ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OK THE
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD
Together with the School Report and
Report of the Trustees of
the Adams Library.
For Year Ending February 28, 1903
LOWELL, MASS.
Courier-Citizen Company, Printers.
1903.
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF CHELMSFORD, 1902.
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor — Joseph E.
Warren, Patrick T. McMahon, Fred L. Fletcher, R. Wilson
Dix, A. Heady Park.
Town Clerk — George A. Parkhurst.
Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes — Ervin W. Sweetser.
Auditors — Martin Robbins, George F. Snow, C. Frank Butter-
field.
School Committee — Three years: Alexander J. Park; two years:
Stewart Mackay; one year: Ernest C. Bartlett.
Trustees of Adams Library — Three years: Mrs. Harriet M.
Bartlett, Rev. Wilson Waters; two years: J. Adams Bartlett,
Emma J. Gay; one year: A. Heady Park, Albert H. Davis.
Highway Surveyor — David Higgins.
Tree Warden— George B. B. Wright.
Constables — Melvin Walker, George M. Wright, William Corri-
gan, James S. Wotton, Warren Berry, John J. Quessy.
Cemetery Commissioners — Three years: Alexander J. Park;
two years: Harry L. Parkhurst; one year: Hubert Bearce.
(All the foregoing officers chosen by ballot.)
Fence Viewers — John Mulligan (declined), Leonard Spaulding,
George P. Mansfield.
Appraisers of Personal Property at Town Farm — George P.
Mansfield, Walter B. Emerson, Henry R. Hodson.
Weighers of Hay — S. Waldo Parkhurst, Paul Dutton, Ferdinand
M. Scoboria, Henry H. Emerson, Marcus H. Winship,
Myron A. Queen. .
Measurers of Wood — S. Waldo Parkhurst, Paul Dutton, Warren
Berry, Daniel A. Reardon, Marcus H. Winship, Myron A.
Queen, John Marinel, Jr., Herbert C. Sweetser, Melvin
Walker.
Surveyors of Lumber — R. Wilson Dix, George E. Spaulding,
Myron A. Queen, Herbert C. Sweetser, Stewart Mackay,
Hubert Bearce, E. Hamlin Russell, Melvin Walker.
Field Drivers — R. Wilson Dix, E. Hamlin Russell (declined),
Henry R. Hodson (did not qualify).
Committee on Appropriations — Henry S. Perham, George F.
Snow, Arthur H. Sheldon, Joseph E. Warren, William H.
Shedd.
APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN.
Weighers of Coal — S. Waldo Parkhurst, Paul Dutton, Ferdinand
M. Scoboria, Hubert Bearce, Myron A. Queen, Stewart
Mackay, Patrick T. McMahon, Henry H. Emerson, Marcus
H. Winship.
Superintendents of Burials — Walter Perham, James S. Wotton,
Daniel P. Byam, Alfred G. Parkhurst.
Superintendent of Burials of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors —
Walter Perham.
Agent of the Board of Health — Arthur G. Scoboria, M. D.
Sealer of Weights and Measures — William J. Randall.
Janitors of Public Buildings — Centre: H. Herbert Emerson;
North: Patrick S. Ward.
Firewards and Forest Firewards — George M. Wright, Melvin
Walker, Elmer E. Hildreth, Walter B. Emerson, Fred A.
Hazen, John O'Connor (fireward only), George C. Moore,
Charles F. Scribner, William J. Quigley, John Marinel, Jr.,
Warren Berry, Charles Finnick, Jr., Abram A. Sherman,
George O. Spaulding, Frank C. Byam, Frank E. Bickford.
Special Police Officers — George C. Moore, Thomas Brown, James
J. Hackett, Frank C. Byam, Fred I. Vinal, Patrick S. Ward,
H. Herbert Emerson, Thomas C. Mooney, Frank E. Bick-
ford.
Superintendent of Town Farm — Elmer E. Hildreth.
Registrars of Voters — John F. McManomin, chairman, term
expires April 30, 1904; Patrick H. Haley, term expires April
30, 1903; George H. Ripley, term expires April 30, 1905;
George A. Parkhurst, clerk ex officio.
Precinct Wardens — (1) John P. Scoboria; (2) James B. McQuaid;
(3) Frank E. Bickford.
Deputy Wardens— (1) Herbert C. Sweetser; (2) Patrick S. Ward;
(3) Edward F. Coburn.
Precinct Clerks — (1) Howard S. Adams; (2) Frederick K. Ripley;
(3) Samuel Naylor.
Deputy Clerks— (1) Arthur M. Warren; (2) Charles H. Holt;
(3) Fred A. Snow.
Inspectors — (1) Arthur E. Reed, Melvin Walker; (2) George
Hyde, James W. Ward; (3) Alfred G. Parkhurst, John J.
Dunn.
Deputy Inspectors — (1) Daniel P. Byam, Ralph W. Emerson,
Daniel E. Haley, Daniel A. Reardon; (2) John C. Hobbs,
John E. Harrington, William H. Quigley, George Y. Hodge;
(3) George O. Spaulding, William E. Martin.
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
Births Recorded in 1902.
Date.
)
Name of Child.
Names of Parents.
Jan.
12
(Stillborn)
Jan.
27
Alice Pearl Spaulding
Walter M. and Mary A. (DeLong)
Jan.
30
Frederick William Cole
Benjamin and Minnie (Bremner)
Feb.
2
Nellie Flavell
John and Katie (Qualey)
Feb.
3
Beatrice Helen Armstrong
C. George and Mary H. (Hallett)
Feb.
7
Everett Arthur McComb
Alex, and Lucretia Lee (Young)
Feb.
10
George Toohey
Jeremiah and Sarah E. (McLaughlin)
Feb.
11
William Fanning
John H. and Clara J. (Berry)
Feb.
l3
Harold Arthur Linsted
Ole and Ethel J. (Clinton)
Feb.
15
Chester Anthony Buchanan
James and Grace M. Axworthy)
Feb.
l7
Alice Anna Alderton
Robert J. and Delia A. (Shields)
Feb.
19
Mildred S. Leland
Edison R. and Cora (Rogers)
Feb.
20
Ralph Gilbert Lemay
Joseph M. and Susan M. (Newman)
Feb.
22
1 rtlln rrV* **%•
Edward and Nellie (Gallagher)
Feb.
Feb.
22
23
McrifinjM
Cornelius A. and Minerva M. (Fisher)
Minot A. and Sarah H. (Woods)
1VILL/011«11Q
Edward Lovering
Feb.
23
(Stillborn)
Feb.
23
Thomas Perry
Edward and Eleanor (Graham)
Feb.
25
Smith
Charles L. and Gertrude (Wood)
Feb.
28
William Joseph McCarty
Frank E. and Sarah (McNally)
March
2
George W. and Nellie B. (Carlton)
March
March
11
11
Mary AliceLambert ) ~ .
Anna Agnes « $TwinS
Edwin and Rose A. (Reeves)
March
16
Arthur Lewis Paignon
Emile E. and Emma (Ray)
March 28
(Stillborn)
April
10
Chester Augustine Atherton
George T. and Margaret A. (Martin)
April
11
Viola Byam
Lyman A. and Grace M. ^Hutchins)
April
11
Annie Augusta Kelley
Patrick and Annie (Cavanaugh)
April
19
April
22
Daisy Carlson
Julius and Annie S. (Carlson)
May
1
Harold F. Blodgett
Frederick J. and Lena (Bridgford)
May
14
Josephine Evan Cote
Peter and Delia (Velle)
May
18
Ralph Eugene Linsted
Halmer H. and Bertha A. (Nickles)
May
22
Charles Frederick Turner
James S. and Emma P. Hibert
May
29
Frederick Lawrence Ryan
Joseph D. and Ella J. (Dowd)
May
3i
Arithelia Zinck
Charles and Katie ( Whiting)
June
2
Catherine Kendall
Frederick L. and Dessa M. (Corley)
June
15
Doris Jane Phillips
James B. and Henrietta (Shattuck)
June
*5
Eugene Joseph Robicho
Eugene and Lucy (Bouchier)
June
26
Neil Callahan
John F. and Annie (Bradley)
July
4
Helen McPhillip
Michael and Catherine (McNally)
July
5
Lillian E. Genest
Joseph A. and Georgianna (Provancha)
July
6
Homer Battles Park
A Heady and Celia P. (Battles)
July
12
Florence Gladys Carpentier
Joseph and Emma M. (Forrest)
July
12
Alicia Lisetta Walsh
John and Bridget (Heridan)
July
13
Leslie Day Carter
Oscar L. and Madge (Day)
July
IS
John Francis McLaughlin
John C. and Mary D. (Blondon)
July
16
Gertrude Florence Pickard
George W. and Bertha F. (Wilson)
July
19
Mary Cecilia Tansy
Patrick J. and Catherine (McCabe)
BIRTHS RECORDED IN 1902.— Continued
Date
July 26
July 27
July 29
Aug. 2
Aug. 3
Aug. 8
Aug. 9
Aug. 23
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept,
Sept.
Sept.
Sept. 29
Oct. 4
Oct. 21
Oct. 23
Oct. 23
Nov. 6
Nov. 13
Nov. 15
Nov. 21
Nov. 21
Nov. 22
Nov. 23
Nov. 29
Dec. 1
Dec. 3
Dec. 4
Dec. 12
Dec. 15
Dec. 17
Dec. 19
Dec. 20
Name of Child.
(Stillborn)
William John Rayball
Mary Irene Finnegan
Mary fcsther McEnaney
Percy Rene
Mullen
Ford
Signi Rebecca Frederickson
McKittrick
Kathleen McMahon
Hiram Robert Brown
Joseph Henry Champigny
Alice Uarcy Murphy
(Stillborn)
Mary Ellen Walsh
Howard Clark Billson
Adams
Ingol Carl Haberman
Eunice Cartwright Scoboria
William Harold Corcoran
Frank Joseph Jarvis
Gustave Leon Anderson
John Francis Larkin
Violet Ruth Miller
Carl Adolf Einer Peterson
Richardson
John McTague
Eleanor Louise Warren
Elizabeth V. Miner
John Fay
John Walsh
David Francis McNally
Howard Ellsworth Stewart
Simpson
Alberta Vervelle
Mary Ploudre
Hazel Marion Lakin
Names of Parents.
Patrick J. and Catherine F. (Larkin)
John and Margaret (McCane)
Patrick J. and Margaret E. (Hogan)
Alfred F and Annie J. (McClure)
Daniel and Phebe (Dubreuil)
Augustus M. and Susan (McUade)
John L. and Hannah (Kinstrand)
Francis G. and Laura M. (Coffin)
Patrick T. and Margaret R. (McCoy)
Frank H. and Mabel (Ross)
Eusibe and Eva (Miner)
Michael and Alice (Whitworth)
Michael J. and Mary (Ward)
Amos and Eva B. (Clarke)
Amos B. and Hettie (Mellen)
Rudolf and Emma E. (Rivers)
John P. and Susan K. (Cartwright)
John P. and Catherine E. (McKiernan)
Alexander and Rose (Barlow)
Andrew G. and Julia (Anderson)
John J. and Margaret E. (Donegan)
William A. and Carrie R. (Bridgford)
Adolf and Augusta (Bloberg)
Harman and Mary (Loyd)
John M. and Mary E. (McMahon)
Arthur M. and Mabel P. (Emerson)
Henry O. and Elizabeth M. (McTagife)
William and Bridget (Carroll)
Patrick and Alice (McCabe)
Michael J. and -Mary A. (McNally)
Walter W. and Elsie E. (Roberts)
Alfred H . and Mary E. (Tracy)
Ernest and Severine ( Feller)
Joseph and Philomene (Lovoie)
Winfred T. and Luella G. (iMerrill)
Whole number, 86. Males, 48 ; Females, ^S.
Not returned in 190 1 :
July 6 Ruth Evangeline Monahan John J. and Evangeline M. (McEnaney)
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN 1902.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
BIRTHPLACE.
Jan.
20
John J. Lakin
Chelmsford
Norwich, Conn.
Margaret Dunnigan
Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Feb.
3
Arthur Dubois
Lowell
Lowell
Victoria Prince
Chelmsford
Canada
Feb.
8
Frank B. Burt
Lynn
Bryant's Pond, Me.
Sadie E. Baron
Chelmsford
Ballston Spa, N. Y.
Feb.
8,
Charles H. Odell
Chelmsford
New Brunswick
Cora E. Crockett
Chelmsford
Williamsburg, Me.
Feb.
10
Patrick Rayball
Chelmsford
Ireland
Catherine Larkin
Chelmsford
Lowell
Mar.
27
Fred A. Parker
Toivnsend
Pepperell
Emma F. Felch
Chelmsford
Westford
April
5
Joseph Fountain
Chelmsford
Nova Scotia
Amalie Annable
Hudson, N.H.
Germany
April
6
Alonzo Prince
Chelmsford
Canada
Victoria Simons
Lowell
Canada
April
14
Timothy Shea
Chelmsford
Ireland
Delia Leahey
Chelmsford
Ireland
April
23
John T. McMahon
Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Catherine Noonan
Clinton
Clinton
April
30
Patrick F. Mahoney
Lowell
Lowell
Mary A. Pope
Chelmsford
London, Eng.
April
30
Edward J. Dunn
Chelmsford
Ireland
Mary O'Donnell
Wilton, N. H.
Wilton, N. H.
May
H
Adelard Gaudette
Lowell
Canada
Eveline Seymour
Chelmsford
Lowell
May
23
Warren J. Kneeland
Chelmsford
Charlestown
Jennie McManus
Lowell-
Lowell
May
25
Charles Thresher
Chelmsford
Ireland
Margaret Ryan
Lowell
Ireland
June
4
Jeremiah F. Sullivan
Lowell
Ireland
Rose G. Caine
Chelmsford
Scotland
June
7
Edward Le Mieux
Chelmsford
Williamstown
Daisy Lowther
Chelmsford
St. John, N. B.
June
10
Arthur W. Garland
Lowell
Lowell
Addie Z. Overlock
Chelmsford
Hermon, Me.
June
to
Hubert A. Vickery
Cheimsford
Nova Scotia
Georgie I. Allen
Chelmsford
Nova Scotia
June
20
John Davis
Lowell
England
Margaret J. Jordan
Lowell
Ireland
June
22
John J. Harrington
Chelmsford
Ireland
Annie Leary
Boston
Ireland
June
30
Ulderic Boisvert
Chelmsford
Canada
Rose Gay
Lowell
Canada
July
2
William F. Jordan
Boston
Carlisle
Phebe Murphy
Chelmsford
England
July
6
William McGuinness
Chelmsford
Ireland
Delia (Gilboyd) Lavell
Chelmsford
Ireland
8
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN 1902 — Continued.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
BIRTHPLACE.
July
13
Arthur W. Kettlety
Chelmsford
Lowell
Mabel L. Dunn
Chelmsford
Chelmsford
July
14
Ernest V. Hagberg
West ford
Sweden
Gertrude V. Abrahamson
Chelmsford
Sweden
July
'7
Charles H. Chick
Chelmsford
South Berwick, Me.
Sarah (Scribner) Fawcett
Chelmsford
New Brunswick
Aug.
H
Leonard B. Wright
Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Adeline G. Brooke
Chelmsford
England
Aug.
27
William F. Lillis
Chelmsford
Everett
Mary E. Larkin
Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Sept.
2
Edward Gray
W. Kitchburg
Canada
Catherine McComb
Chelmsford
Canada
Sept.
3
Erick S. Borg
Chelmsford
Sweden
Alma C. Moeller
Chelmsford
Sweden
Sept.
4
Charles K. Fletcher
Littleton
Harvard
Grace G. Garland
Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Sept.
10
Albert Wilson
Lowell
Ireland
Ella B Knowlton
Chelmsford
Lowell
Sept.
16
Oliver W. Fiske (adopted)
Chelmsford
North Andover
Fredda M. Cheney
Lowell
Canada
Sept.
24
George Thomas Parkhurst
Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Ednah F. Byam
Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Sept.
24
George P. Quist
Chelmsford
Sweden
Margaret I). Brown
Chelmsford
Lowell
Sept.
25
Fred Downs
Chelmsford
Augusta, Me.
Orpha G. Hatch
Chelmsford
Highgate Springs, Vt.
Sept.
27
John Francis Dolan
Tyngsboro
Clinton
Sarah Ann Walker
Roselle, N. J.
Staten Island, N. V.
Sept.
30
Apolidor J. La Rose
Lowell
Canada
Leona Houle
Chelmsford
Hudson
Oct.
5
H. Eugene Knowlton
Chelmsford
Lowell
Maggie M. Wright
Chelmsford
Scottstown, Canada
Oct.
18
Albert A Webster '
Chelmsford
Frankford, Me.
Lora A. Burrill
Boston
Skowhegan, Me.
Oct.
22
Patrick J. Cassidy
Chelmsford
Ireland
Sarah A. Honan
Lowell
Ireland
Nov.
23
Bona Dessuisseau
Chelmsford
Canada
Demarise Cloutier
Lowell
Canada
Nov.
26
George A. Jamison
Chelmsford
Bridgewater, Me.
Clara Dow
Chelmsford
Bridge water, Me.
Nov.
27
Andrew Kelly
Nashua,N. H.
Lowell
Ellen (Dow) Brooks
Nashua.N. H.
Lynn
Dec.
25
William H. Rhodes
Chelmsford
England
Annie V. Heading
Chelmsford
Belmont, N. Y.
Dec.
31
Alfred A. Bell
Lowell
New Brunswick
Josie B. Jeffery
Lowell
Nova Scotia
Whole number, 47.
DEATHS RECORDED IN 1902.
DATE.
Jan. 5.
5.
12.
17.
18.
31.
Feb. 2.
7.
8.
15.
22.
22.
23.
23.
28.
March 1 .
4.
13.
14.
23.
28.
5.
13.
14.
26.
28.
1.
1.
4.
9.
17.
21.
24.
25.
June 2.
April
May
YRS.
Mary H. (Bowen) Howard 54
Frederick Westberg
(Stillborn)
Thomas J. Finnick 36
Charles T. Shannehan 81
Mary Frances (Peters) Parlee 35
Sarah L. Page 77
Ruth E. (Garland) Coolidge 57
William Redmond 58
Laura Manseau 5
Nathaniel Ames Glidden 72
(Stillborn)
(Stillborn)
Ralph Gilbert Lemay
Robert Meldrum 71
William Fanning
Hannah Loker 90
Mary Alice Lambert
Ziba Gay 78
Ademore Louis Carroll
(Stillborn)
George B. Hall 51
Mary Ann (Cromwell) Peasley ... 86
(Stillborn)
Charles Hyde 82
Arzella Grace Byam 5
Charles Perry 85
(Stillborn)
Marion B. (Shelburne) Ripley 72
William H. Webster 74
Frederick W. Boisvert
Anna B. (Sevrin) Anderson 56
Charles W. S. Adams 51
John Callahan 77
Peter J. McEnaney 36
MOS.
DYS.
