Norwood annual report 1932-1935, Part 66

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1932
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1450


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760.29


1935 Appor. of Park Betterments


95.90


1935 Committed Interest


1,022.16


1934 Committed Interest


396.99


Tax Titles


63,369.06


Property Acquired through Tax Title Pro- ceedings 8,966.04


Real Estate Acquired through Sales of Lands of Low Value


2,960.55


Real Estate Acquired through Foreclosure in Land Court


6,005.49


Overlay, 1935


5,132.84


Overlay, 1934


728.59


Overlay, 1933


3,790.64


Overlay Reserve


2,006.75


Electric Service Rates


14,676.15


Electric Accounts Receivable


2,058.24


Electric Energy Tax


133.23


Water Rates


15,781.44


Water Accounts Receivable


1,155.41


Cemetery Accounts Receivable


3,990.95


Cemetery, Care of Lots


2,891.00


Licenses, Accounts Receivable


2,410.84


General Government Accounts Receivable


57.97


Police, Accounts Receivable


1,897.20


Fire, Accounts Receivable


144.45


Health, Accounts Receivable


8,463.06


149


TRIAL BALANCE SHEET-Continued December 31, 1935


Debit


Credit


Sanitation, Accounts Receivable


$ 983.34


Highway, Accounts Receivable


1,124.78


Assistance Aged Citizens, Accounts Receivable


1,585.70


Public Welfare, Accounts Receivable


17,191.25


Schools, Accounts Receivable


2,770.70


Parks and Playgrounds, Accounts Receivable


199.39


Real Estate, Accounts Receivable


112.51


Electric Service Consumers' Deposits


$ 1,210.00


Cemetery Department Available Receipts


3,286.49


Special Assessment Revenues


5,002.03


Tax Title Revenue


63,369.05


Electric Light Department Revenue


16,734.39


Water Department Revenue


16,936.85


Cemetery Revenue


6,881.95


Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue


1,317.74


Departmental Revenue


36,941.19


Excess and Deficiency


118,161.03


Loans in Anticipation of Revenue


200,000.00


Premiums on Loans


1,059.63


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


2.00


Warren H. Cudworth, Fund Income


15.00


High School English Prize, Income


7.15


Perpetual Care Bequests


100.00


Anna M. Day, Cemetery Trust Income


163.27


Tax Titles Sales, Excess Receipts


12.20


Alice H. Plimpton Trust Fund


12,475.06


Alice H. Plimpton Trust Investments


12,041.63


Cemetery, Perpetual Care Trust Fund


36,916.42


Cemetery, Perpetual Care Trust Investments


36,916.42


Warren H. Cudworth Trust Fund


500.00


Warren H. Cudworth Trust Investments


500.00


Anna M. Day Cemetery Trust Fund


5,000.00


Anna M. Day Cemetery Trust Inves ments


5,000.00


High School English Prize Trust Fund


500.00


High School English Prize Trust Investments


500.00


Due Treasury From A. H. Plimpton Fund


458.37


Unexpended Reserve Revenue Balances


18,217.07


Non-Revenue Appropriations


126,837.24


Revenue Balance Res rved for Specific Purposes


800.00


Fixed Town Debt 1,115,903.04


150


TRIAL BALANCE SHEET-Continued December 31, 1935


Debit


Credit


School Loans


$398,400.00


Municipal Office Building Loan


152,000.00


Sewer Loans


211,000.00


Water Loans


77,800.00


Highway Loans


130,100.00


Public Playground Loans


25,000.00


