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Report of Supervisor of Music 16
Report of Supervisor of Drawing
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Report of Truant Officers
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School Calendar, 1904-5
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General Summary
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Attendance Data
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Membership of Grades
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Present List of Teachers
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Roll of Honor
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Financial Statement
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Financial Summary
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OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE
Town of Wayland FOR ITS
One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Municipal Year
FROM
FEBRUARY 29, 1904, TO MARCH 1, 1905
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. PRINTED BY J. FRANK FACEY 1905
Town Warrant.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 27, 1905
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WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Wayland in said County. Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town qualified to vote in Town elections and in Town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on Monday, March 27, 1905, at 6 o'clock in the forenoon, there and then to act on the following articles, viz : -
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. To choose a Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Auditor, Highway Surveyor, three Selectmen, Treasurer of the Library Funds, Tree Warden, seven Constables, a Moderator, all for one year; one Member of School Committee, one Sinking Fund Commissioner, one Assessor, one Water Commissioner, one
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Town of Wayland.
Overseer of the Poor, two Trustees of the Public Library, one Mem- ber of the Board of Health, all for three years. Also to answer the following question : "Shall licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors be granted in the Town of Wayland for the year ensuing ?"
Names of candidates for the offices aforesaid, and the said ques- tion must appear upon the official ballot, and be voted for in accord- ance with chapter 11 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts. For the purposes specified in this article, the polls will be opened imme- diately after the election of a Moderator, and will remain open continuously till 1.30 P. M., when they may be closed.
ART. 3. To choose all other necessary Town Officers, Agents, and Committees, and hear reports of Town Officers, Trustees, Agents and Committees, and act thereon.
ART. 4. To grant money for any and all necessary Town pur- poses, and order the same to be assessed, or do or act.
ART. 5. To authorize the Selectmen to consult counsel on im- portant Town cases.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will accept the list of jurors as prepared by the Selectmen, or do or act.
ART. 7. To appropriate the money received from the County Treasurer for dog licenses.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer to bor- row money temporarily in anticipation of taxes for the municipal year ending February 28, 1906, and if so, how much.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to make a contract with the Edison Illuminating Company for lighting the streets of Cochituate for a term of five years, or do or act.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install four additional street lights in Cochituate, or do or act.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Sec- tions 21, 22 and 23, of Chapter 78 of the Revised Laws, providing for the election of Cemetery Commissioners, or do or act.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will grant a sum of money for the purpose of providing for the disposal of the surface water on Shaw- mut Avenue, in seasons of freshet, or take any action in relation thereto.
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Town Warrant.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to re- quire the Natick and Cochituate Street Railway Company to cause its tracks on West Plain Street to conform to the grade of the Street, and to put in suitable gutters, or drains, to take off the surface water, or do or act.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to build a School house in Cochituate Village, and appoint a Committee to procure plans and estimates of the cost of constructing said School house, or do or act anything relative thereto.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will grant a sum of money to re- pair or rebuild Sherman's bridge (so-called), or do or act.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will grant a sum of money to re- pair Glen Street, or do or act.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to install a heating ap- paratus in the Almshouse, grant money therefor, or do or act.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will accept the sum of three hun- dred dollars from the estate of Edward L. Moore to be safely in- vested, the income to be used for the care and improvement of the Lot and Monument of David Moore, in West [North] Cemetery.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will accept a bequest under the will of Abby M. Heard, deceased, late of Wayland.
And you are required to serve this warrant by posting a copy thereof attested by you at each of the Post Offices, and at the Town House, in said Town, seven days at least before the appointed time for holding said meeting. Hereof fail not, and make due re- turn of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before Saturday, March 25, current.
Given under our hands this tenth day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and five.
ALBION F. PARMENTER,
WILLIAM S. LOVELL, ALFRED T. DEAN, Selectmen of Wayland.
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OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE
Town of Wayland
FOR ITS
One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Municipal Year
FROM
FEBRUARY 29, 1904, TO MARCH 1, 1905
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. PRINTED BY J. FRANK FACEY 1905
Town Officers and Committees.
