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60.00
Land Roller
10.00
2 Horse Sled
15.00
Mowing machine
25.00
Weeder
5.00
Manure Spreader
185.00
Sulky Plow
25.00
Walking Plow
10.00
Smoothing harrow
10.00
Seeder
2.00
Hay Fork & Carrier
50.00
1 Horse Wagon
15.00
Gasoline Engine
25.00
Seeder
10.00
Express Harness
25.00
2 Pair Double Harness & Collars
50.00
Small Tools & Personal Property
199.40
30 Cords 4 ft. Wood
150.00
Coal
165.00
Washing Machine
75.00
Milk Utensils 10.00
70.00
Vegetables
97.00
Ice Chest
70.00
400 Ft. Lumber 14.00
House Equipment
58.00
200 Hens & Chickens
130.00
Pork
23.70
Preserves
37.75
400 Ft. Hose & Equipment
69
Groceries 48.58
Oil Stove 15.00
Cook Stove
50.00
2 Wood Stoves
2.00
Beds Bedding & Furniture
Total Amount
284.75 $ 4,897.23
EDWIN H. GOULD, JAMES SULLIVAN, CHARLES H. WRIGHT.
REPORT OF PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Number of Inmates during year 5
Number of Inmates December 31 4 .. Number of Travelers during year 2 Number in Lockup during year 11
One death during year at Infirmary. The Board organized with Perley E. Wright Chairman and Edson G. Boynton Secretary.
Our present Superintendent and Matron, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Maynard have given very good satisfaction and we have engaged them for the coming year. We have purchased new farm machinery this year to replace those worn out.
PERLEY E. WRIGHT, Chairman. EDSON G. BOYNTON, Secretary. CHARLES A. BLODGETT.
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FOREST FIRES
DECEMBER 31, 1928
Owner
Acres
Town
Jan. 24
R. Fletcher
4
10.35
Mar. 24
T. HornBrook
2
5.50
Mar. 30
J. Fisher
10
15.00
April 8 M. Palmer
1/2
6.60
April 2 J. D. Wilson
1/2
7.50
Mar. 31
Y. Symes
1/2
8.65
April 28
F. Decatur
1/2
7.15
May
1 Abbot and Co
3.75
May
9 N. Prescott
1/2
2.20
May
10 A. Fletcher
1/2
2.75
June 13 A. Lougue
15
38.10
June 16 W. Edwards
5
42.00
June 23
M. Palmer
1/2
15.40
July
8
Town Farm
1/2
5.40
July
9
A. Fletcher
3
63.70
July
12
Abbot Worsted Co.
12
40.30
July 17 W. Edwards
30
67.56
July
20
A. Russell
1
5.20
Aug. 17
W. Murphy
2
18.70
Aug.
19 A. Fletcher
4
27.50
Aug. 28
Abbot Worsted Co.
1/2
5.50
Sept. 1
A. Whidden
12
6.45
Sept. 2 W. Edwards
1
15.37
Sept. 3 Abbot Worsted Co.
1
8.20
Sept.
15 M. McGlinchy
5.60
Sept. 19 A. Whidden
7.15
TREE WARDEN'S REPORT
The Tree Warden submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1929.
My work has consisted of removing dead trees and trimming broken and dead limbs from them. I would suggest that the sum of $300 be appropriated this year to carry on the work.
Respectfully submitted,
H. L. NESMITH, Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN
During the year of 1929 there have been 26 forest fires. I have issued 200 fire permits. I would suggest that sum of $75 be ap- propriated for new extinguishers.
The following is a list of persons with whom fire extinguishers have been placed and a list of forest fires.
Respectfully submitted,
H. L. NESMITH, Forest Warden.
LIST OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS IN TOWN
1. David Gregg
43. Sullivan Bros.
2. Geo. A. Drew
44. W. Seifer
3. Eben Prescott
45. John O'Brien, Vose Rd.
5. John Flynn
46. Ed. Blaisdell
6. L. J. Eliason
47. A. Burnham
7. Charles Edwards
48.
N. Decatur
9. Walter Whidden
49.
Thomas Caless
15. Charles Lundberg
50.
Mrs. A. McDonald
51. Charles Wright, Dunst. Rd.
16. Nat. Whitney
17. Graniteville Fire House
Graniteville Fire House
55. James Wilson
Brookside Fire House
M. McGlinchey
Graniteville Fire House
59. Parkerville Fire House
Frank Banister
60.
