Town annual report of Rutland 1933-40, Part 32

Author: Rutland, Mass.
Publication date: 1933
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1180


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General Revenue


$63,439.43


Special Assessments


4,513.58


Commercial Revenue :


Departmental


32,126.87


Public Service Enterprises Interest


864.08


Municipal Indebtedness


19,700.00


Refunds and Transfers


443.86


Agency, Trust and Investment


459.00


Total Receipts


$131,144.54


Cash on hand January 1, 1939


39,737.40


$170,881.94


9,597.72


70


PAYMENTS


General Government


$5,047.93


Protection of Persons and Property


2,375.09


Health and Sanitation


3,825.00


Charities and Soldiers' Benefits


18,660.04


Highways, General


20,043.59


Highways, Special


11,137.14


Schools and Libraries


28,980.69


Recreation and Unclassified


34,377.43


Enterprises and Cemeteries


5,879.04


Interest


1,191.25


Municipal Indebtedness


20,500.00


Agency, Trust and Investments


457.20


Refunds and Transfers


166.23


Total Payments


$152,640.63


Cash on hand December 31, 1939


18,241.31


$170,881.94


Town of Rutland


Table of Accounts


Appropriation


From Reserve Fund


From Other


Sources


Total


Expended


Balance


Moderator's Salary


$10.00


$10.00


$10.00


Selectmen's Salaries


350.00


350.00


350.00


Selectmen's Expense


35.00


10.51


45.51


45.51


Town Accountant's Salary


350.00


350.00


350.00


Town Accountant's Expense


15,00


15.00


12.94


2.06


Treasurer's Salary


300.00


300.00


300.00


Treasurer's Expense


125.00


125.00


109.70


15.30


Collector's Salary


500.00


500.00


500.00


Collector's Expense


300.00


59.01


359.01


359.01


Assessors' Salary


700.00


15.71


265.71


265.71


Town Clerk's Salary


100.00


35,00


26.26


8.74


Legal Department


100.00


100.00


76.33


23.67


Election and Registration Salaries


125.00


28.00


153.00


153.00


Election and Registration Expense


75.00


22.47


97.47


97.47


Public Buildings Expense


1,500.00


51.73


1.551.73


1,551.73


Publie Building Repairs


600.00


600.00


176.87


423.13


Fire Department


1,600.00


31.96


1,631.96


1,631.96


Forest Fires


100.00


29.60


129.60


129.60


Forest Warden


50.00


50.00


50.00


Tree Warden


25.00


25.00


25,00


Moth Department


300.00


300.00


300.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures Salary


50.00


50.00


50.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures Expense


10.00


1.20


11.20


11.20


Dog Officer


50.00


14.76


64.76


64.76


Board of Health Salaries


75.00


75.00


75.00


Board of Health Expense


1,625.05


1.625.05


1,439.82


185.23


Cattle Inspector


75.00


75.00


75.00


Vital Statistics


200.00


200.00


195.00


5.00


Bridges


60.00


60.00


60.00


Street Lights


1,755.49


1.755.49


1,742.18


13.31


Snow Fence


250.00


250.00


250.00


Highway Maintenance, Chapter 81


2,250.00


3.94


a11,350.00


13,603.94


13,603.94


Highway Maintenance, Chapter 90


1,500.00


b3,800.00


5,300.00


4,794.21


505.79


Pommagussett Road Construction


2.02


₾3,454.45


3,456.47


3,456.47


Pleasantdale Road Construction


b/c2,886.46


2.886.46


2,886.46


Highway Snow Removal


2,700.00


30.15


2,730.15


2.730.15


Sidewalk Snow Removal


200.00


200.00


41.50


158.50


Road Machinery Expense


1,686.20


c530,19


2.216.39


1,675.82


540.57


Publie Welfare Salaries


100.00


100.00


80.00


20.00


Publie Welfare Expense


8,194.97


8.194.97


7,729.64


465.33


Mothers Aid


125.00


