees 03' ;vast, three hundred eight (308) feet to a bound set in the ground; thence turning and running in a straight line North 63 degrees 17' East two hundrel six and one- tenth (206.1) feet to Bedford Street; thence turning and running northerly on Bedford Street three hundred twenty (320) feet to the point of beginning -- containing about one and seventy-four one hundredths (1.74) acres. The lot so to be taken is shown on a plan made by F. P. Cutter, C. E., dated April 15, 1916, entitled "Land of Charles F. Smith at Lexington," and is marked thereon "School House Lot", which plan is hereby deferred to for a fuller de- scription of the lot. And voted further that the sum of Two Thousand Dollars is hereby appropriated to meet the estimated cost of acquiring said lot, the appropriation to be met by a transfer of said sum from unexpended moneys standing to the credit of the "School House Construction Account," and that the Selectmen are hereby re- quested to complete such taking by sign- ing and causing to be recorded a state- ment therof as provided by law." The Moderator stated that in his opin- ion the appropriation should be made be- fore the vote to take the land is passed. The above motion was declared not carried. at 8.19 o'clock. Messrs. Richards, Blodgett and Clapp urged the passage of the motion, and it was opposed by Messrs. Coffin, Webster, Ballard and Smith. Art. 1. ' On motion of A. Ingham Bicknell it was unanimously voted, "That there shall be appointed by the Moderator a Special Committee of Seven Citizens, whose duty it shall be to investigate and report back to a future Town Meeting the advisability of this Town adopting the so-called Town Manager Form of Government or any form of improved town government. If said Committee shall report favora- bly, it shall also suggest and report such recommendations as it may deem advis- able." Vote passed at 8.24 P. M. The following Committee was appoint- ed: A. Ingham Bicknell Edward H. Mara i. eorge H. Childs Edwin C. Stevens William R. Greeley Albert B. Tenney Sydney R. Wrightington Art. 4. Town Engineer. On motion of Frederick L. Emery' it was unanimously voted: "That the Se- lectmen he instructed forthwith to em- ploy a competent Engineer in the capaci- ty of Town Engineer, at a salary not to exceed ,'x"2000 per year, such Engineer to devote his entire time in business hours to the service of the Town; that he be responsible to the Selectmen and report to them, but that under their direction he shall perform additionally or be re- sponsible for all engineering service re- quired by the Surveyors of Highways, the Water and Sewer Commissioners, Assessors, and other Boards and Depart- ments of the Town; and that the sum of $2000 be .appropriated and assessed to cover the salary of such engineer, and the necessary expenses incidental to his work, up to December 31, 1916, the end of the fiscal year of the Town." Vote passed at 8.47 P. M. Art. 7. Junk License By -Law. William S. Scamman presented the following By -Law, and the meeting voted that the same be adopted, and that the Selectmen be requested to pre- sent the By -Law to the Attorney Gen- eral for his approval. Sec. 1. The Board of Selectmen may license suitable persons to be dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase, sale, or barter of junk, old metals or second-hand articles. Every such license shall contain the name of the licensee, the location of his shop (street and number) and the date of issue, and shall expire on the first day of May next following after its date. Sec. 2. Every keeper of a junk shop shall keep a book, in which shall be written at the time of every purchase of any article mentioned in section 1, a description thereof, the name, the age and the residence of the person from whom, and the day and the hour when, such purchase was made, and such book shall, at all times, be opened to the in- spection of the Board of Selectmen, or of any person by them authorized to make such inspection. TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS Sec. 3. Every keeper of a junk shop shall put in a suitable and conspicuous place in his shop a sign having his name and occupation legibly inscribed there- on in large letters, and such shop and all articles of merchandise therein may at all times be examined by the Board of Selectmen or by any person by them authorized to make such examination. Sec. 4. No keeper of a junk shop shall, directly or indirectly, either pur- chase or receive by way of barter or ex- change any of the articles mentioned in Sec. 1, of a minor or an apprentice knowing or having reason to believe him to be such, and no article purchased or received by a junk dealer shall be sold until at ]east thirty days from the date of its purchase or receipt have elapsed. Sec. 5. No junk shop shall be open after nine o'clock in the afternoon, or before seven o'clock in the morning, and no junk keeper shall purchase any of the articles described in section 1, excepting during the hours he is permitted to open his shop. Sec. 6. The Selectmen may Iicense suitable persons to be collectors from place to place in this Town, by purchase or barter, of junk, old metals or second hand articles. Such license shall bear the name and address of the licensee, the number to be placed on the badge worn by the li- censee, the date of issue of the license, and such license shall expire on the first clay of May following the date of its issue. Sec. 7. Every junk collector while engaged in collecting, transporting or 23 dealing in the articles mentioned in sec- tion 1, shall wear upon his person, well displayed, a badge circular in form, of a diameter of not less than two and one-half inches, which shall bear upon its face, in plain letters, the words:— "Lexington, License, Number, Junk Col- lector" and the number assigned him by the Board of Selectmen. He shall also have marked upon both sides of any ve- hicle used by him while so engaged the words, "Junk Collector" and the number assigned him by the Board of Selectmen in letters and figures not less than three inches in length. Sec. 8. No collector of junk shall, di- rectly or indirectly, either purchase or receive, by way of barter or exchange, any of the articles mentioned in section 1, of a minor or apprentice, knowing or having reason to believe him to be such. Sec. 9. Every vehicle and receptacle used by a collector of junk shall, at all times, be open to the inspection of the Board of Selectmen, or any person by them authorized to make such inspec- tion. Sec. 10. Whoever violates any of the provisions of the foregoing By -Laws shall be punished by a fine not exceed- ing $20.00 far each offense. Art. 3. On motion of Jay 0. Richards it was voted that this article providing for the taking of land at North Lexing- ton for a Playground, be indefinitely postponed. On motion of William S. Scamman it was voted at 9.09 o'clock that the meet- ing be dissolved. JUNK LICENSE BY- LAW AS APPROVED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL August 23, 1916 Sec. 1. The Board of Selectmen may shall, at all times, be open to the inspec- license suitable persons to be dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase, sale, or barter of junk, old metals or second-hand articles. Sec. 2. Every keeper of a junk shop shall keep a book, in which shall be written at the time of every purchase of any article mentioned in section 1, a description thereof, the name, the age, and the residence of the person from whom, and the day and the hour when, such purchase was made and such book tion of the Board of Selectmen, or of any person by them authorized to make such inspection. Sec. 3. Every keeper of a junk shop shall put in a suitable and conspicuous place in his shop a sign having his name and occupation legibly inscribed thereon in large letters, and such shop and all articles of merchandise therein may at -all times be examined by the Board of Selectmen or by any person by them au- thorized to make such examination. 24 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Sec. 4. No keeper of a junk shop shall, directly of indirectly, either pur- chase or receive by way of barter or exchange any of the articles mentioned in Sec. 1 of a minor or an apprentice knowing or having reason to believe him to be such, and no article purchased or received by a junk dealer shall be sold until at least thirty days from the date of its purchase or receipt have elapsed. Sec. 5. No junk shop shall be open after nine o'clock in the afternoon, or before seven o'clock in the morning, and no junk keeper shall purchase any of the articles described in section 1, ex- cepting during the hours he is permitted to open his shop. Sec. 6. The Selectmen may license suitable persons to be collectors from place to place in this Town, by purchase or.barter, of Junk, old metals or second hand articles. Sec. 7. No collector of junk shall, di- rectly or indirectly, either purchase or receive, by way of barter or exchange, any of the articles mentioned in section 1, of a minor or apprentice knowing or having reason to believe him to be such. Sec. 8. Every vehicle and receptacle used by a collector of junk shall, at all times, be open to the inspection of the Board of Selectmen or any person by them authorized to make such inspec- tion. Approved by the Atty. General Aug. 23, 1916. Published in Lexington Min- ute Man on Sept. 2, 9, and 16, 1916. WARRANT FOR A PRIMARY September 26, 1916 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, Greeting: In the name of the .Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in the Town Hall, in said Lexing- ton on Tuesday, the twenty-sixth day of September, 1916, at three -thirty o'clock P. M., for the following purposes: To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the nomination of candidates of Political Parties for the following offices: Governor for this Commonwealth. Lieutenant Governor for this Common- wealth. Secretary of the Commonwealth far this Commonwealth. Treasurer and Receiver General for this Commonwealth. Auditor of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth. Attorney General for this Common- wealth. Senator in Congress for this Common- wealth. Representative in Congress for 8th Congressional District. Councillor for 6th Councillor District. Senator for 5th Senatorial District. 1 Representative in General Court, 28th Representative District. County Commissioner for Middlesex County. Two Associate Commissioners for Mid- dlesex County. District Attorney for Middlesex County. Clerk of the Courts for Middlesex County. Register of Deeds for Middlesex County. Register of Probate & Insolvency for Middlesex County (to fill vacancy) And the election of the following offi- cers: District Member of State Committee for each Political Party for the 5th Sen- atorial District. Members of the Democratic Town Com- mittee. Members of the Republican Town Com- mittee. Members of the Prohibition Town Coin- mittee. Delegates to State Conventions of Po- litical Parties. All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot. The polls will be open from 3.30 to 8.00 P. M. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings there- on, at the time and place of said meet- ing. TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS Given under our hands this fifth day of September, A. D., 1916. EDWARD W. TAYLOR, WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN, WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Selectmen of Lexington. Lexington, Mass., September 25, 1916. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of 26 Lexington by posting printed copies 0 the foregoing Warrant in the Post -office and in -nine other public places in the town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town nine days before the time of said meeting. Attest: CHARLES E. WHEELER, Constable of Lexington. STATE PRIMARY September 26, 1916 The meeting was called to order at three -thirty o'clock, P. M. and the war- rant was read. Charles G. Kauffman and James A. Hurley were sworn as Ballot Clerks and Ralph H. Marshall and Thomas F. Far- dy as Deputy Ballot Clerks. The ballot box was shown to be emp- ty and the polls declared open. Samuel B. Bigelow, Patrick F. Dacey, William C. O'Leary, Clifton P. Ashley, Allston M. Redman, Cornelius F. O'Con- nor, Fred E. Butters and Nathaniel Nunn were sworn as Tellers. At the close of the polls at eight o'clock, two hundred and eighty ballots were taken from the box. This number agreed with the dial on the box, and with the number of names checked on the voting lists. At 11.55 P. M. the Town Clerk an- nounced the result as follows: Republican ballots 240 Democratic ballots 35 Prohibition ballots 1 Defective ballots 4 Total REPUBLICAN PARTY Total vote Governor Samuel W. McCall Blanks Lieutenant Governor Calvin Coolidge Blanks Secretary Albert P. Langtry Blanks Treasurer Charles L. Burrill BIanks 280 240 220 20 221 19 217 23 217 28 Auditor Joseph B. Brown Alonzo B. Cook Blanks Attorney General Henry C. Attwill Blanks Senator in Congress Henry Cabot Lodge Blanks Congressman Frederick W. Dellinger Blanks Councillor James G. Harris Henry C. Mulligan Blanks Senator Charles Sumner Smith Patrick J. Sullivan Blanks Representative Jay R. Benton Blanks 99 120 " 21 217 23 218 22 219 21 89 124 27 201 22 17 in General Court 218 22 County Commissioner Smith J. Adams Erson B. Barlow Charles H. McIntire Blanks Associate Commissioners Frederick P. Barnes H. Harding Hale Blanks District Attorney Nelson P. Brown Philip M. Clark John J. Higgins Nathan A. Tufts Blanks Clerk of Courts William C. Dillingham Blanks 26 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Register of Deeds Thomas Leighton, Jr. 212 Blanks 28 Register of Probate and Insolvency William G. Andrew 42 Roland E. Brown 26 Frederick M. Esty 147 Blanks 25 State Committee Adelbert B. Messer 178 Edwin A. Bayley • 1 Blanks 61 Delegates to State Convention Arthur W. Hatch Willard C. Hill George E. Briggs A. Ingham Bicknell Eugene G. Kraetzer Edwin B. Worthen •Louis L. Crone Blanks Town Committee Arthur W. Hatch William S. Scamman Louis L. Crone Charles F. Bertwell Wesley T. Wadman Edward L. Child Howard M. Munroe Willard C. Hill Lewis C. Sturtevant Charles E. Hadley Arthur L. Blodgett A. Ingham Bicknell Sidney R. Wrightington George H. Childs Robert L. Ryder Blanks PROHIBITION PARTY Governor Chester R. Lawrence Blanks 198 195 197 195 1 1 1 222 196 196 190 188 188 190 194 191 191 187 194 194 198 192 191 725 1 0 Lieutenant Governor 43 AIfred H. Evans 1 132 Blanks 0 36 No other candidates on Prohibition 29 ballot. 192 155 133 46 27 37 127 8 213 27 DEMOCRATIC PARTY Governor Charles H. Cole Frederick W. Mansfield Blanks Lieutenant Governor Thomas P. Riley Blanks Secretary Leon R. Eyges Blanks 14 21 .0 29 6 24 11 Treasurer Henry N. Teague Blanks Auditor John B. N. Souliiere Blanks Attorney -General Joseph Joyce Donahue Blanks Senator in Congress John F. Fitzgerald Blanks Congressman John F. Daly Frederick S. Deitrick Blanks Councillor No candidate 28 7 27 8 27 8 26 9 15 12 8 Senator Warren L. Bishop 21 Blanks 14 Representative in General Court No candidate. County Commissioner No candidate. Associate Commissioners No candidates. District Attorney William R. Scharton 16 Blanks 19 CIerk of Courts No candidate Register of Deeds No candidate Register of Probate and Insolvency Timothy E. Quinn 18 Blanks 17 State Committee John F. Mitchell 13 Bernard W. Stanley 11 Blanks 11 Town Committee Eugene T. Buckley David F. Murphy Arthur O'Leary Bartholomew D. Callahan John J. Garrity John J. Roach Arthur A. Mitchie Charles E. Moloy John H. Dacey Blanks Delegates to State Convention Eugene T. Buckley David F. Murphy Bartholomew D. Callahan Blanks Meeting dissolved at midnight. 25 22 22 24 21 22 21 21 22 115 29 26 27 33 THE TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the town of Lexington: Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington who are qualified to vote in Elections to meet in the Town Hall, in said Lexington on Tuesday, the Seventh day of November, 1916, at six o'clock A. M., to cast their ballots for the fol- lowing officers: Presidential Electors; Governor; Lien - tenant -Governor; Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney -General; Senator in Congress; Representative in Congress; Councillor; Senator; Representative in General Court; County Commissioner; Associate County Commissioners; Dis- trict Attorney; Clerk of Courts; Regis- ter of Deeds and Register of Probate and Insolvency. Also to bring in their votes on the following questions: 1. Acceptance of Chap. 98, General Acts of 1916, entitled "An Act to ascer- tain and carry out the will of the people relative to the calling and holding of a constitutional convention." 2. Acceptance of Chap. 104, General Acts of 1916, entitled, "An Act to make the first day of January, known as New Year's Day, a legal holiday. 3. Acceptance of Chap. 179, General Acts of 1916, entitled. "An Act to pre - 27 vent the voters of one political party from voting in the primaries of another political party." The polls will be opened immediately after the organization of the meeting and will remain open until four o'clock, P. M., and as much longer as the meet- ing may direct, but not later than the hour prescribed by law. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings there- on, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this twentieth day of October, A. D., 1916. EDWARD W. TAYLOR, WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN, WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Selectmen of Lexington. Lexington, Mass., Nov. 1, 1916. To the Town Clerk: 1 have notified the inhabitants of Lex- ington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office and in ten other public places in the town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town nine days before the time of said meeting. Attest: CHARLES E. WHEELER, Constable of Lexington. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION November 7, 1916 The meeting was called to order at six o'clock in the morning by the Chair- man of the Board of Selectmen. The Warrant and the return were read by the Town Clerk. James A. Hurley and Ralph H. Mar- shaIl were sworn as Ballot Clerks, and Thomas F. Fardy and Louis L. Crone as Deputy Ballot Clerks. The ballot box was shown to be emp- ty, then locked and the key given to the Constable. The polls were then declared open. Nathaniel Nunn, Cornelius F. O'Con- nor, Allston M. Redman, Clifton P. Ash- ley, Samuel B. Bigelow, Charles G. KaufFinann, Patrick F. Dacey, William C. O'Leary, William E. Mu]liken, Wal- ter B. Wilkins, James E. O'Neil and Herbert R. Harrington were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties as Tellers. At nine o'clock the ballot box was opened and 450 ballots were taken out; at one -thirty o'clock 350 ballots were 2$ TOWN OF L xINGTON taken out; at four -ten o'clock 250 ballots were taken out. At three -thirty-eight o'clock it was voted that the polls be kept open until four -forty-five o'clock. At the close of the polls, nineteen bal- lots were taken from the box, making a total of ten hundred and sixty-nine bal- lots cast at the election. Ten hundred and sixty-nine names were checked on each list. The dial on the ballot box registered 1067. After the Tellers had completed the count the Town Clerk announced the re- sult as follows, at seven -forty o'clock: Total vote 1069 EIectors of President and Vice -President Benson and Kirkpatrick, Socialist At Large, Louis F. Weiss 6 At Large, Howard A. Gibbs 6 District No. 1. Reuben V. Clark 6 2. Samuel M. Jones 6 8. Victor Annala 6 4. James Cronin 6 5. William A. Chase 6 6. Ralph E. Gardner 6 7. Archibald H. Adamson 6 8. John S. Young 6 9. William Sanborn 6 10, John J. McEttrick 6 11. Moses J. Konikow 6 12. Louis Marcus 6 13. Eugene Hough 6 14. Zoel Thibadeau 6 15. Louis Schriever 6 16. Robert Metcalf 6 Minty and Landrith, Prohibition At Large, William Shaw 3 At Large, John B. Lewis 3 District No. 1. Oliver L. Bartlett 8 2. William G. Rogers 3 3. Albert C. Brown 3 4. William W. Nash 3 5. Charles W. Leach 8 6. John E. Peterson 3 7. Wilbur D. Moon 3 8. Stuart B. Remick 3 9. William G. Merrill 3 10. Franklin S. Sprague 3 11. Obed Baker 3 12. Solon W. Bingham 8 18. Moses D. Monroe 3 14. Albert J. Orem 3 15. John M. Fisher 3 16. James L Bartholomew 3 Hughes and Fairbanks, Republican At Large, George v. L. Meyer 672 At Large, Edward A. Thurston 672 District No. 1. Kilton B. Miller 2. Gurdon W. Gordon 3. George R. Wallace 4. Webster Thayer 5. Herbert E. Fletcher 6. Isaac Patch 7. Charles Cabot Johnson 8. Arthur Black 9. Charles Bruce 10. Joseph B. Maccabe 11. Grafton D. Cushing 12. George F. Lawley 13. George S. Smith 14. Horace A. Keith 15. Frederick E. Goff 16. 672 672 672 672 672 672 672 672 672 672 672 672 672 672 672 Phineas C. Headley, Jr. 672 Reimer and Harrison, Socialist Labor At Large, Oscar Kinsalas 0 At Large, Ingvar Paulsen 0 District No. 1. Henry Noffke 0 2. Daniel S. Law 0 3. John A. Anderson 0 4. William Taylor 0 5. John McKinnon 0 6. Jeremiah P. McNally 0 7. Ezekiel Hamburger 0 8. Frederick Roberts 0 9. Andrew Mortensen 0 10. Paul E. Anderson 0 11. Henry C. Hess 0 12. Harry Keller 0 13. Dyer Enger 0 14. John A. Frederickson 0 15. Albert Barnes 0 16. Jeremiah O'Fihelly 0 Wilson and Marshall, Democratic At Large, David I. Walsh 351 At Large, Sherman L. Whipple 351 District No. 1. Harry A. Garfield 351 2. Thomas F. Harrington 351 3. Marcus C. Coolidge 351 4. H. Oscar Rochelau 351 5. Ilumphrey O'Sullivan 851 6. Charles F. Ropes 851 7. Simeon Viger 351 S. Eugene Wambaugh 351 9. Marcus Beebe 351 10. William Taylor 351 11. Josiah Quincy 351 12. John McDonnell 351 13. Edward E. Ginsbury 351 14. Charles M. Hickey 351. 15. John F. Doherty 351 16. Thomas C. Thacher 351 Blanks 666 TOWN CLERIC'S RECORDS Governor James Hayes Chester R. Lawrence Samuel W. McCall Frederick W. Mansfield Dan A. White Blanks Lieutenant Governor Calvin Coolidge Alfred II. Evans Sylvester J. McBride Thomas J. Maher Thomas P. Riley Blanks Secretary Thomas F. Brennan Leon R. Eyges Louise Adams Grout Albert P. Langtry Blanks Treasurer Charles L. Burrill Frederick E. Oelcher Elam K. Sheldon Henry N. Teague Blanks Auditor Joseph Bearak Frank Bohmbach Alonzo B. Cook John B. N. Sou]liere Blanks Attorney -General Henry C. Attwill Joseph Joyce Donahue Joseph Jiskra John Weaver Sherman Blanks Senator in Congress John F. Fitzgerald Henry Cabot Lodge William N. McDonald Blanks Congressman Frederick W. Dallinger Frederick S. Deitrick Blanks 3 12 715 298 3 38 740 14 6 2 243 64 4 239 8 711 107 726 2 8 239 94 8 4 700 238 119 712 240 0 10 107 310 699 12 48 721 279 69 Councillor—Sixth District James G. Harris 748 Blanks 321 Senator—Fifth Middlesex District Warren L. Bishop 250 Charles Sumner Smith 717 Blanks 102 Representative in General Court 28th Middlesex District Jay R. Benton 765 James McCarthy 1 Blanks 303 County Commissioner Middlesex County Erson B. Barlow Blanks Associate Commissioners Frederic P. Barnes H. Harding Hale Blanks District Attorney—Northern William R. Scharton Nathan A. Tufts Blanks Clerk of Courts Middlesex County William 0, Dillingham Blanks 29 735 334 701 552 885 District 230 737 102 Register of Deeds Middlesex Southern district Thomas Leighton, Jr. Thomas Griffin Blanks 729 340 738 1 330 Register of Probate and Insolvency Middlesex County (To fill vacancy) Frederick M. Esty Timothy E. Quinn Blanks 687 209 173 Shall there be a convention to revise, . alter or amend the Constitution of the Commonwealth? Yes 430 No 281 Blanks 358 Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and sixteen, to make the first day of Janu- ary, known as New Year's Day, a legal holiday, be approved and become law?, Yes 627 No 229 Blanks 213 Shall an Act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and sixteen, entitled "An Act to prevent the voters of one political party from voting in the primaries of another political party" be approved and become law? Yes 506 No 229 Blanks 334 Meeting dissolved at 7.45 o'clock. A true record, Attest: CHARLES W. SWAN, Town Clerk. 80 TOWN OF LEXINGTON November 17, 1916. Pursuant to law the Town Clerks of Lexington and Belmont met at Belmont this day at twelve o'clock noon, for the purpose of canvassing the votes cast on the seventh day of November for a rep- resentative to the General Court of the Commonwealth to represent the twenty- eighth Middlesex District. The canvass showed the following re- sult of the votes cast in Lexington and Belmont: In Lexington Jay R. Benton had 765 votes. In Lexington James McCarthy had 1 vote. In Belmont Jay R. Benton had 1096 votes. The returns showed that Jay R. Ben- ton had a majority of the votes cast in both towns, and a certificate was ac- cordingly filled out and signed by the Clerks of both towns, to be delivered to Jay R. Benton of Belmont. COMMITTEE REPORTS Revere Street Report of Selectmen recommending wid- enings and relocation of the street. Submitted at Town Meeting, March 13, 1916 Lexington, March 2, 1916. To the Citizens of Lexington: Under article 21 in the Warrant the Selectmen desire to make the following rep ort: The Board has found from time to time that the bounds of many of our streets are uncertain or unknown. In reference to Revere Street nothing has been found in our records going back for over one hundred years that gives any description of the bounds of this street. This same condition exists in connec- tion with other streets in the town and the Board feels that it is its duty to take up these various streets from time to time and establish the bounds and ask the town to confirm its doings so that the town and abutters may know where the street lines are. In the case of Revere Street the Se- lectmen gave notice and a hearing as provided by law, and a large majority of the land owners along the street were present. The notice included a statement that action taken with reference to this street would be under the provisions of Chap. 50 of the Revised Laws relating to the assessment of betterments. The new lay -out shows a street of the uniform width of forty-five feet with rounded corners at its junction with Bed- ford Street. The Selectmen now recommend that the alterations and widenings made by the order dated January 19, 1916, be ac- cepted and allowed by vote of the town to the end that said Revere Street as altered and widened may be established as a public way. EDWARD W. TAYLOR, GEORGE H. CHILDS, Selectmen of Lexington. Voted that the report be accepted. "Voted that the town hereby accepts and allows the altering and widening of Revere Street, made by the Selectmen by an order dated January 19, 1916, and reported to this meeting." TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 31 ALMS HOUSE Report of Ccmmittee Su March INVESTIGATION omitted at Tcwn Meeting 20, 1916 Lexington, Mass., March 13, 1916• "Voted, that the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, the Moderator, and the Chairman of the Finance Committee be instructed to serve as a Committee of appointment; said committee to choose a committee of three persons to investigate the affairs at the Almshouse with special reference to the abolishing of the same and to report to a future Town Meeting." The Committee appointed in accord- ance with the above vote of the town of June 14, 1915, beg leave to submit the following report: The said Committee have held several meetings to consider the matter, and in- vited the citizens who seemed interested to appear before them. The citizens so invited did not appear. Therefore a pub- lic hearing was advertised and held at Cary Hall January 6, 1916. This was attended by sixteen citizens. After some discussion the Chairman asked how many favored abolishing the Poor Farm, and found not one thought this a wise step. Your committee believe that the Poor Farm cannot be considered as a Poor Farm alone, for it is also the headquar- ters of the Highway Department as well. Take into consideration the economy and convenience of the present location of the Highway Department. It has been estimated to buy ]and and erect build- ings, or to buy a property with buildings suitable for the Highway Department near the center of the town would cost at least $15,000.00. The present Poor Farm property is assessed for $8500.40. Consequently any change in location would add to the expense of the town. Again it is most essential that . the men employed in the Highway Depart- ment live near the plant, and the pres- ent location affords this convenience. Furthermore, while it is not in the congested part of the town, it is an ideal central location. Should the town discontinue the Poor Farm and retain the property for the ex- clusive use of the Highway Department, we find it would add the following bur- dens to the town expenses annually: Additional pay for Supt. of Streets $1200 and house rent. To board the six inmates at $4.00 each per week 1248 $2448 Less income received for inmates based on the year 1915 338 Net cost $2,110 The average cost per year for main- taining the Poor Farm for the last three years, 1913, 1914, 1915 has been $1167.61 or a saving of $942.39 annually. When towns board out their inmates the average charge is $4.00 to $4.50 per week, and bear in mind, this rate doesn't give the inmate anything but an exist- ence. Very little personal care is given to those who are helpless and not able to care for themselves; feeble-minded and the like. Many towns having only one or two inmates maintain a Poor Farm to prevent increased expenses. Be- cause some people would consent to the Town boarding a relative in a private family, but would not want to have the relative sent to a Poor Farm. At a recent interview with the Inspec- tor of the State Board of Charity, who visits not only all Poor Farms, but all paupers boarded out by the town, stated that the condition of those boarded out is very unsatisfactory. To sum up the situation for 32 years Lexington has had an Almshouse, the 32 TOWN OF LEXINGTON oldest in the State according to State officials. It is an exceptionally clean and well conducted home for our unfortunate townspeople who in many cases are un- able to care for themselves and need personal attention which they are re- ceiving at all times. Mr. and Mrs. White are especially well adapted for the work. The Inspector further advised that there is not a town in the State that takes better care of its poor than the town of Lexington. Although the town of Lex- ington saves money by maintaining its Poor Farm, the Committee believe it is not entirely a financial question, but one of pride and self respect as well. If any of our citizens are compelled to accept assistance from the Town, we should see to it that they are properly and well cared for, and it cannot be done for $4.00 or $4.50 per week. The Committee recommend that the town continue to maintain its Poor Farm, but suggest a better system of book-keeping. We appreciate the fact that the Highway Department and Poor Farm are so closely affiliated that it is almost impossible to separate the ac- counts to a cent. The appropriation asked for the sup- port of the Poor at the Town Farm for the year 1916 is $700.00. GEORGE H. CHILDS, Chairman, EDWARD H. MARA, CLARENCE P. JOHNSON, Committee Investigation of Almshouse. Voted to accept the report and dis- charge the committee. CHAPTER 447, ACTS OF 1912. An Act Relative to the Retirement of Certain Veterans in the Service of Cities and Towns. Be it Enacted, etc., as follows: Section 1. A veteran of the Civil War in. the service of any city or town, if incapacitated for active duty, may be re- tired from active service by the city council of the city, or by the selectmen of the town, at one-half the rate of the average compensation paid to him dur- ing the two years immediately preceding his retirement; provided, that no veteran shall be retired under the provisions of this act unless he has been in the service of the city or town for a period of not less than ten years preceding the time of his retirement. Section 2. A veteran of the Civil War who is employed jointly by two cities or by a city and town, or by two towns, if incapacitated for active duty, may be retired from active service by the joint action of the city council of each city, or by the joint action of the city council of the city and of the selectmen of the town, or by the selectmen of the two towns, as the case may be, at one-half the rate of the average compensation paid to him during the two years imme- diately preceding his retirement, one- half of the said retiring compensation to be paid by each of the municipalities employing him; provided, that, except as hereinafter provided, no veteran shall be retired under the provisions of this sec- tion unless he has been in the service of the two municipalities, as aforesaid, for a period of not less than ten years pre- ceding the time of his retirement. But a period of employment by either one of said municipalities immediately preced- ing his employment by both jointly shall be reckoned as a part of the said ten years. Section 8. This act shall take effect in any city or town upon its acceptance by the city council of the city, or by a majority of the voters of the town vot- ing thereon at an annual town meeting or at any special town meeting duly called for the purpose. Section 4. The action of any city council in regard either to the accept- ance of this act or to the retiring of any veteran under authority of this act shall be subject to veto by the mayor of such city and to passage over his veto in the manner provided by the charter of the city. Approved April 8, 1912. Accepted by the Town March 27, 1916. TOWN CLERK'S REPORT TOWN CLERK'S REPORT MARRIAGES Whole number o£ marriages recorded for the year 1916 Males, Native born 61 Foreign born 20 Females, Native born 51 Foreign born 30 Date. Name January 1. James Fullerton Mary McLaughlin 10. Carl Vicar Roland Isabella Meldrum 12. George Hayward Philbrick Georgina Lydia DeVeau 21. Jacob Bierenbroadspot Cornelia Snijer 22. George Forrest Cogswell Maude Helen Irwin 27. William Gordon Murphy Mary Frances Dailey February 6. Carmine Lasala Pelmina Piacki 9. Michael Joseph Vaughan Haltom Marie Mullins 9. Frederick Granger Doane Blanche Murielle Egan 22. John Patrick Dailey Catherine Florence Day March 15. Louis Albert Fisher Dorothy Short 18. Chester William Doe Anna Gertrude White April 5. John Daniel Clements Nellie Etta Fraser 24. James Irwin, Jr. Mary Heimann 25. Hallett Ray Pierce Lillian Isabel Stearn 26. John Edward Kelley Mary Josephine Broderick 29. Ralph Francis Perry Catherine Kennedy Boyne Residence. Lexington Lexington Boston Lexington Lexington Lexington Bedford Bedford Lexington Lexington Lexington Arlington Lexington Boston Lexington Lexington Cambridge Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Malden Lexington Somerville Cambridge Lexington Lexington Lexington Lynn Lexington Lexington Lexington Centerville Lexington 81 33 34 TOWN OF LEXINGTON May 1. Arthur Joseph Roble Ellen Gertrude Barnicle 27. Patrick J. Quinn Anna Teresa Le Prohon 27. 