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HARDINOS
OSTAGE
ZELS
FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY
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7 HARDING
CENTS
MAN
A.IV 1932
MASE
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1931
AS
Pown
Fou
NDED IN 1728
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC
LIBRARY
SALEM, MASS THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1932
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1931
AS
FOUNDED IN 1728
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRA
SALEM, MASS THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1932
In Memoriam
CHARLES WALLACE HUTCHINSON
Born November 29, 1862 Died March 14, 1931
A respected citizen and holder of many Public Offices of Trust
INDEX
Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1931
7
Cemetery Department
34
Contingent
16
County and State Tax . ·
39
Fire Protection
24
Health Department
33
Highway Department
19
Memorial Day
35
Middleton Electric Light Account
44
Miscellaneous Account
37
Moth and Tree Department
.
27
Payroll Analysis
55
Protection of Persons and Property
24 29
Soldiers and State Aid
35 39
Tax Account
4
Town Officers Salaries
10
Town Treasurer's
48
PART II
Assessors' Report
.
89
Cemetery Endowment Report
67
David Cummings' Fund
.
.
70
Electric Light Commissioners Report
81
Fire Department Report
92
Flint Public Library Fund .
75
Highway Report
83 94
Jurors List
73
Police Department Report
85
Selectmen's Report
90
School Nurse Report
73
School Reports
99
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report
88
Tax Collector's Report
79
PART III
Finance Committee Recommendations
117
Town Warrant
.
· 113
.
.
72
B. F. Emerson Fund
.
Town Officers
.
.
Inspector of Cattle Report
.
.
School Department
4
TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers
Moderator
Term expires March, 1932
Town Clerk
Term expires March, 1932
Treasurer
Term expires March, 1932
Selectmen
A. L. Jones, Chairman Harry B. Croxford, Clerk George Ogden,
Term expires March, 1932 Term expires March, 1932 Term expires March, 1932
Board of Public Welfare
H. B. Croxford, Chairman Richard Floyd, Clerk Sands Pike
Term expires March, 1933 Term expires March, 1934 Term expires March, 1932
Board of Health
George B. Ogden Harry B. Croxford A. L. Jones
Term expires March, 1932 Term expires March, 1932 Term expires March, 1932
Board of Assessors
W. W. Richardson Roger F. Clapp
Lyman S. Wilkins
Term expires March, 1932 Term expires March, 1933 Term expires March, 1934
School Committee
Wayne A. Giles, Chairman Term expires March, 1933 Mrs. Ethel M. Stewart, Clerk Arthur E. Curtis Term expires March, 1932 Term expires March, 1934
Highway Surveyor
J. Roy Osborne
Term expires March, 1932
5
George B. Ogden
Wayne A. Giles
Harry H. Bradstreet
5
TOWN OFFICERS
Tax Collector
Henry A. Young
Term expires March, 1932
Tree Warden
B. McGlauflin Term expires March, 1932
Moth Superintendant
B. McGlauflin Term expires January, 1932
Constable
William H. Young Term expires March, 1932
Chief of Police
William H. Young Term expires May, 1932
Superintendent of Burial
Arthur M. Peabody Term expires March, 1932
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering
Lyman S. Wilkins Term expires March, 1932
Town Accountant
Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1933
Forest Fire Warden
Leon N. Soper Term expires January, 1932
Chief of Fire Department
Leon N. Soper Term expires May, 1932
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Wm. H. Young Term expires May, 1932
Electric Light Commissioners
A. L. Jones, Chairman Term expires March, 1934
Richard B. Floyd, Clerk Term expires March, 1933 Otto Currier Term expires March, 1932
Electric Light Manager
A. B. Harrington Term expires April, 1932
6
TOWN OFFICERS
Water Commissioners
Leon Soper Walter Paine
Roger F. Clapp
Term expires March, 1932 Term expires March, 1933 Term expires March, 1934
Trustees Flint Public Library
George E. Barnaby
Term expires March, 1932
William R. Godfrey
Henry A. Young
Term expires March, 1932 Term expires March, 1933
Leon Soper
Term expires March, 1933
Harley M. Tyler
Roger F. Clapp
Term expires March, 1934 Term expires March, 1934
Cemetery Commissioners
George E. Barnaby, Clerk J. Allen Atwood, Chairman
Arthur Peabody
Term expires March, 1934 Term expires March, 1932 Term expires March, 1933
Finance Committee
W. P. Early, Chairman
Term expires March, 1932
Wm. G. Turnbull, Clerk
Term expires March, 1934
E. C. Townsend
Term expires March, 1933
Arthur T. Page
Term expires March, 1933
Hazen M. Richardson
Term expires March, 1934
Registrars of Voters
L. G. Davis L. H. Crossman
Term expires March, 1932
W. P. Early
Term expires March, 1933 Term expires March, 1934
Town Counsel
William H. McSweeney Term expires April, 1932
TRUSTEES
B. F. Emerson Fund Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Massachusetts Mansfield Fund Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Mass. David Cummings Fund Board of Public Welfare
ANALYSIS SHEET
March Appropria- tion
Receipts
Special Appro- priation
Transfer from Exc. & Defi.
