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3 13 1
R. J. Farquhar & Co., Seeds and plants,
67 50
Geo. H. Taylor, hardware,
19 20
A. M. Tuttle & Co., supplies,
3 00
C. S. Knowles, repairs and material,
9 15
Cutler Bros., supplies,
1 15
Balance unexpended,
32 71
$636 47
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
March 9, 1903, appropriation authorized, $3,500 00
May 4, 1903, appropriation authorized, services board of health, 300 00
Nov. 9, 1903, appropriation authorized, .
1,200 00
Nov. 16, 1903, appropriatlon authorized, rental of hydrants,
2,000 00
March 9, 1903, appropriation authorized, printing, advertising and stationery, · 1,500 00
Received from B. & N. R. R., one-half damages in
$603 76
8 25
Cutler Bros., supplies,
3 98
144
Dunn case,
$115 00
Refunded by board of health,
10 00
Expended as follows :
$8,625 00
BOARD OF HEALTH.
G. S. Tukey, inspector of plumbing, Dec. 1, 1902 to Feb. 1, 1904, $400 00
C. L. Sopher, M. D., professional services, 20 50
Railroad Market, provisions, .
4 00
S. E. Ryder & Co., medicines, etc.,
3 55
Hugh Connell, boots,
2 00
W. W. Bessey & Son, team hire,
3 00
J. W. Heath. M. D .. professional services,
135 25
Amelia Lindsay, nursing,
20 00
David Taggart, inspecting Town Hall plumbing
5 00
David Taggart, inspecting plumbing May, June, July and August, 160 00
D. S. Coles, M. D., professional services, 13 60
A. D. Jenkins, posting cards, fumigating, etc., bal- ance 1902, 28 60
W. H. McCausland. posting cards, fumigating, etc., balance 1902, . .
46 00
C. Jordan, M. D., professional services, . 7 50
John Henry, cleaning culvert, . 4 00
Jas. Regan, cleaning culvert, . 2 00
H. M. Dolbeare, printing, 3 50
Arthur Greenough, rent of land, small pox house, Nov. 8, 1902, to July 8, 1903, 40 00
W. H. McCausland, services, . ·
142 50
J. S. Bonney, drugs,
1 35
A. D. Jenkins, services, .
92 50
W. H. McCausland, pay roll cleaning Saugus river from New Salem street to Saugus line, 139 62
J. G. Hunt, ditto, .
4 00
J. W. Grace, supplies,
99
Cutler Bros., supplies,
84
C. A. Cheney & Co., second hand lumber,
2 00
145
Red Cross Chemical Co., disinfectant,
$9 21
E. W. Eaton, groceries, .
2 64
C. F. Gilman, drugs, 1 45
J. A. McFadden, serving notices,
4 00
J. E. Buckley, burying cats,
1 50
W. G. Skinner,
66
3 50
J. Mooney,
1 50
E. DeRoach,
50
John Pratt,
66
50
W. Findley,
dogs,
1 00
T. Rooney,
66
1 00
J. R. Reed, 66
2 00
C. Latimer, expressing, .
25
J. M. Cate, serving notices,
6 60
$1,317 95
LEGAL EXPENSES.
A. S. Hall, costs of suit Wakefield vs. Water Co., $123 97 M. E. S. Clemons, witness fees, Callan vs. Town, 22 00 ·
M. E. S. Clemons, judgment and costs, Priest vs. Town, 77 49
M. E. S. Clemons, settlement E. Dunn, 230 00
Miss M. Connor, typewriting, .
5 00
M. E. S. Clemons, legal expenses sewerage bill, Melvin O. Adams, services acct. sewerage bill,
200 00
T. Howard Barnes, engineer, acct. sewerage bill, 100 00
Orlando K. Morgan, engineer, acct sewerage bill,
27 84
Edith E. Dudley, legal expenses acct. injury received at sewer, ,
75 00
Storey, Thorndike, Palmer and Thayer, opinion re- garding water bond, 10 00
Chester W. Eaton, 199 tax deeds examined, 99 50
H. M. Dolbeare. printing, 4 75
18 00'
O. K. Morgan, services acct. Main street land damages Martin Ellis & Co., expert services, “ 10 00
A. D. Van Wagner, taking testimony,“ 15 00
$1,218 55
200 00
146
TOWN CLERK'S RETURNS.
