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1928-Annual Report
ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF Lexington, Massachusetts Year, 1928 TOWN OF LEXINGTON LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS MARCH 1928 TO MARCH 1929 SELECTMEN Albert H. Burnham, '31, Chairman Theodore A. Custance, '20 William. H. Ballard, '29 Francis Chamberlain, '30 James G. Robertson, '29 Town Treasurer Collector of Taxes School Committee Cemetery Commissioners Trustees of Public Trusts Dr. John A. Kane Byron C. Earle 4 ANNUAL REPORTS APPOINTED OFFICERS Animal Inspector Dr. Cheater L. Blakely Assessors Assistant Assessors Assistant Town Clerk and Clerk, Selectmen Walter G. Black Eugene G. Kraetzer Charles E. Ferguson Frederick J. Spencer John Russell John Sweeney Helen C. Whittemore Bridge Charitable Fund TrusteesCharles B. Davis '32 Howard S. O. Nichols '29 John F, Turner '30 (Chairman) Howard S. 0. Nichols '34 Minnie A. Glynn '30 Building Inspector John F. Tibbetts James Stuart Smith '31 Burial Agent Arthur A. Marshall John E. A. Mulliken '31 (Chairman) Cary Mietnorial Library, Librarians Miss Marian P. Kirkland Edward Wood '29 George H. Gibson '30 Cary Memorial Library, Assistants Miss Helen E. Muzzey Miss Katherine Buck John F. Turner '30 Miss Dorothy B. Wentworth Charles B. Davis '32 Miss Claire Ball Howard S. C. Nichols '34 Miss Emma O. Nichols (East Lexington Branch) Moderator Robert H. Holt Constables Patrick J. Maguire James J. Sullivan Planning Board Field Drivers Director, Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Economics Frederick L. Emery '29 (Chairman) Harry A. Wheeler '29 J. Henry Duffy '30 Clarence H. Cutler '30 C. Edward Glynn '31 William D. Milne '3I Edward C. Maguire John C. Russell Forest Warden and Tree Warden Osborne J. Gorman Cary Memorial Library, Janitor Horace M. Howard Cary Memorial Library, TreasurerRev. R. Mitchell Rushton Dental Clinic Committee Fence Viewers Fire Engineers Mrs. Francis Chamberlain Mrs. Hugh D. McLellan Thomas S. Grindle John T. Cosgrove Frederick J. Spencer Edward W. Taylor Norman C. Hooper Edward F, Buttrlck Robert P. Trask Ganunell Legacy Income, Trustee acting with Dept. of Public Vel - fare. Helen C. Whittemore TOWN OF LEXINGTON Rea1th Officer Wealth Inspector Lockup Keepers Measurers of Grain Measurer of Wood, Bark and Manure Milk Inspector Moth Dept., Superintendent Odorless Cart, Charge of Police Officers Park Superintendent Plumbing Inspector Public Works, Superintendent Registrars of Voters Sealer of Weights & Measures Dr. William L. Barnes Russell I. Prentiss John .C. Russell James J. Sullivan Moses F. Wilbur John E. Kelley Edgar W. Harrod Harold 1. Wellington Russell L Prentiss Osborne J. Gorman Peter Canessa 5 James J. Sullivan (Chief) Patrick J. Maguire (Deputy Chief) John C. Russell (Sergeant) Edward C. Maguire Thomas C. Buckley William C. O'Leary Henry Harvey James Lima Forrest Knapp Edward J. Lennon John W. Rycroft John M. Barry George E. Smith *James Irwin John J. Garrity Andrew T. Bain William S. Scamman Bartholomew D, Callahan '31 (Chairman) Wilbur F. Atwood '29 George M, Davis '3O John II. Kane (CIerk) Charles E. Hadley *Retired from active duty, April 1, 1927. 6 Slaughter Inspector Stone Building, Janitor Superintendent of Streets Superintendent of Water & Sewer Departments Town Accountant Town Counsel Town Engineer Town Hall Janitor Village Hall Janitor Weighers (Public) ANNUAL, REPORTS Wire Inspector George A. Warner John E. Garmon Robert H. White Albert A. Ross Charles F. Pierce Sydney R. Wrightington John T. Cosgrove Charles E. Moloy Stephen H. Broughall William E. Mulliken John E. A. Mulliken Jacob Bierenbroodspot Harold I. Wellington William Bierenbroodspot Albert Bierenbroodspot Peter Stevens Rupert H. •Stevens Miss Lillian McClure Moses F. Wilbt>,r David McGibbon John E. Kelley Louis W. Bills TowN OF LEXINGTON COMMITTEES APPOINTED AT VARIOUS TOWN MEETINGS William E. Carl Vienot George W. Nary Appropriation Committee Term Expires 1929 Dr. Clarence Shannon, Chairman Mulliken Dr. James J. Walsh Term Expires 1930 John H. Devine Edward Remick Terra Expires 1931 George M, Ross Nelson J. Bowers Increassed School Accommodations Appointed March 10, 1924 Discharged March 12, 1928 George E. Briggs John Calder Howard S. C. Nichols James Stuart Smith William H. Ballard Howard E. Cuetance Nina F. McLellan Transportation Committee Appointed February 9, 1926 Edward Loren Fenn Edmund S. Childs William E. Mulliken Sheldon Robinson Willard C. Hill Airplane Carrier'"Lexington', gton" Committee to Solicit Funds Appointed March 15, 1926 Discharged June 28, 1928 Willard C. Hill Mrs, Warren Sherburne Galen A, Russell Roger 5, Ciap'p Dr. John Kane Representative Form of Town Government Appointed December 6, 1926 Discharged November 26, 1928 George E. Briggs Joseph R. Cotton Robert L. Ryder John E. A. Mulliken George E. Smith Committee on Rousing Fire Alarm System Appointed September 22, 1927 Discharged March 26, 1928 Edward W. Taylor Walter G. Black Galt F. Parsons 7 8 ANNUAL REPORTS Town Office Building Committee Appointed January 31, 1927 Theodore A. Cuetance AIbert H. Burnham Francis Chamberlain William H. Ballard James G. Robertson Albert B. -Tenney Arthur N. Maddison Edwin B. Worthen George W. Nary Norman C. Hooper Fred H. Moulton Permanent Memorial For Veterans Appointed December 8, 1927 •William F. Young Minnie S. Seaver Willard D. Brown William B. Foster James H. Russell Increased School Accommodations Appointed March 12, 1928 Howard S. O. Nichols Charles H. Spaulding James W, Smith Neil McIntosh James Stuart Snlitli Minnie A. Glynn Clara M. Barbour Fire Department & Water Department Study Appointed March 12, 1928 Albert R Tenney Edward H. Mara Charles J. Dailey James G. Robinson George H. Gibson Conference with Lexington Minute lien, Inc., Relative to Memorial Appointed March 26, 1928 Edward C. Stone Arthur N. Maddison Willard C. Hill Waldo F. Glidden W. Roger Greeley Construction of Swimming Pool Appointed March 26, 1928 Dr, Clarence Shannon William E. Mulliken Donald Wilson Robert P. Trask William H. Ballard Collection and Preservation of Historical Material Relative to the World War Activities in Lexington Appointed March 26, 1928 Edwin B. Worthen Emma 0. Nichols Dr, Fred S. Piper Bertha M. Hutchinson Roland E. Garmon *Resigned, Charles E. Wheeler appointed to El vacancy. TOWN or LEXINGTON 9 TOWN WARRANT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS. 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 Lexing- ton, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs to meet to their respective voting places in said .town., (Precinct One, Emerson Hall; Precinct Two, Town Hall) on MONDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH, A. D., 1928 at six 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 Town Treasurer for the term of one year; one Collector of Taxes for the term of one year; one Cemetery Commissioner for the term of three years; one mem- ber of the School Committee for the term of three years; two Oonstables for the term of one year; one Moderator for the term of one year; two members of the Planning Board for the term of three years; one member of the Planning Board for the term of one year; one Trustee of Publie Trusts for the term of six years. The polls will be open at 6:00 A. M. and will remain open until 5:00 P. M. You are also to notify the inhabitants aforesaid to meet in Town Hall in said Town on Monday, the twelfth day of March, 1928, at 7:30 P. M. to act on the following articles: Art. 2. 'ro receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other Committees. 10 ANNUAL REPORTS Art. 3. To choose such Town Officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination. Art. 4. To see if the Town will grant such sums of money as may be thought necessary for the uses and expenses of the Town the ensuing year for the following departments or ac- counts, direct how the same shall be raised or act in any manner relating thereto: Publie Schools; Public Welfare; Highways; Street Lights; Fire Department; Appropriation Committee; Publie Parks; Town Engineer's Department; Milk Inspector; Plumbing Inspector; Inspector of Slaughtering; April 19th Celebration; Street Signs; Cemeteries; Wire Inspee- tor; Sidewalks; Memorial Day ,Observance; Deepening and Widening Brooks; Waltham Street Damages; Bedford Street Damages. Art. 5. To see if the Town will make the usual appropria- tions for Town expenses the ensuing year, not specified in other articles, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 6. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, in ac- cordance with Chapter 132, General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 7. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to provide funds for the .payment of pensions to retired town veterans under Chapter 32, section 52-55 General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 8. 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 Chapter 40, Section 6, General Laws, or take any action relating thereto. Art. 9. To see if the Town will appropriate funds for the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Departments under Chapter 32, General Laws, or aet in any manner relating thereto. Art. 10. 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 eurrent year, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said revenue, or act in any manner relative thereto. 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 or some other amount, and elect a director, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in eo- TOWN OP LEXINGTON 11 operation with the Middlesex County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service, under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts. Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the use of the Water and Sewer Department and to provide same by issuance of bonds, notes or by direct appro- priation or by any or all of such methods, or take any other ac- tion relating thereto. Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money either by the issue of bonds, notes or otherwise, for the con- struction of Massachusetts Avenue, from the end of the present permanent construction about opposite Oak Street to Middle Street. Art. 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract with the Massachusetts De- partment of Public Works, Division of Highways, for the con- struction of any State highway which may be laid out or con- structed in the Town during the present year or take any action with respect thereto. Art. 15. To see if the Town will indemnify the Common- wealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out, alteration or reconstruction of any State highway or Section of State highway in Lexington, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign indemnity agreement therefor in behalf of the town, or take any other action in respect thereto. Art. 16. To hear the report of the Board of Selectmen giving their recommendation as to the .purchase ,of land to be used by the Public Works Department for storage of material and equipment, and as a site for a new building to house the Fire Department in accordance with a vote of the Town under date of December 8, 1927, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1928. Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to construct a fence around the Colonial Cemetery, or act in any manner relating thereto. 12 ANNUAL REPORTS Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to extend water mains in the following unaccepted streets, subject to the usual guarantee and appropriate money therefor, either by the issue of bonds, notes or otherwise: Independence Avenue, Wachusett Drive, Crescent Hill Avenue, Franklin Avenue, Fair Oaks Drive, Webb Street, Shade Street, Smith Avenue, Robbins Avenue, Tower Street, Watson Road, Farmlerest Avenue, and Cedar Street (accepted), or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Seleetraen to petition the County Commissioners to lay out to a width of sixty (60) feet and to relocate and order specific re- pairs on Waltham Street from its junction with Massachusetts Avenue to Middle Street, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to be expended by or under the direction of the Traffic Committee, said Committee having been appointed by the Se- lectmen to investigate traffic conditions in Lexington, or act in any mariner relating thereto. Art. 22. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to be used for further study and completion of plans for Vine Brook Drainage, or aet in any manner relating thereto. Art. 23. To see if the Town will recommend to the Select- men, acting as a Board of Health, that an order or regulation of the Board of Health be adopted prohibiting the exercise of the trade or employment of keeping swine within the limits of the Town of Lexington and designating the number of swine the keeping of which shall be deemed the exercise of such trade or employment, or otherwise defining or specifying practices which shall be deemed the exercise of such trade or employment. Art. 24 To see if the Town will vote to construct sewers in the following streets: Upland Road, from Glen Road to • Chandler Street; Glen Road, from Meriam Street to Upland Road; Tower Street; Independence Avenue; Locust Avenue; Smith Avenue; and Robbins Road, and appropriate the sunt of $5,000 and any additional amount, and issue bonds or notes therefor or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 25 To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of making an Aerial Survey of the Town, or to continue the Block Plan System., or for a Town Plan, or for any or all of these projects, or act in any manner relating thereto. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 13 Art. 26. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to install granite curbing on the southerly side of Mass. Avenue from Waltham Street to Winthrop Road, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 27. To see if the Town will vote to change the name of the Section of Middle, Marrett and School Streets and Massachusetts Avenue, commonly known as the State Road, to be hereafter named "Mohawk Trail", or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 28. To see if the Town will vote to purchase 'a new pumping apparatus for the Fire Department or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 29. To see if the Town will make an appropriation and appoint a committee to investigate the advisability of con- structing a swimming pool on the Lexington Playground or to develop the Lexington Reservoir property on Middle Street for swimming purposes, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 30. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to place the fire alarm wires under ground on Massachu- setts Avenue from Woburn Street to the Hayes Fountain, and on Bedford Street from the Hayes Fountain to Elm Avenue, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 31, To see if the Town will appoint a committee to confer with the memorial committee of the Lexington Minute Men, Inc., with reference to their offer to erect on Hastings Park a memorial dedicated to the Lexington Minute Men of 1775, whose courage and sacrifices for Justice and Freedom brought forth a new nation, 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 Lexington, this seventh day of February, A. D., 1928. THEODORE A. CUSTANCE, ALBERT H. BURNHA.'M, JAMES G. ROBERTSON, WILLIAM H. BALLA,RD, FRANCIS CHAMBERLAIN, Selectmen of Lexington. 14 ANNUAL REPORTS Lexington, Mass., February 25, 1928. To the Town Clerk :— I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the vestibule of the Town Hall and in six other public places in the town, and by mailing a printed eopy of the same to every registered voter in the town nine days before the time of said meeting. Attest: JAMES J. SULLIVAN, Constable of Lexington. Lexington, Mass., March 8, 1928 This is to certify that I have this day appointed Helen C. Whittemore, Assistant Town Clerk of Lexington, and that she has been sworn to perform the duties of said office to the best of her knowledge and ability. Attest: Jour H. BANE, Town Clerk. Tows OF LExINoTON ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION March 5, 1928 15 The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the two Precincts as follows: PRECINCT ONE .Clesson C. Schofield Warden Deputy Warden Clerk Deputy Clerk Inspector Inspector Deputy Inspector Deputy Inspector Teller Teller Teller Teller 'Constable Mrs. Mary A. Rowland Charles J. Dailey E11ese Schofield Bartlett J. Harrington Edward L. Crown John S. Fanning Elizabeth C. Wilkinson Martin M. Grady Charles E. Hadley Carl I. Draw Evelyn. G. Broughall Charles E. Wheeler PRECINCT TWO Jay C. Richards Ezra F. Breed Patrick F. Dacey David F. Murphy Ralph H. Marshall John J. Garrity Katherine A. Kiernan William A. Wilkins Norman C. Hooper Samuel B. Bigelow Charles Vaughan James M. Ahern James F. McCarthy Frederick H. Tuliar Irving B. Pierce Charles E. MoIoy Warden Deputy Warden. Clerk Deputy Clerk Inspector Inspector Deputy Deputy Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller :Constable Inepectoy Inspector 16 ANNUAL REPORTS The polls were declared open in each Precinct at six o'clock A. M., and remained open until five P. M., at which time after due notice they were closed. The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. The ballots were counted by the election officers in each Precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The total registration of voters in each Precinct was as follows: Precinct I 730 Precinct II 2343 The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the election officers, together with the unused ballots, and delivered to the Town Clerk at his office. The Town Clerk canvassed the result as follows: Precinct I Ballots east Precinct II Ballots cast 60 203 TOWN CLERK Prec. I. Prec. II. Total John H. Kane 54 191 246 Blanks 6 12 18 John H. Kane was declared elected. SELECTMEN Albert H. Burnham 54 183 Blanks 6 20 Albert H. Burnham was declared elected. TOWN TREASURER John H. Kane 56 Blanks 4 John H. Kane was declared elected. COLLECTOR OF TAXES Byron C. Earle 56 Blanks 4 Byron C. Earle was declared elected. 237 26 190 246 13 17 190 248 13 17 Tow Or LEXINGTON CEMETERY COMMISSIONER Prec. 1. Prec. II. 63 186 7 23 John E. A. MulIiken Blanks John E. A. Mulliken was declared elected. SCHOOL COMMITTEE James Stuart Smith 52 Blanks 8 James Stuart Smith was declared elected. Patrick J. Maguire James J. ,Sullivan Thomas C. Buckley Blanks Patrick JMaguire and James J. Sullivan elected. CONSTABLES 180 23 17 Total 233 30 232 31 53 177 230 49 186 236 1 1 18 42 60 were declared MODERATOR 52 Robert H. Holt Blanks (Robert I -I. Holt was declared elected. PLANNING BOARD 49 60 185 8 18 C. !Edward Glynn William D. Milne Blanks 230 26 174 223 171 221 21 61 82 C. Edward Glynn and William D. Milne were declared elected. PLANNING BOARD (to fill vaccaney) Harry A. Wheeler 49 173 Blanks 11 30 'Harry A. Wheeler was declared elected. TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC TRUSTS Howard S. 0. Nichols 48 177 James Lima 1 Blanks 12 25 Howard S. d. Nichols was declared elected. A true record, Attest : 222 41 225 1 87 JOHN H. IKANB, Town Clerk. 18 ANNUAL REPORTS ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING March 12, 1928 The meeting was called to order by Moderator Robert H. Holt at 7.39 P. M. The Town Clerk proceeded to read the Warrant but on motion the further reading was dispensed with and the Con- stable's Return was then read. Article 10. On motion of Albert H. Burnham, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, it was Voted that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of revenue of the present financial year, and to issue therefore a note or notes to be paid from the revenue of the present financial year. Articles 12, 19 and 24. On motion of Albert H. Burnham, it was voted that articles 12, 19 and 24 be taken up together. Mr. James G. Robertson of the Board of Selectmen there- upon offered the following votes under these articles which were passed unanimously: Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to con- struct a sewer in Tower Street from Locust Avenue to Inde- pendence Avenue a distance of about 700 feet. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to con- struct a sewer in Independence Avenue from Massachusetts Avenue to Locust Avenue, a distance of approximately 1360 feet. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to con- struct a sewer in Smith Avenue from Independence Avenue easterly, a distance of approximately 280 feet. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to con- struct a sewer in Robbins Road from Locust Avenue a distance of approximately 300 feet. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 19 Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to con- struct a sewer in Locust Avenue from Independence Avenue to Robbins Road, a distanee of approximately 320 feet. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to con- struet a sewer in Glen Road from Meriam Street to Upland Road, a distance of approximately 245 feet. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to con- struct a sewer in Upland Road from Glen Road to Chandler Street, a distance of approximately 255 feet. Further voted that for the construction of sewers in Tow- er Street, Independence Avenue, Smith Avenue, Robbins Road, Locust Avenue, Glen Road and Upland Road, the sum of $5,000 be appropriated and assessed. And further voted that the sum of $14,000 be appropriated for the construction of sewers in Tower Street, independence Avenue, Smith Avenue, Robbins Road, Locust Avenue, Glen Road and Upland Road, and that for the purpose of raising the money so appropriated the Town Treasurer be and hereby is au- thorized to Sell, under the direction and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 3% per annum, issued and payable in ac- cordance with law. Voted that the sum of $12,000 be appropriated and as- sessed for Sewer Maintenance. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to install water mains in the following unaccepted streets subject to the usual guarantee : .Independence Avenue, (accepted in part), Wacliu,ett Drive, Crescent. Hill. Avenue, Franklin Avenue, Fair Oaks Drive, Webb Street, Shade Street, (accepted in part), Smith Avenue, Robbins Road, Tower Street, Watson Road, Farnterest Avenue, Cedar Street, (accepted in part), and for the purpose of constructing these mains the sung of $31,000, be appropriated for Water Construction Account, and that for the purpose of raising the money, the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell under the direction of and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 5% per annum issued and pay- able as provided by law. Voted that the sum of $65,000. be appropriated for Water Maintenance Account, the same to be appropriated from the Departmental receipts. 20 ANNUAL REPORTS Article 4. Under this article on motion of Howard S. O. Nichols it was, Voted that the amount of $195,400 be appropriated and assessed for the support of the public schools and for the pay- ment of tuition at vocational schools for the current year, On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was, Voted that the following amount be appropriated and as- sessed for the current year for the support of Outside Poor, $6,000.00. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was, Voted that the following amount be appropriated and assessed for the current year for the maintenance and care of highways, $60,000.00. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was, Voted that the following amount be appropriated and assessed for the current year for the expense of street lights, $21,000.00. Under this article Norman C. Hooper offered the following motion: Voted that the following amount be appropriated and assessed for the current year for the support of the Fire De- partment, $34,250.00. Mr. Albert B. Tenney moved an amendment that Articles 28 and 30 be taken up with Article 4. Mr. Tenney's motion was carried. Mr. Tenney then offered the following motion: 1 move to amend the motion before the House, by sub- stituting the following: "That Article 4 insofar as it relates to the Fire Depart- ment and Articles 28 and 30 be referred to a committee of five (5) to be appointed by the Moderator, one from the Board of Selectmen and Public Works and four other citizens, none of whom shall be office holders or employees of the Town. That this committee study carefully the fire department in all its particulars, especially the adequacy and efficiency of all its apparatus of every kind and description, including the fire alarm system, the personnel of its permanent and call men, and their ability and training for the position held and paid TowN Of LEXINGTON 21 for the location of our station houses and possibilities of con- solidation and relocation—neaw and better sites, if any, for housing—the living accommodations and hours of duty of the permanent members—the laws governing the fire department and its legal relationship to our present form of Government— and our water system, with special reference to the adequacy of street mains for proper fire protection. And that in order to aid the committee in its studies all records of the department together with its entire personnel, as well as that of any other department having any relation- ship of dealings with the fire department be made available kr the attention and consideration of this committee. And that this committee be empowered to employ the ser- vices of a properly qualified fire fighter from any of the Met- ropolitan cities, an 1 it eyeer•a flow the New England Insur- ance Exchange, in order that the committee may be well ad- vised. And that this committee report at a later town meeting its recommendations as to - 1. The necessity for a new pump and two additional per- manent men. 2. The adequacy of the present apparatus including the fire alarm system. 3. Proper number of permanent men and what provisions are now made and should be made in the future for their training. 4. Advisability of consolidating the 2 station houses. 5. Possible location for a new site should a study show consolidation to be advisable. 6. Advisability of a permanent chief. 7. Responsibility of fire department to our Board of Se- lectmen and Public Works, or any other Board of our Town Government. 8. The adequacy of our present water system for proper fire protection. 9. Finally, any and all matters necessary to provide an adequate and efficient fire department, consistent with our ability to pay and the Fire Insurance Exchange's require- ffients." 22 ANNUAL REPORTS Mr. George E. Briggs moved that Mr. Tenney's substitute motion be laid upon the table temporarily to allow an appro- priation to be made for the Fire Department. This motion was carried. Then on motion of Mr. George E. Briggs it [was "Voted that the sum of $29,960. be appropriated and assessed for main- tenance of the Fire Department." On motion of Mr. George E. Briggs, Mr. Albert B. Ten- ney's motion was taken from the table and after some discus- sion was carried by vote of the meeting. Committee appointed : Albert B. Tenney, James G. Robertson,. George H. Gibson. Edward H. Mara and Charles J. Dailey. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it WOE, Voted that the following amount be appropriated and as- sessed for the current year for the expenses of the Appropria- tion Committee, $150.00. Under this article William H. Ballard offered the follow- ing motion Voted that the following amount be appropriated and as- sessed for the current year for the maintenance of Public. Parks, $8,000.00. Dr. Clarence Shannon offered an amendment to this mo- tion to substitute the sum of $5,100.00 for $8,000.00. The meeting voted to substitute this amount and the sum& of $5100.00 was appropriated for public parks: On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was, Voted that the following amount be appropriated and as- sessed for the current year for the salaries and expenses of the Engineering Department, $10,868.00. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was, Voted that the following amount to be appropriated and assessed for the current year for the salary and expenses of the Milk Inspector (of iwhich $300 is for salary) $500.00. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was, Voted that the following amounts be appropriated andl assessed for the current year: TOWN of LEXINGTON For the salary and expenses of the Plumbing Inspector, (of which $1100 is for salary) For the salary of Inspector of Slaughtering For the expenses of April 19th Celebration For the construction and repair of street signs For the maintenance and development of Munroe Cememtery For the maintenance and development of Westview Cemetery For the salary and expenses of Wire Inspector (of which $600 is for salary) For the construction of sidewalks of concrete or other material where the abuttors will pay one-half the expense For the proper observance of Memorial Day, to be ex- pended under the direction of Post 119 of the Grand Army of the Republic For deepening and widening brooks 23 $1,150.00 600.00 250.00 300.00 1,800.00 1,600.00 675.00 2,000.00 250.00 500.00 On motion of Theodore A. Custance the articles relating to Waltham Street Damages and Bedford Street damages were laid on the table. Article 2. Mr. George E. Briggs presented the following report for the Committee on Representative Town Meeting. Lexington, Mass., March 1, 1928 To the Citizens of Lexington In March, 1927, a Committee of Five consisting of George E. Briggs, Joseph R. Cotton, Robert L. Ryder, John E. A. Moniker], and George E. Smith was appointed by the Modera- tor whose duties were setforth under a vote of the Town on December 6, 1926, reading as follows: " Voted that a Committee of Five be appointed by the Moderator to consider and recommend to the Town what action, if any, shall be taken with respect to securing au- thority for representative town meetings." This Committee met on April twenty-eighth and organ- ized with George E. Briggs, Chairman, and Joseph R. Cotton, Secretary. The Committee has held ten meetings throughout the year. From the first your Committee approached the question of a new form of town government with full appreciation of the serious task delegated to them. The open and democratic New 24 ANNUAL REPORTS England town meeting has persisted for almost three hundred years and no better device for self government has ever been conceived. It affords the greatest freedom to the individual citizen to express his own views in open meeting and more- over gives great dignity to the rights and privileges of the most humble citizen. Under such a local government every voter is free to speak, to propose measures, and is entitled to vote on all matters. The adoption of the amendment to the Federal Constitu- tion in 1920 granting full franchise to women resulted in a great increase in the number of registered voters. Whereas in 1919 we had 1279 registered voters in Lexington, we have today a total of men and women voters of 3078. This influx of new voters entitled to attend and participate in our town meetings taxed the capacity of our Town Hall at times of ex- traordinary interest and in the minds of many has raised a grave question as to the legality of such meetings if it could be established that any citizen or citizens desiring to attend and vote had been denied that right. Lexington has not been alone in this vexatious problem but some of our larger towns have faced even more serious complications. It was to relieve the situation that an amend- ment to the State Constitution was proposed and passed in both Senate and House in 1924 and in 1925, and was approved March 2, 1926, whereby it became possible for towns of six thousand or more in population to petition the Legislature for a Limited form of representative town government. Hitherto this privilege •was only granted to towns with a population of twelve thousand and above. The limited form of local town meeting or representative form of town government, as it is called, is briefly this. Upon petition of a majority of the citizens in a town meeting ex- pressly called for that purpose, the Legislature may grant the authority to any town of six thousand or more inhabitants to establish a representative form of government. If Lexington adopted the plan, the town would be divided by the Board of Selectmen into probably not less than four nor more than six geographical divisions or precincts which from time to time may be changed, each precinct containing ap- proximately an equal number of voters. The voters of these several precincts would elect an equal number of voters from each precinct to be town meeting mem- bers; the total number based upon four precincts would be ap- TowN of LExrxoroN 25 • proximately one hundred and twenty town meeting members, representing 4% of the voting strength of the Town. One third would hold office for one year, one third for two years, and one third for three years and after the first election the term of office of all would be for three years. In addition to the elected members there is usually a pro- vision in the act for town meeting members -at -large, Consist- ing of the Moderator, the Selectmen and other principal town officers as well as Chairmen of important Boards. Here in Lexington such a group of ex -officio members if given repre- sentation as above would increase the town meeting members by thirteen, a smaller number than some towns 'due to our present form of local government. These town meeting members and members -at -large, a total of approximately one hundred and thirty-three would constitute the town meetings for the transaction of business. A majority of the town meeting members would undoubtedly constitute a quorum for doing business but a less number would be able to organize temporarily and adjourn from time to time. tion. Such town meeting members would receive no compensa- All such town meetings would be public. Subject to such conditions as may be determined by the representative town meeting, any voter of the town may speak but cannot vote at such meetings unless a town meeting member. Nominations of candidates for town meeting members would be made by nomination papers bearing the signatures of ten or more voters as determined in, the aet, but a town meeting member may become a candidate for re-election by giving written notice to the Town Clerk. The right of all voters to vote for town officers and on all matters acted upon by ballot is not affected. Meetings of all registered voters for balloting at primaries and elections may be held in the several precincts or in the Town Hall as set forth in the petition to the Legislature. Vacancies in the town meeting membership from any precinct may be filled un- til the next election by the remaining town meeting members of the precinct where the vacancy occurs. The representative form of town government also provides for a referendum. No vote passed at any representative town 26 ANNUAL REPORTS meeting with certain exceptions, such as possibly a vote bor- rowing money to pay the town bonds and interest or an emer- gency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of peaee, health, safety or convenience of the town, will be opera- tive until five days, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, after the dissolution of the meeting. During that period a petition may be filed signed by not less than a fixed number of voters as determined in the act (possibly two hundred in Lexington) requiring a referendum to all the voters on any matter passed on by the representative town meeting, whereupon a special meeting of all the voters of the Town will be called by the Selectmen and a vote taken by ballot for the purpose of affirm- ing or reversing the action of the limited town meeting. The act itself would determine the limitations of these exceptions, not subject to referendum, To aid the Committee in its study of this problem infor- mation was sought from the several towns ,rvhieh have adopted this representative from of local town government. Question- naires were sentto the following towns: Arlington, Belmont, Brookline, Dartmouth, Greenfield, Methuen, Milton, Swamp- scott, Dedham, Watertown and Winthrop. The purpose of these questions was to elicit information as to the salient facts of the experience record of each town; the number of regis- tered voters, the number of precincts. of town meeting members, of town meeting members -at -large, the use or abuse of the referendum, the general interest of citizens other than town meeting members in the town meetings, and the attitude of voters generally toward the new form of town government. A letter was sent to each town, one addressed to the Moderator, one to the Town Clerk, one to the Town Counsel, and one each to two members of the Committee which studied and made the report in that town relative to t]ie limited form of town govern- ment. The replies were very satisfactory and the statistics se- cured were of great value to the Committee. In two towns only was the referendum exercised, namely in Greenfield and in Dedham. Almost without exception each reply testified to the fact that the new form of Local government had given general satisfaction. In almost every town there were those who found it difficult to yield to the new order but after the first year or so such mild objecton disappeared. The Committee was unable to secure any facts from any town having about the same number of voters as Lexington as all of the towns which have adopted this plan are in the classification of larger towns. The one exception is the town TOWN OF LEXINGTON 27 of Dartmouth which has 1941 registered voters but that town, like the towns of Milton and Swampscott, adopted the new plan in 1927 to go into operation in the Spring of 1928. These towns have yet to go through the experimental stage. Ded- ham has 4800 registered voters and is perhaps next to Lexing- ton in voting strength although it has a population nearly double that of Lexington. Since Dedham did not find her plan in operation until 1926, the Committee was unable to se- cure any important information from that town as to the suc- cess of the plan. After full publicity in our local papers, a public hearing was held on Monday evening, November 21st last., in Cary Hall. This hearing was very disappointing in that it only at- tracted seven citizens apart from the Committee and of these seven, five were town officers. Government in the abstract never rates as a popular subject and it is without doubt wise to appreciate this fact in appraising the lack of interest at this hearing. Subsequently the Committee also wrote to a group of citi- zens which appeared to them to represent a cross section of our town. These letters asked certain questions with the pur- pose of securing the views of as many as possible relative to this important subject. The replies were in all Cases very thoughtful and of real value to the Committee. They indi- cated, however. a divided opinion although the majority fa- vored the change. It is of interest to note that our new fel- low citizens were more reiuetant to a change of focal govern- ment than some of our long-time residents. It is generally recognized that when all is tranquil, Lex- ington is quite capable of transacting her business under the time-honored sysfem [rhieh we now enjoy, that of the unlim- ited New England town meeting form of town government. We are just now passing through one of those tranquil periods and yet it does not take a prophet to forecast trouble and con- fusion if the town should suddenly be faced with a major prob- lem of town government. A ship is not built for fair weather but for the storms which may buffet it. A town should estab- lish such structural foundations of local government as may be sufficiently responsive to any demand placed upon it by the duly authorized voters of the town, preserving to each his in- alienable right of franchise. Lexington is an ancient New England Town and should yield reluctantly its present form of town government yet your 28 ANNUAL REPORTS Committee is clear in its conviction that no other course will be open as the town continues to grow than to adopt the more elastic scheme of government as provided in the proposed limited form. Although the Committee can see no other al- ternative, yet in view of the gravity of the problem which af- fects the very soul of our town and community life, we are con- strained to move cautiouslf'before recommending that we loose our civic craft from its historic moorings. We regret that the Committee is unable at this time to reach a unanimous con- clusion as to any definite recommendation. If the town is agreeable to the suggestion, the Committee will be glad to con- tinue its work with the hope that a unanimous report may be made at some town meeting in the Fall. Should this report favor a change looking toward the adoption of the limited form of town government, there would then be ample time to draft and file a bill for the next incoming Legislature. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE E. BRIGGS, Chai man, JOSEPH R. OoTTON, ROBERT L. RYDER, Jon -N. E. A. MULLIKEN, GEORGE E. SMITE. Article 5. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was unanimously, Voted that the following amounts be appropriated and assessed for the current year: For salary and expenses of Town Treasurer (of which $700, is for salary) For salary and expenses of Town Clerk (of which $1700 is for salary) For salary and expenses of Collector {of which $2100 is for salary) For expenses of EIections and Registrations For the expenses of the Town Hall For hydrant rental For the maintenance of Village Hall For salary and expenses of Sealer of Weights and $1,075..00 1,804.00 3,970.00 2,000.00 6,000.10 4,935.00 780.00 Measures, (of which ;300 Is for salary) 400.00 For expense of Forest Fires 500.00 For the salary of Dog Officer 50.00 For the maintenance of Hastings Park 5.00 For the inspection of animals 350.00 TowN of LEXINGTON For the support of the Dental Clinic in the Public Schools For vital statistics For the expense of watering troughs For soldiers' burials For soldiers' relief For military aid to be expended under Chapter 115 of the General Laws For the administration of Public Trusts For State Aid For payment of interest upon the public debt For the payment of the $9$,000 bonded indebtedness of the town maturing in 1928 and that the sum of $25,000 be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus Account. (Balance on hand $1437,10) 29 1,700.00 50.00 50.00 100.00 700.00 100.00 80.00 400.00 39,600.00 71,562.90 Under this article Mr. William H. Ballard offered the following motion: Voted that the following amount be appropriated and assessed for the current year for the support of the Police Department, $28,550.00. Dr, James J. Walsh, of the Appropriation Committee, of- fered an amendment that the suni of $29,100.00 be appropri- ated for the Police Department inasmuch as this is the amount recommended by the Appropriation Committee. After some discussion it was Voted that the following amount be appropriated and as- sessed for the current year for the support of the Police Department, $29,100.00. On motion of Albert H. Burnham the following votes were passed: Voted that the following amounts be appropriated and assessed for the current year: For the support of the libraries For the salary and expenses of the Supt. of Public Works (of which $4200 is for salary) For the expense of insurance For the salary and expenses of Town Accountant (of which $2700 is for salary) For salaries and expenses of the Board of Assessors (o! which $900 is for salary of Assessors) $12,173.00 5,400.00 7,543.23 2,900.00 4,275.00 30 ANNUAL REPORTS For salaries and expenses of the Selectmen's Dept. 6,500.00 (of which $260 is for expenses of :Selectmen for, 1928) For the maintenance of public health and sanitation For legal services (of which $500 is for salary of Town Counsel) For unclassified expenses For protection of public shade treesand for the planting of shade trees For the expense of removal of snow 5,000.00 For salary of the Treasurer of the Cary Memorial Li- brary 100.00 For expense of printing and publishing the Town Report .599.40 For expenses of the Planning Board 150.00 For removal of ashes and care of dumps 2,000.00 For maintenance and purchase of traffic beacons 1,250.00 4,000.00 2,000.00 200.00 1,000.00 Article 6. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was Voted that there be appropriated and assessed for the suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths in accordance with Chapter 132 of the General Laws. $4,500.00. Article 7. On motion of Albert 11. Burnham it. was Voted that there be appropriated and assessed for the payment of pensions to retired town veterans under Chapter 32, Section 52-55 of the General Laws, $775.00. Article 8. On motion of AIbert H. Burnham it was Voted that there be appropriated and assessed as a Re- serve Fund for the current year under Chapter 40. Section 6 of the General Laws, $2,500.00. Article 9. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was Voted that there be appropriated and assessed for pen- sions for retired members of the Police and Fire Departments under Chapter 32 of the General Laws, Police Pensions $1,900.00 Fire Pensions 1,115,00 Article 11. On motion of Albert 11. Burnham it was Voted that the sum of $300 be appropriated and assessed for aid to Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home 'Economics. It was also voted to elect Robert P. Trask as Director. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 31 Article 13. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was unanimously Voted that the sum of $20,000 be appropriated and as- sessed for the construction of Massachusetts Avenue from the end of the present permanent construction about opposite Oak Street to Middle Street, provided the State and County eon - tribute a like amount. And further voted that any unexpended balance may be used for other permanent highway construction. Article 14. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to enter into a contract with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, for the construction of any State Highway which may be laid out or constructed in the Town during the present year. Article 15. On motion of Theodore A. Custance it was Voted that the town will indemnify the Commonwealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out, alteration, construction, or reconstruction of State Highway or section of State Highway in Lexington, and that the Selectmen, be authorized to sign an indemnity agreement therefor in behalf of the town indemnifying the Commonwealth as aforesaid. Article 18. Under this article Edward Wood offered the following motion Voted that the sum of $850 be appropriated and assessed for the construction of a fence around the Colonial Cemetery. Wm. Roger Greeley spoke against the proposition of placing a fence around the cemetery and upon motion of Hollis Webster it was, Voted to indefinitely postpone this article. Article 22. On motion of William D. Milne it was, Voted that the sum of $1500 be appropriated and assessed for further study and completion of plans for Vine Brook Drainage. Article 27. After some discussion upon this article it was decided to lay the article on the table. 32 ANNUAL REPORTS Article 2. On motion of Howard S. 0. Nichols it was, "Voted: That a Committee of Seven on Increased School Accommodations be created to eonsist of the School Committee and four other citizens be appointed by the Moderator. This Committee shall study the question of adequately housing Lexington's growing school population and report their find- ings and recommendations as soon as is reasonably possible." Committee: Howard S. 0. Nichols, James Stuart Smith, Minnie A. Glynn, Clara M. Barbour, Charles H. Spaulding, James W. Smith, Neil McIntosh. Article 2. On motion of William H. Ballard it was, Voted that the School Building Committee appointed )March 10, 1924 be discharged. Meeting adjourned at 10.12 P. M. for two weeks, to March 26, 1928. A true record, Attest: JOHN H. KANE, Town Clerk. TowN OF LEXINGTON 33 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING March 26, 1928 The meeting was called to order by Moderator Robert H. Holt at 7.35 P. M. Art. 3. On motion of Albert H. Burnham, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen it was, "Voted that Edward C. Maguire and John C. Russell be elected as Field Drivers for the ensuing year." Art. 4, Under this article on motion of Theodore A. Cus- tanee, it was unanimously, "Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to com- promise for $3,910.00, the petition for damages arising out of the widening of Waltham Street brought by Harry M. Aldrich, and that $3,910.00 be appropriated and assessed for that pur- pose." Art. 4. Under this article on motion of Theodore A. Cus- tanee, it was unanimously, "Voted that the following amount be appropriated and assessed for the current year for Bedford Street damages, $435.00." Art. 16. Under this article on motion of Albert H. Burn- ham, it was unanimously, "Voted that the report of progress of the Board of Se- lectmen relative to purchase of land to be used for a Public Works Department and as a site for the new building to house the Fire Department be accepted and placed on file, and that the Selectmen, be given further time to report their recommendations." The above report was made verbally by the Chairman. Art. 17. Under this article on motion of Theodore A. Custance it was: "Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit of the 1928 accounts." S4 ANNUAL REPORTS Art. 20. Under this article the motion of Theodore A. Custanee was discussed: The motion read as follows: "Voted that the Board of Selectmen be instructed to pe- tition the County Commissioners to lay out to a width of sixty (60) feet and to relocate and order specific repairs on Waltham Street from its junction with Massachusetts Avenue to Middle Street." On motion of Walter S. Beatty it was voted to indefi- nitely postpone the article. .Art. 21. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. Art. 25. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. Art. 27. Under this article Clyde E. Steeves offered the. following motion, "That the Town vote to change the name of the Section of Middle, Marrett and School Streets and Massachusetts Avenue, commonly known as State Road, to be hereafter named "Mohawk Trail." Mr. Albert H. Burnham moved an amendment that Massa- chusetts .Avenue be eliminated from the motion before the house. Mr. Burnham's motion was passed. Mr. James A. Peirce then presented a substitute motion as follows: "Voted that names of the sections of the following streets: Middle Street from Massachusetts Avenue to' School Street, School Street from Middle Street to Marrett Street, Marrett Street from School Street to Massachusetts Avenue, Marrett Street to Lincoln line, be changed to Marrett Road." Mr. Peirce's motion was then passed by the meeting. Art. 29. Under this article Albert H. Burnham offered the following motion: Voted that a Committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to investigate the advisability of constructing a swimming pool on the Lexington Playground or to develop TOWN OF LEXINGTON 35 the Lexington Reservoir property on Middle Street for swim- ming purposes, and that the sum of $500 be appropriated and assessed for this investigation and expenses of the Com- mittee. Dr. Clarence Shannon offered the following amendment. "That the Committee be five in number and that one of these be a member of the Board of Selectmen." Dr. Shannon's amendment was passed by vote of the meeting. Frederick L. Emery then moved an amendment "That this committee confer with the Planning Board and that the $500 be expended in conjunction with the engineers employed by the town." Mr. Emery's amendment was declared lost but several doubted the vote and a rising vote was taken. 66 voted in the affirmative and 45 in the negative, and Mr. Emery's mo- tion was declared carried. The original motion as amended was then put before the house and passed by a rising vote of 90 in the affirmative and 13 in the negative. The original motion as amended reads as follows: "Voted that a Committee of five, one to be a member of the Board of Selectmen. be appointed by the Moderator to investigate the advisability of constructing a swimming pool on the Lexington Playground or to develop the Lexing- ton Reservoir property on Middle Street for swimming pur- poses, and that the sum of $500.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for this investigation and expenses of the committee, and that this committee confer with the Planning Board and that the $500.00 be expended in conjunction with the engineers employed by the Town." Committee appointed: Dr. Clarence Shannon, Robert P. Trask, •William H. Ballard, William E. lIulliken and Donald Wilson. Art. 31. Under this article on motion of Ezra F. Breed it was "Voted: That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to confer with the memorial committee of the Lex- ington Minute -Man, Incorporated, with reference to their of- fer to erect on Hastings Park a memorial dedicated to the Lexington Minute -Men of 1775, whose courage and sacrifices ■ 36 ANNUAL REPORTS for Justice and Freedom brought forth a new nation, and that said committee report at a subsequent town meeting. Committee appointed: Edward C. Stone, Arthur N. Mad- dison, Waldo F. Glidden, Willard C. Hill and W. Roger Greeley, Art. 2. Under this article the report of the Committee on Housing the Fire Alarm system was read as follows: March 26, 1928. Under Article No. 2 the Committee appointed by the Moderator on Removing and Rousing of the Fire Whistle Apparatus begs to offer the following report: We recommend that the apparatus now housed in the Town Hall for the purpose of sounding fire alarms on the whistle be removed at an early date and placed temporarily in a portion of the sheds now located at the rear of the Town Hall We recommend that the Board of Selectmen enter into agreement with Rubin & Seligman, owners of the Town Hall Property, to the effect that this whistle apparatus may be located in a portion of these sheds for a term of two years. EDWARD W. TAYLOR, G. F. PARSONS. Mr. Theodore A. Custanee then submitted the following motion : Voted that the final report of the Committee on housing the fire alarm system be accepted, and that the Fire Engineers be instructed to remove the fire alarm system from the present Town Hall Building and relocate it subject to the approval of the •Selectmen. Mr. George E. Briggs offered a substitute motion that the report of the .Committee on removing and housing the Fire Whistle apparatus be accepted and that the matter be re- ferred to the investigating committee to be appointed under vote passed under Article 4 of the Town Meting, March 12, 1928. After explanation of the necessity for immediate action on this matter, Mr. Briggs agreed to withdraw his motion. The motion as offered by Mr. Constance was then passed by vote of the meeting. TowN OE LEXINGTON 37 Art. 2. Under this article on motion of Roland E. Gar- mon, it was Voted, "Whereas at the present time there is valuable and interesting material pertaining to the patriotic services of our citizens scattered at large throughout the town in the hands of citizens and organizations. And whereas it would be more in keeping to have it collected in a eentral headquarters in the custody of proper officials, indexed, labeIled, and catalogued, be it voted: That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator for the purpose of investigating, discovering, securing and if possible collecting any and all interesting relies or documents pertaining to the services or activities of any of the citizens of Lexington or of the organizations of the town rendered during any or all periods that the country was at war and to reportback to the town the result of its survey with reeommendations as to the future safe keeping of such his- torical data to the end that it may be safely kept for and accessible to posterity." Committee appointed : Edwin B. Worthen, Emma O. Nichols, Bertha M. Ilutchinson, Dr. Fred S. Piper, Roland E. Garmon. The meeting dissolved at 9.40 P. M. A true record, Attest: Jonx H. IKANE, Town Clerk. 38 ANNUAL REPORTS WARRANT FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are quali- fied to vote in Primaries to meet in TOWN HALL, LEXINGTON, AND EMERSON HALL, EAST LEXINGTON, TUESDAY, THE TWENTY-FOURTH DAY OF APRIL, 1928,. at 4 o'clock P. M., for the following purposes : To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Election of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices: 7 Delegates at large to the National Convention of the Repub- lican Party. 7 Alternate Delegates at large to the National Convention of the Republican Party. 8 Delegates at large to the National Convention of the Demo- cratic Party. 8 Alternate Delegates at large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party. 2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Repub- lican Party. 5th Congressional Dist. 2 AIternate District. Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party. 5th Congressional Dist. 4 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Demo- cratic Party. 5th Congressional Dist. 4 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party. 5th Congressional Dist. PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE Preference for Republican Candidate for President of the United States. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 39 Preference for Democratic Candidate for President of the United States. The ,polls will be open from 4 P. M. to 8 P. M. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town. Hereof, foil not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting. Oven wader our hands this 10th dany of April, A. D. 1928. ALBERT H. BURNHAM, THEODORE A. CUSTANCE, FRANCIS CHAMBERLAIN, J,.>ins G. ROBERTSON, WILLIAM H. BALLARD, Selectmen of Lexington. Lexington, Mass. April 16, 1928. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the vestibule of the Town Hall and in six other public places in the town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest: JAMES J. SULLIVAN, Constable of Lexington. 40 ANNUAL REPORTS PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY April 24, 1928 The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the two Precincts as follows: Precinct I. Ciesson C. Schofield Warden Mary A. Rowland Deputy Warden Charles J. Daily Clerk Katherine A. Russell Deputy Clerk Bartlett J, Harrington Inspector Edward L. Crown Inspector John IS. Fanning Deputy Inspector Elizabeth C. Wilkinson Deputy Inspectbr Charles E. Wheeler Constable Martin M. Grady Teller Charles E. Hadley Teller Carl I. Drew Teller George F. Harrington Teller Charles E, Wheeler Constable Precinct IL Jay 0. Richards Warden Ezra F. Breed Deputy Warden Patrick F. Dacey Clerk David F. Murphy Deputy Clerk Ralph H. Marshall Inspector John J. Garrity Inspector Katherine A. Kiernan Deputy Inspector Marion W. Jackson Deputy Inspector Samuel B. Bigelow Teller Charles Vaughan Teller James McCarthy Teller Irving B. Pierce Teller Charles E. Moloy Constable The polls were declared open in each Precinct at four o'clock P. M., and remained open until eight o'clock P. M. at which time after due notice they were closed. TOWN or LEXINGTON 41 The Election officers were sworn to the faithful perform- ance of their duties. The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the election officers, together with the unused ballots, delivered to the Town Clerk at this office. The total i : gistration of voters was 3074. The Town Clerk canvassed the result as follows: Precinct T. Ballots Cast, Democratic, 15 Republican, 87 Precinct II. Ballots Cast, Democratic, 35 Republican 334 REPUBLICAN DELEGATES AT LARGE Prec. I Prec. II Total William M. Butler 16 288 364 Frederick H. Gillett 71 294 365 Channing H. Cox 74 265 339 Eben S. Draper 64 239 303 Pauline R. Thayer 59 250 309 Minnie R. Dwight 53 217 270 Grace H. Bagley 53 209 262 Frederick L. Anderson 39 152 191 Alvan T. Fuller 1 1 Blanks 120 '423 543 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE Louise M. Williams 59 242 301. Mary Pratt Potter 55 244 299 Eliot Wadsworth 66 254 320 Frederick H. Prince 55. 247 302 Butler Ames 62 248 310 Edwin F. Leonard 58 239 297 Raoul H. Beaudreau 55 228 283 Blanks 199 636 835 42 ANNUAL REPORTS DISTRICT DELEGATES, FIFTH DISTRICT Charles P. Howard 60 257 Charles A. Stevens 61 221 Irving A. Priest 20 42 Blanks 33 148 317 282 62 181 ALTERNATE DISTRICT DEIIEGATES FIFTH DISTRICT Frank M. Andrew 59 239 298 Edward T. Simoneau 51 221 272 Blanks 64 208 272 PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRECINCT I. Alfred Smith 1 Smith 1 Herbert Hoover 30 Vice Pres. Dawes 1 C. H. Hoover 1 Mr. Hoover 4 Herbert C. Hoover 8 Hoover 31 Blanks 16 PRECINCT II. Herbert Hoover 168 Hoover 95 Charles Evans Hughes 1 Calvin Coolidge 10 Herbert L. Hoover 2 Herbert C. Hoover 3 Alvan T. Fuller 1 Mr. Hoover 9 Coolidge 1 H. S. Hoover 1 Dawes 3 Mr. Herbert Hoover 2 Calvin S. Coolidge 1 Mr. H. Hoover 1 Alfred E. Smith 1 Charles G. Dawes 3 Herbert S. Hoover 1 George W. Briggs 1 Senator Borah 1 William Dawes 1 Alvan T. Fuller 1 TowN of LExmomoN Charles Dawes Herbert H. Hoover Blanks DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES AT LARGE Prec, 1 Free. II 14 32 12 29 11 27 .11 28 10 26 12 27 12 28 11. 27 2 8 10 48 David I. Walsh James M. Curley Andrew J. Peters Charles H. Cole Joseph B. Ely Helen A. MacDonald William J. Foley Edward J. Kelley Lawrence F. Quigley BIanks ALTERNATE Charles H. McG1ue Strabo V. Ciaggett Joseph Santosuosso Bernard M. Wolf EIizabeth C. McInerney Dorothy Whipple Fry James A. Donovan DELEGATES AT LARGE 11 26 8 25 9 23 9 25 10 25 9 25 9 26 Raymond V. McNamara 9 27 31 78 Blanks DISTRICT DELEGATES—FIFTH DISTRICT 4 18 11 22 4 22 6 11 6 9 2 1 Katherine F. McCarthy 9 16 Edward J. Rogers 5 5 BIanks 13 36 John W. Duey Cornelius P. Cronin Cornelius Desmond, Sr. John J. Gilbride Joseph M. Halloran James F. Heslin ALTERNATE DISTRICT 43 1 1 25 Total 46 41 38 39 36 37 40 38 10 58 37 33 32 34 35 34 35 36 109 22 33 26 17 15 3 25 10 49 DELEGATES --FIFTH DISTRICT Frec.I Prec. II Total 9 23 32 9 21 30 James V. Rennessy Sarah G. Sparks Patrick J. Meehan John J. O'Connor 8 22 9 21 30 30 44 ANNUAL REPORTS Michael J. Kelley 2 2 4 John P. O'Connell 2 1 3 Henry J. Sullivan 2 2 4 Blanks 64 48 112 PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE Precinct 1. Thomas J. Walsh 1 Alfred E. Smith 4 Gov. Alfred E. Smith 2 A. G. Smith 2 Alfred Smith . 