10
8
4
28
7
7
24
3
27
1
13
2
29
18
20
2
4
1
10
17
4
26
9
26
4
27
7
6
7
9
10
5
5
21
5
10
DEATHS RECORDED IN 1902— Continued
June 15. Mary F. (Chandler) Tucker 50
17. Sampson Stevens 81
22. Sarah M. (Fisher) Fletcher 73
24. Lucie Lambert 74
July 5. Helen McPhillip
9. Laura B. Secord 23
12. Florida Bibeault
16. Frank Santamour 53
26. (Stillborn)
31. Neil Callahan
Aug. 17. Henry A. Merrill 56
17. Percy Rene
19. Margaret (Barter) Kilbourne 80
22. Daniel W. Casey 48
Sept. 1. Mary A. D. (Jennison) Spaulding . 73
2. Mary E. (Battles) Parkhurst 83
5. James Riley 50
13. Edward H. Lovering
16. Reginald A. DeCarteret
18. Merrill S. Stevens 60
20. (Stillborn)
21. Robert Fletcher 73
24. Margaret E. (Berrick) Stearns .... 81
25. George R. Dickey 49
28. Mary J. (Marshall) Odell 69
30. Frank McManus 45
Oct. 5. Julia A. (Proctor) Spaulding 76 10 14
5. Alexander McConnell 45
9. Matilda (Porter) Seeton 81
11. John Quincy Battles 75
12. Alicia D. Walsh
13. Homer Edison Thayer 64
18. Sarah P. (Byam) Emerson 68
21. Edward McEnnis 5
27. Thomas J. Garvey 2
Nov. 2. Almira S. Lovrien 90
3. (Stillborn)
5. Alice A. Alderton
6
18
7
10
1
7
5
15
1
5
5
13
7
7
10
23
6
10
6
20
2
14
8
19
10
20
9
25
11
7
8
7
3
16
3
9
13
15
8
18
3
2
4
11
DEATHS RECORDED IN 1902— Continued.
Nov. 7. Thomas P. Curtin 66 11
17 George F. Schiefle 7 II
Dec. 2. Carrie A. Josselyn 66 2
11. James McGarvey 72
17. Alfred G. Fallon 4 6 9
26. Hannah A. (Cummings) Wright . . 68
Males, 46; females, 32; total, 78. Interments in town, 45; in
Lowell, 25.
DOG LICENSES.
Number of dogs licensed 290
Males 269
Females 21
Amount received for licenses $643 00
Amount of fees (20 cents a license) 58 00
Paid to the County Treasurer, receipt on file 585 00
Amount refunded to the town, 96 per cent 561 60
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, 1902,
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Chelms-
ford, qualified to vote at elections and in town affairs, held at the
Town Hall, Centre of the town, Monday, March 24, 1902, at 9
o'clock in the forenoon, the following business was transacted,
to wit: —
The meeting was called to order and the warrant read by the
Town Clerk, George A. Parkhurst.
Under Article 1, to choose a Moderator, Arthur E. Reed and
William H. Hall, previously appointed Tellers by the Selectmen,
were sworn by the Town Clerk.
Balloted for Moderator, the check list being used, and J.
Adams Bartlett was unanimously elected. The oath of office
was administered by the Town Clerk.
Under Article 2, voted to accept the report of the Selectmen
on guide posts.
After making slight corrections, voted to accept the reports
of town officers and committees as printed.
Voted, to accept the report of the committee to ascertain the
cost of heating apparatus for town hall at North Chelmsford,
which was: cost of furnaces, $400; cost of cellar, $200.
Heard report of Selectmen on naming streets. Voted that
where the word 4 ' road ' ' occurs in the report it be changed to
"street." Voted that the report be recommitted for revision.
Heard the report of the committee on placing markers at
the graves of Revolutionary soldiers. Voted to continue the
committee with authority to use the unexpended balance of
last year.
Under Article 3, voted that the taxes be collected in the
same way and manner as last year and that the compensation
of the Treasurer and Collector shall be $500.
Under Article 4, voted that the highways, townways and
bridges be repaired in the same way and manner as last year.
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Under Article 5, to choose all necessary town officersy
Ralph W. Emerson and John P. Scoboria were sworn as tellers.
The following officers were chosen by ballot: Town Clerk,
George A. Parkhurst, by unanimous vote, and he was sworn
by the Moderator; Treasurer and Tax Collector, Ervin W.
Sweetser, unanimously chosen.
Voted, to choose five Selectmen, who also shall serve as
Assessors and Overseers of the Poor. Elected Joseph E. Warren »
201; Patrick T. McMahon, 324; R. Wilson Dix, 327; Fred L.
Fletcher, 331 ; A. Heady Park, 328. There were also votes cast
as follows: Walter Perham, 130; William Shedd, 4.
Chose for Auditors, Martin Robbins, George F. Snow, C.
Frank Butterfield ; School Committee for three years, Alexander
J. Park; Trustees of Adams Library for three years, Mrs. Harriet
M. Bartlett, Rev. Wilson Waters; Highway Surveyor, David
Higgins; Tree Warden, George B. B. Wright.
Voted, to choose five Constables, and the following were
elected: Melvin Walker, 133; William Corrigan, 166; James S.
Wotton, 164; Warren Berry, 155; John J. Quessy, 162. Votes
were also cast for George M. Wright, 27; H. L. Blood, 3; L. J.
Spaulding, 3.
Chose for Cemetery Commissioner, for three years, Alex-
ander J. Park.
The following officers were chosen by nomination from the
floor: Fence Viewers, John Mulligan, Leonard Spaulding,
George P. Mansfield; Appraisers of Personal Property at Town
Farm, George P. Mansfield, Walter B. Emerson, Henry R. Hodson;
Weighers of Hay, S. Waldo Parkhurst, Paul Dutton, Ferdinand
M. Scoboria, Henry H. Emerson, Marcus H. Winship, Myron A.
Queen; Measurers of Wood, S. Waldo Parkhurst, Paul Dutton,
Warren Berry, Daniel A. Reardon, Marcus H. Winship, Myron
A. Queen, John Marinel Jr., Herbert C. Sweetser, Melvin Walker;
Surveyors of Lumber, R. Wilson Dix, George E. Spaulding,
Myron A. Queen, Herbert C. Sweetser, Stewart Mackay, Hubert
Bearce, E. Hamlin Russell, Melvin Walker; Field Drivers, R.
Wilson Dix, E. Hamlin Russell, Henry R. Hodson; Committee
on Annual Appropriations, Henry S. Perham, George F. Snow,
Arthur H. Sheldon, Joseph E. Warren, William H. Shedd.
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At this point, voted to lay Article 5 on the table and take
up Article 9, relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors. The
vote upon this question resulted as follows: Yes, 142. No, 162.
Under Article 6 the list of jurors was accepted as follows:
Ervin A. Blaisdell, Fred M. Brown, R. Wilson Dix, Arthur E.
Dutton, Herbert H. Emerson, William R. Fowle, Samuel F.
Hines, Henry R. Hodson, George Y. Hodge, John E. Hogan,
Charles A. Holt, George H. Ingham, William M. Lee, Wilber E.
Lapham, William E. Martin, John F. McManomin, James B.
McQuaid, George P. Mansfield, George F. O'Neil, Alfred G.
Parkhurst, Edward F. Parker, Walter Perham, James P. Quigley,
A. Howard Richardson, Benjamin O. Robbins, Edward J.
Robbins, John P. Scoboria, George F. Snow, George O. Spaulding,
James A. Stackpole, George W. Swett, James A. Sampson,
Herbert C. Sweetser, George B. B. Wright, James W. Ward,
Arthur M. Warren, Joseph E. Warren.
Voted, to raise by tax and appropriate the following sums
reported by the committee on appropriations: For schools,
teaching, care and fuel, $10,200 and unexpended balance of
last year, $912,45, total, $11,112.45; school incidentals, $500;
apparatus, $250; books and supplies, $1000; superintendent,
$562.50; transportation, $1300; repairs and furniture, $900;
highways, $6,000; support of poor, $2,800; indigent soldiers and
sailors, $250; repairs of public buildings, $400; town officers
and committees, $2,500; cattle inspector, $150; collection and
abatement of taxes, $700; care of village clock, $30; care and
improvement of cemeteries, $500; street lights, $1,400; Adams
Library, $800; school-house loans and interest, $2,831.
Voted, that in the several amounts appropriated for school
purposes, the school committee be authorized to transfer from
one appropriation to another.
Voted, that the Treasurer be authorized, under the direction
of the Selectmen, to borrow such sums of money as may be
required for the demands upon him in anticipation of the taxes
of the current year, and payable therefrom.
Voted, to dismiss Article 10.
Voted, to accept the gift of $400 in trust from Mrs. Lorinda
H. Huckins, the income of the same to be expended in forever
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keeping in repair the burial lots of Thomas S. Huckins, Isaac
Woods, Joseph W. Pease and George H. Smith, all located in
Riverside cemetery; one hundred dollars to be credited to the
care of each of said lots.
Voted, that the town, under the direction of the Cemetery
Commissioners, purchase sufficient land at the easterly end of
Riverside cemetery, North Chelmsford, to allow a suitable
entrance at that point, and that the sum of $200 be raised and
appropriated for that purpose.
The report of the committee chosen at the last annual
town meeting, to consider a new system of balloting for town
officers, was read by the chairman, Walter Perham, and the
system adopted. (iVction of the town subsequently rescinded,
January 29, 1903.)
Voted, to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 for a new
two-room school-house at East Chelmsford, the same to be
expended under the direction of the school committee, who shall
"have power to acquire a site. The money thus appropriated to
be raised as follows: One thousand dollars to be raised
the ensuing year by direct taxation; the remaining sum to be
borrowed by the Treasurer of the town, the same to be paid in
annual instalments of one thousand dollars each.
Voted, to dismiss Article 15.
Voted, that the sum of $400 be raised and appropriated
for the use of the North Chelmsford Library.
Voted, to raise and appropriate the sum of $100 for the
observance of Memorial Day.
Voted, to raise and appropriate the sum of $450 for the
purpose of heating the Almshouse, the same to be expended
under the direction of the Overseers of the Poor.
Voted, to appropriate the sum of $600 from money now in
the treasury for land damages on account of widening Westford
Street.
Voted, that the sum of $250 be raised and appropriated for
the purpose of providing additional facilities for the firewards.
Voted, to raise and appropriate the sum of $50 for the
official use of the Tree Warden.
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Voted, to accept the townway known as Evergreen Street,
as laid out by the Selectmen.
Voted, to accept the townway known as Adams Street,
provided that it be graded to the acceptance of the Selectmen.
Voted, to accept the townway known as York Avenue.
Voted, to accept the townway known as Washington Street.
Voted, to accept the townway known as Ripley Street.
Voted, to raise and appropriate the sum of $800 for the
purpose of extending water pipes in the North Village, for
better protection against fire.
Voted, to raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for the
purpose of installing a field telephone at the rifle range at North
Chelmsford, and for care and maintenance of the same.
Voted, to refer the matter of reimbursing Clarence H.
Sprague, for sewer damages in North Chelmsford, to the Select-
men to take such action as in their judgment may be advisable.
Voted, to raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for a well,
pump and trough at the northerly end of the common in North
Chelmsford, the money to be expended under the direction of
the Selectmen.
The efficient services of the Moderator were acknowledged
by a hearty vote of thanks.
At 4.55 o'clock, voted, to dissolve the meeting.
J. ADAMS BARTLETT,
Moderator.
GEO. A. PARKHURST,
Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING MAY, 12, 1092,
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of
Chelmsford, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, held at the
Centre Town Hall, pursuant to warrant, Monday, May 12,
1902, at 8 o'clock in the evening, the following business wras
transacted.
The warrant was read by the Town Clerk, George A. Park-
hurst.
Albert H. Davis was chosen Moderator and the oath of
office was administered by the Town Clerk.
Voted, to pass over Article 2, relating to reports of town
officers and committees, none being presented.
Under Article 3, George M. Wright was chosen Constable
by a unanimous vote.
Voted, that the matter of a water nuisance on the land of
Clarence H. Sprague be referred to the Selectmen.
Voted, that the meeting be dissolved.
ALBERT H. DAVIS,
Moderator.
GEO. A. PARKHURST,
Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING AUGUST, 11, 1902.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of
Chelmsford, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, held at the
Centre Town Hall, Monday August 11, 1902, at 8 o'clock p.m.,
the following business was transacted, to wit: —
The meeting was called to order and the warrant read by the
Town Clerk, George A. Parkhurst.
Albert H. Davis was unanimously chosen Moderator, and
sworn by the Town Clerk.
On motion of Charles F. Scribner it was unanimously voted
that the town provide a better heating system for the Town
Hall at the North Village; and to defray the expense of the
same, the treasurer of the town be authorized to borrow the
sum of $1500, the same to be paid in three annual instalments
of $500 each. Voted that the sum of money thus appropriated
be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
Voted, that the meeting be dissolved.
ALBERT H. DAVIS,
Moderator.
GEORGE A. PARKHURST,
Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING JANUARY, 21, 1903.
A special meeting of the legally qualified voters of the Town
of Chelmsford was held pursuant to warrant at the Centre Town
Hall, Thursday, January 29, 1903, at 7.45 o'clock in the even-
ing, and the following business was transacted, viz. : —
The warrant was read by the Town Clerk, George A.
Parkhurst.
J. Adams Bartlett was chosed Moderator.
The following motion was offered by Joseph E. Warren:
That the town hereby rescinds its action taken at the Annual
Meeting held March 24, 1902, whereby, under Article 13 in the
warrant, it was voted to adopt a new system of balloting for
town officers; also upon the question of licensing the sale of
intoxicating liquors. ' ' After a statement from the Town Counsel,
Judge F. A. Fisher, upon the legal points involved, the motion
was carried by a unanimous vote.
On motion of Charles F. Scribner voted that official ballots
shall hereafter be used in this town at its Annual Meetings.
Voted to dismiss Article 4.
Took up Article 5 and voted to lay the Article upon the
table until action had been been taken upon Article 6.
Voted, to dismiss Article 6, which related to raising money
to pay for widening and changing the grade of the Groton and
Chelmsford road.
Under Article 5, voted that before granting a franchise or
order of location to any street railway company the Selectmen
are requested to give an opportunity to the inhabitants to
inspect any order of grant and the conditions thereof.
Voted, to dismiss Article 7, which related to assessments
and betterments on account of the cost of public improvements.
Under Article 8, voted that the sale of a piece of land
known as "Peat Meadow" be referred to the Selectmen with
full powers to act.
Voted, that the meeting be dissolved.
J. ADAMS BARTLETT,
Moderator.
GEO. A. PARKHURST,
Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING FEBRUARY, 21, 1903.
Pursuant to warrant, a meeting of the legal voters of the
Town of Chelmsford was held at the Centre Town Hall, Saturday,
February 21, 1903, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when the
following business was transacted.
The warrant was read by the Town Clerk, George A.
Parkhurst.
J. Adams Bartlett was unanimously chosen Moderator.
Article 2 was taken up but laid upon the table and Article
6 acted upon. It was to see if the town will vote to rescind the
vote passed at the last special town meeting whereby the town
adopted the official ballot.
Voted, to dismiss Article 6.
Voted, that the Selectmen shall hereafter, until further
action of the town, act as Assessors and Overseers of the Poor,
as provided in Revised Laws, Chapter 11, Section 343.
Voted, that the town accept Section 335 of Chapter 11
of Revised Laws, which provides that until such acceptance
be duly revoked the Town Clerk may be chosen for a term of
three years; and that he shall hereafter be so chosen.
Voted, that under revised Laws, Chapter 11, Section 365,
and until further action of the town, the Tree Warden shall be
elected by ballot; that the number of Selectmen shall be five;
number of Auditors, three; number of Constables, seven; number
of Trustees of the Adams Library, six; that there shall be one
Highway Surveyor ; and that the Town Treasurer shall also be
Collector of Taxes.
A motion to increase the number of School Committee from
three to six was defeated.
At 3 o'clock voted to dissolve the meeting.
J. ADAMS BARTLETT,
Moderator.
GEORGE A. PARKHURST, '
Town Clerk.
STATE ELECTION, NOVEMBER 4, 1902.
ABSTRACT OF VOTE OF THE TOWN.
Whole number of ballots cast 690
GOVERNOR.
John L. Bates of Boston 409
Michael T. Berry of Haverhill 3
John C. Chase of Haverhill 24
William A. Gaston of Boston. . . ." 210
William H. Partridge of Newton 8
Blanks 36
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
John Quincy Adams of Amesbury 46
Thomas F. Brennan of Salem 3
Oliver W. Cobb of Easthampton 12
Curtis Guild, Jr., of Boston 379
Herbert C. Joyner of Great Barrington 173
Blanks 77
SECRETARY.
Edward A. Buckland of Holyoke 38
Herbert B. Griffin of Winthrop 10
Jeremiah O'Fihelly of Abington ., 3
William M. Olin of Boston 387
Willmore B. Stone of Springfield 170
Blanks 82
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TREASURER.
Edward S. Bradford of Springfield 379
Joseph L. Chalifoux of Lowell 182
Frederick A. Nagler of Springfield 3
Daniel Parlin of Worcester 14
David Taylor of Boston 28
Blanks 84
AUDITOR.
David Morrison of Fall River 9
S. Fremont Packard of Brockton 33
Charles Stoeber of Adams 2
Thomas C. Thacher of Yarmouth 164
Henry E. Turner of Maiden 386-
Blanks 96
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Allen Coffin of Nantucket 9
Charles E. Fenner of Worcester 31
John J. Flaherty of Gloucester 165
John A. Henley of Lynn 2
Herbert Parker of Lancaster 391
Blanks 92
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS.
Butler Ames of Lowell 380
William S. Searle of Methuen 11
John T. Sparks of Dracut 250
James A. Wilkinson of Methuen 23
Joseph Youngjohns of Lowell 1
Blanks 25
COUNCILLOR.
John H. Gray of Maiden 13
William J. McCluskey of Lowell 166
Henri E. Richardson of Lowell 29
Walter Scott Watson of Lowell 384
Blanks 98.
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SENATOR.
Eben T. Adams of Chelmsford 344
Daniel T. Blessington of Lowell 18
Francis Day of Chelmsford 10
James H. McKinley of Lowell 282
Blanks 36
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
George R. Duren of Carlisle 172
Levi S. Gould of Melrose 370
Arthur Staveley of Tewksbury 33
Luther S. Wood of Lowell 11
Blanks 104
REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT.
Lewis Dexter of Lowell 19
Fred P. Folsom of Lowell 32
William H. I. Hayes of Lowell 321
John J. McManmon of Lowell 186
Enlo A. Perham of Tyngsborough 187
Royal S. Ripley of Chelmsford 404
John J. Roark of Lowell 147
Caleb L. Smith of Lowell 343
George A. Smith of Chelmsford 23
Joseph M. Spurr of Lowell 13
Blanks 395
NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS.
Precinct 1 437
Precinct 2 326
Precinct 3 65
Total 828
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RETURN OF VOTES FOR REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT
FOR TWENTY-FIFTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
Lewis Dexter of Lowell 195
Fred P. Folsom of Lowell 343
William H. I. Hayes of Lowell 2,688
John J. McManmon of Lowell 2,569
Enlo A. Perham of Tyngsborough 2,344
Royal S. Ripley of Chelmsford 2,623
John J. Roark of Lowell 2,197
Caleb L. Smith of Lowell 2,655
George A. Smith of Chelmsford 132
Joseph M. Spurr of Lowell 145
Blanks 2,049
Whole number of votes and blanks 17,940
GEO. A. PARKHURST,
Town Clerk.
