Reports of town officers of the town of Attleborough 1912, Part 2

Author: Attleboro (Mass.)
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: The City
Number of Pages: 314


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Charles I. Gay


50.00


M. J. Slattery 50.00


Herbert Todd


50.00


F. N. Fowler


50.00


John Reid


25.00


John H. Hardt. 50.00


Robert Tipping


25.00


$350.00


Hose Company No. 4, South Attleboro.


James W. Orr, Captain. $50.00


Daniel Driscoll 50.00


Christopher McLaughlin 50.00


Emory Orr 50.00


Percy Doran 50.00


Isaac Bunker 50.00


Walter Abbott


50.00


Michael Fox


50.00. .


Albert Olsen


50.00


Harry Prince


50.00


$500.00


Hose Company No. 5, Hebronville. W. N. Goff, Captain. $50.00


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ANNUAL REPORT


A. I. Atwell. 50.00


Charles L. Atwell


50.00


William Frenier


50.00


Alex LaPalme


50.00


Martin Tierney


50.00


Adelard Messier


50.00


Peter Gagne .


50.00


George Parker


50.00


$450.00


Hose Company No. 6, St. Jean Plat.


John Paquette


$10.00


Henri Smith


10.00


Wilfred Paquette 10.00


Arthur Doran


10.00


Medard Duquette


10.00


Philorum Dorais


10.00


Phillias Duquette


10.00


Dominic Brogan


10.00


Hormidas Duquette


10.00


George Miller 10.00


George Champagne 10.00


Alfred Johnson


10.00


$120.00


Hose Company No. 7, Briggs Corner.


Edward D. Briggs


$10.00


Fred L. Briggs 10.00


E. H. White. 10.00


Chas. L. Douglas 10.00


Alfred M. Brigham


10.00


William A. Vickery


10.00


H. E. Briggs .. 10.00


George L. Wetherell 10.00


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ANNUAL REPORT


Carl A. Brigham


10.00


Herbert B. Rounds.


10.00


Carlos T. Clark.


10.00


Clarence J. Brigham


10.00


$120.00


Hook and Ladder Company No. I.


G. H. Nash, Captain $125.00


H. E. Brown 125.00


E. F. Smith 125.00


Walter C. Dix. 125.00


Charles F. Sweetland. 125.00


J. H. Williams 125.00


G. L. Taylor. 125.00


B. F. Stevens 125.00


A. L. Young 125.00


Ira Cook 125.00


M. T. Smith


62.50


$1,312.50


Hook and Ladder Company No. 2.


F. J. Murphy, Captain.


$49.00


Harold Hopkins


50.00


Thomas F. Dean 50.00


George Orr


50.00


Frank Shaw 50.00


Henry Bunker


50.00


Frank Knight 50.00


Fred Dennette


50.00


Arthur Shaw


50.00


William Coupe


27.08


$476.08


32


ANNUAL REPORT


Hook and Ladder Company No. 3.


Fred A. Clark, Captain. $125.00


Roy Churchill 125.00


Craig C. Pope. 125.00


A. R. McLeod


125.00


Michael Barrett


125.00


Charles Burdick


125.00


$750.00


Total


$24,203.58


New Fire Hose. Dr.


To appropriation $600.00


$600.00


Cr.


Boston Woven Hose Co.


$600.00


$600.00


New Fire Alarm Boxes. Dr.


To appropriation


$475.00


Cr. $475.00


Belcher & Loomis Co., insulation .... $5.30 Gamewell Co., five alarm boxes and one mile wire. . . 419.61


Union Electric Co., cross-arms 6.75


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ANNUAL REPORT


Gamewell Co., wire ..


37.79


Unexpended balance. 5.55


$475.00


Automobile Truck, South Attleboro.


Dr.


To appropriation $5,500.00


$5,500.00


Cr.


Hitchcock-Banks Co., one combina-


tion chemical and hose auto


truck


$5,500.00


$5.500.00


Highway Department.


Dr.


