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7 50
Old Corner Bookstore
49 79
George Lane, sawing wood .
3 00
Harold N. Eames, wood
10 00
Herbert C. Barrows, wood .
21 00
E. Louise Jones, cataloguing
10 00
$306 25
Unexpended
$55 87
.
72
SUPPRESSION OF MOTHS
Appropriation
$500 00
Award from Commonwealth
1,995 26
$2,495 26
EXPENDED
Oliver McGrane, labor
$633 75
Michael J. McMahon, labor
408 82
William Boynton, labor
435 89
Henry H. Cutter, labor
369 91
Michael Nee, labor
70 00
Brewster S. Butters, labor
38 50
Albert D. Butters, labor
43 00
Edward P. Colomy, labor
30 00
Fred Allen, labor
18 00
Louis Miller, labor
13 50
A. Hemeon, labor
10 00
Charles Rose, labor
8 00
William Warner, labor
4 00
Smith & Thayer, parts of sprayer
5 20
John Maloney, hogshead
1 00
American Express Co., express
85
Milton T. Holt, filing saws .
75
Ellis E. Carter, hardware and paint
11 78
Oliver McGrane, use of team
30 75
Boston & Maine R. R., freight .
3 11
Stoddard, Haserick, Richards Co., burlap and twine
133 94
Oliver McGrane, car fare
1 50
O. W. Thum Co., tree tanglefoot
15 00
City of Woburn, tree and wall scraper
1 30
Bowker Insecticide Co., arsenate of lead
22 00
Schamiel R. McIntosh, labor and repairs 28 25
Jenney Mfg. Co., oil . 6 70
Louis F. Cady, labor
26 16
73
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, poster and bill heads
3 00
Willie B. McIntosh, team 12 00
A. W. Chesterton Co., moth brushes 4 50
Buck Bros., paint and oil
4 22
Frost Insecticide Co., creosote, knives and opera glasses 15 08
Jos. Breck & Sons Corp., scythes, axes, etc. 13 82
P. Francis McGrane, rent of barn
16 50
Fitz, Dana & Co., sheet tin
4 88
Wakefield Item Press, moth notices .
2 00
Milton T. Holt, stamped envelopes
9 04
Collins Hardware Co., hardware and creo- sote
19 55
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., climbers
8 00
$2,484 25
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
.