1 Smith 2 Blanks 8 Precinct IL Smith 7 Geo. Alfred. Smith 4 Alfred E. Smith 10 Al Smith 2 Albert 'Smith 1 Alfred Smith 1 Gov. A. Smith 1 Blanks 9 A true record, Attest: JoRrr H. SANE, Town Clerk. AMENDMENT TO BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON Adopted at a Town Meeting, December 8, 1927. Approved by Attorney General, March 23, 1928, Published in Lexington Times, April 6, 13, and 20, 192E_ Voted that the Town amend the first paragraph of Article III, Section 5 of the Code of By -Laws of 1922 by substituting therefore the following: "The annual meeting ,of the Town shall be called for six o'clock in the morning and thereafter the polls shall be open continuously for voting until eight o'clock in the evening. Im. TOWN Of LEXINGTON 45 mediately upon the announcement of the result of the voting, such meeting shall stand adjourned until eight o'clock in the evening of the following Monday." Boston, Mass. March 23, 1928. The foregoing by-laws are hereby approved, ARTHUR K. READING, Attorney General. Lexington, glass. I hereby certify that the foregoing By -Laws amending the first paragraph of Article III, Section 5, of the Code of By - Laws of 1922 by substituting the following section, was duly adopted at a Town Meeting, December 8, 1927, approved by the Attorney General and published in the Lexington Times, April 6, 13, and 20, 1928. A true record, Attest: JOHN H. KANE, Town Clerk. 46 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN WARRANT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS. 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 TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY OF JUNE, 1928, at 8 P. M. Art. 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town, and to 'appoint other Committees. Art, 2. To 'see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to enter into a contract to collect garbage in sec- tions of the town to be determined by them or to authorize the Selectmen to enter into a contract with persons or cor- porations for town collection of garbage in sections to be designated by the Selectmen, appropriate money for the cost of such collection,•or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 3. To see if the town will vote to construct sewers in the following streets: Glen Road, from Upland Road to Oakland Street: Eliot Road, from Massachusetts Avenue through land of James P. Munroe' and Sumner Robinson, Trus- tees, to Tavern Lane, thence in Tavern Lane to Eliot Road, and in Eliot Road from Pelham Road to Warren Street; Hast- ings Road from Lincoln Street to Massachusetts Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue from Hastings Road to Audubon Road ; Waltham Street, from the north branch of Vine Brook near Forest Street in a southwesterly direction approximately 950 feet, and appropriate money for said construction, issue bonds or notes therefore, or act any manner relating thereto. Art. 4. To see if the Town will notify the City of Wal- tham and the Commissioner of Mental Diseases on or before December first in the current year rthat it does not desire to TOWN OF LEXINGTON 47 avail itself of the opportunity of connecting the sewers of that area of Lexington in the valley of Beaver Brook as described in See. 1 of Chapter 372 of +"e Acts of 1928with the sewers provided for in the said chapter, or take any other action with respect to said statute or the provisions for the Town of Lex- ington therein contained. Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or to accept the lay -out of York Street from Meriam Street a distance of approximately 700 feet, all aa laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk's office, appropriate money, by transfer from other accounts, by issue of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation. Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or to accept the lay -out of Simonds Road from Bedford Street to Burlington Street, all as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk's office, appro- priate money, by transfer from other accounts, by issue of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation. Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way or to accept the lay -out of Prospect Hill Road from Marrett Road to Waehusett Drive, all as laid out by the Select- men, and shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office, appropriate money. by transfer from other accounts, by issue of bonds or notes or by direct appropriation. Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sunt of $1500 to continue work on the Block Plan. Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the following accounts: Forest Fires, Law Department, Soldiers' Relief, Sidewalks, Unclassified, Moving Fire Alarm Apparatus, Rental Town Hall sheds, Proportionate taxes Town Hall Property, Town Hall Account. Art. 10. To see if the Town rwill vote to instruct the Se- lectmen to increase the candle power of the street lights on Massachusetts Avenue from Woburn Street to Clarke Street and appropriate additional money for the street lighting ac- count, to cover the cost of such increase, or aet in any manner relating thereto. Art 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the use of the Committee appointed under Article 4 of the annual town Warrant, to investigate the fire depart- ment and water department. 48 ANNUAL REPORTS Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to amend the zoning law to include as an R. 1 district, for single family dwell- ings, such residential area as is now zoned under R. 2, for two=family dwellings, bounded by the Playground and its en- trance ways, Massachusetts Avenue and eaof Waltham Street. Thi will include the residential areas upon st Street, Forest Court, unaccepted part of Forest Street, Parker Street, Jackson Court, Clarke Street, Raymond Street, Muzzey Street and Waltham Street. Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to install street lights in Cary Avenue. Art, 14. To see if the Town will authorize and direct its Board of Selectmen to execute, acknowledge and deliver in its name and behalf, a deed running in favor of John E. Hoss- field of said Lexington, releasing to him all its right, title and interest, if any, in a certain parcel of land being lot numbered 14 in block numbered 18 fronting on Reed Street in said Town, shown on plan of lots of Mark C. Meagher, said plan recorded in the Southern District of Middlesex County Registry of Deeds, Book 77 and dated 1892, and being the lot described in a deed of the Town of Lexington to said John E. Hossfield dated March 3, 1925 recorded with said Deeds Book 4819, Page 506 which lot said town acquired from its collec- tor of taxes in 1908 ; or aet in any other manner relating thereto. • Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen, to provide for surveys of the water and sewer areas of the town. Hereof, fail not, and make due return, of this Warrant, toith your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. G-ven under our hands, at Lexington, this twelfth, day of June, A. D., 1928. ALBERT H. BURNHA I, THEODORE A. CUSTANCE, FRANCIS CHAMBERLAIN, JAMES G. ROBERTSON, Selectmen of Lexington. TOWN OP LEXINGTON 49 Lexington, Mass. June 21, 1928 To the Town Clerk: 1 have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing warrant in the Post Office, in the Vestibule of the Town Office Building and in six other public places in the town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest: JAMES J. SULLIVAN, Constable of Lexington. • 50 ANN UAL REPORTS TOWN MEETING June 28, 1928 Meeting ►Fas called to order by the Town Clerk, John H. Kane, at 8 P. M. The Moderator, Robert H. Holt, not being present, on mo- tion o£ George E. Briggs, Senator Joseph R. Cotton was nom- inated and elected as Moderator. Art, 2. On motion of Albert H. Burnham, Chairman of the Selectmen, it was voted to take up Article 2. Under this article Mr. Burnham offered the following motion: "Voted that. the 13oard of Selectmen, acting as a Board of Health, be and hereby are authorized to undertake the col- lection of garbage in sueh portions of the town as they may deem advisable from time to time, and that the sum of $3,000. be appropriated and assessed to cover the cost of such col- lection." Dr. Clarence Shannon then offered the following as a substitute motion: "Voted that the Board of Selectmen, acting as a Board of Health be and hereby are authorized to undertake the collee- tion of garbage in such portions of the town as they may deem advisable from time to time, and that the sum of $1.000. be appropriated and assessed and that such condition he by con- tract." Mr, Elwyn G. Preston spoke on the subject expressing t]ie thought that he did not believe that the Selectmen would be able to make a good contract, if the vote stated that the col- lection should be done by contract. Mr. James G. Robertson of the Selectmen also spoke against the appropriation of $1000. inasmuch as this would tie the Selectmen up to collecting the garbage by contract only, and as the proposition was new to the Board, he felt that they should be given an opportunity to find out the best way to TOWN o' LEXINGTON 51 handle the garbage collection, and he hoped the substitute motion would not prevail. Vote was taken on the substitute motion of Dr. Clarence Shannon, and the amendment was lost. The original motion offered by Mr. Albert 11. Burnham leas then passed by vote of the meeting at 8.16 P. M. Art. 3. Under this article Mr. Burnham offered the fol- lowing motions each to be taken up separately. "Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to con- struct a sewer in Glen Road from Upland Road to Oakland Street, a distance of approximate!S- 320 feet." The above vote was passed unanimously by the meeting. Under this article Mr, Burnham offered the following motion: "Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Eliot Road, from Massachusetts Avenue through land of James P. Munroe and Sumner Robinson, Trus- tees, to Tavern Lane, thence in Tavern Lane to Eliot Road, and in Eliot Road from Pelham Road to Warren Street, a dis- tance of approximately 2,000 feet." Under this article, Mr. Galt F. Parsons stated that he did not believe there was any necessity of a sewer up Warren Street and offered the motion that this article be indefinitely postponed. Mr. Custance of the Selectmen explained that there were applications for the sewer in Eliot Road and that it might be possible itwould not go as far as Warren Street, but request has been made in that vicinity, and the Board should have the authority to extend if necessary. After this explanation. Mr. Parsons' motion for indefinite postponement was lost, and the original motion offered by Mr. Burnham was passed by vote of the meeting. The following motion, which was offered by Mr. Albert H. Burnham was passed unanimously: "Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to con- struct a sewer in Hastings Road from Lincoln Street to Mass- achusetts Avenue, and Massachusetts Averse, from Hastings Road to Audubon Road, a distance of approximately 700 feet." Art. 4. Under this article, on motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham, it was "Voted to indefinitely postpone the article." 52 ANNUAL REPORTS Mr. Custance explained that through the efforts of the Senator and Representative of Lexington, the Town of Lex- ington was given an opportunity to decide whether they desire to enter the sewer to be constructed for the Hospital for Men- tal Diseases being located in Belmont, Waltham and Lexing- ton. In this article in the Warrant the Selectmen are asking for an appropriation to have the Engineering Survey made of this section of the Town so that they may determine before De- cember 1, 1928, whether it would be feasible for the Town to enter the sewer providet by Section one, Chapter 372 of the Acts of 1928. Art. 9. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham the fol- lowing votes were passed unanimously: "Voted that the following amounts be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus account to the following ac- counts: Law Department Unclassified Forest Fires Proportionate taxes as Rental of Town Hall, April 1, 1928 to June 30, 1928 $1,500 300 200 500 And further voted that the following amounts be appro- priated and assessed for the following accounts: Soldiers' Relief Relocation Fire Alarm Tanks and Whistle Rental of Town Hall Sheds Sidewalk construction (of concrete or other material where the abuttors will pay one-half the cost) 2,000 The Chairman of the Appropriation Committee stated that the appropriations were approved by the Committee. Art. 10. On motion c£ Mr. Albert H. Burnham. Article 10 was taken up. Under this article Mr. William R. S. Eaton offered the fol- lowina motion: "Voted that the Board of Selectmen be instructed to in- crease the candle power of the street lights on Massachusetts Avenue from Woburn Street to Clarke Street to 600 c. p. and $300 800 175 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 53 that the sum of $500. be appropriated and assessed to increase the street lighting account to provide for this increase in candle power." Mr. William Roger Greeley asked the purpose of the increase in candle power whether for display or prevention of danger. Mr. Eaton explained that it was for both, and would cost approximately $1523 additional each year for maintenance. Dr. Clarence Shannon explained that the Selectmen in- tended to increase the candle power in front of the New Me- morial Building and the Town Office Building, inasmuch as these buildings will not be rwell lighted by the present lighting system and that it was an opportunity to increase all of the lights through the center of the town, and in this way give better Police protection than we• now have. Mr. William H. Ballard of the Selectmen, stated that the Board voted to install 250 candle power Lights in front of the Cary Memorial and Town Office Buildings on Massachusetts Avenue, but did not approve any further increase. Ile stated that the additional expense of operating 600 c. p. lights in the center of the Town might well be spent upon some other project of the Town's needs, inasmuch as this was an in- crease in current expenses which would occur every year. Mr. R. Coman Savoye spoke in favor of the increased lighting as did Mr. Albert B. Tenney. Mr, Tenney felt that the cost of the increase was very reasonable and that the Na- tional Safety Council was advocating better lighting as a means of protection. Mr. Carl Damon spoke against the increase to 600 c. p. lights as did also Mr. Francis Chamberlain of the Selectmen. Mr. Eugene J. -Piano spoke in favor of the proposition stating that he felt that the property owners through the cen- ter of the Town were entitled to increased lighting inasmuch as the property had increased in assessment to a great extent, and there has been no increase in the lighting for some year. After this discussion the motion offered by Mr. William R. S. Eaton was passed by vote of the meeting. Art. 13. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was, "Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to install street lights in Cary Avenue." 54 ANNUAL REPORTS Art. 14. On motion of Albert H. Burnham it was, "Voted that the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, be, and they hereby are. authorized, instructed and directed, to execute, acknowledge and deliver in the name and behalf of said Town, a deed runnintr in favor of John E. Hossfield of said Lexington, releasing all the right, title and interest of said Town, if any, in lot numbered 14 in Block numbered 18 fronting on Reed Street on a plan of lots of Mark C. Meagher, surveyed by E. A. W. Hammatt, Civil En- gineer and recorded in the Southern District of Middlesex County Registry of Deeds, Book 77, dated 1892, meaning and intending hereby to authorize and direct said Board of Select- men to release in the name and behalf of said Town. alt right, title and interest of said Town that it may have in the above described real estate, originally acquired under a deed from the Collector of Taxes of said Town dated December 24, 1908, and recorded with said deeds, book 3400 page 327 and conveyed to said Hossfiekd by Treasurer of said Town Mar. 3, 1925 by deed recorded in said Registry book 4819 page 506." Mr. Sydney R. Wrightington explained that the above vote was required to release the property mentioned in the above vote. Art. 1. Under this article Mr. Willard C. Hill offered the report of the Committee to solicit Funds for the Airplane Car- rier Lexington. Mr. Hill read the report of the Committee and placed on file the records of the Treasurer of this Committee. It 'was voted to accept the report of the Committee, place the same on file, and discharge the Committee. It was then voted to lay Article 1 upon the table. Report of Committee, appointed by the Moderator, to collect funds and arrange for a Memorial to be presented to the U. S. 8. Lexington, on behalf of the Town The Committee organized as follows: Willard C. Hill, Chairman Galen A. Russell, Treasurer Mrs. Beulah I,. Sherburne Dr. John H. Kane Roger S. Clapp TOWN OF LEXINGTON 55 After consultation with the previous Committee, the Sec- retary of the Navy and Officials of the Ship LEXINGTON, we ascertained that the most desirable and acceptable gift would be a Silver Service. Upon careful consideration and after Innch time and thought had been expended on the part of our fellow member, Mrs. Sherburne, we decided on a Colonial type that we felt world properly and worthily represent the Town. The order was plaeed with Mr. George C. Gebelein, an ex- pert silver craftsman, and one who had had similar commis- sions in the past.. The service consisted of the following pieces and took about six months to complete. 1 30 -inch Salver 1 Water Kettle and Stand 1 Coffee Pot 1 Tea Pot 1 Sugar Bowl 1 Cream Pitcher 1 Waste Bowl. The Seal of the Town of Lexington, surrounded by a bright cut Colonial Scroll Manteling, was beautifully en- graved on each piece. On the large Tray under an enlarged replica of the Seal was engraved in Colonial lettering U. S. S. LEXINGTON PRESENTED BY THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 1928 The presentation took place on the Ship, while in the Government Dry Dock at South Boston, on January 28th, 1928. The Selectmen eo-operated in every way possible to make the affair a success, and, notwithstanding a very disagree- able snow storm it was a memorable occasion. Furthermore, the Selectmen appointed a Committee, of which William Roger Greeley was General Chairman, to en- tertain the Officers of the Ship, with their Ladies, on Saturday evening, February 4th, 1928. An old fashioned Turkey Din- ner was served at Buckman Tavern. iwhich was decorated in Colonial style, and all those taking part in providing the en - 56 ANNUAL REPORTS tertainment were dressed in costumes of the olden times. The success of this affair was' principally due to the work of the Chairman, Mrs. A. B. Tenney. Later in the evening a recep- tion and dance was held at the Old Belfry Club, to which the public was invited. From numerous comments and letters received from the Officers we earnestly congratulate the Committee on Arrange- ments. A great deal of credit is due not only to those men- tioned but to the other Sub Chairman, Mr. John H. Devine, Mr. Arthur N. Maddison and Mr. A. Edward Rowse, who to- gether with the members of the various Committees helped to make the event a great success. We collected $2,066.72 and expended $2,011.40, leaving a balance of $55.72, which was returned to the largest donor to the fund. Filed with this report is a complete report by the Treas- urer, G-alen A. Russell, which shows all the votes of the Com- mittee in connection with financial matters and gives a com- plete reeord of all moneys received and expended. Respectfully submitted, WILLARD C. HALL, Chairman. Art. 15_ On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham it was "Voted that the sum of $4000. be appropriated and as- sessed to be spent under the direction of the Selectmen to pro- vide surveys of the sewer area of the Town to determine first whether it would be best for the Town to accept the provisions of Section 1, Chapter 372, Acts of 1928, in respect to the Town of Lexington entering the South Metropolitan Sewerage Dis- trict and to secure information as to future sewerage needs of the town." Mr. George E. Briggs spoke in favor of this motion stat- ing that he felt that it was very wise to make a study of the sewerage system of the Town to determine whether the future needs of the Town demanded an increase in the present system. Mr. Theodore A. Custance of the Board of Selectmen also spoke in favor of the motion. Art. 11. Under this article on the motion of Dr. Clar- ence Shannon it was TOWN OF LEXINGTON 57 "Voted that the sum of $500. be appropriated and as- sessed for the use of the Committee appointed uder Art. 4 of the Annual Town Warrant to investigate the Fire and Water Departments." Mr. Albert B. Tenney explained that this money was need- ed for the use of the Committee so that they may complete the investigation of the Fire and Water Departments. Dr. Clarence Shannon stated that the Appropriation Com- mittee were in favor of the appropriation. Art 12. Under this article Mr. Walter C. Ballard offered the following motion: "Voted that the Zoning By -Law and Zoning Map of the Town be and hereby is amended so as to change from an R-2 district, for two-family dwellings, to an R.-1 district, for one - family dwellings, such portion of the area bounded by the Lexington Center Park and Playground and its entrance ways, Massachusetts Avenue and Waltham Street, as is now defined and bounded as an R-2 district on the Zoning map which is a part of the Zoning Law of the Town. Mr. Albert H. Burnham, Chairman of the Selectmen read a letter from the Planning Board in which they stated that they approved of the change in the Zoning Law. Mr. Walter C. Ballard then spoke in favor of the motion which he offered. Mr. William E. Mulliken stated that he felt that the high assessment in this section did not warrant restricting the land to single houses. He then offered a motion for indefinite post- ponement of this article. Mr. Lawrence G. Mitchell of Parker Street spoke in favor of the adoption of the vote inasmuch as he felt that one family districts make a better community. Mr. William Roger Greeley stated that he attended the hearing before the Planning Board and all persons present twere in favor of the project except one. The motion offered by William E. Mulliken for indefin- ite postponement was lostby a vote of 104 in the affirmative and none in the negative. The original motion then offered by Walter C. Ballard was passed by vote of the meeting. 58 ANNUAL REPORTS Art. 5 Under this article on motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was "Voted that the Town accept the layout of York Street from Meriam Street, a distanee of approximately 700 feet as laid out by the Selectmen, June 19, 1928, and shown on a certain plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office entitled "Plan of York Street, Lexington, Mass. Scale one inch equals 40 feet, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer." and further voted that for the purpose of constructing said street the sum of $3,000.be appropriated and assessed." Mr. Stetson Humphrey of York Street asked that 400 of 500 feet more of York Street be accepted as it was in very bad condition. but he was informed that this could not be done by vote at this meeting without having a preliminary appli- cation and proper hearings. The Chairman of the Appropriation Committee stated that the Committee approved the appropriation for this Street eonstruct.ion. The reading of the description of the layout of York Street was waived. The description, however, reads as follows: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Lexington, Mass., June 19, 1928. Town of Lexington, Selectmen's Room Ata meeting of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, after having given written notice of the intention of said Board, as required by law, to lay out as a town way York Street, from Meriam Street seven hundred (700) feet more or less, all as hereinafter more fully appears, and after public hearing thereon held on the 15th day of June, 1928 and no objections having been made; Now upon consideration of the matter, it is ORDERED: That the Board of Selectmen is of the opinion that public necessity and convenience require that said York Street be laid outand established as a public town way, and the same hereby is laid out and established as a public town way, respectively as follows: The southerly line of York Street begins at a point in the easterly line of Meriam Street 11.69 feet northeasterly of the beginning of Oakmount Circle in the said easterly line TowN OF LEXINGTON 59 of Meriam Street and thence north 43° 59' 30" east along a line tangent to the curve of said easterly line of Meriani Street at said point distant 24.45 feet to a point of curvature thence bearing to the right with a curve of 185.67 feet radius distant 94.60 feet to a point of compound curvature thence bearing to the right with a curve of 714.00 feet radius distant 168.65 feet to a point of tangency thence north 86° 43' 04" east distant 289.26 feet to a point of curvature thence bearing to the right with a curve of 158.60 feet radius distant 177.12 feet. The northerly line of York Street begins at a point in the easterly line of Meriam Street near Oakmount 'Circle and thence bearing to the left with a curve of 18.50 feet radius distant 35.70 feet to a point of reverse curvature thence bear- ing to the right with a curve of 764.00 feet radius distant 180.46 feet to a point of tangency thence north 86° 43' 04" east distant 289.26 feet to a point of curvature thence bearing to the right with a curve of 208.60 feet radius distant 235.05 feet. The above described lines are parallel with and distant 50.00 feet from each other with the exception of the curved intersections of said lines with said easterly line of Meriam Street. The above description is intended to conform to the plan of said street entitled "Plan of York Street, Lexington, Mass., Scale 1 inch -40 feet, June 5, 1928, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer," which plan is on file in the Town Clerk's Office in said Lexington and a copy of which will be recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds with a copy of this order. .And said Board having considered the question of damages sustained by the owners of lands across and through which said ways have been laid out and established as aforesaid, hereby determines that no damages are sustained and no damages are awarded, and said Board hereby declares that all acts done herein are done under the provisions of lav authorizing the as- sessments of betterments. ALBERT H. BURNHAM, JAMES G. ROBERTSON, FRANCIS CHAMBERLAIN, WILLIAM Fi. BALLARD, THEODORE A. CUSTANCE, Board of Selectmen. 60 ANNUAL REPoRTs Art, 6. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custanee, it was unanimously "Voted that the Town accept the layout as a town sway of Simonds Road, from Bedford Street to Burlington Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, June 19, 1928, and shown on a certain plan on file in the Town Clerk's Ofilee, entitled "Plan of Simonds Road, Lexington, Wass. Scale one inch — 4'0 feet, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer," and further voted that the sum of $13,700. be appropriated and assessed for the purpose of constructing said street." The reading of the description of the layout of this street was also waived. The description is as follows: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Lexington, Mass., June 19, 1928. Town of Lexington, Selectmen's Room At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, after having given written notice of the intention of said Board, as required by law, to lay out as a town way Simonds Road, from Bedford Street to Burlington Street, all as hereinafter more fully appears, and after public hearing thereon held on the 15th day of June, 1928 and no objections having been made; Now, upon consideration of the matter, it is ORDERED: that the Board of Seleetntien is of the opinion that public necessity and convenience require that said Si- monds Road be laid out and established as a public town way, and the same hereby is laid out and established as a public town way respectively as follows: The southerly line of Simonds Road begins at a point in the easterly line of Bedford Street northerly of North Han- cock Street and thence bearing to the right with a curve of 20.59 feet radius distant 15 feet to a point of tangency, said point of tangency being distant 213+ feet westerly of the inter- section of the southerly line of Simonds Road and the wester- ly line of Harding Road, thence north 64° 53' 50" east distant 2015.97 feet to a point of curvature, thence bearing to the right with a curve of 168.16 feet radius distant 255.78 feet to a point of tangency, thence south 27° 57' 10" east distant TOWN OF LExrNOTON 61 306.60 feet to a point of curvature, thence bearing to the left with a curve of 169.39 feet radius distant 190.00 feet to a point of tangency, thence north 87° 46' 50" east distant 100.30 feet to a point of curvature, thence bearing to the right with a curve of 19.00 feet radius distant about 27 feet to a point in the westerly line of Burlington Street. The northerly line of Simonds Road begins at a point in the easterly line of Bedford Street northerly of North Hancock Street and thence bearing to the left with a curve of 21.08 feet radius distant 16 feet to a point of tangency, said point of tan- gency being distant 211+ feet westerly of the intersection of the northerly line of Simonds Road and the westerly line of Harding Road, thence north 64° 53' 50" east distant 2016.13 feet to a point of curvature, thence bearing to the right with a curve of 218.16 feet radius distant 331.83 feet to a point of tangency, thence south 27° 57' 10" east distant 306.60 feet to a point of curvature, thence bearing to the left with a curve of 119.39 feet radius distant 133.92 feet to a point of tangency, thence north 87° 46' 50" east distant 100.30 feet to a point of curvature, thence bearing to the left with a curve of 17.00 feet radius distant about 26 feet to a point in the westerly line of Burlington Street. The above described lines are parallel with and distant 50.00 feet from each other with the exceptions of the curved intersections of said lines with said Bedford Street and said Burlington Street. The above description is intended to conform to the plan of said street entitled "Plan of Simonds Road, Lexington, Mass., Scale 1 inch -40 feet, May 26, 1928. John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer," said plan is divided into five lengths on sheets numbered from 1 to 5 inclusive, which plan is on file in the Town Clerk's Office in said Lexington and a copy of which will be recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds with a copy of this order. And said Board having considered the question of damages sustained by the owners of lands across and through which said ways have been laid out and established as aforesaid, hereby determines thatno damages are sus*.sdncd and no damages are awarded, and said Board hereby de 'ar», +'a.at all a••ts done 62 ANNUAL REPORTS (herein are done under the provisions of law authorizing the assessments of betterments. ALBERT H. BURNHAM, JAMES G. ROBERTSON, FRANcrs [''AAMBER.LAIN, WILLIAM H. BALLARD, THEODORE A. C USTANEE, Board of Selectmen.. The chairman of the Appropriation Committee stated that the Committee approved the appropriation for this street Construction. Art. 7. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance, it was unanimously "Voted that the Town accept the layout as a town way of Prospect Hill Road from Marrett Road to Wachusett Drive, as laid out by the Selectmen, June 19, 1928, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office entitled "Plan of Prospect Hill Road, Lexington, Mass. Scale one inch equals 40 feet, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer," and further voted that the sum of $5,000 be appropriated and assessed for the purpose of constructing said street. Mr. Fred L. Lord spoke in favor of the acceptance of this street explaining that the condition of the street was very bad. The reading of the description of the layout of Prospect Hill Road was waived. The description, however, reads as follows: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Lexington, Mass., June 19, 1928. Town of Lexington, Selectmen's Room At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington, after having given written notice of the intention of said Board, as required by law, to lay out as a town way Prospect Hill Road, from Marrett Road to Wachusett Drive, all as hereinafter more fully appears, and after public hearing thereon held on the 15th day of June, 1928 and no objections having been made; Now, upon consideration of the matter, it is TOWN OF LEXINGTON 63 ORDERED: that the Board of Selectmen is of the opinion that public necessity and convenience require that said Prospect Hill Road be laid out and established as a public town way and the same hereby is laid out and established as a public town way respectively as follows The easterly line of Prospect Hill Road begins at a Mass- achusetts Highway Bound in the northerly line of Marrett Road (Formerly Middle Street) near Waltham Street and thence north 88° 26' west along a line tangent to the curve of said westerly line of Marrett Road at. said Massachusetts Highway Bound distant 89.53 feet to a point .of curvature thence bearing to the right with a curve of 597.51 feet radius distant 274.81 feet to a point of compound eurvatture thence bearing to the right with a curve of 1933.40 feet radius dis- tant 209.20 feet to a point of compound curvature thence bearing to the right 'with a curve of 516.13 feet radiu.; distant 236.82 feetto a point of compound curvature thence bear- ing to the right with a curve of 1128.15 feet radius distant 154.73 feet to a point of tangency thence north 21° 42' 10" westdistant about 420 feet to a point in the southerly line of •Waehusett Drive. The westerly 1 ine of Prospect Hill Road begins at a point in the northerly line of Merrell Road 1.27.02 feet westerly of a Massachusetts Highway Bound in the said northerly line of Marrett Road near Waltham Street and thence bearing to the left with a curve of 25.09 feet radius distant 62.21 feet to a paint of tangency, thence north 62° 04' gest distant 57.03 feet to a point of curvature thence bearing to the right with a curve of 1973.40 feet radius distant 213.54 feet to a point of compound curvature thence bearing to the right with a eurve of 556.13 feet radius distant 255.18 feet to a point of compound eurvature thence hearing to the right with a curse of 1416.84 feet radius distant 235.95 feet to a point of tangency thence north 20°02'10" west distant 58.13 feet to an angle point thence north 21' 42' 10" west distant about 460 feet to a point in the southerly line of Waehusett Drive. The above described lines are parallel with and distant 40.00 feet from each other with the exceptions of the curved intersections of said lines with said Marrett Road and a slight variation southerly of Wachusett Drive. The above description is intended to conform to the plan of said street entitled "Plan of Prospect Hill Road, Lexington, Mass., June 5, 1928, Scale 1 inch -40 feet, John T. Cosgrove, 64 ANNUAL REPORTS Town Engineer." Said plan is divided into three lengths on sheets numbered from 1 to 3 inclusive, which plan is on file in the Town Clerk's Office in said Lexington and a copy of which will be recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds with a copy of this order. And said Board having considered the question of damages sustained by the owners of lands across and through which said ways have been laid out and established as aforesaid, hereby determines that no damages are sustained and no damages are awarded, and said Board hereby declares that all acts done herein are done under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments. ALBERT H. BURNHAM, JAMES G. ROBERTSON, FRANCIS CHAMBERLAIN, WILLIAM H. BALLARD, THEODORE A. CUSTANCE, Board of Selectmen. The Chairman of the Appropriation Committee stated that the Committee approved the appropriation for this street construction. Art. 8 Under this article on motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was "Voted that the sum of $1,500 be appropriated and as- sessed to continue the work on the Block Plan. The Chairman of the Appropriation Committee•stated that the Committee approved the appropriation. Art. 3 Under this article Mr. Theodore A. Custance stated that the item in regard to Waltham Street sewer had not bean disposed of, and he felt that this article should be taken from the table so that the Last part of the Article could be disposed of. The Moderator stated that two-thirds vote of the meeting was necessary to take this article from the table, and upon taking a standing vote, it was found that 16 voted in the af- firmative and 21 in the negative. Two-thirds of the meeting not having voted in the affirmative, the motion to take Article 3 from the table was declared lost. The meeting adjourned at 9:45 P. M. A true record, Attest. JOHN H. KANE, Town Cleric. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 65 WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY COMMONWEALTH OP MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, Greeting: Ku the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby re- quired to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in EMERSON HALL, STONE BUILDING, EAST LEXINGTON (Precinct One) HIGH SCIIOOL GYMNASIUM, LEXINGTON CENTRE (Precinct Two) TUESDAY THE EIGHTEENTH 1/AY OF SEPTEMBER, 1928, at two o'clock P. M. for the following purposes: To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices: Governor for this Commonwealth Lientenant Governor for this Commonwealth Secretary of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth Treasurer and Receiver -General for this Commonwealth Auditor of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth Attorney General for this Commonwealth Senator in Congress for this Commonwealth Representative in Congress for 5th Congressional District Councillor for 6th Councillor District Senator for 7th Senatorial District Two Representatives in General Court, County Commissioners Register of Deeds Clerk of Courts Associate County Commissioner for 28th Representative District for Middlesex County for Middlesex District for Middlesex County for Middlesex County (to fill vacancy) And for the Election of the following District Member of State Committee for for the 7th Senatorial District. officers: each political party 66 ANNUAL REPORTS Members of the Republican Town Committee. Members of the Democratic Town Committee. Delegates to State Conventions of the Republican Party. Delegates to State Conventions of the Democratic Party. All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot. The polls will be open from two o'clock to nine o'clock P. M. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town. Given under our hands this fourth day of September, A. D., 1928 ALBERT H. BuRNHAM, THEODORE A. CUSTANCE, WILLIAM H. BALLARD, JAMES G. ROBERTSON, FRANCIS CHAMBERLAIN, Selectmen of Lexington. Lexington, Mass. September 11. 1928. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing warrantin the Post Office, in the vestibule of the Town Office Building, and in six other public places in the town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the town seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest: JAMES J. SULLIVAN, Constable of Lexington. Towx OF LEXINGTON 67 PRIMARY ELECTION September 18, 1928 The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the two Precincts as follows: PRECINCT ONE Warden Charles J. Dailey Deputy Warden Elvin E. Baker Clerk Katherine A. Russell Deputy Clerk Mary A. Rowland Inspector Edward L. Crown Deputy Inspector John S. Fanning Inspector Bartlett J. Harrington Deputy Inspector Elizabeth C. Wilkinson Teller 'Ifartin M. Grady Teller Charles E. Hadley Teller - Marion G. Cook Teller William M, Welsh Constable Charles E. Wheeler PRECINCT TWO Warden Deputy Warden Clerk l]eputy Clerk Inspector Inspector Deputy Inspector Deputy Inspector Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Constable Jay O. Richards Ezra F. Breed Patrick F. Dacey David F, Murphy Ralph H. Marshall John J. Garrity Katherine A, Kiernan Mary W. Austin Samuel B. Bigelow Charles Vaughan J. Carroll Ryan Frederick H. Tullar James T. McGann James M. Ahearn Norman Hooper Reuben Seth Charles E, Moloy 68 ANNUAL REPORTS The polls were declared open in eaeh Precinct at two P. M. and remained open in each Precinct until nine o'clock P. M. at which time after due notice they were closed. The election officers were worn to the faithful perform- ance of their duties. The ballots were counted by the elec- tion officers in each precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The ballots east were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed' by the election officers, together with the unused ballots, delivered to the Town Clerk at his office. The Town Clerk canvassed the result as follows: Precinct I. Ballots Cast: Republican 324, Democratic 38. Precinct II. Ballots Cast: Republican 928, DemocratEc 70. REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR Prec. I Prec. II Total Frank G. Allen 16b 739 907 Frank A. Goodwin 151 178 329 Blanks 5 11 16 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR George A. Bacon 14 15 29 Charles Lawrence Burrill 25 59 84 Fehr G. Holmes 6 17 23 John C. Hull 56 285 341 Robert M. Leach 19 40 59 Wycliffe C. Marshall 9 4 13 John H. Sherburne 39 236 275 William Sterling Youngman 127 245 372 Blanks 29 27 56 SECRETARY Frederick W. Cook 284 Blanks 40 849 1124 88 128 TREASURER Fred J. Burrell 89 163 252 John W. Haigis 74 434 508 J. Ernest Kerr 38 96 134 Russell A. Wood 85 191 27C BIanks 38 44 82 TOWN OP LEXINGTON 69 70 ANNUAL REPORTS AUDITOR REGISTER OF DEEDS Prec. I Prec. II Total Thomas Leighton 271 312 1083 Dwight L. Allison 27 54 75 Blanks 63 116 169 Julia B. Buxton 10 22 32 Roland H. Choate 56 320 376 ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER (To 811 vacancy) Alonzo 13. Cook 140 345 435 Daniel D. Gorman 87 164 251 Harvey E. Frost 35 62 97 Melvin G. Rogers 175 604 779 Roswell F. Phelps 18 59 77 Blanks 62 160 222 Blanks 44 66 110 STATE COMMITTEE (7th Middlesex Diet.) ATTORNEY GENERAL Mary F. Daniel 219 677 896 Clarence A. Barnes 67 260 327 Blanks 105 251 356 Joseph E. Warner 212 603 815 Blanks 45 65 110 DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION Albert H. Burnham 244 815 1069 SENATOR IN CONGRESS Guyetta G. Broderic 237 805 1042 Butler Ames 53 120 173 William E. Mulliken 243 819 1062 Eben S. Draper 109 277 386 Charles E. Hadley 245 812 1057 Benjamin Loring Young 131 485 616 Jennie M. Partridge 240 802 1042 Blanks 31 46 77 Sydney R. Wrightington 247 829' 1067 CONGRESSMAN (Fifth District) Hubert Broderie 0 1 1 Edith Nourse Rogers 286 844 1130 John E. Gilcreast 0 1 1 Blanks 38 84 122 George E. Briggs 0 1 1 Blanks 488 692 1180 COUNCILLOR (6th District) Harvey L. Boutwell 161 587 748 TOWN COMMITTEE Joseph F. Dyer 89 166 255 William H. Ballard 240 806 1046 Blanks 74 175 249 Clara M. Barbour 234 798 1032 Albert H. Burnham 237 792 1029 SENATOR (7th Middlesex_ Dist.) Mabel P. Cook 233 787 1020 Joseph R. Cotton 233 781 1014 Joseph R. Cotton 241 810 1051 Alice F. D. Pearson 81 119 200 John D. Collins 226 782 1008 Blanks 10 28 38 Guyetta G. Broderie 231 791 1022 REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT (28th Middlesex Dist.) Charles E. Hadley 239 797 1036 Elliott R. Barker 180 504 684 George E. Briggs 238 826 1064 George E. Briggs 248 852 1100 Arthur W. Hughes 229 772 1001 Henry C. Rowland 59 118 177 James G. Robertson 240 774 1014 Blanks 161 382 543 Converse Hill 231 797 1028 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS James W. Smith 229 792 1021 Jennie M. Partridge 228 790 1018 Nathaniel I. Bowditch . 225 737 962 Albert B. Tenney 234 796 1030 Walter C. Wardwell 250 749 999 Edward W. Taylor 226 800 1026 Blanks 173 370 543 George A. Warner 236 789 1024 CLERK OF COURTS Robert Whitney 229 790 1019 Ralph N. Smith 270 809 1079 Clarence 8, Walker 230 812 1042 Blanks 54 119 173 Sydney R. Wrightington 237 810 1047 TOwN OF LEXINGTON 71 72 ANNUAL REPORTS Prec. I Prec. IL Total CONGRESSMAN ( 5th Dist.) Hubert D. Broderic 0 1 1 Walter S. Beatty 0 1 1 Cornelius F. Cronin 21 53 74 John E. Gilcreast U 1 1 Joseph M. Halloran 5 7 12 James F. Heslin 2 2 4 Julia Syer 0 1 1 Blanks 10 8 18 Rupert Stevens 0 1 1 Blanks 1812 2844 4456 COUNCILLOR (6th Dist.) Robert J. Muldoon 29 56 85 DEMOCRATIC Blanks 9 14 23 • GOVERNOR SENATOR (7th Middlesex Dist.) Charles H. Cole 24 54 78 John Garrity 0 1 1 John J. Cummings 8 13 19 Joseph Cotton 0 1 1 Frank A. Goodwin 1 0 1 David L Walsh 0 1 1 Blanks 7 3 10 Blanks 38 67 105 REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ( 28th Middlesex Dist.) John F. Malley 22 53 75 Joseph Cotton 0 1 1 Charles S. Murphy 7 14 21 Blanks 76 139 215 Youngman 1 0 1 Blanks 8 3 11 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS George L. Colson 20 38 58 SECRETARY Daniel F. McBride 25 45 73 Joseph Santosuosso 29 56 85 Blanks 31 54 85 Blanks 9 14 23 CLERK OF COURTS Peter Tague D 1 1 TREASURER Blanks 38 69 107 James P. Bergin 15 45 60 Daniel England 9 13 22 REGISTER OF DEEDS Blanks 14 12 26 John C. Kelleher 24 55 79 Blanks 14 15 29 AUDITOR ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER (to $11 vacancy) Strabo V. Claggett 7 23 30 Blanks 38 70 108 Irving Lewis 1 6 7 Francis J. O'Gorman 17 32 49 STATE COMMITTEE (7th Middlesex Dist.) Blanks 13 9 22 John J. Gi]bride 10 24 34 Jerome J. O'Leary 19 33 52 ATTORNEY GENERAL Blanks 9 13 22 Edward P. Barry 27 58 55 William R. Scharton 4 8 12 Blanks 7 4 11 SENATOR IN CONGRESS David I. Walsh 34 Blanks ..,: 4 67 101 3 7 DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION Michael Cavanaugh 2 0 2 Mary A. Rowland 2 0 2 Owen McDonald 2 0 2 E. T. Buckley 0 1 1 B. O'Donnell 0 1 1 J. F. McCarthy 0 i 1 TOWN OF LEXINGTON' 73 Prec. I Prec. II Total B. J. Harrington 0 1 1 Eliza Burton 0 1 1 Joseph H. Valliere 0 1 1 James A. Hearn 0 1 1 Blanks 374 692 1066 TOWN COMMITTEE Eugene T. Buckley 26 58 84 Bernard O'Donnell 27 55 82 June 28, 1928 James P. McCarthy 26 56 82 Bartlett J. Harrington 26 54 80 Mary A. Spellman 27 53 80 Elizabeth M. Burton 26 54 80 Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Joseph H. Valliere 26 63 79 zoning law to include as an R. 1 district, for single family James M. Ahearn 26 55 81 dwellings, such residential area as is now zoned under R. 2, for Michael Cavanaugh 2 0 2 two -fancily dwellings, bounded by the Playground and its en - Owen O'Donnell 1 0 1 trance ways, Massachusetts Avenue and Waltham Street. This Mary A. Rowland 1 0 1 will include the residential areas upon 'both sides of Forest Margaret Kennedy 0 1 1 Street, Forest Court, unaccepted part of Forest Street, Parker William Marshall 0 1 1 Street, Jackson Court, Clarke Street, Raymond Street, Muzzey Miss Pero 0 1 1 Street and Waltham Street. Blanks 166 259 425 Article 12. Voted : That the Zoning By -Law and Zoning A true record, Attest: Map of the Town be and hereby is amended so as to change II. DANE, from an R. 2 district, for two-family dwellings, to an R. 1 dis- JOHNTEClerk, triet, for one -family dwellings. such portion of the area bound- ed by the Lexington Center Park and Playground and its en- trance ways, Massachusetts Avenue and Waltham Street as is now defined and bounded as an R. 2 district on the Zoning Map which is a part of the Zoning Law of the Town. 74 ANNUAL, REPORTS AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING BY-LAW TOWN MEETING Lexington, Mass., July 3, 1928. 1 hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of Article 12 of the Warrant for Town Meeting held June 28, 1928 and of the vote passed under said Article at the Town Meeting of that date, as the same appears of record. T also certify that the foregoing vote was passed by two- thirds vote of the meeting as required by the by-laws of the Town. .4 true record, Attest JOHN H. KANE, Town Clerk. TOWN of LEXINGTON 75 Boston, Mass., September 17, 1928 The foregoing amendment to the zoning by-law is hereby approved. A true record, Attests JOSEPH E. WARNER, Attorney General. JOHN H. KANE, Town Clerk. 76 ANNUAL REPORTS WARRANT FOR PRESIDENTIAL STATE ELECI`ION COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are quali- fed to note in Elections to meet in EMERSON HALL, STONE BUILDING, EAST LEXINGTON (Precinct I) ; CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING, LEXINGTON CENTRE (Precinct II). TUESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 192S, at 6 o'clock A. M., to cast their ballots for the following officers: Presidential Electors; Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney General; Senator in Congress; Congressman; Councillor; Senator; Two Represen- tatives in General Court • ; County Commissioners ; Register of Deeds; Clerk of Courts; and Associate County Commissioner (To fill vacancy). To take action on the following questions: No. 1. Acceptance of the following "LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION." PROPOSED LAW "An Act to permit certain sports and games on the Lord's Day." No. 2. Question of Public Policy under Chapter 53, Sec- tion 19, General Laws, as amended by Chapter 97, Acts of 1925. Question of Public Policy Shall the senator from this district be instructed to vote for a resolution requesting Congress to take action for the re- peal of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, known as the prohibition amendment? TOWN OP LEXINGTON 77 The polls will be open from six o'clock A. AL to six thirty o'clock P. M. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the Town. Hereof, fait not, and make due return of th1is Warrant, with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hads, this sixteenth day of October, A. D.. 1928. ALBERT H. BURNHAM, JAMES G. ROBERTSON, WILLIAM H. BALLARD, THEODORE A. CUSTANCE, Selectmen n f Lexington. Lexington, Mass. October 29, 1928. To the Town Clerk :— I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing warrant in the Post Office, in the vestibule of the Town Office Building, and in six other pu' lie places in the town, and by mailing a printed copy of same to every registered voter in the town seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest JAMES J. SULLIVAN, Constable of •exington. ANNUAL REPORTS PRESIDENTIAL STATE ELECTION November 6, 1928 The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the two Precincts as follows: PRECINCT I D Charles J. Dailey Warden R Elvin E. Baker Deputry Warden R Evelyn Broughall Clerk D Mary, A. Rowland Deputy Clerk D Bartlett J, Harrington Inspector D John S. Fanning Deputy Inspector R Harold B. Needham Inspector R Elizabeth C. Wilkinson Deputy Inspector D Martin M. Grady Teller R Charles E. Hadley Teller R Marion G. Cook Teller D William M. Welsh Teller D Frances Harrington Teller R George C. Hatch Teller D Rebecca Taleott Teller R Thomas L. Taylor Teller Constable Charles E. Wheeler PRECINCT R R Jay 0. Richards Warden Deputy Warden D Patrick F. Dacey Clerk D David F. Murphy Deputy Clerk R Ralph H. Marshall Inspector D Sohn J. Garrity Inspector Deputy Inspector Deputy Inspector Teller R Ezra F. Breed D Katherine A. Kiernan R Marion W. Jackson R C. Henry Jackson R William A. Wilkins R Samuel B. Bigelow Teller Teller TowN of LEXINGTo\ 79 R Frederick H. Tullar Teller D James M. Ahern Teller R Norman C. Hooper Teller 1) Joseph Valliere Teller R Irving B, Pierce Teller R Harry G. Frost Teller D J. Carroll Ryan Teller D Michael Mu]Iany Teller R Thomas J. Doherty D Leonard K. Dunham, Jr. TeIIer D Edmund F. Corbett Teller D Edwin A. Pero Teller D James McKenzie Teller Charles E. Moloy Constable The polls were declared open in each Precinct at six o'clock A. M. and remained open in each Precinct until six - thirty o'clock P. M. The election officers were sworn to the Faithful perform- ance o£ their duties. The ballots were counted by the elec- tion officers in each Precinct, the tally Sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The ballots cast were counted. enclosed in envelopes, sealed and signed by the election officers, together Rvith the unused ballots, delivered to the Town Clerk at his office. The total registration of voters .was 4,012. The Town CIerk canvassed the result as follow: Precinct 1. Ballots Cast 945. Precinct 2. Ballots Cast 2896. Tota Vote Cast 3841. ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT Foster and Gitlin'', Workers' Party Prec. 1 Pree, 2 Total At large --Hubert Riley 0 0 0 " Robert Zelms 0 0 0 Dist. No. 1 William Janhonen 0 0 0 2 John Louko 0 0 0 2 Henry Gage 0 0 0 4 George Kraska 0 0 0 5 Emma P, Hutchins 0 0 0 6 Joseph Ginsburg 0 0 0 80 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Blanks ANNUAL REPORTS Shalom d einstein Adolph Suikonen Joseph Goldberg Lewis Marks John Hurwitz Elise Pultur Alexander Taraska Nathan G. Kay Steven P uleo Boris Kleld Prec. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hoover am. Curtis, Republican At large—Mabel C. Batchelder " John Richardson Dist. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Blanks Oscar 0. LaMontagne Phelps Brown Calvin D. Paige George F. Booth Raoul H. Beaudreau Elizabeth H. Dunham ..., Cornelius J. Corcoran Hildegarde I. Christenson Frank A. Bayrd Edward. G. Graves Guy W. Cox Sadie Lipner Shulman E. Mark Sullivan Adeline Ricci Carl A. Terry Bertha N. Packard 577 577 577 577 677 577 577 577 577 577 577 577 577 577 577 577 577 577 15 Reynolds and Crowley, Socialist At Large—Louis Galber 0 •' Felix Manevitz 0 Dist. No. 1 Patrick A. Murphy 0 2 George A. Hassiotis 0 3 Alonzo D, Wheeler 0 4 Olaf Olson 0 5 John R. MacKinnon 0 6 John T. Mattson 0 7 Fred E. Oelcher 0 8 Peter O'Rouke 0 Prec. 2 Total o 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2016 2593 2016 2593 2016 2593 2016 2593 2016 2593 2016 2593 2016 2593 2016 2593 2016 2593 2016 2593 2016 2593 2016 2593 2016 2593 2016 2593 2016 2593 2016 2593 2016 2593 2016 2593 0 15 Labor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 81 Prec.1 Prec. 2 Total 9' Daniel T. Blessidgton 0 0 0 10 Barnet Wasserman 0 0 0 11 Albert L. Waterman 0 0 0 12 Domenico A. diGirolamo 0 0 0 13 David Craig 0 0 0 14 John A. Nelson 0 0 0 15 Harry Bentley 0 0 0 16 Amedee F. Vassar 0 0 0 Blanks 0 0 0 Smith and Robinson, Democratic At large—Arthur Lyman 349 831 1180 " Martha R. Peters 349 831 1180 Diet. No. 1 Daniel England 349 831 1180 2 Ray Stannard Baker -3'49 831 1180 3 Marcus A. Coolidge 349 831 1180 4 Thomas J. Barrett 349 831 1180 5 Humphrey O'Sullivan 349 831 1180 6 Laurence P. Dodge 349 831 1180 7 Agnes F. Higgins 349 831 1180 8 Jessie Woodrow Sayre 349 831 1180 9 Melvin B. .Breath 349 831 1180 10 Felix Marcella 349 831 1180 11 James M. Curley 349 831 1180 12 William J. Foley 349 831 1180 13 Strabo V. Claggett 319 831 1180 14 Frank J. Donohue 349 831 1180 15 Edmond P. Talbot 349 831 1180 16 James P. Doran 349 831 1180 Blanks 1 0 1 Thomas and Maurer, Socialist At large—Charlotte 13. Hallowell 2 7 9 " George F,. Roewer 2 7 9 Dist. No. 1 Vincent G. Burns 2 7 9 2 :Nelson J. West 2 7 9 3 John Suominen 2 7 9 4 Thomas J. Conroy 2 7 9 5 William E. Sproule 2 7 9 6 Leonard Spalding 2 7 9 7 Thomas J. Nicholson 2 7 9 8 Sylvester J. McBride 2 7 9 9 Max Sandler 2 7 9 10 Reuben Guralnick 2 7 9 82 Blanks ANNUAL REPORTS 11 Lucy Lee 12 Joseph Bearak 13 Patrick J. Leonard 14 Franklin K. Gifford 16 Hugh Dunbar 16 Walter Barlow Frank G. Allen Chester W. Bixby Charles H. Cole Washington Cook Mary Donovan Hapgood Edith Hamilton MacFadden Stephen J, Surridge Blanks Prec. 1 Pree. 2 Total 2 7 9' 2 7 9 2 -7 9 2 7 9 2 7 9 2 7 9 0 0 0 647 1982 2529 1 2 3 340 818 1158 2 3 5 4 5 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 48 85 133 Lieutenant Governor John Corbin Henry C. Hess Walter S. Hutchins John F. Malley William Sterling Youngman Blanks Secretary Harry J. Canter Frederic W. Cook Oscar Kinsalas Joseph Santosuosso Edith M. Williams Blanks Treasurer 2 10 12 1 5 6 3 6 9 306 732 1038 554 1972 2526 79 171 250 8 7 10 563 1967 2520 1, 3 4 286 676 962 5 9 14 97 234 331 James P. Bergin 283 690 973 Albert Sprague Coolidge 5 11 16 John W. Haigis 553 1967 2520 Albert Oddie 1 . 3 4 Charles S. Gram . 1 7 8 Blank 102 218 320 TowN OF LEXINGTON 83 Auditor John W. Aiken Alonzo B, Cook David A. Eisenberg Eva Hoffman Francis J. O'Gorman Blanks Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Total 4 2 6 544 1865 2409 3 6 9 4 7 11 292 735 1045 98 263 361 Attorney General Edward P. Barry Morris I, Becker Max Lerner John Weaver Sherman Joseph E. Warner Blanks 292 726 1018 2 2 4 0 5 5 38 8 46 622 1350 2472 91 205 296 Senator in Congress John J. Ballam Alfred Baker Lea is David I. Walsh Benjamin Loring Young Blanks 3 a 6 1 5 6 384 916 1300 504 1872 2376 53 100 153 Congressman (Fifth District) Cornelius- F, Cronin Edith Nourse Rogers Blanks 261 663 924 684 1991 2575 100 242 342 Councillor (Sixth District) Harvey L. Boutwell Robert J. Muldoon Blanks 542 275 128 Senator (Seventh Middlesex District) Benjamin F. Butler Joseph R. Cotton Blanks 256 589 100 1910 2452 660 935 826 354 592 848 2072 2661 232 332 84 ANNUAL REPORTS Representatives in General Court (Twenty-eighth Middlesex Dist.) Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Total Elliott R. Barker 453 1517 1970 George E. Briggs 595 2148 2743 Augustus J. Power 279 620 899 Blanks 563 1507 2070 County Commissioners Nathaniel I. Bowditch 466 1718 2184 George L. Colson 206 542 748 Daniel F. McBride 239 550 789 Walter C. Wardwell 491 1724 2215 Blanks 488 1258 1746 Clerk o! Courts John D. Medeiros 250 607 857 Ralph N. Smith 519 1903 2422 Blanks 176 386 562 Register of Deeds John C. Kelleher 249 656 906 Thomas Leighton 517 1833 2350 Blanks 179 407 586 Associate Commissioner (To 1i11 vacancy) Melvin G. Rogers 570 2017 2587 Cornelius Cronin 0 1 1 Blanks 375 878 1253 Referendum Number One Shall the proposed law which provides that it shall be law- ful in any city which aceepts the act by vote of its city coun- cil and in any town which accepts the act by vote of its in- habitants, to take part in or witness any athletic outdoor sport or game, except horse racing, automobile racing, boxing or hunting with firearms, on the Lord's day between 2 and 6 P. M.; that such sports or game~ shall take place on sunh playgrounds, parks or other places as may be designated in a license issued by certain licensing authorities; that no sport or game shall be permitted in a place other than a public play- ground or park within one thousand feet of any regular place TOWN OF LEXINGTON 85 of worship . that the charging of admission fees or the taking of collections or the receiving remuneration by any person in charge of or participating in any such sport or game shall not be prohibited; that the license may be revoked; and that in cities and towns in which amateur sports or games are per- mitted under existing law such amateur sports or games may be held until the proposed Iaw is accepted or the provisions of the existing law fail of acceptance on resubmission to the people, which law was disapproved in the Senate by a vote of 9 in the affirmative and 22 in the negative, and in the House of Representatives by a vote of 93 in the affirmative and 110 in the negative, be approved? Yes 460 1154 1604 No 346 1285 1631 Blanks 149 457 606 Referendum Number Two Shall the senator from this district be instructed to vote for a resolution requesting Congress to take action for the re- peal of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, known as the prohibition amendment? Yes 432 1124 1559 No 362 1325 1687 Blanks 151 444 695 A. true record, Attest JOHN H. KANE, Town Clerk. Recount of Votes for Governor November 14, 1928 At the recount of votes for Governor at the biennial State Election, November 6, 1928, the registrars of voters of the Town of Lexington f nd on November 14, 1928 that the vote for Governor is as follows: Frank G. Allen 2529 Chester W. Bixby • 1 Charles H. Cole 1155 Washington Cook 2 ffi ANNUAL REPORTS Mary Donavan Hapgood ; 4 Edith Hamilton MaeFadden 1 Blanks 149 BARTHOLOMEW D. CALLAHAN, GEORGE M. DAVIS, WILBER F. ATWOOD, JOHN H. KANE, Registrars of Voters. TowN OF LEXINGTON 87 TOWN WARRANT COMMONWEALTH OF MAbSACHIISETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington. in said County, Greeting: In the name of Ike Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are direeled to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, qualified to rote in elections and in town affairs to meet in the CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING, IN SAID LEXINGTON, on MONDAY. THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1928, AT SEVEN THIRTY P. M. Art• 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other Committees. Art. 2. To see if the Town will accept from Ellen M. Tower a gift of land for a public park in memory of William Augustus Tower and of a fund of money for the care. main- tenance and improvement of the said park, and will authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town to signify its a-.ceptance of the said gift upon the terms and conditions set forth in a proposed deed to the Town. Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to reimburse former members of the Board of Selectmen the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for legal services in the action brought against them by Henry McCaffrey, Art. 4. To see if the Town will notify the city of Wal- tham and the Commissioner of Mental Diseases on or before December 1st in the current year that it does not desire to avail itself of the opportunity of connecting the sewers of that area of Lexington in the valley of Beaver Brook as described in section 1 of Chapter 372 of the Acts of 1928 iwith the sewers provided for in the said Chapter, or take any other action with respect to said Statute or the provisions for the Town of Lex- ington therein contained. Art. 5. To see if the Town will amend the Zoning By - Law of the Town by adopting a general revision thereof in- cluding provisions to make more definite the boundaries of $g• ANNUAL REPORTS existing districts, to regulate the use of premises as well as structures, to re -arrange, and further particularize various structural uses and to add thereto, to increase the minimum frontage, area and yard space of houselots, to limit the size of signs in the residential districts, to provide for new uses, to provide for the reconstruction of destroyed non -conform- ing buildings, to regulate the location of structures on the rear ends of lots, to provide for t -he approval of lot layouts by the Selectmen, to amplify and clarify the present Zoning Law, and for other purposes, or to take any other action in rela- tion thereto. Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the following accounts by transfer from General Revenue and Surplus Account or unexpended balances or by issue of bonds or notes; •Soldiers' Relief, Public Welfare, Insurance, Election & Registration, Assessors, Fire Depart- ment, Removal of Ashes & Care of Dumps, Parks and Play- grounds, Highway Construction (Massachusetts Avenue, Oak Street to Middle Street, now Marrett Road) Highway Main- tenance, Town Hall, and Snow Removal, or aet in any manner relating thereto. Art. 7. To see if the Town V1T vote to install street lights in Tower Street, Independence Avenue, Smith Avenue, Eaton Road, Fair Oaks Drive, and Wachusett Drive or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to install a sewer in Edge/wood Road. Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $715.42 for the purchase of approximately 450 feet of six inch water main in York Street which was laid by the Edward T. Harrington Company in 1915, in accordance with agreement dated August 5, 1914. or act in any manner relating thereto. Art, 10. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way or accept the layout. of Summit Road from its in- tersection lwith Follen Road" to Pinewood Street, all as laid out by the Selectmen and as shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office, appropriate money by transfer from other accounts or by issue of bonds or notes, or aet• in any other manner relating thereto. Art. 11, To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way or accept the layout of Pinewood Street a distance of 840 feet, all as laid out by the Selectmen and as shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office, appropriate TOWN OF LEXINGTON 89 money by transfer from other accounts, or by issue of bonds or notes, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art, 12. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way or accept the layout of Bennett Avenue from Bak- er Avenue to Tarbell Avenue a distance of 360 feet, al]' as laid out by the Selectmen and as shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office, appropriate money by transfer from other accounts or by issue of bonds or notes, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way or accept the layout of Chase Avenue from Tucker Avenue to near Bennett Avenue, a distance of 830 feet, all as laid out by the Selectmen and as shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office, appropriate money from other ac- counts or by issue of bonds or notes, as act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way or accept the layout of Baker Avenue from Oak Street to near Butler Avenue, a distance of 1013 feet, all as Iaid out by the Selectmen and as shown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office, appropriate money by transfer from other accounts or by issue of bonds or notes, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way or accept the layout of Butler Avenue from Car - vine Avenue to Baker Avenue, a distance of 600 feet, all as laid out by the Selectmen and as i3liown upon plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office, appropriate money by transfer from other accounts or by issue of bonds or notes or act in any manner relating thereto. Art 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to sell and convey a portion of the land conveyed to the Town by deed of George W. Spaulding dated April 7, 1906 and recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 3243, page 385. adjoining the premises of Lillian G. & Lois M. Marshall. or to exchange the same for other land of either of the said Marshalls, or purchase such other land or abandon, convey or release any easement in land of the said Marshalls, or either of them. or take any action in rela- tion thereto. Art. 17. To receive the report of the Committee appoint- ed to recommend action. if any, with respect to securing authority for representative town meetings, and to see if the 90 ANNUAL REPORTS Town will make application, or authorize such, to the Gen- eral Court to establish in the Town of Lexington a form of Town Government providing for a Town meeting relative to such inhabitants of the Town as may be elected' to meet, deliberate, act and vote in the exercise of the corporate powers of the Town subject to such restrictions and regula- tions as the General Court may prescribe, or to act in any other manner pertaining thereto. Hereof, fail not, and mane due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this sixth day of November, A. D., 1928. ALBERT H. BUJRNHAM, THEODORE A. CUSTANCE, .JAMES G. ROBERTSON, WILLIAM H. BALLARD, FRANCIS CHAMBERLAIN, Selectmen of Lexington. Lexington. Mass. November 19. 1928. To the Town Clerk: --- T have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing warrant in the Post Office, in the vestibule of the Town Office Building. and in six other pub- lic 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 : JAMES J. SULLIVAN, Constable of Lexington. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 91 TOWN MEETING November 26, 1928 The meeting was called to order by Moderator Robert H. Holt at 7.30 P. M. On motion the reading of the Warrant, excepting the re- turn of the Constable, was omitted. Art. 1. Under this article, Mr. Theodore A. Custanee read the report of the Selectmen on the new Memorial Build- ing, and it was unanimously "Voted: That as the initial action at the first Town Meet- ing held in the ISAAC HARRIS CARY MEMORIAL BUILD- ING, the inhabitants of Lexington do hereby accept the report of the Selectmen that the Trustees of the Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund have duly carried out their agreement with the Town in accordance with the vote adopted January 31, 1927 and direct that a copy of the report be spread upon the minutes of this meeting." "Further Voted: That the inhabitants of Lexington are deeply appreciative of the long, careful and far sighted work of the Trustees of the Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund in carrying out their trusts under the wills of Eliza Cary Farn- ham and Susanna E. Cary and of the commodious and beauti- ful building which they have erected and conveyed to the 'Town pursuant to their trust." The following is the report of the Selectmen. November 26, 1928. To the citizens of Lexington: The Selectmen respectfully report to the Town with re- gard to the new Memorial Building as follows, viz; The Trustees of Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund duly completed in accordance with the agreement resulting from the Town's acceptance, by vote passed January 31st, 1927 of the offer addressed by them to the Selectmen under date of January, 1927, the Memorial Building therein described. 92 ANNUAL REPORTS The building was dedicated by appropriate exercises on Thursday evening; October 18, 1928, at which time the Trustees delivered to the Selectmen for the Town a deed of gift executed in conformity with the draft annexed to said vote. Previous to that time the agreement provided for in said vote had been executed and delivered under date of February 15, 1927. The deed referred to was accepted an behalf of the Town by the Chairman of your Board of Selectmen in a brief address delivered as a part of the dedicatory evercises, and the deed has been filed for record in the Middlesex South District, Registry of Deeds. Lexington, November 26, 1928. Respectfully submitted, ALBERT H. BURNHAM, WILLIAM II. BALLARD, THEODORE A. CUSTANCE, JAMES G. ROBERTSON, FRANCIS CHAMBERLAIN, Selectmen of Lexington. Art. 2. Mr. Theodore A. Custince read the letter from Miss Ellen M. Tower as follows:— November 24, 1928 To the Selectmen of Lekington, Gentlemen :— For many years I have wished to establish a memorial to my father, William Augustus Tower, who during nearly half a century rwas a loyal and devoted citizen of Lexington. Ile loved the old town and I would like his name to be remembered within its borders. To this end I am offering to give to the Town about twelve acres of land, situated on Massachusetts Avenue, opposite the home where so many happy years of my father's life were spent. This tract of land to be kept open and maintained for all time as a Publie Park. Another strong feeling moves me to propose the memorial in this form. It seems most important that we, of this generation, should se- cure for those who come after us. open spaces in our town, that a bit of the country may be preserved in the midst of buildings and rushing traffic. If we do not do this, our children ,will find themselves living in a crowded noisy world with no touch of nature and little beauty. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 93 Therefore I would ask you as Selectmen of Lexington to bring my proposal before the approaching town meeting and see if the town will accept the gift. With the land will go the sum of ten thousand dollars for investment, the interest of which will aid in maintaining the Park in good condition. A portion of the land is planted with trees and shrubs and laid out with walks, suitable for a Park, and a portion of it, is left wild, for wildness sake, or for future development. If the town shall be willing to accept and care for this land it will be a great satisfaction to me, as I believe it will be a benefit to Lexington and because it is given in memory of my father. A copy of the deed proposed for use in conveying the land accompanies this letter. Should the town vote to accept the park the deed will be delivered at once together with the ten thousand dollars. I am, Very respectfully yours, ELLEN M. TOWER. The deed referred to in above letter from Miss Ellen M. Tower to the Town of Lexington granting a tract of land on Massachusetts Avenue and $10,000 for maintaining said park, was read by Mr. Theodore A. Custanee which is as follows: I, Ellen M. Tower, of Lexington, Middlesex County, Mass- achusetts, being unmarried, grant to the Town of Lexington, a municipal corporation existing under the laws of said Com- monwealth, for the purpose of a public park in the memory of my father, William Augustus Tower, a citizen of said Lexing- ton, and for no other purpose except as hereinafter provided, the land in said Lexington described as follows. namely Three certain adjoining parcels of land with the buildings thereon situated in that part of said Lexington known as Fast Lexington, between Massachusetts Avenue and the location of the Lexington Branch of the Boston and Maine Railroad, said three parcels being bounded and described together as follows, namely: Beginning at the Southwesterly corner of the granted premises at Massachusetts Avenue and land now or formerly of Laura Brigham, thence running in several courses bounded by said Iand of Brigham and land formerly of Charlotte Brown a total distance of seven hundred forty-nine and forty-eight 94 ANNUAL REPORTS one hundredths (749.48) feet, more or less to land of the Bos- ton and Maine Railroad, all as shown upon a "Plan of Land in East Lexington belonging to Emma I. Cutler" drawn by J. 0. Goodwin, surveyor, dated November, 1886, and recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds, Book of Plans 50, Plan 13, to which plan re£erenee is hereby made for a more particular description of said boundary line; thence running North 18° 19' West by land of the Boston and Maine Railroad about one thousand two hundred nine (1209) feet to land formerly of Jonas Munroe; thence turning and running Southwesterly by said land formerly of Munroe about two hundred forty (240) feet to Massachusetts Avenue, thence turning and running in a general Southerly direction, following the line of said Mass- achusetts Avenue, about one thousand three hundred six (1306) feet to the pointof beginning or however otherwise said premises may be bounded, measured and described and be all said distances more or less, intending to include herein all of the three adjoining parcels of land described in the fol- lowing deeds to which reference is hereby made, viz:— deed of George E. Lothrop to Ellen M, Tower, dated May 29, 1912, and recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds, Book 3696, Page 519; deed of Nathaniel W. Pierce to William A. Tower dated April 29, 1884, and recorded with said deeds, Book 1664 Page 345, and deed of Laura M. Brigham to Ellen M. Tower, dated June 3, 1912, and recorded with said Deed:. Book 3698, Page 224. Granting to the Town of Lexington the right to lay out a public way near the southerly boundary of the park as indicat- ed on a plan entitled "Suggested Street • Development in and Adjacent to the Property of Ellen M. Tower." December 22, 1927, John T. Cosgrove, Acting Town Engineer, and to there- after convey for reasonable consideration the portion of the premises lying southerly of said proposed street free from restrictions except that no building shall be erected within twenty feet of said proposed street, the proceeds therefrom to be added to the fund hereinafter set apart for the care of said park- Granting to said Town the right to erect on the south- erly end of said park.a memorial to the Minute Men of Lexing- ton; provided, however, that any such memorial shall be ap- proved by three of the leading architects of the country at the time of its erection. Reserving to the grantor and her legal representatives the right to place a suitable tablet at or near the entrance to the park in memory of said William Augustus Tower. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 95 And for the purpose of providing a permanent fund the income of which shall be applied from time to time during each and every year hereafter towards the care and mainten- ance of said park, 1 hereby assign, transfer, set over, and pay to said Town of Lexington the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to be safely invested and reinvested by said Town and kept distinct and separate from the other funds of said Town, the income thereof to be applied by said Town in each and every year for the care, maintenance and improvement of said park. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I the said Ellen M. Tower hereunto set my hand and seal this seventeenth day of Septem- ber in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight. ELLEN M. TOWER. (Seal) COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSE='TTS Middlesex ss. September 17, 1928. Then personally appeared the above named Ellen M. Tower and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be her free act and deed, before me EDWIN A. HOwES, Justice of Peace. My commission expires February 21, 1934, The Town of Lexington hereby accepts the foregoing con- veyance upon the terms and conditions herein above set forth and agrees to hold the fund hereinabove referred to for the purposes and in the manner hereinabove set forth. The resolutions recorded hereunder were read by Mr. Theodore A. Custance and unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, Miss Ellen M. Tower, of this Town has, by letter dated November 24, 1928 offered to present to the Town a tract of land containing approximately twelve (12) acres, lying between Massachusetts Avenue and the Location of the Boston & Maine Railroad, for the purpose of a public park in memory of her father, Williarn Augustus Tower, and has caused the premises to be improved and laid out as a park; and has further offered to give to the Town Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) to be held in trust, the income to be used for the care and maintenance of the park. 96 ANNUAL REPORTS NOW, THEREFOR, be it --- RESOLVED : That the above described offer of Miss Ellen M. Tower be aceepted, that the Selectmen be authorized to accept a deed in substantially the form accompanying the offer, together with the fund of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,- 000) and that said premises and fund shall be held by the Town for the purposes stated in said deed, and the Selectmen are authorized to execute an acceptance of said deed upon the terms and conditions therein provided. FURTHER RESOLVED: That in accepting the gift of a public park and a trust fund for the maintenance' thereof from Miss Ellen M. Tower, the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington express by this resolution their grateful apprecia- tion of her generosity and public spirit, and also their pleasure that the worthy memory of her Father, the late William An- gustus Tower, long a distinguished and devoted citizen of the town be perpetuated by the maintenance of the proposed park in his memory. FURTHER RESOLVED: That a ropy of these resolu- tions be properly engrossed and delivered to the Donor. Art. 3. Under this article Mr. Theodore A. Custance of- fered the following vote which was unanimously adopted: VOTED: That the former Board of Selectmen, namely, Albert Tenney, Albert H. Burnham, Joseph R. Cotton, William S. Seamman and Hallie C. Blake, be reimbursed $20.00 each paid by them for legal services in the aet.ion brought against them by Henry McCaffrey in conjunction with the action of McCaffrey v. Town of Lexington, and that one hundred dol- lars be transferred from the Law Account.' Art. 12. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was "VOTED: That the Town accept the layout of Bennett Avenue from Baker Avenue to Chase Avenue a distance of 200 feet as laid out by the Selectmen November j16, 1928 and shown on a certain plan on file' in the Town Clerk's Office en- titled, "Plan of Bennett Avenue, Lexington, Mass., Scale 1 inch -40 feet, October 25, 1928, John T. Cosgrove, Town En- gineer," and further voted that for the purpose of construct- ing said street the sum of $800 be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus Account." Art. 17.—On motion of Mr. Joseph R. Cotton, Secretary of Committee on Representative Town Meetings, it was TOWN OP LEXINGTON 97 "VOTED: That the Selectmen be and hereby are re- quested aria authorized in the name and on behalf of the Town to make application to the General Court to establish in the Town of Lexington a form of Town Government providing for a' Town Meeting limited to such inhabitants of the Town as may be elected to meet, deliberate, act and vote in the exer- cise of the corporate powers of the town subject to such re- strictions and regulations as the General Court may prescribe, by the enactment of a statute substantially in the form pro- vided by Chapter 167 of the Acts of 1927 being an act to estab- lish in the Town of Winchester representative town govern- ment by Limited town meetings." A rising vote was taken, 120 being in the affirmative and 106 in the negative. "VOTED: That the final report of the committee of five appointed under vote of the town on December 6, 1926 to recommend what action, if any, shall be taken with respect to securing authority for representative town meetings, be ac- cepted and the committee discharged." The report presented by Mr. Cotton is as follows: Lexington, Mass., November 26, 1928. Final Report of the Committee of five appointed by the Moderator under vote of the Town passed December 6, 1926 to investigate and report with respect to securing authoriza- tion for representative town meetings - To the Citizens of Lexington: At the Town Meeting in March 1928 an extensive report of progress was presented living in detail the scope, form and general idea of the so-called representative town meetings, the research work of the Committee and closed with the sug- gestion that further report would be made hi the Fall. Your Commitee has continued its labors in the interim and has come to the conclusion that Lexington should have representative town meetings. It recommends that the next step should be taken, namely, that our Selectmen be au- thorized to petition the Legislature for an Act which would make it possible for the Voters to take definite action at such time in the near future as they might deem necessary to carry out the recommendations of this Committee. For the purpose of carrying out the recommendations which we herewith make, the Committee will present a motion to this meeting. 98 ANNUAL. REPORTS The most recent Act for Representative town meetings has been adopted by the neighboring Town of Winchester within the month. its general form and provisions would ap- ply to the geography, spread of population, voting strength and probably future growth of our town. We therefore refer - to it in our motion as a model for our Selectmen to follow in preparing a specific Act for Lexington. Under the vole to be offered, you do not commit your- selves to representative town government. What you are doing is authorizing the Selectmen to have placed on the Statute books a specific Act. Such an Act will have no effect until and unless accepted by the Town. We think there should be a provision in the Aet to the effect that it may be accepted at any time within the next three or four years which will put us in a position, during that time, where we may give the matter full consideration as to details and whether or not we wish to accept it. With over 4000 voters, with the necessity of dividing the vote in Precinct 2 and looking forward to the rapid growth of the Town and its greatly increased and complex business administration. the question of having a more business -like town meeting should be presented to the voters for their con- sideration. It can only be presented in concrete form by having a specific Aet passed by the Legislature. and this your Commit- tee recommends. The 'Committee also considers the acceptance of such an Act would be for the best interests of the Town. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE E. BRIGGS, Chairman ROBERT L. RYDER ATLI E. A. MULLIKE'_ti GEORGE E. SMITH IJOSEPR[ R. COTTON, Secretary. Art. 5. Mr. Frederick L. Emery moved that the matter be laid on the table until an adjourned meeting on Monday, December 17, 1928. He then moved that when the meeting was adjourned it be adjourned until December 17. 1928 and that this article be the first business to be considered and that sufficient time be given to its discussion. Mr. Emery's motion was then taken up and passed. TowN OF LEXINGTON 99 Art. 4. Under this article on motion of Mr. James G. Robertson is was VOTED That the Selectmen be and they hereby are in- structed to give to the City of Waltham and the Commissioner of Mental Diseases on or before December first in the current year, as provided in Section 12 of Chapter 372 of the Acts of 1928, notice that the Town of Lexington does not desire to avail itself of the opportunity of connecting the sewers of that area of the Town in the valley of Beaver Brook as described in Section 1 of the said act with the sewers provided for in the said Act." Mr. Sydney R. Wrightington asked thie Moderator for a speeiai privilege which vas granted him, to offer the foi1owing vote: "VOTED That the Selectmen be requested to set apart a certain portion of the balcony in the Cary Memorial Hall for the use of school Children, and non -voters until such time as that space shall be needed by the voters." The motion was passed. Art. 6. On motion of Mr. Albert 11. Burnham, it was "VOTED: That the following amounts be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus Account: Election and Registration Assessors Town Hall Fire Department Removal of Ashes and Care Dept. of Public Welfare Soldiers' Relief $ 300.00 25.00 550,00 2500.00 of Dumps 150.00 1200.00 300.00 250.00 1000.00 Highway Maintenance 1500.00 2000.00 Parka and Playgrounds Snow Removal Insurance It was voted to lay the item of Highway Construction (Massachusetts Avenue, Oak Street to Middle Street) $548.67 on the table. Dr. Clarence Shannon, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, stated that the above remounts were approved by his Committee. Art. 7. Under this article Mr. Albert H. Burnham offered the following motion: 100 ANNUAL REPORTS "VOTED: That the Selectmen be instructed to install street lights in the following unaccepted streets: Tower Street, Independence Avenue, Smith Avenue, Eaton Road, Fair Oaks Drive and Waehusett Drive." Art. 8. Under this article Mr. Albert 11. Burnham of- fered the following motion: "VOTED: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Edgewood Road from Hancock Street, a distance of approximately 480 feet." Art. 9. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham the follow- ing motion was passed: "VOTED: That the Town purchase approximately four hundred fifty feet (450) of 6 inch water main in York Street which was laid by the Edward T. Harrington Co. in 1915 in accordance with agreement dated August 5, 1914 for the sum of $715.42, said amount to be charged to Water Construction Account," Art. 13. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance this ar- ticle was indefinitely postponed. Art. 14. It was voted on motion of Mr. Theodore A. Cus- tance : "That the Town accept the layout of Baker Avenue from Oak Street to Butler Avenue, a distance of 890 feet as laid out by the Selectmen November 16, 1928 and shown on a certain plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office entitled, "Plan of Baker Avenue, Lexington, Mass., Scale 1 inch— 40 feet, October 25, 1928, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer," and further voted that for the purpose of constructing said street the sum of $3,000 be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus Account." Art. 15. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance this ar- ticle was indefinitely postponed. Art. 10. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was: "VOTED: That the Town accept the layout of Summit Road from its intersection with Pollen Road to Pinewood Street as laid out by the Selectmen November 6, 1928 and shown on a eertain plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office, entitled, "Plan of Summit Road, Lexington, Mass., Scale 1 inch -40 feet, October 25, 1928, John T. Cosgrove, Town En- gineer," and further voted that the purpose of construct- TOWN of LF,xINoroN 101 ing said street the sum of $1500 be transferred from General Revenue and Surpus Account." Art. 11. On motion of Mr. Theodore A. Custance it was: "VOTED: That the Town accept the layout of Pinewood Street a distance of 500 feet as laid out by the Selectmen November 6, 1928 and shown on a certain plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office entitled, "Plan of Pinewood Street, Lex- ington, Mass. Scale 1 inch -40 feet, October 25, 1928, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer." It was passed by a rising vote of 31 in the affirmative and 26 in the negative. At 10.10 o'clock P. M. the meeting adjourned to December 17, 1928 at 8 P. M. A true record, Attest: JOHN H. KANE, Town Clerk. 102 ANNUAL, REPORTS ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING December 17, 1928 The meeting was called to order by Moderator, Robert 13. Holt at 8 o'clock P. M. The amendments to the present Zoning Law were ex- plained by Mr. Frederick L. Emery, and stereopticon views were shown of existing houses built on 50 foot lots, and how those same houses would be improved if placed on 75 foot lots. Art. 5. Mr. Frederick L. Emery then moved: "That_ our present Zoning Law he amended by substitut- ing for Section 1 of the present Zoning Law the following: Section 1. To promote the health, safety, convenience and welfare of its inhabitants, to lessen the dangers from fire and congestion and to improve and beautify the town, under and to obtain the benefits of the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40 and Chapter 143, the inspection, materials, con- struction, aIterafion, repair, height, area, location and use of buildings and structures and the use of premises in the Town of Lexington are hereby regulated as herein provided and the Town 'is divided into four types of districts hereinafter defined in Section 3, Paragraph (b), and as shown on the zon- ing map prepared by J. Henry Duffy, Town Engineer, and filed with the Town Clerk March 17, 1924, and all amendments thereto, which map is hereby made a part of this by-larw." Mr. Thomas J. Heaney, Marrett Road, spoke against amending the present Zoning Iaw. Mr. Eugene T. Buckley, 8 Grant Street, stated that he thought the picture showing houses on Marrett Road opposite Prospect Hill Road were inaccurately shown, although Mr. Dmery stated -frit the picture was drawn to scale and was correct. Mr. Isadore Michelson, Parker Street, spoke against the Town adopting the proposed amendments. TOWN ox' LEXINGTON 1,03 A rising vote was taken, 174 being in the affirmative and 142 in the negative. A two-thirds vote being necessary the motion was declared Lost. Dr. David J. Maloney, 24 Muzzey Street, asked that if the amendments as a whole were adopted, would they be the Zon- ing Law of the Town, and he was assured that they would be. Mr. Frederick L. Emery moved: "That Section 9 of the present Zoning law be amended by substituting therefor the following: Section 9. Permits by Boar] of Appeals Required as a Condition Precedent.. When in its judgment the public con- venienee and welfare will be substantially served, and where such exception will not tend to impair the status of the neigh- borhood, the Board of Appeals may in a specific ease, upon written petition, a hearing of which fourteen days' public no- tice shall have been given, and subject to appropriated condi- tions and safeguards, determine and vary the application of the regulations here established in harmony with their general purposes and intent as follows: (a) Permit any uses referred to this section under R. 1, R. 2 and C. 1 districts, and Section 7. (b) Permit variations from the provisions of Sections 6 and 7, where topography or other conditions make it neces- sary. (e) Permit the alteration of a one -family house or build- ing wherever located to accommodate more than one family. (d) Permit temporary structures and uses that do not conform to the uses and regulations herein prescribed. with such condition,' as will protect the community, provided that no such permit shall be for more than one-year period. (e) Permit for yearly terms production of articles in whole or substantial part from materials excavated or grown upon the premises. (f) Permit for yearly terms a roadside stand for the sale of only the products of the Iand of the owner, provided that it observes the front yard regulations and complies with all other conditions imposed by the Board of Appeals. (g) Permit in any district any use obviously intended, or because harmonious or compatible with or accessory to the uses or any of them herein mentioned, or necessary for pub - 104 ANNUAL REPORTS lie convenience or benefit, but which has not been specifically mentioned, or which, otherwise permitted hereunder, may have developed sinee the framing of this by-law. The building inspector shall grant no permit under this section except as directed by the Board of Appeals following the procedure laid down herein and in conformity with the decision of the Board of Appeals. - Mr. Neil McIntosh, Meriam Street, stated that in most of the surrounding towns no area is stated in their Zoning Laws. He then offered the following as a substitute motion: "Voted: That the Board of Selectmen appoint a com- mittee of ten citizens who shall be representative of all sec- tions and conditions of the Town to unite with the Planning Board as a "Committee for the Review of the Present Zoning By -Laws" to see if it is necessary to add to, alter, eorrect or amend the present Zoning By -Laws so tliat the Town as a whole may be substantially served and such meetings as may be held by said Zoning Committee be open to the public, and that said Committee reports its recommendations to the next regular town meeting." The above motion was passed. Mr. Neil McIntosh then moved that his motion be amended to read as follows: "Voted: That the Board of Selectmen appoint a commit- tee of ten citizens who shall be representative of all sections and conditions of the Town to unite with the Planning Board as a "Commitee for the Review of the Present Zoning By - Laws" to see if it is necessary to add to, alter, correct or amend the present Zoning By -Laws so that the Town as a whole may be substantially served and such meetings as may be held by said.Zoning Committ-e he oven to the pubic, and that said committee report its recommendations as soon as it conveniently can," and the amendment was pas'.ed by the meeting. Art. 6. Mr. Theodore A. distance then offered the fol- lowing motion which was passed. "Voted: That the sum of *2500 be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus Account to Highway Construc- tion, Afass. Avenue, (Oak to Middle Streets)." Art. 1. On motion of Mr. Albert. H. Burnham it was: TOWN OF LEXINGTON 105 "Voted : That a Committee of three (3), of whom the Moderator shall be a member, be appointed to act on behalf of the Town in connection with the lectures provided for under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary, said Committee to continue until the Town shall otherwise vote." Committee appointed: Robert H. Holt, Mrs. Henry D. Love, Rev. Christopher W. Collier. Art. 16. On motion of Mr. Albert H. Burnham it was voted to indefinitely postpone this article. The meeting dissolved at 10,00 o'clock P. M. A true record, Attest: JOHN H. KANE, Town Clerk, 106 ANNuA.I., REPORTS REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION November 16, 1928. Pursuant to the law the Town Clerk of Arlington and Town Clerk of Lexington met at Arlington this day at twelve o'clock noon, for the purpose of canvassing the votes on the sixth day of November for a Representative to the General Court of the Commonwealth to represent the twenty-eighth Middlesex Dis- trict. The canvass showed the following result of the votes cast in Arlington and Lexington. In Arlington, Elliott R. Barker had nine thousand, one hundred and forty-four (9144) votes. In Lexington Elliott R. Barker had one thousand nine hundred and seventy (1970) votes, In Arlington George E. Briggs had seven thousand six hundred and forty-eight (7648) votes. In Lexington, George E. Briggs had two thousand seven hundred and forty-three (2743) votes. The returns showed that Elliott R. Barker and George E. Briggs had a majority of the votes east in both towns, and a certificate was accordingly filled out and signed by the clerks of both towns, to be delivered to Elliott R. Barker of 26 Lom- bard Road, Arlington and George E. Briggs of Outlook Drive, Lexington. E. C. PIERCE, TOWn Clerk of Arlington. JOHN H. KANE, Town Clerk of Lexington. A true copy, Attest: JOHN H. KANE, Town Clerk. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 107 TOWN WARRANT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS. 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 CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING, IN SAID LEXINGTON, ON MONDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1929, AT SEVEN THIRTY P. M. Art. 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other Committees. Art. 2. To receive the report of the Committee author- ized by the Town, March 12, 1928, to study its fire and water departments, a copy of which report is mailed with this war- rant, and to see if the Town will approve any or all of the recommendations contained in such a report. An. 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell and convey a portion of the Iand conveyed Ito the Town by deed of George W. Spaulding, dated April 7, 1906 and recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 3243, page ,385, adjoining the premises of Lillian G. & Lois M. Marshall, or to exchange the same for other land of either of the said Marshalls, or to purchases such other land or abandon. convey or release any easement in land of the said Marshalls, or either of them, or take any action in re- lation 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 sad meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this Twenty-sixth dog of December, A. D. 1928. ALBERT 11. BURNHAM, THEODORE A. CiUSTANCE, JAMES G. ROBERTSON, FRANCIS CHAMBERLAIN, Selectmen of Lexington. 108 ANNUAL REPORTS Lexington, Mass. December 31, 1928. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing warrant in the Post Office, in the Town Office Building, and in six other public places in the town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every regti/stered voter in the town seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest: JAMES J. SULLIVAN, Constable of Le Ston. TOWN OF LEXINGTON TOWN OF LEXINGTON APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE 1928 REPORT APPROPRIATIONS 1927 1928 109 Appropriated Spent Asked Approved Received & Transferred ART. 4. Memorial Day $260.00 5200.00 $250.00 $250.0( School 189,000.00 187,771.96 196,900.00 195,400.00 Outside Poor 6,900.00 4,836,27 6,000.00 6,000.00 Highway Maintenance 51,000.00 50,994.95 60,000.00 00,000.00 Street Lights 20,600.00 19,305.04 21.000,00 21,000.00 Fire Department 28,760,00 28,663.03 35,182.00 34,250.00 Appropriation Committee 150,00 74.60 150,00 150.00 Public Parks 4,600.00 4,598.06 8,000.00 5,130.00 Town Engineer 9,200.00 8,776.14 10,868.00 10,868.00 Milk Inspector 500.00 476.78 500.00 500.00 Plumbing Inspector 860.00 860.00 1,700.00 1,160.00 Inspector of Slaughtering, 600.00 600.00 600.00 600.00 April 19th Celebration .,,, 510.66 510.66 25000 250,00 Street Signe 370.00 354.20 300.00 300.00 Cemeteries (Munroe) 3,012.00 3,011.75 1,800.00 1,800.00 (Westview) ,,,, 1,500.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 Wire Inspector 675.00 651.00 675.00 675.00 Lowering Brooks 502.94 450,04 500.00 500.00 Sidewalks 820.00 804,90 2,000.30 2,000.00 Waltham St. Damages 47.00 45.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 Bedford St. Damages 3,231.50 3,231.50 436,00 435.00 ART. 5. Treasurer Town Clerk Collector EIection and Registration Town Hall Hydrants Village Hall Seater of Weights and Measures Forest Fires Dog Officer 5323,189.10 1318,216.78 5152,610.00 5346,728.00 $980.00 5978.78 51,075.00 51,075.00 1,850.00 1,782.37 1,804.00 1.80 4.01 3,730.00 3,729.45 3,970.00 3,970.00 670.00 614.44 2,000.00 2,000.00 4,500.00 4,258.28 6,000.00 6,000.00 4,605.03 4,605.00 4,955.00 4,935.00 825.00 731.41 780.00 780.00 400.00 391.45 400.00 400.00 765.00 684.89 590.00 500.00 50.00 60.00 75.00 50.00 110 ANNUAL REPORTS Appropriated Spent Asked Approved Received & Transferred Hastings Park' 5.00 5.00 5.00 Inspector of Cattle 800.00 300.00 350.00 Dental Clinic 1,600.00 1,573.37 1,735.00 Vital Statistics 60.00 29.00 50.00 Watering Troughs 100.03 100.00 60.00 Soldiers' Burials 100.00 100.00 Soldiers' Relief 700.00 674.00 700.00 Military Aid 100.00 7.50 100.00 Administration of Trust Funds State Aid Interest Maturing Debt Police Department Library Supt. of Public Works Insurance Town Accountant Assessors Selectmen Health Law Unclassified Shade Trees Snow Removal Building Inspector Treasurer, Cary Library Town 'Report Planning Board Ashes and Dumps Traffic Beacons 80.00 400.00 38,000.00 102,237.10 25,925.00 9,777.00 4,540.00 5,100.00 2,800.00 3,990.00 4,975.00 4,250.00 2,450.00 200.00 1,000.00 20,000.00 1,040.00 50.00 728,90 150.00 2,000.00 2,950.00 61.50 372.00 37,991.24 100,800.00 24,652.33 9,229.89 4,450,27 5,202.85 2,752.45 3,871.44 4,974.01 5,968.06 2,190.19 147.82 987.23 15,444.48 I,039.90 728.90 23.00 1,881.54 2,904.78 80.00 400.00 89,000.00 98,000.00 29,100.00 12,273.00 5,800.00 7,543.23 3.200,00 4.275.00 6,500.00 4,000.09 2,000.00 200.00 1,000.00 10.000.00 1,250.00 100.00 599.40 150.00 2.000,00 1,250.00 5.00 360.00 1,700.50 50.00 50.00 100.00 700.00 100.00 89.00 400.00 39,600.00 98,000.00 29,100,00 12,173.00 5,400.00 7,543.23 2.900.00 4,275.00 6.500.00 4,000.00 2,000.00 200.00 1.000.00 5.000.00 1,150.00 100.00 599.40 150.00 2,000.00 1,250.00 Total Art. 5. 5254,173.00 5251,307.98 $253.924.67 ;248,014.14 ART. 6. Moth and Insect Suppres- sion ART. 7. Veterans' Pen=sions ART. 8. Reserve Fund ART. 9. Police Pensions Fire Pensions ART. 11. Middlesex Co. Extension Service 54,500.00 54,393.13 54,500.00 54,500.00 1,225.00 1,224.96 1.225.00 1,125.00 2,500.00 1.544.66 2.500.00 2,500.00 1,600.00 1,628.16 1,900.00 1,900.00 280.00 185,00 1,115.00 1,115.00 300.00 300.00 300.00 800.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON ART. 12. Sewer Construction Sewer Maintenance Water Construction *Water Maintenance *Appropria,ted 64,000.00 43,882.65 10,910.00 10,467.72 35,000.60 30,703.93 60,430.00 50,081.64 from Department Receipts. ART. 13. Highway Construction .,.. ART. 18. Fence (Coonial Cern.) .... ART. 22. Vine Brook to Complete Engineering Plans ART. 26. Curbing Waltham st. to Winthrop rd. ART. 28. New FYre Pump ART. 29. swimming Pool Com. ART- 30. Fire Alarm Wires Under ground in center of town Total 111 112 ANNUAL REPORTS 19,000,00 19,060.00 SIDEWALKS: The sidewalks of the town are very poor and 12,600.00 12,000.00 inadequate. We recommend an increased appropriation and 21,000.00 21,000.00 urge the citizens to apply for sidewalks and to avail them - 65,000.00 65,000.00 selves of the opportunity to build sidewalks so that in time the present eonditions may be overcome. 20,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 FIRE DEPARTMENT: We approve the purchase of a new pump for the Fire Department and the purchase of 1,000 feet of hose, We also recommend the addition of 2 regular 500.00 500.00 men and 3 call men to the department. We recommend junking the Knox and Kissel' trucks. 2,700.00 2,616.53 1,500,00 1,500.00 MATURING DEBT: We recommend a transfer of $25,000 from General Revenue and Surplus account to be applied to meet maturing bonds, the balance to be appropriated and assessed. 3,000.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 500.00 500.00 4,200.00 $780,807.30 $736,547.12 $783,799.63 $767,851,63 SCHOOLS: The school appropriation shows a small increase to provide for additional teachers, and to take care of the automatic increase in salaries. The school committee has asked for an increase of $200.00 on the maxiiiium in order to place our town on an equal salary basis with surround- ing towns. We have approved this increase as it will tend to retain our teachers over a longer period. HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE: We recommend an increased appropriation for highway maintenance as last year's ap- propriation was not sufficient to maintain the streets in the proper condition to prevent disintegration. ENGINEERING: The increase in this department is to sup- ply additional help to meet the demands on the department and a slight increase in salaries. POLICE DEPARTMENT: We believe the police department is not equal to meeting the increased needs of the town and recommend the addition of 2 men to the department. In response to the request for an increase in pay that Lexington is paying less than surrounding towns and we therefore recommend an increase to a $6.00 per day maximum, and that the increase be 25e per day each year to the senior men until the maximum is reached and that the junior men be raised 25e per day at the end of each year of service till the maximum is reached at the expira- tion of five years of service. In making this report the appropriation committee has been obliged to give consideration to the increased demands placed upon the Various departments by the growth of the town. In order to meet these demands we have approved small increases so that the different departments may still be able to furnish the proper service to the citizens. These in- creases however should not increase the tax rate, but should be taken care of by the increased tax return from the new property. In some departments we felt that a reduction would not cause difficulty in the functioning of these depart- ments, and in such cases we have made a reduction from the estimates furnished. We have endeavored to allow the various departments of the town sufficient funds to allow them to render good TOWN of LEXINGTON 118 service to the citizens and at the same time to restrict so far as possible any tendency to extravagance. Respectfully submitted, DR. CLARENCE SHANNON, Chairmen, WM. R. S. EATON, DR. JAMES J. WALSH, JOHN H. DEVINE, FRED W. MILLER, EDWARD J. REMICK, CAxr, G. VIENOT, BERM H. LocKE, WM. E. M ILLIKEN, &e&retary. 114 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK Number of dog licenses issued 779 Number of resident citizen's sporting licenses issued 234 Number of non-resident citizen's sporting ,licenses issued 1 Number of adult's trapping licenses issued Number of minor's trapping licenses issued 29 17 JOHN H. KA_NE, Toum Clerk. TOWN OF' LF.xrxG1oN 115 BIRTHS RECORDED FOR THE YEAR 1928 Date Whole Number Recorded 168 JANUARY Name Parents a A. David and Estelle May (Weiztnger) Young 4 Roy Dexter Fountain, Jr. Roy D. and Jeannette 11. (Moore) Fountain 8 James V. and Matilda (Cuccinello) Picariello 9 David Bullard Whelpley Frank H. and Madeline (Dudley) Whelpley 13 15 Evelyn Husted Oage and Marie (Christiansen) Husted 15 Elizabeth Husted Cage and Marie (Christiansen) Husted 15 Barbara Loring Ware Arthur J. and Jessie M. (McInnis) Ware 15 Angelina Jean Cuchlnello Carmine and May (Derelice) Cuchinello 19 John Leo Merrick John L. and Margaret (Magurn) Merrick 22 Joseph Dominic Deigno Michael A. and Anna (Moskidelli) .Delano. 23 Thomas iRobert Montague Thomas M, and Lulu B. (Wood) Montague 28 Ruth Alma Violet Burgess Clarence W. and Violet (Downey) Burgess FEBRUARY 1 John George Berg, Jr. John G. and Dorothy M. (Collins) Berg 6 Donald Dana Dickerson Walter W. and Anna Marie (Sullivan) Dickerson 116 ANNUAL REPORTS Date Name Parents 9 Elisabeth Nancy Young Clifford W. and Rose (Lepore) Young 12 Clarence Augustus Bush Clarence A, and Margaret F. (Schwalm) Bush 12 Jerry Frank Carbone Carmino and Caroline (Moretti) Carbone 16 Ralph Banks Ralph and Elizabeth (McPherson) Banks 20 Elmer Elsworth Hinsman Kenneth S. and Bertha (Gould) Hinsman 20 Andrea Lyons John A. and Ruth S. (Moore) Lyons 25 25 Elizabeth Frances Dodge Irving and Edith F. (Mitchell) Dodge 26 Joan McCausland Elton B. and Marguerite (Crabtree) McCausland 27 Ralph Gould MoLeod John W. and Lucy Tell (Whiting) McLeod MARCH 1 Patricia Hughes William J. and •Cecelia H. (O'Neil) Hughes 4 .Doris Moore Irving L. and Hilda E. (Soderhelm) Moore 5 5 Rosamond Jean Ashley Harold C. and Alice .Elizabeth (Little) Ashley 6 Leonard Jackson Charles H. and Elizabeth H. (Leonard) Jackson 14 John Richard 11ovfous, Jr. John R. and Mary Ethel (Moore) Hovious 14 Nancy Washburn White Stanley W. and Evelyn W. (Barton) White 14 Joyce Agatha Saunders Theodore and Kathleen (Duffy) Saunders 15 Robert Wallace Ferguson Roy A. and Eva (Gnirke) Ferguson 1? Alma Miskell William H and Estelle (iBallou) Miskell 27 Robert Neil Harvey, Jr. Robert N. and Sarah (Roper) Harvey 27 Richard Arthur Maclnnfs Daniel A. and Anna (Madden) Maclnnia 28 Russell Lee Burling Hubert R. and Lois (Morgan) Durling 30 Leo Edward Dattoli Edward and Susie (Crupi) Dattoli 31 Robert Stuart Giroux Archibald R. and Audrey (MacDougall) Giroux Date Name TOWN OF LEx-1Naz'oN 117 APRIL Parents 3 Robert Wellington Samuel W. and Mary E. (Carney) Wellington 4 Myrtle Jeannette Sorensen Harry C. and Marion (Woodward) Sorensen 6 Roger Emerson Randall AIton F. and Sibyl Winslow (Hobbs) Randal! 8 Joan Frances Crooks George E. and Fennie (McInnis) Crooks 10 Norman Arnold Brown Arnold B. and Helen Dorothy (Pierce) Brown 11 Ruth Cronin Daniel L. and Helen Patricia (Hurley) Cronin 13 Marion Dorothy O'Connell Charles J. and Mary Anne (Doherty) O'Connell 15 Mary Elizabeth Walsh Patrick and Annie (Coyne) Walsh 18 18 Edwin Kenneth ?tcElman Clarence E. and Catherine (Broderic) McElman 27 Kenneth Edward Strong George and Josephine (Donahue) Strong 27 Barbara Ann Beardsworth Laurence and Myra Edith (McCormick) Beardsworth MAY 3 Elizabeth Ann Penny John E. and Marion (MacDonald) Penny 5 Ernest Karl Figenbaum, Jr. Ernest K. and Edith (Koch) Figenbaum 6 Richard John Vaughan Charles F. and Julia Theresa (Dee) Vaughan 8 Rosa Marie Kelley Richard T. and Rose (Lavoie) Kelley 9 Cecilia Annetta Melbourne James S. and Cora Blanche (Miles) Melbourne 15 Mary Heaney Thomas J. and Jennie (Syner) Heaney 16 Salvatore Marashio Paul F. and Clemendina (Mercandante) Marashia 18 Janet Austin Howard B. and Vivian (Morse) Austin 18 Jeanne Austin Howard B. and Vivian (Morse) Austin 24 Dana Stuart Morse Clayton M. and Gladys (Richardson) Morse 26 Ernest Leslie Currie Leslie L. andRita Belle (Glawson) Currie 118 ANNUAL REPORTS Date Name Parents 26 Lois Melba Tebbetts Ralph W. and Laura Marion (Chapin) Tebbette 26 Frederick Elwyn Robbins Howard W. and Helen (Bowe) Robbins 27 Gilbert Harris, Jr, Gilbert and Winifred (Roberts) Harris 30 Marion Agnes Wood John and Mildred Agnes (Martin) Wood 91 Charles Eugene Keating James F. and Jane (Flynn) Keating JurE 3 Margaret McNamara !Edward J, and Margaret M. (Britt) McNamara 5 Shirley Alice Collins William E. and Alice Mercer (Robinson) Collins T Axel ChristIan Sorensen Axel C. and Katrina (Fog) Sorensen 10 Thomas George Lynah, Jr. Thomas G. and Elizabeth Rose (Dee) Lynah 11 Edward Brooke Earle Arthur H. and Mildred (Scott) Earle 12 Lilly Viola Dalrymple Walter F. and Emily (Hancock) Dalrymple Norman C. and Mabel Helen (Fisher) Carr Jesse and Mary (Grace) Curra Philip S. and Rose Anna (Ferry) O'Dowd 20 George Carr 22 Theresa Curra 22 Philip O'Dowd 26 Charles Westlake Rathbone Charles H. and Margaret (Dougette) Rathbone JULY 5 Mildred Irene Manning Harold E. and Marguerite (Sewell) Manning 5 Frances Mary Welch Arthur F. and Mary Frances (Roberts) Welch 6 Lorraine Crane Thomas and Edith (Bangs) Crane 6 Bernard W. and Mildred Frances (Connor) Foley 8 Evelyn Mabel Williams Ernest and Charlotte (Carpenter) Williams 15 Amelia Frances Robinson Sohn and Margaret (Hawley) Robinson 15 Nancy Buckley Eugene and Agnes (Reilly) Buckley 16 Effie Norrice Dalrymple Ralph S. and Alice Norris (Weymouth) Dalrymple TOWN OF LEXINGTON 119 Date Name Parents 18 Bernard Harris Kadetaky Isaac and Annie F. (Bloom) Kadetsky 21 .)ohn and Alice (Perry) McGrath 24 Leland Harrington Emery Leland H, and Lillian (McDougall) Emery 25 Mildred Anna Rycroft John W. and Grace (Day) Rycrott 25 Robert Austin French, Jr. Robert A. and Alice Gertrude (Murphy) French 26 28 Malcolm Richards Thomas K. and Matilda (Mahan) Richards 29 Sally Lawson Warren G. and Rena Mayo (Carter) Lawson 29 Richard Chauncey Woodward William C. and Ruth (Hayde) Woodward 29 Stephen Hurley Stephen E. and Mary Frances (Cavan) Hurley AUGUST 1 Carolyn Sewall Bowen Harold G. and Thelma (Sewall) Bowen 2 Jacqueline Joan Murphy Jahn F. and Irene (Sirois) Murphy 8 Constance Elinor Cushman Elmer L. and Rhoda Clara (Street) Cushman 118 John William Lowe Henry E. and Clara (Wolfe) Lowe 17 Phyllis Irene Cadorette Alphonse and Mildred Irene (Ohlstrom) Cadorette 17 Mary Dorothy Wright (Ralph H. and Mary Ellen Rita (•Carrigan) Wright 18 William Edward Cardillo Michael A. and Adeline (Azatte) Cardillo 18 Antonio Eliodoro Cristallo Joseph and Nilla (Discolo) Cristallo 18 Richard Ellott Moakley Richard E. and Doris Lillian (McPeake) Moakley 18 Arthur Stanley Kennedy John E. and Josephine (Roberts) Kennedy 19 Russell Fenton Bath Russell F. and Gretchen (Wohlbruck) Bath 20 Robert Bernard Ballou Joseph M. and Mary (McDonald) Ba]Iou 20 Barbara Lou Lindstrom Ernest A. and Betty Nelson (Carpenter) Lindstrom 120 ANNUAL REPORTS Date Name Parents 23 William Warren Lawrence Warren B. and Jane M. (Wallin) Lawrence 24 Mildred Ellen Dunlop Saunderson H. and Mildred A. (Little) Dunlop 24 Jean Barbara MacPhee Clarence E. and Jessie Olive (Custance) MacPhee 26 Alice Alberta Rose John, Jr. and Dorothy (Murray) Rose 27 Trueman LeBaron Robbins, Jr. Trueman LeBaron and Josephine (Nutt) 28 Dorothy Elizabeth Mckinnon Donald Alexander and Rose (Tremblay) McKinnon 29 Jane Frances Kearns George H. and Margaret A. (Stokes) Kearns 30 Francis Joseph •Dooley Henry P. and Frances Bertha (Bogush) Dooley Robbins SEPTEMBER 2 Shirley Ann Maxner James 0. and Dorolthy Reed (Butters) Maxner 6 8 Charles Irwin Leavitt George L. and Mildred Elizabeth (Irwin) Leavitt 5 Jesse and Mary (Macedo) Souza 10 12 Patricia Anne Kydd David E. and Anne (Eagleaton) Kydd 12 Francis Bhlcastro Bernard J. and Veronica Virginia (Ryan) Beleastro 12 Elinor Ann Daley Daniel J. and Kathleen Marie (Riordan) Daley 14 Jeannette Lachance 22 Susan Jane Akerley Elmer C. and Geraldine Bennett (Beack) Akerley 25 Kathleen McLaughlin Patrick and Bridget (Gillespie) McLaughlin Arthur and Yvonne (Marcoux) Lachance OCTOBER 1 Harold Edson Wheeler Arthur E. and Christine Elizabeth (Hanson) Wheeler 2 Dominic Iodice Sabatine and Annie (Boggle) Iadice 5 William Joseph Hall, Jr, William J, and Catherine (Robinson) Hall 6 Joseph Antione Savanna, Jr. Joseph A. and Ethel Marguerite (Bell) Savanna TOWN of LRxtNOTON 121 Date Name 11 Helen Lips 14 Paul Edward Mills Samuel J. and Minnie Ruth (Altman) Mills Thomas W. and Frances Martha (Place) ,Connelly John Francis Snee Bernard P. and Eva M. (Dailey) Snee 14 14 20 Parents Herman J. and Elizabeth (Barry) Lips 22 Marion Ruth Higgins Stanley A. and Roseanna M. (Demers) Higgins 25 Edward Leo Britt Michael J. and Sarah (Belson) Britt 27 Ruth Holman Walter and Katherine G. (Ryan) Holman 30 Helen Elizabeth Keefe William J. and Dorothea Marion (Kennedy) Keefe 30 Carol Goodwin Merriam Robert C. and Grace (Lippincott) Merriam NOVEMBER 2 Barbara Ann Crawley Richard F. and Alice Marion (Franke) Crawley 3 Barbara Ellen Murphy William G. and Mary (Daley) Murphy 6 12 Mary Cahalin Peter and Bridget (Conroy) Cahalan 14 Mary Kathryn Mortimer Alfred and Mary (Tierney) Mortimer 15 Betty Elaine Cobb Horace L. and Lola Annabelle (Merrill) Cobb 17 James Conway James P. and Margaret F. (Haggerty) Conway 17 19 28 Lewis Frederick Spellenberg Frederick L. and Catherine (Danforth) Spellenberg „.DECEMBER 3 Albert Ricci John and Elsie (English) Ricci 3 Walter Ricci John and Elsie (English). Ricci 5 Mary Daily William J. and Sarah F. (McCadden) Daily 8 Stella Margolata Mercandante Antonio and Angelina (Tirana) Mercandante 10 Betty Jane Ayres Edmund D, and Mona M. (Hamilton) Ayres 13 Anne Moakley Shanahan William H, and Anne Marlon (Moakley) Shanahan 122 ANNUAL REPORTS Date Name Parents 17 Robert Earle Parrish Malbey V. and Mildred May (Sipddel) Parrish 18 Russell Allan McIntosh Laurence D. and Charlotte (Brooks) McIntosh 18 June Virgina Smith Shirley L. and Rheta Gertrude (Mayer) Smith 20 Paul Dreselly Andrew and Lena Gertrude (Lanka) Dreselly 22 Jennie Eovino Dominic and Lillian (Balladona) Eovino 22 Timothy Joseph Sullivan Thomas and Honora Sullivan 25 Frederick William Shaw, Jr, Frederick W. and Elsie E. (Radcliffe) Shaw 28 30 31 Nathan and Kate (Feldman) Meltzer George Ellery Washburn, Jr. George E, and Hlldegarde (Shumway) Washburn TOWN OF LEXINGTON MARRIAGES RECORDED FOR THE YEAR 1928 WHOLE NUMBER RECORDED FOR 1928-88 DATE NAME Jan. 7 Leo A. Fitzsimmons Dorothy E. Sarty (Connolley) 14 Elwood James DeWolfe Jessie Myrtle MacKenzie 30 William Henry Lawson Grace Isabelle Moore Feb. 6 8 16 18 18 18 21 21 26 dpr. 12 28 28 John Baillie Margaret Murray Richard Whittemore Helen C. Gallagher George F. Doherty Nora B. McGillicuddy Harold M. Chapin Elsie A. Gates Damon Valentine Ellen Rebecca Walcott Ralph Herbert Wright Mary Ellen Corrigan Donald A. McKinnon Rose Trembley Francisco Antonio Venditti Bridget Anne Caldwell George Joseph Whipps Ethel McLeod Ruben S. B. Hopkins Lucy Flora Knowles Russell. Stotler Bray Alatbena May Atwood Gilbert 3ieasham Milda Veronica Kleinberg (Green) May 10 Richard F. Crawley Alice Frianks SO Clyde Trowbridge Butcher Kathleen Iona Clarke RESIDENCE Lexington Lexington Waltham Lexington Lexington Wollaston Lexington Boston Lexington Lexington Lexington Allston Boston Boston Lexington Concord Lexington Cambridge Lexington Cambridge Lexington Lexington Arlington Hts. Lexington Orleans Eastham Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Mountclair, N. S. Lexington Lexington Cambridge 123 ANNUAL REPORTS Jane 2 George Henry Childs Anna Victoria Munn 3 Leslie John Wright Esther Maria Johansen 6 Thorn William Swanson Madelyn Anna Viano 6 Walter R. McClure Ruth C. Harkins 8 Bernard Richard Stevens Ethel Manning Fogg 9 Franklin W. Wiggin Evelyn Claire Banka 10 Anthony Spagnuolo Catherine Vozella 14 Winthrop Harold Bowker Edith Dorothea Hill 16 Barry von Loesecke Bertha Lester Thayer 16 Donald Craig Wark Mildred Patten Sargent 16 Vincent Raffaele Napoli Anna Pedulla 18 Manuel 'Edwin Condinho Louise Gertrude Albro 19 Eugene Mirabelli Josephine Amarn 19 Laurence Cedric Saunders Ethel Charlotte Walton 22 Thomas E, Wiggins Edna G. Graves 23 Oscar Fridoff F. Anderson Bertha May Walsh 27 Lloyd Lambert Faulkingham Margaret May Gaffney 27 Raymond Bradstreet Andrews Arlene Brown Parker 30 August Wilhelm Carlson Elin Bertha Hallgren Jnly 14 17 24 Charles D. Keyes Ruth L. Itamedell James M. Hamilton Mary Grace Hawley Bradford Doty Constance Graves Lexington Brighton Lexington Lexington Watertown Lexington Arlington Lexington Quincy Lexington Roxbury Lexington Lexington Roxbury Brookline Lexington Arlington Lexington Belmont Belmont Cambridge Lexington Lexington Cambridge Dorchester Lexington Lexington Boston Billerica Billerica Lexington Roslindale Lexington Lexington Pawtucket, R. I. Lexington Arlington Boston Arlington Lexington Cambridge Lexington Arlington Lexington Aug. 2 7 20 27 20 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Walter Williams McCoubrey Mary Sleeper Bangs Hartley Earl Greenleaf Estelle Florence Rockwell John Ovid Bullard Dorothy Elizabeth McCann Vernon Starr Morehouse Martha Louise Mosher Ira William Hooper Fontelle Gauge Perkins Sept. 1 Harold AIbert Wilson Bertha Blanche Spidel 3 Roca D'Angelo Helen Florence DeVincent 6 Earle D. Crosby Jennie Coburn 5 Philip Augustus Nelles, Jr. Mary Alice Holey 8 Roger Marvin Blood Margaret Frances Cochrane 8 Howard Marshall Malone Hattie Lyons Malone 9 John Walter Brenton Ethel Arvilla Andrews 12 Lawrence Albert Husted Eleanor Theresa O'Connor 14 Nicholas Augustus Galgay Gertrude Armstrong Waiger 18 James Francis McKinney Laura Mary Sparrow 19 Arthur Stanley Green Alberta R. Urieh 22 Litman Gordan Campbell Sybil Isabelle Boyce 22 Ralph George Spaulding Marion Una Wilkins 22 Oscar Theodore Johnson Alice A. Selmer 29 Joseph H. Wiggins Marion A. Mellish Oct. 7 Charles Henry Brenton Abigail Frances Garrity Lexington Brookline Woburn Woburn Nashua, N. H. Nashua, N. H. .Stratford, Conn. Stratford, Conn. Lexington Lexington Waltham Lexington Watertown Lexington Wrentham Wrentham Lexington Reading Reading Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Somerville Lexington Roxbury Lexington Lexington Lexington W. Somerville Boston Lexington Cambridge Lexington Lexington Allston Lexington Lexington 125 126 ANNUAL AL R•E O: S 10 Charles Lyman Weld Helen George (Pynn) 11 Hollis Wentworth Manning Sara Genisene Nielsen 11 Harold. Raymond Green Evelyn Emma Sillen 12 Malcolm Edgar Deacon Hazel Clara Reynolds 17 Warren Kermit Hadley Dorothy Mabel Draper 20 Samuel R. Simpson Evelyn May Fuller 25 Frederic Morton Harvey Dorothea Salome' Sprague 27 Richard Baxter Brown, Jr. Harriette Bradley Hunnenman 27 John Nicholas Connors Anna Frances MMfulligan 27 Frederick Charles Purcell Mary Gertrude Haley Nov. 1 Lloyd Burton Fulton Phoebe Henrietta Sabine 6 Edward Francis Ferry Mary Louise MacDonald 10 Franklin Phinney Simonds Isabel May Hescock 10 Kenneth Gilchrist Packard Helen Elizabeth Moakley 11 Samuel James Wright Mary Beatrice Alasavich 15 Nicholas Pnepolo Mary Louise Picciani 17 Moses Melvin Low May Gray Lewis 18 Onel Deflice Julia Angelo 28 William Glenroy Kerr Margaret Jane Fonts 28 Philip Eber Rundlett Ruth Priscilla Rigby 28 Frank George Jason Doris Louise Near,' Lexington Winchester Lexington Boston Lexington Lexington W. Medford Lexington Lexington Arlington Hts. Lexington Lexington Boston Lexington Plymouth Lexington Lexington Dorchester Winchester Lexington Waltham Newton Lexington Lexington Lexington Boston Wollaston Lexington Lexington Bedford Lexington Lexington Malden Lexington Lexington Lexington Graniteville Lexington Somerville Lexington Lexington TOWN of LEXINGTON Dec. 1 Glen Brundage Marion Idaho Westbrook (MacKenzie) 5 Joseph D. Tflton, Jr, Esther Marion Truesdell 18 Voiney Vandevere Tefft Katherine Beckett Scott 22 R. Mitchell Rushton Ruth Chandler 22 Levien Nottebart Marguerite Young 23 Reginald Augustus Purdy Jessie Lillie Mae Bailey 31 Warren Ashley Partridge Laura Anne Henderson. Arlington Hts. Arlington Martha's Vineyard Lexington Lexington Adams Lexington Nohie horo, Me. Lexington Waltham Lexington Lexington Lexington Boston 127 128 ANNUAL REPORTS DEATHS RECORDED FOR THE YEAR 1928 Whole number recorded for 1928, including stillbirths recorded as deaths 123 DATE NAME 4 5 7 9 9 13 19 21 22 23 23 28 29 3 6 6 9 11 18 23 25 26 25 Julia Manley Robert Watson Robert Donald Tomley John. McKay JANUARY AGE y m 87 0 62 2 0 10 68 3 Charles S. Bruce Albert J. Kranz Henry Allen Lothrop Campbell M. Tupper William Andrew Jackson Gussie Cohen Mary Gloria Dias Sarah C. Wolfe Thomas Casey Ella Louise Lawrence Charlotte B. Wheatley Gabriel Passaro Annie C. Barker Terrence •Mc}Dionnell Julia Willis Taylor Maria 3. Amia 2 William Henry Dale 2 Mary A. Trembley 2 Everett S. Locke 0 5 12 1 87 0 11 38 5 12 75 9 11 65 0 0 72 11 24 42 0 0 76 0 14 F1dBRIIAJR 75 9 50 0 76 11 64 0 48 8 76 10 74 0 85 7 BIRTHPLACE Ireland Ontario New York, N. Y. Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia Amesbury Yarmouth, Maes. Halifax, N. S. Bedford Russia Azores, Portugal 24 Canada 0 Co. Cork, Ireland 22 Allston 20 Sweden 25 Avellino, Italy 29 Nova Scotia 0 Ireland 30 Boston 72 5 23 France MARCH 54 11 14 Cardif, Wales 20 0 29 Cambridge 86 7 26 Lexington TOWN OF LEXINGTON 5 7 Horace C. Carter 12 Lewis Gilmor Miller 16 Peter Peters 17 Grace M. (Titus) Rynes 20 Minnie Augusta Tillaon 25 Eleanor Ferrazzani 29 George A. Graham 29 John B. Quinn 2 Ellie E. Wright Warner 6 Edward M. Tupper 15 Joseph S. Sylvester 18 18 William Irving Bradley 19 Iva A. Wheeler 23 Thomas Layton Jenks 29 Perry H. Cheney y m d 56 77 81 49 75 0 73 62 APRIL 10 27 6 2 10 0 9 2 6 10 6 6 6 0 6 6 59 10 39 4 73 0 129 Springfield Norfolk, Maas. Portugal Lisbon, N. H. Charlestown Cambridge Lexington Rutland, Vt, 28 Townsend 8 Waltham 0 Azores 67 8 20 China 70 6 11 Maylo, Maine 66 0 22 Nova Scotia 82 3 17 Warner, N. H. MAY 51 9 3 29 9 21 3 .1 17 56 3 21 66 9 7 71 3 4 77 10 12 62 11 23 JUNE 0 4 14 65 7 3 71 7 30 70 8 20 55 11 10 72 10 3 57 0 0 55 4 5 JULY 4 Elizabeth Amanda McAvoy 6 Marion B. Hurley 12 Norman 14lelvin 13 Herbert Langdon Norris 15 James Henry R. Cawley 17 Christiana 1. Boyd 18 Ella +Rowena Jones 31 M. Florence Holbrook 5 Joseph D, Delfino 7 Maude C. White 8 Robert Henry Hovey 9 Thonias Hill Rogers 12 Manuel Bernado Feria 13 Mary Montague 19 Mary Stanton 21 James M. Edgar 2 Charles ,Dalley 6 Edith C. Redman 84 11 17 62 10 0 Nova Scotia Somerville Billerica Orford, N. H. Brighton Unknown Cambridge Bellingham Lexington +Cambridge Boston Lafayette, Indiana Azores, Portugal Ireland Ireland East Boston Boston Rochester, N. H. 130 ANNUAL REPORTS 10 13 13 15 15 16 20 23 26 31 James A. Douglas Louise Pero Arthur B. Rood hesie J. Earle Martha MacSparron Charles H. Wiswell Margaret McEllin Cyrus A. George Flora J. Campbell 1 Harold Dyer 8 Louis P. Leger 9 +Edson C. Cady 11 Elizabeth J. McCormack 15 Lucy Dean 16 Peter Pilkington 22 Pauline Edith Altman 22 Lavinia Buss. 25 Nora M. Ray 26 Irene Thorne Leland 26 James M, Hennessy 27 Sarah M. Brown 30 Mary J. Vaughan 3 6 6 7 13 18 20 25 30 Marino Zarella William H. Burgess Eliza J. Hill Robert Forsyth Luigi Gugliara Robert E. Saul Francis J. Coghian Annie E. Driscoll y m d 72 0 26 St. John, N. B. 17 1 7 Lexington 65 0 0 Port Hilford, N. S. 61 2 21 Lewiston, Maine 67 1 5 Feeny, Ireland 75 10 16 Little Falls, N. Y. 78 0 0 Ireland 89 3 27 Plaistow, N. H. 69 4 3 Stastead, N. H. AUGUST 33 11 0 East Boston 57 10 8 Shediac, N. B. 66 6 12 Vermont 56 0 0 Ireland 22 4 22 Boston 78 0 14 England 62 0 0 Russia 14 7 25 Waverley 63 0 0 Ireland 43 9 14 Portland, Maine 37 8 6 Lexington 76 4 29 Virginia 70 0 15 Ireland SEPTrE}MBER 11 Catherine S. Caldwell 12 Maria L. Cosgrove 13 John James Kelley 13 16 Rachel J. Wellman 17 Aurelia S. E. Amaru 9 6 0 Lexington 49 11 3 66 0 0 87 3 21 26 0 0 41 0 0 69 11 21 49 5 17 OCTOBER 89 2 1 76 0 0 26 1 4 Somerville Boston Argyle, N. Y. Italy .Liverpool, England Boston Somerville Charlestown Lexington Lexington 81 7 10 Johnsburg, Vt. 17 0 0 Boston, r 19 20 20 21 29 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Eliza Mary Brewster Ida Swenson Dorothy L. Gates Lydia Ella Wheaton 1 John Lewis Kinneen 11 Warren M. Bateheller 18 Elizabeth Peirce 18 Phoebe Jane Jackson 19 22 George T. Collins 24 Sarah M. Dodd 1 8 9 16 17 22 24 24 25 27 29 30 Y m d 85 0 0 England 62 3 26 Sweden 9 11 17 .Boston 83 4 15 Bedford NOVEMBER a 19 8 86 3 0 90 19 18 82 8 6 Lexington Lexington Lexington. Old Town, Maine 63 5 6 Ira, Vermont 68 2 3 Ireland • DECEMBER Josephine M. Moulton 63 Bernard P. Baker 61 John Stack 69 Frederick L. Spellenberg, Jr. 0 Edmund Livernoche George W. Reed Filamena Gaspar Da Rosa Edmond Reardon Mary Jane Knight Sarah Ann I,onghottom Mary Francis Howard Lizzie Roberts 31 58 71 74 90 74 88 68 131 1 15 P'Isherville, N, H. 9 13 S, Yarmouth, N. S. 6 4 England 0 18 Lexington 024 Gardner 4 3 New York City, N. Y. 5 19 Azores 0 0 Ireland 2 19 Providence, R. I. 11 24 England 8 4 Portsmouth, N. H. 6 5 Peabody 132 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF HEALTH OFFICER BOARD OX' SELLoTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASS. Gentlemen: December 31, 1928. As Health Officer for the Town of Lexington 1 make the following report for the year 1928: 1 have made only 17 visits during the year to establish quarantine in Scarlet Fever cases and to investigate other eases, an unusually small number of visits. There have been no Diphtheria cases during the year, perhaps due to the fact that so many susceptible children have been immunized against the disease. The list of contagious diseases for the year 1928 follows: Anterior Poliomyelitis 1 Chicken pox 25 Dog Bite 6 German Measles 1 Influenza 13 Measles 132 Mumps 42 Rabies 1 Scarlet fever 13 Septic sore throat 2 Pulmonary Tuberculosis 14 All other forma Tuberculosis 7 Whooping cough 13 Total 2 7 0 Respectfully submitted, Wm L. BARNES, M. 17., Malik Officer. TOWN OF L1ESINOTOti REPORT OF HEALTH INSPECTOR 133 December 31, 1928. To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN : I herewith submit a report of my work as Health Inspector for the year ending December 31, 1928: No. of complaints received and investigated 92 " about piggeries, 11 Id 44 cesspools 21 44 g g. dumps Miscellaneous 52 During the year there has been a marked decrease in the number of piggeries in the town. Seven of the larger ones suspended operations on account of legal action or otherwise. The inspection following the application for permits this year will be more rigid than in the past and only those appli- cants who are complying strictly with the regulations will be recommended for permits. The adoption of a system of permits for the transportation of garbage was one of considerable merit. All vehicles used for the transportation of garbage will be inspect- ed in order that their passage through the town will be accom- panied by the least possible offensive odor and appearance. Overflowing cesspools continue to be a great source of trouble and the extension of sewers as fast as possible is urged. The "private" dumps that are conveniently located along the road sides are very unsightly and unsanitary. A remedy for this situation can be brought about by the co-operation of every citizen by removing or having removed all refuse to the dumps maintained and supervised by the town. The most of these "private" dumps have been posted and in several cases the signs have been maliciously taken down and de- stroyed. For some time past, Mr. Scamman and I have been work- ing on a revised code of Health Regulations, and I hope to be able to present them to the Board within a short time. 1.434 ANNiJAL REPORTS I wish to express my thanks to the Board of Selectmen, Superintendent of Public Works, and all other town officials who have assisted in carrying on the work of the Health Inspector. Respectfully submitted, RussuLL I. PRENTIss, Health Inspector. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 135 136 ANNUAL REPORTS In conclusion I want to express my appreciation of the cooperation given by the Board of Selectmen ,and also the dealers who are working to improve the safeness and quality of the milk sold in Lexington. REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR December 31, 1928 To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN: I herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1928: No. of samples seized or purchased S89 " " analyses made for Butter fat and solids 240 " " Bacteria 104 " " " Sediment 122 Adulteration 10 " Licenses issued 46 " Oleomargarine Licenses issued 8 Average fat content of samples analyzed 4.12 No. of permits to sell Grade A Milk 4 " " " Grade A. Mass. Mitk 2 During the past year there has been considerable increase in the sale of pasteurized milk which is a very healthy situation. It is considered by ail Health Officials that properly pasteurized milk is the only safe milk to use. This was proven by the recent epidemic at Lee, that is, as soon as all of the milk was required to be pasteurized, the epidemic began to decrease. All of the Iarge towns surrounding Lexington require that all milk be pasteurized or from tubercular free cattle. Previous recommendations have been made for the adoption of a similar regulation, and its passage in the near future is anticipated. More Legislation regarding milk is before the General Court this year than ever before. The reason for this is to prevent the recurrence of another epidemic which caused 900 cases of septic sore throat and 49 deaths in a community of about 4000 people. At present we have six plants Iicensed by the Board to pasteurize milk, all of which are operating in accordance with the regulations as adopted by the State Department of Health. Respectfully submitted RTTSSELL I. PRENTISS, Inspector of Milk. TOWN of LEXINGTON REPORT OF ANIMAL INSPECTOR To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, lIA5SACHUSELTS. Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Animals for the year ending Dec. 31, 1928: Number of premises examined where cattle were kept 75 Number of cattle examined and reported 677 Number of cattle quarantined on plupical test none Number of •hogs reported 1618 Number of sheep and goats reported 81 Number of calls made on cattle by request Division Animal Industry _ 9 Number of cattle identified and reported • 16 137 December 31, 1928 There were no cases of Tuberculosis quarantined by me on plupical test as against four (4) in 1927. Approximately fifty (50) cows were condemned by State and Federal Test in Lexington during the year as against twenty-five (25) in 1927. There are still a few herds containing no doubt reacting cattle, but they are producing pasteurized milk in most every case, or selling to pasteurizing plants. RABIES CONTROL It would seem as though the three (3) months quarantine placed on the dogs early in January was instrumental in re- ducing the number of dog bite eases and also the number of positive eases of rabies about one half. Number of dogs quarantined for biting people 28 Number of dogs quarantined for contact with rabid dog 21 Number of rabid dogs destroyed by me 1 Number of other rabies cases 7 Total number of rabies cases g Number of heads sent to Laboratory 9 Number of cats destroyed for contact with rabid dogs 3 Number of cats quarantined for contact with rabid dogs none Number of calls on dogs and cats during quarantine 46 Total number of Balls made on dogs and cats 104 Two persons were bitten by a rabid dog. 138 ANNUAL REPORTS There are too many dogs roaming at large that have no permanent homes and for whom a tax is not paid, and it is wise to destroy them as fast as they can be secured. Owners of dogs would do well to keep their dogs on or near their own premises and not to turn them loose in the morning for an all day run. A dozen dogs roaming together often engage in savage fights and sooner or later one of then. develops rabies because one of the pack was a case of rabies in the stage of incubation but capable of transmitting rabies before he showed symptosis of it himself. The best dog is the dog that stays somewhere near his own home and minds his own affairs. Owners of dogs would do well to investigate the problem of preventative vaccination against rabies. Respectfully submitted, CHESTER L. BLAKELY, M. D. V., Inspector of Animals. TOWN ox LExINomoN 139 REPORT OF DENTAL CLINIC Lexington, Mass., December 31, 1928 To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASS. Gentlemen: We herewith submit the following report: Fillings in No. Fillings in Eatrac- Clean- tem- Abscess of permanent tions Ings porary Treat - Pupils teeth teeth ments Parker 77 104 53 60 85 0 Hancock 75 164 48 39 61 3 Munroe 86 154 57 58 77 6 Adams 114 125 72 112 53 2 Junior High 15 17 8 8 0 2 Senior High 7 7 1 2 0 0 TOTALS 374 571 239 279 276 13 Total number pupils 374 Total number operations 1378 Totals number cleanings 279 Total number fillings 847 Total number pupils finished 135 Total amount money received $160.45 Respectfully submitted, MRS. DOROTHY H. CHAMBERLAIN, Chairman, MRs. HUGH D. MCLELLAN, MR. THOMAS S. GRLNDLE, Dental Clinic Committee. 140 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF SLAUGHTERING INSPECTOR Lexington, Mass., December 31, 1928. To THE BOARD of SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASS. Gentlemen: I herewith submit my annual report for the year 1928 as Inapeetor of Slaughtering: G. Bonze' Swine 4,888 Veal 316 Sheep 350 Cattle 6 C. Holman Swine 1,283 Veal 19 Forty-five (45) swine, seven (7) veal, were condemned and rendered. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE A. WARNER, Sk ughtervng Inspector. TowN OF LEXINGTON 141 REPORT OF PLUMBING INSPECTOR Lexington, Mass., December 31, 1928. To TEE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASSACEUSErrS. Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Plumbing Inspector for the year ending December 31, 1928: Number of applications filed and permits granted 228 Number of calls made in connection with inspections, water tests and information - - 439 Two hundred and twenty-five permits were issued at two dollars $450.00 One permit was issued at Five Dollars 5.00 1455.00 Two permits were issued where no charges were made as follows: Massachusetts State Raspital Lexington Water Department Work Shop. Work had to be altered on three houses owing to the Plumbers not installing it properly, after explaining to them what had to be done, at the time they filed their applications. The alterations were made satisfactory and the permits signed. They were Plumbers from out of Town. Several calls for inspections were requested by owners in regard to the drainage inside the house. After consulting with them and pointing out the danger which may arise from old and worn out work, they concluded to make application for sewer connection. This should prove to be a benefit and of great satisfaction to the owners, instead of being put to the inconvenience of having their cesspools pumped out when over- flowing and discharging on top of the ground. Whenever a sewer is installed, the owners should take the advantage of having the house drainage enter the sewer, more especially when the cesspool is located at the front of the house. 142 ANNUAL REPORTS I take this opportunity to thank the Superintendent of Public Works for the advice on matters which I would not handle alone; also, the clerks for their hearty cooperation they have given me this past year. Respectfully submitted, ANDREW T. BAIN, Inspector of Plumbing. TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS 143 Lexington, Mass., December 31, 1928 To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXSNoroN, MASS. Gentlemen: I herewith submit the following report: The town of Lexington appropriated $300.00 in support of the Middlesex County Extension Service through the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture for 1928. The following is a report of the work accomplished during the day. In Agriculture the principal service rendered this year has been along the line of answering requests for individual farm visits. Sixty-one farm visits were made principally along the line of market gardening and ;poultry. Lexington was represented by three members in the Herd Improvement As- sociation. In Homemaking a total of fifty-three women attended the homemakers' groups this year. In addition to the meetings held in the Center, a new group has been started in East Lexington and also one in the Rite End Community. Twenty- five homemakers attended a series of five home improvement meetings and have reported more eheerful and convenient kitch- ens as a result. A series of four Nutrition meetings were held in the spring and a group at the Center, as well as one in the East and one in the Kite End Cornxnunity, are now carry- ing the clothing Selection and Garment Finish project. Two leader training schools in Home Improvement and two in cloth- ing have been held in Lexington Center. In Boys' and Girls' 4-11 Club work sixty-three boys and girls were enrolled in garden, canning and poultry clubs. Assistance was given_ by furnishing judges for the local grange fair. In addition to the above Local work, the citizens of the town bad an opportunity to attend the county -wide meetings 144 ANNUAL REPORTS in the interest of various phases of agriculture and homemak- ing and also received circular letters giving timely suggestions on problems pertaining to the home and the Farm. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT P. TRASK, Director. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 145 REPORT OF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT Lexington, Mass., December 31, 1928. To THE HONORABLE BOARD of SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Gentlemen: I, herewith, submit my annual report as Tree Warden and Superintendent of Moth Department for the year ending December 31, 1928. During the past year work in connection with the care of trees and shrubbery, and the suppression of insects and moths, was done carefully. Necessary precautions to prevent any damage that would be caused by these pests were taken. Trees and shrubbery in the Town were treated with creosote for the suppression of the Gypsy Moth. Few Brown Tail Moth nests were found, and it would appear that this pest is decreasing. The few nests that were found were collected and burned. Further protection was given by spraying the foliage on trees and shrubbery in parks, cemeteries, school grounds, and on all street trees, with arsenate of lead. The street trees were trimmed and the dead branches were removed. At times, it was necessary to cut trees down. This, however, was only done when the trees were considered to be in an unsafe condition. Young trees were set out in different sections of the Town. The trees and shrubbery in the Town are in good condi- tion, and we should all strive to keep them, so. I wish to thank the Board of Selectmen and the Superin- tendent of Public Works for assistance given to me during the past year. Respectfully submitted, OSBORNE J. GORMAN, Supt. of Moth Dept. and Tree Warden. 146 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF FOREST FIRE WARDEN Lexington, Mass., December 31, 1928. 'To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Gentlemen: 1, herewith, submit my annual report as Forest Fire Warden for the year ending December 31, 1928. There were 171 grass and forest fires in the Town of Lexington during the past year. Compared with the previous year, an increase of 27 fires is shown. The Fire Department responded to alarms for these fires. Some fires, especially those in large forest areas, would have been serious; but the men by hard work, often under unfavor- able conditions, were successful in extinguishing them, before any great damage to property resulted. The fire men always responded willingly to any request and gave excellent service. People who procure permits from the Fire Department to start fires should be careful in observing the rules and regula- tions under which these permits are issued. Conditions should not be violated. A decrease in alarms could be shown, if fires were not started in dry weather or on windy days. I wish to thank the• Chief of the Fire Department for assistance given to me, and also extend my thanks to the people of the Town who co-operated with Die during the past year. Respectfully submitted. OSBORNE J. GoamaN, Forest Fire Warden. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 147 REPORT OF WIRE INSPECTOR Lexington, Mass., December 31, 1928 To THE HONORABLE Bomm of SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report for the year of 1928 as Wire Inspector. Number of applications and permits granted 348 Number of calls made in connection with the inspections 461 The fees paid are arranged as to the class of work, a one or two car garage or additional work permit . $ .50 For complete wiring of new or old house 1.00 To the officers and members of the Fire Department for their assistance and support at all times, I extend my most sincere appreciation. Respectfully submitted, Lords W. BILLS, Inspector of Wires. 148 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Lexington, Mass., December 31, 1928. To THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASS. Gentlemen: I herewith submit my annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1928: ro y .d - C 4. d v7ti DI b w a co Z U Platform over 5,000 lbs. $1.00 3 1 Platform 100 to 5,000 lbs. .50 2 37 1 Counter under 100 lbs .10 1 38 Beam 100 lbs. or over .50 2 Beam under 100 lbs. .10 1 Spring 100 lbs. or over .50 5 2 Spring under 100 lbs. .10 43 Computing under 100 lbs.10 1 39 1 2 Personal Weighing .60 6 Prescription .10 5 Weights: Avoirdupois .03 407 Apothecary .03 23 Capacity Measures: Liquid 98 Auto. Meas. Devices: Gasoline Pumps ,10 63 69 2 1 Kerosene Pumps .10 1 Gil Meas. Pumps .10 28 1 Sealed Fees E Linear Measures: Yard Sticks .03 22 2 Adjusting, charges 67 813 3 10 Miscellaneous 7.15 89.52 96.67 TowN of LEXINGTON 149 The stores, factories and road stands .have their weighing or measuring devices sealed, the pedlars and junk men scales sealed. Several test weighings have been made. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES E HADLEY, Sealer of Weights and Measures. 150 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR December 31, 1928. To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Gentlemen: The past year has been one of continual growth and pros- perity. New lots of land are being developed which will go on the market in the Spring. The per cent of home owners and one family dwellings are greater than any town in subur- ban Boston. Within the last year or bwo several blocks of new stores have been built which makes Lexington a good town for resi- dents, also for the neighboring towns to trade in. The following is a summary of the building permits issued for the year 1928: TAXABLE PROPERTY 144 One family dwellings $978,000 3 Two family dwellings 28,000 51 Repaired and remodelled 46,750 93 Garages 48,470 3 Blocks of stores 105,500 11 Poultry houses 3,700 12 Sheds 3,850 1 Dog house 400 2 Green houses 3,500 1 Gas and .011 ,StatIon 3,500 1 Temporary Office 100 1 Child's play house 300 Non taxable property $1,220,070 300,000 11,620,070 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 151 I have collected for building permits, and paid the Treas- urer $1,255. Respectfully submitted, JOHN F. TIBBETTS, Building Inspector. 152 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL December 31, 1928 To THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON, Gentlemen: In accordance wtih Section 6 of Article XI of the Town By-laws, I herewith make my report in writing as Town Coun- sel of (a) "all actions by or against the Town which were pend- ing at the beginning of the preceding fiscal year"; (b) "all actions brought by or against the Town during such year"; and (c) "all actions settled or disposed of during such year". (a) The following actions were pending en January 1, 1928, and proceeded as stated. (1) John Swenson, Adm. v. Town of Lexington; Superior, Middlesex ; personal injuries ; ad da nnum $15,000. No action taken during the year. (2) Henry McCaffrey v. Town of Lexington; Superior, Middlesex; bill in equity to enjoin clearing bed of a brook. Adverse decision by the court on exceptions to the Master's report. Case settled with two other cases by payment by the Town for $550. (3) Town of Lexington v. Henry McCaffrey; Superior, Middlesex; cross bill in equity tried with the case preceding. Disposition same as (a) (2), (4) Joseph Shaler v. Town of Lexington; Superior, Mid- dlesex; tort for personal injuries; ad damnum $5,000; trial; judgment for defendant. (5) Town of Lexington v. William J. Miskell; Superior; Middlesex; petition for attachment for contempt for violation of an injunction. Continued for final disposition. Defendant TOWN OF LEXINGTON 153 ordered to pay expenses of the Town including counsel fees, which order was complied with. (6)• Harry M. Aldrich v. Inhabitants of Lexington; Su- perior, Middlesex; petition for damages for widening of Wal- tham Street. Settled by payment of damages originally awarded by the County Commissioners, $3,910. (7) Harry M. Aldrich v. Inhabitants of Lexington; Su- perior, Middlesex; petition for damages for widening of Wal- tham Street. Second petition relating to the same cause as preceding and settled at the same time for the same considera- tion, (8) Ella Louise Lawrence v. Town of Lexington; Su- perior, Middlesex; petition for assessment of damages for tak- ing land to widen Waltham Street. No action taken during the year. (9) George A. Woods v. Town of Lexington; Superior, Middlesex; petition for assessment of damages for taking the right to construct a sewer. No action taken during the year. (10) Town of Arlington v. Town of Lexington; Superior, Middlesex; petition for assessment of damages for taking of land in the widening of Cliffe Avenue. No action taken dur- ing the year. (11) Robbins & Smith; petition for registration of title to land including Harrington Park, so called. Hearing. De- cision reserved pending attempt at settlement which has not yet been carried out. (12) Town of Lexington v. Ambrose and Joseph Ballon; Superior, Middlesex; hill in equity to enjoin carrying an the trade of keeping pigs without a permit by the Board of Health. Decree for the plaintiff. Injunction issued. (13) John M. Miskell v. Town of Lexington; Superior, Middlesex; petition for jury to revise order of prohibition is- sued by Board of Health against carrying on the trade of keep- ing pigs without a permit. Trial before a jury. Verdict for the defendant sustaining the reasonableness of the order of the Board of Health. (h) The following cases have been entered during the year 1928. (1) Caroline A. Harrington v. Town of Lexington; Su- perior, Middlesex; petition for assessment of damages for es- tablishment of building line. Pleadings completed. 154 ANNUAL REPORTS (2) Towu of Lexington v. Louisa G. T. Bean and Frank W. Perkins; Superior, Middlesex ; bill in equity to enjoin vio- lation of the Zoning Law. Hearing before Master. Argument on Master's report before the eourt. Decision reserved. (3) Henry McCaffrey v. Town of Lexington; Superior, Middlesex ; action for damages arising out of the same facts as are in the bill in equity above noted. Case entered and set- tled at the same time as the other two McCaffrey cases. (4) Town of Lexington v. John Ricci ; Superior, Middle- sex; bill in equity for injunction against keeping pigs without a permit. Injunction issued. (5) Northern Artery Assessment. Commission appointed by special act to assess betterments for the construction of the Northern Artery, so called. Preliminary hearings and view taken. Further hearings adjourned until March, 1929. (c) Of the above actions the following were disposed of during the year. (1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (6) (7) Lexington v. William J. Miskell, John M. Miskell v, Lexington. Aldrich v. Lexington (two cases) . Lexington v. John Ricci. McCaffrey v. Lexington (two cases). Lexington v. McCaffrey. Lexington v. Ballou. The Town Counsel also reports the separate amounts re- ceived by him as compensation and for disbursements in each of such actions during such year and for all other services not covered by his regular salary. Lexington v. William J. Miskell (Reimbursed to the Town John M, Miskell v. Lexington Lexington v. Ballon Lexington v, Ricci and Ricci v. Lexington Aldrich v. Lexington (two cases) Slialer v. Lexington McCaffrey v. Lexington (two cases) and Lex- ington v. McCaffrey by Miskell).... $250.00 650.00 50.00 Disbursements 200.00 40.00 300.00 550.00 (1) Lexington v, William J. Miskell. (Reimbursed to the Town by Miskeli) .... 21.75 TOWN OP LEXINGTON 155 (2) John M. Miskeli v. Lexington 137.35 (3) Lexington v. BaIlou 8.90 (4) Lexington v. Ricci and Ricci v. Lexington 8.75 (5) Shaler v, Lexington 15.00 Rape etfully submitted, S. R. WEIGETINGTON, Town Counsel. 156 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT December 31, 1928 To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, TOWN OF LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Gentlemen: 1 have the honor to submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1928: Number of Arrests 403 Offences for which arrests were made: Assault and Battery 9 Bastardy 3 Breaking and entering 16 Contempt of Court 3 Collecting junk without license 1 Default 7 Destroying Town property 1 Drunkenness 89 Evading Fare 1 Idle and Disorderky 1 Insane 5 Keeping unlicensed dog 7 Larceny X0 Malicious Mischief 5 Manslaughter 3 Non-support 5 Non-payment of wages 1 Obstructing Fire Department 1 Profanity 1 Robbery 5 Setting fire without permit 2 Shooting song bird 1 Suspicious persons 23 Threatening 1 Truants 1 2 Vagrants 14 Violating Automobile laws 159 Violating Liquor laws 27 Total 403 TOWN OF LEXINGTON ARRESTS BY MONTHS January February March April May June July August September October November December 157 16 24 25 28 46 34 25 51 55 33 40 28 Total 403 DISPOSITICfN OF CASES Appealed Committed to Concord Reformatory Committed to House of Correction Committed to State Farm Continued Defaulted Discharged Filed Fine1l Middlesex Training School Probation Psychopathic Released Suspended Turned over to out-of-town police 23 3 17 1 10 8 23 22 210 2 20 5 27 10 22 Total 403 Aggregate amount of fines imposed $6,609.00 Aggregate terms of imprisonment 40 yrs. 7 mos. Miscellaneous Business: Accidents reported 319 Accidents investigated 295 Attendance at Court by Officers 405 Buildings found open 81 Complaints investigated 175 Examiner 3 1,250 hrs. 7 Deaths reported to Medical Officers special duty Sick persons assisted 158 ANNUAL REPORTS Street lights reported out 273 Unoccupied houses given special attention . 68 Number of duty calls 12,775 Number of miles run by Ford Car 20,000 Number of miles run by Motorcycle 12,000 All schools are now protected by uniformed Police Officers while the children are going and coining from school. Two officers were appointed during the ;.past year to take care of this partieular situation, and it seems to be very necessary as our automobile accidents have increased enormously in the last three years. In 1925 we had 125 automobile accidents reported, and in 1928 319 were reported. During the last six months of 1928, the names of no automobile drivers were taken and warned about minor violations of the automobile laws. During the year there were two fatal accidents. Below is a list by months of automobile accidents in 1928: January February 9 March 11 April 23 May 18 June 32 July 32 August 35 September 29 October 39 November 30 December 44 16 The Department moved to the new Police Station in June, and we have very modern quarters and all facilities for carry- ing on the work of the Department. I wish to thank all biose who by their assistance helped us in performance of our duty. Respectfully submitted, JAMB. J. $JLLIVAN, Chief of Police. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 159 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS HONORABLE BOARD OF SEI,F,CTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Gentlemen December 31, 1928. The small amount of money appropriated for the work of the Park Department just about takes care of the repairs and maintenance and does not leave much chance to make many improvements but with what money we do receive, we try to put it where it will do the most good. The following is an outline of what has been done this year: COMMON This piece of sacred ground was fertilized, mowed and trimmed as usual. A gravel sidewalk and curbing was put in along Bedford Street from Elm Avenue to Massachusetts Av- enue by the Highway Department. The Liberty Pole was raised, lowered and painted. Each fountain 'was given its usual care. In my 1929 budget, I have made provision to plant shrubbery around the Hayes fountain. The drinking fountain must be replaced as the old one which is sixteen years old cannot be fixed without spending a great deal of money on it and I believe that it would be cheaper in the end to put in a new one. We were very fortunate in getting the loam and sod from the old Town Hall lot to help straighten out the edges on the walk borders. BUCKMAN TA V P.,RN The Tavern grounds should be reloanxed and seeded so that something besides weeds will grow. This should be done in the early spring in order that it can get, a good start before the winter sets in. Two trees were set out—one by the G-irl Scouts and the other by the Daughters of the American Revo- lution. Unfortunately, the one set out by the Scouts died in midsummer 160 ANNUAL REPORTS BELFRY HILL In the Fall of 1927 and the Spring of 1928 this hill re- ceived a thorough cleaning and with a little picking up now and then, it should be left alone as this will give the pine seed- lings which were planted by the Boy Scouts in 1927 a chance. Otherwise, we will probably destroy a large percentage of them. HASTINGS PARK This park was mowed and cleaned twice during the past season. If weather permits, we will flood the lower end so that the children will have some place to skate. The fence on Massa- chusetts Avenue is in bad shape and should be replaced or perhaps a nice hedge would be better. At any rate, something must be done. DOBBINS PARK Again, we were fortunate in having 1Ir. Parker take care of this ,piece of land at a very small smn. Ile keeps it look- ing well at all times. EAST LEXINGTON PLAYGROUND The Tennis Court was put in condition early in the sea- son. The grass was cut and hauled away twice. The field was laid out for football so that the school children could learn the game. Two teams were formed and it was very in- structive to them. This year the Superintendent of Schools requested that the playground apparatus be left out. After due consideration, it was decided to leave the swings and the giant strides out. This will mean that the apparatus will receive five tinges the wear thatit usually gets. We would like to put two marble rings on this playground and will if the necessity warrants it. For nine weeks in the summer the children were under the supervision of Miss C aCotter. the Miss Dailey had charge of this playground during summer months and had a fair attendance considering that there was no swimming. Scrap Books were made and sent with those made at East Lexington to the Children's Hospital. On account of no swimming pool, the children did not visit the Center playground which they missed very much but they were present at the final Playground Field Day. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 161 CENTER PLAYGROUND Organized games were played and story telling took up the younger children's time. With the open spaces and all the shade trees on this playground, it is seldom that the heat of the sun bothers the ehildren's play. This year, as in the past, the children who were in good standing (130 in all) were given an outing at Norumbega Park. The final day was taken up in sports and a baseball game between the two playgrounds, the Center winning the greater number of points, but East Lex- ington is making a better showing each year. TENNIS COURTS The surface of the five courts held up very well this year but it will be necessary to touch them up again next year. The fences at the center courts are in bad shape and should be replaced as nothing has been done to them for the past four years as we have been waiting for the time when the town would see its way clear to re -arranging the courts and adding two ne'w ones and then to refence the whole area. There is no one thing on our playgrounds that is used more than our Tennis Courts. SWIMMING POOL I am in hopes that the Committee in charge of this work will see their way clear to give us a pool this year. By so do- ing, we will not only be adding a swimming pool but also a safe skating place for our children. In the summer they can sail boats and do other things that children enjoy where there is water and the best part of it would be that 'we would know that. they would always be safe. Many of our children have some very narrow escapes around our brooks and mud holes that we know nothing about. RESERVOIR• During the summer the water was drawn off and a new outlet put in so that the water can be drained out much faster. The Gate House 'was repaired, the expense of which was borne by the Swimming Pool Committee. For further report of conditions here, I refer you to the report of that committee. GRAND STAND It will be necessary to replace some of the planks that have rotted during the year at an estimated east of $50.00. 162 ANNUAL REPORTS It is now costing us on an average of $ i 5.00 a year to repair this stand. ROADS believe that our roads surrounding, the playground should be resurfaced and retarred the coming year. We were very fortunate in receiving a large amount of filling from the Water & !Sewer Department this year and with a little extra effort, we will have a sidewalk running from Lincoln Street into our playground •which will not only beautify but will also add to the safety of the pedestrians. I believe that it is now time for us to buy enough land from the Glass Estate to make a proper entrance from Clarke Street into our playground. I hope that you will endeavor to take this matter up this year. TOWER PARK This being a new addition placed upon our department this year, it is hard to give a figure on the cost of its upkeep. The financial statemept of this department • will be found in the Town Auditor's report. In closing, I wish to thank the Board of Selectmen, the Superintendent of Public Works and the heads of the de- partments 'who have assisted me this year. Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. GARRITY, Superintendent of Parks and Playgrounds TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS 163 Lexington, Mass., December 31, 1928. To THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASS - Gentlemen The past year has witnessed more actual work accom- plished by the Highway Department than perhaps any year in its history. A record was established in the number of miles of highway resurfaced amounting to nearly one half of the Town's total. As an indication of the scope of this work the following list of streets may be of interest to the tax payers. RESURFACED WITH TARVIA OR OIL Fallen Road, entire length. Massachusetts Avenue, Cedar Street to Wood Street. Woburn Street, 4/10 mile. Slocum Road, portion. Bloomfield Street, portion. Waltham Street, Massachusetts Avenue to State Road (temporary pending reconstruction). Pleasant Street, Concord Avenue to Watertown Street. Concord Avenue, Belmont line to Lincoln line. Highland Avenue, entire length. Cedar Street, entire length. Winthrop Road, entire length. Washington Street, entire length. Adams Street, entire length. Elliot Road, nearly entire length. 164 ANNUAL REPORTS RESURFACED WITH GRAVEL Walnut Street Westview Street Blossom Street Grove Street Allen Street Robinson Road Weston Street Burlington Street Shade Street North Street Old County Road East Street Wood Street Reed Street Ward Street Watertown Street was reconstructed throughout its entire length. Under the provisions of the Betterment Act, Simonds Road was built as well as York Street and Prospect Hill Drive. A substructure was laid on Bennett Avenue and Baker Avenue for a total of 1500 feet and the construction of Summit Roacl and Pinewood Street was commenced. This work, halted by cold weather, is to be completed in the Spring. Massachusetts Avenue at Waltham Street and the entrance of Waltham Street were widened fifteen and seven and one half feet respectively to meet the demands of modern traffic. Parking space was thus created without interfering with vehi- cles in motion. This work, which met with general approval, is in line with our program beginning last year when we wid- ened .from Hunt's Block to Meriam Street. To even the casual observer it is obvious that we must do more each year to promote safety and to expedite traffic. Recent serious accidents emphasize the need of some kind of automobile signals. When the State Department of Public Works has decided upon a system of uniform traffic safety signals, as well as rules and regulations governing them, it would be an advantage if such devices were installed at Waltham Street and Massachu- setts Avenue, Waltham Street. at Marrett Road, Waltham Street. at Concord Avenue, Woburn Street at Lowell Street, Massachusetts Avenue near Clarke Street, and Bedford Street at Elm Avenue. At each of these intersections several serious accidents have occurred and minor accidents happen fre- quently, During 1927 and 1928 the Town received much financial assistance from the State and County and their co-operation has been promised in the rebuilding of Waltham Street during I -'29 To favorably influence the County Commissioners it was felt imperative that some unfinished work that they had TOWN OF LEXINGTON 165 previously ordered the Town to have done be attended to at this time. Consequently Massachusetts Avenue at Cedar Street was widened and straightened. An open drain at the side of Cedar Street constituting a traffic hazzard of long standing was eliminated and several large trees projecting out into the street were removed. This work improved the most dan- gerous spot on the main road from Boston to Concord. That part of Massachusetts Avenue between Marrett Road and Oak Street lias been reconstructed during the past year also new drainage has been installed, and the old street car tracks removed giving an excellent wide street where it has been needed for a number of years, During the current year we have added 1000 feet of snow fence to our present equipment. This is doing admirable work contributing to the convenience of those using the highways in stormy weather and cutting down the cost of snow removal. We now own or have on call seventeen motorized pieces of equipment including trucks and tractors, most of [which are hired but readily available for instant snow service. This is in addition to our horsedrawn sidewalk and street plows. AI - most without exception sidewalks were cleared in time for business people going to work throughout the entire town during the season covered by this report. The Department will need for replacement in 1929 two light trucks and a motor grader. The grader is used not only for snow removal but throughout the year spreading gravel in which work it is equivalent to twelve men, Again 1 call your attention to the advisability of having a central yard and buildings to house equipment. I refer you to my report for 1927 in which this subject was covered thoroughly. 1 hope that some action in this direction will be taken in 1929. The work of the Department this year was facilitated in no small measure of the unqualified co-operation of the Select- men, Superintendent of Public Works and all members of the Department to whom I express my gratitude. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT H. WHITE, Sivpt. of Streets. 166 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF TOWN ENGINEER December 31, 1928 To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN: LEXINGTON, MASS. Gentlemen: I herewith submit the following report relative to the activities of the Engineering Department during the year 1928. Engineering services were rendered as follows: HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Streets accepted in 1828. Name of Street From To 1. Simonds Road 2. Prospect Hill Rd. 8. York Street 4. Summit Itoad 6, Pinewood Street 8. Baker Avenue 7. Bennett Avenue Bedford $t. Marrett Rd. Meriam St. Fol1ea lid. Fullen Rd. Oak St. Baker Ave. Length Date of Acceptance Grove Street 2894 June 28, 1928 Wachusett Drive 1382June 28, 1928 Toward Grant St 28, 1928 Pinewood Street 26, 1928 Summit Road Butler Avenue Chase Avenue 700June 822 Nov. 498Nov. S 9 0 Nov. 200 Nov. 7386 26, 1928 26, 1926 26, 1928 Of the above mentioned streets, only the first three were actually constructed. In addition thereto, location plans were also made and lines and grades established for the following streets : 8. Butler Avenue from Carville Avenue to Baker Avenue, 9. Chase 'Avenue from Tucker Avenue to Bennett Avenue. Lines and grades were established for: 1. Construction of granolithic sidewalks bordering 13 properties on 11 different streets with a total length of 2016 feet. 2. Curbing at street intersections with Massachusetts Avenue between Oak Street and Marrett Road, at Waltham Street and directly opposite, at Cedar Street and on Bedford Street. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 167 3. Drainage at Simonds Road and at Massachusetts Ave- nue between Percy Road and Pelham Road. 4. Relocation of drains at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Cedar Street and at the corner of Edgewood Road and Meriam Street SEWER DEPARTMENT Studies and estimntes were made for the construction of 9920 linear feet of sewers in 14 different streets. Final field work and resultant plans have been completed of 8175 feet of this amount. WATER DEPARTMENT Locations were given for 76,481 linear feet of water main extensions. Most, of these Iocations have been recorded in note hook form. We have also assisted in relocating house connection shut -offs along Massachusetts Avenue Prom the Arlington line to the presentend of the main beyond Lake Street and along all streets in the vicinity of Bow Street. This 'was done because the original ties were made to fixtures such as ear tracks, stone walls, trees and poles which have been removed. BOARD OF SURVEY The following work was undertaken for Board of Survey purposes: 1. Survey and plan of Waltham Street from Massachu- setts Avenue to Marrett Road to show suggested lines for'wid- ening to 60 feet. 2. Survey of Hi]] Street. 3. Survey for takings on Cedar Street at Massachusetts Avenue. 4. Survey for takings; on Percy Road at Massachusetts Avenue and Tavern Lane. PLANNING BOARD Topographical plans were made for study of developments in the following sections 1. 222 acres along Bedford Street from Williams Road to Winter Street and extending through, in part, to Grove Street. 168 ANNUAL REPORTS 2. 50 acres extending westerly from Massachusetts Ave- nue between Charles and Sylvia Streets. 3. 128 acres bounded by Marrett Road, School Street and Massachusetts Avenue. This tract has only recently been completed and has not yet been submitted to the Planning Board. 4. Plans were made for proposed building lines along Massachusetts Avenue from the Arlington line to Robbins Cemetery. Most of the above mentioned work will be used in the extension of our Block Plan System. ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT Assistance was rendered and general sixpervisian given to the extension of our Block Plan system by Everett N. Montague, Civil Engineer. For this $1500 expenditure. we will receive finished plans of properties and buildings within the district bounded by Meriam Street, Bedford Street, Revere Street, Coolidge Avenue, Woodland Road, York Street, Grant Street and Marriott Street through to Meriam Street at its junction with Oakland Street easterly. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS The services of the department were also required in con- nection with: 1. Approval of land court cases. 2. Approval of plans relative to the installation of gas mains. 3. Completion of 25 plans for the renumbering of Mass- achusetts Avenue. 4. 56 plans for various committees. 5. Plans showing all overhanging signs. 6. Furnishing street lines and/or grades for 63 property owners. 7. Profile of Clematis Brook for a distance of 9500 feet. CONCLUSION Owing to a more liberal appropriation we were able to put an additional crew in the field beginning August 15th. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 169 It has enabled us to keep up with the ever increasing amount of construction and ordinary routine work, At such times as construction work did not need the services of two field crews, we completed several surveys which will be used in future planning. These surveys were made and plans were completed in such a manner as to also be used directly in the further extension of our Block Plan.'system. I hope we will be able to continue with the present per- sonnel of the Engineering Department, which, with the Town Engineer is: Stanley A. Higgins, Assistant J. Bruce Lewis, Transitman George Harrington, Draughtsman John O'Connor, Rodman Arthur E. Colvin, Transitman William C. Paxton, Rodman Colvin andPaxton work on the co-operative plan. which is only part time, while students at Northeastern University. In conclusion, I wish to gratefully acknowledge the gen- erous assistance given to this department by the Town Offi- cials and members of other departments. Respectfully submitted, Joax T. COsaaovE, Town Engineer, 170 ANN t1AL REPORTS REPORT OF WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT December 31, 1928 To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMN LEXINGTON, MASS. Gentlemen :— I herewith submit my report of the Department for the year ending December The water mains laid during the Location Bernard Street Cedar Street Crescent Hill Avenue Crescent Hill & Franklin Avenues Fair Oaks Drive Farmcrest Avenue Forest Court Hunt Road Ivan Street Kendall Road Lincoln Street Lisbeth Street Lockwood & Byron Streets *Mass. Ave, & Bedford Streets Meriam Street Outlook Drive Outlook Drive Independence Avenue Robbins Road Smith Avenue Tower Street Shade and Spring Streets Tucker Avenue Wachusett Drive Ward Street Winn Avenue Totals year Feet 506 630 132 733 182 60 235 632 286 125 280 285 76-0 1207 260 220 60 1340 365 720 18'0 2550 125 400 600 235 13108 Water and Sewer 31, 1928. are as follows Size Cost 8 $ 1,524.98 6 1,789.44 6 435.78 6 2,142.10 6 565.94 6 175,97 6 612.72 8 1,542.50 8 868.67 6 346.47 10 1,169.03 6 876.23 6 2,291.08 12 4,785.35 6 733.61 6 662.97 6 174.81 81 8 7,256.40 6] 6 7,537,27 6 312.00 $ 1,578.90 6 1,550.97 6 622.95 139,556.14 *This is the beginning of the program to re-inforee and im- prove the water works system. The cost of this job 11;4s been charged to the Water Maintenance Account. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 171 8682 ft. 6 in. pipe Average cost per foot $2.75 3484 ft. 8 in. pipe Average cost per foot 2.76 280 ft. 10 in. pipe Average cost per foot 4.16 1207 ft, 12 in. pipe Average cost per foot 3.96 In Independence Ave., Smith Ave., and Robbins Road, the water pipe has been laid in the same trench as the sewer. All work during the past year has been executed by our own day labor forces. In some instances, the excavating was done by machinery which was hired for the purpose. The 12" main laid in Bedford Street and Miss. Ave. is cast iron pipe, spun with a line of cement mortar. This will reduce the loss of carrying capacity by incrustation or tuberculation, EXTENT OF PIPING SYSTEM Total extent of water mains at the present time is as follows: 12" 10,908 10" 5,801 8" 42,403 178,167 27,890 6" 4" During the year follows: Bernard Street Cedar Street Crescent Hill Avenue Franklin Avenue Forest Court Hunt Road Ivan Street Kendall Road Lisbeth Street Byron Street HYDRANTS twenty-nine (29) hydrants were set, as Rawson 1 Lockwood Street 2 Independence Avenue 2 Robbins Road 1 Smith Avenue 1 Tower Street 1 Shade Street 1 Spring Street 1 Wachusett Drive 1 Ward Stfeet 1 Webb Street Avenue 1 Total number in use 368 2 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 WATER MAINTENANCE On April 1 our water rates were increased. The minimum was increased from $3.00 for 1360 en. ft. per quarter to $3.75 172 ANNUAL REPORTS for 1250 eu. ft. The reason for this was given to the consumers in a notice which was sent out with the water bills. On December 1 a change was made in the method of bill- ing. This was accomplished by dividing the Town into three sections, one section being billed monthly, and each consumer receiving a bill quarterly as heretofore. The collection of water bilis is now taken care of by the Tax Collector, and orders to shut off •wader for the nonpayment of bills are issued by him. VALVES All valves received the usual inspection and eight have been repaired and repacked. During the reconstruction of Massachusetts Avenue two new valves were inserted in the 6' line in East Lexington. One was inserted just north of Independence Avenue and the other north of Locust Avenue. HYDRANTS One hydrant was damaged by an automobile during the past year. This was replaced and paid for by person causing damage. The hydrant at Sickle Brook was moved back to the new street line. The work of overhauling hydrants has lieen completed. Metcalf & Eddy in their report recommend that where the hydrant connections !with the main are of 4" pipe they should be replaced with 6" pipe. This work will be done in the near future. LEAKS Eight (8) leaks were found in our mains, and thirty-two (32) leaks were found in services, and these have been re- paired. SERVICES One hundred and forty-six (146) new services have been installed, and twenty-eight (28) renewals made. I would recommend that in the future a fixed rate per TowN of LEXIxoroN 173 foot be made and charged for the installation of water services. This method will do aVvay with a lot of office work. From my experience, I have always found that it is the cause of consider- able dispute when an estimate is made for the cost of a ser- vice, and when completed, tfie cost happens to be slightly more. We find it difficult to collect the small balance due in a case where the cost of the work exceeds the estimate given, METERS One hundred and forty-six (146) meters have been set on new services and seventy-eight (78) replacements have been made. One hundred and six (106) meters have been taken out and overhauled. Sixty-three (63) meters rwere taken out in cases where the consumer complained of the size of the bill, and three were found to be registering incorrectly. These were meters that had been in service for over five years. GENERAL APPURTENANCES The department now boasts of having the best facilities and latest devices for effecting repairs in the minimum time. During the past year we have added considerable new equip- ment which renders a great deal of assistance in emergency work. At this time I wish to thank the Superintendent of Public Works for his co-operation in this matter. MISCELLANEOUS Prior to the reconstruction of Mass. Ave. in East Lex- ington the Water Department did considerable work in this section. All services which were ten years old or over were. renewed to the curb, and in some instances, the corporation cocks were cleaned. An 8" main was laid from the 12" in Mass. Ave. to the side line at Oak Street. Southerly of Mar- rett Road a 6" main W -as laid from the 6" main in Mass. Ave. to the side line. This is for a proposed street. During the year we have been called upon to do drilling and blasting for the Highway Department and this has been paid for by that department. Due to the reconstruction of Baker Avenue, we were called on to lower the 6" main for a distance of approximately five hundred and eighty (580) feet. We were also called upon to change the grade of the gate boxes on Simonds Road and Prospect Hill Road. One hundred and ninety-two (192) feet of 2" pipe was laid in Rlossomerest and this was paid for by the owner. 174 ANNTSAL REPORTS MONTHLY AVERAGE CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN GALLONS PER CAPITA Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June Jay Aug. Sept. Oet. Nov. 1906 71 71 70 68 74 74 96 88 76 74 65 1907 68 72 73 70 72 82 85. 105 76 65 62 1908 48 56 51 58 75 109 105 83 91 70 65 1909 48 52 59 64 69 84 101 90 75 62 65 1910 58 65 59 72 78 73 11'9 94 85 84 71 1911 63 64 64 67 82 80 115 91 81 75 77 1912 70 75 79 80 83 101 107 74 66 57 56 1913 52 55 55 63 60 68 86 82 76 66 63 1914 59 60 58 60 77 93 73 63 75 66 63 1915 61 58 58 60 63 80 63 63 70 68 62 1916 58 60 62 64 69 71 73 81 76 75 69 1917 63 65 69 67 72 77 93 90 74 73 71 1918 77 114 106 87 92 94 89 87 76 64 63 1919 56 58 66 59 62 79 76 68 65 64 61 1920 63 62 70 62 64 67 74 84 68 66 61 1921 59 59 63 62 65 90 68 74 74 69 64 1922 65 66 71 76 69 71 84 66 70 65 54 1923 52 58 57 59 68 91 74 72 75 64 64 1924 50 '49' 51 55 58 71 91 76 65 69 68 1925 64 66 62 61 66 79 78 78 75 68 63 1926 59 55 55 55 62 73 89 61 66 65 63 1927 53 53 56 61 60 73 71 67 72 71 67 1828 68 68. 67 69 75 79 84 87 80 79 78 Dec. 54 51 51 50 75 62 56 60 60 60 65 70 58 62 57 63 53 48 64 58 57 68 77 MOVEMENT OF THE BONDED DEBT The Debt movement up to the present time is as follows: Added Paid Net Debt $200,000.00 210,000.00 $1,000 209,000.00 10,000 1,000 218,000.00 2,000 216,000.00 2,000 214,000.00 10,000 2,000 222,000.00 5,000 3,000 224,000.00 53,000 4,000 273,000.00 8,200 264,000.00 5,200 8,200 261,800.00 2,000 19,300 244,500.00 18,300 226,200.00 13,000 15,700 223,600.00 16,700 215,400.00 189'6 -Original 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 bond issue $10,000 8,600 TOWN of LEXINGTON 175 176 ANNUAL REPORTS 1910 17,900 197,500.00 SCHEDULE B 1911 16,000 17,000 195,600.00 1912 32,000 18,900 208,700.00 Detail of Maintenance and Operating Expenses 1913 4,800 21,700 191,800.00 Maintenance 1914 8,500 22,900 177,400.00 Metropolitan Water Tax $16,062.33 1915 4,000 19,400 162,000.00 Interest on Debt 4,842.88 1916 3,000 20,400 144,600.00 Labor 18,027.02 1917 4,000 21,500 127,200.00 Maintenarire of Automobiles 3,215.40 1918 19,700 107,500.00 Freight 741.15 1919 18,200 89,300.00 Miscellaneous Stock 1,085.10 1920 9,000 15,700 82,600.00 Equipment and Repairs 1,803.37 1924 20,000 17,700 84,900.00 Insurance 764.56 1922 12,800 19,700 78,000.00 Pipe and Fittings 7,745.87 1923 1,750 24,500 56,250,00 Salaries a 2,732.83 1924 22,000 17,700 84,900.00 Office 2,788.88 19'25 22,000 34,500 95,450.00 Rent, 'Barn and Garage 890.00 1926 39,300 28,500 106,250.00 Vacation Pay Roll 921.60 1927 35,000 32,800 108,450.00 Sundries 63.25 1928 31,000 29,500 110,650.00 Excess deposits returned 996.71 Balance of debt Dec. 31, 1928 109,950.00 Amount to be paid in 1929 32,450.00 Total $62,080.45 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Receipts SCHEDULE A 1927 Balance $1,001.39 19'27 Items Schedule A 63,244.63 Committed Collected Abated Uncollected $64,246.02 Water Rates 31,264.63 $1,205.70 358.93 Guarantees 1,403.29 241.94 82.65 31,078.70 Expenditures Services 1,394.12 883.50 158.29 352.33 Schedule B $62,080.45 Miscellaneous 127.44 59.69 67.75 Transferred to Revenue Account 2,165.57 $64,246.02 Totals $4,189.48 32,390.83 3367.62 31,431,03 1928 Items SCHEDULE C Services $6,475.29 35,756.24 1;8,52 3710.53 Construction Troughs 50.00 50.00 Labor 313,705.55 Guarantees 5,083.97 2,738.78 13.42 2,331.77 Fittings 250.94 Repairs 369.98 245.76 10.00 14.22 Large Iron Pipe 7,561.72 Accrued Interest 51.67 51.67 Meters 1,729.35 Sale of Stock 198.28 184.96 13.32 Hydrants 3,324.08 Rates 49,564.31 44,915.58 508.22 4,140.51 Leadite 836.06 Hydrants 4,935.00 4,935.00 Lead Pipe 380.23 Miscellaneous 3,725.20 1,975.81 67.80 1,681.59' Automobile 793.92 Contracts 3,487.22 Totals 370,353.70 360,853.80 3607.96 $8,891.94 Miscellaneous Stock 387.10 Grand Totals 174,543.18 363,244.63 3975.58 310,322.97 Freight 832.81 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 177 Trucking 926,33 Toole and Equipment 1,685.58 Sundries 918.82 178 ANNUAL REPORTS MAINTENANCE One hundred and five (105) buildings have been con- nectedwith the sewer. Total $36,819.71 On January 31, 1928, a letter was sent out to all abut - Receipts tors on Massachusetts Avenue between Oak Street and Mar - 1927 Balance $5,008.57 rett Road asking them to cooperate with the Department and Water Main Appropriations 31,000.00 connect with the sewer before Massachusetts Avenue was re - $36,908.57 constructed. Out of seventy-three (73) buildings abutting on Expenditures Massachusetts Avenue in this section, there were forty-three Schedule C $36,819.71 (43) connected with the sewer, fifteen (15) connections were Balance in hands of Treasurer 88.86 laid to the curb line [where it was possible to determine where $36,908.57 the sewer would enter the building. In eases where the property owner did not intend to connect with the sewer and SEWER DEPARTMENT where - it was impossible to determine where the sewer con - CON'STRU'CTION nection would enter the building, no services were laid. The sewer system has been extended during the year as Prior to the reconstruction of Massachusetts Avenue in follows: East Lexington, sewer mains were Laid in Massachusetts Location Feet Size Cost Avenue to the sid line at every intersecting street. Audubon Road 618 8") SCHEDULE A Lincoln Street 1431 8"5 $9,048.43 1927 Items Bloomfield Street 78 6" 452.87 Committed Collected Abated Uncollected Edgewood Road 474 8" 2,887.39 Services $2,643.45 $2,246.20 819.57 $377.68 Right of Way—Mass. Ave. to Tavern Rentals 142.78 98.37 19.63 24.78 Lane 308 8" Miscellaneous .90 .90 Tavern Lane 546 8" 6,374.94 Eliot Road. 828 8"J Totals 32,787.13 32,344.57 839.20 $903.36 Glen Road 572 8" 8.250.08 Hastings Road 416 8" 2,228.34 1029 Items Locust Avenue 520 8" 2,474.07' Services $6,901.97 $6,072.73 8127.85 8701.39 •Independence Avenue .. 