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199 20
Nurse, Schools
400 00
Licenses
37 50
Schools: Grammar School Fund
36 77
Miscellaneous
7 67
City of Boston
159 20
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Educational Measure
1,075 00
Industrial Schools
1,003 82
Tuition of Children
346 56
Transportation of High School Children
2,855 78
Account Highways
3,826 52
Income Tax, 1937
4,764 53
Gas Electric and Water Tax
204 21
State Aid
120 00
Veterans' Aid
10 00
State Valuation Measure
2,255 59
Old Age Assistance
1,004 65
Sundry
1,51 32
Aid to Dependent Children (U. S.) and Mothers' Aid
352 34
Old Age Assistance, U. S. Grant
2,743 52
Old Age Assistance, U. S. Grant for administration costs
90 51
Loan: First National Bank
20,000 00
Highways: Local
283 37
Middlesex County
2,911 74
Machinery account
402 98
45
TREASURER'S REPORT
Library Receipts
$69 73
Town Hall Rentals
105 00
Building Inspector
150 00
Miscellaneous
201 04
$165,039 81
Payments
Selectmen's Orders
$102,958 34
Dog Officer, Care and Killing Dogs
16 00
Middlesex County Dog Licenses through Nov. 30, 1937
743 40
Middlesex County Tax 1937
4,934 14
Massachusetts, Commonwealth of, 1937 Tax.
6,182 81
First National Bank, Loan Paid.
20,000 00
$134,834 69
Dec. 31, Balance, Cash on Deposit
30,205 12
$165,039 81 WARWICK V. HARRIS, Town Treasurer.
TOWN TREASURER In Account With John H. Pierce Legacy to the Town
1937
Dr.
Jan. 1 Balance on hand
$17,502 30
Trustees of John H. Pierce Will, Income. 3,000 00
Rent
475 00
Interest on Savings Accounts
337 42
$21,314 72
Cr.
Paid on Selectmen's Orders
$1,124 22
Balance
20,190 50
Dec. 31
Balance on deposit in:
Provident Institution for Savings, Boston
$2,117 64
Wakefield, Savings Bank
2,143 95
Suffolk Savings Bank
2,122 89
Warren Institution for Savings
6,011 36
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank (Deposit, Jan., 1937)
3,042 62
First National Bank, Boston
4,752 04
$20,190 50
WARWICK V. HARRIS, Treasurer.
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
AUDITOR'S REPORT
1
I hereby submit a report of all money paid out by the Town Treasurer on order of the Selectmen of Lincoln.
I have examined the books and accounts of the officers entrusted with the receipt, custody, or expenditure of money and find that the reports of these officers to the Town are correct. I have verified the cash balance of each of such officers by reconciliation of bank balances and count of cash.
JAMES W. LENNON, Auditor.
Schools
Payments
Transportation :
Doherty Garage
$4,830 41
Thomas J. Dee
1,289 35
Waltham and Lincoln Bus
385 97
Lovell Buss Line
214 60
Town of Weston
30 50
Town of Wayland
24 50
Alice Enman
17 10
$6,792 43
Tuition :
Town of Concord
$6,083 80
City of Waltham
500 00
Town of Weston
160 00
Town of Wayland
194 09
$6,937 89
Supplies .
$1,339 60
Labor and Supplies
$523 37
Miscellaneous:
Teachers' and Janitors' Salaries
$19,157 67
Mass. Teachers' Retirement Board 694 08
Carl Holloran - Expenses.
138 20
Boston Edison Co., Power and Light
173 04
Lincoln Water Works, Water
89 26
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., Services
102 76
Maynard Coal Co., Coal
679 68
John E. Smith, Electrical Work
141 20
Rev. D. M. Greeley, Services
25 00
Henry A. Wood, M.D., Services
200 00
AUDITOR'S REPORT
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Board of Health, Nurse
$400 00
Payments less than $25.00
. 12 84
$21,813 73
Unexpended Balance
$292 98
Appropriation
$37,700 00
$37,700 00
Highway Payments
Supplies:
Utility Oil Co.
