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$13,149 13
$1 87
Dog Officer
100 00
$31 00
131 00
Fire
17,939 00
17,919 90
19 10
School Fire Alarm Boxes
22 00
22 00
Fire Equipment, Ladder, and hose
truck
4,600 00
4,566 74
33 26
Sealer Weights and Measures
270 00
10 05
280 05
Moth .
5,000 00
4,998 75
I 25
Forest Warden
75 00
52 96
22 04
Tree Warden
1,125 00
1,123 74
I 26
$42,282 00
$41 05
$42,244 27
$78 78
HEALTH AND SANITATION. Health Department.
General Administration.
Chairman
$200 00
Associates
300 00
Agent and clerk
.
936 00
Amount carried forward,
$61,727 05
228
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
Stationery and postage
$42 77
$61,727 05
Printing and advertising
82 75
Telephone
94 33
Express
26
Plan
10 52
Keys
1 00
Refrigerator
15
Weather strips
15 00
Expenses
88 24
$1,785 87
Quarantine.
Board and treatment
$320 72
Transportation
12 00
Medical attendance and nurses
122 00
Posting notices
2 50
Postal cards
8 00
Coal
20 35
485 57
Tuberculosis.
Board and treatment .
283 97
Vital Statistics.
Births
$155 25
Deaths
42 70
197 95
Other Expenses.
Sanitary Inspector . ·
$650 90
Fumigation and disinfectants
118 20
769 10
All Others.
Storage ambulance
$18 00
Marriages
.
19 20
Lecture
5 00
Storage boat and painting
6 00
Papering office
24 28
Repairs Pest House
73 56
Express
12 40
Supplies
42 II
200 55
Inspector Animals.
Salary, 1916
$100 00
Salary, 1917
100 00
200 00
. 3,923 OI
Amount carried forward,
$65,650 06
.
229
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1917]
Amount brought forward,
$65,650 06
Sewers, Maintenance and Operation.
Administration.
Commissioners
$379 97
Clerk
104 00
Stationery and postage
22 30
Telephone
46 00
Safe
315 00
$867 27
Sewers.
Labor
$1,316 41
Tools and equipment
99 00
Pipes and fittings
174 28
Cement and bricks
I 50
1,591 19
Pumping Station.
Engineers and finance
$2,049 00
Fuel and light
1,189 20
Oil and waste
29 40
Equipment and repairs
264 71
Water
301 80
3,834 II
All Others.
Supplies
$47 03
Express
5 II
Medical
10 00
Typewriting
2 00
64 14
6,356 71
Particular Sewers.
Sewer connections .
183 60
Material
50 55
234 15
Refuse and Garbage.
Contracts garbage
$839 00
Contracts ashes
2,8r7 21
Contracts night soil
90 00
Cleaning Beaches.
Labor
$427 00
Teams .
23 23
450 23
All Others.
Burying dead animals
$9 50
Medical
50 00
Express
.
[ 25
Supplies
I 33
62 08
4,258 52
Amount carried forward,
$76,499 44
.
.
Labor
.
$3,746 21
.
.
230
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
Brooks and Streams.
$76,499 44
Labor
.
$191 23
Materials
,
68 29
259 52
Summary of Health and Sanitation.
Appropriation
Transfer
Expenditures
Balance
Health
$4,250 00
$3,923 01
$326 99
Sewers
7,000 00
6,356 71
643 29
Refuse and Garbage
4,200 00
$58 52
4,258 52
Brooks
300 00
259 52
40 48
Particular Sewers
800 00
234 15
555 85
$16,550 00
$58 52
$15,031 91
$1,576 61
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Administration.
Surveyor
.
$1,560 00
Clerical
85 00
Telephone
19 60
Stationery
1 00
Painting office
25 00
$1,690 60
Repairing.
Labor
$9,878 03
Teams .
2,581 00
Broken stone and gravel
1,033 24
Pipes and cement
45 30
Equipment and repairs
808 59
Fuel
293 78
Lumber
72 39
14,712 33
Horses and Care of Same.
Hay, grain and straw .
