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Town Hall
12-23
Treasurer's Department
19
Tree Warden
28
Trial Balance
45
Trust Funds
52
Unpaid Bills
43
Unpaid Taxes .
102
Vital Statistics
73
Water Department .
14-39
Welcome Home Celebration to Returned Soldiers
39
21
Moderator
Outstanding Bonds
29
31
Elected Town Officers, 1919
Town Clerk
Henry A. Parker
Term expires March, 1920
Selectmen
Francis M. Hill, Chairman
Term expires March, 1920
Frank B. Sloan
66
1920
George I. Hull
66
66
1920
Assessors
Lewis J. Austin, Chairman
Term expires March, 1921
Edwin K. Hayden .
66
66 1920
Daniel B. Willis
.
66 66 1922
Overseers of the Poor
George H. Ames, Chairman
Term expires March, 1920
Anthony Hatch ·
66 1920
Evan Evans
.
1920
Treasurer
H. Dwight Bisbee
Term expires March, 1920
Constable
W. Charles Sellick
Term expires March, 1920
Collector of Taxes
Henry A. Parker
Term expires March, 1920
Trustees of Public Library
Vernon W. Evans, Chairman . Term expires March, 1922
James W. Swoger (resigned) .
1920
Thomas Baldwin, Jr. (to fill vacancy)
Russell B. Kennedy . 66
66
66
1920
W. Sanford Full
·
66
66
1921
John Husler .
.
66 66
1922
John B. Lang . .
66
66
66
1922
66
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
Board of Health
Charles E. Light, Chairman .
. Term expires March, 192 1
Tom D. Emmett
60
1920
George W. Gale
.
.
66 66 1922
School Committee
Lawrence E. Morse, Chairman
. Term expires March, 1921
66 1920
Henry O. Westendarp
Ernest W. Homan .
·
66
66
66 1922
.
66
66 66 1921
66
66 1922
Anna C. Parker
Cemetery Commissioners
Benjamin F. Fullerton, Chairman . Term expires March, 1920 Horace H. Atherton, Jr. (resigned) 1920
(Ward Perkins to fill vacancy) 66 66 1921
William E. Ludden
Tree Warden
Thomas E. Berrett . Term expires March, 1920
.
66
C. F. Nelson Pratt
·
Appointed Town Officers, 1919
Town Accountant
Granville A. Clark Term expires August 7, 1920
Finance Committee
George V. Pendleton, Chairman, Term expires December 1, 1920
Harry W. Merrill
66
1920
Harold H. Coombs, (resigned)
66
66
1920
Harry T. Turner .
66
1921
Allen F. Reiser
66
1922
John G. Holmes
66
66
1922
Town Counsel William E. Ludden
Regular Police Under Civil Service Charles O. Thompson, Chief Roland L. Mansfield, Captain Frank W. Joy James P. Sullivan
C. Herbert Berrett John T. Stuart Clifford E. Robie
Special Police
Timothy J. Bannon
George W. Atkinson
Willie M. Penny
George W. Parker
Henry N. Williams
Frank M. Symonds
Allston F. Hart
Howard P. McAdoo
Thomas C. Sutherst
Samuel C. Maddox
Christopher C. Merrithew
William H. Semons
W. Charles Sellick
Carl F. Koch Peter A. Flaherty
Thomas E. Berrett Justin E. Mansfield Evan Evans Frank Whitford
Daniel B. Willis
Charles E. Light
Robert T. Allen
Ole C. Christiansen Hervey Upham
Walter A. Hanson
66
1921
William Popp .
.
