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We therefore ask that the sum of $600 be appropriated, in addition to the unexpended balance.
The fire engineers regret to state that the new fire house has not yet been finished and turned over to them. The electric lights are still lacking so that the firemen have been unable to hold meetings and keep up the interest in the department that they should. We hope that this will be remedied shortly.
The fire engineers believe that a light chemical engine should be purchased, although at present the committee have been unable to decide just what kind is most desirable.
The engineers were obliged to spend about $145.57 on the tenement on the fire house lot in Westford Centre to make the chimneys safe and the house livable. This amount is to be taken from the rent money. The arrangements with the present ten- ant are not entirely satisfactory. If the Town desires to keep this tenement for one of the firemen, some additional money should be spent next year. If the Town purchases a chemical, we think this would be a desirable arrangement.
EDWARD M. ABBOT, Chief. JOHN EDWARDS, Clerk. ALONZO G. SUTHERLAND, Asst. Chief. ALBERT R. CHOATE. FRANK FURBUSH.
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Report of Building Committee for Fire House.
The committee appointed by the Town to reconstruct the old Academy into a Fire House make the following report.
After duly advertising for bids, P. Henry Harrington presented the only bid, his bid being $2,200.00, which was accepted.
The building is now complete excepting for the lights and the finishing of the grading. For items of expense see Select- men's Report.
Your committee asks for the unexpended balance of $134.39.
O. R. SPALDING, S. B. WATSON,
H. V. HILDRETH, R. PRESCOTT, E. M. ABBOT,
Committee.
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Town of Westford Fire Department.
Instructions for Taking Care of Fire Extinguishers.
1. Any person who is loaned a fire extinguisher by the Town of Westford for use at brush or house fires must be respon- sible for same.
2. After using and before refilling, the extinguisher should be thoroughly washed out to prevent corroding. The hose and nozzle also should be washed. Make sure the hole in the nozzle is clear.
3. Always wash and refill immediately. There may be another fire.
4. In winter the extinguisher should be put near a stove or in a warm place, to prevent freezing. Otherwise it should be emptied and washed out.
5. By putting into the extinguisher 3-4 of a cup of salt and stirring until dissolved, the extinguisher will not freeze so easily. It cannot, however, be left in a wholly unheated building.
6. All persons having extinguishers, who close their houses for the winter or who leave town, should notify the forest warden, Harry L. Nesmith, by telephone and give the extinguish- ers to him.
7. Every spring the extinguishers should be discharged, washed out and refilled.
8. Any extinguisher that is lost or becomes defective should be reported to the forest warden.
9. Each person taking an extinguisher to a fire should take his own extinguisher home.
10. Know the number of your own extinguisher.
11. Any person allowing an extinguisher to freeze must pay for having it repaired.
Per Order, BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS,
Town of Westford.
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Report of Forest Warden.
January 1, 1919.
During the past year we have had a few bad fires, due to carelessness.
I have issued one hundred and fifty permits. A list of persons with whom hand fire extinguishers have been placed, and a list of fires are submitted herewith.
Everyone who has a town fire extinguisher is requested to keep same in a warm place to prevent freezing.
H. L. NESMITH,
Forest Warden.
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LIST OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS IN TOWN OF WESTFORD. January 1, 1919.
