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500 00
Snow Fence.
200 00
Street Lights .
1,050 00
1,050 00
Surety on Bonds
50 00
50 00
Trade School
200 00
200 00
Tree Warden
25 00
50 00
$32,990 00
$27,605 00
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES J. CAMPBELL,
GEORGE H. MILES
Chairman
J. WARREN MOULTON
CHARLES E. CARROLL, Clerk
MARK B. PUTNAM
DANIEL J. FITZGERALD
GEORGE E. SMITH
LOUIS M. HANFF
WILLIAM C. TEMPLE
H. EDWARD WHEELER
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
The following Births, Marriages, and Deaths were recorded during the year ending December 31, 1920.
Date Name
Parents
Place of Birth
1920
Jan. 1 Jane
Thomas D. and Mary A. (McCarthy) Griffin
Jan. 10 Eleanor Chandler
Jan. 27 Rose Mary
Mar. 8 Mary Theresa
Mar. 4 Thelma Frances
Worcester
May 4 Walter Risteen
Walter M. and Mabel (Risteen) Loker
Holden
June 15 Rollin Merrill
Holden
June 21 Roy Andrew
Worcester
July 14 Donald Franklin
Holden
July 21 Harold Chester
Holden
Aug. 2 Raymond Anthony
Holden
Aug. 18 Gertrude Nellie
Rutland
Sept. 13 Priscilla M.
Worcester
Sept. 15 Matilda
Rutland
Sept. 17 Phyllis Bertha
Rutland
Sept. 28 Anne M.
Worcester
Nov. 8 Charles B.
Worcester
Nov. 10 Harold Victor
Albert A. and Blanche (Godette) Artruc
Rutland
Nov. 21
Nelson Miles
Nelson M. and Madeline (Dodge) Calkins Joseph A. and Mary L. (Gorman) Carroll
Holden
Dec. 14
Mary
Holden
1913
Mar. 14 Margaret
Michael and Mary (Carlson) McGann
Rutland
1916 June 7 Marguerite 1918
George and Inez (Taylor) Irons
Rutland
Michael and Mary (Carlson) McGann
Rutland
11
Sept. 25 Thomas
BIRTHS
Win. R. and Mildred (Chandler) Edson Wm. C. and Rosa (Latowne) Russell Michael and Mary (Carlson) McGann Roland C. and Nellie M. (White) Prescott
Holden Worcester Rutland Rutland
Merrill H. and Edith (Cannon) Wheeler Andrew and Mabel (Laporte) Conrad Willis C. and Verna (MacDonald) Brown Oscar and Maud (Richard) Lloyd Albert E. and Barbara (Jasparwich) Seger Jesse and Florence (Johnstone) Allen Lester W. and Sarah (Watts) Morgan Lawrence and Josephine (Nagle) Martelli Oliver E. and Dorothy (Field) Davis Charles W. and Lillian (Santimaw) Grime Leo W. and Ellen C. (Uhr) Burt
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MARRIAGES
Date 1920
Name
Place of Marriage
Residence
Jan. 23 Leon A. Alley Susanna C. O'Connor
Rutland
Feb. 11 James A. Cullen Holden
Rutland
Jennie Gangi
Rutland
Mar. 5 Ernest E. Anderson Doris Moulton
Hubbardston
Andover
Rutland
Mar. 16 Frank E. Allen Mary B. (Brooks) Greene
Worcester
Worcester
Apr. 17 Thomas T. Kelley Hazel A. Meade
Rutland
Dennis
Apr. 27 Rossi Sante Elexina Labonte
Holden
Rutland
May 3 John P. Millett Laura H. Connor
Holden
Holden
May 16 Ernest Ruddock Antoinette (Lombardi) Bianco
Holden
Rutland
May 30 Andrew B. Holmes Josephine E. Broderick
Swampscott
Rutland
June 2 Walter A. Hutchins Maria E. Larson
Boston
Boston
June 7 Ludwick Scezuka Stella Zalinska
Holden
Oakham
June 19 Christian Christianson Ruth H. Adamson
Worcester
Rutland
June 24 Lewis F. Drury Vera E. Arnold
Thompson, Ct.
Rutland
No. Grosvenordale, Ct.
Rutland
Boylston
Boylston
Aug. 7 Walter M. Cole Isabelle P. Noyes
Thompson, Ct.