.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
Engineers George W. Atkinson, Chief George L. Nourse Thomas E. Berrett
Forest Warden Thomas E. Berrett
Keeper of Lockup Charles O. Thompson
Matron of Lockup Elizabeth Mansfield
Superintendent of Public Works Peter Haigh
Superintendent of Schools Jesse W. Lambert
Superintendent of Cemetery Charles E. Light
Pound Keeper Carl F. Koch
Field Drivers
Willie M. Penney Charles L. Putney
Daniel S. Bannon
Measurers of Wood and Bark
Frank H. Coburn Frederick Stocker
Fence Viewers
Hervey Upham
Frank H. Coburn
Board of Registrars
J. Wesley Paul, Chairman
Term expires 1922
Henry A. Parker .
66 66 1920
Leon B. Wade
66 1920
Henry A. Comack
.
.
66
66
.
1921
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9
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
Sealer of Weights and Measures Evan Evans
Cattle and Milk Inspector Arthur W. Sawyer
Public Weighers
Justin E. Mansfield Crawford H. Stocker
Nelson R. Stiles
Burial Agent H. Dwight Bisbee
Inspector of Plumbing
Thomas C. Sutherst
Inspector of Buildings Daniel B. Willis
Janitor of Town Hall Justin E. Mansfield
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Report of Town Accountant
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN, -In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 624 of the Acts of 1910, I herewith submit the following reports of the Accountant's Department for the year ending December 31, 1919:
RECEIPTS General Revenue
Taxes
Current Year.
Polls
$5,316 00
Personal
14,250 07
Real Estate .
1 19,320 67
$138,886 74
Previous Years.
Polls
$44 00
Personal
3,300 37
Real Estate
83,979 96
87,324 33
Tax Titles
$1,127 78
Final Sales
163 76
1,291 54
From State.
Corporation .
$3,744 20
Street Railway
Tax, 1917 .
1,532 67
Street Railway
Tax, 1919 . 118 87
Income Tax, 1917 .
604 00
Income Tax, 1918 .
1,057 00
Amts. carried forward, $7,056 74 $227,502 61
:919]
Amts. brought forward, $7,056 74 $227,502 61
Income Tax, 1919, School
14,320 00
Income Tax, 1919, General
2,256 42
National Bank
51 47
Soldiers' Exemptions
335 15
24,019 78
Licenses.
Junk and Pedlars
$100 00
Milk .
35 00
Pool, Billiard and
Bowling
61 00
Groves .
.
15 00
Theatre .
29 15
Circus
10 00
Aviation
5 00
To deal in Automo-
biles
25 00
Clams .
1 00
To clean cesspools .
2 00
283 15
Fines and Forfeits.
Court
$494 00
494 00
Grants and Gifts.
From County
Dog Licenses .
714 22
From Individuals.
Carnegie Library
Corporation . 3,500 00
Privileges.
Excise Tax, boat $36 00
Excise Tax, Street
Railway, 1917 . 3,371 09
Excise Tax, Street
Railway, 1918 · 3,759 47
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
II
Amts. carried forward, $7,166 56 $256,513 76
*
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[Dec. 31
Amts. brought forward, $7,166 56 $256,513 76
Excise Tax, Street Railway, 1919 · 1,609 73
8,776 29
Total for General Revenue,
$265,290 05
Commercial Revenue
General Government
Town Hall.
Rent
$427 00
Rent of court room,
I 20 00
Rent of old town
hall .
15 00
$562 00
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department.
Sale of old material, 10 00
Gypsy Moth.
Sale of old material,
15 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures. 4
Sealer of Weights and
Measures . $63 00
State Sealer of Weights
and Measures
32 00
95 00
Weighing (hay scales),
3 14
Health and Sanitation
Health.
Contagious diseases, $60 50
Tuberculosis . .
388 57
Reimbursement for
cleaning cesspool, 10 00
459 07
Amounts carried forward,
$1,144 21 $265,290 05
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1919]
Amounts brought forward, Highway
$1, 144 21 $265,290 05
General.
Sale of rock .
$20 00
Sale of materials
4 30
Repairing drain
7 60
Reimbursement from
state (detour)
355 00
386 90
Charities
Overseers of Poor (reimbursement).
