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The following is a statement of the financial transactions involved in the project :
Available for Project from Town funds $ 46,872.00
Available for Project from private gift 15,000.00
Available for Project from P.W.A. grants 46,069.44
$107,941.44
Expenditures :-
Preliminary
$ 401.44
Construction costs
91,062.37
Insurance 375.09
Architects
6,436.05
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Field Engineer and inspection 1,850.14 Administration 31.03
Interest on Temporary Loan 10.30 Equipment and misc. costs
6,352.63 $106,519.05
Balance to be applied on next note $ 1,422.39
You will note that the construction costs were $8,492.37 greater than the bid. This is due to alterations in plans after construction started, the chief alteration being to enlarge the gymnasium
The Committee expresses its thanks to the people of the town for their patience in the face of some unavoidable delays in getting started and for their acceptance of some unavoid- able changes in the original plans and specifications.
Respectfully submitted,
ELLIOTT R. BARKER, Chairman
WALTER H. TITCOMB, HAROLD U. CALDWELL,
Members of Building Committee.
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies
$ 18.03 4.10
Eliot M. Young, insurance
Benj. F. Jacobs, salary
75.00
$ 97.13
Appropriation $128.00
Orders Drawn
97.13
Unexpended Balance
$ 30.87
Fees Paid Treasurer
64.74
BENJAMIN F. JACOBS,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
Annual Report
Benjamin F. Jacobs, 66 hrs. labor @ $ .50 $ 33.00 Warren F. Moore, 185 hrs. labor @ $ .40
51/3 hrs. trucking @ .75 78.00
Irving Baker, 213 hrs. labor @ $ .40
85.20
Herbert Prescott, 4 hrs. labor @ $ .40 1.60
Conant & Co., supplies
2.00
Appropriation $200.00 Unexpended Balance .20
$ 199.80
BENJAMIN F. JACOBS,
Tree Warden.
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MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE FOR THE TOWN OF LITTLETON-1939
The following is a report of the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service in the town of Littleton during the year 1939.
The dairy farmers in Littleton have been given assistance with their milk marketing problems and the understanding of the provisions of the Federal Marketing Order. Oliver A. Whitcomb has cleared additional acregae for the grow- ing of Ladino clover pasture, a new legume for this area. He is also growing Reed's canary grass on his low land. C. V. Flagg is also a successful grower of Ladino clover. The herd of Robert M. Lingham is in the Herd Improvement As- sociation. George Brown and Harold A. Whitcomb are mem- bers o fthe county dairy committee. Littleton has an increas- ing number of medium to large poultry farms. About twen- ty poultrymen were visited concerning poultry farm prac- tices, such as record keeping, disease control, marketing and rearing methods. Circular material and meeting notices on poultry were sent to those who have much poultry. Mr. Aaron Lund has been president of the Massachusetts Poultry Producer's Inc., during the year. Mr. John A. Kimball has been on the board of directors. Mr. Ralph Sawyer has been president of the Middlesex County Poultry Association. Mr. R. C. Cobb has assisted the Extension Service by furnishing chicks for sexing demonstrations and meat birds for dressing demonstrations. Mr. Harold N. Caldwell has assisted in the Extension Service poultry program.
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Spray service information has been furnished to the fruit growers and general assistance rendered in their mar- keting problems.
Boy's and Girls' 4-H Club Work has been carried on during the year under the chairmanship of John G. Moran. Leaders for the year have been Mr. Robert Stuart, Mr. Mil- ton Jeffrey and Mr. Thomas Lawson of Groton. Thirty-two boys were enrolled in dairy, poultry, garden and handicraft clubs. The dairy boys are members of the club with mem- bers in Littleton, Ayer and Groton, under the leadership of Thomas Lawson, Groton. A final exhibit was held at a school assembly with an interesting program. Willis Gray was awarded a medal for meritorious garden work by the Mas- sachusetts Horticultural Society.
James Stuart was the outstanding dairy boy in Middlesex county in his second year of work. He won a six months old heifer as a special prize at Judging Day in Groton, was first in judging at Topsfield and at Eastern States Exposition. He won three firsts on his three animals exhibited at Topsfield Fair.
