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850
11 05
11 05
Loring, Robert G ..
200
2 60
4,200
54 60
57 20
Little, Amos R ..
1,050
13 65
750
9 75
23 40
Lunt, Charles.
340
4 42
1,200
15 60
20 02
Lynah, John D.
120
1 56
1,600
20 80
22 36
102
.
·
McRae, Isaac N ..
500
6 50
2,100
27 30
33 80
Maguire, Hannah.
1,000
13 00
13 00
Mann, David W.
200
2 60
2 60
Martin, Ellen . . .
2,100
27 30
27 30
Marcey, Florence E.
G.
15,000
195 00
195 00
Mariofiate, Louis. .
240
3 12
3 12
Mayer, Henrietta .
300
3 90
3 90
McAskill, Dan. .
300
3 90
3 90
720
9 36
4,000
52 00
61 36
1,500
19 50
19 50
Morrissy, Annie.
270
3 50
3,700
48 10
49 61
Nelson Bros .. .
1,300
16 90
6,000
78 00
94 90
Neville, Martin.
1,145
14 89
3,000
39 00
53 85
O'Brien, Frank W.
20
26
1,000
13 00
13 26
O'Brien, James. ..
300
3 90
1,200
15 60
19 50
Osgood, Emily L ..
12,100
157 30
35,000
455 00
612 30
Page, Frank L ..
100
1 30
1 30
Page, Henry R ...
600
7 80
7 80
Page, Samuel F ..
8,525
110 83
110 83
Pearson, Burt
200
2 60
1,000
13 00
15 60
Peck, Chester G.
475
6 18
6 18
Peirce, Alice M.
50
65
65
Peirce, William C.
1,275
16 59
2,500
32 50
49 08
Peirce, William C., et al.
9,500
123 50
123 50
Peterson, Andrew P .. .
50
65
2,000
26 00
26 65
103
Page, Henry R., et al
9,300
120 90
120 90
McHugh Bros .. .
McLean, Hector J.
Name of Resident
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
Pierce, Carrie B. Pierce, Elsie . .
4,015
52 20
52 20
7,752
100 78
25,000
325 00
425 78
Pierce, Elsie
Exrs.
108,533
1,410 93
1,410 93
Pierce, Samuel H., Heirs of .
8,000
104 00
104 00
Pierce, Sarah C ..
1,370
17 81
400
5 20
23 01
Rice, Edwin B ..
450
5 85
1,500
19 50
25 35
Richardson, Harriet C
2,000
26 00
26 00
Riley, William B.
50
65
65
Riddle, Charles W.
5,000
65 00
65 00
Roche, Bridgett.
5,400
70 20
70 20
Rooney, Mary .
2,000
26 00
26 00
Ropes, Mary G.
41,250
536 25
21,000
273 00
809 25
Ropes, Mary G., Exrx
39,000
507 00
507 00
Russ, J. Frank.
5,150
66 95
6,500
84 50
151 45
Ryan, Daniel.
100
1 30
1 30
Ryan, Edward J.
200
2 60
2 60
Ryan, Mary .
1,600
20 80
20 80
Ryan, Stacia.
50
65
1,500
19 50
20 15
Sargent, Charles 0.
1,000
13 00
6,100
79 30
92 30
Scripture, Bertha. .
11,891
154 58
154 58
Scripture, Mary J ..
11,966
155 56
155 56
Loomis, Elihu
104
Seeckts, Albert.
100
1 30
3,000
39 00
40 30
Shepard, Richard A.
2,600
33 80
33 80
Sherman, Chester H.
200
2 60
2 60
Sherman, Daniel E ..
1,950
25 35
9,700
126 10
151 45
Sherman,
Daniel H. .
2,500
32 50
32 50
Sherman, J. D., Heirs of
2,100
27 30
27 30
Sherman,
Martin.
100
1 30
1,300
16 90
18 20
Sherman,
Roger. .
900
11 70
7,500
97 50
109 20
Sherman,
Susan R.
4,200
54 60
54 60
Sherman, William H.
625
8 13
3,500
45 50
53 63
Sims, John W ..