$1,473 04
Shoeing
377 39
Veterinary and medicine
39 00
Insurance
31 25
Board horse
288 00
Harness supplies
72 30
Repairs, stable
117 50
Express
3 10
Light
6 00
2,407 58
Snow Removal.
Labor
$1,733 50
Teams .
945 50
Equipment and repairs
205 95
2,884 95
Amount carried forward,
$76,758 96
≥31
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1917]
Amount brought forward,
$76,758 96
All Others.
Supplies
$43 53
Freight and express
15 90
Stock and labor
57 60
Street signs
31 25
Street numbering
29 32
Medical
84 50
Building wall
125 00
Oil
43 84
Salt
.
15 00
445 94
Highway Pensions.
Pensions
.
.
211 31
Grading New Streets.
Labor
$2,502 50
Teams
.
963 00
Blasting
33 32
Harrison Avenue.
Labor
$286 00
Manholes
14 00
Millett Road.
Blasting
$235 00
Fence
35 80
Painting fence
20 00
290 80
Cedar Hill Terrace Land Damage.
Stock and labor .
190 00
Sidewalk and Curbing.
Labor
$407 74
Teams
126 00
$533 74
Concreting .
$575 52
Sand and gravel .
609 56
1,185 08
Continuous Sidewalks.
Advertising
$13 10
Labor
567 38
Edgestones
1,246 03
Concreting
185 60
Granolithic
3,362 88
Parking
623 00
5,997 99
Street Lights.
Contract
12,471 60
Amount carried forward,
$123,579 70
22,141 40
.
3,498 82
300 00
1,718 82
232
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$123,579 70
Street Water and Oil.
Water.
Labor
$48 00
Teams
301 50
$349 50
Oiling.
Labor .
$124 50
Teams .
37 50
Oil
3,970 17
All Others.
Advertising
$7 20
Freight
365 68
Hose and diaphragm
100 00
Shute and stand
33 50
Repairs
II 95
518 33
5,000 00
Street Construction.
Labor
$1,258 95
Paving
382 25
Teams
129 00
Drain pipe
51 75
Bricks, cement, etc.
100 55
Grates
67 50
2,000 00
Summary of Highways and Bridges.
Appropriation Transfer
Expenditures
Balance
Highways .
$23,000 00
$22,141 40
$858 60
Highway pensions
$211 31
211 31
Grading new streets
2,500 00
2,498 82
1 18
Harrison avenue
300 00
300 00
Millett road
300 00
290 80
9 20
Land damages, Cedar Hill terrace,
373 00
190 00
183 00
Sidewalk and curbing
1,800 00
1,718 82
81 18
Continuous sidewalks
6,000 00
5,997 99
2 01
Street lights
12,700 00
12,471 60
228 40
Street water and oil .
5,000 00
5,000 00
Street construction
2,000 00
2,000 00
$54,973 00
$211 31
$53,820 74
$1,363 57
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS. Poor Department.
Administration.
Chairman .
$150 00
Associates
.
200 00
Clerk
50 00
Stationery and postage
5 50
Telephone .
71 85
Office furnishings
81 74
$559 09
Amount carried forward,
$130,579 70
4,132 17
233
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1917]
Amount brought forward,
$130,579 70
Outside Relief.
Board .
$376 00
Rent
494 00
Fuel
I33 41
Groceries and provisions
769 19
Medical
76 25
State
19 50
Clothing
10 00
1,878 35
By Other Cities and Towns.
Cities
·
563 08
All Others.
Expenses
$3 00
Transportation
7 00
Mothers' Aid
262 00
Burial
25 00
297 00
3,297 52
Soldiers' Relief.
Fuel
$195 96
Groceries
·
1,187 55
Cash Aid
.
767 68
Medical
8 25
2,159 44
State Aid.
Cash Aid
2,106 00
German War Aid.
Cash Aid
610 00
Summary of Charities and Soldiers' Benefits.
Appropriation
Transfer Expenditures
Balance
Poor .
$3,300 00
$3,297 52
2 48
Soldiers' Relief
3,000 00
2,159 44
840 56
State Aid .
