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90 88
$155 09
Transfers.
Mudge brook, from Engineering, Banks Road, from Engineering, Humphrey and Pleasant street drain, from Engineering · Marshall brook, from Engineer- ing . .
13 70
86 55
Cemetery improvements, from Engineering . High School Addition, from En- gineering . Continuous sidewalks, 1914, from Engineering · Continuous sidewalks, 1915, from · Engineering .
54 00
25 00
30 72
223 73
Continuous sidewalks, Paradise Road, from Engineering . Humphrey street macadam, from Engineering
65 5.5
38 00
Amount carried forward,
$663,965 60
.
.
.
·
.
$953 50
99 89
234
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$663,965 60
Schools, from Engineering
18 63
Schoolyards, from Engineering,
6 37
Suffolk avenue drain, from En- gineering .
15 00
Assessors, from Engineering
65 00
1,695 64
Paradise Road, from Humphrey street widening
2,200 00
Revenue, 1914, from Special Revenue, 1914
$3,904 59
Excess and deficiency, from Spec- ial Revenue, 1914
1,893 24
Fire Department, from Special
Revenue, 1914 .
424 80
. School Department, from Spec- ial Revenue, 1914
499 69
F. E. Wells, court execution, from Special Revenue, 1914
1,353 51
Interest General Debt, from Spec- ial Revenue, 1914
2,120 25
Interest Sewer Bonds, from Spec- ial Revenue, 1914 .
132 50
Library Building Fund, from Special Revenue, 1914
25,000 00
$35,328 58
Suffolk avenue, water, from Mil- lett road, water
$23 57
Suffolk avenue, water, from
Phillips avenue, water
107 89
Suffolk avenue, water,
from
Mountwood road, water ·
2 29
133 75
Fairview avenue, water, from
Mountwood road, water .
$47 71
Fairview avenue, water, from Galloupe's point, water ·
124 79
172 50
Crest road, water from Galloupe's point, water
221 25
35,856 08
Trust and Investment Funds.
Phillips Medal Fund, interest .
$55 05
Joanna Morse Library Fund, interest
274 14
N. F. Nesbett, private Cemetery Fund, interest . . N. F. Nesbett, general Cemetery Fund, interest .
8 64
Cemetery Lots, Investment Funds, interest
182 59
529 96
$704,247 28
Balance, January 1, 1915
42,315 80
$746,563 08
9 54
235
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1915]
EXPENDITURES.
Legislative.
Salaries and Wages.
Moderator
$55 00
Committee of Ways and Means.
Carriage hire
.
$12 00
Printing and postage
.
.
100 75
Typewriting
.
29 35
142 10
$197 10
Selectmen's Department.
Salaries and Wages
Chairman, on account
.
$225 00
Associates .
.
400 00
Secretary
237 50
$862 50
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage
$47 97
Printing and advertising
118 34
Carriage hire
95 50
Telephone .
89 44
Building Inspector
10 00
Storage, hand engine
12 00
Express
I 63
Papers .
I 24
Law Book
4 50
Typewriting
6 45
Directory
4 00
Binding books
7 50
Town Weigher
12 62
Expenses
II OI
Index and Manual laws
4 00
Design .
10 00
Lumber
8 10
Executing deeds and expenses
22 41
Supplies
7 62
Serving notices
1 00
Constable
60 00
Maps for carriage fares
.
12 00
547 33
1,409 83
Amount carried forward,
$1,606 93
·
236
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$1,606 93
Auditing Department.
Salary
Accountant on account
$765 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage
$94 40
Printing
19 00
Telephone
17 15
130 55
895 55
Treasury Department.
Salaries.
Treasurer
$600 00
Clerk .
.
25 00
$625 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage
$53 40
Telephone .
19 95
Pay envelopes
4 40
Subscriptions
12 00
Bond
60 00
Repairing safe
5 75
Sign
50
Expenses
2 00
159 00
784 00
Collector of Taxes Department.
Salaries.
