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2,500 00
Roller and crusher repairs
700 00
Equipment and repairs
500 00
Fuel
300 00
Vacations .
700 00
Hay, grain and straw
1,350 00
Shoeing .
275 00
Gas, insurance, board of horses
425 00
Repairs to harness
50 00
Snow, ice, labor and teams
3,500 00
Other expenses
500 00
$25,460 00
New work, oil penetration .
$6,000 00
New construction .
2,000 00
Sidewalks and curbs
1,800 00
Street watering and oiling
5,000 00
Seal coating .
2,000 00
$4,200 00 $500 00
$16,800 00
.
1916 ]
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
199
Street lighting
$12,700 00
V. Charities.
Poor.
Chairman
$150 00
Associates
200 00
Secretary
50 00
Telephone
65 00
Other expenses
3,035 00
$3,500 00
State Aid
$3,000 00
Soldiers' Relief .
3,000 00
$6,000 00
VI. Education.
Schools.
School Committee expenses
$340 00
Superintendent expenses
150 00
Pay roll .
50,805 00
Text books and supplies
3,000 00
Fuel
3,300 00
Miscellaneous operating expenses
1,600 00
Repairs
1,200 00
Medical attendance
250 00
Libraries
25 Co
Car tickets
300 00
Miscellaneous expenses
700 00
Tuition
30 00
New equipment
700 00
Teachers' Pensions
$62,400 00 $675 00
VII. Libraries.
General.
Librarian and Assistants
$1,524 00
Printing, etc.
45 00
Coal (new building) .
200 00
Water (new building)
30 00
Janitor (new building)
408 00
Gas and electricity (new building)
85 00
Books and periodicals
675 00
Other expenses
75 00
Binding books
160 00
Telephone
45 00
$3,247 00
VIII. Recreation.
General.
Monument lot
$50 00
Memorial Day
200 00
Metropolitan Park Maintenance (estimated)
3,600 00
$3,850 00
200
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Parks and Gardens.
Blaney Beach Reservation
$1,200 00
Jackson Park
500 00
Phillips Park upkeep
1,300 00
Monument Avenue
700 00
Paradise Road
400 00
Sundries
300 00
Waters rates
225 00
Lawn mower
75 00
$4,700 00
IX. Unclassified.
Town Reports
$1,000 00
Reserve Fund .
2,000 00
Grand Army Hall, heating
75 00
Municipal Insurance
3,000 00
Insurance
1,000 00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES.
Cemetery Department.
Superintendent
$450 00
Labor . .
700 00
Telephone
30 00
Other expenses
430 00
$1,600 00
Interest.
Temporary loans (estimated)
$5,000 00
General debt
13,170 00
Sewer bonds
9,448 00
Metropolitan Park Interest (estimated)
5,000 00
$22,618 00
Municipal Indebtedness.
General debt
$51,300 00
Sewer bonds
14,650 00
Metropolitan Park (estimated)
6,500 00
$72,450 00
Agency.
State tax (estimated) .
$27 000 00
County tax (estimated)
25,000 00
State enterprises, (estimated),
1,200 00
$53,200 00
Respectfully submitted, HENRY S. BALDWIN, CLARENCE HUMPHREY, WILLIAM E. CARTER,
Board of Selectmen.
1916]
IN MEMORIAM.
201
In Memoriam
EDWARD A. SMITH
Superintendent Cemetery
Died February 20, 1916
202
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
ACCOUNTANT'S DEPARTMENT.
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT.
To the Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,-In compliance with the provisions of Chapter 624 of the Acts of 1910. I herewith submit the following report of the Accountant's Department for the year ending December 31, 1916.
Treasurer's Receipts.
Taxes.
Property, 1913
$49 21
Property, 1914
$6,942 39
Poll, 1914 ·
256 00
7,198 39
Property, 1915
18,585 91
Poll, 1915 .
358 00
18,943 91
Property, 1916
291,995 68
Poll, 1916
3,152 00
295,147 68
Corporation .
