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Berries
5 00
Stationery
4 05
Teaming milk to Littleton
3 60
Grass seed
3 25
Lowell Courier-Citizen
3 00
Weighing hay
2 98
Making cider
2 22
Medicines
2 14
Flowers
1 73
$4,262 15
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1914.
44 57
$4,306 72
SUMMARY.
Cash on hand February 1, 1914. $ 28
Cash received from Town Treasurer 690 00
$ 690 28
Cash on hand December 31, 1914.
44 57
Net expense at Town Farm. $ 645 71
Number of pauper inmates at Town Farm, Dec. 31, 1914. . . 5 Number of tramps lodged and fed Feb. 1, 1914 to Dec. 31, 1914 10
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PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF OUTDOOR POOR.
Paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts, board. $ 173 72
City of Lowell, aid rendered. 3 00
City of Boston, aid rendered. 7 14
City of Chelsea, aid rendered.
108 28
Hanley & Co., groceries.
26 53
Albert Monteny, board.
30 00
Cyril A. Blaney, M. D.
2 00
Albert R. Choate, salary as Overseer of the Poor 10 00
Arthur H. Burnham, salary as Overseer of the Poor 10 00
Charles L. Hildreth, salary as Chairman Overseers of the Poor 20 00
Extra time and expense. 16 20
$ 406 87
REIMBURSEMENTS.
Received from Commonwealth of Massachusetts ... $ 15 00
City of Lowell 44 00
City of Boston 21 32
$ 80 32
SUMMARY.
Payments on account of Outdoor Poor ... $ 406 87 Reimbursements 80 32
Net expense of Outdoor Poor $ 326 55
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STATEMENT.
Drafts on Town Treasurer $1,096 87
Town Farm Receipts. 3,616 44
Cash in hands Superintendent of Town Farm, February 1, 1914. 28
$4,713 59
Payments on account of Outdoor Poor. $ 406 87
Town Farm Payments. 4,262 15
Cash in hands Superintendent of Town Farm, December 31, 1914. 44 57
$4,713 59
Drafts on Town Treasurer
$1,096 87
Reimbursements
80 32
Net drafts on Town Treasurer $1,016 55
Net expense at Town Farm. $ 645 71
Net expense of Outdoor Poor 326 55
Net expense of Poor. $ 972 26
Appropriation
$ 1,100 00
During the past year the barn at the Town Farm was painted at an expense of $69.27, and a shed for the storage of farming tools was erected at a cost of $81.95.
The net expense at the Farm was $645.71, and there were five inmates on December 31, 1914.
CHARLES L. HILDRETH, Chairman, ARTHUR H. BURNHAM, ALBERT R. CHOATE,
Overseers of the Poor.
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SCHEDULE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE, JANUARY 4, 1915.
Groceries $ 25 00
Jars of fruit. 100 00
Vegetables
30 00
Vinegar and vinegar stock.
24 10
Balance of personal property at house. 729 90 $ 909 00
14 cows and 1 bull. $ 1,200 00
3 horses
600 00
5 tons meadow hay 40 00
15 tons English hay
300 00
6 tons oat fodder
90 00
75 tons Ensilage
450 00
Grain and molasses.
147 00
1 two-horse dump cart.
47 50
1 two-horse wood wagon 40 00
1 two-horse sled. 50 00
2 hay and farm wagons
75 00
2 Democrat wagons.
25 00
1 mowing machine
20 00
1 hay tedder
10 00
1 house rake.
8 00
1 sulky plow
20 00
Wood
160 00
Balance of personal property at farm and
outbuildings
649 05
$ 4,011 55
Total
$ 4,920 55
FRED R. BLODGETT, LEONARD W. WHEELER, DAVID DESMOND,
Appraisers.
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Report of Engineers of the Fire Department.
To the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Westford :
Westford, Mass.,
Gentlemen :-
The Board of Fire Engineers submit the following report for the year ending December, 1914.
At the first meeting the Board of Engineers organized as follows :- Edward M. Abbot, Chief; John Edwards, Clerk.