No. 1 David Gregg
31
J. M. Booke
2 Bert Drew
32
C. Shugrue
3 Eben Prescott 33
J. A. Healy, Dunstable Road
4 Sam Taylor
5 John Flynn
34
Westford Depot
6 L. J. Ellison
35
Westford Depot
7
Charles Edwards
36 Will Greene
9 Walter Whidden
37
John Martin
10 Herbert E. Fletcher
38 George Kimball
11 Herbert E. Fletcher
39 Judson Sweetsir
12 Herbert E. Fletcher
40 W. Butterworth
13 Herbert E. Fletcher
41
Everett Jarvis
14 Herbert E. Fletcher
42
C. M. Griffin
15 J. Lundberg
43 James Sullivan
16 Nat. Whitney
44 W. Seifer
17 Graniteville Fire House
46
A. Blaisdell
18 Graniteville Fire House
47
A. Burnham
19 Jim O'Brien,
49
D. Desmond
Providence Road
50 Angus McDonald
20 W. Williams
52
A. A. Hildreth
21 Brookside Fire House
54
Calvin Howard
23 West Graniteville Depot
56 Alec McDougall
24 F. Banister
57 Otis Day
25 Charles Couture
59
Parker Village Fire House
27 Gilman J. Wright
60
Warren Sweetsir
28 Horace Gould
61 Mabel Drew
29 H. O. Keyes, Est.
62 O. R. Spaulding
30 E. Ward
55 James Wilson
26 H. D. Wright
53 Albert Flagg
22 Brookside Fire House
45 John O'Brien
48 N. Decatur
89
63 Graniteville Fire
Westford Fire House 92
House
93 Westford Fire House
65
A. E. Loveless
94 Westford Fire House
66 Guy Decatur
95 Westford Fire House Westford Fire House 96
68 A. Dureault
97 Westford Fire House
69 C. B. Wetmore
98 Westford Fire House
70 T. Sullivan
71 Fred Blodgett
100
99 Westford Fire House Forge Village Fire House
72
O. R. Spaulding
101
Forge Village Fire House
75 W. Anderson
77 Fred McCoy 102
78 George Hartford
103
Forge Village Fire House
80 Westford Pumping Station
104
Frost School
81
Richard Prescott
105
George Irish
82 Fred Burbeck
109
P. Gladu
83 James O'Brien,
110
Westford Fire House
Stony Brook Road
111
Westford Fire House
84 Frank Hildreth
112
Westford Fire House
86 A. Vose
113
Alec McDonald
87 C. Parker
114
M. Downes
88 John Connell
115
George O'Brien
89
Graniteville Fire House
117
O. R. Spaulding
90
Graniteville Fire
118
J. Sargent
House
119
George C. Moore
91 C. Johnson,
120
J. Sanberg
Whidden's Corner 121
H. Anderson
73 Frank Wright
Forge Village Fire House
79 J. W. Pyne
116
John Simpson
67 A. Jordan
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Fires in Town of Westford.
OWNER
DATE
Acres
Dam- age
R. R. Expense
Town
John Fisher
April
2
25
100
$14.60
Crossland & Lindsey
2
25
100
30.80
J. F. Sweetser
10
1
5
$11.35
Hall Bros.
11
1
5
2.60
F. G. Sargent
17
1
5
3.40
A. Blaisdell
16
20
50
15.10
Nelson Prescott
24
1
5
3.00
Whidden
28
5
3.80
Wm. E. Edwards
28
25
100
15.75
W. Carver
30
5
1.80
M. Downes
May 4
1
5
8.40
J. Healy
7
2
10
4.20
Hinkley & Vose
8
57
200
27.00
J. F. Sweetser
9
1
5
3.20
J. F. Sweetser
9
1
5
5.55
A. Blaisdell
9
5
60
10.00
M. Gage
10
2
10
10.20
A. Blaisdell
10
2
10
5.80
Geo. C. Moore
12
2
10
8.60
Wm. E. Edwards
12
1
5
3.00
H. E. Fletcher
15
1
5
5.00
Sargent & Spaulding
16
125
500
121.40
Geo. C. Moore
18
30
600
42.80
W. Wyman
26
1
5
11.80
M. Sargent
June
2
1
5
3.60
T. Lawson
8
1
5
4.80
Courtney
24
2
5
1.40
M. Downes
July 28
5
8.80
C. Symmes
Dec.
2
4
6.00
Total
204.20
$189.45
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Report of the Committee in Charge of the Whitney Playground.
1 -
Your committee hereby respectfully submits the following report :
The grounds continue to be in splendid condition, but, your committee regrets to say that the use of the same has diminished on account of so many of the young men having entered the service.
