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$200 00
Payments
Music
$80 00
Flags
13 72
Refreshments .
28 70
Plants
13 20
Printing
5 00
Memorial Address
10 00
Special Car
.
6 00
·
91
Auto hire
$ 6 00
Miscellaneous .
4 06
$166 68
Unexpended, transferred to Balance
Account 33 32
$200 00
$200 00
Cemetery
Appropriation
$600 00
Received one-half from sale cemetery
lots
75 00
Payments
Salaries and wages .
.
$540 30
Trees
58 50
Tools and hardware
13 89
Fertilizer
1 75
Repairs
65
$615 09
Unexpended, transferred to Balance
Account 59 91
$675 00
$675 00
Special Appropriation-Safe
Appropriation
·
$500 00
Payments
Safe
$235 20
Strengthening floor
2 00
$237 20
Unexpended, transferred to Balance
Account 262 80
$500 00 $500 00
.
.
92
Trust Funds
Received for perpetual care fund,
cemetery lot, Nathan B. Eames .
$100 00
Received from Trustees, income S. D. J. Carter Free Lecture Fund .
240 00
Received from Trustees, income ac-
count cemetery funds 34 45
Payments
S. D. J. Carter Free Lecture Com- mittee, income .
$240 00
Care Cemetery Lots:
Geo. W. and Minnie A. Sidelinker .
3 40
Isaac Cazneau
2 15
Thos. P. Eames
2 65
Susan Carlton
1 00
James Frazer
4 65
Martha Temple
95
Richard Carter
1 00
W. H. Carter
1 00
Sabra Carter (Jaques Lot)
2 00
Chas. Hopkins
1 00
John Sheldon Sargent
1 5
Abner C. Childs .
95
Gilman Harnden
1 00
Dolly Harnden
1 00
Charlotte C. Smith
75
Isabelle Holt
1 70
S. D. J. Carter
1 40
Laura Parker
.
4 25
Sabra Carter
65
Sarah G. Sheldon
75
Rufus C. Eames .
70
Trustees of Trust Funds, perpetual care fund, lot Nathan B. Eames 100 00
$374 45
$374 45
93
Interest
Appropriation :
General loans
.
$ 282 50
High School Bonds
.
.
1,417 50
$1,700 00
Received interest on taxes
1,192 42
Received interest on deposits
98 43
Payments
On temporary loans
$ 85S 00
On High School Bonds
1,417 50
$2,275 50
Unexpended, transferred to Balance
Account 715 35
$2,990 85 $2,990 85
Town Indebtedness
Appropriation $1,750 00
Payments
Paid High School Bonds, Nos. 5 and 6 $1,750 00
Contingent Fund
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Transferred to
Assessors
$ 35 31
Election and Registration
19 51
Town Hall
25 55
Police
263 18
Fire Department
314 09
Health
32 20
State Aid
.
.
52 83
Poor .
257 33
.
.
.
$1,000 00 $1,000 00
94
Reserve Account
Balance from 1916
$131 97
Balance from Abatement 1915 Taxes.
38 98
Legal services, account taxes
$ 45 00
Balance
125 95
$170 95
$170 95
Balance .
$125 95
Abatement 1915 Taxes
Balance from 1916 .
$161 15
Abated 1915 Taxes
$122 17
Balance to Reserve Account
38 98
$161 15
$161 15
Abatement 1916 Taxes
Balance from 1916 .
$121 03
Abatement 1917 Taxes
Appropriation
$100 00
Overlay .
258 21
Abated 1917 Taxes .
$ 11 11
Balance
347 10
$358 21
$358 21
Balance .
$347 10
95
Excess and Deficiency Account
Cr.
Balance, January 1, 1917 . $11,145 07
Dr.
Appropriations voted at Annual Meet- ing, March 6, 1917:
Salem Street Repairs S 755 96
Lowell Street Highway 3,000 00
Deficiency in total receipts for year
5,006 02
$8,761 98
Balance
2,383 09
$11,145 07 $11, 145 07
Balance, January 1, 1918 .
$2,383 09
96
SCHEDULE 2
Balance Account
Dr.
Overdrafts:
Salem Street repairs
.
.
