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TOWN DOCUMENTS
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
1
Town of Saugus, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1920
.SAUG
TO
162-9.
1815
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER
1921
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INDEX
Reports of Departments and Committees
Page
Appraisers
100
Assessors
82
Board of Engineers (Fire Department) .
87
Board of Health
92
Building Inspector .
90
Cemetery Commission
97
Chief of Police
85
Collector .
102
Forest Warden
91
Inspector of Cattle and Milk
95
Inspector of Plumbing
94
Janitor
90
Library Trustees
96
North Saugus Schoolhouse
Overseers of the Poor
School Report
After Unpaid Taxes
Sealer of Weights and Measures
89
Selectmen
80
Statistics of Town of Saugus .
49
Town Clerk
78
Town Officers .
5
Tree Warden
91
Financial Reports
Accountant's Report
· 10-77
Accountant's Department
19
Agency and Trust .
16-43
Assesors' Department
19
Balance Sheet .
50-51
Cemetery
14-41
Collector's Department .
18
Collection of Ashes and Garbage
28
Education and Schools
13-33
Election and Registration
20
Expenditures
17-43
Final Sales
68
Finance Committee
17
Fire Department
II-24
Forest Warden
27
Gypsy Moth Extermination
12-26
Health and Sanitation
12-27
Highways
12-28
Highways Macadam Road Bond Issue
30
98
88
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INDEX
Inspector of Buildings
25
Inspector of Milk and Cattle
28
Insurance
38
Interest .
15-42
Interest and Maturing Debt
42
Law Department
19
Libraries
13-37
Licenses .
II
Moderator
17
Municipal Indebtedness
15
North Saugus Schoolhouse
37
Outstanding Bonds
71
Overseers of Poor .
12-31
Plumbing Inspector
28
Printing and Distributing Town Reports
38
Police Department .
22
Public Grounds
39
Public Works Department Administration
21
Receipts
10-16
Refunds and Transfer
16-43
Registration Notes
21
Sealer of Weights and Measures
12-25
Selectmen's Department
17
Sidewalks
30
Soldiers' Benefit
, 13-33
Street Lighting
31
Summerized Statement Appropriation Balances Tax Title Department
10-19-60
Taxes
Town Clerk
20
Town Farm
12-32
Town Hall
II-22
Treasurer's Department .
18
Tree Warden
26
Trial Balanae .
46
Trust Funds
52
Unpaid Bills .
44
Unpaid Taxes .
102
Vital Statistics
28-78
Water Department .
14-39
.
45
Snow and Ice .
31
Elected Town Officers, 1920
Town Clerk
Henry A. Parker
Term expires March, 192 1
Selectmen
Walter Sprague, Chairman
Term expires March, 1921
Francis M. Hill
1921
John G. Holmes
.
66
1921
Assessors
Lewis J. Austin, Chairman
Term expires March, 1921
Daniel B. Willis .
66
1922
Edwin K. Hayden
.
66
66
1923
Overseers of the Poor
George H. Ames, Chairman . Term expires March, 1921
Anthony Hatch
66 66
1921
Evan Evans
.
1921
Treasurer
H. Dwight Bisbee Term expires March, 1921
Constable
W. Charles Sellick .
Term expires March, 192 1
Collector of Taxes
Henry A. Parker
Term expires March, 1921
Trustees of Public Library
Vernon W. Evans, Chairman Term expires March, 1922
W. Sanford Full
1921
Charles Wilson
66
66
60
1921
John B. Lang .
66
66
1922
John Husler .
66
66
1922
Russell B. Kennedy
66
1923
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
Board of Health
Charles E. Light, Chairman
Term expires March, 192 1
George W. Gale
.
66 1922
Tom D. Emmett
66
66
1923
.
School Committee
Ernest W. Homan, Chairman .
Term expires March, 1922
Lawrence E. Morse .
·
Henry O. Westendarp
66
66
1921
Anna C. Parker
·
Harold E. Dodge
66
66
66
1923
Cemetery Commissioners
Benjamin F. Fullerton, Chairman,
Term expires March, 1923
William E. Ludden
66 66
66
1921
Ward Perkins
.
