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8
12
Malden, Mass.
18 Lucy D. Brewer Tuberculosis
27
9
28
Boston, Mass.
18 Boston Brown Tuberculosis
34
1 27
Philadelphia, Pa.
19 Wallace Jones Tuberculosis
32
5
23
Springfield, Mass.
19 Carl Northrp Tuberculosis
33
1
11
N. Bedford, Mass.
20 Catherine Hickey Tuberculosis
21
3
7
Chelsea, Mass.
21 David English Tuberculosis
36
1
1
Hartford, Conn.
21 John J. McMahon Tuberculosis
35
11
21
Nashua, N. H.
24 Helen F. Shulda Tuberculosis
19
9
15
Turners F., Mass.
23 William J. Ward Tuberculosis
34
2
18
Providence, R. I.
25 Frederick B. Blair Tuberculosis
40
2
25
Boston, Mass.
26 Einar Nordahl Tuberculosis
35
5
28
Worcester, Mass.
28 Walter H. Bunnell Tuberculosis
31
9
11 N. Bedford, Mass.
26
DEATHS (Continued)
Age .
Date Name Disease
Y
M
D
Residence
28 Kenneth D. Taylor Tuberculosis
34
1
13
Everett, Mass.
July
1 Marion Heath Tuberculosis
23
9
6
Boston, Mass.
5 Chester A. Bemis Tuberculosis
25
6
14
Winchendon, Mass.
6 Charles H. Field Injuries from fall
69
10
28
Baldw'le, Mass.
S Israel Sovronsky Tuberculosis
25
10
4
Malden, Mass.
10 Michael J. Mailey Tuberculosis
41
0
22
Providence, R. I.
14 George L. Phillips Tuberculosis
45
10
15
Malden, Mass.
15 Robert L. Currant Tuberculosis
39
4
11
Belmont, Mass.
19 Mary Kennedy Tuberculosis
20
3
12
Leominster, Mass.
21 Edward O. O'Donnell Tuberculosis
33
8
19
Brooklyn, N. Y.
22 Thomas J. Cahill Tuberculosis
33
3
14
Lowell, Mass.
23 Catherine McDonough Tuberculosis
41
6
16
Dorchester, Mass.
28 Walter DeForge Tuberculosis
51
2
28
Boston, Mass.
28 Frederick R. Galvin Tuberculosis
35
2
15
Wallaston, Mass.
29 Elizabeth R. Wright Tuberculosis
61
10
21 No. Ashb'm., Mass.
27 Clyde D. Murray 'Tuberculosis
29
11
26
Boston, Mass.
30 Edward D. Semenario Tuberculosis
41
9
15
Pittsfield, Mass.
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DEATHS (Continued)
Age
Date Name Disease
Y
M
D
Residence
August
4 Donald Moore Tuberculosis
21
4
10 W Newton, Mass.
7 Thomas J. Burke Tuberculosis º
35
9
6
Dorchester, Mass.
8 Ida Stevenson Tuberculosis
22
8
6
Winthrop, Mass.
14 Edward F. Penney Tuberculosis
35
1
22
Dover, N. H.
17 John F. Fleming Nephritis, Tuberculosis
30
0
17
Boston, Mass.
18 Charles Hanson - Endothehoma of lung
29
1
20
New York City
20 Cipriano Paralejas Tuberculosis
28
5
4
Charlest'n, Mass.
23 Harry R. Yates Tuberculosis
33
11
4
Schagticoke, N. Y.
23 Myron Meyerson Tuberculosis
26
9
3 New Britain, Con.
27 William A. Meehan Tuberculosis
41
9
7
Somerville, Mass.
27 George H. Bromfield Tuberculosis
30
9
7
E. Boston, Mass.
28 Marcello Cayang Tuberculosis
37
8
28
Brooklyn, N. Y.
29 Mildred Earley Tuberculosis
22
Providence, R. I.
31 Charles Ross Tuberculosis
25
5
25
Winchester, Mass.
31 Cecilia Rhor Tuberculosis
22
4
14
Webster, Mass.
September
2 Carl Lorch Tuberculosis
39
11
16
Brooklyn, N. Y.
3 Mary Farrington Tuberculosis
26
7
28
Waverly, Mass.
