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A new subject and one of very great importance with which their report deals is the purchase of a site for a City Hall and Memorial Building Their recom- mendation that the City purchase the site on North Main Street adjoining the Public Library is supported by sound reasoning and has my entire approval. This site will afford ample room for the proposed buildings and is in a neighbor- hood, the character of which is established. Besides, if the City grows, as all expect it to do, it must inevitably grow more to the South and West where the land is higher and better drained than the land now unoccupied in the eastern section of the City.
The City Forester
The vigilance of the City Forester in hunting and destroying the eggs of the Brown Tail and Gypsy moths has kept the City comparatively free from these pests in marked contrast with some nearby towns.
Special attention was paid by him this year to cutting the trees and brush by the sides of the roads through all the outlying districts. This was deemed necessary not only for the appearance of the ways, but for the safety of public travel and to prevent damage to cars when turning out to let another pass and if kept up for a year or two will require very little attention thereafter.
Parks and Playgrounds
Among the improvements that have been made at Capron Park, during the past year, were the enlargement of the ball field and the building of a retaining wall on the border of the pond.
A beautiful Memorial Avenue was laid out and dedicated as part of the cere- monies of the Welcome Home Celebration.
The Park Commissioners propose, as part of their activities for the present year, to improve the condition of the open space between the old and the new locations of Park Street near Forest Street.
It is to be regretted that funds have not been available for the improvement of Hayward Park. The work to be done at this park, however, would run so rapidly into money that a small approportion would make but a slight showing and for that reason the undertaking must await a more opportune time.
It has seemed to me that the City should secure for an open square to form part of our park development the Holman Homestead bounded by Pleasant, Holman, Morey and Emory Streets. There is a notable want of open space in the center of the City and this addition in a populous quarter would be a last- ing benefit especially to the many children of this section.
Welcome Home
The feature of our municipal activities of the past year, which will stand out longest and remain brightest in the memory of our citizens, was the Welcome Home extended to our soldiers, sailors, marines, nurses and yeomen (F) by their fellow citizens on October fourth, fifth and sixth.
From the opening of the celebration on the afternoon of Saturday, October fourth, with an exhibition of the national sport in which all the players were of the first steller magnitude, until the last strains of Home, Sweet Home died away in the early morning hours of Tuesday, the seventh, at the Armory, the univer- sal note was one continuous expression of honor and gratitude and love.
On Sunday, the fifth of October, the memory of those who gave their lives in the world war was reverently commemorated in the dedication at Capron Park of a beautiful Memorial avenue with a row of oaks on either side, each tree re- presenting one of the heroic dead, while two pillars at the beginning of the Ave- nue bore bronze tablets containing their names
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On Monday, October sixth, occurred the grandest parade the City has ever witnessed, attended by Major General Clarence R. Edwards and Col. Estes of his staff, Col. Edward L. Logan, of the 101st Infantry and Officials and distin- guished guests from neighboring cities, and towns while the entire population the City was present either in the parade or as enthusiastic, cheering onlookers. The celebration closed with a grand ball in the evening whose attendance was limited only by the capacity of the State Armory.
Salaries and Wages
If the present day standards of living are to be maintained by those in the service of the City, there must be a general revision of the schedule of wages and salaries paid them. These do not compare favorably with those now re- ceived in commercial and industrial enterprises.
Economy and diligence have marked the performance of their duties by all officials and employees of the City during the past year and I trust that a just appreciation of this fact will weigh with you in determining their compensation for the present year.
Hail and Farewell
My sincere thanks are due and heartily acknowledged to the members of the Municipal Council of 1919 for the harmony and spirit of cooperation which have marked our intercourse and which have been manifest on every occasion.
The thanks of our City are due to the three retiring members of that Council President Sweet, Mr. Kent and Mr. Wolfenden, whose faithful services for the last five years as Councillors at Large followed like service in many positions of honor and trust to the Town of Attleborough. It is a pleasure to welcome to the present Council the men of affairs and experience who take their places.
