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SAUGUS PUBLIC LIBRARY 295 Central St. Saugus, MA 01906
SAUGUS PUBLIC LIBRARY 295 Central St. Saugus, MA 01906
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Saugus, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1917
S
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LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER
1918
INDEX
Reports of Departments and Committees.
PAGE
Appraisers
104
Assessors .
81
Board of Engineers (Fire Department) .
86
Board of Health
92
Building Inspector .
89
Cemetery Commission
97
Chief of Police
83
Collector .
108
Forest Warden
90
High School Addition Building Committee
98
Inspector of Cattle and Milk .
94
Inspector of Plumbing
93
Janitor
91
Librarian .
96
Library Trustees
95
Overseers of the Poor
87
Public Safety Committee
79
Public Works
100
Selectmen
78
Sinking Fund Commissioners
52
Statistics of Town of Saugus
46
Town Clerk
76
Town Officers
5
Tree Warden
90
Financial Reports.
Accountant's Department
. IO
Agency and Trust
43
Assessors' Department
18
Balance Sheet .
50-51
Bills contracted on account No. Saugus School
40
Cemeteries
42
Collector's Department .
17
Collection of Ashes and Garbage
29
Drainage, Boston Street
30
Education and Schools
33
Election and Registration
20
Final Sales
67
Fire Department
23
.
Sealer of Weights and Measures
88
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INDEX
PAGE
Forest Warden
26
Gypsy Moth Extermination
25
High School Addition (Bldg. Com.)
98
Highway Expenditures (table)
104
Highways and Bridges
29
Inspector of Buildings
24
Inspector of Milk and Cattle
29
Insurance
40
Interest
43
Interest and Maturing Debt
42
Law Department
19
Libraries .
38
New High School Building
37
New Lynnhurst School Building
38
Outstanding Bonds
68
Overseers of Poor
3I
Plumbing Inspector
28
Printing and Distributing Town Reports
39
Police Department
21
Public Grounds
40
Refunds and Transfer
43
Sealer of Weights and Measures
25
Selectmen's Department
16
Sinking Fund Commissioners
52-53
Soldiers' Benefit
33
Stand Pipe
41
Surveying and Plotting Town
19
Tax Title Department
18-60
Town Clerk
19
Town Farm
32
Town Hall
21
Treasurer's Department .
17
Tree Warden
25
Trial Balance
47
Trust Funds
54
Unpaid Bills
44
Unpaid Taxes
IIO
Water Maintenance .
40
Water Extension
41
Elected Town Officers, 1917
Town Clerk
Henty A. Parker
Term expires March, 1918
Selectmen
George L. Nourse, Chairman
.
Term expires March, 1918
Herbert M. Forristall . .
.
66 1918
George I. Hull
.
66
66
1918
.
Assessors
Lewis J. Austin, Chairman
·
Term expires March, 1918
Horace H. Atherton, deceased
1918
(Horace H. Atherton, Jr., to fill vacancy)
Edwin K. Hayden
1920
?
Overseers of the Poor
George H. Ames, Chairman Term expires March, 1918
Charles W. Bailey, deceased .
1918
Anthony Hatch . .
66
1918
Treasurer
H. Dwight Bisbee Term expires March, 1918
Constable
W. Charles Sellick
Term expires March, 1918
Collector of Taxes
Henry A. Parker
Term expires March, 1918
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Arthur C. Clark Term expires March, 1920 66 1918
Trustees of Public Library
Ernest L. Edmands, Chairman Term expires March, 1919
James W. Swoger, Jr.
1918
W. Sanford Full ·
66
66 19IS
John Husler .
. 6
1919
Vernon W. Evans
66
.
1919
Russell B. Kennedy
. ‹ 1920
George I. Hull, to fill vacancy
6
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
Board of Health
Charles E. Light, Chairman
Term expires March, 1918
66
1919
Tom D. Emmett
66
66
1920
School Committee
Arthur S. Edmands, Chairman
Term expires March, 1918
Lawrence E. Morse
.
Ernest W. Homan
.
60
66
66 1919
Anna C. Parker
·
66
1919
C. F. Nelson Pratt
66
1920
Cemetery Commissioners
William E. Ludden, Chairman . Term expires March, 1918 66 66
Horace H. Atherton, deceased .
1918
(Horace H. Atherton, Jr., to fill vacancy)
Benjamin F. Fullerton
66 1920
Tree Warden
Thomas E. Berrett
.
