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8 90
Horace F. Hunt
·
17 60
J. F. Gallivan
11 50
White & Wetherbee
4 20
Thorp & Martin Co.
2 25
Library Bureau
20 50
R. Allen Gage
49 83
$483 22
SCHOOL HOUSE INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation
. $1,000 00
Credits
.
18 10
Overdraft .
.
36 91
$7 95
$1,055 01
97
Expended .
$1,055 01
Paid Braintree Electric Light Dept.
$83 86
Braintree Water Department
186 15
O. M. Rogers
49 62
H. J. Hollinshead .
.
71 75
George Proctor
3 92
Smith & Anthony Co.
99 57
Edward E. Babb & Co. .
10 50
American School Furniture Co.
50 50
F. S. Webster Co.
4 95
Murphy, Leavens & Co.
.
15 00
Walworth Mfg. Co.
6 96
Chandler & Barber
3 00
Charles River Iron Works
2 09
Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Co.
3 00
Boston Belting Co.
15 70
Woodsum Coal Co.
5 20
J. Marcus Arnold .
1 25
C. H. Hobart
13 99
S. F. Brown
5 30
B. D. Litchfield
.8 60
Paul Monaghan
40 76
Geo. H. Holbrook
91 70
H. W. Borden
20 13
John A. Cook
6 75
Peter Ness
45 33
J. O. Sypher .
17 00
R. Allen Gage
33 42
Frank A. Bates
9 88
A. E. Bradford
5 55
Edward H. Frary
1 50
C. O. Miller
48 00
George E. Crafts
6 00
John H. Macandrew
6 88
J. Franklin Bates
6 35
William Orr
5 70
Mrs. William Orr
16 80
Mrs. J. W. Stetson
1 25
Mrs. Ann Davis
5 40
98
Paid S. R. Eaton
$17 44
John Whitty .
2 93
W. P. Reed
1 40
Mrs. Charles E. Smart
11 34
Victor Metals Co. .
1 50
G. E. Loring & Co.
4 25
Thomas J. Cain
2 25
Remington Typewriter Co.
4 63
$1,055 01
CREDIT.
Penniman School Association, light .
$11 60
Sale of incidentals
6 50
$18 10
FUEL.
Appropriation
$1,700 00
Overdraft .
146 85
$1,846 85
Expended
1,846 85
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons
$400 75
Woodsum Coal Co. .
1,445 10
R. Allen Gage
1 00
$1,846 85
REPAIRS ON MONATIQUOT SCHOOL FURNACES ..
Appropriation
$400 00
Expended .
$377 93
Unexpended balance
22 07
$400 00
Paid American Warming & Ventilating Co. $345 00
B. D. Litchfield
32 93
$377 93
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING, PRECINCT ONE:
NOAH TORREY SCHOOL.
Appropriation
$36,000 00
Expended .
$18,569 78
Balance unexpended .
17,430 22
.
$36,000 00
.
99
Paid Andrew and Lewis Dyer
$2,400 00
Boston Herald Co. ·
·
1 75
Globe Newspaper Co.
4 13
Woodsum Express Co. . ·
1 30
N. Y. & B. Despatch Express Co. .
30
White & Wetherbee
17 90
C. C. Mellen .
27 90
Henry W. Gore, Jr.
.
750 00
Hapgood, Frost & Co.
13,400 00 .
Walter B. Ross
1,850 00
James O. Sypher
58 50
Braintree Electric Light Department
58 00
$18,569 78
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Appropriation
. $1,300 00
Credits
8 90
Overdraft . .
452 67
$1,761 57
Expended .
1,761 57
Mary A. Buker.
Paid cash aid :
$48 00
Mrs. Jonathan R. Clarke, Boston.
Paid cash aid
62 30
William H. French.
Paid Frank W. Brett, medical attendance $1 00
Abbie R. Gillette. -
Paid cash aid
$32 00
Caleb H. Hayden and family.
Paid Henry A. Clark, supplies $3 00
Woodsum Coal Co., fuel
11 90
Albert A. Drollett, fuel . 8 00
Frank W. Brett, medical attendance
24 77
Thomas J. Cain, conveyance
7 00
Massachusetts General Hospital . 56 00
$110 67
·
.
