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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 2126 00103 397 1 ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLETON
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1912
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MIDDLETON PUBLIC LIBRARY
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FLINT
MIDDLETON
IRRARY
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLETON
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1912
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SALEM, MASS. MILO A. NEWHALL & CO. PRINTERS 1912
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MIDDLETON
PUBLIC
LIBR
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Unexpended Balance Jan. 1, 1911 $ 565 98
State School Fund 1,351 22
Town Appropriation 2,150 00
Town Appropriation School Physician 10 00 Received from State for Superintendent 250 00
Tuition for State children 161 00
$4,488 20
Moses Peabody, transporting school chil- dren from Jan. 1, 1911 to Jan. 1, 1912
$1,025 00
George H. Smith, services as janitor 400 00
C. Alice Manning, services as teacher 546 00
Hazel E. Weston, 66 507 00
Bertha M. Sperry
66
480 00
Nellie C. Howe
66
507 00
Goldie London, services as drawing teacher 48 00 Henry L. Stone, 66 music teacher 100 00 H. R. Williams, services as Superintendent and supplies 305 37
W. W. Richardson, for coal 134 00
H. E. Howe, wood 15 00
Danvers Water Board, water 30 00
George W. Ewing 10 00
Jenoria P. Solomon, services as drawing teacher 16 00
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4
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Town of North Reading, transportation of children 57 00
J. A. Atwood, sawing wood
4 00
$4,184 37
Unexpended
303 83
$4,488 20
High School Department
Unexpended Balance
68 75
Town Appropriation
750 00
Received from the State
600 00
$1,418 75
Town of Danvers, tuition
$575 00
City of Salem, tuition
50 00
$625 00
Unexpended
793 75
$1,418 75
Due Town of Danvers, bill for one half year
School Books and Supplies
Unexpended Balance
$ 77 71
Town Appropriation 200 00
$277 71
Overdrawn
11 62
$289 33
5
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Oliver Ditson, supplies
$ 2 38
Palmer Co., 1 13
Ginn & Co., books
50 10
Silver, Burdett & Co., books
3 20
American Book Co., books
8 64
Wethern Co., ribbon
2 30
Newcomb & Gauss, programs
4 75
Edward E. Babb & Co., books and supplies 170 61
Houghton, Miffiin & Co., books
5 76
H. R. Williams, stationery
5 30
Milton, Bradley Co, kindergarten
2 00
Chandler & Barker, hardware
9 16
Anna D. Trout
3 50
Wright & Potter, blanks and binder
2 50
John Q. Adams & Co., dictionary
18 00
$289 33
School Incidentals
Unexpended Balance
$152 70
Town Appropriation
200 00
$352 70
Byron T. Chick, labor 8 80
J. F. Cabeen, drinking fountains 133 00
Milo A. Newhall, printing school reports 16 72
A. F. Killam, tuning piano 2 50
James Q. Gallagher, iron for fountains 4 60
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies 7 26
H. M. Tyler, labor and material on flag staff 5 25 Angeline Chandler, laundry work 3 00
George H. Smith, labor painting 34 75
M. E. Tyler, teaming and freight 3 51
6
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
W. G. Walker, paints and oils 11 33
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co., 5 01
I. M. Carter, plumbing 3 50
Leland J. Ross, hardware
