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Town of Wayland.
5. James Murphy
$ 5 00
5. Mrs. Warren Hersey
10 00
5. C. A Roak . .
5 00
1909.
Jan. 2. D. W. Elkins, milk for Mary Butterfield 7 05
2. John B. Brigham 6 00
2. Mrs. A. B. Lyons 4 00
2. F. E. Yeager, one month's rent for Ellen Coakley 4 00
Feb.
2. E. O. Haynes, rent for Mrs. Whitney · 8 00
6. Robinson & Jones, coal ·
28 12
6. F. E. Yeager, one month's rent for Ellen Coakley 4 00 .
6. John B. Brigham
.
6 00
6. C. A. Roak .
5 00
6. Mrs. E. O. Lyons
4 00
27. J. W. Doon & Sons 1.
4 12
27. E. E. Sparks, medical attendance, Mary But- terfield 10 25
27. John B. Brigham
6 00
27. F. E. Yeager, one month's rent for Ellen Coakley 4 00
27. Mrs. A. B. Lyons . .
4 00
27. James Murphy .
. 5 00
27. E. A. Atwood
8 70
Total :
$417 35
ALFRED T. DEAN,
ALBION F. PARMENTER, THOMAS F. MAHONY, Selectmen of Waylana
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Town Clerk.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
-
WAYLAND, December 31, 1908
BIRTHS
Born during the year, twenty-seven, sixteen less than last year.
Males .
I2
Females
I5
Born of native parents
15
Born of foreign parents
O
Born of native and foreign parents
.
12 ·
MARRIAGES
Registered during the year, nineteen, two less than last year.
Native birth of both parties 13
Foreign birth of both parties 0
Native birth of one party and foreign of other . 6
First marriage of both parties 18
Second marriage of both parties
O
Third of one, second of other
.
I
DEATHS
Registered during the year, thirty-six, four more than last year.
Married
I2
Widowed
5
Single
I7
Males
17
Females
19
Native birth
24
Foreign birth .
12 1
.
.
.
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Town of Wayland.
Names of persons deceased who were more than seventy years old :
Anna S. Sherman
Years 72
9
0
Stephen H. McLaughlin
84
II
O
M. Anne Dion
90
3
I2
Daniel Keiley
80
0
O
Chas. Monroe Keay
7I
IO
I6
Leander Hammond
70
IO
IO
Nosological Table
Diphtheria
Stillborn
Alcoholism
I
Abscess
I
Convulsions ·
I
Tuberculosis
2
Sepsis
I
Surgical shock
I
Inanition
I
Sarcoma
I
Pneumonia
4
Nephritis
2
Old age .
2
Enteritis
2
Hemorrhage
I
Heart disease
6
Dysentery
I
Pulmonary œdema
I
Asphixia
I
Pulmonary embolism
.
I
Drowned
I
R. R. accident
I
Cancer
I
Dogs licensed from December 1, 1907 to December 1, 1908.
139 males at $2.00
$278 00
23 females at $5.00
115 00
$393 00
162 licenses at $0.20 (Clerk's fees)
32 40
$360 60
.
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Months Days
I
2
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Town Clerk.
BALLOTS CAST NOVEMBER 3, 1908
Precinct I .
164
Precinct 2
·
313
VOTE FOR PRESIDENT
Bryan
I37
Chafin
2
Debs
3
Gillhaus
3
Hisgen
29
Taft
282
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR
Carey
4
Draper
237
Hoar
9
Osgood
43
Vahey
168
Wylie
4
VOTE FOR SENATOR
Burnes
124
Graves
42
Harvey
249
VOTE FOR REPRESENTATIVE
Cutting
Hoar
Concord
444
415
Lincoln
81
78
Bedford
106
77
Sudbury
I35
51
Wayland
233
191
Weston
290
46
1289
858
DANIEL BRACKETT,
Town Clerk.
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Town of Wayland.
ASSESSORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1909.
Valuation of Real Estate, May 1, 1908 .
$1,544,130 00
Valuation of Personal Estate, May, 1, 1908 .
667,969 00
Valuation Total ·
$2,212,099 00
Valuation of Real Estate, May 1, 1907
$1,530.230 00
Valuation of Personal Estate, May 1, 1907 .