Oliver Walton, 82 deaths, at 25c., . $20 50
G. W. Butterfield, M. D., 9 births at 25c., 2 25
F. T. Woodbury, M. D., 23 births at 25c.,
5 75
F. S. Cate, M. D., 3 births at 25c.,
75
Richard Dutton, M. D., 9 births at 25c., .
2 25
O. H. Fessenden, 23 deaths at 25c.,
5 75
C. F. Hartshorne, recording births, marriages and deaths to State,
159 65
$196 90
ELECTION EXPENSES.
Pay roll election officers, March 2, 1903, $158 00
66
Apr. 27, 1903, 85 00
66 66 Sept. 28, 1903, 80 00
Nov. 3, 1903,
- 154 00
J. Fred Parker, preparing ballot sheets, .
6 00
H. P. Alden, constructing booths, Pre, 2,
15 00
H. P. Alden, care and arranging booths, Pre. 2, March 2 and Nov. 3, 1903, 6 00
J. A. Flockton, meals election officers, .
116 25
H. A. Simonds, recount, Sept. 30 and Oct. 8, 1903, 5 00
F. E. Bunker, recount, Sept. 30 and Oct. 8, 1903, . 5 00
$630 25
MISCELLANEOUS EXTRAORDINARY.
Geo. H. Taylor, care and storage coil of drinking fountain, $5 00
Feindel & Harrison, appraising Swift building, 5 00
A. B. Comins, expressing, 4 30
C. Latimer, expressing, . · 2 50
J. H. Buckley, horse hire, sealer weights and measures, 6 00
S. B. Dearborn, postage and box rent, 64 00
Green & Arnold, repairing ballot box, 7 10
American Ex. Co., expressing, · ·
1 75
Wakefield Water Co., fountains 1 year to Dec. 1, '03
232 50
147
F. S. Hartshorne, distributing town reports, 15 00
J. A. Bancroft, surveys and levels,. 16 00
G W. Killorin, labor on Greenwood pump hole, 22 00
R. F. Draper, meals for prisoners, . 39 50
Solon Walton, meals for registrars, . 4 00
R. F. Draper, salary lock-up keeper one year, . 50 00
J. A. McFadden, serving warrants,, 27 14
T. G. O'Connell, services as moderator, · 25 00
E. K. Bowser, assessor transfers, 87 00
Jas. Ryan, stamps, scaler weights and measures. 2 25 .
Little, Brown & Co., 1 volume town officers, 4 00 .
H. A. Simonds. posting notices, 4 00
O. E. Sheldon distributing reports, 2 00
1 50
Lucas Bros .. supplies, ·
H. C. Perry inspecting cattle, 175 00
J. Wallace Grace, repairing drinking fountains, 5 34
Elliot & Hatch, 1 No. 7 book typewriter and table, . 125 00
H. A. Simonds. truant officer one year, -100 00
Geo. E. Howard ringing bell JJuly 4th, . 2 50 ·
Emil Nelson, ringing bell July 4th, . 2 50
Geo. O. Russell. ringing bell July 4th, 2 50
J. M. Cate, serving warrants, 32 20
Pay roll, special meeting water plant, 17 50
H. A. Simonds, weighing and inspecting 661 loads town coal, April 4, 1903, to Sept. 25, 1903, 66 10
Albert W. Flint, expense incurred on water bonds, .
2 19
J. S. Newhall, damage to team, defect in road, 12 00 W. H. Murray, care fountain, April to Dec., 1903, 5 00 City of Melrose, one-half expense covering boundary stone at Wakefield line, 11 32
Hydrant rental, June 1, 1903 to Dec. 1, 1903, . 2,000 (0
Patrick Walsh, cleaning brook from Centre pond to Albion street, . · 19 00
Miss M. Connor, typewriting, .