9 00
A. P. Tyler, taking census, car fares, express 18 42
J. F. Cabeen, repairing plumbing 9 50
$276 15
Unexpended
76 55
$352 70
CURRENT EXPENSE DEPARTMENT
Town Officers
H. E. Howe, services as Selectman, mak- ing up town accounts last year 51 25
H. E. Howe, services as Assesssor last year 3 75
C. F. Floyd, services as Auditor 15 00
J. W. Ogden, services as Selectman, making up town accounts last year 47 25
J. W. Ogden, services as Registrar last year 6 00
J. W. Ogden, services as Assessor last year 5 00 M. E. Tyler, services as Selectman, mak- ing up accounts last year 64 00
A. P. Tyler, services as Treasurer last year 13 00
A. P. Tyler, services as Town Clerk last year and returning births and marriages 10 80
H. E. Howe services as Assessor 110 50
H. E. Howe, services as Registrar 6 00
H. E. Howe, services as Overseer of Poor 35 00
J. W. Ogden, services as Assessor 65 75
H. K. Richardson, services as Assessor up to March 1911 5 00
M. E. Tyler, services as Registrar 9 00
M. E. Tyler, services as Selectman 67 00
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CURRENT EXPENSE DEPARTMENT
M. E. Tyler, special work on Gettamy's work 13 50
A. P. Tyler, services as School Committee 35 00
A. P. Tyler, services as Town Clerk 38 70
A. P. Tyler, services as Town Treasurer to April 8 6 25
E. W. Ewing, services as School Committee 35 00
A. F. Henderson, services as School Com- mittee 35 00
Fred E. Campbell, services as Treasurer 55 00
Oscar Cram, care of Flag 5 00
Oscar Cram, services as Constable 59 65
Fred W. Giles, services as Auditor as required by Bonding Company for Treasurer and Tax Collector 8 00
B. T. McGlaufiin, Overseer of Poor 20 00
C. O. Currier, Inspector of Meats and Pro- visions 20 00
C. O. Currier, Sealer of Weights and Measures 15 00
B. Frank Phillips, services as Registrar 6 00
B. Frank Phillips, Selectman 36 50
B. Frank Phillips, services on Gettamy's book 4 50
B. Frank Phillips, services as Assessor 58 75
B. Frank Phillips, Water Commissioner 10 00
H. K. Richardson, services as Registrar 9 00
H. K. Richardson, Water Commissioner 12 00
H. K. Richardson, Selectman 75 00
H. A. Hatch, Water Commissioner 6 40
$1,078 55
9
MISCELLANEOUS
Miscellaneous Department
Town of Topsfield, setting boundary stones $ 9 00
J. A. Atwood, to pay overcharges on
cemetery lots
8 00
B. T. McGlauflin, trip to Boston on Sealer's duties 4 00
Byron T. Chick, setting glass, etc., in Hose House 1 00
H. M. Dolbeare, printing voting lists
7 00
John Gregory, postage 1909 and 1910 22 11
M. E. Tyler, drawing Gypsy Moth orders and postage 6 96
H. E. Howe, team and telephone
1 80
James H. Curtis, Moderator 23 00
Oscar Cram, court expenses February 1911 13 28 M. E. Tyler, cash, telephone and postage 2 10
H. E. Howe, car fare, etc 1 21
A. P. Tyler, car fare, postage and cash 2 84
A. P. Tyler, administering oaths, etc 2 75
A. P. Tyler, cash paid Election, March election 28 00
M. E. Tyler, teaming, books and freight 95
M. E. Tyler, express, postage, etc 1 01
F. E. Moynahan, printing ballots 13 50
F. W. Giles, Teller, etc 4 50
Oscar Sheldon, fire on Kenney road, Hatch's store, 19 76
M. E. Tyler, cash paid for stamps 2 00
Flint Public Library, interest on Town notes 95 00
Milo A. Newhall & Co., printing town re- ports 46 00
10
MISCELLANEOUS
H. M. Dolbeare, printing Assessor's books 8 05 Paul Young, care of street lamp 14 17