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DEATHS (Continued)
Age
Date Name Disease
Y
M
D
Residence
4 James H. Early Tuberculosis
36
7
1
Attleboro, Mass.
4 John Novosel Tuberculosis
50
11
S
Somerville, Mass.
Adelbert C. Newcomb Tuberculosis
29
2
17
Brewster, Mass.
8 Charles P. Tratter Tuberculosis
37
7
1
Meriden, Conn.
13 Walter Ermak
42
10
25 Farnums'le, Mass.
Tuberculosis
42
3
S
Somerville, Mass.
20 Dorothy M. Scott Tuberculosis
26
4
10
Cambridge Mass.
21 Lucy H. Taylor Tuberculosis
80
5
28
Worcester, Mass.
24 George H. Mitchell Tuberculosis
61
8
11
Northboro, Mass.
30 Edward J. Powers Tuberculosis
42
4
15
Newton, Mass.
October
8 Timothy McCarthy Tuberculosis
40
G
Roxbury, Mass.
11 Patrick Sheedy Tuberculosis
60
6
25
Worcester, Mass.
11 Judson Haney
3S
Canton, N. C.
Crushed by rocks
12 Lawrence H. Power Tuberculosis
57
23
Worcester, Mass.
12 Albert Bernier Myocarditis
40
4
16
Webster, Mass.
21 Lawrence Fusco Tuberculosis
36
3
3
Milford, Mass.
22 Tucker L. Perry Tuberculosis
64
4
16
Boston, Mass.
24 Lawrence F. Droney Tuberculosis
42
9
15
Milford, Mass.
15 Patrick F. Lacey Tuberculosis
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DEATHS (Continued)
Age
Date Name Disease
Y
M
D
Residence
26 Frederick J. Hardy
34
8
13
Lawrence, Mass.
Tuberculosis
29 Theodore C. Jackson Tuberculosis
36
1
1
Roslindale, Mass.
29 John F. Brown Tuberculosis
34
1
.
9
Cambridge, Mass.
.31 William D. O'Connell Tuberculosis
31
0
3
Somerville, Mass.
November
6 Selby Hancox Tuberculosis
33
5
24
Everett, Mass.
8 George Ayer Tuberculosis
31
0 .
11
Watertown, Mass.
8 Jack Lorenzi
38
Coldbrook, Mass.
Killed by explosion
8 James Piotti Killed by explosion
40
Coldbrook, Mass.
8 Peter Bonadei Killed by explosion
41
Natick, R. I.
8 Joseph Lukes Killed by explosion
38
Coldbrook, Mass.
8 Joe DiGicoma Killed by explosion
35
Coldbrook, Mass.
16 John E. Erickson Tuberculosis
30
6
29
New York City.
11 Robert E. Bresnahan Tuberculosis
30
3
14
Fram'gham, Mass.
18 Thomas F. Holland Tuberculosis
36
11
14
Fall River, Mass.
22 Robert Lenderman Tuberculosis
26
7
19
Carrollton, Ga.
26 Lillian C. Cronin Tuberculosis
21
10
29
Arlington, Mass.
December
1 Edward J. Doody Tuberculosis
30 9 17 Keene, N. H.
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DEATHS (Continued)
AGE
Date Name Disease
Y
M
D
Residence
7 Doris R. Haywood Tuberculosis
26
5
15
Springfield, Mass.
8 John C. Foley Tuberculosis
33
4
19
Cambridge, Mass.
10 Chester Sheppard Tuberculosis
35
11
23
Kent, Conn.
11 Eugene Russo Tuberculosis
32
16 Providence, R. I.
11 Arthur F. Foley Tuberculosis
31
3
1
Atlantic, Mass.
12 Edward Simons
33
9
8
E. Boston, Mass.
Tuberculosis
12 Arthur E. Story Tuberculosis
25
7
-
-
Worcester, Mass.
13 John A. Brown Tuberculosis
38
5 22
Stamford, Conn.
14 Louis Mantino Tuberculosis
21
3
24
Worcester, Mass.
17 John Sadowski Tuberculosis
40
Gardner, Mass.
21 Albram McTier Tuberculosis
39
7
9
New York City
23 Henry Boyd Tuberculosis
26
. 5
0 Newtonville, Mass.
24 Adelaide Dotoli Tuberculosis
24
Boston, Mass.