$2,637 01
Barrett Co.
2,010 47
Other payments
2,734 66
$7,382 14
Labor and Supplies
Payments
$725 59
$725 59
Miscellaneous :
S. Smith, rent of barn, 2 years
$800 00
T. Coan, care of barn and trucks, 2 years
720 00
F. K. Johnson, Payment on truck
640 65
E. W. Giles, Payroll
6,897 40
Charles Glover, Gravel.
725 23
Other payments
1,008 99
$10,792 27
Total
$18,900 00
Appropriation
$18,900 00
$18,900 00
Water Account
Payments
Salaries:
John J. Kelliher
$475 00
Sumner Smith
75 00
Sidney MacRae
75 00
$625 00
Labor:
Joseph Gilbert
$762 00
John Gilbert
700 00
Frank Ryan
312 00
George Martin
248 00
Lawrence Hallett.
218 00
Thomas Williamson
114 00
Luis Florio
102 00
Louis N. Young
150 00
Payments under $100.00
373 37
$37,407 02
$2,979 37
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
Supplies:
Warren Pipe Co.
$1,809 01 697 50
Other Payments
$2,506 51
Labor and Supplies:
E. C. Browning
$719 64
Neponset - Machine Works
182 15
Other Payment
128 79
$1,030 58
Miscellaneous:
William Davis
$200 00
Alfred C. Coughlan
150 00
Boston Edison Co.
1,928 01
Payments under $50.00
148 02
$2,426 03
Total
$9,567 49
Appropriation
$23,000 00
Balance
$13,432 51
Highway Chapter 90 Payments
Labor - E. W. Giles, Payroll
$4,311 73
Supplies - Payments
2,019 54
Miscellaneous:
Town of Lincoln, Machinery Account
397 31
Ashland Sand & Gravel Co.
596 07
Thomas Giles, Truck Rental
144 00
Francis B. Sargent, Gravel
342 69
Other Payments
288 66
Total .
$8,100 00
Appropriation
$2,500 00
State
3,100 00
County
2,500 00
Total
$8,100 00
Road Machinery Account Payments
Supplies:
Standard Oil Co.
$472 73
Other Payments
326 31
$799 04
Labor and Supplies: Payments $253 96
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
Miscellaneous:
Payments
$147 00
$1,200 00
Appropriation
$1,200 00
$1,200 00
Fire Department Payments
Labor:
Doherty Garage, Storing and Service
$701 51
Tracy's Service Station
237 29
Labor at Fires
561 25
Labor and Supplies - Payments
Miscellaneous:
Boston Edison Co., Service
$18 33
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., Service
55 33
$73 66
Total
$1,962 35
Transferred from Reserve Fund
$37 35
Appropriation
1,925 00
$1,962 35
Salary Account Payments
Herbert G. Farrar, Assessor
$200 00
William H. Sherman, Assessor 175 00
C. Lee Todd, Jr., Assessor
150 00
Herbert G. Farrar, Selectman
200 00
Robert D. Donaldson, Jr., Selectman
200 00
Sumner Smith, Selectman 200 00
William H. Davis, Tax Collector, Town Clerk .