.
.
100
Nancy J. Jones.
Paid cash aid $10 00
1
Olive M. Jones, Abington.
Paid Town of Abington, aid $111 50
Julia Murphy, Weymouth.
Paid Town of Weymouth, aid, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 $367 98
Edward O. Pierson
Paid cash aid $4 00
Emma M. Randall and family, Brockton.
Paid cash aid Mrs. C. R. Smith and family, Boston.
$116 00
Paid cash aid $256 00
James Spear and family
Paid cash aid
$48 00
Eunice A. Thayer.
Paid cash aid $22 00
Woodsum Coal Co., fuel 38 18
W. A. Torrey, supplies . 1 00
Frank W. Brett, medical attendance
16 67
Nursing
15 00
$ 92 85
Hiram S. Thayer and family.
Paid W. A. Torrey, medicine $5 40
Henry L. Dearing, medical attendance 4 00
Robert F. Burleigh, medical attendance 12 00
William E. Mercer, nursing
20 00
Woodsum Coal Co.
11 55
$52 95
Samuel E. Whitmarsh and family, Hanover. Paid Town of Hanover, aid 1902, 1903, a part of 1904 . $435 32 ·
Paid cash aid .
8 00
·
$443 32
Paid cash aid to poor person
5 00
$1,761 57
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CREDIT.
Poor person, refunded
$5 00
Caleb H. Hayden, refunded
3 90
STATE AID
TO BE REFUNDED BY THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Paid cash aid to soldiers and families of soldiers for the year 1904 $2,371 00
Albert W. Fay, amount allowed for the burial of two soldiers and three widows of soldiers . 175 00
$2,546 00
CREDIT.
Refunded
$4 00
MILITARY AID.
Appropriation
$210 00
Due from State
202 00
$412 00
Expended
$404 00
Unexpended balance
8 00
$412 00
Paid Francis P. Thayer
$24 00
Hiram S. Thayer .
152 00
Edward O. Pierson
84 00
Samuel E. Whitmarsh, Hanover
. 144 00
$404 00
One half of amount expended, due from the State of Massachusetts $202 00
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Expended
$997 47 ·
Unexpended balance
2 53
Paid Frank A. Smith, Collector of Taxes
of 1902
$269 20
Taxes of 1903
647 75
Taxes of 1904
·
80 52
$997 47
.
·
.
$1,000 00
$8 90
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TOWN HALL.
Appropriation in addition to income $700 00
Credits
420 25
$1,120 25
Expended
$822 24
Unexpended balance
298 01
$1,120 25
Paid Braintree Electric Light Department $208 96
Braintree Water Department 37 00
Braintree almshouse, wood and sawdust 29 20
Woodsum Coal Co., fuel
172 08
C. H. Hobart, supplies
67 62
Knight & Thomas, fire extinguishers 56 00
William H. Cobb
1 80
O. M. Rogers, repairs
6 25
H. H. Thayer, repairs
75
Foster F. Tupper, repairs
1 25
Herbert W. Borden, repairs
73 87
A. Warren Hobart, repairs
24 09
H. J. Hollingshead, repairs 16 50
Thomas B. Stoddard, repairs
97 95
E. A. Dustin, tuning piano and supplies 9 00
6 00
H. G. Rand, repairs
2 00
A. T. Stearns Lumber Co. ·
·
$822 24
CREDIT
Rent of Town Hall
$419 50
Glass broken
75
$420 25 JANITOR TOWN HALL AND LIBRARY.
Appropriation . $650 00
Paid Michael J. Sullivan .
650 00
TOWN LANDS.
Appropriation
$100 00
Expended .
$72 17
Unexpended balance
27 83
.
$100 00
R. Allen Gage
.
11 92
103
Paid R. Allen Gage
$1 50
H. W. Borden
29 17
Thomas F. Finnegan
11 50
Michael J. Branley
2 40
John McManus
6 40
John M. Branley
2 40
Alden H. Holbrook
2 40
Peter Fournier
2 00
Leopold Benjamin
6 00
George E. Arnold
6 40
Daniel Dillon
·
2 00
$72 17
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation
. $3,901 00
Credits
41 67
$3,942 67
Expended
. $3,880 00
Unexpended balance
62 67
$3,942 67
Paid B. Herbert Woodsum
$650 00
J. Parker Hayward
650 00
R. Allen Gage
537 50
Warren B. Keith
112 50
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of
the Poor and Highway Surveyors.
