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At the following fires damage occurred :
Jan. 5-House of Harland Knowlton. Stairway and part of roof burned. Damage, $200.00. Started from defective chim- ney.
March 11-Cottage of Louis Mersier & Co., Lowell. Fire set by unknown factor. Damage, $75.00.
March 12-Cottage of Henry L. Williams. Fire set by unknown parties. Damage to building and contents, $1,500.00.
March 12-Cottage of Moses Hobson. Fire set by unknown parties. Damage to building and contents, $1,600.00.
March 14-I. Maud Bolser. Fire caused by defective chimney. Damage, $50.00.
May 18-Independent Auto Co. One automobile destroyed.
May 20-H. E. Fletcher & Co. Engine house destroyed.
November 10-Adelord Brule. Damage, $60.00.
It will be noticed that three fires were deliberately set.
During the past year the Fire House at Graniteville and Forge Village have been painted, the Hose Wagon at the Central Fire Station has also been painted, and a large box to keep the extinguishers from freezing has been built and placed in the cellar.
250 feet of hose has been thrown out as being unfit for use and as 150 feet more will be discontinued this year, the Engineers ask for an appropriation sufficient to cover the purchase of 400 feet of new hose. There is 1,300 feet of hose at the Westford
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Fire House, 1,150 feet of hose at the Graniteville Fire House, and 900 feet of hose at the Forge Village House.
· We also need a rack for drying hose. This can be built by the local carpenter.
During the past year there has been difficulty in getting transportation of men and supplies to the building and forest fires outside the water district. Owners of automobiles do not like to use them to carry extinguishers and chemical charges. In fact many have refused absolutely. There are not enough trucks available to take men and equipment. Therefore there has been much delay in reaching some fires. It has now reached the point that to have an efficient department the Town should purchase a piece of motor apparatus. Almost all the surround- ing towns have at least one piece of motor apparatus available.
The Fire Engineers acting with the Selectmen as a com- mittee to report on the motor apparatus advise the purchase of the following : One piece of motor apparatus equipped with two 35-gallon chemical tanks and mounted on a substantial truck, the above to also carry eight or ten hand fire extinguishers for fighting forest fires, also axes, ladders, lanterns, etc. Two 2-wheel trailers, one loaded with hose, the other with forest fire equip- ment, including extinguisher charges and can for carrying water. Either trailer can be pulled behind the motor apparatus.
A piece of apparatus like the above will be of great value in fighting fires in the out-lying district where now the farmers have no protection.
The Engineers feel that by the use of a double tank chemical, property to the entire value of the original cost of this apparatus may be saved in any one year. Under the present conditions if a fire starts in any building outside of the water district there is almost no chance of saving it.
The Fire Engineers have ordered on trial one electric siren. At present there is no good way of calling out the firemen so that much time is lost. The electric siren can be blown from the telephone office or from the captain's house.
If this trial proves satisfactory the committee recommends that fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) be appropriated for the purchase and installation of three sirens, one for each village.
The Engineers and Selectmen have examined the house on the Fire House lot. If the Town buys a piece of motor apparatus they advise that the house be occupied by one of the firemen who can drive the apparatus.
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The committee recommends that the sum of $750.00 be ap- propriated to repair and paint this building so that it will be made livable and look well-kept.
The Fire Engineers and Selectmen recommend that the pay of the firemen be increased. At present firemen receive 40 cents an hour, lieutenants 45 cents, and captain 50 cents. All of the firemen are receiving more than this sum in their regular work and it is not right that they should lose both time and money when called out for fires.
The Fire Engineers ask that the sum of $850.00 be raised and appropriated for the expense of the fire department, including the purchase of hose.
EDWARD M. ABBOT, Chief, JOHN EDWARD, Clerk, FRANK FURBUSH, ALONZO SUTHERLAND, Asst. Chief.
Report of Building Committee for Fire House
The Committee wish to state that the Fire House has been completed and submit the following items of expense : Harry Stiles, labor and supplies. $ 51.53
Lowell Electric Light Corp., connecting lights 15.00
H. V. Hildreth, cash for electric light fixtures 23.75
Alex. McDonald, grading 44.11
$ 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 re- sponsible 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 extin- guishers 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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LIST OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS IN TOWN OF WESTFORD
January 1, 1920
No.