26 Henry J. Dominick Tuberculosis
38
11
29 Ind. Orch'rd, Mass.
27 Caroline A. Murphy Tuberculosis
21
2
8
Arlington, Mass.
27 Thomas A. Foy Tuberculosis
37
1
24
Feed'g H. Mass.
29 Nicholas Abrajano Tuberculosis
37
3
19 Charlesto'n, Mass.
30 Howard S. Dow Tuberculosis
38
6
11
Lynn, Mass.
31 Natalie Rojko Tuberculosis
23
2
Chicopee, Mass.
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DOGS LICENSED DURING 1929
Received for 164 Male dogs @ $2.00
$328 00
Received for 36 Female dogs @ $5.00 180 00
$508 00
Less 200 fees at 20 cents
40 00
Paid County Treasurer $468 00
LICENSES ISSUED DURING THE YEAR
No. 1 Resident Citizen Sporting 141
No. 2 Resident Citizen Trapping 6
No. 3 Non-Res. Citizen Sporting 1
No. 9 Minor Trappers 6
No. 10 Duplicate License 1
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JURY LIST AS REVISED BY SELECTMEN FOR 1929
Charles E. Carroll
Clarence L. Bigelow
Sidney L. Cole
Matthew J. Delehanty
David M. Hanff
William M. Locke
H. Guy Loverin
Patrick J. Myers
Joseph M. Moulton John F. O'Brien Edward A. Oxton Rufus D. Putnam George R. Willis Henry U. Wendell Joseph E. Ware Albert J. Thomas
Richard M. Loughman
DRAWN DURING 1929
E. Dexter Marsh, Feb. 5, 1929 John F. O'Brien, Aug. 5, 1929 Chas. J. Campbell, April 15, 1929 David M. Hanff, Dec. 10, 1929
Respectfully submitted,
LOUIS M. HANFF,
Rutland, Jan. 1, 1930
Town Clerk.
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Report of the Selectmen
The report of the Selectmen for the year ending Dec. 31, 1929 is herewith submitted.
We have drawn 684 orders on the Town Treasurer amount- ing to $142,773.18. The analysis of this expenditure will be found in the pages immediately following this statement.
RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES RESOURCES
Cash on hand $7601 76
Uncollected Taxes previous to 1926
651 51
Uncollected Water Rents previous to 1926
662 35
Uncollected Taxes for 1928
8781 93
Uncollected Water Rents-1926, 1927, 1928
455 18
Uncollected Taxes for 1929
18,696 99
Uncollected Water Rents for 1929
2990 .63
Com. of Mass. Mothers' Aid
2284 06
City of Boston Aid
480 00
Com. of Mass. State & Military Aid
214 00
$42,818 41
LIABILITIES
National Rockland Bank of Boston, Water Loan
$6000 00
Natic Trust Co., Water Loan 4000 00
Holyoke Savings Bank, Water Loan 3000 00
Worcester Bank & Trust Co., Water Loan
15,000 00
Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank, School House
loan
9000 00
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Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank, Highway Loan 3000 00 Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank, Fire Apparatus 4800 00 Worcester Bank & Trust Co., Hotel Loan . 9500 00 Worcester Bank & Trust Co., Temporary Loan 15,000 00
Miles Griffin, Collector's Salary
1192 37
Charles. J. Campbell, Collector's Salary
350 00
Clarence L. Oliver, Collector's Salary
350 00
Total Liabilities $71,192 37
Total Resources 42,818 41
Net Debt of Town $28,373 96
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES J. CAMPBELL, GEORGE H. MILES, H. EDW. WHEELER,
Selectmen of Rutland.
