Reports of town officers of the town of Attleborough 1911, Part 2

Author: Attleboro (Mass.)
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: The City
Number of Pages: 332


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$5,500.00


$5,500.00


New Fire Alarm Boxes.


Dr


To appropriation $125.00


Appropriation for Carpenter and


Pine Streets 75.00


Appropriation for Robinson and High- land Avenues 165.00


Cr. $365.00


Belcher & Loomis, wire. . $71.96


Gamewell Fire Alarm Co., three new


boxes-75, 116, 412. 225.00


Unexpended balance 68.04


$365.00


New Fire Hose.


Dr.


To appropriation


$650.00


$650.00


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Cr.


Boston Woven Hose Co $450.00


C. Callahan Co., hose. 162.50


Unexpended balance


37.50


$650.00


Finberg Playground.


Dr.


To appropriation


$250.00


Overdraft 38


Cr. $250.38


M. F. Ashley, lumber. $5.81


Pay roll, for labor. 220.57


C. H. Greaton, maple trees.


24.00


Fourth of July Celebration. $250.38


Dr.


To appropriation $300.00


Cr. $300.00


F. R. Harrell, vaudeville. $15.00


Redpath Bureau, entertainment. 25.00


B. Ekblad, services and expenses. 16.84


Beaton's National Band


I32.00


E. C. Newman, express. 3.40


John Stone, labor. 1.75


American Fireworks Co 60.00


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ANNUAL REPORT


J. A. Welsh, soliciting prizes 3.50


Unexpended balance . 42.5I


$300.00


Endowed Bed Sanatarium.


Dr.


To appropriation $700.00


Credit from State Aid on account of


Daniel Franklin 15.00


Credit from Soldiers' Relief on ac- count of Daniel Franklin. 46.52


Overdraft


163.36


$924.88


CI


Attleboro Sanatarium Company, Town Bed, occupied during 1911 .. $924.88


$924.88 Rent G. A. R. Headquarters.


Dr.


To appropriation $348.00


Cr. $348.00


W. A. Streeter Post, G. A. R.


$348.00


$348.00


Observance of Memorial Day.


Dr.


To appropriation


$300.00


$300.00


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ANNUAL REPORT


Cr.


WV. A. Streeter Post, G. A. R. $300.00


$300.00


Decoration Graves Spanish War Veterans.


Dr.


To appropriation $50.00


Cr. $50.00


H. A. Clark Camp. Spanish War Vet-


erans


$50.00


$50.00


Insurance Town Buildings.


Dr.


To appropriation $600.00


$600.00


Cr.


O. P. Richardson $223.00


H. E. Carpenter. 78.75


Martin Flanagan 30.00


William N. Goff


54.00


George J. Kelley 78.75


John McCaffrey


78.75


Samuel M. Holman 54.00


Unexpended balance 2.75


$600.00


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ANNUAL REPORT


Soldiers' Burial.


Dr.


To be paid by State. $111.00


$III.00


Cr.


Burial William Caswell. $35.00


Burial Daniel Franklin.


35.00


Burial Charles B. DesJardins


35.00


George A. Sweeney, fees


6.00


$111.00


Street Lighting.


Dr.


To appropriation $15,800.00


$15.800.00


Cr.


Paid Attleboro Steam and Electric Company :


January


$1,280.62


February 1,280.62


March 1,280.62


April


1,280.62


May


1,286.45


June


1,286.45


July 1,286.45


August


1,296.66


September


1,296.66


October


1,320.83


November


1,320.83


December


1,339.99


Unexpended balance


243.20


$15,800.00


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Soldiers' Relief.


Dr


To appropriation


$2,600.00


Town of Grafton on account of


Daniel Franklin 83.00


$2,683.00


Cr.


Paid indigent soldiers. $2,247.00


Endowed Bed Sanatarium on account


of Daniel Franklin. 40.52


Henry Stanton, board of Daniel


Franklin


24.00


Attleboro Coal Co., coal.