1 David Greig
36
Will Greene
2 Bert Drew
37
John Martin
3 Eben Prescott 38
George Kimball
4 Sam Taylor
39 Judson Sweetser
5 John Flynn
40
W. Butterworth
6 L. J. Eliason
41
Everett Jarvis
7 Charles Edwards
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
N. Decatur
15 J. Lundberg
49
D. Desmond
16 Nat. Whitney
50
Angus McDonald
17 Graniteville Fire 52
A. A. Hildreth
House
53
Albert Flagg
18 Graniteville Fire
54
Calvin Howard
House
55
James Wilson
19 Jim O'Brien
56 Alec McDougall
Providence Road
57
Otis Day
20 W. Williams
21 Brookside Fire House
22 Brookside Fire House
60
Warren Sweetsir
Mabel Drew
23 West Graniteville Depot
62
O. R. Spalding
24 F. Banister
63
Graniteville Fire
25 Charles Couture
26 H. D. Wright 65
66
Guy Decatur
28 Horace Gould 67
68
A. Dureault
30 E. Ward
69
C. B. Wetmore
31 J. M. Booke
70
T. Sullivan
32 C. Shugrue
71
Fred Blodgett
33 J. A. Healy
72
O. R. Spalding
Dunstable Road
73 Frank Wright
34 £ Westford Depot
75 W. Anderson
35 Westford Depot
77 Fred McCoy
59 Parker Village Fire House
House
A. E. Loveless
27 Gilman J. Wright
A. Jordan
29 H. O. Keyes, Est.
61
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78 George Hartford
102
Forge Village Fire House
79 J. W. Pyne
80 Westford Pumping Station
103
Forge Village Fire House
81 Richard Prescott
104
Frost School
82 Fred Burbeck
105
George Irish
83 James O'Brien,
108
A. Polley
Stony Brook Road
109
G. Gladu
84 Frank Hildreth
110
Westford Fire House
86 A. Vose
111
Westford Fire House
87 C. Parker
112
Westford Fire House
88 John Connell
113
Alec McDonald
89 Graniteville Fire
114
M. Downs
House
115
George O'Brien
90 Graniteville Fire
116
John Simpson
House
117
O. R. Spalding
91 C. Johnson,
118
J. Sargent
Whidden's Corner
119
Geo. C. Moore
92
Westford Fire House
120
J. Sanburg
93 Westford Fire House
121
H. Anderson
94 Westford Fire House
122
Westford Fire House
95 H. Whitten
123
Westford Fire House
96 H. Murphy
124
A. McDougall
97 J. Wayne
125
Westford Fire House
98 Westford Fire House
126
Westford Fire House
99 Westford Fire House
127 Westford Fire House
100 Forge Village Fire
128 Westford Fire House
House
129 Westford Fire House
101 Forge Village Fire House
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Fires in Town of Westford
OWNER
DATE
Acres
Dam- age
Town Expense
Railroad Expense
H. E. Fletcher Co.
Mar. 26
$ 20
$ 6.82
F. Shattuck
26
0
2.20
J. Sargent
26
10
1.00
Town Farm
April
19
0
$
1.80
E. Dane
19
40
400
20.80
H. E. Fletcher Co.
21
21
50
1
2.20
4.65
C. O. and R. Prescott
23
140
10
110.00
J. A. Healy
27
20
1
25.40
O. R. Spalding
29
4
40
19.80
Harry Fletcher
29
1
20
10.30
Sargent Corp.
May
1
2
40
6.90
Town Farm
1
1
5
4.80
C. Biscuit
3
4
10
8.80
6.85
H. Beebe
29
5
50
10.30
3.00
Louis H. Buckshorn
30
2
10
7.70
W. Town Farm
31
5
20
64.85
Town Farm
June
1
2
10
7.90
C. Edwards
21
5
4.60
O. R. Spalding
22
10
5.20
Harry Fletcher
30
30
5
3.30
Harry Fletcher
July
2
1
10
4.60
Harry Fletcher
3
5
6.50
Harry Fletcher Parker
4
5
8.70
2.30
Wm. Edwards
Aug.
