Reports of the town officers of the town of Littleton, Massachusetts, for the year ending 1939, Part 4

Author: Littleton (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1939
Publisher: [Littleton, Mass.] : [Town of Littleton]
Number of Pages: 222


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3.00


234.40


Other expenses


14.77


Highways; Chap. 500, Acts of '38,


Chap. 2, Acts of '39


Hurricane Damage 70.21


Public Service Enterprises :-


Water Dept. :


Salaries,


Water Commissioners


77.50


Sup't.


886.67


Labor


682.00


Insurance


46.77


Fuel, light & power


1,210.14


Supplies


1,245.28


Misc. expenses


71.36


Electric Light Department :--


Salaries :


Commissioners 77.50


79


Sup't.


1,773.33


Labor


3,299.40


Insurance


238.11


Current


22,213.77


Printing, Stationery, postage


173.85


Supplies


4,999.89


Misc. expenses


531.80


Consumers' deposits


40.54


Depreciation


1,500.00


Cemeteries :-


Labor


970.25


Trucks


77.25


Contract


237.75


Supplies & Misc. expenses


116.06


Salary, secretary


20.00


Interest :-


School notes


992.50


Water loan


160.00


Electric Light Dept. loan


60.00


Loan in anticipation of taxes


4.68


Municipal Indebtedness :-


School notes


7,000.00


Water Bonds


2,000.00


Electric Light Bonds


500.00


Anticipation note


8,000.00


Agency, Trust and Investment : -


State tax


2,178.93


County tax


3,953.65


County Hospital


788.53


Dog licenses


573.60


Investment :


Cemetery Perp. Cars Funds


1,380.42


80


Abbie Tuttle Lyceum Fund 2,000.00


M. H. Kimball School Fund 2,050.00


B. Sampson Educational Fund 2,200.00


B. Sampson Relief of Animal Fd 2,040.00


Interest :


M. H. Kimball School Fund 608.30


A. Tuttle Lyceum Fund 182.74


B. Sampson Library Fund 170.08


F. M. Kimball Scholarship Fund 317.39


Expense -- App't of Trustee in


M. H. Kimball Fund 3.00


Refunds :-


Taxes


53.65


Motor Vehicle Excises


330.73


$179,788.35


STATEMENT OF RECONCILIATION OF ACCOUNTS WITH THE STATE ON NOVEMBER 20, 1939


State Tax


$ 8,280.00


Income Tax


$3,401.80


Income Tax Sec. 4, Ch. 362-'36


156.99


Income Tax Business Corp. Tax


2,662.71


State Parks & Reservations


109.09


Veterans' Exemptions


11.34


Balance due the State


2,178.93


$ 8,400.43


$ 8,400.43


81


SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS


Account


Approp. & Transfers


Expenditures


Balance


To


Selectmen


$ 430.00


$ 358.15


$


71.85


Ex. & Def.


Treasurer


625.00


673.81


26.19


Reserve


Tr.


25.00


Tax Collector


1,325.00


1,425.00


0.


Tr.


100.00


Assessors


750.00


731.16


18.82


Ex. & Def.


Town Clerk


165.00


133.94


31.06


Ex. & Def.


Clerk and Town Acct.


1,450.00


1,391.15


58.85


Ex. & Def.


Elections & Reg.


300.00


227.18


72.82


Ex. & Def.


Finance Committee


50.00


21.60


28.40


Ex. & Def.


Town Hall


1,160.00


1,132.67


27.33


Ex. & Def.


Legal Dept.


150.00


Tr.


167.30


317.30


0.


Moderator Police Dept.


10.00


10.00


0.


2,250.50


2,263.20


0.


Tr. 12.70


Fire Dept.


2,500.00


2,711.77


0.


Tr.


211.77


Hydrant Service


1,000.00


1,00.00


0.


Sealer Wghts. & Meas.


128.00


97.13


30.87


Ex. & Def.


Street Lights


563.00


563.00


0.


Building Inspector


48.00


48.00


0.


