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Received for Perpetual Care Fund Cemetery lot, George E. Swain 100 00
Received for Perpetual Care Fund cemetery lots Elbridge Carter and Walter H. Blanchard
100 00
Payments
S. D. J. Carter Free Lecture Com- mittee, income $270 00
Trustees of Trust Funds, Perpetual Care Fund Cemetery Lot George E. Swain 100 00
99
Trustees of Trust Funds, Perpetual Care Fund, Cemetery Lots, Elbridge Carter and Walter H. Blanchard .
$100 00
Mowing and raking Common .
14 00
Care Cemetery Lots:
Isaac Cazneau
1 00
Susan Carlton 1 00
George W. and Minnie A. Sidelinker
1 75
Sabra Carter (Jaques Lot)
2 00
William H. Carter
1 00
Dolly Harnden
2 00
Thomas P. Eames .
1 50
Sabra Carter
1 75
Rich Carter
1 00
James Frazer .
4 00
Martha Temple
1 50
S. D. J. Carter
2 00
Charlotte C. Smith
50
Charles H. Hopkins
1 50
Abner C. Childs
1 00
Gilman C. Harnden
4 15
Laura Parker
1 00
Sarah G. Sheldon
75
Rufus C. Eames
1 00
John Sheldon Sargent
2 00
Isabelle Holt .
1 50
Henry Blanchard
50
Thomas Day .
50
Lorenzo Day .
50
Almira J. Carley
25
.
$519 65 $519 65
100
Interest
Appropriation
$1,772 00
Received interest on taxes .
1,273 35
Received interest on deposits
185 23
Overdraft, transferred to Balance
Account
644 30
Payments
On temporary loans
$2,573 26
On High School Bonds
.
1,182 74
On Motor Fire Apparatus Notes
.
72 00
On Brush Fire Truck Notes
46 88
$3,874 88 $3,874 88
Town Indebtedness
Appropriation
$2,150 00
Payments
High School Bonds, Nos. 11 and 12 $1,750 00
Motor Fire Apparatus Note No. 68 400 00
$2,150 00 $2,150 00
Contingent Fund
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Transferred to:
Treasurer
$6 69
Tax Collector
472 04
Election and Registration
203 56
Church Street Macadam
5 00
-Unclassified
36 35
Police
276 36
$1,000 00 $1,000 00
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Abatement 1918 Taxes
Balance from 1919
$148 73
1918 Taxes Abated
$104 55
Balance, transferred to Reserve Account
44 18
$148 73
$148 73
Abatement 1919 Taxes
Balance from 1919
$369 32
1919 Taxes Abated
$ 19 03
Balance .
350 29
$369 32
$369 32
Balance .
$350 29
Abatement 1920 Taxes
Appropriation
$100 00
Overlay .
238 97
1920 Taxes Abated
$194 32
Balance .
144 65
$338 97
$338 97
Balance .
$144 65
Reserve Account
Balance from 1919
$204 38
Transferred from Abatement 1918 Taxes
44 18
Balance
$248 56
$248 56
$248 56
Balance
$248 56
.
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Property Tax Sale Account
Dr.
Taxes and expenses on property taken for taxes
$516 55
Cr.
Received for redeemed taxes $ 20 75
Received for lot held by Town . 15 00
Balance .
480 80
$516 55
$516 55
Balance .
$480 80
Excess and Deficiency Account
Cr.
Balance, January 1, 1920 . $2,080 19
Balance, Committee on Public Safety
Account, transferred . 81 39
$2,161 58
Dr.
Net deficiency for year (from Balance Account)
$ 841 12
Balance .
1,320 46
$2,161 58
$1,320 46
Credit Balance, January 1, 1921 1
104
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SCHEDULE 2 1
BALANCE ACCOUNT
Dr.
Overdrafts:
Police
$153 42
Fire Department
343 58
Forest Fires
37 28
Health
258 00
Interest
644 30
$1,436 58
Deficiency in Estimated Receipts
2,222 92
$3,659 50
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SCHEDULE 2
BALANCE ACCOUNT
Cr.
Unexpended Balances :
Selectmen
$ 64 91
Town Accountant
22 20
Assessors
301 00
Town Clerk
18 50
Town Hall
6 24
Sealer Weights and Measures
2 23
Moth Account
65 50
Tree Warden
6 16
Highways
27 43
Street Lights
215 58
High and Woburn Street Culverts
66 46
Poor
1,396 68
Dependent Mothers' Aid
281 00
State Aid
68 00
Schools
10
Memorial- Day .