Ruth Ewing was the most active dairy girl in the county. She exhibited at Marshfield, Wehobeth, Topsfield and the Eastern States Exposition and received a prize at every con- test.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
The Board of Health organized with Dr. J. D. Christie, Chairman and Hugh A. White, Secretary. Mrs. Mildred E. Powers was reappointed as Health Nurse and agent for the Board of Health. Dr. J. N. Murray inspector of slaughtering.
The number of contagious diseases was low as compared to other years with the exception of Whooping Cough. The fact that two new cases of Tuberculosis were reported and that there have been three deaths from this disease, leads us to urge all who are the least worried or suspicious to avail themselves of the T. B. Clinic, either locally or at Waltham.
The routine licenses for the pasteurization and the sale of milk and other foods were issued, although milk inspection has not been as thorough as we had planned.
In regard to the action taken at the last annual town meeting relative to the condition of the waters known as Caldwells pond and the Ice House pond, this Board employed the services of a reputable Sanitary Engineer and copies of
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his findings together with his recommendations were sent to all concerned. The expert opinion being that this matter should be treated as a private and not a public matter.
Respectfully submitted, JAMES D. CHRISTIE, HUGH A. WHITE, JAMES L. MCCLELLAN,
Board of Health.
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PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE'S REPORT
January 9, 1940
The Board of Health,
Littleton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sirs :
The following is my fourth annual report as Public Health Nurse of Littleton :
Communicable Disease
Number of Cases of Chicken Pox 2
Number of Cases of Scarlet Fever 1
Tuberculosis
Number of active cases
3
Number of contacts 13
Number of arrested cases
3
Number of patients ex-rayed
43
Number of cases discharged 10
Number of follow up cases
32
Morbidity
Patients carried over to 1939
3
New patients 71
Nursing visits to patients including dressings 706
Number of Ante partem visits 56
Number of home deliveries 9
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Number of Post partem visits 90
Transportation to hospital 34
In an effort to bring to parents the importance of an early, sound, physical condition, a series of local "Well Child Conference" demonstrations were held through the summer and fall months for children of pre-school age. It is hoped that these conferences are the beginning of permanent "Well Child Conferences."
However, indications to date are most encouraging as parents have already shown great interest in the pre-school conditions of their children.
Forty children attended these conferences and were ex- amined by Dr. James D. Christie of the Board of Health.
Defects are as follows:
Major 15
Minor 9
No Defects 16
Corrections Made
6
Follow up visits are being made and will continue through the Spring.
Clothing has been collected and distributed throughout the year to adults and to children.
In closing my report, I wish to thank my nursing commit- tee and the citizens of Littleton for the kind co-operation given to me this past year. It is such co-operation which helps to maintain a good health program.
Respectfully submitted, MILDRED E. POWERS, R.N.
