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While engaged in making the audit cooperation was received from the various 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.
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
TOWN OF LINCOLN Balance Sheet - December 31, 1950 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Cash:
General
$134,988 38
Water
9,974 25
$144,962 63
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1949:
Personal Property
$476 00
Real Estate
2,571 00
Levy of 1950:
Personal Property
1,190 72
Real Estate.
7,604 60
11,842 32
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise: Levy of 1950.
4,789 54
Tax Titles
20 00
Departmental:
Schools
77 60
Water Rates:
Levy of 1949
$77 27
Levy of 1950
905 06
982 33
Aid to Highways:
State.
$6,000 00
County
2,500 00
8,500 00
Underestimates 1950:
State Parks and Reservation Assessment
$96 81
State Audit Assessment.
40 56
137 37
$171,311 79
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REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
Liabilities and Reserves
Road Machinery Fund.
$2,069 96
Proceeds of Dog Licenses
21 00
Gift for Schools.
1.7 35
Trust Funds Income:
Julian DeCordova School Equipment
Fund ..
$218 01
Grammar School Fund.
55 92
Cemetery Investment Fund
247 58
521 51
Overestimates 1950:
County Hospital Assessment.
$567 69
County Tax
2,143 12
2,710 81
Premium and Accrued Interest on Loan ..
352 92
Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children:
Administration
$6 62
Aid .
115 31
Old Age Assistance:
Administration
35 23
Aid .
99 65
256 81
Unexpended Appropriation Balances:
Planning Board Research.
$1,000 00
Building Code Committee.
37 00
Fire Department Equipment
1,343 00
Highway - Town Barn.
117 83
Highway Building Equipment
65 93
Schools - Boiler.
4,000 00
Elementary School Construction
365 33
Cemeteries .
147 22
Gazette.
60 08
Tennis Courts - Repair
236 74
War Memorial
50 00
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus.
17,857 52
Overlay Reserve for Abatement of Taxes:
Levy of 1949
$3,047 00
Levy of 1950
3,414 93
7,423 13
6,461 93
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Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
$4,789 54
Tax Title.
20 00
Departmental
77 60
Water
982 33
Aid to Highways
8,500 00
14,369 47
Surplus Revenue:
General
$109,275 13
Water
9,974 25
119,249 38
$171,311 79
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt.
$292,000 00
$292,000 00
Highway Loan
$32,000 00
Schoolhouse Loans
260,000 00
$292,000 00
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REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds:
Cash and Securities:
In Custody of Town Treasurer
$19,212 73
In Custody of Commissioners
204,554 12
In Custody of Directors
13,165 95
In Custody of Trustees.
1,623,997 74
$1,860,930 54
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
$13,191 74
Cemetery Investment Fund.
6,020 99
$19,212 73
John H. Pierce Hospital and Park Fund . .
$38,638 04
Bemis Lecture Fund.
32,355 55
Julian DeCordova School Equipment Fund
25,001 50
Donald Gordon Recreation Fund .
5,383 81
Grammar School Fund
1,217 52
Abbie J. Stearns Silent Poor Fund .
2,855 77
Charles S. Smith High School Fund
87,683 79
Julia A. Bemis Library Fund
684 05
Codman Library Fund.
474 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
Hattie Hoar Howard Library Fund.
100 00
David W. Mann Library Fund
105 70
Hugh Anthony Gaskell Fund .
158 89
C. Edgar and Elizabeth S. Wheeler Library Fund.
1,235 46
General Library Fund.
203 00
Abbie J. Stearns Special Library Fund ...
1,301 03
Elizabeth and Leland Burr Library Fund . .
64 00
Library Income Account.
492 73
204,554 12
The DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park Maintenance Fund. .
13,165 95
The DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park Funds:
Number 1.
$146,013 87
¥
2
7,020 70
3
· 1,470,963 17
1,623,997 74
$1,860,930 54
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
For the information of those reading this report, the invest- ment of Town Trust Funds under the supervision of the Trust Fund Commissioners is now restricted by law to certain types of savings deposits and bonds or notes legal for savings banks in Massachusetts.
The present securities held in the Town Trust Funds, in the opinion of the Commissioners, were purchased in conformity with the law. They reflect the rates prevailing on legal securi- ties during the war years, and the recent purchase of some legal securities other than United States Government Bonds.
