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We believe there is work to be done for bettering this branch of the ser- vice both internally and externally.
The Central Station has a well equipped Hook and Ladder Company with a fine team of horses and a twenty-four hour per day driver, and generally reaches a fire first. The Hose Company at the Central Station has a heavy wagon which when loaded with men and equipment weighs over 4400 pounds, which one horse is required to pull through snow and mud and up hill at a fast rate. The Hose Company at No. 2 House is operated with a hired horse which is generally available, although at present has been out of service for a week or ten days with no substitute. The firemen are paid by the hour schedule, and live and work both near and far; but have sufficient interest in the work that there are always plenty of workers at the fire by the time the apparatus arrives.
An Auto Combination Chemical with 40 gallons and 200 feet of chemical hose and 4 extinguishers, 1500 feet of fire hose, 42 feet of ladders, all small tools and a company of 8 men responding on first alarm would extinguish
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ninety-nine per cent of the Norwood fires. A second alarm if necessary would bring out the remaining apparatus and men. All call men should receive a yearly salary.
The Annual Saving would approximate $500 on wages and $500 on horses, besides a yearly reduction of $700 in insurance premiums. If an auto is not secured, it will be necessary to install a team for the hose wagon, change over the wagon and stalls and hire a permanent driver for it. The require- ments est imated for the Department for 1916 are $7300 without an auto, $8800 if one is to be purchased costing about $4000.
Minor Repairs have been made in the fire houses. At No. 1 the building has been completely painted and decorated at a saving of $60 over the bids submitted. Sewer and drainage connections have been made and other minor changes. At No. 2 House a new heater has been installed and the driveway improved. .
FIRES AND ALARMS FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1915n
Date
Box
Time
Location
Property
Owner
Probable Cause
Jan. 16 Still
Market St.
Electric Light
Town of Norwood
21 38
12.30 P. M. Dean St.
Dwelling
30 36 10.28 P. M. 260 Lenox St.
Dwelling
Feb.
1 34
10.14 P. M. Market St.
Bakery
5 27
8.55 P. M. 89 Hill St.
Dwelling
Frank S. Forrest
9 Still
Washington St.
Nor. Clothing
Sanborn Block Railroad bank
Mar.
Still
1.00 P. M.
Grass Shattuck woods Grass
5|Still
7.15 P. M.
Meadows
9 Still
5.15 P. M. Dean St.
Burke's woods
9 Still
7.15 P. M. Short St.
Grass
12 Still
2.15 P. M. Washington St.
Grass
12 Still
2.30 P. M. Lincoln and Winter
Woods
13 59
3.16 P. M. Wilson St.
Woods
13 Still
Broadway
Grass
13 Still 10.00 A. M.
Grass
Railroad bank
13 Still
12.00 M. Bird's Field
Grass
13 Still
3.00 P. M. Town Dump
Rubbish
13 Still
4.50 P. M. Prospect St.
Woods
13 Still
10.30 P. M. Hill St.
Grass
13 Still 9.00 P. M. Pleasant St.
Drying room
G. H. Morrill Co.
Oily rags
14 Still
10.45 A. M. Winter St
Woods
Nor. Real Estate
Spark from pipe
14 Still
7.00 P. M. Filter Beds
16 Still
8.15 A. M. Pleasant St.
Dwelling
Mike Lee
Defective chimney
16|S 10.30 A. M. Neponset St.
Woods
16 Still 11.45 A. M. Washington St.
18 Still 6.45 P. M. Prospect St.
Awning Woods
Sanborn Block
Spark cigarette
4 Still
1.45 P. M. Winter St.
5 Still
8.45 A. M. Washington St.
Dennis McCarthy Morris Nomerosky F. A. Fales
Overheated stove Saftey plug boiler Overheated stove Oily rags Awning
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14 Still 9.45 A. M. Lyman Place
Dwelling
FIRES AND ALARMS FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1915 .- Continued.
