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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1921-Annual ReportREPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF THE Town of Lexington For the Year 1921 BOSTON, MASS. STAR PRINTING COMPANY 1922 TOWN OF LEXINGTON LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS FROM March, 1921 to March, 1922 Town Clerk ARTHUR W. HATCH Selectmen JAY O. RICHARDS (Chairman) '22 WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN '23 JOSEPH R. COTTON '24 Overseers of the Poor JOSEPH R. COTTON (Chairman) '24 JAY O. RICHARDS '22 WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN '23 Road Commissioners WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN (Chair- man) '23 JAY O. RICHARDS '22 JOSEPH R. COTTON '24 Board of Survey JAY O. RICHARDS (Chairman) '22 WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN '23 JOSEPH R. COTTON '24 Assessors GEORGE H. JACKSON (Chair- man) '23 HENRY E. TUTTLE '24 FREDERICK J. SPENCER '22 Town Treasurer GEORGE D. HARRINGTON Collector of Taxes BYRON C. EARLE Cemetery Commissioners JOHN E. A. MULLI KEN (Chair- man) '22 CHARLES J. DAILEY '24 EDWARD WOOD '23 Board of Health DR. WILLIAM L. BARNES (Chairman) '23 CHARLES H. FRANKS '22 WILLIAM J. MARSHALL '24 School Committee GEORGE E. BRIGGS (Chairman) '22 EDWARD P. MERRIAM '23 NINA F. McLELLAN, '24 Park Commissioners DR. J. ODIN TILTON (Chair- man) '22 EDWARD WOOD '23 WILLIAM E. MULLIKEN '24 4 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Water & Sewer Commissioners WILLIAM H. BURGESS, (Chair- man) '24 HARRY A. WHEELER '23 EDWIN B. WORTHEN '22 Trustees of Public Trusts *F. FOSTER SHERBURNE '26 FRANK D. PEI RCE '22 JOHN F. TURNER '24 Tree Warden SHELDON A. ROBINSON Moderator SYDNEY R. WRIGHTINGTON Constables CHARLES H. FRANKS PATRICK J. MAGUIRE *Deceased Field Drivers WILLIAM F. FLETCHER JAMES J. SULLIVAN Surveyors of Lumber J. HENRY DUFFY EDGAR W. HARROD Planning Board J. ODIN TILTON '23 CHRISTOPHER S. RYAN '22 WILLIAM H. BALLARD '24 FREDERIC R. GALLOUPE '24 HENRY L. WADSWORTH '23 WILLIAM R. GREELEY '22 Director, Agriculture & Home Economics WILBUR F. ATWOOD APPOINTED OFFICERS Almshouse Matron MRS. WILLIAM E. EATON Animal Inspector DR. HARRY L. ALDERMAN Assistant Town Clerk HELEN C. GALLAGHER Bridge Charitable Fund Trustees *F. FOSTER SH ERB U RN E '26 FRANK D: PEI RCE '22 JOHN F. TURNER '24 Building Inspector WESLEY T. WADMAN Burial Agent ARTHUR A. MARSHALL Burial Permits, Agent to Issue ARTHUR W. HATCH Cary Memorial Library, Board of Trustees THESELECTMEN TH E SCHOOL COMMITTEE and THE SETTLED CLERGYMEN OFTHETOWN Cary Memorial Library, Librarian MISS MARIAN P. KIRKLAND APPOINTED Cary Memorial Library, Assist- ants MISS HELEN E. MUZZEY MISS KATHERINE BUCK MISS DOROTHY B. WENT - WORTH MISS EMMA O. NICHOLS (East Lexington Branch) Cary Memorial Library, Janitor FRANK E. CLARKE Cary Memorial Library, Treasurer GEORGE E. BRIGGS Constable CHARLES E. WHEELER Fence Viewers J. HENRY DUFFY CHARLES H. FRANKS Fire Engineers EDWARD W. TAYLOR (Chief) WILLIAM M. SCAMMAN Forest Warden OSBORNE J. GORMAN Fumigator ARTHUR A. MARSHALL Gammell Legacy Income, Trus- tees acting with Overseers of the Poor MRS. WILLIAM W. REED MRS. ARTHUR C. WHITNEY Lockup Keepers PATRICK J. MAGUIRE WALTER H. KEW Measurer of Grain MOSES F. WILBUR OFFICERS 5 Measurers of Wood, Bark and Manure HENRY W. PRESTON GEORGE F. TEAGUE HAROLD 1. WELLINGTON Milk Inspector ANDREW BAIN Moth Department Superinten- dent OSBORNE J. GORMAN Moth Department Supervisor WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN Odorless Cart, Charge of HARRY A. BURGESS Police Officers PATRICK J. MAGUIRE (Acting Chief) JAMES IRWIN JOHN C. RUSSELL WILLIAM F. FLETCHER EDWARD C. MAGUIRE THOMAS C. BUCKLEY JAMES J. SULLIVAN WALTER H. KEW WILLIAM C. O'LEARY HAROLD C. REIMER Police (Park) JOHN J. GARRITY Police (Special) MARK DODD JAY 0 RICHARDS THOMAS F. FARDY DANIEL W. WORMWOOD CHARLES A. MANLEY HENRY W. PRESTON DENNIS H. COLLINS WALTER S. BEATTY JOSEPH TROPEANO 6 TOWN OF LEXINGTON WILLIAM P. WRIGHT WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN THOMAS F. GRIFFIN FREDERICK J. SPENCER H. DUDLEY MURPHY ALEX OLSON GEORGE CRAWFORD MICHAEL A. PERO JOHN G. FITZGERALD EDWARD W. TAYLOR FRANK E. CLARKE CHARLES G. RICHARDS HARRY M. ALDRICH JOHN E. KELLEY EDWARD J. HOGAN GEORGE E. FAY EMIL J. NASH CHARLES M. BLAKE ARTHUR R. OLIVER ADOLPH OLSON Plumbing Inspector ANDREW BAIN Registrars of Voters CHARLES F. NOURSE (Chair- man) '23 BARTHOLOMEW D. CALLA- HAN '22 DAVID F. MURPHY '24 ARTHUR W. HATCH (Clerk) Sealer of Weights & Measures CHARLES E. HADLEY Slaughtering Inspectors GEORGE A. WARNER LEONARD K. DUNHAM Stone Building Janitor JOHN E. GARMON Supt. of Streets J. HENRY DUFFY Town Accountant CHARLES F. PIERCE Town Counsel ROBERT L. RYDER Town Engineer J. HENRY DUFFY Town Hall, Janitor JOHN E. KELLEY Town Physician DR. HENRY C. VALLENTINE Undertakers ARTHUR A. MARSHALL JAMES F. McCARTHY Village Hall Janitor WILLIAM P. WRIGHT Water & Sewer Department, Sup- erintendent and Registrar CHARLES S. BEAUDRY Water & Sewer Department, Clerk FLORENCE M. BOYD Weigher of Beef WILLIAM E. DENHAM Weighers of Coal WILLIAM E. MULLIKEN JOHN E. A. MULLI KEN GEORGE F. TEAGUE JACOB BI ERENBROODSPOT HAROLD 1. WELLINGTON Weighers of Hay and Grain MOSES F. WILBUR ROBERT E. HANNAFORD FRED W. GIVEN APPOINTED OFFICERS Weighers (Public) WILLIAM E. MULLIKEN ANDREW BIERENBROOD- GEORGE F. TEAGUE SPOT JOHN E. A. MULLIKEN WILLIAM E. DENHAM ALBERT BIERENBROODSPOT HAROLD I. WELLINGTON *Deceased 7 8 TOWN OF 1.EX1NGTON COMMITTEES APPOINTED AT VARIOUS TOWN MEETINGS By -Laws Appointed March 21, 1921. EDWIN A. BAYLEY ARTHUR L. BLODGETT ARTHUR W. HATCH Finance Committee Term expires in March, 1922 WALTER S. BEATTY ALBERT H. BURNHAM CHARLES L. PARKER JAMES G. ROBERTSON JAMES W. SMITH Term expires in March, 1923 ALFRED PIERCE THEODORE A. CUSTANCE JOHN H. WILLARD EUGENE G. KRAETZER ROBERT H. HOLT Term expires in March, 1924 C. EDWARD GLYNN , HENRY D. LOVE LYON CARTER RICHARD P. ELLIOT THOMAS F. FARDY, Jr. North Lexington School Appointed June 30, 1919. DWIGHT F. KILGOUR TIMOTHY H. O'CONNOR GUY E. DENISON CLARENCE D. FULLER and THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE Revision of Building Laws Appointed December 17, 1920 ROBERT P. CLAPP (Chairman) WESLEY T. WADMAN WILLIAM J. MARSHALL THEODORE A. CUSTANCE WILLIAM R. GREELEY Town Form Government Appointed December 17, 1020 SYDNEY R. WRIGHTINGTON ALBERT B. TENNEY CHRISTOPHER S. RYAN JAMES STUART SMITH ALBERT H. BURNHAM HENRY L. WADSWORTH GEORGE L. GILMORE TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs to meet in the Town Hall in said Lexington, on Monday, the seventh day of March, A. D., 1921, at seven o'clock, A. M., then and there to act on the following articles; Art. 1. To choose by ballot the following town officers: One Town Clerk for the term of one year; one Selectman for the term of three years; one Overseer of the Poor for the term of three years; one Road Commissioner for the term of three years; one Assessor for the term of three years; one Town Treasurer for the term of one year; one Collector of Taxes for the term of one year; one Water and Sewer Commissioner for the term of three years; one Cemetery Commissioner for the term of three years; one member of the School Committee fbr 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 Tree Warden for 9 Middlesex, ss. the term of one year; two Constables for the term of one year; one Modera- tor for the term of one year; two members of the Planning Board for the term of three years. Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote for or against granting licenses for the sale of non -intoxicating bev- erages, in answer to the question: "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of non -intoxicating beverages in this town?" Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chap- ter 423 of the Acts and Resolves of 1909 and Acts amendatory thereof, which provides that the Selectmen may grant licenses to reputable per- sons, who on secular days are retail dealers of ice cream, confectionery, Soda Water and fruit to keep open their places of business on the Lord's day for the sale of ice cream, confec- tionery, soda water and fruit_ The election officers will receive votes under Articles 1, 2 and 3 on the official ballot prepared by the Town Clerk. The polls will be open as soon as possible after the organization of the meeting and may be kept open until five P. M. In compliance with •Ar- ticle 111 of the By -Laws as amended 10 TOWN OF LEXINGTON January 29, 1900, business under the following Articles will be trans- acted at an adjourned meeting to be held Monday evening, March 14, 1921, unless the adjourned meeting shall by unanimous vote, be ordered for some other specified time. Art. 4. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the town for action thereon, and to appoint other Com- mittees. Art. 5. To choose such Town Officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination. Art. 6. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the proper observance of Memorial Day, to be expended under the direction of Post 119, Grand Army of the Republic. Art. 7. To provide for the sup- port of the Public Schools the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 8. To provide for the sup- port of the poor at the Alms House the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 9. To provide for the sup- port of the Outside Poor the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 10. To provide for the sup- port of the Highways the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 11. To provide for the sup- port of the Street Lights the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 12. To provide for the sup- port of the Fire Department the en- suing year, and grant money for the same. Art. 13. To see if the Town will make the usual appropriations for Town expenses the ensuing year, not specified in other articles, 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 material where the abuttors will pay one-half the expense thereof. Art. 15. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the sup- pression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths in accordance with Chap. • 381, Act of 1905 and amendments thereto, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 16. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the use of the Finance Committee, or take any action relating thereto. Art. 17. To provide for the sup- port of the Public Parks the ensuing year, and grant money for the same, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 18. To see if the Town will provide funds for a Wire Inspector, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to widen and deepen the brooks in the Town so as to obtain better surface drain- age, the same to be expended by the Water and Sewer Commissioners, or take any other action relating thereto. Art. 20. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to provide funds for the payment of pensions to retired town veterans under Chap. 447 of the Acts of 1912, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 21. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the main- TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS tenance of the Town Engineer's De- partment, or act in any manner re- lating thereto. Art. 22. To see if . the Town will vote to appropriate and assess an amount of money to be used as a Reserve Fund, as provided by Chap- ter 645, Acts of 1913, or take any ac- tion relating thereto. Art. 23. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the salary and expenses of the Milk Inspector, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 24. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the salary of the Plumbing Inspector, or act in any manner relative thereto. Art. 25. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the salaries of the Inspectors of Slaughtering, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 26. To see if the Town will appropriate funds for the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Departments under Chap. 327, Acts of 1904, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 27. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purposes, in anticipation of revenue for the cur- rent year, the same to be repaid direct- ly from the proceeds of said revenue, or act in any manner relative thereto. Art. 28. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the cele- bration of April 19, or act in any manner relative thereto. Art. 29. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to provide 11 suitable street signs for the Town, or act in any manner relative thereto. Art. 30. To provide for the general care of the Cemeteries of the Town and grant money for the same. Art. 31. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to continue the work at the Cemetery at North Lexington, or take any action relative thereto. Art. 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of 5250 or some other amount, and elect a director for demonstration work in agricultural and home econ- omics, the money to be expended by, and the director to serve in co- operation with, the County Trustees for aid to agriculture of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics under the provi- sions of Chapt. 273 of the Acts of 1918. Art. 33. To see if the Town will vote to put one electric light at the corner of Rindge and Rawson Av- enues, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 34. To see if the Town will vote to accept that portion of Pelham Road at its junction with Massachu- setts Avenue as laid out by the Select- men, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 35. To see if the Town will vote to create a permanent Town Memorial Committee in accordance with the recommendation of the Wel- come Home Committee, or act in any manner relative thereto. Art. 36. To see if the Town will vote to require any or all Town 12 TOWN OP LEXINGTON Officers to pay all fees received by them by virtue of their office into the town treasury. Art. 37. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 126 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws which provides that no privy vault shall be constructed upon premises connected with a common or private sewer or abutting on a public or private street, court or passageway in which there is a com- mon sewer opposite thereto, without permission in writing having first been obtained from the Board of Health, and that if, in the opinion of said Board, a privy vault so sit- uated is injurious to the public health, it shall declare the same a nuisance and forbid its continuance; and that the Board of Health shall have the power to remove any nui- sance in accordance with the provi- sions of Sections 123, 124 and 125 of the General Laws. Art. 38. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Health to make and enforce regulations for the public health and safety relative to house drainage and connections with common sewers in accordance with the provisions of Section 127 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws. Art. 39. To see if the Town will authorize the establishment of a dental clinic in the public schools by the Board of Health and appropriate a sum for the maintenance therefore, which in the judgment of the Board of Health, may be necessary for that purpose, or take any action relative thereto. Art. 40. To see if the Town will accept the following streets: Wilson Avenue, and Cliffe Avenue from Bow Street to Melrose Avenue, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 41. To appropriate money for the use of the Water Department, and to provide same by issuance of Bonds, Notes or direct appropria- tions, or by any or all of such methods, or to take any other action relative thereto. Art. 42. To see if the Town will vote to acquire as a part of its water distribution system, the 8 inch main which has been laid at the expense of abuttors in Pollen Road and reim- burse them the cost of said main, to appropriate a sum of money not to exceed $11,000.00 necessary for such reimbursement, and to provide same by issuance of Bonds, Notes, or direct appropriation, or by any orall of such methods, or to take any other action relative thereto. Art. 43. To see if the Town will vote to install water mains on Car- ville Avenue from Oak Street to Butler Avenue, a distance of about nine hundred feet, on Butler Avenue from Carville Avenue to Baker Av- enue, a distance of about six hundred and sixty feet, and to provide money for the same by the issuance of Bonds, Notes or direct appropriations, or to take any other action relative there- to. Art. 44. To see if the Town will vote to sell about twenty acres of the land belonging to the Town Farm property, or act in any manner relating thereto. TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 13 Art. 45. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to apply the proceeds from the sale of the Town Farm property towards the purchase of a site for the erection of a centralized municipal yard, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 46. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the construction of that portion of Highland Avenue between Bloom- field Street and Winthrop Road as laid out by the Board of Selectmen by their order dated February 15, 1921, or take any action relative thereto. Art. 47. To see if the Town will authorize the Park Commissioners to acquire by purchase or otherwise for Park purposes the following des- cribed parcels of land: PARCEL 1 A certain parcel of land situated in East Lexington on the easterly side of the Boston & Maine Railroad and shown on a copy of a plan entitled "Plan of East Lexington Annex, East Lexington, Mass.," November, 1917, by Clarence E. Carter, C. E., Reading, Mass., and shown as Parcel "B" on said plan ex- cepting therefrom the following lots, 104 and 105; 90 and 91; 97 to 99 inclusive; 94 ' to 96 inclusive; said parcel with ex- ceptions noted belonging to or supposed to belong to the Su- burban Land Company. PARCEL 2 Lots 90 and 91 be- longing to or supposed to belong to Lawrence M. Donaldson. PARCEL 3 Lots 94 to 96 in- clusive belonging to or supposed to belong to Michael Walsh. PARCEL 4 Lots 97 to 99 in- clusive belonging to or supposed to belong to Elizabeth A. Rams- dell. - PARCEL 5 Lots 104 and 105 be- longing to or supposed to belong to George A. Wiley and Charlotte W. Wiley. The Iots included in parcels 2, 3, 4, and 5 being shown on the e plan herein above referred to. PARCEL 6 A certain parcel of land situated in East Lexington on the easterly side of the Boston and Maine Railroad and shown on a copy of a plan entitled "Plan of East Lexington Annex, East Lexington, Mass.," Novem- ber, 1917 by Clarence E. Carter, C. E., Reading, Mass., and shown as Parcel "C" on said plan, excepting therefrom the following lots, 265 to 272 in- clusive; 260 to 264 inclusive; 161; 297 to 300 inclusive, said parcel with the exceptions noted, belonging to or supposed to be- long to the Suburban Land Company. PARCEL 7 Lots 265 to 267 in- clusive belonging to or supposed to belong to Hattie A. Milley. PARCEL 8 Lots 268 to 272 in- clusive belonging to or supposed to belong to Samuel B. Milley. PARCEL 9 Lots 260 to 264 in- clusive belonging to or supposed to belong to Albert J. Egan. PARCEL 10 Lot 161 belonging 14 TOWN Of LEXINGTON to or supposed to belong to Louis Vanderwoude. PARCEL 11 Lots 297 and 298 belonging to or supposed to be- long to Maria Roza Balogh. PARCEL 12 Lots 299 and 300 belonging to or supposed to be- long to Maria Roza Balogh. The lots included in parcels 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 being shown on the plan herein above referred to. PARCEL 13 A certain parcel of land belonging to or supposed to belong to the Suburban Land Company as shown on plan entitled, "Plan of East Lexing- ton Annex, East Lexington, Mass.," November, 1917, Clar- ence E. Carter, C. E., Reading, Mass., and further described and bounded as follows: com- mencing at the northeasterly corner of lot 124 as shown on said plan, thence running easter- ly partly on the old wall 293.14 feet to an old oak; thence turning and running northerly on the line extended from the easterly boundary of lot 142 as shown on said plan, 22 feet more or less to the northerly boundary of an old right of way; thence turn- ing and running westerly by the broken line as shown on said plan to the point of begin- ning, being the same premises conveyed to the Suburban Land Company by deed of the Town of Arlington, dated June 18, 1919, and duly recorded with Middle- sex South District Deeds, Book 4264, Page 44. Make an appropriation for the same, determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto. Art. 48. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to enter into a proposed agreement with the De- partment of Public Works, Division of Highways of the State and the County Commissioners of Middle- sex County for the reconstruction of Lowell Street from Summer Street to Woburn Street and Maple Street from Lowell Street to Massachusetts Avenue, that portion of Lowell Street from Summer Street to Maple Street and Maple Street to be laid out as a State highway and maintained as such, and provide for the raising of the necessary funds to cover the Town's share by the issuance of Bonds or Notes of the Town provided said agreement is consummated, or take any action relative thereto. Art. 49. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to enter into a proposed agreement with the De- partment of Public Works, Division of Highways of the State and the County Commissioners of Middlesex County for the construction of a state highway from the end of Sum- mer Street at its junction with Lowell Street ,across the lands of various owners in a westerly direction to Maple Street at or about the land of George Nelson, thence by Maple Street to Massachusetts Avenue as shown on a plan submitted by the Department of Public Works, Divi- sion of Highways of the State and provide for the raising of the necessary funds to cover the Town's share by TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 15 the issuance of Bonds or Notes of the Town, provided said agreement is consummated, or take any action relative thereto. Art. 50. To hear the report of the Committee appointed at the Town Meeting held December 17, 1920, "To investigate the advisability of any change in the form of government of the Town," and to take any action thereon. In the event that it is decided to continue such committee, to see if the Town will appropriate any money to cover the expenses of such committee for printing and postage, or to take any other action with reference thereto. Hereof, fail not, and make due re- turn of this Warrant, with your do- ings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexing- ton, this twenty-first day of Febru- ary, A. D., 1921. WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN, JAY O. RICHARDS, WILLIAM 13. FOSTER, Selectmen of Lexington. Lexington, Mass., February 25, 1921. To the Town Clerk:— I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of 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 ten days before the time of said meeting. Attest: CHARLES H. FRANKS, Constable of Lexington. 16 TOWN OF LEXINGTON ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 7, 1921 The meeting was called to order by Moderator Joseph R. Cotton at seven o'clock A. M. The Moderator then appointed Mr. William M. Scam - man, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, as Presiding Officer. The Town Clerk procceded to read the Warrant but the meeting voted to suspend further reading of the same. The Constables' return was then read. Marion W. Jackson, Katherine A. Kiernan, James A. Hurley arid Theo- dore A. Custance were sworn as Ballot Clerks, and the polls were de- clared open. Samuel B. Bigelow, Allston M. Redman, Robert Sturtevant, Wal- lace E. Miller, William M. Scamman, Melvin W. Hinds, Wallace Wright, Charles M. Blake, Norman C. Hooper, Patrick F. Dacey, Bartlett J. Har- rington, William C. O'Leary, Na- thaliiel Nunn, John J. Garrity, Thomas J. Doherty, William O'Con- nor, and James L. McKenzie were sworn as Tellers. At 9:40 A. M. 400 ballots were taken from the box; at 11:25 A. M. 300 ballots were taken from the box; at 1:25 P. M. 200 ballots were taken from the box; at 2:55 P. M. 200 bal- lots were taken from the box; at 3:30 P. M. 200 ballots were taken from the box; at 4:40 P. M, 200 bal- lots were taken from the box; at 5:00 P. M. 79 ballots were taken from the box, making a total of 1579 ballots cast. The same number of names were checked on each voting list. The dial on the ballot box registered 1580. After the votes had been counted the Town Clerk announced the result at seven fifteen o'clock P. M. as follows: Total Vote 1579 Town Clerk Ezra F. Breed Arthur W. Hatch Walter B. Wilkins Blanks Arthur W. elected. 385 866 284 44 Hatch was declared Selectman Joseph R. Cotton William.B. Foster Blanks Joseph elected. 1115 432 32 R. Cotton was declared Overseer of the Poor Joseph R. Cotton William B. Foster Blanks Joseph R. Cotton elected. 1035 478 66 was declared TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS Road Commissioner Joseph R. Cotton William B. Foster Blanks 1080 425 74 Joseph R. Cotton was declared elected. Assessor Henry E. Tuttle Wesley T. Wadman Blanks 1126 358 95 Henry E. Tuttle was declared elected. Town Treasurer George D. Harrington 1430 Blanks 149 George D. Harrington was declared elected. Collector of Taxes Byron C. Earle 1398 Blanks 181 Byron C. Earle was declared elected Water and Sewer Commissioner William H. Burgess 1300 Blanks 279 William H. Burgess was declared elected. Cemetery Commissioner Charles J. Dailey 1265 Allen C. Smith 1 Blanks 313 Charles J, Dailey was declared elected. School Committee Nina F. McLellan Blanks 17 1312 267 Nina F. McLellan was declared elected. Board of Health William B. Foster 699 William J. Marshall 777 Blanks 103 William J. Marshall was declared elected. Park Commissioner William E. Mulliken 1288 Blanks 291 William E. Mulliken was declared elected. Tree Warden Sheldon A. Robinson • 1264 Blanks 315 Sheldon A. Robinson was declared elected. Constables Charles H. Franks Walter H. Kew Patrick J. Maguire Blanks 98! 45.4 1025 697 Charles H. Franks and Patrick J. Maguire were declared elected. Moderator Sydney P. Wrightington 1248 -Blanks 331 Sydney R. Wrightington was de- clared elected. 18 TOWN of Planning Board William H. Ballard Frederic R. Galloupe Blanks 1194 905 1059 William H. Ballard and Frederic R. Galloupe were declared elected. Shall Chapter 423 of the Acts and Resolves of 1909 and Actsamenda- tory thereof being entitled, "An Act relative to the Sale of Ice Cream, Confectionery, Soda Water and Fruit on the Lord's Day" be accepted by the Town? LEXINGTON Yes 720 No 387 Blanks 472 The Act was accepted. Shall License be granted for the sale of non -intoxicating beverages in this town? Yes 538 No 735 Blanks 306 The town voted no Iicense. A true record, Attest: J. HENRY DUFFY, Town Clerk. TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING March 14, 1921 The meeting was called to order at 7:31 P. M. by Moderator Wrighting- ton. Art. 6. On Motion of Robert H. Holt, Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee, it was Voted, that the sum of $250.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for the proper observance of Memorial Day, 1921 to be expended under the direction of Post 119 Grand Army of the Republic. Art. 7. Under this article, Mr. Holt offered the following Motion: Voted,Lthat the sum of $120,824,18 be appropriated and assessed for the support of Public Schools for the year 1921. Mr. George E. Briggs offered as a substitute Motion, Voted, that the sum of $129,824.18 be appropriated and assessed for the support of the Public Schools for the ensuing year. Motion of Mr. Fred L. Emery, to lay the matter on the table was voted and passed. Vote taken Yes 190 No 164 Art. 8. On motion of Robert H. Holt, the following vote was offered: Voted that the sum of $3000.00 be appropriated and assessed for the support of the poor at the Alms- house for the ensuing year. Mr. F. H. Moulton's motion to lay the subject on the tablelwas voted and passed, at 8:38 P. M. 19 Art. 9. On Motion of Mr. Holt, it was Voted, that the sum of $9000.00 be appropriated and assessed for the support of the outside poor for the ensuing year. Art. 11. On Motion of Robert H. Holt, it was Voted, that the sum of $11,000.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for the support of street lights for the ensuing year. Art. 12. Mr. Robert H. Holt's Motion, Voted that the sum of $19, 000.00 be appropriated and assessed for the support of the Fire Depart- ment for the ensuing year was lost by vote at 9:20 P. M. At 9:25 P. M. Mr. F. H. Moulton moved a reconsideration of this nega- tive vote, and it was so ordered at 9:30 P. M. On Motion of Fred H. Moulton, it was Voted, that the sum of $18,- 000.00 be appropriated and assessed for the support of the Fire Depart- ment for the ensuing year, and that the Call Force of the Fire Department be reduced to not more than twelve men and that the Board of Engineers be instructed to make such reductions in the force of said Fire Department. Art. 27. On Motion of Robert H. Hoit, it was voted,j that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time 20 TOWN OF LEXINGTON in anticipation of revenue for the present municipal year, and to issue a note or notes therefore, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under the vote to be paid from the revenue of the present municipal year. Art. 13. On Motion of Robert H. Holt, Chairman of the Finance Committee the following votes were passed under Article 13. Voted, that the sum of $75.00 be appropriated and assessed for the salary and expenses of the Secretary of the Trustees of Public Trusts for the ensuing year of which $50.00 is for salary. Voted, that the sum of $2540.00 be appropriated and assessed for the Assessors of 1921, of which $2200.00 is for salaries of the Assessors. Voted, that the sum of $6200.00 be appropriated and assessed for the support of the Cary Memorial Library for the ensuing year. Voted, that 550.00 be appropriated for the salary of the Dog Officer for the ensuing year. On Motion of Robert P. Clapp, it was Voted to lay on the table the further consideration at this time of Article 13. Art. 10. On Motion of Mr. Arthur F. Hutchinson Article 10 was taken up. Under this article, Mr. Robert H. Holt offered the following motion: Voted, that the sum of $23,860.00 be appropriated and assessed for main- tenance of Highways for the ensuing year. Motion by Mr. Walter W. Rowse, that the motion under Article 10 be postponed until a committee of three, to be appointed by the Moder- ator, report a comprehensive scheme for road construction, said committee to consist of those in sympathy with such plan. Motion by Robert L. Ryder, that a committee of three be appointed to act in co-operation with the Road Commissioners in the expenditure of any appropriation for the High- ways for the ensuing year. During the remarks, of Mr. Ryder, a motion to adjourn by William H. Burgess was made, for one week to March 21, 1921 at 7:30 P. M. The meeting so voted at 10.55 P. M. A true record, Attest: ARTHUR W. HATCH, Town Clerk. Lexington, Mass., March 16, 1921. This is to certify that I have this day appointed Helen C. Gallagher, Assistant Town Clerk of Lexington, and that she has been sworn to per- form the duties of said office to the best'of her knowledge:and ability. Attest: ARTHUR W. HATCH, Town Clerk. TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 21 SECOND ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING March 21, 1921 The meeting was called to order at 7:35 P. M. by the Moderator, Sydney R. Wrightington. Art. 10. On Motion of Waiter W. Rowse, Article 10 was taken up, but owing to the absence of Robert L. Ryder, the mover of one of the amend- ments thereto, it was voted to lay Article 10 on the table at 7:36 P. M. Art. 12. Under this article, Ed- ward W. Taylor offered the following motion, voted that the sum of $2000.- 00 be appropriated and assessed for the further maintenance of the Fire Department during the ensuing year, the same to be spent under the direc- tion of the Chief of the Depart- ment. Extended remarks were made by Edward W. Taylor and Fred H. Moulton. Robert H. Holt offered an amend- ment, to reduce the amount of the appropriation from $2000.00 to 81,- 000.00. This amendment was lost by a rising vote taken at 8:28 P. M. After further discussion, the original motion was put and carried by a vote of 377 in the affirmative and 110 in the negative at 8:37 P. M. Art. 10. On motion of William 5. Scamman it was voted to take Art. 10 from the table. Robert L. Ryder and Walter W. Rowse each with- drew their amendments under this article. A substitute motion was offered by William S. Scamman. Voted that the sum of 837,000.00 be appropriated and assessed for main- tenance of Highways for the ensuing year, to be expended for the use of Pay roll, Oil, Tarvia or Asphalt, patching, cleaning and sundry ex- penses. Remarks made by Daniel J. O'Con- nell and George W. Taylor. At this time a susbstitute motion was offered by George W. Taylor, namely, Voted, that the sum of $10,000.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for the support of the High way Department, that a committee of three be appointed by the Modera- tor to act with the Selectmen, to study the needs o the Town in refer- ence to its highways, and report to this meeting before its final adjourn- ment, its recommendations for a comprehensive scheme of road build- ing and maintenance: and that any further appropriation for the use of said Department be deferred until the presentation of such report. Remarks were made by Arthur E. Horton, Walter W. Rowse, William C. Stickel, Harry L. Coolidge and Edwin A. Bayley. Vote taken on Mr. Taylors' amend - 22 TOWN OF meat was declared passed and ac- cepted by the Moderator at 9:35 P. M. The motion as amended was then voted and passed at 9:36 P. M. The Committee appointed by the Moderator is as follows: George W. Taylor Albert B. Tenney Henry L. Wadsworth Art. 15. On motion of Robert H. Holt, the following votes were passed. Voted, that the sum of 86500.00 be appropriated and asses- sed for the Supression of Moths and I nsects. Remarks by Arthur E. Horton. Vote passed at 9:43 P. M. Art. 17. Voted that the sum of 83500.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for Public Parks for 1921. Voted passed at 9:44 P. M. Art. 19. Voted that the sum of 8500.00 be appropriated and assessed for widening and deepening brooks for the improvement of surface drain- age, to be expended by the Water and Sewer Commissioners. Vote passed at 9:46 P. M. Art. 28. Voted, that the sum of 8500.00 be appropriated and assessed for the celebration of April 19, 1921, to, be expended by the Selectmen. Vote passed at 9:47 P. M. Art. 4. • Report of Committee on By-laws. LEXINGTON Under this article, Mr. Frederick L. Emery, Chairman of the Com- mittee,to revise By-laws makes the followig motion, as recommended in their report on file, in the Clerk's Office (Book 2 page 110). Voted, that the Committee on By- laws appointed last April be dis- charged and that the former Com- mittee on By-laws be reinstated, and that the Town Clerk, Arthur W. Hatch, be appointed on the committee in place of Charles W. Swan, deceased, and report as soon as possible. Vote passed at 9:50 P. M. The Committee on By-laws, as voted under Article 4 consists of Edwin A. Bayley Arthur L. Blodgett Arthur W. Hatch. Art. 7. On Motion of George E. Briggs, it was voted to take this article from the table. On George E. Briggs' substitute motion, ex- tended remarks were made by George E. Briggs, Edward P. Merriam, and Hollis Webster in favor, and Frederick L. Emery and William C. Stickel against. A vote being taken, it was voted, that the sum of $129,824.18 be appropriated and assessed for the support of Public Schools for the en- suing year. Vote in favor 236; opposed 223. Vote passed at 10:35 P. M. Art. 13. Voted, that the sum of 819, 600.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for Interest for 1921. Art. 13. Voted, that the sum of • TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS $45650.00 be appropriated for the payment of the Town Debt maturing in 1921, of which $37,650.00 be as- sessed and $8000.00 be transferred from the general revenue and surplus account. On motion of Robert H. Holt, the 23 meeting at 10.45 P. M. adjourned for one week, to March 28, 1921 at 7:30 P. M. A true record, attest: ARTHUR W. HATCH Town Clerk. 24 TOWN OF LEXINGTON THIRD ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING March 28, 1921 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7:33 P. M. Dr. J. '0. Tilton being recognized by the Moderator made a few re- marks, and then offered the following Resolution and Vote. Resolved, The Citizens of Lexing- ton, in open Town Meeting assembled herewith extends its hearty apprecia- tion and thanks to George W. Taylor for his gift of two large and beautiful flags which have been used on the flag staff on the Common; and that this vote be spread upon the Town Records, and a copy of same be sent to Mr. Taylor. This Resolution was adopted and passed by an unanimous vote at 7:34 P. M. Voted, that the Citizens of the Town of Lexington in open Town Meeting assembled, March 28, 1921, hereby votes and spreads upon its public records its expressions of ap- preciation of the gift of 40 acres more or less, of the meadow land, by Hon. A. E. Scott, for Park purposes, and that a copy of this vote shall be sent to Mrs. A. E. Scott. This vote was passed by a unani- mous rising vote at 7:36 P. M. Art. 13. On motion of Robert H. Holt, Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee the following votes were passed under Article 13. Voted, that the sum of $50.00 be appropriated and assessed for the Board of Survey for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $500.00 be appropriated and assessed for the expenses of the Elections and Regis- trations for 1921. Voted, that the sum of 5200.00 be appropriated and assessed for the prevention of Forest fires for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $5.00 be ap- propriated and assessed for Hastings Park for 192. Voted, that the sum of $1000.00 be appropriated and assessed for the Board of Health of which the sum of $150.00 is for salaries of the Board. Voted, that the sum of $200.00 be appropriated and assessed for the Inspection of Cattle for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $3500.00 be appropriated and assessed for • In- surance for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $14,200.00 be appropriated and assessed for the support of the Police Department for 1921, to be expended by the Select- men. Voted, that the sum of $100.00 be appropriated and assessed for the TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 25 expenses of the Planning Board for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $125.00 be appropriated and assessed for the salary and expenses of the Sealer of Weights and Measures for 1921, of which $100.00 is for salary. Voted, that the sum of $1100.00 be appropriated and assessed for the expenses of the Library in the Stone Building for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $2500.00 be appropriated and assessed for ex- penses and salary of the Selectmen for 1921, of which $500.00 is for salaries. Voted, that the sum of $50.00 be appropriated and assessed for the salary of the Treasurer of Cary Mem- orial Library for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $500.00 be appropriated and assessed for the salary of the Overseers of the Poor for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $500.00 be appropriated and assessed for the salary of the Road Commissioners for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $250.00 be appropriated and assessed for Sol- diers' Relief for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $2200.00 be approriated and assessed for the salary and expenses of the Tax Collector for 1921 of which $1800.00 is for salary. Voted, that the sum of $1550.00 be appropriated and assessed for the salary and expenses of the Town Treasurer for 1921 of which the sum of $1250.00 dollars is for salary of the Treasurer. Voted, that the sum of $750.00 be appropriated and assessed for the ex- penses of the Tree Warden for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $3250.00 be appropriated and assessed for the expenses of the Town Hall for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $25.00 be appropriated and assessed for main- tenance of the Town Scales for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $100,00 be appropriated and assessed for the salary of the Town Physician in 1921. Voted, that the sum of $1200.00 be appropriated and assessed for the ex- penses of publishing the Town Re- port for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $1815.00 be appropriated and assessed for the salary and expenses of the Town Accountant for 1921, of which 81700.- 00 is for salary. Voted, that the sum of $200.00 be appropriated and assessed for Un- classified Expenses for 1921 to be expended by the Selectmen. Voted, that the sum of $1200.00 be appropriated and assessed for the repair and maintenance of Village Hall for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $50.00 be appropriated and assessed for Vital Statistics. Voted, that the sum of $2300.00 be appropriated and assessed for Hy- drant Rentals for 1921. On motion, it was voted, that this vote be laid on the table. • Passed at 7:38 P. M. On motion of Robert H. Holt, 26 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Article 13, was laid on the table at 7:46 P. M. Art. 20. Voted, that the sum of $842.40 be appropriated and assessed for the payment of Pensions to Re- tired Town Veterans under the pro- visions of Chap. 447 of the Acts of 1912. Art. 21. ' Voted that the sum of $4900.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for the salary and expenses of the Town Engineer, of which the sum of $2250.00 dollars is for salary. Art. 22. Voted, that the sum of $2000.00 be appropriated and assessed as a Reserve Fund, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1913. Art. 23. Voted, that the sum of $250.00 be appropriated and assessed for the salary and expenses of the Milk Inspector, of which $200.00 is for salary. Art. 24. Voted, that the sum of $500.00 be appropriated and assessed for the salary of the Plumbing In- spector for 1921. Art. 25. Voted, that the sum of $1200.00 be appropriated and assessed for the salary of the Inspectors of Slaughtering for 1921. Art. 26. Voted, that the sum of $867.00 be appropriated and assessed for the pension of retired members of the Police Department. Art. 29. Voted, that the sum of $350.00 be appropriated and assessed for the construction of Street Signs. Art. 30. Voted, that the sum of $2000.00 be appropriated and assessed for the general care of the Cemeteries of the Town. Art. 31. Voted, that the sum of $3600.00 be appropriated and assessed for the construction of the New Cemetery at North Lexington. On motion of Frederick L. Emery it was voted to lay this vote on the table, until some plan of construction work was presented. Vote taken, Yes 118. No 37. Passed at 7:56 P. M. Art. 32. Voted, that the sum of $200.00 be appropriated and assessed for the aid of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics to be expended by the County Trustees of said Bureau. Art. 41. Voted, that the sum of $15,000.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for Repairs to the Stand Pipe to be expended under the direction of the Board of Water and Sewer Com- missioners. On motion of Robert H. Holt further consideration of Art. 41, was laid on the table. Vote passed at 8 P. M. Art. 39. On motion of Robert H. Holt, it was Voted, that the Board of Health be authorized to establish a Dental Clinic in the Public Schools, and that the sum of $600,00 be ap- propriated and assessed for the main- tenance thereof for the ensuing year. Art. 23. On motion of Jay O. Richards, it was Voted that the Clerk cast one vote for the Election of Charles R. Putnam as Director for demonstration work in Agriculture and Home Economics. TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS Charles R. Putnam was declared elected, as Director. Art. 43. Under this article, Francis J. Toye offered the following motion. Voted that the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners be instructed to lay water mains in Carville Ave.). and Butler Ave., and that four thous- and dollars ($4000.) be appropriated and assessed therefor and that the usual 10% guarantee shall not be required of the owners of land abutt- ing on said streets. An Amendment was offered by William H. Burgess, that the usual 10% guarantee be required. This amendment was lost. After a general discussion, the original motion was carried. Yes, 181. No, 50. Vote passed at 9:05 P. M. Art. 8. On motion of Robert H. Holt, Article 8 was taken from the table, and Mr. Holt there offered the following motion, Voted, that the sum of $3000.00 be appropriated and assessed for the support of the Poor at the Almshouse for the ensuing year. Vote passed at 9:13 P. M. Art. 40. Under this article, John A. Wiggins offered this motion, That the following streets be accepted, Wilson Ave., and Cliffe Ave. from Bow Street to Melrose Ave., a dist- ance of approximately 1000 ft. on each street. After extended remarks for and against this article, it was finally, on 27 amendment of Arthur E. Horton laid on the table. Vote pawed 10:08 P. M. Art. 33. William M. Aquaro, un- der this article offered the following vote, Voted, that the Selectmen be instructed to place and maintain an Electric Light at the corner of Rindge and Rawson Avenues. On motion of William S. Scamman this article was indefinitely post- poned. Vote passed at 10:15 P. M. Art. 4. Under this article, Ed- ward C. Stone offered the following vote, Voted, that a Committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to consider the matter of furnishing lights on the following streets: Wilson Avenue, Cliffe Avenue from Bow Street to Melrose Avenue and report its recommendations if any, at the next adjourned meeting or there- after. Vote passed unanimously at 10:22 P. M. The Moderator appointed the fol- lowing Committee: Frederick L. Emery William R. Greeley John A. Wiggins On motion of Robert H. Holt, the meeting adjourned at 10:29 P. M. for one week to April 4, at 7:30 P. M. A true record, Attest: ARTHUR W. HATCH, Town Clerk. 28 TOWN OF LEXINGTON FOURTH ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING April 4, 1921. The meeting was called to order at 7:35 P. M. by the Moderator. Art. 31. On motion of Robert H. Holt, the vote offered under this article, March 28, 1921, was taken from the table. Frederick L. Emery offered the following amendment, Voted, that $1600.00 be appropriated and that the Committee be instructed to layout an additional part of the cemetery and to sell lots from plans thereof to raise additional money needed. Mr. W. R. Greeley's motion to indefinitely postpone this article was lost. Mr. F. L. Emery's amendment was accepted at 8:17 P. M. by a rising vote. Yes 90. No. 87. The original motion as amended, was then passed at 8:18 P. M., which reads as follows: Voted, that the sum of $1800.00 be appropriated and assessed for the construction of the New Cemetery at North Lexington, and that the Com- mittee be instructed to layout an additional part of the cemetery and to sell lots from plans thereof to raise additional money needed. Art. 46-48 & 49. On motion of Robert H. Holt, Articles 46, 48 & 49 were referred for consideration to the Committee on Highways ap- pointed March 21, 1921. Art. 44. On motion of Robert H. Holt, it was Voted, that Article 44 be indefinitely postponed. Vote passed at 8:28 P. M. Art. 34. Mr. William S. Scamman offered the following motion, Voted, that the Town accept that portion of Pelham Road at its junction with Massachusetts Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen under an order dated January 25, 1921. Accepted and vote passed at 7:45 P. M. Following is the order and Reloca- tion at its junction of Pelham Road with Massachusetts Avenue and at land of the heirs of James S. Munroe. We, the Selectmen of Lexington having decided that public conven- ience and necessity require a reloca- tion of Pelham Road at its junction with Massachusetts Avenue, and at land of the heirs of James S. Munroe gave notice on January 18, 1921 to the resident owner of land over which said relocation is intended of our intention to relocate the same, and we now having met at the time and place, and for the purpose speci- fied in said notice relocate said por- tion of Pelham Road and fix the boundaries and measurements of said TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 29 • relocation, and new layout as follows:- For ollows:1~or the purpose of relocating Pel- ham Road at the junction of Massa- chusetts Avenue the following des- cribed parcel of land is hereby taken for highway purposes from Sumner P. Robinson and James P. Munroe, Trustees, said parcel containing 244 square feet. Beginning at a point at the in- tersection of the northerly line of Pelham Road with the westerly line of Massachusetts Avenue, thence southwesterly following the present northerly line of Pelham Road 35.48 feet to a stone bound, thence turning and running northerly on a curve of 45.00 feet radius, (30.09 feet to a point in the present westerly line of Massachusetts Avenue, thence south- erly by the westerly line of Massa- chusetts Avenue 35.48 feet to the point of Deginning. The above description is intended to conform to a plan entitled "Plan of Pelham Road at the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, January 15, 1921, Scale 1N-20', J. Henry Duffy, Town Engineer," on file at the office of the Town Clerk, and to which reference is made for a more particular description. Done at Lexington this 25th day of January, 1921. WILLIAM 5. SCAMMAN JAY O. RICHARDS, WI LLIAM B. FOSTER, Selectmen of Lexington. Art. 4. On motion of Hollis Web- ster, it was voted, That the Moderator be requested at each Town Meeting to call for a report from each, com- mittee of the town which has been appointed at some previous meeting, and which has not been discharged. Reports from the following Com- mittees were then called for by the Moderator; Committee on By Laws. Edwin A. Bayley reported that the work on By Laws was nearing completion, and would be ready as soon as possible and that the estimated cost to pub- lish the By Laws and place them in the hands of every voter of the town would be from $400.00 to $500.00. On motion of George W. Taylor it was Voted, that the sum of $500.00 be appropriated and assessed for publishing the By Laws. On a voice vote the Moderator declared the motion lost at 8:48 P. M. This vote being doubted by seven voters the Moderator called for a rising vote, with the following result. Yes 203. No 1, and the Moderator declared the vote passed at 8:55 P. M. Committee to Confer with As- sessors. Albert H. Burnham re- porting for this Committee asked that the Committee be discharged. It was so voted at 8:50 P. M. Committee on Collection of Garbage. Lester T. Redman, Chair- man of this Committee made a partial report, and then asked for further time. Request granted. Committee on North Lexington School. In the absence of the Chair - .30 TOWN OF LEXINGTON man, Mr. Edward P. Merriam re- ported progress and asked for further time. Request granted. Committee on Corn Borer. Robert H. Holt, reporting for this committee asked that the Committee be discharged. It was so voted. Committee on Naming Ceme- tries. The Committee's report as submitted by John E. A. Mulliken, Chairman. The Committee appointed to con-. sider names for the several Cemeteries of the town would make the following report and recommend the adoption of same. The Cemetery in the East Village, though under town care is private property and should be called the Robbins Cemetery. The Cemetery in the rear of the Munroe and High Schools we would suggest be called the Lexington Centre Cemetery, the one in the rear of the residence of Dr. J. O. Tilton, the Colonial Cemetery, and the one now being developed at No. Lexington Westview Cemetery. Amendment was offered by Edwin A. Bayley that the name Munroe Cemetery be substituted for Lexing- ton Centre Cemetery. Accepted by vote at 9:10 P. M. The original motion as amended was then passed and the Committee was discharged at 9:13 P. M. Committee on Improved Rail- road Transportation. William C. Stickel, Chairman, reported that plans were under way for improve- ment of the railroad transportation when orders were received from the Government for the railroads to curtail work in every way possible. He then asked that the Committee be discharged. It was so voted at 9:19 P. M. Committee on Accounting. Hallie C. Blake, Chairman, presented and read the report of the committee and on motion it was voted that the report be accepted, placed on file, and the Committee be discharged. It was so voted, at 9:41 P. M. Committee on Revision of Building Laws. On motion of Jay O. Richards it was voted that this committee be given further time and that the Moderator appoint two new members in place -of Jay O. Richards and Edward W. Taylor who declined to serve further on the committee. Vote passed at 9:50 P. M. Committee appointed by the Mod- erator, William R. Greeley and Robert P. Clapp, who is designated as Chair- man. Committe on Town Form of Government. Albert H. Burnham reporting for this committee asked for further time, which was granted. Art. 41. Robert H. Holt, offered the following motion, Voted, That the sum of $2000.00 be appropriated for such extensions of water mains as the Board of the Water and Sewer Commissioners may from time to time deem advisable, and for the purpose of raising the money so appropriated, the Town Treasurer TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 31 be and hereby is authorized to issue and to sell under the direction and with the approval of the Selectmen negotiable coupon bonds of the town in serial form to the aggregate princi- pal sum of $20,000 to bear interest at a rate not to exceed 6% per an- num, payable semi-annually and both principal and interest to be payable 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 Selectmen, with maturities so ar- ranged that $4000.00 of the principal shall fall due and payable one year after the date of the bonds and $4000.00 annually thereafter until said bonds are paid in full. This motion was passed by a unan- imous vote at 10:14 P. M. Yes 108 No O. On motion of Robert P. Clapp, the meeting at 10:15 P. M. adjourned to Monday, April 18, 1921. A true record, Attest. ARTHUR W. HATCH, Town Clerk. FIFTH ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING April 18, 1921 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7:33 P. M. On motion of Robert H. Holt, it was voted that this meeting be now adjourned to the special meeting called by warrant of the Selectmen, under date of April 120921, and to be held in the Town Hall, Monday evening, April 25, 1921, at half -past seven o'clock, and that the remainder of the present meeting be held con- currentlylwith said special meeting. Meeting adjourned at 7:35 P. M. A true record, Attest: ARTHUR W. HATCH, Town Clerk. 32 TOWN OF LEXINGTON WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING April 25, 1921 Commonwealth of Massachusetts To either of the Constables of the town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the town of Lexington, qualified to vote in elec- tions and in town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Lexington, on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of April, A. D., 1921, at seven -thirty P. M., then and there to act on the following articles: Art. 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town for action thereon, and to appoint other Com- mittees. Art. 2. To see if the Town will make further appropriation of money for the suppression of Insects, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 3. To see if the Town will make a further appropriation for the Soliers' Relief Account, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art, 4. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for interest on Debt, or act in any manner relating thereto. Middlesex, ss. Art. 5. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to light the Clock at the Pollen Church, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 6. To see if the Town will appropriate $800 for the use of the Police Department, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 7. To see if the Town will rescind the vote passed at the ad- journed Town Meeting held March 28, 1921 whereby it was voted:— "That the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners be instructed to lay water mains in Carville Ave. and Butler Ave., and that four thousand dollars ($4000) be appropriated and assessed therefor, and that the usual . 10% .guarantee shall not be required of the owners of land abutting on said streets." Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to install water mains on Carville Avenue from Oak Street to Butler Avenue, a distance of about nine hundred feet, on Butler Avenue from Carville Avenue to Baker Avenue a disrtance of about six hundred and sixty feet, and to provide money for the same by the issuance of Bonds, Notes or direct appropriations, or TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 33 to take any other action relative thereto. Art. 9. To see if the town will vote to appropriate and to raise by issuance of bonds, notes or otherwise a sum of money for the macadamiz- ing, widening or constructing of streets in town, and to authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow any or all of said sum; or to take any action relative thereto, Art. 10. To see if the town will authorize and instruct the Selectmen to petition the General Court of the Commonwealth for authority to bor- row $50,000 outside the legal debt limit of the town for street construc- tion and improvements, or to take any other action relative thereto. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexing- ton, this twelfth day of April, A. D. 1921. JAY O. RICHARDS WILLIAM 5. SCAMMAN, JOSEPH R. COTTON, Selectmen of Lexington. Lexington, Mass., April 20, 1921. To the Town Clerk;— I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington 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. 34 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TOWN MEETING April 25, 1921 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7:30 P. M. The Town Clerk proceeded to read the Warrant but the Meeting voted to. suspend further reading of the same. The Constable's return was then read. The Moderator then stated that on April 18, 1921 the adjourned Town Meeting held on 'that date was further adjourned pursuant to the fol- lowing vote. Voted: "that this meeting be now adjourned to the special meeting called by warrant of the Selectmen under date of April 12, 1921, and to be held in the Town Hall, Monday evening, April 25th, 1921, at half -past seven o'clock, and that the remainder of the present meeting be held con- currently with said special meeting." The Moderator further stated that the said adjourned meeting in ac- cordance with that vote was now assembled and in order and that there- after the new meeting and the old adjourned meeting would proceed as one meeting under the articles of the new warrant and the remaining ar- ticles of the old warrant until final adjournment. Articles taken up under old War- rant under Art, 13, the following appropriations were made; Art. 13. On motion of Robert H. Holt it was Voted, that the sum of $2300.00 be appropriated and assessed for hydrant rentals for 1921. Voted, that the sum of 82000.00 be appropriated for legal expenses for the year 1921, which includes $500.00 for the salary of the Town Counsel. Art. 13. Voted, that the sum of $50.00 be appropriated and assessed for the salary of the Clerk of the School Committee for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $500.00 be appropriated and assessed for the expenses of Vocational Schools for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $100.00 be appropriated and assessed for the expenses of Watering Troughs for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $2000.00 be appropriated and assessed for the Removal of Snow for 1921. Voted, that the sum of $525.00 be appropriated and assessed for the Inspection of Buildings for 1921 of which $500.00 is for salary of the Inspector. Art. 14. On notion of Robert H. Holt it was voted, that $1200.00 be appropriated and assessed for the Construction of Sidewalks with con- TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 35 trete or other material where the abuttors will pay one half the ex- penses thereof. Art. 16. On motion of Robert H. Holt it was Voted, that the sum of $225.00 be appropriated and assessed for the expenses of the Financial Corn- mittee. Art. 36. On motion of Robert H. Holt it was Voted, that the Town Clerk and Tax Collector be required to pay all fees received by them into the Town Treasury. Vote passed at 7:50 P. M. Art. 13. Robert H. Holt offered the following motion, Voted, that the sum of $1804.00 be appropriated for the salary and expenses of the Town Clerk for 1921, of which 11400.00 is for salary. The following substitute motion was offered by Arthur L. Blodgett, Voted, that the sum of $2104.00 be appropriated and assessed for Town Clerk of this sum 11700 shall be for salary, the balance for expenses. The substitute motion was ac- cepted at 7:53 P. M. and the motion of Mr. Holt as amended appropria- tion 12104.00 for Town Clerk, of which sum $1700.00 is for salary was then passed at 7:54 P. M. Art. 42. Robert H. Holt offered the following motion, Voted: That the Board of Water and Sewer Com- missioners be and hereby are author- ized to acquire the water mains in Follen Road at a price not exceeding 110,000.00 and for that purpose to enter into a contract to pay the pur- chase price in not less than five annual installments, and to pay interest on the deferred payments at such rate as the Commissioners may deem wise. This motion was suspended at this time by the unanimous consent of the meeting on request of Frederick L. Emery to present a Report of the Committee Appointed to Consider the Question of Street Lights in the District Bordering upon or adjacent to Bow Street, East Lexington. This report to be considered as a report of progress or may be considered as final, if the Town so desires, On motion it was moved that the report be accepted. Mr. Edwin A. Bayley offered the following motion, Voted that the report of the Com- mittee presented by Mr. Emery be laid on the table and it was so voted at 8:30 P. M. Art. 42. Mr. Holt then renewed his motion. A substitute motion was then of- fered by Edwin B. Worthen, Voted: that the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners are hereby author- ized to purchase the 8" water main in Follen Road at a price not exceed- ing ten thousand seven hundred twenty-one dollars and twenty-nine cents (110,721.29) and for the purpose of raising the money in payment of the same, the sum of Two hundred twenty-one dollars and twenty-nine cents be appropriated and assessed and further the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to issue and sell under the direction and with the approval of the Selectmen nego- tiable coupon bonds of the Town in serial form to the aggregate principal 36 TOWN OF LEXINGTON sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars (110,500.00) to bear interest at a rate not to exceed three (3) per- cent per annum, payable semi-an- nually, 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 Selectmen, with the maturities so arranged that two thousand five hundred doliatrs of the principal shall fall due and payable in 1922; and two thousand dollars annually thereafter until said loan is paid in full. After a full discussion on motion of William C. Stickel it was Voted, that Article 42 be indefinitely post- poned at 9:05 P. M. Art. 50. Under this article James S. Smith, Chairman of Committee. Town Form Government offered the Report of the Committee. On mo- tion of Arthur L. Blodgett it was Voted; that the report of the Com- mittee "To investigate the advisabili- ty of any change in the form of govern- ment of the Town" be accepted as a report of progress, that the Committee be continued and directed to draft a proposed legislative act based upon its report and to mail a copy of such act together with a copy of its report to each voter, that the sum of 1250.00 be appropriated and assessed to cover the expense of this Committee for printing, postage and mailing; and that the Committee report further at a special Town Meeting to be called for the purpose. Vote passed at 9:28 P. M. Art. 40. On motion of John A. Wiggins this article was taken from the table under which Mr. Wiggins offered an amendment to the article, which was ruled out of order by the - Moderator. Articles acted on under the new Warrant. Art. 3. On motion of Robert H. Holt it was Voted, that the sum of 1150.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for the Soldiers' Relief for 1921. Art. 6. On motion of Robert H. Holt it was Voted, that the sum of $800.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for the use of the Police De- partment. Art. 4. On motion of Robert H. Holt it . was Voted, that the sum of $2000.00 be appropriated and assessed for Interest for 1921. Art. 2. On motion of Robert H. Holt it was Voted, that the sum of 12000.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for the Suppression of Moths and Insects. Art. 7. On motion of William H. Burgess the following vote was of- fered, Voted, that the vote passed at the adjourned Town Meeting held March 28, 1921, whereby it was voted; "That the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners be in- structed to lay water mains in Car- ville Avenue and Butler Avenue and that four thousand dollars (34000.00) be appropriated and assessed there- for, and that the usual 1.0% guarantee TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 37 shall not be required of the owners of land abutting on said streets," be recinded. After a full and general discussion it was so voted at 10:35 P. M. The vote being doubted by seven voters a rising vote was called for by the Moderator and the vote was declared passed by a vote of 127 in the affirmative and 79 in the nega- tive. Art. 8. On motion of William H. Burgess it was Voted, that the Board of Water and Sewer Com- missioners be instructed to lay water mains in Carvillle Avenue and Butler Avenue and that four thousand dol- lars ($4000.00) be appropriated and assessed therefor, subject to the usual guarantee and conditions of the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners. Vote passed at 10:45 P. M. At 10:46 P. M. on motion of Jay 0. Richards the meeting adjourned to May 3rd, 1921, at 7:30 P. M. A true record, Attest: ARTHUR W. HATCH, Town Clerk. 1 38 TOWN OF LEXINGTON ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING May 3, 1921 Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 7:35 P. M. Old Warrant. Art. 35. Under this article Edwin A. Bayley stated that in consideration of a proposed Memorial in connection with a new Town Hall or building he would move that Article 35 be in- definitely postponed. It was so voted at 7:40 P. M. Art. 47. On motion of Jay O. Richards it was Voted, that Article 47 he indefinitely postponed. Art. 4. George W. Taylor, Chair- man of the Committee on Highways, appointed at the Adjourned Town Meeting, March 21, 1921, presented their report. On motion of Edwin A. Bayley it was Voted, that the report be ac- cepted, placed on file and that the thanks of the Town be extended to the Committee for their care, atten- tion and consideration of the subject. Art. 10. On motion of Jay O. Richards it was Voted, that the sum of ;35,000.00 be appropriated and assessed for the use of the Highway Department for the balance of the year 1921; that 819,000.00 of this amount be used for general repairs of highways to be done by contract; that the Road Commissioners in ex- pending the said sum of 819,000.00 act in conference with the special committee on highways which was created by vote of the town on March 21, 1921, and that the Road Com- missioners are hereby authorized and directed with the approval of such committee to make and enter into such contract or contracts as seem best to produce the desired results. Vote passed at 8:15 P. M. Art. 18, 45 & 46. On motion of William S. Scamman it was Voted, that Articles 18, 45 & 46 be indefinite- ly postponed. Art. 37. On motion of Robert L. Ryder it was Voted, to Accept the Provisions of Section 126 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws. Art. 38. On motion of William J. Marshall it was Voted, that the Board of Health are authorized to make and enforce regulations for the public health and safety, in accord- ance with the provisions of Section 127 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws. Art, 4. On motion of Frederick L. Emery, Chairman, the report of the Committee on Street Lights in the district bordering upon or adjacent to Bow Street, was taken from the table and it was Voted, that the TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 39 report be accepted and the Committee America of or equal to the present discharged. standard of weight and fineness. The bonds, the same to be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Selectmen, shall bear upon their face, substantially the designation "Town of Lexington —Street Improvement Loan of 1921." Passed by an unanimous vote at 8:32 P. M. Art. 9. Also, under this article, on motion of Jay O. Richards it was, Voted, that the Road Commissioners in selecting the streets or portions of streets to be macadamized and improved with the funds borrowed under the provisions of the preceding vote, act in conference with the special Committee on Highways which was created by a vote of the Town on March 21, 1921; and that the construction work be done under contract, the Road Commissioners being hereby authorized and directed with the approval of said Committee to make and enter into such contract or contracts as shall seem best adapted to produce the desired results. Passed by an unanimous -vote at 8:34 P. M. Art. 1. Under this article, Lester T. Redman, Chairman of tne Corn- mittee on Collection of Garbage, offered their report which on motion of Robert H. Holt it was Voted, that the Report of the Committee be accepted and the Committee discharged. Vote passed at 8:32 P. M. Mr. Redman then offered the following motion, Voted, that the sum New Warrant. Art. 10. On motion of Henry L. Wadsworth it was Voted, that the Town authorize the Selectmen to petition the General Court of Massa- chusetts to see if it will authorize the Town to borrow $50,000.00 in excess of the present debt limit of the town. Vote passed at 8:10 P. M. Art. 9. On motion of Jay D. Richards it was, Voted, that the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,- 000.00) is hereby appropriated for constructing on such streets or por- tions thereof as the Road Commis- sioners may think best, pavement or macadam or other road material under specifications approved by the State Division of Highways; and that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen is hereby authorized to raise said sum by the issiie and sale of serial bonds of the Town to the ag- gregate principal amount of fifty thousand dollars (850,000.00) all of the bonds to bear the same date, to draw interest at such rate, payable semi-annually, as may be fixed by the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, and to have their maturi- ties so arranged that the indebtedness will be wholly extinguished within five years from the, date of issue of the first bonds issued as part of the loan, and by such annual payments as may be necessary in order to meet the requirements of law. Both prin- cipal and interest shall be payable in gold coin of the United States of 40 TOWN OF LEXINGTON of $1500.00 be appropriated and assessed for the collection of ashes, the same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health. After a full discussion for and a- gainst the motion it was voted on motion:of William C. Stickel that the whole matter be indefinitely post- poned. Vote pased at 8:58 P. M. Art. 5. Under this article Herbert W. Saul offered the following motion: Voted, that the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $25.00 to light the clock on Follen Church, East Lexington. After remarks by Mr. Saul and Harry B. Wiley in favor and Francis H. Holmes, Robert H. Holt, Robert L. Ryder and others against, during which the legality of the motion was raised, the motion was carried by vote, passed at 9:10 P. M. On motion of Jay O. Richards it was voted that the meeting be dis- solved at 9:13 P. M. A true record, Attest: ARTHUR W. HATCH, Town Clerk. TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 41 TOWN WARRANT August 4, 1921 Commonwealth of Massachusetts To either of the Constables of the • Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the town of Lexington, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Lexington, on Thursday, the fourth day of August, A. D.,-1921, at eight o'clock P. M., then and there to act on the following articles: Art. 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town for action thereon, and to appoint other Com- mittees. Art. 2. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to compromise and settle a judgment of $4140.00 obtained against the Town by Mary Chisholm for the death of Daniel Chisholm, her husband, while employed in repairing the fire alarm system of the Town, August 8, 1918, for a sum not to exceed $3530.00 and make an appropriation therefore, and authorize the Treasurer to borrow said sum or act in any manner relating thereto. Middlesex, ss. Art. 3. To see if -the Town will appropriate the sum of $1898.09 to pay the amount due August 8, 1921 and $10.00 a week thereafter to and including Dec. 31, 1921, to Mary Chisholm on account of a judgment obtained by her against the Town for the death of her husband, Daniel Chisholm, while employed in re- pairing the fire alarm system of the Town, August 8, 1918 and authorize the Treasurer to borrow said sum or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 4. To hear and act on the re- port of the special committee ap-' pointed December 17, 1920, "to investigate and revise the building laws of the Town," or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. S. To see if the Town will make an appropriation not to exceed $5,000.00 to be expended by the Water and Sewer Commissioners in deepening, widening and otherwise improving the brooks, streams, water courses or drains of the Town or por- tions thereof, so as to provide for better surface drainage and to de- termine the means of raising the moneys required to meet any ap- propriation made under this article or act in any manner relating thereto. 42 TOWN OF Art. 6. To see if the Town will make an appropriation not to exceed $10,000 for the use of the Water and Sewer Commissioners in making ex- tensions of the present sewer system of the Town, and determine the means of raising the moneys required to meet any appropriation made under this article or act in any manner relat- ing thereto. Hereof, fail. not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexing- ton, this twenty-fifth day of July, A. D., 1921. JAY O. RICHARDS, WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN, JOSEPH R. COTTON, Selectmen of Lexington. LEXINGTON Lexington, Mass., August 1, 1921. To the Town Clerk:— I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post - office and in eight 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, TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 43 TOWN MEETING August 4, 1921 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 8:00 P. M. The Town Clerk read the Warrant and the Constables return thereon. Art. 4. Mr. Robert P. Clapp made an oral report for the "Committee to Investigate and Revise the Build- ing Laws of the Town," in which he stated, the Committee was not fully agreed on some matters, but that they would be able to report at the next Town Meeting. On motion of Mr. Clapp, it was Voted, that the Committee on Revision of the Building Laws is hereby authorized and requested to present its report in print, a copy to be sent to each voter with the warrant for the next Town Meeting; and that to meet the ex- pense of such printing the sum of Fifty Dollars be transferred from the General Surplus and Revenue Ac- count. Vote passed at 8:06 P. M. Art. 3. On motion of Robert H. Holt, it was Voted, that the sum of 81898.09 be appropriated to pay the amount due and to become due during the current year upon the judgment against the town obtained by Mary Chisholm for the death of Daniel Chisholm, her husband while employed in repairing the fire alarm system of the town, August 8, 1918, and that the sum of $1898.09 be transferred from the General Revenue and Surplus Account for that purpose. Vote passed at 8:10 P. M. Art. 2. On motion of Robert H. Holt, it was Voted, that this article be indefinitely postponed. Art. 5- Under this article, Robert H. Holt offered the following motion, Voted, that the sum of $1500 be appropriated to be expended by the Water and Sewer Commissioners in deepening, widening and otherwise improving, brooks, streams, water courses, or drains of the town so as to provide better surface drainage, and that $1500 be transferred -from the General Revenue and Surplus Ac- count for that purpose. Remarks were made by Messrs. Fred W. Miller and Edwin B. Worth- en in favor of an appropriation. On a rising vote, 56 having voted in the affirmative and 7 in the nega- tive, the motion was declared car- ried, by the Moderator at 8:30 P. M. Art. 1. Under this article, William R. Greeley of the Planning Board, offered the following Resolution Re - 44 TOWN OF solved, -That the Selectmen are hereby urgently requested to make every effort to secure from the Rail- road the earliest possible fulfilment of the promise to renew the Station according to the plans mutually agreed upon. This Resolution was adopted by an unanimous vote, at 8:35 P. M. Art. 6. On motion of Robert H. Holt, it was Voted, that Article 6 be indefinitely postponed. LEXINGi'ON Art. 1. Under this article, the following Committees were granted further time. Committee on North Lexington School, Town Form Government, and By -Laws. On motion of Robert H. Holt, the meeting dissolved at 8:43 P. M. A true record, Attest: ARTHUR W. HATCH, Town Clerk. TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 45 TOWN WARRANT December 9, 1921 Commonwealth of Massachusetts To either of the Constables of the town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the town of Lexington, qualified to vote in elec- tions and in town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Lexington, on Friday, the ninth day of December, A. D., 1921, at seven forty-five o'clock P. M., then and there to act on the following articles: Art. 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any . Committee of the. Town for action thereon, and to appoint other Com- mittees. Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to grant the use of the Town Hall to Stanley Hill Post No. 38, The American Legion, without charge therefor, or act in any manner re- lating thereto. Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to abate the charges made against Stanley Hill Post, No. 38, The American Legion, for use of the • Town Hall on April 19, 1921 and November 11, 1921, or act in any manner relating thereto. Middlesex, ss. Art. 4. To receive the report of the Committee on Form of Town Gov- ernment, copy of which report is cir- culated with this Warrant, take any action toward carrying out their recommendations, or act in any man- ner relating thereto. Art. 5. To receive and act upon the printed report of the Committee on Revision of the Building Law of the Town, copies of which report are circulated with this Warrant, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to provide sufficient money to care for the following Accounts for the balance of the year: Highway Department; Outside Aid; Cary Memorial Library; Board of Health; Assessors; Town Hall; Police De- partment; Forest Fires; Street Lights; Insurance; Interest; Building Inspec- tor; Fire Department, Snow Remov- al; Treasurer; Unclassified; Parks and Playgrounds; Tree Warden and Other Finance Offices and Accounts, either by transfer of unexpended balances or by issue of notes or bonds or otherwise, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Road Com - 46 TOWN of LEXINGTON missioners to the Park Commission- ers, the care and maintenance of cer- tain triangles or open spaces in the Town of Lexington, said triangles or open spaces being specifically detailed and shown on a plan en- titled "Plan to accompany vote of the Town December 9, 1921 trans - tering from the Road Commissioners to the Park Commissioners the care and maintenance of certain triangles or open spaces in the Town of Lex- ington, Scale 1" 100' November 25, 1921, J. Henry Duffy, Town Engi- neer," make an appropriation for such care and maintenance or take any other action relative thereto. Art. 8. To see if the Town will install and maintain street lights on Wilson Avenue and Cliff Avenue in sufficient number to properly light said streets, make an appropriation therefor, or take any action relative thereto. Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize snow plow service in the future on Wilson Avenue and Cliff Avenue, make an appropriation therefor or take any action relative thereto. Art. 10. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to be expended by the Water and Sewer Commission- ers in deepening, widening and other- wise improving the brooks, streams, water courses or drains of the Town or portions thereof, so as to provide for better surface drainage and to determine the means of raising the moneys required to meet any appro- priation made under this article or act in any manner relating thereto. Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the. Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexing- ton, this twenty-ninth day of Novem- ber, A. D., 1921. JAY O. RICHARDS, WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN, JOSEPH R. COTTON. Selectmen of Lexington. Lexington, Mass., December 5, 1921. To the Town Clerk: - 1 have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of 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, seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest: CHARLES E. WHEELER, Constable of Lexington. TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 47 TOWN MEETING December 9, 1921 Meeting called to order at seven forty-five o'clock by Moderator Sid- ney R. Wrightington. The Clerk proceeded to read the Warrant but it was voted that further reading be omitted. The Constable's return of the Warrant was read. Art. 8. On motion of Charles J. Henrich, it was Voted, that the Town authorize and approve the installing and maintaining of street lights on Wilson Avenue and Cliff Avenue in sufficient number to proper- ly light said streets. Frederick L. Emery and Robert H. Holt, Chairman of the Finance Committee were opposed to the mo- tion, while Patrick Flynn and Edward W. Taylor favored the motion, Vote passed at 8:05 P. M. Art. 9. On motion of Charles J. Henrich, it was Voted, that the Town authorize and approve snow plow service in the future on Wilson Avenue and Cliff Avenue. The Finance Committee reported in favor of this motion. Vote passed at 8:07 P. M. Art. 5. Mr. Robert P. Clapp, Chairman of the Committee on Re- vision of Building Laws presented a set of amendments to the meeting and offered the following motion. Voted, that the printed report and recommendation of the Corn- mittee on Revision of Building Laws as corrected by the additional clause to Section 4, Article 2, after the word cases, in the last line, said addi- tional clause, being as follows:— And if the decision does not conflict with the spirit of any provisions of the law, be accepted and adopted subject to the approval of the At- torney General. Mr. Arthur F. Hutchinson offered an amendment that the new section under Article .5, to be known as Section 4, in regards to Fees for Permits be eliminated. On vote being taken, this amend- ment was lost. Mr. Clapp's motion, was then passed by an unanimous vote at 8:17 P. M. On motion of Mr. Clapp, it was voted that the Committee present this Set of Amendments to the Attorney General for his approval. Art. 2. On motion of Dr. James J. Walsh, it was Voted, that the Board of Selectmen grant to Stanley Hill Post No. 38, The American Le- gion, Lexington, Mass., the use of the 48 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Town Hall, without charge -therefor, on April 19th and November 11th of each year: and further that the Selectmen be authorized to grant the free use of the Town Hall to Stanley Hill Post No. 38 The American Legion on four evenings in each year other than April 19th and November llth. Art. 3. On motion of Dr. James J. Walsh, it was voted, that the charges made against Stanley Hill Post No. 38, The American Legion for use of the Town Hall on April 19, 1921 and November 11, 1921 be abated. Art. 4. Mr. James S. Smith, Chairman, presented the printed Re- port of the Committee on Form of Town Government and after a few remarks moved that the Report be accepted. Mr. Albert B. Tenney moved as an amendment, that, the Report of the Committee be accepted and the Com- mittee discharged. This amend- ment was lost. Mr. Smith's motion was then passed by an unanimous vote. Under this article, James S. Smith offered the following motion: 1 move that a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator with instructions to present to the Legislature a bill creating a Board of Selectmen and Public Works in Lexington, sub- stantially as set forth in Plan One of the Report of the Committee on Form of Town Government, and request the Legislature to enact such bill into a law to be submitted to the voters of Lexington for acceptance. Albert B. Tenney offered the fol- lowing as a substitute motion, 1 move that a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator with instructions to present to the Legis- lature a bill creating a more complete consolidation of the Town officers in Lexington substantially as set forth in Plan Two of the Report of the Committee on Form of Town Gov- ernment, and request the Legislature to enact such bill into a law to be submitted to the voters of Lexington for acceptance. Robert H. Holt offered the follow- ing amendment to Mr. Tenney's motion, "That the Committee on Form of Town Government be in- structed, instead of "That a com- mittee of three be appointed by the Moderator with instructions." This amendment was accepted. By a rising vote of 108 in favor and 28 opposed Mr. Tenney's substitute motion, as amended was adopted by the meeting at 8:53 P. M. The discussion under this article was participated in by Patrick Flynn, who was opposed to both plans: James 5. Smith and Henry L. Wads- worth in favor of Plan 1, and Robert L. Ryder and William C. Stickel in favor of Plan 2. The final vote was passed by the meeting reads as follows: Voted, that the Committee on Form of Town Government be instructed to present to the Legislature a bill creating a more complete consolida- tion of the Town offices in Lexing- ton, substantially as set forth in Plan Two of the Report of the Committee TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS 49 on Form of Town Government, and request the Legislature to enact such bill into a law to be submitted to the voters of Lexington for acceptance. Vote passed at 9:10 P. M. Art. 1. Under this article the Moderator called for Reports of Committees. Edward P. Merriam reporting for the Committee on North Lexington School, said there was some further work to be done, so their final report was not ready, and asked for further time. Report accepted and request granted. Committee on By Laws: Arthur L. Blodgett reporting for this Com- mittee, said progress was being made, and the Committee expected to re- port at the March Meeting, but as some changes might be necessary in the by-laws, if some form of new Town Government was adopted, more time may be required. Report accepted and Committee continued. Committee on Highways: For this Committee George W. Taylor reported that thirty miles of road had been gone over and the general condition of our roads were good. By postponing the work to be done on Lowell Street from this year to next year a saving of approximately $20,000 will be made. Report accepted and Committee continued. Art. 10. On motion of Edwin B. Worthen, it was Voted, that the unexpended balance of the appropria- tion for the reconstruction of Summer Street Extension amounting to $193,- 48 and $150 from the unexpended balance from the appropriation for the reconstruction of Woburn Street be transferred to the credit of the Water and Sewer Commissioners to be used in the construction of a culvert underneath Highland Av- enue. Vote passed at 9.30 P. M. Art. 7. Robert L. Ryder offered the following motion under this ar- ticle. Voted, that the care and main- tenance of six triangles or open spaces in the Town of Lexington be trans- ferred from the Road Commissioners to the Park Commissioners said triangles or open spaces being shown on a plan by J. Henry Duffy, Town Engineer, dated November 25, 1921 a copy of said plan to accompany this vote said triangles or open spaces being situated as follows: - 1. Somerset Road between Hayes Avenue and Franklin Street. 2. At the junction of Massachu- setts Avenue, Woburn Street, Win- throp Road and Fletcher Avenue. 3. At the junction of Burlington Street and North Hancock Street. 4. At the junction of Massachu- setts Avenue and Elm Avenue. 5. At the junction of Bedford Street, Hancock Street and Elm Avenue. 6. At the junction of Hancock Street and Revere Street. After remarks by Robert P. Clapp, Frederick L. Emery, Robert L. Ryder and Edward Wood, during which the legality of some points of the 50 TOWN OF LEXINGTON question was discussed, it was voted, That this article be laid on the table. Art. 6. On motion of Robert H. Holt, Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee, it was Voted, that the fol- lowing amounts be transferred from the General Revenue and Surplus Account to the credit of the following accounts for the year, 1921. To Outside Aid $750.00 " Cary Memorial Library 540.00 " Board of Health 575.00 To Police Department " Interest " Fire Department " Parks and Playgrounds " Tree Warden " Highway Department W75.00' 650.00 1500.00 200.00 1000.00 3000.00 $9290.00 Vote passed at 9:40 P. M. On motion of Edwin B. Worthen, Meeting dissolved at 9:55 P. M. ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE ACCEPTED BY THE TOWN Chapter 423, Acts of 1909 and Amendments An act relative to the sale of Ice Cream, Confectionery, Soda Water and Fruit on the Lord's Day. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Section 1. The licensing board or officer in any city or town, and if there is no such board, the mayor and aldermen of a city, or the mayor and city council, in case there are no aldermen, and the selectmen of towns, may grant licenses to reputable per- sons who on secular days are retail dealers of ice cream, confectionery, soda water and fruit, to keep open their places of business on the Lord's day for the sale of ice cream, confec- tionery, soda water and fruit, Section 2. Licenses granted as aforesaid shall specify the street or place and the number, if there be any, and if there is no number, then the location of the place of business in which the license is to be exercised and the license shall not be valid in any other place. The licenses shall take effect on the first day of May in each year, but may be granted prior to that time, and they shall expire on the thirtieth day of April of each year. The fee shall not be more than five dollars a year, and the license may be suspended or revoked at any time by the officer or board granting the same. Section 3. The license herein pro- vided for shall not be granted to any person who holds a license for the sale of intoxicating liquors. Section 4. Whoever, not being licensed as aforesaid, keeps open his place of business on the Lord's day for the sale of the above mentioned articles, or any one thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars. Section 5. The provisions of this TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS act shall not be held to apply to druggists and apothecaries, or to amend or affect section three of chapter ninety-eight of the Revised Laws, as amended by Chapter four hundred and fourteen of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and two, and by chapters one hundred and twenty-six, two hundred and seventy- three, three hundred and thirty- three, three hundred and forty-three, three hundred and fifty-four and five hundred and thirty-seven of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eight ; but all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby re- pealed. Section 6. This act shall take effect in the city of Boston upon its passage. In all other cities it shall take effect upon its acceptance by the city council, and in towns it shall take effect upon its acceptance by the voters of the town at an annual town meeting. For the purpose of submitting this act to cities other than the city of Boston, and to towns, it shall take effect upon its passage. 51 Approved May 21, 1909. The above Act was accepted March 7, 1921. Chapter 111—Section 126— General Laws. If the city council of a city, or a town having a population of more than one thousand, accepts this sec- tion, or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, no privy vault shall be constructed upon prem- ises connected with a common or private sewer or abutting on a public or private street, court or passage- way in which there is a common sewer opposite thereto, without permission in writing having first been obtained from the board of health. And if, in the opinion of said board, a privy vault so situated is injurious to the public health, it shall declare the same a nuisance and forbid its con- tinuance, and the three preceding sections shall apply thereto. The above Section was accepted May 3, 1921. 52 BIRTHS RECORDED FOR THE YEAR 1921 Whole number recorded TOWN OF LEXINGTON TOWN CLERK'S REPORT a Lac 0] &) tE Virginia Flanders i a� mr o8 0E cu C "S L-. LSA := N .2 0 o . 0 e6 a0 o. 7.3 L w4 V G7 (1) LL. N y N 1(I)¢� =covsE y❑ A.� b. L L 7-. 3. cd c � James J. & Mary J. (Toomey) Bullock m 0- ch tai « LI op O+ r Y, rp 1•- r~ m411_, ci M t, r, SV CV c 1 C1 C' •� ., Date Names 14. Terence McDonnell 3rd. 19. Sam Cuchinello 19. George Edward Comeau, Jr. 20. Ann Wrightington 25. David Ryder 27. Charles Freeman Nourse, Jr. March 9. Richard Harding Hunter 11. Robert Warren Rich 17. Mary Patricia Meadows 18. Joan Louise Edgar 18. Dorothea Barbara O'Connell 21. Steve Kab 23. 24. Mary Santosousso 24. Dorothy Ellen Seifred 25. Joseph Thomas Cataldo April 4. Vivian Melba Blume 11. Mildred F. Foley 12. Eugene Alexander Strong 14. Mario John Battaglini 16. Frank Ambrose Bourne 17. Richard Holmes Childs 18. Frank Johnson, Jr. 19. Francis Drury Doe, Jr. 21. Robert Larsen Date Names April 24. John James Carey 27. Lewis Carlton Williams, Jr. 30. John Bernard Dickerson May . 5. Dorothy Montague 5. Eleanor Thurston Graham 7. William Arthur Booth, Jr. 8. Ethel Carolyn Rice 10. 13. Grover Victor Lassen, Jr. 15. Elaine McWilliams 15. Elizabeth McDonnell 19. Joseph Moniz 19. Gustaf Edwin Swanson 20. Florence Daniels 31. Anthony DeFelice 31. Nicholas DeFelice J une 2. Elizabeth Vaughan 4. 5. Joseph Sidney Freeman S. Jean Woodman Emery 6. Anne Steele Emery 15. Virginia Louise Ferguson 16. Harriet Victoria Bourque 19. Melba Ann Bentley Parents Terence & Laura (Meadows) McDonnell Frank & Mary (Cuchinello) Cuchinello George E. & Emma (Sampson) Comeau Sydney R. & Marion D. (Jewett) Wrightington Robert L. & Claire (Wyman) Ryder Charles F. & Elizabeth R. (Smith) Nourse Henry Y. & Ethel M. (MacFarland) Hunter Arthur W. & Matilda J. (McNeill) Rich Joseph Jr. & Alice (Keating) Meadows Donald R. & Louise E. (Reynolds) Edgar David F. & Hermina M. (Sikora) O'Connell Harry & Katie (Samarz) Kab John & Mary (DiRepucio) Gruziano Benigno & Grace (Luongo) Santosousso William K. & Bessie 0. (Carson) Seifred Antonio N. & Concetta (Tribuna) Cataldo Felix & Clara (Shelin) Blume John & Ellen (Nelson) Foley Alexander G. & Ermine A. (Pinkul) Strong Antonio & Giodamina (Picariello) Battaglini Frank A. & Annie K. (Rouffignac) Bourne Edmund S. & Barbara (Holmes) Childs Frank & Melissa R. (Kendall) Johnson Francis D. & Julia C. (Wheldon) Doe Ernest W. & Edith (Johnson) Larsen Parents Anthony J. & Bridget (Magee) Carey Lewis C. & Agnes C. (Carlos) Williams Walter W. & Anna M. (Sullivan) Dickerson Thomas M. & Lulu B. (Mood) Montague John C. & Esther P. (Wilkinson) Graham William A. & Julia E. (Burlingame) Booth Virgil A. & Eleanor (Kempton) Rice Grover V. & Clara B. (Woodworth) Lassen Robert J. & Viola E. (Barnett) McWilliams Patrick H. & Anna G. (McGann) McDonnell Manuel & Mary Grace (Silva) Moniz Pere G. & Anna (Hokanson) Swanson Clifton B. & Florence (Moss) Daniels Joseph & Annie (DeFelice) DeFelice Joseph & Annie (DeFelice) DeFelice M. Joseph & Norah M. (Mullins) Vaughan Alfred 5. & Mary A. (Scannell) Freeman George W. & Marjory S. (Smith) Emery George W. & Majory S. (Smith) Emery Charles E. & Alice R. (Woodman) Ferguson Elzer M. & Tessa A. (Rafuse) Bourque Charles E. & Elizabeth (Wilkins) Bentley livad3E S,x?331D NMOL NO.L'JNIX31 3O NMOL Date J une 21. 26. 28. 29. J uly 2. 6. 9. 10. 10. 11. 22. 22. 26. 26. 26. 30. 31. August 2. 4. 7. 17. 20. 24. 26. Name Lillian Frances Kenney Evelyn Priscilla Hooper Donald Whiting McLeod Sallie Pike Albina Galvanio Stanly Sabastynowicz Eleanor Mary Modugno Lucilla Mabel Winlock Patricia Frances Cogger Dora Elizabeth Marks Robert Cary Cady, Jr. Ethel Elizabeth Irwin Anni Ricci Lucia Catalano Henry Buckle Date Doris Jean Boyd Mary Blakely Kilby Harry Leroy Alden Virginia Rose White Ernest Campbell Mugridge Gordon Joseph Medara Name August 29. Jennie Moretti 3L Arthur Ahearn September 4. Arthur Edward Johnson 7. Ruth Doe 8. Shirley Russell 10. Frank Rosencrants October 1. 5. William Emery Ramsdell 19. Rachel Fuller Morse 23. Mary J. DeMarco 26. Sumner A. Leonard 28. Lois Burnham 29. Joan Frances Fitzgerald November 7. Irvin Eugene Locke 11. Virginia Mildred Johnson 19. Barbara Alice Armstrong 20. John Gould Belcher 21. Vivien Reed 22. James Harold Graham, Jr. December 1. 1. 5. Francis Vailiere Parents Edmund W. & Nellie (Acraya) Kenney Norman C. & Martha M. (McKay) Hooper John W. & Lucy T. (Whiting) McLeod Franklin H. & Alice J. (Smith) Pike Charles & Algera (Gemma) Galvanio Tony & Stella (Kormornicka) Sabastynowicz Dominic & Asurala (Picariello) Modugno Harvey F. & Mabel G. (Grebenstein) Winlock John & Rose (Mace) Murray Frank & Alice G. (Day) Cogger Frederick M. & Grace E. (Miller) Marks Robert C. & Evelyn H. (Burt) Cady James & May T. C. (Heiman) Irwin Salvatore & Louise (Sigismusetic) Ricci Pasquale & Marie (Tocio) Catalano John J. & Mary E. (Early) Buckle Fred T. & Doris P. (Lyon) Boyd Richard F. & Ella (Pettengill) Kilby Harry L. & Mary E. (Pierce) Alden Hiram H. & Florilla A. (Holmes) White Charles H. & Edna (Campbell) Mugridge Joseph A. & Luella M. (Durgin) Medara Parents Pasquale & Carmella (Santossuosso) Moretti James M. & Ellen (O'Rourke) Ahearn Walter H. & Mary (Collins) Johnson Chester W. & Gertrude A. (White) Doe James H. & Barbara (Allan) Russell Frank L. & Lillian H. (Taylor) Rosencrants William E. Jr. & Arsuthia (McLaughlin) Ramsdell George V. & Beatrice (Fuller) Morse Nicholas & Julia (Dutra) DeMarco Elmer C. & Dora F. (Sherman) Leonard William 1. & Olive J. (Ellis) Burnham John G. & Helen K. L. (Rooney) Fitzgerald Roscoe E. & Alice 8. (Rogers) Locke Anders R. & Elvira V. (Lovgren) Johnson John E. & Amalie J. (Johnson) Armstrong Lester E. & Grace H. (Gould) Belcher Haskell & Vivien (Vickery) Reed James H. & Julia G. (Carter) Graham Joseph H. & Helen (Riley) Valliere .1)10c13H SODf1310 NAO.'. NULONIXT1 3o NMOL 0. af co Do cC el TOWN CLERK'S REPORT 57 58 TOWN OF LEXINGTON MARRIAGES Whole number of marriages recorded for the year 1921-63. Date Name January 1. Joseph Piccariello Guiseppe Battaglini 15. Howard Roscoe Millett Elizabeth Hazel Whitney 19. John Costa Mary Rego February 5. Maynard Alexander Huggan Esther Matilda Perry 6. Matthew John Cullinane Margaret Gertrude Mead 20. Robert Cary Cady Evelyn Harriett Burt 27. James Harold Graham Julia Graham Carter March 5. Raymond Macy Norton Ruth Beryl Dwyer 12. Leonello Cirasole Gertrude Webster Henfield 19. John Emery Abbot Mulliken Clarrie Hardy 19. Earl William Folsom Hazel Helen Dalrymple April 16. Burpee Ellsworth Fritz, Jr. Elva Adelaide LaForest (Lapointe) 19. John Howell Gorman Julia Louise Mitchell 27. Herman Adolph Blau Charlotte France Hersey Residence Waltham Lexington Ayer Concord Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Concord Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Providence, R. 1. Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Waltham Carbondale, 111. Lexington TOWN CLERK'S REPORT Date Name 27. Clarence Elmore McElman Catherine Mae Broderick 27. Carl Louis Nelson Frances Anna Rose June 1. Martin Francis McMahan Mary Ellen Breslin 2. Soren Peterson Florence Burrow 4. John William McLeod Lucy Teel Whiting 16. Francis Whittlesey Swain Mary Martin 17. Leonard Knight Thomas Christine Frederic Gramstorff 25. John Rogers Hurlburt Marjorie Elvira Seeley 26. Peter A. Winn Barbara Francis Monahan 27. Michael J. Shea, Jr. Julia Agnes Carroll 29. William LeRoy Jackson Ruth Dudley Brigham 29. Walter Rydeard Hazel Agnes Nelson July 2. Andries Corneles Bierenbroodspot, Jr. Annie Nutt (Insley) 4. Joseph Boyden Keyes Sarati Elizabeth Walsh 5 William J. Brennan Annie C. McNichols 6. Loyd Selon Cook Dorothy Hazel Stewart 16. Ernest H. LaPorte Gertrude Grafton 16. John Henry Keane Mary A. Crowley Residence Billerica Lexington Arlington Hgts. Lexington Bedford Lexington Lexington Cambridge Lexington Lexington Salem Salem Dorchester Lexington Brookline Lexington Lexington Boston Roxbury Lexington Lexington Lexington Medford Lexington Bedford Lexington Concord Bedford Lexington Roxbury Lexington Arlington • Lexington Lexington Lexington Arlington 59 60 Date Name TOWN OF LEXINGTON 25. Edward Clement Maguire Helena Teresa Kelley August 10. Henry Fidelis Mahoney Mary Allen Sherburne 16. Herbert Hoyt Locke - Mary Elizabeth Smart (McHuge) 20. Daniel Willard Wormwood Marguerite Kathryn Sherry 31. Carl Stedman Wheeler Virginia Lee Glover 31. Carl Stedman Wheeler Virginia Lee Glover September 10. William Francis Gordon Esther Catherine O'Connor 10. Benjamin Franklin Groot Mildred Prince Little 10. Henry Caldwell Cotton Gladys Prebie 15. Thomas Leckie Taylor Blanche Marjorie Goodmansen 21. Roy Alexander Ferguson Eva Marie Gnirke 21. Thomas Francis Rudd Mary Catherine Conroy 21. James Bernard Varley Anna Theresa Rudd 22. George Dewey McMillan Catherine Veronica King 24. Lathrop Greenleaf Paul Dorothea Elizabeth Gove October • 1. James Thomson, Jr. Edith Louise Swenson 5. Fred Aloysius Stankard Mary Eleanor Bevington Residence Lexington Roxbury New York City Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Peabody Lexington (at Lexington) New Jersey Lexington (At Boston) New Jersey Boston Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Somerville Winchester Lexington Lexington Melrose Lexington Lexington Concord Lexington Bedford Bedford Lexington Nahant Brighton Lexington Waltham Lexington Date 6. Name TOWN CLERK'S REPORT Residence William Loring Burrill Lexington Siddella Gertrude Gilbert (Patterson) Lexington Roxbury Lexington Manchester, N. H. Manchester, N. H. Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington New Jersey Lexington Lexington Somerville Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Watertown 8. A. Ernest Kitson Mabel Crowell Page 9. Montrose Wilson Blood Martha Jane Sutcliffe 12. Edison Robert Mabey Sarah Celia Forsythe 12. Melville Walter Webb Irene Francis Thompson 12. Frederick Rushmore Van Norden Ruth Wilhelmine Britton 13. Percival Thaddeus Lowe Anna Jane Nowell 29. Orville Grant Irvine Laura McAllister 29. Arthur Hinkley Earle Mildred Scott 30. William Parker Lougee Ellen Matilda Buchanan November 15. James Everett White Anna Ellen Scannell 22. Patrick McLaughlin Bridget Gillespie 25. Myrl W. Chick Catherine Gregory Carpenter December 17. Maynard Chant Trenholm Dorothy L. MacDonald Mullis Lynn Lexington Lexington Lexington Medford Lexington Allston Lexington 61 62 TOWN OF LEXINGTON DEATHS RECORDED FOR THE YEAR 1921. Whole number recorded for 1921, including stillbirths recorded as deaths -76 Date Name January 4. Margaret Pekins 6. Henrietta Davis Vail 11. 12. Johannes Anderson 18. Lindsey A. Turner 20. Ellen Maria Gustin 24. Eugene Dennis Buckley 27, Emma F. Mansfield February 4. 6. Albert S. McDonald 6. Abram H. Bedell 7. 8. Annie M. Frederickson 12. 19. Christina Burton 22. Daniel O'Leary March S. Emma Hossfield 9. William Dwyer 9. Richard Gleason Tower 15. Timothy Kinneen 15. Calis Bass 22. Mary Barbara Lowe 25. Samuel E. W. Holoway 26. George Henry Brown April 1. 2. Bradley Whitcher 3. Caroline Tropiano 11. George E. Reynolds Y. 11 87 Age m. 11 5 Birthplace. d. 21 Cambridge 1 New Brunswick 87 8 22 43 75 5 22 59 3 51 Sweden Grafton, Vt. Roxbury Lexington Cambridge 80 11 8 Plymouth 77 6 7 Maine 66 3 22 Chelsea 71 3 Boston Boston 68 2 17 Switzerland 8 7 10 Lexington 63 4 28 Lexington 52 5 14 Lexington 1 10 15 Cambridge 7 7 5 Arlington 70 5 20 England 57 2 3 Charlestown 59 3 Cambridge 1 Lexington 68 7 29 Ireland Date Name April 13; Charles E. Lovett 14, John O'Neil 22. May 1. 4. 11. TOWN CLERK'S REPORT John Ballarino William H. Whitaker Arthur Elmer Horton J une 4. 7. Armanella M. Kelly 7. Thomas R. Sherburne 7. Mary Johnstone 8_ Benjamin Fitch 15. Ethel D. Neal 19. Lillian E. Ramsdell ? Ros Pratiner 27.. Elvira H. Brown 27. Etta E. Lewis July 3. Julia O'Neil 11. 24. Frank Foster Sherburne August 2. 1.2. Sarah J. Maguire 14. Edward J. MacGoldrick 15. Clara E. Robinson Wadleigh 20. Katherine L. Leyland 22. John A. Collins September 3. Ellen I. Feehan 13. William F. Glenn 22. Richard Hinchev 24. James A. Hurley 25. PhilomineCoupard Age Birthplace. 79 2 15 Boston 71 9 20 Ireland 6 16 66 1 3 49 2 16 26 6 17 30 1 21 76 9 14 82 9 7 17 1 9 13 34 76 2 68 5 4 83 Lexington So. Ware, N. H. Clarendon, Vt. East Boston Lexington England Bedford East Boston Lexington Russia Lincoln Bristol, Me. Ireland 55 1 27 Boston 59 2 11 Lexington 66 Ireland 78 2 Boston 36 18 Lexington 43 11 14 Cambridge 53. 9 16 Ireland ' • 70 12 Nova Scotia 2 1 1.8 Waltham 40 11 17 Mansfield 64 France 64 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Date Name Age October 1. 5. Robert R. Perry 8. Peter O'Connor 19. Mary F. Kauffmann 24. Lillian V. Smith 26. Ossian Herbert Brock November 4. Antonio S. Condinho 7. Arthur M. Shufelt 8. George E. Ladd December 1. 1. 3. Sarah G. Watkins 7. Richard H. Bowen 9. Bridget Lavin 15. Catherine Silva 22. Agnes A. Warner 26. Henry Simonds 31. Mellen F. Ellis Birthplace. 79 1 19 Tricket, Me. - 62 2 26 Cambridge. 51 2 9 Lexington 72 2 20 Canajoharie, N. Y. 78 1 23 Dover, N. H. 52 10 8 Azores. 52 8 27 Quebec, Can. 56 6 12 W. Woodstock, Vt. 83 23 60 67 72 67 78 9 8 10 3 0 5 18 7 10 0 16 14 England Tiverton, R. L Ireland Lexington. Somerville Burlington, Vt. Guilford, Me. Number of dogs licensed, .. Number of Resident Hunter's Certificates issued, Number of Resident Fisherman's Certificates issued, Number of Non -Resident Hunter's and Fisherman's Certificates issued, Number of Minor Trappers Certificates issued, . 432 185 41 0 6 SELECTMEN'S REPORT 65 LIST OF JURORS AS SUBMITTED BY THE SELECTMEN NAME Anderson, William Andrews, Daniel J. Aquaro, William M Armstrong, Robert RESIDENCE E. Lee Ave. 13 Bedford St. . Rindge Ave. W. Jr., 205 Mass. Ave. Plainfield St. East St. Wallis Ct., 165 Mass. Ave. 41 Bedford St. 251 Mass. Ave 25 Parker St. 637 Mass. Ave. Bedford St. Allen St. Hancock St. 34 Forest St. Bedford St. 107 Mass. Ave. Muzzey St. 418 Mass. Ave. Atwood, Wilber F. Bailey, Edward C. Baker, Bernard F. Barnes, John E. Bourne, Herbert C. Bowen, 5. Gilman Bramhall, William 5. Breslin, Thomas H. Burrill, William L. Carroll, M. Joseph Carson, Frank H. Clarke, Richard A. Cole, George F. ' Coolidge, Harry L. Dacey, Patrick F. Dion, Fred H. Doe, Freeman C. Audubon Rd. Doherty, Thomas J. 185 Mass. Ave. Feehan, Thomas S. Bedford St. Ferguson, William W. 49 Forest St. Fitzgerald, Thomas W. Fletcher Ave. Fuller, Herman D. Concord Ave. Garman, Roland E. 157 Mass. Ave. Gorman, Arthur A. 48 Bedford St. ' Graves, Owen E. 19 Waltham St. Hadley, Charles E. Mass. Ave. Hannaford, Frank H. Lincoln St. Harrington, Bartlett J. Curve St. Haven, John S. 25 Bedford St. Hayden, J. Willard, Jr. Shade St. Hendley, Eugene, D. Mass. Ave. Howe, Arthur B. 4 Chandler St. NAME RESIDENCE Hunt, William Adams St. Ingalls, Roger P. 33 Reed St. Jackson, George H. 34 Parker St. Johanson, Alfred Slocum Rd. Joy, Charles R. 139 Mass. Ave. Kilgour, Walter M. 5. 16 Bloomfield St. Kraetzer, Eugene G. 9 Forest St. Maguire, Hugh J. Wood St. Marshall, Ralph H. 8 Hancock Ave. Martin, Ernest W. 22 Revere St. McAdoo, Robert A. 3 Shirley St. McDonnell, Michael J. Vine St. McKay, George C. 12 Sherman St. Montague, James A. 88 Woburn St. Nichols, Ernest O. 21 Hayes Ave Otis, Elisha W. 217 Mass. Ave. Rice, William A. 63 Bedford St. Riley, William J. York St. Sandison, William A. 217 Bedford St. Sefton, Charles H. Smith, Allen C_ Smith, William L. Spencer, Frederick Stone, George E. Sturtevant, Robert Warner, George A. Whiting, Thomas G Wiley, Harry B. Wood, Edward Fair View Ave. 5 Forest St. Hancock St. J. Lowell St. Bloomfield St. S. 6 Forest Ct. Burlington St. . Waltham St. 32 Fern St. Forest St. JAY O. RICHARDS, WILLIAM 5. SCAMMAN, JOSEPH R. COTTON, Selectmen of Lexington. 66 TOWN OF LFXfNGTON REPORT OF BOARD OF SELECTMEN, ROAD COMMISSIONERS AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR The Board of Selectmen organized in March, as follows: Jay O. Richards, Chairman of Select- men William S. Scamman, Chairman of Road Commissioners Joseph R. Cotton, Chairman of Over- seers of Poor. We hold regular meetings on Tues- day evenings of each week, to which we are always glad to have any citizen, or group of citizens come. We welcome suggestions or honest criticism as to the management of the Town's affairs. Occasionally we have had such a visit and wish to acknowledge the value of a number of helpful ideas, gathered from an in- terchange of opinions. We believe that the proper place for a citizen to discuss a grievance or offer criticism of the acts of any official, is, in the first instance, with the responsible official or board. The heads of the various depart- ments report in detail in regard to the year's work. Our report is more general in character. We would like to recommend to the Town for adop- tion, numerous things, which we be- lieve would improve Lexington. They would all cost money, so, because we think the thing of first importance is to lower our tax rate, we will not suggest expensive improvements, but work for as much economy as possi- ble, and still have some of the things that we are accustomed to deem necessary. Some of these essentials are good roads, schools of a high standard, well lighted streets, a cap- able police force, an efficient Fire department, play -grounds to accom- modate all who desire to use them, and sufficient transportation facilities to enable Lexington to be on a par, in this regard, with any other suburb of Boston. Some. of these things we have, the others could be improved and as far as we can within reason, we must pull together for these improve- ments. Town Forest The State of Massachusetts is urging all towns to set apart land for the cultivation of timber producing trees, and the Massachusetts Forest- ry Association offers to give and plant 5000 trees to any town which will take the necessary steps to create a town forest. Such a project could be started at small cost and the future benefits would be large. Street Lights We need a few more street lights at different locations through the town. SELECTMEN'S REPORT 67 This year we have followed the custom of the past few years of fol- - lowing the moonlight schedule but about November 1st in response to the urgent request of a number of • citizens the streets have been lighted every night, all night, until the present time. We shall ask for instructions at the annual town meeting, as to whether to continue as at present, or to return to the former schedule. Stone Crusher The lease of the present site oc- cupied by the Stone Crusher expires April 1st, 1922. By an agreement with the owner of the land, which is part of the real estate development known as Farmhurst, whereby he placed reasonable restrictions on his development, the Selectmen are ob- liged to seek another location. During the five years it has been located at the present site, there has been no stone offered or brought there for sale. The only time it has been operated was this last season when the few stones (possibly 500 tons) that were on the spot, were crushed and used on the roads. It is very difficult, probably im- possible, to find a location which would not be detrimental to some surrounding property. It seems true, also, that provided a location could be obtained, the cost of the property, plus expense of moving, and rebuild- ing the present plant, would be so high that it would be better business for the Town to dispose of the plant and buy what crushed stone may„ be required, delivered on the job as needed. We shall ask the town, at its next meeting, for authority to sell the entire equipment at the Crusher, as soon as possible. Street Signs In 1920 we brought this subject to the attention of the Town, and se- cured an appropriation for permanent signs at important junctions of streets, At that time we selected the metal signs of the Lebanon Machine Co., as a standard, and during that year erected as many signs as possible with the money appropriated, hoping that by a yearly expenditure of a few hundred dollars, for these same stand- ard signs, to have the town complete- ly "signed up" within a few years. in 1921 we had no appropriation to extend this work, but we did have a careful survey made of the entire town, which disclosed the following situation: Intersections of streets requir- ing street signs 155 Number of intersections proper- ly designated 36 Number of intersections where signs are in fair condition 32 Number of intersections where signs are in poor condition 21 Number of intersections which are without signs 66 Proper street signs are a necessity, and are of great convenience to the public, and incidentally the law requires them to be in place. A contract could be made this year for a sufficient number of signs to cover all street intersections which would 68 TOWN OF LEXINGTON be delivered as ordered through a period of four or five years, whereby the town could have the benefit in price of a large order, and have de- liveries and payments made in instal- ments. We should "sign up" on this proposition. Highways Although work on the Highways was delayed until after the beginning of May, with the cooperation of the Special Committee on Highways, a carefully studied program was laid out for the season, which, were it not for the unprecedented storm in July, would have placed our streets in very good condition by the be- ginning of cold weather. The Se- lectmen wish to thank the Special Committee on Highways for their help in the many problems which confronted us, and for their readiness to give freely of their time, to dis- cuss, and advise with us as to the best means to pursue, and how best to meet difficulties which constantly arose. The Superintendent of Streets has made a very complete report of what results have been accomplished under his supervision. We have had several conferences with the Division of High- ways, Board of Public Works, and the County Commissioners, with the object in view of securing their co- operation in reconstructing some of the main highways in town, laying before them the Town's most pressing needs, and planning for a five year program in permanent road construc- tion. We believe that such coopera- tion will be offered and that Lexington should have funds at the disposal of the Selectmen, so that we can avail ourselves of the opportunity to secure such assistance, for surely it must be good business for us to be able to enter into an arrangement whereby the State, County and Town will share equally in rebuilding some of our worn out highways. The installation of a traffic beacon at the junction of Follen Road and Middle Street has proved a great success, and a similar beacon should be installed at one or two other dangerous places. Bill Boards We are much concerned over the ever increasing number of adver- tising signs which are erected along , our highways. They are always un- sightly, a blot on an otherwise beauti- ful landscape and some of them are dangerous to people using the high- ways, concealing as they do approach- ing automobiles. By a recent law, exclusive control of these signs is placed with the Division of High- ways, Board of Public Works. We have strenuously opposed granting of permits for these locations, and shall appear before the Board of Public Works, at any hearing granted on this subject to oppose, in behalf of the town, the growth of this bill board business in Lexington. Street Railway Service We wish to mention the spirit of cooperation existing between the officials of the Middlesex & Boston SELECTMEN'S REPORT St. Rwy. Co. and this Board. The Company have met our requests for improvements in their road bed and change of grades at all times. We have recently secured their agreement to install a cross over at North Lex- ington, near Summer St. which will assure equal car service for all parts of the town, which are served by their main line. Town Hall A problem is facing the town, in the seating capacity of the Town Hall. With registered voters num- bering approximately 2500 and a hall whose seating capacity is limited by law to 680, it is very evident that whenever there is any . particular interest in matters brought before the town for action, we shall be un- able to hold a legal meeting. The remedy probably is for the Town to adopt the representative voting sys- tem_ While we are all looking for- ward to the erection of a new Town Hall, it seems very reasonable to suppose that the Trustees of the funds which were left to provide Lexing- ton with a public memorial building, will defer any action, until the Town has made a definite decision on the above question. For a building to contain a hall that will be large enough for Town meetings under our present system, and one that would contain a hall ample for all purposes under representative voting, are two entirely different propositions. The town should decide this question at an early date. 69 Train Service One of the chief causes which fre- quently deter people from selecting Lexington as a home, is our train service. While our morning trains from Boston accommodate fairly well the business man, the lack of mid- day and evening trains either way is a decided draw back. With better train service we could . offer Lexington as the most attractive suburb of Boston. We who have lived here for any length of time know that it is, but the outsider, whom we would like to welcome, has to be convinced. With a committee active- ly at work on this subject we may hope for good results. Moth Department The work of this department was carried on as usual in the center of the Town but on account of the appro- priation being cut no men were put on after the spraying had been finished in July. It has been the custom to paint all moth nests during the fall and winter months so that very few nests on the trees on the streets and public lands have not been destroyed in previous years. This year the Superintendent was obliged to work alone as there were no funds to carry any help until late in November when one man was put on and three men were added dur- ing the last two weeks of the year. On this account the outlying dis- tricts may be more thickly covered with moths this year._ 70 TOWN OF LEXINGTON The Town cannot afford to cut the appropriation for this department as it is work that is needed to preserve our trees and keep them in the fine condition they have been kept in for the past dozen years. On account of previous neglect the cost in the year 1908 was $16177.