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Amount on hand Feb. 17, 1894,
. 1,249 tons.
crushed from Feb. 1 to date, . . 1,007 “
2,256
Amount used,
on hand,
243
66
used on Main street, . .
. 1,349
66
West Water street,
356
Main street, Greenwood,
302
Railroad street,
4
66
2
Main street, Lakeside, . ·
. 2,013
175
Average cost per ton for this year's crushing, $1.11.
In addition to the crushed stone there was used on Main street 60 tons, Main street, Greenwood, 129 tons, West Water street, 63 tons of cobble stones.
For further details we respectfully refer you to the Audi- tor's account.
Respectfully submitted,
WINDSOR M. WARD, SOLON WALTON, ARTHUR GREENOUGH,
Road Commissioners.
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REPORT OF APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE.
The committee having conferred with the different town officers charged with the expenditure of the various appro- priations, after due consideration of all matters brought before them, would respectfully recommend the following appropriations for the next financial year :
Support of Schools, $24,570 00
School Contingent Fund, 1,500 00
School Text Books and Supplies, . 2,000 00
Poor Department, income from farm, 6,000 00
Fire Department, . 3,200 00
Municipal Light Board, income from plant, 3,500 00
Town House Expenses,
2,000 00
Highways and Bridges,
11,000 00
Concrete Sidewalks and Crossings (where abuttors pay one half), . 250 00
Repairs Concrete Sidewalks and Crossings, 250 00
Salaries of Town. Officers, 3,630 00
Police Department,
1,500 00
Night Watch,
1,800 00
Miscellaneous Expenses,
7,000 00
Beebe Town Library, with dog tax,
200 00
Public Reading Room, .
175 00
Common and Park Expenses,
.
500 00
Memorial Day, ·
200 00
Forest Fire Wards,
500 00
.
Interest on Town Debt about $13,000 ; amount to go in tax levy in compliance with pre- vious vote to meet maturing notes, $12,- 337.50,
25,337 50
$95,112 50
0
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The committee recommend that the appropriation for high- ways and bridges include the continuing of the macadamiz- ing of Main street, North, not to exceed $1,000, and the railing of dangerous places on Main street, Lakeside, not exceeding $500.
The committee recommend that any expenditure of money on streets or sidewalks, voted under special articles in the warrant, be charged to the regular highway appropriations.
The recommendations of salaries for town officers is made upon the following basis of division :
Town Clerk,
$200 00
Town Treasurer, .
400 00
Selectmen, .
600 00
Assessors,
600 00
Overseers of the Poor,
300 00
Collector of Taxes,
500 00
Road Commissioners,
250 00
Board of Health, .
50 00
Registrars of Voters,
215 00
Auditors,
115 00
Engineers,
100 00
Forest Fire Wardens,
50 00
Municipal Light Board,
250 00
$3,630 00
Messrs. H. H. Savage, T. J. Skinner, J. C. Hartshorne, and J. F. Mansfield not being present at the time of signing the report, their names are not affixed hereto.
O. V. WATERMAN, Chairman.
RICHARD BRITTON, WILLIAM S. GREENOUGH, EVERETT HART,
C. F. WOODWARD, M. Low, HIRAM EATON,
WILLIAM E. CADE,
E. H. WALTON, THOMAS HICKEY, J. FRED PARKER, Secretary.
Wakefield, February 19, 1895.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY
AND
PUBLIC READING ROOM,
WITH
LIST OF PERIODICALS
IN THE READING ROOM.
1895.
180
.
Organization of Trustees.
Chairman, .
Otis. V. Waterman.
, W. E. Rogers.
Treasurer (ex-officio), .
. Thomas J. Skinner.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
Otis V. Waterman, Solon O. Richardson, Ashton H. Thayer,
Harrie B. Thacher,
Thomas Winship, Harry Foster,
William E. Rogers, Maitland P. Foster, William W. Taft.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
LIBRARY.