1,150
14 95
14 95
Smith, Charles S.
64,150
833 95
31,300
406 90
1,240 85
Smith, Charles S., Tr.
31,825
413 73
413 73
Smith, Lillian P ..
39 00
Smith, Lillian P., Exrx.
5,451
70 86
70 86
Smith, Sumner. .
1,120
14 56
14 56
Snelling, Anna L.
187,079
2,432 03
17,000
221 00
2,653 03
Snelling, Caroline.
651
8 46
8 46
Snelling, Howard.
1,850
24 05
24 05
Snelling, Marion L ..
2,300
29 90
9,000
117 00
146 90
South Lincoln Dairy Co.
4,000
52 00
52 00
Stackpole, Katharine C ..
91,662
1,191 61
1,191 61
Stackpole, Katharine C., Tr.
654
8 50
8 50
Storey, Moorfield
26,000
338 00
22,300
289 90
627 90
Storey, Moorfield, et al, Trs.
275,007
3,575 09
3,575 09
Strangia, Frank . . .
200
2 60
2 60
3,000
39 00
105
Name of Resident
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
Swift, Elizabeth B.
5,250
67 25
67 25
Tankle, Max. ...
450
5 85
5 85
Tarbell, George G ..
1,300
16 90
16 90
Tarbell, George G., Tr ...
26,000
338 00
19,000
247 00
585 00
Tarbell, Martha E., Trs.
53,000
689 00
689 00
Tasker, John. .
150
1 95
2,500
32 50
34 45
Todd, C. Lee.
50
65
24,000
312 00
312 65
Tyler, Fred. .
100
1 30
1,650
21 45
22 75
Tyler, Watson .
600
7 80
7 80
Warner, Henrietta .
1,624
21 11
21 11
Warner, Henry E.
33,475
435 18
9,500
123 50
558 68
Watson, Samuel J ..
1,100
14 30
14 30
Watson, William E.
1,100
14 30
14 30
Washburn, Mary J. .
2,000
26 00
26 00
Welch, Helen F ..
6,500
84 50
84 50
Weston, Ann E ..
5,052
65 68
2,500
32 50
98 18
Weston, Georgianna H.
100
1 30
8,000
104 00
105 30
Wheeler, Asahel, Heirs of .
500
6 50
6 50
Wheeler,
Charles S.
1,975
25 68
10,000
130 00
155 68
Wheeler,
Charlotte. .
29,380
381 94
381 94
Wheeler,
Charlotte, et al.
3,500
45 50
45 50
Wheeler, C. Edgar
465
6 05
2,500
32 50
38 55
.
.
106
Wheeler, George R ..
700
9 10
4,650
60 45
69 55
Wheeler, Herman T.
500
6 50
3,700
48 10
56 60
Wheeler, Sarah M., Heirs of
20
26
2,500
32 50
32 76
Wilkins, Annie M ..
5,150
66 95
5,000
65 00
131 95
Wilson, John .. ..
450
5 85
1,500
19 50
25 35
Woodhull, Charles E.
780 .
10 14
6,500
84 50
94 64
.
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NON-RESIDENT TAX PAYERS.
Name of Non-Resident
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
3 12
3 12
Ames, J. B., Heirs of, Cambridge
500
6 50
6 50
Bennett, Stephen, Heirs of, Brook.
4,000
52 00
52 00
Blodgett, Warren K., 2nd, Midd'n.
1,000
13 00
13 00
Bowditch, Alfred, Tr., Boston. . .
171
2 22
2 22
Brooks, A. B. & Bro., Woburn. .. ·
240
3 12
3 12
Brooks, Mary A., Concord. .
650
8 45
8 45
Broughall, Stephen, Lexington
20
26
26
Brown, Elvira, Lexington. ...
250
3 25
3 25
Brown, Wm., Heirs of, Winchendon
1,040
13 52
13 52
Carty, J. R., Concord. .
150
1 95
1 95
Cheeney, Arthur, Weston.
150
1 95
1 95
Cook, Abbie F., California
4,500
58 50
58 50
Curly, Annie, Boston. . .