Appropriation $14,000.00


Balance from 19II. 22.89


Providence Telephone Co., use of streets 25.00


Sewer entrances


87.50


Individual telephones 62.88


State of Massachusetts, street railway tax 2.323.93


Bristol County, excise tax. 191.45


Interstate Consolidated Street Rail- way Co., excise tax. 2.508.12


Town of Mansfield, use of horses on oiler 15.00


N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., work oiling, surfacing and rolling ap- proach to station. 1. 50.00


. 34


ANNUAL REPORT


Balance due on tip cart. 5.00


Sale of crushed stone and stone. 164.43


Sale of gravel. 3.60


Sale of pipe.


1.00


Sale of barrels 1.75


Sale of junk. 6.98


Hanscom Construction Co .. use of road roller .. 54.00


Work done by Highway Department for private concerns. 20.00


Work done by Highway Department for Sewer Department. 506.82


Work done by Highway Department for Water Department. 181.03


Work done by Highway Department for Sidewalk Department. 390.00 ...


Work done by Highway Department for concrete sidewalks. . ...


100.00


Work done by Highway Department for Playground


150.00


Cr.


$20.971.38


North Division, pay rolls $5,520.65


South Division. pay rolls.


1.787.14


South West Division. pay rolls. 1.278.38


Street Cleaning. pay rolls 1.161.22


Superintendent of Streets, salary 1.400.00


Stone 1.432.67


Surveying. H. F. Conant.


199.80


Surveying. Charles F. Robinson 34.70


Gravel and sand. 379.31


Supplies. roller and crusher


1.015.27


Snow


168.21


Shoeing


252.30


Tools and appliances, and repairs of same


762.35


35


ANNUAL REPORT


Carpenter work


67.75


Hay and grain.


2,103.91


Lights in barn and sheds. 26.91


Lumber for bridges, fences, etc.


293.69


Catch basin covers and frames


27.00


Horses


600.00


1


Carts and repairs. 346.37


Harness supplies and repairs.


230.39


Cleaning catch basins.


II2.00


Miscellaneous labor


203.79


Veterinary services


49.00


Hot water heater.


32.18


Plumbing, installing heater


72.75


Horse hire 27.00


Damages


20.00


Boiler inspection


15.00


Waste barrels


15.00


Tar


27.00


Ashes


38.70


Repairing and cleaning fountain and stand pipes


18.60


Straw


44.00


Gasolene


3.76


Medical attendance.


6.00


Road plow


18.00


Blankets


10.00


Posts


26.70


Use of cart


15.00


Medicine for horses.


22.69


Pipe, brick and cement


77.49


Lantern oil.


7.06


Boots, oil suit and hat 19.75


Telephones 155.22


Advertising and printing


7.58


Painting stack 6.00


Freight and express 7.69


36 .


ANNUAL REPORT


Incidentals, paints, oil, brushes,


glass, etc. 55-57


$20,201.55


Hodges Street-


Surveying


$3.50


Pay rolls


403.35


Howard Avenue- $406.85


Surveying


$7.00


Pay rolls


225.00


$232.00


Unexpended balance


I 30.98


$20.971.38


Street Sprinkling.


Dr.


Appropriation $6,000.00


Town of Mansfield, use of oiler 5.00


Town of North Attleboro 40.00


Oiling for individuals 8.00


Use of watering cart 10.00


1


$6,063.00


Cr.


Charles Howarth, oiling $47.25


Frank Parmenter, sprinkling and


oiling 610.63


Fred Read, sprinkling 40.00


Alden Speares Sons Co.


2,403.63


Standard Oil Co 1,632.45


John Lamson 555.86


Freight 5.00


37


ANNUAL REPORT


Carpenter work


50.40


Lumber


203.58


Rent of land.


26.50


Repairs on carts.


15.92


Mason work


18.86


Gasolene


4.95


Bushings


1.35


Water Department


10.25


Oil


.73


Unexpended balance


435.64


Sidewalks.


$6,063.00


Dr.


Appropriation


$3,000.00


Resetting curbing


11.87


Sale of gutter covers and curbing


128.83


Amount due from betterment.


2,113.40


Cr.