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ANNUAL REPORT
TREASURER'S REPORT
To His Honor the Mayor, and the Municipal Council :-
I herewith submit the annual report of the finances of the City of Attleboro, for the year ending December 31, 1919, together with a state- ment showing the amount which the city is within the debt limit, a classified statement of the debt, and the amount of interest and debt to be paid in 1920.
Cash on hand January 1, 1919: Revenue.
$27,663.64
Revenue Receipts. $1,102,752.03
Non-Revenue Receipts. 165,000.00
$1,267,752.03
$1,295,415.67
Revenue Payments.
$1,124,260.23
Non-Revenue Payments. 82,529.42
$1,206,789.65
Cash on hand, December 31, 1919: Revenue. .
$6,155.44
Non-Revenue. 82,470.58
$88,626.02
DEBT STATEMENT.
$1,295,415.67
Gross City Debt, January 1, 1919
Tax Notes issued during the year.
Bonds issued during the year.
$1,236,600.00 375,000.00 165,000.00
Paid on above debt during the year ..
Gross City Debt, January 1, 1920 . . . Less Sinking Fund Assets :- Water Department. General Department . Sewer Assessment Investment Fund
$173,421.79 30,865.12 138,440.29
$342,727.20
Net City Debt, January 1, 1920.
$961,822.80
The total Debt is as follows:
Water Bonds:
312% Bonds due Jan. 1, 1921 $10,000.00
312% Bonds due Apr. 1, 1921 20,000.00 4 % Bonds due Oct. 1, 1922. 25,000.00
$1,776,600.00 472,050.00
$1,304,550.00
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4 % Bonds due July 1, 1923
35,000.00
4 % Bonds due July 1, 1924.
40,000.00
4 % Bonds due July 1, 1926 25,000.00
4 % Bonds due July 1, 1927 10,000.00
4 % Bonds due July 1, 1928 13,000.00
312% Bonds due July 1, 1929
15,000.00
31/2% Bonds due July 1, 1930 12,000.00
31/2% Bonds due Apr. 1, 1932
30,000.00
4
% Bonds due Oct. 1, 1933
30,000.00
4
% Bonds due Oct. 1, 1934.
20,000.00
312% Bonds due Mar. 1, 1935.
100,000.00
312% Bonds due Nov. 1, 1935.
50,000.00
4
% Bonds due Apr. 1, 1920-1934
30,000.00
4
% Bonds due July 1, 1920-1939 11,000.00
4 % Bonds due July 1, 1920-1941 65,500.00
$541,500.00
Sewer Bonds:
4 % Bonds due July 1, 1920-1940 $137,000.00
.4 Bonds due July 1, 1920-1942 144,000.00
4 % Bonds due Oct. 1, 1920-1941 68,000.00
$349000.00
31/2% School House Bonds, due
Nov. 1, 1920. 30,000.00
4 % Fire Engine Station Bonds,
due May 1, 1920
3,800.00
4 % High School Building Bonds, due August 1, 1920-1932
112,000.00
412% Additions to School Houses, Bonds due Oct. 1, 1920-1929. . .
135,000.00
41/2% A. B. C. Street Railway Bonds, due Oct. 1, 1920-1928.
20,250.00
412% Norton, Taunton & Attleboro St. Ry. Bonds due Nov. 15, 1920- 1939 30,000.00
Times Notes:
Park Street Improvement- 514% due April 1, 1920 $2,000.00
514% due May 18, 1921-1923 6,000.00
$8,000.00
Tax Notes:
Notes dated Aug. 15, 1919, and due Feb. 15, 1920, discounted at 4.47%.
75,000.00
$1,304,550.00
Less Sinking Fund Assets:
Water. . $173,421.79 Sewer Investment Fund. 138,440.29
General. 30,865.12
$342,727.20
$961,822.80
Amount of debt authorized by Special Laws, and not subject to the debt limitations.
Water Bonds. Sewer Bonds.
$541,500.00 349,000.00
A. B. C. Street Railway Bonds.
20,250.00
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Revenue Loans. .
75,000.00
Norton, Taunton & Attleboro Street Ry. Bonds. .
