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Respectfully submitted,
OLIVER A. McGRANE, Tree Warden and Moth Supt.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
To the Board of Selectmen,
Wilmington, Mass .:
I wish at this time to submit my report as Inspector of Animals for the year 1925.
During the early part of the year a tour of inspection was made of all cattle, sheep, swine, etc., and also of the premises where they were kept. Where conditions were found unfit for proper comfort and health of the livestock, suggestions were made for the betterment of conditions and a subsequent visit made to see that these suggestions were complied with.
The cattle were examined and any showing symptoms of contagious or infectious disease were disposed of and the premises disinfected. During the early winter this section was visited by the European Fowl Plague and many poul- try men lost almost their entire flock before it was brought under control. Quarantine of all poultry shipments aided much in bringing the disease under control.
Rabies was diagnosed in a few dogs during the year, but fortunately no one was bitten who required treatment. No doubt the vaccination against rabies has helped mate- rially in keeping down the number of cases which appear in places where the treatment is being used extensively.
About 250 head of cattle, 4 goats, 6 sheep and upwards of 6,000 swine were inspected this year.
Respectfully submitted,
C. H. PLAYDON, M. D. V., Inspector of Animals.
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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my sixth annual report as Chief of Fire Department. The Department answered 139 calls the past year, 1925, which were as follows :
Buildings
23
Chimney
13
Automobiles
1
Trucks 1
Brush
93
Tree fires caused by electric wires
2
False alarms
6
139
No. 1. Jan. 14, 1925. Still alarm, Salem St. Chimney. House owned by David Sullivan. No damage.
No. 2. Jan. 17. Box 91. Butters Rowe. House owned by Mr. Malstester. Value of house, $800. Value of contents, $1,000. Insurance on house, $4,000. No insurance on con- tents.
No. 3. Jan. 5. Box 67, off Main Street, Silver Lake. Chimney. House owned by Mrs. Davis. No damage.
No. 4. Jan. 23. Still alarm, West Street. Chimney, house of Mrs. Goulds. No damage. .
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No. 5. Feb. 13. Still alarm. Butters Rowe. Chimney. House owned by Miss Georgie Crockett. No damage.
No. 6. Feb. 18. Box 21, Salem Street. House owned by Morris Madelensky. Value of house, $3,000. Insurance on house, $5,500. Value of contents, $1,500. Insurance on contents, $1,500. Damage to contents, $1,200. Damage to house, $1,200.
No. 7. April 8. Still alarm, Ballardvale Street. Friends Farm House. Value of house, $3,000. Insurance on house, $1,800. Damage to house, $100. Value of contents, $2,000. Insurance on contents, $1,500. Damage to contents, $15.
No. 8. April 11. Box 71. Tewksbury House, owned by Peter Neilson.
No. 9. April 19. Box 47. Border Avenue, North Wo- burn line. House owned by Palmer Lucher. Value of house, $1,600. Insurance on house, $2,000. Value of con- tents, $1,000. No insurance on contents.
No. 10. April 22. Box 37. West Street. Barn owned by Miss R. V. Edsburg. Value of barn, $1,600. Insurance on barn, $2,000. Value of contents, $500. No insurance on contents.
No. 11. April 22. Box 71. Tewksbury House owned by P. Carter. Value of house, $800. Value of contents, $600. Damage to house, $100. No damage to contents.
No. 12. May 10. Still alarm. Burlington Avenue. Chimney, house owned by Miss Georgie Crockett. No damage.
No. 13. May 26. Forest Street. Small garage owned by Mrs. Edwards. Value of garage, $50. No damage on garage.
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No. 14. June 3. Shawsheen Avenue. Oldsmobile owned by J. Matze of Chestnut Street. Value of auto, $800. Insurance on auto, $600.
No. 15. June 9. Still alarm, Burlington Avenue. Chimney, house owned by Alfred Allen. No damage.
No. 16. July 4. Still alarm, Parker Street. Hen house owned by Mr. Thomas Domic. Value of hen house, $150.
No. 17. July 4. Still alarm, Lowell Street. Small office building. Value of building, $100.
No. 18. July 4. Still alarm. Barn and shed off Bur- lington Avenue. Value of shed, $150. Value of contents, $1,000. No damage.
