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William J. Prescott
Walter B. Ware
Homer B. Loverin
Edward C. Allen
Respectfully submitted,
LOUIS M. HANFF,
Rutland, January 1, 1916
Town Clerk
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
Of the Financial Condition of the Town for the Year ending December 31, 1915
The report of the Selectmen for the year ending Dec. 31, 1915 is herewith submitted :
We have drawn 561 orders on the Town Treasurer, amounting to $51,338.88, as follows :
Salaries of Town Officers
Appropriation
$1200 00
Received from State one-half compensation inspection animals 12 00
Amount available
$1212 00
TOWN CLERK
Louis M. Hanff
$56 00
$56 00
SELECTMEN
J. Warren Moulton
$80 00
William C. Temple
75 00
Daniel J. Fitzgerald
75 00
$230 00
ASSESSORS
Joseph E. Ware
$82 00
George H. Miles
79 45
Arthur F. Brown
73 75
$235 20
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OVERSEERS OF POOR
Louis M. Hanff Joseph E. Ware Matthew J. Cullen
$25 00
25 00
00 00
$50 00
WATER COMMISSIONERS
George H. Miles
$10 00
William White
10 00
E. Dexter Marsh
10 00
$30 00
COLLECTOR
Charles J. Campbell, taxes
$310 32
66 water rents
40 00
$350 32
TREASURER
H. Edward Wheeler
$125 00 $125 00
AUDITOR
C. J. Gray, estate, 1914
$18 00
Edward H. Leonard
15 24
$33 24
REGISTRARS
Louis M. Hanff
$15 00
J. Warren Moulton
10 00
William C. Temple
10 00
Daniel J. Fitzgerald
10 00
45 00
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CONSTABLES
Michael H. Scott
18 00
Patrick D. Murphy
5 00
$23 00
BOARD OF HEALTH
William E. Chamberlain, two years $40 00 $40 00
Amounts expended for town officers' salaries
$1217 76
Overdrawn
$5 76
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Appropriation
$5200 00
Receipts from other sources
2244 73
School Physician appropriation
25 00
Total
$7469 73
Orders drawn
7377 38
Unexpended balance $92 35
(See report of School Committee)
POOR DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC CHARITIES
Appropriation
$700 00
Paid orders for poor department
605 92
Public charities
317 64
Mother's aid
222 00
$1145 56
Overdrawn $445 56
Due from State and city of Cambridge
on account of Mothers' aid 222 00
Net overdraft $223 56
(See report of Overseers)
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HIGHWAYS
Appropriation Orders drawn
$2000 00
2068 29
Overdrawn $68 29
Special work on Selectmens' order
61 00
$8 29
(See report of Highway Surveyor)
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
$50 00
Order drawn
50 00
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation (dog fund)
$253 51
Balance unexpended of last year
123 59
Total
$357 10
Orders drawn
335 66
Unexpended balance
$21 44
(See Trustees' report)
SOLDIERS RELIEF
Appropriation $50 00
Orders drawn
60 00
Overdrawn
$10 00
STREET LIGHTS
Appropriation
$1100 00
Paid Gardner Electric Light Co. 850 13
Unexpended balance
$249 87
LIQUOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
Appropriation $100 00
Unexpended balance $100 00
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STATE ROAD WORK
Appropriation
$3000 00
Received from State From County
1500 00
$9814 69
Paid Charles E. Horne
6152 03
Unexpended balance
$3662 69
INSTALLING ELECTRIC LIGHTS IN PUBLIC BUILDING
Appropriation
$500 00
Paid Coughlin Electric Co.