The following fires, other than chimney fires, where there was no damage, have occurred :-
February 22, 1914. Fire started near chimney in ell of house owned by George W. Nesmith. Damage, $25.00. Insured.
February 25, 1914. Fire nearly destroyed old Abbot Home- stead, owned by John C. Abbot and occupied by Senator Edward Fisher. Damage, $6,000.00. Partly insured.
May 15, 1914. Fire started in chimney of house owned by David Desmond. Damage, $30.00. Insured.
May 27, 1914. Fire destroyed house owned by Warren Sweetser. Damage, $4,500.00. Partly insured.
August 24, 1914. Fire destroyed the house owned by A. B. Parrot. Fire was set by lightning. Damage, $4,200.00. No insurance.
September 15, 1914. Fire from overheated engine partially destroyed auto truck loaded with furniture on Boston Road .. Damage, $650.00. Not insured.
November 5, 1914. Fire damaged the roof and portion of house owned by Mrs. Rachael Reed on Main Street, Graniteville .. Damage, $100.00. Insured.
December 9, 1914. Fire was put out in chimney of house owned by J. M. Fletcher. No damage to property, but Albert W. Heywood had a bad fall from the roof, breaking three ribs and cutting his face. He was unable to attend to his regular work until January 4, 1915, thereby losing 25 days. Albert W. Heywood was a member of the Massachusetts Firemen's Relief Association, and as such will receive an allowance because of his injury.
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The engineers believe that a suitable alarm system should be installed as suggested in last year's report. The committee working with the fire engineers have been unable to find an alarm system entirely satisfactory at a price the Town could afford to pay.
A new electric siren has just been brought to their attention which may prove satisfactory.
The engineers, therefore, suggest that the same committee be reappointed to further investigate a suitable alarm system and report at the next Town meeting.
The engineers recommend that the Town accept the hydrant installed over Pine Ridge Road to Bridge Street, Graniteville, at the regular rate per year, and also the hydrant on Orchard St., Forge Village.
Because of the heavy expense, due to fires, the engineers were unable to purchase the amount of fire hose necessary to keep our equipment up to date. Three hundred feet only was purchased, against the four hundred and fifty feet recommended in last year's report. This was paid for out of last year's appropriation during January, 1915. As the life of the fire hose is only about nine years, under the best conditions, the fire engineers believe that a yearly sum should be appropriated to purchase fire hose to replace that worn out.
Recent fires have proved that the Town is very short of suitable ladders in all of the villages. There should be at least two long, straight ladders and one extension in each village.
The Fire Engineers recommend that the sum of $415 be appropriated to purchase six hundred feet of new hose, two extension and four straight ladders.
The Fire Engineers recommend that the sum of $500 in addi- tion to the above be appropriated for fire department purposes.
EDWARD M. ABBOT, Chief, JOHN EDWARDS, Secretary, ALBERT R. CHOATE, FRANK L. FURBUSH, EDWARD T. HANLEY,
ALONZO H. SUTHERLAND,
Fire Engineers of Westford.
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EXPENSES OF THE WESTFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1914.
EDWARD M. ABBOT HOSE CO. No. 1.
1914.
March 7 C. B. Coburn, rope $ 20
June 11 Mrs F. M. Tuttle, rent of fire house. 60 00
Nov. 3 H. K. Barnes, hydrant gate. 7 50
Nov. 25
C. B. Coburn, rope. 5 40
Salaries, extra time of fire- men's tryouts and fires. . . 104 73
$ 177 83
ALBERT R. CHOATE HOSE CO. No. 2.
1914. April May Nov.
C. B. Coburn, paint. $ 69
14 Tucke & Parker, electric lamp 90
5 Donovan Harness Co., strop. 50
J. A. Healy, 21/2 tons of coal . 20 00
J. A. Healy, 11/2 cords wood Allowance for electric lights, 7 months at $1.00. 7 00
9 00
Salaries, extra time of fire- men at fires and tryouts 99 59 $ 137 68
JOHN EDWARDS HOSE CO. No. 3.
Hanley & Co., kerosene. $ 77 Salaries, tryouts and extra time of firemen 55 47 $ 56 24
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MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
1914.