$800 00
EXPENDED
Willie B. McIntosh, coal
·
$15 00
Fred A. Eames, coal
22 50
Perry & Harriman, chemicals
6 50
A. A. White & Co., paint, etc.
3 45
Knight & Thomas, Inc., valves
3 50
American Express Co., express
85
Howe Engine Co., tank hoops
4 00
Smith & Thayer, hose
4 45
P. J. Seaman, wagon
38 00
Stevenson & Stewart, repairs on engine
91 83
Schamiel R. McIntosh, repairs
18 77
Buck Bros., groceries and tools
6 16
E. E. Carter, hardware
14
F. W. Boynton, janitor
20 00
W. T. Grimes, janitor .
16 25
74
C. B. Osbon, use of horse 12 50
W. B. McIntosh, use of horse 6 00
J. M. Hill, use of horse 23 50
C. S. Harriman, use of horse
12 00
A. C. Thompson, use of horse
6 00
S. R. McIntosh, use of horse
7 00
H. M. Horton, use of horse
16 25
G. A. Sidelinker, use of horse
2 00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone service 37 97
W. W. Rice, fire duty
4 80
D. K. Colgate, fire duty
5 40
F. W. Dayton, fire duty
6 80
S. A. Titcomb, fire duty
3 90
J. B. Baxter, fire duty
1 80
H. H. Page, fire duty
8 30
L. F. Southmayd, fire duty
4 50
M. J. McMahon, fire duty
3 00
C. W. Moulton, fire duty
60
J. W. Murray, fire duty
60
A. Miller, fire duty
1 50
J. Newcomb, fire duty
60
G. L. Blaisdell, fire duty
90
C. Kidder, fire duty
1 20
N. S. Buck, fire duty
1 50
E. Neilson, fire duty
1 50
W. F. Osbon, fire duty
9 30
A. Osbon, fire duty
1 50
S. W. Putnam, fire duty
3 00
A. Porter, fire duty
1 80
J. W. Daily, fire duty
4 80
S. R. McIntosh, fire duty
11 90
O. McGrane, fire duty .
15 80
H. C. Barrows, fire duty
1 80
A. D. Butters, fire duty
11 75
B. D. Brown, fire duty
2 40
75
C. B. Osbon, fire duty
6 00
L. Peavy, fire duty
1 50
H. L. Sheldon, tire duty
90
J. Stokes, fire duty
1 20
H. Taylor, fire duty
4 20
H. Videto, fire duty
3 60
W. Warner, fire duty
3 60
J. Hartnett, fire duty
90
J. A. Thompson, fire duty
5 60
J. Jubinville, fire duty
90
J. C. Peterson, fire duty
90
J. Enwright, fire duty
90
W. Harris, fire duty
90
E. W. Taylor, fire duty
1 80
E. F. Fortis, fire duty
1 50
J. Thompson, Jr., fire duty
1 50
J. D. White, fire duty
1 20
A. Barrett, fire duty
60
M. T. Holt, fire duty
60
A. Weymouth, fire duty
2 40
C. E. Carter, fire duty
5 90
C. Dodge, fire duty
1 65
F. Hutchinson, fire duty
60
C. A. Brooks, fire duty
1 50
B. DeForest, fire duty
90
F. Jenkins, fire duty
90
F. A. Cardinal, fire duty
90
E. Croteau, fire duty
90
M. LaFayette, fire duty
90
C. Arcoud, fire duty
90
J. Comira, fire duty
90
J. Vignault, fire duty
90
F. Marchand, fire duty
90
Mrs. G. Allen, fire duty
2 40
M. Allen, fire duty
2 10
F. Allen, fire duty
1 50
76
F. Alexander, fire duty
2 10
E. G. Avery, fire duty 2 70
1 20
H. G. Bedell, fire duty R. Bedell, fire duty
30
W. Boynton, fire duty
11 70
B. S. Butters, fire duty
2 40
P. Carter, fire duty
45
E. F. Colgate, fire duty
90
D. R. Carter, fire duty
4 50
C. Conner, fire duty
2 10
C. Cady, fire duty
2 10
A. Gyzander, fire duty
45
E. W. Haskell, fire duty
60
A. N. Eames, fire duty
60
A. G. Kidder, fire duty
60
H. B. Griffin, fire duty Mrs. H. B. Griffin, fire duty
60
H. Harnsworth, fire duty
60
M. McQuesten, fire duty
30
C. Eames, fire duty
60
W. Eames, fire duty
90
C. E. Wells, fire duty
7 70
G. McMahon, fire duty
2 70
H. Nichols, fire duty
2 70
G. Neilson, fire duty
60
D. C. Page, Jr., fire duty
45
R. E. Millett, fire duty
90
R. J. White, fire duty
90
H. H. Cutter, fire duty
1 20
J. B. Surrette, fire duty
5 30
G. C. Hill, fire duty
2 90
J. M. Hill, fire duty
10 10
E. S. Wells, fire duty
3 00
H. Melanson, fire duty
2 10
E. Eames, fire duty
60
A. Durkee, fire duty
60
60
77
R. Porter, fire duty 4 40
R. J. Murray, fire duty
90
L. H. Shattuck, fire duty
60
J. W. Durkee, fire duty
90
4 80
90
1 80
F. Hoban, fire duty
1 80
J. A. Surrette, fire duty
1 80
A. C. Thompson, fire duty
1 20
F. W. Carter, fire duty
90
A. Young, fire duty
90
G. L. Taylor, fire duty
1 20
H. B. Hemeon, fire duty
1 50
M. Logan, fire duty
1 50
H. M. Horton, fire duty
6 35
F. Muse, fire duty
30
J. W. Alexander, fire duty
5 00
P. Brabant, fire duty .
60
