Town annual report of Weymouth 1916, Part 10

Author: Weymouth (Mass.)
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 426


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13 00


E. F. Butler, ballot-box officer ... Lawrence E. Schofield, constable.


20 00


12 00


H. M. Randall, deputy warden ...


6 00


Amount carried forward $1,004 00


.


5 00


198


Amount brought forward $1,004 CO


G. E. Cunniff, deputy clerk .. 6 00


G. D. Bagley, deputy inspector ..


6 00


J. Q. B. Goodspeed, deputy in- spector 6 00


P. Santacrose, deputy inspector .. 3 00


Miscellaneous :


Crescent Lodge Hall Ass'n


108 00


The Norfolk Club of South Wey- mouth


50 00


3 00


16 00


16 00


12 00


16 00


20 00


16 00


16 00


8 00


William M. Tyler, checking


3 00


Fred N. Bates, checking


3 00


Frederick A. Sulis, checking


3 00


Bertie T. Hobart, checking


3 00


D. Frank Daly, checking


3 00


Clayton B. Merchant, checking. .


3 00


A. S. Marsh, team hire


13 50


C. J. Hollis, team hire


12 00


George W. Nash, team hire


10 00


George W. Young, team hire


. .


8 00


H. K. Cushing, express


2 00


Oliver E. Peaslee, repairs


5 70


Everett Loud, supplies


1 00


J. H. Murray, supplies 45


J. F. DeRusha, sawdust


25


Total expended $1,376 90


Balance to Treasury 23 10


Appropriation March 6, 1916


$1,400 00 $1,400 00


TOWN OFFICES.


1


East Weymouth Savings Bank, rent $600 00


Savings Bank, janitor service 125 00


Amount carried forward


$725 00


Oakland Social Club, hall rent ... Charles A. Marr, janitor and labor Harold A. Hawes, janitor and labor H. E. Raymond, labor on booths .. J. Ralph Bacon, janitor and labor J. F. DeRusha, janitor and labor. . Herbert F. Pray, labor on booths. E. B. Nash, janitor and labor . George Hunt, janitor and labor ..


199


Amount brought forward


$725 00


Weymouth Light & Power Co. . 84 19


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.


74 13


West Disinfecting Co.


15 50


A. R. Sherman


4 50


Hobbs & Warren


2 50


J. N. Davis


2 10


F. B. Reed


1 00


George M. Keene . .


1 00


Everett Loud


. . .


88


Ford Furniture Co.


75


H. K. Cushing's Express


60


Total expended $912 15


Balance to Treasury


89 40


Appropriation March 6, 1916 $1,000 00


Telephone fees 1 55


Total


$1,001 55


STATE AID, ETC. CHAPTER 468, ACTS OF 1909.


State Aid Payments (due from state) $6,303 00 Soldiers' Burials (due from state) .. 200 00


Total payments $6,503 00


Balance to Treasury 706 67


Total


$7,209 67


Appropriation March 6, 1916 $7,200 00


Aid refunded 9 67


Total


$7,209 67


SOLDIERS' RELIEF, REVISED LAWS, CHAPTER 79,


SECTS. 18 AND 19.


Total payments, 1916 $3,461 68


Balance to Treasury 197 32


Total $3,659 00 Appropriation March 6, 1916 $3,500 00


Amount carricd forward


$3,500 00


$1,001 55


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.


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200


Amount brought forward $3,500 00


Refunded by Bridgewater


90 00


Refunded by Bourne 24 00


Refunded by individuals


45 00


Total


$3,659 00


PRINTING AND ADVERTISING.


Gazette Publishing Co., annual re-


ports . $1,050 00


Gazette Publishing Co. 311 30


Franklin N. Pratt, poll-tax lists 275 40


Franklin N. Pratt


155 73


The Weymouth Times 102 74


A. W. Brownell 18 20


Pray & Kelley


15 75


Hobbs & Warren


13 80


The Weymouth Free Press


60


Total expended $1,943 52


Balance to Treasury 156 48


Total $2,100 00


Appropriation March 6, 1916 $2,100 00


ELECTRIC LIGHTING.


Paid Weymouth Light & Power Co .. $12,280 90


Balance to Treasury 219 10


Total $12,500 00


Appropriation March 6, 1916 $12,500 00


TUFTS LIBRARY.


