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Kidder, Bros ...
·
265
2 39
7,500
67 50
69 89
King, Mrs. Elizabeth L.
1,000
9 00
9 00
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·
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·
·
94
Lahay, Mrs. Catherine
500
4 50
4 50
Laird, James T.
50
45
2,000
18 00
18 45
Lennon, Patrick
·
30
27
1,200
10 80
11 07
Leonard, F. A.
250
2 25
3,500
31 50
33 75
Lincoln Boat Club
500
4 50
4 50
Lunt, Charles
50
45
600
5 40
5 85
Lynah, John D.
40
36
1,600
14 40
14 76
Maguire, Michael, Estate
50
45
1,000
9 00
9 45
Martin, Mrs. Mary
200
1 80
2,100
18 90
20 70
Mayer, Mrs. Henrietta
870
7 83
7 83
Mayer, Louis
3,600
32 40
32 40
McHugh Bros.
750
6 75
4,000
36 00
42 75
McPherson, Mrs. L. A.
1,500
13 50
13 50
MacRae, Isaac N.
100
90
1,100
9 90
10 80
Miner, Lewis
125
1 13
1,610
14 49
15 62
Nelson, George
650
5 83
6,000
54 00
59 85
Neville, Martin
·
625
5 63
3,000
27 00
32 63
Obrine, James
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Page, Henry R.
680
6 12
9,300
83 70
83 70
Peirce, William C.
4 75
4 28
2,500
22 50
26 78
Peirce, William L. G., Estate
9,000
81 00
81 00
Pierce, Elsie
18,259
164 63
164 63
Pierce, John H.
·
100,600
905 40
25,000
225 00
1,130 40
Pierce, Samuel H.
.
11,000
99 00
18,000
162 00
261 00
Ray, Charles J. R., Estate
832
7 49
2,500
22 50
29 99
Rice, Charles H.
275
2 48
2,000
18 00
20 48
Rice, Edwin B.
200
1 80
1,500
13 50
15 30
4
10,000
90 00
90 00
Pope, Edward W.
,
1,200
10 80
10 80
6 12
Page, Henry R. and others
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95
Name of Residents.
Aggregate Value of Personal Estate.
Total Tax on Personal Estate.
Aggregate Value of Real Estate.
Total Tax on Real Estate.
Total Cash Tax on Personal and Real Estate
Richardson, Mrs. Harriet C.
2,000
18 00
18 00
Riddle, Charles W.
.
100
90
4,500
40 50
41 40
Riley, Michael ...
75
68
68
Roach, Mrs. James.
150
1 35
5,400
48 60
49 95
Rooney, Mrs. Mary
175
1 58
2,000
18 00
19 58
Ropes, Joseph A ...
2,350
21 15
21 15
Ropes, Mrs. Mary G ..
36,500
328 50
21,000
189 00
517 50
Ropes, Mrs. Mary M ..
4,550
40 95
15,000
135 00
175 95
Ryan, John . .
75
68
1,500
13 50
14 18
Ryan, John, 2d ..
.
50
45
45
Ryan, Mrs. Mary. .
1,600
14 40
14 40
Ryan, William .. ...
200
1 80
1 80
Sargent, Charles O
525
4 72
3,000
27 00
31 72
Scripture, Mrs. Augusta .
27,085
243 77
243 77
Sherman, Daniel E. .
350
3 15
2,600
23 40
26 55
Sherman, Daniel H ...
150
1 35
2,000
18 00
19 35
Sherman, J. D., Estate.
2,100
18 90
18 90
Sherman, J. Gardner ..
500
4 50
4 50
Sherman, Roger. ...
800
7 20
4,500
40 50
47 70
Sherman, William H ..
1,225
11 03
3,000
27 00
38 03
Smith, Calvin, Estate. .
400
3 60
3 60
Smith, Charles S ...
5,040
45 36
599 27
Smith, Cyrus, Estate.
2,000
18 00
18 00
Smith, Cyrus G.
5,000
45 00
45 00
Smith, Francis. .