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
1937 Account
Collected as taxes
$ 2,964.12
Collected os interest
213.75
Tax titles taken in 1939
440.88
Abated
199.08
3,817.83 $
1938 Account
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1938
$ 8,985.63
Excise added in 1939
84.62
Interest collected
157.38
$
9,227.63
Collected
$ 4,808.77
Tax titles added
516.63
Warren Smadbeck foreclosed
176.62
Uncollected Dec. 30, 1939
3,725.61
$9,227.61
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1937
Bertha Corcoran 2.53
Charlott F. Al bert $ 14.18
John Corcoran 2.03
Anna M. Armour 2.03
Laura Cunningham 6.07
John H. Arthur 11.14
W. Robt. Dobson 2.84
Ingrid Astrum 21.97
*Mrs. Bernard Doherty 1.01
Ayer Ski Club 4.05
Jas. Donovan 13.26
Alice Babcock 382.03
Est. Andres Dorsey 14.17
Ruth Baker 2.53
Celia Downey 6.88
Spurgeon Banks 80.19
Jos. Downey 2.03
Fred Bartlett, et al
20.25
Chas. Dyson 2.03
John H. Benham Jr. 2.03
Roger Eliot
1.01
*Hannah Boardman 59.54
Louis Ellis 3.54
Lucy Bordanaro 2.03
*Bertha Faherty 8.10
Geo. Bradbury 1.01
Thos. Fitzgerald, Jr. 2.03
Mary J. Brady
.18
Timothy Flahive .81
Gertrude Brawn
14.79
John L. Ford
2.03
Jos. Breslin 2.03
Alice Frost 12.15
Isaac Bronkhorst 3.54
Amelia Gately 4.05
Albert Brun
2.03
Jas. Gaw 1.01
Angelo Bruno
3.54
Anthony Genova 4.66
Frank Bulette
30.37
Max Goldfarb
3.04
Ellen Burke
2.03
Walter Goodwin 1.01
Jas. Burke
2.03
Minnie Gordon
2.53
Prescott Burrough 7.59
Theodors Gotthart 2.53
Sam'l Byron
2.53
Mrs. May Haley
2.53
Maria Cappelli 2.53
Gustaf Hanson 6.89
Stephen Carfaro
8.48
Mary Harkens
2.03
Julia Carlow 2.03
Madelin Heckman 36.45
Thurston Carlson
47.18
Frank Hendricks
1.01
Chas. Carrigan et al
13.47
Wallace Hitchcock 2.53
*Geo. Cash
138.30
Stephen Hobitz
2.03
*Walter Chaffee 49.71
*Wm. Hooper 11.14
3.03
Church of Jesus Christ 3.03
Elizabeth Hughes 2.53
Adilade Cole
4.55
Charlott Jewett 83.03
Florence Cole 1.01
Daisy Johnston 3.54
Edna Copins
3.54
Isaac Johnston
3.54
John Chism 6.00
R. Houton
125
Geo. E. Jones 3.24
Daniel Mullen 1.01
Wm. Gones
2.03
Wm. B. Mullen
30.58
*Martin Jordon
17.11
Margaret Neeley 1.52
Alida Kaula
2.03
Jennie Nixon 42.53
Francis Kelcourse
2.53
Jas. O'Connor
13.16
Frederick Kelleher
3.04
Parker Oglevie 25.52
Martin Killen
3.54
Daniel O'Leary
.20
*Marion Kimball
13.16
Jas. F. O'Riley
3.54
Helen Kirwin
2.53
Irene Pacey
24.81
Helen Kuczynski
3.54
Jas. Pacey
4.05
Mary Lally
2.03
Nicholas Pace
11.74
Howard Lambert
8.10
Edith Parker
3.54
Wm. Lattanzi
2.53
Elsie Parsons
2.03
Gertrude Laye
1.01
Greenleaf Paul
16.71
Wm. Leo
10.12
Abbie Phillips
1.01
Geo. E. Loing
17.82
Wm. Pierotti
3.03
*John Lund
48.08
Nandor Porgis
2.53
Ralph Lyman
2.03
Chas. Prescott
3.04
Katherine Lynch
1.62
*Isabelle Rice
70.87
Helen McBeth
2.53
Jas. Rivetts
43.94
Jos. Maginnis 2.03
Jos. Rizzo
23.08
*Oglevie Maher
52.65
*Harry Robblee
109.86
Henry Mann
11.14
Allan Robinson