Thomas Winship, A. H. Thayer, H. B. Thacher.
FINANCE.
S. O. Richardson,
O. V. Waterman,
W. W. Taft ..
BOOKS.
O. V. Waterman, W. W. Taft,
W. E. Rogers,
H. B. Thacher,
Harry Foster, A. H. Thayer ..
READING ROOM.
M. P. Foster,
H. B. Thacher, W. W. Taft,
S. O. Richardson, Thomas Winship.
CATALOGUE.
M. P. Foster, A. H. Thayer,
W. E. Rogers.
Librarian, Janitor of Reading Room, Purchasing Agent for Library,
·
Harriet A. Shepard. Rufus F. Draper. William E. Rogers ..
Secretary and Purchasing Agent, .
181
TRUSTEES' REPORT.
In presenting the annual report of the Beebe Town Library the trustees are happy to say that their prayers for more room and less crowded quarters have been answered during the past year, and the condition of affairs which threatened to seriously impair the useful- ness of the library is no more.
As a result of the improvements and alterations the library now has nearly 50 per cent. more shelf room, and is much better lighted through the introduction of the electric incandescent lights on the lower floor of the town hall building. The library in its improved and enlarged quarters has a home which, we trust, will be amply large enough for the requirements of ordinary increase for ten years to come.
The work of the library has, of course, been hampered and broken into by the necessary closing of the room for nearly three months during the progress of repairs, but the increased circulation, since re- opening indicates that patrons appreciate its advantages all the more for the temporary deprivation.
Not quite as many new books have been added during the past year as in some former years, largely for lack of shelf room, but we have endeavored to keep the library abreast of the times, and a large share of the best of the new publications of the year will be found on the shelves. Critics sometimes say that the library contains too much fiction, too many novels. If this is a fault it is one in which we are not alone. Probably the majority of the town libraries, of which Massachusetts is so justly proud, contain a large percentage of this class of literature, and in circulation it outranks everything else, reaching in some libraries sixty per cent. of the whole. It must be remembered, however, that the best modern novel differs from its namesake of twenty-five years ago as black does from white. No better history has been written than the novels of Mrs. Catherwood,
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and no purer, better sketches of New England life than those of Mary E. Wilkins. All modern novels are not " silly love-stories " by any means. In making selections for general library circulation the trustees can cater to no one taste ; all must be considered.
The reading room has filled its place as an adjunct of the library much the same as in past years. Several new publications have been added and others for which there seemed to be no demand were withdrawn early in the year. The entire list of regular publications is now supplied with binders, which prevent much of the wear and tear which has heretofore rendered them almost useless for perma- nent binding.
In closing our report we recommend an appropriation of $200 and an amount equal to the proceeds of the dog tax for the Library and $175 for the Reading Room.
MAITLAND P. FOSTER,
For the Trustees.
183
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Number of volumes in the Library February 1, 1894, 11,538 Added by purchase during the year, . 164
to replace worn out volumes, 31
donations . ·
25
66 Magazines bound from the Reading Room, 23
Volumes worn out during the year,
20
Total number of volumes in the Library Feb. 1, 1895, 11,76I
Donations from
United States, ·
9
State of Massachusetts, .
14
C. A. M. Taber, Esq.,
·
I
A. W. Brownell, Esq., .
I
A
25
Persons having signed Application Cards during 1894, Total number of cards issued, 3,736
266
Number of books delivered during the year, not in- cluding August, September and a portion of Octo- . ber when the Library was closed for repairs,
20,566
Delivered during March, 1894, . ·
2,799
Largest number delivered in one day,
327
Number of volumes replaced,
3I
Number of volumes rebound,
163
HARRIET A. SHEPARD, Librarian.
WAKEFIELD, February 1, 1895.
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-
11,78I
184
List of Publications in the Reading Room.
MONTHLIES. .
Atlantic. Century.
Forum.
Arena.
