Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Merrimac 1942, Part 2

Author: Merrimac (Mass.)
Publication date: 1942
Publisher: Merrimac (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 136

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ANNUAL REPORT

Table of Aggregates

Value of Real Estate $

1,661,950.00

Value of Personal Property

117,540.00

Value of Automobiles

168,570.00

Number of automobiles

721

Number of Horses

19

Number of Cows

136

Number of Fowl

2,390

Number of other neat cattle

11

Value of stock in trade

29,900.00

Value of Machinery

53,290.00

Value of live stock

17,420.00

Value of other personal

property

16,930.00

Respectfully submitted.

GEORGE B. CROFUT, CLIFFORD R. HOWE, ROSCOE CHILD,

Board of Assessors.

REPORT OF TOWN CLERK

To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:

Merrimac, Mass.

Gentlemen:

As Town Clerk of the Town of Merrimac, I hereby submit the annual report for the year 1942 :-

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Deaths

Number of Deaths Recorded

Males

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Females, Native Born

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Number of Marriages Recorded

First Marriage of Groom

First Marriage of Bride

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Brides, Native Born

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Brides, Foreign Born

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ANNUAL REPORT

Licenses

Number of Dog's Licensed

110

Males

98

Females

12

Sporting Licenses Issued

155

Minors Sporting Licenses Issued

20

Respectfully submitted,

C. HOWARD PHILLIPS,

Town Clerk.

REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER

To the Citizens of Merrimac:

The balances, receipts and disbursements for

the

year 1942 were as follows :-

Balances January 1, 1942 $ 13,445.66

Receipts to January 1, 1943

$258,559.66

$272,005.32

Payments on Warrants

$255,070.55

Balance January 1, 1943 16,934.77

$272,005.32

Respectfully submitted,

ROY C. JOURNEAY,

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TOWN OF MERRIMAC

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD

The Municipal Light Board herein submit their thirty-ninth Annual Report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1942.

Two services have been added during the year mak- ing a total of 988 lighting services and 15 Power services now installed.

Estimate of Expense

Gross Expense of Operating

$30,500.00

Depreciation. (3%

on $81,922.89)

2,457.69

$32,957.69

Estimated Income

From Private Consumers

$31,500.00

From Municipal Buildings

406.76

From Street Lights

3,854.24

$35,761.00

Cost of Constructions

Substation Equipment $ 650.00

Poles, Fixtures & Overhead

Conductors

46,197.62

Meters

9,004.76

Transformers 1 1

18,107.48

Street Lighting Equipment 1 1

5,223.45

Transportation Equipment

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Expended for Constructions

Construction and Materials

$ 1,568.60

Meters 191.65

Transformers

501.59

$ 2,261.84

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ANNUAL REPORT

Expended for Operating Expenses

Electric Energy Purchased $21,296.71

Station Wages 2,019.00

Station Expense 372.00

Meter & Transformer Operation

128.30

Maintenance of Transmission and Distribution Lines 1,656.24

Maintenance of Meters

& Transformers 32.89

Operation & Maintenance of Street Lights 311.36

Commercial Salaries & Expenses

447.02

Salaries of Municipal Light Board & Manager 1,355.08

Office Salary

1,267.00

General Office Supplies & Expenses

807.01

Insurance 398.18

Transportation Expense 260.55 I

Miscellaneous Expense 1 1

162.75

$30,514.09

Total Expended for Construction & Maint. $32,775.93 To Depreciation Fund $ 1,238.25

Transfer to Water Department 6,000.00

Consumers Deposits Returned 240.00

Returned to Town 3,234.56

$10,712.81

Total

$43,488.74

Balance Sheet

Construction & Operating Fund January 1, 1942 $ 9,234.56

Consumers Deposit Fund, January 1, 1942 780.00

Depreciation Fund, Jan. 1, 1942 23,139.46

Received from Light & Power Sales 32,839.54

Received from Miscellaneous Sales 923.75

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Received from Town Appropriations

3,911.64

Interest Income 1 I 1

474.83

Consumers Deposits

240.00

$71,543.78

Construction, Materials, & Renewals $ 2,261.84 Maintenance & Operating Expense ... 30,514.09

Consumers Deposits Returned

240.00

Returned to Town

3,234.56

Transfer to Water Department

6,000.00

Depreciation Fund, Jan. 1, 1943

24,852.54

Construction & operating Fund January 1, 1943 3,660.75

Consumers Deposit Fund

January 1, 1943

780.00

$71,543.78

The Municipal Light Board, JOHN G. MARSHALL, GEORGE F. WILDE, CHARLES A. LANCASTER.