Date
Box
Time
Location
Property
Owner
Probable Cause
Mar. 19 Still
1.15 P. M. Winter St.
Woods
19 Still
2.15 P. M. Winter St.
Woods
20 Still
3.00 P. M. Phillips Ave.
Grass
20 Still
6.30 P. M. Monroe St.
Grass
20 Still
5.25 P. M. Neponset St.
Grass
20 23
1.21 P. M. Lenox & R. R. Ave.
Dwelling
Jake Beyer
Burning Grass Burning Grass
20|29
4.12 P. M. 39 Higgins Creek
Hen coop
Mrs .. D. Higgins
21 16
5.08 P. M. Shattuck School
Grass
21 43
1.54 A. M. 51 Dean St.
Dwelling
George H. Morse
Overheated stove
26|Still
11.00 A. M. Howard St.
Woods
26.55
12.10 P. M. Walpole St.
Woods
26 38 1.45 P. M. Pleasant St.
Grass and woods
Filter beds
28|Still 3.00 P. M.|Prospect St.
Fay's Grove
29 Still 12.45 P. M. Broadway
Grass
31 Still |11.15 A. M. Washington St.
Dwelling
H. T. Atwood
Defective chimney
31 Still 12.00 M. Walnut Ave.
Grass
31|19
3.30 A. M. Vernon St.
Brooder
H. C. Babcock
Overheated stove
8 Still 1.30 P. M. Forbes Hill
Grass
. 14 Still 9.45 A. M. Broadway
14 Still 10.25 A. M. Prospect St.
Woods
15 Still 10.45 A. M. Endicott St.
18 Still 3.45 P. M. Alley's Woods
20 Still 2.30 P. M. From Walpole, woods
20 Still
6.00 P. M. Clapboardtree St. 1.30 P. M. Neponset St.
Woods
May
1 43 10.59 A. M. 7 Sturtevant Ave.
Dwelling
5 47 12.25 A. M. 6 Chapel Court
Dwelling
9 27 12.08 P. M. Washington St.
Dwelling
Woods
J. E. Lewis August Leptonen S. C. Gould
Cleaning with naphtha Cigarette on carpet Electric light wire
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April 3|44
7.52 P. M. Washington St.
Dwelling
Railroad ties
N. Y., N. H. & H.
Brush
20 Still
9|Still | 3.00 P. M. Fay's Grove
FIRES AND ALARMS FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1915-Continued.
Date
Box
Time
Location
Property
Owner
Probable Cause
May 10 27
8.59 P. M. Railroad Ave.
Blacksmith shop
E. W. Allen
14 25
2.53 P. M. Washington St.
Town auto
Town of Norwood John E. Lewis
Spontaneous combus. Oily rags
19 Still
|12.55 P.M. Nahatan St.
Woods
Rear T. Dolan's
31 Still |12.35 P. M. Prospect Ave. Ex.
Grass
June 4 Still 5 27
9.30 A. M. Washington St.
Club & Library
St. Cath. Church
Spark from blacksmith
20 Still
1.45 P. M. 6 Vernon St.
Papers in yard
25 75
Short St.
Paroid building
F. W. Bird & Son
28 18
12.24 P. M. 379 R. R. Ave.
Dwelling
Coleman McDonough Lighted pipe in clothes
July
3 Still
7.50 P. M. Washington St.
Dwelling
Charles H. Shackley Amel Mattson
Oil stove explosion Oily rags
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20 Still
5.40 A. M. Canton Rd.
Barns
Edmond Codman
J. E. Lewis
Oct.
2 Still 14 Still
1.45 P. M. 556 Washington St.
Tailor Shop
Town of Norwood
18 39
11.18 P. M. Pleasant St. 3.34 P. M. Short St.
Mfg. Cement
F. W. Bird & Son
Nov. 21 59
1.28 A. M. Brook St. Westwood
Dwelling
Dec. 67
8.09 P. M. 12 Savin Ave.
Dwelling
Carl Forsman Oliver McLeod
Oil stove
29|Still |10.00 P. M. 32 Maple St.
Dwelling
Defective chimney Cigarette on floor Cracked bolts of still Fume from benzol
Distillery
G. H. Morrill Co.
27 75
22 Dean St. Cottage St.
Dwelling
Dwelling
H. T. Atwood
Sept. 7 Still
17 48 4.55 A. M. 45 Concord Ave.
Dwelling
Electric Lt. Pole
9 49
7.18 A. M. 1247 Washington St.
Walpole St.
Grass
19|43
7.42 A. M. Dean St.
Cement garage
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School Department.
