Official reports of the town of Wayland 1851-1876, Part 9

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1851
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 420


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House,


$1,500


Shed,


30


House Lot,


1-4 acre,


200


Total,


$1,730


CHARLES H. TRUMBULL.


House (unfinished),


$600


House Lot,


1-2 acres,


125


Total,


$725


6


42 SARAH THAYER.


House,


$1,450


House Lot,


1-4 acre, 100


Total,


$1,550


- -0-


TREASURER OF THE FIRST PARISH. River Meadow


16 acres, $200


JOSEPH W. THOMPSON.


House,


$650


House,


75


Barn,


400


Shop and Shed,


125


Mowing and Tillage,


18 acres,


1,200


Pasture,


28


840


Woodland,


12


360


Brook Meadow,


9


225


Total,


75


$4,095


-0-


ISAAC UNDERWOOD.


House,


$400


Barn,


50


Mowing and Tillage,


20 acres,


800


Woodland,


4


100


Brook Meadow,


3


90


Total,


27


$1,440


- -0-


SAMUEL UNDERWOOD.


Woodland,


6 acres, $90


JULIA A. UNDERWOOD.


House,


$400


Barn,


40


House Lot,


1-2 acre,


125


Total,


$565


WILLIAM F. ULMAN.


$2,400


Barn,


Pasture and Woodland,


24 acres,


550


Total,


$3,300


House,


350


-0-


8


320


43 WILLIAM VIDEON.


House, $200


Barn,


75


Mowing and Tillage,


4 acres,


240


Pasture, Woodland,


4


100


8


320


Total,


16


$935


-0-


KEZIAH WELLINGTON.


House,


$1,900


House Lot,


1-2 acre,


$200


Total,


$2,100


- -0 ---


THOMAS F. WADE.


$1,800


Barn,


100


House Lot,


1 acre,


350


Total,


$2,250


-0-


ADDIE H. WELLINGTON.


House,


$1,800


Barn and Shed,


500


Shed,


250


Mowing and Tillage,


8 acres,


560


Pasture and Woodland,


21


505


Woodland,


10


450


Total,


39


$4,065


-- 0-


WILLARD B. WARD.


House,


$1,700


Shop,


40


House Lot,


1-2 acre,


200


Total,


$1,940


-0-


MARY A. WARD.


House,


$200


Barn,


550


Mowing and Tillage,


5 acres,


1,075


Total,


$1,825


WILLIAM WARD.


$1,700


House, Barn,


125


House,


44


Mowing and Tillage, Pasture, Woodland,


4 acres,


$260


7


140


18 1-8


200


20


600


River Meadow,


3


45


Total, 52 1-8


$3,070


JOSEPH A. WING.


Pasture and Woodland,


3 1-2 acres,


$175


10-


WILLIAM WHITTEMORE.


House,


$300


Barn,


400


Mowing and Tillage,


15 acres,


750


Pasture,


13


250


Pasture and Woodland,


17


420


25


450


Woodland,


7


125


66


6


350


7


200


River Meadow,


12


180


Total,


102


$3,425


-0-


S. B. H. WHITNEY.


House and Shop,


$500


House Lot,


1-8 acre,


75


Total,


$575


HENRY WIGHT.


Pasture,


8 acres,


$360


Woodland,


32


875


River Meadow,


4


40


Total,


44


$1,275


-0-


JOHN B. WIGHT.


House,


$1,600


Barn,


125


Mowing and Tillage,


7 acres,


1,050


Woodland,


10


675


1


60


River Meadow,


6


60


-


Total, 24 ·


$3,570


45 HARRIETT S. WYMAN.


House,


$2,400


Barn,


400


Mowing and Tillage,


13 acres,


1,170


Pasture,


3


90


Total,


16


$4,060


MARIA & LUCEBA WILLIS.


House and Shed,


$825


House Lot,


1-4 acre, 50


Total,


$875


- -0-


EMMA WHITNEY.


House,


$1,000


House Lot,


1 acre,


325


Total,


$1,325


-0-


GEORGE F. WEEKS.


House,


$1,100


Barn,


250


Mowing and Tillage,


11 acres,


565


Pasture,


26


415


Brook Meadow,


3


60


River Meadow,


9


135


Total, 49


$2,525


NON-RESIDENTS.


CITY OF BOSTON.


Pasture and Woodland, 24 acres, $4,800


-0- JAMES C. WADE.


