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It seems to the Selectmen to be a feasible way to provide for the payment of the debt, to give the town's notes or bonds in amount of two thousand ($2,000) dollars each, making one pay- able in 1895, one in 1896 and one in each succeeding year until the debt is paid, and to provide for the payment of said notes or bonds, by raising by taxation two thousand dollars each and every year, commencing with the present year until the last note is paid.
NEW STREET.
There is a probability that the street ordered by the County Commissioners to have been built last year, extending from Dr.
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Chapin's to near the house of Mrs. Cambell, will be built by the County Commissioners the present year, in which event the town will have to provide the means for payment thereof.
GIFTS TO THE TOWN.
A short time after the dedication of the Town House, Dr. William Everett presented the town with a small sized framed portrait of Abraham Lincoln, which is hung in the Selectmen's office. After Mr. J. H. Littlefield delivered his lecture on " Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln," he, too, gave the town a portrait of Mr. Lincoln, which the town afterwards had framed, and which now hangs in Bemis Hall. During the season just passed, Mr. George Ropes presented the town with a very large French plate mirror, which we have caused to be placed in one of the dressing rooms, beside the stage just off from Bemis Hall. It is a very valuable gift, and will be appreciated by all who look therein, " and see themselves as others see them." Recently the heirs of Mr. George F. Bemis presented to the town his portrait to be hung in Bemis Hall, which will be highly appreciated, and will ever bring to mind the giver of our beautiful hall and of the fund, the income of which provides, free to us, the instructive and elevating lectures and entertainments which we so much enjoy.
Respectfully submitted by
SAMUEL HARTWELL, Selectmen J. F. FARRAR, of
ARTHUR W. KIDDER, Lincoln.
Report of the Overseers of the Poor.
· No changes occurred in the department of the poor during the year 1893.
Five persons have been entirely supported during the year, the expense of which including tramps has been $1,027.84.
A detailed account of expenditures will be found in another place in this report.
Respectfully submitted by
SAMUEL HARTWELL, -
Overseers J. F. FARRAR, of the ARTHUR W. KIDDER, Poor.
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Town Grants for 1893-94.
For Schools, . $3,500 00
66 Schools Incidentals and Superintendent, . 1,000 00
" Support of Poor,
1,000 00
" Library, . Dog Tax ($247.30,) and 500 00
" Cemeteries,
500 00
" Interest, · ·
1,900 00
" Highways, Bridges and Snow, .
5,000 00
" Miscellaneous Expenses, ·
1,500 00 .
" Decoration Day, 25 00
66 Village Improvements,
200 00
" Military Aid, 48 00
" State Aid, . ·
30 00
" Publishing Proceedings at Dedication of Town House,
200 00
$15,403 00
Valuation and Assessment for 1893.
Valuation of personal estate taxed, . $1,154,403 00
" real
783,130 00
Whole valuation, $1,937,533 00
Rate of taxation $10.50 per $1,000.
No. of polls taxed, 295.
Tax assessed in 1893,
$20,931 47
Deduct County Tax,
2,286 37
Amount to be paid Town Treasurer, . $18,645 10
received by
$16,266 42
Due on uncollected taxes,
$2,378 68
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The Selectmen recommend that the town make and raise by taxation the ensuing year, the following appropriations of money :
For Support of Schools, . $3,500 00
" School Incidentals, 1,000 00
" Superintendent of Schools, 200 00
" Miscellaneous Expenses,
1,500 00
" Support of Poor,
1,000 00
" Highways and Bridges, 4,000 00
" Library,
Dog Tax and 500 00
" Interest,
1,900 00
" Water Debt,
2,000 00
. " Cemeteries, 300 00
" Street Lamps, ·
.
150 00
" Village Improvements,
200 00
.
.
$16,250 00
TREASURER'S REPORT. The Receipts into and Payments from the Treasury from Feb. 1, 1893, to Feb. 1, 1894, have been as follows :-
$1,423 47
Paid Selectmen's orders,
.
.
$25,539 54
" State Tax, · Balance in the Treasury, .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
2,548 27
398 15
86
of State Treasurer on account of Corporation Tax of 1893,
2,400 99
of State Treasurer on account of National Bank Tax of 1893,
1,387 42
215 56
of State Treasurer o r on account of Foreign Ships . of State Treasurer on account of income Massa- chusetts School Fund, .
