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732 00
Amos J. Loring
732 00
$2,196 00
COURT FEES AND EXPENSES.
Appropriation
$100 00
1
Credits
195 46
$295 46
Expended
$155 82
Unexpended balance
139 64
$295 46
Paid Horace F. Hunt
$26 20
Jeremiah F. Gallivan
70
Amos J. Loring
22 55
George H. White
3 12
John P. Shay
12 86
James R. Qualey
65 48
Henry J. Matthews
12 90
Henry Hathorn
.
.
·
.
12 01
.
.
$155 82
.
82
CREDITS. District Court of East Norfolk $185 46
Sheriff of Norfolk County 10 00
$195 46
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$6,000 00
Credits Almshouse
714 00
Credits Outside Relief
630 04
Expended Almshouse
$2,888 08
Outside Relief, settlement in Brain-
tree
3,645 62
Outside Relief, no settlement in
Braintree
593 56
Unexpended balance
216 78
Bills receivable, Almshouse .
$107 77
66
66 Outside Relief 432 30
Bills payable (estimated)
ALMSHOUSE.
Paid N. Allen Penniman . . $500 00
Electric Light Department
39 72
Water Department
37 91
Dyer & Sullivan, supplies
104 05
C. H. Hobart, 66
157 20
J. M. Arnold, 66
64.92
G. E. Loring & Co.,
66
57 43
Mrs. A. L. Watson,
66
46 35
Schraut Bros.,
24 64
George W. Reviere,
12 48
C. W. Hollis,
66
111 07
Bridgham Bros.,
66
99 25
R. E. Whitman,
66
34 92
W. A. Torrey,
66
6 00
C. G. Jordan,
66
374 84
Warren H. Foss,
40 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, ice ·
12 78
Braintree News Co., papers
9 14
$7,344 04
$7,344 04
$540 07 $300 00
83
American Mattress Co., mattresses 24 00
William H. Cobb, seeds, tools, etc. 41 50
Woodsum Coal Co., fuel . .
254 48
Harry E. Morton, inspection of boiler 2 00
J. E. Ludden, repairs
11 99
O. M. Rogers, 66
3 68
F. O. Whitmarsh, 66
5 30
E. C. Gilman,
66
75
Braman, Dow & Co., 66
56 00
Edward Shay
5 25
Cartwright & Shay, burials
40 00
R. Allen Gage
120 50
H. B. Whitman
7 25
A. W. Hastings & Co., window
1 75
Annie Bialar, labor
132 50
Cyrus Rideout, cutting wood
10 00
James C. Loftin,
8 25
Frank W. Brett, medical at- tendance
46 00
Thomas-Reeves Co., rent of land 1906, 1907
80 00
John B. Thomas, rent of land 1908
40 00
Sundry cash expenses of Su-
perintendent 264 18
$2,888 08
CREDITS.
Milk, produce, etc.
.
275 35
T. H. Libby, rent of land .
10 00
Board refunded
379 15
Refreshments to Registrars and at election
45 00
Posts
3 50
Braman, Dow & Co., refund
1 00
$714 00
Appraisal December 31, 1907
$1,686 50
Expended 1908 .
2,888 08
· $4,474 58
·
·
.
84
Appraisal December 31, 1908
$1,663 37
Credits 1908
714 00
Cost of maintenance, 1908
2,097 21
$4,474 58
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
AGE.
NO. OF DAYS.
NO.
2. Benjamin, Napoleon
50
366
10. Chamberlain, Emily K.
·
84
87
21 Collins, S. F. Bartol
·
71
366
13 Coughlin, John E.
55
24'
20. Kelley, Maria
.
50
255
4. McCormish, Sarah
.
77
239
1. Mead, Abraham
90
366
24. Morrison, Frank, settlement elsewhere, 57
366
22. Sims, Andrew J. .
73
27
25. Smart, Martha B.
10
79
28.
Williams, Maud M.
8
79
26. Williams, Samuel T.
11
79
30. Williams, Sarah J.
4
79
29. Williams, William H.
6
79
Boarders
837
Number of days
3,524
Number of weeks .
503 3-7
Number of prisoners
44
Expense of prisioners at 25 cts. each $11.00
OUTSIDE RELIEF.
MRS. JAMES D. ALLEN AND FAMILY.
Paid J. M. Arnold, supplies
$9 00
MRS. THEODORE ALLEN AND FAMILY.
