Town Report on Lincoln 1902-1906, Part 5

Author: Lincoln (Mass.)
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Lincoln (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 756


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Stackpole, Edward.


400


4 00


5,500


55 00


59 00


Stearns, Mary H ..


400


4 00


4 00


Story, Moorfield.


16,025


160 25


10,300


103 00


263 25


Swift, Elizabeth B ..


5,250


52 50


6,500


65 00


117 50


Tarbell, Charles L., Estate.


53,000


530 00


530 00


Tarbell, George G.,


450


4 50


16,000


160 00


164 50


Tasker, John. ..


150


1 50


2,500


25 00


26 50


Taylor, John P., Estate


50


50


50


Trask, Charles H. .


14,500


145 00


145 00


Trask, Charles H., Jr., Estate.


.


.


100


1 00


1 00


Tyler, Watson. . .


6 00


6 00


Underwood, Joseph.


100


1 00


1,500


15 00


16 00


Warner, Henry E.


675


6 75


7,000


70 00


76 75


Washburn, Albert


180


1 80


2,000


20 00


21 80


Welch, Doherty. .


550


5 50


5 50


Welch, Martin M.


325


3 25


4,500


45 00


48 25


Weston, Ann E ...


7,944


79 44


2,500


25 00


104 44


Weston, Leonard W., Estate


930


9 30


8,000


80 00


89 30


Weston, Mrs. Ruth H ...


350


3 50


3 50


·


.


.


93


.


.


·


·


2,500


25 00


25 00


Todd, C. Lee ..


10,000


100 00


100 00


Tuttle, Freelan, J .


600


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, Abel, Estate ..


30 00


30 00


Wheeler, Asahel, Estate


.


2,080


20 80


100 00


120 80


Wheeler, Charlotte.


30,826


308 26


308 26


Wheeler, C. Edgar. .


600


6 00


2,500


25 00


31 00


Wheeler, George R ..


1,000


10 00


4,650


46 50


56 50


Wheeler, James B ...


1,025


10 25


5,000


50 00


60 25


Wheeler, Mrs. Martha J.


2,940


29 40


2,700


27 00


56 40


Wheeler, Mrs. Sarah M.


2,500


25 00


25 00


Whitelaw, Henry A ...


50


50


50


White, Thomas, Estate


1,000


10 00


10 00


Whitman, Joseph, Estate ..


1.035


10 35


10 35


Whitman, Maria M., Estate


2,750


27 50


27 50


Whitney, Louis H ...


175


1 75


1 75


Wilkinson, Mrs. Guy ..


4,000


40 00


40 00


Wright, William H ..


675


6 75


6 75


Wright, Vernon A ..


750


7 50


7 50


.


.


.


.


94


·


3,000 500 10,000


5 00


5 00


Wheeler, Charles .


.


95


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 40


2 40


Abbott, G. St. L., Concord ..


325


3 25


3 25


Ames, James B., Cambridge ..


500


5 00


5 00


Bacon, Henry, Estate, Bedford.


15


15


15


Bennett, Henry D., Brookline . .


2,000


20 00


20 00


Bennett, Stephen D., Brookline.


4,000


40 00


40 00


Bradlee, James B., Trustee, Boston. .


4,796


47 96


47 96


Brennon, Michael, Estate, Concord.


30


30


30


Brown, Charles, Estate, Lexington ...


190


1 90


1 90


Brown, Charles E., Estate, Lexington


20


20


20


Brown, William, Estate, Winchendon ..


1,040


10 40


10 40


Brigham, Alonzo, Estate, Concord.


300


3 00


3 00


Brooks, A. B. & Bro., Woburn. ..


240


2 40


2 40


Brooks, Mary A., Concord .


650


6 50


6 50


Brooks, William A., Boston .


6,000


60 00


60 00


Calef, Wallace A., Concord


600


6 00


6 00


Carty, J. R , Concord. ..


150


1 50


1 50


Clark, George B., Concord.


3,000


30 00


30 00


Clark, William W., Estate, Waltham . ·


2,500


25 00


25 00


Conant, Emily, Concord ..


2,000


20 00


20 00


Cotter, Thomas E., Waltham.


2,000


20 00


20 00


Cutler, James R. Somerville.


175


1 75


1 75


De Cordova, Julian, Boston. ..