540 00
Overdrawn
$40 00
PUBLIC BUILDING ACCOUNT
Paid Michael H. Scott, janitor
$540 00
E. D. Marsh, coal
623 77
John W. Munroe, sawing wood
2 09
C. W. Griffin, supplies
9 36
George H. Clark & Co., creolin
70
Gardner Electric Light Co.,
81 68
H. W. Calkins, wood
12 50
Perkins & Butler, paper
5 62
B. & M. R. R., freight
2 16
Coughlin Electric Co., globes
18 00
George H. Miles, plumbing
6 30
Stone Underhill Co., furnace repairs
26 50
L. F. Hanff, electric fixtures
3 05
Brewer & Co., sweeping compound
6 88
$1338 61
The rentals received from the hall
313 25
Net expense
$1025 36
Of this amount, two-thirds or is charged to school account and one-third
683 57
341 79
is charged to public building
5314 69
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REPAIRS ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Appropriation out of treasury
$300 00
Paid George E. Smith, labor $ 6 79
Dnucan, Goodell Co., hardware
2 00
Howard S. Davis, labor
91
L. M. Hanff, lumber
2 32
C. W. Griffin, hardware
7 95
E. G. Higgins Co., shades
2 99
Brewer & Co., oils
12 35
Henry Brannon & Son, screens
8 00
John Jameson, labor
24 08
Frank Gleason, labor
6 00
C. T. Oliver, labor
3 70
Total
$77 09
Unexpended balance
$222 91
DEBTS AND INTEREST
Appropriation
$4000 00
Out of treasury
2000 00
Total
$6000 00
Paid Mechanics National Bank, refund loan $2000 00
State of Mass., water loan
1000 00
State of Mass., building loan
1000 00
Worcester Five Cents Bank
400 00
Worcester Trust Co., electric pump
600 00
bridge loan
100 00
60
forest fire loan
600 00
$5700 00
Merchants Nat. Bank, temporary loan
8000 00
Worcester Trust Co., 66
10000 00
Total
$18000 00
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INTEREST
Paid State of Mass. $638 75
Mechanics National Bank
35 39
Worcester Trust Co.
469 78
Worcester County Institution
280 00
Worcester Five Cents Bank
57 77
City of Worcester
8 75
Merrell, Oldham Co.
17 50
Merchants National Bank
160 00
$1667 94
Total orders drawn for notes and interest
$25367 94
Interest on water loan assumed by
Water Department
$602 00
Interest received on taxes
349 34
Temporary loan paid
18000 00
$18951 34
Overdrawn
$416 60
NEW BRIDGE
Appropriation, borrowed
$400 00
Orders drawn 364 55
Unexpended balance $35 45
(See Highway Report)
1914 BILLS
Appropriation $58 00
Paid John W. Munroe, improving
Old Cemetery 58 00
1S
SNOW BILLS
Paid William J. Hunt
$20 40
Thomas Connor
1 20
Merrill Forbush
14 90
G. E. Fay
1 25
J. W. Moulton
2 00
Fred Kehoe
13 80
George Mixter
3 60
A. C. Hammond
1 80
Merrill Eccleston
2 60
C. J. Campbell
2 60
B. J. Welch
9 53
John Hendrickson
1 40
Le Beaux Bros.