30,000.00
$1,015,750.00
Less Water Sinking Fund and Sewer Assessment Investment Fund. ..
$311,862.08
$703,887.92.
Net debt Jan. 1, 1920, subject to debt limitations. . .
Borrowing capacity, Jan. 1, 1920. . ..
$257,934.88 269,967.17
Debt limit, (212% of the average valuation for the past three years).
$527,902.05
Classified statement of debt and amount to be paid on debt and interest during the year 1920.
Amt. Jan. 1, 1920
Principal Payable $17,000.00 16,000.00 2,250.00
Interest Payable $20,335.00 13,680.00 911.25
A. B. C. Street Railway Bonds.
20,250.00
Norton, Taunton & Attleboro St.
Ry. Bonds.
30,000.00
2,000.00
1,350.00
High School Building Loan Bonds ..
112,000.00
9,000.00
4,480.00
School House Bonds. .
30,000.00
30,000.00
1,050.00
Bonds for addition to School Houses 135,000.00
14,000.00
6,075.00
Fire Engine Station Bonds.
3,800.00
3,800.00
76.00
Time Notes :-
Park Street Improvement Loan
8,000.00
2,000.00
367.50
Tax Notes.
75,000.00
75,000.00
Discounted
$1,304,550.00
$171,050.00
$48,324.75
TRUST FUNDS. Deborah Starkey Fund.
Balance in Fund, January 1, 1919 $1,107.80
Interest on principal of Fund from January 1,
1919 to January 1, 1920.
50.63
Disbursements under provisions of the will.
107.80
Balance in Fund, January 1, 1920, on Deposit
in Attleborough Savings Bank :- Principal $1,000.00
Income 50.63
$1,050.63.
SMITH-HUGHES TRUST FUND.
Received from Commonwealth of Mass.,
Federal Funds for Vocational Education. $48.58
Amount in Fund, January 1, 1920 $48.58
FRANK I. BABCOCK, City Treasurer.
Water Bonds
Sewer Bonds. .
$541,500.00 349,000.00
$1,158.43
$1,050.63
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To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Municipal Council :-
I herewith submit a statement of the receipts and disbursements of the Water Loan Sinking Fund and General Loan Sinking Fund of the City of Attleboro for the year 1919; together with a table showing in- vestments held by the same.
WATER LOAN SINKING FUND.
Cash Account. Receipts
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1919.
$62.48
Interest and Income Earned.
$8,616.50
Premium on Securities purchased. .
22.80
Mortgage Notes paid ..
11,050.00
Yearly appropriation for Sinking Fund
10,000.00
$29,689.30
$29,751.78
Disbursements.
Accrued Interest on Securities pur- chased.
$257.63
City of Attleboro-
Balance due on account of water bonds paid January 1, 1919 3,700.00
Bonds purchased-
U. S. Liberty Loan .. . $8,500.00
City of Attleboro-
Water Bonds trans-
ferred from General Loan Sinking Fund . .. 15,000.00 $23,500.00
Expenses of Real Estate owned under Foreclosures :-
Insurance. $20.00
Water Rates & Repairs 264.22
Painting, papering, la-
bor and repairs. . 1,363.14
$1,647.36
$29,104.99
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1920
646.79
$29,751.78
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SECURITIES HELD BY THE WATER LOAN SINKING FUND, JAN. 1, 1920.
BONDS.
Name of Bond
Rate Per Cent.
When issued
When Payable
Investment
City of Attleboro
Fire Engine Station
4%
May
2,1910
May 1,1920
$1,000.00
City of Attleboro
School House
316
Nov. 1, 1900
Nov. 1, 1920
1,000.00
City of Attleboro
Water Loan
3150
Apr. 1, 1901
Apr. 1, 1921
20,000.00
City of Attleboro
Water Loan
4%
July 1,1893
July 1,1923
5,000.00
City of Bridgeport
Sewer Loan
41.
July 1, 1914
July 1, 1924
10,000.00
City of Bridgeport
Sewer Loan
4150
July 1,1914
July 1,1925
5,000.00
City of New Bedford
High School Loan
July
1,1925
5,000.00
City of Omaha
Renewal Bond
4160;
Sept. 1, 1907
Sept.