'Wallace Earl Miller Florence Eleanor Carson June 2. John W. Allen Edith J. Anderson 3. Robert Dexter Kenyon Sybil Davis 3. George Cleveland Hall Agnes Lena Lee 10. George Kurtz Bird Kathleen Sistare Thomas 14. Chester M. Lawrence Jane H. Brockway 14. IIoward Frank Irish Bertha Esther Whitaker 15. Edmund Stevens Childs Barbara Holmes 22. Charles George Pettis Florence Edna Smicer 24. Tennyson Lee Pomeroy Florence Ruia Kenneson 28. Francis Lord Trefethen Harriet Adelia Nichols 28. Lewis Sturtevant Woodruff Adelia Johnson Gates 29. William Herman Emmons Amy Lawrence Butterfield 30. Clarence Elmer Briggs Minnie Alice Crocker July 1. Leonard William Wiley Edith Elizabeth Reynolds 3. Brenton William Oxner Nellie Brown Allen 5. Leroy 0. Evans May Louise Durham 6. George William Bean Ethel Fiorillo. Whitaker 8. Joseph Barry Brennan Helen Louise Eaton 9. Worden Edward Lampman Kathleen Louise Kenty 16. Frank C. W. Konrad Edith M. Hill Lexington Waltham Boston Lexington Lexington Lexington Worcester Lexington Boston Lexington Lexington Lexington Norwood Lexington Lexington W. Hartford, Vt. Foxborough Lexington Lexington Waverley New London, Conn. Lexington Lexington Arlington Lexington Newton Lexington Halifax, N. S. Portland, Me. Lexington Lexington Somerville Lexington Lexington Lexington No. Woburn Malden Malden Lexington Lexington Cambridge Lexington Boston Lexington Boston Boston TOWN CLERK'S REPORT July 22. Martin H. Donovan Ida Doris 22. George Lenwood Turner Louisa Theresa Nash 27. Johan Henning Wilson Anna Karolina Johnson August 12. James Arthur Bagnell Beatty Emma Katarina Carlson 18. Louis Wolff Minnie Lassof 20. Maurice Rosenberg Etta Dora Bornstein September 3. Fred. Joseph Hellmann Ida Kathryn Cadigan 6. Thomas James Dunleavy Delia Agnes Dillon 7. Charles Elliot Hadley Mildred Louise Aldrich 7. Owen Donahue Hannah Hickey 9. Russell Moody Little Eleanor Noyes Lowell 12. Henry Church Sanderson Ale Marian Arthur 12. Edgar Bartar Turner Clara May Sansom 13. Joseph Patrick Ryan Kathryn Tresa Ryan 19. James William Graham Harriette Tuttle 26. George Ellsworth Comley Eva Beatrice McClure 27. John Peter Moffett Mary Ellen Conway October 3. Norman Chapman Hooper Martha Mary McKay 9. Thomas Stephen Feehan Florence Mildred Woodward 11. Michael Joseph McDonough Annie Sweeney 12. Daniel Ambrose Gorman, Jr. Pauline Edna Davis 14. Alonzo Colson Corthell Margaret Graham 16. Theodore Brousseau Lauri, Mary Love Lexington Charlestown Lexington Lexington Lexington Brookline Lexington Lexington Arlington Heights Lexington Boston Lexington Lexington E. Boston Lowell Lexington Lexington Providence Lexington Lexington Lexington. Newhuryport Springfield Lexington Everett E. Lexington Lexington Boston Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Boston Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Everett Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Melrose Lexington Lexington 35 86 TOWN OF LEXINGTON October 18. William Malcolm Bullivant Alice Cary Read 18. William Arthur Sandison Gertrude Belle Marion 24. James Franklin McCarthy Alice Theresa Magurn 28. John Edward Hossfield Jennie Livingstone 28. Robert Harold Holt Lilian Saunders Clapp 31. Russell Warren Mahler Margaret Ann White November 11. Henry Charles Edward Meyer Hazel Lawrence O'Brien 15. Roy Edward Hiltz Gertrude Armstrong 15. Soren Jensen M. Louise Frederickson 26. Santo Lenbbo Antonina Orifice 27. Albert Ernest Scott Anna Myrtle McEwen 28. Anthony Joseph Carey Bessie Magee 29. Daniel Allen Maclnnis Anna Higgins 29. Joseph Patrick Madden Jennie Mary Matthews December 2. Orlando Cutler Doe Olive llildreth Locke 5. Townsand Allen Fo]kins Elizabeth Blanche Blake 6. Edward Francis Buttrick Marion Gertrude Cleverly 9. Edwin Lawrence Waite Ida Ekwell W. Newton Lexington Lexington Woburn Lexington Concord Lexington Cambridge Lexington Lexington E. Lexington Boston Jacksonville, FIa. Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Everett Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Harvard Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington BIRTHS RECORDED FOR THE YEAR 1916 Whole number recorded 108 Parents native born 40 Parents foreign born 46 Parents one native and one foreign born 22 Date Name January 2. Dexter Allen Smith 8. Charles Conrad MacFarland 8. Wilbur Everett Henderson 9. George William Breslin 11. 14. Mary Mahoney 14. Barbara Glynn 19. Virginia Elizabeth Black 20. Herbert Hanson Smith 21. 25. Paul Wellman Stevens February 4. John Janusas 4. • Rose Lillian Mahoney 6. Alfred Allen Nutt 6. Mary Moniz 10. 12. William Emery Mulliken, Jr. 16. Antonina Calantiono 17. James Joseph Sullivan, Jr. 20. Antonio Comando Marini 21. Henry Sawyer Stone 23. 23. George Walter Johnson • Date Name February 25. Laurence Burke 29. John Allen Hinchey March 2. Alvah Edna C. Laanquist 13. Mary Elizabeth Redman 15. Michael Edward Penta 21. David Gordon Govan 21. - Mary Elizabeth McPhee 22. Rita Ingham April 8. Wengeus Lapori 10. Tony Allia Carote 14. Albert DeVincent 14. William James Thatcher 14. George Herbert Webb 22. Joseph Marshall 23. Robert Edward Hommel 23. Mary Esther Toomey 24. Florence Hunneman May 2. Wentworth Smith 11. 13. William John Dalrymple, Jr. 14. Florence Hrones 17. Maxwell Spector 17. Benjamin Spector 24. Harry Allen Wheeler, Jr. 24. Nathan Dane 31. Marguerite Walsh Parents Allen C. and Margaret (Wiswell) Smith. Ernest H. and Inger S. (Christinsen) MacFar]and Everett B. and Mary (MacKinnon) Henderson Thomas H. and Hannah (Bennett) Breslin Patrick W. and Margaret E. (Geoghegan) Mahoney Charles E. and Minnie (Brooks) Glynn Walter G. and Minola M. (Whiting) Black George E. and Helen S. (Hanson) Smith Damon B. and Abby E. (Wellman) Stevens Anthony and Frances (Civilis) Janusas Daniel L. and Lucy L. M. (Deschamps) Mahoney Henry J. and Nora J. (Reardon) Nutt Manuel P. and Mary G. (Silva) Moniz William E. and Edith J. (Otis) Mulliken Sebastiano and Rosa (Casela) Calantiono James J. and Mary L. (Spencer) Sullivan Comando G. and Giovanina (Esposito) Marini Edward C. and Katharine L. (Brooke) Stone Andrew R. and Elvira (Lovgren) Johnson Parents James E. and Catherine E. (Leahy) Burke John T. and Catharine G. (Rogers) Hinchey Carl F. and Alvah H. K. (Beck) Laanquist Lester T. and Dorothy McL. (Greeley) Redman Peter and Lily (Faugno) Penta David and Ada V. (Clapham) Govan Ernest E. and Mary E. (Ham) McPhee George Wm. and Katherine M. (Costello) Ingham Pellegrini and Philomena (Carboni) Lapori Tony and Theresa (Carote) Carote Ernest and Candita (English) DeVincent John A. and Estella (Hogan) Thatcher George L. and Julia A. (Herbert) Webb Joseph S. and Laura F. (Gomes) Marshall William W. and Abbie (Picard) Hommel Walter M. and Mary M. (Leary) Toomey Frederick B. and Louis (Fay) Hunneman James S. and Dorothea (Wenthworth) Smith William J. and Annie (Grace) Dalrymple Edward F. and Eva (Blitsch) Hrones David and Sadie J. (Mizrah) Spector David and Sadie J. (Mizrah) Spector Harry Allen and May L. (Higgins) Wheeler Francis S. and Annie L. (Edmands) Dane John J. and Anastasia A. (McNamara) Walsh 12IOd3il S rUH'IO I+IMOJ .41 OS 00 NOJf NIXH'I IO NACU Date Name June 2. Marion Grace Hart 8. Doris Berglund 11. Warren Beverstock Martin 14. Ruth Barbara Custance 20. Ellen Fullerton 23. Raymond Walter Wilson July 7. David Earle McLeod 12. Katharine Josephine Buckley 16. Ruth Tower 16. Elinor Fuller 18. Joseph Leary 21. Alexander McKenzie Hammer, 23. William Edward Richards 24. Edith Phyllis A. Tropeano 31. Helen Gabrielle Rocque 31. Edwin John Yanuszkis August 8. Santi Casella 4. Anne Simonian 8. Leonard Jellis, Jr. 14: Florence Edna Mossznan 27. John Aloisuis Miller September 1. Ruth Clahane 6. George Casper 6. Max Burmen 8. Lois Elizabeth Proctor 8. Theo Conant Doe 8. Lawrence William Hall 18. Jane Kelley Date Name 21. Alice Burt 27. Dominica Niel October 1. Nancy Farrington McLellan 4. Louis Meltzer 9. William Vendal Litchtenberg 9. Margaret Quinlan 17. John Casselle 20. Etta May Barnes 23. Francis Edward Brown 25. Howard Odin MacPhee 28. Mary Defino 29. Minnie Catherine Peake November 2. Francis Joseph Lima 4. Richard Hugh Llewellyn 7. Francis Timothy Sullivan 10. Sabino Santosuosso 10. John Howard Kennedy 10. John Stygles 12. Jerome Garrity 14. Andrew Connolly 17. 17. Margaret Casey 21. Amedeo Cucciniello 30. Carl August Sorenson December 6. Albert Ruiz 11. Francis J. Walsh 19. Irene Dalrymple 20. 23. Donetta Anzollti 24. Fred Ricci Parents Edward I. and Mabel (Mack) Hart Charles W. and Edna (Fellows) Berglund Ernest W. and Bessie O. (Sandison) Martin Howard E. and Orra A. (Lyon) Custance Edward and Annie (McLaughlin) Fullerton Archibald and Alice (Yea) Wilson John W. and Gladys M. (Platt) McLeod Thomas C. and Katharine (Kelleher) Buckley Ellis W. and Mabelle C. (Janvrin) Tower Clarence D. and Abbie H. (White) Fuller William J. and Elizabeth A. (McGann) Leary Jr.Alexander McK. and Sarah B. (Houk) Hammer Charles E. G. and Anastasia (Pero) Richards Joseph and Caroline (Fiori) Tropeano Arthur J. and Mary C. (Hichey) Rocque John and Eva (Mockus) Yanuszkis Carmelo and Concenta (Clalovagno) Casella Martin and Vartamosh (Arakelian) Simonian Leonard and Christiana (Tayntor) Jellis St. Clair I. and Rose M. (Drury) Mossnian John A. and Alice M. (McArdle) Miller James H. and Anna E. (Fitzpatrick) Clahane Peter and Annie (Revot) Casper Morris and Esther (Cohen) Burmen John A. and Eleanor E. (Brigham) Proctor Freeman C. and Ruth N. (Wilder) Doe Harold S. and Dorothy A. (Griffin) Hall Edmund S. and Anne B. (Pingree) Kelley Parents William R. and Bertha E. (Gammon) Burt Sebastiano and Anna (Cadio) Nici Hugh D. and Nina F. (Poor) McLellan Max and Celia (Cohen) Meltzer Vendal and Mary (Kovacs) Lichtenberg Thomas and Bridget A. (Cavanaugh) Quinlan Antonio and Rose (Paler) Casselle William L. and Esther R. (Wyman) Barnes Joseph N. and Mary (McBride) Brown Clarence E. and Jessie 0. (Custance) MaePhee Louis and Caroline (Gentile) Delfino James Wm. and Minnie A. (Dean) Peake Antonio J. and Mary (Perry) Lima Earle W. and Grace F. (Doherty) Llewellyn John and Mary (Coyne) Sullivan Benny and Mariagrazia (Luongo) Santosuosso Howard J. and Madge (Ryan) Kennedy George F. and Margaret H. (Haggerty) Stygles John J. and Frances M. (Tatra) Garrity Michael W. and Bridget (McLaughlin) Connolly Thomas and Mary C. (Donovan) Casey Carmen and Maria (DeFelice) Cucciniello Hans C. and Hildur A. (Thollden) Sorensen• Fernando and Eleanor (Midwood) Ruiz Bernard F. and Mary E. (O'Rourke) Walsh Elroy C. and Blanche (McCallum) Dalrymple Edward F. and Evna H. (Mayer) Mathews Annlio and Rosina (Caneralla) Anzollti Salvatore and Louise (Sigismondi) Ricci .L11Od3 I s 3I2IN'13 NMOL NO.Lf?NIX'I .30 rihtO.L TOWN CLERK'S REPORT 41 42 DEATHS RECORDED FOR THE YEAR 1916 Whole number recorded for 1916, including stillbirths recorded as deaths, 110. Native born: Males 36; Females 42. Foreign born: Males, 16; Females, 16. Date, Name January 5. Julia May Murphy 7. Mary Elizabeth Fraser 10. Henry W. Matthews 11. 11. Joseph Henderson 11. Matilda Conway 13. Charles E. Smith 15. S. Myron Lawrence 18. James Condon 18. Maria J. Nason 19. Fannie Newell Teague 19. 20. Lucy N. Blodgett 20. Esther Ratnofsky 21. James Robert Carty 25. Jane M. Hamlin 26. Lucy Ann Tower February 10. George Kimball 16. Florence Pedulla 17. Julia C. Lynch 20. M. Augusta Mul]iken 21. Timothy Shea 23. Jeremiah C. Lynch 23. 25. Jeraldene Ruiz 26. Ellen R. Wetherbee 27. George Fillmore Reed 28. Francis E. Burke March 1. Francis E. Ballard 2. Minnie Arnold Brown 5. Ellen Maria Hunt 12. Elizabeth Devine 13. Emma S. Estabrook 16. Caroline Wellington 22. Edward Penniman 'Bliss 24. Ida Frances Chatfield 30. Robert Lowe 30. Charles S. Blodgett Age. y. m. d. 23 7 13 43 5 28 39 4 21 81 8 18 26 77 5 23 62 7 3 81 83 9 14 89 8 1 86 6 12 28 67 11 1 79 6 13 98 6 22 75 6 2 6 1 75 58 6 27 57 14 79 2 30 75 23 57 8 7 25 6 12 70 1 20 54 5 7 70 10 16 64 71 6 7 95 3 13 65 3 19 57 7 24 52 6 24 67 6 20 Birthplace Lexington Nova Scotia Brighton Salem Perryville, N. S. Northboro Lexington Ireland Addison, Vt. East Wilton, Me. Lexington Russia Canada Hampden, Me. Northboro Saco, Me. Lexington Ireland Somerville Lexington Ireland New York City Woburn Boston Lexington Brooklyn, N. Y. Arichat, Capertown Beverly Ireland Jamaica Plain Lexington Cambridge New Hampshire Haverhill Lexington TOWN OF LEXINGTON April 1. Robert Farleigh Thomas 1. James Casselle 6. Mary Delfino 6. John Mackinnon 7. Owen McArdle 17. Emily J. Blodgett 24. 29. Henry W. French 30. Stewart C. Mack May 5. Alice M. Peters 6. 9. Joseph Rowe Webster 15. Timothy K. Fiske 17. Elizabeth E. Tobin 20. William Thorning Hardy 23. William Allen Harris 24. James J. Brown 24. Mabel D. Burke 25. Annette A. Smith 25. Martin F. Fisher 31. Mary O'Brien June 8. Mary Ann Maguire 15. Claretta Pierce 16. Dennis F. Hinchey 25. Frederick Mahoney 27. Matilda L. Keyou July 1. Domanic DeFilice 7. Maria Casella 15. Alfred Wiggins 23. EIizabeth A. Lawrence 25. Mary E. Brigham 25. William F. Caldweli 27. Anna Burke 28. George H. Cutter August 16. Antonetta Camuso 16. Ella M. Burrill 31. Alice Burke September 3. Mary Foote 7. Annie F. Shay 8. Mary Manderson 10. Patrick Meade 26. Edith M. Woodbury 30. William Vipond y. m. d. 49 11 12 9 10 24 11 62 7 17 64 61 4 7 Halifax, N. S. Lexington Italy Nova Scotia Ireland Lexington 72 4 8 Charlestown 59 6 6 Scotland 68 10 8 Boston 82 6 6 84 9 10 . 70 45 6 74 9 5 35 5 30 35 11 22 73 11 17 46 6 29 42 68 11 23 75 11 13 42 11 16 70 82 . 10 9 10 6 2 1 1 62 2 21 49 8 8 79 8 12 73 1 25 2 6 74 8 20 4 5 11 53 7 21 5 2 82 7 4 56 55 32 2 29 25 2 2 60 E. Milton Lexington Ireland Waltham Boston Ireland New Bedford Lexington Lyndon, Vt. Ireland Ontario, Can. Lexington Lexington 'Ireland Pelham, N. H. Lexington Lexington Birmingham, Eng. Canada Roxbury Charlestown Waltham Arlington E. Boston Virginia Waltham Newfoundland Arlington Canada Lexington Portugal Nova Scotia TOWN CLERK'S REPORT October 20. Charlotte Elizabeth Smith 21. Mary Esther Toomey 23. Elizabeth N. L. Fisher 24. Edward P. Nichols 25. Mary E. French 28. Richard Riley 31. Joseph Warner November 14. Michael E. Harrington 15. Marietta H. Turner 17. 18. Frances Barnard Townsend 19. Charles M. Parker 20. Eliza Turner Tucker 24. Ann Harrington 26. Harriet Franks 26. Mary E. Osgood December 5. Margaret Quinlan 5. Sarah Jane Lawrence 8. Cornelius L. Pherson 11. William H. Green 16. Arthur D. Woodworth 18. 19. Bridget Hinchey 19. Beta Stevenson 20. Margaret Casey 21. John M. Logan 25. Asa Bohanon 26. Colin Grant 27. Y. m. d. 67 7 15 5 29 86 11 8 81 7 16 70 7 8 50 83 9 14 Boston Lexington Lexington Kingston, N. H. Lynn Ireland Germany 41 3 12 Lexington 58 2 0 Bolton 84 4 14 81 9 4 76 7 20 -77 80 7 12 76 1 11 1 27 70 5 17 52 76 67 85 1 5 13 Boston Lexington Sumner, Me. Ireland Saco, Me. Nashua, N. H. Lexington Fitchburg Sweden St. John, N. B. Enosburg, Vt. Ireland Boston 1 3 Lexington West Boylston Calais, Me. Nova Scotia 81 48 7 20 47 44 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Dogs Licensed Whole number of dogs licensed from Dec. 1, 1915 to Dec. 1, 1916, 391. Males, 359; females, 82; breeders, 0. Amount sent to County Treas- urer June 1, 1916 $279.00 Amount sent to County Treas- urer Dec. 1, 1916 520.80 $799.80 Hunter's Licenses Issued during the ,year 1916, 159. 159 to resident hunters and 0 to non-resident hunters. A true copy of the records, Attest: CHARLES W. SWAN, Town Clerk. To the Owners of Tenement House Prop- erty: Your attention is called to the provi- sions of Section 89 of Chapter 635, Acts of 1912, which reads as follows: "The owner of a tenement house and every lessee of the whole house or of two or more tenements therein, or the agent of the owner or other person hav- ing control of a tenement house, shall annually during the month of April file in the office of the town clerk a notice containing his name and address, and also a description of the property, by street number or otherwise, as the case may he, in such manner as will enable the Board of Health and building inspec- tor easily to find the same; and also the number of apartments in each house, the number of rooms in each apartment, and the number of families occupying the apartments. The notice shall contain the name and address of some agent for the house, for the purpose of receiving service of process, and notice to and ser- vice of process upon said agent shall bind the principal." TOWN CLERK'S REPORT 45 Wihnrj fawn Ettuirrnre 1853—•1816 Erxingten, c ass. Resolutions on the death of Sidney Myron Lawrence. Whereas, It has seemed fitting to an all -wise Providence to take from us our beloved associate and friend. got u g is C gran Immure and Whereas, The Town of Lexington which he loved • so well and served so faithfully has sustained a grievous loss, be it Resolved, That in the death of Sidney Myron Lawrence, we, his co-workers in office, who knew him intimately and loved him well, testify by these Resolutions to his upright character, spotless integrity, sincerity of purpose, Christian charity toward all men, and unfailing loyalty to the best interests of the Town; that we place upon record this testimonial of our appreciation of his many sterling qual- ities and of our esteem for him, and be it further Resolved, That the entire community suffers the loss of one who was ever con- scientious and just in the discharge of duty, both as a private citizen and as an official of the Town, kind and generous to all, and of whom it may be truly said, "Well done, thou good and faithful serv- ant," and be it further. Resolved, That a copy of these Resolu- tions be sent to the immediate family and spread upon the records of the Town. EDWARD W. TAYLOR, GEORGE H. CHILDS, Selectmen of Lexington. 46 TOWN OF' LEXINGTON REPORT OF SELECTMEN, HIGHWAY SURVEYORS, BOARD OF SURVEY AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR Lexington, Mass., Jan. 1st, 1917. The Selectmen herewith present their report for the year ending December 31st, 1916. The widening of Massachusetts Ave- nue, from the Hunt Building to Woburn Street, has been completed. The wires and the wooden poles on the northeaster- ly side have been removed, and iron poles erected to support only the trolley wires. The wires owned by the Edison Electric Illuminating Company have been placed underground. The Fire Department wires have been transferred to the southerly side of the street temporarily, Small poles similar to those around the Common, which have been installed for electric lights are connected with the underground system. It might be weIl to state at this time that in the early part of the year, it was doubtful whether or not the Edison Elec- tric Illuminating Company would see its way clear to place its wires un- derground along this widening, from its station to the Russell House, as requested by the Board of Selectmen. The Company, however, met this re- quest, at an expense to it of approx- imately $4000, and by co-operating with the Board of Selectmen have materially added to the appearance of the street. The Board wishes to thank the Edison Electric Illuminating Company for the interest which it has shown in the wel- fare of the Town. This widening also placed upon the Middlesex & Boston Street Rwy. Com- pany a considerable burden in the re- quired change of location of its tracks. This, however, was met by the Railway, and the Board wishes to express its appreciation for the co-operation of the Middlesex & Boston Street Rwy. Com- pany in this work. The expense to the Railway Company was approximately $5000. The original appropriation by the Town of $'7000. contemplated only the construc- tion of a tar sidewalk without curbing, where curbing did not at that time exist. The County Commissoners' estimate of the work on the street between the orig- inal sidewalk line and the line of the present sidewalk was based on the prop- osition that this strip of street, which was approximately eight (8) feet in width, was to be filled in with macadam bound. in water. As the work progressed, the Board feIt that these conditions as specified, would not be satisfactory to the townspeople, and that at the completion of the work, as previously outlined, the citizens of the Town would have lust reason for corn - plaint, not only in regard to the appear- ance of the street, but also from the fact that the construction throughout would not be satisfactory. The work of grading the lawns on the abutters' estates to conform to the new grade was hardly considered in the orig- inal estimate, but the Board, realizing that it was only right and proper that these abutters should not suffer from the fact that the street was either lowered or raised, took upon themselves the re- sponsibility of grading these lawns in a manner satisfactory to the abutters. This work so improved the appearance along the line of this widening that, from SELECTMEN'S REPORT the Town's point of view, it was money well spent. At considerable cost, large maple trees were set out at a uniform distance from the sidewalk to take the place of the trees which the Selectmen were obliged to remove. We are glad to say that all these trees have lived. The Board, realizing that this work was to be of a permanent nature, felt justified in building a granolithic side- walk instead of the tar sidewalk as orig- inally planned. Realizing, furthermore, that in order to obtain the best results in road construction, curbing was ab- solutely essential; they, therefore, curbed the entire length of this widening. The street had to be filled a foot in depth in some places, and cut in others, in order to conform to the grades established by the County Commissioners. Instead of patching the street, as or- iginally planned, an entirely new surface was built,—that surface being of crushed stone five inches in depth, and bound in tar, making a street which should last the Town for at Least twenty years with- out any expenditure for repairs. The Board deemed it wise to notify the Public Service Corporations that for two years from the date of completion of the street, no permit would be granted for the opening of this street for any new work. The re -surfacing of the easterly side of Massachusetts Avenue, from the end of widening at the Hunt Building, was continued to the Hayes Fountain. The entire width of Bedford Street, from the Hayes Fountain to Elm Avenue, was re- surfaced. Drainage conditions at the corner of Elm Avenue and Bedford Street have been the cause of much complaint, and, in order to remove this trouble, several catch basins were installed to carry off the surface water. It might be well to say at this time that no appropriation was asked for by the Selectmen, and, therefore, no appro- 47 priation was granted by the Town for the purpose of widening Bedford Street along the front of the Buckman Tavern Estate. Therefore, the Board of Select- men had not at any time the slightest in- tention of doing this work mentioned. The citizens can readily see, therefore, that the disturbance which was caused this year in the pretended effort to save the trees on the Buckman Tavern Estate and highway in front of this estate was entirely without point. The conditions in the rear of the Town Hall are growing more unsightly. The Board feels that no town of the size of Lexington should allow such conditions to exist. This year, the Board recommended that the old sheds be removed and the grounds graded and seeded. An appro- priation for this work was asked for, but the Finance Committee refused to sanction the request. Work on Summer Street extension (so called) is progressing under the direction of the State Highway Commission and a contract has been signed agreeing to pay the Contractor employed by the Commis- sion for the cost of all work to be done in the construction with the exception of the bituminous macadam surface which will be six inches in thickness, eighteen feet in width, and with a shoulder three feet wide on each side. Stone bounds are to be furnished and set by the State. In connection with the extension of Summer Street, it was suggested by the State Highway Engineering Department that it would be advisable to have the County Commissioners make a new loca- tion at the junction of Maple and Lowell Streets in such a way as to provide a large curved space at the junction of these streets. This new Lay -out has been established by the County Commis- sioners and has taken about 16,950 square feet of land from the Munroe es- tate. The Board has received notice that the State Highway Commission is willing to 48 TOWN OF LEXINGTON lay out and construct Woburn Street as a State Highway beginning at the Wo- burn line and extending to Utica Street, provided that the Town and County will each bear one-third of the cost of con- struction. The funds at the disposal of the Highway Department would not per- mit the Board to enter into this agree- ment. We recommend that provision be made for this work when the annual ap- propriation is made for the highway de- partment. The County Commissioners have already ordered the widening and relocation of Woburn Street from the crossing of the Boston & Maine RR. to the Woburn line. Nothing of importance has been made on this order. The Board feels that the town should provide suffi- cient funds at the next annual town meeting to allow an agreement to be made with the State and thus enable the State, County and Town to work to- gether. During the year the Board re-estab- lished the lines of Revere Street and the town accepted the new lay -out at the March meeting. Preliminary work is now under way on other streets. For years past it has been necessary for the Highway Department to spend a large sum of money annually for street repairing. This does not include what might be called street cleaning. It is for patching streets and filling holes and ruts with crushed stone, gravel and Headley Binder or Tarvia. Without question this is a waste of money as the work Iasts but a year when the same work must be done over again, and in- variably to a greater extent. The Board submits for your consideration this ques- tion:—Would it not be a good business proposition for the town to raise by a bond issue or otherwise, a sum sufficient to build permanent highways and thus avoid, this annual expenditure for re- pairs? The Edison Company has informed the Board that for the additional sum of $1995.39 the street lights can be burned all night. The Board feels that this proposition should be accepted by the Town. The Board recommends that a Build- ing Line be established on some of our existing streets, and on such of our streets hereafter accepted where, in the judgment of the Board, it would be for the general good of the community. An appropriation will be necessary for this purpose. The work of the Moth Department has been conducted economically and effi- ciently and in a manner which meets with the approval of the State Forester. The By -Law relative to Junk Licenses recently adopted by the Town has been approved by the Attorney General and three licenses have been issued to Junk Collectors. The money acquired through the issuance of these licenses was $875. Board of Survey The Board of Survey has approved the lay -out and grade of the following streets during the year 1916: Extensions of what is generally known as Highland Avenue to Waltham Street and in the other direction to Bloomfield Street, Arcadia Avenue, Cum- mings Avenue, a portion of Melrose Ave- nue and a portion of Rawson Avenue. Overseers of the Poor During the past year visits have been made to every Institution and to every family where aid is being given by the department. The Board has used its best judgment in granting relief, and believes that aid has been given only when need exists and then in form most useful to the re- ceiver and at a cost as small as possible to the town. The Mother's Aid law appears to be working favorably. In cases under this Iaw aid cannot be given to a mother who has been deserted by the husband unless a warrant for non-support is is- sued, and then only after the lapse of one year from date of desertion. SELECTMEN'S REPORT 49 There are now six inmates at the Almshouse who are receiving the best of care from our Superintendent and Matron, Mr. and Mrs. White, who, ac- cording to the report of the State Board of Charity, have served longer than any other Superintendent and Matron in the State, namely, thirty-two years. Allowances must be made in both the Almshouse and Outside Aid accounts for the increased cost of living which we have been confronted by this year and which will probably continue during the year 1917. PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE TOWN FARM Canned goods Carriages, wagons and sled Goal Contents of pantry and closet Contents of lockup Corn Cows Farm implements Fire extinguishers Furniture in house and linen closet Grain Harness, blankets, etc. Hay and rowen, and straw Horses Manure Pigs Poultry Produce Vinegar Wood $ 45.00 55.00 77.00 30.00 5.00 4.00 220.00 150.00 10.00 85.00 8.00 30.00 719.00 125.00 150.00 125.00 72.00 180.00 8.00 48.00 $2146.00 PROPERTY OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Blankets $ $83.00 Bound stone 7.00 Buggy, Concord 25.00 Carts 500.00 Chains, pails and lanterns 50.00 Crusher, engine, boiler and scales 1,000.00 Eveners'and whiffletrees 12.00 Feed bags, netting and halters 35.00 Gravel screens 16.00 Grain in chest 77.00 Harness, collars, ete. 253.00 Horses 2,000.00 Jiggers 45.00 Oil and waste 25.00 Paving stones 10.00 Ploughs 40.00 Trailer 22.00 Spring tooth harrow 10.00 Gasoline Engine and pump 180.00 Non-skid chains 16.00 Power oil spraying wagons 800.00 Pulleys and ropes 35.00 Pung 25.00 Road machine and set of runners 25.00 Scraper, macadam 80.00 Snow plows 255.00 Steam roller 1,200.00 Sleds 100.00 Stone hammers and steam drill 25.00 Stone drags 8.00 Street roller 45.00 Street sweeper 80.00 Tar kettle 80.00 Tools and chest 135.00 Watering carts 100.00 Wheelbarrows 8.00 $7,302.00 Respectfully submitted, EDWARD W. TAYLOR, WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN, WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Selectmen of Lexington. 50 TOWN OF LEXINGTON List of Jurors as Submitted by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, 1916 NAME Abbott, George W. Ashley, Clifton P. Atwood, Wilber F. Ballard, Ernest K. Barnes, John E. Belcher, Horace A. Blodgett, Arthur L. Breed, Ezra F. Buckley, Eugene T. Buffum, Fred A. Burrill, William L. Callahan, Bartholomew D. Chatfield, Albern S. Clark, Richard A. Coburn, Frank W. Cole, George F. Currier, Charles H. Dacey, Patrick F. Denison, Guy E. Doe, Chester W. Donovan, John J. Doran, Levi Dunklee, Lester A. Dwyer, William F. Earle, Chester E. Fardy, Thomas F., Jr. Ferguson, William W. Fletcher, Fred B. Foster, Whitney Glenn, William F. Green, William F. Hatch, Arthur W. Hayden, J. Willard Jr. Haynes, Alfred E. Hendley, Eugene D. Hill, Willard C. Hinchey, John Hossfield, Bernard F. Kendall, Francis E. Kraetzer, Eugene G. Mynah, George C. OCCUPATION Buyer Carpenter Insurance Farmer Plumber Farmer Salesman Plumber Salesman Carpenter Real Estate Stone mason Salesman Clerk Stationer Conductor Produce Mason Bookkeeper Shipper Printer Farmer Draftsman Motorman Clerk Agent Clerk Teamster Farmer Carpenter Farmer CIerk Merchant Machinist Carpenter Insurance Express Crossing tender Farmer Clerk Clerk RESIDENCE 28 Percy rd. Highland ave. 9 Maple at. Wood st. 165 Mass. ave. Bow st. Adams at. Mass. ave. Cedar st. Shirley at. Bedford at. Cottage at. Center st. Bedford st. Percy rd. Bedford at. Woburn st. Muszey st. 4 Jackson et. 52 Fletcher ave. Theresa ave. East at. 5 Forest et. 7 Tewksbury at. Tower at. Lincoln at. Forest at. Independence ave. Concord ave. Forest st. Fern at. 5 Bedford st. Shade st. Hill at. Mass. ave. 624 Mass. ave. 23 Bedford st. Bedford st. Bedford et. Mass. ave. Manley et. NAME SELECTMEN'S REPORT OCCUPATION RESIDENCE Maguire, Hugh J. Farmer McDonnell, Michael J. Motorman Montague, Edward Carpenter Moulton, James A. Clerk Needham, Oscar Clerk Norris, John L. Real Estate O'Neil, James E. Motorman Peirce, Frank D. Retired Riley, William J. Clerk Russell, Byron A. Blacksmith Sefton, Charles H. Painter Smith, Charles F, Farmer Spellman, Walter F. Conductor Southall, Joseph A. Sr. Produce Spencer, Frederick J. Merchant Stevens, Edwin C. Merchant Thompson, Samuel G. Car Repairer Wilson, James A. Clerk Wilson, J. AIexander Farmer Wood, Edward Florist Worthen, George E. Machinist Wood et. Vine st. Maple st. Sherman st. Mass. ave. Mass. ave. 51 Mass. ave. 238 Mass. ave. Revere st. 120 Mass. ave. Fair View ave. Bedford st. 9 Shirley st. Franklin ave. East st. 2 Oakland st. Ward st. Bow st. Pleasant st. Forest et. Winthrop rd. EDWARD W. TAYLOR, WILLIAM 5: SCAMMAN, WILLIAM B. FOSTER, Selectmen of Lexington. 