6,317 19
National Bank
11,449 60
Street Railway
888 46
Business
387 36
Tax titles
9 44
$340,391 24
Licenses and Permits.
Junk
$150 00
Milk
27 00
Pool and Billiards
6 00
Oleomargarine
50
Carriage
6 00
Express
2 00
Fruit
13 00
Auctioneers .
6 00
Elevator
4 00
Automobiles
28 00
Dog Tax and Damages
493 63
736 13
Fines and Forfeits.
Court Fines .
$191 50
Salem Jail
II 50
203 00
Amount carried forward,
$341,330 37
1916]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
203
Amount brought forward,
$341,330 37
Moth, 1914
$79 50
Sidewalk, 1914
91 86
Sewers, 1914
3,754 09
$3,925 45
Moth, 1915
132 00
Sidewalk, 1915
311 10
Sewers, 1915
54 98
498 08
Moth, 1916
1,391 90
Sidewalk, 1916
1,150 40
Sewers, 1916
286 74
2,829 04
Continuous sidewalk
1,334 74
Privileges.
Excise Tax
1,190 62
General Government.
Town Hall, rent
$365 50
Town Hall, telephones
20 56
J. W. Harding & Co.
: 50
Rents, tenements and Police
275 00
Selectmen's telephone
5 41
667 97
Protection of Life and Property.
Police telephone
$81 60
Fire telephone
67 58
Junk
33 25
Sealer of Weights and Measures .
54 65
W. H. Hutchinson
11 75
248 83
Health and Sanitation.'
Reimbursements .
$139 29
Sale of dory
2 50
141 79
Highways and Bridges.
Crush stone .
$23 00
Pung . .
25 00
Concrete pavement
590 00
638 00
Charities.
From Cities and Towns. · .
$332 64
From Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts
23 75
356 39
Soldiers' Benefits.
From Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, State Aid reimbursed,
$2,880 00
From individuals
6 00
2,886 00
Parks and Gardens.
Rents
414 80
Amount carried forward,
$356,462 08
.
8,587 31
Station, and Morris House
·
204
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$356,462 08
Education.
Tuition State Wards
$146 50
C. W. Thompson & Co.
3 38
O. R. Howe
3 30
Refunds on account of Lawrence Training School
52 00
205 18
Public Service Enterprises.
Water rates
$44,183 31
Service pipe and labor
3,197 04
$47,380 35
Interest on deposits
$192 63
Accrued interest .
75 87
268 50
Sale of horse
200 00
Cemetery Perpetual Care.
Sale of lots
1,226 25
Interest.
Treasurer's Deposits Taxes
1,409 61
Accrued
420 97
3,582 34
Premium Notes and Bonds
693 II
Municipal Indebtedness.
Temporary loans
$225,000 00
Permanent Improvement notes,
15,400 00
Sewer bonds
38,350 00
Water bonds
12,100 00
290,850 00
Trust and Investment Funds.
Joanna Morse Library Fund
.
$181 91
Phillips Medal Fund .
29 37
Cemetery lots and care of lots
53 00
264 28
Mary L. Thomson.
Bequest
1,000 00
County of Essex.
Sewer Refunds
$20 81
Land damage
1,132 00
1,152 81
Transfers.
Collector Taxes, from Engineer- ing
$ 8 00
Sewer Extension East, from
Engineering
75 00
Continuous Sidewalks, from
Engineering
232 74
Marshall Brook, from
Engi-
neering
26 00
Amount carried forward,
$703,284 90
.
.
.
$1,751 76
47,648 85
205
Amount brought forward,
$703,284 90
Phillips Park Drain, from Engi- neering
318 19
Essex Street Pavement, from
Engineering
271 85
Marshall Brook Drain, from
Engineering
II 90
Ontario Street Sewer, from Engi- neering
176 55
Monument Avenue Drain, from Engineering
25 00
Election and Registration, from Contingent Fund
22 46
Law, from Contingent Fund
766 51
Law, from Reserve Fund .