Report of Town Treasurer.
For the year ending February 28, 1903.
Your Treasurer charges himself with cash received as follows :
Balance in treasury at last annual settlement $2,378 84
Of State Treasurer:
On account of Corporation tax, 1901 282 42
On account of Corporation tax 1902 1,216 78
On account of National Bank tax, 1902 854 65
On account of cattle inspection, 1901 38 50
On account of State Aid 1,176 00
On account of Military Aid 92 00
On account of Armory rent 300 00
On account of State pauper 9 00
On account of Street Railway tax 1,396 08
On account of income of Mass. School Fund. . . 376 34
County Treasurer, dog licenses 561 60
Alvah S. Baker, keeper of Lowell jail, fines 8 00
James F. Savage, clerk of Lowell Police Court, fines. 5 00
A. Heady Park, on account of overdraft for State Aid 10 00
A. Heady Park, on account of glass broke in street
lamp 10
City of Medford, aid to Charles Simpson's family. ... 4 50
City of Lowell, for amount paid for Soldier's relief. . 24 00
Mrs. J. E. Richardson, for reimbursement on hospital
bill 81 25
P. S. Ward, for rent of Town Hall (North) 94 00
H. Herbert Emerson, for rent of Town Hall (Centre) 67 00
J. E. Warren, for sale of street light frames 5 50
American Book Co., for old books 3 21
Town of Carlisle, for tuition 64 00
E. C. Bartlett, amount received from State as Super-
intendent's salary 937 50
Amount carried forward $9,986 27
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Amount brought forward $9,986 27
Wm, Manning, for School house site 100 00
Elmer E. Hildreth, for one chestnut mare from high-
way dept 185 00
Elmer E. Hildreth, as proceeds of farm 1,484 11
Warren Berry, for rent of Johnson pumps 4 00
City Institution for Savings, from Esther Lewis Fund 104 00
City Institution for Savings, interest on Trust Funds 53 00
A. G. Parkhurst, for sale of cemetery lots 5 00
Walter Perham, for sale of cemetery lots 145 00
Walter Perham, for sale of grass 3 00
J. S. Wotton, for sale of cemetery lots 49 00
James P. Emerson, for auctioneer's license 2 00
Selectmen for slaughter house licenses 8 00
Walter Hauver, for peddler's license 10 00
Harry L. Parkhurst, sale of grass and cemetery gate 5 50
Lorinda H. Huckins, as a trust fund, the income of
same to be expended in forever keeping in repair
the burial lots of Thomas S. Huckins, Isaac
Woods, Joseph W. Pease and George H. Smith,
all located in Riverside Cemetery, one hundred
dollars to be credited to each lot 400 00
R. L. Day & Co., school house loan (East) bearing
interest at 3 3-4 per cent 3,000 00
Wamesit National Bank, loan for Town Hall, (North)
bearing interest at 4 per cent 1,500 00
Cash borrowed as a temporary loan in anticipation
of taxes 13,000 00
On account of taxes as follows :
Arthur M. Warren, Collector, tax of 1899 1,397 58
Arthur M. Warren, Collector, interest of 1899 127 03
Arthur M. Warren, Collector, tax of 1900 3,436 14
Arthur M. Warren, Collector, interest on same 432 18
E. W. Sweetser, Collector, tax of 1901 5,166 65
E. W. Sweetser, Collector, as interest on same 234 97
E. W. Sweetser, Collector, tax of 1902 27,416 34
E. W. Sweetser, Collector, as interest on same 133 42
E. W. Sweetser, Collector, excise tax, 1902 1,196 30
Making a total of $69,584 49
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And is credited as follows:
By cash paid County, tax $2,702 60
By cash paid State, tax 1,290 00
By cash paid State, Highway tax 67 97
By cash paid State Treasurer, amount overpaid on
Corporation tax 72 78
By cash deposited in City Institution for Savings.
Lorinda H. Huckins Trust Fund 400 00
By cash paid Adams Emerson cemetery fund 144 00
By cash paid Supt. Town Farm per order of Over-
seers of Poor for board of Esther R. Lewis 104 00
By cash paid loan for street lighting 500 00
By cash paid interest on same 18 50
By cash paid temporary loan (in part) 9,500 00
By cash paid interest on same 916 81
By cash paid bills approved by Selectmen 48,595 56
By cash paid interest on school house loan (East) ... 56 25
Cash on hand 5,216 02
Making a total of $69,584 49
E. W. SWEETSER,
Treasurer
Chelmsford, March 5, 1903.
Collectors' Report.
Collector's Report for 1899.
Taxes on list of 1899 uncollected Feb. 28, 1902 $1,477 86
Interest on list of 1899 uncollected Feb. 28, 1902 103 45
Interest accrued since Feb. 28, 1902 38 83
$1,620 14
Cash paid Town Treasurer as tax $1,397 58
Cash paid Town Treasurer as interest 127 03
Uncollected tax to new account 79 28
Uncollected interest to new account 16 25
$1,620 14
Collector's Report for 1900.
Taxes on list of 1900 uncollected Feb. 28, 1902 $5,261 90
Interest on list of 1900 uncollected Feb. 28, 1902 315 71
Interest accrued since Feb. 28, 1902 401 21
$5,978 82
•Cash paid Town Treasurer as tax $3,436 14
Cash paid Town Treasurer as interest 452 18
Uncollected tax to new account 1,825 76
Uncollected interest to new account 264 74
$5,978 82
A. M. WARREN, Collector.
Chelmsford, Feb. 28, 1903.
Collector's Report for 1901.
Tax on list of 1901 uncollected Feb. 28, 1902 $11,513 47
Interest on list of 1901 uncollected Feb. 28, 1902 287 84
Interest accrued since Feb. 28, 1902 486 60
$12,287 91
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Cash entered on Treasurer's book as tax $5,166 65
Cash entered on Treasurer's book as interest 234 97
Uncollected tax to new account 6,346 82
Uncollected interest to new account 539 47
$12,287 91
E. W. SWEETSER, Collector.
Collector's Report for 1902.
Tax on list of 1902 $39,804 06
Additional taxes 160 98
Excise tax 1,196 30
Interest collected since 133 42
Interest accrued on uncollected tax 313 71
$41,608 47
Entered on Treasurer's book as tax $27,416 34
Entered on Treasurer's book as excise tax 1,196 30
Entered on Treasurer's book as interest 133 42
Uncollected tax to new account 12,548 70
Uncollected interest to new account 31371
$41,608 47
E% W. SWEETSER, Collector.
Auditors' Report,
We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer for the
year ending February 28, 1903, and find his receipts and pay-
ments properly entered and vouched for, and a balance of five
thousand two hundred and sixteen and two one-hundreths
dollars ($5,216.02) in his hands.
We have also examined the accounts of the Selectmen and
find that they have approved bills amounting to forty-eight
thousand five hundred ninety-five and fifty-six one-hundredths
dollars ($48,595.56), and that all of said bills have been paid by
the Treasurer.
We find assets :
Cash in Treasury $ 5,216 02
Tax of 1899 uncollected $ 79 28
Interest accrued on same 16 25
Tax of 1900 uncollected 1,825 76
Interest accrued on same f 264 74
Tax of 1901 uncollected 6,346 82
Interest accrued on same 539 47
Tax of 1902 uncollected 12,548 70
Interest accrued on same 313 71
21,934 73
Due from State :
State aid to January, 1903 1,042 00
State aid for January and February, 1903. 206 00
Military aid to January, 1903 204 00
Military aid for January and February,
1903 42 00
On account of School Supt. and teachers. . . 937 50
On account of Cattle Inspector 125 00
Balance of corporation tax 333 31
2,889 81
Amount carried forward $30,040 56
31
Amount brought forward $30,040 56
Due from other sources :
Matthias Hutchins estate, hospital bills . . 560 08
Cemetery trust funds deposited in Lowell
Savings banks 2,962 64
Lewis fund and interest deposited in
Lowell Savings banks 165 67 3,688 39
$33,728 95
Liabilities :
Notes (temporary loan) $21,500 00
Notes (Centre School house loan) 4,800 00
Notes (North Chelmsford School House
loan) 7,490 00
Notes (East Chelmsford School House
loan) 3,000 00
Notes North Chelmsford Hall heating
loan) 1,500 00
$38,290 00
Emerson Cemetery improvement fund .. . 145 44
Kimball fund and interest 126 97
Silver fund and interest Ill 61
Day fund and interest 100 22
Emerson fund and interest 251 37
Carleton fund and interest. ? 159 12
Marshall fund and interest 100 22
Edwards fund and interest 23 19
Wood fund and interest 343 77
Shedd fund and interest 105 72
Coburn fund and interest 104 49
Wheeler fund and interest 105 92
Smith fund and interest 100 04
Jaquith fund and interest 159 04
Fletcher fund and interest 100 05
John S. Shedd fund and interest 202 20
Bowers fund and interest 101 05
Whittemore fund and interest 105 05
Adams fund and interest 210 10
Amounts carried forward $2,510 13 $38,435 44
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Amounts brought forward $2,510 13 $38,435 44
Heywood fund and interest 52 51
Huckins fund 100 00
Pease fund 100 00
Isaac Woods fund 100 00
Geo. H. Smith fund 100 00
2,962 64
Lewis fund (for support of Mrs. E. Lewis)
and interest 165 67
Unpaid bills (estimated) 200 00
Tax abatements (estimated) 400 00
600 00
$42,163 75
Balance deficit $ 8,434 80
GEORGE F. SNOW,
MARTIN ROBBINS,
Auditors.
Chelmsford. March 5, 1903.
Assessors' Report,
For the Year Ending Feb. 28, 1903.
Buildings exclusive of land
$1,405,840
804,040
Land excluding buildings
Total valuation of real estate
$2,209,880
Value of assessed personal estate
463,410
Rate of taxation, $14.00 per $1,000.
$2,673,290
Number of polls
Assessed on polls only
1,189
557
Residents assessed on property.
Individuals
All others
914
44
Total
958
Non-residents assessed on property
Individuals
356
17
All others
Total
373
Total number assessed
1,888
Number of horses
588
Number of cows
941
Number of sheep
13
Neat cattle other than cows
200
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Number of Swine 169
Dwellings 983
Acres of land 14,178
TAXES.
State tax $1,290 00
State Highway tax 67 97
Countv tax 2,702 60
$4,060 57
Appropriations :
School, teaching, care and fuel 10,200 00
School books and supplies 1 ,000 00
School incidentals 500 00
School apparatus 250 00
School Superintendent 562 50
School Transportation 1,300 00
School repairs and furniture 900 00
14,712 50
Highways, townways and bridges. . 6,000 00
Support of poor 2,800 00
Indigent soldiers and sailors 250 00
Repairs of public buildings 400 00
Town offices and committees 2,500 00
Cattle Inspector 150 00
Collection and abatement of taxes. . 700 00
Care of Village Clock 30 00
Care of Cemeteries 500 00
Miscellaneous expenses 800 00
Street lights 1,400 00
Adams library 800 00
School house loans 2,831 00
Land adjoining Riverside Cemetery . 200 00
School house, East Chelmsford 1,000 00
North Chelmsford library 400 00
Memorial day 100 00
Amount carried forward $20,861 00
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Amount brought forward $20,861 00
Heating Almshouse 450 00
Fire Wards 250 00
Water Pipe, North Village 800 00
Field telephone, North Village 200 00
Well pump and trough 250 00
Tree Warden 50 00
22,861 00
Over layings 169 99
$41,804 06
Less estimated receipts 2,000 00
$39,804 06
Tax on property $37,426 06
Tax on 1,189 polls 2,378 00
$39,804 06
The real and personal estate was assessed the past year to
the amount of $193,387.00 more than last year, owing largely
to a new method that was ordered by the Board, in hiring counsel
to look up real estate and Probate Court records. Although
the abatement of taxes has been larger the past year than in
former years, we are free to say that the expense incurred has
resulted in a decided gain to the town.
As the appropriation this year was $2,711.42 more than
last year, we have been able by this method to keep the tax rate
per thousand the same as last year.
P. T. McMAHON,
FRED L. FLETCHER,
JOSEPH E. WARREN,
A. HEADY PARK,
R. WILSON DIX,
Assessors of Chelmsford.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
TEACHING.
CENTRE.
C. H. Knowlton, 39 weeks $858 75
Lillian S. Copeland, 39 weeks 438 75
Lena E. Bliss, 39 weeks 405 00
Anna E. Bliss, 13 weeks 65 00
Grace E. Mansfield, 34 weeks 340 00
Bell M. Gould, 32 weeks 297 50
Grace E. Litchfield, 34 weeks 374 00
Ethel E. Kimball, 34 weeks 350 50
Susan S. McFarlin, 34 weeks 374 00
Mary Dix, 1-2 week 4 00
Grace C. P. Perham, 2 weeks 20 00
NORTH.
Laura G. Hoyt, 36 weeks $396 00
Gertrude Jones, 36 weeks 360 00
Josephine Blakely, 36 weeks 353 50
Susan E. Wheeler, 36 weeks 353 50
Percy F. Parsons, 39 weeks 853 75
Esther B. Douglas, 36 weeks 360 00
Ethel D. Fisher, 39 weeks 390 00
Emma Drew, 22 weeks 198 00
Emily Dowd, 1 week 9 00
$3,527 50
$3,273 75
GOLDEN COVE.
Harriet M. Hall, 36 weeks $360 00
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WEST.
Bertha H. Long, 35 weeks $350 00
Agnes Naylor, 35weeks 385 00
$735 00
EAST.
Sarah M. Devine, 37 weeks $326 00
SOUTH ROW.
Grace S. Parkhurst, 37 weeks $296 00
SOUTH.
Christina Ashworth, 36 2-3 weeks $341 50
MUSIC.
May B. Raynes, 23 weeks $230 00
MILITARY.
C. E. Bartlett $9 00
Total $9,098 75
CARE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
CENTRE.
H. H. Emerson, Janitor $450 00
A. H. Richardson, care 75
$450 75
COVE.
Herman Hill, Janitor $26 25
Richard E. Davis, cleaning 3 25
$29 50
SOUTH.
Alex. J. Park, cleaning $ 5 10
May Robbins, Janitor 4 SO
Herbert Penniman, Janitor 13 20
David McGrath 1 50
$24 60
38
SOUTH ROW.
R. E. Osterhout, Janitor $24 92
EAST.
Orrin Pierce, Janitor ' $92 50
NORTH.
Christopher Clansen, Janitor $387 00
William McClure, cleaning vault 4 00
$391 00
WEST.
Charles Jordan, Janitor $36 25
$1,049 52
EAST CHELMSFORD SCHOOL-HOUSE.
Samuel Hagerman, builder $2,156 75
R. Wilson Dix, mason work and grading 511 00
Sutherland & Taylor, Plasterers 250 00
F. W. Wing, Painter 100 00
W. A. Mack, heating plant, on acc't 450 00
Edwin R. Clark, Architect, on acc't 162 56
James F. Mooney, blackboard 53 26
Wm. McLarney Co., pipe and labor 7 01
H. Albina Manning, land 300 00
Arthur H. Sheldon, making out papers. . 4 96
Orrin Pierce, setting bounds, etc 3 40
$3,998 94
COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Arthur M. Warren, collecting year 1899 . .
Arthur M. Warren, collecting year 1900 . .
Arthur M. Warren, abatements year 1899
Arthur M. Warren, abatements year 1900
E. W. Sweetser, abatements year 1901 . . .
E. W. Sweetser, abatements year 1902 . . .
$ 22
88
58
02
92
42
110
99
90
97
392
87
$768 15
39
HEATING AT ALMSHOUSE.
William McLarney, heating plant $365 00
Patrick Niland, mason and tender 26 75
Connors Brothers, brick, etc 10 50
$402 25
FIRE WARDS.
G. E, Martindale, ladder truck $ 41 00
Ervin Blaisdell, ladder truck 9 00
Ervin Blaisdell, barrel covers 4 00
Geo. M. Wright, irons for barrels s 00
Warren Berry, painting truck 11 00
Warren Berry, pails for truck 13 50
H. B. Shattuck & Son, axe, bar and hook 3 60
Melvin Walker, water barrels 7 00
National Manufacturing Co., pumps, etc. . 115 46
$212 56
ADAMS LIBRARY.
Wilson Waters, Treasurer $800 00
NORTH CHELMSFORD LIBRARY.
C. Frank Butterfield, Treasurer $400 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
J. P. Emerson, Quartermaster C. V. A.. . . S76 57
VILLAGE CLOCK ASSOCIATION.
J. H. Bartlett, Vice-President $30 00
MARKERS FOR GRAVES OF REVOLUTIONARY
SOLDIERS.
Wilson WTaters, markers $9 85
CATTLE INSPECTION.
E. C. Perham, Inspector of Cattle $250 00
E. C. Perham, Inspector of Meat 52 00
F $302 00
40
TREE WARDEN.
Geo. B. B. Wright, bill for 1901 $16 25
Geo. B. B. Wright, bill for 1902 40 75
Geo. B. B. Wright, inspecting trees 7 50
$64 50
STATE AND MILITARY AID.
Paid under Chapter 374, Statutes 1899 $1,248 00
Paid under Chapter 372, Statutes 1899 . 534 50
SCHOOL-HOUSE LOAN NOTES.
Note on school-house, North Chelmsford $1,070 00
Note on school-house, Centre 1,200 00
$2,270 00
INTEREST ON SCHOOL-HOUSE LOANS.
Interest on school-house notes, North
Chelmsford $321 00
Interest on school-house notes, Centre. . 240 00
$561 00
RIFLE RANGE, NORTH CHELMSFORD.
E. H. Keyes, poles $27 00
Tucke & Parker, labor and supplies .... 65 60
A. C. Mitchell, targets 21 75
W. H. Quiglev, care of range 60 00
$174 35
NORTH CHELMSFORD WATER SUPPLY.
M. J. Drummond & Co., pipe $442 10
HEATING HALL, NORTH VILLAGE.
J. S. Wotton on account of contract for
cellar $650 00
41
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.