400
5 20
5 20
Cutler, James R., Somerville
175
2 28
2 28
Curry, John, Somerville. . .
150
1 95
1 95
Darling, George, Waltham . .
2,000
26 00
26 00
DeNormandie, Alice W., Boston . .
275
3 58
16,500
214 50
218 08
DeNormandie, James, Boston. .. .
6,000
78 00
78 00
Donovan, Michael, Concord.
. ..
300
3 90
3 90
Douglas, George, Heirs of, Cam .. ..
700
9 10
9 10
·
108
Doyle, Mary, Heirs of, Weston. . . .
700
9 10
9 10
Eldredge, Arthur S., Texas . .
500
6 50
6 50
Emerson, E. W., Concord
275
3 58
3 58
Emerson, R. W., Heirs of, Concord
350
4 55
4 55
Fallon, Matthew W., Jr., Boston . .
6,100
79 30
79 30
Farrar, R. Dora, Concord.
100
1 30
1 30
Fitchburg R. R. Co ...
900
11 70
11 70
Flanagan, Thomas, Concord
150
1 95
1 95
Gile, Flora J., Concord. .
130
1 69
1 69
Gourgas, Francis R., Heirs of, Con.
50
65
65
Grey, John C., Guardian, Boston . .
4,500
58 50
58 50
Green, Grace, Kansas ..
100
1 30
1 30
Green, Louis E. G., Tr., Boston . .
3,114
40 48
40 48
Griffin, John, Boston. .
100
1 30
1 30
Harrington, T. F., Waltham.
2,700
35 10
35 10
Hawthorn, Annie M., Heirs of, Bos.
1,000
13 00
13 00
Hayden, Nellie B., Lexington . . . . Heald, Mary E ..
160
2 08
2 08
175
2 28
4,700
61 10
63 38
Heywood, George, Heirs of, Concord
250
3 25
3 25
Higginson, Henry L., Boston. .
18,150
235 95
65,650
853 45
1,089 40
Huddleston, Lucy B., Malden
300
3 90
3 90
Hunt, Louis E., Somerville .
1,000
13 00
13 00
Idylewilde Farm Co.
12,000
156 00
156 00
Leonard, Wrexie L., Boston.
2,500
32 50
32 50
Leyland, F. W., Concord.
50
65
65
Lincoln Fruit Farm. .
300
3 90
6,200
80 60
84 50
.
.
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Name of Non-Resident
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
Locke, Isaac, Heirs of, Boston . .. Loomis, Elihu, et al, Trs., Boston .
125
1 63
1 63
Lovette, Robert W., Boston .
5,000
65 00
65 00
Lyman, Arthur, Tr., Boston
557
7 24
7 24
McGrath, Patrick, Concord.
750
9 75
9 75
McLeod, A. R., Concord.
950
12 35
12 35
Malloy, John, Heirs of, Waltham .
600
7 80
7 80
Minot, Lawrence, Tr., Boston . .
3,442
44 74
44 74
Moore, Sarah B., Concord .
300
3 90
3 90
Mullen, T. F., Ayer. . .
200
2 60
2 60
Munroe, Jonas, Heirs of, Lexington
1,000
13 00
13 00
Neville, Henry P., Bedford.
850
11 05
11 05
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co ..
7,686
99 92
3,600
46 80
146 72
Norton, T. M., Bedford.
15
20
20
Pope, Edward W., Newton. .
500
6 50
6 50
Paine, Horace G., Concord
200
2 60
2 60
Pollard, Frederick H., Boston. . . .
2,500
32 50
43,500
565 50
598 00
Putnam, William S., Tr., Boston . Richardson, T. C., Weston
3,719
48 35
48 35
150
1 95
1 95
Rodman, Emma, Nahant.
5,000
65 00
65 00
Rogers, Edward H., Cambridge
10,500
136 50
148 20
Rogers, Harlow H., Brighton . ... .
2,400
31 20
31 20
. .
·
.
.
. .
900
11 70
200
2 60
2 60
110
Root, George F., Chicago.