1.465


14 65


20,000


200 00


214 65


De Normandie, James, Boston.


525


5 25


7.000


70 00


75 25


.


·


·


.


·


·


·


·


-


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.


Derby, Benjamin, Concord


.


.


750


7 50


7 50


Doyle, Mrs. Mary, Weston


250


2 50


700


7 00


9 50


Emerson, E. W., Concord


252


2 52


2 52


Emerson, R. W., Estate, Concord.


600


6 00


6 00


Fitchburg R. R. Co.


900


9 00


9 00


Gill, James, Watertown


175


1 75


1 75


Gourgas, Francis, Concord


50


50


50


Gowell, Mary, Weston .


150


1 50


1 50


Griffin, John, Boston


100


1 00


1 00


Harrington, Elisha, Estate, Quincy


120


1 20


1 20


Hartwell, John R., Millis


325


3 25


3 25


Haynes, William A., Cochituate


500


5 00


5 00


Heywood, George, Estate, Concord


250


2 50


2 50


Hills, George E., Lexington .


650


6 50


6 50


Hoffman, Mrs. Claudine C., Boston


4,500


45 00


45 00


Hovey, H. Adelade, Waltham


600


6 00


6 00


Jaynes, Charles P., Boston


200


2 00


10,500


105 00


107 00


Locke, Isaac, Estate, Boston .


200


2 00


2 00


Mackintosh, Walter, Springfield


150


1 50


1 50


Mason, F. E., Concord .


200


2 00


2 00


Minns, Grace W., Boston


1,500


15 00


15 00


Moore, Mrs. S. B., Concord .


300


3 00


3 00


Munroe, Jonas, Estate, Lexington .


1,000


10 00


10 00


Neville, John, Bedford .


850


8 50


8 50


Nichols, Susan A., Woburn .


800


8 00


8 00


Paine, Horace, Concord


200


2 00


2 00


Potter, H. Staples, Boston


.30


30


30


96


.


·


Richardson, T. C., Weston ..


150


1 50


1 50


Rindge, Fred H., Cambridge.


350


3 50


3 50


Russ, J. F., Boston. .


6,500


65 00


65 00


Sherman, Eugene, Wayland.


200


2 00


2 00


Sherman, Herbert A., Weston. .


70


70


70


Sherman, Susan R., Wayland .


600


6 00


6 00


Smith, J. N., Boston ...


4,000


40 00


40 00


Smith, Lewis E., Portsmouth, N. H.


650


6 50


6 50


Stewart, Samuel, Waltham.


80


80


80


Stow, Nathan B., Estate, Concord.


180


1 80


1 80


Sweet, Benjamin D., Boston .


3,500


35 00


35 00


Tewksbury, George F., Lexington


160


1 60


1 60


Thompson, Maria L , Woburn.


100


1 00


1 00


Thorndike, S. Lothrop, Weston.


2,000


20 00


20 00


Viles, Charles L., Waltham


600


6 00


6 00


Viles, Sumner, Weston. .


120


1 20


1 20


Walker, Laura E., Milwaukee, Wis.


150


1 50


1 50


Warren, William, R., New York ..


2,700


27 00


26,000


260 00


287 00


Weston, Town of ...


850


8 50


8 50


Wheeler, Frank, Concord ..


2,000


20 00


20 00


Wheeler, H. N. Cambridge


400


4 00


4 00


Wilson, Arthur H,, Concord .


1,490


14 90


14 90


Wilkins, Mrs. Annie M., Wash., D. C.


5,000


50 00


50 00


Woodsome, Richard, Concord ..


100


1 00


1 00


Wheelright, Andrew C., Cohasset ..


1,000


10 00


12,000


120 00


130 00


1


0


97


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Water Commissioners' Report.


The Water Commissioners herewith present their annual re- port.


During the past year extensions have been made to the main pipe amounting to 9,773 feet, as follows, viz. :


From Mr. Higginson's place to Mr. Adam's place, 4,246 ft. 6 in. pipe,


Appropriation, $3,200.00


Cost, 2,864.00


From Mrs. Roach's place to John Kennedy's place, 1,150 ft. 4 in. pipe,


Appropriation, Cost,


$900.00


696.96


From Main Road near Mr. Storey's to Mr. De Normandie's place, 654 ft. 4 in. pipe,


Appropriation, Cost, 595.00


$595.00


From S. Rodman Snelling's place to Daniel H. Sherman's place, 2,278 ft. 4 in. pipe,


Appropriation, Cost, 1,368.39


· $1,400.00


From corner near Triangular Cemetery to Isaac N. Mac- Rae's place 600 ft. 4 in. pipe,


Appropriation,


$400.00


Cost, 448.66.


