Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1929-1930, Part 11

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1929
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 292


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Unexpended balance, to Excess and


23.61


Deficiency Account


$25.61


$25.61


Deficiency Account


60


Cemetery Reserve Fund


Received from sale of lots and graves


$780.00


Balance


$780.00


Balance to 1931


$780.00


Cemetery


Appropriation


$2,500.00


Payments


Salaries and wages


$1,689.00


Team and truck hire


295.75


Tools, hardware, paints


67.75


Fertilizer


25.27


Posts


5.25


Iron fence and gates


307.40


Trees and shrubs


55.88


Repairs


11.00


Compensation insurance


.


$2,489.18


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


10.82


$2,500.00


$2,500.00


Interest


Appropriation


$20,462.50


Overdraft


124.64


Payments


Interest on:


Temporary loans


$6,764.05


Highway Department notes


63.75


School Department note


303.08


High School House bonds


393.76


Water Department bonds


.


13,062.50


$20,587.14


$20,587.14


Overdraft to 1931


$124.60


Interest 1929 Account


Overdraft from 1929


$414.23


Appropriation


$414.23


Town Indebtedness


Appropriation


Payments


School House Bonds Nos. 31 and 32 ..


$1,750.00


School Department Note No. 75.


5,500.00


Highway Department Note No. 54 ....


1,000.00


$8,250.00


$8,250.00


. .


31.88


Deficiency Account


.


$8,250.00


61


Trust Funds Receipts


Perpetual care fund, cemetery lot Lemuel C. Eames


$100.00


Perpetual care fund, cemetery lot Sarah H. Jackson 100.00


Perpetual care fund, cemetery lot Henry G. Gowing 150.00


Income, S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund


250.00


Income, Sabra Carter Common Fund 80.00


Income, Cemetery Trust Funds


375.75


Payments


To Trustees of Trust Funds, cemetery perpetual care funds


$350.00


To S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee


250.00


Labor on Common .


80.00


Account Cemetery Lots:


Isaac Cazneau


$4.00


Susan Carlton


3.00


Geo. W. and Minnie A.


Sidelinker


10.00


Sabra Carter (Jaques lot)


6.50


William H. Carter


4.00


Dolly Harnden


6.50


Thomas P. Eames


4.00


Sabra Carter


3.00


Rich Carter 4.50


James Frazer


35.00


Martha Temple


84.00


S. D. J. Carter


17.75


Charlotte C. Smith


2.00


Charles H. Hopkins


26.50


Abner C. Childs


3.00


Gilman C. Harnden


7.00


Laura Parker


2.00


Sarah G. Sheldon


6.50


Rufus C. Eames


24.00


John Sheldon Sargent


6.50


Isabelle Holt


5.50


Henry Blanchard


2.00


Nathan B. Eames


4.00


Thomas Day


3.00


Lorenzo Meads


6.50


Almira J. Carley


2.50


George E. Swain


14.00


Josiah Monroe (Elbridge


Carter and Walter H.


Blanchard Lots)


4.00


Jacob H. Shedd


4.00


George T. Eames


24.00


Jonathan Eames, 2nd


4.00


Newman Parker, Jr.


6.50


Irwin E. Morse


4.00


Sylvester and Lois R.


Carter


4.00


Capt. George W. McIntosh


7.00


Mary A. Gowing


3.00


62


S. Lizzie Carter


2.00


Julia M. Parker


3.00


Jacques Gowing


3.00


Benjamin T. Glover


3.00


John W. Perry


3.00


Mary E. Kelley


4.00


375.75


$1,055.75


$1,055.75


Reserve Fund


Appropriation


$3,000.00


Transferred to:


Tree Warden


$400.00


Election and Registration


300.00


Vocational Training


7.75


$707.75


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


Deficiency Account


2,292.25


$3,000.00


$3,000.00


Abatement 1929 Taxes


Dr.


1929 Taxes Abated


$807.17


Balance


217.61


Cr.


Balance from 1929


$1,024.78


$1,024.78


$1,024.78 $217.61


Abatement 1930 Taxes


Dr.