12,000
108 00
108 70
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61,545
553 91
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96
Smith, Jonas, Estate.
2,800
25 20
25 20
Smith, Thomas W ...
1,100
9 90
9 90
Snelling, Mrs. Anna L.
65.50
59
59
Snelling, Caroline . .
65.50
59
59
Snelling, Howard, Estate.
750
6 75
15,000
135 00
141 75
Snelling, S. Rodman ..
5,000
45 00
8,000
72 00
117 00
Snelling S. Rodman.
2,000
18 00
18 00
Stackpole, Edward.
350
3 15
5,500
49 50
52 65
Stearns, Mary H ..
400
3 60
3 60
Storey, Moorfield. .
16,600
149 40
10,300
92 70
242 10
Swift, Elizabeth B ..
5,250
47 25
6,500
58 50
105 75
Tarbell, Charles L., Estate.
53,000
477 00
477 00
Tarbell, George G., Est ..
22,450
202 05
16,000
144 00
346 05
Tasker, John. .
150
1 35
2,500
22 50
23 85
Todd, Charles L .. .
75
68
68
Trask, Charles H. .
15,300
137 70
10,000
90 00
90 00
Tuttle, Freelan, J .. .
100
90
90
Tyler, Watson. . .
600
5 40
5 40
Underwood, Joseph.
100
90
2,000
18 00
18 90
Warner, Henry E.
655
5 90
8,500
76 50
82 40
Washburn, Albert .
135
1 22
2,000
18 00
19 22
Welch, Martin M.
425
3 83
4,500
40 50
44 33
Weston, Ann E ...
7,740
69 66
2,500
22 50
92 16
Weston, Leonard W., Estate
375
3 38
8,000
72 00
75 38
Weston, Mrs. Ruth H ...
290
2 61
2 61
Wheeler, Abel, Estate ..
3,000
27 00
27 00
Wheeler, Asahel, Estate .
500
4 50
4 50
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137 70
Trask, Charles H., Jr., Estate.
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Taylor, John P., Estate.
2,500
22 50
22 50
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Name of Residents.
Aggregate Value of Personal Estate.
Total Tax on Personal Estate.
Aggregate Value of Real Estate.
Total Tax on Real Estate.
Total Cash Tax on Personal and Real Estate.
Wheeler, Charles S.
2,140
19 26
10,000
90 00
109 26
Wheeler, Charlotte.
28,148
253 33
253 33
Wheeler, C. Edgar ..
590
5 31
2,500
22 50
27 81
Wheeler, George R ..
1,000
9 00
4,650
41 85
50 85
Wheeler, James B ..
1,115
10 04
5,000
45 00
55 04
Wheeler, Mrs. Martha J ..
2,670
24 03
2,700
24 30
48 33
Wheeler, Mrs. Sarah M.
2,500
22.50
22 50
White, Thomas, Estate
1,000
9 00
9 00
Wilkinson, Mrs. Guy.
4,000
36 00
36 00
Woodhull, Charles E.
3,000
27 00
27 00
Wright, William H ..
.
600
5 40
5 40
Wright, Vernon A.
1,000
9 00
750
6 75
15 75
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98
NON-RESIDENT TAX PAYERS.
Name of Non-Residents.
Aggregate Value of Personal Estate
Total Tax on Personal Estate.
Aggregate Value of Real Estate.
Total Tax on Real Estate.
Total Cash Tax on Personal and Real Estate.
Adams, Frank, Waltham .
240
2 16
2 16
Abbott, G. St. L., Concord.
325
2 93
2 93
Ames, James B., Cambridge .
500
4 50
4 50
Bacon, Henry, Estate, Bedford.
15
14
14
Bennett, Stephen D., Brookline. .
4,000
36 00
36 00
Bradlee, James B., Trustee, Boston. ..
4,676
42 08
42 08
Bradstreet, Byron, Waltham ..
...
5,500
49 50
49 50
Brennon, Michael, Estate, Concord.
30
27
27
Brigham, Alonzo, Estate, Concord.
300
2 70
2 70
Brooks, A. B. & Bro., Woburn.