Term expires March, 1918
-
George W. Gale
1918
Appointed Town Officers, 1917
Town Accountant
Granville A. Clark
Term expires August 7, 1920
Finance Committee
Francis M. Hill, Chairman,
Term expires December 1, 1920
Karl L. Norris
.1918
Henry O. Westendarp
66
1918
Osborne McLeod
66
66
1919
Fred C. Johnson .
-66
66
1919
Fred E. Ewart
66
1920
Frank E. Dunning
66
66
1920
Town Counsel William E. Ludden
Regular Police Under Civil Service Charles O. Thompson, Chief Roland L. Mansfield, Captain
Frank W. Joy James P. Sullivan
C. Herbert Berrett John T. Stuart Clifford E. Robie
Special Police
Timothy J. Bannon
Herbert Holland
Willie M. Penney
George W. Parker
Henry N. Williams James O.[Cram
Arthur C. Clark
Morrin A. Hazel
Charles F. Clark
Charles L. Davis
Charles O. Popp
Frank M. Symonds James F. Pratt
Thomas C. Sutherst
Christopher C. Merrithew
Howard P. McAdoo
W. Charles Sellick
Carl F. Koch
William H. Semons
Peter A. Flaherty
Daniel B. Willis
Charles E. Light
Ole C. Christiansen
Hervey Upham
William J. Lumbert Robert T. Allen
Mack Belliveau
. Charles W. Woodbury
Samuel C. Maddox
Thomas E. Berrett Justin E. Mansfield Evan Evans, Jr. Frank Whitford
Walter A. Hanson
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
Engineers
Ernest Stuart, Chief J. Walter Newhall George W. Atkinson
Forest Warden
Thomas E. Berrett
Keeper of Lock=up Charles O. Thompson
Matron of Lock=up Elizabeth Mansfield.
Superintendent of Public Works William J. Lumbert
Superintendent of Schools Clarence N. Flood
Superintendent of Cemetery Charles E. Light
Pound Keeper
Carl F. Koch
Field Drivers
Willie M. Penney Charles L. Putney
Daniel S. Bannon
Measurers of Wood and Bark
Frank H. Coburn Frederick Stocker
Fence Viewers
Hervey Upham
Frank H. Coburn
Board of Registrars
J. Wesley Paul, Chairman
Term expires 1919
Henry A. Parker
1918
Leon B. Wade
66
1920
Herbert L. Robinson
1918
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
9
Sealer of Weights and Measurers Evan Evans, Jr.
Cattle and Milk Inspector Arthur W. Sawyer
Public Weighers Justin E. Mansfield Crawford H. Stocker
Burlal Agent H. Dwight Bisbee
Inspector of Plumbing Thomas C. Sutherst
Inspector of Buildings Daniel B. Willis
Janitor of Town Hall Justin E. Mansfield
10
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Report of Town Accountant
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
GENTLEMEN,-In compliance with the provisions of Chapter 624 of the Acts of 1910. I herewith submit the following reports of the Accountant's Department for the year ending December 31, 1917 :
RECEIPTS General Revenue
Taxes
Current Year.
Polls
$5,568 00
Personal
11,652 79
Real Estate
99,033 16
$116,253 95
Previous Years.
Polls
$40 00
Personal
4,027 57
Real Estate
63,475 39
67,542 96
Tax Titles
$1,018 41
Final Sales
69 35
1,087 76
From State.
1
Corporation . $3,356 21
*Street Railway
Income Tax .
4,600 97
National Bank
96 56
Soldiers Exemptions
161 97
8,215 71
Amount carried forward,
$193,100 38
1917]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $193, 100 38
Licenses.
Junk and Pedlars
$100 00 Pool, Billards and
Bowling 62 00
Groves .
20 00
Circus
5 00
Licenses issued by
State .
64 00
251 00
Fines and Forfeits.
Court .
194 00
Grants and Gifts.
Dog Licenses 787 II
Privileges.
Excise Tax, Boats 7 99
*Excise Tax, Street Railway
Total for General Revenue, $194,340 48
*Street Railway and Excise Tax have not been paid to date.
Commercial Revenue. General Government.
Rent of Town Hall $235 75
Protection of Persons and Property.
Police Department.
Services of Officers $4 00
Old material sold . I 50
5 50
Fire Department.