1,250 00
Otto Hagmann, Services as Clerk
1,300 00
John F. Farrar, Cattle Inspector
100 00
Herbert G. Farrar, Fire Engineer
25 00
John E. Smith, Fire Engineer
25 00
Joseph Tracy, Fire Engineer 25 00
Harold S. Cousins, Fire Engineer
25 00
Andrew J. Dougherty, Fire Engineer
25 00
Matthew H. Doherty, Fire Engineer
25 00
Sidney, MacRae, Fire Engineer 25 00
James W. Lennon, Auditor
150 00
Anthony J. Doherty, Clerk, Board of Appeals. . 50 00
Warwick V. Harris, Treasurer
300 00
Raymond E. Hagerty, Registrar
25 00
$1,500 05 $388 64
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
Philip Snelling, Registrar
$25 00
Andrew J. Dougherty, Registrar
25 00
John J. Kelliher, Fire Engineer
25 00
Total
$4,550 00
Unexpended Balance
275 00
Appropriation
$4,825 00
$4,825 00
Miscellaneous Account
Payments
Supplies
$181 97
Miscellaneous:
Garden City Press, Printing
347 10
Lincoln Press, Printing
178 50
William H. Davis, Expenses
147 93
Other Payments
144 30
Herbert G. Farrar, Rental of Land
100 00
Hayward Peirce, Services as Inspector
275 94
$1,193 77
Total
$1,375 74
Transferred from Reserve Fund
$75 74
Appropriation 1,300 00
$1,375 74
Police
Payments
Salaries:
John J. Kelliher
$1,500 00
Special Police
194 00
Supplies - Payments
$252 93
Miscellaneous - Payments
$49 45
Total
$1,996 38
Appropriation $1,925 00
$1,694 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 71 38
$1,996 38
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
Town Hall and Public Grounds
Payments
Labor and Supplies - Payments
$1,808 49
Miscellaneous:
P. J. Lennon, Janitor
$781 50
Other Payments
254 28
Edward Macleod, Installing Oil Heater
252 00
Lawton Eng'r Corp., Oil Burner, etc.
788 00
2,075 78
Total
$3,884 27
Unexpended Balance
$265 73
Appropriation
$4,150 00
$4,150 00
Library
Payments
Salary - Edith B. Farrar
$600.00
$600 00
Supplies - Payments
611 70
Labor - Payments
95 48
Miscellaneous - Payments
142 71
Total
$1,449 89
Appropriation
$1,050 00
Dog Tax
399 89
Total
$1,449 89
Street Lights
Payments
Boston Edison Co., 12 mos., December, 1936,
ending November, 1936
$3,350 00
Appropriation $3,350 00
$3,350 00
Moth and Tree Work
Payments
Labor:
John Gilbert
$500 00
Joseph Gilbert
436 00
Albert Cunningham
88 00
$1,024 00
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Supplies - Payments
$443 83
Miscellaneous - Payments
14 56
Total
$1,482 39
Unexpended Balance
17 61
Appropriation
$1,500 00
$1,500 00
Insurance Account
Payments
Payments
$1,042 24
Appropriation
$1,000 00
ยท
Transferred from Reserve Fund
42 24
1,042 24
Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital
Payment
Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital
$555 35
Interest Account
Payments
First Nat'l Bank, Discount on Note
$37 22
Total
$37 22
Unexpended Balance
62 78
Appropriation
$100 00
$100 00
July 4th Celebration
Payments
$150 00
Total
$150 00
Appropriation
$150 00
$150 00
Welfare
Payments
Public Welfare, Selectmen's Orders
$2,981 35
Old Age Assistance, Selectmen's Orders
6,250 53
Aid to Dependent Children, Selectmen's Orders
1,260 00
Total
$10,491 88
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
Federal Grants, Old Age Assistance
$2,743 52
Federal Grants, Aid to Dependent Children
352 34
$3,095 86
Net Expenditure
$7,396 02
Appropriation .
$10,000 00
$10,000 00
Unexpended Balance
2,603 98
Board of Health
Payments
Salaries:
Marion Ober
$1,500 00
Dorothy Bates
100 00
$1,600 00
Labor and Supplies - Payments
$219 54
Miscellaneous - Payments
$222 40
Total
$2,041 94
Unexpended Balance
208 06
Appropriation
$2,250 00
$2,250 00
Soldiers' Relief
Selectmen's Orders
$553 00
Appropriation
$250 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
303 00
$553 00
$553 00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Refund
Expenses
$274 55
Vocational Account
Payments
Transportation - Payments
$319 43
Tuition - City of Waltham
$782 89
Total
$1,102 32
Unexpended Balance
$232 68
Appropriation $1,335 00 $1,335 00
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
Election Expenses
Payments for Services at Election
$35 00
Unexpended Balance
40 00
Appropriation
$75 00
$75 00
Old Age Assistance Administration Payments
Selectmen's Orders
$46 55
Federal Grant
90 51
Unexpended Balance
43 96
Cemetery Payments
Labor:
George Cunningham
$234 80
Albert Cunningham
140 00
George Martin
110 00
Other Labor Payments.
