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Demands, Returns to Collector
9.10
Total for Refunds and Transfers $94.65
83
SUMMARY OF PAYMENTS.
General Government
$5,019.32
Protection of Persons and Prop-
erty
1,345.43
Health and Sanitation
3,663.67
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits. .
7,800.80
Highways, General
17,831.79
Highways, Special
23,194.41
Schools and Libraries
25,561.73
Recreation and Unclassified
12,761.84
Enterprises and Cemeteries
8,000.16
Interest 330.20
Municipal Indebtedness
28,765.00
Refunds and Transfers
94.65
$134,369.00
Cash on hand, December 31, 1935
11,611.61
$145,980.61
TOWN OF RUTLAND BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1935 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash
$11,611.61
Overlay for Abatement
Accounts Receivable :
of Taxes :
Tax Levy-1934 . $6,091.19
Tax Levy-1935 16,634.12
Levy-1935 $193.93
22,725.31
Overlay Surplus . .
1,113.07
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax :
Levy-1933
$.10
Levy-1934
148.10
Levy-1935
394.23
Motor Vehicle Excise 542.43
542.43
Tax Titles
1,913.17
Departmental :
Departmental Revenue 3,433.37
Old Age Assistance . $223.04
Health Department ..
1,998.36
Revenue Accounts :
Tax Title Revenue . . 1,913.17
Water Revenue . ..
...
7,050.07
Mothers' Aid . . 260.00
State Temporary Aid.
711.97 State Aid
240.00
9.71 1,973.41
14,486.00
3,433.37
Water Rates :
Levies-1929-1935
$6,525.67
State Sanatorium .. 244.71
Veterans' Hospital . 279.69
Tailings Account . Road Machinery Fund .. Excess and Deficiency . . Appropriation Balances to 1936 : Pleasantdale Road, Chap. 90, Highways $298.08 Bond Issue, Chap. 464 Highways .. 265.02
E. R. A. & W. P. A. Accounts 1,010.02
7,050.07
Highways:
State-Chap. 81 ... $190.78
State-Chap. 90 .. .. 513.70
County -- Chap 90 ... 463.40
Road Machinery Ex-
pense .
214.90
West Rutland
School
7,000.00
Overlay Deficit-1934. .
State Tax Deficit . . Old Age Assistance Tax : State Overlay 142.00
82.04
$49,503.18
$49,503.18
1,167.88 835.30
House Account ... . Temporary Loans : Anticipation of Reve- nue 10,000.00
1,573.12
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt ........ $14,700.00
Loans :
Hotel Bartlett Purchase-1929. . $3,500.00
Water -- 1929 9,000.00
Snow Removal Equipment-1934 700.00
New Fire Truck-1935 1,500.00
$14,700.00
$14,700.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds
$5,970.15
Horace H. King Library Fund ... $412.33
David Putnam Library Fund .... 137.62
Rufus Houghton Rural Cemetery Fund 100.00
Munroe School Fund
5,320.20
$5,970.15
$5,970.15
.
TOWN OF RUTLAND
Appropriation
Transfer
Reserve Fund
Income
Previous
Balance
Total
Expended
Transferred
Balance
Selectmen's Salaries
$350.00
$350.00
$350.00
Selectmen's Expense
25.00
25.00
24.43
$.57
Town Accountant's Salary.
350.00
350.00
350.00
Town Accountant's Expense
20.00
20.00
19.30
.70
Treasurer's Salary
300.00
Treasurer's Expense
125,00
125.00
92.81
32.19
Collector's Salary
500.00
500.00
500.00
Collector's Expense
210.00
$31.16
A$143.19
822.39
822.39
Assessors' Expense
200.00
4.60
204.60
204.60
Legal Department
25.00
25.00
Town Clerk's Salary
75.00
75.00
75.00
Town Clerk's Expense
35.00
3.99
38.99
38.99
Election and Registration Salaries
40.00
8.00
48.00
48.00
Election and Registration Expense
50.00
11.55
61.55
61.55
Public Building Maintenance
1,200.00
75.86
1,275.86
1,275.86
Public Building Repairs
600.00
15.23
615.23
615.23
Police Department
100.00
100.00
82.00
18.00
Fire Department
800.00
800.00
598.76
A75.00
126.24
Fires and Forest Fires
100.00
9.78
₪$75.00
184.78
184.78
Forest Warden
50.00
50.00
50,00
10.70
14.30
Moth Department
300.00
13.32
313.32
313.32
Sealer's Salary
50.00
50.00
50.00
Sealer's Expense
10.00
10.00
8.53
1.47
Board of Health Salaries.