Old material sold . 25
Public Safety Committee.
Farming regiment 156 07
Amounts carried forward,
$397 57 $194,340 48
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[Dec. 31
Amounts brought forward,
$397 57 $194,340 48
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Sealer of Weights and Measures, 1916 and 1917 . $117 45
State Sealer of Weights
and Measures 32 00
Weighing (hay scale)
8 00
157 45
Health.
Contagious diseases 123 07
Charities.
Overseers of Poor.
Reimbursements.
From Cities and Towns . $944 13
From State .
2,203 97
Town Farm.
Sale of produce
. $3,626 29
Sale of milk .
·
4,279 73
Sale of stock .
·
743 35
Sale of wood .
12 00
Board .
215 00
Miscellaneous
57 02
8,933 39
Reimbursement.
On account 1914 bills
30 00
Soldiers' Benefits.
State aid . $2,912 00
Soldiers' burials
50 00
2,962 00
Education.
School Department.
Sale of books and sup-
plies .
$9 55
Domestic Science .
3 80
13 35
Amounts carried forward, $15,764 93 $194,340 48
3,148 10
.
1
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1917]
Amounts brought forward, $15,764 93 $194,340 48
Tuition.
State Wards . . $1,366 50
Other tuition
37 50
1,404 00
Library.
Public Library.
Fines .
$26 28
Sale of old material
13 00
39 28
Unclassified.
Rent.
Hathaway Place $126 00
Rebate.
Portion Taxes 1917 on
Public Library Site . 13 50
Unredeemed check issued
in 1909
I 20
140 70
Total for Commercial Rev-
enue Departmental
17,348 91
Special Assessment.
For Expenses.
Moth extermination, 1915, $80 08
Moth extermination, 1916, 555 98
Moth extermination, 1917, 1,075 02
Total for Special Assess-
ments
1,711 08
Water Department.
Sale of Water.
Rebate Dec., 1916 . $5,557 80
Rebate June, 1917 . 5,512 03
11,069 83
Amounts carried forward,
$11,069 83 $213,400 47
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[Dec. 31
Amounts brought forward, $11,069 83 $213,400 47
Miscellaneous.
Meters installed $532 00
New service's
2,040 5 1
Repairing service .
128 39
Resetting meters .
80
Turning on water .
4 00
Repairing hydrant
60 58
Settlement damage
to
automobile . 19 50
2,885 78
Total for Water Depart-
ment
13,955 61
Cemetery.
Sale of Lots and Graves.
Lots
$466 10
Graves
129 25
$595 35
Care of Lots and Graves.
Mowing
. $1,144 00
Foundation
9º 59
Cement vaults ·
82 00
Grading
435 43
1,752 02
Miscellaneous.
Interment Fees
$433 00
All other
15 00
448 00
Total for Cemetery
2,795 37
Interest.
On Deposit.
Beacon Trust Co. .
$375 88
On Taxes.
Deferred payments . $3,218 87
Excess interest tax titles, 70 67
Excess interest final sale, 5 65
$3,295 19
Amounts carried forward,
$3,671 07 $230, 151 45
1917]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT. 15
Amounts brought forward,
$3,671 07 $230, 151 45
1
On Bonds Water and School.
Accrued interest
235 13
Total for interest ·
3,906 20
Municipal Indebtedness.
Temporary Loans.
Anticipation taxes, $110,000 00
Premium
20
-- -$110,000 20
General Loans.
School . · $9,000 00
*Premium
I20 60 - 9,120 60
Public Service Enterprises.
Water loan . $10,000 00
*Premium
134 00
Total for Municipal
Indebtedness . 129,254 80 *Charged against Premium is the expense of Advertising and Selling Bonds $125 .
Agency and Trust.
Cemetery.
Perpetual care fund $664 00
Total for Agency and
Trust
$664 00
Refund and Transfer.
Refunds.
Soldiers' benefits $6 00
School department 28 00
Fire department 94
Water extension
35
Transfers.
From Sinking Fund to Maturing Debt \ ·
5,000 00
Total for refund and transfer · Cash on hand Jan. I, 1917. . ·
--- 5,035 29
9,420 II
$378,431 85
10,134 00
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[Dec. 31
-
EXPENDITURES.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT. Finance Committee.
Salaries.
Secretary
$50 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage $2 75
Printing
67 00
Distributing reports
74 00
143 75
7
$193 75
Moderator.
