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The collector's cash on hand on January 17, 1945, was proved by actual count.
The records of licenses and permits issued by the selectmen, as well as the records of all other departments collecting money for the town, were checked and the payments to the treasurer were verified.
It was again noted that the amount of $74.50, shown as due from the building inspector in the reports of the two previous examinations, has not been paid into the town treasury.
An examination of the paid vouchers on file showed that $200 was expended for accident insurance covering firemen and charged to the appropriation voted for insurance. No authority exists for such an expenditure, and attention is called to Section 100, Chapter 41, General Laws, which provides for
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indemnification of firemen or policemen for expenses or damages sustained in performance of their duties.
The appended balance sheet shows an overdraft in the Chapter 90 highway account which could have been avoided if the treasurer had incurred a loan in anticipation of State and county reimbursements in accordance with Section 6A, Chapter 44, General Laws, or if the town had voted the amount of the State and county allotments from surplus revenue, with a further provision that the reimbursements when received, be credited back to surplus revenue.
In checking the appropriations voted by the town with the assessors' computation of the tax rate of 1944, it was found that the appropriations voted included $5,400 for water debt and interest although the appropriation for the water depart- ment included funds for the payment of water bonds and interest.
In connection with bills of a prior year paid and charged to the current year's appropriations, attention is called to the provisions of Chapter 179, Acts of 1941.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the town treasurer's and the library treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax, tax title and water accounts, as well as tables showing the condition and transactions of the several trust funds.
While engaged in making the audit, cooperation was re- ceived from all town officials, for which, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, I wish to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN B. DINE, Assistant Director of Accounts.
HBD:MMH
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REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
TOWN OF LINCOLN Balance Sheet -December 31, 1944 GENERAL ACCOUNTS Assets
Cash :
General
$100,927 23 18,329 19
$119,256 42
Accounts receivable :
Taxes:
Levy of 1941 :
Real Estate
$19 20
Levy of 1942:
Real Estate
12 50
Levy of 1943:
PersonalProperty
$211 63
Real Estate.
1,977 08
2,188 71
Levy of 1944:
Personal Property
$376 52
Real Estate
4,051 24
4,427 76
6,648 17
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1943
$12 90
Levy of 1944
30 35
43 25
Tax Titles
808 25
Departmental:
Highway
2 00
Water Department:
Water Rates 1942
$1 00
Water Rates 1943
24 00
Water Rates 1944
591 57
Liens
11 45
628 02
State and County Aid to Highways:
State
$1,112 20
County
1,112 20
2,224 40
Water
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Overdrawn Account:
Highways - Chapter 90, Maintenance
Due from Cemetery Investment Fund
$2,011 24 25 00
$131,646 75
Liabilities and Reserves
Proceeds of Dog Licenses - Due County
$4 80
Julian DeCordova Gifts
16,000 00
Road Machinery Fund
5,007 14
Sale of Real Estate Fund.
2,500 00
Old Age Assistance Recovery
160 00
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance:
Administration
$22 88
Assistance
94
$23 82
Aid to Dependent Children:
Administration.
$6 62
Aid
178 80
185 42
209 24
Water Department Available Surplus
18,329 19
Unexpended Appropriation Balances:
Highway Truck
$2,244 00
Highway Pick-up Truck
600 00
W. P. A. Supplies
1,000 00
T. T. Giles Investigation
250 00
4,094 00
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus
12,961 61
Overlays Reserved for Abatement of Taxes:
Levy of 1941
$19 20
Levy of 1942
12 50
Levy of 1943
2,188 71
Levy of 1944
2,956 65
5,177 06
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$43 25
Tax Title
808 25
Departmental
2 00
Water
628 02
State and County Aid to Highways.