Tree Warden


200.00


199.80


.20


Ex. & Def.


Moth Suppression


400.00


398.28


1.72


Ex. & Def.


Board of Health


400.00


Tr. 360.00


721.12


38.88


Reserve


Board of Health (Nurse)


2,000.00


2,000.00


0.


Com. Mem. Hospital


200.00


200.00


0.


County Hospital


788.53


788.53


0.


Highway (General)


2,530.00


2,110.06


419.94


Ex. & Def.


Highway Chap. 81


12,600.00


12,599.97


03


Forward


3


Account


Approp. & Transfers Expenditures


Balance To


Highway Chap. 90


6,300.00


6,300.00


0.


Highway Mach. Fund


600.08


990.25


109.83


Mach. Acct.


Tr.


500.00


Highway Ch. 498-1938


67.25


66.90


.35


Ex. & Def.


Highway Ch. 500-1938


70.21


70.21


0.


General Welfare


2,500.00


2,117.90


382.10


Ex. & Def.


General Welfare Admin.


50.00


41.99


8.01


Ex. & Def.


O.A.A. Local Acct.


3,150.00


3,348.50


0.


Tr. 198.50


O.A.A. Local Admin.


25.00


21.67


3.33


Ex. & Def.


A.D.C. Local Acct.


1,400.00


1,081.00


319.00


Ex. & Def.


O.A.A. Fed. Grants


3,008.78


2,844.24


164.54


Forward.


O.A.A. Fed. Grants Admin.


158.89


76.34


82.55


Forward


A.D.C. Fed. Grants


368.61


337.50


31.11


Forward.


A.D.C. Fed. Grants Admin.


28.59


21.69


6.90


Forward


Soldiers' Relief


100.00


6.00


94.00


Ex. & Def


High School Addn. Const. Acct.


20,395.45


18,973.06


1,422.39


Forward


A.D.C. Local Admin.


25.00


13.33


11.67


Ex. & Def.


School


$30.250.00


30,279.86


.14


Ex. & Def.


Tr.


30.00


Library-


1,730.00


1,692.48


37.52


Ex. & Def.


Parks


450.00


474.96


04


Reserve


Tr.


25.00


W.P.A.


750.00


1,028.42


0.


Tr.


278.42


Workmens' Comp. Ins.


525.00


595.47


0.


Tr.


70.47


Printing Town Reports


300.00


299.10


.90


Ex. & Def.


Memorial Day


100.00


100.00


0.


Whitcomb Field Rental


75.00


75.00


0


Water Department


6,500.00


6,379.32


120.28


Water Surp.


Cemetery Maintenance


1,108.50


1,145.81


0.


Tr.


37.31


Old Cemetery


350.00


348.05


1.95


Ex & Def.


Interest


1,012.50


997.18


15.32


Ex. & Def.


Reserve


2,500.00


1,566.47


998.64


Overlay Surp.


Tr. 65.11


BALANCE SHEET


December 31, 1939


Assets


Cash: General


$21,824.42


Cash: Light Depreciation


15,924.16


1937 R. E. & P. Tax


232.32


1938 Poll Taxes


8.00


1938 R. E. Taxes


1,579.43


1938 Personal Taxes


2,238.70


1939 Poll Taxes


170.00


1939 R. E. Taxes


9,720.75


1939 Personal Taxes


1,113.45


1936 Excise Taxes


2.00


1937 Excise Taxes


30.78


1938 Excise Taxes


100.70


1939 Excise Taxes


296.33


Tax Titles


1,877.51


T. T. Possessions


693.57


Acc't Rec. :


Town Hall


1.00


Sidewalks


6.46


Temporary Aid


504.03


Old Age Assis.


446.03


Aid to Depend. Ch.


398.66


Highways:


Co. Aid, Chap. 90


883.93


State Aid, Ch. 81 361.21


86


State Aid, Ch. 90


883.93


Water Rates


2,759.22


Water (Misc.)