66
60
1922
Tree Warden
Thomas E. Berrett
66 1921
66
1921
66
66
1922
Appointed Town Officers, 1920
Town Accountant
Granville A. Clark Term expires August 7, 1923
Finance Committee
Harry T. Turner, Chairman
Term expires December 1921
Edward G. L. Meeker
66
192 1
Allen F. Reiser
66
1922
Henry A. Mccullough
66
66
1922
Harry W. Merrill
1923
Harry Woodward .
66
66
1923
Charles W. Gibbs
.
66
1923
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 Willie M. Penny
George W. Parker
Frank M. Symonds
Henry N. Williams
Howard P. McAdoo
Thomas C. Sutherst
William H. Semons
Christopher C. Merrithew
W. Charles Sellick Carl F. Koch Peter A. Flaherty
Thomas E. Berrett Justin E. Mansfield Evan Evans Frank Whitford
Daniel B. Willis
Charles E. Light Hervey Upham
Robert T. Allen
Walter A. Hanson
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
Engineers
Edward J. McTague, Chief Walter Sprague Francis M. Hill
John G. Holmes
Forest Warden Thomas E. Berrett
Keeper of Lockup Charles O. Thompson
Matron of Lockup Elizabeth Mansfield
Superintendent of Public Works Peter Haigh
Superintendent of Schools Jesse W. Lambert
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 (deceased)
Fence Viewers
Hervey Upham
Frank H. Coburn
Board of Registrars
J. Wesley Paul, Chairman
Term expires 1922
Henry A. Parker
192 1
Henry A. Comack
'66.
1921
Leon B. Wade
6.6 66 1923
9
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
Sealer of Weights and Measures Evan Evans
Cattle and Milk Inspector Arthur W. Sawyer
Public Weighers
Justin E. Mansfield
Crawford H. Stocker
Nelson R. Stiles
Burial Agent H. Dwight Bisbee
Inspector of Plumbing Thomas C. Sutherst
Inspector of Buildings Daniel B. Willis
Janitor of Town Hall Justin E. Mansfield
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Report of Town Accountant
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,-In accordance 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, 1920 :
RECEIPTS General Revenue Taxes
Current Year.
Polls
$13,052 00
Personal
22,986 75
Real estate
. 164,232 30
$200,271 05
Previous Years.
Polls
$22 00
Personal
3,228 25
Real estate
70,636 18
73,886 43
Tax Titles
917 18
From State.
Corporation .
$5,211 20
Street railway
97 93
Income tax, previ-
ous years .
5,305 25
Income tax, 1920 ·
7,891 82
Income tax, 1920,
school
21,118 75
Amts. carried forward, $39,624 95 $275,074 66
II
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1920]
Amts. brought forward, $39,624 95 $275,074 66
National bank
67 72
Soldiers' exemption,
394 51
40,087 18
Licenses.
Junk and pedlars
$116 00
Milk
34 50
Pool, billiards and
bowling
69 00
Groves .
20 00
Theatre .
25 00
Buying and selling
automobiles .
75 00
Clam permits
5 00
Permits for cleaning
cesspools .
6 00
Jitney licenses
15 00
Piggery permits
3 00
Rendering plant
2 00
Fines and Forfeits.
Court .
460 00
Grants and Gifts.
From county .
Dog licenses .
801 59
Total for General Revenue,
$316,793 93
COMMERCIAL REVENUE General Government
Town Hall.
Rent
$453 00
Rent of court room, 120 00
Rent, old town hall,
35 00
$608 00
Protection of Persons and Property
Fire Department.
Sale of material
$161 56
Amounts carried forward,
$769 56 $316,793 93
1
370 50
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[Dec. 31
Amounts brought forward,
$769 56 $316,793 93
Gypsy Moth.
Sale of material
77 48
.
State Guard.
Sale of equipment .
31 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Sealer .
60 25
Hay scales
6 55
Health and Sanitation
Health
Contagious diseases,
$189 25
Tuberculosis .
398 29
587 54
Highway
General.
Sale of materials
$175 28
Sale of junk .
59 38
Sale of auto truck .
60 00
Reimbursement state
163 00
Use of roadscraper,
3 50
457 16
Charties
Overseers of Poor (reimbursement).
From individuals . $28 57
From cities and towns,
734 85
From State
2,710 87
3,474 29
Town Farm.
Sale of produce
$4,329 65
Sale of milk .
8,674 30
Sale of wood .
