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Hydrants.
The hydrants are in pretty good condition, generally speaking, yet quite a number should be raised up as they set too close to the ground to make the steamer connections accessible.
Fire Alarm.
The fire alarm is in part, viz. : the East Saugus loop, in good condition ; the rest is in as good conditions as circumstances will permit and regarding the old wire, the annual fire depart- ment appropriation should be sufficiently large enough to take care of the wear and tear of the fire alarm system from year to year without special appropriations for this, as a great many times it is necessary to change the wires to new poles.
It is very poor policy to move old wires and cross arms as a rule, as the time and labor is the largest factor of expense. Thus the Town would continually be protected by a reliable fire alarm system.
The fire alarm signals have fallen off about 50 per cent since the public telephone has been installed.
There has been during the year 1912 sixty alarms all told : Thirty 'phone alarms, twenty-three bell alarms, seven still alarms, two second alarms, one false alarm ; one fire attended by Wakefield department on January 6, 1912, Saugus being notified later.
There were five hundred and forty-six gallons of chemical used last year, 1912.
Eighty-three hours of service at fires.
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Distance traveled by all apparatus attending fires one hundred and forty-seven miles.
Five hundred and ninety feet of ladder used.
Six thousand eight hundred and fifty feet of 23 inch hose used.
One thousand five hundred and twenty-five feet of chemical hose used.
Statement of Property Involved During 1912.
Total property involved $72,045 00
Value of buildings involved
33,865 16
Value of contents involved . 38,180 00 .
Amount of loss on buildings
5,048 16
Total per cent loss
16 53
Per cent loss on buildings
14 88
Per cent loss on contents
17 95
Total property loss
11,906 89
Amount of loss on contents
6,858 73
Amount of insurance on buildings
30,000 00
Amount of insurance paid on buildings
3,335 16
Actual loss on buildings
1,713 00
Insurance on contents .
18,900 00
Insurance paid on contents .
1,128 73
Actual loss on contents
5,730 00
Actual property loss
7,443 00
Fire Department List of Fires for Year 1912.
Jan. 6. Box 124, 8 A. M. No. 9 Fellows court. One and one-half story dwelling, owned by Albert Martin. Value of building, $1,505. Loss on contents, $800. Total insurance paid, $2,300.
Jan. 6. Wakefield box, I P. M. Kendrick road, dwelling owned by Daniel Pease. Value of building, $650. Insurance paid, $500.
Jan. 14. Box 46. Dwelling near Central street and Birch- wood avenue, owned by George Sparling. No damage done.
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Feb. 23. Telephone. Mckenzie lot. Grass fire.
Mar. 3. Box 45, 12 M. Corner Harvard and Main. Two story frame dwelling, owned by Saylia Salvatori. Sparks on shingles. Damage $10.
Mar. 3. Telephone, 7 P. M. Grass fire. East Saugus, back B. & M. depot.
Mar. 6. Still alarm. Brush fire. Franklin park.
Mar. 23. Box 28, 12 M. Judges stand, owned by General Aviation Co. Value $500. Total loss.
Mar. 27. Box 12. Two story dwelling, 20 Emory street, owned by Mr. Dorr, Holiness, N. H. Value, $2,500. Loss, $110. Insurance paid, $110.
Apr. 2. Telephone, 5.50 P. M. No. 39 Summer street, dwelling owned by William H. Hunt. Value, $2,500. Damage $110. Insurance paid, $110.
Apr. 7. Box 37, 145 P. M. Brush fire. Central terrace.
Apr. 17. Still alarm, 7.05 P. M. Dwelling owned by H. H. Atherton. Back Boston & Maine depot, East Saugus. Chimney fire. No damage.
Apr. 20. Box 17, 3.50 P. M. Barn on Summer street, owned by Thomas Milligan. Value $1,000. Damage $2.00.
May I. Box 26, 2.15 P. M. Grass fire on Endicott street.
