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The outstanding bonded indebtedness on account of the Water Works is, as reported by the Treasurer, $66,000. The sinking fund, with which to retire the bonds at maturity, amounts to $26,800, leaving a net indebtedness of $39,200. There is in the Water Works treasury $2,093.37 and uncol- lected water rates of $4,679.42, making the total available cash for the Water Works treasury $6,772.79.
The Treasurer reports cash in the General Treasury of $10,321.60; the uncollected taxes amount to $2,790.94, or a total of available cash of $13,112.54.
There is also available cash in the treasury of the Cemetery Department $945.31.
The surplus in the hands of the Sinking Fund Commis- sioners, with which to retire the bonds and interest, will amount to about $1,500, making a total of available cash in all departments of about $22,330.64.
Fire Department
The Fire Department has been conducted as heretofore. For a more detailed report, reference is made to the Report of the Fire Engineer.
For the other Departments, the reports made by the heads of the departments and printed herein furnishes the Town all the information with respect to the department.
The Act passed by the Legislature last year with respect to the distribution of the Income Tax has affected the Town of Lincoln unfavorably during the last year and will affect the Town more unfavorably from year to year. The Act as passed distributes the proceeds of the Income Tax among the
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cities and towns of the State pro rata with the assessments of the State taxes. The basis for assessment of the State tax was also .changed so that for a time the Town of Lincoln's finances will gain on account of the passage of these Acts, but ultimately, if conditions otherwise remain the same, the Town will lose a large percentage of the income formerly received, first, on account of the assessment on intangibles by the Town and, second, on account of the distribution originally made of the Income Tax by the State.
We recommend that the Town practise, as it has heretofore, a wise economy in the appropriations to be made.
CHARLES S. SMITH JOHN F. FARRAR ROBERT D. DONALDSON
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
Following is an account of the money paid by the Treasurer on the Selectmen's approval.
JAMES W. LENNON, Auditor.
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SCHOOLS
Payments
Town Treasurer, Teachers' Salary
$7,045.80
National Express Co., Express 15.29
Boston & Maine R. R., Freight
2.12
Boston & Maine R. R., Student tickets
619.41
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., Telephone Service
62.29
Mass. Teachers' Deduction Association
287.20
Thomas J. Dee, Carrying Children
865.00
Andrew J. Dougherty, Carrying Children
360.00
Martin Sherman, Carrying Children
100.00
David Farquhar, Carrying Children
35.00
Doherty Garage, Carrying Children
2,820.50
Waltham Coal Company, Coal
668.10
New England Coal Company, Coal
12.70
Charles S. Smith, Coal
289.95
H. A. Wood, M. D., Professional Services
200.00
Hattie B. Heath, Taking Census
12.00
Edison Light Company, Light
11.06
Josephine Doherty, Teaching
15.00
Mrs. John Peters, Labor in School
3.00
Doherty Garage, Use of Auto Truck
37.01
Town of Concord, Tuition
2,401.00
M. Steinart & Sons Co., Piano
135.00
Citizens Printing Co., Printing
12.65
Edward Farrar, Cord Wood
11.00
Current Events, 55 Copies
16.50
George E. Cunningham, Labor
15.00
Robert D. Donaldson, Labor & Supplies
611.86
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Isaac H. MacRae, Labor and Supplies
12.60
Langille Bros., Labor and Supplies 48.00
Leroy Bazley, Electrical Work
43.79