139 03
of State Treasurer on account of Military Aid,
48 00
of State Treasurer on account of State Aid,
96 00
Income of the Grammar School Fund, .
48 68
of Commonwealth Bank on account of loan,
3,000 00
of Commissioners of Sinking and Trust Funds On account of loan,
2,000 00
of Bemis Lecture Fund on account of loan, .
1,000 00
for School Superintendent,
161 37
for part rent of piano,
8 00
for old junk,
6 25
for lumber, paving and bridge account,
37 00
for rent of halls, for court fees, ·
37 63
balance of Taxes of 1892,
1,831 12
for interest on taxes of 1892,
·
.
49 63
on account of taxes of 1893,
·
·
.
16,266 42
for interest on taxes of 1893,
.
.
24 93
$30,887 81
$30,887 81
E. & O. E.
CHARLES S. WHEELER, Treasurer.
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Balance in the Treasury Feb, 1. 1893, . Received of County Treasurer on account of Dog Tax returned,
· 2,800 00
247 30
of State Treasurer on account of Corporation Tax of 1892, of State Treasurer on ac n account of National Bank Tax of 1892,
·
.
.
.
60 00
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Expenditures.
FOR SCHOOLS.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation for Schools, . $3,500 00
Income Massachusetts School Fund,
139 02
Grammar 66 66
48 68
PAYMENTS.
Centre School.
Roscoe A. Small, teaching High School, $400 00
Arthur D. Arnold, 66
66 421 00
Bertha Scripture,
192 75
Carrie B. Chapin,
Grammar dept. ·
457 60
Harriette F. Sawin, 66 Primary
325 40
James L. Chapin & Son, care of house, etc.
76 50
Garfield & Proctor Coal Company, 19 tons 15 cwt. coal,
120 48
Zenas G. Smith, teaming coal,
15 00
H. A. Sherman, teaming scholars,
312 00
John Flinn, 60
234 00
John Dee, 66 66
58 80
.
$2,613 53
South School.
Caroline L. Walker, teaching Grammar
School 19 weeks,
$228 00
Lizzie A. Brown, teaching Grammar
School 19 4-5 weeks,
217 80
Katherine W. Grose, teaching Primary School 38 4-5 week, . ·
426 80
James H. Farrar, 2} cords wood, .
15 00
Thomas White, care of house, ·
32 30
Garfield & Proctor Coal Company, 27 tons 20 cwt. coal, ·
170 80
. $1,090 70 Amount carried forward,
·
.
$3,687 70
.
.
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Amount brought forward, . $1,090 70
Zenas G. Smith, teaming coal,
. 22 50
Mrs. Thomas White, washing rooms,
· 12 00
George Flint, cash for
2 25
Hugh Mckinnon, care of house 18 weeks,
30 78
$1,158 23
North School.
Maude M. Crane, teaching 22 weeks, $186 00
Minnie E. Brown, 15 4-5 weeks, 126 40
Ralph Butcher, care of house 1 year, 15 00
66 66 washing towels, 1 10
66 cutting 372 ft. of wood, . 4 58
James A. Butcher, hauling wood from East to North School-house, 3 00
James A. Butcher, sawing 1 cord wood, 1 00
66 66 cleaning stove twice, .
6 00
George N. Bean, one-half cord wood,
3 00
George Flint, 372 ft. wood,
26 32
.
$372 40
$4,144 16
Receipts brought down,
. $3,687 70
Expended above Receipts,
. $456 46
.
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Incidental and Superintendent Expenditures.
FOR SCHOOLS.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation, . ·
$1,000 00
Received from State for Superintendent,
161 37
on account of use of piano, .
8 00
66 for junk
6 25
PAYMENTS.
Centre School.
Roscoe A. Small, expressage, $ 4()
Harriette F. Sawin, supplies,
3 18
Daniel B. Holman, repairs, etc.,
18 82
Georgia A. Warren, rent of piano,
35 00
N. F. Cousins, repairs,
50
South School.
Caroline A. Walker, fare to Baker's Bridge, $2 80
postage, etc., 1 00 ·
Kate W. Grove, fare to Baker's Bridge,
3 05
postage, etc., .