Middlesex Truant School, board of James
Shields $ 5 57
Grace C. Litchfield, cloth l 68
James Stanley, cleaning clock 1 00
Young Bros., ladder and steps 7 70
C. B. Coburn, paint and brushes 4 12
F. A. McNutt, bills and envelopes 20 25
S. W. Parkhurst, oil, broom, step ladder,
etc 3s 78
Western Union Telegraph Co 131
W. J. Randall, repairing lock, clock, etc. . 10 57
F. L. Kendall, express 85
C. H. Knowlton, express, etc 2 62
Lowell Machine Shop, seat irons 3 75
G. T. Parkhurst, printing envelopes,
letter heads, etc 15 25
Chas. Jordan, teaming 6 25
Mrs. S. J. Garland, repairing flag 1 00
American Express, expressing 2 35
Wm. Holland, teaming 4 50
B. & M. R. R. Co., freight 7 96
E. R. Marshall, shutters, sawdust, etc ... 6 SO
George S. Elliott, labor W. C. School ... 18 04
George S. Elliott, labor N. C. School .... 22 55
Phelps & Porter, repairing slate roof .... 15 83
O. M. Snell, surveying 12 50
North Chelmsford Gro. Store, incidentals 17 05
Lowell Gas Light Co., Gas, No. 8 4 84
Bartlett & Dow, locks 65
Orrin Pierce, pail, broom, etc 85
C. E. Anstill, repairing drum 1 50
Masury, Young & Co 24 00
E. P. Flanders, pail, locks, keys, etc 22 05
Wm. McLarney, copper pipe, etc 36 04
E. T. Adams, oil can, brooms, etc 2 48
E. E. Babb & Co., incidentals 1 58
Amount carried forward $322 27
42
Amount brought forward $322 27
E. J. Carroll & Co., basket, etc 5 55
G. M. Wright, repairs 1 10
Robertson & Co., oil heater 5 00
C. H. Sprague, teaming 9 75
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
John Marinel, Jr., moving hearse house . $14 00
Wm. Mitchell, repairs at Farm 10 56
P. T. McMahon, repairs, Hall, N. C 3 35
P. T. McMahon, paid for labor setting
edge stone, N. C 40 25
James Burnhart, paid for labor setting
edge stone, N. C
P. T. McMahon, shingles for Farm
Amasa Pratt & Co., windows for Farm . .
Wm. Mitchell, labor at Farm
D. P. Byam, painting and shingling hearse
house, S. C
Patrick Niland, mason work, barn cellar .
16
25
14
63
12
55
10
56
18
21
26
75
SCHOOL FURNITURE AND REPAIRS.
W. C. Edwards, repairs $ 4 29
Adams & Co., book case 12 00
E. F. De La Have, repairs 35 00
W. J. Randall, repairs, Centre 1 40
L. Spaulding, repairs, N. C 91 45
Geo. S. Elliott, repairs, W. C 60 72
Geo. S. Elliott, repairs, N. C 20 70
Geo. H. Smith, repairs, N. C. and W. C. . . 74 50
Amasa Pratt & Co., lumber for N. C. and
W. C 95 85
E. F. De La Have, edge stone, etc., at N. C 123 68
Amount carried forward $519 59
$343 67
— $167 11
43
Amount brought forward $51 <) r>9
Kenney Bros. & Wolking, desks 124 00
Orrin Pierce, window last 1 75
Slatington Bangor Co., blackbds 82 67
Adams & Co., shades and fixtures 9 90
E. P. Flanders & Co., paints 31 88
Robertson & Co., desks and chairs L>7 50
Wm. McLarney & Co., pipe, labor, etc. . . 24 03
J. H. Knight, repairs 5 50
Pratt & Forrest, window 3 70
Wm. Mitchell, labor 2 80
W. A. Mack & Co., pipe 22 35
Adams & Co., 2 desks and 2 office chairs. 43 50
$889 17
CARE OF CEMETERIES.
Frank Santamour, labor $88 00
M. C. Wilson, labor 18 00
George B. Wright, trees and labor 60 62
S. W. Parkhurst, grass seed 1 59
J. H. Wilson, labor 3 30
John G. Craig 28 25
Frank Lane, labor and teaming 23 90
Wm. Fletcher, 103 loads sand 10 30
F. G. Cann, labor and teaming 12 00
Geo. H. Robbins, surveying 20 00
H. E. Fletcher, stone chips 50
A. H. Simpson, labor 26 25
Michael O'Day, labor 53 09
A. B. Paasche, labor 5 70
F. J. Whittamore, repairs and iron work, 24 00
C. H. Dutton, labor 4 00
Walter Perham, care Pine Ridge $ 5 00
Walter Perham, care Forefathers 10 00
15 00
Amount carried forward $394 50
44
Amount brought forward
J. R. Parkhurst, care Forefathers
J. S. Wotton, care Riverside
John Marinel, Jr., labor, Riverside
Geo. H. Holt, repairs on pumps, Centre,
South and North
H. E. Waid, labor, Pine Ridge
Geo. P. Mansfield, labor, Hart Pond
Wm. J. Randall, sharpening mower
G. T. Parkhurst, stationery
Felix Lovely, labor, Forefathers
D. P. Byam, labor, Hart Pond
Areal Smith, labor
A. F. Whidden, W. C
H. L. Parkhurst .•
J. A. Parkhurst, water supply
D. Haley, labor
E. R. Marshall
TRUST FUNDS.
Walter Perham, care of A. Day lot $4 00
Walter Perham, care of E. Smith lot ... . 4 00
Walter Perham, care of T. Marshall lot . . 4 00
Walter Perham, care of G. Fletcher lot . . 4 00
16 00
A. F. Whidden, care of Winn lot 3 00
A. F. Whidden, care of Bowers lot 3 00
A. F. Whidden, care of Wheeler lot 3 00
9 00
$394
50
25
00
24
75
13
75
22
00
90
4
00
75
24
00
8
40
30
15
3
75
75
00
7
50
24
00
1
50
2
00
$661 95
J. R. Parkhurst, care of Emerson lot ... . 5 00
J. R. Parkhurst, care of Kimball lot 5 00
J. R. Parkhurst, care of Marshall lot ... . 3 00
J. R. Parkhurst, care of Coburn lot 3 00
Amounts carried forward $16 00 $25 00
45
Amounts brought forward SI 6 00 $25 00
J. R. Parkhurst, care of Shedd lots 6 00
J. R. Parkhurst, care of Day lot 3 00
J. R. Parkhurst, care of Shedd and Park-
hurst lot
3 00
28 00
$53 00
HIGHWAYS.
H. C. Sweetser, grain S 15 93
Sweetser & Day, grain and hay 362 82
F. M. Scoboria, grain 145 48 $524 23
N. C. Grocery Store, grain, straw and hay, 124 23
Wm. Manning, hay 101 95
J. C. Sheehan, hay 36 00
Geo. Coburn, hay 2 41
R. O. Robbins, 9215 lbs. hay 89 22
John McKennedy, 4790 lbs. hay 47 90
B. J. Spaulding, 3040 lbs. hay 28 39
D. P. Byam, 2545 lbs. hay 25 65
L. Spaulding, 1470 lbs. hay 14 70
Estate of P. F. Litchfield, 3270 lbs. hay. . 32 16
Town Farm, hay 49 90
A. M. Blaisdell, 1950 lbs. straw 19 70
Geo. Coburn, straw 6 33 578 54
Joseph Carpentier, blacksmithing 4S 14
F. J. Whittemore, blacksmithing 7 SO
G. M. Wright, blacksmithing S3 57 139 51
Harriet E. Shaw, use of stable 23 35
O. M. Snell, surveying IS 50 41 85
W. E. Livingston, brick and cement . 14 00
Lowell Coal Co., brick and cement 5 95 19 95
Staples Bros., sewer grates, drain pipe. . . 38 90
H. L. Parkhurst, drain pipe 33 00 71 90
Amount carried forward $1,375 98
46
Amount brought forward $1,375 98
Davis & Sargent, 2000 ft. spruce plank . . 44 00
P. T. McMahon, 6020 ft. spruce plank ... 132 44
P. T. McMahon, lumber and labor 20 06
P. Savage, posts 4 00
Geo. E. Spaulding, posts 3 48 203 98
S. W. Parkhurst, tools, etc 38 37
Bartlett & Dow, tools, etc 16 31
E. T. Adams, tools, etc 19 69 74 37
Dr. W. A. Sherman, veterinary 8 50
Jesse E. Viles, veterinary 14 00
Wm. H. Hills, medicines 1 15 23 65
H. E. Fletcher, stone 77 74
Patrick Savage, stone 14 02
James Buckland, setting curbing 10 00 101 76
E. H. Keyes, use of team 36 00
L. Gaudette, use of team 27 00
E. E. Hildreth, use of team 53 00 116 00
W. L. Draper, drag and repairs • 13 65
J.'H. Knights, repairs 5 00
E. A. Blaisdell, repairs 8 15 26 80
F. A. Lane, one horse 180 00
C. H. Hanson, one pair horses 312 00 492 00
C. H. Hanson, harness supplies 8 00
W. H. Davis, repairs 2 30
Donovan Harness Co., supplies, repairs . 19 75
Ebert Harness Co., supplies, repairs .... 4 50
Geo. E. Dillingham, repairs 3 20
N. S. Stevens, repairs 5 85 43 60
R. Wilson Dix, grading on Edmands St. . 100 00
R. Wilson Dix, relaying wall, West
Chelmsford 35 00
P. T. McMahon, labor on Washington St, 80 15
J. Marinel, labor 15 25
C. H. Tucker, labor 2 25
Homer E. Thayer, labor 3 60
Warren Berry, labor 1 80
Thomas Bridgford, labor 5 00 243 05
Amount carried forward $2,782 19
47
Amount brought forward $2,782 19
H. E. Fletcher, 46 1-2 tons stone 27 62
Drake Estate, stone chips 6 60 34 22
Wilson Waters, 352 loads gravel at 7c . . . 24 64
Mrs. Lovering, 335 loads gravel at 10c . . 33 50
R. W. Dix, 159 loads gravel at 10c 15 90
Robert Shinkwin, 274 loads gravel at 10c 27 40
Geo. F. Snow, 404 loads gravel at 10c ... 40 40
Alfred Paasche, 726 loads gravel at 10c. 72 60
Mrs. E. E. Dutton,112 loads gravel at 10c 11 20
Chas. Shinkwin, 642 loads gravel at 5c. . 32 10
Nels Knutson, 145 loads gravel at 10c . . 14 50
P. Flynn, 82 loads gravel at 10c 8 20
Chelmsford Foundry Co., 87 loads cinders
at 10c 8 70 289 14
Geo. E. Spaulding, breaking roads . . 1 1 00
Warren Berry, breaking roads 26 20
Elmer E. Voter, breaking roads 1 50
Geo. A. McNulty, breaking roads .... S 70
Peter E. McNulty, breaking roads 2 18
John Marinel, Jr., breaking roads and
sidewalks 25 75
Charles Finnick, breaking roads 3 00
L. Spaulding, breaking roads 3 20
J. C. Sheehan, breaking roads 10 15
Robert Penniman, breaking roads and
sidewalks 5 70
B. O. Robbins, breaking roads, 1901 and
1902 14 70
John J. Dunn, breaking roads, sidewalks. 18 50
J. S. Wotton, breaking roads, labor on
highway 70 20
F. A. Hazen, breaking roads 4 35
R. Wilson Dix, breaking roads 2 00 206 53
Amount carried forward $3,312 08
4s
Amount brought forward $3,312 08
PAY ROLL FOR MARCH AND APRIL.
March. David Higgins. 26 days at S2.75. S71 50
April, David Higgins, 10 days at S3. 00. . 30 00 101 50
March. Patrick Flynn. 24 days at $1.50 36 00
April. Patrick Flynn. 8 days at SI. 75 14 00 50 00
March, William Borden, 25 days at SI. 50 37 50
April. William Borden 9 days at SI. 75. . . 15 75 53 25
March and April, George Roscoe. 32 days
at SI. 50 48 00 4s 00
March and April, Frank Patten. 33 days
at SI. 50 49 50 49 50
April, David Kelley, 5 days at $1.50 ... . 7 50 7 50
S309 75
PAY ROLL FOR APRIL AND MAY.
David Higgins, 24 days at S3.00 S72 00
Patrick Flynn, 23 days at SI. 75 40 25
William Borden. 19 days at SI. 75 33 25
George Roscoe, 23 days at SI. 50 34 50
Frank Patten, 23 days at SI. 50 34 50
David Kelley, 24 days at SI. 50 36 00
Michael McKennedy, 17 days at SI. 50 . . 25 50 276 00
PAY ROLL FOR MAY AXD JUNE.
David Higgins, 30 days at S3. 00 '00
Patrick Flynn, 29 days at SI. 75 •"><> 75
William Borden, 30 d ys at SI. 75 52 50
George Roscoe, 29 days at SI. 50 43 50
David Kelley, 30 days at SI. 75 52 50
M. McKennedy, 30 days at SI. 75 52 50
Frank Patten, 29 days at SI. 50 43 50
James Burnhart. 3 days at S2.50 7 50
J. O'Day, 2s: days at SI. 50 42 00 434 75
Amount carried forward S4,251 58
49
Amount brought forward $4,251 08
PAY ROLL FOR JUNE AND JULY.
David Higgins, 24 days at S3. 00 $72 00
Patrick Flynn, 20 1-2 days at $1.75 35 88
William Borden, 23 days at $1.75 ... 40 25
George Roscoe, 22 days at $1.50 ... . 33 00
F. W. Patten, 21 1-2 days at SI. 50 32 25
David Kelley, 23 days at $1.75 40 25
M. McKennedy, 23 days at SI. 75 40 25
J. O'Day, 22 days at SI. 50 33 00
James Burnhart, 6 1-2 days at S2.50 16 25 343 13
PAY ROLL FOR JULY AND AUGUST.
David Higgins, 24 days at S3. 00 72 00
Patrick Flynn, 24 days at $1.75 42 00
William Borden, 24 days at $1.75 42 00
George Roscoe, 24 days at $1.50 . . . 36 00
David Kelley, 24 days at SI. 75 42 00
F. W. Patten, 24 days at SI. 50 36 00
M. McKennedy, 24 days at $1.75- 42 00
J. O'Day, 24 days at SI. 50 36 00
I. J. Gassett, 8 days at SI. 50 12 00
William Johnson, 8 days at SI. 50 12 00 372^00
PAY ROLL FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
David Higgins, 30 days at $3.00 $90 00
Patrick Flynn, 29 days at SI. 75 50 75
William Borden, 29 days at SI. 75 50 75
David Kelley, 29 days at $1.75 50 75
M. McKennedy, 29 days at $1.75 50 75
George Roscoe, 29 days at $1.50 43 50
F. W. Patten, 29 days at SI. 50 43 50
J. O'Day, 29 days at $1.50 43 50 423 50
Amount carried forward $5,390 21
50
Amount brought forward $5,390 21
PAY ROLL FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.
David Higgins, 24 days at $3.00 $72 00
Patrick Flynn, 22 days at $1.75 38 50
William Borden, 23 days at $1.75 40 25
David Kelley, 23 days at $1.75 40 25
M. H. McKennedy, 23 days at $1.75 .... 40 25
George Roscoe, 22 days at $1.50 33 00
F. W. Patten, 22 days at $1.50 33 00
Joseph O'Day, 21 days at $1.50 31 50 328 75
PAY ROLL FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER.
David Higgins, 24 days at $3.00 $72 00
William Borden, 23 1-2 days at $1.75 ... 41 13
Patrick Flynn, 23 days at $1.75 40 25
M. H. McKennedy, 24 days at $1.75 42 00
George Roscoe, 23 days at $1.50 34 50
F. W. Patten, 23 days at $1.50 34 50
David Kelley, 1 day at $1.50 1 50
Joseph O'Day, 1 day at $1.50 1 50 267 38
PAY ROLL FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.
David Higgins, 30 days at $3.00 $90 00
Patrick Flynn, 26 days at $1.75 45 50
William Borden, 28 days at $1.75 49 00
M. H. McKennedy, 28 days at $1.75 .... 49 00
George Roscoe, 29 days at $1.50 43 50
F. W. Patten, 28 days at $1.50 42 00 319 00
PAY ROLL FOR DECEMBER AND JANUARY.
David Higgins, 25 days at $3.00 $75 00
Patrick Flynn, 21 days at $1.75* 36 75
William Borden, 24 days at $1.75 42 00
Amount carried forward $6,305 34
51
Amount brought forward $6,305 34
M. H. McKennedy, 24 days at $1.75 42 00
George Roscoe, 23 1-2 days at $1.50. . . . 35 25
F. W. Patten, 21 days at $1.50 31 50 262 50
PAY ROLL FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
David Higgins, 30 days at $3.00 $90 00
Patrick Flynn, 28 days at $1.75 49 00
William Borden, 29 days at $1.75 50 75
M. H. McKennedy, 29 days at $1.75 50 75
George Roscoe, 22 days at $1.50 33 00
F. W. Patten, 21 days at $1.50 31 50 305 00
PAY ROLL FOR FEBRUARY.
David Higgins, 13 days at $3.00 $39 00
Patrick Flynn, 8 days at $1.75 14 00
William Borden, 11 days at $1.75 19 25
M. H. McKennedy, 12 days at $1.75 .... 21 00
George Roscoe, 9 days at $1.50 13 50
F. W. Patten, 7 days at $1.50 10 50 117 25
Amount of pay rolls $3,759 01
Total highways $6,990 09
SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION.
Mrs. Ida M. Voter, West Row to Centre. . . $ 282 00
H. R. Hodson, North Row to Centre 243 00
Boston & Northern St. Ry. Co., 410 00
J. J. Sullivan, South to Centre 226 00
A. J. Park, South to Centre 68 25
Stewart Mackay, West to North 30 00
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R., South to Centre . 22 50
$1,281 75,
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
F. L. Kendall $1'125
Received from the State 562 50
52
SCHOOL APPARATUS.
Ziegler Electric Co., supplies $ 4 50
L. E. Knott Co., supplies 57 36
Talbot Chemical Co., supplies 417
Arthur W. Hall Co., supplies 17 12
Neostyle Co., supplies 18 00
SCHOOL FUEL.
H. L. Parkhurst, 4 tons coal, East $
H. L. Parkhurst, 3 tons coal, Centre
H. L. Parkhurst 38,820 lbs. coal, Centre . .
H. L. Parkhurst, 50,450 lbs. coal, Centre...
H. L. Parkhurst, 1 1-2 cords sawed wood,
Centre
D. P. Byam, 41 ft. wood, South
James Dunnigan, 74,715 lbs. coal, North. .
James Dunnigan, 13 1-2 tons coal, North
John Marinel, Jr., 18 1-4 cords sawed
wood, North 118 69
John Marinel, Jr., 4 cords sawed wood,
West
F. G. Cann, 2 cords wood, East
E. C. Perham, 5 cords sawed wood . . .
A. M. Warren, 22 1-2 cords wood
Sweetser & Day, 2 cords slabs, Centre .
A. A. Brown, 2 cords wood, South ....
Herbert Penniman, sawing wood
34
00
27
26
120
45
252
25
8
50
35
85
224
14
133
75
27
00
20
00
28
00
145
25
6
00
16
00
3
75
$101 15
$1,200 89
53
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Ginn & Co $104 15
Benjamin M. Sanborn 89
Houghton, Mifflin 14 60
D. Appleton & Co 13 09
E. E. Babb & Co 183 88
J. L. Hammel Co 68 56
Silver, Burdett & Co 51 60
Talbot Dyewood &]Chemical Co 1 95
G. T. Parkhurst 3 30
Charles Littlefield]& Co 1 75
Rand McNally 16 66
Boston & Maine, express 2 72
Kenny Brothers & Wilkins 179 12
F. L. Kendall * 5 79
American Book Co 242 64
D. C. Heath & Co 5 20
A. J. Bois 3 38
G. C. Prince & Son 2 25
C. B. Coburn & Co 60
E. C. Bartlett 2 50
George F. King &;Co 27 05
American Express Co 75
NeostyleCo 2 00
New England Publishing Co 1 50
May Raynes 2 60
385 17
546 51
6 85
$ 938 53
STREET LIGHTING.