Collector, on account
$550 00
Clerk
5 00
$555 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage
$112 30
Printing and advertising
77 28
Telephone
23 94
Bond
50 00
Cash book .
9 00
Recording Deeds
66 25
338 77
893 77
Assessors' Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Chairman and Secretary
$600 00
Associates
500 00
Clerk
140 00
$1,240 00
Amount carried forward,
$4.180 25
237
Amount brought forward,
$4,180 25
Other Expenses.
Printing and advertising
$103 40
Carfares and trains
30 00
Telephone
19 28
Abstracts
61 09
Special services
1,108 00
Express
84
Serving notices
3 50
Expenses
44 00
Subscription
5 00
Typewriting
3 85
Stationery
IO 62
Engineering
65 00
1,454 58
2,694 58
Town Clerk's Department.
Salary .
$200 00
Other Expenses.
Canvass for births
$15 00
Bond
4 00
Metal cases
10 00
Printing and advertising
5 45
Stationery and postage
12 00
Expenses
21 85
68 30
268 30
Law Department.
Salary.
Town Counsel
$200 00
Other Expenses.
Advertising .
$10 50
Attorney's fees on account .
389 50
400 00
600 00
Election and Registration Department.
Salaries and wages.
Registrars
$150 00
Clerk
.
75 00
Election Officers .
.
.
198 00
Other Expenses.
Printing and advertising
$132 60
Catering
178 00
Bulletin Board
5 00
315 60
738 60
Engineering Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Engineer
.
$1,799 20
Assistants
.
.
1,611 96
Inspectors .
.
.
315 00
$3,726 16
Amount carried forward,
$8,481 73
.
·
·
$423 00
1915]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
238
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$8,481 73
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage
$16 89
Blue prints
·
9 22
Protractors .
2 89
Car fares
23 65
Drawing table
17 10
Supplies
33 97
Bound stones
99 60
Freight
5 40
Typewriting
19 25
Express
I OI
Design
10 00
Stakes
10 50
Labor .
12 68
Printing and advertising
2 25
264 41
3,990 57
Town Hall Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Janitor and Agent
$1,040 00
Assistant
.
20 25
$1,060 25
Other Expenses.
Telephone
$224 52
Fuel
246 63
Light
286 35
Janitor's supplies
90 22
Repairs
129 26
Water
23 57
Ice
27 00
Papers
6 56
Flowers and plants
4 25
Labor .
15 00
Laundry
38
Flag pole (repairs)
35 75
Express
.
I 25
Hanging awnings
I 50
Removing ashes .
10 00
Repairing pedal
1 50
Filing case
36 00
1,139 74
2,199 99
Summary of General Government.
Appropriation
Expenditure
Balance
Overdraft
Legislative
$200 00
$197 10
$2 90
Selectmen
1,410 00
1,409 83
17
Auditing
900 00
$95 55
4 45
Treasury
785 00
784 00
1 00
Collector of Taxes .
900 00
S93 77
6 23
Assessors
2,950 00
2,694 58
255 42
Town Clerk
300 00
268 30
31 70
Law
600 00
600 00
Election and Registration
700 00
73S 60
$38 60
Engineering -
4,000 00
3,990 57
9 43
Town Hall
2,200 00
2,199 99
01
$14,945 00
$14,672 29
$311 31
$38 60
Amount carried forward,
$14,672 29
239
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1915]
Amount brought forward,
$14,672 29
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. Police Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Chief
$1,300 00
Regulars and Specials
8,168 85
$9,468 85
Fuel and Light.
Coal and wood ·
$90 96
Gas and electricity
140 22
Equipment and Repairs.
Ambulance
$617 60
Motorcycle
260 87
Equipment for men
31 18
Repairs.
On building
15 21
Other Expenses.
Stationery, printing and postage,
$8 60
Telephone
391 87
Insurance
25 50
Water rates
25 08
Papers
8 86
Ice
7 50
Supplies
144 89
Automobile list
13 00
Directory
7 00
Express
I 54
Medical
8 00
Licenses and expenses
29 53
Notices
I 75
Cleaning station
7 50
Expenses, Department
124 10
Carpet and shades
6 13
Photographs
5 50
Carriage hire
8 00
Signs .
