Norwood annual report 1923-1927, Part 76

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1656


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The list of citizens chosen for jury duty is appended.


Respectfully submitted,


THOMAS B. MULVEHILL, EDMUND G. DALTON, HAROLD W. BAKER, EUGENE ENDICOTT,


ARTHUR J. FORREST,


Selectmen of Norwood.


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LIST OF PERSONS QUALIFIED FOR JURY SERVICE (INHABI- TANTS OF THE TOWN OF NORWOOD) AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN OF NORWOOD ON JUNE 29, 1926


Name


Address


Occupation


Ahearn, George F.


79 Hill St .


Cloth Maker


Anderson, Harold C.


344 Walpole St.


Machinist


Archibald, Harry B.


Ellis Ave.


Gardener


Badger, Knight A.


Clapboard tree St.


Repairer


Bagley, Frederick H. Bashford, John H. Bettinger, Theodore M. Blair, Walter


303 Prospect St. 25 Monroe St.


Laborer


Retired


Blasenak, John F.


41 Florence Ave. 232 Nahatan St.


Electric Lineman


Brooks, Frederick


20 Rosemary St.


Druggist


Credit Manager


Call, William M. Capen, Chester M. Cashen, Wilfred F. Conley, John Joseph Connors, James J.


49 Florence Ave.


22 Morse Ave.


Manager


9 Warren St.


Insurance Agent


13 Central St.


Student


Coughlin, James L.


66 Cross St.


Telegrapher


Coughlin, Joseph F. Crowell, Herbert C. Curtin, John D. Davis, Clair V.


49 Central St. 413 Prospect St. 94 Mylod St.


Foreman


Bookbinder


Donovan, Daniel


239 Winter St. 350 Lenox St.


Mason


Blacksmith


Artist


Farmer


Accountant


246 Nahatan St.


Painter


120 Cottage St.


Bookbinder


Clerk


Janitor


Chauffeur


Contractor


Building Contractor


Hammer Maker


Salesman


Machinist Helper Dentist Shipper


12 Everett Ave. 26 Oak Road Pressman


176 Vernon St.


Piano Hammer Maker


Gordon, Charles E. Gowell, Albert M.


Greig, Nicholas B.


405 Prospect St. 234 Nahatan St.


Accountant


Printer


Flaherty, Michael J. Flaherty, Thos. M. Flower, George Fred Foren, John F. Frothingham, Franklin Gahagan, Patrick J. Gethro, Joseph C. Gilbert, William H. Gleichauf, Arthur


17 Florence Ave. 284 Lenox St.


Fitzgerald, George F.


126 Cottage St. 9 North Ave. 40 Nichols St. 25 Curran Ave. 178 Winter St. 45 Central St.


56 Hoyle St.


Clerk


Drummey, Thomas J. Ellis, David A. Ellis, Fred R. Farnsworth, William F. Finbow, Richard Fisher, Herbert D.


110 Munroe St.


88 Washington St. 48 Bond St.


Electrician


79 Walnut Ave.


Salesman


80 Hoyle St.


Clerk


192


Name


Address


Occupation


Guimond, Peter


15 Silver St.


Contractor Shoemaker


Gullich, Jacob


9 Elliot St.


Gurney, Stuart W.


40 Saunders Rd.


Superintendent


Hallenback, Marcus H.


58 Saunders Rd.


Engineer


Halstead, Frank E.


45 Howard St.


Clerk


Hartshorn, Edwin E.


179 Vernon St.


Millright


Hill, Arthur G.


89 Cottage St.


Cover Maker


Holden, William G.


46 Garfield Ave.


Machinist


Hubbard, Ezra L.


227 Railroad Ave.


Dealer


Jacobsen, Oley


469 Pleasant St.


Expressman


Jewett, Charles M.


34 Hoyle St.


Bookkeeper Foreman


Jordan, Sidney V.


170 Vernon St.


Kelliher, John M.


199 Pleasant St.


Machinist


Kenefick, Daniel J.


S Hoyle St. 309 Walpole St.


Chauffeur


Kiley, John F.


14 George St.


Student


Kimball, Clarenee H.


425 Prospect St.


Clerk


Kinsman, Willard F.


84 Walpole St.


Retired


Lee, John T.


21 E. Hoylc St.


Painter


Locke, Irving B.