W. Blaisdell, fire duty Chester Horton, fire duty
3 15
P. Allen, fire duty
60
L. Allen, fire duty
60
Clinton Horton, fire duty
1 35
G. Allen, fire duty
30
J. Babine, fire duty 2 90
H. B. Haley, fire duty
2 60
L. H. Smith, fire duty
2 00
W. T. Grimes, fire duty
30
J. Hoban, fire duty
1 50
F. Jaquith, fire duty
60
T. Regan, fire duty
60
L. P. Cady, fire duty
1 20
T. Surrette, fire duty
30
W. L. Kincaid, fire duty C. S. Harriman, fire duty T. Gallagher, fire duty J. Grimes, fire duty
1 20
90
C. O. Miller, fire duty .
1 65
78
Carroll Horton, fire duty
30
P. Kidder, fire duty
30
C. Feindel, fire duty
60
E. Surrette, fire duty .
90
J. Gallagher, fire duty
90
J. Regan, fire duty
90
J. Frotton, fire duty
90
G. L. Lane, fire duty
90
C. Young, fire duty
1 20
A. Hamilton, fire duty
1 50
S. Cohen, fire duty
60
M. Nee, fire duty
60
W. H. Carter, fire duty
90
D. W. Boynton, fire duty Total .
90
$695 57
Unexpended
$101 43
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ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATIONS
Schools, including books and supplies and salary of
Supt. of Schools
. $7,500 00
Salary of School Committee
150 00
Highways, roads and bridges
1,800 00
Support of poor
800 00
Repairs of public buildings
500 00
Cemeteries
350 00
Support of Public Library
350 00
Police
200 00
Salaries of Town Officers
1,800 00
Printing
200 00
Outstanding indebtedness
300 00
Notes payable and sinking fund
1,540 00
Interest
300 00
Miscellaneous
400 00
Abatement of taxes
200 00
Fire Department
600 00
Suppression of moths
508 97
Memorial Day
125 00
RECORD OF PERAMBULATION OF READING LINE
We the subscribers, Selectmen of Reading and Wilming- ton, pursuant to notice given, met on the twenty-third day of October, 1907, at a stone monument where the line between Reading and Wilmington intersects with the Woburn line, and proceeded to perambulate the boundary line between said Reading and Wilmington as follows, namely : From said point of starting we proceeded easterly to a stone monument on West street ; thence on the same course to a stone monument on land now or formerly of Hannah B. Lewis; thence north- erly to a stone monument on Lowell street; thence on the same course to a stone monument on Grove street near the house of Mary H. Horrocks ; thence on the same course to a stone monument near Hundred Acre Meadow ; thence north- erly to an iron monument on the north bank of Ipswich River, the end of a ditch on land now or formerly of George T. Eames where the line between Reading and Wilmington inter- sects with the North Reading line.
GEORGE W. BUCK ARTHUR T. BOND JOHN W. HATHAWAY Selectmen of Wilmington.
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JAMES W. KILLAM OLIVER L. AKERLEY GEORGE L. PRATT
Selectmen of Reading.
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS
VALUATION, 1907
Real Estate
$1,099,810 00
Personal property
172,617 00
Total
$1,272,427 00
Amount of tax assessed
$20,267 23
State tax assessed
1,520 00
County tax assessed
1,340 98
Rate of taxation per $1000
15 20
SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY
School houses and lots
$32,000 00
Town Farm
3,500 00
Personal property at Town Farm
2,537 94
Eldad Butters' lot
75 00
Town Hall and lot
2,000 00
Cemetery land and lots
2,000 00
Common
1,200 00
Public Library and lot
1,200 00
Contents of Public Library
1,800 00
Hearse house
100 00
Highway tools
300 00
Town hearse
450 00
Town scales and Pound Building
250 00
Sealer's outfit
100 00
Cemetery tool house and tools
100 00
Furniture in Selectmen's office
60 00
Four safes
.
800 00
82
Fire engine houses and lots
1,550 00
Fire apparatus
2,450 00
Police equipment
30 00
Land account of tax sales
1,485 00
$53,987 94
ARTHUR T. BOND GEORGE W. BUCK JOHN W. HATHAWAY
Assessors.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
NAMES AND AGES OF THE INMATES OF THE ALMSHOUSE
Registered No. Name. Age.
22 Charlotte Butters 36
66 James Brennan 78
67 Oliver Nelson Butters 76
Whole number during year, 3. Present number, 3.
INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMS- HOUSE, JANUARY 1, 1907
Live stock . . $1,005 00
Farming tools, etc.
519 90
Hay, grain, wood, etc.
252 95
Household furniture .
260 00
Groceries, provisions, etc.
234 92
Contents of lobby
5 00
$2,277 77
INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMS- HOUSE, JANUARY 1, 1908
Live stock . . $1,346 50
Farming tools, etc.
490 80
Hay, grain, wood, etc.
325 50
Household furniture
250 00
Groceries, provisions, etc.
125 14
Increase in personal property
$2,537 94 $260 17
84
RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE
Milk .
. $1,025 85
Labor
875.44
Vegetables
449 24
Eggs
67 30
Calves
27 75
Poultry
9 87
Swine
5 00
Cider
4 80
Use of horse
4 00
Meals
1 50
Sale of collar pad
65
$2,471 40
EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE
Labor
$215 17
Miscellaneous
25 80
Clothing
21 71
Fish
16 33
Swine
14 00
Repairs of harness
9 00
Bull service
4 75
Grain
4 50
Car fares
3 95
Hardware
2 69
Medicine
2 21
Fowls
2 00
$322 11
Excess of Receipts over Expenditures as shown by Town Treasurer's receipt
$2,149 29
GENERAL POOR ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$800 00
Excess of receipts at almshouse
.
·
2,149 29
85
Increase of personal property at almshouse 260 17 Received from Commonwealth on account Michael Falvey and family · Due from Town of Billerica on account Alphonse Brabant's family 4 00 ·
10 00
Received from Town of Billerica on account Alphonse Brabant's family 29 00
$3,252 46
EXPENDED AT ALMSHOUSE
Charles E. Hudson, groceries and grain $503 07
Charles W. Moulton, Supt., salary 490 00
Buck Bros., groceries and grain .
447 20
Mrs. Jennie F. Wright, horse .
287 50
Buck Bros., fertilizer 143 40
Stephen Buck, hay
135 77
Carl S. Pettengill, balance in exchange of COWS 130 00
Sidney C. Buck, meats and provisions 76 29
. James W. Murray, groceries 66 72
Sanford W. Putnam, labor
56 87
John W. Perry, blacksmithing
53 62
Robert Rowlands, hay 45 40 .
William H. Carter, labor
42 75
Charles E. Carter, meats and provisions
38 72
Thomas H. McMahon, meats and provisions 36 64
Daniel T. Buzzell, M. D., medical attendance 18 00
George Babine, labor 15 18
Bartlett & Dow, seeds
14 93
Willie B. McIntosh, sawing wood
12 00
Calvin H. Playdon, M. D. V., veterinary services 7 00
C. H. Hanson & Co., horse collars ·
4 50
F. A. Buckman, shoes
3 00
.
$2,628 56
86
EXPENDED FOR OUTSIDE POOR
On account :
Mrs. Evelina Babine and family $159 21
Mrs. Caroline Murphy and family 127 00
Mrs. Jeanie Skank and family 97 38
Mrs. Sadie White and family
81 00
Nellie Fortis and family (at State Hos-
pital) 54 28
Miss Sarah J. Eames
46 60
Alphonse Brabant's family
33 00
Michael Falvey and family
10 00
William H. Smith
3 00
Net expense for Outside Poor
$611 47
$3,240 03 Total paid on orders
Balance
$12 43
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT
ACCOUNT OF 1905 TAX
Uncollected January 1st, 1907
$6,171 16
Added to commitment
52
$6,171 68
Taxes collected
. $6,102 64
Taxes abated
69 04
$6,171 68
Interest collected, $592.71.
ACCOUNT OF 1906 TAX
Uncollected January 1st, 1907
$10,212 88
Taxes collected
$4,677 79
Taxes abated
56 80 4,734 59
Uncollected January 1st, 1908
$5,478 29
Interest collected, $170.70.
ACCOUNT OF 1907 TAX
Commitment $20,267 69
Taxes collected .
.
. $9,446 80
Taxes abated
13 96
.
.
.
9,460 76
Uncollected January 1st, 1908
$10,806 93
Interest collected, $5.69.