Services, 1917
50 00
Selectmen's Department.
Salaries.
Chairman
$116 68
Other Selectmen
·
233 32
L
Clerk . · 100 00
$450 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage . $17 28
Printing and advertising
11 75
Telephone
77 69
M. and B. Mass. book . 10 50
117 22
Special Town Meetings.
Printing Warrants . $78 50
Distributing and posting Warrants .
66 00
144 50
75 00
Unpaid bill, 1916 .
786 72
Amount carried forward,
$1,030 47
- -
1
1917]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT. I7
Amount brought forward,
$1,030 47
Accountant's Department.
Salary.
Accountant
$500 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage $24 90
Printing
16 25
Telephone
60
Express and freight
·
I 87
Desk lamp .
. 4 55
48 17
548 17
Treasurer's Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Treasurer
$500 00
Clerk
.
520 00
$1,020 00
Other Expenses.
Stationey and postage
$77 78
Printing
18 75
Telephone
44 80
Bond
100 00
Screen door
5 00
Sign
3 25
Key
20
Express
I 22
Exchange on checks
.
30
Glass protectors .
.
75
252 05
1,272 05
Collector's Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Collector
$1,415 50
Amounts carried forward,
$1,415 50
$2,850 69
2
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[Dec. 31
Amounts brought forward, $1,415 50 $2,850 69
Other Expenses.
Stationery
$7 II
Printing
94 50
Telephone
12 63
Bond
100 00 1
Services and carfare
3 00
Furniture
44 02
261 26
Unpaid bill, 1916
171 58
1,848 34
Tax Titles.
Expenses.
Recording
$132 25
Expenses on tax sales
1,373 40
Unpaid bill, 1916
$1,505 65 II 45
1,517 IO
Adding Machine Collector, Town Clerk.
Adding machine . 274' 51
Assessors' Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Assessors
$450 00
Deputy Assessors
127 48
Clerk
945 20
$1,522 68
Other Expenses.
Searching records, Salem, $146 63
books, stationery and
postage
89 68
Printing and advertising
127 25
Carefares, teams
10 00
Telephone
35 45
New key, map
20 00
Numbers
6 94
Frame, town plan
25 00
Express
I
462 32
1,985 00
Amount carried forward,
$8,475 64 .
1917]
Amount brought forward,
$8,475 64
Surveying and Plotting Town.
Contract.
Balance on contract
1,355 75
Registration Town Notes.
Expenses.
. Registration fee
20 00
Law Department.
Salary.
Town Counsel
$400 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage . $1 30
Printing
7 50
Witness fees
19 70
Medical service
5 00
E. T. Brackett, service
13 50
Entry case Superior
Court
3 00
50 00
450 00
Town Clerk.
Salary.
Town Clerk
$100 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage . $49 39
Printing
26 65
Telephone
12 63
Directory
5 00
Repairs to typewriter
2 49
Express
2 32
All other
I 52
100 00
Unpaid bill, 1916 .
9 75
209 75
Amount carried forward,
$10,511 14
.
.
19
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
20
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward, $10,511 14
Public Works Department.
General Administration.
Salaries.
Superintendent
. $1,875 03
Clerk
600 68
$2,475 71
Other Expenses.
Printing, stationery and
postage ·
· $III 99
Maps .
·
20 00
Travelling expenses
·
4 75
Telephone
IO1 67
Keys
50
238 91
Equipment and Repairs.
Automoble
$393 46
Office .
10 20
403 66
3,118 28
Election and Registration. 4
Salaries and Wages.
Registrars
$361 00
Election officers
752 00
Police .
79 00
All other
62 50
1,254 50
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage . $14 87
Printing and advertising,
241 65
Rent
54 00
Distributing and collect- ing ballot boxes 35 00
Posting warrants, check · list
27 00
Amounts carried forward, $372 52 $1,254 50 $13,629 42
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1917]
Amounts brought forward, $372 52 $1,254 50 $13,629 42
Equipment, furniture, etc. new precincts .
105 32
Express
2 48
480 32
1,734 82
Town Hall.
Salaries and Wages.
Janitor ·
· $1,000 00
Janitor substitute, 2wks.,
20 00
Labor, concrete walk north side
177 32
All other
4 50
1,201 82
Other Expenses.
Fuel
· $1,078 18
Lights .
220 28
Janitor's supplies .
.