13 50
Public Statues
7 50
Plants .
5 00
Filing case
·
84 95
Traffic signals
3 00
Lanterns
7 40
945 70
11,570 59
Fire Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Chief .
$1,300 00
Assistants
200 00
Permament men .
8,379 00
Call men
1,396 26
Other employees .
54 90
$11,330 16
Amunot carried forward,
$26,242 88
.
.
.
231 18
.
909 65
240
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$26,242 88
Horses and Care of Same.
Hay, grain and straw .
$471 48
Shoeing
94 23
Veterinary
32 00
Harness supplies
20 26
Disinfectants
45 30
Automobile hire .
29 00
$692 27
Fuel and Light.
Coal and wood
$363 60
Gas and electricity
137 50
Gasolene
86 60
587 70
Hydrant Service.
Water rental
2,580 00
Equipment and Repairs.
Hose
$400 00
Equipment for men
IO 83
Fire alarm box
60 00
Cables
465 00
Supplies
810 45
Express
IO 61
Cleaning cesspool
10 00
Bubble fountain
48 00
Licenses
14 00
Awnings and repairs
37 00
Ice
8 30
Brushes
14 80
Towels and soap
34 04
Medical
69 00
Repairs on Building.
Carpentry
$11 00
Plumbing
40 84
Painting
4 69
56 53
Other Expenses.
$3 85
Telephone
213 54
Water rental
38 52
Expenses
3 75
Insurance
126 65
386 31
17,625 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Salary, on account Sealer
$15 67
Other Expenses.
Printing and advertising
$56 15
Teams
.
1 00
Equipment
12 83
Expenses
4 35
74 33
90 00
Amount carried forward,
$43,957 88
.
.
Stationery and postage
.
.
.
.
.
1,992 03
1915]
Amount brought forward,
$43,957 88
Moth Extermination Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Superintendent, 1914 ·
$94 25
Superintendent, 1915 .
931 13
$1,025 38
Labor, 1914
$277 25
Labor, 1915
2,595 37
2,872 62
Telephone
.
Other Expenses.
Printing and postage
$3 45
Insecticides .
287 30
Hardware and tools
61 75
Teams .
42 00
Storage
24 00
Insurance
20 00
Tape
2 25
Express
1 50
Repairs
16 70
Supplies
86 37
Breaking window
34 83
580 15
4,498 03
Tree Warden Department.
Salary and Wages.
Tree Warden
$75 00
Labor
377 13
Other Expenses.
Postage
$
72
Tools
50
Teams
50 00
Trees
157 70
Galvanized wire
36 56
Felt
19 95
Loam
20 00
Freight
9 85
All others
.
.
59
297 87
750 00
Forest Warden Department.
Labor .
All others
$103 86 18 83
$122 69
Dog Officer.
Salary .
·
.
$100 00
Killing dogs
.
50 00
150 00
Amount carried forward,
$49,478 60
.
$452 13
.
.
.
19 88
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
241
242
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
$49,478 60
Summary of Protection, Life and Property.
Appropriation
Expenditures
Balance
Police
$11,760 00
$11,570 59
189 41
Fire .
18,025 00
17,625 00
400 00
Sealer Weights and Measures
90 00
90 00
Moth
4,500 00
4,498 03
1 97
Tree Warden
750 00
750 00
Forest Warden
500 00
122 69
377 31
Dog Officer
150 00
150 00
$35,775 00
$34,806 31
$968 69
HEALTH AND SANITATION. Health Department.
General Administration.
Chairman, on account .
$130 00
Associate, 1914
50 00
Associates, 1915
150 00
Agent and clerk
223 00
Stationery and postage
16 09
Printing and advertising
80 85
Telephone .
84 25
Equipment and signs
30 84
$765 03
Quarantine.
