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Poor .
5 00
Received account aid rendered Outside
Poor
24 00
Received freight on fertilizer
1 22
Received for labor and team hire .
.
1,273 00
Received for milk
1,121 95
Received for poultry and eggs
508 94
Received for vegetables
·
91 12
Received for live stock
1,091 67
Received for hay
98 44
Received for slaughtering
117 50
Received for wood, bags
16 10
Received for miscellaneous .
15 00
Transferred from Balance Account
3,276 57
86
Payments
Account Town Farm:
Superintendent's salary
$ 574 98
Groceries and provisions
806 73
Labor
1,769 75
Hardware and repairs
284 37
Hay, grain and feed.
2,794 41
Live stock
1,340 50
Poultry and eggs
174 85
Dry goods and furnishings
41 53
Seeds and fertilizers
213 37
Blacksmithing .
86 76
Medicines and medical services
29 75
Farming implements
16 30
Fuel and light
·
50 80
Telephone
24 77
Miscellaneous . ·
9 21
Total account Town Farm . . $8,218 08
Account Outside Poor :
Groceries and provisions
$301 92
Fuel
.
55 99
Clothing and shoes .
36 40
Cash
479 00
Hospital treatment .
6 00
Medical services and medicines
38 00
Transportation
5 12
Total account Outside Poor
$ 922 43
Total payments account Town Farm and Outside Poor 9,140 51
$9,140 51 $9,140 51
.
.
.
87
Aid to Dependent Mothers
Appropriation
$200 00
Received from State
65 00
Transferred from Contingent Fund
100 34
Payments
Paid under provisions Chapter 763, Acts
1913 .
$365 34
$365 34
$365 34
Electric Lights at Town Farm
Appropriation
$150 00
Payments
Paid for installation per contract .
$150 00
State Aid
Appropriation $1,000 00
Payments
Paid as per State returns
$875 00
Unexpended, transferred to Balance
Account
125 00
$1,000 00 $1,000 00
Soldiers' Relief
Appropriation .
$48 00
Payments .
. $48 00
88
EDUCATION
Schools
Appropriation
Received on account curtains ·
$22,000 00 4 50
Payments
Salaries
. . $16,031 92
Fuel .
2,456 30
Miscellaneous
226 67
Repairs
413 40
New equipment
164 51
Insurance .
735 86
Books and supplies
1,097 75
Transportation
400 00
Industrial education
473 29
$21,999 70
Unexpended, transferred to Balance
Account
·
4 80
$22,004 50 $22,004 50
Public Library
Appropriation
$300 00
Received for fines and damage to books
40 16
Received from Trustees of Trust Funds
160 74
Payments
Salary, Librarian $168 50 Books and magazines . 233 18 ·
89
Light
$ 13 97
Janitor
7 50
Postage and stationery
2 31
Repairs
2 25
Binding
38 19
Fuel
.
.
22 50
Cataloging
12 50
$500 90
$500 90
Unclassified
Appropriation
$500 00
Received account condemned tax sales .
24 38
Received account tax release deeds
23 82
Transferred from Contingent Fund ·
189 74
Payments
Printing Town Reports
$291 00
Certifying Town Notes
8 00
Care of Town flag
110 00
Repairs to flag
2 00
Tax sales .
210 55
American flag
31 75
Hospital treatment employee
of injured Town
6 86
Taxes on Town property
9 53
Rent safe deposit box .
10 00
Care of Town clock
45 00
Ringing Town bell .
5 00
Miscellaneous
·
8 25
.
.
$737 94
$737 94
·
90
Memorial Day
Appropriation
$200 00
Payments
Music
·
$90 72
Flags
·
.
10 31
Printing
4 00
Flowers
16 25
Special cars
14 40
Memorial address
21 00
Refreshments
27 00
Auto hire .