$5.254.10


Curbing


$2,735.48


Labor


687.47


Surveying


189.45


Paving stones


300.00


Setting curbing


850.12


Cutting curbing


9.50


Gutter crossings


66.00


Freight


.84


Gravel


24.10


Paving, labor


267.20


Oil


1.25


Sand


10.50


Cement


34.21


Y. M. C. A., granolithic walk


32.80


Unexpended balance


45.08


$5,254.10


.


38


ANNUAL REPORT


Concrete Sidewalks.


Dr.


Appropriation $3,000.00


Concreting driveways for individuals 9.75 -


Amount due from betterment 427.08


State of Massachusetts. 68.00


$3,504.83


Cr.


R. H. Jones, concrete. $2,590.02


Attleboro Concrete Co., concrete. . . 85.60


Olof Pearson, concrete. 579.70


Granolithic


105.47


Labor


103.12


Unexpended balance


40.92.


$3,504.83


Robert Street.


Dr


Appropriation


$1,550.00


$1,550.00


Cr.


Surveying


$32.25


Pay rolls


1,481.75


Gravel


12.45


Unexpended balance


23.55


$1,550.00


Thacher Drain (Covering). Dr.


Appropriation


$2,500.00


Overdraft


3.65


$2,503.65


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ANNUAL REPORT


Cr.


Surveying


$39.00


Pay rolls


911.76


Lumber


127.34


Mason work


609.89


Stone


190.59


Sand, cement and lime


297.09


Gravel


12.83 .


Carpenter work


15.20


Rails


221.74


Catch basins and covers


33.67


Freight


20.54


Boots


24.00


$2,503.65


River Street.


Dr.


Appropriation


$100.00


Overdraft


6.00


$106.00


Cr.


Pay rolls


$106.00


$106.00


South Attleboro Streets.


Dr.


Appropriation $2,000.00


Overdraft


3.08


$2.003.08


Cr.


Surveying $15.00


Pay rolls 1,516.76


40


ANNUAL REPORT


Stone


350.03


Tools and repairs 109.25


Lubricator


5.30


Boots


5.00


Freight


1.74


Solomon Street. 1


Dr.


Appropriation


$500.00


Overdraft


69.37


$569.37


Cr.


Surveying


$4.50


Pay rolls


564.87


South Avenue. Dr.


Appropriation


$2,000.00


Overdraft 3.20


$2,003.20


Cr.


Surveying $7.25


Pay rolls


1,580.33


Stone


415.62


$2,003.20


Park Street.


Dr.


Appropriation $3,000.00


Cr.


Surveying $23.00 $3,000.00


$2,003.08


$569.37


41


ANNUAL REPORT


Pay rolls


2,291.73


Stone


478.51


Gravel


67.95


Repairs on tools.


16.15


Coal


45.62


Cement and pipe


13.92


Unexpended balance


63.12


$3,000.00


Cleaning Ten Mile River and Thacher Drain.


Dr.


Appropriation


$200.00


Overdraft


3.68


$203.68


Cr.


Pay rolls


$191.68


Boots


12.00


$203.68


State Street.


Dr.


Appropriation


$125.00


Overdraft


8.61


$133.61


Cr.


Surveying


$3.50


Pay rolls


119.II


Gravel


11.00


$133.61


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ANNUAL REPORT


Twelfth Street.


Dr.


Appropriation


$250.00


Cr.


Surveying


$6.50


Pay rolls


236.22


Unexpended balance


7.28


$250.00


Street-Park to Park.


Dr.


Appropriation


$500.00


Cr.


Surveying


$13.00


Joseph McCra, grading and filling. . . 400.00


Unexpended balance


87.00


$500.00


Atwood Street.


Dr.


Appropriation


$250.00


$250.00


Cr


Surveying


$7.50


Pay rolls 242.00


Unexpended balance


.50


$250.00


$250.00


$500.00


43


ANNUAL REPORT


Maple Street. Dr.


Appropriation


$800.00


Cr. $800.00


Surveying


$30.00


Pay rolls


630.90


Gravel


128.95


Carpenter work


7.20


Unexpended balance


2.95


$800.00


Jefferson Street.


Dr.