Carpentry and Building.
Harper's Monthly.
Harper's Young People.
Munsey's Magazine.
Scribner's. Pall Mall Magazine.
Good Housekeeping. Ladies' Home Journal. Cosmopolitan. . Review of Reviews. North American Review.
Outing. Blackwood's. New England Magazine.
St. Nicholas. Lippincott's.
FORTNIGHTLY. The Literary World.
WEEKLIES.
Metal Worker. Wakefield Citizen and Banner.
American Architect.
Texas Siftings.
National Tribune.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated.
Scientific American.
Youth's Companion.
N. Y. Tribune. American Field. Shooting and Fishing. .
DAILY NEWSPAPERS.
Boston Journal. Sunday Herald.
Boston Herald.
Sunday Journal.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
OTIS V. WATERMAN, Chairman.
Forest and Stream. Harper's Weekly.
Harper's Bazaar. Irish World.
Judge. Puck. Life.
185
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Citizens of Wakefield :
I herewith present my report of matters connected with the Treasurer's department for the fiscal year closing February 1, 1895.
TRUST FUNDS.
THE FLINT MEMORIAL FUND, $1,000.
In accordance with the vote of the town passed May 1, 1894, the amount of one thousand dollars has been taken from the treasury during the past year, and set aside as an invested fund, in order to comply with the terms of a gift presented to the town by Mrs. Harriet N. Flint Nov. 5, 1872. (See Town Clerk's records, book No. 6, folios 86-87). The amount referred to was invested in a note of the town of Wakefield due December 1, 1904, being a portion of the Armory loan dated Aug. 1, 1894, bearing interest at the rate of four per centum per annum.
The sum of $30 as interest on this fund to Aug. 1, 1894, and $20 as interest on said note to Feb. 1, 1895, has been credited to the Library account, and by the terms of the gift has been ex- pended in the purchase of books.
JONATHAN NICHOLS TEMPERANCE FUND, $1,000.
Similar action was taken by the town May 1, 1894, as described under the foregoing Flint Memorial fund, and the amount of one thousand dollars is now invested in a note of the town of Wake- field, dated Aug. 1, 1894, and due Dec. 1, 1904. (Armory loan four per cent. )
This fund was a gift to the town on certain conditions as de-
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scribed in the vote accepting the same. (See Town Clerk's rec- ords, book 7, Folios 160-162). The conditions are such that any young man of our town who files his name with the Town Clerk before he is sixteen years of age and declares his intention not to drink intoxicating liquors and not to smoke or chew tobacco, until he shall become twenty-one years of age, and shall have kept his pledge until that time, shall receive from the income of the fund the sum of ten dollars, together with a certificate of commenda- tion from the Selectmen.
The Town Clerk reports that 420 young men have enrolled their names under this pledge, and my last report showed that twenty-eight had certified that they had kept the pledge and re- ceived the fee of ten dollars and a certificate from the Selectmen.
During the past year six young men as named below have been paid the fee, making a total of thirty-four.
STATEMENT OF INTEREST. A
Balance available at last report, . .
$206 46
Interest on above,
8 24 .
Interest on $1,000 to Aug. 1, 1894;
20 00
" " Note of $1,000 to Feb. 1, 1895.
20 00
$254 70
Paid Eben T. Newhall,
$10 00
Henry J. McWhirter,
10 00
Herbert L. Winslow,
10 00
Aiden P. Ripley,
10 00
Harry Hill,
10 CO
Henry R. Arnold,
10 00
$60 00
Balance available,
$194 70 ·
C. SWEETSER BURIAL LOT FUND, $1,000.
The income from this fund is to be used in keeping in repair and beautifying with flowers and shrubbery the burial lot of the parents of the donor. The principal is on deposit with the Wakefield Savings Bank.
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STATEMENT OF INTEREST.