600
7 80
7 80
Shaw, Nellie S., Woburn
100
1 30
1 30
Sherman, Herbert A., Weston
70
91
91
Smith, Eugene H., Waltham.
100
1 30
1 30
Smith, Eliza A., Portsmouth, N. H.
200
2 60
2 60
Smith, George, Tr., Boston .
81
1 05
1 05
Stewart, Frank, Waltham. .
100
1 30
1 30
Storrow, Helen O., Boston. .
3,500
45 50
45 50
Storrow, James J., Boston .
4,550
59 15
132,000
1,716 00
1,775 15
Stow, Nathan B., Heirs of, Concord
180
2 34
2 34
Sweet, Benjamin D., Boston. ...
3,500
45 50
45 50
Thompson, Ernest A., Cambridge .
4,700
61 10
61 10
Thorndike, S.Lothrope, Heirs of, Wes.
2,000
26 00
26 00
Walker, A. Bruce, Milwaukee, Wis.
150
1 95
1 95
Warren, William R., N. Y ..
30,000
390 00
390 00
Western Union Tel. Co.
1,713
22 27
22 27
Weston, Town of . .
850
11 05
11 05
Wheeler, Frank, Concord
2,000
26 00
26 00
Wheeler, Henry A., Weston.
100
1 30
1 30
Wheeler, H. N., Cambridge.
400
5 20
5 20
Wheelwright,And. C., Heirs of, Coh.
12,000
156 00
156 00
White, Ellen, Waltham. .
1,000
13 00
13 00
White, John, Auburndale. .
100
1 30
1 30
White, Robert H., Lexington
75
98
1,000
13 00
13 98
.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
The Board of Water Commissioners submit the follow- ing report for the year 1916 :-
A Triplex Electric Pump with a 25 horse power motor was purchased the latter part of March from the Rumsey Pump Company of Seneca Falls, New York, and the same was installed in the early part of June and has been in use since then. This pump has proved to be very satisfactory. In fact it is doing much better than the Rumsey Company promised. Our figures show that the cost of pumping with this pump is less than with our steam pump. The cost of coal alone was 1 4/5 cents per 1,000 gallons pumped. The cost of electric power plus cost of coal for heating building was 1 2/3 cents per 1,000 gallons pumped. Besides this there has been a saving in labor cost and a saving of about $8.00 per month on oil and grease. Since the Electric Pump has been running we have been enabled, without extra labor, to keep a full reservoir, and this has resulted in a much better service for those houses on the higher lands.
The steam plant is in condition so that it may be used at any time should occasion require.
There is now a complete survey of the water system, the work having been completed this year.
At the last Annual Town Meeting we were authorized to make an extension of pipe from near the house of Mr. Isaac N. MacRae to near the house of Miss Carrie B. Chapin. Owing to the scarcity of labor during good weather this was not done and rather than start on it
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late in the Fall it was decided to wait until the Spring of 1917, and we recommend that the necessary appropria- tion for this work be made at the coming Annual Meeting.
Mr. James T. Laird has continued to serve in the same capacity as last year.
JOSEPH S. HART, WILLIAM H. SHERMAN, JOHN ADAMS, Board of Water Commissioners.
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1916.
Lincoln Water Works, Lincoln, Middlesex County, Mass.
General Statistics
Population by census of 1915, 1310.
Date of construction, 1874.
By whom owned, Town of Lincoln.
Source of supply, Sandy Pond, Lincoln, Mass.
Mode of supply, Pumping.
Pumping Statistics
Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon, Cross compound Fly Wheel Pump, 12" and 20}" x 55" x 1".
Description of fuel used.
Kind, hard coal for pumping, soft coal for banking. Brand of coal, Lackawanna, Pocahontas.
Average price of hard coal, per gross ton, delivered, $7.55. Average price of soft coal, per gross ton, delivered, $7.00. Wood, price per cord, $3.50.
Coal consumed pumping, including wood reduced to coal equivalent, 5 months and 7 days, ending June 7, 1916, 153,271 pounds.
Rumsey Triplex Pump, 10}" x 12", 25 horse power motor. Power, electricity.
Power furnished by the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston.