5 75
Cemetery .
.
22 02
Painting Cemetery Iron Fence
103 02
$2,672 78
From Revenue Account
145 60
Net deficiency for year (transferred to
Excess and Deficiency Account) .
841 12
$3,659 50
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SCHEDULE 3
REVENUE ACCOUNT
Dr.
Appropriations (for Town purposes)
$81,632 00
Transferred to Balance Account
145 60
$81,777 60
Estimated Receipts
Dr.
Estimated:
Income tax, general purposes
$4,613 38
Reimbursement, loss of taxes
1 94
Soldiers' exemptions.
79 29
Court fines
162 00
Licenses
302 00
Sale Cemetery lots
75 00
National Bank tax
83 82
Corporation Tax, business
2,920 03
Corporation Tax, public service
318 30
Schools
6,625 00
State aid
300 00
Brush Fire Truck
1,500 00
·
.
$16,980 76
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SCHEDULE 3
REVENUE ACCOUNT
Cr.
Tax committed to Collector (for Town
purposes) .
$64,651 24
Estimated Receipts
16,980 76
$81,632 00
Additional commitment
145 60
$81,777 60
Estimated Receipts
Cr.
Amounts actually received :
Income tax, general purposes
$3,429 08
Reimbursement, loss of taxes
3 60
Soldiers' exemptions
86 19
Court fines
255 00
Licenses
354 00
Sale Cemetery lots
37 50
National Bank tax
92 28
Corporation tax, business
154 55
Corporation tax, public service
282 30
Income tax, general school fund
3,730 00
State Aid .
322 00
Schools
4,105 84
State Highways
64 50
Street Railway tax .
341 00
Brush Fire Truck
1,500 00
$14,757 84
Deficiency in Estimated Receipts, trans-
ferred to Balance Account
2,222 92
$16,980 76
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SCHEDULE 4
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT
Temporary Loans
(Anticipation of Revenue)
Outstanding January 1, 1920:
Note No. 65
$25,000 00
Note No. 67
8,000 00
-$33,000 00
Borrowed during 1920:
Note No. 1
$10,000 00
Note No. 2
25,000 00
Note No. 3
8,000 00
Note No. 7
10,000 00
Note No. 8
10,000 00 63,000 00
$96,000 00
Paid during 1920:
Note No. 65
$25,000 00
Note No. 67
8,000 00
Note No. 1
10,000 00
Note No. 7
10,000 00 53,000 00
Outstanding December 31, 1920
$43,000 00
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New High School Bonds
(Issue of 1914)
Outstanding January 1, 1920
$26,250 00
Paid during 1920 .
1,750 00
Outstanding December 31, 1920
$24,500 00
Motor Fire Apparatus Notes
(Issue of 1919)
Outstanding January 1, 1920
$1,200 00
Paid during 1920 .
400 00
Outstanding December 31, 1920
$ 800 00
Brush Fire Truck Notes
(Issue of 1920)
Outstanding December 31, 1920 $1,500 00
Total Town Indebtedness December 31,
1920 $69,800 00
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SCHEDULE 5
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1920
Dr.
Cash in Treasury $7,804 43
Walter L. Hale, Collector :
Due on 1919 taxes .
$ 9,959 25
Due on 1920 taxes .
29,113 95
$39,073 20
Property Tax Sale Account 480 80 $
Balancing Account (High School Bonds)
24,500 00
Balancing Account (Motor Fire
Apparatus Notes) 800 00
Balancing Account (Brush Fire Truck Notes) 1,500 00
$74,158 43
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SCHEDULE 5
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1920
Cr.
Temporary loans .
