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Support of Poor
The Auditor's Report shows an expenditure of $22.80 · during the year for the assistance of various people.
Fire Department
As heretofore, the Selectmen have appointed Fire Engineers. For a more detailed report, reference is made to their report.
Tree Warden
During the year the gypsy and brown tail moth work has been conducted under the direction of Mr. John J.
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Kelliher, and his report gives the details in connection with this department.
Silent Poor Fund
Application has been received by the Selectmen during the year on account of two cases and a total has been paid from this fund of $60.00. The Fund at present is as reported by the Treasurer of the Trust Committee.
Highways
The Selectmen appointed Mr. William H. Sherman, Superintendent of Streets, and the highways have been under his charge. For more detailed information, reference is made to his report.
The Selectmen, however, wish to call the attention of the Town to the desirability of providing some suitable and convenient place for the Town teams. When the Town first voted to purchase teams for highway work, these teams were for many years kept at Mr. Thomas Calkins, and he took entire care of them. Since then the teams have been kept at different places, usually in some isolated barn, where nobody lived near enough to take such care of them as they should have. It is obvious that when teams are kept in an isolated place that is not near enough to any house to have any dis- turbances in the barn heard by anybody, and when the person who takes care of them lives a mile and a half or two miles distant, that the teams cannot have the care which they should have. The Town is primarily re- sponsible for this condition and in our opinion this should be remedied at once, either by purchase or long lease by the Town of some suitable place.
We recommend that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to investigate and take suitable action in connection with this matter.
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Conclusion
In conclusion, the Board is of the opinion that the business of the Town as a whole has been conducted con- scientiously and that the results have been fairly satis- factory. There is, however, always room for improve- ment and it is not difficult for the Board and probably not for the average citizen to point out where improve- ments should be made.
CHARLES S. SMITH, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, JOHN F. FARRAR.
Selectmen of Lincoln.
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SCHOOLS.
Payments
C. S. Lyman, Services as Superintendent, $550 00
Walter F. Brackett, Teaching, 550 00
Gertrude Brooks, Teaching, 275 00
Hattie B. Heath, Teaching,
612 50
Marion H. Cook, Teaching,
300 00
Jean Allen, Teaching, 225 00
Dorothy Haviland, Teaching,
250 00
Elizabeth Cushing, Teaching,
250 00
Abbie P. Smith, Teaching,
300 00
Harriet J. Bartlett, Teaching,
120 00
Bertha W. Bent, Teaching,
10 00
Abbie H. Bowlby, Teaching,
300 00
Katharine Works, Teaching,
250 00
Helen M. Bowker, Teaching,
250 00
Priscilla Ames, Teaching,
225 00
Helen P. Jones, Teaching, 202 00
C. S. Lyman, Cash paid for Postage, 10 79
Gertrude Brooks, Boston & Maine Tickets, 12 30
John F. Farrar & Son, Driving School Barge, 555 00
John F. Farrar & Son, Taking Barge to and from Concord, 9 75
John F. Farrar & Son, Mowing Grass at School- house, 7 00
James B. Wheeler, Driving Barge, 525 00
Thomas J. Dee, Driving Barge, 570 00
