Official reports of the town of Wayland 1957-1959, Part 9

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1957
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 662


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The Park Department continued its customary maintenance of other properties under its jurisdiction. As of the first of the year the Park Department has been given the responsibility of maintaining not only areas controlled by the Park Department but also the grounds of all Schools, Town Office Building and Cochituate Fire Station.


The Board wishes to acknowledge with grateful thanks the concen- trated attention to duty that its personnel has shown during the year and the cooperation given to the Board by other departments of the town.


FRANK S. TARR, THOMAS F. MURRAY, NATHANIEL HAMLEN, Board of Park Commissioners.


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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE December 31, 1957


1. MOTOR VEHICLES VIOLATION


Speeding


57


Stop signs


11


Operating under the influence


12


Operating so as to endanger


13


Unregistered motor vehicles


8


Uninsured motor vehicles


4


Operating after suspension


4


Operating after revocation


3


No sticker


14


Operating without authority


1


Failing to stop for a flashing red light


3


Failing to stop for a red light


5


No license


6


Failing to use care in turning


3


Failing to slow down at intersection


1


Failing to stop for a school bus


1


Refusing to obey a Police Officer


1


Failing to keep to the right


3


Following too close


1


Leaving the scene of an accident-Property Damage


1


No registration in possession


2


Noisy muffler


1


Allowing uninsured motor vehicle


2


Failing to obey the law of the road


3


Passing while overtaking a motor vehicle


1


Making a false statement to obtain a license


1


2. AGAINST THE PUBLIC


Drunk


23


Non-support


2


Assault and battery


7


Abroad in the night time


4


Idle and disorderly


1


Assault with a dangerous weapon


2


Carrying a dangerous weapon in a motor vehicle


4


Disturbing the peace


11


Giving a false name to a Police Officer


1


Larceny


3


Forgery


1


Suspicious person


1


Peddling without a license


1


Larceny by means of a fraudulent check


4


3. SEX OFFENSES


Indecent exposure


1


Open and gross lewdness


1


Indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 yrs. 2


The above compilation of data includes arrests made by the State Police but it does not include the arrest of juveniles.


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The Wayland Police Department served during 1957: One Hundred and ninety Summonses, Ten Summonses to show cause, Eight Sum- monses to the Parent, Five Subpoenas.


The total number of accidents reported for the year was 151. Fatal one; Property Damage, ninety-four; Personal Injuries, forty- nine; Two Pedestrian and two on Bicycles; there were other accidents not reported to the Police.


1732 radio calls were received in the cruiser from individuals reporting accidents, fire, inebriates, fights, stray dogs, etc. Officers on duty at night while checking business establishments closed and locked 157 doors and or windows.


During the year officers checked the homes of 118 people who reported that they would either be away or on vacation.


During the year the various officers attended either the Framingham District Court or the Superior Court in East Cambridge a total of 162 days.


It is my pleasure each year to again be able to thank the various department heads and their staffs for their continued efforts and cooperation. Specifically may I mention: The Honorable Board of Selectmen; the regular patrolmen and the special police; the auxiliary police; the Wayland Lumber Company for its annual purchase of safety calendars which are distributed locally; and you, the residents of Way- land, for helping us all to comply with the spirit of the law, thereby making Wayland a safe place in which to live, work and play.


The Wayland Police Department moved into its new station on December 3, 1957.


Effective 1 January 1958 I am happy to announce that finally the Department has its own two-way radio system manned by four dis- patchers - two permanent policemen and two permanent firemen - and appointed by the Board of Selectmen. It goes without saying that my sincere gratitude is extended to Chief Shea and The Natick Police Department for carrying on the above duties from 1947 to the afore- mentioned date.


Two additional patrolmen have been requested by me through the Finance Board in order that the time consumed by vacation, days off and sick leave of the present patrolmen may be adequately comple- mented by a full time protective staff.


As always, constructive criticism is invited and encouraged.


And, lastly, my humble thank-you is extended for the overwhelming vote of confidence given me during last year's election. Your trust and loyalty, I can assure you, will not be betrayed or in vain.


Respectfully submitted,


ERNEST H. DAMON, Chief of Police.


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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT


This past year saw numerous changes in this department.