$249 45
Lowell Street Highway
2 10
Poor .
1,691 05
Unclassified
397 56
Deficiency in Estimated Receipts
.
5,342 45
$7,682 61
1
97
SCHEDULE 2
Balance Account
Cr.
Unexpended Balances :
Selectmen .
$123 00
Town Accountant
83 75
Treasurer
16 83
Tax Collector
15 98
Town Clerk
11 48
Repairs to Fire Well
.
1 94
Sealer Weights and Measures
26 79
Moth Account
239 77
Tree Warden
31 03
Forest Fires.
204 60
Highways
690 87
Electric Street Lights
104 68
Aid Dependent Mothers
25 00
Schools
1 44
Heating, North, East and West Schools
7 61
Memorial Day
33 32
Cemetery
59 91
Interest
.
. .
715 35
New Safe
262 80
$2,656 15
Revenue Account
20 44
Total Deficiency (transferred from Excess and Deficiency Account) ·
5,006 02
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
$7,682 61
98
SCHEDULE 3
Revenue Account
Dr.
Appropriations
$55,719 00
Transferred to Balance Account .
20 44
$55,739 44
Estimated Receipts
Dr.
Estimated :
Street Railway
$4,576 69
'State Aid
360 00
·Schools
2,825 00
Corporation tax, public service
348 19
Corporation tax, business
3,287 70
National Bank tax
58 73
Cemetery
62 50
Licenses
194 00
Court Fines
88 34
State Allotment, Income Tax
3,195 59
Repairs to Fire Wells
16 62
Salem Street repairs
755 96
Lowell Street Highway
3,000 00
$18,769 32
99
SCHEDULE 3
Revenue Account
Cr.
Estimated Receipts .
$18,769 32
Tax Committed to Collector .
36,970 12
$55,739 44
Estimated Receipts
Cr.
Amounts Actually Received :
State Aid
$ 386 00
Schools
2,931 88
Corporation tax, public service
429 56
Corporation tax, business
2,415 55
National Bank tax
71 28
Cemetery
.
.
75 00
Licenses
.
196 00
Court fines
31 00
State Allotment, Income tax .
3,070 20
Repairs to Fire Wells (balance transferred)
16 62
Salem Street repairs (transferred from Excess and Deficiency) 755 96
Lowell Street Highway (transferred from Excess and Deficiency)
3,000 00
Reimbursement, Loss of Taxes
1 94
Soldiers' Exemptions
45 88
$13,426 87
Deficiency in Estimated Receipts, trans-
ferred to Balance Account 5,342 45
$18,769 32
100
SCHEDULE 4
Statement of Town Debt Temporary Loans
(Anticipation of Revenue)
Outstanding January 1, 1917:
Note No. 50 ·
$16,000 00
Note No. 51
6,000 00
$22,000 00
Borrowed during 1917:
Note No. 52
·
$ 6,000 00
Note No. 53
10,000 00
Note No. 54
.
16,000 00
Note No. 55
. 10,000 00
42,000 00
$64,000 00
Paid during 1917:
Note No. 50
$16,000 00
Note No. 51
6,000 00
Note No. 52
6,000 00 28,000 00
Outstanding December 31, 1917
$36,000 00
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New High School Bonds
(Issue 1914)
Outstanding January 1, 1917
$31,500 00
Paid during 1917 1,750 00
Outstanding December 31, 1917 $29,750 00
Total Town Indebtedness, December 31, 1917 $65,750 00
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SCHEDULE 5
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1917
Dr.
Cash in Treasury
$11,950 56
Joseph Patchett, Collector:
Due on 1916 Taxes
$ 8,378 50
Due on 1917 Taxes
18,951 30
27,329 80
Accounts Receivable
5,074 48
Funded Debt (Balancing Account) 29,750 00
$74,104 84
103
SCHEDULE 5
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1917
Cr.
Temporary loans
$36,000 00
Reserve Account
125 95
Tax Abatements 1916
121 03
Tax Abatements 1917
347 10
Cemetery lots, Reserve Account
SS 00
Fencing Whitefield and West School- house lots
27 19
High School Bonds
.
29,750 00
Suspense Account
· .
5,074 48
Income tax account
188 00
Excess and Deficiency Account
2,383 09
.