80 25
Repairs
84 52
Disinfectant
20 50
Express
25
Water
24 20
Printing sign
60
1,508 78
2,710 60
Total for General Government,
$18,074 84
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY. Police Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Chief . $1,320 00
Patrolmen ·
4,610 75
Special officers
979 86
Other employees
17 93
$6,928 54
Automobile and Team hire.
Team hire
$10 00
Automobile hire . · 411 00
421 00
Amounts carried forward,
$7,349 54
$18,074 84
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[Dec. 31
Amounts brought forward, $7,349 54 $18,074 84
Equipment and Repairs.
Equipment for men $60 50
Batteries, lights, etc. 24 60
Motorcycles, bicycles
240 28
Automobile chassis for
ambulances
351 85
677 23
Maintenance of Buildings.
Labor, gas in garage
$12 00
Equipment for garage .
34 00
46 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and printing .
$79 45
Telephone
227 70
Carfares
33 25
Building telephone
stations
16 05
Auto list
15 00
Gasoline
31 59
Keys .
4 20
Express
I 19
Photos robbery case.
.
4 50
All other
14 22
427 15
Lockup.
Keeper .
$136 04
Matron
2 50
Meals .
4 40
Medical attendance
2 00
144 94
8,644 86
Constable.
Salary .
$50 00
Dog officer (to be reim-
bursed by Essex County) 60 00
110 00
Amount carried forward,
$26,829 70
.
-
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1917]
Amount brought forward,
$26,829 70
Fire Department.
Salaries.
Chief Engineer ·
$150 00
Assistant Engineers · 200 00
$350 00
Permament men
3,057 48
Call Men.
Chemical No. I
$675 00
Hose No: 2 . .
575 00
Hose No. 3 .
425 00
1,675 00
Superintendent Fire Alarm.
Salary .
360 00
Hydrant service
SI2 00
Expenses.
Services at fires
$66 35
Labor fire alarm
18 25
Clerk of Engineer
25 00
Steward Hose No. 2
52 00
Clerk Hose No. 2 .
5 00
Steward Hose No. 3
35 00
All other
3 20
204 80
Horses and Care of Same.
Use of horses
393 75
Equipment and Repairs.
Apparatus $531 0I
Alarm boxes, etc.
177 29
Gasoline and oil
109 55 .
Equipment for men
74 29
All other
3 78
895 92
Hose .
600 00
Amounts carried forward, $8,348 95
$26,829 70
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[Dec. 31
Amounts brought forward, $8,348 95
$26,829 70
Fuel and Light.
Fuel
$211 06
Light
87 21
298 27
Maintenance Building and Grounds.
Repairs
$99 98
Bedding, laundry, etc.
23 64
Flag
·
10 75
All other -
.
.
7 10
141 47
Other Expenses.
Printing, stationery and
postage
·
· $20 83
Telephone
III 35
Rent
.
300 00
Express
4 33
Water .
.
24 00
All other
13 80
474 3I
Ford Combination Chemical.
American-LaFrance
Chemical
1,250 00
Repairs and Equipment.
Hook and Ladder Truck.
Steel pipe and labor
$12 51
Ladders
200 00
Pipe, gate and pole
75 50
All other
2 52
290 53
10,803 53
Inspector of Buildings.
Salary.
Inspector
$400 00
Postage
4 50
Printing
. II 00
415 50
Amount carried forward,
$38,048 73
.
.
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1917]
Amount brought forward,
$38,048 73
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Salaries and Wages.
Salary .
150 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery, postage,
printing
$7 89
Car fares, teams
29 56
Equipment and supplies
4 26
41 71
191 71
Gypsy Moth Extermination.
Salaries and Wages.
Superintendent
$882 00
Labor
3,328 80
$4,210 80
Other Expenses.
Printing, stationery,
postage
$7 56
Telephone
2 85
Teams
446 50 S
Rent
.
96 00
Equipment and repairs
26 93
Gasoline
47 50
Express
2 65
Advertising notice
5 60
-Acknowledging papers .
17 00
652 59
Unpaid bills, 1916
234 07
5,097 46
Tree Warden.
Salaries and Wages.
Superintendent
$54 00
Labor .
131 31
185 31
Amounts carried forward,
$185 31
$43,337 90
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[Dec. 31
Amounts brought forward, $185 31 $43,337 90
Other expenses.
Hardware and tools
$5 83
Telephone
19 50
Team
39 00
64 33
249 64
Forest Warden.