House,


$2,000


Mowing and Tillage,


54 acres,


1,000


Pasture and Woodland,


32


850


Total, 56


$3,850


-0-


GEORGE BEMIS.


Woodland,


11 acres,


$275


GEORGE FOSTER.


River Meadow,


18 acres,


$270


EBENEZER JOHNSON.


Woodland,


19 acres,


$800


0- -


BRIGHTON.


WILLIAM H. RICE.


2 Houses,


$250


2 Barns,


125


Mowing and Tillage,


10 acres,


450


Pasture,


13


325


Woodland,


25


600


Total, 48 $1,750


-0-


47 EDMUND RICE.


Mowing and Tillage, 29 1-2 acres, $1,475


Pasture andWoodland, 70


2,100


Total, 99 1-2 -0-


$3,575


HORACE BRACKETT'S HEIRS.


Woodland,


16 acres, $300


CONCORD.


GEO. HAYWARD & SAM. STAPLES. River Meadow, 6 acres, $90


-0-


FRAMINGHAM.


S. F. TWITCHELL.


Tillage and Meadow, 0-


13 acres, 500


JOTHAM HAVEN'S HEIRS.


River Meadow, -0-


3 acres, $45


WYMAN BRADBURY.


Mowing and Tillage, 9 acres, $250


-


CATHERINE HAMMOND.


Tillage and Woodland, 4 acres, $200


-0-


HARRISON HAMMOND.


House (unfinished),


$600


Tillage and Woodland,


4 acres, 200


Total, -0


JOHN SANDERSON.


River Meadow, 2 acres, $30


- -0- -


RACHEL O. PLANDER.


River Meadow,


1 acre, $15


CHARLES FISK.


River Meadow, 17 acres, $170


$800


48 TIMOTHY A. STONE. Meadow and Woodland, - -0- WINDSOR MOULTON'S HEIRS.


2 acres, $50


River Meadow, 3 1-2 acres, $70


ALFRED WISWELL.


River Meadow, 4 acres, $40


SUMNER STONE.


River Meadow,


3 acres,


$60


0-


GEO. BULLARD'S HEIRS.


Woodland,


10 acres,


$100


4


160


5


200


Total,


19


$760


LINCOLN. JAMES FARRER.


Woodland,


45 acres,


$900


66


5


150


18


540


6


90


River Meadow,


8


$160


Total, 82


$1,840


JOHN W. FARRER.


River Meadow,


6 acres,


$120


0-


ENOS SHERMAN.


Barn,


$350


Barn,


75


Mowing and Tillage,


4 acres,


· 200


Pasture,


12


220


Total,


16


$845


-0-


JOHN FASKER.


Mowing and Tillage,


5 1-2 acres, $275


49


SCHUYLER PARKS' HEIRS.


River Meadow,


15 1-2 acres, $310


0-


ELIZA PARKS.


River Meadow,


7 1-2 acres, $150


DANIEL HAYNES.


Pasture,


7 acres, 140


Woodland,


54


1,620


Total, 61


$1,760


-0-


THOMAS JENKINSON'S ESTATE.


Woodland,


8 acres,


$235


-0-


MICHAEL & THOMAS MURPHY.


Pasture,


33 acres,


$755


Woodland,


3


200


Total,


36


$955


- -0-


JOHN D. SHERMAN.


Woodland,


24 acres,


$720


River Meadow,


12


150


Total,


36


$870


NATICK. PAUL LOKER. .


River Meadow,


4 acres, $80


-0- -


ISAAC JENNISON.


River Meadow,


4 acres, $80


EPHRAIM JENNINGS' HEIRS.


Mowing and Tillage,


14 acres,


$560


-


WILLARD MOORE.


Mowing and Tillage,


4 acres, $2,800


Pasture and Woodland,


9


1,300


Total, 13 $4,100


7


50 MARTIN BADGER.


River Meadow, 3 acres, $60


-


THOMAS F. HAMMOND.


Pasture and Woodland, 17 1-4 acres, $710


Mowing and Tillage,


5


1,000


River Meadow,


6 60


Total, 28 1-4


$1,770


EPHRAIM LOKER'S HEIRS.


Mowing and Tillage,


4 acres, $100


OLIVER FELCHI.


River Meadow, 4 acres,


$80


KEZIAH HOBBS.