Guy Pope, Tax Collector bond 10 00
L. E. Collins, Teller in recount 2 50
H. E. Howe, cash, telephone and postage 1 35 Oscar Sheldon, freight on fire apparatus 1 08
Oscar Sheldon, fire on H. K. Richardson land 13 65
Oscar Sheldon, fire at Ferncroft 1 50
J. A. Atwood, clearing snow in cemetery 2 00
Mrs. C. A. Fletcher, insurance on school- house 58 13
Oscar Sheldon, forest fire 12 00
Guy Pope, Treasurer's bond 20 00
H. E. Howe, team assessing 6 00
Oscar Sheldon, forest fire at Osborne's farm and at Boxford 16 25
J. A. Atwood, burial expenses of Robert Rowley 37 00
M. E. Tyler, time on Liberty street repair- ing street lamp and postage 3 08
Oscar Sheldon, coal for Town Hall and freight 8 50
Oscar Cram, officer's fees in Joseph E. Higgins' case 15 50
Oscar Sheldon, forest fire at Haswell park 144 80
Oscar Sheldon, fire at Mundy Bridge 10 50
Danvers Water Board, water for hall 6 00
H. E. Howe, use of team 2 75
H. E. Howe, surveying lumber for J. A. Atwood 1.90
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for election officers and rope 3 22
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for street lamps 14 23
11
MISCELLANEOUS
H. A. Wilkins & Sons
Fred E. Campbell, Gettamy for note 3 00
Oscar Sheldon, forest and house fire 34 26
M. E. Tyler, three trips to Boston on Town note 9 24
Lilla D. Stott, abstracts of Deeds 14 10
Hiram L. Hutchinson, interest on Note 80 00
M. E. Tyler, danger signs, team, stationery 5 35
Oscar Sheldon, fire at Gould cottage 15 00
H. E. Howe, team assessing 1 75
Danvers Savings Bank, interest on Town note 6.14
Thomas Phair, services as special officer July 4 5 00
Fred E. Campbell, cash paid for books and postage 5 20
Oscar Sheldon, fire 62 04
George E. Barnaby, special police July 4 5 00
Oscar Sheldon, special police July 4 5 00
J. T. Russell, printing Juror's list 2 00
Henry A. Young, supplies and cleaning Town hall 5 60
Oscar Sheldon, fire at Gregory Heights, and Perkins woods 6 75
Charles O. Currier, special police, July 4 5 00
Everett Bryer, special police, July 4 5 00
Oscar Sheldon, wood for Town Hall 1 00
Oscar Sheldon, fire at South Middleton and Haggerty's 27 80
Oscar Sheldon, coal for Town hall 56 00
Oscar Cram, officers fees in case of Wm. Crampton 6 10
M. E. Tyler, time, team and cash paid 4 90
Flint Public Library, interest on Town note 25 25
12
MISCELLANEOUS
Sidney Perley, lawyer fees on registration 5 20 James W. Ogden, Assessors record book 75 Fred E. Campbell, cash paid for election officers 12 00
W. P. Earley, labor and material on Town Hall steps 3 00
H. M. Dolbeare, printing stationery
2 75
Charles F. Gettamy, certifying note 3 00
State Treasurer, ¿ Druggist license 25
George W. Ewing, express on culture and re- turning births 3 00
Danvers Water Board, blowing whistle 12 65
Oscar Cram, officer's fees in Tessier case,
Donahue and Bird 18 09
Fred E. Campbell, cash paid the official State election 24 00
M. E. Tyler, seventeen burial permits
3 40
M. E. Tyler, teaming, time in Dodge case, etc 4 28
Everett D. Bryer, special police Hallowe'en Night 1 50
H. M. Dolbeare, printing tax bills 5 50
Morrill Young, care of street lamps 10 00
Edwin F. Knight, officer's fees in Tessier case 3 98
Milo A. Newhall, printing warrants and stationery 8 00
A. P. Tyler, interest on Emerson fund note 40 00 Charles F. Gettamy, certifying note, 3 00
John Q. Averill, services as cattle inspector 75 00 Danvers Savings Bank, interest on note 5 00
