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1873-74
R.M.H.S. RESOURCE CENTER READING, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF READING,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCHI 1, 1874;
THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1873-74;
THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY ;
ALSO OF THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
BOSTON : HOLLIS & GUNN, PRINTERS, 31 HAWLEY STREET. 1874.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF READING,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1874;
THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1873-74;
THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY ;
ALSO OF THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
BOSTON : HOLLIS & GUNN, PRINTERS, 31 HAWLEY STREET. 1874.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
EXPENSES OF SCHOOLS.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid Cyrus A. Cole, prinicipal $1,800 00
Miss Martha Keith, assistant
700 00
H. G. Carey, for musical instruction
79 19
for care of rooms
83 00
for fuel
128 19
$2790 38
PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid Miss Lena T. Wood, principal .
$700 00
Miss Jennie R. Barrus, assistant
252 00
H. G. Carey, for musical instruction
77 33
for care of rooms
83 00
for fuel
· 111 87
1224 20
VILLAGE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Paid Miss A. M. Knight, principal .
$500 00
Miss Addie B. Howes, assistant
138 00
H. G. Carey, for musical instruction
68 41
for care of rooms
74 40
for fuel
63 48
844 29
UNION STREET SCHOOLS.
UPPER MEDIUM.
Paid Miss Mary A. Willis, for teaching $284 00
Miss Emma Eames, 66 50 00
H. G. Carey, for instruction in music
33 08
for care of room
74 40
for fuel
55 75
Amount carried forward
497 23
·
$5356 10
.
4
Amount brought forward .
$5356 10
LOWER MEDIUM.
Paid Miss E. S. Foster, for teaching
$324 00
H. G. Carey, for musical instruction
33 06
for care of room
74 40
for fuel
54 25
485 71
UPPER PRIMARY.
Paid Miss Sarah A. Sweetzer, for teaching
. $306 00
H. G. Carey, for musical instruction .
33 06
for care of room\
74 40
for fuel
33 10
446 56
LOWER PRIMARY.
Paid Miss Ruth L. Pratt, for teaching
· $324 00
H. G. Carey, for musical instruction .
33 06
for care of room .
74 40
for fuel .
30 43
461 89
WALNUT STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Paid Miss E. M. Porter, for teaching
$120 00
Miss Sarah L. Stoodley
240 00
H. G. Carey, for musical instruction .
22 93
for care of rooms
35 00
for fuel
49 63
467 56
WALNUT STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Paid Miss Addie B. Howes, for teaching .
$96 00
for care of room .
4 00
for fuel .
12 60
112 60
WOBURN STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Paid Mrs. Nellie F. Temple, for teaching .
$120 00
Miss Helen M. Clark,
240 00
H. G. Carey, for musical instruction
25 06
for care of room .
30 00
for fuel .
3 04
.
463 10
.
Amount carried forward
$7793 52
5
Amount brought forward . $7793 52
WOBURN STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Paid Miss Lillian F. Loring, for teaching
$288 00
H. G. Carey, for musical instruction 25 06
for care of room .
22 15
for fuel .
33 00
368 21
LOWELL STREET MIXED SCHOOL.
Paid Miss Lizzie B. Clark, for teaching · $288 00
H. G. Carey, for musical instruction
25 06
for care of room .
29 00
for fuel
53 17
395 23
MAIN STREET MIXED SCHOOL.
Paid Miss Julia McDuffie, for teaching
$192 00
Miss Florence Parker 66
84 00
H. G. Carey, for musical instruction
25 06
for care of room
27 00
for fuel
29 68
357 74
HAVERHILL STREET MIXED SCHOOL.
Paid Miss Abbie Wakefield, for teaching .
$288 00
H. G. Carey, for musical instruction
25 06
for care of room
27 50
for fuel
33 12
373 68
$9288 38
Appropriation
8500 00
School Fund
197 97
8697 97
Overdrawn
$590 41
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INCIDENTAL SCHOOL EXPENSES.