$43,000 00
Reserve Account
248 56
Tax Abatements, 1920
144 65
Tax Abatements, 1919
350 29
Cemetery Lots, Reserve Account
SS 00
Assessors (Printing Valuation Books)
900 00
High School Bonds
24,500 00
Motor Fire Apparatus Notes
800 00
Brush Fire Truck Notes
1,500 00
Suspense Account
1,150 00
Base Ball Diamond Account
156 47
Excess and Deficiency Account
1,320 46
$74,158 43
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS
General Government:
Selectmen, salaries and expenses $ 850 00
Town Accountant, salary and expenses 650 00
Treasurer, salary and expenses 500 00
Collector, salary and expenses ·
1,500 00
Assessors, salary and expenses
1,250 00
Town Clerk, salary and expenses 125 00
Election and Registration, salaries and expenses 400 00
Town Hall, janitor, fuel, light and repairs 300 00
Town Constable 50 00
Protection of Life and Property :
Police Department, receipts, etc. and 2,500 00
Fire Department, receipts, etc. and . 1,800 00
Suppression of Moths (compulsory, $977.02), Incidentals, Telephone, Insurance, etc. and . 1,227 02
Sealer of Weights and Measures, receipts, etc. and 160 00
Tree Warden, receipts, etc. and . 300 00
Forest Fires, receipts, etc. and
500 00
Health and Sanitation:
Board of Health Agent's salary, quarantine wages, Inspector of Animals, Inspector of Meats and Provisions, Vital Statistics, re- ceipts, etc. and . ·
500 00
Public Health service ·
1,000 00
Highways:
Highways, roads and bridges, including Street Railroad Excise and Franchise Tax 10,000 00
Electric Street Lights . 6,200 00
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Charities :
Care of Poor, receipts, etc. and . $2,200 00
Aid for Dependent Mothers, receipts, etc. and 200 00
Town Indebtedness:
High School Bonds
1,750 00
Town Notes ..
900 00
Contingent Fund
1,000 00
Soldiers' Benefits :
State Aid
300 00
Soldiers' Relief
144 00
Education :
Schools, including salaries, books and supplies, repairs, fuel, furnishings, tuition at vocational schools, outside tuition, transportation, in- cluding estimated receipts of $7,052.03 . 41,510 00
Library, receipts and
550 00
Memorial Day
400 00
Cemetery, receipts and
600 00
Unclassified, printing Town Reports, care of Town Clock, etc. receipts and . 800 00
Building Inspector, salary and expenses 200 00
Interest :
On loans for general purposes, receipts and 1,000 00
On High School Loan
1,105 00
Abatements .
100 00
Regan Park
15 00
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
To the Citizens of Wilmington:
The Overseers of the Poor herewith submits its annual report,
We are still very fortunte in having our three inmates boarded at the Wakefield Town Home, which beyond a doubt is an ideal home for them.
Our farm was let for the season to Mr. Samuel P. Pike, Jr. The land that was under cultivation has been worked the past season and is now sowed to rye by him with the expectation of hiring it another year.
The farming tools, wagons, and team have been sold as we did not think it wise to pay storage on them.
The demand for help on the outside poor has increased to some extent in the last few months.
C. F. PERRY, ASA G. SHELDON, FRANK W. DAYTON, Overseers of the Poor.
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ASSESSORS' VALUATION OF TOWN PROPERTY, 1920
Assessors' Valuation 1920
Real Estate
$2,103,620 00
Personal Estate
337,799 00
Amount of tax assessed .
77,293 01
State tax assessed
6,440 00
Special State tax assessed
303 60
State Highway tax assessed
735 60
Fire Prevention tax assessed .
33 94
Street Railway tax assessed
.
81 93
County tax assessed
2,821 73
Town tax, including overlay
66,876 21
Moth tax .
707 47
Amount assessed on polls
3,310 00
Rate of taxation per $1,000
30 30
Schedule of Town Property
Schoolhouses and lots
$63,000 00
Town Farm
3,000 00
Town Hall, lot, and fire alarm equipment
3,000 00
Cemetery land and lots .
1,000 00
Public Library building and lot
1,000 00
Contents of Public Library
2,500 00
Hearse house
100 00
Hearse
50 00
Highway tools and machinery
2,000 00
Town scales (condemned)
Cemetery tool house and tools
100 00
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Furniture in selectmen's office
$ 100 00
Eight safes
1,250 00
Two fire engines
600 00
Two hose wagons
200 00
Two engine houses and lots
3,000 00
Hose, ladders, shovels, cans, etc.