Board and treatment
$203 57
Transportation
40 00
Medical attendance and nurses
19 00
Services
104 03
366 60
Tuberculosis.
Board and treatment
113 55
Vital Statistics.
Births
$150 00
Deaths .
25 55
Other expenses.
Sanitary Inspector, 1914
$12 00
Sanitary Inspector, 1915
624 00
Fumigating and disinfectants
118 50
Professional services
221 00
Burying carrion .
.
9 50
Cleaning brooks .
82 57
Storage, cleaning ambulance
and
repairs,
37 50
Marriages
14 00
Wheelbarrow
5 50
Repairs
4 50
Filing case .
54 66
Serving notices
32 30
Evicting tenants
50 00
Oil and labor
98 50
Hose
23 50
Repairing boat
3 00
Amount carried forward,
$49,478 60
175 55
Amount brought forward,
1915]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
243
Amount brought forward,
$49,478 60
Cleaning beaches
$104 24
Repairs Pest House
62 45
Mason .
17 75
Supplies
7 70
Cleaning cesspool.
5 00
Drain pipe
77 68
Express
3 57
$1,659 42
Inspection.
Animals, 1914
$50 00
Animals, 1915
100 00
150 00
Milk and vinegar, 1914
$50 00
Milk and vinegar, 1915
100 00
150 00
3,380 15
Sewers, Maintenance and Operation.
Administration.
Commissioners ·
$350 00
Secretary, 1914
·
16 00
Secretary, 1915
104 00
Stationery and postage
16 17
Telephone
40 05
Binder
12 98
$539 20
Sewers and Drains.
Labor
$1,295 76
Teams
5 00
Tools and equipment
65 20
Pipe and fittings .
IO7 14
Cement and bricks
39 06
Laying pipe
125 00
Damages, 1913 Supplies
2 40
Gravel
.
1,668 31
Pumping Station.
Engineers and Firemen
$1,988 00
Fuel, light
791 76
Oil and waste
25 75
Equipment and repairs
70 13
Water
282 63
Equipment for men
14 50
Supplies
51 60
Loam
18 00
Lumber
16 62
Repairing curb
60 00
Teaming
2 50
3,321 49
Particular Sewers.
5,529 00
Sewer connections
495 12
Amount carried forward,
$58,882 87
·
25 75
3 00
·
.
244
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$58,882 87
Marshall Brook.
Advertising .
$8 00
Contract
673 60
Damage
8 50
690 10
Suffolk Avenue Drain.
Contract
$421 00
Engineering
15 00
436 00
Refuse and Garbage Department.
Swill and Ashes.
Contract
·
$3,016 93
Extra work .
· .
261 00
$3,277 93
Night Soil.
Contract
90 00
Cleaning Beaches.
Labor
$202 00
Burying carrion
2 25
204 25
3,572 18
Summary of Health and Sanitation.
Appropriation Transfer Expenditures Balance Overdraft
Health
$3,150 00
$3,380 15
$230 15
Sewers .
5,500 00
5,529 00
29 00
Particular Sewers
500 00
495 12
$4 88
Suffolk Avenue Drain
436 00
436 00
Marshall Brook .
$700 00
690 10
9 90
Refuse and Garbage
2,175 00
2,572 18
397 18
$12,325 00
$700 00 $14,102 55
$14 78 $1,092 33
HIGHWAY AND BRIDGES. Highway Department.
Administration,
Surveyor
$1,560 00
Clerical
75 00
Telephone
79
Stationery
8 75
Repairing.
Labor .
$8,257 16
Teams
1,179 75
9,436 91
Labor crushing stone .
$1,011 50
Teams, crushing stone
33 00
Drilling and blasting, crushing stone
744 20
1,788 70
Amount carried forward,
$63,581 15
$1,662 54
1915]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
245
Amount brought forward,
$63,581 15
Pipe
$7 00
Equipment and repairs
583 32
Fuel
137 71
Lumber
13 58
Tarvia and oil
830 17
Medical
29 50
1.601 28
Horses and Care of Same.