Balance available at last report, . $423 75
Interest on same to Feb. 1, 1895, 16 95
Interest from Wakefield Savings Bank to Feb. 1, 1895, 40 20
$480 90
Paid Edward Mellett & Sons for care, etc., 25 00
Balance available, $455 90
C. SWEETSER LECTURE FUND, $10,000.
This fund is now invested as follows :
Town of Attleboro 4s, due 1897, 5 bonds $1,000 each, $5,000 00 City of Boston, 4s, due 1899, 5 bonds $1,000 each, 5,000 00
$10,000 00
In addition to the above the Treasurer received during the past year a further sum of $552, from the trustees of the C. Sweetser estate, which represented interest on the bequest from the time of Mr. Sweetser's death to the date of its payment to the town. This amount has been set apart by the vote of the town as a re- serve to pay any deficiences arising from the lecture courses given each year under the terms of the bequest.
The sum of $400 as income on the fund has been paid to the Treasurer of the Sweetser lectures, $24.27 of which was to pay the deficiency of the previous year, the balance, $375.73, being available for the course of 1894-95 ..
By the terms of the bequest this fund is for the purpose of providing such lectures as will tend to improve the public mind. A reasonable fee. for admission is required and the net proceeds of the course are to be paid to such charitable organization in said Wakefield as the municipal officers of the town may designate, to be distributed among the worthy poor of the town.
The course of lectures for 1893-4 was concluded too late for insertion in my last report, therefore the results for both years are here given.
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EIGHTH COURSE, SEASON OF 1893-94.
In charge of S. K. Hamilton, Chairman Board of Selectmen.
LECTURES.
Nov. 8, 1893. Rev. R. S. MacArthur, D. D. " The Empire of the Czar, the Great Bear of the North."
Nov. 22, 1893. Louis C. Elson "Seven Centuries of English Song."
Dec. 13, 1893 .. George W. Bain. " Boys and Girls, Nice and Naughty, or the Pendulum of Life."
Jan. 3, 1894.
Jan. 17, 1894.
Rev. Madison C. Peters. " Americans for America." Prof. John B. De Motte, A. M., Ph. D. “ The Harp of the Senses, or the Science of Character Building."
Feb. 21, 1894. John Temple Graves. "The Reign of the Dema- gogue."
FINANCIAL EXHIBIT, EIGHTH COURSE.
Thomas J. Skinner, TREAS., In account with Sweetser Leetures .. DR.
To cash received from income of the fund, $390.13
Sale of 116 Season tickets at 60 cents, 69 60
7 50
79 evening tickets, MacArthur, at 15 cents,
II 85
66
194
Elson, 15
29 10
44
66 Bain, 15
6 60-
19
66 Peters, 15 66
2 85
29
DeMotte, 15
.
4 35
II
Graves, 15
I 65
Total receipts,
$523 63.
CR.
By Cash paid Rev. R. S. MacArthur, D. D., . $100 00
. Louis C. Elson, 75 00
George W. Bain,
60 00
Rev. M. C. Peters,
50 00
Prof. J. B. DeMotte,
75 00
John T. Graves,
75 00
Total for lecturers,
$435 00
.
15 “ " 50 ".
189
M. P. Foster, advertising and printing, 35 50
Wakefield Record, advertising,
14 40
A. W. Brownell, printing,
4 00
Coon Bros., distributors,
6 00
G. O. Sanborn, music, .
25 00
H. F. Miller & Sons, piano, .
18 00
Israel A. Parsons, doorkeeper,
5 00
Solon Green, ticket agent, ·
5 00
Total payments, .
· $547 90
Deficit,
24 27
$523 63
NOTE. The deficit as above was by vote of the Selectmen taken from the income of the next year.
NINTH COURSE, SEASON OF 1894-95.
In charge of Selectmen George W. Harrington and Daniel Evans.
LECTURERS.
Oct. 25, 1894. Gen. O. O. Howard. " Grant at Chattanooga."
