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Tax commitment (December)
552 43
$40,608 54
Estimated Revenue Account
Cr.
Amounts Actually Received :
Corporation tax (P. S.) $ 226 48
Corporation tax (business)
58 91
National Bank tax
67 57
Street Railway Excise tax
3,385 36
Court fines
20 00
Licenses .
67 00
Actual receipts total
$3,825 32
Deficiency, transferred to Revenue
Account
$ 99 19
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SCHEDULE 4
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT
Temporary Loans
(Anticipation of taxes)
Outstanding January 1, 1914:
Note No. 9
$6,000 00
Note No. 11
2,000 00
$ 8,000 00
Borrowed during 1914:
Note No. 13
$6,000 00
Note No. 15
6,000 00
Note No. 16
6,000 00
Note No. 17
4,000 00
22,000 00
$30,000 00
Paid during 1914:
Note No. 9
$6,000 00
Note No. 11
2,000 00
Note No. 13
6.000 00
Note No. 15
6,000 00
20,000 00
Outstanding December 31, 1914 $10,000 00
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High and Walker School Note
(dated September 15, 1905)
Balance due January 1, 1914
$480 00
Paid during 1914
240 00
Balance due, December 31, 1914
$ 240 00
New High School Notes
(issue of 1914)
Outstanding, December 31, 1914
35,000 00
Total
$45,240 00
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SCHEDULE 5
Balance Sheet, January 1, 1914
Dr
Cash in Treasury
$ 1,489 68
Joseph Patchett, Collector:
Due on 1911 taxes $ 6 42
Due on 1912 taxes . 4,698 52
Due on 1913 taxes
12,475 56
Total .
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17,180 50
Funded Debt (Balancing Account)
480 00
$19,150 18
Balance Sheet December 31, 1914
Dr.
Cash in Treasury
$ 5,566 05
Joseph Patchett, Collector:
Due on 1913 taxes $4,407 64 Due on 1914 taxes . 14,331 05 Total . Funded debt (Balancing Account)
18,738 69
35,240 00
$59,544 74
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SCHEDULE 5
Balance Sheet, January 1, 1914
Cr.
Temporary loans
$8,000 00
Street Railway Account
4,593 35
Tax Abatements, Reserve Account
203 27
Tax abatements, 1913
121 08
High and Walker School Note (Bal- ance
480 00
Excess and Deficiency
5,752 48
$19,150 18
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1914
Cr.
Temporary loans
$10,000 00
Tax Abatements, Reserve Account
107 74
Tax abatements, 1913
101 98
Tax abatements, 1914
158 34
Cemetery lots, Reserve Account .
SS 00
New High School Building
(Balance subjects to drafts) 8,423 58
High and Walker School Note (Sep-
tember 15, 1905, balance)
$ 240 00
New High School Notes (issue of 1914) .
35,000 00
35,240 00
Excess and deficiency, balance Janu- ary 1, 1914
$5,752 48
Less 1914, net deficit
327 38
5,425 10
$59,544 74
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SELECTMEN'S RECOMMENDATIONS
The Selectmen recommend the following appropriations for the fiscal year 1915:
General Government:
Selectmen, salaries and general expenses $ 800 00 Town Accountant, salary and general expenses 250 00
Treasurer, salary and general expenses .
300 00
Collector, salary and general expenses .
1,000 00
Assessors, salaries and general expenses.
700 00
Town Clerk, salary and general expenses Election and Registration, salaries and general expenses .
325 00
Town Hall, janitor, light, fuel and re- pairs .
250 00
Town Constable
50 00
Protection of Life and Property :
Police Department
1,000 00
Fire Department
1,250 00
Suppression of moths (compulsory
$792.29 and incidentals $141.10)
933 39
Sealer of Weights and Measures .
50 00
Tree Warden
500 00
Forest Fires
500 00
Health:
Salary of Agent, quarantine wages, In- spection of Animals, Inspection of Meats and Provisions . · 500 00
120 00
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Highways, roads and bridges (includ-
ing Street Railway, Excise and Franchise Taxes) .
. $8,000 00
Electric street lights .