In March, the Town voted to establish a Fire Department to be under the control of an officer to be known as Chief of the Fire Depart- ment. In November, department headquarters (Station #1) was opened in the new Town Building. December saw our own operation of radio communications and alarm system commence.


It has been my pleasure this year to work with the Town Govern- ment Committee in a survey of the Fire Department. Two major items recommended to the Survey Committee for their consideration were a long range planned program of purchase and replacement of apparatus and the gradual provision for (2) two men in each station (24) twenty- four hours a day.


Alarms Answered -1957


Brush


40


Grass


39


Dump


35


Rescue


26


False


26


Woods


18


Electrical


18


Motor Vehicles


17


Rubbish


16


Dwellings


12


Buildings


10


Oil Burners


7


Smoke Investigation


6


Emergency Pumpings


2


Alarm Trouble


6


Gas Leak


1


Mutual Aid


4


Miscellaneous


6


Total


289


Of the 289 alarms listed above, 100 were handled by still alarms. The still alarms were answered in the most part by the men on duty days in each station without sounding the audible alarm for additional men.


The policy of sounding alarms for emergency calls received by telephone was changed in December as we commenced operation of our own communications and alarm system 24 hours a day. Previously it was the practice to sound 61 for calls in Precinct #1 and 17 for calls in Precinct #2. The practice now will be to sound 7-7 for all emergency calls received by telephone.


This past year was the second driest on record in the local area. Forest fire patrols were placed on duty during the most critical days, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the citizens of the Town for their co-operation in preventing a serious outbreak in our wooded areas.


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LOCATION OF FIRE ALARM BOXES December 31, 1957