3,000 00
2,106 00
894 00
German War Aid
$610 00
610 00
$9,300 00
$610 00
$8,172 96
$1,737 04
·
$2,349 96
Clerk
240 00
Attendant officer
150 00
Stenographers
905 00
Stationery, printing and postage,
139 40
Schools and Libraries.
School Department.
Superintendent
Amount carried forward,
$138,752 66
234
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
Telephone
292 43
Expenses, Superintendent
47 25
Expenses, Principal
20 02
Supplies
22 00
School census
40 64
Teachers' Salaries.
General
$37,881 97
Substitutes
861 00
Manual Training
1,500 00
Domestic Science
620 00
Music
492 00
Physical Training
1,600 00
Drawing
800 00
Basketball
100 00
Garden Superintendent
131 25
43,986 22
Text Books and Supplies.
Text and reference books
$1,257 32
Paper and blank books
1,468 77
Laboratory supplies
87 09
Manual Training supplies
329 43
Domestic Science supplies
179 23
Pianos .
202 49
3,524 33
All Others.
Express
$79 27
Supplies
25 19
104 46
Tuition of pupils
116 08
Transportation of Pupils.
Car fares
330 00
Janitors' Service.
Janitors
4,044 00
Fuel and Light.
Coal and wood
$3,660 23
Gas and electricity .
651 72
4,311 95
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds.
Carpentry
$532 88
Masonry
127 93
Plumbing
288 57
Flag staffs and flags
87 05
Janitors' supplies
264 52
Laundry
3 59
Water rates
840 96
Painting
13 74
Amount carried forward,
$138,752 66
$4,206 70
2,159 24
$183,491 00
235
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1917]
Amount brought forward,
$138,491 00
All Others.
Supplies .
$26 82
Electric repairs
147 17
Glass
34 96
Hose
32 65
Grading yard
17 81
Shades
.
261 66
Furniture and Fixtures.
Desks and chairs .
$443 71
Repairing clocks .
42 99
Diplomas
56 25
Graduation exercises
78 93
Printing
59 67
Medical
250 62
932 17
All Others.
Ice
$32 15
Express
9 II
Baker
18 75
Typewriters
272 50
Ribbon
3 90
336 41
64,313 22
Portable School Building.
Salaries and Wages.
Teachers
.
.
$340 00
Janitor
40 00
Building.
Advertising
$9 75
Building
1,504 15
Desks and chairs
301 00
Grading grounds
132 59
Lumber
-
5 00
Express
.
13 00
1,965 49
2,345 49
Teachers' Pensions.
Pensions
659 00
Library Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Librarian
$900 00
Assistant Librarians
818 00
Janitor
560 00
$2,278 00
Amount carried forward,
$206,070 37
$380 00
.
.
2 25
236 .
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$206,070 37
Books and Periodicals.
Books
$356 67
Periodicals
35 72
Binding books
114 37
Binding periodicals
75
Fuel and Light.
Coal and Wood
$55 90
Gas and electricity
170 50
226 40
Building.
Repairs
$12 55
Furniture
15 60
Supplies
15 22
Other Expenses.
Stationery and printing
$64 51
Telephone
22 05
Water
12 39
Express
23 01
Advertising
2 80
Electric repairs
19 00
Supplies
92 20
235 96
3,291 24
Library Building.
Plumbing, balance contract
$389 50
Building, balance contract
1,166 22
Printing
508 65
Grading and curbing
1,154 23
Screens
148 00
Coal
37 29
Stock and labor
50 75
Linoleum
396 50
Express
7 50
Supplies
32 43
Ladder
6 00
Inspectors
32 50
Snow guards
38 00
Awnings
40 00
Electric wiring
119 00
Electric fixtures
575 30
Basement wall
100 00
4,801 87
Summary of Schools and Libraries.
Appropriation
Expenditures
Balance
Schools
$64,340 00
$64,313 22
$26 7S
Portable School Building
2,400 00
2,345 49
54 51
Teachers' Pensions
675 00
659 00
16 00
Library Building
5,345 58
4,801 87
543 71
Library
3,300 00
3,291 24
8 76
$76,060 58
$75,410 82
$649 76
Amount carried forward,
$214,163 48
.