H. L. Blood, lighting, North 257 31
Globe Gas Light Co., naphtha 102 18
Globe Gas Light Co., lamps purchased and
rented 82 60
Amount carried forward $442 09
54
Amount brought forward $442 09
Robert Penniman, lighting, South $ 70 43
Emerson & Co., burners, wicks and chim-
neys 3 04
H. W. Philbrick, lighting, Centre 48 58
Melvin Walker, lighting Centre 349 73
913 87
Harry R. Dix, lighting and oil, East 55 03
Charles Jordan, lighting, West 117 38
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R., freight 2 88
J. W. Raymond, 4 street lamps 6 00
William McLarney & Co., repairs 90
A. B. Adams, posts 13 20
C. B. Coburn & Co., supplies and oil 40 27
Bartlett & Dow, lag screws 115
Pratt & Forrest, 2 posts 116
Amasa Pratt & Co., posts 11 55 249 52
Hanchett & MacFadgen, repairs 17 68
Adams Hardware Co., oil, etc 16 09
J. F. McManimon, oil, etc 1 64
Sweetser & Day, sawing posts 5 30
Marcus H. Winship, oil, etc 27 64
Odd Fellows Bid. Asso., care of light 6 00
New England Grocery Store, matches, etc 5 66
Joseph Carpentier, repairs 1 00 81 01
MISCELLANEOUS.
$1,244 40
G. T. Parkhurst, printing and supplies for
Selectmen $ 26 40
G. T. Parkhurst, printing and supplies for
Town Treasurer 8 25
G. T. Parkhurst, printing ballots 10 50 $ 45 15
R. W. Emerson, postage stamps 7 36
R. W. Emerson, stamps and envelopes
for Town Treasurer 28 90 36 26
Amount carried forward $81 41
55
Amount brought forward $81 41
Bartlett & Dow, water tank and sundries
North Hall 9 80
Bartlett & Dow, 1 pair twisters 1 00
Bartlett & Dow, 18 Fire Ward and
Special Police badges . . 13 50
Bartlett & Dow, lantern, Centre Hall .... 40
Courier-Citizen Co., printing town reports 140 40
Courier-Citizen Co., printing 100 lists of
voters 43 50
Courier-Citizen Co., printing ads. for
hearings 26 67
H. Herbert Emerson, janitor Centre Hall.. 175 04
H. Herbert Emerson, extra work and
repairs 17 80
24 70
210 57
192 84
Davis & Sargent, lumber for Truck house
South Chelmsford 10 76
Warren Berry, labor on Truck house.
South Chelmsford 39 24 50 00
Scott & O'Day, piping and fixtures for
gas at Centre Town Hall 102 10
George H. Holt, repairs on pumps 23 50
Adams Hardware Co., supplies 1 00
A. M. Warren, insurance on Adams
Library 168 00
A. M. Warren, 3 cords wood, Centre
TownHall 18 00 186 00
J. F. McMannimon, oil and supplies, N.
C.Hall ! 55
Dr. F. E. Varney, reporting births 12 75
Dr. A. G. Scoboria, reporting births 4 00
James P. Dunnigan, rent of Rifle Range.. .
N.Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight
F. A. Mallory, edge stone for Hall, N. C
George M. Wright, repairs Centre Hall ...
Amount carried forward $983 48
1 16
75
20
00
2
40
63
51
7
15
56
Amount brought forward $983 48
H. C. Sweetser, lumber for Town Hall
shed 1 17
Sweetser & Day, plank for well at Centre . 1 60
Sweetser & Day, plank for Superinten-
dent of Burials, W. C 131
Sweetser & Day, 2 cords wood, Centre
Hall 6 00 8 91
C. B.Coburn& Co., floor wax, N. C. Hall 2 40
C. B. Coburn & Co., glass and wax Centre
Hall 2 94 5 34
P. T. McMahon, postage and express on
town reports 3 51
P. T. McMahon, repairs N. C. Hall 4 01
P. T. McMahon, telephone, stamps, etc .. 4 00 11 52
Mrs. Mary Pope on account of quarantine 17 50
James T. O'Hearn, making lease for Rifle
Range 3 00
Lowell Electric Light Corp., lighting N.
C.Hall
William A. Mitchell, labor Centre Hall . . .
S. Spaulding, rent of land for Rifle Range
N. C. Grocery Store, glass, etc., Hall, N. C.
R. Welch, prosecuting cases in Court ....
Adams & Co., 100 folding chairs N. C. Hall 125 00
Adams & Co., tables, matting, etc., N. C.
Hall 43 24
Dr. A. Howard, 2 stoves Centre Hall
William G. Bumps, transporting B.
Bremnier to Insane Hospital
Lowell Rubber Co., rubber bands
State of Mass., Revised Laws
Dr. A. A. Harmon, professional services . .
F. A. M. Tobin, printing list of voters ....
Thomas McCarty, stone posts
H. M. Meak, books
Wm. McLarney & Co., furnace pipe, etc.
Centre Hall
Amount carried forward
51
90
12
84
20
00
5
90
28
00
16S
24
10
00
5
25
1
00
6
00
3
50
29
00
15
00
1
95
8
41
$1,397
91
$1,397
91
16
50
90
32
00
13
14
45
14
42
00
19
50
57
Amount brought forward
City of Lowell, use of lockup
Tilton & Co., books
Lowell Gas Light Co., use of 16 arc lamps
Centre Hall
Lowell Gas Light Co., lighting Centre Hall
H. C. Hinkley, wiring Centre Hall
C. H. May & Co., wiring Hall N. C
Carroll Bros., matting strip, stove pipe,
etc., N. C. Hall 7 75
F. E. Rollins, stenographers report of
joint R. R. hearing at Westford 20 SO
S. Hagerman, labor Centre Hall
E. W. Sweetser, expenses on S. H. loan. . .
Walter Perham, reporting deaths
L. Spaulding, concreting near P. O
M. H. Winship, broom
A. G. Parkhurst, reporting deaths
F. A. Fisher, legal services
Standard Exitnguishing Co., supplies for
fire extinguishers 10 20
Wm. J. Randall, repairs on pumps and
locks, and setting glass
Geo. B. Wright, trees V. I. A
E. T. Adams, marking utensils for Sealer,
and hardware
O. M. Snell, surveying Town Hall, N. C
Journal Newspaper Co., advertising in
Boston Journal
F. M. Hodson, damage to wagon
L. Spaulding, concreting sidewalk, etc. at
Centre Hall
B. F. Gately, prosecuting cases in Court .
E. R. Marshall, screens at Centre Hall . . .
E. R. Marshall, lumber for Centre Hall . . .
Dumas & Co., binding history of Chelms-
ford
4
42
2
80
3
75
3
60
35
2
00
192
07
2 55
2 25
2 87
22 00
8 50
8 75
54 50
3 26
(J 75
6 !.->
13 20
1 00
Amount carried forward $1,888 o<
58
Amount brought forward $1,888 57
J. Marinell, Jr., burial of Carron child. ... $17 00
J. Marinell, Jr., reporting deaths 1 25
J. Marinell, Jr., 2 cords wood N. C. Hall. . . 12 00 30 25
J. H. Pillsbury, escorting school children
from City line N. C 35 00
P. S. Ward, janitor N. C. Hall 125 00
Lowell Sun, advertising hearing 1 50
American Express Co., express on reports 65
P. B. Murphy, dog blanks 3 00
Geo. W. Southworth, Assessors' books
and blanks 5 76
S. W. Parkhurst, supplies for Centre Hall . 26 89
Falls & Burkinshaw, disinfectant 47 50
Dr. H. H. Sumner, reporting births 25
Chelmsford Foundry Co., repairs and
labor N.C 3 00
F. A. Mallory, edge stone N. C ' 92 70
$2,260 07
TOWN HIGHWAY APPRAISAL, MARCH 2, 1903.
1 pair road horses $275 00
1 pair road horses 300 00
2 pair double harnesses SO 00
1 pair double harnesses 40 00
1 set lead harnesses 3 00
8 collars 18 00
2 pairs reins 6 00
1 pair pole straps 2 50
Stable tools 3 00
6 feed bags 2 00
8 collar pads 4 00
4 pairs blankets 25 00
7 lanterns 2 50
Kerosene and harness oil 50
4 halters 2 00
4 1-2 tons hay 90 00
Amount carried forward $853 50
59
Amount brought forward $853 50
1-2 ton oat straw 5 00 $858 50
50 bushels oats, $21.00; 10 bags corn,
$12.50 33 50
3 carts, $290.00; 1 scraper, $65.00 355 00
1 roller, $240.00; 1 jigger, $20.00 260 00
1 grain chest, $5.00; 1 scoop and Chicago
scraper, $10.00; 1 cart jack and
monkey wrench, $1.50 16 50
Parts of old scraper 1 00
3 pairs whiffletrees and 3 yokes 10 00
2 snow plows 10 00
1000 ft. spruce boards, $22.00; 2 two-
horse sleds, $70.00 92 00
1000 ft. spruce planks, $22.00; 29 posts,
$2.25 ; old lumber, $4.00 28 25
Pile bricks, $9.00; 47 pieces 10-in. drain
pipe, $18:80 27 80 834 05
1 drag, $7.00; 2 plows, $8.00; 18 sign
boards, $18.00 ; 1 tool chest, $5.00 . . 38 00
1 catch basin, $8.00; castings to road
scraper, $2.00 10 00
I lead rod, $0.75; spikes and cement, $1.50 2 25
6 pairs heel chains, $6.00; 4 big chains,
$5.00 11 00
4 crow bars, 14 drills and 2 spoons 10 00
13 new shovels, $11.00; 14 new picks,
$14.00 25 00
II old picks, $4.00; 8 axes, $4.00; 1 tape
measure, $2.00 10 00
1 level, trowel and hammer 1 75
3 grub hoes, $1.50; 4 stone hammers and
new handle, $6.25; 2 spreaders, $5.00. 12 75
4 stone picks, $1.50; catch-basin tools,
$2.00 3 50
4 lbs. powder, $0.80; 4 iron rakes, $2.00.... 2 80
Amounts carried forward $127 05 $1 ,692 55
60
Amounts>rought forward $127 05 $1,692 55
11 shovels, $4.50; 2 bush scythes, $1.50;
**P 3 saws, $2.00 8 00
Unused road stock 50 00 185 05
$1,877 60
GEORGE P. MANSFIELD,
H. R. HODSON,
WALTER B. EMERSON,
Appraisers.
Town Farm Appraisal, March 2, 1903.
lhorse $180 00
1 pair double harnesses 45 00
2 sets express harnesses 30 00
Old light harness, $1.00; 1 pair blankets
and robes, $20.00; 2 tie ropes, 40c. . 21 40
1 new milch cow and calf, $50.00; 2 Fall
cows, $55.00; Ensilage, $100.00 205 00
4 hay forks, $1.25; 1 grain chest, $8.00.
grain, $35.00 44 25
6 tons hay 72 00
Blocks, rope and binding rope, $12.00; 2
grabs and seed sower, $2.00 14 00
4 potato diggers, 3 hoes 2 80
1 waste fork, 3 dung forks, $3.25; shovel,
hay knife and puller, $2.00 5 25
Steelyards, $1.00; 5 corn knives, $1.50;
pieces of harness, $50c; 8 bushel
boxes, $0.80 3 80
Paint and brushes, $2.00; 3 baskets, $1.00 3 00
Hose pipe and rakes, $3.50; 1 pair pole
straps, $0.50; 1 atomizer, $0.50;
tools, $1.50 6 00
3 lanterns, $1.20; sled and pung, $35.00;
1 drag, $5.00;1 sulky plow, $40.00 .. 81 20 $713 70
1 Weid plow, $12.00; 5 old plows, $5.00;
2 grindstones, $4.00; 1 farm wagon,
$25.00 46 00
1 Democrat and 1 square wagon 30 00
1 cart and two-horse wagon, $85.00; 1
three-springed market wagon, $60.00 145 00
1 spring-tooth harrow, $10.00; 1 wheel-
harrow, $18.00; tedder, rake and
mowing machine, $65.00 93 00
Amounts carried forward S3 14 00 $713 70
62
Amounts brought forward $314 00 $713 70
2 machine-knife grinders, $3.00; 1 corn
planter, $15.00; 2 cultivators, $10.00 28 00
1 weeder, $5.00; 3 old harrows, $3.00; 6
shovels, $3.00; brewery grain box,
box, $10.00 21 00
3 pork barrels, barrel hoister and hogs-
head 2 00
3 scythe snaths, $1.50; grain cradle and
cart saddle, $1.00; 4 whiffletrees and
4 yokes, $7.00 9 50
Old lumber, $2.00; 4 ladders, $2.00; 200
bricks, $1.60; 150 fowl, $90.00;
Farmers boiler, $4.00 99 60
2 stone hammers, $3.00; 5 axes, $4.50;
5 old axes, $2.00; wagon-jack and
windows, $2.00 11 50
1 powder gun, $5.00; 2 watering pots,
$1.00; cooler, 2 milk pails and
strainer, $3.50 9 50
Hay cutter and screen, $5.00; 1 cross-cut
* saw, $1.00 6 00 501 10
1 grub hoe, $0.50; 30 cords manure,
$105.00; 23 barrels, $2.30; 1 lawn
mower, $3.00; 2 stoves, $8.00 118 80
14 cords wood in the woods, $56.00; 5
cords in yard, $25.00; 3 1-2 cords in
shed, $20.00 101 00 219 80
6 saws and 3 saw plates, $5.00; 5 saw-
horses, $1.50; collateral and ice tongs
$3.00 9 50
Household supplies and provisions 99 85
Household furniture and bedding 285 20 394 55
$1,829 15
GEORGE P. MANSFIELD,
H. R. HODSON,
WALTER B. EMERSON,
Appraisers.
63
EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Elmer E. Hildreth, on account of salary . . $400 00
H. C. Sweetser, grain bill 1901 48 00
H. C. Sweetser, grain 57 46
Sweetser & Day, grain 454 44
Emerson & Co., grain 42 25
F. M. Scoboria & Co., grain 39 32
E. W. Sweetser, provisions 307 17
William R. Fowle, corn beef 34 37
William Clinton, fish 3 74
William McDonald, fish 5 91
S. W. Parkhurst, groceries 164 37
E. T. Adams, groceries 15 38
C. W. Livingston, soap 22 20
National Biscuit Co., crackers 27 25
E. H. Blaisdell, wheelwright 20 25
Adams Hardware Co., paints and tools.. . . 13 65
D. W. Parker, harness repairs 9 95
T. M. Bolton, harness repairs 7 62
George E. Dillingham, harness repairs . . 1 60
C. H. Hanson & Co., harness, blankets,
liniment 36 00
I. H. Knight, shoes 9 50
I. H. Knight, repairing windmill 1 75
R. W. Emerson, stationery 4 20
Bon Marche Co., dry goods 7 21
A. G. Pollard, dry goods 9 72
Cook & Taylor, dry goods 22 39
Bartlett & Dow, hardware and seed 83 97
W. P. Rupert, millet seed 16 00
W. W. Stuart, 1 bull 20 00
Francis Day, hens 5 00
G. M. Hartley, hens 25 00
Adams & Co., furniture 32 75
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight 50
Mrs. George, North Chelmsford, aiding
tramps 3 75
Amount carried forward
$400 00
641 47
341 54
9 65
201 95
27 25
20 25
13 65
55 17
i 11
25
) 4
20
1
> 39
32
I 99
1
97
1
1 50
00
32
75
1
50
3
75
$1,952 67
64
Amount brought forward
E. R. Marshall, boxes and dressing
lumber
Burnham & Davis, lumber •
W. A. Sherman, veterinary
A. A. Harmon, veterinary
William H. Hills, medicines
C. B. Cole and Son, blacksmithing
G. M. Wright, blacksmithing
A. G. Scoboria, M. D
William J. Randall, filing saws
Ole Linstad, painting sleigh
Estate A. P. Perham, pasturing
H. L. Knowlton, standing grass
William McLarney, plumbing
Myra Balser, labor
J.O'Day,labor
William O'Day, labor
William Balser, labor
Wilbur Tibbetts, labor
S. Meekin, labor
Ovila Langlais, labor
Bernie Heald, labor
Sadie Heald, labor
Michael Gillon, labor
Mary Tibbetts, labor
Stuart, chopping
P. Niland, mason and tender
C. P. Balser, waste
Cohen, manure
E. Kemp, manure
Frank Santamore, labor
J. Boies, tinware
William Kettelty, paper
William Mack & Co., repairing stove
H. R. Barker Co., repairing sink
George E. Hutchins, rubber goods
Amounts brought forward
1
1,952 67
7 46
6 31
13 77
3 00
5 00
2 20
10 20
8 10
113 75
121 85
1 00
1 00
30
30
8 50
8 50
25 00
12 00
37 00
3 35
3 35
17 00
31 00
58 10
161 00
10 00
3 75
4 37
2 00
13 25
27 00
16 00
7 00
26 75
377 22
95 00'
S 00
16 62
119 62
5 25
5 25
3 56
74
4 30
1 50
1 35
2 85
1 00
$1 00 $2,657 88
65
Amounts brought forward 1 00 $2,657 88
American Clothing Co., goods 11 00 12 00
Zopher Co., truss 1 qq 1 qq
Hannah F. Perham, pay g qq g qo
Connors Bros., lime and cement 3 35 3 35
Thomas Sheehan, pigs 14 qq 14 qq
P. T. Moss, wagon 75 00 75 00
J. P. Emerson, use of horse, etc 38 75 38 75
E. E. Hildreth, sundries 19 53 19 53
Total $2,830 51
OUTSIDE POOR.
Mass. Hospital for board of Harry P.
Wright $169 46 $169 46
Westboro Insane Hospital, board of Jas.
W. Dunn 169 46 169 46
Medfield Insane Asylum, board of Laura
Bailey 146 00 146 00
Worcester Insane Hospital, board of Benj.
F. Worden 169 46
Roy & O'Heir, clothing Benj. F.
Worden 31 60 201 06
Worcester Insane Hospital, board of
Barbara Bremner 7s 92
Dr. A. G. Scoboria, committment of
Barbara Bremner 4 40 S3 32
Worcester Insane Hospital, board of Geo.
Spaulding 169 46 169 46
Worcester Insane Asylum, board of Daniel
Gilligan " 169 46 169 46
Westboro Insane Hospital, board of Ella
Hutchins 149 03 149 03
Mass. School for feeble minded, board of
Harry S. Ward . . . .' 169 45 169 45
Mrs. Bessie Dinsmore, board Millie F.
Chamberlain '^ 00
Amounts carried forward 36 00 SI, 426 70
66
Amounts brought forward $ 36 00 $1,426 70
Mrs. C. G. Jackson, board Millie F. Cham-,
berlain •
H. H. Russell, groceries Harry C. Wright
E. W. Sweetser, aid Harry C. Wright. . . .
A. M. Warren, wood, Harry C. Wright . .
City of Lowell, medical attendance, Harry
C. Wright
Dr. F. E. Varney, medical attendance.