25.00
25.00
25.00
Board of Health Expense ..
1,750.00
1,750.00
1,370.51
379.49
Cattle Inspector
80.00
80.00
74.00
6.00
Vital Statistics
200.00
3.00
203.00
203.00
Bridges
50.00
2.24
c30.00
82.24
82.24
Highway Maintenance,
Chapter 81
3,400.00
.20
D10,200.00
13,600.20
13.600.20
Highway Maintenance,
Chapter 90
1,500.00
9.89
E3,825.00
5,334.89
5,334.89
Pommogussett Street, Con-
struction
2,000.00
05
₣5,400.00
7,400.05
7,400.05
Pleasantdale
Street, Con-
struction
2,000.00
G5,100.00
$522.57
7,622.57
7,324.49
298.08
Snow Removal
2,000.00
216.21
₭319.30
2,535.51
2,535.51
Street Lights
1,630.00
1,630.00
1,613.84
16.16
Snow Fence
250.00
250.00
225.00
25.00
Guide Boards
10.00
10.00
Public Welfare Expense
4,300.00
230.80
L531,00
5,061.80
5,061.80
Mothers' Aid
780.00
780.00
780.00
10.00
Soldiers' Relief
250.00
250.00
55.00
B195.00
Old Age Assistance
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,664.00
c336.00
Schools
24,000.00
616.19
24,616.19
24,616.19
Trade Schools
450.00
47.81
497.81
497.81
Library
50.00
N416.89
466.89
447.73
19.16
Memorial Day
125.00
125.00
115.18
9.82
Miscellaneous
300.00
300.00
98.51
D200.00
1.49
Printing Town Reports
250.00
250.00
211.20
E30.00
8.80
Care of Town Clock
30.00
Parks
100.00
164.35
264.35
264.35
Old Bills
750.00
18.23
768.23
768.23
Workman's Compensation .
150.00
105.18
0375.50
630.68
630.68
Public Dump Maintenance.
100.00
100.00
64.50
35,50
Snow Removal Equipment. .
425.00
305.70
₣119.30
26.61
New Lavatory, Town Hall.
300.00
48.09
348.09
348.09
Fire House Improvements. .
125.00
₱53.50
178.50
178.50
New Fire Truck
500.00
Q1,500.00
2,000.00
1,985.00
15.00
Cement Mixer
225.00
225.00
220.50
4.50
Maple Ave. Sidewalk Con- Construction
1,000.00
1,000.00
671.27
G310.00
18.73
County Aid to Agriculture.
25.00
25.00
25.00
E. R. A. Administrator's Salary
120.00
120.00
120.00
E. R. A. Accounts
1,000.00
672.58
1,672.58
662.56
1,010.02
County Hospital Building Loan
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Interest on County Hosp. Bldg. Loan
362.42
362.42
362.42
County Hospital Mainte- nance
628.74
628.74
628.74
Water Commissioners' Sal- ary
75.00
75.00
63.60
11.40
Water Department Mainte- nance
6,500.00
6,500.00
6,251.62
248.38
Old Cemetery
100.00
100.00
24.50
H65.50
10,00
Road Machinery Expense.