As long as the highest grade legal investments, other than United States Government Bonds, gave a return only slightly better than United States Government Bond issues, it seemed sensible, for the most part, to purchase the latter. Recently, the return obtainable from legal bonds other than United States Government issues has improved sufficiently to make them (the non-Government issues) in some cases considerably more attractive from the income point of view than United States Government Bonds.
As a consequence of this relative change a number of legal bonds other than United States Governments have been purchased.
Bemis Lecture Fund
Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1951. ...
$534 22
Add: Income received in 1951:
U.S.A. bond interest.
$495 00
Other bond interest. .
382 50
Savings bank interest.
26 00
903 50
$1,437 72
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COMMISSIONER OF TRUST FUNDS
Deduct: Payments per order of Fund Trustees:
January 19, Bruce C. Hopper
$50 00
February 12, James Coletta 75 00
March 16, Rufus Rose.
125 00
April 20, Dr. Ruroy Sibley . . .
200 00
November 23, Tom Two Arrows . .
80 00
December 7, Nemone Balfour
150 00
Total for lectures
$680 00
Printing and postage.
136 18
Janitor service at lectures
18 70
Taxi hire.
6 00
Expense of maintaining mailing list .
. .
21 97
Trustees' orders .
$862 85
Safe deposit box rent
4 00
866 85
Cash balance at December 31, 1951
$570 87
Cash and Securities at December 31, 1951
Cash balance on hand (accumulated in- come) .
$570 87
$3,000 Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe R.R. General 4's due 1995.
3,000 00
3,000 Louisville & Nashville R.R., A.K. & C. Division 4% due 1955
3,000 00
3,000 New England Power Co. 314% due 1961.
3,000 00
2,000 Southern Pacific R.R. Equipment Trust "Q" 214% due 1954.
1,981 29
U.S.A. Series "G" 214% bonds, at cost:
$11,000 due September 1, 1956
11,000 00
3,000 due April 1, 1957 .
3,000 00
4,800 due May 1, 1957.
4,800 00
1,000 due November 1, 1959
1,000 00
Middlesex Institution for Savings
1,040 04
$32,392 20
Accumulated income
$570 87
Principal
31,821 33
$32,392 20
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DeCordova School Equipment Fund
Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1951. $ None
Income received in 1951:
U.S.A. bond interest. $339 62
Other bond interest.
65 84
Savings bank interest.
185 95
Dividends . .
56 25
$647 66
Less accrued interest paid on bonds pur- chased . 91
646 75
Bond interest credited to Principal to amortize purchase premiums.
4 24
Proceeds of sale of First National Bank of Boston rights, credited to book value of stock 8 95
Withdrawal from Middlesex Institution for Savings
1,015 00
$2,000 U.S. Treasury 212% due 1972-67, exchanged for $2,000 234% Treasury bonds due 1980-75, contra . 2,033 15
$3,708 09
Deduct: Net income for 1951 paid to Town of Lincoln, General Funds . $646 75
Purchase of $1,000 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Equip. Trust Series "CC" 3% due Sept. 1961. 997 86
$2,000 U.S. Treasury 234% regis- tered bonds due April 1, 1980-
75, received in exchange for 212% bonds, contra. 2,033 15
3,677 76
Cash balance at December 31, 1951 .. $30 33
Cash and Securities at December 31, 1951
Cash balance on hand . $30 33
Cambridge Savings Bank. 3,727 52
Middlesex Institution for Savings
2,727 53
$10,000 U.S.A. Series "G" 21/2% due April 1, 1958, at cost.
10.000 00
1,000 U.S.A. Series "G" 212% due November 1, 1959, at cost. .
·1,000 00
1,000 U.S. Treasury 212% due March 15, 1970-65.
1,017 23
2,000 U.S. Treasury Reg. 234% due April 1, 1980-75. . . . 2,032 45 1,000 Southern Pacific R. R. Equip. Trust "Q" 214% due October 1, 1954. 990 65
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COMMISSIONER OF TRUST FUNDS
1,000 Western Maryland Rwy. 4-412% due October 1, 1969 $1,029 73
1,000 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Equip. Trust "CC" 3% due September 1, 1961. 997 86
25 shares First National Bank of Boston, capital stock . .
1,448 20
$25,001 50
Charles Sumner Smith School and Playground Fund
Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1951 .
$2 87
Add: Income received in 1951:
U.S.A. bond interest. $937 50
Other bond interest . 102 14
Savings bank interest
303 51
1,343 15
Bond interest credited to Principal to amortize pur- chase premiums .
