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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1924
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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1924
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INDEX
Abatemens
21
American Legion
17
Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1924
25
Assessed Valuation
56
Balance Sheet
27
Cash
24
County and State Tax
24
Cemetery Department
11
Contingent
15
Fire Protection
13
Health Department
13
Highway Department
8
Interest
15
Library
20
Memorial Day
18
Middleton Electric Light
26
Moth and Tree Department
20
Municipal Indebtedness
19
Outstanding Notes
31
Payroll Analysis
35
Police Department
12
Poor Department
14
Reserve
21
Revenue Notes
19
School Department
16
Soldiers and State Aid
18
Tax Levy Analysis .
22
Tax Returns
23
Town Officers
4
Town Officers Salaries
16
Town Treasurer's Report
28
PART II
Cemetery Endowment Report
45
David Cummings' Fund
48
B. F. Emerson Fund
49
Flint Public Library Fund .
51
Jurors List
50
Librarian's Report
53
School Reports
61
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report .
47
Tax Collector's Report
54
Town Hall Report
55
Vital Statistics Report
56
PART III
Report of Finance Committee .
71
Town Warrant
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74
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Town Officers
George Ogden
Moderator Term expires March, 1925
Town Clerk
Wayne A. Giles
Term expires March, 1925
Treasurer
Harry H. Bradstreet
Term expires March, 1925
Selectmen
E. Stimpson Hutchinson William H. Sanborn, Clerk
Maurice E. Tyler, Chairman
Term expires March, 1925 Term expires March, 1925 Term expires March, 1925
Overseers of Poor
Sands Pike Lyman S. Wilkins Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1925 Term expires March, 1926 Term expires March, 1927
Board of Health
E. Stimpson Hutchinson William H. Sanborn Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1925 Term expires March, 1925 Term expires March, 1925
Board of Assessors
Maurice E. Tyler Lyman S. Wilkins B. Frank Phillips
Term expires March, 1925 Term expires March, 1926 Term expires March, 1927
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FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC
LIBRARY
TOWN OFFICERS
5
School Committee
Arthur E. Curtis Albert W. Doolittle (appointed) Miss Mary E. Holder (resigned) Mrs. M. W. Berry
Term expires March, 1925 Term expires March, 1925 Term expires March, 1926 Term expires March, 1927
Highway Surveyor
Clyde Hood Term expires March, 1925
Tax Collector
Henry A. Young
Term expires March, 1925
Tree Warden
B. McGlauflin Term expires March, 1925
Moth Superintendent Term expires January, 1925
W. W. Wilkins
Constable
Will A. Russell Term expires March, 1925
Chief of Police
Will A. Russell Term expires May, 1925
Superintendent of Burial
Arthur Peabody Term expires March, 1925
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering
Lyman S. Wilkins Term expires March, 1925
Town Accountant
E. P. Oakman, Jr. Term expires May, 1927
Forest Fire Warden
Joseph Lewis Term expires January, 1925
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TOWN OFFICERS
Chief of Fire Department
Oscar Sheldon Term expires May, 1925
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1925
Manager of Electric Light Department
Maurice E. Tyler Term expires April, 1925
Electric Light Commissioners
E. Stimpson Hutchinson
Term expires March, 1925
William H. Sanborn Term expires March, 1925
Maurice E. Tyler Term expires March, 1925
Water Commissioners
Oscar Sheldon
Term expires March, 1925
H. K. Richardson
Term expires March, 1926
George Ogden Term expires March, 1927
Trustees David Cummings Fund
George E. Barnaby
Term expires March, 1925
Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1926
Lyman S. Wilkins Term expires March, 1927
Trustees Flint Public Library
Maurice E. Tyler Term expires March, 1925
Charles Hutchinson
Term expires March, 1925
George E. Barnaby Term expires March, 1926
William R. Godfrey
Term expires March, 1926
Henry A. Young Term expires March, 1927
H. Galen Howe
Term expires March, 1927
Trustees B. F. Emerson Fund Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Mass.