Abbie L. Loud, librarian $600 00


Alice B. Blanchard, assistant 475 00


Louisa C. Richards, assistant


400 00


Emma F. Thayer


67 72


Phyllis E. Palmer


38 80


Wallace Whittle


16 00


F. D. Sherman, janitor 425 00


A. J. Richards & Son, fuel


244 29


Amount carried forward $2,266 81


201


Amount brought forward $2,266 81


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel


16 50


Water rent 60 37


Weymouth Light & Power Co., light- ing 186 84


Old Colony Gas Co.


12 06


N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co. ..


19 74


A. S. Jordan & Co., insurance


213 76


Russell B. Worster, insurance


77 00


A. E. Barnes & Co., insurance


15 75


Gazette Publishing Co., printing


25 28


J. Ross South, carting ashes


7 80


Adams Express Co.


21 87


Fogg's Express


1 55


Charles Skoglund, State boilers


Inspector


2 00


Library Art Club, dues 6 00


American Library Ass'n, dues 5 00


$2,938 33


Repairs :


The Berger Mfg. Co., metal ceiling $100 00


J. E. Ludden


92 25


Godfred Rondeau 49 40


P. F. Landrey, electrical work 48 05


Robert Gibson


31 50


F. W. Stewart


19 98


Water Department 3 80


F. D. Sherman, on awnings ·


3 00


P. P. Caproni & Bro. 2 50


The H. R. Huntting Co. 2 40


85


Supplies :


Library Bureau


$26 25


Post Office


12 87


West Disinfecting Co.


10 50


Librarian of Congress


10 00


C. C. Jordan


9 50


C. H. Smith


7 85


Gaylord Bros.


4 25


.


.


Amount carried forward $81 22


$353 73


Frank S. Hobart


202


Amount brought forward $81 22


E. W. Hunt


2 13


F. S. Webster Co.


2 00


G. R. Kempl


45


Sundries


1 84


$87 64


Transportation of Books :


J. W. Bartlett & Co. $52 00


W. J. Sladen


43 00


Marion F. French 52 00


Bates & Humphrey .


25 00


Walter W. Pratt


55 00


Joseph H. Franks


17 00


Marshall P. Sprague


25 00


.


.


$269 00


Books : .


W. B. Clarke Co. $992 44


George H. Hunt & Co.


190 70


The H. W. Wilson Co. 46 00


Thomas Nelson & Sons 10 00


Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh


9 05


R. R. Bowker Co.


8 00


Dodd, Mead & Co.


4 86


A. L. A. Publishing Board


2 00


Library Bureau


2 00


The Boston Book Co.


2 00


Union Publishing Co. 2 00


Porter E. Sargent


1 80


G. F. Brooks, Treas.


1 25


F. J. Barnard & Co., binding


books


$207 14


Total expended


$5,127 94


Balance to Treasury .


8 23


. . . .


$1,272 10


$5,136 17


203


Appropriated for Tufts Library :


Appropriation March 6, 1916 .... $2,600 00


One-half dog license money


655 11


George R. Kempl, rent 400 01


Post-office, rent 650 00


Income, Tufts fund 106 25


Income, Tufts reading-room fund.


106 25


Income, Augustus J. Richards fund


167 99


Income, Joseph E. Trask fund . .


150 40


Income, Tirrell donation


67 99


Income, Susannah Hunt Stetson


fund


56 25


Abbie L. Loud, librarian, fines, etc.


174 43


Francis M. Drown


1 49


Total appropriation


$5,136 17


FOGG LIBRARY READING ROOM.


Paid Trustees


$750 00


Appropriation March 6, 1916. .


$750 00


MEMORIAL DAY.


Elbridge Nash, Q. M.


$400 00


Appropriation March 6; 1916 ..


$400 00


ALEWIVE ACCOUNT.