240
2 16
2 16
Brooks, Mary A., Concord
650
5 88
5 88
Brooks, Henry, Concord ...
3,500
31 50
31 50
Brooks, William A., Jr., Boston.
6,000
54 00
54 00
Brown, Charles, Estate, Lexington ...
190
1 71
1 71
Brown, Charles E., Estate, Lexington.
20
18
18
Brown, William, Estate, Winchendon ..
1,040
9 36
9 36
Calef, Wallace A., Concord
600
5 40
5 40
Carty, J. R., Concord ... .
150
1 35
1 35
Clark, George B., Concord.
3,000
27 00
27 00
Clark, William W., Estate, Waltham
2,500
22 50
22 50
Conant, Emily, Concord. .
2,000
18 00
18 00
Cotter, Thomas E., Waltham.
2,000
18 00
18 00
Cutler, James R. Somerville.
175
1 58
1 59
De Cordova, Julian, Boston. ..
3,700
33 30
24,000
216 00
249 30
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Name of Non-Residents.
Aggregate Value of Personal Estate.
Total Tax on Personal Estate.
Aggregate Value of Real Estate
Total Tax on Real Estate.
Total Cash Tax on Personal and Real Estate.
De Normandie, James, Boston
.
425
3 83
8,000
72 00
75 83
Doyle, Mrs. Mary, Est., Weston
275
2 48
700
6 30
8 78
Eldredge, Arthur S.
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200
1 80
1 80
Emerson, E. W., Concord
252
2 27
2 27
Emerson, R. W., Estate, Concord
600
5 40
5 40
Fitchburg R. R. Co.
900
8 10
8 10
Foss, George, Boston
2,400
21 60
21 60
Gill, James, Watertown
175
1 58
1 58
Gourgas, Francis R., Est., Concord
50
45
45
Gowell, Mary, Weston
150
1 35
1 35
Griffin, John, Boston
100
90
90
Harrington, Elisha, Estate, Quincy
120
1 08
1 08
Hartwell, A. H.
2,000
18 00
18 00
Hartwell, John R., Millis
325
2 93
2 93
Haynes, William A., Cochituate
500
4 50
4 50
Heywood, George, Estate, Concord
250
2 25
2 25
Hills, George E., Lexington, .
650
5 85
5 85
Hoffman, Mrs. Claudine C., Boston
4,500
40 50
40 50
Hovey, H. Adelade, Waltham
600
5 40
5 40
Jaynes, Charles P., Boston ·
1,425
12 83
10,500
94 50
107 33
Locke, Isaac, Estate, Boston
200
1 80
1 80
Mason, F. E., Concord
200
1 80
1 80
McGrath, Patrick, Concord
750
6 75
6 75
· Moore, Mrs. S. B., Concord
300
2 70
2 70
Munroe, Jonan, Estate, Lexington Neville, John, Bedford
1,000
9 00
9 00
850
7 65
7 65
Newton, George F.
6,000
54 00
54 00
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€
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100
Nichols, Susan A., Woburn
800
7 20
7 20
Paine, Horace, Concord .
200
1 80
1 80
Proctor, F. J., Boston . .
160
1 44
1 44
Richardson, T. C., Weston ...
150
1 35
1 35
Rindge, Fred H., Cambridge
350
3 15
3 15
Russ, J. F., Boston ...
6,500
58 50
58 50
Sherman, Eugene, Wayland .
200
1 80
1 80
Sherman, Herbert A., Weston.
70
63
63
Sherman, Susan R., Wayland .
600
5 40
5 40
Smith, J. N., Boston . ....
4,000
36 00
36 00
Smith, Lewis E., Portsmouth, N. H.
650
5 86
5 86
Stewart, Samuel, Waltham ..
80
72
72
Stow, Nathan B., Estate, Concord.
180
1 62
1 62
Sweet, Benjamin D., Boston .
3,500
31 50
31 50
Thompson, Maria L , Woburn ..
100
90
90
Thorndike, S. Lothrop, Weston.
