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General Revenue
$55,038 47
Special Assessments 3,199 71
Commercial Revenue,
Depart-
mental 28,916 93
Commercial Revenue, Public Ser- vice Enterprises 10,739 38
Commercial Revenue, Interest 1,143 47
Municipal Indebtedness 31,465 00
Refunds and Transfers 48 13
Total Receipts
$130,551 09
Cash on hand January 1, 1934
266 10
$130,817 19
62
TOWN OF RUTLAND
PAYMENTS
General Government :
Selectmen's Department :
Salaries and wages, selectmen
$300 00
Printing, stationery and postage
15 20
Automobile hire, etc.
6 00
Accounting Department :
Salary, Town accountant
$315 00
Printing, stationery and postage
17 50
Equipment
2 00
$334 50
Treasury Department :
Salary, Town treasurer
$270 00
Printing, stationery and postage
60 24
Surety bond
27 50
Certifying notes
8 00
All other
42 37
$408 11
Collector's Department :
Salary, collector
$450 00
Printing, stationery and postage
100 20
Surety bond
65 00
All other
43 65
$658 85
Assessors' Department :
Salary, assessors
$690 39
Clerical assistance
12 83
Printing, stationery and postage
126 52
Automobile hire, etc.
17 40
All other
59 42
$906 56
Law Department : Town Counsel $25 00
$321 20
ANNUAL REPORT
63
Town Clerk's Department :
Salary, Town clerk
$67 50
Printing, stationery and postage
11 30
All other
27 30
$106 10
Election and Registration Department :
Salary, registrars
$147 20
Wages, election officers
97 50
Printing, stationery and postage
70 25
All other
39 72
Town Hall :
Public building expense :
Janitor's salary
$1,173 60
Fuel
1,451 04
Light
275 89
Janitor's supplies
37 10
Insurance
265 00
All other
92 05
$3,294 68
Less two-thirds of expense charged to
school department 2,196 45
$1,098 23
Public Building Repairs
586 08
Total for General Government
$4,799 30
Protection of Persons and Property :
Police Department :
Salaries and wages
$61 65
Automobile hire
7 10
Telephone
40
State police expense
25 00
Court fee and expense
3 60
$354 67
$97 75
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TOWN OF RUTLAND
Fire Department :
Janitor
$ 86 40
Equipment and Repairs 215 78
Hydrant Service 4 95
Fuel and Light
139 01
Telephone
38 50
All other
105 44
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Salary
$45 00
Equipment
4 47
Forestry :
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth :
Labor
$285 60
Automobile hire
15 75
Equipment
2 40
$303 75
Tree Warden :
Salaries and wages
$3 00
Fires and Forest Fires :
Forest Warden, salary
$ 45 00
Fighting fires, labor
265 60
$310 60
Dog Officer :
Salary and wages
$37 66
Total for Protection of Persons and Property $1,392 31
Health and Sanitation :
Tuberculosis :
Board and treatment $1,216 36
County building assessment 1,000 00
County maintenance assessment 514 10
County interest on bonds 202 50
Office supplies 2 11
Removal and burial permits
34 00
$590 08
$49 47
ANNUAL REPORT
65
Vital statistics 168 50
Inspection of animals 52 50
$3,190 07
Total for Health and Sanitation
$3,190 07
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits :
Public Welfare Department :
Printing, stationery and postage . . $ 10 90
Express, etc., on food and supplies
71 57
Outside relief by town 53 35
Relief by other cities and towns 1,650 26
Home Farm, board and care
615 24
State Infirmary, board and care
273 00
Expense, Federal relief
375 35
State temporary aid
1,575 54
Local aid
1,020 14
$5,645 35
Mothers' Aid
780 00
Old Age Assistance
1,414 67
State Aid
212 00
Soldiers' Relief
112 83
Total for Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
$8,164 85
Highways, General:
Highway maintenance. Chapter 81 :
Telephone and postage $ 29 57
Salaries and wages
6,173 64
Trucks, teams, etc.
4.536 66
Oil, tar, gravel, etc.
1,756 25
Equipment and repairs
301 52
Culverts and all other
813 10
$13,610 74
Snow Removal :
Salaries and wages $ 3.590 87
Trucks, etc. . 1.538 12
Equipment replacements and repairs 110 71
$5,239 70
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TOWN OF RUTLAND
Bridges :
Lumber
98 50
Street lighting
1,600 94
Total for Highways, General
$20,549 88
Highways, Special :
Highway maintenance, Chapter 90
$3,999 68
Maple Avenue Highway Construction .