3 00
Miscellaneous
7 72
Unexpended, transferred to Balance
Account
5 60
$200 00
$200 00
High Street Triangle
Appropriation
$15 00
Payments
Care of grass plot $15 00
Service Flag
Appropriation
$25 00
Payments
Service flag
$25 00
$194 40
91
Committee on Public Safety
Appropriation
$150 00
Payments
Postage, printing and stationery
$40 10
Telegrams and telephone
6 27
Cabinet
5 00
Miscellaneous
17 24
$68 61
Unexpended
81 39
$150 00
$150 00
Balance
$ 81 39
Cemetery
Appropriation
$500 00
Received one-half from sale cemetery
lots
57 50
Payments
Salaries and wages
$460 80
Tools and hardware
4 55
$465 35
Unexpended, transferred to Balance
Account .
.
92 15
.
.
.
.
$557 50 $557 50
92
Trust Funds
Received from Trustees, income S. D. J. Carter Free Lecture Fund $240 00
Received for Perpetual Care Fund, cemetery lot Thomas Day ·
100 00
Received from Trustees, income account Cemetery and Common Funds
51 60
Payments
S. D. J. Carter Free Lecture Committee, income
$240 00
Trustees of Trust Funds, Perpetual Care Fund, lot Thomas Day
100 00
Mowing and raking Common
5 00
Care Cemetery Lots:
Isaac Cazneau
2 00
Susan Carlton
1 25
George W. and Minnie A. Sidelinker
2 00
Sabra Carter (Jaques Lot)
12 10
William H. Carter
1 50
Dolly Harnden
50
Thomas P. Eames
1 75
Sabra Carter
1 00
Richard Carter
1 25
James Frazer .
3 00
Martha Temple
1 25
S. D. J. Carter
.
1 00
Charlotte C. Smith .
2 50
Charles H. Hopkins
2 25
Abner C. Childs
1 50
Gilman Harnden
1 75
Laura Parker .
4 00
Sarah G. Sheldon
·
50
Rufus C. Eames
1 50
John Sheldon Sargent
1 75
Isabelle Holt .
1 75
Henry Blanchard
.
50
.
.
$391 60
$391 60
93
Interest
Appropriation :
General loans .
$ 300 00
High School Bonds .
. 1,400 00
$1,700 00
Received interest on taxes
1,309 24
Received interest on deposits
165 63
Transferred from Contingent Fund
300 60
Payments
On temporary loans
.
.
$2,136 49
On High School Bonds
·
.
1,338 76
To State Treasurer
.
.
22
$3,475 47 $3,475 47
Town Indebtedness
Appropriation
$1,750 00
Payments
Paid High School Bonds, Nos. 7 and 8 . $1,750 00
Contingent Fund
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Transferred to
Treasurer
$ 40 48
Tax Collector .
43 33
Town Hall
276 78
Unclassified
189 74
Interest .
300 60
Dependent Mothers' Aid .
100 34
Health
30 90
Moth Account
17 83
$1,000 00 $1,000 00
94
Abatement 1916 Taxes
Balance from 1917
$121 03
Transferred from Reserve Account 1916 Taxes Abated .
$216 52
$216 52
$216 52
Abatement 1917 Taxes
Balance from 1917
$347 10
1917 Taxes Abated . ·
$ 12 12
Balance .
334 98
$347 10
$347 10
Balance .
$334 98
Abatement 1918 Taxes
Appropriation
$100 00
Overlay
99 52
1918 Taxes Abated .
$ 2 46
Balance .
197 06
$199 52
$199 52
Balance .
$197 06
Reserve Account
Balance from 1917
$125 95
Transferred to Abatement 1916 Taxes $95 49
Balance .
30 46
$125 95
$125 95
Balance .
$30 46
.
.
.
.
.
95 49
95
Excess and Deficiency Account
Dr.
Deficiency in total receipts for year $8,505 98
Cr.
Balance January 1, 1918 ·
$2,383 09
Receipts from State, account year 1917
990 77
Balance .