ANALYSIS SHEET
Town Appropria- tion
Transfer from Reserve
Due from Accounts Receivable
Total
Selectmen's Orders
Transfer to Reserve
Accounts Payable $35.00
Highways
3,500.00
Bridges
la 800.00
256.76
3.00
1,059.76
1,059.76
Sidewalks
150.00
245.63
395.63
395.63
Snow Removal
800.00
102.96
902.96
902.96
Lakeview Park
75 00
75.00
48.60
26.40
Highland Road
50.00
5.15
.
.
.
55.15
55.15
Cemetery
800.00
44.66
394.50
394.50
394.50
B. F. Emerson Fund
2a 150.00
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.
.
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65.00
65.00
Forest Fires
500.00
70.74
97.85
668.59
668.59
Moth
481.36
g 353.01
889.87
778.53
Tree Warden
500.00
500.00
500.00
Fire Tower
100.00
100.00
100.00
Tractor
823.00
823.00
823.00
Poor Department
1,500.00
1,813.16
3,313.16
2,957.99
Board of Health
300.00
300.00
47.70
Essex Sanitarium
1,427.82
7,427.82
7,427.82
Soldiers' Benefits
84.00
84.00
84.00
State Aid
338.00
338.00
School
15,500.00
30.33
15,530.33
15,262.33
2.68
Library Account
300.00
300.00
300.00
American Legion
110.00
110.00
110.00
Fourth of July
200.00
200.00
200.00
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500.00
500.00
Cemetery, Endowment
150.00
150.00
Police
3a1,000.00
2.50
1,002.50
832.78
169.72
House Fires
150.00
150.00
137.90
12.10
Firemen's Wages
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Town Officers .
$2,305.00
$2,305.00
$2,238.40
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.
b 2,086.87
5,586.87
5,565.01
$31.60 21.86
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.
Tool House
500.00
844.66
844.66
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.
.
355.17
252.30
e 7000.00
338.00
55.50
111.34
65.00
Receipts
ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Town Appropria- tion
Transfer from Reserve
Receipts
Due from Accounts Receivable Total $206.26 33,500.00
Selectmen's Transfer to Orders Reserve
Accounts Payable
Memorial Day .
$200.00
$6.26
33,500.00
1,200.00
1,028.97
. 171.03
Municipal Indebtedness
1,000.00
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606.29
606.29
Interest
1,200.00
163.76
2,457.08
2,457.08
County Tax
1,852.56
1,852.56
Excess from Tax Sales
5.52
Abatement, 1922
18.88
Abatement, 1923
210.04
Abatement, 1924
2.52
Accounts Payable
113.30
Reserve Account
Accounts Receivable
2,500 00
d 500.00
5,054.73
742.75
8,798.34
Taxes, 1922
82.33
Taxes, 1923
12,195.82
Taxes, 1924
22,652.78
Poll Taxes, 1922
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Poll Taxes, 1923
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Poll Taxes, 1924
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·
$46,124.63
$984.76 $92,181.20
$5,036.28
$97,682.35
$35.00
(1a) Special Appropriation.
(2a) Special Appropriation.
(3a) Special Appropriation of $500.00
State Highway.
Transfer to Middleton Electric Light Co.
Transfer from Municipal Indebtedness.
Raised by Bond Issue. War Bonus, Reserve Included.
Includes Moth Assessment of $201.70 but not included in final total.
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Contingent
.
1,200.00
.
1,000.00
500.00
c 500.00
Town Hall
1,336.00
1,336.00
1,064.65
271.35
Premiums
517.45
88.84
1,363.76
1,363.76
State Tax
.
.
.
125.07
Middleton Elec. L. Dpt.
f 9,451.55 912.50
5.00
15.00
632.00
.
