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68 A. Dureault
91
C. Johnson Whidden Cor.
69 C. B. Wetmore
70 F. Sullivan
92
Westford Fire Co.
66
66
71
F. R. and C. A. Blodgett
94
66
66
66
72
O. R. Spalding
73
F. Wright
74
C. Wright
97
66
66
75 W. Anderson
98
66
6
76 W. Hunt
110
66
66
77 Fred McCoy
111
66
66
66
78 Geo. Hartford
112
79 J. W. Pyne
100
Forge Village Hose Co.
80 Westford Water Co.
101
81 R. Prescott
102
82 F. Miller 103
66
66
66
66
83 James H. O'Brien 104
Frost School
84 Frank Hildreth
105
Geo. Irish
85 W. Pollock
107
W. Balzer
86 Almon Vose
108
A. Polley
87 Charles Parker
109
P. Gladu
66
66
95
96
66
66
66
66
66
60
66
66
93
106
Fires in Town of Westford.
DATE
OWNER
CAUSE
Acres
Damage
Ex- pense
Ex- pense
April 16|
J. Spinner
B. & M. R. R.
6
$ 3.00
$ .25
April 17
J. Healy
B. & M. R. R.
2
5.00
1.75
April 30
Abbot & Co.
Unknown
2
5.00
$ 3.89
May
9
Geo. H. Hartford
B. & M. R. R.
5
25.00
2.45
May
14
J. Healy
B. & M. R. R.
5
20.00
5.15
May
26
C. Potter
Unknown
10
400.00
20.25
June
3
Gage Est.
B. & M. R. R.
2
10.00
5.31
$14.91 $24.14
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Report of the Committee in charge of the Whitney Playground.
Your committee hereby respectfully submits the following report.
The rambler rose bushes have been planted at the north end of the tennis court, and in the course of the coming year, it is anticipated that they will add materially to the beauty of the grounds.
Several complaints have been lodged with your committee by those playing tennis on account of the size of the mesh of the wire at either end of the court, because of which the ball, instead of being stopped, passed through the wire, to be lost in the shrubbery. As this trouble would be increased by the addition of rose bushes, your committee has had additional wire with a smaller mesh placed on both ends of the court.
There also seemed to be occasion for a tool house, as heretofore the mowing machine and tools had to be housed in some of the neighbors' buildings, so that your committee had one erected on the grounds.
A liberal dressing of fertilizer has been placed on the grounds so that all of these improvements have occasioned an unusual amount of expense; nevertheless, your committee have lived within the income.
Mrs. Whitney has again made remittance in the amount of $250 to assist in meeting the expenses of the coming season.
There have been no changes in the investments, and the report of 1914 is referred to for a statement thercof.
Following is a list of receipts accruing and expenditures incurred during the year, although some of these receipts were not actually deposited in the Union National Bank until after January 1st.
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RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand $359 33
Interest on 4 bonds, Am. Tel. & Tel. Co. 80 00
Interest on 4 bonds, Spencer Gas Co.
100 00
Interest on 2 bonds, City of Canton
50 00
Interest on deposit, Lowell Institution for Savings 15 52
Check from M. Elizabeth Whitney
250 00
EXPENDITURES.
To paid Edmund Baker at various times and amounts, for labor $209 65
To paid J. E. Knight 4 00
To paid Upton & Gilman, for repairs 6 80
To paid Westford Water Company
10 00
To paid J. J. McManmon, for rose bushes
9 00
To paid Samuel H. Balch, at various times and amounts, for labor 110 01
To paid Dickerman & McQuade, tennis court supplies 10 00
To paid H. V. Hildreth, granite
12 00
To paid Wright & Fletcher, at various times and amounts, for supplies 64 82
To paid A. McDonald, for teaming 13 12
To paid Narragansett Machine Co., for appara- tus 14 40
To paid E. F. De LaHaye 16 00
To paid C. H. Pickering, for labor
2 70
To paid J. A. Healy, cement
1 20
To paid A. Fisher, for use of horse
16 50
To paid O. R. Spalding, lumber and teaming
57 54
To paid P. H. Harrington, manure 4 00
8 00
To paid H. J. Healy, for manure
$569 74
Balance on hand
$285 11 OSCAR R. SPALDING, HERBERT V. HILDRETH, EDWARD FISHER.
$854 85
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Report of Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds.
