Reports of town officers of the town of Attleborough 1913, Part 2

Author: Attleboro (Mass.)
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: The City
Number of Pages: 376


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9.91


Belcher & Loomis. supplies .... 1.24 Bristol Motor Car Co., repairs and supplies 20.20


Fred A. Clark, labor and ma- terial 35.78


Cornelius Callahan Co., supplies 57.14


Combination Ladder Co., sup- plies and repairs. 93.27


Capron Garage, auto hire. 68.00


33


ANNUAL REPORT


Capron Garage, oil and gaso- lene 49.71


Fred Connelly, supplies 3.00


Columbus Oil and Gasolene Co., oil 12.90


Carpenter Coal and Lumber Co.,


lumber and supplies. 4.42


Geo. L. Claflin Co., supplies and chemicals 3.61


H. N. Collins, supplies


3.85


Geo. Civalier, rent of land.


11.20


F. A. Clark, motor operator's license


2.00


H. I. Dalman & Co., brooms and brushes 16.00


Thos. F. Dean, oil and supplies. 8.10


J. O. Draper Co., soap. 1.25


Frank H. Davis, sewer connec- tions


36.85


Elec. Hose and Rubber Co., gar- den hose 17.40


The Formicone Co., disinfectant 8.75


Fire Police


86.50


Fireman's Herald


6.00


Granville C. Fisk, supplies. . .


8.10


E. H. Frink, repairs and sup- plies


34.45


Grant Bros., labor and material


25.32


Gamewell Fire Alarm Co., sup- plies 194.82


Hugh Gaw, veterinary


57.00


Peter Gagnon janitor


4.00


W. N. Goff, supplies. 2.50


Hitchcock Banks Co., supplies. 36.71


Heaney Mfg. Co., supplies. 6.00


C. I. Higgins, repairs, etc ...... 71.20


Hebron Mfg. o., use of horses. .


20.00


34


ANNUAL REPORT


C. I. Higgins, Hebron Hose


House account 28.25


E. V. Hicks, motor op. license. . 2.00


T. G. Hasler, labor and material 40.00


Geo. Ide, janitor


65.00


Geo. T. Johnson & Co., toilet paper 6.00


W. E. Josselyn & Co., repairs. . .75


R. H. Jones, concrete 28.00


J. Klebes, shoeing and repairs. 9.35


Horace Knight, use of horses .. 65.00


J. T. Kenyon, repairs


3.00


Paul LaCross, suprema. . . .


3.70


Lilly & Morgan, supplies and medicines 9.10


E. Lawson, straw.


102.56


Mackinnon & Nicholson, labor and material 27.78


T. O. Mullally, vasolene.


.25


G. A. Monroe Co., supplies. 33.86


A. R. Macomber, supplies and repairs 20.86


W. E. Middleton, use of horses.


21.00


Mass. Metal Polish Co., polish and supplies 4.80


New England Towel Supply Co., towels 23.00


Niagara Search Light Co.,


search light 10.37


John Reid, janitor


52.00


Rhode Island Co., electric power


10.00


Phinotas Chemical Co., disinfec- tant 5.00


H. R. Packard, ex. to fireman's con. 43.60


Providence Telephone Co., tele- phone service 212.10


35


ANNUAL REPORT


N. Perry & Co., supplies. . . Pope & Read, labor and material 235.18 H. R. Packard, supplies, etc .... Herbert Sullivan, Inspector of Boilers 4.00


45.23


53.94


W. E. Sweeney, secretary's sup- plies


1.09


Smith Coal Co., kindling


2.40


A. G. Slocum, supplies.


1.50


Somerville Brush Co., brushes.


10.80


Snow Iron Works, supplies. . .. 6.00


Geo. H. Snell, supplies and re- pairs


89.96


San Souci Dept. Store, supplies


14.75


H. M. Sawyer & Son, coats .. . .


15.00


J. M. Simpson, shoeing and re- pairs


209.15


Thos. Stevenson, labor and sup- plies


7.20


Sun Pub. Co., printing


17.20


H. A. Smith, use of horses.


16.00


H. B. Shaw, carriage hire.


4.50


G. A. Sweeney, supplies.


23.36


Wm. K. Toole Hardware Co., supplies


7.37


J. L. Tobitt & Co., labor and material


3.65


Texas Co., gasolene


22.16


Union Electric Supply Co., sup- plies 60.07


Whitten Gilmore Co., supplies. .