H. E. Howe, team, telephone and postage 2 82 Oscar Sheldon, fire at Goodhue cottage 5 00 A. P. Tyler, administering oaths and cash postage 17 70
13
MISCELLANEOUS
George W. Ewing, returning births 2 00
Oscar Sheldon, fire at Morgan's, set by train 1 00
Henry A. Young, services as janitor Town Hall 111 35
Henry A. Young, supplies for Hall 4 40
Fred E. Campbell, books, car fare and postage 6 94
J. A. Atwood, services as Supt. of burials 13 75 J. A. Atwood, cleaning brush in cemetery 19 50 Guy Pope, insurance on Moth employees 56 25 Fred W. Giles, cash paid for printing notices about Bond 8 00
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for election officers 2 19
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for High- way Dept. 10 33
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for Town Hall 12 13
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for street lamps 7 09
M. E. Tyler, setting glass, team, pos- tage, etc. 4 58
H. K. Richardson, removing gravel 5 00
H. K. Richardson, incidental expenses 10 39
H. K. Richardson, journeys out of town, etc. 20 00
Burton McGlauflin, labor and cash for freight 1 71
Lucy G. Richardson, cash refunded for care of lot 3 12
$1,696 01
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STATE AID DEPARTMENT
Soldiers' Relief Department
H. E. Howe, wood to B. F. Gould $ 21 75
Oscar H. Sheldon, coal to Scott Wilkins 36 75 Oscar H. Sheldon, coal to Sarah P. Johnson 3 65 W. W. Richardson, wood to B. F. Gould 5 00 W. W. Richardson, coal to Sarah P. Johnson 7 30 W. W. Richardson, coal to Henry Peabody 3 65 John P. Fuller, wood to B. F. Gould 5 00
H. K. Richardson, wood to B. F. Gould 5 00
George W. Ewing, medical attendance to Flora Dugan 39 25
Danvers Coal Co., coal to Sarah P. Johnson 3 88
Sprague, Breed & Brown, coal to Sarah P. Johnson 7 00
Lucy W. Peabody
24 00
W. W. Peabody
24 00
Sarah P. Johnson
36 00
Waldo Wilkins
60 00
Flora Dugan
114 00
$396 23
State Aid Department
Elmira W. Flagg
$48 00
B. F. Gould
72 00
Sarah P. Johnson
48 00
John E. Jones
48 00
Mary A. Leavitt
48 00
Alexander Murray
48 00
Henry Peabody
72 00
Lucy W. Peabody
48 00
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CURRENT EXPENSES
W. W. Peabody
72 00
Charlotte Rowley
48 00
Robert Rowley
12 00
Mary E. Groce
40 00
Susan A. Stewart
48 00
Annie J. Sheldon
48 00
Miraett Shephard
48 00
Scott Wilkins
72 00
Henry F. White
48 00
Timothy Stackpole
72 00
Addison D. Stone
48 00
Thomas Tynan
18 00
Edmund B. Jarvis
18 00
$1,024 00
Current Expense Account
Town Officers
$1,078 55
Miscellaneous bills
1,696 01
Soldiers' Relief
396 23
State Aid
1,024 00
$4,194 79
Overdrawn
501 10
$3,693 69
Unexpended Balance 1910
$ 485 26
Town Appropriation
1,000 00
Received for Licenses
10 00
Received from Andover on account of Flora Dugan 15 50
Interest on Deposits
26 50
16
TOWN HALL DEPARTMENT
J. A. Atwood, wood and timber on Cem- etery lot
78 66
Town of Danvers pond land tax 88 00
Received from State for loss of taxes on colony land
258 19
Received for State Aid
956 00
Balance of Street Railway, not antici- pated
321 31
State Public Service tax
133 59
National Bank tax
5 37
Received from State for Inspection of animals 25 00
Received from District Court for Fines
126 01
For sale of Cemetery lots 43 00
Received from Henry Young for use of Town Hall 121 30
$3,693 69
Town Hall Department
Dr.