1,1927
1,000.00
City of Attleboro
Water Loan
31607
Mar. 1, 1905
Mar.
1,1935
11,000.00
City of Boston
Rapid Trans. Loan
316
0
50%
July 1, 1913
July
1, 1938
3,000.00
415%
Dec. 15, 1911
Dec. 15, 1941
11,000.00
U. S. Liberty Loan
4110 4
Nov. 15, 1917
Nov. 15, 1927-42
13,000.00
U. S. Liberty Loan
40%
May 15, 1918
May 15, 1928
6,000.00
U. S. Liberty Loan
414%
Oct. 15, 1918
Oct. 15, 1938
13,000.00
NOTES.
Notes secured by mortgages on real estate at 6%.
Value of real estate held under foreclosure sale ...
17,000.00
$172,775.00
Cash on hand January 1, 1920
646.79
Value of Sinking Fund, January 1, 1920
$173,421.79
0
0
2
0
0
Apr.
1,1938
9,000.00
Boston & Albany R. R. Co. City of Omaha
Improvement Bond Water Bonds
0
0
417
0
$114,000.00
$41,775.00
ANNUAL REPORT
Amount of
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GENERAL LOAN SINKING FUND.
Cash Account.
Receipts.
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1919
$505.23
Interest and Income earned.
$967.25
Transfer of City of Attleboro Water
Bonds to Water Loan Sinking Fund. 15,000.00
$15,967.25
$16,472.48
Disbursements.
Bonds purchased.
$500.00
Accrued interest on Bonds purchased
7.36
Certificates of Deposit
15,000.00
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1920
$15,507.36 965.12
$16,472.48
SECURITIES HELD BY THE GENERAL LOAN SINKING FUND, JAN. 1, 1920. BONDS.
Name of Bond
Rate Per Cent.
When Issued
When Payable
Amount of Investment
City of Bridgeport
Sewer Loan
41/2%
July 1,1914
July 1, 1925
$5,000.00
City of Fall River
Sewer Loan
31 20
April 1, 1933
3,000.00
City of New Bedford
Park Loan
31607
July 1, 1951
3,000.00
U. S. Liberty Loan
70
Nov. 15, 1917
Nov. 15, 1927-42
2,000.00
U. S. Liberty Loan
414%
Oct. 15, 1918
Oct. 15, 1938
1,000.00
Attleboro Trust Company
Certificate of Deposit.
$14,000.00 15,000.00
ANNUAL REPORT
NOTES.
Notes secured by mortgages on real estate-at 6%.
$900.00
$29,900.00
Cash on hand, January 1, 1920
965.12
Value of Sinking Fund, January 1, 1920
$30,865.12
FRANK I. BABCOCK.
Treasurer.
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ANNUAL REPORT
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Municipal Council :-
I herewith submit a statement of the receipts and disbursements of the Sewer Assessment Investment Fund of the City of Attleboro for the year 1919, together with a table showing the investments held by the same.
SEWER ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT FUND.
Cash Account.
Receipts.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1919
$337.52
Interest and Income earned.
$5,000.18
Sewer Assessments.
12,851.92
Mortgage notes paid.
300.00
Bonds paid
9,000.00
$27,152.10
$27,489.62
Disbursements.
Securities purchased during the year.
$9,000.00
Accrued interest on securities purchased during the year. .
124.33
Amount applied to payment of Sewer Bonds due in 1919.
9,000.00
Amount applied to payment of interest on Sewer Bonds for the year.
7,200.00
$25,324.33
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1920
2,165.29
$27,489.62
SECURITIES HELD BY THE SEWER ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT FUND, JAN. 1, 1920.
BONDS.
Name of Bond
Per Cent.
When Issued
When Payable
Investment
City of Albany
Water Loan
412%
Mar. 1, 1921
$5,000.00
City of Providence
Sewer Loan
4%
July 1, 1921
5,000.00
City of Haverhill
Water Loan
4%
Dec. 1,1892
Dec.
