Town of Westford annual report 1896-1901, Part 35

Author: Westford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: Westford (Mass.)
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NOT TO SELL.


Section 20. Said Stony Brook Valley Street Railway Com- pany shall not sell or lease its tracks or location, nor any part thereof, nor the rights acquired hereunder, to any person or cor- poration without the written consent of the Selectmen.


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HEATING OF CARS.


Section 21. Said company shall heat all cars when in use by them for the transportation of passengers, at such times, by such means, and to such extent as the Selectmen shall from time to time determine.


INSPECTOR.


Section 22 .- Said company agrees that the Selectmen shall appoint an inspector of all the work required for the construc- - tion of said railway, and they may remove him for any cause and appoint another. Said company shall pay said inspector for his services.


Section 23 .- The terms "Board of Selectmen," "Select- men," and " Board," as used in this order of location and in terms, conditions and obligations to which said order is subject, are intended and shall be taken to extend to, and include all successors of the existing Board of Selectmen of the Town of Westford.


Westford, Mass., Dec. 6, 1900.


Signed. SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, GEORGE W. HEYWOOD, WESLEY O. HAWKES, Selectmen of Westford.


Westford, December 6, 1900.


The foregoing is a true copy for location of the Stony Brook Valley Street Railway Company on file in the office of Town Clerk, Westford, Mass.


Attest :


GILMAN J. WRIGHT, Town Clerk.


Boston, Mass., Jan. 4, 1901.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Westford, Mass.


Gentlemen :- We hereby accept your order dated Dec. 6, 1900, granting to the Stony Brook Valley Street Railway Com-


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pany a location in the Town of Westford for its tracks, poles, etc., necessary for the operation of its railway by the overhead trolley system, and the conditions therein named.


HORACE B. PARKER,


THOMAS F. CAREY,


FRANCIS A. CUDDIHY,


WALTER J. SLEEPER, FRANK LAWRENCE BLOOD,


BENJ. H. HARTWELL,


SAMUEL NAYLOR, Directors of the Stony Brook Valley Street Railway Company.


A true copy.


Attest :


THOMAS F. CAREY, Clerk. Westford, Mass., Jan. 5, 1901.


I hereby certify that the acceptance of the Directors of the location granted to the Stony Brook Valley Street Railway Com- pany was filed in the Town of Westford on the 5th of Jan. 1901. Attest :


GILMAN J. WRIGHT, Town Clerk of Westford.


ESTIMATES FOR 1901-1902.


In making these estimates for the amount of money asked for to be raised at the Annual Meeting, we have placed under the head of each department the amount that is asked for by that department.


SELECTMEN.


Highways ..


$3,500 00


Town debt and charges. 4,000 00


OVERSEERS OF POOR.


Support of poor


1,800 00


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Support of schools.


6,000 00


Tuition of high school scholars 1,500 00


Text books and supplies for schools


600 00


Amount carried forward


$17,400 00


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Amount brought forward. $17,400 00


TRUSTEES OF J. V. FLETCHER LIBRARY.


Books


150 00


COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC BURIAL GROUNDS.


Public burial grounds.


200 00


$17,750 00


Number of orders, 447.


Total amount of orders, $18,757.65.


SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, GEORGE W. HEYWOOD, WESLEY O. HAWKES, Selectmen of Westford.


LIST OF JURORS.


The following names will be reported at the Annual Meeting in March to be placed in the jury box, subject to revision by the Town :


NAMES.


OCCUPATIONS.


Henry A. Bunce,


Farmer.


Arthur H. Burnham,


Farmer.


Quincy W. Day,


Farmer.


Thomas F. Dunn,


Engineer.


Edward Fisher,


Lawyer.


Elbert H. Flagg,


Farmer.


Joel A. Fletcher,


Farmer.


Charles H. Follansbee,


Clerk.


Elias Y. Grant,


Machinist.


Edwin E. Heywood,


Farmer.


Frank C. Hildreth,


Farmer.


Frank H. Hildreth,


Farmer.


Samuel M. Hutchins,


Farmer.


Melbourne F. Hutchins,


Farmer.