433,904 00
Valuation Total ·
$1,964,134 00
Increase
.
$247,965 00
Town appropriation
$31,634 24
State tax (regular)
3,355 00
County tax .
2,115 55
State highway tax .
129 05
Overlayings .
70 03
Omitted assessments
155 52
Additional assessments
48 00
Excise tax
495 89
Number of polls assessed, May 1, 1908 623
Number of polls assessed May 1, 1907 647
Whole number of persons assessed . 959
427
Number of residents assessed on property Number of non-residents assessed on property . 152
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Assessors.
Total value of land
$619,277 00
Total valve of buildings
924,853 00
Value of church property
43,940 00
Value of town property .
144,243 00
Number of horses assessed
302
Number of cows assessed
621
Number of neat cattle other than cows
33
Number of sheep
0
Number of fowls
1,825
Number of swine .
324
Number of dwelling houses
464
Number of acres of land
9,290
Rate of taxation, 1907
.
$16 20
Rate of taxation, 1908 ·
16 30
TAXES ABATED.
1898
.
$18 00
1899
50 00
1900
104 00
1901
169 22
1902
195 38
1903
67 90
1904
46 16
1905
71 48
1906
63 87
1907
62 50
1908
22 30
.
NATHANIEL R. GERALD, DANIEL BRACKETT, ALFRED A. CARTER, Assessors of Wayland
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Town of Wayland.
REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS.
WAYLAND, February 28, 1909.
The amount appropriated for Highways and Bridges the past year was two thousand three hundred dollars ($2,300.00) ; there was an unexpended balance from previous year of three dollars and seven cents ($3.07), making a total of two thousand three hundred and three dollars and seven cents ($2,303.07). The total amount expended was two thousand six hundred and two dollars and ninety- five cents ($2,602.95), making an overdraft of two hundred and ninety-nine dollars and eighty-eight cents ($299.88).
The snow bills for the year amount to thirty dollars and eight cents ($30.08). Itimized bills for above amounts are on file in the selectmen's office.
The overdraft of two hundred and ninety-nine dollars and eighty- eight cents is explained by the fact that the Natick and Cochituate Street Railway Excise Tax was not paid at the usual time (before close of our municipal year) .* When this is turned into the Town Treasury this account will show a balance of one hundred and fifty- six dollars and one cent ($156.01).
*See Collector's Report.
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Surveyor of Highways.
HIGHWAY PAY-ROLLS.
MARCH, 1908.
Men.
Horses.
Days.
Hours.
Days.
Hours.
Amount.
M. W. Hynes .
2
4 1/2
3
4 1/2
$10 25
M. W, Hynes, 6 loads gravel
60
Total
$10 85
APRIL, 1908.
M. W. Hynes
21
16
5
$77 33
H. K. Ranney
20
7
41 56
W. White
10
1
20 23
T. L. Hynes
13
7
17
7
54 23
J. M. Curtin
14
2
28
4
71 11
P. S. Zimmerman .
4
5
9 11
Richard Hawkins .
14
7
29 56
Frank Iminck
13
3
26 67
Edward Egan
.
10
3
20 67
James I. Bryden
2
2
7 00
S. R. Snelling
8
2
16
4
41 12
George E. Sherman
8
5
17
1
42 77
Howard E. Sherman
8
5
17 11
Leslie Sherman
34
2
17
1
94 11
James Fox .
15
5
17
1
56 57
George E. Sherman, 218 loads of gravel
21 80
A. S. Morse, 80 loads of gravel
8 00
Frank Bent, 200 chestnut posts
30 00
Thomas Bryant, teams
2 00
.
.
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·
.
.
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·
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Town of Wayland.
Men.
Days. Hours.
Hours.
Amount.
George J. Barker Lumber Co., 1232 feet spruce lumber
Howard C. Haynes
13
45 50
E. I. Clark .
.
10
5
21 11
D. D. Griffin .
7
5
15
1
37 78
Warren Lawrence .
9
5
19
1
47 77
William Morrissey
.
14 3
28 76
W. F. Evans .
11 4
22 90
Edgar Celorier .
14
28 00
C. W. Fairbank
23 2 1/2
44
6
113 54
Edward Damon
9
5
19
1
47 77
F. B. Hawes
14
5
29 11
G. F. Marston, shovels
1 70
John Clark .