Henry Young, services as janitor
$111 35
Henry Young, supplies
4 40
Danvers Water Board
6 00
Oscar Sheldon, coal for Town Hall
56 00
Oscar Sheldon, wood for Hall
1 00 .
H. A. Williams, supplies for Hall
12 13
Henry Young, cleaning Hall, etc.
5 60
$196 48
17
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Cr.
Received from entertainments, etc.
$78 20
Received from I. O. R. M.
37 10
Received from Congregational Society
6 00
$121 30
Balance against the Town
75 18
$196 48
Highway Department
Unexpended Balance
$ 838 47
Town Appropriation
1,200 00
$2,038 47
W. W. Richardson
$433 65
Geo E. Currier
5 80
Oscar Sheldon
81 80
John P. Fuller
23 40
W. E. Sanford
10 20
C. O. Currier
8 58
Ross Richardson
60
A. M. Richardson
80
Weslley Porter
1 05
Albert Daniels
96 45
Edward Beverly
60 37
Roland McDonald
30 32
Elisha Randall
23 22
Wm. Q. Richardson
20 54
George Ogden
121 12
Eugene Grady
42 28
C. A. Groce
40 65
Arthur Nichols
68 73
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Walter Hudon
8 88
F. C. Skinner
76 07
Albert Coleman
16 00
Newall Estey
3 50
M. E. Tyler
1 25
Herbert Keene
11 55
John H. Morgan
22 00
Henry Christopher
22 00
Frank Curtis
83 59
Thomas Bott
137 49
George Doyle
8 00
D. W. Case
49 00
John T. Hood
137 56
Charles Gould
104 50
John Richardson
6 00
Jesse L. Peabody
69 57
George Ogden, gravel
19 40
Roland McDonald, gravel
14 85
Ernest Curtis, gravel
7 10
W. W. Richardson, labor and cash for same 28 82
W. W. Richardson, labor and cash for same
10 42
Ames Plow Co.
32 57
Charles O. Currier, labor on snow
1 50
Good Roads Machine Co. 17 95
Ropes Bros., cement 2 25
H. E. Howe, cedar posts and fence rails 35 00
H. A. Wilkins & Sons 10 50
J. H. Osborne, cedar posts and rails 58 50
W. P. Earley, labor and stock 1 50
Charles E. Wilkins, 128 cedar posts 32 00
J. M. Sheehan, labor and material 28 80
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co. 29 66
Leland J. Ross, dynamite, etc. 7 75
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BRIDGE DEPARTMENT
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M. B. Paige, drain pipe Overdrawn
27 50
154 12
$2,038 37
Highway Excise tax (snow)
$671 32
Amount overdrawn on Highway
154 12
Balance
$517 20
Bridge Department
Town Appropriation
$250 00
Unexpended Balance
1 34
$251 34
H. N. Towne, for lumber $ 6 25
W. W. Richardson, labor and cash paid for same 23 76
$30 01
New and old lumber used on bridge at Walter Gould's and credited to Peabody street bridge
$33 52
$ 63 53
Unexpended
187 81
$251 34
Peabody Street Bridge
W. W. Richardson $ 97 70
F. C. Skinner 63 02
Arthur Nichols
50 96
20
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
1
A. E. Coleman
41 21
Thomas Bott
6 66
George Ogden
55 76
Oscar Sheldon
9 06
Frank Curtis
14 66
Annie Sheldon
4 17
Albert Daniels
24 55
Herbert Keene
31 86
Walter Hudon
18 22
M. E. Tyler
4 50
Carl Goswiler
3 15
Ropes Bros., cement
68 59
J. F. Pope & Sons, lumber
147 69
$641 76
