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The Annual Report of the Librarian is submitted herewith.
ARTHUR G. BURNETT, Chairman. ALFRED W. CUTTING, Secretary. FRANCIS SHAW, LESTER R. GERALD,
ALFRED A. CARTER, CHARLES F. RICHARDSON,
Trustees.
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Librarian's Report.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
To the Trustees of the Public Library :
The Librarian submits the following report for the year ending February 28, 1905.
Number of volumes-classified :
Fiction
3,522
Biography
1,020
General subjects
7,734
Total
12,276
Unclassified : .
2,816
2,816
Total
15,092
Number purchased
381
Number presented
166
Number rebound
51
Number replaced
5
Total number taken out during the year 8,334
Number taken out through Cochituate office
1,844
Number destroyed
.
8
Number of cards in use
584
The following periodicals are to be regularly found in the read- ing room : Harper's, Scribner's, Munsey, St. Nicholas, Atlantic, Review of Reviews, Bookman, Century, Ladies' Home Journal, Rhodora, Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Youth's Companion, Woman's Journal, Our Dumb Animals, Cochituate Enterprise, Cochituate Review.
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Town of Wayland.
CLASSES OF READING BY PER CENT.
Fiction
77.6 History
5.1
Sociology
.9 Biography
3.8
General Works
5.1 Science
1.8
Art
2.1 Literature
2.9
Religion
.6
Philosophy
.1
MARGARET E. WHEELER,
Librarian.
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Accessions.
ACCESSIONS.
PHILOSOPHY.
133-H83
History of Magic. 2 vols. William Howitt.
173-SA5
136-H83
Little Kingdom of Home. Margaret E. Sangster. Mental Health for the Children of To-Morrow. D. E. Howe.
150-J23T
104-R81W
Talks to Teachers on Psychology. William James. World and the Individual. 2 vols. Josiah Royce.
RELIGION.
210-AB2
Great Companion. Lyman Abbott.
220-SM9
How we got our Bible. J. Patterson Smyth.
252-V28
Joy and Power. Henry Van Dyke.
230-OS5
Science and Immortality. William Osler.
252-B79SE
204-C88
Seeking Life and Other Sermons. Phillips Brooks. Understanding Heart. S. M. Crothers.
SOCIOLOGY.
340-W46
Art of Cross-Examination. Francis L. Wellman. Education and the Larger Life. C. H. Henderson. Elements of General Method. C. A. McMurry.
327-C67
Greater America. A. R. Colquhoun.
372-B95
Literary Landmarks. Mary E. Burt. Method of the Recitation. C. A. McMurry.
301-SH1
Neighbor, The. N. S. Shaler.
342-C59
Presidential Problems. Grover Cleveland.
378-B76R
Routine and Ideals. L. B. R. Briggs.
373-AD1
Some Famous American Schools. O. F. Adams
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370-H38
371-M22
371-M22M
Town of Wayland.
371-M22S Special Method in the Reading of English Classics. C. A. McMurry.
371-P14 Theory and Practice of Teaching. D. P. Page.
357-EW3 Third Massachusetts Cavalry in the War for the Union. James K. Ewer.
391-EA7T Two Centuries of Costume in America. 2 vols. Alice M. Earle.
332-C74
304-H13
Wall Street and the Country. Charles A. Conant. " We the People." E. E. Hale.
324-W62
Why Women do not want the Ballot. 2 vols.
SCIENCE.
582-M16
Getting Acquainted with the Trees. J. Horace McFarland.
590-ST2
Kittiwake of the Great Hills. C. F. Stansbury.
523-W15
Man's Place in the Universe. A. R. Wallace.
533-SA5
My Air-Ships. Alberto Santos-Dumont.
587-EA7
New England Ferns and their Common Allies. Helen Eastman.
500-W67
Next to the Ground : Chronicles of a Country-side. Martha M. Williams.
598-SC08
Story of a Bird Lover. W. E. D. Scott.
590-B65
Training of Wild Animals. Frank C. Bostock.
USEFUL ARTS.
672-B76
Inside History of the Carnegie Steel Company. J. H. Bridge.
636-M26
Our Friend, the Dog. Maurice Maeterlinck.
608-D75
Stories of Inventors. Russell Doubleday.