2,224 40
3,705 92
Surplus Revenue
63,497 79
$131,646 75
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded Debt $20,000 00
Water Mains Loan 1938
$20,000 00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds, Cash and Securities:
In Custody of Town Treasurer
$57,794 59
In Custody of Commissioners
148,651 79
In Custody of Library Trustees
1,526 33
$207,972 71
John H. Pierce Hospital and Park Fund
$31,888 95
Cemetery Perpetua! Care Funds
9,383 68
Cemetery Investment Fund
2,814 24
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
13,707 72
$57,794 59
Bemis Lecture Fund
$32,733 25
Julian DeCordova Fund
20,175 49
Donald Gordon Recreation Fund
5,489 06
Grammar School Fund
1,217 52
Abbie J. Stearns Silent Poor Fund.
2,719 05
Charles S. Smith High School Fund
78,357 09
Julia Bemis Library Fund
684 05
Codman Library Fund
677 59
John H. Pierce Library Fund
1,114 57
George Russell Library Fund
415 74
Abbie J. Stearns Library Fund
1,930 00
George C. Tarbell Library Fund
3,138 38
Hugh Anthony Gaskell Fund
$158 86
Abbie J. Stearns Special Fund
1,367 47
148,651 79
1,526 33
$207,972 71
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
POST-WAR REHABILITATION FUND
Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1945 $6 25
Add: Appropriation at 1945 Town Meeting . $40,000 00
Income received in 1945:
Savings Bank interest 193 61
U. S. A. bond interest 113 10
Withdrawals from savings banks
13,201 47
53,508 18
$53,514 43
Deduct: Accrued interest paid on bonds pur-
chased
$24 56
Purchase of U. S. A. bonds and notes 52,984 83
53,009 39
Cash on hand, December 31, 1945
$505 04
Cash and Investments at December 31, 1945
Cash on hand $505 04
$13,500 U. S. A. Series "F" due March, 1957 9,990 00
27,000 U. S. A. Series "F" due May, 1957 19,980 00
500 U. S. A. Series "G" 212% due April, 1955
500 00
13,000 U. S. A. 78% certificates due April, 1946 13,014 83
10,000 U. S. A. 78% certificates due June, 1946
10,000 00
$53,989 87
Julian A. DeCordova Fund
Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1945
$10,175 49
Add: Income received in 1945:
U. S. A. bonds.
$91 72
Other bonds
171 33
263 05
Proceeds, sale of securities 15,502 85
$25,941 39
Deduct: Accrued interest paid at purchase of
bonds.
$7 76
Cost of bonds purchased
24,571 95
Payments per order of Selectmen: Povl Bang, salary
150 00
Ted H. Oakey, insurance
750 00
25,479 71
Cash on hand at December 31, 1945
$461 68
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COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
Cash and Investments at December 31, 1945
Cash on hand $461 68
$1,000 New York Central & Hudson River 312's 1997 1,025 32
22,000 maturity value U. S. A. Series "F" due 1957, at cost 16,280 00
2,000 U. S. A. 2 12's 1972-1967
2,000 00
$19,767 00
Bemis Lecture Fund
Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1945
$912 13
Add: Income received in 1945:
Savings bank interest.
$15 18
U. S. A. bond interest
409 19
Other bond interest
620 82
1,045 19
Proceeds sale and redemption of securities 10,755 43
$12,712 75
Deduct: Lectures:
Harry G. Robinson, Jan. 19
$100 00
Dr. Wing Tsit Chan, Feb. 9, (can- cellation fee)
60 00
Henry Gerald, Feb. 23
125 00
LaFollette and Anne Reid, March 9
75 00
Milford W. Wall, March 23
50 00
Boston Philharmonic Ensemble,
April 6.
235 00
Rev. M. J. Ahern, S.J., April 20.
25 00
Dr. Wing Tsit Chan, Nov. 9.