. 4,500 00
Charities :
Town Farm and Outside Poor
2,000 00
Aid for Dependent Mothers
416 00
Town Indebtedness:
Balance Note dated September 15,
1915, account High and Walker Schools
$ 240 00
Note No. 1, account New High School . 1,750 00
1,990 00
Abatement of taxes
100 00
Contingent fund.
1,000 00
Soldiers' Benefits:
State aid
504 00
Soldiers' Relief
48 00
Educacion :
Schools, including salaries, books and
supplies, repairs, fuel, furnishings,
outside tuition, transportation
(including estimated receipts of
$2,722.50)
18,336 00
Library
400 00
Memorial Day
150.00
Unclassified :
Printing Town Reports, care of Town Clock, etc. .
500 00
Cemetery .
500 00
Interest :
On loans for general purposes
$ 850 00
On new High School Loan
1,575 00
2,425 00
Note: The recommendations covering Highways, State Aid and Contingent Accounts are made in accordance with advices from State Bureau of Statistics. The estimated
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taxes to accrue from Street Railway and amount due from State, account State Aid, will be deducted by Assessors in making up tax levy. The Contingent Account is to provide for unforeseen expenses which may arise during the year. No payments can be made direct from the Contingent Account, but the Selectmen may vote to transfer amounts from this account to take care of unusual departmental expenses.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Number of inmates in the Almshouse, 3. .
Melvin W. Brown, Superintendent.
Inventory of Personal Property at Almshouse, January 1, 1914
Live stock $945 00
Farming tools and vehicles
785 65
Hay, grain, wood, manure, etc. 474 00
Household furniture
391 50
Groceries, provisions, etc.
169 15
$2,765 30
Inventory of Personal Property at Almshouse, January 1, 1915
Live stock .
$1,440 00
Farming tools and vehicles
770 15
Hay, grain, manure, etc. .
719 90
Household furniture
377 50
Groceries, provisions, etc.
301 81
3,609 36
Increase in Personal Property ·
$ 844 06
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Memorandum of Expenses at Town Farm paid on Town Orders
Salary, Superintendent
$424 97
Telephone
19 35
Hay and grain
247 34
Stable supplies
6 25
Blacksmithing.
22 10
Groceries and provisions
60 09
Paints, hardware, etc.
11 94
Live stock
480 00
Plowing seeds and fertilizer
137 35
Household furnishings
15 40
Miscellaneous
25 00
Repairs .
69 55
Farming implements
5 00
$1,524 34
Receipts at Almshouse
Team hire
$1,252 93
Calves
36 50
Milk
681 77
Poultry and eggs
16 90
Vegetables
392 24
Wood
174 50
Telephone
1 90
Pound fees
1 00
Cows
220 00
Pigs
8 00
Manure .
18 00
Miscellaneous
7 05
.
$2,810 79
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Payments at Almshouse
Labor
$719 51
Fish
27 43
Clothing and shoes .
18 94
Groceries and provisions .
545 93
Household and kitchen furnishings
10 62
Medical services and medicine .
7 60
Hardware and lumber
62 87
Miscellaneous
41 64
Hay and grain
582 60
Blacksmithing .
58 16
Pigs
22 00
Seeds and plants
53 73
Stable supplies and repairs
23 10
Cows
312 00
Tools
9 65
Cart hire
8 00
Ice
6 60
Fertilizer
96 40
Poultry .
37 28
Veterinarian
5 00
$2,649 06
Paid Town Treasurer
161 73
$2,810 79
Aid Rendered Outside Poor
Payments
Groceries and provisions .
$584 40
Fuel
65 65
Clothing and shoes .
12 77
Cash
145 30
Medical aid
143 89
Hospital and nursing
184 00
Transportation
8 67
$1,144 68
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Recapitulation Poor Account 1914
Payments
On Town orders
$1,524 34
At Almshouse
2,649 06
Aid rendered Outside Poor
1,144 68
$5,318 08
Resources
Appropriation
$1,600 00
Receipts at Almshouse
2,810 79
Received account aid rendered Out- side Poor
161 09
4,571 88
Cash deficit
$746 20
Increase in Personal Property at
Almshouse . 844 02
Net credit balance $97 82
Several bills are now due the Town for aid rendered Outside Poor, and had these been received in time to be included in this year's account the cash deficit would have been materially decreased.