May I. Box 36, 3.40 P. M. Clinton avenue. Grass fire.
May 5. Box 34, 4.5 P. M. Fair View, Lynn.
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May 30. Still, 22 Emory street. Frame cottage, owned by James Blackwood, Sharon. Lightning. Value of building $1,500. Damage $8.59.
June 9. Telephone, 2.45 P. M. Dwelling and basket shop, corner Central and Jasper, owned by John Parkins. Value $3,000. Damage, $9.50.
June 15. Box 37, 7.15 P. M. Dwelling 66 Denver street, owned by William Labell, value $2,000. Loss on building and contents, $358.98.
June 30. Telephone, 1.40 A. M. Dwelling 132 Ballard street, owned by H.B.Newhall. Value, $1,500. Damage, $8.59.
June 30. Still, 6 P. M. Packing box in rear Whitehead's old store. No damage.
July I. Telephone, 12 M. Walden Pond road. Woods fire. July I . Four P. M. Collins road. Camp and woods fire. Value of building and contents, $250. Total loss.
July 2. Three-thirty P. M. Broadway and Forest avenue. Brush fire
July
3. Telephone 7 P. M. Summer street and Berrett's woods.
July 3. Box 16, 1.30 P. M. Berrett's woods. Brush.
July 4. Telephone 5 P. M. Two-story dwelling on Rob- inson street, owned by A. J. Freeman. Value of building, $2,000. Loss on building and contents, $507.
July 4 . Telephone, 8 P. M. Broadway, back of Caswell's. Woods fire.
July 5. Telephone, 11.45 A. M. Hebert's woods, back of Chester Parker's farm.
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July 5. Telephone, 12.30 P. M. Same as above.
July 5. Telephone, 1.30 P. M. W. C. Stevens' camp, rear Essex street and Melrose line. Total loss. Value, $425.
July 5. Telephone 3 P. M. Woods fire near Caswell's.
July 5. Telephone 7.45 P. M. Brush fire back of G. E. Metcalf, Howard and Main streets.
July 6. Telephone 10 A. M. Baker's hill. Brush fire.
July 6. Telephone I P. M. Oaklandvale. Brush.
July 6. Telephone 1.30 P. M. Baker's hill. Brush.
July 6. Box 45, 9.45 P. M. Brush fire back of George Metcalf's, Howard and Main streets.
July 7. Telephone 10 A. M. Grass fire. Unity Camp.
July 7. Telephone 11.30 A. M. Woods fire. Main street back of Maxwell's farm.
July 8. Telephone 10.15 A. M. Brush fire. Sunnyside. July S. Telephone 2.30 P. M. Woods. Town farm. July 9. Telephone 2.30 P. M. Brush. Back Stone's field.
Aug. 28. Box 12, 9.20 A. M. Dwelling corner Central and Jasper streets, owned by John Parker. Value $1,500. Loss on building and contents $167.50.
Sept. 16. Box 25, 8.35 A. M. Dwelling Central street near store owned by Bryer. Value of building, $1,500. Chimney fire. No damage.
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Sept. 24. Telephone II P. M. Old house on Fairmount avenue, owned by Charles Wormstead. Value of building $300. Total loss.
Oct. 6. Telephone II A. M. Grass fire. Ballard street.
Oct. S. Telephone 9.30 A. M. Grass fire. B. & M. R. R. and Essex street.
Oct. 8. Telephone 12 M. Grass fire. Foot of Bristow street.
Oct. 20. Telephone 6 P. M. Appleton street. Woods.
Oct. 23. Still, 8.35 P. M. Fublic Library Building. No damage.
Oct. 26. Box 124, 9 P. M. House owned and occupied by Louise Johnson, 12 Tuttle street. Value of building, $1,300. Loss on building and contents $302.50.
Nov. 7. Box 123, 12.30 A. M. Brass foundry on Crescent avenue. Owned by William Anthees. Value of building $300.00. Loss on contents and building, $4, 300.