.
.
$74,104 84
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SELECTMEN'S RECOMMENDATIONS
General Government:
Selectmen, salaries and expenses $ 850 00
Town Accountant, salary and expenses .
450 00
Treasurer, salary and expenses . 375 00 .
Collector, salary and expenses . .
1,000 00
Assessors, salary and expenses .
900 00
Town Clerk, salary and expenses
120 00
Election and Registration, salaries and expenses 300 00
Town Hall, janitor, light, fuel and repairs . ·
200 00
Town Constable ·
50 00
Protection of Life and Property :
Police Department, receipts, etc., and 1,000 00
Fire Department, receipts, etc., and . 1,250 00
Suppression of moths (compulsory $864.35), in- cidentals, telephone, insurance, etc. 1,200 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, receipts, etc. 75 00
Tree Warden, receipts, etc., and .
.
300 00
Forest Fires, receipts, etc., and .
.
·
300 00
Health and Sanitation:
Board of Health Agent's salary, quarantine wages, Inspector of Animals, Inspector of Meats and Provisions, Vital Statistics, receipts and 300 00
Highways:
Highways, Roads, and Bridges (including Street Ry. Excise and Franchise Tax) 6,500 00
Electric Street Lights .
5,660 00
·
.
105
Charities :
Town Farm and Outside Poor, receipts and . $ 1,500 00 Aid for Dependent Mothers, receipts and 200 00
Town Indebtedness:
Bonds Nos. 7 and S, account New High School 1,750 00
Contingent Fund 1,000 00
Soldiers' Benefits:
State Aid .
1,000 00
Soldiers' Relief
48 00
Education :
Schools, including salaries, books and sup- plies, repairs, fuel, furnishings, tuition at voca- tional schools, outside tuition, transportation (including estimated receipts of $2,168.70) 22,000 00
Library :
Receipts and 300 00
Memorial Day
200 00
Cemetery :
Receipts and
500 00
Unclassified :
Printing Town Reports, care of Town Clock, etc. .
500 00
Interest:
On loans for general purposes, receipts and 300 00 On New High School Loan 1,400 00
Abatements 100 00
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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, 1917
Live Stock .
$1,476 00
Farming tools and vehicles
1,014 60
Hay, grain, manure, etc.
711 00
Household furniture
.
391 00
Groceries, provisions, etc.
351 48
$3,944 0S
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
Increase in Personal Property
$5,724 50 $1,780 42
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Memorandum of Expenses at Town Farm paid on Town Orders
Salary, Superintendent
$ 499 92
Telephone
23 25
Hardware and repairs
218 15
Groceries and provisions
513 81
Hay, grain and feed.
1,585 55
Labor
29 75
Farming implements
83 75
Live Stock
25 00
Blacksmithing
127 93
Seeds and fertilizers
153 18
Fuel
10 25
Doctor and medicines
.
.
14 69
Miscellaneous
.
.
91
$3,286 14
Receipts at Almshouse
Labor and team hire
$2,179 41
Milk
579 80
Poultry and eggs
301 51
Vegetables
231 13
Live Stock
431 18
Wood
24 00
Stone
.
.
28 66
Miscellaneous
4 50
$3,780 19
Payments at Almshouse
Groceries and provisions .
$295 63
Poultry and eggs 111 50
Dry goods and furnishings
57 53
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.
·
.
.
.
108
Labor
$1,848 95
Live Stock
.
461 25
Hardware and repairs
49 31
Hay, grain and feed.
228 02
Brooders
15 40
Doctor and medicines
21 09
Seeds and fertilizer
26 60
Miscellaneous .
25 14
$3,140 42
Paid Town Treasurer
6,639 77
$3,780 19
Aid rendered Outside Poor
Groceries and provisions .
$535 49
Fuel
52 33
Clothing and Shoes .
43 11
Cash
450 50
Nursing .
6 00
Hospital treatment
229 36
Medical services and medicines
87 00
Burial
41 00
Transportation
20 00
$1,464 79
Recapitulation 1917 Poor Account
Resources
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Received Account Outside Poor
662 78
Received at Almshouse
.
.
3,780 19
$5,942 97
.