River Meadow,


1 1-2 acres,


$30


10-


ABIGAIL GOODNOW.


River Meadow, 1 acre,


$20


01


O. A. FELCH & CHAS. HUBNER'S HEIRS.


River Meadow, 5 1-2 acres, $110


·0-


CHARLES HUBNER'S HEIRS.


. Pasture,


7 acres, $175


-0-


THOMAS COOLEDGE'S HEIRS.


River Meadow,


2 acres, $20


MATILDA HOWLAND.


House Lot,


1-2 acre, 100


HENRY GOODNOW.


Woodland,


6 acres, $180


JOHN HOLMES.


Woodland,


4 acres, $160


-0- -


51 LEXINGTON. THADDEUS TOWER. River Meadow,


2 acres, $20


NEWTON. HODIJAH B. BRAMAN.


House, Barn,


$1,000 600


Other Buildings,


50


Mowing and Tillage,


24 acres,


3,600


Pasture,


33


1,650


Brook Meadow,


9


360


Woodland,


4


120


Total, 70


$7,380


SUDBURY. CYRUS TAYLOR'S ESTATE.


Tillage, Pasture and Meadow, 39 1-2 acres, $1,000


-0- JOSEPH SMITH.


River Meadow, 5 acres, $50


GEORGE GOODNOW.


Mowing and Tillage,


2 1-2 acres, $100


River Meadow, "


6


60


21-2


30


Total, 11


$190


-0- DEXTER C. JONES.


Woodland,


10 acres, $425


- -0- -


GEO. BARTON & LEANDER IIAYNES.


Woodland and Meadow, 7 acres, $112


0


ELBRIDGE BENT &ABIJAH POWERS.


River Meadow, 4 acres, $60


JOHN HUNT.


River Meadow,


11 acres, $125


-0-


52 GEORGE HEARD.


River Meadow, 12 acres, $120


-0-


WILLARD WALKER.


River Meadow,


4 acres, $60


-0-


OWEN McCANN.


Mowing and Tillage,


13 acres, $975


-0-


SUSAN A. RICHARDSON.


House,


$250


Barn,


50


House Lot,


2 acres,


$200


Total,


$500


AARON STONE'S HEIRS.


Woodland,


15 acres,


$265


-0-


GEORGE SMITHI.


River Meadow,


7 acres,


$70


- -0- -


ISRAEL RICE.


River Meadow,


5 acres,


$50


NAHUM GOODNOW'S HEIRS.


River Meadow,


4 acres,


$40


JOHN FARR.


River Meadow,


15 acres,


$225


5


75


Total,


20


$300


-0-


ASAHEL DAKIN.


River Meadow,


10 acres,


$100


2


20


Total,


12


$120


- -0-


JOIIN EATON.


Mowing, Tillage and Woodland,


15 acres, $520


-0-


LORING EATON'S HEIRS.


Tillage, Woodland and Meadow, 2 1-2 acres,


$1,000


.


-


53 AYER. CHARLOTTE SPAULDING.


Woodland,


15 acres, $600


SOMERVILLE. EPHRAIM STONE.


Woodland,


8 acres, $500


-0- -


NORTH BRIDGEWATER. ELLIS PACKARD.


Woodland,


1 acre, $80


CHICAGO, ILL. CHARLES H. RICE.


House,


$2,100


Barn,


200


House Lot,


1 1-4 acre,


300


Total,


$2,600


-0-


WORCESTER. WILLIAM V. CHALONER.


Mowing and Tillage,


3 acres,


$210


-0-


WALTHAM. JOSIAH RUTTER.


House,


$1,500


Barn,


800


2-3 Barn,


150


Mowing and Tillage,


20 acres,


1,300


66


18


1,260


Pasture,


7


175


Total, 45


$5,185


-0-


JAMES W. DUDLEY.


Woodland,


3 acres, $100


-0-


SAMUEL E. PERRY.


Woodland,


4 acres, $80


54 WATERTOWN. JESSE WHEELER.


Woodland, 66 River Meadow,


6 acres,


$300


2


80


.7


70


-


Total,


15


$450


WESTON.


FRANK BIGELOW.


House,


$200


House,


200


Mowing and Tillage,


1 1-2 acres, 12


960


Pasture,


8


240


Brook Meadow,


6


60


Total, 27 1-2


$1,795


- -0-


SIMEON BROWN.