March 27 H. K. Barnes, hose strop
spane, etc $ 7 50
July 29 C. M. Warner, 3 roof ladders 14 40
July H. K. Barnes, supplies ..... 11 64
Dec. 1 John Carpenter, 6 ladder
hooks, wage shaded .... 5 50
Dec. 22 E. M. Abbot, express bills. . 85 $ 39 99
$ 411 64
Outstanding bills, hose, etc., about $140.00. Appropriation, $550.00.
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REPORT OF THE FOREST WARDEN.
The Forest Warden submits the following report :-
By order of the Selectmen, every extinguisher in the Town has been recharged. I found most of them in good condition, and left a supply of soda and acid wherever it was needed.
There were 250 fire permits issued for setting fires in the past year.
A list of persons with whom hand fire extinguishers have been placed, and a list of the fires are submitted herewith.
I would recommend that an appropriation of $100 be made this year.
H. L. NESMITH,
Forest Warden.
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LIST OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS IN WESTFORD, 1914.
1 David Greig
35
Willard Fletcher
2 B. Drew
36
Will Greene
3 Eben Prescott 37
George Symmes
4 Samuel Taylor
38 George Kimball
5 John Flynn
39 Judson Sweetser
6 J. G. Ellison 40
W. Butterworth
7 Charles Edwards 41
Everett Jarvis
8 Nabnasset School
42
C. M. Griffin
9 Walter Whidden 43 James Sullivan
10 Herbert E. Fletcher 44
W. Seifer
11 Herbert E. Fletcher
45
John O'Brien
12 Herbert E. Fletcher
46
A. Blaisdell
13 Herbert E. Fletcher 47
A. Burnham
14 Herbert E. Fletcher 48
L. S. Gates
15 J. Lundberg 4.9
Angus McDonald
16 N. Whitney
50
D. Desmond
17
Andrew Johnson
51
O. Foster
18 Andrew Johnson
52
A. A. Hildreth
19 J. O'Brien; Providence Rd. 53
20 W. Williams
54
Calvin Howard
21 Brookside Firehouse
55
Jim Wilson
Broookside Firehouse 56 Alec McDougal
22 23 Graniteville Firehouse
24 Graniteville Firehouse
58
W. W. Johnson
25 Charles Couture
59
Parkerville Firehouse
28 Horace Gould
62
O. R. Spalding
29 H. O. Keyes
63
O. R. Spalding
30 L. Ward
64
G. Conant
31 J. M. Booke
65
Perley Wright
32 C. Shugrue
66
Guy Decatur
33 J. A. Healy, Dunstable Rd. 67
A. Jordan
A. Dureault
34 Willard Fletcher 68
61
Mabel Drew
26 H. D. Wright
60 Parkerville Firehouse
27 Gilman F. Wright
57
Otis Day
Albert Flagg
86
69 C. B. Wetmore
88
John Connell
70 L. Sullivan
89
Graniteville Hose Co.
71 Fred Blodgett
90 Graniteville Hose Co.
72 Frank Murphy
91
C. Johnson, Whidden's Cor.
73 Frank Wright
74 Charles Wright
92
L. Sutherland
75 William Wright
93
Westford Hose Co.
76 William Hunt
94
Westford Hose Co.
77 Fred McCoy
95 Westford Hose Co.
78 George Hartford
96
Westford Hose Co.
79 J. W. Pyne
97 Westford Hose Co.
80 Westford Pumping Station 98
Westford Hose Co.
81 Richard Prescott
99
Westford Hose Co.
82 Frank Miller
100
Forge Village Hose Co.
84
Frank Hildreth
103
Forge Village Hose Co.
85 W. Pollock
104
Parkerville School
86 A. Vose
105
George Irish
87 C. Parker
101 Forge Village Hose Co.
83 Jim O'Brien, Stony Brook Rd. 102
Forge Village Hose Co.
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FIRES IN TOWN OF WESTFORD.