125.00


78.00


47.00


Mothers Aid, Federal Grant


₫84.57


84.57


78.00


6.57


Old Age Assistance


5,638.33


323.21


₾123.00


6,084.54


6,084.54


Old Age Assistance, Federal Grant


d4,357.50


4,357.50


4,337.14


20.36


Old Age Assistance Administration


274.85


274.85


47.72


227.13


State Aid


120.00


120.00


120.00


Soldiers' Relief


100.00


5.00


105.00


105.00


School Committer Salaries


75.00


75.00


75.00


Schools


27,600.00


27,600.00


27,539.80


60.20


Trade Schools


200.00


514.32


714,32


714.32


Library


250.00


f402,90


652.90


651.57


1.33


Memorial Day


150.00


150.00


108.47


41.53


Printing Town Reports


215.60


215.60


215.60


Care of Town Clock


30.00


30.00


30.00


Miscellaneous


25.00


12.09


37.09


37.09


Parks


650.00


.05


650.05


650.05


Injuries to Persons and Property


100.00


100.00


66.58


33.42


Community Hall Grading


200.00


200.00


198.17


1.83


Public Dump Expense


50.00


50.00


20.00


30.00


New Buildings Construction


g22,049.46


22,049,46


21,108.29


941.17


New Buildings Equipment


2,000.00


2,000.00


1,869.48


130.52


Remodeling Publie Building


3,000.00


126.24


3.126.24


3,126.24


W. P. A. Expense


1,500.00


1,500.00


366.47


1,133.53


Hurricane Damage


6.75


6.75


6.75


Reserve Fund


2,000.00


2,000.00


1,283.47ª


716.53


Water Commissioners' Salaries


80.00


80.00


80.00


Water Department


6,500.00


6,500.00


5,782.54


717.46


Old Cemeteries


15.00


1.50


16.50


16.50


Interest


1,300.00


1,300.00


1,191.25


108,75


Maturing Debt


5,257.90


h242.10


5.500.00


5,500.00


County Hospital Assessments


i2,010.18


2,040.18


2,040.18


County Tax


i2,302.67


2,302.67


2,302.67


State Tax and Assessments


14,282.70


4,282.70


4,271.57


11.13


Dog Licenses


j457.20


457.20


457.20


Refunds


j166.23


166.23


166.23


Anticipation of Revenue Loan


j15,000.00


15,000.00


15,000.00


$85,690.29


$1,283.47


$73,804.46


$160,778.22


$152,640.63ª


$6,854.12


a. From State


f. Dog Tax $379.15 -- Refunds $5.75-Donations $18.00


h. From State and County


g. Balance Previous Year $21,735.10-Refund $314.36


c. Balance from Previous Year


h. From Loan Premium Account


d. Federal Grant


i. From Revenue


e. Refunds


j. From Receipts


700.00


563.40


136.60


Assessors' Expense


250.00


100.00


100.00


Town Clerk's Expense


35.00


176.00


127.67


27.42


*Transferred to Various Accounts-Not Included in Total


TOWN OF RUTLAND BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1939


GENERAL ACCOUNTS


ASSETS


LIABILITIES


Cash


$18,241.31


Anticipation of Revenue Loan


$15,000.00


Accounts Receivable :


Accrued Interest


4.13


Tax Levy-1936


15.68


Tailings Account


24.29


Tax Levy-1937


807.52


Road Machinery Fund


2,973.21


Tax Levy-1938


4,504.38


Dog Licenses


1.80


Tax Levy-1939


13,957.56


Overlay Surplus


117.22


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :


Overlay for Levy of 1936


15.68


Levy of 1936


3.31


Overlay for Levy of 1937


266.56


Levy of 1937


78.51


Overlay for Levy of 1938


483.91


Levy of 1938


97.10


Overlay for Levy of 1939


451.79


Levy of 1939


123.63


Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue


302.55


Tax Titles


1,782.15


Tax Title Revenue


2,606.24


Tax Title Possessions


824.09


Departmental Revenue


3,678.18


Health Department


889.48


Water Revenue


7,717.74


Mothers Aid


555.00


Excess and Deficiency


21,759.26


Temporary Aid


2,009.03


Appropriation Balances to 1940 :