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
CLERK
TERM EXPIRES
DANIEL BRACKETT .
1905
TREASURER
FRANK E. YEAGER
1905
COLLECTOR
FRED. P. DRAPER
1905
AUDITOR
CHARLES F. WHITTIER .
1905
TREASURER OF LIBRARY FUNDS
FRANCIS SHAW .
1905
SELECTMEN
ALBION F. PARMENTER
1905
WILLIAM S. LOVELL
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.
1905
ALFRED T. DEAN
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1905
OVERSEERS OF POOR
THEODORE S. SHERMAN
1907
DANIEL W. RICKER
.
1906
DAVID P. W. LOKER
1905
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
ISAAC DAMON .
1905
EDWARD M. BENNETT
1906
HARRY E. CARSON
1907
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Town of Wayland.
ASSESSORS
NATHANIEL R. GERALD
1905
ALFRED A. CARTER
1906
DANIEL BRACKETT
1907
WATER COMMISSIONERS
WILLIAM M. FULLICK
1906
HENRY G. DUDLEY
. 1905
ALFRED T. DEAN
1907
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
ARTHUR G. BENNETT
1907
ALFRED A. CARTER
1907
FRANCIS SHAW ·
1905
ALFRED W. CUTTING
1905
LESTER R. GERALD
1906
CHARLES F. RICHARDSON
1906
TRUSTEES OF ALLEN FUND
ISAAC DAMON . 1905
GEORGE B. HOWE
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1905
ELIJAH H. ATWOOD
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1905
TREE WARDEN
RANDALL W. PORTER 1905
SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS
MICHAEL W. HYNES
1905
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
CHESTER B. WILLIAMS
1905
WALTER B. HENDERSON
1907
JOHN CONNELLY .
1906
BOARD OF HEALTH
MARSHALL C. BALDWIN 1905
WILLARD C. HUNTING
1907
THOMAS BRYANT
1906
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Town Officers and Committees.
FENCE VIEWERS
SELECTMEN
1905
FIELD DRIVERS
NO ELECTION
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
WILLIAM S. LOVELL
1905
GEORGE B. HOWE . 1905
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER
FRANK HAYNES
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1905
WILLIAM M. FULLICK
1905
SUPERINTENDENTS OF CEMETERIES
ANDREW S. MORSE .
1905
WILSON R. PORTER
1905
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
CHARLES H. MAY
L. K. LOVELL D. W. RICKER
CONSTABLES
JEAN B. CHARBUNNEAU
1905
ERNEST F. LAWRENCE
1905
JOHN E. LINNEHAN
1905
FRANK X. QUINN
1905
JOHN MALLOY
1905
JOSEPH DELANEY
1905
CHARLES M. MAGORTY
1905
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COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER THE MATTER OF INVESTING THE TRUST FUNDS
JOHN CONNELLY WALTER B. HENDERSON
L. K. LOVELL
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Town of Wayland.
Appointed by Selectmen SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
DANIEL BRACKETT
FINANCE COMMITTEE
L. K. LOVELL 1905
PAUL T. DRAPER
1905
D. D. GRIFFIN .
1905
E. A. ATWOOD
1905
C. S. WILLIAMS
1905
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
EDWIN W. MARSTON
CHARLES E. COAKLEY
FRANK J. BIGWOOD
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
THEODORE L. SAWIN
1906
FRANK HAYNES
1905
EZRA G. LEMAY
1907
DANIEL BRACKETT, ex-officio
1905
PUBLIC WEIGHERS
L. K. LOVELL
N. R. GERALD
Appointed by Water Commissioners
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS
HENRY G. DUDLEY
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Report of Selectmen.
REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
WAYLAND, February 28, 1905.
We have made the following appointments as required by law :
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. Edwin W. Marston, Charles E. Coakley, Frank J. Bigwood.
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS. Thomas Bryant, V. S.