30 Elm St.


Victualler


Lydon, Martin F.


362 Railroad Ave.


Pressman


Lyons, John C., Jr.


65 Winslow Ave.


Bookbinder


Mahar, William G.


9 Lincoln St.


Mechanic


Mahoney, Thomas H.


134 Pleasant St.


Cloth Maker


Massey, Francis A.


1285 Washington St.


Manager Tinsmith


McAuliffe, Henry T.


277 Railroad Ave. 76 Casey St.


Brakeman


McLaughlin, James H.


17 Nichols St.


Foreman


Meissner, Adam R.


17 Nichols St.


Bookbinder


Mohan, Michael


42 Highview St.


Finisher


Morgan, George F.


53 Adams St.


Painter


Morris, Hugh R.


42 Winslow Ave.


Manager


Murray, John F.


33 Press Ave.


Merchant


Mutch, John M. Nead, Carroll P. Nelligan, Daniel M. Nevil, John J.


39 Prospect Ave. 44 Adams St.


Moulder


Newman, LaForrest N.


29 Florence Ave. 116 Wilson St.


Bookkeeper


Nordstrom, Herman O'Brien, George H.


86 Walnut Ave.


62 Elliot St.


Chauffeur


5 Hoyle St.


Clerk


420 Prospect St.


Pressman


Ortla, Howard L.


Electrotyper


Oxner, Perleigh L.


423 Nahatan St. 20 Nichols St.


Printer


Paper Maker


Expressman


O'Connor, Frederick J. O'Connor, Joseph T. Olson, John A.


62 Highland St.


Mason


7 Beacon Ave.


Insurance Agent


Foreman


McDonough, John


Machinist


Kenrick, Walter H.


193


Name


Address


Parker, Fred S.


32 Bellevue Ave.


Parker, Hubert F.


21 Florence Ave.


Parker, Ralph M.


6 Philbrick St.


Payne, Harry M.


180 Winter St.


Payne, Henry C.


288 Prospect St. 30 Pleasant St.


Clerk


Perkins, George A.


52 Highland St.


Printer


Peterson, John Q.


51 Chapel St.


Electrician


Peterson, Robert


294 Lenox Ave.


Packer


Philbrook, Daniel H.


145 Walpole St.


Engineer


Plimpton, Hollis W.


150 Chapel St.


Superintendent


Plummer, Edward C.


32 Prospect Avc.


Machinist


Pope, Edward H.


8 West St.


Foreman


Probert, Harold R.


11 Marion Ave. 854 Washington St. 9 Central St.


Painter


Readel, James L.


352 Nahatan St.


Bookbinder


Readel, Walter P.


402 Nahatan St.


Bookbinder


Reynolds, John F.


100 Winslow Ave.


Business Man


Rice, H. Eugene Rice, Harold F.


1 Walkhill Rd.


Clerk


Robbins, Stanley P.


25 Hoyle St.


Salesman


Robertson, Charles T.


804 Neponset St.


Chauffeur


Sager, Ronald F.


80 Hoyle St.


Accountant


Schaeffer, John W., Jr. Scherer, Louis J.


19 Highland St.


Bookbinder


Seekins, Berton L.


3 Douglass Ave.


Foreman


Sheehan, Joseph A.


742 Washington St.


Engineer


Sheppard, William


61 Highland St.


Machinist


46 Mylod St.


Clerk


32 Florence Ave.


Real Estate Agent


Pressman


Smith, George A.


414 Washington St.


Superintendent


Smith, Julian M.


39 Oak Rd.


Laborer


Smith, Richard H.


32 Chapel St.


Bookbinder


Smith, Samuel R.


409 Prospect St.


Pressman


3 Douglass Cir.


Superintendent


49 Cottage St. 24 West St.


Bookbinder


797 Neponset St.


Salesman


Sullivan, Edmund F.


15 Everett Ave.


Clerk


Clerk


Book Packer


788 Neponset St.


Farmer


Occupation Wool Sorter


Textile Engineer Clerk Merchant


Compositor


Pendergast, Richard F.


Purdy, Victor M.


Millwright


Readcl, Frank M.


137 Nichols St.


Merchant


338 Prospect St.


Treasurer


Slattery, Patrick J. Slee, Warren H. Smeddy, Timothy W. Smith, Dennis H.