For 1916 the Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds present the following report:
Under the charge of D. L. Greig & Son, Charles C. Colburn and Wm. H. Pollock, Fairview, Westlawn and Hillside Cemeteries have received the usual care.
The Perpetual Care Fund has been increased to $7,920.25, nine lots having been added to those under the perpetual care of the Town-seven in Fairview and two in Hillside Cemetery .
For the care and improvement of the cemeteries the Com- missioners would respectfully recommend that the sum of $250 be raised and appropriated the coming year.
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AMOUNTS RECEIVED FOR CARE OF LOTS IN
FAIRVIEW.
Residents.
Anderson, Andrew
$ 1 00
Atwood, Miss L. B.
2 00
Baker, Mrs. John
1 00
Bennett, Miss Priscilla
1 00
Bicknell, Ai
1 00
Bicknell, Arthur
8 00
Bicknell, Charles
1 00
Blodgett, W. G.
1 00
Boynton, Mrs. D. L.
1 00
Brooks, Charles .
1 00
Bunce, Miss Mary P
2 00
Burbeck, John
1 00
Burbeck, Wm. H. H.
2 00
Burnett, Wm.
1 00
Burnham, Arthur H.
1 00
Butterworth, Mrs. J. T.
1 00
Calvert, Mrs. Frank
1 00
Carkin, W. E.
1 00
Carkin, A. W.
1 00
Carver, Wm. R.
8 00
Caunter, Frank
2 00
Day, A. E.
1 00
Defoe, Mrs. Lizzie
1 00
Deroehn, Mrs. Andrew
1 00
Doucette, Mrs. Martha
1 00
Drew, F. C.
1 00
Fisher, Edward
1 00
Fletcher, H. N.
1 00
Amount carried forward $ 46 00
111
Amount brought forward
46 00
Fletcher, John M.
3 00
Fletcher, J. W.
2 00
Fletcher, S. H.
1 00
Frost, Mrs. W. E
1 00
Gardel, August
2 00
Gilson, L. S.
2 00
Haley, Frank
1 00
Hanning, Elisha
1 00
Hawkes, W. O.
1 00
Healey, Mrs. Ruby
1 00
Heywood, Albert W.
1 00
Howard, Calvin L.
1 00
Humiston, Elliot F.
1 00
Hunt, Edmond J.
2 00
Isles, Mrs. Joseph D.
1 00
Johnson, Andrew
1 00
Johnson, W. W.
1 00
Kabele, Henry M.
1 00
Keyes, C. F.
8 00
Keyes, Mrs. Lucy A.
1 00
Martin, John
1 00
Mattson, John
1 00
McClenna, Mrs. Lillian
1 00
McCoy, Fred L.
1 00
McDougal, Mrs. A.
1 00
McDougal, A. M.
1 00
Miller, Frank E.
2 00
Millis, Willard
1 00
Mills, Mrs. Hugh
1 00
Moran, Mary E.
1 00
Morin, Mrs. J. A.
1 00
Morton, F.
2 00
Mountain, George E.
1 00
Amount carried forward
$ 94 00
112
Amount brought forward $ 94 00
Nesmith, Harry L.
1 00
O'Brien, George 8 00
O'Brien, James
8 00
Orange, W. H.
1 00
Orr, Robert
1 00
Parker, Mrs. Clyde
1 00
Perkins, Joseph
2 00
Phillips, Mrs. Norman
1 00
Pickering, Charles
.3 00
Prescott, Ebenezer
2 00
Prescott, Mrs. Frances A.
1 00
Prinn, Alfred
1 00
Pyne, Mrs. J. W.
1 00
Richardson, Mrs. Alma M.
2 00
Richardson, Joseph
1 00
Shattuck, Mrs. D. H.
1 00
Shea, Mrs. Frank
1 00
Sherman, Mrs. David
1 00
Stewart, Mrs. James
1 00
Stiles, Mrs. S. H.
2 00
Sutherland, A. H.
1 00
Sutherland, Wm.
1 00
Symmes, Mrs. Thomas E
3 00
Symmes, Mrs. Wm. E.
2 00
Taylor, S. L.
2 00
Turner, Miss Lizzie
1 00
Walkden, James A.
1 00
Walker, George A. 1 00
Weaver, George
1 00
Welch, Mrs. Wm.
2 00
White, Wm.
1 00
Whitney, Mrs. George H.