Appropriation


$275.00


Cr. $275.00


Surveying


$11.50


Pay rolls


234.90


Mason work


5.57


Unexpended balance


23.03


$275.00


Playground.


Dr.


$500.00


Appropriation


Cr. $500.00


Pay rolls $447.14


Blowing stone and stumps.


35.15


44


ANNUAL REPORT


Rve 5.20


Unexpended balance


12.51


Water Street. $500.00


Dr.


Appropriation for land damages. . $1,000.00


Cr. $1,000.00


John H. Nerney.


$500.00


Mary Murphy


500.00


$1,000.00


Dr.


Appropriation


$600.00


Overdraft


84.14


$684.14


Cr.


Surveying


$35.50


Pay rolls


423.31


Moving barn


49.00


Gravel


52.05


Lumber


59.28


Building cellar


65.00


$684.14


Concreting and Curbing Bliss School Lot.


Dr.


Appropriation


$ 500.00


$500.00


45


ANNUAL REPORT


Cr.


Curbing


$206.72


Setting curbing


30.00


Gravel


21.00


Pay rolls


12.00


Concrete


94.95


Unexpended balance


I35.33


Brownell Street.


Dr.


Appropriation


$500.00


Cr.


Surveying


$22.00


Pay rolls


461.04


Unexpended balance


16.96


J


$500.00


Manchester Street.


Dr.


Appropriation


$200.00


Overdraft


15.00


Cr. 1


$215.00


Surveying


$18.00


Pay rolls


187.50


Stone


9.50


$500.00·


$500.00


$215.00


46


ANNUAL REPORT


Garden, Wigwam and Henry Streets.


Dr.


Appropriation


$500.00


Overdraft


107.27


Cr. $607.27


· Surveying


$8.00


Pay rolls


587.42


Mason work


11.85


$607.27


Insurance of Town Property.


Dr.


To appropriation


$600.00


Duplicate bill


72.00


$672.00


Cr.


F. C. Estes. premiums. $48.00


Harry E. Carpenter. premiums


97.50


George J. Kelley, premiums 144.00


George M. Worrall, premiums 119.00


O. P. Richardson. premiums 84.00


Attleboro Fire Insurance Co


25.00


Fred E. Briggs. premiums.


125.00


Unexpended balance


29.50


$672.00


Street Lighting.


Dr.


To appropriation


$16,000.00


$16.000.00


47


ANNUAL REPORT


Cr.


January


$1,339.99


February 1,339.99


March


1,339.99


April


1,339.99


May


1,339.99


June


1,339.99


July


1,271.4I


August


1,271.42


September


1,333.17


October


1,333.17


November


1,333.17


December


1,333.17


Unexpended balance


84.55


$16,000.00


Decorating Graves, Spanish War Veterans.


Dr.


To appropriation


$50.00


. Cr. $50.00


Major H. A. Clark Camp, S. W. V .. $50.00


$50.00


Observance of Memorial Day.


Dr.


To appropriation $300.00


$300.00


Cr.


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


$300.00


45


ANNUAL REPORT


Rent of G. A. R. Quarters. Dr.


To appropriation $348.00


Cr. $348.00


W. A. Streeter Post. G. A. R. $348.00


$348.00


Soldiers' Relief.


Dr.


To appropriation $2.500.00


Cr. $2.500.00


Paid to indigent soldiers. $1,969.00


Aid furnished Hiram Danforth. 10.00


Unexpended balance 360.60


$2,339.60


Medical Attendance.


Dr. J. W. Battershall $4.95


Dr. C. S. Holden 26.40


Dr. John Lake. 58.50


Dr. G. K. Roberts 21.97


Dr. W. E. Rounseville


11.00


Dr. M. H. Battershall


6.60


Dr. E. B. Richardson


4.20


Dr. R. P. Kent. 8.40


Dr. J. W. Clarke


18.38


$160.40


49


ANNUAL REPORT


State Aid.


Amount expended (to be reimbursed by State) $2,708.00


$2,708.00


Refund to F. J. Powers. Dr.


-


To appropriation $700.00


$700.00


Cr.


Frank J. Powers, refund of money ex- pended in 1902 for extension of water mains on Washington street $700.00


$700.00


Soldiers' Burial. Dr.