3.03
John Manning
2.03
Marshall Rodway
6.08
*Jas. McClellan 154.56
John L. Ryan 2.03
Jas. McDermott
2.03
Herbert Sanderson 3.54
Hannah McGillicudy
3.04
Albert Sandusky
2.03
Jerrimiah McGillicudy 3.54
Annie Sawtelle
1.01
Stella McGonagle 2.03
Ellen Schaffer
16.40
Jas. McManus
18.63
Walter Sloan
2.03
Eva McNamara
13.67
Arthur Smadbeck
2.02
Mary McNeil
1.21
Warren Smadbeck
.61
*Dorothy McNiff
62.78
Warren Smadbeck, et al
43.54
Catherine Monohan
12.56
*Hazel Small
37.87
David Morey
26.62
Dennis Smith 1.01
Coleman Mulkern
6.07
Edith Smith
2.03
Wm. Merz 2.53
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Lee Smith 6.20
Chas. W. Spencer
17.21
Katherine Spencer
2.03
Geo. Spurr
44.55
*Whitcomb Farms, Inc. 81.00
*Herbert H. Whitcomb
106.31
*Jas. Stuart 165.34
J. H. D. Whitcomb
482.66
Leopold Tappy
2.53
*Est. Arthur White 7.09
Minnie Tedford
2.53
*Raymond Wilcox 16.20
Frank Teel
1.21
Caroline Wood
120.89
Hazel M. Tobin
73.00
Est. Mercy Wood 50.62
Jas. & Hazle Tobin
55.89
Chas. Yeaton 2.03
Frank Towne
4.05
Fred Zarick 2.03
Herbert Townsend
3.54
FOR THE YEAR 1939
Committed
$ 69,275.99
Interest collected
73.30
Refunds
333.59
$ 169,682.88
Collected
$ 57,863.58
Abated
522.90
Tax titles
670.60
Uncollected
10,625.80
$ 69,682.88
Uncollected Taxes Dec. 30, 1939 :
Robert Abbot 1,507.78
Benj. Anderson 2.66
Caroline F. Albert 14.88
Mable Ansell 17.01
Wm. Albert 5.31
Wm. Ansell 2.13
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Kathleen Ward 4.05
Chas. Wextrom 4.55 Mary Welling 2.03
*Wilann Standley 2.03
*Margaret Stephens 26.32
Elizabeth Stolba 2.03
Jas. Archer 4.58
Myrtle Campbell 4.80
John Arthur
13.60
Annie Candage 19.02
Anthony Arinella
4.25
Marie Cappelli 2.66
Anna Armour
15.92
Stephen Carfaro 36.13
Adaline Carlezon 6.38
*Joseph Atz 3.72
Ayer Ski Club
4.25
Alice Babcock
444.54
Della Bagley
3.72
*Harold Carter 1.06
Helen Carter 2.13
Wm. J. & Helen Carter,
17.43
Carmella Caruso 19.13
Geo. H. Cash 142.38
Walter Chaffee 54.69
*Ernest Cataldo 2.12
* May Chamberlain 26.66
Louise Chase 3.19
*Augusta Bartlett
1.06
John Benjaminsen
3.72
*Lucy Bickford 2.13
Thomas Blanck
14.66
Margaret Blaser 2.12
Hannah Boardman
62.47
*June Bond
37.71
*Charle's Clish 5.84
Anjelo Boracco
2.13
Hyman Cohen 2.13
*Mary Brady
2.66
Mary Colarusso 11.69
Gertrude Brawn 15.50
Elizabeth Colburn 2.12
Joseph Breslin 2.13
Adalide Cole 4.80
Hobert Brown
14.35
*Lester Colletti 2.12
Angelo Bruno
3.72
*Agnes Conant 4.25
Jas. F. Burke
2.13
Margaret Connor 10.35
Prescott Burroughs 7.96
Bertha Corcoran 2.66
George Burns 1.06
John Corcoran 2.12
Jas. H. Callahan 2.12
Jos. Coughlin, et al 121.98
Julia Carlow 2.13
Thurston Carlson 49.51
Chas. Carrigan, et al
14.13
Geo. Bagonian
3.72
Ruth Baker 2.65
Geo. Bakerian
4.80
Spurgeon Banks 39.74
Maggie Barber 172.12
Agnes Barker
21.25
Blane Barnes
3.19
Est. Fannie D. Barrow,
80.00
Lyman W. Chase 82.34
Abraham Chernis 7.43