654-ST7
Story of Wireless Telegraphy. A. T. Story.
641-L63W
What To Have for Luncheon. Mary J. Lincoln.
FINE ARTS.
750-W58
790-B44
Art of J. McNeill Whistler. T. R. Way and G. R. Dennis. Book of Indoor Games. J. K. Benson.
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Accessions.
790-K61
Book of Indoor and Outdoor Games. Mrs. Burton Kingsland.
799-W58
Forest, The. S. E. White.
750-L13G
Great Masters. John La Farge.
790-K29
Three Hundred Things a Bright Girl Can Do. L. E. Kelley.
798-B96
Trotting and Pacing Horse in America. Hamilton Busbey.
LITERATURE.
814-M11
Backgrounds of Literature. H. W. Mabie.
814-T63C
Clerk of the Woods. Bradford Torrey.
814-H88
Dickens as an Educator. J. L. Hughes.
809-SE3
Essays on Great Writers. H. D. Sedgwick.
814-B94FA
Far and Near. John Burroughs.
821-K62F
Five Nations. Rudyard Kipling.
824-C885
Gentle Reader. S. M. Crothers.
824-C21 874-L14
Kinship of Nature. Bliss Carman. Masterpieces of Latin Literature. G. J. Laing, Ed.
814-AL2
Ponkapog Papers. T. B. Aldrich.
850-SY6
Renaissance in Italy. 7 vols. J. A. Symonds.
808-P43
Reciter's Treasury of Prose and Drama. Ernest Pertwee, Ed.
811-H242
Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus. Joel C. Harris.
HISTORY AND TRAVEL.
917.2-M17
American Girl in Mexico. E. V. McGary.
973.3-T72A
American Revolution : Part II. 2 vols. Sir G. O. Trevelyan.
917.2.N51
Around the Caribbean and Across Panama. F. C. Nicholas.
950-T66
. 952-K12
952-T58
*910-R153
Asia and Europe. Meredith Townsend. Awakening of Japan, The. Okakura-Kakuzo. Bethink Yourselves. Count L. N. Tolstoi.
Business Atlas. Rand, McNally & Co.
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Town of Wayland.
947-ST7
Campaign with Kuropatkin. Douglas Story.
914.6-H32
Castilian Days. John Hay.
915-H35
Central Asia and Tibet. Sven Hedin.
915.2-D98
Dai Nippon. Henry Dyer.
914.8-B78
Danish Life in Town and City. Jessie Brochner.
914.2-M65 Dickens' London. F. Miltoun.
917-P75
Following the Frontier. Roger Pocock.
914.3-SCH3
Germany. Wolf van Schierbrand.
915.2-P34
Gist of Japan, The. R. B. Peery.
915.2-B81
Heart of Japan, The. C. L. Brownell.
914.5-W67
Hill Towns of Italy. E. R. Williams, Jr.
930-G626
History of Ancient World. G. S. Goodspeed.
942-G54
Home Life Under the Stuarts. Elizabeth Godfrey.
973-F54B
How the United States Became a Nation, John Fiske.
916-D85
In African Forest and Jungle. Paul Du Chaillu.
916.4-SA9
In the Tail of the Peacock. Isabel Savory.
915.2-SCI2
Jinrikisha Days in Japan. Eliza R. Scidmore.
915.2-H35K
Kwaidan : Stories and Studies of Strange Things. Lafcadio Hearn.
, 915.1-H18
Korea. Angus Hamilton.
915-1-C43
Letters from a Chinese Official.
915-1-W37
Manchu and Muscovite. B. L. P. Neale.
*973-3-M382
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolu-
tionary War. Vol. 11.
944-L34
My Scrap-Book of the French Revolution. E. W. Latimer.
901-AD1
New Empire, The. Brooks Adams.
917-4-W69
New England in Letters. R. R. Wilson.
971-P22 Old Quebec. G. Parker and C. G. Bryan.
945-M13
Oligarchy of Venice. George B. McClellan. Pleasure-Book of Grindelwald. Daniel P. Rhodes.
914.9-R34
917.5-M95
Problems of the Present South. E. G. Murphy.
973.7-G65 Reminiscences of the Civil War. J. B. Gordon.