Schools


42.00


Public Building Repairs 400.00


Old Age Assistance


182.67


Highway Maintenance, Chapter 90 505.79


Water Rates :


Road Machinery Expense 540.57


Levies


6,899.43


Federal Grants :


State Sanatorium


580.47


Aid to Dependent Children


6.57


Veterans Hospital


237.84


Old Age Assistance


20.36


72


Highways :


O. A. A. Administration


227.13


Chapter 81


3,266.92


New Public Buildings


941.17


Chapter 90


2,637.05


Equipment for New Buildings


130.52


Revenue


1,573.07


W. P. A. Expense


1,133.53


$59,308.20


$59,308.20


DEBT ACCOUNTS


Net Funded or Fixed Debt


$53,000.00


Loans :


Water Loan


$5,000.00


Public Building Loan, 1937


14,000.00


Public Building Loan, 1938 34,000.00


$53,000.00


$53,000.00


TRUST ACCOUNTS


73


Trust Funds


$6,584.89


Horace H. King Library Fund $456.50


David Putnam Library Fund 152.33 Rufus Houghton Rural Cemetery Fund 100.00 Charles T. Munroe School Fund 5,876.00


$6,584.89


$6,584.89


74


Report of the Town Treasurer


FINANCIAL STATEMENT


Balance January 1, 1939


$39,737.40 $131,144.54


Receipts


$170,881.94


Payments per warrants


$152,640.63


Balance December 31, 1939


18,241.31


$170,881.94


OUTSTANDING DEBT


Water Loan


$5,000.00


Public Building Improvement Loan


16,700.00


Public Buildings Construction Loan


34,000.00


Public Buildings Equipment Loan


2,000.00


Anticipation of Revenue Loan


15,000.00


1940 MATURING DEBT


No.


Due


Amount


Interest


201 Public Building Improve-


ment


July 1 $2,000.00


$280.00


251 Public Building Improve- ment


July 15


700.00


40.50


211


212 Public Building Construc- tion


Sept. 1 2,000.00


765.00


$57,700.00


75


246 Public Building Equip- ment


Apr. 15


500.00


26.25


166 Water


Oct. 15


1,000.00


250.00


$6,200.00


$1,361.75


250 Anticipation of Revenue


Apr. 10 $15,000.00


TRUST FUNDS


1-1-39


1939 Income


Bal.


Horace King Library Fund


$445.31


$11.19


$456.50


David N. Putnam Library Fund


148.60


3.73


152.33


Munroe School Fund


5,731.88


144.18


5,876.06


Houghton Cemetery Fund


100.00


**


100.00


$6,425.79


$159.10


$6,584.89


** Permanent Dividend to Rural Cemetery Corporation


Respectfully submitted,


EDITH M. BROOKS,


Treasurer.


12-31-39


Bal.


76


Report of the Tax Collector


To the Board of Selectmen :


I hereby submit my report as Collector for the years 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 and 1939.