6 40
Clarence E. Prescott
7 60
Frank Brooks
1 20
Matti Mattson
60
Newton Sargent
1 00
L. H. Stearns
1 00
W. H. Prescott
80
Lewis Merriam
5 00
George M. Taylor
13 10
M. J Cullen
1 50
George E Gordon
5 00
Della Latowne
9 30
M. Delahanty
21 20
E. Viner
2 45
J. E. O'Leary
5 20
W. H. Brodmerkle
9 80
Button Segar
2 60
W. H. Hammond
1 20
N. M. Calkins
3 20
H. W. Calkins
1 40
James Strong
4 00
Joseph Strong
4 00
M. Nihin
2 60
Leslie Prescott
5 80
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Paid F. D. Forbush
$ 7 10
M. McGann
1 40
A. E. Codding
22 00
W. R. Upham
1 20
Joe Scott
1 50
H. B. Loverin
5 10
George E. Smith
6 10
Joseph Martin
60
William Morasky
3 20
George Rice
13 30
Edward Flaherty
5 00
Merrill Wheeler
1 80
T. F. Welch
5 00
W. C. Temple
5 10
H. E. Wheeler
70
$270 13
INCIDENTALS
Appropriation for incidentals and snow $1500 00
Balance of unexpended appropriations 628 63
By vote of the town conveyed to above account unappropriated money received by Treas- urer
261 04
$2389 67
INCIDENTALS
Paid C. T. Oliver, labor on curtain
$ 6 40
E. II. Tripp town reports
117 00
M. J. Cullen, labor on curtain
2 00
H. W. Johns, Manville Co., curtain
39 40
Frank A. Smith & Sons, insurance
22 60
E. H. Tripp, office supplies 9 00
George E. Smith, automobile hire
5 00
P. B. Murphy, dog blanks
1 75
Frost Stamp Co., stamps
3 15
Bureau of Statistics, certifying note
2 00
20
Paid C. B. Scott, inspecting meats $44 00
W. & L. E. Gurley, sealers supplies 6 40
Brierly, Lombard Co., fire extinguishers 103 50
Brewer & Co., chemicals 3 28
E. H. Tripp, Treasurer's supplies 2 00
C. W. Griffin, office supplies 15
10 00
J. E. Mc William, fire department supplies Barnard, Sumner, Putnam Co., 200th anniversary 11 96
J. H. Ward, oils and repairs on truck 16 75
E. H. Tripp, office supplies 5 75
Coughlin Electric Co., lamps and fixtures
115 17
L. M. Hanff, insurance
63 80
Brewer & Co., chemicals 12 13
L. Q. Spaulding, care of town clock 2 years 40 00
M. H. Scott, work on guide posts
2 00
Erskine & Felton, legal advice 3 00
E. H. Tripp, assessors supplies 9 00
Frost Stamp Co., stamps 1 90
Stowell Printing Co., Sealers supplies 1 30
J. E. O'Connor, teaming 5 00
Franklin Square Garage, repairs on truck Hobbs Title Co., titles
9 60
Wakefield Daily Item, assessors supplies
3 85
D. H. Rice, court fees 10 98
L. M. Hanff, Treasurer's and Collector's bond 35 00
L. M. Hanff, guide boards, labor and material 20 06
L. M. Hanff, lettering fire truck 3 25
George F. Blake, galvanized iron 5 84
W. D. Thompson, electrical engineer services 25 00
W. R. Edson, Paxton celebration 13 00
Fuller Regalia Co., costumes
1 50
McDuff Linen Co., cloth
10 16
C. E. Hodgerney, repairs on truck 1 50
C. W. Griffin, supplies 3 85
12 12
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Paid Worcester Telegram Co., advertising $ 3 15
H. G. Calkins, trimming trees 2 25
E. H. Tripp, valuation reports 67 10
Davis Press, Board of Health supplies 18 50
F. A. Kehoe, care of dumping grounds 7 00
C. B. Scott, inspecting meats
149 75
H. W. Calkins, freight 1 50
Bureau of Statistics, certifying notes
6 00
E. H. Tripp, printing
24 25
Erskine & Felton, legal advice 25 00
Frank A. Smith, insurance 10 00
Sanford, Putnam Co., book 70
L. M. Hanff, court fees 53 24
H. E. Wheeler, express 26
M. H. Scott, labor on clock 6 60
C. J. Campbell, postage
10 00
John H. Griffin, express 1 26
20 00
W. M. Bulfinch, supplies for election 4 87
J. H. Ward, repairs and supplies for truck
8 40
Davis & Bannister, books 1 20
W. E. Hunt, repairing tables 3 25
George E. Smith, freight 50
J. E. O'Connor, teaming 2 00
J. E. Ware, maintaining water trough 5 00
J. W. Moulton, postage, telephone, stationery 7 00
J. W. Moulton, three trips to Boston 18 00
J. W. Moulton, two trips to Worcester, highway account 6 00
W. C. Temple, attending hearing in Worcester 3 00
D. J. Fitzgerald, trip to Boston and Wor- cester, Highway account 9 00
H. E. Wheeler, Tree Warden expense 11 00
H. E. Wheeler, four trips to Worcester on loans 12 00
H. E. Wheeler, postage and telephones 9 70
George E. Smith, Dog Officer
22
Paid John W. Munroe, labor in old cemetery $ 5 40
L. M. Hanff, postage and supplies 6 25
L. M. Hanff, agent Board of Health 16 00
I. M. Hanff, administering oath to town officer 5 00
L. M. Hanff, Overseers of Poor expenses 10 25
L. M. Hanfi, recording births, deaths and marriages 40 50
L. M. Hanff, sealers expenses 16 75
L. M. Hanff, special officer 6 00
W. R. Upham, election officer 2 00
W. J. Prescott, 60
2 00
Lewis F. Drury, 66 66
4 00
M. J. Cullen,
4 00
C. T. Oliver, 66
66
2 00
T. F. McCarthy 66
66
2 00
James E. O'Connor
66
4 00
E. D. Marsh, 66
16 .
