Town Report on Lincoln 1910-1915, Part 9

Author: Lincoln (Mass.)
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: Lincoln (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 932


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9 votes


Joseph J. Leonard of Boston. 8 " Blank, 4 “


COUNCILLOR .- Blank, 21 votes


REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT,


13th Middlesex District .-


Warren Langmaid Bishop of Wayland, 14 votes


Blank, 7


COUNTY COMMISSIONER, Middlesex .--


Charles J. Barton of Melrose, 15 votes


Blank, 6 “


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REGISTER OF DEEDS, Middlesex Southern District .- Charles Lee Shea of Somerville, 15 votes


Blank, 6 “


CLERK OF COURT, Middelsex .- Thomas F. Kearns of Waltham, Blank, 6 “


15 votes


STATE COMMITTEE, Fifth Middlesex District .- Bernard W. Stanley of Waltham, 14 votes


Blank, 7 4


DELEGATE TO STATE CONVENTION .- Anthony J. Doherty of Lincoln, 18 votes


Blank, 3 “


TOWN COMMITTEE. -


Martin M. Welch,


17 votes


Anthony J. Doherty,


18


C. Lee Todd,


17


Patrick F. Corrigan,


14


Wm. H. Costello,


1 vote


Blank,


3 votes


Voted to adjourn.


GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.


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Proceedings of the State Election, held Nov. 7, 1911.


WARRANT.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS.


To any Constable in the Town of Lincoln, in said County : GREETING:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabit- ants of the Town of Lincoln, duly qualified to vote in the election of State and County Officers, to assemble at Bemis Hall, on Tuesday, November 7th, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, to give in the votes for the following officers, viz. : Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General, Councillor, Sena- tor, Representative in the General Court, County Com- missioner, Clerk of Courts, Register of Deeds; and any other officers required by law to be chosen in the month of November of the current year; also, to vote on an amendment to the Constitution authorizing the use of Voting Machines at all elections, (Chapter 75, Resolves of 1911 ); also, to vote on an amendment to the Constitu- tion increasing the power of the Legislature to authorize the taking of land and property for highways or streets, (Chapter 91, Resolves of 1901); also, to vote on the acceptance of Chapter 634, Acts of 1911, entitled "An Act to authorize the counties of the Commonwealth to establish retirement systems for their employees."


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All officers enumerated above are to be designated and voted for on one ballot, the polls to be opened at seven o'clock A.M., and may be closed at four o'clock P.M.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant by post- ing an attested copy thereof in each of the Post Offices and one of the churches, or in some other public place, seven days at least before the day appointed for said meeting, and to make seasonable return thereof with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk.


HEREOF FAIL NOT.


Dated at Lincoln, this thirtieth day of October, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and eleven.


CHARLES S. SMITH, C. L. TODD, R. D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.


The return of the Warrant is as follows :-


Lincoln, Oct. 30, 1911.


I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy in each of the Post Offices and one in the Railroad Station seven days before said meeting.


JAMES T. LAIRD, Constable of Lincoln.


Pursuant to the above Warrant the meeting was called to order at seven o'clock by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, who read the Warrant, and after admin- istering the oath to Thomas L. Giles as Teller, James W. Lennon as Ballot Clerk, J. Malcolm Eveleth as Teller, Herbert G. Farrar as Ballot Clerk declared the polls opened, the counter on the Ballot Box reading 000.


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Fifty ballots were taken from the box at 12.15 P.M., and fifty more at 3.15 P.M. Each time the ballots were sealed immediately after counting. The polls closed at sunset, the counter on the ballot box reading 180.


One hundred and eighty ballots were cast with the following result.