49.40


Light Dept. (Rates)


9,428.25


Light Dept. (Misc.)


1,382.89


1928 Overlay


14.95


$ 72,932.08


Liabilities


1928 Taxes


$ 14.95


1930 Taxes


18.90


1936 Taxes


.09


1937 Taxes (Poll)


2.00


Tax Title Revenue


2,571.08


Surplus (Land Low Value)


635.56


Light Dept. (Cons. Deps.)


874.30


Light Dept. (Const.)


2,775.49


Light Dept. (Deprec.)


15,924.16


Cem. (Sale of Lots Fd.)


510.56


Tailings


4.00


Special State Tax


10.00


1938 Overlay


1,265.75


1939 Overlay


1,119.50


Overlay Surplus


4,851.96


State Parks & Res.


12.57


Income, Trust Funds


1,822.72


M. V. Exc. Tax Rev.


429.81


Departmental Rev.


1,356.18


Water Revenue


2,808.62


Mun. Light Rev.


10,811.14


Water Surplus


9,896.67


87


Excess & Deficiency Approp. & and other Balances Light Dept. (Main.)


11,348.84


2,366.56


1,500.67


$ 72,932.08


Respectfully submitted,


GEORGE E. FORD,


Town Accountant.


88


REPORT OF AUDIT BY TOWN ACCOUNTANT


January 22, 1940


I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer, Clerk, Collector, Water and Light Commissioners and Treasurer of Reuben Hoar Library and find them correctly cast, properly vouched and funds deposited.


GEORGE E. FORD


Town Accountant


89


TREASURER'S REPORT


Herewith is submitted my sixth annual report as treasu- rer of the Town.


Receipts


Cash Balance, January 1, 1939:


General Account $ 13,974.65


Electric Light (Depreciation Ac-


count) 14,106.41


$ 28,081.06


Received from Collector of Taxes 65,872.17


Interest from Trust Funds :


Lucy Houghton Zappey Fund $ 37.50


Lydia Johnson High School Fund 100.00


John Goldsmith Common School Fund 53.75


Abbie Tuttle Lyceum Fund 182.74


Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 426.98


Sampson Relief of Animals Fund 108.96


Sampson Library Fund 170.08


Sampson Educational Fund 776.51


Mary Hutchins Kimball Fund 284.80


Frank M. Kimball Scholarship Fund 317.39


Hildreth School Fund 319.02


Receipt from all other sources for de-


tails refer to report of Accountant


120,805.97


$ 2,777.73


$217,536.93


90


Paid Out


Warrants of Accountant approved


$179,788.35 by the Selectmen Cash Balance Dec. 31, 1939 : General 21,824.42 Light Depreciation


15,924.16


$217,536.93


The list of securities which compose the Electric Light Depreciation fund will be found in the report of the Electric Light Commissioners. The securities are in the custody of the Treasurer but the fund is in control, and subject to the demand of the Commission.


Notes Due in 1940


High School Building Loan 1921 $ 2,000.00


Public School Addition Loan 1938 5,000.00 $ 7,000.00


Net Bonded Debt


High School Building Loan $ 6,000.00


Public School Addition Loan 41,000.00


$ 47,000.00


Light and Water Bonds are paid out of receipts from those two services, and reference is had to Light and Water accounts in this report.


Respectfully submitted,


WM. CHANNING BROWN,


Treasurer.


91


REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS


The followings list of securities in which the Trust Funds of the Town are invested remains about the same as on December 31, 1939.


Several changes of deposits in banks now paying but 2% interest to savings accounts on which 212% or 3% is received have been made.


Two issues of bonds have been called :


1. Green Mountain Power Corporation which was in the Bradford Sampson Relief of Animals Fund was called at 102 and the $1,020.00 received was added to the deposit in The Middlesex Institution for Savings in Concord.


2. Two $1000 bonds of Shawinigan Water and Power Co. in the Mary Hutchins Kimball fund were called and the $2050 resulting was added to the deposit of the same fund in the Marlborough Savings Bank.