1934 TAX


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1938


$101.51


Abatements


101.51


1935 TAX


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1938


$2.00


Cash to Treasurer $2.00


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1939


0.00


1936 TAX


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1938


$272.48


Cash to Treasurer


$152.92


Abatements


6.00


Tax Titles


113.56


272.48


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1939


0.00


1937 TAX


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1938


$6,484.43


Cash to Treasurer


$5,426.25


Abatements


80.42


Tax Titles


507.14


77


6,013.81


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1939


$470.62


1938 TAX


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1938


$12,255.72


Cash to Treasurer Abatements Tax Titles


$7,446.93 2.07


441.03


7,890.03


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1939


$4.365.69


1939 TAX


Commitments


$22,064.11


Cash to Treasurer Abatements Tax Titles


280.94


436.28


22,781.33


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1939


$13,614.82


1936 EXCISE TAX


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1938


$62.67


Cash to Treasurer


$35.02


Abatements


27.65


62.67


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1939 0.00


1937 EXCISE TAX


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1938 $304.76


$36,396.15


78


Cash to Treasurer


Abatements


$107.43 116.41


223.84


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1939


$80.92


1938 EXCISE TAX


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1938


$248.33


Cash to Treasurer


$134.97


Abatements


6.90


141.87


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1939


$106.46


1939 EXCISE TAX


Commitments


$4,429.86


Cash to Treasurer


$4,123.90


Abatements


171.62


4,295.52


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1939 $134.34


WATER REPORT FOR 1939


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1938


$5,309.09


Last half of 1938 commitment


1,765.23


Commitments for 1939


3,624.82


$10,699.14


Cash to Treasurer


$3,728.03


Abatements


104.80


3,832.83


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1939 $6,866.31


79


COST AND INTEREST ACCOUNT


Interest received on Taxes, Motor Vehicle and Water.


Cash to Treasurer for interest on 1936 taxes


$14.57


Cash to Treasurer for interest on 1937 taxes


412.59


Cash to Treasurer for interest on 1938 taxes


214.01


Cash to Treasurer for interest on 1939 taxes


2.57


Cash to Treasurer for interest on Water


215.83


Total interest


$859.57


Poll Tax Demands, 73 at 35c


$25.55


Cash to Treasurer


$25.55


25.55


0.00


Respectfully submitted,


G. EDGAR FAY,


Collector.


80


Report of the Library Trustees


To the Town of Rutland :


The new library in the Community Building was opened for business on April 22, 1939 and since then has been used and enjoyed by many of the citizens and children of the Town. Before the library was moved, Miss Jones of the State Depart- ment of Education came up and helped in the discarding of many books no longer useful. We were also fortunate in having the help of some of the Boy Scouts of the Town, and a number of the girls helped later in shelving the books.


A very handsome oak charging desk was made and presented to the library by Mr. Chester E. Williams. Five new tables were purchased, and through the efforts of Miss Jones, the Massachusetts Library Aid Association donated $53 to the library to be used for tables and chairs for the younger readers of the children's room. Two of the tables were paid for from this money and four new chairs purchased.


We are grateful to the workers at the State House in Boston for the mending of several boxes of books. The only expense for this work was the cost of express.


With a library of between five and six thousand volumes there should be reading that will appeal to everyone. We hope many more people will avail themselves of the opportunity good books give for relaxation or for increasing knowledge of special subjects. Good books of travel, biography, history, and other subjects as well as of fiction may be had for the asking.


This is your library and we want you to use it.


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FINANCIAL REPORT


Receipts : Appropriation


$250.00


Dog Tax Refund-County 379.15


Donations 18.00


National Geographic Society-refund 3.00


Holmes Transportation Company-refund 2.75


$652.90


Expenses :


L. Edna Wheeler-salary $250.00


John Linnane-magazines 29.00


National Geographic Society-magazines 6.00


J. S. Wesby Sons-rebinding 47.80


David M. Hanff-books


62.86


John Linnane-books


79.30


Wells Publishing Company-books


.88


Finan's Express-books sent to State House for mending .98


Holmes Transportation Company 2.75


Putnam and Bell-refinishing furniture 40.75


George E. Smith-carpentry 21.50


Arthur E. Smith-carpentry 22.50


Holden Lumber & Supply Co .- lumber 4.32


Johnson & Bassett, Inc .- 3 tables 60.00


Gaylord Bros .- supplies


8.80


Edw. E. Babb Company-bulletin board


8.95


Goldstein Swank & Gordon Co .- plate for desk 2.75


L. Edna Wheeler-postage 1.50


David M. Hanff-supplies .83


.10


John Linnane-supplies


651.57


Unexpended $1.33


82


Respectfully submitted,


BERNICE F. PUTNAM, FRANCES P. HANFF, M. HELEN CAMPBELL,


HATTIE S. GRIFFIN,


EDMUND D. KELSEY,


CHARLOTTE P. FRENCH,


Trustees.