1
2
2 33
Hector Lemoine
14
1
28 22
John E. Kelley
10
5
21 11
Total
$1,171 39
MAY, 1908.
M. W. Hynes
6
8
27 00
T. L. Hynes
6
6
21 00
G. F. Harrington
·
2
4 00
James I. Bryden .
2
2
7 00
A. S. Morse, 9 loads of gravel
90
C. W. Fairbank
3 4 1/2
6
16 01
N. Tatrualt .
1
2 00
E. A. Carter
.
6
1 35
W. F. Evans
3
1
6 23
Total
$87 49
JUNE, 1908.
Peter Demars
6
$12 00
Richard Carroll
·
8
7
17 55
Hector Lemoine
.
8
4
16 88
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.
.
.
.
Horses. Days.
$24 64
·
Surveyor of Highways.
Men.
Horses.
Days.
Hours.
Days.
Hours.
Amount.
C. W. Fairbank
14
5
29
1
$72 77
Maynard Porter
9
18 00
D. D. Griffin
18
4
19
2
65 55
Edward Damon
3
5
7
1
17 79
T. B. Hawes
9
5
19 11
M. W. Hynes
·
8
4
26 00
O. H. Demars
4
8 00
Total
$273.65
JULY, 1908
M. W. Hynes
2 4 1/2
3
4 1/2
$11 50
Total
$11 50
AUGUST, 1908.
M. W. Hynes
7
4 1/2
6
4 1/2
$28 50
C. W. Fairbank
5
3
2
1
21 33
Hector Lemoine
1
4 1/2
3 00
Total
$52 83
SEPTEMBER, 1908.
M. W. Hynes
8
8
$30 00
T. L. Hynes
17
10
49 00
W. Stearns, repairs on road scraper
7 85
A. B. Sherman, 48 loads of gravel
4 80
A. S. Morse, 11 loads of gravel
1 10
Total
$92 75
OCTOBER, 1908.
M. W. Hynes
19
37
$103 00
T. L. Hynes
.
18
12
54 00
H. K. Ranney
·
· 12
4 1/2
25 00
.
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Town of Wayland.
Men.
Hours.
Horses. Days. Hours.
Amount.
Edward Eagan
Days. 9 4 1/2
$19 00
I. S. Dickey
1
4 1/2
3 00
Thomas Bryant, team .
1 00
M. W. Hynes, 22 loads of gravel
2 20
C. W. Fairbank
22
6
20
3 75 88
Edward Grover
9
7
19 56
B. Grover
3
6 00
Allen Barry
6
12 00
Albert Demars
4
8 00
Edward Damon
5
10
25 00
T. B. Hawes
10
8
21 78
Joseph Derrick
3
6 00
Edward Lucure
2
4 00
Total
.
$385 42
NOVEMBER, 1908.
M. W. Hynes
3
41/2
5
4 1/2
$17 00
T. L. Hynes
2
2
7 00
H. K. Ranney
1
2 00
C, W. Fairbank
8
6
10
8 33 67
Joseph Derrick
2
4 00
Allen Barry .
2
4 00
Edward Grover
2
4 00
T. B. Hawes
2
3
4 66
Edward Damon
2
4
10 00
Fisk Co., 40 feet of tile pipe
8 00
G. F. Marston, shovels
2 40
Total
$96 73
DECEMBER, 1908.
M. W. Hynes 2 41/2
4
4 1/2
$13 00
A. S. Morse, 14 loads of gravel
1 40
L. H. McManus, sharpening picks
1 40
B. Grover
2
2 00
Edward Damon
2
.
4
10 00
.
.
.
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Surveyor of Highways.
Men.
Horses.
Days.
Hours.
Days
Hours.
Amount.
Allen Barry
4
$
89
Warren Lawrence
2
4
10 00
James McKay
2 56
James McDonald .
1
5
3 11
D. D. Griffin
2
4
10 00
T. B. Hawes
.
2
4 00
C. W. Fairbank
.
5
5
2
17 84
Total
JANUARY, 1909.
M. W. Hynes
2
2
8 00
T. L. Hynes
2
2
7 00
H. C. Haynes
8 87
Total
$23 87
FEBRUARY, 1909.