2,021 00
Two motor fire trucks
5,500 00
Police equipment
50 00
Land account of tax sales
415 00
Moth building and lot
600 00
Sprayers and fixtures
600 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures' outfit
250 00
Common and flag staff
1,200 00
$91,536 00
There is carried on the valuation book at the present time land assessed for about $5,000, purchased at the several tax sales by the Collectors in the name of the Town; but by a provision in the law, "taxes shall, until foreclosure of the title, be assessed thereon as though the same were not so purchased." We have requested the Collector to foreclose the title on all land on which the redemption period has expired, as it is an act of folly to assess persons, who allowed their land to be sold and the redemption period of two years to expire, expecting them to pay the tax, while the fact is, the Town pays the tax and the commission on the same.
JAMES E. KELLEY, MILTON T. HOLT, J. HOWARD EAMES, Assessors of Wilmington.
.
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COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen: I herewith submit the following report as Collector of Taxes:
Account of 1920 Commitment
Commitment
$78,000 46
Additional . ·
145 60
Total amount committed
$78,146 06
Taxes collected
$48,837 79
Taxes abated ·
194 32
$49,032 11
Uncollected January 1, 1921
$29,113 95
Interest collected
$31 13
Account of 1919 Commitment
Uncollected January 1, 1920
$20,949 48
Taxes collected
$10,971 20
Taxes abated . . .
19 03
Total Amount Taxes Collected .
$10,990 23
Uncollected January 1, 1921
$9,959 25
Interest collected .
$399 72
WALTER L. HALE, Collector of Taxes.
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COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT
Account of 1918 Commitment
Uncollected January 1, 1920
$8,454 49
Taxes collected
$8,349 94
Taxes abated .
104 55
Total amount collected
$8,454 49
Interest collected
$804 01
Received from Bay State Street Railway balance of 1918 excise tax, $303.07 and interest, $38.49. Total, $341.56.
WALTER L. HALE, Collector of Taxes.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Receipts
Cash in Treasury
$6,568 04
Cash received account of :
Corporation taxes
2,754 68
Income tax
2,261 25
Reimbursement for loss of taxes
on land used for Public Institu- tions
3 60
Temporary Aid
685 49
Tuition of children
162 75
General School fund
3,730 00
Inspection of animals
75 00
Aid of mothers with dependent children
81 00
National Bank tax
92 28
State Forestry
312 10
State Aid
322 00
Street Railway tax
37 93
Soldiers' exemptions
86 19
Income Massachusetts
School
fund
2,895 15
Loans, Anticipation of Revenue .
63,000 00
Loans, Departmental Equipment
1,500 00
Rent
80 00
Cemetery lots
75 00
120
Records of Births, Deaths and
Marriages
$ 1 50
Insurance
9 00
Income of S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund
270 00
Poor
565 50
Slaughter house inspection
169 00
Suppression of moths
1,100 43
Interest on deposits
185 23
Income from trust funds
92 54
Tree Warden
4 00
Licenses
354 00
Return of dog licenses
417 94
Court fines
255 00
Fire Department
143 72
Redeemed tax sales
20 75
Land
15 00
Superintendent of Schools
625 00
Sealer's fees
27 09
Damage to traffic sign .
8 17
Board and care of horse
17 50
Town Farm
198 00
Perpetual care of Cemetery lots .
200 00
Highways
894 33
Library
49 97
Police service .
471 00
Taxes 1918
8,349 94
Interest on taxes 1918
804 01
Taxes 1919
10,971 20
Interest on taxes 1919
399 72
Taxes 1920
48,837 79
Interest on taxes 1920
31 13
Excise tax
303 07
Interest on excise tax
38 49
$160,552 48
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Payments
Cash paid account of :
Selectmen's orders
$81,320 37
Town Notes
53,400 00
Interest
3,874 88
County tax
2,821 73
State tax .
6,440 00
Special State tax
303 60
Fire prevention
33 94
Repairs, State Highways
735 60
Eastern Massachusetts Street
Railway
81 93
High School Bonds
1,750 00
Civilian War Poll Tax
1,986 00
Cash in Treasury .
7,804 43
$160,552 48
FRANK L. EAMES, Treasurer.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS OF TOWN OF WILMINGTON 1920
Amount
Accumulated Interest
With- drawn
Balance on Deposit
Library Funds:
.
Burnap
. Andover
No. 8512
$200 00
$27 10
$227 10
Benjamin Buck.