W. H. Clark, provisions. 7.75


2.00


W. E. Middleton, auto hire.


1.00


Burial Louise Burns.


35.00


Burial Minerva Webster


35.00


Unexpended balance 137.91


$2,530.18


Medical Attendance.


Dr. J. W. Battershall $14.28


Dr. R. P. Kent. 65.15


Dr. George K. Roberts 46.76


Dr. George B. Maxwell 7.88


Dr. E. B. Richardson 18.75


$152.82


$2,683.00


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ANNUAL REPORT


Highway Department.


Dr.


Appropriation $16,500.00


Balance from 1910. 192.77


Appropriation for South Avenue. . . 3,000.00


Appropriation for Jewell Avenue .. . .


600.00


Appropriation for Torrey Street. 200.00


Sale of crushed stone and stone. 323.69


Sale of dressing 6.25


Sale of tip cart.


25.00


Sale of pipe.


18.00


Providence Telephone Co., use of streets 25.00


Sale of junk 8.85


Use of road roller 36.00


Use of road machine. 17.68


Interstate Street Railway, lumber for Hebronville bridge 92.89


Sewer entrances


I37.50


Individual Telephones 100.53


State of Massachusetts, street rail-


way tax 2,325.12


Bristol County, Excise tax 191.63


Work done by Highway Department for street sprinkling 350.00


Work done by Highway Department for sidewalks 143.40


$24,294.31


Amount due from Interstate Consoli-


dated Street Ry. Co., Excise tax. .. $2,436.20 Amount due from Norton & Taunton Street Ry. Co., Excise tax. 74.97


2,511.17


$26,805.48


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ANNUAL REPORT


Cr.


North Division, pay roll. $6,908.71


South Division, pay roll. 2,436.99


South West Division, pay roll. 1,154.23


Street Cleaning, pay roll. 2,854.86


Superintendent of Streets, salary. . .


1,400.00


Repairs of state highway by State of Massachusetts


169.50


Stone


964.84


Surveying, H. F. Conant.


172.40


Surveying, Charles F. Robinson


13.50


Gravel


306.98


Supplies, roller and crusher


826.47


Snow 129.64


Shoeing


180.08


Tools and repairs.


481.05


Carpenter work


212.84


Keys and padlock.


1.43


Hay and grain. 1,117.68


Lights in barn and sheds 21.II


Lumber for bridges, fences, etc.


962.07


Catch basin covers and frames 101.48


Horses 550.00


Repairs on carts.


443.22


Cleaning catch basins


118.00


Miscellaneous labor


97.55


Veterinary services


18.00


Brush wagon 90.00


Horse hire


5.00


Auto hire


6.00


Grader


150.00


Cartage


13.50


Damages


100.00


Boiler inspection


4.00


Furniture


4.20


Cart


62.00


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Medicine for horses


11.98


Mason work


103.58


Pipe and lime. 98.85


Lantern oil


5.45


Boots, overalls, etc.


24.00


Harness supplies and repairs


93.92


Telephones


124.54


Advertising and printing


6.00


Drilling


1.50


Freight and express.


62.94


Incidentals, paints, oil,


brushes,


glass, etc


40.36


$22,650.45


Jewell Avenue-


Surveying


$ 11.80


Pay rolls


585.07


$596.87


Torrey Street-


Pay rolls


$210.29


$210.29


South Avenue-


Surveying


$ 16.25


Pay rolls


2,682.97


Coal


96.68


Stone


529.08


$3,324.98


$26,782.59


Unexpended balance


22.89


$26,805.48


ANNUAL REPORT


Street Sprinkling.


Dr.


Appropriation $6.000.00


Sale of watering carts 700.00


Oiling streets in Norton 18.50


$6.748.50


Cr.