Pasture and Woodland,


40 acres,


$1,500


0-


DANIEL LIVERMORE.


Woodland, 66


9 acres,


$380


9


245


Total, 18


$625


-0-


WILLIAM HASTINGS.


16 acres, $400


NATHAN BARKER.


River Meadow,


7 acres, $140


-0 --


SUSAN WHITE.


Woodland,


12 acres,


$300


-0- -


INCREASE LEADBETTER.


8 acres,


$120


Woodland,


-0-


SWIFT LEADBETTER'S HEIRS.


River Meadow, 10 acres, $100


Pasture,


- -0- -


135


55 GEORGE UPIIAM.


River Meadow,


3 acres, $30


-0-


EDMUND H. SEARS.


Woodland,


5 acres, $200


MERICK UPHAM.


River Meadow,


3 acres, $30


NAHUM SMITII.


Pasture and Woodland,


14 acres, $240


DAVID VILES.


River Meadow, 3 acres, $30


-0-


JOHN WARREN.


River Meadow,


6 1-2 acres, $115


-0-


REUBEN WYMAN.


River Meadow,


6 1-2 acres, $115


- -- 0-


AUGUSTUS FISK'S HEIRS.


River Meadow,


4 acres, $40


J. B. CASE.


River Meadow,


19 acres,


$380


-- 0-


FRANCIS HASTINGS.


River Meadow,


2 acres, $20


THOMAS TEELE.


River Meadow,


4 acres, $60


GEORGE STRATTON.


River Meadow,


3 acres, $30


-0-


MARGARET N. HAM.


Woodland,


11 acres, $175


56


C


From a survey of the town made in 1830, (by Wm. E. Grout), the total number of acres was calculated to be 9,900; length of roads, 38 1-2 miles, with an estimated average width of 3 rods, making 231 acres in roads.


Length of the river as a boundary line between Wayland and Sudbury, the north section commencing at the centre of the stream against "Bound Rock," at the angle made by the towns of Wayland, Sudbury, Concord and Lincoln, and following its course to a stone monument upon the westerly side of the river, in Sedge meadow, 1,325 rods; south section, from a stone monument near the residence of Marshall Eaton, on the north side of the river, to a point near Stone's Bridge, 232 rods. Total, 1,557 rods.


Between Framingham and Wayland, from near Stone's Bridge to near the mouth of Poole brook, 294 rods. Total length as boundary, 5 miles 251 rods.


Length of the river in the town not as boundary, 4 miles 231 rods. Total length, 10 miles 162 rods.


ERRATA. On the 57, 58 and 66 pages, for average read acreage.


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Comparative Valuation of Real Estate,


AND AVERAGE, TAXABLE AND OTHERWISE, FOR EACH DECADE, SINCE THE INCORPORA- TION OF THE TOWN, APRIL 10, 1780.


Contrary to the impression that has obtained, that the first gen- eral valuation was ordered by the Legislature in 1830, an examin- ation of the Laws and the Assessors' records shows that a valua- tion was ordered and taken in the years 1781, 1791, 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, 1840, 1850 and 1860. The request has been made in stating the valuation and average for each decade, to give the Assessors' names also.


VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE IN 1780.


It does not appear from the mutilated condition of the records, that a valuation was taken, and as the new constitution was adopted this year, and the laws under the same making provision for a valuation the next year, probably the taxes were assessed upon the old basis made before the division of the town.


Valuation of Real Estate in 1781,


$149,328


Number of acres taxed,


7,661


in roads and water, estimated, 700


" unimprovable, not taxed, 180


66


" in the town, 8,541


JOSEPH CURTIS, WILLIAM BALDWIN, THOMAS BRINTNALL, )


Assessors.


8


58


Valuation of Real Estate in 1791, Decrease in Valuation, Average not given.


$147,936 1,392


NATHANIEL REEVES, WILLIAM GOODENOW, Assessors. EBENEZER ROBY,


Valuation of Real Estate in 1801,


Gain in valuation nearly two per cent., or


Average not given.


JACOB REEVES, NATHANIEL REEVES, Assessors.


DAVID BALDWIN,


Valuation of Real Estate in 1811, $166,182


Gain in valuation over one per cent., or


15,320


Average not given.


JACOB REEVES, ISAAC GLEASON,


AARON RICE, S - Assessors.