Central Fire Alarm Improvement Loan


9,500.00


Public Works Yard Loan


1,000.00


Municipal Relief Loan


69,000.00


Emergency Finance Loan


22,103.04


Loan in Anticipation of Reimbursement


20,000.00


Appor. of Sewer Not Due


$ 5,946.01


Appor. of Sewer Due 1936


1,960.12


1937


1,360.56


1938


1,072.11


1939


737.04


1940


413.10


1941


403.08


Appor. of Sidewalks Not Due


Appor. of Sidewalks Due in 1936


615.84


1937


312.40


1938


236.92


1939


44.75


1940


13.46


1941


13.46


Appor. of Street Betterments Not Due


15,307.31


3,094.28


1937


2,909.10


1938


2,037.05


1939


1,800.16


1940


1,664.46


1941


1,653.46


1942


1,074.40


1943


1,074.40


Appor. of Park Betterments Not Due


706.50


Appor. of Park Betterments Due 1936


322.00


1937


322.00


1938


62.50


1,843,940.49 1,843,940.49


1


Appor. of Street Betterments Due 1936


1,236.83


SURFACE DRAINS CONSTRUCTION, 1935


Payroll


Material and Others $ 122.36


Total


American Felt Co. Culvert


Granite and George Streets


$ 515.44


319.66


835.10


Plimpton Avenue and Lenox Street


627.40


376.23


1,003.63


Talbot Property Drain


196.70


225.83


422.53


Winter Street, Walpole Street to Shattuck Road


5,496.84


3,524.20


9,021.04


Florence Avenue


452.44


229.06


681.50


Washington Street at Hoyle Street


159.83


159.83


Stock


123.98


123.98


7,412.80


3,957.17


12,369.97


Material Used from Previous Year's Purchase


$ 1.22


1.22


1.22


$7,412.80


$3,955.95


$12,368.75


Stock Purchases in 1935 Total


1,137.67


$1,138.89


Less:


Departmental Credits


659.65


Inter Account Credits


479.24


Total


$1,138.89


$ 122.36


151


SEWER CONSTRUCTION, 1935


Payroll


Material and Others $ 682.29


Total


Andrews Street


$1,201.41


$ 1,883.70


Washington Street


927.14


260.00


1,187.14


Fisher Street


595.09


236.08


831.17


Rockhill Street


1,781.11


673.09


2,454.20


Prospect Street


647.09


121.07


768.16


Vernon Street Extension


482.92


331.83


814.75


Nahatan Street


209.72


256.06


465.78


Shaw Street


844.23


289.62


1,133.85


Berwick Road


1,162.65


357.38


1,520.03


Manholes on Old Syphon System


807.89


273.43


1,081.32


Stock


91.80


91.80


Land Damage


270.00


270.00


Adjustment of Judgment Workmen Compensation Claim


1,250.00


1,250.00


Material Used from Previous Year's Purchase


$ 262.01


262.01


262.01


$8,751.05


$4,638.84


$13,489.89


Stock Purchases in 1935 Total


1,054.27


$1,316.28


Less:


Departmental Credits


872.59


Inter Account Credits


443.69


$1,316.28


152


8,751.05


4,900.85


13,751.90


WATER DEPARTMENT CONSTRUCTION, 1935


Everett Street


Payroll $4,443.50 473.51


Material and Others $4,624.49 776.60


Total $ 9,067.99


Vernon Street Extension Andrews Street and Rock Court


1,157.00


1,029.61


2,186.61


Union Street


437.57


715.08


1,152.65


Walpole Street


1,943.48


1,231.21


3,174.69


Service Extensions


90.01


162.67


252.68


Service Sales


160.81


146.60


307.41


8,705.88


8,686.26


17,392.14


Material Used from Previous Year's Purchases


$1,028.77


1,028.77


1,028.77


$8,705.88


$7,657.49


$16,363.37


Stock Purchases in 1935 Total


1,271.31


$2,300.08


Less:


Departmental Credits


1,038.21


Inter Account Credits Total


1,261.87


$2,300.08


153


1,250.11


MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT Plant Investment Account


Original Cost


Book Value Jan. 1, 1935 9,636.68


Additions During Year


Deprecia- tion


Book Value Dec. 31, 1935 $


55,752.86


Structures


45,822.36


$ 168.50


$ 1,670.00


44,320.86


145,574.03


Transformer Station Equipment


88,249.62


1,089.67


4,350.00


84,989.29


179,075.72


Poles, Fixtures and Overhead Conductors


97,361.58


1,945.55


5,300.00


94,007.13


35,682.21


Underground Conduits


29,080.27


2,565.38


31,645.65


20,925.62


Underground Conductors


17,487.02


1,981.37


19,468.39


53,070.45


Consumers' Meters


27,663.92


1,700.24


2,719.00


26,645.16


8,381.41


Consumers' Meter Installation


7,034.66


1,136.93


8,171.59


45,132.58


Line Transformers


23,658.26


1,530.89


1,350.00


23,839.15


9,928.08


Transformer Installation


9,407.70


321.85


9,729.55


28,214.04 Street Lighting Equipment


17,443.19


315.61


1,680.00


16,078.80


$591,373.68


$372,845.26


$12,755.99


$17,069.00


$368,532.25


$


9,636.68


Land


$


9,636.68


·


154


MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT-Continued Comparative Balance Sheet


Assets


Jan. 1, 1935


Investments


Dec. 31, 1935


Increase


Decrease $ 4,313.01


$372,845.26 Plant Investment


$368,532.25


7,937.55 General Equipment


7,937.55


Current Assets


8,254.01


Cash


8,254.01


16,243.00


Special Deposits


18,611.00


$2,368.00


14,119.01 Accounts Receivable


14,734.73


615.72


2,912.50


Material and Supplies


2,739.27


173.23


72.84


Depreciation Fund


4,774.52


4,701.68


287.50


Prepaid Insurance


1,102.96


815.46


$422,671.67


$418,432.28


$8,500.86


$12,740.25


155


MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT-Continued


Liabilities


Jan. 1, 1935


$ 10,002.32 Accounts Payable


16,243.00 Consumers' Deposits


148.66 Interest on Same Unpaid


133.23


Electric Energy Tax


133.23


148.66


Appropriated Surplus


156,808.00 Loans Repayment


156,808.00


12,551.59 Appropriation for Construction Repaid


12,551.59


226,784.87


Profit and Loss


219,918.29


6,866.58


$422,671.67


$418,432.28


$2,775.85


$ 7,015.24


Dec. 31, 1935 $ 10,410.17 18,611.00


Increase $ 407.85 2,368.00


Decrease


156


MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT Income Statement for Year Operating Revenue


Metered Sales to Private Consumers Street Lighting Revenues Other Municipal Revenues


$220,454.98


Increase $10,929.52 1,682.00


Decrease


15,102.00


14,463.02


$ 253.33


$250,020.00


$12,611.52


$ 253.33


Income Statement


Operating Revenue


250,020.00


12,358.19


Operating Expense


184,764.19


5,632.93


·


65,255.81


6,725.26


Taxes Assignable to Operating


13,054.06


17.76


$ 52,201.75


Profit and Loss Statement


226,784.87


Credit Balance Transferred from Income Account


52,201.75


6,292.50


Cash Transferred to Town Treasury in Deduction from Surplus


$ 59,068.33


95.10


Balance Profit and Loss December 31, 1935


219,918.29


$278,986.62


$278,986.62


157


Credit Balance at Beginning of Year


MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT Operating Expense Maintenance


Electrie Energy Purchased


$112,609.51


Increase $ 5,253.48


Decrease


Transformer Station Labor


6,867.25


2,006.86


Operation of Distribution Lines


4,266.16


$2,017.55


Inspecting and Testing Meters


818.76


132.24


Removing and Resetting Meters


976.50


47.25


Removing and Resetting Transformers


799.19


Distribution Maintenance


Maintenance of Transformer Station


874.39


113.33


Maintenance of Transformer Station Equipment


1,121.15


465.42


Maintenance of Distribution Lines


7,434.96


2,101.74


Maintenance of Underground Conduits


34.49


327.11


Maintenance of Underground Conductors


1,402.18


1,187.29


Maintenance of Consumers' Meters


70.30


200.63


Maintenance of Transformers


684.23


554.45


Utilization Operation


Operation of Municipal Street Lamps Commercial Lamps


478.48


1,479.46


(Credit 21.49)