308 70
Pommogussett Highway Construction 7,018 34
Pleasantdale Highway Construction
6,477 43
Total for Highways, Special $17,804 15
Schools and Libraries :
Schools :
Salary of superintendent
$ 581 00
Printing, stationery and postage
6 25
Telephone
58 84
Traveling expenses
60 00
Teachers' salaries
12,627 05
Health salaries and expenses
464 00
Text books and supplies
1,093 69
Transportation
5,508 20
Janitor's services
189 00
Fuel and light
270 65
Maintenance of buildings and grounds
769 55
Furniture and furnishings
243 65
Diplomas and graduating exercises ..
25 57
All other 43 63
$21,941 08
Two-thirds of public building expense
2,196 45
$24,137 53
Library :
Salary of Librarian
$250 00
Books
152 78
Periodicals 27 05
Binding books
2 35
Furniture repairs 3 00
Stationery and postage
75
ANNUAL REPORT
67
All other 6 95
$442 88
Total for Schools and Libraries
$24,580 41
Recreation and Unclassified :
Memorial Day
$ 96 23
Miscellaneous appropriation
578 09
Parks
72 89
Old bills
1,189 09
Trade Schools
349 90
C.W.A. and E.R.A. accounts
1,444 96
E R.A. Administrator's salary
360 00
Compensation account
529 37
Public dump road
97 62
Public dump maintenance
100 (10
Additional fire protection
100 010
Filing equipment
60 00
Old cemetery fence
86 48
Road Grader
729 12
Road Hone
49 00
Police equipment
53 96
Oil-burning torch
55 00
Snow removal equipment
1,740 00
Sidewalk construction
118 12
County aid to agriculture
25 00
Dog license returns to County
524 40
County tax
2,051 00
State tax
2,200 00
State parks and reservations
22 00
Auditing Municipal Accounts
841 42
Snow fence
98 32
Total for Recreation and Unclassified .
$13,571 97
Enterprises and Cemeteries : Water Department :
Water Commissioners' salaries $ 64 80
Superintendent's salary 1,440 00
Printing, stationery, postage and tel. 17 51
All other administrative expense 5 00
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TOWN OF RUTLAND
General :
Labor
293 95
Pipe and fittings 391 51
Trucking 8 50
Equipment
56 59
All other, general 282 66
Pumping Station :
Fuel, light and power
2,788 70
Repairs
815 18
All other, pumping station
5 18
Interest on loans
635 00
Road Machinery Expense
1,120 75
Cemeteries :
Labor
5 00
Total for Enterprises and Cemeteries .. $7,930 33
Interest :
Temporary loans, anticipation of
$748 75
revenue
Total Bartlett loan
261 25
Total for Interest $1,010 00
Municipal Indebtedness :
Anticipation of Revenue loans $15,000 00
Hotel Bartlett loan 1,000 00
Water loans
2,000 00
Total for Municipal Indebtedness $18,000 00
Refunds and Transfers :
Refunds :
1933 Taxes $ 2 70
1932 Motor vehicle excise tax 1 12
1933 Motor vehicle excise tax 12 42
1934 Motor vehicle excise tax
67 91
Total for Refunds and Transfers $84 15
$6,804 58
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ANNUAL REPORT
SUMMARY OF PAYMENTS
General Government
$ 4,799 30
Protection of Persons and Property 1,392 31
Health and Sanitation 3,190 07
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits 8,164 85
Highways, General
20,549 88
Highways, Special
17,804 15
Schools and Libraries
24,580 41
Recreation and Unclassified
13,571 97
Enterprises and Cemeteries
7,930 33
Interest
1,010 00
Municipal Indebtedness 18,000 00
Refunds and Transfers
84 15
$121,077 42
Cash on hand December 31, 1934 ..
9,739 77
$130,817 19
TOWN OF RUTLAND
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1934
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash
$9,739 77
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy-1932 $ 241 68
Levy-1933
5,457 77
Levy-1934 19,322 60
25,022 05
Old Age Assistance :
Levy-1932
$10 00
Levy-1933 99 00
109 00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax :
Levy-1932 $ 3 51
Levy-1933 83 93
Levy-1934 563 31
1,552 98
650 75
Overlay for abatement of taxes : Levy-1932
$241 68
Levy-1933 446 93
$688 61 784 09
Overlay Surplus .