To be paid by State


$37.00


$37.00


Cr.


Burial Emma Nelson.


$35.00


George A. Sweeney, fees.


2.00


$37.00


50


ANNUAL REPORT


Fourth of July Celebration.


Dr.


To appropriation


$300.00


Overdraft


1.42


.


Cr $301.42


B. E. Ekblad, services, lumber, ex- penses, etc.


$27.77


F. W. Hathaway, vaudeville. 33.20


Alphonse LeClair, band. I 36.00


E. C. Newman, express. 3.00


National Fireworks Company


100.00


M. F. Ashley Co., lumber.


1.45


$301.42


51


ANNUAL REPORT


SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, BALANCES AND OVERDRAFTS.


Appro'tn


Receipts


Expended


Balance


Overdraft


Currentand'Incidental


$15,000.00


$1.904.03


$18,688.57


$1,784.54


Police


7,500.00


2,847.88


10,152.92


$194.96


Lockup Equipment.


1,500.00


734.66


765.34


Fire Department.


24,000.00


188.25


21,203.58


15.33


New Hose.


600.00


600.00


Fire Boxes


475.00


469.45


5.55


Auto Truck


5,500.00


5,500.00


Insurance


600.00


570.50


29.50


Lights


16,000.00


15,915.45


84.55


Spanish War Veterans


50.00


50 00


Memorial Day


300.00


300.00


G. A. R. Rent.


348.00


348.00


Soldiers' Relief


2,500.00


2,139.40


360.60


F. J. Powers


700.00


700.00


Fourth of July


300.00


301.42


1.42


Highways


14,000.00


6,971.38


20,840.40


130.98


Street Sprinkling


6,000.00


63.00


5,627.36


435.64


Sidewalks


3,000.00


2,254.10


5,209.02


45.08


Concrete


3,000.00


504.83


3,463.91


40.92


Robert Street.


1,550.00


1,526.45


23.55


Thacher Drain


2,500.00


2,503.65


6.00


River Street.


100.00


106.00


3.08


Solomon Street.


500.00


569.37


3.20


South Avenue


2,000.00


2,003.20


Park Street.


3,000.00


2,936.88


63.12


Cleaning River


200.00


203.68


3 68


State Street.


125.00


133.61


8.61


Twelfth Street


250.00


242.72


7.28


Park Street Extension


500.00


413.00


87.00


Atwood Street


250.00


249.50


.50


Maple Street


800.00


797.05


2.95


Jefferson Street


275.00


251.97


23.03


Playground


500.00


487.49


12.51


Water Street


1,000.00


1,000.00


Water Street


600.00


684.14


84.14


Bliss Lot.


500.00


364.67


135.33


Library


7,000.00


47.81


7,043.03


4.78


Schools


81,300.00


3,268.23


84,564.54


3.69


Board of Health


3,500.00


256.21


3,703.13


53.08


Poor Department.


7,600.00


2,189.77


11,030.05


1,240.28


Capron Park


3,000.00


1.50


3,076.36


74.86


Brownell Street


500.00


483.04


16.96


Manchester Street.


200.00


215.00


15.00


Garden Street, etc.


500.00


607.27


107.27


Totals


$221,623.00


$20,496.99


$243,013.52


$2,526.90


$3,420.43*


3.65


South Attleboro Sts


2,000.00


2,003.08


69.37


*Net overdraft $893.53


52


ANNUAL REPORT


APPROPRIATION SUMMARY-Continued.


Appro tn


Receipts


Expended


Balance


Overdraft


General Appropriation


$221.623.00


$20.496.99


$243 013.52


$2.528 90


$3 400.43


Carried Forward


High School


175.000 00 35.000.00


:40.00


43.579.62


131 .60.56


Tifany School.


23 .:: 3.79


11.201.01


Water Department


Construction


15.032.4:


2.056.22


Maintenance


250000


45.655.04


72.15.004


Grand Total


$455.123.00


$57.115.2.


$398.082.41


$3.420.43


Recommendations.


The following recommendations are made by the various departments :


Selectmen's Recommendations.


