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138} yards at $3.00,
415 50
Setting Hydrant,
2 00
Teaming,
38 40
$1,593 24
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Cambridge Extension
Hydrant,
$24 66
Gate,
7 60
Freight,
80 11
1,923 feet pipe at 28 cents,
538 44
1542 yards Rock at $3.00,
463 50
Hydrant,
2 00
Pipe,
480 75
$1,597 06
Farquhar Extension
Pipe,
$295 25
Hydrant,
24 66
Freight,
22 04
4 Gates,
18 78
7 60
15 20
1,181 cubic feet at 28 cents,
330 68
19} yards Rock at $3.00,
58 50
One Hydrant
2 00
Teaming,
19 20
$793 91
The contract for this work as well as the teaming of the pipe was awarded to Cunningham Bros., the lowest bidder at 28 cents per lineal foot; $3.00 per cubic yard for rock excavation and $2.00 each for Hydrants. All of the work was done under the direction of the Superintendent.
There is due Cunningham Bros. on account of this work 10% reserve, held 6 months as follows:
The Cambridge Extension,
$100 39
The Jose Extension,
105 18
The Farquhar Extension,
39.11
Total, $244 68
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We are pleased to report that the bill regulating the amount of water which Concord can draw from Sandy Pond passed the legislature last Spring. A copy of the bill is appended to this report.
The suit brought by Lincoln vs. Concord in the Su- preme Court has been withdrawn.
On Jan. 1, 1912, the water in the pond was 5 feet 34 inches below the top of the flash board at the outlet or 1 foot 62 inches higher than on Jan. 1, 1911, thus showing conclusively that under the restrictions, the pond will eventually fill and we hope remain substantially full.
The Venturii Meter near the reservoir has shown during the latter part of the year an excessive waste of water during the night. Steps have been taken to ascertain, if possible, the cause of such waste and this investigation will be continued.
The water takers are earnestly urged to see that all fixtures are closed at night and any leaky fixtures repaird.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Chairman,
For the Water Commissioners.
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 19II.
Lincoln Water Works, Lincoln, Middlesex County, Mass.
General Statistics
Population by census of 1910, 1,175.
Date of construction, 1874.
By whom owned, Town.
Source of supply, Sandy Pond.
Mode of supply, Pumping.
Pumping Statistics
Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon, Cross compound Fly Wheel Pump, 12" and 202" x 55" x 12".
Deane Compound Condensing Duplex Pump 7}" and 16" x 9}" x 18".
Description of fuel used.
Kind, hard and soft coal.
Brand of coal, Lackawanna, New River.
Average price of hard coal per gross ton, delivered, $6.65. Average price of soft coal, per gross ton, delivered,
Percentage of ash, 21.5%.
Wood, price per cord, $5.50.
Coal consumed for the year in pumping, 331,568 lbs.
Pounds of wood consumed, equivalent amount of coal, 866.
Total equivalent coal consumed for the year, 331,568 lbs.
Total pumpage for the year, 71,704,000 gallons.
Average static head against which pumps work 148.5 ft.
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Average dynamic head against which pumps work 160 ft. Number of gallons pumped per pound of equivalent coal, 216.
Duty.
Cost of Pumping, figured on pumping station expenses, viz., $2,672.40.
Per million gallons pumped, $37.12.
Per million gallons raised one foot (dynamic ), 23.2 cents.
Statistics of Consumption of Water
Estimated total population at date, 1,175.
Estimated population on lines of pipe, 1,126.
Estimated population supplied, 1,100.
Total water pumped for the year, 71,704,000 gallons.
Passed through meters, 27,390,400 gallons.
Percentage of consumption metered 38.2. Average daily consumption, gallons.
*Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 129.++
*Gallons per day to each consumer, 137.+
*Gallons per day to each tap, 523.+
*The metered water sold to R. R. Co. is deducted from the total consumption in making these averages.
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Statistics Relating to Distribution System.
Mains.
