Reports of town officers of the town of Attleborough 1928, Part 1

Author: Attleboro (Mass.)
Publication date: 1928
Publisher: The City
Number of Pages: 266


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Government and Officers


OF THE City of Attleboro FOR 1928


Mayor


Fred E. Briggs Term expires January, 1931 Office open from 8:30 to 12:00 A. M., 1:30 to 5:00 P. M. daily and 8:30 to 12:00 A. M. Saturday.


Councilmen-at Large


William A. Brennan


William N. Thurber


Charles J. Merritt, President


John A. Thayer


H. Winslow Brown


James L. Wiggmore


Ward Councilmen


Ward 1 Arthur F. Gehrung


Ward 2


Samuel M. Holman, Jr.


Ward 3 Frank Nerney


Ward 4


Isaac Alger Ward 5


Alfred Laliberte


City Physician


James H. Brewster, M. D. Term expires February, 1929


Board of Registrars


Arthur F. Connelly Term expires February, 1932


Francis J. Donnelly Term expires February, 1929


John B. Pinault Term expires February,1930


Mrs. Eva L. Kent, (Clerk) Term expires February, 1931


City Solicitor


Judge Ralph C. E'stes" Termi expires February, 1929


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Recreation Commissioners


Martin T. Brennan, Chairman


Term expires February, 1929


Thomas H. Moore Term expires February, 1931


Oscar Wolfenden Term expires February, 1930


Forest Warden


Fred A. Clark Term expires February, 1929


Inspector of Animals


Frederick L. Briggs Term expires April, 1929


Fence Viewers and Field Drivers


Harry L. Carpenter Term expires February, 1929


Henry A. Lord Term expires February, 1929


Henry D. Butterworth Term expires February, 1929


Caretaker of Graves Civil, Spanish and World War Veterans


Edward D. Parmenter Term expires February, 1929


City Stenographer


Catherine H. Woodward Term expires February, 1929 Elected by the Council


City Messenger


Fred L. Morse . Term expires February, 1929 Elected by the Council


Trustees of the Capron and Deborah Starkey Fund All Ex-Officiis


Fred E. Briggs, Mayor


Alberta F. Remington, City Treasurer


Edwin F. Thayer, Chairman of School Committee


Sinking Fund Commissioners Elected by the Council


Ernest D. Gilmore Term expires February, 1929


David L. Low, Clerk Term expires February, 1931


Fred L. Torrey Term expires February, 1930


Sewer Loan Commission


Fred E. Briggs, Mayor ex-officio


Alberta F. Remington, City Treasurer, ex-officio


Flected by. the Council.


Ernest D. Gilmore Terni expire's February, 1929


David L. Low ^Term expires February, 1931


Fred L. Torrey Term expires February, 1930


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Auditing Department


Ephraim S. J. Randall Term expires February, 1930 Elected by the Council


Collecting Department


Frank F. Blackinton Term expires January, 1929


Assessing Department


Stanley T. Rogers, Chairman Term expires January, 1930


Harry Carpenter Term expires January, 1931


Harry P. Kent Term expires January, 1929


Treasury Department


Alberta F. Remington Term expires January, 1929


City Clerk Department


Annie A. Wheeler Term expires January, 1929


Alberta F. Remington, Asst. Term expires January, 1929


Planning Board


Lewis S. Chilson, Chairman Milford E. Bliss


Terms expire February, 1931


Mrs. Mary G. Mullaly Terms expire February, 1930


Edgar A. Remington


Mrs. Josephine L. Hammond Terms expire February, 1929


Robert W. Mawney


Police Department


Terence E. Flanagan, Chief and Lockup Keeper .. Term expires Feb. 1929


Fire Department-Fire Engineers


Fred A. Clark, Chief Term expires February, 1930


William E. Sweeney Term expires February, 1932


Leonard Gould, Assistant Term expires February, 1929


Craig C. Pope Term expires February, 1931


Joseph H. Newcomb, Supt. of Fire Alarm


Inspector of Buildings


Fred A. Clark, Term expires February, 1929


Inspection of Wires Department


Joseph H. Newcomb, Inspector


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Daniel O'Connell


Term expires February, 1929


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City Forester


William E. S. Smith Term expires February, 1929


Dog Officer


Winfield E. Dunham


Annual Warrant


Health Officer Department


William O. Hewitt, M. D. Term expires February, 1929


Street, Water and Sewer Department-Public Works


John O. Taber, Jr., Superintendent Term expires February, 1930 Robert W. Mawney, City Engineer