REGISTRAR OF VOTERS. Ezra G. Lemay.
AUCTIONEERS. George E. Sherman, Jacob Reeves, Alfred A. Carter.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS. Albert L. Adams, Nathaniel R. Gerald, Lorenzo K. Lovell, Ernest L. Grigson.
BURIAL AGENT FOR INDIGENT SOLDIERS. Damon L. Veasey.
JANITOR OF HALL. John E. Linnehan.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Daniel Brackett.
SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS. M. W. Hynes, I. W. Currier, A. B. Neal, Ralph Neal, A. S. Carson, A. A. Norris, James Linnehan, E. F. Lawrence, John E. Linnehan, W. R. Place, Robert Lamont. For July 4th to 6th, P. D. Gorman, F. X. Lupien, B. M. Bailey.
ELECTION OFFICERS. PRECINCT 1. Warden, E. F. Lee ; Clerk, William Stearns ; Inspectors, H. W. Parmenter, J. I. Bryden, C. H. Richardson, C. E. Quinn. PRECINCT 2. Warden, L. R. Gerald ; Clerk, D. D. Griffin ; Inspectors, A. A. Lamarine, William La- coutre, F. P. Hannon, Bryant M. Bailey.
On June 25 the Town Farm barn was struck by lightning and damaged fifty dollars. The damage was repaired by Frank Haynes and paid for by the Insurance Company.
The contract for heating the Town Hall was awarded Fiske & Company, Natick. The work is not yet completed.
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Town of Wayland.
The town lines have been perambulated between Weston and Wayland, the bound stones located and in good condition.
We recommend five additional street lights for Cochituate village.
Also we recommend making a five-year contract with the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston for street lighting.
We have complied with the order of the District Police and have had a suitable fire escape placed at the rear of the Town Hall.
ALBION F. PARMENTER, WILLIAM S. LOVELL, ALFRED T. DEAN,
Selectmen of Wayland.
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Incidentals.
INCIDENTALS.
1904.
March 30. Appropriation
$2,000 00
Overdraft
3 86
1905.
Feb. 28. Expenditures $2,003 86
$2,003 86 $2,003 86
1904.
April 2. E. F. Lawrence, police service $30 00
2. American Express Co., ex- press . $2 50
2. S. Russell, sawdust for Town Hall . 2 10
2. J. W. Parmenter, wood for Town Hall 15 00
2. F. W. Meserve, labor on elec- tric light fixtures . 10 00
2. M. T. Hall, printing Assessors' notices 3 25
2. F. X. Lupien, delivering Town Reports 5 00
2. Daniel Brackett, sealing milk jars . 9 72
2. Edward F. Lemoine, services at polls . 2 50
2. J. Frank Facey, printing Town Reports, jury lists, tax no- tices, envelopes and warrants 205 40
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Town of Wayland.
May
7. R. W. Porter, trimming trees . $45 15
7. E. F. Lawrence, police service 27 50
7. Wright & Sons, lock for town scales, " Gerald "
75
7. A. E. Adams, coal for Town Hall . 2 00
7. F. C. Moore, labor, cleaning Town Hall . 9 00
7. Thomas Groom & Co., voting lists 28 00
7. A. F. Parmenter, postage, car fares and telephoning . 5 77
7. J. E. Linnehan, janitor, deliver- ing Town Reports, police ser- vice, extra labor and care of fires nights at Town Hall 87 90
June
4. E. F. Lawrence, police service 25 00
4. A. Allen, rebuilding gutter 7 50
4. C. M. Magorty, police service
3 39
4. J. E. Linnehan, police service, extra labor and cleaning win- dows at Town Hall .
16 02
July
2. L. K. Lovell, supplies for Town Hall . 8 00
2. C. M. Magorty, police service 3 45
2. E. F. Lawrence, police service
32 00
2. T. W. Frost, labor and mate- rial, Town Hall floors . 27 40
2. A. J. Ricker, care of clock, M. E. Church 20 00
2. T. W. Frost, painting Town Hall . 31 13
Aug.