George L. Wentworth, Trustee, lease of fishery


$150 00


Rhines Lumber Co., lumber 24 90


Everett Loud, supplies


9 07


Daniel F. Hussey, rubber boots


6 00


J. H. Murray, supplies


4 49


Frank Larmey, net


1 00


Joseph H. Sherman, services


75 00


Joseph H. Sherman, carting to pond


32 25


Herbert Curtis


12 00


Herbert Leavitt


6 75


C. Orcutt


6 50


Frank Larmey


4 75


G. Frank Howes


2 50


Earle McDonald


1 00


Grey Wardwell


1 00


Amount carried forward $337 21


204


Amount brought forward $337 21 50


Frank Maguire


Total expended $337 71


Received from J. H. Sherman $34 43


From Reserve Fund


303 28


Total $337 71


APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE.


Hazel Dexheimer, stenographer, etc. $32 65


Pray & Kelley, printing 9 50


Franklin N. Pratt, printing 6 25


C. J. Hollis, auto hire . 3 50


Gazette Publishing Co., printing 2 50


E. C. Barker, postage, etc. 2 00


The Weymouth Times, advertising


.1 40


Total expended


$57 80


Balance to Treasury 17 20


Total $75 00


Appropriation March 6, 1916 $75 00


SETTLEMENT SUIT FOR INJURIES.


Paid George L. Barnes, settlement case, Abbott vs. Town of Wey- mouth


$750 00


Appropriation from Reserve Fund .. $750 00


ABATEMENT AND REMITTANCE OF TAXES.


W. M. Tirrell, 1912 taxes $177 13


W. M. Tirrell, 1913 taxes 1,274 71


W. M. Tirrell, 1914 taxes 266 00


W. M. Tirrell, 1915 taxes 1,163 75


W. M. Tirrell, 1916 taxes


2,195 90


Total expended $5,077 49


Appropriated for Abatement and Remittance: Balance from 1915 $6,535 20


Overlay and reassessments 6,833 13


Total appropriation $13,368 33


Expended


5,077 49


Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1916. $8,290 84


205


INTEREST AND DISCOUNT.


Int., Notes $12,500. Athens School- house $393 75


Int., Notes $9,000. Pratt Schoolhouse 328 56


Int., Notes $40,000. James Hum- phrey Schoolhouse . 1,600 00


Int., Notes $6,000. Town House. ... Int., Notes $2,000. Fore River


240 00


Bridge 60 00


Int., Notes $2,000. Police Station ...


90 00


Int., Notes $10,000. Athens School- house addition 450 00


Int., Bonds $40,000. Ward 3 School- house


1,600 00


Int., Notes $13,000. Knox Motor Co ..


495 00


Discount, Notes $270,000. In antici- pation revenue 5,450 77


Total expended $10,788 08


Balance to Treasury 1,711 77


Total


$12,499 85


Appropriated for Interest and Discount:


Appropriation March 6, 1916. . $7,000 00


Interest at Bank 824 83


Interest on Taxes


4,675 02


Total


$12,499 85


NOTES PAYABLE.


Note due May 1, 1916 $2,500 00


Note due July 1, 1916 1,000 00


Note due July 1, 1916 2,000 00


Note due July 1, 1916 2,000 00


Note due August 18, 1916 2,000 00


Note due October 1, 1916 4,000 00


Note due November 1, 1916 1,000 00


Note due November 3, 1916 1,000 00


Note due December 2, 1916 1,000 00


Note due December 11, 1916


6,000 00


Total payments $22,500 00 $22,500 00


Appropriation in tax levy


206


TAXES PAID TO STATE AND COUNTY.


State Tax .$21,760 00


National Bank Tax 798 34


Metropolitan Park Tax 9,036 49


Charles River Basin Tax 1,082 10


County Tax 10,349 54


Total paid


$43,026 47


TAX DEED ACCOUNT.


Balance Due 1915 $3,661 74


Paid W. M. Tirrell, Tax Collector .. 37 18


Total


$3,698 92


Less received in 1916


180 00


Balance, Dec. 31, 1916


$3,518 92


RESERVE FUND.


Appropriation March 6, 1916


Transferred to Poor account $3,017 83


Transferred to Highway account 1,500 00


Transferred to Snow account 2,730 78


Transferred to Fore River Avenue. 2 06


Transferred to Morrell Street


6 70


Transferred to Randall Avenue


5 77


Transferred to Hillcrest Road . ...