.Andover
No. 18341
500 00
71 59
$42 89
528 70
Charlotte C. Smith
.Mechanics
No. 4215
500 00
40 51
540 51
Sabra Carter Common Fund ... Andover
No. 18349
200 00
83 68
14 00
269 68
Cemetery Funds:
Isaac Cazneau. .
. Andover
No. 18985
100 00
31 51
1 00
130 51
Susan Carlton
. Andover
No. 18345
75 00
28 44
1 00
102 44
George W.&Minnie A.Sidelinker Andover
No. 22450
200 00
81 91
1 75
280 16
Sabra Carter (Jaques Lot)
. Andover
No. 18347
200 00
64 47
2 00
262 47
William H. Carter
Andover
No. 24631
100 00
28 06
1
00
127 06
Dolly Harnden.
. Andover
No. 18342
100 00
28 02
2 00
126 02
Thomas P. Eames
. Andover
No. 18346
100 00
29 80
1 50
128 30
Sabra Carter
. Andover
No. 18348
100 00
45 50
1 75
143 75
Rich Carter .
. Andover
No. 22451
100 00
31 34
1 00
130 34
James Frazer
. Andover
No. 18343
200 00
60 44
4 00
256 44
Martha Temple
Andover
No. 18344
100 00
45 55
1 50
144 05
S. D. J. Carter .
. Andover
No. 22579
200 00
93 51
2 00
291 51
Charlotte C. Smith.
. Mechanics
No. 4214
50 00
4 64
50
54 14
Charles H. Hopkins. Abner C. Childs.
Woburn
No. 33384
100 00
26 19
1
00
125 19
Gilman C. Harnden
Woburn
No. 32614
100 00
22 45
4 15
118 30
Laura Parker.
. Woburn
No. 32615
50 00
4 19
1 00
53 19
Sarah G. Sheldon .
. Woburn
No. 33814
200 00
41 23
75
240 48
Rufus C. Eames
. Blackstone No. 4642
100 00
17 70
1 00
116 70
John Sheldon Sargent.
Blackstone
No. 4859
100 00
16 67
2 00
114 67
. Blackstone
No. 4248
200 00
30 47
1 50
228 97
122
Isabelle Holt.
Blackstone No. 5169
75 00
7 58
1 50
S1 08
Henry Blanchard .
Blackstone
No. 5604
50 00
7 59
50
57 09
Nathan B. Eames.
Mechanics
No. 6899
100 00
11 67
111 67
50
108 49
6 89
50
106 39
6 34
25
106 09
1 87
101 87
Josiah Monroe, care Elbridge Carter and Walter H. Blanchard lots. Mechanics No. 7559
100 00
1 13
101 13
$4,600 00
$1,007 03
$92 54
$5,514 49
S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund:
Am. Tel. & Tel. Co., 4% Bonds Nos. 17546, 19667, 39S6, 3991, 3992, 3993
$5,541 50
578 50
Blackstone Savings Bank No. 1879 Bond Interest for 1920 Bank Interest
240 00
167 22
$6,527 22
Paid Frank L. Eames, Treasurer
270 00
$6,257 22
FRED A. EAMES, C. S. HARRIMAN, Trustees.
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.
.
.
.
.
.
. Andover No. 31514
100 00
8 99
Lorenzo Meads.
. Mechanics
No. 7176
100 00
Almira J. Carley .
. Andover
No. 32237
100 00
George E. Swain.
. Blackstone
No. 7304
100 00
Thomas Day . .
.
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REPORT OF THE 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, 1920:
Number of arrests .
92
Males
88
Females
4
Residents
20
Non-residents
72
Causes of Arrest
Larceny
7
Delinquency
5
Malicious mischief
1
Drunks
11
Non-support
2
Giving short weight
4
Disturbing the peace
9
Stubborn child
1
Assault and battery
3
Assault with intent to commit murder
1
Violation of the automobile laws
26
Operating an automobile under the influence of liquor Receiving stolen property
2
Track walking
.
.
.
.
4
Playing baseball on the Lord's Day .
.
3
.
.
.
2
2
Insane
125
Disorderly-conduct 1
Keeping and exposing intoxicating liquor .
.
1
Violation of the National Prohibition Law
5
Hunting on the Lord's Day
2
Reckless driving
1
Disposition of Cases
State's prison .