1, 1922
2,000.00
Town of Ipswich
Water Loan
4%
July
2,1894
July
1, 1924
8,000.00
City of Providence
Sewer Loan
4%
May
1,1925
5,000.00
City of Lynn
Water Loan
4%
July
1, 1895
July
1,1925
1,000.00
City of Bridgeport
School Loan
412%
Aug.
1,1915
Aug.
1,1925
5,000.00
City.of Medford
Sewer Loan
4%
July
1,1896
July
1,1926
2,000.00
City of Newton
Washington St. Loan
312%
1,1901
Dec.
1,1926
1,000.00
City of Newton
Washington St. Loan
July
1,1897
July
1,1927
1,000.00
City of Lynn
Sewer Loan
4%
Apr.
1,1927
1,000.00
Town of Framingham
Water Loan
4%
Oct.
1,1906
Oct.
1,1928
2,000.00
City of Providence
Public Improv'm't Loan 3%
May
1,1899
May
1,1929
5,000.00
Town of Gardner
Water Loan
4%
May 2, 1904
May
2,1930
3,000.00
City of Boston
City Loan
31/2%
June
1,1932
2,000.00
City of New Haven
Street Pavement Bonds 4%
May 1, 1913
May
1,1935
10,000.00
Commonwealth of Mass.
Metropolitan Water Loan
312%
July
1,1935
3,000.00
City of Newton
Washington St. Loan
4%
Feb.
1,1896
Feb.
1,1936
2,000.00
City of Quincy
Sewer Loan
3120%
Apr.
1,1898
Apr.
1,1937
1,000.00
City of Waterbury
School Loan
414%
July 1,1915
July
1,1937
1,000.00
Commonwealth of Mass.
Metropolitan Sewer Loan
312%
July
1,1940
6,000.00
Commonwealth of Mass.
Metropolitan Water Loan
3%
Jan.
1,1941
10,000.00
City of Omaha
Water Bonds
412%
Dec. 15, 1911
Dec. 15, 1941
2,000.00
City of Waterbury
School Loan
412%
Jan. 1, 1911
Jan. 1, 1942
3,000.00
U. S. Liberty Loan
4140
Nov. 15, 1917
Nov. 15, 1927-42
15,000.00
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Dec.
4%
Amount of
Rate
U. S. Liberty Loan U. S. Liberty Loan U. S. Liberty Loan U. S. Liberty Loan
414%
June 15, 1917
June 15, 1932-47
10,000.00
4140
May 15, 1918
May 15, 1928
4,000.00
90
Oct. 15, 1918
Oct. 15, 1938
8,000.00
May 20, 1919
May 20, 1922-23
5,000.00
$128,000.00
ANNUAL REPORT
NOTES.
Notes secured by mortgages on real estate at 6%. Cash on hand, January 1, 1920
$8,275.00
$136,275.00
2,165.29
Value of Fund, January 1, 1920.
$138,440.29
FRANK I. BABCOCK,
Treasurer.
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CAPRON FUND.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Municipal Council :-
I herewith submit a statement of the Capron Fund, the income of which is to be used for the care and improvement of Capron Park.
Amount in Fund, Jan. 1, 1920. $37,411.95
INCOME.
Receipts.
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1919
$550.73
Interest on investments. $998.51
Rents. 1,272.50
2,271.01
$2,821.74
Disbursements.
Care of Real Estate :--
Repairs, labor and alterations on
houses.
$254.89
Water bills.
71.46
Sewer Assessments.
58.92
$385.27
Paid to City of Attleboro for Capron
Park.
$1,800.00
$2,185.27
Balance on Hand, Jan. 1, 1920.
$636.47
$2,821.74
Investments.
Deposited in
Attleborough Savings Bank
$7,731.85
Bristol County Savings Bank.
706.96
Fall River Savings Bank.
1,319.38
Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank
1,319.38
New Bedford Inst. for Savings. .