$206.26 37,500.00
Revenue Notes
7
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES
Town Officers Salaries
Appropriation
$2,305 00
EXPENDITURES
SELECTMEN :
Maurice E. Tyler
$118 90
William H. Sanborn
83 30
Harry B. Croxford
16 70
E. Stimpson Hutchinson
54 50
$273 40
E. Stimpson Hutchinson, accounts payable
25 00
Treasurer
250 00
Town Accountant
300 00
Town Clerk
200 00
Moderator
25 00
ASSESSORS :
Maurice E. Tyler
220 50
B. Frank Phillips
115 50
Lyman S. Wilkins
131 00
$467 00
REGISTRARS :
Harry B. Croxford
$4 50
E. Stimpson Hutchinson
7 00
Maurice E. Tyler
21 50
$33 00
OVERSEERS OF POOR :
Maurice E. Tyler
$50 00
Sands Pike
25 00
Lyman Wilkins
25 00
$100 00
Superintendent of Burials
15 00
Constable
50 00
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HIGHWAY ACCOUNT
Sealer of Weights and Measures
50 00
Inspector of Cattle
150 00
Inspector of Slaughtering
25 00
WATER COMMISSIONERS :
George Ogden
$10 00
H. K. Richardson
10 00
Oscar Sheldon, accounts payable
10 00
$30 00
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS :
Will Russell
$15 00
Arthur Page
15 00
$ 30 00
Tax Collector
250 00
$2,273 40
Transfer to reserve
31 60
$2,305 00
Highways
Appropriation
$3,500 00
Accounts Receivable
2,086 87
$5,586 87
Labor
$3,018 65
Labor tending lanterns
9 00
Team
603 76
Truck
362 55
Automobile
10 00
Cement
13 30
Sand and gravel
101 82
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HIGHWAY ACCOUNT
Liquid oil and asphalt
1,024 87
Repairing tools
32 50
Miscellaneous supplies
19 87
Dynamite
4 80
Freight and express
41 42
Gasoline, oil and supplies for tractor
197 86
Telephone
2 25
Culvert
107 79
Lumber
14 57
Unexpended balance to reserve
21 86
$5,586 87
Highland Road
Appropriation
$50 00
Transfer from reserve
5 15
$55 15
Labor
$42 10 .
Team
10 25
Gravel
2 80
$55 15
Lake View Park
Appropriation
$75 00
Labor
40 60
Team
8 00
Transfer to reserve
26 40
$75 00
1
10
BRIDGES ACCOUNT
Bridges
Appropriation
$800 00
Received from sale of lumber
3 00
Transfer from reserve
256 76
$1,059 76
Labor
301 90
Truck
59 75
Lumber
374 22
Cement
8 55
One-half cost repairing Boston street bridge-
City of Peabody 43 32
One-half cost repairing-Town of Danvers
231 65
Miscellaneous supplies
31 37
Spikes
9 00
$1,059 76
Sidewalks
Appropriation
$150 00
Transfer from reserve
245 63
$395 63
Labor
$252 90
Team
12 50
Truck
26 00
Sand
3 25
Cement
71 80
Lumber
18 48
Miscellaneous supplies
10 70
$395 63
11
CEMETERY ACCOUNT
Snow Removal
Appropriation
$800 00 102 96
Transfer from reserve
$902 96
Labor
591 90
Team
104 75
Truck
112 00
Gasoline and oil for tractor
50 77
Repairs and replacements to tractor
14 65
Lumber
6 39
Repairs to state plow
5 20
Labor, sanding walks
13 80
Team
3 50
$902 96
Cemetery
Appropriation
$800 00
Transfer from reserve
44 66
Labor
607 74
Team
11 93
Tomb racks
75 00
Cement
22 80
Lumber
5 30
Shingling hearse house
45 00
Equipment
18 25
Booklets, rules and regulations
15 00
Sand, paint and miscellaneous supplies
37 64
Water
6 00
$844 66
$844 66
12
FIRE ACCOUNT
Cemetery Endowment
Income from interest
$394 50
Expended by Arthur M. Peabody
$394 50
Police
Appropriation
$500 00
Special appropriation
500 00
Refund on payroll
2 50
$1,002 50
Labor
539 65
Automobile hire
150 55
Court fees
72 43
Town of Danvers, care of prisoners
22 00
Uniform
19 74
Telephone for chief
12 96
Flashlights
6 50
Supplies and carfare
8 95
Transfer to reserve
169 72
$1,002 50
House Fires
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$51 00
Automobile
20 50
Team
4 50
Aid from Danvers
50 00
Water and light, hose house
9 00
Miscellaneous
2 90
Transfer to reserve
12 10
$150 00
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BOARD OF HEALTH ACCOUNT
Forest Fires
Appropriation
$500 00
Refund from Boston and Maine Railroad
97 85
Transfer from reserve
70 74
$668 59
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$363 75
Automobile
147 25
Extinguishers
56 92
Pumps, pails, brooms, etc.