M. W. Hynes
3 4 1/2
5
41/2
$17 00
Total
$17 00
Grand Total
$2,062 95
1908. Appropriation of $300.00 for Railing and Bridges.
H. C. Haynes
11 4
$40 25
Edward Hawkins . ·
1
2 00
Richard Hawkins .
· 9
5
19 11
H. K. Ranney
9
5
19 11
F. E. Bent, 40 chestnut posts
6 00
George J. Barker Co., 7436 feet spruce lumber
191 71
James H. Lee, spikes and nails
6 00
T. L. Hynes
17 00
Total
$301 18
300 00
Overdraft .
$1 18
.
.
.
.
$78 29
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.
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Town of Wayland
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT. SNOW BILLS.
MARCH, 1908.
Men.
Horses.
Days.
Hours.
Days.
Hours.
Amount.
C. W. Fairbank
1 2
1
5
$4 79
J. N. Banks .
2
2
77
William Morrissey
.
4
89
Total
$6 45
FEBRUARY, 1909.
C. W. Fairbank
5
8
4
8
$19 13
W. S. Lovell
.
1 21/2
1
21/2
4 50
Total
·
$23 63
Grand Total
$30.08
.
MICHAEL W. HYNES, Surveyor of Highways.
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Board of Health.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
WAYLAND, March 1, 1909.
The Board of Health reports the number of contagious diseases during the past year :-
Scarlet Fever, one case. Diphtheria, two cases.
Several cases whooping cough and measles not reported, and least number of malarial cases seen in the town for years. This leads us to think well of the oil spray. Several cesspools have been put in also. We have had piggeries well cared for and have received no complaints so far about them.
Respectfully submitted,
W. C. HUNTING, THOMAS BRYANT, Board of Health.
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Town of Wayland.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1909.
The appropriation for this department was $2,000. The total expenses were $2,798.69. As there was $583.97 paid on bills carried over from last year, our total expenses were for the year $2,214.72.
On the first visit to the Town Home in 1908, we found the sanitary conditions of the Home in an extremely bad condi- tion. The tramp house also was in such a filthy condition that, by orders of the Board, it was immediately demolished, and by discontinuing the town's old custom of housing tramps, it proved to be of beneficial results. From our actual ex- penditure of $2,214.72, we have made the following repairs : extending the ell to the second story, with toilet on each floor ; fire-escape in rear of ell; reversed the doors to open out, in compliance with the law, and instituted fire-extinguishers and fire-buckets ; had a large water-tank put in attic to supply water for the toilets ; had double-action pump put in cellar to supply tank, and also other odd minor repairs. The discontinuance of our Warden marketing his stock and staying strictly on the farm brought forth beneficial results, as he proved to be a very willing and capable man about the place. Also, he has done all the carpentering, grading, and, in fact, all odd jobs about the Home, as the reports will show no repair bills outside of the plumbing. We take the means at this time to thank the Warden and Matron for their kind cooperation and strict attention to duty during the past year.
On the beginning of the year we took an inventory of the
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Overseers of the Poor.
Town Home property and upon looking over the house fur- nishings we found that $50 would be a large price for the same, as compared with $280, as charged.
As regards the stable inventory, a horse not worth over $40 was charged $100 (one hundred), which had to be shot later on and a new one purchased that cost $155. Tools, etc., were also set at far-increased values, which, in fact, shall be shown in the report. The inventory proved to be, however, of no value.
We tried cooperation with other towns, negotiating with Sudbury and Wellesley, but to no avail, as regards the board- ing of our poor. Then, in still further considering the Town Home proposition, knowing it to be an extravagant invest- ment, we conceived the idea of having the Warden at the Town Home board them; so we made the proposition that we should give him the use of farm and stock for six months, ending February 28, midnight, 1909, with clothes and medical attendance, he to receive, in return, $3.00 per week for each individual, he also to stand all expenses of running the Home, relinquishing all rights to his salary, and agreeing to take the best of care of all town property under his charge.
We also bought of Cobb, Bates & Co., at strictly wholesale prices, $244.02 of groceries, putting them in the Town Home, and supplied our inside and outside poor from them, and found it a paying proposition, as far as it went. The itemized price list of same can be seen at Town Hall. In the distribu- tion of said groceries, it was done on strictly business princi- ples. For instance, each customer had an account book, and a ledger was kept at the Town Home. Account books and ledger were looked over monthly by the Overseers, and an inventory of the stock taken the same time, so there was no chance for discrepancies. By the above plan, we gave the poor more for the money invested, and the town benefitted by buying it at wholesale and in a large quantity.