Henry A. Monk, town clerk 500 00
Benjamin F. Dyer, town treasurer
525 00
Daniel Potter, auditor 1903 .
50 00
Alva S. Morrison, auditor 1903
25 00
Nathaniel F. Hunt, auditor 1903
25 00
Charles C. Mellen, registrar
35 00
William Allen, registrar
35 00
Walter N. McKean, registrar
35 00
Frank A. Smith, tax collector
600 00
B. Herbert Woodsum, moderator . 25 00
T. Haven Dearing, water commissioner 75 00
$3,880 00
.
104
CREDIT. Braintree Water Dept., refund of salary . $41 67
TREASURER'S BOND.
Appropriation
.
$105 00
Paid Charles B. Cummings 105 00
TREE WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$100 00
Overdraft .
2 08
$102 08
Expended .
102 08
Paid G. W. Prescott & Sons
$4 50
Pratt & Pratt
5 00
Joseph Breck & Sons
7 92
R. Allen Gage
84 66
$102 08
HYDRANT SERVICE.
Appropriation
.
$4,875 00
Paid Benj. F. Dyer, treasurer water dept.
4,875 00
SINKING FUND.
Appropriation
. $5,120 00
Credits
·
3,000 00
$8,120 00
Expended .
$5,120 00
Unexpended bal. (not raised by taxation)
3,000 00
Paid Benjamin F. Dyer, treasurer
5,120 00
CREDIT.
Braintree Water Department
$3,000 00
PURCHASE OF MEADOW ON UNION STREET.
Appropriation
.
$50 00
Paid George H. Arnold 50 00
PURCHASE OF LAND ADJOINING COMMON.
Appropriation
$250 00
Paid Braintree Savings Bank
250 00
$8,120 00
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WASHINGTON AND HANCOCK STREET WIDENING. Law suits of Mary A. Randall and Albert E. Rogers, no appropriation. Expended . $1,129 48
Paid J. E. Cotter, attorney for plaintiffs $792 98
Charles C. Mellen, attorney for town
225 00
Expenses of jury
14 25
Expenses of witnesses
97 25
$1,129 48
PLAIN STREET CEMETERY.
CREDIT.
Lots and graves sold
$27 25 .
RECAPITULATION.
ORDERS DRAWN FOR
Fire alarm
$304 50
Extension fire alarm to Granite street
138 24
Extension electric light and fire alarm to Liberty street . · 746 67
$1,189 41
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Pay of engineers and firemen
. $1,531 00
General expenses
739 40
Forest fires
544 62
Repair of engine houses
312 27
New hose
500 00 ·
Health department
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Highways and bridges
. $6,500 47
Sidewalks ·
·
1,982 15
Stone roads
20 55
Snow
5,104 86
Watering streets
1,344 90
Charles street
127 80
Cochato road
353 72
Park street
97 54
President road .
175 88
Storrs avenue
803 01
.
$3,627 29 ·303 68
$16,510 88
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Incidental expenses
$2,485 76
Insurance
.
1,640 50
LIBRARY.
General expenses . $1,000 00
Distribution of books
100 00
New boiler
200 00
$1,300 00
Memorial Day
175 00
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Night police (pay of men)
. $2,196 00
Court fees and expenses
·
197 04
.
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Almshouse
$2,034 26
Outside relief
4,064 89
J. Sargent Arnold
$6,099 15 63 50
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Pay of teachers . $20,212 50
Pay of janitors 2,280 00
Pay of superintendent
1,500 00
Text books and supplies
1,750 27
School incidentals
483 22
School house incidentals
1;055 01
Fuel .
1,846 85
Conveyance of pupils
1,408 75
Repairs of furnaces, Monatiquot building 377 93
Construction of the Noah Torrey building 18,569 78
$49,484 31
Soldiers' relief . . $1,761 57
Soldiers' state aid
2,546 00 .
Soldiers' military aid
.
