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Appropriation 1913
500 07
$4118 89
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS.
Paid to
Martha Clarke,
cash
$ 48 00
Hannah Hull,
60 00
Sarah Frost
48 00
Levi W Mallard,
48 00
Annie M Shirley,
66
48 00
Martha M Foster,
48 00
Melinda M Conant,
48 00
Martha Plouff,
48 00
Katherine M Tonge "
60 00
Josiah A Perkins,
50 00
Edgar M Grose,
47 00
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Paid to
Thomas Hovey, cash $ 10 00
Susan M Shatswell.
20 00
Mrs Thomas Hovey, "
20 00
Eliza A Perkins,
10 00
Harry Wall,
4 00
George E MacArthur, M D., medical.
166 00
George G Bailey, M D.,
23 00
L E Willcomb, groceries
108 00
N Burnham,
75 25
Wm B Richards,
120 00
W W Augur, rent.
28 00
D A Grady,
12 00
P E Clarke, burial
50 00
$1199 25
Unexpended balance
75
$1200 00
Appropriation
$1000 00
Additional appropriation. 200 00
$1200 00
State Aid.
Cash
$2656 00
$2656 00
Appropriation
$2500 00
Additional appropriation
156 00
$2656 00
--
Memorial Day.
Paid to Gen James Appleton Post 128, G A R $235 00
Appropriation
$235 00
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CHARITIES. SALARIES OF OVERSEERS.
Paid to
Charles G Hull
$83 30
Frank T Goodhue.
62 50
Aretas D Wallace.
50 00
$195 80
CASH.
Paid to
Eliza Banner
$ 40 00
Martha Gwinn.
96 00
Mary Moriarity
144 00
Ann Davis
96 00
Wm Turner
96 00
Jennie C Haskell
168 00
Deeta Gwinn.
16 00
Marie Caron.
45 00
Smith E Hayes
5 00
RENT.
Paid to
Oscar A Littlefield
$ 4 00
N Burnham
96 00
Agnes Rowe
6 00
A P Hills Co.
58 00
E F Farley, et. al.
52 17
Heirs F Damon
81 00
Elizabeth Harrigan
94 50
James S Glover
25 50
Walter G Brown
16 00
J W Nourse
78 00
$706 00
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Paid to
J J Hull.
$36 00
Arthur D Kinsman
28 00
L E Condon, Exc.
6 50
H L R Dodge Est
32 50
$614 17
BOARD AND CARE.
Paid to
Eustace P Grant
$90 00
Mary King.
3 00
Mrs L Kneeland.
78 00
Andrew Flagg
6 00
l' J Broderick
6 50
$183 50
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Paid to
Byron-Hubbard Co
$ 29 58
Tozer & Starkey
114 94
W P Reilly
267 54
N Burnham
127 95
A P Hills Co
95 27
First Department Store.
20 70
LE Willcomb.
114 50
S H Thurston
4 25
Andrew Flagg
5 35
N J Bolles.
3 10
Charles G Hull.
10 63
H Marcaurelle.
269 06
E E Gray Co
1 46
RD Lord.
98 76
Tougas & Tougas
172 00
J V Hubbard
12 00
Edward G Hull.
2 25
Racket Bargain Store
60
Louis H Bixby
1 00
FH Burnham
2 00
$1352 94
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COAL AND WOOD.
Paid to
A H Peatfield.
$192 49
C C Caldwell
4 20
C L Lovell
9 45
·
$206 14
MEDICINE AND MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.
Paid to
George E MacArthur, M D
$132 43
George G Bailey, M D
262 20
M C McGinley, M D
31 75
Chas H Davis
5 00
W N Prescott
20 95
Ropes Drug Co ..
4 00
$456 33
BURIALS.
Paid to
P E Clarke.
$ 40 00
Geo Haskell
35 00
P P Kierce
15 00
$ 90 00
OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS,
Paid to
City of Beverly
$309 16
City of Boston
21 43
City of Lynn.