GOVERNOR .-


James F. Carey of Haverhill, 1 vote


Eugene N. Foss, of Boston, Democratic 61 votes


Eugene N. Foss of Boston, Democratic- Progressive, 4


Louis A. Frothingham of Boston, 109


Frank N. Rand of Haverhill, 2 Blank, 3


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LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR .-


Walter S. Hutchins of Greenfield,


1 vote


Robert Luce of Somerville,


105 votes


William G. Merrill of Malden,


3


Patrick Mulligan of Boston,


1 vote


David I. Walsh of Fitchburg, Blank,


65 votes


5 "


SECRETARY .-


Frank J. Donahue of Boston,


55 votes


Alfred H. Evans of Northampton,


5 “


Rose Fenner of Worcester,


1 vote


Albert P. Lantry of Springfield, Blank,


102 votes


17 “


TREASURER .-


Joseph M. Caldwell of Milford, Jeremiah P. McNally of Salem, 1 "


1 vote


Charles E. Peakes of Weston,


4 votes


Elmer A. Stevens of Somerville,


103


51 66


Augustus L. Thorndike of Brewster, Blank, 20


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AUDITOR .-


Sylvester J. McBride of Watertown, 3 votes


William W. Nash of Westborough, 4 “ 6


52


Charles B. Strecker of Brookline, John E. White of Tisbury, Blank,


100


21


66


ATTORNEY GENERAL .-


George W. Anderson of Boston,


57 votes


George E. Roewer, Jr., of Boston,


2 “


103 66 James M. Swift, of Boston, Blank, 18 66


COUNCILLOR, Sixth District .-


Leander V. Calahan of Stoneham,


50 votes


Herbert E. Fletcher of Westford, 105 Blank, 25


0


SENATOR, Fifth Middlesex District .-


Charles F. McCarthy of Marlboro,


67 votes


Edward A. Walker of Waltham, 106 Blank, 7


REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT,


13th Middlesex District .-


Warren Langmaid Bishop of Wayland,


59 votes


Waldo L. Stone of Sudbury, 105


John C. Wright of Wayland, 1 vote


Blank,


15 votes


COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Middlesex County .-


Charles J. Barton of Melrose, 54 votes


Levi S. Gould of Melrose, 103 "


Blank, 23 “


·


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CLERK OF COURTS, Middlesex County .-


William C. Dillingham of Malden, 105 votes


Thomas F. Kearns of Waltham, 53 “


Blank, 22


REGISTER OF DEEDS, Middlesex South District :-


Edwin D. Childs of Newton, 109 votes


Charles Lee Shea of Somerville, 43 “


Blank,


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"Shall the proposed amendment to the constitution authorizing the use of voting machines at election be approved and ratified?"


Yes,


63 votes


No,


32 “


Blank,


85 “


"Shall the proposed amendment to the Constitution increasing the power of the legislature to authorize the taking of land and property for highways or streets, be approved and rectified?"


Yes, 64 votes


No,


29 “


Blank,


87


Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled "An Act authoriz- ing the Counties of the Commonwealth to establish re- tirement systems for their employees" be authorized?


Yes, No,


52 votes


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Blank,


90 “


Voted to adjourn.


Attest: GEORGE L. CHAPIN,


Town Clerk.


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Town Clerk's Meeting.


Vote for the Middlesex Representative, District No. 13, to the General Court, as obtained and disclosed at the meeting of the Town Clerks of the District, held at Concord, November 17, 1911, at 12 o'clock noon.


Bed. Con. Lin. Sud. Way. Wes. Total


Bishop of Way-


land,


86


329


59


40


217


50


781


Stone of Sudbury


115


476


105


138


161


277


1,272


Wright of Way- land,


2


6


1


2


45


2


58


Blank,


8


44


15


6


11


18


102


Total,


211 855 180


186 434 348 2,213


Two Certificates for Waldo L. Stone of Sudbury were signed by


Abbott R. Webber, Town Clerk of Bedford.


Erastus H. Smith, Asst. Town Clerk of Concord.


George L. Chapin Town Clerk of Lincoln.


Frank F. Gerry, Town Clerk of Sudbury.