Carron family
No. Chelmsford Grocery, aid Carron
family
Dr. F. E. Varney, aid Chester WTorden. .
Dr. F. E. Varney, aid James Riley
St. John's Hospital, aid James Riley. . . .
J. F. O'Donnell, burial James Riley
F. E. Bickford, aid Mrs. Anderson
Fred L. Fletcher, aid Mrs. Anderson ....
City of Lowell, aid Mrs. Fred McDonald
City of Lowell, aid Mrs. James McKen-
nedy
Dr. A. G. Scoboria, aid Feindal family.
Dr. A. G. Scoboria, aid Alfred Simpson
family 18 00
Dr. A. G. Scoboria, committment Mrs.
Angie Nichols
H. L. Parkhurst, aid C. H. Frost
H. M. Warren, aid C. H. Frost
H. M. Warren, aid Squire Wilson
City of Brockton, aid Elisha Huntress. .
Town of Clinton, aid Felix Lovely and
familv
110 00
146 00
104 00
9 65
6 00
59 00
178 65
8 25
10 25
18 50
7 50
7 50
1 00
2 00
47 50
50 50
8 56
2 00
10 56
12 50
37 50
50 00
36 50
4 00
58 50
8 50
2 50
11 00
104 00
104 00
7S 00
78 00
18 00
18 00
$2,157 91
67
RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE.
Farm produce S 4 s 15
Use of team 101 25
Hay -)7 90
Ensilage 100 87
Milk 320 (;:;
Nine cows 520 00
Nine calves 58 02
One Bull 33 00
Eggs 5 94
C. W. Livingston, board 1 85
Wm. Balser, board 42 00
Angie Lewis, board 104 00
Wood 21 00
Old Harness 12 00
E. E. Hildreth, one horse 25 00
Due from Estate Homer Thayer
Due from J. Plummer, use of team, to be taken out
in grains 27 00
Due from City of Lowell, board Martha Hall 7s on
$1,584 <)l
Expense at Almshouse $2,830 51
Proceeds Town Farm 1 ,584 «>1 SI ,245 60
Paid for outside Poor 2,157 91
Received of State Treasurer on account
of aid to paupers 0 00
City of Medford, aid to Chas. Simpson
family 4 50
Mrs. J. E. Richardson, reimbursement on
Hutchins bill SI 25 <>4 75
Net expense Outside Poor $2,063 16
Net expense at Town Farm 1 .245 60
Net expense of Poor $3. 24s < 6
Total expense of the Poor $4,988 42
Inmates at Town Farm, 7. Males, 2; females, 5. Tramps,
445.
R. WILSON DIX.
FRED L. FLETCHER,
JOSEPH E. WARREN,
P. T. McMAHON.
A. HEADY PARK.
Officers and Committees.
S. W. Sweetser, services as Treasurer and
Tax Collector
Geo. A. Parkhurst, services and expenses
as Town Clerk
Geo. F. Snow, services as Auditor
Martin Robbins, services as Auditor ....
C. Frank Butterfield, services as Auditor .
J. E. Warren, services and expenses as
Selectman
Fred L. Fletcher, services and expenses
as Selectman
R. AVilson Dix, services and expenses as
Selectman
P. T. McMahon, services and expenses as
Selectman
A. Heady Park, services and expenses as
Selectman
P. T. McMahon, services and expenses as
Assessor
P. T. McMahon, copying Tax book
Fred L. Fletcher, services and expenses as
Assessor
J. E. Warren, services and expenses as
Assessor
A. Heady Park, services and expenses as
Assessor
R. W. Dix, services and expenses as
Assessor
Fred L. Fletcher, services and expenses as
Overseer of the Poor
P. T. McMahon, services and expenses
as Overseer of the Poor
Amount carried forward
s
500 00
114 10
$4 00
4 00
4 00
12 00
218 12
178 00
135 (JO
150 00
154 68
160 00
20 00
180 00
105 00
73 50
72 00
65 00
6 00
5 00
SI, 968 40
69
Amount brought forward $1,968 40
R. Wilson Dix, services and expenses as
Oversees of the Poor 23 50
J. E. Warren, services and expenses as
Overseer of the Poor 10 50
A. Heady Park, services and expenses as
Overseer of the Poor
Mrs. M. A. Robie, copying Assessor's book
Warren Berry, secretary Fire Wards
Warren Berry, Constable
Wm. H. Corrigan, Constable
John J. Quessey, Constable
Thomas C. Mooney, Constable
Melvin Walker, Constable
J. S. Wotton, Constable, bill of 1901 , 1902
1903
John E. Hogan, Special Police
Fred I. Vinal, Special Police
John Corrigan, Special Police
R. W. Polley, Truant Officer
John J. Quessey, Truant Officer
Melvin Walker, taking school census
Dr. A. G. Scoboria, Agent Board Health .
Geo. H. Ripley, services as Registrar ....
J. F. McManomin, services as Registrar. . .
Patrick H. Haley, services as Registrar . .
George A. Parkhurst, services as Registrar
Geo. P. Mansfield, Appraiser at Town
Farm
H. R. Hodson, Appraiser at Town Farm .
W. B. Emerson, Appraiser at Town Farm.
R. W. Emerson, Teller March Meeting. . . .
Daniel Reardon, Teller March Meeting . . .
John P. Scoboria, Teller March Meeting .
Wm. H. Hall, Teller March Meeting
Wm. J. Randall, Sealer
Melvin Walker, Truant Officer
Amount carried forward $2,922 82
10 00
32 00
209 44
23 10
103 65
29 SO
IS 72
so 70
138 20
3 00
4 80
3 00
5 50
3 90
32 00
98 75
13 50
19 50
24 50
21 00
3
00
3
00
3
00
12 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
IS 56
2 50
70
Amount brought forward
A. J. Park, School Committee
Stewart Mackay, services and expenses as
School Committee
Stewart Mackay, Supply Agent
E. C. Bartlett, services and expenses as
School Committee
John P. Scoboria, Warden, Precinct 1 . . . .
Howard S. Adams, Clerk, Precinct 1
H. C. Sweetser, Deputy Clerk, Precinct 1
Melvin Walker, Inspector, Precinct 1
R. W. Emerson, Deputy Inspector, Pre-
cinct 1
Arthur E. Reed, Inspector, Precinct 1 . . .
D. P. By am, Deputy Inspector, Precinct 1
D. E. Haley, Deputy Inspector, Precinct 1
James B. McQuade, Warden, Precinct 2.. .
F. K. Ripley, Clerk, Precinct 2
C. H. Holt, Deputy Clerk, Precinct 2
James W. Ward, Deputy Warden, Pre-
cinct 2
Chas. A. Holt, Inspector, Precinct 2
John E. Harrington, Deputy Inspector,
Precinct 2 3 00
Geo. Y. Hodge, Deputy Inspector, Pre-
cinct 2 3 00
Wm. H. Quigley, Deputy Inspector, Pre-
cinct 2 3 00
John Hobbs, Deputy Inspector, Precinct2 3 00 40 00
Frank C. Bickford, Warden, Precinct 3 . . 3 00
Samuel Naylor, Clerk, Precinct 3 10 00
A. G. Parkhurst, Inspector, Precinct 3 . . . 3 00
John J. Dunn, Inspector, Precinct 3 3 00
Geo. O. Spaulding, Deputy Inspector Pre-
cinct 3 3 00
Wm. E. Martin, Deputy Inspector, Pre-
cinct 3 3 00 25 00
Arthur E. Reed, Teller, March, 1901 3 00
$3,257 32
$2,922 82
41 00
56 50
50 00
82 00
4 50
10 00
4 50
4 50
3 00
4 50
3 00
3 00
37 00
4 50
10 00
4 50
4 50
4 50
AGGREGATE OF APPROPRIATIONS RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
ACCOUNTS
Schools, Appropriation
Unexpected balance, 1901
School fund
Town of Carlisle, tuition
State, teaching
Teaching
Care of houses
Fuel ..'..'..'..'.'.
Apparatus !
Incidentals
Text books anil supplies
Text books, receipts
Transportation of scholars
Superintendent of schools
State receipts
School house repairs and furniture . .
Support of poor
Receipts
Highway
Receipts
State and military aid receipts
Indigent soldiers and sailors
Repairs of public buildings
Town officers and committees
Cattle inspection
Receipts
Collection and abatement of taxes . .
Village clock
Care and improvement of cemeteries .
Receipts
Trust fund receipts
Adams Library
North Chelmsford Library Association
Street lighting
Receipts
School house loans
Interest
Markers for graves of revolutionary
soldiers
Memorial Day
Tree Warden
Land adjoining Riverside Cemetery .
School house, East Chelmsford
Receipts, including dog tax . .
Heating Almshouse
Fire wards
Waterpipe, North Chelmsford
Field telephone, North Chelmsford
Well, pump and trough. N\ Chelmsf'd
Land damage, Westford Road
Miscellaneous
Receipts
Appropriations $38,212 97
Receipts 7,995 7r.
$46,208 72
$10,200 00
912 45
376 31
64 00
375 00
250 00
500 00
1,000 00
3 21
1,300 00
562 50
562 50
900 00
2,800 on
1,578 75
6,000 00
1,381 30
1,268 00
250 00
400 00
2,500 00
150 00
38 50
700 00
30 00
500 00
207 50
53 00
son on
400 00
1.400 00
5 60
2.270 00
561 00
39 17
100 00
50 00
200 00
1.000 00
661 60
450 00
250 00
S00 00
200 00
250 00
600 00
800 00
508 00
$48,068 02
$9,098 75
1,049 52
1.200 89
101 15
343 67
938 53
1,281 75
1.125 50
889 17
4,988 ' 42
' 6,990 09
1,494 00
288 50
167 11
3,379 78
302 00
768 15
30 00
661
95
53
00
800
00
400
00
1,244 40
2.270 00
561 00
9 85
76 57
64 50
3,998 94
402 25
212 56
442 10
174 35
2,260 07
$48,068 02
Surplus.
Us 85
156 33
' 64 68
IS 25
391 21
232 89
45 55
161 20
29 62
23 43
200 00
47 75
37 44
357 90
25 65
250 00
600 00
$3,380 21
1.859 30
$5,239 51
Deficit.
$609 67
226 00
38 50
879 78
113 50
68 15
14 50
2,337 34
952 07
$5,239 51
5,239 51
Amount of bills paid
Deficit
$48,068 02
1,859 30
$46,208 72
NOTE — The School Committee by trnsferring the surplus from their different appro-
priations have saved the town from borrowing only three thousand dollars for the Fast
Chelmsford school house
JOSEPH E. WARREN,
FRED L. FLETCHER,
P. T. McMAHON,
R. WARREN DIX,
A. HEADY PARK,
Selectmen.
Report of Tree Warden.
The shade trees of the town are in a generally healthy
condition and apparently free from the imported insect pests
which are working in many localities in the State.
There is a large amount of work needed, to put the trees in
first-class shape, and with the means at the disposal of the
Warden, I can report but little progress in that direction.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE B. B. WRIGHT.
List of Jurors as Prepared by the Selectmen,
March 12, 1903.
Bliss, Pliny C. Fanner
Brown, Fred M Carpenter
Billson, David Quarrvman
Dix, R. Wilson Stone Contractor
Dutton, Arthur E Greenhouse
Emerson, H. Herbert Janitor
Emerson, Walter B Farmer
Egan, James J Bookkeeper
Elliot, George S Carpenter
Fowle, William R Farmer
Fletcher, Fred L Farmer
Hodson, Henry R Farmer
Hodge, George Y Clerk
Hogan, John E Engineer
Holt, Charles A Farmer
Ingham, George H Clerk
Lapham, Wilber E . . Farmer
Martin, William E Operative
Martin, Frank P Operative
McManomin, John F Store
O'Neil, George F Operative
Parker, Edward F Farmer
Perham, Walter Vinegar Maker
Phillips, James B Farmer
Perham, David Farmer
Quigley, James P Iron Worker
Quessey, John J Blacksmith
Richardson, A. Howard Farmer
Robbins, Benjamin O Farmer
Robbins, Edward J Clerk
Reardon, Daniel A Farmer
Scoboria, John P Carpenter
Snow, George F Farmer
Spaulding, George O Farmer
Swett, George W Iron Worker
Sampson, James A Machinist
Sweetser, Herbert C Grain Dealer
Smith, Thomas Farmer
Wright, George B. B Nurseryman
Ward, James W Steel Worker
Warren, Arthur M Insurance Agent
Warren, Joseph E Farmer
JOSEPH E. WARREN,
Chairman.
Report of Agent of Board of Health,
Contagious Diseases for year ending March 1, 1903 :
Measles 90 cases
Diphtheria 25 cases
Scarlet fever 3 cases
Typhoid 10 cases
Membranous Croup 2 cases
A. G. SCOBORIA, M. D.
Report of Cattle Inspector.
Number of cattle inspected 834
Number of stables inspected 51
Number of carcasses inspected at slaughter houses 51
during March and April :
Carcasses of beef 48
Carcasses of veal 36
Number of cattle condemned with tuberculosis 18
Number of cattle condemned with foot and mouth ... 59
1 dog killed suspected of being bitten by rabid dog . .
Respectfully submitted,
E. C. PERHAM.
Report of Cemetery Commission.
The work carried on by your Commissioners during the
past year has been in line with our original plan of general
improvement, and which we feel sure, will as the years go by,
result in a very satisfactory change in the appearance of our
cemeteries.
At Forefather's a much needed improvement has been
made on the Littleton Street side by the covering of the unsightly,
brook, and the completion of three lots at that point. New
gates have taken the place of old ones, long since served their
purpose; and during the entire season the grounds kept in a
trim condition. The further re-grading of the old portion has
been deferred on account of other more necessary work.
The graveling of the walks and planting of shrubbery in
the centre oval has been the principal work done at Pine Ridge.
We have substituted cement markers for the wooden lot
bounds; and during the past winter have had much of the
scrub and undergrowth removed from the north and east side of
the unoccupied portion.
The addition which we were in hopes to make to Riverside,
and for which the town gave us a special appropriation last year,
we have as yet been unable to accomplish. This should certainly
be done, however, and it is hoped may be before another year.
At this cemetery several new lots have been taken during
the year; and the grounds have been kept in a general tidy
condition.
The West, thanks to the bequest of the late Capt. Roby,
has this year received a great improvement in the building of a
new entrance and short avenues leading from it.
The general condition of the grounds has also been greatly
improved under the direction and through the efforts of Supt.
Whidden. Here we believe to be the greatest improvement of
the year; and this beautiful little spot should be visited to be
appreciated.
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Hart Pond Cemetery has been surveyed and a much needed
plan properly and systematically joining the new and old portions
produced. Shrubbery has been planted here also, that will help
to beautify as it matures.
Four new funds for perpetual care were received during the
year, and there are certainly evidences of awakening interest
in the condition of our burial grounds.
We hope this may continue, and ask the co-operation of
all in securing the best results obtainable in our efforts.
ALEX. J. PARK,
HERBERT BEARCE,
HARRY L. PARKHURST.
Annual Report of Fire Wards.
190l>.
Mar. 24. Fire at North Chelmsford on
Gray farm. Number of acres
burned, 3.
Expense, John Marinel et al &1 00
Mar. 26. Grass lire on Butterfield farm
at North Chelmsford. Number of
acres burned, 3.
Expense, John Marinel, Jr 1 25
Mar. 27. Fire on land of A. B. Adams,
F. Hutchinson, W. Hill. Amount
of damage, $25.00. Cause unknown.
Expense, G. M. Wright 1 75
April 4. Grass fire on land of Mr.
Hutchinson. Number of acres
burned, 3.
Expense, Melvin Walker 50
April 19. Fire on land of O. Simpson
heirs ; located on road from Dun-
stable to Groton. Number of acres
burned, 1.
Expense, John Marinel, Jr. and horse. . . $1 00
F. I). Small 40
Geo. E. Shepard 40
1 80
April 25. Fire on Sprout land, owned
by James Carr, on Billerica Road.
Number of acres burned, 5.
Expense, F. A. Hazen and team 1 40
Amount carried forward $7 40
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Amount brought forward $7 40
April 28. Fire on land of C. W. S.
Adams at North Chelmsfo r d.
N u m b e r of acres burned, 30.
Amount of damage, $10.
Expense, John Marinel, Jr. and horse .. . $3 50
Mr. Reno 60
F. D. Small 60
C.W. Brown, etal 1 00
F. E. Bickford 90
S. Naylor 60
Charles Edwards 60
Chelmsford Foundry Co 5 60 13 40
April 29. Fire on land of Adams,
Bowers, Sampson, Edwards, Simp-
son, I)e Carterett, Blodgett, et al.
Incendiary. Number of acres burned,
300.
Damage, 100 cords of wood, $200.00; 100
M. standing lumber, $1000.00; 1000
cords of standing wood, $1000.00 ;
25 M. oak plank, 25 M. pine plank
$1000.00.
Expense, H. E. Fletcher, services
John Marinel, Jr., et al and team . . .
Geo. E. Shepard
Mr. Hall
C. Potter 1 00 34 95
April 29. Fire on land of Adams &
Whitney. Number of acres burned,
25.
Damage, 25 cords of wood $50 00
Expense, 2 shovels 2 00
John Marinel, Jr 150
Geo. E. Shepard )
F. D. Small I 3 00
3 others )
F. E. Bickford 60
W. Howland 40 7 50
Amount carried forward $63 25
27
75
4
20
1
00
1
00
1
00
79
Amount brought forward 3 25
April 29. Fire on woodland on Concord
road owned by Sweetser Heirs.
Number of acres burned, 5. Damage
$10. Cause; sparks from mill.
Expense, F. A. Hazen and team 1 10
Chas. Charlton 40
Leander Charlton 40
1 90
May 5. Chelmsford F o u 11 d r y Co.,
serviees at fire at Joseph Carpentier's
house 3 50
May 5. Fire at East Chelmsford.
Expense, Michael McNulty
Peter E. McNulty
Geo. A. McNulty >
May 12. Fire on woodlot, owned by
G. M. Wright.
Expense, F. A. Hazen and team
Chas. Charlton
May 14. Geo. O. Spaulding, serviees. . .
May 15. Fire on Short Estate. Number
of acres 1 turned, 4.
Expense, Melvin Walker and team
Ralph Adams
Arthur Adams
E. T. Adams, use of team
Michael O'Day
R. J. Meekin
A. J. Meekin
G. M. Wright
Geo. II. Wilson, use of team
May 18. F. A. Hazen and team, serviees
D. Sullivan
Amount carried forward 37 85
80
|] GO
2 20
4 00
$1 10
40
1 50
5 SO
82 50
40
40
50
50
50
50
40
5o
0 20
so
20
1 00
80
Amount brought forward
May 20. Fire on land of Proctor. Num-
ber of acres burned, '20 ; amount of
damage, £500.
Expense, F. E. Bickford
Wm. Martin
Fred Brown
Geo. F. Snow
O. McCaddam
F. E. Edwards
Mr. Dizery
F. Newbold
Mr. Dunn
P. Flynn
C. Nelson
C. Abrahamson
F. Perkins '. . .
A. Anderson
G. Taylor
E. Westberg
W. Kiernan
S. Naylor
Axel Quist
Carl Quist
J. Daly, two men
Geo. Jones
(). McGrath
G. McGovern
J. Long
Michael Harrington
May '24. Fire on John Ward Estate
buildings. Damage: loss on con-
tents, 8300 ; damage on buildings,
$1300. Cause, struck by lightning.