59 30
Acid and soda
16 65
Use of sprayer
4 00
Lunches
6 35
Freight and express
5 37
Miscellaneous
9 00
$668 59
Firemen's Wages
Appropriation
$65 00
Expended
$65 00
Board of Health
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES
Returning notices and burial permits
46 70
Miscellaneous
1 00
Transfer to reserve
252 30
$300 00
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INTEREST ACCOUNT
Poor Department
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Accounts receivable, City of Lynn
560 70
City of Boston
319 25
City of Peabody
30 00
City of Salem
362 75
Town of Danvers
239 78
Commonwealth of Mass. 300 68
$3,313 16
EXPENDITURES
Care of Town poor
$910 16
Care of Town poor by other cities and towns 234 67
Care of poor, City of Boston
319 25
City of Lynn
560 70
City of Peabody
30 00
66
City of Salem
362 75
Town of Danvers
239 78
State poor
300 68
Transfer to reserve
355 17
$3,313 16
Essex Sanitarium Assessment
Appropriation, regular assessment
$ 288 21
bond issue 7,000 00
by tax levy 139 61
$7,427 82
Expended
$7,427 82
15
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT
Interest
Appropriation
Transfer from reserve
$1,363 76
Expended
$1,363 76
Contingent
Appropriation
$1,200 00
TOWN OFFICERS' EXPENSES
Selectmen
$55 27
Treasurer
33 00
Accountant
34 99
Town Clerk, fees and administering oaths
70 99
Tax Collector, property, including advertising 127 18
Assessors
26 00
Registrars
50
Overseers of Poor, expenses
32
Town Reports
124 00
Ballots
15 00
Warrants and voting lists
53 80
Election Officers
157 00
Lunches for election officers
24 80
Sealer of Weights and Measures, expenses, Auto $20 00
New equipment and repair to old
41 41
61 41
Town of Danvers, blowing whistle
49 14
Gas for traffic beacon and freight
40 12
Repairs to water lines
40 98
$1,200 00 163 76
$347 93
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SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Seven coupon bond sheets
32 25
Certifying notes 22 00
Recording deeds
20 62
Labor on flag staff and mending flag
9 50
Wire permit
6 00
Miscellaneous
24 10
Transfer to reserve
171 03
$1,200 00
Town Hall
Appropriation
$1,336 00
EXPENDITURES
Janitor, Henry A. Young
$260 46
Fuel
177 00
Repairs to hall
271 09
G. Andrews, shingling $234 78
Caskin & O'Connell, heater 14 10 Miscellaneous 22 21
Shingles and nails
228 19
Water and electricity
111 02
Telephone
1 65
Miscellaneous supplies
13 74
G. Newman, painting
1 50
Transfer to reserve
271 35
$1,336 00
School Department
Appropriation
$15,500 00 30 33
Refund
$15,530 33
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SCHOOL ACCOUNT
EXPENDITURES
Teachers
$5,015 00
Superintendent
583 35
Superintendent, expenses
110 15
Janitor
750 00
Doctor Nichols
66 05
Nurse and expenses
305 63
High School tickets
1,711 07
Transportation, Tinkham's garage
1,793 00
Fuel
449 00
Tuition at Beverly Industrial
290 00
" Danvers High
2,675 76
" Peabody High
120 00
New desks and setting of same
533 10
Books
362 89
Supplies
259 63
Repairs
98 10
Installing lights
38 50
Diplomas
14 09
Tickets and graduation programs
9 00