1,800.00
75.34
1,875.34
1,660.44
214.90
Interest
900.00
900.00
330.20
K196.69
373.11
Maturing Debt
3,765.00
3,765.00
3,765.00
Reserve Fund
2,000.00
1,639.93
360.07
$76,271.16
$1,639.93
$31,369.38
$1,695.49 $110,975.96 $104.154.93
$3,167.42
$3,653.61
EXPLANATIONS OF COLUMNS "INCOME" AND "TRANSFERRED": INCOME:
A-Interest Account B-Fire Department
TRANSFERRED: A-Forest Fires -Public Welfare Expense
c-Printing Town Reports D- -Commonwealth of Massachusetts
C-Publir Welfare Expense
E-County and State County and State County and State
D-Snow Removal E-Bridges
F-Snow Removal
-Workman's Compenantion
11-Workmen's Compensation
K-Assessors' Salaries $148.19; Fire House Improvements $53.50
N-County Dog Licenses
0-Old Cemeteries $65.60; Sidewalks $310.00 P-Interest
Q-Lian
..
50.00
47.34
2.66
Dog Officer
50.00
н3,400.00
3,400.00
3,134.98
265.02
State Bond Issue, Highways
10.00
Public Welfare Salaries
50.00
50.00
50.00
State Aid
250.00
250.00
240.00
Highway Department Truck
725.00
725.00
698.39
New Boston Cemetery Gate
25.00
25.00
19.76
5.24
Tree Warden
25.00
25.00
241.16
241.16
Assessors' Salary
675.00
4.20
25.00
300.00
300.00
H-Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Snow Removal Equipment $119.30; Miscellaneous $200.00 Old Age Assistance $336.00; Soldiers' Rellef $195.00
Year's
from
Table of Accounts, 1935
. ..
30.00
30.00
425.00
2,000.00
87
Report of the Tax Collector
1933 TAXES
Recommitment Feb. 23, 1935
$4,526.62
Overpayment .50
$4,527.12
Cash to Treasurer
$4,164.98
Tax Titles
112.73
Abatements
249.41
$4,527.12
1933 EXCISE TAXES
Recommitment Feb. 23, 1935
$74.88
Cash to Treasurer $58.60
Abatements
16.28
$74.88
1933 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Recommitment Feb. 23, 1935
$98.00
Cash to Treasurer $17.00
Abatements 81.00
$98.00
1933 MOTH
Recommitment Feb. 23, 1935
$24.50
Cash to Treasurer
21.00
Abatements
1.50
Tax Titles
2.00
$24.50
88
1934 TAXES
Recommitment Feb. 23, 1935
$16,750.09 Cash to Treasurer $10,232.93
Abatements 317.80
10,550.73
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1935
$6,199.36
1934 EXCISE TAX
Recommitment Feb. 23, 1935
$417.49
Cash to Treasurer
$231.00
Abatements
26.49
257.49
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1935 $160.00
1935 TAXES
Total Commitments $43,767.45
Cash to Treasurer
$25,395.17
Abatements
298.31
Cash on Hand Dec. 31, 1935
145.71
25,839.19
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1935 $17,928.96
1935 EXCISE TAX
Total Commitments
$3,185.72
Cash to Treasurer
$2,735.28
Abatements
78.60
Cash on Hand
15.72
$2,829.6
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1935 $356.1
89
WATER RATES
Recommitments Feb. 23, 1935
$4,758.98
Commitments
3,276.93
Cash to Treasurer
$1,521.42
Abatements
3.64
Cash on Hand Dec. 31, 1935
5.00
$1,530.06
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1935
$6,505.85
INTEREST ACCOUNT
Interest received on Taxes and Motor Ve-
hicle Excise :
Cash to Treasurer 1933 $392.79
Cash to Treasurer 1934
469.40
Cash to Treasurer 1935
15.53
Water Interest
30.82
Respectfully submitted, $908.54
G. EDGAR RAY,
Collector.
2
90
Report of the Trustees of the Public Library
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Dog Fund
$416.89
Appropriation
50.00
Total
$466.89
EXPENDED
L. Edna Wheeler, Librarian $250.00
D. F. Hanff, books, periodicals, etc
144.06
Nat'l Geographic Society, subscription. . Gaylord Bros., Inc., record book
3.00
1.00
F. J. Barnard & Co., bindings
29.42
U. Publishers Service Books
19.75
Postage
.50
$447.73
Unexpended
19.16
$466.89
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLOTTE P. FRENCH, ELEANOR W. COLE, BERNICE F. PUTNAM, HATTIE S. GRIFFIN, EDMUND D. KELSEY, FRANCES P. HANFF,
Trustees.