185 Vernon St. 22 Lenox St.


Blacksmith


Civil Engineer


Sodergren, Benjamin Spencer, Arthur E. Steele, Robert H. Stevens, Charles H.


Sullivan, Thos. F. Talbot, Arthur W. Talbot, Edward E.


362 Washington St. 46 Guild St.


Draftsman


194


Name


Address


Occupation


Talbot, Frank W.


623 Washington St.


Florist


Talbot, George B.


19 Florence Ave.


Thayer, Axor H.


Thompson, Albert W.


7 Hillside Ave.


Civil Engineer


Thompson, George M.


7 Hillside Ave.


Student


8 Charles St.


Accountant Machinist


Tucker, Herbert E.


29 Everett Ave.


Accountant


Turner, Frank B.


379 Railroad Ave.


Board Cutter


Vincent, Charles A.


42 Mountain Ave.


Bookbinder


Waldheim, John


38 Cedar St.


Musician


Walker, John J.


8 Chickering Rd. 221 Vernon St.


Student


Wallis, Alva E.


Engineer


Watkins, Frank F.


431 Prospect St.


Retired


Weisman, William


176 Roosevelt Ave.


Pressman


Welch, Frank William


48 Marion Ave.


Paper Maker


Wellington, James T.


35 Winter St.


Chemist


Wheelock, John F.


45 Maple St.


Teacher


White, William L.


45 Prospect Ave.


Marine Engineer


Whittier, Arthur


742 Washington St.


Machinist


Williamson, R. Russell


66 Winter St.


Printer


Winslow, Elisha F.


14 Florence Ave.


Tanner


Winslow, Frank H.


8 Berwick Rd.


Carpenter


Wittrup, Andrew J.


423 Prospect St.


Compositor


Wragg, Charles A.


96 Lincoln St.


Merchant


Youlden, J. Howard


305 Prospect St.


Secretary


93 Cottage St.


Letter Specialist Salesman


Thompson, L. Neville Tobin, James D.


67 Walnut Ave.


195


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS


To the Citizens of Norwood:


The Board of Assessors herewith submit their annual report together with the statement of valuations as determining the tax levy for the year 1926.


Organization


The Board organized on March 26, 1926; Patrick J. Lydon was elected as Chairman and James E. Pendergast as Clerk.


Assistant Assessors


Under authority of vote of Town Meeting the Board appointed George L. Banks, Stephen J. Cavanaugh, Timothy M. Connolly, Edward J. Duffey, Eugene L. Murphy, Robert B. Oldham, Howard L. Johnson, Albert N. Refuse, Edmund Sullivan and Charles Sullivan, for the period of thirty days or such shorter period as the Board of Assessors may deter- mine.


Tax Rate for the Year 1926


The table of comparisons of tax requirements submitted herewith exhibits the differences as to the years 1925 and 1926. On September 3, 1926, it was voted that the tax rate for the year 1926 be determined as $28.20 per thousand.


Neponset Valley Improvement


In the year 1926 Norwood was called upon by warrant from the State Treasurer to pay to the Commonwealth $1,960.36 as the first installment of ten annual payments of a total sum of $19,603.60, which was the amount determined as the sum apportioned and assessed against Norwood as its share of the cost of the improvement as authorized in Chapter 655 of the Acts of 1911.


Section 7 of said Act provided that when the Town was called upon for such payment "The Assessors annually divide and apportion the sum which the respective municipalities arc required to pay upon the land benefited in proportion to the benefit received, but no apportionment shall be made that exceeds the special benefit received by the estate assessed."


Acting under the instructions of the General Court the State Department of Health in the year 1921 submitted its report of an estimate of the agri- cultural benefits accruing to lands in Norwood by reason of the work of the improvement.


196


Sinee that date the question of agricultural benefits to lands in Norwood has been given consideration by this Board, the areas in question have been viewed by the Board, interviews have been had with a eonsiderable number of persons familiar with conditions not only as they exist at the present time but also as they existed prior to the work of the improvement. Care- ful attention was given to the efforts of the owners or oceupants of lands in their endeavor to make use of eertain lands within the area supposed to have been benefited for agricultural purposes and so far as ean be learned after diligent enquiry no satisfactory results have followed from sueh efforts and the lands eultivated are reverting to a common condition of meadow grass lands.