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Charges
Payments on Town Orders $3,286 14
Payments at Almshouse .
3,140 42
Payments account Outside Poor
1,464 79
$7,891 35
Cash overdraft
$1,948 38
Increase in Personal Property $1,780 42
Due from State account Outside Poor 680 59
$2.461 01
Credit Balance for year
$512 63
EDWARD N. EAMES, Chairman, HERBERT C. BARROWS, ARTHUR W. EAMES,
Overseers of the Poor.
110
ASSESSORS' VALUATION, 1917
Real Estate
$1,871,050 00
Personal property
288,924 00
Amount of tax assessed
46,075 61
State tax assessed
5,170 00
State Highway tax assessed
367 00
County tax assessed
2,364 46
Commutation tax assessed
2 26
Town tax assessed, including overlay
37,207 89
Moth tax assessed
964 00
Amount assessed on polls
1,476 00
Rate of taxation per $1,000
20 20
Schedule of Town Property
Schoolhouses and lots
$65,000 00
Town Farm .
4,000 00
*Personal property at Town Farm
5,724 50
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
2,200 00
Town scales
75 00
Cemetery tool house and tools
·
.
100 00
Furniture in Selectmen's office .
.
100 00
.
.
.
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Eight safes
$1,250 00
Two fire engines
900 00
Two hose wagons
250 00
Two fire engine houses and lots
1,500 00
Hose, ladders, horses, harness, etc.
600 00
Police equipment
35 00
Land account of tax sales
465 00
Moth building and lot
600 00
Sprayers and fixtures
700 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures outfit .
250 00
Forest Fire outfit
150 00
Common and Flag Staff
1,200 00
$93,479 50
(*Overseers of Poor, appraisal.)
JAMES E. KELLEY, GEORGE W. BUCK, MILTON T. HOLT, Assessors of Wilmington.
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COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT
Account of 1915 Tax
Uncollected, January 1, 1917
$7,965 74
Taxes collected
$7,843 57
Taxes abated
122 17
.
-- $7,965 74
Interest collected, $738 00
Account of 1916 Tax
Uncollected January 1, 1917
$18,908 67
Taxes collected
10,530 17
Uncollected January 1, 1918
$8,378 50
Interest collected, $434 74.
Account of 1917 Tax
Commitment .
$46,075 61 18 18
December Commitment
$46,093 79
Taxes collected
$27,131 38
Taxes abated
11 11
$27,142 49
Uncollected January 1, 1918
$18,951 30
Interest collected, $19 68.
JOSEPH PATCHETT, Collector.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Receipts
Cash in Treasury
$6,S16 62
Cash received on account of :
Cemetery lots
150 00
Income Mass. School Fund
.
1,166 89
Return of dog licenses
394 13
Industrial Schools
155 75
Unredeemed tax sales
314 13
Temporary aid
.
647 78
Inspection of animals
75 00
Tuition of children .
500 25
Income of S. D. J. Carter Lecture
Fund
240 00
Deeds of release
17 36
Corporation Tax
111 59
Corporation Tax, Public Service
429 56
Corporation Tax, Business
2,303 96
Income Tax
3,258 20
National Bank Tax
71 28
Burial of Paupers
15 00
Military aid .
386 00
Reimbursement for loss of taxes
on land used for Public Institu- tions 1 94
Soldiers' Exemptions
·
45 S8
Lowell Street Highway
491 81
Sealer's fees
15 91
Printed records
75
Perpetual care of cemetery lot
100 00
.
·
114
Income from Trust funds .
$ 116 69
Schools
127 36
Forest fires
70 63
Public Library
44 10
Poor
639 77
Highways
7,310 26
Licenses
196 00
Revenue loans
42,000 00
Suppression of moths
1,237 77
Interest on deposits
98 43
Slaughter house inspection
177 00
Police
86 00
Court fines
31 00
Superintendent of Schools
587 50
Taxes
45,505 12
Interest on taxes
·
1,192 42
$117,129 84
Payments
Paid Selectmen's orders.
$65,252 32
Interest .