Revenue Accounts :
Motor Vehicle Excise . $ 650 75
Special Assessments . . .
29 50
Tax Titles 1,639 19
Departmental 2,870 19
Water 5,910 70
11,100 33
Tailings Account 7 21
Road Machinery Fund . . . Excess and Deficiency
12,084 23
Moth Assessments : Levy-1933 Tax Titles
29 50 1,639 19
Departmental :
Old Age Assistance $ 377 04
Health Department
1,386 98
Fire Department
4 20
Mothers' Aid
260 00
State Temporary Aid 629 97
State Aid
212 00
2,870 19
Water Rates:
Levies-1929-1934
$5,375 12
State Sanatorium 280 79
Veterans' Hospital
254 79
5,910 70
State and County Aid
to Highways :
State-Chapter 81
$ 634 09
State-Chapter 90 1,441 79
County-Chapter 90
1,548 72
3,624 60
264 19
Overlay Deficit-1934 Old Age Assistance Tax : State Refund 53 00
$49,912 94
Appropriation balances to 1935 :
Pleasantdale Road, Chapter 90 Highways $522 57
Road Machinery Account 75 34 E.R.A. Expense .. 672 58
Snow Removal Equip. .
425 00
1,695 49
West Rutland School House Account 7,000 00
Temporary Loans : Anticipation of Revenue. 15,000 00
$49,912 94
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$16,965 00
Loans :
Water-1925
$ 1,000 00
Hotel Bartlett Purchase-1929 4,500 00
Water-1929 10,000 00
Snow Removal Equipment-1929 . . 1,465 00
$16,965 00
$16,965 00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds
$5,810 71
Horace H. King Library Fund $ 400 24
David Putnam Library Fund .
133 59
Rufus Houghton Rural Cemetery
Fund 100 00
Munroe Fund, Schools
5,176 88
$5,810 71
$5,810 71
TOWN OF RUTLAND
TABLE OF ACCOUNTS, 1934
Appropriations
Transfers from
Reserve Fund
Income
Previous
Years
Total
Expended
Transferred
Balance
Selectmen's Salaries
$300 00
300 00
300 00
Selectmen's Expense
30 00
30 00
21 20
8 80
Town Accountant's Salary
315 00
315 00
315 00
Town Accountant's Expense
20 00
20 00
19 50
50
Treasurer's Salary
270 00
270 00
270 00
36 89
Collector of Taxes' Salary .
450 00
450 00
450 00
Collector of Taxes' Expense
150 00
58 85
208 85
208 85
Assessors' Salary
575 00
65 39
50 00
690 39
690 39
Assessors' Expense
150 00
66 17
216 17
216 17
Town Clerk's Salary
67 50
67 50
67 50
Town Clerk's Expense
25 00
13 60
38 60
38 60
Election and Registration Salaries
75 00
72 20
147 20
147 20
Election and Registration Expense
210 00
210 00
207 47
2 53
Legal Department
25 00
25 00
25 00
Public Building Maintenance
1,000 00
98 23
1.098 23
1.098 23
13 92
Police Department
125 00
125 00
97 75
27 25
Fire Department
650 00
650 00
590 08
59 92
Fires and Forest Fires
250 00
15 60
265 60
265 60
Forest Warden
45 00
45 00
45 00
22 00
Moth Department
303 75
303 75
303 75
Sealer's Salary
45 00.
45 00
45 00
Sealer's Expense
10 00
10 00
4 47
5 53
Dog Officer
35 00
2 66
37 66
37 66
25 00
Board of Health Expense
1,350 00
1.350 00
1,252 47
97 53
Cattle Inspector
70 00
70 00
52 50
17 50
Vital Statistics
175 00
175 00
168 50
6 50
Bridges
98 50
98 50
98 50
Highway Maintenance.
Chapter 81
3,400 00
10 74
10,200 00
13.610 74
13,610 74
Highway Maintenance,
Chapter 90
1,000 00
3,000 00
4,000 00
3.999 68
24
08
Snow Removal
5,200 00
39 70
5,239 70
5.239 70
100 00
Maple Ave. Road, Chap. 90 .