Rutland
Aug. 18 John W. McGann Mary F. O'Connor
Rutland
Aug. 20 Harvey A. Weisensale Daisy M. Erisman
Sherborn
Rutland
York, Pa.
Holden
Rutland
Rutland
Manchester, Ct. Baldwinville
Rutland
Sept. 20 Bernard J. Welsh Agnes L. Murphy
Providence, R. I.
Rutland
Providence, R. I.
Rutland
Rutland
June 30 Ragnar O. Grunditz Ida T. Christiansen
Thompson, Ct.
Rutland
Rutland
Aug. 22 Francis X. Powers Helen L. Harris
Aug. 22 Clifton H. Glover Alice I. Bulfinch
Holden
Rutland
Rutland
Rutland
Oakham
Rutland
Rutland
Lynn Rutland
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Place of Marriage Residence
Date Name 1920 Sept. 23 William L. Manley
Ellen J. Levis
Oct. 8 John B. Coffin
Brookline
Rutland
Mary S. Wheelwright
Oct. 23 Harry S. Smith
Rutland
Providence, R. I. Worcester Worcester
Grace L. Shay
Rutland
Grafton, N. H. Manchester, N. H.
Oct. 27 Rufus H. Randall
Rutland
Bolton
Nov. 25
Beth L. Walker William E. ConnorV Mildred Millett
Leicester
Rutland
Nov. 25 Elias A. Carlson
Belmont
Rutland
Alice V. Norenson
Cambridge
Dec. 18
Harry Carter
Esther J. Wheeler
Rutland
Worcester Rutland
DEATHS
Date
Name
Disease
Age
Place of Death
1920
y.
m. d.
Jan. 10 Harry Ostling
54
-
-
Worcester
Appendicitis
32
2
8
Monson
Feb. 27
Daisy L. Wells
26
10
7
Rutland
Pneumonia
Mar. 14
Michael Loughman
74
7
-
Rutland
Valvular Heart Disease
26
10
2
Rutland
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
July William A. Russell
59 8 14
Rutland
Cerebral Hemorrhage
71 -
5
Rutland
Aug. 23 Hattie D. Stearns Pneumonia
72
2
27
Rutland
Aug. 30 Maynard H. Pettigrew 69 6 26
Worcester
Intestinal Obstruction
Sept. 10 Charles A. Stone
55 3 -
Rutland
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Holden
Rutland Rutland
Oct. 25 Wallace Williams Marjorie Butterfield
Clinton
Leicester
Feb. 12 John Celle
Pulmonary Edema
July 2 Pearl Coffin
4
July 31 Martha A. Prescott Chronic Insanity
14
Date Name Disease
Age
Place of Death
1920
y.
m. d.
Oct. 4 Lorenzo Q. Spaulding Angina Pectoris
85
7
8
Rutland
Oct. 18 Emily S. Bigelow
86
1 25
Rutland
Pneumonia
Dec. 26 Zebulon Strong
73
7 24
Rutland
Heart Disease
THE FOLLOWING PERSONS TEMPORARILY RESIDED IN RUT- LAND AND WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WERE BEING TREATED IN EITHER THE STATE OR PRIVATE SANATORIUMS
Date
Name Disease
Age
Residence
1920
y.
m. d.
27
-
Boston
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
24
1
2
Biddeford, Me.
Jan. 24 Jacob Waxler
25
5
9
Worcester
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
41
4
5
Worcester
Feb. 8 Elsie (Dough) Fraser Pulmonary Tuberculosis
42
10
3
Dorchester
Feb. 14 Kathryn E. (Greene) Totty Pulmonary Tuberculosis
30
15
Dorchester
Feb. 14 Evelyn (Blaine) Pginney Pulmonary Tuberculosis
27
1
18
W. Somerville
Feb. 23 Edith H. Erlandson Pulmonary Tuberculosis Feb. 27 Daisy L. (Bezanson) Wells Pneumonia
26
10
7
Mar. 4 Harriette E. Falis
57
12
Lexington
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
28
6 13
S. Boston
Mar. 4 Edward Hammer Pulmonary Tuberculosis
24
8 23
Fitchburg
Mar. 11 Andrew Wallineus
38
Gloucester
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
-
Mar. 4 Edward P. O'Keefe Pulmonary Tuberculosis
33
10
20
Woburn
Jan. 13 Victor Chenes
Jan. 17 Donald Fogg
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Feb. 2 George F. Dorman Pulmonary Tuberculosis
-
15
Date Name Disease
Age
Residence
1920
y.
m.
d.