2 00
J. E. Ware
66
4 00
J. E. Ware, assessors supplies
3 69
George H. Miles, fertilizer for cemetery
28 50
John Ventham forest fires 1 62
Michael Bronsky
66
14 00
George E. Smith 66
5 25
C. J. Campbell 66. 66
5 50
Henry Converse .... 6.6
94 08
W. E. Hunt
13 80
Town of Hubbardston "
39 82
J. W. Moulton
66
71 25
A. E. Traver 66
60 20
J. H. Ward 66
7 50
Roper Lumber & Box Co., forest fires 5 00
$318 02
.
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Total Snow Bills 270 13
$1898 56
Total Incidentals and Snow Bills $2168 69
Unexpended balance
$220 98
H. E. Wheeler, moth work
$48 25
H. F, Fay,
18 00
Leslie Prescott 66
21 37
$87 62
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Recapitulation
Town Officers
Schools
Poor
1145 56 2068 29
Highways
Memorial Day
50 00 335 66
Public Library
Street Lights
850 13
Soldiers' Relief
60 00
Old Cemetery
58 00
State Road
Debts and Interest
New Bridge
364 55
Public Building
341 7
Repairs on Public Building
Forest Fires
Snow Bills
Incidentals
Moth Work
Water Department
State Aid
Mother's Aid
Installing Electric Lights
$1217 76 7377 38
6152 03 25367 94
77 0
318 0 270 1 1492 4
87 7
2539 2 312 0
222 0 540 0
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Financial Statement
LIABILITIES
State Treasurer, water loan
$12500 00
Herson Bros.,
500 00
State Treasurer, building loan
3000 00
Worcester Five Cents Bank, building loan
1900 00
Worcester County Institution, refund loan 8000 00
1800 00
Worcester Trust Co., electric pump loan 66 66 iron bridge
400 00
Worcester Five Cents, iron bridge
400 00
66 temporary loan
9000 00
Due on state road work
3662 69
$41162 69
RESOURCES
Due from State Aid
$312 00
Que from Mother's Aid
222 00
Unpaid water rents
810 64
Jncollected taxes, in Collector's hands
8712 64
Cash in treasury
4322 28
Total
$14379 29
Total debt of town
$26783 40
Respectfully submited, J. WARREN MOULTON, WILLIAM C. TEMPLE, DANIEL J. FITZGERALD,
Selectmen of Rutland
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Appropriations Recommended .for 1916
The Town Officers submit the following list of appropriations for 1916:
Schools
$5200 00
Debts and Interest
Town Officers' Salaries
Support of Poor and Public Charities
Highways
Incidentials and Snow
Repairs on Public Buildings
Soldiers' Relief
Memorial Day
Liquor Law Enforcement
Street Lights
Public Library, Dog Fund
Total
7000 00 1200 00 700 00 1700 00 1500 00 300 00 60 00 50 00
100 00 900 00
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REPORT OF Overseers of the Poor
For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1915
PAID
NUMBER FULLY SUPPORTED
No. 1 Charlton Poor Farm Association $206 34
NUMBER PARTIALLY SUPPORTED
Nos. 1 and 2 Town of Berlin $119 44
3 City of Worcester, City Hospital 25 71
4 66
25 71
5 66 66 10 00
6
97 15
7
66 66
37 14
Paid City of Worcester, Mother's Aid to Rutland case 56 00
Charlton Poor Farm Association, annual assessment 28 43
$605 92
Mother's Aid paid by Overseer's order
$222 00
Of this amount there is due from Common- wealth of Massachusetts 74 00
From City of Cambridge
148 00
$222 00
Respectfully submitted
