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Measurers of Wood and Bark.
JAMES H. FARRAR,
EDWARD R. FARRAR,
JAMES L. CHAPIN, WALTER F. BAKER.
LORENZO E. BROOKS.
Commissioners of Sinking and Trust Funds.
WARREN K BLODGETT,
Term expires 1893.
LEONARD W. WESTON,
66 1894.
GEORGE ROPES,
1895.
Cemetery Committee.
EDWARD C. FOSTER,
Term expires 1893.
JAMES L. CHAPIN,
66
. . 1894.
CHARLES S. SMITH,
66
1895.
JOHN TASKER,
66
1896.
HENRY C. CHAPIN, M. D.,
66
66
1897.
Trustees of Lincoln Public Library. GEORGE G. TARBELL, M. D., President.
SAMUEL H. PIERCE, JOHN F. FARRAR.
SAMUEL HARTWELL, Chairman of Selectmen, ex-officio.
GEORGE FLINT, Chairman of School Committee, ex-officio.
Trustees for Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures. GEORGE FLINT, GEORGE ROPES,
WARREN K. BLODGETT.
Trustees of Grammar School Fund.
CHARLES S. WHEELER, EDWARD C. FOSTER,
HERBERT E. BARNES.
Sexton. EDA B. BARNES.
APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN : Superintendent of Streets. DANIEL H. SHERMAN. Sealer of Weights and Measures. JAMES L. CHAPIN. Fire Warden of Forest Fires. CLARENCE A. BROOKS. Janitor of Town House. GEORGE L. CHAPIN. Inspector of Provisions and Animals. JOHN F. FARRAR.
WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To Lorenzo E. Brooks, or either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln, in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the Inhab- itants of the Town of Lincoln, duly qualified to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall, on Monday, March sixth, next, at one o'clock, P. M., to act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear reports of Town Officers, and Committees, and Commissioners, and Trustees, and enact anything in relation to said reports the Town shall think proper.
ART. 3. To choose all necessary Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees.
ART. 4. To consider the Jury List as prepared by the Selectmen for revision and acceptance, and enact anything in relation thereto.
ART. 5. To determine the manner of repairing the Highways and Bridges of the Town the ensuing year.
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ART. 6. To appropriate money for all necessary purposes of the town, including the Sinking Fund, Village Improvements, publishing the proceedings at the Dedication of the new Town House, and enact anything in relation thereto.
ART. 7. To give in their votes by ballot in answer to the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ?"
The check list shall be used, as provided by Section 5, Chapter 100 of the Public Statutes.
ART. 8. To determine the manner of collecting taxes, also the Compensation of the Collector for the ensuing year ; and to see if the Town will authorize the Collector to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer, when appointed collector may use.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes, if necessary.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will continue its vote as heretofore, in relation to the use of a Hearse.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will reimburse the persons or parties who have paid the expense of laying water pipes in the street from opposite J. L. Chapins' store to the new house of Mr. George Flint.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will make any change in the price for rent of either of its Halls, or take any other action in relation to the matter.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will purchase suitable Hose to connect with water Hydrants for use in case of fire on line of Water Works.
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ART. 14. To see if the Town will fix a price by the hour, or by the day, to pay for public work in this town the ensuing year.
ART. 15. To see if the town will authorize the pur- chase of a crayon or oil portrait of the late George F. Bemis for the purpose of placing the same in Bemis Hall.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will build or cause to be built by contract or otherwise the road as laid out by the County Commissioners, around Peirce's Hill, so called, to appropriate three thousand dollars therefor, and to authorize the Treasurer to borrow the same.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will erect lamps, to light road from the Town Hall to the watering trough, near the Public Library.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will extend the water works from the watering trough at the house of Mr. C. P. Farnsworth, and if so to determine the distance and location, and grant money therefor.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will accept a proposi- tion if it should be made, for a sidewalk from the stone watering trough to the grounds of the South School house, and build the same.
ART. 20. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to provide a drop scene for Bemis' Hall and vote money for the same.
ART. 21. To see if the town will provide chemical fire apparatus or take any action in relation to the matter.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will cause the Receiv- ing Tomb to be removed to the new cemetery, or take any action in the matter.
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ART. 23. To see if the Town will employ a music teacher and have music taught in the schools and raise money for the same.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof at each of the Post Offices and the Railroad Station and in the vestibule of the Meeting House of the First Parish and at the School Houses, eight days before the time of meeting, and making seasonable return hereof, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk. Hereof fail not.