.65


Weston Electric Instrument Co., repairs 5.90


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., supplies. 1.57


White & Rhind, supplies. . 28.65


36


ANNUAL REPORT


Leith Young, labor


3.60


Unexpended balance $25,272.77


$5,402.46 240.14


Fire Dept. New Hose


To appropriation


$900.00


$900.00


Cr.


Cornelius Callahan Co., 500 feet 21/2-inch $300.00


Combination Ladder


Co., 500


feet 21/2-inch 300.00


Boston Woven Hose Co., 500


feet 21/2-inch


300.00


$900.00


Fire Alarm Boxes


Dr.


To appropriation


$400.00


$400.00


Cr.


Gamewell Fire Alarm Co $380.00


Unexpended balance


20.00


$400.00


ANNUAL REPORT


37


Fire Dept .- Rubber Covers


Dr.


To appropriation $100.00


$100.00


Cr.


By Cornelius Callahan Co. $46.00


Granville C. Fiske 55.00


$101.00


$100.00 1.00


Overdraft


$1.01.00


Fire Dept .- Hydrant Service


Dr.


To appropriation


$13,860.00


$13,860.00


Cr.


By Water Dept.


$13,860.00


$13,860.00


38


ANNUAL REPORT


Hebronville Hose House and Truck


Dr.


Appropriation $3,500.00


Fire Department. C. & I. 28.25


$3,528.25


Cr.


John H. Nerney, fire truck ..... $3,150.00


Pope & Read, labor and material 68.25


C. I. Higgins, labor and material 310.00


$3,528.25


Highway Dept.


Dr.


Appropriation $18,000.00


Sale of crushed stone. . 123.25


Individual telephone bills. 123.09


Work done for Water Dept. 46.59


Sun Pub Co., duplicate bill


.39


State of Massachusetts, repair of State road 26.25


Bruno & Petti, labor and ma- terial 225.70


Error in bill of M. F. Ashley


6.86


Allen & Read, duplicate bill. ..


5.30


Error in pay roll.


1.25


State of Massachusetts, use of sweeper


40.00


C. E. Trumbell, sewer contrac- tor 400.00


39


ANNUAL REPORT


Sale of horses and harness .. . 90.00


Town of North Attleboro, use of port. engine 44.00


State of Massachusetts, St. Ry. tax


2,317.48


Excise tax


287.34


New High School, work with teams


39.18


Concrete sidewalks, labor


70.00


Sprinkling Dept., labor.


275.00


Town of North Attleboro, use of roller


50.00


Attleboro Gas. Co., labor


15.00


Texas Co., error in bill.


.45


N. & T. St. Ry. Co., labor


67.75


Balance from 1912.


130.98


$24,964.86


$24,964.86


Pay Rolls


Pay Roll, North Div $10,911.68


Pay Roll, South Div.


1,867.77


Pay Roll, Southwest Div 1,134.55


Pay Roll, Street Cleaning.


983.38


$14,897.38


Highway Department


John Anderson, ploughing side- walks


$ 8.00


Ames Iron Works, repairs 16.10


Attleboro Press, printing. 3.75


. . Attleboro Water Dept., water .. 88.50


J. Anderson, stone. 176.33


40


ANNUAL REPORT


Wm. Armstrong, stone 13.27


F. C. Adler, stone. 20.05


Attleboro Coal Co., tar and coal 398.82


Attleboro Sanatarium, stone


and gravel 287.95


M. F. Ashley & Co., lumber. 638.33


Ashley & Co., medicines.


2.00


Attleboro Steam and Electric Co., service 19.53


Attleboro Coal Co .. coal, pipe and supplies 324.79


American Oil Co., oils and


grease 63.46


Isaac Alger, stone


97.37


M. Angello, stone


12.47


Attleboro Grain Co., grain and hay 1116.28


S. Alpert, gravel. 8.90


P. Arseneau, gravel 4.00


F. E. Burden, supplies 1.50


Geo. R. Bullock, hay.