33.44


Maintenance


3,792.78


2,610.02


382.48


399.52


158


Maintenance of Municipal Street Lamps Maintenance of Consumers' Installation


Distribution Operation


Commercial


13,350.00


200.00


Commercial Salaries Commercial Supplies and Expense Advertising


3,420.00


723.67


723.67


General


Salary of Manager


3,000.30


Other General Office Salaries


939.00


939.00


General Office Expense


1,030.54


405.94


Insurance


1,798.11


2,339.69


Transportation


1,497.35


624.96


Miscellaneous General Expense


398.88


33.88


Inventory Adjustment


(Credit 254.79)


238.43


Depreciation


17,069.00


513.00


$184,764.19


159


MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT Plant and System Statistics


1928


1929


1930


1931


1932


1933


1934


1935


Overhead System:


Miles of Lines in Public Ways


(Overhead)


49.70


50.10


50.90


50.50


56.50


57.5


58.25


62.67


Miles of Lines Elsewhere (Overhead)


1.80


1.80


2.10


3.50


4.50


4.5


6.84


7.34


Poles in Public Ways (Plant Owned)


1,681


767


813


178


105


108


176


154


Poles Elsewhere (Plant Owned)


104


69


67


76


43


43


109


106


Jointly Owned


424


1,321


1,418


2,075


2,204


2,204 .


2,232


2,294


Conduit, Feet of


24,492


24,717


28,707


29,007


29,227


29,378


29,780


30,659


Conduit, Duct Feet of


41,400


46,954


66,673


80,913


81,833


82,631


86,532.5


Consumers' Meters


4,342


4,312


4,549


4,864


4,749


5,021


5,127


Street Lamps:


Number in Use


765


987


1,067


1,142


1,169


1,232


1,182


1,192


Total Hours of, During the Year


4,008


4,009


3,907


3,831.57


3,916


3,943


3,981


3,987


Electric Energy:


Purchased Kilowatt Hours


7,312,000


7,401,744


7,445,258


7,959,000


8,016,000


8,368,000 8,961,600


9,380,000


Supplied for Street Lighting


372,392


531,315


683,000


644,600


631,000


656,600


678,325


673,000


Supplied for Street Railway Use


538,680


512,771


467,480


456,342


214,363


Supplied for Metered Service


5,042,203


5,152,176


5,209,249


6,031,494


6,031,250


6,677,855 7,385,580


7,841,241


Used at Station


324,903


270,043


359,810


126,494


Kilowatt Hours not Accounted for


912,457


880,079


821,309


923,996


1,012,893


1,034,400


897,695


1,000,759


160


161


CEMETERY TRUST FUND BEQUESTS


Total of Bequests, January 1, 1935


$40,941.42


Bequests received during year


Lot No. Donor


Amount


109 Mary N. Morrill


$150.00


401 Mary N. Morrill


150.00


154 George K. Readel


150.00


586 Michael W. and Julia Coughlin


100.00


1350 Joseph Erker


150.00


68 Horace Beaumont


100.00


14 Sarah Miller


75.00


2270 Lydia R. Brown


100.00


1277 Alice G. Hayes, Administratrix Estate of


Frank Bailey


100.00


1,075.00


$42,016.42


f


162


WATER DEPARTMENT


Income


Cash Received from Town Treasury


Water Rates


$72,202.27


Hydrant Rentals


6,142.00


Penalties


18.80


Committed Accounts


510.63


Advance Payments


529.62


Refunds on Over Payments


51.29


Appropriation Transfers Reserve Fund


1,500.00


Reserve Fund


788.97


Balances as of January 1, 1935


$81,743.58


Appropriation for Maintenance


$ 4,535.36


Appropriation for Construction


467.05


Treasury (Dept.) Surplus


6,570.02


11,572.43


93,316.01


Disbursements


Maintenance Expenditures


32,609.27


Experimental Purification Plant


1,432.95


Debt Maturities


10,000.00


Interest


722.50


Appropriation for Service of Other


Departments


14,585.00


Construction


12,513.46


Returned to Town Treasury


21,379.84


93,243.02


Balance, December 31, 1935


Maintenance Appropriation


2.25


Experimental Plant


67.05


Construction Appropriation


3.69


$93,316.01


163


WATER RATES


Outstanding, January 1, 1935


Commitments


$13,732.94 74,704.88


88,437.82


Cash Collected


$72,202.27


Abatements and Adjustments


454.11


Uncollected, December 31, 1935


15,781.44


88,437.82


Accounts Receivable


Balance Outstanding, January 1, 1935


1,319.91


Commitments


404.11


1,724.02


Cash Collected


510.63


Abatements


57.98


Outstanding, December 31, 1935


1,155.41


$ 1,724.02


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1


164


MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT Summary of Receipts


Income


Cash Received from Town Treasurer and Collector


Electric Service Sales


$248,601.06


Interest on Deposits


385.41


Committed Accounts


3,759.34


Penalties Collected


5.40


Interest Credited to Consumers' Accounts


564.29


Cash Received from Superintendent's Office Miscellaneous Sales


770.79


Consumers' Deposits


4,460.00


258,546.29


Cash on Hand January 1, 1935


Appropriation Balances


$ 724.84


Depreciation Fund Balances


72.84


Consumers' Deposits


16,242.00


Interest on Consumers' Deposits


148.66


Electric Energy Tax


133.23


Available Surplus .


7,391.41


24,712.98


283,259.27


Disbursements


Maintenance and Operation


166,982.70


Interest Paid on Deposits


564.29


Refunds of Overcharges


12.61


Refunds of Consumers' Deposits


2,092.00


Appropriations to Other Departments for Ser- vice


16,770.00


Depreciation Fund Expended for Construction


14,879.62


201,301.22


Net Surplus Turned to Town Treasury in Ac- cordance with Vote of Town


58,572.53


Balances, December 31, 1935 Depreciation Fund


4,774.52


Consumers' Deposits


18,611.00


81,958.05


283,259.27


165


MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT Revenue Account


Outstanding, January 1, 1935


Commitments


$ 14,060.43 315,586.82


329,647.25


Collections


Receiving Office-Town Treasurer


$248,586.45


Interest on Deposits


564.29


Discounts


61,714.70


Adjustments


2,781.52


Abatements


1,324.14


Outstanding, December 31, 1935


14,676.15


$329,647.25


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TABULATED STATEMENT OF ESTIMATES


Necessary for Proper Maintenance of the Several Departments of Town of Norwood, Massachusetts, Chapter 461, Section 59-60 as Reported to Town Clerk and Accountant