Paid Nathan Bancroft, for setting glass . $3 20
Wm. Porter. for labor on Union St. school-houses 18 36
W. H. Willis, for school-books 9 48
J. L. Hammett, for crayons 13 00
66 for globe and charts 23 95
F. J. Bancroft, for piano for High School Exhibition 5 00
W. O. Haskell & Son, for furniture for schools 379 10
Adrian Mertens, for use of pump 2 years, 6 00
W. Vermill, for building fence south side of Medium school-house . 39 38
G.W. Parker, removing settees in High School house 4 00
G. W. Parker, for brush for High School house 1 00 .
J. C. Cook, for painting and setting glass 6 90
G.W. Batchelder, labor at Woburn st. school-house 0 90
Citizens' Gas Light Co., for gas for High School .
9 00
W. H. Bancroft, for painting and setting glass 14 69
W. E. Beard, for clock for Upper Primary School . 6 00
Parker & Stone, for pails, brushes, and lock . 3 55
J. C. Cook, painting library-room for High School 16 62
Alden Batchelder, for bookcase for Preparatory High School . 20 00
Otis H. Weed, for ventilators 150 00
John Pike, gas-fitting library-room for High School 9 38
G. W. Atkinson, for brushes, brooms, and pails 4 60
J. L. Pratt, for setting glass . 7 55
Bancroft & Temple, repairs on school-houses . 28 40
Citizens' Gas Company, for gas for High School 6 75
T. B. Pratt, for brushes for High School . 4 00
L. B. Loring, for broom 66 0 40
R. Nichols, cleaning out-house, Woburn St. School. 2 00
5 00
G. O. Batchelder, rent of land for Main St. School Adelbert E. Batchelder, for setting glass .
0 75
G. Beasley, removing ashes from High School-house 4 00
J. N. Nichols, for setting glass .
3 85
Parker & Stone, for bell-rope for Walnut Street school-house . 1 05
Parker & Stone, for glass and putty
0 30
N. W. Broad, for fixing lock 0 65
W. H. Bancroft, for setting glass
4 10
W. H. Willis, for school-books .
8 21
Lang's Express, for freight.
2 20
Eugene De Jean, for labor and furniture .
2 90
Hiram Barrus, for school-books. 85
G. W. Atkinson, for brushes and rope 5 54
T. Littlefield, for dippers, and repair of stoves 26 43
$939 04
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EXPENSES POOR AT THE ALMS HOUSE. INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Furniture
$293 29
Beds and Bedding
245 65
Provisions .
111 98
Stoves and fixtures
103 75
Manure
65 00
2 horses
425 00
1 cow .
65 00
2 swine
30 00
2 carts
135 00
1 farm wagon
85 00
1 horse sled
25 00
1 stone wagon
20 00
1 mowing machine
00
Farming utensils
159 00
Wood and coal .
130 12
Posts and lumber
15 00
Hay
99 50
13 fowls
15 00
Grain and meal .
4 00
Produce
Bills due for labor, produce, and stock
wood and lumber .
220 00
$2771 29
Inventory, March 1, 1873 .
2570 29
Deduct supplies for 828 travellers, @ 62 cents each. 513 36
$349 53
Due from Town of Woburn, for support of Asahel Porter. 137 00
Net expense of the Poor in the Almshouse
$212 53
NAMES AND AGES OF INMATES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Widow Mary Dean .
90
66 John McIntire
77
Miss Caroline Wiley
67
Alpheus Austin
54
Asahel Porter .
74
Benjamin Weston
73
Horatio G. Brown .
75
Whole number of inmates during the year.
. 7
Present 66 66
. 6
Average « 66
. 43
Asahel Porter died May 13, 1873.
Widow Mary Dean died August 29, 1873.
16 00
438 00
Cash drawn for supplies
1063 89
$862 89
more than last year.
$201 00
YEARS.
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EXPENSES OF THE POOR AT THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid cash for supplies, for 1872 .