Hay, grain and straw .
$1,297 54
Shoeing
261 55
Veterinary
8 00
Gas
5 00
Board of horse
312 00
Insurance
104 79
Harness and supplies
46 85
2,035 73
Snow Removal.
Labor .
$1,278 25
Teams .
347 00
Equipment
331 32
Repairs
3 55
Salt and soda
17 60
Other Expenses.
Fence
$35 90
Insurance
93 00
Repairs on steps
6 59
Repairs on wall
5 00
Street signs .
32 25
Street numbering
40 18
Building
300 00
512 92
19,015 80
Grading New Streets.
Labor .
$1,103 10
Teams
676 50
Blasting
80 12
Grates and frames
26 00
Bricks
33 00
Fence
36 88
Signs
16 50
Cement
27 90
2,000 00
Sidewalk and Curbing Maintenance.
Labor .
$614 70
Teams .
267 25
Concreting
431 90
Repairing wall
10 00
Sand
153 00
1,476 85
Street Lighting.
Contract
12,110 10
Amount carried forward,
$98,183 9
17
.
.
1,977 72
246
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$98,183 90
Street Water and Oiling.
Labor
$391 25
Teams .
22 25
Oil
3,232 87
Water
225 00
Advertising
2 70
Demurrage
21 00
3,945 07
Street Construction Department.
Labor, paving gutters .
$1,588 95
Teams .
11 00
$1,599 95
Catch Basins.
Bricks and cement
$80 81
Pipe
·
235 88
Blasting
52 09
Grates and frames
26 25
395 03
1,994 98
Land, Humphrey and Redington Streets.
Land
120 00
"Land, Essex and Burrill Streets.
Land
233 38
Summary of Highways and Bridges.
Appropriation
Expenditures
Balance
Highways and bridges
$19,100 00
$19,015 80
$84 20
Grading new streets
2,000 00
2,000 00
Sidewalk and curbing
1,500 00
1,476 85
23 15
Street lighting
12,500 00
12,110 IO
389 90
Street water and oiling
5,000 00
3,945 07
1,054 93
Street construction
2,000 00
1,994 98
5 02
Land, Humphrey and Redington Streets
120 00
120 00
Land, Essex and Burrill Streets
233 38
233 38
$42,453 38
$40,896 18
$1,557 20
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS. Poor Department.
Administration.
Chairman
$150 00
Associates
250 00
Stationery, printing and postage,
3 83
Telephone
55 II
Expenses
8 25
Outside Relief.
Board .
$129 50
Rent
.
922 65
Fuel
·
178 35
$467 19
Amount carried forward,
$104,477 33
.
.
247
Amount brought forward,
$104,477 33
Groceries and provisions
$804 59
Medical attendance and medicine,
80 08
State institutions
26 00
Other institutions
12 86
Clothing
20 40
Burial .
.
30 00
$2,204 43
By Other Cities and Towns.
Cities and towns .
680 35
Soldiers' Relief Department.
Fuel
$179 40
Groceries
.
928 00
Cities and Towns
.
2,765 20
State Aid Department.
Cash Aid
2,902 00
Summary of Charities and Soldiers' Benefit.
Appropriation Expenditures Balance
Poor
. $3,800 00
$3,351 97
$448 03
Soldiers' Relief
3,000 00
2,765 20
234 80
State Aid
3,000 00
2,902 00
98 00
$9,800 00
$9,019 17
$7So 83
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES. School Department.
Administration.
Superintendent
$2,049 96
Clerk .
240 00
Attendant officer
150 00
Stenographer
460 00
Stationery, printing and postage
IIO 51
Telephone
292 27
Expenses, Superintendent
93 76
Expenses, Coach
32 96
Barometer
14 58
Advertising
5 00
Dictaphone
82 60
Ice
6 63
All others
28 91
$3,567 18
Teachers' Salaries.
General
$36,463 50
Special
1,015 50
.