We found that on our new contract we had some $98 worth
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Town of Wayland.
of groceries on hand, which he took at the wholesale price, as part payment for the support of the town's poor.
The arrangement we have made beginning March I, 1909, with the Franciscan Sisters' Home of Worcester, Mass., non- sectarian institution for persons over sixty years of age, is : that we pay $12 a month, clothes and burial expenses. The institution was finished in May, 1908; that is, the main build- ing, for women only, which is of brick, with all modern im- provements, at a cost of $40,000. Then there is an annex building of wood, also with modern improvements, for men, costing $10,000. The institution will accommodate 150 people, the limit being nearly reached at the present time. Those who are able have perfect freedom to go outside and return in cer- tain hours of the day, and, in fact, the idea is to make the place as homelike as possible.
The Overseers used the utmost care in removing their charges, three in number, as two were very aged people, the mode of conveyance being by automobile.
Now in conclusion we most decidedly recommend the sale of the Town Home property, as it has been proven to our utmost satisfaction, upon a thorough investigation, that there has been thousands of dollars wasted in past years. It is simple figuring to show this in an expenditure of from $1,100 to $1,300.77 annually, reckoning the money investment of $4,000. or more of town property, for from three to six persons with no conditions to care for same in a humane manner for the past several years.
As this has been a strictly pay-as-you-go administration and all bills being paid when due, including those carried over from last year, we should have been able to keep within our appropriation only for compulsory needed repairs at Town Home and the purchase of a horse.
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Overseers of the Poor.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Received for City Hospital from A. L. Moore
22 00
Sale of cow and calf
35 00
Received from town of Southboro
444 40
Received from town of Marlboro
.
33 63
From sale of groceries
15 64
E. E. Sparks, M. D.
Medical attendance
$65 00
NOTE. - Carried over from last year. EXPENDITURES AT TOWN HOUSE.
Six months' salary of Warden
$187 50
Groceries
156 98
Provisions
.
108 16
Board of poor
115 50
Shoes and clothes
33 00
Fish
4 34
Ice
6 05
Grain
.
123 44
Standing grass
5 00
Medical aid
6 40
Labor
5 00
Scales
.
8 00
Two pigs
10 00
Blacksmithing
12 95
Wood
36 50
Hardware
26 28
Lumber
43 91
Plumbing
103 20
Pump ·
3 50
Expense of taking State pauper to Tewksbury
5 00
Horse
155 00
Paint
2 15
.
$1,157 86
NOTE. - Carried over from last year .
122 20
$1,035 66
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$2,550 67
Town of Wayland.
EXPENDITURES OF OUT-DOOR POOR.
Having a settlement in Wayland and residing there. Mrs. John Chenette
Groceries
$236 65
Provisions
38 00
Fuel
61 37
Milk
32 27
Moving
6 00
Medical aid
49 00
Shoes .
20 35
Rent
98 37
Burial expenses
40 00
.
NOTE. - Carried over from last year .
263 63
$318 38
The Overseers on and after March 1, 1909, will see that only rental is paid for the present for the above, as there are two of her sons earning thirteen dollars and fifty cents per week ($13.50) , which we consider sufficient for their support with any kind of economy.
M. J. Hurley
Hospital
$14 57
$14 57
Miss Lillian Porter
Medical aid
$7 00
$7 00
NOTE. - Carried over from last year.
Alex Tatro
Medical aid
$8 00
$8 00
John B. McElroy Medical aid
. .
,
$4 50
$4 50
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$582 01
Overseers of the Poor.
Having a settlement in Wayland and residing elsewhere. Melvina Benway, Brockton Groceries $5 74
$5 74
Henry Benway, Springfield
Shoes .
$10 35
Provisions
93 60
Fuel
16 12
Medical aid
11 00
$131 07
Mrs. Odell Cormier, Worcester
Board
$15 00
$15 00
L. Roberts, North Brookfield
Groceries
$81 34
Fuel
33 88
Shoes . .