Paid C. M. Marstin, medical attendance $8 00
MRS. PETER BJORKMAN AND FAMILY.
Paid Jenkins Mfg. Co., rent $39 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel
7 75
$46 75
.
·
32
96
27 Williams, Mary F.
.
85
EDWARD G. BUKER AND FAMILY.
Paid H. W. Mansfield, supplies
$104 00
C. H. Hobart, 8 75
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel ·
27 50
Frank W. Brett, medical at- tendance 44 00
$184 25
MRS. L. E. CALIGAN.
Paid J. M. Arnold, supplies
$24 00
T. B. Cooper, .
4 22
R. Allen Gage, fuel
20 50
John Cavanagh, rent .
51 50
ISALINE R. COY AND FAMILY.
Paid A. R. Shaw, rent
$144 00
Woodsum Coal Co., fuel 29 10
$173 10
LUCY H. CURTIS.
Paid Cash Aid
$132 50
MRS. THOMAS J. DALTON AND FAMILY.
Paid Bessie Wilson, supplies
$52 75
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 26 15
F. W. Brett, medical attendance 8 00
$86 90
WALTER H. G. FORD AND FAMILY.
Paid Town of Weymouth
$37 16
Town of Revere
18 36
City of Boston
.
17 88
MRS ROBERT FRAZIER AND FAMILY.
Paid C. H. Brooks, supplies . $56 00
C. W. Matthews,
66 51
Harry F. South, 66
. .
59 50
A. D. Tirrell,
1 25
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel
33 35
Elizabeth Gillespie, rent 66 00
F. W. Brett, medical attendance
26 50
.
$100 22
$73 40
.
$309 11
86
JULIA A. FRENCH. Paid Martha G. Bates, rent $5 75
MRS. MARGARET GARDE.
Paid G. E. Loring & Co., supplies . $25 68
R. Allen Gage, fuel . .
9 63
Cash paid for Board
77 50
$112 81
ABIJAH GLOVER AND WIFE.
Paid Cash Aid
$132 50
MRS. HERBERT N. GOODSPEED AND FAMILY.
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel $29 00 J. F. Sheppard, rent 72 00
$101 00
WILLIAM E. GORMAN.
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel $8 00
HENRY M. HAYDEN.
Paid Cash Aid $110 00
HIRAM A. HAYDEN AND FAMILY.
Paid Town of Weymouth
-
$43 50
Town of Holbrook 174 46
K. H. Granger, medical attend- ance
21 00
$238 96
MRS. H. J. HOLLINSHEAD AND FAMILY. Paid Cash Aid $20 00
F. W. Brett, medical attendance 1 00
$21 00
MRS. FANNIE E. HOLMES. Paid Town of Wakefield, aid in 1907 and 1908 $238 17
C. Jordan, medical attendance, 1907 30 00
$268 17
MRS. WILLIAM HAUSTON AND FAMILY. Paid Grace Cavanagh, rent $18 00
R. Allen Gage, fuel . 7 75
1 $25 75
87
ANNIE KELLEY AND FAMILY.
Paid H. W. Mansfield, supplies
$105 00 W. H. Stoddard, 6. 40 37
$145 37
MRS. JULIA A. MARLAND.
Paid Elvira Nutter, rent . $52 00
THOMAS J. MCINERNY AND FAMILY.
Paid Dyer & Sullivan, supplies $4 00
Woodsum Coal Co., fuel . 8 25
F. W. Brett, medical attend-
ance 12 00
$24 25
MRS. CHARLES E. PACKARD AND FAMILY. Paid A. J. Tracey, rent $150 00
JAMES REARDON AND FAMILY.
Paid F. W. Brett, medical attend-
ance $43 00
ANDREW J. SIMS.
Paid F. W. Brett, medical attend-
ance
$52 00
R. E. Whitman, shoes 2 00
$54 00
MRS. LILA TRIPP AND FAMILY.
Paid Cash Aid
$36 00
City of Brockton
239 31
$275 31
BYRON M. THORNTON.
Paid W. A. Torrey, Agt., rent $10 00
G. Dallas Willis, Jr., Agt., rent 50 00
Woodsum Coal Co., . 25 25
Bridgham Bros., supplies
· 46 78
F. W. Brett, medical attendance
26 50
$158 53
RELIEF TO POOR PERSONS. Refunded and to be refunded . $ 211 42
88
HOSPITAL ACCOUNT.