From cities and towns,
$299 77
From State
2,914 40
3,214 17
Town Farm.
Sale of produce
$4,520 27
Sale of milk .
8,841 30
Sale of wood .
·
24 00
Sale of stock .
.
182 00
Board
.
201 00
Miscellaneous
63 03
13,831 60
Soldiers' Benefits
Reimbursement.
State Aid
10,807 50
Education
School Department.
Tuition.
State Wards .
$772 50
Other tuition .
142 50
Sale of book, etc. .
3 75
Reimbursement
Vocational Agri-
cultural De part- ment .
484 72
1,403 47
Amounts carried forward, $30,787 85 $265,290 05
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Amounts brought forward, $30,787 85 $265,290 05
Library
Public Library.
Fines
5º 54
Unclassified
Rent.
Hathaway Place · $136 50
County of Essex.
Killing stray dogs, 1918 . 68 00
Final Sale.
Amount received
above the costs
due the town 13 OI
217 51
Total for Commercial
Revenue Dept. .
- 31,055 90
Special Assessment
For Expenses.
Moth extermination,
1917 . $175 08
Moth extermination,
1918 . 461 55
Moth extermination,
1919 .
1,167 56
Total for Special
Assessments - 1,804 19
Water Department
Sale of Water.
*Rebate December,
1918 . . $5,966 60
Rebate June, 1919, 2,648 34
8,614 94
Amounts carried forward,
$8,614 94 $298,150 14
*Received too late to include in 1918 accounts.
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1919]
Amounts brought forward,
$8,614 94 $298,150 14
Miscellaneous Receipts from Jan. 1, 1919, to June 1, 1919.
Sale of pipe, etc.
$58 66
Meters installed
147 00
New services .
384 82
Repairing services .
233 53
Repairing meters
157 81
Turning on water
5 00
All other
.
9 00
995 82
Collections made by
Henry A. Parker,
from June 1, 1919, to Dec. 31, 1919.
Sale of water.
Fixture rates .
$12,834 22
Meter rates
5,445 17
Meters installed
21 25
Maintenance . ·
1,683 26
Construction .
. 868 05
Costs.
Summons, turning on
water .
131 20
20,983 15
Total for Water
Department
--
30,593 91
Cemetery
Sale of Lots and Graves.
Lots
$822 00
Graves .
218 00
$1,040 00
Care of Lots and Graves.
Mowing
$1,372 52
Foundation
97 76
Vaults
10 00
Grading
99 50
-
Amts. carried forward, $1,579 78
$1,040 00 $328,744 05
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[Dec. 31
Amts. brought forward, $1,579 78
$1,040 00 $328,744 05
Miscellaneous.
Interment fees
559 50
All other .
I 75
2,141 03
Total for Cemetery
3,181 03
Interest
On Deposit.
Beacon Trust Co. . $301 37
On Taxes.
Deferred payments . $4,805 97
Excess interest tax titles, 213 97
Excise interest final sales, 36 24
Excise Tax, 1917 .
103 38
Excise Tax, 1918
349 61
5,509 17
Total for Interest
5,810 54
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loans.
Anticipation Taxes $140,000 00
Total for Municipal Indebtedness 140,000 00
Agency and Trust
Cemetery.
Perpetual Care Fund $2,032 00
Library.
George Melvin Wilson Library Fund 2,051 95
Income for 1919 of
George Melvin
Wilson Library
Fund 46 50
Total for Agency
and Trust . 4,130 45
Amount carried forward,
$481,866 07
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1919]
Amount brought forward,
$481,866 07
Refund and Transfer
Refund.
Treasurer
$2 38
Fire Department
5 82
Gypsy Moth .
I 48
Forest Warden
2 IO
Public Safety Com-
mittee (farming),
I 43
Highway
II OS
Overseers of Poor,
28 00
State Aid
103 OI
Saugus Home
7 12
School Department,
109 98
Water Maintenance, 3 65
Water Extension .