Dated at Lincoln, this sixteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.
SAMUEL HARTWELL, -
LORENZO E. BROOKS, JOHN F. FARRAR.
Selectmen of Lincoln.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen herewith submit an itemized statement of the receipts and expenditures of the town of Lincoln, for the year just passed, all of which tell their own story.
Since our last report to the town, the new Town House has been completed, and we are enabled to meet in our beautiful house, thanks to our benefactor, the late George F. Bemis, for his munificent gift, and to all who have assisted by their liberality towards the erection and furnishing of said house. Our Town House is a beautiful structure, and we hear nothing said of it except in its praise,- less than one hundred dollars remains to be paid for its erection and this is held to secure the replacing of a few brick which were imperfect.
FURNISHING.
In furnishing the different parts of the town building it has been the object of all concerned to secure the best furniture to be had, and we feel sure that our house and its contents are second to none. A few articles yet remain to be supplied.
GRADING, ETC.
In grading, laying wall, etc., around the Town House, it was found impossible to keep the accounts entirely separate from grading the common and other viliage improvements. All of which, notwithstanding the expense has been considerable, we believe the town can but be satisfied with the result. It has been our object to have the work done in a thorough and substantial manner.
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT.
Much of the earth removed from the cellar of the new Town House was used in connection with loam from land taken from the estate of the late Ellen Prentis and land of Samuel H. Pierce, also many loads of loam were presented by Mr. George Flint, to grade the common. The trees were also trimmed, which added
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greatly to the appearance. With proper care the common will be an ornament to the town, and we hope the town will make an appropriation for its care. The improvement at S. H. Pierce's corner, near the Public Library, we believe to be a great addition to the appearance of the centre of the town, and its value in years to come be far more than its cost. Improvements are noticed by strangers, as well as by townspeople. Whoever the town may secure for its executive officers in future years, we hope improve- ments will continue to be made. Their effect if judiciously made is very marked. First impressions go a great way towards secur- ing new and desirable residents, who increase our wealth and lesson our taxes.
LAW SUIT.
At time of writing the suit of Hampton vs. Town of Lincoln, for damages, for injuries received on Page's road (so called), on Sep- tember fifth, 1891, has not been settled.
NEW ROAD.
Orders have been received at the Town Clerk's office from the County Commisioners to build during the present year a new road, beginning near the house of H. C. Chapin, and ending near the house of Mrs. Ellen Campbell.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
At the annual town meeting in 1892, the system of road com- missioners was abolished, which left it the duty of the Selectmen to appoint a superintendent of streets. On March 9th. Mr. Daniel H. Sherman was appointed to that office. He is a man in whom we believe all have confidence, and his report to the town will show the way and manner your money has been ex- pended.
Other town officers have been appointed during the year as follows :
Mar. 9th. Sealer of Weights and Measures, James L. Chapin.
Warden of Forest Fires, Clarence A. Brooks.
" 13th. Janitor of the Town House, George L. Chapin.
Apr. 30th. and reappointed in July to be Inspector of Provisions and Animals under Chapter 195, Acts of 1892, John F. Farrar.
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PRINTING REPORTS.
At the annual town meeting in 1892, it was voted to have all committees and commissioners etc., make a report of their doings, to be printed in the annual Town Report. With one exception all have responded to an invitation to do so promptly and cheerfully. In 1885 and 1886 more than two thousand dollars of the town's money was spent in laying out land for a cemetery, and in con- structing drives, laying wall, erecting entrance, gate, etc , and otherwise beautifying and preparing the same for use. Since which time several lots in the cemetery have been sold, and for some of them money has been collected by some member of the cemetery committee. No report to the town has ever been made to our knowledge, of any such collection by any member of said committee as to the number of lots sold, to whom they were sold, the price for which they were sold, the number of lots paid for, by whom payment has been made, how much money has been received, how such money is invested, the amount of money on hand, and in whose possession said money is. The above seems to us to be a very loose method of carrying on business. No matter how honest your committee may be-and the honesty of its members we do not question for a moment - but we do think that the town has a right to know its affairs, and that that right should be respected. It is to be hoped that the desired information will soon be forthcoming.
Respectfully submitted by
SAMUEL HARTWELL, L. E. BROOKS, JOHN F. FARRAR,
Selectmen of Lincoln.
Report of Overseers of the Poor.