507 51
43 37
1917]
Amount brought forward,
$214,163 48
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED. Park Department.
Administration.
Superintendent
$668 00
Clerk
100 00
Stationery, printing and postage,
20 26
Commissioners' expenses
15 00
Typewriter .
58 50
Painting and papering office
22 02
$883 78
Blaney's Beach.
Labor on grounds
$19 00
Water
36 99
Repairs on building
171 74
Telephone
97 85
All others.
Ash barrels
$8 94
Disinfectant
10 00
Strainers and bells
8 40
Keys
I 20
Supplies Express
3 15
Lawn mower
6 00
Labor on raft
40 25
Matting
3 00
Signs
16 00
150 25
Monument Avenue.
Labor on grounds
$444 89
Plants and shrubs
338 50
Supplies
II 50
Signs .
4 00
Framing
19 25
Fence
6 00
Flags
20 25
Water
11 00
855 39
Paradise Road.
Engineering
$10 00
Labor on grounds
263 67
Sign
60
Stock and labor
21 40
Police
3 00
Lumber
38 52
Painting flag pole
22 00
Key
20
Water
89 42
Snow shovels
30 00
478 81
$214,163 48
Amount carried forward,
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
237
325 58
53 31
238
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$214,163 48
Jackson Park.
Labor on grounds
$347 56
Signs
8 00
Flag pole
67 00
Stock and labor
21 85
Painting fence
40 00
Trees .
13 00
Express
I 77
Lumber
75 57
Water
11 00
585 75
Phillips Park.
Labor on grounds
$287 50
Signs .
8 00
Cinders
321 10
Lunches
23 88
640 48
$3,920 04
Metropolitan Park Maintenance.
Assessment .
5,362 33
Printing Town Report.
Advertising .
$3 90
Printing
.
838 71
Distribution
33 00
Editing
75 00
950 61
Insurance Premiums.
Insurance
.
860 26
Municipal Insurance Fund.
Government bonds
3,500 00
District Nurse.
Visiting nurse association
375 00
Memorial Day.
Post 118, G. A. R.
200 00
Heating and Lighting G. A. R. Hall.
Heat and light
75 00
Nettie Smith Pension Fund.
Pension
300 00
Amount carried forward,
$229,706 72
.
.
1917]
Amount brought forward,
$229,706 72
Soldiers' Exemption.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
54 79
Monument Lot.
Care taker
$35 00
Labor .
1 50
Loam
75
Sharpening lawn mower
I 25
Supplies
1 65
1
41 15
Summary of Recreation and Unclassified.
Appropriation
Transfer
Expenditures
Balance
Park
$4,000 00
$3,920 04
$79 96
Metropolitan Park Assessment
5,362 33
5,362 33
Town Reports
950 61
950 61
Insurance Premiums
1,000 00
860 26
139 74
Municipal Insurance Fund
3,902 00
3,902 00
District Nurse .
375 00
375 00
Memorial Day
200 00
200 00
Heat and Light, G. A. R. Hall
75 00
75 00
Nettie Smith Pension Fund
350 00
300 00
50 00
Soldiers' Exemption
$54 79
54 79
Monument Lot .
50 00
41 15
8 85
$16,264 94
$54 79
$12,139 18
$4,180 55
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES. Water Department.
Administration.
Commissioners
$175 00
Superintendent
1,456 00
Clerk
936 00
Stationery and postage
162 69
Telephone
154 36
$2,884 05
All Others.
Typewriting
$4 00
Legal fees
39 00
Expenses
8 13
Supplies
I 84
General.
Labor and reading meters
$2,121 88
Labor
3,085 81
Teams
73 87
Pipe
.
5,975 54
Meters .
1,748 97
Amount carried forward,
$229,802 66
52 97
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
239
240
TOWN DOCUMENTS. [Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$229,802 66
Hydrants
144 85
Gasolene
.
186 67
Equipment and repairs
1,412 47
Taxes
19 60
Castings
1,636 92
Meter basins
296 56
16,703 14
All Others.
Freight and express
$33 77
Fuel
60 00
Lumber
50 21
Light
I 20
Water privilege
5 00
Detector
15 II
Sealing scales
50
Signs
1 00
Cement
II 20
Hose
.