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SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT
Salaries :
Appropriation $280 00
Expended :
C. J. Campbell
$100 00
George H. Miles
100 00
H. E. Wheeler
80 00
$280 00
Department Expense :
Appropriation
$70 00
Transferred from reserve fund
3 18
Available $73 18
Expended :
Walter Griffin, posting warrants . Frank J. Brooks, posting warrants .. 9 00
$3 00
E. J. Campbell, trips to Worcester and postage
13 50
Geo. H. Miles, trip to Worcester and postage
10 18
H. E. Wheeler, trip to Worcester and postage 7 00
Tripp Press, order book
18 50
L. M. Hanff, posting warrants
12 00
$73 18
AUDITORS' DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $125 00
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Expended :
Albert J. Thomas $81 60
.: )
81 60
Unexpended $43 40
Department Expenses:
Appropriation
$10 00 00 0 **
Expended :
A. K. Gammon Co., stamp
$2 12
2 12
Amount unexpended $8 12
TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT
Appropriation, Salary $200 00
Expended :
Frank J. Brooks . . $200 00
$200 00
Department Expenses :
$125 00
Appropriation
Transferred from reserve fund
98 19
( Available $228 19
37
1
Expended :
L. M. Hanff, bond $37 50
Commonwealth of Mass., certifying
notes 54 00
Tripp Press, printing
5 00
American Bank Note Co., printing coupons 56 49
Frank J. Brooks, traveling expenses and postage 63 92
H. W. Calkins, moving safe 3 50
Davis and Bannister, books
2 78
$223 19
COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT
Appropriation, Salary $350 00
Appro. balance for 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925,
1927
1,892 37
Amount available $2,242 37
Expended :
C. J. Campbell, 1927 salary $350 00
350,00
Unexpended
$1,892,37
Department Expenses :
Appropriation
$125 00
Expenses :
U. S. Postoffice, postage $8 55
C. S. Oliver, stamped envelopes 39 17
H. W. Calkins, moving safe 4 00
Barre Gazette, printing
28 00
T
1
38
L. M. Hanff, bond 85 00
Hobbs & Warren, cash books 18 00
182 72
Overdrawn $57 72
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT
Appropriation, Salaries $700 00
Expenses :
H. E. Wheeler $243 00
E. D. Marsh
212 40
R. W. Limple
203 10
658 50
Unexpended
$41 50
Department Expense :
Appropriation
$100 00
Hobbs & Warren
$21 96
Central New England Sun, printing. .
3 00
Devol Printing House, printing .
7 25
Tripp Press, printing
14 09
Wor. Co. Abstract Co.
37 07
Nellie I. Griffin, supplies
40
H. E. Wheeler, postage
4 95
E. D. Marsh, auto hire
16 70
R. W. Temple, auto livery and
7 52
stamps
112 94
Overdrawn $12 94
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TOWN CLERK
Appropriation, Salary $75 00
Expenses :
L. M. Hanff $75 00
75 00
Department Expenses :
Appropriation $25 00
Expended :
P. B. Murphy, license blanks $4 25
L. M. Hanff 13 25
17 50
Amount unexpended
$7 50
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Appropriation
$75 00
Expended :
John J. Welch, teller $3 50
Wm. J. Prescott, teller 3 50
Matthew J. Cullen, teller 3 50
E. D. Marsh, teller 3 50
E. J. Campbell, Registrar 10 00
H. E. Wheeler, Registrar 10 00
Louis M. Hanff, Registrar 15 00
E. M. Seavill, teller
11 50
60 50
Amount unexpended
$14 50
40
Department Expenses : Appropriation $40 00
Expended :
Tripp Press, Inc. $27 50
L. M. Hanff, postage 80
28 30
Amount unexpended
$11 70
PROTECTING TOWN INTEREST
· Appropriation $50 00
Expended :
Thayer, Smith & Gaskill. legal services
$10 22
40 22
Amount unexpended
$9 78
PUBLIC BUILDING
Appropriation $1.200 00
Transferred. from reserve fund
15 34
Amount available
$1.215 34
Expended as analyzed below :
Credit by 23 Public Bldg. expense ..
$3.646 02
Assumed by School Dept.
2.430 68
$1.215 34
Analysis of Foregoing Expenses :
Fuel :
E. D. Marsh, coal $1,654 33
41
Electric Light :
Gardner Electric Light Co.
168 47
Coughlin Electric Co. 4 00
Barre Gazette, printing 2 25
Earl C. Griffin, janitor
978 37
F. A. Kehoe, janitor
297 90
William White, janitor
28 11
Lincoln Express
4 50
Nellie I. Griffin, supplies
32 39
H. G. Calkins, electric repairs
6 15
. C. Arthur Marsh, insurance
24 95
L. M. Hanff, insurance 299 45
42 62
H. Hunidouma, wood
22 00
Emil Leipale, wood
55 00
George H. Miles, plumbing
22 31
Ross Bros., lawn mower repairs .