1933


Expenditures 1934


1935


Estimates 1936


General Government


Selectmen


$ 328.65


A 320.81


$ 331.17


400.00


General Government, Incidentals


2,076.21


1,319.07


1,752.11


1,740.00


A. Salary


4,250.00


4,250.00


4,250.00


4,250.00


B. Incidentals


14,134.26


14,622.03


14,538.42


14,800.00


Town Treasurer and Collector


A. Salary


2,750.00


2,750.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


B. Incidentals


7,618.81


7,832.98


7,580.77


7,745.25


C. Tax Title Foreclosure


550.67


302.98


451.38


1,000.00


Assessors


A. Salaries


3,200.00


3,200.00


3,200.00


3,200.00


B. Incidentals


5,251.37


8,111.67


6,426.90


3,700.00


Certification of Bonds and Notes


214.44


376.53


662.50


300.00


Law


A. Salary


2,000.00


2,000.00


2,000.00


2,000.00


B. Incidentals


301.38


313.61


313.00


400.00


C. Expense of Tax Appeals


200.00


Election and Registration


A. Salaries


400.00


400.00


400.00


400.00


B. Incidentals


922.40


4,027.51


1,078.33


3,430.00


1


166


1


Town Clerk and Accountant


Maintenance of Municipal Building General Manager


7,775.57


7,728.59


7,058.79


7,410.00


A. Salary


4,900.00


4,900.00


4,900.00


4,900.00


B. Incidentals


3,117.99


3,978.80


3,912.75


4,000.00


Engineering


5,091.78


5,602.01


5,451.97


5,800.00


Board of Survey


10.89


13.84


50.00


50.00


Planning Board


240.14


192.64


272.56


2,000.00


Board of Appeal


3.56


50.00


Protection of Persons and Property


Police, Salaries


46,926.62


46,014.16


46,223.46


Incidentals


4,316.37


4,444.96


4,165.04


4,300.00


Traffic Control


1,702.19


1,575.96


1,909.19


2,327.00


Fire,


Salaries


28,704.86


31,688.37


34,341.46


Incidentals


3,298.42


6,141.69


4,833.30


Fire Alarm Maintenance


747.39


687.48


1,160.32


747.00


Hydrant Service


5,880.00


5,880.00


6,062.00


6,216.00


Inspector of Buildings


A. Salary


1,000.00


1,000.00


1,000.00


1,000.00


B. Incidentals


419.75


252.84


290.15


345.00


Inspector of Animals, Salary


200.00


200.00


200.00


200.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


A. Salary


500.00


500.00


500.00


500.00


B. Incidentals


99.19


112.31


111.01


119.00


Town Game Warden


215.00


175.00


210.00


225.00


Moth Suppression


1,181.20


1,196.79


1,419.54


1,500.00


Care of Trees


1,649.32


1,753.45


1,813.56


2,250.00


Street Lighting


15,068.00


13,420.00


15,102.00


15,205.00


Enforcement of Dog Laws


266.11


167


TABULATED STATEMENT OF ESTIMATES-Continued


1933


Expenditures 1934


1935


Estimates 1936


Health


Salaries


250.00


150.00


150.00


150.00


Incidentals


21,823.63


19,650.01


19,823.51


24,860.03


Public Dumps, Maintenance of


2,090.80


1,717.75


1,634.35


1,635.00


County Hospital Assessment


7,256.28


5,918.28


6,902.42


7,737.36


Sanitation


Sewers, Maintenance of


3,120.85


3,258.74


3,554.85


3,250.00


Sewers, Particular


2,246.51


1,405.27


1,752.83


2,000.00


Drains, Maintenance of


3,558.49


3,637.56


3,564.15


3,600.00


Ash Removal


1,159.01


1,429.85


1,234.89


1,700.00


Public Works, Operation of


13,336.12


31,357.21


29,176.39


Highways, Maintenance of


33,354.40


31,357.21


29,176.39


29,000.00


Removal of Snow and Ice


14,805.61


25,257.76


28,787.22


Permanent Sidewalks


235.00


3,911.23


3,973.46


Pensions and Vacations


4,298.66


3,747.99


3,629.02


5,149.00


Public Welfare


78,633.65


61,069.06


65,024.56


65,687.00


Assistance to Aged Citizens


9,239.41


8,356.73


8,824.64


12,000.00


Town Physician, Salary


400.00


500.00


500.00


500.00


Soldiers' Benefits


38,763.38


36,555.86


33,649.45


25,000.00


Education


Administration


10,490.05


10,118.96


10,100.38


10,265.00


Instruction Salaries


242,924.53


244,322.78


244,665.53


249,117.00


Maintenance and Repairs of Buildings


7,098.69