2 00
Butler Bros., transportation, Selectmen inspecting streets, . · ·
5 00
Feindel & Harrison, shutters on bath house, ·
9 50
148
C. F. Hartshorne & Son, $6,000 insurance on Hamil- ton school, 5 yrs. to Dec. 18, 1908 (balance of premium, see insurance account), 73 57
Miss I. A. Keith, typewriting, 2 20
W. W. Bessey, team hire,
6 50
Transferred to soldiers' relief, .
41 64
$3,346 10
PRINTING, ADVERTISING AND STATIONERY.
C. W. Eaton, printing and advertising, . $219 14
H. M. Dolbeare, printing and advertising, 619 67
Caslon Press, 2200 copies town report at $1.35, 502 20
The Boston Herald Co., advertising,
18 50
Carter Ink Co., 6 quarts State ink,
2 25
W. S. Greenough & Co., printing and stationery,
92 25
Sewer Dept., transferred for printing bonds,
270 00
A. H. Thayer, stationery,
5 55
Lucas Bros., stationery,
1 50
Francis Doane & Co., supplies,
1 90
` S. B. Dearborn, stamped envelopes, 21:20
Brooks Bank Note Co., engraving water bonds,
160 75
$1,914 91
RECAPITULATION.
Board of Health expenses,
. $1,317 95
Town Clerk returns,. .
196 90
Legal expenses, ,
·
1,218 55
Printing, advertising and stationery,
1,914 91
Extraordinary expenses,
3,346 10
Election expenses, .
630 25
$8,624 66
Balance unexpended, . 34
$8,625 00
1
149
INSURANCE PREMIUMS.
March 9, 1903, appropriation authorized, $750 00 Expended as follows :
A. H. Thayer, $1000 on Greenwood Hose house, 5 years to Dec. 31, 1907, $22 50
C. F. Hartshorne & Son, $5000 on High school build- ing and contents, 5 years to April 7, 1908, .
114 75
C. F. Hartshorne & Son, $2000 on Franklin school, 5 years to April 7, 1908. 46 50
C. F. Hartshorne & Son, $5000 on High school building and contents, 5 years to Mar. 1, '08, 114 00
C. F. Hartshorne & Son, $25,000 bond town treasurer, 1 year to April 29, 1904, 62 50
C. F. Hartshorne & Son, $3000, F. P. Hurd school, 5 years, 45 00
P. H. Southworth, treasurer's bond premium, . 26 40
P. H. Southworth, additional premium Town Treasu- rer T. J. Skinner's bond, March 4, 1903, to March 26, 1903, . 6 67
P. H. Southworth, tax collector's bond premium, 45 00
A. R. Perkins, $3000, F. P. Hurd sehool, 5 years, . 45 00 A. H. Thayer, $3000, F. P. Hurd school, 5 years, 45 00 . Butler Bros., insurance on bath house, 9 00
P. H. Southworth, boiler Lincoln school house, 50 00
C. F. Hartshorne & Son, $1250, Armory, 3 years to Dec. 5, 1906, 31 25
C. F. Hartshorne & Son, $2500, Armory, 3 years to Dec. 13, 1906, 62 50
C. F. Hartshorne & Son, $6000, Hamilton school, 5 years to Dec. 18, 1908, 23 93
(Balance of premium, $73.57, charged to Miscella- neous account. )
$750 00
150
REPLUMBING HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
May 4, 1903, appropriation authorized, . Expended as follows :
. $1,800 00
A. H. Thayer, record book,
$0 25
H. M. Dolbeare, printing,
4 75
Dennis Greany, mason's labor and material,
202 00
David Taggart, plumber's labor and material, . 874 55
Sewer department, sewer connection,
42 15
Union Soapstone Co., labor and material, 45 00
21 75
Mun. Light Plant, piping and labor,
4 07
W. A. Prescott, labor and material,
333 09
$1,527 61
Balance unexpended,
272 39
$1,800 00
HIGH SCHOOL FIRE INSURANCE.
Insurance received,
$57 08
Paid W. A. Prescott for repairs,
57 08
NEW STREET WATERING CART.
Appropriation authorized,
$275 00
Paid D. P. Murphy, 1 watering cart, 275 00
FOREST FIRE WARD EXPENSES.
March 9, 1903. appropriation authorized,
$350 00
July 9, 1903, Town of Lynnfield, labor on fire, 37 50
'Total .
