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ANNUAL REPORT
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Receipts and Expenditures
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For the Year Ending January 1, 1916
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ANNUAL REPORT
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Cr.
State School Fund $1,328 82
Received from County Dog Tax 157 10
Town Appropriation 3,200 00
Received for Superintendent 187 50
Tuition and transportation of State Wards 82 40
Received of N. Andover, tuition 50 00
Received of C. Alice Manning graduating exercise 17 35
$5,023 17
Dr.
Overdrawn last year $ 133 77
Henry A. Jones, transporting children 1,267 50
Gertrude Hayward, teaching sewing 80 00
Genie F. Kimball, teaching music 152 00
Elizabeth Henderson, services as teacher 508 00
C. Alice Manning, services as teacher
593 00
Fannie C. Hinckley, services as teacher
507 00
Caroline M. Knight, services as teacher
507 00
Paula L. Clough, teacher of drawing 76 00
George A. Smith, services as janitor
240 00
Eli E. Richardson, services as janitor 163 09
H. R. Williams, services as Superintendent 300 00 Danvers Water Board 30 00
George A. Smith, services as truant officer 10 00
Oscar Sheldon, coal 180 00
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
J. Allen Atwood, wood 15 00
William G. Webber Co., material for
graduation
14 70
Fannie Flint, scholars' tickets
4 00
Town of N. Reading, tuition
58 50
James W. Ogden, wood for school
5 50
W. A. Russell, truant officer
10 00
$4,855 06
Unexpended balance
168 11
$5,023 17
High School Department
Town of Danvers
$1,316 50
Town of Peabody
40 00
Town of Reading
24 00
$1,380 50
Received from State
$1,216 00
School Books and Supplies
Cr.
Unexpended balance
$194 88
Town Appropriation
300 00
$494 88
Overdrawn
34 26
$529 14
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Dr.
J. L. Hammett, supplies
$ 19 37
Edward L. Babb, books, etc.
411 27
Oliver Ditson & Co., music 5 00
Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co., books
35 84
A. N. Palmer, writing books, etc.
10 07
Newcomb & Gauss, tickets
1 75
Milton, Bradley Co., sewing material
6 20
Gunn & Co., books
2 70
William G. Webber Co., ribbon
2 80
Boylston Publishing Co., flags
1 05
Benjamin H. Sanborn, robins phonetics
3 09
Houghton, Mifflin Co., books
30 00
$529 14
School Incidentals
Town Appropriation
· Overdrawn
$1,000 00 328 60
$1,328 60
Overdrawn last year
$55 79
A. F. Killam, tuning piano
6 00
Herbert O. Hatch, work on closets, etc.
2 38
J. W. Vroom, white wood, etc.
4 00
Chick & Smith, cleaning storm windows
1 50
M. E. Tyler, expressage
8 04
Milo A. Newhall & Co., school reports 28 75
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
A. R. Greenlief, consultation about sewer-
age disposal 10 00
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, shades 5 20
A. M. Clark 5 80
G. Alvin Smith, cesspool labor 350 48
M. B. Paige, drain pipe for cesspool 62 88
William G. Webber Co., material lace
2 65
H. R. Williams, incidentals 21 46
Newcomb & Gauss, printing programs 4 50
Eli E. Richardson, labor, etc.