Rutland, Mass., Jan, 1, 1936.
91
Report of the Librarian
Received from fines and cards $21.60
Received for magazines 28.00
Total
$49.60
Circulation 6,672
Books added 74
Books bought 73
Books given
1
Money for magazines was given by the Home Relief So- ciety, the Grange, the Eastern Star, the Woman's Union and the Fire Department.
Magazines were given by Mr. French and the American Humane Society.
Books were given by Mrs. Bell.
BOOKS ADDED DURING LAST YEAR
The World Almanac
The Beloved Stranger
Green Light
Open Land
Come and Get It
Beauty for Ashes
The Father Mark Twain
But for Her Garden
Salt of the Earth
He Sent Forth a Raven
The Open Door at Home
The Challenge to Liberty
Lyman Hill Douglas Bower Ferber IIill Clemens Cushman Marshall Roberts
Beard Hoover
92
A Few Foolish Ones
The Whip-Poor-Will Mystery
The Sea and the Jungle Mary Poppins
Book of American Poetry
Heaven's My Destination
Exploring with the Microscope
A Wanderer in Paris
Time Out of Mind
Art in Every Day Life
Herbs and the Earth
Sprigs of Hemlock
The Terrace
The First Woman
Nurses on Horseback
Thunder in the West
Erie Water
History of Pilgrims and Puritans, vol. 1, II, III Life of Washington, vol. I, II Birds of America
Peace with Honor
Fair as the Moon
It's a Great World
Shining Windows
Miss Marvel
Silas Crockett
Veire of Iron
It Cannot Happen Here
Spring Came on Forever
Pole Star The Inquisitor White Ladies
Walk Humbly Lucy Gayheart
Straight Gate
The Beautiful Derelict
Carroll Footner Tomlinson Travers Markham Wilder Yates Lucas Field Goldstein Beston Dyer Kent Banning Poole Crane Edmonds Sawyer Sawyer Askbrook Milne Bailey Loring Norris
Forbes Chase Glasgow Lewis Aldrich White Walpole Young Stevens Cather Mitchell Wells
93
Hidden Shoals
Star of the West The Lark Legacy
Bassett White Riggs
Honey in the Horn
Red Sky in the Morning
Madagascar Jack
North of the Orient
Seven League Boots
If This Be I
A Son of the Middle Border
Deland Garland Cook
The Stars Look Down
Cronin Byrd
Four Gardens
Sharp
Star of the West
Huston
JUVENILE BOOKS
Backfield Comet
A Frontier Girl of Chesapeak Bay
Heyliger Curtis Hawthorne
Tabitha of Lonely House
Popular Crafts for Boys
Hamilton
Eagle Cliff
Youths Captain
Runner of the Trail
The Room on the Roof
Baldy of Nome
Chapman Hawthorne Cormack Bacon Darling Strong
Honk the Moose
The Little House on Wheels
Hays
Davis Coffin Stackpole Lindberg Halliburton
They Lived
Skyward
94
Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures
Rutland, Mass., Jan. 1, 1936.
The following equipment was tested and sealed in 1935 :
17
Galosine pumps
Gasoline meters 10
SCALES
Platform over 5,000
1
Platform 100 to 5,000
3
Counter 100 or over
1
Counter under 100
7
Beam 100 or over
1
Spring under 100
5
Computing under 100
6
Total fees
$22.35
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT M. PROUTY,
Sealer
95
Report of Work Done on Rutland Roads, 1935
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE EAST COUNTY ROAD
2 miles scraped and shoulders graded to width of 23 ft. Brush cut.
·
5000 ft. treated with tar, covered with selected gravel cover and honed. Some dead tres removed.
MAPLE AVENUE
Brush cut.
375 ft. of cobble gutter built.
2000 ft. treated with tar and honed.
2 2x4 catch basins built with frame and grate.
500 ft. of shoulder treated with tar.
1750 ft. of side drain covered with crushed rock and sprayed with emulsion.