29 15
Supplies
12 63
219 77
Metropolitan Assessments.
Maintenance
$2,957 64
Interest
7,903 52
Sinking fund
1,406 18
Serial bond .
192 92
12,460 26
Interest.
Interest on bonded debt
$8,926 00
Water bonds
7,300 00
16,226 00
Sinking Fund requirements
6,136 00
All others.
Insurance
$24 75
Security bond
30 00
Box rent
7 50
62 25
54,744 44
Stimpson Road Water Main.
Water pipe, Tillson & Stanbon, 547 50
Cemetery Department.
Salaries and Wages.
Superintendent
$50 00
Labor
820 50
Telephone
22 03
.
$1,292 53
Amount carried forward,
$285,094 60
1917]
Amount brought forward,
$285,094 60
Other Expenses.
Sods and loam
$66 80
Trees and shrubs
75 50
Hardware and tools
52 14
Water
24 00
Stationery
3 18
Express
I 50
Stock and labor
110 00
Plumbing
25 68
Blasting
62 71
421 51
1,714 04
Summary of Public Service Enterprises.
Appropriation
Transfer Expenditures
Balance
Water .
$55,504 78
$54,744 44
$760 34
Stimpson road
547 50
547 50
Cemetery
1,500 00
$210 74
1,710 74
$57,552 28
$210 74
$57,002 68
$760 34
Interest and Maturing Debt.
Interest on temporary loans
$6,190 98
Interest on general debt
13,378 52
Interest on sewer bonds
9,325 75
Interest on Metropolitan Park assessment
3,561 90
32,457 15
Temporary loans
$235,000 00
General debt maturing
51,300 00
Sewer bonds maturing
14,650 00
Metropolitan sinking fund assess -. ment
466 01
Metropolitan Serial bond assess-
ment
357 43
301,773 44
Summary of Interest and Maturing Debt.
Appropriation
Expenditures
Balance
Interest on Temporary Loans
$6,500 00
$6,190 98
$309 02
Interest on General Debt
13,981 62
13,378 52
603 10
Interest on Sewer Bonds
9,478 c6
9,325 75
152 31
Interest on Metropolitan Assessment
3,561 90
3,561 90
General Debt
51,300 00
51,300 00
Sewer Bonds
14,650 00
14,650 00
Sinking Funds
466 01
466 01
Serial Bonds
357 43
357 43
$100,295 02
$99,230 59
$1,064 43
Amount carried forward,
$621,039 23
16
241
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
242
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31 .
Amount brought forward,
$621,039 23
Agency.
State Tax . . .
$34,760 00
County Tax .
24,699 12
Highway Tax
1,490 00
Bureau Statistics
437 47
61,386 59
Cemetery Lots, Investment Funds.
Perpetual Care Funds . .
956 88
Trust Funds.
Joanna Morse Library Fund
$234 00
Phillips Medal Fund .
.
3 56
Cemetery Lots Fund .
56 00
293 56
Refunds.
Tar and Sewer
21 80
NON-REVENUE. Humphrey Street Sewer.
Advertising .
$44 80
Labor and pipe
63 92
Contract
3,400 00
Pans
6 00
3,514 72
Lodge Road Sewer.
Advertising
$21 90
Contract .
329 00
Pipe and Labor
12 74
Pans
6 00
Castings
4 00
373 64
Essex Street Sewer.
Advertising
$30 40
Contract
752 60
Labor .
3 33
Manholes
32 00
Supplies
IO 98
829 31
Eastern Sewer Extension.
Advertising
$33 30
Easement Fees
61 50
Contract on account
1,000 00
1,094 80
Amount carried forward,
$689,510 53
.
243
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1917]
Amount brought forward,
$689,510 53
Greenwood Avenue Sewer.
Advertising
$6 00
Pipe
349 80
Excavating
1,003 50
Manholes
120 00
Extra work .
31 00
Pipe and fitting
19 09
Inspector
20 00
Pans
21 90
1,571 29
Thomas and Shaw Road, Drain.