29 29


Transferred to Broad Street, ma-


cadam 15 96


Transferred to Health Dept. 500 00


Transferred to Tax Collector 108 78


Transferred to Alewive account


303 28


Transferred to Settlement suit 750 00


Balance to Treasury 4,523 55


Total


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TOWN OFFICERS:


Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor:


Edward W. Hunt, chairman $450 00


Bradford Hawes, secretary 600 00


Amount carried forward $1,050 00


$13,494 00


$13,494 00


207


Amount brought forward $1,050 00


George L. Newton


450 00


Henry E. Hanley


450 00


Ralph P. Burrell


450 00


Total


$2,400 00


Appropriation March 6, 1916 $2,400 00


Assessors :


John F. Dwyer, chairman $226 00


Frank H. Torrey, clerk 505 25


Leavitt W. Bates


658 25


Charles H. Clapp


211 50


Lewis W. Callahan


199 00


Total


$1,800 00


Appropriation March 6, 1916 $1,800 00


Auditors :


W. H. Pratt


$50 00


Frank N. Blanchard


50 00


William E. Thayer


50 00


Total


$150 00


Appropriation March 6, 1916


$150 00


Sealer of Weights and Measures :


Russell B. Worster, services $390 00


Frank D. Sherman, services 25 00


Frank D. Sherman, expenses 50


W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies


65 64


Hobbs & Warren, supplies


11 30


Gazette Pub. Co., supplies


4 25


Total expended


$496 69


Balance to Treasury 119 93


Total


$616 62


Appropriation March 6,. 1916 $150 00


R. B. Worster, fees 137 88


F. D. Sherman, fees 5 74


State Treasurer, pedlers' licenses.


323 00


Total $616 62


208


Town Treasurer :


John H. Stetson, services $450 00


A. E. Barnes & Co., bond


125 00


Total $575 00


Appropriation March 6, 1916


$575 00


Town Clerk:


John A. Raymond, services $150 00


Appropriation March 6, 1916, $150 00


Town Counsel :


Albert P. Worthen, services $750.00


Appropriation March 6, 1916 $750 00


Town Accountant :


Charles B. Cushing, services .


$850 00


Appropriation March 6, 1916 $850 00


Office Clerk :


Emerson R. Dizer, services $610 00


Norman E. Dizer, services 200 00


Total expended $810 00


Balance to Treasury 90 00


Total $900 00 $900 00


Appropriation March 6, 1916


Tax Collector :


W. M. Tirrell, services $1,808 78


M. P. Garey, bond 250 00


Total


$2,058 78


Appropriation March 6, 1916 $1,950 00


From reserve fund 108 78


Total $2,058 78


209


Tree Warden:


Charles L. Merritt, services


$100 00


Appropriation March 6, 1916


$100 00


Registrars of Voters:


Benjamin F. Smith


$100 00


Patrick E. Corridan


100 00


Marshall P. Sprague


100 00


John A. Raymond


150 00


Total


$450 00


Appropriation March 6, 1916


$450 00


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210


POOR DEPARTMENT.


Town Farm, Inventory of Personal Property, Jan. 1, 1917.


Brick, 2nd hand


$4 00


Blankets, bells, whips and robes 25 00


Brushes, combs and cards


6 00


Blocks and ropes


10 00


Beets, 15 bushels at 2.50


37 50


Bags, empty, grain, 100 at .03


3 00


Bull


125 00


Cows, 19


2,185 00


Cultvators, 2 horse, 2


30 00


Cultivators, 2


7 00


Carpenter's tools, chest, jacks


40 00


Cobbler's outfit


3 00


Coal, 7 tons


52 50


Cabbage, 2000 lbs. at .06.


120 00


Carrots, 25 bushels at 1.75


43 75


Corn Planter


12 00


Corn Binder


80 00


Cutter, Meat


1 50


Disinfectant and Sprayer


15 00


Dry Goods, clothing, boots and shoes


230 20


Ensilage, 80 tons at 8.50


680 00


Ensilage Cutter and Blower


135 00


Engine, horizontal gasoline


200 00


Engine, wood sawing


18 00


Fowl, 165


206 25


Fire extinguishers, 2 Fertilizer sower


36 00


Furniture, household


1,150 00


Furniture, office


50 00


Grindstones, 2


10 00


Grinder, coffee


3 50


Groceries


129 49


Heifers


120 00


Hogs, 10


285 00


Horses, 4


700 00


Harnesses, double, 2 sets


65 00


Harnesses, single, 4


60 00


1


Amount carried forward $6,903 69


15 00


211


Amount brought forward $6,903 69


Harnesses, collars, halters, traces, etc.