JOSEPH E. WARE, MATTHEW J. CULLEN, LOUIS M. HANFF,
Rutland, Jan. 1, 1916
Overseers of Poor
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Annual Report of the
Charlton Poor Farm Asso'n
From January 1, 1915 to January 1, 1916
EXPENDITURES
Orin L. Potter and wife
$650 00
Outside labor
309 05
Inside labor
417 06
Groceries
1649 79
Meat
414 70
Hardware
68 25
Dry goods and clothing;
364 86
Boots and shoes
86 63
Grain
1362 63
Blacksmithing
46 40
Tobacco
73 30
Stock
184 50
Sleigh
25 00
Filling ice house
38 50
Filling silo
77 60
Phosphate
128 25
Miscellaneous
483 89
Furniture
72 93
Tools and seeds
118 61
Medicine and medical attendance
13 43
Fish and oysters
42 97
Printing
15 00
Coal
317 32
Oil
12 40
Painting wagons
9 00
Rent and interest
585 96
$7568 03
RECEIPTS
Milk
$2087 75
Stock
-661 83
Eggs
73 18
Potatoes
19 58
Hay
40 00
Miscellaneous
31 50
Outside labor
197 86
$3111 70
ASSESSMENTS
Charlton
$44 70
Holden
57 59
Princeton
46 03
Oakham
11 40
Hardwick
90 09
Millbury
99 61
Sterling
39 40
Holland
3 60
Paxton
12 64
Auburn
53 63
Rutland
28 43
Hubbardston
23 47
Westminster
30 29
Leicester
79 15
$620 0%
CASH RECEIVED
Millbury
$1141 95
Charlton
463 55
Holden
463 55
Princeton
418 35
30
Hardwick
211 44
Westminster
206 34
Paxton
206 34
Sterling
206 34
Rutland
206 34
Holland
206 34
Hubbardston
63 34
Auburn
42 42
$3836 30
$7568 03
APPORTIONMENT
The number of inmates who have been supported by the Charlton Por Farm Association from January 1, 1915 to January 1, 1916, constitutes the following apportionment :
TOWN
NO. OF INMATES
WEEKS
PRICE
AMOUNT
Millbury
8
2884
$3 95.7
$1141 95
Charlton
3
1174
3 95.7
463 55
Holden
6
117,
3 95.7
463 55
Princeton
3
1055
3 95 7
418 35
Hardwick
2
533
3 95.7
211 44
Westminster
1
52₺
3 95.7
206 34
Paxton
1
52₺
3 95.7
206 34
Sterling
1
521
3 95 7
206 34
Rutland
1
524
3 95.7
206 34
Holland
1
3 95.7
206 34
Hubbardston
1
16
3 95.7
63 34
Auburn
1
105
3 95.7
42 42
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Following is a list of towns comprising the Charlton Poor Farm Association and the amount of assessment bond upon each town valuation :
TOWN
VALUATION
ASSESSMENT
Auburn
$1,730,000
$53 63
Charlton
1,442,080
44 70
Hardwick
2,906,135
90 09
Holden
1,857,782
57 59
Holland
116,133
3 60
Hubbardston
757,225
23 47
Leicester
2,553,278
79 15
Millbury
3,213,293
99 61
Oakham
367,774
11 40
Paxton
407,948
12 64
Princeton
1,485,128
46 03
Rutland
917,325
28 43
Sterling
1,270,940
39 40
Westminster
977,225
30 29
WILLIAM H. PARKMAN, PRES., Oakham
L. M. HANFF, SEC., Rutland
A. FREDERICK PUTNAM, TREAS., Charlton
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Report of The Water Department
The Water Department has made ten new connections since the last report, three of which are not being used at present. When the state road was being done the Commissioners deemed it advise- able to connect up every house on Main street that was not connected so as to avoid tearing up the state road at some future time when it would be more expensive to do the work. An extension of one inch pipe 900 feet in length from the Old Bartlett Barn on Central Tree road toards the Holden line.