168 00
$652 80
Supplies:
Supplies.
119 50
Labor and Supplies
17 13
Miscellaneous
20 00
Total
$809 43
Transferred from Reserve Account
209 43
Appropriation
600 00
Total
$809 43
Water Tax Refund Account
Payments
$39 16
Poll Tax Refund Account
Payments
$4 28
Real Estate Tax Refund - Payments
100 70
PWA Water Main Renewal
Payments
Refunds on Plans, Specifications, etc.
. $200 00
Advertising
113 90
Other Expenses
111 02
Total
$424 92
55
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Reserve Fund
Transferred to Soldier's Relief
$303 00
Transferred to Miscellaneous Account
75 75
Transferred to Police Department
71 38
Transferred to Insurance Account
42 24
Transferred to Fire Department.
37 35
Transferred to Cemetery Account
209 43
Total
$739 14
Unexpended Balance
260 86
Appropriation
$1,000 00
$1,000 00
Tax Title Refund
Payment of Refund
$55 84
John H. Pierce Fund
Payments
Selectmen's Orders
$1,124 22
Recapitulation . Payments
Schools
$37,407 02
Highways
18,900 00
Highway Chapter 90
8,100 00
Old Age Assistance
6,250 53
Salary Account
4,550 00
Town Hall and Public Grounds
3,884 27
Street Lights
3,350 00
Public Welfare
2,981 35
Board of Health
2,041 94
Police Department
1,996 38
Fire Department
1,962 35
Moth and Tree Work
1,482 39
Library Account
1,449 89
Miscellaneous Account
1,375 74
Aid to Dependent Children
1,260 00
Road Machinery Account
1,200 00
School Vocational Account
1,102 32
Insurance Account
1,042 24
Cemetery Account
809 43
Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital
555 35
Soldiers' Relief
553 00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Refund
274 55
Real Estate Tax and Tax Title Refund
156 54
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
July 4th Account
$150 00
Interest Account
37 22
Election Account
35 00
Poll Tax Refund
4 28
Old Age Assistance Administration
46 55
$102,958 34
Water
$9,567 49
PWA Water Main Renewal
424 92
Water Tax Refund
39 16
John H. Pierce Fund
1,124 22
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COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS In Account With Charles S. Smith Legacy for High School
1937
Dr.
Jan. 1 Balance
$65,571 58
Gain on $5,000 - Boston Metropolitan District
434s 1948 redeemed at 10212 and Int. 3/1/37 ...
125 00
Interest on above bonds 118 75
Interest on Savings Bank accounts.
1,072 66
Interest on U. S. Treasury 314s 1945 325 00
Interest on U. S. Treasury 3s 1948
225 00
$67,437 99
Cr.
Safe Deposit Box rent
3 75
$67,434 24
Dec. 31 Balance:
Invested in
Middlesex Institution for Savings
$13,419 56
Suffolk Savings Bank
6,101 21
Warren Institution for Savings
12,090 15
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank
12,675 51
$10,000 - U. S. Treasury 314s 1945
10,000 00
7,500 - U. S. Treasury 3s 1948
7,520 31
6,500 - U. S. Bonds due 1947, purchased June, 1937, Interest Payable on collection of bonds. .
4,875 00
Cash in First National Bank, Boston 752 50
$67,434 24
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
In Account With The Bemis Lecture Fund
1937
Principal
Income
Jan. 1 Balance
$1,153 64 $294 94
Receipts and Investments at year end: $3,000.00 Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe R.R. 4s 1995 120 00 3,000.00 Louisville & Nashville R.R. 4s 1955 120 00
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
$1,040.03 Deposit in Middlesex Inst. for Savings. 3,000.00 New England Power Co., 314s 1961
$97 50
3,000.00 Philadelphia Electric 31/2s 1967
52 50
3,000.00 Pere Marquette Ry. 4s 1956 10,000.00 U. S. A. Treasury 314s 1946
120 00
1,000.00 U. S. A. Treasury 212s 1938
25 00
1,000.00 U. S. A. Treasury 11/2s 1940 16 Shares Boston & Albany R.R.