1340 8"1 Rentals 2,024.71 1,889.73 18.39 116.59 Locust Avenue 586 8"I Miscellaneous 445.72 413.49 1.50 30.73 * Robbins Road 365 8" 19,254.68 * Smith Avenue 371 8„ Totals 39,372.40 $8,375.95 3147.74 9848.71' Tower Street 515 8"i Grand Totals 312,159.53 $10,720.52 3186.94 31,252.07 Upland Road 284 8" 2,072.91 SCHEDULE B Woburn Street 748 8" 2,889.24 Sewer Maintenance Totals 9999 ft. $49,912.90 Average cost per foot, $4.99 • In same trench as water pipe. All work on the above extensions has been executed by our own day labor forces. except in some instances where a trench machine was hired to do the excavating, Labor $7,401.74 Automobile 702.95 Miscellaneous Stock 25.96 Equipment and Repairs 629.99 Miscellaneous 55.00 Office 77.89 Insurance 1,129.65 TowN OF LEXINGTON Salaries Freight Pipe Trucking Excess deposits returned Sand, Cement, and Brick Rent, Barn and Garage Total. Receipts Appropriation Schethile B Returned to General Revenue and Surplus Account 179 1,123.29 6.94 210.70 143.33 52.87 3.00 430.00 $11,993.31 $12,000.00 412,000.00 Expenditures $11,993.31 Labor SCHEDULE C Sewer Construction 6.69 $25,155.17 8,984.11 2.481.45 3,585.58 513.85 64.95 472.70 2,720.85 120.00 850.98 Contracts Sand, Cement, and Brick Equipment -and Repairs Miscellaneous Uffice Freight Pipe Rent, Barn and Garage Auto and Trucking Total $44,949.64 $12,000.00 Receipts 1927 Balance $20,119.62 Appropriations and Transfers 28,026.00 $48,145.62 Expenditures Schedule C $44,949.64 Total cash balance in hands of Treasurer 3,195.98 $48,145.62 SEWER ASSESSMENT FUND Prior to 1827, and 1927 Items Collections in 1928 1. $3,239.27 Abatements in 1928 203.76 $3,443.03 180 ANNUAL, REPORTS Committed 121,677.76 1927 Balance 1928 Receipts 1928 Items Apportioned & Collected Abated Uncollected $9,461.17 $757.38 $11,459.21 Receipts Expenditures Transfers tto Sewer Construction) Cash Balance in hands of Treasurer $6,758.55 15,854.73 ;22,613.28 $7,500.00 15,113.28 $22,613.28 DRAINS A twelve inch drain was constructed in Massaehusetts Avenue between Pelham Road and Percy Road, a distance of six hundred and thirty-five (635) feet, and this was paid for by the Highway Department. Four catch -basins were built on this line. A twelve inch drain was constructed at the corner of Cedar Street and Massachusetts Avenue, a distance of ap- proximately one hundred and fifty feet (150). Two catch - basins and a manhole were built on this line. At the corner of Meriam Street and Edgewood Road where Mr. Neil McIntosh constructed a house, it was also necessary to build a 12" drain one hundred and ninety (190) feet long, with two manholes for cleaning out purposes. These two latter jobs were also paid for by the High- way Department. BROOKS' One hundred thirty-four dollars and twenty cents ($134.- 20) $134- 20) has been expended for cleaning of brooks. Most of this work was done along Vine Brook. In conclusion, I wish to acknowledge the cooperation of the Board of Selectmen and the Supt. of Public Works, the En- gineering Department, the employees of the Water and Sewer Department, and other Town Officials. Respectfully submitted, ALBrr A. Ross, Supt. of Water and Sewer Dept. TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER 10 THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN : Gentlemen: - 181 December 31, 1928. I present herewith my report as Treasurer of the Town of Lexington for the year 1928. Cash on hand January 1, 1928 $164,26.2.06 Receipts during the year 1,46.6,906.58 Expenditures 1,631,168.62 1,511,247.64 $ 119,920.98 Respectfully submitted, JOHN' H, KANE, Town T'reasurer, 182 ANNUAL REPORTS TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC TRUSTS of the Town of Lexington Financials Report 1928 ELEANOR S. BE ALS LEGACY— Eleanor S. Adams, born in Lexington in 1825. Under her will a legacy of $2000. was given the town, the income to be used for worthy indigent aged men and—women over sixty years of age, American born. Principal Account Principal invested in 2000 City of Lynn 4s Income Account Receipts Interest on 2000 City of Lynn 4s Lexington Savings Bank Payments Excess of receipts Balance December 31, 1927 Balance December 31, 1928 HARRIET R. GILMOR LEGACY— Harriet Robinson, born in Lexington, November 5, 1806, Under her will a legacy of 1500, was left to the town, the income to be used for thZ benefit of the poor of the town. Principal Account Principal deposited in Lexington Savings Bank $80.00 7.93 $2,000.00 2,000.00 87.93 78.32 9•.61 185.50 195.11 $500.00 500.00 TOWN of LEXINGTON Income Account Receipts Interest Lexington Savings Bank.... Payments Excess of payments Balance December 31, 1927 Balance December 31, 1928 CHARLES E. FRENCH LEGACY - Charles E. French, a citizen of Boston, but a lover of Lexington. Under his will $4000, was Ieft to the town, the income of $200. to be devoted to the care of the Colonial Cemetery, and the income of $2000. for three medals in each of the public high and grammar schools for the best scholarship in the graduating classes. Principal Account (as reported in 1927) Principal invested in - 4000 Town of 'Lexington 4s$4,000.00 North Avenue Savings Bank 510.00 Income Account -Cemetery Receipts Interest on 2000 Lexington 4s 80.00 Lexington Savings Bank 3.65 Payments Cash paid to cemetery commissioners Excess of payments Balance December 31, 1927 Balance December 31, 19-28.... Income Account -Schools Receipts Interest on 2000 Lexington 4s North Avenue Savings Bank Lexington Savings Bank 80.00 24.50 2.03 183 24.53 49.50 24.97 89.45 184 ANNUAL REPORTS Payments Cash paid for medals Excess of receipts Balance December 31, 1927 Balance December 31, 1928,- 64.48 JONAS GAM LELL LEGACY - Jonas Gammell, born in Lexington, Oct. 10, 1820. A clause in his will gave to Lexington $500., the income to be ex- pended for delicacies and luxuries for the inmates of the Almshouse. Principal Account Principal deposited in Lexington Savings Bank Income Account $4,510.00 4,510.00 83.65 100.00 16.85 110.38 94.03 106.53 Receipts Interest Lexington Savings Bank..., Payments Balance December 31, 1927.... Balance December 31, 1928.... GEORGE G. SMMII'PH LEGACY - George r0. Smith, born in Lexington, January 5, 1832. Under his will a legacy of $2500. was given to Lexing- ton, the income to be expended by the Field and Garden Club. 'Principal Account (as reported in 1927) Principal invested as under: 2000 U. S. Liberty 41,4s Deposited in Lexington Sav- ings Bank $1,878.85 573.65 Income Account - Receipts Interest 2000 U. S. 4th 4'4s 85.00 Lexington Savings Bank 26.91 90.00 16.58 76.18 92.71 ;500.00 500.00 32.52 0 32.52 217.12 249.64 32,452.550 2,452.50 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Payments Cash paid to Lexington Field and Garden Club Excess `oT r'eceipta Balance December 31, 1927 Balance DecembMr 31, 1928 CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS Receipts R. S. Holbrook C. A. Merrifield S. S. Hovey Estate of George Munroe Estate of Fannie Wetherbee Mary C. Gannett Nathan Pierce Amount of Funds December 31, 1927 Amount of Funds December 31, 1328 ........ Income Account Receipts Interest Lexington Savings Bank 904.14 Warren Inst. for Savings 398.04 Payments Cash paid to Cemetery Commissioners Excess of Receipts Balance December '31, 1927 Balance December 3I, 1928 HAYES FOUNTAIN FUND - A balance remaining after the erection of the Hayes Fountain of 8862.72, by a vote of the town a permanent fund was created, the income to be available for the care of the fountain and the grounds around Principal Account Principal deposited in Lexington Savings Bank 185 110.00 1.91 4.90 6.81 1100.00 200.00 100.00 100.00 200.00 100.00 100.00 900.00 25,585.00 26,485.00 1,802.18 1,200.00 102.18 3,214.82 3,317.00 $862.72 862.72 186 ANNUAL REPORTS Income Account Receipts Interest Lexington Savings Bank Payments Balance December 31, 19'27.... Balance December 21, 1928.... 48.71 0 48.71 211.91 260.62 LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Balance December 31, 1927 as reported .... Receipts Interest Lexington Savings Bank Amount of Fund December 31, 1928 Invested as under: $ 216.46 4.89 221.35 Lexington Savings Bank 121.35 Note of James A. Collins 100.00 221.35 PERPETUAL CARE FUND-WESTVIEW CEMETERY Balance as reported December 31, 1927 .... Receipts Town Treasurer Balance December 31, 1928 Income Account Balance as reported Dec. 31, 1927 Receipts Interest Warren Institution for Savings .... 299.80 Lexington Savings Bank 43.39 $6,577.75 691.00 7,268.75 975.06 343.19 Balance December 31, 1928 1,318.25 TOWN OF LEXINGTON BATTLEGREEN TRUST FUND At the Town Meeting, June 25, 1925, it was Voted: That the su,m of Five hun- dred dollars received by the town under the will of the late Orin W. Fiske be appropri- ated and set apart as a perpetual trust fund, to be known as the Battlegreen Trust Fund. Principal as reported December 31, 1927 Principal deposited in Cambridge Sav- ings Bank Income Account Balance as reported December 31, 1927 187 500.00 500.00 47.19 Receipts Interest Cambridge Savings Bank 25.30 Lexington Savings Bank 1.83 27.13 Balance December 31, 1928 Hallie C. BIake Prize Fund— ;1,000 was endowed in 1920 the income to be expended annually in two cash prizes to the two seniors (a boy and a girl) in each successive graduating class of the Lex- ington. High School, who by example and influence have shown highest qualities of leadership, conduct and character and who Possess in the largest measure the good will of the student body. Principal Fund (cash rev'd from Hallie C Blake) Principal Invested in; 1000 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co., Reg. Gen, 5'a .Dec. 1995 Income Account Receipts Interest on 1000 Baltimore & Ohio 5s Payments Cash for prizes 74.32 1,000.00 1,000.00 50.00 50.00 00.00 188 ANNUAL REPORTS William Augustus Tower Memorial Park Trust Fund— By deed of gift from Miss Ellen M. Tower, dated Sept. 17, 1928 and accepted by vote of the Town Nov. 26, 1928, the sum of ;10,000 was placed in trust, the income thereof to be applied in each and every year for the care, maintenance and improvement of the Wi]Iiam Augustus Tower Memorial Park, Received from Town Treasurer Deposited in Lexington Savings Bank 10,000.00 10,000.00 HOWARD S. 0. NICHOLS, Jou/4- F. TURNER, Trustees of Public Trusts. Examined and approved, CHARLES F. P1ERcE, Town Accountant. TOWN or LEXINGTON 189 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRIDGE CHARATABLE FUND - 1928 Samuel J. Bridge, a descendent of Lexing- ton, made a gift to the town in 1880 of $2,000, with the proviso that two- thirds of the income should be added to the principal each year until the fund should amount to $4,000. when the entire income should be available for assisting the indigent poor of the town. Amount of Fund, as reported in 1927 ;3,978.50 Invested as under: 2,000 U. S. 4th Liberty 4148 $1,878.85 2,000 Lawrence Gas Co. 4%s 1,977.60 Lexington Savings Bank 122.05 3,978.50 Note: The Principal of this Fund reached $4000. in 1910, but Buffered a loss of $27,50 in 1919 in the sale of 2000 Quincy 4s. These bonds were replaced by 2000 U. S. 414 costing ;1878.S5. As the present market value of the U. S. bonds is more than 2000„ the fund is more than restored. BRIDGE FUND INCOME ACCOUNT 1928 Receipts Interest, 2,000 Lawrence Gas and Electric 41/2s 2,000 U. S. 4th 41/4s Lexington Savings Bank Income from Gerry Fund, Interest on 1600 U. S. 4th 4'4 s 650 U. S. 3rd 41/4 s Lexington Savings Bank 68.00 27.63 1.36 90.00 85.00 21.95 196.95 96.99 293,94 190 ANNLAI REPORTS Payments Cash paid for charitable purposes .... Excess of Receipts Balance December 31, 1927 Balance December 31, 1928 Elizabeth B. Gerry Fund— Elizabeth Bridge Whitcomb, born in Lexington, January 15, 1814. At her death, leaving no will and no direct descendents, by an act of the Legisla- ture in 1885 her property was given to the town, and by a vote of the town became a part of the Bridge Charitable Fund. Balance of Fund as reported in 1927 Gain in collection of 650 U. S. 3rd 41,i s Invested as under: - 1600 U. S. 4th 414s 1,387.28 Lexington Savings Bank 680.26 209.57 84.37 412.64 497.01 2,043.87 23.67 2,067.54 2,0 67.64 HOWARD S. O. norms, JOHN- F. TURNER, Trustees of Public Trust. Examined and approved, CHARLES F. PIERCE, Town Accountant. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 191 REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Gentlemen I present herewith the annual report o£ the Superintend- ent of Public Works. I also present a chart showing the De- partments of the Town Government and various divisions. The reports from each Department makes it unnecessary for me to enter into the detail of operation. I will therefore endeavor to touch upon the general conditions. WATER SYSTEM A survey of the water works has been made during the year to determine the best method to use in order to strengthen the system as a whole. The Town has for many years con- structed six inch mains and occasionally an eight inch main. Sixty-eight percent of the mains in the Town are constructed of six inch pipe and eleven percent are even smaller, being of four inch pipe. What the Engineers recommend to reinforce the system and increase the volume of water is practically to install twelve inch pipes around the Town and through the center which with the six and eight inch pipes will form a grid iron system. If the recommendations of the Engineers are carried out during the next ten years, it seems that the condition of the Town's water system will be excellent; but the Town will still have only one source of supply from the Metropolitan service. I believe that there should be at least one more large service from the Metropolitan supply, for if from some cause the six- teen inch main in Massachusetts Avenue should be broken, there is absolutely nothing left but the six inch main in West - minister Avenue which is connected with a ten inch main in Arlington. This, with what water might be in the stand -pipe, would be all the Town would have for any emergency, if such a condition should occur. 192 ANNUAL, REPORTS There are two means to be considered in making a second connection with the Metropolitan Water District. 1. The District Commission to construct a supply main from the extra high pressure reservoir in Arlington to the Town line in Bowman Street and from this point a line can be constructed to connect with the line recommended by the En- gineers to be constructed through Highland Avenue and across. country to Pleasant Street. 2. The Distriet Commission to construct a supply main "directly from the Pumping Station in Arlington to the Town line in Lowell Street the Town to construct a line from that point to the twelve inch line recommended by the Engineers to be constructed from Massachusetts Avenue to Lowell Street. One other matter in connection with the Water Depart- ment that it might be well to consider is a connection with the Waltham System at the Town line between Waltham and Lex- ington in Waltham Street. The Waltham main is laid to Trapelo Road and is approximately 1500 feet from the end of the Lexington main. This connection would cost approximately $7500.00 and might, at some time, prove to be of great service to that section lying in the southwest part of the Town. It appears that the Town will be obliged to continue the construction of water mains in unaccepted streets. I do not believe that by doing this there is any material loss to the Town, for, eventually the Town will accept these private ways, and will then have to purchase any water main that had pre- viously been paid for by the owners of the property. People buying land and erecting a home in a district where water mains have not been constructed should not be forced to rely upon water from wells or springs because there is always the liability that water from such sources may be dangerous to health. I believe that in view of the fact that property supplied with water is rated at a higher value than property not sup- plied with it, the Town receives the equivalent in the increased amount received from taxes. One other thing in regard to in- creasing the construction of such mains is the increased Are protection that such property receives. SEWERS A small portion of the Town is fortunate to have sewer service. This construction will need to be carried on for a number of years to cover the so-called sewer district approved TOWN OF LEXINGTON 193 by the State Board of Health. As time goes on, householders dependent on cesspools or septic tanks to take care of their sewage will find that what they have is inadequate and that it must be enlarged or that they must in some way be con-, neeted with a public sewer, Consequently, the demands for increased sewer service will increase accordingly. A survey has been made to obtain information regarding the advisability of constructing a trunk line sewer in the south- east section of the Town to be connected with the South Metro- politan Sewer via Belmont, Waltham and Newton. The object of this information was to ascertain whether or not it would be more economical to construct a trunk line sewer at this time or to wait until there is a demand for it. It appears that there may be no call for a sewer in this district for a number of years and that perhaps it would be better to wait until the time comes when there is a demand for such service, and then build a pumping system to take care of this part of the Town. The territory to be served consists of approximately 1000 acres Located on, the slopes of the Clematis Brook Valley and thinly settled at the present time. HIGHWAYS The public ways are in very good condition. Approximately 4500 feet of Massachusetts Avenue between Marrett Road and Oak Street was reconstructed during the year. This work was done under contract by the M. McDonough Construction Corn- ,pany, the local Highway force being occupied with other work. Proper drainage was installed and it is the first that has ever been in use between Marrett Road and Curve Street. The street has been well constructed, the gravel base brought to a proper grade and rolled before the crushed stone was placed. The surface is broken trap rock, a first course of 4 inches bound with sand and stone dust with a top course of 3 inches pene- trated with Bermudez asphalt which is a natural asphalt from the Island of Trinidad. The work was done under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, the State and County paying a portion of the cost and the construction was supervised by the Engineering division of the State Department of Public Works. Because of the width of this construction, the cost to the Town was about one-half of the total. The reason is that the travelled way is 40 feet wide and the State and County do not participate in the cost of street construction of more than 30 feet in width, so that the State and County contributed one-third each to the cost 194 ANNUAL REPORTS of installing drainage and one-third each to the cost of con- structing 30 feet of pavement, the Town bearing the balance of the cost. The Town has been fortunate in being able to procure the aid of the State and County in road construction as it means that while the Town has good roads, they are obtained at a very low cost to the Town. Massachusetts Avenue between Waltham Street and Bed- ford Street, and Bedford Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Elm Avenue should be finished during the coming year. It appears that the cost of this improvement will have to be paid for by the Town, as it is all in the center of the Town and largely in the business district. The State and County, as a rule, do not approve of contributing any money for construction in Town centers. If this portion is properly widened and re- built, it will make a very handsome approach to that part of the Town of which our citizens are justly proud and will re- lieve a poor condition which now exists. The next piece of street construction to be done should be that part of Waltham Street between Massachusetts Avenue and Marrett Road. If aid from the State and County can be obtained, it will add nearly one -mile of first-class construction at a low cost to the Town. The old car tracks should be re- moved and any underground construction necessary should be made before the surface construction is started. It would also be well to consider the possibility of straightening a rather bad curve near the Fair Oaks section and to reduce the grade in this portion of the street also. During the past year the Department removed the high bank in Massachusetts Avenue opposite Cedar Street to the width laid out by the County Commissioners in 1907; also widened Cedar Street for 150 ft. to a width of 40 feet and rounded both corners at the entrance to Massachusetts Avenue. A change was made in the drainage system at this location. This drain should be continued down Massachusetts Avenue to a point where the brook will take care of it. SNOW REMOVAL The snow removal problem was not serious during the past year but when required, this work has been taken care of prop- erly and satisfactorily. This service is necessary now because almost all vehicles are motor driven and every householder de- pends upon clear streets for supplies or other service. Also, in TOWN Of LEXINGTON 195 case of fire, the Fire Department can make quicker time over cleared streets, when a difference of a few minutes in reach- ing a burning building means a large saving in property, that might, if the Department should be delayed, be• a total loss. Although the expense of snow removal is large and the results not permanent, I believe it is justified and, an the whole, economical. MOTH AND SHADE TREE DEPARTMENT The condition of the trees on the public ways is fair, but they need constant care and attention. The brown tail moth is now rarely found, but it is necessary to continue the work of destroying the gypsy moth and elm leaf beetle as these pests are extremely hard to keep down and any lack of care on the part of those looking after this work, or neglect owing to lack of sufficient funds to carry on the work would, in a short time, destroy the trees. Shade trees are very attractive in residential streets, but I believe that such trees should be planted on abutting property rather than in the space between the sidewalk and the curb. It is noticeable that trees a few feet from the sidewalks flourish much better than those planted next to the gutter. Evidently, those in the gutter do not receive the amount of nourishment or water that they can receive by being planted further back from the traveled way. The streets as they are now constructed with hard waterproof surfaces, have more drainage than formerly and underground structures tend to carry away any water where before it was held in the ground for some time. PARK DEPARTMENT On this Department depends the care of all public open spaces, the Common, Buckman Tavern Grounds, Playgrounds, Town Woods, Belfry Hill, and several small squares. Through the liberality of one of our citizens another park of generous proportions has been added to the park system which increases the cares and duties of this Department, Formerly by deepening and widening a part of one of the brooks and building a small dam, we were able to make a small swimming pool at the Center Playground for the younger children. The water in this brook did not appear to be clean, therefore the State Department of Public Health was asked to make an analysis of the water flowing through this brook. The examination was made and the Board reported that the water was not fit for bathing purposes, consequently the children were deprived of this pleasure at the Playground during the past summer. 196 ANNUAL REPORTS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT The work of this Department is constantly growing. This is to be expected. Practically every other Department looks for and receives information and suggestions from the En- gineers. .As a matter of fact, it would be impossible for other Departments of the Public Works to operate successfully with- out advice and assistance from the Engineering Department. The boundaries and grades of streets, the proper location of water mains, the location and depth of sewers, the proper loca- tion of streets in new land developments, the numbering of properties on the streets, are dependent upon correct informa- tion from this Department. The problems with which the Planning Board are faced continually require a great amount of Engineering service and this condition is bound to continue for a number of years. The acceptance of new streets, additions to the water and sewer systems, designing and constructing the Block Plan all call for Engineering information and explains why the cost of oper- ation of this Department increases each year. INSPECTORS The many new buildings erected in the Town during the past year have been carefully inspected by the men upon whom these duties fall. A number of occasions have arisen where it was necessary to make changes to comply with the regulations of the Town. This has been accomplished with very little fric- tion and no Court action has been necessary which seems to indicate that the Inspectors are carrying an their work with good results. HEALTH DEPARTMENT With the growth of the Town, the cares and duties of this Department are increased. Cases of contagious diseases must be reported promptly and the Department had a number of hospital cases to look after during the past year. An addition to this Department during the past year was the service rendered by the collection of garbage. No doubt this service is appre- ciated by a great many and that it has been satisfactory. It appears that it will be necessary to increase this service dur- ing the next year. The general increase of building and consequent increase in population indicates that in a short time the keeping of pigs in the Town of Lexington will not be a]]owed and for that r ITGVMJ OF LEXINGTON uralw Cor. C ▪ oref9M e. wore sureseMinepx ▪ LrrnlruLL il4aitta or lrwnao Twnn C• WVI6 silow. • KLtLa swoons awrm mon J pi awry c.0 Cowl 11. Nl I LL.atCCLUII s a.o xrcroa� LAROLwn ▪ 0.f.iX •Alorrumr T.>,WrpLC siirciirk ruiLLAsi, ous Tem urns lsLfrsosi. 1H.AMC �t loMt Emil LrlrrrtLq.0 0 Wttlia fir aim. s. la woo or [C.C.S au.;n.wlc MON oCCcntntreff C rro0CC cum Lor I.LL )sol Orr= ROC TA. cwccie. i0'Crt CiS CLTI. Is=ulurLSRI Est miss nconnle Cr C ✓ -1 vlµaOL rnLLl JLwiTpll toouoLt44 spriziors ArissAL . scrim af. iOKii] a I r▪ .LLti ii le It .6Xiree A. •l_A ti.. Airrµt. mirror son enwtlrrrte.oaxr -t u sscroirrics COrnt imx Ion commas Ao[MeLX1 3TCfte acorn Sift fr Lynne 00.0 inoLa uni scissi 0?C SSS RL/iLLLtlwff! 11{LrarL Or MOW rpix CC 1.44 Ta6 surossiiiissorr isto tIfs. fdWwx MLitt Styr otoi � .A YnIL✓Nt 192e ClrwtClsw otr1 teirrt Ce osisiO AiCWGW[ W! TMLlootr ▪ EARICOWAN roWLICIICr*Ctn ▪ riasiSro mass crow LnLIL. ruissa.e e0�rll[! i.Lr• 1 atrium acmes 10*0. TO.yn ra.Sr[ loyerirrarinreniali LVINLT[X6C.T miss MNXRXA.CC ocrisisuctord 3Lmtcea n[.e wirriZIONEC 0CstrOloCirris sony.S xipWna InyrtCiorn LLAelrCNNe[ TowN of LEXINGTON 197 reason this Department will be called upon to dispose of all garbage. POLICE DEPARTMENT The force having been increased sufficiently, the Depart- ment has been able to protect the school children at the schools when arriving and leaving, a service which previous to this year the Department was unable to provide satisfactorily. With this addition to the force, the Department is enabled to give more and better p;otection to the property of our citizens and can render much better service in the care and direction of traffic. The force is of sufficient size to carry on the work and continue to give good service without any further increase during the present year. TOWN HALL June 30th, of the past year, the Old Town Hall was aban- doned and the various Departments installed in the new build- ing erected for that purpose. The quarters are commodious and pleasant, and I believe are sufficient to take care of the future needs of the Town for many years. With this building is also to be considered the new Cary Memorial Hall completed and turned over to the Town in October. This building should be, and I think is, appreciated by every citizen of the Town, and is certainly a beautiful addition to our public buildings. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM S. SCAMMAN, Supt. of Public Works, 198 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN December 31, 1928. The Board of Selectmen serve in the capacity of Road Commissioners Board of Appeals Dept. of Public Welfare License Board Water & Sewer Commi•sinners Park Commissioners Board of Health Board of Survey The Board also acts with others as Library Trustees. With the conclusion of the year it is our privilege to pre- sent the reports of the superintendents and officers of the various departments of the Town. Our report is confined to major items and you are respectfully referred to department reports for details. The Town of Lexington has been the recipient of a number of gifts in the form of parks, buildings, etc., but probably the gift the Town has receiver. in the Memorial Building is the largest individual gift ever received by the Town, and it is one that we believe every citizen of Lexington can be justly proud of. On October 18, 1928 the building was dedicated and turned over to the Town with appropriate exercises. We hope that the citizens will ever be mindful of the debt of grati- tude we owe to the Cary family for their generosity to the Town during the last century. This is indeed an excellent memorial to a family who nvere devoted to Lexington and its interests. The Town Office Building has been completed and we now have an up-to-date and modern office building where all of the municipal departments of the Town can carry on their work under efficient surroundings. The Secretary of the Massaehusetts Forestry Association came before us and recommended that• a Committee be appoint- TOWN OF LEXINGTON 199 ed to investigate the matter of establishing a Town Forest within the limits of our Town. We appointed a Committee and expect they ,will be ready to report their recommendations be- fore the Annual Town Meeting. Ata Town Meeting held November 26, 1928, the Town voted to instruct the Selectmen to petition the Legislature for an Aet permitting the Town to adopt the Representative form of Town Meeting, This Aet has been prepared and a petition sent to the Legislature asking for the adoption of the Act. This Act, will, in no way, obligate the Town until it has been accepted by a vote of the Town. WATER DEPARTMENT Early in the season we engaged Metcalf & Eddy, Engi- neers, to make a study of our water situation in Lexington, In November they submitted their report to us entitled, "Reinforcement and Improvement of Lexington Water Works," a copy of whieh is bound with this report. It is a very comprehensive study of the Town water system and gives to the Town a definite program to follow in future ex- tensions as well as making suggestions for the immediate re- inforcement of the present plant. It is our opinion that the work of carrying out this pro- gram should proceed at once in an orderly manner eompitible with the ability of the Town to finance it without excessive bur- den. To this end we shall ask the Town for the necessary ap- propriation to carry on this work in 1929. It will probably require ten years to complete the entire program. The Water Department has made substantial extensions during the past year. The water rates have been increased this year. Much of the increased revenue will nave to go to the Metropolitan District Commission to pay our share nn the Swift River Project. This matter we have referred to in sev- eral of our previous reports. In order to reduce the cost of reading meters and billing rates. the water takers of the Town have been divided into as nearly three equal parts as possible. One section of these is read every month instead of reading the wl'ole Town every three months. This gives the regular employees in the Depart- ment one-third of the work each month. One man is thus able to read all the meters. 200 ANNUAL REPORTS SEWER DEPARTMENT Under date of June 28, 1928, the Town appropriated $4,000. for a survey of the future needs of the Town for sewer systems, more especially in the southeast section of the Town, to be taken care of by the Metropolitan "ewer which is being put in for the new State Hospital situated in Belmont, Wal- tham, and Lexington. Metcalf & Eddy, Engineers, employed by the Town to make this survey, advised against the Town's entering this system, inasmuch as they believed that it will be a long time before a sewer is needed in this section of the Town, and that a better way would be provided in the future. We plan to have the survey of the remainder of the Town completed this year. DRAINAGE The situation of the drainage in Vine Brook area has not changed in the past year. The Planning Board completed their study and engineering work so far as the plans for laying out the drainage has been completed and the report is on file in the office of the Selectmen. Upon request of property owners adjacent to Clematis Brook, the Engineering Department has made studies for the improvement of drainage in that district. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT This Department has carried on its maintenance work throughout the year, and as a whole, the streets are in very good condition. For several years we have been putting crushed gravel nn the outlying streets until now every public street in Town is in fair condition. The new construction was completed this year on Mass- achusetts Avenue, from Oak Street to Marrett. Road. An ex- cellent system of drainage was put in before the permanent construction was laid and the street was built in a first class manner, using the best materials for this type of work. This job cost about. $45,000. of which the State and Comity contrib- uted about $28,000. The sealing of Concord Avenue was completed early in the season, and the State and County each contributed $1,000. toward the expense. The street is now in very good condition, and it will not need very much attention for a number of years. TowN or LEXINGTON 201 One of the important improvements on the highways was at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Cedar Street. This was a very dangerous corner. The abuttors on each side gave the land to round the corners and the owner on the west side of Cedar Street gave seven feet of land for a distance of 150 feet, which enabled the Town to widen Cedar Street to a width of 40 feet for that distance, This street should be re- located for itswhole length to a width of 40 feet at a very early date as there is now a great increase in travel over it. On the south side of Massachusetts Avenue from Cedar Street westerly, the street was widened the full width of the layout, which was made a number of years ago. This street is much safer for travel than formerly. We also made arrangements with the owners of property at the corner of Percy Road and Massachusetts Avenue where the owners gave the land, and we rounded the corners and have made it less dangerous to the public. The work of widening and rebuilding Massachusetts Ave- nue from Waltham Street to the Common, and Bedford Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Elm Avenue, which was started in 1927, has been interrupted for several reasons. We are now installing a 12" water main in this section and we hope the Town will see fit to put the fire alarm wires under ground early next season. At the next annual meeting we will ask the Town to make a further appropriation to complete this work. Durin the year the Town has accepted under the Better- me{nt Act 6vhereby the abuttors are assessed the total cost of construction) nearly 7,500 linear feet t of new streets. The work on a large part of these streets has been completed, the balance will be done early next season. We wish to recommend that the abuttors on private ways petition the Town to accept the streets as provided by Statute. Citizens expect public service and the protection of the Pire and Police Departments and often these private ways are in such eonaition as to be unsafe for travel, and as service of every kind is done by automobile, it is important that streets be made passible as quickly as possible after being opened up and houses built upon the property. We petitioned the County Commissioners for relocation and order for specific repairs on Waltham Street from Mass- achusetts Avenue to Marrett Road, and also for relocation and order for specific repairs on Massachusetts Avenue from Lin- coln Street.to Marrett Road, If we are to continue our pro - 202 ANNUAL' REPORTS gram of permanent road building, we have to make plans ahead so that if there are any public utilities to be installed they can be put in at least a year ahead of street construction. The State and County will undoubtedly contribute to both of the above projects. SNOW REMOVAL The removal of snow has not been very difficult this year. The storms have been light and with the snow fence that we now have in use and the equipment available to take care of snow soon after the storms start, the expenditure for snow removal has been very reasonable. BOARD OF SURVEY Several plans for layouts of developments have been be- fore the Board of Survey in t]ie past year, the largest of these being the Sunnyfield Development on Bedford Street. We un- derstand that several other applications will be made in the near future showing the development of several of the farms about the Town. STREET LIGHTS There has not been as much demand this year for exten- sion in the outlying sections of the Town due to the policy of the Town in previous years of installing street lights on all of the approved streets in the Torn whenever the need became apparent. We believe this has been a good policy as it has made our streets much safer for travel. In September, in compliance with a vote of the Town of June 28, 1928, we had installed from Woburn Street to Clarke Street on Massachusetts Avenue thirty-six, six hundred can- dle power lights instead of the one hundred and twenty-five candle power lights which were there. We also installed one of these lights at the corner of Elm Avenue and Bedford Street earlier in the season as a safety measure. We have under consideration placing similar lights at other street intersections. PARK DEPARTMENT This pastyear a very fine addition was made to the park lands of the Town in the gift of Miss Ellen M. Towcr of a ter- ritory consisting of approximately 10 acres of land bordering TOWN OF LEXINGTON 203 on Massachusetts Avenue and the Railroad property directly opposite her home. This park to be known as the William Augustus Tower Memorial Park, was accepted by the Town at .a Town Meeting held November 26, 1928, tog'•ther with a gift from Miss Ellen M. Tower of $10,000. to be established as a trust fund, the income of which is to be used to maintain the park. We think the town is fortunate to have this opportunity to add to their park area, and we hope that other citizens will be encouraged -to present the Town with land suitable for park purposes. We_are still of the opinion that the tennis court recom- mended last year should_ be built at the earliest possible date. The swimming pool at the Parker Field Playground was not flooded this past summer inasmuch as an analysis of the water made at the request of your Board by the State Depart- ment of Palle Health pronounced the water unfit for swim- ming purposes. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT This Department had an unusually large amount of work before them on the Water and Sewer Departments and develop- ments of new streets. The demands were so great on this Department that during the summer months two extra men were employed temporarily. Mr. Everett N. Montague has again been employed to con- tinue work on the Block flan. The portion of the Block Plan already completed has proved very useful and we reeommend continuance of this project. BOARD OF HEALTH Arrangements have been made similar to those of last year with the Public Health Association to assist the Board of Health in following up the tuberculosis cases and a sum has been paid to the Publie Health Association for their assistance. It may be of interest to note that the County Tax to the Town for the tuberculosis cases for the year 1928 was $1,786.51. The Board allowed a part of the Health appropriation to be used toward deferring the expenses in giving the Schick test to the children of the public schools to immunize them against diph- theria. 204 ANNUAL REPORTS The piggery situation is somewhat solving itself inasmuch as several of the larger piggery owners have sold their farms for development purposes. There are still a few piggeries re- maining which have been a cause of complaint, and we are endeavoring to keep the condition of their premises in accord- anee with the regulations of the Board of Health. Permits have been refused to some of the pig owners owing to violation of the conditions of their permits. The collection of garbage has been established under the direction of the Supt. of Public Works. This service will probably increase as a part of the work is now done by owners of piggeries, but this part will probably grow less and when the time comes, the Town will be called upon to give more service. DEPARTMENT OIC` PUBLIC WELFARE We have contributed to the support of 111 persons during the year 1928. The total amount expended was $7,226.11. Reimbursement in the amount of $1,126.92 was received by the Town making a net expense of $6,099.19 for this Department. CONCLUSION In closing this report, we desire to express our apprecia- tion to the citizens and employees who have assisted us in our endeavors to carry an the business of the Town. Respectfully submitted, ALBERT H. BURNHAM WILLIAM 11. BALLARD JAMES G. ROBERTSON THEODORE A. CUSTANCE FRANCIS CHAMBERLAIN Selectmen of Lexington. REPORT TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN LEXINGTON, MASS. upon Reinforcements and Improvements of the Lexington Water Works METCALF & EDDY Engineers Boston, Massachusetts October 3, 1928 TABLE OF CONTENTS REPORT General description of Lexington Water Works Planning for Future Needs Growth of Population Consumption of Water Water for Fire Protection Flow Tests Metropolitan Water Supply Emergeney connections with Arlington Pipes Reinforcement of Main Pipes Standpipe Estimates of Cost Recommendations General Recommendations Acknowledgment APPENDIX A—POPULATION Past Growth of Lexington Future Growth of Lexington Density of Population APPENDIX B—HYDRANT FLOW TESTS Method of Making Hydrant Flow Tests, and Results 39 Discussion of Results Page No. 5 6 9 9 12 15 15 16 16 21 22 22 27 27 29 30 30 APPENDIX C—ESTIMATES OF COST 40 44 LIST OF FIGURES Fig. No. Page 1. Pipe System ---Changes in Percentage of Each Size 2. Plan—Present Pipes -8 -in. and Larger 3. Consumption—Services and Meters 4. Present. Arrangement of Pipes at Metropolitan Connection 5. Plan—Present and Proposed 8 -in. and Larger 6. Proposed Arrangements of Pipes at Metropolitan Connection 7. Pipe System—Growth by sizes 8. Population—Total for Towns 9. Population—Estimate of Growth Based on Totals 10. Population—Density per square mile 11. Population—Estimate of Growth Based on Densities LIST OF TABLES No. 7 10 13 17 19 25 28 31 33 35 37 1. Population of Lexington, and Density per square mile 30 2. Flow Tests Made Feb. 3, 1921, by N. E. Ins. Ex. 41 3. Flow Tests Made June 21, 1928 by N. E. Ins. Ex. 42 4. Estimate of Cost—Recommendations 1 to 15 45 TOWN' OF LEXINGTON REPORT TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN LEXINGTON, MASS. UPON REINFORCEMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS OF THE LEXINGTON WATER WORKS October 3, 1928. 5 BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, Gentlemen: Pursuant to your instructions, we have made a survey of the condition of the water works system of the Town of Lexington and submit herewith our report and recommenda- tions. General Description of Lexington Water System The water works plant was built in 1884 by the Lexing- ton Water Company, taking water from resells on the border of a meadow near Vine Brook and pumping it into a system of distributing pipes and a tank 18 ft. in diameter and 35 ft. high. By 1895, the collection system had been enlarged to include four large dug wells and one deep tubular well near the pumping station, and another well and covered collecting gallery nearer the center of the town. A storage reservoir had also been built on the upper portion of Vine Brook in 1894, having an area of 5x/2 acres, and a capacity of about 15 million gallons, but draining only about 0.30 square mile. The supply of water was inadequate in dry periods owing to the small tributary drainage area, and the fire protection service was distinctly weak. The town purchased the Works in 1895, and built a standpipe of 186,000 gallons capacity in East. Lexington in 1898. Owing largely to the inadequacy of the original source of supply, the town entered t•he Metropolitan Water District in 1903. The pipe system has been extended from time to time, and the concrete standpipe, having a capacity of 550,000 gallons when fuH], was built in 1912, In 1903, the distribution system included 17.3 miles of pipe and has since been extended to 47.7 miles as of Deeem- 6 ANNUAL REPORTS ber 31, 1927. The length in feet and percentage of each size of pipe as of 1903 and 1907 are as follows; Length % of ft. Tota] Size 1903 1927 1903 1927 12 -in. 9,000 9,701 10 3.8 104n. 2,664 5,621 3 2.2 8 -fn. 6,010 38,919 6,5 15.4 6_i11. 41,500 170,030 45.5 67.5 4 -in. 32,400 27,890 35 11.1 91,574 252,061 100 100 This tabulation shows that there has been comparatively little increase in the amount of the largest pipes (12 -in. and 10 -in.). There has been a considerable increase both in amount and percentage of 8 -in. pipe, but the greatest growth has been in 6 -in. pipe. The amount of 4 -in. pipe has been slightly reduced, but the amount still in service is 11% of the total length of pipe. Part of this is paralleled by larger pipe in the same street, but the portion not so paralleled is about 23,000 ft. or 9% of the total. Fig. 1 shows graphically the percentage of pipe of eaeh size, from 1923 to 1927, indicating the decreasing proportions of 12 -in. and 10 -in. pipe, and that the extension of 8 -in. pipe has kept the proportion of 8 -in. and larger pipe about what it m_as in 1903. The failure to ex- tend the large pipes as the town has grown means that, even without allowing for the deterioration of pipes with age, the pipe system is not as strong proportionately at present as it was twenty-five years ago. Fig. 2 shows the existing pipes 8 -in. in diameter or larger, and demonstrates the weakness of the distribution system. Planning for Future Needs. In planning for the construc- tion or reinforcement of a water works distribution system, it is necessary to anticipate the needs of the future and to provide pipes of such a size that they will be adquate for a considerable period of years. Under such conditions as those existing in Lexington, it is also desirable to so locate the larger reinforcing pipes as to make the existing smaller pipes as useful as possible and obviate the necessity of replacing many of them with larger pipes. In order to make suitable provision for future needs, it is necessary to forecast the probable growth of the town both in population and in water requirements. FIG. i 401.N3 -Z-4059 � , cfent ?-.4Pipe I 83 — — —a R. —o— ti— d— 75 75 _J 70 65 LEXINGTON,MASS.f'.9WATER SIlPPL7 --P. k55 GfiA PIPE SYSTD N6ES IN PERCENTAGE OF EACH SIZE METCALFr ion EmNEEi{S 6051011 MASS. «rims Ix4. �A E Pipe 45 1 Z) 40 35 30 IF� PS 20 I Pipe . T 15'-"----—fir- 10 v. J --i-Pipe 1 q 401.N3 -Z-4059 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 9 Growth of Population. We have made a detailed study of the growth of Lexington, and have compared it with the growth of other nearby towns in the Metropolitan District, particularly Watertown, Belmont and Arlington, in which the growth of population has been particularly rapid and which have probably experienced conditions in the past more or less similar to those which Lexington will meet• within the next ten or twenty years. These three towns are all small in area and are considerably nearer Boston than is Lexington. Their rapid growth followed after the construction of the Cambridge subway, which materially facilitated transportation conditions. Lexington occupies a larger area than the other three towns combined, and the provisions of better transit facilities would not be likely to help all parts of the town. Nevertheless the change in methods of transportation, the development of the motor bus and the increasing use of the private auto- mobile, probably indicate a material increase in the rate o£ growth of Lexington. The principal results of the population study are given in Appendix A. It does not seem probable that Lexington will ever de- velop extensive manufacturing plants. It is likely to remain a residential community, with local business enterprises suf- ficient for the needs of the resident population and visiting tourists. The recently adopted zoning by-law will encourage such growth and prevent overcrowding. It is particularly significant to consider the relative density of the population in the four towns compared. Details of this comparison !will be found in Appendix A. It seems reasonable to assume that Lexington may have.a density of population equivalent to one-fourth of that of Watertown, one-half of that of Belmont, and one-third of that of Arling- ton. Comparisons based on these assumptions indicate a prob- able density of 1,500 per square mile for Lexington by 1950, corresponding to a total population of 24,000 for the town. We have adopted the figures of 10,000 for 1930; 15,000 for 1940; and 24,000 for 1950. Conditions which may affect the future growth are im- possible of accurate prediction, but the above figures are be- lieved to be a reasonable estimate of future probabilities. Consumption of Water, The average daily quantity of water furnished to Lexington in 1927 was 529,800 gallons, equivalent to 64 gallons per person daily. This is a reason- able rate of per capita consumption and does not indicate excessive waste or leakage from the pipes. however, no com- Town of Lexington, Mass. Water Works TOWN OF LEXINGTON 13 parisons between the quantity of water metered to consumers and that purchased from the Metropolitan Water Works have been made. It may be that the actual per capita use of water is very much less than that indicated by the total consump- tion, and that considerable quantities are being lost from the pipes, although the town has to pay for all the water ob- tained from the Metropolitan Water Works. It would be desirable to make annual comparisons to see what the actual discrepancy is. With all services metered and the works in good condition, it should be possible to account for upwards of 80% of the water taken. Fig. 3 represents the progressive increase in consump- tion and in number of service connections and of meters. Water for Fire Protection. For proper protection against fire, it is essential that large quantities of water should be available which can be concentrated upon a fire in a short time. 'Phis necessitates pipes of larger size, to carry water at very much higher rates, than are necessary for ordinary consumption; and as fires may occur simultaneously with max- imum domestic consumption, the pipes must be large enough to provide water for both purposes at the same time. The quantity of water required for fire protection in any particular neighborhood depends mainly upon the congestion in that locality and the character of construction, although as an indication of the extent of a possible conflagration the size of the town as a whole is also of importance. The under- writers have formulated definite rules for the maximums fire flow required for entire communities. For a population of 6,000 the maximum fire flow required would be 2,500 gallons per minute; for 10,000 people, 3,000 gallons per minute; for 13,000 people, 3;500 gallons per minute; for 17,000 people, 4,000 gallons per minute; for 22,000 people, 4,500 gallons per minute. In many places these rates represent the quantities re- quired in the localities constituting the greatest fire hazard. In some cases where hazards are distributed, somewhat smaller quantities would be required at the points of greatest risk and the figures quoted would represent the total for the en- tire community. In the case of Lexington, a residential com- munity with no high buildings or badly congested areas, the greatest requirement in any locality would be likely to be somewhat less than the total for the entire town. The greatest fire demand indicated in the report of the New England In- surance Exchange in 1928 was 2,500 gallons per minute. It is our opinion that with the increase in the size of the town., FRG, 3 radio -z-4040 i A 2 io0 MEMi ■ NI, . Phr t L II J. DR . 4=111111111 • If IIIII Or ■ "3} NIP — s .. - 5 fa ` ,, ILE X MTON, MA55, ,wvvLT - ,o.wtiTes , CON5 T1ON SiRviCr5 U _ __Lei & i L V M TfR5 IA{r nor OY fHEIII!M5 60STON, AHSA OCTOMR,I9n. rS t' n 7 — rI r K i I d2 radio -z-4040 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 17 it should be expected that a maximum fire demand of 4,000 gallons per minute in the center of the town would be re- quired. In other parts of the town, supplies from 750 gallons per minute upward should be available. Flow Tests, Fire flow tests at hydrants in various parts of the town have been made by the New England Insurance Exchange in 1921, and again in 1928. The detailed results are given in Appendix B. These show not only the quantities found available and the pressures at the hydrants before and after they were opened, but the estimated quantities which would be available with the pressure at the hydrant main- tained at 20 lbs., ,which is suitable for supply to a fire engine. With the exception of a Small district near the Arling- ton town line and adjoining Massachusetts Avenue, none of these tests showed sufficient fire flow available. The condi- tions are no worse than would be expected in view of the inadequate size of a large proportion of t•he pipes. They do show a very marked decrease in pressure available in various parts of the town since the tests of 1921. It is obvious that material reinforcements and improve- ments are needed in almost all parts of the town. There has been no lack of water for domestic supply and it is probable thatif there avere no serious fire, the town could get along for some time without improving its water works system. But the inadequacy of the water works for fire protection necessarily results in comparatively high in- surance rates, and as the piping system is becoming less and less adequate, due to increasing age of the pipes as well as growth of the town, the insurance rates will be increased from time to time unless steps are taken to strengthen the water works system. Metropolitan Water Supply. Lexington receives its water supply from the Metropolitan Water Works Northern Extra High Service. It is fed directly from the Arlington reser- voir, a steel standpipe of •1,955,000 gallons capacity with top at elevation 442.5. Nater is pumped into this reservoir at the Arlington pumping station, and flows from the reservoir through a I6 -in. pipe to the Lexington line at Massachusetts Avenue. Here the water passes through a 12 -in. venturi meter having a 10 -in. and 8 -in, connections at the ends, and enters a 10 -in. pipe of the Lexington Water Works. This pipe was laid in 1894 and is, therefore, thirty-four years old. The arrangement of pipes at the Metropolitan connection is shown in Fig 4. It is not well adapted for furnishing water without considerable loss of pressure, because the con - 18 ANN' AL REPORTS 'neetions are too small and there are too many sharp changes of direction. In ease of emergency requiring the meter to be by-passed, the route of the neater will still be indirect and there will be several causes of loss of pressure which might be avoided. It is probable that for a long tiune to come, the entire supply from the Metropolitan pipes will be obtained through a single meter at this point. The main supply lines of the Lexington system must, therefore, radiate from this locality. Emergency Connections with Arlington Pipes. In addi- tion to the direct connection from the Metropolitan pipes, there is an emergency connection from a 10 -in. pipe of the town of Arlington in Massachusetts Avenue, directly to the Lexington 10 -in. pipe, as is also shown in Fig. 4. This would be of service in case of breakage of the Metropolitan pipe in Arlington, but otherwise is of no particular advantage. There is also a connection from an Arlington pipe at Westminister Avenue, where the 10 -in, pipe of the town• of Arlington is connected to a 6 -in. pipe of town of Lexington, constituting an extension of the Lowell Street line. At this connection is a 4 -in. Gem meter. The gates are ordinarily kept closed, but in case of emergeney some water could be drawn through this meter and the 6 -in. pipe in Lowell Street. The meter itself would cause serious resistance to any con- siderable flow. Reinforcement of Main Pipes. In order to provide ade- quate main pipes in the distribution system for feeding suita- ble quantities of water to the -various sections of the town and to provide for reasonable future growth, as well as to make possible the maintenance of the supply in case of ac- cident to any single pipe, new main pipes should be provided as shown on the accompanying plans. Some of these pipes are urgently needed for the following reasons; (1) To avoid excessive loss of pressure in the present main line through Drassaehusetts Avenue. (2) To provide a second main feeder capable of main- taining a supply to the town in case of breakage of the ex- isting main pipe. (3) To reinforce the existing pipes in various localities so as to enable the concentration of adequate supply for fire protection, The maps, Fig. 5 and Plan A. show an extensive new system of pipes, including not only those listed in the sched- ule of reeommenda•tions hereinafter, but a great many others. Those urgently needed are- shown in red on the plans. A Fl G.4 I Itwn (found ■ LexhvimIY. V/O /7.6" Q Id.Lvc d"v d-Cv.- , + �4t eaVALve "� !0 VALVE • ice � � —......-.2...-.) tia,,t, lvENruRI tea.I -gt METER Ib OsiverAill Massachusetts Mst.W.W krIhn n VW" `riVALVE N. Main Ave. Detail at P. in; ritiFtwei A• roOral .-ifsEgive (Hem KJ d'CAP ■ a • LEXINGTON,INA55.' WATER sUPPIT PRESENT ARRANGEMENT OF PIPES AT METROPOLITAN CONNECTION bass+, mus. ENGruet. octose km& 1O/35 -Z-4041 Town of Lexington, Mass. Water Works Present and Proposed Pipes TOWN OF LExINGTON 23 large number of the others are for neighborhoods not yet sufficiently developed to require any pipes, and, in some cases, where streets have not yet been laid out. The pipe system has, however, been mapped to cover the town as far as it is practicable to do at this time, in a number of cases assuming the probable location of future streets, in order that when pipes are laid in any locality, they may be of such a size as to conform to the needs of the system as a whole. It should not be inferred that the larger pipes proposed must necessarily be located exactly ;where indicated on the snap. In some cases the development of streets in other lo- calities in the general neighborhood will indicate the desira- bility of providing the larger pipe in the new street. It should be remembered that the plan presented is a general one, intended to provide for ample main feeders in various localities, but that the precise location of large future pipes is immaterial. Where new pipes are proposed in streets in which pipes already exist, it will generally be found more advantageous to leave the present pipe in service and lay the new one on the opposite side of the street. The old pipe will continue to be adequate for domestic service for one side, and the presence of pipes on both sides of the streets was to avoid the necessity of cross trenches for service pipes. All fire hydrants should be disconnected from the old inadequate pipes and connected to the new ones. Standpipe. The concrete standpipe between Lincoln Street and Massachusetts Avenue was built in 1912, and is connected with the system by an 8 -in. pipe only. The ca- pacity when full is 550,000 gallons, but owing to the loss of pressure in the pipes it is stated that it is seldom more than 80% filled, corresponding to a capacity of 440,000 gal- lons. The storage is insufficient for the consumption of the town for a single day, and breakage of the single line of supply now existing would, therefore, be a catastrophe, When the pipes have been adequately reinforced the breakage of a single pipe can not cut off the supply from the Metropolitan reservoir in Arlington, and the Lexington standpipe will be sufficient as a balancing reservoir for a number of years to come. Its prime object is to equalize the rate of draft through the pipe and supply in reserve a eonsiderable quantity of water near the center of the town which could be drawn in a comparatively short time in ease of a bad fire. The stand- pipe is at so high an elevation that even with the single 24 ANNvAI. REPORTS 8 -in. pipe connection, it can furnish water at the center of the town at a suitable rate under present conditions. With the growth of the town, it will be desirable to pro- vide additional local storage. This can be done most ad- vantageously by a new standpipe on Meriam Hill, which is somewhat higher than the location of the present standpipe; a tank 50 ft. in diameter and 80 ft. high in this location would have a capacity of about 1,000,000 gallons. We believe such a standpipe should be provided in the comparatively near future. It will probably be necessary before 1950 to replace the existing concrete standpipe by one of larger size. A stand- pipe of 50 ft, diameter in this location 'would have a capacity of 1,500,000 gallons which would be advantageous. When the Larger standpipe is provided it should be connected to the pipe system by a 12 -in. pipe, which probably should be ex- tended to Forest and Clarke Streets. Estimates of Cost. The estimates of cost given herein are necessarily based upon prices prevailing at the time this report is written, and may not be even approximately correct for work to be done ata later date. They will still be of use for comparative purposes, and if modified for changes in conditions, may be utilized as a basis of later estimates. They are also based upon approximate lengths of pipes, sealed from the map, which may differ considerably from the true lengths required. Allowances, which are believed to be liberal, have been included in the estimates for cutting into and connecting with existing pipes, including the provision of additional valves ;which are generally required in such connections; for new fire hydrants; for contingencies; engineering; and contrac- tor's profit. Allowance has also been made for rock excava- tion; in some eases where the presence of rock is apparent, the allowance is considerable, and in others it is but slight. This allowance will doubtless be too high in some cases and too low in others. No allowances have been made for cutting and replacing street snrfaees more expensive than ordinary water bound macadam. It is assumed that most of the new construction will be done in advance of permanent paving, and ;where this is not the case, that it will be possible to find locations beyond the limits of the pavement. as for in- stance in sidewalks, which will obviate the necessity for cut- ting large amounts of pavements. Reoommendations. (1) If permission can be obtained from the Metropolitan District Commission and the town of TOWN OP LEXINGTON- 25 Arlington. open the emergency connection on Westmiuister Avenue and obtain a portion of the supply through the Ar- lington pipes. This will strengthen somewhat the entire sup- ply of water along Lowell Street, particularly in the neigh- borhood of the Arlington Line. The existing 4 -in. Gem meter is not of a type to allow the passage of large quantities 'of water, such as would bel required for extinguishing fires, without great loss of head. We recommend that it be replaced by a 4 -in. Detector meter. Estimated cost $500. (2) Provide cross connections between the existing pipes in Massachusetts Avenue, so that the 6 -in. pipe may be ade- quately reinforced from the 12 -in. pipe. (Detailed recom- mendation for this has already been given you under date of September 11, 1928.) The cost of this work, which should be done in advance of paving, will be small. (3) Reconstruct connections at the venturi meter, as shown on Fig. 6. Estimated cost $3,200. (4) Provide 12 -in. pipe across Liberty Heights and through Oak Street, from Massachusetts Avenue near the Metropolitan meter to connect rwith the old 12 -in. pipe in Massachusetts Avenue at Oak Street. Estimated cost $32,000. (5) Provide 12 -in. pipe in the south side (sidewalk ?) of Massachusetts Avenue from Oak Street to Fallen Road, connecting with the 8 -in. pipe in the latter street. The dis- tance is about 1,100 ft, and the estimated cost is $5,500. (6) Provide 12 -in. pipe in Massachusetts Avenue and Bedford Street from the high school to Revere Street, with proper cross connections to the existing 8 -in, pipe in Massa- chusetts Avenue and the 6 -in. pipe in Bedford Street. Es- timated cost $37,000. (7) Provide 12 -in. pipe between Lowell Street and Raw- son Avenue near the Arlington line, and connect some 6 -in. dead ends between LoweIi Street and Massachusetts Avenue. Estimated cost of the 12 -in. pipe $6,000. (When this has been done, the emergency connection with the Arlington pipes in Westn►inister Avenue can be closed.) (8) Provide 12 -in. pipe in Parker, Clarke and Forest Street between Massachusetts Avenue and Waltham Street, and an 8 -in. pipe in Muzzey Street. This ;will replace ex- isting 4 -in, pipe and provide protection to a growing section, besides reinforcing the supply near the center of the town and make the standpipe more available to the system as a whole. Estimated cost $18,500. 