Lumber from old bridge sold
33 52
$608 24
Bill of Good Roads Co., still unpaid
560 00
Total cost of bridge
$1,168 24
Special Appropriations
Peabody Street
Town Appropriation
$100 00
Overdrawn last year
16 22
W. W. Richardson
21 75
Arthur Nichols
10 00
Herbert Keene
10 00
Walter Hudon
10 00
21
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
Edward Beverly
10 00
George Ogden
10 00
F. C. Skinner
10 00
Ernest Curtis
15 00
George Doyle
11 65
Arthur Curtis
90
$125 52
Overdrawn
25 52
$100 00
Liberty Street Job
Overdrawn last year
$566 75
George Ogden, labor
13 11
Elisha Randall, labor
9 11
Eugene Grady, labor
13 11
W. W. Richardson, team and labor
39 77
Arthur Nichols, labor
9 11
Chester Groce, labor
8 22
Jesse L. Peabody, labor
11 11
Albert Daniels, labor
10 50
Oscar H. Sheldon, team
10 00
Walter Hudon, labor
3 11
Thomas Bott, labor
5 10
Frank Curtis, labor
4 00
John T. Hood, team
5 00
$708 00
Forest Street Special
Thomas Bott, labor
$12 00
D. W. Case, labor
12 00
Elisha Randall, labor
4 00
Herbert Keene, labor
7 43
George Ogden, labor
7 43
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22
SIDEWALK DEPARTMENT
Arthur Nichols, labor
7 21
W. W. Richardson, labor
11 36
F. C. Skinner, team
13 57
$75 00
Town Appropriation
$75 00
Sidewalk Department
Unexpended last year
$ 3 80
Town Appropriation
125 00
Overdrawn 49 27
$178 07
W. W. Richardson, team and labor
$52 60
Chester Groce, labor
2 00
Elisha Randall, labor
10 22
Thomas Bott, labor
18 00
Arthur Nichols, labor
14 00
Edward Beverly, labor
14 00
George Ogden, labor
10 00
Herbert Keene, labor
14 00
F. C. Skinner, team
30 00
Roland McDonald, gravel
6 25
Albert Daniels, labor
2 00
A. W. Peabody, improvement on sidewalk 5 00
$178 07
Tree Warden
Town Appropriation $250 00
Overdrawn last year $ 5 17
Gramelle Chemical Co., Arsenate of Lead, etc. 6 53
23
GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH DEPARTMENT
B. T. McGlauflin
54 63
James Kelley
18 00
L. E. Collins
40 00
Daniel Mohan
6 25
Burton McGlauflin
35 25
David Sheldon
22 75
M. J. Emerson
30
J. N. Crowe
4 88
H. A. Wilkins & Sons
4 15
$197 91
Balance unexpended
52 09
$250 00
Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moth Department
Taxed to Town by requirement of
State
$327 23
Received from State
564 45
Cash received and now due on private work
304 28
Amount due from the State
376 86
$1,572 82
B. T. McGlauflin
$406 21
L. E. Collins
268 52
David Sheldon
268 02
Burton McGlauflin
352 45
Ross Richardson
93 51
Benjamin Ogden
5 25
M. E. Tyler
5 00
Hazen Milberry
57 38
A. M. Richardson
10 50
John Gregory
31 56
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POOR DEPARTMENT
Charles Floyd
13 50
Martin Murphy
8 68
Daniel Mohan
37 50
M. E. Tyler
5 49
Town of Middleton
3 25
H. K. Richardson
2 00
A. P. Tyler
4 50
$1,572 82 Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Department closes De- cember 1. Orders drawn in this department to pay bills December 1-January 1.