40 81
$316 86
Transfers.
From Sinking Fund to Maturing Debt,
$5,000 00
From Sinking Fund
to Excess and
Deficiency Acct.,
8 26
5,008 26
Total for refunds
and transfers
5,325 12
Cash on hand January 1, 1919,
19,951 95
$507,143 14
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[Dec. 31
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL GOVERNMENT Legislative
Moderator.
Salary
$50 00
$50 00
Finance Committee.
Salary, clerk
$50 00
$50 00
Other Expenses.
Printing ·
$57 75
Distributing reports
30 50
88 25
138 25
Selectmen's Department
Salary and Wages.
Chairman
$116 68
Other Selectmen
.
233 32
Clerk
100 00
$450 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage
$14 17
Printing and advertising
7 00
Telephone
92 18
Framing picture
2 00
115 35
Special Town Meetings.
Printing Warrants
$83 10
Distributing and posting 47 50
130 60
695 95
Amount carried forward,
$884 20
.
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1919]
Amount brought forward,
$884 20
Accountant's Department
Salary.
Accountant
$600 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage $6 46
Printing
67 05
Office swivel chair
10 00
Repairs to numbering
machine
1 75
S5 26
685 26
Treasurer's Department
Salaries and Wages.
Treasurer
.
$500 00
Clerk
520 00
$1,020 00
Others Expenses.
Stationery and postage
$84 47
Car fare
·
42
Telephone
·
36 38
Bond
.
100 00
Insurance
105 30
Exchange on checks
2 38
Electrical work
4 25
Repairing typewriter
5 37
Cabinet work, labor
and material .
39 73
Cabinet work, glass
and setting
6 80
Check writer
.
.
39 00
All other
30
424 40
1,444 40
Collector's Department
Salaries and Wages.
Collector .
$1,539 39
Amounts carried forward,
$1,539 39
$3,013 86
·
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.
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[Dec. 31
Amounts brought forward, $1,539 39
$3,013 86
Other Expenses.
Stationery .
$II 40
Printing
133 49
Telephone
14.22
Bond
100 00
Sign
1 50
260 61
Unpaid bill, 1918 .
$281 09
281 09
2,081 09
Tax Titles
Expenses.
Recording
$109 45
Expenses on tax sale
including advertising . 1,364 05
Express
1
I2
1,474 62
Assessors
Salaries and Wages.
Assessors
$450 00
Deputy Assessors .
212 00
Clerks .
.
1,134 78 4
$1,796 78
Other Expenses.
Searching records, Salem, $173 95
Stationery, cards and
postage
61 15
Printing
86 75
Poll books
164 92
Books .
26 72
Car fares
4 75
Telephone
35 08
Repairing clock
I 50
Express
.
I
41
Paper towels
70
556 93
2,353 71
Amount carried forward,
$8,923 28
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1919]
Amount brought forward,
$8,923 28
Law Department
Salary.
Town Counsel
$400 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage . $2 74
Telephone and car fares, 6 40
9 14
409 14
Town Clerk
Salary.
Town Clerk .
$100 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage . $53 39
Printing
13 65
Telephone
14 79
Repairs to adding ma- chine
3 94
Directory
5 00
Labor and material shelv-
ing
3 40
Glass .
4 95
Express
88
100 00
200 00
Election and Registration
Salaries and Wages.
Registrars
$300 00
Election officers
665 00
Police .
65 00
All other
36 00
$1,066 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage .
$1 40
Printing
348 00
Amts. carried forward, $349 40
$1,066 00
$9,532 42
·
.
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[Dec. 31
Amts. brought forward, $349 40 $1,066 00 $9,532 42
Delivering and collecting ballot boxes 30 00
Posting Warrants, check lists, etc. 27 00
Rent
51 00
Labor and material re-
pairing booths ·
16 85
Teaming booths
5 00
Electric work for booths, . 2 24
Repairing ballot boxes .