304.36


Geo. R. Bullock, repairs and supplies 92.70


H. C. Barden, supplies. 6.00


Bruno & Petti, stone.


226.87


Buffalo Steam Roller Co., re- pairs and supplies.


467.29


Brownell Hardware Co .. tools and supplies 105.02


W. Bowen, gravel.


4.90


E. E. Briggs, gravel.


1.65


Clinton Wire Cloth Co., sup- plies 16.75


S. O. Case. R. boots and tools. . 12.65


Clinton Foundry Co., grates. etc. 54.00


J. Collum, stone. 25.57


H. F. Conant, surveying 100.15


41


ANNUAL REPORT


W. T. Carnes, stone. 16.60


H. N. Collins, medicines and supplies 24.21


Carpenter Coal & Lumber Co., lumber 2.11


H. Dalman & Co., brooms and waste 13.58


Dyer Supply Co., supplies 18.75


Dickinson Teaming Co., hay ...


48.84


Telesphore Deshetres, stone ....


83.64


Frank Davis, labor on catch basins 96.01


E. O. Dexter, pipe and cement. . 15.65


J. Dumont, gravel


9.60


Edgewater Dairy Co., ploughing sidewalks 2.50


Edgewater Dairy Co., labor with team 8.04


Fire Dept., one horse


100.00


J. G. Freedette, ploughing side- walks 10.06


J. G. Freedette, stone


14.46


Wm. M. Fales, gravel.


1.80


Walter Follett, stone.


63.62


J. Fisher, stone


8.90


E. H. Frink, repairs and sup- plies 34.30


Wm. Flynn & Son, supplies. 47.84


J. Guimond, stone


J. Gaboury ,stone 58.40


120.62


John Gorman, stone


44.73


H. Gaw, veterinary


6.00


Good Road Machinery Co., sup- plies and repairs 84.80


W. O. Hewitt, medical atten- dance (Siddall) 9.50


Chas. Howarth, labor 2.50


42


ANNUAL REPORT


Hebron B. & Im. Assn .. gravel. 17.40


R. H. Jones, labor and material 19.15


W. H. Jenkins, labor and gravel 28.23 Nelson Japson Estate. two-horse cart 80.00


J. T. Kenyon, repairs and sup- plies 191.60


O. Keith. feeders 6.10


J. Kaufman, stone. 13.80


J. Kleebes. shoeing and repairs 5.70


A. R. Lewis. stone.


36.17


H. A. Lord. gravel. 9.70


G. A. Monroe Co .. oil


1.20


T. Mullally. supplies 1.45


J. Miller. stone 47.31


J. McCra. stone


161.95


Frank Mossberg Co., repairs ...


77.19


J. W. Mathewson, gravel. 1.26


N. Y .. N. H. & H. R. R. Co .. freight 4.80


J. Nelson. stone 3.65


Prov. Telephone Co .. service. . .


137.58


N. Perry & Co .. supplies


180.77


Solomon Perry. stone. 212.60


Frank Parmenter. stone 63.95


Lydia Peck. gravel


45.54


Geo. R. Paine, street signs.


47.50


Geo. G. Parker. ploughing side- walks 7.50


Chas. Robinson. surveying.


4.60


Fred Read. stone.


20.12


Edgar Redmond. stone.


