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General:
Street
School
10,500.00 160,000.00
170,500.00
Outside Debt Limit: General :
School
480,000.00
Public Service Enterprise: Water
310,000.00
790,000.00
$ 960,500.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities: In Custody of Treasurer: Principal Income
$ 98,756.59 23,168.27
$ 121,924.86
In Custody of Treasurer: Library Funds: Library General: Principal $ 13,806.08
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Income
$ 1,734.33
$
15,540.41
Mary Atwood Library Lecture : Principal Income
22,597.40
1,826.11
24,423.51
Emily Fletcher Library Lecture: Principal Income
2,000.00
198.54
2,198.54
Park Funds :
Whitney Shade Tree : Principal Income
2,500.00
499.06
2,999.06
Whitney Playground :
Principal
10,000.00
Income
1,136.75
11,136.75
Metcalf Monument:
Principal
1,300.00
Income
765.26
2,065.26
Cemetery Funds :
Lyman Wilkins: Principal
1,413.11
Income
623.01
2,036.12
William L. Wright:
Principal
5,000.00
Income
781.93
5,781.93
Perpetual Care: Principal
40,140.00
Income
15,603.28
55,743.28
$ 121,924.86
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ASSESSORS ' REPORT Year ending December 31, 1958
Value of Buildings - January 1, 1958
Value of Land - January 1, 1958
Value of Personal Property - January 1, 1958
$ 4,216,680.00 934,460.00 702,185.00
Total Valuation - January 1, 1958
$ 5,853,325.00
Appropriations - Annual Town Meeting, March 8, 1958 Amounts taken from Available Funds 11 11 Cemetery Fund
98,988.60
1,500.00
11 transferred from Accounts
7,048.75
Debt and Interest Charges for New School
55,360.00
11 = 11 = Water Department Loans
24,378.50
11 = = Street Betterment Loans
1,946.26
State Taxes Including Underestimates of Previous Year 11 = =
=
21,241.48
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health
4,775.31
1958 Overlay Fund
13,690.27
Gross Amount to be raised
953,447.40
Receipts including Overestimates of Previous Year
335,110.40
Amount taken from Available Funds to reduce Tax Rate
50,000.00
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
470,274.75
Net Amount to be raised on Polls and Property Tax Rate - $82.00 per thousand
483,172.65
Additional Real Estate Commitment
49.20
Street Betterment Commitment and Interest
992.40
Farm Animal Excise Commitment
483.86
Total Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Commitments $ 100,993.51
Levy of 1957 - $ 17,177.15
= 1958 - 83,816.36
Polls
1,663
Horses
54
Cows
332
Neat Cattle
12
Swine
1,228
Sheep
4
Fowl
25,689
Chicks and Broilers
6,712
All others
100
Acres of Land
18,000
Dwellings
1,903
ABA TEMEN TS
POLLS
PROPERTY
EXCISE
1956
$
-
-
$ 37.62
$
1957
2.00
506.61
951.34
1958
$ 580.00
$ 14,400.84
$ 4,403.60
John J. O'Connell Norman K. Nesmith Carroll J. Rollins Board of Assessors
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4,599.69
County = =
746,787.02
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
Any questions in regard to the assessment of taxes should be presented to the Board of Assessors.