5,319.50


5,262.63


7,750.00


168


Operation of School Plants


37,250.38


37,816.16


36,980.36


38,230.00


Instruction Supplies


9,712.87


11,635.95


9,791.06


8,734.00


Textbooks


5,224.67


6,374.53


6,936.23


6,825.00


Auxiliary Agencies


5,700.84


5,215.31


5,018.80


5,750.00


Outlays


3,959.24


2,304.88


3,294.88


3,100.00


Lunch Counter Operation


8,543.54


8,446.87


7,967.13


8,750.00


Industrial Education


1,477.55


1,115.72


925.23


1,500.00


Libraries


17,417.75


18,061.03


17,951.73


18,074.00


Memorial Day Observance


431.35


463.86


449.75


450.00


Parks, Maintenance


2,714.82


2,697.38


2,754.39


4,000.00


Parks, Operation


3,252.23


3,225.02


3,368.75


3,700.00


Playground Maintenance


1,625.44


2,413.17


3,788.77


3,950.00


Playground Operation


3,252.23


3,225.02


3,368.75


3,700.00


Playgrounds, Improvement


5,538.25


Band Concerts


500.00


549.80


500.00


Carillon Concerts


300.00


300.00


,Town Reports


687.14


1,010.97


1,064.90


2,609.00


Public Service


Municipal Light Maintenance


151,224.11


155,168.22


165,142.16


175,000.00


Municipal Light Depreciation


18,461.36


18,545.11


15,948.85


17,750.00


Water Works, Maintenance of


25,544.57


31,945.14


32,622.14


Cemeteries, Maintenance


7,790.92


7,776.75


7,897.35


8,238.00


Cemeteries, Improvement


4,087.99


2,699.29


3,229.09


4,250.00


Interest Requirements


57,385.30


52,694.10


42,273.99


40,000.00


Debt


151,900.00


148,032.00


161,500.00


177,100.00


Insurance


4,696.02


5,569.91


6,203.76


5,265.00


169


TABULATED STATEMENT OF ESTIMATES-Continued


1933


Expenditures 1934


1935


Estimates 1936


Departmental Equipment


1,331.90


12,838.75


Care in Hospitals


1,370.98


5,525.56


3,568.94


3,500.00


Expense of Officials Out of State


37.75


17.00


50.00


50.00


Unpaid Bills


1,617.52


2,552.66


4,438.32


2,026.75


Lease of Quarters, Veterans of Foreign Wars


500.00


500.00


500.00


500.00


Public Liability Insurance, Fire and Police


1,380.00


· · 1,380.00


170


171


UNPAID BILLS December 31, 1935


Police Department


Joseph J. Hagerty, M.D.


$ 5.00


Lewis J. Danovitch, D.M.D.


59.00


Post Aid Supply Co.


3.75


$ 67.75


Sewer Maintenance


Cofsky's Express


1.15


1.15


Schools


Norwood Furniture Co.


.35


Norwood Furniture Co.


1.81


J. L. Hammett Co.


4.11


Henry S. Walkins Co.


84.30


John A. Whittemore's Sons


540.65


Horace Partridge Co.


182.35


Pilgrim Paper Corp.


340.10


Horne & Schwartz Co. Inc.


135.75


Rutter & McNaught


153.80


Becker & Co.


206.20


E. A. Raphael Co.


233.75


Edward A. Babb & Co. Inc.


48.78


1,931.95


Welfare


D. F. Dargwonis


16.76


Norwood District Nursing


4.50


Frederick Blasenak


4.14


25.40


Total


$2,026.25


172


To the Selectmen of the Town of Norwood,


Harry B. Butters, Chairman. 1


Gentlemen:


The foregoing is submitted herewith as a report of the Town Clerk and Accountant of the Town of Norwood for the year ending December 31, 1935, setting forth abstracts of the records of Town Meetings and Elections, Vital Statistics and Statements of the appropriations and expenditures and the receipts from each source of income. Also statement of funded debt, temporary loans, information relative to maturities and debt, the balance sheet showing the assets and liabilities at the close of the fiscal year together with a statement of the Town Treasurer's cash.


The Treasurer's cash balance as of December 31, 1935, has been verified by reconciliations of the bank and amount on deposit in banks as of the same date and a statement in accordance with the requirements of statutes is herewith submitted:


Bank Balance, Norwood Trust Co., December 1, 1935


Checks Outstanding December 31, 1935


$197,311.31 11,547.35


185,763.96


Collections of December 31 Deposited January 2, 1936


24,770.65


$210,534.61


Bank Balances, Norwood Trust Co.