Total
Expended
Excess and Deficiency
Transfer to Transfer to Depart- ments
Highways
$3,750.00
$3,000.00
$205.53 $6,955.53
$6,955.53
Sidewalks
200.00
Chapter 90 Special
.
1,695.70
2,500.00
2.45
702.45
702.45
Gregory Street
200.00
.
.
125.75
1,425.75
1,425.75
Fencing
300.00
49.00
349.00
349.00
Bridge
300.00
250.00
31.81
581.16
581.16
Tree Warden
200.00
.05
200.05
200.05
Moth Department
945.00
100.00
275.96 23.41
725.96
725.96
Forest Fires
700.00
500.00
1,223.41
1,223.41
Fire Hose
300.00
Fire Chief
15.00
15.00
15.00
Firemen's Salaries
55.00
1,200.00
300.00
1,500 00
1,478.49
21.51
Cemetery
800.00
516.50
750.00
750.00
750.00
Dental Clinic
260.00
2,000.00
24,450.00
24,263.08
186.92
Library
300.00
128.30
131.86
5,631.86
5,631.86
Old Age Assistance
·
.
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,182.77
817.23
Board of Health
1,000.00
·
134.45
1,134.45
1,134.45
Essex Sanatorium .
696.81
696.81
696.81
.
.
.
.
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.
.
·
·
.
.
·
·
·
.
.
.
.
·
·
.
.
4,195.70
4,193.55
2.15
Peabody Street
700.00
Snow Removal
1,300.00
.
.
ANALYSIS SHEET
Cemetery Endowment
516.50
516.50
Cemetery Unemployment
260.00
260.00
School
22,450.00
428.30
428.30
Public Welfare
5,500.00
·
·
945.00
944.97
03
House Fires
350.00
300.00
285.00
15.00
55.00
Police
.
.
7
.
200.00
160.65
$39.35
200.00
200.00
.
55.00
800.00
800.00
8
ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED))
March Appropria- tion
Receipts
Special Appro- priation
Transfer from Exc. & Defi.
Total
Expended
Transfer to Transfer to Excess and Depart- ments Deficiency
Memorial Day .
$ 250.00
$ 250.00
$ 234.59
$ 15.41
Town Counsel .
250.00
250.00
250.00
Treasurer's Supplies
150.00
150.00
150.00
Town Officers Salaries
3,098.00
3,098.00
3,082.67
15.33
Town Officers' Expenses
500.00
451.23
951.23
951.23
Town Hall
900.00
900.00
741.83
158.17
Contingent
1,000.00
1,000.00
835.95
164.05
Insurance
850.00
850.00
839.57
10.43
Interest
2,400.00
2,400.00
1,727.08
572.92
100.00
Municipal Indebtedness
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
State Aid
480.00
480.00
480.00
Soldiers' Relief
48.00
100.00
30.00
178.00
178.00
Middleton Square Lights
360.00
360.00
360.00
Electric Light Dept.