24 00
Amts. carried forward, $13,027 95
$5,463 83 $316,793.93
?
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1920]
Amts. brought forward, $13,027.95
$5,463.83 $316,793.93
Sale of stock .
216 71
Board
250 00
Miscellaneous
88 87
13,583 53
Soldiers' Benefits
Reimbursement.
State Aid
5071 82
Education
School Department.
Tuition, state wards, $771 00
Other tuition .
138 50
Sale of books, supplies, 38 95
Miscellaneous
54 79
Reimbursement.
Vocational agricul- tural Department, 85 00
1,088 24
Library
Public Library.
Fines
.
37 67
Unclassified
Rent.
Hathaway place $128 00
County of Essex.
Killing stray dogs .
55 00
Material Sold.
Marsh hay
7 50
190 50
Total for Commercial Revenue,
25,435 59
Amount carried forward,
$342,229 52
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$342,229 52.
Special Assessment
For Expenses.
Moth extermination,
1918 .
$74 48
Moth extermination,
1919 .
438 64
Moth extermination,
1920 .
1,091 26
$1,604 38
Total for special assessments
1,604 38
Water Department
Collections.
Fixture rates . $13,465 22
Meter rates ·
10,073 49
Maintenance ·
1,939 06
Construction . .
991 96
$26,469 73
Costs.
Turning on water . $70 00
Summons
IOI 60
171 60
Miscellaneous.
Sale of pitometer
survey box
$50 00
Sale of junk .
3 00
53 00
Total for Water Department, 26,694 33
Cemetery
Sale of Lots and Graves.
Lots
$1,033 72
Graves
231 00
1,264 72
Amounts carried forward,
$1,264 72 $370,528 23
.
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1920]
Amounts brought forward,
$1,264 72 $370,528 23
Care of Lots and Graves.
Mowing
$1,734 06
Foundations
86 26
Grading
169 00
1,989 32
Miscellaneous.
Interment fees
$808 00
Sale of old material,
2 00
810 00
Total for Cemetery
.
4,064 04
Interest
On Deposit.
Beacon Trust Co. .
$159 44
On Taxes.
Deferred payments .
4,073 06
Excess interest tax
titles .
119 45
Accrued interest school bonds
199 99
Accrued interest mac-
adam road bonds
215 42
Total for Interest
.
4,767 36
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loans.
Anticipation taxes,
$285,000 00
General Loans.
Schools . $17,000 00
Premium
48 96
17,048 96
Macadam pavements, $30,000 00
Premiums 86 40
30,086 40
Total for municipal indebtedness
332,135 36
Amount carried forward,
$711,494 99
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$711,494 99
Agency and Trust
Cemetery.
Perpetual care fund, $1,783 00
Library.
Income for 1920,
George Melvin
Wilson Fund 93 0I
Total for Agency and Trust
1,876 0I
Refund and Transfer
Refund.
Overlay, 1919
$2 00
Highway
13 50
Overseers of Poor
21 00
Saugus Home
20
State Aid
6 00
School
2 42
Library .
5 00
Water Maintenance,
71
Water Extension,
Bow Street 21 60
Water Extension,
Old county road,
5 40
Total for refunds and transfers 77 83
Cash on hand Jan- uary 1, 1920 ·
18,988 39
$732,437 22
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1920]
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL GOVERNMENT Legislative
Moderator.
Salary
.
$50 00
$50 00
Finance Committee.
Salary, clerk
$50 00
50 00
Other Expenses.
Printing ·
$III 45
Distributing reports
52 50
163 95
213 95
Selectmen's Department
Salary and Wages.
Chairman . $116 68
Other selectmen
23.3 32
Clerk
200 00
Compensation for
Perambulating
Town boundaries, . 100 00
$650 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage
$16 45
Printing and advertising, 76 00
Telephone .
90 70
183 15
Special Town Meetings.
Printing warrants .. $120 01
Distributing and posting, 127 50
247 51
1,080 66
Amount carried forward,
$1,344 61
2
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31.
Amount brought forward,
$1,344 61
Accountant's Department.
Salary.
Accountant
$600 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage, $10 73
Printing . . 78 60
Repairs to adding machine, 3 91
93 24
693 24
Treasury Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Treasurer .
