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Arthur F. Gehrung Millard F. Ashley Arthur B. Cummings
Committee on Claims.
William Marshall Frank Mossberg Arthur F. Gehrung
Committee on A. B. C. Street Railway Line and Norton, Taunton and Attleboro Street Railway.
Frank Mossberg
Chester A. Smith Millard F. Ashley
Committee on School Matters.
Stephen H. Garner William H. Blake Millard F. Ashley
220
ANNUAL REPORT
A RESOLUTION APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE
Be it Resolved by the Municipal Council of the City of Attleboro :-
That the following suins be and hereby are granted and voted for the purposes and objects hereinafter stated:
And be it further resolved that no portion of any amount herein speci- fied shall be devoted to any other purpose than that designated in this resolution except by vote of the Municipal Council :-
ESTIMATED EXPENSES.
General Government-
Municipal Council-
Rent, Light and Phone
$575 00
General Expenses.
150 00
$725 00
Mayor-
Salary
$2,000 00
Rent, Light and Phone.
420 00
Clerical and other expenses
1,200 00
$3,620 00
City Clerk and Treasurer-
Salaries:
City Clerk and Treasurer
1,800 00
Asst. City Clerk.
1,100 00
Asst. City Treasurer.
600 00
Rent, Light and Phone
480 00
Clerical.
1,500 00
Incidentals.
725 00
Vital Statistics
300 00
$6,505 00
Auditor-
Salary
$1,500 00
Rent, Light and Phone.
215 00
Clerical
936 00
Incidentals
150 00
Collector-
Salary
$1,800 00
Rent, Light and Phome
150 00
Clerical Expense.
1,400 00
Stationery, Printing and Tax Sales
550 00
Postage.
400 00
Incidentals
150 00
Assessors-
Salaries.
$3,000 00
Clerical
2,350 00
Asst. Assessors.
550 00
Incidentals.
1,200 00
Rent, Light and Phone
536 00
$2,801 00
$4,450 00
$7,636 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Law-
Salary.
$750 00 100 00
Expenses.
$850 00
City Messenger-
Salary.
$1,040 00
Vacation Substitute.
40 00
Expense.
50 00
Rent, Light and Phone
120 00
$1,250 00
Elections and Registrations
$750 00.
$750 00
City Stenographer -
Salary
$1,400 00
Expenses.
40 00
Planning Board.
100 00
$1,440 00 $100 00
Police Department-
Regular Payroll.
$25,950 00
Vacation and Days Off
3,779 00
Extra Police Services.
300 00
Court Fees.
700 00
Rent.
1,380 00
Maintenance of Autos
1,000 00
Office and Station Supplies
400 00
Phone, Water and Light.
350 00
Maintenance of Motorcycles
200 00
Lockup Keeper and Care of Lockup.
200 00
Sickness and Disability .
125 00
Police and Traffic Equipment.
100 00
Chief's Car.
1,095 00
New Motorcycles.
) 00
Furniture and Fixtures for Station
200 00
Fire Department-
Regular Payroll.
$54,143 12
Hydrants. .
15,090 00
Light, Phone and Water
600 00
Maint. of Automobiles.
2,500 00
Coal and Wood
1,600 00
Repairs on Station
500 00
Incidentals. .
400 00
General Supplies.
2,000 00
Hose.
1,000 00
Repairing floor in Union Street Station. .
275 00
Three permanent men.
1,407 50
Electrical Department-
Salary of Superintendent.
$2,190 00
Maintenance of Fire Alarm
825 00
Maintenance of Auto
450 00
Fire Alarm Boxes
600 00
Salary of Assistant.
1,916 25
School Fire Alarm Boxes
4,000 00
Renewing battery plates
675 00
$10,656 25
Wire Inspection-
Printing and Incidentals. $225 00
$225 00
$36,039 00
$79,515 62
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ANNUAL REPORT
Inspector of Buildings-
Salary
Rent, Light, Phone and Incidentals
$600 00 50 00
$650 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures-
Light and Salary
$1,000 00
Rent, Light and Phone
120 00
Transportation and labor
100 00
Office supplies and printing
75 00
$1,295 00
Dog Officer
$500 00
$500 00
Forestry-
Salary.
$1,200 00
Maintenance of Truck.
300 00
Labor
1,500 00
Incidentals.
300 00
$3,300 00
Health and Sanitation-
Health Officer's Salary
$900 00
Maintenance-
Laboratory Maintenance
$125 00
Dental Clinic.
600 00
Clerk.
338 00
Inspector of Milk
750 00
Care of Dump.
624 00
Garbage Removal.
1,650 00
Inspector of Slaughter
600 00
Inspector of Animals.
300 00
Inspector of Plumbing
200 00
Nursing, Care at Home.
500 00
Fees to other cities and towns.