122 58
City of Lawrence
6 00
City of Newburyport
220 95
City of Brockton'.
4 00
Town of Rowley
21 77
$705 89
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
Paid to
Commonwealth of Massachusetts $ 25 00
Mass. Hospital School 120 00
$145 00
OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
Paid to
Salem Hospital. $237 00
$237 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
Paid to
Hobbs & Warren, blanks
$ 3 00
Chas G Hull, printing 3 50
Thos G Gauld, trucking
1 00
D A Grady, team.
2 25
H P Willcomb, team.
6 00
P P Kierce, car fares and services.
22 65
TE Reed, trucking. 45 00
T J Broderick, storage 28 25
Samuel Bailey, use of boat.
3 00
Chas G Hull, car fares, services
33 20
Gordon Player, car fare and expense
1 60
P E Pelletier & Co., team
2 00
$ 151 45
$5044 22
Balance unexpended.
$ 13 78
$5058 00
Appropriation
$4500 00
Additional appropriation
500 00
Reimbursement for storage.
58 00
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-$ 5058 00
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Town Farm.
SALARIES AND WAGES.
Paid to
J H Gidney, Supt.
$600 00
Elwood M Gidney, wages
360 00
Bessie Haight,
80 00
M E Gidney,
74 00
Eben Lord, labor
3 00
A D Wallace, "
149 30
Irving Brown, labor
19 25
John Lind,
50 00
Mildred Merritt, labor.
100 00
Arthur Hicks,
1 75
Geo H Day,
66
-
2 00
Geo Tibbetts,
2 00
Oscar Pickard,
1 00
N T Lowe,
51 00
F W Sheppard,
4 00
Chas G Hull, salary and expense
19 66
Warren Boynton, salary
15 25
$1552 21
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GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Paid to
L E Willcomb
$ 47 15
N J Conrad
13 10
E E Gray Co.
61 55
Tougas & Tougas
49 16
Leon R Lord.
29 29
Titcomb & Co
31 92
Daniel Marlin
9 00
V H Grant.
6 70
N J Bolles.
47 24
N Burnham
36 94
O B Kippin .
25 11
Nelson Bourque.
1 40
J A Farley & Co.
. 10 71
H N Jewett.
65
Tozer & Starkey
47 29
A P Hills Co.
51 99
Thos H Lord.
29 50
Wm P Reilly
44 76
B S Crosby .
41 87
Wm B Richards
13 41
J H Gidney
10 45
H W Philipps
9 50
Byron-Hubbard Co
30 02
Chas G Hull
2 43
J J Hull.
1 00
Miley Soap Co
23 75
DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING.
Paid to
C S Tyler
$21 45
L H Bixby 1 00
Thos Scahill
85
B G Hiller
13 07
A F Tilton
2 25
$675 89
$38 62
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FUEL AND LIGHT.
Paid to
Standard Oil Co
$18 00
W G Smith 25 00
A H Peatfield.
35 24
C' C Caldwell
14 37
George Fall.
52 24
$144 85
EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRS.
Paid to
Wm L Lord.
14 00
Ernest L Lord
14 00
Axel Lind.
14 00
E M Girard
16 00
Water Dept
55 58
Elmer C Smith
57 60
A I Savory.
3 70
Mayer & Porter.
1 23
C F Chapman
13 75
C L Stevens.
56 90
J W Goodhue.
37 87
T F Cogswell Co
2 05
J Avery
4 00
Austin L Lord
1 25
Wm A Spiller
15 70
N T Lowe
7 50
Thos H Reedy
17 16
Joseph A King
6 85
J Harry Levis
71 22
D A Grady.
14 50
A E Bailey
75
W B Hubbard & Sons Co
34 66
Jos H Hardy
90
FT Goodhue.
85
S F Canney est.
34 81
R L Purinton
2 56
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Paid to
H W Philipps
$ 35
Wm B Richards. 35 00
Geo E Safford & Co
2 40
Wm A Webber
50
Carl Ellsworth.