Board of Public Welfare


Frank C. Rounseville, Chairman Term expires February, 1929


Stephen H. Foley Term expires February, 1931


James F. Murphy Term expires February, 1930 Joseph H. Hardy, City Almoner


Soldiers' Benefits


William J. Watson, Soldiers' Relief and Burial Agent Term expires February, 1929


School Committee


Reginald P. Dakin Mrs. Lida H. Holbrook Leonard I. Lamb Terms expire January, 1930 Edwin F. Thayer, Chairman Mrs. Margaret Conro Joseph Finberg Terms expire January 1931


Harold K. Richardson


George E. Nerney


Mrs. Florence B. Theobald Terms expire January, 1929


Trustees of the Public Library


Miss Edith L. Claflin Raymond M. Horton Miss Elizabeth J. Wilmarth Terms expire February, 1930 Joseph L. Sweet, Chairman


Caroline S. Holden Frederick V. Murphy, M. D. Terms expire February, 1931


Mrs. Eleanor S. Carpenter William L. King


Edwin F. Leach Terms expire February, 1929


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Park Commissioners Department


Samuel M. Stone, Chairman Term expires February, 1929


Harry C. Wolfenden Term expires February, 1930


Dr. Charles A. Mooers Term expires February, 1931


STANDING COMMITTES OF THE COUNCIL Committee on Finance and Accounts


S. M. Holman, Jr.


James L. Wiggmore


William A. Brennan


Committee on Streets, Bridges and Lighting


Alfred J. Laliberte


William N. Thurber William A. Brennan


Committee on Water Supply


James L. Wiggmore


John A. Thayer Arthur F. Gehrung


Committee on Sewers and Drains


John A. Thayer


Frank J. Nerney


H. Winslow Brown


Committee on Fire Department and Police


H. Winslow Brown


Alfred J. Laliberte


Frank J. Nerney


Committee on Licenses


Frank J. Nerney


Isaac Alger H. Winslow Brown


Committee on Ordinances, Elections and Legislative Matters William A. Brennan S. M. Holman, Jr.


James L. Wiggmore


Committee on Health and Poor Departments, State Aid and Soldiers' Relief


Arthur F. Gehrung


Wm. N. Thurber


Isaac Alger


Committee on Claims


William N. Thurber


John A. Thayer


Isaac Alger


Committee on Street Railways


Isaac Alger


Alfred J. Laliberte


Committee on School Matters


Arthur F. Gehrung


Frank J. Nerney


Arthur F. Gehrung


S. M. Holman, Jr.


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ADDRESS


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HON. FRED E. BRIGGS


January 1, 1929


Gentlemen of the Council:


At the opening of each municipal year it is customary for the mayor to present to the legislative body some review of what has been accom- plished in city affairs and to offer some forecast of those projects and problems that yet confront us.


The occasion also furnished an opportunity to extend a word of wel- come to the newly elected officials of the city. I am confident that their participation in the affairs of municipal government will be both pleasant and profitable. Explanation should be made that reports of numerous city departments are not now to be reviewed but rather that mention is to be made of some of those matters which are worthy of the careful con- sideration of the council at its convenience.


Inasmuch as this is the third annual address that it lias been my privilege to make to the council, it must deal largely with subjects previ- ously discussed.


First place should be given, I think, to the subject of taxation. In the past two years we have reduced the tax rate by $3.70; we have kept within the budget limits to a remarkable extent; and have carefully tested the items calling for the expenditure of money. That effort must be con- tinued and strengthened during the coming year. Appropriations must be decided according to what we can afford and not merely by what we want. A determination to do this must characterize both the executive and legislative branches of the government, remembering that the great- est good to the largest number of householders and industries demands strict economy, careful planning and a tax level that makes the burden as light as possible and places it fairly where it belongs. In no other way can the tax-rate be stabilized at the lower level.


In dealing with this matter the state audit of the city's books now go- ing on may prove a useful guide for some of our operations. Nothing how- ever, can take the place of undelayed, patient and persistent work by the council which always has the final word on the reduction of the budget. The constant aim in this matter must be to provide for necessities and for such proportion of the permanent work as belongs to the current year. If we are to keep the city from falling behind in its public improvements, everyone knows that we cannot delay all major expenditures until some magic year when our tax-income is over-abundant, or some golden wind- fall arrives from unlikely sources. We must continue to make some progress annually.