60 00
Henry Gerald, Dec. 7
150 00
$880 00
Expenses:
Supplies
$1 60
Corrigan's Taxi Service
70
Dickie-Raymond, Inc., notices
102 19
Safe deposit box rent
5 00
Alfred Kargaard, piano tuning
5 00
114 49
Accrued interest on bonds purchased
3 67
Bonds purchased
10,800 00
$11,798 16
Cash balance at December 31, 1945
$914 59
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Cash and Investments at December 31, 1945
Cash on hand $914 59
Middlesex Institution for Savings 821 12
$3,000 Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe General 4's 1995
3,000 00
3,000 Louisville & Nashville, A. K. & C. Div., 4's 1955
3,000 00
3,000 New England Power Co. 314's 1961
3,000 00
11,000 U. S. A. Series "G" 212% due 1956, at par
11,000 00
7,800 U. S. A. Series "G"212% due 1957, at par 7,800 00
3,000 U. S. A. 212's 1972-1967
3,000 00
$32,535 71
Unexpended Income
$742 51
Principal 31,793 20
$32,535 71
Charles Sumner Smith School and Playground Fund
Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1945
$149 39
Add: Income received in 1945:
Savings bank interest.
$245 62
U. S. A. bond interest
955 84
Other bond interest
25 88
1,227 34
Proceeds, sale of bonds 3,843 09
$5,219 82
Deduct: Expenses:
Safe deposit box rent . $5 00
Savings bank interest allowed to
accumulate
245 62
U. S. A. Series "F" bonds purchased
4,958 00
5,208 62
Cash on hand, December 31, 1945 $11 20
Cash and Investments at December 31, 1945
Cash on hand
$11 20
U. S. A. bonds, at cost:
$6,500 Series "C" due June 1, 1947
4,875 00
25,000 Series "F" due Sept 1, 1955
18,500 00
1,000 Series "F" due Nov. 1, 1956
740 00
6,000 Series "F" due May 1, 1957
4,440 00
700 Series "F" due Oct. 1, 1957
518 00
26,500 Series "G" 21/2% due Oct. 1, 1954
26,500 00
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
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11,000 Series "G" 212% due Sept. 1, 1956
$11,000 00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank 4,247 75
Middlesex Institution for Savings
5,564 29
Warren Institution for Savings
3,526 28
$79,922 52
Lincoln Library Trust Funds
Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1945
$0 00
Add: Income received in 1945:
Julia A. Bemis Fund
$13 74
Codman Fund
15 55
Hugh Anthony Gaskill Fund
1 58
John H. Pierce Fund
27 29
George Russell Fund
8 34
Abbie J. Stearns Fund
43 69
Abbie J. Stearns Special Fund
13 67
George G. Tarbell Fund
77 77
201 63
Gifts Received:
Hattie Hoar Howard Gift
$100 00
David W. Mann Gift
146 00
246 00
$447 63
Deduct: Paid to Old Corner Book Store, per order Library Trustees
$144 05
Paid to Edith B. Farrar, Librarian, income from John H. Pierce Fund
27 29
171 34
Cash balance at December 31, 1945
$276 29
Cash and Investments at December 31, 1945
Julia A. Bemis Library Fund: Middlesex Institution for Savings
$684 05
Codman Library Fund:
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank
$203 00
Middlesex Institution for Savings
74 59
U. S. A. Series "G" 212% due 1955, at par
400 00
677 59
Hugh Anthony Gaskill Fund: Middlesex Institution for Savings
158 89
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John H. Pierce Library Fund:
Middlesex Institution for Savings $114 57 U. S. A. Series "G" 212% due 1955, at par 1,000 00 $1,114 57
George Russell Library Fund:
415 74 Middlesex Institution for Savings
Abbie J. Stearns Library Fund:
Middlesex Institution for Savings $930 00
U. S. A. Series "G" 212% due 1955, at par 1,000 00
1,930 00
Abbie J. Stearns Special Library Fund:
Middlesex Institution for Savings
1,367 44
George G. Tarbell Library Fund:
Middlesex Institution for Savings $138 38
U. S. A. Series "G" 21/2% due 1955, at par . . 3,000 00
3,138 38
Hattie Hoar Howard Fund:
Cash
100 00
David W. Mann Fund:
Cash
146 00
Total Library Trust Funds
$9,732 66
Unexpended income
30 29
Total Cash, Savings deposits and investments at December 31, 1945.
$9,762 95
Abbie J. Stearns Fund for the Silent Poor
Cash Account
Cash on hand, January 1, 1945 . . .
$10 25
Add: Income received in 1945:
U. S. A. bond interest
$30 00
Savings bank interest.