2,000
18 00
18 00
Tower, Richard G., Lexington
2,000
18 00
18 00
Viles, Charles L., Waltham .
600
5 40
5 40
Viles, Sumner, Weston ...
120
1 08
1 08
Walker, Laura E., Milwaukee, Wis.
150
1 35
1.35
Warren, William, R., New York ..
2,850
25 65
30,000
270 00
295 65
Weston, Town of ...
850
7 65
7 65
Wheeler, Frank, Concord ..
2,000
18 00
18 00
Wheeler, H. N. Cambridge
400
3 60
3 60
Whitman, Mercy M., Estate
4,200
37 80
37 80
Wilson, Arthur, Concord ..
1,490
13 41
13 41
Wilkins, Mrs. Annie M., Wash., D. C
5,000
45 00
45 00
Woodsome, Richard, Concord ...
130
1 17
1 17
Wheelright, Andrew C., Cohasset.
1,000
9 00
12,000
108 00
117 00
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Water Commissioners' Report.
The Water Commissioners herewith present their Annual Report.
During the past year extensions have been made to the system, amounting to 4,619 feet as follows :
South Great Road to western line, 1,377 feet, 6-inch pipe from opposite George L. Cousins's place to opposite the Tower Road, and 2,159 feet 4-inch pipe from Tower Road to western line, at a cost of $3,386.58.
Extension from opposite D. H. Sherman's place to oppo- site place of E. A. Sherman, 694 feet 4-inch pipe at a cost of $378.18.
Extension towards Watson Tyler's place, 389 feet 4-inch pipe at a cost of $213.85.
There have been seven leaks on the main pipe during the past year ; three on the cement lined pipe, and four on the cast iron pipe.
Those on the cast iron pipe were on extensions that were laid before the system of testing the pipes was adopted.
The machinery at the Pumping Station continues to do good work.
During the year the condenser was thoroughly over- hauled, and worn parts replaced with new.
New Pump.
We believe that the time has come when a new pump should be installed somewhat larger than the one now in use, and that the Town should do this as soon as possible.
The present pump might last for years and nothing hap- pen to it, but our experience with the Vacuum Pump the
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past year has convinced the Board that it would be unwise for the Town to take the risk of a break occurring that could not be repaired in two or three days.
The present pump should be thoroughly overhauled as soon as the new pump is installed and working.
All the south part of the Town was supplied with water through one pipe for several years and no accident occurred, but the same season the loop was completed near Mr. Adams' place, the lightning burst the pipe on the Station Road, and if the extension had not been previously made, more than one half of water takers would have been without water for two days.
We do not think the Town should take such a risk in re- gard to the pump.
We recommend that the Town make an appropriation at the coming Annual Meeting for this purpose, to be paid for by a bond issue.
We wish again to recommend that the Town adopt the Meter System, either in whole or in part, and ask that an appropriation be made for the same.
Water Rates.
By referring to the Collector's Report, it will be seen that the amount of uncollected water rates, when the report was made, was twenty-two hundred and forty dollars, or more than double the amount of uncollected rates at the close of any fiscal year.
We recommend that the Town pass some vote in regard to the uncollected water rates.
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, JOSEPH S. HART, STEPHEN H. BLODGETT, CHARLES S. SMITH, CHARLES S. WHEELER,
Water Commissioners.
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Summary of Statistics for the Year Ending Feb. 1, 1904.
Lincoln Water Works, Lincoln, Middlesex, Mass.
Population by census of 1900, 1,127.
Date of construction, 1874.
By whom owned, town.
Source of supply, Sandy Pond.
Mode of supply, Pumping compound, condensing.
PUMPING.
Builders of pumping machinery, Deane Steam Pump Co. Description of fuel used.
Kind, Anthracite coal.
Brand of coal, Lackawanna.
Average price of coal per gross ton delivered, $7.20. Wood, price per cord, $5.00.
Coal consumed for the year, 283,401 pounds.
Pounds of wood consumed, equivalent amount of coal, 5,400 pounds.
Total equivalent of coal consumed for the year, 288,801 pounds.