There have been no changes in the investments and the Report of 1914 is referred to for a statement thereto, except, that the bequest of $5,000.00 made by Mrs. Whitney has been received and deposited as follows:
Central Savings Bank $1,000.00
Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank 1,000.00
City Institution for Savings 1,000.00
Lowell Institution for Savings 1,000.00
Merrimack River Savings Bank
1,000.00
Your committee, under the vote of the Town, having charge of the investment of the $2,500.00, given by Mrs. Whitney for the care of shade trees, has received and invested the same as fol- lows :
Mechanics Savings Bank $ 500.00
Fourth Liberty Bond, No. 99,622 1,000.00
Fourth Liberty Bond, No. 99,623 1,000.00
On account of Edward Fisher having changed his residence from Westford to Lowell, a vacancy exists in this committee which is to be filled at the annual town meeting.
The following is a list of receipts accruing and expendi- tures incurred during the year :
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RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand $ 390.81
Interest on 2 bonds, Am. Tel. & Tel. Co. 80.00
Interest on 2 bonds, Spencer Gas Co. .. 100.00
Interest on 1 bond, City of Canton.
50.00
Interest on deposits, Lowell Institution for Savings 21.89
$ 642.70
EXPENDITURES.
Water Rates
$ 10.00
Labor
255.14
David L. Greig, carrying lawn-mower to Lowell
10.00
Upton & Gilman Mch. Co., repairs
11.80
J. J. McManmon, plants
19.50
Wright & Fletcher, supplies
36.77
Dickerman & McQuade, supplies
6.00
O. R. Spalding, labor and cash
13.25
$ 362.46
Balance on hand
$ 280.24
OSCAR R. SPALDING, HERBERT V. HILDRETH.
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Report of the Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds.
The Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds present the following report for the year ending December 31, 1918.
Twelve lots have been added during the year to those under the perpetual care of the Town, all in Fairview, thus increasing the fund to $8,970.25.
The commissioners would like to see more lots placed under the care of the Town, either by a perpetual care fund, or by an annual payment, as each lot that is cared for tends to give a more pleasing effect to the whole cemetery.
For the care and improvement of the cemeteries the com- missioners would respectfully recommend that the sum of $150 be raised and appropriated for the coming year.
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AMOUNTS RECEIVED FOR CARE OF LOTS.
FAIRVIEW.
Abbot, Mrs. E. S., tomb
$ 5.00
Adams, Mrs. C. L. 1.00
Atwood, Miss L. B.
2.00
Baker, Mrs. John
1.00
Bennett, Miss Grace
1.00
Bennett, Miss Priscilla
1.00
Bicknell, Charles
1.00
Blanchard, Lowell
2.00
Blodgett, C. A. and F. R.
8.00
Blodgett, Mrs. Samuel
8.00
Blodgett, W. G.
1.00
Bodin, Mrs. E. S.
1.00
Bridgeford, Mrs. Lizzie
1.00
Brooks, Charles
1.00
Bucklin, Mrs. Hattie
1.00
Bunce, Miss Mary P
2.00
Burbeck, Mrs. John
1.00
Burland, Arthur
1.00
Burnett, William
1.00
Burnham, Arthur H.
1.00
Butterworth, Mrs. J. T.
1.00
Calvert, Mrs. Frank
1.00
Carkin, A. W.
1.00
Carkin, W. E.
1.00
Carver, W. R.
1.00
Catchpole, Mrs. Elizabeth
1.00
. Caunter, F. R.
2.00
Chamberlain, Mrs. E. H.
1.00
Cockcroft, Herbert
1.00
Coggeshall, D. E.
1.00
Cougle, Mrs. George
1.00
Amount carried forward
$ ยท 53.00
95
Amount brought forward
$ 53.00
Crockett, Mrs. Henry
1.00
Davie, W. L.
1.00
Davis, Miss Alice L.
1.00
Day, A. E.
1.00
Day, W. L.