Nov. 10. Box 21, 10.45 P. M. Dwelling, II Avon street. owned by estate of Mary L. Amerage. Value of building, $3,000.
Nov. 12. Box 125, 3 A. M. False alarm.
Nov. 15. Box 213, 8. 10 A. M. Dwelling 30 Ballard street, owned by Charles Wheeten. Value of building, $1,600. Total insurance paid, $211.02.
Dec. 5. Still, 11.30 P. M. Dwelling on Broadway. Lynnfield.
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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Dec. 9. Box 15, 1.45 P. M. Dwelling owned by the United States Worsted Co. Value, $1,260. Loss on building and contents
Dec. 10. Telephone 1.30 P. M. Grass fire. Central and School streets.
Dec. 10. Box 126, 6.30 P. M. Grass fire.
Dec. 13. Box 24, 3.30 P. M. Cottage, Enoch Kent estate. Value $500. No damage.
Respectfully, CLAYTON W. REES Chief
Report of Board of Health.
The Board of Health respectfully submits its annual report for the year 1912.
The Board organized as follows :
Dr. George W. Gale, Chairman and Medical Examiner ; Tom D. Emmett, Secretary ; Charles E. Light, Health Officer and Inspector. Appointed, Thomas C. Sutherst, Plumbing Inspec- tor ; A. W. Sawyer, Milk Inspector ; Charles L. Davis, Burial Agent.
Regular meetings of the Board are held at the Town Hall on the last Thursday of each month at 8 o'clock P. M.
Complaints of various kinds were made to the Board, and all investigated without delay, and where any nuisance was found to exist it was promptly ordered abated, and the order was complied with in every case.
Complaints made to this Board must be made in writing, and signed by the person or persons making it. No annonymous complaints will be noticed.
We would still call the attention of all owners of real estate to the necessity of having their vaults and cesspools kept in a sanitary condition and cleaned out once a year at least as required by law. Many vaults and cesspools are used until they run out upon the ground, thereby creating a nuisance for themselves and their neighbors. We would also urge the necessity of using an iron cover to all cesspools. the same being once done is done forever, while a wooden top has to be renewed every six or seven years, besides the liability of a horse or wagon breaking through it. We would also urge upon the citizens a more thorough collection of ashes and swill, it being no more work to them to put it in a proper receptacle and have it taken away than to throw it out in the yard to rot and breed mosquitoes and flies, and to say nothing of the improved condition of their
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premises. We find that once a household has the same removed they do not wish to go back to the old way.
We would call the attention of the citizens to the fact that every year the Town grows larger, the duties of the Board of Health increases, also the expenses. This year a state law was passed obliging every department in Town to provide a safe for the preservation of all records and papers of value. We purchased a safe at the expense of $51.00. As a new office was built for the Overseers of the Poor and the Board of Health it was neces- sary to procure new furniture which was done at an expense of $35.55. This will last for a great many years. As it was necessary to make new laws and regulations we revised the old ones, had a thousand copies printed and advertised at an expense of $108.00. These will last for a long time.
We have gone into the conditions of the dairies and milk houses throughout the Town further than ever before. Yet there is room for a great many improvements. Several minor complaints have been made to the Board and promptly adjusted.
One complaint in particular was made in regard to the condi- tions of Crystal Brook. The matter was at once taken up and the abutters notified and requested to cooperate with the Board, which was cheerfully complied with and the result is a good, clean stream of water from Pleasant Hills to the river.
One other matter of importance was the reducing of the cost of dead animals to the Town of more than $100.00, and we hope during next year to be able to still reduce this almost needless expense.
In regard to contagious diseases while less in number the expense has been a great deal more.
One case of small-pox appearing which was promptly taken care of at an expense of $316.00 and for which the State has reimbursed the Town to the amount of $180.00.
Quite an epidemic of diphtheria appeared and in some cases affecting every member of the family. Several severe cases of scarlet fever appeared, yet we are pleased to report that none were fatal.