500 00
State Sanitoria.
6,000 00
Physicians' Fees
50 00
Rent and Light
165 00
Incidentals.
200 00
T. B. Nurse
1,500 00
$15,002 00
Bristol County Tuberculosis Hospital.
$14,604 01
$14,604 01
PUBLIC WORKS
General Administration-
Superintendent's Salary
$3,800 00
Engineer's Salary, Assistant Engineer
and Rodman.
7,000 00
Clerical Labor
2,400 00
Engineering Supplies
300 00
Office Supplies.
200 00
Insurance, Repairs, etc.
350 00
Rent, Light and Phone
950 00
City Survey
3,500 00
$17,500 00
223
ANNUAL REPORT
Highway-
Resurfacing
$15,000 00
Bridges
2,000 00
Drains.
2,000 00
Ten Mile River
200 00
Traffic Painting
200 00
Street Sweeping
2,200 00
Street Cleaning
6,000 00
Street Patching.
8,000 00
Sidewalks, repair and Maintenance.
5,000 00
Snow and Ice.
4,500 00
Machinery and Tools.
1,500 00
Crushers.
800 00
Roller, Coal and Maintenance.
1,200 00
Maintenance of Autos.
1,000 00
Insurance
1,400 00
Rent, Maynard St. land.
70 00
Vacations.
700 00
Express, Freight, etc.
150 00
$51,920 00
Car for the Foreman
$460
00
Sidewalks and Curbing
2,000 00
Dust Layer and Tar.
12,000 00
Lighting-
Contract.
$21,000 00
New Lights
200 00
Signs, Clock Numbers and Clock Repair
250 00
Rifle Range
50 00
Incidentals
100 00
Kletrac.
1,350 00
$37,410 00
Sewer Maintenance
Filter beds. .
$2,200 00
Repair and Care of Sewers
700 00
Water Maintenance -
New Meters
$700 00
Services
1,500 00
Main Line.
4,000 00
Shop and Barn
650 00
$6,850 00
Maintenance Payroll
$12,500 00
Teams and Autos
2,500 00
Insurance.
700 00
Maintenance Materials
1,500 00
Incidentals
250 00
$17,450 00
Buildings repair and paint.
$500 00
$500 00
Water Survey.
946 00
946 00
Pumping Station-
Payroll Engineers
$7,230 00
Coal.
5,500 00
$2,900 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Oil 200 00
Snow Pump, Valves and packing.
200 00
Barr Pump, Valves and repair
100 00
Light and Phone
177 00
Repair of Boilers.
1,500 00
Cleaning Filter Beds.
450 00
Care of Grounds and Beds
100 00
Incidentals
500 00
$15,957 00
CHARITIES.
Maintenance-
Salaries and wages
$3,176 00
City Farm.
5,000 00
Mother's Aid
10,000 00
Temporary Aid
2,800 00
Outside Relief
8,000 00
Printing, Telephone, Rent, Light and Traveling
400.00
$29,376 00
City Physician
$750 00
$750 00
Soldiers' Benefits-
General Administration
$220 00
State Aid (Returned by the State)
1,600 00
Soldiers' Burials (returned by state)
240 00
Soldiers' Relief .
2,700 00
Military Aid.
300 00
$5,060 00
SCHOOLS
General Control-
Clerks
$3,172 00
Census .
150 00
Reports.
100 00
Office Expenses
100 00
Telephones
350 00
$3,872 00
Superintendence-
Superintendent.
$3,600 00
Attendance Officer
1,500 00
Office Expenses.
200 00
Expenses out of town
200 00
Automobiles
700 00
Instruction-
Teachers' Salaries
$198,975 00
Text-Books and Supplies.
8,500 00
Cooking, Manual Training and Sewing.
1,000 00
Operating School Plant-
Janitors
$17,600 00
Fuel
13,700 00
Water
800 00
Janitors' Supplies
800 00
Power
125 00
Lights
800 00
Towels
350 00
$6,200 00
$208,475 00
$34,175 00
225
ANNUAL REPORT
Maintaining School Plant-
Flags and Care of Grounds
$10,000 00
Fire Escapes-Sanford St.
400 00
$10,400 00
Auxiliary Agencies-
School Physician
$1,200 00
School Nurse
1,400 00
Transportation
7,000 00
$9,600 00
Miscellaneous-
Tuition .
$400 00
Graduations
250 00
Express
50 00
Insurance
2,000 00
Sundries
200 00
$2,900 00
Evening School and Americanization
$2,700 00
$2,700 00
Vacation School
700 00
700 00
Continuation School
9,160 00
9,160 00
Equipment Manual Training-High School . . .
500 00
500 00
Plans-Hebronville School
2,609 25
2,609 25
LIBRARIES.
Maintenance-
Salaries. .