1 Section from Veterans' Hospital Gate to Drury Lane 2500 ft. resurfaced and widened to 24 ft.
POMMOUSSETT ROAD CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION
2700 ft. of roadway excavated and brought to grade.
With steam shovel 1900 yds. excavation.
3000 cu. yds borrow gravel.
1900 cu. yds. ordinary gravel.
10 cu. yds. ledge.
75 concrete posts set.
2 2x4 concrete drop inlet built.
80 ft. of 18 in. pipe laid.
88 ft. of 12 in.pipelaid.
400 ft. of 3x3 side drain.
17 Worcester County Highway Bounds set.
Treated with 1 gal. tar per square yard.
96
CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION PLEASANTDALE ROAD
1750 ft. of roadway excavated and brought to grade with Steam Shovel.
3500 cu. yds. of excavation.
200 cu. yds. of gravel.
700 cu. yds. surface gravel.
30 cu. yds. ledge removed.
2200 ft. stock fence erected.
50 concrete posts set.
2 2x4 drop inlents built.
36 ft. of 24 in. pipe laid.
96 ft. of 18 in. pipelaid.
300 ft. of 2x3 side drain. 1934 and 1935 work Treated 1 gal of tar per sq. yd.
RUTLAND 1935 POMMAGUSSETT ROAD
2 Scraped four times. Dragged twice. Brush cut. See Chap. 90 report. 75 yds. gravel used to fill mud holes.
WACHUSETT ROAD
3 Scraped three times. Dragged twice. Brush cut.
1 Setion graveled 175 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep. 1 (Section graveled 140 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 180 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 8 in. deep.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 26x15.
2 old pipe relaid.
MAPLE AVENUE
4 See Chap. Maint. report.
97
MUSCHOPAUGE ROAD
5 Scraped three times. Dragged twice. Brush cut.
1 Section graveled 750 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 5 in deep.
CENTRAL TREE ROAD
6 Scraped three times. Dragged twice. Brush cut.
1 Section graveled 550 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 8 in deep. 1800 ft. treated with 3-4 gal.
BRITNEL DRIVE
7 Scraped three times. Dragged twice. Brush cut.
1 Section graveled 250 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 275 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 300 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 26x14.
GLENWOOD ROAD
8 Scraped three times. Dragged twice. Brush cut.
1 Section graveled 190 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 8 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 140 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 'Section graveled 160 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 175 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 6 in. deep. 325 ft. of side drain 3 ft. wide x 3 in. deep.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 30 ft. x 15 in.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 30 ft. x 14 in.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 28 ft. x 14 in.
23 Cu. yds. ledge blasted and removed.
1200 ft. scraped and reshaped.
2750 ft. treated with 65% oil.
CAMPBELL STREET
9 Scraped three times. Dragged twice. Brush cut.
1 Section graveled 250 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 100 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 180 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
98
BUSHY LANE
10 Scraped three times. Dragged twice. Brush cut. 50 yds. gravel used.
HALFRY STREET
11 . Scraped and brush cut.
1
HARRIS LANE
12 Brush cut.
SASSAWANNA ROAD
13 Scraped three times, dragged twice, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 200 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 26 ft. x 12 ins.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 24 ft. x 12 ins.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 6 ft. x 24 in. extension.
6 Boulders removed.
RIVER STREET
14 Scraped three times, dragged twice, brush cut. 50 yds. gravel used. 1 Curve widened.
INTERVALE ROAD
15 Scraped four times, dragged twice, brush cut. 50 yards. gravel used.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 26 ft. x 18 in.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 24 ft. x 16 in.
3 large boulders removed.
OVERLOOK STREET
16 Scraped three times, dragged twice, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 160 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep 1 pipe relaid.
2 large boulders removed.
99
RIDGE ROAD
17 Scraped three times, dragged twice, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 165 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
1 (Section graveled 175 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 160 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 28 ft. x 15 in.
15 cu. yds. blasted and removed.