B. G. McGlauflin $163 88
Ipswich River Special
Town Appropriation $100 00
H. A. Hatch, attending meeting, etc. $ 9 46
B. Frank Phillips, attending meeting, etc. 6 00
W. W. Richardson, attending meeting, etc. 11 15
M. E. Tyler, attending meeting, etc. 11 90
J. W. Ogden, attending meeting, etc. 1 90
$40 41
Unexpended
59 59
$100 00
Poor Department
Unexpended $ 80 17
Town Appropriation 250 00
Received from City of Salem for Ella M. Rowley 41 00
$371 17
25
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
W. W. Richardson, coal to Eugene Grady $ 7 80 J. F. Hayward, meat to Eugene Grady 18 00 J. F. Currier, house rent to Eugene Grady 12 00 W. W. Richardson, wood and coal to Eugene Grady 6 50
City of Salem, aid to Maurice Margeson 14 00
George W. Ewing, medical aid to Eugene Grady 25 00
Town of Danvers, aid to Angelina J. Rier 26 00 Town of Peabody board of Harriett Smith 139 50 Salem Hospital, aid to Ella M. Rowley 41 00 J. A. Atwood, burial of George E. Peabody 30 00 George W. Ewing, medical aid to Mrs.
Mosse 10 00
W. W. Richardson, coal and wood for Mrs. Galloway 13 75
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for Mrs. Galloway 24 00
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for Eugene Grady 36 00
$403 55
Overdrawn
32 38
$371 17
Cemetery Department
Unexpended
Town Appropriation
$ 43 99 175 00
$218 99
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CEMETERY TRUST FUND
J. A. Atwood, labor and cash paid $184 20
J. A. Atwood, cash for labor and water pipe 35 00
Danvers Water Board
6 00
$225 20
Overdrawn
6 21
$218 99
Hearse Department
Unexpended
$5 50
M. E. Tyler, painting wheels $2 50
Unexpended 3 00
$5 50
Cemetery Trust Fund
Drawn from Savings Banks $103 97
J. A. Atwood, care of private lots $98 97
John W. Curry, care Wm. Peabody lot 5 00
$103 97
4 Liquor Law Department
Unexpended balance $43 62
Firemen's Department
Town Appropriation $65 00
Oscar Sheldon, services and cash paid 65 00
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
Fire Department
Unexpended
$164 44
American La France Co.
$11 75
J. Q. Gallagher, blacksmith work
4 00
C. M. Hatch, supplies for firemen
2 08
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, sundries
6 48
W. P. Earley, labor and lumber
1 55
H. A. Wilkins, lanterns, etc.
1 13
Joseph Breck Sons, pumps, pails, etc.
26 78
$ 53 77
Unexpended
110 67
$164 44
High School Pupils Car Fares
Unexpended
$105 07
Town Appropriation
150 00
Cash for tickets sold
29 75
$284 82
Overdrawn
60 18
$345 00
Bay State Street Railway Co. Tickets
$345 00
Memorial Day
Town Appropriation
$110 00
Overdrawn
94
$110 94
28
TAX COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT
Overdrawn last year $ 5 46
Cash paid for band 50 00
Cash paid for geraniums 6 00
Cash paid for flags for graves
4 20
Cash paid for flags for children 3 00
Mrs. E. E. Richardson, wreaths
7 50
Cash paid for speaker 10 00
L. P. Fletcher, organist marie for chris - 49
J. W. Demsey, care of church
3 00
Newcomb & Gauss, programs
4 00
Elmer Campbell, pumping organ 1 00
5 00
G. B. Howe
24
Cash paid for extra flags
30
J. A. Atwood, ice cream and cake
10 75
$110 94
1
Tax Collector's Department
Unexpended
$140 65 150 00
Town Appropriation
$290 65
John Gregory, tax collector
$176 00
Unexpended
114 65
$290 65
State Highway Department
Received from State. $400 00
John A. Gaffy 400 00
Moses Peabody, transporting children
29
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION .
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION Lawn Around Flag Staff
Unexpended
$14 54
Morrill Young, care of lawn
2 00
Balance
$12 54
Special Appropriation
Water pipe on South Main street
$500 00
Water pipe on North Main street 600 00
Water pipe on Boston street
600 00
$1700 00
Salem News, advertising $ 3 50
Lawrence Telegram, advertising 4 50
H. A. Hatch, time, telephone, team, etc. 10 87 H. A. Hatch, time, team, freight and lanterns 7 66
J. J. Evans, contract work on laying pipe 1,067 50
W. W. Richardson, repairing trench 5 00
U. S. Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Co., 502 40
Chapman Valve Manufacturing Company 126 05 Oscar Sheldon, teaming pipe 37 50
Danvers Water Board, pipe, etc.