Current and Incidental. with receipts. $17.000.00 Police Department. with receipts. .. 7.500.00 Highway Department. with receipts 20.000.00 Park street to Briggs Corner 1.000.00 Thacher street repairs. 1.000.00


Paving Park street. North Main. South Main and Union streets.


$15.000 to be divided into three payments. For 1913. 5.000.00


Street sprinkling


6.000.00


Curbing sidewalks 3.000.00


Concrete walks 3.000.00 Cleaning Ten Mile River 500.00


Street lights 16.300.00


Soldiers' Relief 2.500.00


Observance Memorial Day 300.00


G. A. R. rent 348.00


53


ANNUAL REPORT


Insurance town buildings.


3,000.00


Fourth of July Observance. 500.00


$86,948.00


Recommended by the Fire Engineers for the current and incidental expenses


$25.000.00


$25,000.00


Recommended by Overseers of the Poor :


For support of paupers. . $8,000.00


For medical attendance.


500.00


$8,500.00


Recommended by the School Com- mittee for support of schools, with Dog Fund. $89,000.00


$89,000.00


Recommended by the Water Com-


missioners


$25,000.00


$25,000.00


Recommended by the Library Trus-


tees for support of the Library .. $7,000.00


Recommended by the Board of $7,000.00 Health


$3,500.00


$3,500.00


The following balances are carried forward : Highways and bridges. $130.98 New High School 131,860.38 Tiffany School


II,226.2I


$143,217.57


54


ANNUAL REPORT


Amounts to be raised to meet former votes : Capron Park


$2,000.00 South avenue and Soldiers' Monu-


ment 5,000.00


South Main Street Engine House. 3.800.00


South Attleboro Engine House. 3.000.00


Bliss School


5,000.00


Sewer Department 16.000.00


Thacher Street School (Tiffany) 5,000.00


High School lot. 2,000.00


High School building


9.000.00


$50,800.00


Amounts required by law to be raised by taxation :


State Tax, approximated.


$22,000.00


County Tax. approximated. 20.000.00


Sinking Fund 2.500.00


Interest on notes. 5.000.00


Interest on bonds. 27,000.00


Grade Crossing account and interest 12,500.00


$89.000.00


Recapitulation.


Selectmen's departments $86,948.00


Fire Department


25.000.00


Overseers of Poor


8.500.00


School Department


89.000.00


Water Department


25.000.00


Library


7,000.00


Board of Health.


3.500.00


Amounts required by law 89.000.00


Amounts to meet former votes. . . 50.800.00


$384,748.00


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Respectfully submitted,


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


Examined, February 4, 1913, and found correct.


BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, W. L. ELLIOT, FRED L. MORSE,


Auditors.


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER


Receipts.


Cash on hand, Jan. Ist, 1912. $51,509.34


S. M. Holman, Collector. 350,440.00


Licenses.


Junk licenses


$500.00


Thirteen pedlers' licenses


286.00


131 milk licenses. . . 65.50


Bowling alley, pool and billiard table licenses


385.00


Three druggists' liquor licenses. .


3.00


Five auctioneers' licenses.


10.00


Two theatre and moving picture licenses


100.00


Merry-go-round license


1.00


Circus license


20.00


Licenses for wrestling bouts.


8.00


Dance licenses


1.00


License to sell combustibles,


oils, etc.


15.50


Inn-holders' and common victual- lers' licenses 60.00


Licenses to sell in Monument


square


4.00


$1,459.00


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Notes.


1912.


Received of


April 26, Loring, Tolman & Tup- per, notes for six months, dated April 23, 1912, dis- counted at 3.74% . $40,000.00


May 28, First National Bank of Attleboro, three notes, dated May 20, 1912, and due $3,000 Nov. 20, 1912; $2,000 May 20, 1913, and $2,000 May 20, 1914, at 4% 7,000.00


May 31, Estabrook & Co., seven notes of $5,000 each, dated May 20, 1912, and due $5,000 Nov. 20, 1912, and $5,000 May 20, 1913-1918, at 4% . 35,000.00


June 14, C. D. Parker Co., notes dated June II, 1912, and due Nov. II, 1912, discounted at 3.60% 40,000.00


$122,000.00


Bonds.