Ex } tense, Warren Berry and team
F. M. Scoboria and team
(lias. Smith
Melvin Walker
Amount carried forward
887 X^
S3
00
2
40
1
60
4
80
so
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
60
30
30
30
30
1
00
•21 40
1 10
Oil
40
1 00
3 10
1112 35
81
Amount brought forward $112 35
May 29. Fire on land of F. A. Ilazen.
Number of acres burned, 2. Cause,
spark from mill ; damage, 50 cords
of wood owned by G. M. Wright,
$100.
Expense, F. A. Hazen and team $1 00
D. Sullivan 40
W.S.Parker 40
A. E. Sweetser 40
Wm. Parlee 40
E. Le Meiux 40
J. C. Osterhout 40
Geo. Putney ' 40
John Redman 40
A. Putney 30
E. H.Russell 40
E. DeRoser 40
F. Cavanaugh . . . # 40
R. W. Crocker . .' 40
Mr. Dunbar 40
W. Jaffery 40
A. Snow 40
B. Palmer 40 7 80
May 30. P. T. McMahon, services 6 00
May 31. Fire on land of F. A. Hazen.
Cause, spark from mill. Damage,
10 cords wood, $20; to logs, $15.
Expense, F. A. Hazen and team 1 10
B. Boomhower 40
D. Sullivan 40
A. M. Warren 40
R. W. Crocker 40
W. Jaffery 40
A. Snow 40
E. H. Russell 40
E. De Roser 40
F. Cavanaugh 40 4 70
Amount carried forward $130 85
82
Amount brought forward $130 85
June 8. Fire at Mrs. Whittier's barn.
Damage, loss on building, $200; con-
tents, $25. Cause unknown.
Expense, Warren Berry and team $1 05
F. C. Byam 90
Win. O'Brien 60
Chas. Smith 60
Geo. Fletcher 60
Wm. Wood 60
Chas. Simpson 60
Edgar Lapham 40
Wilbur Lapham. 40
F. M. Scoboria and team 60
F. A. Hazen and team 110
John Marston 40
S. Redman 40
8 25
June 9. Forest fire at West Chelms-
ford. Number of acres burned, 6;
owned by Proctor; damage, 50 cords
of wood, $100.
Expense, J. Wheeler $ 80
Geo. Snow 1 60
S. Naylor 40
C. Fellows 40
F. E. Bickford 90
4 10
June 17. Forest fire at West Chelms-
ford. Number of acres burned, 2;
damage, slight.
Expense, J. Wheeler $ 60
G. Snow 40
S. Naylor 40
F. E. Bickford 60
James Hadley 6 00 8 00
Amount carried forward $151 20
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Amount brought forward
June 28. Fire on land of F. A. Hazen.
Number of acres burned, 6. Cause,
spark from mill; damage, 75 cords
of wood owned by G. M. Wright,
$200.
Expense, F. A. Hazen and team
J. Marlstrom
D. Sullivan
W. S. Parker
A. Anderson
A. E. Sweetser
Wm. Parlee
Mr. Dunbar
Geo. Putney
Arthur Putney
Wm. Clinton, Sr
Wm. Clinton, Jr
F. Lee
C. Dodge
Ed. Redman
Isaac Knight and team
E. Blaisdell and team
Roy Allen
E. DeRoser
A. Snow
Geo. Putney
Sept. 3. Melvin Walker, services
Oct. 25. Fire on land of F. L. Fletcher,
Number acres burned, 2. Damage,
$15.00.
Expense, H. R. Hodson
Frank Hodson
P. Flynn . . '
J. J. Dunn
Amount carried forward
$151 20
$2 35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
4o
30
40
1 40
40
40
40
1 40
90'
40
2 00
2 00
1 00
16 55
1 05
20
40
20
20
1 00
$169 80
$2 00
2
00
1
50
$5
00
2
00
>2
00
84
Amount brought forward $169 80
1903.
Jan. 1. Melvin Walker, services as fire
ward 2 75
Jan. 1. John Marine], Jr. etal
C. Potter etal
Mr. Gaudette
Feb. 28. Warren Berry for services as
Secretary of Board of Fire Wards .
Expense as Secretary
Services at fires
9 00
Paid last year's bills 14 70
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Talbot Chemical Co., for oil of vitrol $1 34
G. T. Parkhurst, printing 175
Melvin Walker, for charging chemicals 2 00
Melvin Walker for paint and painting
water carts 175
6 84
Total expenses $208 59
RECEIPTS.
1902.
April 5. Received of James A. Stack-
pole for rent of Johnson pump and
pail $1 00
Aug. 1. Received of T. F. Burns for
rent of Johnson pump and pail .... 1 00
Aug. 5 Received of Wm. M. Par lee for
rent of Johnson pump and pail. ... 1 00
Sept. 15. Received of John F. Parker,
for rent of Johnson pump and pail . 1 00
4 00
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1903.
Feb. 28. Paid to Town Treasurer by
Fireward 4 00
There have been 417 acres of woodland
burned with a damage of $560. 150
M. lumber, $2,015.00; 1,310 cords
wood, $1,670.00 ; loss on buildings,
$1,500.00 ; loss on contents, $325.00.
Total amount damage $5,970 00
WARREN BERRY,
Secretary.
WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Middlesex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Chelmsford, in said
County. GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby
required to notify the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet
in the Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre, on Monday, the twenty-
third day of March current, being the fourth Monday in said
month, at eight o'clock in the forenoon. The polls will be
opened at 8.15 and may be closed at 1.15, and they are then and
there to act upon the following articles, viz :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator.
Article 2. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer
to borrow such sums of money as may be
required for the demands upon him, in anti-
cipation of the taxes of the current year, and
payable therefrom.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to accept the gift of
one hundred dollars, in trust, from John C.
Hobbs, theincome of the same to be expended
in forever keeping in repair his burial lot in
Forefathers' Cemetery.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to accept the gift of
one hundred dollars, in trust, from Angelina
A. Parker, the income of the same to be
expended in forever keeping in repair the
burial lot of Artemas Parker, Jr., in River-
side Cemetery.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to accept the gift of
two hundred dollars, in trust, from Clara A
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H. Adams, the income of the same to be
expended in forever keeping in repair the
Adams burial lot in Riverside Cemetery.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to accept the town-
way known as Sherman Street, as laid out
by the Selectmen.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to accept the town-
way known as Mansur Street, as laid out by
the Selectmen.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote to accept the town-
way known as Adams Street, as laid out by
the Selectmen.
Article 9. To determine the manner of repairing the high-
ways, town ways and bridges.
Article 10. To see if the town will make an appropriation
to the North Chelmsford Library Association
on condition that the books of said library
shall be free to all inhabitants of the town,
or act in relation thereto.
Article 11. At the request of the Chelmsford Veterans'
Association, to see if the town will appropri-
ate the sum of one hundred dollars for the
observance of Memorial Day, or act in
relation thereto.
Article 12. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen
to apply to the County Commissioners to
take a certain strip of land upon the easterly
end of Riverside Cemetery for the purpose
of making a needed entrance to said cemetery,
or act in relation thereto.
Article 13. To bring in their votes for Town Clerk, for
three years; five Selectmen, for one year;
one School Committee, for three years; two
Trustees of the Adams Library, for three
years; Town Treasurer and Collector of
Taxes, for one year; seven Constables, for cne
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year; three Auditors, for one year; and one
Tree Warden, for one year; also to vote on
the following question: "Shall licenses be
granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in
this town?" all on one ballot.
Article 14. To choose all other town officers necessary to be
chosen by hand vote, or act in relation to the
same.
Article 15. To'act in relation to the list of jurors as pre-
pared by the Selectmen.
Article 16. To see if the town will accept Sect. 336 of Chap.
11 of the Revised Laws, which provides for
the election each year of a Highway Surveyor,
or act in relation to the same.
Article 17. At the request of Stewart Mackay and eleven
others, to see if the town will raise and
appropriate a sum of money for the purpose
of placing a stone curb, edgestone, and side-
walk on three sides of the school house lot at
the North village.
Article 18. To see if the town will pay James S. Wotton the
sum of five hundred dollars for land damages.
Article 19. At the request of Elisha H. Shaw and nine
others, to see if the town will vote to raise
and appropriate the sum of one hundred
and fifty dollars to be expended for the care
and maintenance of the Rifle Range.
Article 20. To see what action the town will take in rela-
tion to the observance of Old Home Week.
Article 21. At the request of P. S. Ward and others, to see
if the town will vote to raise a sum of money
to dig a well and place a pump and trough
thereat, at the northerly end of the common
in North Chelmsford, or act in relation
thereto.
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Article 22. At the request of Geo. C. Moore and eleven
others, to see if the town will vote to raise
and appropriate the sum of three hundred
dollars for the enforcement of the liquor
law.
Article 23. To hear reports of town officers and committees,
and act thereon.
AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this warrant, by
posting up attested copies thereof at the Post Offices in the Centre
of the town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, West Chelms-
ford, and at the schoolhouse at East Chelmsford, ten days at
least before the time appointed for holding the meeting aforesaid.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of this warrant,
with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and
place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS this twelfth day of March
in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and three.
JOSEPH E. WARREN,
FRED L. FLETCHER,
P. T. McMAHON,
R. WILSON DIX,
A. HEADY PARK,
Selectmen of Chelmsford.
I have served the foregoing warrant, by posting up true and
attested copies of the same at the places above mentioned, more
than ten days before the day of holding said meeting.
MELVIN WALKER,
Constable of ' Chelmsford.
ANNUAL REPORT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD,
FOR THE
School Year Ending February 28, 1903
LOWELL, MASS.:
Courier-Citizen Company, Printers.
1903.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1902-1903
Alexander J. Park
Stewart MacKay
Ernest C. Bartlett
Term expires 1905
Term expires 1904
Term expires 1903
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Frederick C. Kendall.
Report of the School Committee,
The School Committee has sought during the past year to
merit the confidence of the citizens of the town by an econom-
ical expenditure of the money entrusted to its care. A careful
examination of the Treasurer's report will show a balance under
every appropriation. Educationally, we believe that our
schools are (maintaining a high 'standard and that the results
should be increasingly fruitful.
MUSIC.
The introduction of the Natural Music Course, under the
supervision of IMiss Mary B. Raynes, put this town in line with
other towns of the same population in the State. The end
sought is to teach thoroughly all the fundamental principles
of music land give to the children the ability to read and sing
ordinary music at sight. The pupils have made marked im-
provement and each successive year ought to give better results.
NEW BUILDING AT EAST CHELMSFORD.
By vote of the town, the committee was authorized to
expend a sum of money not exceeding five thousand dol-
lars for land at East Chelmsford with school building
to be erected thereon. The committee moved immediately
in the matter and secured Mr. Edwin R. Clark as archi-
tect. There was an unreasonably long delay owing to< the fact
that we were unable to (secure the necessary approval of the
State authorities. The bone of contention lay in the fact that
a heating and ventilating plant \vas demanded which would
cost more money than was warranted by the plan of the com-
mittee, or indeed by the appropriation which the town had
given us. We felt at one time that we should be obliged to
give up the whole project land seek further instructions from
the town. Much to our satisfaction the matter was finally
adjusted and the approval of the State Inspector secured. The
plant favored by the committee and which was finally adopted
was not only much cheaper in first cost, but moie economical
to run. The coal situation was such last fall that the com-
mittee did not feel warranted in hastening the completion of
the building- for occupation during the present school year.
The house is practically ready for use at the present time, but
we feel that it would be unwise to open the school for the
spring term. That would mean transferring the pupils from
the schools where they now are and placing them under new
conditions which would hinder them in the progress of the
year's work. We add a word as to the awarding of contracts.
We gave the preference to the citizens of this town and to the
lowest bidder. It is only fair to say that honest work has
been done by the different contractors and that the town has
received the worth of the money it has paid out.
The thanks not only of the committee, but alsu of the town,
are due to Mr. William Manning for a gift of $100 in part
payment for the land on which the school-house is situated;
also to Mr. R. Wilson Dix, who was awarded the contract for
the stone work, land gave a handsome rustic wall in place of
the plain masonry called for. Mr. Edwin R. Clark deserves
special mention, not only for a set of rplans which secured to
the town an artistic building at low cost, but for an original
design of a heating and ventilating plant. The contracts were
awarded as follows:
Samuel Hagerman, carpenter work |2,495 00
J. W. Wing, painting 175 00
W. A. Mack & Co., heating and ventilating 567 00
Sutherland & Taylor 386 00
R. Wilson Dix 375 00
R. Wilson Dix 150 00
In accordance with the vote of the town at the last annual
meeting, by which permission was given to transfer money from
one appropriation tp another, we decided to transfer the dog
tax and the unexpended balances of all appropriations except
that for fuel, care and teaching, which would enable us to
complete the new building at East Chelmsford with $1,000 less
debt than was expected. Thus a fine, two^room school-house
with modern appointments has been secured with a net debt
to the town of onlv $3,000.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
1. A teacher of drawing.
2. A careful reading- of the Superintendent's report.
3. A vote of the town whereby money can be transferred
from one appropriation to another.
4. Needed improvements upon the building at the Centre
and the old building at the North Village.
5. The committee calls attention to the fact that the town
carries no insurance upon its school property. Is it wise
public policy?
In conclusion we wish to thank all wrho have in any way
helped to make our schools more efficient.
STEWART MACKAY,
ALEXANDER J. PARK,
ERNEST C. BARTLETT,
School Committee.
SCHOOL CALENDAR,
"HIGH SCHOOLS.
Spring term begins March 30 and ends June 26.
Fall term begins September 7 and ends December 18.
Winter term begins December 28 and ends March 19.
GRADED SCHOOLS,
Spring term begins March 30 and ends June 19.
Fall term begins September 7 and ends December 18.
Winter term begins January 4 and ends March 19.
HOLIDAYS.
April 19; May 30; Thanksgiving Day and the following
Friday; February 22.
Report of the Superintendent of Schools.
Gentlemen of the School Committee:
I respectfully submit the following as my report concerning
the schools of Chelmsford for the year ending February 28, 1903.
PRESENT TEACHING FORCE.
CENTRE.
High School, Clarence H. Knowlton, Lillian S. Copeland,
Lena E. Bliss.
Grades VIII and IX., Ethel E. Kimball..
Grade VII., Susan S. McFarlin.
Grade VI., Lena E. Bliss.
Grades IV. and V., Grace M. Perham.
Grades II. and III., Grace C. Litchfield.
Grade I., Grace E. Mansfield.
NORTH.
High School and Grade IX., Percy F. Parsons, Ethel D.
Fisher.
Grades VII. and VIII., Gertrude A. Jones.
Grade VI., Josephine L. Blakely.
Grades IV. and V., Emma B. Drew.
Grade III., Sara E. Wheeler.
Grade II., Esther B. Douglass.
Grade I., Laura G. Hoyt.
WEST.
Grades V.-VIL, Bertha H. Long.
Grades I. -IV., Agnes Xaylor.
SOUTH.
Grades I.-V., Christina Ashworth.
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EAST.
Grades I. -IV., Sara M. Devine.
GOLDEN COVE.
Grades I.-IV., Harriet M. Hall.
SOUTH ROW..
Grades I.-V., Grace S. Parkhurst.
STATISTICS.
Population of the town, census of 1900, 3,984.
Valuation of the town. May 1, 1902, $2,673,2
Persons between five and fifteen years of age, September,
1902: Boys. 378; girls, 363; total, 741.
Persons between seven and fourteen years of age. September,
1902: Boys. 279: girls. 258; total, 537.
Illiterate minors over fourteen years of age. 0, September,
1902.
For the year ending in June. 1902.
Different pupils
Pupils under five years of age 17
Pupils over fifteen years of age 62
Pupils between seven and fourteen years of age 532
Average membership in all the schools 671
Average attendance in all the schools 600.2
Per cent of attendance 89.4
Average length of all schools 8 months. 15 days
Average length of high schools 9 months, 12 days
Teachers now required
TEACHERS.
The school year ending last June was somewhat unusual in
one particular at least, for during the entire year there was but
one change in the list of teachers. And what is still more
remarkable, all of the teachers who were teaching in June, with
one exception, returned to work in the same rooms in September.
Such a condition is a fortunate thing for the schools. For
it stands to reason that teachers who are acquainted with the
work can accomplish more, other things being equ
teachers who have to familiarize thems^
which they are expected to perform.
And, too. I believe that if teachers can be ma
their positions are tolerably secure as long as they do tl
conscientiously, they will put more heart and
of their chosen profession, and the results will be
factory* to all concerned.
SCHOOLHOUSE ACCOMMODATK
The enrollment in the different sen-
that but few teachers have over forty :
number recommended by the State Board of
The opening of another room in the North
that school in the best condition that it has been t At
present, but one teacher has over forty pupil*
improvement over the conditions of the
three teachers had an average membership
seven and eight tenths, and fifty-three and six tenl
ively.
At the West school, the enrollment has been
and fifty-six in the primary room so far this year
that this number will be increased when the si
here are nearly forty enrolled in the gramm
question as to what shall be done to relieve the crowded
there must soon be considered. Some of the -
are: An assistant might be engaged for the primary tea
another grade might be transported to the I
another room might be added to the building. 7
would give temporary relief, and would, perhaps, be the
expensive, while the last plan would be the mc
the end.
The enrollment at the South Row school averaged
fifteen last year, and on the fifth of Februar
less more families should move into the c
would recommend that the school be closed ne:
the pupils be transported to the Centre school.
The light, convenient, and commodious nev
East Chelmsford should furnish ample accommodiv
children of that part of the town for some time to come.
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HIGH SCHOOLS.
In order to divide the work of the entire school to the best
advantage, it seemed best this year to place the ninth grade at
the North school in the high school room. By carefully planning
the work, and by combining some classes, it was possible to do
this without overcrowding the daily program.
The number of pupils doing strictly high school work is not
large as yet, it is true, but it is encouraging to note that of these
two are doing fourth year work.
At the Centre school, geology and astronomy were offered
this year, each being a half-year study. A large number were in
the geology class which was conducted during the first half-year,
and nearly all of these pupils are now studying astronomy.
Seven were graduated last June. Four of these graduates
are continuing their studies in other institutions; Miss Emma G.
Holt at the Lowell Normal School, Miss Edith M. Hagerman at
Mt. Holyoke College, Mr. Warren H. Blaisdell at Williams
College and Mr. Edward B. Redman at Dartmouth College. Mr.
Frederick A. Macnutt of the class of 190T entered Williams
College in September, so that now there are five of the recent
graduates who are students in institutions of collegiate rank.
NECESSARY ABSENCE.