2,275 50
High School Bonds Nos. 5 and 6
1,750 00
County tax
2,364 46
State tax
·
5,170 00
Repairs of State Highway
·
367 00
Revenue loans
28,000 00
$105,179 28
Cash in Treasury
11,950 56
·
·
.
$117,129 84
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN
The Selectmen have this day examined the Treasurer's books in accordance with the Town By-Laws and have found them to correspond with Town Orders as signed by the Board.
HERBERT C. BARROWS, ARTHUR W. EAMES, EDWARD N. EAMES.
February 15, 1918.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS OF TOWN OF WILMINGTON 1917
Amount
Accumulated Interest
Withdrawn
Balance on Deposit
Library Funds:
Burnap. .
Andover
No. 8512
$200 00
$ 87 20
$287 20
Benjamin Buck. .
Andover
No. 18341
500 00
151 53
651 53
Charlotte C. Smith.
Mechanics
No. 4215
500 00
146 72
$82 24
564 48
Sabra Carter Common Fund
Andover
No. 18349
200 00
60 96
260 96
Cemetery Funds:
Isaac Cazneau .
Andover
No. 18985
100 00
23 95
2 15
121 80
Susan Carlton.
Andover
No. 18345
75 00
18 50
1 00
92 50
G. W. & Minnie A. Sidelinker
Andover
No. 22450
200 00
52 24
3 40
248 84
Sabra Carter (Jaques Lot) ...
Andover
No. 18347
200
00
49 98
00
247 98
William H. Carter ..
Andover
No. 24631
100
00
16 16
1 00
115 16
Dolly Harnden .
Andover
No. 18342
100 00
15 16
1 00
· 114 16
Thomas P. Eames
Andover
No. 18346
100 00
18 85
2 65
116 20
Sabra Carter
Andover
No. 18348
100 00
28 81
65
128 16
Rich. Carter
Andover
No. 22451
100 00
18 97
1 00
117 97
James Frazer .
Andover
No. 18343
200 00
43 17
4 65
238 52
Martha Temple.
Andover
No. 18344
100 00
31 18
95
130 23
S. D. J. Carter. .
Andover
No. 22579
200
00
61 15
1
40
259 75
Charlotte C. Smith.
Mechanics
No. 4214
50
00
9 92
75
59 17
Charles H. Hopkins
Blackstone
No. 4248
200
00
27 51
1 00
226 51
Abner C. Childs.
Woburn
No. 33384
100 00
18 03
95
117 08
Gilman Harnden .
Woburn
No. 32614
100 00
15 99
1 00
114 99
Laura Parker .
Woburn
No. 32615
50
00
5 31
4 25
51 06
Sarah G. Sheldon
Woburn
No. 33814
200 00
18 18
75
217 43
Rufus C. Eames
Blackstone
No. 4642
100 00
8 36
70
107 66
John Sheldon Sargent.
Backstone
No. 4859
100 00
8 30
1 50
106 80
Isabelle Holt .
Blackstone
No. 5169
75 00
6 16
1 70
79 46
Henry Blanchard .
Blackstone
No. 5604
50 00
2 52
52 52
Nathan B. Eames.
Mechanics
No. 6899
100 00
100 00
$4,100 00
$944 81
$116 69
$4,928 12
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S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund : Am. Tel. & Tel. Col. 4% Bonds Nos. 17546, 19667, 3986, 3991, 3992, 3993 Blackstone Savings Bank No. 1879 Bond Interest for 1917 Savings Bank Interest . . . . .
$5,541 50
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
$6,459 22 240 00
$6,219 22
DUDLEY B. PURBECK, CALEB S. HARRIMAN, FRED A. EAMES, Trustees.
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.
578 50 240 00 99 22
Paid Frank L. Eames
. . .
.
118
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, 1917.
Number of arrests
52
Males
.
·
.
49
Females
3
Residents
15
Non-residents
37
Causes of Arrest
Breaking and entering
1
Larceny
9
Drunkenness
2
Insane
3
Trespassing
6
Vagrancy
1
Malicious mischief
10
Assault
1
Assault and battery .
1
Cruelty to dumb animals
1
Indecent exposure
1
Violation of the automobile laws
1
Highway robbery
4
Desertion
1
Delinquent child
.
.
2
Contempt of court
.
.
6
.
.