Every year we are obliged to send patients to the Lynn Con-
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tagious Hospital for medical treatment for the State and for the Town. All of these cases are charged to the Board of Health of Saugus. If it is a State case we are reimbursed for two- thirds of the amount. The charge for cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever is $15.00 a week ; it generally takes six weeks for a case of scarlet fever, and not quite so long for diphtheria, before the case is discharged from the hospital. In case of scarlet fever, it costs the Town at least $90 for each patient. We send those cases to the hospital where there are several children in the family, and where there are not proper conveniences, for treat- ment at home. We consider this to be for the public health and safety, and to give the patient the benefit of good treatment.
The statutes impose upon Boards of Health the duty of pro- tecting the people from those causes and influences which may injuriously affect their health.
We have in Saugus about 1,775 children who attend school ; statistics have shown the great prevalence of contagious diseases among school children. Schools are without doubt the means of spreading these diseases, from the fact that some attend school in the early stage of diphtheria, scarlet fever and other diseases. There are many diseases of childhood which are most prevalent and fatal in the early years of life-schools are without doubt the means of spreading these diseases. It is the mild and neglected cases that spread the contagion and causes epidemic ; it is among this class of cases that the special attention of the Board of Health has been directed. The Board is required to investigate the premises, placard the houses, to give instructions in regard to sanitary measures and after so doing to fumigate.
There are also some suspicious cases of contagious disease, which from time to time are reported to this board for exami- nation.
The State Board is devoting much time and money in their investigation of Tuberculosis. At this time consumption is no longer given up as hopeless, but is considered curable in the incipient stage. Not only the lungs, but the spine, brain, joints. and nearly every tissue of the body is liable to be affected with this disease.
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Sanatoriums in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are as follows: North Reading, Lakeville, Westfield and Rutland. These are now running at their full capacity. The price of board in these institutions is $4 a week. According to the law, this is to be paid by the patient or friends. If the patient is not able to pay, the city or town in which he has a legal settlement, will be held responsible for the patient's board, if he has no settlement in city or town, the state assumes the charge.
The whole number of contagious diseases reported to the Board are as follows :
Diseases.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Scarlet Fever
0
I
0
0
C
0
0
0
0
I
3
5
IO
Diphtheria
2
3
4
0
0
2
0
0
0
5
IO
2
28
Tuberculosis
O
0
I
2
I
O
I
I
I
O
I
I
9
Measles
I
2
3
2
2
4
2
0
0
0
O
I
17
Typhoid Fever
0
O
1
O
0
0
2
I
2
I
0
0
7
Chicken Pox
5
3
2
I
I
O
I
0
O
2
0
0
15
Whooping Cough .
2
0
0
O
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
I
5
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
2
0
0
O
O
O
O
I
O
O
O
2
Cerebro Spin. Meningitis
0
O
1
0
O
0
O
0
O
O
I
Small-Pox
0
0
O
I
0
O
0
O
O
O
O
0
I
Total .
12
9
12
6
6
6
6
2
3
9
14
IO
95
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
The following Undertakers were licensed to conduct the business for 1912 : H. Dwight Bisbee, Cliftondale ; Benjamin F. Fullerton, Saugus; Darcy & Quick, Lynn ; James M. Blais- dell, Lynn ; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Spear, Everett.
There were three (3) permits granted to clean out cesspools and vaults.
There were two (2) permits to slaughter within the Town limits.
There were six (6) permits issued to citizens to keep four or more horses on their premises.
The number of premises in the Town placarded for contagious diseases was twenty-seven (27).
GEORGE W. GALE, Chairman, TOM D. EMMETT, Secretary, CHARLES E. LIGHT, Health Officer.
OVERSEERS' DEPARTMENT.
APPROPRIATION.
Annual Town Meeting . $3,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Anna G. Burcham, groceries . $209 50
Butman & Cressey, coal and wood .
