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492 50
Motor Vehicle Excise Refund
492 49
Building Inspector
529 95
Treasurer's Account
565 44
Planning Board
156 05
Town Dump.
200 00
Board of Appeals.
135 47
Middlesex County Dog Licenses
755 40
Gazette, Article 13
225 48
Town Clerk
306 49
Memorial Day
188 03
Auditor's Account
150 00
Inspector of Animals
100 00
Mill Street Account
130 34
Real Estate Refund
62 00
Building Code Committee, Article 14
15 00
Finance Committee.
10 00
Old Age Assistance Administration
379 45
Old Age Assistance Administration, Federal Funds
267 50
Purchase of Land
200 00
Water Account
21,230 00
$603,087 70
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REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Department of Corporations and Taxation Division of Accounts State House, Boston 33
August 11, 1949.
To the Board of Selectmen:
Mr. John O. Wilson, Chairman, Lincoln, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the Town of Lincoln for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1948, made in accordance with the provisions of Chap- ter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours, FRANCIS X. LANG, Director of Accounts.
FXL:MG
Mr. Francis X. Lang Director of Accounts
Department of Corporations and Taxation
State House, Boston
Sir :
In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the Town of Lincoln for the year ending December 31, 1948, the following report being sub- mitted thereon:
An examination and verification was made of the recorded financial transactions of the Town as shown on the books of the departments receiving or disbursing money or committing bills for collection.
The appropriation accounts, as kept by the Board of Select- men, were analyzed and checked with the Town Clerk's rec- ords of appropriations and loan authorizations passed at
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Town Meetings and with the Finance Committee's record of transfers from the reserve fund. Ledger accounts were com- piled, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the Town on December 31, 1948.
The books and accounts of the Town Treasurer were exam- ined and checked. The receipts, as recorded, were analyzed and compared with the records of the several departments collecting money for the Town and with other sources from which money was paid into the Town Treasury, while the payments were checked with the Selectmen's orders author- izing the Treasurer to disburse Town funds.
The Treasurer's cash balance on February 17, 1949 was verified by reconciliation of the bank balances with state- ments furnished by the banks of deposit, by examination of the savings bank books, and by actual count of the cash in the office.
The payments made for maturing debt and interest were compared with the cancelled securities and coupons on file and with the amounts falling due.
The savings bank books and securities representing the in- vestments of the several trust and investment funds in cus- tody of the Town Treasurer, the Trust Fund Commissioners, and the directors and trustees of the DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park Funds were examined and listed. The income was proved, the disbursements were verified, and cash balances were proved by reconciliation with statements furnished by the banks of deposit.
The books and accounts of the Tax Collector were examined and checked. The tax and excise accounts outstanding at the time of the previous examination and all subsequent commitments were audited and compared with the assessors' warrants issued for their collection. The payments to the Treasurer were verified, the abatements were checked with the Assessors' records of abatements granted, the outstanding accounts were listed, and the cash balance on February 17, 1949 was verified by actual count of cash in the office.
It is recommended that the Tax Collector make a deter- mined effort to effect settlement of outstanding taxes dating back to the levy of 1941.
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REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
The records of departmental and water accounts receivable were examined and checked. The payments to the Treasurer were verified, the water discounts and abatements were proved, the outstanding accounts were listed, and the cash balance on February 17, 1949 was proved by actual count of cash in the office.
Verification of the outstanding accounts was obtained by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the Town, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
The financial accounts of the Town Clerk were examined for dog and sporting licenses issued. The payments to the Treasurer were verified, the payments to the Division of Fisheries and Game were compared with receipts on file, and the cash on hand was proved by actual count.
The surety bonds of the several officials bonded for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
The records of receipts from Selectmen's licenses and per- mits, of licenses, fees, and fines from the health and library departments, and of all other departments in which money was collected for the Town were examined, checked, and re- conciled with the Treasurer's recorded receipts.
It is recommended that steps be taken toward the estab- lishment of a proper system of accounting so that complete records may be available in a single Town office and the true financial condition of the Town may be determined at any time.