10 00


Hay fork, 2 horse 9 00


Harrow, smoothing


6 00


Hose, garden, 75 ft.


2 00


Hay, 15 tons at 25.00


375 00


Harrow, disc, 2 horse


9 00


Jars, cans, and pails


25 00


Lime, 4 bags


2 '00


Lawn mowers, 3


6 00


Lumber


12 00


Ladders, 7


10 00


Laundry utensils


20 00


Mowing machine, new


45 00


Milk tanks (2), and mixer


15 00


Manure, 45 cords at 6.00 cord


270 00


Mangoes, 6000 lbs.


80 00


Measures, balances, baskets & scales


10 00


Medicine Chest and contents


40 00


Manure (hen) 7 at 1.00


7 00


Manure spreader


115 00


Oils, lubricating and sprayer


5 00


Paints, oils and varnishes


15 00


Potatoes, No. 1, 150 bushels at 2.00. .


300 00


Potatoes, No. 2, 25 bushels at 1.50. ..


37 50


Pipe, conductor, 4 pcs.


2 80


Preserves, pickles, etc.


61 30


Plows, 4, at 6.00


24 00


Plows, Sulky


53 50


Rake, one horse


12 00


Rollers, one large, one small


18 00


Sleds, 3


72 00


Sled Shoes


2 50


Sleigh


5 00


Sower, seed


2 00


Sower, grain


1 00


Sprayer and pump


2 00


Stone drag


7 00


Shavings, 150 bdls. at .25


37 50


Seeds, 50 lbs. 4 00


Straw


36 00


Step ladders, 2


2 50


Salt


2 00


Tobacco cutter


75


Tip cart, new


150 00


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Amount carried forward $8,825 04


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212


Amount brought forward $8,825 04


Tip cart, old .


25 00


Tedder, one horse


20 00


Tools, miscellaneous farm


75 00


Tank, gasoline and gas


8 00


Turnips, 20 bushels at 1.25


25 00


Wagons, two horse, 2


140 00


Wagons, farm, 2.


45 00


Wagons, express


20 00


Wagon, Concord


50 00


Whiffle trees and chains


15 00


Water trough


5 00


Wheelbarrows, 3


6 00


Window sashes, 6


1 50


Wood, 170 cords prepared at 8.00.


1,360 00


Wood, 11 cords at farm at 5.00


55 00


Wire, barbed


9 00


Yearling


25 00


$10,699 54


WILLIAM H. PRATT, WINFIELD S. WELLS, FRANK N. BLANCHARD, Auditors.


213


Receipts on Account of Town Home:


F. H. Chandler, milk $2,717 50


J. P. Robery, 3 cows


125 00


J. P. Robery, heifer


33 00


J. P. Robery, calves 7 50


F. P. Fay, 3 cows


120 00


F. P. Fay, calves


9 00


F. P. Fay, 5 hogs


85 00


Town of Braintree, bull


55 00


T. Daly & Sons, calves 40 00


Use of stock


17 00


Hyman Kaufman


10 75


D. Kertzman


2 60


Bags and rags


4 32


Old junk 1 58


E. Russell Sanborn, tip cart 25 00


C. J. Hollis, tip cart


25 00


H. P. Coyle, mowing machine 20 00


H. P. Coyle, harrow


15 00


T. Daly & Sons, plow


17 00


Weymouth Highway Dept.,labor


10 00


Barrels


70


Shavings


25


Lime


10


Cabbage plants


50


William Trask, eggs


12 71


Dr. W. A. Drake, eggs


8 15


Fred A. Loud & Co., eggs


8 10


John Harmes, eggs


4 53


Frank Wescott, eggs


4 36


B. Schwartz, vegetables


125 00


Harry Bloom, vegetables


64 33


H. M. True, vegetables


56 94


F. H. Sylvester, vegetables 48 77


Fred A. Loud & Co., vegetables


36 24


A. B. Nelson, vegetables 35 70


E. W. Hunt, vegetables


24 15


Weymouth Cash Grocery, vege- tables 23 00


B. Francer, vegetables 20 00


Tony Daniele, vegetables 10 75


A. B. Bryant & Co., vegetables 8 85


Tony Cavino, vegetables


5 00


Amount carried forward $3,844 80


Sundry small sales, eggs


6 42


I


214


Amount brought forward $3,844 80


I. Bloom, vegetables 3 75


F. H. West, vegetables 3 75


Sundry sales, vegetables 11 40


Wood to Town Departments 358 00


Individuals, board . 497 84


1


Total receipts at Town Home ..