Benjamin F. Nutting,


Farmer.


Elmer E. Nutting,


Machinist.


Charles E. Osgood,


Carpenter.


William H. Petherick,


Mill Hand.


Nathan Prescott,


Painter.


Ossian V. Robey,


Carpenter.


Homer M. Seavey,


Farmer.


Samuel L. Taylor,


Farmer.


William Wall,


Painter.


T. Arthur E. Wilson,


Farmer.


Farmer.


J. Everett Woods, Bradley V. Wright,


Farmer.


Almon S. Vose,


Farmer.


SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, GEORGE W. HEYWOOD, WESLEY O. HAWKES, Selectmen of Westford.


Westford, Mass., March 1, 1901.


BOARD OF HEALTH.


The Selectmen, acting as the Board of Health, appointed Wesley O. Hawkes and W. H. H. Burbeck agents for diseases and sanitary condition of the Town.


Albert P. Richardson and John A. Healy were licensed as undertakers.


During the past year, as in the year previous, the town has been very free from contagious diseases, only a few cases being reported.


The number of deaths will be found in the Town Clerk's Report.


The following table of contagious diseases is for the calen- dar year 1900 :


Number.


Diphtheria. 2


Measles.


5


Scarlet fever 2


2


Typhoid fever


11


The following expense has occurred :


R. E. Redding, cleaning pond at Gran- iteville from dead fish. $ 2 50


W. O. Hawkes, services. 10 00


W. H. H. Burbeck, services 7 00


$19 50


SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, GEORGE W. HEYWOOD, WESLEY O. HAWKES, Board of Health.


REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


RECEIPTS AT TOWN FARM.


Received for Milk $641 15


Hay


104 31


Board of T. Carney


108 00


Cows and bull


69 00


Apples


54 37


Eggs.


12 76


Calves


15 50


Cranberries


28 25


Pork


28 96


Breaking roads. 3 90


Potatoes. 6 50


Vegetables


4 40


Hens .


8 35


Sundries


8 45


$1,093 90


PAYMENTS AT TOWN FARM.


Paid S. H. Balch, salary from Jan. 1,


1900, to Jan. 1, 1901.


$450 00


Paid for Labor .


368 82


Groceries


374 60


Meat


147 52


Grain


418 04


Steam heating plant


409 96


Cows


177 50


Bull


16 00


Window and door screens. ..


18 20


Wall paper and window shades


12 56


Dry goods.


13 67


Blacksmith work


16 93


Tinware .


11 65


Pasturing cows


14 00


Fertilizer


19 00


Paint.


25 00


Amount carried forward. $2,493 45


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Amount brought forward. $2,493 45


Fish 25 08


Tobacco 20 00


Lumber


27 41


Coal


21 24


Ice. 10 30


Medical supplies


8 50


Water front and couplings 8 60


Car fares .


10 00


Pigs. .


5 00


Hardware.


5 15


Grass and garden seeds


8 00


Sundries


19 62


$2,662 35


EXPENSE OF POOR OUTSIDE ALMSHOUSE.


Paid Hospital bills of Reed, Lord, Quinn, Whitcomb and Raymond City of Lowell, on account of Margaret Casey . 30 00


$702 69


Record of Leland Deed. $1 00


Charles A. Eveleth, sher- iff's fees in Leland case. 46 81


Ralph C. Whidden, work on Leland lumber ... 238 52


T. E. Symmes, survey- ing Leland land and lumber 20 99


307 32


Marshall & Son, groceries for Frank Goss. 17 37


F. E. Varney, M. D., on account Mrs. Goss. 2 25


L. B. Leland, board of Mrs. Louisa Leland 15 00


J. R. Draper, M. D., on account Mrs. Louisa Leland 66 65


Amount carried forward. $1,141 28


87


Amount brought forward $1,141 28


J. R. Draper, M. D, on account Mrs. Perham . 4 75


W. J. Sleeper, M. D., on account Mrs. Jane Dugdale. 5 00


W. J. Sleeper, M. D., on account 25 25


Mrs. Mary H. Whitney ...... W. J. Sleeper, M. D., on account Hannah Sullivan . 4 00


J. W. Godfrey, M. D., on account Mrs. Noel. 10 00


J. W. Godfrey, M. D., on account Mrs. Jos. Whitney . 9 46


J. W. Godfrey, M. D., on account Jos. Whitney 7 80


B. H. Hartwell, M. D., on account Jos. Whitney 2 00


Thatcher & Ireland, on account Jos. Whitney .