22 15
$137 37
NOTE. - Carried over from last year .
56 14
$81 23
Miss Lillian Porter, Worcester
Hospital
$70 00
$70 00
NOTE. - Carried over from last year.
Residing in Wayland and having a settlement elsewhere. Mrs. Joseph Hawkins, Southboro
Groceries
$92 51
Fuel
.
63 40
Rent
104 77
Medical aid
.
19 50
$280 18
.
.
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Town of Wayland.
Mrs. Morse, Southboro
Groceries
$53 10
Provisions
52 00
Milk
28 63
Rent
72 00
Fuel
56 63
Shoes .
12 15
$274 51
Mrs. Lizotte, Marlboro
Groceries
$10 00
Rent .
5 00
Coal
.
$20 63
INVENTORY OF TOWN HOME PROPERTY.
Real estate
$3,500 00
One horse
155 00
One cow
45 00
One double harness
10 00
One single express harness
10 00
Two plows
15 00
One wagon
25 00
One sleigh
3 00
Tools
10 00
House furnishing
50 00
One pair of scales .
8 00
Two fire extinguishers
.
21 00
$3,857 00
INMATES AT TOWN HOME, MARCH 1, 1908. Francis Joseph Webber, age 67 years. Miss Clara Anderson, age 78 years. Mrs. Ann Painter, age 96 years. John McElroy, age 63 years. Died August 20, 1908
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5 63
One hay wagon ·
5 00
Overseers of the Poor.
Nelson Latoure, age 54 years. Discharged from Home, August 20, 1908.
Frank Farnham, age 63 years. Discharged from Home, June 17, 1908.
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION.
$250 00
Painting
$200 00
A. A. Elston, pipe .
10 73
Union Lumber Co., lumber
24 96 $235 69
Unexpended balance $14 31
The Board of Overseers respectfully ask for fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) for the ensuing year.
CHARLES A. BENSON, Chairman. DANIEL W. RICKER, Clerk. FRANCIS P. WHITE.
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Town of Wayland.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE WAYLAND WATER WORKS SINKING FUND.
February 27, 1909.
Cash deposited in Natick Savings Bank $2,169 51
Interest on the above to November 1, 1908 787 62
Cash deposited in Watertown Savings Bank . 1,000 00
Interest on the above to October 1, 1908
404 01
Cash deposited in Wildey Savings Bank, Boston
116 71
Interest on the above to November 15, 1908 .
180 61
Cash deposited in Home Savings Bank, Boston
1,000 00
Interest on the above to October, 1908 .
120 62
Cash deposited in West Newton Savings Bank Interest on the above to January 1, 1909
1,000 00
108 24
Cash deposited in Waltham Savings Bank
1,000 00
Interest on the above to October 1, 1908
58 58
Cash deposited in Waltham Trust Company
1,093 91
Interest on the above to January 1, 1909
33 01
$9,072 82
July 28, 1908.
Drawn from Wildey Savings Bank and paid Water
Bond
$1,000 00
CLARENCE S. WILLIAMS, HENRY G. DUDLEY, BRYANT M. BAILEY, Commissioners Wayland Water Works Sinking Fund.
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Water Commissioners.
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
The Board of Wayland Water Commissioners herewith present for your consideration the following annual report for the year ending February 28, 1909 :-
The board organized with Clarence S. Williams, chairman ; and Bryant M. Bailey, clerk. P. A. Leary was reappointed super- intendent.
The excessive dry season in the fall gave us the opportunity for accomplishing a great amount of work for the betterment of the condition of the main reservoir.
We issued a water note of $1,000, and expended the proceeds of the same in excavating and cleaning the upper part of the main basin, thereby reducing the shallow flowage to a large extent, and also cleaning and rip-rapping a portion of the brook to Rice's spring. A marked improvement was made on the upper basin early in the year by cutting off the wood on the shore and cleaning out a lot of refuse wood, brush and other debris.
The commission, after due consideration and investigation into the matter of furnishing an adequate supply of water for fire pur- poses, decided that a connection with the Natick water main, as recommended by the consulting engineer, would be the most efficient, economical and accessible arrangement that could be made.