Town Home Supplies and Expenses :


A. M. Baggs, 2 cows $215 00


Minot W. Foss, 3 cows


210 00


N. C. Robbins, 2 cows 200 00


E. G. Piper, 2 cows 130 00


T. Daly & Sons, 5 pigs 17 00 .


T. Daly & Sons, 1 sow


15 00


T. Daly & Sons, 5 shoats 25 00


L. S. Thompson, dressing hogs, etc.


2 25


James Mattie, driving cows 3 75


Expenses to Brighton and Boston


5 70


E. A. DeVarennes, V. S.


22 00


Francis Abele, Jr., V. S.


16,00


D. W. Gilbert, V. S.


6 00


A. E. Hobart, pasturage


16 00


Keith, Stevens and Sweet Co., blankets 5 25


F. W. Loud, spray for cattle 7 50


W. T. Heffernan, harness repairs.


27 25


Thomas South, blacksmith work ..


38 25


Joseph Poulin, blacksmith work .. Emerson Coal & Grain Co., grain. Alvin Hollis & Co., grain


5 25


555 71


452 94


Charles G. Jordan, grain


356 59


A. J. Richards & Son, grain


346 35


T. H. Emerson & Co., grain


96 66


Frank P. Fay, fertilizers .


134 12


Lot Lohnes, fertilizers


32 90


C. J. Hollis, fertilizers


7 50


E. W. Hunt & Son, fertilizers


7 00


N. E. Baled Shavings Co.


42 67


R. Loud & Sons, shavings


5 88


Thomas J. Grey & Co., seeds 32 15


John M. Coyle, seeds 16 05


Frank W. Stewart, seeds


10 53


Amount carried forward $3,054 25


$4,719 54


215


Amount brought forward $3,054 25


E. C. Metcalf, pruning


8 00


A. A. Spear & Son, plants


2 00


Walter White, bulbs


1 00


Weymouth Light & Power Co.


115 31


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.


34 47


Water rent


91 50


J. F. & W. H. Cushing, ice


15 85


A. J. Richards & Son, fuel


377 01


Fred A. Loud & Co., provisions. . 532 93


259 54


F. H. Sylvester, provisions 241 14


208 41


A. B. Bryant & Co., provisions . .. Boston Cash Market Co., provisions E. W. Hunt & Son, provisions. ... Weymouth Cash Grocery, gro-


196 27


146 64


ceries


235 35


W. J. Sladen, groceries


178 56


Marshall P. Sprague, groceries


92 52


F. C. Small & Co., groceries


72 91


I. H. Ballou & Co., groceries


30 63


Bowman & Co., groceries


21 86


J. W. Twombly, groceries


8 82


Everett Loud, groceries


1 90


Frank Casassa, fruit


28 54


O. W. Bartlett, strawberries


3 15


B. Schwartz, apples


2 50


Fruit


1 00


Daly Brothers, fish


38 48


George Crawford, clams


14 40


Clams


80


Postage


20


Miley Soap Co., soap


60 85


Bowman & Co., tobacco


72 07


E. E. Merchant, dry goods


65 63


F. A. Sulis, dry goods


6 07


Charles Harrington, dry goods .. The Raymond Syndicate, clothing


148 15


44 57


C. R. Denbroeder, clothing . · A. D. Tirrell, shoes and rubbers .. W. M. Tirrell, shoes and rubbers .. The Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. ..


46 14


Daniel F. Hussey, shoes, etc. . ..


31 80


E. T. Richards, shoes, etc. 26 25


West Disinfecting Co., disinfectant


37 72


Amount carried forward $6,633 54


4 00


18 80


54 55


Herbert M. True, provisions ..