Non-support
2
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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Disposition of Cases
Suspe ided sentence to the House of Correction 6
Suspended sentence to the Middlesex Manual Training Sch. 1
Placed on probation
10
Placed on file
3
Discharged
.
2
Tewksbury State Hospital .
1
Danvers Insane Asylum
2
Turned over to the Lowell Police
4
Turned over to the Somerville Police . .
1
Turned over to the Westfield Military Police
1
Number of fines imposed
18
Amount of fines imposed
$151.00
Cases investigated
10
Search warrants
. 3
Appealed cases
2
Dogs killed
22
.
.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER A. HILL, Chief of Police.
120
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, 1917, 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 5
Number of buildings damaged by fire 3
Number of chimney fires 3 .
Number of other fires
4
There were fifteen alarms given in the past year. Eight were for buildings, one for a chimney fire and four were for other fires. Two telephone calls for chimney fires were answered on still alarm.
The house of Joseph Pomarantz on Blackstone street was struck by lightning and damaged, but not set on fire.
February 3, 1917-Still alarm. House owned by Crockett Estate, on Burlington Avenue. Chimney fire.
March 18, 1917-Still alarm. House owned by William Glover, on Thurston Avenue. Chimney fire.
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April 5, 1917-Box 37. Shed owned by John Allen, on Burlington Avenue. Value $30. Damage, $10. Cause, grass fire.
May 1, 1917-Box 65. House owned by Adelia Parker on R. R. Avenue. Chimney fire.
May 15, 1917-Box 19. Hog house owned by Patrick Sullivan on Salem Street burnt. Value, $50. Not insured. Cause, brush fire.
May 17, 1917-Box 42. House owned by John Scraffatto off Nichols Street. A fire in bedding on bed. Damage by water, $40.
June 21, 1917-Box 52. Metropolitan Ice House, fire in partition in sawdust. No damage. Cause, not known.
July 8, 1917-Box 43. Fire in sawdust pile at Lake.
August 1, 1917-Box 52. Fire in sawdust pile at Lake.
August 2, 1917-Box 52. Fire in sawdust at Lake.
August 17, 1917-No alarm. House owned by Joseph Pomerantz on Blackstone Street struck by lightning. No fire. Value, $2,500, insured, $2,000, damage $150. Contents $1.000, insurance $1,000, damage $50.
September 7, 1917-Box 19. House owned by Joseph Minsky, off Salem Street, burnt. Value $1,000, contents $200. Insured for $1,000. Cause not known.
September 20, 1917-Box 24. Barn owned by J. Henry Buck on Wildwood Street burnt. Value $450, insured $275. Contents $700, insured $275. Cause, struck by lightning.
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November 8, 1917-Box 42. Barn owned by George B. Whitcomb on Nichols Street burnt. Value $200, not insured. Cause, caught from a grass fire set by railroad.
Roll of Department
Chief
A. D. Butters
Engine and Hose Company No. 1
Edwin L. Day
D. W. Boynton
Frank White
Chester Horton
Harry Miller
Brewster S. Butters
Carroll Horton
R. Elmer Carter
Melvin Brown
Frank Muse
Albert Spaulding
Chester Babine
Elmer Simonds
Rudolph Porter
Engine and Hose Company No. 2
Ernest W. Eames Jeffrey Babine
Raymond J. White
Henry H. Cutter
Clarence Doucette
Clarence E. Wills
Wm. H. Doucette
Amos Durkee
William Stevens
Joseph Babine
Adrion Durkee
Alfred Castine
Arthur Babine
Joseph McMahon
John Castine
Respectfully submitted,
A. D. BUTTERS.
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REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen: I herewith submit the following report of the Forest Warden for the year ending December 31, 1917:
Number of applications for permits to set fires in the open were 264; permits granted, 264.
The number of fires responded to by this department were 28; 14 of which were caused by sparks from locomotives and bills for the cost of these fires were sent to the railroad for settlement.
Respectfully submitted,
OLIVER A. McGRANE, Forest Warden of Wilmington.
January 31, 1918.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
I hereby submit the following report as Superintendent of Streets for the year 1917 :
Money Expended
Removing snow
·
$ 318 03
Scraping roads .