REPORT OF THE TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE

To the Selectmen of the Town of Merrimac:

Report of the Town Forest Committee ending Jan. 1, 1943.

$400.00 was appropriated for use of the Town Forest Committee.

Labor for Mowing and Clearing Firelanes $135.10

Pruning 27 acres Pine 146.45

Clearing Brush and Pruning 27 acres 112.45

Foresters Pruning Shears 6.00

Total $400.00

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ANNUAL REPORT

Returned to Town from Richard Sargent

4,350 ft. Logs $ 21.45

From Cherry Hill Nurseries for small pines 30.00

These were delivered in 1942. To late to be credited on 1942 report, owing to the shortage of labor and the extremely high cost of cutting cord wood, we have been unable to cut any this year. It has been suggested by the State Forestry Committee that citizens of a Town be allowed to cut their supply of fuel from the Town Forest on shares, under supervision of the Town Forest Com- mittee, this has been done in some Towns in the State with good results.

There is bound to be a fuel shortage this year and we recommend that something along this line be done. Our appropriation this year has been used to prune and trim out the growth of weeds and lower limbs of the larger pines, we have 65 acres which have received this attention and are making a remarkable growth. Our Town Forest now ranks as the third best in the State for the number of acres planted.

JAMES T. COLGAN, SAMUEL C. DOUST, RUSSELL B. KELLY, Town Forest Committee.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS

The Board of Water Commissioners herein submit their thirty-nineth Annual Report for the year ending December 31, 1942.

One service was installed during the year making a total of 683 active services.

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Estimates for the Ensuing Year

Gross Expense of Operating

$12,500.00

Constructions 1,500.00

$14,000.00

Estimated Income

Water Rates

$11,500.00

Miscellaneous Income

1,000.00

$12,500.00

Expended for Constructions

Repairs & Renewals at

Pumping Station

$ 1,901.62

Machinery & Equipment

5,482.47

$ 7,384.09

Expended for Maintenance

Maintenance & Repairs

$ 3,878.91

Power & Fuel

2,566.38

Station Supplies & Expenses 1

153.37

Station Wages

2,637.00

Salaries of Supt. & Commissioners

908.32

Office Salary

520.00

Office Expense

388.28

Truck Expense

219.25

Insurance

818.34

Miscellaneous

462.15

Refund

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ANNUAL REPORT

Monthly Pumping Report

Gallons Pumped Hours Pumped

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February

March

April

May

June

July

September August

October

November

December

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6,710,000

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$23,353.49

Balance Sheet

Water Rates Collected

Transfer from Light Department Miscellaneous Income

General Cash Balance, Jan. 1, 1943 and Maintenance Expended for Constructions

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Board of Water Commissioners,

GEORGE F. WILDE. JOHN MARSHALL, CHAS. A. LANCASTER,

$23,353.49

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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF KIMBALL PARK

To the Selectmen and Citizens of the Town of Merrimac:

As Trustees of Kimball Park, we submit the following report:

Active Account

Received:

Cash on hand January 1, 1942 None

From Weed Fund $ 40.00

From Kimball Fund

23.50

$ 63.50

Expended:

Labor, care of grounds $ 60.00

Sharpening tools

3.50

$ 63.50

Trust Funds

Balance Weed Fund, Jan. 1, 1942 __ $ 2,002.51

Balance Kimball Fund Jan. 1, 1942

1,069.80

Interest Weed Fund 1942 40.24

Interest Kimball Fund 1942

21.49

$ 3,134.04

Withdrawn, Weed Fund $ 40.00

Withdrawn, Kimball Fund 23.50

Balance, Weed Fund, Jan. 1, 1943 2,002.75

Balance, Kimball Fund, Jan. 1, 1943

1,067.79

$ 3,134.04

Respectfully submitted, CHAS. A. LANCASTER, JOHN W. KIRKPATRICK, HERBERT C. McILVIN

Trustees Kimball Park.