Our new water supply is now far advanced and, naturally, this project ought to be completed promptly so that its benefits may become availa- ble during the coming summer and the dry season. The sale of water to neighboring comunities should receive very careful investigation, and likewise the extension of the system in Read street and Oak Hill avenue


The work on surface drainage should proceed and perhaps the time is at hand to map out a long term program for permanent street work in addition to our regular maintenance. I make special note of this because it may well be regarded as the most important topic to come before us this year.


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I have only praise for the quality of work being done by our city departments. The men and women who have charge of them give un- sparingly of their time and effort, and the results obtained justify an ever growing pride in our municipality. There is, however, no depart- ment that can afford to rest on its laurels without continuallly striving to profit by experience and attempting to better its record. Since the Mayor is in direct control of the Police Department I feel that this same policy should be followed there, more particularly in order that the advice given to all may not appear to be ignored by some.


This leads me to the announcement that I have already taken some steps which I hope will bring about in the near future the installation of most modern methods in our Police Department. The practice now in effect of sending a few men each year to the police school has been bene- ficial and it marks the starting point for further departmental develop- ment. The handling of routine business ;- the keeping of records ;- the preparation of cases ;- the planning for possible emergencies ;- the sys- tem of dicipline ;- the training of officers and men for advancement and promotion ;- all these subjects will be discussed here by an expert in friendly co-operation with the Chief and his department. I shall be glad to take up these matters with the council more in detail at a later date so that I may have the benefit of its advice and assistance. The aim in this endeavor is impersonal and non-political. Its object is to build up the department along modern lines to modern standards so that it may equal the best in the entire Commonwealth.


Other projects are pending .- A site for a city hall has heretofore been provided and a building therefor may well be studied this year by a committee to be named for that purpose. The long awaited widening of South Main Street to 55 feet has at last been nearly completed and will be entirely finished as soon as weather conditions permit. The moving of the Soldiers' Monument to Capron Park as requested by the G. A. R. and the dedication of the forthcoming memorial to the Spanish War Vet- erans, both of which projects have been provided for, are welcome patri- otic duties that await us. The traffic study begun last year must be completed. The necessary cleaning up after the N. T. & A. and the solu- tion of the A. B. C. Trolley situation should receive proper attention. The new City Home and problems connected with the fast growing South At- tleboro section await action. The new State highway in South Attleboro, on which six fatalities have recently occurred, needs close consideration. We must do what we can to make this important State highway as safe as possible, the absence of signs and policing by the State having made this one of the danger spots in the Commonwealth and an evil which should be ameliorated. In a lesser degree, perhaps, the absence of sufficient protection for pedestrians, including school children, at the Dodgeville Bridge makes it advisable that we should keep actively determined to se- cure proper safety at this point.


Even this partial list of pending projects is enough to show that the year which is just now beginning is to be a very important one for the city.


In extending my thanks to all the department heads for their hearty co-operation last year, I add my request that these friendly relations may continue this year. I hope that the Council will continue to work in harmony with the Mayor as in the past. The municipality will be efficient in proportion to the efficiency of each one of those who are sworn to give his or her best to the service. The period now past jus- tifies a very confident look-forward into the future of Attleboro, the city we are all so proud to serve.


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Treasurer's Report


To His Honor, the Mayor and the Municipal Council :-


I herewith submit the annual report of the finances of the City of Attleboro for the year ending 1928, together with a statement showing the amount which the city is within the debt limit, a classified statement of the debt, and the amount of interest and debt to be paid in 1929.


Revenue


Cash on hand, January 1st, 1928.


$117,680.55


Receipts for the Year 1928 :--


Taxes


Current Year


Property


$653,412.85


Poll


12,476.00


Previous Years


Property


130,972.61


Poll


4.00


From the State


Corporation


79.064.88


Street Railway


1,213.22


Bank & Trust Co.


6,617.92


Income Tax


99,436.30


From Tax Titles


485.21


Total from Taxes $983,682.99


Licenses and Permits


Sundry Licenses


2,115.50


Permits


Marriage.