Kenny Bros. & Wolkins, Supplies Jordan Marsh & Co., Supplies
183.37
Houghton Mifflin Co., Supplies
47.16
Chandler & Barber Co., Supplies
60.53
Ginn & Company, Supplies
211.38
Library Bureau, Supplies
113.54
Macmillan Co., Supplies
57.58
Milton Bradley Co., Supplies
16.87
Edward Babb & Co., Supplies
129.19
Silver Burdett Co., Supplies
8.90
Rollins Bros., Supplies
88.44
John Wood, Supplies
55.68
Hopkins & Holden, Supplies
10.00
H. L. Dalman, Supplies
12.07
Allen Bros., Supplies
5.05
Henry A. Grimwood, Supplies
1.62
George Johnson, Supplies
25.00
Wright & Ditson, Supplies
22.80
H. S. Cousins & Co., Supplies
3.33
T. J. McEvoy, Supplies
8.16
Benj. H. Sanborn Co., Supplies
31.15
A. N. Palmer Co., Supplies
47.25
University of Chicago Press, Supplies
3.84
D. C. Heath & Co., Supplies
18.46
American Book Co., Supplies
12.04
C. H. Morss, Supplies
28.45
Daniels Printing Co., Supplies
28.45
J. L. Hammett Co., Supplies
30.01
David Farquhar, Supplies
55.60
Maud Burns, Supplies
1.50
Milwaukee Dustless Brush Co., Supplies
, 4.75
McGraw Hillbrook Co., Supplies
3.19
Scott Foreman Co., Supplies
17.62
J. C. Winston Co., Supplies
40.46
448.79
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Palmer & Parker, Supplies C. E. Merrill, Supplies 41.01
27.60
Henry C. Stokes Co., Supplies
18.00
World Book Co., Supplies
2.46
G. H. Goldwaite & Co., Supplies
25.00
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., Supplies
97.21
H. A. Wood, M. D., Supplies
1.59
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co., Supplies
29.07
Mass. Reformatory, Supplies
40.75
Edward Bannon, Janitorship
500.00
Total
$19,383.75
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HIGHWAY
Payments
William H. Sherman, Superintendent of Streets
$1,421.48
Timothy Ahearn, Labor
1,018.50
Joseph Mahan, Labor
978.50
William Ryan, Labor
990.00
Timothy J. Crowley, Labor
963.00
John W. Rooney, Jr., Labor
453.80
Patrick Craven, Labor
470.00
William Burgess, Labor
10.50
Andrew Doherty, Labor
9.00
J. Moynihan, Labor
34.50
Frank H. Cunningham, Labor
139.25
Charles P. Farnsworth, Care of horses
278.00
Brown Grain Company, Grain
1,248.21
Daniel McAskell, Shoeing and Repairing
162.85
Burgess Garage, Shoeing and Repairing
366.75
H. L. Alderman, M. D., Professional Services
6.00
Barrett Mfg. Company, Tarvia and Oil
3,748.79
W. H. Stearns, Repairs
160.16
John F. Farrar, Horse
200.00
Boston & Maine R. R., Freight
133.11
Joseph S. Hart, M. D., Standing Grass
125.00
Joseph S. Hart, M. D., Rent of Barn
125.00
American Express Co., Express
.79
Arlington Heights Auto Co., Trucking
54.20
Doherty Garage, Trucking
.50
Robert D. Donaldson, Labor and Supplies
112.97
Winchester Crushed Stone Co., Crushed Stone
191.93
Mass. Broken Stone Co., Crushed Stone
881.98
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Marcy Coal Company, Coal
67.15
Peter Perry, Supplies 33.70
Eagle Oil & Supply Co., Supplies
15.53
Henry A. Grimwood, Supplies
5.10
Waltham Coal Company, Supplies
5.50
New England Machine Co., Supplies
3.55
H. S. Cousins & Co., Supplies
12.05
Dyer Supply Co., Supplies
5.50
Harold Bond & Co., Supplies
41.76
B. B. McKim Co., Supplies
6.16
Standard Oil Co., Supplies
4.15
The Texas Company, Supplies
898.78
J. A. Higgins, Supplies
12.40
Annie Morrissey, Sand and Gravel.
56.30
George Hill, Gravel
6.40
John Fleming, Stone
16.56
Daniel Holman, Stone
6.05
L. E. Brooks, Stone
30.25
Herbert W. Farrar, Sand
123.25
Charles Ellms, Sand
18.00
Byron Bradstreet, Sand
9.00
Total
$15,661.91
HIGHWAY SPECIAL
Payments
John A. Gaffney, Labor on Highway Construction, $15,192.26
John F. Farrar, Services as Weigher 161.50
Robert D. Donaldson, Labor and Supplies
56.81
$15,410.57
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WATER.