Having in mind that the intention of the Department of Publie Health, at the time that the work of improvement was first eonsidered, was that lateral drainage systems should be installed in the entire valley and that the plans showed several of such proposed lateral drains in the Norwood area and that no sueh drainage has been undertaken and that the General Court has refused though requested to appropriate further funds for this project, it is apparent that the areas in Norwood are not receiving the benefit which was originally eontemplated.


The Board of Assessors appreciate that if the assessment levied upon the Town is not passed on to the owners of the several pareels in the Valley Area, the entire burden of eost will fall upon all property within the Town through the general tax levy.


But it is also true that before an assessment is levied for alleged special benefits aeeruing from the improvement the Assessing Board must be eon- vineed and find that the benefit which is assessed is then apparent and of such a nature that it ean be immediately realized upon by the present owner of the property and that it must be a special benefit that can be defended and sustained.


Therefore, after a careful review of all of the information that has eome to the attention of the Board, it is of the opinion that no assessment should be levied in the year 1927 as a Special Assessment against individual pareels for the purpose of meeting the expense which the Town has been ealled upon to pay, because no special benefit ean be found to exist.


Respectfully submitted,


PATRICK J. LYDON, KENNETH MeKENZIE, THEODORE E. GAVIN.


COMPARISON OF TAX REQUIREMENTS


Valuations as Assessed in Each of the Years


1925


1926


Increase $89,393.78


Decrease


Appropriation by Taxation.


$717,701.51


$807,095.29


State Tax.


46,200.00


46,200.00


County Tax .


36,485.97


38,529.19


2,043.22


State Highway Tax.


2,123.00


2,244.00


121.00


Overdraft (abatement)


1,016.41


Overdraft (other) ..


691.00


106.00


Neponset Valley Improvement Assessment


1,960.36


1,960.36


804,217.89


896,134.84


91,916.95


Estimated Receipts. .


41,902.66


47,299.00


5,397.24


Estimated Corporation Tax.


68,555.00


62,000.00


6,555.00


Income Tax (Certified)


53,199.18


57,704.88


4,505.70


Tax on Polls. . .


8,894.00


8,978.00


84.00


172,550.84


175,981.88


Net Charges. . .


631,667.05


711,464.97


79,797.92


Plus Overlay Requirements


6,722.63


4,450.49


2,272.14


638,389.68


715,915.46


Valuation 1925-$24,089,870.00 at $26.50


$638,389.68


Valuation 1926-$25,387,075.00 at $28.20


$715,915.46


$1,016.41 585.00


197


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TABLE OF AGGREGATES OF VALUATION OF PROPERTY Assessed under Date of April 1, for the Following Years: 1926, 1925, 1924, 1923, 1922, 1921, 1920, 1919, 1918, 1917, 1916, 1915, 1914, 1913, 1912, 1911, 1910, 1909, 1908, 1900, 1890, 1880, 1872