500 00
Selectmen, from Contingent
Fund
621 59
Selectmen, from Pension Fund, ·
211 86
Fire, from Unpaid Bills
543 51
Puritan Road Underground, from Contingent Fund
583 00
Dog Officer, from Reserve Fund,
175 00
Health, from Unpaid Bills .
298 93
Sewer, from Sewer Plans
846 30
Danvers Street Bridge, from Con- tingent Fund 6 44
Park, from Unpaid Bills
764 73
Pension, from Reserve Fund
256 80
General Debt, Maturing, from Special Revenue
2,659 88
General Debt, Maturing, from Premium Notes and Bonds
576 60
9,978 84
Trust and Investment Funds.
Phillips Medal Fund, interest
$46 06
Joanna Morse Library Fund, interest .
279 14
A. F. Nesbitt, private Cemetery Fund, interest .
5 84
A. F. Nesbitt, general Cemetery Fund, interest
9 94
Cemetery Lots, Investment Fund, interest
229 63
570 61
$713,834 35
Balance, January 1, 1916
30,808 78
$744,643 13
1916]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
206
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
EXPENDITURES.
Legislative.
Salaries and Wages.
Moderator
$35 00
Committee on Ways and Means.
Carriage hire
$28 00
Printing and postage
83 54
Typewriting
.
27 00
138 54
$173 54
Selectmen's Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Chairman, balance, 1915
.
$75 00
Chairman, 1916 .
.
300 00
Associates on account, 1916
·
300 00
Secretary .
200 00
$875 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage
$98 35
Printing and advertising
54 06
Carriage hire
16 50
Telephone
106 72
Town Weigher, 1915
20 33
Town Weigher, 1916
47 10
Frame
1
75
Storage hand engine, 1915
12 00
Storage hand engine, 1916 . Land damage
300 00
Culvert
150 00
Garden damage
20 00
Accident claim
25 CO
Repairing drain
78 10
Stenographer
7 00
Copy report
1 75
Designs
45 00
Supplies
2 98
Recording plans .
32 60
Repairs Morris House
30 96
Binding books
7 00
Directory
9 00
Telegrams Brief
25 00
Insurance
13 13
Weigh book
2 II
Postal notices
15 00
Services
12 00
2 44
Amount carried forward,
$173 54
12 00
207
Amount brought forward,
$173 54
Pension .
211 86
Expenses
33 70
Constable
60 00
1,453 44
1,328 44
Auditing Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Accountant
$1,100 00
Balance, 1915
35 00
$1,135 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage
$65 71
Printing and advertising
44 50
Telephone
26 14
Books .
6 10
Ledger sheets
.
14 79
157 24
1,292 24
Treasury Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Treasurer, on account
$625 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage
$3 75
Telephone
28 27
Bonds
66 24
Subscription
12 00
Directory
4 00
114 26
739 26
Collector of Taxes' Department.
Salaries.
Collector, balance, 1915
$50 00
Collector, on account, 1916
535 00
Clerk
5 00
$590 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage
$129 17
Printing and advertising
82 30
Telephone
23 73
Bond
150 00
Recording deeds.
13 50
Typewriting
1 50
Supplies
3 70
Tax title fees
45 94
Engineering
8 00
4.57 84
1,047 84
Assessors' Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Chairman and Secretary
$600 00
Associates
500 00
Clerk
.
200 00
$1,300 00
Amount carried forward,
$5,581 32
1916]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
208
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$5,581 32
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage
$57 25
Printing and advertising
119 30
Carriage hire
25 00
Telephone
18 04
Index plans
14 00
Special information
217 90
Express
26
Directory
4 00
Notices
1 00
Abstracts
56 93
Subscription
5 00
Special work
75 00
Expenses
31 00
624 68
1,924 68
Town Clerk's Department.
Clerk
$200 00
Assistant
200 00
$400 00
Other Expenses.