The repair of school buildings and purchase of school supplies, as in the Library Department, was placed upon the Manager by charter and although this branch of the service has not worked as smoothly as might be desired, yet benefits have been derived. The usual minor repair work of painting, concrete steps, walks, fences, placing and removing storm doors, windows, enlarging and lining coal bins, have all been grouped and done by mechanics under Town employ rather than by contract resulting in saving us from ten to sixty per cent. Electric Light work has been done by the cooperation of the Light Department. One piece of work alone saving $40 from bids. Many supplies have been bought in conjunction with other departments at considerable saving and on others additional discounts have been secured of from ten to twenty per cent; and 2 per cent cash discount has been taken on everything possible. Playgrounds have been graded by the Highway Department, with practically no cost, and in like manner the School De- partment has cooperated with the Police as to salc of cigarettes to minors, jumping on moving vehicles and the regulation of newsboys; and has aided the Light Department in stopping the breaking of street lamps.
Purchasing.
We believe the purchase of supplies for a municipality is one of the most important matters in its operation and our citizens will hardly realize that by perseverance as much as $900 has been saved on one large order of sewer pipe this year. A complete system of requisitions, quotation blanks, or- ders, invoices, price records and the like have been installed and every pur- chase is handled thoroughly and systematically whether it be a package of pins or $8000 worth of coal. Library printing has shown the greatest sav- ing, one order for example saving $22.50 on a bid of $48.50; the next largest reduction has been on hardware, such as twenty-five cent pick handles at $1.70 per dozen, $.22 rope at $.12 and so forth. We have been fortunate on closing on a favorable market for many of our largest supplies and have received such advantageous terms as 83 per cent discount on a twenty car order of sewer pipe and $9.60 per 1000 for sewer brick, $1.08 nct per barrel for cement, and so forth.
The local stores have cooperated with us in a large measure, often giving us the benefit of wholesale prices, others allowing us a municipal discount of 7 to 10 per cent. Except in rare cases, we have taken 2 per cent for cash payments within 10 days and this alone amounts to a considerable sum on a year's purchases of a town. By securing a fraction of a cent reduction on the various classes of road oils and asphalts, totaling about 140,000 gallons, over $700 was saved. Over $325 was saved on a combined order for Highway and Water Department supplies, and we are protected against the rapidly increasing costs. Under our new system all orders are charged' against appropriations, making overdrafts impossible, and a daily balance is carried on all appropriations.
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Manager's Personal Paragraph.
Coming as a stranger into a strange land in the midst of the busy season, I am glad to say the vast majority of the citizens with whom I have come in contact have shown every possible courtesy and have seemed willing to give the system a fair chance; and very few have shown their opposition to the system upon me personally. It is certainly a position in which the enforcement of duty naturally causes dissatisfaction of those affected. I have been most fortunate in serving a Board which has left petty matters entirely in the hands of the Manager, thus upholding his authority as well as inspiring confidence in him.
Courtesy and cooperation have been the watchwords of the various officials with whom I have associated; especially to be mentioned, the Ac- countant, who has been ready with assistance fourteen hours a day. With the loyal support for the past nine months of every town employee from water-boys to superintendents, I honestly believe we have given better or increased service to the total value of the amounts saved, as shown by the foregoing report to be $9330.
In closing I would use the ending of the last annual report of Morris L. Cooke, Director of Public Works of Philadelphia :- Abraham Lincoln said, " I do the best I know how and will continue to do so until the end; if what I do turns out right, what they have said against me will not count; but if what I do turns out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right will make no difference."
Most earnestly and respectfully submitted by your General Manager.
CLARENCE A. BINGHAM.
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GEORGE O. CAPEN, COLLECTOR OF TAXES, JAN. 1 TO JAN. 18, 1915.