1930 Taxes Abated


$167.40


Balance


896.77


Cr.


1930 Overlay


$1,064.17


$1,064.17


$1,064.17 $896.77


Balance to 1931


Overlay Reserve Account


Dr.


Balance


$1,286.38


Cr.


Balance from 1929


$1,286.38


Balance to 1931 $1,286.38


Balance to 1931


63


Property Tax Sale Account Dr.


Balance from 1929


$3,364.52


Taxes and expenses on property taken by Town


2,881.16


Cr.


Received from redeemed tax titles


$2,163.69


Balance


4,081.99


$6,245.68


$6,245.68


Balance to 1931


$4,081.99


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Dr.


Allotment account Salem St. and Burl- ington Ave.


$4,000.00


Allotment account Salem and Lowell Sts.


500.00


Allotment account Burlington Ave.


2,000.00


Cr


Received during 1930


$4,500.00 2,000.00


Balance


$6,500.00


$6,500.00


Balance to 1931


$2,000.00


County of Middlesex


Dr.


Allotment account Salem St. and Burl- ington Ave.


$4,000.00


Allotment account Salem and Lowell Sts.


500.00


Allotment account Burlington Ave. (additional)


2,000.00


Cr.


Received during 1930


$4,500.00 2,000.00


Balance


$6,500.00


$6,500.00


Balance to 1931


$2,000.00


Revenue Account Dr.


Appropriations (for Town purposes) . $195,349.58


Balance to Excess and Deficiency Ac- count .56


(additional)


64


Cr.


Committed to Collector


Estimated Receipts


$149,115.80 46,234.34


$195,350.14


$195,350.14


Estimated Receipts Dr.


Estimated amounts :


Automobile Excise Tax


$7,582.03


Income Tax


22,693.36


Income Tax (previous years) .


762.90


Corporation Tax


1,688.11


National Bank Tax


205.12


Trust Company Tax


33.85


Licenses


654.50


Fines


609.60


Treasurer


1.52


Protection of Life and Property. ...


712.76


Charities


1,708.37


Soldiers' Benefits


385.27


Schools


3,354.21


Vocational Training


258.80


Library


95.74


Cemetery


538.55


Interest


4,323.99


Veterans' Exemptions


50.48


Street Railway Tax


569.01


Reimbursement, loss of tax


6.17


$46,234.34


Paid State, 1926 National Bank Tax


.28


Paid State, 1928 National Bank Tax


12.65


Paid State, 1929 National Bank Tax


18.29


Paid refund, license fee


5.00


Paid refund, automobile excise taxes


8.73


Balance (Excess of actual receipts over estimated


amounts) to Excess and Deficiency Account


2,357.57


$48,636.86


Estimated Receipts


Cr.


Amounts actually received :


Automobile Excise Tax 1929


$2,887.12


Automobile Excise Tax 1930


3,829.91


Income Tax 1930


26,355.00


Income Tax 1929


1,011.50


Corporation Tax, P. S. 1930


530.61


Corporation Tax, P. S. 1929


1.24


Corporation Tax, Bus. 1930


1,052.74


Corporation Tax, Bus. 1929


65.26


National Bank Tax, 1930


136.36


National Bank Tax, 1928


.53


National Bank Tax, 1927


.57


National Bank Tax, 1926


.


. . . . .


7.35


.


65


Trust Company Tax, 1930


11.53


Licenses


782.25


Court fines


165.00


Town Clerk, sale of printed records


4.00


Protcetion of Persons and Property: Fire Department, sale of cans


$2.15


Fireworks permits


10.00


12.15


Building Inspection, fees


73.50


Sealing of Weights and Measures, fees


67.13


Moth Department, return insur- ance premium


$69.72


Moth Department, telephone tolls


13.89


83.61


Tree Warden, private work


$436.72


Wood sold


44.00


480.72


Forest Fires, account railroad fires


262.65


Highways, discount on grease and oil


$2.98


Snow removal, State


40.00


42.98


Charities :


Board of Public Welfare:


Outside board


$250.00


Hospital board and care


29.00


State, temporary aid


930.81


Other cities, aid


941.82


Private persons, aid


44.75


2,196.38


Mothers' Aid, from State


137.54


Soldiers' Benefits :


State Aid, from State


252.00


Military Aid, from State


168.50


Education :


Schools:


Account Superintendent, State.


