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Balance unexpended 48
$900 00
DRAINAGE PITMAN AVENUE.
April 9, 1907, appropriation authorized $400 00
Expended as per report Superintendent Streets $400 00
DRAINAGE OAK STREET.
April 9, 1907, appropriation authorized $150 00
Expended as per report Superintendent Streets $147 15
Balance unexpended 2 85
$150 00
DRAINAGE RICHARDSON AVENUE.
Nov. 11, 1907, appropriation authorized $700 00
Expended as per report Superintendent Streets $698 71
Balance unexpended I 29
$700 00
SIDEWALK ALBION STREET.
Nov. II, 1907, appropriation authorized .
$700 00
Expended as per report Superintendent Streets $550 97
Balance unexpended 149 03
$700 00
158
FRANCIS AVENUE DRAIN.
Nov. 18, 1907, appropriation authorized .
$525 00
Expended as per report Superintendent Streets Balance unexpended 477 04
$47 96
$525 00
WATER DEPARTMENT.
MAINTENANCE.
March 25, 1907, appropriation authorized . $13,600 00
Maintenance credits, house connections, etc.
. 1,322 25
$14,922 25
Expended as per commissioners' report
. $14,905 79
Balance unexpended
16 46
$14,922 25
CONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION.
March 25, 1907, appropriation authorized . $5,000 00
Expended as per commissioners' report $7,083 39
*Less overdraft
·
2,083 39
$5,000 00
CLEANING CRYSTAL LAKE.
April 16, 1907, appropriation authorized .
. $1,500 00
Expended as per commissioners' report ·
$1,490 50
Balance unexpended .
9 50
$1,500 00
HACKETT ESTATE.
March 25, 1907, appropriation authorized . $1,200 00
Expended as per commissioners' report . $1,233 00
Less overdraft 33 00
$1,200 00
* This overdraft was in accordance with vote of town at fall meeting.
1
159
WATER METERS.
April 16, 1907, appropriation authorized
. $1,000 00
Expended as per commissioners' report Balance unexpended
.
$888 04
III 96
$1,000 00
HYDRANT RENTAL.
March 25, 1907, appropriation authorized . $4,700 00
Paid Water department, rates to June 1, 1908 · 4,700 00
SEWER DEPARTMENT.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
April 2, 1907, appropriation authorized
$750 00
Credits as per commissioners' report
26 62
$776 62
Expended as per commissioners' report
$775 98
Balance unexpended . .
64
$776 62
CONSTRUCTION.
April 23, 1907, appropriation authorized
$239 50
Appropriation authorized
300 00
$539 50
Expended :
A. G. Walton, as per award .
$239 50
Cushing & Pevear, as per award .
300 00
$539 50
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
March 18, 1907, appropriation authorized $7,400 00
Nov. 11, 1907, appropriation authorized 300 00
Receipts as per Engineers' report
· 2,425 29
$10,125 29
160
Expended as per Engineers' report
$10,105 31
Balance unexpended . 19 98
$10,125 29
FOREST FIRE WARDS.
March II, 1907, appropriation authorized
$250 00
Expended :
Pay roll, labor at fires .
$208 34
H. E. Wright, 24 cans .
20 00
Geo. H. Taylor, supplies
18 68
$247 02
Balance unexpended .
2 98
$250 00
NEW STEAMER.
March 25, 1907, appropriation authorized . $5,350 00
Expended as follows :
W. E. Cade, expenses .
$27 65
International Power Co., one special 3rd size
Amoskeag engine
5,157 00
$5,184 65
Balance unexpended .
165 35
$5,350 00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
GENERAL. 1
March 11, 1907, appropriations authorized . $45,000 00
March 18, 1907, appropriations authorized 312 50
Received from tuition 81 95
$45,394 45
Expended as per report School Committee
$45,394 45
161
SCHOOL FUEL ACCOUNT.
March 11, 1907, appropriation authorized . $4,300 00
Expended as per report School Committee $4,376 08 ·
Less overdraft 76 08 .