Matthew H. Doherty, Carrying Children,
550 00
National Express Co., Express,
3 00
Boston & Maine, School Tickets, 582 50
Boston & Maine, Freight, 2 12
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H. A. Wood, M. D., Professional Services, $200 00 William Bulger, Painting and Repairing Barges, 75 00 J. MacComber, Repairs on Barges, 74 30
G. F. Whittemore, Repairs on Barge, 3 00
Herbert Neally, Painting and Repairing Barge, 85 00 Town of Concord, Tuition, 1,353 50
City of Waltham, Tuition, 853 25
E. Russell Davis, Janitorship of South School, 74 05 Patrick J. Lennon, Jr., Janitorship of South School, 41 50
Edward Bannon, Janitorship of Center School, 500 00
Waltham Coal Co., Coal, 345 80
F. E. Cousins & Co., Wood,
9 00
F. E. Cousins & Co., Coal,
4 40
F. E. Cousins & Co., Moving Ashes,
2 25
Carlton B. Wheeler, Supplies, 8 50
W. F. Baker, Carrying Pupils to Concord, 11 70
John D. Fleming, Carrying Pupils to Concord, 17 50
L. E. Brooks, Carrying Pupils to Concord, 17 45
L. M. Eldredge, Tuning Piano, 2 00
Mrs. Charles Foreman, Repairing Flag, 1 00
Jas. T. Laird, Sharpening Mower, 1 25
Lincoln Water Works, Water Service South School, 25 50
Lincoln Water Works, Water Service Center School, 102 50
Roger Sherman, Moving Ashes, 8 60
William Robus, Repairing School Bell, 2 25
Bertha W. Bent, Taking School Census,
10 00
Herbert W. Farrar, School Ticket,
2 80
M. H. Doherty, Carriage Hire, 47 00
Howes, Stove & Furnace Exchange, Examining
Furnace, 3 70
George L. Cousins, eight dozen Eggs, 2 00
Abbie P. Smith, Cash paid for Supplies, 9 33
Geo. E. Cunningham, Labor on School Grounds, 8 00
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F. E. Cousins & Co., Supplies, $9 00
South Lincoln Dairy Co., Supplies, 3 85
I. N. MacRae, Supplies,
85 98
A. R. McLeod, Supplies, H. S. Cousins & Co., Supplies,
5 25
Herman Goldberger, Supplies,
19 40
E. E. Babb & Co., Supplies,
206 09
Jas. L. Chapin & Son, Supplies, Current Events, Supplies,
8 00
Buttrick Lumber Co., Supplies,
17 68
Lexington Lumber Co., Supplies,
61 83
Henry C. Doherty, Supplies,
4 40
Chandler & Barber, Supplies,
11 84
Robert D. Donaldson, Supplies,
7 51
Henry C. Stocher & Co., Supplies,
42 00
Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co., Supplies,
10 85
Hobbs & Warren, Supplies, Milton Bradley Co., Supplies,
15 40
S. B. & B. W. Fleicher, Supplies,
1 00
American Seating Co., Supplies,
34 15
J. B. Hunter & Co., Supplies, F. B. Alexander, Supplies, Thompson Brown Co., Supplies,
90
8 61
11 55
School Specialty, Supplies,
3 00
Cable Company, Supplies,
7 00
R. D. Donaldson, Labor,
29 18
I. N. MacRae, Labor,
26 93
Total,
$12,158 54
3 38
96 35
5 50
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HIGHWAYS
Payments
William H. Sherman, Superintendent of
Streets, $1,153 79
Timothy Ahearn, Labor,
804 50
John W. Rooney, Labor, 532 76
William Ryan, Labor,
495 14
Dennis Doherty, Labor,
140 76
Patrick Craven, Labor,
389 38
Martin J. Rooney, Labor,
518 88
Joseph Mahan, Labor,
336 50
Charles Rooney, Labor,
50 50
William Riley, Labor,
7 75
Joe Monello, Labor,
94 63
George H. Sherman, Labor,
13 50
John MacComber, Repairs,
38 75
John A. Burgess & Son, Shoeing and Repairs,
215 75
Dan McAskill, Shoeing and Repairs,
46 10
F. E. Cousins & Co., Hay and Grain, etc.,
743 05
C. S. Smith, Hay,
98 75
Daniel E. Sherman, Hay,
219 12
C. G. Peck, Straw, 27 00
John F. Farrar & Son, Six Bushels Carrots,
3 00
Waltham Coal Co., Pipe,
29 04
John F. Farrar & Son, Hay, 83 00
Charles Skoglund, Inspecting Boiler, 5 00
Byron Bradstreet, Repairs on Highways,
50 00
Daniel H. Sherman, Superintendent Labor,
8 50