$500 00
Clerk
520 00 -
$1,020 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery, printing and
postage .
$112 79
Telephone
43 99
Bond
100 00
Insurance .
105 30 1
362 08
Unpaid bill, 1919
$1 25
I 25
1,383 33
Collector's Department
Salaries and Wages.
Collector . . $1,467 23
$1,467 23
Other Expenses.
Stationery .
$12 50
Printing
. 147 93
Telephone
16 54
Bond
.
100 00
Typewriter
55 80
332 77
Unpaid bill, 1919
301 92
2, 101 92
Amount carried forward,
$5,523 10
19
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1920]
Amount brought forward,
$5,523 10
Tax Titles
Expenses.
Recording .
$160 70
Expense on tax sales in- cluding advertising, 1,352 45
Expense on final sale including advertising, 253 50
Witness for final takings, 20 00
Express
61
1,787 26
Assessors
Salaries and Wages.
Assessors . .
$600 00
Deputy Assessors ·
249 38
Clerks
1,250 28
$2,099 66
Other Expenses.
Searching record,
Salem
$247 68
Stationery, cards and
postage .
16 05
Printing, advertising,
45 10
Books
·
92 31
Poll books
250 00
Typewriter
95 00
Repairs to adding machine, 4 66
Express
2 88
Telephone
37 26
Carfares, teams
·
9 40
800 34
Revising Plans.
Contract
500 00
3,400 00
Law Department
Salary.
Town Counsel · $400 00
Amounts carried forward,
$ 400 00 $10,710 36
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amounts brought forward, $400 00 $10,710 36
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage, $1 10
Carfares .
.
4 30
Telephone ·
2 80
Expenses on cemetery
deed for land . 2 77
IO 97
410 97
Town Clerk's Department
Salary.
Town Clerk
$100 00
Extra services on war
records .
100 00
$200 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage, $40 77
Printing ·
32 68
Telephone
16 54
Directory . . .
10 00
99 99
299 99
Election and Registration
Salaries and Wages.
Registrars . $250 00
Election officers
867 50
Police
·
95 00
Preparing and type-
writing tally sheets,
59 50
Preparing and record- ing elections . .
62 00
Erecting and removing booths, .
16 00
$1,350 00
Amounts carried forward,
$1,350 00
$11,421 32
1
2I
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1920]
Amts. brought forward,
$1,350 00 $11,421 3 2
Other Expenses.
Supplies, printing and
advertising
$343 97
Posting warrants,check lists, etc.
16 00
Delivering and collect-
ing ballot boxes
40 00
Rents
47 00
Candles and tacks
90
447 87
Unpaid bills, 1919
44 00
1,841 87
Registration Town Notes
Expenses.
Registration fee
46 00
Public Works Department
General Administration.
Salaries.
Superintendent . . $1,710 84
Clerk
888 00
Collector for Water
Revenue
300 00
Labor
35 00
$2,933 84
Other Expenses.
Printing stationery and
postage . $299 47
Car fares .
13 60
Telephone ·
98 80
Office equipment
·
36 21
Express . 1I 25
459 33
Equipment and Repairs.
Automobile, including gas and oil ·
142 10
Unpaid bills, :919
119 70
3,654 97
Amount carried forward, 1
$16,964 16
22
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$16,964 16
Town Hall
Salaries and Wages.
Janitor ·
. $1,464 00
Substitute janitor 50 00
All other .
8 50
1,522 50
Other Expenses
Fuel . . $1,177 90
Light
390 82
Janitor's supplies
·
61 03
Disinfectant
22 50
Water
21 00
Salt .
2 25
Postage
50
Repairs.
142 96
1,818 96
Unpaid bill, 1919
39 40
3,380 86
Total for General Government,
$20,345 02
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Police Department
Salaries and Wages.
Chief . $1,973 60 ·
Patrolmen . . 10,375 50.
Special officers . . 404 25
Other employees
3 00
$12,756 35
Automobile and Team Hire.
Automobile hire $350 00
Team hire . · ·
16 50
Ambulance expense including repairs,
gas and oil
354 54
721 04
Amounts carried forward,
$13,477 39
$20,345 02
1
23
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1920]
Amounts brought forward, $13,477 39 $20,345 02
Equipment and Repairs.