Constable
10 00
School committee and teachers' expenses
28 67
Light and water
19 46
Miscellaneous
19 88
Transfer to reserve
268 00
$15,530 33
American Legion
Appropriation $110 00
Expended
$110 00
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MEMORIAL DAY
Soldiers' Benefit
Appropriation Expended
$84 00
$84 00
State Aid
Due from State accounts receivable
$338 00
Expended
$338 00
Memorial Day
Appropriation
$200 00
Transfer from reserve
6 26
$206 26
EXPENDITURES
Band
$108 00
Refreshments
28 63
Flowers
24 00
Wreaths
15 00
Speaker
10 00
Flags
7 73
Organist
5 00
Programs
4 90
Moving seats
2 00
Reader
1 00
$206 26
Library Account
Appropriation
$300 00
Expended
$300 00
19
REVENUE NOTES
Municipal Indebtedness
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Transfer to Light Co.
$500 00
Expended
500 00
$1,000 00
Revenue Notes
Notes payable January 1, 1924
$27,000 00
Notes contracted during the year 33,500 00
$60,500 00
Notes paid
$37,500 00
Balance Revenue Notes payable Dec. 31
23,000 00
$60,500 00
July 4th Appropriation
Appropriation
$200 00
Expended, Marston, Wells Co., fireworks $200 00
Premiums
Appropriation
$517 45
Transfer from reserve
88 84
$606 29
EXPENDITURES
Tax Collector's bond
$48 50
Treasurer's bond
53 50
Town clerk's bond
5 00
Payroll liability premiums and miscel-
laneous policies 499 29
$606 29
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MOTH DEPARTMENT
Tractor Appropriation
Appropriation $823 00
Expended for Tractor purchased from Middleton Motor Co.
$823 00
Fire Tower
Appropriation
$100 00
Expended
$100 00
Moth Department
Appropriation
$481 36
Received from Private work
10 00
Received from State for highways
141 31
Due Moth assessment 1924
201 70
Due from Private work accounts received
55 50
$889 87
Labor
$612 11
Team
122 13
Gas and oil
12 40
Wagon, pole and repairs, etc.
12 45
Moth notices, postage and labor
16 44
Time and expenses to Moth meeting
3 00
Transfer to Reserve
111 34
$889 87
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TAX ACCOUNT
Tree Warden
Appropriation
$500 00
Labor
$467 44
Team
31 50
Supplies
1 06
$500 00
Reserve Account
Miscellaneous transfers
$125 87
Transfers to balance overdrafts
984 76
Estimated receipts to reduce 1924 tax levy 10,000 00
Transfer to 1923 tax levy
166 82
Abatement transfers
21 40
Balance December 31
1,562 17
$12,861 02
Balance January 1, 1924
$1,667 03
Sundry receipts
8,915 79
Transfers from unexpended balances
1,690 87
Transfer from unexpended tool house appropriation
500 00
Excess 1922 tax levy
87 33
$12,861 02
Abatement 1922
Transfer from reserve $18 88
Taxes abated 1924
$18 88
Abatement 1923
Balance January 1, 1924
$1,181 24
Taxes abated 1924
$210 04
Balance December 31, 1924
971 20
$1,181 24
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TAX ACCOUNT
Abatement 1924
Transfer from reserve
$2 52
Taxes abated 1924
$2 52
1922 Tax Levy
Receipts
$82 33
Poll tax
5 00
$87 33
Transfer to Reserve
$87 33
1923 Tax Levy
Balance due January 1, 1924
$12,449 86
Receipts 1924
$12,093 72
Transfer from Reserve
166 82
Balance due Dec. 31, 1924
189 32
$12,449 86