5,132 12
$8,505 98
Dr. Balance January 1, 1919
$5,132 12
96
SCHEDULE 2
Balance Account
Dr.
Overdrafts:
Police
$ 795 13
Moth Suppression
19 09
Forest fires
421 67
Poor
·
3,276 57
Deficiency in estimated receipts
5,082 02
.
.
$9,594 48
97
SCHEDULE 2
Balance Account
Cr.
Unexpended balances:
Selectmen
$54 40
Town Accountant
40 65
Assessors
60 90
Town Clerk
2 13
Election and Registration .
43 61
Fire Department
261 35
Sealer Weights and Measures
12 82
Tree Warden
48 15
Highways
271 84
Street Lights
60 87
State Aid
125 00
Schools .
·
4 80
Memorial Day
5 60
Cemetery
92 15
$1,084 27
From Revenue Account
4 23
Total deficiency, transferred to Excess and Deficiency
8,505 98
$9,594 48
.
98
SCHEDULE 3
Revenue Account
Dr.
Appropriations (for Town purposes)
$52,011 50
Transferred to Balance Account .
4 23
$52,015 73
Estimated Receipts
Dr.
Estimated:
Street Railway
$3,500 00
State Aid
.
1,000 00
Schools .
2,168 70
Corporation tax, public service .
429 00
Corporation tax, business
·
.
2,415 55
National Bank tax .
71 28
Cemetery
75 00
Licenses
196 00
Court fines
31 00
Income tax, 1918
3,861 82
Income tax, 1917 (unused)
376 00
Soldiers' exemptions
45 88
Reimbursement loss of taxes
1 94
$14,172 73
99
SCHEDULE 3
Revenue Account
Cr
Estimated receipts
$14,172 73
Tax committed to Collector
.
37,843 00
$52,015 73
Estimated Receipts
Cr.
Amounts actually received:
State Aid
$ 412 83
Schools
2,538 50
Corporation tax, public service .
·
255 45
Corporation tax, business
1,169 02
National Bank tax .
71 28
Cemetery
57 50
Licenses .
163 00
Court fines
255 50
Income tax, 1918
3,736 51
Income tax, 1917 (not used)
376 00
Soldiers' exemptions
53 22
Reimbursement loss of taxes
1 90
Deficiency in Estimated Receipts, transferred
to Balance Account
5,082 20
$14,172 73
:
.
$9,090 71
100
SCHEDULE 4
Statement of Town Debt Temporary Loans
(Anticipation of Revenue)
Outstanding January 1, 1918:
Note No. 53 ·
. $10,000 00
Note No. 54 · .
. 16,000 00
Note No. 55 . .
. 10,000 00
-
-
$36,000 00
Borrowed during 1918:
Note No. 57
. $ 3,500 00
Note No. 58
. 15,000 00
Note No. 59
. 16,000 00
Note No. 60
10,000 00 .
Note No. 61
6,500 00 ·
Note No. 62
16,000 00 67,000 00
$103,000 00
Paid during 1918:
Note No. 53
. $10,000 00
Note No. 54
. 16,000 00
Note No. 55
. 10,000 00
Note No. 57
3,500 00 .
Note No. 58
15,000 00
Note No. 59
16,000 00 70,500 00 .
·
.
Outstanding December 31, 1918
$32,500 00
101
New High School Bonds
Outstanding January 1, 1918
$29,750 00
Paid during 1918
1,750 00
Outstanding December 31, 1918 . $28,000 00
Total Town Indebtedness December 31, 1918
$60,500 00
102
SCHEDULE 5
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1918
Dr.
Cash in Treasury .
$ 1,199 17
Joseph Patchett, Collector :
Due on 1917 taxes .
8,405 49
Walter L. Hale, Collector : Due on 1918 Taxes .
18,522 30
Accounts Receivable .
8,679 76
Funded Debt (Balancing Account)
28,000 00
Excess and Deficiency Account
5,132 12
$69,938 84
103
SCHEDULE 5
Balance Sheet, December 31,§1918
Cr.