Paid City Hospital, Boston, Effie Brown $71 43
City Hospital, Boston, Jennie
C. Buker 52 86
City Hospital, Springfield, John E. Coughlin 6 00
City Hospital, Boston, William S. Coughlin 45 71
City Hospital, Boston, Thomas H. Cullinan 118 57
City Hospital, Boston, Fannie L. Dean 12 86
City Hospital, Boston, Joseph L. Hempstead 37 14
City Hospital, Worcester, Wil- liam H. Pierce 40 00
$384 57
AID TO PERSONS RESIDING IN BRAINTREE, HAVING NO SETTLEMENT, OR SETTLEMENTS ELSEWHERE.
STATE. MRS. ROBERT BROOKS.
Paid S. V. Wentworth, fuel $7 75
MARGARET DRYSDALE.
Paid A. W. Fay MRS. E. M. WALKER AND FAMILY.
$10 00
Paid T. King, rent $114 00
R. Allen Gage, fuel
39 51
$153 51
CITY OF BOSTON. ALFRED F. HOWES AND WIFE.
Paid "Uptodate" Market, supplies $96 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 15 50
H. L. Dearing, medical attend- ance 18 34
$129 84
89
CITY OF HAVERHILL. ONNIE DONNELLY.
Paid Cash Aid $48 00
CITY OF MALDEN. LIZZIE KNIPS AND FAMILY. Paid Susan A. Hobart, rent . $96 00
CITY OF QUINCY. THOMAS W. FRAZIER AND FAMILY.
Paid J. M. Arnold, supplies $31 00
R. Allen Gage, fuel 23 13
$54 13
JAMES PACKARD.
Paid F. W. Brett, medical attend-
ance
$11 00
W. A. Torrey, medicines .
·
5 00
$16 00
CITY OF WOBURN. PATRICK FITZPATRICK.
Paid Cash Aid $52 00
TOWN OF HOLBROOK. O. F. PACKARD AND FAMILY.
Paid C. H. Hobart, supplies $9 95
Woodsum Coal Co., fuel
4 38
$14 33
TOWN OF LEXINGTON. JOHN D. JOHNSON AND FAMILY.
Paid G. E. Loring & Co., supplies
$6 00
R. Allen Gage, fuel . 6 00
$12 00
$4.239 18
90
CREDITS.
Aid to persons, refunded
$32 10
Commonwealth refunded .
15 00
City of Boston
335 79
City of Brockton
34 00
City of Haverhill
44 00
City of Malden
96 00
City of Woburn .
24 00
Town of Milton
49 15
$630 04
REPAIRS ON ALMSHOUSE.
$500 00
Expended
$434 00
Unexpended balance
.
$500 00
Paid A. H. Roulston
$434 00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Appropriations
$37,829 00
School Fund Income
350 00
Dog Tax
850 88
Credits
379 17
Overdrafts
103 34
$39,512 39
Expenditures
$39,398 07
Unexpended balance
.
.
$39,512 39
Net unexpended balance $10 98
PAY OF SUPERINTENDENT AND TEACHERS.
Appropriation
$24,200 00
School Fund Income
350 00
Dog Tax
850 88
Expended as per pay rolls
.
$25,346 43
Unexpended balance ·
.
54 45
$25,400 88
.
.
$25,400 88
.
Appropriation
.
66 00
114 32
.
91
JANITORS.
Appropriation
$3,040 00
Expended, as per pay rolls
$3,040 00
CONVEYANCE OF PUPILS.
Appropriation
$1,700 00
Credits
165 00
$1,865 00
Expended
$1,862 50
Unexpended balance .
2 50
$1,865 00
Paid Old Colony Street Railway Co.
$950 00
Albert A. Drollett
772 50
Thomas J. Cain
140 00
$1,862 50
CREDITS.
Tickets sold
$150 92
Tuition
14 08
$165 00
FUEL.
Appropriation
$2,200 00
Overdraft
19 95
$2,219 95
Expended
$2,219 95
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons
$1,472 75
Woodsum Coal Co.
654 75
R. Allen Gage
28 50
A. J. Richards & Sons .
48 95
F. L. Chandler
15 00
$2,219 95
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Appropriation
$2,500 00
Credits
176 50
Overdrafts
·
$2,746 92
Expended
.