There are appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, tables showing a reconciliation of the Treasurer's and the Collector's cash, summaries of the tax, excise, departmental, and water accounts, as well as tables showing the transactions and condition of the trust and investment funds.
While engaged in making the audit, cooperation was re- ceived from the officials of the Town, 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:MG
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
TOWN OF LINCOLN Balance Sheet - December 31, 1948 GENERAL ACCOUNTS Assets
Cash:
General
$460,436 81
Water
2,961 54
$463,398 35
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1941 :
Real Estate
$13 20
Levy of 1942 :
Real Estate
6 25
Levy of 1943:
6 00
Levy of 1944:
Real Estate
6 25
Levy of 1945:
Real Estate
68 75
Levy of 1946:
Real Estate
103 60
Levy of 1947:
Personal Property
51 51
Real Estate
1,419 66
Levy of 1948:
Personal Property
553 47
Real Estate
5,937 06
8,165 75
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1948
1,674 54
Departmental:
Old Age Assistance
305 01
Water Rates 1948
1,088 61
Aid to Highways:
State
$5,000 00
County
3,000 00
8,000 00
Underestimates 1948:
State Parks and Reservations Assessment
$31 96
County Tax
522 18
554 14
Revenue 1949
1,050 00
$484,236 40
Real Estate
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REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
Liabilities and Reserves
Proceeds of Dog Licenses - Due County
$5 40
Road Machinery Fund 1,725 10
Julian DeCordova School Equipment Fund
11 95
Julian DeCordova School Equipment Fund, Income
612 39
Premium and Accrued Interest on Loan
3,356 10
Old Age Assistance Recovery
160 00
Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children :
Administration
$6 62
Aid
115 31
Old Age Assistance:
Administration .
2 20
Assistance
286 21
410 34
Unexpended Appropriation Balances:
Highway - Heavy Duty Truck
$50 00
Mill Street Widening
130 34
Highway - Town Barn
29,218 79
School Building Committee
1,000 00
New School Building and Equipment
318,890 26
School Equipment
12,300 00
Cemeteries
500 00
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus
18,524 37
Overlays Reserved for Abatement of Taxes:
Levy of 1941
$13 20
Levy of 1942
6 25
Levy of 1943
6 00
Levy of 1944
6 25
Levy of 1945
68 75
Levy of 1946
103 60
Levy of 1947
1,471 17
Levy of 1948
2,602 57
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
$1,674 54
Departmental
305 01
Water
1,088 61
Aid to Highways
8,000 00
11,068 16
Surplus Revenue:
General
$79,033 87
Water
2,961 54
81,995 41
$484,236 40
362,089 39
4,277 79
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$330,000 00
$330,000 00
Highway Loan
$40,000 00
Schoolhouse Loans
290,000 00
$330,000 00
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
Bemis Lecture Fund Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1949
$676 45
Add: Income received in 1949:
U. S. A. bond interest
$495 00
Other bond interest.
382 50
Savings bank interest
19 86
897 36
Deduct: Paid per order of Fund trustees:
January 7, Stewart Anderson
$56 00
February 4, Dorothy Waldo Phillips
95 00
February 25, Margaret E. Richardson
100 00
March 25, Florence Fraser Ludgate
200 00
October 15, Dr. William Hung
75 00
November 14, Alan Lomax
225 00
Total for lectures.
$751 00
Rent of piano
50 00
Printing and postage
148 38
Janitor service at lectures
20 60
Taxi hire
5 40
Safe deposit box rent
4 00
Deposited in savings bank
46 84
1,026 22
Cash on hand December 31, 1949
$547 59
Cash and Securities at December 31, 1949
Cash on hand
$547 59
$3,000 Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe General 4's 1995
3,000 00
3,000 Louisville & Nashville, A. K. & C. Division, 4's 1995
3,000 00
3,000 New England Power Co. 314's 1961
3,000 00
2,000 Southern Pacific R. R. Equipment Trust "Q" 214's 1954
1,981 29
U. S. A. Series "G" bonds, at cost (par value), 212%
Due September 1, 1956
11,000 00
Due April 1, 1957
3,000 00
Due May 1, 1957
4,800 00
Due November 1, 1959
1,000 00
Middlesex Institution for Savings
1,040 04
$32,368 92
Accumulated Income
$547 59
Principal
31,821 33
$32,368 92
$1,573 81
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deCordova Museum and Park Fund Cash Account
Cash Balance at January 1, 1949
$38 45 Add:
Savings bank interest received $10 00
Withdrawn from Waltham Savings Bank 4,000 00
4,010 00
$4,048 45
Less:
Deposited in savings banks $4,000 00
Savings bank interest allowed to accumu- late.