Temporary loans
$32,500 00
Reserve Account
30 46
Tax Abatements, 1918
197 06
Tax Abatements, 1917
334 98
Cemetery lots, Reserve Account .
88 00
Fencing Whitefield and West School- house lots
27 19
High School Bonds
28,000 00
Suspense Account · .
8,679 76
Committee on Public Safety
81 39
$69,938 84
104
SELECTMEN'S ESTIMATES
General Government:
Selectmen, salaries and expenses . $ 850 00
Town Accountant, salary and expenses 450 00
Treasurer, salary and expenses
450 00
Collector, salary and expenses
1,000 00
Assessors, salary and expenses
925 00
Town Clerk, salary and expenses .
120 00
Election and Registration, salaries and expenses 300 00
Town Hall, janitor, fuel, light and repairs .
200 00
Town Constable . ·
50 00
Protection of Life and Property :
Police Department, receipts, etc. and 1,500 00
Fire Department, receipts, etc. and 1,250 00
Suppression of Moths (compulsory, $879.46), Incidentals, Telephone, Insurance, etc. and . 1,200 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, receipts, etc. and 75 00
Tree Warden, receipts, etc. and 300 00
Forest Fires, receipts, etc. and 500 00
Health and Sanitation :
Board of Health Agents' salary, quarantine wages, Inspector of Animals, Inspector of Meats and Provisions, Vital Statistics, re- ceipts, etc. and 300 00
Highways:
Highways, Roads and Bridges, including Street Railroad Excise and Franchise Tax 7,500 00
Electric Street Lights .
5,800 00
.
105
Charities :
Town Farm and Outside Poor, receipts, etc. and $1,500 00 Aid for Dependent Mothers, receipts and 200 00
Town Indebtedness:
Bonds, Nos. 9 and 10, account High School 1,750 00
Contingent Fund . 1,000 00
Soldiers' Benefits:
State Aid
500 00
Soldiers' Relief
48 00
Education :
Schools, including salaries, books and supplies, repairs, fuel, furnishings, tuition at vocational schools, outside tuition, transportation, in- cluding estimated receipts of $2,538.50 .
25,533 00
Library, receipts and
300 00
Memorial Day
200 00
Cemetery, receipts and .
500 00
Unclassified, printing Town Reports, care of Town Clock, etc. and .
500 00
Interest:
On loans for general purposes, receipts and 450 00
On High School Loan 1,265 00
Abatements
100 00
106
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Number of inmates in the Almshouse 2
Melvin W. Brown, Superintendent.
Inventory of Personal Property at Almshouse, January 1, 1918
Live Stock $2,166 00
Farming tools and vehicles .
1,231 02
Hay, grain, manure, etc.
1,422 35
Household furniture
407 00
Groceries, provisions, etc. .
.
498 13
$5,724 50
Inventory of Personal Property at Almshouse January 1, 1919
Live Stock . $2,706 00
Farming tools and vehicles .
·
·
1,173 77
Hay, grain, manure, etc.
2,682 95
Household furniture
. 412 00
Groceries, provisions, etc.
. ·
570 50
Increase in Personal Property
$7,545 22 $1,820 72
.
107
Memorandum of Expenses at Town Farm paid on Town Orders
Salary, Superintendent
.
$ 574 98
Telephone .
.
24 77
Groceries and provisions
·
.
506 84
Labor
45 00
Hardware and repairs .
243 05
Hay, grain and feed .
2,543 46
Blacksmithing
86 76
Fuel and light
50 80
Dry goods and furnishings
12 75
Seeds and fertilizer
192 47
Farming tools
16 30
Medical services and medicines
90
Miscellaneous
4.50
$4,302 58
Receipts at Almshouse
Labor and team hire
.
·
. $1,273 00
Milk
1,121 95
Poultry and eggs
508 94
Vegetables
91 12
Live stock .