.
.
.
70 42
$2,746 92
.
.
92
Paid D. C. Heath & Co. $39 36
Wadsworth, Howland & Co.
78 85
Teachers' College, Columbia University . 2 20
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
35 37
C. C. Birchard & Co.
10 67
Edward E. Babb & Co.
1,415 40
Milton Bradley Co.
22 01
Ginn & Company 727 59
J. L. Hammett Co.
3 00
A. W. Hall Scientific Co.
29 03
Schoenhof Books Co.
55 22
Journal of Geography
2 00
Silver, Burdett & Co.
9 59
Oliver Ditson Co.
1 48
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. . 158 40
Mary A. Atherton
22 50
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
3 18
American Book Co.
10 40
The Paimer Co.
9 00
Powers & Lyons
9 19
Doubleday, Page & Co.
2 70
Allyn & Bacon
99 78
$2,746 92
CREDITS.
Tuition
$176 50
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation
$800 00
Credit
6 75
$806 75
Expended
$804 67
Unexpended balance
2 08
Paid Edward E. Babb & Co.
$105 62
Thorp & Martin Co. .
1 02
Remington Typewriter Co.
11 00
R. H. White Co.
7 50
Carter, Rice & Co.
4 71
Masury, Young & Co.
S 10
.
$806 75
93
Oliver Ditson Co. 2 25
Library Bureau
70 68
Smith Premier Typewriter Co.
1 50
Burditt & Williams Co.
4 88
Neostyle Co.
20
Pratt & Pratt
75 15
G. W. Prescott & Sons
.
90 25
Thomas J. Cain
23 35
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
.
70 77
Miller Construction Co.
2 00
R. Allen Gage
27 60
R. E. Whitman
18 31
C. H. Hobart
5 26
G. H. Wetherbee, Jr.
11 70
G. W. Dearing
2 00
J. M. Arnold
90
William H. Cobb
2 25
N. Y. & Boston Despatch Ex- press Co.
8 75
Hayden's Express
33 35
A. W. Baker
15 85
John C. Anthony
98 94
Edwin A. Shaw
36 29
H. R. Williams .
5 30
Victoria P. Wilde
3 40
Clara Rowley
2 50
Elizabeth B. Pray
70
George E. Crafts
7 75
Foster F. Tupper
16 80
Edward O. Pierson
4 97
Omer W. Hollis .
15 60
Azel R. French .
4 50
W. P. Reed
1 40
Mrs. Ann Davis
1 57
$804 67
CREDIT.
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., refund . $1 75
Tuition 5 00
$6 75
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
94
SCHOOLHOUSE INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation
.
$1,500 00
Credit
30 92
Overdraft
10 94
$1,541 86
Expended
$1,541 86
Paid Electric Light Department $203 89
Water Department . 338 13
Edward E. Babb & Co.
171 35
Standard Electric Time Co.
11 64
Walworth Mfg. Co.
5 65
D. W. Blaney
2 93
Lewis A. Brown Co. .
12 00
Remington Typewriter Co.
2 65
Smith Premier Typewriter Co.
31 20
Standard Oil Co.
13 50
Burditt & Williams Co.
8 88
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.
19 15
Edward O. Burrows .
147 50
Stuart-Howland Co. .
6 59
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
2 78
O. M. Rogers
112 31
L. F. Bates Co. .
5 65
C. W. Matthews
2 20
C. H. Hobart
5 64
Braintree Hardware Co. .
4 25
William H. Cobb
2 56
R. E. Whitman
37 25
R. Allen Gage
5 00
Robert Gibson
7 20
Moses Dyer
2 00
Richard Belyea .
18 00
George H. Holbrook
88 03
H. W. Borden
28 78
Peter Ness .
27 57
J. H. G. Robinson
7 85
I. R. Barnes
2 50
William F. Allen
7 25
.
.
.
.
.
95
C. Elizabeth Hobart
45 00
Fred W. Piercy .
56 00
Edwin A. Shaw
9 05
John H. Macandrew
5 00
Azel R. French .
29 10
William Orr
6 10
Omer W. Hollis
8 25
Edward O. Pierson
1 40
Mrs. J. W. Stetson
4 00
Mrs. William Orr
15 12
Sarah R. Eaton
16 80
Mrs. Ann Davis
4 16
$1,541 86
CREDITS.