11 00
Geo E Daniels
118 65
$667 29
HAY AND GRAIN.
Paid to
George B Brown.
$262 81
Wm G Horton 371 45
$634 26
LIVE STOCK.
Paid to
George E Safford & Co., horse
$135 00
E J Flaherty, pigs. 77 35
$212 35
OTHER EXPENSES.
Paid to
J A Blake, medicine. $ 8 43
D A Grady, team
2 00
Wm A Stone, sealing 50
Charles Jewett.
5 00
W J Norwood, grinding
1 82
Ernest Lemay, shoeing
37 22
James Graffum, repairs.
8 50
C F Chapman, supplies.
48 89
Geo E MacArthur, M D., medical attendance
21 66
BJ Conley, medicine.
14 53
H P Willcomb, team 7 50
J W Goodhue, hardware
43 62
George Haskell, burial 35 00
A C Damon, supplies
23 07
.
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Paid to
Wm McCarthy, shoeing
3 00
D A Grady, oil
70
Wm E Goodhue, seed corn
2 50
W N Prescott. medicine.
6 05
Thomas G Gauld, trucking.
5 92
Wm A Chaplin, use of wagon
12 00
Mayer & Porter, supplies
8 75
Thomas Scahill, barbering
50
S F Canney Est., lumber
1 50
Harry Greenberg, barrels.
90
A E Bailey, medicine.
3 30
H W Philipps, supplies
12 00
314 84
Balance unexpended
3 69
$4224 00
Appropriation
$3000 00
Additional appropriation
1000 00
Refund, (Board of Health)
224 00
$4224 00
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INVENTORY. STOCK, TOOLS, ETC. AT TOWN FARM. Jan. 1, 1914. Jan. 1, 1913.
NO.
VALUE NO.
VALUE | GAIN.
LOSS.
Cows ..
6 $240 00
3
$150 00 $90 00
Heifers
3
105 00
7
210 00
$105 00
Bulls
Horses
3
600 00
2
600 00
·
55 00
Fowl.
85
85 00 120
120 00
35 00
Carts and Wagons.
8
500 00
3
225 00 275 00
Mowing Machine
1
5 00
1
5 00
Plows .
3
20 00
4
20 00
Cultivators
3
45 00
3
60 00
15 00
Horse Hoe
1
5 00
1
5 00
Harrows
4
50 00
4
58 00
8 00
Sled .
1
15 00
1
15 00
Drags
2
6 50
1
2 00
4 50
Wood, cords
12
84 00
84 00
Coal, tons
1-2
4 00
4 00
Groceries.
60 00
25 00
35 00
Dairy Utensils.
5 00
5 00
Furniture and bedding ..
450 00
450 00
Range and Fixtures. .
110 00
110 00
Stoves and Furnaces
130 00
130 00
Wheel Rake.
1 5 00
1
10 00
Tedder
1
15 00
1 5 00
10 00
Tools .
10 00
5 00
5 00
Blocks and Ropes
5 00
5 00
Harness
75 00
60 00
15 00
Potato Digger
1
1 00
1 00
Wheelbarrows
2
3 50
2 50
1 00
Lumber .
10 00
10 00
Double Bob.
1
20 00
20 00
Brooder
1
5 00
5 00
Seed Sower
2
10 00
2
11 00
1 00
Gas Engine
1
50 00
1
50 00
Hogs
13
175 50
2
40 00 135 50
Suckers.
12
24 00
24 00
Totals
$2924 50
$2473 50 679 00
$228 00
.
..
5 00
Pigs and Shoats
14
55 00
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INVENTORY, PRODUCE, ETC. AT TOWN FARM.
Jan. 1, 1914. Jan. 1, 1913.
NO.
VALUE NO.
VALUE|
GAIN.
LOSS.