Daniel Brackett, Town Clerk of Wayland.


George W. Cutting, Town Clerk of Weston.


GEORGE L. CHAPIN,


Town Clerk.


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There have been recorded during the year ending Dec. 31, 1911, 22 Births, 13 Marriages, 17 Deaths.


Births Registered.


Date of Birth.


Name of Child.


Names of Parents.


Jan. 24, 1911.


Adella Langille


Isaac and Adella (Waugh. )


Jan. 6,1910.


Anna Marion Danner


John and Grace M. L. (Bamforth. )


Nov. 30, 1910.


Edna Mence Hayes


Harry S. B. and Fannie (Evans. )


Feb. 17,1911.


Warren Fiske Flint


Ephraim B. and Edith F. (Whitney. )


Feb. 24,


Francis Joseph O'Hern


Timothy and Josephine (Leehan. )


Mar. 1,


Louisa Mary Graf


Edward and Mary (Macleod. )


Mar. 14,


Elizabeth Brimmer Bosley


Frederick A. and Emily Linzee (Sohier ) Fred E. and Mary Ashley (Flint. ) John J. and Delia A. (Kelly. )


June 15,


Robert Rantoul


Aug. and Matilda Charlotte P. (Talbot. )


July 8,


Howard Snelling, Jr.


Howard and Eleanor G. (Goodwin. ) Nicola and Carolina (Movaca. )


Aug. 27,


Elizabeth Florence McCormick


Frederick W. and Ellen (Brown. )


Oct. 3,


Lily Chapman


Duncan G. and Lily (Topliss. ) Robert D. and Charlotte H. (Alcock. ) William P. and Ida (Tyler. ) Albert E. and Annie (Magee. )


*Nov. 2,


Patrick Thomas Sheppard


*Oct. 27,


Caroline Marion Seeckts


Albert and Marion E. (Ehlert. )


Dec. 10,


Harriet Pomeroy Hart


Joaeph S. and Harriet L. (Darling. )


Dec. 10,


Elizabeth Murray Hart


Joseph S. and Harriet L. (Darling. )


Dec. 19,


James Bernard Lennon


Patrick J. and Mary J. (McDonald. )


Dec. 20,


Ellsworth Mason Wheeler


Elmer E. and Beatrice (Kitchell. )


April 13,


Robert Carleton Cousins


May 28,


John Thomas Hayes


July 25,


Nicolletta Catona


Oct. 4,


Charlotte Donaldson


Oct. 25,


William Edward Harris


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Marriages Registered.


Date of Marriage.


Name.


Residence.


Jan. 20, 1911.


1


Albert Seeckts. Marion Eleanor Ehlert.


Lincoln. Lincoln.


Jan. 20,


James B. Kenna. Rheba Carter.


Lincoln. Waltham.


April 5,


66


William C. Ware. Mary Louise Brooks.


Warner, N. H. Lincoln.


April 16,


1


Michael Quinn. Bridget Connolly.


Boston. Lincoln.


April 19, "


1


1 Henry A. Butcher. Bessie E. Wetherbee.


Lincoln. Lincoln.


June 1,, “


S


Jack Grant. Signe Blomfeldt.


Lincoln. Lincoln.


Sept. 11, "


1


Albert Snow Graves. Myra Atwood Southworth.


Lincoln. Newton.


Oct. 4,


1


Ralph E. Butcher. Annie Gilbert.


Lincoln. Lincoln.


Nov. 8, 6


1


John O. Algeo. Mary Alice Dee.


Concord. Lincoln.


Nov. 8,


1


Albert G. Enman. Alice C. Flynn.


Boston. Lincoln.


Nov. 16,


Clifford Fitzgerald. Lillian Kimber.


Canaan, Conn. Lincoln.


Nov. 30,


Henry Nelson Bean. Bertha Blanche Bean.


Lincoln. Newfields, N. H.