2,000.00
25,741.02
50,000.00
83,500.00
48,500.00
County Tax
2,821.93
State Tax ·
2,599.95
Old Age Assessment
380.00
1.00
381.00
381.00
1929 Tax Levy
2.49
1929 Motor Tax
102.67
102.67
1930 Tax Levy
25,108.44
25,108.44
1930 Motor Tax
1,045.93
1,045.93
1930 Poll Tax .
58.00
58.00
1930 Overlay .
.57
1931 Tax Levy
24,895.69
1931 Motor Tax
1,815.40
24,895.69 1,815.40
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.
.
.
.
ANALYSIS SHEET
27,741.02 26,651.32
Revenue Notes
35,000.00
·
.
2.49
.
.
.
.
.
ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
March Appropria- tion
Receipts
Special Appro- priation
Transfer from Exc. & Defi.
Total
Expended
Transfer to Excess and Deficiency
Transfer to Depart- ments
1931 Poll Tax ·
$ 666.00
$ 666.00
1931 Overlay .
·
·
.
.
.
·
.
.
.
Tax Title Revenue
173.48
Accounts Receivable
403.00
.
.
.
.
Private Work .
79.90
Estimated Receipts
16,618.41
16,618.41
Totals
$153,299.23
$1,461.50
$149,967.99 $2,018.50
.
.
·
6.96
Overlay Reserve
1,000.00
Excess and Deficiency
64.00
14.95
.
.
.
·
.
ANALYSIS SHEET
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10
TOWN OFFICERS SALARIES
Town Government Report
Town Officers Salaries
Appropriation
$3,098 00
EXPENDITURES
SELECTMEN :
H. B. Croxford
$100 00
George B. Ogden
100 00
A. L. Jones
79 17
Wm. H. Sanborn
20 83
$300 00
ASSESSORS :
Wm. W. Richardson
206 00
Lyman S. Wilkins
200 00
R. F. Clapp
177 00
Fred Love, assistance
5 00
$588 00
REGISTRARS :
Lennart Winquist
6 00
L. H. Crosman
6 00
M. W. Berry
6 00
$18 00
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE :
H. B. Croxford 33 37
S. S. Pike
33 33
R. B. Floyd
33 33
$100 03
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Wm. H. Young
$66 67
H. G. Spaulding 29 97
$96 64
11
TOWN OFFICERS SALARIES
JANITOR TOWN HALL :
H. A. Young $500 00
TAX COLLECTOR
H. A. Young $400 00
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS :
A. M. Peabody 10 00
J. A. Atwood 10 00
Geo. E. Barnaby
10 00
$30 00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT :
E. O. Campbell 300 00
TOWN TREASURER :
H. H. Bradstreet 300 00
TOWN CLERK :
W. A. Giles 200 00
MODERATOR :
George B. Ogden 25 00
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING :
Lyman S. Wilkins 25 00
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS :
Lyman S. Wilkins 150 00
SUPERINTENDENT OF BURIALS :
A. M. Peabody 15 00
12
TOWN OFFICERS EXPENSES
CONSTABLE :
William H. Young
35 00
Transfer to excess and deficiency
15 33
$3,098 00
Town Counsel
Appropriation
$250 00
EXPENDITURES
Wm. H. McSweeney
$250 00
Town Officers' Expenses
Appropriation $500 00
Transfer from excess and deficiency 451 23
$951 23
EXPENDITURES
SELECTMEN :
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., blanks & supplies 7 28
Carter's Ink Co. ink 4 50
The Newhall Printers, letterheads 5 00
C. A. Moore, jury notices 3 50
H. B. Croxford, express and postage 1 56
George B. Ogden, postage 1 00
$22 84
13
TOWN OFFICERS EXPENSES
TOWN CLERK :
Hobart Cabinet Co., filing cabinet 12 50
W. A. Giles, recording certificates and oaths 104 94
W. A. Giles, express 3 77
Wakefield Item Co., dog tax book 2 75
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., blanks 1 08
TOWN ACCOUNTANT :
The Newhall Printers, payrolls and
envelopes 25 50
Thorp & Martin Co., book 4 25