1 62
Withdrawn from savings banks:
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank.
2,211 00
Middlesex Institution for Savings
970 00
Warren Institution for Savings.
1,795 00
$ 6,323 64
Deduct: Safe deposit box rent $4 00
Accrued interest paid on bonds purchased . 19 77
Savings bank interest allowed to accumulate 303 51
Bonds purchased :
$2,000 Great Northern Rwy. Equipment Trust Series "M" 27/8% due October 1, 1960. . $2,000 Southern California Edi- son Co. 3% due September 1, 1965
2,004 09
2,040 70
$1,000 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Equipment Trust Series" CC" 3% due September 1, 1961 .. $1,000 American Telephone & Telegraph Co. 234% due 1975. 952 91
997 86
6,322 84
Cash balance at December 31, 1951
S 80
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Cash and Securities at December 31, 1951
Cash balance on hand.
$ 80
Savings bank deposits:
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank. 2,570 77
Middlesex Institution for Savings 5,350 11
Warren Institution for Savings. 2,170 78
U.S.A. bonds at cost (see note):
$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
1,375 Series "F" due December 1, 1962.
1,017 50
26,500 Series "G" 212% due October 1, 1954 ..
26,500 00
11,000 Series "G" 212% due September 1, 1956.
11,000 00
$2,000 Southern Pacific R. R. 214% due 1961, Equip. Trust Series "Q".
1,913 27
2,000 Great Northern Rwy. Equip. Trust "M" due 1960, 27/8% .
2,003 87
2,000 Southern California Edison 3% due 1965
2,039 30
1,000 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Equip. Trust "CC" 3% due 1961.
997 86
1,000 American Tel. & Tel. 234% due 1975.
952 91
$89,003 17
Note: Redemption value of U.S.A. Series "F" and "G" bonds at December 3, 1951, exceeded cost by $3,462.05.
Lincoln Library Trust Funds
Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1951
$762 43
Income received in 1951:
Julia A. Bemis Fund
$17 20
Codman Fund
11 87
Hugh Anthony Gaskill Fund . 3 96
John H. Pierce Fund
27 88
George Russell Fund .
10 44
Abbie J. Stearns Fund .
48 39
.
Abbie J. Stearns Special Fund
32 52
George G. Tarbell Fund
78 48
C. Edgar and Elizabeth S. Wheeler Fund
31 07
Hattie Hoar Howard Fund 83
COMMISSIONER OF TRUST FUNDS
117
David W. Mann Fund.
73
Elizabeth and Leland Burr Fund .
58
General Library Funds.
4 82
268 77
Additional gifts to Elizabeth and Leland Burr Fund
6 00
$1,037 20
Deduct: Income from John H. Pierce Fund paid to Edith B. Farrar, Librar- ian .
$27 88
Book-of-the-Month Club
25 00
Work on Library grounds (from David W. Mann Fund).
17 54
Safe deposit box rental . .
4 00
Savings bank interest allowed to accumulate.
89 59
Deposited in Middlesex Institu- tion for Savings:
Hattie Hoar Howard Fund ..
100 00
David W. Mann Fund .....
88 16
Elizabeth and Leland Burr Fund
70 00
422 17
Cash balance on hand at December 31, 1951 .
$615 03
Cash and Securities at December 31, 1951
Accumulated Income on Deposit
Principal
Julia S. Bemis Fund:
Middlesex Institution for Savings
$17 20
$684 05
Elizabeth and Leland Burr Fund:
Middlesex Institution for Savings . . .
58
70 00
Codman Fund:
U.S.A. Series "G" 212% due June 1, 1955
400 00
Middlesex Institution for Savings . . .
1. 87
74 59
474 59
Hugh Anthony Gaskill Fund:
Middlesex Institution for Savings
158 .89
Hattie Hoar Howard Fund:
Middlesex Institution for Savings
83
100 00
David W. Mann Fund:
Middlesex Institution for Savings.
73
88 16
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John H. Pierce Fund:
U.S.A. Series "G" 212% due January 1, 1955.
$1,000 00 114 57
Middlesex Institution for Savings.
$1,114 57
George Russell Fund:
Middlesex Institution for Savings . . ...
$10 44
415 74
Abbie J. Stearns Fund:
U. S. A. Series "G" 212% due January 1, 1955.
1,000 00
Middlesex Institution for Savings
23 39
930 00
$1,930 00
Abbie J. Stearns Special Fund: Middlesex Institution for Savings.