28 81
Withdrawals from savings bank
75 00
133 81
$144 06
Deduct: Payments per order Selectmen
$100 00
Savings bank interest allowed to accumulate
28 81
128 81
Cash balance at December 31, 1945
$15 25
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COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
Cash and Investments at December 31, 1945
Cash on hand $15 25
U. S. A. Series "G" 212% bonds due 1955, at par
1,200 00
Middlesex Institution for Savings
1,462 61
$2,677 86
Unexpended income
$1,452 81
Principal
1,225 05
$2,677 86
Donald Gordon Recreation Fund
Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1945
$0 00
Add: Income received in 1945:
U. S. A. Series "G"
$75 00
Savings bank interest
50 02
125 02
$125 02
Deduct: Savings bank interest allowed to
accumulate
50 02
Cash on hand at December 31, 1945
$75 00
Cash and Investments at December 31, 1945
Cash on hand
$75 00
U. S. A. Series "G" 212% due 1954, at par
3,000 00
Middlesex Institution for Savings
2,539 08
$5,614 08
Unexpended income
$419 33
Principal
5,194 75
Grammar School Fund
Cash Account
1945 income paid to General Funds of Town: Middlesex Institution for Savings Cambridge Savings Bank.
$14 51
12 38
$26 89
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Bank deposits at December 31, 1945
Middlesex Institution for Savings
$722 00
Cambridge Savings Bank. 495 52
Principal
$1,217 52
LEONARD C. LARRABEE, Chairman, HENRY DEC. WARD, CLEMENT C. SAWTELLE, Commissioners of Trust Funds.
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SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
During the winter months of this year there were severe snow and ice storms. As the equipment on hand was old it was very difficult to keep the roads in good condition.
During the spring following we were able to carry on the repair work, also the widening of Old Winter Street. Tarring and oiling was carried on during the summer months.
Chapter 90 work was carried on as in previous years. This work included scraping and clearing the roads as well as cutting brush and painting fences. 3,000 feet of road was re- surfaced and 300 feet of fence erected on Hathaway's Hill.
300 feet of pipe and two manholes were placed on Old Sud- bury Road.
Work on Trapelo Road is to be continued this year by the State, County and Town.
The Town needs three new trucks to replace the White, Mack and Chevrolet, also a new power grader, as these trucks are worn out and need replacements.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS COAN, Superintendent of Streets.
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
This was another inactive year for the Water Works, ex- cept for the organism algae uroglenopsis, explanation of which follows this description.
Water in reservoirs becomes unbalanced periodically with much annoyance to consumers. The worst previous period experienced here was in 1928, and this and all other odorous times have passed off in due course without any permanent injuries to anyone, although they are terrifically annoying. The Board believed this case would follow history and clear up automatically, but when it did not, treatment was about to be given after the required tests were made on water in the pipes, pond, and reservoir. Unfortunately the pond, where treatments would take place, froze over and it is problematical how much benefit can be produced before spring. However, natural improvement has already been noted in some places, but if trouble continues nothing will be left undone to cure it, neither expense nor effort.
The State Department of Public Health advises that "this organism, even when present in small numbers, is known to impart a disagreeable odor to water, but is not known to be injurious to health, and that it is possible the organisms may disappear from the water in a comparatively short time."
The Board is asking for $700 which is the amount estimated to obtain an engineer's report relative to Lincoln obtaining an additional water supply from the Metropolitan Com- mission. This report should have an influence as to whether the Town continues a search for a local well supply.
If conditions permit, the Board recommends finishing the pipe renewal from corner of Route 126 and Farrar Road along Farrar Road about 1,500 feet to a spot where new pipe was laid, and along Route 126 to Wayland line.
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The Board estimates and recommends the following budget for 1946:
Power
$2,500 00
Salary
1,025 00
Census
100 00
Bond Payment.
5,000 00
Interest
200 00
Maintenance and Repairs
1,760 00
Test Wells
1,000 00
Testing and Treating Sandy Pond
1,200 00
Maps
200 00
Legal
100 00
Miscellaneous
350 00
Heating Plant
1,500 00
Renewal of Pipe
10,000 00
$24,935 00
Respectfully submitted,
SUMNER SMITH, JOHN J. KELLIHER, ROLAND F. BEERS, Water Commissioners.