All securities in the list are paying interest with the exception of two $1000 bonds of Chicago and Northwestern Railway Co., which has been in process of reorganization for several years, and one $1000 bond of the Boston Terminal Co. (South Station) which defaulted the last quarter's interest of 1939.


The investments are devided as follows: Bonds, quoted at par, $23,000, Savings Banks $70,677.63, Local Mortgage $1200. From amounts deposited in Savings Banks the Town receives 31/2% on $2000, 3% on $13,522.42, 21/2% on $51,048.72 and 2% on $4,106.49 ; on local mortgage 6%.


92


In the year 1939 the total interest received from the savings banks was 1,725.22, from Bonds $980.51 and from local mortgage $72.00.


INVESTMENTS


Cemetery, Perpetual Care :


Malden Savings Bank $ 3,913.00


North Middlesex Savings Bank, Ayer 4,496.35


Worcester North Savings Institution Fitchburg 4,760.79


Chelsea Savings Bank 1,105.42


2 M. Southern California Edison Co. Ldt. First and Refunding Mort- gage Gold Bond, Series B, 33/4%, Matures 1960 2,000.00


$ 16,275.56


Lydia Johnson High School Fund, Estab- lished 1873 :


1 M. N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. First Mort- gage, Thirty Year 5% Gold Bond, Series A, Matures 1952, Coupon 1,000.00


1 M. The Bell Telephone of Penn- sylvania, Series C, First and Re- funding Mortgage, 5% Gold Bond, Matures 1960 1,000.00 $ 2,000.00


John Goldsmith Common School Fund, Established 1883 :


1


M Bond Investment Trust, 10


Certificates of Beneficial Interest $ 1,000.00


The Middlesex Institution for Sav- ings, Concord 500.00


$ 1,500.00


93


Abbie Tuttle Lyceum Fund, Estab- lished 1920:


Cambridge Savings Bank $


1,026.48 Marlborough Savings Bank 2,000.00


1 M Chicago and North-Western Railway Co. 5% General Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Matures 1987 1,007.27


1 M Southern Pacific R. R. Co. Registered 50 Year 41/2% Gold Bond, Matures 1981 966.25


1 M The Detroit Edison Co., General Bond, Series D. 41/2%, Matures 1961, Coupon 1,000.00


1 M The Boston Terminal Co. (South Station) 31/2% Registered Bond, Matures 1947 1,000.00 $ 7,000.00


Lucy Houghton Zappy Fund, Estab- lished 1924 :


1 M Southern California Edison Co., Ldt., First and Reufunding Mort- gage Gold Bond, Series B, 33/4%, Matures 1960 1,000.00


Bradford Sampson Relief of Animals, Established 1927 :


Lynn Institution for Savings $ 1,000.00 North Middlesex Savings Bank,


Ayer 2,000.00


The Middlesex Institution for Sav- ing, Concord 2,060.00


$ 5,060.00


94


Bradford Sampson Library Fund, Es- tablished 1927 :


Cambridge Savings Bank $ 1,943.00


Malden Savings Bank 1,050.00


2 M. N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. First


B, Matures 1961, Coupon 2,057.00 Mortgage 41/2% Gold Bond, Series


$ 5,050.00


Bradford Sampson Educational Fund,


Established 1927 :


Cambridge Savings Bank $ 2,500.00


Lynn Institution for Savings 2,500.00


Warren Five Cents Savings Bank Peabody 2,500.00


New Bedford Five Cents Savings Bank 2,000.00


South Weymouth Savings Bank 4,700.00


Gardner Savings Bank 876.93


Gardner Co-operative Bank 2,000.00


Worcester North Savings Institu-


tion, Fitchburg 3,976.06


The Middlesex Institution for Sav- ings, Concord 2,090.00


Malden Savings Bank 2,079.00


1 M Canadian National Railway 41/2% Gold Bond, Payment of Principal and Interest Guaran- teed by the Dominion of Canada, Coupon, Matures 1957 933.75