DATE
OWNER
CAUSE
Acres
Damage
Ex- pense
Ex- pense
April
21 Smith Heirs
B. & M. R. R.
1
$ 5.00
$ 1.00
22
Mrs. Hinkley
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
1.00
.60
28
M. Downes
Unknown
5.00
$ 3.50
Mav
4
Gregg & Amesbury
Unknown .
5.00
5.25
4
Hutchings & Reed
B. & M. R. R.
55
300.00
44.15
3
W. L. Butterworth
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
5.00
.50
23
W. L. Barrows
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
5.00
2.00
23
W. L. Butterworth
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
5
25.00
2.00
24
Geo. C Moore
Unknown
5.00
7.50
27
Moore & Edwards
Unknown
5
5.00
48.65
28
Geo. C. Moore.
Unknown .
2
10.00
28.33
28
Hutchings Heirs
B. & M. R. R.
5
20.00
4.55
28
D. Counter
B. & M. R. R.
1
5.00
4.20
29
Geo. C. Moore
Unknown
2
5.00
6.00
30
Smith Heirs
House Fire
2
10.00
19.58
June
6 Heywood & Fletcher
B. & M. R. R.
2
5.00
2.80
12
O. Spalding
Unknown
12
1.00
27.75
14 J. M. Hall
Unknown
10
50.00
59.58
26 H. E. Fletcher
Unknown
5
25.00
30.25
Sept.
7 Geo. C. Moore
Unknown
1
5.00
3.25
8 W. G. Hardy
Unknown
2
5.00
3.51
14 Abbot Estate
Unknown
30
100.00
40.64
24
Wm. C. Edwards
Unknown
5
20.00
13.45
25
R. G. Abbot
Unknown
1
5.00
2,40
27
R. G. Abbot
Unknown
5
20.00
11.50
29
R. G. Abbot
Unknown
3.10
Oct.
6 Town of Littleton
Unknown
5
15.00
9.75
12 P. Scarm.
Unknown
1
3.25
14 O. Davis
Unknown
2
1.00
15
A. Polley
B. & M. R. R.
3
2.00
5.80
23
W. Blanchard
Unknown
5
25.00
3.50
24
W. Blanchard
Unknown
5
20.00
10.55
Nov.
5 L. S. Duren
B. & M. R. R.
3
10.00
9.35
3.00
11 B. C. Wetmore
B. & M. R. R.
20
20.00
11.35
13 J. E. Woods
Unknown
3
15.00
8.14
Exam. fire extinguishers
3.50
Due from Town of Chelmsford .
3.25
$98.10 $350.38
7 W. Sweetsir
Unknown
NHNN CTAWENNNIH
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Report of the Committee in Charge of the Whitney Playground.
Your committee respectfully submit the following report:
In the spring it became apparent that considerable work would have to be done to put the tennis court in proper condition. Such work was undertaken, and after a somewhat extended delay, the court was again made usable and remained in good condition the rest of the season. It was also found necessary to do con- siderable work on the diamond of the ball field. Several loads of gravel and earth were placed thereon and the same properly rolled, with the result that the diamond has been in splendid condition.
In the early spring the shrubbery on the grounds was care- fully trimmed, and with the care that has since been taken, the grounds have been in a very attractive condition during the year. The trees and shrubbery are now reaching their mature growth, and with careful attention, the grounds should assume an es- pecially attractive appearance in the future.
It has been apparent for the last year or two that the funds so liberally donated by Mrs. Whitney, were producing insufficient income to meet the expense. This, of course, was a great dis- appointment to your committee, but fortunately the condition has been remedied. In the fall, Mrs. Whitney asked the com- mittee if the funds were proving to be sufficient, and they were compelled to answer in the negative. She then asked for a submission to her of a list of the unpaid bills and a statement of the probable amount necessary annually in the future to maintain the grounds. Such list was submitted, and soon there- after the committee were in receipt of a communication from her containing a check for $527, $277 being to meet unpaid bills, and $250 for the ensuing year, with an offer on her part to remit $250 annually hereafter.
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Your committee acknowledged Mrs. Whitney's generous gift and expressed their deep appreciation therefor. Your committee is now assured of ample funds to maintain the grounds " in the best of condition.