83


Report of the Librarian


Received from fines and cards


$18.90


Received for magazines


18.00


$36.90


Circulation


9,237


Books added


95


Books bought


75


Books given


20


Money for magazines was given by Home Relief Society, the Grange, the Eastern Star and the Fire Department.


Magazines were given by Mr. Robert M. French, the American Humane Society and the American Legion.


Books were given by Mrs. Hazel Wood, Mrs. Aileen Bigelow and Ruth Griffin.


BOOKS ADDED DURING 1939


World Almanac


Guns Along the Border


Lyman Snow Ferber


A Peculiar Treasure


Reaching for the Stars


Waln


Seasoned Timber


Canfield


A Rumelheart Must Roam


Delavan


The Far Down


Thread of Scarlett


Corbett Williams Binns


The Land is Bright


Song of Years


The Middle Window


Aldrich Goudge


84


Lighting the Stage with Homemade Equipment Strawstack The Seventh Hour Yoke of Stars


The Glory of Clementina


The Rider of King Log


The Kingdom of the Blind


The White Arrow


The Purchase Price


The Great Pandolfo


The Black Abbott


The Gallows of Chance


The Boomerang


Western Union


Green Grows the City


Moment in Peking


Daniel Boone


One Fight More


Stranger Within the Gates


The Triangle Man


Escape


Song After Midnight


Men Under Sea


Major League Baseball


The Ownley Inn


Jamaica Inn Across the Years


Main Street


Strife Before Dawn


Parnassus on Wheels


Steadfast Light


Paul Revere Square Partner of Nature Soaring Wings The Dragon's Teeth Persons Unknown Nobody's Man


Knap Disney Hill Frost Locke Day Uppenheim Wynne Hough Locke Wallace Uppenheim Gray Grey Nichols Yutang Bakeless Ertz Hill Gibbs Vance Miller Ellsberg Allen duMaurier Lincoln Loring Lewis Schumann Morley Payne Kent Burbank Putnam Queen MacDonald Oppenheim


85


Abe Lincoln in Illinois Frost Flower


Sailing to See


Wrikford Point


Grudge Mountains


The High Road


The Shop of Dreams


Disputed Passage High of Heart


The Patriot


Skin Deep


Count Belisarius


Graves


Wilderness Wife


Land of High Horizons


Little America


The Return of the Native


Lord Jim


Pinkerton Broman Byrd Hardy Conrad


Bride of a Thousand Years


Maid of Sark


The Great Tradition


Crooked Trails and Straight


The Trampling Herd


One Pair of Hands


Lost Sunrise


Norris T. R. Y. Barra


JUVENILE BOOKS


Perri


Adventure May Be Anywhere


The Big Top


Fun For You


The Hired Man's Elephant


Wandy Wins Children of the Border


Salten Sanders Pogue Pratt Strong Chaffee Bowles Rice


Our Ernie


Curious Lobsters Island Adella Mary


Hatch Means


Sherwood Hull Johnson Marquand Terhune Baldwin Towne Douglas Loring Burk Kelland


Lancaster and Brentano Hathaway Keyes Raine Wellman Dickens


America Faces South


86


Punch the Cruising Dog The Youngest Camel Left End Edwards A Puppy Called Spinach Bambi's Children Don Fendler Alexander the Gander


The Wizard of Oz Dive Bomber Skippack School


Greene Boyle Barbour Baker Sulten Egan Tudor Baum Winston Angeli


87


Report of Road Work 1939


CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE


EAST COUNTY ROAD


Brush cut.


10,800 ft. treated with (T-6) and honed.


5,000 ft. treated with R.C .- 2.


1-stop sign erected.


2-slow signs erected. 4 cross road signs erected.


2-curve signs erected.


2-narrow bridge signs erected.


4-reverse curve signs erected. 6,530 linear feet white line painted. 400 yds. gravel cover used.