947-B46 Russian Advance, The. A. J. Beveridge. 952-AS1 Russo-Japanese Conflict. K. Asakawa.
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Accessions.
915.7-D48 Sixteen Years in Siberia. Leo Deutsch.
917.4-M62 Through the Gates of Old Romance. W. J. Mills.
*974.4-N44BL
Vital Records of Bellingham, Mass.
*974.4-N44C
Vital Records of Chilmark, Mass.
*974.4-R36U
Vital Records of Upton, Mass.
952-P18
With Kuroki in Manchuria. Frederick Palmer.
914.9-R39 978-L25
Vacation Days in Greece. Rufus B. Richardson. Vigilante Days and Ways. 2 vols. N. P. Lang- ford.
BIOGRAPHY
B-AN24P
Andrew, John A. 2 vols. H. G. Pearson.
B-AU23
Audubon and His Journals. 2 vols. Maria R. Audubon.
B-H652
Autobiography of Seventy Years. 2 vols. George F. Hoar.
B-C575
Belle of the Fifties. Ada Sterling, Ed.
B-B673
Bowditch, Henry I. 2 vols. V. Y. Bowditch.
B-B763H Bridgman, Laura. Maud Howe and F. H. Hall.
B-B794
Brooks, Phillips : As His Friends Knew Him.
B-C366F
Channing, W. E. P. R. Frothingham.
B-ES84
D'Este, Isabella. 2 vols. Julia Cartwright.
B-D636
Disraeli, Benjamin. Wilfred Meynell.
B-D673
Doffed Coronet, A. By the Author of " Martyr- dom of an Empress."
B-G454MO B-F845
Gladstone, W. E. 3 vols. John Morley.
Keystone of Empire. By the Author of " Martyr- dom of an Empress."
B-B223
Letters from England. Mrs. E. D. Bancroft.
730-L56
Leschetizky, Theodore. Comtesse Angele Po- tocka.
B-J354W
Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson. Thomas E. Watson.
B-B628
Memoirs of H. G. S. A. O. de Blowitz.
B-C354H
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Thomas Chalmers. 4 vols. William Hanna.
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Town of Wayland.
B-L465M
750.M58HO
Memoirs of Mme. Vigée Lebrun. Lionel Strachey. Michelangelo. Charles Holroyd.
B-W274P
Mother of Washington and her Times. Mrs. Roger A. Pryor.
B-T753
My Own Story. J. T. Trowbridge.
B-J133
Notes and Reminiscences of a Staff Officer. R. C. Seaton.
B-C3545
Ordered to China. W. J. Chamberlin.
920-M12P
Portraits of the Sixties. Justin McCarthy.
B-P924
Prescott, W. H. Rollo Ogden.
B-L517
Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee. Captain Robert E. Lee.
B-R676R
Roosevelt, Theodore, The Citizen. J. A. Riis.
B-R676
Roosevelt, Theodore, The Man. F. E. Leupp.
B-W672
Sailor King, William IV. F. Molloy.
B-SP35
Spencer, Herbert. Josiah Royce.
B-ST74J
Story, W. W., and His Friends. 2 vols. Henry James.
750-T53G
Titian. George Gronan.
*920-P92 B-W272W
White House Gallery of the Presidents.
Working With the Hands. Booker T. Washington.
FICTION.
L574A AR54A
Adventures of Arthur O'Leary. Charles Lever. Adventures of Elizabeth in Riigen. Countess von Armin.
D774AD
Adventures of Gerard. A. Conan Doyle.
R444A SO54
Affair at the Inn, The. K. D. Wiggin and Others. All on the Irish Shore. E. Somerville and M. Ross.
J234AB K584A Apache Princess, The. Captain Charles King.
K584AR
Army Wife. Captain Charles King.
SCO83B
Barlasch of the Guard. H. S. Scott.
L574BA
Barrington. Charles Lever.
B274BB
Ambassador, The. Henry James.
Belle of Bowling Green, The. Amelia E. Barr.
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Accessions.
B646B
Bible in Spain, The. George Borrow.
B274BL
Black Shilling, The. Amelia E. Barr.
V715 Black Tortoise. Frederick Viller.
M974B
Braddock. John R. Musick.