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REPORT OF THE MERRIMAC PLAYGROUND COMMISSION

To the Citizens of the Town of Merrimac:

Your Playground Commission makes its report for the fiscal year 1942 - 1943.

The past year saw a sharp decline in sport activities at the playground. The High School used the playground to some extent and later formed an Association not gov- erned by the High School.

The gasoline shortage made it impossible to maintain a Town Team.

Practically all the young men who would be in com- petitve sports have gone into the service. To these young men we should have the playground finished.

The skating rink was not set up this year do dim- out regulations.

In view of the fact that W.P.A. work is now being curtailed, we see no way of having the playground finish- ed unless it is finished by some contractor.

The expense of having it finished is not out of line, compared to the enjoyment our boys will get out of it when they return to us.

We wish to thank all those who in any way helped us this year.

Respectfully submitted,

WILLIAM H. RAFFERTY, GEORGE CURRIER, CHARLES H. BISHOP, BURTON C. LAFAVER,

Merrimac Playground Commission.

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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF WIRES

To the Selectmen and the citizens of the Town of Merrimac I herein submit my report for the year 1942.

Resident wire inspections 32

New Service Inspections

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Inspection of new entrances 27

Respectfully submitted,

DALE W. BLACKDEN,

Inspector of Wiring.

REPORT OF DOG OFFICER

To the Selectmen and Citizens of Merrimac:

I hereby report that I have caught, confined and dis- posed of the number of dogs listed below, during the past year.

Males:

January 1, 1942

$ 4.00

January 15, 1942

4.00

February 24, 1942

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December 26, 1942 December 12, 1942 December 2, 1942 November 16, 1942 November 3, 1942 October 16, 1942 August 3, 1942 June 1, 1942

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KENNETH E. HASKELL,

Dog Officer.

REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF MERRIMAC PUBLIC

The Trustees of the Merrimac Public Library present To the Citizens of the Town of Merrimac:

their sixty-sixth annual report for the year ending

December 31, 1942.

$92.00

Total amount

I found a home for one dog.

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LIBRARY

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The total number of volumes borrowed during the year was 14,254, of which 1,105 was non-fiction and 1,639 Juvenile. The monthly deliveries were as follows:

January

1170

July

1100

February

1290

August 1120

March

1544

September 1233

April

1268

October

1293

May

1167

November

1009

June

1172

December 888

Fines collected and turned over to the Town Treas- urer amounted to $116.32.

The financial report is included in the Town Account- ant's report, and to avoid repetition will not be given here.

During the year there were 386 volumes added to the Library: 244 by purchase and 142 donated by the following:

Herbert J. Brady, 1. Mrs. A. J. DuPont, 1. Mrs. J. B. Judkins, 79. Miss Annie A. Kelly, 1. Miss Janet Kemp, 2. Rev. H. S. Lowd, 2. Benjamin Rush, 1. Mrs. Stuart Sloane, 8. Commonwealth of Mass., 11. Town of Merri- mac, 1. Unknown, 2. Mrs. George Walker, 21. Miss Edith Wood, 12.

In addition to these generous gifts, there were five magazines donated by our friends of the Library which your Trustees acknowledge with thanks.

Your Trustees recommend that $1,000 be appropriat- ed for the year 1943.

Respectfully submitted, ALVIN F. HEATH, ETHEL B. WHITING, ABBIE W. SARGENT, CHESTER E. WHITING, GRACE F. GIBBS,

Trustees of the Public Library.

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REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT

To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:

I hereby present the Annual Report of the Town Accountant in accordance with Chapter 41, Section 60, of the General Laws, I have also presented all such financial matters as may be of general interest.

I express herewith my appreciation of the co-opera- tion and courteous assistance rendered by you and all the other Town Officials in complying with the require- ments of our system.