1,301 03
George G. Tarbell Fund:
U.S.A. Series "G" 212% due January 1, 1955.
3,000 00
Middlesex Institution for Savings . .
3 48
138 38
$3,138 38
C. Edgar and Elizabeth S. Wheeler Fund: Middlesex Institution for Savings .....
31 07
1,235 46
$89 59
$10,710 87
General Library Funds, on deposit: Boston Five Cents Savings Bank.
203 00
Accumulated income from prior years, cash on hand
615 03
$704 62
$10,913 87
Donald Gordon Recreation Fund
Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1951. ..
. .
$ None
Income received in 1951:
U.S.A. Series "G" bond interest.
$75 00
Savings bank interest.
44 83
119 83
Withdrawal from Middlesex Institution for Savings ...
1,210 00
$1,329 83
$ 92
Deduct: Accrued interest on bonds pur- chased June 17 celebration . . . . 23rd Infantry Band of Concord, band stand, electrician, etc .... 206 50 Prizes awarded, Fourth of July celebration 25 00
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COMMISSIONER OF TRUST FUNDS
Savings bank interest allowed to accumulate. $44 83
Cost of $1,000 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Equip. Trust 3's due September 1, 1961. 997 86
$1,275 11
Cash balance on hand at December 31, 1951
$54 72
Cash and Securities at December 31, 1951
Cash on hand.
$54 72
Middlesex Institution for Savings
1,218 64
Bonds at cost:
$3,000 U.S.A. Series "G" 212% due January 1, 1954 . ...
3,000 00
1,000 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Equip. Trust 3's due September 1, 1961 .
997 86
$5,271 22
Income accumulated to December 31, 1951 .
$76 47
Principal .
5,194 75
$5,271 22
Abbie J. Stearns Fund for the Silent Poor
Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1951.
$15 00
Income received in 1951:
U.S.A. Series "G" bond interest.
$30 00
Savings bank interest.
41 26
71 26
$86 26
Deduct: Savings bank interest allowed to
accumulate.
41 26
Cash balance at December 31, 1951
$45 00
Cash and Securities at December 31, 1951
Cash on hand.
$45 00
Middlesex Institution for Savings
1,682 03
$1,200 U.S.A. Series "G" 21/2% due January 1, 1955, at cost
1,200 00
$2,927 03
Income accumulated to December 31, 1951.
$1,701 98
Principal
1,225 05
$2,927 03
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Grammar School Fund Cash Account
1951 Savings bank interest, paid to General Funds of Town $29 63
Savings Bank Deposits at December 31, 1951
Middlesex Institution for Savings $722 00
Cambridge Savings Bank 495 52
$1,217 52
John H. Pierce Legacy
Cash Account
Cash balance at January 1, 1951.
$1,591 33
Add: Income received in 1951:
U.S.A. bond interest. $337 50
Other bond interest 45 00
Savings bank interest.
204 10
Annuity u/w John H. Pierce. .
3,000 00
Rent of property for 1951 ....
600 00
Fees collected :
Well-Child Clinic.
22 00
Dental Clinic.
559 00
Refunds of hospital aid granted
285 65
5,053 25
Withdrawn from savings banks: Wakefield Savings Bank . .
1,000 00
Middlesex Institution for Sav- ings.
1,134 27
Proceeds of fire insurance on barn
5,000 00
$13,778 85
Deduct: Payments per order of Selectmen:
Hospital aid.
$4,004 02
Laboratory fees and medicines.
290 17
Doctors' bills
737 50
Well-Child Clinic .
439 88
Dental Clinic.
1,505 62
Nursing care .
312 00
Care of Pierce Park grounds. .
387 38
$7,676 57
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COMMISSIONER OF TRUST FUNDS
Savings bank interest allowed to accumulate. 138 37
Accrued interest paid on bonds purchased 4 07
Bonds purchased :
$2,000 St. Louis San Francisco Rwy. Equip. Trust Series
"I" 27/8% due August 1, 1955 2,005 57
2,000 Baltimore & Ohio R. R.
Equip. Trust Series "CC" 3% due September 1, 1961 .. 1,995 72
11,820 30
Cash balance at December 31, 1951 . $1,958 55
Cash and Securities at December 31, 1951
Cash on hand.
$1,958 55
Middlesex Institution for Savings
4,175 58
Provident Institution for Savings
1,159 27
Wakefield Savings Bank.