4
20
200
27.20
Wm. Edwards
5
5
50
20.00
Wm. Edwards
6
3
30
10.00
Wm. Edwards
9
5
50
15.20
Wm. Edwards
10
10
100
25.80
Geo. Jackson
10
. 10
50
51.20
O. S. Spalding
Nov.
17
2
20
4.50
J. F. Sweetser
Dec.
6
3
25
6.00
Total
$315.22
$235.30
3
3
Geo. Smith
16
4
40
Biscuit
30
1
5
3.80
H. Hallowell
3.00
Lindsey
April
22
J. W. Sweetser
23
00 00 ++1+0 ++LO-HH|CC 8 8 1 4
5
8.60
Beebe
14
1
1
4
13.95
Water Co.
5
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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, 1919.
Three lots have been added during the year to those under the perpetual care of the Town thus increasing the fund to $9,270.25.
For the care and improvement of the cemeteries the Com- missioners would respectfully recommend that the sum of $150.00 be raised and appropriated for the coming year.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
From the Town $ 150.00
For the care of lots. 355.50
From Perpetual Care Funds. 181.47
$ 686.97
EXPENSES. Fairview.
Paid Wilford Cloutier for labor. $ 304.00
William Socorelis for labor 32.00
Clifford Johnson for labor 10.50
Wallace Johnson for labor. 7.65
D. L. Greig for labor, loam and sup- plies
95.85
Westlawn.
Paid Albert A. Hildreth for labor $ 32.00
A. F. Whidden for labor and sup- plies 100.00
Hillside.
Paid W. H. Pollock for labor $ 30.39
General Expenses.
Paid Parkhurst Press for printing. $ 7.66
Wright & Fletcher for fertilizer. 56.00
9.35
Wright & Fletcher for supplies. . Postage 1.57
$ 686.97
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AMOUNTS RECEIVED FOR CARE OF LOTS.
FAIRVIEW.
Abbot, Mrs. E. S. $ 5.00
Adams, Effie
1.00
Atwood, Miss L. B.
2.00
Baker, John
1.00
Baker,
1.00
Balch, Samuel
1.00
Bennett, Grace
1.00
Bennett, Priscilla
1.00
Bicknell, Charles
1.00
Blanchard, Lowell
2.00
Blodgett, C. A. and F. R.
1.00
Blodgett, Samuel
1.00
Blodgett, Wilford
1.00
Blowey, Mrs. Samuel
1.00
Bourret, Joseph
8.00
Bowden, Mrs. Albert.
1.00
Bridgeford, Mrs. Lizzie.
1.00
Brooks, Charles
1.00
Bucklin, Mrs. Hattie.
1.00
Buckshorn, Mrs. Addie
8.00
Bunce, Mary P. .
2.00
Burnett, William
1.00
Burland, Arthur
1.00
Burbeck, Mrs. John
1.00
Burnham, Arthur
1.00
Butterworth, W. L ..
1.00
Calvert, Mrs. Frank.
1.00
Carkin, A. W
1.00
Carkin Warren E ..
1.00
Carver, William R ..
1.00
Catchpole, Mrs. Elizabeth
1.00
Caunter, Frank
2.00
Chamberlain, Mrs. E. H.
1.00
Colburn, Daisey
8.00
Colburn, Norah
8.00
Amount carried forward.
$71.00
97
Amount brought forward. $ 71.00
Cockcroft, Herbert
1.00
Coggeshall, Dexter
1.00
Conley, Peter
10.00
Cougle, Mrs. George.
1.00
Crockett, Mrs. Henry.
1.00
Davie, William
1.00
Davis, Alice
1.00
Day, Arthur
1.00
Decatur, B. W.
1.00
Decatur, Nathaniel
8.00
Doucette, Martha
1.00
Dix, Mrs. Henry
1.00
Drew, C. Frank.
1.00
Dugdale, Richard
1.00
Eastman, Asa
1.00
Eastman, Charles
8.00
Feeney, John
2.00
Fisher, Edward
1.00
Fisher, John
1.00
Fletcher, Harry N.