37,479 00
Amount carried forward,
$113,496 50
·
1,601 80
Cash aid
56 00
$3,351 97
1915]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
248
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$113,496 50
Text Books and supplies.
Text and reference books
$1,859 87
Paper and blank books
1,151 49
Laboratory supplies ·
159 06
Manual training supplies
306 36
Domestic science supplies
197 29
Pianos
560 53
Steel cases
27 20
Base ball and foot ball supplies
27 21
Pens
15 92
Pencil sharpeners
5 60
Typewriters
292 50
Expressing .
137 50
Schools, reports
18 35
Dermatype outfit
41 00
All others
35 45
$4,835 33
Tuition of Pupils
71 00
Transportation of Pupils.
Carfares
330 00
Janitors' Services.
Janitors
3,650 00
Fuel and Light.
Coal and wood
$2,225 54
Gas and electricity
.
507 12
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds.
Carpentry
$375 87
Masonry
.
.
25 00
Plumbing
346 91
Painting
288 25
Janitors' supplies
333 59
Water rates
371 40
Concrete walks
76 50
Repairs and labor
260 64
Fire alarm bell and pulley
51 93
Engineering
6 37
2,136 46
Furniture and Furnishings.
Desks and chairs .
$362 43
Repairing clocks .
19 38
Tuning pianos
8 00
Flags
3 85
Window shades
·
II 85
All Others.
Diplomas
$73 20
Graduation exercises
93 10
Medical
252 00
Insurance
304 00
Supplies
21 80
744 10
55,951 24
Amount carried forward,
$169,447 74
.
2,732 66
405 51
249
1915]
Amount brought forward,
$169,447 44
School Yards.
Labor and Materials.
Machon School
$23 00
Clarke School
104 50
Hadley School
860 19
Landscape architect
76 25
Plants
117 43
Engineering
18 63
1,200 00
Teachers' Pensions.
Pensions
659 00
High School Enlargement Plans.
Architect.
1,000
Library Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Librarian
$420 00
Assistants
175 00
Extra work
60 00
Substitute Librarian
25 66
$680 66
Books and Periodicals.
Books .
$478 42
Periodicals
.
.
87 40
Binding
114 68
All Others.
Express
$1 95
Book .
I 50
Directory
4 00
Cards .
2 39
Register
14 50
Stationery and postage
14 50
38 84
1,400 00
Library Building Fund.
Cataloguing
$1,002 53
Supplies
44 56
Cards .
180 24
Typewriter, table and ribbons
S9 00
Advertising .
18 00
1,334 33
Summary of Schools and Libraries.
Appropriation Expenditures Balance
$56,000 00
$55,951 24
$48 76
School yards
1,200 00
· 1,200 00
Teachers' pensions
659 00
659 00
High School Enlargement Plans
1,000 00
1,000 00
Library .
1,400 00
1,400 00
Library Building Fund
25,000 00
1.334 33 23,665 67
$$5,259 00
$61,544 57
$23,714 43
Amount carried forward,
$175,041 07
·
680 50
.
Schools .
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
.
250
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$175,041 07
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED. Park Department.
Administration.
Superintendent, 1914 ·
$61 00
Superintendent, 1915
·
304 00
Clerk
.
75 00
Sign
.
$441 50
Blaney's Beach.
Insurance
$62 50
Seats
22 00
Design
5 00
Police
79 12
Cards
3 50
Painting
10 00
Supplies
21 25
Stone steps .
20 00
Express
2 00
Cable
40 13
Labor
92 00
Stock and labor
131 42
Telephone .
68 47
Trees and shrubs
44 80
Fence
Paradise Road.
Labor
$126 25
Insurance
9 25
Stock and labor
25 15
Flag pole
34 40
Ladder
3 00
Hose
·
12 00
Supplies
53 63
Painting
15 00
Water
II OC
289 68
Monument Avenue.
Labor and plants
696 10
Jackson Park.
Labor .
$106 00
Police .
3 60
Flag pole
12 00
Stock and labor
5 50
Loam and sodding
167 75
294 85
Phillips Park.
