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Greely, Adolphus W. True tales of Arctic heroism in the new world 919.8-G2
Grenfell, Wilfred T. Adventure of life
240-G 970.1-G
Grinnell, George B. Story of the Indian
B-M158
Halstead, Murat. Illustrious life of William Mckinley Harrington, John. Abbey and palace of Westminster. Photographs
914.2-H5
Haynes, Jack E. Official guide to Yellowstone National Park 917.8-H
Hegermann-Lindencrone Fru Lillie. In the courts of memory, 1858-1875
B-H463
Hodges, George. Every man's religion
230-H1
Hodgson, Fred T. Practical carpentry with steel square supplement 694-H
Howell, Charles F. Around the clock in Europe
914-H4
Hughan, Jessie W. American socialism of the present day 335-H
Hunt, Caroline L. Life of Ellen H. Richards
B-R515
Hutchinson, Woods. Exercise and Health
613-H12
Jenks, Jeremiah W. Immigration problem
Jorgensen, Johannes. Saint Francis of Assi
Kephart, Horace. Book of camping and woodcraft.
Kipling, Rudyard. Songs from books.
Leary, Lewis G. Andorra, the hidden republic
Lindsay, Forbes. Cuba and her people of today
McCarthy, Charles. Wisconsin idea 320-M4
Marshall, John S. Mouth hygiene and mouth sepsis
Mathewson, Christy. Pitching in a pinch
Merriam, George S. Man of today
617.6-M 797-M 170-M7
Mills, James C. Searchlights on some American industries
604-M2
Montessori, Maria. Montessori method of pedagogy Moore, N. Hudson. Lace book 746-M 917.9-M2
371-M3
Muir, John. The Zosemite
Munro, W. B. Initiative, referendum and recall 321.8-M
Nicolay, Helen. Personal traits of Abraham Lincoln B-L737.22 Norton, Grace F. Little gray songs from St. Joseph's 811-N
325-J B-F819.3
799-K 821-K4 914.67-L 917.29-L
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Orcutt, Wm. D. Writer's desk book 421-O Pollard, Albert F. History of England, Home Uni- versity Library 942-P1
Reed, Chester A. Birds of Eastern North America 598.2-R1
Riley, James W. Lockerbie book. 811-R13
Robbins, Edwin C. High school debate book
808.5-R1
Rorke, T. S. Government positions and civil service 351-R
Ross, Edward A. Changing Chinese
915.1-R
Sando, R. B. Practical poultry keeping
636-S4 324.3-S
Seawall, Molly E. Ladies' battle.
Secrétan, E. Catalogue of collection of paintings, 1889
Ref.750-S
Shackleton, Robert and Elizabeth. Quest of the colonial
7.49-S
Shoemaker, Charles C. Choice humor for reading and recitation 808.5-S3
Humorous dialogues and dramas
793-S
Smith, William H. All the children of all the people.
370-S1
Spargo, John. Socialism 335-S
Spencer, Leonard J. World's minerals
549-S
Stearns, Ezra S. Early generations of old Dunstable
929-S
Stewart, William R. Philanthropic work of Josephine Shaw Lowell B-L916
Stickley, Gustav. More craftsman homes 728-S
Tajima, Shiichi. Masterpieces of Motonobu Ref.759.9-T
Thwaites, Reuben Gold. History of the U. S. for grammar schools . 973-T2
Waugh, Frank A. Beginners' guide to fruit growing . 634-W
Wheeler, Arthur S. Profitable breeds of poultry 636-W2 Ref.
Who's Who in America, 1912-1913
Wilson, Calvin D. Working one's way through college and university 378-W
FICTION.
Aldrich, Thomas B. A sea turn, and other matters A365.7
Bacheller, Irving. Charge it B121.7
Keeping up with Lizzie B121.8
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Bangs, Mary R. High Bradford B2165.2
Barr, Amelia E. Maid of old New York B268.22
Bazin, René. Children of Alsace B363.4
Brush, Christine C. Colonel's opera cloak B9125.2
Bryant, Marguerite. The adjustment. B9155.3
Buckrose, J. E. Bachelor's comedy B926.3
Burnett, Frances H. Haworth's
B964.17
Burnham, Clara L. Inner flame.