51 62 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS Lexington, Mass., Jan. 1, 1917. Hon. Board of Selectmen, Lexington, Mass. Gentlemen: We beg to submit the following report for the year 1916. The Department has responded to sev- enty-seven (77) alarms,—a decrease of sixty-one (61) under the preceding year. The Department has laid and cared for 11,700 feet of hose, used 925 gallons of chemical, and raised 656 ft. of ladders. There is at present in the Department 6000 ft. of hose, which has been tested to 250 lbs. pressure per square inch, and is in good condition. The fire loss in the Town was extreme- ly light. The only serious fire was the one which consumed the large barn on Valley Field Farm. The work of the firemen at the fire has been highly com- mended, not only by Mr. Harry S. Kel- sey, but by the insurance companies as well. To prevent this fire from spread- ing to the adjoining and adjacent build- ings was a good test of the efficiency of the Department. This was accomplished, but only through the usual prompt re- sponse to the call and the untiring efforts of the firemen. The decrease in the brush fires was no- ticeable. This was due to the co-opera- tion of the citizens in respect to the laws controlling the setting of outdoor fires, and to some degree to the favorable weather conditions in the Fall. Chimney fires increased this year. To the Board of Fire Engineers this seems unnecessary. A chimney fire is caused simply by neglect of the owner in not having his chimney cleaned. This can always be done at a small cost, and as there is always danger from a chimney fire, proper attention to chimneys might save a considerable loss. It gives the Engineers pleasure to be able to state that the attendance at fires and the work of the men during this year has been excellent. The Engineers desire to bring to the attention of the citizens that this year they were obliged to do away with the permanent horses for Ladder No. 1. These horses have served in the Depart- ment for many years, and, although they are still able to do slow work yet they were too old for fire department pur- poses. The Engineers felt that the best thing that could be done, under the circum- stances, was to place these horses at the disposal of Superintendent of Streets, Mr. Robert H. White, to be used in the Highway Department or on the Town Farm. The result is that at the present time we are dependent on the livery stable for horses for this piece of apparatus. This is an extremely bad condition and will be a serious handicap while this con- dition lasts. Fire Alarm System This year the Board of Engineers re- districted the Town and have at present eighty-six (86) fire alarm boxes. Thirty- eight (38) of these boxes are known as LOCATION BOXES. The other forty- eight (48) are boxes on the Highways, with the exception of the boxes which are placed on the school buildings. This assures the Town of much better service. While there are not actual box- es on the street at many of the new loca- tions, almost everyone has a telephone, and by calling Headquarters these boxes can be rung in from Headquarters. The average cost of installing a box on the street is approximately $185, FIRE ENGINEER'S REPORT whereas, by this new method, the only expense to the Town is $2.50 per location box. It is the intention of the Engineers, as the Town can afford it, to install street boxes where we now have what is known as LOCATION BOXES. The School Committee, realizing the necessity of having a box at each school, co-operated with the Fire Department in this matter. The principal advantage is that these school boxes will eliminate any possibility of a delay by the Fire Department from not knowing the exact location of a Ere. In the past, a possible delay from a telephone call, or a delay from the fact that the nearest box on the street to the school would have given the firemen the approximate Location of the fire only, might have caused a serious loss of life and property. The fire alarm wires have been re- moved from poles on Massachusetts Ave- nue between Elm Avenue and Merriam Street, and these wires have been put underground. The overhead construction on Woburn Street, from Massachusetts Avenue to Lowell Street, has been re- built. The overhead construction on Middle Street, from Waltham Street to Massachusetts Avenue, must he rebuilt this year; also the lines on Hancock Street, East Street and Bedford Street, from Revere Street to Box No. 37 near the Bedford line. Most of this construction is of the old type, in which was employed a small iron wire without insulation. The new type of construction is heavy iron wire thor- oughly insulated. The overhead construction on Massa- chusetts Avenue, from Merriam Street to Winthrop Road, has been moved from the northerly side to the southerly side of the Avenue to do away with all wires on the new Massachusetts Avenue widen- ing. Recommendations 53 The Board of Engineers deem it most important to bring to the attention of the citizens the conditions which now exist in the Department in regard to the piece of apparatus known as Ladder No. 1. We have recommended in the past that a motor -driven piece of apparatus be purchased by the Town to take the place of Ladder No. 1, which is obsolete. It seems that this year the townspeo- ple must realize the absolute necessity of such a piece of apparatus. Under the heading of "Fire Alarm System," the Board called the attention of the citizens to the fact that the wires on Massachusetts Avenue, from Merriam Street to Winthrop Road, had been moved from the northerly side to the southerly side. This construction, how- ever, is only temporary. These wires should at the earliest possible moment be placed underground in a conduit fur- nished, without charge, for this purpose, by the New England Telephone & Tele- graph Company. The Board strongly urges that when this work is done that the wires which run from the Central Station along Mer- riam Street to Massachusetts Avenue be also removed from the poles and placed underground. The Fire Alarm Room at Headquarters is not fireproof. If that building should be destroyed by fire, the heart of the Fire Alarm system would also be destroyed, and would leave the Town without any means of receiving alarms, over their system, and without any means of send- ing out alarms, for at least three months, as that time would be required before a new system could be installed. This seems to the Board of Engineers a most important matter, as the chances of serious loss in the Town would be very great under such conditions. 54 TOWN OF LEXINGTON We, therefore, recommend that a Fire Alarm Room in which would be contained the batteries, switches and all connec- tions for the Fire Alarm System be con- structed of fireproof material, and, in such a way that the interruption of serv- ice in the Fire Alarm System would be impossible from destruction by fire. The citizens of the Town are invited to inspect the Ere Stations any day between the hours of 10 A. M. and 10 P. M. Respectfully submitted, BOARD OF ENGINEERS, W. 5. SCAMMAN, Clerk. POLICE REPORT REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT Report of the work done by the Police Department for the year ending De- cember 31, 1916: To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen: 1 have the honor to submit the follow- ing report: The number of arrests 199 Females 10 Males 189 Residents of the town 101 Non-residents 89 Native born 137 Foreign born 62 Married 79 Single 125 Offences for Which Arrests Were Made Assault and battery Assault with a weapon Bastardy Breaking and entering Breaking street lights 22 1 3 3 5 BIocking fire department going to fire 1 Contempt of Court 1 Committing an unnatural act 1 Drunkeness 89 Default 7 Driving horse without owner's consent 2 Escaped prisoners 3 Hunting unlawfully 1 Larceny 12 Enticing a girl from home for un- lawful purposes Malicious mischief Manslaughter Non-support Not displaying light on vehicle Over -driving a horse Profanity Ran away from home Suspicious persons Setting fire without a permit Stubborn child 1 4 1 11 3 2 1 4 5 2 2 Trespass Unlawfully running automobile Violating liquor law Violating milk law Violating his probation Vagrants Disposition of Cases: Fined Probation Committed to House of Correction Committed to State Farm Committed to jail Committed to Norfolk Hospital Defaulted Discharged Placed on file Released by Probation Officer Released by Police Now Pending in Court Nol Prossed Turned over to out of town officers Given to friends to take home Miscellaneous Work Aggregate amount of fines im- posed Amount of 65 2 4 1 1 1 3 72 33 15 4 1 1 1 15 15 14 6 8 1 9 4 $629.96 property reported stolen $1,580.00 Amount of stolen property re- covered ;956.00 Buildings found open and secured 66 Dogs killed 12 Dangerous places in street reported 22 Extra duties done by police officers 60 Fire Alarms responded to 52 Lost children cared for 3 Police officers days in Court 61 Street lights reported out 25 Search warrants served 1 Sick persons assisted 1 Wires reported down 11 Water running to waste reported 6 Vacant houses cared for - 17 56 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Conclusion I wish to thank the Selectmen for the kind manner in which they have treated me and the assistance they and all oth- ers who by their co-operation and good wishes, assisted in the work of the de- partment, and I wish to thank the Po- lice Officers for the excellent work they have done. By their good work they have prevented much crime from being committed. There is not a Police De- partment in any city or town that has done better work. The motor cycle has been of great service to us during the warm weather. The number of miles covered with it was twenty-four hun- dred. CHARLES H. FRANKS, Acting Chief. BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH Lexington, Mass., Dec. 31, 1916. To the Citizens of Lexington: The Board of Health submits the fol- lowing report for the year ending De- cember 31, 1916: The new Board organized in March with Dr. Barnes as chairman, W. B. Foster and Charles H. Franks. The fol- lowing appointments have been made: Inspectors of Slaughtering: Dr. H. L. Alderman and Chas. H. Butterfield. Inspector of Milk: Dr, L. L. Pierce of Arlington. Inspector of Plumbing: Andrew Bain of Arlington. Health Officer: Dr. Wm. L. Barnes. Fumigator: A. A. Marshall. Agent to issue permits for the Board: Charles W. Swan. Licensed Undertakers: A. A. Marshall and 3. F. McCarthy. In charge of Odorless Cart: E. W. Martin. Cases of contagious disease reported dur- ing the year: Chicken pox Diphtheria German measles Measles Mumps Scarlet Fever Tuberculosis of lungs Tuberculosis, other forms Typhoid Whooping cough Anterior Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis) Cerebro -spinal -meningitis 35 4 - 11 4 25 8 3 1 81 3 1 182 As so often happens, a year in Which there are few cases of contagious dis- ease, as the year 1915, was followed by 57 a year in which there were many cases, the explanation being that those who had escaped the previous year plus the new- born children swell the number of those susceptible to contagious diseases. In regard to the scarlet fever inci- dence, we had occasional cases all sum- mer, as did many other communities, though it is considered a cold weather disease. AlI the cases were, however, mild, and, except in a few cases occur- ring in one family or exposed direcly to a known case, the source of contagion could not be found. Milk supply cer- tainly could not be blamed. It is prob- able that there were eases so mild that there was little or no rash and parents not accustomed to observe closely never detected any rash and not suspecting the disease, did not send for a physician, and as such mild cases do not always desquamate or "peel" noticeably, they were missed. That such cases do occur was well illustrated by the fact that one child was discovered with its hands and feet peeling in characteristic fashion in a family where there had previously been a case of the disease. This child's symp- toms and rash had been overlooked by the mother but the peeling she did notice and called a physician. Had this case had as slight an amount of peeling as many of the cases that were recognized at the onset it would have been missed altogether. But this child gave the dis- ease directly to a sister and a neighbor's child though five other children similar- ly exposed escaped. As most of the sear - let fever cases are now sent to a con- tagious hospital and cared for at the ex- pense of the town, this disease, though mild of recent years, has been such an expense to the town that parents should do their beat to lessen it by being more 58 TOWN OF LEXINGTON careful in their search for a rash in any case of sore throat unless they call in a physician. It has cost the town of Lex- ington nearly a thousand dollars in 1916 to care for scarlet fever cases in the hospital, thus causing quite an over- draft on the Board of Health appropria- tion, which, of course, could not be fore- seen. The great increase in the number of cases of chicken pox and whooping cough is partly explained by the fact that many "hearsay" cases of these two diseases were investigated by the Health Officer and reported, which otherwise would not have been recorded. In spite of this and placarding the houses and warning par- ents what precautions to take, these dis- eases seemed to spread in certain neigh- borhoods, showing that in soma cases parents must have been careless of their obligations to the community. Because of the fact that it is becoming more gener- aIly known that a state law requires parents to report any case of contagious disease occurring in a household, wheth- er a physician is called or not, it is prob- able that we have this year a more ac- curate record of the actual number of cases. So that the actual increase in numbers is more apparent than real. During the Poliomyelitis or Infantile Paralysis scare, we had three cases in Lexington, all mild and fortunately showing good recovery from the transi- ent paralysis. Your attention is called to the reports of he various inspectors acting for the Board of Health. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM L. BARNES, M. D., Chairman WILLIAM B. FOSTER, CHARLES H. FRANKS, Board of Health REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMB- ING. Lexington, Mass., Dec. 31, 1916. To the Board of Health of the Town of Lexington: Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as In- spector of Plumbing for the year ending December 31, 1916. Number of applications filed and permits granted 115 Number of calls made in connec- tion with tests, inspections and information 296 Number of applications received on which work has not been completed - 12 I wish, at this time, to thank the Board for the hearty co-operation ac- corded to me this past year, also the Plumbers of the Town for the commend- able work that is being done. Respectfully submitted, ANDREW BAIN. REPORT OF FUMIGATOR Lexington, Mass., Dec. 31, 1916. To the Board of Health, Town of Lexington, Mass. Gentlemen: I hereby submit my report as Fumi- gator for the year ending December Slst, 1916. Whole number of cases fumigated (31) requiring the fumigation of (111) rooms. Twenty-three (23) cases of Scarlet Fever requiring the fumigation of (88) rooms. Two (2) cases of diphtheria requiring the fumigation of (8) rooms. Four (4) cases of tuberculosis requir- ing the fumigation of (12) rooms. One (1) case of Typhoid Fever requir- ing the fumigation of (2) rooms. One (1) case of Amebic Dysentery re- quiring the fumigation of (1) room. Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR A. MARSHALL, Fumigator. BOARD OF HEALTH 59 ODORLESS CART REPORT January 1, 1917. The Board of Health, Town of Lexington. Gentlemen: I submit report of cesspools and vaults cleaned in the year 1916. January 20 cesspools 50 loads February 14 " 32 " March 17 51 April 49 1.06 3 vaults 5 May 49 cesspools 134 4 vaults 4 June 36 cesspools 79 19 vaults 22 July 21 cesspools 52 3 vaults 3 August 16 cesspools 61 September 16 " 38 1 vault 2 October 8 cesspools 15 3 vaults 6 November 22 cesspools 40 1 vault 1 December 18 cesspools 31 4 vaults 4 Totals 286 cesspools 689 38 vaults 47 324 736 Two loads were also taken from the Town Buildings free of charge. Respectfully submitted, ERNEST W. MARTIN. REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MEAT Lexington, Jan. 1, 1917. To the Board of Health. Gentlemen: As Inspector of Slaughtering for the year 1916 I have continued that work for Bunzel and Young only. Much more work has been done this year than usual, as will be seen by the following table: Bunzel Young ,, Swine Veal Beeves Sheep 1813 530 16 1 Swine Veal Beeves Sheep 729 207 20 4 Four veal and six swine have been con- demned. C. H. BUTTERFIELD, Inspector. REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS To the Board of Health. Gentlemen: Slaughtering licenses were granted to Holman, Young, Bunzel, Whiting and Freeman Bros. My inspections have been for Holman, 501 swine, 262 veal, 35 beeves, 9 sheep. Young, 40 swine, 2 beeves. Whiting, 20 swine. Freeman Bros., 31 swine. Other people, 81 swine. 16 beeves, 8 veals, 5 swine have been condemned and rendered. H. L. ALDERMAN, DVS. REPORT OF ANIMAL INSPECTOR January 1, 1917. To the Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen: A general inspection of cattle was or- dered early in the year. 1186 cattle have been examined. 1878 swine, 16 sheep and 11 goats. Twelve cows were condemned with tuberculosis and one quarantined was released by Department of Animal Industry. The cattle and horses coming into the State, upon permit, have been examined and released from quarantine upon ar- rival. In cooperation with the State De- partment, the inspector has seen most of swine immunized from cholera, by the virus and serum or the serum treatment alone. Satisfaction in nearly all cases has been given. One case of rabies was condemned and proved positive upon examination of head. Three reported cases of glanders all proved negative. H. L. ALDERMAN, DVS. 80 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE Your Committee in submitting their report again wish to call the attention of the Town to the urgent necessity for the purchase of land suitable for a new Cemetery, as we were obliged to make five Cemetery lots this year out of a driveway, there is no choice of lots, one simply has to take what there is left. This should not be so in a Town the size of Lexington. Immediate action should be taken as it will require time to Iay out and develop the same. Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR A. MARSHALL, Supt. LESTER E. SMITH, G. W. SPAULDING, Cemetery Committee. INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS Lexington, Mass., January 6, 1917. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Lexington, Mass. I herewith submit my report of the inspection of buildings for the year end- ing December 31, 1916. Five hundred and fifty calls have been made in con- nection with applications and for infor- mation. One hundred and two permits have been issued, classified as follows: Dwellings, 1 -family Dwellings, 2 -family Additions & alterations Garages Business block Workshop & laboratory Office Storage sheds Stable 37 2 20 22 1 1 1 2 1 $110,700 8,700 24,800 14,342 30,000 1,000 1,000 800 600 Washroom Carriage house Harness shop Tool shops Lockers Piazza Cow barns Henhouses Pighouses 61 1 900 1 1,200 1 1,000 2 200 2 200 1 100 1 2,000 5 825 2 600 103 $198,967 I wish to thank the Board of Select- men and the builders of the Town for their hearty co-operation with me during the past year. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM GRATTO, Inspector of Buildings. 82 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK To the Board of Health, Town of Lexington. Gentlemen: I herein submit to you my annual re- port as Inspector of Milk for the year ending December 31, 1916. During the year I have taken about one hundred and fifty samples of milk, have visited dairies in and out of the town and inspected the milk rooms. The conditions under which the milk is handled are constantly improving and the milk the past year has been above the average in quality. I have had to proceed legally against one producer for adulteration by the addition of water for which he paid a fine of fifty ($50.00) dollars in the Con- cord Court. Thirty-five licenses to sell milk in the Town of Lexington have been issued. Respectfully yours, LAURENCE L. PEIRCE, MDV. Inspector of Milk. GARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY 63 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF GARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY A small decrease in circulation from the main library and the branch, 430 volumes less in 1916 than in 1915, inter- rupts the steady increase of some suc- cessive years. This interruption is prob- ably to be explained by the concern over the out -break of infantile paralysis that caused many parents to keep their child- ren from all public places where infec- tion might be encountered, and also dis- couraged the use of library privileges by adults lest books and periodicals should be the means of transmitting the germ of the disease. There is no reason to suppose that this slight decrease marks any decline of interest in the library and its oportunities. The total number of books, music scores, and periodicals, purchased in 1916, was 635, or 171 Iess than in 1915. This difference was because of an un- expected falling off in the returns from the dog tax which is an important source of funds available for the purchase of books. About one hundred dollars less was received from this tax in 1916, and also the October interest of $67.50 on bonds of the Boston and Maine was not paid, and the trustees were therefore obliged to limit the purchase of books in proportion to their lessened resources. A substantial addition to the perman- ent endowment of the library was this past • year received from the estate of Miss Laura Muazey Brigham. Her be- quest of $2500.00 in memory of her mother sets an example of a noble and enduring way to commemorate the saint- ed dead. This fund by its yearly income intelligently spent in the purchase of books which will be fittingly marked with the name of the donor and her mother whose memory she loved to honor, will perpetually transmit the good influence of these worthy women down through the history of our town. By this be- quest the invested funds of the library are increased to almost seventeen thous- and dollars. Mr. Hallie C. Blake, a trustee of the library and member of the school commit- tee, has made generous and most accept- able gifts to the library in 1916. He has given a portrait of the famous English author, Charlotte Bronte, painted by C. L. Elliot, which is now to be seen on the wall of the reference room. Other gifts of his which may be mentioned are, (1) a full set, twenty-two volumes, of the En- cyclopaedia Americana, bound in moroc- co, and (2) a handsome and expensive edition of Esther Singleton's "Furniture of our Fathers," in four volumes. Miss Barbara MacKinnon, second as- sistant librarian, after about nineteen years of honorable and intelligent ser- vice, resigned last spring to accept a pos- ition of larger oportunities in social set- tlement library work. Miss MacKinnon's withdrawal was the occasion of sincere regret to the trustees and to the general public. In her place Miss Dorothy B. Wentworth, who had served often and acceptably as substitute in the branch li- brary, was appointed, and is commend- ing herself by enthusiastic interest in her work. For some years past, to meet the occasional extra demands of the pub- lic, Miss Bertha E. Whittaker (Mrs. Howard F. Irish) was employed for short terms of service, and as substitute in case of sickness disabling any member of the regular staff. Her removal from Lexington in June made it necessary to 64 TOWN OF LEXINGTON find some one who might be called upon for similar service. Miss Florence Mac- Kinnon was invited to filI this vacancy, and to the satisfaction of the trustees and the advantage of the children whom she tried to help in the children's read- ing room. She worked in the library until the middle of December. She then resigned to accept the position of first grade teacher in the Hancock School. At the January meeting of the board Miss Katherine Buck was approved for ap- pointment as substitute librarian. A valuable part of the service of the library to the public consists in the suc- cession of exhibits in the art room of the main building. Interest in these ex- hibits is steadily growing, and special mention should be made of the displays of the daily work of the pupils of the Hancock School, the Adams School, and the Munroe School. These brought many into the library not in the custom of re- sorting there ,thus pleasantly advertis- ing the attractions and advantages of the library, and also they were useful in making the general public aware of the excellent school system of our town. Be- sides these, two exhibits of architectural drawings and photographs were loaned to the library by Mr. Russell H. Kettell; and Mr. Edmund Ketchum, instructor of drawing in the public schools, ex- hibited a collection of his own paintings in water and oil colors. A Christmas exhibit of books for child- ren was placed in the art room just be- fore Christmas and occasioned quite un- usual interest. It brought to the parents and friends of children a notable col- lection of worthy and fascinating books, well printed and illustrated, which could be seen to the best advantage under the guidance of the librarians. So success- ful was this exhibit that it is urgently suggested as well worthy of repeating in later years. One privilege open to the users of the library is not generally known or ap- preciated. By a system of interlibrary loans it is practicable for a reader to secure the use of books in other libraries throughout the State. On application to the local librarian one may borrow books from the Boston Public Library, and other places. In this way books not in our library may be had for use in Lex- ington, and ten volumes were in 1916 borrowed from Boston, Somerville and Waltham. The advantages of this meth- od are commended to the attention of our readers. The Massachusetts Free Public Library Commission has loaned to Cary Library a small collection of works in the Italian and Portuguese languages for the use of new Americans speaking these tongues. The trustees would be glad to have it widely known to all that the library staff is ready to help any residents of our town in finding books in their native tongues, or to advise them concerning works of instruction in English. The Branch Library at East Lexing- ton has had a good year of service under the devoted guidance of Miss Nichols. The repainting of the interior of the building has given universal satisfaction, and many comments showing the public appreciation of this needed improvement have been made to the librarian. An ex- hibit of school work of pupils in the Adams School was held in the reading room which was given up for this pur- pose. This exhibition brought many in- to the library and created a wider and more intelligent interest both in the ef- ficiency of the the school and the oppor- tunities of the Branch Library. Respectfull submitted, JOHN M. WILSON, Chairman. CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY REPORT OF LIBRARIAN OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Statistical Report 1916 Main Library: Accessions by purchase: New books Music scores Books to replace old copies Periodicals Accessions by gift Books discarded and withdrawn Net increase In Library Dec. 31, 1915 General works Periodicals, bound Periodicals, unbound Philosophy and religion Biography History Travels and description Social sciences Natural sciences Arts, useful Arta, recreative Arts, fine Stereographs (Seth) Music scores Language and literature Fiction Poetry 577 22 4 32 635 56 691 4 In Library Dec. 31, 1915 2,895 687 2,985 25,722 Total number of volumes in Main 26,409 Library and Branch 29,344 Branch Library: Accessions by purchase: New books Periodicals Accessions by gift 65 31 8 39 1 40 Books discarded and withdrawn 0 Net increase 40 Circulation 1916 Home use Home use through Main Library Branch 2 285 7 3,092 553 14 848 50 1,246 52 841 34 684 15 572 40 559 23 375 26 377 4 111 408 1,287 34 30,585 2,674 529 7 42,349 2,980 Home use front shelves of Br. 39 269 6 52 64 83 18 55 26 37 9 71 2,202 10 2,931 66 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Total circulation Main Library Total circulation Main Library and Branch Total circulation from Children's Room **Representing 8551 pictures Number of days Library was open: Main Library Branch Library Registration, 1916: Main Library: Adult registration, Juvenile registration, Temporary registration, Withdrawn: Adult Juvenile Temporary 45,329 48,260 19,865 304 253 2,241 668 249 112 81 149 3,158 842 Registration Main Library Dec. 31, 1916 Increase in registration at Main Library, 1916 101 Registration: Branch Library: Adult registration 397 Juvenile registration 281 Withdrawn: Adult Juvenile 37 33 678 70 2,816 Registration Branch Library, December 31, 1916 608 Increase in registration at Branch Library, 1916 40 Total registration Main Library and Branch, 1916 3,424 MiscelIaneoua Main Library: Periodicals subscribed for 66 Periodicals donated 9 Newspapers subscribed for 3 Newspapers donated 3 Books rebound 344 Books repaired 2,022 Periodicals bound 34 Postals sent delinquents for overdue books 1,138 Postals sent for books reserved 667 Stereographic pictures used in Children's room (Friday after- noons only) 17,683 Branch Library: Periodicals subscribed for 23 Periodicals donated 3. Newspapers subscribed for 1 Newspapers donated 1 Books rebound 29 Periodicals bound 8 Books repaired 106 Postals sent for books reserved 7 Exhibits in Main Library: Art Room Colonial architecture in New England: 2 exhibits loaned by Russell H. Kettell, Hancock School exhibit; Adams School exhibit; Munroe School exhibit; Paint- ings by Mr. Ketchum, instructor in drawing in Lexington schools; Massa- chusetts Library Art Club exhibits; War pictures; Lumbering; Cattle; Forestry; Lancaster Pageant; Boston Playgrounds; French Chateaux; Panama Canal; Kash- mir. Respectfully submitted, MARIAN P. KIRKLAND, Librarian. CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY 67 REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY January 1, 1916. Balance on hand Dog tax Interest on deposit Investment committee interest Fines PostaIs Newspapers sold Laura M. Brigham Legacy $ 168.58 741.42 7.84 482.12 208.19 6.67 5.25 2,500.00 $4,120.07 Expenditures Bindery Books Mass. Library Art Club American Library Assn. Deposit box Express Laundry Library of Congress Music Periodicals and news- papers Postage Printing and supplies Stereographs Library Bureau Sundries Paid to Investment Corn. on account of Laura M. $177.50 741.08 6.00 5.00 10.00 11.81 5.38 55.00 21.90 229.10 48.44 102.49 17.40 89.50 26.92 Brigham Legacy 2,500.00 Balance in bank $4,027.52 92.55 $4,120.07 EAST LEXINGTON BRANCH January 1, 1916. Balance on hand $ 26.73 Investment committee interest 44.44 Sale of old books from Main Library account 29.50 Books Sundries Postage $100.67 Expenditures $ 34.35 4.50 .20 Balance in bank $39.05 61.62 $100.67 ROBERT L. RYDER, Treasurer. Examined and approved, CHARLES F. PIERCE, Auditor. 68 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF TRUSTE ES CARY MEMORIAL INVESTMENT January 1, 1916 Balance: Principle Funds $14,442.50 From the Laura Brigham Est. 2,500.00 December 31, 1916 Income for the year: Interest on Bonds $387.50 Int. on Say. Bank deposit 139.06 Total Payments: Robert L. Ryder, Treas. Balance, December 31, 1916 Accounting viz: Bands: - B. & M. 4 1-2, due 1929 (Re- ceiver for RR) Nos. 77, 78, 79 (No interest paid Oct.) 3,000.00 West End 4 p. c. due 1932 3,000.001 Nos. 69, 70, 71 B. & A. 4 p. c. due 1933 2,000.00 Nos. M79, M80 Am. T. & T. Co. 4 p. c. due j Examined 1929, Nos. 67,742, 68,799, ! CHARLES F. PIERCE, 67,832 3,000.001 Auditor. 526.56 $17,469.06 $526.56 $16,942.50 COMMITTEE Bedford Town Notes 4 p. c., due 1919 1,000.00 No. 37 1,000.00 due 1920 No. 38 Deposit at Lexington Savings Bank: (Cary Library -Robbins Fund -E. Lex. Branch) Book 1476 100.09 (Cary Library -Book Purchase Fund) Book 1522 1,000.00 (Cary Library -Beal Fund) Book 2235 1,000.00 {Wellington Fund -E. Lexing- ton Branch) Book 5123 1,000.00 {Cary Library -Portion Maria Cary Fund) 342.50 Book 6940 Inc. Reserve Lexington Trust Co. -Savings Dept. (Cary Library -Balance of Laura Brigham Fund) Book 840 500.00 $16,942.50 Investment Committee: HALLIE C. BLAKE, JOHN M. WILSON, EDWARD W. TAYLOR. and approved: WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS 69 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS The Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners herewith present their report of the operation of their departments for the year 1916: - WATER DEPARTMENT General Summary of the Finances for the year ending December 31, 191.6: MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING ACCOUNT 1915 Balance brought forward $ 2,500.00 Schedule "A" 1915 Items $197.28 Schedule "A" 1916 Items 23,952.49 24,149.77 Total $26,649.77 Expenditures: Schedule "W' Maintenance Expenses 20,253.02 Balance $ 6,396.75 Transferred to Construction Account 4,224.04 Balance to be applied toward Working Capital for 1917 $2,172.71 CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT Balance from 1915 brought forward From 1916 Operating Account Bond Issue Special Appropriation, Arcadia Ave., Extension Less Expenses, Schedule "C" $ 1,600.31 4,224.04 3,000.005 1,875.00 $10,699.35 10,699.35 Balance $ 0.00 70 TOWN OF LEXINGTON SCHEDULE "A". Detail of Revenue from Water Rates and Miscellaneous Accounts. Total Collected Rebated Unpaid Committed 1915 Water Rates $ 13.64 1916 Miscellaneous 183.64 $197.28 1916 Items Water rates 20,478908..9786 488.96 Hydrants 1,840.00 Watering troughs 100.00 Repairs td Services 459.12 Permits for Spraying 10.00 Miscl. Sales of Water 14.00 Street Watering 8.78 Turning on Water 1.00 Accrued interest 7.33 Repairs to frozen meters 23.00 Sale of junk 37.55 Sale of stock 31.93 Board of Health 96.91 Testing meters 3.00 Miscellaneous 40.13 $24,149.77 "SCHEDULE "B". Detail of Maintenance and Operating Expense: Metropolitan tax Interest Labor $ 8,698.76 6,405.37 1,974.51 Maintenance of horse and wagon 309.71 Stock Freight Legal expenses Plans of water mains Testing meters Blue Prints and paper Electric main and service Horse hire Miscellaneous Salaries Office expenses 360.90 23.18 30.00 5.00 4.50 36.94 locater 83.45 51.55 31.09 $18,014.96 1,816.67 421.39 $20,258.02 $ 3.00 $ 0.00 $16.64 .15 89.87 273.66 $3.15 $89.87 ' $290.30 206.51 193.54 21,190.83 226.68 715.64 1,840.00 100.00 130.15 589.27 10.00 14.00 8.78 1.00 7.33 1.00 24.00 37.55 5.00 36.93 96.91 3.00 40.13 $209.66 $646.24 $25.005.67 "SCHEDULE "C". Detail of Construction Labor Iron Pipe Freight on pipe Meters Lead pipe Hydrants Gates Small iron pipe Fittings Pig Lead Castings Teaming Tools and Repairs Engineering Insurance Rock drilling and blasting Akron pipe Meter Pit Covers Other stock Total Expenses. $4,198.97 2,227.41 308.26 619.62 426.63 626.02 452.56 926.76 493.13 394.61 256.72 159.49 347.44 19.25 336.31 364.57 120.57 281.56 248.26 $12,808.14 WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS Less receipts from Work done for Park Dept. $ 86.97 Work done for Sewer Dept. 10.96 Installing services $1117.38 less unpaid $85.19 1,032.19 Ext. of main off Fallen Rd. 548.24 Ext. of Main, St. Margaret's Ave. $480.43 less unpaid $50.00 430.43 Balance $2,108.79 $10,699.35 $12,808.14 DETAIL OF UNPAID ITEMS In obedience to a vote of the Town passed in 1907, a complete list of those who have failed to pay their bills is given herewith, being the total amount so outstanding at the close of the books of the Department Dec. 31, 1916. Water Rates Est. G. O. Wellington $ 2.00 Eliot P. Kendall (Item pending adjustment) 40.96 Frank P. Neal 3.90 Paid since books closed 124.47 Rebated since books closed 22.21 Guarantees F. Traverse Mary Basher Jennie H. Russell F. B. Scamman 193.54 31.45 31.45 20.89 75.89 Mrs. F. W. Brown Est. G. O. Wellington Louis Laurence Paid since books closed Repair Account L. K. Blodgett Item billed Dec. 31st. Paid since books closed Installing Services A. H. Getchell, bal. F. Cunningham, bal. Paid since books closed Miscellaneous Henry Bowker Paid since books closed 1915 Unpaid forward. Guarantees F. B. Scamman - Est. G. O. Wellington Louis Laurence 71 34.70 12.65 7.00 12.65 $226.68 24.50 79.41 26.24 $130.15 26.12 6.90 52.17 $85.19 1.00 55.00 $56.00 72.06 10.81 7.00 89.87 Total $781.43 Unpaid bills due by department $361.50 EXTENSION OF MAINS The following Extensions of Mains Streets Bennington Rd Concord Ave. Vine St. Reed St. Size of Pipe 6 in. 6 in. 6 in. 6in. were Length 130 1,311 1,000 240 made in 1916: Total Cost Cost per ft. 313.05 $2.41 1,446.46 1.10 1,587.34 1.59 231.24 .96 72 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Lengths of different sizes of Water Mains, Excluding Service Pipes: December 31, 1916: Diameter: 12 inches 10 inches 8 inches 6 inches 4 inches Smaller sixes Length 9,000 4,879 30,643 109,479 27,794 4,209 The foregoing does not include exten- sion of the mains in Private Ways, a list of which is given herewith, Year Size Length Made Location Inches Feet 1911 Wilbur Properties 6 5,000 1913 Marriott St. Hayes Est. 6 537 1914 York St. 6 622 1914 Webb St. 6 373 1914 Follen Rd. * 8 4,790 1915 Baker Ave. 6 912 1915 Locust Ave. 6 410 1916 Off Follen Rd. 6 455 1916 Arcadia Ave. 6 1,508 1916 St. Margarets Ave. 6 520 *Not yet acquired by the Town. WATER METERS In obedience to the law all new serv- ices installed and placed in use were equipped with meters. The following table shows the prog- ress made since 1906 in the installation of meters: 1907 1908 1909 1 1910 ji 1911 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 702 738 780 838 910 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 Of which there were metered: 96 1912 245 362 475 615 1913 1914 1915 1916 961 1063 1113 1156 1206 752 843 947 1063 1139 Average gross in come, per service, per year: 1907 $21.40 1912 1908 20.54 1913 1909 21.60 1914 1910 22.20 1915 1911 21.36 1916 19.38 18.18 18.70 17.37 17.24 Number of meters installed in 1916 68 MONTHLY AVERAGE DAILY CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN GALLONS PER CAPITA. Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 1906 71 73 70 68 74 74 96 88 76 74 65 54 1907 68 72 73 70 72 82 85 105 76 65 62 51 1908 48 56 51 58 75 109 105 83 91 70 65 51 1909 48 52 59 64 69 84 101 90 75 62 55 50 1910 58 65 59 72 78 73 119 94 85 84 71 75 1911 63 64 64 67 82 80 115 93 81 75 77 62 1912 70 75 79 80 83 101 107 74 66 57 56 56 1913 52 55 55 63 60 68 86 82 76 66 63 60 1914 59 60 58 60 77 93 73 63 75 66 63 60 1915 61 58 58 60 63 80 63 63 70 68 62 60 1916 58 60 62 64 69 71 73 81 76 75 69 65 WATER AND SEWE HYDRANTS The following hydrants were in service on the dates given: Jan. 1, 1916 Public, 184; Private, 23 Jan. 1, 1917 Public, 195; Private, 25 MOVEMENT OF THE BONDED DEBT The debt movement up to the present time is as follows: Added Paid Annual Debt 1896, original bond issue $200,000 1896 $10,000 210,000 1897 1,000 209,000 1898 10,000 1,000 218,000 1899 2,000 216,000 1900 2,000 214,000 1901 10,000 2,000 222,000 1902 5,000 3,000 224,000 1903 53,000 4,000 273,000 1904 8,200 264,800 1905 5,200 8,200 261,800 1906 2,000 19,300 244,500 1907 18,300 226,200 1908 13,000 15,700 223,500 1909 8,600 16,700 215,400 1910 17,900 197,500 1911 16,000 17,900 195,600 1912 32,000 18,900 208,700 1913 4,800 21,700 191,800 1914 8,500 22,900 177,400 1915 4,000 19,400 162,000 1916 3,000 20,400 144,600 Summary: Original debt $200,000 Total additions 185,000• Total indebtedness incurred Total payments made Balance of debt Dec. 31, 1916 $385,100 240,500 $144,600 VALUE OF THE PLANT The estimated value of the plant at the close of 1915, as given in the report of that year was $250,000.00 Additions in 1916 10,699.35 $260,699.36 R COMMISSIONERS . 73 Less depreciation 5,699.35 Value Dec. 31, 1916 $255,000.00 STOCK AND TOOLS ON HAND Stock, valued at $2,500.00 Tools, valued at 350.00 Horse, wagon, etc., valued at 300.00 $3,150.00 WATER DEPARTMENT The unusually wet summer of 1916 has again diminished the usual demand for extension of water mains. During the past year the 6 inch main on Concord Avenue has been extended 1311 feet to a point near the property of John M. Miskell. Extensions were also made on Bennington Road of 130 feet, Vine Street of 1000 feet, and on Reed Street of 240 feet. By special vote of the Town an exten- sion of the 6 inch main was aIso made on Arcadia Avenue to a distance of 1508 feet. An extension was made on St. Margaret's Avenue, (an unaccepted street,) of 520 feet, the cost of which was borne by the petitioner under the usual terms in such circumstances. On July 1, 1916, Mr. Everett S. Locke resigned as Registrar of the Board of Water & Sewer Commissioners. Mr. Locke's advancing years and the steady increase of work in the Department led him to ask the Board that he be relieved of his office after a continuous service to the Town covering a period of twenty years. Following the purchase of the Old Lex- ington Water Co., Mr. Locke became a Water Commissioner in 1896, serving part of the time as Chairman of the Board until 1907. In 1901 he became Clerk and Registrar and has served as Registrar until the time of his resigna- tion. Mr. Locke also served as Assessor from 1900 to 1907. During all these many years Mr. Locke has discharged his duties with fidelity and his long associa- tion with the affairs of the Town has 74 TOWN OF LEXINGTON made his service of great value to the new Boards under whom he has served from time to time. The Board was able to secure as suc- cessor to Mr. Locke, Mr. Charles S. Beaudry, who on July let last, assumed full charge as Superintendent of the Water and Sewer Departments. Mr. Beaudry comes to his work well qualified for efficient service. After finishing his academic training (specializing in civil engineering) at Philips -Andover, West Point and Tufts College, Mr. Beaudry was for three years with the well-known firm of surveyors, Aspinwall & Lincoln. In 1900 he became associated with the engineering firm of McClintock & Wood - fall and has remained with them until taking up his work with the Town of Lexington. His service here in Lexing- ton during the past year and a half as engineer in charge of the local work of installing the sewer makes his service to the Town of great value in the work and development of our sewer system. The Commissioners present the follow- ing estimate of receipts and expenses for the year 1917: Estimated Income Maintenance 1916 Unpaid forward 1917 Water rates Guarantees Hydrants Troughs Repair work Miscellaneous Net balance available for new construction $4,406.43 Estimated Expenses Construction Hydrants $ 250.00 Gates and boxes 500.00 Meters 1,300.00 Other stock 750.00 Labor 2,500.00 Tools and repairs 500.00 Insurance 300.00 Extension of mains 2,000.00 $8,100.00 1916 Balance forward $2,172.71 Working balance Net amount to be provided $2,500.00 $6,579.14 4,020.86 $10,600.00 $10,600.00 To meet this amount the department will ask for an appropriation of $4,000. BROOK DEPARTMENT Financial Statement, 1916 1915 Balance forward $ 31.27 1916 Appropriation 468.73 H. 8. Kelsey, refund 37.80 $ 781.43 20,750.00' 450.00 Pay roll 1,950.00 W H. Burke, tools 100.00 400.00 250.00 Expenses $486.50 .90 487.40 Estimated Expenses Maintenance Metropolitan Water Tax Interest on bonds Labor Stock and tools Maint. of horse and wagon Office expenses Salaries Miscellaneous $24,681.43 $9,000.00 5,700.00 2,100.00 400.00 325.00 400.00 2,050.00 300.00 $20,275.00 $537.80 Balance $50.40 The Board is glad to report that the condition of the main brooks in Town is generally satisfactory. The work this past year has consisted of cleaning, re- moving debris and in other ways secur- ing the free passage of water. The major part of the appropriation of $500 was expended upon Clematis Brook since that brook required more attention due to the fact that one year only had elapsed since the original work was done. It requires time to give permanency to the banks where new cuts are made and where the channel is materially widened. The other principal brooks of the Town WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS Vine Brook, Vine Brook north, and Sickle ; Balance: Brook were carefully cleaned and left in Cash on hand Dec. 81, 1916 good condition. The Board will ask this year for an appropriation of $300.00 only as they believe this sum will enable to do such work as is imperative for cleaning, restoring banks, etc. SEWER DEPARTMENT 1916 Main Sewer Construction Financial Statement 1915 balance brought forward $32,770.61 Receipts Surplus material sold $815.94 $33,586.55 Expenses Office Expenses $ Waldo Bros. clay pipe Freight Highway Dept.: Teams, labor and materials B. & M. R. R. rent of land E. B. Worthen, insurance Sewer Maintenance Dept.: Labor and materials Water Dept., team and labor Mass. Broken Stone Co., cr. stone Charles A. Gleason, services J. Woodward Manning, services B. & M. R. R. repair work Mrs. B. C. Whitcher, damages Patrick Mulvey, damages Mark Dodd, damages Johnson, Clapp & Underwood, Legal services 1,601.95 Land damages 1,859.99 W. B. Bryne, as per contract 14,807.15 W. B. Bryne, alc 15 p. c. reserve* 2,000.00 Highway Dept. charges against W. B. Bryne's 15 p. c. reserve* 179.05 3.00 634.69 36.43 181.22 180.00 124.96 40.79 27.42 51.20 250.00 70.85 2.60 15.00 5.00 3.00 $21,973.80 McClintock & Woodfall, as per contract 1,835.82 Total Expenditures $23,809.62 75 $9,776.93 *-After deducting the balance of the 15 p. c. reserve due the Contractor, or $6,440.62 The actual balance available is $3,886.31 Value of stock on hand $50.00 SEWER MAINTENANCE Construction of House Connections Receipts: From deposits $3,923.35 From additional payments 259.20 From Miscellaneous items 106.79 $4,289.34 Payments: Excess deposits returned 576.63 Expenses: Labor Stock Office expenses Tools Salary, Supt. Freight and express P. F. Dacey, mason Team hire E. B. Worthen, insurance Miscellaneous $3712.71 $2232.31 635.61 12.35 101.36 238.33 8.91 48.99 77.00 144.60 24.10 $3,628.56 Balance: Cash in hand of Town Treasurer $84.15 Unpaid bills, due to Dept. (3) $56.89 Unpaid bills, due by the Dept. $105.87 Stock and Tools an Hand .Value of stock on hand $5.00 Value of tools on hand. $65.00 SEWER On September 11, 1916, the first house connection with the sewer main was com- pleted and the Lexington sewerage sys- tem was at last, after many years of waiting, in actual operation. This is an important day in Lexington's history as it marks the close of that long period 76 TOWN OF LEXINGTON since 1897 during which Lexington has paid out large sums of money as her share of the maintenance of the North Metropolitan Sewerage district without any direct return to the Town. From that day, house connections have been made as rapidly as requests were made for such work. The Board was equipped to do this work under the di -- rection of the Superintendent, Mr. Beau - dry, who is an experienced engineer. If the Board had been compelled to let out this work to a contractor, there would have been a charge above actual cost from 10 to 15 per cent. Thirty-eight house connections were made before the cold weather interefered with outside work. In addition, fourteen connections have been made as far as the property line or the cellar wall, leaving but little to do to complete the work. The larger number of those connections al- ready made have been in the moat con- gested districts en Massachusetts Avenue and streets adjacent to the centre. The Board followed the course in op- eration in many other towns, particularly Arlington and Belmont, of asking for a deposit covering the approximate cost of each house connection. The funds of the Department could not under the terms of the Bond Issue be used for work of this nature and even had the Board been in funds they believe that the Arl- ington plan is better for the Town since the work is then self-supporting. The work of construction of the main sewer and street sewers continued weath- er permitting, all through the winter months. The Board deemed it highly im- portant that the building of the sewer through the property of the J. S. Munroe Estate should be finished before spring in order to conflict as little as possible with the spring development plans of the Breck-Robinson Company, Lessees. The work of building the sewer through this property was attended with unusual suc- cess both in matter of construction and also in the loss of plant life directly in the path of the trench. The early Spring made construction work difficult because of wet ground. Lat- er in the Spring and early Summer the contractor faced a labor situation which was perplexing and annoying. Anyone who was acquainted with the scarcity of labor at this time, whether in farm work, road construction or any form of common labor knows full well the helplessness of that unprecedented condition when it was virtually impossible to secure any kind of labor, experienced or inexperienced. The contractor, Mr. W. B. Bryne, not only found himself without a full work- ing crew but adding to his troubles was a constantly rising wage scale reaching exorbitant figures, ranging in some cases to as high an advance as 100 per cent. over the year previous. Any citizen of Lexington who may have chafed because of the delay in the completion of the con- struction of the sewer should take into consideration these unusual conditions. The contractor, at a loss to himself, en- gaged men at high figures in order that the work might not come to a standstill. The unusually wet early Summer of 1916 also proved a very handicap in making satisfactory progress. The laborers were very reluctant to work at ail if any amount of water appeared in the trench. The Board, cognizant of these obstacles attempted to the best of their ability to push the construction work as fast as was reasonable and at the same time keeping ever before them the fact that the inter- ests of the Town came first. The Board does not believe that the Town suffered but rather gained by the policy of carry- ing the work along until the labor market eased a little. At the time of the last report the con- struction work has proceeded on the Trunk Line or main sewer to Munroe's Pond on the estate of J. S. Munroe. The street sewers had been brought to Merri- am street near the railroad track and midway on Parker Street. The past season's work has brought to a completion the sewer construction as follows: WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS Main sewer, a distance of 5,091.4 feet from Munroe Pond to Grant St. at foot of Granny Hill. This line was along a difficult route through lowland and upland. Street Sewers. Grant Street at foot of Granny Hill to Sherman St.; Sheri- dan St.; Parker St., Massachusetts Ave. from Parker St. to Clarke St.; Elm Ave., Rear of Buckman Tavern and the easterly entrance of Boston & Maine Railroad Station, a distance in all of 5,620.3 feet. The Board adopted the line in the rear of the Buckman Tavern in order to avoid ledge and other expenses contingent upon the Massachusetts Avenue route. The Board has now finished its task of installing the Trunk Iine or main sewer and building such street or lateral sew- ers as were called for in "District D." In all 6.51 miles of sewer have been built compared with the estimate of the Board of 6.50 miles. The work has been attend- ed from the first with problems of every nature but the Board is confident that to have delayed construction even for a year would have necessitated a largely in- creased cost to the Town, not only in Iabor but in cost of pipe and every other kind of material necessary in such work. Now that Lexington underground is known to contractors the Town must ex- pect substantially increased figures for construction work in future extensions. The Board has found a co-operative spirit among the citizens in almost every case where awards have been made cov- ering land damages due to the building of the sewer over private property. Each ease was studied with care with the aid of a real estate expert who was intimate- ly acquainted with Lexington real estate. There are but five awards awaiting ac- ceptance, three of which wait only for formal passing of papers. After allowing for the reserve funds of $6440.62 due the contractor the Board ex- hibits in its financial statement a free balance of $3,336.31 which is, we believe, 77 sufficient to pay any charges which may appear in the final settlement with the contractor. These items will cover charges such as insurance, allowances for extra work, disputed bills of small amounts, etc. In addition to the foregoing a further lien against this balance will be such amounts as may be paid in the final set- tlement of the outstanding land damage awards although the Board hopes that an agreement may be reached with the prop- erty owners without compelling it to ask for a further appropriation. In pursuance of the law governing the making of frontage assessments, the Board, under date of Jan. 10, 1917, posted in two public places a complete list of property owners whose property abutted the sewer, showing the exact assessment against each parcel of land. Simultane- ously, a bill was mailed to each owner citing the law applicable to the method of assessment and the plan of payment. It is too early to report as to these pay- ments but it is confidently expected that a substantial proportion of the amount due will be paid early in the new year. On Sept. 13, 1916, a petition was re- ceived by the Board signed by Frederick L. Emery and seven other property own- ers residing on Merriam, Oakland at Stet- son Street (part of Sewer District "E") asking for an extension of the sewer on these streets. The policy of the Board was explained to the petitioners, which is that the extension of the sewer system should follow, if possible, certainly at the present time, the plan of sewer districts as a whole rather than individual street extensions. A larger area will command far better contracts for the Town than short extensions, particularly in so diffi- cult a section as the one referred to. The Board is also strongly of the opinion that the present year would be most inoppor- tune for the Town to enter into any large sewer construction work such as either District "E" or "C" (Munroe District) ; labor is scarce, wages are high, materials 78 TOWN OF LEXINGTON are at phenomenally high figures; all to-, Board does not recommend in this report gether creating an abnormal business the appropriation of funds for any new condition. Because of these reasons the sewer extension work. SEWER CONSTRUCTION Work Done in 1916 Main Sewer Private Land, Munroe's Pond to Munroe Barn Munroe Barn to Grant St. Total Street Sewers Grant Street, Hayes Road to Sherman St. St. 0.0 to St. 242.6 St. 242.6 to 677.7 St. 0 to St. 100.3 St. 100.3 to St. 684,4 Sheridan Street, Grant St. to Vine Brook St. 677.7 to St. 1063.4 Parker Street, Near Mr. Burgess to Mass. Ave. St. 750.1 to St. 417.9 Massachusetts Avenue, Parker St. to near Clarke St. St. 0.0 to St. 1745.0 Elm Avenue, Mass. Ave. to near Bedford St. St. 0.0 to St. 578.3 Rear Buckman Tavern, Merriam St. to Bedford St. St. 268.3 to St. 870.4 Easterly Entrance to R. R. Station St. 0.0 to St. 279.1 18 in. Iron 16 in. Iron 15 in. Vit. 12 in. Vit. 8 in. Vit. 6 in. Vit. 12 in. Vit. 8 in. Vit. 8 in. Vit. 8 in. Vit. 10 in. Vit. 8 in. Vit. 567.9 4523.5 5091.4 242.6 435.1 100.3 584.1 385.7 668.0 1745.0 578.3 602.1 279.1 Respectfuly submitted, GEORGE E. BRIGGS, ALBERT B. TENNEY, EDWARD H. MARA, Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners. MOTHDEPARTMENT MOTH DEPARTMENT REPORT To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Lexington, Mass. Gentlemen: Under the direction of the Field Super- intendent the Moth Department has had a very successful year. Although the gypsy moth nests were found to be numerous in certain sections of the Town, there were less brown -tails, which shows that the department has obtained good results from the methods 79 used. The cost of the work of this •De- partment to the Town this year was $5946.11 which includes $800 used in the work of exterminating the Elm Leaf Beetle. The work on private estates and State highways amounted to $1684.74, for which, of course, the Town will be reimbursed. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN, Supervisor Moth Dept. 80 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF TREE WARDEN Considerable progress has been made this year in the repair work on the large trees near the center of the town. This work was begun two years ago when the annual appropriation was made suf- ficiently large to cover the cost. It was then estimated that all the necessary re- pair work could be accomplished within five years, and it is now evident that it can be completed within that period if the same amount is allowed for two years more. Many of our largest and best trees on the main streets are found to have been injured in past years by the cutting away of large roots to make room for curbing, and the lowering of street levels. The wounds were not properly treated at the time, consequently, some of our finest elms have become prema- turely unsound, and often much decayed at the heart. The repair work has this year been under the efficient direction of Mr. Edward Wood, who was appointed Deputy Tree Warden early in the year. The attention of our citizens is again called to that section of our shade tree laws, which provides prosecution of of- fenders who carelessly or otherwise in- jure or allow their animals to injure the shade trees on our public ways. Several cases of such damage have been brought to the attention of the tree warden this year, but usually without conclusive evi- dence against the guilty party. It is the duty of every citizen to assist in the pro- tection of our shade trees. They are sus- ceptible to injury from many causes and when injured should have immediate and proper treatment. The leopard moth is becoming more in evidence each year. There has been dis- covered no means of extermination ex- cept by hand treatment with a wire, or the forcing of an insecticide into its bor- ough. It requires close observation to locate the borer, especially in rough - barked trees. The life period of the borer is two years. It enters and works be- neath the bark of the smaller branches the first year, passing to the trunk or larger limbs the second year. Its dis- astrous work in most cases is not real- ized until the branches have been cut nearly off, and they fall to the ground. This year, a few of our largest have been found seriously effected, the foliage be- coming withered in mid-season. These trees have been pruned back severely, with the hope of saving them. A. E. ROBINSON, Tree Warden. Lexington, Mass., Jan.]., 1917. SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Lexington, Mass., Jan. 1, 1917. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit the follow- ing report. Tag in - Sealed correct Scales sealed weighing over 5,000 lbs. 4 2 Scales sealed weighing un- der 5,000 lbs. 37 2 Computing scales 17 1 All other scales and balances 60 1 Number of weights tested 316 1 Liquid measures 6'7 Pumps tested 16 Linear measures 11 Slot weighing machines 1 Property in the Office of the Sealer of Weights and Measures 20 50 lb. weights 2 10 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 25 1 5 1 8 1 4 1 2 1 1 " " brass " weight ,. ,, ,f » " oz. Pt 11 '1 1, Jr „ » '1 1, '1 SP 1 » „ 1 % » „ 1 " » 1 1-16" " PP ,1 „ „ 81 1 set of Apothecary weights 1 set of Metric weights 1 Sealing Clamp 1 Sealing Press 3 Balances in case. 1 drilling machine drills steel stamps and rubber stamps 2 4 qt. measures 2 2 „ r, 21 " „ 2 1 pt. " 2 „ „ 1 yard stick in case 1 5 gal. oil can Paper seals. Adjusting tags 2 brass rules for measuring 1 record book - 6 receipt books 6 test weighing books. Coal reweighing books Fees charged for sealing and ad- justing $41.21 Turned in to the Treasurer 45.97 All bills cleaned up. C. E. HADLEY, Sealer of Weights and Measures. 82 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 1916 ASSESSORS' The Assessors hereby render their an- nuaI report. Real estate of resident owners 6,037,507.00 Real estate of non-resident owners 1.197,667.00 Personal estate of resident owners 2,199,634.00 Personal estate of non-resi- dent owners 665,399.00 Total valuation $10,100,107.00 Gain on real estate $155,844.00 Gain on personal estate 129,885.00 Total gain Town grant State tax Fire prevention tax County tax Highway tax Metropolitan sewer tax Metropolitan water tax Overlay $285,729.00 $215,286.80 16,400.00 118.23 10,583.60 1,127.45 5,194.42 8,698.76 3,699.37 Amount to be raised $261,108.63 From which deduct, Amount taken from Bank & Corp. tax $16,000.00 Tax on land taken by Camb. for water 271.65 Tax on land taken by Arlington for water 240.78 Tax on land taken by State of Mass. 52.98 Water income 8,698.76 25,264.17 Amt. committed to Collector $235,844.46 REPORT Rate of taxation, $23 on $1000.00 on a valuation of $10,100,107.00 1771 Polls at $2.00 each $232,302.46 3,542.00 $235,844.46 Tax on omitted assess- ments, Dec. 19th, 1916 $2728.70 Number of residents assessed on property 1403 Number of non-residents assessed on property 1151 Whole number of persons assessed on property 2654 Number assessed for poll only 1110 Number assessed for poll and property 3664 Whole number assessed for poll 1771 Number of cows assessed 977 Number of horses assessed 572 Number of neat cattle other than caws assesesd 130 Number of swine assessed 963 Number of fowls assessed 6334 Number of dwelling houses assess- ed 1821 Number of acres of land assessed 9242 Value of real estate exempt from taxation $134,600.00 Value of real estate belong- ing to town 455,825.62 Value of personal property exempt from taxation 22,000.00 GEORGE H. 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The work of your Board the past year has followed the practice of previous years in so spreading the appropriations that nothing essential should be neglect- ed and yet some permanent improvement should be on the way to completion. Thus over half of the available funds for the year were expended in general care and maintenance. With the balance we turned first to the Adams playground and succeeded by filling and grading in put- ting the playground in usable condition. The coming year should see some further surfacing and seeding of the playground and the construction of a tennis court, for which the people in that district have petitioned us. A drinking fountain is also very much needed for this play- ground. The larger part of the balance of the funds was expended on the Center play- ground. In this work we were fortunate in obtaining at small expense a large amount of excellent material from build- ing operations in the center of the town, and in addition to considerable filling and grading, the road from Clark Street to Lincoln Street was put in good shape. Two drinking fountains were placed on the playground; one near the tennis court, and the other near the ball field; 85 and the quarter -mile track nearly filled with cinders. A particularly satisfactory result of considerable investigation and experi- ment is the knowledge that the water of the old water system can be brought to the playground through a pipe line already in existence, and the coming year we expect to filI the wading pool with clear, pure water, and do away with the necessity of using brook water. There is no immediate necessity for any great outlay of money on this playground this year unless the Town wishes to ex- cavate for a shallow pool and skating rink at the upper end of the grounds, which we certainly wish to see carried out eventually. We estimate that this excavation will complete the grading of the playground. Our chief desire this year is to see the permanent development of Buckman Park carried out. Nothing could be done the past year owing to the construction of the sewer through the grounds, but we shall submit at the annual Town Meeting a definite plan, laid out by a landscape architect, with the actual cost to the Town, as obtained by competitive bidding. We feel that all citizens will agree that this work Should be done this year. We would recommend the suggestion of the Massachusetts Forestry Associa- tion, as given by the tree warden in his report of last year be carried out, name- ly, that we estabilsh a town nursery, planting two or three thousand young shade trees of the most suitable varieties for street and park planting. These trees will be needed by the town within the next ten years and can be produced on some of this non-productive park land at a very moderate expense. 86 TOWN OF LEXINGTON The playground work during the ten weeks in summer was again placed in the competent hands of Misses Sherburne, Green, and Teague, and proved a great success. Owing to the infantile paralysis scare, the attendance, while large, did not quite reach the mark of previous years. It is scarcely just to close our report without calling your particular attention to the special report of Dr. J. O. Tilton that follows. This large sum resulted from the personal appeal of Dr. Tilton to generous citizens, and the wise ex- penditure of these funds by him person- ally was what made the past year such a success. Respectfully submitted, BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS, William E. Mulliken, Secretary. GIFT FUNDS 87 SPECIAL REPORT OF GIFT FUNDS Deducting the amount of money nec- essary for wages of men to carry on the work and maintenance of the parks and playgrounds and to purchase any mat- erial available for improving the road through the playground, it was at once apparent that the request for more ap- paratus and more tennis courts and other needed additions would have to be re- fused unless funds for these improve- ments could be secured from other sources. Friends of the playgrounds and children were approached and the matter laid before them, with the result that the sum of Eight Hundred and Thirty Dollars was subscribed to carry on the work. This money was devoted to the follow- ing objects of interest: For supervisors $245.00 Two bubbling fountains 47.60 Two double tennis courts 325.00 Fence and guards for same 73.00 Seat for one court 19.42 Shelter for children by wading pool 71.85 Tools, paint, etc. Materials for Adams playground Rides for children from Adams to wading pool Hose Total Balance cash on hand 16.00 5.00 12.00 15.00 $829.87 .13 $830.00 Also one hundred persons in the Adams playground district contributed Seventy- five Dollars for a flagstaff. Flags for both Lexington and Adams playgrounds were contributed by Mr. Ly- man Lawrence. The donors of the funds for permanent improvements were: Mrs. E. P. Bliss Mrs. G. 0. Whiting Mr. Edward W. Taylor Mr. F. L. Emery Mrs. Charles Goodwin Mrs. M. W. Castle Miss Francis Robinson Miss Ellen M. Tower Miss Lizzie Moody Bridge Club Mr. H. C. Balke Mr. F. E. CIarke Mrs. E. S. Fobes Mr. Russell Kettell Mr. Richard Engstrom Mr. E. F. Sherburne Mr. N. I. Adams Mr. G. L. Gilmore Mr. Edmund S. Kelley Mr. F. L. Jones Mr. Marston Harding The thanks of the Park Commission- ers are hereby extended to all contribu- tors to the many improvements and ad- ditions, to the pleasure of the children, as well as to permanent works of the playgrounds. J. O. TILTON, Chairman. 