1 00
Willis, Samuel
1 00
Amount carried forward
$ 152 00
113
Amount brought forward
$ 152 00
Wilson, James D. 1 00
Wilson, Miss Margaret 1 00
Woods, Wm. L. 2 00
Wright, F. C.
1 00
Wright, W. M.
1 00
York, J. Ellsworth
2 00
Non-Residents.
Abbot, Mrs. E. S.
$ 5 00
Adams, Mrs. C. L. 1 00
Allen, Mrs. Ida
2 00
Bayer, Mrs. Mabel
4 00
Boden, Mrs. E. S.
1 00
Carpenter, Eugene
1 00
Caunter, Miss Marion
1 00
Chamberlain, Mrs. E. H.
1 00
Cockroft, Herbert
1 00
Coggeshall, Dexter E.
1 00
Coolidge, Miss Annie
1 00
Craven, Mrs. Emily L.
1 00
Crockett, Mrs. Henry
1 00
Davie, Wm. L.
1 00
Davis, Miss Alice L.
1 00
Decatur, Burt
1 00
Dugdale, R. J.
1 00
Felch, Mrs. A. M.
1 00
Felch, Samuel
1 00
Fisher, John. 8 00
Fletcher, F. L
1 00
Frazer, James
1 00
Garbett, James
1 00
Griffin, Frank A
10 00
Amount carried forward
$ 208 00
114
Amount brought forward $ 208 00
Guild, Mrs. Carrie and E. M. Mills
1 00
Hamlin, George P. 1 00
Harris, George E.
1 00
Harrup, Mrs. James E.
1 00
Hewett, Miss C. E.
1 00
Heywood, Mrs. E. E.
1 00
Hildreth, Mrs. Ellen A.
1 00
Hildreth, F. A.
2 00
Hildreth, Miss Helen C.
1 00
Hill, Mrs. Jennie
8 00
Hindle, Frank
1 00
Holt, Mrs. E. H.
1 00
Horne, George F.
1 00
Howard, Charles D.
1 00
Hunt, George W.
1 00
Johnson, Miss Almira L.
1 00
Kierstead, Sanford
1 00
King, Mrs. A. M.
1 00
Longbottom, Walter
1 00
Longley, Albert W.
1 00
Moore, Clifford A.
1 00
Moss, James W.
1 00
Parker, W. G.
1 00
Peck, J. L.
1 00
Petherick, W. H.
1 00
Rapson, James
1 00
Read, Miss Carrie E.
1 00
Reed, George G.
1 00
Richardson, M. T.
1 00
Ripley, Mrs. F. K.
1 00
Rockwell, Guy
1 00
Saville, Richard
1 00
Schworer, Mrs. Louis
1 00
Amount carried forward
$ 249 00
115
Amount brought forward
$ 249 00
Scrutton, Mrs. E. H.
1 00
Searles, Mrs. C. J.
1 00
Skidmore, Mrs. Gertrude
10 00
Smith, Allen G.
1 00
Spalding, J. F.
1 00
Standish, Mrs. J. H.
1 00
Stiles, F. O.
1 00
Sweatt, Miss Jessie M.
1 00
Taylor, A. D.
2 00
Waller, Mrs. Nettie
1 00
Wheeler, Miss Delia
1 00
Wheeler, Isaac G.
1 00
White, Harry.
1 00
Willis, Wm. T.
1 00
Wood, Henry .
1 00
Woodbury, Mrs: Emma A.
1 00
Wright, Mrs. Emma E.
1 00
Wyman, Wm.
1 00
$277 00
WESTLAWN.
F. C. Wright
$1 00
Miss Ida Leighton
1 00
Miss M. E. Cutter
1 00
Mrs. Helen Leighton
1 00
Mrs. Gilmer Stone
1 00
Miss Ida L. Prescott
1 00
$6 00
Amount received for care of lots
$283 00
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EXPENSES.
FAIRVIEW.
Paid Wm. Clements for labor $263 25
Eben Prescott for labor
10 50
Wm. Socorilis for labor 1 75
J. H. Colburn for labor
1 75
O. R. Davis for loam
6 25
C. B. Coburn for oil
55
J. A. Walkden for notices
60
Henry Stiles for printing
75
D. L. Greig for work of horses 30 00
A. G. Lundberg, resetting stones 15 50
For grass seed, lawn mower, rake, etc. 11 85
$342 75
WESTLAWN.