1
Tewksbury State Hospital
2
Danvers Insane Asylum
2
Placed on probation
8
Placed on file
14
Discharged
4
State Board of Charity
1
Turned over to the Boston police
1
Turned over to the Somerville police
2
Turned over the the Federal officers
5
Number of fines imposed
53
Amount of fines imposed
$653
Cases investigated
8
Search warrants
5
Appealed cases
4
Dogs killed
.
9
.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER A. HILL, Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen: I herewith submit my second annual report as Chief Engineer of the Fire Department. The department answered seventy-two calls the past year 1920, which were as follows:
Buildings .
11
Brush Fires
54
Chimneys
2
Tar kettles
3
Autos
2
Total
, 72
February 21 - Chimney fire. House owned by Mrs. Mary McIntosh, Main Street. No damage.
March 23 - Box 43. Bungalow owned by Warren Steven- ings, Lake Street.
March 25 - Still Alarm. Brown's Crossing. Grass Fire. No damage.
April 3 - Box 18. Middlesex Avenue, North Wilmington. A small shed owned by C. H. Wilson.
April 3 - Box 43. Bridge Lane and Main Street. Grass fire. No damage.
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April 4- Box 24. Wildwood Street. Grass fire. No damage.
April 6 - Box 34. Main Street. Grass fire. No damage. Land owned by F. E. Wood, five acres.
April 10- Box 13. Andover Street. Brush fire. Land owned by A. J. Kelley, about one acre.
April 15- Box 12. Andover Street. Land owned by Tyler Stevens, five acres brush and grass.
April 18- Box 41. Shawsheen Avenue, brush fire. No damage.
April 19- Box 41. Shawsheen Avenue, brush and grass fire. Land owned by Alden Eames and Ernest Currier. Caused by railroad. Four acres.
April 19- Box 45. Aldrich Road and Forest Street. Brush and grass, one hundred and fifty acres burnt over.
April 19 - Box 64. Washington Avenue, brush fire, three acres.
April 19- Box 45. Aldrich Road. Two small buildings owned by T. H. Swan.
April 19 - Forest Street. One small building, value $25, caused by brush fire.
April 19- Caused by brush fire. Two small buildings owned by Frank Duffy.
April 19 - Still alarm. Ballardvale Street. No fire.
April 19- Box 43. Silver Lake. Three small fires caused by railroad.
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April 20 - Still alarm. Eames Street. Brush fire. Ten acres, caused by railroad.
April 30- Box 43. Silver Lake, Grove Street. Grass fire. One-quarter acre, caused by railroad.
April 30. Lake Street. Land owned by Mr. Carroll, one-half acre. No damage.
May 1 - Still alarm. Grove Street, Silver Lake. Grass fire. One-quarter acre. Land owned by Mr. Wilds.
May 1 - Still alarm. Brush fire back of Whitefield School, one acre, caused by railroad.
May 1 - Still alarm. Grass fire, Nichols Street, one- quarter acre.
May 5-Box 42. Hopkins Street. Brush fire. Land owned by W. A. Cameron and Martin Nee, ten acres. No damage.
May 6- Woburn Street. Still alarm. Grass fire.
May 16 - Still alarm. Marion Street. Grass, one-quarter acre land owned by John Horan.
May 17 - Still alarm. Brush fire, land owned by Bert Livingston. Ten acres.
May 17 - Still alarm. Grove Street, Silver Lake. Grass fire caused by railroad.
May 17- Still alarm. Shawsheen Avenue. Grass fire caused by railroad.
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May 18- Box 13. Andover Street, North Wilmington. Grass fire on Dailey Farm, one-quarter acre. No damage.
May 20. Still alarm, Nichols Street. Grass and brush, caused by railroad.
May 29- Box 64. Main Street and Bridge Lane. Tar Kettle, State Highway, damage to kettle and tar $50.
May 31- Box 13. Brown's Crossing, no fire.
May 31 - Box 43. Grove Street, Silver Lake. Grass fire, one-quarter acre, caused by railroad.
June 1- Box 31. Main Street. House owned by J. H. Smythman, roof fire caused by spark from railroad.
June 1- Box 24. South Wilmington, Woburn Street. Grass fire caused by railroad.
June 6 - Box 64. Main Street. Tar kettle, State High- way, damage to kettle and tar $75.
June 6 - Still alarm. Lake Street, grass fire.
June 12- Box 13. Federal Street, North Wilmington. Cottage owned by William Wells.