WARRAN TS
OUTSTANDING Dec 31 1958
June 1 1956
Real Estate
$ 6,476.82
$ -
Dec 19
=
"
53.20
--
Nov 5 11
Poll
2.00
--
Aug 15
Excise
59.87
Dec 6
92.54
92.54
1956 Excise Committed Jan 18 1957
104.10
104.10
=
Feb 15 11
17.46
8.16
=
=
= 16 n
2.00
2.00
n
Recommitted Feb 18 1958
13.61
11.88
June 5
=
Real Estate
31,230.48
6,896.67
Dec 11
=
n
249.60
June 5
=
Personal Property
2,010.45
280.80
Dec 11
=
=
=
7.80
Sep 10
=
Poll
470.00
126.00
Dec 11
=
=
2.00
=
=
Street Betterment
5,808.60
2.00
Jul 17
11
=
754.58
171.54
Sep 25
11
n
2,443.15
297.90
Oct 30
=
3,682.87
166.30
Nov 29
2,360.60
153.46
1957 Excise Committed Jan 8 1958
8,627.44
541.39
=
=
" 25
1,558.87
66.25
=
Feb 12
2,132.13
97.60
Mar 17
=
2,524.28
42.18
=
tt
=
n 26
11
1,031.03
166.88
May 5
n
Real Estate
422,393.48
26,816.93
Dec 19
11
Personal Property
57,579.17
1,994.65
=
=
Street Betterment
992.40
--
Dec 30
=
=
=
274.46
--
Jul 14
Poll
3,326.00
418.00
May 16
=
Excise
10,024.26
316.33
Jun 25
=
12,664.31
500.32
Jul 29
=
9,408.97
1,132.67
Sep
3
=
18,760.11
2,306.80
=
19
11
=
11,165.39
2,874.56
Oct 15
n
7,331.09
2,260.44
Nov 19
8,586.30
3,710.03
11
26
2,018.43
1,217.30
Dec 18
3,857.50
3,857.50
$ 642.408.38
$ 56,736.25 Walter Teresko Tax Collector
Mar 22 1958
Farm Animal Excise
485.47
49.20
49.20
May
11
=
=
21
=
1, 303.40
53.87
May 14
Excise
289.82
Apr 10 1957 Farm Animal Excise
183.14
--
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n
"
=
REPORT OF THE WESTFORD BOARD OF HEALTH
The Board of Health organized on March 10, 1958 with Dr. Dwight W. Cowles as Chairman.
Winfred E. Whitton has again done an excellent job in caring for the Town Dump. Albert G. Picking should also be commended for keeping the area bulldozed. One of our major expenses this year was the cost of piping water to the dump with the hope of preventing fires in this vicinity.
The services of the Sanitation Officers of the Nashoba Associated Boards of Health were in great demand again this year due to the con- struction of many new homes in this area.
Mrs. Adele Darrah, Dental Hygienist on the staff of the Nashoba As- sociated Boards of Health, gave fluoride treatments to children in grades 2, 5 am 8.
A new program, the Tuberculin Testing of the School Population, was conducted in November of this year by Dr. Eleanor H. Smith, Medical Director of the Nashoba Associated Boards of Health, assisted by per- sonnel from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
To avoid duplication, we are omitting figures on all Nashoba spon- sored activities and are referring you to their report.
We would like to thank the members of the Westford Visiting Nurse Committee who assisted at the Well Child Conferences and also the fol- lowing women who so generously volunteered their services at the Den- tal and Tuberculin Testing Programs: Mrs. David E. Bolger, R.N., Mrs. Ralph W. Brewer, R.N., Miss E. Mae Lord, R.N., Mrs. Norman K. Nesmith, R.N., Mrs. Thomas R. Aldrich, Jr., Mrs. Sarah Bedell, Mrs. Clifford C. Dunning, Mrs. Frank E. Krantz, Mrs. Robert Olsen, Mrs. Albert E. Priest, Mrs. Donald F. Robinson, Mrs. Anthony R. Sambito, Mrs. Leo E. Therrien and Mrs. Wilbert S. Vaughn.
Respectfully submitted, Dwight W. Cowles, M. D. Ralph E. Cole, M. D. Edward T. Sullivan Westford Board of Health
BOARD OF HEALTH RECEIPTS
Milk Dealers' Licenses
$ 16.00
Oleomargarine Licenses
4.00
Camp Licenses 1.50
Licenses to Manufacture Ice Cream
10.00
Methyl Alcohol Licenses
5.00
Sewage Permits 290.00
State Subsidy on Tuberculosis Patients
497.14
$ 823.64
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BOARD OF HEALTH EXPENSES
Administration:
Miscellaneous Expenses
$ 48.54
Telephone
130.45
Ads and Legal Notices
46.88
Tuberculosis :
Board and Treatment
782.17
Other Expenses
186.75
Dump :
Wages
547.50
Bulldozing and Clearing
1,145.50
Other Expenses
1,208.00
Agent to remove dead animals
58.00
Balance
$ 4,153.79 996.21
OTHER APPROPRI ATIONS
Animal Inspector $ 200.00
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health 4,775.31
$ 4,975.31
NASHOBA ASSOCIATED BOARDS OF HEALTH
I hereby submit my 3rd Annual Report as Medical Director. Your Health Department has tried zealously to render maximum service for the .97 cents per capita provided by the member Towns in 1958.