Total pumpage for the year, 64,506,914 gallons, without allowance for slip.
Average static head against which pumps work, 148.5 feet. Average dynamic head against which pumps work, 160 feet. Number of gallons pumped per pound of equivalent coal, 213. Duty, 29,805,307.
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Cost of pumping, figured on pumping station expenses, viz., $2,025.24.
Per million gallons pumped, $31.39.
Per million gallons raised one foot (dynamic), 19 cents.
Cost of pumping, figured on total maintenance, viz., $5,517.49.
Per million gallons pumped, $85.53.
Per million gallons raised one foot (dynamic), 53 cents.
Financial.
MAINTENANCE.
RECEIPTS.
From Consumers:
A. Water rates, fixture, $3,561 48
B. Water rates, meter, 1,664 04
C. Net receipts for water (A)+(B), $5,225 52
D. Miscellaneous (rent, repairs, sales, etc. ) -
- 79 02
E. Total from consumers
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- $5,304 54
From Public Funds:
F. Hydrants -
- $1,275 00
G. Fountains - 150 00 I. Public buildings 120 00 Total from public funds ---
1,2545 00
K. Gross receipts from all sources
$6,849 45
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EXPENDITURES.
AA. Management and repairs -
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$3,330 74
BB.
Interest on bonds
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2,186 75
CC. Total maintenance for year ·
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$5,517 49
DD. Balance
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1,332 05
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K. Total
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-
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- $6,849 54
Financial.
CONSTRUCTION.
RECEIPTS.
Q.
From balance of previous year
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-
-
$ 233 17
R.
bonds issued
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- 5,309 17
S. " sale of valves
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1
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27 25
1
V.
Total -
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- $5,569 59
EXPENDITURES.
$3,978 61
FF. Extension of mains -
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1
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- 178 40
II. Special (reservoirs, pumps, etc.) Refunded to Treasury -
1,265 93
JJ. Total construction for year -
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- $5,422 94
KK.
Balance -
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- 146 65
V.
Total -
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W. Net cost of works to date - - $127,018 52
X. Bonded debt at date -
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- 61,000 00
Y. Value of Sinking Fund at date -
Z. Average rate of interest, 334 per cent.
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$5,569 59
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CONSUMPTION.
Estimated total population at date, 1127. Estimated population on lines of pipe, 921, Estimated population supplied, 862. Total consumption for the year, 64,506,914 gallons. Passed through meters, 17,747,272. Percentage of consumption metered, .276 Average daily consumption, 176,732 gallons. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 156. Gallons per day to each consumer, 205. Gallons per day to each tap, 887.
DISTRIBUTION.
MAINS.
Kind of pipe, cast iron and cement lined.
Sizes, from 4 inch to 12 inch.
Extended 4619 feet during year. Total now in use, 17.479 miles.
Cost of repairs per mile, $3.70.
Number of leaks per mile, .004
Length of pipes less than 4 inches diameter, 0.322 miles.
Number of hydrants added during year (public and pri- vate), 3.
Number of hydrants (public and private), now in use, 85. Number of stop gates added during year, 8.
Number of stop gates now in use, 82.
Number of stop gates smaller than 4 inch, 1.
Number of blow-off gates, 15.
Range of pressure on mains at centre of town, 40 pounds to 50 pounds.
SERVICES.
Kind of pipe, galvanized iron and cement lined. Sizes & inch to 4 inch. Extended, 126 feet. Discontinued, -
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Total now in use, - miles.
Number of service taps added during year, 10.
Number now in use, 199.
Average length of service, 12 feet.
Average cost of service for the year, $12.50.
Number of meters added, 15.
Number now in use, 21.
Percentage of receipts from metered water,
Collectors' Report.
The collector is charged as follows :
Arrears, Water rates,
$906 92
8,104 51
Miscellaneous,
79 02
--- $9090 45
Credit.
Abatements,
Uncollected rates,
2,240 91
Total collections,
6,849 54
-- $9090 45
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Collector.