1923 Moth Assessment
Balance due January 1, 1924
$102 10
Receipts
$102 10
1923 Poll Tax
Balance due January 1, 1924
$25 00
Receipts 1924
$15 00
Balance due
10 00
$25 00
TAX ACCOUNT 23
1924 Tax Levy
Tax levy
$37,148 02
Receipts during 1924
$22,530 48
Balance due December 31, 1924
14,617 54
$37,148 02
Poll Tax 1924
Tax levy
$680 00
Receipts
$632 00
Balance due December 31, 1924
48 00
$680 00
Moth Assessment 1924
Tax levy
$201 70
Receipts
$122 30
Balance due December 31, 1924
79 40
$201 70
Excess on Tax Sales
Balance January 1, 1924
$94 65
Excess paid on reclaiming of property $ 5 52
Balance December 31, 1924 against property 89 13
$94 65
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COUNTY TAX
State Tax
Tax levy $2,457 08
Expended
$2,457 08
County Tax
Tax levy
$1,852 56
Expended
$1,852 56
B. F. Emerson Endowment Fund
Special appropriation
$150 00
Expended
$150 00
Cash Account
Balance on hand January 1, 1924
$10,872 91
Receipts for year 92,181 20
$103,054 11
Selectmen's orders
$97,324 35
State aid 338 00
Cash balance December 31, 1924
5,391 76
$103,054 11
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Balance Sheet
Cash
$5,391 76
Accounts Receivable
6,498 96
1923 Tax levy
189 32
1924 Tax levy
14,617 54
1925 Tax levy
1,450 00
1924 Poll tax
10 00
1925 Poll tax
48 00
1924 Moth assessment
66 90
$27,529 73
Accounts Payable
$ 35 00
Revenue notes payable
23,000 00
Excess from tax sales
89 13
Overlay 1923
971 20
Overlay 1924
373 75
War bonus reserve
535 76
Excess and deficit
1,882 14
$27,529 73
Net Funded Debt
Net Funded Debt
$8,800 00
Refunding notes
$ 800 00
Electric Light Co. notes
1,000 00
Essex Sanitarium notes
7,000 00
$8,800 00
Trust Fund Accounts
Trust Funds $31,960 07
David Cummings fund stock $1,386 00
David Cummings fund cash 7,610 32
Charles L. Flint Public Library fund 5,000 00
B. F. Emerson Public Library fund 10,077 89
Cemetery Perpetual care fund 7,885 86
$31,960 07
Middleton Electric Light Department East and Peabody Street Appropriation
Appropriation by Town $500 00
Appropriation from receipts of company 392 54
$892 54
Expended
$892 54
Essex Street Appropriation
Appropriation by Town $1,000 00
Appropriation from receipts of company
223 65
Expended
$1,223 65
$1,223 65
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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Accounts Receivable
Balance January, 1924
$2,375 18
Additional accounts at end of year
5,036 28
$7,411 46
Accounts credited during year $ 912 50
Balance due December 31, 1924
6,498 96
$7,411 46
Due from State treasurer, state aid
$338 00
poor
300 68
highway
2,086 87
moth
160 09
City of Boston, 1923-1924
849 65
" City of Lynn, 1923-1924
1,033 60
" City of Salem, 1923-1924
377 75
" Town of Danvers, 1923-1924 278 98
" private moth work 1923-1924 85 30
" City of Peabody 30 00
" Middleton Electric Light Co. 958 04
$6,498 96
Accounts Payable
Paid during 1924
Appropriation accounts 1924
$133 30 35 00
$148 30
Accounts payable January 1, 1924
$113 30
Accounts payable December 31, 1924
35 00
$148 30
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ANALYSIS SHEET