$387 50
Expended as follows :
National Mfg. Co., Pumps. hose and valves,
$60 30
H. M. Dolbeare, printing
6 00
Pay-rolls, labor at forest fires,
320 09
$386 39
Balance unexpended,
1 11
$387 50
.
Otto Johnson, labor and material, .
151
STREET WATERING.
March 9, 1903, appropriation authorized, $800 00 Expended as follows :
Wakefield Water Co., standpipe and fixtures,
$22 35
J. Wallace Grace,
16 82
Cutler Bros., 1 can paint,
3 00
J. F. Sherritt, paint, .
4 00
D. W. Hunt, use of horses,
19 00
Wakefield Water Co., 1,877,400 gals. water at 15c M., 281 61
Fire department, labor men and horses, account, 453 22
$800. 00
COOPER STREET BRIDGE.
Balance available from last year,
$925 67
Expended as follows :
Estate Joseph Ross, account contract,
834 90
B. & M. R. R., grading track,
.
77 87
Total, .
$912 77
Balance unexpended,
12 90
$925 67
GREENWOOD HOSE HOUSE.
Feb. 1, 1903, balance available from last year, $13 50
Received from sale of oid Hose house, 733 25
$746 75
Expended as follows :
J. A. Jones, whitening and tinting,
$10 00
John T. Hill, painting, .
85 00
Mr. Greek, use of horse,
2 00
Morrison Merrill, electrical labor and material,
11 25
J. C. Roberson, as per contract,
585 00
Balance transferred to grading account
53 50
$746 75
152
NEW JUNCTION SCHOOL HOUSE.
Balance available from last year, $80 82 Expended as follows :
Chas. Doyle, balance contract ledge,
$30 00
Feindle & Harrison, hardware and labor, 50 82
$80 82
NAHANT STREET WIDENING.
March 16, 1903. appropriation authorized, Expended as follows :
$65 00
H. L. Cassidy, damages as voted, .
$15 00
Henry E. Harper, damages as voted,
50 00
Total, .
$65 00
SUPPRESSION GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTHS.
March 30, 1903, appropriation authorized, $500 00
Paid Rufus Kendrick (pay rolls), as voted, $500 00
FISH COMMITTEE EXPENSES.
March 9, 1903, appropriation authorized,
$25 00
Paid Samuel Parker, labor on lake and river, $25 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
March 9, 1903, appropriation authorized, . $250 00
Paid Needham C. Hunter, for Post 12, G. A. R., $250 00
NEW FIRE HOSE.
March 30, 1903, appropriation authorized, $600 00 Expended as follows :
The Cornelius Callahan Co., 500 ft. hose,
$260 00
Boston Belting Co., 500 ft. hose,
260 00
.
$520 00
Balance unexpended, . ,
80 00
$600 00
153
SALARIES TOWN OFFICERS.
March 9, appropriation authorized, $5,865 00 May 4, appropriation authorized, increase Fire Engi- neers, 55 00
May 4, appropriation authorized, salary Board of Health, . 100 00
May 4, appropriation authorized, salary Sewer Com- missioners, 300 00
Total, . . $6,320 00
Expended as follows :
Board of selectmen, to Feb. 1, 1904, $500 00
" " overseers, to Feb. 1, 1904, 300 00
" assessors, to Feb. 1, 1904, 900 00
" fire engineers, to Feb. 1, 1904, .
215 00
" light commissioners, to Feb. 1, 1904, 300 00
" sewer commissioners, to Feb. 1, 1904, 250 00
" health, to Feb. 1. 1904,
100 00
" auditors, to Feb. 1, 1903, 215 00
" registrars, to Feb. 1, 1903, 215 00
Clerk of selectmen, to Feb. 1, 1904,
200 00
Town treasurer, to Feb. 1, 1904, 400.00
Town clerk, to Feb. 1, 1904,
200 00
Inspector of milk, to Feb. 1, 1904, .
100. 00
Collector of milk samples, to Feb. 1, 1904,
50 00
Scaler' weights and measures, to Feb. 1, 1904,
100 00
Clerk finance committee, to Feb. 1, 1904,
50 00
Highway surveyor, to March 1, 1904, 900 00
Forest fire wards, to Feb. 1, 1903, .