Paid Charles D. Colburn for care of ceme- tery
$ 14 00
Charles D. Colburn for painting and gilding markers 3 00
Charles D. Colburn, care of lots as per bill 28 00
Charles D. Colburn, regrading Sarah S. Read lot
5 00
For grass seed 60
$ 50 60
HILLSIDE.
Paid Wm. H. Pollock for labor $ 17 50
Grading Craig lot (Veteran)
4 00
Wm. H. Pollock for paint and painting markers. 3 10
Wm. H. Pollock for dressing and labor 5 00
$ 29 60
Amount carried forward
$ 422 95
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Amount brought forward $ 422 95
GENERAL EXPENSES. 1
Paid Wright & Fletcher for fertilizer
$ 60 80
Courier-Citizen Co., printing cards 2 07
Posts for Westlawn Cemetery and freight on same 11 65
$ 74 52
Amount expended $497 47
Amount received from the Town $200 00
Amount received from care of lots
283 00
Amount received from Perpetual Care Funds 14 07
Balance in hands of Commissioners, 1916 40
$497 47
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PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS.
NAME.
CEMETERY.
FUND.
Ephraim Abbot
Fairview
$ 100 00
J. W. P. Abbot
100 00
Cyrus Babbitt
50 00
Albert Bailey 66
50 00
Sally B. Burrill
100 00
Mary E. Brigham
100 00
Mary E. Brigham (Kittredge lot) 66
100 00
Susan A. Butterfield .
100 00
Buxton & Parker
50 00
Francis Caldwell
66
50 00
John Carmichael
66
100 00
John B. Carmichael
66
100 00
Mrs. Alice Carrick
50 00
Elisha Case
66
50 00
William Chandler
Hillside
100 00
Jonathan Collins
Fairview
50 00
P. G. Collins
66
50 00
Hiram Dane
66
50 00
George Davis.
50 00
Joshua C. Decatur
66
50 00
Charles S. Dodge
66
100 00
Cephas Drew
66
50 00
George Drew
66
50 00
Thomas Drew
66
50 00
Edmund L. Dupee
66
50 00
Rachel Dupee
66
50 00
Wm. Z. Dupee
66
50 00
Daniel Falls
66
50 00
Alvan Fisher lot
66
150 00
Elizabeth G. Flagg
66
50 00
Amount carried forward
$ 2,100 00
66
119
Amount brought forward
$ 2,100 00
Charles Flanders
Hillside
50 00
. Abijah Fletcher lot
Fairview
50 00
Andrew Fletcher
100 00
Charles H. Fletcher
50 00
Herbert E. Fletcher
100 00
Julia A. Fletcher
50 00
Lorenzo Fletcher-F. A. Snow,
Ex.
66
100 00
Sherman D. Fletcher
Westlawn
50 00
Sherman D. Fletcher
Fairview
.50 00
L. A. Folland.
50 00
Charles H. Follansbee
Hillside
100 00
George Q. Gilson
Fairview
50 00
Susan E. Green
66
100 00
John Greig
100 00
Adams Griffin
50 00
Joseph B. Griffin
66
100 00
Timothy L. Griffin lot by Viola Griffin Whitehead
50 00
Theodore H. Hamblett
50 00
C. & C. A. Hamlin
100 00
Mrs. Sarah Harris
25 00
George R. Harrison
66
50 00
Ephraim A. Harwood
66
100 00
M. Hennessey
50 00
Henry Herrick.
Westlawn
100 00
George W. Heywood lot
Fairview
50 00
Levi Heywood tomb
50 00
Samuel Horne
50 00
Melbourne F. Hutchins
Westlawn
100 00
Samuel M. Hutchins Fairview
100 00
Hutchins & Blood
Westlawn
50 00
Albert E. Jenne. Fairview
50 00
.