$22 55
for groceries
509 86
for flour and bread
158 70
for grain and meal
214 00
for provisions
for fish .
for bedding and clothing
38 63
for produce
5 76
for stock
255 50
for miscellaneous
5 04
for wood and coal
344 01
for blacksmith bills
36 27
for hired labor
188 91
for medicine
4 25
for shoes
2 60
for repairs on carts
3 25
for wheelbarrow .
2 50
for ice
12 00
for horse cart (in exchange)
50 00
for medicine for horse.
8 00
for repairs on buildings
49 07
for farming utensils 4 65
for funeral expenses of Asahel Porter 27 00
for medical services-J. H. Hanaford's bill
5 00
for -F. F. Brown's bill
13 50
for salary of superintendent
500 00
$2880 73
CREDITS AT THE ALMSHOUSE.
Received for stock sold .
$76 95
for lighting street lamps
49 25
for wood sold
338 57
for removing ashes from High School house
4 00
for use of lock-up
2 00
for guns sold
14 50
for boarding horse
5 25
for labor on highways .
681 00
for labor for sundry persons
7 35
for labor on cisterns .
178 50
of N. H. Turner, for labor .
12 00
of Charles Tweed, for labor
42 12
of Charles Tweed, for board
183 00
of James Sullivan, Jr., for board
$48 00
of Abigail Beers, for board
70 00
Amount carried forward,
$1712 49
382 56
20 76
for furniture
16 36
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Amount brought forward, $1712 49 Received of Silas and Ellen Dean, for support of Widow Mary Dean . 52 00
of Mrs. John Judkins, for wood for 1872 .
4 50
for Widow Mary Dean's dower . 10 00
for removing snow from roads and sidewalks . 37 85
for cash for supplies .
1063 89
$2880 73
EXPENSES OF THE POOR OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for supplies for Benjamin Weston
$104 50
66 66 Ivory Murray ·
$73 51
" Funeral expenses of Mrs. Murray.
. 65
F. F. Brown, for medical services
15 75
110 91
for supplies for Joseph Bryant .
171 90
66 66 Sylvanus Blanchard
90 26
F. F. Brown, for medical services
7 50
97 76
for supplies for Morris Donnegan
40 67
F. F. Brown, for medical services
11 50
for supplies for Michael Daly and family 13, 75
F. B. Kimball, for medical services 33 25
Daniel Sullivan, taking care of M. Daly while sick . 22 50
North Reading, for supplies for Henry Jenkins.
for supplies for William Pierce
44 94
66 66 Aaron McIntire
44 77
" 66 Mrs. Calvin Nichols
68 35
F. F. Brown, for medical services
1 25
69 60
for supplies for Mrs. White
11 02
F. B. Kimball, for medical services
16 25
for supplies for Mrs. Ellen Wall .
22 50
66 McFadden .
1 60
66 Catherine O'Keefe
10 00
wood for 66 John Judkins
4 06
66 Henry Baker
4 50
66
supplies for Edmund Grover
15 00
railroad tickets for paupers .
1 05
66 board for Abby Heselton, at Worcester Lunatic Hospital. 115 00
Deduct Jona. Heselton's note, given for Abby Heselton's board, as above.
115 00
$897 53
Due from Town of Bradford, for support of Samuel Poor
26 35
Net expense of poor out of the Almshouse
$871 18
66 in the Almshouse
212 53
Whole expense of poor out and in the Almshouse
. $1083 71
.
52 17
69 50
45 50
27 27
$1012 53
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid E. A. Winship, for services as School Com., 1872
$48 50
C. D. Wright, «
66
66
55 00
W. J. Wightman 66
66
66 66
37 00
Hiram Barrus 66 66
66
66 18 00
E. A. Winship 66
66 1873
30 00
C. B. McIntire 66 66 66
. 25 00
Charles Tweed, for services as selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor 87 00 Nathan P. Pratt, for services as selectman, as- sessor and overseer of the poor . 140 00
W. J. Wightman, for services as selectman, as- sessor and overseer of the poor . 297 00
James A. Bancroft, for services as treasurer and collector
350 00
James A. Bancroft, for services as road commiss'r.
50 00
Charles Tweed, 66
50 00
Charles A. Weston, “ 66
66
50 00
Charles Tweed, 66
com. on cisterns .