6. Weston Electric Light Co., elec- tric lights, Town Hall . · 19 90
6. A. S. Morse, posting warrants 2 00
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Incidentals.
Aug. 6. Daniel Brackett, professional services, postage and sealing milk jars $20 32
6. N. R. Gerald, team for Asses- sors 10 00
6. C. F. Whittier, postage
7 46
6. E. F. Lawrence, police service
27 50
6. C. M. Magorty, police. service .
3 00
6. F. X. Lupien, police service 3 00
6. P. D. Gorman, police service 3 00
6. B. M. Bailey, police service
3 00
6. Lyman Rhodes Press, tax bills and envelopes 8 00 ·
6. J. E. Linnehan, janitor and po- lice service . 26 25
6. Security Safe Deposit Co., safe in vault, Sinking Fund Com- missioners . 10 00
6. Thomas Bryant, team, Asses- sors 2 00
6. Wilson Porter, trimming trees . 39 53
6. Frank Haynes, repairs, Town Hall 33 05
6. Hannah Mullen, postage for Collector · 17 00
6. J. P. Delaney, police service 6 00
6. Thomas L. Hynes, cleaning vault and labor 7 20
Sept.
3. Frank Haynes, labor and mate- rial, repairing safe 19 32
3. C. M. Magorty, police service
2 25
3. F. E. Yeager, insurance . 220 00
3. E. E. Butler, insurance . 200 00
3. E. F. Lawrence, police service . 29 00
Oct.
1. E. F. Lawrence, police service . 27 00
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Town of Wayland.
Oct. 1. C. A. Draper, copying valua- tions on tax bills . $15 00
1. Mitchell Mfg. Co., rubber stamp (Treasurer) 50
Nov.
1. C. M. Magorty, police service . 3 50
5. Wilson Porter, trimming trees 2 00
5. E. F. Lawrence, police service and collecting dog taxes 37 50
5. Weston Electric Light Co., electric lights, Town Hall 21 60
5. Thomas Groom & Co., account books and poll tax lists 20 50
5. J. E. Linnehan, janitor, police service, printing and posting state warrants and collecting dog taxes 43 00
Dec.
3. E. F. Lawrence, police service and conveying ballot box 31 50
3. J. E. Linnehan, labor on railing and police service ·
5 00
3. Thomas Bryant, teams, " Of- ficers Malloy and Delaney " 2 00
3. J. Delaney, police duty and con- veying ballot box . 6 00
3. American Express Co., express- ing 1 15
L. K. Lovell, supplies, Town Hall 6 05
3. J. F. Malloy, police service 7 00
3. Daniel Brackett, professional services, expenses, twelve document boxes and sealing milk jars 77 45
3. Andrew Allen, part payment con- crete walk, Shawmut avenue 105 15
3. C. M. Magorty, police service . 4 26
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Incidentals.
1905.
Jan.
7. A. E. Adams, fuel, Town Hall $5 00
7. E. F. Lawrence, police service . 24 50
7. D. P. W. Loker, return of deaths · 2 00
7. T. Groom & Co. (100) copies voting lists . 20 00
7. F. E. Yeager, insurance 25 00
Feb.
4. Weston Electric Light Co., electric lights, Town Hall ·
16 40
4. G. F. Marston, insurance on clock . 6 40 ·
4. E. F. Lawrence, police duty ·
22 50
4. J. E. Linnehan, janitor and sup- plies . 19 00
4. Daniel Brackett, sealing milk jars 8 64 ·
4. J. C. Paige & Co., surety bond, treasurer Sinking Fund Com- missioners . 10 00
28. C. M. Magorty, police service . 2 85
28. E. F. Lawrence, police service 27 45
28. J. A. D. Jacques, return of births . .
2 50
28. Natick Review, printing · 8 00 ·
28. J. M. McKay, iron bolts and bars, lockup 3 25
ALBION F. PARMENTER,
WILLIAM S. LOVELL, ALFRED T. DEAN,
Selectmen of Wayland.