B966.16
Cameron, Margaret. Tangles
C182.3
Coolidge, Asenath C. Our nation's altar
C774.2
Curtis, Isabel G. Woman from Wolverton
C9795.2
Davis, William Stearns. Friar of Wittenberg D266.5
Day, Holman F. Red lane ,D274.6
Dix, Beulah M. Fighting blade. D620.3
Doubleday, Roman. Saintabury affair
D727.2
Dowd, Emma C. Polly of the hospital staff
D745.2
Doyle, Arthur Conan. Study in scarlet
D754.18
Gaboriau, Emile. Monsieur Lecoq Widow Lerouge
G116.3
Gould, Elizabeth L. Grandma
G696.2
Gray, David. Ensign Russell
G779.2
Hannay, James O. Simpkins' plot
H243.2
Hughes, Rupert. The old nest
H894.3
Jepson, Edgar. Pollyooly
J545.3
Johnson, Owen. Stover at Yale The varmint J686.3
J686.2
Jordan, Elizabeth G. May Iverson tackles life .
J823.4
King, Basil. Street called straight
K522.4
Kingsley, Florence M. Francesca K554.7
Resurrection of Miss Cynthia . K554.8
Laughlin, Clara E. Penny philanthropist L374.3
Lee, Alice L. Cap'n Joe's sister L477.2
Lincoln, Joseph C. Postmaster L738.9
Rise of Roscoe Paine L738.10
Lippman, Julie M. Martha-by-the-day
L766.2
Locke, William J. Joyous adventures of Aristide Pujol L815.5
G116.2
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London, Jack. Smoke Bellew L847.7
Son of the sun. L847.6
Luffman, Laura B. Question of latitude L949.2
Luther, Mark Lee. Woman of it L973.2
Macnaughton, S. Peter and Jane M170.3
Marshall, Archibald. Squire's daughter
M3665.4
Mason, Alfred E. W. The turnstile
M373.5
Nicholson, Meredith. Hoosier chronicle.
N627.2
Neff, Elizabeth. Miss Wealthy, deputy sheriff
N383.2
Norris, Kathleen. Rich Mrs. Burgoyne
N856.2
North, Laurence. The Golightly's, father and son.
N866.2
Paine, Ralph D. Judgments of the sea
P147.3
Palmer, Frederick. Over the pass
P174.5
Pryce, Richard. Christopher
P973.2
Reed, Myrtle. White shield R325.9
Rice, Alice Hegan. Romance of Billy Goat Hill.
H462.5
Richards, Laura E. On board the Mary Sands. R516.7
Seawell, Molly Elliot. The jugglers
S442.10
Smith, Francis H. Arm chair at the inn
S648.16
Steiner, Edward A. Broken wall
S822.2
Sullivan, Thomas R. The heart of us.
S952.5
Tompkins, Juliet W. Pleasures and palaces T662.3
Van Loan, Charles E. Ten thousand dollar arm
V259.2
Verne, Jules. From the earth to the moon
V531.25
Waller, Mary E. Daughter of the rich. W198.5
Webster, Jean. Daddy long legs W382.5
White, Stewart E. Sign at six W588.7
Whitlock, Brand. Fall guy W613.2
Williamson, C. N. and A. M. Heather moon W729.7
Wright, Harold B. Calling of Dan Matthews W950.4
Shepherd of the hills W950.3
YOUNG PEOPLE'S BOOKS.
Abbott, Jacob. Boy on a farm, at work and at play Alderman, Edwin A. Classics, old and new. Second reader j372.4-A
j37a
Allen, Charles F. David Crockett, scout
jB-C938
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Arabian nights. Stories selected and edited by M. Clarke j823-A8
Banta, N. Moore. Brownie primer
j372.4-B j85/e
Barbour, Ralph H. Finkler's field.
Blaisdell, Etta A. and Mary F. Boy Blue and his friends. j1068
Bradish, Sarah P. Stories of country life.