15 00
10 Shares Boston & Providence R.R. 85 00
Refund safe deposit box rent
7 50
Proceeds of 60 shares and 60 "Rights" Penna. R.R. sold $2,875 14
$4,028 78
$1,402 44
1937
Payments:
Clerical services for 1936
5 00
Thomas Todd Co., Printing, etc.
30 35
Postage
6 47
Transportation for Tony Sarg
4 50
Assistant at Tony Sarg Lecture
3 00
Rent safe deposit box to 2/15/38
13 75
Accrued interest on bonds bot
7 00
Purchase Philadelphia Elec. Co. bonds $2,988 75
Deposit in Middlesex Inst. for Savings
1,040 03
For Lectures
Jan.
C. J. Friederich
50 00
Feb.
E. S. Carter
160 00
Feb.
Pitt F. Parker
75 00
Mar.
White Entertainments
250 00
Nov.
Tony Sarg
250 00
Dec.
Pitt F. Parker
75 00
$4,028 78
$930 07
Dec. 31 Balance, cash
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
In Account With Lincoln Library
1937
On deposit in the
Principal
Income
$684 05
$20 67
Julia A. Bemis Fund, Middlesex Inst. for Savings. John H. Pierce Fund, Middlesex Inst. for Savings
1,114 57
33 68
0
472 37
Co.
325 00
140 00
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COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
George Russell Fund, Middlesex Inst. for Savings
$415 74
$12 55
George G. Tarbell Fund, Middlesex Inst. for Sav'gs Abbie J. Stearns Fund, Middlesex Inst. of Savings
3,138 38
94 85
1,430 00
43 22
Paid to Trustees Lincoln Library
$6,782 74
$204 97
0
204 97
Also held for the Library 5 shares Boston & Albany R.R. Co., Capital in Codman Fund. $203 Deposit in Boston Five Cents Savings Bank.
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
In Account With Abbie J. Stearns Fund for Town Hearse
1937
Jan. 1 Balance
$2,195 24
Interest
66 35
Dec. 31 Balance
$2,261 59
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
In Account With Abbie J. Stearns Fund for Silent Poor
1937
Jan. 1 Balance Interest
$2,363 91
68 59
$2,432 50
Paid on Selectmen's order
50 00
Dec. 31 Balance: Income
$1,157 45
Principal 1,225 05
$2,382 50
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
In Account With Donald Gordon Recreation Fund
1937
Jan. 1 Balance Interest
$5,282 41
159 65
$5,442 06
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
Paid a/c July 4th
$150 00
Dec. 31 Balance: Income
$97 31
Principal
5,194 75
$5,292 06
The above three funds are on deposit with the Middlesex Institution for Savings.
C. LEE TODD, Chairman, F. WINCHESTER DENIO, FREDERIC M. SEEGER, Commissioners of Trust Funds.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
In 1937 with the money available we were able to surface treat about ten and one half miles of road, picking those roads that seemed in worse need. To keep the roads in proper condition, they should be treated every third year. Some roads, however, due to their condition, should be given more frequent treatments. Although this part of our work takes a large proportion of our appropriation, it is most economical to spend a sufficient sum for this purpose.
The most serious problem in road work, however, is drain- age. It is also probably the most costly as regards visible benefits. This past year six catch basins, seven culverts and two side drains were put in, but considerable more drainage is necessary to overcome the frost heave that occurs at poorly drained places in the spring.
The work on Conant Road was taken up where the WPA left off and a mile of this road is now completely gravelled and surfaced. We plan to complete the remaining three-tenths of a mile on Conant Road, and gravel and surface Page Road this winter and spring.
On Chapter 90 Maintenance, besides trimming brush, new approaches were built at Baker Bridge and a drainage system was built at Farnsworth Corner. On Chapter 90 Construc- tion, about half a mile of road was built on Old Bedford Road, starting from the Bedford line. Next year we expect to continue this road as far as Virginia Road.