18 33
499 82
$1,565 82
Unpaid bill, 1918
5 00
1,570 82
Registration Town Notes
Expenses.
Registration fee
12 00
Public Works Department
General Administration.
Salaries.
Superintendent . $1,363 36
Asst. Superintendent
83 36
Clerk .
669 50
Collector for Water
Department
250 00
$2,366 22
Other Expenses.
Printing, stationery and
postage
· $483 89
Car fares
6 21
Telephone
82 93
Express
17 22
Rubber stamp
50
Paper towels
I 05
Desk envelope sealer
39 25
Amts. carried forward,
$631 05 $2,366 22
$11,115 24
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1919]
Amts. brought forward, $631 05 $2,366 22 $11, 115 24
Typewriter, Royal ·
80 00
Index cards .
9 40
Addressograph and
equipment
95 64
816 09
Equipment and Repairs.
Automobile including
gas and oil
$206 27
Insurance on automobile
51 75
258 02
3,44º 33
Town Hall
Salaries and Wages.
Janitor .
. $1,184 95
Substitute janitor
23 00
Other Expenses.
Fuel
$688 48
Lights .
427 68
Janitor supplies
47 79
Postage
50
Book
30
Car fare
20
Desk lamp
3 50
Linoleum
5 31
Repairs
313 56
1,487 32
2,695 27
Total for General Government,
$17,250 84
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Police Department
Salaries and Wages.
Chief . $1,645 20
Patrolmen
. 8,617 25
Special officers
348 75
Other employees
7 95
-$10,619 15
·
$1,207 95
.
Amounts carried forward, $10,619 15 $17,250 84
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[Dec. 31
Amounts brought forward, $10,619 15 $17,250 84
Automobile and Ambulance.
Automobile hire $370 00
Repairs to ambulance, including gas and oil, 102 14
472 14
Equipment and Repairs.
Equipment for men
$15 31
Motorcycle and bicycles, 88 74
Batteries, bulbs, etc.
39 45
Lock and keys
3 20
146 70
Maintenance of Buildings.
Electric lights in garage
$16 81
Repairs to heating system, .42 37
Fuel and oil .
26 38
85 56
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage,
$31 42
Telephones .
307 98
Committing .
38 43
Traveling expenses
6 62
Automobile list
18 00
Repairing and repainting traffic signs
10 00
412 45
Lockup.
Keeper .
$112 25
Matron
8 05
Meals
8 60
128 90
11,864 90
Constable.
Salary .
$50 00
Dog officer (to be reim-
bursed by Essex County ) 55 00
105 00
Amount carried forward, $29,220 74
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1919]
Amount brought forward,
$29,220 74
Fire Department
Salaries.
Chief Engineer to May
1, 1920
$150 00
Assistant Engineer's to
May 1, 1920
200 00
$350 00
Permanent men
4,394 50
Call Men.
Chemical No I
$588 00
Chemical No. 2
796 74
Chemical No. 3
. 373 42
1,758 16
Superintendent Fire Alarm
156 00
Hydrant service, water
Expenses.
Services at fires
$62 26
Labor on fire alarm
62 70
Clerk of Engineers
25 00
Clerk of Hose 2 to May
1, 1919
5 00
Steward Hose 2 to May
1, 1919 ·
52 00
Steward Hose 3 to May
1, 1919
.
17 33
224 29
Horse Hire.
Use of horses
76 25
Equipment and Repairs.
Apparatus $501 19
Equipment for men
114 62
Equipment for fire alarm
251 09
Gasoline and oil ·
201 88
Express
8 12
Amts. carried forward,
$1,076 90 $7,771 20
$29,220 74
812 00
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Amts. brought forward, $1,076 90 $7,771 20 $29,220 74
Water .
22 50
Use of bells .
20 00
1,119 40
Fuel and Light.