31 35
George W. Newman, painting
140 52
W. P. Early, shingles for schoolhouse
227 77
W. P. Early, labor laying shingles
279 36
Byron S. Chick, labor
10 50
A. P. Tyler, express, etc
15 70
I. M. Carter, plumbing
8 20
Calvin Putnam Co., lumber
11 43
L. B. Philbrick, paint material
11 16
Leland J. Ross, supplies
16 28
A. E. Crosby, fixing grate
6 90
$1,328 60
CURRENT EXPENSE DEPARTMENT
Town Officers
F. S. Perkins, school committee, 1914 $ 35 00
A. W. Peabody, overseer, 1914 30 00
Lyman S. Wilkins, assessor, Jan. to Mar. 1915 18 00
Frank B. Tyler, auditor 35 00
H. E. Howe, assessor, Jan. to March 4 25
H. E. Howe, services as registrar 4 50
Fred E. Campbell, treasurer, Jan. to Mar, 1915 25 00
M. E. Tyler, services as registrar 4 50
M. E. Tyler, work on accounts 66 00
M. E. Tyler, assessor Jan. to March 4 25
H. K. Richardson, registrar 4 50
H. K. Richardson, town accounts 57 50
J. W. Ogden, town accounts 44 00
J. W. Ogden, services as registrar 4 50
M. E. Tyler, services as selectman 83 25
M. E. Tyler, services as assessor 131 25
M. E. Tyler, services as registrar 6 00
M. E. Tyler, special work on court care 5 00
J. W. Odgen, services as selectman
50 00
J. W. Ogden, services as registrar
4 50
Frank E. Tyler, work on tax books
10 00
35 00
A. P. Tyler, school committee 7 00
A. P. Tyler, taking school census
A. P. Tyler, services as town clerk 53 56
George W. Ewing, services as school committee 35 00
George W. Ewing, services as school physician 10 00
B. Frank Phillips, services as assessor 51 00
W. A. Russell, constable 35 00
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CURRENT EXPENSES
H. K. Richardson, selectman 75 00
H. K. Richardson, registrar 6 00
F. E. Campbell, sealer 25 00
F. E. Campbell, treasurer
100 00
F. E. Campbell, water commissioner 10 00
F. S. Perkins, school committee, 1915 35 00
A. W. Peabody, overseer, 1915 20 00
Lyman S. Wilkins, services as assessor 90 00
H. K. Richardson, work on statistics 12 00
B. T. McGlauflin, water commissioner 30 00
B. T. McGlauflin, overseer of poor 25 00
W. E. Sanford, overseer of poor 25 00
$1,306 56
Miscellaneous Bills
W. & L. E. Gurley, sealer's supplies $ 5 06
Henry A. Young, cash paid for cleaning hall, etc. 8 70
Henry A. Young, stationery and postage 14 75
Henry A. Young, services as janitor, town hall 122 85
Cecil T. Bagnell, order blanks 3 15
Lyman S. Wilkins, inspector of cattle, etc. 60 00
State Board of Health, outfit for inspection of slaughtering 2 65
A. M. Clark, supplies for town hall 4 91
A. M. Clark, lunch for election officers 3 75
Guy P. Pope, insurance on moth work, 2 years 148 60
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MISCELLANEOUS BILLS
Eletric Lighting Department, lighting Town hall 65 10
Danvers Mirror Print, printing ballots
13 50
Guy P. Pope, Treasurer's bond 20 00
H. E. Howe, services at court
4 15
F. E. Campbell, cash paid election officers
51 00
M. E. Tyler, use of team, painting signs, etc. 37 05 M. E. Tyler, perambulating town lines 8 50
Wakefield Item, printing tax bills 8 00
Wakefield Item, assessors' supplies 4 70
Oscar Sheldon, cleaning rocks from W. God- frey's land 4 50
Oscar Sheldon, burning brush in cemetery 4 00
Oscar Sheldon, team for sealer of weights 2 00
Oscar Sheldon, storing State spraying machine 3 00 Oscar Sheldon, coal and wood for Town hall 81 25