1 M Southern Pacific R. R. Co. Registered 50-Year 41/2% Gold Bond, Matures 1981 966.25 $ 27,121.99


95


Frank M. Kimball Scholarship Fund, Established 1929 :


Arlington Savings Bank $ 3,106.49


North Middlesex Savings Bank,


Ayer 2,100.00


Cambridgeport Savings Bank 2,200.00


1 M Canadian National Railway Co. 412% Gold Bond, Payment of Principal and Interest Guar- anteed by the Dominion of Can- ada, Coupon, Matures 1957 933.75


1 M Southern Pacific R. R. Co. Registered 50 years 41/2% Gold Bond, Matures 1981 966.25


1 M Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Gen- eral Mortgage 5% Gold Bond, Series B, Coupon, Matures 1968 1,007.28


$ 10,313.77


Mary Hutchins Kimball Fund, Estab- lished 1929 :


Marlborough Savings Bank $ 5,183.25


The Middlesex Institute for Sav-


ings, Concord 2,250.00


Chelsea Savings Bank 1,000.00


1 M Chicago and North-Western Railway Co. 5% General Mort- gage Gold Coupon Bond, Matures 1987 1,007.28


1 M Canadian National Railway Co. 412% Gold Bond, Payment of Principal and Interest Guar- anteed by the Dominion of Can- ada, Coupon, Matures 1957 933.75


96


Hildreth School Fund, Established 1935 :


Fitchburg Savings Bank $ 1,015.05


Worcester North Savings Institu- tion, Fitchburg 1,030.81


Central Savings Bank, Lowell 1,000.00


The Middlesex Institution for Sav- ings, Concord 1,040.00


1 M San Diego Consolidated Gas and Electric Co. 4% Firt Mort- gage Bond, Coupon, Matures 1965 1,000.00


2 M The Edison Electric Illumin- ating Co. of Boston First Mort- gage Bond, Series A, Sinking Fund 312%, Coupon, Mature 1965 2,000.00 1 M The Detroit Edison Co. General and Refunding Mortgage Gold


Bond, Series D, 41/2%, Matures 1961 1,000.00


Mortgage on Frank G. Healy's


Apple House 6% 1,200.00


$ 9,285.86


Total


$ 94,981.46


THOMAS W. SYMONS,


STANLEY F. CONANT, G. EDWARD PROUTY,


Commissioners of Trust Funds.


97


ASSESSORS' REPORT


AMOUNT APPROPRIATED AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING FEBRUAY 13, 1939


FEBRUARY 13, 1939


Moderator


$ 10.00


Selectmen


430.00


Treasurer


625.00


Tax Collector


1,325.00


Assessors


750.00


Town Clerk


165.00


Town Accountant


1,450.00


Elections and Registrations


125.00


Legal Department


150.00


Finance Committee


50.00


Police Department


2,250.50


Fire Department


2,500.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures 1 128.00


Moth Department :


Moths


200.00


Elm Tree Beetle


200.00


Tree Warden


200.00


Street Lights


563.00


Hydrant Service


1,000.00


Town Hall


1,160.00


Board of Health


400.00


Board of Health (Nurse Acc't)


2,000.00


General Welfare


2,500.00


Gel Welfare Administration


50.00


Aid to Dependent Children


1,400.00


98


Aid to Dependent Children Administra-


tion


25.00


Soldiers' Relief


100.00


Highway (General)


2,530.00


Highway Chap. 81


6,300.00


Highway Chap. 90


2,100.00


Highway Machinery Fund


600.00


Schools


28,349.62


Library


1,730.00


Parks


450.00


Water Department


6,000.00


County Hospital


788.53


Community Memorial Hospital


200.00


Town Reports


300.00


Works Progress Administration


750.00


Workmen's Compensation Insurance


525.00


Memorial Day


100.00


Whitcomb Field Rental


75.00


Interest


1,012.50


Debt


7,000.00


State Tax. 1939


8,280.00


Underestimate State Tax, 1938


4,140.00


County Tax, 1939


3,953.65


Underestimate Co. Tax, 1938


6.57


State Parks & Reservations, 1939


121.66


Underestimate St. Pks. & Res., 1938 7.32


Overlay 1939


1,272.49


$96,348.84


Appropriations from available funds in 1939 :


For Reserve $ 2,500.00


For O.A.A.