$1,160.00


Dog licenses


1,068.82


Other towns, tuition


120.00


2,348.82


Vocational Training, from State


56.56


Library, fines and sale of books


68.61


Parks, rent of land


Interest:


On taxes


$4,067.98


On excise taxes


105.86


On tax deed releases


113.29


On bank deposits


989.84


5,276.97


Veterans' Exemptions, from State Land sold


80.00


Refund gas tax, State


48.04


Reimbursement, loss of tax, State


6.06


....


$48,636.86


.


50.00


83.67


66


Excess and Deficiency Account Dr.


Appropriation, for 200th Anniversary Celebration . . $2,000.00


Appropriation, for Injuries to Firemen


393.93


Appropriation, for Forest Fire Pump and Equipment


2,000.00


Appropriation, for Aldrich Road Water Main


2,500.00


Appropriation, for Glen Road Water Main Balance


6,645.09


$16,539.02


Cr.


Balance from 1929


$10,059.76


Unexpended balances :


Selectmen


1.05


Town Accountant


7.23


Treasurer


35.32


Tax Collector


4.09


Assessors


39.53


Town Plans


1.46


Finance Committee


17.72


Town Counsel


7.17


Town Clerk


1.65


Election and Registration


9.61.


Town Hall


18.08


Committee on Remodeling Town Hall and Library


200.00


Police Department (Emergency Loan)


.86


Fire Department (Emergency Loan)


19.82


Building Inspection


86.60


Moth Department


4.35


Tree Warden


3.12


Forest Fires (Emergency Loan)


30.00


Forest Fire Pump and Equipment


3.82


Health and Sanitation


21.72


Highways, Roads and Bridges


.81


Salem and Lowell Streets, Maintenance


.10


Lowell Street Sidewalk


22.85


Electric Street Lights


127.74


Board of Public Welfare (Emergency Loan)


9.26


Mothers' Aid


485.25


Military Aid


115.00


Soldiers' Relief (Emergency Loan)


203.00


Schools


22.71


Grading Nee Park


3.50


Unclassified


281.63


Memorial Day


3.70


Water Department, Construction Account


10.82


Aldrich Road Water Main


3.17


Glen Road Water Main


.52


Reserve Fund


2,292.25


200th Anniversary Celebration


2.01


Revenue Account


.56


Estimated Receipts


2,357.57


$16,539.02


$6,645.09


Cr. Balance to 1931


23.61


Cemetery


3,000.00


67


Recapitulation of 1930 Taxes and Appropriations


Total appropriations for Town purposes


$205,243.51


State Tax


3,920.00


State Highway Repairs Tax


788.00


State Snow Removal Tax


163.53


State Fire Prevention Tax


50.19


County Tax


5,917.67


County Tuberculosis Hospital Tax


561.76


Overlay


1,064.17


$217,708.83


Raised as follows :


Appropriated from Excess and De-


ficiency Account


$9,893.93


Poll taxes-1,136 @ $2.00


2,272.00


Property Tax, $4,282,475 @ $37.20


159,308.56


Estimated Receipts


46,234.34


$217,708.83


Committed to Collector


Real Estate and Personal Tax


$159,308.56


Special Forestry Tax


.56


Poll Taxes


2,272.00


$161,581.12


Automobile Excise Tax


8,805.46


Total amount Committed


$170,386.58


STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT (Temporary Loans) (Anticipation of Revenue)


Outstanding January 1, 1930:


Note No. 72


$35,000.00


Note No. 73


50,000.00


Note No. 74


11,000.00


$96,000.00


Borrowed during 1930:


Note No. 76


$10,000.00


Note No. 77


25,000.00


Note No. 79


35,000.00


Note No. 80


15,000.00


Note No. 81


61,000.00


Note No. 82


.