3.00
Fletcher, Harry W
8.00
Fletcher, Henry
6.00
Fletcher, J. M.
3.00
Fletcher, Sherman H. 1.00
Fletcher, Willard
1.00
Fraser, James
1.00
Gardell, August
1.00
Gilson, L. S .. 2.00
1.00
Guild, Mrs. Carrie and E. M. Mills.
1.00
Hamlin, George P. 1.00
Hamlin, Mrs. Annie. 8.00
1.00
Hanson, Mrs. Martin
1.00
Harrington, James
1.00
Harris, David
1.00
Harris, George E.
1.00
Harrup, Mrs. James
1.00
Hartford, James D
8.00
Amount carried forward
$165.00
Giraud, Mrs. Mary A.
Hanning, Elisha
98
Amount brought forward
$165.00
Hawkes, Wesley O. 1.00
Healy, Frank 1.00
Hewett, Carrie 1.00
Haywood, Mrs. E. E. 1.00
Hildreth, Mrs. Ellen A
1.00
Hildreth, Helen C.
1.00
Hildreth, Fred
2.00
Hill, Mrs. Jennie
1.00
Hindle, Frank
1.00
Holt, Mrs. Julia
1.00
Horne, George
1.00
Howard, Calvin
1.00
Howard, Charles D
1.00
Hummiston, Elliott
1.00
Hunt, E. J.
2.00
Hunt, G. W.
1.00
Isles, Mrs. Phonsie.
1.00
Johnson, 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
Lambert, Mrs. Alice K
1.00
.
Longbottom, Walter
1.00
Lord, Drusilla
8.00
Martin, John
1.00
Martin, Josephine
1.00
Matterson, John
1.00
McClenna, Mrs. L.
1.00
McDougal, Mrs. A. M.
3.00
McCoy, Fred
1.00
Miller, Frank
2.00
Millis, Willard
1.00
Moran, Mary
1.00
Morin, Mrs. Joseph.
1.00
Moss, James
1.00
Morton, Mrs. Fennimore. 3.00
8.00
Mountain, Ernest
Amount carried forward
$225.00
99
Amount brought forward.
$225.00
Mullen, Mrs. C. J. 1.00
Munoy, Mrs. Marion 1.00
Naylor, Fred 1.00
Nelson, Mrs. Fannie.
1.00
O'Brien, George
1.00
O'Brien, James
1.00
Orr, Robert
1.00
Parker, E. W
2.00
Parker, W. G.
1.00
Perkins, Mrs. John
1.00
Perkins, Joseph
2.00
Phillips, Norman
1.00
Pickering, Charles
1.00
Polley, Amos
1.00
Prescott, Ebenezer
2.00
Prescott, Mrs. Frances.
1.00
Proctor Lot, Mrs. S. B. Watson
1.00
Prouty, Mrs. George
1.00
Rapson, James
1.00
Read, Carrie
1.00
Reed, G. G ..
1.00
Richardson, Mrs. A. M.
2.00
Richardson, Joseph
1.00
Richardson, M. T.
1.00
Ripley, Mrs. F. K.
1.00
Rockwell, Guy
2.00
Sanborn, George
1.00
Saville, William
1.00
Schworer, Mrs. Louis
1.00
Scrutton, Mrs. G. A
1.00
Searles, C. J.
1.00
Seavey, H. M.
2.00
Shattuck, David
1.00
Shea, Mrs. Frank.
1.00
Sherman, Mrs. David
1.00
Skidmore, Gertrude
1.00
Smith, A. G ..
1.00
Smith, Paul
1.00
Spalding, Fred
1.00
Amount carried forward.
$270.00
100
Amount brought forward. $270.00
Stewart, Mrs. James. 1.00
Stiles, Fred 1.00
Stiles, Harry
1.00
Streeter, Mrs. May
2.50
Sutherland, A. H.
1.00
Sutherland, William
2.00
Sweatt, Jessie M.
1.00
Symmes, Mrs. Thomas.
3.00
Taylor, Albert D.
2.00
Turner, Lizzie
1.00
Vose, A. S ..