26 ANNUAL REPORTS (9) Provide 12 -in. pipe from Massachusetts Avenue through Woburn Street and Hayes Lane to Meriam Hill near the south end of Oakmount (circle, and a 10 -inn. pipe thence through Marriot Street, Meriam Street, and Franklin Road to Hancock Street. Estimated cost $36,500. (10) Provide 1,000,000 gallon steel standpipe on Meriam Hill, connected with the 12 -in. pipe in Hayes Lane. Estimated cost $50,000. (11) Provide 12 -in. pipe in Rindge Avenue and Rindge Avenue extended, from Rawson Avenue to Massachusetts Avenue. Estimated cost $23,000. (12) Extend 12 -in. pipe from Forest Street through Vine Brook Road, Winthrop Road and Highland Avenue, and through Bloomfield Street to Massachusetts Avenue. Estimated cost $15,000. (13) Lay 8 -in. pipe in Eustis Street, Percy Road, War- ren Street and Pelham Road, mostly replacing existing 4 -in. pipe. Estimated cost $11,500. (14) Provide 10 -in. pipe on Maple Street from Massa- chusetts Avenue to Lowell Street. Estimated cost $22,500. (15) Extend 12 -in. pipe in Highland Avenue from Bloom- field Street to Marrett Road. Estimated cost $15,000. The foregoing recommendations are listed in order in which they appear to us to be of most significance in im- proving water supply conditions in the town. It is certain that they can not be carried out in this order without varia- tion. It will be necessary to take advantage of opportunities to lay pipe in advance of paving, and to give consideration to the financial conditions and the practicability of doing any particular piece of work at a specified time. For in- stance, the cross connections in Massachusetts Avenue recom- mended as Item 2 have already been undertaken by your Board in order that they may be constructed in advance of paving work now in progress, and we understand that a part of the 12 -in. line in Massachusetts Avenue and Bedford Street (extending from Waltham Street to Elna Avenue) will probably be undertaken this year in order to anticipate pav- ing work. We feel that recommendations 1 to 6 inclusive are of such pressing necessity that they should all be earried out at the earliest practicable date. If they are completed by 1930, the amounts of to several sizes of pipes up to and including 8 -in. and the relations to the amounts previously in use will be as shown on Fig. 7. a AA ha TowN OF LEXINGTON 29 General Recommendations. in addition to the specific recommendations listed above, the following general recom- mendations are submitted; (1) Eliminate existing dead ends as rapidly as possible. There are a very large number of these, and in many eases the circuits can be completed by comparatively short exten- sions. We have made no attempt to indicate these on the map; their presence and the method to be followed in elim- inating them is obvious. Our estimates do not include any figures for this lwork, although an account of their number the total amount involved will be considerable. (2) Existing hydrants connected with 4 -in. pipe, or hav- ing 4 -in. branches from the mains, should be conspicuously indicated, as for instance by a band of red paint around the body of the hydrants, so that firemen may recognize that they are of comparatively little value and avoid their use as far as possible. Such hydrants and hydrant branches should be replaced by larger ones when possible. (3) We recommend that future purchases of ease iron pipe be of pipe with a spun lining of cement mortar, in order to reduce the loss of carrying capacity by incrustation or tuberculation. While such linings in east iron pipe have not been in use sufficiently long to demonstrate that they afford complete protection for an indefinite period, it is believed that they will be much Less susceptible to tuberculation than ordinary tar -coated pipe, and that the slight additional cost will be more than justified by the comparative permanence of carry- ing capacity. Some tests have shown that new pipes so lined have a greater capacity than new tar -coated cast iron pipes, even though the diameter is slightly reduced by the thick- ness of the lining. Acknowledgment. We acknowledge our obligations for the cordial assistance of Mr. Wiliam S. Scamman, Superin- tendent of Public Works; Mr. Albert A. Ross, Superintendent of Water Works, and Mr. John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer. We also acknowledge our obligations to Mr. Percy R. Char - nock, Engineer of the New England Insurance Exchange, for data relating to fire flow tests and for the information relat- ing to the pipe system of Lexington compiled by him. Respectfully yours, METCALF & EDDY, By : Charles W. Sherman. 1G. 7 LEx1NGTON, MA55. WATER SUPPLY _ PIPE SYSTEM GROWTH DT SIZES. WAIF Y [% x. thWJECRs BOSTON, MASS. 9CIBBER,f9Bl. 250 10/J7 -Z-4045 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 33 APPENDIX A POPULATION Past Growth of Lexington. The total population of Lex- ington in each census year since 1850 is given in Table 1. The growth is also shown graphically on Fig. 8. From 1850 to 1885 the change in population was slight. From 1885 to 1910 there was a substantially uniform but slow growth; since 1910 each successive census has shown an in- creased rate of growth. The changes in population in Belmont, Arlington and Watertown are also shown in Fig. 8. Until 1905, Belmont had a smaller population than Lexington, but since that date it has grown with great rapidity and now has more than twice the population of Lexington. Arlington and Watertown have also shown very rapid growth since 1910. These three towns are nearer Boston than Lexington, and their rapid growth followed closely upon the completion of the Cambridge subway, which provided means of rapid transit and made the towns more accessible as a place of suburban residence. The nearer suburbs of Boston are now becoming so densely populated that the further growth of the Metropolitan dis- trict is likely to be in towns more remote from the center. This tendency will probably be accentuated by the development of improved transportation methods, more particularly the motor bus, and the increasing use of the private automobile. It must, therefore, be expected that the future growth of Lex- ington is likely to be much greater than hitherto, although at a lesser rate than Belmont, Arlington and Watertown since 1910. 34 ANN1 AL REPORTS Year 1850 1855 1860 1865 1870 1875 1880 1885 1890 1895 1900 1905 1910 1916 1920 1925 Area of TABLE 1. Population of Lexington, Maes. Increase Population Number Percent 1893 2549 2329 2220 2217 2506 2460 2718 3197 3498 3831 4530 4918 5558 6350 7785 Lexington taken at 16.5 sq. miles. 656 —220 —109 67 228 —45 258 479 301 333 699 388 840 792 1435 34.5 — 8.5 — 4.7 2.5 10.0 1.8 10.5 17.6 9.4 9.6 18.3 8.5 13.0 14.3 22.5 Density per sq. mile 115 154 142 135 138 152 149 165 194 212 232 275 298 335 385 473 Future Growth of Lexington. For the purpose of es- timating the future growth of Lexington, we have shown on Fig. 9, the same curves as on Fig. 8, but shifted in position so that the curves for Belmont, Arlington and Watertown pass through the point representing the population of Lexington in 1925. In this way the several curves show the relation of the growth of the four towns before and after passing a population of 7800. Assuming that the future growth of Lexington may fol- low approximately the average of those of the other three towns, we have estimated the future population of Lexington shown by the broken line on Fig. 9. (The same line is also shown on Fig. 8). Density of Population. In view of the fact that the area of Lexington is more than the combined areas than Belmont, Arlington and Watertown, it is significant to inquire whether the density of population is comparable to the average concen- tration in the other three towns, and what density of popula- tion in Lexington would correspond to the total population es- timated. On Fig. 10, we have shown the density of population per square mile for each of the four towns considered. Itdoes not seem probable that Lexington will have as dense a population for many years, if ever, as now obtains in Belmont•, Arlington and Watertown. By trial we have found that curves showing r r ■ RU■■ti . ■■ ..... 14 II A won' ■■ • EEE Ali m 911111511111 p mono ■■l■ BIN 111111/111111111111 7:44111 EINEM ■orOA TOWNS ■■ l b"".mP111111 1 1. = TOTTT7AL '.AULATION FDR%WN3 ! . qui Y 15 § 1957 1930 FIG.9 ren 1910 u a I laya 1880 1677 1850 LEXINGTON, MA5aL WATR SUM POPULATION E5TIMATE OF GROWTH BASED ON TOTALS. Basra t roor ocn�+eGIIZCw '--- f TOTAL FbPUL TION FOR Tom* 10139 -z- 4045 0 194 1930 1920 1910 1890 1980 1570 1890 FIG. 0 10140-z- 404i 1 / / k.)"t'°"�' -ter ,xis . 7 l �� , // r� I LEX INGRfOI 1A55 ION.- } POPULATION DENSITY PER 5Q. Ml. f r werucr V eavr. fIal 635TON. WS. (MOM W S Intr 6 I 1 1 10140-z- 404i 1950 1940 1950 1910 1960 1890 1840 1870 186,0 10/41- Z- 4047 7 16 h Y� Able- Dar i4' curves shown haw dee ', y following iViciev:- Lu1iglar, TNI. Ar/mgtai, ay' 1 we EeI 11; aaehalf rionrgm*cf'the V L zitn.4 C LEXINGTON, MA55ram sem '. PO Pil"I0N ESTIMATE OF GROWTH' MSL0 ON DENSITIES METCALF Or EW MINER: r -g----- DENSITY OF POPULATION f1 1^ _.T—PER �? Sq. MILE 10/41- Z- 4047 TOWN or LEXINGTON 43 the density of population in Arlington at one-third its actual value, that of Belmont at one-half and that of Watertown at one-fourth the real figure, when shifted to pass through the point corresponding to the density of population in Lexington M 1925, agree well with the previous growth of Lexington, as shown on Fig. 11; and the extensions of the three curves for greater densities provide a reasonable basis for estimating the future density of population of Lexington. The curve of es- timated growth is also shown on Fig. 10. The estimated future total population of Lexington ob- tained by the first method, as shown on Figs. 8 and 9, is the same as that obtained from the average future density according to the curves on Figs. 10 and 11. APPENDIX B HYDRANT Flow TESTS The actual capacity of a water pipe system to fulfill the demands which may be made upon it in fighting fire may best be determined by hydrant flow tests. Such tests were made in 1921 and again in 1928 by the engineers of the New England Insurance Exchange. The results are given in Tables 2 and 3. Method of Making Hydrant Flow Tests, and Results. Hy- drant flow tests are made by opening hydrant nozzles, and meas- uring the quantity of water flowing and the drop in pressure in the main pipe caused by this flow. The drop in pressure • for various amounts flowing is determined by varying the number of hydrant nozzles opened. From these data and by computa- tion, the drop in pressure for any definite rate of flow may be determined, or conversely, the quantity of water which will be available for a stated drop in pressure. Where fire engines are used the pressure in the mains at the time of a fire may be lowered to 20 lbs. per square inch; and the quantity of water which will be available in any locality at this pressure is usu- ally of more significance than any other. It is true that a somewhat larger quantity of water could be drawn by reducing the pressure at the hydrant to 10 tbs., or even to zero, and the pumps would presumably operate satis- factorily; but the result of so lowering the pressure would be to leave all of the houses in the vicinity without water, and in all probability, would result in the collapse of hot water boilers and the Like. For this reason, 20 lbs. is usually consid- ered the minimum to which it is practicable to lower the pres- sure at the hydrant. It must be borne in mind that the quantity issuing from the hydrants at the time of the flow tests is not the total quantity flowing in the pipe, since the ordinary domestic eon - 44 ANNUAL REPORTS sumption has not been measured during the test. Domestic consumption, however, always exists, and the observed dis- charge from the hydrant may be taken as indicating closely the amounts available for fire purposes corresponding to the measured drops in pressure. Discussion of Results. The indications of low capacity throughout the town, except immediately adjoining the Metro- politan meter, are distinctly marked, but are perhaps not greater than should be expected considering the inadequate size and long lengths of pipe involved, as shown by the plans and especially by Fig. 2. (Page 5). It is especially significant to note that the static pressure, or pressure available at the hydrant before it was opened, has been reduced by varying amounts ranging from 1 lb. to 15 lbs. per square inch in some cases, between the tests of 1921 and those of 1928. This is a surprisingly marked indica- tion of the extent to which the pipe system causes loss of pressure between the Arlington line and the various points in Lexington, due in part to the increased rate at which water is drawn through the pipes, but more partieularly to the fact that the pipes are being increasingly roughened by tubercula- tion corresponding to their increased age. 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Table 4 contains the detailed estimates by streets or sections in- cluded in each of these recommendations. In making up the estimates, we have adopted for each locality an average price per foot for each size of pipe. The unit prices for a given size of pipe vary somewhat according to the estimated difficulty of the work or the obstructions likely to be encountered. In all cases, however, they are in- tended to include adequate allowance for making connections to existing pipes, including additional valves on existing pipes which may be made necessary by the new connections; for valves, hydrants and hydrant branches on the new pipes; and. for the overhead items of contingencies, engineering and con- tractor's profit. The lengths involved have been scaled from the map and may differ appreciably from the actual lengths of pipe re- quired. The individual estimates may, therefore, be in error on account of inaccuracies in scaling, quite as much as on account of too great or too little allowance for difficulties in construction, On the whole, however, it is probable that er- rors resulting from scaling from the map will counterbalance one another, and that the total will not vary materially front the correct length. 4y Length of Pipe Bloomfield St. y GC k0 cocL1. CD,,pog�CDCD 03 ,vt S F, S� c 1 g v kfa Ato O N P• 7 U1 ++ f _ n R. r.+ .Q 6..W ? 1.- Yi �1w �▪ G 3Q5:rFF-E.:: O±$�r.-im dA wZ rt __ .. p W ai 9 7 ,1 p; 7i al ++ 4- U1 _eFd, „.4 �i +; y_ di N 7 4 7V V44 •E y CO O LC ,i,44 7] d •F, J; 1 -Jt e� w V 0'20r. 0 m CI)a y .a •N 7 ,O *1 epi of h+ ,r eri ❑ F 0 g g u� u4r to 0 g O .43 cD 0 gi J:] ti 5-4 9 MI A w 4 5fy g 1:i LSA t-'. Tri r -I 10 den c qg c r 4 69. rti rl eC y+ L C2 La 1L, t7 WI e4 04 c4 i CD dl .4l g�§8 a -04 0144 ? ▪ 'gds; C0o00 aUal a*'C•- E•q0 co a - C.) ts. P- 4A � w :3 I� Rei z G� r="i E4-3 .6oc• nyii 4-2 0❑❑ 424 P-4 On rfl d o • a� q cr 0a a+' a 7 by cd 0 c CJ er' 03 O 1 bAm 0 • 40 • 4 ti *, co O 0 E 0 „oi gCD gg M u7 oD OG 06 Mgg00 •ei01 01 Id gg$g44) gg tOo �0 C3 01©oi pCu7 -P§�$114t ;1. c7-1 , t cd 4 di ep e4-] ti g co g �3S1-1 0 a D �o m SI E g --+ R •5 i 7 L. ed� a A 4 �x �ax a a.,4g P d'544 Ei oro y+ rCco gU� 7, 3 +i ,4 a� o 1-;v ` co V �' 4j ++ 02 vt. .. UC C. 1. p rAad y y C. waw 44 R, n Bloomfield St. Highland Ave. 1 Tow N OF LEXINGToN 259 LIST OF JURORS AS SUBMITTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON 1928 Adams, Norman I., Banker 22 Eliot Road Andrews, William H., Salesman Bedford Street Ashley, Harold C., Laborer 77 Highland Avenue Bailey, Chauncey R., Market 42 Forest Street Baker, Edward W., Draftsman 192 Mass. Avenue Balough, William J., Furrier Fattler Avenue Barrington, James L„ Dye business 24 Bloomfield Street Bartlett, Fred B:, Retired 72 Bedford Street Barton, George S., Artist 1 Eustis Street Bean, George W., Laborer Bedford Street Beatty, Walter S., Broker 53 Waltham Street Beaudry, Charles S., Civil Engineer 5 Raymond Street Bevington, Alfred J., Farmer Marrett Road Bishop, Thomas J., Expressman 90 Fallen Road Blake, Charles M., Piano Business York Street Bourne, Herbert C., 'Caretaker 41 Bedford Street Bowker, Henry, Interior Decorator Baker Avenue Bramhall, William S., Salesman 25 Parker Street Buck, J. Jerauld, Reporter 75 Bloomfield Street Bull, Leslie A., Farmer 83 Hancock Street Burrill, William •L., Rea] Estate 127 Bedford Street Burt, Leon C., Dealer 25 Harding iRoad Cameron, Donald, Carpenter Carville Avenue Chadwick, Elmer A., Manufacturer 17 Audubon Road Clapp, Roger S., Accountant 27 Meriam Street Clarke, Richard, Clerk 34 Forest Street Clow, Samuel P., Carpenter 19 Waltham Street Cole, George F., Bus Operator 210 Bedford Street Crown, Edward L., Clerk 26 Curve Street Custer, Everett J., Poultry Marrett Road Cutler, Clarence H., Farmer Concord Avenue Davis, Henry C., Jr., Auditor 6 Audubon Road 260 ANNUAL REPORTS Drew, Carl I,, Clerk 10 Locust Avenue Earle, Chester E., Salesman 14 'rower Street Emery, George W., Salesman 42 Somerset Road Fernald, Robert . W., Banker 2 Washington Street FIetcher. William F., Warmer 25 Curve Street Flint, Herbert A., Foreman 6 Carville Avenue Guthrie, James A., Machinist 24 Taft Avenue Hadley, Charles E., Plumber 116 Mass. Avenue Hamlin, Hazen W., Realtor 20 Forest Street Hammer, Alexander M., Insurance Agent 63 Hancock Street Harrington, Bartlett J., Contractor 11 Curve, Street Hayden, J. Willard, Jr., Merchant Shade Street Henrich, Charles J., Machinist Drew Avenue Hutchinson, J. Chester, Stock Broker 6 Pelham Road Joy, Charles R., Retired 139 Masa. Avenue King, Henry M,, Motorman 9 Cliff Avenue Knights, Arthur A., Machine Shop Owner 25 Winthrop Road Hraetzer, Eugene G., Realtor 9 Forest Street Lamont, Harold B., Banker 20 Winthrop Road Locke, Frank H., Retired 18 Winthrop Road Longbottom, Walter, Conductor 16 Independence Road Mabey, Edison +R., Trucking Grant Street Macurda, William E., !Merchant 45 Hancock. Street Maddison, Arthur N., Real Estate Broker 15 Winthrop Road Maguire, Frank H., Farmer Wood Street Manning, Stephen B., Watchmaker 50 Woodland Road Marshall, William J., Shipper 9 Independence Avenue Merriam, Robert C., Manufacturing 24 Oakmount Circle Munroe, Howard M., Farmer Lowell Street Murphy, H, Dudley, Artist Summit Road Muzzey, Clifford L., Clerk 14 Glen Road Nichols, Ernest 0., Salesman 21 Hayes Avenue Nickerson, James A., Real Estate 16 Vine Brook Road Pike, Franklin H., Accountant 2 Hill Street Reed, William W,, Real Estate 57 Meriam Street Ross, George M., Bond Salesman 45 Hancock Street Schiebe, Edgar D., Manufacturer Lincoln Street Sherburne, Richard R., Bond Salesman 24 Percy Road Stone, George E., Retired 20 Bloomfield Street Stone, Robert M., Insurance 18 Hayes Avenue Stoney, Benjamin .S., Clerk 3 Fern Street Swan, Joseph, Real Estate 16 Bedford Street Tenney, Rockwell C., Treasurer 526 Mass. Avenue Wadman, Wesley T., Builder 23 Hancock Street Wichent, Charles J., Machinist 5 Sheridan Street TOWN OF LEXINGTON Willard, John, Farmer Wilson, J. Alexander, Retired 261 North Street 27 Pleasant Street Young, Earl P., Butcher June 12, 1928 Laconia Street ALBERT H. BURNHAM JAMES G. ROBERTSON WILLIAM II, BALLARD THEODORE A. CUSTANCE FRANCIS CHAMBERLAIN Selectmen Of Loiragton,.11 262 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD FOR THE YEAR 1928 December 31, 1928. To THE CITIZEN'S: The Planning Board has continued the practice of advising the Board of Survey upon their request, in the matter of new land and street developments and has given specific considera- tion to the following matters: Star Realty Co. development, near Sylvia St., East Lexing- ton. McIntosh development, Bedford St., North Lexington. Nickerson development, Pierce's Bridge. Building lines on Massachusetts Avenue, East Lexington. Hunt developnnent, near Slocum Road, Lexington. Griswold development, North Lexington. Lexington Park development, North Lexington. Bean development, (Wetherbee Park), Bedford St., North Lexington. Street near Kendall Road for L. Kirkbright. The Board during the year held formal hearings upon the following subjects: Proposed changes in the zoning law to include in the single family dwelling district all the area between Massachusetts Avenue, Waltham Street and the Park and Playground area, except that zoned for business, this area having originally been zoned as an R. 2, or two-family dwelling district. This change was adopted by the Town. Petition of Donald Shea to amend the zoning law to create a business district at 117-119, etc. Massachusetts Avenue, East Lexington. The Board has not recommended this change. Proposed general revision of the zoning law. The Board has spent much time in the study of the workings of the present zoning law and has proposed amendments tending to clarify it and to more effectively secure for the citizens those benefits which were sought when the law was created. While the pro- posed amendments in some instances increase the restrictions upon real estate developments, for the most part they are de- signed to bring the law into conformity with similar laws else- where and to enable the town more effectively to control its de- TOWN OF LEXINGTON 263 velolpment and to avoid the introduction of inimical conditions possible under the present law. Four public hearings were held in various sections of the town in regard to these proposed amendments. The general matter has now been referred by the Town to a committee of ten citizens appointed by the Select- men who are to serve in conjunction with the Planning Board and who are to report at a later town meeting. The Board has continued its study of the development of the large low areas in the Vine Brook drainage basin south and west of the center, involving important consideration with re- spect to general drainage, park development, and streets for through traffic, and has had frequent meetings with the en- gineers, Metcalf and Eddy, who have been employed in this connection. The report of these engineers in regard to the drainage problems, the soil and other conditions, and upon the subject of betterments in this and adjoining areas is now in hand and the study of the whole is continuing. The Board favors more rapid progress in the matter of establishing proper and wider lines on the many old and narrow town ways, in order that the building of houses may not further impair the opportunity for securing sightly and safe streets without excessive future expense. The Board, as previously, favors an improved organization of the Town engineering service which will permit of the estab- lishment of a coherent policy and plan for the extension o£ the public facilities, sewers, water mains, streets, etc., on a broad economic basis, and at the same time provide for prompt gathering of the engineering data necessary for the solution of immediate problems of development as well as those of the future. Respiectfuly submitted, FREDERICK L. EMERY, Chairman. WILLIARE D. MILNE, C. E. GLYNN, J. HENRY DAFFY, HARRY A. WHEELER, CLARENCE H. CUTLER. 264 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS December 31, 1928. To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASS. Gentlemen :— Your Cemetery Commissioners submit the following as their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1928. Each cemetery has been given the customary attention and care with the normal expenditures for up -keep. The sum of $2007.61 has been paid to the Town Treasurer as funds collected at Munroe Cemetery, which includes $316.00 for interments, $900.00 for perpetual care fund, $572.25 for annual care, and $219.36 for foundations. The sum of $1799.77 was expended for labor, supplies, superintendent and clerk, and was drawn from the appropriation of $1800. The sum of $2737.98 has been paid to the Town Treasurer as funds collected at Westview Cemetery, including sale of lots and single graves, interments and foundations. The sum of $3680.30 was expended for labor, supOlies, superintendent and clerk, which included the labor and material for painting the ornamental iron fence on the Bedford Street side of the cemetery. The Commissioners are always pleased to have the towns people visit Westview Cemetery and see the progress that is being made, and to answer inquiries concerning the project. Respectfully submitted, JOHN E. A. MULLIXEN, Chairman. EDWARD WOOD, GEORGE H. GISSON, Lexington Cemetery Commissioners. TOWN or LEXINGTON 265 REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS Lexington, Mass., Dee. 31, 1928 To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASS. Gentlemen:— We beg to submit to your Honorable Board the annual report of the Fire Department. The Department answened 279 alarms; 11 of these were false. 39 of these alarms were for brush fires and 128 were still alarms for grass fires, chimneys, automobiles, oil burners, and for first aid where a man was overcome by gas. 16 of these alarms were for aid for Waltham, and 15 for aid for Arlington, Arlington answered 17 bell alarms for Lexington and also responded to 4 still alarms for brush fires in Lexington. Waltham answered 13 bel. alarms for Lexington and responded to 4 still alarms for brush fires in Lexington. Belmont answered -I bell alarm in Lex- ington, and responded to 3 still alarms for brush fires in Lexington. Newton answered 1 bell alarm in Lexington, and responded to 3 still alarms for brush fires in Lexington. Med- ford answered 1 bell alarm in Lexington, and Woburn an- swered 1 bell alarm in Lexington. The loss per capita in Lexington for the past five years was as follows: 1924 1926 $2.F4 1925 2.827 1927 1928 $1.88 This loss per capita is based on a population of 7800 people. It is interesting to note that the alarms for brush fires for the past five years also show a decrease, as follows: $4.29 2.40 1924 76 1925 1926 68 1927 1928 128 42 39 We again wish to express our appreciation for the excellent work done by Mr. Osborne J. Gorman, Forest Warden, and take this opportunity of thanking the Police Department for their assistance at fires during the past. year, 266 ANNUAL REPORTS The Board of Engineers regret that the recommendations of the Board which were approved by the Selectmen and the Appropriation Committee were not carried out by the town, namely: • 1, A 750 gallon pump. 2. Two additional permanent men. 3. Twenty fire alarm boxes for replacement and extension. 4. The placement of the fire alarm system underground throughout the commercial section of Mass. Ave. from Elm Ave. to Woburn St. We trust that the town will see its way clear to grant these requests this year. A public exhibition and drill of the Fire Department was held on Columbus Day. At the drill there iwere present Deputy Chief Neal of Waltham, Chief Hill of Belmont, Chief Blake of Bedford, Chief Tracey of Woburn, Chief De Courcey of Winchester, and Chief Tierney of Arlington. These chiefs were unanimous in their praise of the men at this drill, and all said that they never witnessed a more perfect exhibition, The Board feels that with this new apparatus, which will replace an old piece of apparatus, with the additional per- manent men and with the replacement and addition of up- to-date fire alarm boxes, the department will be better equipped than ever to safeguard the lives and the property of the citi- zens. This will keep the department up with the growth of the town without any burden to the tax. -payers. The Board takes this opportunity to commend the perma- nent men for answering alarms during the past year on their days off duty, and to commend the call men for their interest in the welfare• of the Department, which was quite noticeably expressed by the high average of attendance at fires and drills. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD W. TAYLOR, NORMAN C. HoorER, EDWARD F. BIITTRICE, Board of Fire Engineers. Towle OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS TABLE OF AGGREGATE Real Estate of Resident owners $14,285,625.00 Rea] Estate of Non-resident owners 2,430,885.00 Personal Estate of Resident owners 1,261,475.00 Personal Estate of Non-resident owners 475,110.00 Tax Titles 43,840.00 Gain on valuation Town Grant 648,485.53 State Tax 19,805.00 County Tax 20,853.80 State Highway Tax 2,232.96 Metropolitan Sewer Tax 8,510.87 Metropolitan Water Tax 16,062.33 Fire Prevention Tax 121.98 Auditing Municipar Accounts Tax 1,423.59 For care of persons suffering from Tuberculosis 1,786.51 Overlay for 1928 4,166.67 From which deduct amount taken from Bank and Corporation Tax From Cambridge From Arlington State of Mass. Connerney Estate State of Mass. Income Tax for 1928 'Water Receipts Educational Bureau Income Estimated outer receipts Total to be raised Less 2576 poll taxes at $2.00 11,543.70 428.37 399.70 156.64 30,830.60 16,062.33 15,488.00 38,518.13 267 $18,496,935.90 1,393,084.00 $723,429.24 $113,427.47 $610,001.77 5,152.00 $604,849.77 268 ANNUAL REPORTS Rate of Taxation $32.70 on $1,000.00 on a valuation of $18,496,935.00 Tax on Omitted Assessments Decem- ber 20, 1928 $947.49 Number of residents assessed on property.... 3,291 Number of non-residents assessed on property 1,255 Whole number of persons assessed on property 4,546 Number assessed for poll tax 2,606 Number of cows assessed 621 Number of horses assessed 265 Number of neat cattle other than cows as- sessed 10 Number of sheep assessed 50 Number of swine assessed 867 Number of fowl assessed 3,925 Number of acres of land assessed 9,268 Number of dwelling houses assessed 2,168 Value of Real Estate exempt from Taxation Value of Personal Property exempt from Tax- ation Value of Real Estate belonging to the Town $604,849.77 $1,835,210.00 792,200.00 $1,431,500.00 Respectfully submitted, WALTER G. ELAcK, CHARLES E. FExousox, EUGENE G. KRAET Z ER, Assessors of Lexington. TOWN of LEXINGTON' 269 TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT December 31, 1928. To TSE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGPrON, MASS. (#entlemen :— herewith submit my report as Collector of Taxes for the year 1928. 1927 Taxes Uncollected January 1, 1928 Collected in 1928 Abated In 1928 Tax Liens held by Town 1928 Taxes Amount committed October 1, 1928 Amount committed December 20, 1928 $137,759.11 1,787 27 1,578.55 Total amount committed .. .Amount collected to January 1, 19298450.701.41 Amount abated to January 1, 1929 2,425.83 'Uncollected to January 1, 1929 157,852.02 $141,124.93 $141,124.93 $610,001.77 977.49 $610,979.26 $610,979.26 Highway Betterment tax for 1928 $1,615.11 Amount collected to January 1, 192936.93.14 Amount uncollected to January 1, 1929 921.97 Sewer Frontage tax for 1928 Amount collected to January 1, 1929 Amount abated to January 1, 1929 Amount uncollected to January 1, 1929 33,154.29 221.97 2,841.48 $1,61.5.11 $6,217.74 $6,217.74 In addition to the regular taxes collected by the tax col- lector, there is nearly two hundred thousand dollars worth of local and miscellaneous amounts collected which are handled as Town Collections. They are classed as follows 270 ANNUAL REPORTS Water rates, water guarantees, water services, water re- pairs, water miscellaneous. Sewer rentals, sewer services, sewer frontages, sewer mis- cellaneous. Highway betterment taxes, not apportioned. Sidewalk taxes—land taken for water purposes --outside school tuitions—collections for rentals of 'halls—collections for use of steam roller—public welfare—collections for the Board of Health—betterment on building line on Mass. Ave. Respectfully submitted, BYRON C. EARLE, Tax Collector. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 271 REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Dec. 31, 1928. TRUSTEES OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY ; The Library has progressed steadily throughout the past year. Tangible evidence is manifested in the circulation of 73,- 253, an increase of 8,594 volumes over the corresponding figures of 1927. The increased circulation both at the Main Library and the Branch is gratifying, indeed. We are glad always to wel- come within our midst the new borrowers numbering, during the year just closed, 522 at the Main Library and 182 at the Branch, a general average of 58 2-3 persons per month. The opening of the Branch Library on Thursday has fully justified itself, as to this experiment we may attribute more than one third of the increased Branch circulation. Early in the year the inadequate lighting system at the Branch was replaced with modern units• which diffuse ample light for reading tables and book shelves. New shelving in the reading room enabled us to arrange the reference books for greater convenience and to display more attractively the current magazines. In this connection we take the opportunity of bringing to the attention of borrowers the fact that all magazines (ex- cept current numbers) mny be taken from the Library for home use. This is a very popular feature at the Main Library and we trust that more borrowers at the Branch will avail themselves of this privilege. With •the opening of the Branch on Thursday we started the plan of sending weekly deposits of books from the Main Library instead of semi-monthly as formerly. It is our pur- pose to keep on deposit from 250 to 300 books, the weekly ex- change bringing new life and wider interests. Judging from the many comments which have come to us this larger collection from which to choose is finding favor. 272 ANNUAL REPORTS Miss Ball from the Main Library is at the Branch each Thursday and we trust this closer cooperation my bring bene- ficial results to all. During the year we have augmented our resourses by borrowing 25 volumes from the Boston Public Library and 3 volumes from the Somerville Library. It has been our privi- lege also to loan 6 books to other libraries. It was with regret that we 'were unable to respond to other calls but the books desired were in circulation and not available at the moment to outside calls. This arrangement of Inter -Library loan is endorsed by act of Legislature explained in previous reports. From our stock of books in the basement which we have been "testing" as to its "working value" we have. discarded 1092. The work continues slowly as opportunity from other duties presents itself. In closing it may be of interest to note that during the past ten years the Library has sent into Lexington homes no less than 603,480 books -559,652 from the collection at the Main Library, and 43,818 from the collection at the Branch, giving us a per capita circulation far in advance of the average Library. Respectfully submitted, MARIAN P. KIRKLAND, Librarian. TOwN os' LExINQTON STATISTICAL REPORT 192S Number of volumes in Library, Jan 1, 1928 Increased by purchase Increased by gift Increased by binding periodicals Total increase 273 31,287 274 ANNUAL REPORTS Periodicals: bound CIRCULATION -1928 Periodicals: unbound Philosophy & Religion Biography 681 History 48 Travels 26 Social. Sciences 765 Natural Sciences Arts: useful 32,042 Arts: recreative Number of volumes lost by borrower 8 Number of volumes worn out and with- drawn 81 Number of volumes transferred to East Lexington Branch 1 Number of volumes discarded 1092 Whole number of volumes withdrawn1182 Total number of volumes in Library, Jan. 1, 1929 BRANCH LIBRARY Number of volumes in Library, Jan 1, 1928 Increased by purchase Increased by transfer from Main Li- brary Total increase 109 1. Number of volumes worn out and with- drawn 40 Number o! volumes discarded 375 Whole number of volumes in Branch, Jan. 1, 1929 Total Main and Branch Library, Jan 1, 1929 30,860 3,417 110 3,527 415 3,102 38,9'62 Arts: flue Language & Poetry Fiction Fiction: Pay Collection Stereographie sets Music Literature Main 178 4492 1015 1968 1772 1859 595 681 734 46,6 446 1959 986 39342 5374 27 294 Sent Cir. from Branch Branch 11 106 488 17 13 105 151 60 92 76 125 36 15 21 56 16 43 16 49 2 9 39 90 65 138 4560 5165 61688 5024 6541 5024 Total circulation Main Library 66712 6541 Total circulation Main Library and Branch Total circulation Juvenile 'Den't Main 13919 Total circulation and Branch Number of days Library was open Main Library Branch Library Registration: 1928: Main Library Adult New Registrations Transferred from Juv, Juv. New Registrations Temporary 73 25 3 Juvenile Dep't. Main Withdrawn Adult Juvenile Temporary 17438 303 302 284 83 367 158 80 178 150 97 605 425 TowN OF LEXINGTON Whole number registered borrowers, Jan. 1, 1929 .Adult Juvenile Temporary Branch Library Adult: New registrations Transferred Juvenile: new registrations Temporary Withdrawn Adult Juvenile Whole number registered borrowers, Jan. I, 1929 Adult Juvenile Whole number registered borrowers, Main Library and Branch, Jan. 1, 1929 Main Library: Periodicals subscribed for: Monthly 79 35 97 6 159 63 351 280 MISCELLANEOUS 275 276 ANNUAL REPORTS Branch Library Periodicals subscribed for 3471 Monthly 550 Weekly 140 Periodicals. given 4161 Newspapers subscribed for Books rebound Books repaired 217 222 631 Weekly Quarterly Periodicals given Monthly Weekly Quarterly Newspapers subscribed for Newspapers given Books rebound Books recased Books repaired Periodicals •bound PostaIs sent for overdue books Postals sent for books reserved 4792 66 18 1 9 4 2 3 3 578 430 6644 21 3167 948 28 4 6 1 180 639 PICTURE EXHIBITS IN MAIN LIBRARY FROM MASS. LIBRARY ART CLUB Mount Desert — Pogany — Embroidery of the Smolensks — Mod- ern American sculpture --- Masters of color VI — Old tales re- told — British water color paintings of today — Musical instru- ments — Adventures of Pincchio I — Early American architec- ture — Arizona — Royal Scottish Academy — •Chinese embroidery — Out West — Stage and its Stars — Rackham I. For other exhibits and gifts of books and dowers we are indebted to: American Legion — (Stanley Hill Post — No. 38) — Mr. Hallie C. Blake — Mrs. E. P. Bliss — Mr. Allen Chamberlain — Com- monwealth of Massachusetts — Concord Journal — Mr. Robert W. Fernald — First Church of Christ Scientist -- Mr, Francis Fobes -- Mr. A. J. Fraser --- Mr, George L. Gilmore — Mrs. C. E. Glynn — Mrs. J. C. Gramstorif — Harvard University — Rev. Lee W. Heaton --. Misses Anstiss and Mary Hunt — Mr. Adelbert M. Jake - man — Knights of Columbus --- Ladies of First Baptist Church — Lexington Girl Scouts — Lexington Historical Society' — Lexing- ton Times — Mr. H, D. Love — Mrs. Hugh D. McLellan — Massa- chusetts Library Commission — Miss Alice N. Morse — Outlook Club — Mr. Robert Perry — Dr. Fred S. Piper --. Mr. J. Richard- son — Mrs. Walter Rose — State St. Trust Company — Mr. Allan Stickaroifski -- Theosophical Society --- Miss Florence Tryon — Mrs. Anna Van Buskirk — Mins Clara Wadleigh — Mr. J. Rowe Webster — Women's Alliance First Parish (Unitarian) Church. Respectfully submitted, MARIAN P. KIIRKLAND, Librarian. TOWN or LEXINGTON ')77 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY by the Chairman The Trustees of the Library have met regularly through- out the year and have made such dispositions of the affairs of the Library as appear in the appended reports. The members of the Library staff have met the constantly increasing demands of our increasing population so efficiently and with such cheerful willingness that the Trustees are glad to record their appreciation and commendation in this report. We were enabled to open the Library for eight Sundays during January, February and March through the voluntary services of a group of our townswomen under the direction of Mrs. John L. Norris. The Trustees are glad to express their appreciation of the service thus generously rendered to our conununity. Our citizens continue to express their interest in the Li- brary by generous and thoughtful gifts which are acknowl- edged in the Librarian's report. Of especial value were the two paintings given by Mrs. Edward P. Bliss — a copy of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and a copy of Raphael's "La Belle Jardiniere" — both by a well-known copyist, Mon- sieur L. Ricau. These paintings are a welcome addition to the tine group already in our Library. Respectfully submitted for the Trustees, EDWIN M. SLOCOMBE, Chairman. 278 ANNUAL REPORTS In account with R. M. RUSHTON, Treasurer FOR 1928 GENERAL FUND: Capital Account $3,000.00 Amer. Tel & Tel. Co. 4% 1929 Reg. Nos. 67742, 67832, 68799 3120.00 3,000.00 West End St. Ry. Co. 4% 1923 Reg. Nos. 69, 70, 71 120.00 3,000.00 Boston & Maine R. R. 4%% 1944 Series AA Nos. 1474, 1475, 1476 2,000.00 Boston & Albany Ry. Co. 4% 1923 Reg, M-79, 80 135.00 80.00 PORTION OF MARIA CARY FUND: 354.31 Book No. 6940 Lexington Sav- ings Bank 16.12 BOOK PURCHASE FUND: 1,000.00 Puget Sound Power Co. 5% of 1933 No. 685 50.00 BEAL FUND: 1,100.00 Laclede Gas Lt. Co. 5% %v 1953 60.50 M-12263 See C-1949 LAURA MUZZEY BRIGHAM FUND: 1,000.00 Balt. & Ohio Ry, 4% 1941 No. 42516. 40.00 1,000.00 Alabama Power Co. 5% 1951 No. 2487 50,00 500.00 Boston El. Ry. Co. 5%❑ 1942 No. 71 25.00 500.00 So. Gal. Ed. Go, 5% % 1944 No A -D 235 27.50 ALICE BUTLER GARY FUNI}: 1,000.00 Lex. Co-op. Bank, 5 paid-up shares @ 3200, No. 79 50.00 1,000.00 Rock Island, La. & Ark. 4%% 1934, No. M-4795 45.00 440.00 Lexington Trust Co. Book 4305 20.00 581.62 142.50 115.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 279 GOODWIN MUSICAL COLLECTION FUND: 500.00 New York Tel. Co. 6% No. AID 8239 30.00 30.00 JANE PHINNEY FUND: 110.00 1.4.19 Lexington Trust Co. Savings Dept Book 3799 5.63 5.63 EAST LEXINGTON BRANCH WELLINGTON FUND: 1,077.18 Lexington Trust Company, Brook No. 3844 49.00 ROBBBINS HIND: 100.00 Lexington Savings Bank, Book No. 1476 Note: The following income wag earned but not drawn in 1928, - Alice Butler Cary Phinney Wellington 4.55 53.55 $928.30 (Signed) JAMES STUART SMITH, HOWARD S. 0. NICHOLS, ALBERT H. BURNHAM, Examined and approved CHARLES F. PIERCE, Town Accountant, 9.90 2.79 24,23 280 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY January 1, 1928 INCOME Balance on hand $848.38 Dog Tax 1,583.46 Interest on checking account 18.57 Invest. Com, Int. on Bonds, etc. 744.75 Invest. Gom. on Brigham Fund 142.50 Fines 407.48 From Miss Kirkland 127.40 Total EXPENDITURES $3,872.54 January 1, 1928 Bindery $706.80 Books 1,252.51 Cary Maintenance 75,38 American Library Association 5.00 Massachusetts Library Art Club 12.00 Library of Congress 75.00 Goodwin Music Collection 18.81 Newspapers and Periodicals 320.35 Postage 51.80 Printing and Supplies 812.52 Safe Deposit Box 6.00 Sundries 292.20 Transferred to East Lexington Branch 50.00 Cash Balance in Bank •695.67 Total Examined and approved CHARLES F. PIERCE, Town Accountant. $8,872.54 R. M. RUSHTON, Treasurer. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 281 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT Polls TKEAsuxEit's RECEIPTS TAXES CUiRRENT YEAR Personal Property Real Estate Polls PREVIOUS YEAR Personal Property Real Estate • FROM :COMMONWEALTH $3,958.00 47,850.59 398,892.82 $450,701.41 $708.00 9,409.07 128,787.90 ;138,904.97 Corporation Tax (1925) ;34.57 Corporation Tax (1926) 658.24 Corporation Tax (1927) 670,29 Corporation Tax (1928) 8,196.57 Bank Tax (19P25) .40 Bank Tax (1926) .61 Bank Tax (1927) .24 Bank Tax (1928) 755.10 Land 156.64 Income Tax (1927) 1,860.00 Income Tax (1928) 39,610.00 Income (Educational Bureau) 15,488.00 Veterans Exemption 46.50 Trust Company Tax (1926) 34.65 Trust Company Tax (1926) 95.62 Trust Company Tax (1927) 11.60 Trust Company Tax (1928) 5463.34 $73,082.37 282 ANNUAL REPORTS Liquor Junk Pedlars Sunday Theatre LICENSES Bowling & Billiards Milk and Oleomargarine Slaughtering Busses Marriage Plumbing All other $1.00 200.00 26.00 45.00 25.00 25.00 21.50 372.95 140.00 77.00 455.00 361.75 $1,750.20 FINES Police Court ;1,346.99 GRANTS AN1D GIFTS County of Middlesex (Dog Licenses) ;1,583.46 Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund 12,087.50 ;13,670.96 OTHER GENERAL REVENUE Town of Arlington (Tax) 1928 $378.54 City of Cambridge (Tax) 1928 427.06 $805.60 SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS Sewer (1926) 1126.54 Sewer (1927) 345.20 Sewer (In advance) 588.33 Sewer (Unapportioned) 11,344.13 Sidewalks Highway Betterments Highway Betterments Highway Betterments Highway Betterments $12,404.20 $1,436.93 (1926) $178.96 (1927) 679.08 (In advance) 319.98 ( IJnapp or•tioned) 2,715.32 Sewer (1928) $3,893.34 $3,154.29 Highway Betterments (1928) $693.14 Fees TowN of LEXINGTON DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT TREASURER COLLECTOR Certificates Fees Returned premium on bond TOWN CLERK Building and Zoning Laws Birth and Death Certificates Pole locations Recording mortgages Sundry Fees TOWN HALL Rent Telephone calls Oid Furniture Sold Rent Cary Memorial Building Advertising Engineering Law SELECTMEN OTHER DEPARTMENTS 283 ;45.00 ;16.00 84.00 165.00 $265.00 ;19.45 29.34 10.50 102.00 5.77 $167.06 $202.00 2.90 19.00 147.00 $370.90 $90.94 812.00 261.85 $373.85 PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPE3RTY POLICE DEPARTMENT Junk Sold FIRE DEPARTMENT Rent of village Hall INSPECTION Sealer of Weights & Measures Fees Building Inspector Fees Wire Inspector Fees $8.00 284 ANNUAL RErowrs FORESTRY MOTH AND OTHER INSECT EXTERMINATION Commonwealth of Massachusetts, reimbursement .... HEALTH AND SANITATION HEALTH DEPARTMENT Individuals reimbursement Garbage sold Reimbursement DENTAL CLINIC SEWER MAINTENANCE Connections and rentals SEWER CONSTRUCTION Highway Department HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Sale of old material $62.01 Reimbursement from Individuals 23.10 Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Concord Avenue) 2,000.00 Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Maas. Ave., Oak to Middle Sts.) 11,499.92 Middlesex County (Mass. Ave., Oak to Middle Sts.) 11,499.93 $25,084.96 SNOW REMOVAL Commonwealth of Massachusetts Reimbursement $61.85 $75.50 $136.00 454.25 $590.25 $160.45 $10,720.52 ;1.526.00 CHARITIES ALMSHOUSE Rent of Land $140.00 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE Reimbursement from Cities and Towns Reimbursement from Commonwealth of Mass. 596.67 1,159,00 275.00 81,632.57 $10.00 $380.00 5,00 $385.00 MOTHERS' AID Commonwealth of Massachusetts Reimbursement .... $741.92 TOWN OF LFx1NOTON SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Reimbursement from Commonwealth of Massachusetts (State Aid 1927) Reimbursement from Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Military Aid 1926 and 1927) 285 $372.00 286 ANNUAL REPORTS CEMETERIES MUNROE CEMETERY 67.50 Sale of lots and graves $439.50 SCHOOLS [Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Vocational Schools Tuition) $206.14 Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Americanization School Tuition) 149.75 Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Minor Wards Tuition) 1,669.58 Town of Bedford Tuition 8,325.57 Town of Burlington 6,370.58 Rent School Auditorium 192.60 Sale of Old Material 26.55 Sale of School Lot (Concord Avenue) 275.00 RECREATIO?. PARKS Weed KiI1er $17,214.77 $1.00 UNCLASSIFIED Returned Premiums on Insurance $369.47 $4,985.00 46,129.53 WATER !DEPARTMENT Schedule Rates Metered Rates Sale of Material Guarantees Miscellaneous Services $51,114.53 $150.99 12,968.72 2,304.71 6,705.68 $63,244.63 Care of lots and graves Interments, Etc. 13.00 569.25 535.36 11,107.61 WESTVIEW CEMETERY Sale of lots and graves $1,724.25 Interments, Etc. 325.00 Interest a. 5.78 Old Wood 10.00 $2064.98 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDvNESS Temporary loans (Anticipation of Revenue) $525,000.00 New Town Office Building Loan 45,000.00 Sewer Loan 14,000.00 Water Loan 31,000.00 Premiums on Loans 2,218.15 $617,218.16 1NTDREST Deposits 13,320.52 Accrued 93.01 Taxes 4,542.81 Sewer 29.6.24 Highway Betterments 157.86 Tax Titles 72.03 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporation Tax of 1927 .08 AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT Munroe Cemetery, perpetual care funds Westview Cemetery, perpetual care funds Ellen M, Tower (William Augustus Tower Memorial Park Trust Fund) 88,482.55 $900.00 673.00 10,000.00 $11,573.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REFUNDS 287 Taxes $610.07 Licenses 15.00 Insurances 22.75 Town Hall 289.00 Water Department 7_06 FIre Department 3.00 Sewer Department 70.75 ;1,017.63 Total Receipts, 1928 1,466,906.56 Balance on hand, January 1, 1928 164,262.36 ;1,631,168.62 EXPENDITURES DEPARTMENT GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE Printing, stationary postage SELECTMEN Reimbursement for cost and expenses 1928 Clerk Clerical assistance Stationery and postage Printing and advertising Services of Constable Service of Checkers Retarding Serving notices Sundries ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT Accountant's salary Printing, Stationery and postage •Commonwea]th of Massachusetts, Auditing Municipal Accounts Tax 1,423.59 571.50 ;250.00 1,825.83 2,753.34 738.58 376.16 10.00 5.00 46.55 22.50 2.00 ;6,029.95 ;2,700.00 77.81 ;2,777.81 288 ANNUAL REPORTS TREASU•RER'S DEPARTMENT Treasurer's salary Printing, stationery and postage Bond Protectograph COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT Collector's salary Clerk Printing, stationery and postage Bonds ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT Assessors' salaries Ass't Assessors' salaries Clerical assistance Printing. stationery and postage Allowance for use of automobiles Real estate transfers ;700.00 120.55 225.00 94.00 ;1,139.55 ;2,100.00 911.00 412.95 461.25 ;3,885.20 $825.00 2,641.90 70.00 422.96 260.58 68.10 ;4,288.54 OTHER FINANCE OFFICES AND ACCOUNTS Printing and certifying securities issued ;240.95 LAW DEPARTMENT Salary of Town Counsel Professional services, Town Counsel Selectmen, Board of 1922, Reimbursement for legal expenses McCaffrey Case Automobile service 500.00 2,331.75 100.00 550.00 • 5.00 $3,486.75 TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT Salary of Town Clerk ;1.700.00 Printing, stationery and postage 93.84 Bond 5.00 ;1,798.84 TOWN 09' LEXINGTON 289 ELECTION AND REGISTRATION Registrars' salaries $15000 Election Officers 752.00 Clerical services 18.00 Services of Constable 48.00 Printing, stationery and .postage 862.76 Meals 96.53 Automobile service 6.00 New voting booths 292.41 Repairs 105.37 42,331,07 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Salary of Superintendent 44,200.00 Clerk j 482.97 Printing, stationery and postage 92.71 Bond 5.00 Sundries 7.18 Sueprintendent, allowance, for nem of automobile 250.00 45,037.86 ENGJAR IN'G DEPARTMENT Salary of Engineer $2,804.17 Clerks 6,343.83 Transportation 279..30 Field and Office Supplies 984.72 Block Plan 666.35 Engineer, allowance for use of automobile 420.00 411,498.37 290 ANNUAL REPORTS PLANNING BOARD Advertising and printing $43.60 Professional services 100.00 $143.60 TOWN HALL (PROPORTIONATE TAXES 1928) Taxes April, May and June $415.00 TOWN .HALL (RENTAL TOWN HALL SHEDS) Rental sheds July 1 to Dec. 31, 1928 $150.00 NEW TOWN OFFICE BUILDING Architects 41,732.21 General contract 44,720.14 Electric contract 2,575.87 Heating contract 5,265.89 Finished Grading 9,019.63 Sprinkler System 2,555.00 Screens 458.00 Weather strips 276.00 Equipment 6447.42 Landscape architect 483.95 Curbing, sidewalk and nursery stook 3,225.17 Heating 558.29 Sundries 267.12 477,584.69 PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT Salaries: Chief } Patrolmen 42,705.48 22,683.00 TOWN HALL Janitors 41,930.52 425,448.46 Sub -Janitor 50.00 Automobile service ... 54.00 Ass't janitors 82.20 Equipment and repairs 1,928.16 Fuel 1,245.93 Light 70.91 Tright 911.21 Repairs, buildings 200.65 1 Janitor's supplies 180.47 Printing, stationery and postage 118.25 Equipment and repairs 546.23 Telephones 818.17 Telephones 728.37 Meals for prisoners 26.32 Sewer and water ! 265,08 Meals for officers 22,50• Moving 371.00 Hospital 64.00 Furniture and fixtures 182.70 Cartage 22.00 Sundries 33.25 Sundries 9.40 46,526.96 428,782.82 TOWN OP LEXINGTON 291 292 ANNUAL REPORTS FIRE DEPARTMENT RESETTING FIRE ALARM POLES (Massachusetts Avenue from Woburn Street to Meriam Street) eeti 64 Labor and material INSPECTION OF BUILDLNGS Salary of Inspector Printing, stationery and postage Bond Salaries: engineers $1,250.00 Regular men 18,102.35 Call men 3,529.53 Extra duty 303.00 Clerical services 10.50 $23,234.30 Lunches 38.92 EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRS Apparatus $2,683.23 Hose 1,557.25 Equipment for men 323.56 Alarm boxes, etc. 1,466.82 Shop equipment, tools 278.59 Maintenance of Chief's car 200.00 Fuel 301.14 Light 427.46 MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND GIROUNDS Repairs Furniture and furnishings Laundry work Water and sewer rates Stationery, printing and postage Telephones Medical attendance .. Hydrant service Fire Prevention Tax VILLAGE HALL FIRE STATICYN Fuel Light Janitor Repairs ;197.99 234.81 135.09 37.77 43.52 156.79 5.00 ;31,183.32 4,935.00 121,98 436,240.30 $353.50 8.59 125.00 247.33 ;734.42 RELOCATING FIRRE ALARM TANKS AND WHISTLE Labor and material ;708.18 Salary of Inspector INSPECTION OF WIRES Stationery, printing and postage $1,100.00 44.00 5.00 $1,149.00 ;600.00 33.50 SEALER OF WEIGHTi3 AND MEASURES Salary of Sealer Printing, stationery and postage Automobile service Equipment and repairs $633.50 $300.00 35.68 34.00 30.06 ;399.74 MOTH AND INSECT SUPPRESSION Salary of Superintendent ;1,825.85 Labor 2,0 77.69 $3,903.54 Equipment and repairs 113.88 Insecticides , 245.70 Teams 207.00 ;4,470.12 SHADE TREES Labor ;959.00 Hardware and tools 18.05 Trees 1400 $989.05 FOREST FIRES Fighting Fires 4434.00 Telephone 60.50 Equipment and repairs 4 8.4 7 $642.97 TOWN Or LERINOTON DOG OFFICEF. Officer's salary 293 $50.00 HEALTH AND SANITATION Stationery, printing and postage .,. $60.00 Express and telephones 20.08 Medical attendance 238.00 Drugs and medicines 49.73 Serving notices 6.00 $373.81. CONTAGIOUS :DISEASES Hospitals $691.00 Cities and towns 231.00 Lexington Public Health Association 308.92 $1,230.92 Salary of Inspector $500,00 Expenses of Inspector 25.20 Equipment and repairs 771.69 Burying dead animals 40.00 VITAL, STATISTICS Birth returns Death returns $2,667.81 $11.50 16.25 27.75 INSSPECTION Plumbing Inspector's salary $1,100.00 Plumbing Inspector's expenses 50.00 Inspector of Animals, salary 85000 Inspector of Slaughtering, salary 600.Q0 Inspector of Milk, salary 300.00 Inspector of Milk, analyses 113.00 Inspector of Milk, stationery and advertising 42.75 Inspector of Milk, sundries 27.30 Substitute Inspector of Slaughtering 10.00 $2,593.05 294 Dentist Assistant Supplies Laundry Stationery Labor ANNUAL REPORTS DENTAL CLINIC LOWERI•NG BROOKS VINE BROOK DRAINAGE Preliminary study and Engineering Pians Service of engineers SEWER MAINTENANCE Salary of Superintendent Clerk Stationery, printing and postage Labor Excess deposits returned Equipment and repairs Pipe and fittings Other material Insurance Rent Superintendent, allowance for use of automobile $1,060.00 500.00 $1,560.00 89.67 26.75 10.09 $1,686.42 4134.20 $1,500,00 41,103.29 20.00 77.89 7,553.07 52.87 1,170.40 332.14 24.00 1429.&5 430.90 100.00 411,993.31 Metropolitan Sewer Tax 8,510.87 420,504.18 REMOVAL or ASHES AND CARE OF DUMPS Labor $2,083.77 COLLECTION OF GARBAGE Equipment and repairs $1.130.18 Labor 938.97 42,119.15 SEWERAGE SURVEY Professional servieee of engineers $1,000.00 TOWN or LEXINGTON 295 SEWER CONSTRUCTION Rent ;150.00 Labor 34,3.67.84 Tools and equipment 3,523.77 Pipe and fittings 3,425.72 Superintendent, allowance for use of automobile 10.00 Material 3,407.96 Recording 64,35 HIGHWAYS NORTH HAN•COCK STREET (DAMAGES) Sundry persons WALTHAM STLREET (DAMAGES) Damages 144,949.64 $40.00 13,91.0.00 HIGHWAY (CONSTRUCTION) (MASS. AVENUE FROM WALTHAM STREET TO HAYES FOUN. TAW, AND BEDFORD STREET FROM HAYES FOUNTAIN TO ELM AVENUE) Labor Material Stone $378.74 38,02 89.00 1505.76 HIGHWAY (CONSTRUCTION) (MASS. AVENUE, OAK STREET TO MIDDLE STREET Material $451.84 Contract labor 43,563.91 Labor 124.12 Tarvia and oil 45.96 44,185.83 TRAFFIC BEACON SIGNALS Repairs $822.45 BEDFORD STREET (DAMAGES) Sundry persons $485.00 296 ANNUAL REPORTS HIGHWAY (CONSTRUCTION) (SIMONrDS ROAD) Labor Material Stone Superintendent Equipment and repairs Tarvia and oil Labor Stone HIGHWAY (CONSTRUCTION) (YORK STREET) Tarvia and oil Labor HIGHWAY (CONSTRUCTION) (-PiROSPECT HILL ROAD) Stone' Tarvia and oil $5,227.85 328.20 5,015.75 200.00 137.10 1,081.00 $11,989.90 $1,779.12 800.00 365.00 $2,944.12 $2,270.09 2,051.10 517.05 $4,838.24 HIGHWAY (CONSTRUCTION) (SUMMIT ROAD, FROM FOLLEN ROAD TO PINEWOOD STREET) Labor $505.41 Stone. 522L00 $1,027.41 HIGHWAY (CONSTRUCTION) (BAKER AVENUE, FROM OAK STREET TO NEAR BUTLER AVENUE) Labor Stone 12,289.85 705.00 $2,994.85 HIGHWAY (CONSTRUCTION) (BENNETT AVENUE, FROM BAKER AVENUE TO TARI3IELL AVENUE) Labor Stone 1620.82 165.00 $785.82 TOWN OF LEXINGTON SIDEWALKS AND Ci7RB1NGS Construction SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL Labor Materia] and te$ma Equipment and repairs HIGHWAY (MAINTENANCE) Superintendent Water rates Light Labor Stone and gravel Equipment and repairs Feed Material Stationery Superintendent, allowance for use of car Telephones Tarvia and oil Fuel Watering troughs State Highway Tax STREET LIGHTS Street lighting STREET SIGNS Labor Signs Material 297 43,526,41 42,084.50 1,252.33 2,108.21 45,445.04 42,16250 11.10 7.91 27,248.44 428,429.95 17,195.34 4,614.00 1,100.13 1,850.95 22.00 350.00 97.72 8,517,97 308.21 $63,486.27 50.00 2,232.96 $65,769.23 421,500.00 298• ANNUAL REPORTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE Salary of Visitor 4300.00 Clothing, groceries and provisions 174.16 Coal and wood 232.25 Board and care 827.00 23.00 1,010.55 1,046,00 28.35 Cities and towns (Temporary aid) 1,132,96 Mothers' aid (Town) 1,814.50 Mothers' aid (Other cities and towns) 637.34 Medicine and medical attendance State Institutions Cash aid Sundries $7,226.11 SOLDIERS' BENEFITS State aid 4384.00 Soldiers' relief (Fuel) 16.75 Soldiers' relief (Groceries and provisions) 16.78 Soldiers' relief (Rent) 12.00 Soldiers' relief (Cash) 1,128.91 41,557.44 SCHOOLS (MAINTENANCE) GENERAL EXPENSE Salary of Superintendent 43,600.00 Secretaries 2,096.00 Truant Officer 60.00 Printing, stationery and postage 107.98 Telephones . 