Advertising
$21 90
Pipe and labor
996 40
Catch basins
137 00
Manholes
350 00
Extra work
154 10
Inspector
56 33
1,715 73
Marshall Street Drain.
Advertising
$20 50
Concrete
910 00
Steel
60 00
Extra work .
6 00
Inspector
40 00
Cement and sand
35 08
1,071 58
Roy Street Sewer.
Advertising .
$21 90
Pipe ·
489 20
Manholes
245 00
Excavating
530 40
Extra work .
37 20
Inspection
II 68
Sewer pans
12 00
Pipe and labor
129 37
1,476 75
Hill Crest Circle Sewer.
Pipe ·
$158 25
Manholes
50 00
Excavating
94 20
Sewer pans .
3 00
305 45
Greenwood Terrace Sewer.
Advertising
$22 60
Contract
2,288 75
Labor
.
60 00
Pipe
.
6 72
Pans
·
9 00
2,387 07
Amount carried forward,
$698,038 40
244
TOWN DOCUMENTS. [Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$698,038 40
Bay View Avenue Sewer.
Pipe
$617 50
Excavating
1,976 00
Manholes
245 00
Labor and pipe
IO 94
2,849 44
Cedar Hill Terrace Sewer.
Contract
$1,727 95
Pipe and labor
35 65
Sewer pans .
10 00
1,773 60
Banks Road Sewer.
Pipe and manholes
$114 40
Excavating .
255 50
Pipe and labor
9 12
379 02
Military Equipment.
Donation 101st U. S. Field Artil-
lery
$300 00
Comfort kits and musical instru-
ments .
173 61
Shaving kits and cards, etc.
805 26
Worsted yarns
224 94
1,503 81
Bradlee Avenue Water Main.
Teaming
18 25
Cedar Hill Terrace Water Main.
Pipe
$402 97
Labor
75 75
Teaming
12 00
Repairing boiler
32 03
Sea weed
6 00
528 75
Orient Court Water Main.
Contract
$227 76
Pipe
1,036 74
Labor
85 50
1,350 00
Palmer Avenue Water Main.
Contract
$177 50
Pipe
.
904 00
Labor
.
63 00
1,144 50
Amount carried forward,
$707,585 77
245
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1917]
Amount brought forward,
$707,585 77
Manton Road Water Main.
Contract
$226 56
Pipe
816 44
Labor
57 00
1,100 00
Emergency Water Fund.
Labor
47 OI
NON-REVENUE. Arbutus Road Water Main.
Contract
$563 56
Pipe ·
470 66
Labor .
39 00
Teaming
9 00
1,082 22
Sargent Road Water Main.
Contract
$325 24
Pipe ·
245 73
Labor
25 50
Teaming
5 00
601 47
Prospect Avenue Water Main.
Contract
$550 00
Pipe
.
.
.
646 28
Labor
27 00
Teaming
15 00
1,238 28
Aspen Road Water Main.
Advertising
$5 35
Contract
.
61I 20
Pipe .
999 19
Labor
52 50
Teaming
6 91
1,675 15
Claremont Terrace Water Main.
Contract
$224 66
Pipe
1,075 95
Labor
.
99 39
1,400 00
Bellevue Road Water Main.
Contract
$48 00
Pipe ·
310 36
Labor .
39 00
397 36
Amount carried forward,
$715,127 26
.
.
.
246
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$715,127 26
Buena Vista Avenue Water Main.
Advertising
$5 35
Contract
602 42
Pipe
559 73
Labor
48 00
1,215 50
Magnolia Road Water Main.
Advertising
$5 35
Contract
711 20
Pipe
637 30
Labor
57 00
1,410 85
Phillips Circle Water Main.
Advertising
5 35
Millett Road Water Main.
Contract
$350 00
Pipe ·
310 42
Labor
27 00
687 42
Hillcrest Circle Water Main.
Contract
$255 00
Labor .
30 00
Pipe and fittings .
223 74
508 74
Sewer Pumping Station.
Advertising
$43 80
Labor .
15 78
Express
9 00
Contract basin
4,800 00
Water proofing
100 00
Pipe and fittings
766 86
Power Equipment Co.