. 404 00
Taxes (abatements)
$4,711 57 997 47
Town hall
$822 24
Town hall and library janitor
650 00
Town lands
·
72 17
$1,544 41
·
$2,393 04
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Town officers
.
$3,880 00
Treasurer's bond
.
105 00
Tree warden's department
102 08
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Hydrant service
. $4,875 00
Sinking funds .
5,120 00
$9,995.00 .
Purchase meadow, Union street
$50 00
Purchase of land adjoining common
250 00
.
$300 00
Law suits, Hancock street widening
.
1,129 48
$108,037 53
·
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Treasurer's Report.
BENJ. F. DYER, TREASURER,
IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF BRAINTREE, DEC. 31, 1903, to DEC. 31, 1904,
Including the accounts of F. Eugene Dyer, Treasurer pro tem., from June 21, 1904, to Sept. 20, 1904.
Dr
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1903 .
$5,420 41
Received of Selectmen, Outdoor Poor
Account :
Town of Randolph
$3 75
Town of Weymouth
34 50
City of Fall River
35 91
City of Quincy .
114 48
Sale of cemetery lots
27 25
Hospital account
·
.
42 71
State paupers
21 50
Almshouse account
65 56
Soldiers' relief
5 00
Aid refunded
50 55
Aid refunded, Thayer
169 46
Telephone " .
21 .00
Insurance, rebate
8 00
Forest fires, refunded .
1 05
Sale of lead and oil
8 65
Highways .
146 28
Fire alarm, sale of gong
20 00
Estate of Joseph Penniman
60 00
Court fees
19 26
Licenses
95 00
Street watering, Lowell street .
.
20 50
Water department, refunded
41 67
Incidentals, refunded
.
.
2 90
Town hall .
. 420 25
.
.
$1,435 23
110
School Department :
City of Boston, tuition
$61 60
State of Mass., tuition
31 75
Sale of text books
7 95
Repairs
6 50
Penniman school, electric light
11 60
Street railway tickets
240 00
Treasurer Braintree school fund
350 00
Național Mount Wollaston Bank, interest State Treasurer :
Corporation tax balance of 1903 $215 80
Bank tax, balance of 1903 .
54 31
Bank tax, 1904 .
1,439 48
Corporation tax, 1904
5,042 27 ·
Military and state aid
2,593 00 .
Contagious diseases
74 90
Street railway tax
1,564 90
$10,984 66
Sale of notes in anticipation of taxes :
Due Dec. 13, 1904
$10,000 00
Due Dec. 13, 1904
. 10,000 00
Due Dec. 20, 1904
. 20,000 00
Due Apr. 12, 1905
. 10,000 00
Due Apr. 12, 1905
. 10,000 00
An interest basis of 3.8867 per cent.
$60,000 00
Sale of notes for Noah Torrey School :
Due June 1, 1905
$2,000 00
Due June 1, 1906
2,000 00
Due June 1, 1907
2,000 00
Due June 1, 1908,
3,000 00
Due June 1, 1909
3,000 00
Due June 1, 1910
4,000.00
Due June 1, 1911
5,000 00 .
Due June 1, 1912
5,000 00
Due June. 1, 1913
5,000 00
Due June 1, 1914
2,000 00 ·
Due June 1, 1914.
. 13,000 00
3.62 1-2 per cent
.
.
$36,000 00
.
$359 40
457 90
.
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Treasurer Board of Water Commissioners :. .
To apply to Sinking funds
$3,000 00
Temporary transfer
3,500 00
F. A. Smith, Tax Collector :
Year 1901
·
.
$33 95
Year 1902 .
.
.
.
10,748 09
Year 1903
.
. 27,527 64
Year 1904 ·
. 69,157 78
$107,467 46 . ....
Daniel Potter, manager electric light de-
partment
$16,446 84
County Treasurer :
Dog tax
855 58
Widening Washington and Hancock St.
2,000 00
$248,277 48
Cr.
1619 orders, Town account, 1904. .
$108,037 53
280 orders, Electric Light account, 1904 . 24,826 85
NOTES.
Jonas Perkins School, Feb. 1, 1904 . . $3,100 00
Electric Light, May 1, 1904
2,000 00
Electric Light, Sept. 1, 1904
2,000 00
.