No. 19. July 4. Still alarm, Forest Street. Barn owned by the Cullins Estate. Value of barn, $100. No insurance on barn.
No. 20. July 4. Still alarm, Butters Rowe. Barn owned by Mr. Melestester. Value of barn, $450. No dam- age on barn. Value of contents, $500. No damage on con- tents.
No. 21. July 7. Parker Street, North Reading line. Truck fire. Value of truck, $800.
No. 22. July 19. Still alarm, Nichols Street Corner. Wires burning tree.
No. 23. Aug. 26. Grove Avenue, Still alarm. Wires burning tree.
No. 24. Sept. 26. Box' 63, Main Street. Boston & Maine freight shed. Value of freight shed, $600. Damage to freight shed, $100
No. 25. Sept. 26. Still alarm, Chestnut Street. Chim- ney, house owned by Mr. Bailey.
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No. 26. Oct. 4. Box 52, Blackstone Street. Small cot- tage. Value of cottage, $400. No insurance on cottage. Value of contents, $150. No insurance on contents. Dam- age to contents, $50. Damage to cottage, $200.
No. 27. Oct. 20. Ballardvale Street. Small cottage owned by Julius Bonning. Value of cottage, $300.
No. 28. Oct. 21. Still alarm, Washington Avenue. House owned by Mr. Ellsworth. Value of house, $2,000. Insurance on house, $4,000. Damage to contents, $15. Value of contents, $1,500.
No. 29. Nov. 4. Box 17, Salem Street. Barn owned by Mr. Coombs. Value of barn, $800. Insurance on barn, $2,500. Value of contents, $1,000. Damage to contents, $100.
No. 30. Nov. 12. Still alarm. Chimney, house owned by Mr. James H. Borns, Federal Gardens. No damage.
No. 31. Nov. 15. Still alarm. Chimney, house owned by Otis Eller, Silver Lake. No damage.
No. 32. Dec. 13. Still alarm. Wilmington Congrega- tional Church. Value of Church, $50,000. Value of con- tents, $2,000. Damage to contents, $200. Damage to Church, $100.
No. 33. Dec. 15. Box 12, Andover Street. House owned by M. B. Hathaway. Chimney. Value of house, $1,700. Insurance on house, $2,500. Damage to house, $10.
No. 34. Dec. 24. Box 61, Middlesex Avenue. House owned by Mr. C. F. Sonder. Value of house, $1,600. In- surance on house, $9,000. Damage to house, $100.
No. 35. Dec. 3. Still alarm, Lowell Street. House owned by Lon Pike. Chimney. No damage.
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No. 36. Dec. 19. Still alarm, Harnden Street, Silver Lake. House owned by Christy Neilson. No damage.
No. 37. Dec. 28. Box 72, at 1:30 A. M. Store owned by Stewart, Grove Avenue, Silver Lake. Value of build- ing, $800. Insurance on building, $2,000. Damage to building, $25.00. Value of contents, $2,000. Insurance on contents, $800. Damage to contents, $100.
No. 38. Dec. 28. Still alarm, Thurston Avenue. W. Rice. House, chimney fire. No damage.
No. 39. Dec. 30. Still alarm, Morse Street. Wilming- ton Grain Co., store. Chimney. No damage.
No. 40. Dec. 31. Still alarm, Shawsheen Avenue. Al- den Eames' house. Cause of fire, chimney. Value of house, $2,500. Insurance on house, $4,000. Damage to house, $2,500.
No. 41. Dec. 31. Box 57, 8:35 P. M., Church Street. House owned by D. F. Perkins. Value of house, $2,400. Insurance on house, $1,800. Damage to house, $15.
Value of buildings totally destroyed $4,850.00
Damage to buildings by fire 3,790.00
Value of buildings not destroyed by fire 88,850.00 Value of contents 15,150.00
Damage to same 1,665.00
E. L. DAY, Chief.
PERMITS
Permits are required for all fires in the open air between March 1 and December 1. It should be especially noted that these exceptions do not hold good in the case of fires within 50 feet of buildings or within 200 feet of sprout or forest land. For such fires, in other words, a permit is always nec-
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essary within the dates mentioned. In issuing permits it is not necessary to restrict the time for burning to an exact date. Space has been provided on the permit forms for adding the desired number of days for burning. Village rubbish and débris fires should be given from one to three days. Parties burning fallows or brush land may need a little more extension of time.