$208.00


All Others


204.75


412.75


Total from Licenses and Permits


2,528.25


Fines and Forfeits


Court


$5,958.05


Department Penalties


95.00


Total from Fines and Forfeits


$6,053.05


Grants and Gifts


From State


Aid to Industrial School


$4,411.61


English Speaking Classes


505.73


Smith Hughes Trust Fund


737.36


Boxing Commission


19.07


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Veterans' Exemptions 2.88


From County Dog Licenses


3,167.90


Gifts from Individuals For Capron Park $250.00


For Hayward Field 500.00


750.00


Total from Grants and Gifts $9,594.55


Commercial Revenue


Special Assessments


For Expenses


Moth Extermination


164.85


Sewers


2,891.36


Sidewalks and Curbing


3,239.73


A. B. C. St. Ry.


71.59


Total from Special Assessments $6,367.53


Privileges


Use of Streets for Underground Wires


$25.00


Departmental


General Government


Collector


$1,238.95


City Clerk


806.25


Total for General Government $2,045.20


Protection of Life and Property


Inspection


Sealing of Weights and Measures


$230.40


Health and Sanitation


Health


Tuberculosis


$1,037.52


Contagious Diseases


50.00


Miscellaneous


6.00


Total from Health and Sanitation $1,093.52


Highways and Bridges


General


$43.89


Charities


City Farm


Reimbursement for Board


at City Home. .


$125.00


Sale of Live Stock


250.00


Reimbursements for Relief Given


From Other Cities and Towns. 1,289.40 |*


From the State 1,273.62


From Individuals 347.00


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Reimbursement for Mothers Aid


From other Cities and Towns.


1,640.99


From the State


3,697.62


Total from Charities $8,623.63


Soldiers' Benefits


State Aid


$594.00


Military Aid


10.00


$604.00


Education


Tuition of State Wards


$156.31


Other Tuitions


1,072.78


Sale of Text Books and Supplies


666.13


Miscellaneous


157.31


Total from Education


$2,052.53


Libraries


Fines and Rentals


$998.38


Miscellaneous


24.52


Totals from Libraries $1,022.90


Recreation


Parks and Gardens


$130.00


Playgrounds


100.00


Total from Recreation $230.00


Unclassified


Rents of Public Property


$1,944.00


Sale of Personal Property from House on


land owned by City for Additional Water Supply System 15.00


Total from Unclassified $1,959.00


Public Service Enterprises Water


Income from Sales of Water ...


$94,517.05


Pipe and Labor.


7,560.08


A. B. C. St. Ry. Co.


Interstate St. Ry. Co.


$554.43


Sale of School Tickets.


947.00


$1,501.43


Total of Public Service Enterprises $103,578.56


Interest


On Deposit


City Treasurer


$2,549.91


City Clerk


22.34


City Collector


598.55


$3,170.80


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$102,077.13


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On Deferred Taxes


4,875.32


On Deferred Water Rates 41.19


On Deferred Special Assessments 126.17


Accrued Interest on Street Widening Loan Bonds 22.66


Total from Iterest $8,236.14


Municipal Indebtedness


Loans in Anticipation of Revenue


$550.000.00


Premiums


80.69


Total from Municipal Indebtedness $550.080.69


Sinking Fund


From Commissioners to meet Loans for and interest on


Public Service Enterprises. $25,760.00


Refunds


General Departments. $326.97


Total of Cash on Hand Jan. 1, 1928 and Receipts for


the year 1928


$1,831,819.35


Payments for the Year 1928 $1,721,741.59


Cash on Hand January 1, 1929 110,077.76


$1,831,819.35


Non Revenue


Cash on Hand, January 1st 1928 $8,139.43


Receipts for the year 1928 :-


Municipal Indebtedness


Loans in anticipation of the issuance of Additional Water


Supply Bonds $200,000.00


Street Widening Loan of 1927 Bonds 24,000.00


$224,000.00


Transfers Revenue to Non-Revenue 15,000.00


$239,000.00


Total of Cash on hand, January 1, 1928 and receipts for the year 1928. $247,139.43


Payments for the year 1928 $222,964.89


Cash on hand, January 1st, 1929 24,174.54


$247,139.43


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Debt Statement


Gross City Debt, January 1, 1928. . ... $1,119,750.00


Tax Notes issued during the year .. $550.000.00


Notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of Additional Water Sup- ply Bonds. 200,000.00