·
66
66
·
66
60
Amount carried forward $ 4,225 00
6
120
Amount brought forward
$ 4,225 00
Louisa Joint
Fairview 50 00
C. F. Keyes
66
50 00
Grace Lawrence Westlawn
50 00
Silas Lawrence and Mrs. Drake
66
100 00
Francis Leighton
50 00
Isaiah Leighton Fairview
100 00
J. F. Marsh (Edrick Nutting lot)
Hillside
50 00
Mazuzan and Whitney
Fairview
200 00
Edwin D. Metcalf
50 00
Josiah A. Osgood (John Osgood lot) 66
50 00
John M. Osgood
66
95 25
James M. Parker
50 00
Fletcher Peckens
66
50 00
Sarah Precious
50 00
Prescott and Babbitt
100 00
Abram Prescott tomb Westlawn
50 00
Charles H. Prescott
66
100 00
Joseph F. Prescott 66
50 00
Frances A. Prescott
Fairview
50 00
Nathan P. Prescott
66
50 00
Mary A. Putnam
Hillside
100 00
Polly Quigg
Fairview
50 00
Abijah C. Reed
66
50 00
Anan Reed
Westlawn
50 00
Sarah S. Reed
100 00
Annie Richardson
Fairview
50 00
Olive A. Richardson
50 00
Samuel Richardson
50 00
George E. Burns, Ex. Estate of
66
100 00
Sarah Richardson
66
50 00
Sarah Richardson
Amount carried forward
$ 6,270 25
121
Amount brought forward
$ 6,270 25
Sarah E. Richardson
66
50 00
Nancy Sargent
50 00
C. Frederick Seifer
66
50 00
Clara A. Smith
50 00
Levi Snow
100 00
Salmon L. Snow
66
100 00
Ephraim A. Stevens
66
50 00
Sarah H. Trumbull
100 00
A. and N. S. Tuttle
50 00
Sarah E. P. Wells
Westlawn
100 00
Jacob Wendell
Hillside
100 00
Mary J. Wheeler
Fairview
50 00
Hiram Whitney
100 00
Clara M. Wiley
100 00
Luther Wilkins
75 00
M. E. Willard (Hosley lot) Westlawn
100 00
John Wilson
Fairview
50 00
W. W. Woodward (Oliver Woodward lot) 66
100 00
Capt. Ezekiel Wright
Westlawn
50 00
G. J. and A. S. Wright
Fairview
100 00
N. H. Wright
100 00
Varnum B. Wright
66
25 00
$7,920 25
GEORGE T. DAY, Chairman and Secretary, DAVID L. GREIG, WESLEY O. HAWKES,
Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds.
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122
Report of Town Fish and Game Warden.
During the past year I have at different times patrolled our woods and coves, also our ponds and streams and land adjoining the same. I find no marked increase in small birds, but a large increase in our game birds. I have tried to keep the birds fed through the cold weather. In this work I find I am not alone, as a number of our people feed the birds through the winter months at their own expense. We expect a shipment of game birds, also some snowshoe rabbits the coming Spring. We have received a very few reports from poachers. I have got complaints of brooks that were supposed to have been screened, also from one deer that was badly wounded, also two cases of illegal fishing, all of which were investigated.
I would like to call your attention to the good work done by some of our leading citizens, also the Lowell Fish and Game Association. Through their efforts we have received a larger lot of fish than any other town in the State. I have made one trip to Lowell for some fish that came from the West. The rest came to the different railroad stations, and were planted as directed. Below is a list of the fish, also the time and place planted.
FLUSHING POND.
July 14 5,000 bass fry.
July 19 720 bass fry. Oct. 23 2,000 horn pouts.
Nov. 3 200 bass, 4 to 6 inches long.
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FORGE POND.
May 8 1,000 rainbow trout fry.
May 9 50,000 yellow perch fry.
Oct. 23 6,000 horn pouts, 3 inches long.
KEYES POND.
April 12 500 adult white perch.
May 4 100,000 white perch fry.
Oct. 23 2,000 horn pouts, 3 inches long.
LONG SOUGHT FOR POND.
April 12 500 adult white perch.
May 8 1,000 rainbow trout fry.
May® 9 100,000 yellow perch fry.
May
4
1,000 adult white perch.
Oct. 23 2,000 horn pouts, 3 inches long.
NABNASSET POND.
May 19 800,000 pike perch fry.
June 23 10,000 bass fry.
July 14 5,000 bass fry.
July 19 2,200 bass fry.
· Nov. 3 200 bass, 5 inches long.
BROOK TROUT. .
April 12 60,000 fry.
April 28 30,000 fry.
June 1 100 in Nashoba, 9 inches long.
Oct. 13 2,000 fingerlings.
Dec. 13 100 big adults.
Some 14 inches long were put in O'Brien's Brook above Baptist Pond in Westford.
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DUCKS.
July 25 Liberated 8 Mallard ducks in big swamp south of Forge Pond.