Tuition
$30 92
TYPEWRITERS.
Appropriation
$439 00
Expended
$439 00
Paid Remington Typewriter Co.
$140 00
Smith Premier Typewriter Co.
299 00
$439 00
REPAIRS ON SOUTHWEST SCHOOLHOUSE.
Appropriation
$500 00
Overdraft
2 03
$502 03
Expended
$502 03
Paid H. W. Borden
$502 03
REPAIRS ON JONAS PERKINS SCHOOLHOUSE.
Appropriation
$300 00
Expended
$261 51
Unexpended balance
38 49
$300 00
96
Paid William Allen Sons Co. $32 00
Miller Construction Co. 132 60
Walworth Mfg. Co
10 57
Wadsworth, Howland & Co.
9 64
F. O. Whitmarsh
47 45
Wollaston Foundry Co.
29 25
$261 51
REPAIRS ON MONATIQUOT SCHOOLHOUSE.
Appropriation
$300 00
Expended
$299 62
Unexpended balance
38
$300 00
Paid J. H. G. Robinson $80 25
B. D. Litchfield
179 18
William F. Bourbeau
27 44
O. M. Rogers
12 75
$299 62
FIRE SAFEGUARDS.
Appropriation
$350 00
Expended
$333 58
Unexpended balance .
. .
16 42
$350 00
Paid Miller Construction Co. . · $308.58
J. H. G. Robinson
25 00
$333 58
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Appropriation
$800 00
Expended .
$782 41
Unexpended balance
17 59
$800 00
Paid Mary A. Buker, cash aid $48 00 Mrs. Jonathan R. Clark, cash aid 60 00
Olive M. Jones, Town of Abington $60 00
.
.
97
W. P. Hutchinson 18 00
78 00
Dennis Kiley, cash aid 40 00
F. W. Brett 3 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons 6 55
49 55
Julia Murphy, Town of Wey- mouth
68 85
Emma M. Randall, cash aid
120 00
Mrs. C. R. Smith,
195 00
James Spear,
36 00
Hiram S. Thayer,
Woodsum Coal Co. $12 00
Henry L. Dearing 19 01
31 01
Mary A. Tibbetts, cash aid
48 00
Mary J. Wheeler,
66
48 00
$782 4
STATE AID. TO BE REFUNDED BY THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. Paid Cash Aid to soldiers and families of soldiers for the year 1908 $2,662 00
Refunded
5 00
$2,657 00
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Overdraft
58 50
$1,058 50
Expended
$1,058 50
Paid Frank A. Smith, Collector:
Taxes of 1905
$25 40
66 .. 1906
571 70
66
66 1907
461 40
TOWN HALL.
Total Appropriations
$1,650 00
Credits
.
361 85
Overdrafts
.
218 48
.
.
$1,058 50
$2,230 33
66
.
98
Total Expended .
$2,105 15
Unexpended balances 125 18
$2,230 33
Net Overdraft $93 30
GENERAL EXPENSES.
Appropriation
$300 00
Credits
361 85
Overdraft
218 48
Expended
Paid Electric Light Department
$196 40
Water Department
20 13
C. H. Hobart, supplies
12 00
O. M. Rogers, repairs
5 79
W. H. Heath,
1 00
W. A. Torrey
1 00
Edward Shay
90
R. E. Whitman
63
Woodsum Coal Co., fuel .
309 93
Eugene A. Dustin, tunning
piano
5 00
Curry Oil & Supply Co., repairs
4 43
William H. Cobb
50
American Furniture Exchange
176 00
Allen Shade Roller Co.
16 50
H. W. Borden
77 83
A. E. Bradford
35 00
R. A. Gage
17 29
.
$880 33
CREDITS.
Rent of Hall
$357 00
Glass broken
4 25
Junk
60
$361 85
JANITOR TOWN HALL AND LIBRARY.
Appropriation
$650 00
Expended .
$650 00
.
.
$880 33 $880 33
Paid Michael J. Sullivan . $650 00
99
REPAIRS OF WATER SERVICE.
Appropriation
$400 00
Expended
. . ·
$374 82
Unexpended balance
25 18
$400 00
Paid Water Department .
$374 82
FITTING UP ROOM FOR BOOKS.
Appropriation
$200 00
Expended . .
$200 00
Paid American Furniture Exchange, book cases .