Beans, bushels
4
$
10 00
$10 00
Potatoes,
8
6 00
8
$ 8 00
Roots,
6
3 00
3 00
Corn,
50
35 00
5 2 00
33 00
English Hay, tons
13
260 00
5
125 00 135 00
Mulch,
5
35 00
4
24 00
11 00
Oats, Barley and Fodder.
2
30 00
10
170 00
140 00
$ 379 00 2924 50
$ 329 00
192 00
$142 00
Inventory-Stock, Tools,etc
2473 50 679 00
228 00
$3303 50
$2802 50
871 00
$370 00
2802 00
370 00
Net Gain.
$501 00
501 00
SUMMARY OF INCOME AND EXPENSES AT THE TOWN FARM FOR THE YEARS 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913.
# 1909
Il 1910
II 1911
II 1912
11 1913
Expended
I$4282 79 |$7116 51 |$8273 83 ||$3941 75 |54220 31
Income
1|$2858 85 ||$3900 74 |$4316 15 |$1756 52 |$2004 25
Net Expense
||$1423 94 |$3215 77 |$3957 68 |$2185 23 |$2216 06
$ 2 00
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HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. SNOW REMOVAL.
Paid to
Allan W Brown,
labor
$ 40 50
Ernest Carter,
26 25
Prince Smith,
23 50
John Green,
6 50
Albert Sheppard,
2 25
Patrick Donlon,
3 25
Carl Ellsworth,
2 25
Wm Maden,
11 50
Charles Jewett,
6 50
Wm L Stone, Jr
2 37
TR Lord.
5 00
NT Low,
10 77
J A Huckins,
45 00
Frank Scahill,
45 00
Chester Patch,
45 00
Edw Spiller,
1 75
Charles Dorr,
50
N Marcaurelle,
1 25
Alfred Norman,
1 75
Rees Jenkins,
2 72
Lathrop Brothers,
5 44
James Graffum, repairs
14 60
Highway Department, % labor
75 25
$378 90
Unexpended balance
621 10
$1000 00
Appropriation
$1000 00
50
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STREET REPAIRS.
Paid to
J A Huckins, supt.
$200 00
James Appleton,
labor
65 25
Aug Rutherford,
12 50
Charles Stanford,
10 00
Herbert Low,
4 50
Edmund Wile,
48 33
Larry Gallant,
20 00
Frank Tabious,
9 00
Fred Bodwell,
10 00
W K Chapman,
4 45
Albert Chapman,
4 00
Jesse Bodwell,
2 00
Isaac Lemieux,
18 75
Carl Caverley,
5 00
F R Appleton.
13 69
L Moran,
9 75
Edw Spiller,
4 50
W H Rand,
5 95
John Green,
. 6
13 00
Fred McGilfray,
75
N T Low, Jr.,
75
Allan W Brown,
177 50
Ernest Carter,
591 75
Alfred Norman, labor.
2 00
Horace Ellsworth, labor
45 88
Walter Ellsworth,
26 13
Jos. Chouinard.
5 75
T R Lord,
27 50
Edw. Martel,
3 50
Chas. Parsons,
23 00
Eugene Sullivan,
62
Silas Crooker,
17 50
Stephen Harris,
7 75
A J Barton & Son,
91 70
N Pappaynopolos,
10 25
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Paid to
W Q Kinsman. labor
$ 53 33
Lathrop Bros.,
63 88
Wm. Cameron,
19 44
John Douglas,
12 50
Wesley Smith,
58 25
Wm. D Warner,
320 00
L J Wood,
205 85
J C Conant,
81 13
Wm. O Conant,
7 25
A G Louer,
52 52
G H Louer,
57 78
D S Perley,
216 22
Lyman Perley,
50 25
John McCarthy
5 50
Gregory Nancusi,
27 00
N Marcaurelle,
86 25
O A Littlefield, driver
502 00
Geo. Gwinn, labor
19 18
Prince Smith,
556 00
Wm. Maden,
124 00
Albert Sheppard, driver
594 00
L F Brown, labor
9 00
B R Horton,
18 00
J A Huckins, driver
735 00
Frank Scahill.