The indebtedness of the water works is as follows :
Eleven $1,000 bonds due one each year, $11,000 00
Balance of note due Middlesex Institution for savings, 3,000 00
Ten $1,000 4 per cent. bonds due 1917,
10,000 00
Twenty-three $1,000 32 per cent. bonds due 1930, 23,000 00
Nine $1,000 3} per cent. bonds due 1932,
9,000 00
Five $1,000 4 per cent. bonds due 1933, 5,000 00
$61,000 00
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Tree Warden's Report.
To the Selectmen of Lincoln:
The town has been exceptionally favored in having for some years the services of such an experienced Forester, to start the work right, as Mr. Henry Brooks, who stands so high in his profession.
Soon after the March meeting Herbert Farrar drove with me over the roads of the town, taking a light ladder and a twelve-foot pruner, cutting off and destroying what Brown- tail moth nests we could find. In most cases showing the nests to those by whose land they were found, that they might be on the lookout for them.
We destroyed some one hundred and twenty-five nests found on or near the road sides. A little over half as many as were found last year. We found them scattered widely throughout the town.
I was sorry to see that a number of good roadside trees had been cut, and would like to call the attention of the citizens to the laws relating to public shade trees.
The elm-leaf beetle is becoming established in town. When a favorable year comes it is likely to do much damage.
Some trouble was feared from the work of an aphis on Nor- way maple trees. I wrote to Prof. Fernald of Amherst about it. He said they were more abundant than usual this year, because of climatic conditions, but he had never known well established trees to be killed by them.
A birch borer is doing damage in town on foreign and other birches.
There are three places in town where the San Jose scale is established. After considerable inquiry and investigation I took Prof. Kirkland to these places and others where there might be some question as to their presence, also to the places
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where the gypsy moth was last seen. His report is appended. The tent caterpillar nests were taken off the roadside trees.
I saw the workmen of the Telephone Company trimming an elm near the Library without permission. I wish to thank the chairman of the Committee on Claims for calling the attention of the President of the company to the matter, who promised it should not occur again.
Two deputy-wardens were appointed, Mr. C. S. Wheeler, with a view of protecting the trees from the work of the Tele- phone Company and Mr. Joseph Delory, who did considerable work without any bill being presented for it.
I would like to suggest that suitable boards be put up at a few of the corners, so that auction, and other necessary bills, may be placed there, rather than on the town trees, which is forbidded by law. Several posters nailed on trees have been taken down by request.
The dead limbs were trimmed from the trees on the common and a few other places.
Trees were set out along the new road in East Lincoln, with a view to relieving its bareness. in a measure.
It was a loss to the town to lose the notable elm by the house of Mr. George Cousins, which was destroyed in a storm last summer. The tree was measured after it fell, and was 97 feet high, 21 feet in circumference, 4 feet from the ground, 25 feet, 10 inches 2 feet-from the ground. It had a broad, spread- ing top.
Probably the largest ash in town which stood by the road- side a little south of the house of Mr. Abijah Jones, was also destroyed by storm this year.
In closing this report, I submit also a communication from Mr. C. F. Adams, who has evinced much interest in the work of the Tree Warden during the past year, and has contributed, free of expense, the valuable assistance of Mr. Joseph Delory, one of his employees. The services of Mr. Delory have already been acknowledged.
EDWARD R. FARRAR.
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Feb. 11, 1904.
MY DEAR MR. FARRAR:
Before you prepare your report of this year, as Tree Warden, I desire to emphasize as strongly as is in my power my sense, at least, of the importance to the town at this particular juncture of your office, as well as my keen appreciation of the intelli- gence, skill and fidelity with which you have, during the past year, performed its duties. I have great respect for the attainments of Mr. Brooks, your predecessor, and appreciate to the full the work he did for Lincoln during his tenure of office. Nevertheless, what you have done, I think, will not suffer in comparison with the work done by him.