25.85


Chas. Read. use of team and


gravel 8.30


R. C. Read. gravel .


7.60


H. A. Sullivan, inspection of boilers 15.00


43


ANNUAL REPORT


H. B. Shaw, carriage hire ..... 1.50


S. Sylvester, labor and material 21.10


G. A. Sweeney, supplies .75


Geo. L. Stoddard, stone 158.97


J. M. Simpson, shoeing and re- pairs 251.05


Sun Pub. Company, printing and advertising 4.83


San Souci Dept. Store, supplies, boots and gloves. 13.49


H. A. Smith, salary. 1,400.00


H. A. Smith, chestnut plank, posts, cleaning gutters and sidewalks, ploughing side- walks, etc. 103.44


Frank Shaw, removing trees and rubbish 40.00


Frank Shaw, stone


47.24


Geo. H. Snell, repairs and sup- plies 253.08


P. Theabold, stone 46.78


B. F. Taylor, stone 6.20


O. Tingley, stone 29.76


J. L. Tobitt & Co., supplies 53.86


Texas Oil Co., oil


6.95


Mr. Whiting, stone


52.10


Geo. M. Worrall & Son, liability insurance 327.94


Geo. M. Worrall, stone 51.42


Chas. E. White, ploughing


sidewalks 8.00


Olof Wendell, gravel 6.30


44


ANNUAL REPORT


H. E. White & Co .. labor and material 1.75


William Williams, stone 11.88


Unexpended balance 19.15


$10.067.48


$24.964.86


Street Oiling and Sprinkling


Dr.


To appropriations $6.500.00


To G. St. J. Sheffield. oiling


driveway 7.50


Overdrawn


34.02


$6.541.52


Cr.


F. E. Burden. batteries and re- pairs $5.00


San Souci Dept. Store, overalls and jumper 1.00


Attleboro Welding and


Ma-


chine Co .. repairs 5.00


D. E. Fitzgerald. repairs. 3.00


Henry L. Stanton, gasolene and oil . 3.60


Chas. Howarth, labor. 40.09


N. Perry & Co., supplies .50


G. A. Monroe Co .. oil .60


Highway Dept .. labor


275.00


104.40


Fred E. Briggs, rent of land. . Alden, Spear Son Co .. oil. 662.31


45


ANNUAL REPORT


Dustolene Co., oil .. 1,424.81


Island Petroleum Co., oil 1,937.78


Standard Oil Co., oil


709.14


Indian Refining Co., oil. 505.85


Palmer Brothers, machine re- pairs 86.75


R. D. Manchester, sprinkling and oiling 64.00


Fred Parmenter, sprinkling and oiling 265.48


E. E. Perrin, sprinkling and oiling 25.00


Dickinson Teaming Co., sprink- ling and oiling 27.75


Geo. H. Snell, repairs, supplies, gasolene and oil. 74.31


Texas Co., gasolene and oil. 17.91


Freight and demurrage


302.44


$6,541.52


$6,541.52


Concrete Sidewalks


Dr.


To appropriation


$3,000.00


Due from Betterment Tax 362.25


$3,362.25


Overdrawn


2.05


$3,364.30


$3,364.30


46


ANNUAL REPORT


Cr.


To concreting-


R. H. Jones


$2,182.92


Olof Pearson 1,049.18


Amt. allowed on grano- lithic put down by other parties 60.70


Printing 1.50


Highway Dept., labor 70.00


$3,364.30


$3,364.30


Curbing Sidewalks


Dr.


To appropriation 3,000.00


F. H. Capron, resetting curbing and gutter covers 41.41


James E. Blake, setting curbing and gutter covers 35.60


Chas. Bloss, setting curbing


and gutter covers


30.00


Attleboro Ice Co., setting curb- ing and gutter covers .. 4.00


Clarence Remington, setting curbing and gutter covers. . 51.20


Credit from conrcete sidewalks 41.20


Due from Betterment Tax. 1.454.75


Overdrawn 114.12


$4,731.08


$4,731.08


47


ANNUAL REPORT


Cr.


By G. A. Monroe, oil $ .60


Carpenter Coal Co., furring and


nails .66


Thos. Finnegan, cutting curbing


4.00


J. Collum, stone 5.06


Leon Parry, labor


13.50


Concrete, curbing, pay rolls ...


393.29


Dimeo Stone Co., curbing 1,904.06


R. H. Curry, curbing. 568.42


S. Sylvester, setting curbing ... 754.78


Paul McLane, paving gutters .. 319.14


Dickinson Teaming Co., cartage


205.34


N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., ft. 283.89


E. O. Dexter, cement 64.50


H. Conant, surveying 150.85


Sun Pub. Co., printing. 1.50


J. S. White Co., gutter covers. . 61.49


To Granolithic sidewalk. 41.20


$4,772.28


Street Lighting


Dr.


To appropriation $16,300.00


$16,300.00


Cr.


