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In connection with the Tree Warden account for these years, it should be noted that the expenditure has de- creased considerably, the net expenditure at the present time being about $2,500 per year.
The question for each citizen to consider in connection with this showing is whether the expenditures on the various accounts can be held where they are now or safely reduced, or whether there must be an increase from year to year in order that the Town may have all that it needs and much that is superfluous.
The total income for the years referred to above has been as follows :-
For the total income of the Town from all sources during these years, reference is made to the Treasurer's Report as printed in the Annual Report of the Town officers, which is as follows :-
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Receipts-1909
Received of County Treasurer for Dog Tax returned, $366.53
State Treasurer on account
of Corporation Tax of 1908, 1,083.67
66
State Treasurer on account
National Bank Tax of 1908, 172.38
66
State Treasurer on account of Corporation Tax of 1909, 7,084.23
66
State Treasurer on account
National Bank Tax of 1909,
775.39
66
State Treasurer on account of State Aid, 96.00
For Tuition of Children, 113.71
Income of Grammar School Fund, 48.82
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Cambridge Assessment, 178.54
66
Janitor Service at Library, 200.00
Anticipation of Tax Notes, 20,000.00
Oil Barrels,
107.54
66
Discount of Town Notes paid before Maturity, 33.79
Gypsy Moth Work,
3,029.09
Horse Sold, 100.00
Crushed Stone sold, 142.85
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Highway Account,
604.01
Interest on Deposits, 171.70
Balance of taxes of 1908, 1,494.35
Interest on taxes of 1908, 53.06
On account of taxes of 1909,
33,154.73
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For Interest on Taxes of 1909,
31.42
$71,287.36
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Receipts-1910
Received of County Treasurer for Dog Tax returned,
$377.86
66
State Treasurer on account of
Corporation Tax of 1909, 522.99
State Treasurer on account of Corporation Tax of 1910,
7,149.18
66
State Treasurer on account of
National Bank Tax of 1910, 790.78
66
State Treasurer for State Aid, 72.00
Income of Grammar School Fund, 48.82
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For Janitor Service at Library,
200.00
66
For Anticipation of Tax Note,
10,000.00
66
For Gypsy Moth Work,
3,270.53
6
For Insurance Dividend,
5.00
For Telephone Service,
4.09
For broken Windows,
. 60
6
For School Ticket returned, 5.85
66
For sale of one Barrel Oil,
4.75
66
For sale of old Lamps,
3.00
For Hall Rent,
31.00
66
For Annie A. Ray Legacy,
300.00
66
For Wood sold from Cemetery,
32.50
66
For Interest on Deposit,
133.90
For Balance of Taxes for 1909,
5,475.03
66
For Interest on Taxes 1909,
32.93
On Account of Taxes, 1910,
33,196.88
66
For Interest on Taxes of 1910,
25.19
$63,125.77
For Highway Account,
234.23
For Cambridge Assessment,
162.31
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Receipts-19II
Received of County Treasurer for Dog Tax returned,
$384.77
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State Treasurer on account of
Corporation Tax of 1910,
228.45
66
State Treasurer on account of Corporation Tax of 1911, 6,186.86
State Treasurer on account of
National Bank Tax of 1911, 834.83
66
State Treasurer on account of State Aid, 48.00
66
State Treasurer on account of Sick Pauper, 49.25
66
State Treasurer on account of tuition of Children, 81.88
66
City of Boston on account of tuition of Children, 41.00
66
City of Waltham on account of Poor,
38.00
66
For Income of Grammar School Fund, 48.82
66
For Cambridge Assessment, 162.31
66
For Borrowed Money,
20,000.00
Of Jenney Oil Co., for Barrels returned,
25.50
66
For Barrels sold for Highway account,
52.50
For Hall Rents,
31.00
66
For Janitor at Library,
200.00
For Lamps sold,
1.50
For Court Fees,
. 90
For Dead Horse,
3.00
66
For Telephone Service,
3.94
66 For Fire Expense,
12.40
66
For Licenses to Slaughter, 4.00
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Received
For account of Gypsy Moth and Tree Department, $2,118.76
For account of Highway Depart- ment, 315.75
For Maria L. Thompson, Legacy to Cemetery account, 500.00
For John H. Pierce, Legacy to Cemetery account,
500.00
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For John H. Pierce, Legacy to Library account, 1,000.00
For Cemetery Maintenance, 144.00
