Town annual report of Rutland 1924-32, Part 21

Author: Rutland, Mass.
Publication date: 1924
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1234


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30


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.


27


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.


28


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


-


29


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.


30


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.


-


31


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


34


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


36


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


39


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.)


43


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


44


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


45


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


46


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


47


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


48


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


51


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


53


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


57


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


.


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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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