Valuation of Real Estate in 1821, $197,316


Gain in valuation nearly two per cent., or 31,134


Average not given.


JACOB REEVES, WILLIAM HEARD, ISAAC GLEASON,


Assessors.


Valuation of Real Estate in 1831, $289,560


Gain in valuation forty-six per cent., or


92,244


Number of acres taxed, .8,601 1-4


Gain in acres taxed in 1781,


940 1-4


JACOB REEVES, SAMUEL RICE, Assessors.


DAVID HEARD,


Valuation of Real Estate in 1840, $316,496


26,936


Gain in valuation nearly ten per cent., or Number of acres taxed, 8,857 3-4


$150,862 2,926


59


Gain in acres taxed, 256 1-2


Number of acres in water, estimated 429


66


" roads, 66 232


WILLIAM BEMIS, ELI SHERMAN, WALTER STONE,


Assessors.


Valuation of Real Estate in 1850, $430,023


Gain in valuation thirty-five per cent., or


113,527


Number of acres taxed, 9,131


Gain in acres taxed,


273 1-4


Number of acres in water, estimated


429


" roads,


240


Gain of acres in


8


$


RICHARD HEARD,


ASAHEL SHERMAN,


HENRY COGGIN,


Assessors.


Valuation of Real Estate in 1860,


Decrease in valuation,


Number of acres taxed,


9,009


Loss in acres taxed,


122, owing to the ex-


emption law of 1858, and land taken by the city of Boston.


Number of acres in water, estimated 450, a gain of 21 acres.


Number of acres in roads,


245,


5


JOHN N. SHERMAN, THOMAS J. DAMON, RICHARD HEARD, S Assessors.


Valuation of Real Estate in 1872, $754,557


Gain in valuation since 1871, fifty-five per cent., or 267,762


1860, seventy-seven per cent., or 327,941


Number of acres taxed, 9,355 5-16


Gain in acres taxed since 1871, 191 5-16


66 66 1860, 346 5-16


Number of acres in water, estimated 371 3-8


roads, 200


A loss of 78 5-8 acres in water.


45 roads.


$426,616 3,407


Length of the Principal Roads in Town,


FROM THE SURVEY MADE IN 1830, AND FROM THE RECORDS, WITH AN ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE IN CASES OF ALTERATION.


OLD ROAD TO SUDBURY.


From the centre* of the town to J. D. Moulton's,


191 1-2 Rods.


To C. A. Cutting's,


281


" Baldwin's Bridge,


1 Mile


111 66


" Canal,


1


1


255


66


" F. A. Freeman's,


1


249


66


J. D. Moulton's to Henry Reeve's,


136


C. A. Cutting's to Abel Gleason's,


214


66


F. A. Freeman's by the old "Training Field" to the "Wheeler Farm,"


170


-0-


CONCORD ROAD.


Centre to Merrill French's,


308


Rods.


66


Abel Gleason's,


1 Mile


76


North School House,


2 "


77


66


66 Roger Sherman's,


2 "


215


Lincoln Line,


3


117


Merrill French's to J. S. Draper's,


305


North School House to T. N. Machin's,


170


Roger Sherman's to Sherman's Bridge,


" Isaac Underwood's,


1


64


Arthur Johnson's to J. G. Sherman's,


189


66


" Isaac Underwood's,


1


84


155


" Sudbury line over new causeway,


66


243


*The Elm Tree in front of the Hotel was the station for measuring the roads from the centre.


62


From Concord Road to E. W. Giles',


161


Rods.


66


John Jennison's, 262


66


66 Weston Line, 1.4


105


66 John Jennison's to Robert Bryden's, 1 "


6 1-2


" Road near J. S. Draper's, 1 "


108 1-2


Merrill French's to Road to E. W. Giles',


169


66


"PLAIN " ROAD.


Centre to J. S. Draper's,


1 Mile 18 Rods.


Weston Line,


1


281 1-2 66


- -0-


BOSTON ROAD.


Centre to Stone Bridge,


247 Rods.


66 H. R. Newton's,


66 Weston Line, ? 1 Mile


95


66


Weston Line to E. A. Pierce's,


208


לר


66 C. W. Reeves',


1


60


66


" Five Paths,"


1


227


66


-0-


NATICK ROAD.


Centre to "Five Paths,"


1 Mile


22


Rods.