MAPLE AVENUE


Brush cut. 3,650 feet treated with tar (T-6) and honed.


PLEASANTDALE


Brush cut. 3,000 feet treated with M.C .- 2 oil. 500 feet treated with R.C .- 2.


POMMAGUSSETT ROAD


Brush. 2,450 feet treated with R.C .- 2.


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LIST OF WORK DONE ON CHAPTER 81 ROADS


POMMAGUSSETT ROAD


Dragged three times, scraped four times.


Brush Cut.


30 yds. of gravel used for patching.


1-Section 600 ft. treated with tar.


1-Section 2,450 ft. long treated with tar and honed.


WACHUSETT STREET


Dragged three times, scraped three times. Brush cut.


1-Section graveled 300 x 16 feet x 5 inches.


1-Section graveled 275 x 16 feet x 6 inches.


1-Section graveled 200 x 14 feet x 6 inches.


1-Section graveled 275 x 15 feet x 5 inches.


1-Section graveled 300 x 16 feet x 8 inches.


1-Section graveled 200 x 16 feet x 5 inches.


1-Section graveled 300 x 16 feet x 8 inches.


MUSCHOPAUGE ROAD


Dragged twice, scraped three times.


Brush cut.


40-yds. of gravel used for patching.


CENTRAL TREE ROAD


Dragged twice, scraped twice.


1-Section 450 x 18 feet graveled and oiled.


BRITNEL DRIVE


Dragged twice, scraped three times. Brush cut. 30-yds. of gravel used for patching.


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GLENWOOD ROAD


Dragged three times, scraped three times.


Brush cut.


1-Corrugated culvert relaid.


1-Section graveled 300 x 15' x 6".


1-Section graveled 200 x 16' x 6".


1-Section graveled 400 x 14' x 5".


1-Section graveled 150 x 14' x 5".


CAMPBELL STREET


Dragged twice, scraped twice.


Brush cut.


1-Section graveled 300 x 13' x 5".


1-Section graveled 250 x 13' x 5".


BUSHY LANE


Dragged twice, scraped twice.


Brush cut.


HALFRY ROAD


Scraped and brush cut.


SASSAWANNA ROAD


Dragged twice, scraped twice.


Brush cut.


1-Section of gravel used 200 x 12' x 6".


RIVER STREET


Dragged twice, scraped twice. Brush cut.


30 yds. of gravel used for patching.


90


INTERVALE ROAD


Dragged three times, scraped four times. Brush cut.


1-Section graveled 250 x 14' x 6".


1-Section graveled 150 x 14' x 5".


1-Section graveled 125 x 14' x 6".


40-yds. gravel used for patching.


1-Corrugated iron pipe 26' x 15" to replace old one.


1-Corrugated iron pipe 26' x 15" new.


OVERLOOK STREET


Dragged once, scraped twice. Brush cut.


1-Section graveled 200 x 12' x 5".


1-Section graveled 150 x 12' x 5".


RIDGE ROAD


Dragged three times, scraped three times. Brush cut.


1-Section graveled 200 x 14' x 5".


PRESCOTT STREET


Dragged twice, scraped twice. 1-Section graveled 200 x 14' x 6". 4-yds.


HILLSIDE ROAD


Dragged twice, scraped twice. 1-Section graveled 300 x 14' x 5". 1 -- Section graveled 200 x 14' x 4". 1-Section graveled 175 x 14' x 5".


MILES STREET


Patched and brush cut. 2,850 ft. treated with tar and honed.


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CLOVERDALE ROAD


Dragged once, scraped twice.


Brush cut.


10 yds. of gravel used for patching.


CHARNOCK HILL ROAD


Dragged three times, scraped three times. Brush cut.


1-Section of gravel 2,000 x 18" x 6" used and treated with oil, 4,000 Gals. used.


8-Large boulders removed.


40 yds. of excavation.


MUNICIPAL DRIVE


Patched.


LONGMEADOW


Dragged three times, scraped four times.


Brush cut.