216


Amount brought forward $6,633 54


A. B. C. Oil Co., oil


11 50


Edward F. Tobin, floor oil 4 50


Nadell's Utility Store, supplies 60 45


Edwin P. Watts, supplies


24 50


Charles H. Lovell, supplies 10 50


Marion F. French, supplies


7 90


Monument Mills, supplies


6 52


Horlick's Malted Milk Co., supplies. 4 00


Ford Furniture Co., mattresses


12 50


W. P. Denbroeder, supplies 2 92


George R. Kempl, supplies


28 78


George M. Hoyt, supplies 26 20


Louis A. Lebbossiere, supplies


11 40


C. D. Harlow, supplies 2 65


C. H. Smith, newspapers


11 32


N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight


21 10


H. K. Cushing, expressing


2 80


George E. Fogg, expressing


1 98


Adams Express Co.


1 70


Peter A. Gallant, moving piano


5 00


Rhines Lumber Co., repairs


368 70


J. H. Murray, repairs


243 83


F. S. Hobart, repairs


118 93


Frank W. Stewart, repairs


107 05


D. Russell Boiler Works, repairs.


103 80


W. W. W., blasting


41 14


Frank W. Cowing, repairs


24 93


William B. Forsythe, repairs


17 80


Charles N. Glines, repairs


12 50


John M. Coyle, repairs


11 79


J. Otis Hollis, repairs


9 00


Geo. R. Fuller Co., repairs


8 50


P. F. Landrey, repairs


8 20


Charles Parker & Co., repairs


60


Ames Plow Co., repairs .


29


John Hancock Insurance Co.


12 00


C. J. Hollis, auto hire


17 00


North Weymouth Garage 11 00


7 00


A. S. Marsh, team hire


3 00


George W. Young, team hire 1 50


Rev. C. J. Underhill, services


6 00


Russell H. Whiting, services


4 10


C. W. White, crutches


3 00


Willow Club Garage


Amount carried forward $8,033 42


217


Amount brought forward $8,033 42


A. S. Jordan & Co., insurance 484 50


Paul Gardner, labor 25 00


Patrick Cross, labor 20 00


Henry Bentley, labor


11 25


Amos L. Johnson, labor


10 00


Irving Hunt, labor 2 50


Cash to Inmates


22 50


Weymouth Visiting Nurse Ass'n ..


27 50


Carney Hospital


10 72


John M. Coyle, spreader


115 00


John M. Coyle, mowing machine.


50 50


John M. Coyle, plow .


50 00


Thomas South, double cart


95 00


Ames Implement & Seed Co., culti- vator 6 93


D. H. Clancy, burial


41 50


John S. Williams, burial


30 00


Joseph W. McDonald, burial


30 00


James W. Eldridge and wife, ser- vices


1,800 00


Town, rent of farm


300 00


Total paid for expenses and supplies On hand per inventory, Jan. 1, 1916


$11,175 32


9,669 54


Total


$20,844 86


Credit :


Receipts on account of Town Home $4,719 54 Inventory on Jan. 1, 1917 10,699 54


$15,419 08


Balance, net expenses at Town Home


$5,425 78


Superintendent's Account :


James W. Eldridge, Superinten- dent. Sundry cash sales to Dec. 31, 1916 $565 78


Credit : .


Sundry cash payments for supplies, etc., included in foregoing ac- count of Town Home supplies and expenses $565 78


218


Assistance to Town's Poor Outside of Town Home:


Aided in Weymouth $7,601 36


Aided in other cities and towns. 787 18


Aided by other cities and towns ... 3,871 82


Individuals in hospitals 208 00


$12,468 36


Town Physicians :


W. A. Drake, Ward One and Town Home $100 00


J. C. Fraser, Ward Two 120 00


L. W. Pease, Ward Three 125 00


K. H. Granger, Ward Four 40 00


E. N. Mayberry, Ward Five


50 00


$435 00


Miscellaneous Account :


Thomas Fitzgerald, expenses $24 51


George W. Young, auto hire 15 00


Willow Club Garage 9 50


Hobbs & Warren, supplies 5 73


W. A. Drake, M. D., services 3 00


Lawrence Dunn, expenses


2 00


Expenses to State Farm


2 50


Town of Revere, refund 7 20


Burials 36 00


Total


Total expenses at Town Home


$105 44 $11,175 32


$24,184 12


Total expended for Town's poor, 1916 Assistance rendered the State poor and persons having settlement in other cities and towns, to be refunded


$1,583 45


Total expended $25,767 57


Appropriation March 6, 1916. $18,000 00


Receipts at Town Home 4,719 54


From Reserve Fund 3,017 83


Refunded by individuals 23 00


Transferred to Town of Revere ac- count 7 20


Total appropriation $25,767 57


219


TRIAL BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 1917.