1 89
Thomas F. Doyle, lawn mower repairs 75
M. J. Wood, lawn mower repairs. . .
1 50
J. R. Allen, plants
10 65
C. L. Bigelow, trucking
2 00
E. D. Marsh, trucking 3 50
Heywood Wakefield Co., chair re-
pairs
58 50
Perkins Butler Co., paper
8 63
J. C. Cutter Co., lumber 1 55
Barnard Sumner Putnam Co., shades 4 25
$3,646 02
PUBLIC BUILDING REPAIRS
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Transferred from reserve fund 114 11
$1,114 11
Frank A. Smith & Son, insurance
42
Expended :
Rufus D. Putnam, painting $761 25
Rufus D. Putnam, repairs 118 00
Geo. H. Clark Co., paint 15 16
Louis M. Hanff. metal ceiling 23 49
J. C. Cutter Lumber Co., lumber 40 29
B. A. Whitney, mason 42 85
Edward Williams, labor
24 00
F. D. Wellington, labor
24 00
E. D. Marsh, trucking
3 75
George E. Smith, cement work
58 00
Cheney Grain Co., cement 2 40
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
92
$1,114 11
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $25 00
Expended :
Mark L. Reed
$4 00
John Collins
4 00
Fred A. Kehoe
4 00
L. M. Hanff
4 00
16 00
Amount unexpended
$9 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $800 00
Expended 788 20
Unexpended
$11 80
(See Report of Engineers.)
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FIRES AND FOREST FIRES
Appropriation
$250 00
Transferred from reserve fund
46 65
Amount available
$296 65
Expended :
Frank E. Matthews and others $296 65
$296 65
FOREST WARDEN
Appropriation $50 00
·
Expended :
Frank Mathews $50 00
$50 00
TREE WARDEN .
Appropriation $15 00
Expended :
H. E. Wheeler, labor $7 90
H. G. Calkins, labor 2 00
J. S. Hubbard, labor
50
10 40
Unexpended $4 60
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$650 00
Transferred from reserve fund
70 53
Amount available $720 53
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Expended :
H. G. Calkins, Supt.
$699 54
Tar Product Corp. 12 15
Fitzhenry Guptil Co., supplies 6 78
E. D. Marsh, trucking 1 00
American Railroad Express 70
$720 53
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation $20 00
Transfer from reserve fund 25 00
Available $45 00
Expended :
Frank J. Brooks, services $45 00
$45 00
Department Expenses :
Appropriation $15 00
Expended :
W. L. Gurley, supplies
$11 77
Worcester Steel Stamp Co., stamp .. 60
12 37
Amount unexpended
$2 63
DOG OFFICER
Appropriation $35 00
Expenses :
Edward M. Leavitt
$35 00
$35 00
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BOARD OF HEALTH
Appropriation
$100 .00
Expended :
L. M. Hanff, salary $7 00
7 00
Unexpended $93 00
Department expense : Appropriation
$1,000 00
Expended :
County Treasurer
$182 84
I. M. Hanff, burial permits
47 50
230 34
Unexpended $769 66
CATTLE INSPECTOR
Appropriation
$100 00
Expended :
Clinton B. Scott $64 00
64 00
Unexpended $36 00
MEAT INSPECTOR .
Appropriation $75 00
Expenses :
Anthony Holbrook $64 00
64 00
Unexpended $11 00
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VITAL STATISTICS
Appropriation $250 00
Expended :
L. M. Hanff
$204 50
Edgerly Desson 25
204 75
Unexpended $45 25
BRIDGES
Appropriation $150 00
Expended :
Roper Lumber & Box Co. $123 60
123 60
Unexpended $26 40
GUIDE BOARDS
Appropriation
$50 00
Unexpended
$50 00
NEW ROAD GRADES-Special
Appropriation $525 00
Expended :
New England Road Machine Co .. . . . $525 00
$525 00
HIGHWAYS
Appropriation $3,400 00
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 6,800 00
Transferred from reserve fund 175 74
Total available $10,375 74
Expended (as analyzed below) :
Gravel :
Mikka Hautio $47 90
Henry Harris
23 30
Joseph Strong
8 50
Oscar Lloyd
17 25
$96 95
Labor :
George R. Willis, Supt.