$141 68
H. W. Borden, carpenter work 48 00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight 8 32
R. Allen Gage, carting
2 00
$200 00
REPAIRS ON PIANO.
Appropriation
$100 00
No expenditure
.
.
Unexpended balance
$100 00
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation
$3,810 00
Expended
$3,795 00
Unexpended balance
15 00
$3,810 00
Paid B. Herbert Woodsum
Selectmen. As- $650 00
R. Allen Gage. .
seers of the 650 00
Henry M. Storm. ..
way Surveyors.
650 00
Henry A. Monk, Town Clerk .
500 00
Benjamin F. Dyer, Town Treasurer
525 00
Daniel Potter, Auditor 1907 50 00
William A. Mckean, “ 1907 25 00
William P. Kelley, 1907 30 00
.
.
.
sessors, Over-
Poor and High-
100
Charles C. Mellen, Registrar 20 00
William Allen, 66
35 00
Walter N. McKean, "
35 00
Frank A. Smith, Tax Collector
600 00
John Kelley, Moderator
25 00
$3,795 00
TREASURER'S BOND.
Appropriation . $105 00
Paid Charles B. Cummings $105 00
TREE WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$2,256 42
Credits
339 74
Due from State and Individuals
1,802 46
Expended .
$4,398 62 $4,398 62
Paid Samuel Cabot
$9 60
Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co.
3 50
Wm. H. Claflin & Co.
226 87
C. W. H. Moulton Co.
8 40
Joseph Breck & Sons Corporation
142 50
Woodsum Coal Co. .
2 80
N. Y. & Boston Despatch Ex- press Co.
70
Ames Plow Co.
9 93
L. F. Bates & Co.
85
J. E. Ludden
6 62
J. S. Hill
36 15
A. W. Cass
1 20
R. A. Gage
6 28
E. G. McGill
63 60
Pratt & Pratt
13 00
Pay of men and teams as per
pay rolls
3,866 62
$4,398 62
101
CREDITS.
Refunded by State
$178 21
Refunded by Individuals .
161 53
$339 74
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Total appropriations, raised by Tax-
ation
$11,195 00
Total received from Water Depart-
ment not raised by taxation . 3,278 25 $14,473 25
Total amount of orders drawn
$14,473 25
HYDRANT SERVICE.
Appropriation
$5,075 00
Paid Benjamin F. Dyer, Treasurer
Water Department $5,075 00
SINKING FUNDS.
Appropriation
$5,120 00
Paid Benjamin F. Dyer, Treasurer
Water Department $5,120 00
EXTENSION OF MAINS.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Paid Benjamin F. Dyer, Treasurer
of Water Department
$1,000 00
PAY OF METERS.
Appropriation $3,278.25 not raised by taxation.
Paid Benjamin F. Dyer, Treasurer Water Department $3,278 25
Received from Water Department
$3,278 25
PLAIN STREET CEMETERY.
Appropriation
$50 00
Credits .
.60 00 $110 00
102
Expended .
$86 17
Unexpended balance
23 83
$110 00
Paid R. Allen Gage $86 17
RECAPITULATION ORDERS DRAWN FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
Depreciation Fund
$4,081 82
Sinking Fund 430 00
Operating, Maintenance & Repairs 3,500 00
$8,011 82
FIRE ALARM.
Maintenance
$599 94
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Pay of Engineers and Firemen $1,575 00
Extra pay for services at fires 225 30
General Expenses
1,046 81
New Hose
500 00
$3,347 11
FOREST WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT.
General Expenses
$941 48
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
General Expenses
$834 86
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Highways and Bridges
$7,345 04
Sidewalks
1,522 70
Stone Roads
2,140 96
Snow
1,188 47
Watering Streets
1,701 30
Incidentals .
Insurance
$13,898 47 $4,693 47 $636 50
103
LIBRARY.
General Expenses
$1,200 00
Distribution of books
100 00
$1,300 00
Memorial Day
$175 00
Military Aid
$336 00
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Night Police, pay of men
$2,196 00
Court fees and expenses
155 82
$2,351 82
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Almshouse
$2 623 90
Outside Relief
.
4,239 18
Repairs on Almshouse .
434 00
$7,297 08
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Pay of Superintendent and Teachers $25,346 43
Pay of Janitors
3,040 00
Conveyance of Pupils
1,862 50
Fuel
2,219 95
Text Books and Supplies .