Brooks, L. Leslie. Johnny Crow's party
j808.8-B6 j817-B
Brown, Helen D. Her sixteenth year
j182c
Burgess, Thornton W. Mother West Wind's animal friends j823-B20
Cervantes, Saavedra, Miguel de. Don Quixote of the Mancha. Retold by Judge Parry
j1067
Clyde, Anna M. Through the year. Book 2
j372.4-C
Collodi, C., pseud. Pinocchio, the adventures of a marionette j823-C5
Pinocchio in Africa
j823-C6
Dix, Beulah M. Betty-bide-at-home.
j919b
Eastman, Elaine G. Yellow star
j1064
Gould, Elizabeth L. Felicia's folks j939d
Grover, Eulalie O. Overall boys
j372.4-G1
Sunbonnet babies
j372:4-G2
Hough, Emerson. Young Alaskans on the trail j1041a
Howard, F. W., ed. Banbury Cross stories
Husted, Mary Hall. Stories of Indian children
Jacobs, Joseph. Indian fairy tales.
Johnson, Constance. When mother lets us keep pets. .
j590-J1 j399k
Kaler, James Otis. Boy scouts in the Maine woods.
Lagerlof, Selma. Further adventures of Nils. Vol. 2 Lefèvre, Félicité. Cock and the mouse and the little red hen
j823-L19 j1069
Lucia, Rose. Peter and Polly in summer
Mason, Alfred B. Tom Strong, Washington's scout j1065
j823-H17 j970.1-H2 j823-T4
Johnston, Annie F. Mary Ware's promised land . . Johonnot, James. Friends in feathers and fur . j590-T j518d j823-L11
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Moores, Charles W. Story of Christopher Columbus jB-C726.5 Morris, Charles. Animal friends and helpers. j590-M4
Paine, Ralph D. Wrecking master j1066
Rankin, Carroll W. Castaways of Pete's patch j95/c
Rook, Lizzie J. Tiny Tot's speaker j808.8-R
Schauffler, Robert H. Flag Day
j808.8-S10
Smith, Gertrude. Lovable tales of Janey and Josey and Joe . j954d
Stevenson, Augusta. Children's classics in dramatic
j372.4-S6
Thompson-Seton, Ernest. Rolf in the woods.
form j575b
Tomlinson, Everett T. Guarding the border .
65/a
Van Sickle, James H. Riverside Readers, Fifth and Sixth. Vols. 6 and 7. j372.4-S5
Wiggin, Kate D. and Smith, N. A. Talking beasts j823-W11
Winslow, I. O. Europe. Geography Reader j914-W6
Worcester, William L. On holy ground j220-W2
Respectfully submitted,
MARY P. BUNCE,
Librarian.
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Report of the Overseers of the Poor.
TOWN FARM RECEIPTS.
Feb. 14 to April 1, 1912.
Milk
$ 300 01
Hay
126 00
Wood
46 50
Constable fees
10 50
Eggs
10 32
Rent
10 00
Calf.
6 00
Potatoes
4 50
Keeping prisoners.
1 00
Vinegar .
80
Use of bull
50
Labor
40
Produce
35
Use of telephone
25
Beans
25
$ 517 38
Cash on hand Feb. 14, 1911
6 48
Cash received from Town Treasurer 137 50
$ 661 36
TOWN FARM PAYMENTS.
Feb. 14 to April 1, 1912.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Boynton, salary as
Superintendent and Matron, Jan. 1, 1912 to April 1, 1912 $ 137 50
Grain 133 13
Amount carried forward $ 270 63
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Amount brought forward $ 270 63
Cow.
65 00
Groceries
40 85
Labor
31 75
Meat
17 88
Services as Constable
7 50
Telephone
6 09
Butter
5 00
Coal
4 00
Repairing shoes
3 25
Blacksmith work
2 50
Lumber and sawdust
2 25
Dry goods.
2 23
Paint
70
Expenses to State Hospital
78
Cash on hand April 1, 1912
200 95
$ 661 36
TOWN FARM RECEIPTS.
April 1, 1912 to Feb. 1, 1913.
Milk
$ 1,700 62
Hay
132 50
Wood
99 00
Cows
95 00
Horse
86 00
Chickens and eggs
53 65
Calves
53 00
Bull
48 00
Teaming and Labor
50 00
Rent
45 00
Produce
25 64
Keeping prisoners
19 60
Potatoes
21 36
Amount carried forward $ 2,429 37
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Amount brought forward $ 2,429 37
Grain 11 20
Use of bull
8 50
Discount on cows
7 00
Beans
7 70
Vinegar
7 75
Use of horse
3 00
Sacks.