1.00
Decatur, Burt
1.00
Defoe, Mrs. Lizzie
1.00
Dix, Mrs. Mary
1.00
Doucette, Mrs. Martha
1.00
Drew, F. C.
1.00
Dugdale, R. J.
1.00
Eastman, A.
8.00
Elliott, Mrs. G. C.
1.00
Fisher, Edward
1.00
Fisher, John
1.00
Fletcher, F. L.
1.00
Fletcher, John M.
3.00
Fletcher, J. W.
1.00
Fletcher, S. H.
1.00
Frazer, James
1.00
Frost, Mrs. W. E.
1.00
Gardel, August
1.00
Gilson, L. S.
2.00
Girand, Mrs. Mary A.
1.00
Guild, Mrs .- C. and E. M. Mills
1.00
Haley, Frank
1.00
Hamlin, G. P.
1.00
Hanning, Elisha
1.00
Hanson, Mrs. Martin
1.00
Hardy, Mrs. Jackson
1.00
Harrington, James
3.00
Harris, David
1.00
Harris, George E.
1.00
Harrup, Mrs. J. E.
1.00
Amount carried forward
$ 99.00
-
96
Amount brought forward $ 99.00
Hawkes, W. O.
1.00
Healey, Mrs. Ruby
1.00
Hewitt, Miss C. E.
1.00
Heywood, Mrs. E. E.
1.00
Hildreth, Mrs. E. A.
1.00
Hildreth, F. A. .
2.00
Hildreth, Miss H. C.
1.00
Hill, Mrs. Jennie
1.00
Hindle, Frank
1.00
Holt, Mrs. E. H.
1.00
Horn, G. F.
1.00
Howard, Calvin L.
1.00
Howard, Charles D.
1.00
Humiston, E. F.
1.00
Hunt, E. J.
2.00
Hunt, G. W.
1.00
Hutchinson, F. A.
3.00
Isles, Mrs. J. D.
1.00
Johnson, Miss Almira
1.00
Johnson, Andrew
1.00
Johnson, W. W.
1.00
Kabele, H. M.
1.00
Kierstead, Sanford
1.00
King, Mrs. A. M.
1.00
Kisley, Y.
8.00
Longbottom, Walter
1.00
Longley, A. W.
1.00
Lowther, F. L.
8.00
Martin, John
1.00
Matterson, John
1.00
McClenna, Mrs. L.
1.00
McCoy, F. L.
1.00
McDougal, Mrs. A.
3.00
Miller, F. E.
2.00
Amount carried forward
$ 154.00
97
Amount brought forward
$
154.00
Millis, Willard
1.00
Moran, Miss M. E.
1.00
Morin, Mrs. J. A.
1.00
Morse, J. W.
1.00
Munoy, Mrs. Marion
1.00
Naylor, Fred .
8.00
Nelson, Mrs. Fannie
1.00
O'Brien, George
1.00
O'Brien, James
1.00
Orange, W. H.
1.00
Orr, Robert
1.00
Parker, E. W.
2.00
Parker, W. G.
1.00
Peck, J. L.
1.00
Perkins, John
8.00
Perkins, Joseph
2.00
Petherick, W. H.
1.00
Philipps, Mrs. Norman
1.00
Pickering, Charles
1.00
Polley, Amos
1.00
Prescott, Ebenezer
2.00
Prescott, Mrs. F. A.
1.00
Prouty, Mrs. George
1.00
Rapson, James
1.00
Read, Miss C. E.
1.00
Reed, George G.
1.00
Richardson, Mrs. A. M.
2.00
Richardson, M. T.
1.00
Ripley, F. K.
1.00
Rockwell, Guy
2.00
Sanborn, George
1.00
Saville, William
1.00
Schworer, Mrs. Louis
1.00
Serutton, Mrs. G. A.
1.00
Amount carried forward
$ 207.00
98
Amount brought forward $ 207.00
Searles, Mrs. C. J. 1.00
Shattuck, Mrs. D. H. 1.00
Shea, Mrs. Frank
1.00
Sherman, Mrs. David
1.00
Skidmore, Mrs. G.