Committments
Collections Uncollected
1914 Taxes,
285.66
53.18
232.48
Watering and Treating Streets,
297.05
21.00
276.05
Moth Assessments,
2,255.69
174.26
2,081.42
Apportionments or Sewer Assessments,
347.81
33.83
313.93
Committed Interest,
96.38
5.28
91.10
Apportionmnets of Betterments,
11.01
1.30
9.71
Committed Interest, 1913 Taxes,
6,040.10
129.92
5,910.18
Watering and Treating Streets,
50.30
50.30
Moth Assessments,
247.18
247.18
Apportionments of Sewer Assessments,
49.55
49.55
Committed Interest,
16.07
16.07
Apportionments of Betterments,
3.00
3.00
Committed Interest, 1912 Taxes,
2,461.55
6.00
2,455.55
Watering and Treating Streets,
4.51
4.51
Moth Assessments,
55.62
55.62
Apportionments of Sewer Assessments,
7.62
7.62
Committed Interest,
16.06
16.06
Apportionments of Betterments,
2.00
2.00
Committed Interest, 1911 Taxes,
1,806.86
18.00
1,788.86
Watering and Treating Streets,
7.51
7.51
Apportionments of Sewer Assessments,
2.87
2.87
Committed Interest,
16.06
16.06
Apportionments of Betterments,
3.69
3.69
Committed Interest, 1910 Taxes,
696.00
696.00
Watering and Treating Streets,
9.70
9.70
Apportionments of Sewer Assessments,
.58
.58
Committed Interest,
21.50
21.50
Apportionments of Betterments, 1909 Taxes,
90.25
90.25
St. Betterment Assessments, 1914,
57.58
57.58
St. Betterment Assessments, 1911,
207.27
207.27
Sidewalk Assessments,
295.81
295.81
Apportioned Betterment Assessments,
32,124.02
107.69
32,124.02
Apportioned Sewer Assessments,
25.67
abated
Water Rates,
2,437.74
583.09
1,854.65
Water Sundries,
89.05
89.05
I hereby certify that I have examined the aeeounts of George O. Capen as Collector of Taxes and that the foregoing is a truestatement of eolleetions and that the same have been paid to Harold W. Gay, Town Treasurer.
JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Aeeountant.
$33,820.37
$40,373.65
$6,553.28
1.00
1.00
12,504.22
12,504.22
23.95
23.95
17.35
17.35
18.54
18.54
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HAROLD W. GAY, TREASURER AND COLLECTOR, AS COLLECTOR FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1915.
Committ- ments.
Abate- ments & Transfer Credits.
Collections
Uncol- lected Dec. 31, 1915.
1915 Taxes,
$224,933.50
$1,311.41
$177,800.12 $45,821.97
Street Watering,
1,160.91
940.14
220.77
Moth Assessments,
1,062.72
789.61
273.11
Appor. Sewer Assessments,
5,641.39
3,292.90
2,348.49
Committed Interest,
1,128.77
727.87
400.90
Apor. St. Betterment A.,
127.08
68.47
58.61
Committed Interest,
22.81
10.47
12.34
Sidewalk Assessments,
144.78
144.78
Non-Resident Bank Tax,
609.28
609.28
Street Railway Tax,
. 1,066.62
1,023.05
43.57
Apport. Betterment A.,
295.81
149.63
146.18
Apport. Sewer A.,
35,728.93
7,060.98
28,667.95
Betterment Assessments,
4,450.06
3,604.91
845.15
5,290.29
Water Rates,
35,556.75
253.79
30,012.67
5,290.29
Water Sundries,
89.05
11.50
77.55
Cemetery Accounts, 1914 Taxes,
33,820.37
436.46|
29,751.11
3,632.80
Street Watering,
232.48
222.46
10.02
Moth,
276.05
212.45
63.60
Apportioned Sewer,
2,081.43
1,663.95
417.48
Committed Interest,
313.93
280.00
33.93
Appor. Street Betterment A.,
91.10
42.84
48.26
Committed Interest,
9.71
3.54
6.17
1913 Taxes,
5,910.18
185.08
3,479.86
2,245.24
Street Watering,
18.54
11.69
6.85
Moth,
50.30
15.10
35.20
Appor. of Sewer,
247.18
164.51
82.67
Committed Interest,
49.55
33.38
16.17
Appor. of Street Betterment A.,
16.07
16.07
Committed Interest,
3.00
3.00
1912 Taxes,
2,455.55
26.14
1,033.04
1,396.37
Street Watering,
4.51
4.51
Moth,
17.35
14.11
3.24
Appor. Sewer A.,
55.62
47.22
8.40
Interest,
7.62
6.11
1.51
Appor. Betterment A.,
16.06
16.06
Interest,
2.00
2.00
1911 Taxes,
1,788.86
46.03
283.95
1,458.88
Street Watering,
7.51
7.51
Appor. Sewer A.,
23.95
23.95
Interest,
2.87
2.87
Appor. Betterment A.,
16.06
16.06
Committed Interest,
3,69
.96
2.73
Betterment Assessments,
57.58
16.05
41.53
1910 Taxes,
696.00
440.08
21.64
234.28
Street Watering,
1.00
1.00
Appor. Sewer A.,
9.70
9.70
Committed Interest,
.58
.58
Appor. Betterment A.,
21.50
21.50
1909 Taxes,
90.25
66.25
24.00
1908 Sidewalk Assessments,
207.27
207.27
12,504.22
12,255.00
219.22
Sewer Assessments,
1,132.50
11.00
695.00
426.50
Norwood, December 31, 1915.