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Number of gallons pumped from January 1, 1916, to June 8, 1916, 30,885,100, at a cost for coal, including wood equivalent, of $554.30.
Number of gallons pumped from June 8, 1916, to Jan- uary 1, 1917, 47,199,544, at a cost for electric power, including cost of coal for heating building, of $787.00. Total water pumped for the year, 78,084,644 gallons.
Average static head against which pumps work, 148.5 feet.
Average dynamic head against which pumps work, 160 feet.
Cost of pumping, figured on pumping station expenses ($3,142.38), per million gallons pumped, $40.29 -.
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Statistics Relating to Distribution System.
Mains.
1. Kind of pipe used, cement lined, cast iron, wood stave, gal- vanized iron.
2. Sizes, 11/2" to 12".
3. Extended during the year, none.
4. Discontinued during the year, none.
5. Total now in use, 26.411 miles.
6. Number of hydrants added during the year, 1.
7. Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 123.
8. Number of stop-gates added during the year, none.
9. Number of stop-gates now in use, 133.
10. Number of blow-offs, 30.
11. Range of pressure on mains, 40 pounds to 102 pounds.
Services
12. Kind of pipe, galvan- ized iron and cement lined.
13. Sizes, 34" to 4".
14. Extended, 35'.
15. Discontinued, none.
16. Number of service taps added during the year, 2.
17. Number now in use, 328.
18. Average length of service, 12' +
19. Average cost of new service, for the year, $20.00.
20. Number of meters now in use, 44.
Water Report PROFIT AND LOSS Year ending December 31, 1916.
Dr.
Cr.
To Expense, Fuel,
$229 58
By water,
$14,356 38
1,396 12
Salaries,
1,755 37
Interest,
3,021 85
Repairs and Renewals,
1,440 87
Net gain for year,
6,512 59
$14,356 38
$14,356 38
ASSETS.
LIABILITIES.
Construction,
$185,167 75
Bonds outstanding,
$79,000 00
Cash,
1,436 54
Town of Lincoln for Loan of 1912, Surplus,
4,787 51
Fuel on Hand,
500 00
132,329 78
Sinking Fund,
26,700 00
Water Bills uncollected,
2,313 00
$216,117 29
$216,117 29
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WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT
OUTSTANDING BONDS
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 one each year,
5,500 00
Issue of 1911, due one each year,
3,500 00
$79,000 00
WATER RECEIPTS
Domestic,
$9,184 53
Meter,
2,858 85
Uncollected
2,313 00
$14,356 38
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
As the years follow in turn it seems hardly enough to say that the Cemetery has been cared for in the usual way, with the addition at times of a list of particulars that belong in the routine class. While the caretaking process is indispensable from every point of view, to re- port from time to time some changes of a permanent character that will improve the physical appearance of grounds seems a most desirable climax.
Such changes do not pass away with the dying months of the year to be again repeated, but remain to gladden the eye for time to come.
The noteworthy items would include, of course, the substantial treatment of avenues and paths with stone and gravel, the judicious planting of shrubs, which is always a pleasing addition to any landscape, and the artistic grouping of trees which may be spoken of with still greater emphasis as they not only please the present generation, but hold out their arms in welcome to those to come.
With trees and shrubs and well kept paths we are following very closely to nature's ways of rural beauty. Although purely in the routine class the clipping of the hedge around the triangular cemetery and the mending of broken places in the row with new material seems worthy of mention.
Some graveling has been done the past year and it seems desirable to largely increase the amount the coming year. No one thing improves the general appearance of either private or public grounds more than well kept avenues, a thing impossible without proper construction.
With the desirable changes in mind it seems almost unfortunate that something for nothing is hardly an
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attribute of our northern climate. Nature is not lavish with us, but continually calls for our assistance. As a consequence every move we make in nature's aid is attended with more or less expense, which can only be met by action of the Town.
Should the improvements be made that are now under consideration it would require a small addition to the usual amount appropriated for Cemetery work, and as the accumulated fund has grown to quite respectable proportions your Committee would suggest that the amount to be expended be taken from that fund, thereby relieving the present burden of taxation to that extent.