$8,352 37
Nilo Laipale
4 00
Walter Sargent
15 20
$8,371 57
Culverts :
New England Metal Culvert Co. ...
$404 34
$404 34
Oil :
The Texas Co. $718 79
$718 79
Tools :
Waite Hardware Co.
$41 16
Smith Green Co.
20 97
Duncan & Goodell
3 00
Nellie I. Griffin
22 35
$87 48
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Tractor :
H. F. Davis Tractor Co., repairs $371 19
Rutland Garage, gas and oil 173 17
C. L. Bigelow, gas and oil 11 67
D. J. Fitzgerald, gas 3 20
W. M. Bulfinch, gas
19 65
$578 88
Miscellaneous :
Thomas F. Doyle, blacksmithing $53 00
Lincoln Express 2 50
Nellie Griffin, supplies 22 48
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, reg- istration 2 00
House of Correction, sign 16 00
Direc U. Lite Co., sign
20 00
G. R. Willis, telephone
1 25
Geo. F. Blake, Jr., Co., bolts
50
$117 73
HIGHWAY-CHAPTER 90
Appropriation $2,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
4.000 00
County of Worcester
4000 00
Transferred from reserve fund
51 60
Amount available $10.051 60
Expenditures :
Geo. H. Willis, Supt., labor $9,349 89
Rutland Garage, gas
68 96
Clarence L. Bigelow, gas 22 77
J. L. Buck, gas 2 00
W. M. Bulfinch, gas
9 90
49
Thomas F. Doyle, repairs 2 35
West Construction Co., dynamite 22 49
George M. Davis, blasting caps
60 00
H. F. Davis Tractor Co., repairs. . .
28 25
H. G. Calkins, wire
5 64
E. D. Marsh, coal
25 54
Brown Fence and Wire Co., fencing
54 22
J. C. Cutter Co., lumber
5 14
W. L. Parson Estate, gravel
180 00
New England Metal Culvert Co.
74 45
Henry Harris, gravel
140 00
$10,051 60
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation
$500 00
Expended :
George R. Willis, Supt.
$63 25
Onni Heinilouma
8 00
H. Heinilouma
5 00
Nester Mattson
10 50
Iver Mattson
9 50
John J. Welsh
2 00
Emil Laipale
6 00
Nilo Laipale
3 00
Rutland Garage
2 85
George M. Taylor
5 13
B. L. Nichols
1 50
John Siimataine
6 00
Matthew Delehanty
19 00
Unexpended
141 73 $358 27
50
STREET LIGHTS
Appropriation
$1,650 00
Expended :
Gardner Electric Light Co. $1,540 00
$1540 00
Unexpended
$110 00
NO. 1 PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriation, salary $60 00
Expended : L. M. Hanff $50 00
50 00
Amount unexpended
$10 00
NO. 2 PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Expended :
L. M. Hanff $9 70
Frank J. Brooks 880 00
Charlton Home Farm 331 80
Geo. H. Miles, Treas. 160 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 365 00
W. B. Ware, board 169 76
John F. O'Brine, groceries 16 00
First National Stores, groceries 59 85
W. M. Bulfinch, groceries 48 00
E. D. Marsh, coal
15 96
Geo. M. Taylor, milk 13 80
David M. Hanff 1 40
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Frank J. Brooks, livery
11 00
Dr. G. M. Lapham
12 00
City of Boston
39 22
$2,133 49
Overdrawn
$633 49
MOTHERS' AID
: 1
Appropriation $2,550 00
Transferred from reserve fund 32 50
$2,682 50
Expended :
1
George H. Miles, Treasurer
$400 00
Frank J. Brook, Treasurer
2,250 00
E. D. Marsh, coal
32 50
$2,682 50
STATE AID AND SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation
$150 00
Transferred from reserve fund
124 00
Amount available $274 00
Expended :
George H. Miles, Treas., State Aid .. $8 00
Frank J. Brooks, Treas. State Aid . . 106 00
Town of Athol, Military Aid 60 00
Darius A. Putnam, Military Aid . . 98 00
W. J. Prescott, Military Aid
2 00
$274 00
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SCHOOLS
Appropriation $25,500 00
Expended $23,533 67
(See report of School Committee)
". Two-thirds expense of Public Building
2,430 68
25,964 35
Overdrawn
$464 35
GRADING PLAYGROUND AND SEPTIC TANK (Special)
Appropriation $1,700 00
$1,604 26
Expended
1,604 26
Total unexpended $95 74
LIBRARY
'Appropriation $150 00
Dog fund
440 43
Unexpended balance 1928
168 91
Total amount available
$759 34
Expended
$638 71
(See report of Library Trustees)
638 71
Total unexpended
$120 63
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MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
$150 00
Transfer fund 8 23
Amount available $158 23
Expended :
South High School ,music
$125 00
Nellie I. Griffin, supplies
19 23
Perkins & Butler, flags
7:00
Frank J. Brooks, livery
7 00
. :
$158 23
OLD CEMETERY
Appropriation $50 .00
Expended :
H. E. Wilson, labor
$12 50
Joseph A. Strong, labor
3 00
15 50
Unexpended $34 50
PARKS
Appropriation
$150,00
Expended :
Hall Service Sign Co.