132 00
Nathan P. Pratt, 66
30 00
Charles H. Lang, 66
15 00
W. J. Wightman, 66 66
66 15 00 .
Andrew Howes, 66
as auditor
3 00
William L. Crowe, police ·
as constable and
23 00
W. J. Wightman, for services as town clerk 25 00
W. J. Wightman, for recording births, deaths, and marriages .
57 80
W. J. Wightman, for making other official records . 12 00
$1550 30
TOWN OFFICES.
Paid William Proctor, for rent . $150 00
J. C. Cook, for painting and whitewashing 21 34
Charles H. Lang, express
3 25
for fuel
9 50
for stationery
3 75
for postage stamps
2 75
for broom
45
$196 04
NIGHT WATCHMAN.
Paid John Norwood for services . $370 00 Harris Austin 168 00 ·
$538 00
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.
·
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PRINTING.
Paid Hollis & Gunn for town and school reports
$300 00 66 order of exercises for High School,
tax bills, and selectmen orders 38 50
Gray & Metcalf, for advertising dog notice 2 00
66 for printing course of studies . 21 00
$361 50
PUBLIC LIBRARY. .
Paid E. Appleton for moving library, rent, &c. $250 00 66 on account of library appropriation 250 00
F. H. Knight, treasurer of library 250 00
66 66 dog tax for 1872 .
80 59
$830 59
Appropriation · .
750 00
66 of dog tax .
80 59
830 59
CEMETERY.
Paid Solon Bancroft, Treasurer
.
.
·
$1210 85
Appropriation
. $500 00 .
Former appropriations remaining in the Treasury . 850 00
1350 00
Amount remaining in the Treasury to credit of Trustees. · $139 15
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
Paid Nathan D. Stoodley
.
·
$250 00
Appropriation
. $250
STREET LAMPS.
Paid C. W. Hebard, for fluid and lamps $5 62
John Pike, for labor and materials 12 22
Amos McIntire, for painting, and repair of lamps 11 50
J. C. Cook, for repair of lamps 2 75
T. Littlefield " 66 0 50
Citizens' Gas Light Company, for gas. 7 07
George Beasley for lighting .
108 25
$257 91
DAMAGES PAID FOR LAND TAKEN FOR HIGHWAYS.
Paid Estate of Amos Parker, for land to widen Orange st. $50 00
Abner Bancroft,
66
Green 66 650 00
Isaac Adams,
66
66 150 00
R. L. McPherson, 66
66
66 25 00
D. C. Temple,
25 00
Emory Bancroft, Adm'tr,
60 Bancroft av. 80 00
66 66 60
66
High st. 30 00
William Carter, 2d, 66
66
350 00
$1360
.
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REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
Paid Charles Tweed, road commissioner, for money ex-
pended for labor
$431 49
Charles A. Weston, road commissioner, for money expended for labor
1703 45
J. Breck & Son, for pick handles
3 12
Dodge, Gilbert & Co., for hammers
1 16
C. B. Holt, for labor
28 81
J. G. Hutchinson, for labor
172 00
Dennis P. Babb, 66
50 00
J. L. Pratt,
42 00
Charles Wakefield,
8 50
Newton Symonds 66
8 00
Alfred Nichols 66
295 72
Robert A. Harmon
40 00
B. Whelton 66
115 50
Emerson Smith
213 75
N. P. Pratt, 66
21 00
George Beasley, 66
681 00
T. F. Gould, for blacksmith work
5 77
John A. Blunt
16 33
Committee on cisterns for gravel
75 00
Richard Robinson,
66
33 54
$3946 14
Appropriation
$4000 00
Unexpended
53 86
$4000 00
EXTRA HIGHWAY WORK.
Paid Charles Tweed, for money expended on widening High Street . ·
$425 94
Charles Tweed, for money expended on widening Bancroft Avenue .