Printing and advertising
$6 25
Canvas for booths
15 00
Bond
4 00
Books
16 80
Stationery and postage
14 22
Expenses
9 85
66 12
466 12
Law Department.
Salary.
Town Counsel
$200 00
Other Expenses.
Attorney Fees,
Parsons and Bowen
$883 21
Niles, Stevens, Underwood and Mayo .
50 00
James W. Santry
766 64
1,699 85
1,899 85
Election and Registration.
Salaries and Wages.
Registrars ·
$150 00
Clerk
.
75 00
Election Officers .
261 00
$486 00
Other Expenses.
Printing and advertising
$128 96
Catering
152 50
Typewriting
5 00
286 46
772 46
Amount carried forward,
$10,644 43
1916]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
209
Amount brought forward,
$10,644 43
Engineering Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Engineer
$1,799 20
Assistants
1,731 20
Inspectors
248 00
$3,778 40
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage
$10 00
Instruments
18 59
Plans ·
28 90
Blue prints
20 82
Bound stones
6 00
Supplies
39 26
Express
78
Car fares
42 45
Design
8 00
Labor
7 25
Repairs
I 50
Typewriting
36 00
Stakes and nails
17 10
236 65
4,015 05
Town Hall Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Janitor and Agent
$1,040 00
Assistant ·
30 00
$1,070 00
Other Expenses.
Telephone
$231 34
Fuel
251 10
Light
409 41
Janitors' supplies
104 84
Repairs
136 22
Water
20 56
Ice, 1915 and 1916
51 00
Disinfectant
6 00
Labor
21 00
Electric repairs
17 75
Flowers
3 00
Flagpole
257 00
Lowering topmast
25 00
Hanging awning
1 50
Papers
6 14
Laundry
45
Sharpening lawn mower
1 00
Window shades
II 00
Sewer connection
110 00
Removing ashes
12 00
Repairing piano
$ 50
Polish and brushes
II 27
Flags
17 25
Repairing clocks
6 00
Express
I 93
1,714 26
2,784 26
Amount carried forward,
$17,443 74
210
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$17,443 74
Summary of General Government.
Appropriation
Transfer
Expenditure
Balance
Legislative
$200 00
$173 54
$26 46
Selectmen
1,500 00
833 45
8 44
5 01
Auditing
1,300 00
1,292 24
7 76
Treasury
785 00
739 26
45 74
Collector of Taxes
1,050 00
1,047 84
2 16
Assessors
2,000 00
1,924 68
75 32
Town Clerk
500 00
466 12
33 88
Law
800 00
1,266 51
1,899 85
166 66
Election and Registration .
750 00
22 46
772 46
Engineering
4,000 00
1,145 23
4,015 05
1,130 18
Town Hall
2,800 00
2,784 26
15 74
$15,685 00
$3,267 65
$17,443 74
$1,508 91
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. Police Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Chief on account, 1915
$125 00
Chief, 1916
1,300 00
Regular officers
7,644 00
Special Officers
633 66
9,702 66
Automobile hire
22 00
Fuel and Light.
Coal and wood
$146 83
Gas and electricity
165 40
Equipment and Repairs.
Ambulance .
$57 61
Motor cycle .
5 51
Equipment for men
77 02
Supplies
63 05
203 19
Repairs on Buildings.
Carpentry
9 32
Other Expenses.
Stationery and printing
$19 10
Telephone .
345 44
Signal posts
78 95
Express .
8 22
Photographs
II 50
Water .
21 33
Automobile lists .
13 00
Expenses
127 22
Papers
8 86
Ice
18 50
Chairs
8 25
Insurance
31 50
Glazing
1 00
Automobile licenses
2 00
Typewriter ribbons
1 75
Directory
9 00
312 23
Amount carried forward,
$17,443 74
1916]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
2II
Amount brought forward,
$17.443 74
Electric repairs
6 18
Professional services
5 00
Supplies
21 12
Signs
2 00
Spray .
4 00
Ash truck
3 75
Repairing clock
75
748 42
10,997 82
Dog Officer.