75 00
Town counsel, to March 1, 1904, .
500 00
Tax collector, balance 1901, $50; on account 1902, $50; on account 1903, $550,
650 00
Tree warden, to Feb. 1, 1904,
100 00
$6,320 00
154
MILITARY AID.
March 9, 1903, appropriation authorized, Expended as follows :
$875 00
William Beattie,
120 00
Augustus G. Baxter,
192 00
C. C. Eldridge,
12 00
Charles L. Harmus,
144 00
F. W. Hayden,
90 00
Jeremiah Whitehead,
40 00
David J. Starbuck,
132 00
Transferred to Soldiers' relief,
145 00
$875 00
STATE AID.
March 9, 1903, appropriation authorized, . . $4,000 00
1
Expended as per state aid rolls. . $3,501 00
Balance unexpended, 499 00
$4,000 00
CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
Feb. 1, 1903, Balance available,
$112 52
March 9, 1903, appropriation authorized,
500 00
Received from sale of lots,
346 62
Received from sale of wood and pasturing,
75 27
$1,034 41
Expended as follows :
Geo. W. Killorin, grading,
373 44
Cutler Bros., seed and dressing,
5 18
J. McGlory, labor,
8 00
J. W. Grace, drain pipe,
7 50
H. M. Dolbeare, printing,
20 00
W. A. Prescott, stakes, .
9 00
A. H. Thayer, account books,
4 00
155
Oliver Walton, pay roll for labor,
$336 88
Austin Mansfield, labcr, .
215 77
$979 77
Balance unexpended,
54 64
$1,034 41
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
March 9, 1903, appropriation authorized,
. $3,500 00
Transferred from military aid,
145 00
Transferred from miscellaneous,
41 64
$3,686 64
Exbended as follows :
John B. Adams,
$72 00
John F. Alexander,
72 00
Mary E. Branch,
48 00
James F. Burchstead,
54 00
Mary L. Carey,
94.25
Edwin Carter,
96 00
Julia A. Colby,
48 .00
Mary Connell,
72 00
Lizzie S. Cutler,
120 00
Angelina Davis,
72 00
Annette Davis,
72 00
Elizabeth M. Douglass,
48 00
Eliza A. Eaton,
96 00
Honora Evans,
140 00
Mary A. Hall,
20 00
Margaret Hamilton,
70 00
Charles L. Harmus,
72 00
Harriet W. Hart, .
24 00
Charles T. Harrington,
66 00
Henry L. Haskell, .
56 00
Hannah Kalaher, .
11× 00
Sarah C. Keough, .
110 00
Matilda L. Kidder, .
118 00
·
156
Margaret Madden, .
$96 00
James Oliver,
120 00
William D. Parker,
48 00
Laura E. Richardson,
142 00
Daniel W. Russell,
40 00
Florence A. B. Ryder,
96 00
Oliver G. Sanborn,
72 00
Elizabeth Shanahan,
118 00
Amelia J. Shepard,
96 00
Ann M. Skinner, ·
54 00
Fannie L. Stoddard,
140 00
A. A. Stubbs,
96 00
William Sweeney,
72 00
Mary J. Taylor,
120 00
Hannah M. Wheeler,
72 00
Jeremiah Whitehead,
44 00
Mrs. John Whitford,
16 00
Elvira S. Willan,
72 00
Mary F. Whitten,
72 00
Vasti Woodis,
94 00
F. F. Wilder, .
16 00
Daniel Doherty,
5 00
Isabel Hilton, board of Haggerty child, 112 50
Town of Natick, board of Haggerty children,
114 89
$3,686 64
157
1
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
March 9, 1903, appropriation authorized,
$1,800 00
Nov. 9, 1903, additional “ 600 00
$2,400 0
Expended as follows :
E. A. Hallett, salary as chief, Feb. 1 to Mar. 27, '03, $140 00
J. M. Cate, Mar. 27, 1903, to Feb. 1, 1904, 760 00
Nettie Hathaway, team hire,
2 00
Caslon Press, printing reports, 3 50
12 50
F. S. Cate, M. D., professional services, . 3 00
Andrew J. Perham, use of hack,
1 00
S. B. Dearborn, stamped envelopes,
2 69
A. H. Thayer,
1 95
C, W. Eaton, printing,
11 66
W. G. Skinner, use of carriage,
1 00
Geo. H. Taylor, supplies,
90
E. K. Bowser, legal services, Mahoney case,
5 00
C. F. Hartshorne, taking ante-mortem statement T. J. Mahoney, 3 00
J. M. Cate, postage, incidentals, etc., 24.11
Morrison & Stoddard, repairs, 1 65
Iver-Johnson Co., revolvers, flash lights, .