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MOTH ACCOUNT
Commitment
$51 58
Collected
16 99
Uncollected January 1st, 1908
$34 59
EXCISE TAX COLLECTED
Boston & Northern St. Ry. Co. $2,211 29
JOSEPH PATCHETT, Collector.
TREASURER'S REPORT
RECEIPTS
Cash in Treasury . . $635 00
Cash from State Treasurer, Corporation Tax
1,793 05
State Treasurer, National Bank Tax 28 05
State Treasurer, State Aid
412 00
State Treasurer, Street Railway Tax
2,485 14
State Treasurer, High School tuition in special cases 500 00,
State Treasurer, Income Mass. School Fund 845 63
State Treasurer, Suppression of Moths, 1906 1,051 57
State Treasurer, Temporary Aid 10 00
State Treasurer, Suppression of Moths, 1907 1,897 94
State Treasurer, Account Inspector of Animals 25 00
County Treasurer, Dog Licenses 308 43:
County Treasurer, on account Church Street 100 00
County Treasurer, on account Lawson's Road . 100 00
First Nat'l Bank, Reading, interest on deposits 35 33 B. F. Kidder, rent Town Hall 47 00
Chas. W. Moulton, Supt. Town Farm 2,149 29
S. R. McIntosh, for old stoves 4 00
John W. Hathaway, account James Blake 15 00
Isabella Holt, cemetery lot 288 10 00
Laura A. Miller, balance on cemetery lot 427 . 10 00
Antonio Musolino, cemetery lot 340 20 00
Hannah P. Taylor, cemetery lot 333 20 00
Nathan R. Prentiss, cemetery lot 280 15 00
Town of Billerica, account Alphonse Brabant's family 29 00
90
Fourth District Court, Eastern Middlesex fines 43 00
Licenses . 4 00
Property Owners, on account Moths 8 61
C. S. Harriman, bound stones .
3 48
R. H. Gowing, on account Supt. of Schools
437 50
Jenney Mfg. Co., oil barrels . 3 75
James E. Kelley, American Express license 1 00
James E. Kelley, printed records, births, etc. . 2 00
H. M. Horton, Sealer's fees 11 90
J. E. Watkins, use of road machine 5 00
Chas. W. Moulton, gravel from Town Farm
18 50
W. B. McIntosh, for dynamite
6 00
W. B. McIntosh, labor, Tree Department
15 25
W. B. McIntosh, labor on Common 4 00
W. B. McIntosh, labor public buildings . 2 00
H. M. Horton, for old stove, etc. 1 37
Boston & Maine R. R., labor grading Nichols Street bridge 385 89
Andover Savings Bank, income on Trust Funds 33 00
Almira E. Eames, perpetual care of Rich Carter cemetery lot 50 00
Estate of Geo. W. Sidelinker, perpetual care of cemetery lot 95
100 00
Estate of Minnie A. Sidelinker, perpetual care of cemetery lot 640 .
100 00
Joseph Patchett, Collector :
On account tax 1905 6,102 64
On account interest . 592 71
On account tax 1906 4,677 79
On account interest . 170 70
On account tax 1907
9,446 80
On account interest . 5 69
On account moths 16 99
Excise Tax, Boston & Northern St. Railway 2,211 29 Emma A. Coombs, tax release . 13 98
91
Heirs of Chas. Schaefer, tax release 1 86 Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank, Temporary Loans, anticipation taxes 1907 . . 14,500 00
$51,523 13
PAYMENTS
Paid Selectmen's orders .
. $30,697 86
State Tax
.
. 1,520 00
County Tax .
.
1,340 98
Town Notes, Temporary Loans
. 15,000 00
Interest on same .
507 50
Town Notes, Permanent Loans
690 00
Iuterest on same
200 04
Interest on Bond No. 1 .
400 00
Andover Savings Bank, Trust Funds, deposited Cash in Treasury .