E. O. Campbell, postage and supplies
4 90
TOWN TREASURER :
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies 8 73
C. A. Moore, envelopes 11 00
H. H. Bradstreet, tax sale expense 17 00
H. H. Bradstreet, postage, tax title deeds 50 37
ASSESSORS :
Hobbs & Warren, Inc. blanks, books 22 06
The Davol Printing House, printing 17 50
Lila D. Stott, probates, deeds 64 72
R. F. Clapp, postage 9 82
W. W. Richardson, postage 2 04
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
W. and L. E. Gurley, dies 5 91
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., dies and books
3 10
$125 04
$34 65
$87 10
$116 14
$9 01
14
TOWN OFFICERS EXPENSES
TAX COLLECTOR :
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., books, tax bills, etc. 75 97
Boston Typewriter Co., adding machine 65 00
Newcomb & Gauss Co., envelopes 26 75
H. A. Young, tax sale expense-postage, recording deeds 370 23
Salem Evening News, Ad. 18 00
Emerson & Co., stamp 50
$556 45
$951 23
Town Hall
Appropriation
$900 00
EXPENDITURES
SUPPLIES :
Naumkeag Paper Co., cups $56 25
General Electric Supply Corp., fixtures 43 78
D. E. Woodward, lights 22 37
H. A. Young 17 30
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, carpet 14 50
Middleton Electric Light Dept., supplies 11 20
C. E. Bragdon, wax 5 80
H. E. Richardson 3 70
A. L. Jones 2 49
Danvers Hardware Co. 1 85
$179 24
CURTAIN :
H. M. Bixby, cloth 32 49
F. A. Butler, pipe and labor
10 10
$42 59
15
TOWN OFFICERS EXPENSES
REPAIRS-Labor and Material :
W. P. Earley
74 55
F. A. Butler
29 90
Caskin & O'Connell Co.
22 88
W. C. Whiteredge Co.
19 00
William H. Young
18 14
P. H. Moore
10 00
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co.
8 96
E. C. Bradstreet
6 00
Waters & Brown Co.
4 40
Danvers Hardware Co.
2 80
Railway Express Agency
58
A. B. Harrington, express
35
$197 56
Danvers Coal Co.
180 50
Middleton Electric Light Dept.
129 13
Danvers Water Board
9 41
New England Tel. and Tel. Co.
3 40
Transfer to excess and deficiency
158 17
$900 00
Report of Town Hall for Year Ending Dec. 31, 1931
Received from entertainment and dance $277 85
Improved O. R. M. 94 20
Grange
45 60
piano
86 00
$503 65
HENRY A. YOUNG,
Custodian.
16
CONTINGENT FUND
Contingent Fund
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURES
CHRISTMAS TREE :
Middleton Elec. Lt. Co., cable, supplies $45 54
Mechanics Iron Foundry, switch box 15 00
General Elec. Supply Corp., cutouts 11 67
D. E. Woodward, supplies 5 60
Danvers Hardware Co., lamps
2 00
L. N. Tuttle, labor, material
21 20
Lewis Ryer, labor
16 00
Eugene Pelletier, labor
16 00
C. L. Trefry, labor
5 00
Richard Sanborn, labor
3 00
A. L. Jones, keys
75
$141 76
TOWN MEETING AND ELECTION :
The Newhall Printers, Town Reports $221 75
Election Officers 53 00
A. L. Atwood, lunches 9 50
U. S. Post Office, post card and postage 15 00
C. A. Moore, printing cards 6 50
$305 75
PERAMBULATING :
W. H., Sanborn
$17 00
George B. Ogden
15 00
H. B. Croxford
15 00
$47 00
17
CONTINGENT FUND
TOWN SCALES :
H. E. Richardson, weighing $28 48
S. R. Rollins, weighing 12 07
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., scale book 75
$41 30
FINANCE COMMITTEE :
Austin J. C. Peabody, Jr., expenses
$6 45
The Perkins Press, printing 2 00
$8 45
ZONING COMMITTEE :