Alexina Childs 43.35
John E. Chism 13.81
*Church of Jesus Christ,
23.41
128
Ingrid Astrum 23.05
Fred E. Cousins 148.33
John Fitzpatrick 18.05
Wm. Cullinan 11.58 Wm. L. Fitzpatrick 12.33
Lillian Commins 2.13
*Francis & C. V. Flagg, 161.71
*Walter Cushing 3.72
Timothy Flahive .85
Chas. F. Day 7.73
*Ellen Flynn 1.06
Charlotte E. Day
2.12
*Helen Flynn 2.13
Reginald Reardon 2.13
George Ford 78.84
Bart DeChico 24.44
John Ford 2.13
Bart & Esther DeChico,
7.43
Eva Frasier 2.12
*Pat DeLeo 3.72
Wm. Freeman
13.27
Peter DeSilvio
20.84
Benj. Freedman 6.91
*Lena Dingley 7.22
Phyllis French 106.25
*Jesse Dodge 90.31
Alice Frost 12.75
Mae K. Dodge 48.22
Daniel Gage, Inc. 6.37
Chester T. Dolan 40.37
Jas. Gallagher 3.19
Chester & Jean Dolan 67.15
Walter Gary 3.72
Jas. Donovan 12.86
Amelia Gately 4.25
Est. of Andrea Dorsey,
Frank Gennaco 3.19
14.88
Anthony Genova 11.80
Francis Dostaler 2.13
Jacob Ginensky 2.66
Paul L. Daustaler
2.66
Max Goldfarb 3.19
Celia Downey
7.22
*John Goodwin 3.19
Joseph Downey 2.13
Walter Goodwin 1.06
William Dunn 3.72
*Jos. Gosselin 11.04
Charles Dyson 2.12
Theodore Gotthardt 2.66
Roger Eliott
1.06
Frederick Gottwald 4.25
Carlton Elliott
2.13
Grace Gottwald 14.88
Louis Ellis 3.72
Frank Grady
9.56
Alfred Emmons 2.12
Rose Grant 8.50
Bertha Faherty 8.48
Anthony Graquinta 3.72
Elmer Farrell 2.13
Mary Gravallisi 3.72
Margaret Ferguson 2.66
Elizabeth Gray 2.13
Agitha Field
14.35
John Gray
11.26
John Fitzgerald
2.13
Ruth Gray 17.00
John E. Fitzgerald
12.33
Walter Griffiths 2.13
129
Laura Cunningham 6.38
Alphonse Forziati 3.72
Gustav Hakason
3.19
Chas. Ketchum
2.13
May Haley
2.66
Martin Killeen
3.72
Gustaf Hanson
7.23
Helen Kirwin 2.66
Mary Harkins
3.13
Elizabeth Kitchell 2.12
Chester & Richard
Winnifred Knox
1.06
Hartwell
91.80
Phillip Kopple
1.06
*Helen Hartwell
4.25
David Kratman
2.13
Frank Healy
31.77
Helen Kuccynski
3.72
Frank & Margaret
Marion Kimball
13.81
Healy,
20.75
Mary Lally
2.13
Margaret Healy
115.81
Wm. Lattanzi
2.66
Frank Hendricks
1.06
Fred Lavoie
1.06
Robert Hillman
13.81
*Harold Laye
2.12
Wallace Hitchcock
2.66
Edna Leadbetter
16.66
Harold Hook
30.30
Elizabeth Lee
3.19
*Wm. B. Hooper
11.68
William Leo
10.63
*Anna Hooper
3.82
Julia Lerro
12.75
R. Hoton
3.19
Mollie Levin
3.72
Georgie Howard
2.12
Geo. E. Loring
18.70
Marion Howard
2.12
*Nathaniel Love
79.68
*E. S. Howe
3.72
Geo. Lowe
2.66
Elizabeth Hughes
2.66
John Lund
49.51
Herbert Ingraham
2.12
Catherine Lynch
1.70
Charlott Jewett
87.12
Ella Lyons
6.37
Est. of Lester Jewett
4.25
John Lyons
14.34
Arthur Johnson
2.66
Helen McBeth
2.66
Carl Johnston 2.12
*Charles P. MacInnis
10.30
Daisy Johnston
3.72
Jas. H. MacInnis Allen Macleod
17.00
Geo. E. Jones
3.40
Daniel Macleod
2.12
*Ruby Jones
3.72
Jos. Maginnis
2.13
Martin Jordan
17.95
Geo. Magrath
3.72
Kalevaiset Civic Assn.,
151.93
Oglevie Maher Elizabeth Mahoney
2.13
Francis Kelcourse