Payments
James T. Laird, Superintendent and Engineer
$1,144.00
James T. Laird, Use of Auto Truck $125.72
James T. Laird, Collecting Water Rates $175.00
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., Service of Telephone 17.13
Edison Electric Ill'g. Co., Service of Power and Light 1,579.13 American R. R. Ex. Co., Express 12.32
William C. Peirce, Rent of Land 5.00
Sumner Smith, Services as Water Commissioner
75.00
William H. Sherman, Services as Water Commissioner 75.00
John J. Kelliher, Services as Water Commissioner
75.00
Fred A. Houdlett Co., Supplies
2,191.57
Eagle Oil & Supply Co., Supplies
31.59
Davis Farnum Mfg. Co., Supplies
47.25
Union Water Meter Co., Supplies
80.79
Hartley Bishop Co., Supplies
6.00
Rollins Bros., Supplies
5.36
Builders Iron Foundry Co., Supplies
22.35
Chadwick Boston Lead Co., Supplies
142.63
H. S. Cousins & Co., Supplies
3.85
Walworth Mfg. Co., Supplies
61.84
American Gauge & Valve Co .. Supplies
3.84
Edison Mfg. Co., Supplies
3.45
Rumsey Pump Co., Supplies
36.15
Chapman Valve Co., Supplies
104.69
National Meter Co., Supplies
15.54
Eddy Valve Co., Supplies ·
141.25
Burgess Garage, Repairs
7.50
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Joseph S. Hart, M. D., Services as Water Commis-
sioner, 1917-1918
150.00
Louis E. Laird, Clerical Work
35.00
Ralph Goodno, Clerical Work
35.00
Highway Department, Labor
839.00
Langille Bros., Labor
.70
Robert D. Donaldson, Labor
206.32
Isaac H. McRae, Labor
196.13
Daniel J. Libby, Labor
14.50
Thomas F. Berin, Labor
242.00
John F. Farrar, Labor
25.50
Fritz Cunnert, Labor
2.00
James Corrigan, Labor
9.00
Contona Monilla, Labor
144.55
F. J. D. Bamforth, Labor
6.00
Sinking Fund Commissioners, Sinking Fund
1500.00
William Sherman, Cash paid for Supplies
1.61
Doherty Garage, Trucking freight
1.00
F. H. Cunningham, Labor and Supplies
97.50
Sumner Smith, Cash paid for supplies
150.75
First National Bank, Payment, $2,500 Bonds
1000.00
Commonwealth of Mass. Reg. Coupons-due Mar. 1
52.50
Commonwealth of Mass. Reg. Coupons-due Sept. 1
52.50
Commonwealth of Mass. Reg. Coupons-due Dec. 1
175.00
Commonwealth of Mass. Coupons-due Dec. 1
175.00
First National Bank, Coupons, due Mar. 1st
705.00
First National Bank, Coupons due May 1st
87.50
First National Bank, Coupons due June 1 st
402.50
First National Bank, Coupons, due Sept. 1st
705.00
First National Bank, Coupons due Nov. 1st
87.50
Total $13,340.51
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MISCELLANEOUS
Payments
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., Service of telephone 148.86
Edward Bannon, Janitorship of Public Buildings 1,008.26
Edison Electric Ill'g. Co., Light for Town Hall 111.45
Edison Electric Ill'g. Co., Light for Arch
38.48
Edison Electric Ill'g. Co., Broken Lamps .60
George E. Cunningham, Services as Constable, 1918
25.00
John F. Farrar, Services as Special Police
10.00
Waltham Publishing Co., Printing
7.75
Daniels Printing Co., Printing
494.53
National Express Co., Express
2.38
Charles S. Smith, Coal
382.15
Isaac Langille, Special Police
17.00
William C. Peirce, Auto Truck, May 30th
5.00
William Costello, Mowing lawns
10.00
William C. Robus, Labor on Arch
1.50
Charles E. Woodhull, Tuning Piano and Repairs
14.50
William C. Peirce, Services as Assessor
100.00
William H. Sherman, Services as Assessor
50.00
William C. Peirce, Services as Clerk, Registrar, etc.,
182.85