The Mirror Press, printing
$38 15
U. S. Post Office, postage
4 77
C. H. Hampton, typing 3 00
$45 92
Salem Evening News, Tax and Hearing Ads. 47 00
Lynn Daily Item, Tax Ad. 65 80
112 80
July 4th Celebration Committee
30 00
General Electric Supply Corp., lights
41 56
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., cabinet
15 00
Merchants Nat. Bank, safe deposit box
15 00
Berger Metal Culvert Co., culvert
10 43
Director of Accounts, certifying notes
8 00
Burton McGlauflin, cutting brush
7 88
The Perkins Press, unemployment cards
2 50
Wm. H. McSweeney, easement
2 25
H. B. Croxford, express
35
Transfer to excess and deficiency
164 05
$1,000 00
18
INSURANCE AND INTEREST
Interest and Insurance
Insurance Premiums
Appropriation
$850 00
EXPENDITURES
C. R. Tapley, liability $551 30
school building and furnishing 95 10
sealer's equipment 26 17
Treasurer and Collector, holdup insurance 42 00
Clerk Bond 5 00
G. P. Pope, Ins. Agency, Collector's bond 40 00
Treasurer's bond 80 00
Transfer to excess and deficiency
10 43
$850 00
Interest
Appropriation
$2,400 00
EXPENDITURES
Merchants National Bank, funded debt $481 25
revenue notes
1,245 83
Transfer to Soldiers' Relief
100 00
Transfer to excess and deficiency
572 92
$2,400 00
19
HIGHWAY ACCOUNT
Highway Department
Appropriation
$3,750 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
3,000 00
Transfer from excess and deficiency
205 53
$6,955 53
EXPENDITURES
Labor
2,863 00
Truck
902 83
TARVIA AND ASPHALT :
The Barrett Co.
1,369 00
Standard Oil Co.
534 90.
1,903 90
TRUCK AND TRACTOR REPAIRS :
Stahler's Garage
175 52
H. F. Davis Tractor Co.
149 96
J. R. Osborne
8 00
Pan Verochi
7 50
Registry of Motor Vehicles
4 00
C. E. Bragdon, glass
1 00
345 98
GASOLINE AND OIL :
Sousa's Oil Co.
268 37
S. R. Rollins
20 00
Stahler's Garage
7 58
295 95
SAND, STONE AND GRAVEL :
H. K. Richardson
57 15
Charles I. Gould
127 05
M. N. Noonan Co.
26 10
210 30
20
HIGHWAY ACCOUNT
EQUIPMENT REPAIRS :
Pan Verochi
$38 30
F. W. Dingle
38 00
International Harvester Co.
24 00
$100 30
SUPPLIES :
Berger Metal Culvert Co. 92 12
Pan Verochi 24 05
Commonwealth of Mass., catch basins
20 20
E. S. Richardson 18 91
Danvers Hardware Co. 4 85
160 13
SIGNS :
Commonwealth of Mass., 15 signs 120 00
line posts 21 60
J. R. Osborne, freight 3 20
Pan Verochi, repairing sign
1 00
L. N. Soper, 2 signs
6 00
McCarthy Bros., macadam at Town Hall 21 34
151 80
$6,955 53
Sidewalks
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$86 40
Truck
74 25
Transfer to excess and deficiency
39 35
$200 00
21
HIGHWAY ACCOUNT
Peabody Street
Appropriation
$700 00
Transfer to excess and deficiency
2 45
$702 45
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$470 30
Truck
160 20
H. K. Richardson, gravel
45 30
Sousa's Oil Co., gasoline
26 65
$702 45
Chapter 90 Special (Unemployment) Balance from 1930 $4,195 70
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$3,506 95
Truck
519 75
H. K. Richardson, gravel
113 55
Sousa's Oil Co., gasoline
41 09
Stahler's Garage, truck repairs
8 01
M. B. Paige Co., pipe
4 20
Transfer to excess and deficiency
2 15
$4,195 70
Snow
Appropriation $1,300 00
Transfer from excess and deficiency
125 75
$1,425 75
1
22
HIGHWAY ACCOUNT
EXPENDITURES
Labor $591 60
Truck and team
474 57
Repairs to Plow and Tractor :