Charles Howarth. sprinkling. $17.25


Frank Parmenter. sprinkling. 50.50


R. D. Manchester, sprinkling 52.70


F. I. Jillson, sprinkling 86.00


Fred Read, sprinkling


102.00


E. E. Perrin. sprinkling


232.50


Frank Roberts. oiling


12.80


Standard Oil Co.


3.939-40


Pay rolls


262.51


Oiling Machine 550.00


Freight 33.05


Labor and materials. oil tank platform 62.94


Work done by Highway Department. cleaning streets for oiling 350.00


Lumber for fence. 50.25


Rent of land.


31.50


Repairs on carts


21.85


Supplies 20.43


Cartage


3.00


Batteries and bolts


4.85


Water department 20.25


Unexpended balance 844.72


$6.748.50


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ANNUAL REPORT


Sidewalks.


Dr.


Appropriation


$3,000.00


Cutting and resetting curbing


101.25


Amount due from betterment.


1,628.56


Overdraft


843.90


$5,573.71


Cr


Curbing


$2,524.28


Labor


862.18


Granolithic


54.00


Surveying


233.20


Work done by Highway Department


I43.40


Setting curbing


986.59


Cutting curbing


26.00


Gutter crossings


41.35


Freight


353.62


Express


.75


Paving


343.35


Advertising


3.14


Oil


1.85


$5,573.71


Concrete Sidewalks.


Dr.


Appropriation


$3,000.00


Amount due from betterment 986.05


Overdraft 4.94


$3,990.99


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ANNUAL REPORT


Cr.


R. H. Jones. $3,099.74


Attleboro Concrete Company 891.25


$3,990.99


Thacher Drain.


Dr.


Appropriation


$200.00


Overdraft


6.02


$206.02


Cr.


Pay rolls


$206.02


$206.02


Relocating South Main Street. Dr.


Balance from 1910


$1,406.61


Cr.


$1,406.61


Pay rolls


$1,377.79


Blasting 12.50


Unexpended balance


16.32


Special for West Street. Dr.


$1,406.61


Overdraft


$300.00


$300.00


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ANNUAL REPORT


Cr.


Thomas G. Sadler, damage to pro- perty at corner of South Avenue and West Street $300.00


$300.00


Recommendations.


The following recommendations are made by the officers of the various departments :


Selectmen's Recommendations.


Current and incidental, with receipts. $15,000.00 Highways and bridges, with receipts. 21,000.00


Curbing sidewalks 3,000.00


Concrete sidewalks 3,000.00


Street lighting 16,000.00


Police Department, with court fines. 7,500.00


Laying dust on streets. 6,000.00


Soldiers' Relief 2,500.00


Observance Memorial Day 300.00


Insurance town buildings


600.00


$74,900.00


Recommended by engineers of Fire Department for current and inci-


dental expenses


$24,000.00


Recommended by Overseers of Poor for support of paupers $8,000.00 For medical attendance 500.00


$24,000.00


$8,500.00


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Recommended by the School Com-


mittee for support of schools, with dog fund $81,300.00


$81,300.00


Recommended by the Water Com-


missioners $20,000.00


$20.000.00


Recommended by the Library Trus-


tees for support of the library. $7.000.00


$7,000.00


Recommended by the Board of


Health


$3.000.00


$3.000.00


SUMMARY OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES AND APPROPRIATIONS OVERDRAWN.


Unexpended Overdrawn


Military aid


$ 25.00


Current and incidental


75.96


Board of Health II.OI


1,000 feet of fire hose


37.50


Fire alarm boxes. 68.04


Widening South Main street. 16.32


Street sprinkling


844.72


Street lighting


243.20


Soldiers' Relief


I37.91


Insurance town buildings.


2.75


July Fourth celebration


42.51


Public Library


7.28


Schoolhouse lots


88.50


Police Department


Fire Department


$643.18 999.84


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Unexpended Overdrawn


South Main street engine house.


73.32


South Attleboro engine house.


36.33


Thacher Drain and Ten Mile river ..