John F. Farrar, Services as Selectman, Registrar and Overseer 200.00
Robert D. Donaldson, Services as Selectman, Reg- istrar and Overseer 200.00
Charles S. Smith, Services as Selectman, Registrar and Overseer 200.00
C. Lee Todd, Services as Treasurer 300.00
C. Lee Todd, Cash paid for Postage, etc. 16.00
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Martin M. Welch, Inspecting animals
70.75
Martin M. Welch, Inspecting meat 30.00
Herbert G. Farrar, Services as Special Police
15.00
Thomas L .. Giles, Collecting Taxes, 1917
27.56
Thomas L. Giles, Collecting Taxes, 1918 Waltham Watch Co. Band, Music Waltham Watch Co., Orchestra
124.75
H. J. Hardy, Banquet
345.75
Middlesex County Bureau, Appropriation
25.00
The Shepard Store, Repairing Curtain
12.70
State of Mass. Registering Town Note
2.00
Doherty Garage, Supplies
150.37
Boston Woven Hose Co., Supplies
351.90
Fire Engine Co., Supplies
31.50
Thomas Groom Co., Supplies
4.12
American La Franc Co., Supplies
1.10
Rollins Bros., Supplies
27.94
P. B. Murphy, Supplies
2.75
Hobbs & Warren, Supplies
5.62
E. & F. King Co., Supplies
13.00
Harding Uniform Regalia Co., Supplies
115.51
Horace Partridge Co., Supplies
8.40
Robert Miller & Co., Supplies
94.85
William F. Allen Co., Supplies
3.50
Dennison Mfg. Co., Supplies
12.60
Boston Badge Co., Supplies
119.00
Thomas J. Dee, Services at Primaries and Elections
13.00
Herbert G. Farrar, Services at Primaries and Election 5.00
Robert B. Hunter, Services at Primaries and Election 5.00
George E. Cunningham, Services at Election
5.00
George G. Tarbell, Services at Elections
8.00
Thomas L. Giles. Services at Elections
8.00
Leroy E. Basley, Labor and Supplies
70.50
Emery, Howard & Co., Insurance on Town Property
1488.24
Fritz Cunnert, Sharpening lawn mowers
4.50
Edward Bannon, Labor
6.50
Isaac N. MacRae, Labor 141.37
400.00
43.60
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George C. Cunningham, Sawing wood
7.50
C. S. Smith, Cash paid out for Supplies
39.97
James W. Lennon, Auditor
125.00
J. E. Cunnert, Fighting Fires C. F. Cunnert, Fighting Fires
2.20
1.80
Howard Bamforth, Fighting Fires
3.00
Wendall Crowell, Fighting Fires
2.50
Abner Wheeler, Fighting Fires
2.00
, Mrs. Siefert, Fighting Fires
2.50
L. E. Brooks, Fighting Fires
13.00
Joseph Eaton, Fighting Fires
5.40
Edgar Browning, Fighting Fires
6.00
A. Anderson, Fighting Fires
2.00
Edward Graf, Fighting Fires
2.00
William Robus, Fighting Fires
2.80
Fritz Cunnert, Fighting Fires
1.40
J. J. Moynihan, Fighting Fires
4.50
I. N. MacRae, Care of Hose and Fighting Fires 66.63
T. J. Dee, Care of Hose-house and Fighting Fires 38.85
Herbert G. Farrar, Care of Hose-house and Fighting Fires
61.00
Total
$7,710.74
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MOTH
Payments
John J. Kelleher, Superintendent Labor on Moths
$1,200.00
J. J. Moynihan, Labor
585.88
William Costello, Labor
593.50
Fritz Cunnert, Labor
33.00
William Bowles, Labor
60.00
Charles Butcher, Labor
18.00
Ralph Goodno, Labor
15.00
Edward Gilbert, Labor
51.00
John J. Connair, Labor
357.50
Fritz Cunnert, Use of Truck
7.00
Doherty Garage, Use of Truck
15.00
M. Conners, Use of Horse
10.00
Charles Butcher, Use of Horse
12.00
Standard Oil Co., Supplies
103.31
Burgess Garage, Supplies
1.75
Frost Insecticide Co., Supplies
44.69
H. S. Cousins & Co., Supplies
.60
WV. & L. E. Gurley, Supplies
8.70
Rollins Bros., Supplies
1.02