308 72
308 70
02
Pommagussett Rd., Chap. 90
1.500 00
18 34
5,500 00
7,018 34
7,018 34
Pleasantdale Rd., Chap. 90
1,500 00
5,500 00
7,000 00
6,477 43
522 57
Street Lights
1,630 00
1,630 00
1,600 94
29 06
Guide Boards
50 00
50 00
50 00
1 68
Public Welfare Salaries
45 00
45 00
45 00
Public Welfare Expense
5.675 00
5,675 00
5.645 35
29 65
Mothers' Aid
780 00
780 00
780 00
State Aid
240 00
240 00
212 00
28 00
Soldiers' Relief
200 00
200 00
112 83
87 17
Old Age Assistance
1,800 00
1,800 00
1,414 67
385 33
Schools
24,300 CO
24,300 00
24,137 53
162 47
Trade Schools
350 00
350 00
349 90
10
Public Library
9 43
406 77
26 68
442 88
442 88
Memorial Day
100 00
100 00
96 23
3 77
Miscellaneous
550 00
28 09
578 09
578 09
Parks
75 00
75 00
72 89
2 11
Old Bills
1,200 00
1,200 00
1,189 09
10 91
Road Machinery Expense
1,050 00
146 09
1,196 09
1,120 75
75 34
Compensation Account
490 00
53 37
543 37
529 37
14 00
Filing Equipment
60 00
60 00
60 00
Old Cemetery Fence
89 00
89 00
86 48
2 52
Additional Fire Protection
100 00
100 00
100 00
14 88
Road Hone
50 00
50 00
49 00
1 00
Police Equipment
54 00
54 00
53 96
04
Public Dump Road
100 00
100 00
97 62
2 38
Public Dump Maintenance .
100 00
100 00
100 00
Oil Burning Torch
55 00
55 00
55 00
Snow Removal Equipment
700 00
1,465 00
2,165 00
1,740 00
425 00
Sidewalk Construction
175 00
175 00
118 12
56 88
County Aid to Agriculture
25 00
25 00
25 00
E.R.A. Administrator's
Salary
360 00
360 00
360 00
C.W.A. and E.R.A. Accounts
1,875 00
242 54
2,117 54
1,444 96
672 58
County
Hospital
Building
Loan
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Interest, County Hosp. Loan
202 50
202 50
202 50
County Hospital
Maintenance
514 10
514 10
514 10
Water Commissioners'
Salary
65 00
65 00
64 80
20
· Water Department Expense
6,750 00
6,750 00
6,739 78
10 22
Old Cemetery
35 00
35 00
5 00
30 00
Interest
900 00
110 00
1,010 00
1,010 00
.. ..
..
Maturing Debt
3,000 00
3,000 00
3,000 00
Reserve Fund
1,000 00
1,000 00
662 37
337 63
$76,933 35
$662 37 $26,121 77
$724 03 $104,441 52 $100,354 45
$712 63
$3,374 44
..
600 00
586 08
Public Building Repairs
600 00
Tree Warden
25 00
25 00
3 00
Board of Health Salaries
25 00
25 00
Clearing Sidewalks
100 00
100 00
308 72
Snow Fence
100 00
100 00
98 32
Road Grader
744 00
744 00
729 12
Treasurer's Expense
175 00
175 00
138 11
..
.. ..
. .
.. . .