Every house in town that is on the water line is now connected with the system.
There are now 80 patrons using water, 46 paying flat rate price and five patrons using water in summer only.
The electric pump is not provided with a register so it is impossible to give the number of gallons pumped as in the past report. The Superintendent has received some figures on attaching a register and indicator to the pump that may be bought the com- ming year.
1915
Jan. 1 Amount on hand to pay balance due on electric pump $469 15
Paid International Pump Co., last payment on pump 448 75
Unexpended balance
$20 40
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
DR.
C. E. Viner, services pumping
$279 00
labor new construction 36 32
" on leaks
3 37
" on repairs
10 88
66 cash paid for express aud cartage 2 05
wood 1 50
Gardner Electric Light Co., power
1012 48
Central Supply Co., pipe and fittings 239 13
Howard George, carting coal, 1914
77 91
George H. Clark & Co., oil 2 88
E. Dexter Marsh, coal and freight paid 13 16
2 15
International Pump Co., valves
12 31
Michael Loughman, blacksmithing
3 75
Richard M. Loughman
2 75
Neptune Water Meter Co., meters
87 15
Hersey Meter Co., meters
7 40
Henry W. Calkins, cartage
4 25
Clarence W. Griffin, supplies
1 03
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight .
2 65
Fred B. Shippee, labor on trench
26 75
George M. Davis,
28 25
Clinton B. Scott, 66
19 12
Michael Nihin,
..
and leaks
66 13
Michael H. Scott,
20 00
City of Worcester, labor on connections and valves
37 81
Herbert Mitchell, inspection of boilers
5 00
W. L. Brown Electric Co., fuses
1 50
George HI. Miles, labor on connections
18 85
leaks
2 75
66
repairs
2 93
66
fittings and cartage
2 50
John F. Maginness Co., lead and tubes
6 80
Louis M. Hanff, services as superintendent 25 00
reading meters 25 00
$2090 51
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Eastern Supply Co., grease
40
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Bills rendered to State Sanatorium for year ending December 31, 1915 $2255 99
Bills rendered to Charles J. Campbell, Collec- tor for the town patrons from January 1 1914 to December 1, 1915 1447 90
For service connections, meters and water used on state road 216 07
Fittings returned
3 15
$3923 11
Town appropriation for hydrants
$350 00
Two watering troughs 10 00
Water for public building 20 00
380 00
$4393 11
Bills approved and paid to Dec. 31, 1915
$2090 51
Interest on water and steam pump loan 602 00
$2692 51
Balance in favor of the Water Department
$1609 60
Amount of bills rendered
$3919 96
Total expense
2692 51
Cash balance
$1227 45
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE H. MILES, WILLIAM WHITE, E. DEXTER MARSH, Water Commissioner,
LOUIS M. HANFF,
Superintenden
Rutland, Jan. 1, 1916
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Report of the Treasurer
H. Edward Wheeler, Treasurer, in account with the inhabitants of the Town of Rutland, Mass., for the financial year ending Dec. 31, 1915.
DR.