705 00
Chester Patch, engineer
756 50
Edw. Bodwell, labor
268 75
Harry Wilkinson,
453 25
A Story Brown,
66
172 48
Roger Heard,
1 00
Lewis Stone,
19 25
Jos. Gilman,
8 75
J Manthorn,
6 50
Homer Bishop,
8 75
Jesse Warren,
6 00
Carl Caverly,
10 00
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Paid to
Henry Lemay,
labor
$ 1 00
James Sheppard,
112 92
James Stinson,
24 13
Eugene Hawkes,
19 50
N Daigle,
..
236 75
Walter G Brown,
27 77
Wm. Tarr.
60 55
Thos. H Ready,
22 93
N T Low,
34 61
Rees Jenkins,
70 31
Chas. Hanley,
12 78
EN Brown, labor
122 83
Fred G Cross, "
160 62
Chas G Brown, labor
108 47
Eben Moulton,
64 45
Jesse Brown,
4 50
John H Brown,
130 50
Albert Elwell,
138 75
Wm F Warner,
135 47
Wm Goodhue,
130 00
John McCarthy,
13 50
Patrick Donlon,
141 63
Chas W Steele,
41 25
Carl Ellsworth, ..
42 50
John Gerry.
2 00
T F Cogswell & Co, pipe and cement
37 80
Headley Good Roads Co, supplies.
13 11
Barrett Mfg Co, tarvia.
108 00
Thos P Thomas, concrete.
22 10
A G Lauer, gravel.
9 50
Erwin Hawkes, gravel
15 70
Mrs A S Brown, “
310 20
Nicholas Pappaynopolos, gravel
37 80
Anson L Clarke, gravel.
61 40
Frank Bell,
2 00
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Paid to
Eugene Sullivan, gravel
$ 18 60
O H Ewing,
24 25
Michael Ryan,
100 75
E A Crockett, 60
6 25
Geo Gwinn, 66
8 70
D A Grady. team
4 50
E E Currier, auto.
7 00
Mayer & Porter, supplies
7 90
Peoples Ex, express.
40
Amelia Clarke, typewriting
1 00
D E Measures, supplies
9 55
American Ex, express
60
Bessemer Ex, express
30
W G Hayes, supplies.
1 10
W A Spiller, repairs
8 75
Geo E Safford & Co, pipe and cement
64 08
J R Richards, repairs.
11 05
Jas Graffum, 66
1 60
A B Poland, tools
1 00
Geo G Dexter, photographs.
13 45
Justin Hull, labor on float
6 00
B & M R R Co. freight
5 30
Cashman Bros, drilling
15 00
L E Willcomb, supplies
12
C F Chapman, supplies
14 87
Alferetta Mayes, typewriting.
1 75
Benj S Waterman, inspection.
5 00
A I Savory, hardware and supplies
57 80
J W Goodhue, 41 90
S F Canney est, lumber.
209 02
N E Road Machinery Co, tools 78 35
J A King, repairs. 81 91
C L Lovell, cement. 48 20
A H Plouff, repairs.
14 64
W H Rand,
3 83
Water Department, fountains
50 00
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Paid to
H A Pickard & Son, repairs.
$79 30
Boston Steam Specialty Co., supplies.
26 01
J H Lakeman, painting.
1 65
N Burnham, supplies.
55
Chester Patch,
14 30
Walter G Brown, brick and sand
55 69
A L Lord, masonry.
123 00
Ipswich Mills Co., supplies and repairs.
4 25
Tozer & Starkey, supplies
8 50
Robert Spencer, masonry
63 40
-- $11562 06
STABLE.
Paid to
Geo B Brown, grain
$263 54
Wm G Horton,
323 55
Ame & Co.,
9 75
J R Richards, harness and repairs
82 30
TV A Snow & Co., stable fixtures
28 00
James Sheppard & Son, shoeing
12 50
Wm McCarthy,
127 00
Standard Oil Co., oil.