Salary . .
$100 00
Killing dogs
16 00
116 00
Fire Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Engineers .
$300 00
Clerk .
50 00
Chief
1,300 00
Permanent men
8,736 00
Call men
1,476 98
Other employees .
153 58
12,016 56
Horses and Care of Same.
Hay and grain
$419 60
Shoeing
174 38
Veterinary
48 00
Automobile hire .
120 50
Harness supplies
40 80
Cleaning cesspool
12 00
Fuel and Light.
Coal and wood
$544 53
Gas and electricity
143 90
Gasolene and oil .
132 21
820 64
Equipment and Repairs.
Equipment for men
$147 0I
Automobile tires and repairs
739 41
Life gun
25 00
Batteries
24 44
Supplies
353 87
1,289 73
All Others.
Express
$18 49
Supplies
44 62
Parafine and soda
14 54
Wiping cloths
31 II
Pyrene
4 50
Boiler
69 00
Repairs on Building.
Carpentry
$104 44
Plumbing
52 03
Painting
24 60
Mason .
27 13
Ventilator and cover
35 20
182 26
243 40
Amount carried forward,
$28,557 56
815 28
212
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$28,557 56
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage
$28 55
Printing and advertising
43 45
Telephone
223 45
Water
38 89
Supplies
19 19
Automobile license
4 50
Expenses
28 72
Awnings
14 50
Ice
10 50
Plants .
5 50
Towels
7 00
Flag
10 00
School expenses
18 35
Directory
4 00
Insurance
.
III 75
568 35
15,936 22
Service Automobile
$475 00
Body and painting
125 00
$600 00
Boiler Central House
600 00
Fire alarm boxes
225 00
Repairs on pumping engine
993 60
Repairs on Phillips Beach House.
Mason
$50 83
Lumber
29 95
Carpenter
56 00
Painting
105 55
Slating roof
372 14
Piping tools
24 52
Fittings
10 70
649 69
Gamewell Repeater
675 00
Shed at Central House.
Contract
$175 00
Extras
25 00
Painting
14 00
Gasolene outfit
83 30
Water for hydrants
2,715 00
School Fire Alarm Boxes.
Express
$1 25
Labor
91 27
Boxes
.
653 58
Stations
410 00
Wire
15 00
Horses.
Advertising
$3 30
Horses
700 00
Delivery
2 50
705 80
8,632 49
Amount carried forward,
$53,126 27
297 30
1,171 10
1916]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT. 213
Amount brought forward,
$53,126 27
Puritan Road Underground Cables.
Express
$7 42
Underground cable and installing,
448 00
Box and fixtures
127 58
583 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Salary.
Sealer, balance, 1915
$44 33
Sealer, on account, 1916
90 00
$134 33
Other Expenses.
Printing and advertising
$19 00
Team and labor
13 50
Sealing Apothecary Scales
5 00
Express
3 20
40 70
175 03
Moth Extermination Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Superintendent
$827 13
Labor
2,780 40
Telephone
19 43
$3,626 96
Other Expenses.
Printing and postage
$6 63
Insecticides
336 86
Hardware and tools
54 03
Storage, sprayer, 1915 .
24 00
Storage, sprayer, 1916 .
24 00
Carfare and teams
245 25
Express and freight
14 47
Repairs .
4 00
Removing ledge
37 86
Pump valves
3 10
Stock and labor
28 72
Lanterns
7 20
Supplies
25 59
Gasolene
51 25
Notices
3 80
Lumber
5 48
872 24
4,499 20
Sprayers.
One 4 H. P. sprayer
$250 00
Building.
Contract
100 00
350 00
Amount carried forward.
$58,733 50
15
214
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$58,733 50
Tree Warden Department.
Salary and Wages.
Tree Warden
$73 45
Labor
655 40
$728 85
Other Expenses.
Hardware and tools
$20 75
Car fare and teams
87 50
Trees
116 25
Loam
18 00
Galvanized wire
100 00
Boxes
3 24
Express
41
346 15
Hose .