Mar. 12 Patrick Corbett
33
-
7
Dorchester
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
25
9
-
Lynn
Mar. 18 Dario Lombardi Pulmonary Tuberculosis
19
7
9
Somerville
Mar. 27 James Didham
20
10
24
Roxbury
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
31
11
23
Lexington
Mar. 29 Andrew Christo Pulmonary Tuberculosis
37
Worcester
Apr. 4 Ernest Warmington Pulmonary Tuberculosis
31
7
10
Quincy
Apr. 11 Jacob Sukman
35
9
13
Jamaica Plain
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
23
11
9
Webster
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
39
11
2
Lynn
Apr. 16 Mary F. Kelly
25
1
11
Cambridge
Apr. 21 Helen Watson
23
6
7
Dorchester
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
25
3
27
Roslindale
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
21
11
6
Jamaica Plain
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
40
10
20
Roxbury
May 1 Harry Lecou
32
7
-
7
8
Somerville
May 3 May S. MacDonald Pulmonary Tuberculosis May 11 Ellen Farrenkopf
26
2
28
Roslindale
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
May 21 James P. Hearns
26
10
9
Medford
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
34
8
6
Waltham
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
May 28 Richard DeBellis
30
5
8
Boston
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
-
-
Apr. 11 Francis Clavin
Apr. 11 Delia Flatley Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Apr. 27 Adlaide Hunter
Apr. 27 Alice Sheehan
Apr. 30 Michael J. Sullivan Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Haverhill
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
20
May 21 Evelyn Gibson
Mar. 14 Annie (Manker) Gordon Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Mar. 29 Florence Stewart Pulmonary Tuberculosis
16
Date Name Disease
Age
Residence
1920
y.
m. d. 1
May 31 Tekla Erickson Pulmonary Tuberculosis
45
17
Hubbards
June 11 Rosalie M. Gallagher Pulmonary Tuberculosis
26
7
25
Dorchester
July 4 Francis Green Pulmonary Tuberculosis
25
9
-
E. Boston
July 8 Manuel Bettencourt Tuberculous Meningitis
39
2
5
E. Boston
July 12 James F. Rock Broncho Pneumonia
70
Worcester
July 12 Herbert O. Barnaby Tuberculous Meningitis
28
10
29
Danvers
July 17 Annie White Pulmonary Hæmorrhage
24
3
7
Malden
July 23 Joseph M. Guerin Pulmonary Tuberculosis
29
- 20
Arlington
July 26 Mary Salvani
24
3 13
Boston
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
29
- 28
Salem
Aug. 16 Carl Hellstrom Pulmonary Tuberculosis
30
7 3
Jamaica Plain
Aug. 21 Clotilda Biagi Pulmonary Tuberculosis
24
8 12
Somerville
Aug. 24 Katie V. Cox
23
8 19
Cambridge
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
25
6 26
Charlestown
Aug. 27 William M. Russell Tuberculous Meningitis
45
6
10
Dorchester
Aug. 27 Marie (Nielson) Ahlstrom Pulmonary Tuberculosis
33
6
24
Holden
Sept. 1 Anastasia Keefe Pulmonary Tuberculosis
40
Allston
Sept. 6 Joseph J. Sweeney Pulmonary Tuberculosis
32
8
5
Boston
Sept. 11 Laura P. Caldwell Miliary Tuberculosis
20
7 2
Riverside, R. I.