2 73
Meals
2 10
Services as Fire Warden
1 75
Use of telephone
60
Gravel.
40
Teaming
15
$ 2,482 25
Cash on hand April 1, 1912
200 95
Cash received from Town Treasurer
889 00
$ 3,572 20
TOWN FARM PAYMENTS.
April 1, 1912 to Feb. 1, 1913.
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Mr. and Mrs. Harvey W. Barnes, salary as Superintendent and Matron, April 1, 1912 to Jan. 1, 1913 $
375 00
Grain
662 11
Molasses
162 61
Pair horses
600 00
Cows
315 00
Groceries
138 60
Labor
268 94
Fertilizer
112 60
Coal
100 13
Meat and provisions
80 85
Amount carried forward $ 2,815 84
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Amount brought forward $ 2,815 84
Butter
40 25
Chopping wood
35 00
Cutting corn and filling silo
58 75
Double wagon
53 50
Blacksmith work
27 49
Freight
41 00
Westford Water Co.
43 80
Difference on horse
75 00
Repairs and building milk room
31 20
Ice
25 80
Clothing for Inmates
25 48
Telephone
23 15
Sawing wood
16 90
Dry goods
11 72
Cider apples
10 95
Hardware
17 57
Two shoats
17 00
Soap
10 00
Single harness
26 00
Papering and painting
14 55
Seed potatoes 18 30
Grinder
10 40
Manure.
9 57
Paint
9 31
Lumber
6 85
Collar and pads
5 25
Water for Wilkinson House
5 00 .
Donovan Harness Co
3 95
Car fares
5 81
C. A. Blaney, M. D.
6 00
Lantern and pyrox
3 00
Making cider
6 64
Seeds
5 48
Medicine
3 25
Amount carried forward $ 3,519 76
75
Amount brought forward
$3,519 76
Veterinary Surgeon
3 00
Cement
2 50
Repairing milk cooler and faucet
4 60
Expenses to State Hospital
1 38
Expenses to Boston
2 85
Printing score cards
2 35
Stationery
2 18
Plants
1 35
Kitchen supplies
1 40
Sawdust
1 23
Piping
1 05
Hogshead
1 50
Door mat
1 00
Use of vacuum cleaner
1 00
Dinners.
75
Fish
67
Weighing hay and coal
85
Feed for horses
75
Creosote
15
Adjusting scales
10
$ 3,550 42
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1913
21 78
$ 3,572 20
SUMMARY.
Cash on hand Feb. 14, 1912 $ 6 48
Cash received from Town Treasurer 1,026 50
$ 1,032 98
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1913
21 78
Net expenses at Town Farm $ 1,011 20
Number of pauper inmates at Town Farm Feb. 1, 1913. 3
Number of paupers in addition to the above, who were inmates at some time during the year 4 Number of tramps lodged and fed Feb. 1, 1912 to Feb. 1, 1913 . 6
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PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF OUTDOOR POOR.
Paid City of Lowell, aid rendered $ 13 50
City of Chelsea, aid rendered 38 50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aid rendered . . 54 08 John A. Healy, wood, teaming, and services as undertaker 91 50
Henry J. Healy 6 00
Albert Reeves, groceries 17 00
Wright & Fletcher, groceries
28 00
Cyril A. Blaney, M. D., services as Town Phys- ician. Appointed by Overseers of the Poor . 99 00
Albert R. Choate, salary as Overseer of the Poor . 10 00
Arthur H. Burnham, salary as Overseer of the Poor, extra time and expense Lowell, Billerica and Chelmsford 18 65
Charles L. Hildreth, salary as Chairman Overseers of the Poor 20 00
Extra Time Lowell and Boston 15 00
Telephones, car fares, etc. 2 15
$ 413 38
REIMBURSEMENTS.
Received from Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts
$
123 77
SUMMARY.
Payments on account of Outdoor Poor $ 413 38
Reimbursements 123 77
Net expense of Outdoor Poor $ 289 61
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STATEMENT.