Boston & Maine R. R., Freight,
13 99
Frank Peterson, Horse, 320 00
Standard Oil Co., Road Oil, 1,048 28
Jos. S. Hart, M. D., Rent of Barn, One Year, 104 00
Barrett Mfg. Co., Tarvia, 796 10
National Express Co., Express, 40
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Lincoln Water Works, Water at Crusher, $10 00
Lincoln Water Works, Water at Town Barn, 12 00
W. E. Peterson, M. D., Services, 43 45
Town of Concord, Placing and Rolling Tarvia, 44 95
J. W. Nelson, One Cord Wood, 6 00
Wallace M. Brooks, Rent of Land,
25 00
H. S. Cousins & Co., Supplies, 60 26
S. H. Davis Co., Supplies, 3 00
Massachusetts State Prison, Supplies, 120 00
Good Road & Mach. Co., Supplies, 24 60
Benjamin W. Pike, Supplies,
15 60
Studebaker Bros. Co., Supplies,
281 65
Edson Mfg. Co., Supplies,
29 70
Peter Perry, Supplies,
24 60
C. W. Carpenter, Supplies,
64 80
Joseph Breck & Son, Supplies,
8 25
Eagle Oil & Supply Co., Supplies,
20 12
Buttrick Lumber Co., Supplies, 58 52
New England Road Mach. Co., Supplies, 5 00
Frank H. Cunningham, Labor of Horses and Men, 59 13 George E. Cunningham, Labor of Horses and Men, 103 50
Andrew J. Dougherty, Labor of Horses and Men, 66 75 D. E. Sherman, Labor of Horses and Men, 360 76
M. L. Snelling, Labor of Horses and Men, 70 88
Waltham Trap Rock Co., Crushed Stone, 2,070 44
John Wilson, Crushed Stone, 20 00
John F. Farrar & Son, Labor, 79 45
Hodge Boiler Works, Labor and Supplies, 106 77
F. H. Cunningham, Repairs and Labor at Crusher, 50 30 R. D. Donaldson, Supplies and Labor, 253 23 I. N. McRae, Labor, 3 65
Eugene Jose, Stone, 54 15
L. E. Brooks, Stone, 76 80
John Fleming, Stone, 9 00
F. H. Cunningham, Stone,
11 25
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Mrs. M. A. Sherman, Gravel,
$35 10
Elvira Brown, Gravel, 29 70
T. A. Calkins, Gravel, 39 45
Annie Morrissey, Gravel,
4 00
Flint Bros., Gravel,
91 75
C. S. Wheeler, Stone,
5 50
Total,
$12,846 98
MISCELLANEOUS
Payments
Edward Bannon, Janitor of Public Buildings, $999 96 New England Tel. & Tel. Co., Telephone Service, 51 40 Electric Light Co., Light Service, Town Hall, 67 80 Boston & Maine R. R., R. R. Ticket, 2 00
George E. Crosby Co., Printers, 412 50
Waltham Publishing Co., Printers, 2 50
Wakefield Daily Item, Printers, 1 50
Daniels Printing Co., Printers,
9 50
Thomas Groom Co., Printers,
13 25
P. B. Murphy, Printers,
2 45
A. W. Brownell, Printers, 60
James T. Laird, Services as Constable, 1912,
40 00
Winslow Eaton, Services as Constable, 1912, 25 00
George E. Cunningham, Services as Constable, 1912, 50 00
John F. Farrar, Services as Special Police, 1912, 15 00 National Express Co., Express, 2 24
William F. Farrar & Co., Returning Death Notices, 2 25
John F. Farrar, Court Fees, 12 00
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Frank Cunningham, Court Fees, $4 72
John J. Kelliher, Court Fees, 13 25
James T. Laird, Court Fees,
9 85
American Bonding Co., Tax Bond, C. S. Wheeler, Certificate of notes, Winslow Eaton, Services at Elections,
75 00
6 00
5 00
Herbert G. Farrar, Services at Elections, 12 00
Herman T. Wheeler, Services at Elections, 12 00
Thomas L. Giles, Services at Elections, 12 00
James T. Laird, Services at Elections, 7 00
James W. Lennon, Services at Elections, 7 00
Sumner Smith, Services at Elections, 7 00
James J. Walsh, Returning Birth, 25
Joseph S. Hart, M. D., Returning Births, 2 50
General Fire Proofing Co., Labor at Town Hall, 82 40 David Farquar, Binding Books, 5 00
Martin M. Welch, Inspecting Cattle, 47 45
John F. Farrar, Setting Bounds at Schoolhouse, 3 00
Henry F. Bryant, Surveying and Attendance at Court, 88 37