EDWARD N. EAMES, Chairman, HERBERT C. BARROWS, ARTHUR W. EAMES,
Overseers of the Poor.
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ASSESSORS' VALUATION, 1914
Real Estate
$1,670,690 00
Personal property
310,026 00
Amount of tax assessed
36,128 36
State tax assessed
3,587 50
State Highway Tax
214 92
County tax assessed
1,967 39
Rate of taxation per $1000
17 60
Schedule of Town Property
Schoolhouses and lots
$65.000 00
Town Farm
5,000 00
Personal property at Town Farm
3,609 36
Town Hall lot and Fire Alarm equipment
3,800 00
Cemetery land and lots
1,300 00
Public Library and lot
1,000 00
Contents of Public Library
2,200 00
Hearse house
100 00
Highway tools
400 00
Town hearse
150 00
Town scales
150 00
Cemetery tool house and tools
100 00
Furniture in Selectmen's Office
100 00
Six safes
875 00
Two fire engines
1,000 00
Two hose wagons
250 00
Two fire engine houses and lots
1,600 00
Hose, ladders, horses, harness, etc.
600 00
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Police equipment
.
$ 35 00
Land account tax sales
.
200 00
Moth building
600 00
Sprayers, and fixtures
1,000 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures outfit
175 00
Forest fire outfit.
200 00
Common and Flag Staff
1,200 00
$90,644 36
JAMES E. KELLEY, GEORGE W. BUCK, MILTON T. HOLT,
Assessors of Wilmington.
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COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT
Account of 1911 Tax
Uncollected, January 1, 1914 . $6 42
Collected on Town Tax Titles 6 42
Account of 1912 Tax
Uncollected, January 1, 1914 (with
addition)
$4,701 76
Taxes collected
$4,606 23
Taxes abated
95 53
$4,701 76
Interest collected $418 60
Account of 1913 Tax
Uncollected, January 1, 1914
$12,475 56
Taxes collected
$8,048 82
Taxes abated
19 10
8,067 92
Uncollected, January 1, 1915
$4,407 64
Interest collected $278.69.
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Account of 1914 Tax
Commitment .
·
$36,128 36
Moth account
882 37
December commitment
552 43
$37,563 16
Taxes collected
$23,111 88
Taxes abated
.
120 23
23,232 11
Uncollected, January 1, 1915
$14,331 05
Interest collected $16.60.
Excise tax collected
$2,543 39
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JOSEPH PATCHETT,
Collector.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Receipts
Cash in Treasury
$1,489 68
Cash received on account of:
Corporation Tax P. S.
$ 226 77
Corporation Tax, business .
58 62
National Bank Tax
67 57
State Aid 448 00
Street Railway Tax
3,385 36
High School tuition
562 50
Income Mass. School Fund
1,313 36
Reimbursement for loss of taxes
on land used for public in- stitutions . 36
Suppression of moths
1,496 85
Inspector of Animals
75 00
New State Highway .
1,001 00
Tuition of children
94 00
State paupers
99 00
Aiding Dependent Mothers
69 99
Certification of Notes
40 00
Return of dog licenses
396 62
Superintendent of Schools .
400 00
Tree Warden
4 00
Fire Department
10 00
Court fines
20 00
New High School Bonds
35,000 00
Income Sarah D. J. Carter
Lecture Fund 240 00
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Income Cemetery and Common
Trust Funds
$ 132 73
Cemetery lots and graves .
176 00
Slaughter house inspection
159 00
Forest fires
97 78
Schools
.
26 79
Police
176 00
Poor
174 53
Sealers' fees
15 75
Printed Records
1 00
Hospital Medical attendance
49 29
Highway, roads and bridges
199 88
Licenses .
67 00
Perpetual care of cemetery lots
300 00
Temporary loans
22,000 00
Unredeemed tax sales
22 06
Taxes
38,316 74
Interest on taxes
713 89
Interest on deposits
130 53
Interest on bonds
166 25
$109,423 90
Payments
Paid Selectmen's orders
$77,183 51
State tax .