In closing I would like to ask the people of Westford not to treat the poacher and pot hunter as a joke. Remember that this · fish and game has been procured at a lot of work and expense, and the people that go out wilfully and break the game laws, destroy fences and knock down stone walls, etc., for their own pleasure, regardless of the land owner, should be punished. It is up to you to make the complaint.
Thanking all the good people who have helped in this good work, and hoping my work will meet with the approval of the people of Westford, I remain
Yours, JOE WALL,
Deputy Fish and Game Warden of Westford.
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Treasurer's Report.
The Treasurer of Westford submits the following report:
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1916 $ 5,882 86
Cash borrowed, anticipation taxes 17,000 00
C. H. Pickering, Janitor Town Hall 140 25
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-
Gypsy and brown tail moth suppression
464 59
Lowell & Acton Road
823 10
Income Mass. School Fund
1,079 37
Highway Commission, gypsy moth sup- pression 142 80
Industrial School
137 50
Compensation Inspector Animals
62 50
Mothers, dependent children
357 33
On acct. Supt. Schools
531 25
Corporation tax, public service 653 07
Corporation tax, business
12,103 57
National Bank tax
292 87
Military Aid 108 00
State Aid 460 00
Soldiers' exemption 31 92
Clerk, 1st District Court, Ayer, fines
109 27
B. & M. R. R., on acct. fires
13 16
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., on acct. fires
63 68
L. W. Wheeler, collector tax, 1915
2,948 22
L. W. Wheeler, collector tax, 1915 interest
87 27
L. W. Wheeler, collector tax, 1916 before Nov. 1
35,573 87
Amount carried forward
$ 79,066 45
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Amount brought forward $ 79,066 45
L. W. Wheeler, collector tax, 1916 after
Nov. 1 3,641 85
L. W. Wheeler, collector tax, 1916 interest . 29 23
L. W. Wheeler, collector tax, 1916 excise tax 258 58
J. V. Fletcher Library Funds, income 160 00
Whitney Playground Funds, income
230 00
County Treasurer, 90% dog license money . 361 80
County Treasurer, Acton & Lowell Road. . . 864 27
Mrs. John C. Abbot, books 8 96
G. C. Morse, Nabnassett Schoolhouse
190 00
F. O. Stiles, Minot's Corner Schoolhouse 410 00
Westford Water Co., one old desk.
2 00
Town Tyngsboro, tuition Westford Acad- emy 50 00
Town Groton, tuition Westford Academy
58 50
W. C. Roudenbush, book
25
John C. Abbot, road oil.
2 45
C. G. Sargent's Sons, oiling streets
26 84
L. E. Knott Co., over-payment
23 46
C. H. Pickering, school desk.
4 00
Spalding Cavalry Asso., rent Hall
1 50
Talbot Dyewood & Chemical Co., one car- boy . 2 00
Overseers Poor, on acct. Daniel Moy .
5 05
Mrs. H. Whitney, on acct. Whitney Play- ground 250 00
A. A. Hildreth, Sealer Weights and Measures 37 58
Fire House property, old buildings 47 75
T. H. Hill, over-payment
14 63
E. D. Metcalf Estate, Soldiers' Monument Fund 2,000 00
E. D. Metcalf Estate Fund, income 80 00
Licenses . 43 00
Rent at Fire House property
27 00
Amount carried forward $ 87,897 15
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Amount brought forward $ 87,897 15
PAYMENTS.
By cash, Notes
$20,000 00
Interest
782 03
Repairs State Highway
650 00
State Tax
4,720 00
County Tax.
3,046 01
Orders and incidental expenses
44,725 42
Metcalf Fund (two Erie R. R. Bonds, 4%, due 1953)
2,000 00
By cash on hand Jan. 1, 1917
11,973 69
$87,897 15 $87,897 15
HARWOOD L. WRIGHT,
Treasurer.
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Finance Committee Report.
Westford, Mass., January 22, 1917.
To the Voters and Taxpayers of Westford:
The Finance Committee elected at the Annual Town Meeting of February 14, 1916, has held several meetings and carefully considered the Articles of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting to be held February 12, 1917.
The officers in charge of the several departments of the Town Government have been consulted and their recommendations discussed, also consideration has been given to each article of the warrant wherein an appropriation of money is asked for.