1 10
James H. Farrar, expense and labor for grounds,
8 00
E. L. Miner, 22 days labor, repairs, 4 38
cleaning and repairing clock, 1 50
George Flint, cash for washing towels, John Grossman, repairs on bell, fare, etc., .
2 10
1 98
Milton, Bradley Co., supplies, etc., ·
4 00
Thomas Coan, cleaning vaults twice,
6 00
North School.
James A. Butcher, 3 towels,
50
John McKenzie, repairs,
6 25
George Flint, cash for notifying scholars,
2 00
57 90
35 91
8 75
.
$1,175 62
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SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
L. T. McKenney for services, $267 45 .
Received from State on account of
Superintendent, · . .
161 37
Expense to town for one year,
.
$106 08
GENERAL SCHOOL ACCOUNT.
L. T. McKenney, express, postage, etc., .
$9 79
Mrs. Dougherty, washing towels, ·
11 25
H. A. Sherman, repairs on wagon, 2 00
. . J. L. Hammett, school supplies, . 137 23
Waltham Coal Co., 2 tons coal, . 14 50 .
D. C. Heath & Co., school books, 8 35 .
William Ware & Co., school books, 6 60
Lee & Shepard, school books and express, 5 15
Ginn & Co., 55 12
Silver, Burdett & Co., school books and
express, 14 15
Maynard Merrill & Co., school books, ·
7 60
University Publishing Co., school books and express, 25 61
S. C. Griggs & Co., school books, .
5 60
Henry Holt & Co.,
8 40
Arthur Hinds & Co., 66
9 40
Leach, Sherwell & Sanborn, school books and express, 69 65
Thompson, Brown & Co., school books and postage, 67
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., school books, 13 26
American Book Company, " 66 10 20
Moses W. Kidder, vaccination of scholars, 41 00
66 cash for supplies and express, 42 54
N. F. Cousins, labor and supplies, repairs, 48 26
George F. King, school supplies, 18 38
M. L. Hatch, repairs, etc., 16 50
13 50
H. Mckinnon, repairs on school wagon, · Amount carried forward,
$594 71
.
22
Amount brought forward, $594 71
J. W. Staniford & Co., chemical supplies, .
15 82
H. A. Hartley & Co., six shades, 3 90 A. C. Washburn, labor and supplies, repairs, 35 75
Everett S. Locke, 66 51 51
J. A. Burgess, repairs on wagon, 15 00 .
George S. Perry, school supplies, 44 57
Thomas Hall & Son, school supplies, 4 50
W. C. Hancock, 17 finished keys, 4 25
George S. Perry, 21 school desks, 43 40 Henderson Bros., exchange of carriages, 115 00
J. T. Maguire, 22 days labor cleaning school house, . 4 37
E. A. Carlisle, Pope & Co., outside windows, 23 86
John Dee, moving furniture from North school, 4 00
James L. Chapin & Son, supplies, express, etc., 18 58
$979 22
$1,349 23
Receipts brought down,
$1,175 62
Expended above receipts,
.
$173 61
Library.
RECEIPTS.
Town Appropriation,
. $500 00
N
(Dog tax, 1892)
.
247 30
$747 30
PAYMENTS.
Samuel Hartwell, Treasurer,
·
$747 30
Cemeteries.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
· $500 00
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PAYMENTS.
Albert E. Wood, surveying, etc.,
$17 70
LeBosquet Bros., 500 feet pipe, (3 feet
long),
81 00
A. B. McDonnell, labor, cement and
plaster, .
50 35
Edward Bannon, labor, 120 30
Charles S. Smith, labor and freight, 7 50 .
H. E. Barnes, labor,
4 40
$281 25
Unexpended balance,
$218 75
Decoration Day.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
$25 00
Temporary Loans.
RECEIPTS.
National Bank of the Commonwealth, $3,000 00
George Ropes, Treasurer sinking and trust funds, 2,000 00
Warren K. Blodgett, Treasurer Bemis
lecture fund,
1,000 00
$6,000 00
PAYMENTS.
National Bank of the Commonwealth, $3,000 00
Treasurer of sinking and trust fund,
2,000 00
... " Bemis Lecture Fund, . 1,000 00 - $6,000 00
Interest.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
$1,900 00
.
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PAYMENTS.