12 Pemberton Road at No. 32


13 Pemberton Road and Shawmut Avenue


132 Public Bathing Beach, Lake Cochituate


14 Harrison Street


15 Cochituate Grammar School, Main Street


17 Station No. 2 Main Street


19 Willard Street at Winter Street


23 Commonwealth Road West at Pemberton Road


24 Commonwealth Road at Main Street


242 Commonwealth Road East at No. 228


245 Commonwealth at East Plain Street


2452


Caulfield and Brooks Roads


2453 Brooks and Carpenter Road


2454 Carpenter Road at End


2455 2456


2457


25 Commonwealth Road East at Old Tavern Road


251 Old Tavern Road at Dean Road


2511 Dean Road


2512 Old Tavern Road at Bald Rock Road


2513 Snake Brook Road


2514 Bald Rock Road


253 Loker Street at Thompson Street


2531 Loker Street School


27 Commonwealth Road East at Oak Street


271 Oak Street at Timber Lane


272 Timber Lane at Eden Road


31 East Plain Street at Pollack Road


321 Main Street at East Plain Street


322 Mitchell Street at West Plain Street


3221 Maguire Road at Pleasant Street


3225 West Plain at Castle Gate South


3241 Pine Needle Road


3255 Edgewood Road


326 Old Connecticut Path at West Plain Street


3271 Simpson Road at Emerson Road


3272 Richard Road


3273 Russell Road


3274 Emerson Road at Hawthorne Road


3313 Lake Shore Drive at Beech Street


3314 Sycamore Road at Hemlock Road


34 Old Connecticut Path at Pine Ridge Road


341 Pine Ridge Road


343 Lake Shore Drive at No. 18


351 Holbrook Road


3511 Highgate Road


381 Park Lane off Maiden Lane


414 415 Main Street at Dudley Road


Main Street at Pond Drive


4142


Lakeview Road


4151 Dudley Road at Crest Road


4152 Dudley Road at End


4153 Bayfield Road at No. 14


4154 Bayfield Road at No. 25


4161 Peck Avenue at No. 10


42 Cochituate Road at Parmenter Health Center


421 Pequot at Happy Hollow Road


422 Pequot Road at No. 44


423 Pequot Road Elementary School


43 Cochituate Road at Happy Hollow Road


431 Rice Spring Lane at Goodman Lane


441 Cochituate Road at Woodridge Road


4411 Woodridge Road at No. 28


4412 Woodridge Road at High Rock Road


4413 High Rock Road at No. 22


4414 High Rock Road at No. 43


4415 High Rock Road at End


4421 Woodridge Road at No. 65


4431 Woodridge Road at Country Corners Road


4432 Woodridge Road and Black Oak Road


4433 Woodridge Road and Reservoir Road


4434 Brooktrail Road


4435 Woodridge Road at No.122


4436 Woodridge Road Near Rice Road


45 Fox Meadow Lane at No. 12


451 Shaw Drive at Fox Meadow Lane


453 Shaw Drive at No. 27


51 Cochituate Road at Railroad Crossing


52 State Road at Cochituate Road


521 Wayland High School off Cochituate Road


53 Wayland Grammar School, Cochituate Road


61 Station No. (1) Millbrook Road


612 Millbrook Road at Nob Hill Road


613 Plain Road at Glen Road


621 Plain Road at Claypit Hill Road


6211 Claypit Hill School - Adams Lane


622 Claypit Hill Road at No. 70


623 Claypit Hill at Adams Lane


624 Adams Lane


6241 Adams Lane at Three Ponds Road


6242 Three Ponds Road at No. 11


63 Plain Road at Draper Road 64 State Road East at Bennett Road 642 State Road East at Spring Hill Road


6512 Pelham Island Road at No. 152


6513 Jeffrey Hill Road


652 Pelham Island Road at No. 174


653 Pelham Island Road at Erwin Road


66 State Road East at Rich Valley Road 664 State Road East at Old Connecticut Path


State Road West at St. Ann's Church


67 671 State Road West near Railroad Crossing


71 Concord Road at Bow Road


711 Bow Road


712 Concord Road at Plain Road


72 Old Sudbury Road at No. 11


721 Old Sudbury Road at Raytheon Mfg. Co.


722 Raytheon Mfg. Co.


73 Old Sudbury Road at Bow Road


82 Concord Road at Training Field Road


824 Orchard Lane


825 Orchard Lane


831 Concord Road at Glezen Lane


84 Concord Road at Moore Road


841 Concord Road at Lincoln Road


851 Concord Road at Sherman Bridge Road


921 Concord Road at Red Barn Road


922 Marshall Terrace


93 Red Barn Road


SPECIAL SIGNALS


1 Daily Test at 5:45 P. M.


2 All Out


3-3-3 Military Call


4-4-4 Boy Scouts


5-5 No School Signal at 7:00 A. M.


7-7 All Call-Firemen Report to their Station


OUT OF TOWN SIGNALS


512


Framingham


513 Lincoln


514 Natick


515


Sudbury


516 Weston


EMERGENCY NUMBERS TO CALL FIRE DEPARTMENT


EL. 8-4321 OL. 3-4321


NUMBERS FOR OTHER BUSINESS


STATION #1 -EL. 8-7701 STATION #2-OL. 3-2241


The department's first fire prevention program was started this year in the public schools at the grade school level.


Inspections of our schools, churches, public buildings, nursing homes and other business establishments are being conducted jointly by the Fire and Building Departments. At this time I wish to acknowledge the co-operation and assistance given this department by Homer L. MacDonald, Building and Wiring Inspector not only in this work but also in the condemnation of hazardous structures.


During the period June 4th to December 31st, 155 oil burner permits were issued and the installations are being inspected as the work is completed.


The second unit of Auxiliary Firefighters commenced weekly train- ing sessions in September. The regular men and the call men drill weekly. In August (4) four men attended short courses at the civilian defense rescue school in Topsfield, Mass. In September (10) ten men attended a training school conducted by the State of New Hampshire Fire Chiefs at Fitzwilliam, N. H.


The latest listing of fire alarm box locations and special signals of public interest will be found on the red pages preceding this report.


Fire alarm extensions were made this past year on Loker Street to the new Loker School and on Claypit Hill Road and Adams Lane to the new Claypit Hill School.


In conclusion I would like to extend my thanks and appreciation to the men of the department and all who have co-operated and helped in any way to further the development and efficiency of this department.


Respectfully submitted,


FJH/D


FRANCIS J. HARTIN, Chief, Wayland Fire Department.