88 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TREASURER'S REPORT Receipts Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1916 $ 103.67 Appropriation 3,396.83 Rent of cottage 120.00 Sale of hay 70.00 Sale of ice privilege 50.00 Care of drinking fountain 12.00 Collection of ashes 3.50 Total Less outstanding bills Available for 1917 Expenditures $3,755.50 864.44 $2891.06 Pay roll $1470.85 East Lexington Playground Grading $499.67 Cinder track Back stop Survey 4.05 31.11 13.34 548.17 Center PIayground Road material Filling and grading Drinking fountain Water supply Survey Cinder track Painting Plumbing $193.00 125.98 86.97 64.91 18.83 29.25 9.30 14.86 Supplies Supervision Horse hire Flag poles (painting and low- ering) Toboggan slide Water rates Miscellaneous 543.10 100.61 60.00 58.00 35.00 12.00 8.00 39.70 Total $2875.43 Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1917 15.63 $2891.06 W. E. MULLIKEN, Treasurer. TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS FINANCIAL REPORT, TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC TRUSTS, 1916 Dec. 30 Eleanor S. Beals Legacy -Principal 'account $2,000. Principal of fund invested in $2000 City of Lynn 4s $2,000. ELEANOR S. BEALS LEGACY -JN - COME ACCOUNT Receipts. Apr. 1. Cash received for coup- ons on $2000 City of Lynn 4s $ 40.00 May 6 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank for interest on account 16.88 Oct. 1 Cash received for coupons on $2000 City of Lynn 4s 40.00 Oct. 19 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank for interest on account 16.98 $113.86 Disbursements. Cash paid at various dates for charitable objects $167.11 Excess of disbursements over re- ceipts $53.25 Balance of Income Dec. 31, 1915 $867.67 Balance of Income December 30th, 1916, on deposit in Lexington . Savings Bank, book number 2569 $814.42 SAMUEL J. BRIDGE GIFT -PRIN- CIPAL ACCOUNT, $4,000. Principal of fund invested in $2000 City of Quiny 4s $2,000. Mortgage of Caroline Wellington, Trustee $2,000. $4,000 89 SAMUEL J. BRIDGE GIFT -INCOME ACCOUNT. Receipts. Jan. 1 Cash received for coupons on $2000 City Quincy 4s $ 40.00 Apr. 6 Cash received for interest on note of Caroline Wel- lington, Trustee 62.50 Apr. 21 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank for interest on account 17.10 May 9 Cash received for interest on note of C. & E. DeVeau 42.00 May 4 Cash received for rent of Gerry land 24.00 Aug. 3 Cash received for coupons on $2000 City of Quincy 4s Oct. 5 Cash received for inter- est on note of Caroline Wellington, Trustee Oct. 19 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank for interest on account Dec. 20 Cash received for inter- est on note of C. & E. DeVeau 40.00 62.50 16.79 42.00 $346.89 Disbursements. Cash paid at various dates for charitable objects $366.19 Excess of disbursements over re- ceipts $19.30 Transferred to Gerry Fund $1,493.87 $1,513.17 Balance of Income December 31st, 1915 $2,826.09 Balance of Income December 30th, 1916 $1,312.92 90 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Invested as under: Mortgage note of Caroline Wel- Apr. 1 lington, Trustee $500.00 Cash on deposit in Lexington Sav- ings Bank Book number 3187 812.92 HARRIET R. GILMOR LEGACY - PRINCIPAL ACCOUNT, $500. Principal of fund deposited in Lex- ington Savings Bank, book num- ber 6949 $500. HARRIET R. GILMOR LEGACY -IN- COME ACCOUNT. Receipts. May 11 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank for interest on account • Oct. 19 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank for interest on account Oct. 19 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank for interest on account 5.54 20.20 5.67 $31.41 Disbursements. Cash Haid at various dates for charitable purposes $51.65 Excess of disbursements over re- ceipts $20.24 Balance of Income December 31st, 1915 $311.56 Balance of Income December 30th, 1916, on deposit in Lexington Savings Bank, book number 3913 $291.82 CHARLES E. FRENCH LEGACY -- PRINCIPAL ACCOUNT, $4,000. Principal of fund invested in $4000 Town of Lexington 4s $4,000. CHARLES E. FRENCH LEGACY -IN- COME ACCOUNT. (Cemetery.) May 11 Oct. 1 Oct. 19 Receipts. Cash received for interest on $2000 Town of Lexing- ton 4s $ 40.00 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank for interest on account 8.94 Cash received for inter- est on $2000 Town of Lex- ington 4s 40.00 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank for interest on account 8.42 $97.36 Disbursements. Aug. 3 Cash paid to A. A. Mar- shall $75.00 Excess of receipts over disburse- ments $22.36 Balance of Income December 31st 1915 $447.82 Balance of Income December 30th, 1916, on deposit in Lexington Savings Bank, book number 7375 $470.18 CHARLES E. FRENCH LEGACY -IN- COME ACCOUNT. ( School.) Receipts. Cash received for inter- est on $2000 Town of Lex- ington 4s $ 40.00 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank for interest on account 5.70 Cash received for inter- est on $2000 Town of Lex- ington 4s 40.00 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank for interest on account 5.60 Apr. 1 May 11 Oct. 5 Oct. 19 $91.30 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS. Receipts. Estate of Lucy Blodgett, lot 263 Helen Hilton, lot 42 Katherine Whitman, lot 267 Solomon Estabrook, lot 200 Lydia Putney, lot 459 William Brigham, lot 107 George S. Paine, lot 17 Everett M. Mulliken, lot 330 Disbursements. June 20 Cash paid to William C. Dorrety, for medals 50.00 Excess of receipts over disburse- ments $41.20 Balance of Income December 31st 1915 $285.08 Balance of Income December 30th, 1916, on deposit in Lexington Savings Bank, book number 7374 $326.38 JONAS GAMMELL LEGACY -PRIN- CIPAL ACCOUNT, $500. Principal of fund on deposit in Lexington Savings Bank, book number 7044 $500. JONAS GAMMELL LEGACY -IN- COME ACCOUNT. Receipts. May 11 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank for interest on account $ 3.70 Oct. 19 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank for interest on account 23.90 $27.60 Disbursements. Cash paid on account of almshouse in- mates, as under: Aug. 3 F. H. Dion $3.48 Nov. 20 A. Carson .76 Nov. 20 F. H. Dion 1.94 Dec. 30 H. V. Smith 2.65 $ 8.83 Excess of receipts $18.77 Balance of Income December 31st, 1915 $185.57 Balance of Income December 30th, 1916, on deposit in Lexington Savings Bank, book number 6808 $204.34 91 $100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 200.00 100.00 100.00 $900.00 Amount of funds December 31st, 1915 $16,360.00 Amount of funds December 30th, 1916 $17,260.00 CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS -IN- COME ACCOUNT. Receipts. Received for interest from Lexing- ton Trust Co. $17.19 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank for interest on accounts $692.22 $709.41 Disbursements. Cash paid to A. A. Marshall, as under: Apr. 21 Aug. 3 Dec. 11 Dec. 30 $200.00 200.00 60.98 4.60 $465.48 Excess of receipts $243.93 Balance of Income December 31st, 1926 $1,679.32 Balance of Income December 30th, 1916, on deposit in Lexington Savings Bank, book number 7045 $1,823.25 GEORGE O. SMITH LEGACY -PRIN- CIPAL ACCOUNT, $2500. Principal of fund invested, as under: $2000 Chicopee 4s $2,000.00 92 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Deposited in Lexington Savings Bank, book number 5887 500.00 $2,500.00 GEORGE O. SMITH LEGACY -IN- COME ACCOUNT. Receipts. May 11 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank for interest on account $ .46 June 5 Cash received for interest on $2000 Chicopee 4s 40.00 Oct. 19 Credited by Lexington . Savings Bank for interest on account 21.48 Dec. 6 Cash received for inter- est on $2000 Chicopee 4s 40.00 $101.94 Disbursements. Oct. 25 Cash paid Field & Gar- den Club $100.00 Excess of receipts $1,94 Balance of Income December 31st, 1915 $43.95 Balance of Income December 30th, 1916, on deposit in Lexington Savings Bank, book number 7377 $46.89 HAYES FOUNTAIN FUND -PRIN- CIPAL ACCOUNT, $862.72 Principal of fund on deposit in Lexington Savings Bank, book number 5260 $862.72 HAYES FOUNTAIN FUND -INCOME ACCOUNT. Receipts. May 11 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank for interest on account $ .92 Oct. 19 Credited by Lexington Savings Bank for interest on account 35.76 $36.68 Disbursements. Dec. 30 Cash paid for care of fountain $12.00 Excess of disbursements $24.68 Balance of Income December 31st, 1915 $46.41 Balance of Income December 30th, 1916, on deposit in Lexington Savings Bank, book number 7376 $71.09 ELIZABETH B. GERRY FUND $1493.87 Principal of fund invested as under: Note of C. & E. DeVeau $1,400.00 Deposited in Lexington Savings Bank, book number 8350 93.87 $1,493.87 LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL SCHOL- ARSHIP FUND, $50.25. Principal of' fund deposited in Lex- ington Savings Bank, book num- ber 8364 $50.25 FRANK D. PEIRCE, F. FOSTER SHERBURNE, JOHN F. TURNER, Trustees of the Public Trusts of the Town of Lexington. Examined and approved: CHARLES F. PIERCE, Auditor. TAX COLLECTOR 93 REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR I herewith submit my report as Collec- tor of Taxes for the year 1916. All taxes have been collected previous to 1916. The attention of Tax Payers is again called to uniform Tax Laws which went into effect January 1, 1915 and have been amended since that time to read as fol- lows: Taxes shall be payable in every City and Town, and in every Fire, Water, Watch or Improvement district in which same are assessed, not later than the 15th day of October of each year, and on all taxes so assessed remaining unpaid after the expiration of 15 days from the date taxes are payable interest shall be paid at the rate of .06 per cent. per an- num computed from October 15. Sec. 3. Cities and Towns shall not al- low any discount to persons or corpora- tions making payment of their taxes. Tax bills are sent to all listed tax payers and on the face of bills printed instructions are placed each year. Many are laid aside and never read, in fact are lost, thereby a duplicate bill has to be sent. The Public Book made up by the As- sessors does not show items on Intangible Property and those who do not under- stand how such taxes are made up should, on receipt of bills, at once take the bill to the Board of Assessors. Real Estate items are on the Public Book and can be seen during office hours at the Town Hall. A careful reading of State Law wi]1 convince all that after October 30th of each year it is the duty of the Collector to ask for settlement with interest from October 15th. The new Income State Tax goes into effect for the year 1917, requiring state- ments to be filed to both State and Town. 1915 TAX. Uncollected Jan. 1, 1916 $54,356.56 Collected in 1916 $31,494.89 Abatements, 1916 1,884.93 Tax Liens Held by Town 976.74 1916 TAX. Amount Committed, Sept. 14th, 1916 Omitted tax Com- mitted Dec. 20, 1916 $34,356.56 $235,844.46 2,758.70 Total Collected to Jan. 1, 1917 $201,385.35 Abatements 2,525.70 Tax Liens 125.58 Uncollected, Jan 1, 1917 34,566.53 $238,603.16 $238,603.16 GYPSY AND BROWN -TAIL TAX --1915. Uncollected Jan. 1, 1916 Collected in 1916 GYPSY AND BROWN -TAIL TAX -1916. Amount committed Sept. 14th, 1916 Collected to Jan. 1, 1917 $1,123.11 Uncollected Jan. 1, 1917 342.37 MOTH $247.98 $247.98 MOTH $1,465.48 $1,465.48 BYRON 0. EARLE, Collector of Taxes. 94 TOWN OF LEXINGTON STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT January 1, 1917 Metropolitan Water Loan 3 1-2 per cent. $15,400.00 Registered Water Loan 4 per cent. 90,000.00 Munroe School Loan 3 1-2 per cent. 10,800.00 Extension Water Main Loan 3.65 per cent. 500.00 Public Trust Fund Loan Registered 4 per cent. 8,000.00 Public Trust Fund Loan Coupon 4 per cent. 11,000.00 Extension Water Main Loan 4 per cent. 5,000.00 Engine House and Fire Equipment Loan 4 per cent. 5,000.00 Extension Water Main Loan 4 per cent. 1,000.00 Stand Pipe and Water Main Loan 4 per cent. Adams School Loan 4 per cent. • Adams School Loan 4 1-4 percent. 21,000.00 42,000.00 2,000.00 Fire Equipment Loan 4 1-4 per cent. Public Park Loan 4 1-4 per cent. Extension Water Main Loan 4 1-2 per cent. Extension Water Main Loan 4 1-2 per cent. Sewer Loan 4 per cent. Widening • Mass. Avenue Loan 4 per cent. Extension Water Main Loan 4 per cent. School House Construction Loan 4 per cent. 42,000.00 Extension Water Main Loan - 4 per cent. 5,000.00 27,000.00 1,200.00 4,500.00 96,000.00 6,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 GEORGE D. HA RRI NGTON, Town Treasurer. TOWN TREASU CASH RECEIPTS 1916. Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1916 April 19th Corporation Tax Street Railway Tax Bank Tax Board of Health $47,563.40 57.69 12,266.61 352.66 2,636.19 200.71 County Treasurer (Dog Licenses) 741.42 Cemetery Trust Funds 900.00 Cemeteries Collector of Taxes Contingent Interest on Taxes Suppression of Moths Fire Department 870.07 9.00 616.80 929.82 1,833.31 492.24 RER'S REPORT Highways Insurance Interest Land Taken Outside Aid Police Department Public Parks Schools Sealer Weights and Sidewalks Stone Building Support of Poor School House Construction Sewer Maintenance Taxes $399,400.00 3,686.84 30.79 1,321.21 621.30 1,556.21 266.36 255.50 2,281.48 Measures 47.89 288.02 17.00 2,351.68 134.22 4,289.84 232,880.24 Tax Titles Town Clerk Temporary Loans Town Hall Tree Warden Village Hall Water Department Lowering Brooks Sewer Construction Widening Mass. Avenue State Aid TOWN TREASURER. 872.38 • 206.48 105,000.00 419.73 146.25 8.50 31,466.89 37.80 815.94 1,004.12 571.00 $460,042.58 CASI-i EXPENDITURES 1916. Assessors $2,045.25 Auditor 722.05 April 19th 332.69 Board of Health 2,000.66 Board of Survey 81.50 Cary Memorial Library 3,643.25 Treas. Cary Memorial Library (Dog Licenses) 741.42 Trustees Public Trust 900.00 Cemeteries 1,191.42 Clerk School Committee 75.00 Clerk Trustees Public Trusts 63.00 Collector of Taxes 1,519.43 Contingent 2,053.68 County Tax 10,583.60 Interest on Taxes 4.53 Elections and Registration 527.35 Suppression of Moths 7,630.85 Extinguishing Forest Fires 272.82 Water Mains Wilson Ave. 1,875.00 Finance Committee 12L22 Fire Department 11,348.46 Fire Prevention Tax 118.23 George Washington Memorial 269.00 Highways 33,212.28 Hydrants 1,840.00 Inspector of Buildings 500.00 Inspector of Meat and Provisions 340.00 Insurance 2,741.57 Interest 12,975.04 Memorial Day Overseers of the Poor Outside Aid Police Department Premium on Bonds Public Parks Schools 95 250.00 312.50 6,199.68 8,775.81 22.75 3,739.87 56,779.53 Sealer Weights and Measures 129.47 Selectmen Sewer Tax Sidewalks Soldiers' Relief Special Drainage Tax Removal of Snow State Aid State Highway Tax State Tax Stone Building Street Lights Support of Poor Surveyors of Highways Summer Street Extension School House Construction Repairs Stone Building Sewer Maintenance Temporary Loans Town Clerk Town Debt Town Hall Town Physician Town Treasurer Tree Warden Treas. Cary Memorial Library Repairs Town Hall Village Hall Valentine Land Veterans' Pensions Water Department Lowering Brooks Watering Troughs Sewer Construction Widening Mass. Ave. Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1917 1,540.00 5,194.42 9.00 22.00 74.11 3,358.45 526.00 1,127.45 16,400.00 706.37 10,488.09 2,927.18 312.50 321.00 11,097.66 292.43 4,205.19 90,000.00 1,057.57 38,250.00 2,765.29 75.00 1,205.75 891.98 75.00 523.01 140.17 169.00 411.20 33,394.49 487.40 100.00 23,809.62 1,211.80 30,934.54 $460,042.58 GEORGE D. HARRINGTON, Town Treasurer. TOWN OF LEXINGTON AUDITOR'S REPORT ABATEMENT OF TAXES Receipts. Balance unexpended , 1915 Overlay, 1916 Amount expended Balance unexpended $320.82 3,699.87 $4,020.19 $3,260.82 $759.37 $4,020.19 Expenditures. Per abatement slips $3,260.82 APRIL NINETEENTH. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 28.50 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 251.50 Fox Bakery, donation 5.60 Cheek received 52.09 $332.69 Expenditures. Snappy Box Lunch Co., box lunches 37.25 Polo Club Co., tonic 4.27 Parks, Sausage & Provision Co., Inc., frankforts 2.75 The Fox River Butter Co., cheese and eggs 8.88 Gerrish Bros., apples 6.00 Oriental Tea Co., coffee 9.90 Whittier Wooden Ware Co., baskets 1.09 F. H. Hosmer & Co., poultry 7.26 M. Rosenfeld, olives and pickles $.00 G. W. Spaulding, crackers, etc. 4.99 A. Caterino & Son, fruit 3.45 American Express Co. .80 F. H. Roberts Co., chocolates 8.40 S. S. Pierce Co., White Rock water 8.66 Nancy C. Holden, washing dishes etc. 2 .50 Teel's Band of Boston, Inc. 119.00 Lexington Drum Corps 50.00 DeVeau Bros., band stand 12.00 W. F. Young, postage .88 N. J. Hardy, frozen pudding 11.25 F. B. Hunneman, blank ammunition 1.50 Lexington Grange, use dining -room Historic Hall 6.00 Joseph P. Manning Co., cigars 9.79 BIue Seal Co., punch 3.00 Purrington & Brigham, celery 1.32 Graham Bros., lettuce 1.00 Davis, ice .15 Edward L. Child, express .60 A. J. Parent, salad dressing 2.60 Fox Bakery, doughnuts 5.60 $332.69 ASSESSORS Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 10.85 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 2,039.15 Amount expended Balance unexpended $2,050.00 12,045.25 4.75 $2,050.00 Expenditures. Geo. H. Jackson, salary 433.33 Henry E. Tuttle, salary 533.34 Frederick J. Spencer, salary, bal- ance 1915 and 1916 469.45 Board of Assessors, car fares, post- age, expressing, etc. 8.62 Wm. Jones, services rendered 41.06 Library Bureau, office supplies 5.53 E. Wentworth Prescott, services 218.53 H. V. Smith Estate, office supplies 1.20 C. E. Wheeler, printing 65.75 Hobbs & Warren, stationery 16.29 John Rose, carriage hire 18.50 L. L. Applin, Registry of Deeds 43.39 American. Express Co., .26 Board of Assessors, writing public book for 1916 100.00 AUDITORS Board of Assessors, writing certi- fied copy of public boots for State of Massachusetts, on account 90.00 $2,045.25 Unpaid bills, $160.35 AUDITOR.. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 14.80 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 $710.20 Amount expended Balance unexpended $725.00 $722.05 2.95 $725.00 Expenditures. Charles F. Pierce, salary $700.00 C. E. Wheeler, printing 5.80 Alice N. Morse, clerical services 5.00 F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., office Supplies 11.25 $722.05 BANK AND CORPORATION TAX. Receipts. State of Massachusetts, corpora- tion tax, 1916 $12,266.61 State of Massachusetts, street railway tax, 1916 352.65 State of Massachusetts, bank tax, 1916 2,636.19 Excess of expenditures over receipts 2,676.54 Expenditures. Overdraft, 1915 Deducted by Assessors $17,931.99 1,931.99 16,000.00 $17,931.99 BOARD OF HEALTH. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 5.98 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 1,794.02 ' REPORT 97 City of Boston, reimbursement 106.50 State of Massachusetts, reimburse- ment 71.71 C. E. Moloy, wire fence 5.00 Laurence L. Peirce, M. D. V., milk licenses 17.50 $2,000.71 Amount expended $2,000.66 Balance unexpended .05 $2,000.71 Expenditures. Wm. L. Barnes, M. D., salary $50.00 Wm. B. Foster, salary 60.00 James F. McCarthy, salary 50.00 Massachusetts Homeopathic Hos- pital 595.50 Wm. L. Barnes, M. D., services as quarantine officer 141.00 Colonial Pharmacy, medicine .65 J. F. McCarthy 1.00 O. G. Seeley, telephone, express, eta 22.89 City of Boston 34.29 Andrew Bain, salary, plumbing inspector (in part) 375.00 Wm. L. Barnes, M. D., !sundries 2.25 W. H. Burke, repairing excavating pump 21.00 Ezekiel Pratt, M. D., culture ex- aminations 17.00 Arthur A. Marshall, fumigating 146.00 Lakeville State Sanitarium 42.29 John Rose, auto hire 4.50 City of Waltham 51.75 C. E. Wheeler, printing 19.00 Harold L. Bond Co., tools 69.90 Wood Bros., Arlington Express .75 P. J. Maguire, burying dead dog 1.00 Ernest W. Martin, gravel .50 Revere Rubber Co., hose 24.00 Winsor M. Tyler, M. D., services 3.00 Waltham Hospital 27.84 Charles E. Moloy, hay 41.00 Lyman Lawrence, hen netting 8.50 Geo. D. Lexner, repairs 4.30 Lexington Lumber Co., pickets 4.12 Water Department, repairs and 98 TOWN OF LEXINGTON cleaning drain near Slocum Road, 88.26 James J. Walsh, M. D., services 3.00 Laurence L. Peirce, M. D. V., salary as milk inspector (in part) 75.00 Charles W. Swan, services for is- suing permits, 1916 25.00 A. M. Tucker, dry goods .38 $2,000.66 Unpaid bills, $627.52. BOARD OF SURVEY Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $181.92 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 118.08 Amount expended Balance unexpended $300.00 $ 81.50 218.50 $300.00 Expenditures. C. S. Parker & Son, printing 8.00 Howard S. Hatch, engineering ad- vice 10.00 Frank P. Cutter, surveying 63.50 $81.50 CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Ex- pense Account.) Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 90.88 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 3,709.12 Amount expended Balance unexpended $3,800.00 $3,643.25 156.75 $3,800.00 Expenditures. New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co. 39.16 11'Iarion P. Kirkland, librarian 800.00 Helen E. Muzzey, asst. librarian 600.00 Barbara Mackinnon, asst. lib'r'n 148.96 F. E. Clark, janitor 700.00 H. I. Denman Co., janitor's sup- plies 11.14 Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Boston 314.18 G. W. Spaulding, supplies 26.25 Water Department, water rates 12.00 Bertha E. Whitaker, substitute librarian 55.77 Chas. J. O'Connor, glass shades 3.45 A. G. Davis, ice and wood 29.65 John Moakley, electrical repairs 14.25 L. C. Sturtevant, cartage . 16.33 Dorothy B. Wentworth, assistant librarian 320.00 Sewer Maintenance, sewer con- nection 64.24 F. L. Davis, moving books, etc. 8.50 Florence Mackinnon, substitute librarian 117.84 Radium Chemical Co., Inc., cleanser 2.50 Lyman Lawrence, hardware 3.02 S. B. Bigelow, substitute janitor 27.00 Fiske Bros., sharpening and clean- ing lawn -mower 1.50 Jordan Marsh Co., cleaning rug 6.00 Lexington Coal Co., coal 316.25 Lexington Lumber Co., lumber 1.28 Simon Latter, carting ashes 3.10 Shepard, Norwell Co., germicide .89 $3,643.25 CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Dog Tax.) Receipts. County Treasurer Expenditures. R. L. Ryder, treasurer CEMETERIES. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $301.67 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 500.00 Care of lots 562.26 Antonio Casse]]a, grave 5.00 P. Pedrillo, grave 5.00 Clarence E. McPhee, lot 381Q 50.00 Old iron fence sold 6.32 A. E. Locke, foundation 12.00 Estate W. T. Hardy, foundation 5.00 Estate Elia M. Burrill, grave 5.00 Estate Edith M. Woodbury, grave 5.00 J. F. Turner, lot 360G 50.00 C. L. Pherson, grave 6.00 $741.42 $741.42 AUDITORS' REPORT 99 Saneto Vincenzo, grave 5.00 CLERK OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE Jennie E. Kimball, lot 657 J. 50.00 Receipts. A.19 gMarshaIl, sup't, interments 104.50 Balance unexpended, 1915 $25.00 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 50.00 Amount expenedd Balance unexpended $1,671.74 $1,191.42 480.32 $1,671.74 Expenditures. Pay roll $889.50 H. A. Burgess, gravel, stone and loam 21.50 Wm. E. Eaton, breaking out roads in cemetery 4.00 Lyman Lawrence, hardware sup- plies Lexington Coal Co., cement Lexington Post Office C. H. Lothrop, plants C. E. Wheeler, printing W. S. Phelps, plants John Rose, carriage hire Geo. D. Lexner, sharpening tools Water Dept. for 1916 Jeremiah Murphy, care of East Lexington Cemetery, 1916 G. W. Spaulding, supplies F. H. Tullar, loam A. S. MacDonald, florist Arthur A. Marshall, sup't, salary 1916 15.32 14.60 8.48 10.44 4.00 10,00 1.75 3.00 35.00 4.50 12.83 8.00 3.50 150.00 $1,191.42 Due the town from individuals $149,50 CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS Receipts. Estate Lucy N. Blodgett, lot 263 $100.00 Helen Hilton, Iot 42 100.00 Katharine Whitman, lot 267 100.00 Est. Emma S. Estabrook, lot 200 100.00 Estate Lydia A. Putney, lot 459 100.00 Estate Laura M. Brigham., lot 107 200.00 Estate Emily J. Paine, Iot 17 100.00 E. M. Mulliken, Iot 330 100.00 $900.00 Expenditures. Trustees of Public Trusts $900.00 Expenditures Robert L. Ryder, balance 1915 and 1916 $15.00 $75.00 CLERK, TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 5.48 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 64.52 Amount expended Balance unexpended $70.00 $63.00 7.00 $70.00 Expenditures Union Safe Deposit Vaults, rent $10.00 Frederic R. Galloupe, salary 50.00 Genevieve Walker, typewriting 8.00 $63.00 COLLECTOR OF TAXES Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 31.40 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 1518.60 Certificates 9.00 $1559.00 Amount expended $1519.48 Balance unexpended 39:57 $1559.00 Expenditures Hobbs and Warren, stationery $ 27.52 Byron C. Earle, salary, 1916 1,183.32 Concordia Printing Co. 4.25 American Surety Co. of N. Y., bond and premium 149.84 C. S. Parker & Son, printing 2.75 Transo Envelope Co., printing 19.50 H. A. Davis & Co., printing 35.00 100 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Lexington Post office 80.00 Thomas Groom Co., cash book 17.75 $1519.43 COMMITTEE ON NEW CEMETERY Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $62.78 CONTINGENT Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 14.01 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 1985.99 W. J. Dailey, pool room license 1.00 J. F.'McCarthy, auctioneer's license 2.00 Amos Holman, slaughtering license 1.00 A. Bunsel, slaughtering license 1.00 American Express Co., liquor permit 1.00 Wood Bros., liquor permit 1.00 Norumbega Park, license, Lex- ington Park, 1916 25.00 A. Young, slaughtering license 1.00 Joseph Swan, public carriage license 1.00 John Calder, reimbursement 92.14 H. Fuller, public carriage license 1.00 J. F. McCarthy, public carriage license 2.00 State of Mass., reimbursement, Educational, Independent, In- dustrial schools 64.25 Hans Sorensen, public carriage licenses 2.25 P. J. Kelley, public carriage license 2.50 S. Lippa, junk dealer license 125.00 S. Bornstein, junk dealer license 125.00 A. Greenblot, junk dealer license 125.00 SouthaIl's Express, liquor permit 1.00 Freeman Bros., slaughtering license 1.00 T. G. Whiting, slaughtering license 1.00 Wm. Viano, bowling license 6.00 State of Mass., soldier's exemp- tion 34.66 Amount expended Balance unexpended $2616.80 $2053.68 563.12 $2616.80 Expenditures Winsor M. Tyler, M. D., return- ing birth certificates, 1915 $ 2.25 C. E. Wheeler, printing 23.25 F. W. Barry, Beale Co., office supplies 9.00 City of Somerville, vocational school, tuition 187.67 Helen C. Gallagher, services to committee on investigation Alms House 4.00 Lexington Lumber Co., lumber for town scales 23.35 II. B. McArdle, office supplies 6.22 Johnson, Clapp, & Underwood, legal services 202.12 Priest, Page, & Co., labor on town scales 45.42 New England Decorating Co., draping buildings , 140.00 The Estabrook Press, printing town reports 70820 M. T. Bird Co., booklet resolu- tions on S. M. Lawrence 15.00 L. C. Sturtevant, delivering town reports 30.00 The Carter's Ink Co., ink 2.50 Wood Bros., Arlington Express 3.00 Lexington Post office 12.00 R. H. Meikle, M. D., returning birth certificate .25 C. S. Parker & Son, printing 18.38 S. R. Wrightington, legal services 425.00 Smith's Agricultural School and Northampton School of Indus- tries, tuition 92.14 Middlesex Registry of Deeds, re- cording 4.10 D. D. Nalchajian, M. D., return- ing birth certificate .25 DeVeau Bros., repairing town scales 10.80 S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., badges, junk dealer 6.10 James Irwin, serving dog war- rants ' 25.00 Town of Concord, school tuition 21.08 H. C. Valentine, M. D., returning birth certificates, 1916 2.25 A. A. Marshall, returning death certificates,1916 13.00 James J. Walsh, M. D., returning birth certificates, 1914-15-16 20.25 $2053.68 COUNTY TAX Receipts. Assessed, 1916 Expenditures County Treasurer AUDITORS' REPORT 101 EXTENSION OF WATER MAINS (Off Wilson Ave.) $10,583.60 Receipts Appropriated and assessed, 1916 $1875.00 $10,583.60 Expenditures Transferred to Water Dept. 1875.00 INTEREST ON TAXES Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $989.51 B. C. Earle, collector, interest 929.32 Amount expended Balance unexpended $1918.83 $1244.53 674.30 $1918.83 Expenditures Transferred to Interest Account $1240.00 Byron C. Earle, collector, refund 4.53 $1244.53 ELECTION AND REGISTRATION Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 37.95 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 562.05 Amount expended Balance unexpended $600.00 $527.35 72.65 Expenditures C. S. Parker & Son, printing Ballot clerks and tellers Edgar L. White, labor on booths Ye Paul Revere'Tavern, meals John Moakley, booth lights C. E. Wheeler, printing and ser- vices as constable Bartholomew D. Callahan, reg- istrar, salary David F. Murphy, registrar, salary Chas. F. Nourse, registrar, salary F. H. Dion, lunches $600.00 $ 66.18 238.00 5.00 60.00 14.40 34.25 35.00 35.00 35.00 4.52 $527.35 FINANCE COMMITTEE Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 11.80 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 150.00 Amount expended Balance unexpended $161.80 $121.22 40.58 Expenditures Anchor Lynotype Printing Co., printing report A. Inghain Bicknell, stamped en- velopes, stenographic services, etc. Ebbe C. Carlson, typewriting C. E. Wheeler, printing $161.80 $87.50 21.17 5.55 7.00 $121.22 FIRE DEPARTMENT Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 356.87 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 10,987.13 Special Drainage Assessment, gasoline 8.24 Old wagon sold 28.00 Forest fires, for services of ap- paratus 156.00 School Department, installing fire alarm boxes at schoolhouses 300.00 Amount expended Balance unexpended $11,836.24 $11,348.46 487.78 $11,836.24 Expenditures. Selon A. Cook, driver $1098.00 102 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Frank McDonald, driver Com- bination B Wm. L. Moakley, driver Wm. P. Wright, driver Combin- ation A Daniel J. Andrews, repairing building, etc. Aubrey MeLalan, labor on lines and extra services American Express Co. Henry K. Barnett Co., supplies Louis W. Bills, supplies and re- pairing system Brunswick-Balke Collender Co., repairing billiard tables W. H. Burke and Co., hardware supplies Geo. W. Day, repairs C. M. Collins & Co., repairs Edison Electric Illuminating Co., o£ Boston, light and transferring wires Empire Rubber & Tire Co., hose Owen E. Graves, cartage E. W. Harrod, oil, soap, etc. Lyman Lawrence, hardware, paint, etc. Lexington Grain Co., feed Lexington Lumber Co. E. B. McLalan, horse -shoeing Edward IL Mara, painting Middlesex & Boston St. Ry. Co., power for blowing fire -whis- tle, etc. 60.63 New Eng. Tel & Te]. Co. 86.74 PettingelI-Andrews Co., screw - eyes, tubes, etc. 29.34 John Rose, horse hire 206.00 Lester E. Smith, oil, etc. 30.47 G. W. Spaulding, gasoline, etc. 103.34 S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., badges 17.00 Water Department, water rates 34.00 A. J. Wilkinson & Co., hardware 11.70 Winchester Laundry Co. 32.96 Wood Bros., Arlington Express 12.80 Geo. H. Young, cleaning pool table 1.00 Baker Motor Sales Co., Inc., re- pairs 258.00 Lloyd Cook, labor on lines 2.50 1,098.00 1,098.00 1,098.00 49.50 84.50 11.31 153.28 927.04 76.87 24.01 82.16 1.84 285.74 34.38 4.00 11.69 94.45 213.36 22.99 26.43 23.36 The Gamewell Fire Alarm Tele- graph Co., supplies 48.87 The Gutta Percha-Rubber Mfg. Co., hose 575.68 Ernest W. Martin, pulling en- gine from North Hancock. St. to Fire House 15.00 John Moakley, electrical repairs 31.00 James J. Waldron, lunches 2.95 Colonial Garage, Presto -Lite tanks 11.75 J. W. Griffin, repairs 22.20 Lexington Garage, gasoline 13.37 H. V. Smith Estate, stationery 14.25 Ye Paul Revere Tavern, coffee and lunch 6.50 American LaFrance Fire Engine gine Co., Inc., varnish 2.76 W. A. F. Estes, repairing clock .75 Jordan Marsh Co., rugs 19.00 Lexington Coal Co., coal 203.93 Chas. J. O'Connor, fuse plugs, etc. 1.67 Laurence L. Peirce, M. D. V., veterinary services 3.00 A. M. Tucker, dry goods 32.72 H. P. BouteIle, rent of land, 1915 80.00 The Crane Puller Co., arm puller 13.00 Fiske Bros., supplies 8.70 W. 11. Kew, repairing doors 8.00 C. G. Seeley, medical supplies 3.75 Somerville Brush Co., floor brush 4.27 Stout, Scanlon Co., furniture 3.75 B. A. Russell, services as en- gineer, 1916 75.00 W. S. Scamman, services as en- gineer and clerk, 1916 100.00 Edw. W. Taylor, services as en- gineer, 1916 75.00 Pay Rol], Combination A 525.00 Pay Roll, Combination B 912.50 Ray Roll, Hook and Ladder No. 1 675.00 James Bagley, printing 87.83 Pyrene Mfg. Co., pyrene liquid 1.80 C. J. Gilman, extra services 1.00 J. E. Barnes, plumbing repairs 3.65 Blount Engineering Co., shafts and pins 69.50 W. B. Byrne, labor 2.50 The Draeger Oxygen Apparatus Co., pulmoter 95.00 A. H. Morse, repairs .75 AUDITORS' REPORT Elmer Denham, extra services Herbert F. Gillis, extra. services Henry McCaffrey, extra services Edw. B. Russell, extra services Chas. Savage, extra services H. L. McDonald, extra services F. T. Lord Polish Co., Lumino T. A. Mullony, assignee, G. W. Day, repairs C. A. Boutelle, D. V. S., profes- sional services Fireman's Herald Lexingon Tailor, repairing coats Peter L. Thompson, installing Presto:Lite System in Fire Dept. Boston & Maine R. R., freight Sewer Maintenance, sewer con- nection Centre Station P. F. Dacey, mason repairs A. G. Davis, ice The Dayton Tire Co., tire J. E. Carne Co., pocket iron Frank P. Cutter, plans Grether Fire Equipment Co., supplies J. F. McCarthy, auto hire Lexington Flag -Staff Co., duck curtain L. C. Sturtevant, expressing Wetmore -Savage Co., supplies 12.00 23.00 4.00 17.50 22.50 17.50 5.00 6.25 27.00 2.00 1.00 25.00 .26 7.55 11.75 2.65 92.25 1.00 22.00 25.94 10.00 4.35 .50 .67 $11,348.46 FIRE PREVENTION TAX Receipts. Assessed, 1916 Expenditures State Treasurer $118.28 $118.23 FOREST FIRES Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $179.26 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 320.74 $500.00 Amount expended $272.82 Balance unexpended 103 227.18 Expenditures New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co. Ray Roll Fire Dept., use of apparatus at brush fires Unpaid bill $500.00 $30.82 86.00 156.00 $272.82 $5.10 HASTINGS PARK (Care of) Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $17.52 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 5.00 $22.52 HIGHWAYS Receipts Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 39.19 Appropriated and assessed,1916 29,960.81 $30,000.00 Crushed stone sold 908.38 Barrett Mfg. Co., empty barrels 45.95 W. B. Bryne, use of roller, etc. 146.75 Bound stones and posts sold 3.75 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., refund .50 Lexington Lumber Co., use of roller 4.50 Middlesex & Boston St. Ry. Co., excise tax 2,225.41 Junk sold 10.90 Sewer Department, labor and gravel 339.70 $33,685.84 Amount expended $33,212.28 Balance unexpended 473.56 $33,685.84 Expenditures Pay Roll $15,530.19 Daniel J. O'Connell, administra- tor estate of Patrick Costello, labor and land damages 31.75 J. W. Griffin, repairs 80.00 104 TOWN OF LEXINGTON New Eng. Road Machinery Co., stone crusher, etc. 843.50 O. G. Seeley, horse medicine 8.10 Dan'! J. O'Connell, administrator estate of Michael Costello, labor 6.75 M. Basher, stone 173.16 J. BeIcastro, stone H. A. Burgess, labor and stone W. II. Burke & Co., supplies Frank H. Hannaford, stone R. C. Ricci, stone Geo. H. Roberts, stone A. J. Lima, stone 43.90 501.11 30.02 325.11 26.60 112.66 123.72 Lyman Lawrence, supplies 84.68 Lexington Grain Co., feed 1,079.83 E. B. McLalan, horse -shoeing and repairs 297.66 J. A. Terhune, horse -shoeing 75.20 R. H. White, hay and straw 121.70 G. W. Bean, tip -cart and labor 156.00 J. P. Dailey, use of team, etc., 588.70 G. F. Hamlett, stone 22.73 Geo. D. Lexner, repairs 145.99 Ernest W. Martin, use of team 323.50 M. H. Merriam & Co., engine repairs 1.20 P. H. Stevens, gravel 59.85 McKinney Bros., & Co., black mare and black horse 650.00 F. H. Whitney, D. V. M., liniment and ointment 5.00 A. J. Bevington, stone M. Carroll, stone The Kelsey Co., stone C. H. Cutler, stone Frank Mayer, stone Simpson Bros. Corporation, re- pairing concrete sidewalks M. Swenson, stone H. L. Wellington, stone Lexington Lumber Co., /umber and cement Frank P. Cutter, surveying J. Chisholm, harness supplies F. P. Reynolds, use of team Middlesex County Creamery Co., stone 44.32 Geo. W. Day, repairs 10.84 Geo. Hill, gravel 33.75 Edw. H. Mara, signs 8.50 F. H. Sargent and Co., hay 34.37 51.10 120.40 120.69 9.82 3.66 50.50 32.41 17.72 405.66 141.50 191.15 72.00 W. H. Whitaker, moving trees and use of team 452.01 Robert H. White, salary, super- visor of streets 509.00 Buffalo Steam Roller Co., supplies and repairing roller 58.46 Boston & Maine R. R. 113.26 Lexington Coal Co., coal 409.62 J. Loring & Co., hay and feed , 521.50 Wood Bros., Arlington Express 11.80 The Barrett Co., Tarvia 3,778.49 W. W. Ferguson, road work, blast- ing, as per agreement 189.71 New Eng. Metal Culvert Co., culvert 99.75 Waterman & Leavitt, signs 5.40 B. J. Harrington, relaying curb stones, etc. 742.21 L. T. Whiting, weigher at crusher 164.00 E. W. Harrod, oil .66 Mass. Broken Stone Co., stone 365.93 Austin Ford & Son, edgestones 499.39 Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co., catch basin grates 73.35 Wm. T. Hardy Estate, stone 8.37 Geo. 11. Harlow, gravel 30.00 Peter J. Kinneen, sand and loam 176.50 Middlesex & Boston Street Rail- way Co., gravel 14.55 11. V. Smith Estate, sand & gravel 29.55 Water Department 1229 American Express Co. 2.38 C. H. Harrington, painting 4.00 Vernon C. Page, labor 2.00 Headley Good Roads Co., oil 377.26 Standard Oil Co. of New York, asphalt road oil 40.50 G. W. Spaulding, supplies 11.30 Independent Coal Tar Co., Taric and tarbinder 96.92 John Baker, Jr., road oil 112.50 J. G. Keith, Stevens & Sweet Horse Co., pails 2.00 Support of Poor, Board of High- way Dept. horses 800.00 DeVeau Bros., carpenter work 232.89 T. A. Mullony, assignee, Geo. W. Day, repair of steam roller 1.40 Arlington Heights Auto Co., cart- age 4.50 Sewer Maintenance, bricks 10.85 AUDITORS' REPORT Edward Wood, use of horse 4.00 D. F. O'Connell 8.76 P. F. Dacey, mason work 14.46 J. Cushing & Co., feed 247.88 L. M. Ham Co., steel 26.78 John Rose, auto service 5.00 H. L. Alderman, D. V. S., serv- ices, 1916 58.00 Thomas Forsyth, clipping horse 4.00 Puritan Iron Works, mangers and hayracks 13.00 Harry S. Kelsey, rent of land for 1915 and 1916 stone crusher 80.00 $33,212.28 Unpaid bills, $2,577.07 Due the town from individuals and other departments, $2,762.99. HYDRANTS. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 20.00 Appropriated and assessed 1916 1,820.00 $1,840.00 Expenditures. Water Department $1,840.00 INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $118.33 Appropriated and assessed, 1918 500.00 Amount expended Balance unexpended $618.33 $500.00 118.33 $618.33 Expenditures. Wm. Gratto, salary $500.00 INSPECTOR OF CATTLE. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $216.67 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 200.00 $416.67 105 INSPECTORS OF MEAT & PROVI- VISIONS. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $104.00 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 296.00 Amount expended Balance unexpended $400.00 $340.00 60.00 $400.00 Expenditures. C. 1f. ButterfieId, inspections $340.00 Unpaid bill, $234.00. INSURANCE. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 5.36 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 2,844.64 A. A. Marshall, rebate 30.79 Amount expended Balance unexpended $2,880.79 $2,741.57 139.22 $2,880.79 Expenditures. Arthur A. Marshall, premiums $307.58 Edwin B. Worthen, premiums 330.10 B. F. Brown & Sons, premiums 860.48 Geo. W. Taylor & Son, premiums 660.00 Elmer A. Lord & Co., premiums 169.41 Blake, Newell & Vedeler, pre- miums 42.00 J. G. Fitzgerald, premiums 132.00 W. H. Ballard & Co., premiums 240.00 $2,741.57 Unpaid bill, $334.00. Insurance carried by the Town: Blanket insurance as follpws:- On buildings On contents $299,800.00 $100,200.00 $400,000.00 106 TOWN OF LEXINGTON INTEREST. ' Receipts. Appropriated and assessed, 1916 $10,546.63 Transferred from Omitted As- sessments, 1914 394.83 Transferred from Discount on Taxes 1,240.00 $12,181.46 Tax titles 105.89 Commonwealth Trust Co. 140.99 Lexington Trust Co. 874.86 Fourth -Atlantic National Bank 199.47 Amount expended Balance unexpended Expenditures. Overdraft Coupon Bonds Registered Bonds Loans for revenue State of Massachusetts $13,502.67 $13,401.37 101.30 $13,502.67 $ 426.33 10,023.75 320.00 2,123.43 507.86 $13,401.37 LAND TAKEN FOR WATER AND OTHER PURPOSES. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 41.97 State of Massachusetts 54.87 Town of Arlington 266.25 City of Cambridge 300.38 Expenditures. Taken by Assessors Balance unexpended $663.27 $565.41 97.86 $663.27 MEMORIAL DAY. Receipts. Appropriated and assessed, 1916 $250,00 Expenditures. J. N. Morse, Q. M. Post 119, G. A. R. $250.00 NEW FIRE HOSE Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $15.00 OUTSIDE AID, Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 4.84 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 5,195.16 $5,200.00 City of Boston, reimbursement 492.56 City of Waltham, reimbursement, Mother's Aid 112.00 Reimbursement from individuals 51.50 State of Massachusetts, reimburse- ment, Mother's Aid 693.82 City of Cambridge, reimbursement 114.33 Trustees of Public Trusts 92.00 Amount expended Balance unexpended $6,756.21 $6,199.68 556.53 $6,756.21 Expenditures. Mother's Aid ' $2,822.39 Aid furnished sundry persons 2,313.33 Holy Ghost Hospital, Cambridge 461.86 Mass. General Hospital 15.20 Mass. Hospital School 86.29 State Board of Charity 148.50 Watertown Hospital 45.00 City of Salem 14.69 T. F. McCarthy, auto hire 13.50 City of Cambridge, Mother's Aid 174.67 John Rose, auto hire 8.00 Wm. L. Barnes, M. A, profes- sional services, Mother's Aid Arthur A. Marshall, services H. C. Valentine, M. D., medicine and livery City of Boston Unpaid bill, $173.33. Estimated reimbursement, $400.00 OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. Receipts. Appropriated and assessed $312.50 16.60 63.00 17.25 5.00 $6,199.68 AUDITORS' REPORT 107 Expenditures. Edward W. Taylor, salary, bal- ance 1915 and 1916 $108.34 Geo. H. Childs, salary 25.00 Chester M. Lawrence, adm. estate of S. Myron Lawrence, salary 12.50 Wm. B. Foster, salary 83.33 Wm. S. Scamman, salary 83.33 $312.50 POLICE DEPARTMENT. Receipts. Appropriated and assessed 1916 $9,179.72 Court fines, Concord 266.36 Amount expended: Overdraft, 1915 Cash Balance unexpended Expenditures. Overdraft, 1915 Chas. H. Franks, salary Patrick J. Maguire, salary James Irwin, salary T. C. Buckley, salary J. J. Sullivan, salary J. C. Russell, salary W. F. Fletcher, salary $9,446.08 $ 576.14 $8,775.81 $9,351.95 94.13 $9,446.08 $ 576.14 1,189.50 1,098.00 1,098.00 1,098.00 1,098.00 1,098.00 1,098.00 Edison Electric III. Co., Boston 68.67 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co. 200.24 John Rose, carriage hire 8.85 Auto List Pub. Co., for 1916 13.00 F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., sta- tionery 2.45 B. E. Whitcher, photographic work 8.00 Chas. H. Franks, meals for pris- oners, stationery, etc., 86.20 James Irwin, killing dogs 12.00 J. F. McCarthy, auto hire 8.50 Patrick J. Maguire, meals for prisoners, railroad fares, etc. 53.02 G. W. Spaulding, oil and gasoline 22.62 James Irwin, travelling expenses 3.25 C. E. Wheeler, printing 12.50 E. C. Maguire, services 37.50 W. H. Kew, services 136.50 Geo. A. Holden, motor cycle and equipment 270.85 Seton A. Cook, meals for prisoners 1.26 G. A. Spencer, services 40.50 John II. Brown, services 5.00 Fiske Bros., gasoline, etc. .79 Margaret Sweeney, services as matron 4.00 American Express Co. .37 James J. Sullivan, railroad rates 1.50 W. F. Flecher, carriage hire, meals, etc. 5.00 Lyman Lawrence, lantern .75 $9,351.95 PREMIUM ON BONDS. Expenditures. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, certifying notes $12.00 Estabrook & Co., printing bonds 10.75 Total Overdraft $22.75 PRESERVATION OF PLANS OF THE TOWN. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $5.91 PROTECTION OF BURIAL GROUNDS. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $222.00 PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 103.67 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 3,396.33 J. J. Garrity, rent of cottage Collection of ashes Hay sold Trustees of Public Trusts, care of Hayes Fountain A. G. Davis, ice privilege, 1916 $3,500.00 120.00 3.50 70.00 12.00 50.00 $3,755.50 108 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Amount expended $8,789.87 Balance unexpended 15.63 $3,755.50 Expenditures. Pay Roll $1,481.85 Custance Bros., carpenter work Lyman Lawrence, supplies The Lexington Tailor, repairing flags McClintock & Woodfall, engineer- ing services Narrangansett Machine Co., play- ground apparatus W. E. Wormwood, Iettering cards Carl A. Page, labor Simpson Bros. Corporation, bal- ance on granolithic walk on Common and bridge on ball grounds Water Department Simon Latter, removing ashes Middlesex Registry of Deeds H. V. Smith, Estate, diary C. E. Wheeler, printing Joseph Breck & Sons, water bal- last roller Lexington Flag -Staff Co., rais- ing top -mast and painting staff Lexington Grain Co., grain and cement Frank Reynolds, horse hire John Rose, horse hire 13.50 H. A. Burgess, grading and cart- age 134.67 L. C. Sturtevant, tabor 6.00 W. H. Burke & Co., repairs on fountain 14.86 Lexington Coal Co., lime and cement 8.70 Lexington Lumber Co., furring 8.15 73.50 16.22 2.50 87.31 197.75 1.00. 1.00 526.11 119.64 4.50 2.19 1.25 .40 18.56 35.00 3.30 2.00 Dr. J. O. Tilton, use of horse W. H. Whitaker, gravel Robert C. Allen, dirt J. P. Dailey, loam and teaming E. W. Martin, loam and filling Dean's Lexington Express The T. A. Scott Co., services of diver G. W. Spaulding, seed, etc. Mary Sherburne, instructor 29.50 134.80 18.75 394.25 176.25 12.00 28.24 3.89 24.00 Mildred Green, instructor Dorothy Teague, instructor W. B. Bryne, filling Brown, Durrell Co., worsted Geo. D. Lexner, repairs Edward H. Mara, work on shelter tent F. C. Tyler, sharpening lawn- mowers James W. Brine Co., athletic & sporting goods F. B. Fletcher, moving apparatus W. L Bradley, basketry supplies 20,00 16.00 34.23 6.68 4.95 9.30 6.50 49.51 2.50 13.56 $8,739.87 PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL STEEL FITTINGS FOR TOWN VAULT, Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1916 $11.50 SCHOOLS. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 1,649.21 Appropriated and assessed 1916 53,000.00 $54,649.21 Town of Bedford, tickets 64.59 Arthur H. Carver, tickets 513.36 Vernon C. Page, light and heat 2.00 Town of Bedford, tuition 1,030.00 Rent Adams School Hall 14.00 Underhay Oil Co., empty barrels 4.20 City of Boston, tuition 110.85 Town of Burlington, tuition 229.28 State of Massachusetts, tuition 258.20 J. Walter Nelson, tuition 40.00 B. J. Harrington, refund 15.00 Amount expended Balance unexpended $56,930.69 $56,779.58 151.16 $56,930.69 ADAMS SCHOOL. Expenditures. Edison Elec. ill. Co., Boston $ 100.68 American Book Co., books 58.42 Edward E. Babb Co., books 75.66 • AUDITORS' REPORT J. E. Barnes, repairs J. L. Hammett Co., supplies Houghton, Mifflin Co., books Little, Brown & Co., books Charles E. Merril] Co., books Benj. IL Sanborn & Co., books Water Department, water rates R. H. White Co., mattress, rods, scrim, etc. 21.60 Katherine T. Gregory, instruction 940.00 E. Isabel Monahon, instruction 575.00 Roxie M. Smith, instruction 625.00 Mabel C. Pond, instruction 670.00 Arlie M. Beals, instruction 565.00 May L. Benjamin, instruction 660.00 Etta M. Taylor, instruction 635.00 Carrie F. Fiske, instruction 640.00 Arlie M. Beals, dinner supervisor 12.50 May L. Benjamin, dinner supvr. 14.00 109 8.701 Wm. H. Kelly Go., shades 60.50 174.80 Lexington Lumber Co., wood 37.38 9.10 Parker P. Simmons Co., Inc., books 8.75 1.90 W. T. Wadman, carpenter repairs .65 1.06 Educational Publishing Co., books 5.28 12.25 Chas. Seribner's Sons, books 9.21 75.00 Scott, Foresman & Co., books 9.91 Chas. D. Blake & Co., tuning piano 4.00 F. B. Fletcher, cartage .75 Rita M. Veinotte, substitute 2.50 C. B. Meek, carting ashes 1.50 Mary Bevington, substitute 1.25 Florence Mackinnon, substitute 10.00 Chamberlain Metal Weather Strip Co., weather strips 152.50 The Standard Electric Time Co., cleaning and oiling clock 10.97 Lexington Flag -Staff Co., flag rope 3.00 Katherine Hennessy, substitute 2.50 Katharine T. Gregory, dinner supervisor 15.00 Mabel C. Pond, dinner supervisor 15.00 Vernon Page, janitor 800.00 Mrs. Samuel Underhill, substitute 12.50 Mass. Teachers Retirement Board (pay roll) 105.00 Waldo Bros., concrete barrow 4.96 E. W. Harrod, janitor's supplies 15.20 Walter I3. Kew, carpenter repairs 13.55 A. W. Chesterton Co., flue cleaners 3.50 Carrie F. Fiske, dinner supervisor 12.50 Etta M. Taylor, dinner supervisor 14.50 Bumpus and Cook, grinding edge - tools 9.69 Lyman Lawrence, hardware sup- plies 15.78 Oliver Ditson Co., repairs on Victor motor 1.00 Underhay Oil Co., floor oil 17.15 Miss Cahee, substitute 2.50 Bessie Doe, substitute 65.00 H. V. Smith Estate, athletic goods 26.84 Carpenter -Morton Co., paints etc. 2.32 Walker Coal Co., coal 133.61 Boston & Maine RR. 243.46 Milton, Bradley Co., school sup- plies 69.26 H. A. Burgess, teams and labor 39.00 Ginn & Co., books 14.05 $7,847.44 HANCOCK SCHOOL. Expenditures. Lexington Gas Co. $ 9.95 Edison Elec. ill. Co., Boston 39.70 American Book Co., books 41.68 American Express Co. 1.35 Edward E. Babb &-Co., books 111.20 Lyman Lawrence, hardware 28.78 Boston & Maine R. R. 102.33 H. A. Burgess, teams and labor 41.46 Ginn & Co., books 19.34 W. F. Glenn, carpenter work 56.41 Masury-Young Co., Nodusto 26.00 Metropolitan Coal Co., coal 127.81 J. J. Rudd, helping janitor 10.00 A. M. Tucker, oil cloth 3.75 Water Department, water rates 75.00 Henry T. Prario, instruction 1,350.00 Ella M. Greene, instruction 575.00 Harriet S. French, instruction 625.00 Emma E. Wright, instruction 640.00 Neva G. Mitchell, instruction 876.00 Hattie E. Baker, instruction 625.00 Jennie F. Blodgett, instruction 640.00 Marion L. Rogers, instruction 640.00 J. F. Blodgett., dinner supervisor 37.60 110 TOWN OF LEXINGTON . Harriet S. French, dinner super- visor 20.40 Charles A. Manley, janitor 958.32 Emma E. Wright, dinner super- visor 37.40 Mass. Teachers Retirement Board (Pay roll) 224.00 J. L. Hammett Co., school supplies 244.71 Barnes -Pope EIectric Co., install- ing fire alarm system 65.00 Smith & Lovett Co., doors and frames 110.00' Geo. W. Day, installing fire sprink- ler system, etc. 202.73 P. F. Dacey, mason work 292.73 Mrs. H. T. Prario, substitute 2.50 W. T. Wadman, carpenter work 63.79 Underhay Oil Co., floor oil 17.18 Bessie Doe, substitute 2.50 Bumpus & Cook, grinding edge tools 9.45 James Corbin, labor 6.75 McKenny & Waterbury Co., elec- tric fixtures 119.50 Carpenter -Morton Co., paints, etc. 15.13 Walker Coal Co., coal 48.39 Houghton Mifflin Co., books 4.29 Boston Metal Ceiling & Mfg. Co., metal ceilings 184.00 John Moakley, electrical work 8.50 Andrews Paper Co., paper 6.50 Howe & French, formaldehyde 2.50 Lexington Coal Co., coal 491.68 Lexington Lumber Co., wood 29.25 Lexington Flag -Staff Co., repair- ing and painting staff 57.50 Wood Bros., Arlington Express .50 Chas. Scribner's Sons, books 3.35 Scott, Foresman & Co., books 9.91 Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., furniture 4.25 Ames Implement and Seed Co., gear for mower .88 T. A, Mullony, assignee for Geo. W. Day, repairs 16.59 Chas. D. Blake & Co., tuning piano 2.50 Ernest W. Martin, cleaning cess- pool 12.00 Edward I3. Mara, painting 55.00 Mary G. Eatman, instruction 206.00 Milton Bradley Co., school supplies 78.22 Sewer Maintenance, sewer con- nection 85.54 L. C. Sturtevant, cartage .50 J. W. Griffin, sharpening and re- pairing lawn -mower 4.00 W. L. Burrill, window shades 2.20 W. A. F. Estes, repairing clocks 15.00 Florence Mackinnon, substitute 20.00 $10,243.48 HIGH SCHOOL. Expenditures. H. J. McNider, janitor $1,000.00 Lexington Gas Co. 16.19 Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Boston, light and under- ground construction 393.72 Atkinson, Mentzer & Co., books 26.60 Edward E. Babb & Co., books 64.85 Lyman Lawrence, hardware 37.64 Bay State Paper Co., paper 41.81 Boston & Maine R. R. 117.16 J. L. Hammett Co., school supplies 308.09 D. C. Heath & Co., books 67.59 Carl A. Page, assistant janitor 154.59 Porter E. Sargent, book 2.00 Water Department water rates 75.00 Wood Bros., Arlington Express 4.85 Arthur H. Carver, instruction 1,960.00 Fred C. Ball, instruction 1,830.00 Grace P. French, instruction 855.00 Elsa W. Regestein, instruction 855.00 Marion A. Guilford, instruction 171.00 Minnie Packard, instruction 826.50 Helen L. Brown, instruction 900.00 Ulrica E. Benson, instruction 900.00 Aimee E. Currier, instruction 870.00 Sarah E. Tracy, instruction 870.00 Charlotte E. Phinney, instruction 870.00 Arthur H. Carver, P. O. rent, car fares, etc. 4.38 Edmund Ketchum, supervisor of drawing 260.00 Josephine G. Nicholson, supervisor of sewing 180.00 Carrie E. White, supervisor of music • 220.00 Mass. Teachers Retirement Board, tPay Roll) 294.50 AUDITORS' REPORT 111 Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., inkwells, etc. E. Howard Clock Co., program tape 280.38 1.00 American Express Co. 5.13 The Office Appliance Co., stencils and ink 4.92 Geo. W. Day, installing fire sprinklersystem137.45 Lexington Lumber Co. 6.24 Smith & Lovett Co., odors and - frames 105.00 Milton Bradley Co., school supplies 75.92 P. F. Dacey, mason work 171.62 Mary Ball, substitute 22.50 Carpenter -Morton Co., paints, etc. 27.19 Ginn & Co., books 75.32 Houghton Mifflin Co., books 1.46 W. T. Wadman, carpenter work 13.64 E. B. McLalan, plug drills .60 Effie M. Lowe, instruction 684.00 Claire Ball, substitute 3.50 Raymond 0. Chaffee, instructor of orchestra 44.00 American Book Co., books 162.73 S. H. Couch Co., telephone supplies 1.06 Oliver Ditson Co., music books 2.83 Hinds, Noble & EIdridge, books 2.20 Lester E. Smith, salt 4.20 The EIectric City Engraving Co., zinc 1.33 Underhay Oil Co., floor oil 17.18 The H. W. Wilson Co., subscrip- tion Reader's Guide 6.00 W. B. Clarke Co., diplomas 18.60 The Esabrook Press, printing 24.00 Masury-Young Co., sweeping com- pound 5.00 Schoenof Book Co., books 9.63 H. V. Smith Estate, athletic goods 30.35 Lewis Mfg. Co., gauze 13.16 H. J. McNider, assistance to janitor 61.42 Geo. H. Priggen Co., metal cabinets 27.50 Hallle C. Blake, sign 7.00 National Oxygen Products Co., liquid oxygen 3.00 B. J. Harrington, cement walk and grading ]awn 176.75 • American Type Founders Co., type Anne Mackinnon, substitute Jordan Marsh Co., ribbon Wadsworth, Howland Co., Inc., paint Remington Typewriter Co., type- writers in exchange F. G. Hall, repairs on lock 0. G. Seeley, alcohol 8.23 17.50 11.79 3.60 85.13 1.50 2.25 John J. Sullivan, services as coach. 120.00 J. B. Hunter Co., desk slides 6.50 A. D. Handy, colored slides 2.80 H. W. Johns -Manville Co., cement 26.95 A, T. Thompson & Co., rental Electric Arc lantern 15.00 A. M. Tucker, dry goods 3.58 Edgar L. White, labor and use of piano 8.00 R. H. White Co., ribbon 3.10 Fred C. Ball, diplomas, etc. 15.42 Manifold Mfg. Co., typewriter ribbons 4.S0 Neostyie Co., paper 4.86 The Phonographic Institute Co., books- 11.80 Isaac Pitman & Sons, books 9.65 Benj. 11. Sanborn & Co., nooks 6.35 Standard Carbon & Ribbon Co., carbon sheets 6.00 Yawman and Erbe Mfg. Co., folders .46 Walker Coal Co., coal 63.80 Andrews Paper Co., paper 6.50 Allyn & Bacon, books 136.03 H. A. Burgess, teams and labor 25.50 L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., chemi- cal apparatus 46.27 John Moakley, electric wiring 4.50' L. C. Sturtevant cartage 2.76 Lexington Flag -Staff Co., cement base and lowering top -mast 13.00 Scott, Foresman & Co., books 30.54 Shepard Norwell Co., repairing machine W. B. Badger & Co., typewriter stands 2.00 16.20 Chas. D. Blake & Co., tuning piano 2.50 Ernest W. Martin, cleaning cesspool 2.00 Geo. H. Buckminater Co., batteries 14.00 Edwara H. Mara, painting 90.00 112 TOWN OF LEXINGTON T. A. Mullony, assignee Geo. W. Day, plumbing repairs Dorothy Dixon, instruction Waiter M. Lyon, instructor of drawing, manual training and military drill D. Appleton & Co., books A. W. Chesterton Co., mugs, etc. John A. Fratus, repairing clock McKinley Publishing Co., books Underwood Typewriter Co., type- writer 151.60 Herring -Hall -Marvin Safe Co., opening safe and repairing lock 5.22 Johnson -Washburn Co., fusible plugs 4.00 Chas. J. O'Connor, relocating meter 42.00 C. E. Hadley & Son, plumbing repairs 18.81 Sewer Maintenance, sewer con- nection 167.15 David Hennessey, labor 18.50 Blanche L. Davis, substitute 10.00 John H. Hynes, roofing 54.82 Chas. J. Jager Co., aerospra 9.25 14.96 304.00 200.00 3.75 5.47 3.00 5.22 $18,256.29 MUNROE SCHOOL. Expenditures. American Book Co., books Edward E. Babb Co., books Lyman Lawrence, hardware Boston & Maine R. R. H. A. Burgess, teams and labor Ginn & Co., books $ 58.94 199.88 33.72 115.88 85.75 70.80 3. L. Hammett Co., school supplies 209.28 D. C. Heath & Co., books 3.86 Houghton, Mifflin Co., books 11.69 Charles Scribner's Sons, books 6.81 Sprague EIectric Works, repair- ing motor 7.18 Water Department water rates 75.00 Mary C. Lusk, instruction 1,000.00 Lucy A. Sawyer, instruction 610.00 Joanna M. Rilmain, instruction 660.00 Lena M. DeLoura, instruction 610.00 Blance L. Whelpley, instruction 525.00 Winifred A. Briggs, instruction 650.00 Mary V. Tewksbury, instruction 585.00 Amelia M. Mufliken, instruction 640.00 Dennis H. Collins, janitor 866.64 Lena M. DeLoura, dinner super- visor 6.00 Joanna M. Ki]main, dinner super- visor 12.00 Lucy A. Sawyer, dinner supervisor 11.00 BIanche L. Whelpley, dinner super- visor 13.00 Mass. Teachers Retirement Board, (Pay Roll) 84.00 Masury-Young Co., sweeping com- pound 10.50 W. H. Burke & Co., hardware and plumbing 7.46 Wood Bros., Arlington Express 9.65 G. H. Worcester & Co., floor oil 6-25 Winifred A. Briggs, dinner super- visor 11.00 Amelia M. Mulliken, dinner super- visor 2.00 Mary V. Tewksbury, dinner super- visor 13.10 John Lyons, cleaning floor 5.00 John McKay, removing snow 9.00 Edison Elec. Ill. Co., Boston 127.64 Thomas Forsythe 4.00 Florence McKinnon, substitute 1.25 Lexington Coal Co., coal 174.90 Underhay Oil Co., floor oil 17.46 T. F. Dwyer, rugs 33.35 T. H. O'Connor, carpenter work 51.78 Chandler & Barber Co., hardware 3.01 G. W. Spaulding, janitor's supplies 5.75 J. B. Hunter Co., sheet iron, etc. 7.85 Ernest W. Martin, cleaning cesspool 8.00 The J. II. Gerlach Co., ash poles 1.60 H . V. Smith Estate, athletic goods 23.02 H. L. Stearns Desk Co., desk 80.00 Mrs. Wm. Farrell, substitute 1.25 Carpenter -Morton Co., paints, etc. 13.87 B. J. Harrington, laying concrete walk and grading 767.90 Walker Coal Co., coal 64.05 Andrews Paper Co., paper 6.60 Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., furniture 26.50 Howe & French, formaldehyde 2.50 Milton, Bradley Co., school supplies 58.76 Lexington Lumber Co., wood 29.78 Library Bureau, supplies 1.56 AUDITORS' REPORT 113 W. T. Wadman, carpenter repairs 39.32 Security Fence Erecting Co., fence 93.10 Scott, Foreman & Co., books 9.91 Chas. D. Blake & Co., tuning piano and refinishing case, etc. 7.00 Laura B. Chase, instruction 206.00 Bumpus & Cook, grinding edge tools 4.50 The New England Nurseries Co., shrubs and plants 70.07 Oliver Ditson Co., repairs on motor 1.00 James E. Chase, landscape architect 55.50 Laura B. Chase, dinner supervisor 5.00 Gaylord Bros., adhesive cloth 1.20 J. G. McGreece & Co., milling plates 2.40 C. E. Hadley & Son, plumbing repairs 8.44 L. C. Sturtevant, cartage .50 Atlantic Clock Co., adjusting clock and bell system 20.16 Frank P. Cutter, surveying 13.75 Waltham Laundry, 9.87 James J. Walsh, M. D., loam 21.00 NIGHT SCHOOL. Expenditures. D. C. Heath & Co., books Fred C. Ball, instruction $9,256.89 1.18 28.00 $29.18 COMMON TO ALL SCHOOLS. Expenditures. New Eng. Tel. & TeI. Co. 171.90 Milton Bradley Co., supplies 18.84 Middlesex & Boston Street Rail- way Co., transportation 2,055.00 G. W. Spaulding, janitor's supplies 76.65 Waltham Laundry 88.43 Arthur H. Carver, salary 540.00 Walter M. Lyon, instructor in draw- ing, manual training and military drill 900.00 Edmund Ketchum, supervisor of drawing 390.00 Josephine G. Nicholson, supervisor of sewing 920.00 Carrie E. White, supervisor of music 400.00 Minnie E. Reynolds, supervisor of penmanship 270.00 Patrick J. Maguire, attendance officer 75.00 Blanche L. Davis, secretary 310.50 Pauline E. Davis, services as clerk and office substitute 21.30 R. L. Ryder, record book 1.60 Wm. E. Eaton, transportation 516.00 Decatur -Caddick Lumber Co., manual training supplies 80.27 Thomas Forsythe, cartage 27.00 John Rose, transportation 2,726.00 L. C. Sturtevant, cartage 6.50 Arthur H. Carver, expenses, trip to Detroit and sundry items 79.12 Chandler & Barber Co., manual training supplies 9.61 Dennison Mfg. Co., paper napkins 65.00 Fiske Bros., machine belt .25 Thomas Groom & Co., diplomas 5.75 Geo. H. Priggen & Co., Inc., metal cabinets 82.50 W. A. F. Estes, engraving shield and cup 2.61 Bertha H. Cairns, substitute sec- retary 27.00 John J. Sullivan, baseball and foot- ball coach 195.00 H. V. Smith Estate, athletic goods 68.87 Wood Bros., Arlington Express 2.65 Ruth E. Hubbell, secretary to superintendent 155.20 Little,Brown & Co., books 22.19 Silver, Burdett & Co., books 12.46 The A. S. Barnes Co., books 7.50 A. & E. Burton Co., janitor's sup- plies 79.98 The A. N. Palmer Co., books 11.42 Benjamin H. Sanborn Co., books 18.79 Boston & Maine R. R. 39.15 P. P. Caproni & Bro., repairing statues 11.72 Edward E. Babb Co., supplies 383.52 Lexington Post Office 32.00 W. T. Wadman, carpenter repairs 5.20 114 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Margaret Noyes, instruction in Summer School, 1916 50.00 Mary C. Bal], substitute secretary 2.00 Concordia Printing Co., printing 2.50 Shepard Norwell Co., ribbon and needles 6.60 American Express Co., 3.30 Dowling School Supply Co., letter paper 182.29 The Electric City Engraving Co., record card 1.51 The School Arts Publishing Co., subscription 5.25 A. M. Tucker, dry goods 15.99 Geo. D. Leiner, labor on brake 4.80 T. D. Whitney Co., linen 5.00 James W. Brine Co., athletic goods 28.32 Bay State Paper Co., stationery 11.66 C. E. Wheeler, printing 9.00 Lyman Lawrence, hardware 3.00 Fire Department, installing and equipping fire alarm boxes at High, Munroe, Hancock and Adams Schools 300.00 J. O. Tilton, M. D., school physi- cian, salary 300.00 J. L. Hammett Co., express 3.25 SUMMARY. Adams School Hancock School High School Munroe School Night School Common to all schools $11,146.75 $ 7,847.44 10,243.48 18,256.29 9,256.39 29.18 11,146.75 $56,779.53 SCHOOL HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $31,993.79 B. F. Brown & Son, rebate on in- surance premium 131.22 Amount expended Balance unexpended $32,125.01 $11,097.66 21,027.35 $32,125.01 Expenditures. Barnes -Pope Electric Co., electric wiring, Munroe School 1,074.66 J. L .Hammett Co., waste baskets and maps 61.32 Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., school furniture 432.19 Win. H. Kelly & Co., window shades 170.51 Alfred S. Kellogg, engineering services 79.79 Laskey & McMurrer, heating and ventilating Munroe School 2,070.16 Marshall -Rogers Co., erection of additions to Munroe School 4,349.46 Frank P. Cutter, surveying 64.75 John McKay, carpenter work 25.58 Boston & Maine R. R. 19.88 The Edison Electric Illuminating Co., of Boston, underground con- struction 126.00 J. B. Hunter Co., hardware 318.92 Wm. H. Whitaker, foundations and stone -work, additions to Munroe School 381.64 Willard D. Brown, architect 1,083.05 John H. Fitzgerald Co., plumbing Munroe School 250.00 Chandler & Barber Co., benches and tools 484.00 Seaver -Howland Press, printing 30.75 Johnson, CIapp & Underwood, legal services 75.00 $11,097.66 SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEAS- URES. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 37.09 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 150.00 Boston & Maine R. R. sealing weights 1.92 C. E. Hadley, sealing weights and measures 45.97 Amount expended Balance unexpended $234.98 $129.47 105.51 $234.98 AUDITORS' REPORT 115 Expenditures. American Express Co. $ 1.88 S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., steel stamps 3.75 John Rose, carriage hire 12.99 C. S. Parker & Son, printing 2.33 Chas. E. Hadley, salary, 1916 100.00 Chas. E. Hadley, ear fares 2.52 C. A. Spaulding, use of automobile 6.00 $129.47 SELECTMEN. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 263.61 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 1,836.39 Amount expended Balance unexpended $2,100.00 $1,540.00 560.00 $2,100.00 Expenditures. Helen C. Gallagher, stenographer 521.67 Lexington Post Office, stamped envelopes 118.20 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Legislative Bulletin 2.00 Edw. W. Taylor, salary, balance 1915 and 1916 Geo. 11. Childs, salary C. S. Parker & Son, printing C. E. Wheeler, printing 165.25 Chester M. Lawrence, adm. estate of S. Myron Lawrence, salary 87.50 Wm. B. Foster, salary 83.33 Wm. S. Scamman, salary 83.33 Pauline E. Davis, stenographic work 1.D0 366.67 100.00 11.05 $1,540.00 WATER AND SEWER COMMIS- SIONERS (SEWER MAINTENANCE) Receipts. E. B. Worthen, clerk, deposits for sewer connections $4,234.58 Water Department 3.00 Sewer Construction, Iabor 40.79 F. H. Holmes, excess deposit re- turned 10.97 $4,289.34 Amount expended $4,205.19 Balance unexpended 84.15 $4,289.34 Expenditures. Pay Roll $2,232.31 Willard B. Bryne, brick and planks 20.45 Helen Reed, typewriting 1.95 Geo. B. Dodge Co., printing 6.00 F. H. Dion, excess deposit returned 21.71 Edison Electric Illuminating Co., of Boston, excess deposit returned 27.98 F. H. Holmes, excess deposit re- -turned 10.97 Dr. H. C. Valentine, excess deposit returned 88.13 Harold L. Bond Co., tools 77.61 Mrs. AIice D. Goodwin, excess deposit returned 75.00 W. H. Burke & Co., pipe, lanterns, etc. 57.90 Lyman Lawrence, hardware 18.89 Lexington Lumber Co., lumber and cement 81.83 Wood Bros., Arlington Express 8.65 Locke, Stevens & Co., pipe 23.62 A. M. Tucker, cheese cloth 3.95 Felix Viano, excess deposit re- turned 3.02 Maria B. Hutchinson, excess de- posit returned 49.88 Alice H. Locke, excess deposit returned 21.06 Sarah S. Sweetser, excess de- posit returned 42.00 Estate Lewis Hunt, excess deposit returned .82 Boston & Maine R. R., freight 1.76 Geo. D. Lexner, sharpening tools 7.81 Eastern Drug Co., sulphur 34.40 B. L. Newman, typewriting 4.40 Colonial Garage, in settlement of claim of Mr. Burke 2.00 Walter C. Ballard, excess deposit returned 30.12 J. P. Dailey, labor 5.37 Lexington Grain Co., cement 3.30 Sewer Construction, pipe 196.90 New England Brick Co., sewer bricks 43.50 116 TOWN OF LEXINGTON C. M. Collins & Co., soil pipe 5.50 James E. Crone, excess deposit returned 9.86 C. A. Currier, excess deposit re- turned 27.59 P. F. Dacey, mason work 48.99 Eastern Clay Goods Co., bends 9.53 Lexington Home for Aged People, excess deposit returned 5.42 Daniel B. Lewis, excess deposit returned 3.54 John Rose, carriage hire 100.00 A. J. Moody, excess deposit returned .47 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.,'excess deposit returned 10.58 A. C. Washburn, excess deposit returned 16.07 Hollis Webster, excess deposit re- turned 6.82 Portland Stone Ware Co., pipe 104.19 Estate F. E. Ballard, excess de- posit returned 7.52 H. P. Boutelle, excess deposit returned 54.93 Fiske Bros., supplies .90 Geo. H. Jackson, excess deposit returned 18.12 Ledder and Probst, Inc., blue prints 3.82 Timothy H. O'Connor, carpenter work 14.80 Edwin B. Worthen, insurance 144.60 Lexington Associates, excess de- posit returned 10.47 E. M. Mulliken, excess deposit returned 12.74 Fred S. Piper, M. D., excess de- posit returned 7.53 T. A. Mulloy, assignee, soil pipe 4.50 Walworth Mfg, Co., plumber's blast furnaces 8.80 A. E. Robinson, excess deposit returned 8.90 G. W. Spaulding, iron kettle .75 Barber, Stockwell Co., frame with solid cover 16.25 Boston & Maine R. R. excess de- posit returned 5.38 C. S. Beaudry, supt., salary 838.33 $4,205.19 Unpaid bills, $105.87. ' Due the town from individuals $56.89 SEWER TAX. Receipts. Assessed, 1916 $5,194.42 Expenditures. State Treasurer $5,194,42 SIDEWALKS. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $367.63 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 342.37 $700.00 Received from abuttors 288.02 Amount expended Balance unexpended $988.02 $ 9.00 979.02 $988.02 Expenditures. Frank P. Cutter, surveying $ 9.00 Unpaid bills, $561.71. Due the town from individuals $130.31 SNOW (REMOVAL OF). Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 99.99 Appropriated and assessed 1916 1,900.00 Excess of expenditures over receipts 1,358.46 $3,358.45 Amount expended $3,358.45 Expenditures. Pay Roll $2,034.26 J. W. Griffin, repairing snow -plow 16.25 11. A. Burgess, labor 219.37 J. P. Dailey, labor 401.00 Ernest W. Martin, Iabor 90.00 Clarence H. Cutler, labor 10.00 F. P. Reynolds, labor 51.37 P. R. Stevens, labor 131.00 M. Carroll, labor Geo. D. Lexner, repairs P. J. Dinneen, labor C. H. Rollins, labor G. W. Bean, labor Wm. E. Eaton, labor A. H. Burnham, labor Michael Shea, labor W. H. Whitaker, labor (See Section 16, Chapter 1913.) SOLDIERS' RELIEF Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 Amount expended Balance unexpended AUDITORS' REPORT 117 20.50 34.90 143.80 6.00 163.75 15.00 1.50 6.75 13.00 $3,358.45 719, Acts Expenditures. Aid furnished $116.29 $ 22.00 94.29 STATE AID. Receipts. State of Massachusetts, reim- bursement, 1915 Less overdraft, 1915 Expenditures. Aid furnished, 1916 STATE HIGHWAY TAX. Receipts. Assessed, 1916 Expenditures. State Treasurer STATE TAX. Receipts. Assessed, 1916 Expenditures. State Treasurer $116.29 $ 22.00 $571.00 $571.00 $526.00 $1,127.45 Amount expended $706.37 Balance unexpended 135.63 $842.00 Expenditures. Water Department $12.70 J. E. Barnes, plumbing repairs 1.65 .7. E. Garmon, janitor 125.00 Emma Ostrom Nichols, librarian 300.00 Edison EIectric Illuminating Co., of Boston 79.68 Wm. W. Hommel, repairing chair 1.50 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 22.10 E. W. Harrod, janitor's supplies 2.37 Emma I. Fiske, substitute librarian 13.65 C. E. Hadley & Son, plumbing repairs 133.97 Lexington Coal Co., coal 8.25 Lexington Garage, sharpening lawn -mower 1.00 F. D. Fletcher, removing ashes 4.50 $706.37 STONE BUILDING (REPAIRS) Receipts. Appropriated and assessed, 1916 $ 400.00 Amount expended $292.43 Balance unexpended 107.57 $400.00 Expenditures. John McKay, carpenter repairs $65.50 $1,127.45 J. E. Barnes & Co., repairs .95 Edw. H. Mara, painting 170.00 C. E. Hadley & Son, repairs 2.45 John Moakley, wiring and fixtures 38.65 $16,400.00 P. F. Dacey, mason work 13.88 Jordan Marsh Co., linoleum 6.00 $16,400.00 STONE BUILDING. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 43.52 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 781.48 Rent 17.00 $842.00 $292.43 STREET LIGHTS. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 216.01 Appropriated and assessed 1916 10,569.00 $10,786.01 118 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Amount expended $10,488.09 J. R. Ellis & Sons, butter and Balance unexpended 296.92 produce J. W. Griffin, filing saws $10,785.01 Lyman Lawrence, supplies Lexington Fish Market, fish Lexington Grain Co., feed Edison Electric Illuminating Co,. New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co. of Boston $10,488.09 Geo. W. Day, repairs Expenditures. SUMMER STREET EXTENSION Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 501.47 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 2,000.00 Amount expended Balance unexpended $2,501.47 $ 321.00 2,180.47 Expenditures. Wesley T. Wadman, ]and dam- ages, etc. Frank P. Cutter, surveying Amelia Elder, trustee, /and $2,501.47 205.00 10.00 106.00 $321.00 SUPPORT OF POOR. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 466.64 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 700.00 Reimbursement for board Sale of produce SaIe of cows and calves Sale of pigs, hogs and poultry Highway Department, board of horses Amount expended Balance unexpended Expenditures. Daniel Gorman, rowen Water Department C. G. Eaton, groceries $1,166.64 325.92 870.39 164.97 190.40 800.00 $3,518.32 $2,927.18 591.14 $3,518.32 $ 15.68 52.45 51.77 85.64 1.00 53.02 48.81 421.07 62.01 8.00 Edison Electric Illuminating Co., of Boston 63.76 A. Holman, dressing hogs 6.00 G. W. Spaulding, supplies 176.23 M. Stevenson & Co., groceries and provisions 122.26 Robert H. White, help in house 73.36 Robert H. White, sup't., salary, 1916 600.00 J. Loring and Co., dairy feed and pig meal 184.25 Lexington Lumber Co., lumber 13.82 Boston & Maine R. R., 3.50 E. W. Clark, meats and fish 22.90 Lexington Creamery, groceries 49.91 A. M. Tucker, dry goods 32.13 Lexington Coal Co., coal 92.04 O. G. Seeley, medicine 7.95 Lester E. Smith, groceries and provisions 83.53 H. V. Smith Estate, "Globe" 8.60 Peirce Billings Co., clothing 12.50 T. M. Norton, fertilizer 18.75 G. F. & E. C. Swift, Premsol 6.30 Fiske Bros., shoes 4.25 E. W. Harrod, groceries and provisions 102.66 Geo. D. Lexner, repairs 13.92 Wood Bros., Arlington Express 1.65 A. S. McDonald, plants 6.20 A. G. Davis, ice 26.97 Laffin's Bedford Express .25 A. Young, cow, etc. 118.55 Estate of W. F. Caldwell, cow 90.00 P. F. Dacey, mason work 36.50 DeVeau Bros., carpenter work 3.24 James M. Geoghegan, hair dresser 2.00 Frank O. Nelson, shoes 8.50 E. C. Bailey, painting 7.86 J. Cushing & Co., feed 137.39 $2,927.18 AUDITORS Due the town from individuals $14.39 SUPPRESSION AND EXTERMINA- TION OF INSECTS. Receipts. Appropriated and assessed 1916 $800.00 Expenditures. Transferred to Suppression of Moths $800.00 SUPPRESSION OF MOTHS Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $605.24 Appropriated and assessed, 1916, (liability) • $4,011.27 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 750.00 $5,366.51 Byron C. Earle, collector 1,259.34 State of Massachusetts, reim- bursement, work on state high- way 219.26 Arsenate of lead sold 2.24 State of Massachusetts, reim- bursement for 1916 352.47 Transferred from Suppression and Extermination of Insects 800.00 Amount expended Balance unexpended $7,999.82 $7,680.85 368.97 $7,999.82 Expenditures. Pay Roll $6,861.79 L. C. Sturtevant, cartage 8.75 John Rose, carriage hire 252.00 Chas. W. Swan, services as clerk 100.00 Helen C. Gallagher, clerical serv- ices 100.00 C. W. H. Moulton Co., ladders 36.00 Lexington Post Office, stamped envelopes 21.70 Boston & Maine R. R. 1.32 American Express Co. 1.86 Lyman Lawrence, supplies 5.86 Geo. D. Lexner, repairing ladders 1.70 Ernest W. Martin, team on spray- er 178.00 Frost Insecticide Co. 5.02 ' REPORT 119 Standard Oil Co., of N. Y., gasoline 41.25 Wood Bros., Arlington Express 1.35 Southborough Print Shop, printing 4.75 C. E. Wheeler, printing 9.50 $7,630.85 Due the town from individuals $342.37 SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS. Receipts. Appropriated and assessed, 1916 $312.50 Expenditures. Edw. W. Taylor, salary, balance 1915 and 1916 $108.33 George II. Childs, salary 25.00 Chester M. Lawrence, adm. estate of S. Myron Lawrence, salary 12.50 Wm. B. Foster, salary 83.34 Wm. S. Scamman, salary 83.33 Byron 1915 Byron 1916 $312.50 TAXES. Receipts. C. Earle, collector, $ 31,494.89 C. Earle, collector, 201,385.35 TAX TITLES. Receipts. Tax titles redeemed $232,880.24 $872.38 TAX TITLE SUSPENSE. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $77.36 LOANS FOR REVENUE (TEMPO- RARY LOANS.) Receipts. March 30, 1916, borrowed $ 90,000.00 Sept. 9, 1916, borrowed 15,000.00 Expenditures. Nov. 10, 1916, paid Nov. 24, 1916, paid $105,000.00 $80,000.00 30,000.00 120 Dec. 26, 1916, paid Dec. 31, 1916, amount standing TOWN OF LEXINGTON 30,000.00 $90,000.00 out - $15,000.00 TOWN CLERK. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $318.96 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 756.04 Chas. W. Swan, town clerk, fees: Dog licenses Recording mortgages Pole locations Marriage licenses Certified copies Waste paper sold Water Department, paper Amount expended Balance unexpended Expenditures. State of Massachusetts, Metropoli- tan Water Loan $2,200.00 State of Massachusetts, Munroe School Note $1,350.00 Public Trust Bond 1,000,00 Sewer Bonds 4,000.00 Coupon Water Bonds 5,000.00 Automobile Fire Equipment bond 1,000.00 Standpipe and Extension of Water Mains Bonds 1,500.00 78 20State of Mass. Extension of Water 28,35 ? Mains, note 500.00 18.7511 State of Massachusetts, New Ad - 78.00 ams School House, Note 1,000.00 1.50I Improvement Town Hall Bond 500.00 63 1 Engine House and Fire Equip - 1.05I ment Bond 1,000.00 New Adams School House Bonds 3,000.00 $1,281.48 Buckman Tavern Bond 1,000.00 Widening Mass. Ave. Bond 1,000.00 $1,057.57 Water Mains, Note 1,200.00 223.91 School house Construction Estabrook & Co., Extension of $1,281.48 Expenditures. American Express Co. $ 2.55 Chas. W. Swan, salary 1,000.00 Lexington P. O., stamped envelopes 18.88 P. B. Murphy, printing 5.50 F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., stationery 5.09 American Surety Co., of N. Y. bond 4.00 C. E. Wheeler, printing 6.50 The General Fireproofing Co., office supplies 6.85 11. B. McArdle, office supplies 6.95 Hobbs & Warren, stationery 2.35 $1,057.57 TOWN DEBT. Receipts. Balance, 1915, from Premium on Bonds $ 995.90 Assessed, 1916 $37,254.10 $38,250.00 { Bonds 3,000.00 Registered Water Bonds 10,000.00 $38,250.00 TOWN ENGINEER. Receipts. Appropriated and assessed 1916 $2,000.00 TOWN HALL. Receipts. Appropriated and assessed 1916 $2,500.00 Rent, Town Hall 268.50 Old paper and wire sold 1.23 Simon W. Robinson Lodge, rent 150.00 $2,919.73 Amount expended: Overdraft 1915 $ 109.23 Cash 2,765.29 $2,874.52 Balance unexpended 45.21 $2,919.73 AUDITORS' REPORT Expenditures. Overdraft, 1915 $ 109.23 King Oxygen Valve Co., valves on boilers 60.00 Edison Electric Illuminating Co., of Boston 202.80 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co. 196.72 Edgar L. White, janitor 1,050.00 Lexington Gas Co. 7.65 Lyman Lawrence, janitor supplies 32.52 Somerville Brush Co., floor brush 3.50 Edgar L. White, laundry 6.69 The Lexington Tailor, repairing flag .75 Wm. Haha]an, labor 2.50 W. H. Burke, repairs on heating apparatus 331.12 A. G. Davis, ice, 1915 and 1916 30.40 Wm. F. Glenn, carpenter repairs 31.97 John McKay, carpenter work 42.00 Edward H. Mara, painting fire escape 25.00 John Moakley, electric light work 13.60 G. W. Spaulding, janitor's supplies 42.53 A. M. Tucker, blotters and towels 125 Water Department, water rates 26.66 John Doyle, labor 4.50 Lexington Lumber Co. .36 Sewer Maintenance, sewer connec- tion 72.01 Lexington Coal Co. 515.63 Boston Chemical Co., disinfectant 1.50 Antonio Faugno, substitute janitor 25.00 Ezra Breed, plumbing repairs 1.93 C. W. H. Moulton Co., special step Iadder 18.00 Daniel S. Corbin, labor 2.50 L. C. Sturtevant; removing ashes 6.20 Due the town from 121 122 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Expenditures. B. J. Harrington, mason work and grading $190.63 Wm. F. Glenn, carpenter work 9.45 John McKay, carpenter repairs 285.00 Austin Ford & Son, posts and curbs 41.93 Lexington Coal Co., cement 6.00 P. J. Kinneen, sand, loam and gravel 40,00 $523.01 TOWN PHYSICIAN. Receipts. Appropriated and assessed, 1916 $75.00 • Expenditures. H. C. Valentine, M. D. $75.00 TOWN TREASURER. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 46.66 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 1,203.34 Amount expended Balance unexpended $1,250.00 $1,205.75 44.25 Expenditures. Geo. D. Harrington, salary, balance 1915 and on account 1916 C. E. Wheeler, printing Lexington Post Office, stamped enveloyes $2,874.52 F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., Oa - individuals $5.00 tionery Hobbs & Warren, stationery American Surety Co. of New York, bond Thorpe and Martin Co., check books Geo. D. Harrington, sundries American Express Co. TOWN HALL (Repairs of). Receipts. Appropriated and assessed, 1916 $600.00 Amount expended $523.01 Balance unexpended 76.99 $600.00 $1,250.00 $990.99 Unpaid bill TREASURER, CARY MEMORIAL Amount expended LIBRARY. Balance unexpended Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $25.00 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 50.00 Expenditures. Robert L. Ryder, salary, balance 1915 and 1916 $75.00 $75.00 TREE WARDEN. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 36.18 Appropriated and assessed 1916 763.82 D. G. Tyler, labor F. S. Dane, labor W. H. Nash, labor Amount expended Balance unexpended $800.00 74.50 46.75 25.00 $946.26 $891.98 54.27 $946.25 Expenditures. Geo. D. Leiner, rods $ 5.50 W. H. Whitaker, planting trees 75.50 Breek-Robinson Nursery Co., trees, labor and supplies 25.75 Ray roll 681.75 Frank J. Love, removing oak tree at 48 Hancock St. 15.15 C. E. Wheeler, printing Lyman Lawrence, supplies 52.50 Lexington Lumber Co., cement Edw. H. Mara, paint 5.10 E. Wood, hauling brush American Express Co. W. H. Burke & Co., paint, oil, etc. J. W. Griffin, filing saws Rich and Putnam, tree paint .80 80.00 38.50 12.85 .26 $1,205.75 $83.35 50.00 2.25 13.39 11.31 2.50 8.00 .53 9.75 8.15 2.60 VALENTINE LAND Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $891.98 $550.00 $169.00 881.00 $550.00 Expenditures. Mary 8. Valentine $169.00 VETERANS' PENSIONS Receipts. Appropriated and assessed, 1916 $412.00 Amount expended $411.20 Balance unexpended .80 Expenditures. Thomas Burke Everett S. Locke $412.00 $121.20 290.00 $411.20 Unpaid, on account pension $10.00 VILLAGE HALL Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 11.13 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 138.87 3150.00 Rent, 1916 8.50 $158.50 Expenditures. Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Boston $12.76 Water Department 3.50 W. H. Burke, plumbing 5.00 Lexington Coal Co., coal 67.97 J. E. Barnes, repairs 6.80 Lexington Flag Staff Co., raising and lowering top -mast, and paint- ing staff 32.50 Selon A. Cook, repairing cannon 5.00 Lyman Lawrence, supplies $.64 3140.17 GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL. BUILDING Receipts. Appropriated and assessed,1916 $269.00 Expenditures. Frank H. Pope, treas., contribution 269.00 AUDITORS' REPORT WATER DEPARTMENT Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 4,10.31 Everett S. Locke, registrar 11,024.06 Proceeds of bonds 3,000.00 Accrued interest on bonds 7.33 E. B. Worthen, clerk 15,227.17 Transferred from Extension of Mains, Wilson Ave. 1,875.00 Amount expended Balance unexpended $35,233.87 $33,061.16 2,172.71 $35,233.84 Expenditures. Construction Hersey Mfg. Co., meters $64.80 David W. Lewis Co., pipe 14.58 Neptune Meter Co., meters 523.32 Rensselaer Valve Co., valves 974.02 Boston & Maine R. L, freight 295.45 Richards & Co., Inc., lead 394.61 Pay roll 4,198.97 II. Mueller Mfg. Co., supplies 490.78 R. D. Wood Co., pipe • 1,640.27 Harold L. Bond Co., tools 147.04 Ernest W. Martin, teaming pipe 167.99 Builder's Iron Foundry, supplies 256.72 Chadwick -Boston Lead Co., lead pipe 385.15 The Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., valves 57.57 Jefferson Union Co., unions 16.32 Locke -Stevens Co., pipe and sup- plies 382.74 Walworth Mfg. Co., supplies 96.99 C. H. Berger & Sons, dumpy level and rod78.50 H. A. Burgess, blasting 186.15 Frank P. Cutter, surveying 19.25 Sewer maintenance, labor on Vine St. 3.00 Mary C. Mitchell, damage to house caused by blasting ledge 15.00 3. P. Dailey, blasting 178.42 Eastern Clay Goods Co., sewer pipe 105.99 Geo. D. Lexner, sharpening tools 92.90 National Meter Co., meters 41.50 128 124 TOWN OP LEXINGTON Wood Bros., Arlington Express .50 Lead Lined Iron Pipe 'Co., pipe 490.66 Standard Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Co., pipe 567.74 Fiske Bros., rubber boots 13.50 Fred A. Houdlette & Son, Inc., pipe 19.40 Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., valves 169.56 The Ford Meter Box Co., supplies 281.56 Lyman Lawrence, kerosene, etc. 9.57 Lexington Lumber Co., lumber 1.32 A. M. Tucker, cheese cloth American Express Co John McKay, carpenter repairs Edw. H. Mara, rope Lexington Coal Co., wood C. M. Collins & Co., elbow E. B. Worthen, insurance 3. T. Mullen, cartage National Lead Co., pipe .25 12.31 24.85 5.00 4.50 .35 336.31 3.50 49.23 $12,808.14 Maintenance Pay roll $1,974.51 W. S. Darley & Co., wireless elec- tric light, locator 63.70 Geo. D. Lexner, supplies and re- pairs 20.80 Hoffman Seal Stamp and Engrav- ing Co., stamp and wire 8.85 Everett S. Locke, registrar, salary 600.00 Edwin B. Worthen, clerk, salary 550.00 Edwin B. Worthen, clerk, sundries .58 Interest 6,405.37 Boston and Main R. R. 2.51 Lexington Grain Co., feed 71.81 H. B. McArdle, office supplies 3.40 E. B. McLalen, horseshoeing 7.30 John Rose, horse hire and board 185.55 Thompson Meter Co., supplies 63.33 Neptune Meter Co., supplies 16.03 American Express Co. 4.77 Town of Arlington, testing meters 5.00 C. E. Wheeler, printing 24.60 Wood Bros., Arlington Express 15.90 Addressograph Co., addressograph and appurtenances 140.44 Chadwick -Boston Lead Co. 3.49 Concordia Printing Co., printing 8.75 Lyman Lawrenee, supplies 32.38 Lexington Post Office 113.74 Everett S. Locke, stable rent, etc. Frank 0. Nelson, rubber coat James J. Waldron, lunches A. H. Morse, harness repairs 39.60 4.00 1.60 8.60 F. W. Barry -Beale & Co., stationery 18.86 Chas. S. Beaudry, supt., salary 666.67 Duthie -Strachan & Co., Inc., vouch- er register sheets 1.00 C. E. Hadley & Son, plumbing 2.45 Hill, Smith & Co., Inc., letter files 2.23 National Paint and Varnish Co., paint 13.25 Frank P. Cutter, surveying 5.00 F. E. Bougie, painting and letter- ing wagon 25.00 Edson Mfg. Co., repairing hose 3.20 P. H. Stevens, gravel 2.00 Walworth Mfg. Co., fittings 22.59 Ledder & Brobst, Inc., tracing cloth, etc. 17.50 Spaulding Print Paper Co., blue prints ' 24.14 Transo Envelope Co., envelopes 12.90 P. J. Kelley, auto hire 1.50 B. A. Russell & Son, repairs .50 Hersey Mfg. Co., supplies 20.24 W. H. Burke, supplies 37.38 The Detective 4.75 National Meter Co., supplies 9.19 Coffin Valve Co., supplies 7.50 Daniel O'Connell, collecting fee 5.00 Water Works Equipment Co., de- tector and aquaphone 18.50 Geo. B. Dodge Co., printing 16.50 Ludlow Valve Co., supplies 72.89 P. J. Keenan, damages 25.00 H. Mueller Mfg., supplies 2.10 Builder's Iron Foundry, supplies 14.02 The Kennedy Valve Mfg. Co., sup- plies 4.85 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co. 8.00 Hans C. Sorensen, carriage hire 16.50 J. A. Terhune, horse shoeing 15.75 Henry R. Worthington, supplies 3.75 Boston Index Card Co., cards 18.89 State of Mass., Metropolitan Water 8,698.76 Rensselaer Valve Co., valve rubbers 21.60 Florence M. Boyd, clerical services 25.50 H. L. AIderman, D. V. S., services 10.00 Town Clerk's Dept., paper 1.05 $20,253.02 SUMMARY, WATER DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES Construction $12,808.14 Maintenance 20,253.02 $33,061.16 Unpaid bilis $361.50 Due to the town from individuals $781.43 WATER AND SEWER COMMIS- SIONERS (LOWERING OF BROOKS) Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $ 31.27 Appropriated and assessed, 1916 468.73 $500.00 H. S. Kelsey, reimbursement $37.80 Amount expended Balance unexpended Expenditures. W. H. Burke & Co., scythe Pay roll $537.80 $487.40 50.40 $537.80 $ .90 486.50 $487.40 WATER AND SEWER COMMIS- SIONERS (SEWER CONSTRUCTION) Receipts. . Balance unexpended, 1915 $32,770.61 R. W. Wood & Go., pipe 569.64 Pipe and junk sold 49.40 Sewer maintenance, pipe and labor 196.90 Amount expended Balance unexpended $33,586.55 $23,809.62 9,776.93 $33,586.55 Expenditures. Boston & Maine R. R., rent of land $ 180.00 Boston & Maine R. R., freight 39.03 W. E. Bryne, sewer construction 16,807.15 McClintock & Woodfall, engineer- ing and inspection, sewer con- struction 1,835.82 J. Woodward Manning. services in connection with Breek-Robin- son Nursery Co. 70.35 AUDITORS Water Department, fittings 27.42 Jacob W. Wilbur, land damages 136.76 Mark Dodd, labor on sidewalk 3.00 Sewer Maintenance, labor, loading 40.79 124.96 25.38 25.00 3.00 7.73 51.20 25.34 pipe E. B. Worthen, insurance Lawrence Conway, land damages Daniel C. Linseott, land damages Helen Reed, typewriting Muzzey Heirs, land damages Mass. Broken Stone Co., stone Chas. F. Buttrick, land damages Wm. L. Barnes, guardirn James J. Keefe, land damages 22.68 Margaret Buckeley, land damages 96.44 Highway Department, labor, stone, use of roller, etc. 360.27 Waldo Bros., Inc., pipe 634.69 Theresa B. Cummings, land damages 9.91 Johnson, Clapp & Underwood, legal services 1,501.95 Sarah E., Gertrude and Maria Mit- chell, land damages 27.50 P. A. Mulvey, for loss of hay 5.00 Lille Dalrymple, land damages 4.37 Delia F. Thurston, land damages 7.60 Michael Curran, land damages 25.77 Medora Robbins Crosby, land dam- ages 100.00 Katherine Buckley Kinneen, land damages 75.00 Timothy J. Leary, land damages 150.00 Emily DeVeau, land damages 400.00 Chas. A. Gleason, expert in ap- praising land damages 250.00 David Q. Bacon, land. damages 7.50 Heirs Nellie M. Fogg, land dam- ages 7.60 Mary O. Tuttle, land damages 555.42 Robert L. and Minnie M. Ryder, land damages 150.00 Mrs. Bradley C. Whitcher, land damages 15.00 $23,809.62 WATERING TROUGHS Receipts. Appropriated and assessed, 1916 $100.00 Expenditures. Water department $100.00 ' REPORT 125 WIDENING MASSACHUSETTS AVE. Receipts. Balance unexpended, 1915 $638.88 Cement bags 4.12 County of Middlesex, reimburse- ment 1,000.00 Amount expended Balance unexpended $1,643.00 $1,211.80 431.20 $1,643.00 Expenditures. Hallie C. Blake, land damages $292.00 Boston Safe Deposit Co., executor will of Lydia A. Putney, Iand damages Lexington Lumber Co., cement Caroline A. Harrington, land dam- ages Austin Ford & San, cutting over steps, entrance Town Hall Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Boston, land damages 314.00 2.96 287.40 12.44 303.00 $1,211.80 Unpaid bills $4,530.71 Due the town from individuals $240.00 RECAPITULATION Cash Receipts, 1916 Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1916 $47,563.40 April 19th 57.69 Bank & Corporation Tax 15,255.45 Board of Health 200.71 County Treas. (dog licenses) 741.42 Cemeteries 870,07 Cemetery Trust Funds 900.00 Collector of Taxes 9.00 Contingent 616.80 Interest on taxes 929.32 Suppression of moths 1,838.81 Fire department 492.24 Highways 3,685.84 Insurance 30.79 Interest 1,321.21 Land taken for water purposes 621.30 Outside aid 1,556.21 Police department 266.36 Parks and play grounds 255.50 126 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Schools Sealer weights and Sidewalks Stone building Support of poor School house construction Sewer maintenance Taxes Tax titles Town clerk Temporary loans enue) Town Hall Tree Warden Village Hall Water Department 2,281 measures 47 288 17 2,351 131 4,289 232,880 872 206 (loans for rev - 105,000 419 146 8 31,133 Water and Sewer Commissioners (lowering brooks) 37 Water and Sewer Commissioners (sewer construction) 815. Widening Massachusetts Ave. 1,004. State Aid 571. .48 .89 .02 .00 .68 .22 .34 .24 .38 .48 .00 .73 .25 .50 .56 .80 Expenditures, 1916 Assessors Auditor April 19th Board of Health Board of Survey Cary Memorial Library 94 12 00 $459,709.25 $2,045.25 722.05 332.69 2,000.66 81.50 3,643.25 Treasurer Cary Memorial Library (dog licenses) Trustees of Public Trusts (cem- etery trust funds) Cemeteries Clerk, School Committee Clerk, Trustees Public Trusts Collector of Taxes Contingent County Tax Interest on Taxes Election and Registration Suppression of Moths Forest Fires 741. 900. 1,191. 75. 63. 1,519. 2,053. 10,583. 4. 527. 7,630. 272. Extension Water Mains (off Wilson Ave.) 1,875. 42 00 42 00 00 43 68 60 68 35 85 82 00 Finance Committee 121.22 Fire Department 11,348.46 Fire Prevention Tax 118.23 George Washington Memorial 269.00 Highways 33,212.28 Hydrants 1,840.00 Inspector of Buildings 500.00 Inspector of Meats and Prov- isions 340.00 Insurance 2,741.57 Interest 12,975.04 Memorial Day 250.00 Overseers of the Poor 312.50 Outside Aid 6,199.68 Police Department 8,775.81 Premium on Bonds 22.75 Parks and Play Grounds 3,739.87 Schools 56,779.58 Sealer of Weights and Measures 129.47 Selectmen 1,540.00 Sewer Tax 5,194.42 Sidewalks 9.00 Soldiers' Relief 22.00 Special Drainage Tax 74.11 Snow (removal of) 3,358.45 State Aid 526.00 State Highway Tax 1,127.45 State Tax 16,400.00 Stone Building 706.37 Stone Building (repairs of) 292.43 Street Lights 10,488.09 Support of the Poor 2,927.18 Surveyors of Highways , 312.50 Summer St. Extension 321.00 School House Construction 11,097.66 Sewer Maintenance 4,205.19 Temporary Loans (loans for rev- enue) 90,000.00 Town Clerk 1,057.57 Town Debt 38,250.00 Town Hall 2,765.29 Town Physician 75.00 Town Treasurer 1,205.75 Tree Warden 891.98 Treas. Cary Memorial Library 75.00 Town Hall (repairs of) 528.01 Village Hall 140.17 Valentine Land 169.00 AUDITORS' REPORT Veteran? Pensions 411.20 Widening Massachusetts Ave. Water Department 33,061.16 Cash on hand Dec. 30, 1916 Water and Sewer Commissioners (lowering brooks) 487.40 Watering Troughs 100.00 Water and Sewer Commissioners (sewer construction) 23,809.62 127 1,211.80 30,934.54 $459,709.25 CHARLES F. PIERCE, Auditor. 128 TOWN OF LEXINGTON BALANCE SHEET ASSETS --CURRENT Trustees, Cary Memorial Li- brary (principal) 16,600.00 $49,766.84 Cash on hand $30,934.54 Water Works Taxes uncollected, 1916 34,566.53 Sidewalk assessment uncollected, Valuation, Dec. 31, 1915 250,000.00 1916 130.311 Construction, 1916 $10,699.35 Moth tax uncollected, 1916 342.37 Less depreciation, Water Dept., income uncollected 781.43 1916 5,699.35 5,000.00 Bank and Corporation Tax 2,676.54 Snow (removal of) 1,358.46 State Aid 526.00 Premium on bonds 22.75 Tax Liens Contingent Trust $71,338.93 $5,063.90 Trustees of Public Trusts (prin- • cipal) $15,906.84 Trustees of Public Trusts (cem- etery) 17,260.00 Real Estate Water Works, real estate Sundry real estate Sewer $255,000.00 $ 7,727.56 448,098.06 $455,825.62 Valuation, Dec. 31, 1916 $90,439.70 Total assets Total liabilities $927,434.99 522,367.16 Net assets $405,067.83 AUDITORS' REPORT DECEMBER 31, 1916 LIABILITIES CURRENT Revenue Account (balance un- appropriated) $3,978.67 Dept. accounts unexpended, viz.:- Abatement iz.: Abatement of Taxes Assessors Auditor Board of Health Board of Survey Cary Memorial Library Cemeteries Clerk, Trustees Public Trusts Collector of Taxes Committee an New Cemetery Contingent Discount on Taxes (interest on taxes) Election and Registration Forest Fires Finance Committee Fire Department Hastings Park Highways Inspector of Buildings Inspector. of Cattle $759.37 4.75 2.95 .05 218.50 156.75 480.32 7.00 39.57 62.78 563.12 674.30 72.65 227.18 40.58 487.78 22.52 473.56 118.33 416.67 Inspectors of Meat and Provisions 60.00 Insurance 139.22 Interest 101.30 Land taken for water and other purposes 97.86 New Fire Hose 15.00 Outside Aid 556.53 Police Department 94.13 Preservation, plans of town 5.91 Protection of Burial Grounds 222.00 Parks and Play Grounds 15.63 Purchase of Additional Fittings for Vault 11.60 Schools 161.16 School House Construction 21,027.35 Sealer of Weights and Measures 105.51 Selectmen Sewer Maintenance Sidewalks Soldiers' Relief Stone Building Stone Building (repairs of) 560.00 84.15 979.02 94,29 135.63 107.57 129 Street Lights 296.92 Summer St. Extension 2,180.47 Support of Poor 591.14 Suppression of Moths 368.97 Tax Title Suspense 77.36 Town Clerk 223.91 Town Engineer 2,000.00 Town Hall 45.21 Town Hall (repairs of) 76.99 Town Treasurer 44,25 Tree Warden 54.27 Valentine Land 381.00 Veterans' Pension .80 Village Hall 18.33 Water Department 2,172.71 Water and Sewer Commissioners (lowering brooks) 50.40 Water and Sewer Commissioners - (sewer construction) 9,776.93 Widening Massachusetts Ave. 431.20 Trust Sundry Trust Funds Cemetery Trust Funds $48,183.35 $52,162.02 $32,506.84 17,260.00 , $49,766.84 Water Works Bonds Payable Coupon Bonds $37,500.00 Registered Bonds 90,000.00 Extension Water Mains 1,700.00 Notes Payable Metropolitan Water Loan 15,400.00 Sundry Bonds Payable, viz.: Public Trust Engine House and Fire ment New Adams School Automobile Fire Equipment Buckman Tavern Property Widening Massachusetts Ave. School House Construction Sewer Bonds $144,600.00 $19,000.00 Equip - 5,000.00 42,000.00 5,000.00 27,000.00 6,000.00 42,000.00 96,000.00 130 Notes Payable, viz.: Munroe School New Adams School TOWN OF LEXINGTON Loans for Revenue Temporary Loans Balance, Dec. 31, 1915 10,800.00 2,000.00 $254,800.00 Omitted Assessments, 1914 (paid) Omitted Assessments, 1915 (paid) Omitted Assessments, 1916 (paid) $2,291.86 Omitted Assessments, 1916 (unpaid) $15,000.00 Total liabilities REVENUE ACCOUNT, 1916 Income. From Tax Levy Cambridge Land Taken Arlington Land Taken State of Massachusetts, land taken Bank and Corporation Tax Omitted Assessments, 1916 Adjustments, Cash to Revenue basis Expense. Appropriations Transferred to Omitted Assessment Account, 1916 Overlay Net revenue, unappropriated 17.36 3,262.24 466.84 2,758.70 $522,367.16 $3,262.84 $235,844.46 271.65 240.78 52.98 16,000.00 2.758.70 715.83 $255,884.40 $259,147.24 $248,710.50 2,758.70 3,699.37 $255,168.57 $3,978.67 SCHOOL. COMMITTEE 131 TOWN DEBT. WHEN DtJE Year Water Sewer Trust Funds Other Debt Total 1917 21,400.00 4,000.00 1,000.00 12,350.00 38,750.00 1918 18,700.00 4,000.00 1,000.00 12,350.00 36,050.00 1919 17,200.00 4,000.00 1,000.00 11,350.00 33,550.00 1920 14,700.00 4,000.00 1,000.00 11,350.00 31,050.00 1921 14,700.00 4,000.00 1,000.00 10,350.00 30,050.00 1922 13,700.00 4,000.00 1,000.00 8,350.00 27,050.00 1923 13,700.00 4,000.00 1,000.00 7,350.00 26,050.00 1924 11,500.00 4,000.00 1,000.00 7,350.00 23,850.00 1925 11,500.00 4,000.00 1,000.00 6,000.00 22,500.00 1926 1,500.00 3,000.00 1,000.00 8,000.00 11,500.00 1927 1,500.00 3,000.00 1,000.00 6,000.00 11,500.00 1928 1,500.00 3,000.00 1,000.00 6,000.00 11,500.00 1929 1,500.00 3,000.00 1,000.00 6,000.00 11,500.00 1930 1,500.00 3,000.00 1,000.00 6,000.00 11,500.00 1931 3,000.00 1,000.00 3,000.00 7,000.00 1932 3,000.00 1,000.00 3,000.00 7,000.00 1933 3,000.00 1,000.00 3,000.00 7,000.00 1934 3,000.00 1,000.00 3,000.00 7,000.00 1935 3,000.00 1,000.00 3,000.00 7,000.00 1936 3,000.00 1,000.00 4,000.00 1937 3,000.00 1,000.00 4,000.00 1938 3,000.00 1,000.00 4,000.00 1939 3,000.00 1,000.00 4,000.00 1940 3,000.00 1,000.00 4,000.00 1941 3,000.00 1,000.00 4,000.00 1942 3,000.00 1,000.00 4,000.00 1943 3,000.00 1,000.00 4,000.00 1944 3,000.00 3,000.00 1945 3,000.00 3,000.00 144,600.00 96,000.00 19,000.00 139,800.00 399,400.00 Reports OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON For the Year 1916 MAUGUS PRINTING COMPANY Wellesley, Massachusetts 1916 SCHOOL COMMITTEE 135 SCHOOL COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION Jay O. Richards, Chairman, 31 Hancock St. Tel., Lex. 90 (Term expires March, 1917) Robert L. Ryder, Secretary, 108 Maple St. Tel., Lex. 157-W (Term expires March, 1919) Hallie C. Blake, Treasurer, Oakmount, Merriam St. Tel., Lex. 437-W (Term expires March, 1918) Superintendent of Schools Arthur H. Carver, 10 Parker St. Tel., Lex. 402-M Office: High School Bldg. Tel., Lex. 277 School Physician Dr. J. O.•Tilton, 1 Elm Ave. Tel., Lex. 15 Attendance Officer Patrick J. Maguire, Bedford St. Tel., Lex. 244-W Regular meetings of the School Com- mittee are held on the first Tuesday in each month at Cary Memorial Library at 8.30 P. M.; also on the third Tuesday in each month at the High School at 7.45 P. M. SCHOOL CALENDAR • 1917-1918 School opens January 2, 1917. Closes for winter recess, February 16, 1917. Opens February 26, 1917. CIoses for spring recess, April 13, 1917. Opens April 23, 1917. Closes for summer vacation, June 20, 1917. School opens September 11, 1917. Closes for Thanksgiving recess, Novem- ber 28, 1917. Opens December 3, 1917. Closes for Christmas recess, December 21, 1917. Opens January 2, 1918. JCloses for winter recess, February 15, 1918. Opens February 25, 1918. Closes for spring recess, April 12, 1918. Opens April 22, 1918. Closes for summer vacation, June 26, 1918. REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE Lexington, Mass., January 1, 1917. Your committee is pleased to report that the school system of the town has enjoyed a most successful year. There never has been a finer spirit of co-operation shown by pupils, teachers and parents than has been exhibited in connection with the school work during the last year. Since our last report, there have been many developments with relation to our school system which we think will be of interest to the citizens of the town, some of which we desire to call to your at- tention at this time. In accordance with a vote passed by the town June 14, 1915, a committee was appointed to enlarge and remodel the Munroe School and construct a new school at North Lexington. The Munroe School was occupied before our Iast re- port but was not finally completed until the early part of this year. The grounds have been graded and shrubbery planted and we feel that the citizens may well be proud of this building and its surround- ings. After a great deal of time spent, a lo- cation for a school in North Lexington was chosen by the committee appointed under the vote hereinabove referred to, and in June of 1916, the town was asked to purchase the Iand so chosen. Owing to the opposition which was shown with regard to the location selected, the town meeting refused to accept the commit- tee's recommendations. Hence no school 136 TOWN OF LEXINGTON has been built at North Lexington and it seems unlikely now that one will be built for some years to come as the develop- ment of the school requirements will, in the opinion of your committee, make an entirely different building programme necessary. For the last five years at the opening of the schools in September, we have been faced with the problem of over- crowding in some of the grades and more especially in the lower grades. We are now confronted with the situation where every school in town has reached its cap- acity, including the High School, and the building of a new school at North Lex- ington would therefore relieve only one section of the town. It has seemed to your committee that the time is now ripe for a Junior High School somewhere near the center of the town especially as it would relieve the entire housing prob- lem, releasing at least two rooms in each building to meet the present overcrowded conditions and the anticipated needs of the future. We have therefore under- taken to recommend to the citizens in a series of pamphlets which have been sent out, the building of a new sixteen room Junior High School. The necessity and advisability of such building has also been referred to in the annual report of the Superintendent of Schools. The buildings we now have are in ex- cellent repair as more money than usual has been spent this year for that pur- pose. Approximately $1900 has been spent to complete the necessary work of fire prevention which was started last year by your committee. Fire Alarm Boxes have been installed in each of the schools, and a considerable amount has been spent for new construction and more or less permanent repairs that will not call for further attention for some time to come. The recent coal situation has empha- sized the necessity of the town acquiring land for coal storage as was recommend- ed by your committee in their last report To meet what seemed a very urgent and more or less wide -spread demand, we started last fall a night school, holding classes two nights a week for illiterate foreigners and others who might choose to take advantage of this opportunity. We are pleased to report that the experi- ment has been exceedingly successful and gratifying up to the present time and we feel that these classes will in the fu- ture, fill an ever increasing demand. The growth of our school population has been constant and for the last two years, at least, considerably above nor- mal. In spite of this fact your committee feels that it can meet the necessary ex- penses of the coming year with the same zppropriation as was granted last year. The statement of Iast year's expendi- tures and the estimated needs for the coming year are as follows:— 'Financial Statement 19/16 Balance unexpended from 1915 $ 1,649.21 Appropriated 1916 53,000.00 Income 1916 2,266.48 $56,915.69 Expenses 1916 Salaries $82,831.25 Operation and Janitor Supplies 7,785.33 Repairs and new construction 4,796.59 Text hooks and supplies 3,554.72 Athletics 476.95 Health • 172.55 Superintendent and law enforce- ment 1,238.00 Supervision of children 252.00 Transportation 5,292.00 School physician 300.00 Contingent 65.14 Balance unexpended Estimated Requirements Salaries Operation Janitor supplies Repairs and new construction $56,764.53 151.16 $56,915.69 for 1917 $33,500.00 7,500.00 500.00 2,000.00 Text books and supplies Athletics Health Superinetndent and law ment Supervision of children Transportation School physician Contingent Net balance Estimated income To be appropriated SCHOOL COMMITTEE 3,750.00 500.00 300.00 enforce - 1,600.00 300.00 5,000.00 300.00 901.16 $56,151.16 $151.16 3,000.00 53,000.00 $56,151.16 Respectfully submitted, JAY 0. RICHARDS, ROBERT L. RYDER, HALLIE C. BLAKE. REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Lexington, Mass., Jan. 1, 1917. To the Lexington School Committee: The following statement of the condi- tion and prospects of the Lexington schools constitutes my fourth annual re- port as Superintendent of Schools and the thirty-first in the series for the town. During the past year our schools have maintained a high standard of efficiency in every line of activity into which it has seemed best to enter. The nature of the population of Lexington has been such that there has been Iittle real demand in this community for some forms of edu- cational activity which are necessary in manufacturing or industrial towns. We feel that in a high degree our schools have met the needs of our boys and girls. There is reason, however, to believe that the time is close at hand when more or Iess radical changes and additions must be made if we are to keep pace with the economic evolution which is modifying social conditions everywhere, particular- ly in the suburbs of our large cities. In the discussion of these things it may be well to note briefly such facts in the his- tory of the past as are most significant 137 • 138 TOWN OF LEXINGTON with regard to the future. To us it seems that they point the way to some interesting conclusions. First, our teaching force possesses a relatively high degree of permanency. During the last twelve months we have lost just two teachers out of forty-three who are employed in the town, and this in spite of many excellent offers which have been received from elsewhere. The record has been almost equally good for the past four years. It means intelligent service to the town based on an under- standing of local conditions. Its explan- ation lies partly in the fact that the at- titude