3,587 50
Repairs State Highway
214 92
County Tax
1,967 39
Temporary loans
20,000 00
Partial payment on loan
240 00
Interest
664 53
Cash in Treasury
5,566 05
$109,423 90
FRED A. EAMES, Treasurer.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS OF TOWN OF WILMINGTON 1914
Amount
Accumulated Interest
Withdrawn
Balance on Deposit
LIBRARY FUNDS:
Burnap, No. 8512 Andover
$200 00
$ 55 06
39 48
$255 06
Benjamin Buck, No. 18341 Andover
500 00
243 06
703 58
Charlotte C. Smith, No. 4215 Mechanics .
500 00
74 32
574 32
Sabra Carter Common Fund, No. 18349 Andover
200 00
53 67
249 67
CEMETERY FUNDS :
Isaac Cazneau, No. 18985 Andover
100 00
14 99
, 25
112 74
Susan Carlton, No. 18345 Andover
75 00
13 19
3 40
85 94
Geo. W. and Minnie Sidelinker, No 22450 Andover
200 00
33 79
11 00
230 39
Sabra Carter, Jaques Lot, No. 18347 Andover
200 00
39 52
25
228 52
William H. Carter, No. 24631 Andover
100 00
6 25
34 50
106 00
Dolly Harnden, No. 18342 Andover
100 00
37 53
3 40
103 03
Thomas P. Eames, No. 18346 Andover
100 00
12 92
1 95
109 52
Sabra Carter, No. 18348 Andover
100 00
18 26
2 50
116 31
Richard Carter, No. 22451 Andover
100 00
9 61
6 90
107 11
James Frazer, No. 18343 Andover
200 00
41 44
3 00
234 54
Martha Temple, No. 18344 Andover
100 00
24 22
3 70
121 22
S. D. J. Carter, No. 22579 Andover
200 00
38 85
65
235 15
Charlotte C. Smith, No. 4214 Mechanics .
50 00
5 23
54 58
Charles H. Hopkins, No. 4248 Blackstone
200 00
6 04
2 50
206 04
Abner C. Childs, 33384 Woburn
100 00
8 68
3 25
106 18
Gilman Harnden, No. 32614 Woburn
100 00
7 91
4 00
104 66
Laura Parker, No. 32615 Woburn
50 00
3 60
2 00
49 60
Sarah G. Sheldon, No. 33814 Woburn
200 00
5 29
1 75
203 29
Rufus C. Eames, No. 4642 Blackstone
100 00
1 00
99 25
John Sheldon Sargent, No. 4859 Blackstone
100 00
100 00
$3,875 00
$754 43
$132 73
$4,496 70
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4 00
2 25
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S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Col. 4% Bonds, Nos. 17546, 19667, 3986, 3991, 3992, 3993 Blackstone Savings Bank, No. 1879
$5,541 50 578 50
Bond Interest for 1914 Savings Bank Interest .
240 00 23 36
Paid F. A. Eames .
$6,383 36 $240 00
Balance on hand .
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$6,143 36 CALEB S. HARRIMAN, D. B. PURBECK, FRED A. EAMES, Trustees. 139
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen: I submit the following report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1914.
Number of arrests
22
Males
19
Females
3
Residents .
10
Non-residents
.
12
Causes of Arrest
Breaking and entering and larceny
1
Larceny
8
Insane
2
Delinquent child
2
Assault
1
Assault and battery
1
Trespassing
1
Vagrancy .
2
Non-support
1
Cruelty to dumb animals
1
Carrying concealed weapons
Keeping open shop on the Lord's Day for the purpose of doing business therein . 1 .
1
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Disposition of Cases
Sentenced to the House of Correction . 5
Suspended sentence to the House of Correction
1
Suspended sentence to Shirley
1
Placed on probation
1
Placed on file
4
Continued
4
Discharged
1
Turned over to the Chelsea Police
1
Danvers Insane Asylum
2
Number of fines imposed
6
Amount of fines imposed
$60
Cases investigated
16
Search warrants
.
2
Appealed cases
·
2
Dogs killed
.