789 98
Masonry
400 00
Carpentry
112 37
Skylight
550 00
7,587 79
Cedar Hill Terrace Construction.
Labor
$2,916 00
Teams
789 00
Blasting
739 41
Sharpening tools
24 80
Posts
28 82
4,498 03
Humphrey Street Macadam.
Contract
$435 00
Labor
.
185 10
Teams
·
81 00
701 10
Amount carried forward,
$731,742 04
.
.
.
.
.
247
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1917]
Amount brought forward,
$731,742 04
Combination Hook and Ladder.
Balance contract
2,000 00
Transfers.
Contingent to Legislative
$122 71
Contingent to Selectmen
·
398 60
Contingent to Auditing
6 46
Contingent to Treasury
39 71
Contingent to Collector of Taxes,
57 II
Contingent to Election and Regis- tration
293 45
Contingent to Sealer of Weights and Measures
10 05
Contingent to Fire Horses
5 80
Contingent to Forest Warden
44 16
Contingent to Dog Officer .
31 00
Contingent to Highway Pension,
211 31
Contingent to Soldiers' Exemp- tion
54 79
Contingent to Cemetery
214 04
Contingent to Marshall Street
Drain . ·
71 58
Contingent to Interest Sewer
5 56
Contingent to Refuse and Garbage
58 52
1,624 85
Premium notes and bonds to general debt maturing ·
$437 67
Special revenue to general debt maturing ·
904 18
1,341 85
Trust and Investment Funds.
Phillips Medal Fund Interest
$58 45
Joanna Morse Library Fund
Interest
299 18
A. F. Nesbitt Cemetery Fund, private interest ·
5 53
A. F. Nesbitt Cemetery Fund, general interest
IO 99
Cemetery Lots Fund Interest
298 83
672 98
$737,381 72
Balance January 1, 1918
36,704 40
$774,086 12
The following bills are reported unpaid at the close of fiscal year as required by Section 4, Chapter 624, of the Acts of 1910 :
Park
$22 55
Law
207 02
Town Hall
65 31
Health
178 00
Fire .
149 26
School
843 84
Bonds
.
2.48
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Summary of Non-Revenue.
Appropriation Expenditures Balance Overdraft
Arbutus Road Water Main
$1,106 37
$1,082 22
$24 15
Sargent Road Water Main .
636 3S
601 47
34 91
Prospect Avenue Water Main
1,308 37
1,238 28
70 09
Aspen Road Water Main
2,175 88
1,675 15
500 73
Bradlee Avenue Water Main
IS 25
IS 25
Cedar Hill Terrace Water Main
528 75
523 75
Orient Court Water Main .
1,350 00
1,350 00
Palmer Avenue Water Main
1,150 00
1,144 50
5 50
Miilett Road Water Main
700 00
687 42
12 58
Manton Road Water Main .
1,100 00
1,100 00
Claremont Terrace Water Main
1,400 00
1,400 00
Bellevue Road Water Main
925 00
397 36
527 64
Buena Vista Avenue Water Main
1,300 00
1,215 50
84 50
Magnolia Road Water Main
1,600 00
1,410 85
189 15
Phillips Circle Water Main .
1,000 00
5 35
994 65
Hillcrest Circle Water Main
520 27
508 74
II 53
Emergency Water Fund .
1,593 71
47 01
1,546 70
Cedar Hill Terrace Construction
4,500 00
4,498 03
1 97
Humphrey Street Macadam
893 87
701 10
192 77
Military Equipment
2,000 00
1,503 SI
496 19
Bay View Avenue Sewer
3,498 00
2,849 4
638 56
Cedar Hill Terrace Sewer
3,196 30
1,773 60
1,432 70
Banks Road Sewer
450 00
379 02
70 98
Roy Street Sewer .