Newcomb & Gauss, printing for assessors 3 25
Newcomb & Gauss 2000 envelopes for tax collector 5 25
Guy P. Pope, tax collector's bond 10 00
C. F. Gettamy, certifying notes 14 00
Milo A. Newhall & Co., town reports, etc. 63 95
Herbert O. Hatch, moderator 14 00
Danvers Water Board, water for Town hall
18 00
James W. Ogden, perambulating lines
10 00
James W. Ogden, automobile on Town lines
6 00
James W. Ogden, carfare, etc. 1 55
George E. Currier, inspector of slaughtering 25 00
Frank B. Tyler, auditing and sending notices 9 60
Hobbs & Warren, registration book, etc. 13 06
T. F. Russell, letterheads and envelopes 5 00
Daniels & Richardson, burning brush 8 00
John W. Dempsey, election officer 3 00
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MISCELLANEOUS BILLS
Weeks & Doten, monograph circulars for auditor 1 40
D. W. Case, labor blasting, etc. 1 50
George Odgen, raising flag staff 3 00
Tax commissioners 56
Lilla D. Stott, abstracts of deeds 15 30
American Bank Note Co., coupon notes 10 00
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank, interest 40 43
C. R. Tapley, insurance on Town hall 85 00
C. R. Tapley, bond for electric light manager 2 50
C. R. Tapley, insurance public liability, etc. 54 00 3 00
W. P. Early, services as moderator
W. P. Early, work on back steps Town hall
11 25
W. P. Early, two auto signs on square
2 00
Danvers Water Board, blowing whistle
39 00
A. P. Tyler, recording births and deaths 15 10 .
A. P. Tyler, administering oaths . 1 50
A. P. Tyler, incidental expenses 30 00
Lynn Safe Deposit and Trust Co., interest on notes 26 95
H. K. Richardson, perambulating lines 8 50
B. Frank Phillips, team assessing 8 25
J. Allen Atwood, superintendent of burials 15 00
J. Allen Atwood, recording deaths 4 50
H. K. Richardson, carfare and expenses 12 00
H. K. Richardson, incidental expenses 15 00
Fred E. Campbell, carfare, etc. 15 32
Merchants Bank, insurance on serial notes 116 00
Merchants Bank, rent of box 3 00
Merchants Bank, interest on serial notes 106 00
Merchants Bank, interest on water pipe notes 150 00
$1,686 89
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STATE AID AND SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Soldiers' Relief
Waldo Wilkins
$50 00
Sarah P. Johnson
38 00
Lucy W. Peabody
36 00
W. W. Peabody
2 00
Oscar Sheldon, coal for Scott Wilkins
31 25
Oscar Sheldon, coal for Henry Peabody
8 00
Oscar Sheldon, coal for Sarah P. Johnson
16 00
May R. Trask, rent for Sarah P. Johnson
48 00
B. Frank Phillips, wood for S. P. Johnson 18 50
J. W. Ogden, wood for B. F. Gould 22 00
H. K. Richardson, wood for Scott Wilkins
11 50
$281 25
State Aid Department
John E. Jones
$48 00
Alexander Murray
« 48 00
Henry Peabody
72 00
Benjamin F. Gould
72 00
Scott Wilkins
72 00
Annie J. Sheldon
48 00
Henry A. White
48 00
Elmira W. Flagg
72 00
Sarah P. Johnson
72 00
Lucy W. Peabody
72 00
Mary E. Groce
72 00
Susan A. Stewart
72 00
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TOWN HALL ACCOUNT
Miraett Shepard
72 00
Abbie J. Parsons
72 00
Laura E. Peabody
48 00
W. W. Peabody .
6 00
· Addison Stone
72 00
Mary A. Leavitt
48 00
Wilson T. Nye
42 00
Olive Boutwell
12 00
Augusta Bousley
12 00
$1,152 00
TOWN HALL ACCOUNT
Dr.
Henry A. Young, janitor service $122 85
Henry A. Young,supplies 2 20
Oscar Sheldon, coal and wood 89 25
Danvers Water Board, water 18 00
Middleton Electric Lighting Co. Department 57 30
Henry A. Young, cash paid for cleaning
6 50
$296 10
Cr.
Received from Congregational Society $13 50
Received from Improved Order Red Men
65 55
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
Received from Middleton Grange
47 20
Received from Entertainments and Dances 49 25
$175 50
Balance against the Town 120 60
$296 10
Board of Health Department
M. E. Tyler, burial permits, etc. $ 5 95
John King, disinfectant 2 10
Ralph E. Currier, cleaning brook 4 00
City of New York, anti-rabies treatment for Brown and Russell cases 50 00
$62 05
Police Department
George H. Smith, special police, town election $3 00 George I. Rowly, special police, town election 5 00
W. A. Russell, police and constable 112 73 W. A. Russell, telephone, carfare, etc. 9 62
First District Court, expenses in Mildred Raynor case 17 22
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
First District Court, court expenses in Louis
N. Page case 6 81
First District Court, Russell and Flye cases 6 40
First District Court, Gertrude Russell case 10 20
First District Court, Anton Swiderski case 8 95
L. G. Estey, special services, July 4th 5 00
Daniel Mohan, special police, July 4th 5 00
Frank Evans, special police, July 4th 5 00
Benjamin Merrifield, special police, July 4th 2 50
Industrial School, Mildred Raynor case 6 86
A. R. Richardson, auto hire in drowning accident 10 00
Harry S. Richardson, care of prisoner in lockup 1 75 Fred A. Steel, police service 6 50
L. E. Collins, care of prisoner 2.50
W. A. Russell, cash paid for help in drown- ing accident 8 00
$233 04
Building and Forest Fires
L. G. Estey, service and cash paid for same $ 23 40 Oscar Sheldon, service and cash paid 238 57
W. J. Bodie 1 00
H. K. Richardson 2 45
A. M. Clark, supplies 70
State, for soda
1 52
$244 24
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CURRENT EXPENSE ACCOUNT
Current Expense Account
Cr.