Drafts on Town Treasurer $ 1,439 88 4
Town Farm Receipts 2,999 63
Cash in hands Superintendent of Town Farm Feb. 14, 1912 6 48
$ 4,445 99
Payments on account of Outdoor Poor $ 413 38
Town Farm Payments 4,010 83
Cash in hands Superintendent of Town Farm Feb. 1, 1913 21 78
$ 4,445 99
Drafts on Town Treasurer
$ 1,439 88
Reimbursements 123 77
Net drafts on Town Treasurer $ 1,316 11
Net expense at Town Farm $ 1,011 20
Net expense of Outdoor Poor 289 61
Net expense of Poor
$ 1,300 81
Appropriation
$ 1,700 00
CHARLES L. HILDRETH, Chairman, ALBERT R. CHOATE, ARTHUR H. BURNHAM,
. Overseers of the Poor.
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SCHEDULE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE, FEBRUARY 1, 1913.
Groceries $ 21 75
Vegetables 28 60
Jars of fruit, mince meat, pickles, etc. 75 00
Vinegar and vinegar stock
51 30
Balance of personal property at house
586 80
$ 763 45
14 cows and 1 bull $ 1,030 00
3 horses
600 00
2 hogs
35 00
1 ton meadow hay
12 00
10 tons English hay
200 00
28 tons Ensilage.
196 00
Grain and molasses
130 72
1 two-horse dump cart
47 50
1 two-horse wood wagon
40 00
1 two-horse sled
50 00
3 hay and farm wagons
95 00
2 Democrat wagons.
28 00
1 mowing machine.
25 00
1 hay tedder
10 00
1 horse rake
10 00
1 sulky plow
20 00
Wood
120 00
Balance of personal property at barn and outbuildings
625 25
3,274 47
Total
$ 4,037 92
WM. E. WRIGHT, ALEX McDONALD, D. L. GREIG,
Appraisers.
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Report of Engineers of the Fire Department.
The Board of Fire Engineers submit this report.
At the first meeting of the Board of Engineers, held May 17, 1912, the Board organized as follows:
Edward M. Abbot, Chief.
John Edwards, Clerk.
Alonzo J. Sutherland was appointed Assistant Engineer. The following fires have occurred :
June 15, 1912." The dwelling and barn of William H. Pollock, Cold Spring Road, was totally destroyed with contents. The fire started at 11.45 p. M. from cause unknown. Value, $3,100. Insurance, $2,675.
July 6, 1912. House owned by Frank C. Hildreth, Concord Road, occupied by Mrs. T. H. Murray, was entirely destroyed. Value, $1,800. Insurance, $1,000. Cause unknown.
July 9, 1912. Chimney fire in Abbot Worsted Co.'s tenement, Forge Village. Occupied by Mike Matrick. No damage.
October 4, 1912. Chimney fire in tenement of Abbot Worsted Co.'s, Bradford St., Forge Village. No damage.
October 6, 1912. Fire started at 12.15 in double tenement, owned by Abbot Worsted Co. on Bridge Street, Graniteville, and occupied by George Leyland and a Polish family. This fire occurred as church was just ending. Choate Hose Co., No. 2, responded and did fine service. They were badly handicapped because the house was outside the water district and 900 feet away from a hydrant. Extra hose was secured from Abbot Worsted Co.'s Mill to fill out the required length. Value of building, $2,000. Insurance, $1,200. Damage, $850.
October 31, 1912. Barn, henhouse, tool house and lumber on shore of Long-Sought-For Pond, owned by Mrs. J. W. Brooks, was destroyed. House and nearby buildings were saved. Value
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of property destroyed, $1,600. Insurance, $700. Fire probably started from spontaneous combustion of corn stocks.
November 3, 1912. Fire starting in coat pocket at J. A. Healy's house. In putting this out Edward Riney's hands were badly burned and he was laid up for twenty-two days. He received compensation of $33 from the Massachusetts Firemen's Relief Association.
At this time the Engineers wish to call attention to the inadequate salaries and recompense of the Firemen.
In the case of the fire at the house occupied by George Leyland many members of the fire company were dressed in their best clothes and just coming from church. Six suits were wholly or partially ruined. The salary of $1.00 a year in addition to time for drills and fires at 25 cents per hour is not sufficient to allow a fair return for the time spent and the possible damage to clothing.