By Att. S. & E. Co .-


January bill $1,327.25


February 1,327.25


March 1,327.25


April 1,327.25


May 1,327.25


48


ANNUAL REPORT


June 1,327.25


July


1,327.25


August 1,327.25


September


1,327.25


October


1,327.25


November


1,360.17


December


1,359.67


Unexpended balance


307.66


$16,300.00


Thacher Street


Dr.


To appropriation


$1,000.00


Sale of Stone 68.25


Cr.


$1,068.25


Pay Rolls


$996.16


S. Sylvester, blasting


26.68


H. E. White & Co., lumber 1.85


Weighing stone


.44


Wedges, drills, oils, sharpening


picks, etc.


6.86


H. F. Conant, surveying


34.75


Unexpended balance


1.51


$1,068.25


Cleaning Ten Mile River and Thacher Brook Drain


Dr.


$300.00


Appropriation


Overdraft 1.82


$301.82


49


ANNUAL REPORT


Cr.


By Labor-


Patrick Heaney


$24.75


John Sullivan 32.25


Jas. Peters


35.25


Timothy Sullivan


10.00


Paul McLane


55.56


Amey Layier


17.75


Manual Souca


59.00


Richard Charland


27.00


Simeon Sylvester


5.00


M. F. Ashley & Co., lumber for raft 26.26


Jacobs Clothing Co., rubber boots


9.00


$301.82


Insurance of Town Property


Dr.


To appropriation $3,000.00 1


$3,000.00


Cr.


By premiums paid-


H. L. Clark $100.00


Howard Dean 100.00


Attleboro Mutual Insur-


ance Co. . 50.00


O. P. Richardson & Sons . .


725.50


H. E. Carpenter 347.80


S. M. Holman


357.00


50


ANNUAL REPORT


G. M. Worrall & Son. 645.00


Ashton C. Eddy


272.50


James S. Palmer


72.00


W. N. Goff


100.00


Geo. J. Kelley 145.00


Fred E. Briggs


63.00


Unexpended balance


22.20


$3,000.00


Park Street Land


Dr.


To appropriation $1.000.00


$1.000.00


Cr.


By Frank Cummings


$1,000.00


$1,000.00


July 4th Celebration


Dr.


To appropriation $500.00


Cr. $500.00


Attleboro Miltary Band. . $145.00


B. E. Ekblad. Com. on Games. . 29.90


G. A. Sweeney, ropes, chairs and cartage . 2.00


W. H. Saart Co., cup. 8.00


51


ANNUAL REPORT


Mackinnon & Nickolson, labor and material 13.45


Fred Hathaway, entertainment. 32.80


R. I. Fireworks Co., fireworks. . 200.00


M. F. Ashley & Co., lumber. . .


1.80


Unexpended balance


67.05


$500.00


$500.00


Decorating Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves Dr.


To appropriation $300.00


$300.00


Cr.


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


$300.00


G. A. R. Rent


Dr.


To appropriation $348.00


$348.00


Cr.


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


$348.00


52


ANNUAL REPORT


Memorial Day, S. W. V.


Dr.


To appropriation $50.00


$50.00


Cr.


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


$50.00


State Aid


Amount expended (to be reim-


bursed by the State) $2.714.00


$2.714.00


Soldiers' Relief


Dr.


To appropriation $2.250.00


$2.250.00


Cr.


Paid to indigent soldiers. . . 1,874.00


Aid furnished Hiram Danforth. 16.00


Aid furnished Mary Knight. 3.02


Unexpended balance


230.73


$2,123.75


53


ANNUAL REPORT


Medical Attendance


Dr. R. P. Kent


$84.50


Dr. G. K. Roberts 5.00


Dr. W. O. Hewitt


6.75


Dr. F. V. Murphy 21.00


Dr. W. E. Rouseville


9.00


$126.25


$2,250.00


Soldiers' Burial


Dr.


To be paid by State of Mass .. . $124.00


$124.00


Cr.


Burial of Bruno Couillard-


Pierre Goyer


$35.00


G. A. Sweeney 2.00


Burial of E. A. Tillson-


N. C. Mathews 35.00


G. A. Sweeney 2.00


Burial of John Jenkins-


C. F. Stone 48.00


W. J. Newman 2.00


$124.00


54


ANNUAL REPORT


Benefit of Elizabeth Stewart


Dr.