The overseers report no reduction by death or withdrawal from the number of persons dependent upon the support of the town, but the number has been increased by two. Since May 30, two dollars per week has been paid by the town for the board of Ed- ward N. Haynes, and the overseers were instrumental in securing an increase of State Aid from four to six dollars per month for Mr. Haynes. This amount has been paid by the town each month beginning with May, 1892, and will be returned by the State.
On Oct. 13, 1892, Mary E. Curry was committed to the hospital at Worcester, and has since been an expense to the town. For further particulars you are referred to the expense account.
Respectfully submitted by
SAMUEL HARTWELL, Overseers L. E. BROOKS, of
JOHN F. FARRAR, the Poor.
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Town Grants for 1892-93.
To Finish and Furnish the new Town House, . $2,500 00
"' Dedicate the new Town House, . 300 00
For Schools,
3,000 00
" Schools Incidentals,
800 00
" Manual Training,
200 00
" Library $500 ; and Dog Tax, $223,93,
723 93
" Support of Poor,
1,000 00
" Cemeteries,
500 00
" Interest,
1,800 00
" Highways and Bridges,
4,000 00 .
" Highways, etc. (extra)
· 2,000 00
" Miscellaneous Expenses,
1,500 00
" Two Watering Troughs,
300 00
" Village Improvements,
500 00
" Decoration Day, 25 00
" Extension of Water Works,
800 00
$19,948 93
Valuation and Assessment for 1892.
Valuation of personal estate taxed,
. $1,763,397 00
66 real
704,555 00
Whole valuation, . $2,467,952 00
Rate of taxation $7.50 per $1,000.
No. of polls taxed, 283.
Tax assessed in 1892,
$19,164 58
Deduct County Tax,
2,188 39
Amount to be paid Town Treasurer,
$16,976 19
66 received by 66 15,145 07 .
Due on uncollected taxes, 1892, . $1,831 12
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TREASURER'S REPORT. The Receipts into and Payments from the Treasury from Feb. 1, 1892, to Feb. 1, 1893, have been as follows :-
Balance in the Treasury Feb. 1, 1892, . ·
$4,087 39
Paid Selectmen's orders,
$64,807 99
Received of County Treasurer on account of Dog Tax returned,
223 93
of State Treasurer on account of Corporation Tax of 1891,
1,273 58
of State Treasurer on account of National Bank Tax of 1891,
161 86
of State Treasurer on account of Corporation Tax of 1892,
2,248 51
of State Treasurer on account of National Bank Tax of 1892,
1,283 77
156 34
of State Treasurer on account of foreign ships, of State Treasurer on account of income Massa- chusetts School Fund,
162 20
of State Treasurer, on account count of Military Aid, : of State Treasurer on account of State Aid,
48 00
4 00
Income of the Grammar School Fund,
48 68
of Estate of Geo. F. Bemis on account of Town Hall,
5,000 00
"
of Estate of Geo. F. Bemis on account of Lecture Fund,
30,000 00
of Mrs. Charlotte Wheeler, on account of gift for piano, ·
500 00
of Lincoln Water Works,
200 00
30 03
4,000 00
1,500 00
of Trustees of Bemis Lecture Fund, for loan, of Trust Fund Commissioners, for loan,
500 00
for School Superintendent,
159 70
for hearse,
10 00
for settees,
5 23
for scraper,
5 00
for lumber,
10 19
for hay at Cemetery,
5 00
for rent of halls,
76 00
balance of Taxes of 1891,
1,260 64
interest on Taxes of 1891,
49 05
on account of Taxes of 1892,
15,145 07
interest on Taxes of 1892,
37 29
$68,191 46
$68,191 46
E. & O. E.
CHARLES S. WHEELER, Treasurer.
Having examined the accounts of the Treasurer, I find them correct.
W. L. G. PEIRCE, Auditor.
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·
1,960 00
Balance in the Treasury,
.
1,423 47
" State Tax, ·
·
of New England Trust Co., interest on deposits, of Commonwealth Bank, for loan,
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Expenditures.
FOR SCHOOLS.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation for Schools, · $3,000 00
for Manual Training, · 200 00
Superintendent, from the State, 159 70 .
Income Massachusetts School Fund, ·
162 20
Grammar
66
48 68
$3,570 58
PAYMENTS.
Centre School.