2.66
*Mary Mahoney
12.75
Frederick Kellehier
3.19
*Wm. Mahoney
2.12
Margaret T. Kelley
9.56
Henry Mann
2.12
9.77
Isaac Johnston
3.72
53.13
130
*Johanna Mann
98.81
Hazel Newton 2.66
John Manning
2.12
Charles Nichols 28.48
Malcolm May
2.66
Jennie Nixon 44.63
Loretta McCallum 2.13
Sarah Noddell 2.12
Arthur McCauley 14.88
Jas. O'Connor
13.81
Jas. McClellan 167.87
Parker Oglevie 26.77
Percy McCormick
3.72
*Leo F. O'Neil 2.66
Annie McGee
31.34
Jas. O'Riley 3.72
Hannah McGillicuddy 3.19
Mrs. Albert O'Rourke 2.13
Jeremiah McGillicuddy,
Julia O'Toole
7.22
3.72
Anna Pace
54.61
Stella McGonagle
2.12
Irene Pace
30.28
Delia McGovern
39.31
James Pace
9.56
Francis McGovern
48.35
Lawrence Pace 19.13
Mary McKenna
2.13
Nicholas Pace
4.80
James McMannus
19.55
Elsie Parsons
2.12
Margaret McMannus 2.12
Martha Penny 2.13
Eva McNamara
16.48
Ethel Perry
31.87
*Mary R. McNeil
9.23
Abbie Phillips
1.06
Dorothy McNiff
65.88
William Pierotti 3.19
Wm. Merz
2.66
Adelaide Poirier
2.12
Fred Missin
2.34
Daniel Poirier
2.13
David Morey
27.94
Nandor Porgis
2.66
Norma Moreno
36.12
*Fred Potter
2.13
Colman Mulkern
6.37
Mildred Powers
88.82
Annie D. Mullen
17.01
Colin Ramsey
2.12
Wm. Mullen
32.09
Abbie Reddy
2.12
Daniel Murphy
2.66
Isabelle Rice
71.19
Mary Murphy
2.12
Jas. Rivetts
46.11
*Walter J. Murphy
2.12
Joseph Rizzo
24.22
Anthony Neely
2.13
Harry Robblee
103.59
Margaret Neely
14.45
Alfred Robicheau
16.48
Charles Nelson
2.12
Joshua Robinson 40.53
John Nelson
11.36
Marshall Rodway
6.37
Margaret Nelson
1.70
Greta Rogers
1.06
*New Eng. Vinegar
A. Rourke 2.13
Works
673.09
*Blake Rowlins 2.13
131
Barbara Sackett 2.13
Frank Towne 4.25
Annie Sawtell
1.06
*Frank Troki
2.13
Ralph Sawyer
26.77
Anna Trulo 14.87
Ellen Schaffer
17.21
Joseph Twitchell
2.12
Nellie Scholtz
3.19
Gaetano Ungaro
2.12
*Ellen Sherrin
2.66
Fritz Waechter
2.12
*Thomas Sherrin
3.72
Charles Wextrom
4.80
Mary Silver
57.90
Mary Welling
2.13
Warren Smadbeck
6.18
Olaf Westby
88.84
James Wescott
24.97
Florin Small
17.95
Edith Smith
2.12
Herbert Whitcomb
76.60
*Jessina Smith
3.72
Lee Smith
7.43
*Est. of Arthur White 7.44 Est. of Geo. E. White 11.16 Fred H. White 2.12
Katherine Spencer
2.13
Geo. Spurr
46.75
Vera White
4.25
Wilann Standley
80.33
Ramond Wilcox
17.00
Margaret Stephens
27.62
Albert Wilbur
3.72
Frank Stevens
2.12
Susie Wing
1.06
Marie Stevens
2.13
*Samuel Wise
2.66
Helen Stoddard
3.72
Caroline Wood
126.86
James Stuart
185.72
Est. of Mercy Wood
53.13
Swedish Charitable Society
2.13
Gertrude Works
90.73
Leopold Tappey
2.66
Mildred Wright
253.34
Ida Tarlow
2.13
Mary E. Yapp, et al
247.22
Louis Tarlow
2.12
Fred Zarick
2.13
*Edwin Taylor
12.75
Karl Zander
27.62
Ettore Zeuli
9.03
Minnie Tedford
2.66
Frank Teele
1.27
Edward Tetreault
3.19
Hazel M. Tobin
76.60
John Carlson
4.25
Jas. & Hazel Tobin
25.83
*Francis Tomer
44.62
Raymond Lindgren 4.25
*Collections after the books were closed.