For Interest on Deposit, 151.76
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For Balance of Taxes of 1910,
3,597.89
66
For Interest on Taxes of 1910, 53.49
On account of Taxes, 1911, 36,334.46
66
For Interest on Taxes for 1911, 27.75
$77,833.14
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Receipts-1912
Received of County Treasurer for Dog Tax returned, $380.05
66
State Treasurer on account of Corporation, Tax of 1911, 81.74
66
State Treasurer on account of Corporation Tax of 1912, 6,475.19
66
State Treasurer on account of
National Bank Tax of 1912, 856.77
66
State Treasurer on account of State Aid, 48.00
66
State Treasurer on account of burial of State Pauper, 15.00
66
State Treasurér on account of Tuition of Children, 125.66
State Treasurer on account of
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, 448.27
City of Boston for Tuition of Children, 168.96
Received for Income of Grammar School Fund,
48.78
66
Hall Rent,
50.00
Moth account,
2,177.53
Highway account,
1,285.48
66
Court Fees, etc.,
12.75
License Fees,
2.00
66 Borrowed Money, 20,000.00
66 Cambridge Assessment, 194.77
Janitor, Service at Library,
200.00
Interest on Deposits,
152.48
66 Balance of Taxes of 1911, 337.80
Interest on Taxes of 1911,
23.82
66 Taxes of 1912,
46,161.41
66
Interest on Taxes of 1912,
25.38
66 Special Sinking Fund and Interest, 2,311.47 ·
$82,829.03
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Receipts-1913
Received of County Treasurer for Dog Tax
returned,
$314.28
Received for Corporation Taxes of 1912, 66 66 66 " 1913,
258.72
6,115.63
66
State Aid,
8.00
Received of State Treasurer on account of
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths,
14.63
Received for Cambridge Assessment,
178.54
66
Borrowed Money,
20,000.00
66
Income of Grammar School Fund,
48.86
66
Court Fees,
1.80
66
Prepayment of Note,
31.94
66
Account of Lee's Bridge,
1,650.00
66
Account of Highway,
926.77
66 Account of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths,
2,054.99
Hall Rent,
30.00
66
Tuition,
3.00
66
License to slaughter,
1.00
Received of Miscellaneous for Schools,
50.00
66
Interest on Deposits,
199.18
66
Janitor at Library, 200.00
Balance Taxes of 1912, 9,135.68
66
Interest Taxes of 1912, 157.83
66
On account of Taxes of 1913, 45,053.16
66 For Interest on Taxes of 1913, 24.69
$89,235.80
National Bank Tax of 1913,
961.50
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Receipts-1914
Received of County Treasurer for Dog Tax returned,
$368.24
State Treasurer on account of Corporation Tax, 63.08
66
State Treasurer on account of
Corporation Tax of 1914, 5,135.59
66
State Treasurer on account of National Bank Tax, 1,176.53
66
State Treasurer on account of Industrial School, 32.50
State Treasurer for Tuition of Children, 267.50
66
City of Boston for Tuition of Children, 293.58
Received for Cambridge Assessment,
194.77
66
Anticipation of Tax notes,
20,000.00
66
Library Coal,
121.60
Highway account,
529.88
66
Moth account,
1,640.90
66
Hall Rent,
48.00
66
License to slaughter,
1.00
66 Interest on Deposits,
153.71
66 Balance Taxes 1913,
3,776. 04
66 Interest Taxes 1913, 201.88
66
Taxes of 1914,
44,514.40
66
Interest on Taxes of 1914, 50.28
$82,884.86
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Receipts-1915
Received of County Treasurer for Dog Tax returned, $378.12
66
State Treasurer for balance Cor- poration Tax of 1914, 132.71
State Treasurer on account of
Corporation Tax of 1915, 4,529.23
State Treasurer on account of National Bank Tax, 929.15
66 State Treasurer on account of
Industrial Schools,
175.50
Received for Cambridge Assessment,
194.77
Income Grammar School Fund, 49.96
Received from Library for Coal,
266.00
Received for refund on Printing Bill,
3.70
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Town note in anticipation of Taxes,
25,000.00
Moth account,
1,349.02
Highway Account,
798.44
Licenses to slaughter,
2.00
Court Fees,
10.00
Hall Rent,
65.00
Interest on Deposits,
309.40
66 Taxes of 1914,
4,342.91
66
Interest on Taxes of 1914,
110.31
Taxes of 1915,
48,985.76
66
Interest on Taxes of 1915,
7.02
$97,168.98
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These figures show the total income, including the balance remaining in the Treasury, each year as follows:
1909
$71,287.36
1910
63,125:77
1911
77,833. 14
1912
82,829.03
1913
89,235.80
1914
82,884.86
1915
97,168.98
The above figures show increase in Receipts from the year 1909 to 1915 of about 35%, compared with Ex- penditures-1909, $75,607.05-1915, $86,880.21, or an increase of about 15%.