C. C. Davis, teaching High School 19 weeks, $399 95
John Q. Hayward, 66 11 weeks, 231 55
Roscoe A. Small,
8 weeks, 168 42
Carrie B. Chapin, Primary, 42 weeks, 504 00
Ella L. Bates, teaching,
19 weeks, 171 00
Harriette F. Sawin,
19 weeks, 152 00
Bertha Scripture, 82 75
James L. Chapin & Son, care of house,
75 00
Garfield & Proctor Coal Company, 14 tons and 6 cwt. coal, 77 94
Zenas G. Smith, teaming coal, .
7 50
George Flint, cash for washing rooms,
4 00
-
$1,874 11 -
South School.
Harriette F. Sawin, teaching Grammar
School 19 weeks,
$209 00
Caroline L. Walker, teaching Grammar School, 19 weeks,
216 00
S. Adelaide Wetherbee, teaching Primary School 15 2-5 weeks, 154 00
Kate W. Grose, teaching Primary School, 19 weeks, 197 00
Amount carried forward," $776 00
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Amount brought forward, $776 00
May E. Sawin, teaching 3 weeks,
30 00
Zenas G. Smith, teaming 30 tons coal, 15 00
Garfield & Proctor Coal Co., 28 tons and 17 cwt. coal, 157 23
James A. Tyler, care of house 3 months, . 15 25
Cornelius Moynihan, care of house, 14 30
Mrs. Thomas White, washing floors and windows, 12 00
Mrs. Statia Ryan, washing rooms, ·
2 25
W. K. Blodgett, expense on car coal,
45
George Flint, cash for washing room,
2 50
Thomas White, care of rooms 21 weeks, 35 70
J. H. Farrar, 2 cords wood, 12 00
$1,072 68
North School.
Florence M. Sherman, teaching 34 weeks, $306 00
Ralph E. Butcher, care of house 1 year, . 15 00
cleaning room and win-
dows,
4 50
66
cleaning stove and wash-
ing towels, 3 75
sawing 4} cords wood, 3 87
333 12
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
L. T. McKenney, for services,
251 49
$3,531 40
Unexpended balance,
$39 18
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Incidental Expenditures.
FOR SCHOOLS.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation, $800 00
PAYMENTS.
Centre School.
C. C. Davis, chemicals, $ 5 47
Water Commissioners, water service, ·
14 00
Roscoe A. Small, express, etc. 45
Bertha Scripture,
30
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20 22
South School.
Magee Furnace Co., repairs on furnaces, . $ 13 75
Water Commissioners, water service, 14 00
Thomas Coan, cleaning vaults, 5 00
Caroline L. Walker, car fare, 2 35
Kate W. Grose, car fare and express,
2 75
Thomas White,
20
Mrs. Thomas White, car fare and supplies, . 55
North School.
Ralph E. Butcher, dust pan and brush, 50
C. W. Benjamin, cleaning walls, 5 00
GENERAL SCHOOL ACCOUNT.
L. T. McKenney, sundries, . $ 6 38
Geo. F. King & Merrill, supplies, 64 18 ·
Ginn & Co., school books, 12 37 .
American Book Co., school books, 9 02
N. F. Cousins, book room repairs, etc., 59 11
Magee Furnace Co., supplies, labor, etc.,
33 32
38 60
5 50
Amount carried forward, · . $184 38
2
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Amount brought forward, . . $184 38
Mrs. Dempsey, washing 84 towels, 4 20
Effingham, Maynard & Co., school books, 6 15
R. B. Somers, programs and notices 5 25
George S. Perry, supplies, 44 97
Thompson, Brown & Co., school books, .
7 80
University Publishing Co.,
22 27
Boston School Supply Co., supplies, etc .. 1 40
Silver, Burdett & Co.,
43 32
J. L. Hammett, .
66
7 07
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, school books,
2 40
G. B. Goodrich & Co., school chart, 15 00
The Prang Educational Co., supplies, 28 92
George Flint, table and expense, 3 50
wagon for east part, 56 00
Robert Ellsworth, carrying children to school
from East district, 8 weeks, . 32 00
John Flynn, ditto, 10 weeks, 40 00
H. A. Sherman, carrying children from South district 48 1-5 weeks, . 384 00
James L. Chapin & Son, sundries for schools, 4 88
Butterfield & Glass, 3 35
Carl Schoerhof, school books, 1 92
Lottie M. Corey, teaching Elocution, 5 00
Franklin Educational Co., . 4 14
D. C. Heath & Co., school books, 15 48
The American Book Co., school books and postage, 4 53
Berlitz & Co., school books and postage, 4 26
Edward W. Babb & Co., school books and postage, 2 27
Everett S. Locke, repairs, . 5 00
B. A. Fowler & Co., Cyclopædia, 51 00
The Thorp & Adams Mfg. Co., supplies, .