3 00
Mayer & Porter, supplies
1 72
Tozer & Starkey. .
55
James Graffum, repairs
7 45
C S Tyler, supplies.
3 30
Fred G Cross, hay .
46 75
C F Chapman, supplies
64 44
J W Roberts, clipping
4 00
A H Plouff, repairs.
3 22
J A Blake, supplies
1 70
Water Department, water rates
65 13
J R Morris, sundries.
1 96
Scott & Jedrey, carrots
75
S I Hudgens, hay
79 37
E Lamay, shoeing. ...
14 50
Electric Light Dept., repairs.
2 57
55
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Paid to
John A Brown, hay.
$ 72 18
H A Pickard & Son, repairs 2 90
AD Mallard, trucking ..
1 50
W P Reilly, supplies .
1 65
S F Canney est., lumber
9 81
H D Lambert, veterinary
17 00
Chas. S Moore,
15 00
A E Bailey, supplies
3 00
Town Farm, hay
147 61
C C Caldwell, hay and coal.
38 18
W N Prescott, supplies
4 85
B J Conley.
65
DS Perley, hay.
59 37
J W Goodhue, hardware and supplies
13 55
Carl Caverly, hay
45 62
A Staniford, paint.
12 24
W Castella Henderson, cushions
3 00
J A King, repairs.
11 45
A C Damon, furnishings
4 53
A I Savory, supplies
36 35
$1647 49
LAND DAMAGE.
E & M Stanwood.
$ 75 00
Alice C Brown ...
50 00
Est. John Donovan
120 00
Osborne P Perley
45 00
Emeline Bishop
35 00
Daniel W Stone
20 00
Howard C Dodge
20 00
G H W Hayes, services
50 00
$415 00
$13,624 55
Unexpended balance
1,773 65
15,398 20
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Appropriation
$10855 00
Central St. Macadam
532 44
Agawam Heights
215 11
Refund, State Highway
296 30
St. Ry. Tax.
1915 33
Excise Tax
1508 77
Snow and Ice
75 25
$15398 20
CENTRAL ST. MACADAM.
Paid to
Barbour, Stockwell Co, grates
$ 91 00
Walter G Brown, bricks. 58 50
J W Goodhue, supplies 44 08
B & M R R Co, freight.
320 09
l' F Cogswell & Co, pipe and cement
105 28
Mass Broken Stone Co, stone.
591 38
Barrett Mfg Co, tarvia.
484 80
Thos H Reedy, labor .
17 56
Highway Dept. % labor
532 44
Unexpended balance
254 80
Balance appropriation, 1912. . AGAWAM HEIGHTS.
Paid to
Austin B Henderson, surveying .
$ 18 00
Thos H Reedy, labor
180 00
Highway Dept, % labor
215 11
Unexpended balance
3 89
$417 00
Appropriation
$400 00
Refunds
17 00
$417 00
-
$2245 13
$2499 93
$2499 93
$413 11
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EDGESTONES AND CONCRETE.
Paid to
Standard Oil Co, oil
$417 35
$417 35
Unexpended balance
82 65
$500 00
Appropriation
500 00
STREET LIGHTS.
Paid to
Electric Light Dept., Arc lights $1000 00
$1000 00
Appropriation
$1000 00
MARKET ST.
Of the $1055.00 which was appropriated to be used on Market St., it was intended to assess but $200.00, but through some mis- understanding the entire amount was assessed, and through the same misunderstanding $855.00 was used on the regular highway work, leaving a balance of $200.00. Owing to the stress of work in other sections of the town during the year the work was not started and the County Commissioners have extended the time until September 1914. The $200.00 therefore will be available for the work in 1914.
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Charles W. Bamford, Treasurer and Collector. TOWN OF IPSWICH. DR.
Cash on hand, Jan. 1913,.
$13441 87
To amounts received,
Taxes 1908,
$ 1814 70
1909,
18 48
1910,
905 24
..