Forest Warden.
Labor .
$25 06
Extinguisher
19 10
44 16
Summary of Protection, Life and Property.
Appropriation Transfers Expenditures Balance Overdraft
Fire . .
$15,400 00
$543 51 $15,936 22
7 29
Automobile
600 00
600 00
Boiler .
600 00
600 00
Fire alarm boxes
225 00
225 00
Pumping engine repairs
993 60
993 60
Phillips Beach House Repairs
650 00
649 69
31
Repeater
675 00
675 00
Shed .
300 00
297 30
2 70
Hydrant Rental
2,715 00
2,715 00
School fire alarm boxes
1,200 00
1,171 10
28 90
Horses .
700 00
705 80
5 80
Underground Puritan Road .
583 00
583 00
Police
11,000 00
10,997 82
2 18
Sealer Weights and Measures
170 00
175 03
5 03
Moth .
4,500 00
4,499 20
80
Sprayer
250 00
250 00
Hose .
175 00
174 50
50
Building
100 00
100 00
Tree Warden
1,075 00
1,075 00
Forest Warden
44 16
44 16
Dog Officer
175 00
116 00
59 00
$41,328 60
$1,301 51 $42,583 42
$101 68
$54 99
HEALTH AND SANITATION. Health Department.
General Administration.
Chairman, balance 1915
$70 00
Chairman, 1916
200 00
Associates, balance 1915
. 150 00
Amount carried forward,
$60,027 16
1,075 00 174 50
1916]
Amount brought forward,
$60,027 16
Associates, 1916 .
300 00
Agent and Clerk .
576 00
Stationery and postage
25 10
Printing and advertising
106 95
Telephone
83 95
Serving notices
5 00
Stereopticon
2 00
Car fare and batteries
62 59
Expenses
4 00
Express
26
Supplies
8 75
$1,594 60
Quarantine.
Board and treatment
$263 58
Transportation
36 30
Medical attendance and nurses
325 90
Services
3 25
Supplies
24 63
Car fares
12 75
Germ destroyer
76 80
743 21
Tuberculosis.
Board and treatment
84 00
Vital Statistics.
Births
$126 50
Deaths
21 60
Other Expenses.
Sanitary Inspector
$624 00
Repairing a wheelbarrow
I 50
Fumigating and disinfectants
41 70
Express
13 55
Storing ambulance
18 00
Padlock
I 25
Marriages
17 60
Shute cover .
3 00
Constable
2 10
Hose
32 83
Spraying low lands
185 17
Photographs
3 00
943 70
Inspection.
Milk and vinegar
$8 50
Cesspools
13 00
Expenses
35 00
56 50
3,570 II
Sewers, Maintenance and Operation.
Administration.
Commissioners
$350 00
Clerk .
104 00
Telephone
44 23
498 23
Amount carried forward,
$63,597 27
.
148 10
215
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
216
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$63,597 27
Sewers and Drains.
Labor
$1,495 76
Tools and equipment .
13 85
Pipe and Fittings
90 0I
Cement and brick
7 05
Lumber
14 84
Rubber boots and repairs
7 75
Supplies
4 63
Gasolene
I 25
Plans .
21 00
1,656 14
Pumping Station.
Engineers and Firemen
$2,007 50
Fuel and light
1,228 83
Oil and waste
54 10
Equipment and repairs
382 84
Water
282 09
Boiler preservative
15 00
Express
9 14
Disinfectant
1.7 50
Loan
12 50
Supplies
35 47
Sharpening saw
25
Carfares
I 00
Gasolene
2 75
Insurance
80 00
4,128 97
Sewer Bills.
Assessments
773 45
Particular Sewers.
Sewer connections
693 27
Monument Avenue Drain.
Contract
$463 71
Castings
II OO
Advertising
5 10
Engineering
25 00
504 81
Refuse and Garbage.
Contracts.
Swill, balance, 1915
$70 00
Ashes, on account, 1916
2,519 91
Swill, 1916 .