36 33
W. G. Skinner, killing and burying dog, .
2 00
S. M. Seabury, use of team, .
1 00
Dana Dudley, repairing lock and keys,
85
J. M. Cate, pay-roll July 4, 17 10
Wm. Read Co., supplies,
1 25
W. W. Bessey & Son, team, .
8 50
Henry DeRoche, services as officer, .
135 55
Geo. H. Potter,
101 60
J. J. Kennedy,
.
138 90
A. H. Gould,
33 90
Edwin McDuffie,
21 25
C. E. Townley,
104 35
H. M. Dolbeare, ·
1 74
Cutler Bros., supplies,
158
Geo. Heustis, services as officer,
$34 70
F. H. Robinson,
130 55
Roy D. Jones,
22 20
E. F. Poland,
7 50
J. A. McFadden,
66
7 80
H. A. Simonds,
66
23 60
William Barry,
88 70
A. A. Magee,
40 30
E. P. McDonnell,
15 50
W. O. Evans,
66
10 60
A. D. Oxley,
2 40
S. T. Parker,
.
Balance unexpended,
429 17
NIGHT WATCH.
March 9, 1903, appropriation authorized, . Expended as follows :
. $1,800 00
E. F. Poland, salary 1 year to Feb. 1, 1904,
$900 00
J. A. McFadden, “
6 900 00
$1,800 00
SCHOOL GENERAL EXPENSES.
Feb. 1, 1903. Balance available from last year,
$2 18
Mar. 9, 1903. Appropriation authorized, . 39,000 00
Received from tuition,
23 38
$39,025 56
Expended as follows :
Salaries as per pay roll, . . $35,410 56
Janitors services, . .
3,305 77
Lillian F. Worth, substituting,
1 50
Mary G. Hickey,
1 00
C. A. Cheney & Co., coal,
160 48
Poor Department, wood, . .
146 25
$39,025 56
8 70
$1,970 83
$2,400 00
159
SCHOOL GENERAL FUEL ACCT.'
Mar. 9, '03, appropriation authorized, . . $4,127 00 Expended as follows :
J. M. Perley, coal and wood, . 85 88
S. H. Hellen, coal, 116 05
C. A. Cheney & Co., coal,
3,788 76
D. W. Hunt, teaming wood and coal,
125 81
Warren Sweetser, sawing wood,
2 50
Alexander Murray,
6 50
Thomas Thrush,
1 50
$4,127 00
SCHOOL GENERAL COAL ACCT., 1902-3.
Mar. 9, '03. Appropriation authorized, . . $2,000 00
Expended as follows :
Thos. Thrush, sawing wood,
11 40
J. H. Ringer, 66
5 40
E. E. Eaton, 66 6 15
Warren Sweetser, “
1 00
Municipal Light Plant, coal,
51 93
Garfield, Proctor Coal Co., coal,
1,671 97
C. A. Cheney & Co., coal,
252 15
$2,000 00
HIGH SCHOOL COMMERCIAL COURSE.
Mar. 9, 1903. Appropriation authorized, . $1,600 00
Received from tuition, 12 01
$1,612 01
Expended as follows :
Teacher salaries as per pay roll, $1,325 00 .
A. H. Thayer & Co., books and files, 13 25
D. Appleton & Co., books, 20 80
Bobbs, Merrill Co.,
1 85
Sinclair Mfg. Co., supplies,
5 25
Parke Schoch, books, .