Jan. 1, 1915, cash on hand
$2533 43
Rec'd of C. J. Campbell, collector
24574 63
W. H. Scott, hall rents
313 25
Interest on deposits
126 76
B. & M. R. R., use of fire truck
2 00
International Pump Co., over paid bill 50
H. Converse, pool license 10 00
C. L. Parker, Sunday license 2 50
D. J. Shippee, pool and Sunday license
12 50
A. E. Codding, Sunday license
2 50
D. J. Fitzgerald Sunday license 2 50
B. & M. R. R., use of fire truck and chemicals 5 00
L. M. Hanff, auctioneers license 1 00
Josephine Doran, Sunday license 2 50
J. W. Munroe, grass in old cemetary
15 00
M. J. Cullen, for asbestos curtain 40 00
Edgar Glidden, moving picture license 5 00
Niclis Kentros, pedlers license 6 00
Il. Converse, use of fire truck 4 00
A. J. Richardson, fines 10 00
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Victor Norstrom, slaughter license $ 1 00
Frank Mosier, pedlers license 6 00
City of Boston, tuition
126 00
W. C. Temple, School Superintendents account 312 50
Commonwealth of Mass. on state road
3518 67
Commonwealth of Mass. on loan fund, Western Mass. highway
1796 02
Commonwealth of Mass., school fund
1071 62
Commonwealth of Mass., high school tuition 500 00
Commonwealth of Mass , corporation public service 1 77
Commonwealth of Mass., national bank tax 2 37
Commonwealth of Mass., State aid
304 00
Commonwealth of Mass., tuition of children 234 61
Commonwealth of Mass., Rutland State Sanatorium building 2 70
Commonwealth of Mass , one-half com-
pensation of inspection of animals 12 00
State of Mass., reimbursement for loss of taxes on land used for public ins. 377 40
Worcester Trust Co., temporary loan 10000 00
Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank, temporary loan 8651 32
Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank, for iron bridge 400 00
Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank, state road loan 2000 00
Central Supply Co.
3 15
County Treasurer, dog fund 204 46
County Treasurer, improved roads
1500 00
$58694 6€
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l'aid State Treasurer, State tax
$2047 50
repairing state highway
58 00
County Treasurer, County tax
928 00
Selectmen's orders
51338 88
Cash on hand to balance
4322 28
$58694 66
RUFUS HOUGHTON CEMETERY FUND
In Five Cents Savings Bank
$100 00
Interest accrued 4 04
$104 04
Paid W. C. Temple, Treasurer Rural Ceme- tary Association 4 04
Balance in bank $100 00
Respectfully submitted,
H. EDWARD WHEELER,
Treasurer
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Report of Tax Collector
For the Financial Year ending Dec. 31, 1915
DR.
1914 Tax. Amount uncollected Jan. 1,1915 $9084 71
Interest collected 342 61
$9427 32
CR.
Paid Town Treasurer
$9279 56
Abatement orders 147 76
$9427 32
DR.
1915 Tax. Amount committed to collect
$19685 40
Interest collected 6 73
$19692 13
CR.
Paid Town Treasurer $10959 76
Abatement orders 20 00
Uncollected tax 8712 37
$19692 13
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WATER ACCOUNT
Bills presented
Paid
Due
Jan. 1, 1913 to July 1, 1913 $ 9 86
$ 9 86
July 1, 1913 to Jan. 1, 1914
51 00
48 00
$ 3 00
Jan. 1, 1914 to July 1, 1914
198 64
168 14
30 50
July 1, 1914 to Dec. 1, 1914
368 42
319 87
48 55
Dec. 1, 1914 to June 1, 1915
704 05
581 69
122 36
June 1, 1915 to Dec. 1, 1915
743 85
271 06
472 79
Due from State Sanatorium Dec. 31, 1914,
584 32
584 32
12 months water from San- atorium ending Dec. 1915
2255 99
2255 99
$4916 13
$4238 93
$677 20
EXTRAS
July 1, 1911 to Jan. 1, 1912
$ 1 00
$ 1 00
July 1, 1913 to Jan. 1, 1914
1 50
1 50
Jan. 1, 1914 to July 1, 1914
10 00
10 00
July 1, 1914 to Dec. 1, 1914
6 25
6 25
Dec. 1, 1914 to June 1, 1915
81 33
58 76
$ 22 57
June 1, 1915 to Dec. 1, 1915
134 74
18 87
115 87
$5150 95
$4335 31
$815 64
Respectfully Submitted,
CHARLES J. CAMPBELL,
Collector.