3,500 00
1,476 75
2,023 25
Hillcrest Circle Sewer
350_00
305 45
44 55
Greenwood Terrace Sewer
3,000 00
2,387 07
612 93
Greenwood Avenue Sewer
2,008 00
1,571 29
436 71
Thomas and Shaw Roads Drain
1,800 00
1,715 73
84 27
Marshall Street Drain
1,000 00
1,071 58
$71 58
Humphrey Street Sewer
4,259 62
3,514 72
744 90
Lodge Road Sewer
700 00
373 64
326 36
Essex Street Sewer
1,450 00
829 31
620 69
Eastern Avenue Extension
19,925 00
1,094 80
18,830 20
Sewer, Pumping Station
12,000 00
7,587 79
4,412 21
Fire Motor Truck
2,000 00
2,000 00
Humphrey Street Widening
531 32
531 32
Macadam Pavement
7 40
7 40
King Street Sewer
138 82
138 82
Stetson Avenue Drain
2 75
2 75
Mudge Brook Culvert
268 13
268 13
High School Addition
21 31
21 31
Galloupe's Point Water Main
700 00
700 00
Stimpson Road Water Main
460 00
460 00
$87,063 50
$50,043 98
$37,091 10
$71 58
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR C. WIDGER,
Town Accountant.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., December 31, 1917.
249
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1917]
Summary of Departments.
Appropriation Transfers Expenditures Balance
General Government ..
$18,815 00
$928 04 $19,487 81
$255 23
Protection Life and Property .
42,282 00
41 05
42,244 27
78 78
Health and Sanitation
16,550 00
58 52
15,031 91
1,576 61
Highways and Bridges
54,973 00
211 31
53,820 74
1,363 57
Charities
9,300 00
610 00
8,172 56
1,737 04
Schools and Libraries
76,060 58
75,410 82
649 76
Recreation and Unclassified
16,264 94
54 79
12,139 18
4,180 55
Public Service
57,552 28
210 74
57,002 68
760 34
Accrued Interest
Interest
33,349 90
177 24
32,462 71
1,064 43
General Debt .
45,544 48
5,755 52
51,300 00
Sewer Bonds .
14,650 00
14,650 00
Sinking Funds
466 OI
466 01
Serial Bonds
357 43
357 43
$386,165 62
$8,047 21 $382,546 52
$11,666 31
250
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT.
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1917.
Accounts Current.
ASSET ACCOUNTS.
Cash :
In Banks and Offices
$36,704 40
Uncollected Taxes, 1916
$18,795 40
Uncollected Taxes, 1917
44,807 83
63,603 23
Uncollected Moth, 1916
$113 16
Uncollected Moth, 1917
389 90
503 06
Uncollected Sidewalk, 1916
$721 99
Uncollected Sidewalk, 1917
437 98
1,159 97
Uncollected Sewer Bills
$3,708 07
Uncollected Sewer Apportioned, 1916
28 42
Uncollected Sewer Apportioned, 1917
136 06
3,872 55
Property taken for Taxes
$309 61
Tax Titles
214 62
524 23
Outlay, 1916 ·
1,379 65
Water Accounts Receivable
6,316 42
$114,063 51
Debt.
Net Bonded Debt .
. $709,084 27
Water Loan Sinking Fund
89,015 73
$798, 100 00
Trust Funds.
Cash and Securities
$21,155 23
Sewers and Sidewalks.
Apportioned not due
$3,054 94
Loans Authorized
$11,500 00
19:7]
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT.
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1917.
Accounts Current.
LIABILITY ACCOUNTS.
Cash on Property taken for taxes
$132 34
Premium Notes and Bonds
409 38
Revenue
8,892 78
Special Revenue
562 46
Water Revenue
$6,316 42
Water Department balance
760 34
7,076 76
Reserve from Overlay
3,095 92
Overlay, 1917
469 88
Excess and Deficiency .
3,034 18
Temporary Loans
50,000 00
Cedar Hill Terrace Land Damage
$183 00
Mexican Aid.
4.5 00
Library Building
543 71
Library Bequest
1,000 00
Library Bequest
1,000 00
Park
75 00
Municipal Insurance
402 00
Nettie Smith Pension Fund
50 00
Military Equipment
469 19
3,794 90
Non-Revenue :
Humphrey Street Widening
$531 32
Macadam Pavement
7 40
Greenwood Avenue Sewer
436 71
King Street Sewer
138 82
Stetson Avenue Drain
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