Interest on water bonds, . . $1,800 00
" loan of Commonwealth bank, 76 50
66 66 66 Treasurer sinking and trust fund, .
65 00
Interest on loan of Treasurer Bemis lecture fund,
18 50
$1,960 00
Receipts brought down,
1,900 00
Expended above appropriation, . $60 00
Support of Poor.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation, . $1,000 00
PAYMENTS. -
Daniel H. Sherman, care of John McGrath and tramps for 1893, $350 00
Mrs. C. W. Braithwaite, board of Sarah C. Hartwell for year of 1893, . ·
169 46
Worcester Lunatic Hospital, support of Patrick Kenna, Jeremiah Burnett and
Mary E. Curry, year of 1893,
508 38
$1,027 84
Receipts brought down,
. $1,000 00
Expenditure above Receipts,
$27 84
Military Aid.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
$48 00
Returned from State, Chap. 279, Acts 1889, 48 00
$96 00
PAYMENTS.
Thomas Lynagh,
$96 00
Edward N. Haynes,
118 00
$214 00
Receipts brought down, .
96 00
Expended above Receipts, .
$118 00
,
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State Aid.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation, .
$30 00
Returned from State, Chap. 301, Acts 1889, 96 00
$126 00
PAYMENTS.
Mrs. Alice Wilkinson,
$12 00
Edward N. Haynes,
6 00
66 for board to George
P. Haynes, 12 6-7 weeks, 38 57
$56 57
Unexpended balance, $69 73
Highways and Bridges.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation, . $5,000 00
From other sources,
37 00
-- $5,037 00
PAYMENTS.
Road Commissioners' orders,
. $4,912 45
Unexpended balance,
$124 55
Publishing Proceedings at Dedication of Town House.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
$200 00
PAYMENTS.
T. R. Marvin & Son, printing, $197 00
John Andrew & Son, old school-house
drawing, .
6 00
$203 00
Receipts brought down,
200 00
Expended above appropriation, .
.
$3 00
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Town House.
PAYMENTS.
W. L. Rutan, balance of contract, $97 37
A. S. Lowden, storm doors, 95 00
M. L. Hatch, zinc, lead pipe, etc., and labor repairing water pipes and pro- tecting building over furnaces, . 12 35
Paine Furniture Co., 4 mirrors,
9 40
Greenwood & Co., 2 wood baskets for office, 1 50
F. A. Walker & Co., 2 pair jamb hooks for office, . 1 50
A. W. Wheeler & Co., mattress for lockup, 2 25 C. F. Hovey & Co., 1 pair blankets for lockup, 2 25
Dover Stamping Co., 1 galvanized bucket for lockup, ·
40
George Ropes, 100 chairs,
20 00
$242 02
Fire Department.
PAYMENTS.
Revere Rubber Co., 1,500 ft. hose, . $825 00
Henry K. Barnes, 2 hose carriages, pipes,
spanners, belts, holders, straps, hy- drant gates, nozzles, ·
138 50
Fitchburg Railroad, freight, · ·
3 54
Cook Bros., storage of hose carriage, ·
10 00
$977 04
Proposed Amendment to Depot Road.
PAYMENTS.
Charles Mills, plans and specifications, $30 50
Boston Herald, advertising, 21 88
Morning Mail Corporation, advertising, 8 13
Waltham Free Press, 7 00
$67 51
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Village Improvements.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
$200 00
PAYMENTS.
Edwin Dutcher, digging stump,
$1 00
66 4 days labor, .
7 00
John F. Farrar,
labor on sidewalks,
46 50
D. H. Sherman,
66
30 00
Patrick Craven,
66
11 37
W. H. Sherman,
66
6 50
Nicholas Myatt,
8 75
$111 12
Unexpended balance, .
.
Street Lamps.
PAYMENTS.
Globe Gas Light Company :
4 iron lamp posts and frames,
$34 00
4 lanterns,
18 00
5 naptha burner fixtures,
15 00
1 ten gal. can $1.35, 1 two gal. can 30 cts .. 1 65
3 one gal. cans 70cts. 2 & gal. cans 50cts., 1 20
2 filling measures 80cts., 1 alcohol feeder 40 cts., ·
1 20
1 torch $5.00, 1 faucet 65 cts., 1 quart alcohol 50 cts., ·
6 15
296 gallons naptha oil, · .