Bonds issued for Street Widening Loan of 1927 24,000.00


774,000.00


$1,893,750.00


Paid on above debt during the year


666,750.00


Gross debt, January 1st, 1929


$1,227,000.00


Less Sinking Fund Assets: Water Loan


$147,284.54


Sewer Asessment Investment Fund 102,291.13


$249,575.67


Net City Debt, January 1st, 1929 $977,424.33


Amount of Debt Authorized by Special Laws and not Subject to the Debt Limitations


Water Loan Bonds $351,000.00


Sewerage Loan Bonds


203,000.00


Street Railway Loan Bonds (N. T. & A.) 12,000.00


City of Attleboro notes for N. T. & A. Street Railway 1,000.00


Tuberculosis Hospital Bonds 10,000.00


School Loan, Act of 1921 Bonds (Lincoln School) 148,000.00


Loans in Anticipation of Taxes


100,000.00


Notes in Anticipation of Issuance of Additional Water Supply Bonds


200,000.00


$1,025,000.00


Less Water Sinking Fund & Sewer Assessment Fund $249,575.67


Net Debt not subject to Debt Limitations $775,424.33


Net Debt, January 1st, 1929, subject to Debt Limitations .. $202,000.00 Borrowing Capacity, (21/2% of the average valuation for the past three years) .... $600,713.15 Net Debt, January 1st, 1929, subject to debt limitations 202,000.00


Borrowing Capacity, January 1st, 1929 $398,713.15


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Classified Statement of Debt and Amount to be Paid on Debt and Interest During the Year 1929


Jan. 1, 1929


Prin. Payable *$25,000.00


$17,522.50


Sewerage Loan Bonds.


203,000.00


17,000.00


17,840.00


Sewer Loan Bonds, 1924


14,000.00


5,000.00


560.00


Tuberculosis Hospital Bonds


10,000.00


5,000.00


375.00


Street Railway Loan Bonds (N. T. & A. St. Ry.)


12,000.00


2,000.00


540.00


High School Building Loan Bonds ..


34,000.00


8,500.00


1,360.00


School Bonds, (Additions to Wash-


ington & Bliss School Houses


13,000.00


13,000.00


585.00


Richardson School


Loan of


1924


Bonds


60,000.00


10,000.00


2,400.00


School Loan, Act of 1921 Bonds


(Lincoln School)


148,000.00


9,000.00


6,140.00


Bank & Water Street Bridge Bonds


18,000.00


2,000.00


765.00


Street Widening Loan of 1925 Bonds


24,000.00


12,000.00


720.00


Street Widening Loan of 1927 Bonds


24,000.00


5,000.00


1,020.00


Surface Drainage Bonds


9,000.00


1,000.00


360.00


City of Attleboro notes for N. T.


1,000.00


1,000.00


50.00


Department Equipment Notes (Fire Dept.)


6,000.00


6,000.00


120.00


Notes in Anticipation of Issuance


of Additional Water Supply Bonds


200,000.00


200,000.00


Discounted


Notes in Anticipation of Taxes ....


100,000.00


100,000.00


Discounted


$1,227,000.00


$421,500.00


$40,357.50


*$15,000.00 to be paid from Water Sinking Fund.


8,500.00 to be paid from the Sewer Assessment Investment Fund.


T 3,920.00 to be paid from the Sewer Assessment Investment Fund.


The total debt is as follows:


Water Bonds:


31/2% Bonds due July 1, 1929


$15,000.00


31/2% Bonds due July 1, 1930


12,000.00


31/2% Bonds due April 1, 1932


30,000.00


4 % Bonds due Oct. 1, 1933.


30,000.00


4 % Bonds due Oct. 1, 1934.


20,000.00


31/2% Bonds due March 1, 1935


100,000.00


31/2% Bonds due Nov. 1, 1935.


50,000.00


4 % Bonds due July 1, 1929-1930.


2,000.00


4 % Bonds due April 1, 1929-1934.


12,000.00


4 % Bonds due Dec. 1, 1929-1940.


43,000.00


4 % Bonds due July 1, 1929-1941.


37,000.00


$351,000.00


Sewer Bonds:


4% Bonds due July 1, 1929-1940


74,000.00


4 % Bonds due Oct. 1, 1929-1941.


39,000.00


4 % Bonds due July 1, 1929-1942.