10 00
Cash distributed to deCordova and
Dana Museum and Park
38 45
4,048 45
Note:
The following remaining assets of this Fund were paid over to deCordova and Dana Museum and Park on May 6, 1949, per order of the Selectmen:
Cash $38 45
$6,000 maturity value U. S. Savings bonds, Series "F" due May 1, 1957, at cost 4,440 00
Cambridge Savings Bank. 4,000 00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank
4,000 00
Newton Savings Bank
4,000 00
Natick Five Cents Savings Bank 2,500 00
Whitman Savings Bank
2,010 00
$20,988 45
deCordova School Equipment Fund Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1949
$37 59
Add: Income received in 1949:
U. S. A. bond interest, income portion
$337 70
Other bond interest, income portion .
62 10
Savings bank interest
156 78
Dividends
56 25
$612 83
Less accrued interest paid on bond purchased
7 89
604 94
Bond interest credited to Principal to Bond interest credited to Principal to amortize purchase premiums
4 77
Proceeds $1,000 U. S. A. 214's 1959-62, sold 1,029 00
$1,676 30
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COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
Less: $1,000 Western Maryland 4's 1952 pur- chased $1,033 05
Deposited in Cambridge Savings Bank. . 38 31
Paid to General Funds of Town, 1949 net income 604 94
$1,676 30
Securities and Savings Deposits at December 31, 1949
Cambridge Savings Bank. .
$3,727 52
Middlesex Institution for Savings 3,689 20
$10,000 U. S. A. Series "G" 21/2% due April 1, 1958, cost . . 10,000 00
1,000 U. S. A. Series "G" 21/2% due Nov. 1, 1959, cost .
1,000 00
2,000 U. S. Treasury 214's due 1962-1959
2,033 09
1,000 Northern Pacific R. R. Prior Lien 4's due 1997
1,018 47
1,000 Southern Pacific R. R. Series "Q" Equipment Trust 214's, due 1954 990 65
1,000 Western Maryland R. R. 4's 1952 1,033 05
25 shares First National Bank of Boston capital stock 1,457 15
$24,949 13
Donald Gordon Recreation Fund
Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1949
$71 53
Add: Income received in 1949:
U. S. A. bond interest
$75 00
Savings bank interest
56 11
131 11
Withdrawn from Savings Bank 130 00
$332 64
Deduct: July Fourth celebration expenses:
Waltham Post 2152 Veterans of For- eign Wars Band
$250 00
Prizes awarded
25 00
$275 00
Savings bank interest allowed to ac-
cumulate.
56 11
331 11
Cash on hand at December 31, 1949
$1 53
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
Cash and Securities at December 31, 1949
Cash on hand $1 53
Middlesex Institution for Savings
2,621 38
$3,000 U. S. A. Series "G" 21/2%, due Jan. 1, 1954, at cost 3,000 00
$5,622 91
Accumulated income
$428 16
Principal
5,194 75
$5,622 91
Grammar School Fund Cash Account
1949 income paid to General Funds.
$25 65
Savings Bank Deposits at December 31, 1949
Middlesex Institution for Savings
$722 00
Cambridge Savings Bank.