Your Engineers recommend that as a fair return each hose company shall consist of ten members who shall each receive $10 a year, except the steward who shall receive $25 a year. Each member who is not present at roll call at any monthly meeting, drill or fire shall be fined $1.00, which fine shall be payable into the Town Treasury and cannot be remitted except by action of the Engineers. The time for fires shall be paid for at the rate of 25 cents an hour as now.
During the summer months each company drills once a month which makes them familiar with the location of hydrants and use of equipment.
By paying these small salaries the Engineers feel that the Firemen would take more interest in their practice drills and as a result the Town would have a better organized and more efficient department.
The Engineers also recommend the installation of two new hydrants, one at Forge Village on Pine Street, near the five new houses recently built, and the second in Graniteville on Granite- ville Road, near the two houses built by Thomas Monahan and Charles Brooks.
Few of our Firemen realize the good work done by the Massa- chusetts Firemen's Relief Association, and as all Firemen will
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receive compensation if wholly or partially injured at a fire or on the way to or from a fire, so all Firemen should feel it their duty to join this Association. The cost of this is very nominal, being but $1.00 a year. Last year Edward Riney was badly burned on his hands and arms, at a fire, and received compensation of $33 for the twenty-two days that he was unable to work. Two of our com- panies do not show the membership in this Association that they should.
With three organized fire companies in our Town, that at Forge Village is the only one suitably housed. In Westford Centre a building which is fairly satisfactory is hired, but the Town could better afford the erection of a new building in a more central location.
However in Graniteville there is great need for a building where the entire equipment can be suitably housed instead of being in two or more places as at present.
The Town should own a suitable fire house centrally located in Graniteville where the equipment could be kept up as it should be.
Buildings outside the water district are not suitably protected. If there was a quick method of reaching these outside fires many might be quickly put out and others confined to one building instead of an entire group being destroyed.
Within a few years Westford will see the need of a double tank chemical engine mounted on a light automobile truck to protect farmers' property.
The Engineers recommend that the sum of $550 be appro- priated for fire department purposes.
.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD M. ABBOT, Chief, JOHN EDWARDS, Clerk, ALBERT R. CHOATE,
Fire Engineers.
February 14, 1913.
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EXPENSES OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
E. M. Abbot Hose Co., salaries of men and extra time $
51 26
Mrs. L. M. Tuttle, rent of Fire House 60 00
Henry K. Barnes Co., 200 ft. hose, couplings, etc. 52 56
Thompson Hardware Co., lanterns and holders 50 80
Peter Clement, services July 4th 4 20
John A. Healy, 3 Badger Extinguishers
19 50
Wright & Fletcher, axe
1 00
O. R. Spaulding, wood 3 00
A. R. Choate Hose Co., wetting down street, etc. 5 85
J. A. Healy and others 44 56
J. A. Healy, use of hall 30 00
John Edwards Hose Co., salaries of men and extra time 54 85
J. A. Healy, chimney fire at Sargent's house
50
J. A. Healy, chimney fire at Louis Palmer's house.
2 60
J. A. Healy, chimney fire at Abbot house
60
J. A. Healy, chimney fire at H. N. Fletcher's house. 2 40
J. A. Healy, fire at St. Catherine's Church . 31 28
J. A. Healy, fire at George Leland's 22 25
$ 437 21
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REPORT OF THE FOREST WARDEN.
A list of the Deputies appointed will be found in the first part of the Town Report under the heading, "Officers of the Town of Westford, 1912."
By reason of the great damage occasioned in the past by forest fires it seems desirable to call attention to the following provisions governing the setting of fires so that any person desiring to do so shall have a full knowledge of the limitations and penalties provided by law.
There were 170 permits issued for the setting of fires during the past year.
A list of persons with whom hand fire extinguishers have been placed and a list of the fires in town during the year are also submitted herewith.
JOHN A. HEALY,
February 21, 1913.
Forest Warden.
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LIST OF PERSONS HAVING HAND CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS OWNED BY THE TOWN.