We attempted to make our Annual Report more readable and appealing and also had informative service folders printed for distribution to every household in the District. That all citizens will come to know, use and value the several services offered through our various pro- grams, has been the objective of these efforts.
In May of 1958 a new professional staff member was added. Mr. Robert Bradford, a Health Educator, is Director of the Accident Prevention Program which is being sponsored by the Charles H. Hood Dairy Founda- tion.
The following is a Departmental accounting of our services :
SANITATION AND LABORATORY SERVICES
New Home construction continued to put a heavy demand upon the Sani- tary Inspectors during 1958. Early in the year house construction was limited due to the economic recession; this permitted more time to be devoted to restaurants, dairies and other sanitation problems. Mid-summer brought increased building which continued without let-up until the middle of December. Little time was available for routine sanitation during this time.
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Our Milk Plant Inspector, Mr. Arnold C. Perham, stopped working Oct- ober 31st. This work has been carried on by the existing staff. It is expected that a part-time sanitarian will be added to help carry the load through the summer months.
To have a pleasant community with a healthful environment, the commu- nity must plan carefully. Planning Boards and Boards of Health must be encouraged and given support by the towns people to watch out that the future development of the Town is guarded, that no nuisance con- ditions are allowed to develop which will be community headaches in the future. We want our children to be proud of their heritage.
Sanitation services in your Town were: Milk samples collected
Services rendered eating places
= n
Nursing Homes
2
"
=
private water supplies
39
=
=
Bathing Beaches
7
=
regarding nuisances
4
=
land subdivisions
4
Recreational Camps
2
Conferences with Boards of Health members
3
Visits to people not at home
7
Miscellaneous services rendered
17
Licenses issued during 1958
Methyl Alcohol
5
Camp
3
Funeral Director
2
Ice Cream
2
Milk (Dealer and Store)
32
Oleomargarine
8
The Laboratory has performed a great deal of precise and conscientious work in both sanitary and diagnostic bacteriology. Credit is due Mrs. Marjorie Dunlap, Bacteriologist, for the excellent standards main- tained and the extended use to which the Laboratory has been put in the past few years.
It is with regret that the resignation of Mrs. Dunlap was accepted as the year ended. She has accepted a position with the Emerson Hospital in Concord, Mass. Nashoba's best wishes go with her.
The following is the total number of Tests performed in the Laboratory during 1958:
Milk samples tested
2,981
Water samples tested
621
Diagnostic tests
2,203
NURSING AND PREVENTIVE DENTAL SERVICES
This year another new program was added to the responsibilities of the Nurse when 1188 out of 1265 pupils were enrolled for Tuberculin testing. Although the actual testing was done by a team from outside,
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243
10
147
private sewage disposals
the work involved in getting set up for this program in 4 different schools, getting records ready for all the pupils and following up positive reactors was very time consuming.
In spite of their employment by different agencies, Miss Healy and Mrs. Hall through frequent conferences avoid duplication and gaps in Nursing Service.
There were 172 referrals for Dental Care out of 294 pupils who partic- ipated in Nashoba's Preventive Dental Program early this year. The Program for the 1958-9 school year started in December and will be completed in January 1959.
MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK SERVICES
In 1958 the Medical Social Consultant had 154 problems referred to her which represented 483 persons directly or indirectly affected by them. Frequently the problems touched only one person such as the elderly patient who returned home after several months treatment at a nearby V. A. Hospital. Because he had no family, the difficulty he experienced in returning to the community, maintaining bachelor quar- ters in his old home, and continuing convalescent care affected no one but himself and perhaps, interested neighbors. However, an alco- holic father of three children, whose wife was seeking employment out- side the house involved four people directly in his problem and sever- al others indirectly.
The services given, whether in the form of interview, conference, let- ter or visit totaled 485 during 1958.
Over half of all the problems were referred by the Public Health Nurses with Physicians and other professional people accounting for a fourth of the referrals. Problems involving the elder members of our population were more numerous this year than previously.
Again this year the Medical Social Consultant attended various pro- fessional meetings and spoke to 4 lay groups and 3 professional groups of her work at Nashoba.
ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROGRAM
The Accident Prevention Program began officially in May of 1958. In order to describe the activities of this program for the past seven months, its three major objectives will be stated and the activities conducted under each will be briefly outlined.
1. To determine the extent of the accident problem within the area. A statistical study has been established with the cooperation of the U. S. Public Health Service. This study is reporting all acci- dents to all residents of Nashoba from the 15 Hospitals serving this area. The information obtained from this study will be used to direct the educational aspects of the program.
2. To stimulate interest on the part of all communities in their spe- cific accident problems.
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Newspaper articles and public meetings have been the means to bring the accident problem to the attention of the public. In the past seven months the Director of the Program has written 23 newspaper articles and spoken to 37 organizations within the area.
3. To develop techniques of accident prevention within the 16 commu- nities of Nashoba.
All effective techniques of reducing the accident toll are now available to our communities. These run the gamut from literature, films and speaking engagements to consultation and material assistance in developing specific safety projects such as baby-sitter courses, poster contests, bicycle rodeos, etc.
The acceptance of these projects on the part of the communities has been rather slow, however it is hoped that as public interest for the program increases these projects will be in great demand.
Westford has not been directly involved in this program, but it is the hope of the Director that during the coming year many of the projects offered through this program will be sponsored by the Town's organiza- tions.
PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES
The Chest Clinic was held in cooperation with the Middlesex County Sanatorium at the Community Memorial Hospital in Ayer with 135 pa- tients living in Middlesex County making 151 visits. Worcester County patients are seen at the Worcester County Sanatorium in West Boylston, Mass.
This year we had only 7 new cases of Tuberculosis reported. This fig- ure fluctuates from one year to the next. Last year there were 11 new cases reported.
1958 was a peak year for measles throughout the State and nation. The following are the cases of communicable diseases and dog bites re- ported to us :
1957
1958
Chicken Pox
151
304
German Measles
176
83
Measles
204
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Mumps
336
76
Poliomyelitis
-
-
Salmonellosis
4
2
Scarlet Fever and Septic Sore Throat
42
16
Tuberculosis
11
7
Whooping Cough
7
6
Dog Bites
129
118
Again this year we have found it necessary to hold extra Well Child Conferences in some Towns and held a total of 164 Clinics, throughout the district. In Westford, 199 children made 408 visits and received 539 immunizations.
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Fifteen towns participated in the Rabies Clinics this year and 442 dogs were inoculated by Dr. Clarence Bent of Nashua, New Hampshire.
In the later part of the year Nashoba, with the assistance and cooper- ation of the two County IBAssociations, the State Health Department and the school officials, inaugurated a Tuberculosis Case findings program which opened with the skin testing of approximately 12,000 public and private school children. The community nurses have worked hard on this project which is not yet completed, pending make-up clin- ics, X-ray clinics and tabulation and analysis of the results. The value of finding even one active undiagnosed case in a community in dollars and cents savings is difficult to estimate. Such a program also indicates where TB control efforts should be directed in the fu- ture. For purposes of certification teachers and other school per- sonnel were also offered the opportunity to be Tuberculin Skin Tested.
It is our hope that a Service Folder was received and read by every family in the district. On any health problem citizens should feel free to call the Health Center, telephone SPruce 2-3561.