Pan Verochi
55 85
Stahler's Garage
18 03
H. F. Davis Tractor Co.
183 71
$257 59
Pan Verochi, snow plow
35 00
C. E. Bragdon, 6 shovels
3 75
Sousa's Oil Co., gasoline
26 62
Common. of Mass., snow removal State road
13 50
Essex Co-operative Asso., cal. chloride
21 12
H. A. Nangle, sand
2 00
$1,425 75
Bridge
Appropriation
$550 00
Transfer from excess and deficiency
31 81
$581 81
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$74 40
Truck 68 07
Pitman & Brown Co., lumber and spikes
223 63
Hutchinson Lumber Co., lumber
128 00
Arthur C. Harvey & Co., steel
83 71
C. E. Bragdon, spikes, saw
4 00
$581 81
23
HIGHWAY ACCOUNT
Gregory Street
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$73 80
Truck
24 75
Charles Gould, sand
10 50
The Barrett Co., tarvia
90 95
$200 00
Fencing
Appropriation
$300 00
Transfer from excess and deficiency
49 00
$349 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$189 85
Truck
97 63
Middleton Electric Light Dept., wire
57 27
Supplies
4 25
$349 00
24
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department
Appropriation
$1,500 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$697 50
Auto
84 00
Topsfield Motors, Inc., Ford Touring Car
511 00
R. D. Poole, auto plates
5 88
Jenney Mfg. Co., gasoline
26 12
S. R. Rollins, gasoline
6 44
Topsfield Motors, Inc., oil
3 00
Stahler's Garage, tube
1 55
$42 99
Traffic Box :
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co., lumber 12 44
Wm. H. Young, labor
10 00
Danvers Hardware Co., hardware-paint 3 95
L. N. Soper, lettering
3 00
$29 39
F. M. Batchelder, uniforms
83 50
Lee & Osborn, electrical supplies
8 66
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., books, blanks
5 90
Wm. H. Atkinson, shells
1 25
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone
14 30
Transfer to excess and deficiency
21 51
$1,500 00
25
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
Forest Fires
Appropriation
$700 00
Transfer from excess and deficiency
23 41
overlay reserve
500 00
$1,223 41
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$709 10
SUPPLIES :
American La France Co.
152 98
O. H. Sheldon
3 90
H. K. Barnes, bottles
6 00
Sousa's Oil Co., tire
7 96
C. E. Bragdon, rope
60
G. W. Andrews, racks
6 00
177 44
H. K. Barnes, 1000 ft. hose
300 00
S. R. Rollins, gas and oil
7 92
lunches
7 50
PUMP REPAIRS :
Fitzhenny Guptill Co.
7 50
O. H. Sheldon
2 25
Lord & Herlihy, State pump
10 70
20 45
L. N. Soper, postage
1 00
$1,223 41
House Fires
Appropriation
$350 00
Transfer from interest
100 00
Transfer from excess and deficiency
275 96
$725 96
26
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
EXPENDITURES
Labor $295 25
Truck Repairs-Supplies :
Stahler's Garage, storage
75 00
gas, oil, repairs
18 70
Sousa's Oil Co. tires, tubes
50 00
Lord & Herlihy, tire, tube
25 95
S. R. Rollins, gas, oil
11 69
Wm. M. Young, light
10 00
J. R. Gould, light iron
1 50
192 84
SUPPLIES
Danvers Hardware Co.
9 25
American La France Co.
8 96
G. S. Demerritt
4 75
L. N. Soper
49
23 45
Middleton Electric Light Dept.