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
1932 TAXES
Outstanding May 4, 1934 Recommitted $3,359 61
Paid to Treasurer $2,716 91
Abatements 289 96
Tax Titles 100 64
Cash on hand December 31, 1934
25 58
3,133 09
Outstanding December 31,
1934
$226 52
1933 TAXES
Outstanding May 4, 1934 Recommitted $11,121 63
Paid to Treasurer $5,489 43
Abatements 74 53
Tax Titles
89 90
Cash on hand December 31, 1934
398 94
6,052 80
Outstanding December 31,
1934
$5,068 83
1934 TAXES
Total Commitments
$41,496 90
Paid to Treasurer
$21,657 10
Abatements 517 20
Cash on hand December 31,
1934
413 74 22,588 04
Outstanding December 31,
1934
$18,908 86
1932 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Outstanding May 4, 1934
Recommitted
$18 00
Paid to Treasurer
$8 00
8 00
Outstanding December 31,
1934
$10 00
74
TOWN OF RUTLAND
1933 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Outstanding May 4, 1934
Recommitted $109 00
Paid to Treasurer $10 00
Cash on hand December 31, 1934
1 00
11 00
Outstanding December 31,
$98 00 1934
1932 MOTH
Outstanding May 4, 1934 Recommitted $20 50
Paid to Treasurer $15 00
Abatements 3 50
Tax Titles
50
19 00
Outstanding December 31, 1934
$1 50
1933 MOTH
Outstanding May 4, 1934 Recommitted $69 00
Paid to Treasurer $38 50
Tax Titles 1 00
Cash on hand December 31, 1934
1 50
41 00
Outstanding December 31, 1934 $28 00
1932 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
Outstanding May 4, 1934
Recommitted $374 48
Paid to Treasurer $41 47
Abatements
305 07
Cash on hand December 31, 1934
2 90 349 44
Outstanding December 31, 1934 $25 04
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ANNUAL REPORT
1933 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
Outstanding May 4, 1934
Recommitted $434 47
Paid to Treasurer $128 05
Abatements 218 81
Cash on hand December 31,
1934
12 73
359 59
Outstanding December 31,
1934
$74 88
1934 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
Total Commitments
$3,066 52
Paid to Treasurer $2,427 10
Abatements 138 55
Cash on hand December 31, 1934
68 81
2,634 46
Outstanding December 31,
1934
$432 06
WATER RATES
Outstanding May 4, 1934
Recommitted
$3,413 78
Commitment
3,650 44
$7,064 22
Paid to Treasurer
$1,670 87
Abatements 18 23
Cash on hand December 31, 1934
97 22
1,786 32
Outstanding December 31, 1934
$5,277 90
INTEREST ACCOUNT
Interest received on Taxes,
Moth Assessments and Motor Vehicle Excise :
Paid to Treasurer :
1932 $247 72
1933 331 00
1934
26 07
76
TOWN OF RUTLAND
Cash on hand December 31,
1934 28 98
$633 77
Interest on Water Rates- Paid to Treasurer $30 22
Cash on hand December 31, 1934 74
30 96
$664 73
Respectfully submitted,
HATTIE M. CLARK,
Tax Collector.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Town Appropriation, balance
$ 26 68
Dog Fund
406 77
Transferred from Reserve Fund
9 43
$442 88
Expended :
L. Edna Wheeler, Librarian $250 00
D. M. Hanff, books, periodicals, etc. 163 05
A. W. Marquis, books 7 88
Jean Carlo, books 6 00
Nat'l Geographical Society, subscription
3 00
Gaylord Bros., Inc., cards, etc.
9 20
E. A. Vogts, reseating chairs
3 00
Postage 75
$442 88
Respectfully submitted,
MARY E. MILES, E. D. KELSEY, CHARLOTTE P. FRENCH,
HATTIE S. GRIFFIN, BERNICE F. PUTNAM, FRANCES P. HANFF,
Trustees.
Rutland, Mass., Jan. 1, 1935
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN
Received from fines and cards
$21 40
Received for magazines
23 00
$44 40
Circulation
6,907
Books added
109
Books bought 76
Books given
33
Money for magazines was given by the Home Relief Society, the Grange, the Eastern Star and Fire Department. Magazines were given by the Woman's Union and Ameri- can Humane Society.
Books were given by the State, Mrs. Esther Ela and Lewis Forbush.