Respectfully submitted,
Eleanor Haynes Smith, M.D.M.P.H. Medical Director
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Following is the Report of the Inspector of Animals from January 1st thru December 31, 1958 :
Cows - 2 years or older
305
Heifers - 1 year to 2 years 29 It under 1 year 49
Bulls
6
Steers
4
Goats
6
Sheep
6
Swine
1,525
Horses
34
Dog Bites
68
Respectfully submitted, Kenneth A. Wilson Inspector of Animals
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
The Welfare Board granted assistance on an average monthly caseload in 1958 as follows :
Old Age Assistance 63 Disability Assistance 12 Aid to Dependent Children 4 General Relief 4
Hospital rates in both general and chronic hospitals were increased in 1958.
Effective October 1, 1958, a revision was made in the Medical Plan changing Nursing Homes and Chronic Hospitals back to the Vendor Pay- ment System.
At the Westford Infirmary, necessary repairs were made and five of the rooms were redecorated.
William C. MacMillan Samuel A. Richard Reginald Blowey Board of Public Welfare
INFIRMARY CREDITS
Milk
$ 4,921.26
Eggs
723.33
Patients' Board
1,111. 32
Cow/Calf
209.95
Telephone
76.67
N. E. Milk Producers Dividend
32.26
Eastern States Dividend
99.64
Hay
40.00
Manure
10.00
Hens
136.20
Asparagus
12.00
Tractor Work
45.00
Soil Conservation
16.80
$ 7,434.43
Meals in Lockup
$ 7.50
Inmates' Board - Local
2,072.90
n Not Local
308.16
$ 2,388.56
$ 9,822.99
INFIRMARY DEBITS
Salaries - Superintendent and Matron
$ 1,903.92
=
Employees
1,345.50
Middlesex County Returement System
60.00
Water
120.65
Telephone
265.84
Gas/Electricity
371.89
Gasoline/Oil
629.14
Repairs
93.20
Supplies/Parts
$ 127.65
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Provisions Dry Goods/Clothing Grain/Feed/Hay Visiting Nurse
$ 1,744.58
56.48
4,291.11
165.00
Slaughtering
25.95
Doctors/Drugs etc
107.05
Stone/Gravel
7.75
Coal
469.30
Chickens
119.00
Truck Insurance
103.42
Food Locker
13.78
Tractor Mower
175.00
Tobacco
2.16
Baling Hay
253.50
Farm Bureau Dues
15.00
Painting Interior
$ 255.00
$ 12,721.87
WESTFORD INFIRMARY APPRAISAL STOCK AND FARM EQUIPMENT
Milk Room and Milking Equipment
$ 650.00
15 Milking Cows
4,550.00
1 Bull
225.00
5 Heifers
225.00
Grain
74.00
70 Tons Hay
2,160.00
1 Hay Fork, Hoist and Motor
200.00
35 Tons Ensilage
420.00
130 Grain Bags
15.60
Manure
960.00
Hay Loader
75.00
Manure Spreader
315.00
1 Horse Hay Rake
20.00
1 Sulky Plow
5.00
1 Two Horse Disc Harrow
5.00
1 Potato Digger
50.00
Wagon and Sled
5.00
1 Tip Cart
5.00
Lumber
300.00
1 Drag - Steel Head
15.00
1 Lime Spreader
50.00
1 Corn Planter
20.00
1 Horse Cultivator
5.00
1 Hay Tedder
25.00
1 Tractor Harrow
175.00
1 Smoothing Harrow
3.00
1 Seed Sower and Weeder
10.00
2 1 Horse Cultivators
5.00
2
Walking Plows
5.00
1
2 Horse Hoe
5.00
1 Ford Tractor
800.00
1 Tractor Flow
140.00
1
= Pulley
40.00
1 1 Horse Corn Planter
$
1.50
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1 Ensilage Cutter
$ 150.00
1 Side Delivery Rake
25.00 400.00
Grindstone, Motor and Scythe Grinder
30.00
Fence Fost and Insulators
20.00
1 Electric Fence Unit
20.00
Chains
20.00
Farm Tools
65.00
Block and Tackle
10.00
1 Extension and 2 Step Ladders
10.00
1 Planet Junior Seeder
8.00
2 Cross-Cut Saws
1.50
Carpenter Tools
15.00
1 Electric Drill
35.00
3 Dusters
30.00
Platform Scales
30.00
Brooder Equipment
45.00
Blacksmith Tools
25.00
1 Saw Frame - Tractor
40.00
Corn Harvester
25.00
Garden Hose and Lawn Mower
40.00
Fire Hose and Nozzle
10.00