1912. Received from


July I, sale of 4% Sewer Bonds to Blodget & Co., dated July I, 1912, and due $5,000 July I, 1913-1927 $75,000.00


Aug. 24, sale of 4% High School Building Bonds to N. W. Har- ris & Co., dated Aug. 1, 1912, and due $9,000 Aug. 1, 1913- 1922. $8,500 Aug. 1, 1923, and $1,500 Aug. 1, 1924. 100,000.00


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Oct. 21, sale of 4% Sewer Bonds to Estabrook & Co., dated July I, 1912, and due $5,000 July I 1928-1942 75,000.00


$250,000.00 -


Premiums.


1912. Received from


May 31, Estabrook & Co., pre- mium on 4% notes amounting . to $35,000, dated May 20, 1912, and due 1912-1918, at 100.56. . $196.00 July I, Blodget & Co., premium on $75,000 4% Sewer Bonds, dated July 1, 1912, and due July I, 1913-1927, at 101.169. 876.75


Aug. 24, N. W. Harris & Co .. pre- mium on $100,000 4% High School Building Bonds. dated Aug. 1, 1912, and due Aug. I. 1913-1924, at 100.88. 880.00


Oct. 21, Estabrook & Co., premium on $75,000 Sewer Bonds, dated July 1, 1912, and due July I, 1928-1942, at 101.425 . 1.068.75


$3.021.50*


Interest.


1912.


Received of


May 31, Estabrook & Co., accrued interest from May 20, 1912, to May 31, 1912, on notes amount- ing to $35,000, dated May 20. 1912, at 4% . $42.78


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Aug. 24, N. W. Harris & Co., accrued interest from Aug. 1, 1912, to Aug. 23, 1912, on $10,000, 4% Sewer Bonds, dated Aug. 1, 1912 244.44 Oct. 21, Estabrook & Co., accrued interest from July 1, 1912, to Oct. 21, 1912, on $75,000 4% Sewer Bonds, dated July 1, 1912. 916.67


First National Bank of Attleboro, interest on daily balances in bank for year 1912. 1,022.34


$2,226.23


Sewer Connections.


1912. Received of


Sept. 19, T. E. McCaffrey, connecting house with Capron street sewer $10.00 Sept. 19, Chas. A. Sturdy, connecting house with East street sewer ... 10.00 Oct. 10, G. L. Appleby, connecting house with Union street sewer. . 10.00 Oct. 24, C. E. Hemple, connecting house with East street sewer .... 10.00


Nov. II, S. M. Holman, connecting block with Pleasant street drain 37.50 Dec. 2, L. H. Cooper, connecting house with Bank street sewer .. 10.00


$87.50


Miscellaneous.


1912. Received of


George F. Pratt, County Treasurer,


for dog licenses. $2,342.00 1


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W. J. Newman, Sealer of Weights and Measures, fees, sealing weights, etc. $101.61


Tax on potatoes sold from car. 9.72


Duplicate bill, Current and Inci- dental Department. 7.00


Individual telephone bill, Current and Incidental. 91.45


$209.78


Board of Health :


City of Taunton. $44.60


Town of Seekonk. 8.00


Town of Rehoboth. 1.65


City of Somerville. 116.50


Lakeville State Sanatarium


10.86


$181.61


Police Department :


Services of notices and warrants by police officer $61.90


Board of Health, rent of office. . ..


50.00


Edwin F. Thayer, Clerk, Court fines


2,373.48


Isaac E. Willetts, Keeper of Bristol Jail, fines and expenses. . 245.00


Edwin H. Evans, Keeper of Bristol County Jail, fines. 65.00


Franklin L. Hathaway, Keeper of Jail and Master of House of Cor- rection, fines 15.00


Individual telephone service. 37.50


$2,847.88


Fire Department : Sale of old hose. $11.00


Sale of horse


I 30.00


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Duplicate bill


.95


Individual telephone service 46.30


$188.25


Highway Department :


Providence Telephone Co., use of streets, for underground wires .. 25.00 Hanscom Construction Co., use of steam road roller 54.00


1


Town of Mansfield, use of horses on. oiling machine 15.00


A. Page, for filling in on Pembroke avenue 5.00


N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., sur-


facing, rolling and oiling ap- proach to station.