2.00
Smith, A. G.
1.00
Spalding, J. F.
1.00
Stewart, Mrs. James
1.00
Stiles, F. O.
1.00
Stiles, Mrs. H. S.
1.00
Sutherland, A. H.
2.00
Sutherland, William
1.00
Sweatt, Miss Jessie
1.00
Symmes, Mrs. T. E.
3.00
Taylor, A. D.
2.00
Taylor, S. L.
2.00
Turk, Miss N.
1.00
Turner, Miss Lizzie
1.00
Vose, Mrs. Almon
2.00
Walkden, J. A.
1.00
Waller, Mrs. Nettie
1.00
Weaver, George
1.00
Webb, Mrs. F.
1.00
Welch, Mrs. William
2.00
Wheeler, Miss Delia
1.00
Wheeler, Isaac G.
1.00
Whigham, James
1.00
White, Harry
1.00
White, William
1.00
Whitney, G. H.
2.00
Willis, W. T.
1.00
Wilson, J. D.
1.00
Wilson, Mrs. M.
1.00
Wood, Henry O.
1.00
Amount carried forward
$ 250.00
99
Amount brought forward
$ 250.00
Woodbury, Mrs. E. A.
1.00
Woods, W. L.
2.00
Wright, Mrs. Emma E.
1.00
Wright, Frank C.
1.00
Wright, W. M.
1.00
Wyman, William
1.00
Wyman, William
1.50
York, J. E.
2.00
HILLSIDE.
Blodgett, Harry
1.00
Gould, Horace
1.00
Hildreth, Miss Martha
1.00
Parker, E. W. .
1.00
Sargent, F. G.
1.00
Worcester, C. H.
2.00
Wright, P. E.
1.00
WESTLAWN.
Cutter, Miss M. E. 1.00
$ 269.50
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
From the Town. $250.00
For the care of lots. 268.50
From Perpetual Care Funds
117.60
$636.10
EXPENSES.
Fairview.
Faid Frank Chandler $255.00
Richard Downing
41.25
Wallace Johnson
6.25
Clifford Johnson
30.00
Frank Banister
8.75
D. L. Greig for labor and loam
120.00
Westlawn.
Paid Estate of Charles D. Colburn for
care of cemetery $ 46.00
For painting and gilding markers. . 4.00
Hillside.
Paid Luther Lawton, Jr., for labor $ 34.80
Frank Banister, for labor 7.50
General Expenses.
Paid Wright & Fletcher for fertilizer .... $ 44.00
Wright & Fletcher for grass seed. . 5.95
Wright & Fletcher for supplies .... 10.35
Parkhurst Press for printing. .
4.25
Smith & Brooks for surveying 10.00 ...
F. Meyers for transportation. 2.00
A. Lundberg for stone roller. 6.00
$636.10
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PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS.