Town Appropriation $4,500 00
Received for inspection of animals 30 00
Received from State for forest fire protection 108 19
Reimbursement for loss of taxes at State
colony 289 61
Corporation tax, public service
13 16
Corporation tax, business
92 75
National Bank tax
62
State Aid 1,056 00
Balance on Street Railway tax 96 11
Merchants Bank, interest on deposits 73 64
Received for junk licenses 12 00
Received for slaughtering license 1 00
Received from Ellen J. Soper, cemetery lot
18 00
Received from E. L. and N. F. Brown, cemetery lot 18 00
Received from Mary Abbott, cemetery lot
10 00
Received from G. A. Pfeiffer, cemetery lot 5 00
Edward L. Rogers, three quarters of drug- gist license 75
Received from Henry A. Young, rent of Town hall 175 50
Received from Fred E. Campbell, sealer's fees 15 89
Received from New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone tolls 38
Received from J. J. Carroll, advertising club license 3 00
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CURRENT EXPENSE ACCOUNT
Received from First District Court, balance of fines 51 27
Received from Pentucket Mutual Fire Ins.
Co., dividend 5 52
Received from Lilian P. Fletcher, ink 25
Received of State, burial of indigent soldiers 50 00
One fourth of license money to be paid to State 875 25
Received from State, aid to mothers with
dependent children 10 96
Appropriation for interest on Electric Light-
ing bond paid last year 183 66
$7,696 51
Dr.
Revised amount overdrawn in the last
two years
$1,206 29
Town officers bills
1,306 56
Miscellaneous bills
1,686 89
Soldiers' relief bills
281 25
State aid
1,152 00
Board of Health
62 05
Police Department
233 04
Building and forest fires
267 64
Indigent soldiers burial
50 00
Paid State one quarter of liquor license fees 875 25
Paid under mothers' pension law
166 00
$7,286 97
Unexpended
409 54
. $7,696 51
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Highway Department
Cr.
Unexpended balance of last year $1,028 14
Town appropriation 800 00
Bay State St. Ry. Co., excise tax
1,053 32
$2,881 46
Dr.
Clinton P. Stiles, picks and bars sharpened $7 25 Wilson Floyd, stock and labor on snow plough 6 75
Wilson Floyd, labor on road machine 4 35
Joseph Breck & Sons., tools 19 75
Henry A. Jones, breaking out roads
7 50
W. E. Sanford, cleaning snow 15 50
George E. Currier, cleaning snow from sidewalk 5 00 John P. Fuller, cleaning snow from sidewalk 21 88 J. P. Langmaid & Son, lumber 3 20
O. H. Sheldon, cleaning snow from sidewalk
16 43
A. M. Clark, nails and paint
4 33
M. B. Paige, drain pipe
9 12
Allan E. Crosby, sharpening tools
8 65
Good Roads Machine Co., supplies
17 53
Leland J. Ross, dynamite
4 20
Dayland Co., picks
3 25
Ralph Currier
54 00
Frank Evans
106 57
Harry Cousins
16 00
James A. Punchard
12 75
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
John P. Fuller
35 94
John T. Hood
111 25
Fred Merrill 15 50
Elwood Merrill
4 88
Albert Daniels
4 75
Eugene Grady
1 00
Frank Smith
1 25
Boston and Maine Railroad, freight
68
A. R. Richardson, grass seed
1 00
H. K. Richardson, gravel
9 90
J. A. Lewis
3 95
Thomas Bott
108 26
Milton W. Berry
5 00
Benjamin W. Merrifield
138 50
W. E. Sanford
7 50
Oscar,Daniels
1 00
Charles Gould
133 44
Arthur Nichols
71 25
Arthur Peabody
85 88
Wallace Gerry
42 75
Herbert A. Hatch
38 63
Charles O. Currier
104 31
W. W. Richardson
5 00
Frank Curtis
8 76
Lewis N. Russell
6 00
Otto Currier
22 75
H. E. Howe
2 00
Fred Steele
1 00
F. E. Skinner
4 37
George Newman
1 63
Walter Clayton
1 13
Jesse Peabody
1 25
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Charles O. Floyd
1 38
Harry Richardson
79 52
Orrin Richardson
31 38
L. E. Collins
61 38
Ernest Curtis
4 82
George Durkee
80 76
William Lord
1 38
George E. Currier, gravel
4 50
W. E. Sanford, gravel
5 25
Albert Sheldon
4 63
Edward Beverly
50
Oscar Sheldon