Respectfully submitted,

W. HAROLD WHITING

Town Accountant.

RECEIPTS - GENERAL

Taxes.

Current Year-

Poll, Personal, Real Estate $50,687.66

Previous Years-

1941 Poll, Personal

and Real Estate 17,711.97

1940 Poll, Personal, and Real Estate 14,049.59

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1939 Poll, Personal

and Real Estate 1,655.68

1938 Poll, Personal and Real Estate 501.60

1937 Poll, Personal

and Real Estate 36.72

1936 Poll, Personal

and Real Estate 20.16

1935 Poll, Personal

and Real Estate 34.28

1934 Poll, Personal

and Real Estate 17.78

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1933 Poll, Personal

and Real Estate 15.55

1931 Poll, Personal

and Real Estate .50

1930 Poll, Personal

and Real Estate 5.77

$84,737.26

From Commonwealth:

Special State Taxes-

Corporation Tax $3,727.46

Income Tax 8,965.00

Gas & Electric

20.42

$12,712.88

Tax Titles Redeemed

$4,041.03

Sales of Tax Titles Possessions 542.42

Sale Land of low value 20.00

$ 4,603.45

Total from Taxes

$102,053.59

Licenses and Permits:

Liquor

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145.50

$ 155.50

Fines and Forfeits:

Court Fines

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Grants and Gifts:

State Mass. School Fund - $3,829.51 County Treasurer

Dog Licenses

145.47

$3,974.98

Total from Licenses and Permits Fines and Forfeits and Grants and Gifts $4,143.08

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Privileges:

Motor Excise' 1931

$ 4.97

Motor Excise 1932

.80

Motor Excise 1933

2.62

Motor Excise 1934

5.36

Motor Excise 1935

49.11

Motor Excise 1938 1

11.54

Motor Excise 1939

28.00

Motor Excise 1940 1

125.16

Motor Excise 1941

771.24

Motor Excise 1942

4,272.21

$5,271.01

Special Assessments:

Moth 1931

$ 1.50

Moth 1936

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Moth 1939

1.25

Moth 1940

11.10

Moth 1941

15.50

Moth 1942

100.05

$ 129.90

Totals from Priveleges and

Special Assessments $5,400.91

Total Receipts from General Revenue $111,597.58

RECEIPTS-COMMERCIAL REVENUE

General Government:

Rent of Hall

$ 12.00

Rent of Offices

630.00

Fire loss Awning

38.00 $ 680.00

Protection of Persons and Property:

Sealers Fees

$ 23.37 $ 23.37

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Board of Health:

Comm. of Mass. T. B. Subsidy $260.71

Individuals 156.00

Ins. of Animals 50.00

Health Nurse fees

162.00

$ 628.71

Highways:

Town Hire Road Machinery $1,200.75

Highway Loan Ch 90 1,000.00

Highway Loan Ch 81 1,000.00

Comm. of Mass. Highway 4,218.45

Comm. of Mass. Ch. 81-1942 2,818.75

Highway Ch 81 Refund 7.06

Comm. of Mass. Ch 81-1941 126.10

Road Machinery Refund 2.25

$10,373.36

Public Library:

Fines

$

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Trust Funds

1,006.25

$ 1,122.57

Kimball Park:

Trust funds $ 63.50 $ 63.50

Cemeteries

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Charities:

Aid to Dependent Children or Mothers Aid:

State of Mass. $ 775.65

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U. S. Grant

595.23

U. S. Grant Admx.

23.80

$ 1,394.68

Temporary Aid:

Cities and Towns $ 1,297.61

State of Mass. 1

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Individuals

90.75

$ 4,808.11

Old Age Assistance:

State of Mass. $18,068.72

Other cities and towns 228.61

Old Age U.S. Grant 20,523.63

Old Age U. S. Grant Admx. 687.26

Individuals

80.00

$39,588.22

Public Service Enterprises Light and Water Department-

Light-

Consumers Deposits $ 240.00

Street Lighting

3,499.85

Sale of Light

24,979.22

Sale of Power

8,272.11

Miscellaneous sales

923.75

$37,914.93

Water-

Meter Rates

$11,425.30

Miscellaneous sales

1,355.90

$12,781.20

Interest:

Taxes 1936

$ 3.33

Taxes 1937

2.62

Taxes 1938

27.69

Taxes 1939

168.50

Taxes 1940

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Taxes 1941

434.68

Taxes 1942

44.57

Add. Int. Tax Titles

396.48

Release

19.00

$ 1,911.14

Schools:

Tuition Vocational

$ 25.10

Supt. small Schools

483.33

$ 508.43

Total Commercial Revenue

$114,837.16

NON-REVENUE AND MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS.

Temporary Loans

$30,000.00

Town Clerk Dog Fees

235.80

Breaking Street Lights

10.50

Rent of Possessions

823.70

Milk and Oleo licenses

9.00

Comm. Of Mass. Meal Tax

273.77

Comm. of Mass. Div.

Child Guard

381.22

Comm. of Mass. Int. Tax Title Loan

151.64

Diamond Match refund WPA

1.11

Sale of lumber and wood

53.75

Return premiums insurance

68.87

Court refund

41.25

Refund civilian defense

22.88

Sale Fire Steamer

30.00

Sale scrap iron

16.43

Refund to Charities

5.00

Total Non-Revenue and Miscellaneous $32,124.92 Total from General Revenue, Commercial Revenue and Non-Revenue and Miscellaneous

$258,559.66

Cash Balance January 1, 1942

13,445.66

$272,005.32

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ANNUAL REPORT.

EXPENDITURES-GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Legislative:

Moderator, Salary $ 12.00

$ 12.00

Selectmen's Department:

Chairman

$ 450.00

Clerk

125.00

Other Member

100.00

Printing & Postage

219.88

Transportation

9.50

All other expenses

27.84

$ 9.32.22

Welfare Department:

Chairman

$ 200.00

Clerk

200.00,

Other Member

100.00

$ 500.00

Treasurer's Department:

Salary

$ 450.00

Foreclosures and

Recording liens

417.76

Checks

48.76

Cert. of notes

12.00

Printing & Postage

101.40

All other

101.00

$ 1,130.92

Town Clerk:

Salary

$ 225.00

Printing & Postage

8.36

All other

18.02

$ 251.38

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TOWN OF MERRIMAC

Assessors:

Salaries

$ 650.00

Printing & Postage

59.35

Transportation

32.85

All other

107.12

$ 849.32

Old Age Assistance Bureau:

Chairman

$ 200.00

Clerk

300.00

Other Member

100.00

$ 600.00

WPA Co-Ordinator.

Salary

$ 400.00 $ 400.00

Accounting Department:

Salary

$ 1,515.00

Printing & Postage

65.93

Forms

35.78

$ 1,616.71

Registrars:

Salary

$ 112.50 $ 112.50

Election Officers:

Salary

$ 240.00 $ 240.00

Board of Registrars Expenses:

Forms

$ 42.46

Labor

136.75

$ 179.21

50

ANNUAL REPORT

Bonding Town Officers:

Clerk

$ 5.00

Treasurer

1 1

Coll. Light & Water 1

! 1

5.00

Tax Collector

150.00

$ 285.00

Town Hall Repairs:

$ 99.90

Repairs

$ 99.90

Town Hall Maintenance:

Janitor Salary

$ 240.00

Janitor Openings

350.00

Fuel

485.43

Light

55.13

Telephone

125.02

Repairs

34.21

Janitors Supplies

and other expenses

90.73

$ 1,380.52

Vital Statistics:

Fees

$ 81.00

$ 81.00

Tax Collector's Department:

Salary 1933

$ .18

Salary 1934

.23

Salary 1935

.83

Salary 1936

.24

Salary 1937

.39

Salary 1938

5.41

Salary 1939

18.37

Salary 1940

150.01

Salary 1941

189.31

Salary 1942

551.04

Printing & Postage

256.83

1

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1

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1

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1

1

75.00

50.00

Mrg. Light & Water

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TOWN OF MERRIMAC

Taking Titles and other Expense 570.01

$ 1,742.85

Total for General Government

$10,413.53

PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY

Police:

Salary of Chief $ 1,670.00

Salary of Night Patrol

1,434.50

Special Officers 303.50

Transportation

I

1

1 1 1

274.35

Telephone I

109.67

Other Expenses 1

1 1 96.65

1

$ 3,888.67

Fire Engineers:

Salary Chief $ 150.00

Salary Clerk

125.00

Salary other member

100.00 $ 375.00

Fire Department:

Stewards $ 110.00

Supt. of Alarms 1

100.00

Truck Mechanic 1 I

25.00

Call Men

1,856.25

Fuel

322.56

Telephone

118.22

Motor Expense

174.95

Apparatus

87.36

Special Labor

16.50

Equipment and lettering

689.16

$ 3,500.00

Ladders for Fire Department:

New Ladders

$ 357.40

$ 357.40

1 I

1

1 1

1

1 1

1

1 1

1

1

1

I 1 1

52

ANNUAL REPORT

Booster Pumps for Fire Department:

New Pumps

$ 695.00 $ 695.00

Hose for Fire Department:

New Hose

$ 996.31 $ 996.31

Moth Department:

Salary of Supt. $ 409.20

Labor

512.00

Horse Hire

87.00

Supplies

16.63

$ 1,024.83

Inspector of Wiring:

Salary

-

90.00

$ 90.00

Dog Officer:

Fees

$ 92.00 $ 92.00

Tree Warden:

Salary Warden

$ 189.20

Labor

148.00

Equipment

12.45

$ 349.65

Forest Fire Warden:

Equipment

$ 40.93

$ 40.93

Town Forest:

Salary Supt. $ 132.00

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TOWN OF MERRIMAC

Labor

254.50

Horse Hire

7.50

Supplies

6.00 $ 400.00

Total for Protection of Persons and Property __ $11,809.79

HEALTH AND SANITATION

Inspector of Milk:

Salary

$ 20.00

$ 20.00

Inspector of Slaughtering:

Salary

$ 20.00 $ 20.00

Inspector of Animals:

Salary

$ 100.00 $ 100.00

Sealer of Weights and Measures:

Salary

$ 98.34

Supplies

5.87

Transportation 1

2.90

$ 107.11

Board of Health:

Care of Patients

at Sanatarium

$ 564.20

Care of Dump

I I 156.00

Cat & Dog Burial

5.00

Forms

$

1.64

Other Expense 1 1

1 I

59.81 $ 786.65

1

1 1 1

1

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1

1

1

1 1

I I

1 1

1 1 I

1 - 1 1 1

1

Health Nurse:

Salary $ 960.00

-

-

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ANNUAL REPORT

Motor Expense

125.00

$ 1,085.00

Essex County T. B. Hospital:

Tuberculosis- Board and Care and Maintenance assessment $ 1,006.53

$ 1,006.53

Total for Health and Sanitation

$ 3,125.29

HIGHWAYS

Shed for Highway:

Lumber

$ 32.25 $ 32.25

Highway and Chapter 81:

Salary Supt.

1

$ 801.60

Truck Driver

383.70

Laborers

2,329.35

Trucks

190.00

Materials Į

1,902.72

Town Truck 1

995.00

Town Tractor

84.00

Town Road Machinery

630

Other Expense

102.20

$ 6,794.87

Road Machinery:

Truck Parts

$ 88.68

Parts for Plow 1 I

45.67

Repairs for Truck

253.16

Gasoline for Truck

298.98

Express

.08

Tractor Repairs

88.74

Drag

13.65

Material & Supplies 1

179.67

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1

1 1 1

I 1

1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1

Į 1

1

1 I

1 1

1 1

1

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1 1

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I

1

$ 968.63

1

1 1

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1

55

TOWN OF MERRIMAC

Snow and Washouts:

Salary of Supt. $ 288.00

Laborers

661.00

Plowing

202.50

Fuel

23.79

Tractor Driver 1

I

1 1

2.40

Telephone

2.57

Horse Hire

73.75

Sh. & Repairing Tools

12.10

Trucks

40.00

Sand and other Expense

80.60

$ 1,386.71

Highway Thickly Settled Streets:

Salary of Supt. $ 37.60

Laborers

151.50

Telephone

35.80

Equipment

51.12

Sand and other Expense

12.64

$ 288.66

Street Lighting:

Bill for Lights $ 3,499.85 -

$ 3,499.85

Rocks Bridge:

Assessment for

Maintenance $ 388.36

$ 388.36

Highway Chapter 90:

Salary of Supt. $ 82.20

Truck Driver 1

1

50.00

1 1 Laborers 1

297.75

Trucks

109.50

Materials

740.16

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1 I

1 1

1

I 1

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1

1

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ANNUAL REPORT

Town Truck 115.65

$ 1,395.26

Total For Highways

$14,754.59

CHARITIES

Old Age Assistance:

Cash Payments $26,127.00

Medical Aid

1,379.09

Burial

100.00

Other Cities & Towns 1 I

569.97

Other Aid

9.00

- $28,185.06

A.D.C. U. S. Grant:

Cash Payments

$ 643.43

Medical Aid

50.75 $ 694.18

A.D.C. Admx. U. S. Grant:

Postage

$ 2.24

Forms

.54

$

2.78

Public Welfare:

Other Cities & Towns $ 940.25

Rent

1,040.00

Groc. & Prov.

3,835.63

Fuel

878.04

Board & Care

668.00

Cash Payments 1 1

325.50

Clothing

122.79

All other

309.53

Medicine & Medical Aid

473.10

Benson Hospital

15.00

Hale Hospital

83.90

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1 1

1

1

1 1

1

I

1

1

1

1

1

1

57

TOWN OF MERRIMAC

Amesbury Hospital

241.35

Worcester Memorial

6.90

State Hospitals

478.29

$ 9,418.28

Old Age Admx U. S. Grant:

Postage

$ 3.42

Forms

3.84

Supervisory Visiting

80.00

$ 87.26

Old Age Assistance: U. S. Grant:

Cash Payments

$15,881.25

Burial

100.00

Medical Aid

564.19

$16,545.44

Soldiers Relief:

Cash Payments 1

$ 498.00

Clothing

1.79

Fuel

173.14

Groc. & Prov.

1,159.27

Rent

348.00

Medical Aid

92.49

1

1

1

1

$ 2,273.69

Mothers Aid:

Cash Payments

$ 1,457.83

Medical Aid

273.25

$ 1,731.08

Total for Charities

$58,937.77

SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES

School Committee:

Chairman $ 50.00

1

1

I 1 1

1

1 1 1

1

1

1

I

1

1

1 1 1

58

ANNUAL REPORT

Clerk

75.00

Other Member

50.00

$ 175.00

Vocational Aid:

Bills for Tuition

$ 167.66 $ 167.66

School Department:

Total Expended in 1942

Itemized in Detail in

School Report, Classified

as State Requirements $28,945.14

$28,945.14

Public Library:

Librarian

$ 500.00

Care Grounds

156.30

Book & Periodicals 489.98 1 1

Binding

41.24

Fuel & Light

1

1

1 I

254.26

Repairs

199.43

Other Expenses

1 1

$ 1,649.97

Total for Schools and Library $30,937.77

RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED

Repairs to Tax Title Property:

Repairs

$ 115.96 $ 115.96

Basketball Expense:

Net

$ 70.00

Express

1.05

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1

1 I

1

1

1 I

8.76

I

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TOWN OF MERRIMAC

Labor

10.25

Materials

13.80

$ 95.10

Local Rationing Board:

Telephone

32.47

Postage

8.95

Office Equipment

68.20

$ 109.62

Water in Town Buildings:

Bill to Town $ 299.65 $ 299.65

Lighting Town Buildings:

Bill to Town

$ 411.79 $ 411.79

Edith Munroe Suit vs. Town:

Legal Fees

1

10.00

Medical Expense

3.00

Pictures

7.00

$ 20.00

Civilian Defense:

Fuel

$

26.75

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