495 52
$1,217 52
Library Trust Funds Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1949
$489 60
Add: Income received in 1949:
Julia A. Bemis Fund
$14 60
Codman Fund
11 58
Hugh Anthony Gaskill Fund
3 16
John H. Pierce Fund
27 43
George Russell Fund
8 86
Abbie J. Stearns Fund
44 86
Abbie J. Stearns Special Library Fund
26 68
George G. Tarbell Fund
77 94
C. Edgar and Elizabeth S. Wheeler Fund
26 38
General Library Funds
4 06
245 55
Deduct: Purchase of books per order of Li- brary Trustees
$174 05
Safe deposit box rent
4 00
Income from John H. Pierce Library Fund paid to Edith B. Farrar, Librarian
27 43
205 48
$529 67
$735 15
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COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
Cash and Securities at December 31, 1949
Julia A. Bemis Fund: Middlesex Institution for Savings
$684 05
Codman Fund:
Middlesex Institution for Savings
$74 59
U.S.A. Series "G" due June 1, 1955
400 00
474 59
Hugh Anthony Gaskill Fund: Middlesex Institution for Savings
158 89
John H. Pierce Fund:
Middlesex Institution for Savings
$114 57
U.S.A. Series "G" due January 1, 1955
1,000 00
1,114 57
George Russell Fund:
Middlesex Institution for Savings
415 74
Abbie J. Stearns Fund:
Middlesex Institution for Savings
$930 00
U.S.A. Series "G" due January 1, 1955
1,000 00
1,930 00
Abbie J. Stearns Special Library Fund: Middlesex Institution for Savings 1,301 03
George G. Tarbell Fund:
Middlesex Institution for Savings
$138 38
U.S.A. Series "G" due January 1, 1955 3,000 00
3,138 38
Hattie Hoar Howard Fund:
Cash on hand 100 00
David W. Mann Fund:
Cash on hand
105 70
C. Edgar and Elizabeth S. Wheeler Fund:
Middlesex Institution for Savings 1,235 46
$10,658 41
General funds of Library in Boston Five Cents Savings Bank 203 00 Accumulated income from Trust Funds 323 97
$11,185 38
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
John H. Pierce Legacy Cash Account
$927 60
Cash balance at January 1, 1949
Add: Income received in 1949:
U.S.A. bond interest
$337 50
Other bond interest, income portion .
124 20
Savings bank interest
183 57
Annuity u/w John H. Pierce
3,000 00
3,645 27
Bond interest credited to Principal, amortization of pur- chase premium 80
Clinic fees, refunds of aid granted, etc. 27 00
$4,600 67
Disbursements:
Payments per order Selectmen:
Well-Child Clinic.
$422 23
Dental Clinic
75 00
Equipment for Health Unit at New School
1,633 25
Hospital and medical aid, etc.
786 45
Work on grounds.
212 18
$3,129 11
Savings bank interest allowed to accumulate
183 57
3,312 68
Cash on hand at December 31, 1949
$1,287 99
Cash and Securities at December 31, 1949
Cash on hand
$1,287 99
U. S. A. bonds, at cost:
$11,000 Series "G" 212% due September 1, 1956
11,000 00
2,500 Series "G" 212% due November 1, 1959
2,500 00
8,500 Series "F" due April 1, 1958.
6,290 00
2,000 Series "F" due May 1, 1960
1,480 00
2,700 Series "F" due December 1, 1960
1,998 00
$2,000 Northern Pacific R. R. Prior Lien 4's 1997
2,036 93
2,000 Southern Pacific R. R. Equipment Trust "Q" 214% due 1954 1,981 29
Middlesex Institution for Savings
5,135 62
Provident Institution for Savings
1,103 10
Wakefield Savings Bank
2,762 76
$37,575 69
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COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
Charles Sumner Smith School and Playground Fund Cash Account
Cash on hand at January 1, 1949
$71 84
Add: Income received in 1949:
U. S. A. bond interest
$937 50
Other bond interest.