P. W. A. 3016


591.67


Chapter 464, Highway Fund


2,031.16


Bank Balance, Second National Bank General Funds


51,670.89


P. W. A. 1317A


73,074.45


Cash in Office


225.00


Treasurer's Cash, December 31, 1935


$338,127.78


173


I further certify that I have examined the trust fund securities and cash in the hands of the Town Treasurer and find them to be correct, and securi- ties on hand as shown in the following schedule:


FUNDED SECURITIES, DECEMBER 31, 1935


Book No. Amount


Alice H. Plimpton Trust Fund


City of Lynchburg, Va., Water


Bonds 22-3-4-5-6


$ 5,000.00


Alice H. Plimpton Trust Fund


U. S. Treasury Bond


43578J


1,000.00


Alice H. Plimpton Trust Fund


U. S. Treasury Bond


43579K


1,000.00


Alice H. Plimpton Trust Fund


U. S. Treasury Bond 43580L


1,000.00


Alice H. Plimpton Trust Fund


U. S. Treasury Bond


43581A


1,000.00


Alice H. Plimpton Trust Fund


U. S. Treasury Bond


43582B


1,000.00


Alice H. Plimpton Trust Fund


U. S. Treasury Bond


43583C


1,000.00


Alice H. Plimpton Trust Fund


Norwood Trust Savings Dept.


27276


1,041.63


Anna M. Day, Cemetery Trust


Norwood Trust Savings Dept.


27703


5,000.00


Cemetery Per. Care Funds


Town of Norwood Note 2153


1,000.00


Cemetery Per. Care Funds


U. S. Treasury Bond


2-7/8 288698J


100.00


Cemetery Per. Care Funds


U. S. Treasury Bond


2-7/8 288699K


100.00


U. S. Treasury Bond


2-7/8 199162B


100.00


Cemetery Per. Care Funds


U. S. Treasury Bond


2-7/8 199163C


100.00


Cemetery Per. Care Funds


U. S. Treasury Bond


2-7/8 199164D


100.00


Cemetery Per. Care Funds


U. S. Treasury Bond 2-7/8 179298J


2-7/8 277430L


1,000.00


Cemetery Per. Care Funds


Norwood Trust Savings Dept.


9054


33,416.42


Consumers' Electric Service Trust


Norwood Trust Savings Dept.


23649


17,785.41


Warren H. Cudworth Trust


Dedham Inst. Savings


62375


500.00


High School English Prize Trust


U. S. Treasury Bond


199157H


100.00


High School English Prize Trust


U. S. Treasury Bond


199158J


100.00


High School English Prize Trust


U. S. Treasury Bond


199159K


100.00


High School English Prize Trust


U. S. Treasury Bond


199160L


100.00


High School English Prize Trust


U. S. Treasury Bond


199161A


100.00


JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant


February 19, 1936


Norfolk, ss.


Then personally appeared the above named, James E. Pendergast, and made oath that the foregoing statement is true.


CHARLES P. STONE, Justice of the Peace


1,000.00


Cemetery Per. Care Funds


U. S. Treasury Bond


Cemetery Per. Care Funds


174


REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN FOR THE YEAR 1935


The Selectmen submit the following report on their activities for the year 1935.


There were held forty-nine regular meetings and nineteen special meetings.


At the annual town meeting held on January 21, 1935 Sture Nelson and Charles F. Holman were elected as Selectmen for the ensuing term of three years and qualified in succession to Eugene L. Murphy and John M. Mutch, whose terms expired and who were not candidates for re-election.


The organization for the year was perfected on February 4, 1935 by the unanimous election of Selectman Harry B. Butters as Chairman, and James E. Pendergast as Clerk. William C. Kendrick continued to act as General Manager. Mr. Pendergast was re-appointed State Aid Agent, Soldiers' Relief Agent and Soldiers' Burial Agent.


Appointments were made during the year as follows:


January 2-William C. Kendrick, Local Superintendent of Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, approved by State Forestry Department January 8; re-appointment. Alonzo N. Earle, Forest Fire Warden for the year 1935. Approved by State Forestry Department on January 7; re-appointment.


January 25-Albert L. Murray, re-appointed by the Department of Con- servation, Division of Fisheries and Game as Town Fish and Game Warden.




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