- 37 and it was necessary for a number of men to give considerable of their time to this department of the town for a number of years to bring the public trees back to a proper condi- tion. It is the desire of the board that sufficient money will be appropriated to prevent the trees being allowed to be killed and thinned by this pest. OVERSEERS OF TIIE POOR Outside Poor At the beginning of the year it was found that there were outstand- ing many unsettled bills and claims against the State and various cities and towns that had accumulated during the previous 2 or 3 years. Those collectible have been received. Those uncollectible have been charged off. The result has helped materially in lowering the net expense. During the year some claims against individuals whom the Overseers thought ought to pay have been turned over to the Town Counsel. As anticipated the Town has been confronted by many calls for aid owing to unemployment. The labor situation has been and still is very serious. At present we are assisting 140 persons; 84 of these are receiving regular aid, 46 Mother's Aid, 9 are at institutions and one in the hospi- tal: The expenses of this Department for the last 3 years have been as fol- lows: Reimburse- Net Gross ment Expense 1919 18467.80 82895.92 $5571.88 1920 19410.48 $4842.46 14568.02 1921 110188.74 $5914.89 $4273.85 The above reimbursements were from the following sources-: Mother's Cities Aid Towns & State 1919 1981.28 $1914.64 1920 12661.67 $2180.79 1921 $2776.91 $3137.98 The net expense for 1921 therefore shows diminution. The Overseers, after conference with the Trustees of Public Trusts, have obtained their consent to co- operate for the coming year. We therefore hope that the net expendi- ture from this department for the coming year will be kept very close to last year's figures. Almshouse The expense of maintenance during the last three years was: - 1919 1920 1921 $4144.74 4192.16 3547.63 SELECTMEN'S REPORT Receipts during the last three'years have been small , the largest in 1919 was $550.89. At the present time there are three inmates, one having died during the past year. During the above three years there has never been more than five inmafts at any one time. At no time, in the opinion of the Overseers, has the number of inmates warranted the expenditure. After much consideration the Over- seers are making trial of a new method of management which has been in operation since January 1, 1922. Under this change Mr. and Mrs. Eaton take charge of the Almshouse 71 property and the farm land connected therewith. They have agreed to properly care for inmates at the rate of $7.75 per week which covers all expense except comfort, medicine and minor items. They receive in addition the benefits of the farm. The Board hopes that this method will reduce the cost per inmate annually to less than $500 and if so a very substantial saving will result. Respectfully submitted, JAY O. RICHARDS, WILLIAM 5. SCAMMAN JOSEPH R. COTTON, Selectmen of Lexington. 72 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER Lexington, December 31, 1921. To the Board of Selectmen: -- Gentlemen: The following report of the work of the Town Engineer's office for the year 1921 is respectfully submitted:— During the past season the Depart- ment has been especially active in supplying the various Boards and Committees of the town with such information as they requested. The Engineer has been called upon to attend many conferences with your Board, the Special Highway Com- mittee and with State and County officials and other Boards of the Town. The following in a general way, outlines the activities of the Depart- ment for the past year. Highway Department The larger share of the Engineer- ing Department's time was taken up in preparing information for the various highway improvements. On Bedford Street the Department made the usual preliminary surveys and investigations after which con- tract and specifications accompanied by drawings were prepared for the purpose of obtaining bids. During the construction of the work the Department supplied the nec- essary measurements and inspected the work. On the completion of the work final measurements were taken as a basis for payment to the Con- tractor. Surveys, levels and other necessary data were secured on the following streets: — Revere Street, Hancock Street, Pleasant Street, Woburn Street Culvert, Concord Avenue Culvert, Franklin Road, Eliot Road Sidewalk, Pelham Road Sidewalk, and Street Railway work on Massa- chusetts Avenue. On Revere Street at the junction of Hancock Street where it appeared desirable to change the street line to make a better approach and have the trees in better position, the Engineer's office made the necessary survey and measurements to permit the County Commissioners to issue a return establishing the new boun- daries. Various surveys usually with ac- companying plans were prepared in the following locations; Allen Street, Blossom Street, Waltham Street, Hayes Avenue and Hancock Street, Berwick Road, Somerset Road, Audubon Road, Curve Street and Wood Street. Early in the year the Board's at- tention was called to a list of some 25 public streets of the town aggregat- TOWN ENGINEER 73 ing about 27 miles in length, the boundaries of which were uncertain or ill-defined, and the Engineer rec- ommended that a petition be pre- sented the County Commissioners asking that Board to fix the boun- daries of these streets. Such a petition has been presented and 1 trust in due time we shall have this important matter definitely de- termined, for the Engineering De- partment is unable at times to indi- cate definite street lines to citizens who contemplate improvements. Board of Survey No plans have been approved by the Board this year. The studies of the proposed development at Lexington Park were continued this season and a tentative layout agreed upon with the owners. As yet no formal plans have been presented the Board for its approval. In the matter of the proposed de- velopment which was started on the Kendall property on Bedford Street referred to in last year's report and where this department made exten- sive surveys to assist the Board in its endeavor to secure a proper development, it is gratifying to record that a development which seemed destined to become injurious to neigh- boring property by reason of its lack of adaptibility to the topography, etc., is now in hands where we may expect development which should be an asset to the community. Cemetery Department In the early part of the season the Department assisted the Commis- sioners in the treatment of the drives at Westview Cemetery where a sur- face application of tar was applied. The work was done by the Highway Department. At various times during the year the Engineer's office has staked out the various lots for intending pur- chasers and furnished such other information as the Commissioners requested. Park Department At the request of the Park Com- missioners levels and other data were furnished with respect to a proposed tennis court on the playground at East Lexington. Levels were also given for regrading a portion of the base ball grounds at the Center Playground. Highland Avenue Drainage Plans and profiles were prepared by this office to enable the con- sulting engineer retained by the town to prepare a comprehensive design which would not only include the adequate drainage of the low area off Highland Avenue; which has been a continuous source of trouble, but would also be of sufficient capacity to provide for the disposal of all surface water in the streets in the area tributary thereto. This area is about 45 acres in extent and is bound- ed in whole or part by the following streets: Winthrop, Slocum, Eliot, Percy and Bennington Roads, and Highland Avenue. Land Developments and their Relation to Highway Matters. That the town has a very heavy and increasing burden to bear in the 74 TOWN OF LEXINGTON matter of maintaining its present road system to meet the demands of the ever increasing traffic and the tendency of the citizens to expect a rather high standard of excellence of construction for our whole road mileage, is too obvious to need fur- ther comment. As indicated in my report as Super- intendent our present problem as to road maintenance needs such careful consideration, that the Town should also give equally careful attention to the acceptance of new streets. In order that the citizens may be informed of the extent of the various land booms, their area, street mileage and other points, bearing not only on the matter of future street de- velopment, but the general extension of public conveniences as well, 1 have prepared the following data con- cerning these developments:— Number of land developments in the town 35 Number of acres included with- in the same 1431 Mileage of private or unaccepted ways included in the above 37.09 Mileage of public or unaccepted. ways included in the above 4.41 Total mileage of accepted and unaccepted ways 41.50 Unfortunately only five of the above developments have been ap- proved by the Board of Survey, the Town having accepted the Board of Survey Act only a few years ago. While some of the developments have been established for a number of years the large majority have come into being within a comparatively short time_ These latter develop- ments have been established almost entirely without a proper study of street development, but rather with the view of offering as many lots for sale as the premises permitted. With the present high cost of roads and the installation of public utilities it is manifestly evident that unless careful consideration is given to the fundamental principles of street de- sign whereby the topographical and other essential features are properly considered, thus assuring the most economical installation of public utili- ties; subsequent purchasers as well as the town itself are utlimately burdened by the increased Cost of securing these necessities. Referring to the statistics indicated above and particularly to the relative- ly large mileage of unaccepted ways, it is evident that as the town grows public convenience and necessity will from time to time require the ac- ceptance by the town of many miles of these private, ways. At present time there is no estab- 1 ished method of procedure adopted by the town as to what requirements shall be fulfilled in the matter of the construction of private streets before the town shall accept the same as public ways. In order that the town and inter- ested citizens may have something definite to follow in this matter, 1 respectfully offer the following, which, if in approved form should be adopted as a town by-law:— TOWN ENGINEER 75 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Acceptance of Town Ways Rules of Procedure I. All petitions for laying out, widening, altering or discontinuing any street or way shall be presented to the Board of Selectmen. II. No street or way construed on private lands by the owners thereof shall be hereafter laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the town for acceptance as a town way unless previously constructed and completed in accordance with the following specifications, which shall constitute the minimum requirements:— Specifications (a) A plan and profile of every such street or way shall be filed in the office of the Town Engineer who shall designate the design, grades and requirements as to drainage. Said plan and profile shall be drawn in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Town Engineer shall prescribe. (b) Every street hereafter ac- cepted by the town shall be construct- ed for its full length and width and shall conform accurately to a cross- section which shall be designated by the Town Engineer. (c) The entire area of the street shall be cleared of all stumps, roots, brush and perishable material and all trees not intended for preservation: All trees intended for preservation shall be protected from injury by suitable boxes or fenders. (d) All loam or other unsuitable material shall be removed from the limits of the street, inclusive of • sidewalks, to such a depth as may be approved by the Town Engineer. (e) All work in excavation or embankments shall be brought ac- curately to a sub -grade of not less than eight inches for the roadway and four inches for the sidewalk below the finished grade as shown by said profile and cross-section. All side slopes in embankment and in earth excava- tion on the adjoining land shall be at the ratio of at least one and one half horizontal to one vertical to a berm not less than one foot in width outside the limits of the street. (f) Embankments shall be made of clean sand, gravel, cinders, fur- nace slag, broken stone or other suitable material. No perishable material shall be used for the making of street embank- ments. (g) Above sub -grade and to fin- ished grade good binding gravel free from an injurious amount of clay or vegetable material and satisfactory to the Town Engineer, shall be used, except along the edges of the side- walk, where loam shall be placed in 76 TOWN OF LEXINGTON accordance with the cross-section plan. Both the roadway and side- walks shall be thoroughly rolled in a manner satisfactory to the Town En- gineer and the loam spaces between the sidewalk and the edge of the travelled way shall be properly seeded or covered with good fresh sods laid in the best manner. (h) Side gutters on every street having a grade of five (5) per cent or over shall be paved, at least three feet wide, with stone, coal tar con- crete, artificial stone or other suitable material approved by the Town En- gineer. (i) Catch basins shall be built in such Iocations as the Town Engineer shall designate and shall be of the forms, materials and dimensions as approved by the Town Engineer and shall be connected by suitable drains, having manholes at intervals of not over four hundred feet, with a permanent drainage outlet duly se- cured to the Town by a proper legal instrument, or such drains may be constructed to the limits of a public way of the town intersecting such street. (j) All corners of intersecting streets shall be rounded in a manner satisfactory to the Town Engineer and curbing of granite or other per- manent material approved by the Town Engineer may be required to be set on the gutter line for the full length of all such rounded corners. Granite bounds or other permanent marks shall be set at all angles and curves under the direction of the Town Engineer. III. No street or way shall be laid out or accepted by said Town at a width less than forty feet unless the same shall have been actually opened and used for public travel prior to January 1, 1922. IV. Any street or way which has been actually opened to public travel prior to January 1, 1922 the width and construction of which does not conform to the foregoing require- ments, may be laid out and reported by the Selectmen to the town for acceptance: Provided, however, said layout shall be under the law author- izing the assessment of betterments, and petitions for such lay -outs shall be accompanied by releases of dam- ages from owners and mortgagees representing at least seventy-five per cent of the property owners abutting said street and also containing agree- ments by such owners to pay their proportionate part of the betterment assessments in the event of accept- ance of the way by the town. Conclusion Practically the whole of the En- gineering Department's time is now taken up during the year carrying on the routine work of the town. We find very little opportunity to ad- vance the progress of our town map work, the preparation of Assessors' maps or other general information such as the preliminary studies for storm drainage disposal and surveys of those areas of the town which are likely to be developed and which should be studied by the Planning TOWN ENGINEER 77 Board and the Board of Survey in this important work may be ad - advance of such development. vanced. I believe that the town should Respectfully Submitted, provide the department with addi- J. HENRY DUFFY, tional facilities that the progress of Town Engineer. 78 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS Lexington, Mass., Jan. 1, 1922. The Commitee has no special report to make as the roads speak for them- selves, and for details we respectfully refer you to full and able report of J. Henry Duffy, Superintendent of Streets. Inasmuch as the construction and maintenance of the highways will hereafter be in the hands of the Board of Public Works, this Com- mittee refrains from making any suggestions or recommendations in relation thereto. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE W. TAYLOR, Chairman. TOWN COUNSEL 79 REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL February 3, 1922. Board of Selectmen, Lexington, Massachusetts. Dear Sirs:— I herewith submit my report as Town Counsel for the year ending December 31, 1921:— While it has been necessary during this year to bring several minor suits for collection of accounts due the Town, fortunately no new actions have been brought against the Town during the year, although several have been threatened. The Supreme Court's decision in the Chisholm case which was un- favorable to the Town was handed down last Spring and all Depart- ments of the Town have been noti- fied by the Selectmen of this decision and advised to protect themselves and the Town in the future by writ- ten contracts in all dealings they may have with independent contractors in order that the Town may not again be held for liability under circum- stances such as existed in the Chis- holm case. The case of Prest vs. the Town, a claim for legal services rendered to the Board of Health in 19].2 and 1913 and a controversy relative to the unloading of manure at the several railroad stations, which case has been pending for several years, was tried last Fall in the Superior Court for Suffolk County and resulted in a verdict for the Town. Exceptions to the finding, however, were taken by the Plaintiff and the case will be reported to the Supreme Court for final decision. The case of Andresen vs. the Town referred to in my last report was decided against the Town in the Superior Court at Cambridge and appealed by the • Town upon excep- tions and has been argued before the Supreme Juducial Court on questions of law involved. The decision of the Supreme Judical Court should be of great importance to the Town and in fact, to all Towns in the Common- wealth, because it will determine the Town's liability in connection with shade trees over -hanging the high- ways, which are located on private land of abutting owners. A further question of importance to be decided by this case and one which has never been decided before in this Common- wealth is a question whether notice to a police officer of an alleged defect in a highway is such notice as will bind the Town. The demand for attendance at hearings, drawing of contracts and rendering of legal opinions has mater- ially increased during the past year. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT L. RYDER, Town Counsel, 80 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT Lexington, Mass., January 1, 1922. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Lexington, Mass., Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit the following police report for the year ending December 31st, 1921. Number of arrests 177 Males 168 Females 9 Residents of the town 75 Non-residents 102 Native Born 135 Foreign Born 42 Married 59 Single 118 Offences Committed. Adultery Assault and Battery Adulterating Milk Attempted larceny Attempted breaking and entering Bastardy Breaking, entering and larceny Collecting junk without a license Contempt of Court Cruelty to Animals Drunkenness Fugitive from justice Murder Neglected child Non support Larceny Not displaying lights on wagon 2 8 2 2 2 1 18 2 2 2 41 1 1 1 3 17 3 Malicious Mischief Ran away from home Ran away from school (Private) Robbery Stubborn Child Truant Trespassing Unlawful use of milk bottles Violation of hunting laws Violation of liquor laws Vagrancy Violation of automobile laws Violation of game Iaws Disposition of Cases. Fined Probation Committed to House of Correction Committed to State Farm Committed to Lyman School (Sentence suspended) Committed to Shirley School Sherborn Prison for Women Mass. Reformatory Prison On file Ordered to make restitution Discharged by Court Ordered to pay all back bilis and 810 per week in the future Released at Station House Released by Probation Officer Committed to Dept. of Child Welfare Turned over to Parents Turned over to Supt. of Private School Cases still pending 19 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 9 3 26 1 92 15 13 1 5 2 1 3 21 1 16 1 1 1 2 3 1 9 POLICE DEPARTMENT 81 Miscellaneous Work Amount of fines imposed 31429.00 Amount of property stolen 4672.86 Amount of property re- covered, 3065.00 Buildings found open and secured, 23 Obstruction removed from street 12 Leaks in water mains 7 Vacant houses cared for 31 Lost children cared for 4 Lanterns put in dangerous places 9 Sick persons cared for 6 Dead bodies taken charge of 3 Persons taken to Hospital 5 Officers attended Court 240 Done extra duties without pay 38 There has been a wave of crime spreading over the country and we have had our share of it. We have been very fortunate in rounding up a good many of the criminals, some of them, have been tried and found guilty, some of them are now serving sentences, and others are awaiting trial. It has taken a lot of labor to run down these crimanls, and we hope in the near future that the number of crimes will diminish, I have had to use our reserve officers a great deal on special work in order to keep the regular men on their respective beats, and during the time they were having their vacations, also when they have their day off. The average citizen has no idea of the number of highways the men patrol. The motor cycle has been a great assistance to the force both day and night. I thank the Honorable Board and the citizens of the town for their assistance and cooperation. Respectfully submitted, PATRICK J. MAGUIRE, Acting Chief of Police. 82 TOWN of LEXINGTON REPORT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, I herewith submit my report of the inspection of buildings for year ending Dec. 31, 1921. Whole number of permits issued 221 Classified as follows: No. of • Permits Value Additions and Alterations Garages Houses, one family Houses, two family Ice cream stand Lumber shed Piazzas 39 $44,615.00 62 30,760.00 52 231,300.00 2 15,000.00 1 1,000.00 1 7,000.00 8 1,250.00 Poultry Houses 21 Rabbit House 1 Shop 1 Sleeping Porches 2 Stables and Barns 6 Store 1 Studio 1 Tool Houses 5 Wagon sheds 8 Wood sheds 2 Cellars 2 Relocating 3 Demolishing 3 1,745.00 130.00 500.00 1,000.00 7,750.0 400.00 500.00 655.00 790.00 150.00 Totals, 221 $344,545.00 Respectfully submitted, WESLEY T. WADMAN, SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 83 REPORT OF • SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Gentlemen: 1 have the honor to submit the following report of the work done for the year ending December 31, 1921. Scales sealed weighing over5000lbs Scales under 5000 Ib. Computing scales All other scales Prescription scales Weights (avoirdupois) 2 22 26 49 2 199 Weights (apothecary) 44 Slot weighing machines 2 Number of liquid measures 41 Pumps 13 Yard measures 13 Fees charged for sealing 836.80 Fees charged for adj usti ng .35 Fees collected 31.49 Fees outstanding 4.96 Pedlars' and junkmen's scales have been inspected and sealed. The property in the hands of the sealer same as last year. 1 CHARLES E. HADLEY, Sealer of Weights and Measures. 84 FOREST FIRE WARDEN REPORT OF FOREST FIRE WARDEN , Lexington, Mass., Jan. 1, 1922. To the Honorable Board of, Selectmen, Gentlemen: I herewith submit my annual report as Forest Fire Warden for the year ending Dec. 31, 1921. During the year there were forty- five (45) grass and forest fires in the Town of Lexington. The Fire De- partment responded to alarms for all of these fires. By efficient work the fires were extinguished, a n d through the efforts of the Department no great losses occurred. The im- portance of getting to fires quickly, and having men and equipment is being brought to our attention more clearly each year. It would appear that during the past year the citizens observed rules which referred to the building of fires for burning refuse or grass and they seemed to exercise care so that no disastrous fires occurred. I wish to thank the people of the Town for co-operating with me during the past year. Respectfully submitted, OSBORN E J. GORMAN, Forest Fire Warden. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 85 REPORT OF BOARD Lexington, Mass., Jan. 30, 1922. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen: The Department during the past year has responded to 126 Alarms. The assessed valuation of the build- ings to which the Department was called is $148,950. Many buildings not included in this estimate were endangered. • The Losses amounted to $20,647.14. Considerable damage to the Fire Alarm System was caused by the OF FIRE ENGINEERS storms of July and November. It is difficult at this time of writing to calculate the amount of damage caused by the ice storm in December, but the probable cost of repairs will be about $6000.00 which must be provided for in 1922. The attendance of the Call Men of the Department at fires was 82%, which is far above the average at- tendance for Call Departments. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD W. TAYLOR, Chief, Lexington Fire Department. 86 BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH Lexington, Mass., Jan. 1, 1922. Board of Health, Lexington, Mass., Gentlemen: In submitting a report of the newly established Dental Clinic for the first six months, I shall at the same time briefly outline its need, its work and its aims for the future. Upon examination of the children in all the grammer schools I found conditions in the mouths of over 80% of the pupils which need correction. This condition is not conducive to good health and efficient study. With the co-operation of the school nurse I am weeding out the worst cases of those who are unable to ob- tain the services of the dentist in private practice, and treating them. I hope, through cards to all the par- ents, to let them know of the child's condition so they may either consult their family dentist or come to the clinic. The result of the first six months work of the clinic shows that the parents are interested and I have reason to expect that before another six months have passed, it will be firmly established in their minds that the Dental Clinic is an indispensable institution. Following is the report of work to December 1, 1921: Number of patients 151 Number of visits 345 Number of operations 689 Number of extractions 189 Number of permanent teeth extracted 32 Number of temporary teeth extracted 157 Number of fillings 247 Number of permanent teeth filled 227 Number of temporary teeth filled 20 Number of children's teeth cleaned 124 Number of pulp treatments 29 Total cash received, 156 Respectfully submitted, FRANCIS J. GREELEY, Director of the Clinic. ODORLESS CART REPORT Lexington, Mass., Jan. 1, 1922. Board of Health, Lexington, Mass., Gentlemen: I submit the following report from Jan. 1, 1921 to May 10th, 1921: Cleaned January 12 cesspools 21 loads February 5 cesspools March 20 cesspools 3 vaults April 27 cesspools 2 vaults May 1 cesspool 2 vaults TOWN OF LEXINGTON 87 13 42 4 55 3 2 2 Totals 65 cesspools 133 loads 7 vaults 9loads Respectfully submitted, ERNEST W. MARTIN. Lexington, Dec. 31, 1921. To the Board of Health, Lexington, Massachusetts, Gentlemen: I herewith beg to submit my re- port for cesspools and vaults emptied from May 10th to January 1, 1922. Cesspools Loads Vaults May 26 40 June 22 43 July 13 21 1 Aug. 14 30 2 Sept. 12 24 2 Oct. 9 19 2 Nov. 15 27 Dec. 17 31 128 235 7 Respectfully yours, H. A. BURGESS. REPORT OF SLAUGHTERING INSPECTORS Lexington, Mass., Dec. 31, 1921. To the Board of Health, Lexington, Mass., Gentlemen: I herewith submit my annual report for 1921 as Inspector of Slaughtering at the following places. G. Bunzel Cattle Veal Swine (small) Swine (large) Lambs T. Whiting Swine 103 1452 1817 1242 19 A. Young Cattle 3 L. Leturney Swine (large) 2 Veal 1 7 Beef Cattle, 16 Veal, 23 Swine were condemned and rendered. Respectfully submitted, L. K. DUNHAM, Inspector. January 1, 1922. To the Board of Health, Lexington, Mass., Gentlemen: I herewith submit my annual re - TOWN OF LEXINGTON port for 1921 as Inspector of Slaught- ering. A. Young Swine Veal Sheep Beeves 2365 301 195 70 A. Holman Swine 1191 Veal 96 Beeves 87 94 Swine, 25 Beeves, 5 Veal were condemned and rendered. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE A. WARNER, Inspector. REPORT OF PLUMBING INSPECTOR Lexington, Mass., Dec. 31, 1921. To the Board of Health, Lexington, Mass. Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Plumbing for the year ending December 31st, 1921. Number of applications filed and permits granted 115 Number of applications received on which work has been com- pleted 97 Number of calls made in connec- tions with inspections and in- formation 260 Inspections of old buildings have been made when the sanitary condi- tions required the drainage system to enter the sewer. The necesssary changes were made at the time of construction. There have been three occasions where work had to be stop- ped on account of the owners not showing satisfactory plans of their intention for alterations. Respectfully submitted, ANDREW T. BAIN. REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR Lexington, Mass., Jan. 1, 1922. To the Board of Health, Lexington, Mass., Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Milk for the year ending December 31st, 1921. The price per quart of milk for home consumption reached its high- est point during the year, and present indications seems to show a lower price during the coming year. The quality of the milk sold, and the per - capita consumption have changed only slightly during the year. There is still however room for improvement during the Summer months in the solid contents of our milk supply. I have endeavored to protect the health of the residents of the Town with a clean and pure milk supply HOARD OF HEALTH by ppinting out to the dealers where- in his product fell below the stand- ard of past ratings so that he could take measures to improve it. Milk laws have not been changed during the year, and the control work has been carried on in the same manner as in previous years. Dairies and Milk Rooms have been inspected and in one instance where a case of con- tagious disease was reported on one dealer's route, special investigation was made and necessary precautions taken. 1 have analyzed ninety four sam- ples of milk during the year and the results obtained from them proved the milk to be very good quality and remarkably low in sediment. Samples Analyzed. Milk Cream Inspections. Stores Dairies Milk Plants Licenses Issued for the sale of milk Issued for the sale of Oleomar- garine 91 3 14 16 10 28 8 Permits Issued for the sale of milk 12 Cases in Court. Charge adulterated milk, defendant found guilty and tined $50.00 The quality of milk sold in Lexing- ton, both from a food value and health stand point has been reason - 89 ably satisfactory. Respectfully submitted, ANDREW T. BAIN. REPORT OF FUMIGATOR January 1, 1922. To the Board of Health, Lexington, Mass. Gentlemen :---- I hereby submit my report as Fumigator for the year ending Dec. 31; 1921. Number of cases fumi- gated 10, including 24 rooms. Seven cases of Scarlet Fever fumigated 12 rooms One Case of Diphtheria— fumigated Two Cases ofjTuberculosis— fumigated 9 Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR A. MARSHALL, Fumigator. REPORT OF ANIMAL INSPECTOR To the Board of Selectmen, I submit the annual report for 1921 as follows: 165 stables have been inspected and suggestive changes made. 1087 cattle, 3961 swine, 9 sheep and 56 goats have passed inspection with the exception of 27 cows condemned for tuberculosis and slaughtered. 156 interstate cows have been released from quarantine and test charts sent to the Division of Animal Industry. 3 cases of rabies have been destroyed and reported. H. L. ALDERMAN, DVS. 3 90 TOWN OF LExINGTON ti REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS Your Cemetery Commissioners sub- mit the following as their report for the year ending December 31st, 1921. The Robbins, Munroe and Colonial Cemeteries have received their usual care and attention and we have en- deavored to keep within our appro= priation in our expenditures thereon. We would like to call the attention of the voters of the town to what we consider an injustice in requiring us to turn over to the Town Treasurer all monies received for the care of lots, for foundations put in and for interments made. Practically three fourths of the amount we ask for is for labor and what we receive in return for that labor goes not to our credit but is turned into the general fund to be voted to some other de- partment which is not so fortunate. While we realize this would not ma- terially effect the tax rate of the town still if such monies revert to us it would furnish an incentive to your commissioners to exercise a little more effort to make these Cemeteries self supporting. Once more we would ask voters to consider the advisability of turning over to your commissioners a strip of land fifteen feet wide bordering on the upper driveway to the Munroe Cemetery so that a better approach could be made both for vehicles and foot passengers. Relative to the Westview Cemetery your Commissioners would report that with the exception of a small area on the Summer Street side the grading of the developed portion has been completed and we trust with the appearance of grass in the spring it will be pleasing to you all. We have set out trees along the main driveways and fenced in three sides leaving the front bordering on Bed- ford Street wide open for encroach- ment by man or beast as the appro- priation would not allow for a fence here. There have been thirteen lots sold and nine interments made and in justice to those who have bought lots or laid their dear ones at rest we feel some action should be taken to build a suitable fence along the front. We shall endeavor at the March meeting to present some figures as to the probable cost of the same. It is our desire and intention to plant considerable shrubbery in the early spring but our experience does not warrant our going to any great expense until a proper enclosure is built along Bedford St. We planted several dwarf shrubs in the corners of the main drive and in less than forty-eight hours over a dozen of them had been pulled up by the roots and taken away. CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS 91 We are confident that with this Cemetery as with the others that after the first great outlay is made and the Cemetery is in proper condition it will not only be self supporting but will in a short time be able to pay back some of the indebtedness to which the Town has been put. Respectfully submitted, Lexington Cemetery Commissioners, JOHN E. A. MULLIKEN, CHARLES J. DAILEY, EDWARD WOOD. 92 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF TREE WARDEN This department commenced the year 1921 with a plan for the planting of as many new trees as the appropria- tion might permit, allowing what seemed to be a sufficient sum for ordinary needs in the way of trim- ming old trees and such other in- cidental work as might arise. Early in the year, the Lexington Field and Garden Club contributed the sum of $150.00 to be used toward the expense of planting street trees, and with this assistance it became possible to extend the program somewhat, re- sulting in the setting out of a total of ninety-four trees in various parts of the town. During the summer and fall a limited amount of trimming and repairing was carried out, it being necessary to keep within a smaller appropriation than usual. Then came the disastrous ice storm of November 28th and 29th, resulting in serious damage to nearly every tree in town, and the effects of which will be apparent for many years. The first consideration in this emer- gency was of course the elimination of sources of danger to the public, —the clearing away of debris from the highways, followed by the removal of hanging, shattered branches from overhead. This work alone made necessary the employment of a large crew of men until the end of the year, with the provision of funds to cover the extra expense. The department faces an immense amount of work for the coming season. Few, if any, trees are so badly injured as to require complete removal: but nearly every one of the Town trees needs careful attention to ward off the decay which will eventually follow the breaking and splitting of so many of its branches. Treating these injuries should com- mence at once, and the work should be continued throughout the year so far as funds will permit. The storm cleared the trees of all dead or unsound wood, so that when the present work is completed most of them will be in an unusually sound condition. There is still opportunity for the planting of about one hundred young trees. This will be a desirable activi- ty if the expense can be met. The importance of future needs with re- gard to new trees should not be over- looked, even though the need for repairing existing ones seems impera- tive. A fair balance should be ar- rived at in preparing a schedule of operations for the year, and suitable allowance made for each of these needs. Respectfully Submitted, SHELDONA. ROBINSON, Tree Warden. Lexington, Mass. January 1, 1922. PLANNING BOARD REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD The Board has pursued three main lines of study this year. (1) Town Centre. One of the most important con- siderations connected with Town Planning in Lexington at the present moment is to develop and maintain in the centre of our village a proper and worthy setting for the Common. The Common is a priceless possession held in trust for the whole nation as the birthplace of American Liberty. The citizens owning property border- ing on the Common have one and all voluntarily placed upon their prop- erties restrictions that will for 100 years preserve the present character of the immediate surroundings. The next step, that of maintaining the approaches to the Common— must be made by the Town as a whole. The Common is annually visited by countless thousands. The avenues leading to it are none too wide. It is possible to preserve not only the present legal width but also the pres- ent width between buildings, by establishing building lines, as provided in Chapter 82, Sec. 37 of the General Laws, and as recommended later in this report. The main approach to the Common is Massachusetts Avenue where it passes through the centre of the village. Several elements enter into the working out of a suitable civic 93 centre and approach to the Common at this point. The Board has worked out a plan, under which the commercial de- velopment on the avenue will extend through the present business district northward as far as Muzzey Street and the Railroad Park. Beyond Muzzey Street we hope that any future buildings will be set back according to the policy outlined below under Building Lines. If as part of this scheme the Town decides to place its new Town Hall on property between the Avenue and Raymond Street, from Muzzey Street to the Library lot, it would definitely establish this locality as the civic centre of the Town, with Town Hall, Public Library, Common, Buckman Tavern, Fire Engine House and Railroad Station in one continuous group. In this case the wooden store buildings on the opposite side of Massachusetts Avenue should not, when it is destroyed, be replaced by another similar structure, but the land so released should be developed in connection with the Railroad Park and the Buckman Tavern property, to afford a worthy approach to the Common. in this event Muzzey Street should be,,widened and extended across the Park land to Waltham Street at the foot of Loring Hill. This would form 94 TOWN OF LEXINGTON a more direct and convenient as well as much more attractive approach to the Town from the west. By providing for set -backs on Muzzey Street, a broad avenue can be secured for the future, giving adequate ap- proach to the centre from the west. This avenue would join Massachu- setts Avenue opposite the Railroad Park, and along the line of the possible future site of the Town Hall or other public building. The Railroad Station and Park, therefore, occupy a very important position on the right of the avenue, approaching the Common. The re- pair of the Station and the preserva- tion of the Park are matters that have constantly engaged the attention of the Board. When the station was damaged by fire a new station was contemplated, and plans were presented by the Board. Opposition developed from an unexpected source and prevented the acceptance of these plans. After prolonged effort and repeated con- ferences the Board worked out a scheme for restoring and adding to the present station, which met with general favor, and is now being carried into execution by the architect of the Railroad. The Board is unable at this time to report finally concerning the Rail- road's policy in regard to the dis- position of the Railroad Park on Massachusetts Avenue. (2) Building Lines. The Board has recommended to the Selectmen the establishment of build- ing lines on all the main thorough- fares. Anyone familiar with the street system knows how narrow are certain portions of Waltham Street, Woburn Street, Bedford Street and Massachusetts Avenue. The Town is not in a position fin- ancially to widen these streets, but it can provide for future widening without present expenses by estab- lishing set -backs, or building lines. These lines should be fixed with the consent and co-operation of the abut - tors whom they benefit. If an abut - tor on one of these streets owns a house which sets back 50 ft. from the street, it is to his advantage to accept a rule that will prevent his neighbor from building closer to the street line than himself. If another abuttor has a house within 10 ft. of the street, the 20 ft. set -back does not harm him in that it does not affect existing buildings, and it benefits him as it limits his neighbor from building up to the line. Convinced of the advantage of such lines, your Board on June wrote the Selectmen asking them to take the matter up with the Town. We believe that no other single item of Town Planning is more important than the above, and that it should be put through promptly. (3) Playgrounds and School- house Sites. The third item in our program has been the consideration of future playground and schoolhouse sites. Our schoolhouses are all on or near the main street of the Town, They ICANNING BOARD 95 are all crowded. A large number of pupils are transported from distant parts of the Town to attend these schools. In the near future they must be enlarged or new ones pro- vided, or both. We believe that where an isolated district of the Town has so many children that it becomes a matter of great expense and an inconvenience to transport them to a schoolhouse near the centre of the Town, there is every reason to consider a local grade school building. Transportation cost would be saved. Local needs could be met more perfectly. The cost of the site would be incomparably less. than even a cramped piece of ground in the centre of the Town. With the latter point especially in mind, we have visited sites in one of the largest districts, have taken members of the School Committee to these sites, and now respectfully report that land for a building with ample playgrounds can today be obtained at a low acreage cost, but that soon such land will be encum- bered with buildings and will then cost the Town many thousands of dollars per acre. No schoolhouse would be built upon such land at once but we believe the need of suit- able play space for baseball, etc. in the various outlying districts is alone of enough consequence to make immediate action by the Town ad- visable. We believe that the people of these districts have a right to the benefits above proposed and we hope that the Town as a whole will adopt such a policy without further delay. The Board was instrumental, earlier in the year, in promoting the scienti- fic study of the Good Road Move- ment, and was represented on the Committee that planned the road- work last spring. At the suggestion of the Field & Garden Club the Planning Board took up the question of the need for a Convenience Station in the Centre of the Town and has submitted to the Park Board a plan and recommenda- tion for such a station in the neigh- borhood of the Common. The need of this feature has been emphasized again and again, and would seem to require no further debate. The Park Board has welcomed the co-operation of the Planning Board, and should be supported in this enterprise by the citizens. In regard to the land developments the Board has kept in constant touch with the Massachusetts Federation of Planning Boards and the State authorities, and finds no adequate means of control of such develop- ments, except through purchase of the land by citizens who will develop it properly. This has been done suc- cessfully in Belmont, Norwood, and other communities, and the Board has co-operated with efforts to do the same thing in Lexington during the past year. The Board has been represented on the Committee for a Revised Form of Town Government, part of whose recommendation has been approved by the Town. Law enforcement in Lexington has at times been very lax. The Building 96 TOWN OF LEX.INq'rON Laws, are now being enforced in an able manner, with the exception of that portion relating to billboards. A law is of little value unless backed up by public opinion. Public opin- ion throughout the State is running high against billboards. If the law that we already have is not good, we should revise it. Unenforced law is destructive of government. The comprehensive survey of the Town is progressing, under the charge of the Town Engineer. Very little progress can be made by the Engineer in his own work, however, so long as he is called upon to perform manifold outside duties for other departments. When it is finished the Planning Board's most important work will be a general study of development, based on this survey. M.eanwhiie the Board looks for intelligent support of its recommenda- tions, as outlined in this report. Respectfully submitted, W. R. GREELEY, Chairman, Henry L. Wadsworth, Secretary. CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY 97 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY The records of the year 1921 show a very large increase of circulation over that of the preceding year, for the Branch and the Main Library together, a gain of 5527 volumes, and for the Main Library alone, a gain of 5732 volumes. This is a quite extraordinary advance in the general use of the library, a proportion of ten per cent, and it ought to be re- cognized that it has meant an equally great addition to the labors of the librarian and her assistants. The library staff individually and as a corps have done their work well and shown a commendable spirit of willingness to serve under the stress of unusual calls upon their strength and fidelity. The additions to the number of books in the library are almost the same this year as in 1920, some six hundred volumes. As was stated in lass year's report the high cost of books and the want of funds to pur- chase new books in proportion to our needs'indicated by the public demand prevent any considerable increase. This gives point to the often repeated request for more gifts to the invested funds of the library. No more satis- factory memorial can be devised than a gift to the library in memory of some worthy and beloved person. Such a gift is permanent and always active, keeping alive the influence as well as the name of the departed. To extend the usefulness of the library there has been opened a new department called the Duplicate Pay Collection. This is a system of renting new books which are of es- pecial interest and applying the money thus obtained to the purchase of other new works to, be rented on the same terms. It has just been initiated but already has met with instant and eager response, and al- though it may be a small. department for some time, it seems likely to add to the resources of the library, and satisfy a large number of readers. The annual convention of the American Library Association was held in the last week• of June, 1921, at• Swampscott, and six hundred of the delegates visited Lexington on Thursday, June 23. By the kind and generous co-operation of our towns- people the trustees were enabled to entertain these visitors in a fitting and worthy manner that made a most agreeable impression upon thern and brought forth many expressions of commendation. Public spirit and interest in our community and its good name for hospitality made it easy to raise $415 to defray necessary expenses. Complete arrangements were made in advance to care for 98 TOWN OF LEXINGTON the guests upon their arrival, to con- duct them under intelligent guides to the places of historic interest, to dispose of the many automobiles that brought them in such an orderly arrangement that it would be con- venient for the visitors to find their places again and proceed on their tour. In the supper room of the First Church and also in the Masonic Temple a luncheon was served to more than six hundred guests and after luncheon they left for a visit to Concord. The trustees wish to thank their fellow citizens for the financial aid so freely given and the help rendered by serving on commit- tees. The town officials and traffic officers did excellent service in direct- ing and carrying out the plans made so that the occasion was without confusion or discomfort to our visi- tors. All members of our staff at- tended the conference and the li- brarian, Miss Marian P. Kirkland, had the honor to be on the committee of the convention. The new edition of the Encyclo- pedia Americana has been purchased from the Laura Muzzey Brigham Fund. The Branch Library has had a successful year and is proving especially helpful to the teachers and pupils of the Adams School co- operating in every way to supple- ment their work, The Bulletin Board is of great use and has aroused much interest among librarians. Many re- quests for pictures of it showing its various uses have come from different parts of the country. The Wis- consin State Library School Director asked for a set of pictures of the bulletin to be used in connection with the publicity courses in the library schools. The Lexington Shakespeare Club, now disbanded, gave the balance of its fund, $50, to the library for the purchase of Shakespeare books. A fine edition of the Cambridge Shake- speare in 40 volumes and the famous Schmidt Shakespeare Lexicon have been added to the library from this gift. The Gould "History of Free- masonry" in four volumes was re- ceived from Mr. F. S. Davis. A large and valuable miscellaneous collection of books from the library of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Childs over been donated by Miss F. M. Robinson and Miss S. E. Robinson. Many gifts of flowers and items of interest cannot be referred to in detail, but are ap- preciated by the staff and the trustees as welcome evidences of the position the library holds in public esteem. Respectfully submitted for the Trustees, JOHN M. WILSON, Chairman. CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY REPORT OF LIBRARIAN OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Statistical Report -1921 Main Library: Accessions by purchase: New books Books to replace old copies Bound periodicals 459 30 1 490 Accessions by gift 141 631 Books discarded and withdrawn 30 Net increase 601 In Library Dec. 31, 1920 28,925 In Library Dec. 31, 1921 29,526 General Works Periodicals bound Periodicals unbound Philosophy & Religion Biography History Travels Social sciences Natural sciences Arts useful Arts recreative Arts fine Branch Library: Accessions by purchase: New books Books to replace old copies Bound periodicals 32 17 5 54 Books discarded and withdrawn 17 Net increase 37 In Library Dec. 31, 1920 3,100 3,137 Total number of volumes in Main Library and Branch 32,663 Circulation -1921 Home use Home use Home use Main through from Library Branch Branch 2 465 112 4434 317 488 14 7 1304 49 74 1506 53 97 992 89 S7 566 22 2 718 29 73 624 ],1 66 418 15 44 395 5 6 100 Language & Literature Poetry Fiction Music scores Stereographs (Sets) * *Representing 826 pictures TOWN OF LEXINGTON Total Circulation: Main Library Main Library and Branch Children's Room Number of days Library was Main Library Branch Library Registration ---1921 Main Library Adult Juvenile Temporary Withdrawn Adult Juvenile Temporary 1682 17 530 35508 3863 343 11 65 20 3236 49986 4167 4176 Total Branch Library, 49,986 Dec. 31, 1921 656 58,329 11,034 open: 303 251 Miscellaneous Main Library: Periodicals subscribed for 61 Periodicals given 9 Newspapers subscribed for 3 Newspapers given 1 Books rebound 560 4124 Books repaired 5611 Books borrowed from other Libraried on Inter -Library Loan plan 24 Books loaned to other Libraries 291 on Inter -Library Loan plan 8 Postals sent delinquents for overdue books 1749 3833 Pasta's sent for books reserved 1157 Books lost and paid for 4 Stereographic pictures used in Children's Room 5248 3300 688 156 137 118 36 Total Main Library, Dec. 31, 1921 Branch Library: Adult 436 Juvenile 328 Withdrawn: Adult Juvenile Total Main Library and Branch, Dec. 31, 1921 4489 764 Branch Library: Periodicals subscribed for 40 Newspapers subscribed for 68 Books rebound 108 'Periodicals bound Books repaired 24 1 19 5 243 CARY MEMORIAL Exhibits in Main Library: From Massachusetts Library Art Club: Warsaw—War pictures— No. X—"Fragments from France" —Scenes from Surrey -- Brittany— Masters of color—War pictures— No. X1II— Arnold Arboretum— Old Newburyport houses — Uni- forms of the U. S. Army -1775- 1918. For other exhibits of interest and gifts of books our appreciation is expressed to: E. S. and E. M. Balch — Belgian Ambassador ---Mr. H. Bernstein—Mr. H. C. Blake— Miss Alice Brooks—Mrs. LeRoy H. Brown—Mr. J. R. Carter— Mr. F. W. Coburn—Miss M. P. Cook—Miss A. K. Dale—Mr. C. F. Fairbanks—Mr. W. W. Far - LIBRARY 101 guson — Foreign Polic}k Assoc. of Mass.