Penniman School, Sept. 1, 1904
· 1,000 00
$8,100 00
Tax Notes :
April 20, 1904
$10,000 00
April 24, 1904
10,000 00
Dec. 13, 1904
10,000 00
Dec. 13, 1904
10,000 00
Dec. 20, 1904
20,000 00
$60,000 00
INTEREST.
Thayer Academy, $10,000 1 year to Aug. 1, 1904 . . . . Thayer Library, $10,000 1 year to Aug. 1, 1094 .
$350 00
350 00
.
.
.
.
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Stetson Fund, $2,500 1 year to Sept. 22, 1904 . · Penniman School, $11,500 1 year to Sept. 1904 ·
· · $100 00
402 50
Electric Light Department, interest :
1 year $17,100 to Sept. 1, 1904 598 50
1 year $3,400 to Sept. 1, 1904 119 00
1 year $16,500 to Oct. 5, 1904 660 00
6 months $8,000 to May 1, 1904 160 00
6 months $6,000 to Nov. 1, 1904 120 00
1 year $5,000 to Dec. 30, 1904 175 00
6 months $3,100 to Feb. 1, 1904 60 06
$3,095 06
Noah Torrey School, no appropriation : 6 months, 22 days $31,000 to Dec. 1, 1904
$630 65
59 days $5,000 to Dec. 1, 1904 29 70
$660 35
State Treasurer :
State Tax, 1904 . $4,000 00
Metropolitan Park, Sinking Fund, 1904 532 52
Metropolitan Park, interest, 1904 . 893 10
Metropolitan Park, maintenance, 1904 . 534 94
Boulevards, interest, 1904 204 39
Boulevards, maintenance, 1904 ·
141 52
Nantasket
54 22
State Highway
4 88
License fees .
$6,365 57 - 75
County Treasurer :
County Tax, 1904 . 3,626 22
Discount on Notes, issued in anticipation of Taxes .
1,314 27
Treasurer, Board of Water Commissioners : Temporary transfer, repaid . 3,500 00
$219,526 60
Balance on hand, Dec. 31, 1904 .
28,750 88
$248,277 48
.
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Examined the accounts of B. F. Dyer, treasurer for the year 1904, from January 1st to December 31st, both inclusive, "and found correct, the balance of $28,750.88, twenty-eight thousand seven hundred fifty and eighty-eight one hundredths dollars on deposit in the National Mount Wollaston Bank, Quincy.
DANIEL POTTER,
Auditor.
Braintree, January 12, 1905.
FUNDED DEBT OF THE TOWN.
DECEMBER 31, 1904.
WATER DEBT.
Bonds issued Jan. 1, 1888, payable Jan. 1,
1918 at 4 per cent. . $100,000 00
Bonds issued June 1, 1891, payable June 1, 1921 at 4 per cent.
150,000 00
Bonds issued Aug. 1, 1896, payable Aug. 1,
1926 at 4 per cent. . 6,000 00
$256,000 00
Less Sinking Fund of 1888
$47,059 10
Less Sinking Fund of 1891
.
49,565 00
Less Sinking Fund of 1896
1,114 55
Net balance
158,261 35
$256,000 00
MUNICIPAL LIGHTING DEBT.
Bonds issued April 5, 1893, payable April 5, 1923 at 4 per cent.
$16,500 00
Less Sinking Fund .
. $5,777 82
Net balance .
. 10,722 18
$16,500 00
Three notes, $2,000 each at 4 per cent. payable May 2, 1905 to 1907 con- clusive $6,000 00
One note, payable Sept. 1, 1905, 32 pr. ct. $3,400 00 One note, payable Sept. 1, 1906, 3} pr. ct. 3,900 00
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One note, payable Sept. 1, 1907, 3} pr. ct. $3,900 00 One note, payable Sept. 1, 1908, 31 pr. ct. 3,900 00 One note, payable Sept. 1, 1909, 3% pr. ct. 3,400 00 One note, payable June 30, 1910, 3} pr. ct. 2,000 00
One note, payable June 30, 1910, 3} pr. ct. 3,000 00
$29,500 00
GENERAL DEBT.