1,319.38
$12,396.95
Notes secured by mortgages on Real
at 6%
$2,925.00
U. S. Liberty Loan Bond.
5,600.00
$8,525.00
Real Estate
16,490.00
$37,411.95
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK I. BABCOCK,
Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Municipal Council :-
I herewith submit the annual report of the clerk of the City of Attleboro for the year ending December 31, 1919.
Receipts:
Recording Mortgages,etc. $52.05
Copies of Records. 28.75
Marriage Licenses. 253.00
Sundry Licenses and Permits. 47.00
Sundries
.50
For Voting Lists.
20.00
Transfer of dog licenses.
.90
Fees for licensing dogs.
Fees for Hunting and Fishing Licenses.
163.40 41.10
Paid to City Treasurer.
The sum of $1,830.60 received from dog licenses has been paid to the County Treasurer.
The number of births, marriages and deaths recorded is as follows :-
Marriages 289
Deaths . 291
Births (1918)
494
Conforming to the requirements of Section 17 of the Charter, I submit herewith a record of the attendance of members at the meetings of the Council during the year 1919.
Total number of meetings
Names of Members 35
No. of Meetings Attended
Walter A. Briggs
34
Harvey E. Clap.
29
Stephen H. Foley
31
Joseph E. Gaynor
29
Thomas S. Healey
19
Harry P. Kent.
31
Thomas G. Sadler.
29
Howard G. Smith.
34
George A. Sweeney
34
Charles O. Sweet. 34
Oscar Wolfenden
32
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK I. BABCOCK,
City Clerk.
$606.70 $606.70
$402.20
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
To His Honor the Mayor and Municipal Council :--
Gentlemen :-
We herewith submit the report of this Department for the year ending Dec. 31, 1919.
Number of residents assessed on property .... Individuals.
2,558
All others.
782
Number of non-residents assessed on property Individuals.
932
All others.
263
Number of persons assessed. On property.
4,635
On polls only.
3,873
Number of male polls assessed.
5,682
Tax on each poll.
$2.00
Number of horses assessed.
428
Number of cows assessed.
719.
Number of neat cattle other than cows.
159
Number of dwelling houses.
3,333
Number of fowl assessed.
3,404
Number of swine.
412
Number of shares of bank stock.
3,000
Resident.
2,325
Non-resident. .
675
Assessed value of each share
$137.00
Rate of tax per thousand .
21.80
Assessed value of personal property.
7,569,140.00
Assessed value of personal stock.
$3,224,665.00
Assessed value of machinery
3,113,695.00
Assessed value of live stock
104,620.00
Assessed value of all other.
807,785.00
Assessed value of bank stock.
318,525.00
Exempt.
150.00
$7,569,290.00
$7,569,290.00
Assessed value of real estate
14,383,490.00
Assessed value of buildings.
9,180,240.00
Assessed value of land.
5,225,400.00
Exempt
22,150.00
$14,405,640.00
$14,405,640.00
Total assessed property.
$21,974,930.00
Total assessed personal estate.
7,569,140.00
Total assessed real estate
14,383,490.00
22,300.00
Exempt.
$21,952,630.00
$21,952,630.00;
3,340
1,195
8,408
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Taxes assessed on personal estate.
Taxes assessed on real estate.
$165,007.25 313,560.08 10,166.00
Taxes assessed on polls.
$488,733.33
1919 budgets including
Grade crossing tax and interest.
$587,226.00
State tax.
46,640.00
County tax
25,707.29
Highway tax.
2,150.00
Auditing accounts.
462.24
Overlays.
6,932.24
Special State tax.
2,789.40
$671,947.27
Estimated receipts.
$126,223.20
Income from school fund.
15,825.00
Income tax receipts.
41,165.74
183,213.94
$183,213.94
Amount to be raised by taxation.
$488,733.33
BETTERMENT TAXES ASSESSED AS FOLLOWS.
Apportioned sewer. .
$9,524.57
Apportioned sewer interest.
1,868.44
Robert St. sewer.
15.01
Robert St. sewer interest.
4.51
Apportioned curbing .
3.30
Apportioned curbing interest .
1.19
Holman drain.
27.39
Holman drain interest
9.85
Curbing betterment.