Year


No. of


Male Polls


Valuation


of Personal


Valuation


of Resident


Bank Stock


Valuation


of Land


Total


Total


Tax


Rate per


$1,000.00


Horses


Cows


Sheep


Neat Cattle


Swine


Dwellings


Area of Land


Fowl


1926


4,489. $4,620,055


$20,767,020


$25,387,075


$724,893.46


$28.20


96


197


6


8


2,286


6,096


2,253


1925


4,497


4,477,510


19,612,360


24,089,870


647,383.68


26 50


114


193


7


7


81


2,203


6,096


2,369


1924


4,092


4,414,620


17,505,920


21,920,540


593,465.36


26.70


123


269


18


6


2


2,110


6,096


2.397


1923


3,940


3,950,830


16,670,230


20,621,060


541,414.51


25.30


116


269


8


8


3


2,076


6,096


3,020


1922


3,942


3,849,490


16,010,375


19,859,865


516,206.70


25.00


128


321


10


15


33


2,031


6,096


1,525


1921


3,612


3,859,010


15,017,400


18,876,410


484,307.32


24.70


173


365


8


13


42


1,949


6,096


1,214


1920


4,143


4,158,640


14,488,848


18,647,488


354,234.78


18.00


147


335


9


15


86


1,904


6,096


1,438


1919


3,810


2,930,300


12,996,389


15,926,689


262,447.02


16.00


153


275


10


91


77


1,853


6,096


740


1918


3,816


3,243,430


12,762,177


16,005,607


241,314.84


14.60


191


326|


79


146


84


1,849


6,096


1,255


1917


3,782


3,509,205


$117,360


12,760,069


16,386,634


225,509.18


13.30


230


232 182


36


58


1,842


6,096


1,735


1916


3,486


4,923,540


129,600


12,021,570


17,074,710


225,527.00


12.80


267


307


4


55


111


1,744


6,096


2,329


1915


3,296


5,405,900


122,400


11,460,934


16,989,234


224,054.57


12.80


283


375


1


10


85


1,759


6,096


4,325


1914


3,311


5,062,115


113,880


11,123,800


16,299,795


185,920.22


11.00


311


376


11


81


1,697


6,099


6,370


1913


3,168


5,188,050


103,660


10,348,670


15,640,380


168,996.23


10.40


340


438


12


9


106


1,622


6,122


8,336


1912


2,955


5,136,490


94,900


9,412,530


14,644,020


145,031.37


9.50


342


427


18


9


133


1,507


6,125


8,060


1911


2,956


5,453,555


83,950


8,824,960


14,362,465


135,174.39


9.00


346


399


35


57


125


1,437


6,130


3,838


1910


2,545


5,523,645


91,250


8,418,385


14,033,280


134,196.17


9.20


370


358


14


17


70


1,286


6,130;


375


1909


2,287


6,026,870


91,250


7,680,945


13,799,065


121,866.05


8.50


376


328


19


11


52


1,265


6,130,


400


1908


2,150


1,290,095


71,500


4,739,065


6,100,660


160,476.89


25.60


370


350


15


50


328


1


70


300


410


1880


650


456,635


1,338,428


1,795,428


22,486.32


11.80


240


382


1


415


6,231


1872


472


518,540


1,100,016


1,618,556


19,397.79


11.40


185


405


320


6,275


1,240


6,130


1900


1,670


892,595


3,584,214


4,476,809


83,922.56


18.00


397


20


1,069


6,151


890


1890


1,096


513,473


2,052,085


2,564,558


45,398.36


16.60


17


698


6,200


200


and Buildings


Valuation


Estate


198


199


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


To the Citizens of Norwood:


The Board of Health herewith submit the following as their report for the year 1926:


Organization


Following the annual election the Board of Health met and organized as follows:


Chairman, William P. Nickerson; Health Physician, Dr. Joseph J. Hagerty; Inspecting of Plumbing, John A. Shannon; Clerk and Agent, James E. Pendergast; Agent and Inspector of Milk, Dr. James J. Mulve- hill.


The following table shows the contagious diseases reported for the year 1926 in comparison with that of previous years:


Diphtheria


Scarlet Fever


Measles


Typhoid


Fever


Tuberculosis


Cerebro


Spinal


Meningitis


Infantile


Paralysis


Lobar


Pneumonia


Influenza


Total


1905


16


57


10


2


10


-


34


1906


3


36


179


5


5


1


229


1907


S


22


7


2


5


1


47


1908


12


18


10


6


9


55


1909


23


A


47


20


15


109


1910


15


4


53


2


13


1


88


1911


40


5


271


6


0


3


383


1912


12


00


26


1


17


72


1913


IA


13


43


2


9


109


1914


19


18


118


3


14


1


211


1915


28


2


68


3


12


113


1916


26


75


17


2


19


3


143


1917


20


39


17


11


87


1918


2


11


195


1


12


11


1100


1332


1919


14


41


9


2


19


1


16


500


602


1920


or


29


48


5


9


3


37


85


135


1921


00


10


64


1


29


00


20


146


1922


34


17


142


00


19


24


1


238


1923


36


24


23


10


24


111


1924


31


102


11


1


20


41


206


1925


56


138


224


13


17


448


1926


13


75


27


2


11


9


137


-


-


200


Contagious Diseases Regulations


New Regulations and Rules covering isolation and quarantine were adopted by the Board and were published as required by law in Decem- ber, 1926, and are now in effect.


These regulantios have to a considerable extent modified the quarantine and isolation conditions with respect to chicken-pox, mumps and whooping- cough.


It is also the policy of the Board to permit cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria to be treated at home rather than oblige patients to be removed to isolation hospitals.