Trustees of Thayer Library, note dated Mar. 7, 1874, on demand, at 3} p. c. Trustees of Thayer Academy note dated Mar. 7, 1874, on demand, at 3} p. c: Trustees of Thayer Library, note issued Mar. 22, 1899, 5 years at 4 p. c. known as the Caleb Stetson fund . Notes issued on account of Penniman School at 35 per cent.
10,000 00
10,000 00
2,500 00
Payable Sept 1, 1905 . $2,000 00
Payable Sept. 1, 1906
2,000 00
Payable Sept. 1, 1907
2,000 00 .
Payable Sept. 1, 1908
. 2,000 00
Payable Sept. 1, 1909
· 2,500 00
$10,500 00
Notes issued on account Noah Torrey School at 3.62} per cent.
Payable June 1, 1905
. $2,000 00
Payable June 1, 1906
. 2,000 00
Payable June 1, 1907
. 2,000 00
Payable June 1, 1908
. 3,000 00
Payable June 1, 1909
3,000 00
Payable June 1, 1910
4,000 00
Payable June 1, 1911
. 5,000 00
Payable June 1, 1912
5,000 00
Payable June 1, 1913 .
5,000 00
Payable June 1, 1914
·
2,000 00
Payable June 1, 1914
3,000 00
·
$36,000 00
Notes issued in anticipation of Taxes : Payable April 12, 1905 $10,000 00
Payable April 12, 1905 .
10,000 00
$20,000 00
.
.
.
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SINKING FUNDS.
Loan of 1888
$47,059 10
Loan of 1891
49,565 00
Loan of 1893
5,777 82
Loan of 1896
.
.
.
1,114 55
$103,516 47
Net balance funded debt
287,483 53
$391,000 00
BENJAMIN F. DYER, Treasurer.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY.
DECEMBER 31, 1904. DEBT.
Dr.
Cr.
Water
$256,000 00
Lighting
. 46,000 00
Thayer library
. 10,000 00
Thayer Academy
10,000 00
Caleb Stetson fund
2,500 00
Penniman school
. 10,500 00
Noah Torrey school
. 36,000 00
Anticipation of taxes
. 20,000 00
Accrued interest on water debt
600 00
Accrued interest on lighting debt
442 00
Accrued interest on sundry notes
516 33
Sundry bills outstanding, Dec 31, 1904
1,507 00
ASSETS.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS NOT INCLUDED.
Town Treasurer, cash balance
$28,750 88
Water dep't treasury, cash balance
1,488 46
SINKING FUND ACCOUNTS.
Loan of 1888
$47,059 10
Loan of 1891
49,565 00
Loan of 1893
. .
5,777 82
Loan of 1896
.
. .
1,114 55
$103,516 47
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·
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·
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ACCOUNT OF TAXES.
Amount due for 1902 $99 79
Amount due for 1903
10,026 52
Amount due for 1904
33,015 95
$43,142 26
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE.
Due from consumers' register, electric light dep't, December 31, 1894 5,724 33
Due from register $513 34
Water department, Dec. 1, 1904 332 67
846 01
Paid to soldiers and their families for state aid, Chap. 374, 1899, Jan 1, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1904, inclusive .
2,546 00
Paid to Samuel E. Whitmarsh, H. S. Thayer and others, on account state aid Chap. 372, 1899, Jan. 1, 1904 to Dec. 31, 1904, inclusive, amount paid $404 00 50 per cent due from state 202 00
Due from Old Colony Street railway on drawbridge, etc. 184 41
Amount due from cities, towns, and state, on claims paid, poor department, to wit :
Boston, . $170 91
Somerville
8 04
Malden .
16 00
Middleboro
7 00
Holbrook
133 25
Randolph
46 00
Sundry persons in Braintree 36 85
State of Mass.
132 53
Balance carried forward
550 58 207,113 93
$394,065 33 $394,065 33
Dr.
Net debt of town, Dec. 31, 1904 $207,113 93
DANIEL POTTER, Braintree, Dec. 31, 1904. Auditor.
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SINKING FUND ACCOUNTS. BENJAMIN F. DYER, TREASURER.
WATER LOAN OF JAN. 1, 1888.