Warren Sweetser
Graniteville Fire House
61. Mabel Drew
62.
O. R. Spalding
Gilman Wright
63. Graniteville Fire House
27. 28. Horace Gould 29. F. W. Rivinius
65. John McIntosh
66. Guy Decatur
30. J. M. Book Ed Keyes
J. A. Healy, Dunstable Rd.
70.
F. Sullivan
35. J. Williard Fletcher
36. H. Wilder
72. John Sullivan
73. Frank Wright
F. Shugrue Geo. Kimball
77. F. McCoy
78. Geo. Hartford
79. E. Mountain
41. E. Jarvis
80. Westford Water Co.
42. C. M. Griffin
81. R. Prescott
18. 20. W. Williams 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. Axel Lundberg
56. Alec McDougal
57. Otis Day
67. A. B. Hartson 68. A. Dureault 69. Bruce Wetmore
31. 33. 34. J. Williard Fletcher
71. Blodgett Bros.
37. 38. 39. A. Chandonait 40. W. Butterworth
Albert Flagg
53. 54. Calvin Howard
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82. F. Burbeck
83. A. O'Brien
84. Frank Hildreth
86. A. Vose
87. Bruce Wetmore
39. Graniteville Fire House
91. Claude Johnson
95. W. Whitten
96. Henry Murphy
108. A. Polly
110. Sidney Wright
112. Regnier Lumber Co.
113. Alec McDonald
114. Nat. Downs
115. Henry McDonald
116. John Simpson
117. O. R. Spalding
118. J. Sargent
119. Geo. A. Moore
120. G. Sanburg
122. D. Desmond
123. Geo. H. Kohlaraush
124. R. Bridgeford
125. W. McDonald
128. R. Cutting.
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 responsible 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 il a warm place, to prevent freezing. Otherwise it should be emptied and washed out.
5. By putting into the extinguisher 34 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 homes for the winter, or who leave town, should notify the Forest Warden, Harry L. Nesmith, by telephone, and give the extinguishers to him.
7. Any extinguisher that is lost or becomes defective should be reported to the Forest Warden.
8. Each person taking an extinguisher to a fire should take his own extinguisher home.
9. Know the number of your own extinguisher.
10. Any person allowing an extinguisher to freeze must pay for having it repaired.
Per Order
H. L. NESMITH, Forest Warden.
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REPORT OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE
The following is a report of the work carried on in the town of Westford under the auspices of the Middlesex County Extension Service.
In boys' and girls' 4-H club work, 168 boys and girls were enrolled in the clothing, handicraft, garden, poultry, fruit, dairy and food clubs. Nine local leaders, namely: Miss Elizabeth Edgerton, Miss Elizabeth Gallagher, Clifford Phelps, Dorothy Heywood, Miss Ada Eaton, Mrs. Charles Crumbee, Miss Lillian Sutherland, John O'Connell and Arnold Wilder assisted with the work. John O'Connell won second prize in the fruit judging contest conducted at Brockton Fair and Dorothy Heywood won second prize in the county poultry club work. Harlene Knowlton won sixth prize in the county cotton school dress contest. Margaret Foster was county prize winner in the clothing club and John O'Connell, county prize winner in the dairy club. By doing excellent work in their respective clubs the following were awarded a Two Day Trip to the Massachusetts Agricultural College: Elizabeth Gallagher, clothing club; Elizabeth Nesmith, food club; Ovid Byron, handicraft club; Gladys Knowlton, canning club. The town of Pepperell joined with Westford in holding a 4-H club rally and exhibit in Westford. At the time of the fair, the local canning club put on a very excellent ex- hibit.
In home economics three sections have been interested in the work, namely: Parker Village, Chamberlain's Corner and Westford Center. A series of five meetings were held in these communities and as a result, many new improvements were made in the homes. The homemakers attending the meetings passed on the information to 185 others who could not attend the meetings. These same groups were interested in the vegetable preparation program and carried on a series of five meetings. A canning demonstration was also given in Westford Center by Professor W. R. Cole of the Massachusetts Agricultural College.