I 50.00


Attleboro Gas Co., for repairing streets


15.00


Attleboro Water Department, for repairing streets. 84.50


Attleboro Water Department, for delivering water 96.53


Sewer Department, for repairs on streets caused by laying of sewer pipes 506.82


Sale of gravel and stone. 168.03


Sale of barrels. 1.75


Balance due on tip cart 5.00


Sale of pipe. 1.00


Sale of junk. 6.98


Credits for work done by Highway Department :


On playground I50.00


On sidewalks 390.00


On concrete sidewalks 100.00


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Duplicate bill, Manchester street. . 14.25


Individual telephone service. 62.88


$1,851.74


Street Sprinkling Department :


Bruno & Petitti, use of watering


cart $10.00


Town of North Attleboro, for oil- ing street 40.00


Town of Mansfield, use of oiling machine 5.00


Bates & Bacon, oiling driveway,


County street 8.00


$63.00


Sidewalk Department :


S. M. Einstein, for curbing and grate covers $90.47


S. R. Briggs, for change of curbing 5.37


Y. M. C. A., resetting curbing on North Main street. 6.50


Charles Wilmarth, concreting driveway on Fourth street. 5.00 . .. E. A. Remington, concreting drive- way on Fourth street. 4.75


A. A. French, for gutter covers and curbing 38.36


$150.45


Capron Park : Sale of material. $1.50


Library Department : Credit on books returned. $43.31


Duplicate bill 4.50


$47.81


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School Department :


Tuition from Town of Seekonk ... $240.00


Tuition from Town of Rehoboth. . 228.75


Tuition from individuals. 132.50


Reimbursement from sale of car tickets 318.60


Sale of text books and supplies. . .


58.31


Sale of evening school supplies ... 45.25


Receipts from incidentals. 19.32


Donation for light .brick for new


High School building. 500.00


Individual telephone service. 50.00


$1,592.73


Overseers of the Poor :


Town of Norton. $13.50


Town of Mansfield 11.50


Town of Dighton 62.50


Town of Southbridge. 154.40


City of Taunton 33.00


City of Fall River 64.25


Receipts from sale of milk 525.45


Receipts from sale of eggs. 15.30


Receipts from sale of cattle. 76.00


Receipts from sale of pigs


44.50


Receipts from sale of pork


6.87


Receipts from sale of produce from Poor Farm 12.53


Reimbursement for board of Dion children 238.00


Reimbursement for board of Wil- liam Bowers 84.50


Reimbursement for board and care of individuals at Poor Farm .. . . . 317.79 Reimbursement for car fare to Brockton 1.00


Labor and sale of loam 22.20


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Duplicate bill


2.50


Individual telephone service. 68.75


SI.754.54


State of Massachusetts :


Corporation tax. $7,261.08


National Bank tax 599.55


Street Railway tax.


2.323.93


State Aid 2.762.00


Soldiers' burial.


III.00


Temporary aid to paupers.


232.60


Support of sick paupers.


158.18


Transportation of paupers.


9.45


Burial of State paupers.


35.00


Board of Health, contagious dis-


eases


74.60


Instruction. Public Schools :


Tuition


$52.00


Transportation 17.50


69.50


Concrete sidewalk, Armory build-


ing 68.00


$13,704.89


Duplicate bill. Insurance account ... 72.00


Amount overdrawn on State Aid ac-


count


4.00


$805,755.75


EXPENDITURES.


Paid.


1912.


Bonds.


April 18, First National Bank of Bos- ton, Fire Engine Station Bonds. dated May 2. 1910. and due May 1, 1912 $3.800.00


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June 17, First National Bank of Bos- ton, Sewer Bonds, dated July I, 1910, and due July 1, 1912. 7,000.00 Sept. 20, First National Bank of Bos- ton, Sewer Bonds, due Oct. I, 1912 4,000.00




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