1,091 67
Hay .
53 44
Slaughtering
117 50
Wood, bags
16 10
Miscellaneous
15 00
$4,288 72
Payments at Almshouse
Groceries and provisions
$ 299 89
Labor
.
.
1,724 75
Hardware and repairs . .
. .
41 32
108
Hay, grain and feed
.
$ 250 95
Live stock .
.
1,340 50
Poultry and eggs
174 85
Dry goods and furnishings
28 78
Seeds and fertilizers
20 90
Medical services and medicines
28 85
Miscellaneous
4 71
$3,915 50
Paid Town Treasurer .
373 22
$4,288 72
Aid Rendered Outside Poor
Groceries and provisions
$301 92
Fuel .
55 99
Clothing and shoes
36 40
Cash
479 00
Hospital treatment
6 00
Medical services and medicines
38 00
Transportation .
5 12
.
$922 43
Recapitulation 1918 Poor Account
Resources
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Received account Outside Poor
29 00
Received freight on fertilizer
1 22
Received for hay
45 00
Received at Almshouse
.
4,288 72
$5,863 94
.
.
109
Charges
Payments on Town Orders . $4,302 58
Payments at Almshouse 3,915 50 .
Payments account Outside Poor 922 43
$9,140 51
Cash overdraft
$3,276 57
Increase in Personal Property $1,820 72
Due from State account Outside Poor 824 87
2,645 59
Net Debit for year $630 98
C. F. PERRY, Chairman, F. W. DAYTON, H. C. BARROWS, Overseers of the Poor.
110
ASSESSORS' VALUATION, 1918
Real Estate .
. $1,900,960 00
Personal property .
.
297,701 00
Amount of tax assessed .
47,382 49
State tax assessed
5,170 00
State Highway tax assessed
735 60
County tax assessed
2,562 14
Fire prevention tax
26 36
Commutation tax assessed
2 23
Town tax assessed, including overlay
37,838 77
Moth tax assessed .
947 87
Amount assessed on polls
·
1,356 00
Rate of taxation per $1,000
20 50
Schedule of Town Property
Schoolhouses and lots
$65,000 00
Town Farm .
4,000 00
*Personal property at Town Farm
Town Hall, lot, and Fire Alarm equipment
3,800 00
Cemetery land and lots .
1,000 00
Public Library and lot .
1,000 00
Contents of Public Library
2,400 00
Hearse House
100 00
Hearse .
100 00
Highway tools and machinery
2,000 00
Town scales (Condemned)
.
Cemetery tool house and tools
100 00
Furniture in Selectmen's office
.
100 00
.
.
.
.
.
.
111
Eight safes
$1,250 00
Two fire engines
750 00
Two hose wagons .
250 00
Two fire engine houses and lots
1,500 00
Hose, ladders, horses, harness, etc
600 00
Police equipmen: .
35 00
Land account of tax sales
.
445 00
Moth building and lot
600 00
Sprayers and fixtures
600 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures outfit
250 00
Forest Fire outfit .
150 00
Common and Flag Staff
1,200 00
$87,230 00
(*See Overseers of Poor, appraisal.)
JAMES E. KELLEY,
GEORGE W. BUCK, MILTON T. HOLT,
Assessors of Wilmington.
.
112
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT
Account of 1916 Tax
Uncollected, January 1, 1918
$8,378 50
Taxes collected
$8,161 98
Taxes abated
216 52
$8,378.50
Interest collected
$812 95
Account of 1917
Uncollected January 1, 1918
$18,951 30
Taxes collected
$10,533 69
Taxes abated .
12 12
10,545 81
Uncollected January 1, 1919
$8,405 49
Interest collected
$465 10
JOESPH PATCHETT,
Collector.
113
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT
Account of 1918 Tax
Commitment
. $47,382 49
Additional, October 30th
2 00
Total Commitment
$47,384 49
Taxes collected
$28,859 73
Taxes abated
2 46
Total taxes collected
$28,862 19
Uncollected January 1, 1919 .