66


near Eliza Dudley's,


2 4


83


William Hammond's,


3 “


20


Natick Line,


3


148


יר


From Natick Road to "Poplar Bars,"


67 1-2"


By Charles Loker's to Road to Weston,


1


17


"Poplar Bars " Road,


156


66


A. D. Loker's to Road to Weston,


83


J. M. Bent's to School House,


185


66


Natick Line to Weston, 1 66


125


66


Framingham,


230


66


Wm. Hammond's to School House, 66 Framingham Road near Eph. Farwell's, 316 J. B. Stone's to Framingham Road,


142


-0- -


FRAMINGHAM ROAD.


Centre to "Five Paths,"


1 Mile


22 Rods.


S. M. Thomas',


1 « 279


83


66


Road leading to Stone's Bridge, 2


165


307 180


II. R. Newton's to E. A. Pierce's,


63


Centre to Stone's Bridge, 66 Framingham Line,


3 Miles. 142 Rods. 3 1 66


10- "FARM" ROAD.


Centre to "Farm" Bridge,


179 Rods. 1 Mile 64 1-2 4


66 Abel Heard's,


Sudbury Line,


1


66 290 1-2 "


" BRIDLE POINT" ROAD.


Centre to "Bridle Point" Bridge,


232


Rods.


66 *" Wheeler Farm," (in Sudbury,) 1 Mile 58


70


66


Beyond the Farm to Sudbury Line,


55 66


Length of Road in town, 1 Including Farm, 1


66


183


66


Length of the proposed Massachusetts Central Railroad, two miles and three hundred rods. The number of acres allowed by the charter to be taken or purchased, (five rods wide,) and not taxable, is twenty-nine and three-eighths acres.


RICE'S LANE.


E. A. Pierce's to Poor Farm,


185


Rods.


66


Cyrus Lee's,


254


66


Wm. Ward's,


1 Mile


14


66 G. A. Rice's,


1


232


66


66


Damon's Corner,


“ 118


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SUDBURY RIVER.


Centre of the River opposite "Bound Rock"


Rods. to Sherman's Bridge, 1 Mile 277


Sherman's to Baldwin's Bridge,


2 4


87


Bound to Baldwin's,


233


CC


Baldwin's to " Bridle Point " Bridge,


1


52


" Bridle Point " to "Farm " Bridge,


146


66


"Farm " to Stone's Bridge,


3 66


33


66


" Farm " to Cedar Point,


230


66


Stone's to near the mouth of Poole Brook,


294


66


66


Across the Farm,


66


113


66


Sherman's to Bound,


*The " Training Field," although lying within the boundaries of Wayland, also the "Wheeler Farm," excepting a pathway leading to the highway, belong to the town of Sudbury, the line being so divided between the towns in 1780, to accommodate the proprietor of said farm-the former containing 3, the latter 35 acres.


Number of Farms and Houselots,


WITH THE AREA, EXCLUDING RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT LANDS WITHOUT BUILDINGS.


Number of Farms over 200 acres,


2


66


66


100 “ 150,


15


. 66


66


50 “ 100,


42


66


66


25 50,


39


66


10


25,


31


66


under 10,


93


Number of acres taxed,


9,355 5-16


66


in Mowing,


2,086


66 66


" Tillage,


914


66


" Houselots,


30 13-16


66


" Pasture,


2,593


66 66


" Woodland,


2,384 3-4


66


" Brook Meadow,


381


66


" *River Meadow,


1,001 3-4


Total,


9,355 5-16


*Including West Brook Meadows, 127 acres.


AVERAGE VALUATION PER ACRE.


Valuation of Land exclusive of Buildings, $383,427


Buildings " Land, 371,130


Total valuation,


$754,557


Average valuation per acre, including Buildings,


80.65


66


excluding, 40.97


,


66 between 150 and 200,


4


9


66


LENGTH OF BOUNDARY LINES.


Between Wayland and Sudbury, River,


4 Miles 277 Rods.


66


Land,


62


Weston,


4


122 66


66


Lincoln,


2


76


Framingham, River,


294


Lake Cochituate,


300


Land,


206 66


Natick, Land and Water, 3


244


Total, 19


301


66


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LAND AND WATER AVERAGE.


Whole number of Acres in town, survey of 1830,


9,900


Acres Taxed,


9,355 5-16


Poor Farm,


72


acres.