1911
3426 78
1912,
7755 43
.6
1913,
101086 04
Moth 1908-1909,
7 00
1910,
34 06
1911,
71 09
1912,
190 43
1913,
1098 72
Street Sprinkling 1910.
48 54
1911,
46 29
211 35
Interest on taxes, .
Interest on deposits, .
Department accounts, 1912:
Selectmen,
$ 55 51
Farm,
438 28
Poor,.
311 91
Bay State St. Ry.
633 13
State of Massachusetts :
Moth,
24 40
Health,
187 00
State Aid,
2922 00
Moth, 1913,
408 63
Estimated Revenue :
Essex County
Dog licenses,
352 55
Rent of Court Room,
300 00
State of Massachusetts,
Corporation tax, 1912.
1855 53
1912,
1457 32
378 00
1438 84
3542 03
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National Bank tax, 1912
$ 383 72
Corporation tax, 1913.
4679 56
National Bank tax. 1913.
4994 09
Town of Rowley, Tuition
1276 00
Other Revenue items.
3228 16
17069 61
Insurance, Town Farm
763 28
Temporary Loans, .
85000 00
Trust Fund Income,
453 78
State of Mass. Highway refund,
296 30
Refund, Agawam Heights,
17 00
Refund, Poor Dept.
58 00
Refund. Education,
32 00
George H. W. Hayes, July 4th.
33 54
Electric Light, .
17548 47
Electric Light Loan,
2000 00
Water, .
15102 52
Water Loan,.
5000 00
Street Railway Tax,
1915 33
Excise tax, ..
1508 77
Cemetery frust Funds,
183 75
Trust Funds. (New Accounts)
700 00
271212 69
$284654 56
CR.
By paid, Accountant's orders,
State tax ..
$10800 00
..
. Accounting System.
989 15
, State Highway
221 00
County tax
7809 59
National Bank tax.
432 89
Department accounts
152164 33
Interest on debt.
6584 34
Matured notes ..
8950 00
Cemetery Funds, Income.
453 78
. New Accounts.
700 00
Temporary Loans.
62295 00
State, refund % corporation tax
42 31
- $251442 39
$33212 17
. .
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Auditor's Report of Treasurer's Statement.
I certify that I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct, and find the balance in the hands of the Treasurer to agree with the report submitted.
I have approved vouchers for all bills paid and find them to agree with the warrants to the Treasurer.
The note indebtedness of the town I have examined and find them to agree with his statements.
Arthur H. Walton, Auditor.
Tax Collections, Abatements, and Taxes Uncollected.
Year
Uncollected Jan. 1. 1913
Collected 1913
Abated.
Uncollect- ed Jan. 1, 1914.
1908
$ 1820 74
$1814 70
$ 6 04
1909
96 85
18 48
$12 64
65 73
1910
1509 91
905 24
247 09
357 58
1911
6708 26
3426 78
492 30
2789 18
1912
14131 35
7755 43
252 88
6122 92
Total
$24266 99
$13920 63
$1004 91
$ 9341 45
Assessed 1913
1913
$124299 89
$101086 04
$910 19
$22303
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The ever increasing number of the Town's dependents, is year- ly making more arduous the duties of the Overseers. The advanced cost of the necessities of life is a matter of serious concern to the Board.
Statute law and the law of humanity demand that the deserv- ing poor be comfortably cared for. At the same time the burdens of taxation must not be unwarrantably increased by the too lavish expenditures of this or any other department of the town govern- ment.
Real need must be met and actual suffering mitigated ; but there should be no waste, no extravagance, no unnecessary distribu- tion of funds. The poor must be helped- with provisions, if actu- ally needed ; otherwise with well-seasoned advice as to the correct manner of living and methods of economy. To this end it is requi- site in the Overseers that they be in the possession of kind hearts and wise heads.