3,150.00


For O.A.A. Administration 25.00


For Highway Machinery Fund 500.00


99


Cemetery Maintenance Schools 1,900.38


1,035.95


$ 9,111.33


$105,460.17


Appropriations at Special Town


Meeting held on July 31, 1939 :-- .


For Old Cemetery 350.00


For Water Department


500.00


Total amount to be raised includ-


ing available funds


$106,310.17


ESTIMATED RECEIPTS


Income Tax


$ 7,214.11


Corporation Taxes


3,428.50


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes


4,300.00


Licenses 130.30


Fines (Court)


1.70


General Government


405.25


Protection of personsand property


72.86


Health and sanitation


106.50


Highways


6,007.63


Dog licenses


400.93


O.A.A. and other Fed. Grants


2,040.76


Schools


2,766.46


Library


50.03


Water Department


6,500.00


Interest on taxes


559.30


Veterans' exemptions


9.29


Concord, in lieu of taxes


12.00


Transfers from available funds


9,111.33


Total estimated receipts $ 43,116.95


100


Gross amount to be raised


Estimated receipts and available funds


$106,310.17 43,116.95


Net amount to be raised by taxa- tion on polls and property Poll taxes on 596 polls 1,192.00


$ 63,193.22


Net tax on property 62,001.22


Valuation $2,917,705.00 at $21.25 rate per thousand equals Property Tax of


62,001.22


1939 EXCISE TAX


Total Excise Tax Commitments $ 6,055.97


Abatements 365.78


Net returns on Excise Taxes $ 5,690.19


Excise Tax used as Estimated Receipt 4,300.00


Net Excise Tax more than Estimated Receipts


$1,390.19


DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS


Real Estate, Personal and Polls


$


33.35


POLLS, PERSONAL AND REAL ESTATE TAXES ABATED IN 1939


1938 Taxes abated in 1939 $ 30.37


1939 Taxes abated in 1939 152.99


EXCISE TAXES ABATED IN 1939


1936 Taxes abated in 1939


$


96.59


1939 Taxes abated in 1939 365.78


101


COMPARATIVE VALUATION SINCE 1920


Year


Personal


Real Estate


Total $1,633.475


1920


$319,085


$1,314,390


1931


383,113


2,181,830


2,564,943


1932


421,313


2,227,060


2,648,375


1933


406,625


2,304,525


2,711,150


1934


427,825


2,364,310


2,792,135


1935


440,890


2,392,860


2,833,750


1936


466,275


2,450,740


2,917,015


1937


375,070


2,473,160


2,848,230


1938


376,250


2,530,315


2,906,565


1939


373,540


2,544,165


2,917,705


COMPARATIVE RATE OF TAXATION SINCE 1920


1920


$30.00


1931


16.00


1932


17,25


1933


18.00


1934


18.00


1935


18.20


1936


19.00


1937


19.25


1938


20.25


1939


21.25


Number of Polls


596


Number of persons liable to military duty


321


Number persons assessed on property


1774


Number acres of land taxed


10,560


Number of dwelling houses


831


Number horses


78


Number cows


728


Number other neat cattle


139


102


Number swine Number fowl Number sheep


25 73,748 2


Respectfully submitted,


GEORGE M. BROWN, Chairman HORACE I. WEBBER, GEORGE M. HARTWELL,


Assessors of Littleton.


103


REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS


Year Ending December 31, 1939


Appropriation for care and maintenance $ 1,035.95


Transfer from Reserve Fund 37.31


$ 1,073.26


EXPENDITURES


Labor and Superintendent


$ 915.95


Secretary and expenses


22.72


Equipment


20.75


Trucking


47.25


Supplies


66.59


1,073.26 $


Appropriation for Old Cemetery for


Hurricane Damage $ 350.00


EXPENDITURES


Contract for Tree Removal


$ 237.75


Labor


54.30


Acton Monumental Co.