6.02


Concrete walks


4.94


Curbing sidewalks


843.90


Capron Park


208.61


Finberg Playground


.38


Pauper Department


868.14


Educational Department


478.35


Endowed bed, Sanatarium.


163.36


West Street


300.00


$1,600.70 $4,626.37


1,600.70


Total overdraft $3,025.67


The following balances are carried forward : Highways and bridges .. .$ 22.89 Unexpended balance, Sewer Dept ... 27,443.07


$27,465.96


Amounts to be raised to meet former votes : Capron Park $ 2,000.00 South Avenue and Soldiers' Monu- ment 5,000.00


Washington Street School. 3,000.00


South Main Street Engine House 3,800.00


South Attleboro Engine House.


3,000.00


Bliss School 5,000.00


Sewer System II,000.00


$32,000.00 Amounts required by law to be raised by taxation : State Tax, approximated. $21,000.00 County Tax, approximated. 20,000.00


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Sinking Fund


2,500.00


Interest on Notes. 5,000.00


Interest on Bonds. 15,500.00


Grade Crossing account and interest 12,500.00


$76.500.00


Recapitulation.


Selectmen's departments $74.900.00


Fire Department


24,000.00


Overseers of the Poor 8,500.00


School Committee


81,300.00


Water Department 20,000.00


Public Library 7,000.00 .


Board of Health.


3,000.00


Amounts required by law. 76,500.00


Amounts to meet former votes


32,000.00


Respectfully submitted, $327,200.00


GEORGE M. WORRALL, MILLARD F. ASHLEY, GEORGE A. SWEENEY, Selectmen of Attleborough.


Examined, February 1. 1912, and found correct.


BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, W. L. ELLIOT, FREDERICK L. LeBARON.


Auditors.


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER


Receipts.


Cash on hand, Jan. Ist, 19II. $22,196.10


S. M. Holman, Collector 303,000.00


Licenses.


Junk licenses


$500.00


Fourteen pedlers' licenses.


277.25


133 milk licenses .. 66.50


Bowling alley, pool and billiard table licenses 455.00


Two druggists' liquor licenses 2.00


Pawn brokers' licenses.


50.00


Intelligence office license.


2.00


Four auctioneers' licenses.


8.00


Two theatre and moving picture licenses 100.00


Merry-go-round license


10.00


Skating rink license.


25.00


License to sell loaded ammunition. . .


1.00


Licenses for wrestling bouts


Store license 22.00


11.34


Garbage licenses


15.50


Slaughter house licenses


3.00


Dance licenses 5.50


License to sell combustibles, oils, etc. II.00


ANNUAL REPORT


Innholders and common victuallers' licenses 44.00


Licenses to sell sundry articles. 4.00


Notes. $1,613.09


I9II.


Received of


May II, Perry, Coffin & Burr, note for 6 months, dated May 9. 1911, and due Nov. 9. 1911, at 3.12℃ . . $20,000.00 May 18, Perry, Coffin & Burr, 5 notes of $3,000. each dated May 1, 19II, and due Nov. 1, 1911-1915. at 4% 15.000.00 June 7, Curtis & Sanger, notes dated June 2. 19II, and due Nov. 2. I9II, at 3.34% . . $40,000.00 August 16, Bond & Goodwin, notes for 4 months, dated August II, IgII, and due Dec. II. I9II, at 3.64% 40,000.00


Bonds.


$115,000.00


I9II. Received from


Feb. 10, sale of 4% Sewer Bonds to Hayden. Stone & Co., dated July I. 1910. and due $5.000, July I. 1925 : $7,000. July 1926-1930 : $6.000, July 1. 1931, and $4.000, July 1, 1932 $50.000.00 July I, sale of 4% Sewer Bonds to Estabrook & Co., dated July I. 1910, and due $2.000, July. 1932. and $6.000. July 1. 1933-1940. . . . 50.000.00


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Oct. II, sale of 4% Sewer Bonds to Estabrook & Co., dated Oct. I, 19II, and due $4,000, Oct. 1, 1912- 1921, and $3,000, Oct. 1, 1922- 194I 100,000.00


$200,000.00


Premiums.