821 53
Andover Street
89 50
Aldrich Road
43 20
Boutwell Road
34 80
Ballardvale Street
74 90
Burlington Avenue
1,091 74
Church Street
24 20
Concord Street
58 74
Chestnut Street
752 52
Federal Street
24 75
Glen Road
46 50
Hillside Way
236 80
Lake Street
1,263 70
Middlesex Avenue
375 29
Main Street
18 00
Salem Street
107 51
Wild Avenue
16 50
Woburn Street .
724 20
West Street
300 45
Tools and Supplies
540 37
Gravel
.
241 20
Insurance.
156 61
.
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State, Town and County
Lowell Street
$8,997 46
Salem Street
2,999 45
.
We built 2,250 feet of tar macadam on Lowell Street, our contract calling for 2,200 feet. We also built a concrete cul- vert across the same as directed by the Highway Commission.
We built 1,200 feet of water bound macadam on Salem Street, but were not able to build the length called for in the contract, owing to the pit not running to as many rock as they expected, and the long hawling of material.
There remains 1,000 feet more to complete Lowell Street to the Reading Town Line, and as the County and Highway Commissioner has listed a certain amount of money for the Town this coming year, I would recommend that the Town raise enough money to complete Lowell Street and also for an extension of Salem Street.
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 1917-1918 Course was arranged and announcements of the same mailed to the citi- zens of Wilmington, stating the dates, and that the entertain- ments would be held in the Grange Hall, Wildwood Street, Wilmington: Thursday, November 15, 1917, Mr. Ralph Parlette, a Lecture; Friday, December 28, 1917, Mr. and Mrs. Pierce, Dramatic Sketches; Friday, January 25, 1918, Hawkeye Glee Club, Concert; Friday, February 15, 1918, Hipple's Musical Entertainers, Concert.
DR. DANIEL T. BUZZELL, Chairman, JAMES E. KELLEY, Treasurer, JOHN W. HATHAWAY, Secretary, GUY E. NICHOLS, EDWARD N. EAMES,
Carter Lecture Committee.
Treasurer's Report
Balance on deposit January 1, 1917 $185 88
August 21, Received from Frank L. Eames, Treas. . 120 00
December 31, Received from Frank L. Eames, Treas. 120 00
- $425 88
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Expense Account for 1917
January 20, Paid Eastern-Empire Lyceum Bureau
$85 00
February 9, Paid Eastern-Empire Lyceum Bureau 50 00
February 10, Paid Grange Hall Corporation rent of hall 12 00
November 1, Paid John W. Hathaway, stamps, etc. 7 00
November 8, Paid W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing
5 66
November 15, Paid Eastern Lyceum
Bureau
·
35 00
December 28, Paid Eastern Lyceum
Bureau 50 00
December 28, Paid Grange Hall Corpora- tion, rent of hall 12 00
December 31, Cash to balance
169 22
-- $425 SS
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES E. KELLEY, Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Citizens of Wilmington:
Gentlemen: The Board of Health herewith submits its annual report.
The number of contagious diseases reported to the Board are as follows:
Diphtheria 5 cases
Scarlet fever 12
Measles 17
Tuberculosis 2
Chickenpox 23
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Mumps
1
Opthalmia neonatorum 2
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT C. BARROWS, Chairman ARTHUR W. EAMES, EDWARD N. EAMES, D. T. BUZZELL, M.D., Agent. Board of Health of Wilmington.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Wilmington:
I at this time wish to submit my annual report as Inspector of Animals; during the early part of the year orders were issued by the Department of Animal Industry to make an inspection of all neat cattle, sheep and swine kept within the Town limits.
These orders were carried out and reports rendered to said Department. Cases of contagious diseases were dealt with and premises properly disinfected.
In reporting premises where stock are kept, duplicate copies were left for the owner that they might know what suggestions were made by me which would appear beneficial to the stock and products from the same. I am pleased with the promptness with which my desires for betterment of stable conditions have been carried out, most of which were O.K. on a second visit, one only having to be called on a third time before complying. It is not the intention of your Inspector to demand anything which will prove a hardship or of an expensive nature but simple things which anyone can do at leisure at practicallly no expense.
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