New Eng. Tel & Tel. Co., Services
3.21
Highway Department Labor of Men and Teams
273.75
Langille Bros., Labor and Repairs
3.03
Boston & Maine R. R. Freight
1.09
American R. R. Ex. Co., Express
1.93
Highway Department, Storing Sprayer
25.00
Total
$3,425.96
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CEMETERY
Payments
Robert D. Donaldson, Labor
5.80
Fritz Cunnert, Labor
199.30
Ralph Goodno, Labor
53.75
Water Commissioners, Water Service
20.00
Highway Department, Labor of Men and Teams
37.00
Total
$315.85
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Payments
Doherty Garage, Labor and Supplies
34.63
H. S. Cousins & Co., Supplies
17.33
Total
$51.96
LINCOLN LIBRARY
Payments
John F. Farrar, Treas., Appropriation $500.00
John F. Farrar, Treas., Dog Tax Returned 293.55
Total
$793.55
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INTEREST ON SCHOOL HOUSE BONDS
Payments
First National Bank, Interest on School House Bonds 360.00
First National Bank, Coupons due July 1st 300.00
Total $660.00
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL HOUSE BONDS
Payment First National Bank, Payment of School-house Bonds, $3000.00
PAYMENT OF BORROWED MONEY
Payment
First National Bank, Payment of Note
$20,000.00
INTEREST ACCOUNT ON BORROWED MONEY
Payment
First National Bank, Discount on $20,000.00 $410.67
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STREET LIGHTS
Payments
Edison Electric Ill'g Co., Service of Light for Dec. $158.06
Edison Electric Ill'g Co., Service of Light for Jan. 148.26
Edison Electric Ill'g Co., Service of Light for Feb. 147.40
Edison Electric Ill'g Co., Service of Light for March 134.47
Edison Electric Ill'g Co., Service of Light for April 142.62
Edison Electric Ill'g Co., Service of Light for May
136.27
Edison Electric Ill'g Co., Service of Light for June
129.15
Edison Electric Ill'g Co., Service of Light for July
122.96
Edison Electric Ill'g Co., Service of Light for August 123.55
Edison Electric Ill'g Co., Service of Light for Sept. 126.87
Edison Electric Ill'g Co., Service of Light for Oct. 135.70
Edison Electric Ill'g Co., Service of Light for Nov. 144.45
Edison Electric Ill'g Co., Service of Light for Dec. 156.56
Edison Electric Ill'g Co., Service of Light for Aug. 1917, 132.62
Total
$1,938.94
SUPPORT OF POOR AND MOTHERS' AID
Payments
State Board of Charity, Care of Andrew Kilfoye
$365.00
Joseph Dee, Jr., Burial of James Keristead 59.50
Agnes Gilbert, Mothers' Aid for 1919
180.00
Total
$604.50
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HYDRANTS AND OTHER WATER SERVICES
Payments
Water Commissioners, Watering Troughs $572.00
Water Commissioners, 124 Hydrants to June, 1920
1,860.00
Water Commissioners, Water Service, Town Hall 50.00
$2,482.00
WALTHAM HOSPITAL
Payment
Waltham Hospital, Appropriation
$250.00
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RECAPITULATION
Payments
Schools
$19,383.75
Highways
15,661.91
Highway Special
15,410.57
Water
13,340.51
Payment of Borrowed Money
20,000.00
Miscellaneous
7,710.74
Moths
3,425.96
Payment of Schoolhouse Bonds
3,000.00
Hydrants and Other Water Service
2,482.00
Street Lights
1,938.94
Interest
410.67
Interest on Schoolhouse Bonds
660.00
Lincoln Library
793.55
Mothers' Aid and Support of Poor
604.50
Waltham Hospital
250.00
Fire Department
51.96
Cemetery
315.85
Total
$105,440.91
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Jan. 23, 1920.