25,000.00


171,000.00


$267,000.00


68


Paid during 1930:


Note No. 72


$35,000.00


Note No. 73


50,000.00


Note No. 74


. 11,000.00


Note No. 76


10,000.00


Note No. 77


25,000.00


Note No. 82


25,000.00


156,000.00


Outstanding December 31, 1930 $111,000.00


High School House Bonds (Issue of 1914)


Outstanding January 1, 1930


$8,750.00


Paid during 1930


1,750.00


Outstanding December 31, 1930


$7,000.00


School Department Note (Portable Schools)


(Issue of 1929)


Outstanding January 1, 1930, Note No. 75


$5,500.00


Paid during 1930, Note No. 75 $5,500.00


Highway Department Notes (Issue of 1927)


Outstanding January 1, 1930:


Note No. 54


$1,000.00


Note No. 55


1,000.00


$2,000.00


Paid during 1930, Note No. 54


1,000.00


Outstanding December 31, 1930


$1,000.00


Emergency Loan Notes


(Issue of 1930)


Outstanding December 31, 1930:


Note No. 83


$2,000.00


Note No. 84


3,000.00


$5,000.00


Water Department Bonds


Outstanding December 31, 1930 $350,000.00


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Summary of Town Debt


Temporary Loans (Anticipation of Revenue)


$111,000.00


High School House Bonds


7,000.00


Emergency Loan


5,000.00


Highway Department Loan


1,000.00


Water Department Bonds


. 350,000.00


$474,000.00


BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1930


Dr.


Cash in Treasury


$31,154.19


George W. Buck, Collector, uncollected


taxes :


Account 1929


$523.89


Account 1930


90,068.55


90,592.44


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, account of High- ways .


2,000.00


County Middlesex, Account of Highways


2,000.00


Property Tax Sale Account


4,081.99


Balancing Account, High School House Bonds


7,000.00


Balancing Account, Water Department Bonds


350,000.00


Balancing Account, Highways Department Notes


1,000.00


Balancing Account, Emergency Loan Notes


5,000.00


Departmental Overdrafts:


Police Department


$136.22


Fire Department


708.80


Forest Fires


1,722.01


Board of Public Welfare


3,994.52


Soldiers' Relief


108.75


Interest . 124.64


6,794.94


$499,623.56


Cr.


Temporary Loans (anticipation of revenue)


$111,000.00


Temporary Loans (emergency)


5,000.00


High School House Bonds


7,000.00


Water Department Bonds


350,000.00


Highway Department Notes


1,000.00


Water Department, Operating Account


703.17


Salem St. and Burlington Ave. Construction


4,367.46


Surplus War Bonus Funds


1,475.83


Premium on Water Department Bonds


9,167.25


State Highway Land Damages


84.00


Cemetery Reserve Fund (Sale of lots and graves) .


..


780.00


Abatement 1929 Taxes


217.61


Abatement 1930 Taxes


896.77


Overlay Reserve Account


1,286.38


Excess and Deficiency Account


6.645.09


$499,623.56


HARRY R. DEMING, Town Accountant.


70


DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS


January 1, 1931.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Wilmington, Mass.


Gentlemen:


Following is a list of departmental recommendations for 1931, with reasons for increase, if any, over 1930:


Department


Amount


Reasons for Increase


Selectmen


$1,200.00


Additional expenses


Town Accountant


700.00


Treasurer


1,020.00


Tax Collector


2,000.00


Additional postage. etc, .x- cise tax Copying valuation book


Assessors


2,400.00


Town Plans


500.00


Finance Committee


100.00


Town Counsel


1,500.00


Town Clerk


500.00


Election and Registration ..