PRESCOTT STREET
18 Scraped three times, dragged twice, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 400 ft. long x 18 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section |graveled 150 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 210 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 100 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
HILLSIDE ROAD
19 Scraped htree times, dragged twice, brush cut.
1 (Section graveled 150 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 5 in. deep. 1 pipe cleaned.
MILES STREET
20 Patched.
Brush cut, waterways cleared.
CLOVERDALE ROAD
21 Scraped twice, dragged twice.
1 Section graveled 200 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
CHARNOCK HILL ROAD
22 Scraped three times, dragged twice, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 100 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 24 ft. x 16 in.
MUNICIPAL ROAD
23 Patched.
LONGMEADOW ROAD
Scraped three times, dragged twice, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 250 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
100
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep. 2 large boulders removed.
WHITEHALL ROAD
25 Scraped three times, dragged twice, brush cut. Patched.
1 Section graveled 175 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
2 large boulders removed.
LAKE AVENUE
26 Patched and brush cut.
PINE PLAIN
27 75 yds. gravl used.
ELM AVENUE
28 Scraped twice, dragged twice, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 140 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
BIGELOW ROAD
29 Scraped twice, dragged once, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 90 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
OVERLOOK COURT
30 Scraped and brush cut.
PRINCETON STREET
31 Scraped twice, dragged twice, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 190 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 5 in. deep
1 Section graveled 175 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 5 in. deep
1 Section graveled 160 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 5 in. deep 20 yds. ledge blasted and removed.
GLENWOOD PLACE
32 Brush cut. 20 yds. gravel used.
MILLBROOK STREET
33 Scraped and brush cut.
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CORP. FARM PLACE
34 Patched.
MOULTON MILL ROAD
35 Scraped twice, dragged once, brush cut.
POMMOGUSSETT COURT
36 No work.
CAMPBELL COURT
37 Scraped twice, dragged twice, brush cut.
KENWOOD COURT
38 Scraped three times, dragged twice, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 200 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 175 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 'Section stone and gravel 450 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 12 in. deep.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 28 ft. x 12 in.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 24 ft. x 15 in.
2 Corrugated iron pipe 22 ft. x 12 in.
750 ft. treated with 65% oil.
WALNUT STREET
39 Scraped three times, dragged twice, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 28 ft. x 15 in.
EMERALD ROAD
40 Scraped twice, dragged twice, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 190 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 160 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x € in. deep.
1 Section graveled 140 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 24 ft. x 18 in.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 28 ft. x 14 in.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 6 ft. x 16 in. extension.
Relaid one old pipe.
1800 ft. treated with 65% oil, 1 gal. per sq. yd.
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IRISH LANE
41 1 Section scraped and reshaped and treated with 65% oil. Brush cut. 4 large boulders removed.
KENWOOD PLACE
42 Scraped twice, dragged twice.
1 Section graveled 425 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
WARE ROAD
43 Scraped once, brush cut.
10 yds. gravel used.
TURKEY HILL ROAD
44 Scraped three times, dragged twice, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 225 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 100 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Pipe relayed.
DRURY LANE
45 Scraped twice.
PROSPECT STREET
46 Scraped twice, dragged twice, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 175 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 6 in. deep. 1 pipe relayed.
BARROCK HILL ROAD
47 Scraped three times, dragged twice, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 190 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 6 in. deep. 1 Pipe relayed.
MORRIS SWARTZ ROAD
48 Scraped twice, dragged twice, brush cut. 1 large boulder removed.
PLEASANTDALE NO. 1
49 Scraped three times, dragged twice, brush cut.
PLEASANTDALE NO. 2
50 Scraped three times, dragged twice, brush cut. 2 pipes relayed.
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CRAWFORD STREET
51 Scraped twice, dragged twice, brush cut.
1pipe relayed.
2 large boulders removed.
CAUSEWAY STREET
52 Brush cut. 5 yds. gravel used.
EAST HILL
53 Scraped twice, dragged twice, brush cut.
2 boulders removed.
1 Section graveled 160 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 140 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 5 in. decp.
1 25 in. arch culvert installed.
OAK HILL ROAD
54 Scraped twice, dragged twice, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 100 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 75 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
REUBEN WALKER ROAD
55 Scraped twice, dragged once, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 100 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 125 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
6 large boulders removed.