Respectfully submitted, ALLEN J. HATHAWAY,
Collector.
Warren Smadbeck, et al,
72.12
Hannah Whalen
13.92
Whitcomb Farms
85.00
J. H. D. Whitcomb
506.70
*Oscar Spaulding
84.25
Oliver D. Wood
2.13
Leo Taylor
2.55
December Assessment
Doris Ginsberg 3.72
*Wm. Coulter 19.13
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TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
BOARD OF ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONERS
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TOWN OF LITTLETON MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1939
ORGANIZATION
FRANK B. PRIEST
JOHN B. SIBLEY
PAUL D. FLETCHER
ALEXANDER H. McDONALD, Mgr.
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BOARD OF ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONERS
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Receipts
For Year Ending December 31, 1939
Cash on hand December 31, 1938
$ 1,100.40
Collections for electricity sold
Commercial
$29,107.27
Power
6,389.65
Municipal Building
449.00
Municipal Power
1,231.27
Street lighting
563.00
Private street light
5.00
Consumers deposits on meters
261.75
Water Dept., truck hire
102.11
Jobbing
1,022.70
Half interest in poles
326.50
$ 39,458.25 $40,558.65
EXPENDITURES
Lowell Electric Light Corp., electric
energy
$ 22,213.77
Middlesex Inst. for Saving
depreciation acct.
1,500.00
Old Colony Trust Co.
560.00
A. H. McDonald, salary
1,773.33
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A. H. McDonald, expenses and
meter refunds 18.83
C. Winthrop Hunt, labor 1,277.90
Arnold Leighton, labor 1,189.50
William Healy, labor 804.00
Extra labor 28.00
John B. Sibley, salary as Commissioner 20.00
Paul D. Fletcher, salary as Clerk of Commissioners 37.50
Winthrop H. Kelley, salary as Commis- sioner 11.65
Charles D. Smith, salary as Commissioner 8.35
Misc. payments for equipment, supplies, and expenses 5,965.36
$ 35,408.19
Cash on hand December 31, 1939 $ 5,150.46
Depreciation Fund
Fitchburg Savings Bank $ 3,063.10
North Middlesex Savings Bank
3,275.54
Provident Inst. for Savings
1,377.48
Warren Inst. for Savings
1,497.26
Suffolk Savings Bank $
508.27
Home Savings Bank
2,074.28
Boston Five Cent Savings Bank
2,069.16
Middlesex Inst. for Savings
2,059.07
$ 15,924.16
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REPORT OF MANAGER
To the Board of Electric Light Commissioners :
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1939.
An extension of about 1000 feet was built on Roxbury drive in the Long Lake section this year.
Three new street lights have been installed, one each on Harwood Ave., White Street and on Shattuck St., at the new school.
There are now forty-six ranges installed, an increase of four over last year.
Our consumption of electricity has increased about 15% over 1938.