To Cash from Debra Starkey fund $25.00


Cr.


Elizabeth Stewart


$25.00


55


ANNUAL REPORT


SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, BALANCES AND OVERDRAFTS


Appro'tn.


Receipts


Expended


Balance


Overdraft


Currentand Incidental Account


$17,000.00


$ 2,115.86


$19,730.76


$614.90


Educational


87,550.00


2,911.07


90,446.06


$15.01


Pauper Department


8,000.00


2,932.91


12.978.79


2,045.88


Capron Park


3,500.00


1,422.49


4,922.49


Public Library


7,200.00


4.70


7,149.18


55.52


Board of Health.


3,500.00


320.92


3,802.28


18.64


Thacher Street School, Balance ..


11,226.21


11,213.93


12.28


Police Department


7,500.00


2,442.63


11,117.15


1,174.52


Fire Department.


25,000.00


272.77


25,032.63


240.14


New Hose


900.00


900.00


New Fire Alarm Boxes


400.00


380.00


20.00


Rubber Covers, Dept.


Fire


100.00


101.00


1.00


Hebron Hose House and Truck


3,500.00


3,500.00


Hydrant Service


13,860.00


6,964.86


24,945.71


19.15


Street Sprinkling


6,500.00


7.50


6,541.52


34.02


Concreting Sidewalks ..


3,000.00


362.25


3,364.30


2.05


Curbing Sidewalks


3,000.00


1,658.16


4,772.28


114.12


Street Lighting


16,300.00


15,992.34


307.66


Repair of Thacher St ... Cleaning Ten Mile


1,000.00


68.25


1,066.74


1.51


River and Thacher Brook Drain


300,00


301 82


1.82


Insurance


3,000.00


2,977.80


22.20


Park Street Land


1.000.00


1,000.00


July 4th, Celebration


500.00


432.95


67.05


Memorial Day


300.00


300.00


G. A. R. Rent


348.00


348.00


Memorial S. W. Vet ..


50 00


50.00


Soldiers' Relief.


2,250.00


2,019.27


230.73


Soldiers' Burial, Re-


turned by State of Mass


124.00


121.00


Deb. Starkey Fund.


25.00


25.00


$244,933.21


21,484.37


269,313.60


1,009.89


3,998.31


Sewer Department, Balance,


$38,784.53


56,270.25


55.789.11


39,265.67


Water Department, Appropriations,


25,000.00


73,946.60


76,573.30


22,373.08


New High School, Balance,


131,860.00


250.00


105,152.43


26,957.95


$195,644.91


130,466.85


237,514.84


88,596.92


Examined and found correct:


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


Auditors.


13.860.00


Highway Department ..


18.000.00


56


ANNUAL REPORT


RECOMMENDATIONS The following recommendations are made: Selectmen's Recommendations


Current and incidental. with


receipts


$18.000.00


Street lighting 16.600.00


Highway Dept .. with receipts .. 20.000.00


Street sprinkling and oiling. with receipts 6.500.00


Tar Binder for streets 1.000.00


Curbing sidewalks. under Bet- terment Act .3000.00


Concreting sidewalks.


under


Betterment Act 3.000.00


Cleaning Ten Mile River and Thacher Brook drain.


300.00


Police Dept., with receipts. .


8,500.00


Park St., from Sanatarium gravel bank towards Briggs


Corner. a part of this


amount for sidewalks in that location


1.000.00


Thacher St., from County St. to Snell St. 500.00


South Ave. and West St., from Tiffany St. to Newport Ave


500.00


Pleasant St., from Starkey Ave. to the State highway 1,000.00


Soldiers' relief


2.250.00


Memorial Day. G. A. R


300.00


Memorial Day, S. W. V 50.00


G. A. R. rent 348.00


Insurance 3.000.00


Celebration of July 4th. 500.00


$86.348.00


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ANNUAL REPORT


The following balances are carried forward:


Highway and bridges $ 19.15


New High School. 26,957.95


Sewer Dept. 39,083.53


Water Dept.


22,373.30


$88,433.93


Amounts required by law to be raised by taxation.