8.00


Loam


18.00


Trucking


30.00


$ 348.05


Balance


1.95


104


RECEIPTS


Care of Lots Foundations Interments


$ 150.92 25.00


202.00


377.92 $


Interest on Perpetual Care Funds Lots Sold


426.98


130.00


Perpetual Care of Lots :


Lot No. Name


Amount


413 George W. Tooker


50.00


354


Est. Wm. J. Smiley


50.00


243


Karlton K. Priest


75.00


356 George L. Nutting


25.00


175EH Waldo S. Jewett


25.00


175WH


Mabel A. Durgin


25.00


357


E. P. Sargent, Jr.


25.00


275.00


$1,209.90


FUNDS


Perpetual Care Trust Fund


$16,275.56


Lots Sold Account 510.56


JOSIAH P. THACHER, GEORGE W. WHITCOMB,


STANLEY F. CONANT,


Cemetery Commissioners.


105


REPORT OF PARK DEPARTMENT


Annual Report


December 30, 1939.


Benjamine F. Jacobs, 68 hrs. labor @ $ .50 $ 34.00


Irving Baker, 295 hrs. labor @ $ .40 118.00


Warren F. Moore, 65 hrs. trucking @ $ .75 2201/2 hrs. labor @ .40 136.95


Alton H. Hunt, Jr., 40 hrs. labor @ $ .35 101 hrs. labor @ $ .40 54.40


Kenneth Hunt, 171/2 hrs. labor @ $ .40 7.00


Linsley Cozzens, 15 hrs. labor @ $ .40 6.00


C. A. Hartwell, Jr., repairs gas and oil 38.02


Harry Geebe, trucking loam $10.50 loam (5 yds.) $7.50 18.00


Charles Detrich, sharpening mower


1.00


J. H. D. Whitcomb, 10 yards loam


15.00


Conant & Co., supplies


12.39


Farmer's Grain Co., fertilizer


34.20


$ 474.96


Appropriation


$ 450.00


Reserve Fund


25.00


$ 475.00


Unexpended balance


.04


$ 474.96


BENJAMIN F. JACOBS, Supt. RICHARD L. HARTWELL, G. EDWARD PROUTY, Commissioners.


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JURY LIST CHOSEN JULY 1, 1939


G. Leslie Blood, Clarence W. Brown, Wm. Channing Brown, Percy L. Crane, George Demers, John W. Hutchinson, Lenox S. Karner, John A. Kimball, Herbert E. Whitney, Horace I. Webber, Prescott Kimball, Augustus Hosmer, Irwin S. Sheridan, David O'Connell, Harold Whitcomb.


107


REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE


To The Honorable Board of Selectmen :


Gentlemen :- I have the honor to submit herewith my tenth annual report ending December 31, 1939.


Total number of arrests: 40 Males. 1 Female.


Crimes Against Public Order, Etc.


Motor Vehicle Laws, violating 4


Speeding 4


1


Operating a Motor Vehicle to endager life 1


Operating under the influence of liquor 11


Drunkenness 12


Leaving the scene of an accident after know- ingly causing injury to person 1 Non-Support 1


-


34


1


Crime Against Property


Forgery 1


Larceny by check


1


Larceny


1


Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle 2


5


108


Crime Against Person


Bastardy


1


1


Notation: There has been a definite decrease in serious motor vehicle accidents during the past year which has prompted the reducion of court action.