The sum of six hundred dollars ($600), which would be an addition of one hundred dollars ($100) to the usual amount, is respectfully requested.
Respectfully submitted,
JULIUS E. EVELETH, ROGER SHERMAN, Cemetery Commissioners.
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THE TOWN TREASURER
In Account with
THE LINCOLN CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
Cash of Union Pacific R. R. Co., dividend
$12.00
6
Fitchburg R. R. Co., dividend 10.00
66 " American Sugar Refining Co., dividend 28.00
6 " Geo. H. Flint Est., for lot
20.00
66
" R. G. Crook, for lot
20.00
" C. H. Sherman, for lot . 20.00
George F. Harrington Est., care of lot
100.00
Total $210.00
Deposited in Middlesex Institution for Savings
$210.00
The following is a list of Securities held by the Lincoln Cemetery Com- missioners :-
Four Shares American Sugar Refining Co., preferred stock.
Three Shares Union Pacific R. R. Co., preferred stock.
Two Shares Fitchburg R. R. Co., preferred stock.
Also the following funds for the care of lots in cemetery, all of which are deposited in the Middlesex Institution for Savings :-
Orilla J. Flint Fund, $300.00, interest accrued $65.62
Samuel Hartwell Fund, $300.00, interest accrued 65.62
John H. Pierce Fund, $500.00, interest accrued
103.44
Maria L. Thompson Fund, $500.00, interest accrued
109.22
Annie A. Ray Fund, $300.00, interest accrued
65.62
George F. Harrington Fund, $100.00
Also
General Fund deposited in Middlesex Institution for Savings, amounting to
$768.96
(Signed) CHARLES S. WHEELER,
Town Treasurer.
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TREE WARDEN'S REPORT
The Tree Warden submits to the Town his report for the year 1916 :-
The work of this department has been continued as in former years, removing dead trees, dead limbs, and limbs obstructing the highways. Lincoln has a great many trees per mile of roadway, and the majority of them must be climbed each year to remove perhaps a dead limb or two; or maybe the weight of foliage has lowered a limb so as to be an obstruction on the highway, all of which means a great deal of work. The remarkable foliage that the trees had this season has not been observed for some years ; the foliage has not only been noticed for its unusual abundance, but also for its healthy color and unusually large leaves; this was due to the heavy snowfall during the winter and the extensive showers we had in the spring and early summer.
The scarcity of the elm leaf beetle has been quite noticeable during the past season; however, the punc- tured leaves in some localities have indicated their presence and a few egg-clusters have been found here and there. In many parts of the town no trace of the larvæ has been found this season. The gypsy and brown tail moth work has been carried on as formerly, creosoting the nests and spraying the trees on all the highways, and on private property where owners have asked for and paid for same, with very good results. During the year a small power sprayer has been pur- chased, which has proved to be an excellent addition for
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doing orchard work. I found it necessary this year to take some action towards getting another large sprayer, as it is impossible to do the work we have to do with one sprayer, and the two old ones which have been used for a great many years have outlived their usefulness. I took this matter up with the State Moth Superintendent and he agreed to pay for half if the town would pay the other half, or $600.00. Now we can get about $300.00 for the old sprayers, which will leave the town to pay $300.00 more, which I think is a very good investment, for if we are going to carry on this work we must keep up our equipment, and we cannot expect to get help from the State whenever we get ready to ask for it. I recommend that $2,500.00 be appropriated for moth and tree work.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. KELLIHER, Tree Warden.
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LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Trustees submit on the following pages the re- ports of the Treasurer and Librarian of the Lincoln Public Library for the year ending February 1st, 1917.
They ask for an appropriation of $500 and the Dog Tax.
C. LEE TODD, Chairman of Trustees.
DR. REPORT OF TREASURER OF LINCOLN LIBRARY FOR
YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1916. CR
RECEIPTS
EXPENDITURES
Balance in Treasury, Jan. 1, 1916
$160.00
Paid to Edison Electric Co.