Mabel M. Brewston, Land Court Stenographer, 310 11 G. A. A. Pevey, Legal Services at Land Court, 750 00
Anthony J. Doherty, Legal Services at Land Court, 850 00
Tuttle Stable, Barge, Memorial Day, 6 50
C. S. Wheeler, Insurance on Schoolhosue, 150 00
C. S. Wheeler, Insurance on South School, 75 00
C. S. Wheeler, Insurance on Town Hall, 38 88
Thomas W. Scott, Painting Schoolhouse, 363 34
Boston Plating Co., Plating Weights, 7 89
Boston & Maine R. R., Demurrage on Car, 1 00
Waltham Coal Co., Coal, 368 94
George L. Chapin, Insurance on Schoolhouse, 75 00
George L. Chapin, Insurance on South School, 28 80
C. S. Smith, Insurance on Town Hall, 59 80
C. S. Smith, Wood, 5 25
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C. S. Smith, Printing, Supplies and Express, $19 98 C. S. Smith, Selectman, Overseer and Registrar 185 00 R. D. Donaldson, Selectman, Overseer and Registrar, 185 00
John F. Farrar, Selectman, Overseer and Reg- istrar, 185 00
John F. Farrar, Special. Police, 1913, 10 00
John F. Farrar, Cash paid for Photographs, 6 00
R. D. Donaldson, Postage, 3 00
C. S. Wheeler, Services as Tax Collector,. 300 00
C. S. Wheeler, Collector of Taxes, $55,174.00 827 60
C. S. Wheeler, Abatement of Taxes, A. J. Doherty Land, 6 00
C. S. Wheeler, Abatement of Taxes, A. A. Ray Estate, 141 01
C. S. Wheeler, Abatement of Taxes, Poll Tax, 51 80 C. S. Wheeler, Abatement of Taxes, % Returns, 24 00 C. S. Wheeler, Abatement of Taxes, J. B. Bradley, 58 31
C. S. Wheeler, Abatement of Taxes, 373 63
C. S. Wheeler, Postage and Express, 19 03
C. S. Wheeler, Services as Assessor, 50 00
W. H. Sherman, Services as Assessor, 50 00
William C. Pierce, Services as Assessor, 50 00
William C. Pierce, Copying on Books, 35 00
Matthew H. Doherty, Sealer of Weights and Measures, 40 00
Matthew H. Doherty, Making Trips to Concord, 7 00
Charles E. Woodhull, Care of Piano, 1913, 8 00
R. D. Donaldson, Labor on Town Hall,
10 95
R. D. Donaldson, Labor on Town Scales, 5 55
R. D. Donaldson, Raising and Lowering Flag- Pole, 15 00
Geroge L. Chapin, Services as Town Clerk, 100 00
George L. Chapin, Services as Registrar, 15 00
Isaac N. McRae, Labor at Town Hall, 1 50
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F. H. Cunningham, Blasting on Station Road, $5 00 William Riley, Labor on Station Road, 9 00
John F. Farrar & Son, Labor of Men on Station Road, 153 37
Jerry Moynihan, Labor on Station Road, 22 51
John F. Farrar, Superintendent, Labor on Station Road,
39 00
Town Treasurer, Cash to be Credited School Department, 50 00
Highway Department, Teaming Coal, 75 00
James T. Laird, Sharpening Lawn Mower,
1 25
James T. Laird, Fire Extinguishers,
172 00
W. & L. E. Genley, Supplies, 46 10
Henry K. Barnes & Co., Supplies,
321 50
Jas. L. Chapin & Son, Supplies,
6 75
H. S. Cousins & Co., Supplies,
6 10
Geo. E. Cunningham, Labor at Fires,
1 60
John W. Nelson, Labor at Fires,
1 40
F. E. Cousins & Co., Labor at Fires,
63 20
Winslow Eaton, Labor at Fires,
9 60
Henry A. Butcher, Labor at Fires,
2 00
T. J. Dee, Labor at Fires,
6 45
Fritz Cunnert, Labor at Fires,
2 00
Herbert G. Farrar, Labor at Fires,
3 00
Andrew J. Dougherty, Labor at Fires,
17 20
James W. Lennon, Services as Auditor,
125 00
Total, $8,622 64
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GYPSY MOTH WORK
Payments
John J. Kelliher, Services as Superintendent, $883 50
John J. Kelliher, Labor of Horse, 93 40
Henry A. Butcher, Labor, 538 26
John Cannair, Labor, 614 25
Fritz Cunnert, Labor,
491 76
Patrick J. Lennon, Jr., Labor,
606 27
James O'Brien, Labor,
197 76
George Sherman, Labor,
236 76
Joseph Mahan, Labor,