ROLL OF DEPARTMENT
E. L. DAY, Chief
W. W. Rice, Capt. F. A. Cady P. Dayton
J. F. Muse, Lieut.
E. M. Haskell
J. O'Leary
L. F. Call, Clerk H. R. Pratt N. Perry
C. T. Horton
H. M. Horton Charles Black
R. Porter
George Fuller
W. Sheldon
L. Waterman
Albert Lane
Ernest Downing
C. D. A. Gray
W. A. Hill
Hose laid
5,670 ft.
Chemical used
1,563 gals.
Fire Permits given out 287
Respectfully submitted,
E. L. DAY, Chief.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I hereby submit the following report as Superintendent of Streets for the year 1925.
Money Expended
Salaries and wages
$9,054.71
Teams and Trucks
6,071.87
Snow removal
638.62
Repairs and supplies
475.28
Truck repairs and maintenance
827.99
Gravel
300.40
Coal and water
220.97
Oil and Tarvia
4,295.63
Culvert pipe
400.18
Crushed stone
209.28
Stone crusher and maintenance
507.21
Rent (Truck housing)
80.00
Signs
75.83
Steam roller
265.00
Town pumps
16.50
Insurance (Liability and Stone crusher)
420.72
New equipment (Cement mixer)
270.00
Curb stones
415.65
Miscellaneous
3.15
Lumber and cement
39.15
Blasting
7.58
Total
$24,595.72
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Appropriations
Town
$5,500.00
Balance
$57.42
State Chap. No. 81
10,750.00
6.05
66
" 90
(Salem St. Con.) 6,000.00
66
61.98
90
(Salem and Lowell St.)
1,483.99
66
9.00
Main St. Sidewalk
500.00
66
2.11
Forest St. Repairs
1,000.00
1.71
Appropriation for loader carried to 1926
500.00
Total
$25,233.99
$638.27
We built 1,250 feet of tar macadam road on Salem Street, in accordance with a contract signed with the State, and I would recommend that the Town vote to extend this work on Salem Street this year. I have been greatly handicapped this year in my work, in the various gravel pits, and if the Town will vote five hundred ($500.00) dollars more in conjunction with the five hundred ($500.00) dollars appropriated last year, (the same was not used) I will be able to considerably reduce the cost of gravel pit work. In fact, I believe a proper Loader will pay for itself in one season.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE S. FOOTE, Superintendent of Streets.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
To the Citizens of Wilmington:
The Overseers of the Poor herewith submit their annual report. We have three inmates boarding at the Wakefield Town Farm, where they have the best of care.
The Wilmington Town Farm was let to Mr. S. P. Pike, Jr., who has much of the land under cultivation.
The outside poor cases which we have been called upon to aid have been very large this year. We also have had a number of cases to send to the State Hospital for treat- ment.
This increased demand for aid has caused the department to overdraw the appropriation. We wish to say, however, that to offset this overdraft the Treasurer has received $1,747.24 for aid furnished some of the town cases, and also there is due the town from the State, City of Everett and City of Chelsea, $1,417.95.
C. F. PERRY, FRANK W. DAYTON, A. W. GIROUX,
Overseers of Poor.
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my annual report as Librarian.
Public documents received, 17 volumes.
Number of new books purchased for the year,
112 volumes.
Number of books replaced, 2 volumes.
A borrower lost one book and replaced it with a copy of a different book.
Number of books presented, 17 volumes.
Number of books in Library, 6,694 volumes.
Number of persons taking out books, 766.
Number of books taken out during the year, 10,679 volumes.
Forty-one books not needed in the Library have been given to the High School.
The reading table has been supplied from the Town Appropriation with the following magazines: Radio News, Popular Science, Scientific American, Popular Mechanics, National Sportsman, Outdoor America, Nature Magazine, National Geographic, American, Ladies' Home Journal, Youths' Companion, St. Nicholas, Boys' Life, Boy Citizen (8 months) and Saturday Evening Post.
Friends have contributed Our Dumb Animals, Dearborn Independent, Flower Grower (Jan .- March), Living Tissue, Bell Telephone Quarterly, B'nai B'rith, National Grange
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Monthly (Jan .- April), Christian Register and for a part of the year The Motive, Mass. Health Journal and New Near East.