7 50
Practical Text Book Co .. books,
16 26
American Book Co.,
79 82
160
W. S. Greenough & Co., supplies, . $39 00
E. E. Babb & Co.,
36 62
Smith Premier Typewriter Co., supplies, . Hammond 66
12 75
2 26
Neostyle Co., press,
51 65
TOWN HOUSE EXPENSES.
Feb. 1. 1903. balance available from last year, $142 48
March 9, 1903, appropriation authorized,
3,300 00
Nov. 9, 1903, additional ‘· 300 00
Income for year as voted,
399 65
Total,
. . $4,142 13
Expended as follows :
Rufus F. Draper, janitor, 1 year to Feb. 1, 1904, 650 00
Municipal Light Plant, electric lighting, 604 98
66 gas 416 07
Dana Dudley, keys and labor, .
,
1 60
J. W. Grace, floor brush,
2 75
Geo. H. Taylor, supplies and labor,
48 57
Lucas Bros., repairs on clock,
2 50
The Talbot Co., ¿ gallon tabo,
1.50
J. M. Perley, 2 tons coal,
15 00
H. L. Badger, repairs on chairs,
6 50
Garfield & Proctor, 9.47 tons coal, .
122 64
Braman, Dow & Co. 1 gal. germicide,
3 00
S. H. Hellen, 5 tons coal,
32 50
- D. W. Hunt, teaming, 12 61
John Flanley, furniture, .
18 00
Morrison Merrill, electrical supplies and labor,
22 85
Continental Brush Co., paper,
5 00
W. A. Prescott, repairs,
73 19
Wakefield Water Co., water, 1 year to June 1, 1904,
60 00
Geo. T. Johnson Co., toilet paper and fixtures,
10 00
Middlesex Traders Ice Co., ice, 12 70
Henry F. Miller & Sons, moving piano, · 4 00
Green & Arnold, repairs on office chairs, 50
$1,612 01
161
E. B. Nye, care piano 1 year to Nov. 1, 1903. . $10 00
Sewer Department, sewer connections, 65 70
A. M. Morris, ¿ bbl. polish, . 7 50
E. I. Purrington, repairs to hall,
17 45
J. W. Poland & Co., supplies,
2 60
J. H. McNeil, inspecting boiler,
2 00
Cutler Bros., supplies, .
6 38
R. F. Draper, washing towels, 2 feather dusters,
5 50
C. A. Cheney & Co., 65 tons coal, .
438 10
Wm. O. Evans, services,
28 00
Edward Kendall & Son, retubing boiler,
124 04
Goldena Mfg. Co., 100 Goldena,
6 00
Union Soapstone Co., material for new toilet room, as per contract, 40 20
J. B. Wiley, labor,
9 30
David Taggart, plumbing as per contract,
750 00
W. N. Gray, repairing roof and valleys, . 13 00 Fairbanks & Mckenzie, labor and material, 22 00
Hugh Morgan, mason work, .
93 50
Feindel & Harrison, 15 windows,
19 00
J. A. McManuis, cloth and papering screen,
11 00
Morss & Whyte, 3 wire guards,
10 00
Mun. Light Plant, 12 lamps, .
4 80
Wm. O. Evans, janitor services,
10 00
E. I. Purrington, repairing,
15 65
$3,840 18
Balance unexpended,
301 95
$4,142 13
This balance is available for next year on account of contracts pending.
GRADING GREENWOOD HOSE HOUSE.
Nov. 9, 1903, appropriation authorized, . $71 75
Transferred from Hose house account, 53 50
$125 25
2 00
162
Paid Sewer Department, pipe,
$4 40
Balance unexpended,
120 85
$125 25
This balance is available for next year on account of contracts . . pending.
POOR DEPARTMENT.
March 9, 1903, appropriation authorized, . $6,000 00
Nov. 9, 1903,
· 5,200 00
Income for year as voted,
. 2,640 40
$13,840 40
Expended as per report Poor Department,
$12,503 60
Balance unexpended, . ·
1,336 80
$13,840 40
RICHARDSON LIGHT GUARD, CO. A.