1 03
George Flint, incidental expenses, 5 00
$996 49
$1,060 81
Expended above appropriation, .
$260 81
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Expended for Fence for South School House.
PAYMENTS.
Butrick Lumber Company, for lumber and
$81 69
teaming, . . A. Washburn, for labor, .
27 50
Kendall & Higgins, nails, paint, etc., 15 25
$124 44
Cr. by lumber, etc., sold,
9 19
$115 25
Interest.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
. $1,800 00
PAYMENTS.
Interest on Water Bonds,
.
$1,800 00
66 " temporary note of $4,000 of National Bank of the Com- monwealth, . .
68 00
66 " temporary note of $1,500, of Treasurer of Bemis Lecture Fund, 24 00
" temporary note of $500, of Sec- retary of Sinking and Trust Funds, 8 00
1,900 00
Expended above appropriation, .
$100 00
Temporary Loans.
RECEIPTS.
National Bank of the Commonwealth, . $4,000 00
Treasurer of Bemis Lecture Fund, . 1,500 00
Secretary of Sinking and Trust Funds, 500 00
PAYMENTS.
$6,000 00
National Bank of the Commonwealth, . $4,000 00
Treasurer of Bemis Lecture Fund, . 1,500 00 · Secretary of Sinking and Trust Funds, . 500 00
$6,000 00
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Library.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
$500 00
66
(Dog Tax, 1891), 223 93
723 93
PAYMENTS.
Samuel Hartwell, Treasurer,
723 93
The George F. Bemis Lecture Fund.
RECEIPTS.
From executor of estate of George F. Bemis, .
. $30,000 00
PAYMENTS.
To W. K. Blodgett, treasurer of the Trustees of the Bemis Lecture Fund
$30,000 00
Cemeteries.
RECEIPTS.
Town Appropriation
$500 00
For Hay,
5 00
$505 00
PAYMENTS.
Edward Bannon, labor,
$124 86
John Tasker, cash for gate,
11 80
Michael Ward, labor on gate, .
2 50
$139 16
Unexpended balance
$365 84
Highways and Bridges.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation .
. $4,000 00
Special
·
2,000 00
-
$6,000 00
PAYMENTS.
Superintendent's orders
. $5,516 42
Unexpended balance
.
·
$483 58 ·
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Extension of Water Works.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
$800 00
PAYMENTS.
M. L. Hatch, contract, ·
$950 00
Expended above appropriation,
$150 00
Decoration Day.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
$25 00
PAYMENT.
Expenses on account of Grand Army Post,
$23 00
Unexpended balance,
$2 00
Dedication of Town House.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
$300 00
George Ropes, chairman of the Dedication
Committee,
$311 79
Expended above appropriation, $11 79
The following statement shows how the money was expended by the Committee :
Amounts paid by the Committee of Arrangements for the Dedication of the new Town House.
Arlington Advocate,
$1 50
Boston Transcript Co.,
7 00
Waltham Free Press,
1 50
Waltham Daily Tribune, .
2 50
Journal Newspaper Co., .
8 25
Marlboro Enterprise,
2 00
R. H. Blodgett, printing, $10.50, $1.50
12 00
Amount carried forward,
$34 75
.
·
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Amount brought forward,
$34 75
Geo. L. Chapin, music, · 11 54
C. C. Parkyn,
100 00
James T. Laird, carting organ to Boston, 6 50
Fitchburg R. R. Co., freight chairs,
1 50
Willard Walcott, barge, .
6 00
Horace Tuttle, ·
8 00
Martin M. Welch,
4 00
H. A. Sherman, 4 00
Paid Wm. Everett, Ph. D., oration, 100 00
" Rev. Henry J. Richardson, prayer, 10 00
James T. Laird,
4 50
J. Vercelli, lunch musicians, twice, . ·
18 00
Postages, etc.,
3 00
$311 79
E. & O. E.
LINCOLN, Feb. 10, 1893.
GEO. ROPES, Chairman.
Publishing Proceedings of the Dedication of the New Town House.
PAYMENTS.