2,746 92
School Incidentals
804 67
Schoolhouse Incidentals
1,541 86
Typewriters 439 00
Repairs on South West Schoolhouse 502 03
Repairs on Jonas Perkins Schoolhouse 261 51
Repairs on Monatiquot Schoolhouse 299 62
Fire Safeguards . 333 58
$39,398 07
Soldiers' Relief
$782 41
State Aid . .
$2,662 00
Taxes, Abatement of . .
$1,058 50
.
.
104
TOWN HALL.
General Expenses
$880 33
Hall and Library Janitor
650 00
Repairs of Water Service .
374 82
Fitting up room for books
200 00
$2,105 15
Town Officers
$3,795 00
Treasurer's Bond
$105 00
TREE WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Destruction of Gypsy and Brown
Tail Moths
$4,398 62
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Hydrant Service
$5,075 00
Sinking Funds
5,120 00
Extension of Mains
1,000 00
Payment of Meters
.
3,278 25
Plain Street Cemetery
$86 17
.
$14,473 25
Total amount of orders drawn
$113,287 72
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Treasurer's Report
BENJ. F. DYER, Treasurer,
BENJ. F. DYER, TREASURER. IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF BRAINTREE. January 1, 1908 to December 31, 1908, inclusive.
Dr. Cr.
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1908 . $11,106 06
F. A. Smith, Tax Collector:
Year 1905
$65 95
66 1906
13,184 75
66 1907 23,475 18
1908 88,672 74
1908 St. R.R.
excise tax 1,796 50
127,195 12
Sale of Notes in anticipation of Taxes:
Due Dec. 14, 1908 $10,000 00
66
10,000 00
66
66 10,000 00
66
66 29, 66 10,000 00
66
"
10,000 00
Apr. 20, 1909
10,000 00
27,
10,000 00
80,000 00
An average interest basis of 3.80%. State Treasurer :
Balance Corporation
Tax 1907 $396 70
Corporation Tax, 1908, 5,380 59
Nat. Bank tax, 1908 1,195 79 Military aid,
168 00
State aid
2,454 50
Burial of soldiers
and sailors . 107 00
Street Railway tax 1,218 81
·
10,921 39
66
22,
10,000 00
106
Nat. Shawmut Bank,
interest 283 02
Nat. Mt. Wollaston
Bank, interest . 36 51
319 53
Braintree School Fund
County
Treasurer
350 00
Dog tax
850 88
Daniel Potter, Mgr. Elec. Lt. Dept. Revenue from Con-
sumers
22,530 89
Town appropriation,
1908 3,500 00
26,031 89
Received of Selectmen:
Rent of Hall .
$346 50
" Selectmen's
Room
12 00
Sale of junk
60
Broken glass .
2 75
361 85
Outside relief :
City of Haverhill . 44 00
Town of Milton .
49 15
City of Malden .
96 00
City of Brockton
34 00
223 15
Poor account:
Refund, City of Woburn
24 00
Refund, City of Boston
335 79
10 00
23 00
Refund from State,
burial of paupers 15 00
407 79
107
Almshouse account:
Rent of land
9 10
Sundries . .
59 67
Board of Geo. W.
Thayer 192 00
Board of Josiah Pen-
niman
164 00
Town of Abington . 23 15
-
447 92
Incidentals:
City of Quincy, rent of reservoir
57 24
Tax sales .
14 61
Collection of checks
30
Error in order
1 00
New Eng. Tel. Tel. Co.
&
1 75
Certificates of taxes
1 00
Check cancelled
60
Pool Table licenses
25 00
Junk licenses
20 00
Druggists' licenses
2 00
Milk licenses .
24 00
147 50
Moth Dept., refund .
339 74
Sale of real estate, unredeemed tax sale
154 31
Street sprinkling, Lowell Street
20 50
Water Dept., error in payment of bill
3 00
Sale of cemetery lots
60 00
Court fees
195 46
Forest fires, refund
1 20
Highway
.
4 00
State Aid, refund
5 00
School Dept:
City of Boston, tuition
54 00
State of Mass., tuition 172 50
Sundries .
1 150 92
.
377 42
108
Water Commissioners, refund of money advanced by Town in payment of Meters 3,278 25
$262,801 96
Cr.