2.00
Walhden, James
1.00
Waller, Mrs. Nettie J.
2.00
Watson, Mrs. Bessie D.
8.00
Weaver, George
1.00
Webb, Mrs. Clara H.
1.00
Welch, William
2.00
Wells, Mrs. O. V.
8.00
Wheeler, Delia
1.00
Wheeler, Isaac
1.00
White, Harry
1.00
Wigham, James
1.00
Willis, William
1.00
Wilson, Mrs. Margaret
1.00
Wilson, James D.
1.00
Wilson, Mrs. Joseph. 7.00
Wood, Henry O ..
1.00
Woodbury, Mrs. Emma
1.00
Woods, William L.
2.00
Wright, Mrs. Emma.
1.00
Wright, Frank C.
1.00
Wright, W. M ..
1.00
Wyman, William W 9.00
York, J. E.
2.00
HILLSIDE.
Blodgett, Harry
1.00
Gould, H. E.
1.00
Parker, D. W.
1.00
Amount carried forward $345.00
101
Amount brought forward. $345.00
Redding, R. E.
1.00
Sargent, F. G .. . ..
1.00
Worcester, C. H.
1.00
WESTLAWN.
Cutter, Miss A. B.
1.00
Hildreth, Frank C. 1.00
Leighton, Mrs. Helen
1.00
Leighton, Ida E
1.00
Stone, Mrs. Maria
1.00
Watson, S. B.
2.00
$355.50
PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS.
NAME AND CEMETERY. FUND.
Ephraim Abbot, Fairview
$ 100.00
J. W. P. Abbot. Fairview 100.00
Cyrus Babbit, Fairview 50.00
Albert Bailey, Fairview. 50.00
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
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
Edward Craven, Fairview 100.00
Hiram Dane, Fairview.
50.00
George Davis. Fairview. 50.00
George and Jonathan Davis, Fairview
50.00
Joshua C. Decatur, Fairview
50.00
Amount carried forward
$1,800.00
Mary E. Brigham, Fairview.
John B. Carmichael, Fairview
102
Amount brought forward. $1,800.00
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
William Z. Dupee, Fairview
50.00
Daniel Falls, Fairview .
50.00
Alvin Fisher lot, Fairview.
150.00
Elizabeth G. Flagg, Fairview
50.00
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
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
Helen K. Frost, Fairview
150.00
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
Amount carried forward.
$4,475.00
Julia A. Fletcher, Fairview.
103
Amount brought forward. $4,475.00
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
Louisa Joint, Fairview
50.00
C. F. Keyes, Fairview
50.00
H. O. Keyes, Fairview
100.00
Grace Lawrence, Westlawn 50.00
100.00
Silas Lawrence and Mrs. Drake, Westlawn 100.00
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
Harry Nesmith, Fairview 50.00
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
C. M. Prinn, Fairview. 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
Amount carried forward.
$7,120.25
A. W. Langley, Fairview
Frances Leighton, Westlaw
John A. Osgood (John Osgood lot), Fairview
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Amount brought forward. $7,120.25
Olive A. Richardson, Fairview 50.00
Samuel Richardson, Fairview 50.00
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
George Patten Stone, tomb, Westlawn.
100.00
Sarah H. Trumbull, Fairview 100.00
50.00
Mrs. O. V. Wells, Fairview
50.00
Sarah E. P. Wells, Westlawn
100.00
Jacob Wendell, Hillside. 100.00
50.00
William White, Fairview
50.00
Hiram Whitney, Fairview
100.00
C'lara M. Wiley, Fairview 100.00
Luther Wilkins, Fairview. 75.00
100.00
Samuel Willis, Fairview
50.00
John Wilson, Fairview 50.00
W. W. Woodward (Oliver Woodward lot) Hillside. .
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
$9,270.25
CHARLES O. PRESCOTT, Chairman and Secretary, DAVID L. GREIG, WESLEY O. HAWKES, Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds.
1. and N. S. Tuttle, Fairview
Mary J. Wheeler, Fairview
M. E. Willard (Hosley lot), Westlawn
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Report of Town Fish and Game Warden.