Equipment for men $107 22
Motorcycle and bicycle 377 50
Batteries, bulbs, etc. . 26 04 510 76
Maintenance of Building.
Fuel .
$13 15
Carpentry work .
8 50
Repairs to boiler
22 76
44 41
Other Expenses.
Stationery and printing,
$57 97
Telephones
335 39
Committing, including carfares .
40 82
Automobile list .
18 00
Directory .
5 00
Express
I 00
Signs
27 00
Repairs to automobile damaged by motor-
cycle
43 45
528 63
Lockup.
Keeper
$102 25
Matron
15 05
Meals
7 45
Medical attendance
17 00
141 75
14,702 94
Constable.
Salary
$50 00
Dog officer (to be re-
imbursed by Essex
County)
50 .00
$100 00 100 00
Amount carried forward,
$35. 147 96
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$35,147 96
Fire Department
Salaries.
Chief Engineer to May
1, 1921 . $150 00
Assistant Engineers to
May 1, 1921 .
200 00
$350 00
Permanent men .
7,194 00
Call Men. a
Chemical No. I. . $1,026 18
Chemical No. 2. ·
1,137 60
Chemical No. 3 .
401 10
2,564 88
Superintendent Fire Alarm,
156 00
Hydrant service, water, 812 00
Expenses.
Services at fires . $106 00
Labor on fire alarm
45 00
Labor on hydrants . 58 50
Clerk of Engineers .
25 00 -
Clerk of Hose No. 2 . 5 00
Janitor Hose No. 2 ·
52 00
Janitor Hose No. 3 . 52 00
Other labor
4 00
347 50
Horse hire.
Use of horses and pungs, $441 16
441 16
Equipment and Repairs.
Apparatus . $626 04
Equipment for men . 2 00
Equipment for fire alarm, 213 83
Gasoline and oil
232 49
Freight
6 13
Water
14 00
Use of bells
.20 00
1, 114 49
Amounts carried forward,
$12,980 03 $35, 147 96
1
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1920]
Amounts brought forward, $12,980 03 $35,147 96
Fuel and Light.
Fuel .
$492 70
Lights
94 30
587 00
Maintenance of Building.
Repairs
$63 08
Bedding, laundry, etc.,
171 09
Miscellaneous supplies, 2I 48
$255 65
Other Expenses.
Printing, stationery and
postage
$12 75
Telephone
67 18
Rent .
211 67
291 60
Fire Alarm Boxes.
Labor
$22 50
Boxes
500 00
Wire and line material
370 60
Express
6 90
900 00
15,014 28
Inspector of Buildings.
Salary and Expenses.
Salary ·
$400 00
Printing
·
14 25
Postage
·
3 00
417 25
417 25
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salary and Wages.
Salary
$150 00
150 00
Amounts carried forward,
$150 00
$50,579 49
. 26
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amounts brought forward,
$150 00 $50,579 49
Other Expenses.
Stationery and printing $2 31
Car fares, teams, etc., 30 60
Equipment and supplies 3 27
36 18
186 18
Gypsy Moth Extermination
Salary and Wages.
Superintendent . · $1,310 06
Labor
2,727 39
4,037 45
Other Expenses.
Hardware and tools
$26 79
Team
459 00
Gasoline and oil
34 90
Rent .
100 00
Arsenate of lead
205 42
Express
91
Telephone
1 00
Car fares
60
828 62
4,866 07
Tree Warden
Salary and Wages.
Warden
·
$81 00
Labor
.
90 00
171 00
Other Expenses.
Telephone
$19 17
Teams
58 00
77 17
248 17
Amount carried forward,
$55,879 91
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1920]
Amount brought forward, ,
$55,879 91
Forest Warden
Salary and Wages.
Warden
$75 00
Labor at fires
22 00
97 00
Total for protection of
person and property, $35,631 89
$55,976 91
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
General Administration.
Salary, chairman
$300 00
Salary, department phy- sician ·
150 00
Salary, secretary of
meeting, ·
50 00
Salary, clerk ·
50 00
Automobile hire ·
205 00
Stationery and postage, 12 85
Printing and advertising, 63 78
Telephone 40 30
Table
7 00
Express
·
I 30
Repairs to safe
8 00
$888 23
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases.
Board and treatment . $57 86
Drugs and medicines . 2 15
Groceries and provisions 41 54
IOI 55
Tuberculosis.