27 00
Jerry Moynihan, Labor,
34 00
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., Services,
14 45
Frank Cunningham, Delivering Sprayer,
5 25
John F. Farrar & Son, Labor of Men,
95 63
M. L. Snelling, Labor of Team,
172 50
Boston & Maine R. R., Freight,
4 49
Wright & Potter, Printing,
3 25
Daniel E. Sherman, Labor of Team,
230 25
Robert D. Donaldson, Gasoline, 10 00
Eagle Oil & Supply Co., 10 Gallons Engine Oil,
5 00
W. L. Bumpus, Filing Saws,
4 00
M. H. Doherty, Labor and Gasoline,
33 57
Highway Department, Storing Sprayer,
25 00
F. W. Rane, New Sprayer, 79 20
Jas. L. Chapin & Son, Supplies,
25
H. S. Cousins & Son, Supplies,
1 76
R. D. Donaldson, Supplies, 5 50
F. E. Cousins & Co., Teaming Supplies from Wayland, 2 00
M. M. Welch, Labor on Tree Work, 11 25
F. H. Cunningham, Labor on Tree Work, 11 50
Total, $4,437 81
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CEMETERY
Payments
Roger Sherman, Labor,
$380 05
Lincoln Water Works, Two Years' Water Service, 20 00
Jas. L. Chapin & Son, Supplies,
3 82
Total, $403 87
BOARD OF HEALTH
Payments
M. M. Welch, Inspecting Meat, $134 50
M. M. Welch, Fumigating, 5 00
M. M. Welch, Cleaning Watering Trough, 3 00
Waltham District Nursing School, Services of Nurse, 40 10
Total, $182 60
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Payments
H. S. Cousins & Co., Supplies, $4 20
. I. N. McRae, Labor on Hose, 8 25
Thomas J. Dee, Labor on Hose,
15 00
Thirty-seven Firemen, Two Years' Salary,
148 00
Total, $175.45
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STREET LIGHTS
Payments
Edison Electric Light Co., Service for January, $108 38 Edison Electric Light Co., Service for February, 101 96 Edison Electric Light Co., Service for March, 104 06 Edison Electric Light Co., Service for April, 99 95
Edison Electric Light Co., Service for May, 97 76
Edison Electric Light Co., Service for June, 92 77
Edison Electric Light Co., Service for July, 95 92 Edison Electric Light Co., Service for August, 96 10
Edison Electric Light Co., Service for September, 102 02
Edison Electric Light Co., Service for October, 113 25
Edison Electric Light Co., Service for November, 107 86
Edison Electric Light Co., Service for December, 112.81
Total, $1,232 84
SUPPORT OF POOR
Payment /
C. S. Smith, Cash paid Mr. Ellsworth, $20 80
Joseph S. Hart, M. D., Care of Harry Vernon, 2 00
Total, $22 80
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LINCOLN LIBRARY
Payments
John F. Farrar, Dog Tax,
$314 28
John F. Farrar, Appropriation,
500 00
Total, $814 28
INTEREST
Payments C. D. Parker & Co., Note, Due December, 1913, $10,000, Discount, 326 08
Commissioner of Massachusetts, Note, Due December, 1913, $10,000, Discount, 226 39
Total, $552 47
LEE'S BRIDGE ACCOUNT
Payments Lincoln Highway Department, Labor at Bridge, $657.23
BONDS. NEW SCHOOLHOUSE
Payments
First National Bank, Payment of Bonds Due, $3,000 00 Commissioners of Sinking Fund, By Vote of March 3, 1913, 4,000 00
Total, $7,000 00
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INTEREST. NEW SCHOOLHOUSE
Payments
First National Bank, Coupons, Due July 1st, $800 00 First National Bank Coupons, Due January 1st, 800 00
Total, $1,600 00
BORROWED MONEY
Payments
State Treasurer, Payment of Note, No. 6,
from taxes $10,000, $10,000 00
State Treasurer, Payment of Note, No. 7, from Taxes $10,000, $10,000 00
Total, $20,000 00
HYDRANTS AND OTHER WATER SERVICE
Payments
Lincoln Water Works, Hydrants, etc. $2,018 94
Lincoln Water Works, Watering Troughs, 224 52
Lincoln Water Works, Water, Town Hall, 50 00
Total, $2,293 46
WALTHAM HOSPITAL
Payments.