These figures are not strictly comparative, but for all practical purposes show the actual situation very clearly.
At the last Annual Meeting several matters were referred to the Selectmen for consideration.
First was under Article 15, which was-To see if the Town would appoint a Committee to suggest changes or additions to the By-laws and report to the next Town Meeting, or take any action in relation to the matter. The Board has considered this matter, and now recom- mend changes as follows:
In Article 1, Section 1, which reads as follows: The Annual Town Meeting shall be held on the first Monday in March each year; The Board recommends that this section read as follows: The Annual Town Meeting shall be held on the second Monday in February each year.
In Article 2, Section 1, which reads: The Financial year shall commence with the first day of February and end with the 31st day of January annually. The Board recommends that this Section read as follows: The
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financial year shall commence with the first day of January and end with the 31st day of December annually.
In Article 6, the Selectmen recommend that Section 2 be entirely eliminated.
In Article 9 the Selectmen recommend the addition of another Section as follows: That the Town authorize the Selectmen to issue licenses to junk dealers and peddlers doing business in the Town.
The whole question of street lighting under Article 16 of the Warrant for 1915 was referred to the Selectmen. The Board has, during the year, many times considered this subject, but have made no street lighting extensions for the reason that if all the extensions asked for were made, the total annual expense for this purpose would be so largely increased that their judgment did not commend such extensions.
Under Article 17 of said Warrant, which was referred to the Selectmen, no action has been taken.
Under Article 18, which reads: To see if the Town will widen old Winter Street at the corner opposite the house of Andrew J. Dougherty and appropriate money for the same. The Selectmen looked over the situation and were disposed to undertake the work if Mr. Dougherty was willing to have the location of the road changed across a part of his land which would give a clear line of vision in both directions; but as Mr. Dougherty did not approve of this change, and as it would be almost im- possible to improve present conditions with the location of the road as it now is, nothing whatever has been done by the Board.
In conclusion, your Board is of the opinion that the Town matters have been generally conducted honestly and efficiently during the year, and that the various departments realize the responsibilities which they are
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under to the Town. As an indication of the comparative smoothness with which things have run, no special town meetings have been called for during the year.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
CHARLES S. SMITH, JOHN F. FARRAR, ROBERT D. DONALDSON,
Selectmen of Lincoln.
INCREASE OF TAXATION
ADDRESS
AT
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING OF LINCOLN, MASSACHUSETTS
MARCH 8, 1915
BY
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS
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INCREASE OF TAXATION
The following address was made to the voters of the Town of Lincoln, Massachusetts, by Charles Francis Adams, at the Town Meeting held at Lincoln, on March 8th, 1915:
To the Citizens, Tax Payers and Inhabitants of Lincoln :
It is now twenty-one years since I became a resident here; and in March, 1894, I attended my first annual Lincoln Town Meeting. For what I am about to submit, I will, therefore, take 1894 as a point from which to start. The aggregate of appropriations then recom- mended by the Board of Lincoln Selectmen was, in round numbers, $17,000; the similar recommendation for the current year aggregates $45,000. Lincoln's share of the State and County Tax of 1894 was $4,500; last year it was $13,000. In 1894, Lincoln's population was 987, its valuation $2,600,000; its population is now 1,175, and its valuation has been increased to $4,000,000. In population, therefore, we have an increase of 19 per cent; in valuation, an increase of 53 per cent, with close upon a threefold increase in taxation,-$58,000 in place of $21,500. As nearly as I am able to approximate, and taking the family of five as a unit,- a bread earner with four dependents, complete or partial,- the annual State and Town burden was in 1894 in the neighborhood of $109; it will this year be, approximately, $250. Yet in almost every report since 1894, the Board of Selectmen has not failed emphatically to call attention to a "largely increased" expenditure over that of previous years. And, I submit, Lincoln's experience is in this respect not
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exceptional. Here, as elsewhere, the single question is,- How much longer can the process be continued? A present annual State and Muncipal assessment of $250 on each family of a community is a fact indisputably suggestive.