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND W. GILES, Superintendent of Streets.
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
The Board organized with the choice of Sumner Smith, Chairman and Sidney MacRae, Secretary.
The centrifugal pump is working and is standing up in first class shape. The old Triplex pump is started often enough to keep it in condition as a spare.
The renewal of the water main on Winter Street with 6" cement lined cast iron water pipe was carried on as far as the Pollard Estate. All connections and services were tied in this spring.
In accordance with the vote at the last Annual Town Meet- ing a PWA project was applied for to renew the water main on Bedford Road. This application was made immediately after the meeting but final approval of PWA authorities was not received until September 30, 1937. The vote passed at the Annual Town Meeting appropriated only the Town's share of the estimated cost of the project ($17,000.00). The full amount ($30,850.00) needed to be appropriated so that the Town might have the authority to spend the money re- ceived by way of grant from the Federal Government. So that no further difficulty might arise Mr. Waddell, State Director of Accounts, was consulted as to the form of vote that should be passed which would meet with all State, Fed- eral and Local requirements. Accordingly, a special Town Meeting was held on October 16, 1937, and the vote passed as prepared by Mr. Waddell. Bids were received and opened on November 26, 1937. The contract was awarded to A. G. Tomasello & Son, Inc., Boston, Mass. Work started Decem- ber 9, 1937, and project is to be completed in 100 days. How- ever, extension of time will be necessary so that the road may be properly repaired. If severe weather is encountered it may be necessary to suspend the project until spring.
It is yet too early to pass judgment on the advantages and disadvantages of doing work under this program. However, the contractor, by declaring a union project, has eliminated local help from being assigned to the job, which is contrary to the intent and desires of the Board.
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
Because of the low contract price received, it is recom- mended that the 4" pipe on Virginia Road be renewed with 8" pipe for a distance of 2,750 feet. This work would be done under the unit prices received in the original proposal and the Federal Grant would apply to money expended on this extension. In other words, sufficient funds are available for this extension without further appropriations.
It is recommended that the present 4" main on Lexington Road be renewed with an 8" pipe and that the amount of renewal work be governed by the funds in the Water Works Treasury. The amount expected to be available is estimated to be $10,000.00.
The Board itemizes the following budget, which is recom- mended be appropriated for 1938.
Power
$2,500 00
Salaries
825 00
Miscellaneous
800 00
Repairs
500 00
Renewals
10,000 00
Total
$14,625 00
Respectfully submitted,
SUMNER SMITH, JOHN J. KELLIHER, SIDNEY G. MACRAY.
Statistics
Mains
1. Replaced 1,372 ft. of 4-inch pipe with 6-inch pipe on Winter Street.
2. Laid 770 ft. 6-inch pipe on Old County Road and 200 ft. 6-inch pipe on Concord Turnpike.
3. Discontinued, none.
4. Total now in use, 28.75 miles.
5. No. hydrants replaced, 2.
6. No. hydrants added, 3.
7. No. hydrants now in use, 145.
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8. No. stop gates renewed, 1.
9. No. stop gates added, 2.
10. No. stop gates now in use, 170.
11. No. blowoffs, 31.
12. Range of pressure on mains, 40-100 lbs.
13. Total gallons pumped, 106,521,000.
Services
14. Renewed 12, discontinued none.
15. No. service taps added during year, 11.
16. Total now in use 464.
17. Meters added during year, 1.
18. Meters now in use, 18.
WATER CONSTRUCTION PWA ACCOUNT Report of Town Treasurer
1937 Received from:
Water Department Treasury
$17,000 00
Fees a/c Construction Plans
230 00
a/c release of low bidder on contract 102 50
$17,332 50
Paid on Selectmen's Orders
$424 92
December 31, Balance on hand
$16,907 58
$17,332 50
WARWICK V. HARRIS, Treasurer.
WATER DEPARTMENT REPORT Receipts and Expenses for Year Ending December 31, 1937
Receipts
Expenditures
Balance on hand January 1, 1937
$17,238 48
Selectmen's Orders
$9,606 65
From Collector .