—Girl Scouts' National Head- quarters—Girl Scouts of Lexington — Mr_ W. F. Glenn—Mr. A. S. Hawkes—Mrs. L. W. Jenkins- -Mr. D. B. Love—Mr. R. H. Kettell—Mass. Free Public Library Commission—Selectmen of May- nard—The Misses Plumer—C. S. Parker & Son—Outlook Club- - Dr. F. S. Piper—The Misses F. M. & S. E. Robinson—Miss E. L. Shaw—Mrs. H. Simonds—Tuber- culosis League of Pittsburgh, Pa.— Dr. W. 5. Tyier—Venezuelan Gov- ernment—Mrs. J. R. Webster. Respectfully submitted, MARIAN P. KI RKLAND, Librarian. 102 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Income January 1, 1921 Balance on hand Dog Tax Int. on bank deposit Investment Com. Int. on bonds etc. Int. Brigham Fund Gift Shakesperean Club Fines January 1, 1921 Balance on hand Investment Com. Int. $402.54 823.03 13.64 696.31 113.78 44.00 349.79 $2,443.09 Expenditure Bindery Books Care of building Mass. Library Art Club American Library Assoc. Express Library of Congress Music Newspapers & periodicals Postage Printing & Supplies Sundries Cash bal. in bank EAST LEXINGTON BRANCH Books 145.94 Cash Bal. in bank 64.55 Examined and approved, CHARLES F. PIERCE, Town Accountant. $110.49 $355.82 1,014.93 121.53 6.00 5.00 17.59 50.00 6.68 268.40 44.88 85.20 12.53 454.53 $2,443.09 74.40 36.09 $110.49 GEORGE E. BRIGGS, Treasurer. GARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY 103 TRUSTEES OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY in account with GEORGE E. BRIGGS, Treasurer General Fund CAPITAL ACCOUNT Indestments December 31, 1921 $3000.00 Boston & Maine 4Y2% 1929 Nos. 77-79 3000.00 West End 4% 1932 Nos. 69-71 2000.00 Boston & Albany 4% 1932 Nos. M-79-80 3000.00 American Tel. & Tel. Co. 4% 1929 Nos. 67742-68799-67832 Maria Cary Fund: $342.50 Lexington Savings Bank Book No. 6940 Book Purchase Fund: $1000.00 Town of Lexington 6% note No. 23 1922 Beal Fund: $1000.00 Town of Lexington 6% note No. 24 1923 Income Account Net receipts from dividends and in- terest $570.58 Laura Muzzey Brigham Fund: Capital Account Investments December 31, 1921 $1000.00 Northern Pacific— Great Northern 6j% 1936 No. M-5036 $1000.00 American Tel. & Tel. Co. 4% 1929 No. 60366 200.00 U. S. A. Fourth Lib- erty 4%Q 1938 Nos. H-05620198- 201 439.15 Lexington Trust Company Savings Deposit Book No. 840 income Account Net receipts from interest and divi- dends 113.78 Alice Butler Cary Fund: Capital Account Investments December 31, 1921 $1000.00 Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul 41A% 1932 No. M-25425 104 TOWN 1000.00 Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul 4% 1925 No. 27855 400.00 U. S. A. Third Lib- erty 4%% 1928 Nos. 1272961-64 $50.00 each Nos. 1277740-41 100.00 each Income Account Net receipts from interest 101.98 OF LEXINGTON Goodwin Musical Collection Fund: Capital Account Investment December 31, 1921 $500.00 U. 5. A. Fourth Victory 434%a 1923 No. 401339 Income Account Net receipts from interest 23.75 East Lexington Branch Fund : Wellington Fund: Capital Account Investment December 31, 1921 $1000.00 Town of Lexington 6%o note No. 25 1924 Income Account Net receipts from interest 60.00 Robbins Fund: Capital Account Investment December 31, 1921 $100.00 Lexington Savings Bank, Book No. 1476 Income Account Net receipts from interest 4.55 Total income for 1921 $874.64 Trustees of Cary Memorial Library, EDWARD P. MERRIAM, JAY O. RICHARDS, JOHN M. WILSON, Investment Committee. Investments examined and re- ported approved. CHARLES F. PIERCE, Town Accountant. PARK BOARD 105 REPORT OF PARK BOARD The Park Board has expended its appropriation for labor upon its various parks and playgrounds. The Central Playground is the center for the major sports of the School Grades, the High School Athletic Association, and also for the Town amateur games. It is also used for the various clubs—social and church —for "Meets" and games, and for raising hundreds of dollars for their interests and activities. The Cen- tral Playground also furnishes the summer ground for 200 children to learn swimming and games, and other more industrial work. It has been impossible to enlarge its number of tennis courts or provide more space for ball fields or any new apparatus to meet the increased demand of players in all kinds of sports. In order to meet the increased demands the entire field on the Lincoln Road must be graded and prepared for additional ball and hockey games, and at least two more double tennis courts. East Lexington must also have a tennis court, for which they are already raising funds and hopes with the co-operation of the Park Board to have it completed in the early spring. It is to meet these demands as well as more -serious requests that we ask for means ap- proximate to the expense. We be- lieve that with a Community Day, chosen when all Citizens can help with labor, team, truck, tractor, lumber, tile, drain pipe, all manner of teams and all nationalities meeting on the playground, we could do all this work in one day. Some thirty (30) towns in this State and others have done this, and have made play grounds, buildings, walks, swimming pools, etc., and those working have also enjoyed a good time. We ap- peal to the Town of Lexington to finish the Central Grounds for its sports for all the town. There is no doubt that the 150th celebration of the 19th of April in 1925 will have a pageant for one of its features. The grounds and plans for it have been formed by Mr. Hayden and supported by one hun- dred (100) or more citizens; and some work done on them. This pageant is to be located on Mr. Ryder's farm (the Scott Estate) across the mead- ows; the approaches to which will be by Waltham, Muzzey, Clark, Parker and Lincoln Streets. The cars will be parked on the Park meadow. To co-operate as far as possible the Park Board has agreed with Mr. Ryder to allow him control of the meadow land for several seasons in return for plowing, plant- ing, leveling, grading and seeding it, so that there will be a grass sur- face for that occasion. The meadow will be drained as much as possible before that time. 106 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Just here we wish to say that the Park Board has, through the hearty co-operation of the Selectmen, been enabled to begin the building of the roads through the meadow by the brook with ashes from the public buildings. These roads with bridges we hope to complete by 1925. We wish to gratefully acknowledge the gifts of funds from The Charity Whist Club which provided games for the children's playgrounds dur- ing the summer. • We again call attention of the Citi- zens to the urgent necessity of a "Con- venient Station" near the center of the town. The citizens living around the Common have opened their houses to hundreds of visitors during the past summer. We call attention to the report of a plan drawn up by the Planning Board, and approved by the Park Board, whereby one can be made in the stage barn near the old cottage occupied by the Park Fore- man, which would cost probably about $500.00. We shall need new tools and new mowers for the Common and the Buckman Tavern grounds in the spring, as well as repairs for the locker on the Central Playground. This being an old building, the wooden floors and walls are much decayed and broken, and are entirely unsuit- able in their present condition for the use of visitors as well as for our own home players. Respectfully submitted, IDR. J. ODIN TILTON, EDWARD WOOD, WILLIAM E. MULLIKEN. AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS 107 REPORT OF DEMONSTRATION WORK IN AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS IN LEXINGTON For the Year Ending, December 31, 1921 An appropriation of $250 was made at the annual town meeting for demonstration work under the direc- tion of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics. Following is my report of the work done by this organization in the town. Agents of the Bureau made 118 farm and home visits during the year. The Agricultural Agent con- ducted a dairy barn meeting and judged at the Lexington Fair. The greatest part of the Bureau work in the town has been with the boys and girls. Lexington has the largest enrollment in Club work of any town in the County, with nineteen organ- ized Clubs in which the enrollment is as follows: -- Home Economics 61 Garden 62 Poultry 41 Canning 31 Pig 3 Dairy 3 Potato 1 Club Agents have held 108 Club meetings at which instruction has been given to the boys and girls. A large exhibit of home economics and poultry club work was held in the Town Hall in the Spring and Club members provided the entire Junior exhibit at the Lexington Fair. As a result of funds secured from the Child Welfare Association, Miss Em- ma Clahane was employed by the Bureau to act as Leader of Summer Clubs. Poultry and Home Econo- mics Clubs were in charge of teachers who volunteered their services out- side of school hours. We have de- monstrated to the Citizens of the Town through Moving Picture Shows which we have held at the Town Hall as to some of the work which the Bureau is doing for the different Towns. Ethelyn Atwood won second honors in, the County Bread Club Contest and was awarded a 7 day trip to the State College. Lester Pease and Edith Andrews were awarded two- day trips to the State College for their work during the year. Many prizes were won by Lexing- ton Club members at Waltham Fair and at the Boston Poultry Show. Middlesex County has more Club 108 TOWN OF LEXINGTON members than any other County in the United States, more, even, than many entire states. 2,712 boys and girls made and produced products valued at $44,623 during the past year. All of these young people were under the direction of the Agents of the Bureau with the co-operation of 276 paid and volunteer local leaders. WILBUR F. ATWOOD, Director. ASSESSORS' REPORT 1921 ASSESSORS' REPORT The Assessors hereby render their annual report. Real Estate of resident owners, Real Estate of non-res- ident owners, Personal Estate of resi- dent owners, Personal Estate of non- resident owners $7,945,350.00 1,072,015.00 944,582.00 272,842.00 Total valuation, 410,234,789.00 Gain on real estate, 4301,440.00 Loss on per- sonal es- tate 11,957.00 Town Grant 383,347.58 State Tax 23,800.00 Special State Tax 1,122.00 County Tax 12,688.89 Special County Tax 909.87 Highway Tax 3,641.62 Metropolitan Sewer Tax 6,652.52 Metropol itan Water Tax 10,014.00 Fire Preven- tion Tax 72.98 Civilian War Poll Tax for 1920 105.00 Civilian War Poll Tax for 1921 5,010.00 Overlay (1920) Overdraft 717.65 Overlay (1921) 3,183.32 Amount to be raised 4451,265.43 109 From which deduct amount taken from Bank & Cor- poration Tax $9,470.21 From City of Cam- bridge 430.98 From Arling- ton 382.00 State Mass. Income Tax 1921 35,816.98 State Mass. "Connear- ney Es- tate" 55.43 Water Re- ceipts $10,014.00 Educational Bureau Income 8,974.00 110 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Estimated other Re- ceipts 19,534.14 484,677.74 Total to be raised, Rate of taxation $35.00 on $1000 on a valu- uation of 410,234,- 789.00 Poll Taxes $366,587.69 4358,217.69 8,370.00 Amount committed to Collector Tax on omitted assess- ments Dec. 20, 1921 Number of residents as- sessed on property Number of non-residents assessed on property Whole number of per- sons assessed on prop- perty Number assessed for Poll Tax ' 5366,587.64 4,780.80 1712 1,100 Number of cows assessed Number of horses as- sessed Number of meat, cattle other than cows as- sessed Number of swine as- sessed Number of fowl as- sessed Number of dwelling houses assessed Number of acres of land assessed Value of Real Estate exempt from taxa- tion Value of Personal Prop- erty exempt from tax- ation Value of Real Estate be- longing to Town 850 381 195 703 4,885 1,461 9,242 8165,600.00 822,700.00 4540,925.62 GEORGE H. 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N .K r. 1-4 .i - ,N I .y M 1-4 1-4 -4 - ASSESSORS' REPORT a 8 R CEV M -t OGT? 00 00 r+ to CV o0000'0CI �S8$$88 �8QF.gg8; 641.ci - C ci GO — c M 00 d c.o.00 co to p888 88 co ici8 00• –--�� �1 u' m 000'0� rnv0606a6av O+ co co co in u] t, -1 - co u7 0Q L� 00 00 4' • ,--i ,- -o - •G • Lo cp N000' 0-1 ▪ i 1-1 1-1 0' Q. a, 0' 0, a, 0' a+ ,- 113 114 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR l herewith submit my report as Collector of Taxes for the year 1921: 1920 Tax Uncollected, Jan. lst, 1921 Abated to Jan. 1st, 1921 $1,793.39 Tax Liens held by Town 375.67 Collected in 1921 60,442.01 1921 Tax Amount com- mitted Sept. 12, 1921 $366,587.69 Amount com- mitted Dec. 20, 1921 4,780.80 362,611.07 62,611.07 $371,368.49 Collected to Jan. 1st, 1922 1285,202.99 Abated to Jan. 1st, 1922 6,104.80 Uncollected Jan. 1st, 1922 80,060.70 • 1371,368.49 GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH Tax for 1920 Uncollected Jan. lst, 1921 320.42 Collected in 1921 • 320.42 GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH Tax for 1921 Amount committed, Sept. 12, 1921 Collected to Jan. 1st, 1922 31,219.74 Uncollected, Jan. 1st, 1922 330.42 $1,550.16 $1,550.16 Respectfully Submitted BYRON C. EARLE Collector of Taxes TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC TRUSTEES FINANCIAL REPORT 1921 Eleanor S. Beals Legacy - Principal Account $2,000. Principal of Fund invested in 2000 City of Lynn 4s 2,000. Income Account Receipts Interest on 2000 City of Lynn 4s $40.00 Lexington Savings Bank 18.56 on 2000 City of Lynn 4s 40.00 Lexington Savings Bank 19.74 Disbursements Cash paid for charitable purposes Excess of receipts Balance Dec, 31, 1920 Balance Dec. 31, 1921 Disbursements 00 Cash paid for charitable purposes 00 118.30 115 18.12 Excess of receipts 17.96 Balance Dec. 31, 1920 301.22 Balance Dec. 31, 1921 3319.18 Charles E. French Legacy - Principal Account $4,000.00 Principal invested in 4000 Town of Lexington 4s $4,000.00 (Cemetery) Income Account (Receipts) Interest 2000 Lex- ington 4s $80.00 Lexington Sav- 81.25 ings Bank 8.12 37.05 825.45 Disbursements 862.50 Cash paid to Superinten- dent of Cemeteries Harriet R. Gilmore Legacy - Principal Account Principal deposited in Lex- ington Savings Bank Income Account Receipts Interest Lexington Savings Bank 88.12 100.00 500.00 Excess of disbursements 11.88 Balance Dec_ 31, 1920 208.42 500.00 Balance Dec. 31, 1921 Schools Income Account Receipts 36.08 Interest 2000 Lexing- 196,54 116 ton 4s $80.00 Lexington Sav- ings awings Bank 21.07 Disbursements Cash paid for medals Excess of receipts Balance Dec. 31, 1920 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 101.07 63.00 38.07 474.48 Balance Dec. 31, 1921 $512.55 Jonas Gamxnell Legacy - Principal Account $500.00 Principal of fund deposited in Lexington Savings Bank 500.00 Income Account Receipts Interest Lexington Sav- ings Bank Disbursements Cash paid on account of almshouse A. M. Tucker $16.24 W. K. Hutchin- son Co. 8.56 Estate of H. V. Smith 5.80 Mrs. W. W. Reed 2.95 M. Stevenson 1.53 Excess of disbursements Balance, Dec. 31, 1920 George 0. Smith Legacy -Princi- pal Account Amount of fund Dec. 31, 1921 2,452.50 Invested as under: - 2000 U. S. Liberty Loan 4th 4js $1,878.85 Deposited in Lexington Savings Bank 573.65 Income Account Receipts Interest on 2000 U. S. 4th 4%s $85.00 Interest Lexing- ton Savings Bank 26.30 Disbursements 31.76 Lexington Field & Garden Club 35.08 3.32 206.72 Balance, Dec. 31, 1921 IL 2,452.50 111.30 115.00 Excess of disbursements 3.70 Balance Dec. 31, 1920 10.77 Balance Dec. 31, 1921 Cemetery Trust Funds Receipts Emma I. and Carrie F. Fiske, lot 81 Abraham Smith, lot 259 Addie M. Hastings, lots 228-9 Galen Allen, lot 168 Kneeland Smith, Lot 215 7.07 $100.00 100.00 200.00 100.00 ' 100.00 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS 117 Estate of Abbie E. Wright, lot 174 150.00 8750.00 Amount of funds Dec. 31, 1920 20,485.00 Amount of funds Dec. 31, 1921 821,235.00 Income Account Receipts Interest Lexington Trust Co. 8282.36 Lexington Sav- ings Bank 835.36 Disbursements Superintendent of Ceme- teries Excess of Receipts Balance Dec. 31, 1920 Balance, Dec. 31, 1921 81,117.72 1,000.00 8117.72 2,268.09 Elizabeth B. Gerry Fund Balance Dec. 31, 1920 206.04 Balance Dec. 31, 1921 8210.15 Lexington High School Scholar- ship Fund Balance as reported 166.61 Received Interest Lexington Savings Bank 8.70 100 U. S. 43s 4.25 Invested as under: - 100 U. S. 4 Ks 8100.00 Bruce Wellington note 50.00 Lexington Savings Bank 21.56 4.95 5171.56 817136 $2,385.81 Hayes Foundation Fund—Prin- cipal Account Principal Account 8862.72 Principal deposited in Lex- ington Savings Bank 862.72 Income Account Receipts Interest Lexington Savings Bank Disbursements Repairs to fountain Excess of receipts Balance of fund reported Dec. 31, 1921 Invested as under: - 1600 U.S. 4Yis $1,387.28 650 U. S. 4%s 626.33 Lexington Savings Bank 30.26 $2,043.87 $2,043.87 Cemetery Trust Funds—Perpetu- al Care, Westview 48.46 Funds as reported Dec. 31, 1920 8394.50 44.35 Receipts Josephine Brothers, 4.11 lot 54 872.00 118 John E. Hosfield, lot 23 George F. Neal C. Veinot, lot 16 18.00 18.00 72.00 Amount of funds, Dec. 31, 1921 TOWN OF LEXINGTON FRANK D. PEIRCE, JOHN F. TURNER, Trustees of Public Trusts. Examined and approved, $180.00 CHARLES F. PIERCE, Town Accountant. 8574.50 BRIDGE CHARITABLE FUND 119 120 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF THE BRIDGE CHARITABLE FUND For the Year ending 1921 Amount of Fund Invested as under:— Mortgage of Caroline Wellington, Trustee 2000 U. S. 4th Liberty Loan 4 js Deposit in Lexington Savings Bank $3,972.50 650 U. S. 3rd 4Yis $2,000.00 1,878.85 93.65 $3,972.50 Bridge Charitable Fund Income Account 1921 Receipts Interest on Wellington notes 2000 U.S. 4th 4%s Lexington Savings Bank $125.00 85.00 48.78 8258.78 Income from Gerry Fund Interest on DeVeau note 1600 U. S. 4th 4qs $28.00 27.62 Disbursements Accrued interest on 1600 U. S. 4th 4fs bought for Gerry Fund Paid for Charitable pur- poses $123.62 $382.40 $25.12 119.88 $143.00 Excess of receipts 237.40 Balance Dec. 31, 1920 1,447.77 Balance Dec. 31, 1921 $1,685.17 FRANK D. PEIRCE, JOHN F. TURNER, Trustees of the Bridge Charitable Fund. Examined and approved, CHARLES F. PIERCE, 68.00 Town Accountant. REPORT OF TIIE BOARD OF WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS The Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners herewith presents its report for the year 1921: WATER DEPARTMENT General summary of finances for the year ending December 31, 1921 MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT • Receipts Schedule A-1921 Items 1920 Items collected in 1921 Expenditures Schedule B—Maintenance Expenses Balance 1920 Cash Bianace brought forward Transfer: To Construction Account Working Balance $28,717.93 37.85 CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT From 1921 Maintenance Account From Bond Issue Schedule C Receipts Less Expenditures $4,652.92 20,000.00 $24,652.92 18,835.84 $28,755.78 26,671.66 $2,084.12 5,068.80 $7,152.92 4,652.92 12,500.00 $5,817.08 WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS Total Cash Balance in hands of Town Treasurer Special Guarantee Bond deposited in Lexington Savings Bank Guarantee Fund, Cash deposited in Lexington Savings Bank Appropriation for Carville and Butler Avenues in hands of Town Treasurer 121 88,317.08 $500.00 $250.00 $4,000.00 SCHEDULE"A" Detail of Revenue from Water Rates and Miscellaneous Accounts 1920 Items Water Rates Guarantees Miscellaneous Water Rates Guarantees Hydrants Troughs Turning on water Repairs Broken Hydrants Accrued Interest insurance Reimbursement Sale of Junk Sale of old stock Miscellaneous Total Charged Collected Rebated Uncollected $82.68 $15.84 $66.84 144.44 16.44 49.50 78.50 5.57 5.57 1232.69 $37.85 $116.34 $78.50 ' 1921 Items $25,385.31 $25,308.30 $36.35 $40.66 579.00 549.39 3.68 27.93 2,300.00 2,300.00 100.00 100.00 8.00 8.00 126.66 88.58 38.08 190.39 190.39 41.52 41.52 48.00 48.00 5.65 5.65 26.99 26.99 63.47 53.11 10.36 $29,107.68 828,755.78 $194.45 $157.45 SCHEDULE "B" Detail of Maintenance and Operating Expenses Metropolitan Tax Interest on Debt Labor Maint. of Ford Automobile Stock Freight $10,014.00 5,367.50 5,055.37 628'.17 663.20 31.35 122 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Insurance Rent of Land (B. &. M. R. R. Yard) Rent of Barn Final Payment on $4,500 appropriation for thawing Salaries Office Expenses Horse and Wagon Tools Repairs Miscellaneous SCHEDULE "C" Detail of Construction Expenses Labor Large iron pipe Meters Gates Hydrants Pig Lead Lead Pipe Lead lined pipe Small iron pipe Small Fittings Other Stock Freight Teaming Tools Miscellaneous Receipts from installing services Less excess deposits returned Total Construction expenses DETAIL OF UNPAID ITEMS 389.70 33.00 75.00 1,500.00 3,186.63 320.72 633.55 67.96 165.15 40.38 826,671.66 86,790.65 6,010.52 1,438.32 293.34 1,449.08 318.92 312.89 110.81 622.20 1,161.32 312.73 728.57 304.28 184.80 77.86 120,116.29 11,308.93 28.48 1,280.45 118,835.84 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, December 31, 1921: WATER AND SEWER C0MM1SSIONERS Guarantees 1918 Item *Norris F. Comley 1919 Item *Norris F. Comley 1920 Item *Norris F. Comley Guarantees 1921 Item Paid since the books closed Water Rates 1921 Items }Henry L. Webb Paid since the books closed Miscellaneous 1921 Item Paid since the books closed Total Amount *In hands of Town Counsel for collection. tWater is turned off. EXTENSIONS OF MAINS The following extensions Names of Street Fletcher Avenue Fottler Avenue Highland Avenue Lincoln Street Percy Road Sherman Street Slocum Road Washington Street 123 $20.60 29.60 28.30 $78.50 $27.93 $27.93 4.98 35.68 $40.66 $10.36 $10.36 of mains were made in 1921: Size of Length Pipe in feet 8 in. 500 6 in. 200 12 in. 820 10 in. 132 6 in. 585 6 in. 100 6 in. 438 6 in. 357 $157.45 Cost Total per Cost Foot $1,496.00 $2.99 279.01 • 1.40 3,612.54 4.41 545.38 4.11 1,534.24 2.62 408.38 4.08 952.21 2.17 1,408.63,1,A 3.95 124 TOWN oi' LExINGToN Lengths of different sizes of water mains in use December 31, 1921: Diameter 12 inches 10 inches 8 inches 6 inches 4 inches Smaller sizes Length 9,000 feet 5,011 feet 31,143 feet 114,573 feet 27,794 feet 4,209 feet The foregoing does not include extension of the mains in Private Ways, a list of which is given herewith: Year Made 1911 1913 1914 1914 1914 1915 1915 1916 1916 1916 1917 1920 1920 1920 1921 Location Wilbur Properties Mariett St. Hayes Est. York Street Webb Street Follen Road* Baker Avenue Locust Avenue Off Follen Road Arcadia Avenue St. Margarets Avenue Rawson Avenue Farmcrest Avenue Grapevine Avenue Forest Street Fletcher Avenue 1921 Fottler Avenue 1921 Highland Avenue *Main not yet acquired by the Town Size Length Inches Feet 6 5,000 6 337 6 622 6 373 8 4,790 6 912 6 410 6 455 6 1,508 6 520 6 175 6 1,238 6 298 6 60 8 500 6 200 12 820 WATER METERS In obedience to the law all new services installed and placed in use were equipped with meters. The following table shows the progress made since 1906 in the installation of meters: 1907 1908 1909 Number of Services 702 738 780 1915 1916 1917 1156 1206 1245 WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS 125 126 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 1910 838 1918 1264 1911 910 1919 1310 1912 961 1920 1339 1913 1063 1921 1399 1914 1113 HYDRANTS The following Hydrants were in service on the dates given: January 1, 1921 Public 204 Private 22 January 1, 1922 Public 210 Private 22 Of Which There Were Metered MOVEMENT OF THE BONDED DEBT 1907 96 1915 1063 1908 245 1916 1139 The debt movement up to the present time is as follows: 1909 362 1917 1231 Added Paid Net Debt 1910 475 1918 '1284 1898 Original bond issue $200,000.00 1911 615 1919 1310 1896 10,000 210,000.00 1912 752 1920 1339 1897 1,000.00 209,000.00 1913 843. 1921 1399 1898 10,000 1,000.00 218,000.00 1914 947 1899 2,000.00 216,000.00 Average gross income, per service, per year 1900 2,000.00 214,000.00 1907 $21.40 1915 $17.37 1901 10,000 2,000.00 222,000.00 1908 20.54 1916 17.24 1902 5,000 3,000.00 224,000.00 1909 21.60 1917 17.72 1903 53,000 4,000.00 273,000.00 1910 22.20 1918 17.05 1904 8,200.00 264,000.00 1911 21.36 1919 17.11 1905 5,200 8,200.00 261,800.00 1912 19.38 1920 1$.2� 1906 2,000 19,300.00 244,500.00 1913 18.18 1921 18.09 + 1907 18,300.00 226,200.00 191.4 18 70 1908 13,000 15,700.00 223,500.00 MONTHLY AVERAGE DAILY CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN GAL- 1909 8,600 16,700.06 215,400.00 1910 17,900.00 197,500.00 LONS PER CAPITA 1911 16,000 17,000.00 195,600.00 Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 1912 32,000 18,900.00 20$,700.00 1906 71 73 70 68 74 74 96 88 76 74 65 54 1913 4,800 21;700.00 191,800.00 1907 68 72 73 70 72 82 85 105 76 65 62 511914 8,500 22,900.00 177,400.00 1908 48 56 51 58 75 109 105 83 91 70 65 51 1915 4,000 19,400.00 162,000.00 1909 48 52 59 64 69 84 101 90 75 62 55 50 1916 3,000 20,400.00 144,600.00 1910 58 65 59 72 78 73 119 94 85 84 71 75 1917 4,000 21,400.00 127,200.00 1911 63 64 64 67 82 80 115 93 81 75 77 62 1918 19,700.00 107,500.00 1912 70 75 79 80 83 101 107 74 66 57 56 56 1919 18,200.00 89,300.00 1913 52 55 55 63 60 68 86 82 76 66 63 60 1920 9,000 15,700.00 82,600.00 1914 59 60 58 60 77 93 73 63 75 66 6.3 601921 20,000 17,700.00 84,900.00 1915 61 58 58 60 63 80 63 63 70 68 62 60 Original Debt $200,000.00 1916 58 60 62 64 69 71 73 81 76 75 69 65. Total Additions 218,100.00 . 1917 63 65 69 67 72 77 93 90 74 73 71 70 Total Indebtedness incurred $418,100.00 1918 77 114 106 87 92 94 89 87 76 64 63 58 Total Payments made 333,200.00 1919 56 58 66 58 62 79 76 68 65 64 61 62 1920 63 62 70 62 64 67 74 84 68 6(3 61 57 Balance of Debt Dec. 31, 1921 184,900.00 1921 59 59 63 62 65 90 68 74 ' 74 69 64 83 Amount to be paid in 1922 119,700.00 WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS 127 VALUE OF THE PLANT The estimated value of the plant at the close of 1920 as given in the Report of that year was: $262,000.00 Additions in 1921 18,835.84 Less depreciation Value, Dec. 31, 1921 Stock Tools Horse and Wagon Automobile $280,835.84 5,835.84 STOCK AND TOOLS ON HAND Total valuation, Dec. 31, 1921 $275,000.00 85,500.00 1,200.00 200.00 165.00 7,065.00 $282,065.00 The following extensions of the distributing system were made in 1921: Lincoln Street from the Five Forks, one hundred thirty two feet easterly, a 10" pipe. This eventually will be extended along Lincoln Street and be connected with the Iine to the Standpipe. On Fottler Avenue in East Lexing- ton, two hundred feet into the property of the Suburban Land Company. This was all on private property and was paid for by the owners. As outlined in the 1920 Report, a number of dead ends have been con- nected up for the general improvement of the system as follows: On Sherman Street a fi" pipe for a distance of one hundred feet to Fletcher Avenue; and on Fletcher Avenue from Sherman Street to Massachusetts Avenue an 8" pipe for a distance of five hundred feet. This 8° pipe will event- ually be extended down Fletcher Avenue along Grant Street and connect with the present main in York Street. Highland Avenue from Bloomfield Street to Winthrop Road, a 12" pipe for a distance of eight hundred twenty feet. Percy Road from the residence of Mr. James 5. Smith to Warren Street, five hundred eighty five feet of 6" pipe. Slocum Road from the residence of Miss Hunt to Highland Avenue, four hundred thirty eight feet of 6" pipe. Washing- ton Street, a distance of three hundred fifty seven feet of 6" pipe. On the foregoing extensions three additional hydrants were installed. The Board recommends that in 1922 the Department undertake the elimination of other dead ends, especially that on Merriam Street between the residences of A. C. Whitney and I -I, C, Blake, and on Stetson Street. 128 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Replacements were made as follows: Pelham Road from Eliot Road to the residence of Mr. Engstrom, three hundred fifty feet of 4' pipe was relaid with 6" pipe. On Columbus Street a considerable stretch of ledge was blasted out and the 4" main relaid below the frost line. The Board has given considerable thought as to the future requirements of the Town, having in mind the recommendation of an earlier Board that a secondary main be laid in Massachusetts Avenue from the Arlington Heights line to Fallen Road. As an alternative the present Board has for considera- tion the extension of a 10° or 12" main from Follen Road across to Pleasant Street and thence on Watertown Street to the Belmont Line. This has the following advantages: In all probability the Metropolitan District Commission would give the Town a second connection at the Belmont line of the same capacity as at Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington Heights. Pleasant Street would be tied in with a large main at Watertown Street, and a very long extension of 6" main on Concord Avenue could be tied in by the extension of the 6" main in Pleasant Street to Concord Avenue. A main across from Pollen Road to Watertown Street following a Highway to be laid out by the Planning Board would assist in the development of new territory as has pollen Road. Such a road, of course, would be of material assistance in converting automobile traffic from Massachusetts Avenue. Conforming with this general plan, the 12" main just laid in Highland Avenue would be extended along Highland Avenue, replacing the short stretch of 4" and 6" pipe now in use, and then across to Middle Street on the same basis as from Follen Road to Watertown Street. Over what route the extension would be made from Winthrop Road to Waltham Street has not yet been determined, but this 12" line would be of great value in securing for the center of the Town an adequate supply of water for the next 50 years. Other improvements in the system were the addition of three hydrants, and six old hydrants and three broken by outside parties were replaced by new ones. The Department has made final payment on account of the expense in- volved by the freezing of the water mains during the Winter of 1917-18. Some extensions of mains were requested, notably Cedar Street, for a distance of eleven hundred feet, but as the Board could not be definitely in- formed that Cedar Street was an accepted street, the petitioner was informed that the extension would have to be undertaken at the expense of the abutters unless additional information could be brought forward to show that Cedar Street was an accepted Town way. WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS 129 At the adjournment of the Annual Town Meeting there was offered a motion to extend the water mains in Carville and Butler Avenue (Liberty Heights) for a distance of fifteen hundred fifty feet at a cost of $4,000,00. It was proposed that the extension be made at the Town's expense and without the usual 10% guarantee agreement. While this was entirely contrary to the established vote of the Town, yet your Commissioners were glad to take the same attitude as had former Boards; that is, where health conditions warranted it, to not oppose the use of Town funds for extension of mains in private ways so long as the customary guarantee agreement is signed. The position of the Board had been repeatedly stated to the petitioners before the Town Meeting. The voters granted the request of the petitioners against the judgment of the Commissioners, thus fulfilling the prophecy of the Board as expressed in their printed report for 1920 "It is not impossible that at special town meetings poorly attended, extensions may be approved and funds voted against the judgment of the Commissioners." Feeling that the Board's atti- tude had been misinterpreted, the citizens not fully informed as to the facts and that an injustice was done to every signer of the many existing Guarantee Agreements, the Board requested at the next Town Meeting, the rescinding of the vote. This was done, and the Commissioners offered a vote granting the extension, provided the Guarantee Agreement was signed, which was im- mediately voted. As the petitioners have not signed the Agreement, the work was not undertaken and the $4,000.000 remains in the Treasurer's hands. As this is probably the last report to be presented by a Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners, we pass this problem of the extension of mains in both accepted and unaccepted streets along to such Board as may be created under our proposed form of Town Government for their careful consideration. The problem is not one which lends itself to an easy solution. Suggestions have been made by our own Board. the Selectmen, Planning Board and by citizens, but as yet no concerted action has been taken tending to bring about a better solution of this problem which has already caused sectional feeling and which on the other hand, if not controlled, will be a most disturbing factor in our tax rate. STANDPIPE Financial Statement Balance on hand $349.03 Appropriation 15,000.00 From Guarantee Fund in Lex. Trust Co, 1,000.00 $16,349.03 130 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Expenses Western Waterproofing Company First payment from Guarantee Fund at Lex. Trust Company to Western Waterproofing Company J. R. Worcester & Company Temporary Right of Way H. P. Cummings Construction Co. Miscellaneous Balance of Guarantee Fund held by Lexington Trust Company Unpaid bills:— H. ills:H. P. Cummings Construction Company J. R. Worcester & Company Western Waterproofing Company $1,785.47 1,000.00 2,785.47 2,445.01 50.00 11,067.48 1.07 $16,349.03 $3,200.00 $889.06 37.85 196.22 The work on the Standpipe has progressed during the greater part of the Fall and early Summer. The work was carried out under the engineering direction of the J. R. Worcester Company who drew up specifications for the work. Early bids, in the opinion of the Board, were too high but we were at last successful in securing a bid of $11,750.00 from the H. P. Cummings Con- struction Company. The work included the removal of a large amount of loose concrete on the outside of the Standpipe, the addition of reinforcement for the first seventy- five feet and covering of same with concrete by the use of a concrete gun. This work related entirely to the structural strength of the Standpipe, and not to its porosity, and to insure a reasonably tight tank, the Western Water- proofing Company put additional moppings of Ironite on the interior of the tank. The Western Waterproofing Company consider part of this as extra work and have made a request for payment. The Board has this matter under advisement. All work has been done to the satisfaction of Messrs. J. R. Worcester & Company and our concrete tank appears to be reasonably devoid of seepage. When the work of removing the loose concrete was undertaken it was found that the exterior had deteriorated more than was anticipated and it was considered wise by the Board and J. R. Worcester Company to remove much more of the exterior concrete than had been contemplated in the specifications. This has resulted in extra work to the extent of $926.91 over the appropria- tion, and your Board will request at an early Town Meeting in 1922, that an appropriation be made to cover this amount so that the Contractor can be paid. WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS 131 The Board feels that events have justified their use of the Ironite method of waterproofing rather than the membrane method, both on account of the cheapness and ease of application, and we further believe that the Town will have a reasonably tight Standpipe for many years to come. The Commissioners present the following estimate of receipts and ex- penses for the year 1922: Unpaid forward Water Rates Guarantees Hydrants Troughs Repair Work Miscellaneous Estimated Receipts Estimated Expenses Metropolitan Water Tax Interest on Bonds Labor Stock and Tools Maintenance of Horse and Wagon Maintenance of Automobile New Automobile (Net) Office Expenses Salaries Insurance Miscellaneous 1157.45 24,000.00 600.00 2,300.00 100.00 50.00 42.55 11,000.00 3,655.50 5,000.00 800.00 650.00 400.00 325.00 400.00 3,500.00 500.00 69.50 BROOK DEPARTMENT Financial Statement Year ending December 31, 1921: Receipts Cleaning Culvert at Woburn Street Miscellaneous Appropriated 1920 Balance, forward $27,250.00 $26,300.00 $407.66 4.00 411.66 2,343.48 .98 12,756.12 132 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Expenses Labor Blasting Engineering Gravel Pipe Cement Tools Lumber Balance, Cash on hand $1,635.16 29.70 189.71 19.50 414.30 49.50 36.00 16.64 $2,390.51 365.61 12,756.12 With the small appropriation of $500.00, the Board was able to clean the worst spots of the main brooks of the Town, but it is manifestly impossible to do all the cleaning work necessary with so small an appropriation. Weeds will grow, children build dams and citizens throw all matter of junk and rubbish in the brooks. The heavy rains in the early Summer occasioned ap- peals for help where conditions were serious. That conditions were not more serious may be attributed to the work which this and former Boards have done on the main brooks. The small area between Woburn Street and Vine Street was badly flooded and gardens ruined. The odor from the decaying vegetable matter was extremely objectionable. It was called to our attention and upon investigation we found it was entirely due to the condition of the culvert under Woburn Street. The matter was called to the attention of the Town Engineer and under his direction, and at the expense of the Highway Department the culvert was opened, cleaned and relaid at proper grade and depth. We also received a petition from the property owners on Waltham Street and Concord Avenue asking for relief, and upon investigation found that a very considerable brook was supposed to flow through a 10" pipe on Concord Avenue. The size of the pipe and its grade were manifestly all out of reason and after conferences with the abuttors and Town Engineer, it was agreed that the Highway Department would build an adequate culvert under Concord Avenue if the property owners would take a major part in lowering the brook. To this work your Board apportioned 8100.00 of their appropriation, this sum to be expended in the vicinity of the culvert. The grade of the brook was dropped two and one half feet at Concord Avenue. and a culvert four feet wide and four feet high was constructed. The labor involved in lowering the Brook is very considerable and only part of the work could be undertaken by the property owners this year. We believe that beneficial results of their WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS 133 134 TOWN OF LEXINGTON work, however, will be apparent and that additional work will be undertaken by them in 1922. The Board believes that the Department will be justified in setting aside a small part of their 1922 appropriation for work on this brook, the money to be expended in blasting out and the removal of the boulders along the line of the ditch. The so-called Engstrom Brook was again up for discussion. This drain was built by the Board of Health in the year 1914 upon petition of some of the residents of Slocum Road and vicinity. We quote from the report of the Board of Health for that year—"In response to a petition signed by most of the residents of Slocum and Winthrop Roads complaining of the stagnant water and wet Iand, in the watershed between these two roads, two hearings were held, an engineer hired and the region drained at the expense of the abut - tors, by a system of underground tiles with catch -basins at proper intervals, to carry- off the water into Vine Brook. The drainage scheme was worked out by Mr. A. E. Horton of Fair Oaks, who gave much time to the project, gratis, and the Board wishes to express its appreciation of his valuable services"— The drain took care of a small area between Winthrop Road and Slocum Road passing under Highland Avenue following the line of old ditch down to Vine Brook. It worked fairly well for two years but in every year thereafter gave trouble and was of some expense to the Town. Each year that the Water Board was called upon to clean or repair this drain, we declined the responsibility and the Board of Health paid the bill for repairs, this Department simply acting as Contractors. In 1921 the Board of Health, fortified by an opinion of the Town Counsel given in the year 1918, absolutely refused to have anything more to do with the drain and after an appeal by the Selectmen and a joint hearing of the three Boards concerned, this Board agreed to undertake the work rather than have it go by default, and the Town become subject to suits from the property owners in the vicinity. The drain as constructed was built without any thought whatever as to the necessities of the territory or as to future years. Our first thought was, what are the ultimate requirements in this vicinity. In conjunction with the Town Engineer, expert outside advice was secured and it was demonstrated that this spot, from Highland Avenue to Vine Brook, was the natural drainage ground for all the territory from Winthrop Road to Bennington Road and that any repairs or replacements should be on a basis of providing adequate outlet for surface water for this entire territory comprising some 46 acres. Plans covering the entire area were drawn and are available at any time the Town is called upon to undertake sections of the work. With an appro- priation of $1,500.00 it was, of course, impossible to do very much, but with the small transfer provided in the December Town Meeting, we have under- taken the replacement of the small eight inch pipe under Highland Avenue with a three foot tile pipe with what manholes are necessary. This is part of the permanent construction of the main drain and will, we believe, afford temporary relief to the abuttors. As soon as possible this main three foot pipe should be extended from Highland Avenue to Vine Brook for a distance of about 900 feet. This will cost approximately $10,000.00 which should be met by a bond issue. In order that the regular work of cleaning the Brooks may be continued, we suggest an appropriation of $2,000.00. To those considering our present form of Town Government it is an in- teresting commentary that this drain originally built by a Board of Health as a scheme of land drainage is rebuilt by a Board of Water and Sewer Commis- sioners in part as a culvert in a highway, and when completed, 90% of its work will be to care for highway stormwater drainage. SEWER DEPARTMENT Maintenance of System and Construction of House Connections Financial Statement Receipts: From Deposits Less excess deposits returned Additional Payments Sewer Rentals 1920 Items Collected Miscellaneous 1920 Cash balance forward Less Expenses: Labor Stock Highway Department (resurfacing trenches) Insurance Freight $2,723.62 77.69 2,645.93 349.44 737.65 12.54 5.04 $3,750.60 690.53 $4,441.13 $2,162.53 676.90 50.00 55.89 9.52 WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS Salaries Miscellaneous Cash balance on hand SEWER DEPARTMENT Main Sewer Construction Financial Statement 1920 balance brought forward Return on Boston & Maine Agreement Miscellaneous Transferred from Sewer Frontage Assessments Expenses Land damage Brick Pipe Freight Labor Salaries Manhole Covers Tools Stock Insurance adjustment of 1920 Pay Roll Cement Lumber Stone Miscellaneous Balance, Cash on hand STOCK AND TOOLS ON HAND Value of stock on hand Value of tools on hand 135 225.00 111 5.74 $3,185.58 .1,255.55 14,441.13 $10.81 25.00 24.93 12,900.00 $12,960.54 • 146.50 264.60 838.23 230.86 8,766.74 308.33 142.00 596.55 25.37 488.72 132.31 852.89 124.36 25.66 $12,843.12 117.42 $12,960.54 $125.00 8300.00 136 TOWN OF LEXINGTON The Commissioners received a request from the Selectmen asking that on account of Highway repairs, we extend the trunk sewer in Bedford Street. This low area had been previously called to our attention, but with no con certed action on the part of the property owners. In this instance we took the matter up with the abuttors and shortly after received a petition signed by them stating that if the Sewer was extended they would connect their premises at once. As no funds were available, the Board after considerable delibera- tion and at the solicitation of other Departments, decided to use for this work, the old balance to the credit of the Sewer Department which had been held pending the outcome of the lawsuits brought by the estate of James S. Munroe and the Breck-Robinson Nursery Company. Fifteen hundred eighty two feet of sewer were constructed to a point opposite the garage of the Lexington Lumber Company and twenty two complete connections were made and two connections as far as the sidewalk line. The work was done at a cost of 812.107.59 and we estimate the saving to the Town by having this Department do the work rather than having it done by contract (actual figures were secured in advance) to be over $1,000.00. The sewer was also built in Jackson Court for a distance of two hundred fifty feet at a cost to the Town of $387.26. All the houses (se'en) were connected up with the system. Along the line of the existing sewer, seven connections were made, which brings the total number of sewer connections to one hundred forty three. In addition, there are fourteen as far as the sidewalk line. The low area at the corner of Audubon Road and Lincoln Street has given considerable trouble to property owners and up to the present the abuttors have had little satisfaction from the Town, due in part to multiplicity of Boards and responsibilities. Further, property owners themselves have some rights which the Town is compelled to respect. At the close of the year the Com- missioners are in receipt of a petition from these property owners requesting that the trunk sewer be extended to this territory. The extension has the hearty approval of the Board and the work should be undertaken in 1922. Nineteen houses can be cared for at an approximate cost to the Town of $10,000.00. The Town Engineer and Department have been working on the proposed extension of the sewerage system to Merriam Hill acting on the petition of F. L. Emery and others. It has been the policy of this and farmer Boards in considering the extension of the sewerage system to try and relate extensions to entire districts which as far as possible will be complete in themselves. This would have held true on Bedford Street had we funds available. We then would have extended the sewer to the top of the road near Hill Street, taking in Shirley Street as well. It applies equally well in the extension WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS 137 recommended on Audubon Road for it is doubtful if the Town is called upon to take in any further part of Lincoln Street or Concord Hill for many years to come_ Merriam Hill is a very different proposition. The expense involved will run into high figures on account of the enormous amountof ledge. To take care of Merriam, Chandler, Oakland and Stetson Streets, Glen, Upland, Abbott, Edgewood and Somerset Roads, we believe will cost in the vicinity of $60,000.00, with a possibility that forty houses can be cared for. Complaints from citizens in this latter territory have been few and there has been no complaint made to this Board by the Board of Health as to con- ditions in this territory. It is very likely, however, that the subject will be brought before the Town early in 1922. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM H. BURGESS, EDWIN B. WORTHEN, HARRY A. WHEELER, Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners. • 138 TOWN OF LEXINGTON ` REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS December 31, 1921. Board of Road Commissioners, Lexington. Gentlemen: 1 herewith submit my report as Superintendent of Streets for the period, May to December 1921. DIVISION OF MAINTENANCE. The work of the Highway Department has been carried on during this period under the direction of the Commissioners and with the co-operation of the special Highway Committee of which Mr. George W. Taylor is Chairman, and I desire to record my appreciation of the assistance which the Board and Committee, as well as the men in the department, have rendered me in attempt- ing to improve road conditiops in the town in a season which was unprecedented in the annals of highway work by reason of the two unusual storms which occurred this year. I need not here recall in detail the destructive rainstorm of July 9th, nor the ice storm of November 28th, for the citizens are well aware of the destruction wrought by these two storms, and the extraordinary demands made upon the Department to repair the damage occasioned thereby. Suffice it to say that $10,000.00 is a conservative estimate of the money expended for these two items alone, all of which had to be expended from the sum allowed for mainte- nance work, and which accordingly reduced the sum available for work which had been originally planned at the beginning of the season. While considerable beneficial work was done on the outlying roads, during the first part of the season, by Mr. White, our former Superintendent, the absolute cessation of work during the month of April was a handicap to over- come. The deplorable condition of many of our roads at the beginning of the season was apparent to all who had occasion to use them, and it is not difficult to establish a reason, for we have been appropriating insufficient funds to maintain and reconstruct, when necessary, our fifty-one miles of public high- ways; furthermore, in the past, we have expected, and unreasonably so, that SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS 139 our small maintenance force could not only maintain this large mileage of roads, but reconstruct the portions already worn out. This latter phase of the situation was remedied by your Board and Corn- mittee by supplementing our maintenance force with men and equipment, and having the new construction work done principally by contract, The following table shows in a general way the roads upon which work was done the past season and the character of the work performed; the expense of the same being paid from the general maintenance fund: - Table Showing Distribution and Character of Maintenance Work Street Repaired From Adams Hancock East Allen Whole Ash Audubon Baker Bedford 11 For the Year 1921. Distance To Miles Character of work done East 1.15 Patched, scarified, tar applied Burg. Line 1 Ruts filled with gravel 0.55 Ruts gravelled, brush cut 0.07 Ruts gravelled 0.12 Gravelled and rolled Oak Taft 0.05 Regraded, treated with tar B & M RR State Road 0.83 Scarified, patched, treated with tar Mass. 0.10 Patched 0.07 Gravelled, treated with tar 0.25 Patched 0.76 Ruts gravelled, brush cut 0.06 0.18 " " rolled, brush cut 1.16 " " brush cut 0.06 0.12 Scarified, gravelled, tar applied Mass. Taft 0.15 Scarified, gravelled, tar applied Whole 0.26 Patched, treated with 65% oil Walnut Easterly 0.20 Ruts gravelled Whole 1.05 Ruts gravelled 0.37 Gravelled, scarified, tar applied Elm Bennington Whole Bloomfield Blossom Bow Bowman Burlington Center Chandler Charles Clarke Concord East Eliot Rd. Elm Eustis Fern if 61. {i .114 0.13 Patched 0.08 0.22 Gravelled, treated with tar 11 140 Follen Rd. Forest Franklin Glen Grant Grove Hastings Hancock Highland Lincoln Lowell 4' Maple Mass. Ave. 11 11 46 44 .1 14 16 1.4 64 Whole .1 11 11 11 Part of Bloomfield Whole Ari. Line Woburn Whole Arl. Line Percy Percy Slocum Slocum Waltham Waltham Common S. Side Common Parker TOWN OF LEXINGTON Washington Woburn Burl'g. Line Parker Lincoln Meriam Mass. Abbott Middle Mt. Tabor Muzzey North Oak Oakland Parker Pelham Lincoln State Road Abbott Wm. Reed's Wm. Reed's Adams Whole Whole Percy Pleasant Mass. Watertown 64 Raymond Whole Watertown Concord 0.91 Patched, brush cut, traffic bea- con installed 0.25 Patched, treated with 65% oil 0.17 Drainage installed, gravelled 0.10 Gravelled, scarified, treated with tar 0.11 Patched 1.71 Gravelled, boulders removed, brush cut 0.07 Gutters scraped, road smoothed and rolled 1.34 Patched, scarified, tar applied 0.16 Patched 2.05 Patched, scarified, 65% oil applied 1.20 Patched, scarified, tar applied 1.84 Gravel applied in places 0.96 Patched Patched Seal coat of Asphalt applied Patched 4.71 Seal coat of Asphalt applied Patched Patched, treated with 65% oil Scarified, gravelled, tar applied Patched 0.89 Scarified, gravelled, treated with tar Scarified and rolled 0.48 Scarified, treated with 65% oil 0.08 Brush cut 0.18 Treated with 65% oil 0.96 Gravel applied in places 0.34 Gravel, tar applied, scarified 0.33 Patched, scarified, tar applied 0.26 Patched, treated with 65% oil 0,18 Patched, scarified, treated with tar Patched, scarified, tar applied Patched, scarified, gravelled, tar applied Gravel applied Treated with 65% oil 0.34 }1.07 0.07 Reed Revere Robinson School Shade Sheridan Sherman Slocum Somerset SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS 141 Whole 0.76 Bedford B & M RR ip .22 Whole 0.28 0.48 Weston Southeast 0.20 Whole 0.06 0.15 0.21 Franklin Hayes 0.10 Summer Whole Stetson Sylvia Taft Upland Vine Vinebrook Walnut Waltham Il 11 44 14 11 Mass. Allen Alien Concord Concord Ward Whole Warren Whole Washington " Watertown Westminster Weston Winthrop Woburn it Shade Whole Utica Wood Whole Waltham Line 0.20 0.14 0.22 0.69 0.62 0.12 0.13 0.06 0.06 0.43 Gutters scraped, road rolled 0.24 Scarified, gravelled, rolled 0.49 Ruts filled with gravel Scarified, patched, treated with tar 2.54 Seal coat of pea gravel and tar applied Minor repairs and patching Patched with gravel Patched with gravel Gravelled Patched, scarified, gravelled, tar applied, brush cut. 0.08 Scarified, gravelled, tar applied Southerly 0.10 Gravelled, brush cut 0.25 Patched Mass. 0.50 Patched, sidewalk built, gravelled 1 59 Brush cut, gravelled in places Gravelled Patched Gutters scraped, gravel applied Ruts gravelled Gravelled, brush cut Ruts gravelled Gutters scraped Gravelled, shrubs and trees trimmed at Park Ruts gravelled Scarified, gravelled, tar applied 41 44 41 41 1[ 41 it ac '4 Il 44 Total 39.67 Miles While no attempt is made in the foregoing table to differentiate between the amount of work done on the several streets during the past season, the con- dition of the same, nor the lack of attention to other streets not included, and some of which were in fair condition, it does indicate in a general way that a large portion of our toad mileage, received attention, despite the severe draw- backs already alluded to. 142 TOWN OF LEXINGTON MAINTENANCE METHODS The greater portion of the maintenance appropriation was expended on about fifteen miles of the principal main roads. Many of these roads, were so badly rutted on account of poor sub -grade conditions, or full of holes, that it became necessary, in most cases, to break up or scarify the old roadbed, add new materials when necessary, water and roll the same, after which tar or oil was added and the surface covered with sand. This sort of treatment cost in the neighborhood of 15 cents per square yard of surface, and except in locations where the sub -grade conditions are poor, the cost of the maintenance of these streets should be reduced next season. Massachusetts Avenue between the Arlington line and the Common has been maintained exclusively by patching, with the exception of the section between Percy Road and Slocum Road, and the Southerly side of the Avenue, between the Library and Waltham Street. On the sections between Percy Road and Slocum Road, and in the center of the town, and which were fast disintegrating, a seal coat of asphalt, pea stone and sand was applied on an area of 5500 square yards. This treatment cost about 20 cents per square yard, and considering the very heavy traffic which passes over the Avenue, this method thus far is giving very satisfactory results for the money expended. About five miles of highways were maintained exclusively by patching the holes with a preparation of coal tar and pea stone, these roads having been treated in prior years with a surface application of tar or asphalt. The balance of the roads, principally gravel, and aggregating some nine- teen miles, were treated from time to time by filling the ruts with gravel, and in quite a few cases, rolling the road so treated. Many of these outlying roads are narrow, and in many cases the brush had grown so far as to render it diffi- cult for vehicles to pass each other. In a number of locations the situation was dangerous, the view being obscured by brush growing into the roadside. To remedy this condition, the brush was cleared from the roadsides on eight and one-half (8 4) miles of the outlying roads. REPAIR OF WASHOUTS ON ACCOUNT OF STORM, JULY 9TH. On July 9th last there occurred the most damaging rainstorm that we have ever had in this section, at least for a great many years. Officials records indicate that more rain fell on this date in a given time than had fallen since about 1886. As a result of this terrific downpour, the following streets were very seriously damaged, Baker and Taft Avenues, Charles, Oak, Sylvia, Pleasant, Fern, Curve, Meriam, Shade, Grove and Wood Streets. Many other streets suffered, although not so seriously. Grove and Shade Streets SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS 143 were closed to traffic on account of the storm. To cope with this situation it was found necesary to engage our whole maintenance force consisting of some forty men, ten double teams, two steam rollers, together with several trucks. This force was engaged from July 9th until about the first of August in restoring the streets to normal condition. It will be noted that practically all of the above streets were those of comparatively light travel and it was most unfortunate that the work of re- pairing the main arteries, which was well under way at the time of the storm, had to be practically abandoned during the above period, but such action was unavoidable since so many streets were rendered unsafe as a result of the storm. The practical effect of this situation was to reduce the amount allowed for usual maintenance work and this prevented us from doing as much work on the main roads as was contemplated at the beginning of the season. ICE STORM OF NOVEMBER 28th. It is not necessary to record here at length the appalling destruction to our trees left in the wake of the most disastrous ice storm known in this sec- tion. Citizens are also well aware of the disheartening task which the men of the Highway Department had for three days in attempting to free the streets and sidewalks from falling limbs. To those of the Department who were willing to work during this storm in the face of the imminent danger of falling limbs, I extend my appreciation. That none were killed and only one slightly injured during the storm seems miraculous. There yet remains a Targe amount of brush and twigs in the streets, and it is well to remember that while this situation is unusual, the cost of cleaning up the debris, nevertheless, must come from the maintenance fund, and proper allowance should be made in next year's appropriation of cover this item. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. Attention has been directed this year to the removal of large boulders which protruded in the roadways of several streets, and more particularly on Pleasant and Watertown Streets. Many other streets need similar attention, and where this condition exists travel can be made much safer if funds are in hand to follow up this work more comprehensively another season. In addition to the foregoing the Department has performed the usual work of cleaning up the streets and catch basins as well as other incidental matters. Late in the year the Department commenced the collection of ashes from the following public buildings: the two Adams Schools, two engine houses, Town Hall, Munroe School, Hancock School and Cary Memorial Library. 144 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 447 barrels of ashes were collected between November 3rd and December 31st. Late in the year, the work of constructing the sidewalk on Eliot Road proceeded. This work is in continuation of the construction done in previous years and involved the moving of trees and considerable excavation to conform to the grades established. NEW WORK CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE PROCEEDS OF THE BOND ISSUE Bedford Street. The most important work construed this year was on the above street. Contract, plans and specifications were prepared by the Engineering Depart- ment and after advertising for bids, the contract was awarded to John A. Gaffey of Medford, the lowest bidder, Preparatory to actual work on the roadway, the Lexington Gas Company installed a six inch gas main from Elm Avenue to the railroad track at North Lexington. A sanitary sewer was also constructed by the Water and Sewer Commissioners from Elm Avenue to a point opposite the Lexington Lumber Company. Drainage facilities for storm water were also installed between the Brook at the Lumber Company and the railroad at North Lexington. The new roadway, extending from the brook at the Lumber Company to the railroad station at North Lexington, a distance of about 3800 feet, is of bituminous macadam, six inches thick, twenty-five (25) feet wide, with Ber- mudez Asphalt as a binder. In order to secure the proper depth of crushed stone, considerable excava- tion was necessary. In several locations, where sub -oil conditions were bad, the roadway was frequently excavated to a deipth of two (2) feet to secure a good foundation. The surplus excavation was utilized in building sidewalks, grading approaches, re -grading the whole of Shirley Street, and about eight hundred (800) feet of Reed Street. The approaches of all intersecting streets were reconstructed of bituminous macadam and curbing placed in most in- stances. The cost of the work to date is $24,300.00 of which $5000.00 was con- tributed by the County Commissioners, making the net cost to the Town 819,- 300.00; and the following are the principal items involved in the improve- ment: -- 10,300 square yards of Bituminous Macadam 8 catch basins SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS 145 146 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 260 ft. of twelve (12) inch vitrified clay pipe 75 ft. of ten (10) inch pipe 4,300 lineal feet of gravel sidewalk 200 square yards of tar concrete sidewalk 850 lineal feet of paved gutter 400 lineal feet of guard rail 450 lineal feet of grading on Shirley Street 800 lineal feet of grading on Reed Street 250 feet of granite curbing 1,176 cubic yards of excavation On the balance of the street between the brook and Elm Avenue, a dis- tance of about twelve hundred (1200) feet, where the sewer and gas con- nections were made, the Board and Committee deemed it wise to postpone until next season the reconstruction of this portion on account of the pos- sibility of the settlement of the road -bed. This section was temporarily repaired by re -grading and scarifying the same, and treating with tar, the work being done by our own forces. Hancock Street. Three sections of Hancock Street were rebuilt of bituminous Macadam, six inches thick and twenty-four feet wide. The first section near the railroad was excavated to a considerable depth, and sufficient sub -soil removed to permit a new foundation of gravel to be placed, upon which the new roadway was built.. The second section near the Hancock -Clarke House was treated in a similar manner, except that a sub -grain was added on the easterly side to secure better drainage. These two sections were in very bad shape owing to the very poor material in the sub -grade, and it was felt that only a thorough re -building would remedy the conditions found at these sections. The preliminary work at these two locations was done by contract, and most of the finished roadway was con- structed by our own forces. The third section, being the approach at Revere Street was constructed by the contractor, John A. Gaffey, in connection with the re -building of Revere Street, and included the widening and resurfacing of the present approaches, removal of trees, drainage appurtenances, and considerable grading at the grass plot at the intersection of Revere and Hancock Streets. These three sections 840 feet in length and aggregating some 2235 square yards of bituminous macadam cost 87000.00. A considerable item in the expense was the large amount of sub -grade work which was found necessary to secure a good foundation. Revere Street. The work on this street involved the rebuilding of the same from a point about a hundred feet south of the Boston & Maine Railroad to Hancock Street. Existing walls were set back to the line of the street established by vote of the Town in 1916, trees removed, a roadway of bituminous macadam six inches thick and twenty-four feet wide built, as well as a gravel sidewalk on the easter- ly side. Storm drainage facilities were also installed to better care for the storm water near the railroad. In front of the premises of Mr. Raymond where his house rests on a high bank it became necessary to construct a heavy con- crete wall to sustain the bank and protect the house. - This wall was about nine feet high above the foundation and on account of the nearness of the house to the street line this work was rather difficult. The portion of the barn on the property of Florence H. Robinson which encroached on the street was re- moved in connection with the work, this work being paid for by the owner. A large amount of earthwork was handled in regrading the road pre- lininary to placing the finished surface. The total cost was 15500 and in- volved the following principal items, outside of the earthwork quantities: - 1,700 square yards of bituminous macadam roadway 316 lineal feet of dry rubble walls 105 lineal feet of cement rubble walls 63 lineal feet of concrete wall, containing about 50 yards concrete 2 catch basins 40 feet of la inch pipe The work was performed by contract by John A. Gaffey, under the di- rection of the Superintendent of Streets. Pleasant Street. Two sections of PIeasant Street were constructed of bituminous macadam, eighteen (18) feet wide and six inches thick with Bermudez Asphalt as a binder. •These two locations were in very bad shape on account of poor sub -grade conditions, and it became necessary to excavate this poor material to a con- siderable depth to enable a good foundation of gravel to be placed under the new top surface. Two catch basisns and 76 feet of 12 inch pipe were built to remedy the drainage. The shoulders of others sections of the street were widened by utilizing the best material from the excavations in these sections. These two sections about four hundred feet long and containing 800 square yards cost 13200.00, SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS 147 Woburn Street Culvert. Many complaints were received on account of the condition of the culvert on Woburn Street about 300 feet south of Vine Street. By agreement with the Water and Sewer Commissioners that Board undertook to investigate the trouble, in the hope that the existing culvert might be cleaned. After con- siderable examination it was found that the culvert was in such poor condition and so utterly inadequate that the Road Commissioners decided to construct a new culvert of permanent character and of adequate capacity. The Water and Sewer Board undertook the construction of this work which consisted of a 24" vitrified day pipe culvert, 72 feet long. The Highway De- partment completed the work by building retaining walls at either end, erect- ing guard rails, and connecting the culvert with two catch basins installed in the low point of the street. At the time of constructing the catch basins, provision was made to connect the same with any future storm drain which might be laid in Woburn Street. The cost of this work was $1i00. Concord Avenue Culvert. The situation on Concord Avenue was somewhat similar to that on Woburn Street. Here a very small inadequate pipe culvert was replaced by a new culvert of permanent construction, four feet by four feet in section and 38 feet long; the roadway being carried by a reinforced concrete slab, 8 inches thick upon walls of rubble masonry. There is also a concrete bottom in the culvert six inches thick. The location of the culvert is where the brook which has its source in the meadows off Waltham Street near the stone crusher, crosses Concord Avenue and the grade of the new culvert was very materially lowered to better drain the adjacent land, which is very fertile and susceptible of growing good crops when properly drained. Heretofore, this land, consisting of some 800 acres was practically useless because of the backing up of the water caused by the inadequate culvert. This work was done by contract at a cost of $600.00. Work on Massachusetts Avenue done in co-operation with the Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Company. On Massachusetts Avenue between Pleasant Street and the point where the street railway passes from the center to the side of the street just north- westerly of the State Road, the condition of the track and granite paving blocks were so uneven as to make it extremely uncomfortable for vehicles to utilize the street railway space as part of the highway in passing each other, 148 TOWN OF LEXINGTON The Board and Committee felt that something should be done to make this section more comfortable for street traffic, but finding the Street Railway Company unable to pay the whole cost of renewing its track equipment and reconstructing the road -bed the Board felt it adv2ntageous to enter into an agreement whereby the Town and the Street Railway Company would share equally the cost of replacing the granite block pavements between and ad- jacent to the track with a bituminous macadam pavement, thus affording a smoother riding surface which could be utilized as part of the roadway. Such an agreement was entered into by the Town and the work done ac- cordingly. The cost to the Town was 82434.69 and included the removal of the granite block paving and the substitution of 2808 square yards of bitumin- ous macadam pavement about 4 inches thick and 8 feet wide, over a distance of 3159 lineal feet. In connection with his work the Town purchased 43,000 paving blocks removed from the track at the very nominal cost of one cent each. These blocks will be very useful in building paved gutters, catch basins and other similar work. The Street Railway Company further co-operated with the Town in re- laying at its own expense the paving blocks on certain portions of its track on the Avenue between Oak Street and the Arlington line. The Company also removed the remaining portion of its track on Woburn Street between Utica Street and the Boston and Maine Railroad. RECOMMENDATIONS. Housing of Equipment. The situation in the Highway Department is somewhat analagous to that familiar classic "The Man Without A Country" for we find that it is necessary to keep part of the equipment at the Almshouse property and situa- tions arise here not only in the matter of a proper division of bookkeeping, but also as to matters of priority involving the equitable distribution of facili- ties which each department should share on the premises. Another part of the equipment is housed at the Pumping Station property which is under the control of the Park Commissioners, who, on account of the alleged unsightly condition of the grounds when used byt he Highway Department as complained of by abutting property owners, rather reluctantly permit its use by the High- way Department. Thanks to the Water and Sewer Commissioners, we are permitted to share part of its leased yard at the Railroad property for the stor- age of pipe and other material. Lastly, the Department finds refuge for the storage of paving blocks and other miscellaneous material in the rear of the Town Hall. SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS 149 These facilities are so inadequate because of Iack of adaptability and convenience for the proper conduct of the Department that I trust the Town will soon adopt the recommendations which have been made from time to time by the Selectmen, and take the necessary steps to secure adequate facili- ties for housing all the equipment of the Highway Department in a convenient central location where its work may be carried on to better advantage. SAND AND GRAVEL During the past year the Town has purchased about 7500 cubic yards of sand and gravel. Of this amount about 1000 cubic yards was delivered to the work at a contract price of about $1800.00, the balance being purchased from 8 different individuals and hauled from the various pits by our own teams. About $1300.00 was paid to these individuals for the material at the various pits. If the cost of teaming is added it is quite likely that the item of sand and gravel cost the Town the past year in the neighborhood of 115,- 000.00 or about one third of the total amount allowed for maintenance. The Town will continue to use increasing amounts of sand and gravel and as this represents a large proportion of the annual expenditure for main- tenance, I believe an appreciable saving could be made if the Town purchased a convenient site where an ample supply of sand and gravel might be secured to take care of our needs for a number of years. The item of loading and team- ing could be reduced to a minimum by installing mechanical loading machin- ery in the pit and using trucks and teams for long and short hauls respectively. NEW EQUIPMENT The Department should own another road grader. We have a very good one on hand but we were handicapped many times the past year by lack of equipment of this character. . The judicious patching of our streets with a preparation of tar and pea stone is a very important factor in highway maintenance as by this method the surface of the road can be successfully repaired and the whole surface economically preserved until such time as more extensive repairs or rebuilding becomes necessary. It has been the practice to mix this material by hand at the pumping station and transport the same to the various roads. To save expense, we have in a few instances mixed the material by the roadside. This practice while less expensive. is at times objectionable on account of the more or less unsightly condition of the premises and the exposure of material in rainy weather. 1 believe a very appreciable saving would result if the Town pur- chased a machine to mix the material and a light truck to transport it. The 150 TOWN OF LEXINGTON truck would be especially advantageous on the Long hauls. Such a truck would also be very economical and of great convenience when not required for patching, in carrying men and tools to the various jobs as well as for other incidental work. If the Town secures a gravel pit we should purchase a mechanical loader to facilitate loading the material. ROAD MILEAGE AND CLASSIFICATION OF TYPES OF ROADWAYS While the policy with respect to the amount of money we should expend for highway matters is for the Board to decide, it may be of interest in consider- ing this matter to note the following table which shows the mileage of the several classifications of the highways which the Town is committed to main- tain:— Bituminous macadam Water bound macadam with oil or tar surface Gravel with oil or tar surface Plain gravel Dirt Unimproved 6.39 miles 11.30 miles 7.57 miles 24.82 miles 0.70 miles 0.15 miles 50.93 miles While the order of;classification of roads in the foregoing table appears in the relative order of permanency of the various types of roads when properly selected for traffic conditions, it does not truly indicate, unless studied in connection with the map of the town whether or not we now have a sufficient mileage of roads of the proper type to economically meet our present and future traffic conditions. Without entering into a detailed discussion of this phase of the situation, it seems evident in view of our relatively large mileage of main roads andthe traffic which they carry, that our 6.39 miles of roads of the so-called permanent type is inconsistently small and ought to be increased as rapidly as the town can afford it. With this type of road costing from $25,000 upwards per mile and other types in proportion it is evident that the question of providing funds for the maintenance of our present road mileage is a matter for most careful thought. This leads me to call attention to another phase of the road question which has an important bearing on the matter, viz:—the acceptance of new streets. 1 have a firm conviction that the high cost of maintaining many of our roads today is due in a large measure to the laxity on the part of the town in the past in accepting new streets to maintain as public ways without establish- ing for all parties some reasonable standards of excellence in the construction of the same and the engineering requirements of location, grades and drain- SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS 151 age; the fulfillment of which should be a condition precedent to the acceptance by the town of such ways. In my report as Engineer I have prepared some data and recommenda- tions touching on this point to which I respectfully call your attention. REQUIREMENTS FOR 1922. Among the main roads which stand out conspicuously as in need of at- tention are Bedford Street from the end of this year's work to Elm Avenue, Waltham Street from Concord Avenue to the Waltham line, the whole of Concord Avenue, Lowell Street between Woburn Street and the Burlington line. Maple Street and Lowell Street between Maple Street and the State Road should be widened and rebuilt: Wood Street, Walnut Street and other outlying streets need quite extensive repairs. How much money should be raised either as a maintenance fund or by a bond issue is a matter for your Board and the Highway Committee to determine and depends largely, I presume, upon the amount the town can afford to spend on this matter and such financial assistance as the town can secure from the State and County authorities. Respectfully submitted, J. HENRY DUFFY, Superintendent of Streets. 152 TOWN OF LEXINGTON COMMITTEE REPORTS REPORT OF COMMITTEE TO REVISE BY-LAWS. Submitted at Adjourned Town Meeting March 21, 1921. Your Committee as promptly as possible following its appointment procured copies of by laws from numerous neighboring towns, also such infor- mation as was available from the office of the Attorney -General of the Com- monwealth, together with information from the town records as to by laws from time to time adopted by the Town since the last printed edition thereof. At the first formed meeting for consideration of this data, it appeared that the earlier committee which had been at work upon the matter for several years had held many meetings and expended much time upon the subject, and was about ready to report to the Town. Under the circumstances it seemed to be unnecessary for a new committee to undertake, to cover the same ground already so thoroughly covered by the previous committee and that, in fact, the Town would be placed in possession of the necessary revision much more promptly by continuing the earlier com- mittee and availing of its work, than if obliged to wait for the new committee to cover the ground de novo. Your Committee, therefore, recommends that the vote discharging the earlier committee and appointing a new committee be rescinded and that the earlier committee be reinstated and requested to report as promptly as possible in the matter. January 11, 1921. A true copy, Attest: ARTHUR W. HATCH, Town Clerk. Respectfully submitted, FREDERICK L. EMERY, Chairman. COMMITTEE REPORTS REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON METHODS OF ACCOUNTING. Submitted at Adjourned Town Meeting April 4, 1921. THE PURPOSES OF THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM prescribed by The Bureau of Statistics. 153 The necessity of a reorganization of the accounting methods of our municipalities has been brought about by the demand on the part of the public at large for services at public expense which were formerly supplied at private expense or were not enjoyed at all. The civic requirements of the present generation are such that the expense of maintaining the several functions of government in some of our municipali- ties has reached the point where the annual tax requirement is becoming a burden; hence the tax payer is demanding a strict accounting of the sums paid by him for the general support of the municipal government. But while our cities and towns have been increasing their expenditures to an extent that is constantly demanding additional appropriations of money which must be some how raised, they have not been giving sufficient consideration to accounting, or the recording of receipts and expenditures and the facts bearing upon the incurrence of indebtedness,—and with the result that many of our public re- cords are kept in the same manner as when the town form of government was first established. Little thought has been given to the future and, in many cases, burdens have been put upon future generations that should be met wholly by those receiving the benefit. The expenditures of our cities and towns have increased at an alarming rate,—in fact far more rapidly than either the population or valuation. In studying the annual reports of our cities and towns, we find that those things that appear to be necessities today were regarded as luxuries ten or fifteen years ago. Remembering the fact that expenditures must be met by contributions from individuals, it should be realized that we have reached a point where discrimination is necessary in order to determine just what we can afford to spend; and then to know how to spend it in order that the greatest amount of service may be obtained with the means at hand. The individual has long since learned that to succeed in business he must determine at certain stated intervals his exact financial condition. If this is necessary for the con- duct of private business it must be even more necessary in the conduct of public affairs. Now while we all agree that some men are able to accomplish more in giving a portion of their time to a particular work than others, who might give their entire time,_it_is aIwell known fact that a majority of our 154 TOWN OF LEXINGTON municipal officers give their. time without proper compensation, and necessari- ly make their municipal work a secondary rather than a primary consideration. This being the case, it is all the more necessary that such an official should have before him information upon which he can act without going into unnecessary detail. It not infrequently happens that a town in which there has never been a suspicion of scandal and the integrity of whose officials has never been ques- tioned, feels that this condition is fairly good evidence that its finances are well managed and that its accounting system is with all the checks and safe- guards necessary to a proper administration of its affairs. Those who so con- tend, however, lose sight of the fact that the primary object of a system of accounts is not to prevent dishonesty in administration, for this may happen under any system, but rather tq insure a more economic expenditure of public moneys. While honesty and faithfulness are more likely to be in- sured by the establishment of a proper accounting system, increased effi- ciency is what we are chiefly aiming at; for it is a well known fact that we may and do spend a great deal of money honestly, as the term is generally under- stood, which nevertheless, is not always judiciously spent. Waste and extravagance in municipal operation is due far more to the lack of system in accounting than to the dishonesty of officials. In prescribing a system of accounts for any city or town, proper consideration should always be given to its particular needs; therefore the system devised by the Bureau of Statis- tics has been planned so that it is capable of adjustment to varying local con- ditions without sacrifice of principle, and it gives, as a result, comparable figures which can be used in forming deductions as to the efficiency or ineffi- ciency of officials. It would be foolish to contend that the system prescribed will of itself automatically reduce expenditures, but we do claim that it will point out the facts in regard to expenditures and the financial condition of the Municipality, so that there will not be any excuse for a continuation of careless methods of financeering. To -day we find in very many cases the several departments operating entirely independently of the other departments, and in many municipalities we find a number of departments performing duties that should be exclusively cared for by some one department. In order to reduce the cost without sacri- ficing efficiency, therefore, the Bureau of Statistics lays a great deal of stress upon what it calls a "Functional classification" of expenditures, that is, a bringing together of those items of expense which are related, thus allowing the public to see at a glance what each particular service is costing. Then, by intelligently comparing these costs with the results obtained, we have before us facts that are capable of explanation and which must be admitted. In commercial work the test of a system is the profit and loss account, while in municipal work it is service. The Bureau of Statistics, COMMITTEE'REPORTS 155 therefore recommends a complete set of double entry books, supported by proper warrants and vouchers, arranged according to the uniform classifica- tion of municipal functions now quite generally recognized by accountants and students of municipal administration. We recommend that there be one official called in towns "Town Account- ant," whose duty it shall be to record all of the transactions relative to the finances and that his books shall be so kept that the true financial condi- tion of the town as a whole may be shown at any time. To insure this,, it will be necessary for all departments sending out bills or receiving money to notify the accountant or bookkeeper, so that these trans- actions will be recorded proper forms being provided for carrying out this suggestion. The assessors should, in committing a warrant to the collector, forward to the accountant a copy of the same, the latter opening an account debiting the collector with the amount of the warrant and as collections are made and deposited with the treasurer, the collector should furnish the accountant or bookkeeper with a statement as to the amount, classified by assessment years, so that he may receive a proper credit. At certain stated intervals the treasur- er should report to the accountant the receipts in detail which would be a counter check on all departments. The common practice in our towns has been to allow each department- to take care of its own accounts receivable on account of services rendered or materials supplied, and frequently it has been shown that these accounts have been handled in such a way as to cause a loss of revenue to the town. In any event, it is practically impossible to make a statement as to the financial condition of any department under such cir- cumstances. Each and every department sending out or committing bills for collection should notify the accountant in detail of all such bills. He should then debit a proper account on his ledger and as collections are made from time to time, from the schedules supplied him by the proper officials he should credit this account. It is the duty of the head of each department to work in conjunction with the accountant, treasurer, and collector for the collection of these bills; a record such as described makes it possible to follow them up systematically, and will undoubtedly be of great advantage to the town. This will also, in our opinion, prevent the continuation of the practice of reduction or abatement of charges; a practice which has in many cases, represented an actual loss, of which no record showing the reasons for such reduction or abatements was made. While the system of accounts will safeguard the city or town from loss due to carelessness or negligence, its primary object is to give information 156 TOWN OF LEXINGTON that will assist the administrative officers in the performance of their duties and inform the public as to the expenditure of funds by the several departments A special book is therefore furnished for the classification of the expenditures of the several functions, showing the date of bill, to whom paid, amount, and purpose or object of expenditure, so that duplicated bills are easily detected, as al! general facts are on this book. in order to facilitate the proper classification of expenditures, appropria- tions should be made along functional lines; but it does not follow that a de- partment cannot have charge of the expenditures of more than one function. On the contrary it is very evident that a single department can, in many cases, expend money on account of two or more functions more economically than if these accounts were divided. However, we must have the costs separated in order that we may deter- mine the best method, and this is a very simple bookkeeping proposition. But it is not desirable to attempt as fine a classification in making the appro- priations as should be expected in reporting the expenditures; to do so only hampers the administrative officers. Yet such an accounting of the expendi- tures should be required as will show for what the money was spent, in order that the general public knowing the character of the service rendered, together with the exact cost may correctly judge the work of their officials. Under laws recently enacted, no department can contract liabilities in excess of its appropriation, therefore each department head should have be- fore him as often at least as once a month a statement of the amounts ex- pended and unexpended of the appropriation made for maintenance or oper- ation of his department. Among the forms and books used, are the following: --- Ledger, Cash book; Journal; Classification sheets; Pay roils; Warrants; Sched- ule of accounts receivable; Schedule of bills payable; Schedule of payments to Treasurer, Schedule of receipts by Treasurer; Notification of abatements; Vouchers. The several forms provided are so correlated that, instead of having a complicated system of bookkeeping, we have a simplified form that can easily be operated without the services of a so-called "expert" bookkeeper being at all necessary. A list of the books and forms provided for the town, together with a brief description of their use and certain general instructions relative to the keeping of the accounts, follows: Journal for Accountant; Cash book for Accountant; Ledger for Ac- countant; Classification book for Accountant; Debt record book for Account- ant; Cash book for treasurer; Check register for Treasurer; Schedule of De- partmental bills payable; Treasury Warrants; Schedule of Collectors' pay- COMMITTEE REPORTS 157 ments to treasurer. ; Schedule of departmental payments to Treasurer; Schedule of Treasurer's receipts; Schedule of tax abatements allowed; Voucher folder; General department pay rolls; School Department pay rolls. All of these books and forms are arranged so as to simplify the reporting and make possible a proper check on the accounting of public moneys; also to insure a classification of both receipts and payments. All moneys received from every source and paid to the Treasurer are also reported to the accountant, in whose book will be recorded all cash transactions in detail, which will furnish an absolute check on the total. Journal.—This is a bound book of the ordinary two -column stock type. It forms, together with the cash book, the medium from which all entries in the general ledger are posted, as it is of vital importance that no entry shall be originated in the general ledger. The journal is used for keeping a record of the debiting and crediting of items in the ledger, such as opening entries, budget appropriation entries, the entering of tax commitments, the abatement of taxes, accounts receivable, and all entries which are not strictly cash book transactions. It is important that all journal entries state clearly the ledger accounts which are to be debited and credited; also that a full explanation of the entry be made, in order that the transaction may be fully understood by anyone examining the accounts. Cash Book.—(For Accountant). This is a bound book similar to those used in ordinary commercial accounting. In this book should be re- corded all transactions involving the receipt or the disbursement of cash, in order that the total transactions for a given period may be shown at a glance. All entries made on the debit side of the cash book should clearly state the source from which the money was received and the department or account to which the same should be posted in the ledger; and all entries on the credit side should show to whom the money was paid and the appropriation or ac- count against which the amount should be posted in the ledger. All moneys received from every source will be reported to the accountant; therefore in the latter's cash book will be recorded cash transactions which are similar to those of the treasurer, except in detail, and which will furnish an absolute check on the total. Ledger.—This is of the loose-leaf type; when the several sheets are proper- ly arranged and placed in the binder provided for the purpose, they form the general ledger, in which is recorded, in controlling accounts, all of the financial transactions of the town. 158 TOWN OF LEXINGTON The accounts in the general ledger are separated and grouped in sections, as follows: First Second Th ird Fourth Fifth Assets and liabilities Revenue accounts Appropriation accounts Funded or fixed debt Trust funds From the ledger, information relative to the condition of the several appropriations may readily be obtained and the administrative officers may keep constantly informed of the amounts expended, also of amounts available for the balance of the year. This information is very necessary in view of the statute which expressly forbids the incurring of liabilities in excess of the appropriations made for the use of the several departments; unless the work is well planned, it will be found that the appropriations will be exhausted before the end of the year, with much needed work still to be done. Classification book.—This book consists of loose-leaf forms with printed headings covering the chief sources from which revenue is received and objects for which money is expended, with blank spaces which allow for additional headings to cover important items that may seem desirable. These sheets are arranged in functional order and placed in a binder provided for the purpose, thus forming the principal source of detailed information regard- ing the receipts and disbursements of the town. They are arranged in a classi- fied form that is generally accepted and adopted by accountants and students of municipal affairs. Provision is made for the recording of the date of the receipt, from whom received, and the source. On the payment side will be shown the date of the bill, to whom paid, and the purpose or object of payment. From this book definite information can readily be obtained of every cash transaction of the town; but its chief object is to furnish classification in a scientific manner, regardless of the method of making appropriations. This book is also designed to bring the costs of each particular function or service together, so that by knowing the costs and intelligently comparing these with the service given, the taxpayer may judge of the efficiency or in- efficiency of the administrative officers. Debt record book.—This is a bound book especially designed to show the amount of debt under each authorization at any time from the issuing of the bonds or notes to the maturity of the loan; also the interest due semi-annually each year during th e period the loan has to -run. COMMITTEE REPORTS 159 Cash book (For treasurer). This is a bound book especially designed for the recording of all of the cash receipts and disbursements of the treasury department in one book. Check Register.—This book consists of loose-leaf forms which, placed in the binder provided for the purpose, form the book in which all of the trans- actions with the banks are recorded. It will show at a glance the condition of the accounts in any of the depositories of the town. Schedule of Bills Payable.—On these sheets each department should list all bills approved for payment, and should forward the same, accompanied by the original bills to the accountant. From these the treasury warrants are prepared. Treasury warrants.—These are for listing the bills of the several de- partments. Warrants are submitted to the Selectmen, together with the bills, for their approval, the bills first having been checked by the accountant and compared with the several appropriation accounts to which they are chargeable. The Selectmen having signed the warrant, it is passed to the treasurer as his authority for payment. Under the statute, the selectmen are required to approve all bills before the same are paid by the treasurer; by using the treasury warrant, they can give greater attention to the bills and appropriation accounts without consum- ing any additional time. Schedule of collector's payments to treasurer.—These are especially designed forms for the reporting to the accountant of payments made to the treasurer by the collector. From these reports the accountant is enabled to classify properly the collector's receipts and verify the receipts reported by the treasurer. Schedule of departmental payments to treasurer.—This form is for the use of departments, except those for which special forms are prepared for reporting payments to the treasurer. Schedule of treasurer's receipts.—The treasurer will use these forms in reporting the cash receipts to the accountant. They form the basis of the debit entries in the accountant's cash book, and, together with the schedules of payments to the tresurer, serve as an automatic check on the cash account, furnishing the accountant with the necessary information for keeping his ac- counts up to date at all times, also enabling statements to be drawn off show- ing actual cash transactions. By the use of printed forms for the reporting of all items involving cash, but little time is required for reporting the same. Schedule of tax abatements allowed.—This form is for the use of the assessors in reporting abatements to the accountant, so that he may credit 160 TOWN OF LEXINGTON the collector with these items in addition to his cash payments to the treasurer. On the accountant's book, the collector is charged with the commitment and credited with collections paid the treasurer; if to the collections are added abatements allowed, the accountant's ledger will show, in his collector's ac- count, the exact amount of outstanding taxes. Voucher folder.—This form is for the use of the town accountant and is designed for the purpose of securing uniformity in the filing of bills. General department pay-rolls.—These are to be used by all depart- ments, except the school department, in making up their weekly or monthly pay -rolls, and are designed for the purpose of securing uniformity in the payrolls of all departments. School department pay-rolls.—These are especially designed for the use of the school department, provisions being made for showing the gross amount of salary due each teacher or employee, the amount of deduction on account of the retirement fund, the net amount received by each person and the total amount to be sent to the treasurer of the retirement fund. Revenue: Upon receipt of notice from the town clerk of appropriations voted by the town, to be raised by taxation, a journal entry should be made debiting revenue and crediting the proper appropriation accounts. When the tax warrant is delivered to the collector, this account should be credited and taxes debited. At the close of the year, journal entry should be made debiting all unex- pended appropriation accounts (the object for which the appropriation was made having been completed) and -crediting revenue. The estimated receipt account should also be closed out into the revenue account at the close of the year, and the revenue account closed into the excess and deficiency account. Estimated Receipts: The amount of estimated receipts deducted by the assessors in determining the amount to be raised by taxation should be debited to the estimated receipt account and the revenue account credited; as cash is received estimated receipts should be credited and cash debited. Taxes: Upon the delivery of the assessors' warrant for the collection of taxes, a journal entry should be made debiting taxes with the total amount of the commitment and crediting revenue, state tax, county tax, state high- way tax and overlay with the several amounts appearing in the warrant. As money is paid into the town treasury, cash should be debited and the tax account credited. When abatements are granted by the assessors, a journal entry should be made crediting taxes and debiting overlay. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State Aid: This account rep- resents the amount due from the Commonwealth for State Aid disbursed COMMI"ITEE REPORTS 161 during the previous year. Upon receipt of money from the State, cash should be debited and State Aid credited. At the close of the year, a journal entry should be made debiting State Aid due from the Commonwealth and crediting the State Aid account appearing in the appropriation section of the ledger with the amount of State Aid disbursed during the year. Poor Department Accounts Receivable: When bills are sent to the State, cities and town, or individuals for aid rendered paupers not having a settlement in the town a journal entry should be made debiting the poor department accounts receivable and crediting departmental revenue with the amount of the charge; as cash is received the accounts receivable account should be credited and cash debited. The same procedure should be followed in the case of accounts receivable of all departments rendering bills for amounts due the town. Water Rates= Upon receipt of notice from the water registrar of the amount of the commitment of water rates, a journal entry should be made debiting water rates and crediting water revenue with the amount of the com- mitment; as money is paid into the town treasury water rates should be credited and cash debited. Overlay: Whenever abatements are granted by the Assessors, a journal entry should be made debiting overlay and crediting taxes for the amount of the abatements. Any balance in the overlay account in excess of the amount of the warrant remaining to be collected or abated should, by journal entry, be transferred to the overlay reserve fund. Overlay Reserve Fund (Overlay surplus) : This account represents the surplus or difference between the overlay and the abatements granted by the assessors, and should be reserved for extraordinary or unforeseen expenses, as required by Chapter 649, Acts of 1913, as amended by Chapter 823, Acts of 1913. Revenue Loans: Whenever loans are issued in anticipation of revenue, the cash account should be debited and the revenue loan account credited; when the loan is paid, a warrant should be drawn, revenue loan account debited, and cash credited. Departmental Revenue (Not available until collected): This account represents revenue of the several departments on account of charges for services rendered or materials furnished. At the end of each month the amount of cash received on account of departmental charges should be credited by journal entry to the proper appropriation account and departmental rev- enue should be debited. Water Revenue (Not available until collected) : This account rep- resents revenue of the water department on account of charges for water 162 TOWN OF LEXINGTON rates, etc. At the end of the' month the water revenue account should be debited with the amount of cash received during the month on account of water rates, etc., and the water department appropriation account credited. Net Bonded Debt: When debt is incurred by the issue of bonds or notes (for other than temporary revenue loans), a journal entry should be made debiting net bonded debt and crediting the specific loan account. When the bonds are paid, the specific loan account should be debited and net bonded debt credited. Trust Funds: When money is received the income of which is to be used for some specific purpose, cash should be debited and the special fund account credited. A warrant should be drawn authorizing the treasurer to deposit the amount in the savings bank, cash should be credited and trust funds (cash and securities) debited. As income is withdrawn from the bank, cash should be debited and the specific purpose for which the fund was created (such as library, cemetery, etc.), credited. At the end of the year, the income in excess of the withdrawals should be entered on the books by debiting trust funds (cash and securities), and crediting the specific fund account. HALL1EC..BLAKE. COMMITTEE REPORTS 163 SUGGESTION FOR REPORT OF PROGRESS ON THE PART OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO CONSIDER THE QUESTION OF STREET LIGHTS IN THE DISTRICT BORDERING UPON OR ADJACENT TO BOW STREET, EAST LEXINGTON. Submitted at an Adjourned Town Meeting, May 3, 1921. Your Committee has held several meetings and has given much considera- tion to the designated matter since its appointment two weeks ago, and while we are not prepared to say that we have considered the matter with the ut- most thoroughness, we have, however, reached certain conclusions which we will report as a report of progress and which may be considered as final if the Town so desires. The particular district or area with respect to which the Committee was requested to report is not provided with accepted streets, and in the opinion of Your Committee it would be unwise for the Town to establish a precedent by undertaking to provide lights upon unaccepted streets. The streets in question appear to be very nearly in condition to satisfy necessary requirements in that respect for recommendation to the Town for acceptance, and it seems to Your Committee that the residents in the locality in question should either proceed actively to complete the preliminary condi- tioning of the streets and seek their acceptance by the Town, in which event lights etc. would follow naturally in due course, or else the residents in that vicinity should arrange with the Edison Company for installing upon private account such street lamps as may be required and to the extent that such resi- dents are willing to pay for. One such street light is already maintained pri- vately. It has been ascertained that the Edison Company will install street lights in that locality for private account at the same rate that they would install them for the Town account provided the distance without lights or takers is not too great; we understand'if the distance between lights exceeds 250 feet an extra charge would be made. At the last previous adjournment of the present town meeting at which this committee was appointed, much was said in behalf of the appeal of the residents in this locality that, whereas the area as farm property originally turned into the Town only $70. annually for taxes, the same property now developed turns in about $3,000 showing an apparent gain to the Town of over $2900 an income from that particular area and apparently justifying more liberal treatment than has been accorded it. The president of the Planning Board, who is also a member of this committee, has, however, by figures that must have required a great deal of time in obtaining, but which appear to be 164 TOWN OF LEXINGTON beyond reasonable question, shown us that, upon the basis of average number of children per family that obtains in the Town—and the average appears to be no higher in this partuicular locality than elsewhere—it costs the Town for educating the children alone of the fifty families occupying this area something more than $4,000 per year, or substantially more than the whole amount of taxes received from this locality; and further that if the various other agencies supported by the Town for the benefit of its citizens, such as police, fire pro- tection, etc. be taken into consideration, the Town expends annually some $11,000 with respect to this locality and receives therefrom in taxes only $3,000, showing a net loss or burden to the Town of $8,000 annually with res- spect to this particular locality. In directing attention to this aspect of the situation, your Committee is not unmindful of the fact that all parts of the Town cannot in the nature of things be found wholly self-sustaining; it is inevitable that many portions of the Town fail to carry themselves upon a per capita or per family basis, but this does not mean that such portions of the Town are not desirable. It is well, however, to bear in mind that there is a limit to the number of localities such as this that can be successfully absorbed by the Town without carrying its maintenance cost or tax rate to a figure that will be prohibitive unless there be some radical adjustment in other respects. The Town must grow by adding to its population by means of some such developments as the one under consideration—it cannot well grow otherwise, but how may the Town be permitted so to grow without sooner or later be- coming overburdened with the cost thereof as compared with the income therefrom. The answer very clearly is that the remedy lies in the way development is handled and in the way the valuations of the Town are placed by the assessors. The statutes of our state, particularly Chapter 80 of the new General Laws, known as the Betterment Act, provide for the construction and installa- tion of improvements in highways and in matters of public service under a system by which the cost of such improvements may, always to a substantial extent and usually to a full extent, be assessed as betterments upon the proper- ty that is benefited. Your Committee recommends that the Town request its officials and Boards to recommend or authorize no further improvements in their respective departments such for example as that particularly under con- sideration without first considering if it may not be possible to effect the same under the Betterment Act and where possible to avail of the Betterment Act. This will largely take care of the costs of the various improvements, placing the same equitably upon the owners of the properties to be benefited thereby, and, of course, no property owners should nor probably would they COMMITTEE REPORTS 165 object to paying their proper and fair proportion of the cost of any improve- ment that added to the value of their respective properties. Your Committee is advised that where this practice is uniformly pursued, as for example, in the neighboring town of Watertown, property owners al- most without exception accept the Betterment assessments without objection. The application of the Betterment Act, however, leads directly to the matter of valuations and assessments, and it is here, in the opinion of your Committee, that the fundamental difficulty resides in connection with the provision of just and proper accommodation and convenience for localities such as your Committee has been called upon to consider and in respect to lighting thereof as well as to other utilities. Even with the uniform application of the Betterment Act, the problem for the Town would not be wholly solved; unless valuations are fundamentally and substantially corrected, the application of the Betterment Act would be difficult and perhaps inequitable in many instances. The locality under consideration is only one of many already existing in Town with respect to which similar problems must arise, and without doubt numerous other locali- ties wil! come before the Town in the future; and if the Town is to be saved from an overwhelming tax burden, a new system for arriving at valuations must be adopted so as to remove numerous inequalities that already exist and to assure that every property holder shall pay his just proportion of the taxes, no more .and no less. While not strictly involved in the immediate consideration of the particu- lar matter referred to your Committee, yet one underlying the working -out of that matter as well as others of like nature. Your Committee recommends for immediate and necessary consideration the matter of adopting forthwith the most up-to-date system for assessing taxable values in the Town. Respectfully Submitted; April 14, 1921. F. L. EMERY, Chairman, W. R. GREELEY, J. A. WIGGINS, • 166 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON COLLECTION OF ASHES AND GARBAGE Submitted at a Town Meeting, May 3, 1921. In arriving at estimates for the collection of ashes and garbage, your Committee originally figured on giving service to all but the remotest houses in town. This service would have required the services of twelve men and six double teams three days each week for the collection of ashes and an equal amount of labor for the collection of garbage. Based on the prevailing wage for town labor the Committee figures the expense for collecting ashes would be approximately $7400 for giving service to about 900 houses over a distance of 12 to 15 miles of town roads and giving weekly collections eight months of the year and monthly collections during the summer months of June, July, August and September. To serve the same territory for garbage the expense would be somewhat larger as this service would be required weekly through- out the year. We estimate this figure for the year would be approximately $9500 with some slight rebate derived from the sale of offal. The Committee felt these amounts were too large to ask of the Town in the present state of its finances consequently the territory to be served was lessened to take in only the strictly residential sections. This would include Mass. Ave. from Hili Street to Pelham Road, Lincoln Street from the Pumping Station to Parker, Elm Avenue, Lower Bedford Street, Hancock Street to Adams to Meriam Street, Meriam Street, Oakland Street, and the streets between Hancock and Oakland Street, Parker, Clarke, Forest, Raymond, Muzzey and Waltham Street to the Mulliken Place, Winthrop Road, Slocum Rd., Bloomfield gtreet and the Bloomfield Hill Section as far as Pelham Road. This would serve about 400 houses. The question of ashes and garbage should be considered separately. At present the garbage is collected at no expense to the town by private parties who act under permits granted by the Board of Health. So far, as this Committee has investigated the service is fairly satisfactory. If the town should undertake this collection it would cost approximately $4500 to serve the houses in the section mentioned above. The town owns an offal wagon which is ready for use, but to cover this terri- tory it would be necessary to purchase another wagon. The garbage could be collected by contract probably for a good deal less than the sum mentioned above, but under that arrangement it is doubtful if the service would be more satisfactory than at present. As the work is now being done in a fairly satisfactory way at no expense to the town; the Committee recommends that no change be made in the present system at this time. COMMITTEE REPORTS 167 163 TOWN OF LEXINGTON To collect ashes in the above mentioned district wefigure three double teams working three days a week for 39 weeks would do the work 2 men @ $4.50 $9.00 2 horses @ $1.00 2.00 $11.00 x 3 = 33 x 39 = $3,861.00 Expense . 