7
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER A. HILL, Chief of Police.
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FIRE ENGINEERS' REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen. We hereby submit the annual report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1914, a roll call of members, record of fires and alarms, value of buildings damaged and insurance on same.
There were thirteen alarms given in the past year of 1914. Ten were for buildings and there were two for brush fires, and one for a chimney fire that was out of town.
Number of buildings destroyed by fire . 6
Number of buildings damaged by fire 2 .
Number of chimney fires 3 .
Number of fires caused by oil stoves
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1
January 12, 1914 - Box 32. Chimney fire Town Farm. No damage.
January 29, 1914 - Box 36. Out of town, false alarm.
February 11, 1914 - Box 32. House owned by Crockett estate. Cause, spark from chimney on roof. Damage $10. Value $1000. Insured $900.
April 14, 1914 - Box 27. Brush fire.
April 23, 1914 - Box 62. Brush fire.
May 23, 1914- Box 42. House owned by George Whitcomb, on Nichols Street, burnt down. Damage $1200. Value $1200. Insured $1200. Cause, chimney.
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*August 25, 1914 - Not reported. House owned by W. V. Buck. Value $500. Insured $500. Contents $300. Insured $300.
September 12, 1914 - Box 45. Barn owned by Antonette Settembre, off Aldrich Road, all burnt. Cause, not known. Value, $200. Insured, $400.
September 14, 1914 - Box 24. Barn owned by Harold Fay, on Woburn Street, fire in sleeping room. No damage. Value, $2000. Insured. Cause, oil stove.
October 26, 1914 - Box 17. Station at North Wilmington. burnt down. Cause, defective chimney. Value, $1500. Insured $1200. Contents, $500. Insured, $400.
November 3, 1914 - Box 37. House owned by W. A. Wetherspoon on Swain Road. Cause, not known. Value, $2000. Insured, $1500. Contents, $700. Insured, $500.
November 5, 1914 - Box 63. House owned by James Smitherman on Main Street, roof fire. Cause, spark from train. Value, $450. Insured, $350. Damage, $25.
December 5, 1914 - Box 42. House owned by Edward Hamilton on Hopkins Street. Chimney fire. No damage,
Dec. 16, 1915 - Box 64. Shed owned by W. H. Putman on Main Street, burnt. Cause, burning grass. Value, $20. Not insured.
Value of buildings lost by fire
$6,420
Insurance upon sanie .
4,800
Value of contents lost by fire
1,000
Insurance on same
900
What to do in Case of Fire
First call for the Fire Alarm Station. Give the box number nearest fire, and be sure and tell them what kind of an alarm you want blown.
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If it is a building fire tell them to blow for a HOUSE fire. If having an alarm blown for grass or woods fire, tell them to blow for BRUSH fire. Be sure you have been understood by the party at the whistle station.
Give the alarm as quick as possible, and be sure they get it right, as the Department depend on the first blasts to tell what kind of apparatus is wanted.
Remember there are only two kinds of alarms. One is HOUSE, the other is BRUSH.
After giving the alarm notify the Chief of that Depart- ment.
Roll of Department Chief
Albert D. Butters
Assistant Chief George S. Foote
Engine and Hose Company No. 1
W. W. Ricet
D. W. Boynton Chester Horton
H. M. Horton ¡
E. E. Simonds. H. R. Pratt
C. R. Bucký
J. E. Porter
Mason Alexander
J. D. White
Carroll Horton
Frank Muse
E. A. Shaw
Harry Miller
Rudolph Porter*
F. D. Butters*
E. L. Day*
Engine and Hose Company No. 2.
M. J. McMahon t Rodney Buck Harry Cutter
William H. Doucette John Doyle
Adrian Durkee
T. Gallagher
Oren Hale Frank Hoban
John H. Hoban
James Regan
L. H. Smith
A. Surrette
E. S. Wells
R. J. White
Ernest Eames*
Respectfully submitted
A. D. BUTTERS, G. S. FOOTE.
*Joined +Resigned
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REPORT OF FIRE WHISTLE COMMITTEE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The undersigned Committee in charge of the new fire alarm system wish to make the following report:
On March 28, 1914, the Town voted to raise $1800 for a fire whistle, which was left in full charge of the committee, who decided on a pneumatic whistle, which was let to R. W. LeBaron of Arlington, according to contract. This contract was to be $1675.