Analysis of Tax Levy
Money raised to be expended as follows :
County tax
$1,852 56
State tax
2,457 08
Appropriation March, 1924
37,674 63
Moth assessment
201 70
Special appropriation 1923
5,470 00
Overlay 1924
373 75
$48,029 72
Money for the above to be raised as follows :
Tax levy
$37,148 02
Estimated receipts
10,000 00
Poll tax
680 00
Moth assessment
201 70
$48,029,72
Middleton Electric Lighting Co. Report
Operating Revenue :
Metered sales to customers $5,149 46
Town Appropriation 1,500 00
$6,649 46
Operating Expenses :
Electricity purchased from Danvers for house lights $2,180 37
Street lights 876 53
Maintenance repairs to street lights equipment 1,540 51
Manager's salary 580 00
MIDDLETON ELECTRICLIGHT CO. 27
General office equipment and supplies
89 04
Depreciation
440 99
Freight and express
52 77
$5,760 19
Income Statement :
Operating revenue
$6,649 46
Operating expenses
5,760 19
Net operating revenue
$889 27
Ratio of operating expenses to operating revenue, $86.63
Profit and Loss Statement :
Credit Balance January 1, 1924
$1,463 79
Credit balance from Income Account
889 27
Miscellaneous Credits :
Interest
$62 62
Note
50 00
Balance
1,790 44
$2,353 06
Balance Sheet
Plant Investment
$14,393 59
Accounts Receivable
916 40
Material and supplies
609 24
$15,919 23
Appropriation for construction
$8,666 60
Notes payable
1,000 00
Accounts payable
958 04
Interest accrued
4 15
Loans prepayment
3,500 00
Profit and Loss
1,790 44
$15,919 23
28
TREASURER'S REPORT
Total Cost of Plant
Poles, fixtures and overhead condition $13,598 72
Customers meters and installation 1,300 77
Street lighting equipment 751 40
Line Transformers
988 87
$17,039 76
Treasurer's Report for the Year 1924
RECEIPTS
Balance, January 1, 1924
$10,872 91
Henry A. Young, rent of hall
271 50
rent of piano
26 50
1922 taxes
63 45
1922 interest
6 91
1922 abatement
18 88
1922 Poll
5 00
1923 Taxes
12,013 43
1923 Interest
466 87
1923 Polls
15 00
1923 Abatement
182 39
1924 Taxes
22,652 78
1924 Interest
10 24
1924 Polls
632 00
MAURICE E. TYLER-ELECTRIC LIGHT
Collections $5,019 74
Construction 33 50
COUNTY TREASURER
Rebate on dog tax
$237 34
Police at Sanitarium 2 50
29
TREASURER'S REPORT
STATE TREASURER
Account highways
$496 36
Account gypsy moth
141 31
Corporation tax, public service 1923
11 73
business 1923
27 16
public service 1924
79 96
business 1924
570 05
Division of sanatoria
152 14
Vocational education
57 30
Civilian war poll tax 1923
114 00
Income tax 1922
46 66
1923
130 00
1924
2,059 00
Tuition of children
212 94
Compensation, inspector of animals
75 00
Loss of taxes 1924
494 03
School superintendent
386 66
National bank tax
79
Street railway tax
408 99
State aid
264 00
Soldiers' exemption
42 59
Surplus war bonus fund
535 76
High school tuition
1,240 86
Transportation high school pupils
1,044 73
State licenses
12 00
SUNDRIES
Refund, house fire payrolls $ 2 50
Will A. Russell, sale tank, burners and pump 16 00
Mary Holder, sale of desks 10 50
James O'Shea, for pipe
14 40
Merchants National Bank, revenue notes
numbers 15, 23, 24 and 25 33,500 00
