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418 00
874 00
South
Bethia S. Keith, 28 3-5 weeks
343 20
Emma M. Graham, 37 3-5 weeks
413 60
Maybelle C. Dame, 8 weeks
88 00
Emma G. Holt
4 00
848 80
157
North Row
Eliza Spaulding, 38 weeks $353 50
$353 50
Golden Cove
Gertrude B. McQuade, 38 weeks 403 00
403 00
South Row
Katherine L. Shea, 15 weeks 157 50
Bessie M. Thompson, 10 weeks 100 00
Ivy Kew, 9 weeks
90 00
Frances Donovan, 4 weeks
40 00
Ethel M. Wright
2 00
389 50
Drawing
Bertha G. Bartlett, 40 weeks 424 00
424 00
Music
Mary B. Raynes, 36 weeks
468 00
468 00
MEDICAL INSPECTION
Dr. F. E. Varney
150 00
Dr. A. G. Scoboria 150 00
300 00
APPARATUS
Falls & Burkinshaw
5 10
E. E. Babb & Co. . 40 00
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co. 10 98
W. B. Pierce.
63
L. A. Derby & Co.
1 24
57 95
158
TRANSPORTATION
Boston & Northern St. R. R.
$280 00
Benjamin Bogdonoff.
145 50
Mary B. Raynes.
37 00
Bertha G. Bartlett.
40 00
J. C. Sheehan.
279 00
John J. Sullivan
106 50
Mrs. Fred Merrill
66 25
Robert Hildreth
86 70
E. Paignon, Jr.
68 25
Mr. Smith
5 55
Fred Armitage
37 50
Lowell & Fitchburg St. R. R
30 00
Geo. H. Wilson
6 00
F. L. Kendall
2 26
Hartshone Nickles
16 00
¥$1,206 51
CARE OF SCHOOL HOUSES
Aubrey E. Chadbourne
38 00
Fred Chandler
500 00
Chas. E. House
95 00
Rose E. Osterhoul
21 50
Edgar R. Parker
190 00
Mrs. Pearson
20 00
Owen- Scollan
500 00
Thomas Smith
190 00
A. F. Whidden.
315 00
1,869 50
FUEL
John Marinel, Jr.
13 00
E. T. Adams.
6 50
Clarence Nickles
12 00
John P. Quinn
1,281 03
Harry L. Parkhurst
167 78
William P. Proctor Co
32 62
1,512 93
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TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
E. E. Babb & Co.
$701 90
Chas. Scribner's Sons 3 40
Bartlett & Dow. 3 43
D. C. Heath & Co.
37 12
Rand, McNally & Co
11 00
White, Smith Pub. Co
4 15
American Express Co.
1 80
F. L. Kendall 15 91
J. L. Hammett & Co
2 90
Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover
34 67
Ginn & Co. 213 67
B. & M. R. R. 25
American Book Co
114 39
Silver Burdett & Co
47 79
Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co
47 92
F. J. Barnard & Co.
24 66
Houghton & Mifflin.
41 21
C. C. Brichard & Co
1 34
Parkhurst Press
15 75
A. P. Briggs.
13 11
Talbot Dyewood & Chemical Co
17 38
H. M. Wiegel
11 50
Derby & Morse
2 25
J. B. Emerson
4 75
E. R. Marshall
1 25
Allyn & Bacon. 20 84
$1,394 34
FURNITURE AND REPAIRS
Thomas H. Murphy 6 35
F. A. Malorey
8 72
H. H. Wilder
5 00
F. A. Hill.
271 20
Lactance Gaudette
3 00
Fred Chandler 39 26
W. McLarney & Co.
56 04
160
Adams & Co
$17 70
I. H. Knight.
6 25
W. A. Mack
18 09
C. B. Coburn Co
5 39
Thomas Smith
5 10
Rose Osterhout
5 00
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
91 10
Robertson Co
2 60
E. R. Parker.
1 90
George H. Holt. .
23 00
Masury Young & Co
18 00
E. E. Smith & Co
35
Sweetser & Day
3 80
S. C. Hagerman .
5 00
E. F. De La Haye.
3 00
Charles T. Melvin.