Waltham Hospital, Appropriation, Total $250.00
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RECAPITULATION
Payments
Schools,
$12,158 54
Highway,
12,846 98
Miscellaneous,
8,622 64
Gyspy Moth Work,
4,437 81
Cemetery,
403 87
Board or Health,
182 60
Fire Department,
175 45
Street Lights,
1,232 84
Support of Poor,
22 80
Lincoln Library,
814 28
Interest,
552 47
Bonds, New Schoolhouse,
7,000 00
Interest, New Schoolhouse,
1,600 00
Borrowed Money,
20,000 00
Hydrants and Other Water Service,
2,293 46
Waltham Hospital,
250 00
Water,
12,216 63
Lee's Bridge Account,
657.23
$85,467 60
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND MEAT
To Board of Selectmen :-
I herewith submit following report of animals slaugh- tered during the year 1913:
Pigs
697
Calves .
162
Cows
54
Bulls
2
Sheep
41
Pigs condemned
6
Calves condemned
7
.
MARTIN M. WELCH,
Member of the Board of Health.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
To the Board of Health :-
I herewith submit the following report from Feb. 1, 1913 to Feb. 1, 1914:
Number of herds of cows.
98
Number of cows in milk
683
Number of cows dry
104
Number of young stock
148
Number of bulls
26
Number of pigs
654
Number of sheep
155
Number of goats
2
Number of cows quarantined
7
Number of cows taken for tuberculosis
6
Number of cows quarantined and released
1
Number of horses quarantined
3
Number of horses quarantined and released . 2
Number of horses taken for glanders
1
MARTON M. WELCH,
Inspector of Animals.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS
To the Board of Selectmen :-
The Board of Fire Engineers herewith submit the sixth annual report, ending Jan. 31, 1914.
Force
Thirty-seven men belong to the department: one chief, six assistant engineers and 30 call men. There are three organized companies.
Apparatus
The apparatus belonging to the Department is as fol- lows :- Four hose carriages, 25 fire extinguishers, four ladders, one harness, hose, axes and plaster hooks.
Location of Apparatus
No. 1. Hose house, old schoolhouse, Lincoln Centre. No. 2. Kept at F. E. Cousins' grain store, South Lincoln. No. 3. Hose house, John Dee farm, Virginia Road, North Lincoln.
No. 4. Kept at John Farrar's, South Lincoln.
Fires
Within the past year, we have had but few brush fires, several chimney fires, a loss of one house and stable and a partial loss of one house, making a total loss of about $31,000.
We would recommend that the Town purchase a motor truck asit is impossible to get horses when most needed.
ISAAC N. MACRAE, Chief, WM. C. ROBUS, WM. SHERMAN, THOMAS DEE, HERBERT FARRAR, HAROLD S. COUSINS, J. J. KELLIHER.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
To the Board of Selectmen :-
I herewith submit the following report for the year ending Feb. 1, 1914:
I wish to say that in my estimation there was never a winter so hard on the roads as last winter, as there was in the roadway at any one time but a small amount of frost and each time it softened up, the roads were cut to pieces very badly. The roads from the Weston line to Concord and Wayland lines were in a very bad condition, being cut up and hollowed out in the center so that the water stood in the ruts and the middle of the road. It took about 60 carloads of crushed stone to fix them up and make them in good condition for travel. I used what crushed stone there was at the crusher to fill up the ruts and soft places in the north and east parts of the Town, covering them with the scraper, thus making them smooth for the season. I have used in all over 1,300 loads of gravel in different parts of the Town and have had built about 1,000 feet of plank fence in danger- ous places.
There has been paid out during the year for hay, grain, etc., over $1,100 00
For supplies and repairs, over 6,000 00
outside labor and teams, over 1,000 00
" Superintendent's salary and horse hire and labor, over 4,500 00
rent, 150 00
$12,750 00
There are in credits from Labor and Material,
about, $1,000 00
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The following is a list of where the money has been expended for building gravel road:
Charles F. Adams Road,
550 Feet.
Peirce Hill and Tower
3,000
Causeway Hill
66
2,100
66
Turnpike
1,000
66
Lexington
1,400
66
Flints
66
450
66
Page
66
650
66
Trapelo
66
550
66
Winter Street
1,100
66
Dr. Herman
275
For building crushed stone road on the --
South Great Road,
8,600 Feet.
Concord
5,500
Subdury St. 66
4,675
66
Center of Town,
1,600
66
Turnpike,
1,550
Other places about
1,000
66
Also the expense of scraping the roads and cleaning out gutters, putting in drain pipe culverts, etc.