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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER 1957


January 1, 1957 Cash Balance


$1,757,754.64


1957 Receipts 2,092,764.56


$3,850,519.20


1957 Payments


$3,141,250.17


January 1, 1958 Cash Balance


709,269.03


$3,850,519.20


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TRUST FUNDS Charity


Income 1957


Fund Amount


1. Allen $1,100.00 - Martin 6% Mortgage $1,100.00


$38.50


2. Donation 1,300.00 300.00 - Provident Institution for Savings 1,000.00 - American Telephone & Telegraph Company Debenture 33/ss 12/1/73 42.94


3. Loker 2,000.00 1,000.00 - Wisconsin Electric Power - 37/8 s 1986


1,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 8/1/60 .. 63.75


4. Russell


5,251.67


251.67 - Provident Institution for Savings 2,000.00 - Southern Pacific 27/8s 1/1/86


1,000.00 - Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 4s 3/1/58


1,000.00 - Southern California Edison 35/ss 8/15/78


1,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 8/1/60 166.47


Total Charity Funds ..


$9,651.67


Total Income for 1957


$311.66


Cemetery


1. J. M. Parmenter $5,000.00


$ 200.00 - Provident Institution for Savings 1,000.00 - N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R. 31/2S 2/1/98 1,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 6/1/58 1,000.00 - American Telephone & Telegraph Company Debenture 33/ss. 12/73


1,800.00 - U. S. Treasury 21/2s 1964-1969 $144.87


2. Cemetery Perpetual Care 34,040.00


1,000.00 - Southern California Edison 1st Refund Mtg. 3s 9/1/65


115


1,000.00 - Southern Pacific Oregon Line 1st Mtg. 41/2 S 3/1/77 2,000.00 - Southern Pacific R. R. 1st Mtg. 27ss 1/1/86 4,000.00 - Wisconsin Electric Power 37/8s 1986 200.00 - U. S. Treasury 21/2s 1964/69 4,000.00 -- New England Telephone & Telephone Co. 314 s 1991


3,000.00 - Central Maine Power 1st Mtg. 478s 5/1/87 1,000.00 - Michigan Bell Telephone 438s Deb. 12/1/91


1,550.00 - Southern Nevada Power Co. 51/2s 1986


2,000.00 - Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. 43/ss 1988 1,300.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 6/1/58 1,600.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 11/1/58 3,700.00 - Southern California Edison 41/2s 2/15/82


4,000.00 - Northern Pacific Railway Prior Lien 4s 1997


3,690.00 - Provident Institution for Savings


1,122.32


Total Cemetery Funds $39,040.00


Total Income for 1957 $1,267.19


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds received in 1957 and included above:


Lewellyn Mills $150.00


Frank Houghton $150.00


Everett W. O'Dell


100.00


Helen Wight 100.00


Clarence H. Biernan 100.00


Frank Houghton 150.00


Gladys MacDonald 200.00


Russell P. Kerr 100.00


Lily Peters 100.00


Martin and Annie Shufelt


100.00


George P. Richardson 150.00


Katherine V. Johnson .. 100.00


Herbert and Helen Tufts .. 100.00


John A. S. Place 150.00


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Library


Fund Amount


Income 1957


1. Lydia M. Child


$150.00 $ 150.00 - Southern Nevada Power Co. 51/2s 1986


$8.26


2. Harriet C. Damon ..


3,000.00 1,000.00 - Southern California Edison 35/ss 1978 2,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 8/1/60 86.25


3. Isaac C. Damon 1,000.00


1,000.00 - Michigan Bell Telephone Company 43/8 S


Debentures 12/1/91 43.75


4. Ella E. Draper


500.00}


1,000.00 -


N. Y. Central Rwy. Co. Ref. and Imp. A 41/2s 10/1/2013 60.00


5. James Draper


500.00


6. Grace C. Draper 1,000.00


1,000.00 - Michigan Bell Telephone


Company


43/8 S


Debentures 12/1/91 50.00


7. James Sumner Draper ...... 5,000.00


1,000.00 - Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. Gen. Mtg. 4s 3/1/58 2,000.00 - Southern Nevada Power Co. 51/2s 1986


1,300.00 - Southern California Edison Company 1st Ref. Mtg. "H" 41/2s 2/15/1982 500.00 - Provident Institution for Savings 200.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 1/1/58 .. 195.12


8. Sarah W. Heard 3,100.00


100.00 - Southern Nevada Power Co. 51/2s 1986 43% s 1,000.00 - Michigan Bell Telephone Company Debenture 12/1/91 2,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 8/1/60 99.25