L574B
Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly. Charles Lever.
L842
Call of the Wild, The. Jack London.
R525C Castaway, The. Hallie E. Rives.
B666
Centuries Apart. Edward T. Bouve.
M974CE
Century Too Soon. John R. Musick.
B443C
Challoners, The. E. F. Benson.
F754C
Checked Love Affair. P. L. Ford.
T174C
Cherry. Booth Tarkington.
F8342CH
Christmas Eve on Lonesome. John Fox, Jr.
M974C
Columbia. John R. Musick.
M272 Count Zarka. Sir William Magnay.
H3134
Country Interlude, A. Hildegarde Hawthorne.
C4744CR
Crossing, The. Winston Churchill.
L574D
Daltons, The. 2 vols. Charles Lever.
SE834
Darrow Enigma, The. Melvin L. Severy.
L574DR
Day's Ride. Charles Lever.
D372D
Doctor Lavendar's People. Margaret Deland.
L574DO
Dodd Family Abroad. 2 vols. Charles Lever.
C593DO
Dog's Tale. S. L. Clemens.
G312
Etelka's vow. Dorothea Gerard.
C593E
Extracts from Adam's Diary. S. L. Clemens.
D296FA Falaise of the Blessed Voice. W. S. Davis.
L574F Fortunes of Glencore. Charles Lever.
K584FR Fort Frayne. Captain Charles King.
G954F First of the English. A. C. Gunter.
K584FO
Found in the Philippines. Captain Charles King.
R445
Children of the Tenements. Jacob Riis.
SM52CO
Colonel Carter's Christmas. F. Hopkinson Smith.
L574CO
Con Cregan. Charles Lever.
SH55D
Daphne. Margaret Sherwood.
L574DA
Davenport Dunn. 2 vols. Charles Lever.
M974E
Estevan. John R. Musick.
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Town of Wayland.
M944F
Frontiersmen, The. Mary N. Murfree.
G165G
Garden of a Commuter's Wife.
W581
Gay : A Story. Evelyn Whitaker.
SH13
Great Adventurer. Robert Shackleton.
W292
Heart of Hyacinth, The. Onoto Watanna.
C854H
Heart of Rome, The. F. Marion Crawford.
G184H
Hesper. Hamblin Garland.
C832
Hetty Wesley. A. T. Quiller-Couch.
B811H
High Noon. Alice Brown.
H225H
His Daughter First. Arthur S. Hardy.
L574HO
Horace Templeton. Charles Lever.
M974H
Humbled Pride. John R. Musick.
C274I
Incomparable Bellairs. Agnes and Egerton Castle.
M974I
Independence. John R. Musick.
J153I
Interloper, The. Violet Jacob.
L574J
Jack Hinton, the Guardsman. Charles Lever.
M345J
Jacob Faithful. Captain Frederick Marryat.
B4124J
Jess & Co. J. J. Bell.
K386
Joscelyn Cheshire. Sara B. Kennedy.
D371J
Josephine. Ellen D. Deland.
H234K
Katharine Frensham. Beatrice Harraden.
L574K
Knight of Gwynne. 2 vols. Charles Lever.
P224LA
Ladder of Swords. Gilbert Parker.
C122L
Last Confession, The. Hall Caine.
SCO83L
Last Hope, The. H. S. Scott.
B4124L
Later Adventures of Wee Macgregor. J. J. Bell.
L946L
Legends of Stories of Ireland. Samuel Lover.
AR66
Lepidus, the Centurion. E. L. Arnold.
H835LE Letters Home. W. D. Howells.
F8342L
Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, The, John Fox, Jr.
M695L
Little Stories. S. Weir Mitchell.
W544LO
Long Night, The. S. J. Weyman.
L574LO
Lord of Kilgobbin. Charles Lever.
L574L
Luttrell of Arran. Charles Lever.
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J125H
Horse-Leech's Daughters. M. D. Jackson.
Accessions.
H995
McTodd. C. J. C. Hyne.
C353MA Maids of Paradise, The. Robert W. Chambers.
L574M Martins of Cro' Martin, The. Charles Lever.
W215MA Master of the Magicians. E. S. P. Ward.
L891M Master of Millions, The. George C. Lorimer.