Nov. 8, 1894. Rev. A. A. Willetts. " The Model Wife, or a Por- trait of Olden Time."
Dec. 6, 1894. Prof. H. L. Southwick. “A Splendid Rebel, or Life and Times of Patrick Henry."
Jan. 3, 1895. Prof. C. L. Young. " The Planets."
FINANCIAL EXHIBIT, NINTH COURSE.
Thomas J. Skinner, TREAS., In account with Sweetser Lectures.
DR.
To Cash received from income of fund, · $400 00
Less deficit of previous course, 24 27
Sale of Season tickets, at 75 cents each,
Evening tickets, at 25 cents each, Howard,
.
9 55
25 66 Willetts,
4 50
" 25
66
Southwick,
4 75
66
.
" 25
" Young,
17 50
Total receipts,
. $441 73
$375 73 .
29 70
190
CR
By Cash paid Gen. O. O. Howard, . $125 00
Rev. A. A. Willetts, .
75 00
Prof. H. L. Southwick,
5.0 00
Prof. C. L. Young, . 125 00
Total for lecturers,
$375 00
M. P. Foster, printing and advertising, . 26 70
A. W. Brownell, printing, 5 75
Daily Item, advertising,
18 00
John Day, posting,
8 00
George B. Eager, distributing,
3 50
Ariel Orchestra, music, . 15 00
George H. Hathaway, carriages,
4 00
Whiton & Knight, printing, .
6 00
G. W. Harrington, sundries, .
2 IO
I. A. Parsons, doorkeeper,
2 50
Total payments, .
$466 55
Deficit,
24 82
$441 73
By vote of the town this deficit has been taken from the income recently received from the Trustees of the C. Sweetser Estate, as previously referred to. This account now stands as follows :
Amount received Oct. 15, 1894, from Trustees, $552 00
Cash paid deficit, as above reported, 24 82
Balance now on deposit with the Wakefield Savings Bank, . $527 18
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STATE AID.
The following individuals have been paid State Aid by direction of the Selectmen. This amount is reimbursed by the state annually.
40. Wm. W. Bessey, $48 00
R. Melissa Howes, $8 00
48 Walter B. Berry,
48 00
T. J. Keough, 54 00
48 Mary V. Brown, 48 00
Matilda L. Kidder, 48 00
48 Sarah E. Buffum, 32 00
Lucinda Locke, 48 00
- William Beattie, 16 00
Hannah R. Loring, 12 00
48 Augusta M. Chandler, 48 00
Margaret Madden, 48 00
44 Adah E. Cowdrey,
48 00
Joseph B. McLaughlin, 18 00
4 8 Lizzie S. Cutter, 48 00
Elizabeth A. Miller,
48 00
16 John Davis, 47 00
Elizabeth Moses,
48 00
48 Annette Davis,
47 00
Mary Newhall,
48 00
Mary E. Davis,
16 00
Dennis O'Connell,
36 00
48
Elizabeth Denison,
48 00
James Oliver,
54 00
48 Elizabeth Douglass,
48 00
Johanna Orpin,
48 00
54 James Dupar, 48 00
34 Hannah Dupar,
24 00
Flora W. Parker,
48 00
66 Rodney Edmands,
72 00
, Florence A. B. Ryder, 48 00
4 Esther A. Evans,
24 00
Emily O. Stoddard, 20 00
36 Wm. O. Evans,
36 00
William Sweeney,
24 00
2 0 Frances F. Evans,
24 00
Julia A. Saunders,
24 00
4/ Honora Evans,
48 00
George W. Townsend,
28 00
2 4 Francis M. Ellis,
24 00
James S. Toothacker,
72 00
2 L/ Patrick Fay,
24 00
Lydia B. Ward,
48 00
/ 7 Mary Fay,
12 00
Maria Welch,
48.00
Ellen Geary,
4 00
George H. Wiley, 72.00
18 Isaac E. Green,
24 00
Julia A. Wiley,
48 00
Mary A. Hall,
48 00
Louisa Winch, 48 00
J & John Hawkes,
30 00
Hannah M. Wheeler, 43 00
30 Dolly Hawkes,
30 00
20 Micah Heath,
60 00
48 Justin Howard,
48 00
l/ N. C. Hunter,
24 00
Total, $2,379 00
E a mile.