Nov. 5,


1


Winthrop Warren Bishop. Mary Connell.


Sterling, Mass. Lincoln.


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Deaths Registered.


Date of Death.


Namc.


Age. Y.


M. D.


Feb. 10, 1911.


Arlene Whitney.


5


14


March 29,


John Ryan.


56


6


April 6,


Mary Flynn.


68


April 19,


Gertrude Cousins.


1


2


4


May 3,


Henry Pangborn.


20


4


7


May 26,


Willard Patterson.


1


Aug. 9,


Hazel E. Murray.


1


2


-


Sept. 29,


Hazel Elmira Stevenson.


14


10


21


*Oct. 28, 66


Joseph A. Ropes.


72


5


24


Oct. 29,


Mary E. Cook.


55


10


5


*Oct. 10,


John Dee,


79


-


-


Nov. 6,


Amelia L. Johnson.


83


5


12


Nov. 14,


Mary Evelyn Hayes.


63


7 17


Nov. 24,


Edward Little Rogers.


54


4 26


Dec. 9.


Patrick Thomas Sheppard.


1


7


Dec. 13,


66.


Michael Godonie.


52


-


Dec. 21,


66


Marion E. Christensen.


31


2 28


-


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EXTRACT FROM THE REVISED LAWS, Chap. 29.


SECT. 3. Physicians and midwives shall on or before the fifth day of each month, report to the Clerk of each City or Town a correct list of all children born therein during the preceding month at whose birth they were pres- ent, stating the date and place of each birth, the name, if any, of the child, its sex and color, and the name, place of birth and residence of the parents, the maiden name of the mother, and the occupation of the father. A physician or midwife who neglects to report such list on or before the fifteenth day of the month shall for each offence forfeit not more than twenty-five dollars.


SECT. 6. Parents, within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder, within forty days after the birth of a child in his house, shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the City or Town, in which such child is born.


SECT. 8. A parent, keeper, superintendent or other person who is required by Section 6 to give or cause to be given notice of a birth or death, who neglects so to do for ten days after the time limited therefor, shall forfeit not more than five dollars for such offence.


DOGS LICENSED IN 1911.


There have been 151 licenses issued as follows :- 121 Males, 24 Females, 5 Spayed Females and 1 Kennel, for which $397.80 have been paid to the County Treasurer.


GEORGE L. CHAPIN, County Clerk.


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AUDITOR'S REPORT


Having examined the accounts of the Town Treasurer, the Treasurer of the Sinking and Trust Fund, Cemetery and Commissioners in their presence I found their ac- counts to be correct. I have seen vouchers for all money paid and all securities of the Town in their charge. I submit herewith an account of the money paid by the Treasurer on the Selectmen's orders.


JAMES W. LENNON, Auditor.


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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN


The Selectmen present the following report for the fiscal year ending January 31, 1912 :-


The Board was organized at a special meeting by the choice of Charles S. Smith, Chairman, and R. D. Donald- son, Secretary.


The following table gives the appropriations made by the Town during the year 1911, and the appropriations recommended by the Board to be made at the next Annual Meeting :-


Appropriations for 1911.


The Selectmen recommend the following appropriations for the ensuing year


For Schools,


$9,000 00


$9,000 00


Support of Poor,


500 00


500 00


Highways and Bridges,


5,500 00


7,500 00


Library, Dog Tax, and


400 00


400 00


Interest,


500 00


500 00


Cemeteries,


250 00


250 00


Board of Health,


300 00


200 00


Tree Warden,


3,300 00


2,000 00


State Aid,


48 00


8 00


Miscellaneous Expenses,


4,500 00


4,500 00


Payment of Water Bonds,


1,500 00


1,500 00


Sinking Fund, Water,


2,173 37


2,173 37


Hydrant and other public water service,


2,400 00


2,400 00


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Waltham Hospital, Free Bed,


250 00


250 00


Street Lamps,


1,000 00


1,300 00


Fire Department,


100 00


300 00


Payment new schoolhouse bonds,


3,000 00


3,000 00


Payment Interest New


Schoolhouse Bonds,


1,960 00


1,720 00


Suppression Liquor Nuis- ance,


200 00


200 00


Lee's Bridge,


2,500 00


4,000 00


Appointments


Burial Agent, H. E. Barnes.