Town House, Churches and School Buildings,


5 1-8 “


City of Boston,


30


66


Cemeteries,


17 1-4 «


Roads, 40 miles in length, with an estimated average width of 2 1-2 rods, 200


River, 10 miles and 162 rods in length, with an es- timated average width of 5 rods,


76 1-8 "


Lake Cochituate,* Dudley's Pond,*


80 3-4


Heard's


86


Baldwin's " large,


8


66


small,


1 3-4 "


Grout's


1 1-4 "


Total, *10,051 1-16 "


From a survey made in 1795, by Matthias Mossman, (a copy of which, with that of 1830, is filed in the Secretary of the State's office, the duplicates of which have been missing from the town for twenty-five years, so that there is no map of the town in town to which any of its officers, tax payer or voter, ean refer to,) the following is taken :-


Number of acres in town, land and water, 8,123. Long Pond, 200; Dudley's, 60; Pelham, 81; Baldwin's, 17. From the survey of 1830: Long Pond, 110; Dudley's, 93; Pelham, 86; Bald- win's, 8.


*Obtained from the city's engineer's office in Boston, being the latest survey.


tAn excess of 1,510 1-16 acres over the record of 1781, of 1,929 1-16 over the survey of 1795, and 151 1-16 over the survey of 1830.


117 1-2


COMPARATIVE RATE PER CENT. AND PER CAPITA TAX


OF WAYLAND AND OTHIER TOWNS IN 1871.


Wayland, rate per cent., $1.76


Per capita tax,


$9.65


“ (1872)


1.18


9.01


Weston,


1.20


66


11.75


Waltham,


1.45


13.18


Sudbury,


1.22


5.79


Lincoln,


1.50


66


13.41


Natick,


66


1.40


7.39


Concord,


1.20


66


11.00


Framingham,


1.10


8.60


Stow,


72


3.03


Marlboro',


66


2.50


66


9.81


The United States, the state of Massachusetts and the city of Boston pay a larger per capita tax, respectively, than any other nation, state or city on the globe. Official documents published and exchanged between the different governments show this. The following is given : United States, $16.09; England and Wales, $3.87; Massachusetts, $14.35; New York, $11.55; Ohio, $8.72; Boston, $36.10; city of New York, $29.54; Philadelphia, $13.73; Chicago, $21.65; London, $5.85; Paris varying from twenty to over thirty dollars in peace or war.


RESIDENT TAX PAYERS.


Number of Resident Tax Payers,


443


paying under two dollars,


5


only a poll tax, 143


66


between 2 and 10 dollars,


74


66 10 « 25 87


68


Number paying between 25 and 50 dollars,


62


66 66 66 50 " 100 66


51


66


66


100


" 200 66


17


66


66


over


200


66


4


Total, 443


As the last Legislature fixed the basis for the State and County Tax (see Laws and Resolves of 1872, chap. 259) to continue until 1882, unless otherwise altered, the rate of apportionment of either of said taxes cannot be changed by the present valuation until the expiration of that time. The rate for Wayland, for her proportion of the State Tax, is fifty-five cents on every thousand dollars of the State Tax. The rate for the County Tax is $3.35 on every thousand dollars.


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APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1872.


For Support of Schools,


$2,000 00


66 Fuel for


200 00


66 Support of Poor,


600 00


Roads and Bridges,


2,000 00


Interest on Town Debt,


1,500 00


Payment of 66


1,000 00


Rebuilding Stone Bridge,


800 00


66 Discount on Taxes,


500 00


Collector's Fee,


150 00


Town Library,


50 00


66 Tomb in Cochituate,


300 00


Repairing Rutter School House,


300 00


Total Town Appropriations,


$9,400 00


State Tax,


$1,100 00


County Tax,


637 86


Overlayings,


395 59


Total Assessed, $11,533 45


TAX APPORTIONED.


Tax on Real Estate,


$8,845 79


Personal Estate,


1,977 66


Polls,


710 00


Total Tax, $11,533 45


69


The foregoing is a true copy of the Valuation of Real Estate, as entered upon the Assessors' records for 1872.


Attest :


SYLVESTER REEVES, Assessors GEORGE W. RISLEY, of


CHARLES H. CAMPBELL, Wayland.


WAYLAND, Sept. 25, 1872.