Beginning with the November number the Specialty Salesman Magazine has been presented by the Editor, Rob- ert E. Hicks.
Respectfully submitted,
ANNA TOLMAN SHELDON, Librarian.
List of New Books Purchased for the Library for the Year 1925
Fiction
AR53P-Piracy B124F-Father Abraham
B693D-Drums
B853RO-Rogue's Badge
B942BA-Bandit of Hell's Bend C1525B-Barbarian
C3525LA-Lantern on the Plow
C544D-Daughters of Eve C777L-Lorenzo the Magnificent C784A-Afloat and Ashore D646B-Black Hood D747HD-Her Place in the World F232L-Loring Mystery F375F-Fanny Herself F635A-Annexation Society
N. Arlen Irving Bacheller James Boyd Charles N. Buck E. R. Burroughs Wadsworth Camp G. A. Chamberlain E. H. Clark D. Coolidge J. Fenimore Cooper Thomas Dixon A. M. Douglas Jeffery Farnol Edna Ferber J. S. Fletcher
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G194D-Doctor Ricardo G197H-High Noon G355S-Soundings H181P-Paradise H2237U-Under the Greenwood Tree H387A-At the Foot of the Rainbow H716MY-Mystery of the Opal IR94Y-Youth Rides West L638MI-Missing Initial L7450-On the Right Wrists L896C- - Certain Crossroad L974N-Not Under the Law M725S-Seine Mystery M896T-"Tex"
N793LI-Little Ships OE65H-His Wife-In-Law OP54S-Stolen Idols P167I-In Zanzibar P224P-Power and the Glory P242S-Semi-Attached P756F-Furnace P834K-Keeper of the Bees R474R-Red Lamp R585P-Pleasure Buyers
SA11C-Carolinian SE47L-Last Hope Ranch
SM15P-Pearls of Desire
SM695G-George and the Crown SP34S-Selwood of Sleepy Cat T272W-Wolf T545S. Spindrift W152H-Hairy Arm W462FA-Face Cards W464W-War in the Air W526B-Beauty Prize W554MO-Mother's Recompense
William A. Garrett Crosbie Garstin A. H. Gibbs C. Hamilton Thomas Hardy James B. Hendryx R. S. Holland W. Irwin Natalie S. Lincoln A. Livingston Emilie Loring Grace L. Hill Lutz Cleveland Moffett Clarence E. Mulford Kathleen Norris Marie C. Oemler E. P. Oppenheim Ralph D. Paine Gilbert Parker A Parrish Dan Poling Gene Stratton-Porter Mary R. Rinehart Arthur S. Roche Rafael Sabatini Charles A. Seltzer Austin J. Small Sheila Kaye-Smith F. H. Spearman Albert P. Terhune Harold Titus Edgar Wallace Carolyn Wells H. G. Wells George Weston Edith Wharton
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W585GL-Glory Hole W6728T-Three of Clubs W683R-Rocking Moon W925B-Beau Geste Y87S-Seibert of the Island
Stewart E. White V. Williams Barrett Willoughby P. C. Wren Gordon Young
Juvenile Fiction
jB234BA-Bases Full jB586M-Mysterious Tutor j B792R-Rosalie Dare's Test jD291M-Miss Polly Wiggles jF953A-All for Andover jG763W-Wind in the Willows jJ644Q-Quilt that Jack Built jL6476S-Silverfoot
jM955P-Patricia from New York jP242T-Treasure of Shady Vale jP833MA-Mary Marie jP975W-Wide-Open-Eye
jR344A-Adventures of Joan jR344H-How Barbara Kept Her Promise jR344O-Only Dollie jR344PR-Priscilla of the Doll Shop jR344WI-Winifred's Neighbors
jSA25P-Paul and Virginia jT387R-Real Princess
jT594SB-Scouting on the Mohawk jW589S-Story of Opal
Ralph H. Barbour Gladys Blake Amy Brooks Edna C. Davis Claude M. Fuess K. Grahamne A. F. Johnston Maud Lindsay M. Murphy C. W. Parmenter Eleanor H. Porter Nina Purdy Nina Rhoades Nina Rhoades Nina Rhoades Nina Rhoades Nina Rhoades B. De Saint-Pierre E. G. Thomson E. T. Tomlinson Opal Whiteley
Miscellaneous
B-G655-My Education and Religion
George A. Gordon, D. D. 173-C65-What Ails Our Youth George A. Coe
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Edward A. Filene