34 32
L. M. Chamberlain, board of children
134 00
George E. Southwick, groceries 80 91
H. A. Danforth, M. D. services 25 75
E. Evans, groceries 285 00
Clarence Parcher, M. D. services
2 00
O. H. Stocker, coal and wood
209 50
City of Lynn, Mass., aid
168 52
City of Boston, Mass., aid
4 29
L. B. Merrithew, board of children
155 05
Mrs. J. W. Parsons, board of children
190 10
Thomas T. Perkins, M. D. services
141 00
Mary E. Gatchell, board of children 120 85 Hallowell & Smiley, groceries 107 82
Mitchell & Douglass, groceries
26 23
H. M. Lillibridge, groceries
175 50
N. R. Stiles, coal and wood J. Walkey, groceries
15 13
357 55
N. J. Wales, shoes and rubbers
· 18 95
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
I 62
A. Herman, shoes and rubbers
29 00
Amount carried forward,
$2,492 59
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Amount brought forward, $2,492 59
J. A. Raddin, supplies 24 45
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. . 48 16
J. E. Stocker, groceries . 78 00
City of Chelsea, Mass., aid
22 50
City of Lynn, Mass., aid
151 77
George Goldic, shoes
8 30
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aid 107 00
Town of Weymouth, Mass., aid 81 67 .
City of Somerville, Mass., aid
45 64
Mrs. Livingston, board of children .
139 25
Mrs. Celia Robie, board of children
43 00
Darcy & Quick, burial
21 00
Mrs. Alice Lewis, services
74 20
Union Hospital, services .
43 00
H. A. Comack, groceries
19 99
F. A. Hyde & Co., safe .
40 00
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., stationery 3 75
G. H. & A. L. Nichols, book 9 50
F. W. Barry Beale & Co., stationery 2 45
H. B. McArdle, inkstand
I 60
William E. Ludden, rent 24 00
22 00
Herbert T. Penny, M. D. Annie M. Emmett, board
91 00
Isaac Oliver, board
18 00
O. E. Stillings, use of team
I 50
Walter Pratt, insurance . 90 00
Herbert E. Brier, groceries and medical supplies 249 15
H. D. Bisbee, burials and ambulance service . So 00
H. B. Babb, groceries 56 00
Mary M. Penney, M. D., services
15 00
O. C. Christiansen, services
75
Paine Furniture Co., desk and chairs
35 55
Augusta H. Batchelder, services
12 00
W. D. Adlington, lock .
2 55
.
Amount carried forward,
$4,155 32
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Amount brought forward, $4,155 32
W. S. Hutchinson, groceries .
II 68
G. E. Metcalf, wood
3 00
Mrs. C. E. Henderson, groceries
2 32
Overseers' orders on Treasurer's amount for Saugus
Home
275 00
Incidentals
II2 32
Total expenditure .
.
$4,559 64
Amount due from state, cities and towns
655 67
$3,903 97
Orders drawn on Home .
275 00
Net expenditure
. $3,628 97
Total number partially supported during the year, 81 ; fully supported in the Home, 8; in private families, 6. The increase in the personal property of the Home was $459.75.
The Overseers are pleased to report that the Home has been self-supporting, and, considering the high cost of supplies for the last year, the Board feels that the results of the farm have been very satisfactory and the Home well managed. Our warden, Carl F. Koch, and matron, Mrs. Koch, have proved very efficient. In submitting our report we recommend the sum of $4,200 for the ensuing year.
GEORGE H. AMES, CHARLES W. BAILEY, ARTHUR C. CLARK.
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Town Farm Account 1912.
DR.
1912
Jan.
Cash on hand
$48 61
Vegetables
25
Milk .
444 46
Stock .
153 00
Miscellaneous
4 25
Total .
$650 57
CR.
Food .
$74 49
Fuel
31 98
Clothing
4 45
Medicine
2 10
Stock .
197 50
Wages and salaries
131 85
Repairs
3 18
Miscellaneous
·
.
.