To the Board of Health :-
I herewith submit the following report for the year end- ing December 31, 1919 :-
Number of herds of cows
78
Number of Milch cows
501
Number of young stock
183
Number of bulls 32
Number of pigs 739
Number of sheep
77
Number of cows quarantined
5
Number of cows taken for tuberculosis
5
Number of dogs quarantined
3
Number of dogs affected with rabies
1
MARTIN M. WELCH,
Inspector of Animals.
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REPORT OF ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED
Jan. 23, 1920.
To the Board of Health :-
I herewith submit the following report of animals slaughtered for the year ending December 31, 1919.
Pigs
234
Calves
15
Cattle
19
Pigs condemned
2
Cattle condemned
3
Calves condemned
0
MARTIN M. WELCH, Member of the Board of Health.
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Dogs Licensed in 1919
There have been 152 Dogs Licenses issued as follows : 111 Males, 30 Females, 9 Spayed Females, 2 Kennels for which the sum of $459.60 has been paid to the County Treasurer.
There have been 35 Resident Hunters' Licenses issued for which $29.75 has been paid to the Commissioners on Fisheries and Game.
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS
To the Board of Selectmen :-
The Board of Fire Engineers herewith submit their twelfth annual report, ending December 31, 1919.
Force
Thirty-three men belong to the Department: one chief, six engineers, and twenty-six call men. There are three organized companies.
Apparatus
The apparatus belonging to the Department is as follows : Two wagons, one reel, one combination truck, twenty-five ex- tinguishers, three ladders, hose, axes, and plaster hooks.
Location of Apparatus
No. 2-Combination truck at Doherty's Garage, So. Lincoln. , No. 3-Hose house, John Dee Farm, Virginia Road, North Lincoln.
Fires
During the past year the truck has been called out as follows : Two chimney, seven grass, fifteen wood, one auto, two houses at a loss of $5,000, and two calls to Wayland wood fires.
ISAAC N. MACRAE, Chief, THOMAS DEE, HERBERT FARRAR,
H. S. COUSINS, J. J. KELIHER, ANDREW DOUGHERTY, MATHEW H. DOHERTY.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
To the Board of Selectmen :-
I herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1919:
The roads are in a little better condition than last year owing to the use of more tarvia and oil, which has kept them from being worn out. The most of the work this year has been patching up the old roads, putting on tarvia and oil, and doing some graveling where the gravel roads were getting worn out. I built about 800 ft. of crushed stone road, bound with tarvia, in the north part of the town, also some gravel road near Mr. Story's and in the north part. We have done a lot of work for the Water and Moth Departments, and some private work, all of which helps to keep the Highway Department within the appropriation. Owing to the high cost of labor and of all kinds of material during the year I have not been able to keep the expenditures down to what the town voted last Spring.
Following is a partial sketch of what the men and teams have been doing through the year :
JANUARY
During the first part of the month the teams hauled stone and gravel most of the time, and the men worked on water leaks and chopping wood.
FEBRUARY
The men worked for the Water Department part of the time, and cutting ice and chopping wood. The teams hauled stone from the crusher, and did what snow work there was to do.
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MARCH
The first of this month we worked at the crusher crushing stone, and for the Water Department part of the time. The last part of the month we scraped part of the roads and filled the ruts with crushed stone.
APRIL
We crushed some stone, finished filling the ruts and scraping off the roads. Also patched the roads and teamed sand and gravel for covering tarvia, and put tarvia on some roads.
MAY
The first part of the month we worked for the Water Depart- ment on Sandy Pond road putting in new pipe. The last part of the month we put out sand and tarvia, and did some work for the Moth Department.
JUNE
The first part of this month the men and teams worked on the Moth work, patched the roads, put out sand and tarvia, and did some haying the last part of the month.
JULY
We patched the roads, teamed sand, put out tarvia and oil, and teamed coal.
AUGUST
We finished putting out the tarvia and oil, patched the roads, and did some gravel work near Mr. Story's. One team worked on the State Road in the south part of the town.
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SEPTEMBER
One team worked on the State Road. The men and two teams worked teaming gravel near Kidder Bros. and Mr. Story's, and teaming coal.
OCTOBER
One team worked on the State Road part of the time, and the men and teams worked teaming sand and gravel, and for the Water Department.