This committee was to furnish a room in the basement to keep the air tank, this room was to be twelve by sixteen feet and cement floor. We also had to make the tower higher so as to get che whistle up in the air for the sound to carry over the trees.
Appropriation
$1,800 00
Labor on contract
$1,675 00
Lumber
45 80
Cement
5 50
Labor
58 63
Five extra wheels
12 50
Unexpended
2 57
$1,800 00 $1,800 00
Respectfully submitted, ALBERT D. BUTTERS, Chairman, WINFRED W. RICE, Secretary, G. S. FOOTE.
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REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN
During the year 1914, the Forest Fire Department was called upon at the following fires:
February 3. Railroad fire near Town Farm. No damage.
April 11. Railroad fire. Lake and Nichols Street. No damage.
April 13. West Street near Reading line. Damage slight.
April 14. Butters Row near Everett Taylor's. No damage.
April 14. Railroad fire. Eames Street. Damage $200.
April 23. Railroad fire. Salem Street. No damage.
April 23. Church Street rear of Methodist Church. No damage.
April 25. Railroad fire near Lowell and Main Street. No damage.
April 25. Burlington Avenue land of John A. Taylor. Damage slight.
April 23. Railroad fire. Woburn Street. No damage.
May 2. Railroad fire near Lowell Street. No damage.
May 2. Hillside Road near Burlington line. No damage. May 2. Main Street near Silver Lake. No damage.
May 3. West Street near Reading line. Damage $50.
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May 20. Glen Road near Silver Lake. No damage.
May 23. Park Street, land of Otis Gowing. Damage $50.
May 28. Glen Road near Silver Lake. Damage $60.
May 24. Salem Street near sand pit. No damage.
May 24. Salem Street near Tewksbury line. No damage.
May 24. Wilmington Manor near Burlington line. No damage.
June 12. Railroad fire near Bridge lane. Damage $25.
June 13. Railroad fire. Salem Street. No damage.
June 19. West Street near Reading line. Damage slight.
June 22. West Street near Reading line. Damage slight.
June 23. Main Street near Bridge Lane.
June 26. Railroad fire near Lake Street. No damage.
June 26. Land of G. E. Hollis near Silver Lake. Damage $25.
September 14. Swain Road, Wilmington Gardens. Damage slight.
September 14. Aldrich Road land of Mrs. Septembre. Damage slight.
September 15. Aldrich Road, land of Mrs. Septembre. Damage slight.
September 15-16-17. Swain Road, Wilmington Gardens. Damage slight.
September 26. Boutwell Street near Roosevelt Road. No damage.
September 29. Wilmington Garden Annex. No damage.
October 3-4. Town Farm. Damage slight.
October 3-12. Railroad fire near Salem Street. Damage $200.
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October 4. Bedell's Corner. No damage.
October 4. Land of Judge Emmons. Damage slight.
October 5. Railroad fire near Lake Street. Damage $100.
October 7. Marion Avenue, land of L. C. Swain. Damage slight.
October 9. Railroad fire near Eames Street. No damage.
October 8. Shawsheen Avenue, land of F. H. Alexander. No damage.
October 8. Railroad fire. Main Street. Damage $25 October 11. Burlington Avenue and Boutwell Street. Damage $100.
October 11. Land of W. H. H. Emmons. Damage slight.
October 10. Land of Frank Winn. Damage slight.
October 12. Main Street near Bridge Lane. Damage $100.
October 12. Chestnut Street, Bell Farm. Damage slight.
October 12. Middlesex Avenue near North Station. Damage $800.
October 15. Butters Row near canal bank. Damage $50.
October 25. Marion Avenue. No damage.
November 1. Swain Road. No damage.
November 3. Swain Road (Witherspoon house). No damage.
November 4. Railroad fire near Silver Lake. No damage.
November 13. Railroad fire near Woburn line. No damage.