174-F47-Way Out 213-K29-Evolution Vernon Kellogg 270-H87-Renaissance-Protestant Revolution and
Catholic Reformation in Continental Europe Edward M. Hulme
332-L52-Making of a Stockbroker Edwin Lefevre 342-Y8-New American Government and Its Work James T. Young
372-B81-Teaching of Arithmetic J. C. Brown and L. D. Coffman 372-C93-Children's Literature
C. M. Curry and E. E. Clippenger
372-K66-Teaching of Arithmetic P. Klapper, Ph. D. 372-K66T-Teaching English in Elementary and Junior High Schools P. Klapper, Ph. D. 372-L55-Essential Principles of Teaching Reading and Literature S. A. Leonard
372-M27-Standards in English J. J. Mahoney 372-OV2-Principles and Methods of Teaching Arith- metic J. R. Overman
372-P38-How to Teach Reading
M. E. Pennell and A. M. Cusack 372-SA3-Elements of Geography R. D. Salisbury, H. H. Barrows, W. S. Tower 372-SH5-Speaking and Writing English B. M. Sheridan 372-ST7-Silent and Oral Reading C. R. Stone 372-Y8-Methods in Elementary English N. J. Young and F. W. Memmott 398-T16-When Knights Were Bold E. M. Tappan
540-P53-Romance of Modern Chemistry J. C. Philip 614.8-OH3-Smoke-eaters H. J. O'Higgins 658-K55-How to Choose and Get a Better Job
E. J. Kilduff 689-SM5-How to Make Hand-made Flowers Ada J. Smith 770-G35-Romance of Modern Photography C. R. Gibson 808-C54-When You Write a Letter T. A. Clark
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811-J62-Book of American Negro Poetry
Edited by J. W. Johnson 916-P87B-Beyond the Utmost Purple Rim E. A. Powell 917.3-M91-Adventures of a Scholar Tramp G. H. Mullin 918.8-B39-Jungle Peace W. Beebe
920-B72-Damaged Souls Gamaliel Bradford 920-F74-Men Who Are Making America B. C. Forbes 940-EM3-Mediaeval Europe E. Emerton
940-SE4-History of Mediaeval and of Modern Civilization Charles Seignobos
978-R67-Stories of the Great West Theodore Roosevelt
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REPORT OF THE CARTER LECTURE COMMITTEE FOR 1925
During the fall of 1925 that Committee has presented two lectures to the citizens of Wilmington.
On November 19, Mr. Henry Warren Poor lectured on "The Wonders of the Great Southwest" to a small but appreciative audience.
On December 14, Mr. Fred W. Glasier gave an illus- trated lecture on "A Day with the Circus," which was enjoyed by a good-sized audience.
The Committee has two other entertainments in mind for the latter part of the winter season, but as yet plans have not been completed.
Respectfully submitted,
GERALD F. FRAZEE, Chairman, ARTHUR F. BLAKE, Treasurer, JOHN W. HATHAWAY, Secretary, FRANK ROMAN, ARTHUR W. GIROUX.
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TREASURER'S REPORT SARAH D. J. CARTER LECTURE COMMITTEE
Receipts.
1925
Jan. 1 Balance on hand $75.35
Jan. 16 From Frank L. Eames, Treas., Interest 100.00
Dec. 28 From Frank L. Eames, Treas., Income 240.00
$415.35
Expenditures.
1925
Jan. 8 White Entertainment Bureau $36.12
May 28 Wilmington High School Al-
pha "Ad" 4.50
Feb. 18 Grange Hall Corp., rent 40.00
Nov. 9 Wilmington High School Al- pha "Ad" 2.25
Dec. 7 H. B. Williams 50.00
Dec. 2 Alice M. Young, Posters 5.00
Dec. 21 H. B. Williams, Expenses H. W. Poor 3.00
Dec. 29 Fred W. Glasier 78.00
218.87
Jan. 1, 1926 Balance on hand $196.48
Respectfully submitted,
SARAH D. J. CARTER LECTURE COMMITTEE, A. F. BLAKE, Treasurer.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS, 1925
Amount
Accumulated Interest
With- drawn
Balance on Deposit
Library Funds:
Andover
No.