IgII. Received from


Feb. 10, Hayden, Stone & Co., pre- mium on $50,000, 4% Sewer Bonds, dated July 1, 1910, and due July 1, 1925-1932, at 104.86. . $2,430.00 May 18, Perry, Coffin & Burr, pre- mium on .notes amounting to $15,000, dated May 1, 19II, and due Nov. 1, 1911-1915, at 100.44. 66.00 June 7, Curtis & Sanger, premium on notes of $40,000, dated June 2. III, and due Nov. 2, 19II, at 3.34% 1.00


July 1, Estabrook & Co., premium on $50,000, 4% Sewer Bonds, dated July 1, 1910, and due July 1, 1932- 1940, at 106.82. 3.410.00


Oct. II, Estabrook & Co., premium on $100,000, 4% Sewer Bonds, dated Oct. 1, 1911, and due Oct. I, 1912-1941, at 103.156. 3,156.00


$9,063.00


Interest.


19II. Received of Feb. 10, Hayden, Stone & Co., ac- crued interest from Jan. 1, 19II,


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to Feb. 10, 191I, on $50,000, 4% Sewer Bonds, dated July 1, 1910 May 18, Perry, Coffin & Burr, accrued interest from May 1, 1911, to May 18, 19II, on notes amounting to $15,000, dated May 1, 1911, at 4% 28.33 Oct. II, Estabrook & Co., accrued in- terest from Oct. 1, 1911, to Oct. 12, 19II, on $100,000, 4% Sewer Bonds, dated Oct. I, 19II, and due Oct. 1, 1912-1941 . . III.II


First National Bank of Attleborough, interest on daily balances in bank for the year 745.94


$222.22


$1, 107.60


Sewer Connections.


I9II. Received of


Ashley & McKinnon, connecting building on Railroad Avenue with Railroad Avenue sewer. . . $37.50 McKinnon & Nicholson, connecting building on Railroad Avenue with Railroad Avenue sewer. . . 37.50 Mrs. George Appleby, connecting house on East Street with East Street sewer 37.50


Mrs. Everett Crossman, connecting house on Union Street with Union Street sewer 25.00


$137.50


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ANNUAL REPORT


Miscellaneous.


19II.


Received of


George F. Pratt, County Treasurer, for dog licenses.


$2,099.68


Expenses of killing dogs.


30.00


Edwin F. Thayer, Clerk, court fines. 1.956.63 I. Granville Carrier, keeper of jail. court fines and expenses. . 160.00


W. J. Newman, Sealer of Weights and Measures, fees, sealing


weights, etc.


104.82


$4,351.13


Board of Health-


City of Boston. $25.10


Town of Uxbridge. . 8.00


Town of Southbridge 14.50


Town of Plymouth 51.50


City of Fall River 84.75


Reimbursement for aid rendered ..


38.00


$221.85


Police Department : Town of Norton, for care of prison- ers at lock-up. . $38.00


Town of North Attleboro, for care of prisoners at lock-up. 2.00


Service of abutters notices by police officer 7.00


Individual Telephone Service. 37.59


Fire Department : $84.59


Sale of old hose and reel $12.00


Sale of old ladder. 20.00


Sale of pair of wheels. 3.50


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Sale of desk. 2.00


Sale of alarm key guard. 2.50


Installing tappers in private houses 24.94


Refilling fire extinguishers. . .... N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., for


1.05


putting out fire set by sparks from engine . 57.52


Individual telephone service. 44.21


$167.72


Highway Department :


Providence Telephone Co., use of


streets for underground wires .. $25.00 Attleboro Sanatarium, use of road machine 17.68


Standard Oil Co., use of road roller Interstate Con. St. Ry. Co., for lum-


36.00


ber used in Hebronville bridge ..