350.00


Town Hall


550.00


Police Department


7,000.00


Constable


50.00


Fire Department


7,500.00


Hqdrant Rental


4,800.00


Building Inspection


500.00


Sealing Weights and Meas- ures


350.00


Suppression of Moths


1,605.00


Tree Warden


1,900.00


Forest Fires


1,000.00


Health and Sanitation


1,000.00


Public Health Nurse


1,200.00


Highways, General Account


25,000.00


Burlington Ave. Construc- tion


2,000.00


Salem and Lowell Streets Maintenance


750.00


Electric Street Lights


7,746.00


Board of Public Welfare


10,000.00


Mothers' Aid


1,350.00


State Aid


360.00


Military Aid


400.00


Soldiers' Relief


2,000.00


Schools


70,000.00


Vocational Training


1,000.00


Library


1,200.00


Parks


350.00


Fire hose 3 more hydrants


Additional work Compulsory fire patrol


Unemployment-Old age pensions


Growth of attendance, etc.


Additional books Shrubs for Nee Park and 150 for Memorial Park


71


Firemen's Pensions


1,248.00


Unclassified


1,000.00


Memorial Day


400.00


Water Department


Unexpended 1930 balance and 1931 receipts


Cemetery


3,000.00


Additional territory and work


Reserve Fund


5,000.00


Emergencies


Town Indebtedness


11,082.75


Interest


20,844.00


Yours respectfully,


HARRY R. DEMING,


Town Accountant.


72


REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL


January 24, 1931.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


In accordance with the requirements of the Town By-Laws, I submit herewith my report as Town Counsel covering the year 1930.


a. On January 1, 1930, there were pending the following action by or against the Town, (exclusive of actions in which the Town was merely summoned as trustee, and in which it had no interest) :


Taylor v. Town of Wilmington, Middlesex Superior Court.


(Action of tort by George L. Taylor to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by rea- son of a defect in Washington Avenue; ad damnum, $2,000.00).


Hakey v. Town of Wilmington, Middlesex Superior Court.


(Action of tort by Mary Jane Surette Hakey to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by reason of a defect in Middlesex Avenue; ad damnum, $5,000.00).


Town of Wilmington v. Wilmington Packing Company, Middlesex Superior Court.


(Bill in equity brought to enjoin the Wilmington Pack- ing Company from conducting a rendering plant without a permit).


Directors of Boston & Maine Railroad v. Town of Wliming- ton, Middlesex Superior Court.


(Application for appointment of a special commission to determine the work involved in the alteration of three rail- road bridges in Wilmington decreed by the County Commis- sioners, namely, the Butters Row, Shawsheen Avenue, and Lake Street bridges, and who is to pay the expense thereof, or how the same shall be apportioned.)


b. During the year 1930 the following actions were brought by or against the Town:


Shepard v. Town of Wilmington, Essex Superior Court.


(Action of tort by Ernest J. Shepard to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by rea- son of a defect in Woburn Street; ad damnum, $4,000.00).


Directors of Boston & Maine Railroad v. Town of Wilming- ton, Middlesex Superior Court.


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(Application for appointment of a special commission to determine who is to do the work involved in the alteration of a railroad bridge in Wilmington decreed by the County Commissioners, namely, the Eames Street bridge, and who is to pay the expense thereof, or how the same shall be ap- portioned.)


Town of Billerica v. Town of Wilmington et als, Suffolk Superior Court.


(Bill in equity brought by the Town of Billerica and join- ing all of the interested parties to determine the proper disposition of the funds available for payment of the cost of construction of the Nichols Street bridge over the Shaw- sheen River among the several claimants thereto.)


c. During the year 1930 the following actions by or against the Town were settled and disposed of:


Directors of Boston & Maine Railroad v. Town of Wilming- ton, Middlesex Superior Court.


(This was the case relating to the special commission for the apportionment of the expense of tlie alterations of the Butters Row, Shawsheen Avenue and Lake Street bridges. A hearing was had before a special commission appointed by the Superior Court, which commission determined that the railroad should pay the entire expense of the alteration and that as to subsequent maintenance the Town should be required to pay only the cost of maintaining the approaches. This finding was approved by decree of the Superior Court entered by consent.)


d. The compensation received by the Town Counsel in said actions and in all other matters during the year is as follows:


Compensation $580. (Covering the services rendered in 1929).