Sealer of Weights and Measures, Matthew H. Doherty.


Special Police, James E. Baker, John W. Rocks, John F. Farrar, Joseph DeLory, William A. Harding, William E. Chute.


Forest Fire Wardens, Charles S. Smith, C. Lee Todd, R. D. Donaldson, I. N. MacRae, John F. Farrar, James E. Baker, Wallace M. Brooks, Charles S. Wheeler.


Inspector of Animals, Martin M. Welch.


Ballot Clerks and Tellers at Annual State Election, James W. Lennon, Malcoln Eveleth, Thomas L. Giles, and Herbert G. Farrar.


Superintendent of Streets, John F. Farrar.


Janitor of Public Buildings and Caretaker of Public Grounds, Edward Bannon.


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Finances .


The Town now has a bonded debt on account of its Water Department of $87,000.00, as follows :-


Issue of 1894, $4,000 00, due one each year.


1897, 10,000 00 4 % bonds, due 1917.


" 1900, 23,000 00 32% 66


66 1930.


66 " 1902, 9,000 0032% 66 66 1932.


66 " 1903, 5,000 004 % 66 66


1933.


66 1904, 5,000 00 4 % 66 1934.


66 " 1906, 14,000 004 % 66 66 1936.


66 1907, 4,000 004 % 66 66


1937.


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" 1911, 6,000 00 4 %


serial


1912 to1924


Sixteen $500,00 bonds, $8,000.00, one each year. Total bonded indebtedness, $87,000.00.


From this total indebtedness should be deducted the amount of money now in the Sinking Fund, to retire issues of 1897, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, and 1907, at maturity.


The total bond issue on account of the new schoolhouse was $55,000.00, of which $12,000.00 has been retired, leaving bonded indebtedness on this account, Januray 1, 1912, of $43,000.00.


It will be necessary for the Town to appropriate $3,000.00 to retire bonds this year, also to appropriate $1,720.00 on account of interest on the $43,000.00 out- standing bonds.


There is, however, a sinking fund of $3,000.00 pro- vided by the appropriatiom of last year, which makes the net indebtedness on account of the new schoolhouse $40,000.00.


The Town Treasurer's report shows that he has in the treasury $1,244.82, and that there are uncollected taxes amounting to $337.80, making total available


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money in the treasury of $1,582.62. Considering the fact that there was paid during the past year $5,200.00 on the water and schoolhouse debts, more than was required by the terms of the loan, we consider the Treasurer's statement very satisfactory.


Support of Poor


The Town has fully supported during the year Caro- line Preble, but the Board has been notified that on and after February 1st, there will be no expense on her ac- count.


The Town has also contributed to the support of other citizens as per the Auditor's Report.


Fire Department.


This department has been conducted during the year as heretofore. For a more detailed report, reference is made to the report of the Fire Engineer.


Several forest fires have occurred during the year, which have been primarily due to carelessness in burning brush near woodland. The proper article has been in- serted in the warrant, which will bring this matter up for discussion and action, if desirable.


Tree Warden


The report of the Tree Warden gives a full account of the work that has been done, with the results obtained, and recommendations for the future. As far as we have been able to observe, the department has been conducted in a creditable manner.


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Silent Poor Fund


The Board has not received any application for aid from this Fund during the year. The fund is as reported by the Treasurer of the Trust Committee.