Schoolhouses and lots


$300,000 00


Tufts Public Library and lot ...


45,000 00


Fire Stations and lots 22,500 00


Police Stations and lots 18,500 00


Town Farm 19,000 00


Town Parks and lots


12,350 00


Fire Apparatus


30,300 00


Street Department, fixtures . . 8,631 00


Town Farm, personal property .


10,699 54


Water Department, personal property


10,536 00


Water Department, real estate.


800 00


Water Department, rents due. .


10,083 64


Water Department, labor and material account


1,083 08


Water Department, construction Water Department, sinking


600,339 35


fund .


106,891 10


James Humphrey schoolhouse sinking fund


21,418 48


Tax Collector, due for taxes


133,150 28


State Treasurer


8,005 05


Due from cities and towns


532 99


Tax Deed property


3,518 92


Town Treasurer, balance


38,431 35


Sidewalk appropriation


717 21


Water Bonds


$221,000 00


Notes Payable


226,200 00


Edward B. Nevin Schoolohuse appropriation


62,000 00


8,290 84


Abatements, appropriation . . Miscellaneous account, appro- priation


500 00


Public Parks, appropriation


20 59


Accounts payable 2,529 41


Town of Weymouth


881,947 15


$1,402,487 99


$1,402,487 99


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APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES, 1916.


Object of Appropriation


Appropriation


Receipts


Total


Expended


Balance to Treasury


Balance Un- expended


Support of Schools


$86,655 1


$1,044 23


$87,699 34


$87,690 20


$9 14


. .. .


New S hoolhouse, Ward Three ..


15,886 21


15,886 21


15,883 53


2 68


New Schoolhouse, Ward Five ...


62,000 00


62,000 00


$62,000 00


James Humphrey Schoolhouse Sinking Fund


1,900 00


1,900 00


1,900 00


Highway Repairs


9,600 00


12,455 26


22,055 26


21,986 90


68 36


Removal of Snow


3,500 00


2,730 78


6,230 78


6,230 78


. . . .


. .. . . .


Bridges


400 00


400 00


400 00


. . . .


...


Sidewalks, in excess $717.21*


2,000 00


1,646 16


3,646 16


4,363 37


. . . .


Oiling Streets


3,000 00


7,384 26


10,384 26


10,384 26


. . . .


Fore River Avenue-working ...


200 00


2 06


202 06


202 06


. . . .


Morrell Street-working.


200 00


6 70


206 70


206 70


. . . .


Randall Avenue-working


200 00


5 77


205 77


205 77


Hillcrest Road-working


300 00


29 29


329 29


329 29


Hawthorne Street-regrading ..


400 00


400 00


396 89


Broad Street-macadam


2,000 00


15 96


2,015 96


2,015 96


Washington Street, state road ..


530 00


5,705 00


6,235 00


6,235 00


.....


Washington Street, Ward Three


4,000 00


4,000 00


Buffalo-Pitts Road Roller


4,200 00


4,200 00


4,200 00


Public Parks


1,000 00


42 23


1,042 23


780 46


241 18


20 59


Preservation of Shade Tress ..


800 00


56 05


856 05


431 67


424 38


Suppression of Moths


5,000 00


1,770 09


6,770 09


6,470 99


299 10


Town Survey


2,346 38


169 25


2,515 63


2,108 52


407 11


Fire Department


15,300 00


84 48


15,384 48


14,689 78


694 70


Combination Hose wagon, Wd. 3


4,500 00


4,500 00


4,500 00


....


Police Department


8,300 00


456 07


8,756 07


8,193 50


562 57


.....


Police, New Downer Landing ..




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