1030
Julia a Prilo 16 Un PR. Dudley 12
Vasti Woodis, 48 00
John Whitford, 48 00
W. D. Parker, 48 00
192
RECEIPTS FROM LICENSES.
Park Commissioners, park licenses,
. $117 00
Board of Health, plumbers,
·
.
8 50
Scribner & Smith, circus, .
8 00
Haskell & Stickney, swinging horses,
4 00
Charles F. Hartshorne, auctioneer,
2 00
John Day, 66
66
2 00
W. H. Butler,
2 00
E. A. Hallett,
66
2 00
Felix Doucette,
66
2 00
W. H. Wiley, boat, .
2
00
Wm. E. Smith, victualler,
2 00
J. S. Stanley,
2 00
J. S. Rounds, innholder,
2 00
C. A. Cheney, fireworks,
I
00
Aaron Butler,
.
I 00
E. E. Lee, 66
.
I 00
E. S. Smith, 66
·
I 00
Smith & Snow,
I 00
Sarah E. Batchelder, fireworks,
I OO
Total,
$163 50
LIST OF TAX DEEDS HELD BY TREASURER FOR NON-PAYMENT OF TAXES.
No.
To whom Taxed.
Tax of
Date of Deed.
Am't.
104
Aurelius L. Brown,
1885.
July 13, 1887.
$8 95 Y
109
Sarah W. Stevens,
1887.
July 13, 1889.
37 33
113
John D. Young,
1888.
Aug. 11, 1890.
6 27
114
Isaac Evans,
1888.
Aug. 11, 1890.
6 27
II5
Stephen D. Learnard,
1889.
June 27, 1891.
7 48
I16
Samuel P. Abbott,
1889.
June 27, 1891.
7 48
II7
Cyrus N. Campbell,
1889.
June 27, 1891.
6 75
118
Samuel P. Abbott,
1890.
June 6, 1892.
7 55
I19
Stephen D. Learnard,
1890.
June
6, 1892.
7 55
I2I
Frank I. Barrett, -
1891.
July
3, 1893.
IO 33
122
Samuel P. Abbott,
1891.
July
3, 1893.
7 65
124
Stephen D. Learned,
1891.
July
3, 1893.
7 65
125
Martha M. C. Reid,
1891.
July
3, 1893.
50 45
I27
John Doherty, -
1892.
Sept. 3, 1894.
17 70
128
Stephen D. Learnard,
1892.
Sept.
3, 1894.
7 74
I29
Martha M. C. Reid,
1892.
Sept.
3, 1894.
59 53
J. W. Smith,
2 00
193
LOAN ACCOUNT.
Amount of loans, Feb. 1, 1894,
$109,660 84
Since hired by Treasurer,
.
. S2,000 00
. Municipal Light bonds issued, .
· 98,000 00
Gas bonds assumed,
· 70,000 00
Amount paid since Feb. 1, 1894,
. 77:323 34
Amount outstanding,
$282,337 50
Distributed as follows :
Temporary loan due on demand, . Six per cent. gas bonds, optional, Sept. 15, 1895,
· 70,000 00
Temporary loan,
due Sept. 17, 1895,
· 10,000 00
Fire Dept. 66
Oct.
I, 1895,
· 3,000 00
Municipal Lt.
Oct. 1, 1895,
. 3,000 00
Railroad St.
Oct. 6, 1895,
.