5 50
D. F. Small
1 65
Chelmsford Foundry Co.
8 35
Bartlett & Dow
2 38
George Whidden
11 81
E. T. Adams
9 78
Adams Hardware Co
1 16
George M. Wright
3 00
J. W. Stevens
1 95
James Kiberd .
60
Edwards & Monahan
15 17
Welch Bros.
80 55
A. G. Greene
2 40
E. R. Marshall.
1 50
$739 95
INCIDENTALS
Ervin E. Smith 50
Courier-Citizen 22 50
Lowell Gas Light Co.
7 65
Lowell Electric Light Co
12 00
Standard Oil Co
9 50
161
Derby & Morse $2 96
C. H. Batchelder & Co
6 75
Lowell Sun
24 30
Stickney & Austin.
50 00
F. L. Kendall.
1 25
Philip Donohoe
1 50
Bethia S. Keith
15
B. & M R. R.
2 56
North Chelmsford Fire District.
28 08
Thomas Smith
3 50
Parkhurst Press.
1 50
Chelmsford Foundry
7 30
American Express
5 57
Henry C. Doughty
19 00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
3 62
Owen Scollan
3 00
J. C. Osterhout
1 25
A. P. Briggs'.
29 96
R. W. Emerson 10 62
S. W. Parkhurst.
23 19
Napoleon Lemay
22 50
Bartlett & Dow
75
Fred Chandler
25
.
$301 71
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
ACCOUNTS
Appropriations and Receipts
Expenditures
Surplus
Defic t
Teaching, Care and Fuel.
$19,000 00
$19.22! 98
$221 98
Superintendent
937 50
1,279 98
342 48
Tuition of State Children ..
165 50
$165 50
State Treasurer, Account of Superintendent and Teachers
937 50
937 50
Tuition from Surrounding Towns.
47 50
47 50
Sale of Books .
85 39
85 39
Dog Licenses
580 61
580 61
Incidentals
275 00
301 71
20 71
Transportation
1.100 00
1,206 51
106 51
Apparatus.
50 00
57 95
7 95
162
Furniture and Repairs
1.300 00
739 95
560 05
Text Books and Supplies
1,300 00
1,394 34
94 34
Medical Inspection
300 00
300 00
Net Surplus.
$26,079 00
$24,502 42
$2.376 55
$799 97 1,576 58
1 576 58
$26 079 00
$26,079 00
$2 376 55
$2,376 55
Annual Report
of the
Trustees of the Adams Library
and the
North Chelmsford Library Corporation
of the
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD
for the
Year Ending February 28th, 1910
Report of the Trustees of the Adams Library
The Trustees of the Adams Library submit the following report :-
The Board met as usual at the beginning of the year to organize, and elected Mr. J. Adams Bartlett, Chairman ; Mr. A. H. Davis, Secretary ; and Rev. Wilson Waters, Treasurer. The various Committees were also chosen for carrying on the work of the Library. The Treasurer's account accompanies this report.
The stone curbing has been completed around the Library lot, and some additional improvement of the grounds has been planned, which the small sum remaining in the Treasurer's hands will help to pay for.
The circulation continues to increase, as does also the general efficiency of the Library. The Superintendent of Schools has availed himself of the privileges of the Library by bringing more books to the scholars and more scholars to the books than formerly, so that there is an increasing demand for such literature as will aid young people in the pursuit of their regular studies, and also develop individual investigation along lines in which they may become specially interested.
The primary purpose of a public library is, of course, to enlighten the community by bringing within the reach of the people good books, and perhaps other educational library material which would ordinarily be inaccessible to them. There should be also some facilities for study and research, which are particularly valuable in connection with school
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work. The distinguishing characteristic of the education provided by a public library is that it is not compulsory, not imposed upon the one who has it; and thus it differs as a rule from the education of the schools. The latter, too, is necessarily general in character, and largely regardless of the special needs of the individual, while the purpose of the library is to supply individual demands, and so the more effectively to develop the individual in the direction of his greatest capacity. The Librarian will welcome suggestions concerning books to be purchased with this end in view.