Sept. 13 Bessie May Dunsworth Pulmonary Tuberculosis
30
4
18
Allston
Sept. 17 Athena Spendos Pulmonary Tuberculosis
32
Lowell
- -
7 -
Brockton
Sept. 24 Alice B. MacDonald Pulmonary Tuberculosis
24
-
July 31 Edward F. Donovan Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Aug. 27 Daniel F. Crowley Pulmonary Tuberculosis
17
Date Name Disease
Age
Residence
1920 Sept. 25 Minnie (Belasco) Goldsmith Pulmonary Tuberculosis
y. m. d. 51
10
6
Roxbury
Oct. 3 Catherine Van Wart Pulmonary Tuberculosis
26
2
2
Jamaica Plain
Oct. 19
James Cunningham Pulmonary Tuberculosis
30
5
16
E. Boston
Oct. 21 Elvira Prado
20
4
1
Buenos Aires
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
39
8
5
Dorchester
Nov. 1 Joseph L. MacDonald Pulmonary Tuberculosis
19
2
22
Malden
Nov. 2 Patrick J. Campbell
38
9
24
Jamaica Plain
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
26
4
12
Brighton
Nov. 7 Hilary Salander
21
2
16
Cambridge
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Nov. 7 Thomas Blake Merrick
32
8
-
Boston
Pulmonary Tuberculosis Nov. 10 Delia Hanrahan
29
10
15
Springfield
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
24
11
27
Malden
Nov. 13 John Nolan
40
7
4
Nov. 20 Robert L. Burns
24
10
1
Dorchester
Tuberculous Meningitis
31
3
9
Boston
Nov. 27 Thomas P. Geoghegan Pulmonary Tuberculosis
22
10
23
Jamaica Plain
Dec. 4 Henry Morgan Pulmonary Tuberculosis
34
4
27
Dec. 15 Elizabeth Rodgers
23
5
5
Boston
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
43
Haverhill
Dec. 19 Edward J. Rooney Tuberculous Meningitis
23
2
27
Boston
Dec. 26 Walter Seeley
17
2 14
Springfield
Tuberculous Meningitis
Dec. 14 George M. Dossa Tuberculous Meningitis
Nov. 28 Michael J. Sheridan Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Nov. 12 John J. Walsh Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Nov. 5 Mary (Regan) Vessey Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Oct. 26 John R. Flynn Pulmonary Tuberculosis
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DOGS LICENSED During the Year 1920
Received for 113 males at $2.00
$226 00
Received for 26 females at $5.00
130 00
356 00
Less 139 fees at $0.20
27 80
Paid County Treasurer Number of certificates issued :
$328 20
132 citizens' combination hunting and fishing certificates.
33 resident fishermen's certificates.
14 minors' trapping certificates.
2 non-resident fishermen's certificates.
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JURY LIST
As Revised by the Selectmen
Albert F. Wales
Fred L. Handy
J. Warren Moulton
Wenzell J. Brodmerkle
Merrill Eccleston
Joseph M. Moulton
Roland C. Prescott William Spindler Matthew J. Cullen
Erwin L. Maynard
E. Dexter Marsh
James F. O'Herron
Miles E. Griffin
DRAWN DURING THE YEAR
Olin C. Blaisdell, February 18 Howard S. Davis, August 7 Walter H. Prescott, December
Respectfully submitted,
LOUIS M. HANFF, Town Clerk.
Rutland, January 1, 1921.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER
CASH ACCOUNT
Balance Jan. 1, 1920
$2,898 18 $2,898 18
RECEIPTS
Collector:
Miles E. Griffin, Taxes and Water
Rents
$34,750 00 $34,750 98
Loans:
Worcester Bank & Trust Co., Tempo- rary Loans
$24,795 00
Worcester Bank & Trust Co., Road Loans 1,000 00 $25,795 00
Schools:
Com. of Mass., School Fund $1,694 33
Com. of Mass., School Tuition 297 00
Com. of Mass., School Supt. Salary
312 50
Com. of Mass., Income Tax, Gen. School Fund
966 65
Com. of Mass., High School
500 00
$3,770 48
Industrial Schools: Com. of Mass.
$65 89
$65 89
Highways:
Com. of Mass., Town Highways
$3,041 91
County of Worcester, Improved Road
2,000 00
$5,041 91
County Treasurer : Dog Fund
$237 27
$237 27
Rutland State Sanatorium:
Water Rents
$3,492 93
$3,492 93
21
Hall Rents: C. T. Oliver
$283 00 $283 00
Taxes:
Com. of Mass., Income Tax
$1,707 75
Com. of Mass., Corporation Tax, Pub- lic Service 132 75
Com. of Mass., Business
277 95
Com. of Mass., Reimbursement for Taxes 480 17
$2,598 62
Com. of Mass .:
Compensation Inspection of Animals
$31 75
State Aid
244 40
Soldiers' Exemption
109 87
$386 02
Mothers' Aid:
Com. of Mass.