$4,300 00
SCHOOL CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
March II, 1907, appropriation authorized . $2,500 00
Received from tuition 1,658 5I
$4,158 51
Expended as per report School Committee .
. $4,158 51
SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
March II, 1907, appropriation authorized . $2,800 00
Received from sale of books . 30 00 .
Received from tuition .
867 28
$3,697 28
· Expended as per report School Committee
.
. $3,697 28
EVENING SCHOOL.
Feb. 1, 1907, balance unexpended $237 66
March 1, 1907, appropriation authorized 950 00
Received from tuition 29 00
$1,216 66
Expended as per report School Committee . $948 25
Balance unexpended 268 41
$1,216 66
INCOME ACCOUNT.
Feb. 1, 1907, balance available
$470 00
Received from tuition
2,138 50
$2,608 50
162
Expended : On general account
$81 95
On contingent expenses
.
1,658 51
On text books and supplies .
.
867 28
$2,607 74
Balance unexpended
76
$2,608 50
PAINTING HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
April 16, 1907, appropriation authorized ·
$500 00
Expended as per report School Committee . $500 00
POOR DEPARTMENT.
March 11, 1907, appropriation authorized . $5,000 00
Nov. 11, 1907, appropriation authorized 1,500 00 .
Income for year as voted
2,957 41
$9,457 41
Expended as per report Poor Department
$10,489 87
Less overdraft
1,032 46
$9,457 41
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
February 1, 1907, balance unexpended $50 00
March 11, 1907, appropriation authorized 5,000 00
Services
Board of Health 300 00
November 18, 1907, appropriation authorized
1,800 00
Refund witness fees 2 50
Refund from State, Soldiers' burial 35 00
$7,187 50
·
163
Expended as follows :
PRINTING, ADVERTISING AND STATIONERY.
H. M. Meek Publishing Company, directories $5 00
S. B. Dearborn, stamps and envelopes 67 04
H. M. Dolbeare
509 86
C. W. Eaton
125 II
W. S. Greenough & Co.
64 95
A. H. Thayer & Co. 9 28
A. W. Brownell, 2,200 town reports 442 53
A. W. Brownell 100 39
B. I. Walton, stenography work . I 50
Lucas Bros., supplies
3 20
J. F. Parker & Co., pencils .
4 00
Nat'l Mfg. Co., moisteners
00
Library Bureau, assessors
100 00
$1,434 86
BOARD OF HEALTH EXPENSES.
G. S. Tukey, inspector of plumbing, to Feb. I, '08 $480 00
J. M. Cate, services health officer 73 10
G. E. Howard, services March, '06, to Feb., '07 . 61 25
A. D. Jenkins, services 165 65
H. M. Dolbeare, printing
9 75
J. C. Willey, repairing desk
50
J. W. Grace, supplies .
3 35
E. E. Tyzzer, professional services
5 00
J. C. Oxley, formaldehyde
86 00
A. H. Thayer & Co., record book
75
P. Dugan, labor
4 50
Cutler Bros., supplies
50
W. S. Greenough & Co., supplies
I 75
J. O. Jordan, analysis of water 10 00
J. M. Cate, pay roll, cleaning Saugus river . Bonney & Dutton, supplies I 95
136 06
City of Melrose, board of case at isolation hos- pital, Jan. 4, 1907, to Feb. 7, 1907 75 00
J. McGlory, labor on drains .
2 00
164
P. W. Goodhue, burying cat
$0 50
W. Cosman, burying dog I 00
J. Regan, burying dog .
I 00
J. R. Reid, burying two dogs
2 00
E. P. Scammon, serving notice I 50
D. W. Hunt, teaming . I 07
H. G. Brockbank, serving notices
12 00
$1,136 18
Unpaid bills :
A. D. Jenkins, services June 1, '07, to Jan. 22,'08, $93 00
J. M. Cate, services Dec. and Jan. . 14 52
$107 52
TOWN CLERK RETURNS.