1. Kind of pipe, cast iron and cement lined.
2. Sizes, from 4" to 12".
3. Extended 5,369 ft.
17. Sizes, {" to 4".
4. Discontinued 00 ft. 19. Discontinued 00 feet.
during year. 20. Total now in use, 00 miles.
5. Total now in use,
6. Cost of repairs per mile, $0.00.
7. Number of leaks per mile, .36.
8. Length of pipes less than 4 inches diam., ¿ miles.
9. Number of hydrants added during year,3.
10. Number of hydrants (public and private ) now in use, 114.
11. Number of stop gates added during year, 5.
12. Number of stop gates now in use, 18.
13. Number of stop gates smaller than 4 inch, 0.
14. Number of blow-offs, 19.
15. Range of pressure on mains 40 lbs. to 60 lbs.
Services.
16. Kind of pipe, galv. iron and cement
. lined.
during year. 18. Extended 78 ft.
25,075 miles. 21. Number of service taps added during year, 11.
22. Number now in use, 290.
23. Average length of service, 12 feet.
24. Average cost of serv- ice for the year, $9.50.
25. Number of meters added, 6.
26. Number now in use, 36.
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WATER.
Payments.
J. T. Laird, Services as Superintendent and Engineer, $1,026 65
J. T. Laird, Horse Hire, 74 35
W. S. Johnson, Professional Services, 917 97
Charles S. Baxter, Professional Services, 1,800 00
Innes & Tuttle, Professional Services, 600 00
Matthews, Thompson & Spring, Professional Services, 532 92
Waltham Coal Co., Coal,
178 48
S. R. Snelling, Coal,
627 15
R. H. Pratt Coal Co., Coal,
355 75
S. R. Snelling, Teaming Coal,
67 25
Boston & Maine R.R., Freight, 248 75
National Express Co., Express, 6 60
J. S. Donavon Co., Automobile Hire, 25 00
. M. H. Doherty, Carriage Hire, 14 75
Edison Light Co., Electric Light Service, 13 40
W. J. Hardy, Dinner, 38 75
First National Bank, Coupons, 3,115 00
First National Bank, Bonds,
1,500 00
Cunningham Bros., Jose Extension, 946 66
Cunningham Bros., Cambridge Extension, 903 55
Cunningham Bros., Farquhar Extension,
352 07
Winfred Wheeler, Plants, 8 25
Whitman & Howard, Services, 76 44
William C. Pierce, Rent of Land,
5 00
R. H. Pratt Coal Co., Freight Charges,
60 48
Sinking & Trust Fund, Sinking Fund, 2,173 37
John F. Farrar & Son, 3 cord wood, 16 50
First National Bank, Expense % Water Bonds, 60 00
G. L. Chapin, Collector, 125 00
G. L. Chapin, Water Commissioner, 50 00
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J. S. Hart, M.D., Water Commissioner, 50 00
S. H. Blodgett, M.D., Water Commissioner, 50 00
C. S. Wheeler, Water Commissioner, 50 00
C. S. Smith, Water Commissioner,
50 00
George E. Crosby, Printing,
3 75
Chapman Valve Co., Supplies,
152 24
National Meter Co.,
42 15
Chadwick Boston Lead Co.,
27 75
Walworth Mfg. Co.,
72 38
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.,
82 74
Hodge Boiler Co.,
66
266 54
George E. Winslow,
14 24
Boston S. R & R. & Supply Co.,
66
94 32
M. J. Drummond & Co.,
1,170 63
E. B. Badger & Son,
7 75
Union Water Meter Co.,
66
24 79
W. A. Hayes Co.,
66
60 00
Davis & Farnham Mfg. Co.,
8 22
Builders' Iron Foundry,
11 00
Deane Steam Pump Co.,
66
12 74
The Garlock Packing Co.,
16 31
J. L. Chapin & Son,
12 10
A. J. Dougherty,
Labor,
26 50
Frank Campobasso,
7 33
Frank Cunningham,
66
72 33
Dan. McAskill,
66
6 30
Moth Work,
4 73
Tree Warden,
66
4 50
Cunningham Bros.,
66
128 56
I. N. MacRae,
65 77
Hazen & Whipple, Engineers,
66
274 30
F. H. Place & Co.,
66
2 50
R. B. Laird,
66
2 50
David Farquhar,
9 62
Total,
$18,947 51
133 33
J. F. Farrar & Son,
PROFIT AND LOSS. Year ending Feb. 1, 1912.