11 44


City of Lowell, on account James Savage . 2 00


John H. Knowles, groceries for Wilson family .


7 93


Samuel Hobbs & Co., blanks. ...


58


John H. Knowles, groceries for F. Boucher. 11 51


Wright & Fletcher, groceries for J. D. Wilkinson . 20 00


L. W. Wheeler, salary 10 00


L. W. Wheeler, extra time and expense . 10 00


L. W. Wheeler, making out report to town. 5 00


C. R. Decatur, salary


10 00


C. R. Decatur, extra time and expense 20 00


A. R. Choat, salary 10 00


Amount carried forward $186 72


88


Amount brought forward . $186 72


L. W. Wheeler, making State pauper report . 5 00


Credit by cash received as below . ..


$1,333 00 970 48


Net cost of aid to poor outside almshouse


$362 52


Due for board of John P. Green at town farm


$108 00


Due from Town of Chelmsford on ac- count of Frank Goss and wife 19 62


City of Lowell on account of Jane Dugdale . 5 00


Hannah Sullivan


4 00


State on account of F. Boucher . 11 51


Received from State Treasurer on ac-


15 00


count Caron family . .. Mrs. Noel 10 00


Wilson family 7 93


Abbott & Co., rent of house on town farm. 7 50


J. C. Miller, rent of house of J. D. Wilkinson 4 00


F. Emerson, apples on land of J. D. Wilkinson 5 00


Thos. Quinn on account of Mary Quinn


175 05


N. J. Decatur for wood on Leland land. $40 00


A. Fisher for wood on Leland land. .


1 00


G. E. Gould for wood on Leland land . . . 5 00 L. J. Marden, lumber on Leland land . . 700 00


$746 00


$970 48


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STATEMENT.


Cash received from Town Treasurer. .. 2,898 00 In hands Superintendent of farm Feb. 1, 1900 1 20


Income of farm


1,093 90


$4,002 10


Expense of poor outside almshouse. $1,333 00


Total payments at farm.


2,662 35


Cash in hands Superintendent of farm Feb. 1, 1901 6 75


Cash in hands Superintendent of farm Feb. 1, 1900


$10 20


Drawn from Town Treasurer for farm


1,565 00


$1,575 20


Cash in hands Supt. of farm Feb. 1, 1901


6 75


Net expense at farm


$1,568 45


Net expense of poor outside almshouse 362 52


$1,930 97


Cash received from Town Treasurer ... $2,898 00


Reimbursements in hands of Town


Treasurer.


970 48


Net draft from Town Treasurer


$1,927 52


INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE, FEB. 1, 1901.


AGE.


Caroline A. Perham 76


John P. Green. 81


Edward E. Holt


86


Joseph D. Wilkinson 81


Thomas Carney about 90


Margaret O'Brine about 67


Caroline O'Toole. 101


Mary Elizabeth Cowdry 42


Whole number supported at almshouse. 8


Number of tramps lodged at almshouse 501


$4002 10


90


The expenses of this department have been so much less than expected that we have kept within a reduced appropriation.


The need of a better heating apparatus at the almshouse has been very apparent for some time, so that when we found our- selves in possession of funds recovered by us in behalf of the Town in reimbursement for former expenditures, sufficient to place a steam heating apparatus in the almshouse, we considered it for the interest of the Town so to do, considering it to be more economical for the Town, all things considered, than stoves. Whenever any of the Board have visited the almshouse we have found everything neat and clean and every evidence that the inmates were well cared for. That such care pays is shown by the small amount of medical bills for the inmates. It is the wish of the Overseers and the master of the almshouse that the citizens of the Town would more generally visit this institution and so better understand what is done there.