Those who consult the reference shelves will find a marked improvement in the character and arrangement of books in that department of the library. .
The Librarian is working with the Trustees to give the Library greater efficiency, and the time is not far distant when larger accommodations and more convenient facilities will be necessary to carry on the work in a proper manner. The stack-room is already crowded, and some arrangement for more shelves must soon be had. The room has sufficient height to allow of shelves being placed above those now in use to be reached by a stairway. It is also desirable to have some special accommodations for children.
The Trustees would again call the attention of those who have ancient and interesting documents, or other relics for which they desire a place of safety, to the fact that the library provides such a depository for articles of historic value.
On February II, there was held at the Adams Library a meeting of the Association of Librarians from Chelmsford and several of the neighboring towns, who come together at stated times to compare notes and confer with each other as to the best methods of conducting small libraries. Two hours passed in pleasant and profitable conference.
Perhaps very few of those who come to the desk to make request for a book, realize what the volume has cost before it is handed over to the reader for the first time. To begin with, there is the cost of the library building, its mainten- ance, lighting, heating and soforth; the Librarian's salary, the
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furniture of the library, the necessary printing of labels, catalogues and cards ; all this before we come to the book itself. Years of thought and labor may have been spent in writing it or gaining the material for it. The purchaser for the library first selects the book ; it is then ordered ; read or examined, and if approved, it is paid for. Then it is acces- sioned, classified, labeled, numbered and catalogued. Added to this is the c'erical labor for every issue and return of it, as well as all the other incidental work of the Librarian ; and in time the book may need mending or rebinding. All the borrower has to do is to go to the library, fill out a printed slip and hold out his hand for the book.
The remaining Trustees desire to express their regret at the retirement of Mr. Bartlett and Miss Gay, whose terms of office expire at this time. For many years they have con- tributed to the pleasant and harmonious working of the Board. Their presence and their counsel will be missed.
The Library has received a large framed, life like and pleasing photograph of Mr. Amos F. Adams, the donor of the Library building, which has been hung as he desired. In accordance with a vote of the Trustees a letter was recently addressed to him, expressing their sympathy and good wishes in his prolonged illness.
The circulation for the year has been 12,200.
The character of the circulation has been as follows:
Fiction 63.7
General Literature 17
Religion and Philosophy 1.9
Sociology. . . 1.5
Natural Science. 1.9
Useful Arts. 1.8
Fine Arts 1.I
Literature 2.3
History. 4
Travel and Description 2.5
Biography . 2.3
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The Library has been open to the public 198 sessions.
Attendance in reading room has averaged 15.5 each ses- sion.
Number of volumes purchased. 168
Number of volumes purchased to replace worn books . 42
Number of magazines bound (included above) 32
DONATIONS
From library of the late Miss E. M. Edson. . 143
Rev. Wilson Waters. 210
Mrs. Charles Coburn 54
Mr. J. Adams Bartlett 5
Mrs. A. H. Park . I
Miss C. L. Richardson I
Mr. S. M. Griswold.
Mr. H. K. Dalton. I
I
Miss Relief Spaulding I
A. C. McClurg. I
State of Massachusetts. I5
United States
5
438
Number of volumes at present in library 9148.
No money has been drawn from the "Joseph Warren Fund," which amounts to $827.71; or from the "Adams- Emerson Fund," which amounts to $104.40.
J. ADAMS BARTLETT,
ALBERT H. DAVIS, WILSON WATERS, A. HEADY PARK, EMMA J. GAY, FRANCES CLARK,
Trustees of the Adams Library.
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ACCOUNT OF TREASURER
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand .
$ 24 96
Received from Town
800 00
Fines from Librarian
... 15 00
$839 96
EXPENDITURES
Librarian.
$240 00
Books
172 69
Periodicals
74 90
Fuel
105 00
Gas. .
67 51
Binding
50 44
Work on Grounds.
25 10
Tree for Grounds
15 CO
Printing
15 25
Transportation of Books
13 00
Running Lines for Curbing
8 00
Sundries . .
1 75
Repairs on Gas Pipe
I 60
Postage .
60
Balance
49 12
$839 96
WILSON WATERS,
Treasurer.