In agriculture twenty-five men attended a pruning demonstration conducted on the farm of Arthur Walker. A spraying demonstration was also held in the orchard of Robert Prescott and a general fruit growers' meeting was held at the Town Hall to discuss orchard pro- blems. The Drew Farm was one of fifteen in the state to fulfill ail requirements for the Massachusetts 90 per cent Clean Apple Club. & rat campaign was carried on in the town in which ninety farms and homes were helped in eliminating this pest. Forty-eight farm visits were made during the year to assist individual farmers with their problems.
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Judges were furnished at the time of the Grange fair for all of the departments.
Eight educational motion pictures were given to a total attend- ance of 1075.
County-wide meetings in poultry, fruit growing and market gardening have been available to the Westford people and many at- tended the county picnic held during the summer at Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Mass.
JOHN KIMBALL.
REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEER
The Board of Fire Engineers submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1929:
The companies have responded to 24 fires, other than forest fires, during the year, 7 buildings, 13 chimneys, 1 truck, 3 oil stoves.
The following is a list of the buildings where damage occurred:
Jan. 28-Wood shed of Calis.
Mar. 8-House of Joseph Belida.
March 11-Barn of J. W. Fletcher.
April 27-House of George Walkovich.
June 10-Henhouse of W. Otis Day.
June 22-Powerhouse of L. & F. Street Railway.
July 3-House Estate of Carver Symmes.
The Fire Engineers recommend that the sum of $3,500 be raised to meet the expenses of the department for the coming year.
Board of Fire Engineers,
ALONZO H. SUTHERLAND, ALFRED T. W. PRINN, JOHN EDWARDS.
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REPORT OF FISH AND GAME WARDEN
Westford, January 1st, 1930.
To the Citizens of Westford:
In making this report I will try to give a full account of work done by me as Fish and Game Warden for the year ending December 31st, 1929.
All of our brooks have been stocked with large trout. They were large fish, over six inches long, but the season was so dry a large num- ber died. They were very scarce in all our brooks. The last of the season most of the brooks and small ponds were dried up, no water left in some places.
Our small birds don't increase, in fact, I don't find song birds any- where in late years in woods and fields where a few years ago they were quite plentiful. They have more enemies now than formerly, one in particular, that lovely pet the house cat. I have often met him a mile from a house. They ought to be shut up in the breeding season or licensed.
We have quite a lot of partridge and pheasants. I kept a dozen all through the winter, also set some eggs and raised nine. I liberated the old birds in April and the young birds in August, also fed the wild birds through the winter and furnished grain for the same. I received two hundred and fifty eggs from the Game Farm. The eggs I gave out to people in different parts of the town. They had fair luck, as some of the eggs were bad, but they raised and liberated eighty-seven young pheasants.
We had a large flock of aigrets and little blue heron on Stony Brook all summer. I don't know whether they bred here or not, but they were here until about the middle of September. A great many people came to see them from different parts of the State, as it is an- usual to see aigrets so far north. Some people came from Worcester, Leominster, Fitchburg, Marlboro and other towns around Boston. Some of the people made two or three trips to see them and tried to get photographs of them.
Small rabbits are quite plentiful, but the large white or snow shoe rabbits are very scarce. Almost one hundred snow shoe rabbits have been liberated in this Town the last few years, but they disappear as quick as they are liberated.
Grey squirrels are scarce except in certain localities. Since the big woods are cut off it is easy to capture or kill them, as some get quite tame, in fact some people feed and encourage them to live around their buildings, only to have a licensed hunter come around and kill them in the hunting season.
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We have quite a big crowd of trappers. I have no way of telling how many trappers we have, but I think we have more this year than ever we had before. We have so many ponds, brooks and different waterways, besides our woods, fields and ledges, it makes a trapper's paradise, not only for our own local people but with the use of the automobile one or two men can cover a big part of the State in a week. We have had some men here that come quite a distance to trap. This is all to the good, as they have a license to hunt, trap and fish, and as furs demand a good price it is easy money, but does anyone know anything as cruel as a steel trap?
Anyone knowing of any place where birds are in extreme cold weather, as where the snow is deep, please let me know and I will take care of them. I am always anxious to take care of any bird or quadruped in bad weather when they cannot take care of themselves.
In closing, I want to say I have worked with the different State Wardens and put in more work this last two years than ever before. I have patrolled some parts of this Town every week, assisted in two arrests, and attended Court three times. I have been on the job on all the following dates:
January, eight trips; February, three trips; March, three trips; April, four trips; May, five trips; June, six trips; July, four trips; August, ten trips; September, six trips; October, seven trips; Novem- ber, nine trips; December, eight trips.