75.00 Supt. 100.00 $4,036.00 At an annual expense of about $4,000.00, this would serve about 400 houses, the churches, schools, and public buildings, with the exception of the Parker and Adams School, Follen Church and Library for which arrangements could easily be made. This service would require the householder to put his ash barrels on the sidewalk for collection. There are some who do not care totake the bother of taking ashes out of the cellar. To such town collection will not be interesting. If estimates arrived at are correct, and all families avail this of the service, the work can be cone at a cost per family of $10.00 per year. At the present cost of 20 cents per barrel for removing ashes there are many families paying $15.00 and over per year for this service. From the Town reports of last year the Town paid for removing ashes from the Town Hall, Library and Elementary Schools over $350.00. The Committee rec- ommends that the cost of this service be divided pro rata among those using the service and that Public Buildings using the service pay a somewhat larger rate than the householder for the greater service rendered, The Committee recommends a three months' trial of the collection of ashes for the period from Oct. 1st to Dec. 3ist, 1921; that the work be done under the direction of the Board of Health and that the sum of $1500 be appropriated for this purpose. This three months' trial the Committee feels will give the town actual figures on which to base an appropriation for another year should the town decide to continue the service. Signed, L. T. REDMAN JAMES A. WILSON E. H. SARGENT REPORT OF COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO ACT WITH THE SELECT- MEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDYING THE NEEDS OF THE TOWN IN REFERENCE TO ITS HIGHWAYS AND RECOMMEND A DEFINITE SCHEME OF ROAD BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE. Submitted at an adjourned town meeting held May 3, 1921. The subject of highway construction and maintenance is one that is being considered throughout the country by the National Government, States, cities and towns, and appropriations are being made in such amounts as would have seemed fabulous ten years ago, as present means of transportation destroy in a season the good roads built of water bound macadam which were substan- tial enough for the traffic of the last decade. Therefore, roads must now be built to carry not only the fast moving automobiles but the trucks carrying weights up to ten (10) tons or more. These facts show that our road upkeep must cost us more than in the past. Under the vote as above, your Committee finds not only the problem of new construction of roads that will last, but also questions involved in the organization of the Street Department of the Town for the maintenance and care of these roads when built. After conference with numerous experts and studying the situation in Lexington, your Committee feels that for our Town, with limited means avai-- able for road building, that bituminous macadam construction, similar to that upon the State Highway to Concord, would prove most practical and economi- cal, and our recommendations and estimates of cost are based on such con- struction. In passing, however, we may say that this Commitee has given attention to the possibility of using cement instead of macadam, but we feel that this form of construction is still more or less of an experiment, but as the cost is only slightly more than macadam, it may be advisable for Lexington to build a short stretch of this material and see how it works out. DRAINAGE. We feel that in the past, too little attention has been paid to the matter of Drainage. We mean not only draining the sub -soil, but provisions for the disposal of storm waters, and our estimates are included to cover both these features, and, naturally, add materially to the cost in some localities. The Committee finds the following streets in such bad condition that COMMITTEE REPORTS 169 repairing them to any great extent would be wasting money; therefore, re- building or re -surfacing is imperative. Bedford Street from Elm Avenue to the crossing of the Boston & Maine R. R., a distance of 4750 ft., can be rebuilt with a bituminous macadam, twenty-four (24) feet in width, including the necessary drainage, for about $28,000; but, inas- much as a sewer should be laid upon this street for about 1000 ft., from Elm Avenue northwesterly, the Committee recommends a more temporary and less expensive method be employed on this portion of the street, and also that all underground structures and utilities be put in proper condition before any per- manent road construction work is done, and so avoid the necessity of digging up the surface as soon as finished. From the railroad crossing to the Davis place is about three-quarters of a mile, and we feel that the State should take over this piece of road, connecting as it does with the State Highway to Bedford, built a number of years since, and now badly in need of rebuilding. In fact, the State Commissioners have this matter now under consideration. In the meantime, some patching will be necessary to make the road reasonably passable. Waltham Street. This road needs rebuilding along much of its length, but, for the present, we recommend that it be rebuilt from the State Road to Allen Street, and from Concord Avenue to the Waltham Line, a distance of approximately 4400 lineal feet, at an estimated cost of $40,000. We have had tests made of the sub -soil and find much of it of a clay nature, and this would have to be removed to a depth of about 18 inches below the present surface and refilled with 12 inches of good clean gravel, and 6 inch bituminous surface built thereon. From Concord Avenue to the Waltham Line has already been laid out by the County Commissioners 60 ft. wide to conform with the present width of • this road between Middle Street and Concord Avenue. This will necessitate some little widening, but we are hopeful that the County Commissioners will help defray the cost at this point. Lowell Street. This entire street from the Arlington Line to the Burlington Line is in horrible condition, and we have been informed that the State Department of Public Works have practically agreed with your Selectmen to take over that portion of Lowell Street between the newly constructed State Road at Summer 170 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Street to Woburn Street, and from Lowell Street over Maple Street to Massa- chusetts Avenu6, rebuilding this entire piece and maintaining from Summer Street to Maple, and Maple Street to Massachusetts Avenue as a State High- way, providing the Town will pay one-half the cost, approximately $45,000 or $50,000. This matter is referred to in ARTICLE NO. 48 of the Town Warrant, and your Committee feels that it would be most desirable to secure this contribu- tion of State and County, provided the Town had the money; but, if this appropriation were niade, then, under our present borrowing limits, there would be nothing left for Ledford and Waltham Streets. We, therefore, suggest that the matter of making this contract be left to the Road Commissioners to act with this Committee, as it may be possible to induce the State or County to construct a part of Lowell Street at this time, the Town making some contribution which would not exhaust our entire available funds. We have now mentioned the worst propositions we have to meet at pres- ent, and summarizing them, we have Bedford Street, at an approximate cost of Waltham Street, " " Lowell Street, " " $28,000 40,000 45,000 Total $113,000 Later, if the Town is to follow a continuous plan of permanent road build- ing, you must consider Pleasant Street to Watertown, and Watertown to Belmont Line, $25,000 Waltham Street, Massachusetts Avenue to Middle Street (without widening), S 25,000 Facing $113,000 expense on the three above named streets, we will now consider the amount of funds available. The present valuation of the Town, or rather an average of the past three (3) years, up to December 31st, 1920, upon which the borrowing capacity of the Town is based, amounts to S9, I07,023. The limit of indebtedness. is 3% of this average valuation, which amounts now to $273,210. The present Town debt of Lexington, December 31st, 1920. amounted to $380,200, from which may be deducted Water Debt Sewer Debt 80,000 $82,600 Making a total of $162,600 COMMITTEE REPORTS 171 which leaves a net borrowing capacity of $55,610, less a further reduction of $2000 for bonds authorized but not issued. The amount available for a bond issue today is $53,610. Therefore, this amount is all you have to come and go on, unless by an act of the Legislature, you are enabled to exceed this limit. The Committee recommend that $50,000 be borrowed under a bond issue and expended for the purpose of rebuilding, Bedford Street, Waltham Street or Lowell Street, so far as the money will ga. It may be possible to get special legislation granting the Town permission to borrow in excess of its present limit, but we realize that in suggesting the borrowing of $50,000 over our debt limit there are important questions of Town finance involved. To carry out the plan of road building we have out- lined this loan is desirable, but it is a question we prefer to leave to the judg- ment of the voters without undue emphasis on the recommendation. As the time for introducing new legislation would be passed before your next Town Meeting, we have prepared a Petition to the Legislature, and your Selectmen have presented it to the proper committee, but this need not in any wise influence the Town in its action in reference to this proposed addition- al loan, as all action will await the decision of the Town at its present meeting. Under a special act, it is quite possible that the Legislature would permit the Town to borrow an additional $50,000 for a term of ten (10) or twenty (20) years instead of five (5) years allowed under the Statute, and this is worth considering in any action you may choose to take; and, further, if the Town is given the privilege of borrowing this money, it would still be necessary for the Town to vote to avail itself of the privilege and as to its dis- position at a future Town Meeting. The Committee recommend that hereafter ail new work be done by con- tractors, under the supervision and specifications of our own Engineer, or in connection with the Department of Public Works, or County Commissioners. We recommend that all streets accepted hereafter be constructed under the Betterment Acts. HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. The Committee feels that with the large amount of new construction con- templated, this Department should be materially reduced, and that where extended repairs are necessary, the work should be done by contract, leaving to the Maintenance Department of the Town the task of minor repairs, street sweeping, cleaning catch basins, and the like; and, for this purpose we advise that the Road Commissioners establish a Department consisting of not more than ten (10) men and a foreman, who shall act under the direction of the En - 172 TOWN OF LEXINGTON gineer and the Road Commissioners. We recommend that not more than three (3) double teams and two (2) single teams, with the necessary outfit, and the steam roller be maintained,—at least until the end of the present season, and then reduce the force if found practical. We recommend that the present method of taking care of the horses at the Town Farm be discontinued, and that one man be employed to give his time to the care of horses and to work about the Town Farm,—the cost to be divided between the two departments. We recommend also that the Highway Department remove the ashes from the public buildings as necessary: thereby effecting a saving of several hundred dollars per annum. Under this arrangement we feel that the Department will be enabled to keep our roads in fairly good condition, and, as year by year, permanent roads are built, the necessity for large appropriation for this Department and annual upkeep can be still further reduced. In making a careful survey of the Town roads, which cover practically 55 miles, we find many of the roads, aside from those we have mentioned, in bad condition, but would with intelligent patching and repairs serve us for some time to come, and, without going into too much detail, we recommend that Massachusetts Avenue from Arlington Line to Middle Street, Percy Road to Slocum Road Waltham Street to Bedford Street be carefully patched, and, where necessary, coated with asphalt and pea stone, and that other streets radiating principally from the centre of the Town be treated in a similar manner, and we estimate that your principal streets, cover- ing various districts of the Town, can be put in very good condition for approx- imately $19,000, and we recommend that all of this work be done by contract so that it may be entirely completed on or before July 1st, so that we may have the benefit of good streets during the balance of the year. The employees of the Town in the Maintenance Department will then have opportunity to work upon the various gravel roads that need attention; but we feel that all road work, including new construction, should be com- pleted not later than September 15th. We estimate that it will cost for the Maintenance Department, as outlined, for salaries, labor and materials. $16,000. This added to the $19,000 for re- pair work totals $35,000. Your Committee recommends a further appropria- tion of $35,000. To be assessed the current year. We believe if this program is carried out that you will have satisfactory streets, as well as having made a good beginning in the building of permanent highways. COMMITTEE REPORTS 173 Highland Avenue. This matter is referred to the Committee under ARTICLE NO. 46 of the Warrant, and we recommend that the street be accepted as laid out by the Selectmen and Road Commissioners, that necessary money be appropriated for its construction, and that the cost be assessed upon the abuttors. GEORGE W. TAYLOR, ALBERT B. TENNEY, HENRY L. WADSWORTH, WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN, JAYO. RICHARDS, JOSEPH R. COTTON, Board of Selectmen 174 TOWN QF LEXINGTON REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TOWN FORM OF GOVERNMENT. Presented at Adjourned Town Meeting April 25, 1921. To the Town of Lexington: The Committee appointed to study the present form of Town Government and recommend changes, reports as follows:— The present form consists of about 20 elected Boards or officers with an appointed Finance Committee of 15 members, which Committee acts in the capacity of critic of the elective Boards, their criticisms being directed solely to the expenditure of the Town's money. Most all of these Boards constitute agencies for the spending of the Town's monies without any responsibility for the raising of their funds, and but one Board, namely, the Assessors, whose duty it is to raise the funds, has no responsibility as to disbursements. These Boards and officers are under no obligation to come together to consider the welfare of the town as a whole: each acts independently and often without regard to results or tax rate, but, solely in the interests of its particular de- partment, resulting in a complete lack of real co-ordination and joint responsi- bility. Efforts have been made to cure this condition through the Finance Com- mittee. Results are altogether too obvious. Boards elected by the voters, re- sponsible under the law, while deferring to a committee of citizens, does not recognize any authority or responsibility in the Finance Committee as there is none in law. It is natural for a Board, in preparing its estimates in anticipation of an examination by the Finance Committee, to ask for more than it expects to get, and, then by compromise, get more than it really needs. The actual results are largely negative. This Committee feels that Positive results can be obtained by placing the joint responsibility of raising the funds necessary to conduct the Town's busi- ness affairs squarely upon those persons or Boards which the Voters elect to administer its business, and that by a consolidation of six of its present de- partments it can produce greater efficiency. After careful study of the various forms of Town Government in force in Massachusetts, we recommend the following: -- 1st: That the Board of Selectmen be constituted a Board of Selectmen and Public Works, having all the duties now imposed by law upon the Select- men and, in addition, those of the Sewer & Water Commission, Park Commis- COMMITTEE REPORTS 175 176 TOWN OF LEXINGTON sion, Road Commission, and Tree Warden; and that the Board so constituted be empowered to appoint a Superintendent of Public Works. 2nd: That the Board of Selectmen appoint the Assessors. 3rd: That the Board of Selectmen and Public Works be increased to five. 4th: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to act as Overseers of the Poor. 5th: That the Annual Budget be made up by the Board of Selectmen and Public Works, School Committee, Cemetery Committee, Board of Health, and the Finance Committee, sitting jointly. With such a consolidated Government, co-ordination, co-operation, and efficiency should follow. Those who spend the Town's monies must share in the responsibility of raising it. The making of the Annual Budget by the Boards in joint conference with the Finance Committee will result in a clear understanding of the Town's needs. That by having five members of the Board of Selectmen and Public Works, we will minimize any chance of domination. That the appointment of the Assessors by the Board of Selectmen will remove this important department from political contests. That by making the Selectmen the Overseers of the Poor, eliminates the necessity of the Selectmen taking out separate nomination papers. • Thus will the responsibility for the proper conduct of the Town's affairs be focused particularly on one main Board, responsible in all details to the voters. To accomplish the foregoing, it is necessary to adopt the following pro- cedure:— lst: Obtain special legislation making the Board of Selectmen also a Board of Public Works. 2nd: Amend our by-laws so as to provide for a Board of five Selectmen. 3rd: Amend our by-laws reducing the Finance Committee to 3, with the duty to sit with the joint Boards in preparing the Annual Budget, without power to vote, but with the duty to report its findings to any Town meeting involving appropriations. 4th: Amend our by-laws, imposing the duty upon the Board of Select- men & Public Works, the School Committee, the Board of Health, the Ceme- tery Committee, and the Finance Committee, of preparing an annual Budget, and the further duty of investigating and reporting on all appropriations out- side of the Annual Budget. Sth: To give the Selectmen power to appoint Assessors and Assistant Assessors, the Town must adopt the provision of the Acts of 1920, Chapter 591. 6th: At present, the Selectmen take out separate nomination papers for Overseers of the Poor; the Town should adopt the Acts of 1920, Chapter 591, in reference to this subject, and establish legally a custom which has pre- vailed for many years, namely: to have the Selectmen and the Overseers the same persons. In the special act, creating the Board of Public Works, it is proposed to incorporate a provision whereby at any time after a trial of 3 years the voters can separate the Board of Public Works from the Board of Selectmen. In the case of Assessors appointed by the Selectmen and the Selectmen acting as Overseers of the Poor, the act of 1920 provides for a revocation of these powers after 3 years. The changes in our form of Government would, therefore, be given a reasonable trial and if results do not measure up to expectations, the voters have not Iost control of the situation. The Committee wishes to recommend that, as soon as it is made possible by an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, the Town adopt a system of representative voting. The Committee realizes that if there is any large public interest in any matter brought before the town the voters have no suitable place in which to hold a town meeting. If the town wants an opportunity to vote and it is physically impossible to get the voters in our town hall, the representative system provides a remedy. We think the pres- ent system would end in minority rule, and we believe that the town must have majority rule. The only way that can be accomplished is through re- presentative voting. Until the Constitution is amended, however, there is nothing that can be done in reference to it, but when this amendment is made we think that a body representing small localities in the town should be elected that the number of representatives should be, at least, ten for every one hun- dred voters. Your Committee, through its investigation of the town and the town's business by the various departments, has seen fit to recommend many changes, but the Committee wishes it distinctly understood that, although it has rec- ommended these, it does not do so because we have found, or felt, that there COMMITTEE REPORTS 177 has been any real -administration; on the contrary, the Committee thinks that the affairs of the town have been well handled under the limitations of the present form of Government. In recommending changes we do think we are giving the town a better and more modern machine for doing the town business than they have had heretofore. We think this machine will do more work at lower cost than the old machine, consequently, we recommend adop- tion of all changes. The foregoing plan is simple, direct, and democratic. It maintains the theory and principle that the Board of Selectmen be responsible to the voters. It provides the Board with the machinery for executing its affairs, and, at the same time, holds it solely responsible. JAMES STEWART SMITH, GEORGE L. G I LMOR E, A. H. BURNHAM, A. B. TENNEY, H. L. WADSWORTH, April 25, 1921, 178 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF BUILDING LAWS Submitted at Town Meeting held December 9, 1921. Lexington, September 15, 1921. To the Citizens of Lexington: The undersigned, the Committee appointed to examine, and report what changes in their opinion should be made in the building laws of the Town, submit the following report. The aim of your Committee has been rather to correct certain defects which the administration of the law has already shown to exist, than to ex- amine it with a view to anticipating alterations which changing practices in the builders' art may before long require. The changes and additions which your Committee recommend (the same appearing in the draft vote annexed as a part of this report) in some particulars reduce the requirements of our existing building law, and in others make them more exacting. For example, much dissatisfaction has been expressed, and it seems to the Committee reasonably so, at the rule which requires the sides, as well as the roofs, of dormer windows to be covered with fire -resisting ma- terial; and we think also there should be some relaxation of the general rule as applied to flat roofs of piazzas and roofs of small out -buildings --say those having less than two hundred square feet in area on the ground. According- ly, as to these we recommend permissible use of canvas or three-ply roofing felt. In the same Section we have also inserted an exception which will permit the Monroe and Buckman Taverns and Hancock -Clarke House to be recovered with wood shingles. In the Section which deals with the important subject of firestops we have re -written the existing rather obscurely worded paragraph governing -wooden buildings, with a view to making it clear and easier of interpretation, but not intending to relax the requirements. It is obviously very difficult, and in our opinion impossible, to frame a building law which will not, if administered strictly according to its letter, work hardship in some cases which cannot be foreseen. Accordingly we are recommending the insertion of a section (suggested by one found in the build- ing law of the Town of Winchester) reading as follows: The Inspector, with the written approval of every member of the Board of Selectmen, may authorize the construction, alteration, repair, or removal of a building, and the use of material therefor, in a manner and of a kind not authorized by the Building Law, in specific cases which appear to the Inspect&r and the Board not to have been contemplated by the Law although falling within the literal provisions thereof, if in the Board's opinion manifest Injustice would result from its enforcement in such cases. REVISION OF BUILDING LAWS 179 A subject which should a little later on receive separate consideration is that of bill -boards. At present the law on that subject is undergoing a change, and the time is not ripe for an attempt to revise our existing by-law governing these structures. It seems best to await the result of action taken or about to be taken by the Department of Public Works, Division of High- ways, under Chapter 545 of the Acts of 1920, which empowers the Department to establish rules and regulations for the control and restriction of bill -boards and other advertising devices on public ways, or on private property within public view of any highway, public park or reservation. Towns may, by by- law, subject to the approval of the State authorities, and not inconsistent with the provisions of such rules and regulations, further regulate and restrict bill- boards; but as already indicated any new action in this regard should be de- ferred until the policy of the State Commission has been established. • Another subject which will require separate and special consideration is the important but difficult one of "zoning." One of the amendments proposed by the recent Constitutional Convention and adopted by the people provides that "The general court shall have power to limit buildings according to their use and construction to specified districts of cities and towns." Chapter 601 of the Acts of 1920, passed under authority of this amendment, provides, in Section 1, as follows: A city or town may by ordinance or by-law restrict buildings to be used for particular industries, trades, manufacturing or commercial purposes to specified parts of the city or town. or may exclude them from specified parts of the city or town, or may provide that such build- ings, if situated in certain parts of the city or town, shall be subject to special regulations as to their construction or use. A city or town may also by ordinance or by-law provide that certain kinds of dwelling houses and tenement houses shall be restricted to specified parts of the city or town, or shall be excluded from specified parts of the city or town, or that dwelling houses or tenement houses situated in specified parts of the city or town shall conform to certain regulations in respect to their construction or use which do not apply to such build- ings in other parts of the city or town. For the above purpose the city or town may be divided into districts or zones. and the construction and use of buildings in each district or zone may be regulated as above provided. We close the report with the recommendation that the existing by-laws known collectively as The Building Law of the Town, be amended as shown in the form of vote hereto annexed. Respectfully submitted, WESLEY T. WADMAN W. R. GREELEY WILLIAM J. MARSHALL THEODORE A. CUSTANCE ROBERT P, CLAPP Committee, 180 TOWN OF LEXLNOTON DRAFT VOTE Voted that The Building Law of the Town of Lexington be and is hereby amended in the following particulars, viz: 1. By adding at the end of the last paragraph of Section 1, Article II, relating to the Inspector of Buildings, a provision such that the paragraph as amended will read as follows: He shall not be interested in any contract, or in the furnishing of materials for any building; provided, however, that he may, with the written approval of the Selectmen, have such an interest if he wholly refrains from acting as Inspector in the given case. In each such case the Selectmen shall appoint a susbstitute to act therein with all the powers and duties of the regular In- spector; and the compensation paid to such substitute shall be deducted from the salary or compensation which would otherwise be due the regular Inspec- tor. 2. By adding to Section 4, Article II, a paragraph reading as follows: The inspector with the written approval of every member of the Board of Selectmen, may authorize the construction, alteration, repair, or removal of a building, and the use of material therefor, in a manner and of a kind not authorized by the Building Law, in specific cases which appear to the Inspector and the Board not to have been contemplated by the Law although falling within the literal provisions thereof, if in the Board's opinion manifest in- justice would result from its enforcement in such cases, and if the decision does not conflict with the spirit of any provision of the Law. 3. By adding to Article V a new Section, to be numbered 4, reading as follows: Section 4. Fees for Permits. For any permit issued the applicant shall pay at or before the issue thereof a fee of $1 as a minimum. Where the cost of the work or building, as estimated by the Inspector, is more than one thousand dollars and not in excess of five thousand dollars the fee shall be $2.00; where such cost is more than five thousand dollars, but not more than ten thousand dollars, the fee shall be $3.00; and where in excess of ten thousand dollars, $5.00. 4. By striking out the firstgparagraph of Section 2, Article VI I, and subs- tituting therefore the following: Section 2. All foundation walls, if of brick or concrete, shall be at least four inches thicker than the first story wall above. Rubble stone foundation walls shall in all cases be at least eighteen inches thick at the top and twenty, 1 REVISION OF BUILDING LAWS 181 four inches at the bottom; and if they exceed eight feet in height above finished grade they shall be at least twenty-four inches thick at the top and thirty at the bottom. All stones or blocks above grade in the foundation walls enclosing cellar or basement, except for one story buildings of the third class, barns and stables, shall be firmly bedded with cement mortar and all spaces and joints thoroughly filled. 5. 13y striking out the second paragraph of Section 3, Article VII, and substituting therefor a paragraph reading as follows: All masonry external and party walls of buildings other than dwellings shall be as follows: For buildings not exceeding fifteen feet in height, at least eight inches thick throughout; for those exceeding fifteen feet and not exceed- ing twenty-five feet in height, at least twelve inches thick throughout; for buildings exceeding twenty-five feet and not exceeding forty feet in height, sixteen inches thick in the basement and first story and twelve inches thick above; and for buildings exceeding forty feet and not exceeding sixty feet in height, twenty inches thick in basement and first story, and sixteen inches thick in the second and third stories, and twelve inches thick above. 6. By amending the second paragraph of Section 5, Article VII, by substituting fifty for "seventy" so that the paragraph shall read: For floors of dwellings, fifty pounds. 7. By striking out the fifth paragraph of Section 6, Article VII, relating to the height of chimneys and substituting a paragraph reading: All chimneys shall be topped out or capped with brick, terra cotta, stone, iron or cement. They shall extend four feet above any flat roof. In other cases, unless the roof is of incombustible or fire -resisting material, they shall be carried up to at least one foot above the highest point of the roof. 8. By adding at the end of the third paragraph of Section 6, Article VII, the words:—The ends of such lining pipes shall be made to fit close to- gether; the joints shall be filled with cement mortar; and the pipe shall be built" in as the flue or flues are carried up—so that the paragraph, as amended, shall read: All brick chimneys shall have terra cotta flue lining, except chimneys eight inches or more thick. The ends of such lining pipes shall be made to fit close together; the joints shall be filled with cement mortar; and the lining shall be built in as the flue or flues are carried up. 9. By striking out the whole of Section 8, Article VII, and substituting therefor a section reading as follows: Section 8. The jambs and backs of all fireplaces and range or grate 182 TOWN OF LEXINGTON openings shall be of masonry, not less than eight inches thick (including both the rough and finished work) if of brick, and not less than twelve inches, if wholly or partly of stone. Brickwork or stonework over fireplace or similar openings shall be sup- ported by proper iron bars or by brick or stone arches. All portions of chimneys or fireplaces so constructed as to receive a lateral thrust, not taken care of by iron members thoroughly anchored to the masonry, shall be at least eight inches thick. The interior of all fireplace throats shall be thoroughly covered with a coat of cement mortar, carried up to a solid connection with the flue lining; and every rake in the chimney shall be plastered with a good thick coat of cement mortar on both the outside and the inside. All hearths shall be laid on masonry trimmer arches, or on bars of iron supporting a proper bed of masonry, and shall extend at least eight inches beyond each side of the finished fireplace opening. They shall have a uniform width of at least eighteen inches in front of the finished jambs and fireplace. 10. By striking out the first paragraph of Section 9, Article VII (which reads "No smoke pipe shall project through any external wall or window"), and substituting therefor a new paragraph reading: Section 9. No smoke pipe shall project through any external wall, window or roof. 11. By striking out in the last paragraph of Section 9, Article VII, the words "or steam," so that the beginning of the paragraph shall read: No metal pipe used to convey heated air. 12. By striking out the first paragraph of Section 13, Article VII, under the heading "Roof Coverings", and substituting therefor a paragraph read- ing: Section 13. The roofs of ail buildings, including the roofs of dormer windows, shall be covered with fire -resisting material. Roofs of out -buildings (other than garages) having less than two hundred square feet in area on the ground and also flat roofs of piazzas and similar projections may be covered with canvas or three-ply roofing felt. The provisions of the first sentence of this section shall apply to all buildings erected or altered subsequent to January 1st, 1922, on land laid out, owned, or plotted into lots or parcels for building purposes, and on all parcels of land of less than one acre in extent. 13. By striking out the second paragraph of said Section 13, Article VII, and substituting a paragraph reading: REVISION OF BUILDING LAWS 183 184 TOWN OF LEXINGTON In repairing a roof which, on January lst, 1922, had a coveringof wood shingles, such kind of shingles may be used, except in the following cases: (1) In re-covering a roof, fire resisting material shall be used if the situation is such that under the provisions of the preceding paragraph the roof would have to be covered with fire -resisting material were the building being origi- nally constructed; (2) the re-covering of any building more than one hundred years old which is at the time in the care of the Lexington Historical Society shall be exempt from such requirement_ 14. By striking out all of the third paragraph of Section 5, Article IX (which paragraph begins with the words "In wooden buildings" and ends with the words "the passage of air") and substituting therefor two paragraphs reading as follows: In wooden buildings, the spaces between the studs of bearing partitions in the first story; between the studs of each exterior wall in the first story; and between the studs of such exterior walls above the first story as carry the ends of floor joists, shall severally be stopped by solid filling brought up at feast to the level of the finished floor; also all spaces between floor joists directly above a bearing partition, in whatever story constructed, shall be stopped with such filling—in all cases so as to check effectively any draught from one story to another, or from the horizontal spaces between floor joists to the vertical spaces in walls and partitions. In all buildings the spaces between stringers of stairs and joists of landings unless unceiled, shall be fire -stopped sufficiently to prevent the passage of air. 15. By striking out all of Section 7, Article X, under the heading "Gar- ages," and substituting therefor a section reading: Section 7. The construction and alteration of buildings to be used as garages, whether public or private, shall be done in such manner and with such materials as to comply not only with the requirements of the general laws of the Commonwealth (including the rules and regulations of the De- partment of Public Safety) relating to garages, as from time to time in force in the District, but also with the provisions of this Building Law so far as con- sistent with said laws, rules and regulations. REPORT OF COMMITTEEE ON FORM OF TOWN GOVERNMENT Submitted at Town Meeting held December 9, 1921. FOREWORD In accordance with the vote passed at an adjourned session of the March Town meeting of 1921 the report of the committee appointed to suggest changes in the town government has been printed and is handed you herewith. Since submitting the report the committee has decided to suggest a modi- fication and an addition to the scheme outlined in the report, the modification being in the make up of the budget or finance committee and the addition being to authorize the Board of Selectmen to act as a Board of Health. The Committee herewith submits two plans for accomplishing the con- solidations mentioned in its original report with the addition and modification above mentioned. Plan 1 consolidates the departments of the town spending the main part of the town's money into a Board of Public Works and leaves the other con- solidations to be passed on separately by the voters. Plan 2 consolidates the principal boards, namely the Selectmen, Sewer and Water Commissioner, Assessors, Board of Health, Park Commissioner, Tree Warden and Overseers of the Poor, by one step, on the theory that the proper co-ordination of these principal boards can be assured only in this manner. TO TH E VOTERS OF LEXINGTON : The Committee appointed to study the present form of Town Government and recommend changes, reports as follows:— The present form consists of about 20 elected Boards or officers with an appointed Finance Committee of 15 members, which Committee acts in the capacity of critic of the elective Boards, their criticisms being directed solely to the expenditure of the Town's money. Most all of these Boards constitute agencies for the spending of the Town's monies without any responsibility for the raising of their funds, and but one Board, namely, the Assessors, whose duty it is to raise the funds, has no responsibility as to disbursement. These Eoards and officers are under no obligations to come together to consider the welfare of the town as a whole; each acts independently and often without regard to results or tax rate, but solely in the interestsof its particular depart- ment, resulting in a complete lack of real co-ordination and joint responsibility. TOWN GOVERNMENT 185 1:13 TOWN OR LEXINGTON Efforts have been made to cure this condition through the Finance Com- mittee. Results are altogether too obvious. Boards elected by the voters, respon- sible under the law, while deferring to a committee of citizens, does not recognize any authority or responsibility in the Finance Committee as there is none in law. It is natural for a Board, in preparing its estimates in anticipation of an examination by the Finance Committee, to ask for more than it expects to get, and, then by compromise, get more than it really needs. The actual results are largely negative. This Committee feels that positive results can be obtained by placing the joint responsibility of raising the funds necessary to conduct the Town's busi- ness affairs squarely upon those persons or Boards which the voters elect to administer its business, and that by a consolidation of six of its present de- partments it can produce greater efficiency. After careful study of the various forms of Town Government in force in Massachusetts, we recommend the following: 1st: That the Board of Selectmen be constituted a Board of Selectmen and Public Works, having all the duties now imposed by law upon. the Selectmen and, in addition those of the Sewer & Water Com- mission, Park Commissioner, Road Commission,' and Tree Warden; and that the Board so constituted be empowered to appoint a Superintendent of Public Works. 2nd: 3rd: 4th: That the Board of Selectmen appoint the Assessors. That the Board of Selectmen & Public Works be increased to five. That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to act as Overseers of the Poor. 5th: That the Annual Budget be made up by the Board of Selectmen and Public Works, School Committee, Cemetery Committee, Board of Health, and the Finance Committee, sitting jointly. With such a consolidated Government, co-ordination, co-operation and efficiency should follow. Those who spend the Town's monies must share in the responsi- bility of raising it. The making of the Annual Budget by the Boards in joint conference with the Finance Committee will result in a clear understanding of the Town's needs. That by having five members of the Board of Selectmen and Public Works, we will minimize any change of domination. That the appointment of the Assessors by the Board of Selectmen will remove this important department from political contests. That by making the Selectmen the Overseers of the Poor, eliminates the necessity of the Selectmen taking out separate nomination papers. Thus will the responsibility for the proper conduct of the Town's affairs be focused particularly on one main Board, responsible in all details to the voters. To accomplish the foregoing, it is necessary to adopt the following procedure:.— lst: Obtain special legislation making the Board of Selectmen also a Board of Public Works. 2nd: Amend our by -lays so as to provide for a Board of five Selectmen. 3rd: Amend our by-laws reducing the Finance Committee to three, with the duty to sit with the joint Boards in preparing the Annual Bud- get, without power to vote, but with the duty to report its findings to any Town meeting involving appropriations. 4th: Amend our by-laws imposing the duty upon the Board of Select- men & Public Works, the School Committee, the Board of Health, the Cemetery Committee and the Finance Committee, of pre- paring an annual Budget, and the further duty of investigating and reporting on all appropriations outside of the Annual Budget • 5th: To give the Selectmen power to appoint Assessors and Assistant Assessors, the Town must adopt the provision of the Acts of 1920, Chapter 591. 8th: At present, the Selectmen take out separate nomination papers for Overseers of the Poor; the Town should adopt the Acts of 1920, Chapter 591, in reference to this subject, and establish legally a custom which has prevailed for many years, namely, to have the Selectmen and the Overseers of the Poor the same persons. In the special act, creating the Board of Public Works, it is proposed to incorporate a provision whereby at any time after a trial of 3 years the voters can separate the Board of Public Works from the Board of Selectmen. The Acts of 1920 before referred to and under which the Selectmen can be authorized to appoint the Assessors and and act as Overseers of the Poor, provide also that these powers can be separately revoked by the voters after 3 years' trial. TOWN GOVERNMENT 1g7 The changes in our form of Government would, therefore, be given a reasonable trial and if results do not measure up to expectations, the voters have not lost control of the situation. The Committee wishes to recommend that, as soon as it is made possible by an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, the town adopt a system of representative voting. The Committee realizes that if there is any large public interest in any matter brought before the town the voters have no suitable place in which to hold a town meeting. If the town wants an opportunity to vote, and it is physically impossible to get the voters in our town hall, the representative system provides a remedy. We think the pres- ent system would end in minority rule, and we believe that the town must have majority rule. The only way that can be accomplished is through representative voting. Until the Constitution is amended, however, there is nothing that can be done in reference to it, but when this amendment is made we think that a body repre,enting small localities in the town should be elected, and that the number of representatives should be, at feast, ten for every hundred voters. COMMENT Your Committee, through its investigation of the town and the town's business by the various departments, has seen fit to recommend many changes, but the Committee wishes it distinctly understood that, although it has rec- ommended these, it does not do so because we have found, or felt, that there has been any mal -administration; on the contrary, the Committee thinks that the affairs of the town have been well handled under the limitations of the present form of Government. In recommending changes we do think we are giving the town a better and more modern machine for doing the town business than they have had heretofore. We think this machine will do more work at lower cost than the old machine, consequently, we recommend adoption of all changes. . The foregoing plan is simple, direct, and democratic. It maintains the theory and principal that the Board of Selectmen be responsible to the voters. It provides the Board with the machinery for executing its affairs, and, at the same time, holds it solely responsible. JAMES STUART SMITH ALBERT B. TENNEY GEORGE L. GILMORE ALBERT H. BURNHAM CHRISTOPHER S. RYAN HENRY L. WADSWORTH 188 TOWN OF LEXINGTON The above constitutes the report submitted at the Town Meeting of March 1921 and which it was voted should be printed by the Committee and sent to the voters. Since submitting the report, the Committee has decided to suggest one modification and one addition to the scheme of town government outlined in the report. 1. That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to act as a Board of Health and to appoint an inspector of health under the provisions of the Acts of 1920. 2. That the Annual Budget instead of being made up as set forth in the fifth recommendation incorporated in the above report, be made up by the members of the Board of Selectmen and Public Works, the Chairman cf the School Committee, the Chairman of the Cemetery Committee and the Chair- man of such other permanent town committees as may not under vote of the town have its powers given to the Board of Selectmen, together with five citizens appointed by the Moderator, each member of this town budget com- mittee to have one vote. To carry out the recommendations contained in the Committee's original report and the two additional recommendations submjtted herewith there must be: PLAN I 1st: A bill creating a Board of Selectmen and Public Works brought before the General Court and there enacted into law. We submit the following draft of such a bill to the voters of Lexington: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON TO HAVE ITS SELECTMEN ACT AS A BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS SECTION 1. The members of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington shall beginning with the next annual town meeting after the accept- ance of this Act, be and act as a Board of Public Works. SECTION 2. An election to the Board of Selectmen shall be also an election to the Board of Public Works and the personnel of said Board of Public Works and the tenure of office of its members shall subject to the provision of Section 7 be the same as the Board of Selectmen. SECTION 3. The provisions of law relative to the oath of office, entering upon the performance of duties, tenure of office, change in the term of office, failure in election and vacancies in the office of Selectmen are hereby made TOWN GOVERNMENT 189 applicable to the members of said Board of Public Works created by this Act except as herein otherwise provided. SECTION 4. Upon the election of selectmen at the annual town meeting following the acceptance of this act and their qualifying the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Road Commissioners, Water and Sewer Commis- sioners, Park Commissioners and Tree Warden in said town shall be transferred to the Board of Public Works created by this act, and the Boards of Road Commissioners, Water and Sewer Commissioners, Park Commissioners and Tree Warden shall be abolished. No existing contracts or liabilities shall be affected hereby but the board hereby created shall in all respects be the law- ful successor of said Board of Road Commissioners, Water and Sewer Com- missioners, Park. Commissioners and Tree Warden. SECTION 5. Upon the said Board of Selectmen becoming a Board of Public Works as herein provided, all the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Board of Selectmen in said town now existing or hereafter created by law, and all powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Board of Survey of said town now existing or hereafter created by law relating to highways, town ways, the laying out and discontinuance of ways , bridges, sidewalks, guide posts, monuments at the terminal and angles of roads, public squares, play- grounds, shade trees, street lighting , the assessment of damages and better- ments, water pipes, gas pipes, conduits, poles, wires, street railways,the grant- ing of locations, rights, or licenses for structures upon, under or over highways or other ways shall be exercised, enjoyed, performed and incurred by the Board of Public Works hereby created. SECTION 6. The Board shall, as soon as practicable after election ap- point an agent who shall be known as the Superintendent of Public Works and shall be the administrative head of all departments of the town corning within the Board's supervision. He shall be subject to the direction and Super- vision, and shall hold office at the will of the Board, shall be specially fitted by education, training, or experience to perform the duties of said office, shall be chosen irrespective of his political opinions, and may or may not be a resident of the town. During his tenure he shall hold no other elective or appointive office, nor shall he be engaged in any other business or occupation. He shall be responsible for the efficient administration of all departments within the scope of his duty. His compensation shall be determined by the Board. He shall give bond to the town for the faithful performance of his duties in such sum, with such conditions and with such surety or sureties as the Board may require and approve. The expense of procuring a surety company as surety thereon shall be paid by the town. The superintendent shall, subject to the approval of the Board, appoint such assistants, agents an employes as the per- formance of the duties of the various departments under his supervision shall 190 TOWN OF LEXINGTON require. He shall collect alt monies payable to the Board, and account for the same according to law. In the collection of money and other properties, and in the handling or disposition of funds, he shall specifically designate cer- tain persons to assist him, if necessary, and the persons so designated shall give a bond, if the Board so requires, at the expense of the town. The super- intendent shall keep full and complete records of the doings of his office, and render to the hoard as often as it may require, a full report of all operations during the period reported upon, and annually or from time to time as required by the Board, he shall make a synopsis of all reports for publication. The superintendent shall keep the Board fully advised as to the needs of the town within the scope of his duties, and shall furnish to the Board on or before the fifteenth day of January in each year, a carefully prepared and detailed es- timate in writing of the appropriations required during the ensuing fiscal year for the proper conduct of ail departments of the town under his supervision. SECTION 7. At any time after three years from the annual town meeting at which the Board of Public Works shall be created and enter upon its duties. on a petition duly signed by twenty (20) per cent of the registered voters of the town and presented seasonably to the Board of Selectmen the question shall be placed upon the official ballot at the annual town meeting next following as to whether the town shall have and elect a Board of Public Works to be separate and distinct from the Board of Selectmen. The ballot shall be in the following form: Shall the Town establish a separate Board of Public Works Yes inder Chapter of the Acts of No In the event the town shall vote to have such Board separate and distinct in personnel from the Board of Selectmen, all the power, right, duties and obli- gations herein vested in the Selectmen acting as a Board of Public Works shall be transferred and vested in the Separate Board of Public Works thus created, when said Board of Public Works has been duly elected and has qualified. This new and separate Board of Public Works shall be elected at the next fol- lowing annual town meeting or at a special town meeting called for the pur- pose. SECTION S. This separate Board of Public Works shall consist of three members or such other number as the town at an annual town meeting shall from time to time direct. The initial members thereof shall be elected, one to serve for one year, one for two years, and one for three years from the date of the annual meeting at which they are elected, or if elected at a special meeting from the date of the next following annual meeting, and thereafter when the term of any member expires his successor shall be elected to serve for three years. In all cases the members shall serve until their successors are elected TOWN GOVERNMENT 191 and qualified. The members of the Board shall, after each election, elect one of their number to act as chairman for the ensuing year. If a vacancy occurs therein, the remaining members, if they constitute a quorum, may fill such vacancy until the next annual town meeting, when a new member shall be elected to fill the unexpired,term. No person shall serve on the Board who holds another elective or appointive office of the town. • SECTION 9. The Chairman of the Board of Selectmen shall be Chairman of the Board of Public Works while the personnel of the two Boards shall re- main the same. In the event of the Board of Public Works becoming a separate and distinct body as provided in Section 7, the Board shall, after its election, elect a Chairman. SECTION 10. This act shall take effect upon its passage, so far as provides for its submission to the voters of the Town of Lexington for their acceptance. The remaining provisions of this act shall not take effect until this act has been accepted by a majority of the voters of said town present and voting thereon at an annual or special town meeting. The above act having been passed by the General Court must then be ac- cepted by the Town of Lexington at a special or annual town meeting. 