In patrolling the different fields and covers I see the great benefit we receive from having a Closed Season. There are more Partridges in the woods here than we have had for over twenty years. Pheasant are also very plentiful, and there is quite a large increase in the small Song Birds. We have a flock of Partridges very near the Village. Some towns in this State are buying or leasing large tracts of land to be used for Bird Sanc- tuaries so as to have one place in the town where the birds will be safe from the man with the dog and the gun at all times, in Closed or Open Season. Let us hope our Town will be one to get in line.
The new law in regard to fishing and trapping caused a little confusion. This law compels every man in a fishing party to carry a license to fish. As to trapping-the way furs are selling-some people will trap as long as they can sell the fur. I have picked up traps that were left set till the Summer. If people continue to trap right up to the breeding season, it will not be long until we haven't any furs.
I have not received as much fish this season as last for the reason that the Fish and Game Commission is short of funds and labor is scarce and high, but they are doing all they can for the cause. I got eight Pheasants and forty-five Pheasants' eggs but I had very poor success with the eggs. The eggs were sent from the Game Farm. I also got some Snowshoe Rabbits from Maine. They cost $2.50 per pair and were paid for by popular subscrip- tion. We have an order in for ten pairs to be delivered this Spring. All persons wishing to help pay for them please send in the money. We will be very thankful for any subscription, large or small.
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Following is a list of the fish and game put out last season :
12 Snowshoe Rabbits.
8 Pheasants.
45 Pheasants' eggs. 100 adult Black Bass-Nabnasset.
300 Yellow Perch-Keyes Pond.
10 cans Brook Trout-Reed Brook.
10 cans Brook Trout-Snake Meadow Brook.
We have the promise of the State and the U. S. Commission of receiving a large lot this year.
In closing, I want to thank all the people who have helped me the last year in this work. Every town in this State has bad reports about certain people who have no regard for our Fish and Game Laws and as the Commission is short of funds it is hard to get men to enforce the law, therefore, it is up to all good people to do all they can to preserve Wild Life.
JOE WALL, Game Warden.
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107
Report of the Committee in Charge of the Whitney Playground
Your committee hereby respectfully submits the following report :
The grounds have been kept in excellent condition under the efficient care of Mr. Willey M. Wright.
There have been no changes in the investments and the Report of 1914 and 1918 is referred to for a statement thereof.
The following is a list of receipts accruing and expenditures incurred during the year :
RECEIPTS.
Income Funds $ 243.31
Bonds, Income 230.00
$ 473.31
EXPENDITURES.
Alec Fisher, use of horse, 1917 and 1918. $ 36.00
Westford Water Co
10.00
Repairs
14.80
Labor
353.54
Dickerman & McQuade, supplies
18.20
Dumas & Co., supplies.
2.50
J. J. McManmon, flowers. 30.45
Wright & Fletcher, supplies
7.82
$ 473.31
OSCAR R. SPALDING, HERBERT V. HILDRETH, CHARLES L. HILDRETH.
108
Treasurer's Report.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1919. $22,443.11
Cash borrowed, anticipation taxes 23,000.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :
Hospital for Consumptives
104.29
Income tax, 1917
240.00
Income tax, 1918
420.00
Income tax, 1919
3,180.94
Income tax, 1919,
General School
Fund
890.00
Street R. R. tax.
1,657.25
Income Mass. School Fund.
962.06
Industrial School
111.25
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Sup- pression 22.50
Mothers with dependent children
1,096.00
Compensation Inspector Animals. ..
100.00
Supt. Schools, small towns.
500.00
Corporation tax, public service
395.76
Corporation tax, business
20,532.83
National Bank tax.
348.45
Temporary aid
231.15
Military aid
108.00
State aid
720.00
Soldiers' exemption
3.23
Graniteville Road
1,169.81
Highway Commission
109.60
S. H. Balch, Janitor, Town Hall
215.25
B. & M. R. R., on acct. fires
189.75
Cemetery Funds, Income.
1,078.04
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
300.00
Clerk, 1st District Court, Ayer.
38.65
Cemetery Commission, care of lots
355.50
Licenses
59.00
Income Library Funds.
180.00
Amount carried forward. $80,762.42
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