State tax, 1913 tax was. $34,400.00


County tax, 1913 tax was. 21,282.00


Sinking fund


4,000.00


Interest on notes


7,000.00


Interest on bonds


26,000.00


Grade crossing and interest


(1913)


10,766.00


National Bank tax (1913) 1,091.00


State highway tax (1913) . 169.00


$103,708.00


Amounts to be raised to to meet former votes of the town.


Capron Park


$2,000.00


So. Main St. engine house. 3,800.00


So. Attleboro engine house 3,000.00


Bliss School 5,000.00


Sewer Dept. 18,000.00


Thacher St. School


5,000.00


High School lot.


2,000.00


New High School


9,000.00


$47,800.00


Respectfully submitted, MILLARD F. ASHLEY, JAMES W. ORR, Selectmen of Attleboro.


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER


Receipts.


Cash on hand, Jan 1, 1913. . ..


$121,914.29


S. M. Holman, Collector .... 45,100.00


Charles R. Manchester, Col-


lector-


Sewer Taxes $74,807.81


ยท Excise tax (to be credited


to Highway Dept.). 2,871.34


General taxes 338,844.27


$416,523.42


Licenses


1913


Junk licenses $750.00


Nine pedlers' licenses 198.00


132 milk licenses 66.00


Bowling alley, pool and bil- liard table licenses 355.00


Three druggists' liquor li-


censes 3.00


Four auctioneers' licenses. . .


8.00


Three theatre and moving picture licenses 150.00


Circus license


25.00


License for wrestling bouts. .


12.00


License to sell combustibles, oils, etc. 5.00


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ANNUAL REPORT


Inn-holders' and common vic-


tuallers' licenses . Licenses to sell in Monument square 1.00


53.00


License to sell loaded ammu-


nition and gun powder ... 1.00


License for intelligence offices 4.00


$1,631.00


Notes


1913 Received of


May 15, Wildey Savings


Bank, for notes dated


May 10, 1913, and due Nov. 10 1913, discounted at 4.55% $40,000.00


June 13, Bond & Goodwin, for notes dated June 7, 1913, and due Dec. 7, 1913, dis- counted at 5.12% . 40,000.00


June 23, First National Bank of Attleboro, for note dated June 18, 1913, and due Nov. 18, 1913, dis- counted at 5% 20,000.00


Note dated June 18, 1913, and due Nov. 25, 1913, discounted at 5% 20,000.00 . July 18, First National Bank of Attleboro, for note dated July 14, 1913, and due Nov. 14, 1913, dis- counted at 5% 40,000.00


$160,000.00


60


ANNUAL REPORT


Bonds


1913 Received from Aug. 8, sale of 4% Sewer Bonds to First National Bank of Attleboro, dated July 1, 1913. and due $2,000, July 1. 1914-1938. $50,000.00 Oct. 16, sale of 4% High School Building Bonds to Curtis & Sanger, dated Aug. 1, 1912, and due $7,000 Aug. 1, 1924, and $8,500 Aug. 1, 1925-1932.


75,000.00


$125,000.00


Interest


1913 Received of Aug. 8, First National Bank of Attleboro, accrued in- terest from July 1, 1913, to Aug. S, 1913, on $50,000 Sewer Bonds dated July 1, 1913, at 4% . $205.56


Oct. 16, Curtis & Sanger, in- terest from Aug. 1, 1913, to Oct. 16. 1913, on $75,- 000 High School Building Bonds, dated Aug. 1, 1912, at 4% 633.33 First National Bank of Attle- boro, interest on daily balances in bank for year 1913 1,253.50


$2,092.39


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Miscellaneous


1913 Received of


Edgar L. Crossman, County Treasurer, for dog li-


censes-


To be credited to Cur- rent and Incidental Ac- count $254.00


To be credited to School Dept. 1,696.86


$1,950.86


Sewer Commissioners, for sewer connections . W. J. Newman, Sealer of Weights and Measures, fees, sealing weights, etc. Patrick Barry, Sealer of


$6,270.25


$2.55


Weights and Measures, fees, sealing weights, etc. S. P. Clark, for directory re- turned 2.50


76.79


Sale of junk badges. 2.00


Individual telephone bill, Cur- rent and Incidental 147.77


$231.61


Board of Health-


City of Taunton $142.92


Town of Norton


160.50


Reimbursement for coal ... 17.50


$320.92


Police Department- Services of notices and war- rants by police officer .... $24.40


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ANNUAL REPORT


Board of Health, rent of office 100.00


Overseers of the Poor, rent of office 100.00


Edwin F. Thayer, Clerk of Court, Court fines. . . .