1745 orders, Town account 1908 . $113,287 72 268 6
electric light acct. 1908 26,031 89
$139,319 61
NOTES:
Tax note, Apr. 14, 1908
10,000 00
66 66 27
10,000 00
66 Dec. 14, 66
.
.
66
10,000 00
66 66 66 22,
66
10,000 00
66
66
66
66
66
10,000 00
66
66 29, 66
66
10,000 00
6
66
66
10,000 00
Noah Torrey School note, May 25, 1908
3,000 00
Electric light note, Aug. 27, 1908 3,900 00
Penniman School note, Aug. 27, 1908
2,000 00
$8,900 00
INTEREST.
N. H. Hunt estate, 1 year $10,000 to Aug. 1, 1908 .
450 00
Thayer Library, 1 year $10,000 to Aug. 1, 1908 400 00
Electric Light Dept., 1 year $3,900
to Sept. 1, 1908 . 136 50
Electric Light Dept., 1 year $3,400 to Sept. 1, 1908 . 119 00
Electric Light Dept., 1 year $16,500 to Oct. 5, 1908 . 660 00
Electric Light Dept., 1 year $5,000 Dec. 30, 1908 175 00
Stetson Fund, 1 year $2,500 to Sept. 22, 1908 100 00
$80,000 00
.
.
.
.
10,000 00
109
Penniman School, 1 year $4,500 to
Sept. 1, 1908 157 50
Noah Torrey School, 6 mo. $30,000 to June 1, 1908 543 74
Noah Torrey School, 6 mo. $27,000 to Dec. 1,. 1908 . 489 37
Discount on notes issued in anticipation · of Taxes 1,723 39
$4,954 50
COUNTY TREASURER,
County tax, 1908
$3,832 94
STATE TREASURER.
State tax, 1908 .
$8,525 00
Armory loan
297 43
Metropolitan Park, sinking fund 831 18
maintenance .
1,057 80
66
66
sinking fund, series 2 . .
59 62
66
interest, series 2 170 49
66
66
maintenance,
series 2
145 50
Nantasket, maintenance .
60 40
Wellington Bridge, maintenance
8 85
State Highway, repairs
53 05
Druggist licenses, 25%
50
Nat. Shawmut Bank, exchange
2 10
$248,218 97
Balance, Dec. 31, 1908
14,582 99
$262,801 96
BENJ. F. DYER, Treasurer.
-
·
11,209 82
110
Examined the accounts of Benj. F. Dyer, Treasurer for the year 1908, and as represented in the foregoing accounts, and the balance of $14,582.99, fourteen thousand five hundred eighty- two and 99-100 dollars on deposit in the National Shawmut Bank in Boston.
DANIEL POTTER, Auditor for 1908.
BRAINTREE, Jan. 19, 1909.
The Treasurer begs leave to call the attention of the citi- zens to the finances of the Electric Light Department.
While there can be no question by the parties furnishing supplies to the Town of ultimate payment of any bills properly contracted, nevertheless as a matter of pure business, purchases cannot be made at as low prices when items are allowed to run months beyond maturity, as they can be for prompt cash.
With no adequate provision by the Town for new construc- tion or connections with new consumers and no direct compen- sation from the Town for the street lighting service, IT IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE LIGHT DEPARTMENT TO PAY ITS BILLS WITH ANY REASONABLE PROMPTNESS.
There have been no bills paid in 1908 in excess of the Town appropriation of $3,500 and the revenue turned in by the Manager.
The result is unpaid bills of some $6,500, many of which are long overdue. There is also a bill for dredging the river not yet rendered.
UNLESS THERE CAN BE AN IMMEDIATE CHANGE IN THE METHOD OF PAYMENT BY THE ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT, THE CREDIT OF THE TOWN WITH THE ELECTRICAL SUPPLY MANU- FACTURERS WILL CERTAINLY BE SERIOUSLY IMPAIRED.
Respectfully submitted,
BENJ. F. DYER, Treasurer.
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ELECTRIC DEPRECIATION FUND
BENJAMIN F. DYER, Treasurer,
IN ACCOUNT WITH ELECTRIC DEPRECIATION FUND.
Dec. 31, 1907 to Dec. 31, 1908.
Dr. Cr.
Balance, Dec. 31, 1907
$ 623 93
Town appropriation
4,081 82
Nat. Shawmut Bank, interest
18 96
Seven orders drawn by Selectmen in
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