Salaries and Wages.
Warden
$75 00
Fighting fires
6 30
81 30
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. Agricultural Department.
Salary.
Instructor
$378 00
General Account.
Expenses.
Buttons registration day
$30 40
Cloth signs
30 00
Postage
I 50
Telephone
2 00
63 90
State Guard.
Expenses.
Uniforms and equipment
officers
$510 45
Postage, stationery, print-
ing
25 36
Telephone
8 90
Coat hanger and hooks,
12 91
Carpentry work, rifle
racks, etc. . · 42 52
Filing cabinet and folders, 9 75
Bugles .
13 00
Manuals
4 35
Amounts carried forward, $627 24 $441 90 $43,668 84
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1917]
Amounts brought forward, $627 24 $441 90 $43,668 84
Membership of . State Guard Revolver Club, 150 00
Ammunition ·
8 51
All other
50
786 25
Farming Regiment.
Expenses.
Labor boys and girls
$260 70
Labor and teams, plow- ing, etc. 220 35
Seeds
214 61
Tools
15 95
Fertilizer
63 00
Rental for land
62 95
Teaming
3 55
Rent of store
12 50
Scales
28 35
Printing
5 75
887 71
2, 115 86
Total for Protection of
Persons and Property $27,709 86
HEALTH AND SANITATION.
General Administration.
Salary, Board of Health, $75 00
Salary, Clerk ·
50 00 /
Stationery and postage . 4 09
Printing and advertising, 38 81
Telephone 80 75
Typewriter
75 00
Badge .
75
All other.
86
325 26
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases.
Board and treatment
$736 00
Medical attendance · 97 50
Amounts carried forward, $833 50
$325 26
$45,784 70
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[Dec. 31
Amounts brought forward, $833 50
$325 26
$45,784 70
Dry goods and clothing, 65
Coal and wood 4 88
Cash 48 00 - 887 03
Tuberculosis.
Board and treatment ·
$587 51
Medical attendance
5 00
592 51
Other Expenses.
Sanitary inspectors
$80 00
Fumigation and disin-
fectant
250 00
Use of auto team ambu- lance
116 00
Burial dead animals
35 00
Abating nuisance .
53 05
Special service inspecting
plumbing .
.
8 00
Oil sprayer, etc.
.
26 06
Express
I 34
Rent, Dream Theatre
health week
8 25
Fumigating lamp .
.
6 00
All other
·
7 74
591 44
2,396 34
Plumbing Inspector.
Salary .
$500 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage .
8 25
Telephone
17 88
526 13 526 13
Vital Statistics.
Births .
$172 25
Deaths .
76 00
Marriages
21 60
269 85 269 85
Amount carried forward,
$48,976 92
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1917]
Amount brought forward,
$48,976 92
Inspector of Milk and Cattle.
Salary .
$175 00 175 00
Collection of Ashes and Garbage.
Ashes and Garbage.
Contract
$2,126 00
2,126 00
Total for Health and
Sanitation .
$5,493 22
Highways.
General Highway Expenditures.
Labor .
· $3,809 57
Teams . .
734 03
Broken stone, gravel, etc. 977 87
Equipment and repairs .
279 91
Pipe and cement
360 80
Coal and wood
233 74
Tarvia
1,044 71 ·
Oiling .
1,919 38
Sand .
15 00
Freight and express
17 75
$9,392 76
Other Expenses.
Manhole forms
$100 00
Frames and covers
121 00
Stock and labor cement
forms
6 86
Traffic sign .
9 50
Repairing Ballard street
bridge
27 IO
Street signs
14 04
Engineering News
Record
II 60
Catch basin, labor and
material
177 88
Oil
43 79
Amounts carried forward, $511 77
$9,392 76 $51,277 92
30
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[Dec. 31
Amounts brought forward, $511 77 $9,392 76 $51,277 92
Salt 14 70
Labor and material for
building .
389 23
One-half cost automobile,
188 30
One-half cost auto truck,
225 42
One-half cost trailer for
auto .
67 50
Gasoline
43 50
Equipment and repairs
truck
II2 93
1,553 35
Unpaid bill, 1916 .
15 05
$10,961 16
Bristow Street Drainage.
Expenses.
Labor .
$188 19
Grates and frames
40 50
Cement
12 00
Pipe ·
332 10
Gasoline
25 00
597 79
Sidewalks.