Board and treatment .
$898 89
898 89
Other Expenses.
Disinfectants
$4 23
Sputum cups
8 50
Amts. carried forward, $12 73
$1,888 67
$55,976 91
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TOWN DOCUMENTS. [Dec. 31
Amts. brought forward, $12 73
$1,888 67 $55,976 91
Burial dead animals I 00
Cleaning cesspools · 36 00
49 73
Unpaid bills, 1919
1,938 40 79 66
Plumbing Inspector
Salary.
Inspector ·
500 00
.
500 00 -
Vital Statistics
Expenses on
Births
$199 25
Deaths
73 15
Marriages
27 60
300 00
Unpaid bill, 1919
$24 80
24 80
Inspetor Milk and Cattle
Labor.
Inspector .
$274 00
274 00
Ashes and Garbage
Ashes and garbage.
Ashes and garbage contract, $2,760 00
2,760 00
Total for Health and Sanitation $5,876 86
Highways
General Highway Expenditures.
Labor . $5,133 92
Labor and teams
2,154 II
Amts. carried forward, $7,288 03
$61,853 77
29
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1920]
Amts. brought forward, $7,288 03
$61,853 77
Broken stone, gravel,
etc., . 2,083 13
Equipment and repairs 754 81
Pipe and cement 32 60
Coal and wood .
221 02
Tarvia
·
3,497 68
Freight and express · 37 24
$13,914 51
Equipment for steam roller
including scarifier . $1,225 32
Traffic signs
81 50
1,306 82
Other Expenses.
Grates and frames
$175 40
Signs
43 02
Water street culvert
70 10
Catch-basins
30 88
319 40
Repair and equipment
Auto truck
$5 06
Gasoline and oil
299 50
Insurance on truck
114 00
418 56
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Work on detour
1,500 00
$17,459 29
Automobile Dump Truck.
Sandow 2 ton truck .
3,000 00
Walnut Street under Supervision of State Highway Commission.
General Expenses.
Labor . $1,858 15
Labor and teams
1,169 25
Gravel
53 50
Brick,pipe and cement 83 67
$20,459 29
Amts. carried forward, $3,164 57 $20,459 29
$61,853 77
.
30
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amts. brought forward $3,164 57
$20,459 29 $61,853 77
Coal and wood .
334 94
Use of equipment
109 00
Repairs to equipment,
15 57
Tarvia
1,316 00
Lumber
13 40
Frame and grate
40 16
Telephone
I 20
Oil .
2 60
4,997 44
$25,456 73
25,456 73
Macadam Road-Bond Issue
General Expenses.
On account contract, $24,809 96
Engineer and surveyor 487 83
25,297 79
Other Expenses.
Inspector
$270 00
Labor
210 46
Freight
1 00
Advertising for bids
41 10
Drain pipe
121 28
Curbstone .
43 40
Road stakes
8 10
Two special grates
35 90
Making and painting
signs
.
10 00
Style D, frame and
grate
39 75
780 99
26,078 78
Sidewalks
Expenses.
Concrete
$387 65
Labor
112 15
$499 80
499 80
Amounts carried forward,
$113,889 08
31
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1920]
Amounts brought forward,
$113,889 08
Snow and Ice
Expenses.
Labor
. $2,349 17
Labor and teams
5,276 00
Equipments and re-
pairs
160 86
Sand ·
30 00
Salt .
37 58
Repairs to fence
5 95
1
7,859 56
7,859 56
Street Lighting
Contract.
Electricity
8,911 88
8,911 88
$130,660 52
Total for highway,
$68,806 75
CHARITIES
Overseers of Poor
General Administration.
Salary, Overseer
$400 00
Clerk
28 25
Overseers, extra service
on state and out of
town cases
71 50
Printing, stationery,
postage .
18 46
Telephone
28 40
Traveling expenses
15 91
Team hire
21 00
Outside Relief by Town.
Cash .
5,890 00
Groceries and pro-
visions .
-823 28
Coal and wood . · 512 55
Board and care .
· 571 98
.
Amts. carried forward, $8,381 38
$130,660 52
32
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amts. brought forward, $8,381 33
$130,660 52
Medicine and medical .
attendance
10 35
Dry goods, clothing, etc.,
39 º5
Burial
24 00
State institutions
527 57
Other institution · 180 15
Relief given by Other Cities and Towns.