644.99 Traveling expenses 475.29 School census 8,10 School nurse 1,180.00 School Physician 700,00 Health supplies 28.05 TFEAC}8ERS SALARIES High School Elementary Schools 451.14 Evening Schools 114.49 Summer School 51.07 Vocational Schools 4216.70 49,500.41 466,759.98 65,543.87 288.75 650.00 871.77 4134,114.37 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 299 300 ANNUAL REPORTS TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES LIBRARIES High text and reference books $2,497.04 High supplies 4,688.05 CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY AND BRANCH $7,185.09 Elementary text and reference bo0Is 1,475.51 Elementary supplies 3,225.55 Evening school text and reference books 1.25 Transportation Janitor's services: High School Elementary Schools Evening School FUEL AND LIGHT High School Elementary Schools $11,887,40 7,538.02 5,673.60 6,382.04 12.00 112,067.64 $5,240,33 4,998.07 Salaries: Librarian Assistants Janitors Sub Assistants Sub Janitors Telephones Office Supplies Fuel Light Repairs, building Furniture and furnishing Water and sewer Cartage Janitors' supplies $10,238.40 Treasurer, Cary Memorial Library (Salary 1927 and 1928) MAINTIVANCE OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS Treasurer, Cary Memorial Library (Dog Licenses) ,. HIGH SCHOOL Repairs 33,035.75 Janitors' supplies 520.28 Water and Sewer 590.61 RECREATION COMMITTEE ON SWIMMING POOL (Investigation and Expenses) Repairs Janitors' supplies Water and sewer . S..1 ELEMENTARY' SCHOOLS High School Elementary Schools FURNITURE AND FIXTURES OTHER EXPENSES Diplomas and graduation exercises Grand Total $4,146.64 ;1,977.05 300.31 678.72 $2,956.08 $830,52 • 890;60 $1,421.02 $213.30 $194,383,28 Labor PARKS AND PLAYGROUND Salary of Superintendent Telephones Labor Equipment and repairs Fertilizer. seed and loam Water rates Light Transportation Instructors Material $1,700.00 4,589.99 1,165.00 20.00 85.50 $7,560.49 101.37 16.70 814,65 644.17 1,983.38 44.70 29.45 57.58 60.97 $11,313.46 100.00 1,583.46 $12,996.92 3103.36 31,404.52 43.05 2,325.59 994.62 180.22 125.58 17.58 22.50 225.00 8.00 $5,346.66 'jowl OF' LEXINGTON 301 302 ANNUAL REPORTS CELEBRATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENTS WATER DEPARTMENT (Maintenance) April 19th Labor $11.50 Salary of Superintendent $1,655.48 Horses 15.00 Clerks 1,934.17 Automobiles 25.00 Light 30,48 Prizes 26.07 Printing, stationery and postage 512.34 Sundries 3.76 Telephone 81.05 Music 97.37 Superintendent, allowance for use of ear 120.00 Refreshments 32.66 Interest 4,842.88 Transportation, Infantry (M. N. G.) and Band 20.00 Furniture 18.87 18.66 Professional services, engineers 1,300.00 Band Stand Labor 18,824.67 $250.00 Pipe and fittings 9,188.10 Meters and fittings 1,151.18 PENSIONS Equipment and repairs 4,195.96 Veterans ;774.96 Rent 895.00 Police 1,87b 79 Fuel 80.90 Fire 1,110.85 Damages 16.77 Metropolitan Water Tax 16,062,38 $3,761.60 Insurance 764.56 Excess deposits returned 396.71 UNCLASSIFIED Memorial Day, Post No. 119, G. A. R. 4205.00 $62,0S0.45. TOWN REPORTS Printing ;599.40 WATER Dk1PA.RTMENT (CONSTRUCTION) INSURANCE Labor .. 17,387.84 Premiums $8,055.29 Pipe and fittings 12,620,64- Equipment 2,620,6¢Equipment and repairs 3,435.81 MEDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE Hydrants 2,390.50 Demonstration work $300.00 Superintendent, allowance for use of car 10.00 INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE, FIRE AND WATER Fuel 24.60 DEPARTMENTS Rent 70.00 Professional services $400.00 Damages 165.00 Sundry expenses 100,00 Edward T. Harrington Co. (6" water main in York St.) 715.42' 4500.00 SUNDRIES Supplies $2.93 Printing and advertising 153.10 Typewriting 7.45 Flowers 20.00 Affidavits 112.64 Labor 35.00 $331.42 $36,819.71 CEMETERIES MUNRO'E CEMETERY Salary of Superintendent 4250.00 Clerk 50.00 Labor 1,360,00 Fertilizer, loam and shrubs 37,50 Equipment and repairs 69.36 TOWN OP LEXINGTON Printing, stationery and postage Water rates Insurance 303 12.61 9.30 11.00 $1,799.77 WESTVIEW CEMETERY Salary of Superintendent $450.00 Clerk 50.00 Labor 2,468.55 Material 11.80 Fertilizer, loam and shrubs 209.48 Markers 159.10 Equipment and repairs 310.65 Stationery ... 4100 Water rates 16.72 ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST FUNDS Salary of Clerk Rent of safe Typewriting $3,680.30 304 ANNUAL REPORTS AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT State Tax County Tax County Tax (Special) Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Refunds) Munroe Cemetery perpetual care funds Westview Cemetery perpetual care funds William Augustus Tower Memorial Park Trust Fund $19.805.00 20,853.80 1,786.51 232.25 900.00 673.00 10,000.00 $64,250.56 REFUNDS Taxes 3610.07 Licenses 15.00 Insurance 22.75 Town Hall 289.00 Water Department Y_06 Fire Department 3.00 Sewer Department 70.45 $50.00 $1,017.63 10.00 Total expenditures, 1928 $1,611,247.64 10.00 Cash balance on hand, December 31, 1928. 119,920.98 $70.00 INTEREST Temporary loans (Anticipation of Revenue) $12,084.48 General loans 1,860.00 Highway loans 806.25 School loans 17,090.00 Sewer loans 6,620.00 Cemetery loans 22.50 $38,503.23 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Temporary loans (Anticipation of Revenue) $525,000.00 Sewer loans 21,000.00 Schoolhouse loans 38,000.00 Highway loans 6,500.00 General Ioans 2,000.00 Cemetery loans 1,000.00 Water loans 29,500.00 $623,000.00 Appropriation Committee Selectmen Accountant Treasurer Collector Assessors Other Finance O'ffices and Accounts Law Department Town Clerk Supt. of Public Works Election and Registration Engineering Dept. Engineering Dept. Town Hall $1,631,168.62 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS Transfers and Appropriations Reoefpts Expenditures Balance $150.00 6,500.00 2,900.00 1,075.00 3,970.00 4,275.00 2,000.00 1,80 4.00 5,400.00 2,000.00 523.86" 12,368.00 6,000.00 71.50 6,029.95 2,777.81 80.00 1,139.55 3,885.20 25.00 4,288.54 2,218.15 1,500.00 240.95 3,486.75 1,798.84 5,037.86 340.00 2,331.07 11,498.37 550.00 6,526.96 1,35 7.51 Town Hall (Propor- tionate Taxes) (As rental) Town Hall (Rental of Town Hall Sheds) New Town Office Bldg. Planning Board Police Department , Fire Department Relocating Fire Alarm Tanks and Whistle Resetting Fire Alarm Poles, Mass. Ave., from Woburn St, to Meriam St. Hydrant Rentals Village Hall, Fire Station Inspector of Buildings Inspector of Wires Sealer of Weights and Measures Moth and Insect Supression Shade Trees Forest Fires Dog Officer Health Department Dental Clinic Vital Statistics Inspector of Cattle Inspector of Slaughtering Inspector of Plumbing Inspector of Milk Sewer Maintenance Sewer Construction Sewer Construction TOWN OF LEXINGTON 500.00 415.00 175.00 117,364.01* 12,087.50 150.00 29,100.00 29,960.00 2,500.00 800.00 150.00 77,584.69 143.60 28,782.82 31,183.32 708.18 402.64 402.64 4,936.00 4,935.00 780.00 734.42 1,150.00 1,149.00 675.00 633.50 400.00 399.74 4,500.00 4,470.12 1,000.00 989.05 500.00 200.00 542.97 50.00 50.00 4,000.00 2,951.6$ 1,700.00 1,686.42 50.00 27.75 350.011 350.00 600.00 600.00 305 51,866.82 1,150.00 1,150.00 500.00 483.05 12,000.00 11,993.31 20,119.62* 5,000.00 23,026.00 44,949.64 3,195.98 306 Vine Brook Drainage (Preliminary study and Engin- eering plans) Lowering Brooks Removal of Ashes and care of dumps Collection of Garbage Sewerage Survey Highway Maintenance Highway Construc- tion (Mass. Ave. Oak St. to Middle St.) Bedford St. Damages Waltham St, Damages Highway Construc- tion (Mass. Ave. from Waltham St. to Hayes Foun- tain, and Bedford St. from Hayes fountain to Elm Ave.) Beacon Traffic Signals North Hancock Street Damages Highway Construc- tion (York St.) Highway Construc- tion (Simonds Rd) Highway Construc- tion (Prospect Hill Rd,) Highway Construc- tion (Summit Rd. from Fo]len Rd. to Pinewood St Highway Construc- tion (Bennett Ave. from Baker Ave. to Tarbell Ave.) . ANNUAL REPORTS 1,500.00 1,500.00 500.00 134.20 2,000.00 250.00 2,083.77 3,000.00 2,119.15 4,000.00 1,000.00 60,000.00 3,500.00 63,486.27 20,000.00 25,499.85 44,185.83 435.00 435.00 3,910.00 3,910.00 2,754.20• 1,250.00 115.00* 3,000.00 13,700.00 5,000.00 1.300.00 3,000.90 505.76 2,248.44 822.45 44.00 2,944.12 11,989.90 1,710.10 4,8 38.24 1,027.41 472.59 800.00 785.82 Highway Construc- tion (Baker Ave., from ,Oak St. to near Butler Ave.) Street Signs Sidewalks Snow Removal Overdraft Jan. 1, Street Lights Watering Troughs Dept. of Public Welfare Soldiers' Relief State Aid Soldiers' Burials Military Aid School Maintenance Libraries Salary of Library Treasurer Hastings Park Parks & Playgrounds Committee on Swim- ming Pool (In- vestigation & Ex- penses) April 19th Police Pensions Veterans' Pensions , Fire Pensions Memorial Day Insurance Town Report Middlesex County Ex- tension Service Unclassified Reserve Fund Investigating Com- mittee (Fire & Water Depts.) Water Department, *Maintenance Water Department, Construction Cemetery Mainte- nance TOWN OF LEXINC>TON 300.00 4,000.00 5,000.00 1928 21,500.00 50.00 6,000.00 1,000.00 400.00 100.00 100.00 195,400.00 12,173.00 100.00 5.00 5,100.00 500.00 250.00 1,900.00 775.00 1,115.00 250.00 7,543.23 599.40 8,000.00 2,994.85 216.70 3.526.41 1,000.00 5,445.04 105.35 21,600.00 50.00 1,850.00 7,226.11 300.00 1,173.44 384.00 194,383.28 11,313.46 100.00 250.00 5,346.66 103.36 250.00 1,876.79 774.96 1,110.85 205.00 2,000.00 8,055.29 5'99.40 300.00 331.42 1,172.64 500.00 1,001.39* 63,244,63 62,080.45 2,165.57 5,9'08.57* 31,000.00 36,819.71 1,800.00 1,799.77 300.00 200.00 . 300.00 2,500.00 500.00 307 396.64 88.86 308 ANNUAL REPORTS Westview Cemetery 147.66■ Westview Cemetery 1,600.00 $050.00 3,680.30 17.36 Administration of Trust Funds 80.00 70.00 Interest on Public Debt. 39,600.00 38,503.23 Maturing Debt 1,437.10• Maturing Debt 71.562.90 26,977.20 98,000.00 1,977.20 *Balance. #$65,000, was voted by the Town to be taken from Water Department receipts for expenses for the year 1928. 310 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN OF LEXINGTON GENERAL ACCOUNTS Balance Sheet December 31, 1928, ASSETS Cash Balance: In Banks and cifice $119,920.98 Accounts Receivable: Tax Levy, 1928 157,852.02 Special Assessments: Unapportioned Sewer Assessments 8,749.15 Unapportioned Highway Betterment Assessments 15,462.84 Sidewalk Assessments 177.45 Sidewalk Assessments 1928 862.48 Sewer Assessments 1928 2,841.48 Highway Betterment Assessments 1928 921.97 Departmental Bills: Highway Department 719.00 Health Department 336.00 Public Welfare 1,430.17 State Aid 384.00 School Department 268.35 Munroe Cemetery 168.25 Westview Cemetery 1,728.20 Sewer Maintenance 2,460.68 Nater Bills 12,968.32 Tax Titles 2,686.23 Loans authorised 50,000.00 $579,826.57 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 311 Highway Betterment Assessment Revenue $16,384.81 Temporary Loans (Anticipation of Revenue) 200,000.00 Bale of Lots Fund (Westview Cemetery) 401.10 Departmental Revenue 6,062.90 Sewer Maintenance Revenue 2,460.68 Water Revenue 12,968.32 Sewer Assessment Revenue 11,590.63 Tax Title Suspense 16.97 Tax Title Reserve 2.586.23 Sewer Assessment Fund (Available for sewer con- struction) 15,113.28 Overlay 1928 1,740.84 Engineering Department 1,357.51 Bedford Street (Widening) (Indemnity for State) 100.00 Highway Construction (Mass. Ave. and Bedford St.) 2,248.44 Veterans' Memorial Fund 3,617.89 Water Maintenance 2,165.57 Westview Cemetery (Layout and Development) 17.36 Maturing Debt 1,977.20 Committee on Swimming Pool (Investigation and Ex- penses 396.64 Sewerage Survey 3,000.00 Highway Construction (Simonds Road) 1,710.10 Highway Construction (Summit Road) 472.59 Special Reserve Fund (From Overlay) 4,512.38 DEPARTMENT APPR•OPRIATIUNS (LOAN BALANCES)" "New Town Office Building $51,866.82 •Sewer Construction 3,195.98 •Water Construction S8.S6 •Westview Cemetery (Land) 1,090.82 Excess and Deficiency 32,682.65 $379.826.57 312 ANNUAL REPORTS DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS Apportioned Sewer Assessments not due Apportioned Highway Betterment Assessments not due $10,913.90 5,985.17 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 313 314 ANNUAL REPORTS DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS Apportioned Sewer Assessments: Due in 1929 $1,729.02 1930 1,671.08 1931 1,481.97 1932 1,290.15 1933 1,212.50 1934 1,148.19 1935 1,975.95 1936 759,28 1937 272.91 1938 273.90 Apportioned Highway Betterment Assessments: Due in 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 $10,913.90 DEBT ACCOUNTS Net Bonded or Fixed Debt: $1,314.99 1,31,,02 553.99 467.53 467.55 439.32 Inside debt limit $251,500.00 439.58 381.53 309.76 302.90 $5,985.17 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 315 General Loans—Inside Debt Limit: Due date of last Maturity Adams School Loan 1912 4% $6,009.00 1930 School Construction Loan 1915 4% 14,000.00 1935 Parker School Loan 1919 4% % 34,000.00 1939 Buckman Tavern Loan 1913 414 % 15,00.00 1943 Trust Fund (Refunding) Loan 1910 4% 7,000.00 1935 Street Improvement (Depot Park) Loan 19'22 41,4% 4,000.00 1932 School Construction and Remodeling Loan 1925 4% 76,500.00 1945 Sewer Loan 1927 4% 13,000.00 1941 Sewer Loan 1927 4% 23,000.00 1947 New Town Office Bldg. Loan 1928 4% 45,000.00 1948 Sewer Loan 1928 414% 14,000.00 1942 1251,500.00 General Loans—Outside Debt Limit: Sewer Lean 1915 4% $51,000.00 1945 • Street Improvement (Lowell and Maple Sts.) Loan 1922 414% 2,000.00 1929 Street Improvement (Various Streets) Loan 1924 4% 7,000.00 1934 Schoolhouse Construc- tion & Remodeling Loan 1924 4%5 254,000.00 1939 Sewer Loan 1924 4% 6,000.00 1934 Sewer Loan 1925 4% 21,000.00 1935 Sewer Loan 1926 4% 6,000.00 1931 Sewer Loan 1926 4% 24,000.00 1931 Sewer Loan 1927 4% 8,000.00 1936 $379,000.00 316 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN OF LEXINGTON Water Loans—Outside Debt Limit: 317 318 ANNTJAL REPORTS Due date of last Maturity Water Loan 1912 4% $3,000.00 1930. (Extensions and Standpipe) Water Loan 1924 4%14 4,950.00 1929 (Extension of mains) Water Loan 1924 4%%a 2,000.00 1929 (Extension of mains) Water Loan 1924 4% 6,000.00 1929 (Extension of mains) Water Loan 1925 4% 8,000.00 1930 (Extension of mains) Water Loan 1926 4% 12,000.00 1931 (Extension of mains) Water Loan 1926 4% 11,000.00 1931 (Extension of mains) Water Loan 1927 4% 18,000.00 1942 (Extension of mains) Water Loan 1927 4% 14,000.00 1943 (Extension of mains) Water Loan 1928 4% 31,000.00 1943 (Extension of mains) $109,950.00 Outside debt limit Net Bonded or Fixed Debt $740,450.00 $488,950.00 $740,450.00 TOWN OF LEXINOTON 319 320 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN DEBT, WHEN DUE December 31, 1928 Tear Water Sewer Trutt Funds Other Debt Total 1929 $32,450 522,000 $1,000 *46,000 $101,450 1930 18,500 22,000 1,000 41,000 82,500 1931 12,000 22,000 1,000 38,000 73,000 1932 5,000 12,000 1,000 38,000 56,000 1933 4,000 11,000 1,000 37,000 53,000 1934 4,000 11,000 1,000 37,000 53,000 1935 4,000 10,000 1,000 36,000 51,000 1936 4,000 7,000 34,000 45,000 1937 4,000 6,000 34,000 44,000 1938 4,000 6,000 34,000 44,000 1939 4,000 6,000 33,500 43,500 1940 4,000 6,000 7,500 17,500 1941 4,000 6,000 7,500 17,500 1942 4,000 5,000 7,500 16,600 1943 2,000 4,000 7,500 13,500 1944 4,000 6,500 10,500 1945 4,000 6,500 10,500 1946 1,000 2,000 3,000 19'47 1,000 2,000 3,000 1948 2,000 2,000 $109,950 $166,000 $7,000 $457,500 $740,450 TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS CASH ANDSECURITIES In hands of Trustees $89,212,02 PUBLIC PROPERTY ACCOUNTS Town of Lexington 5921,070.93 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS Eleanor S. Beale Charity Fund Samuel J. Bridge Charity Fund Harriet R. Gilmor Charity Fund Jonas Gammel 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) Jane Phinney Fund (Library) George 0. Smith (Park Fund) Hayes Fountain Fund Charles E. French Medal and Cemetery Fund Battle Green Fund Hallie C. Blake Prize Fund William Augustus Tower Memorial Park Trust Fund Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds (Principal) Munroe Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds (Income) Munroe Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds (Principal) West- view Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds (Income) Westview PUBLIC PROPERTY ACCOUNTS Real Estate 'Water Works Sewer System 321 $2,195.11 4,475.51. 564.48 749.64 2,067.54 221.35 11,000.00 354.31 100.00 1,077.18 1,109.00 3,000.09 1,000,00 500.00 2,440.00 124.19 2,459.31 1.123.34 4,696.74 574.32 1,000.00 10,000.00 26,485.00 3,317.00 7,268.75 1,318.25 ;89,212.02 ;540,925.62 282,065.00 98,080.31 ;921,070.93 CHARLES F. PIERCE, Vown Accountant. 322 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTS May 25, 1928_ To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Mr. Albert H. Burnham, Chairman LEXINGTON, MASS. Gentlemen : I submit herewith my report of all audit of the accounts of the town of Lexington for the period from October 19, 1925 to February 7, 1928, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. This report is in the +form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Chief Accountant of this Division. Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston. Sir : As directed by you. I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Lexington for the period from October 19, 1925 to February 7, 1928, and submit the following report thereon : The financial transaction of the town, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined and reconciled with the books ani records in the town accountant's office, The books and accounts in the town accountant's office were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were checked with the reports to the town accountant of mon- eys paid to the treasurer andwith the treasurer's books. The TOWN OF LEXINGTON 323 records of payments were checked with the warrants approved by the selectmen and with the treasurer's books. The classification book, in which are recorded the receipts and disbursements in classified form, was checked and com- pared with the ledger accounts, the appropriation accounts were checked with the town clerk's records of appropriation voted by the town, the ledger accounts were analyzed, the postings were checked to the books of original entry, the neces- sary correcting and adjusting entries were made, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town as of December 31, 1927. The books and accounts of the town treasurer were exam- ined and checked with the record:; in the several departments collecting money for the town and with the other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury. The recorded payments were checked with the warrants authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds and with the books and rec- brds in the town accountant's office. The cash book was footed throughout for the period cov- ered by the audit, the cash in the office was verified by an ac- tual count, and the bank accounts were reconciled tvith state- ments furnished by the banks. The books and accounts of the collector were examined and checked in detail. The commitments of taxes were checked andreconciled with the assessors' warrants, the recorded col- lections were checked with the commitment books. the abate- ments were checked with the assessors' records of abatements granted, the payments to the treasurer were verified by a com- parison with the treasurer's cash book, and the outstanding ac- counts were Iisted and reconciled with the town accountant's books. The outstanding accounts were further verified by 'nail- ing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town. Among the replies received was one claiming that the amount called for had been paid. This was investigated and it was found that the ac- count had been settled but, through clerical error, the pay- ment had not been entered on the books. The balance of the replies received indicate that the accounts, with the exception mentioned, are correct as listed. The commitments of sewer and highway betterment as- sessments and departmental accounts receivable were checked and verified. The recorded collections were checked, the pay- ments to the treasurer were verified, the abatements were checked, with the records in the departments authorizing the 324 ANNUAL REPORTS abatements, the apportioned assessments were checked and verified, and the outstanding accounts were listed and recon- ciled wth the books and records in the accountant's office. In chocking the special assessment accounts consider- able difficulty was experienced in reconciling the accounts with the accountant's records, owing to the method of hand- ling apportioned accounts and to the fact that certain trans- actions had not been reported to the town accountant. When special assessments are committed, the collector should immediately be notified in writing of the kind and amount of the commitment; also when assessments are ap- portioned, the apportionments should be arranged so that the assessors can add the amounts to the real estate tax each year as they become due; and the town accountant should be notified when apportionments are made, so that his books wilt at aIT' times reflect the true condition of the accounts. The records of tax titles held by the town were ex- amined and checked, it being found that the deeds on file do not agree with the balance called for by the ledger account. As some of these deeds are for taxes levied a number of years ago, it is recommended that their validity be determined at once, so that those found to be defective may be charged off the books and that those found to be valid may be se- cured for the town through proceedings started for foreclos- ure in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 126 of the Acts of 1927. The commitments of water charges 'were examined and checked. The recorded payments to the treasurer were com- pared with the treasurer's book, the abatements were verified, and the outstanding accounts nvere listed and reconciled with the accountant's books. It is recommended that more care be exercised in enter- ing in detail in the cash book the collections on account of water charges and other departmental accounts receivable, in order that the collections may be more readily checked will.' the individual accounts on the commitment lists; also that the cash on hand be reconciled daily with the amounts called for by the cash books. The town clerk's records of dog. of hunting and fishing, and other licenses and fees collected were examined and checked, the payments to the county, state, and town treas- urers being verified. As the town clerk collects a considerable ariount of money from various sources, it is recommended that a cash book be kept, showing the date and source of the receipts, the TOWN of LEXINGTON 3251 date and amounts paid the proper officials, and the :amount of fees retained by him as provided by law. The securities representing the investments of the trust • funds, held by the trustees of public trusts, the trus;,ces of the Bridge Charitable Trust Fund. and the trustees of the Cary Memorial Library were examined and listed, the in- come and expenditures being verified. The cash account of the treasurer of the Cary Memorial Library was examined and checked. and the balance as of March 30, 1928 was verified by a comparison will.. the bank statement. In addition to the departments and accounts mentioned, the record of receipts by the selectmen for licenses, etc., from town hall rents, the sealer of weights and measures, the den- tal clinic, building, plumbing, and wire inspectors, as well as from the school and library departments were examined and checked, and the payments to the treasurer were verified. The surety bonds for the faithful performance of the du- ties of the treasurer. tax collector, town clerk. superintendent of public works, buildinrz inspector. plumbing inspector, and the constable were examined. listed, and found to be in proper form, The bond of the treasurer of the library could not be located. Fables are appended to this report showing a reconcilia- tion of the cash of the town treasurer. the tax collector, and the library treasurer, summaries of the tax, assessment, water, sewer and other accounts receivable, together with tables showing the transactions of the several trukt funds. While engaged in making the audit. I received the co- operation of the various department officials and I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express apprecia- tion. Respectfully submitted, EDW. H. PENTON, Chief Accountant. 326 ANNUAL REPORTS RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH Balance January 1, 1927, 3120,683.89 Receipts, 1,429,613.50 $1,550,297.39 Payments, $1,386,035.33 Balance December 31, 1927, 164,262.06 31,550,297.39 Balance January 1, 1928 Receipts January 1 to February 7, 1928 Payments January 1 to February 7, 1928 Balance February 7, 1928, $164,262.06 57,067.30 r41,b71.84 180,257.52 Balance February 7, 1928 Lexington Trust Company, 3135,521.55 Atlantic National Bank, 44,476.03 Cash in office ---counted, 259.94 $221,329.35 3221,329.36 LEXINGTON TRUST COMPANY Balance February 7, 1928, per check books 3135,521.55 Outstanding checks per list, 933.21 Bank balance February 7, 1928, per bank statement, ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK Balance February 7, 1928, per check book, 344,476,03 Bank 23alance February 7, 1928, per 3180,257.52 3180,257.52 3136,454.76 $136,454.76 bank statement, 344,476.03 RECONCILIATION OF LIBRARY TREASURER'S CASH Balance January 7, 1927, 31,440.05 Receipts: Trust fund ineome, .,,. $916.27 Dog fund transferred from town, 1,447.01 Fines, etc., 469.94 Interest on deposits, .,,, 28.83 2,862.05 $4,302.10 TOWN OF LEXINeTON 327 Payments, $3,391.57 Balance December 31, 1927, 910.53 Balance January 1, 1928, Receipts January 1 to March 30, 1928: Trust fund income, .... $175.50 Dog fund transferred from town, 1,683.46 Interest on deposits, 5.26 Paryments January 1 to March 30, 1928 Balance Lexington Trust Company, March 30, 1928, $910.53 1,765.22 $335.13 2,340.62 $4,302.10 $2,675.75 $2,675.75 RECONCILIATION OF TAX COLLECTOR'•S CASH Collections on hand February 7, 1928: Taxes 1927, $260.85 Interest on taxes, 3.57 Balance Lexington Trust Company February 7, 1928, $187.88 Cash in office February 7, 1928 (veri- fied), 72.37 Cash variation, 4.17 TAXES -1925 Outstanding December 3, 1925, per previous audit $201,047.07 Additional commitments 351.15 Refunds December 3 to 31, 1925 418.53 Refunds 1926 961.7$ Payments to treasurer: December 3 to 31, 1925 870,410.60 1926 122,602.77 $193,013.37 $264.42 $264.42 $202,778.51 328 ANNUAL REPORTS Abatements: December 3 to 31, 1925 1926 ... $959.09 3,473.38 Tax titles TAXES -19 26 Commitment Additional commitment Refunds: 1926 1927 Payments to treasurer: 1926 1927 .r Abatements: 1926 1927 4,432.47 5,332.67 $202,778.51 $554,790.07 219.35 316.31 232.43 $555,558.16 $417,305.41 131,773.18 $549,078.59 $2,934.47 1,958.76 Tax titles 4,893.23 1,586.34 $555,558.16 TAXES -1927 Commitment per warrant $565,844.65 Additional commitment 376.11 $566,220.76 Refunds 359.98 Payments to treasgrer $423,255.27 Abatements 2,200.54 Outstanding December 31, 1927 141,124.93 Outstanding January 1, 1928 $141,124.93 Refunds January 1 to February 7, 1928 67.35 Overpayments to be refunded 28.50 $566,580.74 $566,580.74 $141,220.78 TOWN OF LExINGTON Payntents to treasurer January 1 to February 7, 1928 Abatements January 1 to February 7, 1928 Tax titles January 1 to February 7, 1928 Outstanding February 7, 1928, per list Cash on hand February 7, 1928 $40,278.15 100.15 324.23 100,267.40 260.8$ 329 $141,220.78 UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS Outstanding October 31, 1925, per audit Payments to treasurer October 31 to December 31, 1925 $118.00 $118.00 Commitments 1926 Payments to treasurer $5,975.20 Apportioned 5,401.23 Abatements 112.08 Outstanding December 31, 1926 14,893.69' Outstanding January 1, 1927 Commitments Abatement of apportioned item in error Payments to treasurer Apportioned Abatements Outstanding December 31, 1927 Outstanding January 1, 1928 $14,893.69 15,369.24 55.14 $13,367,28 7,876.14 2,920.34 6,154.31 Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 7, 1928 Outstanding February 8, 1928, per list $133.88 6,020.43 $26,382.20 826,382,20 $30,318,07 $30,318.07 $6,154.31 *6,154.31 APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS -1925 Outstanding October 31, 1925, per audit $11.26 Payments to treasurer 1926 111.26 330 ANNUAL REPORTS. APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS --1926 Outstanding January 1, 1926 $110.77 Commitments 1926 842.61 Payments to treasurer 8491.72 Outstanding December 31, 1926 Outstanding January 1, 1927 Commitments Collection of apportioned assessments 1927, credited to apportioned assess- ments 1926 461.66 $461.66 121.46 5.03 $953.38 5953.38 Payments to treasurer $400.72 Outstanding December 31, 1927 187.43 5588.15 $538.15 Outstanding January 1, 1928 1187.43 Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 7, 1928 353.17 Outstanding February 7, 1928, per list 134.26 $187.43 APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS -1927 Outstanding October 31, 1925, per audit ;17,65 Commitments 1926 892.87 Outstanding December 31, 1926 Outstanding January 1, 1927 Commitments per ledger Commitment not on ledger Overpayment adjusted Payments to treasurer Collection of apportioned assessments 1927, credited to apportioned assess- ments 1926 Outstanding December 31, 1927 $910.52 1,053.23 13.39 .01 $1,285.36 5.03 686.76 $920.52 1910.52 $1,977.15 11,977.15 Town' OF LE%INtiTON 331 Outstanding January 1, 1928• 3686.76 Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 7, 1928 3167.36 Outstanding February 7, 1928, per list 519.40 $686.76 APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS Due 1928 to 1936 Outstanding October 31, 1925 $70.60 Apportioned: 1926 1927 13.610.61 6,821.94 Payments to treasurer: 1927 Outstanding December 31, 1927 Outstanding January 1, 1928 10,432,55 3419.27 10,083.88 Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 7, 1928 Abatements Outstanding February 7, 1928, per list: Due in 1928 31,657.97 1929 1,372.86 1930 1,317.31 1931 1,151.79 1932 997.18 1933 962.70 1934 954.88 1935 882.67 1936 566.01 PP PP PP $214.26 6.25 9,863.37 $10,503.16 310,503.15 $10,083.88 310,083.88 UNAPPORTIONk3D HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENT Commitments 1926 19,325.24 Payments to treasurer Apportioned Outstanding December 31, 1926 32,300.83 6,121.65 1,902,80 39,325.28 332 ANNUAL REPORTS Outstanding January 1, 1927 Commitments Transferred from apportioned assess- ments 1926 Transferred from apportioned assess- ments 1927 Transferred from apportioned assess- ments 1928 to 1936 Collection of apportioned assessments 1926 credited as unapportioned as- sessments 31,902.80 2,601.30 98.35 16.64 49.92 114.21 Payments to treasurer 31,417.97 Apportioned 2,375.75 Outstanding December 31, 1927 989.50 Outstanding January 1, 1928 Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 7, 1928 Outstanding February 7, 1928, per list Cash on hand February 7, 1928 34,783.22 84,783.22 3141.26 347.84 .40 3989.50 $989.50 APPORTIONED HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS -1926 Commitments 31,155.94 Payments to treasurer Outstanding December 31, 1926 Outstanding January 1, 1927 Commitments Payments to treasurer Transferred to unapportioned assess- ments Collection of apportioned assessments, 1926 credited as unapportioned as- ments Outstanding December 31, 1927 $77.00 1,072.94 31,078.94 110.46 3793.14 98.35 114.21 183.70 31,155.94 31,189.40 31,189.40 TOWN OF L:XINGTON Outstanding January 1, 1938 Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 7, 1928 $81.06 Outstanding February 7. 1928, per list 102.64 333 3183.70 3183.70 APPORTIONED HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS -1927 Commitments 1926 31,039.52 Outstanding December 31, 1926 $1,039.52 Outstanding January 1, 1927 Commitments Payments to treasurer Transferred to unapportianed assess- ments Outstanding December 31, 1927 $1,039.52 388.63 $748.49 16.64 663.02 31,428.15 31,428.15 Outstanding January 1, 1928 3663.02 Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 7, 1928 3275.31 Outstanding February 7, 1928, per list 387.71 3663.02 APPORTIONED HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS DUE 1928 to 1936 Outstanding January 1, 1927 $2,926.19 Apportioned 1927 1,876.66 Payments to treasurer $679.68 Transferred to unapportioned assess- ments 49.92 Outstanding December 31, 1927 4,073.25 $4,802.85 14,802,85 334 ANNUAL REPORTS Outstanding January 1, 1928 Outstanding February 7, 1928, per list: 1928 31,057.06 1929 1,008.07 1930 1,008.10 1931 236.70 1932 171.07 1933 171.08 1934 171.08 1935 171.32 1936. 78.77 Due in „ SIDEWALIt ASSESSMENT Commitments 1927 Outstanding December 31, 1927 Outstanding January 1, 1928 Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 7, 19'28 'Outstanding February 7, 1928, per list TAX TITLES 390.00 177.45 $4,073.25 34,073.26 $267.45 3267.46 On hand October 31, 1925, per ledger Redeemed October 31 to December 31, 1926 312.14 On hand December 31, 1925 7,005.02 On hand January 1, 1926 $7,005.02 Taxes, interest, and costa 5,332.67 Redemptions $4,555.31 On hand December 31, 1926 7,782.38 $267.45 $267.45 37,017.16 37,017.16 312,337.69 $12,337.69 TOWN OF LEXINGTON On hand January 1, 1927 Taxes, interest, and costs Redemptions Rights of redemption foreclosed by town, authorised by Chapter 241, Acts of 1925 On hand December 31, 1927, per ledger On hand January 1, 1928, per ledger Taxes 1927 Redemptions January 1 to March 24, 1928 On hand March 24, 1928, per deeds listed T7nlocated deeds SEWER DEPARTM Outstanding October 31, 1925, per audit Commitments October 31 to December 31, 1925 Payments to treasurer 'October 31 to December 31, 1925 Abatements Adjustments Outstanding December 31, 1925 Outstanding January 1, 1926 Commitments Payments to treasurer Abatements Outstanding December 31, 1926 Outstanding January 1, 1927 Commitments Collection water services credited to sewer Overpayments, per previous audit Duplicate abatement $7,782.38 1,586.34 $2,166.69 3,941.21 3,260.82 $3,260.82 324.23 $420.40 2,460.91 703.74 ENT 13,188.61 1,420.18 $2,921.78 151.35 12.16 2,423.50 $2,423.50 9,385.02 18,397.10 56.62 3,354 80 $3,354.80 7.883.15 60.00 39.90 1.50 335 19,368.72 19,368.72 $3,585.05 $3,585.05 $4,608.79 $4,608.79 $11,808.52 $11,808.52 ;10,839.35 :336 ANNUAL REPORTS Payments to treasurer Abatements %Collection sewer services credited to water Outstanding December 31, 1927 Outstanding January 1, 1928 Commitment January 1 to February 27, 1928 Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 27, 1928 Abatements January 1 to February 27, 1928 Outstanding February 27, 1928, per list 36,494.46 349.15 46.96 3,948.78 $3,948.78 1,110.06 $2,606.12 21.94 2,430.78 HEALTH DEPARTMENT Outstanding October 31, 1925, per audit Commitments 1927 Payments to treasurer: 'October 31 to December 81, 1925 1926 1927 $6.00 10.00 425.00 Abatements October 31 to December 31 1925 Outstanding December 31, 1927 310,839.35 $5,058.84 35,058.84 $73.00 896.00 3441.00 57.00 471.00 Outstanding January 1, 1928 Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 7, 1928 310.00 Outstanding February 7, 1928, per list 461.00 3969.00 $969.00 $471.00 $471.00 TOWN OF L XiNGTON 337 338 ANNUAL REPORTS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Commitment: 1926 ;800.00 1927 795.00 Payments to treasurer: 1926 $800.00 1927 51.00 Abatements 1927 Outstanding December 31, 1927 and February 7, 1928, per /1st $1,595.00 $851.00 5.00 MISCELLANEOUS Commitments: October 31 to December 31, 1925 1926 1927 Payments to treasurer 1927 Outstanding December 31, 1927 $15.00 63.75 91.72 $923.97 67.50 $991.47 $991.47 Outstanding January 1, 1928 739.00 Outstanding February '7, 1928, per list $1,595.00 PUBLIC WELFARE DEPART141ENT ' SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Outstanding October 31, 1925, per pre- vious audit $1,812.48 Commitments: October 31 to December 31, 1925 $65.00 1926 2,180.05 1927 987.06 Payments to treasurer: October 31, to December 31, 1925 1926 1927 $300.65 2,362.53 497.64 Outstanding December 31, 1927 3,212.11 ;3,160.82 1,863.77 $5,024.59 ;5,024.59 Outstanding October 31, 1925, per pre- vious audit Commitments: October 31 to December 81, 1925 $4,248.58 1926 12,849.17 1927 24,982.61 Payments to treasurer: October 31 to December 31, 1925 $4,175.54 1926 12,486.98 19'27 25,016.52 Abatements 1926 Outstanding December 31, 19E7 and February 7, 1928, per list $176.97 42,080.36 $41,679.04 372.15 Outstanding January 1, 1928 ;1,863.77 Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 7, 1928 ;689.35 Abatements January 1 to February 7, 1928 1,052.86 MUNROE CEMETERY Outstanding February 7, 1928, per list 121.57 31,863.77 206.14 Outstanding October 31, 1925, per pre- vious audit $298.75 $67.550 ;67.50 342,257.33 342,257.33 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Commitments: October 31 to December 31, 1925 179.00 1926 r.... 1,538.75 19'27, per ledger 1,598.25 1928, not on ledger 115.00 Adjustment October 31 to December 31, 1925 Payments to treasurer: October 31 to December 31, 1925 1219.00 1926 1,553.00 1927 1,672.00 Abatements October 31 to December 31 1925 Adjustment Commitments in excess of detailed lists: 1926 114.00 1927 2.25 Outstanding December 31, 1927, and February 7, 1928 3,331.00 42,50 $3,444,00 47.50 47.50 16.25 117.00 WESTVIEW CEMETERY Outstanding October 31, 1925, per pre- vious audit 11,868.13 Commitments: October 31, to December 31, 1925 1197.49 1926 2,747.36 1927 3,682.73 Adjustments October 31 to December 31, 1925 6,627.58 339 $3,672.25 13,672.25 340 ANNUAL REPORTS Payments to treasurer: October 31 to December 31, 1925 1926 1927 $147.00 3,164.61 3,726.27 Abatements 1927 Commitment in ex_ceaa nt detailed list Outstanding December 31, 1927 $7,037.88 158.00 1.50 1,173.34 Outstanding January 1, 1928 Cash on hand February 7, 1928, verified 1155.14 Outstanding February 7, 1928 per list 1,018.20 WATER RATES AND SERVICES Outstanding December 28, 1926 Commitments December 28 to 31, 1926 Payments to treasurer December 28 to 31, 19'26 Abatements Outstanding December 31, 1926, per ledger Outstanding January 1, 1927, per ledger Commitments Error in abatements, adjusted Overpayment refunded, charged to maintenance Overpayment to treasurer Abatement of items not outstanding Abatement in excess of charges Collection of sewer credited to water , Detailed Iist in excess of commitment Payments to treasurer Abatements Collection of water accounts credited to sewer Outstanding December 31, 1927 $8,370.72 $1,173.34 $1,173.34 $5,697.81 965.34 $678.21 494.27 5,490.67 $5,490.67 53,153.56 1.00 7.66 7.94 12.18 4.03 46.96 1.02 150,841.27 1,048.92 60.00 6,774.83 $6,663.15 16,663.15 158,725,0E 75.01 ;58,725.02 18,370.72 TowN of LEXINGTON 341 Outstanding January 1, 1928 Commitments January 1 to February 27, 1928 Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 27, 1928 Abatements January 1 to February 27, 1928 Unlocated difference Outstanding February 27, 1928, per list 36,774.83 15,368.08 310,909.44 250.00 5.07 10,978.40 322,142.91 122,142.91 342 ANNUAL REPORTS 1927 Deposited in savings Income 325.63 bank Expenditures Total 320.40 5.23 325.63 Total 325.63 JONAS GAMMELL CHARITY FUND (In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts) Savings Deposits Total ELEANOR S. HEALS CHARITY FUND On hand January 1, 1926 3689.04 $689.04 (In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts) On hand December 31, 1926 685.96 6$5.9$ Par Value On hand December 31, 1927 717.12 717.12 Savings of Receipts Payments Deposits Securities Total 1926 On band January 1, 1926 3135.62 $2,000.00 32,135.62 Withdrawn from sav- On hand December 31, 1926 222.05 2,000.00 2,222.05 Ings bank 3.08 On hand December 31, 1927 185.50 2,000.00 2,185.50 Income . 29.11 Egpenditures 32.19 Receipts Payments 1926 Total $12.19 Total =12.19 Deposited in savings Income $86.43 hank $86.43 1927 Withdrawn from sav- ings bank $36.55 Income 87.68 Expenditures 3124.23 Income 1927 Deposited in savings 331.16 bank 331.16 LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND (In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts) Total 3124.23 Total $124.23 _______ Par Value Savings of IIARRIET It. GILMORE CHARITY FUND DepositsSecurities Total (In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts) On band January 1, 1926 3103.40 $100.00 $2113.40 Savings On hand December 31, 1926 11.85 200.00 211.85 Deposita Total On hand December 31, 1927 116.46 100.00 216.46 On hand January 1, 1926 1545.63 3545.63 Receipts Payments On hand December 31, 1926 569'.06 569.05 1926 On hand December 31, 1927 589.45 589.45 Withdrawn from sav- Receipts Payments ings bank 91.55 1926 Income 8.45 Securities purchased 3100.00 Deposited in savings Income 323.42 bank $23.42 Total $100.00 Total 3100.00 TowN OF LEXINGTON 343 192t Securities sold 9100.00 Deposited in savings Income 4.61 bank 9104.61 Total 9104.61 HALLIE C. BLAKE PRIZE FUND (In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts) 9104.61 Par Value of Securities Total On hand January 1, 1926 On hand December 31, 1926 91,000.00 91,000.00 On hand December 31, 1927 1,000.00 1,000.00 Receipts Payments 1926 Bequest 51,000.00 Securities purchased 91,000.00 Income 50.00 Expenditures 50.00 Total 91,050.00 Total 91,050.00 1927 Income 350.00 Expenditures ;50.00 GEORGE O. SMITH PARK FUND (In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts) Par Value Savings of Deposits Securities Total On hand January 1, 1926 9576.25 92,000,00 92,576.26 On hand December 31, 1926 576.72 2,000.00 2,576.71 On hand December 31, 1927 578.55 2,000.00 2,578.55 Receipts Payments 1926 Deposited in savings Bank 9.46 Payment to Lexing- ton Field and Gar - 3110.46 den Club 110.00 Income Total 4110.46 Total 9110.46 344 ANNUAL REPORTS Income 1927 Deposited in savings bank Payment to Lexing- ton Field and Gar- den Club $111.84 Tota! 9111.84 Total BATTLE GREEN FUND (In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts) 31.84 3110.00 ;111.54 Savings Deposits Total On band Jannar'i I, 1926 $500.00 9500.00 On hand December 31, 1926 521.03 521.03 On hand December 31, 1927 547.19 547.19 Receipts Payments 1926 Deposited in savings Income 921.03 bank $21.03 1927 Deposited in savings Income $26.16 bank 926.16 HAYES FOUNTAIN FUND (In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts) Savings Deposits Total On hand January 1, 1926 .,$983.58 9983.68 Ott hand December 31, 1926 1,027.90 1,027.90 On hand December 31, 1927 1,074.63 1,074.63 Receipts Payments 1926 Deposited in savings Income $44.32 bank 544.32 1927 Deposited in savings Income 946.73 bank 946.73 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 345 346 ANIS UAL REPORTS CHARLES E, FRENCH SCHOOL MEDAL FUND . Z927 (In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts) Withdrawn from sav- ings bank 515.7E Par 'Value Income 84.22 Expenditures 5100.:70 Savings of Deposits Securities Total Total 3100.00 Total $100.00 Un hand January 1,• 1926 3569,63 $2,000.00 32,569.63 On hand December 31, 1926 573.73 2,000.00 2,573.73 On hand December 31, 1927 586.18 2,000.90 2,586.18 Receipts Payments 1926 Deposited In savings bank 34 10 Income $94.10 Expenditures 90.00 Total 394.10 Total 94.10 1927 Deposited in savings bank 312,45 Income 3107.20 Expenditures 94.75 Total 3107,20 Total $107.20 CHARLES E. FRENCH OOLONIAL CEMETERY FUND (In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts) Par Value Savings of Deposits Securities Total On hand January 1, 1936 3141.45 32,000.00 $2,141.45 On hand december 31, 1926 126.16 2,000.00 2,126.16 On hand December 31, 1927 110,38 2,090.00 2,110.38 Receipts , Payments 1926 Withdrawal from sav- ings hank 315.29 Income 84.71 Expenditures 3100.00 Total 3100.90 Total 3100.00 CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS Munroe Cemetery (In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts) Savings Deposits Total On hand January 1, 1926 327,548.59 327,548.59 On hand December 31, 1926 28,135.66 28,135.66 On hand December 31, 1927 28,799.82 28,799.82 Receipts Payments 1926 Income 31,187,07 Deposited in savings Bequests 500.09 bank 3587.07 Expended for care 1,100.00 Total 31,687.07 Total 31,687.07 1927 Withdrawn from sav- ings bank 3135.84 Income 1,264,15 Deposited in savings Bequests 800.00 bank 3800.00 1,400.00 Total 32,200.00 Total 32,200.00 CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS Westview Cemetery (In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts) Savings Deposits Total On hand January 1, 1926 35,166.09 35,166.09 On hand December 31, 1926 6,083.78 6,083.78 On hand December 31, 1927 7,562.81 7,552.81 Receipts Income Sale of lots Total Income Sale of lots Total TOWN OF LEXINGTON Payments 1926 $240.69 Deposited in savings 677.00 bank 3471 $917.69 917.69 Total 3917.69 1927 3286,28 Deposited in savings 1,182.75 bank 31,469.03 $1,469.03 Total $1,469.03 SAMUEL J, BRIDGE CHARITY FUND (In Custody of the Trustees of the Bridge Charitable Fund) On hand January 1, 1926 On hand December 31, 1926 On hand December 31, 1927 Receipts Withdrawn from sav- ings bank Income on Bridge Fund Income transferred from Gerry Fund Total Income on Bridge Fund Income transferred from Gerry fund Total Savings Deposits 3405.28 391.81 534.96 Par Value of Securities 34,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 Payments Total 34,405.23 4,291.81 4,534.96 1926 $13.47 189.08 96.91 Expenditures $299.46 $299,46 Total 3299.46 1927 $192,22 Deposited in savings bank 9.608 Expenditures $289.20 Total $143.15 146.05 3289.20 348 ANNUAL BErORTs ELIZABETH B. GERRY CHARITY FUND (In Custody of the Trustees of the Bridge Charitable Fund) Par Value Savings of Deposits Securities On Hand January 1, 1926 $30.26 32,250.00 On hand December 31, 1926 330.26 $2,250.00 On band December 31, 1927 330.26 $2,250.00 Receipts Payments 1926 Income 396.91 Transferred to Bridge Charity Fund Income 1927 Transferred to Bridge $96.98 Charity Fund Total $2,280.26 32,280.26 32,280.26 396.91 396.98 CARL MEMORIAL LIBRARY GENERAL FUND (In Custody of Library 'I rustees ) Par Value of Securities Total On hand January 1, 1924 ... $11,000.00 311,000.00 On band December 31, 1926 311,000.00 311,000.00 On hand December 31, 1927 $11,000.00 311,000.00 Receipts Paymehts 1926 Transferred to Income 54555.00 library trustees .... 3455.00 Income 1927 $455.00 Transferred to library trustees .... ROBBINS LIBRARY FUND (In Custody of Library Trustees) Savings Deposits 3100.00 3100.00 31.0e Iu CA hand January 1, 19:••1 On band December 31, 1926 en hand December 31, 1927 $455.00 Total $100.00 3100.00 510) 90 Receipts Income .. Income TOWN OF LEXINGTON Payments 1926 Transferred to 34.30 library trustees 1927 Transferred to 34.54 library trustees .... WELLINGTON LIBRARY FUNDS (In Custody of Library Trustees) 349 34.30 34.54 Par Value Savings of Deposits Securities Total en hand January 1, .19201 232.18 $1,000.00 $1,032.18 On hand December 31, 1926 1,077.18 1,077.18 On hand December 31, 1927 1,077.18 1,077.18 Receipts Payments 1926 31,000.00 Deposited in savings bank 45.00 Transferred to 61.30 library trustees .... Sale of securities .... Premium on securities sold Income Total Income $1,106.30 31,045.00 61.30 Total 31,106.30 1927 Transferred to 336.99 Iibrary trustees .... $36.99' BEAL LIBRARY FUND (In Custody of Library Trustees) On hand January 1, 1926 On hand December 31. 19'26 On hand December 31, 1927 Receipts Income Par Value of Securities Total 31,10-0.00 $1,100,00 31,100.00 31,100.00 31,100.00 $1,100.00 Payments 1926 Transferred to $60.50 library trustees .... 360.50 350 ANNUAL REPORTS Income 1927 Transferred to 360.50 library trustees .... 360.50 LAURA MUZZEY BRIGHAM LIBRARY FUND (In Custody of Library Trustees) Par Value of Securities Total On hand January 1, 1926 33,000.00 33,000.00 Oa hand December 31, 1926 33,000'.00 33!,000.00 On hand December 31, 1927 3.3.000.00 33+,000.00 Income Receipts Payments 1926 Transferred to 3142.50 library trustees .... Income (In 1927 Transferred to $142.50 library trustees .... LIBRARY BOOK FUND Custody of Library Trustees) On hand January 1, 1926 On hand December 31, 1926 On hand December 31, 1927 Receipts Income Income Par Value of Securities 31,000.00 31,000.00 31,000.00 Payments 1926 Transferred to $50.00 library trustees .... 1927 Transferred to $50.00 library trustees ..., 3142.50 9/42.50 Total 11,000.00 31,000.00 31.000.06 150.00 350.00 TowN OF LEXINGTON 351 GOODWIN MUSICAL COLLECTION LIBRARY FUND (In Custody of Library Trustees) Par Value 0f Securities Total On hand January 1, 1923 $500.00 $500.00 On hand December 31, 1926 $500.00 $500.00 On hand December 31, 1927 $500.00 $500.00 Receipts Payments 1926 Transferred to Income $30.00 library trustees .... $30.00 Income 1927 Transferred to 530.00 library trustees .... $30.00 ALICE BUTLER CARY LIBRARY FUND (In Custody of Library Trustees) Par Value Savings of Deposits Securities Total On hand January 1, 1926 $440.00 12,000.00 $2,440.00 17)n hand December 21, 1926 $440.00 52,000.00 $2,440.00 On hand December 31, 1927 $440.00 92,000.00 $2,440.00 Receipts Payments 1926 Transferred to Income 9108.30 library trustees .... $108.30 Income 1927 Transferred to 9115.00 library trustees .... $115.00 MARIA CARY LIBRARY FUND (In Custody of Library Trustees) Savings Deposits Total On hand January 1, 192.3 9354.31 9354.31 On hand December 31, 1926 9354.31 8354.31 On hand December 31, 1927 9354.31 9354.31 352 ANNUAL REPORTS Receipts Payments 1926 Transferred to Income $15.20 library trustees .... 115.20 Income 1927 916.11 Transferred to -library trustees .... JANE PFIINNEY LIBRARY FUND (In Custody of Library Trustees) Savings Deposits Total On hand January 1, 1936 9124.19 3124.19 On hand December 31, 1926 9124.19 $124.19 On hand December 31, 1927 9124.19 9124.19 Receipts Payments 1926 Transferred to 34.63 library trustees .... 94.65 Income Income 1927 Transferred to 95.63 library trustees .... 95.63 354 ANNUAL REPORTS Balance Sheet TOWN OF LEXINGTON December 31, 1927 GENERAL ACCOUNTS ASSETS Cash: General! 8164,262.06 Cary Memorial Library Trustees 910.53 Accounts Receivable: Taxes: Levy of 1927 141,124.95 Special Assessments: Sewer: Unapportioned ' $6,154.31 kpportioned 1926 187.43 Apportioned 1927 680.76 Highway Betterments: Unapportioned $989.550 Apportioned 1926 183.70 Apportioned 1927 663.02 Tax Titles Departmental: Health $471.00 Highways 739.00 Sidewalks 267.45 PgbIic Welfare 1,863.77 State AM 372.00 Schools 206.14 Miscellaneous 67.50 Munroe Cemetery 117.00 Westview Cemetery 1,173.34 7,028.50 1,836.22 3,260.88 6,277.29 Sewer Maintenance 3,948.78 Water Rates, etc. 6,774.83 Loans Authorized 95,000.00 Overdrawn Apportionments 1927: S:^." . Re:nava? 105.35 $429,529.22 TOWN OF LEXINGTON' LIABILITIES 355• 356 Temporary Loans: In Anticipation of Revenue $200,000.00 Cary Memorial Library 910.53 Veteran's Memorial Fund 3,617.89 Sale of Cemetery Lots: Munroe Cemetery .... $35.00 Westview Cemetery 761.85 Unexpended Balances: Engineering Department $523.86 New Town Office Building 117,364.01 Bedford Street Widening 100.00 Massachusetts Avenue Construction 2,754.20 North Hancock Street Damage 115.00 Sewer Construction 20,119.62 Water Maintenance 1,001.39 Water Construction 5,908.57 Westview Cemetery Construction 147.66 Westview Cemetery Land 1,090.82 Maturing Debt 1,437.10 150,562.23 Overlay—Reserved for Abatement of Taxes: Levy of 1927 6,169.87 Reserve Fund --Overlay Surplus 164.08 Sewer Assessment Fund 6,758.55 Tax Title . Suspense 16.97 ANNUAL REPORTS DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS Apportioned Assessments Not Due: Sewer Assessments Highway Betterment Assessments $10,083.88 4,073.25 714,157.13 Revenue Available when collected: DEBT ACCOUNTS Sewer Assessments $7,028.50 Highway Betterment Assessments 1,836.22 ASSETS Departmental 5,277,20 Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Tax Title 3,260.82 Inside Debt Limit $213,500.00 Sewer Maintenance 3,9'48.78 Outside Debt Limit 534,950.00 Water 6,774.83 28,126.35 Surplus Revenue 32,440,90 $429,529'.22 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 357 358 ANNUAL REPORTS Apportioned Sewer Assessments, Due in: 1928 $1,768.98 1929 1,427.61 1930 1,372.06 1931 1,151.79 1932 097.18 1933 962.70 1934 954.88 1935 882.67 1936 566.01 Apportioned Highway Betterments, Due in: 1928 $1,057.06 1929 1,008.07 1930 1,008.10 1931 236.70 1932 171.07 1933 171.08 1934 171.08 1935 171.32 1936 78.77 LIABILITIES General Loans—Inside Debt Limit: Street Improvement Loan 1922 "Depot Park" $5,000.00 Adams .School Loan 1912 9,000.00 School Construction Loan 1915 16,000.00 Parker School Loan 1919 38,000.00 School Construction Loan 1925 81,500.00 Buckman Tavern Park Loan 1913 16,000.00 Westview Cemetery Loan 1918 1,000.00 Trust Fund Refunding Loan 1910 8,000.00 Sewer Loan 1927 14,000.09 Sewer Loan 1927 25,000.00 $10,083.88 4,073.25 ;748,450.00 $14,157.13 $213.500.00 TRUST ACCOUNTS AS Trust Funds --Cash and Securities: In Custody of: Trustees of Public Trusts $49,958.09 Trustees of Bridge Charitable Trust 6,815.22 Trustees of Cary Municipal Library 20,695.68 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 359 360 ANNUAL REPORTS General Loans—Outside Debt Limit: Street Improvement Loan 1922 $5,500.00 Street Improvement Loan 1924 9,000.00 School Construction Loan 1984 278;000.00 Sewer Loan 1915 54,000,00 " 1924 7,000.00 " 1925 24,000,.00 1926 8,000.00 1926 52,000.00 " 1927 9,000.00 Water Loans --Outside Debt Limit: Water Loan 1912 $4,500.00 1924 9,950.00 " 1924 4,000.00 41 1924 18,000.00 " 1925 12,000.00 " 1926 16,000.00 " 1926 15,000,00 " 1927 20,000.00 192? 15,000.00 LIABILITIES Eleanor S. Beals Charity Fund $2,185.50 Harriet R. Gilmore Charity Fund 589.45 Jonas Gemmell Charity Fund 717.12 Lexington High School Scholarship Fund 216.46 Hanle C. Blake Prise Fund 1,000.00 George O. Smith Park Fund 2,578.55 Battle Green Fund 547.19 Hayes Fountain Fund 1,074.63 Charles E, French School Medal Fund 2,586.18 Charles E. French Colonial Cemetery Fund 2,110.38 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds— Munroe 28,799.82 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds— Westview 7,552.81 $426,500.00 $108,450.00 $748,450.00 $49,958.09 $77,468.99 TOWN of LExrr-o1'oN 361 Samuel J. Bridge Charity Fund $4,534.96 Elizabeth B. Gerry Charity Fund 2,280.26 Cary Memorial Library General Fund $11,000.00 Robbins Library Fund 100,00 Wellington Library Fund 1,077.18 Beal Library Fund 1,100.00 Laura Muzzey Brigham Library Fund 3,000.00 Library Book Fund 1,000.00 Goodwin Musical Collection Library Fund 500.00 Alice Butler Cary Library Fund 2,440.00 Maria Cary Library Fund 354.31 Jane Phinney Library Fund 124.19 6,815.22 1620,695.68 $77,468.99 ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON For the Year 1928 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 3 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1928 To THE C1TIl,1::Ns OF LExiNUTON : The Forty-third Annual Report of the Sehool Committee is respectfully submitted. This report includes the following items I School Committee Organization II School Calendar, School Hours and No School Signals III Report of the School Committee IV Financial Statement V Report of the Superintendent of Schools, Including State- ments Made by Principals and Other Officials A. Educational Aims B. Education of the Individual 1. Elementary Schools 2. Junior High SCltoot 3. Senior High school 4. Music 5. Penmanship C. Extracts from Special Reports 1. School Physician 2. School Nurse 3. Attendance Officer D. Visual Education E. Accomplishments F. Conclusion VI School Tables A. Directory a£ School Officers B. Elections, Resignations and Transfers of Teachers C. Vocational School Pupils D. Prizes E. Distribution of Senior High School Pupils by Courses and Subjects F. What Our 1928 Graduates Are Doing G. Lexington School Savings H. Extract from State Returns 4 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT SCHOOL COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION CHAIRMAN Howard S. O. Nichols, 19 Hayes Avenue (Term Expires March, 1929) SECRETARY James Stuart Smith, 4 Percy Road (Term Expires March, 1931) TREASURER Minnie A, Glynn, 56 Hancock Street (Term Expires March, 1930) SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Thomas S. Grindle, 29 Bloomfield Street Tel. Lex. 0165-W Office: High School Building, Tel. Lex. 0277 Tel. Lex. 0434-M Tel. Lex. 0018 Tel. Lex. 0395-M CLERK Barbara M. Parks, 153 Bedford Street Tel. Lex. 0143-W Regular meetings of the School Committee are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month in the High School Building. 1929 SCHOOL CALENDAR Schools Open Wednesday, January 2, 1929 Close February 21 Open February 26 Close April 12 Open April 22 Close June 21 Open Monday, September 9, 1929 Close December 29 Holidays: March 29, Good Friday May 30 June 17 November 11 November 28, 29 Grades I -III Grades IV -VI Grades VII -XII TOWN OF LEXINGTON 5 SCHOOL HOURS Morning Session 8.45 to 11.30 8.45 to 12.00 8.10 to 1.50 Afternoon Session 1.30 to 3.16 1.30 to 3.15 NO SCHOOL SIGNAL The signal for no school is 3 times' 3 blows of the ftre alarm whistle. When sounded at 7.16 o'clock it means the postponement of the opening of all schools until 9 o'clock. When sounded at 8 o'clock It means the omission of the Junior and Senior High School session and the omission of the morning session for the grades. When the grade schools are closed in the morning they will open at 1.00 P. M. unless the no school signal is blown at 11.30. On days when the grades are in session in the morning the no school signal for the afternoon session will be blown at 12.30. Schools are often in session when weather conditions are un- suitable for some children to attend, in which case parents must make their own decision. 6 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE The year 1928 brought some important changes in the organization and personnel of our school. Fortunately, these were not brought about • as the result of upheaval, dissatisfac- tion or necessity, but resulted from the natural course of events. If our schools were entirely dependent upon individ- uals, the resignation of two principals, effective within a six months' period, might have been a disturbing influence. Mr. Bion C. Merry, Principal of the Senior High School, re- ceived the offer of a superintendeney, which to him in his pri- vate life 'was a professional advancement, In his place we elected Mr. Manfred L. Warren, who came to us from Bruns- wick, Maine, High School. Later in the year, Miss Mary C. Lusk resigned. She com- pleted many years of successful services and had devoted her- self to the creation and formation of the Junior High School. That is was successful from the beginning was largely due to her efforts and her wisdom. To fill her place was a serious problem, but the Committee, on recommendation of the Super- intendent, chose Mr. M. F. Norlin, who had served under Miss Lusk. The schools were able, because of organization, to con- tinue without hitches, delays or loss, and at the same time Mr. Thomas S. Grindle, Superintendent, and the two new Princi- pals, have been able to re-examine and readjust the operation of the two departments of Senior and Junior High School. An outline of what they are doing is embodied in the report of the Superintendent. The Town of Lexington is growing at the rate of nearly 4 rooms, or about 150 pupils each year, This growth has taken up the extra space provided for all departments of the schools in the building program of four years ago; or in any event our school accommodations will be working to capacity by the fall of 1929, leaving no space apparent for the addition of pupils in 1930. The experience of Lexington and all other towns is so uni- form and the standard requirements and limitations of classes TOWN Or LEXINGTON 7 so well known, that there can be no argument about the need of building when the time comes. The only question we can raise is that of location and the policy of the Town in reference to providing for the future. Transportation of pupils is involved in this problem, and like- wise the location of barge -transported children from the same neighborhood and even from the same family in different schools. With aceommodations short, the School Committee and the Superintendentwill do everything possible to avoid such happenings, but, as often occurs, in families, there will be three children, for example, in grades 6, 4 and 1, and in a given school we have room for the 6th grade scholar and in another school room for the 4th and 1st grade scholar, but no where can we find room in all three grades. When filled near- ly to capacity, therefore, itmay happen that families will be divided among different schools. We hope that parents will bear with us in this difficult situation. We are adding some facts and comment at this point: BUILDINGS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS Senior and Junior High Schools Senior and Junior High Schools To/al Total Rooms Present enrollment Enroll CatAY Class- in Jan. 1, of rooms C'm'n Boys Girls Total 1928 Ruiid'g 13 6 175 240 416 368 450 16 251 231 482 510 550 29 6 898 876 1900 Senior High junior High Total GRADE BUILDINGS No. Class- in rooms Use Adams 8 8 140 116 256 343 280 Adams Annex 4 4 59' 66 125 140 Hancock 10 11 206 172 378 351 350 Munroe 8 8 142 124 266 253 280 Parker (a) 8 7 119 123 242 220 280 Total 38 38 2165 2045 2330 1. The rooms used in common for the two high schools are sewing room, domestic science room, shop room, mechani- cal drawing room and double gymnasium. 2. .At Hancock School one basement room iti now used for classroom purposes. 8 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT 3. (a) Does not include two possible classrooms in base- ment. 4. Total enrollments in some schools are less in January than they were in September. 5. The figures on total capacity of building are based on 35 pupils as standard maximum per room. Assembly Halls at Munroe School, Hancock School, and extra room at Parker school are now used by building assistants. Comparing our present enrollment with that of last year we see that the enrollment has increased in all schools except in the Junior High School. The decrease in this school is due to the withdrawal of the ninth grade 'from Bedford and the unusual small class entering the seventh grade. A careful study of the situation in this school would place the enrollment at 520 in September 1929. The average increase in enrollment for the past eight years in the Senior High School has been about thirty. The enrollment of this school in September 1928 shows an increase of 48 over that of the previous September. A conservative es- timate would place the probable enrollment for this school in September 1929 at 465. From 'thesefigures it will be seen that with the beginning of school in September the Senior High School will be filled to its full capacity Lwhile there will be room for only a slight in- crease in the Junior High School. In the meantime the Old Adams School is being used to its full capacity, but much against the wishes of the Committee. We hope that with a new construction program we may be able to abandon this building. With the continued growth that is practically assured it can be seen that our schools will apparently have reached their full seating capacity in September 1929. The situation in the Senior High School can be relieved for a few years if out of town pupils are withdrawn. However, additional space for our elementary grades should be provided at once. During the current year the town received $14.696.15 in tuition for high school students from Bedford and Burlington. 