1-Section of gravel used, 250 x 14' x 5". 30 yds. of gravel used for patching.


WHITEHALL ROAD


Dragged twice, scraped twice.


Brush cut.


Part of this road closed, due to washout.


1-Corrugated iron pipe 42' x 72" has been bought to be installed in 1940.


LAKE AVENUE


Patched, and brush cut.


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PINE PLAIN ROAD


Scraped once. 2-Washouts filled. 100-yds. of filling used.


ELM STREET


Dragged once, scraped twice. Brush cut.


BIGELOW ROAD


Dragged once, scraped twice.


WALNUT STREET


Dragged twice, scraped three times. 1-Section graveled 500 x 13' x 6".


EMERALD ROAD


Dragged twice, scraped twice.


1-Section graveled 275 x 12' x 6".


1-Section graveled 300 x 12' x 5". 1-Section 2,850 ft. long treated with M.C .- 2 oil.


IRISH LANE


Scraped twice.


KENWOOD PLACE


Dragged once, scraped twice.


WARE ROAD


Dragged once, scraped twice. 1-Culvert relaid.


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TURKEY HILL ROAD


Dragged twice, scraped twice.


1-Section graveled 175 x 12' x 5".


1-Section graveled 225 x 12' x 5".


1-Section graveled 350 x 12' x 6".


1-Section graveled 100 x 12' x 5".


DRURY LANE


Scraped twice.


PROSPECT STREET


Dragged twice, scraped twice.


BARRACK HILL ROAD


Dragged twice, scraped twice.


Brush cut.


MORRIS SWARTZ ROAD


Dragged twice, scraped twice.


PLEASANTDALE ROAD NO. 1


Dragged three times, scraped four times.


1-Section graveled 350 x 14' x 6". 1-Perforated pipe 16' x 10" installed.


PLEASANTDALE ROAD NO. 2


Dragged twice, scraped three times.


1-Section graveled 500 x 16' x 12".


1-Section graveled 100 x 16' x 6".


CRAWFORD STREET


Dragged once, scraped twice.


1-Section graveled 2,000 x 18' x 5", and treated with oil.


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2,050 gals. M.C .- 2 oil used.


1,350 gals. R.C .- 2 oil used.


CAUSEWAY STREET


Scraped twice. 30-yds. of gravel used.


EAST HILL ROAD


Dragged twice, scraped twice. 30-yds. of gravel used for patching.


OAK HILL ROAD


Dragged twice, and scraped twice. Brush cut.


PRINCETON STREET


Dragged once, scraped twice.


Brush cut.


GLENWOOD PLACE


Scraped.


Brush cut.


MILLBROOK STREET


Scraped twice.


CORP. FARM PLACE


No work done.


MOULTON MILL ROAD


Dragged once, scraped twice. Brush cut.


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POMMAGUSSETT COURT


No work done.


CAMPBELL COURT


Dragged twice, scraped twice.


Brush cut.


HAM'S LANE


10-yds. of gravel used to patch.


KENWOOD DRIVE


Dragged twice, scraped three times. 1-Section graveled 250 x 14' x 6".


RULEN WALKER ROAD


Dragged once, scraped once. Brush cut.


OLD WOOD ROAD


Scraped once. Brush cut. 30-yds. of gravel used to patch.


BRIGHAM ROAD


Scraped once. Brush cut.


EDSON AVENUE


Patched.


DAVIS STREET


Dragged twice, scraped twice. Brush cut.


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LIST OF TOOLS ON HAND DECEMBER 31, 1939


TOOLS ON HAND


Axes


3


Bars


9


Forks


5


Coke forks


2


Stone hammers


8


Hammer handles


9


Pick handles


32


Torches


11


Lanterns


1


Mattocks


10


Pouring pots


1


Pails


3


Picks


20


Bull points


2


Rakes, iron


10


Rakes, wood


10


Chap. 81 drags


2


Scraper blades


3


Little Western Grader


1


Adams Grader


1


Sand screens


2


Bush scythes


14


Snaths


14


Bush hooks


2


Shovels, short round


15


Shovels, short square


10


Shovels, long handle


4


Pruners


1


Pitch forks


3


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Tool boxes


2


Compresser drills


24


Striking hammers


1


Rooter plows


1


Landslide plow


1


Concrete mixer


1


Stone forks


5


Grass scythes


6


Spoon shovels


4


Push brooms


9


Snow shovels


6


Respectfully submitted,


GEORGE R. WILLIS,


Superintendent of Streets.