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From stone watering trough to Mrs. Adeline F. Adam's place, 845 ft. 6 in. pipe,


Appropriation,


$800.00


Cost, 845.92


From Mr. Tasker's place to house of Russell G. Crooke's place,


Appropriation, Cost, 72.76


$125.00


A substantial house of grey brick has been built over the screen well at the Reservoir at a cost of $179.


The machinery at the Pumping Station has done good service during the year.


Owing to the scarcity and quality of coal, no duty has been figured on the running of the pump during the year.


During the first part of the year hard coal was used, thus doing away with smoke and soot nuisance, but later in the season it became necessary to use any kind of fuel that could be obtained.


We believe the Town should at no distant date, to guard against accident, provide itself with a second pump, like the one we already have. With such an addition, the works at the Pumping Station should be sufficient for the next fifteen years.


There have been but three leaks on the main pipe during the year, two of which were caused by the lightning striking a tree and following down into the pipe.


The fence and grading about the Pumping Station lot has been completed


Meters.


The Commissioners are of the opinion that the time has come when the water works should adopt the meter system, whereby each consumer pays for the water used instead of the number of fixtures in the house or houses and cattle in the barn. In this way a more equitable rate will be established, and we believe money saved to the town.


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We recommend that the town consider an appropriation of $4,000 for the same, at the annual meeting, to be paid for by a bond issue the same as an extension of the pipe.


GEORGE L. CHAPIN, JOSEPH S. HART, S. H. BLODGETT, CHAS. S. SMITH, CHAS. S. WHEELER.


Water Commissioners.


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Summary of Statistics for the Year Ending Feb- ruary 1, 1903.


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, Bituminous and Anthracite coal.


Brand of coal, Pocahontas and Georges Creek.


Average price of coal per gross ton, delivered, - Wood, price per cord, -


Coal consumed for the year 247,286 pounds.


Pounds of wood consumed, equivalent amount of coal, pounds.


Total equivalent of coal consumed for the year, pounds.


Total pumpage for the year, 50,800,183 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 -.


Duty, --


Cost of pumping, figured on pumping station expenses, viz., $1,796.57.


Per million gallons pumped, $35.36.


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Per million gallons raised one foot (dynamic) 22 cents.


Cost of pumping figured on total maintenance viz., $4,719.38.


Per million gallons pumped, $92.90.


Per million gallons raised one foot (dynamic), 58 cents.


Financial.


- MAINTENANCE.


RECEIPTS.


From Consumers :


A. Water rates, fixture, $4,068 23


B. Water rates, meter, 1,036 96 C. Net receipts for water, (A)+(B), D. Miscellaneous (rent, repairs, sales, etc.) · · ·


14 58


E. Total from consumers


.


- $5,119 77


From Public Funds :


F. Hydrants $1,155 00


G. Fountains 150 00


I. Public buildings 120 00 Total from public funds $1,425 00


K. Gross receipts from all sources . $6,544 77 ·


EXPENDITURES.


AA. Management and repairs .


,


.


$2,694 38


BB.


Interest on bonds


.


.


.


· 2,025 00


CC. Total maintenance for year


4,719 38


.


DD. Balance


.


1,825 39


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K. Total


86,544 77


Financial.


CONSTRUCTION.


RECEIPTS.


Q From Balance of previous year .


.


$ 585 90


R. Bonds issued .


.


· 7,255 03


S. Appropriations from tax levy ·


V.


Total .


.


.


. $7,840 93


EXPENDITURES.


FF. Extension of mains


$7,070 42


II. Special (reservoirs, Pumps, etc. )


536 44


JJ. Total construction for year .


$7,606 86


KK. Balance .


233 17


V. Total


·


.


.


.


· $7,840 03


.


$122,861 51


X. Bonded debt at date


59,000 00


Y. Value of Sinking Fund at date .


960 00


Z. Average rate of interest 32 per cent.


104


.


,


.