220 33
$1,819 92
Boston Street Special Appropriation
Unexpended balance last year
$ 81 10
Town appropriation
500 00
County allotment
500 00
$1,081 10
Balance unexpended
$1,081 10
Bridge Department
Unexpended balance last year
$ 93 52
Town appropriation
100 00
$193 52
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SIDEWALK DEPARTMENT
Albert A. Sheldon, teaming lumber
$ 2 50
Calvin Putman Lumber Co., lumber
76 51
Frank Evans, labor on bridge
8 00
George Durkee
2 00
Thomas Bott
2 00
Joseph Friend
2 00
John T. Hood
2 50
Harry Richardson
2 00
Frank Curtis
2 00
Oscar Sheldon, team, cement, etc.
8 29
Arthur M. Clark, supplies
1 20
$109 00
Unexpended balance
84 52
$193 52
Sidewalk Department
Unexpended balance last year
$181 28
Town appropriation
300 00
$481 28
George A. Smith, labor and material for
concrete sidewalk
100 00
Frank Evans, labor
10 00
Harry Richardson
5 00
Thomas Bott
8 00
Arthur Peabody
10 00
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TREE WARDEN
Wallace Berry
8 00
Oscar Sheldon
30 90
$171 90
Unexpended balance
309 38
$481 28
Tree Warden
Unexpended balance last year
$ 32 98
Town appropriation
225 00
$257 98
J. N. Crow
$ 1 80
Milo A. Newhall & Co.
5 25
B. T. McGlauflin
39 52
Warren E. Eaton
23 25
Joseph Lewis
32 00
George Durkee
23 25
Louis N. Russell .
24 00
Burton McGlauflin
41 25
Daniel A. Mohan
1 00
James Kelly, trees
41 00
A. M. Clark, supplies
3 20
Leland J. Ross, supplies
3 40
$238 92
Unexpended
19 06
$257 98
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MOTH DEPARTMENT
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Account
Due from State last year
$274 26
Received from State
267 92
Balance unaccounted for
$6 34
Tax to Town by requirement of State
$371 73
Received from State account of 1915 750 00
Received and due from private work 115 38
Lead sold and charged to property owners 34 18
Received from moth suppression highway dept. 11 88
$1,283 17
B. T. McGlauflin
$428 34
Joseph A. Lewis
251 37
Warren E. Eaton
181 27
Louis M. Russell
59 50
Burton McGlauflin
204 13
George Durkee
51 25
Frank B. Skinner
10 00
W. W. Wilkins
27 50
Edward McKenny
25 50
W. Longley
18 75
Benjamin Merrifield
25 00
Wallace Gerry
14 00
Harry Richardson
7 00
Boston and Maine Railroad, freight
1 33
B. T. McGlauflin, cash for freight
2 18
J. A. Atwood, gasoline
9 50
Smithboro Print Co., moth notices
2 35
M. E. Tyler, labor
4 00
Oscar Cram, postage
2 51
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POOR DEPARTMENT
Fred E. Campbell, taking oaths
1 12
A. P. Tyler, administering oaths 2 50
$1,331 75
Overdrawn
48 58
$1,283 17
Orders drawn for this dept. for Dec., 1914 91 54
Actual amount paid Jan. 1, 1915 to Dec., 1915 1,240 21
Poor Department
Town appropriation $1,500 00
Received from City of Salem 280 75
Received from Town of North Reading 73 00
Received from Town of Marblehead 21 00
Due from State in Elizabeth Kilkenny case 44 75
Due from City of Salem, aid rendered Rose Kelly 98 10
Due from North Reading, aid for Charles
Cross 10 00
Due from Franklin, aid for O. J. Daniels
36 44
$2,064 04
Overdrawn last year $567 36
A. R. Richardson & Son, supplies for Charles Cross 45 00
A. R. Richardson & Son, supplies for John Cross 4 00 A. R. Richardson & Son, supplies for Louis N. Russell 5 00
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POOR DEPERTMENT
J. F. Currier, house rent for Charles Cross 24 00 Arthur M. Clark, supplies for D. A. Brown 39 00 Arthur N. Clark, supplies for Joseph Camara 12 00 Arthur M. Clark, supplies for Rose Kelly 77 50 Arthur M. Clark, supplies for L. N. Russell 109 98
George E. Currier, wood for L. N. Russell 4 75 William E. Sanford, vegetables for L. N. Russell 6 15 George W. Ewing, medical attendance for J. Camara 28 50
R. D. Hurlburt, supplies for J. Camara 81 00
O. H. Sheldon, coal for D. A. Brown 7 75