L. W. WHEELER, A. R. CHOATE, C. R. DECATUR, Overseers of the Poor.


SCHEDULE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE ALMSHOUSE FEBRUARY 2, 1901.


11 cows $440 00


2 horses. 125 00


1 bull. 25 00


13 tons English hay .


260 00


6 tons stock hay .


100 00


5 tons ensilage.


25 00


Grain in barn. .


27 50


1 mowing machine.


20 00


Wagons


175 00


Sleds


32 00


Sleighs


30 00


1 hay tedder. 25 00


1 two horse dump cart 60 00


1 wheelbarrow 10 00


1 ensilage cutter 8 00


1


Amount carried forward. $1,362 50


91


Amount brought forward $1,362 50


1 harrow, spike tooth 12 00


Hay fork and gear. 30 00


2 shoats. 12 00


Harnesses 75 00


40 fowls. .


20 00


Balance in barn and outbuildings ....


411 10


$1,922 60


PERSONAL PROPERTY AT HOUSE.


1} barrels flour 9 50


250 pounds granulated sugar 15 00


1} barrels pork . 24 00


Vinegar, stock and barrels 50 00


60 bushels potatoes 45 00


35 pounds of butter


9 10


Vegetables


3 00


Groceries.


10 00


Balance of personal property at house 715 79


$881 39


$2,803 99


JOHN M. FLETCHER, F. C. HILDRETH, J. W. FLETCHER, Appraisers of property at Town Farm.


TREASURER'S REPORT. The Treasurer of Westford submits the following report :


RECEIPTS.


To cash on hand $ 3,063 52


To cash borrowed. 22,000 00


From State corporation tax, balance 1899 14 63


State corporation tax, 1900. 3,085 48


State bank tax, 1900 560 96


Soldiers' families 1,043 00


Indigent soldiers'


30 00


Income Massachusetts School Fund


404 78


Armory rent .


175 00


County Treasurer, dog licenses


386 46


County Treasurer, fines unlicensed dogs


15 85


A. Bicknell, Janitor Town Hall 95 25


Burial of indigent soldiers.


70 00


Mrs. John W. Raymond, funeral expenses of husband. 26 50


W. C. Wright, Collector, tax of 1894


W. C. Wright, Collector, tax of 1896 3 96


26 22


W. C. Wright, Collector, tax of 1897


153 74


W. C. Wright, Collector, tax of 1898 829 06


W. C. Wright, Collector, interest on tax, 1896. 5 82


W. C. Wright, Collector, interest on tax, 1897 20 26


W. C. Wright, Collector, interest on tax, 1898 96 96


Alvan Fisher, auctioneer license . . 2 00


N. J. Decater, wood on Leland lot


40 00


Collection from Episcopal services, donated ... 10 46


Thos V. Quinn, board of wife


175 05


Clerk, District Court, Ayer. 15 00


Emerson Bros., apples on Wilkinson place ....


5 00


J. C. Miller, rent of Wilkinson house. ..


4 00


Abbot & Co., rent of house at town farm. ..


7 50


County Treasurer, on account of roads.


1,000 00


State Treasurer, on account of paupers. 32 93


Westford Academy, on account of music teacher. 25 00


Amount carried forward.


$33,424 39


93


Amount brought forward $33,424 39


State, on account superintendent of schools . .. 625 00


State, on account inspection of animals 47 00


Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Co., gasoline barrels ... 2 40


Income of Library fund. .


82 50


Accidental Insurance Co., on account Louis Caya. . 7 00


A. L. Prior, tax of 1899. 2,030 37


A. L. Prior, tax of 1900 before Oct. 1 15,865 18


A. L. Prior, tax of 1900 before Dec. 1 1,425 04


A. L. Prior, tax of 1900 after Dec. 1. 1,605 99


A. Fisher, wood on Leland lot.


1 00


G. E. Gould, wood on Leland lot


5 00


L. J. Marden, lumber on Leland lot . 700 00


B. F. Day, cash paid Dr. E. D. Harris 4 00


Mary F. Nutting, license No. 357. 8 00


John A. Haley, work of road, team and men. . 17 25


Carrie E. Read, wood alcohol. 25


$55,850 37


PAYMENTS.