HOWARD M. HORTON,
Forest Warden.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Wilmington :
I hereby submit the following report as Superintendent of Streets for the ensuing year.
Street Railway Tax:
Removing snow
$614 51
Lowell Street
2,134 63
Main Street
181 50
Chestnut Street
302 38
High Street
22 50
Ballardvale Street
99 25
Burlington Avenue
1,030 38
Salem Street
SS 75
Federal Street .
19 25
Church Street .
1,05 38
Park Street
8 00
Material and repairs
1,536 28
Highways
Scraping roads .
$415 82
Chestnut Street
138 38
Ballardvale Street
125 94
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Middlesex Avenue
187 50
Glen Road
454 25
Harnden Street
121 25
Pumps and repairs
62 15
Insurance, gravel and repairs
280 20
$1,785 49
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New State Highway
Labor
$968 07
Stone
423 60
Boston & Maine Freight
262 79
Tarvia
673 50
Roller
93 50
Tools, etc.
69 96
$2,491 42
By the special appropriation of $1500 by the Town and $1000 by the State, the macadam on Lowell Street was continued 1150 feet, and I hope the coming year the Town will continue by a much larger appropriation as it is the wishes of the State Highway and County Commissioners to complete it to the Reading Town line, they paying each one-third the cost.
By the inspection of the abutments at the bridge on Church Street they were found to be in a dangerous con- dition, so we relayed them, covering the same with a rein- forced concrete cover.
Lowell Street has been laid out by the County Commis- sioners and we have widened it and nearly completed a sidewalk from West Street to Perry's corner.
The need of a stone crusher appears to be more of a paying proposition and I will recommend the purchase of one the coming year.
As part of the Street Railway Tax has been used by the Assessors, I wish the Town would vote to replace the amount taken by them to our Street Department.
We have placed bound stone on Salem Street as laid out by the County Commissioners.
Respectfully submitted,
W. B. McINTOSH, Superintendent of Streets.
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REPORT OF THE SARAH D. J. CARTER LECTURE COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Wilmington:
The following programme for the 1914-1915 Course was arranged and announcements of the same mailed to the citizens of Wilmington, stating the dates, and that the entertainments would be held in the Grange Hall, Wild- wood Street, Wilmington.
Saturday, October 17, 1914, at 2 p.m .- Children's Enter- tainment, by Mr. Pitt F. Parker, The Crayon Wizard; Friday, November 20, 1914, at 7.45 p.m .- Mr. Reno B. Welbourn, Subject, "In the Year 2000"; Friday, December 18, 1914, at 7.45 p.m .- Mr. Melville C. Freeman, Leccure: Alexander Hamilton; Wednesday, January 20, 1915, at 7.45 p.m .- The Pierces, in Drama; Friday, February 12, 1915, at 7.45 p.m .- The Strollers, Male Quartette.
DR. D. T. BUZZELL, Chairman, JAMES E. KELLEY, Treasurer, JOHN W. HATHAWAY, Secretary, CALEB S. HARRIMAN, EUGENE G. SHAW, Carter Lecture Committee.
TREASURER'S REPORT
Balance on deposit January 1, 1914 $ 2 92
January 17, from Trustees of Trust Funds . 120 00
October 15, from Fred A. Eames, Town Treasurer 35 00
November 13, from Fred A. Eames, Town
Treasurer 85 00
$242 92
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Expenses for 1914
January 19, to Eastern Lyceum Bureau $35 00
February 23, to Eastern Lyceum Bureau 35 00 February 26, to Grange Hall Corporation, hall rent 30 00
October 8, to John W. Hathaway, postage stamps . 5 50
October 9, to W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing 8 09
November 20, to Charles L. Briggs, for the Bureau 47 50
December 19, to Charles L. Briggs, for the Bureau 47 50
December 31, cash to balance
34 33
$242 92
Note: On January 7, 1915, received from Fred A. Eames, Town Treasurer, $120. Two entertainments and the rent of the hall for the Course are to be paid therefrom.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES E. KELLEY, Treasurer.
153
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Citizens of Wilmington :
The Board of Health herewith submits its annual report. The number of contagious diseases reported to the Board of Health are as follows:
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