Dr.
To Expense, Salaries, Interest,
$ 217 79
1,428 25
3,100 17
1,114 22
Repairs and Renewals, Fuel, Net gain for year,
1,254 54
4,771 33
$11,886 30
$11,886 30 109
ASSETS.
LIABILITIES.
Bonds outstanding, Surplus,
$87,000 00
1,324 34
102,022 75
Water bills uncollected,
292 47
Fuel on hand,
85 00
Sinking Fund,
12,422 93
$189,022 75
$189,022 75
Cr.
By water, $11,886 30
Construction, Cash,
$174,898 01
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WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT
WATER RECEIPTS.
Domestic,
$7,796 73
Meters, Uncollected,
3,797 10
292 47
$11,886 30
OUTSTANDING WATER BONDS.
Issue of 1894, due one each year,
$3,000 00
Issue of 1897, due 1917,
10,000 00
Issue of 1900, due 1930,
23,000 00
Issue of 1902, due 1932,
9,000 00
Issue of 1903, due 1933,
5,000 00
Issue of 1904, due 1934,
5,000 00
Issue of 1906, due 1936,
14,000 00
Issue of 1907, due 1937,
4,000 00
Issue of 1907, due $500 each year,
8,000 00
Issue of 1911, due $500
6,000 00
$87,000 00
ENGINEER'S REPORT
Month
Duration of Pumping
Gallons Pumped
Fuel Used
Distribution of Fuel
Rain Fall
Record of Pump For 10 Years
Pumping
Banking
Heating
Wood
1910
Hrs. Min.
January
126
20
5,199,300
31,907
26,600
3,640
1,545
27
2.42
February
101
55
4,559,600
26,626
20,654
3,125
2,820
27
3.52
1902
53,435,363
March
103
50
4,720,500
24,134
20,320
2,799
975
40
1.22
1903
50,800,183
April .
116
25
4,536,600
23,278
21,090
2,188
2.23
1904
64,506,914
May.
123
10
6,692,000
24,297
21,839
2,300
158
1.01
1905
59,235,714
June ..
157
45
6,306,000
· 29,864
26,298
3,384
182
3.53
1906
55,448,939
July
189
45
8,630,000
34,791
30,754
4,037
1.20
1907
61,409,145
August
129
05
6,960,000
27,959
24,619
3,228
112
3.47
1908
68,640,829
September
124
05
5,920,000
25,634
22,932
2,589
113
1.82
1909
68,676,308
October.
136
6,280,000
25,037
21,871
2,959
207
. 44
1910
70,144,870
November
129
40
5,600,000
25,421
22,124
3,087
210
3.48
December
139
6,300,000
32,720
25,159
3,401
4,160
1.92
Total, 1911 . .
71,704,000
331,568
284,260
36,737
9,705
866
26.26
..
.
.
. .
1911
71,704,000
..
7
111
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Report of the Treasurer of the Lincoln Cemetery Commissioners
February 1, 1911, Balance on hand, $223 01 Four dividends of $2.50 each on 2 shares Fitchburg Railroad preferred, 10 00
Two dividends of $6.00 each on 3 shares Union Pacific preferred, 12 00
Four dividends of $7.00 each on 4 shares American Sugar Refining preferred, 28 00
December 4, 1911, Received from H. E. Barnes, account Cook lot 20 00
Balance in Treasurer's hands, February 1st, 1912 $293 01 Securities on hand : Two shares Fitchburg Railroad preferred. Three shares Union Pacific preferred.
Four shares American Sugar Refining preferred.
CHARLES S. SMITH,
Treasurer.