250 00
916 75
$51,523 13
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
LIABILITIES
Bond No. 1, dated June 1, 1903, for 10 years, account Whitefield School ·
$10,000 00 Note dated July 5, 1902, for 8 years, account Trust Funds, balance 575 00
Note dated Sept. 1, 1903, for 10 years, account Fire Department, balance ·
1,500 00
Note dated Sept. 15, 1905, for 10 years, account High and Walker Schools, balance
1,920 00
Notes, anticipation taxes 1907
7,500 00
Account Street Railway tax
2,298 61
Account Trust Funds, sixth payment
200 00
$23,993 61
ASSETS
Cash in Treasury
$ 916 75
Due on tax 1906
5,478 29
Due on tax 1907
10,806 93
Due from State, account State Aid 432 00
Due from State, account Supt. of Schools
437 50
Due from James Blake
15 00
Due from Town of Billerica
4 00
Due from Cemetery Lots
95 00
Due from property owners, account moths
117 00
4,511 52
Sinking Fund, account Whitefield School Excess of Liabilities
1,179 62
$23,993 61
SINKING FUND ACCOUNT WHITEFIELD SCHOOL
COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
Dec. 19, 1903, Deposited in Blackstone
Savings Bank
$800 00
Interest on same to Oct 19, 1907 .
128 08
$928 08
Jan. 7, 1905, Deposited in Woburn Five
Cents Savings Bank
$850 00
Interest on same to Jan. 1, 1906
30 00
Dec. 30, 1905, Deposited
850 00
$1,730 00
Interest on same to Jan. 1, 1907
61 08
$1,791 08
Jan. 19, 1907, Deposited
850 00
$2,641 08
Interest on same to Jan. 1, 1908
92 36
Jan. 11, 1908, Deposited
.
850 00
$3,583 44 $3,583 44
$4,511 52
JAMES E. KELLEY HERBERT N. BUCK CHESTER W. CLARK
Commissioners.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS OF TOWN OF WILMINGTON
Funds are deposited in the Andover Savings Bank
NAME
Amount of Fund
Interest
Interest Drawn
Balance on Deposit
Benjamin Buck Library Fund
$500 00
$63 26
$563 26
Burnap Library Fund
200 00
37 66
237 66
Dolly Harnden Cemetery Fund
100 00
16 04
$2 00
114 04
James Frazer Cemetery Fund
200 00
12 61
4 00
208 61
Martha Temple Cemetery Fund
100 00
10 64
3 00
107 64
Susan S. Carlton Cemetery Fund
75 00
9 56
2 00
82 56
Thomas P. Eames Cemetery Fund
100 00
13 76
11 00
102 76
Sabra Carter Cemetery Fund
200 00
10 99
3 00
207 99
Sabra Carter Cemetery Fund
100 00
4 20
104 20
Sabra Carter Common Fund
200 00
34 19
4 00
230 19
Isaac Cazneau Cemetery Fund .
100 00
7 42
4 00
103 42
George W. and Minnie A. Sidelinker Cemetery Fund
200,00
200 00
Rich Carter Cemetery Fund
50 00
50 00
$2,125 00
$220 33
$33 00
$2,312 33
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FRED A. EAMES CHAS. J. SARGENT JOHN W. HATHAWAY Trustees.
MOTH DEPARTMENT
To the Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN :- As Local Moth Superintendent I hereby submit a brief report of the condition of the Town with regard to the gypsy and brown tail moths, together with the amount of work that has been done.
The work has been done in such a manner as to meet the ap- proval and satisfaction of the State Superintendent.
About ten miles of road have been cleared on both sides from all brush, leaves and rubbish, which have been burned. The walls that were infested with gypsy moths have been burned out with oil.
All the street trees have been burlaped except on a few of the short back streets, also the trees in a few of the worst infested colo- nies in woodland and orchards.
In regard to the spraying, I think that everyone will agree that the machine has proved very satisfactory. There has been consid- erable spraying done in orchards and a small amount done in wood- land on Woburn Street.
Nearly all the woodland of the Town has been scouted, and I find the south and east parts the most infested.
The woods on the south side of Woburn Street are very badly infested. The ground nests (by ground nests I mean those as high as a man can reach) have been treated.
The brown-tail moths are scattered all over the Town, to a cer- tain extent, but I find most of the property owners are taking a great deal of interest and are cutting the nests off. And I sincerely trust all the residents will do likewise. I will supply creosote and assist them at any time.
Respectfully submitted,
OLIVER A. McGRANE
Local Superintendent.
AUDITOR'S REPORT
All bills against the Town were examined before being paid and checked up with the Selectmen's books at the end of the year.