Plumbing Regulations


New plumbing regulations were adopted at the same meeting effective February 1, 1927.


The reports of the patients at the tuberculosis clinic, as in the report of the Public Health Nurse, are submitted herewith, as is also the report of the Inspector of Milk.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM P. NICKERSON, Chairman, JOHN A. SHANNON, JOSEPH J. HAGERTY, M. D.


201


TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC Report for 1926


Number of patients to clinic 175


Number of new patients. 106


Number of children (new) 55


Number of adults (new)


51


Number of children (old) 42


Number of adults (old) .. 27


Number of sputum tests (positive) .


3


Number of sputum tests (negative).


1


Number having tuberculosis. 3


Number sent to sanitoriums


3


Number clinic days.


32


K. E. KINGMAN, R. N.


202


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK


To the Board of Health,


Norwood, Mass.


Gentlemen:


115 samples of milk were examined for fat and solid content and for number of bacteria per cc.


91 Samples examined for fat and solid content alone and


43 samples for number of bacteria per cc. alone.


No sample was found to be below the State standard of fat and solid content, and only a few abnormally high bacteria counts were obtained.


Seventy-two dairies supplying milk to Norwood were inspected and with a few exceptions where suggestions of improvement of certain conditions were accepted, were found to be in a satisfactory condition.


The few herds supplying milk to the town where tuberculosis testing had been delayed are now being tested by the State and Federal inspectors.


Respectfully submitted,


JAMES J. MULVEHILL, Inspector of Milk.


203


HAROLD W. GAY, COLLECTOR OF TAXES


Charges


Collected


Abated


Uncol- lected


1926


Taxes


$725,007.67


$602,179.55


$2,791.93


$120,036.19


Moth


657.28


544.54


112.74


Appor. of Sewer


2,079.30


1,464.79


614.51


Committed Interest 1925


604.08


455.32


148.76


Taxes


88,372.08


65,291.24


387.00


22,693.84


Moth


139.40


66.60


72.80


Appor. of Scwer


227.02


146.72


80.30


Committed Interest


66.46


49.18


17.28


1924


Taxes


5,254.89


1,505.58


505.50


3,243.81


Moth


9.10


9.10


Appor of Sewer


18.13


9.77


9.36


Committed Interest


9.42


4.65


4.77


1923


Taxes


1,281.07


476.51


632.52


172.04


Moth


8.80


8.80


Appor. of Sewer


13.67


13.67


Committed Interest


6.44


6.44


1922


Taxes


909.76


294.21


615.55


Moth


7.50


7.50


Appor. of Sewer


8.40


8.40


Committed Interest


4.74


4.74


1921


Taxes


208.64


133.64


75.00


Advance Appor.


831.14


831.14


Sewer Assessments


1,955.50


1,955.50


Committed Interest on Advance Appor.


44.82


44.82


Water Rates


77,653.48 3,419.50


59,665.09 660.00


44.85


17,943.54


Cemetery Accounts


2,759.50


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HAROLD W. GAY, TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES AS TOWN TREASURER


Balance, Cash on Hand January 1, 1926.


$ 149,458.25


Received from Commonwealth of Massachusetts:


Corporation Taxes


66,346.83


Income Taxes


81,750.36


Bank Tax.


3,615.93


Street Railway Tax.


473.85


Notes Issued on Loans:


In Anticipation of Highway Construction .


20,000.00


In anticipation of Revenues


575,000.00


School Purposes


299,000.00


Premiums .


752.18


Electric Light Department:


F. S. Barton, Collector


187,710.16


Other Receipts.


5,485.06


Cemetery Receipts.


4,105.81


Interest on Cemetery Trust Funds.


756.22


Real Estate Rentals.


740.04


Interest on Deposits


3,724.26


Interest Accrued on Loans.


185.16


Departmental Receipts:


General Government .


13.00


General Manager.


42.01


Town Clerk .


505.30


Treasurer and Collector


935.94


Town Office Building


4.00


Engineering.


18.05


Police.


864.08


Fire Departincnt.


50.57


Moth Department .


544.30


Sealer of Weights and Measures.


117.53


Armory Maintenance


900.00


Armory Lot, Sale of


10,000.00


Board of Health


1,037.00


Sewer Construction


93.88


Particular Sewers .


6,762.36


Entrance Fees, Sewer


5,127.99


Drain Construction


46.20


Ash Removal.