The bond of the Nipe Bay Company matured during the year, and your committee, after consulting with authorities on investment, purchased a $1,000 City of Canton, Ohio, Public Improvement 5% bond, due in 1924, at par, plus the interest.
Your committee, after giving the matter consideration, are unanimously of opinion that the funds and securities should be placed in the hands of the Town Treasurer, he to pay the bills in the regular course of the town business. This would seem to place the funds in the hands of the proper town official. If this course is adopted, the expenses during the season will still be incurred by your committee and the bills so incurred will be subject to the approval of the Board of Selectmen, as are the other town bills, and then be paid by the Town Treasurer. An article to this end has been inserted in the Town Warrant. Otherwise than this, the investment of the funds remains unchanged, and the following is a statement of the funds and of the receipts and expenditures. By reason of the fiscal year of the town ending December 31st, for the past year only six months' interest on two of the investments have matured, the same being due July 1st and January 1st.
INVESTMENT OF TRUST FUNDS.
2 $1,000 bonds, American Tel. & Tel. Co., 4's due 1929 at cost $1,810 00
2 $1,000 bonds, Spencer Gas Company 5's, due 1929 at cost. 2,000 00
1 $1,000 bond, City of Canton,Ohio, Public Improve- ment 5's, due 1924 at cost
1,000 00
Deposit in Lowell Institution for Savings 190 00
$5,000 00
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RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand $ 78
July 1 Interest on 2 bonds, Am. Tel. & Tel. Co .. . 40 00
June 1 Interest on 1 bond, Nipe Bay 30 00
July 1 Interest on 2 bonds, Spencer Gas Co. 50 00
Interest on Deposit Lowell Institution for Savings 8 16
Nov. 11 By check of M. Elizabeth Whitney
527 00
EXPENDITURES. $655 94
Paid Edmund Baker at various times and in various amounts, for labor
$134 80
Aug. 3 Paid Dickerman & McQuade, net and tape Oct. 13 Paid Spitzer, Rorick & Co., Interest on bond of City of Canton, Ohio
6 00
5 14
Nov. 16 Paid Estate of Mary A. Wright, potash (bill of 1911) 5 00
Paid Charles H. Bicknell, teaming
10 00
Paid Albert D. Taylor, trimming shrubbery
8 00
Paid Wright & Fletcher, bill for fertilizer, etc.
24 75
Paid Charles H. Pickering, labor
3 00
Paid Westford Water Company
10 00
Nov. 21 Paid George E. Gould, bill for 1913 and 1914, work on Playground 51 55
Dec. 29 Paid Henry J. Healy, fertilizer 15 50
Dec. 31 Paid P. Henry Harrington, fertilizer 12 00
Paid Alexander McDonald, teaming
11 00
Paid Oscar R. Spalding for labor, and cash paid for labor, 1913 and 1914 102 30
Money transferred to the principal on deposit in the Lowell Institution for Savings 7 00
$406 04
Balance on hand $249 90
OSCAR R. SPALDING,
HERBERT V. HILDRETH, EDWARD FISHER.
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Treasurer's Report.
The Treasurer of Westford submits the following report.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand February 24, 1914 $ 6,638 80
Cash borrowed, anticipation taxes 14,000 00
Cash borrowed, Fire House loan 1,700 00
John Feeney, Janitor Town Hall
61 00
Edwin A. Robey, Janitor Town Hall
110 00
State Treasurer, gypsy and brown tail moth suppres- sion 115 00
State Treasurer, burial paupers 15 00
State Treasurer, tuition children 77 50
State Treasurer, compensation inspector animals 45 00
State Treasurer, corporation tax, public service 953 09
State Treasurer, corporation tax, business 8,812 69
State Treasurer, National Bank tax
299 54
State Treasurer,' Military Aid
108 00
State Treasurer, State Aid
564 00
State Treasurer, burial indigent soldiers.