NOTE :- The Town will take notice that the date of issue of $100,000.00 Water Bonds is now stated as January 1, 1888, instead of July 1, 1887, as in previous reports.
The explanation is this :
The first mention of these Bonds is in the Town Report of 1889, page 68, where the Water Commissioners report "& sale of Bonds for $102,500.00."
No description of the Bonds is given, either date or maturity. The $2,500.00 was doubtless premium.
The next mention of said Bonds is in the Auditor's report of 1892, Page 59, where the Auditors include in the Town debt, Water Bonds of $100,000.00 issued July 1, 1887, 30 years.
This date having once appeared in a Town Report it has naturally followed in all subsequent issues.
The date of these Bonds has now been found to be January 1, 1888, maturing January 1, 1918, hence the correction in the 1904 report.
BENJAMIN F. DYER, Treasurer.
WATER LOAN OF 1888.
Dr. Cr.
Balance Dec. 31, 1903
$43,328 62
Town appropriation 1904 . 2,000 00
Income 1904
.
1,730 48
Balance Dec. 31, 1904
$47,059 10
INVESTMENTS :
One bond City of Canton, Ohio, 5 pr. ct. $1,000 00
Two bonds Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn R. R. 4} per cent. 2,000 00
One bond Rumford Falls & Rangely R. R. 5 per cent.
1,000 00
Four bonds Fitchburg R. R. $1,000 each, 4 per cent. cost · 3,877 11
Two bonds Illinois Central R. R. 3} p. ct. 2,000 00
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Seven bonds C. B. & Q. R. R. $1,000 each
3} per cent. cost $6,600 00
Three bonds Town of Braintree Water loan, 4 per cent. 3,000 00
Ten bonds Town of Braintree Lighting loan 4 per cent. . 10,000 00
One bond Town of Braintree Lighting loan, 4 per cent.
500 00
Notes, Town of Braintree, 3} per cent. :
Due Sept. 1, 1909 2,500 00
Due Sept. 1, 1909 3,400 00 ·
Due June 30, 1910 2,000 00 .
Due June 1, 1914, 3% per cent. 2,000 00
Braintree Savings Bank 1,622 00
Randolph Savings Bank 1,600 00 .
East Weymouth Saving Bank
1,019 91 .
Hingham Savings Bank
1,013 64 .
Quincy Savings Bank
1,175 79
South Weymouth Savings Bank
740 65
$47,059 10
WATER LOAN OF 1891.
Dr.
Cr.
Balance Dec. 31, 1903
$44,714 46
Town appropriation 1904 .
3,000 00
Income 1904
.
1,850 54
Balance Dec. 31, 1904 ·
$49,565 00
INVESTMENTS.
Six bonds City of Canton, Ohio, 5 pr. ct. $6,000 00 Three bonds Town of Braintree Water
loan, 4 per cent. 3,000 00
Six bonds Town of Braintree Lighting loan 4 per cent. 6,000 00 Three bonds Boston R. B. & Lynn R. R., 41 per cent. 3,000 00 ·
Three bonds Illinois Central R. R., 3} p. c. $1,000 each, cost ·
2,940 10
· Ten bonds C. B. & Q. R. R., 3} per cent. $1,000 each cost . 9,330 68
.
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One bond N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., 3} per cent. cost
$970 29
Mortgage note H. Almon Jones, 3% pr. ct. 3,500 00 Notes, Town of Braintree, 3} per cent. :
Due Sept. 1, 1908 2,000 00
Due June 30, 1910
3,000 00
Due June 1, 1914, 3% per cent.
3,000 00 .
Quincy Savings Bank 1,775 75 ·
Braintree Savings Bank
605 10
Weymouth Savings Bank
1,121 38 .
Hingham Savings Bank
1,026 60
East Weymouth Savings Bank
.
1,600 00
Randolph Savings Bank
695 10
$49,565 00
WATER LOAN OF 1896.
Dr.
Cr.
Balance Dec. 31, 1903
$953 65
Town appropriation, 1904
.
.
.
120 00
Income, 1904
.
40 90
Balance Dec. 31, 1904
$1,114 55
INVESTMENT.
South Weymouth Savings Bank
. $1,114 55
MUNICIPAL LIGHTING LOAN OF 1893.