of the community toward things educational is satisfactory and sympa- thetic. But it also means that the de- velopment of our school system offers professional advantages, both present and potential, in the minds of ambitious teachers who are anxious to grow. Not every place in Massachusetts is as for- tunate in this respect as is Lexington. Such a condition is as much an asset to the town as it is to any complex bus- iness organization. It means experienced, enthusiastic acceptance of any new edu- cational policies upon which we may find it advisable to embark. Second, we have made a beginning toward doing something for those child- ren, who for any reason, are seriously be- hind those of approximately equal age in the progress which they have made. Children who are over age and over size are sure to become discouraged when obliged to remain in the regular grades for which their mental attainments fit them. They lose interest and sometimes develop into disciplinary problems. A special room has been opened this year at the Hancock building for such cases with results that are already most grati- fying. Here they are happy because they are doing work which they find especially adapted to their needs. Their success points vividly to the fact that there is a certain percentage of grade pupils who need a somewhat dif- ferent mental pabulum from that which the regular grades now offer. Third, we have opened night classes for illiterate foreigners. These classes meet twice a week at the High School building. Pessimistic comments were nu- merous as first. We were told that there was no demand for such classes in Lex- ington, that those who were eligible to enter would not be teachable, that they would not be regular in attendance, and that they would not make any persistent effort. To be sure, we have only made a beginning, and that in a very small way, but what have we found? Eighteen illit- erate foreigners are learning to read, write, and speak the English language. Thirteen of them will shortly take out their first papers for American citizen- ship. Their progress has been little short of phenomenal as anyone may see who cares to visit the class or inspect its work which is exhibited at the Cary Li- brary. Their record of attendance has been as good as that of any other class in town, the High School included. They have performed faithfully all home work which has been assigned and are con- stantly asking for more. And finally their only complaint is that the class does not meet more often. If there is any fact at all clear about the future, it cer- tainly is that we have an adult foreign element which is eager to profit by any educational opportunity which is open to them. Fourth, the admission of the Bedford High School pupils to our own High School we believe to have been for the mutual advantage of both towns. That the privilege of attendance at our schools is regarded by another town, which has hitherto made a different arrangement for educating its young people, to be well worth the cost is a fact not without its meaning. The presence of these boys and girls has acted as a stimulus to our own pupils. Moreover the tuition paid by the Town of Bedford has not only served to reduce the per capita cost of High School education in Lexington this year but will also provide an income in the future which will be of distinct financial aid in working out the problems which a grow- ing population is constantly forcing upon us. Fifth, the epidemic of infantile paraly- sis, which delayed the opening of the grade schools over two weeks, has left in its trail some conditions which furnish food for thought. It accounts almost wholly for the fact that the registration in the grades, while larger than last year, does not show as high a percentage of in- crease as might have been expected. Many parents' whose children had ar- rived at the age of five and one-half years during the summer were deterred from entering them in school in Septem- ber for fear of this dread disease. The registration figures in the case of the first grade are therefore misleading. They do not show that the town is growing any less rapidly than was the case a year ago but warn us to expect an un- usually large entering class next year. The delay in the opening of the grades brings up another question which is wor- thy of careful consideration. Much anx- iety was felt among the teachers at the beginning of the year over the necessity of covering the regular year's work in a materially reduced length of time. In the upper grades the situation has pre- sented serious difficulty, though it is only right to say that both pupils and parents have recognized the necessity of some- what Iengthened lessons and have re- sponded in the best spirit to such de- mands as have been made upon them. The work is being planned in such a way as to distribute the loss of ground over the entire year, and there is reason to believe that it will all be made up by next June. In the lower grades, how- ever, the result has been more satis- factory than we dared to hope. Without any particular pressure having been placed upon them it is nevertheless true that the pupils are, on the whole, as far SCHOOL COMMITTEE advanced as they were at this time last year. The only explanation seems to us to lie in the fact that the younger pupils profited so much by the delay in the opening until the worst of the severe autumn heat was over that they attacked their school duties with unusual vigor due to their better physical condition. If this be true, it may be well to consider whether the best interests of the children in the lower grades would not be served by opening these grades regularly a couple of weeks later than has been our euston. We are well aware that there are many parnts who feel that a later date of opening would be of advantage throughout the entire school system, but with this we are unable to agree. The Massachusett's law requires the High School to be in session approximately forty weeks each year. An parents of High School pupils realize that such va- cations as we now have during the school year are an absolute necessity to any boy or girl, especially the latter, who is of studious habits and nervous tempera- ment. Nor can the year be lengthened without running into a season when the weather is mast unsuited to exhausting brain work and when many pupils of both sexes are desirous of entering upon sum- mer employment. So far as the upper grades are concerned the actual length of the school year cannot be shortened without serious loss of efficiency. Sixth, our schools are nearly all full and in some cases are overcrowded. The High School today has as many members as it can properly house. All grades from the fifth down are over crowded. The need for increased accommodations all along the Iine is so close upon us that measures to relieve the situation can not be taken any too soon if we are to escape a condition from which the child- ren of all alike in the town must suffer. Six aspects of the Lexington school system have been presented in the pre- ceding paragraphs, each offering its own problem or shedding its light upon the 139 future educational policy which the evo- lution of our town will necessitate. We have seen that we have a corps of intelli- gent, experienced teachers, capable of adapting themselves to new ideas; that remarkable results have been achieved in mast unpromising fields when new types of opportunity have been offered to those who need something outside of the regular routine; that the Iength of the school year might be shortened with- out loss of efficiency in the lower grades but not in the upper grades or High School; that we have already entered upon a period of congestion which de- mands relief; and that we have a con- siderable income in the form of tuition from outside sources which would go far toward relieving the immediate financial burden due to any building operations which might be undertaken. Do not these things point to the Junior High School as the logical move in the expan- sion of our school policy? Two other propositions of a different nature seem to be worthy of our consid- eration at this time. The first relates to the work of the Health and Attendance Officers. The School Physician has per- formed his duties faithfully and efficient- ly, devoting far more time to this work than is generally understood. With over twelve hundred children to look after, however, it is obvious that at certain seasons of the year the magnitude of the work is too great to permit satisfactory thoroughness. At present it is the cus- tom, when pupils have been absent for a few days because of sickness, to detain them when they first report again at school until the School Physician can see them, before allowing them to take their places with the rest. This often occa- sions great loss of time, as there are four buildings to be visited. Moreover, his private practice must frequently delay his daily visits to the schools. A school nurse, who would be on duty all the time, would solve most of the problems arising from this source. If, as is done in many 140 TOWN OF LEXINGTON towns the size of Lexington, she should also be made Attendance Officer, she would have access to all homes, could in- vestigate the causes of prolonged ab- sence, and could pass upon the fitness of these pupils to return to school while they are still in their homes, thus in many cases preventing those who have been afflicted with unreported cases of contagious disease from associating on the grounds and in the corridors with other pupils while waiting for the ar- rival of the School Physician. In this connection it should be borne in mind that under the revised law the duties of an Attendance Officer are quite different from those of the official formerly known as the Truant Officer. The Attendance tends to the school census, and assists the Superintendent of Schools in issuing em- ployment certificates. Towns which have tried this plan report that this work is done as well or better by a woman than by a man, The idea also has the in- dorsement of the State Board of Educa- tion. The money now paid to the At- tendance and Census Officers would help to pay the salary of the person holding the combination position, and the work of the health, attendance, and census de- partments would all benefit. The second proposition referred to above has to do with the lengthening of the High School day. Suppose the High .School session was made to last from eight o'clock to three, being divided into six periods of one hour each, there being two recesses. Under this plan pu- pils would eat their lunch at school, as many of them do now, and would reach home two hours later each day. What would be the advantage? First and greatest, all study would be done under supervision. Teachers would have a chance to see that pupils develop correct methods and habits in doing their work. The greatest single difficulty which High School students at present have to overcome is found in their Iack of knowledge of how to go about their work in order to secure the best results in the shortest time. The present day is too short to give the teachers much time to devote to this most important feature of education. At least eighty per cent of all failures in the High School are due to the fact that pupils do not know how to study. The con- scientious pupil does the work at home but uses up more time and energy than is necessary in doing it; others make a half hearted attempt or neglect the work altogether. Second, all calls for pupils to return in the afternoon for assistance would be eliminated. Under the present system such calls are absolutely necessary. Probably seventy-five per cent of the members of the High School return one or more times on the average each week. This, of course, interferes with the prep- aration of the lessons of the next day. Moreover, since every pupil is liable to such a call at any time, it is impossible for them to plan on being able to use &heir afternoons for recreation, music lessons, or any other purpose without fear of being obliged to break the en- gagement. Third, the elimination of all required home study would leave pupils absolutely free from school cares from three o'clock until the next morning. Night study, with its late hours and eye strain, would become a thing of the past. Athletic sports would not suffer, as those who so desire could go directly to the playground after the session. Healthful out-of-door exercise would become a possibility for all. Other considerations might be men- tioned, but we believe that enough has been said to show that the plan is worthy of the most careful thought. We do not recommend its immediate adoption but only ask that its merits and possible de- fects be investigated freely by all who are interested. Space forbids more than passing men- SCHOOL COMMITTEE 141 tion of many interesting details in con- nection with the schools. We believe that the newly organized Alumni Asso- ciation is capable of becoming a powerful influence for good if properly managed and enthusiastically supported by the graduates of the school. We especially desire to commend its efforts to collect statistics regarding the living alumni, its plan to establish an employment bureau which will serve to bring graduates of the school into touch with business posi- tions, and its desire to bring the alumni together upon certain social occasions with a view toward the creation of a united spirit of cooperation. We wish also to call attention to the praiseworthy movement of the Class of 1916 in devot- ing its class gift to the establishment of a Scholarship Fund for the aid of those who seek a higher education but are not eligible to benefit under the terms of the George 0. Smith will. This fund has been placed under the management of the Trustees of Public Trusts and deserves the attention of any public spirited eiti- zens who may be in a position to contrib- ute toward it. We take pride in the qual- ity of work which isbeingdone by our graduates whether in the field of higher education or in the business world. The tendency is perhaps too strong to meas- ure the success of the High School mere- ly by what its graduates are doing in college. We point with pride to the large group of boys and girls who re- ceived their training in our commercial department and are today successfully filling positions of responsibility both in and outside of Lexington, and we desire to acknowledge gratefully the efficient service of the Employment Department of the Remington Typewriter Company in securing positions for so many of them. And finally, let me express my personal appreciation of the unfailing support of the School Committee, the parents, and all other citizens of Lexing- ton who have the interests of the schools at heart. Your respectfully, ARTHUR H. CARVER. APPENDIX LIST OF TEACHERS, JAN. 1, 1917 High School Y ears of Ex - Elected erience Preparation rin. 1913 14 Dickinson College 1911 27 Chamberlain Institute 1908 13 Mt. Holyoke College 1911 16 Wellesley College 1913 7 Boston University 1913 7 Wellesley College 1916 11 Colby College 1913 6 Boston University 1914 8 Tufts College 1914 13 Swarthmore College 1914 5 Boston University 1916 2 Radcliffe College Adams School Y ears of Ex - Elected perienee Preparation 1912 8 Farmington Normal, Me. 1915 4 Gorham Normal, Me. 1918 9 Biddeford, Me. 1910 11 Truro Normal 1914 7 Farmington Normal Me. 1907 15 Bridgewater Normal 1913 16 Voohree's Normal Kindergarten 1872 44 Holt Normal Name Arthur H. Carver, A. M., P Fred C. Ball, sub -Master Elsa W. Regestein Grace P. French Ulrike E. Benson Minnie Packard Effie M. Lowe Helen L. Brown Aimee E. Currier Sarah E. Tracey Charlotte E. Phinney Dorothy Dixon Name Katherine T. Gregory, Prin. E. Isabel Monahon Roxie M. Smith May L. Benjamin Arlie M. Beals Mabel C. Pond Etta M. Taylor Carrie F. Fiske 142 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Name Henry T. Prario, Principal Ella M. Greene Harriet S. French Emma E. Wright Neva G. Mitchell Hattie E. Baker Jennie F. Blodgett Florence MacKinnon, Substitute Mary G. Eastman Name Mary C. Lusk, Principal Lucy A. Sawyer Joanna M. Kilmain Lena M. DeLoura Blanche Whelpley Winifred A. Briggs Mary V. Tewksbury Laura B. Chase Amelia M. Mulliken Name Edmund R. Ketchum, Drawing Carrie E. White, Music Walter M. Lyon, Drawing, Man- ual .Training and Military Drill Josephine G. Nicholson, Sewing Minnie E. Reynolds, Penmanship Hancock School Years of Ex - Elected perience Preparation 1911 7 Bridgewater Normal 1915 3 Plymouth Normal, N. H. 1914 12 North Adams Normal 1877 44 Holt Normal 1902 26 Quincy Training School 1911 6 Perry Kindergarten School 1894 22 Bridgewater Normal 1917 1916 10 Plymouth Normal, N. H. Munroe School Years of Ex - Elected perience Preparation 1911 10 Missouri State Normal 1916 8 Plymouth Normal, N. H. 1910 9 Framingham Normal 1111999911110551 915 5 Framingham Normal 1915 2 Salem Normal 1912 13 Gorham Normal 1914 6 Wheelock Training School 1916 3 Lowell Normal School 1878 37 Boston Normal Special Teachers Years of Ex - Elected perience Preparation 1907 14 Boston Normal Art School 1913 5 Northampton Inst. of Music Pedagogy 1914 3 Larsson Sloyd School 1913 4 Boston Domestic Science School 1915 13 Cedar Rapids Business College NUMBER OF PUPILS IN GRADE Adams School Total 21 29 26 31 42 45 41 47 282 Hancock School Total 27 35 43 43 41 43 41 46 18 Grade Boys Girls 8 13 8 7 13 16 6 15 11 5 15 16 4 23 19 3 24 21 2 21 20 1 27 20 151 131 Grade Boys Girls 8 7 20 7 22 13 6 17 26 5 23 20 4 20 21 3 23 20 2 27 14 1 22 24 Special 14 4 175 162 337 SCHOOLS Teacher Katherine T. Gregory E. Isabel Monahon Roxie M. Smith May L. Benjamin Arlie M. Beals Mabel C. Pond Etta M. Taylor Carrie F. Fiske Teacher Henry T. Prario Ella M. Greene Harriet S. French Emma E. Wright Neva G. Mitchell Hattie E. Baker Jennie F. Blodgett Florence MacKinnon Mary G. Eastman Grade Boys 8 17 7 18 6 20 5 19 4 21 3 25 2 18 2 15 1 28 181 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Munroe Girls Total 16 33 19 37 21 41 16 85 22 43 21 46 17 35 13 28 23 51 168 349 SUMMARY OF Grade High School Seniors High School Juniors High School Sophomores High School Freshmen High School Specials High School Post -Graduates Total in High School Eighth Seventh Sixth Fifth Fourth Third Second First Special Room Total in Grades Grand Total School Teacher Mary C. Lusk Lucy A. Sawyer Joanna M. Kilmain Lena M. Deloura Blanche Whelpley Winifred A. Briggs Mary V. Tewksbury Laura B. Chase Amelia M. MuIliken PUPILS IN LEXINGTON SCHOOLS Boys 21 27 26 49 3 1 127 37 53 52 57 64 72 81 77 14 Girls 27 28 29 48 7 1 135 44 48 58 52 62 62 64 67 4 507 461 634. 596 HONOR LIST The following pupils have not beenabsent or tardy for years being computed from January lstto December 31st: HIGH SCHOOL Four Years Grace Mitchie Alan Pulsifer Dana Pulsifer Carl Terhune Three Years Ruth Bryant Lee Staples Harold Wellington Two Years Frances Ballard Eugene Bramhall Thomas Breslin Elroy Dalrymple Donald Love Kathryn Martin Mary Martin Barbara Parks Warren Russell Muriel Sim 148 Total 48 55 55 92 10 2 262 81 101 110 109 126 134 145 144 18 968 1230 the time indicated, Frances Whitaker Dorris Wilson One Year Annie Armstrong AIfred Bali Kenneth Clarke Joseph Cronin Lillian Crosby Daisy Currier Ernest Cutter Stanley DeVeau Lillian Dickey Frederick Dingwe]1 Marie Doherty Lavonia Eaton Norman Hall Lincoln Houghton Katherine Kinneen Timothy Kinneen Agnes Leary Helen Locke Thomas Lynah 144 TOWN Katherine MacGilvray George McKearney Mary Moakley Helen Ready William Shurtleff Harry Sorenson Richard Wiggins ADAMS SCHOOL Four Years Marian Wilson, Grade IV Two Years Clifford Fletcher, Grade III One Year Henry Wellington, Grade VIII Arlene Parker, Grade VI Doris Wellington, Grade VI Harold Kew, Grade V Marie Peabody, Grade IV Marguerite Walsh, Grade IV Mary Corcoran, Grade III Mary Lichtenberg, Grade II - HANCOCK SCHOOL Three Years Louise Spe]lenberg, Grade VIII Two Years Barbara Ballard, Grade VII Eloise Hubbell, Grade VII Elizabeth Ballard, Grade V Otis Mulliken, Grade V One Year John Dailey, Grade VIII Elizabeth Farrell, Grade VIII Helen Godfried, Grade VIII Charles McDevitt, Grade VIII Helen Stearns, Grade VIII William Toulouse, Grade VIII Beatrice Comeau, Grade VII Samuel Fardy, Grade VII James Sullivan, Grade VII Eimina Eaton, Grade VI Alice McNamara, Grade VI Allston Riley, Grade VI Edward Garrity, Grade V Zareh Melconian, Grade V Fred Spellenberg, Grade V Bertha Godfried, Grade IV Fremont Hannam, Grade IV Miriam Nichols, Grade IV Mary Sullivan, Grade IV Edith Andrews, Grade III MUNROO SCHOOL Two Years Alan Adams, Grade VIII Mary Blodgett, Grade VIII One Year George Broderick, Grade VIII Cornelius Cronin, Grade VIII Alfred Bevington, Grade VII Edward Fitzgerald, Giade VII Dorothy Norris, Grade VII OF LEXINGTON Doris Hutchinson, Grade VI John Blodgett, Grade V Anna Lynah, Grade V Fred Modoono, Grade V Hazel Murray, Grade II AWARD OF PRIZES HIGH SCHOOL, 1916 Clapp Written Prize Francis Hale Dean Clapp Oral Prize John Joseph Donnellan George O. Smith Prizes Helen Challis Wilson Nancy Hyslop Calder Remington Typewriter Company Gold Medal Louise Elizabeth Reynolds French Medals—High School Ruth Elsa Hubbell Kendall Sturtevant Reed Francis Hale Dean WINNERS OF FRENCH MEDALS— GRADE SCHOOLS Adams School Samuel Helfman John Gerald Bowker Mary Lepore Hancock School Ernest Cutter Marjorie Bramhall Gordon Draper Richards Munroe School Mildred Louise Young Ruth Pingrey Spaulding Henry Meade HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES CLASS OF 1916 (with occupations or schools attended) James Ilerbert Blodgett, M. I. T. Mildred Blodgett, Faulhaber School of Dancing Ruth Wi]hemine Britton, Mass, Hom. Hospital Laurence Haskell Burnham, M. I. T. Ethel Clare Butcher, Post Graduate Sarah Fuller Buttriek, Voice Culture Bertha Helen Cairns, Stenographer Nancy Hyslop Calder, Smith College Wilma Dorothy Calder, Smith College Helen Mary Cassidy, Carney Hospital John Nicholas Connors, Agriculture James Patrick Conway, Western Union Telegraph Co. SCHOOL COMMITTEE Annie Elizabeth Cosgrove, East Lexing- ton Ethe]wyn Beatrice Crockett, Pomona College, Cal. Francis Hale Dean, Harvard College Fred Joy Fox, Post Graduate Beatrice Thelma Hardy, Lexington Annie Nora Harrington, Jefferson Union Co. Mary Kathleen Hinchey, Eastern Ma- chine Co. Lillian May Holman, Mass. Gen. Hospital Ruth Elsa Hubbell, Sec. to Supt. of Schools Margaret Agnes Kinneen, Middlesex Grain & Coal Co. Joseph Matthews Maguire, Jones, Mc- Duffee & Stratton Mary EIizabeth Manley, F. P. O'Connor Elizabeth Bridget Moakley, Lexington Gas Co. Philip Augustus Nelles, Jr., M. I. T. EIizabeth Nowers, Simmons College Mabel Crowell Page, McDoweIl School Kendall Sturtevant Reed, U. S. Naval Academy Louise Elizabeth Reynolds, Bailey Meter Co. Esther May Riley, Jefferson Union Co. Waldo Anderton Saul, Wentworth Inst. Stewart Rigby Sherburne, Lexington Marjorie Blackstone Smithwick, Abbot Academy Alice Mae Spaulding, Y. W. C. A. Karen Josephine Swanson, North Read- ing Inst. Millicent Roanah Switzer, Arthur A. Marshall & Son Lillian Louise Viano, Garland School Bruce Wellington, Syracuse University Evelyn Monette Wellington, Mass. Flom. Hospital Helen Challis Wilson, Cambridge Latin H. S. William Stanley Wilson, Agriculture Wallace William Wright, Bethlehem Mills, Steelton, Pa. 145 GRADUATION PROGRAM CLASS OF 1916 Music Orchestra Graduation March Orchestra Invocation Rev. C. W. Collier School Song High School Chorus Meeting of Class of '16 Echoes from the Past Class Meeting Resumed Visions of the Future Conclusion Music Orchestra Presentation of Class Gift Philip A. ;~Telles, Jr. Award of Prizes Mr. Hailie C. Blake of the School Committee Conferring of Diplomas Mr. Hallie C. Blake Music Orchestra Informal Reception GRAMMAR SCHOOL • GRADUATES ADAMS SCHOOL John Gerald Bowker Jacob Dickerman Margaret Marie Doherty Bernard William Foley Samuel Helfman Myer Kaplan Israel Lassof Mary Lepore Collin Francis MacGilvray Leonard Willis Meek Dorothy Monahan Helen J. Moore Wilbur Wriston Roberts Irene Senzer Muriel Bessie Sim Waiter R. B. Swanson Harold Irving Wellington James Walsh Whalen Ernest Irving Wilson HANCOCK SCHOOL Frances BaIIard Marjorie Bramhall Mabel Frances Britt Ruth Irene Brown Cecil A. Bruce Helen Wilhemina Bunzel 146 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Courtney Charles Comeau William John Cullen Ernest Cutter Warren Joseph Davis Myrtle Emily DeLong Grace Louise Day William Joseph Dutra Lavonia Eaton Florence K. Hargrove Mary A. Hennessy Herbert Lincoln Houghton Joseph Alexander Kelley Richard Wesley Kenison Sarah Elizabeth Kinneen Selina B. Lee Theresa McNamara Annie Moakley Richard E. Moakley Emily L. F. Nelles Gordon Draper Richards Elsie Gertrude Riley Mildred Scott Edith Seltzer William Ronald Smith John Ellis Timothy David Thurlow Anna Elizabeth Walsh MUNROE SCHOOL Ida Lovejoy Blodgett Annie Theresa Broderick Raymond Elroy Dalrymple Stanley Joseph DeVeau Stephen Fardy John James Kelley Arthur George Love Joseph A. McDonnell Henry Meade Dorothy Mary Roach Harold. Tryon Rupert John William Rycroft Harry Sorenson Ruth Pingrey Spaulding Fred Robinson Stevens Violet Adelaide Stevens Ernest Murray Wall Marion Welch Mildred Louise Young REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN January 1, 1917. To the Superintendent of the Public Schools:— Dear chools:Dear Sir:— The foremost object of school authori- ties is to bring about as great an amount of education as possible during the school year. To secure this it is of great im- portance that the children shall not be prevented from school attendance by any physical defects arising from poor teeth, poor vision, poor hearing, or any consti- tutional trouble foreboding poor health. For if thus retarded and put back in the educational work, they are not only los- ing a certain proportion of their own progress, but are infringing upon the ad- vance of their mates. More or leas of such Ioss, however, prevails in all schools, a part of which is due to no fault of theirs, but to the causes communicated to them by their home surroundings and friends in daily contact of work or play. To obviate the one, and prevent the other is the work which falls upon all health officers and physicians, including the School Physician. The cooperation of teachers and Town Board of Health with the School Board constitutes a help to the School Physician in eliminating as,far as possible al] pre- ventable epidemics of communicable dis- eases and in correcting physical defects by surgical and medical attention. This work for a number of years now has been done by daily visits of the School Phys- ician to all the schools. Every morning such children as need attention are re- ferred by the teachers to the examining physician, who later calls the attention of the parents, by letters and by per- sonal visits, to the needed correction of adenoids or tonsils. Notwithstanding all this, it is evident that a certain percentage of time and attendance is lost by lack of a connect- ing link between school and parents. Some parents do not understand (cannot read) why their children come home from SCFIOOL COMMITTEE 147 school with a dismissal card, nor can they apply the needed remedy if they had it. As a consequence, the child returns in a few days in exactly the same condi- tion as when sent away. The complaint remains, and more time is lost in getting it corrected. Some case of contagious diseases, too slight to require a physi- cian, return to school to be communicated to others. To overcome this condition there should he a person to go home with the child, visit the parents, and show them what is needed, with proper instructions. The family and school are at once united, the parents and scholars are pleased, and the conditions are at once improved. Such a person is the School Nurse. On several occasions a School Nurse has been furnished by the Associated Charities, and such has been the value of her services that a permanent one has been recommended by the school author- ities. In September, at the opening of the school year, there was great fear of infantile paralysis. The School Board rightly felt it was proper to postpone the time of opening until there should be less danger from the disease. The loss of a few days' schooling was of no con- sequence in comparison with the loss of one life by any lack of care or undue ex- posure in school. When the schools fin- ally did open, the School Nurse with the School Physician examined every pupil who entered and looked up every case of absence from sickness. AlI pupils, to- gether with the teachers, were under strict rules of guidance outside of school hours. The Nurse remained on duty seven weeks, and the value of her work can be estimated from the report of her visits, and so forth, during that time. There has been hearty cooperation on the port of the school janitors, teachers, and School Board in all the various duties of the llealth Department during the year. Respectfully submitted, J. O. TILTON, School Physician. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE (Employed temporarily by the Fellow- ship of Charities for the assistance of the School Physician.) Number of days employed 42 Cases of pediculosis discovered 36 Home visits to investigate cases of sickness and absence 102 Contagious diseases discovered 4 Accident cases 2 Defective vision cases 30 Number of visits conducting child- ren to Boston for treatment 7 I assisted at the examination of all pupils in the schools every forenoon. The following is a statement of a typical day's work: October 31, 1916. Visited schools in forenoon with School Physician. Excluded from school two children who had Chicken Pox. Visited six homes for consultation with parents. One case was pediculosis, four were defective vision, and one was at the parent's request. (Signed) ANNA B. McCUE. REPORT OF ATTENDANCE OFFICER Lexington, January 1, 1917. To the Superintendent of the Lexington Schools, Dear Sir:— As Attendance Officer of the Town of Lexington I respectfully submit the fol- lowing report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1916. I have received fifty-six calls and have investigated each case. The reasons for absence were as follows: Sickness 19 Truants 18 Kept home by parents 7 Unsuitable clothing 6 Working 5 Left town 1 Respectfully yours, PATRICK J. MAGUIRE, Attendance Officer. CONTENTS Alms House Investigation, Report of 31 Assessors, Report of 82 Auditor, Report of 96 Abatement of Taxes 96 April Nineteenth 96 Assessors 96 Auditor 97 Balance Sheet, Dec. 31, 1916 128 Bank and Corporation Tax 97 Board of Health 97 Board of Survey 98 Cary Memorial Library (Dog Tax Accaunt) 98 Cary Memorial Library (Expense 98 Account) Cemeteries Cemetery Trust Funds Clerk of School Committee Clerk, Trustees of Public Trusts Collector of Taxes Committee on New Cemetery Contingent County Tax EIection and Registration Finance Committee Fire Department Fire Prevention Tax George Washington Building Hastings Park, Care of Highways Hydrants Inspector of Buildings Inspector of Cattle Inspector of Meats Insurance Interest Auditor—Continued Land Taken for Water Purposes 106 Loans for Revenue (Temporary Loans) 119 Memorial Day 106 New Fire Hose 106 Outside Aid 106 Overseers of Poor 106 98 99 99 99 99 100 100 101 101 101 101 103 Memorial 122 103 103 105 105 105 and Provisions 105 105 106 Police Department Premium on Bonds Preservation of Plans of the Town Protection of Burial Grounds Public Parks Purchase of Additional Steel Fit- tings for Town Vault Recapitulation Removal of Snow Schools High School Adams School Hancock School Common to All Schools Munroe School Night School Summary SehooI House Construction Sealer of Weights and Measures Selectmen Sewer Tax Sidewalks Soldiers' Relief State Aid State Highway Tax State Tax Stone Building Street Lights Summer Street Extension Support of Poor Suppression of Moths Suppression and Extermination of Insects Surveyors of Highways Taxes Tax Titles Tax Title Suspense Tree Warden Town Clerk Town Debt Town Debt, when Due Town Engineer Town Hall Town Hall, Repairs of Town Physician 107 107 107 107 107 108 125 116 108 110 108 109 113 112 113 114 114 114 116 116 116 117 117 117 117 117 117 118 118 119 119 119 119 119 119 122 120 120 131 120 120 121 121 CONTENT'S—Continued Town Treasurer 121 Treasurer of Cary Memorial Li- brary 122 Valentine Land 122 Veterans' Pensions 122 Village Hall 122 Water and Sewer Commissioners 115 Water Department 1.23 Watering Troughs 125 Widening Massachusetts Avenue 125 Board of Health, Report of 57 Cary Memorial Library, Librarian, Report of 66 Cary Memorial Library, Treasurer, Report of 67 Cary Memorial Library, Trustees, Report of 63 Cary Memorial Library, Investment Committee, Report of 68 Cemetery Committee, Report of 60 Committees Appointed at Various Town Meetings by Selectmen 6 Fire Engineers, Report of 52 Fumigator, Report of 58 Gift Funds, Report of 87 Inspector of Animals 59 Inspector of Buildings 61 Inspector of Meat, Report of 69 Inspector of Meats and Provisions, Report of 59 Inspector of Milk 62 Inspector of Plumbing, Report of 58 Jurors, List of 50 Lexington Town Records 7 Warrant for a Town Meeting, March 6, 1916 7 Town Meeting, March 6, 1916 9 Adjourned Meeting, March 13, 1916 11 Adjourned Meeting, March 20, 1916 14 Adjourned Meeting, March 27, 1916 17 Warrant for Presidential Prim- ary, April 25, 1916 18 Presidential Primary, April 25, 1916 19 Warrant for Town Meeting, June 12, 1916 20 Town Meeting, June 12, 1916 21 Junk License By -Law 23 Warrant for State Primary, Sept. 26, 1916 24 State Primary, Sept. 26, 1916 25 Warrant for State Election, Nov. 7, 1916 27 State Election, Nov. 7, 1916 27 Committee Reports 30 Acts of the General Court Accept- ed by the Town during the Year 1916 32 List of Town Officers 3 Officers Appointed by the Select- men 4 Moth Committee, Report of 79 Odorless Cart Report 59 Park Commissioners, Report of 85 Police Department, Report of 55 Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of 81 Selectmen, Highway Surveyors, Overseers of Poor, Report of 46 Statement of Town Debt 94 Tax Collector, Report of 93 Town Clerk, Report of 33 Births 37 Deaths 41 Dogs 44 Hunters' Licenses 44 Marriages S3 Town Treasurer's Report 94 Tree Warden, Report of 80 Trustees of Public Trusts, Report of 89 Water and Sewer Commissioners 69 SCHOOL REPORT Appendix Award of Prizes Grammar School Graduates High School Graduates High School Graduation Report of Superintendent Report of Attendance Officer Roll of Honor Report of School Physician Report of School Nurse School Committee's Report 141 144 145 144 145 137 147 143 146 147 135