I hereby eertify that I have examined the accounts of Harold W. Gay, Treasurer and Colleetor, as Collector and that the foregoing aeeount agrees with the books of the Town Accountant, and that the Collections as shown by him have been duly aeeounted for. JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant.
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REPORT OF TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Dr.
Balance on hand Jan. 1st, 1915,
$19,443.11
Received on account of:
Loans, First National Bank,
30,000.00
R. L. Day & Co.,
30,000.00
R. L. Day & Co.,
5,000.00
Sinking Fund,
15,000.00
Bond & Goodwin,
28,000.00
Loring, Tolman & Tupper,
20,000.00
C. D. Parker,
10,000.00
R. L. Day & Co.,
8,000.00
C. D. Parker,
10,000.00
C. D. Parker,
8,000.00
Cropley, McGaragle Co.,
8,000.00
R. L. Day & Co.,
30,000.00
Cropley, McGaragle Co.,
13,000.00
Sinking Fund,
1,500.00
Premium on Notes:
Cropley, McGaragle Co.,
32.07
Cropley, McGaragle Co.,
40.56
R. L. Day & Co.,
33.33
C. D. Parker,
25.11
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Corporation Tax,
21,377.99
National Bank Tax,
3,341.49
Street Railway Tax,
846.27
State Aid, 630.00
Interest:
Norwood National Bank, Sidewalks:
564.62
171
V. Carlson,
$20.80
James Berwick,
49.50
E. G. Wolfe,
19.98
Virginia Brooks,
4.00
E. L. Murphy,
20.00
J. A. Lyons,
16.00
Fred Carlson,
20.80
$262,985.63
Highways:
Refund,
$ .67
P. J. O'Neil,
.08
Walter Blair,
1.30
F. S. Converse,
59.93
J. E. Conley,
4.00
J. Mutch,
1.00
Walter Smith & Son,
1.30
P. M. Leavitt Co.,
5.00
Norfolk & Bristol St. Ry. Co.,
138.88
Julia Smith,
10.00
Oak Tree Farm,
12.15
Ford Auto Co.,
50.00
J. F. Prien,
.50
A. D. Willett,
5.00
F. E. Carlson,
4.00
Hollingsworth & Vose Co.,
4.48
Ellis Pond Ice Co.,
.42
Seventeen Boys,
4.42
T. F. Holman,
3.25
Mark Flaherty,
2.60
F. A. Fales,
5.20
John R. Parker,
3.25
F. W. Coombs,
9.62
F. A. Snow Co.,
23.00
172
Library Dept. :
J. A. Hewett,
229.67
Chickering Trust Funds,
8.64
Norfolk County Dog Tax,
637.06
Sewer Dept ..
R. B. Newcomb,
34.00
Mass. Highway Dept.,
1.00
Particular Sewer Acct.,
3,090.31
M. H. Howard,
10.00
J. E. Conley,
1.50
C. A. Bingham,
89.00
School Dept .:
Town of Westwood,
25.38
City of Boston,
570.69
A. H. Fittz,
257.74
Com. of Mass.,
370.20
High School Prize:
Dedham Institution for Savings,
20.20
$268,681.84
Cemetery Dept .:
F. W. Talbot,
$ 1,710.99
J. E. Plimpton & Co.,
6.50
Anna M. Day,
30.50
Junk,
7.00
Collections,
695.00
Dedham Institution for Savings, interest,
296.00
Norwood National Bank, interest,
7.08
Cemetery Trust Funds:
C. H. Woods & G. F. Sumner,
100.00
Mary Connor,
100.00
W. A. Talbot,
100.00
H. B. Mylod,
100.00
.45
Philip Berman,
173
G. A. Perkins,
$100.00
C. E. and A. G. Webb,
100.00
Poor Dept .:
Town of Walpole,
248.87
Town of Stoughton,
168.00
Town of Walpole,
374.72
Com. of Mass.,
226.62
H. V. Knight, Adm.,
442.35
F. H. Taylor,
163.77
D. McDonald,
15.00
Norwood Civic Association,
4.50
Health Dept .:
City of Somerville,
87.14
Joseph Caspignario,
20.00
Com. of Mass.,
196.85
Electric Light Dept.