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The Committee recommends the various sums set opposite each article as tabulated be raised and appropriated:
Article 8 Public Library $1,000 00
66
9 Public Burial Ground . 250 00
12 Roads and Bridges 6,500 00
13 Town Debts and Charges 7,500 00
66
14 Support of Poor 2,000 00
6 15 Support of Public Schools 15,973 75
66 16 Moth Department
1,100 00
66
17 Fire Department 450 00
66
18 New Hose and Apparatus
350 00
66
21 George Washington Memorial Building 200 00
66
23 Repairs on old Academy Build- ing 1,500 00
66
26 Fish and Game Warden
50 00
66
27 Sidewalks 300 00
66
32 Memorial Day 150 00
66
33 Distribution of Library Books. . Electric Lights
100 00
3,500 00
Hydrants
2,080 00
Notes and Interest
3,300 00
State and County Tax
7,780 00
State Highway Repairs
650 00
$54,733 75
Less Income from State Treasurer $13,049 51
Poll Taxes 1,400 00
$14,449 51
Amount to be raised $40,284 24
ARTICLE 12. The Board of Selectmen who have charge of the roads and bridges of the Town ask that the sum of sixty-five hundred dollars ($6,500) be given them to be used in the repair of samc.
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Results obtained from the oiling of some of the roads during the past few years have shown the advisability of the continuation of the plan, and it is proposed to use about fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) of the sum above mentioned for this purpose, thus leaving the same sum as raised last year for the general repairs.
Your committee has recommended that the sum asked for be raised and appropriated.
ARTICLE 20. Your committee recommends that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to purchase a piano to be placed in the Town Hall at an expense not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), and that this sum be appropriated for the purpose.
ARTICLE 23. Repairing of the Old Academy Building for the use of the Fire Department.
Your committee has recommended the raising and appropri- ating of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), and in addition thereto we would recommend that, inasmuch as the State Law will allow the Town to borrow a sum sufficient to provide additional floor area, which, in this case, will be the basement, the Town borrow fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) for this purpose, payment of the loan being made in three annual payments, the first being made in the year 1918.
While it is not probable that the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) will complete the repairs on the building, it will go a long way in so doing, and at the same time the Town is not called upon in any one year to raise and appropriate a sum large enough to greatly increase the rate of taxation.
ARTICLE 24. Relocating and repairing of the Graniteville Road. Your committee understands that the approximate cost will be about seventy-five hundred dollars ($7,500), one-third of which must be borne by the Town.
We recommend that a sufficient sum to cover the expense on the part of the Town be borrowed, payment being made in five yearly installments practically equal in amount, the first payment to be made in the year 1918.
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. ARTICLE 35. Lighting the road from Westford Depot to Brookside Corner.
Inasmuch as the Town has recently entered into a contract with the Lowell Electric Light Corporation for additional lights and inasmuch as the location of all of these additional lights has not been fixed, it is possible some may be located on the road mentioned. In any event your committee does not recommend any further appropriation than that called for in the contract recently signed.
The valuation of the Town in the year 1916 was $2,469,527. Estimating an average yearly increase in 1917, the tax rate will be about $16 per thousand, provided you raise the sum of $40,284.24, as recommended.
Your committee has based its figures on the State and County tax of 1916, also upon the income received from the State Treasurer, in the same year.
The State'and County tax of 1917 will, undoubtedly, vary somewhat from the figures used, and the income from the State Treasurer may be considerably affected by the new tax law which went into effect January 1st, but it is, however, expected that the result will be of benefit to the Town.
The foregoing report we submit to you for your careful consideration.
GEORGE T. DAY, JULIAN A. CAMERON, WESLEY O. HAWKES, ELBERT H. FLAGG, HERBERT V. HILDRETH.
Finance Committee.
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Auditor's Report.
I have examined the accounts of the Town Officers for the year ending February 1, 1917, and wish to report that the cash books and ledgers are correctly footed, and proper vouchers are on file for the payments.
I wish to thank the Officers for their co-operation with me in making this audit.
As a result of my examinations, I submit the following report, with a statement of the financial condition of the Town on February 1,1917.
TAXES.
To Debit of L. W. Wheeler, Collector, for year 1915.
To balance to collect as per audit, January
5,1916 $3,077 84
Past due interest collected 87 27
$3,165 11
Less abatements as per Treasurer's receipts
on file with Collector 129 62
$3,035 49
By taxes collected since previous audit.
2,948 22.
Past due interest collected
87 27
$3,035 49
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