L574MA Maurice Tiernay. Charles Lever.
D263M
Memoirs of a Baby. Josephine Daskam.
H229M My Friend Prospero. Henry Harland.
K584N
Noble Blood. Captain Charles King.
R833 L5740 J1570
O'Donoghue. Charles Lever.
W1740
Old Fogy, An. Mrs. J. H. Walworth.
L8920 Old Gorgon Graham. G. H. Lorimer.
M4940
Omos. Merman Melville.
L574ON
One of Them. Charles Lever.
H252OP
Openings in the Trail. Bret Harte.
ED340
Ormond. Maria Edgeworth.
G445
Our Friend the Charlatan. George Gissing.
W764P
Philosophy 4. Owen Wister.
M974PI
Pilgrims. John R. Musick.
M974P
Pocahontas. John R. Musick.
H252P
Protegée of Jack Hamlin's. Bret Harte.
C593PN
Pudd'nhead Wilson. S. L. Clemens.
R444R
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. K. D. Wiggin
W394R
Roger Drake. H. K. Webster.
B646R Romany Rye. George Borrow.
L946R Rory O'More. Samuel Lover.
D586
Rose of Old St. Louis. Mary Dillon.
AT46R
Rulers of Kings. Gertrude Atherton.
H523 Sacrifice of the Shannon, The. W. A. Hickman.
M974A
St. Augustine. John R. Musick.
W5845
Silent Places. S. E. White.
L574S
Sir Brook Fossbrooke. Charles Lever.
L574SI
Sir Jasper Carew. Charles Lever.
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North Star, The. Mrs. M. E. Henry-Ruffin.
Odd Craft. W. W. Jacobs.
M1932
Panchronicon. Harold S. Mackaye.
Town of Wayland.
J654S
Sir Mortimer. Mary Johnston.
T379S
Spinners of Life. Vance Thompson.
M965 Story that the Keg Told Me. W. H. H. Murray.
K584SU
Sunset Pass. Charles King.
W241
Susan Clegg and Her Friend, Mrs. Lathrop. Anne Warner.
M974S
Sustained Honor. John R. Musick.
L574TH
That Boy of Norcott's. Charles Lever.
H252TE
Three Partners. Bret Harte.
K624T
Traffics and Discoveries. Rudyard Kipling.
H252TR
Trent's Trust and Other Stories. Bret Harte.
K584TI
Trials of a Staff Officer. Captain Charles King.
W215TX
Trixy. Mrs. E. S. P. Ward.
G764UN
Undercurrent, The. Robert Grant.
M974U
Union. John R. Musick.
B124V
Vergilius. Irving Bacheller.
M693V
Villa Claudia. J. A. Mitchell.
H976
Violett. Baroness von Hutton.
M332W
When I Was Czar. Arthur W. Marchmont.
T392W
When it was Dark. Guy Thorne.
W395
When Patty Went to College. Jean Webster.
B646W
Wild Wales. George Borrow.
G165W
Witch of Salem. John R. Musick. Woman Errant.
W157
Woodcarver of 'Lympus.
K584WO W585Y
Yellow Van. Richard Whiting.
C746
Youth. Joseph Conrad.
M695Y
Youth of Washington, The. S. Weir Mitchell.
W6432
Zealot in Tulle. Mrs. Wildrick.
B646Z
Zincali. George Borrow.
JUVENILE.
J-M927B J-B814B
Blue Dragon .. Kirk Munroe. Book of Little Boys. Helen D. Brown.
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C832T
Two Sides of the Face. A. T. Quiller-Couch.
K584TU
Trumpeter Fred. Captain Charles King.
M974W
Wounded Name. Captain Charles King.
Accessions.
J-P613
J-L254B
Boys of St. Timothy's. Arthur S. Pier. Brown Fairy Book. Andrew Lang, Ed.
J-H395B
By Conduct and Courage. G. A. Henty.
J-L254C
Crimson Fairy Book. Andrew Lang, Ed. Five Little Peppers and Their Friends. Mrs. H.
J-L913FS
Five Little Peppers at School. Mrs. H. M. Lothrop.
J-R394G
Golden Windows, The. Mrs. L. E. Richards.
J-R444H
Half-a-dozen Housekeepers. Kate D. Wiggin.