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Report of the North Chelmsford Library Corporation
At the annual meeting of the North Chelmsford Library Corporation, held March 2, 1910, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year :
Directors: A. H. Sheldon, President; F. E. Varney, H. Ellen Sargent; Vice-President, P. L. Piggott ; Secretary, Otis P. Wheeler; Treasurer, Stewart Mackay.
OTIS P. WHEELER,
Secretary.
For the year ending March 1st, 1910, the Directors make the following report :
The library has been open 151 sessions
There are 74 new borrowers, making 234 in all.
The circulation is 7,250.
One hundred and seventy-four new books have been added during the year, including one book from the U. S. Government, three volumes of McClure's magazine from Mrs. Sargent and four volumes of Harper's magazine from Mrs. Hattie Blodgett.
There are now 5,816 volumes on the shelves and 71 books are to be sent to the bindery.
ARTHUR H. SHELDON, FRED E. VARNEY, H. ELLEN SARGENT, Directors.
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ACCOUNT OF TREASURER
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand
$23 65
Town appropriation
400 00
Walter B. Pierce
1 18
Balance of fines from Librarian
21
425 04
.
EXPENDITURES
Librarian
100 00
Janitor and Assistant Librarian
20 00
Books
192 90
Bindery
30 88
Printing
14 35
Carrying books to West Chelmsford
5 20
Fuel
15 00
Electric light
15 91
Librarian's expenses, expressage, etc
5 20
Supplies
7 45
Cleaning library
3 05
Repairs .
3 60
413 54
Balance on hand
11 50
$425 04
..
STEWART MACKAY,
Treasurer.
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting
At Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre
Monday, March 28, 1910
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Chelmsford, in said County, GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid you are here- by required to notify the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet in the Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre, on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of March, current, being the fourth Monday in said month, at eight o'clock in the forenoon. The polls will be opened at 8:15 A. M , and closed at 1:15 P. M .; and they are then and there to act upon the following articles, viz:
Article 1. To choose a Moderator.
Article 2. To bring in their votes for one Assesor, one School Committee, two Trustees of the Adams Library, one Cemetery Commissioner, one Sinking Fund Commis- sioner, and one Road Commissioner, all for three years; three Park Commissioners, one for one year, one for two years, one for three years ; five Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor, Town Treasurer and Col- lector of Taxes, three Auditors, seven Constables,
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and one Tree Warden, all for one year. Also to vote on the following question : "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?"
Article 3. To choose all other Town officers necessary to be chosen by hand vote, or act in relation to the same.
Article 4. To hear reports of Town officers and committees and act thereon.
Article 5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray Town charges for the cur- rent year.
Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow, subject to the approval of the Selectmen, such sums of money as may be required for the demands upon him, in anticipation of the taxes of the current year, and payable therefrom.
Article 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the current year; also in such other matters which may arise requiring, in their judgment, the action of such agent, and to employ counsel therefor.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to accept Lincoln Ave., as laid out by the Road Commissioners, or act in relation thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- poiate the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the observance of Memorial Day, or act in relation there- to
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to provide telephone service for the use of Constables in the Centre and North villages, or act in relation thereto.
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Article 11. To see if the Town' will vote to purchase one or two parcels of land in that portion of the town known as North Chelmsford and erect a school-house upon one or upon each of such parcels, choose a building committee, and raise, appropriate, or borrow a suffic- ient sum o fmoney to meet the expense to be thereby incurred ; and act in relation to the same.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to enlarge the new school-house, so-called, located in that part of the town known as North Chelmsford, choose a building committee, and raise, appropriate, or borrow a suffic- ient sum to meet the expense to be thereby incurred ; and act in relation to the same.
Article 13. To see if the Town will take action relating to the depredations made on farms, orchards and other property by persons coming from Lowell or elsewhere on Sundays.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to provide for a re- valuation of the real estate, make a printed report of the same for distribution, and raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to defray the expense, or act in relation thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) to be paid to the North Chelmsford Fire District for hydrant service for the current year, or act in relation thereto.