330 00
Charles Tweed, for money expended on widening Green Street
286 70
R. M. Wilkins, for covering stone for culverts 179 28
J. Adan Waldo, for drain pipe .
10 24
J. L. Pratt, for posts and rails, and repairing guide board
9 00
James M. Eames, for bound stone
18 00
Henry Cook, for moving wall on Franklin Street 2 00
W. M. Phillips, for plank for bridge . 3 00
Alfred Nichols, for labor on highway, setting posts and rails
34 62
J. L. Pratt, for labor on highway .
2 50
.
N. W. C. Carter, for rails for highway
39 99
.
$1341 27
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EXPENDED ON CISTERNS.
Paid Charles Tweed, for money expended on cisterns ·
$811 25
Charles H. Lang, « 66
110 42
Edward Parker, for labor 57 75
N. H. Turner
410 37
Boston and Maine Railroad, for freight and bricks 52 45
Peterson & Parker, for cess-pool stone
42 00
Bancroft & Temple, for brick .
340 00
Dennis P. Babb, drawing engine to well on Green St. 0 50
Dennis P. Babb, for drawing stone for cistern .
15 00
J. Adan Waldo, for drain pipe Young & Emerson, for cement
323 75
S. M. Hall, for labor
197 96
C. H. Moulton, for building cistern on Green Street .
150 00
Dennis P. Babb, for labor
16 00
G. W. Atkinson, for lanterns and nails
7 31
N. P. Pratt, for labor
14 00
Bancroft & Temple, for freight on bricks
88 00
66 66 for stock and labor
55 18
T. B. Pratt, for kerosene oil 0 30
4 52
George Beasley, for labor
178 50
John A. Blunt, for blacksmith work
40 25
George Bancroft, for sand . 38 00
1 49
Boston and Maine Railroad, for freight]
1 80
Samuel Brown, for plank
4 89
B. Whetton, for labor .
104 68
Emerson Smith, for labor
100 00
Received of Road Commissioners, for gravel
75 00
$3148 57
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid C. H. Moulton
$66 00
J. G. Hutchinson .
40 00
Rufus W. Damon .
1 25
Alfred Nichols
18 50
Frederick Bancroft
2 00
J. L. Pratt
24 50
Tim Riorden.
22 50
Emerson Smith
10 12
Daniel Sullivan
19 50
David Crowell
17 50
George Beasley
37 85
W. H. Temple, for removing snow from reservoirs
10 00
Levi Town, 66
66
1 75
Charles Tweed
3 00
$274 47
S. N. Stone, for powder, fuse, and shovels . E. Hamden, for plank .
6 20
$3223 57
N. W. Broad, for labor and materials .
48 00
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MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid John Norwood, for handcuffs $1 75
Nathan Bancroft, for care of, and repairing, Town flag 9 50
W. H. Willis, for vaccinating 26 persons 10 40
Emery B. Eames, for damages sustained on highway. 450 00
Edward Safford, for Lyceum Hall
50 00
Moses H. Garfield, for painting hearse
28 10
G. C. Gleason, for expenses for use of hearse
5 00
C. P. Judd, for settlement of Mrs. Case's suit
750 00
George W. Dean, for ringing bell
3 00
North Reading, for bound stone, and setting same 2 00
T. B. Pratt, for refreshments at Salem Street fire 20 28
Parker & Stone, 66
66 66
6 80
G. W. Atkinson,
6 70
H. E. Cox, 66 66 66
2 00
H. D. Babb, for teaming derrick. .
2 75
S. E. Gould, for land on Woburn Street
100 00
J. C. Cook, for painting case for weights and measures Boston Herald, for advertising
31 20
G. C. Gleason, for Return of Deaths to Town Clerk .
13 25
C. H. Moulton, for moving Hancock Engine house
8 00
W. D. Washburn, for damage to carriage 65 00
C. P. Judd, for witness fees in Mrs. Case's suit . 19 25
F. B. Kimball, for services 7 00
3 00
George Bancroft, for drawing engine to fire, 1871
2 00
B. Peabody, for repairs of Town pumps 73 70 Dennis Batchelder, for repairs of Lobs Pound bridge James Doucette, for use of derrick at " 66
13 00
John N. Sanborn, for stone and labor " 6 00 66
54 00
North Reading, for repairs on bridge on Main Street.