$35 00
Warren G. Wales, labor
44 63
F. D. Wellington
1 00
80 63
Unexpended
$69 37
54
EXCISE TAX
Amount received from Treasurer
$5,102 61
Reimbursements $31 26
31 26
Balance
$5,071 35
MISCELLANEOUS
Appropriation
$700 00
Transferred from reserve fund
116 91
$816 91
Expended :
Arthur Keefe, court fines $12 70
Garner Electric Light Co., siren 30 00
Nellie I. Griffin, supplies 10
New England Tel. & Tel. Co. .
13 30
Miles E. Griffin, tax on property taken for taxes 48 57
Times Publishing Co., Town Reports
273 00
H. Bortland, moving watering tub ...
4 00
Anna Bryant, reimbursement
54 75
Henry N. and Lydia B. Williams, re- imbursement 33 95
Peter Smith, traffic signal repairs
63 00
Barre Gazette, valuation book
103 60
Lloyd Viner, bob cats
50 00
Leo A. Handy, bob cat
10 00
Royland Verne, bob cat
10 00
W. E. Hunt, bob cat 10 00
Louis M. Hanff, Justice of Peace
5 00
C. J. Campbell, tax sale 13 80
.. C. Arthur Marsh, insurance 37 50
55
C. T. Oliver, care town clock 30 00
Louis M. Hanff, paint
6 25
Frank Brook, livery . 5 00
L. M. Hanff, police badges ·
4 50
Overdraft $2 11
$819 02
WATER DEPARTMENT
Appropriation, Salaries
$40 00
Transferred from reserve fund
36 80
Amount available
$76 80
Expended :
E. D. Marsh $26 10
John Collins
26 10
C. E. Viner
24 60
$76 80
See report of Water Commissioners.
Department Expense :
Appropriation
$6,000 00
Transferred from reserve fund
181 02
Amount available
$6,181 02
Expended $6,181 02
PHILIPS ROAD EXTENSION
Special appropriation $275 00
Expended $232 98
232 98
Unexpended $42 02
56
STANDPIPE AND MEMORIAL STREET EXTENSION
Appropriation $16,000 00
(Borrowed by town $15,000.00. See re- port of Water Commissioners.)