Statistics
1. Pipe now in use, 29.19 miles.
2. Number of hydrants now in use, 170.
3. Number of stop-gates now in use, 256.
4. Number of blow-offs now in use, 27.
5. Range of pressure on mains, 40-100 lbs.
6. Total gallons pumped, 108,826,900.
7. Number of services added, 1.
8. Number of services renewed, 4.
9. Number of services now in use, 506.
10. Number of meters now in use, 14.
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REPORT OF LINCOLN BOARD OF HEALTH FOR 1945
The Board met on March 15 in order to organize for the ensuing year. Dr. DeNormandie was elected Chairman, Mr. R. H. Brinkerhoff Clerk. Mrs. Ober was appointed Agent of the Board and Mr. Brinkerhoff to the nursing com- mittee. Mr. J. J. Kelleher was nominated as inspector of slaughtering to the State Department of Health and the nomination was later approved.
Mr. A. E. Fernald was granted a license for overnight cabins.
Various complaints in regard to health matters have been investigated and their causes rectified.
The clinic for the inoculation of dogs against rabies was held on May 19 and 116 dogs were inoculated.'
The Board has considered at several meetings the mosquito control problem, and voted to ask the State Department of Health to detail its entomologist to make a survey of the town. On June 29, October 6 and October 27 Mr. R. W. Wales of the State Department of Health surveyed many of the mosquito- breeding areas. His report is attached. The Board asked the Finance Committee to approve an appropriation of $1,000 to make a start on mosquito control. The Committee felt that it should be put into the warrant, and that has been done. We strongly urge that the town approve this item.
The Well Child Conference has been conducted by Dr. Davies, and again we express our appreciation of his out- standing service. Several serious conditions have been dis- covered and rectified. The most serious defect was a grave cardiac condition in a three-year-old child that was operated on successfully. Thirty-seven new cases and 48 old cases attended the 11 conferences. Dr. Davies was on his vacation in October. All the necessary inoculations have been done in the new cases.
The following contagious diseases have been reported dur- ing the year: Scarlet fever 2; mumps 114; measles 2; chicken- pox 2; whooping cough 5; tuberculosis 1; syphilis 1. This is by no means the complete number of cases of contagious dis-
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eases that occurred in the town, for very few parents report whooping cough, regarding it as a mild disease, although as a matter of record it is a serious and dangerous one and should be reported and carefully isolated.
The following piggeries were licensed: Mary E. Silva, 500; Louis Dean, 500; John Wilson, 100; Boyce Brothers, 100; E. S. Coburn, 75; Nicholas Cotoni, 50.
Since the availability of DDT, conditions in some of the piggeries have improved greatly, and during the coming year we hope to see further improvement. Experimental work has shown that the larvae of flies can be controlled efficiently. This will do away with the fly menace to a great extent. We understand that the State will shortly publish the most ad- vanced methods of the use of DDT in its various forms, and we shall then insist that the piggeries carry out a method of control that will greatly decrease the number of flies in the town.
ROBERT L. DENORMANDIE, M.D., ROBERT H. BRINKERHOFF, PAUL L. NORTON, M.D.
REPORT
December 5, 1945.
To: From: Subject :
State Reclamation Board
R. W. Wales, Entomologist
Survey of Mosquito Breeding Areas in the town of Lincoln.
* (The numbers in parenthesis indicate loca- tions marked on accompanying map.)
In response to a request from the Board of Health of Lincoln, a survey has been made of the town for the purpose of de- termining the sources and means of reducing the mosquito nuisance that occurs annually. The survey was made on June 29, October 6, and October 27 with the assistance of Dr. DeNormandie and Mr. Brinkerhoff. Mr. John Todd went over the area between Lincoln Road and Tower Road with the writer, his familiarity with it greatly simplifying the task of examining this area.