$18,522 30
Interest collected
$31 19
WALTER L. HALE, Collector.
114
TREASURER'S REPORT
Receipts
Cash in Treasury
$11,950 56
Cash received on account of:
Industrial and Vocational Schools
151 75
Temporary aid
680 59
Suppression of moths
754 02
Maintenance of Highways .
50 00
Highway Commission
60 18
Inspection of animals
75 00
Corporation Tax, Public Service
255 45
Corporation Tax, Business
1,169 02
Income Tax
3,924 51
National Bank Tax
.
71 28
Tuition of children
330 75
State Aid
412 83
Reimbursement for loss of taxes
on land used for Public Institu- tions
1 90
Soldiers' exemptions .
53 22
Aid of mothers with dependent children ·
65 00
·Superintendent of Schools
1,250 00
State Forestry
251 22
Income Massachusetts School
fund
1,029 65
Slaughter house inspection 115 00
Return of dog licenses
390 45
Salem Street Highway
200 00
Cemetery lots .
115 00
Perpetual care of cemetery lot
100 00
Income of S. D. J. Carter lecture
fund 240 00
Income from trust funds
212 34
Poor
443 44
Court fines
·
.
.
255 50
.
.
115
Fire Department
$ 36 20
Insurance
9 77
Library
40 16
Licenses
163 00
Schools
15 40
Revenue loans
67,000 00
Taxes, 1916
8,161 98
Interest taxes, 1916
812 95
Taxes, 1917
10,533 69
Interest on taxes, 1917
465 10
Taxes, 1918
28,859 73
Interest on taxes, 1918
31 19
Sealers' fees
17 22
Police
98 00
Tax sales
24 38
Deeds of release
23 82
Forest fires
48 71
Fuel
30 48
Interest on deposits
165 63
Automobile hire
5 00
$141,151 07
Payments
Paid Selectmen's orders
$55,107 33
Town Notes
70,500 00
Interest
3,475 47
High School Bond
1,750 00
County Tax
2,562 14
State Tax
5,170 00
Fire prevention
26 36
Repairs State Highway
.
735 60
Superintendent of Schools
625 00
$139,951 90
Cash in Treasury
1,199 17
$141,151 07
FRANK L. EAMES, Treasurer.
.
.
.
.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS OF TOWN OF WILMINGTON 1918
Amount
Accumulated Interest
With- drawn
Balance on Deposit
Library Funds:
Andover
No. 8512
$200 00
$100 98
$300 98
Benjamin Buck.
Andover
No. 18341
500 00
182 83
$160 74
522 09
Charlotte C. Smith. .
Mechanics No. 4215
500 00
90 15
590 15
Sabra Carter Common Fund ... Andover
No. 18349
200 00
73 46
5 00
268 46
Cemetery Funds:
Isaac Cazneau. .
Andover
No. 18985
100 00
27 62
2 00
125 62
Susan Carlton. .
Andover
No. 18345
75 00
21 92
1 25
95 67
George W.& Minnie A. Sidelinker Andover
No. 22450
200 00
60 77
2 00
258 77
Sabra Carter (Jaques Lot) .
. Andover
No. 18347
200 00
59 86
12 10
247 76
William H. Carter
Andover
No. 24631
100 00
20 67
1 50
119 17
Dolly Harnden.
Andover
No. 18342
100 00
19 63
50
119 13
Thomas P. Eames
Andover
No. 18346
100
00
21 76
1 75
120 01
Sabra Carter.
Andover
No. 18348
100
00
34 31
00
133 31
Rich. Carter.
Andover
No. 22451
100
00
23 60
1 25
122 35
James Frazer .
Andover
No. 18343
200
00
49 95
3 00
246 95
Martha Temple.
Andover
No. 18344
100
00
36 48
1 25
135 23
S. D. J. Carter.
Andover
No. 22579
200
00
72 20
1 00
271 20
Charlotte C. Smith ..