Fuel
$507 15
Lights .
126 94
634 09
Maintenance of Buildings.
Repairs
$310 68
Bedding, laundry, etc. · 46 52
Janitor's supplies . ·
33 49
390 69
Other Expenses.
Printing, stationery and
postage .
·
$7 85
Telephone
106 47
Rent
. 300 00 -
414 32
Cadillac Combination Chemical.
Chassis including putting hose carriage body and
repairs, etc.
552 78
Automobile Hook and Ladder Truck.
American La France
Type 14 . .
7,800 00
Fire Alarm Box.
Labor
$8 00
Material
90 19
98 19
Unpaid bills, 1918
30 75
18,811 42
Amount carried forward,
$48,032 16
.
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Amount brought forward,
$48,032 16
Inspector of Buildings
Salary and Expenses.
Salary
$400 00
Postage
4 50
Printing
10 50
$415 00
Unpaid bills, 1918
2 50
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salary and Wages.
Salary .
$150 00
$150 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and printing . $2 13
Car fares, teams, etc. ·
27 24
Equipment and supplies, 7 10
36 47
186 47
Gypsy Moth Extermination
Salary and Wages.
Superintendent . $1,062 00
Labor .
2,768 32
$3,830 32
Equipment and Supplies.
One-half cost of sprayer $225 00
Arsenate of lead . .
224 02
Wagon . ·
50 00
Hardware and tools ·
226 10
Gasoline
21 69
746 81
Other Expenses.
Team
$417 00
Rent ·
96 00
Express
9 29
Telephone
.
50
Medical attendance
. 3 00
.
525 79
5,102 92
Amount carried forward,
$53,739 05
417 50
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward, · $53,739 05
Tree Warden
Salary and Wages.
Warden
$72 00
Labor
·
99 20
$171 20
Other Expenses.
Tools .
.
$11 08
Telephone
19 24
Teams . . . 48 00
78 32
249 52
Forest Warden
Salary and Wages.
Warden
$75 00
Fighting fires
3 20
78 20
Total for Protection of
Persons and Property $36,815 93
$54,066 77
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
General Administration.
Salary, Chairman . $300 00
Salary, Department Physician . . 150 00
Salary, Secretary of
meetings 50 00
Salary, clerk 52 00
Automobile hire . 120 00
Stationery and postage 18 84 ·
Printing and advertising 159 04
Telephone
33 73
Express
.
4 18
$887 79
Amounts carried forward,
$887 79
$54,066 77
.
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1919]
Amounts brought forward, $887 79 $54,066 77
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases.
Board and treatment $464 17
Groceries and provisions 10 00
Coal and wood
6 33
480 50
Tuberculosis.
Board and treatment . $1,320 57
Nurse .
· 17 50
1,338 07
Other Expenses.
Disinfectants
$4 40
Sputum cups
7 00
Making and painting signs
6 13
Testing milk
·
2 00
Burial dead animals ·
38 00
Closet tank .
3 00
Cleaning vault
10 00
70 53
Unpaid bill, 1918 .
2,776 89 760 29
Plumbing Inspector
Salary.
Inspector
500 00
Vital Statistics
Expenses on
Births .
$196 75
Deaths .
·
84 65
Marriages
18 60
300 00
Inspector of Milk and Cattle
Salary .
275 00
Amount carried forward,
$58,678 95
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$58,678 95
Collector of Ashes and Garbage
Ashes and Garbage.
Ashes contract . $1,353 00
Garbage contract . 672 00
$2,025 00
2,025 00
Total for Health and
Sanitation
. $6,637 18
Highway
General Highway Expenditures.
Labor
. $7,106 63
Teams .
. 1,319 93
Broken stone, gravel,
etc.
1,788 34
Equipment and repairs . 198 02
Pipe and cement
10 13
Coal and wood
296 52
Tarvia .
2,662 28
Salt
2 75
Freight and Express
.