37 00
State Treasurer, on acct. Supt. Schools
531 25
Highway Commission, gypsy and brown tail moth work 69 00
L. W. Wheeler, Collector Tax, real estate tax 1911 and 1912, collected after abatement with interest 1 64
L. W. Wheeler, Collector Tax, poll tax collected after abatement with interest 2 05
L. W. Wheeler, Collector Tax 1912 13 12
L. W. Wheeler, Collector Tax 1912 interest 6 92
L. W. Wheeler, Collector Tax 1913 1,067 00
L. W. Wheeler, Collector Tax 1913 interest 50 87
Amount carried forward
$35,278 47
92
Amount brought forward $35,278 47 L. W. Wheeler, Collector Tax 1914 before November 1 . 30,739 06
L. W. Wheeler, Collector Tax 1914 after November 1 . . 4,496 63
L. W. Wheeler, Collector Tax 1914 interest 31 02
L. W. Wheeler, Collector Excise Tax 253 95
Clerk First District Court, Ayer 29 94
B. & M. R. R., on acct. fires 59 70
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., on acct. fires
5 10
Charles O. Prescott, balance Library acct.
70 49
Mrs. C. H. Fletcher, Est., one-half expense grading sidewalk 9 00
City Boston, on acct. Overseers Poor
21 32
F. H. Hill, book
1 68
Alec Fisher, slaughterhouse license
1 00
Adams Express Co., permit to transport liquor
1 00
Mrs. A. P. Warren, one-half expense grading sidewalk. .
22 50
Am. Express Co., permit to transport liquor
1 00
J. Leclaire, license to sell ice cream Sunday 1 00
C. Richards, license to sell ice cream Sunday 1 00
Joe Wall, auctioneer's license.
2 00
Vanasse & Cameau, on acct. abandoned truck
5 00
Mrs. A. T. Blodgett, privilege on Common
1 00
Mrs. Isles, one-half expense grading sidewalk
10 50
Mrs. Bessie Gates, license to sell ice cream Sunday
1 00
Albert Reeves, pool room license 10 00
W. R. Taylor, Stony Brook Schoolhouse 601 50
W. C. Roudenbush, lost and damaged school books
70
Mary G. Hickey, collected on acct. supplies
19
Miss York, license to sell ice cream Sunday
1 00
Talbot Dyewood & Chem. Co., carboys less freight. 1 75
G. E. Mountain, pool room license 15 00
Town Littleton, on acct. fires 9 75
City Lowell, on acct. Overseers Poor 44 00
A. A. Hildreth, Sealer Weights and Measures
38 56
$71,765 81
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PAYMENTS.
By cash, notes $16,000 00
Interest
730 25
Repairs State Highway
214 23
State Tax.
5,075 00
County Tax.
2,783 14
Orders and incidental expenses
39,322 87
Cash on hand January 1, 1915
7,640 32
$71,765 81
HARWOOD L. WRIGHT, Treasurer of Westford.
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Auditor's Report.
I have made the usual examination of the Cash Books and Ledgers of the Town Officers for the year ending December 31, 1914, and have found the footings correct, and proper vouchers on file for the payments.
I wish to thank the Officers for their willing and pleasant co-operation with me in making the audit.
Herewith is the report of my examination, and a statement of the financial condition of the Town on December 31, 1914.
TAXES.
To Debit of L. W. Wheeler, Collector, for Year 1912.
To balance to collect as per audit of Febru-
ary 14, 1914 22 14
Past due interest collected 6 92
29 06
Less abatements as per Assessors' notices
since last audit 9 02
$20 04
By taxes collected since last audit 13 12
Past due interest collected 6 92
$20 04
Leaving no balance to collect.
95
To Debit of L. W. Wheeler, Collector, for Year 1913.
To balance to collect as per audit of Febru- ary 14, 1914 $1,185 16
Additions as per Assessors' notices since last audit 4 40
Past due interest collected
50 87
$1,240 43
Less abatements as per Assessors' notices since last audit 122 56
$1,117 87
By taxes collected since last audit $1,067 00
Past due interest collected 50 87
$1,117 87
Leaving no balance to collect.
To Debit of L. W. Wheeler, Collector, for Year 1914.