92.89


Sale of gravel and stone 323.69


Sale of dressing. 6.25


Sale of tip cart.


25.00


Sale of pipe. 18.00


Sale of junk. 8.85


Individual Telephone service. 100.53


Street Sprinkling Dept., for work cleaning streets for oil and oiling same for season of 19II. 350.00


Sidewalk Dept., for setting curbing 143.40


$1,147.29


Street Sprinkling Department- City of Providence for watering carts $700.00


A. H. Sweet, for oiling street in Norton 48.50


$748.50


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Sidewalk Department-


J. W. Cody, for cutting curbing at driveway $ 2.50


E. B. Holley, for cutting curbing at driveway 2.50


J. E. Blake, for cutting curbing at driveway 4.00


Jas. Gifford Estate, for change of curbing on Bank street. . County Commissioners, for curb- ing, surveying and resetting old curbing 79.80


6.50


Attleboro Fire Department, for set- ting three corners of curbing at South Attleboro Engine House. 5.95


$IO1.25


School Department-


Tuition from Town of Seekonk ... $327.75


Tuition from Town of Rehoboth .. 196.25


Tuition from individuals 166.25


Reimbursement from sale of car tickets 339.55


Sale of text-books and supplies ... 124.50


Sale of evening school supplies .. .. 34.75


Sale of stoves, etc. II.50


Sale of old rubbers. 8.25


Reimbursements for expenses of


School Savings 54.00


Individual telephone service. 50.03


$1,308.83


Overseers of the Poor-


Town of Wareham $29.75


Town of Mansfield 84.15


Town of Dighton. 51.50


Town of Southbridge.


3.40


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Town of Charlemont 7.00


City of Taunton. 84.00


City of Fall River. 23.00


Town of Uxbridge. 8.00


Receipts from sale of milk


715.05


Receipts from sale of cows.


175.00


Receipts from sale of pigs.


18.00


Receipts from sale of produce, beef, etc., from Poor Farm .. . .


166.58


Reimbursement for board of Dion children 225.00


Reimbursement for aid rendered. . 244.39


Individual telephone bills. 62.50


$1,897.32


State of Massachusetts


Corporation tax $9,037.98


National Bank tax. 621.85


Street Railway tax. 2,325.12


Armory rent 463.16


Military and State Aid.


2.753.00


Soldiers' burial 185.00


Temporary aid to paupers 28.50


Support of sick paupers.


31.15


Transportation of paupers


1.05


Burial of State paupers.


25.00


Board of Health, contagious


diseases


60.15


$15.531.96


Sale of land, Robinson School house lot $200.00


Individual telephone service, current and incidentals 153.54


Town of Grafton, for Sol- diers' Relief paid to John H. Kimball $60.00


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Reimbursement for aid ren-


dered, Soldiers' Relief .. . 23.00


L 83.00


Reimbursement for care of D. K.


Franklin, at Attleboro Sanitarium Duplicate bills 65.64


61.52


Amount overdrawn on State Aid ac- count 6.00


$569.70


$678.247.43


EXPENDITURES.


IQII.


Notes.


Paid.


Jan. 16, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., note dated Feb. 4, 1902, and due Feb. 4, 1911, at 4% . . ... $1,000.00 March 13, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., note dated April 4, 1906, and due April 4, 1911, at 4% 2,800.00 July 13, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., note dated Aug. I. 1908, and due Aug. 1, 191I, at 4% . 5,000.00


Oct. 28, First National Bank of Bos. ton, note dated May 1, 1911, and due Nov. 1, 191I, at 4% . 3,000.00


Notes of $25,000, $10,000 and $5,000, dated June 2, 1911, and due Nov. 2, 19II, discounted at 3.34% .... 40,000.00 Nov. I, First National Bank of Bos- ton, notes dated May 9, 19II, and due Nov. 9, 1911, discounted at 3.12% 20,000.00