Mechanics No. 4214
50
00
11 85
2 50
59 35
Charles H. Hopkins
Blackstone No. 4248
200 00
36 80
2 25
234 55
Abner C. Childs.
Woburn
No. 33384
100 00
22 39
1
50
120 89
Gilman C. Harnden
Woburn
No. 32614
100 00
20 19
1 75
118 44
Laura Parker. .
Woburn
No. 32615
50
00
3 38
4 00
49 38
Sarah G. Sheldon.
Woburn
No. 33814
200
00
27 31
50
226 81
Rufus C. Eames.
Blackstone No. 4642
100
00
12 55
1 50
111 05
John Sheldon Sargent.
Blackstone No. 4859
100 00
11 64
1 75
109 89
Isabelle Holt.
Blackstone No. 5169
75
00
8 06
1 75
81 31
Henry Blanchard.
Blackstone No. 5604
50 00
4 88
50
54 38
Nathan B. Eames.
.
Mechanics No. 6899
100 00
3 40
103 40
Thomas Day. .
Andover
No. 31514
100 00
100 00
$4,200 00
$1,058 64
$212 34
$5,046 30
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Burnap. .
S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund: Am. Tel. & Tel. Co. 4% Col. Bonds 1929: Nos. 17546, 19667, 3986, 3991, 3992, 3993 Blackstone Savings Bank No. 1879 Bond Interest for 1918 . Savings Bank Interest .
$5,541 50 578 50 240 00 130 02
.
$6,490 02 240 00
Paid Frank L. Eames .
.
.
.
$6,250 02 DUDLEY B. PURBECK, CALEB S. HARRIMAN, FRED A. EAMES, Trustees.
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen: I submit the following report of the Police De- partment for the year ending December 31, 1918:
Number of arrests
77
Males
.
.
.
64
Females
. 13
Residents
.
.
. 11
Non-residents
66
Causes of Arrest
Trespassing
5
Insane
Violation of the automobile laws
.
6 23
Disorderly houses .
. 9
Fornication .
6 2 1
Non-support
·
Stubborn child
Violation compulsory work law
Larceny
.
Delinquency
.
·
Receiving stolen property
Drunks
4
Assault on an officer
Operating an automobile while under the influence of liquor
Idle and disorderly
2
Gambling on the Lord's Day
5
Assault
·
.
2
Doing unnecessary work on the Lord's Day .
.
2
.
1
Disturbing the peace
Adultery
.
.
·
1 1 4 5 1
.
.
4 1
.
·
.
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Disposition of Cases
Danvers Insane Asylum
1
Discharged .
12
Placed on file
20
Placed on probation
6
Sentenced to the House of Correction
3
Suspended sentence to the House of Correction.
2
Women's Reformatory Sherborn
.
1
Turned over to the Lyman School authorities .
1
Turned over to the Cambridge Police
3.
Released
1
Number of fines imposed
29
Amount of fines imposed
$416.00
Cases investigated
14
Search warrants
6
Appealed cases
7
Dogs killed .
18
·
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER A. HILL,
Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen: The annual report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1918, is submitted as follows:
A record of fires and alarms, value of buildings lost, and damaged by fire, and insurance on same, and a roll call of members.
Number of buildings destroyed by fire . 6
Number of buildings damaged by fire 6 ·
Number of chimney fires 3
Number of other fires
·
12
There were seventeen alarms given in the past year. Eleven were for buildings, one for chimney, four for grass, and one for an express car. Eleven telephone calls for other fires were answered on still alarm.
January 28, 1918-Box 31. House owned by Francis Robe- deau burnt. Value $600. Insured $1,000. Contents $500. Insured $500. Cause unknown.
January 29, 1918-Box 41. Bungalow off Shawsheen Avenue, owned by Emile Rohweder burnt. Value $500. Cause not known.