By cash, notes and interest. $23,238 23


State tax. 795 00


County tax. 1,418 57


Orders for incidental expenses 18,757 65


On account of schools . 6,596 10


Account of tuition, Academy


1,500 00


Account of Library . 522 53


Cash on hand 3,022 29


$55,850 37


NAHUM H. WRIGHT, Treasurer.


AUDITOR'S REPORT.


The Chairman, Board of Selectmen, Westford, Mass.


Dear Sir : - Pursuant to the duties of Auditor, I herewith beg to submit to you a report of my examination of the several departments of the Town's accounts for the year ending March 1, 1901.


TAXES.


Uncollected, to the debit of Walter C. Wright.


YEAR.


Balance due March 1, 1900.


Interest collected since March 1, 1900.


Totals.


Payments to credit of same since March 1, 1900, including abate- ments


Balance due March 1, 1901.


1894


$


3 96


$ 3 96


$ 3 96


1896


57 47


$ 5 82


63 29


50 85


$ 12 44


1897


220 40


20 26


240 66


201 27


39 39


1898


1,286 29


96 96


1,383 25


1,000 37


382 88


Total amount uncollected to debit Walter C. Wright, $434 71


TO THE DEBIT A. L. PRIOR FOR YEAR 1899.


To balance uncollected on Feb. 15, 1900 $3,161 92


Additions since, as per Assessors' notices .. 53 55


Interest paid on past due taxes . .... 77 40


$3,292 87


By net taxes collected Feb. 15, 1900, to Feb. 16, 1901


$1,953 40


Abatements since, as per Assessors' notices. 162 99


Interest on past due taxes 77 40


Balance to collect on Feb. 15, 1901. .


1,099 08


$3,292 87


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TO THE DEBIT OF A. I .. PRIOR FOR THE YEAR 1900.


To amount assessed, as per Assessors' warrant for the year as follows :


Real estate. $16,941 89


Personal property 3,564 82


Polls, 697 at $2.00. 1,394 00


$21,900 71


Additions since, as per Assessors' notices 75 70


Interest paid on overdue taxes .... 4 10


$21,980 51


By net collections to Oct. 1, 1900. $15,850 78


5 per cent. discount on as- sessed value of same, $16,685.03. . . 834 25


Collected on acct. without


discount 14 40


$16,699 43


Net collection for October and November .. . . . . $1,425 04


3 per cent. discount on assessed value, $1,469.11 44 07


$1,469 11


Collections from Dec. 1,


1900, to Feb. 16, 1901 $1,601 89


Interest on overdue taxes paid. . 4 10


Abatements as per Asses- sors' notices. . 32 00


1,637 99


Balance to collect to debit of Collector $2,173 98 $21,980 51


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TOWN CLERK.


Dog licenses :


178 males at $2.00.


$356 00


18 females at $5.00. 90 00


$446 00


Less Clerk's fees, 196 licenses at 20 cents each .


39 20


Balance paid to County Treasurer and receipted for by him.


406 80


SELECTMEN.


Proper vouchers are on file for each and all of the 447 orders drawn by the Selectmen on the Treasurer during the year, amounting altogether to $18,757.65.


MASTER OF ALMSHOUSE.


To balance cash on hand from previous


year . $10 20


Receipts from all sources for the year to Feb. 1, 1901 2,658 90 -


$2,669 10


By expenditures for the year to Feb. 1, 1901.


$2,662 35


Balance cash on hand Feb. 1, 1901. . 6 75


$2,669 10


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. L. W. Wheeler, Chairman.


To receipts for the year ending Feb. 1, 1901. From Town Treasurer. $2,898 00 From other sources 33 50


$2,931 50


By expenditures for the year to Feb. 1,


1901.


$2,931 50


LIBRARY. N. H. Wright, Treasurer.


By balance in hands of Treasurer March


$ 57.25


1,1900.


Receipts from various sources


645 27


$702 52


1


i


1


-


97


To expenditures for the year to March


1,1901 ..


