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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Respectfully submitted,
BERNICE F. PUTNAM, FRANCES P. HANFF, M. HELEN CAMPBELL,
HATTIE S. GRIFFIN,
EDMUND D. KELSEY,
CHARLOTTE P. FRENCH,
Trustees.
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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
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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
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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.
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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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