Chas. Couture
George A. Kimball
H. D. Wright
Chas. M. Griffin
Chas. Blodgett
Everett P. Jarvis
Gilman F. Wright
Alvin S. Vose
H. E. Gould
William S. Seifer
H. O. Keyes
Bessie Gates Judson S. Sweetser
John Healy (Ward Place) Chas. Shugrue
William L. Butterworth
Walter A. Whidden (2)
Virgil C. Mitchell
Geo. C. Moore's Farm
Chas. F. Taplin
Chas. Edwards
James P. Sullivan
James H. O'Brien
Arthur H. Burnham
John Flynn
Lars J. Ellison
Samuel L. Taylor
Henry B. Reed
I. B. Ward
Eben Prescott
Nathaniel Whitney
David L. Greig
W. H. Decatur
William A. Greene
Frank Drew
J. Willard Fletcher (2) William H. Pollock
H. Kuhn
Otis Day
Frank Hildreth
Frank Miller
George H. Hartford William Hunt
John O'Brien
Westford Fire House (5)
Fred L. McCoy
Mary Drew
Elbert H. Flagg
Tim Sullivan
Calvin L. Howard
Frank Murphy
George Symmes
J. A. Healy (8)
David Desmond
Angus McDonald
Harry L. Nesmith Alvin J. Blaisdell
Richard D. Prescott
Oscar R. Spalding Town Farm
O. A. Foster Albert A. Hildreth
Chas.'Wright
Pine Ridge Station
Herbert E. Fletcher (10)
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FIRES IN TOWN OF WESTFORD.
1912.
Mar. 31
Fire in rear of Ball Grounds, Graniteville.
April 24
at Pine Ridge. Set by train.
April 26 on Sargent's land. Set by train.
May 2
66
at Bebee's.
3
" Pine Ridge. Set by train.
3
" Arch Bridge. Set by train.
60
4
" Texas.
10
6 " Town Farm.
66
18
66
" Cold Spring.
66
26
66
at Tyngsborough Road.
66
26
" Grassy Pond.
June 10
on Pete Healy's land. Set by train.
29
66
at Downs', Tyngsborough Road.
30
66
" Dunstable Road.
July
1
" Forest Road.
3
" Ward's Ledge, burning about ten days, and cov- ering nearly one hundred acres.
Aug.
29
66
" Depot, Graniteville. Set by train.
Oct. 22
" H. D. Wright's.
66
22
66
" Horace Gould's.
22
" Book Farm.
30
" Town Farm.
Set by train.
Nov. 23
66
66
66
30
66
66
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Dec. 10
66 66
66
66
18
in rear of Ball Field, Graniteville.
26
" Dunstable Road.
86
CHAPTER 419 OF THE ACTS OF 1912.
AN ACT RELATIVE TO INCENDIARY AND OTHER DESTRUCTIVE OR DANGEROUS FIRES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
SECTION 1. Section seven of chapter two hundred and eight of the Revised Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word "material," in the second line, the words :- or by increasing a fire already set,-so as to read as follows :- Section 7. Whoever by wantonly or recklessly setting fire to any material, or by increasing a fire already set, causes injury to, or the destruction of, any growing or standing wood of another shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
SECTION 2. Section eight of said chapter two hundred and eight is hereby amended by inserting after the word "sets," in the first line, the words :- or increases,-so as to read as follows :- Section 8. Whoever wilfully or without reasonable care sets or increases a fire upon land of another whereby the property of another is injured, or whoever negligently or wilfully suffers any fire upon his own land to extend beyond the limits thereof, whereby the woods or property of another are injured, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars.
SECTION 3. Section one of chapter two hundred and nine of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eight, as amended by section one of chapter two hundred and forty-four of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eleven, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "set," in the third line, the words :- or increase,-so as to read as follows :- Section I. It shall be unlawful within any city, or within any town which accepts the provisions of this act, for any person to set or increase a fire in the open air between the first day of March and the first day of December except by the written permission of the forest warden, or the chief of the fire department, or, in cities that have such an official, the fire commissioner: provided, that debris from fields, gardens and orchards, or leaves and rubbish from yards may be burned on ploughed fields by the owners thereof, their agents or lessees; and provided, further, that persons above eighteen years of age may maintain a fire for a reasonable purpose upon sandy or barren land, if the fire is enclosed within rocks, metal
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