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ANNUAL REPORT


Dec. 8, First National Bank of Bos- ton, note of $20,000 and two of $10,000, dated Aug. 11, 19II, and due Dec. 11, 1911, at 3.64% ..... 40,000.00 Dec. 29, Abington Savings Bank, note dated Dec. 31, 1908, and due Dec. 31, 19II 3,000.00


Dec. 29, Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, note dated Dec. 31, 1908, and due Dec. 31, 19II, at 4% ... 5,000.00


$119,800.00


I9II. Bonds.


Paid.


April 13, First National Bank of Bos- ton, bonds Fire Engine Station, dated May 2, 1910, and due May I, 19II $3,800.00


June 13, First National Bank of Bos- ton, Sewer Bonds, dated July I, 1910, and due July 1, 19II . 7,000.00


$10,800 00


I9II. Paid.


Interest.


Jan. 16, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest for 6 months, due Feb. 4, 1911, on note dated Feb. 4, 1902, at 4% $17.50


Interest for 6 months, due Feb. I, IgII, on notes amounting to $15,000, dated Aug. 1, 1908, at 4% March 13, Interest for 6 months, due April 4, 1911, on .note of $2,800, dated April 4, 1906, at 4% . 56.00


300.00


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April 13, Interest due May 1, 19II, On School House bonds. 525.00


First National Bank of Boston, in- terest due May 1, 1911, on Fire Engine Station bonds.


760.00


April 27, Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, interest for 6 months, due May 1, 19II, on notes amounting to $30,000, dated May I, 1909, at 4%


600.00


May II, Perry, Coffin & Burr, inter- est for 6 months on note of $20,000, dated May 9, 191I, and due Nov. 9. 1911, at 3.12% . .. May 13, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest due June 1, 19II, on Highway bonds


313.73


700.00


May 25, F. I. Babcock, Treasurer of Sinking Fund, interest due June


I, IQII, on Highway bonds ..... 100.00 June 7, Curtis & Sanger, interest from June 7, 19II, to Nov. 2, 191I, on notes amounting to $40,000, dated June 2, 19II, at 3.34% . . .. 549.22


June 13, First National Bank of Bos- ton, interest due July 1, 19II, on Sewer bonds


2,640.00


June 29. Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, interest for 6 months, due June 3, 1911, on three notes of $5,000 each, dated Dec. 31, 1908, at 4% 300.00


June 29, Abington Savings Bank, in- terest due June 31, 191I, for 6 months, on two notes of $3,000 each, dated Dec. 31, 1908, at 4% I20.00


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June 29, interest due July 1, 19II, On Sewer bonds held by individuals 360.00 July 13, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest due Aug. 1. 19II, for 6 months on three notes of $5,000 each, dated Aug. 1, 1908, at 4% 300.00


Aug. 16, Bond & Goodwin, interest from Aug. 16. 1911, to Dec. II, IgII, on notes of $40,000, dated Aug. II, 19II, at 3.64% . 473.20


Oct. 13, First National Bank of Bos- ton, interest due on bonds. Nov. 1, 19II 684.00


Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest due on bonds, Nov. I. 19II


Oct. 28, Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, interest for 6 months, due Nov. 1, 19II, on six notes of $5,000 each, dated May 1, 1909, at 4% 600.00


525.00


Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, interest for 6 months. due Nov. I. IgII, on four notes of $3,000 each, dated May 1. 1911, at 4% . . 240.00 First National Bank of Boston, in- terest for 6 months, due Nov. I. IgII, on note of $3.000, dated May 1, 19II, at 4% . 60.00


Nov. 14, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest due Dec. I. IgII, on 4% Highway bonds .... 700.00 Nov. 28, F. I. Babcock, Treasurer of Sinking Fund, interest due Dec. I, IQII, on bonds. 100.00


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Dec. 20, First National Bank of Bos- ton, interest due Jan. 1, 1912, on Sewer bonds 3,500.00 Dec. 29, Abington Savings Bank, in- terest for 6 months, due Dec. 31, IgII, on two notes of $3,000 each, dated Dec. 31, 1908, at 4%. . . I 20.00 Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, interest for 6 months, due Dec. 31, IQII, on three notes of $5,000 each, dated Dec. 31, 1908, at 4% 300.00


Interest due on bonds Jan. 1, 1912,


held by individuals 360.00


$15,303.65


IQII. Miscellaneous.