F. A. Morrill,
55.87
H. W. Gay,
35.67
C. M. Callahan,
6.71
Edison Elec. Illg. Co.,
335.30
N. Y., N. H & H. R. R. Co.,
2.57
F. S. Barton,
51,711.79
Fines :
S. H. Capen, Sheriff,
115.00
C. B. Sanborn, Clerk,
705.00
Rents:
P. Lentros,
180.00
Sing Lee,
20.00
Yee Guinn,
160.00
C. Wells,
110.00
$327,420.64
Real Estate:
B. Cushing, Sing Lee,
$ 5.00
12.00
174
H. W. Gay, $20.00
Fire Dept .:
M. E. White,
14.00
Town of Walpole,
35.00
W. F. Tilton,,
3.00
Forbes Estate,
3.64
Water Dept .:
Sinking Fund,
33,000.00
Particular Water,
2,273.82
John Powers,
11.50
Herbert Ballou,
2.55
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co.,
.10
Chadwick Lead Co.,
1.75
Forbes Account,
22.45
J. E. Plimpton Co.,
13.20
Moth Dept .:
H. F. Winslow,
4.25
Merrimack Chemical Co.,
4.96
G. F. Peterson,
2.13
R. L. Mitchie,
3.25
Com. of Mass.,
74.63
J. J. Dorgan,
3.00
Gift:
Norwood Business Men's Committee,
48.19
Town Manager:
C. A. Bingham, 30.00
Town Clerk and Accountant:
283.85
J. E. Pendergast,
Fire Alarm: F. S. Barton, 15.50
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
H. M. King, 104.60
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Nahatan Street :
Estate Nelson White,
$113.75
County of Norfolk,
4,425.00
$367,952.09
Licenses : 14 Pool, $28.00
R. Connolly, Hayden & Murray, E. Leino, H. Tomm, J. H. Murphy, A. Smalski, P. Rus, C. Sansone, J. Balduf, R. J. Connolly, J. Tomm, P. J. Dwyer, Swain & Forsman, S. Vaikasas.
23 Pedler, 322.00
S. Sherman, B. Robinson, D. Lunansky, D. Danovich, F. W. Foster, A. Giacolone, S. Porges, Isadore Ulman, R. Gorden, L. Bart- lett, A. Mardropes, M. Gurber, S. Saunders, G. Grosbayn, W. Karafotas, K. Kosivas, T. Holman, C. F. Holman, J. Belogorosky, C. W. Small, Francis Hogan, J. Balboni, W. Genovezos.
13 Victualler, 65.00
M. Mittel, E. Leino, D. Salemmie, C. San- sone, P. Lentros, A. Kalgren, A. J. Howard, S. Costa, W. Ghisellini, P. Batatis, E. Giam- petro, Swain and Forsman.
31 Jitney,
S. McDavitt (5), J. A. Hall, S. Miller (2), P. Berger, A. L. Ide (2), M. J. Lydon, C. E. Lockery, J. Drummey, Thomas Gardner, P. Sansone, J. Walters, G. Stone, Jas. Hazel- wood, G. Bernier, W. Smith, W. Dolliher, Fenney & O'Brien, J. Scotti, H. D. Smith, A. Ericksen, C. Fate (3), P. Corcoran.
31.00
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4 Auctioneer, $ 8.00
T. H. Hayden, A. K. Nevaickas, J. F. Kiley,
J. M. Folan.
4 Junk and Numbers, 208.00
L. Max, B. Knezneck, C. Metcalf, A. Her- shenson.
2 Fireworks, 4.00
A. C. Phillips, M. Deeb.
Show
Norwood Lithuanian Benefit Society, 5.00
Wheeler Bros., Circus, 15.00
Geo. Lyman Co. (maintaining merry-go-round), 15.00
Slaughter House,
1.00
Guarantee Deposits:
F. G. Allen,
95.59
M. D. Winslow,
50.00
James Berwick,
60.00
F. O. Winslow,
20.44
Lodge of Moose,
29.60
$368,909.72
TAX COLLECTIONS.