24 48
17 lights glass, repairs $1.70, car fare 80 cts.,
.2 50
5 gasolene barrels at $1.50,
7 50
1 box glass for lamps,
5 00
$116 68
Credit by Bbls. etc., returned, .
3 80
$112 88
$88 88
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Hugh Mckinnon, care of lamps at south watertrough, 1 year,
$10 00
Edwin Dutcher, care of lamps, 15 35
66 cash for supplies, 1 67
T. Wilbur Smith, care of lamps, 66 expressage and cartage,
43 75
2 65
Fitchburg Railroad Company, freight, ·
1 00
Samuel Hartwell, cash, repairing frame, .
30
John F. Farrar, teaming posts and setting.
2 00
top for south lamp, 2 00
$78 72
$191 60
Suit of Hampton vs. Town of Lincoln.
PAYMENTS.
Judgment of Court,
$750 00
Samuel Hoar, Esq., Counsel,
250 00
Dr. Pease, witness fees, .
25 00
Samuel Hartwell, services and fees,
25 00
John F. Farrar, 66 66
10 00
Lorenzo E. Brooks,
66
66
10 00
Jahleel B. Sherman,
witness fees,
5 50
George H. Bean,
66
66
5 90
Richard Bean,
2 90
Wm. H. Butcher,
66
2 90
Mrs. Etta Mayer,
66
5 90
John R. Hartwell,
66
66
5 90
Albert E. Wood,
3 30
Roger Sherman, services and witness fees, 10 00
D. H. Sherman,
10 00
-
$1,122 30
Miscellaneous Expenses.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
. $1,500 00
Rent of halls, .
.
60 00
Court returns, fines, etc.,
. 37 63
$1,597 63
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PAYMENTS.
James H. Farrar, services as truant officer, $1 00
Geo. E. Crosby & Co., 400 Town Reports, 70 00
66 66 66 66 warrants, 7 00
60
posters, etc., 4 50
Horgan, Robey & Co., picture frame, 5 00
Garfield & Proctor Coal Co., 13 tons, 10 cwt. coal, 82 35
Z. G. Smith, teaming and housing coal, 13 25
R. B. Somers, 700 tax bills, 3 00
Michael Ward, setting rings in wall, 2 50
2 00
E. W. Russell, labor and shellac, (1889) . John P. Lovell Arms Co., pair hand cuffs,
4 00
66 66 " leather club, . 2 00
66
66 66 " Smith & Wes-
son revolver, .
12 00
John P. Lovell Arms Co., holster and cartridges, ·
1 40
Lincoln Water Works, water service 2 years Town Hall, .
20 00
Lincoln Water Works, 1 yr. 3 water troughs
60 00
66 66
" Centre School, 14 00
" South 14 00
Sherman Hoar, services and record of deeds exchanged with Ogden Codman, 6 30
William Hall & Co., 2 keys, 50 .
Louis Mayer, ¿ cord oak wood, ·
3 25
James H. Farrar, services as Assessor,
50 00
L. E. Brooks, services as Constable, 8 50
South Lincoln Hall Co., use of hall three times for registration, 6 00
4 25
Little, Brown & Co., Mass. Pub. Stats., . 66 66 66 66
supplement, · 2 85
Little, Brown & Co., Hitchcock on Sheriffs, 4 00
Thomas Groom & Co., 1,000 bill heads, . 4 00
Coll'et'r's cash book, 1 50
Amount carried forward,
$416 15
" Constable, 7 00
30
Amount brought forward, . $416 15
Thomas Groom & Co., town order book, . 8 00
Thomas Coan, watching Driscoll fire, (1892) 2 00
John F. Farrar, Inspector of cattle, etc., 60 00
Edward Bannon, labor on common and lane to reservoir, 11 69
Cook Brothers, 2 shovels,
80
John R. Hartwell, watching after fire, 2 00
labor on common and
fence, .