To amount of tax levy as per Assessors' Warrant, as follows:
732 polls at $2.00 $ 1.464 00
Personal Estate 11,495 13
Real Estate 24,610 32
Moth Bills 566 85
Special Assessments
217 98
$38,354 28
Less for corrections by Assessors after first
audit
13 60
Amount carried forward
$38,340 68
96
Amount brought forward $38,340 68 Additions for year since issue of Warrant, as per Assessors' notices found on file with Collector 320 96
Past due interest collected 31 02
$38,692 66
Less abatements for year, as per Assessors' notices found on file with the Treasurer 197 10
$38,495 56 By taxes collected to November 2, 1914 ... $30,739 06
By taxes collected from November 2, 1914 to January 9, 1915 4,496 63
Past due interest collected 31 02
$35,266 71
Balance to collect $3,228 85
To excise tax to collect as per Assessors'
Warrant $253 95
By collections
253 95
Leaving no balance to collect. -
TOWN CLERK.
The Town Clerk issued during the year licenses for :
172 male dogs at $2.00
$344 00
18 female dogs at $5.00
90 00
$434 00 38 00
Less Clerk's fee for 190 at 20c.
Balance paid to County Treasurer and receipted for by him
$396
00
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SELECTMEN.
The Selectmen drew 714 orders on the Treasurer during the year, amounting to $39,322.87. Receipted bills were found on file for nearly all the payments, and in the few cases where these were not in evidence I found endorsed checks on file, as vouchers for the payments. -
TOWN FARM.
H. W. Barnes, Superintendent.
To balance cash on hand January 31, 1914 . $ 28 Total receipts for the year to December 31,
1914 4,306 44
By payments for the year to December 31,
$4,306 72 1914 $4,262 15 Balance cash on hand December 31, 1914 44 57
$4,306 72
TREASURER.
To balance cash on hand February 1, 1914 . $ 6,638 80
Receipts from all sources during the year . . 65,127 01
$71,765 81
By total payments for the year ending December 31, 1914 $64,125 49
Balance cash on hand December 31, 1914
7,640 32
$71.765 81
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Statement of Condition.
ASSETS.
1914 taxes remaining uncollected. $3,228 85
Accrued interest on same 32 28
Due from State Aid 545 00
Due from Military Aid
99 00
Balance cash on hand with Supt. of Town Farm 44 57
Balance cash on hand with Treasurer
7,640 32
- $11,590 02
LIABILITIES.
Due State Treasurer on Schoolhouse loan (Wm. E. Frost School) $8,000 00
Two months' interest on same at 41% 56 66
Due State Treasurer on Schoolhouse loan (Cameron School) 2,000 00
Four months' interest on same at 4% 26 66
Due V. C. B. Wetmore on Firehouse loan 1,700 00
$11,783 32
Deficit December 31, 1914 $
193 30
The deficit February 1, 1914 was $ 3,429 33
WILLIAM R. TAYLOR, Auditor.
WESTFORD, MASS.,
JANUARY, 20, 1914.
99
Report of Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds.
The Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds present the following report for 1914.
The several Cemeteries have had the usual care. After several years of faithful service, W. H. H. Burbeck, owing to ill health, resigned the care of Westlawn and Hillside Cemeteries, Charles D. Colburn taking charge of Westlawn, and E. J. Whitney of Hillside.
Five lots in Fairview have been placed under the perpetual care of the Town, and the fund for the care of three lots in Fairview has been increased, making the whole amount of the Perpetual Care Fund at the present time, $7,195.25.
It became necessary, this fall, to have a survey made at Fairview, and additional lots laid out and marked on the plan, as all unoccupied lots on former plan had been taken.
The Commissioners fully appreciate the kindness of the Tadmuck Club, in presenting two wire baskets to receive waste material at Fairview. They have been of much assistance in keeping the grounds in a neat condition.
The Commissioners would respectfully recommend that the sum of $200 be raised and appropriated for the care and improve- ment of the cemeteries the coming year.
100
AMOUNTS RECEIVED FOR CARE OF LOTS IN FAIRVIEW.
RESIDENTS.
Atwood, Miss L. B.
$ 2 00
Baker, Mrs. John
1 00
Bennett, Miss Priscilla
1 00
Bicknell, Ai
1 00
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