January 30, 1918-Box 38. Camp on Burlington Avenue, owned by Mary Downs, burnt. Unfinished. Value $100. Cause, not known.
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February 1, 1918-Box 14. Shed on Ballardvale Street, owned by H. M. Foskett, caught fire. Damage $10.
February 26, 1918-Box 36. House on Burlington Avenue, owned by Crockett estate. Chimney fire. No damage.
March 18, 1918-Still alarm. House on Shawsheen Avenue, owned by Edward Miller. Chimney fire. No damage.
March 20, 1918-Box 31. Bungalow on Talbot Street, owned by John Crosby, burnt. Value, $2,000, insured, $2,800; contents, $500, insured, $500. Cause, not known.
March 30, 1918-Still alarm. Grass fire on land on Main Street, owned by W. B. McIntosh.
April 3, 1918-Still alarm. Grass fire on land owned by S. C. White on Middlesex Avenue.
April 5, 1918-Box 18. Brush fire on Federal Street.
April 6, 1918-Still alarm. Grass fire back of old high school.
April 10, 1918-Still alarm. Brush fire on land owned by D. C. Norcross on Shawsheen Avenue.
April 15, 1918-Still alarm. Grass fire on Burlington Avenue, owned by Cristie Nee.
April 20, 1918-Still alarm. Brush fire on Aldrich Road.
May 13, 1918-Box 19. Brush fire on Salem Street.
May 18, 1918-Box 19. Lumber and wood off Salem Street, owned by T. F. Sidelinker and others.
May 19, 1918-Box 14. Brush fire on Andover Street.
May 21, 1918-Box 37. House on Boutwell Street, owned by Joseph Castelletto, caught fire. Value, $800, insured, $200, damage, $50. Cause, oil stove.
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May 23, 1918-Still alarm. House on Burlington Avenue, owned by Crockett Estate. Chimney fire.
May 29, 1918-Still alarm. Off Nichols Street. Truck owned by Joseph Ray of North Woburn caught fire. Value, $2000, insured, $1,600. Cause, back firing in carburetor. Damage, $800.
July 10, 1918-Still alarm. Camp on Aldrich Road, owned by John Stack, struck by lightning. Value, $300, damage, $25. Unfinished.
July 14, 1918-Box 36. House on Burlington Avenue, owned by Crockett Estate, struck by lightning and set on fire. Value, $2,000, insured, damage, $10.00.
July 14, 1918-No alarm. Barn on Glen Road, owned by Christian Neilson, struck by lightning, set hay on fire. Value, $2,000, insured $600, damage $25.
July 17, 1918-Box 27. House on Woburn Street, owned by Merrimac Chemical Company. No fire. Cause, room full of smoke from stove.
August 14, 1918-Box 43. House off Grove Avenue, owned by Wm. MacFarland, burnt. Value, $800, insured, $350, contents valued, $100, no insurance; auto owned by J. F. Dunn, value, $500, insured, $350. Cause, not known.
November 5, 1918-Box 61. Town Hall. Value, $2,500, insured, $1,500, damage, $200. Cause, defective flue.
December 10, 1918-No alarm. Sheds on Shawsheen Avenue owned by Frank Coffin, burnt. Value $100. Cause, not known.
December 25, 1918-Box 63. Express car on Boston and Maine Railroad, burnt down to floor of car. Car full of mail. Value of mail not known. Loss on mail, not known. Value of car, $5,000, damage, $3,000. Cause, not known.
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Roll of Department Chief A. D. Butters
Engine and Hose Company No. 1
Edwin L. Day
D. W. Boynton
Frank Muse
Rudolph Porter
Albert Spaulding
Harry Miller
R. E. Carter
Melvin Brown
C. McDowell
A. E. Pratt
Charles F. Perry Allen Young
Edward Woodside
Roscoe Frame
Fred A. Cady
H. R. Pratt Carroll Horton
Chester Horton
Engine and Hose Company No. 2
Ernest W. Eames
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