15,396 73
Balance on hand December 31, 1937
6,040 26
From Service Bond Cash
50 00
Transfer from Service Bond Cash
50 00
Water Lien costs
11 70
Transfer to P.W.A. Construction Account .
17,000 00
$32,696 91
$32,696 91
Operating Account for Year Ending December 31, 1937
Receipts
Expenditures
Rates . .
$14,391 67
Expense
$527 32
Meter
1,055 06
Power
1,928 01
Lien Costs
11 70
Salaries.
975 00
Repairs and Renewals
4,146 85
Miscellaneous
40 78
Construction
1,988 79
To Surplus . .
5,851 68
$15,458 43
$15,458 43
Capital Account
Assets
Liabilities
Construction
$211,637 22
Cash in lieu of service bond
$100 00
Bills uncollected
4,398 15
Surplus ...
221,975 63
Cash on hand .
6,040 26
$222,075 63
$222,075 63
WARWICK V. HARRIS,
Treasurer.
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
The Board met on March 6, 1937, to organize for the ensu- ing year. Dr. DeNormandie was elected chairman, and Mr. Conant, clerk. Mrs. Ober was appointed nurse and agent. Mr. J. J. Kelliher was nominated inspector of slaughtering to the Department of Public Health and later the Department confirmed this nomination. Dr. McGlinchey was appointed milk inspector. Dr. DeNormandie was appointed to the nursing committee.
The following diseases were reported to the Board of Health during the year: Scarlet fever 5, measles 5, whooping cough 8, paratyphoid 1, mumps 13, pulmonary tuberculosis 1, lobar pneumonia 2, gonorrhea 2, chickenpox 8, dog bite 6. The paratyphoid case did not originate within the town limits.
Permits to sell denatured alcohol were granted to 5 garages.
Licenses to retail milk were granted to the following farms and companies: Woodridge Farm, DeNormandie Farm, Foster Bunker, Moskeht Farms, Cedar Hill Dairy, H. L. Stone Company, Whiting Milk Companies, Blue Ribbon Dairy and Lydonville Creamery; and to the following stores and roadside stands: E. A. Rollins, H. T. Doherty, The Lincoln, Aunt Sadie's, Ruth's, Pop's, and Dud's.
Dr. McGlinchey has reported on samples of milk taken each month, and all were found to be satisfactory.
The two pasteurizing plants in the town were relicensed.
Requests for increase in the size of two piggeries were re- ceived but were refused.
Licenses were granted to the following piggeries: John N. Connors, 600; Manuel Silva, 500; Cornelius Shea, 400; Boyce Brothers, 100; John Wilson, 100; E. S. Coburn, 75; John E. McHugh, 50; Nicholas Catoni, 50.
Six licenses were granted to transport garbage through the town.
The license of one piggery was held in abeyance because of increase in the number of pigs over the allotment and because the owner enlarged his piggery without knowledge of the
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Board of Health. The status of this piggery is at the present time under consideration by the courts.
The clinic for the inoculation of dogs against rabies was held in April. Aside from the fact that the dogs were inoculated for the prevention of rabies, the by-law has the effect of making the citizens pay their dog license fees more promptly. This year, of the 273 dogs licensed, 113 were inoculated either at the clinic or privately.
Up to last year towns were reimbursed by the County for the vaccine used and treatment given to residents bitten by or exposed to dogs suspected or known to have rabies. Under the new law (Chapter 375 of the Acts of 1937) there will be no reimbursement to a town if the biting or exposure is by an unlicensed dog. The entire cost must be borne by the town. This means that if a dog owned by a citizen who has refused to pay the license fee should bite some one, the town might have to pay a large sum for treatment. It is therefore im- portant that all dogs be promptly licensed, and those that are not licensed should be disposed of.
A clinic for the inoculation of dogs against rabies will be held in April and due notice will be sent to dog owners.
The yearly check-up by the Chadwick Clinic of the children at the schools showed that the physical condition of those under observation was satisfactory.
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