Hoping this report will meet with your approval, I am, yours obediently,
JOE WALL,
Fish and Game Warden.
REPORT OF THE TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE
During the past year all the brush has been cut and five hundred young pine trees, furnished by the Massachusetts Forestry Association, were set. This completes the setting of this lot of land.
The young trees are making a favorable growth, and the forest is in good condition.
Respectfully submitted,
OSCAR R. SPALDING, HORACE E. GOULD, WILLIAM E. WRIGHT.
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WESTFORD WATER COMPANY CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT
Balance January 1, 1929
$114,527.23
Expenditure for the year 1929 for additional wells, etc. 4,289.32
Total construction cost to date 118,816.55 A STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FROM JANUARY 1, 1929 TO JANUARY 1, 1930 RECEIPTS
63 Hydrants
$ 2,520.00
Town Hall
37.00
Library
23.00
Schools
267.70
Westford Home
50.00
Whitney Playground
10.00
Common
20.00
Monument Ground
10.00
Subscribers
12,969.15
Interest on Bank Deposit
217.48
Interest on Sinking Fund Investment
923.72
Income from Exchange of Securities
99.94
$ 17,147.99
EXPENSES
Interest Account
1,750.00
Fuel
194.68
Supplies
297.11
Wages
2,785.40
Oil
52.22
Expense Account
438.47
Service Connections
92.38
Electric Power
2,191.11
Taxes
1,136.35
Labor and Supplies Old Wells
1,914.92
Salaries
400.00
Depreciation
2,229.72
Transferred to Sinking Fund
1,023.66
Net Gain for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1929.
2,641.97
WILLIAM R. TAYLOR, Treasurer. Westford, Mass., January 20, 1930.
Middlesex, ss.
Then personally appeared William R. Taylor and made oath that the above is a true statement of the cost of construction of the West- ford Water Company to January 1, 1930, and of the receipts and expenditures from January 1, 1929 to January 1, 1930, before me this 20th day of January, 1930.
FREDERIC A. SNOW, Notary Public.
My commission expires Nov. 19, 1931.
$ 14,506.02
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TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
We give you herewith a brief resume of the three day celebra- tion of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town. The following program was very successfully carried out.
Saturday, September 21, 1929
Baseball game and other sports at Whitney Playground-9 a. m. Reception at First Parish Church-11.00 a. m. to 12.30 p. m. Banquet and after-dinner speaking at Town Hall-12:30 p. m. Historical Pageant at Prospect Hill-3.00 p. m.
Sunday, September 22, 1929 Memorial Services
First Parish Church; Saint Catherine's Church.
Band Concert
Abbot Worsted Company Band-2:00 p. m. at the Common. Planting of Two Hundredth Anniversary Tree-3:00 p. m. Speaker: Hon. Edward Fisher.
Monday, September 23, 1929
Fire Works, Whitney Playground-8:00 p. m.
Concert and Ball, Town Hall-8:30 p. m.
The General Committee appointed the following Sub-Committees to assist in the arrangements and carrying out of the program:
Memorial Church Service Committee
Homer M. Seavey, John A. Healy, William C. Roudenbush, Arthur M. Whitley, George D. Wilson, James E. Sullivan.
Sports Committee
Robert J. McCarthy, Raymond Cantara, George Gibbons, John McTeague, William E. Wright.
Publicity Committee
Albert R. Wall, Joseph A. LeClerc, Mrs. Hilda I. Bosworth.
Dance Committee
Harold W. Hildreth, Mrs. John B. Gray, Miss H. Regina McLenna, Edson G. Boynton.
Executive Board of Casting Committee
Miss Gertrude D. Fletcher, Mrs. Alice M. Wells, Miss Mary G. Balch.
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The Historical Pageant, "Westford," written and directed by Mr. and Mrs. Lucius C. Fairchild of Ayer, Massachusetts was an elaborate production and a most brilliant success.
Some six hundred townspeople, including two hundred school children took part in the Pageant which was presented at Prospect Hill before several thousand people.
The Committee wishes to thank each and every one who assisted in the work of the celebration and every one taking part in the pageant.
We are also indeed grateful to the following persons who so kindly allowed the use of their land in connection with the presenta- tion of the Pageant: Mr. M. S. Feindel, Mr. Timothy Sullivan, Mr. Robert Elliott, Miss Gertrude D. Fletcher, and Miss Julia H. Fletcher.