Received from Geo. O. Capen:
Taxes,
$6,677.60
Interest,
89.07
Sewer Assessments,
281.95
Sewer Interest,
36.67
Betterment Assessments,
5.28
Moth,
21.00
Street Watering,
53.18
Sundry Interest,
1.30
Received from Taxes,
212,369.72
Treating Streets,
1,178.80
177
Moth Assessments,
$1,031.27
Sewer Assessments,
7,433.32
Sewer Interest,
1,285.00
Betterments,
399.13
Betterment Interest,
15.49
Interest on Taxes, etc.,
2,053.06
Erroneous Receipts :
Taxes,
8.32
Interest,
1.69
Water,
13.80
Costs and Summons,
326.09
Street Railway Tax,
1,023.05
Non-Resident Bank Tax,
609.28
Water Rates,
30,600.76
$634,424.55
Cr.
Paid on Warrants:
Commonwealth of Mass., State Tax,
$33,052.50
Norfolk County Tax,
11,815.01
Bank Tax,
603.22
Repair of Highways,
574.56
Anticipation of Revenue,
165,000.00
Anticipation of Note Issue,
13,000.00
Sewer Bonds,
7,000.00
Water Bonds,
37,000.00
Water Note,
1,500.00
Electric Light note,
2,500.00
Highway Note,
2,900.00
General Purpose note,
8,800.00
Town Office and Park lot,
2,000.00
Winslow School note,
2,000.00
Shattuck School note,
2,000.00
2,900.00
Balch School note,
1,000.00
Sewer Note,
178
Interest on Sewer Bonds,
$8,400.00
Sewer Notes,
246.00
Water Bond,
4,680.00
Water Notes,
240.00
Electric Light notes,
1,312.50
Winslow School notes,
960.00
Shattuck School notes,
140.00
Balch School notes,
2,176.00
Highway notes,
182.00
Town Office and Park lot,
1,360.00
General Purpose notes,
1,035.00
Anticipation of Tax and Note Issue,
2,402.93
Highway Construction Loan,
43.33
Other Warrants,
302,428.29
Balance Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1915,
15,173.21
$634,424.55
HAROLD W. GAY,
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector.
Norwood, December 31, 1915.
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of Harold W. Gay as Treasurer and Collector and that the receipts and payments as shown agree with the Accountant's Records of Receipts and Warrants drawn, and that the cash balance as shown above agrees with the cash on hand December 31, 1915.
JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant.
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMISSION FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1915.
The first election under the new form of government, January 18, 1916, resulted in the election of Clifford B. Sanborn, one year, Francis J. Foley, two years, and Herbert H. Miller three years, to act as a Finance Commission, as required under Sec- tion 16 of the New Charter.
The first meeting of the Commission was held in the Town Office on Thursday evening, January 21st, and organized with Clifford B. Sanborn, Chairman, and Herbert H. Miller, Clerk.
Twenty meetings have been held, both for the purpose of discussing and analyzing the articles in the various warrants as submitted to them for action, and to discuss the various finan- cial problems of the town. Your Commission has attempted at. all times to be open minded in considering the requirements of the various departments, and feel that this being the first year under the New Charter, and with the lack of material at hand, it was not possible to do the amount of work that will be pos- sible and necessary in the succeeding years. A mass of notes has been accumulated for future reference in handling the duties of this Commission when considering future requirements of the various departments. We will not attempt to go into de- tail so far as the work is concerned, for you are familiar with our recommendations as made at the Town Meetings held during the year.
We have submitted to the Selectmen a detailed statement in writing of the probable expenditures and receipts for the year 1916, as required under Section 18, and which, no doubt, will be found under their report. In going through the budget for the coming year, we wish it distinctly understood that none of these items have been acted upon by this Commission, but the figures represent the estimates of the various departments as submitted to the Finance Commission. These will be passed
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upon at later meetings to which the public are invited, due notice of which will be given through the medium of the local paper.
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