$996 69
City of Cambridge
121 83
$1,118 52
Licenses:
Victor Norstrom, Slaughter License
$25 00
H. P. Everett, Moving Picture 5 00
H. P. Everett, Pool Room
10 00
Emil Allaise, Pool Room
5 00
R. M. Loughman, Garage
8 25
R. W. Temple, Garage
8 25
Mrs. Katherine Fitzpatrick, Sunday
2 50
F. W. Hatstatt, Sunday
2 50
R. W. Temple, Sunday
2 50
A. S. Charter, Sunday
2 50
D. J. Fitzgerald, Sunday
2 50
Geo. M. Davis, Dynamite License
50
$74 50
22
Miscellaneous:
Interest on Deposits
$27 03
C. T. Oliver, Use of Scales 6 70
Charlton Poor Farm, Rebate 26 78
C. W. Putnam, Fire Extinguisher
12 00
Rufus Putnam, 2 Fire Extinguishers 24 00
Boston & Maine R. R., Fire Expense
7 10
F. A. Kehoe, Old Scraper Weeks
5 00
L. M. Hanff, Sealers' Fees
16 98
Anthony Holbrook, Fire Department Harness
30 00
C. J. Campbell, Grass in Old Cemetery 10 00
$165 59
Total
$80,678 89
PAYMENTS
Com. of Mass .:
State Tax
$3,080 00
Special State Tax
145 20
Highway Tax
554 90
Civilian Poll Tax
1,185 00
$4,965 10
County Treasurer:
County Tax
$1,324 00
$1,324 00
Miles E. Griffin :
Tax on Land Taken for Taxes
$8 94
$8 94
Town of Rutland:
Selectmen's Orders
$73,294 65 $73,294 65
Total
$79,592 69
Balance in Treasury
1,086 20
Total
$80,678 89
Respectfully submitted,
WM. C. TEMPLE,
Treasurer.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
The report of the Selectmen for the year ending December 31, 1920, is herewith submitted.
We have drawn 607 orders on the Town Treasurer, amounting to $73,294.65. The analysis of this expenditure will be found on the pages immediately following this statement.
These figures have been arranged as follows:
1. Table of Appropriations.
2. Table showing a Summary of Expenditures.
3. Resources and Liabilities.
4. Separate report of each appropriation.
Appropriations have been arranged alphabetically and each appropriation numbered. By this number, immediate reference may be made to separate report of appropriation.
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APPROPRIATIONS
No.
ОВЈЕСТ
Raised and Appropriated
Other Sources
Total Amount Available
1
Bridge Repairs
$250 00
$250 00
2
Contingent.
800 00
Unappropriated Money
$245 08
Mothers' Aid .
1,118 52
State Aid.
244 40
2,408 00
3
Debts and Interest.
3,500 00
Temporary Loan
29,095 00
Water Loan Interest ..
288 44
Interest, Taxes and Water
487 81
33,371 25
4
Fire Department.
300 00
66 00
366 00
5
Fires and Forest Fires. Boston & Maine R. R.
200 00
7 10
207 10
6 Guide Boards
100 00
100 00
7
Highway
2,840 00
Depot Street.
600 00
Muschopauge Street .
200 00
Com. of Mass., Chap. 155
3,041 91
6,681 91
8
Library .
50 00
49 70
9
Liquor Law Enforcement
25 00
25 00
10
Memorial Day
100 00
100 00
11 Moth Work
50 00
50 00
12 Old Bills.
400 00
400 00
13
Old Cemetery
25 00
25 00
14
Protecting Town Interests.
100 00
100 00
15
Public Buildings
700 00
16
Public Building Repairs
600 00
17
Public Charities.
1,400 00
26 78
1,426 78
18
Salaries Town Officers
1,700 00
31 75
1,731 75
Reimbursement, Cattle Inspector 19 Schools
11,500 00
School Physician .
25 00
Balance School Fund
70 48 100 00
11,595 48 100 00
20
Sidewalk Repairs
21 Snow Removal.
1,000 00
6,000 00
22
Snow Removal (Special Meeting, April 27) . Snow Fence.
200 00
200 00
23
Street Lights
1,050 00
1,050 00
24
Surety on Bonds.