$522 53


Balance on hand March 1, 1901. .. 179 99


$702 52


TREASURER.


To Balance on hand March 1, 1900 .... $ 3,063 52 Receipts from all sources during year 52,786 85


$55,850 37


By total payments from the Treasury for the year to March 1, 1901 .... $52,828 08


Balance on hand March 1, 1901 .... 3,022 29


$55,850 37


STATEMENT OF CONDITION.


LIABILITIES.


Due State Treasurer on account Library Loan of $5,000. $3,000 00


5 months' interest on same at 4 per cent. 50 00


Loan from State Treasurer for Town's general expenses . 12,000 00


5


months' interest on same at 3} per cent . 160 00


$15,210 00


ASSETS.


Uncollected taxes, year 1896 $ 12 44


Uncollected taxes, year 1897.


39 39


Uncollected taxes, year 1898 382 88


Uncollected taxes, year 1899


1,099 08


Uncollected taxes, year 1900.


2,173 98


Due from State Aid (soldiers' families). .


1,043 00


Due from Military Aid.


42 50


Balance of cash in hands of Master of Almshouse 6 75


Balance of cash in treasury. 3,022 29


Deficit as on March 1, 1901 7,387 69


$15,210 00


Deficit as returned for year 1899, $6,315.82


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My thanks are due to your Treasurer and other officers, who rendered me every courtesy and facility necessary to my exami- nation.


H. F. LEITH, Auditor.


LIBRARY REPORT.


The Trustees of the J. V. Fletcher Library respectfully sub- mit the following report for the year ending March 1, 1901 :-


In behalf of the town, the Trustees gratefully acknowledge many gifts to the Library during the past year. Thanks are especially due for the offertory, amounting to $10.46, at the Epis- copal service held in the Town Hall last fall, by the Rev. Thomas L. Fisher of Ayer.


The removal of Rev. Louis H. Buckshorn to New Hamp- shire last December caused a vacancy in the Board of Trustees. His interest in the Library and his assistance in its management are greatly missed by his associates.


Many of the books purchased this year are of great interest and value. The collection includes the best works obtainable on South Africa and the Boer War, and on China; a finely illus- trated set of John L. Stoddard's celebrated lectures in ten vol- umes; eight volumes of Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel, with numerous illustrations and maps; the complete works of Thomas Jefferson, in ten volumes; a good edition of Jane Austen's novels; and a large number of carefully selected histories and biographies.


The binding of last year's magazines, the rebinding of many much used books, and the purchase of desirable works soon to be published, require a larger balance than usual to be reserved in the treasury.


Under the guidance of Superintendent Richardson, the teachers and pupils of our public schools are now making sys- tematic use of the Library in educational work. The small and meagre text-books in History, Geography and Literature are supplemented by complete and more interesting works; and our young people are being unconsciously taught how to use the Library, and to derive from it the help and instruction in which it abounds. It has long been an unfailing source of entertain- ment and recreation; its practical usefulness for increasing knowl- edge and promoting sound scholarship among our people is still too little appreciated.


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The last catalogue of the Library was printed in 1889. The titles of books purchased since then are contained in eleven annual supplements. The inconvenience and confusion resulting from these conditions have been complained of by many, and with good reason. There are probably few families in town in which the old catalogue and the eleven supplements are preserved and kept on file for use in selecting books. The lists contained in these twelve separate publications form so cumbrous and unsat- isfactory a guide to the resources of our Library that they are but little used. It is hardly an exaggeration to say that our books may be considered as not catalogued at all. Many make no attempt to use the Library as a whole, but restrict their read- ing to the books catalogued in the last supplement. This causes a disproportionate demand for the new books, and much dis- appointment at the frequent delays in obtaining them. The labor of the Librarian is difficult and perplexing. People come to the delivery counter, sometimes in crowds, desiring books, but often unable to give their class, number or exact title. Hurried search must be made through the catalogue and its numerous supple- ments, or among the 11,000 volumes on the shelves.