Feb. 1, 1903, balance available from last year, $93 69
March 9, 1903, appropriation authorized, ·
600 00
$693 69
Expended as follows :
Morrison Merrill, electrical repairs, . $3 70
Municipal Light Plant, electric lighting,
110 86
66 gas 14 25
Feindel & Harrison, building partition, repairs, . 14 28
48 00
Wakefield Water Co., water rates, Dec. 1, 1902, to June 1, 1904, 76 50
S. M. Seabury, painting, 47 75
Jas. A. Bancroft, surveys, rifle range,
3 00
Garfield & Proctor Co., coal, 1.84 tons, .
23 83
T E Cox, rifle range, 50 00
D. W. Hunt, teaming coal,
74
Cutler Bros., iron shovel,
50
J. Wallace Grace, repairs, 64 33
J. H. McNeil, boiler inspector, 2 00
C. A. Cheney & Co., 10 tons coal, .
.
67 40
163
Jas. H. Keough, care boiler 1 year, Poor Department, 2 cords wood,
$100 00
15 00
$642 14
Balance unexpended, . 51 55
$693 69
This balance is available for next year on account of contracts pending.
SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
March 9, 1903, appropriation authorized, $2,600 00
Received from tuition, 409 52
$3,009 52
Expended as follows :
· American Book Co., text books, $119 44
Ginn & Co., text books, 655 59
C. C. Brichard & Co., music, . 6 95
Chandler & Barbour, sloyd tools,
23 88
Thompson, Brown & Co., text books,.
28 00
Oliver Ditson & Co., music, .
8 00
J. W. Poland & Co., sewing supplies,
37 36
Prang Educational Co., text books,
60
Carter, Rice & Co., paper, 10 38
Sinclair Mfg. Co., note books,
3 50
Rand, McNally & Co., text books, . Silver, Burdette & Co., "
228 08
D. C. Heath & Co.,
74 93
E. E. Babb & Co., 66 and supplies, 699 55
J. L. Hammett & Co., supplies, ·
71 21
Houghton. Mifflin & Co., text books,
51 51
W. S. Greenough & Co., stationery and supplies, 46 10
Suffolk Ink Co., ink, 12 50
Geo. A. Winchester, paper,
3 13
The Hammond Typewriter Co., supplies, .
49
Geo. F. King & Co., supplies,
116 21
Educational Pub. Co.,
23 81
The Globe-Wernicke Co., " .
·
1 50
.
49 21
164
Eagle Pencil Co., pencils,
$62 25
F. J. Barnard & Co., text books,
286 14
Neostyle Co., supplies, . .
3 90
Maynard, Merrill & Co., text books, 8 79
Atkinson & Mentzer,
66
27 00
Henry Holt & Co.,
2 36
B. J. Sanborn & Co.,
50
Cupples & Schoenhof,
2 20
Allyn & Bacon,
66
18 88
The Morse Co.,
20 30
Palmer Parkwood & Co., supplies,
41 55
F. S. Blanchard & Co., text books, .
3 00
J. L. McIntosh, supplies,
5 00
Avery Van Wie, charts, .
10 40
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., supplies,
133 65
Chas. Downer,
1 23
Milton Bradley Co.,
66
1 40
J. S. Bonney,
.
21 50
Balance unexpended,
87 54
$3,009 52
SCHOOL CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
March 9, 1903. appropriation authorized,
. $3,000 00
Refund for error on water bill,
25 00
Refund from D. W. Hunt,
4 71
Received from tuition,
1,333 28
$4,362 99
Expended as follows :
J. H. Ringer, lock and repairs,
$4 50
E. E. Lee, oil, soap, etc.,
6 10
American Ex. Co., expressing, John Flanley, rent,
28 65
180 00
H. M. Dolbeare, printing,
75 50
Morrison, Stoddard & Co., picture framing,
2 10
Morrison Merrill, labor and material (electrical),
26 10
1
$2,921 98
.
-.
1
165
C. W. Eaton, printing, . ·
$62 75
Feindel & Harrison, carpenter work,
155 14
Geo. M. Kelley, iron work, 7 65
Fuller & Warren Co., grate bars, 27 22
Geo. E. Phillips, plumbing repairs, . 40 38
T. E. Giles, furnace poker, 1 00
D. Greaney, plastering, . 294 50
43 50
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., furniture, Cutler Bros., supplies, 120 72
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