51 03
Car fares .
55
Advertising hearing
3 00
Traffic sign .
8 00
-$13,447 18
Other Expenses.
Grates for culverts
$33 75
Repairs to Highland ave- nue bridge
182 16
Repairs to Hesper street bridge
21 54
Repairs to fence, Central street
68 32
One-half cost repairs East Saugus bridge 165 00
Repairs to Pleasant ave- nue bridge 94 79
Repairs to tool building,
62 43
Amts. carried forward, $627 99 $13,447 18 $60,703 95
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1919]
Amts. brought forward,
$627 99 $13,447 18 $60,703 95
Street signs .
154 OI
New building gravel pit,
399 00
Repairs to bridge, Central street
134 71
Labor, material, culvert, 77 47
Repairs to steam roller .
673 71
Equipment and repairs
to automobile truck .
257 03
Gasoline and oil .
265 54
Insurance on auto truck,
72 00
2,661 46
$16,108 64
Sidewalks
Expenses.
Concrete
$333 56
Granolithic
38 88
Curbing
52 60
425 04
Snow and Ice
Expenses.
Labor .
. $134 19
Teams .
102 70
Equipment and repairs,
16 10
Sand
.
39 88
Salt
7 25
300 12
Street Lighting
Contract.
Electricity
8,743 27
Total for highways
25,577 07
CHARITIES Overseers of Poor
General Administration.
Salary, Overseers .
$400 00
Clerk
33 98
Amounts carried forward, $433 98
$86,281 02
1
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[Dec. 31
Amts. brought forward, $433 98
$86,281 02
Overseers extra services,
State and out of town
cases .
105 38
Printing, stationery and
postage
37 78
Telephone
24 79
Traveling expenses
15 32
Express
55
Outside Relief by Town.
Cash
4,926 00
Rent
93 00
Groceries and provisions,
1,467 24
Coal and wood
399 87
Board and care
514 51
Medicine and medical
attendance .
171 19
Dry goods, clothing, etc.
IO1 94
Burial
102 00
State institutions
327 57
Other institutions .
74 71
Relief Given by Other Cities and Towns.
Cities .
504 76
Unpaid bills, 1918
487 36
$9,787 95
Town Farm
Administration.
Salary, Superintendent . $450 00
Salary, Matron
120 00
Telephone
48 27
Traveling expenses 2 30
Freight and express
79 47
$700 04
Maintenance.
Salaries and wages
2,626 46
Groceries and provisions, 1,864 25
Dry goods and clothing, 112 83
Amts. carried forward, $5,303 58 $9,787 95
$86,281 02
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1919]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
33
Amts. brought forward,
$5,303 58 $9,787 95 $86,281 02
Furniture and fixtures
35 69
Fuel and Lights
261 81
Medicine and medical attendance
57 95
Burial .
45 00
Water . .
50 88
Laundry
85 68
Stock and Care of Same.
Stock .
1,155 00
Hay, grain. etc.
4,206 10
Veterinary services for stock
16 00
Shoeing horses
.
45 65
Equipment.
New equipment
167 40
Repairs to equipment 163 38
Other Expenses.
Seeds .
237 69
Fertilizer
75 50
Gasoline
2 02
Repairs to Buildings.
Carpentry
67 06
Plumbing
11 00
Painting
14 35
Glass, etc. ·
5 38
Unpaid bill, 1918 .
575 14
12,582 26
Total for charities
22,370 21
Soldiers' Benefits
State and Military Aid.
State Aid
. $5,283 83
$5,283 83
Soliers' Relief.
Fuel
$24 00
Soldiers' Relief
1,400 00 -
1,424 00
Total for Soldiers'
Benefits
6,707 83
Amount carried forward, 3
$115,359 06
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[Dec. 31
Amount carried forward,
$115,359 06
Education
General Expenses.
Superintendent's salary . $2,033 33
Athletic coach 300 00
Attendance officers .