.


·


·


.


.


W. Net cost of works to date


105


CONSUMPTION.


Estimated total population at date, 1127. Estimated population on lines of pipe, 871. Estimated population supplied, 849. Total consumption for the year, 50,800,183 gallons. Passed through meters, 9,933,400 gallons. Percentage of consumption metered, .195 Average daily consumption 139,452 gallons. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 124. Gallons per day to each consumer, 164. Gallons per day to each tap, 736.


DISTRIBUTION,


MAINS.


Kind of pipe, cast iron and cement lined. Sizes, from 4 inch to 12 inch.


Extended feet during year, 9,773. Total now in use, 16,605 miles.


Cost of repairs per mile, $2.10


Number of leaks per mile, .0018


Length of pipes less than 4 inches diameter, 0.322 miles. Number of hydrants added during year ( public and pri- vate), 7. Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 82. Number of stop gates added during year, 13. Number of stop gates now in use, 74.


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 å inch to 4 inch. Extended, 95 feet.


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Discontinued, -.


Total now in use, - miles.


Number of service taps added during year, 10. Number now in use, 189.


Average length of service, 12 feet.


Average cost of service for the year, $11.95.


Number of meters added, 0. Number now in use, 6.


Percentage of receipts from metered water, - -.


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Collector's Report.


The Collector is charged as follows : Arrears, Water rates, Miscellaneous.


$ 778 70 6668 41


14 58


-- $7461 69


Credit.


Abatements,


$10 00


Uncollected rates,


906 92


Total collections,


6544 77


--- $7461 69


GEO. L. CHAPIN. Collector.


The indebtedness of the water works is as follows : Twelve $1,000 bonds, due one each year, $12,000 00


Note due Middlesex Institution for Savings, 5,000 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 32 per cent. bonds, due 1932. 9,000 00


$59,000 00


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Report of the Board of Health.


The Board of Health is glad to be able to report that the Town has been very free from contagious diseases this year.


Our death rate has been extremely low only 10 per 1000 and only -- of these being under 40 years of age. SAMUEL H. PIERCE. JOSEPH S. HART. S. H. BLODGETT.


Regulations of the Board of Health of the Town of Lincoln.


ADOPTED JUNE 12, 1899.


PROTECTION OF WATER SUPPLY.


1. No person shall drive any horse, cow, or other neat cattle, to or into the waters of any pond in the Town of Lincoln, which is used as a source of public water supply, or place any such animal on or near the shore thereof, for the purpose of permitting such animal to wade in the waters thereof, or to drink therefrom.


2. No person shall permit any cow, horse, or other do- mestic animal, either belonging to him or in his care or charge, to go to or into the waters of any pond in the Town of Lincoln which is used as a source of public water supply, for any purpose whatsoever.


3. No person shall throw, put or discharge into the waters of any pond in the Town of Lincoln used as a source of public water supply, any manure, offal, sewage or refuse or decaying matter.


4. No person shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, upon the shores of any pond in the Town of Lincoln used as


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a source of public water supply, between low water mark of such pond and a line measured one rod above the high water mark, any manure, offal, refuse or decaying matter.


SWINE.


5. No person shall keep swine within the limits of the Town after he has been notified by the Board of Health not to do so.


6. Swine in herds, exceeding five in number, shall not be kept or allowed to pasture within five hundred feet of any public street or way.


OFFENSIVE TRADES.


7. The Board of Health hereby adjudges that the ex- ercise of the trade or employment of keeping swine within the limits of the Town is a nuisance and hurtful to the inhab- itants thereof, and dangerous to the public health. No per- son, firm or corporation shall engage in, or exercise within the limits of the Town of Lincoln the trade or employment of keeping swine without having first obtained a permit there- for in writing from the Board of Health; and such permit may be revoked at any time by the said Board.


8. The Board of Health hereby adjudges that the ex- ercise of the trade or employment of slaughtering cattle, swine, sheep or other animals, or of conducting a melting or rendering establishment, is a nuisance, and hurtful to the in- habitants of the Town, and dangerous to the public health. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in or exercise within the limits of the Town of Lincoln, the trade or em- ployment of slaughtering cattle, swine, sheep or other animals, or of conducting a melting or rendering establish- ment.


OFFAL, MANURE, ETC.