NAME CEMETERY
FUND
Ephraim Abbot, Fairview
$ 100.00
J. W. P. Abbot, Fairview 100.00
Cyrus Babbitt, Fairview 50.00
Albert Bailey, Fairview 50.00
Mary E. Brigham, Fairview 100.00
Mary E. Brigham (Kittredge lot), Fairview
100.00
W. H. H. Burbeck, Fairview 150.00
Sally B. Burrill, Fairview 100.00
Susan A. Butterfield, Fairview
100.00
Buxton & Parker, Fairview
50.00
Francis Caldwell, Fairview
50.00
John Carmichael, Fairview
150.00
John B. Carmichael, Fairview
100.00
Mrs. Alice Carrick, Fairview
50.00
Elisha Case, Fairview
50.00
William Chandler, Hillside
100.00
Jonathan Collins, Fairview
50.00
P. G. Collins, Fairview
50.00
Hiram Dane, Fairview
50.00
George Davis, Fairview
50.00
George and Jonathan Davis, Fairview
50.00
Joshua C. Decatur, Fairview
50.00
Charles S. Dodge, Fairview
100.00
Cephas Drew; Fairview
50.00
George Drew, Fairview
50.00
Thomas Drew, Fairview 50.00
Edmund L. Dupee, Fairview 50.00
Rachel Dupee, Fairview 50.00
Wm. Z. Dupee, Fairview
50.00
Daniel Falls, Fairview
50.00
Alvin Fisher lot, Fairview
150.00
Elizabeth G. Flagg, Fairview
50.00
Amount carried forward
$2,350.00
102
Amount brought forward $2,350.00
Charles Flanders, Hillside 50.00
Abijah Fletcher lot, Fairview 50.00
Andrew Fletcher, Fairview
100.00
Charles H. Fletcher, Fairview
50.00
Herbert E. Fletcher, Fairview
100.00
Hugh A. Fletcher, Fairview 100.00
Julia A. Fletcher, Fairview
50.00
Lorenzo Fletcher-F. A. Snow, Ex., Fairview
100.00
Sherman D. Fletcher, Westlawn
50.00
Sherman D. Fletcher, Fairview
50.00
L. A. Folland, Fairview
50.00
Charles Follansbee, Hillside
100.00
George Q. Gilson, Fairview
50.00
Susan E. Green, Fairview
100.00
John Greig, Fairview
100.00
Adams Griffin, Fairview
50.00
Joseph B. Griffin, Fairview
100.00
Timothy L. Griffin lot, by Viola Griffin Whitehead, Fairview
50.00
Frank L. Haley, Fairview
50.00
Theodore H. Hamblett, Fairview
50.00
C. & C. A. Hamlin, Fairview
100.00
Mrs. Sarah Harris, Fairview
25.00
George R. Harrison, Fairview
50.00
Ephraim A. Harwood, Fairview
100.00
M. Hennessey, Fairview
50.00
Henry Herrick, Westlawn
100.00
George W. Heywood lot, Fairview
50.00
Levi Heywood tomb, Fairview
50.00
Samuel Horne, Fairview
50.00
Melbourne F. Hutchings, Westlawn
100.00
Samuel M. Hutchings, Fairview
100.00
Hutchings & Blood, Westlawn
50.00
Albert E. Jenne, Fairview
50.00
Amount carried forward
$4,625.00
103
Amount brought forward $4,625.00
Louisa Joint, Fairview 50.00
C. F. Keyes, Fairview 50.00
H. O. Keyes, Fairview 100.00
Grace Lawrence, Westlawn 50.00
A. W. Langley, Fairview
100.00
Silas Lawrence and Mrs. Drake, Westlawn 100.00
Francis Leighton, Westlawn
50.00
Isaiah Leighton, Fairview
100.00
Frank Lowther, Fairview
50.00
J. F. Marsh (Edrick Nutting lot), Hillside
50.00
Mazuzan & Whitney, Fairview
200.00
Edwin D. Metcalf, Fairview
50.00
Hugh Mills, Fairview
50.00
John A. Osgood (John Osgood lot), Fairview
50.00
John M. Osgood, Fairview
95.25
John M. Parker, Fairview
50.00
Fletcher Peckens, Fairview
50.00
Sarah Precious, Fairview 50.00
Prescott & Babbitt, Fairview 100.00
Abram Prescott tomb, Westlawn 50.00
Charles H. Prescott, Westlawn 100.00
Joseph F. Prescott, Westlawn
50.00
Frances A. Prescott, Fairview
50.00
Nathan P. Prescott, Fairview 50.00
50.00
Mary A. Putnam, Hillside
100.00
James W. Pyne, Fairview
50.00
Polly Quigg, Fairview
50.00
Abijah C. Reed, Fairview
50.00
Anan Reed, Westlawn
50.00
Sarah S. Reed, Westlawn
100.00
Annie Richardson, Fairview
50.00
Olive A. Richardson, Fairview 50.00
Samuel Richardson, Fairview 50.00
Amount carried forward $ 6,920.25
C. M. Prinn, Fairview
104
Amount brought forward. $ 6,920.25 George E. Burns, Ex. Estate of Sarah Richardson,
Fairview 100.00
Sarah Richardson, Fairview
50.00
Sarah E. Richardson, Fairview 50.00
Nancy Sargent, Fairview