1,337 50
Temporary
Oct. 7: 1895,
· 10,000 00
66
66
Oct. 8, 1895,
. 10,000 00
Lincoln Sch. House,
66 Nov. 1, 1895,
· 5,000 00
Temporary loan,
Dec. 1, 1895,
· 4,000 00
Lincoln Sch. House,
Nov. 1, 1896,
5,000 00
Funded Loan,
Dec. 1, 1896,
4,000 00
Lincoln Sch. House, 66 Nov. 1, 1897,
5,000 00
Funded Loan,
66 Dec. 1, 1897,
4,000 00
Lincoln Sch. House,
66 Nov. 1, 1898,
5,000 00
6:
66
Nov.
1, 1899,
5,000 00
Nov.
1, 1900,
5,000 00
Armory loan,
Dec.
I, 1900,
3,000 00
Lincoln Sch. House,
Nov.
1, 1901,
5,000 00
Armory loan,
6 : Dec. 1, 1901,
.
3,000 00
Lincoln Sch. House,
Nov.
I, 1902,
8,000 00
Armory loan,
Dec.
I, 1903,
3,000 00
66
Dec
1, 1904,
3,000 00
Municipal Light loan, "
Oct.
1, 1914,
5,000 00
6:
.:
1, 1915,
9,000 00
66
66
6 .
1, 1917,
9,000 00
6:
66
66
1, 1918,
9,000 00
66
66
66
6:
I, 1919,
9,000 00
66
66
1, 1920,
9,000 00
66
66
1, 1921,
9,000 00
66
6.
I, 1922,
9,000 00
66
6.
1, 1923,
9,000 00
66
66
66
I, 1924,
· 9,000 00
Total,
.
.
.
$282,337 50
6:
1, 1916,
9,000 00
66
Oct. 8, 1895,
10,000 00 ·
·
.
.
66
$359,660 84
. $3,000 00
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TOWN DEBT.
MUNICIPAL LIGHT LOAN.
140 bonds of the Citizens' Gas Light Co. 6s assumed by the town ( optional at 105, Sept. 15, 1895 ) $500 each, · $70,000 00
90 town bonds 4s due $9000 each year from 1915 to 1924, $1000 each, . . 90,000 00
5 town bonds 4s due Oct. 1, 1914, $1000 each, · 5,000 00
3 town bonds 4s due Oct. 1, 1895, $1000 each, . 3,000 00
$168,000 00 (Balance of $82,000 not yet issued, $70,000 of which will be used to take up the bonds of the Gas company.)
ARMORY LOAN.
3 notes $1000 each, due Dec. 1, 1900, . · $3,000 00
3 notes $1000 each, due Dec. 1, 1901, . .
3,000 00
3 notes $1000 each, due Dec. 1, 1903, . 3,000 00
3 notes $ 1000 each, due Dec. 1, 1904, . .
· 3,000 00
$12,000 00
PLEASANT STREET EXTENSION.
Note due Sept. 6, 1895, $1,337 50
FIRE DEPARTMENT BUILDING.
Note due Oct. 6, 1895, . ·
. $3,000 00
FUNDED LOAN.
Notes due Dec. 1, 1896,
· $4,000 00
Notes due Dec. 1, 1897,
· 4,000 00
$8,000 00
LINCOLN SCHOOL HOUSE.
5 bonds $1000 each, due Nov. 1, 1895, $5,000 00
5 bonds $1000 each, due Nov. 1, 1896,
· 5,000 00
5 bonds $1000 each, due Nov. 1, 1897, 5,000 00 5 bonds $1000 each, due Nov. 1, 1898, 5,000 00 5 bonds $1000 each, due Nov. 1, 1899, 5,000 00 ·
5 bonds $1000 each, due Nov. 1, 1900, 5 bonds $1000 each, due Nov. 1, 1901,
· 5,000 00
· 5,000 00
I note $8000 due Nov. 1, 1902, .
8,000 00
$43,000 00
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RECAPITULATION.
Municipal Light Loan, .