90,000.00


$203,000.00


Int. Payable


Water Loan Bonds


$351,000.00


& A. Street Railway


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41/2% Street Railway Loan Bonds, (N. T. & A. St. Ry.) due Nov. 15, 1929-1939 12,000.00


5 % Tuberculosis Hospital Bonds, due April 1, 1929-1930 10,000.00


41/2% School Bonds, (Additional to Washing- ton & Bliss School Houses), due Oct. 1, 1929


13,000.00


4 % High School Building Loan Bonds, due Aug. 1, 1929-1932.


34,000.00


4 % School Loan, Acts of 1921 Bonds, due Aug. 1, 1929-1945 (Lincoln School) 60,000.00 414% School Loan, Acts of 1921 Bonds, due Aug. 1, 1929-1945 (Lincoln School) 88,000.00


4 % Richardson School Loan of 1924 Bonds, due Sept. 1, 1929-1934


60,000.00


4 % Street Widening Loan of 1925 Bonds, due June 1, 1929-1930. 24,000.00


41/4% Bank & Water Street Bridge Bonds, due Dec. 1, 1929-1937.


18,000.00


4 % Surface Drainage Bonds, due Sept. 1, 1929-1937


9,000.00


4 Sewer Loan Bonds, 1924, due Sept. 1, 1929 1931.


14,000.00


41/4 % Street Widening Loan of 1927, due Nov. 1, 1929-1933 24,000.00


$366,000.00


Time Notes:


5 % City of Attleboro Notes, N. T. & A. St. Ry. due Sept. 10, 1929. 1,000.00


4 % Department Equipment Coupon notes (Fire) dated May 1, 1926 and due May 1, 1929 6,000.00


$7,000.00


Notes in anticipation of Taxes, dated Dec. 28, 1928 and due June 28, 1929, discounted at 4.53% $100,000.00


Notes in anticipation of the issuance of Additional Water Supply Bonds $200,000.00


$1,227,000.00


Less Sinking Fund Assets:


Water Loan Sinking Fund. $147,284.54 Sewer Assessment Investment Fund. 102,291.13


$249,575.67


Total Net Debt, January 1, 1929 $977,424.33


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TRUST FUNDS


Deborah Starkey Fund Dr.


Balance in Fund, January 1, 1928. $1,330.21


Interest on principal of fund from October 1,


1927 to October 1, 1928. 63.08


$1,393.29


Cr.


Disbursement under provisions of the will. $238.00


Balance in Fund, January 1, 1929:


Deposit in Attleborough Savings Bank, Principal of fund .. $1,000.00


Income


155.29


$1,155.29


$1,393.29


Smith Hughes Trust Fund


Balance in Fund, January 1, 1928. $731.53


Received from:


First National Bank, interest on


daily bank balances. 11.98


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Federal Funds for Vocational


Education 769.99


$781.97


$1,513.50


Paid to City of Attleboro, reimbursement for expenditures $737.36


Balance in Fund, January 1, 1929. $776.14


$1,513.50


Ruth Holden-Alice Illingworth Haskell Memorial Nursing Fund Balance in Fund January 1, 1928. $3,604.34


Received :


Interest on U. S. Liberty Loan


Bonds


$51.00


Interest on Savings Bank Deposits. 122.13


$173.13


Balance in Fund, January 1, 1929 $3,777.47


Fund Invested as follows:


414% U. S. Liberty Loan Bonds due October 15. 1938-Par Value. $1,200.00


Attleborough Savings Bank. 2,577.47


$3,777.47


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Soldiers Bonus Tax Refund


Balance in Fund, January 1, 1928. $14,881.89


Received from:


Attleboro Trust Co. interest to


Dec. 1, 1928 on deposit. $285.64 Attleborough Savings Bank, in-


terest to Oct. 1, 1928, on deposit 382.59


$668.23


$15,550.12


Balance in Fund, January 1, 1929:


Deposit in Attleboro Trust Company . $7,356.58


Deposit in Attleborough Savings Bank. 8,193.54


$15,550.12


Margaret Spangler Fund


Received from:


Attleborough Savings Bank, interest to October 1, 1928 on $5,000.00 according to terms of gift. $250.00


Paid to:


City of Attleboro for care, etc. of baseball grounds at


Capron Park.


$250.00


ALBERTA F. REMINGTON, Treasurer


CAPRON FUND


To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Municipal Council:


I hereby submit a statement of the Capron Fund, the income of which is to be used for the care and improvement of Capron Park.


Cash Account Receipts


Cash on hand, January 1, 1928. $147.38


Received for Interest:




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