Hospital notes numbers 16-22 7,000 00
30
TREASURER'S REPORT
Premium on hospital notes 12 60
Accrued interest on hospital notes
32 23
Refund, freight on reels
1 49
Arthur M. Peabody, cemetery lot
20 00
H. A. Allen
20 00
Robert C. Colton
20 00
George F. Currier 66
20 00
Charles E. Trask
20 00
George H. Smith < <
17 00
W. W. Wilkins, privave moth work 10 00
Boston and Maine Railroad, forest fire 97 85
G. W. Andrews, sale of shingles 28 00
George E. Smith, sale of shingles
7 00
J. L. Hammett Co., account of school 30 33
Town of Danvers, tax of land around pond
201 60
First district court, fines 116 84
H. A. Young, expenses tax sales 1923 31 63
H. A. Young, advertising above 43 36
C. W. Sparhawk, lumber 3 00
M. E. Tyler, account poor department 86
Danvers Savings Bank, endowment interest 261 00
Clifton Berry, school tuition
60 00
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank, endowment interest 129 00
Salem Savings Bank
4 50
E. O. Campbell, sealer's fees
27 91
Junk, peddler and garage licenses 26 00
Interest on deposits 133 55
$103,054 11
Town orders
$97,328 35
State aid
334 00
Balance, December 31, 1924
5,391 76
$103,054 11
Payroll Analysis
OF FOLLOWING
Departments
1
Highways
Forest Fires
Sidewalks
Moth
Bridges
Police
House Fires
Cemetery
Snow Removal
Tree Warden
Pay Roll Analysis
Highways
Including Highland Road and Lake View Park Appropriations.
Clyde Hood
$739 10
Clyde Hood, team
818 50
Clyde Hood, car
16 00
Oscar Sheldon, team
246 68
Oscar Sheldon, truck
228 87
C. Currier, team
130 50
Mr. Kimball, truck
50 00
Mr. Wendall truck
12 50
B. Daniels
418 75
George Evans
389 50
Mr. Fornier and team
293 50
F. O. Richardson
140 25
W. Gould
117 00
J. Currier
98 50
Leon Soper
100 25
C. Osgood
68 50
H. Hood
41 75
J. Gage
31 00
R. Lord
26 75
Thomas Bott
12 00
F. Curtis
12 00
Otis Evans
9 75
P. Goodwin
10 25
F. Wendall
6 50
B. Bent
4 50
Arthur Peabody
4 50
L. Ryer
4 50
F. Swaidell
5 00
Ray Gould
3 25
(35)
36
PAYROLL ANALYSIS
G. Barnaby
1 75
C. Gould, sand by truck and team
31 00
$4,082 90
Sidewalks
Clyde Hood
$95 40
Clyde Hood, team
17 00
Oscar Sheldon
26 00
George Evans
68 25
W. Gould
66 75
B. Daniels
8 50
C. Gould, sand
5 25
W. Clayton
4 00
F. Curtis
1 50
$292 65
Bridges
Clyde Hood
$96 90
Clyde Hood, team
80 50
O. Sheldon, truck
12 00
George Evans
74 00
W. Gould
30 25
H. Hood
20 00
B. Daniels
16 75
Mr. Fournier
18 00
F. O. Richardson
15 00
Thomas Bott
4 00
$367 40
Snow Removal
Clyde Hood and car
$212 30
Clyde Hood, team 79 50
37
PAYROLL ANALYSIS
Oscar Sheldon, team and truck
119 50
B. Evans
101 50
Roy Lord
52 75
B. Daniels
45 75
Mr. Milbury
22 00
E. Hunt
23 00
O. Sheldon
15 50
H. Hood
13 50
R. Peabody
11 75
G. Barnaby
10 00
J. Currier
9 75
B. Bent
8 75
George Webber
8 75
L. Russell
8 00
George Colbert
8 00
H. Porter
7 75
A. Peabody
7 00
C. Osgood
7 00
F. Ward
7 25
W. Fournier
6 50
E. Pickard
6 00
W. Evans
5 75
G. Evans
5 25
P. Goodwin
5 25
W. Andrews
5 00
A. Pickard and team
3 75
M. Betts
3 00
G. Rennard
2 50
J. Gage
2 00
W. Wilkins
2 00
L. Soper
1 75
J. Russell
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