J-B935I
In the Closed Room. Mrs. F. H. Burnett.
J-R543KI
King of the Mamozekel. C. G. D. Roberts. Little Girl of Long Ago. Eliza O. White.
J-R394ME
J-T374M
Merryweathers, The. Mrs. L. E. Richards. Monarch, The Big Bear of Tallac. Ernest Seton- Thompson.
J-974.3-K12
Minute Boys of the Green Mountains. J. O. Kaler.
J-R394MO
More Five Minute Stories. Mrs. L. E. Richards.
J-R395
Nursery Fire. Rosalind Richards.
J-C872RE
Red Cap Tales. S. R. Crockett.
J-C353R J-M896 J-291-P99
Story of King Arthur and His Knights. Howard Pyle.
J-P614T
Tales of a Poultry Yard. Clara D. Pierson.
J-B-R676S
Theodore Roosevelt. Edward Stratemeyer.
J-H395TH
Through Three Campaigns. G. A. Henty.
J-T374TW
Two Little Savages, Ernest Seton-Thompson.
J-P144T
Two Prisoners. T. N. Page.
J-H241W
Wally Wanderoon and His Story-Telling Machine. J. C. Harris.
J-H395WA J-D784Y
With the Allies to Pekin. G. A. Henty. Young Vigilantes. S. A. Drake.
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J-L914FF
M. Lothrop.
J-W582L
River-Land. Robert W. Chambers.
Stories of Little Animals. Lenore E. Mulets.
Town of Wayland.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF WAYLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FUNDS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1905.
Dr.
To unexpended balance March 1, 1904, (Parsons Be- quest, $173.91)
$238 61
To appropriation for the year ending April 1, 1905 800 00
To appropriation for special repairs .
100 00
To interest on Library funds, bequests of James Sum- ner and Ella E. Draper and Lydia Maria Child. To interest, Grace Campbell Draper fund
66 00
50 00
To one-half Dog Licenses .
173 85
To interest on deposit, Bay State Trust Co.
8 82
To amount collected from fines and cards by Librarian
24 02
To amount collected from fines and cards by Assistant Librarian at Cochituate . -
6 82
To Library Bureau, articles returned .
.
3 25
$1,471 37
Cr.
By Salary of Librarian
$300 00
By Salary of Assistant Librarian
30 00
By S. L. Campbell
5 00
By Salary of Janitor .
165 00
By J. F. Wheeler
15 00
By W. B. Clarke Co., books
361 83
By Old Corner Book Store, magazines
30 15
By H. W. Wilson Co., Reader's Guide
3 00
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Report of the Treasurer of Wayland Public Library Funds.
By Library Bureau . By American Express Co. .
23 75
35 72
By Weston Electric Light Co.
62 85
By A. E. Adams, fuel
127 13
By P. Meisel, book plate
22 00
By Ames Plow Co., lawn mower
7 45
By J. M. Sullivan, binding books
10 10
By appropriation to Librarian for sundry expenses
14 02
By sundries
4 50
By Fitz & Barker, plumbing
10 75
By E. W. Small ·
17 10
By T. W. Frost
42 30
By Morss & Whyte, wire .
11 15
By Carlisle & Pope Co., blinds
10 95
Balance unexpended March 1, 1905
161 62
$1,471 37
Of the unexpended balance, $100 represents remainder of Parsons Bequest to be expended on good editions of standard works; the balance, $61.62, is needed to defray expenses of month of March, 1905.
FRANCIS SHAW,
WAYLAND, March 1, 1905.
Treasurer.
.
$1,309 75
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Town of Wayland.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
The following is the report submitted by the Board of Health for the year beginning March 1, 1904, and ending February 28, 1905 : -
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Scarlet Fever, 2 cases.
Typhoid Fever, 1 case. Measles, 34 cases.
37 cases.
The Board have no further written report of any consequence. Several minor complaints have been made during the year, which have been attended to.
W. C. HUNTING, Chairman. THOMAS BRYANT, Clerk. M. C. BALDWIN.
WAYLAND, March 1, 1905.
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Water Commisioners' Report.
WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
WAYLAND WATER COMMISSIONERS
IN ACCOUNT WITH FRANK E. YEAGER, Town Treasurer, DR.