O. H. Sheldon, coal and wood for Rose Kelly 14 60 City of Fitchburg, supplies for C. W. Peabody 1 85 City of Lynn, supplies for John Promise family 116 61
City of Lynn, supplies for C. W. Peabody 4 56
Levy & Son, shoes for Elizabeth V. Kilkenny 1 75
W. C. Lyons, ambulance for Elizabeth V. Kilkenny 5 00
Salem Hospital, care of Elizabeth V. Kilkenny 38 00 Town of Peabody, board of Silas Nichols 82 18
City of Boston, aid to William Wakeham 84 45 Town of Danvers, aid to Mrs. Joseph Chand- ler and family 105 08
City of Beverly, aid to Mrs. W. E. Wiley and child 122 45
· Mrs. J. A. Lewis, room and board for Oscar J. Daniels 36 44
Charles A. Cook, interest on Glennon mort- gage 51 00
$1,675 96
Unexpended balance
388 08
$2,064 04
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CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
Cemetery Department
Dr.
Danvers Water Board
$ 6 00
Herbert O. Hatch, repairing water pipe
1 95
J. Allen Atwood
36 50
Harry Richardson
29 00
Wallace Gerry
30 00
Roy Eaton
32 00
Walter Clayton
79 70
Edward McKenny
23 50
Louis N. Russell
31 25
Levi F. Harlow
30 00
$299 90
Unexpended balance
10
$300 00
Cr.
Town appropriation
$300 00
Memorial Day
Cash paid for band
$45 00
Shirley & Fowle, geraniums
7 20
Cash paid for flags for graves
4 10
Cash paid for flags for children
3 50
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CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
Bessie Willie, wreaths
10 80
Cash paid for orator 10 00
Cash paid M. E. Tyler
3 00
Cash paid Henry Jones, transportation
6 00
Newcomb & Gauss, printing programs
4 50
Cash paid for music
3 68
Cash paid for pumping organ
1 00
J. Allen Atwood, ice cream and lunch
25 75
J. Richardson, care of church
3 00
Oscar Cram, cigars
1 80
Express
15
Cash paid Mr. Nute
5 00
$134 48
Unexpended
25
$134 73
Unexpended balance last year
$ 9 73
Town appropriation
125 00
$134 73
Cemetery Trust Funds
J. Allen Atwood $144 50
Drawn from Danvers Savings Bank $138 50
Drawn from Salem Savings Bank 3 00
Drawn from Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 3 00
$144 50
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
Liquor Law Department
Unexpended balance $26 12
Firemen's Department
Loring G. Esty, services and cash paid $65 00
Town appropriation $65 00
Fire Department
Unexpended last year
$210 67
Town appropriation
100 00
$310 67
Arthur M. Clark, supplies $10 45
Commonwealth, pumps, brooms, soda, etc. 19 10
Badger Extinguisher Co., supplies 90
Amercan La France Engine Co., supplies 1 90
Fred E. Southard, six firemen's badges and keys 14 00
J. R. Williams, acid 1 88
Standard Copper Works, map of hydrants 10 00
H. W. Johns-Manville Co., fire extinguishers 22 00
$ 80 23
Unexpended
230 44
$310 67
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PUPILS' CARFARES
High School Pupils' Carfare
Unexpended last year
$166 92
Town appropriation
150 00
Received from A. P. Tyler, tickets sold
51 50
$368 42
Bay State Street Railway $378 75
Fannie Flint for carfare for Alberta Melcher 4 00
$382 75
Overdrawn
14 33
$368 42
Flag Staff Lawn
Unexpended balance $7 54
Eugene Brown, care of lawn
$3 00
Unexpended
4 54
$7 54
Hose House Department
Unexpended balance last year
$403 34
Wilson Floyd, labor on hose house
$6 61
W. P. Early, labor on hose house
3 25
$9 86
Unexpended
393 48
$403 34
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Tax Collector's Department
Balance unexpended 1913 and 1914
$61 19
Town appropriation for 1915
200 00
$261 19
Henry A. Young, collecting
$191 85
Unexpended, 1913-1914-1915
69 34
$261 19
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Street Lights
Town appropriation
$650 00
Town of Danvers, current for street lights $586 12
Due for current for December, 1915 87 43
$673 55
Overdrawn
23 55
$650 00
House Lighting Department
Dr.