Labor
$409 93
Stock
.
7 80
Signs
·
3 75
Medical
8 00
-
429 48
2,828 80
$177,869 87
Amount carried forward,
I 50
602 19 75 00
251
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1915]
Amount brought forward,
$177,869 87
Metropolitan Park, Maintenance Assessment.
Assessment
3,677 50
Assessors' Valuation Book.
Printing
$311 25
Preparing
.
200 00
Postage
6 00
517 25
Memorial Day.
Post 118, G. A. R.
200 00
Heating and Lighting G. A. R. Hall.
Post I18, G. A. R. 75 00
Care of Monument Lot.
Caretaker
$35 00
Sharpening lawn mower
·
1 00
Water
11 00
47 00
Overlay, 1914.
Abatements after payments ·
33 60
July Fourth.
Flags
$95 00
Printing
.
2 50
Services
10 00
Band
220 50
Prizes
75 00
Lumber
5 85
Labor
II 50
Refreshments
70 78
Sundries
4 39
495 52
Printing Town Reports.
Printing
$676 08
Advertising .
7 80
Copy Selectmen's report
·
20 70
Distribution Selectmen's report .
33 00
Distribution Water and Sewer
report
33 00
Supervision
50 00
820 58
Premium Notes and Bonds.
Certification
$212 00
Printing
15 00
Advertising .
.
.
29 70
Typewriting
8 00
264 70
Raft, Blaney's Beach.
Raft
$80 00
Towing
S 00
Labor
IO 25
.
98 25
Amount carried forward,
$184.099 27
.
.
·
.
252
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$18,099 27
Town Scales.
Foundation, house and platform
$368 98
Scales
.
391 58
Freight
.
·
14 02
Teaming
7 00
Painting
5 00
786 58
Insurance.
Premiums
400 00
Stacey's Brook.
Labor
52 75
Marshall Brook.
Labor
65 99
Redington Street Curb.
Labor and material
17 03
Humphrey Street Brook.
Labor
15 00
Paradise Road.
Labor
105 00
Summary of Recreation and Unclassified.
Appropriations Transfer Expenditures Balance Overdraft
Parks and playgrounds.
Blaney's Beach and sundries .
$1,050 00
$1,043 69
$6 31
Fence .
75 00
75 00
Paradise Road
300 00
289 68
10 32
Monument Avenue
700 co
696 10
3 90
Jackson Park .
300 00
294 85
5 15
Phillips Park
500 00
429 4S
70 52
Metropolitan Park Maintenance
Assessment
3,677 50
3,677 50
Assessors' Valuation Book
600 00
517 25
S2 75
Memorial Day
200 00
200 00
Heat and light G. A. R. Hall
75 00
75 00
Care of Monument lot
50 00
47 00
3 00
Overlay, 1914
33 60
33 60
July Fourth .
500 00
495 52
4 48
Printing Town Reports
S20 5S
820 58
Premiums, notes and bonds
264 70
264 70
Raft at Blaney's Beach
100 00
98 25
1 75
Town Scales
786 58
786 58
Insurance Premiums .
1,000 00
400 00
600 00
Stacey's Brook
52 75
52 75
Marshall Brook
65 99
65 99
Redington Street Curbing
17 03
17 03
Humphrey Street Brook
15 00
15 00
Paradise Road
105 00
105 00
$9,948 08
$1,307 05 $10,500 55
$788 18
$33 60
.
.
.
Amount carried forward,
$185,541 62
.
1915]
Amount brought forward,
$185,541 62
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES. Water Department.
Administration.
Commissioners
$350 00
Superintendent
.
1,381 34
Clerks
618 50
2,349 84
Reading and labor on meters
1,880 05
Stationery and printing
$189 65
Telephones .
122 09
Cards and guides
12 52
Registrar's book
84 50
Express
2 60
Signs .
I 75
Box rent
7 50
All others
3 40
General.
Labor
$3,367 56
Teams
35 67
Pipe
1,185 10
Meters .