$49.70
Received from Fines, etc., 1915
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E. J. Hunter, Carrying Books
38.00
.. A. F. Chapin, Magazines
61.80
Lincoln Water Works
10.00
R. D. Donaldson, Labor
41.49
. W. F. Emerson, Window Curtains
4.76
David Farquhar, Binding Books
11.45
Middlesex Insurance Co.
51.10
Librarians, Income of Pierce Fund
39.87
L. J. Chapin, Salary
183.33
" F. G. Chapin, Salary
183.33
Town Treasurer, for Janitor
200.00
" Town Treasurer, for Coal .
66.00
" C. E. Lauriat Co., Books .
301.11
for Express, etc.
19.50
1,291.01
Balance on hand
201.76
$1,492.77
$1,492.77
" N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
19.57
Fines, etc., 1916
Interest on Deposit
Codman Fund
33.75
Dog Tax
348.30
Town Appropriation
500.00
Trust Funds .
409.19
John F. Farrar, Treasurer Lincoln Library.
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.
18.03
.. E. B. Farrar, Clerical Work
10.00
20.01
3.49
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STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1917.
Number of volumes in Library, Feb. 1, 1916, 10,228
Increase by purchase, 233
Increase by gift, 13
Increase by binding periodicals,
9
Total increase,
255
Number of volumes rebound,
19
Number of volumes withdrawn replaced by new editions, 11
Number of volumes in Library, Feb. 1, 1917, 10,483
Total delivery of books for year, 8,335
Largest delivery in one day, 149
Smallest delivery in one day, 29
Number of days Library was open, 103
Gifts of books, periodicals, pictures, etc., have been received from the following persons :- Mr. William Howard Brett, Miss Marion E. Coville, Mrs. Robert DeNormandie, Mrs. J. Malcolm Forbes, Mr. Hudson Maxim, Miss Bertha Scripture, Mrs. J. Storrow, Mr. B. D. Sweet, Miss A. E. Weston, Miss E. T. Williams.
Gifts of bulletins, catalogues, etc., from Libraries and other institutions, as follows :- Boston Public Library, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Mass. Free Public Library Commission, Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, Mass. Agricultural Experiment Station, State Board of Agri- culture, Total Abstinence Society, Soldiers' Home, Woman's Education Association, Library of Congress, Groton Public Library, Hartford Public Library,
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Brookline Public Library, Newton Public Library, Springfield Public Library, Worcester Public Library, Waltham Public Library, Concord Public Library, Con- cord Christian Science Literature Committee, Friends' Free Public Library, Germantown, New Britain Insti- tute, Newark, N. J., Public Library, Mass. Branch of Woman's Peace Party, World Peace Foundation, Vedanta Centre, United Shoe Machinery Co., Latin American News Association.
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LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY
ACCESSIONS TO THE LIBRARY FOR 1916
BIOGRAPHY
Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915. An autobiography with
a memorial address delivered November 17, 1915, by Henry Cabot Lodge
546.22
Baldry, Alwys L. Burne-Jones. 1833-1898
636.16
Chalmers, Stephen. The beloved Physician, Edward Living- ston Trudeau
547.16
Dwight, Elizabeth Amelia. Memorials of Mary Wilder White 632.24
Epler, Percy H. Life of Clara Barton
641.17
Evans, Lawrence B. Samuel W. McCall, Governor of Massa- chusetts
636.15
Howells, William Dean. Years of my Youth 645.4
Lee, Sir Sidney. Life of William Shakespeare 636.14
Overton, Jacqueline M. Life of Robert Louis Stevenson 641.18
Rankin, Henry B. Personal recollections of Abraham Lincoln 636.17
Richards, Laura E. and others. Julia Ward Howe. 2 vols. 641.15
Smith, O. Alphonso. O. Henry biography 645.3
Sothern, Edward H. Melancholy tale of "Me."
645.2
Spender, Harold. General Botha : the career and the man
645.1
Willson, Beckles. Life of Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal. 2 vols. 641.16
HISTORY
Hart, Albert Bushnell. How our grandfathers lived. (Source readers in American history.)
356.15
Ide, Emily Katharine. History and significance of the American flag 364.2
Pattee, Fred Lewis. History of American literature since
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