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Town of Wayland.
LIST OF JURORS
AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN FOR 1905.
Elijah H. Atwood
Jesse W. Jennison
Eugene M. Bull
Jeremiah Lyons
James I. Bryden
Henry F. Lee
Marshall C. Baldwin
Ernest F. Lawrence
Harry E. Carson
Timothy Linnehan
Charles E. Coakley Alfred A. Carter
Edwin W. Marston
Fred. P. Draper
James McNeil
Samuel S. Davidson
Andrew A. Norris
Henry G. Dudley
Patrick Nolan
Charles I. Dufresne
Felix Noel
Walter F. Evans
Josiah W. Parmenter
Daniel D. Griffin
Wilson C. Rich
Ferdinand K. Hunt
George E. Sherman
Thomas L. Hynes
Theodore S. Sherman
ALBION F. PARMENTER, WILLIAM S. LOVELL, ALFRED T. DEAN,
Selectmen of Wayland.
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Thomas F. Maynard
Report of Town Clerk.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
WAYLAND, December 31, 1904.
BIRTHS
Registered during the year, thirty, being three less than last year.
Males
9
Females
21
Born of native parents .
14
Born of foreign parents
4
Born of native and foreign parents
12
MARRIAGES
Registered during the year, twenty-two, being the same as last year.
Native birth of both parties
14
Native birth of one and foreign of other
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8
First marriage of both parties
20
First of one and second of other
1
DEATHS
Registered during the year, twenty-one, being one more than last year.
Married
11
Widowed
4
Singie
6
Native birth
17
Foreign birth
4
Males
14
Females
7
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Town of Wayland.
Names of persons deceased during the year who were more than seventy years old.
Years Months Days
Thomas Maynard
77
Mary Lucy Rice
80
William Hammond .
79
2
5
Jason Mixter Pierce
75
9
20
Harriet White
85
10
NOSOLOGICAL TABLE.
Apoplexy
2
Pneumonia
3
Heart disease
3
Consumption
5
Grippe
1
Cysticis
1
Whooping cough
1
Cancer
2
Myelitis
1
Stillborn
2
DOGS LICENSED.
125 males at $2.00
$250 00
32 females at $5.00
160 00
Kennel
50 00
$460 00
158 licenses at $.20 (Clerk's fees)
$31 60
$428 40
$62.40 of which belongs to next year's County account.
VOTERS REGISTERED NOVEMBER 8, 1904.
Precinct 1 . 194
Precinct 2
. 357
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Report of Town Clerk.
Ballots cast, Precinct 1
173
Ballots cast, Precinct 2
329
Number of women voters
· 1.30
Number of women voting March 28, 1904
.
104
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR.
Bates
212
Douglas
.
251
Adams
12
Cobb
0
Berry
4
VOTE FOR SENATOR.
Hunter, Precinct 1, 91; Precinct 2, 155
246
Jenney, Precinct 1, 45 ; Precinct 2, 86
131
Neal, Precinct 1, 1; Precinct 2, 19
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VOTE FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
Brigham
Gleason
Mitchell Parmenter
Blanks
Marlboro
1,578
1,057
1,664
755
718
Sudbury
18
157
19
177
65
Wayland, Precinct 1
52
52
46
121
251
Precinct 2 110
111
115
152
1,758
1,377
1,838
1,205
1,034
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DANIEL BRACKETT,
Town Clerk.
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Town of Wayland.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1905.
The Almshouse has been in charge of Mr. George E. Bezanson and wife, and they have given entire satisfaction.
OUT-DOOR POOR, PARTIAL SUPPORT.
Number of persons aided 46
IN-DOOR POOR, FULL SUPPORT.
Almshouse.
Francis Weber, age 63.
C. W. Dascomb, age 73.
G. A. Chalmers, age 86.
Louise Cotton, age 73. Clair Anderson, age 72.