840 00
3,429 91
Night Soil.
Contract
90 00
Cleaning Beaches.
Labor
$397 24
Teams
24 70
421 94
Amount carried forward,
$71,852 14
6,283 34
217
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1916]
Amount brought forward,
$71,852 14
All Others.
Burying Carrion .
$6 50
Labor and Teams
29 00
Dory and Oars
12 00
Paint
3 65
Truss
5 00
Express
2 00
58 15
4,000 00
Summary of Health and Sanitation.
Appropriation Transfer Expenditures Balance
Health
$3,300 00
$298 93
$3,570 II
$28 82
Refuse and Garbage
4,000 00
4,000 00
Sewer . .
6,000 00
846 30
6,283 34
562 96
Sewer Bills .
773 45
773 45
Particular Sewers
800 00
693 27
$14,873 45
$1,145 23 $15,320 17
$698 51
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. Highway Department.
Administration.
Surveyor
$1,560 00
Clerical
75 00
Telephone
17 85
Stationery
17 25
1,670 10
Repairing.
Labor ·
$7,754 92
Teams . .
2,395 50
10, 150 42
Broken stone
$67 05
Pipe
14 30
Equipment and repairs
559 36
Fuel
181 II
Lumber
17 04
Fences .
103 80
Patching compound
50 08
992 74
Horses and Care of Same.
Hay, grain and straw
$1,344 43
Shoeing
270 23
Veterinary
7 50
Repairing stable .
7 80
Board of horse
336 00
Insurance
73 54
Gas
7 20
Supplies
I 28
Harness repairs
68 77
Disinfectant
20 00
Horse
350 00
2,486 75
Amount carried forward,
$75,852 14
218
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$75,852 14
Snow Removal.
Labor
$36 38
Teams
1,424 25
Equipment and repairs
8 60
$5,070 85
All Others.
Salt
$10 20
Machine Oil
49 74
Express and freight
9 39
Stock and labor
6 30
Boiler preservative
15 00
Street signs
12 50
Street numbering and numbers
39 08
Fire proof sheathing
94 85
Professional services
27 00
Boiler insurance
47 60
Wiping waste
.
19 00
330 66
20,701 52
Essex Street Land Damages.
Labor
$54 05
Land damage
1,132 00
1,186 05
Street Lights.
Contract
12,218 87
Street Construction.
Labor
$925 58
Paving
309 75
Catch basins, pipe and covers
243 25
Cement gutter
484 60
1,963 18
New Streets.
Labor
$1,130 75
Teams
.
372 00
Blasting
IOI 04
Pipe and manholes
337 00
Curb inlets
.
.
24 00
Cesspool
.
30 00
1,994 79
Danvers Street Bridge.
Advertising .
$2 75
Labor .
II 26
Stock and labor
18 15
Building bridge
824 28
856 44
Cedar Hill Terrace.
Land damage
1,370 00
Amount carried forward,
$116,142 99
219
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1916]
Amount brought forward,
$116,142 99
Tar Penetration.
Labor
.
,
480 00
Sharpening tools
30 80
Crush stone
1,055 92
Coal
71 76
Tarite
1,740 42
5,204 65
Sidewalks and Curbing.
Labor
$681 00
Teams .
.
153 25
Concreting
665 75
1,500 00
Street Water and Oiling.
Water .
$225 15
Teams
315 75
Oiling.
Labor .
$253 50
Teams .
152 75
Oil
3,756 94
Demurrage
66 00
Others.
Advertising
$2 40
Repairs
6 00
8 40
4,778 49
Walker road.
Labor .
$1,047 00
Teams
.
471 00
Blasting
339 50
Grates and frames
23 00
Lumber
42 32
1,922 82
Summary of Highways and Bridges.
Appropriation
Transfers
Expenditures
Balance $298 48
Highways .