46 88
C. L. Elliott, coal
15 50
Danvers Water Board
12 00
Standard Hardware Co., heater and pipe
70 21
Labor installing heater
35 46
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co., lumber
20 25
C. R. Tapley, insurance
5 00
F. A. Butler, pipe
3 63
P. H. Moore, repairing hose tester
2 54
L. N. Soper, postage, express
1 70
S. R. Rollns, lunches
1 25
$725 96
27
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
Fire Department-Salary and Wages
Appropriaion :
Chief's salary
$15 00
Firemen's wages
55 00
$70 00
EXPENDITURES
L. N. Soper, Chief $5 00
T. C. Brackett 5 00
E. O. Campbell
5 00
C. G. Curtis
5 00
F. L. Currier
5 00
G. S. Demerritt
5 00
J. R. Osborne
5 00
W. H. Milbery
5 00
H. L. Porter
5 00
H. E. Tyler
5 00
M. L. Tyler
5 00
G. H. Webber
5 00
Wm. H. Young
5 00
Wm. M. Young
5 00
$70 00
Fire Hose
Appropriation $300 00
EXPENDITURES
H. K. Barnes, 300 ft. D. J. hose $285 00
Transfer to excess and deficiency 15 00
$300 00
28
FORESTRY ACCOUNT
Forestry Department
Tree Warden
Appropriation
$200 00
Transfer from excess and deficiency
05
$200 05
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$187 00
Team
9 50
Burt McGlauflin, supplies
3 55
$200 05
Moth Department
Appropriation
$945 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$814 25
Team
115 50
Stahler's Garage, gas, oil
6 00
Burt McGlauflin, expense to Boston
3 00
supplies and express
3 22
Danvers Herald, moth advertising
3 00
Transfer to excess and deficiency
03
$945 00
29
SCHOOL ACCOUNT
School and Education
Appropriation
Vocational education
$24,000 00 450 00
$24,450 00
EXPENDITURES
Teachers' salaries
$8,777 34
S. G. Bean, Superintendent
390 00
S. G. Bean, expenses
156 13
546 13
Mary A. Roundy, Nurse
340 00
Mary A. Roundy, expense
33 40
373 40
Dr. Andrew Nichols, examination
103 00
schick test
40 00
143 00
E. E. Richardson, janitor
1,036 50
Mrs. J. B. Ramsdell, cleaning
28 75
1,065 25
Wm. H. Young, attendance officer
25 00
traffic officer
262 00
TUITION :
Town of Danvers
4,624 38
City of Peabody
58 80
Town of Topsfield
22 75
4,705 93
TRANSPORTATION :
Stahlers' Garage
4,000 00
East. Mass. St. Rlwy Co., tickets
1,600 00
Lois Cousins, tickets
24 00
5,624 00
30
SCHOOL ACCOUNT
BOOKS :
E. E. Babb & Co. 133 15
R. H. Hinckley & Co. 60 00
Ginn & Co. 55 41
D. C. Heath & Co.
21 78
Silver Burdett & Co.
13 68
The Macmillan Co.
3 94
Milton Bradley Co.
1 79
289 75
SUPPLIES :
E. E. Babb & Co.
415 90
Milton Bradley Co. 88 44
L. B. Phibrick Co. 49 98
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co. 35 43
Joseph Beaudette
35 00
The Multislamp Co.
23 64
Wilbur Gilpatric
23 20
C. A. Manning
22 82
C. E. Bragdon
20 80
The Mirror Press
11 50
B. W. Ham
10 00
King's Drug Store
20 55
J. B. Hunter
7 65
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
7 18
H. E. Richardson
5 87
Danvers Hardware Co.
5 00
C. B. Dolge
4 19
Geo. F. Cram Co. 2 59
Wright & Potter Printing Co.
2 14
Wm. G. Webber Co.
2 52
$794 40
31
SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Repairs and Painting
Labor and Material :
F. W. Williams
$150 34
Pyne & Smith Co.
121 18
F. W. Wendell & Son
102 00
Danvers Water Board
99 59
Pitman & Brown Co.
39 13
Wm. H. Young
28 00
C. E. Bragdon
6 47
Waters & Brown Co.
2 85
Danvers Hardware Co.
2 50
J. L. Tedford
2 50
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co.