5 00
5 00
John R. Hartwell, services as truant officer, Charles S. Wheeler, collecting taxes for 1892, $19,164, at 12 per cent., . 287 46 · Charles S. Wheeler, Collector, abatement of 25 poll taxes in 1893, . 50 00
Edwin Dutcher, services as Constable 13 nights at Bemis Hall, 26 00
Edwin Dutcher, warning Town Meeting, . 5 00
Wm. L. G. Peirce, services as Inspector, 4 00
Thomas L. Giles,
4 00
John R. Hartwell,
" Deputy In-
2 00
spector, . T. Wilber Smith, services as Deputy In- spector, . 2 00 · . Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., lamp globes for Town House, . 7 85
N. F. Cousins, repairs at Town House, · William Barrett, Agt., insurance on South School House, . 40 00
2 00
William Barrett, Agt., insurance on Centre School building, 57 75 Samuel Hartwell, cash for sundry articles
as per bill dated Dec. 1, 1893, . · Samuel Hartwell, labor, time, etc., as per bill dated Dec. 1, 1893, .
14 98
8 92
James H. Farrar, services as School Com- mittee,
25 00
Amount carried forward, , . $1,047 60
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Amount brought forward, . . $1,047 60
Samuel Hartwell, services as Selectman, . 75 00
66 " Overseers of
Poor,
25 00
Samuel Hartwell, services as Registrar, 10 00
60
postage and stationery
5 00
66
fixtures for pictures,
48
66 66 cutting brush in road, 2 00
Moses W. Kidder, services as School Com- mittee,
50 00
George Flint, services as School Commit-
tee, etc., .
30 00
George L. Chapin, care of Town House, . 66 66 extra on account of
dances, ·
13 00
George L. Chapin, cash for washing
windows, . ·
11 55
James L. Chapin & Son, supplies for Town House, .
9 49
James L. Chapin & Son, telephone, 30
James L. Chapin, services as Town Clerk, 39 25
66 66 " Registrar, ·
15 00
Charles S. Smith, services as Assessor,
100 00
66
66 66 cash for books and ex-
press, etc., 4 60
Charles S. Smith, cash for advice and expense, .
45 00
Wm. L G. Peirce, services as Auditor,
10 00
fare to Boston twice, . 1 00
H. E. Barnes, returning 17 deaths, . 4 25
Arthur W. Kidder, services as Selectman, etc., 35 00
Arthur W. Kidder, services as Constable, 66 express, .
1 00
John F. Farrar, services as Selectman, 60 00
66 66 66 " Overs'r of Poor, 25 00
66 66 " Registrar, .
10 00
Amount carried forward,
. $1,783 52
25 00
express and postage, 4 00
125 00
32
Amount brought forward, . $1,783 52
John F. Farrar, teaming tables, etc., 1 00
66 66 two Record Books, 1 00
66 66 express and postage, 75
Charles S. Wheeler, services as Treasurer, 75 00
postage and station-
ery, . 5 46
Charles S. Wheeler, Collector, abatement
of tax of Horace C. Paine, 6 30
Charles S. Wheeler, Collector, abatement of tax of Sarah Hunt, 7 87
W. C. Cannon, billheads, 1 25
Wallace M. Brooks, services as Assessor, 50 00
$1,932 15
Receipts brought down,
1,597 63
. $334 52 Expended above receipts, .
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Recapitulation.
SELECTMEN'S ORDERS FROM FEB. 1, 1893, TO FEB. 1, 1894. For Schools and Superintendent,
. $5,493 39
Library,
747 30
. Cemeteries, 281 25 .
Temporary Loans,
6,000 00
Interest,
1,960 00
Support of Poor,
1,027 84
Military Aid,
214 00
State Aid, .
56 57
Highways and Bridges,
4,912 45
Publishing Proceedings, Dedication,
203 00
Town House and Furnishing,
242 02
Fire Department,
977 04
New Depot Road,
67 51
Village Improvement,
111 12
Street Lamps, ·
191 60
Miscellaneous Expenses,
1,932 15 · £
Law Suit, Hampton vs. town of Lincoln,
1,122 30
Amount of Selectmen's Orders,
$25,539 54
Statement of Expenditures
FROM FEB. 1, 1883 TO FEB. 1, 1884.
For Schools,
. $2,567 54
Library, . .
324 85
Support of Poor,
.
750 00
Cemetery, .
5 75
Highways and Bridges,
3,247 56
Interest on Water Debt,
1,800 00
Miscellaneous expenses, not including an abate-
ment of tax on $100,000, of $650, 774 96
$9,470 66
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RECEIPTS DURING THE YEAR NOT RAISED BY DIRECT TAXATION.