150 00
School physician
300 00
Clerk .
324 80
Printing, postage and
stationery . 193 81
Telephone .
115 22
Traveling expense . ·
179 88
School census
85 20
$3,682 24
Teachers Salaries.
High and Junior High $23,019 60
Elementary . · 30,731 00
Music, drawing, sewing and manual training . 5,239 40
-- 58,990 00
Text Books and Supplies.
High and Junior High.
Books .
. $1,256 39 4
Supplies
.
1,082 09
2,338 48
Elementary.
Books .
$784 26
Supplies
· 1,521 75
Manual Training.
Supplies and equipment
352 45
Commercial Department.
Supplies
6 16
Tuition.
Tuition
647 41
Amounts carried forward, $68,322 75 $115,359 06
·
2,306 OI
35
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1919]
Amounts brought forward, $68,322 75 $115,359 06
Transportation.
Street Railway
$77 00
Barges .
1,240 00
1,317 00
Support of Truants.
Essex County
123 57
Janitor's Service.
High .
. $2,121 76
Other .
· 4,258 73
6,380 49
Fuel and Light.
High.
Coal and wood . $1,862 61
Gas and electricity
· 315 89
2,178 50
Other.
Coal and wood
. $4,403 14
Gas and electricity
178 43
4,581 57
Buildings, Interior Repairs.
Carpentry and painting $628 81
Plumbing
·
1,493 47
Masonry
65 35
Electrical . .
187 44
Glass, shades, etc. ·
97 44
Electric clock and system, 425 00
Oiling floors
104 28
Outside Repairs.
Carpentry and painting 614 42
Masonry (retaining walls) 840 00
Granolithic walks . 394 35
Granolithic curbing
213 75
Grading and repairing bank wall
225 00
Amts. carried forward, $5,289 31 $82,903 88 $115,359 06
36
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[Dec. 31
Amts. brought forward, $5,289 31 $82,903 88 $115,359 06
Repairing fence
48 00
Grading
48 00
Repairs to barge ·
41 40
Hedges and plants
23 25
5,449 96
Furniture and Furnishings.
High
$34 75
Other
112 15
146 90
Janitor's Supplies.
High
$117 05
Other
118 31
235 36
Other Expenses.
Diplomas, graduation
expenses
$35 00
Water .
262 25
Disinfectant .
9 81
Express
78 70
Cleaning cesspool
27 00
Tuning piano
6 00
-
Cotton flags
33 69
Rent at No. Saugus
100 00
552 45
Unpaid bills, 1918, general, $335 16
Unpaid biļls, 1918,
repairs
10 58
345 74
Total for education
.
89,634 29
Library
Salaries and Wages.
Librarian .
$792 22
Assistants . IIO 28
$902 50
Amounts carried forward,
$902 50 $204,993 35
37
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1919]
Amounts brought forward,
$902 50 $204,993 35
Books, Periodicals, etc.
Books .
$14 85
Periodicals
1.06 00
I20 85
Fuel and Light.
Fuel
$160 73
Light
29 73
190 46
Building.
Carpentry and painting
$99 18
Care of grounds
8 00
Furniture
63 85
171 03
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage . $15 1.2
Express and cartage
23 50
Janitor
96 12
Janitor supplies
6 29
Water
2 50
Teaming books from old
to new library . 16 00
159 53
Branch Library.
Cliftondale .
$80 00
East Saugus .
74 88
154 88
Unpaid bills, 1918
40 80
Income from George Melvin Wilson Trust Fund, for Purchase of Books only. Books .
45 52
Total for Library
1,785 57
Amount carried forward,
$206,778 92
38
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$206,778 92
New Public Library Building (Carnegie)
Expenses.
Architect contract . . $190 00
Building contract . .
2,195 96
Heating contract . 427 50
Grading and seeding
grounds
200 00
Shades .
37 25
Furniture
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