1 Gas Stove
1.00
3 Chicken Crates
3.00
Wooden Tank
5.00
Shavings and Sawdust
24.00
30 gals Fuel Oil
5.25
Milk Separator
1.00
3 Wheel Barrows
5.00
300 gals Gas
76.50
Coal
70.00
1 2 Horse Mowing Machine
15.00
Wood
168.00
Swine
438.00
Laying Hens
649.00
1 Kitchen Stove
5.00
Tractor Mower
200.00
HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT
Superintendent's Furniture
$ 125.00
Kitchen and Pantry
850.00
Contents of Attic
20.00
Canned Goods and Empty Jars
200.00
Provisions
430.00
Potatoes and Vegetables
25.00
Dry Goods
450.00
Inmates' Furniture
1,700.00
= Dishes
$ 95.00
Raymond S. Wilson Albert H. G. Picking John J. Daly Infirmary Appraisers
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1 Motor Truck
REPORT OF WATER DEPARTMENT
RECEIPTS
Water Rates
$ 53,501.10
Guarantee Deposits
$ 7,729.34
Refunds
601.34
7,128.00
Additional Service and Miscellaneous
2,565.99
$ 63,195.09
EXPENDITURES
Maintenance and Operation
Wages and Salaries
17,225.30
Fuel, Light and Power
2,842.75
Truck Expense
662.86
Pipe, Copper Tube, Valves,
Miscellaneous Supplies and Digging
11,668.09
Office Supplies
489.73
Superintendent's Car (Mileage)
127.75
Sand and Gravel
120.95
Telephone
193.32
Insurance
144.10
Pump Equipment and Repairs to Pump
891.17
Pipe Privilege
5.00
Advertising
58.00
Legal Fees
326.20
Engineers Services
280.00
Patch Road
162.15
Extensions covered by Guarantee Deposits
$ 35,197.37
Pipe and Miscellaneous Supplies
$ 2,514.76
Digging and Labor
704.45
3,219.21
Ford Pick-up Truck
(including Tires, Lettering etc)
1,797.14
Payments on Loans
Large Water Loan
Principal Payment $ 10,000.00
Interest
6,630.00
16,630.00
Elm Road Extension
Principal Payment $ 3,000.00
Interest
399.00
3,399.00
Lake Shore Drive Extension
Principal Payment $
500.00
Interest
120.00
620.00
Main St & Concord Rd Extension
Principal Payment $ 2,000.00 Interest 1,176.00
$ 3,176.00
$ 64,038.72
$ 843.63
Alfred T. Wark, Chairman Hervey J. Cote, Secretary Chester H. Cook. Board of Water Commissioners
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EX TENSIONS
LAKE SHORE DRIVE SO., EXTENSION #2
Deposit
$
461.15
Expenses :
Pipe and Miscellaneous Supplies $ 197.50
Labor, Digging and Back Filling
263.65 $ 461.15
BIRCH ROAD & POPLAR ROAD EXTENSION
Deposit
645.20
Expense :
Pipe and Miscellaneous Supplies $ 415.20
Digging, Trenching and Labor 230.00 $ 645.20
COLD SPRING ROAD EXTENSION
Deposit
$ 1,634.46
Expense :
Pipe and Miscellaneous Supplies
$ 1,423.66 210.80
$ 1,634.46
PATTEN ROAD EXTENSION (Not Finished)
Deposit
$ 525.00
Expense :
Pipe
$ 478.40
EXTENSION (Under Contract)
CONCORD ROAD EXTENSION
Appropriation
$ 19,000.00
Expenses :
Pipe and Miscellaneous Supplies
$ 11,580.50
Digging and Labor
6,627.45
Legal Fees
308.60
Sand and Gravel
191.00
Compressor
292.45
$ 19,000.00
WATER SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
Gallons Pumped at Westford Station
58,197,700
11
= Brookside 11 23,071,206
TOTAL GALLONS PUMPED
81,268,906
New Services Installed Hydrants Installed 9
53
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Labor
New Extensions are as follows :
Concord Road
5,585 Feet 8ยช Pipe
Pleasant Street
700
=
6"
11
Palermo 11
300
= 6' =
Lake Shore Drive
125
11
6" =
150
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Albert E. Mountain Superintendent
REPORT OF THE TAX TITLE PROPERTY COMMITTEE
In 1958 the Town came into possession of six Parcels of Land. The approximate cost to the Town was $ 1,580.00. Six Parcels were sold for $ 5,350.00.