Miscellaneous Cases Receiving Police Attention


Accidents reported (minor)


20


Assisted other officers 6


Bad road conditions reported 10


Boys using firearms in a dangerous manner


1


Cars abandoned and taken off of highway


12


Cruelty to dumb animals investigated


2


Complaints about dogs


15


Camps broken into


10


Doors found open


4


Dogs hit by Motor Vehicles


7


Dogs shot and disposed of


5


Disturbing the peace


15


Dwelling houses and camps reported closed


40


Escorts given


3


Injured and sick persons assisted


10


Jurors summoned


4


Juvenile cases given attention


35


Lights found burning in buildings


38


Licenses suspended


3


Non-Supported cases investigated


10


Persons assisted on highway at night


140


Property reported stolen 20


Suspicious persons and night prowlers


18


Summons served for other Police Departments


16


Stolen cars recovered


2


109


Stolen plates reported


2


Suspicious cars investigated after midnight


80


Street lights reported out 12


Search for missing persons


6


Special traffic duty at funerals, weddings and churches


33


Transfer of cars


42


Truant cases investigated


7


Vagrants fed and taken off the highway


6


Warning to Motor vehicle law violators


256


Deer killed on highway


2


Conclusion


In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation to the Honorable Board of Selectmen for the assistance and cooper- ation they have extended me. I am extremely grateful to the Officials of the First District Court of Northern Middlesex, to the State Police and outside Police Departments for their splendid cooperation which has been so helpful in the perform- ance of my official duty.


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN A. SARGENT,


Chief of Police.


110


REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS


For the year ending December 1939, I have examined 854 head of cattle and found them in good condition. The stables were, without exception, sanitary. At this time, 25 swine and 14 goats were examined also. This year there were no sheep.


JOSEPH N. MURRAY, V. S.


111


REPORT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR


To the Selectmen of the Town of Littleton :


I herewith submit my report for the year 1939.


Total number of Permits issued 24


Total Collected Fees for Permits $48.00


Total number hours inspecting and investigating applications 50


Total number of miles traveled 70


Respectfully,


GEORGE W. TOOKER.


112


REPORT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION BUILDING COMMITTEE


A special committee was appointed at the annual town meeting of February 10, 1936 to study the subject of increased school accommodations. The committee submitted its report and recommendations at a special meeting on October 26, 1936. As a result of this report, a plan was developed at this and other subsequent meetings, whereby the Selectmen were authorized to apply for a PWA grant from the Federal Gov- ernment, money was appropriated by the town and the Treas- urer authorized to negotiate the necessary loan. A Building Committee composed of Elliott R. Barker, Walter H. Titcomb and Harold N. Caldwell was appointed and given authority to proceed with the project.


The amount at first available limited the proposed build- ing to a cost not to exceed $75,600.00. The building possible of construction with this amount of money, did not promise culty was very quickly met, without effort on the part of the to satisfactorily meet the needs of the schools, but the diffi- Town, by the gift of $15,000.00 toward the expense of a gym- nasium. This gift was made by G. Edward and Ethel Brown Prouty and gratefully accepted by the town.


The amount appropriated by the town, $46,872.00 plus the gift of $15,000.00 and the P.W.A. grant of $46,350.00 made an available fund of $108,222.00 with which to work. The Build- ing Committee secured the services of Frank Irving Cooper, Inc., Architects, and had plans of specifications made. Adver- tisements for bids were published and the bids opened on


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November 16, 1937. It was a great disappointment upon open- ing the bids to find that they were far in excess of the amount available for the building. The amount estimated in the speci- fications as being available for construction of the building was $89,000.00 whereas the bids submitted ranged from $20,000.00 to $30,000.00 in excess of this amount.


Under the terms of the offer of the P.W.A. grant, the Federal Government required construction to start within ten weeks of the date of the offer, which date was Septem- ber 28, 1937. It being impossible to start construction within the time specified by the Government, an application for an extension of time was made and an extension secured until February 1, 1938. New plans and specifications were drawn for which bids were at once advertised. These bids were opened on January 14, 1938, and the lowest bid made by the Daniel Cunningham Construction Co., Inc., of Boston for $82,570.00 was accepted. Work was started at once and con- tinued without interruption, so that the building was dedicated with suitable exercises on January 3, 1939.




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