379 40
Hydrants
310 00
Board of horse
312 00
Equipment and repairs
3,480 90
Repairs on building
50 00
Taxes .
16 80
Meter basins
195 40
Castings
270 21
Fuel and light
39 45
Lumber
44 44
Repairs on chimney
40 00
Freight and express
76 68
Supplies
39 60
All others
102 45
9,945 66
Metropolitan Assessments.
Maintenance
$2,288 23
Interest
7,933 33
Sinking Fund
1,516 27
Serial Bonds
120 91
11,858 74
Interest on Bonded Debt
$8,488 50
Water Bonds
4,700 00
Sinking Fund requirements
3,000 CO
Insurance
18 03
Surety Bonds
35 00
16,241 53
42.699 83
Cemetery Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Superintendent
$450 00
Labor .
841 75
Telephone ·
.
.
20 45
$1,312 20
Amount carried forward,
$228,241 45
.
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
253
424 OI
.
.
254
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$228,241 45
Other Expenses.
Sods and loam
$27 09
Trees and shrubs .
72 75
Express
3 79
Biers
20 00
Water rates
56 18
Cement
2 40
Lumber
5 67
Medical
3 00
Supplies
2 65
Blasting
29 98
223 51
1,535 71
Cemetery Improvements.
Advertising .
$4 50
Contract
587 23
Contract
539 27
Loam
15 00
Engineering
54 00
1,200 00
Summary of Public Service Enterprises.
Appropriations Expenditures
Balance
Water .
.
$45,102 05 $42,699 83
$2,402 22
Cemetery
1,600 00
1,535 71
64 29
Cemetery Improvements
1,200
1,200 00
$47,902 05
$45,435 54
$2,466 51
Interest and Maturing Debt.
Interest on temporary loans
$3,206 72
Interest on general debt
·
13,654 27
Interest on sewer bonds
7,898 00
Interest on Metropolitan assessment
Park
2,461 99
$27,220 98
Temporary loans .
200,000 00
General debt maturing
$39,200 00
Sewer bonds maturing
13,150 00
Metropolitan Sinking Fund assess- ment
339 68
Metropolitan Serial Bond assess-
ment
100 97
52,790 65
280,011 63
Summary of Interest and Maturing Debt.
Appr'ation
Accrued Int. Expenditures
Balance
Overdraft
Interest on tempor- ary loans ·
.
$5,000 00
$3,206 72
$1,793 28
Int. on general debt Int. on sewer bonds
7,728 25
7,898 00
$169 75
Int. on Met. Park assessment . .
2,461 99
2,461 99
Gen. debt maturing
39,200 00
1,177 25
39,200 00
1,177 25
Sewer bond mat'ing
13,150 00
13,150 00
Met. Sinking Fund assessment .
339 68
339 68
Met. Serial Bond
100 07
100 97
$81,275 66
$1,829 14
$80,011 63
$3,262 92
$169 75
Amount carried forward,
$510,988 79
·
·
13,654 27
292 39
13,294 77
$651 89
Transfer
assessment .
255
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1915]
Amount brought forward,
$510,988 79
Agency.
State tax
$33,247 50
County tax
23,961 36
Highway tax
621 52
Bureau of Statistics
498 57
58,328 95
Cemetery Lots, Investment Funds.
Perpetual care fund
1,122 00
Trust Funds.
Phillips Medal Fund
$29 21
Cemetery Lot Fund
35 00
Joanna Morse Library Fund .
90 88
155 09
Non=Revenue.
Continuous Sidewalks.
Contract
$5,706 57
Ellis road, Hampden street, Berk - shire street, Burrill street, Pal- mer avenue, Ocean avenue,
Humphrey street, Redington street, Essex street, Elmwood road.
Straight Curbing, 3,285.2 lin. ft.
Curve Curbing, 287.6 lin. ft.
Granolithic,
1,879 sq. yds.
Parking, 4,064.I sq. ft.
Labor
$3 50
Rebates
56 13
Advertising
7 62
Repairing fence
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