1.908.67


Isaac E. Willetts, Keeper of Bristol County Jail, fines and expenses 210.00


Franklin L. Hathaway,


Keeper of Jail and Mas- ter of House of Correc- tion, fines .


15.00


Sale of bicycles


13.50


Rebate on registration of motor cycle 2.00


Individual telephone ser- vice 69.06


$2.442.63


Fire Department-


Sale of old hose. $38.00


Sale of old harness. 5.00


Sale of horse 100.00


Sale of wagon


80.00


Charging chemicals


1.20


Individual telephone ser-


vice


48.57


$272.77


Highway Department- Norton & Taunton St. Ry.


Co., for work on street .... $67.75


Town of North Attleboro, for use of portable engine and road roller 94.00


63


ANNUAL REPORT


Bruno & Petitti, for labor and material used on For- est St. 225.70


C. E. Trumbull & Co., for re- pairing streets caused by the laying of sewer pipes 400.00 Attleboro Gas Co., for re- pairing streets 15.00


Attleboro Water Dept., for repairing streets 46.59


Sale of gravel and stone ..


114.25


Sale of brick, sand and cement 9.00


Sale of horse and harness. .


90.00


Credits for work done by Highway Dept.


On concrete sidewalks .. 70.00


Street sprinkling


275.00


New High School build- ing lot, cartage. 39.18


Error in bills


8.11


Duplicate bills


6.14


Individual telephone ser-


vice 118.09


$1,578.81


Thacher Street-


Sale of dirt and stone taken


from street $68.25


$68.25


Street Sprinkling-


Geo. St. John Sheffield, for


oiling driveway


$7.50


$7.50


64


ANNUAL REPORT


Sidewalk Department-


F. H. Capron, for gutter covers and curbing .. .... $41.41 Clarence Remington, gutter covers and curbing. . . 51.20 Charles Bloss, gutter covers and curbing 30.00


James E. Blake, gutter cov- ers and curbing 35.60


Attleboro Ice Co., for change of driveway .


4.00


$162.21


Capron Park-


Sale of dirt and mud. $1.50


Sale of wood 5.00


Sale of packing boxes 1.00


Sale of animals


22.85


Rebate on duty paid.


3.54


Duplicate bill


.72


Trustees of Capron Fund,


income from property ... 1,384.88


$1,422.49


School Department-


Tuition from Town of See-


konk


$66.25


Tuition from Town of Re- boboth 262.50


Tuition from individuals. .


226.50


Reimbursement from sale of car tickets . 439.51


Sale of text-books and sup- plies . 84.73


Sale of evening school sup- plies 33.97


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Sale of old desks, furnaces, etc.


20.00


Sale of old rubbers 2.00


Reimbursement for ex-


penses of Savings Dept. .


10.50


Duplicate bill


.50


Individual telephone ser-


vice


43.75


$1,190.21


Overseers of the Poor-


Town of Uxbridge


$71.00


Town of Norton. 10.50


Town of Dighton.


159.80


Town of North Attleboro .. 27.40


Town of Southbridge


5.45


City of Taunton


20.50


City of Fall River


388.89


Receipts from sale of milk.


550.50


Receipts from sale of eggs.


22.00


Receipts from sale of calves


25.00


Receipts from sale of pigs. .


82.00


Receipts from sale of pork.


44.60


Receipts for sale of wood. .


58.40


Receipts from sale of pro-


duce from Poor Farm ... 16.50 Reimbursement for board of Dion children 147.00


Reimbursement on account


of Mrs. J. J. Kinney .... 376.00 Reimbursement for board and care of individuals at Poor Farm 165.00


Reimbursement for board


and care of C. Uhlig at Poor Farm 342.36




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