During the past year we have been greatly assisted in our work among the Outside Poor by the hearty co-operation of the Assoc- iated Charities, without which the expenditures would necessarily have been larger. Whenever there have been new applications for assistance, the ladies of this organization have made investigations, and we have been guided in great measure by their report. In a number of instances they have taken the case entirely off our hands, and have made provision to meet the need from their own
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resources. This has helped to save money for the Town. At our request, they have investigated a number of continued cases and have offered wise suggestions in regard to the same. They have our hearty thanks. The good work of the Associated Charities is entitled to recognition on the part of the Town.
In the above connection, we would be remiss in our duties if we failed to mention the valuable service rendered by Mr. Lathrop, of Beverly, district agent of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and authority for the prosecution of non-sup- port cases. Mr. Lathrop and the Overseers have worked together very effectively in a number of difficult cases.
The passage of new laws, which cannot well be explained here- in, are giving the Overseers no little anxiety, as they will un- doubtedly serve to thrust upon us several entirely new classes of dependents, which may considerably increase the expenditures of the department.
We think there should be an agent appointed by the Board, who will be able to devote sufficient time to the work to be at all times and closely in touch with the situation, sufficiently providing for the needy, and at the same time protecting the Town's interests as fully as possible. He would doubtless be able to save much more than the amount of his salary. We ask for authority to make such appointment.
The work at the Farm during the past year, under the manage- ment of Superintendent Gidney and supervision of Mr. Wallace, has been conducted with fairly satisfactory results. If the collec- tion of garbage had not been added to this department, the net expense of the Farm would have been a trifle over $1500, as against $3957 in 1911, and $2185 in 1912.
The total expense of the Farm and Garbage departments together has been $4220 31, while the total income was $2004.25, leaving a net cost of $2216.06 for the combined work. The average cost per inmate in 1911 was $12.68. In 1912 it dropped to $10.48. Last year it was still further reduced to $7.10, which is most cred- itable considering that the expense of the garbage is figured with that of the Farm.
In establishing the Garbage Department we had no precedent
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of other years to guide us, but were compelled to blaze a pathway through an unexplored wilderness. Beginning the work with care and proceeding with utmost caution, practicing economy within reason everywhere, we found it necessary to expend approximately $937.00 in the work of equipment and collection. Beginning the work as we did in June, having but three hogs to start with and being compelled to purchase a considerable number of shoats, we could not expect to have a large stock of pork ready for market before the close of the year. Our sales reached the amount of $243.00.
If we substract the expense and income of the garbage depart- ment from that of the Farm and Garbage combined, it will leave the Farm expense at $3283.31 and the income at $1761.25. The net cost of the Farm will then be $1522.06, and the average expense per inmate $4.88 which is practically one-third the cost of 1911. The Farm finances during the past two years have been going in the right direction and the tax-payer is to be congratulated.
We have not been able to keep an absolutely seperate account of the garbage business, because the work is greatly intermingled with that of the farm, but the totals as herein quoted are sub- stantially correct.
There is no balance on hand with which to pay the garbage collection expense to June 1st to complete the years contract with the Board of Health, but the sale of hogs (of which there are twenty-five) during that period will more than cover the bill. It is true that the amount realized in this way is income and therefore not usable by the Overseers, but the expense can be met from the Farm and garbage appropriation and will be offset by the sales at the end of the year, and the net results will be the same.
The garbage collection business is a new enterprise for the Town, and many people do not as yet take kindly to it. Its value as a health measure is not fully understood or appreciated. At first there were many who raised objections to giving the garbage to the Town, desiring that their friends and relatives should collect it to feed their own stock as they had done from time immemorial. It required much persuasion on the part of Mr. Wallace who insti- tuted the work of collection to induce such to permit the Town
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team to collect, and at the present time there are still large num- bers who have not fallen in with the plan of the Health Department in this respect. It requires much time to perfect a work of so great importance. If those who give their garbage to the Town would keep the Recepticale during the cold weather in a place where the contents would not freeze solidly, it would greatly assist the collector.
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