1,385.40


Highways.


1,348.94


Highways, from Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


27,000.00


Highways, from County of Norfolk .


13,000.00


Charities


3,366.84


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Education


$ 8,714.47


Libraries


550.00


Licenses


1,044.50


Fines


2,508.00


Sale of Real Estate. .


44.00


Dog License Fees from County


1,303.88


Boxing Matches-Fees.


7.33


Refunds .


253.51


Private Trust Receipts:


Perpetual Care Bequests


1,125.00


Other Private Trust Receipts


3,522.58


Water Department


13,691.62


Collection of Taxes:


Tax Collections


699,880.73


Intercst on Taxes


2,828.87


Apportioncd Sewer Assessment


2,452.42


Interest on Same.


553.97


Sewer Assessments


1,955.50


Water Rates


59,665.09


Water Fees.


147.00


Cemetery Care .


660.00


Moth Assessments


611.14


In Lieu of Taxes. .


8,400.00


Town Clerk Sporting Licenses


1,476.20


Town Clerk Dog Licenses


971.50


$2,254,635.81


Payments on Warrants.


2,113,629.46


Cash on Hand, December 31, 1926.


$ 141,006.35


HAROLD W. GAY, Town Treasurer and Tax Collector.


I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of Harold W. Gay as Treasurer and Collector of Taxes of the Town of Norwood, and that the foregoing statement of his accounts and cash on hand agrecs with the records of this office.


JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant.


206


REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMISSION


At the Annual Town Meeting held on January 17, 1927, Mr. Fred R. Ellis was re-elected a member of the Finance Commission for the ensuing three years, and Mr. Theodore E. Gavin was elected for one year to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the Hon. Frank A. Fales.


The Finance Commission for the year 1927 was organized with Mr. Charles J. Prescott as Chairman and Mr. Fred R. Ellis as Clerk. Mrs. Clarissa G. Maier was elected as Executive Secretary.


The Finance Commission wishes to take this opportunity to express its very sincere regret at the passing of our late member, Mr. Frank Aldrich Fales,-a man who had, for many years, served his State and Town in many capacities as a conscientious and efficient official, and in his own unassuming manner had promoted the personal welfare of many of his fellow citizens in Town. The Finance Commission at all times most highly respected his judgment on Town matters and were constantly seeking his advice in the many perplexing problems necessitating our at- tention, and we are fully cognizant of the fact that we have not only been deprived of the services of a capable and faithful official, but have lost a true and loyal friend.


During the past year the Finance Commission has held regular meetings on nearly every Friday night. We have not confined ourselves strictly to the performance of our duties as specified by the Town Charter, but have considered our responsibilities from a broader viewpoint as to how we might function for the best interests of the Town, and have given our consideration to many matters which ordinarily we were not required to do, but were very appreciative of the opportunity of being of service to our fellow Boards and Committees.


We still urge that the citizens follow the policy of "Pay as We Go" and would respectfully call to your attention the fact that in the budget to be presented for 1927 nothing is to be borrowed. The progress made in this policy is very evidently shown by the following figures where we put into our budget items herctofore largely borrowed for construction "other permanent improvements."


1921


1922


0 0


1923


$ 42,600.00


1924


71,855.00


1925


98,235.00


1926


150,800.00


1927


157,842.00


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At the Annual Meeting in January, 1927, the Town adopted the Play- ground Act by a great majority, which is very evident that it is the desire of the citizens that something progressive be accomplished along this line. We are of the opinion that for the first year, and until we are certain as to just what should be done, that a conservative policy be adopted and with this in mind, we have recommended a nominal appropriation for the ensuing year. We believe that very beneficial results can be obtained for the younger generation by the operation of supervised playgrounds and that this should be encouraged not only by appropriation of monies by the Town, but by the continuance of private contributions as in previous years.


We would call to the attention of the citizens the very definite progress made during the past few years in the permanent development of the Town, which has been possible only by their most constant cooperation and desire to make Norwood a better Town, and to the official Boards and Committees, we recommend that they prepare a definite program for their departments covering a period of the next five years, not only as a possible goal of accomplishment, but so as to be able to adopt a conserva- tive policy of making necessary improvements over a period of years, thereby eliminating the possibility of an unnecessary increase in the tax rate in any one year.




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