8512
$200.00
$91.53
$291.53
Benjamin Buck
Andover
No. 18341
500.00
84.06
584.06
Charlotte C. Smith
Mechanics
No. 4215
500.00
160.87
660.87
Sabra Carter Common Fund
Andover
No. 18349
200.00
116.48
6.00
310.48
Cemetery Funds:
Isaac Cazneau
Andover
No. 18985
100.00
56.59
5.25
151.34
Susan Carlton
Andover
No. 18345
75.00
20.05
4.25
90.80
Geo. W. and Minnie A. Sidelinker
Andover
No. 22450
200.00
82.65
13.00
269.65
Sabra Carter (Jaques Lot)
Andover
No. 18347
200.00
85.31
6.25
279.06
William H. Carter
Andover
No. 24631
100.00
26.61
6.25
120.36
Dolly Harnden
Andover
No. 18342
100.00
21.64
6.25
115.39
Thomas P. Eames
Andover
No. 18346
100.00
21.48
7.00
114.48
Sabra Carter
Andover
No. 18348
100.00
47.97
5.25
142.72
Rich. Carter
Andover
No. 22451
100.00
19.02
6.25
112.77
James Frazer
Andover
No. 18343
200.00
77.40
10.00
267.40
Martha Temple
Andover
No. 18344
100.00
72.30
6.25
166.05
S. D. J. Carter
Andover
No. 22579
200.00
93.01
5.25
287.76
Charlotte C. Smith
Mechanics
No.
4214
50.00
4.95
3.00
51.95
Chas. H. Hopkins
Blackstone
No.
4248
200.00
49.35
5.25
244.10
Abner C. Childs
Woburn
No. 33384
100.00
30.76
5.25
125.51
Gilman C. Harnden
Woburn
No. 32614
100.00
21.29
10.00
111.29
Laura Parker
Woburn
No. 32615
50.00
8.85
4.25
54.60
Sarah G. Sheldon
Woburn
No. 33814
200.00
48.36
6.25
242.11
Rufus C. Eames
Blackstone
No.
4642
100.00
18.95
4.00
114.95
John Sheldon Sargent
Blackstone
No.
4859
100.00
17.47
5.25
112.22
Isabelle Holt
Blackstone
No.
5169
75.00
11.69
5.25
81.44
Henry Blanchard
Blackstone
No. 5604
50.00
1.03
51.03
Burnap
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Nathan B. Eames
Mechanics
No. 6899
100.00
18.17
5.25
112.92
Thomas Day
Andover
No. 31514
100.00
20.97
6.25
114.72
Lorenzo Meads
Mechanics
No. 7176
100.00
16.74
6.25
110.49
Almira J. Carley
Andover
No. 32237
100.00
15.37
5.25
110.12
George E. Swain
Blackstone
No. 7304
100.00
16.33
5.25
111.08
Josiah Monroc (Care Elbridge Carter
and Walter H. Blanchard Lots)
Mechanics
No.
7559
100.00
10.00
7.25
102.75
Jacob H. Shedd
Blackstone
No.
7701
100.00
9.81
6.25
103.56
George T. Eames
Blackstone
No.
7746
200.00
26.61
6.25
220.36
Jonathan Eames, 2nd ..
Andover
No. 35188
100.00
9.26
4.00
105.26
Newman Parker, Jr.
Blackstone
No.
8259
100.00
13.39
113.39
Irwin E. Morse
Mechanics
No.
8531
100.00
8.89
4.00
104.89
Sylvester and Lois R. Carter
Mechanics
No.