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Early in the survey it became evident that the mosquito breeding places were so generally distributed that a townwide program would be required if complete relief from the mos- quito nuisance was to cover every section. Such a program would require extensive drainage and oiling operations, the cost of which might be more than the town would wish to undertake in a single year. It was also evident that many of the brooks were not operating to full capacity because of re- strictions to the flow at certain places caused by the accumu- lation of debris, temporary dams, and culverts placed too high. By removing these obstructions, a general improve- ment in the drainage could be obtained which would very materially reduce the amount of standing water in the swamps and thereby provide less opportunity for mosquito breeding. Such a procedure appeared to offer the best means of reducing mosquito breeding generally, and at the same time would prepare the way for further improvements in subsequent years, if the town should so desire. The survey was accord- ingly directed to the location of evident obstructions to the general drainage.
A description of the places where obstructions were found follows: -
Lincoln Road between McIntosh Lane and South Lincoln Post Office. The more easterly of the two culverts under Lincoln Road (1) is higher than the ditches leading to it, tree roots obstruct the culvert on the upper side, the pipes under the Todd drive (2) are too small and the channel be- tween them and Lincoln Road is too high. This combination of conditions produces a large amount of standing water on the west side of the road where mosquitoes breed. The swamp just west of the junction of McIntosh Lane and Lincoln Road (3) has a concrete structure at its outlet that seriously re- stricts the drainage. A much larger opening should be pro- vided here. The other culvert under Lincoln Road near the Burgess property (4) had water standing in it several inches deep at the time of the survey. The drainage of this area was found to be blocked at the outlet of the swamp where it passes through a ridge of higher ground on the Todd property on the south side of Lincoln Road (5). Stones and earth obstruct the flow of water, keeping it high in the swamp and backing it up to the Lincoln Road culvert and beyond. The
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removal of the obstructions would make the drainage of this area possible. Whether the culvert at Lincoln Road would then need lowering would be determined by the depth of the ditch above. The weedy pond back of the Codman barn drains through a stone culvert under the railroad (6) into the area described above. The culvert is blocked with sand keep- ing the water high, thereby increasing the mosquito breeding area.
Todd's Pond (7) the dam at the outlet of the pond has a sluiceway with stop planks for controlling the height of the pond, which in turn governs the drainage of several acres of swamp south of it. Mosquito breeding in the swamp could be greatly reduced by lowering the pond as much as practicable about the first of April and keeping it low until the spring ground water has drained away.
Swamp west of Tower Road. Two serious obstructions to the natural drainage of this land occur, one west of the Calkins residence (8) and the other back of Mr. Lahey's (9). In both cases where footpaths cross the brook draining the swamp, the channel has been filled with stones and other material. The swamp is thereby kept much wetter than it would normally be, resulting in increased mosquito breeding.
Tower Road - Two culverts, one near the Campobasso property (10) and the other near Lunt's (11) are both some- what higher than the swamp on the upstream side, and some ponding of water results. The conditions in neither case appeared to offer serious obstructions to drainage other than immediately at the culvert.
Beaver Pond - Extensive swamps surround the pond, and pond and swamps together comprise an extensive mos- quito breeding area. Obstructions were found in Stony Brook where it leaves the swamp (12), consisting of rocks thrown into the channel for a crossing. The water is dammed to a height of approximately one and a half feet by this ob- struction. Its removal would reduce the water level in the swamp above, and possibly in the whole Beaver Pond area, thereby greatly reducing the amount of mosquito breeding.
Conant Road - The channel of the brook just above the culvert near Prescott Davis' (13) is obstructed with stones.
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Cleaning would lower the water level in the swamp above a foot or more.
Weston Road - Pierce Park - the upstream side of the culvert (14) needs to be cleared of earth. The culvert (15) for the brook going to Beaver Pond is all right but the channel just above needs clearing of stones and timber. There was no obstruction under the Scott driveway.
Paul Brooks' driveway (16) - The channel of the brook needs deepening both above and below the culvert to permit better drainage of the large swamp north of the driveway.
Saville Davis' driveway off Winter Street (17) - The brook should be cleaned both above and below the culvert, and a breach be made in the stone wall above to permit an un- obstructed flow of water.
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