9. Jonathan M. Parmenter .... 10,000.00


3,000.00 - The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company 43ss 8/15/1988 1,000.00 - U. S. Treasury Bond 21/2s 7/15/64-69 2,000.00 - Pennsylvania R. R. Co. Gen. Mtg. Series A 41/2s 6/1/65


117


2,000.00 - American Telephone & Telegraph Company Debentures 33/8s 12/1/1973 1,000.00 - Michigan Bell Telephone Company Debentures 438s 12/1/1991 1,000.00 - Central Maine Power 1st and Gen. Mtg. "W" 47/8 s 5/1/1987 394.38


10. Cynthia G. Roby 3,200.00


1,000.00 - American Telephone & Telegraph Company Debentures 33%s 12/1/1973


1,000.00 - Central Maine Power 1st and Gen. Mtg. "W" 47/8 s 5/1/1987 1,200.00 - Southern Nevada Power Co. 51/2s 1986 136.63


11. Francis Shaw 5,000.00


1,000.00 - Texas and New Orleans 1st Ref. 31/4 s 4/1/1970 1,000.00 - Southern California Edison Company 1st and Ref. Mtg. "E" 35/ss 8/15/1978 3,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 8/1/60 143.75


12. Dorothy C. Stone 2,000.00


2,000.00 - Southern California Edison Company 1st and Ref. Mtg. "E" 35/8s 8/15/1978 72.50


13. Ada H. Wellington 500.00


200.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 6/1/58 300.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 11/1/58 12.50


Total Library Funds .. $34,950.00


Total Income for 1957


$1,302.39


RESERVE FUNDS FOR INVESTMENT $2,476.56 - Warren Institution for Savings


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MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST


SCHOOL


Initial Bor- rowings


Year


Type


Rate


Maturing Annually


Balance 1/1/58


Prin.


Int.


Balance 1/1/59


Prin.


Int.


Balance 1/1/60


Prin.


Int.


Balance 1/1/61


$400,000


1948


20-Yr. Bonds


21/4%


$20,000


$220,000


$20,000


$4,950.00


$200,000


$20,000


$4,500.00


$180,000


$20,000


$4,050.00


$160,000


150,000


1948


18-Yr. Bonds


21/4%


9,000


69,000


9,000


1,552.50


60,000


9,000


1,350.00


51,000


9,000


1,147.50


42,000


140,000


1949


20-Yr. Bonds


13/4%


10,000-57 5.000-58


60,000


5,000


1,006.25


55,000


5,000


918.75


50,000


5,000


831.25


45,000


210,000


1952


20-Yr. Bonds


1-3/5%


10,000


150,000


10,000


2,320.00


140,000


10,000


2,160.00


130,000


10,000


2,000.00


120,000


10,000


1952


10-Yr. Coupon Notes 2%


1,000


5,000


1,000


100.00


4,000


1,000


80.00


3,000


1,000


60.00


2,000


600,000


1954


20-Yr. Bonds


2-1/5%


30,000


510,000


30,000


10,890.00


480,000


30,000


10,230.00


450,000


30,000


9,570.00


420,000


150,000


1956


15-Yr. Bonds


21/2%


10,000


140,000


10,000


3,375.00


130,000


10,000


3,125.00


120,000


10,000


2,875.00


110.000


600.000


1956


20-Yr. Bonds


21/2%


30,000


570,000


30,000


13,875.00


540,000


30,000


13,125.00


510,000


30,000


12,375.00


480,000


62,000


1956


20-Yr. Bonds


3-2/5%


4,000-57/8 58,000


4,000


1,972.00


54,000


3,000


1,836.00


51,000


3,000


1,734.00


48,000


638,000


1956


20-Yr. Bonds


3-2/5%


31,000-57-8 607,000 32,000-59


31,000


20,638.00


576,000


32,000


20,638.00


544,000


32,000


18,496.00


512.000


Total Outstanding for School


1.939,000


Total Principal and Interest for each year ..