98


Report of Board of Public Welfare


FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1939


SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS PUBLIC WELFARE EXPENSE


Appropriation


$6.000.00


Bills 1938


739.12


Old Bills


1,455.85


$8,194.97


Expenditures


7,729.64


Unexpended


$465.33


Town cases


$1,943.75


Charlton Home Farm Assoc.


319.94


State Temporary Aid


3,674.36


Division of Child Guidance


200.00


Town of Oxford


583.44


Town of Holden


60.00


Town of Boylston


135.00


City of Worcester


706.56


Town of Charlton


16.00


Town of Paxton


8.00


Miscellaneous Printing, Supplies


6.27


Surplus Commodities Division


29.82


Administrative


34.50


Travel


12.00


$7,729.64


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OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, 1939


Appropraition


$5,638.33


Refunds


123.00


Federal Grants-1939


4,357.50


Transferred from Reserve Fund


323.21


Payments for Old Age Assistance


$10,421.68


Unexpended


$20.36


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION


Federal Grant Balance-1938


$129.62 145.23


Federal Grants-1939


274.85


Expended :


Clerical


$40.50


Supplies


7.22


47.72


Unexpended balance $227.13


MOTHERS' AID


Appropriation


$125.00


Balance-1938


8.60


Federal Grant-1939


75.97


209.57


Payments for Mothers Aid


156.00


Unexpended


$53.57


Respectfully submitted, MATTHEW J. CULLEN, CLARENCE L. BIGELOW, GEORGE M. CAMPBELL, Board of Public Welfare.


$10,442.04


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Report of Charlton Home Farm Association


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1939


Land and Buildings


$18,500.00


Personal Property


9,780.70


Deposits, Savings Banks


9,949.08


Accounts Receivable


955.87


Cash in Warden's Accounts


200.00


Cash on hand


3,302.13


Gain for the year


$42,687.78 $398.66


RECEIPTS


Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1939


$2,771.15


Farm Products sold


827.62


Received from Towns and Boarders


11,845.29


$15,444.06


EXPENDITURES


Bills Paid Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1940


$12,141.93


3,302.13


$15,444.06


Number of Towns having Inmates 14


Number of Inmates, Jan. 1, 1940 35


Number of Boarders 3


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I have examined the books of the Treasurer and the above statement and find them correct.


CARL F. DAVIS, Auditor.


ROBERT F. TUCKER, President.


LESTER P. GATES,


Secretary and Treasurer.


102


Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures


The following equipment was tested and sealed in 1939 :


Gasoline Pumps


3


Gasoline Meters 14


Kerosene Pumps


2


Oil Pumps


2


. SCALES


Platform, 5,000 to 10,000


2


Platform, 100 to 5,000 5


Counter, under 100


6


Beam, 100 to 5,000


1


Spring, under 100


5


Computing, under 100


4


Avoirdupois weights


8


Total Fees $16.79


Respectfully submitted,


HERBERT M. PROUTY,


Sealer.


103


Report of the Police Department


Crimes Against the Persons :


Male


Female


Assault and Battery


2


Assault with Dangerous Weapon Statutory


1


Against Property :


Breaking, Entering and Larceny


3


Larceny Under $100.00


1


Against Public Order :


Drunk


2


Driving Drunk


1


Vagrant


2


Non-Support


3


Violation of Probation


2


Trespassing


6


Escaped Insane Persons


1


1


Motor Violations


4


Total Arrests


29 Male


1 Female


Automobile Fatalities


1


Automobile Accidents


12




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