We feel that our Two Hundredth Anniversary observance was a successful and enjoyable event, with many former residents return- ing to renew old associations, and hundreds of friends from our neigh- boring cities and towns honoring us with their presence.
Receipts
Town Appropriation
$2,500.00
Sale of Dinners
226.00
Sale of Programs
113.30
Proceeds of Dance
367.40
Total receipts
$3,206.70
Payments
Bills paid by committee as per list
$ 706.70
Bills paid by Town Treasurer as per list
2,361.16
Balance in Town Treasury
138.84
$3,206.70
Payments by Committee
Printing and Adevrtising
80.82
Music
120.00
Decorating
46.00
Floor Covering
40.00
Lumber
73.38
Catering
292.00
Sports
39.50
Tree
15.00
$ 706.70
.
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Payments by Town Treasurer
Programs
$ 424.00
Costumes
275.00
Advertising
95.55
Police Services
51.80
Directors
:660.00
Refreshments
520.50
Fire Works
200.00
Labor
109.16
All other
25.15
$2361.16
BURTON D. GRIFFITH,
WILLIAM R. TAYLOR,
MARK A. PALMER,
HERBERT V. HILDRETH,
HERBERT E. FLETCHER,
WALTER C. WRIGHT,
RICHARD D. PRESCOTT,
Committee
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REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE
In accordance with their regular custom the Finance Committee have carefully considered the articles of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting and the following is a tabulation showing the amounts voted and used during the past year, also the amount asked for and recommended for the current year together with an explanation giving reason for not recommending some of the sums asked for.
Article 3, Item 3. Fire Department. They desire to paint the fire house also make some repairs and it will be necessary to have more money than that required in previous years. We believe the sum of $3200 will be sufficient to meet all expenses.
Article 3, Item 12. Health Department. The sum expended dur- ing the past year was $2741.20. There is apparently not a great additional expense to be met the present year and we recommend the sum of $3500.
Article 3 Item 18. Vocational Tuition. The number of pupils who desire to avail themselves of this training is uncertain. There was used during the past year $2418.54 and we recommend the sum of $3000 which would seem to be sufficient.
Article 6 Police Department. We have recommended the purchase of a car as we believe the Town should own its own car for police purposes.
Article 8. Hydrants. They have asked for twelve additional hydrants; four of same have all ready been voted but never installed on account of not being able to arrange with the Westford Water Co. for larger pipes. At this time we recommend the appropriation of $320, for eight hydrants.
Article 3 Item 1 General Government
Voted 1929
Used 1929
Asked 1930
Recom- mended
Selectmen
$ 500.00
$ 536.92
$ 600.00
$
Town Accountant
900.
888.99
900.00
Town Treasurer
750.00
682.74
750.00
Tax Collector
1,450.00
1,472.49
1,500.00
Assessors
900.00
805.29
875.00
Town Counsel
400.00
275.00
400.00
Town Clerk
500.00
268.75
400.00
Registration & Election
600.00
170.00
575.00
6,000.00
5,020.13
6,000.00
6,000.00
Town Hall
1,700.00
1,674.78
2,000.00
2,000.00
Item 2. Police Department
2,700.00
2,613.61
3,000.00
3,000.00
Item 3 Fire Department
3,000.00
2,978.74
3,500.00
3,200.00
Item 4.
Hydrants
2,920.00
2,920.00
2,920.00
2,920.00
Item 5.
Sealer of Weights & Measures
125.00
124.11
125.00
125.00
Item 6.
Fish & Game Warden
100.00
67.00
100.00
100.00
Item 7. Forest Fires
500.00
496.83
500.00
500.00
Item 8.
Fire Extinguishers
75.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
Item 9. Town Forest
200.00
146.25
200.00
200.00
Item 10. Tree Warden
300.00
299.00
300.00
300.00
Item 11. Moth Department
2,700.00
2,698.37
3,000.00
3,000.00
Item 12. Health Department
4,000.00
2,741.20
4,000.00
3,500.00
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Item 13. Cattle Inspector
150.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
Item 14. Highways
Town Roads
18,500.00
18,498.06
16,000.00
Ice, Snow Equipment & Repairs
1,500.00
1,811.32
2,000.00
Brush Cutting
500.00
496.25
500.00
Street Signs
200.00
165.98
200.00
Existing State & County Roads
5,000.00
5,000.00
6,000.00
Main Street
4,000.00
4,000.00
3,000.00
Concord Road
4,000.00
4,000.00
5,000.00
Carlisle Road
2,500.00
33,700.00
35,200.00
35,200.00
Item 15 Public Welfare
11,200.00
11,407.37
12,000.00
12,000.00
Item 16.