12 05
Total .
.
.
.
$457 60
DR.
Feb.
Cash on hand
$192 97
Vegetables .
I 44
Milk
439 84
Stock .
132 00
Miscellaneous
2 50
.
.
.
Total .
$768 75
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CR.
Food .
$82 91
Clothing
2 48
Medicine
I 24
Grain .
310 74
Stock .
180 00
Wages and salaries
130 00
Miscellaneous
II 86
Total. .
$719 23
DR.
Mar. Cash on hand
$49 52
Milk
447 82
Stock .
173 00
Miscellaneous
3º 35
$700 69
CR.
Mar. Food
$89 14
Fuel
15 50
Clothing
1 00
Medicine
2 87
Grain .
148 75
Stock .
190 00
Wages and salary .
137 00
Repairs
14 18
Manure and fertilizer
49 50
Miscellaneous
33 18
$681 12
DR.
Apr. Cash on hand
$19 57
Milk
471 14
Stock .
102 00
Miscellaneous
2 05
.
$594 76
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OVERSEERS' REPORT.
CR.
Apr. Food .
$76 89
Fuel
15 50
Clothing
I 98
Medicine
+ 78
Grain .
217 69
Stock .
46 00
Wages and salaries
169 88
Repairs
25
Manure and fertilizer
10 00
Miscellaneous
.
.
27 OI
$569 98
May
Cash on hand
.
$24 78
Vegetables .
43 25
Milk
567 66
Stock .
37 00
Miscellaneous
13 05
$685 74
May
Food .
$132 35
Clothing
50
Medicine
4 25
Grain .
204 19
Stock . ·
60 00
Wages and salaries
172 90
Seed .
25 32
Miscellaneous
21 65
$621 16
DR.
June Cash on hand
.
$64 58
Vegetables
.
.
.
175 31
Milk
413 52
Stock .
7 00
Miscellaneous
.
I IO
Total
$661 51
.
DR.
.
CR.
.
·
213
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
CR.
Food
$107 46
Fuel
7 .75
Clothing
33 29
Medicine
4 75
Grain .
172 76
Wages and salaries
224 64
Repairs
51 95
Seeds .
6 35
Miscellaneous
10 56
Total .
$619 51
July
Cash on hand
$42 00
Vegetables
475 90
Milk
538 90
Stock .
IO 50
Miscellaneous
IO IO
Total .
$1,077 40
CR.
Food
$180 39
Clothing
2 40
Medicine
5 30
Grain .
139 16
Stock .
70 00
Wages and salaries
462 29
Repairs
18 10
Seeds .
90
Miscellaneous
55 22
Total .
.
$933 76
DR.
Aug. Cash on hand
$143 64
Vegetables .
650 09
Milk
457 20
Stock .
17 00
Miscellaneaus
4 00
Total .
$1,271 93
DR.
214
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
CR.
Food .
.
$210 84
Clothing
12 02
Medicine
16 15
Grain .
318 45
Wages and salaries
378 23
Repairs
7 05
Manure and fertilizer
.
34 00
Miscellaneous
78 86
Total .
$1,055 60
DR.
Sept. Cash on hand
$216 33
Vegetables
373 19
Milk
444 44
Stock .
100 00
Miscellaneous
II 84
Total .
$1,145 80
CR.
Food .
$85 14
Fuel
39 25
Clothing
12 66
Grain .
219 53
Stock .
282 00
Wages and salaries
308 99
Repairs
14 45
Miscellaneous
34 95
Total .
$996 97
Oct.
Cash on hand
.
$148 83
Vegetables .
291 30
Milk
522 80
Stock .
·
110 00
Miscellaneous
.
.
11 50
Total .
.
$1,084 43
.
.
.
.
DR.
215
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Cr.
Oct. Food .
$186 94
Fuel
16 50
Clothing
2 99
Medicine
2 20
Grain .-
278 32
Stock .
132 00
Wages and salaries
226 90
Repairs
18 25
Seeds .