2nd: The Board of Selectmen should be authorized by a vote of the town to appoint the assessors and assistant assessors, and an article should be placed on the ballot for the annual town meeting as follows: Shall the Town vote to have its Selectmen appoint the Yes assessors and assistant assessors? No 3rd: The Board of Selectmen should be authorized by a vote of the town to act as a Board of Health and to appoint an inspector of health under the provisions of the Acts of 1920 and an article should be placed on the ballot for the annual town meeting as follows: Shall the Town vote to have its Selectmen act as a Yes Board of Health? - l No 4th: The Town should vote at the annual town meeting in connec- tion with the Overseers of the Poor as follows: Shall the Town vote to have its Selectmen act as I Yes Overseers of the Poor? No 192 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 5th: The committee on by-laws should be instructed to present an amendment increasing the number of selectmen to five, which should be adopted by the town. 6th: The by-laws of the.town should be reformed so that the An- nual Budget for the town shall be prepared by a Budget Committee to be made up of the Selectmen and Board of Public Works with its five members, the chairman of the School Committee, the chairman of the Cemetery Committee and the chairman of such other permanent town committee as may remain outside the consolidation, together with five citizens appointed by the Moderator. The Finance Committee to be abolished. It is to be noted that this Committee' has prepared and submits herewith a suggested act of legislature consolidating in the Selectmen the necessary power to manage the departments of the town which seem more urgently to need consolidation to effect unification and efficiency in the handling of town affairs. The consolidations not included in the acts of legislature but recom- mended by the committee are to be voted on separately. By prompt action on the legislative bill it is hoped that the changes in town government em- bodied in the legislative act can be put into operation after the next annual town meeting provided the town pass favorably upon it. The rest of the plan while it can be voted on at the next annual town meeting probably can not go into operation until one year thereafter. Plan I is favored by the following members of this committee. JAMES STUART SMITH ALBERT H. BURNHAM CHRISTOPHER S. RYAN HENRY L. WA DSWORTH PLAN I1 The consolidations which have been suggested could probably if desired be obtained by a single act of Legislature, giving to one administrative board the powers which this committee suggests be given to the Selectmen as a Board of Public Works and also giving to the Selectmen the power to appoint the assessors, and the right to act as a Board of Health and as Overseers of the Poor. An act embodying these features, could be voted on as a single proposi- tion and the plan could in that case go into operation as soon as the act was passed and accepted by the town. Some of this Committee feel that it would be better to insure the adoption of a complete and consistent plan of govern- ment by having one act covering all the objects which the Committee is united in believing are desirable. An act thus drawn would cover all the features TOWN GOVERNMENT 193 embodied in the draft submitted as part of Plan I, and would also provide for . the additional consolidations recommended in this Committees original report but not incorporated in the act. An outline of an act covering this more complete consolidation follows: OUTLINE OF A PROPOSED ACT FOR LEXINGTON WITH A MORE COMPLETE CONSOLIDATION OF TOWN OFFICES. 1. The Board of Selectmen for the time being in Lexington, from and after the acceptance by the Town of this Act, shall be also a Board of Public Works, and, as such, have and exercise all the powers and duties from time to time vested by the general laws in the following Boards and. officers—Road Commissioners, Overseers of the Poor, Water and Sewer Commissioners, Park Commissioners, Board of Health, and Tree Warden, and such Boards and officers in same town shall thereupon be abolished. No existing contracts or liabilities shall be affected hereby, but said Board of Public Works shall in all respects be the lawful successor of the Boards and officers so abolished. At the first annual meeting of the Town held after acceptance of this Act, the Selectmen shall be increased to five in accordance with the General Laws, but this requirement shall not be construed as preventing the Town from thereafter diminishing the number. 2. The Selectmen, as a Board of Public Works, shall appoint an agent, to be known as the Superintendent of Public Works, who shall be the administra- tive head of all Departments of the Town that come within the Board's super- vision. He shall be responsible for the efficient administration of all depart- ments within the scope of his duty. His compensation shall be determined by the Board . He shall give bond to the town for the faithful performance of his dutues in such sum, with such conditions and with such surety or sureties as the Board may require and approve. The expense of procuring a surety company as surety thereon shall be paid by the town. The superintendent shall, subject to the approval of the Board, appoint such assistants, agents and employees as the performance of the duties of the various departments under his supervision shall require. He shall collect all monies payable to the Board, and account for the same according to law. In the collection of money and other properties, and in the handling or disposition of funds, he shall specifi- cally designate certain persons to assist him, if necessary, and the persons so designated shall give a bond, if the Board so requires, at the expense of the town. ' The superintendent shall keep full and complete records of the doings of his office, and render to the Board as often as it may require, a full report of all operations during the period reported upon; and annually or from time to time as required by the Board, he shall make a synopsis of all reports for publi- 194 TOWN OF LEXINGTON cation. The superintendent shall keep the Board fully advised as to the needs of the town within the scope of his duties, and shall furnish to the Board on or before the fifteenth day of January in each year, a carefully prepared and detailed estimate in writing of the appropriations required during the ensuing fiscal year for the proper conduct of all departments of the town under his supervison. 3. The acceptance of this Act shall have the effect of a vote by the Town under section twenty-one, chapter forty-one of the General Laws, that Assessors be appointed by the Selectmen. 4. The Board of Selectmen and Public Works and the School Committee, together with five citizens of:the Town to be appointed by the Moderator shall constitute a Finance Committee. They shall prepare an Annual Budget of the proposed income and Expenditures for the current year. Such Budget shall be submitted and explained in Town meeting by this Committee. Such Committee when appointed shall wholly supersede the existing Finance Com- mittee of the Town. This Committee shall report on all appropriations at Special or Annual meetings. 5. At any time after three years the Town may by vote at a special meet- ing held thirty days in advance of the annual meeting abolish the Board of Public Works or revoke the Board's powers as to any one or more of the Boards or officers to whose powers and duties the Selectmen succeed under the pro- visions of Section 1; and in case of such abolishment, or in any case of such revocation. the Town shall thereafter elect in the manner provided by law the Boards and officers whose powers and duties shall have been so withdrawn from the Board of Public Works. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its passage so far as it provides for its submission to the voters of Lexington for their acceptance, but it shall not take further effect until it has been accepted by a majority of the voters of said Town present and voting thereon at a special town meeting held for the pur- pose. Plan 11 is favored by the following members of this committee, ALBERT B. TENNEY GEORGE L.GILMORE Respectfully submitted, JAMES STUART SMITH ALBERT B. TENNEY GEORGE L. GILMORE ALBERT H. BURNHAM CHRISTOPHERS. RYAN HENRY L. WADSWORTH REPORT OF TREASURER 195 REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1921 Receipts, 1921 Paid on Warrants, 1921 Cash on hand, Jan, 1, 1922 196 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT TREASURER'S RECEIPTS 532,837.35 Taxes 847,039.68 Current Year $879,877.03 5800,799.54 79,077.49 $879,877.03 GEORGE D. HARRINGTON, Town Treasurer. Polls $7,930.00 Personal Property 29,099.62 Real Estate 248,173.37 *285,202.99 Previous Years Polls $590.00 Personal property 5,844.13 Real Estate 54,110.79 $60,544.92 FROM COMMONWEALTH Corporation (1920) $1,964.32 Corporation (1921) 8,935.00 Bank (1921) 2,762.91 Income (1918) 201.00 Income (1919) 510.00 Income (1920) 2,550.00 Income (1921) 34,922.78 income (General School Fund) 9,983.00 Soldiers' Exemption 45.68 Street Railway 37.54 Land 66.68 $61,978.91 LICENSES Liquor $1.0 • Junk 183.33 Pedlars 36.00 Bowling Alley 10.00 Pool Room 1.00 Milk 16.50 Slaughtering 305.00 Auto dealers Carriage Circus Guide Theatre Alcohol Marriage REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 197 105.00 16.00 5.00 2.00 25.00 2.00 54.00 $761.83 FINES Police Court 5788.43 $788.43 198 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Fees 51.95 Town Clerk Pole location fees Recording mortgages fees Certified copies $107.95 812.15 51.75 12.00 $75.90 TOWN HALL Rent $257.50 Telephone refund 4.72 Telephone calls .65 GRANTS AND GIFTS $262.87 County of Middlesex (Dog licenses) $823.03 OTHER GENERAL REVENUE City of Cambridge (tax) Money found SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS Moth (1920) Moth (1921) Sewer (1920) Sewer (1921) Sewer (in advance) Sidewalks (1919) Sidewalks (1920) $78.01 183.94 115.00 $823.03 $457.10 2.00 $459.10 SELECTMEN AdvertisingENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Suppl ies $.75 $4.50 $4.50 $.75 PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY $320.42 Police Department 1,219.74 Refund $4.25 Auto service 5.00 Telephone calls 1.25 Material 3.50 $1,540.16 788.08 Fire Department Sale of old materials $5.50 Rent, Village Hall 53.00 $75.00 1,444.12 1,519.12 DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT Collector Certificates $3,847.36 $6.00 Returned premium on bond 50.00 $14.00 $58.50 MOTH AND OTHER INSECT EXTERMINATION Commonwealth of Massachusetts reimbursement $123.80 $123.80 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 199 200 TOWN QF LEXINGTON TREE WARDEN Labor Wood HEALTH AND SANITATION HEALTH DEPARTMENT Commonwealth of Massachusetts reimbursement Cleaning cesspools Reimbursement from individuals Dental Clinic Labor on brooks $2.00 20.00 $22.00 $127.50 44.25 4.00 61.00 407.66 CHARITIES ALMSHOUSE Produce $60.35 Pigs 62.00 Milk 138.32 Telephone calls 4.10 OUTSIDE AID Reimbursement from indivuduals Reimbursement from Cities and Towns Reimbursement from Commonwealth of Massachusetts $644.41 SEWER MAINTENANCE MOTHER'S AID Receipts $3,828.29 Reimbursement from City of Quincy Reimbursement from City of Cambridge $3,828.29 Reimbursement from Commonwealth of Massachusetts SEWER CONSTRUCTION Refund 325.00 Material and labor 24.93 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Reimbursement from individuals Sale of land WOBURN STREET (RESURFACING) County of Middlesex reimbursement Commonwealth of Massachusetts reimbursement $49-93 $229.68 25.00 ;254.68 $604.44 2,856.77 $3,461.21 BEDFORD STREET (CONSTRUCTION) County of Middlesex reimbursement $5,000.00 $5,00.00 $264.77 $51.00 371.55 2,715.43 $3,137.98 $552.97 500.84 1,723.10 $5,914.89 SOLDIERS' BENEFITS State Aid, Commonwealth of Massachusetts reimbursement (1920) - 3456.00 $456.00 SCHOOLS Tuition, State wards $127.00 Town of Bedford tuition 3,166.00 Town of Burlington tuition 316.00 Town of Lincoln tuition 160.00 Commonwealth of Massachusetts (vocational schools) 202.68 Refunds 14.29 $3,985.97 LIBRARIES Rent of Stone Building $10.00 $10.00 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT UNCASSLIFIED 201 202 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Bacon real estate rent $150.00 Returned premiums insurance 26.52 $176.52 WATER DEPARTMENT Meter Rates $25,324.14 Watering Troughs 100.00 Hydrants 2,300.00 Miscellaneous receipts 2,299.05 Safe of lots and graves Care of lots Removals, interments, etc. Sale of lots and graves Rent of Houses Interest Interments Sale of house CEMETERIES Munroe Cemetery West View Cemetery INTEREST Deposits Accrued Taxes >!! Tax Titles Private Trust Fund (Water Department) Sewer $30,023.19 $65.00 808.44 313.00 $1,186.44 $732.00 195.00 15.29 66.00 125.00 $1,133.29 $1,101.59 177.99 2,249.98 23.72 200.00 89.97 $3,843.25 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Loans Anticipation of Revenue Street Improvement Water Department TRUST AND INVESTMENT Munroe Cemetery, perpetual care funds Westview Cemetery, perpetual care funds Private Trust Fund (Water Department) Total receipts 1921 Cash on hand January 1, 1921 $300,00.00 50,000.00 20,00.00 $370,000.00 $750.00 180.00 800.00 $1,730.00 847,039.68 32,837.35 879,877.03 EXPENDITURES DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT Selectmen Salaries 8500.00 Clerk 896.3] Stationery and postage 195.15 Printing and advertising 289.85 Auto service 22.50 Checking lists 35.00 Recording deeds 3.55 Services of constable 21.00 ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT Accountant's salary Typewriting Stationery and postage $1,963.36 $1,700.00 5.00 84.94 $1,789.94 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT Treasurer's salary Stationery and postage Printing Bond COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT Collector's salary Clerical services Stationery and postage Printing and advertising Bond ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT Salaries Clerical services Stationery and postage Printing and advertising Auto service Incidentals Real Estate Transfers Writing public book for Town 203 $1,250.00 222.63 19.00 80.00 $1,571.63 $1,800.00 15.75 157.52 104.50 100.00 $2,177.77 $2,200.00 5.00 48.09 189.00 60.00 7.98 73.50 150.00 OTHER FINANCE OFFICES AND ACCOUNTS Printing Certifying notes Legal opinion FINANCE COMMITTEE Stenographer Stationery and printing $2,733.57 146.75 34.00 50.00 1130.75 15.00 172.86 1177.86 204 TOWN OF LEXINGTON LAW DEPARTMENT Salary Professional services Printing TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT Salary Clerical assistance Recording fees (1920) Stationery and postage Printing and advertising Bond ELECTION AND REGISTRATION Registrars Election officers Printing and advertising Meals Carfares Booth lights ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Salary, engineer Clerks Express and carfares Field and office supplies Janitor Fuel Light Janitor's supplies Repairs Telephone Water Rates - Decorating (April 19th) TOWN HALL 1500.00 1,319.75 13.75 $1,833.50 11,650.00 89.00 229.00 60.40 19.75 4.00 12,052.15 1150.00 105.00 116.12 23.20 .40 10.64 $405.36 12,250.00 2,413.79 50.93 171.43 14,886.15 11,398.00 1,843.55 305.24 91.89 240.69 272.04 34.65 35.00 Ice Removing ashes Plans and printing Printing Printing Printing REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT PLANNING BOARD BOARD OF SURVEY COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF BUILDING LAWS COMMITTEE ON FORM OF TOWN GOVERNMENT 205 206 29.90 43.00 $4,293.96 $70.00 $70.00 $4.00 $50.00 $50,00 $119.00 PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Police Department Salaries: Chief Patrolmen Special police (April 19th) Matron Auto service Equipment and repairs Light Repairs Janitor's supplies Stationery, printing and postage Telephones $119.00 $1,794.52 12,577.95 57.50 17.00 $14,446.97 $343.80 936.99 82.30 1.25 12.91 10.20 193.06 Medical attendence Meals for prisoners Salaries: Engineers Regular men Call men Extra service Clerk Horse hire Hay and grain TOWN OP LEXINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT Equipment and Repairs Apparatus Hose Equipment for men Alarm boxes, etc. Shop equipment (tools) Maintenance Chief's car Fuel Light Maintenance of buildings and grounds Repairs Furniture and furnishings Laundry work Sewer and Water Stationery, Printing and postage Telephones Power for blowing fire whistle Janitor's supplies Hydrant service Fire Prevention Tax 5.00 27.35 316,059.90 3200.00 12,541.15 2,707.27 28.80 25.00 $15,502.22 147.50 14.72 2,558.27 850.00 96.83 671.85 100.58 200.00 484.29 213.04 $20,839.30 $174.99 62.82 112.36 31.34 48.16 86.73 50.00 90.91 $21,496.61 2,300.00 72.98 $23,869.59 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT VILLAGE HALL (FIRE STATION) Fuel Light Repairs Sidewalk Janitor's supplies INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS Salary, inspector Printing SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Slary, sealer Stationery and postage Auto service Seals and dies MOTH AND INSECT SUPPRESSION Salaries: Superintendent Labor Clerk Stationery, printing and postage Gasoline, sprayer repairs, etc. Insecticides Hardware and tools Teams TREE WARDEN Labor Hardware and tools 207 $430.35 13.59 642.54 97.15 4.17 $1.187.80 $500.00 45.20 $545.20 $100.00 .65 5.20 9.45 $115.30 $1,638.00 4,692.19 200.00 $6.530.19 29.83 129.71 1,448.40 94.76 123.00 $8,355.89 $1,536.79 13.25 208 Auto service Truck hire Fighting fires Tools Telephone Collecting dog licenses TOWN OF LEXINGTON FOREST WARDEN DOG OFFICER HEALTH AND SANITATION Salaries: Board of Health Agent Stationery and postage Printing Telephone and express Auto service Medical attendance Pipe Hospitals Cities and towns Birth returns Death returns Contagious Diseases Vital Statistics Other Expenses Plumbing Inspector's salary Fumigation and disinfecting Lowering brooks (equipment) Lowering brooks (material) $150.00 50.00 $58.07 199.71 $14.75 15.50 46.00 149.55 $1,745.59 $166.00 2.60 45.37 $213.97 $50.00 $50.00 $200.00 21.10 13.25 21.69 25.16 99.00 85.05 257.78 30.25 500.00 42.00 33.00 502.94 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT Consulting engineers Labor Hose and pump repairs Burying dead animals Pump Animals Meats and provisions Milk Dental Clinic (salary) Inspection SEWER MAINTENANCE Superintendent, salary Stationery Labor Pipe and fittings Material Insurance Excess deposits returned Metropolitan sewer tax SEWER CONSTRUCTION Superintendent, salary Clerk Carfares Labor Tools and equipment Pipe and fittings Land damages Insurance Material $200.00 1,200.00 250.00 209 189.71 1,664.86 194.95 21.50 275.00 1,650.00 600.00 $6,427.24 $225.00 .34 2,212.53 381.38 310.44 55.89 77.69 3,263.27 6,652.52 $9,915.79 $225.00 83.33 1.20 8,825.07 657.64 1,192.41 46.50 488.72 1,381.58 210 Salaries: Superintendent Commissioners Labor Teams Broken stone, gravel, etc. Equipment and repairs Hay,frain and straw Telephone Veterinary services Stationery and printing Incidentals Traffic beacon Signs Land damages Auto service Oil and tarvia Fuel Rent of land Watering troughs State highway tax Per contract TOWN OF LEXINGTON HIGHWAYS 5900.00 500.00 23,338.51 WOBURN STREET (RESURFACING) 524,738.51 3,453.80 3,879.66 2,373.10 2,301.86 53.05 110.00 53.94 6.00 222.11 60.00 12.00 760.00 9,351.57 579.87 75.00 548,030.47 100.00 3,641.62 351,772.09 $3,523.62 53,523.62 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE (RESURFACING WINTHROP ROAD] TO WALTHAM STREET) Per contract 82,215.56 $12,901.4$ $2,215.56 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT Labor Broken stone, gravel, etc. Oil and tarvia Office supplies Other material Fuel Teams Per contract Labor and material Labor Teams and material Equipment and repairs • Street lighting HIGHWAYS CONSTRUCTION SIDEWALKS AND CURBING SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL STREET LIGHTS STREET SIGNS 211. 212 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 810,654.59 7,517.00 4,109.85 17.40 1,144.68 105.08 1,130.00 1,418.33 Medicine and medical attendance 138.80 State institutions 205.14 Cash aid 1,687.75 Auto service 44.00 Othercities and towns 310.54 Mother's Aid (town) 4,890.60 Mother's Aid (other cities and towns) 512.32 810,288.74 ALMSHOUSE Matron 8480.00 $46,096.93 Labor 704.98 Groceries and provisions 1,185.62 Dry goods and clothing 32.88 $1,189.12 Repairs, buildings 88.39 Fuel and light 343.75 $1,189.12 Grain and feed 430.36 Water rates 18.71 Medicine 15.42 $1,081.23 Newspapers 8.05 501.63 Pruning orchard 123.25 35.45 Veterinary services 10.00 Fertilizer and seed 14.75 81,918.31 Telephone 32.17 Wagon repairs 16.75 Hardware 42.55 811,000.0 $ 11,000.00 Street signs $339.87 $339,87 CHARITIES Outside Relief Salaries of overseers Stationery, printing and postage Groceries and provisions Coal and wood Board and care SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Veterans' pensions State aid Soldiers' burials Soldiers' relief $3,547.63 $842.40 486.00 60.00 . 363.50 $1,751.90 8500.00 SCHOOLS 3.06 - 225.87 General Expenses 303.90 Superintendent 83,290.00 1,466.76 Secretaries 1,674.96 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT Truant officer Stationery, printing and postage Telephone Travel ing.expenses School nurse School physician High School Elementary Schools Evening School Teacher's Salaries Text Books and Supplies (High) Text and reference books (High) Supplies (Elementary) Text and reference books Elementary) Supplies (Evening) Text books Transportation Janitors' Salaries: High School Elementary Schools Fuel and Light High School Elementary Schools 213 21-1 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 75.00 396.99 320.28 429.15 550.00 240.00 $6,976.38 $26,479.17 54,809.23 57.00 $81,345.40 $1,166.11 1,407.59 $2,573.70 $2,676.86 3,970.41 8.53 $9,229.50 $8,739.41 1,758.17 5,925.00 $7,683.17 $1,619.53 7,095.18 714.71 MAINTENANCE, BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS High School supplies Elementary Schools applies ashes Furniture and Furnishings Repairs Janitors' Water and Sewer Repairs Janitors' s Water and Sewer Removing High School Elementary Schools Diplomas and graduation exercises Total, Schools Clerk School Committee Vocational Schools Grand Total $129,636.40 50.00 499.97 NEW SCHOOLHOUSE (North Lexington) Construction and furnishings Librarians Assistants Treasurer LIBRARIES Cary Memorial Library and Branch Salaries $1,405.47 80.69 199.80 $1,685.96 $2,374.31 384.51 742.82 128.10 $3,629.74 $723.35 734.58 174.20 $1,632.13 $130,186.37 $2,143.19 $2,143.19 $1,817.28 2,649.90 50.00 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT Janitors Buildings Fuel Light Repairs Water and Sewer Freight and removing ashes Janitors' supplies Office supplies Telephone Treasurer, Cary Memorial Library (Dog licenses) Labor Equipment and repairs Fertilizer and seed Water rates Light Horse hire Telephone Instructors Refreshments Printing Prizes Music Band Stand Street signs Incidentals ti RECREATION Parks and Playgrounds CELEBRATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENTS April Nineteenth 215 1,054.92 $5,572.10 $1,291.32 352.88 275.88 33.34 54.65 102.21 25.83 70.44 $7,778.65 $823.03 $2,744.38 321.65 251.66 22.93 3.75 72.00 19.94 225.00 $3,661.31 216 TOWN OF LEXINGTON PENSIONS Police UNCLASSIFIED . Memorial Day: Post 119, G. A. R. TOWN REPORTS Printing and delivering INSURANCE Premiums LIGHTING CLOCK (FOLLEN CHURCH) Expenses Cert ificates WAR CARTIFICATES Service Men $866.90 8866.90 8250.00 $250.00 81,200.00 81,200.00 83,757.39 $3,757.39 $25.00 $25.00 $12.70 $12.70 $53.66 MIDDLESEX COUNTY BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE 42.50 14.50 AND IIOME ECONOMICS 320.00 Demonstration work $200.00 25.00 10.50 $200.00 21.60 $487.76 Expense, houses Mass. Avenue SUNDRIES $88.16 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 217 Printing Refund, junk license Ink Services Floral tribute Auto service Repairs Adding machine Mary J. Chishom MARY J. CHISHOM (Claim) WATER DEPARTMENT Maintenance Superintendent Clerk Stationery and postage Printing Telephone Maintenance of Automobile Interest Labor Maintenance Horse and Wagon Pipe and fittings Meters and fittings Equipment and repairs Metropolitan Water Tax Rent Insurance Excess deposits returned Construction Labor Pipe and fittings Meters and fittings Tools 4.50 92.35 5.42 57.20 10.00 15.00 10.85 $273.48 $1,898.09 $1,898.09 $2,250.00 936.63 226.10 76.98 18.44 597.84 3,867.50 5,100.84 638.80 90.98 84.10 800.85 10,014.00 108.00 389.70 28.48 $25,229.24 $7,000.18 9,621.32 1,441.04 394.67 218 Hydrants TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPAIRS ON STAND PIPE Telephone Temporary Right of Way Contract, labor Consulting Engineers CEMETERIES Munroe Cemetery Superintendent Labor Loam Shrubs, etc. Fence Took Printing, stationery and postage Water Material West View Cemetery Layout and Development Superintendent Labor Manure Shrubs, etc. Fence Printing, stationery and postage Water Department Material Fuel 1,629.98 $20,087.19 $1.07 50.00 14,716.39 1,581.57 $16,349.03 $300.00 1,434.70 34.00 13.20 492.00 22.01 14.40 46.09 23.60 82,380.00 $100.00 2,866.41 360.00 427.95 2,294.62 30.00 9.51 282.84 41.40 $6,412.73 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 219 West View Cemetery Land Land 1225.00 Transfers and Expendi- 1225.00 Appropriation Receipts tures Balance ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST FUNDS Finance Committee 11225.00 1177.86 Salary of Clerk 150.00 Committee on By-laws 500.00 Rent of Safe 10.00 Committee on Form Town Gov- ernment 250.00 119.00 $0.00 Committee on Revision of Build- INTRST ing laws ' 150.00 50.00 Selectmen's Department 2,500.00 1,963.36 Temporary Loans (Anticipation of Revenue) 18,140.69 Accountant 1,815.00 1,789.94 General Loans 13,800.63 Treasurer 1,550.00 25.00 1,571.63 Collector 2,200100 2,177.77 121,941.32 Assessors 2,540.00 200.00 2,733.57 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Other finance offices and accts. 150.00 130.75 Law Department 2,000.00 1,833.50 Temporary Loans (Anticipation of Revenue) 1225,000.00 Town Clerk 2,104.00 2,05115 Cemetery Loans 2,000.00 Elections and registrations 500.00 405.36 General Loans 25,950.00 Engineering Department 4,900.00 4,886.15 Water Loans 17,700.00 Town Hall 3,250.00 1,050.00 4,293.96 1270,650.00 Planning Board 100.00 70.00 Board of Survey 50.00 4.00 AGENCY Police Department 15,000.00 1,075.00 16,059.90 County Tax 112,688.89 Fire Department 20,000.00 1,500.00 21,496.61 Special County Tax 909.87 Hydrant Rentals 2,300.00 2,300.00 Civilian war poll tax 5,145.00 Village Hall, Fire Station 1,200.00 1,187.80 State Tax 23,800.00 Inspector of buildings 525.00 25.00 545.20 Special State Tax 1,122.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures 125.00 115.30 Surplus on Tax Title 14.91 Moth and Insect Suppression 8,500.00 8,491.89 Tree Warden 750.00 1,000100 1,745.59 143,680.67 Forest Fires 200.00 50.00 213.97 TRUST AND INVESTMENT Dog Officer 50.00 50.00 Health Departmen} 1,000.00 575100 1,256.48 Munroe Cemetery, perpetual care funds X750.00 Dental Clinic 600.00 600.00 West View Cemetery, perpetual care funds 180.00 Vital Statistics 50.00 30.25 Inspection of Cattle 200.00' 200.00 1930.00 Inspection of Slaughtering 1,200.00 1,200.00 Total expenditures 1800,799.54 Inspector of Plumbing 500.00 500.00 Cash balance, Dec. 31, 1921 79,077.49 Inspector of Milk 250.00 250.00 879,877.03 Sewer Maintenance 4,518.82 3,263.27 1,255.55 220 TOWN OF LEXINGTON APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 221 222 Sewer Construction 12,978.14 12,901.45 76.69 Lowering of Brooks 500.00 2,256.12 2,390.51 365,61 Salaries of Commissioners 500.00 500.00 H i g way Department 45,000.00 3,186.00 48,130.47 Highways (Construction) bond issue 50,0.00.00 5,000.00 46,096.93 8,903.07 Summer Street extension 193.48 193.48 Mass. Ave., Winthrop Road to Waltham Street 2,215.56 2,215.56 Woburn St. improvement 6,013.95 5,588.15 425.80 Street signs 350.00 339.87 Sidewalks 1,200.00 1,189.12 Snow removal 2,000.00 1,918.31 Street lights 11,000.00 11,000.00 Watering Troughs 100.00 100.00 Salaries of Overseers 500.00 ... 500.00 Outside Aid 9,000.00 750.00 9,688.74 Support of Poor 3,000.00 600.00 3,547.63 Town Physician 100.00 100.00 Soldiers' Relief 400.00 363.50 Veterans' Pensions 842.40 842.40 Clerk School Committee 50.00 50.00 School Maintenance 129,824.18 129,636.40 Vocational Schools 500.00 499.97 New School North Lexington 2,791.14 2,143.19 647.95 Cary Memorial Library 6,200.00 540.00 6,729.83 Salary, Library Treasurer 50.00 50.00 Stone Building 1,100.00 998.82 Hastings Park 5.00 Parks and Playgrounds 3,500.00 200.00 3,661.31 April Nineteenth 500.00 487.76 Police Pensions 867.00 866.90 Memorial Day 250.00 250.00 Insurance 3,500.00 275.00 3,757.39 Town Report 1,200.00 1,200.00 Unclassified 200.00 75.00 273.48 Reserve Fund 2,000.00 1,850.00 War Certificates 236.00 12.70 Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Eton- nomics 200.00 200.00 Lighting Clock (Follen Church) 25.00 25.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Mary J. Chisholm (claim) Water Department (bond issue) Water extensions (Carville and Butler Avenues) Water Department (Repairs on Standpipe) Town Scales Munroe Cemetery West View Cemetery (Layout and development) West View Cemetery (land) Trustees Public Trusts Interest on Public Debt Maturing Debt Transfer and Expenditures Receipts 1,898.09 1,898.09 20,000.00 35,153.31 46,816.43 8,317.08 4,000.00 4,000.00 15, 000.00 1,349.03 16, 349.03 25.00 2,000.00 380.00 2,380.00 1,600.00 5,069.94 6,412.73 257.21 1,385.82 225.00 1,160.82 75.00 60.00 21,600.00 650.00 21,941.32 37,650.00 8,000,00 45,650,00 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT TOWN DEBT,. WHEN DUE DECEMBER 31, 1921 223 224 TOWN of LEXINGTON TOWN OF LEXINGTON BALANCE SHEET—December 31, 1921 GENERAL ACCOUNTS Year Water Sewer Trust Funds Other Debt Total 1922 819,700.00 84,000.00 81,000.00 830,950.00 355,650.00 ASSETS 1923 19,700.00 4,000.00 1,000.00 27,350.00 52,050.00 1924 17,500.00 4,000.00 1,000.00 26,850.00 49,350.00 Cash Balance:— 1925 16,500.00 4,000.00 1,000.00 25,500.00 47,000.00 In Banks and Office 879,077.49 1926 5,500.00 3,000.00 1,000.00 24,500.00 34,000.00 Accounts Receivable: - 1927 1,500.00 3,000,00 1,000.00 14,500.00 20,000.00 Tax Levy, 1921 80,060.70 1928 1,500.00 3,000.00 1,000.00 11,000.00 16,500.00 Special Assessments: - 1929 1,500.00 3,000.00 1,000.00 10,000.00 15,500.00 Unapportioned Sewer, 1920 88.02 1930 1,500.00 3,000.00 1,000.00 9,000.00 14,500.00 Apportioned Sewer, 1921 21.90 1931 3,000.00 1,000.00 6,000.00 10,000.00 Moth, 1921 330.4.2 408.34 1932 3,000.00 1,000.00 6,000.00 10,000.00 1933 3,000.00 1,000.00 6,000.00 10,000.00 Tax Titles 5,982.71 1934 3,000.00 1,000.00 6,000.00 10,000.00. ' Departmental Bilis:--- 1935 3,000.00 1,000.00 6,000.00 10,000.00 1936 3,000.00 4,000.00 7,000.00 Sewer Maintenance 8105. 1937 3,000.00 4,000.00 7,000.00 Munroe Cemetery 71,5082 1938 3,000.00 4,000.00 7,000.00 Westview Cemetery 78.44 1939 3,000.00 4,000.00 7,000.00 Schools 2,547.00 1940 3,000.00 1,000.00 4,000.00 Unclassified 30.00 1941 3,000.00 1,000.00 4,000.00 Charities 1,580.96 1942 3,000.00 1,000.00 4,000.00 Vocational Schools 198.06 1943 3,000.00 1,000.00 4,000.00 Highways 1,823.51 1944 3,000.00 3,000.00 State Aid, 1921 486.00 1945 3,000.00 3,000.00 Soldiers' burials, 1921 60,00 Water bills 357.45 $84,900.00 876,000.00 814,000.00 $229,650,00 4404,550.00 Loans, authorized Civilian War Poll Tax Water Department (Private Trust Fund) 7,338.74 2,000.00 30.00 3,200.00 8178,097.98 DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS Apportioned Sewer Assessments, not due $719.10 REPORT OP TOWT ACCOUNTANT 225 LIABILITIES Temporary Loans (Anticipation of Revenue) Department Appropriations (Loan Balances) :— Sewer Construction Woburn Street Improvement New Schoolhouse (North Lexington) West View Cemetery (Land) Highways (Construction) Departmental Revenue Sewer Maintenance Revenue Water Revenue Sewer Assessment Revenue Tax Title Suspense Tax Title Reserve Sewer Assessment Fund (available for Sewer Dept.) Sewer Maintenance Lowering Brooks. Purchase of land for Park purposes (authorized) Smith Land Water Department West View Cemetery (Layout and Development) Water Department (Guarantee Fund) Water Extensions (Carville and Butler Avenues) Overlay, 1921 Omitted Assessments, 1921 General Revenue and Surplus Account $76.69 425.80 647.95 1,160.82 8,903.07 DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS Apportioned Sewer Assessments:— Due in 1922 $147.45 1923 142.90 1924 142.90 1925 142.90 1926 142.95 $125,000.00 11,214.33 6,659.89 105.82 357.45 77.92 26.47 5,982.71 364.41 1,255.55 365.61 2,000.00 1,250.00 8,317.08 257.21 3,200.00 4,000.00 788.79 90.98 6,783.76 $3.78,097.98 $719.10 226 TOWN OF LEXINGTON DEBT ACCOUNTS Net Bonded or Fixed Debt, December 31, 1921 $404,550.00 $404,550.00 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 227 DEBT ACCOUNTS General Loans Fire Equipment Loan, 1917, 4A per cent Widening Massachusetts Avenue Loan, 1915, 4 percent Mass. Avenue Improvement Loan, 1917, 4 per cent Summer Street Improvement Loan, 1917, 4M per cent Woburn Street Improvement Loan, 1917, 41 per cent Stone Crusher Loan, 1917, 4A per cent Woburn Street Improvement Loan, 1920, 6 per cent Munroe School Loan, 1904, 3% per cent Adams School Loan, 1912, 4 per cent School Construction Loan, 1915, 4 per cent New Schoolhouse North Lexington Loan, 1919, 4 per cent New Schoolhouse, North Lexington Loan, 1920, 6 per cent Buckman Tavern Park Loan 1913, 44 per cent Sewer Loan, 1915. 4 per cent Trust Fund (refunding) Loan, 1910, 4 per cent Street Improvement Loan, 1921, 53/1 per cent Watrr Loans Water Loan (Metropolitan) 1903, 3% per cent Water Loan (Refunding) 1905, 4 per cent Water Loan (extensions and Standpipe) 1912, 4 per cent Water Loan, 1920, (Concord Avenue) 5 per cent Water Loan, 1920, (Farmhurst) 6 per cent Water Loan, 1921, (Extension of Mains) 5U per cent Cemetery Loans West View Cemetery Loan, 1917, 4j per cent West View Cemetery Loan, 1918, 44 per cent $1,000.00 1,000.00 6,000.00 3,000.00 1,000.00 600.00 5,000.00 4,050.00 27,000.00 28,000.00 62,000.00 6,000.00 22,000.00 76,000.00 14,000.00 50,000.00 4,400.00 40,000.00 13, 500.00 4,000.00 3,000.00 20,000.00 6,000.00 7,000.00 $404,550.00 228 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TRUST FUNDS ACCOUNTS Cash and Securities In hands of Trustees $64,676.67 Town of Lexington PUBLIC PROPERTY ACOUNTS $64,676.67 5921,070.93 $921,070.93 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 229 TRUST FUNDS ACCOUNTS Eleanor S. Beals Charity Fund Samuel J. Bridge Charity Fund Harriet R. Gilmor Charity Fund Jonas Gammell Charity Fund Elizabeth B. Gerry Charity Fund Lexington High School Scholarship Fund Cary Memorial Library Fund Cary Memorial Library Fund (Income Reserve) Robbins Library Fund Wellington Library Fund Beals Library Fund Laura M. Brigham Library Fund Book Fund (Library) Goodwin Music Fund (Library) Cary Maintenance Fund (Library) George 0. Smith (Park Fund) Hayes Fountain Fund Charles E. French Medal and Cemetery Fund Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds (Principal) (Munroe) Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund (Income) (Munroe) Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund (Principal) (West View) Real Estate Water Works Sewer System PUBLIC PROPERTY ACCOUNTS $2,862.50 5,657.67 819.18 703.40 2,043.87 171.56 11,000.00 342.50 100.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 2,639.15 1,000.00 500.00 2,400.00 2,459.57 1,072.87 4,709.09 21,235.00 2,385.81 574.50 $64,676.67 $540,925.62 282,065.00 98,080.31 $921,070.93 CHARLES F. PIERCE, Town Accountant. REPORTS OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OF THE Town of Lexington 1921 SCHOOL REPORT 3 SCHOOL COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION Chairman GEORGE E. BRIGGS, Fair Oaks (Term expires March, 1922) Secretary EDWARD P. MERRIAM, 6 Stetson Street (Term expires March, 1923) Treasurer N INA F. McLELLAN, 45 Percy Road (Term expires March, 1924) Superintendent of Schools HARRY H. LOWRY, 1 Shirley Street Office: High School Building Tel. Lex. 27 Tel. Lex. 647 Tel. Lex. 107-M Tel. Lex. 671-M Tel. Lex. 277 Secretary BARBARA M. PARKS, Bedford Street Tel. Lex. 606-W Regular meetings of the School Committee are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month in the office of the Superintendent. NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION Boston, July 3 to 8, 1922 First Meeting in New England Since 1910 4 TOWN OF LEXINGTON SCHOOL CALENDAR 1922 Schools open January 3, 1922. Close for Winter recess February 17. Opens February 27. Close for Spring recess April 13. Opens April 24. Close for Summer vacation June 21. Schools open September 6. Close for Thanksgiving recess November 29. Opens December 4. Close for Christmas recess December 21. Opens January 2, 1923. The following holidays have been considered in the making of the school calendar: April 14 April 19 May30 June 17 October 12 October 27 November 11 Grades I -III Grades IV -VIII High School Good Friday Patriot's Day Memorial Day Bunker Hill Day Columbus Day County Teachers' Association Meeting Arm ist ice Day School Hours Morning Session 8.45 to 11.30 8.45 to 12.00 8.00 to 1.00 Afternoon Session 1.30 to 3.15 1.30 to 3.15 2.30 to 4.30 The afternoon session in the High School is conducted on Mondays and Thursdays only for the benefit of pupils who are deficient in one or more subjects; and others who, because of interest in their work, desire to return for further study and assistance. No School Signal The signal for no school is 3 times 3 blows of the fire alarm whistle. A. When heard at 7.15 A. M. it means no school for all schools in the morning. B. When heard at 7.30 A. M. it means no school for the First Six. Grades in the morning. All children of Grades Seven, Eight and of the High School will attend school. C. When heard at 12.30 it means no school in the afternoon for all schools. SCHOOL REPORT 5 REPORT OF SCHOOL COMIITTEE The School Committee, in submitting its annual report, again begs the indulgence of our citizens to its annual warning and appeal for additional building accommodations to care for our rapidly increasing school population: Dates Dec. 31, 1916 " 31, 1917 " 31, 1918 " 31, 1919 " 31, 1920 " 31, 1921 Enrollment Table High School 262 262 249 286 307 337 Elementary Schools Totals 968 1230 1035 1297 1037 1286 1097 1383 1223 1530 1296 1633 The present buildings are, for the most part, well maintained but the overcrowded condition in our High School Building has made it necessary to utilize three basement rooms for which the Committee has reluctantly expended a considerable sum for heating equipment, while the proper ventilation of these rooms still remains a problem. Incidentally the forced use of this space for class rooms will make it necessary to make some other provision for the storage of bicycles. The steam engine now used in the High School for operat- ing the ventilating fan is inadequate, out of date and expensive to operate. Unless we are to build a new high school building at once, with the proposed new centralized heating and ventilating plant, this equipment should be re- placed and an electric motor of higher power susbsituted in order to ventilate the class rooms properly. This will make ventilation operations independent of the heating equipment so in mild weather the amount of fresh air required by law can be delivered throughout the building without the operation of the steam boilers. The necessity for this change was particularly noticed by the general public at the annual meeting of the Home and School Association held in the assembly hall last June. The roof of the High School Building is in need of repairs, the service road needs resurfacing badly; a new flag pole should also be erected. The Han- cock School has been wired for electricity and the assembly hall repainted; to this extent the building is much improved The roof and conductors on the building need attention, and a narrow concrete walk and water shed should be laid around this building, next to the foundation. The heating system at the Hancock School is much overtaxed and measures should soon be taken to meet this deficiency. This need is more pronounced than ever since one of 6 TOWN OF LEXINGTON the small rooms, formerly used as a lunch room, on the third floor, has been converted into a class room to relieve overcrowding in two other rooms which had fifty pupils in each. Both rooms, therefore, one on each side of the as- sembly hall, are now used as class rooms and each of them is poorly lighted, the windows not having been originally planned to make the room suitable for regular class room work. It will probably be necessary to utilize the basement of the Parker School for a class room in the near future. This illustrates the slow progress made fn providing buildings to care for the constantly increasing school population. It is well known that the erection of this building was delayed owing to the difficulty in obtaining the sanction of the Town, so that the school was in operation only a few months before it was nearly filled to capacity. Space in most of our buidings, originally designed for auxiliary purposes and never intended for class rooms is now utilized as such from force ofcircumstances, furthermore it is not good practice to put so many children on the third floor of such a building as the Hancock School. The School Committee has con- sidered the platoon system (part-time sittings), portable school houses and other temporary expedients to overcome these limitations. The platoon system is hard on pupils, parents and teachers, and has decidedly unsatis- factory features. An inspection of portable school houses has convinced the Committee that the plan is wasteful of money and time. One of these tem- porary buildings in Newton which the Committee visited was closed on account of cold weather conditions then prevailing, and two others were barely com- fortable. The School Committee appreciates the financial limitations which have been responsible for our much retarded building program, but the time has now arrived for erecting a new high school building, so all of the seventh and eighth grades can be re -organized under the junior high plan and the present High School Building suitably remodelled for housing it. This will release two or more class rooms in each of the three larger grade school buildings and auto- matically provide much needed room. The Superintendent is already doing his best to establish the nucleus of a junior high school organization, and to this end manual training activities are now largely centered at the Munroe School Building. There are serious building problems to be faced but they must be met with the assurance that, somehow, the right solution will be found. The School Committee firmly believes that a new high school building should be in readiness for occupancy not later than September, 1923, and to this end immediate steps should be taken to secure thenecessary financial authoriza- tion which will involve a special legislative act in order to overcome the limita- tions to our present borrowing capacity. Owing to more favorable market conditions the Committee was able to contract for fuel on the "coal year" basis, entirely relieving the situation, in this respect, from the continual anxiety of former years. SCHOOL REPORT 7 Early in the winter a Superintendents' Union was formed with the Town of Bedford, an arrangement which is expected to work to the advantage of both towns. A substantial increase in the price charged to Bedford 'for High School tuition has been established; the former price of $80 being advanced to $100 per pupil each year. In this connection it may be of interest to note that dur- ing the year the Town received the sum of $3769 for tuition of out-of-town pupils. This sum, however, is credited to General Revenue Account and, therefore, cuts down ,the tax rate but does not operate to reduce the school appropriation. At Munroe Building a summer school was conducted for five weeks, with a substantial enrollment of pupils, where many made up deficiencies in their studies. It often happens that a child is retarded because of illness or injury, and to such the opportunity for this additional help is a great benefit. Some pupils need the stimulation of such work under changed personal relations and environment, others want sympathy and encouragment. At the summer school such special attention from some of our strongest teachers is invaluable. The Committee was obliged, on account of financial limitations, to discourage the attendance of those who wished advance instruction in other work of succeeding years. The spirit of this class of applicants is admirable and should be encouraged, not from the sordid motive of hurrying them along to save money, but with a view of giving the higher intelligence the opportunity to forge ahead. We are too apt to provide special teachers for children of low mentality without making corresponding provisions for the benefit of those who have superior mental endowment. In November two evening classes for teaching English to foreign born residents were established. One of these is held weekly in the neighborhood of Bow Street, East Lexington and the other at the Parker School in North Lexington. These classes are only fairly well attended. The Committee would like to know how much interest there may be in the extension of other evening schools for the study of other subjects. The final decision on these possible extensions of educational services. however, must be postponed until other more urgent needs can be met. The new enclosed body auto school car affords ample protection from the weather and has so far met every reasonable expectation. The cost of opera- tion, when depreciation is included, is probably not much less than the horse- drawn vehicles; a more extended experience will demonstrate this more exact- ly. The character of the service, however, particularly in the matter of time saved, is vastly improved. The bodies of these cars should not be expensive in "up -keep" and the radius of operation is so small that the Ford truck chassis should also be reasonably inexpensive to maintain. The increase of our 8 TOWN OF LEXINGTON school population is also crowding our transportation facilities so that within a very short time one or two more automobile school cars should be purchased. Out of the appropriation made for the year 1921, substantial increases have been made in teachers' salaries so, that comparatively speaking adjustments to cover yearly advances to those who are well within maximum rates should entail only a moderate increase in the salary budget for 1922. Every school administration must be careful to make a distinction between arbitrary salary levels and value of service in terms of training, experience and ability. From the State of Massachusetts we received, during the year, a reimbursement of $9983 from the General School Fund, which is based upon our teachers' training and experience. This sum also goes into the Town's General Revenue and not to the credit of the school appropriation. Continuous professional growth must be the foundation of worth in the teaching profession as in every other line of effort. From visits to other schools of the neighboring towns your School Com- mittee has returned with undiminished pride in our school organization. Our buildings are superior to many, so far as they go. and the personnel of our organization will not suffer in the least by any comparison which we have made. We are justly proud of our teachers and it is not too much to say that they in turn cordially reciprocate the respect and esteem in which they are held by our citizens. While our citizens courageously met the question of increase salaries last year by voting the increased appropriation asked for, many com- munities must yet face this question. Some dodged the issue last year much to their sorrow, for many breaks in the ranks of their teachers followed. While the task which confronted the School Committee last year was not an easy one we believe the experience of certain towns and cities, who did not raise salaries, goes to show that our citizens were wisely led. The teachers in our schools have remained with us and have commended themselves for faithful devotion to the interests of our school children. The School Committee has held thirty regular meetings during the year besides innumerable informal conferences and has exercised its best judgment in the solution of many difficult problems. By the practice of rigid economy and constant watchfulness the Committee has been able to come through the year without overdrawing its appropriation. a task which was not easy , in view of the magnitude and variety of the service performed. It has not been the privilege of the Committee to develop, even to a reasonable extent, many branches of educational work already established. It was with particular regret that the supervised physcial training in setting -up exercises of all the children, irrespective of selected athletic groups, had to be abandoned because of financial limitations. The administration of public schools has become a science. The eagerness for knowledge is the most helpful sign of the times. To meet these demands a School Committee must exercise careful judgment, SCHOOL REPORT 9 ready sympathy for all that is genuinely progressive together with a keen sense of the tax -payers direct relationship to every advance in the cost of operation. The Committee is indebted to many of our citizens for helpful suggestions and constant co-operation. In particular the School Committee should record the stimulating service of the Home and School Association whose activities in our several schools have aroused new interest in them and established cordial relations between teachers and parents. After fifteen years of continuous service as School Physician Dr. J. O. Tilton tendered his resignation last July. Dr. Tilton's term of service has been marked by conspicuous devotion to the best interests of our school chil- dren. The relationship has not been of a perfunctory nature, for he has always conceived his task to be one of supreme importance to the health of every child in our schools. He made the schools first in his interest and gave of his time without stint. The Town is in his debt for these many years of faithful service. The School Committee also appreciates the excellent work of Mrs. J. Rowe Webster who for three years has worked with Dr. Tilton and who was the original sponsor for Child Welfare work as it is now organized. As a successor to Dr. Tilton the School Committee has elected Dr. William L. Barnes as School Physician. Dr. Barnes accepted the appoint- ment with some reluctance as his practice is Large and his free time limited. He enters, however, on his term of office with enthusiasm and in a spirit of loyalty to our Town ideals of public service, for which he is finely prepared by education and experience. Dr. Barnes will have the co-operation and assist- ance of Miss Agnes K. Kirkpatrick, a registered nurse, who also brings to the position the value of thorough training and experience. There are many other interesting matters connected with our schools which will be found in the report of our Superintendent of Schools. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE E. BRIGGS, NINA F. McLELLAN, EDWARD P. MERRIAM, School Committee. 10 • TOWN OF LEXINGTON FINANCIAL STATEMENT Year Ending December 31, 19/1 General Expenses School Telephones, Printing and Stationery Superintendent and Attendance Officer Superintendent's Secretary, Traveling and Office Expenses Expenses of Instruction Salaries of Supervisors, Principals and Teachers Text Books Stationery and Supplies Expenses of Operation, Janitors, Fuel, etc. Maintenance Repairs, etc. Auxiliary Agencies Health Transportation Miscellaneous Graduations, Athletics, Express, etc. Outlays New Auto Bus, Furniture, Equipment, etc. Summer School Unpaid Bilis (1920) Appropriation $129,824.18 Unexpended Balance Tuition: Town of Bedford Town of Burlington Town of Lincoln State Wards State Reimbursement Net Expenditure for 1921 Receipts $381.00 3,325.00 1,490.81 81,140.34 2,759.28 3,979.52 17,615.60 3,275.80 1,020.95 6,532.81 960.53 3,991.87 483.75 2,679.12 $129,836.38 187.80 $3,166.00 316.00 160.00 127.00 9,983.00 $129,824.18 $129,824.18 $13,752.00 $129,63638 SCHOOL REPORT 11 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT To the Lexington School Committee: 1 submit to you and to the people of Lexington my second annual report, the thirty-sixth in the series of superintendents' reports. TEACHERS Only nine new teachers appeared when schools were reopened in Septem- ber, 1921. and of this number two assumed positions newly established be- cause of the increasing enrollment. Including the superintendent, there were sixteen new members of the staff in September, 1920. During the calendar year 1921 fifteen new teachers came to Lexington: for 1920 the corresponding number was twenty-three. In 1921 thirteen resignations were received. Three were written by teachers intending to marry; four by teachers who had obtained more desir- able positions elsewhere, three of which were in junior high schools; and three by teachers who are now in the profession nearer their homes. It is probable that not more than five of those who resigned did so in order to receive larger salaries. At this time when so many changes are occurring in the teaching staff of every town we have been particularly fortunate. The arousing of an ambi- tion for pmfessionai advancement through study has probably caused some teachers to desire to remain near Boston. Others have found homes in our town that are congenial and have enjoyed the esprit de corps of our school organization. A most important factor, however, has undoubtedly been the interest that Lexington people have shown in just salaries for teachers. In one community in this vicinity the school department have had to accept the resignations of more than 35% of their entire, teaching corps because of inability to award satisfactory salaries. In another case a high school con- taining ten teachers has but three that have served more than a year. How- ever, in September 1921 but 15% of our Lexington teachers were new, and only 12% took positions left vacant by instructors who had left the town. No more important consideration is involved in school administration than that of the establishment of a fair salary schedule for teachers and the maintenance ofit on a just and equitable basis. The good faith of the people of Lexington in their attitude toward this matter has been especially appreci- ated by the teachers in our schools. 12 TOWN OF LEXINGTON CLASSIFICATION OF CHILDREN Children are grouped in classes not only for economical administration, but also for social education. In no other way can we teach co-operation, which is as truly necessary in patriotism as is loyalty to American ideals. Children can most easily learn to co-operate and at the same time obtain necessary fundamental information if they are guided by teachers who ap- preciate the individual abilities of their pupils. For this reason, studies of the intellectual capacities of school children have been conducted in America and in Europe for some years with considerable progress. The testing of 1,500,000 men in the American military forces was the greatest opportunity ever afforded for this purpose. This work, done under the supervision of school men, yielded results that pointed in certain definite directions, sub- stantiating all or most of the theories that have guided intelligence measure- ment in American education. We were fortunate during the past year in obtaining the co-operation of Dr. Walter S. Dearborn, Professor of Educational Psychology in the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He and his assistants came to Lexington and administered the Dearborn Group Intelligence Scale in all classes without compensation. For this service we are deeply indebted to Professor Dearborn. The results have been of great value in our effort to classify all children in groups where they may be expected to do their hest work. The intelligence test score has never been the only consideration because of fear that exception- al cases might be overlooked. However, the intelligence rating as a check on the judgments of teachers and supervisors is indispensable. NEW FIRST GRADE CLASSES The unsatisfactory accomplishment of children in first grade classes in recent years in Lexington has been due in no smalldegree to the shortness of the time possible in the single session plan. Prior to September 1921 these little folks had been in classrooms but one and one-half hours to two and one- half hours, depending on whether .they attended in . the afternoon or in the morning. Furthermore, they were the more unfortunate because their teach- ers were given nearly twice as many pupils as other instructors each day. . In September, 1921, all first grade children were admitted to school for the regular day of two sessions, and a great improvement has been noticed in the amount of education given. Progress has been so rapid that it will not be practicable to admit new pupils February first each year unless they are at least five and one-half years of age and have read the Primer. SCHOOL REPORT 13 No extended argument should be necessary to show the desirability of kindergarten or sub -primary classes. The probable expense of such work is all that hinders our making a beginning. The establishment of one class in East Lexington and another in the center next September would involve an expenditure of about $1500 in 1922 and about $3500 per year thereafter. SUMMER SCHOOL It is interesting to note that more than a hundred boys and girls applied for admission to the summer school of 1921. Because but two teachers could be engaged it was necessary to exclude 35 applicants who had been promoted in June, even though they felt the need of strengthening their foundation for the work of the next grade. The following quotation is from the Report of the Principal, Miss Mary C. Lusk: "As each teacher had more than 30 children it was deemed wise to con- centrate on the most essential subjects during the regular session from 6.45 until 1.00 o'clock. Pupils who needed help on other subjects had an oppor- tunity for individual instruction between the hours of one and two. "The fact that during the excessive heat of last July only three pupils dropped out proves a real desire on the part of the boys and girls to take ad- vantage of the opportunities provided. The attendance throughout the term was most satisfactory, as was also the business -like attitude of the pupils. 