NOVEMBER
During this month we worked in the north part of the town building some crushed stone road on the Virginia Road, and some gravel road between Mr. Cunnert's corner and the State Road.
DECEMBER
The most part of this month was spent teaming sand and gravel for next season's work.
Material Used :
About 1200 loads of sand and gravel, and about 800 tons of crushed stone beside what we crushed at the crusher ; 16,000 gallons of road oil, 5,000 gallons Tarvia, K. P. for patching, and 25,000 gallons Tarvia B for laying the dust and preserving the roads. All the stone was used for filling ruts and patching the roads, except what was used to build 800 feet on Virginia Road.
Payments :
Hay, grain, straw, etc., approximately
$1,375.00
Stone, gravel and sand,
1,190.00
Tarvia and oil, 66
4,650.00
Supplies 66
450.00
Rent 150.00
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Freight and express 66
200.00
Shoeing and repairs,
710.00
Superintendent's Salary
Labor, snow work, etc., 6,775.00
Total $15,500.00
Less sum total which has been paid into Town
Treasury, and balance still due for labor,
material, etc., approximately 3,225.00
Amount expended for the year. $12,275.00
CONDITION OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
The department is in about the same condition as last year with the exception of one horse which was exchanged for a new one, and one horse having died last month we shall have to purchase one in the Spring.
I recommend a liberal appropriation for the highways for the next year, as there are several roads that are getting beyond patching and must be resurfaced very soon. As shown by this report, it has cost nearly $3,000 for material for patching this year, besides the labor.
The guide boards are in about the same condition as last year. I have put up some new boards this year, and am having some more repainted to put up later.
WILLIAM H. SHERMAN,
Superintendent of Streets.
TREASURER'S REPORT
The receipts into and payments from the Treasury for the year 1918 have been as follows, viz :
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand, January 1st, 1919.
$11,701.58
Highway Department
2,313.18
Special State Tax
250.80
Moth Department
1,508.66
Repairs State Highways
1,629.98
Massachusetts State Forester
736.47
Soldiers' Exemption
10.96
County Tax
2,147.52
Educational Independent Indus. Schools ..
341.87
..
Mothers with Dependent Children.
120.00
Tuition of Children
181.25
Compensation of Animal Inspector
31.96
South Great Road Account
5,000.00
Income Tax Account, 1917
376.00
Income Tax Account, 1918
658.00
442.97
31,868.55
Income Tax, 1919, General School Fund ..
690.00
National Bank Tax, 1919
1,615.37
Transportation High School Pupils
361.90
Town Note
20,000.00
Boston, School Account
358.15
Lincoln School Cooking Department
2.45
Lincoln School Sloyd Department
12.04
License
2.00
Concord Court, from Probation Officer
10.00
Concord Court
174.65
Cambridge, Tax, 1918
194.77
Cambridge, Tax, 1919
194.77
Middlesex County, South Great Road Account
6,000.00
Grammar School Fund, Lincoln Trustees
83.41
School Department, Account Janitor
500.00
Telephone Return
75.88
Insurance Rebate
5.18
Dog Tax .
293.55
Town Hall
140.00
Interest on
Deposit
199.31
T. L. Giles, Collector of Taxes
23,410.27
$110,641.26
PAYMENTS.
Massachusetts State Tax $ 4,180.00
School Fund
1,037.07
Selectmen's Orders
92,100.40
Balance on hand, January 1st, 1920
10,321.60
64
$110,641.26
C. LEE TODD, Treasurer.
Corporation Tax, 1919
Income Tax, 1919, General Purposes.
65
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING AND TRUST FUNDS
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS In Account with TOWN OF LINCOLN
1919
Dr.
Jan. 1. Balance
$838.66
Coupons, Town of Lincoln 3}s
105.00
Coupons, Town of Lincoln 4s (Serial)
100.00
Coupons, Town of Lincoln 4s, 1936
560.00
$500 Town of Lincoln Serial 4s due
500.00
Cash, C. L. Todd, Treasurer
1,500.00
Coupons, U. S. Liberty 4ªs, 1928
127.50
Coupons, U. S. Liberty 4ªs, 1938.
62.18
Interest on Deposit
17.17
Dec. 31. Balance
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