22 50
Savings bank interest
292 03
1,252 03
Deduct: Safe deposit box rent
$4 00
Savings bank interest allowed to ac- cumulate. 292 03
Purchase of $1000 Southern Pacific R. R. 214% due 1961
975 41
Accrued interest on same
10 56
1,282 00
Cash balance at December 31, 1949
$41 87
Cash and Securities at December 31, 1949
Cash on hand
$41 87
Savings bank deposits: Boston Five Cents Savings Bank. . . 4,599 68
Middlesex Institution for Savings . . 6,032 75 Warren Institution for Savings 3,818 43
$2,000 Southern Pacific R. R. 214% due 1961
1,913 27
U. S. A. bonds, at cost:
$25,000 Series "F" due September 1, 1955 18,500 00
1,000 Series "F" due November 1, 1956 740 00
6,000 Series "F" due May 1, 1957
4,440 00
700 Series "F" due October 1, 1957
518 00
1,200 Series "F" due December 1, 1958
888 00
9,000 Series "F" due June 1, 1959
6,660 00
1,000 Series "F" due October 1, 1959
740 00
26,500 Series "G" due October 1, 1954
26,500 00
11,000 Series "G" due September 1, 1956.
11,000 00
$86,392 00
Note: Redemption value of U. S. A. Series "F" and "G" bonds at Decem- ber 31, 1949, exceeds cost by $972.00.
Abbie J. Stearns Fund for the Silent Poor Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1949
$55 25
Add: Income received in 1949:
U. S. A. bond interest
$30 00
Savings bank interest.
32 26
62 26
Withdrawn fromm Savings Bank
25 00
$142 51
$1,323 87
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Deduct: Payment per order of Selectmen . .. $25 00
Deposited in Savings Bank 85 25
Interest on savings account allowed to accumulate 32 26
$142 51
Cash and Securities at December 31, 1949
$1,200 U.S.A. Series "G" 21/2% due January 1, 1955, at cost $1,200 00
Middlesex Institution for Savings 1,602 61
$2,802 61
Accumulated income.
$1,577 56
Principal
1,225 05
$2,802 61
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1949
$249 64
Add: Interest received on U.S.A. Series "G" bonds 6 25
Proceeds of $6,000 U.S.A. Series "F" bonds due May 1, 1957, redeemed
4,656 00
Proceeds of $500 U.S.A. Series "G" bonds due April 1, 1955, redeemed
477 50
$5,389 39
Paid to Town of Lincoln, General Funds, per appropriation at Town Meeting
5,389 39
Note: The Post-War Rehabilitation Fund was closed out with the appro- priation of March, 1949. The net gain to the Town from the Fund during its existence was $2,139.00.
LEONARD C. LARRABEE, Chairman, HENRY DE C. WARD, CLEMENT C. SAWTELL, Commissioners of Trust Funds.
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SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
The first three months of the year were spent in the removal of snow, sanding and the widening of curves on Mill Street.
The spring months were spent on repair work, scraping, painting of traffic lines, fence posts and signs.
Tarring, oiling and maintenance work was carried on during the summer months.
The maintenance of Chapter 90 roads was carried on as usual. On Route 117, two thousand feet was re-surfaced and on Route 126, three thousand feet was re-surfaced.
Chapter 90 construction work consisted of the re-building of fifteen hundred feet of Trapelo Road.
It is recommended that the Town appropriate sufficient money, with the State and County, to start the re-building of Bedford Road.
The latter part of the year was spent putting up snow fences and removing a ledge on the Weston end of Tower Road.
During the late spring the new Highway Building was completed and all equipment was moved in. There is suffi- cient room in this new building to house all equipment ade- quately.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS F. COAN, Superintendent of Streets.
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
The Board organized with a choice of Robert W. Scott, Secretary and Sumner Smith, Chairman. John J. Kelleher, the other member, resigned from the Board of Water Com- missioners and as superintendent of the water works last July, after having served on the Board since 1919 and as superin- tendent since 1921. No public servant ever exemplified more consistent, sincere devotion to duty.
Two independent engineers, Messrs. Crosby and Coffin, have made thorough geological examinations of the Town for the purpose of locating an additional water supply and have recommended similar follow-up procedures to obtain it. The Board intends to be guided by their reports until a suitable well site is determmined upon and acquired, but no money should be spent on construction or connection with a main while Concord draws from Sandy Pond. According to Chap- ter 438 of the Acts of 1911, Concord has a limited drawage on Sandy Pond for 3' of water below high water mark, which is elevation 221.45. For the next foot down, they may draw 200,000 qpd. The State Board of Health may stop their drawage then, and until the water level reaches 18" below- high water.