1,876 67
U.S.A. bonds, at cost (see note) :
$11,000 Series "G" 21/2% 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
3,500 Series "F" due July 1, 1962.
2,590 00
$2,000 Southern Pacific R. R. Equip. Trust "Q" 214% due October 1, 1954.
1,981 29
2,000 St. Louis San Francisco Rwy. Equip. Trust"I" 27/8% due August 1, 1955. . 2,005 57
2,000 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Equip. Trust "CC" 3% due September 1, 1961 .
1,995 72
$41,010 65
Note: Redemption value of U.S.A. "G" and "F" bonds at December 31, 1951, exceeded cost by $140.00
CLEMENT C. SAWTELL, HENRY De C. WARD, LEONARD C. LARRABEE, Commissioners of Trust Funds.
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deCORDOVA AND DANA MUSEUM AND PARK
Funds Accounting 1951
Schedule A
Activities for which Charges were made:
Received
Expended
Balance
School: Children
$2,215 00
$3,552 42
$1,337 42d
Adult.
5,028 80
4,308 76
720 04
Play
150 00
150 00d
Film Society
308 45
326 06
17 61d
Concerts
713 50
744 66
31 16d
Lectures
85 50
320 00
234 50d
Rentals
53 00
Other
30 70
d - deficit
$966 95d
Schedule B
Other Expenditures for General Purposes:
Restoration of Painting in Collection
$375 00
Equipment, Improvements.
1,869 82
Accessions.
18 90
Memberships, Subscriptions.
87 00
Salaries: Full time
15,061 43
Part time
85 49
Caretaker's Cottage
575 20
Director and Office Costs
1,525 10
Supplies and Maintenance
1,425 73
Electricity, Telephone, Water
2,587 99
Fuel.
1,257 49
Financial, Insurance
2,598 81
Indoor Activities.
1,815 22
Outdoor Activities
337 15
Supplies for Resale to Students
239 45
$29,859 78
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SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
During the month of August, Chapter 90 maintenance work was done on South Great Road, Codman Road and Concord Road. This work consists of oiling and resurfacing the roads also the installation of catch basins and waterways.
The next three months were spent on Chapter 90 construc- tion work on Bedford Road. The work on Bedford Road con- sists of rebuilding and grading of the new roadbed, also the installation of two catch basins and culverts. If sufficient money is appropriated this project will be completed in the spring of 1952.
The month of December was spent in the erecting of snow fences, also plowing and sanding the streets. The repairs and maintenance of the Town equipment was completed in December.
A salt spreader was purchased by the Highway Department late in December. It is expected that this will help greatly to relieve the icy condition of the roads.
Consideration is being given to the purchase of an automatic sand spreader similar to those used by the state.
Respectfully submitted,
CLIFFORD BRADLEY, Acting Supt.
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
The Board organized with Henry Warner as Secretary and Sumner Smith as Chairman. Twenty-five meetings were held during the year.
Summary of Well Site Exploration
The Town, through the last decade, at the request of the Water Board and the recommendation of the State Board of Health, has appropriated Water Works' money and directed the Board to make a broad survey to increase the Town's water supply.
The Board has retained Geologists, Engineers, and Seismolo- gists, and has had many helpful conferences with members of the State Water and Health Department. Reports and recom- mendations from the aforementioned sources have been fol- lowed, resulting in the Board, with the approval of the Finance Committee, presenting motions at the Town Meeting last June to appropriate money for a well site, equip the well and connect it to the pipe system. This is the only even passable well site discovered in the Town, located on land of Dr. Robert L. and Mr. James DeNormandie, and situated on the easterly shore of Fairhaven Bay about 900' north of Route 117. The ability of the well to produce 1,000,000 GPD is unquestioned, but whether the water would be sufficiently free from minerals after extended drawage during a dry period is not guaranteed. A more exacting pump test may be tried on this well. Another disadvantage to this site is that it is very expensively located as to accessibility and distance from the pipe system. The State Health Department recommends that for sanitary pro- tection the Town acquire the control of the property within circumference of a 400' radius from the well, but the land- owners prefer not to sell.