$21,000 00
$20,701 52
Sidewalk and curbing
1,500 00
1,500 00
Street Construction
2,000 00
1,963 18
36 82
Street water and oiling
5,000 00
4,778 49
221 51
Street lights
12,500 00
12,218 87
281 13
New streets
2,000 00
1,994 79
5 21
Land damage, Cedar Hill ter.
1,743 00
1,370 00
373 00
Tar Penetration .
6,000 00
5,204 65
795 35
Danvers street bridge
850 00
$6 44
856 44
Essex street land damage .
1,500 00
1,186 05
313 95
Walker road .
2,000 00
1,922 82
77 18
$56,093 00
$6 44
$53,696 81
$2,402 63
Amount carried forward,
$129,548 95
.
$1,825 75
Teams
Macadam Pavement.
$540 90
4,229 19
.
220
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$129,548 95
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS. Poor Department.
Administration.
Chairman
$150 00
Associates
200 00
Clerk
50 00
Stationery, printing and postage,
II 68
Telephone .
68 36
Expenses
6 50
$486 54
Outside Relief.
Board
$150 00
Rent
575 20
Fuel
157 53
Groceries and provisions
803 62
Medical
212 64
State Institution
152 00
2,050 99
By Other Cities and Towns.
Cities
$659 36
Towns
155 00
814 36
All Others.
Expenses
$3 35
Transportation
14 IO
Funeral expenses
25 00
Couch
6 72
Mothers' aid
90 00
Supplies
4 00
143 17
3,495 06
Soldiers' Relief.
Fuel
$218 23
Groceries
1,522 86
Cash Aid
781 00
Burials
48 00
Agent's Fees
2 00
Rent
10 80
Medical and Nurses ·
123 50
Notices
·
I 25
Mexican Relief
IOI 75
2,809 39
State Aid.
Cash Aid
$2,460 00
Transportation
9 00
2,469 00
Mexican Aid.
Cash Aid
245 00
Amount carried forward,
$138,567 40
2
22I
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1916]
Amount brought forward,
$138,567 40
Summary of Charities and Soldiers' Benefits.
Appropriation
Expenditures
Balance
Poor
$3,500 00
$3,495 06
$4 94
Soldiers' Relief
3,000 00
2,809 39
190 61
State Aid . .
3,000 00
2,469 0
531 00
Mexican Aid
900 00
245 00
655 00
$10,400 00
$9,018 45
$1,381 55
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES. School Department.
Administration.
Superintendent
$2,199 96
Clerk
,
240 00
Attendant officer
.
150 00
Stenographer
610 00
Stationery, printing and postage
184 37
Telephone
233 39
Expenses Superintendent
102 17
School Census
43 95
Laundry
70
Supplies
.
40 40
Services .
1 50
3,806 44
Teachers' Salaries.
General
$35,439 89
Special
612 00
Manual Training
1,500 00
Drawing
886 50
Domestic Science
670 00
Music .
500 00
Boys' Physical Training
1,500 00
Girls' Physical Training
150 00
41,258 39
Text Books and Supplies.
Text and reference books
$12 07
Paper and blank books
933 57
Drawing materials
14 60
Laboratory supplies
143 03
Manual training supplies
219 33
Domestic science supplies
273 30
Rent and tuning pianos
88 65
Express
74 57
Reward cards
21 75
Repairing clocks
24 86
Typewriter
27 50
All others
44 15
Tuition of pupils
118 29
Transportation of Pupils.
Car fares
300 00
Janitors.
Services
3,925 00
Amount carried forward,
$138,567 40
$3,072 .31
222
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$138,567 40
Fuel and Light.
Coal and wood
$2,960 57
Gas and electricity
642 94
3,603 51
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds.
Carpentry .
$542 52
Masonry
.
212 88
Plumbing
116 15
Printing
108 34
Lumber and bricks
I 35
Janitors' supplies
197 51
Water rates .
793 29
Fertilizer, plants and labor .
59 94
Hose
26 25
Wiring
303 87
Repairing heater
158 00
2,520 IO
Furniture and Fixtures.
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