Disbursements $990.96 (of which $943.17 represents a- mounts paid to Horace A. Edgecomb, court stenographer, for stenographic transcript of the evidence in the equity suit against Wilmington Packing Company).


Respectfully submitted,


PHILIP B. BUZZELL,


Town Counsel.


74


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, 1930.


Number of Arrests


54


Males


52


Females


2


Residents


16


Non-residents


38


Causes of Arrest


Drunks


15


Violation of the Liquor laws


4


Violation of the Automobile laws


10


Breaking and Entering and Larceny


4


Larceny


7


Assualt and Battery


6


Non-Support


5


Bastardy


1


Rape


1


Manslaughter


1


Carrying revolver without a license


1


Disposition of Cases


Sentenced to the House of Correction


2


Suspended sentence to th House of Correction


3


Sentenced to the Concord Reformatory


3


Suspended sentence to the Shirley Industrial School


1


Turned over to the Somerville Police


2


Turned over to the Malden Police


1


Turned over to the Boston Police


1


Turned over to the Lowell Police


1


Appealed cases


2


Placed on file


7


Discharged


6


Probation


2


Released


4


Nol-prossed


3


Number of fines imposed


20


Amount of fines imposed


$460.00


Amount of Stolen Property recovered


$5,100.00


Cases investigated


14


Search Warrants


2


Dogs Killed


39


Respectfully submitted,


WALTER A. HILL,


Chief of Police.


75


REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


I herewith submit my eleventh annual report as Chief of the Fire Department.


This Department has answered calls as follows for the year end- ing December 31, 1930.


RECORD OF ALARMS


Month


House Fires Brush Fires 4


Total


January


8


8


March


8


28


36


April


7


72


79


May


18


23


41


June


7


3


10


July


10


2


12


August


11


3


14


September


6


5


11


October


4


17


21


November


3


7


10


December


....


5


3


8


91


163


254


Number of Feet of 21/2-inch Hose Laid


49,950


Number of Feet of 11/2-inch Hose Laid


12,500


Number of Feet of Chemical Hose Laid


5,658


Gallons of Chemical Used


2,852


Value of Buildings Totally Destroyed


$62,925.00


Value of Buildings Not Destroyed


39,350.00


Damage to Buildings


7,420.00


Value of Contents


22,250.00


Damage to Contents


7,585.00


Value of Automobiles


2,700.00


Damage to Automobiles


550.00


Value of Trucks and Contents


10,000.00


Damage to Trucks and Contents


75.00


Fire Permits Issued


286


This Department consists of two permanent men (including the Chief) and seventeen call men.


4


February


. .


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ROLL OF DEPARTMENT


Chief


Edwin L. Day


Asst. Chief


Winfred W. Rice


Captain Chester T. Horton


Clerk


Charles H. Black


J. Cotton


K. Schlittler R. Porter


L. Carter R. Wood


E. Downing E. Eaton


B. Frotton F. Muse


W. L. Hale, Jr.


J. McAndrew


Respectfully submitted,


EDWIN L. DAY,


Chief of Police.


N. Darling


F. Field


J. Gracie


N. Perry


77


REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


I hereby submit my report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year 1930:


Number of platforms over 5,000 1bs.


3


Number of platforms under 5,000 lbs.


14


Number of counter scales over 100 lbs.


2


Number of counter scales under 100 lbs.


16


Number of beam scales under 100 1bs.


2


Number of spring scales over 100 1bs.


11


Number of scales condemned


5


Number of spring scales under 100 lbs.


32


Number of computing scales under 100 1bs.


15


Number of personal weighing scales


3


Number of weights avoirdupois


81


Number of liquid measures


210


Number of liquid measures condemned


à 2


Number of gasoline pumps


53


Number of kerosene measuring devices


6


Number of quantity stops


327


Number of oil measuring devices


22


Number of gasoline meters


11


Number of licenses inspected


17


Number of transient vendors' licenses approved


2


Sealing fees collected and turned over to Town Treasurer


$66.33


Expenditures of Department as follows:


Salary of Sealer


$250.00


Transportation


35.00


Seals


4.15


Advertising


1.50


Repairs on Arms Balance


1.83


Telephone


1.70


Total


$294.18


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN F. MUSE,


Sealer.