It is, however, possible that, for the purpose I now have in view, the year 1894 may to some seem remote. In this day of rapid movement twenty-one years carries us back to what is regarded by many as another period of existence,-a world altogether different from that which now is. I will, therefore, take a more recent date. I will come down to 1910,-a year within easy recollec- tion. In doing so, however, I shall adhere to the family as the unit of comparison. I do so for the simple reason that experience has taught how useless it is in this matter of public burdens to appeal to valuations, and the per- centage of assessment thereon. When you do so, you are invariably and at once met with much talk, mostly idle and ill-considered, of wealth undisclosed, and the mysterious "tax-dodger." We are solemnly assured that there are billions of property in concealment, and were it but forced into the open, the rate of assessment would immediately fall to one-quarter part, perhaps, of what it now is. Assuming then $2.00 on a hundred as an excessive rate, were all property disclosed and equally taxed, that rate would at once be reduced by three- quarters, resulting in a rate admittedly reasonable. This, as we all know, is the familiar, oft-repeated con- tention of the tax commissioner and the tax gatherer. If, however, recourse is had to the family as the unit, the argument, bad and fallacious at best, falls heavily to the ground. There is then no escape from the facts. In dollars and cents, the annual burden per family is,- so much! The thing speaks for itself. In the case of Lincoln, as I have already said, leaving national taxation for the moment out of consideration, it is now, as nearly
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as can be ascertained, $2.50 a year. From that I start, and I will now take as a basis of further comparison the figures, not of 1894, but those of 1910.
In the report for the Town fiscal year ending January 31, 1909, our Board of Selectmen - Charles S. Smith, Charles Lee Todd and R. D. Donaldson - said: "We cannot call the attention of our citizens too strongly to the condition of the town Treasury and to the necessity for the greatest economy in expenditures. . . The time seems to be approaching when the annual tax rate of the town will be doubled."
A Special Committee, consisting of the members of the Board of Selectmen, the Town Treasurer, and seven citizens at large, was then ordered, with instructions to inquire into the whole subject, reporting their con- clusions and recommendations. This Committee subse- quently used the following language: "The Selectmen very properly serve notice on the Town in unmistakable terms that, if this course [of public expenditure is further pursued, the tax rate will be doubled. It will in future be $1.50 per hundred on the present valuation, instead of eighty cents as heretofore."
This was only five years ago. The steady and ap- parently irresistible increase of expenditure - National, State and Municipal - and consequent taxation have since been going on. Taking the family - five persons- as the unit, as the result of analysis, it would appear that the annual aggregate burden has increased 50 per cent in these five years, or by an average of 10 per cent each year. How long is this to continue?
Take, for example, the State and County Tax. The record is suggestive; the outlook otherwise than en- couraging. In 1909, this burden in the case of Lincoln aggregated $7,800 as compared with $4,700 in 1894. Last year (1914) it was in excess of $13,000, an increase of 66 per cent over the tax in 1909, which again was an
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increase of 66 per cent over the tax of 1895. An average annual increase of 4.5 per cent during the earlier period was accelerated to 12 per cent in the later.
In our Town Meetings this State and County item is apt to be somewhat lightly dismissed from consider- ation as being something over which municipalities can exercise no control. Fixed by an outside and superior authority, the Town's only function, it is argued, is to appropriate, and pay. In this conclusion I do not concur, nor does it seem to accord with the ancient Massachu- setts Town Meeting spirit. We are constituents as well as payers of taxes; and, as a constituent body, we claim the prescriptive right of protest. That right, I submit, it is incumbent on us now to exercise. In furtherance of this view of the case, I shall presently submit a vote for the consideration of the Town.
Finally, the National addition to our tax burdens re- mains to be considered. Levied indirectly, as well as directly, through Tariff duties, the Internal Revenue and the Income Tax, this levy can only be approximated. From the best available data now accessible and the computations of others, I should estimate it at $7.00 annually per head, or $35 to the family unit now, as com- pared with $5.00 annually to the individual and $25 to the family unit, five years ago.
It would thus appear that in the case of Lincoln, taking the family of five as the unit, the annual burden for the cost of government is now $285 as compared with $185 five years ago, and $95 in 1894.
Again, may it not unfairly be asked, how much further is this progressive movement to continue? It cannot go on indefinitely. Nor, as I have already said, is the ex- perience of Lincoln in any way exceptional. Has not the limit been reached, if, indeed, not already exceeded? Would the conclusion be unreasonable that if any further considerable increase of the burden takes place, wealth
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will either evade the tax gatherer or leave the Common- wealth, while enterprise and productive industry will first languish and then seek, of necessity, other fields of activity?