The Assessors' book was verified and compared with the com- mitment book before the latter was delivered to the Tax Collector.
The Tax Collector's books were examined at different times during the year, and his report as it appears in this book is correct.
The accounts of the Trustees of the Trust Funds were found ·correct.
I examined the Treasurer's books and accounts, and the balance on hand as shown by his statement, namely nine hundred and six- teen and seventy-five one-hundredths dollars ($916.75), is correct.
BERNARD F. DOUCETTE
Auditor.
REPORT OF THE WILMINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :-
The town is to be congratulated that all the fires occurring in town during the past year have been confined to the woods and to brush collections, with the exception of one barn destroyed before the department could reach it. No dwelling-house has been attacked by fire, although several have been menaced while some of the large wood fires were raging.
Sharp work on the part of firemen and willing workers in the vicinity has safeguarded several homes in line of the flames, on sev- eral occasions.
We believe Wilmington people feel more secure nowadays than before the establishment of our department, and that the public sentiment heartily endorses the maintenance of our body and will . always be willing to grant any legitimate requests for the sake of further efficiency.
The necessity for getting the fire apparatus promptly on hand would seem to suggest some arrangement whereby the town may control the use of horses when wanted.
We think if the town will arrange for the payment of a modest salary to a limited number of fire company members, that it will absolutely insure the presence of these men at all fires, and offer needed inducement for a personal interest and effectiveness in the fire protection our citizens really ought to have.
The question of the whistle fire signals involves the use of the one at C. S. Harriman's Tannery and at the one at the B. & M. Round House. The latter whistle should be available at any time, day and night, throughout the year ; and arrangements to that effect
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should be immediately made in order to give the earliest possible warning in time of danger.
Our body would recommend that an appropriation be made by the town of $500.00 for the expense of the Fire Department for 1908, and $200.00 for repairs and necessary supplies.
Cordially,
J. M. HILL, Chief OLIVER McGRANE, Asst. Chief A. D. BUTTERS
Board of Fire Engineers.
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
In presenting this, my first annual report, I desire to call the attention of the citizens of Wilmington to recent legisla- tion upon the subject of weights and measures.
Realizing the vast opportunities afforded to unscrupulous dealers by the lax enforcement of the laws in regard to honest weight and measure, the Legislature of 1907 made provision for the appointment of a new officer to be known as the Commissioner of Weights and Measures. At the same time they provided for the appointment of four Deputy Sealers whose duty it should be to travel about the State inspecting both the work of the local sealers and at the same time seek- ing evidence of violations of the laws in regard to honest weight and measure.
Under these circumstances it is for the best interest of all concerned that strict attention be paid by all persons buying or selling commodities of any kind whatever, to see that correct weight and measure be given and received.
Such results can only be obtained by the hearty co-opera- tion of the local merchants and sealer.
I wish to say that I have received such co-operation in the highest degree during the past year and I wish to thank the citizens of the town for the interest manifested in the work and the uniform courtesy shown me.
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The following table shows the amount of work done by this office during the year 1907.
Sealed
Adjusted Condemned Charges
Platform over 5,000 lbs.
4
2
$4 00
Platform under 5,000 lbs.
6
5
3 00
Butchers' scale
5
2
15
Spring balance
1
03
Counter scale
20
12
60
Weights
104
41
3 12
Dry measures
21
1
63
Liquid measures .
29
2
90
Yard sticks
2
06
Milk bottles
1,358
10
$12 49
HOWARD M. HORTON, Sealer.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
To the Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN : - The year 1907 saw more than the usual amount of labor and money expended on our streets in Wilmington. The increasing travel of heavy teams and motor vehicles calls for more substantial construction.
Each part of the town has received attention. In the south, Burlington Avenue has been rebuilt for two-thirds of its length, and the new road leading from it has been finished. In the west, the state road on the line of Main Street has been begun. A por- tion of Salem Street in the north part has been widened. Lowell Street in the east has been widened in its narrowest part. In the center, much has been done to improve the sidewalks and the new streets, Parker Street and Thurston Avenue, have been graded and surfaced.
Meanwhile all the streets in town have received repairs wher- ever needed.
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