Concord and Lincoln have both been drawing water from the Pond since the early 1870's and as the population of both towns increased, the level of the water dropped so low that eight consecutive dry years, from 1903 to 1911, drew it down approximately 8'. The Lincoln intake was extended and lowered about 2'. The Pond level in December 1910 was 2' below the Concord intake and Concord drew water through a temporarily lowered conduit. The Act of 1911 was passed after an extended period of negotiations between engineers representing the two towns and the retention of a lawyer by Lincoln to plead before the general court. Lincoln asked the State Board of Health for an opinion on the regulation or curtailment of Concord's drawing in 1906, and the State Board answered that no draft limit was necessary. The Legislature disregarded the opinion of the State Board by passing the Act.
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
The following letter expresses the State Board's present opinion on the questions of Lincoln's necessity for more water.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Department of Public Health
December 27, 1949.
Board of Water Commissioners
Lincoln, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
The Department of Public Health is in receipt of your com- munication of November 17, 1949, with further reference to the matter of the joint use of the waters of Sandy Pond by the towns of Lincoln and Concord, referred to in the Depart- ment's communication to you of March 17, 1949.
The Department is familiar with the reports of Mr. Irving B. Crosby and Messrs. Coffin & Richardson, dealing with the establishment of additional water supply for the town of Lincoln.
Estimates of the safe yield of Sandy Pond referred to in the Department's communication of March 17, have been re- viewed and compared with the water consumption of the town of Lincoln which has shown a steady moderate increase during the last 30 years. From these estimates it appears that the safe yield of Sandy Pond is adequate, with the restrictions imposed by Chapter 438 of 1911, for the needs of the town of Lincoln and the town of Concord for the next 15 years as near as can now be determined, more especially if the town of Lin- coln should adopt a program of complete metering of all serv- ices. A metering program, however, would probably result in only a temporary moderation in the increase in the use of water in the town. In thus satisfying the water supply needs of both Lincoln and Concord during periods of severe drought it would be necessary to draw Sandy Pond to considerably lower levels than would be the case if the use of the pond were reserved entirely for the town of Lincoln. On the other hand reserving the use of the pond to Lincoln would not require the drawing of the pond to such low levels with the exposure of large areas of pond bottom.
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
In your recent communication you have made reference to the acquisition by the town of Concord of additional water supply from a well which together with the use of Nagog Pond by the town of Concord should serve the water supply needs of that town as near as can be determined for a number of years in the future even if it were further restricted in the use of the waters of Sandy Pond.
From the estimates of the Division of Sanitary Engineering it would appear that if Concord is permitted to continue to use the water of Sandy Pond under the provisions of present law it will be necessary as water consumptions increase for the town of Lincoln to considerably lower its intake works to obtain the maximum safe yield which might be developed if the pond had been drawn down four feet. On the other hand, if Concord is further restricted in the use of the waters of Sandy Pond or if the law should be amended to reserve all of the waters of Sandy Pond for the town of Lincoln it would be necessary for the town of Concord to make changes in its water distribution system.
The Department is of the opinion that, whether or not the town of Conocord is further restricted in the use of the waters of Sandy Pond or, whether or not its Legislative rights to use the waters of such pond are repealed, it will be necessary for the town of Lincoln to restrict the use of water by complete metering of all services or to establish an additional source of supply or both within the next 10 or 15 years.
The water consumers of the town of Lincoln should under- stand that such steps will be necessary whether or not the town of Concord is restrained or excluded from the use of the waters of Sandy Pond. If, however, the town of Lincoln objects to the drawing down of Sandy Pond during extended dry periods in order to satisfy the needs of the towns of Concord and Lincoln, with the probability of growth of weeds and grasses on the areas exposed and the subsequent detrimental effect upon the quality of water when the pond is refilled, it is the privilege of the town of Lincoln to petition for such legis- lation as may be required to further restrain or exclude the town of Concord from the use of Sandy Pond.
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