Paid.


George F. Pratt. County Treas- urer, County tax for 1911 . .... Treasurer of Sinking Fund, yearly appropriation


$19,869.84


2,500.00


Water Department, appropriation made at Annual Town Meeting March 6, 1911 14,000.00


State Aid for 1911, ($6 overdrawn, . see credits, amount paid, $2,687.00) 2,693.00


Military Aid for 19II. I 50.00


Bills approved by the Selectmen for 191I 407,332.62


$446,545.46


State of Massachusetts- -


State tax for 1911. $21,560.00 National Bank tax 983.93


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Abolition of grade crossing ac-


count 9,403.51


Abolition of grade crossing ac- count, interest 2,171.54


Repairs of State highway 169.50


Druggists' liquor licenses


.50


$34,288.98


$626,738.09


Cash on hand, January 1, 1912. . $51,509.34


$678,247.43


OUTSTANDING BONDS AND NOTES.


January 1, 1912.


Bonds due June 1, 1916. $40,000.00


Bonds due November 1, 1920 30,000.00


Bonds due May 1, 1912-1920. 34,200.00


Bonds due July 1, 1925-1932. 50,000.00


Bonds due July 1, 1932-1940. 50,000.00


Bonds due July 1, 1912-1925. 93,000.00


Bonds. due Oct. 1, 1912-1941 .


100,000.00


$397,200.00


Note dated Dec. 31, 1908, for 4 years, at 4% $3,000.00 Note dated Dec. 31. 1908, for 4 years, at 4% 5,000.00


Note dated Dec. 31, 1908, for 5 years, at 4% 5,000.00


Note dated Aug. 1, 1908, for 4 years, at 4% 5,000.00


Note dated Aug. 1, 1908, for 5 years, at 4% 5,000.00


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Note dated May 1, 1909, for 5 years,


at 4%


5,000.00 Note dated May 1, 1909, for 6 years, at 4%


5,000.00


Note dated May 1, 1909, for 7 years, at 4% 5,000.00 Note dated May 1, 1909, for 8 years, at 4% 5,000.00


Note dated May 1, 1909, for 9 years, at 4%


5,000.00


Note dated May. 1, 1909, for 10 years, at 4%


5,000.00


Note dated May I, 19II, for 11/2 years, at 4%. 3,000.00


Note dated May I, IQII, for 21/2 years, at 4%. 3,000.00


Note dated May 1, 19II, for 31/2 years, at 4%.


3,000.00


Note dated May 1, 19II, for 41/2 years, at 4%.


3,000.00


$65,000.00


WATER DEPARTMENT.


Receipts.


Cash on hand Jan. Ist, 19II. $ 2,260.33 George H. Snell, Water Registrar 19,709.22 Charles F. Robinson, Registrar. 27,393.35 Appropriation made by the Town,


March 6, 19II 14,000.00


$63,362.90


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Bonds.


19II.


Received from


Feb. 10, Sale of Bonds, dated July I, 1910, and payable July 1, 19II- I930 $20,000.00


July 1, Sale of Bonds, dated July I,


IgII, and payable July 1, 1912-


I94I


35,000.00


$55.000.00


Premiums.


IgII.


Received from


Premium on bonds dated July 1, 1910 $ 972.00


Premium on bonds dated July 1, 19II


1,431.50


$2,403.50


Interest.


III.


Accrued interest on


bonds




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