In the sixty-third annual report of the State Board of
Education, Secretary Frank A. Hill has written quite plainly
concerning ''necessary absences." His words are in part as
follows: ' ' In 1898, the Legislature provided that the local school
authorities might excuse cases of ' ' necessary absence, ' ' The
local authorities are now called upon, therefore, to determine
what constitutes necessary absence. There is an extreme
definition that would forbid the detention of a sick child at
home, when he might, at some personal risk or by dint of -special
effort, report at school, or that would interfere with a well
child's staying at home to attend a wedding or a funeral in the
family, or to discharge some grave duty in an emergency. On
the other hand, as a matter of fact, there are scores of reasons
assigned for the non-attendance of children at school that cannot,
in any fairness, make the absence necessary. They are reasons
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that parents or pupils may readily overcome by a little extra
pains, a little greater sturdiness, a little more self-denial, a little
greater forethought, a little higher conception of duty. Just
where between these two classes of necessary and unnecessary
absence the line of division should be drawn no one can say.
Fortunately, concrete cases largely take care of themselves. It
is neither the parents nor the children, but the school authorities
that finally determine whether absence is necessary or not.
Therefore, the school authorities are legally entitled to know
the reasons that exist for absence. Persons who ask that
children be excused for absence are doubly bound by common
courtesy and by implication of law, to say nothing of a certain
consideration for the rights and welfare of others, to state the
reasons for so asking. It devolves, indeed, upon persons having
the control of children to decide in the first instance whether the
reasons for their absence are sufficiently weighty to justify it,
but such reasons are finally subject to the judgment of the school
authorities, or, on appeal therefrom, to that of the courts. It is
true that the simple request of a parent to excuse his child's
absence is not unfrequently accepted by the school when no
hint of the reason for such absence has been given; but the
practice is not to be interpreted as a recognition of any right to
withhold the reason. Should such a right be admitted, it would
nullify the compulsory attendance law. It is so simple and
obvious a thing for a parent to do, it so helps the teacher to dis-
criminate between that necessary absence with which he should
deal considerately and that unnecessary absence which he should
discourage, it so strengthens the school authorities in their
efforts to secure regular attendance and its resulting benefits,
that it ought not to be necessary to remind a fair minded person
of his legal obligation to do what considerations of courtesy,
co-operation, example and the like should naturally prompt
him to do. The more cheerfully parents assign reasons, in
compliance with the rule of the school authorities and the intent
of the law, the easier it will be for these authorities to enforce
the rule and the law.
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COURSE OF STUDY.
Watchword. — Something for every child to do, every
minute of the day.
Physiology and Hygiene. — Once a week during the winter
term.
Nature Study. — Once a week during the fall and spring
terms.
Drawing. — Once a week throughout the year.
Music. — Xot less than sixty nor more than eighty minutes
a week.
$$ Morals. — Fulfill the requirements of the law.
Insist upon neatness, order, and politeness at all times.
GRADE I.
Reading. — Follow the instructions in the Ward Manual.
The Ward Primer and a part of the Ward First Reader.
Writing. — Letters, words, and sentences from the black-
board and from slips.
Language. — Oral reproduction of stories read or told by
the teacher. Short sentences copied. Short pieces learned.
Teach pupils to write their name, the name of their town, etc.
Spelling.
Arithmetic. — Combinations of numbers to ten, with and
without objects.
GRADE II.
Reading. — Follow the instructions in the Ward Manual.
The Ward First Reader and other Readers.
Writing. — Use copy books in this and following grades
until the eighth.
Language. — Oral and written reproductions. Dictation
exercises. Memory gems copied and learned. The use of the
period or question mark at, the end of the sentence and of
capitals at the beginning. Spelling.
Arithmetic. — Book I., Prince. Multiplication tables to and
including fives.
GRADE III.
Reading. — See list of reading.
Language. — Daily composition and dictation exercise's.
Give attention to abbreviations, punctuation, capitals, choice
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of words, forms of words, spelling. Extend memory work.
Hyde's First Book, Part I.
Arithmetic— Book II., Prince. Multiplication tables to
and including tens.
GRADE IV.
Reading. — See list.
Language. — Frequent composition or dictation exercises.
Give attention to punctuation, capitals, spelling, choice and
forms of words; also to clearness and conciseness of expression.
Continue memory work. Hyde's First Book, Part II.
Arithmetic. — Book III., Prince. Multiplication tables to
and including twelves.
Geography. — Local geography.
History. — Local history.
GRADE V.
Reading. — See list.
Language. — Continue the work as outlined for the fourth
grade. Metcalfs Elementary English to page 102.
Arithmetic. — Book IV., Prince.
Geography. — Frye's Elements, first half.
History. — Montgomery's Beginners.
GRADE VI.
Reading. — See list.
Language. — Continue the work as outlined for the fourth
grade. Metcalfs Elementary English from page 102 to the end.
Grammar. — Teach the pupils to recognize the parts of
speech.
Arithmetic — Book V., Prince.
Geography. — Frye's Elements completed.
History. — Guerber^s First Thirteen Colonies.
GRADE VII.
Reading. — See list.
Language. — Continue the work as outlined for the fourth
grade.
Grammar.— The sentence. Kinds of sentences. Phrases
and clauses. Analysis of simple sentences. Metcalfs Gram-
mar, Part I.
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Arithmetic. — Book VI., Prince.
Geography. — F rye's Grammar School to page 106.
History. — [Montgomery's Leading Facts of American His-
tory to The Union, page 191.
GRADE VIII.
Reading. — See list.
Language. — Continue the work as outlined for the fourth
grade.
Grammar. — Kinds, forms, and uses of all the parts of
speech. Rules of syntax. Analysis of sentences. Metcalfs
Grammar, Part II.
Arithmetic. — Book VII., Prince, or some equivalent.
Geography. — Frye's Grammar School finished.
History. — [Montgomery's Leading Facts of American His-
tory completed.
GRADE IX.
Reading. — See list.
Language. — Frequent composition exercises. Correlate
with other work.
Grammar. — Continue the work outlined for the eighth
grade. Metcalfs Grammar, Part III.
Arithmetic. — Involution, square root and its applications,
percentage and its applications, and measurements. A half-
study for the year.
Geography. — Review comparatively, using the United
States for the basis of the work. First half of the year.
History. — Review topically, introducing civil government
in the latter part of the year.
Algebra. — A half-study for the year.
Physiology. — Second half of the year.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, I desire to thank all who have been asso-
ciated, with me in the work of education, for the friendly spirit
which has ever been manifest.
FREDERICK L. KENDALL,
Superintendent of Schools.
Roll of Honor,
Pupils who have been neither absent nor tardy for one or
more terms during the year ending June, 1902.
No. of
Terms.
Centre Schools. Eligh.
Goldie Hunt 8
Rachel Marshall. -> 3
Alta Byam 2
Lucia Haley 2
Bertha Bartletit 1
Roberta Greenleaf 1
Ethel Hagerman 1
Florence Feindel i
Grade IX.
Richard E. Davis 8
Edward II. Fleming. . . .2
Alice E. Barton 1
Nora II. Brooks 1
William II. Brown 1
La Roy A. Cheney 1
Agnes V. Eaton 1
Harry W. Harmon 1
Albert E. Holtham 1
Helen J. Lord 1
Elsie S. Perham 1
Robert 1). Russell 1
Orlo F. Steams 1
Grade VIII.
Carrie B. Knowlton. . . .2
Leon II. Parker 2
Mabel M. Adams 1
LeRoy E. Dutton 1
Zora L. Feindel 1
No. of
Terms.
Grade VII.
Ruth E. Adams 2
Fred R. Parkhurst 2
Elizabeth A. Byam. ... 1
Ethel P. Parker 1
Grade VI. A.
Irving I>. Hunt 3
Grade VI. B.
Jessie At wood 1
Fred Carll 1
Olive CarU 1
John T. Farr 1
Walter Fletcher 1
William Kittredge 1
Vattie Noble 1
Grade V.
Charles E. Parkhurst 3
Mary E. Higgins 1
Grade IV.
James II. Higgins 2
Leroy E. Bliss 1
Frederick Russell 1
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No. of
Terms.
Grade ITT.
Adelbert Adams 1
Paul E. Pratt 1
Berniee L. Staples 1
Grade II.
Josephine Dohahue ... 1
Sterling Haley 1
Ray Pickard. 1
North Schools. High.
Hubert Bearce 3
Patrick Flynn 2
Florence Queen 2
Esther Bearce
Marion Crowell
Clarence Leavitt ....
Anna Mackay
Arthur Sheldon ,
Gladys Swain
Grade VIII.
Arthur Wright 2
Rose Wright 2
Henry Kennedy 1
Grade VII.
Nellie Butterfield 3
Jesse Butterfield 2
Winnifred Policy 2
Pierce Ineson 1
Clifford Queen 1
Edward Sheldon 1
Grade VI.
Paul Scribner 2
Minnie Crockett 1
Manona Kennedy 1
No. of
Terms.
Grade V.
Janie McComb 2
Forrest Mills 1
Alvin Policy 1
Grade IV.
John Garvey
Alfred Reno
Grade III.
Bessie Scribner 3
Grace L. Jordan 2
Lena Smith 2
Wilson Bridgford 1
Luzerne Lowell 1
Ethel Richardson 1
Grade II.
Ruth M. Scribner 2
John H. Duffy
Flora M. Durant
Arthur Ingham
Marion E. Jones
Herman 31 ills
Katharine Ready ....
Wylie Smith
Florence Turner
Anna M. Welch
Grade I.
Marshall E. Blakeslee..3
Bertha L.Wright 3
William Bridgford 2
Paul E. Callahan 2
Ella L. Crockett 1
( )pal Shirreffs 1
Olive B. Welch. . . . \ ..1
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No. of
lerms.
West Grammar,
Elizabeth Flynn 3
Annie Miller 1
West Primary.
Rita G. Bickford 3
Margaret M. Flynn. ... 'J
Clarence L. Spaulding. .'2
Jessie M. Agnew
Fridolf Hansson
Alma Johnson
Ernest Lambert
Bertha Miller
Clara Miller
Lelia Olsson
Ralph Quessy
South.
Herbert G. Penniman . .3
Minnie Penniman 3
No. of
Terms.
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E. Rose Fish
Annie Page
Etta May Robbing. .
Robert Martin
Ella Page
Lilla Page
Ethel M. Park
C Mildred Winning.
Goldem Cove.
Leroy Hannaford 2
Leo L. Jones 2
<i. Pansy Jones 1
East.
Arthur Harris. . . .
Gertrude Noyes . .
Ella Barris
James Harrington
John Harrington .
Elizabeth Lynch. .
Robert Shinkwin .
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Graduating: Exercises of the Centre High School,
Wednesday Evening, Jink 25, 1902.
Motto:—" He conquers who conquers himself.
Selection, - Chelmsford Orchestra
Invocation, ----- Rev. A. I). K. Shnrtlefi
Selection, - Chelmsford Orchestra
Salutatory Essay — "The Glacial Period of North America,"
Emma Gill Holt.
Essay— "The Nicaraguan Canal."
Levi Warren Howard.
Cornet Solo, ------ Roy W. Allen
Essay— "The Negro Problem."
Eva Adams Perham.
Essay — George Eliot's " Silas Warner."
Edward Blanehard Redman.
Selection, ----- Chelmsford Orchestra
Ess.w — "The Fertilization of Flowers/1
Olive Gray Eaton.
Essay — "How the Roman Glancus Spent a Day."
Warren Hezekiah Blaisdell.
Mandolin Duet— " Canatine." - - - Oscar Schmidt
.Misses Raynes and Wright.
Valedictory Essay — Tennyson's " Princess."
Edith Meriam Hagerman.
Presentation of Diplomas.
Rev. E. C. Bartlett.
Benediction.
Rev. C. H. Ellis.
GRADUATES.
Four, Years' Course.
Warren Hezekiah Blaisdell,
Olive Gray Eaton.
Edith Meriam Hagerman,
Emma Gill Holt,
Edward Blanchard Redman.
Three Years' Course.
Levi Warren Howard,
Eva Adams Perham.
CLASS OFFICERS.
Edward B. Redman, President.
Edith M. Hagerman, Vice-President.
Levi W. Howard. Secretary and Treasurer
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of the Adams Library
OF THE
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD, MASS,
FOR THE
Year Ending February 28, 1903
Courier-Citizen Print.
Lowell:
1Q03.
Report of the Trustees of the Adams Library.
The Board of Trustees of the Adams Library submits the
following report to the Town, for the year ending March 1st, 1 903.
At the first meeting of the Board, the Trustees organized
by the choice of J. Adams Bartlett as chairman, Miss Emma
J. Gay, Secretary, and Wilson Waters, Treasurer. Mr. Chas.
H. Greenleaf was appointed Librarian.
Very few changes have been made in the building this year,
but the Lowell Gas Co., has run a pipe to the building, thereby
giving us a better light at less expense than before. A large arc
light has been placed in the centre of the building, giving a much
better light on the desk and catalogue-case.
A very gratifying increase in the circulation has been made
this year, showing an increased interest in the work of the
library. The Reading-room continues to be well patronized
and is increasing in usefulness each year. The circulation for
the past year has been 12,216 volumes, being an increase of 923
volumes over last year. The number of borrowers was 438.
Several of our patrons have moved from Town, but the coming
of new families into the Town, keeps the number of borrowers
about the same.
The character of the circulation is as follows:
Fiction, 65 per cent.; General works, 15 per cent.; Travel
and Description, 3 per cent.; Literature, 3 per cent.; Biography,
2 per cent. ; Natural Science, 3 per cent. ; Useful Arts, 1 per cent. ;
Fine Arts, 1 per cent.; Religion and Philosophy, 1 per cent.;
Scociology, 2 per cent.; History, 4 per cent.
The library has been opened 202 sessions or 856 hours.
The whole number of volumes is 6920. We have purchased
this year 310 volumes, and have had donated 49 volumes. A
list of donors will be found with, this report.
The Trustees extend their thanks to all who have donated
books or periodicals for the last year.
The patrons of the Library at South Chelmsford have had
their regular service as before and our thanks are due to Mr.
F. M. Scoboria for his kindness in taking charge of and in dis-
tributing the books.
The Treasurer's report, herewith, shows the financial state
of the Library. No money has been drawn from the Joseph
Warren or the Adams Emerson fund and they were respectively
$629.18 and $81.11 at the making up of the last quarter of the
City Institution for Savings.
In closing this report, the thanks of the Board are tendered
to the Librarian for his unremitting labors in behalf of the
Library and for much work done outside his regular duties, for
which he receives no compensation.
It is the intention of the Board to get out a new finding list,
next year, containing all additions that have been made since
the last one was issued, and thereafter issue a bulletin with each
purchase of new books.
LIST OF BOOKS DONATED.
Mrs. A. Heady Park 7 volumes
Mrs. Amos. F. Adams 1 volume
Rev. Wilson Waters 2 volumes
Mr. H. S. Perham 1 volume
Hon. W. S. Knox 1 volume
Mr. Chas H. Pope 1 volume ,
Town of Dracut 1 volume
Lowell Board of Trade 1 volume
N. E. Hist, and Gen. So 7 volumes
Mr. Thos. W. Lawson 1 volume
State of Mass 15 volumes
U. S. Govt 11 volumes
Respectfully submitted,
J. ADAMS BARTLETT,
EMMA J. GAY,
WILSON WATERS,
H. M. BARTLETT,
ALBERT H. DAVIS,
A. HEADY PARK,
Trustees.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE ADAMS
LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand, March 1, 1902 $35 19
Town appropriation for 1902 800 00
Books sold 28 12
Books destroyed 72
Fines, etc 22 33
$886 36
EXPENDITURES.
Charles H. Greenleaf, Librarian $240 00
The Baker & Taylor Co., books 317 23
Postage 65
H. L. Parkhurst, coal 69 34
N. Lovely, labor on grounds 8 10
Gilbert & Baker Mfg. Co., gasoline 19 20
Periodicals 61 25
Bartlett & Dow, supplies 4 80
Repairs on Typewriter 6 70
F. J. Barnard & Co., binding 25 95
F. M. Scoboria, supplies 6 15
G. T. Parkhurst, printing 8 75
Library Bureau, supplies 3 80
F. G. Pratt, refmishing front door 2 00
George B. Wright, labor on grounds .... 10 50
H. M. Smith, gas pipe, etc 4 24
Melvin Walker, labor 27 10
Lowell Gas Light Co 18 39
A. Heady Park, carrying books to and
from S. Chelmsford 13 00
Balance on hand March 1, 1903 39 21
$886 36
WILSON WATERS,
Treasurer.
Report of North Chelmsford Library Association.
The North Chelmsford Library Association in its annual
statement to the town, has to report that, at its annual meeting
held April 2nd, last, the following organization was effected:
President, for one year L. H. Sargent.
Vice-President, for one year A. H. Sheldon.
Secretary, for one year O. P. Wheeler.
Treasurer, for one year C. F. Butterfield.
Director, unexpired term Dr. F. E. Varney.
The important position of Librarian has still been held,
during the year, by Miss E. J. Gay.
The library continues in excellent condition and is better
fitted to meet the demands of its patrons than ever before.
The number of borrowers during the past year has been 296;
new borrowers' cards issued, 66. The library has been open 150
sessions and the circulation has been 5,518 volumes.
The number of volumes added to the library are:
By purchase from town appropriation 134
By purchase to replace old volumes 3
By donation from Young People's Social Union 75
By donation from Jupiter Olympus Club 14
By donation from Mr. T. W. Lawson 1
By donation from U. S. Government 1
By donation from Miss E. J. Gay 45
Gift of magazines, Mr. L. H. Sargent 7
Gift of magazines, Miss E. J. Gay 16
Making a total addition of 296
Volumes withdrawn 4
Net gain to the library 292
The number in library at last report 3983
Whole number now in library 4275
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The most important event, during the year, to the library
and borrowers, has been the issuing of a supplement to the
catalogue issued in January 1898, of all books added to the
library since that time.
West Chelmsford borrowers have been gratuitously served,
as during last year, by Mr. Marcus Winship, at his store in that
village. This intelligent community is among the best borrowers
connected with the library.
With sorrow we have to record, as part of the year's record,
the death, after a long and painful illness, of one of our associates
in the board of government, Mrs. Carrie A. Josselyn, who, for
many years has faithfully served on the board of directors.
She died Dec. 2nd.
The financial transactions of the year are shown in the
following transcript from the Treasurer's account.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand March 1, 1902 $ 5 62
Town appropriation for books and
expenses
Young People's Social Union (Gift)
Jupiter Olympus Club (Gift)
Fines
Sale of catalogues
PAYMENTS.
E. J. Gay, services as librarian $ 100 00
M. J. Brown, services as assistant 12 00
C. Jordan, transporting books to and from
West Chelmsford 13 20
Electric lighting 17 99
Fuel and preparing do 19 50
Books from Town appropriation 130 01
Books from Young People's Social Union 75 00
Books from Jupiter Olympus Club 7 94
Amount carried forward $375 64
400 00
75 00
7 94
9 30
65
$498 51
Amount brought forward $375 64
Printing 4 25
Printing Catalogues 51 00
New case of drawers for cards 8 00
Supplies 21 82
Express, freight and cartage 3 53
Repairs 1 46
Cleaning library 3 00
Binding and repairing of books 23 67
Balance on hand March 1, 1903 6 14
$498 51
LUTHER H. SARGENT, President.
OTIS P. WHEELER, Secretary.
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