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TREE WARDEN'S REPORT
Gentlemen :- This year the brush has been cut, and the dead wood removed from the trees, on the following roads: the Station Road from the center of Town to the railroad station, the piece of wood between Tower Road and Station Road, Trapelo Road as far as the cemetery, Flint Road to. Mr. Flint's residence, Silver Hill Road from Trapelo Road to Dr. Herman's, Martin Road, and Wayland Road to the Wayland line. The dead limbs were removed from the trees in the cemetery near the Town Hall, and the trees on the common.
The dead wood and clashing limbs were also removed from trees on other roads where it was necessary for public safety and convenience.
Elm Leaf Beetle
The elm leaf beetle may be controlled and its injury to elms prevented by thorough spraying with arsenate of lead, 18 pounds to 100 gallons of water, applied to the foliage between June 1 and 15, this spraying kills the mature beetles in large numbers before they have an opportunity to lay their eggs.
The work of suppression of the Gipsy and Brown Tail Moths has been carried on more extensively this year than it has in the past on the roadsides.
The Federal Government cleaned up and have taken care of about 20 of the roads in this Town for several years.
Owing to the large amount of work to be done in this and other states by them, these highways have been left to the Town to take care of.
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It has been hard to hold the foliage on the roadsides on account of the Brown Tail Moths. Most of them were sprayed twice and some three times. Spraying was also done on private property where owners wished it and paid for same with very good results. The trees on all the highways in Town with the exception of one or two have been gone over and the Gipsy Moth nests creosoted. The Brown Tail nests have also been re- moved from the trees on some of the roads, and will be removed from all trees before April 1, in order to get best results from spraying.
Reports on the introduction of parasites and fungus diseases continue to be of an encouraging nature, but much of this work, if not all, is still in an experimental stage, and has no appreciable effect on the general situ- ation.
The State Department is going to make a strong cam- paign against woodland colonies where no hand suppres- sion will be done, by making plantings of the wilt disease, and as we have a large number of acres of such woodland in this Town we will have a good chance to give it a fair trial. I have made arrangements to get enough of this disease to plant a thousand acres.
I wish to thank the Town officers and also the people of the Town for their courtesy and the interest shown in the work.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN J. KELLIHER, Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS
Lincoln, February 1, 1912.
To the Town of Lincoln:
The Committee on Claims to which was referred the question whether the land on which the old schoolhouse now stands is the property of the Town, have given it careful consideration, but have not been able to reach any definite conclusion.
The records of the Town have been carefully searched by A. J. Doherty, Esq., and his statement of what he finds is added as an appendix to this report in order that the Town may have in some tangible form what the records show. From this it appears that the Town ac- quired the land on which the school house which preceded the present edifice was built, but as the deeds by which the Town took the land are not recorded, it is very diffi- cult to establish the boundaries and to say exactly what the Town did own.
On the other hand, Mr. J. L. Chapin claimed a portion of the land, and a plan recently made by a surveyor from his deeds, if correct seems to show that he acquired title to a lot, the eastern boundary of which ran through the middle of the land on which the present edifice stands. The contention is that he gave the Town the use of this portion of his land, as well as of an adjacent portion for a school yard, upon such terms that when the school build- ing is discontinued the land will revert to his heirs.
Witnesses now living who went to the old school re- member the location of the old house, and are prepared to
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testify that the new schoolhouse was built on the site of the old. Their testimony would tend to establish title in the Town.
The building is now used for school house purposes in that a kindergarten is maintained there to which the children of the Town go, although the money to pay the expenses of the teacher is supplied by Mrs. Wheelwright, and while this use continues we think the building is used for school purposes.
It is apparent, however, that no conclusion which this Committee can reach will definitely determine the ques- tion, and we think the safer way for the Town is to retain the land under a claim of right until Mr. Chapin shall establish a better title by proper proceedings in court. He cannot, however, obtain possession so long as the building is used for school purposes, and what other pro- ceedings he may take to establish title must be such as his counsel shall advise.
MOORFIELD STOREY, JULIUS E. EVELETH, CHARLES S. WHEELER.