50.00
C. Frederick Seifer, Fairview
50.00
Clara A. Smith, Fairview 50.00
Levi Snow, Fairview
100.00
Salmon L. Snow, Fairview
100.00
Ephraim A. Stevens, Fairview
50.00
Sarah H. Trumbull, Fairview
100.00
A. and N. S. Tuttle, Fairview 50.00
100.00
Jacob Wendell, Hillside 100.00
50.00
William White, Fairview 50.00
Hiram Whitney, Fairview
100.00
Clara M. Wiley, Fairview
100.00
Luther Wilkins, Fairview 75.00
M. E. Willard (Hosley lot), Westlawn
100.00
John Wilson, Fairview
100.00
Capt. Ezekiel Wright, Westlawn
50.00
G. T. & A. S. Wright, Fairview
100.00
N. H. Wright, Fairview 100.00
Varnum B. Wright, Fairview
25.00
Harry Nesmith, Fairview 50.00
Georgie Patten Stone tomb, Westlawn
100.00
$8,970.25
CHARLES O. PRESCOTT, Chairman and Secretary, DAVID L. GREIG,
WESLEY O. HAWKES,
Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds.
Samuel Willis, Fairview 50.00
W. W. Woodward (Oliver Woodward lot) Hillside. .
50.00
Sarah E. P. Wells, Westlawn
Mary J. Wheeler, Fairview
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Report of Town Fish and Game Warden.
During the past year I have followed my usual custom of patrolling the fields and covers, also the different brooks, ponds and waterways. I have planted a number of fish and liberated a few game birds. I expect a number of white rabbits the com- ing spring. I find about the usual amount of song birds in some localities, but their numbers do not increase from year to year; as for the so-called game birds, they are on the decline. They are getting more scarce every season; but this is to be ex- pected under our present game laws. Where I had a flock of from six to ten pheasants last year, I have one or two; as for partridge and quail, I think in about two years more, under our present game laws, they will be extinct. When we liberate birds in the spring or summer that have been reared on a reservation and they can be killed according to law in the fall, we can't expect to have them increase very fast, and the only way we can save them is to have a closed season for five years; if not in a very few years we will have no birds. There is plenty of orchard and meadow for song birds and woodland covers for warblers and the larger game birds, besides ideal breeding places for water fowl. With these conditions, to allow our birds to be killed off year after year is almost a crime. As for the fish, I think the way we have been stocking the ponds and brooks we will always have plenty as we are getting more every year and they are planted in a few hours after they arrive as we meet the car at the place appointed with a truck and get them in the water as soon as possible.
The following is a list of the fish planted in 1918 :
May 22-Forge Pond, Rainbow Trout, 8,000. May 14-Forge Pond, Yellow Perch, 8,000. May 23-Knopp's Pond, 500,000 Pike Perch. 5,000 Brook Trout, Snake Meadow Brook.
8 cans Adult Trout, Snake Meadow, Nashoba and O'Brien.
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8,000 Black Bass, Nabnassett.
3,000, Long-Sought-For.
9,000 Adult in Flushing and Long-Sought-For.
5 Cans Crappie in the Sargent Pond.
And about 250,000 in neighboring towns.
Also liberated 4 Mallard Ducks and 7 Pheasants in West- ford.
Hoping this report will meet with your approval, I remain
Yours, JOE WALL, Town Warden.
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Treasurer's Report.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand, January 1, 1918 $18,581.86
Comm. Mass., 5 notes, Graniteville Road .. 4,000.00
Accrued int. on same 8.89
Appleton National Bank, 2 notes, antici- pation taxes 22,000.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Income Mass. School Fund
1,029.65
Income tax 5,414.67
Mothers with dependent children.