50 00
50 00
25
Trade School.
200 00
65 89
265 89
26
Tree Warden
25 00
25 00
Total, 1920 Regular Appropriations
$32,990 00
$35,478 35
$68,468 35
Unexpended Balance (1919) Dog Fund (1919)
256 49
356 19
Rentals Town Hall.
283 00
983 00 600 00
Charlton Poor Farm Assoc.
5,000 00
Reimbursement
Sale-Fire Ext. and Harness
25
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Cash Balance December 31, 1919 Receipts from all sources
$2,898 18 77,780 71
$80,678 89
Expenditures:
Selectmen's Orders
$73,294 65
State and County Tax
6,298 04
Total Expenditures
$79,592 69
Balance December 31, 1920
1,086 20
Total
$80,678 89
(See Report Town Treasurer)
Summary of Expenditures, Selectmen's Orders
No.
ОВЈЕСТ
Total Amount Available
Expended Selectmen's Orders
Unex- pended not Unexpended Available Available
Overdrawn
1
Bridge Repairs.
$250 00
$29 92
$220 08
2
Contingent. .
2,408 00
2,781 78
$373 78
3
Debts and Interest.
33,371 25
32,984 58
386 67
4
Fire Department.
366 00
304 48
61 52
5
Fires and Forest Fires
207 10
32 70
174 40
6
Guide Boards
100 00
114 38
7
Highways.
6,681 91
6,463 56
$218 35
8
Library
356 19
312 52
43 67
9
Liquor Law Enforcement
25 00
10
Memorial Day
100 00
107 90
7 90
11
Moth Work.
50 00
16 00
34 00
12
Old Bills. .
400 00
290 61
109 39
13
Old Cemetery
25 00
22 00
3 00
14
Protecting Town Int.
100 00
56 00
44 00
16
Public Building Repairs.
600 00
609 02
9 02
17
Public Charities. .
1,426 78
929 27
497 51
18
Salaries Town Officers. .. Schools. .
11,595 48
12,891 54
1,296 06
20
Sidewalk Repairs
100 00
100 00
21
Snow Removal.
6,000 00
5,837 77
162 23
22 |Snow Fence
200 00
151 17
48 83
23
Street Lights
1,050 00
1,029 60
20 40
24 Surety on Bonds
50 00
50 00
25
Trade School .
265 89
290 65
24 76
26
Tree Warden
25 00
35 37
10 37
-
Total Regular Appro.
$68,468 35
$67,870 27
$362 02
$2,067 98
$1,831 92
Improved Road (Special)
3,000 00
3,000 00
Water
2,424 38
2,424 38
Grand Total.
$71,468 35 $73,294 65
$362 02 $2,067 98 $4,256 30
Regular Appropriations, Unexpended Balances Available Regular Appropriations, Overdrawn .
$2,067 98
1,831 92
UNEXPENDED on REGULAR APPROPRIATIONS
$236 06
15
Public Buildings
983 00
1,078 65
95 65
1,731 75
1,450 80
280 95
19
25 00
14 38
27
Total Receipts
26
RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES
-
Resources
Cash on hand $1,086 20
Uncollected Taxes
14,914 21
Uncollected Water Rents
993 47
Com. of Mass., Mothers' Aid (Resident) 237 46
Com. of Mass., Mothers' Aid (Non-Resi- resident) 1,353 55
Com. of Mass., State Poor
702 93
Com. of Mass., State Aid
216 00
Total Resources
$19,503 82
Liabilities
Com. of Mass., Water Loan $6,500 00
Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank,
Building Loan 300 00
Worcester Bank & Trust Co., Improved Road Loan 1,000 00
Worcester Bank & Trust Co., Improved Road Loan 1,000 00
Worcester Bank & Trust Co., Temporary Loan 16,000 00
Griffin, Miles, Tax Collector, Estimated 375 00
Total Liabilities $25,175 00
TOTAL NET DEBT OF TOWN $5,671 18
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SEPARATE REPORTS SHOWING EXPENDITURE OF EACH APPROPRIATION
1
BRIDGE REPAIRS
Appropriation
$250 00
Expended :
Prison Camp and Hospital, labor
$11 20
George E. Smith, lumber
18 72
29 92
Unexpended
$220 08
:
2
CONTINGENT
Appropriation
$800 00
Unappropriated money received by
Treasurer (see Treasurer's Report)
245 08
Money received for Mothers' Aid 1,118 52
Money received for State Aid
244 40
Total available
$2,408 00
Expended :
Incidentals
663 52
Mothers' Aid (residents)
221 47
Mothers' Aid (non-residents)
1,311 06
State Aid
216 00
State Poor
369 73
2,781 78
Overdrawn
$373 78
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ANALYSIS OF FOREGOING EXPENSE INCIDENTALS
Assessors :
Brownell, A. W., supplies $3 25
Hobbs Title Co., abstracts 11 78
Marsh, E. D., postage 2 10
Smith, G. E., trav. exp. and postage 7 06
Smith, Grace, typewriting
8 00
Tripp, E. H., printing, val. bks.