150,000 60,678.75


150,000 57,962.75


150,000 53,138.75


Total Payment for each year


210,678.75


207,962.75


203,138.75


WATER


37.000


1948


15-Yr. Coupon Notes 2%


2,000


12,000


2,000


220.00


10.000


2,000


180.00


8,000


2,000


140.00


6,000


90,000


1948 15-Yr. Bonds


21/4%


6,000


36,000


6,000


810.00


30,000


6,000


675.00


24,000


6,000


540.00


18,000


10,000


1949


10-Yr. Notes


11/4%


1,000


2,000


1,000


25.00


1,000


1,000


12.50


0


19,000


1950


10-Yr. Notes


11/2%


2,000


5,000


2,000


60.00


3,000


2,000


30.00


1.000


1,000


7.50


0


119


3,000-59


2,389,000


2.239.000


2,089,000


Payments 1960


Payments 1958


Payments 1959


10,000 1951 10-Yr. Notes


13/4%


1,000


4,000


1,000


70.00


3,000


1,000


52.50


2,000


1,000


35.00


1,000


20,000


1953


10-Yr. Coupon Notes 2%


2,000


12,000


2,000


220.00


10,000


2,000


180.00


8,000


2,000


140.00


6,000


18,000


1953


9-Yr. Notes


21/4%


2,000


10,000


2,000


225.00


8,000


2,000


180.00


6,000


2,000


135.00


4,000


15,000


1955


10-Yr. Notes


1.9%


1,500


12,000


1,500


213.75


10,500


1,500


185.25


9,000


1,500


156.75


7,500


Total Outstanding for Water


Total Principal and Interest for each year.


17,500


1,495.25


15,500


1,154.25


Total Payments for each year


19,343.75


18,995.25


16,654.25


FIRE


60,000 1952 20-Yr. Coupon


2%


4,000


40,000


4,000


800.00


36,000


4,000


720.00


32,000


4,000


640.00


28,000


Notes


2,000-63


Total Outstanding for Fire


40,000


36,000


32,000


28,000


Total Principal and Interest each year


4,000


800.00


4,000


720.00


4,000


640.00


Total Payment for each year


4,800


4.720


4,640


Total Outstanding School, Water, Fire


2,522.000


2,350,500


2,179,000


2,009.500


Total Principal and Interest: School Water, Fire


171,500


63,322.50


171,500


60,178.00


169,500


54,933


Total Payments for each year


234,822.50 (1958)


231,678.00 (1959)


224,433 (1960)


TEMPORARY LOANS


$100,000


@ 1.93


Dated: 5/24/57


Paid: 11/15/57


Anticipation of Taxes


75,500


58,000


42,500


93,000


17,500


1,843.75


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TAX TITLES


Number


Amount of Taxes


Valuation


Due in 1958


4


$449.78


$2,500.00


Due in 1959


5


688.56


3,300.00


9


$1,138.34


$5,800.00


Tax Title Possessions


85


$6,558.03


$13,270.00


INSURANCE


Date of


Expiration Type of Insurance


Amount of Insurance


1958 Workmen's Compensation and Employ- ers' Liability


Town Vehicles - Fire and Theft


$225,000.00


Town Vehicles - Liability


5,000.00- $10,000.00


Fire and Police - Accident


Honor Rolls


2,000.00


Burglary - Town Office Equipment


2,000.00


Fire - Town Buildings and Contents


840,000.00


1959 Public Liability


5,000.00-


10,000.00


Boilers


10,000.00


Burglary - Money and Securities


7,500.00-


8,500.00


Sprinkler Leakage


100,000.00


Fire - Town Buildings and Contents


840,000.00


1960 Fire - Park - Equipment Storage ....


5,000.00


DOROTHY S. DAMON, Treasurer.