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ABSTRACT OF TITLE OF CENTRE SCHOOL LOT, AD JOINING THE COMMON IN LINCOLN, MASSACHUSETTS
At the time of the incorporation of the Town in 1754 there was apparently within its limits three schoolhouses, the same being located as follows :- One near what is now the Snelling Place in South Lincoln, one near what is now the railroad crossing of the South Great Road, and one near the Common or land adjoining the Common near the old Chestnut Tree.
The first action taken by the Town after its incorpora- tion with reference to schools was taken at a meeting August 6th, 1762. The matter under discussion at this time was as to how many schoolhouses were necessary and where they were to be located. A committee was appointed at this meeting to have charge of this matter and report to the Town. This committee consisted of three men, who at that time lived out of the Town, one in Lexington, one in Concord and one in Weston. This Committee made a report to the Town at a meeting held January 3, 1763. What their report was does not appear upon the records, but it does appear that their report was not accepted.
The next year, in 1763, the matter of the schools was again brought before the Town, and at a meeting held March 7th of this year action was taken upon the request of certain people in the Town to determine the number
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of schoolhouses required and where they were to be located. At that time there was in the Town the three schoolhouses referred to above.
The schoolhouse in the middle of the Town, near the Chestnut Tree, was not owned by the Town but by pri- vate persons, as appears from the records in connection with the request above referred to and acted upon at the meeting of March 7th. It was voted at this meeting to ask the builders of this schoolhouse to give the same to the Town. That this school was given to the Town by the builders appears from a vote found upon the records of the meeting of March 7th, 1763, which is as follows :- "That the builders of the schoolhouse that stands in the middle of the Town by the Meeting House did at this Town Meeting present said schoolhouse as a gift to the Town to be improved for the purposes and conveniences of a school, and twenty-five rods of land adjoining said house, so long as the Town shall see fit to use it for school purposes. Voted and accepted."
No further action affecting the schools in the centre of the Town seems to have been taken until the year 1791, at which time, or sometime earlier the "schoolhouse in the centre of the Town was damaged by fire or otherwise. The action taken at this time was as to the disposition of the remains of the old schoolhouse then standing nigh the Meeting House in said Town. No action seems to have been taken upon this vote. This was undoubtedly the schoolhouse presented to the Town by the builders as above recorded.
In the year 1792 a schoolhouse was built in the centre of the Town by private persons. This school was fash- ioned somewhat after an academy and was known as the Liberal School, and was located at or about what is now the site of the present Centre School and on land adjoining the Common. How the builders of this school acquired . the land upon which the building stood does not appear
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as no records of such acquisition can be found. This school was conducted for a period of about fifteen years.
In 1795 it appears that the Town made an exchange of land with Mr. John Adams, who then owned the land adjoining the Common and the Liberal Schoolhouse lot, as will appear from the following vote: "Voted that the Town will exchange a certain piece of land belong- ing to the Town on the easterly part of the Common with the proprietors of the Liberal School in Lincoln for the same quantity of land now in possession of Mr. John Adams on the westerly side of the Common, to be marked out by Mr. Nathaniel Weston, Capt. John Hartwell and Mr. Samuel Hartwell, as they, the said committee, shall judge most expedient; provided, however, that the Com- mittee and said proprietors shall judge that such quantity of land would discommode the Common and a less quantity will answer the purposes of the proprietors, that then they reduce the quantity as shall be found neces- sary." Whether or not any action was taken upon that vote does not appear from an examination of the Town Records and the records of the Registry of Deeds.
The next action with reference to the schools was taken at a meeting held December 16th, 1808, and was as fol- lows :- Vote, "To see if the Town will provide a suitable schoolhouse in the middle of the Town either by building or by purchasing the Liberal Schoolhouse, so-called, or do any matter or thing respecting said Liberal School- house as they shall think best." A committee consisting of five persons was appointed at this meeting to purchase the Liberal Schoolhouse or to build a school in the middle of the Town. This committee reported at a meeting held Feb. 14th, 1809, which report was as follows :- "We, the subscribers, a committee chosen by the Town at a legal meeting holden on the sixteenth day of December, A. D. 1808, for the purpose of purchasing the Liberal Schoolhouse, so-called, or build an house for the purpose
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of a school for the middle of the Town, have attended that service and beg leave to report that we have pur- chased the said Liberal School and the land thereto be- longing and have agreed on behalf of the Town to pay to the proprietors of the said house and land as a compensa- tion for the same the sum of four hundred and twenty- five dollars, to be paid in eight months from the fifth day of January, 1809, and have received for the use of the said Town a Warranty Deed of the premises with the use of the house for the present season." This report was accepted by the Town at said meeting. What be- came of the Warranty Deed referred to above does not appear as no such deed can be found upon the records of the Registry of Deeds.