116 00
$148 19
Auditor:
Ela, Frederick, postage
3 10
Tripp, E. H., printing
4 83
7 93
Constable:
Hanff, Louis M., court fees
26 10
Prescott, W. H., livery
3 00
29 10
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Hanff, L. M., trav. and postage 3 00
Selectmen:
Brooks, Frank, auto livery
5 00
Campbell, C. J., postage and tel.
2 30
Carroll, C. E., postage
1 40
Commonwealth Press, town reports
144 00
Frost Office App. Co., supplies
2 95
O'Connor, J. E., auto livery
9 00
Tripp, E. H., printing
27 50
Wright & Potter, auto record
9 75
3 00
201 90
Amount carried forward, $390 12
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Amount brought forward
$390 12
Tax Collector:
Griffin, Miles, supplies and postage
$11 25
Tripp, E. H., printing
17 00
28 25
Town Clerk:
Griffin, Mrs. C. W., supplies
34
Hanff, L. M., exp. to Gardner
6 75
Hanff, L. M., postage
11 25
Hanff, L. M., vital statistics
104 00
Murphy, P. D., supplies
9 30
Tripp, E. H., ballots
27 25
158 89
Treasurer :
Com. of Mass., certification of notes
8 00
Temple, W. C., postage and tel.
14 25
Tripp, E. H., printing
7 25
29 50
Miscellaneous:
Bulfinch, W. M., elec. lunches
21 59
Griffin, Mrs. C. W., supplies
12
Hanff, L. M., justice of peace
5 00
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone
6 05
Oliver, C. T., town clock
24 00
56 76
Total incidentals
663 52
Mothers' Aid (resident)
221 47
Mothers' Aid (non-resident)
1,311 06
State Aid
216 00
State Poor
369 73
Total expended contingent $2,781 78
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3
DEBTS AND INTEREST
Appropriation
$3,500 00
Temporary Loan
29,095 00
Interest on Water Loan
288 44
Interest on Taxes
462 90
Amount available
$33,371 25
Expended :
Commonwealth of Mass., water loan $1,500 00
Worcester Bank & Trust Co., im- proved road loan 500 00
Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank, public building loan 300 00
Worcester Bank & Trust Co., tempo- rary loan 29,095 00
Total notes
$31,395 00
Interest
1,589 58
Total notes and interest
32,984 58
Unexpended
$386 67
4
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$300 00
Sale of fire extinguishers and harness 66 00
Total available $366 00
Expended (see report Fire Engineers)
304 48
Unexpended $61 52
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5
FIRES AND FOREST FIRES
Appropriation
Boston & Maine R. R. Co.
$200 00 7 10
$207 10
Expended :
H. Edward Wheeler and others, forest fires 25 70
H. Edward Wheeler and others, house fires
7 00
32 70
Unexpended
$174 40
6
GUIDE BOARDS
Appropriation $100 00
Expended :
Brown, A. F., and others, installing
$19 00
Macey Sign Co., signs
92 80
Potter, J. A., express
1 58
Wheeler, H. Edward, installing
1 00
114 38
Overdrawn
$14 38
7
HIGHWAYS
Appropriation
$2,840 00
Depot St.
600 00
Muschopauge St.