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122


REPORT OF THE TAX COLLECTOR


1953


Balance 1-1-57 Refunds Receipts Abatement


Tax


Balance Title Adjustments 12-31-57


Poll Taxes


$4.00


$2.00


$2.00


Motor Excise Taxes


70.59


70.59


Motor Excise Recalled Abatement 1954


47.90


47.90


Poll Taxes


2.00


2.00


Real Estate Taxes


117.72


10.80


54.00


52.92


Motor Excise Taxes 1955


518.47


7.80


510.67


Poll Taxes


10.00


10.00


Real Estate Taxes


2,893.46


2,126.61


151.20


162.40


-2.25


451.00


Street Betterments Apportioned


15.08


6.08


9.00


Street Betterments Committed Interest


6.20


3.36


2.84


Water Betterments Apportioned


5.00


5.00


Water Betterments Committed Interest


0.40


0.40


Motor Excise Taxes 1956


968.57


60.73


797.10


110.74


Poll Taxes


124.00


2.00


76.00


80.00


+30.00


Personal Property Taxes


1,245.80


30.00


1,215.60


60.00


-0.20


Motor Excise Taxes


39,400.44


2,941.53


36,251.69


5,095.97


+0.11


994.42


Real Estate Taxes


27,062.91


150.00


19,329.57


294.00


198.00


-94.10


7,297.24


Street Betterments Apportioned


212.61


14.12


187.73


+24.00


63.00


Street Betterments Committed Interest


63.28


8.25


67.61


+17.72


21.64


Water Betterments Apportioned


27.00


22.00


5.00


Water Betterments Committed Interest 1957


1.21


4.00


+2.99


0.20


Poll Taxes


4,948.00


6.00


4,426.00


480.00


48.00


Personal Property Taxes


..


68,516.26


161.20


67,471.56


514.60


691.30


Real Estate Taxes


1,035,251.26 3,371.35 984,323.20


22,905.90


373.24


31,020.27


Farm Animal Excise Taxes


110.36


12.37


122.73


Street Betterments Apportioned


2,648.00


2,304.00


31.00


-1.00


312.00


Street Betterments Committed Interest


1,072.95


943.31


4.96


124.68


Water Betterments Apportioned ..


315.90


273.10


15.80


27.00


Water Betterments Committed Interest


42.53


36.52


2.29


3.72


Motor Excise Taxes


134,547.51


3,879.76 106,536.86


10,445.53


+27.59


21,472.47


Total Outstanding Taxes


$62,712.84


Betterments Paid in Advance


1,491.80


Water Accounts Receivable


91,449.27


Water Accounts Miscellaneous


39,997.76


Committed Interest on Meter Installa- tions


156.52


Departmental Collections (Partial) :


1. Assessor's Clerk


10.00


2. Building and Wire Inspector


1,830.00


3. Cemetery


1,989.00


4. Fire


71.00


5. General Office


55.00


6. Health


579.26


7. Library


440.33


8. Park


265.41


9. Planning Board


25.00


10.


Plumbing Inspector


1,130.00


11. Police


20.00


12. Schools


239.35


13. Selectmen


6,760.50


14. Sealer of Weights and


Measures


46.95


15. Town Clerk


93.50


..


Respectfully submitted,


WALTER A. CHESLAK.


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS Statistics for the year ending December 31, 1957


Real Estate Assessed January 1, 1956 ... Personal Property Assessed January 1, 1956


$15,106,925.00


1,037,964.00


Real Estate Owned by Metropolitan Dis- trict Commission


38,692.56


$16,183,581.56


Real Estate Assessed January 1, 1957


Land Exclusive of Buildings


$2,592,165.00}


Building Exclusive of Land


14,097,436.00}


$16,689,601.00


Real Est. owned by Met. Dist. Com. 38,692.56


$16,728,293.56


Personal Estate Assessed January 1, 1957


Stock in Trade


$49,900.00


Machinery


920,541.00


Live Stock


34,660.00


All Other Tangible Personal Property


100,000.00


$1,105,101.00


Total Property Assessed January 1, 1957


$17,833,394.56


Total Property Assessed January 1, 1956


16,183,581.56


Increase


$1,649,813.00


Number of Polls Assessed .... 2,464


Number of Live Stock Assessed :-


Farm Horses


5


Saddle Horses


55


Ponies


4


Colts


1


Number of Neat Cattle :-


Cows


368


Heifers


0


Bulls


10


Fowl


520


All Other :- Mules


1


Number of Acres of Land Assessed


8,184


Number of Dwellings Assessed


2,494


Additional Polls .....


10 $20.00


124


Motor Vehicles


Number Value


Tax


1957 (Incomplete)


3,982


$2,558,315.00 3,015,570.00


$134,547.51 136,900.80


Exempt from Taxes :-


Valuation


U. S. Government Post Office


$500.00


Com. of Mass. Three Gate Houses


15,000.00


Mass. Turnpike




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