In 1809 it appears that the schoolhouse that was given to the Town by the builders was moved from where it stood on the easterly side of the Common and located apparently upon land adjoining the lot upon which the Liberal Schoolhouse stood. A vote of this moving ap- pears upon the records of the Town at a meeting held in 1809, a copy of which is as follows :- "Voted-that leave be given to move the schoolhouse mentioned in said article; that it may be moved westerly from where it now stands and to land belonging to Mr. Jonas Adams. Then made choice of Dr. Grosvenor Tarbell, Mr. Isaac Munroe, Mr. Amos Bemis, Major Daniel Brooks and Lieutenant Elijah Fiske, as a committee with leave to move said house and obtain a deed of land sufficient upon which to set said house, also to move the wall as mentioned in this article with liberty to call upon the Selectmen of this Town to provide suitable drink which may be found necessary for the workmen at the removal of said house and wall."
No record of any purchase of land under this vote ap- pears, but there is no doubt that this schoolhouse was moved as there appears upon the records of the Town
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Treasurer an item wherein one Thomas Wheeler was paid the sum of $4.66 for beef and cider found by the direction of the Committee for moving the middle school.
In 1851 it appears that the Town got into some con- troversy with Francis Newhall, who was then the owner of the land adjoining the lot upon which the schoolhouse stood. A committee was appointed at that time to take up the matter with Mr. Newhall and adjust the same, either by buying land, erecting a fence, or anything that they may consider to the interests of the Town. No record of any action ever being taken by this Committee can be found.
No further changes appear with regard to the Centre Schoolhouse until 1870 when the present schoolhouse was built and presumably located upon the site upon which the Liberal Schoolhouse then stood. In connection with the locating of the present Centre Schoolhouse, there is the following taken from the Town Records of a meeting held May 30th, 1870 :- "Motion-that the building be located on or near the site now occupied by the old school. Voted to accept the motion."
That this school was located on the old site or that it was supposed to have been located upon the old site, and in addition to the above motion, there is the fol- lowing upon the Records of the First Parish :- "The Building Committee appointed by the Town to carry into effect its vote to erect the schoolhouse, respectfully submit to the First Parish that in pursuance of the duties under instruction of the Town, they located said schoolhouse on land occupied by the old Primary School- house and adjacent thereto without intention of impos- ing on the rights of any parties."
In conclusion I would say that the land upon which the present Centre Schoolhouse stands was not a part of the Common land, neither was it that land presented to the Town in 1763 by the Builders of the Schoolhouse referred
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to in the above vote, but was land that was owned by the Proprietors of the Liberal School and sold to the Town.
There is no deed on record of the transfer of this Liberal Schoolhouse lot to the Town but there is upon the Records of the Town Treasurer for the year 1810 various items wherein the different proprietors of this Liberal School were paid various sums as their proportionate shares in said schoolhouse and lot.
That the schoolhouse given by the Builders to the Town together with twenty-five rods of land in the year 1763 stood on the easterly side of the Common is borne out by the fact that a school was moved from the easterly side of the Common and moved westerly upon land then owned by Jonas Adams. That this schoolhouse was moved and located upon the westerly side of the Com- mon, there is but little doubt as it is known by many that there was standing adjoining the Liberal Schoolhouse a building that was used as a Hearse House. There is nothing upon the records to show that the Town ever built a Hearse House, and that in all probability the old schoolhouse, that is the one given by the Builders in 1763, was moved and used as a Hearse House.
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