John Anderson & Son, for views of the old
Town House, . ·
11 20
John Anderson & Son, for views of the new Town House, .
11 20
$22 40
Village Improvement.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
$500 00
PAYMENTS.
John R. Hartwell, for labor, $386 66 ·
Albert E. Wood, surveying, 3 50
James B. Wood, 2 bbls. Portland cement, 6 50
66 lumber for fence, . 6 73
Amount carried forward, .
·
$403 39
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Amount brought forward,
. $403 39
Michael Ward, laying wall 322 days,
81 88
David Martin, 274 days, 47 68
Thomas F. Ham, sharpening drills, etc., .
2 34
Schlegel & Fottler, grass seed,
2 50
Samuel Hartwell, services, ·
25 00
cash, sharpening drills, .
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66
66 trimming trees,
3 00
66
cash, 2 horse load sand, 1 00
hauling cement from
Concord, .
1 00
3 bags phosphate,
5 25
$573 25
Expended above appropriation, $73 25
Drinking Fountains.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
$300 00
PAYMENTS.
Henry F. Jenks, two fountains, $262 44
M. L. Hatch, supplies and labor, 41 47
L. W. Weston, freight, cement, grading and expense,
32 48
James T. Laird, teaming fountains, stone, sand, cement and labor, . 25 94
D. H. Sherman, grading at So. Lincoln,
32 42
Robert Wright, 7 days' labor, .
12 25
Michael Ward, 62 days laying wall,
16 25
David Martin, 4 days' labor,
7 00
Globe Gas Light Co., 2 giant burners,
1 50
$431 75
Expended above appropriation, .
$131 75
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Support of Poor. RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation, . $1,000 00
PAYMENTS.
Daniel H. Sherman, support of John Mc- Grath and tramps for 1892, . Mrs. C. W. Braithwaite, board of Sarah C. Hartwell for 1892, .
$350 00
169 92
Worcester Lunatic Hospital, support of Patrick Kenna and Jeremiah Burnett, Jan. 1, 1892, to Jan. 1, 1893, 339 84 · George P. Haynes, board of Edward N. Haynes, from May 30 to Dec. 1, 1892, 53 00 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, support of Mary E. Curry, Oct. 13 to Dec. 31, 1892, 37 14
$949 90
Unexpended balance,
$50 10
Military Aid.
RECEIPTS.
State of Massachusetts, reimbursement,
$48 00
PAYMENTS.
Thomas Lynagh, .
96 00
Expense to Lincoln for one year, .
$48 00
State Aid.
RECEIPTS.
Reimbursement from State on account of Alice Wil-
kinson,
$4 00
PAYMENTS.
Mrs. Alice Wilkinson,
$48 00
Edward N. Haynes,
54 00
102 00
Expended above receipts,
$98 00
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Construction and Furnishing of the New Town House.
RECEIPTS.
Gift of the late George F. Bemis, for Town
House,
$20,000 00
Gift of Edwin Bemis, for Town House, . 2,000 00
Gift of Mrs. Charlotte Wheeler, for on ac- count of piano, 500 00
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-- $22,500 00
Town grant 1891, for finishing and fur-
nishing new Town House, $4,000 00
Town grant 1892, for finishing and fur- nishing new Town House, 2,500 00
$6,500 00
Total receipts, .
. $29,000 00
PAYMENTS.
H. L. Warren, architect, balance for ser- vices, $673 90
H. L. Warren, car fare, . 13 22
W. L. Rutan, on account of contract, ·
6,250 00
A. Kohler, balance of furnace bill, . 140 00
M. L. Hatch, for plumbing, etc., 381 65
W. L. Rutan, altering gable windows to swing, 35 00
Smith & Lovett, three pieces iron grating, 27 00
W. W. Hayes, concrete, 339 65
paving gutter, . 15 75
W. K. Blodgett, cash for sundries, .
20 31
M. L. Hatch, zinc, paper, labor over fur- naces, 13 82
John F. Farrar, hauling paving stones, 3 25
N. F. Cousins, work and materials, 1 00
Michael Ward, fitting iron gratings,
11 25
David Martin, labor 1} days, 2 62
Thomas F. Ham, sharpening drills, . . 57
$7,928 99 ·
26
Furnishing New Town House.
Harwood Manufacturing Company, 567 Assembly Chairs, $823 33 W. K. Blodgett, expense on Assembly chairs, 14 12
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