TABLE OF AGGREGATES


For the Town of Wayland, of Polls, Property, Taxes, &c., AS ASSESSED MAY, 1872,


Total Number of Polls, 355


66 Tax on


$710 00


Valuation of Personal Estate,


167,298 00


Real


754,557 00


Total Valuation,


921,855 00


Total Tax for State, County and Town purposes, in- cluding the Highway Tax, 11,533 45


Rate per cent. of Total Tax,


$11.80 per $1,000


Total number of Dwelling Houses,


253


Horses,


237


66


Cows,


550


Acres taxed, 9,355 5-16


We, the Assessors of the town of Wayland, do hereby solemnly swear that the foregoing is a full and true copy of the Table of Aggregates, as required by Sec. 3, Chap. 167, of the Acts of 1861, in the town of Wayland during the present year, and that the Real and Personal Estate contained in said Table of Aggregates, and assessed in said Wayland, is a full and accurate assessment upon all the property in said Wayland liable to taxation, at its full and fair cash value, according to our best knowledge and belief.


SYLVESTER REEVES, Assessors GEORGE W. RISLEY, of


CHARLES H. CAMPBELL, Wayland.


MIDDLESEX, SS., July 31, A. D. 1872.


Subscribed and sworn to before me,


JONAS N. MORSE, Justice of the Peace.


AUDITOR'S REPORT


OF THE


Town of Wayland


FROM MARCH 1, 1871,


To March 1, 1872.


WALTHAM: PRESS OF JOSIAH HASTINGS. 1872.


OFFICERS OF THE TOWN. Chosen March 4, 1872.


Town Clerk, JOSEPH A. ROBY.


Selectmen,


J. D. WALKER,


A. H. BRYANT, G. W. RISLEY.


Assessors,


SYLVESTER REEVES, G. W. RISLEY,


C. H. CAMPBELL.


Overseers of Poor,


HORACE HEARD, T. J. DAMON,


W. H. BEMIS.


Treasurer, C. H. CAMPBELL. Auditor, SYLVESTER REEVES.


School Committee, J. W. LEWIS, LEWIS BUONCORE.


H. C. DEAN,


Constables, E. C. DAVIS, T. H. SIMPSON.


Meeting adjourned to April.


REPORT.


Assessments for 1871.


State Tax,


County Tax,


Appropriation for Schools,


66


Fuel for Schools,


200 00


66


" Poor,


500 00


66


" Roads and Bridges,


1,000 00


" Interest on Town Debt,


1,300 00


" H. Heard's Note,


930 00


16


Win Baldwin's Note, 800 00


Discount on Taxes, 500 00


" Incidental Expenses, 600 00


1,000 00


" Credit Bills,


700 00


"' Collector's Fees, .


125 00


66


" Town Library,


30 00


19 78


Overlayings,


Total Assessed, $11,967 20


Receipts from All Sources


FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1872.


Balance in the Treasurer's hands March 1, 1872, $1,519 59


550 26


Cash from C. H. Campbell, Collector, 1870, Tax, 66 650 00


60 66 497 83


$1,750 00


712 42


1,800 00


66


" Wayland es. Ware,


4


Cash from C. H. Campbell, Collector, 1871, Tax, .


$4,079 08 66 66 1,200 00


66 951 00


66


1,112 00


Hay Scales, Centre of Town, 32 67


Waltham Savings Bank,


700 00


66 500 00


State Aid allowed, . 676 50


State Treasurer, Corporation Tax, 1871,


398 04


Bank Tax, 1871, 561 61


State School Fund, 147 40


County Treasurer, Dog Licenses,


142 51


Total, $13,718 49


Amount paid out,


13,557 04


Balance on hand March 1, 1872,


$161 45


Collector's Account with the Treasurer.


C. H. CAMPBELL, COLLECTOR, IN ACCT. WITH H. WIGHT, TREASURER.


THE Collector of 1870 completed his payments to the Treasurer in 1871 as follows :-


Amount due March 1, 1871,


$1,674 04


Paid March 6,


$550 26


66 " 22 650 00


" July 6,


497 83


Total, $1,698 09


Amount overpaid,


$24 05


COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT OF 1871 AS FOLLOWS :


By the vote of the Town, after deducting the County Tax, one-half of the remainder is to be paid on or before the first Monday in September ; one-fourth of said remainder on or before the first Monday in December ; the balance on or before the first Monday in February.


Amount assessed, $11,967 20


Deduct County Tax,


712 42


Amount due the Treasurer,




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