May 1, 1904. To Cash .
$226 00
August 1, 1904. To Cash
150 50
August 16, 1904. To Cash
500 00
August 31, 1904. To Cash
284 26
November 5, 1904. To Cash .
271 00
January 3, 1905. To Cash
234 67
February 7, 1905. To Cash
170 26
February 28, 1905 .
426 00
$2,262 69
Cr.
May 4, 1904.
Order No. 1, Maintenance
$108 75
August 1, 1904.
Order No. 2, Maintenance
138 65
November 9, 1904.
Order No. 3, Maintenance
68 00
February 28, 1905.
Order No. 4, Maintenance
117 95
66 " 5, William M. Fullick, com.
20 00
6, Alfred T. Dean, com. .
20 00
" 7, H. E. Dudley, com. ·
20 00
66 " 8, H. E. Dudley, sup. and clerk
182 50
" 9, Interest on water bonds
480 00
66
" 10, Cash in Town Treasury
1,106 84
·
.
$2,262 69
WILLIAM M. FULLICK, HENRY G. DUDLEY, ALFRED T. DEAN, Commissioners of Wayland Water Works.
February 28, 1905.
47
Town of Wayland.
REPORT OF THE £ SUPERINTENDENT
OF THE WAYLAND WATER WORKS.
The maintenance account is as follows : -
1904.
Mar. 14.
To Frank Ames
$12 00
14. N. Tatro
14 00
18. E. P. Butler
70
April 1. Labor for March
23 00
12. N. R. Brown
80
27. Harry G. Dudley
11 00
30. N. Tatro
16 00
May 2. Labor for Aprll
29 50
2. Howe & Co.
75
18. Wilson Matheau
1 00
21.
Martin T. Hall
3 50
June
1.
Labor for May
17 50
4. William C. Neal
2 50
July 1. Labor for June
21 50
25.
N. Tatro
11 50
27.
Harry G. Dudley
5 00
Aug.
1.
Labor for July
25 50
1. Walworth Manufacturing Co.
50 65
17. N. Tatro
5 00
Sept. 1. Labor for August
24 50
Oct.
1. Labor for September
16 50
25.
N. Tatro
8 00
Nov. 1.
Labor for October
14 00
Dec. 1. Labor for November
9 50
48
-
Report of the Superintendent of the Wayland Water Works.
1905.
Jan. 1.
Labor for December
$8 00
16. W. Post
2 00
Feb.
1. Labor for January
11 00
7.
Boston Lead Co.
4 00
7. Boston Co.
3 00
23.
Frank Ames
17 00
24.
Harry G. Dudley
9 00
28.
Labor for February
46 00
28.
William M. Fullick
2 48
28.
Postage
3 72
28.
Thomas C. McKey
2 25
$433 35
Respectfully submitted,
H. G. DUDLEY, Superintendent.
WAYLAND, February 28, 1905.
49
Town of Wayland.
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF WAY- LAND WATER WORKS SINKING FUND.
February 28, 1905.
Amount deposited in the Natick Five Cents Sav-
$1,933 45 ings Bank, Natick, Mass. .
Interest on above to November 1, 1904 .
322 16
Amount deposited in Watertown Savings Bank, Watertown, Mass. .
1,000 00
Interest on above to October 1, 1904 .
222 14
Amount deposited in Wildey Savings
Bank,
Boston, Mass. . .
1,009 87
Interest on above to November 15, 1904
20 18
Amount in hands of Town Treasurer
1,106 84
$5,614 64
WILLIAM M. FULLICK, HENRY G. DUDLEY, ALFRED T. DEAN,
Water Commissioners, Wayland Water Works Sinking Fund.
50
Report of Surveyor of Highways.
REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS.
WAYLAND, February 28, 1905.
The amount appropriated for Highways and Bridges the past year was two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). There was also an unexpended balance of seventy-six dollars and ten cents ($76.10) . Also the Excise Tax amounting to four hundred and forty-two dollars and forty-three cents ($442.43), making a total of two thousand five hundred and eighteen dollars and fifty-three cents ($2,518.53).