In accordance with that decision, the Natick Water Commissioners were approached with a request for permission to connect with the mains. In response to our request to connect with the Natick water mains at North Natick, the said commission presented the matter to the town of Natick, and, after a vote of the said town to that effect, petitioned the Legislature for authority to supply the town of Way- land with water.
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Town of Wayland.
The petition, however, was excluded by the committee on rules owing to the unauthorized opposition to the measure from the Select- men of the Town of Wayland, who were represented by counsel at the hearing before the committee.
CLARENCE S. WILLIAMS, BRYANT M. BAILEY, Water Commissioners.
WAYLAND WATER COMMISSIONERS,
IN ACCOUNT WITH FRANK E. YEAGER, Town Treasurer, Dr.
March 30, 1908. To Cash
$120 50
July 14, 1908. To Cash
138 00
July 27, 1908. To Cash
118 50
August 5, 1908. To Cash
53 50
August 27, 1908. To Cash
154 50
September 18, 1908. To Cash
103 00
October 20, 1908. To Cash .
485 00
November 16, 1908. To Cash
28 00
December 31, 1908. To Cash
179 50
January 2, 1909. To Cash
56 00
January 9, 1909. To Cash
128 00
January 30, 1909. To Cash
77 50
January 15, 1909.
To Cash
170 78
January 27, 1909.
To Cash
395 76
Cr.
$2,208 54
May 28, 1908.
Order No 1.
Amount in hands of Treasurer Placed in Sinking Fund.
$1,093 91
April 6, 1908.
Order No. 2.
Maintenance
$29 21
May 4, 1908.
Order No. 4.
Maintenance
9 45
June 1, 1908.
Order No. 6.
Maintenance
12 73
July 17, 1908.
Order No. 8.
Maintenance
70 28
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Water Commissioners.
September 8, 1908.
Order No. 9.
Maintenance
$ 76 61
November 2, 1908.
Order No. 11.
Maintenance
63 12
December 7, 1808.
Order No. 13.
Maintenance
84 19
January 4, 1909.
Order No. 14.
Maintenance
23 13
February 1, 1909.
Order No. 15.
Maintenance
33 95
February 27, 1909.
Order No. 1.6. Maintenance .
28 12
Order No. 17.
Salary C. S. Williams
20 00
Order No. 18.
Salary H. G. Dudley
20 00
Order No. 19.
Salary B. M. Bailey, clerk
152 50
Order No. 20.
Salary P. A. Leary, sup. .
50 00
Interest on water bond
605 00
Paid water note
1,000 00
$2,278 29
Amount overdrawn
.
69 75
$2,208 54
CASH RECEIVED FROM SUPERINTENDENT.
Cr.
July 17, 1908. Wood
$50 00
December 16, 1908. Wood
51 50
February 1. 1909. Wood
60
February 1, 1909. Repairs
4 60
February 9, 1909. Repairs on fountain from H. & Co.
10 58
February 27, 1909. Repairs .
20 59
$137 87
April 6, 1908.
Order No. 3. Improvement on basin
$63 29
May 4, 1908.
Order No. 5. Improvement on basin
109 19
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Town of Wayland.
June 1, 1908.
Order No. 7.
Improvement on basin
$ 43 08
October 5, 1908. Order No. 10.
Improvement on basin
686 26
November 2, 1908.
Order No. 12.
Improvement on basin
464 77
Respectfully submitted,
$1,366 59
B. M. BAILEY, Clerk.
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Town Sinking Fund.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUND OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND.
Amount of fund, March 1, 1908
$16,247 17
Received appropriation, 1908 . $1,408 80
Received interest on investments . 620 19
$2,028 99
Amount of fund March 1, 1909 Invested as follows :
$18,276 16
Town of Wayland Water Fund Bonds, 4 per cent. at par . · Fitchburg Railroad Bond, 4 per cent. at par Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Bonds, $5,000, 31/2 per cent. at cost · West End Street Railway Bond, 4 per cent. at par
$5,000 00
1,000 00
4,730 00
1,000 00
New York, New Haven and Hartford R. R. Bonds, 4 per cent. at par 2,000 00
Town of Wayland Water Notes due in 1909 and 1911 · · · Boston and Maine R. R. Bonds, $2,000, 4 per cent. at cost
2,000 00
Deposited in North End Savings Bank, Boston
1,970 00
576 16
$18,276 16
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