343.48
Sidewalks.
491.53
Moth suppression.
369.40
$12,658.67
Non-resident bank tax.
2,015.95
Excise or commutation tax
3,036.10
$5,052.05
ADDED TAXES.
Number of polls assessed, 109
$218.00
Personal estate.
4.50
$222.50
WARRANTS ISSUED TO COLLECTOR AS FOLLOWS.
September 10, 1919.
$503,407.95
October 23, 1919
3,036.10
December 20, 1919.
222.50
$506,666.55
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ANNUAL REPORT
WARRANTS MADE UP AS FOLLOWS.
Polls, personal and real tax.
$488,733.33
Betterment tax. .
12,658.67
Non-resident bank tax.
2,915.95
Excise tax.
3,036.10
Added tax.
222.50
$506,666.55
ABATEMENTS MADE DURING THE YEAR 1919.
Polls
Personal
Real Estate
Moth
Total
1916 Tax
$2.00
$110.18
$66.68
$1.75
179.61
1917 Tax
24.00
243.30
180.53
447.83
1918 Tax.
20.00
448.53
148.84
617.37
1919 Tax.
372.00
198.38
1,220.03
1.10
1,791.51
$418.00
$1,000.39
$1,616.08
$2.85
$3,037.32
FINANCIAL REPORT 1919.
To appropriation.
$5,200.00
Assessor's pay roll.
$2,199.98
Assistant assessors.
354.68
Clerks ..
1,408.65
Rent.
300.00
Light.
31.32
Telephone.
23.52
Towels.
12.00
Printing.
410.58
Office expenze.
38.19
Office supplies.
116.12
Looking up titles.
200.00
Auto hire.
100.00
$5,195.04
Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1920.
4.96
$5,200.00
$5,200.00
Respectfully submitted,
W. J. NEWMAN, T. E. McCAFFREY, HARRY E. CARPENTER,
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ANNUAL REPORT
ATTLEBORO HOSPITAL
To the Mayor and Municipal Council of the City of Attleboro :-
The seventh annual report of the Board of Managers of the Attleborough Hospital embracing its activities in operating the Sturdy Memorial Hospital for the year 1919 is hereby respectfully submitted, and is accompanied by re- ports from the Treasurer and Hospital Superintendent.
Counting it exceedingly fortunate that we have not had to face a repetition of the tragic influenza epidemic of last year, you will observe nevertheless by the report of the Superintendent that the hospital has had a busy and useful year.
While there were eleven less patients admitted than last year,- which is ac- counted for by the 125 influenza cases the hospital cared for in 1918,- there were 109 more surgical cases, and a material increase in obstetrical cases. Of the latter the hospital would have received a much larger number if accommonda- tions could have been provided, and this leads us to refer to the urgent need of an independent obstetrical building. All modern general hospitals have long recognized the desirability of segregating obstetrical work in a building devo- ted entirely to these cases, and when they have not been able to do so, many have given up obstetrical work altogether. To do this now, after our people have realized its great service, would entail a serious disappointment, and much inconvenience for both patients and doctors. Here is where the income from the Winsor Fund, if it had been allowed to accumulate, would now be of mater- ial assistance in financing the erection and equiping of this most necessary annex. Unfortunately, however, we have had to draw heavily each year upon this income to meet the general running expenses of the hospital.
A brief reference to our finances will reveal the problem that faces the man- agement continually. While prices have been advancing with leaps and bounds in hospital and household supplies, and salaries of necessity have been raised, our annual endowments of $250. 00 each for free beds have shrunk from six to four, and no endowments for perpetual free beds have been established for the past five years, there now being only two of the latter, while hospitals in com- munities comparable with ours have anywhere from ten to twenty perpetual free beds, each representing a gift of $5,000.
Memberships also in the corporation, both life and annual, have shown no increase during the past year and are now at the lowest-point since our incor- poration. Attleboro people, however, have the deserved reputation of un- stinted generosity and are always ready to aid any worthy object. The reason perhaps that they have not more generously come to the assistance of our only general hospital is because they are not acquainted with its financial needs.
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