The foregoing, as well as the analysis and figures upon which the conclusions therein set forth are based, makes no claim to exact accuracy. Prepared at a distance from local records, it is approximate only, and, as such, sub- ject to verification. In the main, however, it is believed to be sufficiently accurate for present purposes. It is certainly suggestive.
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SCHOOLS
Payments
C. S. Lyman, Services as Superintendent, $600 00
Walter F. Brackett, Teaching,
440 00
Priscilla Ames, Teaching,
570 00
Marion Crawford, Teaching,
650 00
Hattie B. Heath, Teaching,
650 00
Katharine Works, Teaching,
600 00
Helen Bowker, Teaching,
620 00
Helen Jones, Teaching,
520 00
Abbie P. Smith, Teaching,
240 00
Ruth Shepard, Teaching,
4 00
Bertha Wilson, Teaching,
48 00
Boston and Maine R.R. School Tickets,
739 60
Francis Bennett, Janitorship, South School, 123 70
James B. Wheeler, Driving School Barge, 240 00
Herman T. Wheeler, Driving School Barge,
506 00
John F. Farrar & Son, Driving School Barge,
537 00
Thomas J. Dee, Driving School Barge,
551 85
Max Tankle, Carrying Pupil to School,
10 12
Edward Bannon, Janitorship of School,
500 00
James Diamond, Carrying Pupil to School, 17 50
Miss S. M. Brooks, Carrying Pupil to School, 4 15
Isaac B. Cook, Carrying Pupil to School,
17 50
J. R. Hartwell, Carrying Pupil to School, 17 50
Elizabeth Connors, Carrying Pupil to School, 17 50
John D. Fleming, Carrying Pupil to School, 17 50
L. E. Brooks, Carrying Pupil to School, 17 50
Doherty's Garage, Carrying Children to School, 797 25
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F. E. Cousins & Co., Removing Ashes, $5 50
National Express Co., Express, 2 41
Town of Concord, Tuition,
3,406 35
City of Waltham, Tuition, 845 00
Boston & Maine R.R. Freight, 1 62
James T. Laird, Services as Truant Officer, 1914, 10 00
Waltham District Nursing Association, Services as Nurse, 17 80
H. A. Wood, M. D., Professional Services, 200 00
Helen P. Jones, Carfares from September to June 18, 1915, 37 72
C. S. Lyman, Postage and Telephoning, 5 09
William E. Chute, Cash paid for School Tickets, 10 32
Lincoln Water Commissioners, Water Service,
111 75
Roger Sherman, Removing Ashes,
10 35
Edward R. Farrar, 112 cords cut wood,
10 50
F. E. Cousins & Co., Coal,
2 25
M. L. Snelling, Wood,
20 00
Isaac N. MacRae, Labor and Supplies,
149 29
Elizabeth Blodgett, Cash Paid for Painting Flag-pole, 7 00
Elizabeth Blodgett, Taking School Census,
15 00
E. B. MacLalan, Repairs,
9 25
J. A. Burgess, Repairs on Barges,
15 00
M. Steinmann, Repairs on Barges,
7 25
J. P. Dwyer & Co., Repairs,
120 00
T. J. McGann, Repairs,
9 80
William Bulger, Painting Barge,
56 00
W. C. Robus, Repairs on Bell,
1 00
Singer Sewing Machine Co., Repairs,
1 80
South Lincoln Dairy Co., Milk,
6 40
Current Events, 40 Copies,
8 00
E. Howard Clock Co., Repairs,
9 75
Dutton & Clarke, Labor,
5 94
James L. Chapin & Son, Supplies,
55 55
Peter Perry, Supplies,
1 75
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Buttrick Lumber Co., Supplies,
$78 56
Jordan Marsh Co., Supplies, 22 93
Chandler & Barber Co., Supplies,
14 76
American Seating Co., Supplies,
23 50
Elizabeth Blodgett, Supplies,
2 89
Louis, Stoughton & Drake, Supplies,
9 92
Edward E. Babb & Co., Supplies,
179 31
Ginn & Co., Supplies
15 11
W. Woodworth & Co., Supplies,
1 60
A. R. McLeod, Supplies,