78


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


I herewith submit a report of the office of Building Inspection, January 1, 1930, to April 1, 1930:


Estimated Value


Dwellings


4


$10,500


Cottages


2


650


Garages


2


350


Road Stand


.


1


100


Alterations


5


3,300


14


$14,900


The fees of $11.50, 9 at $1 each and 5 at 50 cents each were collected and turned over to the Town Treasurer.


Respectfully submitted,


CHESTER T. HORTON.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


I herewith submit the report of Inspector of Buildings for the year 1930, April 1st to December 31st:


Dwellings


15


Cottages


16


Garages


9


Dance Hall


1


Farm Buildings


7


Service Station


1


Alterations


26


49 New Constructions at $1.00


$49.00


26 Alterations at 50 cents 13.00


$62.00


The above fees of $62.00 were collected and turned over to the Town Treasurer.


Respectfully submitted,


EDWARD J. CROTEAU, Inspector of Buildings.


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79


REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY


It is with deep regret that we refer to the loss of Dr. Buzzell, who has been one of the Trustees of the Public Library for many years. A constant reader himself, he always had a keen interest in helping to supply the opportunity for reading to his fellow citi- zens. We, who were privileged to serve with him, are grieved at his passing and will always cherish his memory.


In our last annual report and at the Town Meeting we empha- sized the fact that it was not possible to add any books in the Library until some alterations were made. At the Town Meeting we asked for an appropriation to make somewhat extensive altera- tions and repairs which the Town did not see fit to grant.


It was necessary, however, to make some alterations and the Trustees felt that it would serve no good purpose to purchase additional books until we could house them. Consequently altera- tions were made to the interior of the present building, additional stacks erected and the interior redecorated. With these alterations we are now in a position to house a great many more volumes and to take care of our wants for at least a few years.


However, in order to accomplish this, practically the entire ap- propriation was used in addition to funds available in the Trust Fund.


. .


During the coming year we have asked for an appropriation of $1,200.00 and with this we will try to add many volumes of books for the benefit of the readers.


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Income from Trust Fund


543.30


$1,543.30


Expenditures for the library for the year 1930 were as follows:


Salary-Library


$337.50


Janitor


48.00


Labor


5.00


Magazines


42.35


Light


15.66


Fire Insurance . .


24.80


Expressage


...


.50


Printing, Postage and Stationery


8.26


Alterations and Repairs


1,061.23


$1,543.30


Respectfully submitted,


LOUIS T. McMAHON, HOWARD E. BEDELL, HELEN H. BUCK, EDWARD N. EAMES, PETER NEILSON.


80


REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN


To the Honorable Board of Trustees:


I herewith submit my annual report as Librarian:


Public documents received, 11 volumes.


Books have been presented as follows: Pathways of the Puri- tans, published by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, presented with the compliments of His Excellency Frank G. Allen. Massachu- setts on the Sea 1630-1930, Historical Markers erected by Massa- chusetts Tercentenary Commission and Birds of Massachusetts, vol. 3, have been given. Hide in the Dark and The Crimson Circle by L. T. McMahon, seven books by Mrs. E. C. Woodman and eight by other friends; also five in paper covers by friends.


One book considered lost, has been found and returned.


Number of books not returned by borrowers, 12 volumes.


Lost to library on account of contagious disease, 2 volumes; by fire, 3 volumes.


Books discarded, 46 volumes.


Two have been replaced by a copy in one volume purchased in 1929, one by a copy that had been given and some others will be replaced later.


Some books not needed have been given away: 26, with 4 con- tributed by a friend, to the Merchant Marine Library Association and 25 to the High School.


Number of books in library, 6,107 volumes.


Number of books taken out during the year, 8,476 volumes.




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