9. Kitchen refuse or what is known as "City Swill" or offal from swine pens, slaughter houses, vaults or cesspools, shall not be carried over any public street or way within the


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limits of the Town except in water tight receptacles, which shall be closely covered.


10. Offal or manure from swine pens, slaughter houses, vaults or cesspools, when deposited upon the fields, shall be thoroughly plowed under and covered within twelve hours after such deposit; or, if for any reason not so plowed under and covered, such offal or manure shall be wholly removed within the said time after such deposit.


11. All owners or occupants of any premises within the limits of the Town of Lincoln, shall, on or before the first day of June, in each year, remove all offal, manure and other foul and offensive substances or matter from all swine pens, slaughter houses, vaults and cesspools situated upon their premises ; and shall thereupon immediately cleanse and thoroughly put in order all such swine pens, slaughter houses, vaults and cesspools.


REPEAL.


12. These regulations so far as they agree with former regulations shall be deemed a continuation thereof; but otherwise all former regulations are repealed.


PENALTY.


13. Whoever violates any of the above regulations is liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each offence Public Statutes, Chapter 80, Section 18.


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Amendments. ADOPTED JULY 19, 1901.


1. No person shall convey, or cause to be conveyed, swill, house offal, or refuse or decaying matter over any public street or way in the town without a written license therefor issued by the Board of Health. Such license shall be exercised at all times in accordance with the require- ments of the Board and of its officers, and may be revoked at any time. The ninth (9) regulation of the Board is hereby repealed.


2. No owner or occupant of land or premises within the Town shall permit any swill, house offal, or refuse or decay- ing matter, brought from without the limits of the Town, to remain upon his land or premises for a period exceeding twenty-four hours in any case; provided, however, that any of the said substances may so remain after the said time if placed in receptacles or otherwise disposed of in a manner previously approved in writing by the Board of Health.


Whoever violates any of the above regulations is liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each offence.


Public Statutes, Chapter 80, Section 18.


ADOPTED JANUARY 16, 1902.


3. The Board of Health hereby adjudges that the deposit of sputum in public places is a nuisance, source of filth, and cause of sickness, and hereby orders : That spitting upon the floor, platform, or steps of any railroad station, car, public building, halls, church, market, store, or any sidewalk im- mediately connected with said public places, be, and hereby is prohibited.


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Whoever violates any of the above regulations is liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each offence.


Public Statutes, Chapter 80, Section 18.


A true copy of the regulations of the Board of Health of the Town of Lincoln and all amendments thereto.


Attest : JOSEPH S. HART, Secretary of the Board of Health.


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Report of the Committee on Claims.


The Town has had no active litigation during the past year. Three suits which were pending at the time of our last annual report have not yet been disposed of by the courts : Francis Smith vs. Town of Lincoln; Frank M. Dempsey vs. Town of Lincoln and County of Middlesex and Andrew J. Dougherty vs. Town of Lincoln and County of Middlesex. The last mentioned of these suits was inadvertently ommitted from our last report. It is a petition for damages on account of laying out the road in East Lincoln, filed October 11, 1901, in the Superior Court for the County of Middlesex. It is similar in character to the other suits growing out of that transaction.


One new suit has been brought during the year, that of Francis Smith vs. Town of Lincoln, on account of locating anew the road in front of his house by order of the County Commissioners. This suit was begun by a petition filed in the Superior Court for Middlesex County, August 7, 1902. It is not likely that the Town will be under any liability with reference to this suit as nothing has deen done for more than two years to carry out the order of the County Commissioners.


The suit of Michael Dempsey vs. Town of Lincoln and County of Middlesex, mentioned in our last report, has been settled by the payment to the estate of the petitioner of the sum of $400. The claim of Mary Ellsworth for damages to two estates owned by her in East Lincoln, occasioned by laying out the new road and by relocating the old one in that locality has been settled by the payment to her of $300.


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The Town received from her a release of all further demands.


We have instructed counsel for the Town as to his course to pursue with respect to the two remaining cases arising out of the laying out of the new road in East Lincoln, the cases of Frank M. Dempsey and Andrew J. Dougherty.