The total amount expended was two thousand three hundred and forty-four dollars and ninety-three cents ($2,344.93), leaving a bal- ance of one hundred and seventy-three dollars and sixty cents ($173.60) unexpended on Highway account.
The snow bills for this year amount to four hundred and sixty- six dollars and eighty-nine cents ($466.89) .
Itemized bills for above amounts are on file in the Selectmen's office.
MICHAEL W. HYNES,
Surveyor of Highways.
SNOW BILL FOR MARCH, 1904.
Men.
Horses.
Days.
Hours.
Days. Hours.
Amount.
W. C. Neal
4 1/2
$9 00
W. C. Neal
5
6 8 50
Harry Harvey
3
7 1/2
7 60
J. N. Banks
4 1/2
1 00
W. R. Place
2
6
5 32
51
Town of Wayland.
Men.
Days.
Hours.
Days.
Horses. Hours.
Amount
Leslie Dunham
2
$ 40
George Videon
1
8
3 72
J. J. Coughlin
2
4 00
Alexander Sauer
111/2
4 1/2
2 98
J. Ploss
4
88
Frank Quinn
1
2 00
F. F. Ames .
1 1/2
3 00
J. C. Wright
14
3 10
S. S. Davidson
18
4 00
G. E. Sherman
3
6
30
12 22
James Fox .
3
60
W. C. Neal, Snow
61 12
Thomas Byrant, team
1 00
Total
$135 84
HIGHWAY PAY-ROLL FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.
O. B. Atwell
9
1
$18 22
C. W. Fairbank
16
61/2
33 44
C. W. Fairbank
32
4 48 64
J. Kelly
14
81/2
29 89
J. Morrissy ·
13
3
26 62
D. D. Griffin
6
12 00
D. D. Griffin
12
18 00
W. Evans
12
7 1/2
25 66
T. B. Hawes
11
81/2
23 88
4
89
8
1 33
G. Phylis
1
41/2
3 00
I. Damon
8
8
17 79
17
7
26 66
M. W. Hynes
21
51/2
39
7
102 88
Thomas D. Murphy
.
16
5
33 11
Thomas L. Hynes
.
17
2 1/2
32
4 83 22
.
· G. Phylis
E. Carter
I. Damon
.
52
Report of Surveyor of Highways.
Men,
Horses.
Days.
Hours.
Days.
Hours.
Amount
John F. Malloy
3
6
$ 7 34
Edward Eagan
11
6
23 34
Charles Thyng
.
10
4 1/2
21 00
P. S. Zimmerman
10
5
21 12
John M. Curtin
3
4 1/2
6
16 00
John Linnehan
6
4 1/2
13 00
William Coughlin
6
5
13
1
32 77
Frank Quinn
9
1
18
1
45 54
Charles Harrington
11
5
23 11
John Hoye
7
5
15 11
Frank Davidson
6
12
30 00
John Fox
7
5
15 11
James Fox, Jr.
7
51/2
15 22
George N. Sherman
,
2
5
5 11
Edward Harrington ·
1
2 00
Andrew S. Morse, 240 loads of gravel
24 00
A. B. Sherman, 192 loads of gravel
19 20
Ames Plow Co., tools for road
,
13 61
Freight bill
.25
Total
$562 04
HIGHWAY PAY-ROLL FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.
Frank Quinn
1
2
$ 5 00
Charles Harrington
1
2 00
John Hoye .
1
8
3 78
Frank Davidson
1
2
5 00
John Fox
1
2 00
James Fox
1
8
3 78
Michael W. Hynes
5
4 1/2
6
20 00
Thomas L. Hynes
1
2
5 00
Thomas D. Murphy
1
2 00
N. Tatro ,
2
4 00
Henry M. Matthews
1
2 00
.
53
Town of Wayland.
Horses.
Days.
Men. Hours.
Days.
Hours.
Amount.
John Ploss
4
$ 89
Charles W. Fairbank
12
4 1/2
25 00
Charles W. Fairbank
22
7
34 13
M. G. Hurley
5
7
11 55
James Morrissy
8
16 00
Walter Evans
10
5
21 11
T. B, Hawes
4
8 00
John Kelly
4
3
8 66
Isaac Damon
1
2 00
Isaac Damon
4
6 00
D. D. Griffin
4
8 00
D. D. Griffin
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