Highways


On account of the very full report made by the Super- intendent of Highways, it does not seem necessary for us to refer to the matter, except to repeat what was said last year, that the increased use of automobiles has in- jured the surface of the roads materially and made an increased expenditure and appropriation necessary ; also, the use of automobiles has had a tendency to make the dust nuisance almost unbearable, and it has been neces- sary to use large quantities of oil at a considerable cost.


In matter of Lee's Bridge, to which reference has been made in the last two annual reports, the County Commissioners amended their order with respect to the same by which a bridge was ordered constructed on the old location, which location has always been favored by the Board of Selectmen as being much more practical and economical than the one further up the river, origi- nally selected by the Commissioners. An appropriation was made at the last town meeting on this account of $2,500.00.


After the order was amended, Mr. Charles Francis Adams offered to contribute towards the expense of building the bridge a sum which would be necessary, in order to complete a bridge which would be not only prac- tical, but ornamental.


After various consultations with the County Commis- sioners and Selectmen a contract was finally executed, by which Mr. Adams has undertaken to build a bridge in accordance with the order of the County Commissioners, which will cost in the vicinity of $30,000.00.


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The important correspondence respecting the matter as far as Mr. Adams is concerned, is as follows :-


India Building 84 State Street Boston.


My dear Mr. Smith:


June 30, 1911.


I have communicated with the Misses Williams in relation to Lee's Bridge. They are very much interested in the matter, but clearly do not see their way to making any contribution for the artistic improvement thereof.


I have not heard anything further from Messrs. Wor- cester and Codman. The last intimation which reached me was that such a bridge as I had in mind would prob- ably cost about $16,000, or nearly three times what a purely commercial bridge would cost. I hardly feel disposed to go to that extent; although, I must say, it does annoy me when such an opportunity for an effect is thrown away; and that forever. I should be very glad indeed to put my monument, so far as Lincoln is con- cerned, at that point. I hope, therefore, before anything final is done, that Messrs. Codman and Worcester, to- gether with the Commissioners, will give me ample time to reach a deliberate and final conclusion.


Believe me, etc.,


(Sd. ) CHARLES F. ADAMS.


Charles S. Smith, Esq.,


Lincoln, Mass.


India Building, 84 State Street Boston.


July 7, 1911.


My dear Mr. Smith :


You asked me, at the station this morning, whether I had given any attention to the Lee's Bridge matter. I


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returned a somewhat evasive answer; inasmuch as, in my case, the recent hot wave has materiaally interfered with all activities, I do not stand that kind of thing quite so well now as I did some thirty years ago.


Enclosed please find a copy of a letter which I wrote, on the 5th inst. to Mr. Codman. It states the situation up to date, so far as I am concerned, with sufficient accuracy.


I remain, etc., (Sd. ) CHARLES F. ADAMS.


Charles S. Smith, Esq.,


Lincoln, Mass.


Boston, July 5, 1911.


My dear Stephen :


The more I think of it, the more inclined I am to leave my monument in the form of Lee's Bridge, in Concord.


I wish you and Mr. Worcester, therefore, would hurry up matters, and submit the plan to me at an early date.


I want something which would be in the nature of a Memorial Bridge. I would arrange for the approaches with the Misses Williams, and give the necessary height to the arch of the span.


I want something, however, which is solid, dignified and lasting; something which will, as a matter of taste, stand better a century hence than now. Simplicity always is a large element in anything of the sort. The two go together-simplicity and massiveness. The Roman arch is the best and most enduring.


I wish, therefore, you would consult Mr. Worcester, and give this matter early attention. I do not want to spend a fortune on the structure; and, therefore, the cost must not be left out of consideration. Meanwhile, I would like something which would be individual, lasting and educational.


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Do you feel disposed, in this warm weather, to grapple with the problem?


Believe me, etc.,


(Sd. ) CHARLES F. ADAMS.


Stephen Codman, Esq., 31 Beacon Street,


Boston, Mass.