From Corporation Tax, . . $2,400 99
National Bank Tax, 1,387 42
Foreign Ships, 215 56
Income Mass. School Fund, .
139 02
66 Grammar School Fund, 48 68
State on account of Superintendent of Schools,
161 37
· State on account of Military aid,
48 00
60 State aid, 96 00
Central Dist. Court, for fines, etc.,
37 63
On account of Highways,
37 00
Use of Halls,
60 00
Use of Piano,
8 00
Sale of Junk,
6 25
County of Middlesex for Dog Tax,
247 30
$4,893 22
EXPENDITURES DURING THE YEAR NOT RAISED BY DIRECT TAXATION.
For Schools and Superintendent, $993 39
Library, (Dog Tax),
247 30
Support of Poor,
.27 84
Interest, . .
60 00
Publishing proceedings dedication,
3 00
Miscellaneous expenditures,
432 15
Military aid,
.
166 00
State aid,
26 57
Town House and Furnishing,
242 02
Fire department,
977 04
New road,
67 51
Street Lamps, .
191 60
Suit, Hampton v. Town of Lincoln, . 1,122 30
$4,556 72
Surplus other than by direct taxation, ·
$336 50
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Jury List.
The following names are presented to the Town by the Select- men, from which to supply Jurors for the ensuing year, from this Town :
Herbert W. Farrar,
George H. Hoar,
J. Walter Nelson, Roger Sherman,
George Ropes,
S. Rodman Snelling,
Charles S. Smith,
Martin M. Welsh,
Charles S. Wheeler,
Lorenzo E. Brooks,
Clarence A. Brooks,
James H. Farrar,
Edward F. Flint,
Thomas L. Giles,
George F. Harrington.
Selectmen JOHN F. FARRAR, of Lincoln.
Lincoln, Feb. 13, 1894.
Report of Committee to Purchase Coal.
The Committee appointed to purchase coal for Town purposes, report as follows :
Bought of Garfield & Proctor Coal Co.
For Town House, 13 tons 10 cwt.
at $6.10 long
Centre School, 19 “ 15 “ ton, delivered at
66 South 66 27 “ 20 depot at Lincoln. 66 Library, 12 10 66
Water works about 100 " Cumberland at $4.00 and $4.10 per ton, at Lincoln.
SAMUEL HARTWELL,
For the Committee.
SAMUEL HARTWELL,
ARTHUR W. KIDDER,
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Report of Hose Company No. 2.
Hose Company No. 2, located at South Lincoln, is composed of the flower of the young men of that part of the town, compris- ing as it does every available man of suitable age and physical ability. The Company has organized for the most effective ser- vice, and has chosen the following officers : Foreman, Everett L. Miner ; assistant foreman, Charles S. Eveleth ; clerk, Thomas L. Giles.
The Company obtained permission to use the hydrants for prac- tice and turned out twice with that end in view, but the condition of the hydrants was such as to make it rather discouraging work, so practice has been discontinued.
This Company hopes to be able to put out any fire that may occur in the vicinity of either of the three hydrants in South Lin - coln if it is within the bounds of human possibility to make the hydrants work.
THOMAS L. GILES, Clerk.
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Report of the Cemetery Committee.
The cemeteries have been cared for in a general way, so as to make them neat and attractive as we believe they should be kept. In years past many of the headstones have become loosened and have in many cases fallen over. The Committee have had them all reset, and nothing they have done improves the general appearance so much.
In the new cemetery iron stakes for lot boundaries have been purchased and set in place of the wooden stakes originally set, which had rotted and fallen over, so that in many cases it was impossible to locate the lots.
The small pond near the entrance has been dug out and enlarged and will, when completed, add much to the natural beauty of this site. Some trees have been removed and many more have been trimmed. Roadways have been dug over, grass mowed, and many other things done, which will be permanent improvements.
The Committee understand and appreciate better than formerly the duties and responsibilities of their position, and although they do not spend the full amount of the appropriation made, yet they recommend that the same amount be continuously appro- priated. A detailed statement of expenses will be found under the head of " Cemeteries," in the Selectmen's Report.
HENRY C. CHAPIN,
JAMES L. CHAPIN,
Cemetery
JOHN TASKER, HERBERT E. BARNES,
Committee.
CHARLES S. SMITH,
REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
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