Under these unfavorable conditions, it is not to be wondered at that the circulation is too small. The usefulness of the Library is seriously impaired; a new catalogue is imperatively needed.


But a catalogue like that of 1889 will afford only temporary relief. The supplements will accumulate again, and the trouble and confusion will soon return.


After consultation with Mr. C. B. Tillinghast, State Librarian and member of the Library Commission, we have decided to recommend to the town a modification of the Dewey, or decimal system of cataloguing. It provides for an accurate classification of the books; the card catalogue in the Library is always complete to date and perfect in arrangement; it enables the Librarian, or any one else, to find easily and readily what works the Library contains on any specified subject.


The expense of the work would be large if an expert were employed to do it; but this seems to be unnecessary. With the assistance kindly offered by Mr. Tillinghast, we believe the card catalogue can be made during the ensuing year by Miss Bunce


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and those whom she may need to work under her direction. We recommend that the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars be raised and appropriated for this purpose. On the completion of the card catalogue, lists of the books must be printed for gen- eral circulation in the town. But money for this purpose will not be needed until next year.


We recommend that the sum of one hundred and fifty dol- lars be raised and appropriated for the purchase of books and periodicals during the ensuing year.


WILLIAM E. FROST, Chairman,


CATHARINE A. KEBLER, Secretary, Trustees of the J. V. Fletcher Library.


102 FINANCIAL STATEMENT.


RECEIPTS.


Balance on hand. $ 57 25


Shoe and Leather Bank, dividends. 11 00


Bigelow Carpet Co., dividends 31 50


City Institution Savings Bank, dividends


40 00


Episcopal offertory 10 46


Fines for unlicensed dogs.


15 85


Dog licenses. 386 46


Appropriation 150 00


$702 52


EXPENDITURES.


F. J. Barnard & Co., binding $ 56 35


Library Art Club. 5 00


Willard Small, books.


357 83


Balch Bros. & Co., books


30 00


D. Appleton & Co. and others, books 23 95


H. D. Noyes & Co., periodicals 49 40


Balance


$179 99


REPORT OF LIBRARIAN.


Number of books purchased. 305


Number of books presented. 9


Public documents received from State.


27


Public documents received from United States 22


Magazines bound. 57


Whole number added during year 420


Whole number of books in Library


11,056


Number of books lost. 8


Number of books discarded.


II


Number of books bought to replace worn-out copies ..


3


Number of books loaned.


13,771


Number of pamphlets added. 72


$522 53


103


Cash on hand from last year


$3 66


Fines. 8 65


$12 31


Paid for supplies


J 8 52


Balance.


$3 79


GIFTS IN 1900.


Mass. Sons of the American Revolution. I volume


J. Henry Fletcher, Belmont. I


66


Mrs. R. W. Lord, Boston 2


66


H. S. Underwood. I


Finley Acker.


I


Everett S. Stackpole, D. D., Cambridge I G. T. Day. I


66


Henry Wood. I


66


Mrs. Lucia Putney, N. Chelmsford.


14


66


Sergt. Fred P. Collins, Photographs of Manila and 5 newspapers Edward E. DeCatur Bald eagle Mrs. G. T. Day, 14 Vols. Atlantic Monthly Magazine, unbound Mrs. G. T. Day. 4 photographs Capt. S. H. Fletcher, newspaper sent from Manila by Philip R. Prescott.


Episcopal offertory, Rev. Thos. L. Fisher $I0 46


Miss Eva E. Fletcher


Ladies' Home Journal


Dr. W. J. Sleeper 1 pamphlet


Henry Wood. 1


Mrs. Lucia Putney, N. Chelmsford. 1


Magazines-Union Signal, Land of Sunshine, Paradise of the Pacific.


LOAN.


Mrs. M. P. Cooper .


Several fine etchings on fungi


Magazines constantly ou file in Reading Room-Harper's, Century, Scribner's, Forum, North American Review, Atlantic,


104.


Bookman, Popular Science Monthly, Cosmopolitan, Review of Reviews, Littell's Living Age, McClure, St. Nicholas, Munsey, New England, Birds and Nature, Harper's Weekly, Leslie's Weekly.




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