Number of Tramps . 262
Meals Furnished
196
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
March. Appropriation . $2,000 00
12. Received from town of Medway 23 52
Feb. 7. Received from town of Southboro 319 78
$2,343 30
RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE.
Sale of Butter
$13 24
Pork
16 50
Eggs
11 75
Potatoes
20 76
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Report of the Overseers of the Poor.
Sale of Pigs .
$13 00
Vegetables .
·
90 72
Fowls
14 81
Hay .
60 16
Pasturing
. 24 00
$264 94
Total receipts .
$2,608 24
March 1, 1905, Overdraft
89 40
Total
$2,697 64
EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Paid
Warden's salary
$375 00
Groceries
203 06
Provisions
82 10
Grain .
214 08
Coal and wood
55 88
Medical attendance
30 43
Pasturing
40 00
Ice
14 55
Blacksmithing
10 80
Boots and shoes
8 50
Lumber
5 65
Paper hanging
5 25
Apples
5 00
Clothing and furnishings
42 02
Fish
10 62
Labor
41 25
Hardware
9 27
Grass .
20 00
Seed .
12 25
Miscellaneous
- 10 75
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.
$1,196 46
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Town of Wayland.
EXPENDITURES, OUT-DOOR POOR.
Having a settlement in Wayland and residing elsewhere.
Rose Normandy, Worcester.
City Hospital
$12 00
Eusabe Benoit, West Springfield.
Provisions
William H. Mullen, Boston.
Provisions
11 50
Josephine Cormier, Marlboro.
Provisions .
4 00
Albert Randolph, Natick.
Provisions .
7 50
Henry Benoit, Springfield.
Provisions .
137 70
Medical attendance
7 10
Clothing
17 10
Fuel
38 43
$200 33
Mrs. L. Roberts, North Brookfield.
Groceries ·
123 17
Coal and wood
22 20
Clothing
21 20
$166 57
$435 46
Having a settlement in other towns and residing in Wayland. Hawkins family, Southboro.
Rent
$60 10
Coal and wood
14 50
Groceries
77 64
Medical attendance
3 00
Morse family, Southboro.
Milk
22 02
Groceries
34 00
Boots and shoes
12 50
Medical attendance
3 05
33 56
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Report of the Overseers of the Poor.
Morse family, Southboro.
Provisions .
· $89 14
Coal and wood
5 03
Alonzo Fedy, Maine.
Board .
2 25
A Tramp, unknown.
Waltham Hospital
31 00
$354 23
Having a settlement in Wayland and residing there. John Chenette.
Provisions
·
$77 25
Milk
44 94
Rent
60 00
Coal and wood
38 10
Boots and shoes .
14 20
Medical attendance
25 10
Groceries
130 46
John B. McIlroy.
Provisions
4 90
Ann Painter.
Board .
56 60
Medical attendance
2 00
Henry Cormier.
Groceries
64 37
Provisions
92 86
Charles Newton.
Morse Hospital
5 20
Burial expenses
18 00
Newton Children.
Board .
20 00
Dennis McDonald
Board .
44 00
Travelling expenses in settlement
of cases
13 51
Total expenditures
$2,697 64
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$697 98
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Town of Wayland.
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE.
Real Estate
$2,500 00
Personal Estate.
One horse
$100 00
Two cows
75 00
Three heifers
32.00
Two pigs
3 00
Sixty hens .
45 00
One mowing machine
10 00
One double harness
10 00
One express harness
20 00
Two plows .
16 00
Three harrows
3 00
One market wagon
30 00
One hay wagon
20 00
One sled
15 00
One hayrake
3 00
One tip cart
10 00
Ten cords of manure
50 00
Seven tons of hay
140 00
One sleigh .
30 00
Two horse blankets
7 00
Seventy-five bushels potatoes
65 00
Vegetables .
7 00
Three hundred pounds pork
30 00
One milk cooler
3 00
Small tools. ·
50 00
Twenty-five pounds butter
7 50
House furnishings
280 00
$3,561 50
An appropriation of $2,500 is asked for the ensuing year.