5 34
Milton Bradley & Co., Supplies,
2 57
Maurice S. Coburn, Supplies,
6 75
J. L. Hammelt Co., Supplies,
21 34
Palmer & Parker Co., Supplies,
45 13
H. S. Cousins & Co., Supplies,
7 73
Marcy Coal Co., Coal,
350 00
Total,
$15,019 55
HIGHWAYS
Payments
William H. Sherman, Superintendent of
Streets, $1,169 70
Timothy Ahearn, Labor,
702 00
Martin J. Rooney, Labor, 702 00
Joseph Mahan, Labor, 526 50
John W. Rooney, Sr., Labor,
596 25
William H. Ryan, Labor,
558 00
Patrick Craven, Labor, 420 50
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Jerry Moynihan, Labor,
$213 75
James Diamond, Labor, 19 00
Dennis Dougherty, Labor, 15 75
Francis Moynihan, Labor,
9 00
Charles Rooney, Labor,
7 75
John W. Rooney, Jr., Labor, 20 25
Charles P. Farnsworth, Care of Town Horses, 260 00
F. E. Cousins & Co., Grain, 431 68
Daniel McAskill, Shoeing and Repairing,
45 55
J. A. Burgess, Shoeing and Repairing,
215 50
John MacComber, Repairs,
73 60
F. H. Cunningham, Labor,
382 32
National Express Co., Express,
55
Boston & Maine R. R., Freight,
98 48
Boston & Maine R. R., Demurrage,
10 93
Charles S. Koglund, Inspecting Boiler at Crusher, 5 00
B. W. Brown, Grain, 583 89
D. E. Sherman, Hay,
155 12
E. A. Sherman, Hay,
169 33
James E. Baker, Hay,
94 40
W. E. Peterson, Professional Services,
12 00
J. S. Hart, M. D., Rent of Barn,
125 00
H. S. Alderman, Medical Attendance, 4 00
Town of Concord, Services of Steam Roller,
243 22
Lincoln Water Works, Water at Town Barn,
12 00
Lincoln Water Works, Water at Stone Crusher, 10 00
J. S. Hart, M. D., Pasturage of Town Horse, 12 00
Estella Brooks, Rent of Land for Crusher,
25 00
L. E. Brooks, Crushed Stone,
98 75
Michael Connors, Crushed Stone,
33 70
Max Tankle, Crushed Stone,
72 30
John Wilson, Crushed Stone,
46 80
John Fleming, Crushed Stone,
5 00
George C. Cunningham, Crushed Stone,
43 05
Elmer Bean, Crushed Stone, 8 50
C. S. Wheeler, Crushed Stone,
35 40
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C. R. Butcher, Crushed Stone, $ 30 00
Lexington Lumber Co., Supplies,
78 89
Eagle Oil & Supply Co., Supplies, 22 77
C. N. Carpenter Supply Co., Supplies
253 40
Benjamin Pike, Supplies,
8 65
Morgan Bond Co., Supplies,
2 35
Ames Implement & Seed Co., Supplies,
24 76
Peter Perry, Supplies, 26 00
New England Road Machine Co., Supplies,
147 05
Mrs. M. A. Sherman, Gravel,
45 00
Mrs. Annie Morrissey, Gravel,
24 75
Flint Bros., Gravel,
18 75
T. A. Calkins, Gravel,
35 25
Herbert W. Farrar, Gravel,
7 50
Barrett Mfg. Co., Tarvia, .
2,253 42
Waltham Trap Rock Co., Crushed Stone,
1,267 23
Winchester Rock & Brick Co., Crushed Stone,
66 56
John Baker, Road Oil,
745 55
Kidder Bros, Coal,
16 25
Waltham Coal Co., Coal,
22 40
Frank Wheeler, Coal,
10 70
Andrew J. Dougherty, Labor,
6 00
Robert D. Donaldson, Labor,
155 52
D. E. Sherman, Labor,
26 00
Martin Sherman, Labor,
2 25
I. N. MacRae, Labor,
7 48
John F. Farrar, Labor,
2 25
Total,
$13,580 25
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MOTHS
Payments
John J. Kelliher, Superintendent of Labor,
$888 00
John J. Kelliher, Services of Auto Truck,
95 00
Fritz Cunnert, Labor,
548 75
John Cannair, Labor,
651 25
Henry Butcher, Labor,
637 50
Byron Lunt, Labor,
156 25
James Ryan, Labor,
564 00
Highway Department, Rent of Barn,
25 00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., Telephone Service,
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