Cities
338 45
Towns
293 75
Unpaid bills, 1919
1.133 47
$10,928 12
Town Farm
Administration.
Salary, superintendent, $300 00
Salary, matron .
275 00
Telephone ·
58 16
Traveling expenses 5 02
Freight and express
4 20
Maintenance.
Salaries and wages, 2,762 13
Groceries and pro-
visions .
1,610 55
Dry goods and clothing, 165 50
Furniture and fixtures, 17 49
Fuel and light . ·
333 05
Medicine and medicaÏ
attendance
10 32
Water
67 43
Laundry
60 80
Stock and Care of Same.
Stock
892 50
Hay, grain, etc. 4,593 30
Veterinary service for
stock
24 00
Shoeing horses . 28 85
Amts. carried forward, $11,208 30
$10,928 12 $130,660 52
33
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1920]
Amts. brought forward,$11,208 30 $10,928 12 $130,660 52 Equipment.
New equipment 80 09
Repairs to equipment, 77 27
Automobile truck, includ- ing repair, gas and oil, 505 94
Other Expenses.
Seeds
340 06
Fertilizer .
164 74
$12,376 40
Repairs to Buildings.
Carpentry . $3.1 68
Plumbing ·
IO 90
Painting ·
43 2I
Glass, shades, etc.
23 53
Unpaid bills, 1919
525 °3
13,010 75
Total for charities .
23,938 87
Soldiers' Benefits
State and Military Aid.
State aid .
$2,779 00
Soldiers' Relief.
Fuel
$43 40
Soldiers' relief
· 1,653 CO
1,696 40
Soldiers' Burial.
Burial
50 00
Total for soldiers'
benefits .
4,525 40 -
Education
General Expenses.
Superintendent's
salary . $2,730 00
Athletic coach · 75 00
Attendance officers · 175 00
Amts. carried forward, $2,980 00
$159,124 79
3
34
TOWN DOCUMENTS. [Dec. 31
Amts. brought forward, $2,980 00
$159,124 79
School physicians 300 00
Clerk
·
41I 20
Printing, postage and
stationery 195 42
Telephones 158 14
Traveling expenses in-
cluding auto for
Superintendent
214 80
School census
.
133 48
$4,393 04
Teachers' Salaries.
High and Junior High
$36,026 78
Elementary
·
· 43,701 48
Music, drawing, sew-
ing and manual
training .
·
7,466 18
87,194 44
Text Books and Supplies.
High and Junior High.
Books · $3,006 40
Supplies . 2,313 89
5,320 29
Elementary.
Books . $1,569 93
Supplies . . 2,561 II
4,131 04
Manual Training.
Supplies and Equipment, 653 91
Commercial Department.
Supplies and typewriters, 910 43
Domestic Science.
Supplies
94 63
Am Inte carried t od forward
102 607 58 $150. 121 70
1
1920]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT. 3.
Amounts brought forward, $102,697 78 $159, 124 79
Tuition.
Tuition
812 50
Transportation.
Street railway ·
$114 00
Barge and jitney
1,375 30
Transportation for
teachers
70 95
1,560 25
Support of Truants.
Essex County
108 56
Janitor's Services.
High
. $2,592 45
Other
5,528 86 .
8,121 31
Fuel and Light.
High.
Coal and wood . . $3,205 74
Gas and electricity . 326 77
3,532 51
Other.
Coal and wood . · $4,969 79
Gas and electricity 186 35
5,156 14
Building and Grounds.
Interior repairs.
Carpentry and painting,$1,588 47
Plumbing . .
2,649 88
Masonry . 151 72
Electrical . 86 35
Glass, shades, etc. . 214 68
Floor oil £
127 83
4,813 93
Amounts carried forward,
$126,807 98 $159, 124 79
36 .
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amounts brought forward, $126,807 98 $159,124 79
Outside Repairs.
Carpentry and painting, $39 53
Granolithic work
374 30
Grading
35 00
Other repairs
16 75
465 58
Furniture and Furnishing.
High
. $1,072 70
Other
195 93
1,268 63
Janitors Supplies.
High
$57 53
Other
87 21
144 74
Other Expenses.
Diplomas, Graduation.
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