Although the Town voted adversely on these motions, the Board feels that it would have been derelict in its duty if it had not so brought the subject before the Town. In the first place
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it stimulated for the first time great personal interest in the Water Works System and its problems, and it made the Town conscious that some time in the future, not too distant, it ap- peared that about $250,000 would have to be raised to increase the water supply. It further caused The League of Women Voters to commence an Educational Program on the Water Works, which has resulted in Messrs. Charles H. Blake, Ernest P. Neumann, Edward S. Taylor, Charles P. Kindle- berger and Frederick B. Taylor acting gratuitously as consul- tants with the Water Board. The Board is most appreciative for the interest and helpful cooperation given by these men.
The Board would like to explore an area east of Lake Walden seismographically on the bare chance that a better located well might be indicated.
Another possible source of more water might be the Hobbs Brook Reservoir from which the City of Cambridge has offered to sell Lincoln water. A gate house with a screened well, pumping station, possible filter plant and 16" main tó Lincoln Center might be found to be the best solution, after a thorough examination and comparison with other sources.
Meters
Considering the current water supply situation, both as to supply and distribution, the Board believes the Town is recon- ciled on entering the meter system and intends equipping every additional water taker with a meter, and installing meters on existing services as fast as delivery and money allows. The meters will be read in order to arrive at a charge which will carry the annual Water Works budget, but customers will not be charged by meter until a consistent tax program can be followed.
Clean and Line Main Pipes
In order to pump more water from the pond without adding a new main to the reservoir, it is possible to clean the twelve- inch main and cement line it. A standby temporary pipe could be substituted in sections while the work is being done on
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the main, but the Board has not yet enough confidence in the successful completion of the project to recommend it at this time. Something might happen in the progress of the work to deprive any or all of the Town of water, and the water might carry some tasty influence from the cement lining for some time.
The Board is aware that the distribution system is not wholly adequate in certain sections because of undersize or partially-filled mains, but is postponing renewal of these pipes as long as reasonable because there are so many more required and necessary expenses against Water Works income. The Board is reluctant to borrow money except for capital expenses.
The Board estimates and recommends the following budget for 1952:
Power $3,000 00
Salaries
4,625 00
Census 100 00
Maintenance and Repairs
7,000 00
Labor .
5,000 00
Testing and Treating Sandy Pond.
300 00
Meters and Labor
6,000 00
1 Ton Jeep Truck.
2,754 00
Legal.
3,000 00
Surveying Pipe System for Wells
1,000 00
Total
$32,799 00
Statistics
1. Pipe now in use, 29.254 mi.
2. Number of hydrants now in use, 211.
3. Number of stop-gates now in use, 270.
4. Number of blow-offs now in use, 27.
5. Range of pressure on mains, 40-100 lbs.
6. Total gallons pumped, 130,568,900.
7. Number of services added, 24.
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
8. Number of services renewed, 23.
9. Number of services now in use, 659.
10. Number of meters now in use, 8.
11. Pipe added, 340'. (8" Transite on Page Rd.)
12. Pipe renewed, 1,943'. (8" Transite on Page Rd.)
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY WARNER, Secretary, ROBERT W. SCOTT, SUMNER SMITH, Chairman.
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
On March 28, 1951, the initial meeting was held and the Board organized for the ensuing year. Mrs. Nancy Hurd was elected Secretary. Mr. Flint, member of the Nursing Com- mittee, and Dr. Donaldson, Chairman. Mrs. Ober was ap- pointed agent, and Mr. William Davis, burial agent; Mr. Andrew Doherty, inspector of animals, and Dr. Alden Russell, inspector of slaughtering.
During the year the following licenses were granted: over- night camps, 1; slaughtering of poultry, 1; piggeries, 4; conva- lescent homes, 1; homes for the aged, 2; sale of alcohol, 6.
In accord with the State Law the following contagious diseases have been reported by physicians to the Board; Scar- let Fever, 3; Measles, 10; Mumps, 5; Chicken Pox, 3; Whooping Cough, 1; Ring Worm, 3. In these days of sulfa drugs and antibiotics it is still of the utmost importance that the diagno- sis of contagious diseases be confirmed by a physician and be reported immediately by him to the Board. Complications beyond the power of antibiotics to correct still do exist. Five dog bites were reported. Here again, effective public protec- tion depends on early reporting by the victim, his physician or the dog owner. A verbal report should be supplemented by one in writing. The Town inspector of animals is then dis- patched and the dog is impounded at home for a period of two weeks. In no case should the animal be killed. If rabies is present, at the end of two weeks symptoms will have become evident in the dog, and proper steps can be taken for the care of the bitten. Otherwise, the dog is released only after an examination by the inspector of animals.
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