200 00
Com. of Mass., Chap. 155
3,041 91
Total available
$6,681 91
Amount carried forward
$6,681 91
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Amount brought forward
$6,681 91
Expended :
Brown, A. F., Supt., and others, labor
from May to December, 1920 $5,768 89
American Exp. Co., express
1 96
Calkins, H. W., cartage
1 50
Griffin, Mrs. C. W., gas and oil for truck
131 39
Griffin, Mrs. C. W., supplies
15 71
Ela, F. A., freight
2 10
Loughman, R. M., blacksmith
23 00
Moulton Mfg. Co., gravel
27 03
Moulton, J. W. & A. C.
30 00
N. E. Road Mchy. Co., machinery
repairs
36 46
Waite, H. M., Hdw. Co., tools
29 22
N. E. Metal Culvert Co., culvert
383 57
Brown, A. F.
2 23
Marsh, F. D., cartage
10 50
6,463 56
Unexpended
$218 35
8
LIBRARY
Appropriation
$50 00
Unexpended (1919)
49 70
Dog fund (1919)
256 49
Total available
$356 19
Expended (see report Library Trustees)
312 52
Unexpended $43 67
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9
LIQUOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
Appropriation
$25 00
Expended
00 00
Unexpended
$25 00
10
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
$100 00
Expended :
Bulfinch, W. M., food supplies
$6 90
Denholm, McKay Co., flags
6 00
O'Connor, J. E., auto livery
15 00
Prescott, W. J., music
80 00
107 90
Overdrawn $7 90
11
MOTH WORK
Appropriation
$50 00
Expended :
4
Wheeler, H. Edward, services
16 00
Unexpended $34 00
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12
OLD BILLS
Appropriation
$400 00
Expended :
Arlington Mills, light
$87 50
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight 3 88
Durgin, Everett W., medals 19 10
Economy Electric Co., electric work
64 75
Ferguson, Robert, constable
12 50
Gardner El. Lt. Co., light
73 30
Griffin, Miles, postage
10 83
Potter, J. A., express
1 50
Wales, W. G., constable
6 00
Holbrook, Anthony, meat inspector
4 25
Welch, J. J., election officer
7 00
290 61
Unexpended
$109 39
13
OLD CEMETERY
Appropriation
$25 00
Expended :
Cowee, E. A. Co., fertilizer
$11 00
Munroe, J. W., labor
11 00
22 00
Unexpended $3 00
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PROTECTING TOWN INTERESTS
$100 00
Appropriation Expended :
Campbell, C. J., trav. expenses
$5 00
Thayer, Smith & Gaskill, atty. fees 41 00
Ware, Joseph E., trav. expenses
10 00
56 00
Unexpended
$44 00
15 PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Appropriation
$700 00
Rentals of hall
283 00
Total available
$983 00
Expended (as analyzed below) :
2,669 95
Credit-Two-thirds of ($2,386.95)
net expense, assumed by School
Department
1,591 30
1,078 65
Overdrawn
$95 65
ANALYSIS OF FOREGOING EXPENSE
Electric Light:
Gardner El. Lt. Co.
$66 68
$66 68
Fuel:
Calkins, H. W., wood
38 00
Marsh, E. D., coal
911 06
Pratt Coal Co., coal
234 20
1,183 26 .
Amount carried forward
$1,249 94
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Amount brought forward
$1,249 94
Insurance:
Hanff, Louis M.
$140 90
Marsh, C. Arthur Smith, F. A. & Son
12 70
35 23
188 83
Janitor:
Oliver, Clarence T.
1,171 90
1,171 90
Miscellaneous:
Balir Mfg. Co., rep. lawn mower
1 95
Brewer & Co., cleaning supplies 5 88
Griffin, Mrs. C. W., supplies
13 04
Marsh, E. D., moving ashes
6 00
Perkins & Butler, paper
12 75
Potter, J. A., express
2 16
Ross Bros., rep. lawn mower
2 50
Stone & Underhill, grate repairs
2 50
West Side Nurseries, plants
12 50
Total expense $2,669 95
Note-Deducting rentals of hall ($283) from ex- penditures ($2,669.95) shows a net expense of $2,386.95. Two-thirds of this net expense, or $1,591.30, assumed by School Department.
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16
PUBLIC BUILDING REPAIRS
$600 00
Appropriation
Expended :
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight $1 22
Brennan, Henry & Son, doors and finish
95 00
Brewer & Co., paints and oil
54 93
Duncan & Goodale Co., hardware
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