$168,000 00
Armory,
·
. 12,000 00
Pleasant Street Extension,
1,337 50
Fire Dept. Building,
3,000 00
Funded Loan,
8,000 00
Lincoln School Building,
43,000 00
Total debt,
$235,337 50
FLOATING INDEBTEDNESS,
LOANS IN ANTICIPATION OF TAXES.
Note due in demand,
. $3,000 00
66 Sept. 17, 1895,
· 10,000 00.
Oct. 7, 1895,
· 10,000 00
Oct. 11, 1895,
· 10,000 00
66 Oct. 11, 1895,
· 10,000 00
66 Dec. 1, 1895,
· 4,000 00
Total,
$47,000 00
Outstanding Town Orders, 2,891 52
Accrued Interest to Feb. 1. 1895, .
· 3,429 72
Balance of Interest, J. Nichols' Temperance Fund,
194 70
Balance of Interest, C. Sweetser Burial Lot Fund, .
455 90
Unexpended balance Beebe Town Library, 66 Armory Loan,
118 97
66 66 Municipal Light Appropriation,
525 98
66 Municipal Light Extensions, .
TO,133 35 ·
66 66 Municipal Light Bond acct., . 1,104 97
66 Greenwood School Lot, 1,975 00
Citizens' Gas Light Company held as security for pay- ment of gas bills, .
1,200 00 ·
$69,164 25
CREDIT.
By Cash balance in Treasury, $16,450 09
due from state for State Aid, 1894, 2,342 00
due from state for Military Aid, 1894,
384 00
due from state for Military Aid for Jan. 1895, . 246 00 ·
Uncollected taxes of 1894,
. 28,877 31
Uncollected taxes of 1893,
. II,O2I 99
$59,321 39
Difference,
·
$9,842 86
The balance is more than offset by the amount of appropriations voted since the last tax levy was made up, amounting to $11,267, which will be included in the tax levy of the coming year.
.
134 14
2100 3600
42651
196
NOTE ACCOUNT.
776393 742651 33742 -
NOTES ISSUED.
Date.
Amount.
Account.
Rate.
When Payable.
Mch. 28, '94,
$10,000 00
Temporary Loan,
3 3-8 per cent.
Sept. 8, 1894.
Apr. 18, '94,
10,000 00 Temporary Loan,
2 7-8 per cent.
Sept. 18, 1894.
June 7, '94,
10,000
Temporary Loan,
2 1-2 per cent.
Sept. 7, 1894.
Aug.
I, '94,
3,000 00
Armory Loan,
*4 per cent.
Dec.
1, 1900:
Aug.
I, '94,
3,000 00
Armory Loan,
*4 per cent.
Dec.
1, 1901.
Aug.
I, '94,
3,000
Armory Loan,
*4 per cent.
Dec.
1, 1903.
Aug.
I, '94,
1,000 00
Armory Loan,
*4 per cent.
Dec.
1, 1904.
Aug.
I, '94,
1,000 00
Armory Loan,
P4 per cent.
Dec.
I, 1904.
Aug.
I, '94,
1,000 00
Armory Loan,
P4 per cent.
Dec.
1, 1904.
Nov. 8, '94,
10,000
00
Temporary Loan,
3 1-2 per cent.
Oct. 8, 1895.
Nov. 8, '94,
10,000
oo
Temporary Loan,
3 1-2 per cent.
Oct. 8, 1895. Sept. 17, 1895.
Feb.
7, '95,
10,000 00
Temporary Loan,
3 3-4 per cent.
Oct.
7, 1895.
Total,
$82,000 00
* Sold at 1 5-8 premium.
P Sold at par to Trust Funds.
In addition to the above, bonds were issued to the amount of $180,000 for the Municipal Light Loan, dated Oct. 1, 1894, and payable, $3000 per year for the first ten years; $6000 per year for second ten years, and $9000 per year for the last ten years. $98,000 have been sold. $70,000 are held for exchange of gas bonds and the balance are in the treasury.
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