'Conduct of pupils on the streets coming and going from schools is largely within the jurisdiction of parents. We try to teaeh pupils right and becoming conduct, and a proper spirit both within and outside the schools. We would be glad to have the constant assistance of parents in such matters. The school budget for 1929 shows an increase over that asked for in 1928. This is both normal and Logical; the schools are larger. The Town voted to increase teachers' salaries TOWN OP LEXINGTON 9 so there might not be so many resignations in our younger teaching force. We have, therefore, both larger salaries and more teachers, more equipment, more desks, inore blackboards, more books. We are making necessary additions to the school libraries and some machinery to facilitate work of janitors. The citizens of the town are leaking large and increased use of school buildings at night. The Committee is glad to encour- age this as long as it does not interfere with the operation of the schools or cause too Large an addition to our operating cost. The town receives a nominal income in return. The require- ments of the schools are carefully estimated and carefully ex- pended. There are no items, as far as we know, that could be palled luxuries or extravaganeies. We hope the citizens n°ill vote the school budget as requested. HOWARD S. 0. NIiHOLS, MINNIE A. GLYNN, JAMES STUART SMITH, School Committee. 10 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENT Year Ending December 31, 1928 General Expenses Superintendent, Attendance Officer, Office As- sistance and Expenses $5,187.74 Expenses of Instruction Salaries of Supervisors, Principals and Teachers 133,441.94 Textbooks 3,873.65 Stationery and Supplies 6,476.76 Expenses of Operation, Janitors, Fuel, etc 26,227.91 Maintenance, Repairs, etc 4,392.26 Health 2,508.05 Transportation 7,538.82 Vocational Tuition 871.77 Miscellaneous Expenses, Graduations, Athletics, Ex- press, ete 4212.06 Outlays, Furniture, Equipment, etc 1,712.32 Americanization Classes 290.00 Bummer School 650.00 Appropriation $195,400.00 Unexpended Balance $194,383.28 1,016.72 $196,400.00 3195,400.00 RECEIPTS Tu it ion : Town of Bedford $8,325.67 Town of Burlington 6,370.58 Commonwealth of Massachusetts: State Wards 1,669.58 Vocational Schools 206.14 Americanization Classes 149.75 General School Fund 15,488.00 Rent 192.60 Telephones; sale of books, etc. 25.55 $32,427.77 Net Expenditure for 1928 $161,955.51 TOWN OF LEXINOTON 11 REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To THE SCHOOL. COMMITTEE AND CITIZENS OF LEX'INGT'ON I submit herewith my fifth annual report, this being the forty-third of the' series of superintendents' reports, This re- port also includes abstracts from reports of the principals, supervisors and other members of the school start. We feel that year 1928 has been profitable for the chil- dren of Lexington, No unusual distractions have occurred to interrupt the work of the schools. The health conditions as reported by the school physician, school nurse and teachers have been very satisfactory. I wish to express here my appreciation of certain outside agencies which have been particularly helpful to the schools. 1. The Home and School Association Strong local branches of this association now exist in each school. Cooperation between the home and school has come to be the first requisite in the development of an efficient mod- ern school. I feel most appreciative of the good work which this association is doing. 2. The Dental Clinic While this work is not under the school department its work is a valuable help to our health program. 3. The Public Health Association The Posture Clinic, Pre -School Clinic and other activities of this association are important in improving the physical conditions of our children. 4. The Historical Society Their many courtesies have been valuable in making the teaching of the social studies more vital. 5. The Public Library Its generous plan of lending books and periodicals is greatly appreciated by the pupils and school authorities. EDUCATIONAL AIMS For some years the attention of professional teachers and the general public has been directed toward the problem of expanding or contracting the curriculum of the American Pub - 12 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT lie Sehool. With the purpose of clarifying the problem, lead- ing educators were recently asked to answer briefly and point- edly the question, "What shall our schools teach?" In each answer pedagogical discussions or arguments were elearly avoided. Little attentign was given to the teaching of mere facts. Rather the emphasis was laid upon the need of a curri- culum that would fit the pupil for actual life and would make of him a more useful and moral citizen. John J. Tigert, former U. S. Commissioner of Education, condensed his reply into the following, "I believe the general objectives of the schools to be health, vocational training, culture, character and training for future citizenship." A generation ago the answer to this question "What should our schools teach'?" would have been "The subjects which people need to know." Today the answer commonly is that they should teach the children. Both are right. But we must teach children and notmere textbooks: Education must care for its pupils in "body, mind and spirit." Today Reading, Writing and Arithmetic are as basic as ever. More attention is given to them than ever before. But no longer does education confine itself solely to the three R s. Education like everything else changes. As time passes our attitude toward living has changed. Automobiles. airships and radios are now common. We build better houses. We have reduced working hours and increased social activities. The schools too have moved forward and kept pace with the general progress. The three R's have not suffered by the change. Rather have they been enriched. "We have added to these the 'Three C's—character, culture and citizen- ship." EDUCATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL A very important outcome of our study of child life has been a better understanding of the meaning of individual dif- ferences. That children differed in many ways we have al - Ways known but not until recent years has the true significance of these differences been understood. Modern schools are ndw making every effort to discover individual characteristics and to provide for them in the general organization. The schools of today are facing a problem which was un- known two generations ago. We are attempting to educate all the children of all the people. Formerly only the brightest continued their education to any extent. The others were en- couraged to drop nut. Therefore the tendency of public edu- cation is rather toward larger schools and crowded classes. TOWN of LEXINGTON 13 The present age regards quantity production as justified by common sense and sound economy. Therefore mass education is considered highly desirable from an economic point of view. But sometimes we seem to forget that a child is a personality not to be compared with a factory product in any way. In Ancient and Mediaeval times teaching was all individ- ual. In more modern times with the increasing demand for education the class became the unit of instruction. The trend now again is toward the individual. There is an effort to fuse these two divergent ideas of individual and class teaching. The modern teacher must be at the same time both the teacher of one and of many. It is comparatively easy to instruct children as a class or as individuals. It is extremely difficult to combine the two. This problem of the individual child should not discourage us but should be regarded rather as one of the evidences of the alertness with which public education is meeting its responsibilities. It is true that the public school cannot hope at present to meet the standards of the private schools in the matter of small classes. But we do understand the meaning of individual differences better than we have in the past and we are meeting the needs of each child more, sympathetically and effectively than ever before. It is perhaps not too much to say that the measure of edu- cation today is to be determined in no better way than by the extent to which it successfully meets the needs of the individual child. No one plan for individual instruction will adequately meet the needs of all school systems. We must constantly be searching for ways best adapted to our own situation. In or- der to show how the Lexington schools are meeting the needs of the individual I will quote from reports of some of our principals. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS "One of the first steps in gaining knowledge of the in- dividual child in our Iocal schools is an intelligence test given to measure the mental maturity of the children entering grade one in Sentember. The result of ttiis test combined with the judgement of the teacher. determines the group in which it is believed each child will work to the best advantage—instruc- tion being no longer given to a ela.ss "en masse" but in sec- tions, grouped according. to individual needs and ability. Arany boys and girls five and one-half years old are found to have matured mentally and socially to six and one-half or 14 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT seven years. With this group much less time is required to master the fundamentals and they are given a broader curri- culum which allows them to develop in accordance with their ability. Much freedom is encouraged in this group as fast as they learn to use it to advantage. The less mature groups need snore of the individual in- struction and attention of the teacher that the proper founda- tion may be laid, right habits and attitudes established, and .each one working to the extent of his ability. This individual attention often calls to the teacher's notice physical defects or speech difficulties that otherwise might escape even the at- tention of the school doctor who examines each one in the fall. The school nurse is then called into service. She visits the home, makes a careful study of the situation, recommends and often does the follow up work necessary to have the child re- ceive the treatment needed to put him in the best possible phy- sical condition. As a basis for discovering how well individual boys and girls are being cared for, tests of achievement are given. These measure achievement in the various school subjects and are of supreme value in planning individual programs. A child may be found to excel in one or more subjects but to be greatly handicapped in some other. His case is studied and individual attention given to his particular need : possibly it may result in his working in a higher or Iower grade as well as his own in some particular branch. Anything which the school as a whole, from grade one through the high school, has to offer is reasonably available for any boy and girl ; and so it is that some of our girls whose age and mental maturity indicate that they will not complete a public school course are doing academic work in the grades and going to the Junior High for work in household arts. along With girls their own age and size, while the boys receive in- dividual help in construction and wood work. Other girls who had accomplished about all we had to offer them have been persuaded to enter the Trade School for Girls in Boston where they are learning dressmaking, millinery, etc.. along with business English. looking forward to earning their own living. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL "Our Junior High School is attempting to serve the in- dividual needs of its pupils in the following ways. 1. Educational Guidance One period every two weeks is devoted to a study of the needs of the individual pupil by the home room teacher. Sug- Town~ of LEXINGTQN 15 gestions for remedying individual weaknesses are made after those weaknesses are discovered through conferences with each pupil. The guidance work is planned by one special guidance teacher who will soon complete her master's degree in that field. All cases of individual guidance are under the supervi- sion of the Girls' Advisor and the principal. The guidance field is a very broad one: it is closely con- nected with every phase of school activities. Specifically it includes suggestions in regard to home study, analyzing causes for failures, and constructive advice for overcoming the same. This period enables the home room teacher to better acquaint himself with each pupil and give the guidance which each pupil needs if his work is to be the best within his power. The guidance function of the Junior High School mar properly be called one of its most important functions. 2. Individual Help Under this head comes the after school make-up period when any pupil may go to his subject teacher for individual help in any subject, Its purpose is to reduce pupil failure to a minimum. It is the biggest single factor for securing a co- operative understanding between pupil and teacher. This period is particularly devoted to those pupils whose class work indicates a need for assistance. We earnestly urge parents to cooperate by encouraging pupils to report to their subject teachers after school for help. Pupils getting a grade below "C" are requested to report for each subject in which the work is low. The period extends from 2.00 o'clock until 2.30. Z. Supervised Study This practice is being carried out by every teacher in the Junior High School. It is a recognition of the unquestionable fact that children do better or more effective study when they are directed in their efforts. Each teacher uses a part of the class period for recitation or group discussion and the remain- der of the period for directed study. The teacher is thus enabled to observe individual study habits and make sugges- tions when necessary. 4. Subject Promotion Success in a school subject should be rewarded. The system of subject promo�on does not penalise a student in geography for a failure in mathematics. There is no stimulation in re- peating what has been mastered. Under our system a pupil is permitted to continue the work of the next grade in every 16 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT subject which he passes. It has been proven that this method removes the atmosphere of total failure which existed under the old system. It stimulates the pupil to his best efforts and prevents useless retardation. It allows slower and older pupils to keep some class contacts with pupils of his own age and •encourages him to succeed in all his subjects. 5. Pupil Adjustment It is our purpose to place each child where his needs will hest be served. Our system is flexible enough to permit what- ever changes seem for the best interests of the pupil. If a pupil is doing superior work he is rewarded by new opportuni- ties. If work seems too difficult for any pupil, that pupil is placed where success is possible for him. Tryout courses en- able the pupil to discover his interests and abilities. The work of the guidance department is particularly help- ful in adjusting the pupil where his work will be most success- ful. 6. Physical Training Every pupil fakes two periods of gymnasium work a. week unless physically unable or engaged in some form of competi- tive athleilcs under school. supervision. If physical education is to serve its true purpose it must recognize the individual needs of each pupil. We are doing more corrective work with our boys and girls this year than we have in the past. 7. Shop work A new feature of our shop work this year is the introduc- tion of the general shop and sheet metal work. The general shop is for seventh grade boys particularly and gives to each boy a practical knowledge of ordinary mechanical skills useful around the home, In addition to the regular wood work we are fortunate in having added to our equipment machines and tools for sheet metal work. A full time instructor has been added to the shop staff to take charge of the sheet metal work and mechani- cal drawing. The boys are much interested and have already completed useful projects. 8. Clubs It is the purpose of our Club activities to discover and develop an interest. One period a week is devoted to club activities. We believe that it is time well spent if we can find a wholesome interest of the pupil and aid him in devel- oping it so that it will contribute not only to his own personal enjoyment but to the enjoyment and benefit of others as well. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 17 9. Character Training No school adequately realizes its true function if it does not mold character at the same time that it gives academic in- struction. This training comes largely through indirect means. Through student participation in school government our chil- dren are taught courtesy, honesty, and consideration of others, Many problems which involve student conduct are discussed by classes in their home rooms. Our Assembly programs are planned to present something worth while in character training building. Programs are •usua.]]y conducted by the pupils under teacher supervision, We have been using the Yale motion picture series "Chronicles of America" as part• of our Assembly plan for the year. They have been very interesting and worth while. We sincerely hope that through our Assemblies, our Student Government. our Library, our Athletics and our class room contacts we are de- veloping the right kind of idealism and character that will make for fine citizenship. 10. Correlation with Other School Units Recognizing that our school is only one unit in the com- plete school system, we have taken steps throngh the splendid cooperation of other principals and teachers to correlate as closely as possible the work of our school with the lower grades and particularly with the Senior High School. Pupils coming in from the different elementary schools have been markedly uniform in their ability to adapt them- selves to new conditions and continue the work of the higher grades. The comparatively few number of failures in our seventh grade indicates that they come to us from the elemen- tary school with a very excellent training." SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL "What are we doing for the individual pupil? 1. We are recognizing that each pupil is different from every other pupil in his native ability, home and social environ- ment, previous training, individual interests and future plans or prospects. Mental tests and questionnaires have been used, in addition to conferences with pupils, to learn as much as possible about each one in order to fit the school work to his needs. 2. We try to offer subjects that will give each pupil the sort of education he should have._ A pupil usually selects one of the three curriculums offered but may ehoose subjects in two curriculums to fit his interests, restricted only by the adaptability of the daily program. 18 ANNUAL. ScHoor. REPORT The college curriculum meets the entrance requirements of any college. This year we are giving one more period each week to Algebra in the Junior year and offer an elective course in European History, meeting twice each week in the Sophomore year, to give then a background for the study of American History in the Senior year. The commercial or business curriculum has been extend- ed by the addition of what we call Clerical Training, Book- keeping and typewriting are the foundation subjects. Short- hand is taken by those especially able in that sort of work. But the majority will enter positions requiring general office training or salesmanship, and for these the new course is in- tended. When fully developed it will include as subject mat- ter such studies as: office practice, use of office machines, filing, salesmanship, advertising, business organization and methods. The general curriculum includes the Practical Arts work, yet pupils are not required to study Manual or Household Arts. The shop work is being extended along the lines of general shop training. and will include. besides woodworking, such subjects ..as metal working, pattern snaking, electrical work, cement work. simple plumbing and automobile repair, In all of these the object is to teach the fundamentals and in- troduce them to the Mature of the work, but not to fit them for their vocations. 3. We try to teach each subject in a way that allows for individual differences. All class room methods to -day have this as their aim. No longer is it sufficient to assign "the next Three pages" and then hear them recite on it the next day. There are numerous methods being tried which encour- age each pupil to study a subjeet according to his ability; a slow pupil covers the minimum and a 'fast pupil does much more than that. 4. We emphasize the need of learning how to study and developing good study habits, We have pointed out in assetn- Iies that this is the most important lesson to learn. Each teacher tries to show a pupil how to best study his subject and talks with pupils from time to time to improve their methods. Miss French is Director of Study as well as Dean of Girls. She has charge of the Library -Study Hall and spends all her time helping the pupils improve their study methods and de- veloping the cooperation between the schootand the home. We are trying to make the school library seem like a library; a few reading tables, a few plants. additional books and en- TOWN of LEXINQTON 19 couragement in its use is giving the pupils a new point of view toward studying. Study suggestions and conferences with pupils and parents have helped give them a good atti- tude and improve their methods of study. 5. We try to guide each pupil in his school work. The principal spends much of his time in this !way. We help them. choose the subjects that they are adapted to study and that will fit thein for the school, or college, or work they plan to enter. We talk with them about their future plans and try to help them decide what they want to do later. We follow the records of each pupil at each report and Fry to help those not doing as well as they should. Often changes can be made in the pupil's program or study habits, and often a word of encouragement, nr advice, or a better understanding between pupils and teachers brings better results. We en- courage those who do !well and put on the Honor Roil the names of those who get A's and B's in all their subjects. Every day the teachers give extra help to those who have been absent or .who need and want more individual assistance. Lt every way possible we try to help each pupil do his best to fit himself for his future work. 6. We are using standard achievement tests to determine how well each pupil is doing and to diagnose his difficulties. These tests are scientifically made by experts and given to several thousand pupils in various parts of the country. The score a pupil earns may be compared with the scores of other members of his class. or with the average score of other pupils who have studied the subject the same length of time as he, and they give another point of view in judging a pupil's achievement. Also, one may determine in what partof the work each pupil, or the class as a whole is weakest. Later, after further drill, another form of the same test is given to show what improvement has been made during the year. 7. We recognize the need of corrective physical training in our gymnasium work._A physical training program may include many lines of activity, such as marching, folk danc- ing, calesthenics, apparatus work and gaes. A]1 of these are good and should be included, but ifm `a pupil has physical defects that may be corrected by proper developmental exer- cises, he should receive corrective physieal_training in prefer- 'ence to any other type. Many pupils need this body building and we are including, it more and more in our program, 8. We are correlating the work of the Junior and Senior High Schools so that the Senior High School supplements the work of the Junior High School without needless repeti- 20 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT tion or omission. The teachers of similar subjects in both schools meet together to become familiar with each other's work and plan the sequence of subject matter. Nine teachers work with pupils of both schools. In many other ways the two schools cooperate for the welfare of ail the pupils." MUSIC "The music work has been continued along the lines of previous years, much stress being laid upon individual work in order to develop in every pupil a sound working knowl- edge of the fundamentals of music for reading and singing. In addition to the Glee Clubs in Junior and Senior High Schools, Glee Clubs consisting of pupils from grades V and VI have been formed to develop a love for group singing and the study of more advanced forms of music. One feature in current musical education is the general acceptance of the orchestra and it is now recognized as an im- portant part of the school music program. This work with light percussion instruments is introduced in the lower grades by means of the Toy Symphony Orchestra which develops a sense of rhythm, and the desire and power to respond to rhythmic types. It also creates an interest in and taste for the effects of instrumental combinations. This leads natural- ly to the Grammar School Orchestra. Last year Lexington adopted a plan which has been used in many other towns with great success, whereby the pupils received instruction in band and orchestra instruments after school hours. This it is hoped will enlarge the orchestras of the Junior and Senior High School, with the possibility of a school band." PENMANSHIP "The Zaner Method of Arm Movement Writing has been taught these past two and a half years throughout our schools. Our aim has not been so much to train our boys and girls to be excellent penmen as it has been to make them appre- ciate the value of good handwriting, thus radiecting careless- ness and illegibility. A word might be said at this point in regard to the teach- ing of Arm Movement, a subject causing much interest and discussion among penmen at the present time. In our schools we have endeavored to make plainess of form most important with secondary emphasis on movement. The popular opinion is that these two requisites of good writing can never be sue- cessfully separated. Experience has shown thatall form TOWN or LExINOTON 21 and no speed is useless. Likewise, too much emphasis on movement causes illegibility. The ideal method, then, and the course we are pursuing in our schools, is the close correlation of both requisites which is giving our pupils the ability to write legibly and rapidly as well. The individual work carried on in the sixth grades and Junior High School is causing a great deal of interest. Each child's writing is graded monthly by the Zaner Scale, his individual faults listed and lessons afterward given to direct- ly aid in overcoming these faults. Small graphs are made for each child, which cause hien to be keenly interested in his own improvement. In June these graphs will be on exhibi- tion in the grade and Junior High Schools. Lexington is most fortunate in being placed on the List of Massachusetts schools to receive the annual Carter's Ink Company Award for Better Penmanship. This award consists of a fountain pen and pencil set to be given to the boy or girl in our Junior High School who makes the most consistent improvement in his writing during the school year. As may be imagined, this has caused a great deal of enthusiasm and increased interest. Further interesthas been secured by the annual awarding of Zaner Method certificates, inter-sehool contests and a club period where engrossing, lettering and ornamental writing have been taught." EXTRACTS FROM SPECIAL REPORTS SCHOOL PHYSICIAN "As School Physician I have the following report to make: No. of pupils examined since fall opening of schools 2,112 No. of pupils with defective glands of neck 593 No. of pupils with defective teeth 601 No. of pupils with defective adenoids and tonsils 100 No. of pupils with defective heart 33 No. of pupils with defective :lungs 5 No. of pupils with corrected teeth 303 No. of pupils with corrected tonsils and adenoids 143 No. of pupils with corrected glands 2 There are still altogether too many unvaccinated pupils in our schools. With outbreaks of Small Pox in neighboring states of Connecticut and Maine and in Gardner in our own state, it may be Lexington's turn any time with so many un- vaccinated people in our midst. Parents should not neglect having their children vaccinated. 22 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT Again this past year several hundred more children have been Schick -tested and immunized against Diphtheria. It is now possible to immunize all persons in a community against. Diph- theria, Small -Pox and Typhoid, and if people would only avail themselves of these modern and safe methods of protection against contagious disease there would be fewer people later in life with crippled hearts and kidneys, which organs these diseases damage. Thanks to the ,watchfulness of the school nurse, several cases of scarlet fever, unrecognized by parents in the early stage and having had no physician in attendance to diagnose the true nature of the illness, were detected in school with hands and feet peeling, but in each instance con- tact cases due to these cases appeared sooner or later. How- ever, we had fewer cases in Lexington than many of our neighboring towns had. On the whole it is gratifying to note the resnonse par- ents are making in respect to the correcting of diseased tonsils and teeth. the two most glaring defects of children in the lower grades of school. The cooperation of all those with 'whom my work in the school brings me in contact is gratefully acknowledged and appreciated." SCHOOL NURSE "The health work in the schools is progressing each year as the principals and teachers begin to realize more and more its great importance. With defect corrected children are found to be able to do much better work in school. Parents have cooperated with the nurse in correcting defects found during the physical examinations. This year the schools cooperated with the State Depart- ment of Public Health in celebrating Child Health Day which was in May. Tags were given to each children wtih perfect teeth, correct weight and good posture. A child receiving three tags received special honors. Health plays were given as part of the program. Children were enthusiastic about earn- ing tags and are trying for another year. Number of children inspected in school 5,363 Number of children given first aid 143 Number of children excluded from school 73 Number of home visits made 619 Number of children inspected at home 41 Number of Hospital visits made '13 TOWN OP LEXINGTON 23 ATTENDANCE OFFICER Number of calls at Lome 375 Number of truants 58 Number of court cases 2 The two courf cases were sent to Chelmsford Training School. Three boys were released from the Training School on probation. One boy was returned to the school," VISUAL EDUCATION A widely discussed subject in the field of education today is "visual instruction", so named for lack of a better term. Eduation has been influenced by the use of the motion picture outside of the school as used in industries as well as in the theatres. As a vital force in education it is still in its infancy. We have scarcely had time to estimate its value in the teaching process, The film has come to us from the world of entertainment and has brought with it many handicaps. The greatest prob- lem is the confusing of entertainment ,careful learning. Such appealing devices should be a supplement to the oral and written methods'of study rather than a substitute for them. Because of the great popularity of the motion picture ex. travagant claims have been made for the results which as yet have not been fully justified. Some persons have gone so far as to say "Visual instruction will displace books in our schools." Such persons have failed to grasp the important truth that genuine learning can come only as the result of long and purposeful study. Despite many of the present alluring aids to study there is still "no royal road to learning". The term "Viseiai Instruction" has often been wrongly and narrowly understood, Broadly speaking it is not a new procedure in the teaching process. Visual instruction is simply the presentation of knowledge through the medium of sight. Seeing has always been a man's simplest and most na- tural means of gaining information. Objects, pictures, maps and charts have played an important part in teaching for cen- turies. Teachers have long regarded them not only as valuable but indispensable. The term, visual instruction, must include all devices which aid education through the process of seeing. They include all types of visual aids such as excursions, pic- tures, models, exhibits, charts, maps, graphs, stereographs, stereopticon slides and motion pictures. The introduction of these newer devices such as stereo- graphs and motion pictures have brought new problems. What 24 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT is the intrinsic value of them in our teaching? Will the use of them tend to retard or break down our ability to think? Or will it stimulate deeper thinking? Must learning be made more difficult in order to make it more lasting? These and many other questions must be carefully and scientifically con- sidered. We shall need to experiment with these matters be- fore they can be fully understood. Several important developments in thi, field have oc- curred recently. I shall mention only two of these. 1. The Yale University Pictures. 2. The Eastman Kodak experiment. The -Yale University Press has devoted much time and expense in picturizing "The Chronicles of America" in mo- tion picture form. Many periods of American IThtory have been completed. In every case the experts of history and of the motion picture have worked in unison with the purpose of -teaching United States History more effectively. These pietures are now being shown to the pupils of Lexington as well as to the townspeople. Perhaps the most significant experiment is that being conducted by the Eastman Kodak Company. They desired to experiment directly in the schools for a period of two years in order to ascertain the value of motion pictures as an agency in elass-room instruction. Certain schools in the country •were selected to cooperate in the experiment. The results of the enterprise should be available in the near future. We are using visual instruction in many ways in our different schools and will recommend the extension of this work as it is able to render greater service. These materials have come to stay and we are anxious to have the full benefit of their possibilities. ACCOMPLISHMENTS In the school report of 1924 and in subsequent reports I have committed myself to certain definite policies. After four and one-half years of service it seems'fltting that some account should be made of the aecomplishnients over that pe- riod of time. Some of the projects which I outlined in my first report as Superintendent have already been completed; some are the problems of our chief concern at the present time. I shall consider them briefly as follows:— IMPROVEMENT OF SCHOOL PLANT I should like to mention here my pride in the plant which Lexington has provided for its school needs and in the policy TOWN OF LEXINGTON 25 which the school committee has adopted for the proper up- keep. Your superintendent has given much of his time and thought to the inspection and maintenance of the school plant during the past four years. Extensive improvements in the way of painting, roofing, lighting, etc., have been made at the Adams School, Adams School Annex, Hancock School and Munroe School. These improvements with the. completion of the new Junior High School and -Senior High School and the addition to the Parker School provide us with school build- ings which are excelled by few communities, If this standard is to be maintained the town must continue to appropriate suf- ficient sums both for the work of upkeep and for the erection of additional buildings as the growth of the town demands them. II REVISION AND EXTENSION OF THE CURRICULUM During the past four years the different subjects taught in all the grades have been carefully revised both in respect to subject matter and to methods of instruction. Copies of the courses of study in English, Reading. Arithmetie, Penmanship and Geography have already been published. In many instances modern textbooks have been provided to replace old editions. Certainly no part of our program should receive more careful attention than the curriculum. It can- not be permanently revised for it is an ever-changing affair. But we must continually study to know what is best to elim- inate and what is best to retain. We must know what we teach, why we teach it and how we teach it. III CORRELATION OF SCHOOL WORK Mention has been made in previous reports of• the need of proper articulation between the work of the elementary schools and the_Junior High School, and in turn between the Junior High School and the Senior High School, Briefly, we have endeavored to correlate the work of all the grades in the following ways: 1. By continuing in the Junior High School and Senior High School the training already begun in the elementary schools in those elements of habit, skill and knowledge which should be a part of everyone's equipment. 2. By a gradual transition from the subject • matter and the methods of the elementary school to those of the special- ized High Sehool. 26 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT a. By gradually increasing departmentalized instruction, beginning about the sixth grade. b. By gradually increasing the number of elective sub- jeets, beginning in the eighth grade. c. By the introduction of general courses covering for- eign languages, social studies, mathematics, science, art work, business, etc. d. By admitting to special courses of study those pu- pils, regardless of promotion, who can profit better by the work of the secondary school than by that of the elemen- tary grades. 3. By promotion of pupils by subject after eompletion of the sixth grade. 4. By a careful study of all subject matter taught in the high schools. in group meetings of teachers of both schools. Teachers of Junior High School have been members of com- mittees on revising elementary school subjects. Visiting of teachers from one school to another within our own school system has been encouraged and careful study has been made of latest educational literature and courses of study. 5. By carefnl advice and guidance of pupils by members of the faculty of all schools. IV EXTENSION OF HEALTH PROGRAM 1. A program of physical education is now in operation in all of the grades. This work in the Junior High School and Senior IIigh School is in charge of two teachers of physi- cal training who also coach some of the athletic teams of the schools. They are assisted in our program of after school athletics by other teachers in the schools. The work in the grade schools is under the direction of training teachers from the Boston School of Physical Education. Organized play- ground work and the teaching of games have a prominent part in this program. 2. Our health work is in charge of a full time school nurse and a part time school physician. This work, carried on through all the schools, includes the following: A. Physical examination of all pupils by the Doctor and Nurse and the sending home of notices of all defects. B. Follow up work by the Nurse. C. Daily inspection of pupils suspected of any illness and the exclusion of those with symptoms of contagious dis- eases. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 27 D. Health talks, lectures, poster +work, dramatics, tooth brush drills, etc. E. Weighing of all pupils and special check up of under- weights. 3. Maintenance of lunch room for Junior and Senior High School pupils. 4. Emphasis of the need of health habits. V EXTENSION OF ARTS COURSES 1. We are now offering courses in Manual Arts and Household Arts for all pupils in the Junior High School and Senior High School. These courses include wood working, sheet metal work, mechanical drawing, etc. for the boys and sewing, cooking and household management for the girls. We hear a great deal now about "muscular coordination". This term and its application have come into our seheme of American education through the development of shop work. In the early schools no attention was paid to the development of good muscular coordination. Mental development was the only duty of the school. A child was thought to be awkward or skillful and the matter rested there. All physical devlop- ment was gained outside of school either at work or play. We are just beginning to understand the possibilities of this work. We know now that mental and manual develop- ment must go hand in hand; that the emphasis must not be laid upon trade learning alone but rather upon the formation of better mind and muscle habits. 2. Time was when free hand drawing or Art was con- sidered a frill and a non-essential in fhe public schools, but today when each subject is being carefully weighed for its full value we find art work taking a prominent place in all high grade school systems. The correlation of art with almost all school subjects is found in the classroom today_ In teach- ing silent reading in the primary grades this work is used extensively. In the teaching of geography, history, nature study. even in Arithmetic, drawing has come to fill an im- portant place. Through poster making, which is an important part of the school art program, such subjects as health, safety, thrift, courtesy, fire prevention and conservation are taught. While ewe do not maintain that every child who makes a poster for "clean teeth" or "safety" always obeys the suggestion, yet certainly his attention is brought to the factin a forceful way. 28 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT Perhaps the greatest function of art in the public schools is to teach the thing called good taste. Unfortunately, few people have this gift naturally. Many times each day we are called upon to make choices between the good and the poor in design and color and arrangement. Consciously or uncon- sciously we must apply the principals of art if we are to solve these problems correctly. This ability the children are being taught so that they may apply it in their everyday ac- tivities. Beauty undonbtedly .has a great effect upon char- acter, and while we do not believe that all children reared in beautiful surroundings are necessarily good children, we do believe that his chances are better for being good. VI INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION The need of providing individual instruction has already been discussed in this report.__ This need is being supplemented in the following ways: 1. By special or opportunity classes. 2. By Summer School. The summer school is in session during five weeks of the summer vacation. The aim of this school is to assist pupils whose work in any subject is below passing due to absence or other reason and to make it possible for thein to continue their work in regular standing. Three teach'ers were employed in the school during the past summer. Of the total enrollment of 72 pupils more than 80 percent were enabled to continue with their regular class. 3. By Evening School. For several years a class in Americanization has been held in Lexington. The chief aim of this course is to help those who have recently come to America in their desire to become American citizens. We are joining with the Town of Arlington in providing an evening class in Americanization work for women in the eastern section of the town. VII SELECTION OF TEACHING FORCE More prospective teachers are graduating from the Nor- mal Schools and Colleges every June than there are positions to be filled. Despite this fact it is very difficult to find su- perior teachers rwith experience. This task of selecting new members of our teaching force, I consider, one of the most important of a Superintendent. Y TowN OF LEXINGTON • 29 have given much time and thought to it in the past and feel justified in doing so. I am very grateful for the recent increases in salary sched- ule which are now in operation. Our salaries now compare favorably with those of other towns of our size and character. While competition for superior teachers is still keen, the increase in our salary schedule should work to our advantage in retaining the best teachers. ❑III TRANSPORTATION A total of 315 children are now furnished with trans- portation. They are distributed among the different schools as follows : Adams 61 Hancock 103 Munroe 68 Parker 83 Of this number 151 are transported by the Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Company over their regular routes. The others are conveyed in buses under contract with the School Department. These buses are all of a modern type. CONCLUSION With the charging modes of life the past few decades it is inevitable that the schools should be affected materially. In view of this fact we must formulate policies that the schools of tomorrow may be better than those of todrQ.y. Criticism is inevitable. We appreciate constructive criticism which leads to the greatest good of all. However, we believe a reasonable evaluation -of our schools will lead to the conclusion that they are functioning upon a sound educational basis. Again it becomes my privilege to express appreciation to all who have made possible the continued success of our schools. Only with the cooperation of all, school committee, teachers and citizens, has such success been possible. Respectfully submitted, THOMAS S. GRINDLE, Superintendent. 30 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT ROSTER OF TEACHERS IN LEXINGTON SCHOOLS Manfred L, Warren Irving F. Sherwood Theodore W. Anderson Adelbert M. Jakeman F. Evelyn Brown Anne L. Forsyth Grace P. French Amy Campbell Dorothy B. Conway Bertha V. Hayward Margaret S. Holmes Cora D. Leighton Helen McIntyre Elsa W. Regestein Ruth A. Walcott Hazel W. Hargrove Merrill F. Nor]in Philip M. Caughey Arnold W. Lunt Gladys M. Anderson Beatrice T. Cummings Miriam R. Ewart Dorothy L. Fish Carolyn R. Gower Eunice Harvey Elizabeth Hazeltine Greta Helgren Harriet J. Hodgkins Annie M. Nickerson Emily W. Payson Muriel A. Rollins SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Principal A.ssistant Principal Bookkeeping, Law English Stenography English Director of Study Commercial Science History English Latin History, Economics Mathematics French Clerk Where Educated 0 0 g 74 Bowdoin Cortege 1 N. H. State College 3 Boston University -- Bates College — Chandler Sec. School 2 Smith College 7 Wellesley College 17 Burdett College — Boston University — Univ. of Maine 10 Tufts College — Radcliffe College 10 Boston University 2 Mt. Holyoke Co!. 20 Wellesley College 8 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PriacipaI History Science Civics English English Latin Mathematics Geography Science Drawing Composition History, Mucic Mathematics Mathematics Wesleyan Univ. 2 Bowdoin College Boston 'University -- Bridgewater Normal 4 Bridgewater Normal 1 Wellesley College 4 Wheaton College 8 Wheaton College 2 Br1dgewater Normal 1 Wheaton College 1 New School Design — G1ourester Tr. 8 Salem Normal 1 Plymouth Normal 4 Moses Brown School 1 TowN OF LEXINGTON Laura M. Sweet Guidance, English Ursula E. Tetreau French Blanche L. Whelpley Mathematics Radcliffe College Bates College Salem Normal JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS Richard Crawley Grace Menne A. Irving Dodge Robert Proctor Helen H. Baker Ethelyn Haslam Flora R. Hall Elsie E. Williams Margaret L. Lyman Anne Curtin Etta M. Taylor Helen E. Sullivan Harriet E. Bryer Frances P. Ferguson Marguerite A. Hawkins Viola Cashman Marjorie E. Llewelyn Margaret A. Keefe Catherine Tobin Maude E. Adlington Blanche CIark Gertrude A. Greene Jennie F. Blodgett Viola Tellier Arlene E. Rowe Alice Patch Neva G. Mitchell Alma Tlmper Margaret B. Noyes Harriet S, French Edna L. Stone Lena E. Fiske Olive M. Strangman Mildred Davis Lucy Dodson Elaine B. Dunn Katherine Hennessy Lida B. Kelley Kate A. Brooks Elsie M. Philbriek F/orence Ricker Physical Education Physical Education Manual Arts Manual Arts Household Arts Household Arts ADAMS SCHOOL Principal Grade I ] II II II III III & IV Iv v VI VI Opportunity Springtieid Train. Boston Sch. P. E. Mass. State Course Fitchburg Normal Framingham Normal Framingham Normal 31 8 1 I3 2 a 2 Gorham Normal 2 Framingham Normal 2 Oneonta Normal 1 No. Adams Normal 1 Voohree's Normal 15 Fitchburg Normal Keene Normal No, Adams Normal 1. Keene Normal — Salem Normal 2 Framingham Normal — Keene Normal — Bridgewater Normal 4 HANCOCK SCHOOL Principal Simmons College 10 Grade I Gorham Normai — I Bridgewater Normal — 11 Bridgewater Normal 84 II Lowell Normal 2 III Leslie School 2 III Gorham Normal IV Quincy Train. 26 IV Framingham Normal — V Bridgewater Normal 11 VI No. Adams Normal 14 VI Gorham Normal --- Part time assistant MUNROE SCHOOL Principal & VI Framingham Normal 3 Grade I I & II II III IV V Opportunity Assistant Framingham Normal Lowell Normal Keene Normal Salem Norma] Caetine Normal Keene Normal Presque Isle Normal Fitchburg Normal I 11 1 3 32 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT PARKER SCHOOL Ruth E. Morrison Principal & VI Plymouth Normal 6 Gertrude C. O'Brien Grade I Bridgewater Norma/ 1 Elizabeth L. Call II Farmington Normal 1 May E. Towle III Gorham Normal 2 Alice F. Tucker IV Bridgewater Normal 1 Martha L. Lane V Gloucester Train, 9 Ruth Sudbury Opportunity Lowell Normal 2 Elsa Nelson Assistant Framingham Normal — Helen F. Spooner Alyce E. Fenton Evelyn E. Faulds SUPERVISORS Music Drawing Penmanship Framingham Normal 2 New i;'ohool Design 2 Salem Normal 2 SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Dr. W. L, Barnes 365 Mass. Avenue, Lexington Tel. Lex. 0410 SCROOL NURSE AND ATTENDANCE OFFICER Elsie G. Weltch 16 Bailey Road, Arlington AMERICANIZATION TEACHER Gladys M. Anderson 48 Forest Street, Lexington Tel, Arl. 1915-M Tel. Lex. 0472-M TOWN OF LEXINGTON TEACHERS' RESIGNATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND TRANSFERS -1928 Name Bion C. Merry N. Elizabeth Lyons Margaret R. Waddell Ivy M 1ranahan Alice C. Clarke Mabel B. Cook Lester W. Dearborn Lucille DeReynolds Elizabeth L. Facey Louise M. Gilpatrick Edmund R. Johnson Marion H. Jubb Marion J. Keyes Mary C. Killay Helen F. Libby Mary C. Lusk Juliet Morehouse Betsy H, Morton Annette O'Neil Mamie E. Silverthorn Dorothy Stack Elizabeth Walton Gertrude M. Miller Sarah E. Thomas Reina Leek Name Manfred L. Warren Theodore W. Anderson Helen H. Baker Kate A. Brooks Harriet E. Bryer Amy Campbell Philip M. Caughey Blanche Clark Dorothy B. Conway EIaine B. Dunn Gertrude A. Greene Marguerite A. Hawkins Margaret S. Holmes Ade]bert M. Jakeman Margaret A. Keefe Reina Leek Marjorie R. Liewelyn Arnold W. Lunt Alice E. Patch Robert A. Proctor RESIGNATIONS School Senior High Senior High Adams Junior High Special Hancock Special Senior High Hancock Adams Junior High Munroe Hancock Adams Special Junior High Munroe Senior High Adams Hancock Adams Senior High Junior High Hancock Junior High APPOINTMENTS Soh cm)! Senior High Senior High Special Munroe Adams Senior High Junior High Hancock Senior High Munroe Hancock Adams Senior High Senior High Mains Junior High Adams Junior High Hancock Special 33 Date Jan. 1, 1928 Mar. 1, 1928 Mar. 9, 1928 Apr. 27, 1928 June 22, 1928 June 22, 1928 Tune 22, 1928 June 22, 1928 .Tune 22, 1928 June 22, 1928 June 22, 1928 June 22, 1928 June 22, 1928 June 22, 1928 June 22, 1928 June 22, 1928 June 22, 1928 June 22, 1928 June 22, 1928 June 22, 1928 June 22, 1928 June 22, 1928 July 16, 1928 Nov. 9, 1928 Dec. 22, 1928 Began Service Feb. 20, 1928 Sept. 10, 1928 Sept. 10, 1928 Sept. 10, 1928 Sept. 10, 1928 Sept. 10, 1928 Sept. 10, 1928 Sept. 10, 1928 Sept. 10, 1928 Sept. 10, 1928 Sept. 10, 1928 Sept. 10, 1928 Sept. 10, 1928 'Sept. 10, 1928 Sept. 10, 1928 Sept. 10, 1928 Sept. 10, 19'28 Sept. 10, 19'28 Sept. 10, 1928 Sept. 10, 1928 34 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT Grace Renne Special A. Florence Ricker Munroe Sarah E. Thomas Hancock Alma L. Timper Hancock Lucy Dodson Munroe Edna L. Stone Hancock Helen E. Sullivan Adams Greta Helgren Junior High Elsa Nelson Parker Name Carolyn R. Gower Frances F. Ferguson TRANSFERS From To Senior High Junior High Munroe Adams Sept. 10, 1928 Sept. 10, 1928 Sept. 10, 1928 Sept. 10, 1928 Oct. 1, 1928 Nov. 6, 1928 Jan. 2, 1929 Jan. 2, 1929 Jan. 14, 1929 Date Sept. 10, 1928 •Sept. 10, 1928 VOCATIONAL SCHOOL PUPILS -1928 School Courses Dressmaking Catering Carpentry Machine Boston Trade 2 2 1 Somerville Yoe. 1 2 Waltham Voc. 1 Cambridge Eve. 2 Total 2 2 4 3 Total 5 3 1 2 11 TOWN Op LEXINOTON 35 PRIZES -1928 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Robert P. Clapp Oral Es' say Prize• Robert P. Clapp Written Essay Prize George O. Smith Essay Prize Hallie C. Blake Prizes French Scholarship Medals Washington and Franklin Medal American gion Atliletic Medals ,., D. A. R. Patriotic Essay Contest Alden Colgate Gilcreast Margaret Maxwell Lewis Deborah Allen Webster David McGibbon Deborah Allen Webster 1. Robert Woodward Perry 2. Catherine M. McGrath 8. Elizabeth Redman Nichols Alden William Webber .Vohn W. Porter Mary Rita Collins 1. aladys Andrews 2. Catherine M. McGrath JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL French Medals 1. Ellen Wrightington 2. Emma Gittzus 3. Harriet Pearson ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS French Meda1i Adams School 1. Elizabeth Serrilla 2. John Castelii 3. Frances McCarron Hancock School 1. Randall Richards 2. David Freeman 3. Ernest Zuretti Munroe School 1, Margaret Sullivan 2. Constance Truran 3. John Quinlan Parker School 1. Ernest Williams, Jr. 2. Mary Harrigan 3. Sally Walker Putnam Prize Hancock School Randall Richards 36 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT DISTRIBUTION OF SENIOR HIGHSCHOOL PUPILS BY COURSES -1928-1929 College Business General Total Grade X 54 70 54 178 Grade XI 62 44 26 132 Grade XII and Post -Graduates 37 35 30 102 Total 153 149 110 412 DISTRIBUTION OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS BY SUBJECTS Subject Grade Grade Grade P. G. Total X XI XII 1. English 178 131 96 3 408 2. French 48 65 28 3 144 3. Latin 48 39 10 2 99 4. American History 1 96 2 99 5. European History 15 15 6. World History 80 1 81. 7. Plane Geometry 52 1 1 64 8. Advanced Geometry 53 1 54 9. Advanced Algebra 55 3 3 61 10. Solid Geometry 11 1 12 11. Stenography 16 13 29 12. Typewriting 60 38 26 124 13. Commercial Geography 100 2 2 104 14. Bookkeeping 75 20 4 99 15. Clerical Training 15 16 31 16. Business Training 27 1 28 17. Commercial Law 31 31 18. Economics 32 32 19. Biology 101 1 7 109 20. Chemistry 15 11 26 21. Physics 2 10 12 22. Practical Physics 53 2 55 '23, Household Science 25 2 27 24. Household Arts 18 11 5 34 25. Manual Arts 18 18 7 43 26. Mechanical Drawing 19 18 14 51 27. Shop Mathematics 19 18 9 46 23. Drawing 32 11 12 55 29. Music 36 26 2.6 88 30. Orchestra 16 9 7 32 31. Physical Education 175 130 94 1 400 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 37 WHAT OUR GRADUATES ARE DOING Class of 1928 Bernard H. Anderson Commercial Business Brokers, Inc. Margaret J. Andresen Homeopathic Hospital in February Louise Armstrong Chamber of Commerce Amy Madeline Banks Moved Away Ellen H. Barbour Grimmer School Anna Baldwin Barnes New England Conservatory of Music Lena May Barry Burdett College Isabel Boyce Lester E. Smith Joseph L. Broadbent Bryant & Stratton Commercial School Solglad A. Burtch Jackson College Vincent Paul Carroll Lexington Water Department Edward F. Chapin Boston Architectural School Charles Edward Clark Post_Graduate Velma Inez Cole New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. Maiy Rita Collins Bryant & Stratton Commercial School Beatrice Mae Creed At Home Edwara M. Dalrymple Working for Father Helen Delano Green Stores Inc. C. Alden Dolan Boston Art School in February David Doran Galvin Flower Shop Eileen A. Fitzpatrick Post -Graduate at Arlington High School Gardner L. Frost Amherst College Alden Colgate Gilcreast Harvard College Maraca Holmes Glidden , Smith College Carl E. Good At Home Franklin Union Technical First National Stores Inc, Andover Academy Bradford Academy Wentworth Institute Bryant & Stratton Commercial School Houghton & Dutton Company Simmons College Cambridge Haskell School Batchelder & Snyder Company Radcliffe College in 1929 Post -Graduate In California At Home Exeter Academy Town of Lexington Sargent School of Physical Education William Filene's Sons Company George W. Harrod John J. 'Harvey Alton H. Hathaway, Perlis Hathaway Charles E. Heath Charles E. Holt, Jr Wm. Hewes Hunneman Ann Kimball Marian Mills Kimball Albert Kleinberg Margaret Maxwell Lewis Robert W. Lewis Chester K. Lind Ruth M. Livermore Robert W. Lowe Ina May Lyford Thelma Adella Lowell Margaret Anna Maloney Jr... Institute 38 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT Katherine M. McDevitt .. John McDonnell Charles Paul McEnroe David McGibbon John Joseph McGovern Catherine M. McGrath Edward H. Mara, Jr. Dorothy May Melanson Elizabeth Redman Nichols Joe Napoli Mary Nici Inga Nicklarson Emily Nutt A. Clifford Oliver Robert Woodward Perry Agnes H. Pewtherer Rose Theresa Pierro John W. Porter Amelia Prilgousky George W. Proctor, Jr Olive Russell Gladys. Aix Hermina Martha Banding Marg''llerite E, Seften Rita Margaret Serrilla Mary M. Sherman William D. Sherman Jean Slocombe Evelyn May Stockbridge Gertrude M. Sullivan Ruby Hilma Swanson George H, Sweetnam E%anor h. Trowbridge Estrer M. Truesdell Alden William Webber , Deborah Allen Webster Penelope R. Webster Maurice E. Woodward Fellsway Cheese Company Bentley •School of Accounting & Finance Lexington Golf Club Lexington Coal Company Post -Graduate At Home Lincoln Institute Homeopathic Hospital in February Mount Holyoke College Carpenter's Apprentice Sears -Roebuck & Company Office Work Bryant & Stratton Commercial School American Trust Company Harvard College John Hancock Life Insurance Company Arlington Dye Company Western Electric Company Arlington Dye Company Hebron Academy Bradford Academy Burdett College F. W. Ross Company Arlington S ym m e s Hospital Salem Normal School Office Work Burdett College Cornell University C, Iice Work Office Work New England Conservatory of Music Hebron Academy Jackson College Married Paine, Webber & Company Manter Hail School Boston Art School First National Stores Inc. School Parker Hancock Munroe Adams Sunior High TOWN of LEXINGTON LEXINGTON SCHOOL SAVINGS 50 80 77 98 34 12 14 17 42 88 0 G 3 x 2,582 6,050 `4,178 4,006 2,039 Z 11 14 17 43 95 ro a ate, C 39 December 31, 1928 $1,719.43 2,383.75 1,102.23 1,269.24 934.58 d z R o 4 $5.60 $1,713.82 6.56 2,376.79 7.75 1,094.48 22.18 1,237.06 48.07 846.51 Totals 389 174 18,855 105 $7,399.23 690.56 57,308.67 1927 Forward 2,386 394 54,507 506 28,038-58 941.57 22,797.01 Grand Totals 3,725 568 73,882 686 520,437.81 $332.13 $0,105.68 MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE (Extract from School Returns to the State Department of Education) School Year Ending June 30, 1928 Pupils Enrolled Elementary High Total Boys 825 250 1,075 Girls 710 322 1,032 Total 1,635 572 2,107 Non -Resident Pupils (including State Wards) who attended the schools for not leas than half the school year 19 114 133 Aggregate Attendance 255,176 94,442 349,618 Average Daily Attendance 1,388 515 1,903 Average Number of Days the Public Schools were Actually in Session 184 184 184 Average Membership 1,479 541 2,020 TOWN REPORT INDEX Elective Officers Appointive Officers Lexington Town Records Committees Appointed at Various Town Meetings Warrant for Town Meeting, March 5, 1928 Annual Town Meeting and Election ofOfficers, March 5, 1928 Adjourned Town Meeting, March 12, 1928 Adjourned Town Meeting, March 26, 1928 Warrant for Presidential Primary, April 24, 1928 Presidential Primary, April 24, 1928 Warrant .for Town Meeting, June 28, 1928 Town Meeting, June 28, 1928 Warrant for State Primary, September 18, 1928 Primary Election,September 18, 1928 Amendment to the Zoning By -Late Warrant for Presidential State Election, Nov, 6, Presidential State Election, November 6, 1928 Warrant for Town Meeting, November 26, 1928 Town Meeting, November 26, 1928 Adjourned Town Meeting, December 17, 1928 Representative Election, November 16, 1928 Warrant for Town Meeting, January 7, 1929 Committee Reports Appropriation Committee Town Clerk, Report of Births Recorded for the Year 1928 Marriages Recorded for the Year 1928 Deaths Recorded for the Year 1928 Health Officer, Report of Health Inspector, Report of Milk Inspector, Report of Animal Inspector, Report of Dental Clinic, Report of Slaughtering Inspector, Report of Plumbing Inspector, Report of Middlesex County Extension Service Moth Superintendent, Report of Forest Fire Warden, Report of Wire Inspector, Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of Building Inspector, Report of Town Counsel, Report of 3 4 7 9 15 18 33 38 40 46 56 65 67 74 1928 76 78 87 91 102 106 107 109 114 115 123 128 132 133 135 137 139 140 141 143 145 146 147 148 150 152 INDEX Police Department, Report of 156 Superintendent of Parks, Report of 159 Superintendent of Streets, Report of 163 Town Engineer, Report of 166 Superintendent of Water and Sewer Department, Report of 170 Town Treasurer, Report of 181 Trustees of Public Trusts, Report of 182 Trustees of Bridge Oharitable Fund 1928, Report of 189 Superintendent of Public Works, Report of 191 Selectmen, Report of 198 Jury List 259 Planning Board, Report of 262 Cemetery Commissioners, Report of 264 Fire Engineer, Report of 265 Assessors, Report of 267 Tax Collector, Report of 269 Librarian, Report of 271 Trustees Cary Memorial Library, Report of 277 Library Treasurer, Report of 280 •Town Accountant, Report of Treasurer's Receipts 281 Departmental Expenditure 287 Director of Accounts 322 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT School Committee for 1928, Report of 3 School Committee Organization, Report of 4 School Committee, Report of 6 Financial Statement 10 Superintendent, Report of 11 School Physician, Report of 21 School Nurse, Report of 22 Attendance Officer, Report of 23 Roster of Teachers 30