Cash paid Danvers Electric Light Dept. for current $551 65
M. E. Tyler, reading meters to March 30 20 25
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
L. G. Estey, reading meters and collecting 60 00
L. G. Estey, postage and stationery 7 27
Barry Printing Co., billheads 3 57
$642 74
Unpaid bill for December, 1915
46 80
$689 54
Cr.
By cash received from consumers $903 44
Due from consumers
206 09
$1,109 53
Amount received in excess of expense
419 99
$689 54
Construction Department Dr.
Wetmore & Savage, supplies $117 31
Stewart, Howland & Co., wire, etc. 415 31
Boston and Maine Railroad, freight
7 17
Eugene L. Stone, labor
15 00
Frank Curtis, labor
1 50
C. O. Currier, poles
42 50
L. G. Estey, manager
40 00
Danvers Electric Light Dept., labor, etc.
261 48
$900 27
Due Danvers Electric Light Co., construc- tion 120 28
$1,020 55
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Cr.
Town appropriaion
$650 00
Due for reels
19 04
Received for poles sold
20 00
Excess receipts on house lighting
419 99
$1,109 03
Unexpended balance
88 48
$1,020 55
Depreciation Account
Appropriation
$135 00
Danvers Electric Light Co., repairs
$ 26 29
Balance unexpended
108 71
$135 00
Balance on construction
$ 88 48
Balance on depreciation account
108 71
Total balance due construction
$197 19
Interest Account on Electric Light Bonds
Town appropriation for 1914 and 1915
$375 00
Merchants Bank, interest for 1914 $191 31
Merchants Bank, interest for 1915
191 34
$382 65
Overdrawn
7 65
$375 00
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WATER PIPE ACCOUNT
Laying Water Pipe Account
Town appropriation, South Main street $3,546 00
Town appropriation, Haswell Park 700 00
Town appropriation, Boston street 900 00
Town appropriation, Liberty street 2,500 00
Donation by Cass and Daley
95 08
$7,741 08
Oscar Sheldon, teaming pipe $127 35
Oscar Sheldon, freight paid 2 93
Oscar Sheldon, superintending job 15 00
Builders' Iron Foundry, tees, plugs, etc. 51 99
Boston and Maine Railroad, freight 20 69
Chapman Valve Co., hydrants, etc. 437 98
Water Pipe Equipment Co., sleeve and valve 48 40
Bride, Grimes & Co., tapping 18 inch main 14 00
Warren Foundry and Machine Co., pipe 3,146 63
City of Beverly, 19 lengths 4 inch iron pipe 59 13
Oscar Sheldon, labor on Liberty street 12 50
Danvers Water Board, 3,814 lbs. 6 inch pipe 51 10 Danvers Water Board, gates, gate boxes, plugs 61 62 Danvers Water Board, labor, materials, etc. 136 98 Danvers Water Board, balance on supplies 1 08
M. L. Sullivan, drawing up contract 25 00
B. T. McGlauflin, overseeing the job 117 50
Susie and Williams, work as per contract 3,162 59
.A. M. Clark, supplies 65
$7,493 12
Unexpended
247 96
$7,741 08
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ORDERS ON TOWN TREASURER
Abatement on Taxes
Middleton Paper Mill Co. as part payment of the $750 agreed upon by the assessors as an abatement covering the five years that the taxes were paid under protest $300 00 Abatements on different taxes from 1910 to 1915 216 94
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