Soldiers' Benefits
2,400.00
1,680.54
1,800.00
1,800.00
Item 17.
Schools
67,350.00
67,349.28
73,200.00
73,200.00
Item 18.
Vocational Tuition
4,000.00
2,418.54
4,000.00
3,000.00
Item. 19.
Library
2,200.00
2,198.44
2,200.00
2,200.00
Dog Licenses
570.67
570.67
Item 20. Care of Common
300.00
267.12
250.00
250.00
Item 21 Lighting Clock
50.00
50.00
50.00
Item 22. Band Concerts
400.00
400.00
400.00
400.00
Item 23.
Memorial Day
475.00
454.61
300.00
300.00
Item 24.
Publishing Town Reports
700.00
593.42
600.00
600.00
Item 25. Cemeteries
1,000.00
989.95
1,200.00
1,200.00
Item 26. Street Lights
8,000.00
7,422.97
8,100.00
8,100.00
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..
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Item 27. Liability Insurance
700.00 3,500.00
593.42
650.00
650.00
Item 28. Fire Insurance
3,433.14
1,200.00
1,200.00
Item 29. General Loans
8,500.00
8,500.00
7,500.0
7,500.00
Item 30 Interest on General Loans
5,169.00
4,774.62*
4,800.00
4,800.00
Item 31. Interest on Revenue Loans
1,750.00
2,437.00
2,450.00
2,450.00
Item 32.
Oustanding Bills Dec. 31, 1929
919.73
Estimated 2,000.00
2,000.00
Item 33 Reserve Fund
2,000.00
1,213.91
2,000.00
2,000.00
Article 4 Farm Bureau
400.00
400.00
400.00
400.00
Article 5 Additional street lights
500.00
500.00
Article 6 Ford Car For Police Dept.
600.00
600.00
Article 8. Additional Hydrants
480.00
320.00
Article 9. Legion Headquarters
200.00
200.00
187,950.00
185,990.00
FIXED CHARGES
County Taxes
7,364.28
State Taxes
8,449.29
15,813.57
15,813.57
203,763.57
201,803.57
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Corporation & Bank Taxes
21,593.26
Income Tax
22,518.99
Poll Tax
1,972.00
Excise Tax
6,874.73
All Other
9,507.74
..
62,466.72
Surplus
11,000,00
73,466.72
73,466.72
Total to be raised
130,296.85
128,336.85
Valuation of Town 4,174,326.00
Basing our calculations on the valuation and income of the past year with the appropriation of $11,000.00 from our surplus, we estimate the tax rate will be not over $31. perthousand.
We again request the assessors to carefully consider thevaluation of the property of many of our taxpayers, equalizing same and in some cases adding thereto.
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT V. HILDRETH, JULIAN A. CAMERON JOHN C. ABBOT, P. HENRY HARRINGTON, OSCAR R. SPALDING, FRANK L. FURBUSH.
Finance Committee.
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Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, Westford, Mass.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, SS. To the Constable of the Town of Westford in said County:
GREETING :
You are hereby required, in the name of the Commonwealth afore- said, to notify and warn all the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections, and also in Town affairs, to meet in their several Polling Places, viz .:
Precinct 1. Town Hall, Westford Centre.
Precinct 2. Abbot's Hall, Graniteville.
Precinct 3. Abbot's Hall, Brookside.
Precinct 4. Abbot's Hall, Forge Village.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1930
being the second Monday in said month, at 6.30 o'clock in the morning, for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes for the following officers:
For Three Years
Town Clerk,
One Selectman,
One Member Board of Public Welfare,
One Assessor,
Two Members of the School Committee,
One Member Board of Cemetery Commissioners,
One Trustee of Public Library,
One Member Board of Health.
For One Year
Moderator,
Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Constable,
Tree Warden.
The polls will be open from 6.30 A. M. to 4 P. M., and to meet ir the Town Hall at Westford Centre on the following
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