14 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TABLE 1 A Summary of the Summer School Work. Grade VIII VII VI V Total Applications received 6 56 19 21 102 Pupils admitted 4 29 16 18 67 Summer School pupils who had been promoted on trial in June i 0 14 11 13 38 Number of these successful in November 1921 0 14 11 11 36 Per cent of these successful in November 1921 0 100 100 85 95 Summer School pupils who had failed of promo- tion in June 4 15 5 5 29 Number of these granted a trial promotion as re- sult of Summer School Work 4 10 4 3 21 Number of these successful in November 1921 4 9 4 2 19 Per cent of these successful in November 1921 100 90 100 67 91 The table shows that 82% of the 67 pupils enrolled in summer school are, at date, doing satisfactory work. While some will no doubt drop behind again at some future date, nevertheless, right has been done in giving the in- dividual pupil his opportunity. Itis desirable that the number of teachers be increased to at least three in 1922 in order that the children of grades 111 and IV may be admitted in cases of failure or of trial promotion. • SCHOOL REPORT 15 SCHOOL LIBRARIES The use of many books by every pupil is fundamental in education. And yet there have not been libraries in our schools until recently. Lexing- tonh as an excellent community Public Library. but the requirements of adult readers and the lack of funds makes it difficult for this institution to establish branches in the schools for the teaching of library habits and use. Hence, educators are enthusiastic for the establishment of a school library in every school. Wherever this is done very close co-operation is enjoyed with the public library in the form of loans of books and general counsel. At little or no expense libraries have been established in our elementary schools in unused corners. In the manual training department boys have constructed simple shelving, partitions and tables. Books have been pur- chased with funds received in gifts, entertainments and sales, and many voI- umes have been donated. The work has resulted in the children reading four times as many books as formerly, in the opinion of one of the principals. Better books are sought and very valuable reports on reading are made by the children. In the High School a teacher of library methods of study and elementary research is needed, as well as more adequate space for shelving and reading tables. Some states require alI high schools to have trained teacher -librarians for this laboratory work in English. These persons conduct classes and super- vise study and reading. Our State Department of Education has published such material as is needed for guidance in this work. At present, however, we are able to proceed but slowly in this direction. SCHOOL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION In 1906, when a law was enacted requiring the establishment of school health work, Dr. J. Odin Tilton became School Physician in Lexington. No one has been more faithful to the duties and opportunities for good involved in such a position. Dr. Tilton's service has made us his debtor. His resigna- tion, received in June 1921, was accepted with keen regret. In January, 1922, Dr. William L. Barnes assumed the position of School Physician, or Supervisor of School Health Work. Dr. Barnes, prepared at Harvard College, Harvard Medical School and at Boston City Hospital, carne to Lexington in 1906. Hr has enjoyed a successful practice and has merited and received the approbation of the people of the Town. As a member of the Board of Health he has become well acquainted with the point of view of public health, and as a parent he is much interested in the problems of school health. We are justified in expecting that Dr. Barnes will have an enjoyable and successful period of service. 16 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Through the co-operation of the Child Welfare Committee we have had the service of a school nurse for four years. The resignation of Mrs. J. Rowe Webster at the end of the last school year brought to a close her service as a pioneer in this Field in Lexington. Much valuable work was accomplished by Mrs. Webster; her service has been much appreciated. In September Miss Agnes J. Kirkpatrick of Springfield, Ohio, began her service as School and Child Welfare Nurse. Miss Kirkpatrick is a graduate of Wells College and has been a registered nurse since 1912. She has been an instructor in two hospitals and was a certified teacher for the American Red Cross during the war. Miss Kirkpatrick has had a wide experience in private nursing, district nursing and camp counseling, in addition to a service of three years in school nursing. We feel fortunate in having obtained the participa- tion of one so well fitted to appreciate our problems. REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE The following is a quotation from Miss Kirkpatrick's report for the period from September 7th to December 1, 1921:— "The daily routine work of the nurse consists in spending mornings in the schools. During that time all of the children who have been absent for any cause are inspected; also any children who may show any suspicious symptoms. Those showing symptoms of a contagious nature are excluded from school. Twice each month a special examination of each child is made. The rest of the morning has been given to talks in the classrooms on diet, posture, exercise and cleanliness, with special attention to mouth hygiene and in urging children to avail themselves of the dental clinic at the High School. "The nurse assists the dentist in his examinations of children's teeth and makes the first dental appointment. Toothbrushes are furnished by the Child Welfare Association and sold to the children at cost. "Parents are notified of defective vision and hearing, also of any other obvious physical defects. Home visits as follow-up work are made to urge upon parents the necessity of medical, surgical or dental attention as the case may be. "When parents are unable to afford a physician suggestions are made as to the nearest clinics and if necessary the children are taken to these clinics. SCHOOL REPORT TABLE II Inspected for various reasons Pediculosis Number of home visists Sent to Eye and Ear Infirmary Sent to Massachusetts Genera! Outpatient 1007 220 248 4 1 17 How nearly Lexington can attain to generally accepted standards in school health work in the near future will depend more upon the division of time of the school health workers and the' co-operation of home and school than upon the expenditure of money. Scales are already supplied in each school and necessary record cards are assured at little or no expense. We should be proud of our opportunity for good health education. DENTAL CLINIC The establishment of a clinic for the care of the teeth of children whose parents cannot easily afford to engage the services of a family dentist was made possible in May 1921, through the co-operation of the Board of Health and the Child Welfare Committee. Dr. Francis J. Greeley of Arlington has been the dentist in charge, and the following statistics submitted by him give an idea of the importance of his work during the period from May 1st to Decem- ber 31st, 1921. TABLE III Statistics of Dental Clinic. Number of Patients Number of Visits Number of Operations Number of Extractions Number of Permanent Teeth Extracted Number of Temporary Teeth Extracted Number of Fillings Number of Permanent Teeth Filled Number of Temporary Teeth Filled Cleaning Pulp Treatment 151 345 689 189 32 157 247 227 20 124 29 18 TOWN OF LEXINGTON A GYMNASIUM No discussion of health and physical welfare should be concluded without mention of the very obvious need of a gymnasium in Lexington. Nothing can be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for such an institution. A gymna- • slum is an immediate need that should be inseparably connected in our think- ing with the construction of the new building for high school work. EVENING SCHOOLS With the co-operation of the Stanley Hill Post No. 38 of the American Legion and others interested in the Americanization of immigrants we have established two classes for the study of English. The enrollment to date has consisted of 27 men of Italian birth. Mr. Albert F. Higgins, Head of the Com- mercial Department in the High School, is the instructor in charge. He has been a close student of the problem of Americanization in theory and practice for some time. We are glad to have his leadership in this enterprise. Supervisors of Americanization in the State Department of Education give valuable assistance and guidance in the teaching of English in adult classes. A reimbursement will be made by the Commonwealth covering one-half of the funds expended for instruction in Americanization English classes. INDUSTRIAL ARTS During the school year 1920-1921 the maual training and drawing were combined in one department. Miss Ruth C. Reardon and Miss Beatrice W. Beuttel were teachers of manual training in the elementary schools and of • drawing in the high school as well as supervisors of drawing in the elementary schools. During the summer Miss Beuttel resigned to accept an attractive position in the State Normal School in Gorham, Maine. While Miss Beuttel's resignation was regretted, nevertheless it gave op- portunity for a reorganization of our work. At Miss Reardon's suggestion and after considerable thought it seemed wise to assign Miss Reardon all of the work in drawing. This made the vacant position one in which a man's leadership was desirable. Therefore, a man was engaged as instructor in industrial arts or boys' shop work. Mr. Frank R. Smith of Cambridge began his work in Lexington in Septem- ber, 1921. He was prepared at Rindge Technical School, the Boston Normal Art School and the New School of Design, Boston, and has had considerable experience in factory work as well as in industrial designing. After completing a period of service in the U. S. Army he was for two years an instructor in the school shops of New Britain, Conn., and came to us with the recommendation of his former superintendent. SCHOOL. REPORT 19 AIM IN SHOP WORK ▪ The term "sloyd" is descriptive of a rather conservative type of wood- working found in elementary schools. This is giving way to "industrial arts", a term suggesting a general shop experience for boys of all ages. Not • only woodworking, but printing, sheet metal, painting, etc., are of value in assisting boys to find themselves and to gain equipment for life. The maintaining of one good all round shop at some central point in the town is not apt to cost more than the three conservative shops now in use in the elementary schools. The printing equipment heretofore little used in the janitor's room of the high school building has been removed to the central shop in the Munroe School and affords one way of varying the work. A used lathe, but one in excellen-t condition, has been installed; and, for the use of the instructor, a second hand circular saw has been purchased. Hence, at small expense we have made available for every boy of junior and senior high school age an opportunity to do various kinds of hand work under the supervision of a shop man. The aim in all of this work is not vocational. We are giving boys some idea of American industry, with its opportunities and its problems. We hope to assist boys to discover their aptitudes and to prevent them from choosing life occupations too early. If a boy can be assisted to learn that he is not fitted for the work of tradesman a victory has been won. Pre -vocational work is what is needed. Those boys in whom a preference for a trade life is noted may enter the.vocational school for boys conducted by the City of Somerville in co-operation with the State. Their tuition is paid by the town and we are later reimbursed by the State. On the other hand, if a boy discovers his inability or lack of interest in shop work he may with the greater confidence prepare for college entrance of for commercial life. It is interesting to notice that the boy's' shop may result in a distinct saving of money otherwise expended for repairs and equipment. Not only is money saved, but the positively practical side of shop life is thus made pos- sible. This work which results in the saving of money will always be admin- istered in such a way as to broaden the opportunity for variety of shop ex- perience, and will inevitably widen the horizon of the thinking of our boys in regard to the serious problems of life. HOUSEHOLD ARTS What has been written in regard to the preparation of boys for the work of men may be said in part, at least, in a discussion of how girls should prepare for the work of women. Worthy home membership, skill and knowledge in 20 TOWN OF LEXINGTON regard to food, textiles, clothing, millinery and homemaking in general should find consideration in the education of every American girl. There are some who advocate.the preparation of women for industry. However, we shall do well to postpone indefinitely the consideration of industrial education of girls. At present we have an instructor of sewing who meets classes in the high school and elementary schools at times when boys have shop work and drawing. We shall be able to give some instruction and practice in millinery without additional expense. A laboratory for the study of foods, however, is an immediate need. Lex- ington is the only town in this vicinity where work of this nature is omitted. In Reading a dwelling house is occupied by the department of household arts of the schools. In such a situation very practical applications can form a part of the educational. process. The laboratory study of foods should be begun immediately. It may be that some of the necessary equipment can be supplied from the boys' shops; and it may be possible to prevent large expenditures for supplies by means of the institution of a school lunch counter. A good beginning will be made with a small'expenditure, No additional teacher will be required. Girls will spend less time studying textiles and more time studying foods. - CLUB ACTIVITIES The following report of boys' and girls' club work should be a matter of pride with all of us: "I am pleased to present the followirig report of boys' and girls' agricultural and home economics club work organized and completed by the club agents of the Middlesex County Bureau in co-operation with the Lexington School Department during the past year.. TABLE IV "The number of boys and girls actually engaged in carrying on some club project was as follows: Project Members Clubs Garden 62 5 Home Economics 61 6 Poultry 41 4 Canning .31 5 Dairy 3 Pig 3 Potato 1 Total 202 20 SCHOOL REPORT 21 "These figures represent a 30% increase over last year, and the percentage of boys and girls completing all requirements was even greater. "Throughout the year regular meetings have been held bi-weekly with local leaders always present and county club agents present at least once a month. These meetings have provided instructions and demonstrations along the lines in the project in which the club members were interested. "Home economics and poultry clubs carried on during the winter and early spring were under the leadership of teachers and principals who volun- teered their services without pay. There were 2153 loaves of bread made by members of the home economics clubs during the four month's contest and they made 79 garments and darned 254 pairs of stockings. Ethelyn Atwood was second prize winner in Middlesex County in the Bread Making Club, winning a week in camp at the Massachusetts Agricultural College. "This is the first year that Poultry Clubs have been carried on in Lexing- ton. There were dubs in three grammar schools and the high school. Lex- ington has the largest number of poultry club members of any town in Massa- chusetts. Many of the boys are actually engaged in the poultry business and making' a good income from the birds which they keep. Leonard Short, Junior Director of Club Work in the town, is expecially successful and he has won many prizes at fairs and poultry shows. This club lasted from Nov. 1st to June 1st. There were 738 hens in the contest, The total number of eggs produced was 72914 and the average profit per hen per club member was 53.61. "Summer club work was made possible by an appropriation of $100 from the Child Welfare Association, secured through the School Committee. Miss Emma Clahane of Concord acted as leader of these clubs under the joint supervision of the School Department and the County Club Agent. She attended regular garden and canning club meetings through the spring and summer months and made 176 home visits. As no boys and girls had gardens this year containing less than 500 square feet, every club member did a real piece of work and received a good profit in addition to the instruction and experience in gardening. There were $1656 worth of products raised by garden club members. "Canning clubs were very successful and the quality of work far superior to last year. The total number of jars of fruit and vegetables put up by canning club members was 1279. "The summer canning and garden club work culminated in a very success ful junior exhibit held in connection with the Lexington Fair and Cattle Show. The_quality of products shown at this exhibit was such that a good share of them were taken to the Waltham Fair where they also won many prizes. 22 TOWN OF LEXINGTON "If the work continues to grow during the coming year as it has in the past, $150 should be appropriated to give adequate summer leadership. Poul- try and home economics clubs continue to be handled satisfactorily by the teachers who volunteer their services outside of school time. "The joint Achievement Club program held at the Town Hall last spring should be repeated at the close of the present winter dub season and should include exhibits of work by poultry and home economics clubs with demostra- tions by club members of the things which they have been doing. The summer club exhibits are well taken care of at the Lexington Fair and Cattle Show. "The success of boys' and girls' club work in Lexington is due primarily to the hearty co-operation which is given by the principals and teachers in every school in the town. This, added to the natural interest of Lexington boys and girls in things that are worth while, makes the town in all projects one of the best in the county. Very truly yours, ROBERT P. TRASK, County Club Agent." President Alexander Meikiejohn of Amherst College, in speaking before the New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools some years ago, said that he was sorry for any teacher whose work did not inspire students to engage in extra curricula activities in the field of the instruction. There- fore, we are glad that our music instruction is resulting in considerable volun- tary work outside the regular classes. The following is a quotation from the report of Mr. Richard W. Grant the Music Supervisor: THE MUSIC MEMORY CONTEST "It must be refreshing and comforting to know that the public schools are really trying to do something to counteract the degenerating tendency of fads and to bring into the lives of children an acquaintance with good music. In the Music Memory Contest the pupils of the sixth, seventh, eighth grades and High School were required to commit to memory the principal theme, name and composer of fifty classics. These compositions were heard on the phonograph over a period of two months, at the end of which time the pupils were brought together in a contest to determine who could write upon hearing the music, the name and composer of the largest number of selections. In the list were vocal classics like "The Erlking" and "Hark, Hark the Lark" by Schubert; and instrumental numbers such as "Air for G String", Bach, and "Minuet in G", Beethoven. Music of this type has an irresistible appeal to children in'ithe formulative period of life and an entirely new conception of appreciation was given to all in this contest. SCHOOL REPORT 23 THE DEVELOPMENT • OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC "Musically inclined children have a right to intensive instruction either vocally or instrumentally under the supervision of the schools. Inasmuch as hundreds of dollars are appropriated to develop stenographers, typists and bookkeepers in the schools so that they may in later life earn from fifteen to twenty-five dollars a week, why not an appropriation for instruments and instrumental instruction so that later a pupil may earn from thirty to a hun- dred dollars a week? "But of more importance is the wonderful opportunity such instruction offers pupils in the intelligent use of their leisure time. Twice as much time is spent out of school as in. The leisure time problem is one that confronts many parents and the writer respectfully suggests instrumental instruction as one solution. How many times have we heard adults say, 'If 1 only had a chance to study an instrument when I was young'? "We have made a beginning in Lexington by organizing violin classes in the Hancock, Munroe, Adams and High Schools. These groups consist of from six to twelve pupils and meet once a week for instruction under the super- vision of Mr. Leslie T. Gleason, one of Boston's promient violin instructors. Each member of the class except in the High School, where an entertainment fund is available for the purchase of instruments, is asked to purchase an outfit consisting of a violin, case, bow, chin -rest, and rosin. This costs complete fifteen dollars and may if desired be paid for at the convenience of the parents in weekly payments. The expense of the teacher and the violin music is financed by the pupils each paying forty cents per lesson. "Forty-six children are now studying violin under this plan. Some ala ready had violins, but nearly five hundred dollars worth of stringed instruments have been purchased, and all but four or five have been paid for. indications at the present time point to this as a most successful innovation. "From this beginning pupils can be interested in the study of other in- struments until there is in the school every instrument of the symphony or- chestra. This is not too much to strive for in the future. for already in many places the development of orchestral instruction has produced wonderful results." GROWTH IN SCHOOL ENROLLMENT There are 125 more children in school than there were a year ago, or im increase of about 8%. The increase in school enrollment during the last five years has been about 30%, and during the last ten years it has been about 80%. 24 TOWN OF LEXINGTON It is probable that substanial increases will occur in the future. The large numbers entering the first grade of the elementary schools as compared with the smaller numbers graduating from the High School will continue for a time, at least, to have an effect. The stronger holding power of our schools, as evidenced by the dropping out of smaller numbers from the High School as well as the entrance into all grades of children whose families moved here from other towns and cities will continue to increase our numbers. At the present time there are 1011 children in the six elementary grades, 395 in the three junior high grades, and 227 in the senior high grades. Pre- sent indications point to the probability that these figures will be 1200, 500 and 300 respectively five years hence, and 1400, 600 and 400 in ten years. Year TABLE V Membership per Grade Table for Ten Years Grades Totals ' Per Certs of Increase: 5 Years.. I 241 25 10 Years 671 81 16 87 16 86 18F 281 341 441 35 291 631 161 34 95 91 861 47 35 51 100 113 74 OVERCROWDING --HIGH SCHOOL When our high school building was.constructed the ground floor was not planned for instructional work. Two bicycle rooms and a work or play room took up ,the available space outside of the boiler room. Heating equipment was installed sufficient only to prevent freezing in winter. The incresae in i I1 III IV V VI VII VIII X X XI XII 1912-13 10 99 92 86 80 74 78 93 83 65 40 24 923 1913-14 137 101 101 93 93 81 72 86 74 67 42 32 981 1914-15 138 122 101 104 106 96 89 72 63 63 62 32 1048 1915-16 156 133 126 116 119 111 94 83 57 57 59 44 1155 1916-17 144 143 134 126 109 110 98 89 92 55 55 48 1203 1917-18 147 144 148 138 132 110 108 95 83 76 49 44 1274 1918-19 :147. 153 135 133 134 123 106 96 87 55 61 43 1273 1919-20 •167 146 149 142 139 136, 109 98 100 81 55 48 1370 1920-2-1 , 190 163 147 155 155 126` 148 102 103 73 66 41 1469 1921-22 182 179 172 160 1561 141. 145 137 112 98 80 51 1613 Per Certs of Increase: 5 Years.. I 241 25 10 Years 671 81 16 87 16 86 18F 281 341 441 35 291 631 161 34 95 91 861 47 35 51 100 113 74 OVERCROWDING --HIGH SCHOOL When our high school building was.constructed the ground floor was not planned for instructional work. Two bicycle rooms and a work or play room took up ,the available space outside of the boiler room. Heating equipment was installed sufficient only to prevent freezing in winter. The incresae in SCHOOL REPORT 25 high school enrollment and attendance has made necessary the occupation of this ground floor space. After considerable study the heating problem has been solved and three rooms for school work made available. Further alter- nations next summer will be necessary in this building in order that the assem- bly room may be made serviceable as a study hall. For the ventilating of this room in spring and fall it will be necessary to install an electric motor for the fan. At present the fan is operated by a steam engine requiring a pressure of 25 pounds from the boiler. The following quotation from a report written by Mr. Bion C. Merry, Principal of the High School, is pertinent here:-- " In my report of January 1, 1921, l wrote, ' I t is possible to accommodate fifty more pupils under the present plan of organization provided all the avail- able room in the basement and on the third floor is used for recitation pur- poses.' This year we not only gained that increase in enrollment but exceeded it by eight making a total increase of 20% and a total enrollment of 341. "On the ground floor Room 14, which was formerly the boys' bicycle 'room, has been fitted and is being used for recitation work in history. The typewriters have been removed from Room 1 on the second floor to Room 12 on the ground floor. Although we are now using all the rooms on floors two and three with the exception of the laboratories for home rooms and all on the ground floor for recitations, we are obliged to teach sophomore typewriting but half time and to omit the teaching of penmanship on account of lack of recitation rooms. "The statistics of the last eight years show that 84% of the Freshmen be- come Sophomores, 92% of the Sophomores become Juniors, 78% of the Juniors become Seniors. From a summary of various investigations it appears that the holding power of our high school is more than 200% of the average. While this condition is very satisfactory it presents the following problems: "We have a right to expect that the minimum enrollment in September I922 will be 396. To meet this situation classes must be formed in arithmetic 1, two classes in penmanship I, general science I, algebra 1, physiology and botany 11, typewriting 1I, stenography I. typewriting 11I, and business law. Three more recitation rooms must be provided and two additional teachers, because the present corps is working to its full capacity. Because it will be impossible to provide this number of pupils with home rooms on floors two and three as at present, I recommend that the assembly hall be fitted up for a study hall and library and that Room 10, the present study hall, be divided into two recitation rooms. "When Room 1-1 was taken for recitation purposes 42 boys were compelled - to park their bicycles out of doors. This exposes the bicycles to .the weather and to thieves. I feel that provision should be made for the housing of bicy- cles." - 26 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TUITION PUPILS Bedford children come to us for their high school education, for which tui- tion charges at the rate of $100 per pupil are paid by the Bedford School Department. This fee represents the actual net per pupil cost; no profit is allowed us, and none is sought. It may be thought by some that the exclusion of these children would be of assistance to us in solving our problems of overcrowding. However, care- ful study of the enrollment in the various recitation groups has revealed the fact that but few of the 45 Bedford pupils are registered in any one class. The withdrawal of these pupils from our school would not permit us to dispense with even one teacher or one room. None of the overhead building and administration expenses would be saved. Only a small decrease in ex- penditures for books and supplies could be expected if we should refuse to accept more than $4000 annually for educating these children. It has been pleasing to note that the high school opportunities in Lexing- ton are much appreciated by the School Committee of Bedford. We, in turn, have noted that a fine type of pupils comes to us by this arrangement. The co-operation seems to be real in that it is mutually beneficial. HANCOCK SCHOOL In September 1922 all available space in Munroe, Parker and the Old and New Adams buildings will be occupied including all rooms used by North Lexington children while the Parker School Building was under construction. In the Hancock School the enrollment will be so large as to cause some ap- prehension. It will be necessary to place three classes on the third floor which consists of a large assembly hall and two small auxiliary rooms. The only apparent alternative seems to be the purchase of two or three portable school- houses to be placed on the school grounds. This we should avoid if possible; we are going forward on the assumption that such a makeshift will be un- necessary in September 1922 if we make constant use of all available space in the main building. SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND SCHOOL POLICIES - The solution of problems of overcrowding by means of construction of new buildings must always be related to the determination of educational policies. Buildings are a necessary means in carrying us forward to definite objectives. If constructed without regard to educational aims buildings usually become a hindrance to progress. Correctly conceived building pro- grams are of great assistance in education; wrongly located and incorrectly planned school plants always retard. SCHOOL REPORT 27 THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL The most imperative as well as the most obvious need in education in Lexington at present is the assembling of all children of the present seventh, eighth and ninth grades in one school. Common elementary education in New England until twenty-five years ago was given in local communities in eight or nine years of school attendance. Beyond this, children spent at least four more years in preparation for college entrance. The only noticeable exception to this plan in public schools was the admission of certain children into classical high schools in Boston, Providence, Worcester and Springfield at the end of the sixth or seventh elementary grade in order to make possible a longer period of specialized preparation for college work. This scheme did not find favor in small cities and towns and has all but disappeared in the cities. The early entrance into high schools or secondary education of supposedly brighter children who were going to college failed of general acceptance, for various reasons. School masters disliked to send to high schools their best scholars retaining the less successful students only. Furthermore, if unsuc- cessful in junior secondary education of college preparatory type children disliked to return to.the conservative seventh and eighth grade work. More - rover, principals and teachers of the high schools- in most cases were not pre- pared in training and experience to understand younger children. The apparent advantages, however, that accrued in cases where children and teachers overcame obstacles were great. He who entered upon the be- ginning work of French, Latin and algebra in the seventh and eighth years of schooling was better able to complete a satisfactory college preparation than he who waited until later to undertake the classical studies then required. This observation was of great assistance in that it Ied to a study of the reasons why some such provision should not be made for all children. Large numbers of children have dropped out of the conservative school during the seventh and eigth grades. Studies of this situation reveal that all children are better prepared for life in school than out of school at these ages, and that the children most apt to leave school are not receiving the education most needed. Since all children differ it was discovered that different arrange- ments of subject matter and different methods of instruction were applicable to the education of different people. The effort to educate all children in one way has failed. Different arrangements of subject matter and method, however, cannot be carried out in an eighth grade, for instance, in one of our schools economi- cally. There are not enough children of one grade to make two or three classes 28 TOWN OF LEXINGTON or divisons: one teacher only can be paid for instructing such a number. Hence, it is imperative that all of the children of junior high school age be assembled in one school and be given the educational facilities most needed. A word of caution should be inserted here. No child should be encouraged or even permitted to make a single and final choice of a life career during the junior high school age. We are obligated to widen the child's horizon rather than to narrow it. Let us postpone the actual choice and study the child. Let us help him to study himself and the world about him to the end that he may make his choices of education and vocation intelligently. THE NEED IN LEXINGTON The next building for school use should be located and constructed with the junior high school idea in mind. The present high school building will serve satisfactorily for many years. A new section should be constructed for either senior or junior high school use. Between the two should be gym- nasium facilities so much needed for school and community life, as well as the heating plant, the shops and such other departments as will be used in common by the two schools. If built to house the junior and senior high school children for a ten year period the whole plant should have accommodations for an en- rollment of at least 1000. Land now owned by the Town in the vicinity of the High School Building will suffice. i If ready for occupancy in September, 1923, the construction of a new building for high school use will relieve all overcrowding in the elementary schools for the present, at least. EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOL SUPPORT Noone, however enthusiastic he may be for good schools, is justified in advocating measures that will lead to waste in education. Economy of ad- ministration must be our watchword. The thrifty use of public funds is a key to success in community betterments. In spite of a rather severe reduction in budget estimates in March, 1921, we reached January 1, 1922 without a deficit. Teachers' salaries were care- fully guarded; other expenditures were made only when absolutely necessary. Much needed additions in equipment were denied, physical education super- vision was discontinued temporarily, and advantage was taken of lower costs whenever possible. We succeeded in our determination to expend no more money than had been appropriated, SCHOOL REPORT 29 THIRTEEN TOWNS OF SIMILAR ABILITY Is Lexington spending more money for education than other towns of similar financial ability? A method that has frequently been used to ascer- tain the facts with regard to this matter involves a study of towns that have a similar assessed valuation back of the education of each child. For instance, if the valuation of a town is $10,000,000 and the school membership is 1500, the per pupil valuation is obtained by division; for each child's education the town has an assessed property valuation of $6,666. The most recent reports of the State Department of Education give this data for all towns and cities using the valuation of 1920 and the membership for the school year ending June 30, 1921. Thirteen towns have been selected for a brief study; the list includes the twelve that have a per pupil valuation nearest that of Lexington among the seventy-five of 5000 population or over. See Table VI. TABLE VIS Showing the Twelve Towns of 5000. Population or Over That Have a Per Pupil Valuation Nearest to That of Lexington. Town 1. Amherst 2. Winthrop 3. Concord 4. Needham 5. Dedham 6. West Springfield 7. Lexington 8. Clinton 9. Uxbridge 10. Reading 11. Ludlow 12. Adams 13. Montague •Tables VI to State Department 1920-1921." Per Pupil Valuation 71.74 7083 7038 7015 6969 6909 6860 6801 6766 6736 6731 6715 6687 XI inclusive are constructed from town reports printed in a bulletin of our of Education entitled "Statistics of the Public Schools for the School Year It will be interesting to see what expenditures are made for education in these towns. For instance, what amounts of money per pupil are expended for school support in each? Table VI1 gives this information for the school year ending June 30, 1921. It shows that Lexington is not expending an un- reasonable amount of money on the education of each child, 30 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TABLE VII Showing the Expenditures Per Pupil for the Year Ending June 30, 1921 in Thirteen Towns of Similar Per Pupil Valuation. 1. Concord $112.49 2. Amherst 79.76 3. Reading 77.01 4. Dedham 70.41 5. Lexington 6. Montague 7. W. Springfield 8. Winthrop 9. Ludlow $69.78 69.44 67.68 64.81 63.05 10. Adams $61.95 11, Clinton 58.68 12. Needham 58.62 13. Uxbridge 55.56 Not all of the money expended is raised by local taxation. Various amounts of money are received by the Town Treasurer on account of the schools. Some of this comes in the form of a reimbursement from the Com- monwealth on the basis ofexpenditures for teachers' salaries. Other amounts are received for the tuition of Bedford and other non-resident children. After deducting these amounts we find the net cost of the schools, -the amount raised by local taxation. Table VI1I shows that Lexington has sixth place in the list. TABLE VIII Showing Expenditures per pupil for Support of Public Schools from Local Taxation in Thirteen Towns of Similar Per Pupil Valuation. 1. Concord $86.39 2. Reading 67.23 3. Amherst 62.79 4. Montague 62.18 5. Dedham $61.16 10. Adams $53.15 6. Lexington 61 .00 11. Needham 52 .43 7. Winthrop . 58.79 12. Clinton 51.65 8. W. Springfield 57:39 13. Uxbridge 44.79 9. Ludlow 55.63 it may be of further interest to know that Lexington does not expend un- reasonable amounts for either elementary or high school work. Indeed, our high school expenditure per pupil is lower than might be expected, as shown in Table 1X. The towns are listed in the order of their per pupil valuation, as seen in Table VI. SCHOOL REPORT 31 TABLE IX Showing Elementary and High School Expenditures Per Pupil, and the Rank of Each Among the Thirteen Towns of Similar Per Pupil Valuation. TOWN 'Per Pupil Expends -I ture for Support of Rank Elementary High Per Pupil Expendi- ture for Support of Rank Amherst Winthrop Concord Needham Dedham W. Springfield Schools " ! Schools $55.05 10 $128.79 • 3 51.16 13 f 112.19 7 90.98 1 122.87 5 59.57 I 8 104.52 9 65.65 2 95.80 11 62.27 6 123.91 4 Lexington 64.94 4 111.47 8 Clinton Uxbridge Reading Ludlow Adams Montague 56.16 j 9 52.26 ]'_' 65.17 3 60.55 7 54.97 11 63.57 5 103.07 90.40 113.30 168.22 90.11 214.73 10 12 6 2 13 1 THE SCHOOLS' SHARE IN TAXATION What part of the money raised by local taxation is expended for school support in these towns? if a town collects $1300.000, for instance, how much is apt to go for the maintenance of the education of boys and girls, and how much for other worl< of the town? Table X gives important information in this regard. TABLE X Showing What Percentage of the Local Tax Collections Was Expended Directly for School Support in Each of Thirteen Towns. of Similar Per Pupil Valuation during the School Year 1920-1921. 1. Uxbridge 51.4% 5. W. Springfield 33.8% 10. Dedham 30.9% 2. Montague 49.0% 6. Winthrop 33.8% 11. Adams 30.4% 3. Amherst 34.6% 7. Ludlow 33.7% 12. Needham 29.8% 4. Concord 34.5% 8. Clinton 33.4% 13. Lexing:an 26.9% 9. Reading 32.4% 32 TOWN OF LFXINGTON Table X shows that Lexington is expending for school .support a smaller proportion of the money raised in local taxation than is any other town of this list. Of every dollar raised by taxation in our town only 26.9 cents were devoted to school support. Even with the increase in expenditures authorized by the appropriation of 1921, our percentage in Table XI would go to only 30.1% and we should probably remain in last place in view of increases in expenditures in the other towns. Lexington is expending a larger proportion of her income in the work of other town departments than are the other twelve towns. Any restriction of the work of schools in which such care has been exercised in the direction of economical and thrifty administration will surely bring handicaps that will place our children at a disadvantage. Lexington is not expending too much in support of her public schools. HOW THE SCHOOL DOLLAR IS SPENT _How many cents of every dollar expended for school support go for teach- ers' salaries, for general control, for repairs, etc? Are we in Lexington devoting too large a proportion of our school funds to any single item in the budget? TABLE XI Showing How Expenditures for School Support are Distributed in Thirteen Towns of Similar Per Pupil Valuation. School Cm omittcc and Superinten- dent of aatanes Principals supervi- sots Teachers Hand school Supplies janitors and °Peratipu Rrpaira Mata' i $O� di- tures Amherst $.08 $.585 $.061 $.152 $.029 $.035 $.058 Winthrop .025 .71 .063 .13 .036 .005 .031 Concord .05 .623 .045 .172 .045 .049 .016 Needham .047 .627 .069 .164 .056 .021 .016 Dedham .031 .689 .045 .133 .053 .015 .034 W. Springfield .034 .695 .053 .12 .066 .011 .021 Lexington .046 .655 .045 .164 .019 .055 .016 Clinton .045 .648 .036 .201 .04 - .03 Uxbridge .031 .627 .044 .192 .06 .026 .02 Reading .012 .709 .06 .15 .039 .019 .011 Ludlow .051 .585 .065 .124 .062 .081 .032 Adams .04 .718 .028 .15 .035 .002 .027 Montague .033 .561 .05 .177 .038 .104 .037 All the towns $.039 $.657 $.051 $.152 $.045 $.029 $ .027 SCHOOL REPORT 33 Table XI indicates how every dollar expended for school support is dis- tributed among the items of the budget. The last line gives the information for all of the thirteen towns; it is not an average of each column, but is com- puted from the sums of the expenditures by all the towns for each item. It appears that Lexington is working on a basis very near to the general tendency. We expended a smaller proportion for repairs and the mainten- ance of buildings and equipment than any other town. That is a sign that we must be careful to have all necessary painting, roofing, etc., attended to year by year. Two towns are expending a larger percentage than we for trans- portation, although we have an exceptionally large territory to be covered by vehicles. It may be that other variations can be explained by differences of opinions as to what should be considered miscellaneous expenditures. CONCLUSION Lexington schools are doing good service. They are not unduly expensive; great care has been exercised in order to keep expenditures at the lowest point consistent with proper standards in education. Indeed, we probably leaned too far on the side of caution in discontinuing supervison of physical educa- tion. This work should be re-established in September, 1922. The new building is the outstanding need. No further postponement can be undergone with safety. The centralization of all junior and senior high school work immediately is necessary for the proper enrichment of the second- ary education and for the relief of overcrowding throughout the system, This project must have our constant, active interest until it reaches completion. Whatever success is being attained in our schools can be accounted for only by our common devotion to the best ideals of American education, and by our co-operation in the work of giving the boys and girls of today the best preparation for American life. They will render worthy service in the democ- racy of the future in proportion as they receive today the necessary guidance and training. I am indeed grateful for the co-operation of fellow -teachers, and for the support of a School Committee vitally interested in public education. Respectfully submitted, HARRY H. LOWRY, Superintendent of Schools. 34 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TABLETXII ELEMENTARY PROMOTION STATISTICS November, 1921 June Grades 1 11 Ill 1 I V V VI VII VII 1 Total Total Membership in June 192 164 156 153 154 1.7 150 104 1200 Total Number Promoted in June 154 145 142 13(1 138 122 125 95 1057 Number Promoted. on Trial in June 18 Number of Trial Pupils Attending Summer School N umber of Trial Pupils "Sent Back" 5 Number of these who had attended Summer School 10 10 15 •r� 22 30 140 15 15 20 1 51 1 3 5 3 14 3 Number not promoted in June Number of these attend- ing Summer School N umber of these granted Trial Promotion Number of these "Sent Back" 38 19 14 17 16 5 21 9 139 3 2 10 3 18 1 2 5 3 11 1 1 2 N umber finally promoted 149 145 141 133 131 122 133 98 1055 Per Cent Finally Pro- moted 78 88 90 87 87 96 89 94 87.9 Number finally not Pro- moted 43 19 15 20 20 5 I7 6 145. Reasons: Absersce 1 2 1 1 3 7 15 Lack of Application 3 3 4 3 2 2 17 • Mental Incapacity 28 13 10 18 10 1 8 4 91 111 Health 6 1 1 8 Unfamiliar with Eng- lish Language 4 1 5 SCHOOL REPORT 35 TABLE XIII MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE Extract from SCHOOL RETURNS to the STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION School Year Ending June 30, 1921 Elementary High Total Pupils enrolled: Boys , 622 137. 759 Girls 618 169 787 Total 1240 306 1546 Non-resident pupils (including. State and city wards) who attended the schools of the town for not less than half of the school year 7 45 52 Aggregate attendance 198486 50546 249032 Average daily attendance 1142 284 1429 Average number of days the public schools were actually in session 176 178 177 Average membership 1210 294 1504 Net average membership 1203 249 1452 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TABLE XIV Age -Grade Table, October 1, 1921 Grades LI 111 LV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII Totals 5 63'i 6 . 1.... .61.....1 ..67.. 7. 1 62 74 63s ..29...42. -•3. 74 7 . ..19.. ..50. .15. 84 73s . 14„ ..37. .42. •. 5. 98 8 .. 23 .42. 7. 72 8% .. 1...D. —26. ..46. 83 9 .. 6...17...35. --10....1. 69 934 .. 1...15...25...25....7. 73 10 -. ..10.-.20_..28...12. 70 1034 ...1....6...33...23. 6S 11 .. ...1. ..12. .15. 28. ...7. 84 115 .. 6...14...21. ..31- ...5. ...1. 78 12 .. ..i....g...17...35..._7.........-. 69 1234 ..1....5...12. ..19. .17. ...6- 60 13 .. ..4. .7. .14. .33. .9. 67 13340 ...3....6...11. ..20. ..18....5- 63 14 .. ..3....2...12. ..20. ..27...14. - 78 145 1....4. ...5...12. ..15...22....3. 62 15 .. ...1....4...15. .10. 15. —10. 55 153s ...3....3....6...14...12....1. 39 lti .. .2..3....9...12. -.15....9. 50 1630 ...1. ...3, ...3....4. -.15...12. 38 17 .. 1. ...4....4. .12...11. 32 17M .2....3. ..12. 38 18 .. .2. .7. 12 184 1 19 .. 191/0 1 Total 192 177 172 164 151 141 144 139 110 96 76 52 1614 TABLE XV SCHOOL REPORT cC 0 1-- x x 7 7 $1- 0 di°'- -0% O -41 - p M d `,11 C'1 -. N N 040 l-00 cD -4 cn 0 -8 o= ECL '- G E zzz N co] t- O z_ .4 M 0 0‘ 00 rr GO., Mt- rl--4 es7 k. —4 - In oo u, eMn 1 -4 hCC) CD C0 N 00 M 00 ry " 1-4 C0 m N - �n c tiiCD eJ^ [V co 00 CO co. Mui0 1r r r 00 00 ,n CIN 00 eD GO In 37 38 TOWN OF. LEXINGTON WHAT OUR GRADUATES ARE DOING 1921 GRADUATING CLASS OF THE LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL Alathena M. Atwood—Cambridge Electric Light Co. Isidor Berman—Clerk Mary Blodgett—Lexington Theatre Clara E. Bunzel—L. L. DeRochemont Dorothy R. Butters—John Hancock Life Insurance Co, Katherine Collieson—Bradford Academy Marion Condinho—at home William L. Cosgrove—Eustis Manufacturing 'Co. Angela Count—at home Cornelius Cronin—Boston University Eleanor Crowe—Bryant & Stratton School Harriet M. Cutter—H. F. Livermore Co. Rena Dunlap—Burdett College Lillian Dwyer—at work Priscilla Dwyer—at work Helen V. Emery—Smith College Mary Fitzgerald—H. M. Lawrence Lillian Fletcher—John Hancock Life Insurance Co. Robert Alan Gaffney—Back Bay Fitting School Thomas Gaynor—at home John Hinds—Consolidated Rendering Co. Harriette Hunneman—Edison Electric Company Helen M. KeIley—Salem Normal School John Kelley—Norwich University Margaret Kelley—Stenographer Mary Kelley—N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co. Raymond L. Kilgour—Harvard University Mary M. Kinneen—Emmanuel College Lillian W. Kirton—Lexington School Department Alfred Michelson—Wm. Filene & Sons Helen E. Moakley—Post Graduate Emily Nelles—John Hancock Life Insurance Co. Jennie Nottebaert—Waltham Watch Co. Mary H. Parsons—Bryant & Stratton School Hester S. Rich—Framingham Normal School Hilda M. Rogers—Hopkins & Lee Ernestine Shelton—at home Mildred M. Spidel—Custance Brothers Dorothy Webster—Homeopathic Hospital SCHOOL REPORT The winners of the prizes for 1921 are as follows: Clapp Oral Prize—John Hinds Clapp Essay Prize—Helen Moakley George 0. Smith Prizes -1, John Hinds; 2, Raymond Kilgour Blake Prize ----John Hinds, Harriet Cutter French Medals -1. Raymond Kilgour; 2, Mildred Spidel: 3, Mary Parsons Washington and Franklin Medal—Raymond Kilgour School LEXINGTON TEACHERS, 1921-1922 39 NAME High Merry, Bion C., Prin. Bates, Beatrice L. Conroy, Lillian F. Dixon, Dorothy French, Grace P. Forsyth, Annie L. Hayward, Bertha V. Higgins, Albert F. Leighton, Cora D. Mott, Alice Regestein, Elsa W. Thayer, Beulah A. Walcott, Ruth A. Warren, Helena C. Kirton, Lillian, Clerk Adams Gregory, Katherine T Princi pal Burbank, Marguerite Conroy, Helen C. Dennett, Laura M. Dimlick, Myrtha 1. Faneuf, Helen S. Fredrikson, Ebba 1. Hannon, Helen I. Magurn, Margaret R. Maycock, Mary A. Pease, Dorothy C. Taylor, Etia M. CI it it it 6.4 College or Normal School Years of Date of teaching Election before in Sept.1921 Lexington Bates College Boston University Radcliffe College Radcliffe College Wellesley College Smith College Univ. of Maine Salem Normal Radcliffe College Smith College Mt. Holyoke College Maine Sch. of Commerce Wellesley College Smith College 18 3 3 6 21 18 11 2 8 18 4 Iii 4 Farmington Normal 13 E. Salem Normal 6 5 4 2 6 3 1 6 7.. Fitchburg Normal Salem Normal Lowell Normal Lowell Normal Framingham Normal Lowell Normal Fitchburg Normal Fitchburg Normal Salem Normal Voohree's Normal 21 1919 1920 1921 1916 1911 1921 1918 1920 1918 1920 1908 1920 1920 1921 40 TOWN OF LEX[NCItN Hancock Adlington, Maud E., Principal Akeley, Elizabeth M. Barnes, Nellie R. Blodgett, Jennie F. Church, Grace C. Eastman, Mary G. French, Harriet 5. Martin, Mary E. Mitchell, Neva G. Noyes, Margaret B. Rogers, Marion F. Waring, Enid Munroe Lusk, Mary C., Principal Chase, Grace M. Hennessy, Katherine Hodgkins, Harriet J. Lyons, Helen G. O'Dowd, Anna F. Smith, Julia B. Stevens, Helen E. Walker, Barbara E. Whelpley, Blanche L. Neal, Edith L., Prin. Lane, Martha L. Magurn, Mary F. Pease, Dorothy fa if 1.1 it it Parker Simmons College Aroostook Normal Salem Normal Bridgewater Normal Boston Normal Plymouth Normal No. Adams Normal Lowell Normal Quincy Training Bridgewater Normal Salem Normal Framingham Normal Missouri State Normal Concord Training Salem Normal Gloucester Training Lowell Normal Lowell Normal Westfield Normal Salem Normal Lowell Normal Salem Normal Wheelock Training GIoucester Training Fitchburg Normal Keene Normal 1912 Supervisors and Special Teachers Grant, Richard W. Northampton Cons. of Music Pedagogy Huntress, Florence K. Framingham Normal Reardon, Ruth C. Mass. Normal Art Smith, Frank R. Mass. Normal Art HEALTH ADMINISTRATION Dr. William L. Barnes, School Physician, 365 Massachusetts Avenue Miss Agnes J. Kirkpatrick, School Nurse 16 Waltham Street 1921 1917 1920 1920 1920 1921 1920 19'20 1917 1921 1913 ATTENDANCE OFFICER Patrick J. Maguire, Bedford Street 13 1918 4 1921 3 1919 27 1894 7 1921 15 1919 17 1914 6 1920 31 1902 6 1917 1921 3 1921 15 1911 16 1918 5 1917 16 1920 5 1920. 4 1918 15 1918 1921 2 1921 7 1915 14 1919 15 1919 9 1919 4 1921 8 1919 — 1921 6 1918 2 1921 Tel. Lex. 410 Tel. Lex_ 362-M Tel, Lex. 681-W TOWN REPORT INDEX Assessors, Report of Accountant, Report of Accounting Department Administration of Trust Funds Almshouse Almshouse Appropriation Accounts Assessors Department Balance Sheet Bedford Street (construction) Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economies Celebrations and Entertainments Cemeteries Cemeteries Charities Charities (outside relief) Collector's Department Debt Accounts Deferred Revenue Account Department General Government Department General Government Dog Officer Election and Registration Depart- ment Engineering Department Expenditures - Finance Committee Fines Fire Department Fire Department Forest Warden Froin Comonwealth Grants and Gifts Health Department Health and Sanitation Health and Sanitation Highways H ighways Highway Department insurance Interest Interest • Inspection of Buildings Law Department Libraries Libraries Lighting Clock Election and Registration Page 109 Street Signs 196 Licenses 202 Loans 219 Maintenance, Buildings, and 200 Grounds 212 Moth Department 220 Moth and Insect Suppression 203 Mothers' Aid 229 Municipal Indebtedness 199 Municipal Indebtedness New Schoolhouse 216 Other Finance Offices and Accounts 215 Other General Revenue 201 Outside Aid 218 Pensions 200 Planning Board 211 Police Department 203 Protection of Persons and Property 227 Protection of Persons and Property 225 Public Property accounts 197 Recreation 202 Revision of Building Laws 208 Sealer of Weights an Measures Selectmen 204 Sewer Construction 204 Sewer Maintenance 202 Sewer Maintenance 203 Schools 197 Schools 198 Sidewalks arid Curbing 206 Snow and Ice Removal 208 Soldiers' Benefits 176 Soldiers' Benefits 197 Special Assessments 166 Sundries 199 Taxes 208 Town Clerk's Department 210 Town Debt 211 Town Hall 199 Town Hall 216 Town Reports 203 Treasurer's Department 218 Treasurer's Receipts 207 Tree Warden 204 Tree Warden 200 Trust and Investment 214 Trust and lnvestment 216 Trust Funds accounts 204 Unclassified, Page 211 19 202 214 198 207 210 202 219 214 203 197 200 216 205 198 198 205 229 215 205 207 198 209 199 209 200 212 211, 211 200 212 211 216 196 204 223 198 204 216 203 196 199 307 202 219 228 201 INDEX --continued Page Unclassified 216 Village Hall Fre Station 209 War Certificates Agency 219 Water Department 217 Water Department 201 Woburn Street (resurfacing) 199 Woburn Street (resurfacing) 210 Massachusetts Ave., (resurfacing) 210 Accounting Commissioners, Report of 153 Ashes and Garbage Commissioners. Report of 166 Board of Health, Report of 86 Bridge,Charitable Funds, Report of 119 By -Laws Committee, Report of 152 Cary Memorial Library, Librarian, Report of 99 Cary Memorial Library, Treasurer, Report of 102 Cary Memorial Library, Trustees. Report of 97 Cary Memorial Library, Investment Committee, Report of 103 Cemetery Commissioner. Report of 90 Form of Government Committee, Report of 174 Fire Engineers, Report of 85 Forest Fire Warden 84 Fumigator, Report of 89 Inspector of Animals, Report of 89 inspector of Buildings, Report of 82 Inspector of Slaughtering 87 Inspector of Milk Report of 88 Inspector of Plumbing, Report of 88 Jurors, List of 65 Lexington Town Records Warrant for a Town Meeting, March 7, 1921 9 Town Election, March 7, 1921 16 Adjourned Meeting, March 14, 1921 19 Adjourned Meeting, March 21, 1921 21 Adjourned Meeting, March 28, 1921 24 Adjourned Meeting, April 4. 1921 28 •Adjourned Meeting, April 18, 1921 31 Warrant for a Town Meeting, April25,1921 3� Page Town Meeting, April 25, 1921 34 Adjourned Meeting, May 3, 191 38 Warrant for a Town Meeting, Augusto, 1921 41 Town Meeting, August4, 1921 43 Warrant for a Town Meeting, December 9, 1921 45 Town Meeting. December9, 1921 47 Acts of Legislature Accepted 46 Street Acceptances 48 List of Town Officers 31 Committees Appointed 8 Officers Appointed by the Selectmen 4 Moth Department, Report of 68 Odorless Cart Report 86 Park Commissioners, Report of 105 Planning Board, Report of 93 Police Department, Report of 10 Revision of Building Laws Committee, Report of 178 Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of 83 Selectmen, Road Commissioners, Overseers of Poor, Report of 66 Special Commiioners, on Highways Street Lights Commissioners, Report of 163 Superintendent of Streets, Report of 138 Tax Collector, Report of Town Clerk 52 Births 52 Deaths 62 Marriages 58 Town Counself 79 Town Engineer, Report of 72 Town Treasurer's Report 195 Tree Warden, Report of 92 Trustees of Public Trsusts, Report of 115 Water and Sewer Commissioners 120 Needs of the Cown Committee, Report of 168 Revision of Building Laws Cornmittee, Report of 178 Form of Government Committee. Report of i54 78 SCHOOL REPORT INDEX School Committee Organization Administrative Officers School Calendar School Hours No School Signal Financial Report Receipts and Expenditures School Committee. Report of Superintendent, Report of Teachers New First Grade Class Summary of Summer School (Table) School Libraries School Health Administration Gymnasium Evening School Industrial Art Aim in Shop Work Household Arts Club Activities The Music Memory Contest Page 3 3 4 4 10 10 4 11 12 14 15 15 18 18 18 19 19 20 22 The Development of Instrumental Music Growth in School Enrollment Overcrowding High School Tuition Pupils Hancock School School Buildings and School Policies The Junior High School The Need in Lexington Expenditures for School Support Thirteen Towns of Similar Ability The Schools' Share in Taxation How the School Dollar is Spent Elementary Promotion Statistics (Table) Membership and Attendance (Table) Age—Grade (Table) Percentage at each age, below and above (Table) What our Graduates are doing Teachers, 1921-1922 Page 23 23 24 26 26 26 27 28 28 2E3 31 32 34 35 36 37 38 39