Expended $14,812 48
14,812 48
Amount unexpended $187 52
NOTES AND INTEREST
Appropriation $8,500 00
Temporary loan
38,000 00
Interest on Water loan 670 00
Total available $47,170
Expended :
Worcester Five Cent Savings Bank
(School loan) $1,000 00
Worcester Five Cent Savings Bank (Highway) 1,000 00
Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank (Fire Apparatus) 1,300 00
Shawmut Corporation (Water loan) 2,000 00
1,000 00
Natick Trust Co. (Water loan) . Worcester Bank & Trust Co., tempo- rary loan 8,000 00
Worcester Bank & Trust Co., tempo- rary loan 15,000 00
Worcester Bank & Trust Co., tempo- rary loan 15,000 00
$44,300 00
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Interest 3,042 71
47,342 71
Overdraft
$172 11
ORDERS OF PREVIOUS YEARS
Appropriation $500 00
Expended :
Washburn Garfield Co., Water De- partment $34 80
Union Meter Co., Water Department 6 00
E. D. Marsh, Fire Department 65 98
C. E. Carroll, Assessor
13 50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Public Welfare
139 00
W. E. Hunt, Police 8 00
E. D. Marsh, Teller 11 50
Rutland Garage, Schools and Fire Department
14 90
Ralph H. White, Water Department 9 43
Grace Smith, service on 1928 report
25 00
328 11
Unexpended $171 89
PURCHASE OF HOTEL BARTLETT
Appropriation
$10,000 00
Expenditures $10,000 00
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation $1,000 00
58
Transferred to :
Selectmen's Department
$3 18
Treasurer's Department
98 19
Water Commissioners, salaries
36 80
Water Department
181 02
Oiler
25 00
Moth Department
70 53
Public Building repairs
14 11
Public Building
15 34
Highway, Chapter 81
175 74
Highway, Chapter 90
51 80
Mothers' Aid
32 50
Memorial Day
8 23
State Aid
124 00
Forest Fires
46 65
Miscellaneous
116 91
$1,000 00
59
Report of Town Treasurer
RECEIPTS
Taxes and Interest :
C. J. Campbell
$21543 88
M. E. Griffin
908 28
C. T. Oliver 24814 06
C. T. Oliver, Excise Tax 5102 61
$52368 83
WATER
C. J. Campbell $1525 56
C. T. Oliver 643 75
. M. E. Griffin 287 58
U. S. Veterans' Hospital 2628 69
Rutland State Sanatorium
3826 22
8911 80
ROADS
Commonwealth of Mass.
$11176 09
County of Worcester
4000 00
15176 09
NOTES
Worcester Bank & Trust Co., Anticipa-
tion of Revenue $15000 00
Worc. Bank & Trust Co., Hotel Loan 9500 00
Worc. Bank & Trust Co., Water Loan 15000 00
-
60
Worc. Five Cents Savings Bank, Antic-
ipation of Revenue 15000 00
54500 00
SCHOOLS
Commonwealth of Mass. $4624 29
Comm. of Mass., High School Tuition 800 00
Comm. of Mass., Supt. of Schools ..... 386 67
Comm. of Mass., Tuition of Children .. 148 96
Town of Oakham, High School Tuition
408 00
6367 92
COMMONWEALTH OF MASS.
Mothers' Aid
$1492 65
Inspection of Animals
32 00
State Aid
96 00
Veterans' Exemptions
13 39
Corporation and Bank Tax
896 16
Income Tax
7402 59
Moth Work
35 38
Reimbursement for loss of Taxes.
719 61
Reimbursement for loss of Taxes, Met. Dist. Com. 430 43
11118 21
COUNTY OF WORCESTER
Dog Refund $440 43
Wild Cat Bounty
80 00
520 43
61
PUBLIC WELFARE
City of Boston $1060 00
1060 00
HOTEL BARTLETT PROPERTY
S. I. Howard Co., Hotel Building $1000 00
R. W. Temple, Barn 200 00
C. R. Bartlett Est., China Closet. . . . .
50 00
Ernest Fritze, On Account, Toboggan Slide 20 00
1270 00
LICENSES (Sunday)
Harold I. Judkins (1928)
$5 00
Ruth Allison
5 00
Julia T. Mixter
5 00
Ada M. Bell (1928 and 1929)
10 00
Ruth Christianson
5 00
Edna L. Gosselin
5 00
Arthur Prunier
5 00
James L. Buck
5 00
Fred L. Locke
5 00
Edward Dolan
5 00
C. L. Bigelow
5 00
J. F. O'Brien
5 00
Sidney Hopps
5 00
Mrs. Samuel Taylor 5 00
David M. Hanff
5 00
Gertrude M. Rafferty
5 00
D. J. Fitzgerald (1928 and 1929)
10 00
Eleanor Oakes 5 00
.
62
C. E. Prescott, Jitney License
1 00
Henry Harris, Hackney License 1 00
102 00
MISCELLANEOUS
Court Fines $297 50
Hall Rentals 252 00
Use of Scales 1 40
Interest on Deposits
99 03
Interest on Notes
60 04
Sealer Weights and Measures
24 37
Sealer Weights and Measures (1928) ..
60
Boston Main R. R., Fires
36 75
L. Edna Wheeler, Library Donations ..
33 00
L. Edna Wheeler, Library Fines ...... 40 28
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