The Town now owns 24 Parcels. Information concerning this land may be obtained from any member of the Committee.
The Tax Title Account contains 26 Parcels which will accrue to the Town when they are cleared in Land Court.
Herford N. Elliott Roger H. Hildreth Carroll J. Rollins
Tax Title Property Committee
REPORT OF THE TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE
During 1958 the Forest Committee has removed the hard wood growth on that part of the Town Forest which borders on Forge Village Road and has removed the trimmings and debris from about three-quarters of the area. The Committee hopes to finish this area in 1959 together with the area which borders on Cold Spring Road.
The Committee wishes to thank Gordon Seavey for erecting an attrac- tive sign at the corner of Forge Village and Cold Spring Roads. This sign reminds the public that Oscar Spalding gave the land and that the Forest is an important natural resource.
William E. Wright Kenneth A. Wilson Carroll J. Rollins
Town Forest Committee
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Birch Road West Poplar Road Cold Spring Road
REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Arrests made
Assault and Battery
10
Abandoned Autos
15
Auto Violations
62
Auto Accidents
38
Auto Transfers
Auto Registration
Auto Licenses Revoked
22
Appeals Cases to Superior Court
Breaking and Entering in the night time
Cases in Ayer Court
Complaints Investigated - Cruelty to Animals
Complaints on Dead Animals left on top of ground
...
Complaints on Suspicious Persons
Camps and Houses broken into
26 14
Dogs Killed by Automobiles
Duty at Public Gathering
116
Dances
Driving under the Influence of Liquor
98 17 14
Driving so as to Endanger
26
Drunkenness
18
Driving without a License
6 62
Family Disturbances
Fires attended
18
Funerals attended
11
Idle and Disorderly
116
Investigations made
917
Jurors
12
Men taken to Jail
10
Leaving Scene after damage to property
Larceny Complaints
Notices posted
Non-Support
Public Nuisances in Beer Places
Pedestrians struck by automobiles
Petty Complaints
104 4 601
Summons and Notices served
Warrants served
18
Electric Wires down on Street
18
Malicious Damage
15
Patients taken to Gardner State Hospital
3
Lay watching in different places
38 7
Collected for Liquor Licenses
$ 5,407.00 124
Suicide Cases
2
In Lockup at Town Farm
16
Assault on a Police Officer
2
Trips to Union National Bank of Lowell
48
John F. Sullivan - Chief of Police
74
9 65 5
Stubborn Child
7 72 44
Operating after License had been revoked
Cars stopped for speeding
45
116 49
11 9 26 6 6 32
Disturbance of the Peace
REPORT OF THE WIRE INSPECTOR
The Legislature passed a Bill making it mandatory that each Town and City provide a Wire Inspector.
The Merrimack-Essex Electric Company terminated their Inspector of Wires in this area for new residences and service entrances as of May 31, 1958.
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