159 50
Miscellaneous
34 20
Total
$1,057 So
DR.
Nov. Cash on hand
$26 63
Vegetables .
242 31
Milk
389 66
Stock .
8 00
Miscellaneous
IO 35
Total .
$676 95
CR.
Nov. Food
$81 96
Clothing
15 46
Medicine
I 95
Grain .
137 66
Wages and salaries
234 55
Repairs
30 53
Manure and fertilizer
59 20
Miscellaneous
6 95
Total .
$568 26
216
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
DR.
Dec.
Cash on hand
$108 69
Vegetables .
IIO 48
Milk
573 77
Stock .
95 50
Miscellaneous
9 50
Overseersorders on Treasurer,
275 00
$1,172 94
CR.
Food .
$138 15
Clothing
98
Medicine
6 55
Grain .
262 55
Stock .
50 00
Wages and salaries
168 90
Repairs
31 09
Manure and fertilizer
38 00
Seeds .
58 22
Miscellaneous
140 15
Myers Abrams Co. I, horse .
275 00
Cash on hand
$3 35
Revenue received
$9,453 93
Expenses
9,450 58
Net receipts
$3 35
$1,169 59
Water Department.
Financial Report for Year Ending December 31, 1912. GENERAL ACCOUNT.
DR.
To cash balance January 1, 1912 $4,006 22
To December, 1911, Rebate received from Lynn, February 16, 1912 . 3,691 90
To 1912 Rebate received from Lynn 8,923 30
To interest received on bank deposits 84 19
To interest received on services . 2 68
To premium and interest received on Bonds issued, Note .- Bonds authorized at annual March Town
36 51
Meeting, and raised in November, 1912.
To received from new services 1,774 34
To received from service renewals 50 42
To received from sale of junk, pipe, etc. 8 75
To received from 34 new meters installed
408 00
To received from Forest Fire Department for ser- vice rendered 4 50
Total receipts
$18,990 SI
CR.
By paid for general stock $2,823 80
By paid for new tools . 281 70
By paid interest on water loans . 2,672 50
By paid for miscellaneous expense 275 17
By paid for general freight and expressing 50 24
By paid for general labor and salaries .
3,518 13
By paid for general teaming
491 50
By paid for insurance
50 00
Amount carried forward,
$10,163 04
218
REPORT OF WATER DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $10,163 04
By paid Bond due December 1, 1912 . 5,000 00
By paid Bond due July 10, 1912 1,000 00
By paid Bond due November 1, 1912, No. I ·
1,000 00
By paid Bond due November 1, 1912, No. 2 1,000 00
By cash balance on hand December 31, 1912 827 77
Total .
$18,990 81
EXTENSION ACCOUNT :
DR.
To extension balance on hand, Jan- uary 1, 1912 $1,699 15
To received from bonds issued Nov- ember, 1912 5,000 00
To received from Town on Appleton street, special appropriation, reim- bursement . 306 23
To received from Town on Beach- view avenue, special appropriation, reimbursement 486 63
To received from Walden avenue special appropriation, reimburse- ment
497 39
Total receipts
$7,989 40
CR.
By paid for extension stock $4,011 92
By paid for miscellaneous extension expense .
S2 35
By paid for extension, labor and salary . · By paid for extension freight and expressing .
2,862 13
387 48
272 00
By paid for extension teaming · By extension cash balance on hand, December 31, 1912 Total .
$7,989 40
219
REPORT OF WATER DEPARTMENT.
General stock on hand, Dec. 31, 1912, $1,474 37 Extension stock on hand, Dec. 31,
1912
.
540 46
Tools on hand, Dec. 31, 1912 . 422 98
Due from services laid during the year
363 66
Principal of Water Loan, Payable as Follows.
December 1, 1913, at 4 per cent. $3,500 00
December 1, 1914, at 4 per cent. 5,000 00
December 1, 1915, at 4 per cent. 3,500 00
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