June 30- Box 46. Main Street. Tar kettle and tar. No damage.
July 8 - Box 43. Silver Lake, sawdust and grass. No damage.
July 10- Still alarm. Nichols Street, grass fire. No damage.
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July 11 - Still alarm. Grove Street, Silver Lake. Brush and old rubbish. No damage.
July 13. Still alarm, School Street. Truck fire. Damage $15.
July 13 - Box 43. Grove Street, Silver Lake. Grass and sawdust. No damage.
July 14 - Still alarm. Grove Street, Silver Lake. Saw- dust pile and rubbish. No damage.
July 18 - Still alarm. Nichols Street. Grass fire, one- quarter acre land owned by Mr. Atkinson. No damage.
July 19 - Still alarm. Nichols Street. Grass and brush, caused by railroad.
July 19 - Still alarm. Foster's Pond, Andover Street, one-quarter acre.
July 29 - Still alarm. Nichols Street. Grass and brush, caused by railroad, one-quarter acre.
July 20 - Still alarm. Corner of Lowell and Main Street. Grass fire caused by State Highway burning tar.
July 30 - Still alarm. Salem Street. · Brush fire caused by hot ashes.
July 30- Still alarm. Foster's Pond, Andover Street. One acre.
July 31. - Box 18. Brush fire, Wilmington Junction, five acres.
July 31 - Box 41. Nichols Street. Grass fire.
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August 2 - Still Alarm. Brown Street. Grass fire. One- quarter acre.
August 12- Box 43. Silver Lake. House owned by John Woods. This fire was put out by the Silver Lake Depart- ment.
August 31 - Box 21. North Reading line. House owned by Mr. Silver.
September 9 - Box 32. House owned by Crockett Estate, Butters Row.
October 12- Box 27. Woburn Street. Brush fire. Twenty acres burnt over.
October 20 - Still alarm. Woburn Street. One-quarter acre on land of H. C. Barrows.
October 20 - Still alarm. Silver Lake. Grass fire, caused by railroad.
October 24 - Box 36. Marion Street. Land owned by A. Musolino. Brush, one-quarter acre.
October 25 - Box 43. Silver Lake. Cottage owned by John Darling. No damage.
October 25 - Box 43. West Street. Brush fire. Land owned by Mr. Lyons.
October 25 - Box 43. Main Street, Silver Lake. Grass fire on land owned by Mr. Milligan. No damage.
October 26 - Still alarm. West Street. Brush fire. No damage.
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October 27 - Still alarm. West Street. Brush fire.
November 9 - Still alarm. Chestnut Street. Brush fire.
November 27 - Box 27. Eames Street. Auto owned by Mr. Butler of Boston. $25 damage.
December 15 - Box 37. Forest Street. House owned by F. J. Shay. Total loss. The alarm was given after the house burnt down.
December 22 - Small camp owned by Robinson Allen Breed. Mr. Robinson burnt the camp himself.
We have had four buildings struck by lightning which caused no fire.
(1) Barn owned by Mrs. Mary McIntosh, Main Street. Damage $50.
(2) House owned by Harry Cutter, North Wilmington. Damage $70.
(3) House owned by T. A. Gallagher, North Wilmington. Damage $30.
(4) House owned by Mr. Conte, North Wilmington. Damage $50.
Roll of Department
Chief Engineer / Edwin L. Day
Assistant Chief
Ernest W. Eames
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Combination No. 1
Chester T. Horton, Captain Carroll A. Horton, Lieutenant Edward A. Woodside, Clerk
John F. Muse Walter A. Hill Albert E. Pratt
Howard R. Pratt Rudolph Porter Chester F. MacDowell
Daniel W. Boynton Henry Porter Roscoe G. Frame
Albert D. Butters Joseph A. Caron
Engine No. 3 (Silver Lake)
Harry F. Miller, Captain
Albert J. Spaulding, Lieutenant Paul F. Flagg, Clerk Claude W. Thompson, Treasurer
Edward M. Neilson Leon F. Southmayd Louis Toye
Christian Neilson Claude F. Thompson Frederick A. Field
Peter Neilson Guilford-M. Palmer Edward M. Haskell
Greteno Danca Elmore L. Howe
Value of buildings totally destroyed by fire . $2,750
Value of buildings damaged by fire
3,500
Damage to buildings
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