8990
100.00
2.63
102.63
$5,300.00
$1,457.84
$191.75
$6,566.09
S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund :
$5,541.50
Am. Tel. & Tel. Co. 4% Col. Bonds Nos. 17546, 19667, 3986, 3991, 3992, 3993 Blackstone Savings Bank Book No. 1,879
578.50
$6,120.00
Bond interest, 1925
240.00
Bank interest accumulated
79.91
$6,439.91
Paid Frank L. Eames, Treasurer
240.00
$6,199.91
C. S. HARRIMAN, EDWARD N. EAMES, PHILIP B. BUZZELL, Trustees.
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ASSESSORS' VALUATION OF TOWN PROPERTY 1925
Assessors' Valuation 1925
Real Estate
$2,924,544.00
Personal Estate
387,227.00
Amount of tax assessed including overlay
112,944.58
State tax assessed 5,400.00
State Highway tax assessed
794.60
Fire Prevention tax assessed
32.49
Moth Tax (State) assessed
1,744.69
County Tax assessed
4,113.10
Town Tax assessed
100,202.11
Moth Tax (Town)
676.82
Number of Polls assessed
1,000.00
Rate of Taxation per $1000
33.50
Schedule of Town Property
Schoolhouses and lots
$62,500.00
Town Farm
4,500.00
Town Hall, lot and fire alarm equipment
3,500.00
Cemetery land and lots
2,000.00
Public Library Building and lot
1,000.00
Contents of Public Library
2,800.00
Storehouse and lot
100.00
Highway tools and machinery
1,600.00
Cemetery tool house and tools
100.00
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Furniture in Town Hall
350.00
Eight safes
1,500.00
Engine house, Lockup and lot
3,000.00
Hose, ladders, shovels, cans, etc.
1,500.00
Three motor fire trucks
6,000.00
Police equipment
200.00
Land account of Tax Sales
15,279.00
Moth building and lot
600.00
Sprayers and fixtures
2,000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measurers' outfit
275.00
Common and flag staff.
2,000.00
$110,804.00
JAMES E. KELLEY, J. HOWARD EAMES, ARTHUR W. SPRAGUE, Assessors of Wilmington.
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COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT
Account of 1924 Tax
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1925 Additional
$39,146.17 8.00
$39,154.17
Taxes Collected
$38,791.21
Taxes Abated
362.96
$39,154.17
Interest Collected
$1,790.73
Account of 1925 Tax
Commitment
Additional
$113,622.33 10.05
$113,632.38
Taxes Collected
$59,084.71
Taxes Abated
129.83
59,214.54
Uncollected, Jan. 1, 1926 Interest Collected
$54,417.84 101.67
GEORGE W. BUCK, Collector of Taxes.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Receipts.
Cash in Treasury
$36,016.10
Cash received account of :
Income Taxes
10,461.19
Corporation Taxes
732.78
National Bank Tax
8.39
Street Railway Tax
467.61
Military Aid
67.50
State Aid
272.00
Soldiers' Exemptions
70.58
Reimbursement for loss of taxes on land used for public institutions
5.70
Civilian War Tax
372.00
Superintendent of Schools
1,160.02
Income Mass. School Fund
3,581.88
Temporary Aid
884.24
Aid to Industrial Schools
410.47
Tuition of Children
962.23
Dog Licenses
711.71
Licenses
582.00
Cemetery Lots
447.00
Deeds of Release
1,261.75
Telephone Tolls
18.55
Schools
55.81
Moths
63.13
S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund
240.00
Care of Cemetery Lots
100.00
Rent
65.00
Forest Fires
.50
Building Inspection
-
103.50
Sealer's Fees
37.83
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Poor
Highways
813.00 7,758.99 445.25
Interest on deposits
Court Fines
376.00
Library
76.83
Hearse House
25.00
Cemetery
6.00
Health
20.00
Loans Anticipation of Revenue
98,500.00
Taxes of 1924
38,791.21
Interest on taxes of 1924
1,790.73
Taxes of 1925
59,084.71
Interest on Taxes of 1925
101.67
Income from Trust Funds
191.75
$267,140.61
Payments
Cash paid account of :
Selectmen's Orders
$115,312.56
State Tax
5,400.00
County Tax
4,113.10
Fire Prevention
32.49
Repairs State Highways
794.60
Suppression of Moths
1,744.69
Corporation Tax
7.52
Interest
4,742.62
High School Bonds
1,750.00
Town's Notes
99,500.00
Cash in Treasury
33,743.03
$267,140.61
FRANK L. EAMES, Treasurer.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
FOR THE Financial Year ending December 31, 1925 SHOWING
APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT AND BALANCE SHEET
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Following is my account for the financial year ending December 31, 1925, showing appropriations, receipts, pay- ments, statement of Town Debt and Balance Sheet after closing of books.
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