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PLANT ACCOUNT
Value as shown on books December
31, 1938
$ 58,695.92
Additions during the year :
Poles, Fixtures and Overhead Conductors $ 1,421.46
Consumers Meters
593.72
Line Transformers
727.65
Street Light Equipment
68.43
$ 2,811.26
$61,507.18
Depreciation for 1939
2,504.34
Value as shown on books December
31, 1939
$59,022.84
Total Depreciation and other credits
27,286.41
Total cost of Plant December 31, 1939
$86,289.25
General equipment
3,055.48
$ 89,344.73
Assets
Transformer Station and Sub-Station
Equipment $ 5,227.23
Sub-Station Structures 264.50
Poles and Fixtures
30,969.29
Consumers Meters
8,447.91
Line Transformers
12,925.28
Street Light Equipment
1168.63
$ 59,002.84
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Cash on hand
$ 5,150.46
Office equiment
97.06
Transportation equipment
905.80
Due for Light & Power
10,931.22
Due for Jobbing
277.43
Due from Water Dept., Transporta- tion expense
103.07
Inventory of materials
1,361.83
Depreciation Fund
15,924.16
$ 34,751.03 $ 93,753.87
Liabilities
Bonds outstanding
$ 1,000.00
Interest accrued
10.00
Loans Re-payment account
15,625.00
Consumers Deposits
874.30
Construction Appropriation Re-pay- ment Account
8,767.18
Profit & Loss
67,477.39
$ 93,753.87
OPERATING ACCOUNT
Income
Metered sales to private consumers :
Domestic and Commercial $31,050.54
Power 7,493.36
Less Discount allowed
$38,543.90 2,777.57
$ 35,766.33
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5.00
Private street light Municipal Revenue : Street Lighting $ 563.00
Municipal Buildings 475.45
Municipal Power 1,388.92
Less Discount allowed
$ 2,427.37 184.76
$
2,242.61
$38,013.94
Expenses
Electric Energy purchased, 1,330,800 KWHrs. @ .016692
$ 22,213.77
Depreciation 2,504.34
Inventory adjustment
4.81
Meter inspecting and testing
135.45
Maintenance of Sub -- Station equipment
102.77
Maintenance of Transmission and
Distribution lines 2,973.82
Operation of Street Lamps
46.54
Maintenance of Street Lights
92.35
Salaries of Municipal Light Board and Manager 1,850.83
General Office rent
180.00
Law Expense
1.21
Insurance
206.74
Transportation Expense
685.67
Miscellaneous expense
826.71
Sub-Station expense
8.77
Sub-Station Structures expense
20.70
General Office expense
223.63
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Meter and Transformer Operation 89.70 77.75
Maintenance of meters
$ 32,245.56
Operating revenue
$ 5,768.38
Income Statement
Operating revenue $ 5,768.38
72.21
Uncollectable operating revenue
$
5,696,17
Non-Operating Revenue
Jobbing revenue
$ 86.15
Interest Income
304.32
Miscellaneous deductions
1.00
$ 389.47
$ 6,085.64
Interest on Bonds
55.00
$ 6,030.64
Profit and Loss
Balance December 31, 1938
Transferred from Income
$ 61,946.08 6,030.64
Bond Payment
500.00
Balance December 31, 1939
$ 67,476.72
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$ 390.47
Net Income
$ 67,976.72
Depreciation Fund
Balance December 31, 1938 Transferred from income
$ 14,106.41
Interest on Deposits
$ 2,504.34 317.75
$ 2,822.09
$ 16,928.50
Transferred to Construction Fund
1,004.34
Balance December 31, 1939
$ 15,924.16
Construction Fund
Balance December 31, 1938
$ 281.77
Transferred from Depreciation Fund $ 1,004.34
Transferred from Income 4,300.64
$
5,304.98
$ 5,586.75
Used or Construction
2,811.26
Balance December 31, 1939
$ 2,775.49
1938
1939
Total number of services
751
785
Largest number during year
837
863
Total number of meters
758
792
Total number of transformers
174
179
Total number of Street Lights
176
179
Private street lights
1
1
Current Consumed During Year
Domestic and Commercial
793,636 KWHrs.
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Power Municipal Buildings Municipal Power Street Lighting Private Street Light Station Lights Unaccounted for (15.61%)
250,041 KWHrs. 14,376 KWHrs. 44,014 KWHrs. 19,803 KWHrs. 111 KWHrs. 925 KWHrs 207,894 KWHrs.
1,330,800 KWHrs.
I submit the following estimate for the cost of operation for the ensuing year :
Income from Private Consumers $ 33,000.00
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