BOOKS ADDED DURING 1934
The World Almanac
Lyman
The Outermost House
Beston
Bill Had an Umbrella
Hauck
The State versus Elinor Norton
Moon Through Glass
Life, Love and Jeanette
Greater Courage
Pedler
Work of Art
Lewis
Great Offensive
We Ride the Gale
A Nest of Simple Folk
A Modern Tragedy
Heroic Lives
Hindus Loring O'Failain Bentley Sabatini Denbie
Death Cruises South
Wonder Hero
The Cross of Peace
Twenty Years A-Growing
I Went to Pit College
Little Orvie
Rivers Glide On
Promenade Dick
Priestley Gibbs O'Sullivan Gilfillan Tarkington Gibbs Ross
Rinehart Dawson Hauck
ANNUAL REPORT
79
Miss Jolly's Family Blithe Baldwin
Comrades of Storm
Confessions of a Scientist
Yonder Sails the Mayflower
Pot of Silver Bush
While Rome Burns
Good-By Mr. Chips
Nurse Benson
Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Riders of Purple Sage
Phoebe Dean
Swift Water
Covered Wagon
Fox Grey Hill Loring Hough
Captain Davis' Daughter
Lincoln
Mr. Pratt's Patients
Lincoln Brainerd
How Could You, Jean
A Goodly Heritage
The Trail of Life in Middle Years
Sea Level
In Sight of Eden
Papa La Fleur
The Great Powwow
Who's Who in America
Cherry Isle
Ward
Florida
Stockbridge
The Captive Wife
Triumph of an Idea
The Grinding
Mrs. Wiggs of Cabbage Patch
Mary Peters
Happiness House
The Safe Bridge
The Christmas Bride
Unfinished Cathedral
The Peel Trait
42 Years in the White House
The Taking of the Gry Pollyanna's Castle in Mexico
Borlon
Distant Dawn
Pedler
So Red the Rose
Young
Abbott Hueston Kyne Ditmars Willsie Montgomery Woolcott Hilton McCarthy
Deeping Graves Bush Wiggs Chase Hill Keyes Hill Stribling Lincoln Hoover Masefield
Phyllis Anne
Chase Jones Parrish Vercel Gale Sears Marquis Close
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TOWN OF RUTLAND
The Magic Mirror
The Emerald Murder Trap
Mr. Underhill's Progress Long Remember
With Banners
The Man on the White Horse
Builders of Empule
The Forest of Adventure
Marionettes
Matched Pearls
Back to Virtue Betty
The Splendid Quest
The Casino Murder Case
The Curate's Wife
Mutiny on the Bounty
Hundredth Chance
Man Next Door
Round the Corner in Gay Street
Following of the Star
The Guarded Halo
The Enchanted Barn
O Mary be Careful
Slippy McGee
Mystery of Hasty Arrow
The Search
The Portygee
The White Flag
Just David
Kent Knowles
The Witness
Gentle Julia
Hill Tarkington
JUVENILE BOOKS
Moby Dick.
The Girl at the Window
Mountain Girl Comes Home
Bran the Bronze Smith
Reason Brown
The Feud Mystery
Smith
Pinnochio
Collodi
Gustango Gold
Parker
Cleath Roland
Rigeter Cameron
In Fairyland
Singmaster Gregory Corbett
Kantor Loring
Deeping Darrow Ditmars Ackley Hill
Widdemer Marshall Van Dine Young Nordhoff Dell Hough Richmond Barclay Pedler Hill Weston Demler Green Hill Lincoln Porter Porter Lincoln
Melville Bacon Fox
Romany Road
ANNUAL REPORT
81
Betty Bradford, Engineer Adventure of William Tucker Erith and Anton A Lieutenant under Washington Kathy Lone Rider Open Range Wheels Toward West
The Teacup Whale
Wind in the Chimney
The Story of Deadstick
The Lost Merry-Go-Round
.
A Son of the Wild Pack
The Snow-Baby's Own Story
The Gold Laced Coat
,
Davis Gillham Kastner Tomlinson Bacon Hawthorne Hawthorne Hawthorne Gilson Meigs Stanton Lathorp Bartlett
Peary Oxton
REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
The following equipment was tested and sealed in 1934:
Gasoline pumps 22
Gasoline meters
8
Stops on pumps
119
SCALES
Platform over 5,000
1
Platform 100 to 5,000
4
Counter under 100
7
Spring 100 or over
2
Spring under 100
6
Computing under 100
6
Personal weighing
1
Total fees
$25 48
Uncollected
1 98
Cash to Treasurer
$25 48
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT M. PROUTY,
Sealer.
Rutland, Mass., December 5, 1934.
REPORT OF WORK DONE ON RUTLAND ROADS, 1934
REPORT OF CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION POMMOGUSSETT ROAD
1 section 2150 ft. of roadway excavated and brought to grade,
1700 cu. yds. borrow fill hauled from town pit.
18 in. gravel subbase, 2 in. select gravel for top,
Treated with one gal. tar per sq. yard, mixed in place.
55 trees removed.
1 2 × 4 drop inlet built.
1 brick catch-basin built.
140 concrete posts set with cable guard.
PLEASANTDALE ROAD
2900 ft. road built 14 in. subbase, 2 in. selected gravel top. 2 2 x 4 drop inlets built.
14 trees removed.
165 cu. yds. ledge drilled and blasted.
16 concrete posts set.