2 00
$556 56
Committee Expense
W. A. Giles, committee transporation and expenses to Boston
$89 92
W. A. Giles, telephone
13 65
E. H. Stewart, salary clerk
50 00
telephone and postage
48 79
expenses to Boston
19 25
H. L. Sargent, typewriter and ribbon
28 00
North Shore Office Equip. Co., typewriter
25 00
Salem Evening News, Ads. 12 00
The Mirror Press, envelopes, letterheads
8 50
Evangeline Donovan, transportation 3 00
Rev. K. E. Henley, speaker 10 00
308 11
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone
44 15
Danvers Water Board, water
41 82
Middleton Electric Light Dept., current
35 24
Harry C. Rix, Coal Co. 108 77
Geo. W. Pickering Co., coal
124 68
233 45
32
SCHOOL ACCOUNT
F. L. Currier, wood $ 8 00
Ladd & Webster Co., boiler insurance
209 50
North Shore Agency Inc., bus insurance 176 00
E. E. Richardson, filing saws
3 00
E. E. Bradstreet, tuning pianos
14 50
O. H. Sheldon, cleaning yard
10 00
Burt McGlaufin, trimming trees
4 50
C. A. Manning, express and postage
7 55
Tedford & Martin, express
3 50
E. R. Currier, express
1 00
Transfer to excess and deficiency
186 92
$24,450 00
Flint Public Library
Appropriation
$300 00
Dog tax
128 30
$428 30
EXPENDITURES
Danvers Coal Co., coal
$153 95
DeWolfe & Fiske Co., books
136 73
E. L. Fletcher, librarian
87 60
W. R. Godfrey, janitor
31 25
Middleton Electric Light Dept.
5 72
Barnaby Inc., flowers
8 00
A. A. Pembroke, flowers
2 50
E. L. Fletcher, postage, supplies
1 60
Gaylord Bros. Inc., covering
95
$428 30
33
HEALTH ACCOUNT
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Transfer from excess and deficiency
134 45
$1,134 45
EXPENDITURES
Essex Sanitorium, board
$1,051 70
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, board 9 00
L. N. Soper, 3 signs 6 00
George B. Ogden, expense
4 00
The Everett Print, posters
3 75
Salem Evening News, Ad. 2 00
W. A. Giles, Agent 53 00
J. A. Atwood, returning deaths
5 00
$1,134 45
Essex Sanitorium Assessment
Appropriation
$696 81
EXPENDITURES
County Treasurer
$696 81
Dental Clinic
Appropriation
$260 00
EXPENDITURES
Dr. W. J. S. McNally, Dentist $260 00
34
CEMETERY ACCOUNT
Cemetery Department
Appropriation
$800 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$664 57
L. M. Glover Co., weed killer 49 81
Danvers Water Board 26 08
Kelsey Highlands Nursery, 10 trees
23 27
Morse Hardware Co., supplies
13 05
Danvers Hardware Co., supplies
8 75
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co., lumber
8 42
Stahler's Garage, gas and oil
6 05
$800 00
Unemployment
Appropriation
$750 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$725 93
Berger Metal Culvert Co., culvert 24 07
$750 00
Cemetery Endowments
Received from Danvers Savings Bank
$348 00
Salem Five Cents Sav. Bank 160 50
Salem Savings Bank 8 00
$516 50
EXPENDITURES
A. M. Peabody $516 50
35
AMERICAN LEGION ACCOUNT
Soldiers' Benefits Memorial Day
Appropriation
$250 00
EXPENDITURES
B. C. McSheehy Band
$110 00
Mathew Kingston, flowers
26 10
Weaths
22 50
Speaker
20 00
Ice Cream
16 20
Music-church
5 00
Flags
8 79
Cake
5 00
Programs
5 00
Reader
3 00
Janitor, church
2 00
Express and telephone
1 00
Transfer to excess and deficiency
15 41
$250 00
State Aid
Appropriation
$480 00
EXPENDITURES
On order
$480 00
Soldiers' Relief
Appropriation
$48 00
Transfer from interest
100 00
Transfer from excess and deficiency
30 00
$178 00
EXPENDITURES
On order
$178 00
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PUBLIC WELFARE
Board of Public Welfare
Appropriation
$5,500 00
Transfer from excess and deficiency
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