764.00
Industrial Schools
133.75
Support sick paupers
15.00
Temporary aid
9.00
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth sup- pression 168.00
Compensation Inspector of Animals ..
100.00
On acct. Supt. Schools
500.00
Corporation tax, public service
371.68
Corporation tax, business
24,913.67
National bank tax
327.79
Military aid 108.00
State aid 492.00
B. & M. R. R., on acct. fires 147.05
S. H. Balch, Janitor, Town Hall 100.75
Perpetual Care, Cemetery Funds 700.00
Cemetery Com., care of lots 268.50
Clerk First District Court, Ayer 2.78
County Treasurer, dog licenses 379.05
Amount carried forward $80,536.09
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Amount brought forward $80,536.09
County Treasurer, on acct., Graniteville Rd. 2,892.13
Comm. Mass., on acct., Graniteville Rd ... 3,917.91
Income Library Funds 177.50
Licenses 24.00
W. C. Roudenbush, books and supplies .
6.89
Gran. Foundry Co., scrap iron 17.56
C. G. Sargent's Sons 17.85
Town of Groton, tuition 163.50
Abbot Worsted Co., road oil
99.45
H. L. Nesmith, road men, on acct. fires ... 9.20
Aetna Insurance Co. 62.42
B. & M. R. R., rebate on freight 15.28
Talbot Dyewd. & Chem. Co., over-payment 5.02
S. H. Balch, junk sold 8.10
A. A. Hildreth, sealer weights and
measures 42.03
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., on acct., fires .
47.20
Mrs. Perkins, rent 90.00
L. W. Wheeler, coll. tax, 1917 1,238.24
L. W. Wheeler, coll. tax, 1917, int. 35.08
Income funds, Whitney Playground 230.00
Income, E. D. Metcalf funds 80.00
County Treasurer, Gran. Rd.
1,025.78
L. W. Wheeler, coll. tax, 1918
38,848.19
L: W. Wheeler, coll. tax, 1918, int. 28.00
31.43
L. W. Wheeler, coll. tax, 1918, coll. fees. .
P. H. Harrington, 3 sticks lumber 15.00
Due G. N. Greenough, Gran. Rd.
565.45
Income Whitney Playground (new fund)
112.50
W. C. Roudenbush, on acct., Cooking School 20.70
$130,362.50
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PAYMENTS.
By cash :
Notes $24,800.00
Interest
1,109.75
State Tax
6,600.00
County Tax
3,270.81
Failure to make returns (O. P.)
2.00
Repairs State Highway
989.80
Soldiers' exemption
26.24
Orders and Incidental Expenses
70,420.79
Liberty Bonds (Perpetual Care)
700.00
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1919
22,443.11
-$130,362.50
HARWOOD L. WRIGHT,
Treasurer.
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Auditor's Report.
I have made the usual examination of the books of the Town Officers and as a result of my examination I herewith submit the following report, together with a statement of the financial condition of the Town on February 1, 1919.
TAXES.
To Debit of L. W. Wheeler, Collector, for year 1917 : To balance to collect as per Audit of Jan.
10, 1918
$1,345.26
Past due interest collected .
35.08
Additions since last audit .98
$1,381.32
By Collections
$1,273.32
Abatements
108.00
$1,381.32
Leaving no balance to collect. $0,000.00
To Debit of L. W. Wheeler, Collector, for year 1918.
To amount of tax levy as per Assessors' Warrant as follows :
740 Polls at $2.00. $ 1,540.00
Tax on Personal Property
10,220.08
Tax on Real Estate. 26,934.52
Moth and Lead Tax 1,157.64
$39,852.24
Amount carried forward
$39,852.24
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Amount brought forward $39,852.24
Additions since issue of Warrant, as per
Assessors' notices. . $ 73.50
Interest and Collection Fees 59.43
$ 132.93
$39,985.17
Less Abatements for the year as per As- sessors' notices 244.50
$39,740.67
By collections to Jan. 8, 1919
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