The suits of Charles S. Smith vs. Town of Lincoln and of Francis Smith vs. Town of Lincoln for damage caused by the taking of their land on the westerly shores of Sandy Pond by the Water Commissioners in 1896 have been settled, the first for the sum of $350 and the second for the sum of $150. The settlement was on the basis of that in the Tar- bell and Warren cases. This leaves but one suit now pend- ing on account of takings of land by the Water Commision- ers at that time, the suit of Francis Smith vs. Town of Lin- coln for damages occasioned by the taking of a lot adjoining the old engine house lot in order to furnish a proper site for the new pumping station.


We find, however, that there are a considerable number of unsettled claims for land taken by the Water Commission- ers in 1896 upon which no suits have been brought. The land was taken from the claimants under the provisions of our original water act, Chapter 188 of the Acts of 1872, which virtually limits the time for bringing suit to one year after the land is taken. Obviously the town has a technical defense to all claims of this character for the reason that the owners have allowed their rights to lapse. But we do not recommend that the Town avail itself of this defense as the Town certainly has no desire to get something for nothing from anyone. There is an added reason why these claims should be settled. In 1898 two of the then claimants, Dr. George G. Tarbell and Mrs. Helen V. V. Warren arrived at a compromise with the Town by which the Town retained all substantial rights needed for the protection of the purity of the water and surrendered everything not needed for that purpose. It is better that the title of the Town in the strip of land around the shores of Sandy Pond be made uniform


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throughout. As matters stand, the title of the Town to lands in cases already settled is different from its title to the other lands taken at the same time. To remove this ob- jectionable feature of the Town's ownership, Chapter 148 of the Acts of the year 1900 was passed to enable the Town to compromise claims in the same manner that the Tarbell and Warren cases were settled.


Accordingly we have recently communicated with the selectmen upon the subject and have recommended that action be taken looking to the compromise of all of the unsettled claims for land taken around Sandy Pond in 1896, upon the same basis as in the Tarbell and Warren cases.


Respectfully submitted,


CHARLES F. ADAMS, MOORFIELD STOREY, JULIUS E. EVELETH.


DR.


REPORT OF TREASURER OF LINCOLN . LIBRARY.


CR.


RECEIPTS.


Unexpended balance .


$211 86


Dividend of Codman fund 43 75


Town appropriation .


500 00


Chas. E. Lauriat & Co., books .


340 98


Received from J. E. Eveleth, Trustee . 134 25


Received from Commissioners Sinking & Trust Fund 126 75


From Town of Lincoln, on acc't of dog tax returned 330 60


Received from fines . 21 95


$1,369 16


H. A. Howes, salary to Aug. 1, 1902 $75 00


Lydia J. Chapin, salary to Feb. 1, 1903 . 150


Elizabeth Chapin, salary Aug. 1, 1902 to Feb. 1, 1903 75 00 T Wilbur Smith, salary to Feb. 1, 1903 . 125 00


Howard Clock Co , repairs on clock 6 14


9 00


Frank Dempsey, labor .


35 00


Lincoln Water Works, water rates 10 00


5 75


F. J. Barnard, book-binding


15 95


S. Rodman Snelling, wood .


36 50


Treas. Town of Lincoln, coal ..


13 60


R. D. Donaldson, labor as per bill.


28 23


R. and R. Bowker, publishers, weekly .


00


James L. Chapin & Son, supplies. .


18 16


Thomas L. Giles, labor . .


3 00


Expended by Librarian for sundries


14 04


R. A. Shepard, express. .


5 50


John F. Farrar, labor, postage, etc.


10 00


Mass. Society Prevention Cruelty to Animals, sub- scription .


50


F. J. Barnard, subscription


8 35


Waltham Coal Co., coal .


8 50


$999 20


Unexpended balance .


369 96


$1,369 16


JOHN F. FARRAR. Treasurer of Lincoln Library.


116


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EXPENDITURES.


Library Bureau, books


C. F Hunt. supplies .


117 Statistics of Lincoln Public Library.


Number of volumes in Library Feb. 1, 1902 .


7,163


Increase by purchase


240


Increase by gift


25


Increase by binding periodicals


12


Total increase


277


Number of volumes rebound


51


Number of volumes worn out and withdrawn


4


Number of volumes in the Library Feb. 1, 1903 7,436


Total delivery of books for year 4,580


Total registration of borrowers


1,479


Number of new names registered the past year 32


Number of days Library has been open


104


Gifts of books, pamphlets, etc., have been received from the following persons :-




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