The towns of Lincoln and Concord will contribute such sum to the expense of the construction of this bridge as they would have contributed had a simple commercial bridge been erected, or, jointly the sum of $7,000.00. The division between the towns will be $5,500.00 to Lincoln and $1,500.00 to Concord. On the completion of the bridge to the satisfaction of the Commissioners on the orders already issued, the town will receive from the County $1,650, which will make the net cost of the bridge to the town approximately $4,000.00. Inasmuch as $2,500.00 was appropriated at the last annual meeting, only a small portion of which has been used, we recom- mend that the town appropriate $4,000.00 for this pur- pose.


The bridge which Mr. Adams is to construct will not only be a larger bridge, but one which will be ornamental, and in every respect as good as can be built.


The Selectmen feel that by reason of the delay in the construction of this bridge, which they have been largely instrumental in causing, the town has reason to be ex- tremely well satisfied, not only by having the bridge erected on the old location, where it can be more cheaply constructed, but also in the fact that Mr. Adams is erecting such a beautiful bridge.


The widening of the Station Road near the center of the town has been completed; a sidewalk has been con- structed as far as the schoolhouse lot, and this section of


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road is now in first-class condition. We think that the roads on the whole are in better condition than they were last year.


By expending $7,500.00, the amount recommended to be appropriated, allowing $1,000.00 for the purchase of oil, and $1,000 for the purchase of crushed stone and $1,800.00 for Superintendent's salary and keeping the horses, there would remain a balance of $3,700.00, which would provide labor for nine men for 200 days. It seems to the Board that this appropriation will be suffi- cient, if properly expended, to put the roads in a per- manently better condition.


CHARLES S. SMITH, CHARLES L. TODD, ROBERT D. DONALDSON. Selectmen of Lincoln.


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SCHOOLS


Payments


C. S. Lyman, Services as Supt. of Schools, $500 00


C. S. Lyman, Cash Expenses, 18 30


Walter F. Brackett, Director of Manual Arts,


550 00


Carrie B. Chapin, Teaching, 650 50


Hattie B. Heath, Teaching,


575 00


S. V. Sanborn, Teaching, 62 50


Lillian H. Shaw, Teaching,


250 00


A. P. Smith, Teaching, 313 57


A. M. Clifford, Teaching,


213 80


G. E. Brooks, Teaching,


437 50


Mary Gallagher, Teaching,


10 00


H. J. Bartlett, Teaching,


220 00


H. J. McCarthy, Teaching,


20 00


D. H. Haviland, Teaching, 225 00


A. L. F. Edwards, Teaching, 240 00


E. R. Cushing, Teaching, 168 00


K. McGill, 6 00


James B. Wheeler, Carrying Children, 543 00


James B. Wheeler, Repairs on Barge,


2 86


George L. Cousins, Carrying Children,


538 25


Thomas J. Dee, Carrying Children, 522 00


John F. Farrar & Son, Carrying Children, 80 00


J. F. Baker & Son, Carrying Pupil to Concord, 17 85


F. E. Cousins & Co., Carrying Children, 10 50


Charles Wetherbee, Carying Pupil to Concord, 11 70


L. E. Brooks, Carrying Pupil to Concord, 17 45


C. D. Sargent, Carrying Pupil to Concord, 17 55


E. Russell Davis, Janitor, South School, 127 90


Edward Bannon, Janitor, Lincoln School, 500 00


H. A. Wood, M.D., School Physicain, 200 00


National Express Co., Express, 3 10


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Town of Concord, Tuition, 885 80 City of Waltham Tuition, 130 00


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., Service,


24 91


Boston & Maine R.R., School Ticket,


326 69


Waltham Coal Co., Coal, F. E. Cousins & Co., Coal,


14 41


F. A. Cooper, Painting,


3 00


C. S. Wheeler, Insurance, So. School.


33 60


B. K. Pratt Coal Co., Coal,


413 18


E. Howard Clock Co., Repairs,




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