REPORT OF CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE EAST COUNTY ROAD
One section (250 ft. long) excavated and stone filled.
One side drain 3 ft. wide 18 in. deep 250 ft. long under stone fill.
13,700 ft. treated with tar selected gravel cover applied and honed.
One drop inlet (2 x 4) built.
775 ft. side drain.
60 ft. corrugated iron pipe laid.
6 ft. corrugated iron pipe laid (extension).
One 36 in. pipe relaid (10 cu. yds. ledge removed to install this pipe).
150 ft. open ditch.
One section 300 ft. long widened and curve banked.
All water ways cleaned. Road patched entire length.
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TOWN OF RUTLAND
MAPLE AVENUE
2600 ft. treated with tar selected gravel cover applied and honed.
300 ft. of ditch dug out, filled with screened (11/2) in. gravel. 250 ft. side drain.
All water ways cleaned. Road patched entire length.
CHAPTER 81 EAST COUNTY ROAD
1 Patched. See Chapter 90 Report.
POMMOGUSSETT ROAD
2 Dragged twice. Scraped four times. Brush cut.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 16 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 175 ft. long x 16 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 100 ft. long x 16 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
3 Boulders drilled and blasted.
WACHUSETT ROAD
3 Dragged twice. Scraped three times and brush cut. About 90 cubic yards ledge blasted.
3 Sections graveled 200 ft. long x 15 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 250 ft. long x 15 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
3 Sections graveled 275 ft. long x 15 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 15 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 28" x 12'.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 28" x 15'.
1 Pipe relaid and 6 ft. extension.
4
MAPLE AVENUE MUSCHOPAUGE STREET
5 Dragged twice. Scraped three times, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
CENTRAL TREE ROAD
6 Dragged twice. Scraped twice.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 15 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
1 Load oil 65% applied.
BRITNEL DRIVE
7 Dragged twice, scraped three times and brush cut.
1 Section graveled 170 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 185 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
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ANNUAL REPORT
1 Stone fill 750 ft. long x 18 ft. wide x 8 in. deep.
4 in. gravel cover. C. W. A. Project.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 26 ft. long 14 in. laid.
1 Side drain 600 ft. long x 3 ft. wide x 3 in. deep.
GLENWOOD ROAD
8 Dragged twice, scraped three times, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 800 ft. long x 18 ft. wide x 5 in. deep. Also 2000 gallons 65% oil applied on this section.
2 Sections graveled 200 ft. long x 16 ft. wide x 6 in. deep. 1 Section graveled 250 ft. long x 16 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 900 ft. long x 16 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 600 ft. long x 16 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 175 ft. long by 16 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
2 Corrugated iron pipes installed. Each 28 ft. long x 14 ins.
1 Section stone fill 900 ft. long x 10 ft. wide. 3 ft. gravel shoulders 6 in. gravel top.
Laborers furnished by C. W. A. Trucks by the town.
CAMPBELL STREET
9 Dragged twice, scraped twice, brush cut.
1 Corrugated iron pipe laid 26 ft. long × 14 in.
1 Section graveled 175 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
BUSHY LANE
10 Dragged twice, scraped twice, brush cut. 5 Loads gravel used to fill mudhole.
HALFRY STREET
11 Scraped once.
HARRIS LANE
12 Brush cut.
SASSAWANNA ROAD
13 Dragged twice, scraped three times, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 175 ft. long x 16 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 200 ft. long x 16 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 16 ft. wide x 6 in. deep. Three boulders removed.
RIVER STREET
14 Dragged twice, scraped three times, curve widened.
1 Section graveled 125 ft. long × 12 ft. wide x 4 in. deep.
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TOWN OF RUTLAND
INTERVALE ROAD
15 Dragged twice, scraped three times.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 28 ft. long x 18 in.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 28 ft. long x 16 in.
OVERLOOK ROAD
16 Dragged twice, scraped three times.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
RIDGE ROAD
17 Dragged twice, scraped twice, brush cut, 8 loads gravel to patch.
PRESCOTT STREET
18 Dragged twice, scraped twice.
1 Section graveled 15 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 5 in. deep. HILLSIDE ROAD
19 Dragged twice, scraped twice.
1 Section graveled 225 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. long x 12 in.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 25 ft. long x 14 in.
2 Sections stone filled and gravel covered by County C. W. A.
MILES STREET
20 Patched shoulders treated with 65% oil.
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