Expenses.
Labor
$30 31
Team .
6 00
Concrete
430 42
Cement
4 00
All other
1 00
471 73
Snow and Ice.
Expenses.
Labor
· $576 52
Team .
566 64
Equipment and repairs . 281 15
Sand
252 75
Freight
·
.
8 22
1,685 28
Unpaid bills, 1916
508 83
Amounts carried forward,
$14,224 79
$51,277 92
·
.
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1917]
Amounts brought forward, $14,224 79 $51,277 92
Street Lighting. Contract.
Electricity
8,546 17
Total for Highway
$22,770 96
22,770.96
CHARITIES.
Overseers of Poor.
General Administration.
Salaries Overseers
$400 00
Clerk .
22 41
Overseers' extra services,
State and out of town
cases
119 50
Printing, stationery and
postage
36 01
Telephone
57 90
Traveling expenses
14 65
Tire hire
15 70
Ambulance
30 00
All other
50
$696 67
Outside Relief by Town.
Cash . $2,640 50
Groceries and provisions, 1,536 58
Coal and wood
470 64
Board and care .
776 50
Medicine and medical
attendance
161 10
Dry goods, clothing and
shoes
103 68
Burial
46 00
Other institutions .
342 15
Amounts carried forward,
$6,773 82
$74,048 88 .
.
5,735 00
-
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[Dec. 31
Amounts brought forward, $6,773 82 $74,048 88
Relief Given by other Cities and Towns.
Cities
$536 95
Unpaid bills, 1916
47 54
$7,358 31
7,358 31
Town Farm.
Administration.
Salary Superintendent
$600 00
Salary Matron
120 00
Telephone .
41 64
Traveling expenses
20 10
Freight and express
16 28
798 02
Maintenance.
Salary and wages . . $2,396 28
Groceries and provisions, 1,762 01
Dry goods and clothing,
104 30
Furniture and furnishing,
43 94
Fuel and light
206 03
Medicine and medical
attendance
61 35
Water .
30 00
Laundry
53 56
4,656 57
Repairs to Buildings.
Carpentry.
$185 91
Masonry
14 55
Plumbing
217 75
Painting
19 10
Glass, shades, etc.
8 67
All other
7 82
453 80
Stock and Care of Same.
Stock
$800 00
Hay, grain and straw
2, 152 77
Veterinary services
133 06
Shoeing horses
65 75
$3,151 58
Amounts carried forward,
$9,059 97
$81,407 19
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1917]
Amounts brought forward, $9,059 97 $81,407 19
Equipment.
New equipment
$45 60
Repairs to equipment 115 75
161 35
Other expenses.
Seeds
$233 18
Fertilizer
32 50
All other
13 00
278 68
Total for charities, $16,858 31
Soldiers' Benefits.
State and Military Aid.
State aid
$5,112 26
Soldier's Relief.
Fuel
10 04
Groceries
I 46
Soldiers' relief
1,320 00
1,331 50
Soldiers' Burial.
Burial .
·
200 00
Total for soldiers'
benefits
6,643 76
Education.
General Expenses.
Superintedent's salary
. $1,920 00
Secretary
50 00
Attendance officers
150 00
Attendance officer special, I 50
School physicians
·
300 00
Clerk . ·
70 20
Printing, stationery,
postage
237 70
Telephone
132 09
Traveling expense
·
51 52
Oil
·
49 40
Advertising
.
Ir 88
Amts. carried forward, $2,974 29
$97,550 95
3
-
9,500 00
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Amts. brought forward, $2,974 29
$97,550 95
Services of police . 6 00
Keys .
I 00
All other
4 50
$2,985 79
Teachers' Salaries.
High and Junior High $12,976 40
Elementary . . 27,696 10
Music, drawing, sewing
and manual training . 3,415 20
44,087 70
Text Books and Supplies.
High and Junior High.
Books .
$863 72
Supplies
927 74
1,791 46
Elementary.
Books .
$938 61
Supplies
· 1,991 75
2,930 36
Manual training.
Supplies
117 40
Commercial Department.
Supplies
36 0I
Domestic Science.
Supplies
14 76
Tuition.
Tuition
505 20
Transportation.
Electrics
$523 75
School barge
325 02
Use of horses and driv-
ing barge .
300 00
1,148 77
Amounts carried forward, $53,617 45 $97,550 95
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