OLD WOOD ROAD
56 Dragged and brush cut.
2 Boulders removed. 35 yds. gravel used.
BRIGHAM ROAD
57 Dragged once, brush cut. 15 yds. gravel used.
EDSON AVENUE
58 Entire length treated with 65% oil.
DAVIS STREET
59 Scraped twice, dragged twice, brush cut.
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LIST OF TOOLS ON HAND DECEMBER 1, 1935
Axes
4
Push Brooms
7
Bars
5
Forks
6
Coke Forks
2
Hammers, Stone 18
Hammer Handles
24
Pick Handles
18
Torches
15
Lanterns
3
Russell Road Plow
1
Mattocks
1
Pouring Pots
1
Pails
2
Picks
24
Syracuse Plow
1
8 Qt. Water Can
1
Bull Points
4
Frost Wedges
2
Rakes, Iron
8
Chapter 81 drags
2
Scraper Blades
1
Little Western Grader
1
Adams Grader
1
Sand Screens
12
Snaths
12
Bush Hooks
1
Shovels, Short Round
18
Shovels, Short Square
5
Pruner's
2
Pitch Fork
1
Tool Boxes
2
Shovels, Long Handle 4
Spoon Shovels
3
Brush Scythes
105
Compressor Drills 24
Striking Hammers 1
Respectively submitted,
GEORGE R. WILLIS, Superintendent.
106
Report of the Forest Warden
Appropriation
$100.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
9.78
Transferred from Fire Dept.
75.00
$184.78
Expended :
Paul Holleman, 70-gal. water tank . . R. M. Wood, Hose Pump Shaft and Handle for Pump Cans 12.73
$35.00
Labor Extinguishing Grass and Forest Fires 137.05
$184.78
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK E. MATTHEWS, Forest Warden.
107
Report of the Water Commissioners
We have pumped during the past year 80,131,700 gal- lons of water of which 63,414,113 gallons were accounted for, making approximately 80%.
The Pumping Station was painted inside and out, also all pumps and equipments.
One new connection was made this year and ten renewals, making a total of 189 active house services.
The water shed of Muschopague Lake has been posted during the past year.
The water level December 31, is three feet below high water mark.
The Financial Report of the Water Department for year ending December 31, 1935 :
BILLS RENDERED
State Sanatorium
$3,064.70
Veterans' Hospital
3,407.54
Collector, June 1
1,521.80
Collector, December 1
1,755.13
Rutland Grange
7.79
Total
$9,756.76
EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT
Frank Carroll $1,600.00
Frank Carroll, telephone and postage .. 6.69
Gardner Electric Light Co. 2,780.66
Union Water Meter Co. 297.50
Sumner & Dunbar 67.55
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Boston & Maine R. R. 5.50
Finan's Express 6.60
Washburn Garfield Co. 55.13
Builders' Iron Foundry
12.68
Crosby Steam Gauge Co.
2.99
Bond Co. 4.61
D. & S. Leather Co. .85
Sherwin Williams Co.
4.65
Prouty Printing Co.
7.35
Brewer & Co.
11.25
N. I. Griffin
57.45
Harry Prescott Co.
13.73
Neptune Meter Co.
28.93
Cheney Grain Co.
2.55
J. C. Cutter
10.63
E. L. LaBarron
9.30
Fager & Grant
13.76
Phillip L. Buxton
16.00
E. D. Marsh
43.13
Grace Carroll
1.50
Holden Lumber Co.
7.30
H. G. Calkins
9.08
Wallace Connors
257.50
Walter Mattson
170.00
John B. Coffin
143.00
Arthur Smith
61.25
Interest
542.50
Total $6,251.62
JOHN COLLINS, LLOYD H. CAMPBELL, FRANK E. MATTHEWS, Water Commissioners
109
Report of the Park Commissioners
Owing to the construction of the Swimming Pool and other anticipated improvements to the park, the Commission- ers have delayed carrying out plans of building open fire- places and other improvements mentioned in the report of last year.
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