We have on hand for Spring use in different parts of the Town and at the crusher about 1,200 tons of crushed stone. Over 200 tons of this stone was purchased from the Waltham Trap Rock Company, to be paid for from the next year's appropriation. The carts and tools are in about the same condition as last year.
I found that it was necessary to buy two sets of harness last Spring, as the old ones were in such bad condition. At present we have only four horses, one having been so old and lame that we thought it advisable to have him killed, and the one that we bought last Spring having died in October, leaves the department one team short for the Spring work.
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It seems to me that if we are to keep our roads up to standard we shall have to use more Tarvia or some other bituminous product as a binder to hold our roads in place.
The guide-boards are in good order and in their proper places.
Respectfully yours, WILLIAM H. SHERMAN, Superintendent of Streets.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The Receipts into and Payments from the Treasury from Feb. 1, 1913, to Feb. 1, 1914, have been as follows, viz.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in Treasury Feb. 1, 1913
$1,815 60
Received of County Treasurer for Dog Tax Returned .
314 28
for Corporation Taxes of 1912
" 1913
6,115 63
" National Bank Tax, of 1913
961 50
" State Aid
8 00
of Satte Treasurer on account of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
14 63
for Cambridge Assessment
178 54
=
" Borrowed Money .
Income of Grammar School Fund
48 86
" Court Fees
1 80
'Prepayment of Note
31 94
account of Lee's Bridge Highway
926 77
=
" Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
2,054 99
¥
" Hall Rent
30 00
" Tuition
3 00
66
" License to Slaughter
1 00
of Miscellaneous for Schools
50 00
" Interest on Deposits
199 18
66
" Janitor at Library
200 00
=
Balance Taxes of 1912
9,135.68
Interest Taxes of 1912
157 83
on Account of Taxes of 1913
45,053.16
for Interest on Taxes of 1913
24 69
$89,235 80
PAYMENTS
State Tax
$7,680 00
State Highway Tax
103 00
County Tax
3,874 45
Penalty for Delayed Return
12 00
Selectmen's Orders
73,250 97
Balance in Treasury
4,315 38
20,000 00
1,650 00
80
$89,235 80
258 72
81
Report of the Commissioners of Sinking and Trust Funds.
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS. In Account with TOWN OF LINCOLN.
1913. Feb.
Dr.
$105.00
1. Coupons, Town of Lincoln 32s Coupons, New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 58 Coupons, American Tel. & Tel. Co. 4s Coupons, Town of Lincoln 4s (Serial )
50.00
80.00
Nov.
1.
$500 Town of Lincoln, Serial 4s, due
500.00
26. Cash, C. S. Wheeler, Treasurer Coupons, Town of Lincoln 4s, 1936 .
2,173.37
1914.
Feb.
1. Balance
511.52
$4,039.89
1913.
Cr.
Feb. 1. Balance .
$2913.37
Dec. 29. $1,000 Town of Lincoln 4s, 1936
1025.32
1914.
Jan. 1. Interest
101.20
$4,039.89
The Fund is invested as follows:
$2,000 American Telephone & Telegraph Co. 4s, due 1929.
$1,000 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 5s, due 1915. $5,500 Town of Lincoln 4s, Serial Bonds due 1912 to 1923.
$11,000 Town of Lincoln 4s, due 1936. . $3,000 Town of Lincoln 3}s of 1932.
Respectfully submitted,
C. L. TODD, Treasurer.
220.00
400.00
82
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
In Account with
FUND FOR EXTRA SCHOOLHOUSE BONDS
1913.
Dr.
Feb.
1. Balance . Coupon Town of Lincoln 4s 120.00
, Dec. 24. Cash, C. S. Wheeler, Treasurer 4,000.00
Interest .
6.42
$4,183.59
1913.
Cr.
Dec.
24. $2,000 Town of Lincoln 4s, due 1917 (from special Water Works Sinking Fund ) . $2,002.57
1914.
Feb. 1. Balance . 2,181.02
$4,183.59
The Fund is invested as follows: $3,000 Town of Lincoln 4s, due 1936. $2,000 Town of Lincoln 4s, due 1917.
Respectfully submitted, C. L. TODD, Treasurer.
$57.17
83
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
In Account with
SPECIAL WATER WORKS SINKING FUND
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