Respectfully submitted, THEODORE S. SHERMAN, DANIEL W. RICKER, DAVID P. W. LOKER, Overseers of the Poor.
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Assessors' Report.
ASSESSORS' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1905.
Valuation of Real Estate May 1, 1904
$1,474,125 00
" Personal Estate May 1, 1904
440,486 00
Total Valuation
$1,914,611 00
Total valuation of Real Estate May 1, 1903 Valuation of Personal Estate May 1, 1903 319,144 00
$1,442,725 00
$1,761,869 00
Increase .
$152,742 00
Taxes assessed for Town purposes
24,673 23
State tax, Sudbury river
516 43
State tax, highway
113 65
County tax
1,960 28
Overlayings
93 52
Additional assessments
48 23
Excise tax
442 43
$29,297 77
Number of Polls assessed, 1904 640
Number of Polls assessed, 1903 642
Whole number of persons assessed 969
Number of residents assessed on property . 418
Number of non-residents assessed on prop- erty
157
Total number assessed on property . 575
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State tax
1,450 00
Town of Wayland.
Total value of land .
$608,525 00
Total value of buildings
864,900 00
Value of church property
28,940 00
Value of town property
115,350 00
Number of horses assessed
363
Number of cows assessed
711
Number of neat cattle other than cows
86
Number of swine
451
Number of fowls
1,675
Number of dwelling houses
455
Number of acres of land
9,295
Rate of taxation, 1904
$14 40
Rate of taxation, 1903
15 80
TAXES ABATED.
For the year 1898
$94 06
For the year 1899
114 70
For the year 1901
9 30
For the year 1902
9 12
For the year 1903
78 21
For the year 1904
88 60
TAXES ASSESSED ADDITIONAL.
For the year 1904
$48 23
Taxes reassessed
$277 85
NATHANIEL R. GERALD, ALFRED A. CARTER, DANIEL BRACKETT,
Assessors.
.
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Report of Trustees of Public Library.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
· During the year the Trustees have acknowledged the gifts to the Library of one hundred and forty-eight volumes from individuals. From Mrs. William F. Matchett the Library has received the cabi- net in which has been placed the collection of ancient and historical books and manuscripts. These are mainly the gifts of citizens in past years, and in this collection the Library has a nucleus which the Trustees hope may be enlarged. With the present facilities for the safe preservation and display of books and documents his- torically valuable, the Trustees hope that others which are now perhaps more precariously preserved in private houses, may be added to the collection by gift or loan.
At the annual examination all books in the catalogue were ac- counted for.
The sum appropriated at the last Annual Town Meeting for re- pairs on the Library Building has been carefully expended. The decayed wood-work in the basement has been replaced, the floors of the entire building have been oiled, and repairs to plumbing made. In addition to this iron gratings have been placed on several of the basement windows in order that they may be safely opened for ventilation, which, with open blinds placed in the circular gabled windows, it is hoped will insure a freer circulation of air through- out the building.
To increase the use of the Library by the townspeople is an end to which the Trustees would strive. On the initiative of Mr. Joseph T. Corlew, Superintendent of Schools, an effort toward this has been made by the co-operation of the schools. A committee of the teachers has been appointed by the Superintendent to act in con- junction with the Trustees in the selection of books purchased for
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Town of Wayland.
juvenile reading ; and a catalogue of this department is held by the teachers. It is proposed that they require the reading of books suggested by them as a part of the school-work, and that reports as to the results, as shown by compositions and discussions on books read, shall be furnished by the teachers to the Trustees.
In addition to the obvious benefits to be obtained by this in the school work, an important result aimed at is the teaching of the rising generation to use the Public Library of their Town, to acquire the habit of doing this, and to familiarize them with its privileges.
In order to accommodate the school children the Trustees have caused the Library to be opened on Wednesdays at two o'clock in- stead of three o'clock as heretofore.
The Trustees would strongly recommend an appropriation by the Town for the establishment of a Reading Room at Cochituate with an attendant.
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