Article 16 To see if the Town will rescind its action under Article 11 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meet- ing held on March 25, 1907, whereby it was voted to elect at the next Annual Meeting three Road Com- missioners in accordance with the provisions of Chap- 11, Sec. 341, of the Revised Laws, or act in relation thereto.
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Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for free band concerts the present season in the several villages of the Town, or act in relation thereto.
Article 18. To see what action the Town will take in regard to a Town way on the Homestead land, so-called, in the Center Village, as laid out by the Road Commis- sioners.
Article 19. To see what action the Town will take in regard to a Town way in the North Village, as laid out by the Road Commissioners.
Article 20. To see if the Town will accept and adopt the By- Laws as prepared by the Selectmen, or act in relation thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120.00) for the service of a janitor at the North and Center fire houses, or act in relation thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate money for the erection and maintenance of street lights from the Bengsten estate to and includ- ing the corner of Middlesex Street, or what was formerly known as the old Andrews lot, or act in relation thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will accept and approve the change made in the voting precincts as recommended by the Selectmen, whereby an additional precinct is to be established embracing that portion of the town known as East Chelmsford and adjacent territory ; and act in relation to the same.
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And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at post offices in the Center of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, West Chelms- ford, and at the school-house at East Chelmsford, ten days at least before the time appointed for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twelfth day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ten.
E. T. ADAMS, JOHN J. DUNN, D. FRANK SMALL, CHARLES F. DEVINE, WILBER E. LAPHAM, Selectmen of Chelmsford.
I have served the foregoing Warrant, by posting up true and attested copies of the same at the places above mentioned more than ten days before the day of holding said meeting.
KARL M. PERHAM,
Constable of Chelmsford.
INDEX
Aggregate of Appropriations, Receipts and Expenditures 100
Appraisers' Report-
Property of Centre Fire Department 77
Property of Highway Department 74
Property of Moth Department. 76
Property of North Chelmsford Fire Department. 77
Property at Town Farm
72
Property of Weights and Measures Department
77
Assessors' Report
30
Auditors' Report
42 97
Report of Board of Health
95 86 94 93
Report of Inspector of Meat.
83
Report of Moth Superintendent
88 170
Report of Road Commissioners
58 78 91
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
82
Report on Town Bounds
90
Report of Trustees of Adams Library
165
Financial Report
155
School Calendar, 1910-1911
110
School Superintendent's Report.
112
Summary of Receipts and Expenditures 162
Selectmen's Report-
Care and Improvement of Cemeteries 57
Cattle Inspection 59
Cemetery Trust Funds 58
61
Curbing, Adams Library 59
Enforcement of Liquor Law.
56
Fire House, North Village. 62
Firemen's Relief Association, Lowell 62
List of Jurors
Report of Cemetery Commissioners
Report of Inspector of Animals
Report of Forest Warden
Report of North Chelmsford Library Corporation
Report on Street Lights.
School Committee's Report.
105
Collection and Abatement of Taxes
179
Flag Pole, Centre
.57
Highways . ..
46
Hydrant Service, North Village
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
60 61 63
Insurance on Public Buildings
Libraries
62
Loans and Interest.
61
Meat Inspection
Memorial Day.
Military Aid:
Miscellaneous Expenses
Moth Work
55 60
Repairs of Public Buildings
50
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Sinking Fund
State Aid ..
Street Lighting
51
Tree Warden
46
Village Clock
62
Widening and Straightening Golden Cove Road.
62
Support of Poor-
Expense at Almshouse
67
Inmates at Almshouse
70
Outside Poor
69
Receipts at Almshouse
69
Town Clerk's Report-
Annual Town Meeting, 1909
18
Births Recorded in Chelmsford in 1909
9
Deaths Recorded in Chelmsford in 1909
14
Dogs Licensed for 1909
17
Marriages Recorded in Chelmsford in 1909
12
Special Town Meeting, May 3, 1909
25
State Election .
27
Tax Collectors' Report.
33
Town Officers
3
Town Treasurer's Report
37
Tree Warden's Report
89
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1910.
173
63 62 61 63
Princeton Street Bridge.
59 63 61 60
Town Officers and Committees
The cover of this Report was designed by BLANCHE J. NOEL Chelmsford Center High School
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