173 59
B. & M. Railroad, freight 67 74
$2,006 31
Estimated pipe, etc., on hand
66 20
$1,940 11
Overdrawn
240 11
$1,700 00
.
30
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION
Boston Street
Advertising
$ 2 67
Incidental expenses
3 62
Repairing trench and lighting
6 50
Laying pipe
321 50
Cost of pipe
189 92
Teaming pipe
10 00
Hydrant and gate
30 20
$564 41
South Main Street
Advertising
$ 2 67
Incidentals
3 63
Laying pipe
370 50
Cost of pipe
240 78
Hydrant and valve
37 10
Teaming
13 00
$667 68
North Main Street
Advertising
$ 2 67
Incidentals
3 62
Repairing trench and lighting
6 16
Laying pipe
375 50
Cost of pipe
268 47
Hydrant and valve
37 10
Teaming pipe
14 50
$708 02
31
ORDERS ON TOWN TREASURER
Overlay and Abatement on Taxes.
Balance on overlay Jan. 1, 1911
$512 19
Overlay assessed in 1911 119 92
$632 11
A. W. Peabody, abatement on 1911 tax $ 3 97
Henry Hayward, abatement on 1911 tax 6 30
L. G. Esty, abatement on 1911 tax 12 05
Ellen A. Weston, abatement on 1911 tax 6 05
Amos T. Stocker, abatement on 1911 tax 93
Myron P. Hutchinson, abatement on 1911 tax 1 10
John Gregory, abatement on tax book 25 58
$ 55 98
Balance on overlay
576 13
$632 11
Summary of Orders on Town Treasurer
Schools from January 1, 1911 to January
1,1912
$4,184 37
High School Department
625 00
School books and supplies
289 33
School Incidentals
276 15
Town Officers
1,078 55
Miscellaneous
1,696 01
Soldiers' Relief
396 23
State Aid
1,024 00
County Tax
1,143 51
32
ORDERS ON TOWN TREASURER
State Tax 1,210 00
Naumkeag Trust Co., Town Note 2,000 00
State Treasurer, Town Note
5,000 00
Danvers Savings Bank Pond lot Note and Interest 200 84
Highway Department, including snow 2,192 59
Special work on Peabody Street 109 30
Special work on Forest Street 75 00
Special work on Liberty Street
141 25
Bridge Department 30 01
Peabody Street Bridge
641 76
Sidewalk Department
178 07
Tree Warden Department
192 74
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
1,572 82
Cemetery Department
225 20
A. G. Huntoon, Special by vote of town
50 00
Cemetery Trust Fund
103 97
Poor Department
403 55
Firemen's Department
65 00
Fire Department
53 77
High School Scholars' Tickets
345 00
Memorial Day Department
105 48
Tax Collector
176 00
State Highway Department
400 00
Flag Staff Lawn
2 00
Water Pipe
2,006 31
Hearse Department
2 50
Ipswich River
40 41
Abatement on Taxes
55 98
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth bills for December 1911 163 88
$28,456 58
Cemetery Endowment Accounts, 1911
No. of Lot
Original Fund
Balance Last Year
Interest withdrawn Balance
Atwood, L. Frank
360
$100.00
$125.50
$ 5.06
$130.56
Berry, Allen
112
122.90
131.48
5.30
$3.00
133.78
Endowed by C. A. Berry
526
100.00
100.00
4.04
3.00
101.04
Curtis, Phoebe
50.00
55.20
2.22
2.00
55.42
Esty, Annie E
572
100.00
Eaton, Irvin L.
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