40
Report of
The Highway Surveyor
The town of Rutland voted two thousand dollars [$2000.00] used for repairing its roads and bridges during the year 1915.
The following are the amounts that I have expended each month :
In the month of April
$393 86
May
568 79
66
.. June
569 38
August
103 96
66
September
250 90
66
October
40 88
EXPENDITURES
One metal culvert pipe
$25 92
Iron culvert pipe
10 60
Gravel
6 30
Tools and blacksmithing
21 60
Repairs on scraper
15 10
STATE ROAD WORK
Special work on account of state road by Selectmen's order
$37 00
Special work by Selectmen's order
24 00
$2068 29
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CHICKERING BRIDGE
The town voted five hundred dollars [$500 00] for a new bridge over the Ware river, known as the Chickering bridge.
I expended the following :
Paid George F. Blake & Co., for iron beams and bolts $246 80
W. H. Sawyer Co., for lumber 42 08
F. D. Forbush, lumber and poles
5 00
Labor on bridge
60 87
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
9 05
A. E. Codding, spikes
75
$364 55
List of Tools, Etc., Belonging to Town
2 road machines
1 Plow
5 shovels
4 picks
2 iron bars
4 hoes
The prison camp have done work on the highways to the mount of $500, and Moulton Bros. to the amount of $100.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK D. FORBUSH,
Highway Surveyor
42
REPORT OF THE
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation
$253 51
Balance from last year
123 59
Total
$377 10
Paid Mrs. M. C. Prouty, librarian 50 00
Mildred M. Prouty, acting librarian
12 00
Charlotte Drury, librarian
50 00
Denholm, Mckay Co., books
92 58
Charles E Lauriate Co , books
82 80
J. S. Wesby, binding books
15 55
Library Bureau, supplies
2 09
Charlotte Drury, assisting to classify books 21 00
H. W. Calkins, freight
2 22
M. H. Scott, labor
3 00
Yaroman Fiber Co., supplies
1 12
Joseph F Scott, labor
1 50
C. W. Griffin, supplies
2 80
Balance unexpended
$41 44
Received from fines, cards and summer tran- sients $23 45
Paid for supplies, postage and book
15 13
Balance $8 32
$335 66
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The following organizations contributed for the reading room :
The Firemen
10 00
The Board of Trade
5 00
Rufus Putnam Lodge
5 00
The Grange
3 00
Home Relief
3 00
Ladies' Union
2 50
Christian Endeavor
1 50
$30 60
Since July 17, 2015 books have been taken from the library.
The reading room has been used during the same period by 613 persons.
144 new books have been added by purchase. 52 volumes were given by Rev. Mr. Peebles, 6 by Mrs. Fitzpatrick, one by Mrs. Chetwood Smith and quite a number by the Library Commission.
Magazines have been contributed by Mrs. Joseph Moulton, Mrs. Maurice Menges and Mrs. Hill.
During the summer the Public Library Commission very gene- 'ously offered the services of an expert librarian free of charge to is, to classify and recatalogue the library. Accordingly in the atter part of June the library was thoroughly overhauled, many of he unused books were disposed of, the remainder were put in good condition and classified in an up-to-date manner. This work Look the Librarian and an assistant, furnished by the town, nearly a nonth, and the result is, we have a library in fine condition for the ise of the public.
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