$8,050 00
Books and Periodicals
2,500 00
Fuel and Light. .
1,100 00
Buildings and Grounds
900 00
Printing, Postage, etc
950 00
Binding and Repairing books
1,000 00
$14,500 00
Park Department-
Superintendent's Salary and Payroll
$4,000 00
Maintenance expense .
3,500 00
Playground supervision .
500 00
Band Concert-4th July
350 00
Zoo
2,000 00
$10,350 00
Recreation-
Hayward Field
$500 00
Finberg Park.
500 00
Horton Playground .
500 00
Painting Fence, Hayward Field
850 00
UNCLASSIFIED
Memorial Day-G. A. R
$300 00
Memorial Day-S. W. V
50 00
Memorial Day-V. F. W
50 00
Memorial Day-A. L.
50 00
.
$2,350.00
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Printing City Documents
1,000 00
G. A. R. Rent.
400 00
S. W. V. Rent
300 00
V. F. W. Rent.
300 00
A. L. Expenses
300 00
Storage Rooms Rent
240 00
Fleet Insurance.
450 00
Revenue Reserve.
6,000 00
Collector's Bond and Deputy Collector's Bond
255 00
Treasurer's Bond
175 00
Pensions
1,300 00
Audit.
500 00
Hold-up Burglary Insurance .
55 29
Over draft in Overlay acct. of 1920.
241 28
Claims account
1,100 00
$13,066 57
INTEREST.
Anticipation of Revenue Loans
$13,500 00
Time Notes. . .
840 50
General Purpose Loans
14,699 81
Sewer Loans.
5,840 00
Water Loans
16,825 00
Norton, Taunton & Attleboro Street Railway
1,080 00
A. B. C. Street Railway
607 50
Bristol County T. B. Hospital
1,875 00
$55,267 81
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Addition to School Buildings, Washington and Bliss Schools
$13,810 00
High School Bonds, Serial
8,500 00
Sewer Bonds, Serial .
7,500 00
Water Bonds, Serial.
6,000 00
Bristol County T. B. Bonds, Serial.
5,000 00
Highway Construction Bonds, Serial
15,000 00
N. T. & A. St. Rly. Loan, Serial Bonds
2,000 00
Park Street Improvement Loan Notes
2,000 00
A. B. C. One-Man Car Notes.
2,000 00
A. B. C. St. Rly. Loan, Serial Bonds
2,250 00
Peck House and Lot Notes.
4,000 00
Mechanics St. Bridge Loan, Serial Bonds
4,913 09
Street Bonds, Serial .
12,000 00
N. T. & A. St. Rly. Notes.
1,000 00
Surface Drainage Bonds, serial.
2,000 00
Bank and Water Street Bridge Bonds, serial
1,816 00
$89,789 09
Sinking Fund, Water Loan $10,000 00 $10,000 00
RECAPITULATION.
1. General Government. $30,127 00
2. Protection of Persons and Property . 132,180 87
3. Health and Sanitation 29,606 01
227
ANNUAL REPORT
4. Public Works
151,433 00
5. Charities
30,126 00
6. Soldiers' Benefits 5,060 00
7. Schools 291,291 25
8. Libraries
14,500 00
9. Recreation
12,700 00
10. Unclassified
13,066 57
11. Interest.
55,267 81
12. Municipal Indebtedness
89,789 09
13. Sinking Funds 10,000 00
Total estimated appropriation $865,147 60
Estimated State Tax $53,000 00
Estimated County Tax
27,000 00
$80,000 00
$945,147 60
Less estimated revenue $230,000 00
Amount to be provided for in 1923
$715,147 60
INDEX
Assessors, Report of. 28-33
Auditor, Report of 195-213
Building Inspector, Report of 44
Charity Department, Report of. 45-48
City Physician .49
City Clerk, Report of. 26-27
City Collector, Report of
187-19 ₺
City Solicitor, Report of. 184-185
City Treasurer, Report of . 15-25
Dog Officer, Report of 88
Fire Department, Report of 50-55
Forestry Department, Report of .56
Health Department, Report of. 57-72
Hospital, Report of Attleborough. 34-43
Mayor's Inaugural Address 9-14
Officials, List of 3-8
Park Commissioners, Report of 73-79
Planning Board, Report of 80-81
Police Department, Report of. 82-87
Public Library, Report of. 89-102
Public Works Department, Report of 103-131
School Department, Report of 133-178
State Aid and Soldiers' Relief, Report of 179-180
Weights and Measures, Report of Sealer of 186
Wire Inspector, Report of. 181
Supt. of Fire Alarm. 182-183
Appendix, Government and Officers of City of Attleboro for year 1923. 214-219
A Resolution of Appropriations for 1922 220-227
Gen. 974.48
1922 Ref A88a
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