I have said that, in my judgment, at the present juncture your office is one of the most important the town has to fill. My attention has for various reasons been recently called to the alarming increase of insect pests throughout eastern Massachusetts. Hitherto, Lincoln, as a whole has been merci- fully spared. Nevertheless, as your report doubtless will show, several of the most dangerous and destructive of these insects have already obtained a footing in the town. Among these are the Gypsy Moth, the Brown-tail Moth, and the San Jose scale. It is to be hoped that all of these classes of insect life will, during the next few years, be made the subject of scientific study, and that remedies will be found for them. Meanwhile, it is, unfortunately, a fact that, up to the present time, no such remedies have been discovered. It becomes, therefore, of the utmost importance to Lincoln that no reason- able precautions should be omitted to hold these pests in check where they have got a footing within our limits, and, at any rate, to restrict their development. But even this will call for unremitting diligence, public and private, as well as a considerable expenditure of money. While the Tree Warden must be looked to largely for the first, the town should not in my judgment hesitate to supply him with adequate means to do what is necessary within every reasonable limit.
I would suggest, therefore, that you ask for an appropria- tion, during the coming year, of as much as $2,000, This, it is
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true, is a large sum to be raised for this purpose by a town of the size and population of Lincoln. Nevertheless, I speak within limits when I say that, should the pests I have above specified obtain a firm footing, and consequent free development, in our town, it will probably, under any law which might be passed, cost the town, or the Commonwealth, many times the amount named to hold them even in check, while the loss to private individuals will be something not easy to estimate.
The San Jose scale threatens every fruit orchard in Lincoln, unless the orchards now infected are immediately treated with an elaborate care which entails of necessity much labor on every proprietor, as well as a considerable expenditure of money. The Gypsy Moth, if once he spreads in his ravages, will, judging by the recent experience of Winchester, Medford, Melrose, Malden, and numerous other municipalities, entail a lamentable disfigurement and tree destruction, while, even to keep the pest, under some degree of restraint involves an ex- penditure, on the part of both town and individuals, which in the aggregate would many times exceed the amount I have named. Finally, judging by testimony recently submitted to a committee of the present Legislature, the presence of the Brown-tail Moth entails on a community most unpleasing physical troubles, cutaneous in character, with a doctor's bill to correspond. In Newton, for instance, these cutaneous affections became epidemic, and, when brought to the atten- tion of the physicians, they were, for a long time, puzzled as to the cause thereof. The trouble was finally traced to the presence and action of an insect already well distributed over Lincoln.
The Tree Warden should, moreover, be authorized to enter on private grounds to the full extent of the law, and there do whatever the occasion calls for, whether at the expense of the owner or that of the town. For, while it is difficult to suppose that any private owner is so slothful, indifferent or unthrifty as to allow these pests to use his land as a breeding-place from which to infect his neighborhood, such cases do occur. They
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should, when encountered, be summarily dealt with. If, and where, such exigencies arise the Tree Warden should be authorized and empowered to do, if necessary at the cost of the town, what in his judgment the welfare of the town de- mands. The individual proprietor can be settled with sub- sequently.
Under these circumstances, it is not, in my opinion, easy to call attention too emphatically and clearly to the dangers with which Lincoln is threatened. Please make such use of this communication as you see fit, in connection with your forth- coming report.
I remain, etc., CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS,
EDWARD F. FARRAR, ESQ.,
Tree Warden, South Lincoln, Mass.
Report on the Shade Trees of Lincoln, Mass.
A. H. KIRKLAND, M.S., CONSULTING ENTOMOLOGIST, BOSTON MASS.
Mr. Edward R. Farrar, Tree Warden, Lincoln, Mass:
At your request I have put into writing the findings of the examination which I made September 22, 1903, of the shade trees of the town of Lincoln. I have also included recom- mendations for future work against the most common or injurious shade trees insects which I trust may help you in the work which you are doing so well for the better preservation of the trees.
No one who visits Lincoln can fail to be impressed by the beauty of the many fine shade trees on private grounds and along roadsides. The specimen elms and maples are a con- stant delight to the eye but the oaks are worthy of particular mention. For these large but slow growing trees so abundant by your roadsides one must render thanks to nature who through generations or even centuries of silent work has
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