10 98
W. L. Crowe, for watching fire on Salem Street . 3 00
3 00
J. S. Pike,
Nathan Bancroft, for taking care of Town flag . 5 00
for deed of land from and to S. E. Gould and R. T. Dodge . 4 00
for deed of land from George Parker to the Town 1 00
for railroad tickets 7 25
J. A. Bancroft, for survey of Woburn St. school yard. 4 00
$3223 57
3 50
John A. Blunt, for tending check-list .
17 25
Alfred Nichols, for labor on Mill bridge .
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF ENGINEERS
OF THE
READING FIRE DEPARTMENT.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Citizens of Reading :
The Fire Department, as at present organized, consists of a Hook and Ladder Truck, located on Middle Street, manned by sixteen men ; Hancock Engine, No. 2, located on Woburn Street, manned by forty men; Eagle Engine, No. 4, located on Union Street, manned by sixty men. The Washington Engine, No. 3, located on Ash Street, has been placed under the charge of Captain T. F. Gould, who has organized a Company of volunteers, who serve without pay. The Union Engine, No. 1, has been placed under the charge of Solon A. Parker, Esq., and is now located at his mill on Pearl Street, and has no company,-making a total force of one hundred and twenty-two men, including a Board of five Engineers. The Hook and Ladder Truck and Engines Nos. 2 and 4 are in good order, well manned, and are officered by men well qualified to command, and who thoroughly understand their duties. The Department is now supplied with about 2,200 feet of hose, 1,011 feet of which has been purchased the past year, and which we consider. will be sufficient for several years to come. The house occupied by Hancock, No. 2, having for some years past been considered too small for housing the Engine and convening the Company at its monthly meetings, the town, at its August meeting, appropriated the sum of $2,000 for
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a new house, and instructed the Board of Engineers to contract for and superintend the erection of the same. In accordance with those instructions, we have contracted with W. M. Phillips, Esq., to furnish material and erect a house 22 x 38 feet for the sum of $1,800. Some alterations have been made in the original contract ; and these, with the expense of grad- ing, etc., will make the total cost of the building not far from $1,900. The house will need furniture and fixtures for the convenience of the Company and those having charge of the apparatus ; and, not feeling authorized to expend any of the original appropriation for that purpose, we shall ask for an appropriation to enable us to do it the ensuing year. The building is rapidly approaching completion, and will be ready for occupancy early in April. The first fire that occurred since the last Report, was a building located at the corner of High and Green Streets, owned by Mrs. Martha J. Greenwood, and occupied by Moses Mears as a shoe shop and saloon. This fire broke out at 11 o'clock, P. M., on the 2d of May, and was confined to the building in which it originated. The loss was about $400, and was fully insured. On May 3d, at about midnight, fire was discovered in a building on Salem Street, owned and occupied by F. Miller, as a cabinet manufactory. The building and contents were totally destroyed; loss, $3,500 ; insurance, $400. June 15th-alarm caused by the burning of a screen at the drug store of R. J. Bell ; damage trifling. July 12th, 10 P. M., a fire was discovered in a building on Belmont Street, owned and occupied by F. Tetten- born as a cabinet shop, and from thence it extended to a barn owned by Loton Parker, and also to a building owned by M. D. Berry and occupied by Dr. E. M. Pitman. From this building the fire communicated to the long wooden structure known as the Berry Steam Mill, and owned by J. C. Sleeper, of Malden. This fire created a general alarm in Wakefield, and the whole department of that town was soon on the spot ; but, on account of the scarcity of water, they were not called into service. Our own department, however, by great exer- tions, succeeded in saving the dwelling-houses of Mr. Parker, Dr. Pitman, and Rev. W. A. Thompson. The want of water
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at this fire was a source of solicitude on the part of the Engineers, and had the wind been fresh in almost any other direction, there must have been a most extensive conflagration. We will say, in this connection, that our water supply has since been increased by the addition of five large cisterns and three powerful wells, making a total of ten cisterns and ten wells located on the public highways, and under the control of the Engineers. There are also four private wells of large capacity, that would be available at any time in case of need. The aggregate loss by the last mentioned fire was estimated to be $8,000; the aggregate insurance was $5,800. Septem- ber 10th, a most outrageous attempt was made about midnight to fire the Lyceum Hall building, by setting fire to some rub- bish at the rear door of the store occupied by G. W. Atkin- son. Luckily, however, it was discovered before making much headway, and was extinguished by Assistant Engineer Nichols and his family, without creating a general alarm. On Septem- ber 24th the Department made their annual parade ; and, after marching through the principal streets, repaired to Main Street, where a public exhibition of the apparatus took place, to the entire satisfaction of the Engineers and other citizens of the town who were present.