Balance Dec. 31, 1903
$5,135 66
Town appropriation, 1904
430 00
Income, 1904
212 16
Balance Dec. 31, 1904
$5,777 82
INVESTMENTS.
One Town of Braintree Water Bond, 4 per cent.
. $1,000 00
Braintree Savings Bank
.
1,632 00
Weymouth Savings Bank
1,332 17
Quincy Savings Bank
834 53
East Weymouth Savings Bank · 979 12
$5,777 82
.
.
.
.
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SUMMARY OF DEBT WITH SINKING FUND.
Water Loan of 1888
$100,000 00 $47,059 10
Water Loan of 1891
150,000 00 49,565 00
Water Loan of 1896 .
·
6,000 00 1,114 55
Municipal Lighting Loan of 1893
16,500 00 5,777 82
Balance Dec. 31, 1904
168,983.53
$272,500.00
Examined all the accounts and securities of the Sinking Funds of 1888, 1891 and 1896 Water Loans, and 1893 Municipal Lighting Loan, amounting to ($103,516.47) one hundred three thousand five hundred sixteen and forty-seven one hundredths dollars and find the report of Benjamin F. Dyer, Treasurer of said Sinking Funds correct.
DANIEL POTTER,
Braintree, Jan. 12, 1905. Auditor.
BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND,
BENJAMIN F. DYER, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT
WITH BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND.
Income account Dec. 31, 1903 to Dec. 31, 1904.
Dr. Cr.
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1903 . $599 99
J. P. Drollett, rent to April 21, 1905
31 25
J. P. Drollett, rent to May 1, 1905 3 00
J. A. Link, rent to May 1, 1905 2 00
Quincy Tallow Co., rent to Oct. 1, 1904 18 75
W. O. Hayden, rent to Nov. 1, 1904 175 00
Town of Braintree, rent to Nov. 1, 1904
25 00
State Treasurer, rebate on bank shares 30 69
Dividend, Braintree Savings Bank 22 66
Dividend, Quincy Savings Bank 51 38
Dividend, National Granite Bank
60 00
$1019 72
·
$272,500.00
$103,516.47
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Trustees, 3 years, 1901, 1902, 1903
$30 00
Benjamin F. Dyer, Treasurer, 3 years
15 00
Repairs on barn, labor $6 00
C. H. Hobart, nails, etc. 4 10
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber 46 46
$56 58
Town of Braintree, for Schools . .
350 00
Balance in Braintree Savings Bank,
Dec. 31, 1904 . ·
.
568 14
$1,019 72
Examined the accounts of Benjamin F. Dyer, Treasurer, and the balance as reported ($568.14) five hundred sixty-eight and fourteen one hundredths dollars deposited in Braintree Savings Bank.
DANIEL POTTER, Auditor.
Braintree, July 12, 1905.
INVESTMENT OF BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND.
DECEMBER 31, 1904.
10 shares National Granite Bank, Quincy $1,000 00
7 shares Union National Bank, Wey-
mouth, in liquidation, 85 p. c. paid
105 00
Deposited in Quincy Savings Bank .
1,272 50
Deposited in Braintree Savings Bank 595 00
$2,972 50
Real Estate :- Farm off Town street ; land on Granite street, 93 acres salt marsh
in Quincy, - Assessors' value $4,000 00
The land on Town street and Granite street will be surveyed during the coming year.
Examined the accounts and the assets of School Fund amounting to ($2,972.50) twenty-nine hundred seventy-two and fifty one hundredths dollars on hand, including the National Bank stock and deposits in Quincy Savings Bank and Braintree Savings Bank.
DANIEL POTTER, Auditor.
Braintree, January 12, 1905.
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INSURANCE ACCOUNT.
Insurance in force December 31, 1904.
On buildings.
On contents. .
Totals,
Monatiquot school .
$27,000 00
$1,500 00
$28,500 00
Perkins school
· 27,000 00
3,000 00
30,000 00
Noah Torrey school
.
20,000 00
20,000 00
Penniman school
. 14,000 00
14,000 00
Union school .
8,000 00
500 00
8,500 00
Pond school
.
7,800 00
700 00
8,500 00
Southwest school
1,000 00
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