The expenses of the Department for the past year have been as follows :
Paid E. E. Smith, for services as Steward of Hancock En- gine, No. 2. $35.00
66 repairs on Hancock Engine, No. 2 3.25
66 " oil, for 1.50
W. H. Temple, for services as Engineer for 1872 25.00
C. C. Cummings, for services as Steward of Eagle Engine, No. 4 . 50.00
C. H. Danforth, for services as Engineer 17.00
G. H. Parker. 20.00
William Vermill, for services as Steward of Hook and Ladder Company 5.00
Members of Fire Department, for services for the year ending April 30th, 1873 . 1122.50
Alfred Hale, for rubber suits 39.00
F. O. Dewey, for lanterns and globes. 7.50
E. C. Nichols, for labor and stock on engine-houses. 5.60
Amount carried forward $1331.35
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Amount brought forward
. $1331.35
Paid P. McCall, for wrench, belts and straps 4.30
Hunneman & Co., pole and fitting for engine 3.00
F. J. Bancroft, for drawing Hancock Engine to fires 4.00
J. C. Cook, for painting 15.79
Joseph Huse & Son, for boiler grate .50
W. H. Wentforth & Co., for boiler top 4.25
C. H. Lang, Chief Engineer, for firemen's parade . 100.00
Dennis P. Babb, for drawing engine to fires
7.00
Hunneman & Co., for brass hub for engine. 2.50
N. H. Turner, for setting boiler .
3.38
H. A. Winship & Co., for sundry articles for engine.
59.45
E. E. Smith, for services as a member of Hancock Engine 6.00
G. W. Atkinson, for oil, can, chamois skin, &c. 4.14
Lang's Express, for rope for Hancock Engine . 6.30
F. O. Dewey, for lamp fixtures 1.75
J. W. Gleason, for labor and materials on Engine No. 3 5.89
H. E. Cox, for wood
2.12
John A. Blunt, for repairs on engines
13.55
Brigham & Co., for steel letters 1.75
N. W. Broad, for labor on engine-house
0.75
Parker & Stone, for oil and can for Hancock Engine . 2.90
S. N. Stone, for rope for Eagle Engine-house 7.70
Lang's Express, for freight, and bills paid .
14.65
Joseph Breck & Sons, for pulleys for Eagle Engine- house. 4.00
G. W. Atkinson, for kerosene oil .
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Samuel Brown, for repair of ladders
4.00
T. Littlefield, for water-pot .
0.75
-$1611.90
APPROPRIATION $2000.00
Unexpended
388.10 .
$2000.00
EXTRA EXPENSES.
Paid James Boyd & Son for hose
· $495.00
Dempsey, Legro & Co. "
·
1030.95
W. M. Phillips, in part, for building engine house · 1200.00
2725.95
The expenses of the Department will be somewhat more the ensuing year, for the reason that ten (10) men have been added to the Hancock Engine Company, and four (4) to the Hook and Ladder Company. The Hook and Ladder Truck
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will also need painting, and the Eagle Engine will need a coat of varnish. We therefore recommend that the same sum as last year ($2,000) be appropriated for the expenses of the Department the ensuing year, one hundred dollars of which shall be expended for the annual fall parade. We also recom- mend that one hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated for furnishing the new Engine House on Woburn Street.
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