C. F. Hartshorne, returns of births, deaths and marriages
$182 90
Oliver Walton, 64 deaths, 1906 16 00
J. W. Heath, M. D., 65 births, 1906 Richard Dutton, 37 births, 1907 .
16 25
9 25
O. H. Fessenden, 32 deaths, 1907
8 00
J. W. Heath, M. D., 59 births, 1907
14 75
F. T. Woodbury, M. D., 36 births, 1907
9 00
$256 15
ELECTION EXPENSES.
Pay roll, spring election $152 00 .
Pay roll, fall election 158 00
C. H. Curtis, election meals
18 65
J. A. Flockton, election meals
80 00
J. Fred Parker, preparing tally sheets
6 00
Geo. F. Leach, labor on booths
9 00
$423 65
165
LEGAL EXPENSES.
C. W. Eaton, examining titles and real estate transfers $101 50
E. K. Bowser, examining titles and real estate transfers 104 50
Isaac I. Doane, official stenographer
18 20
C. Barry, damages
610 00
Witness fees, Barry case 17'50
M. E. S. Clemons, Barry case, incidental ex. 3 62
M. E. S. Clemons, witness fees, Doyle case 7 95
C. Cloudman, witness fees, Brown case 6 50
H. G. Brockbank, summons fees, Doyle case 2 50
Cutler Bros., water damages . 68 50
M. Gaffey, water damages 90 33
W. R. Chester, tax refund, assessed twice
.
87 21
Settlement Dorey case . 150 00
G. A. & N. P. Brown, prof. services Brown case 20 00
H. G. Brockbank, witness fees (refunded) 2 50
$1,290 81
MISCELLANEOUS EXTRAORDINARY.
Mrs. N. Hathaway, team hire $34 00
C. W. Cheever, distributing town reports, Prec. 2 2 00
J. A. McFadden, meals for prisoners . 26 10
H. A. Simonds, milk collector samples 2 52
H. A. Simonds, posting dog licenses, assessors' notices . 4 00
C. F. Hartshorne & Son, Tax Collector's Bond II2 50 66 Treasurer's Bond 62 50
66 Franklin school $2,000
to April 18, 1910 . 30 51
H. T. Mitchell, suppers registrars rI 30
F. S. Hartshorne, distributing town reports 15 00 American Express Co. 2 93
Dr. Palmer Corbett, teaming 1 00
Dr. Palmer Corbett, salary inspector of animals 125 00
J. Ryan, stamps, sealer weights and measures 5 30
166
A. B. Comins, expressing $8 80
W. W. Bessey & Son, team hire . 6 50
N. C. Hunter, soldiers' burial (two) 72 00
T. G. O'Connell, moderator 25 00
A. H. Thayer & Co., insurance Town Hall, $15,500 64 66
H. A. Simonds, truant officer 100 00
Water Dept., water rates on horse troughs to June 1, 1908 . 350.00
Allen Doane & Co., rubber stamp I 00
A. A. Mansfield, weighing 903 tons coal 45 15
E. C. Swain, photos 4 00
G. H. Taylor, repair and care of fountains 7 95
H. A. Feindel & Co., repair on bath house . 2 97
H. O. Peckham, letter index cards assessors
I 25
J. W. Grace, fountain supplies
I 52
E. I. Purrington, labor on fountains
2 50
B. Pendergrass, work on tax bills" 13 50 Walter L. Jones, delivering tax bills 2 IO
H. A. Simonds, delivering tax bills 9 00
W. H. Mason, delivering tax bills 6 25
B. L. Walton, work on tax bills 3 75
C. F. Hartshorne & Son, insurance on spraying machine 3 50
F. S. Hartshorne, copy of valuation book to State 50 00
C. E. Montague, incidental 'expenses committee on school accommodations 14 39
H. G. Brockbank, serving warrant Oct., 1906, Sept., 1907 ·
14 80
A. W. Flint, sundry expenditures for 1907 . 2 05
Malden Specialty Co., supplies sealer weights and measures I 50
Middlesex Co. Truant School, board of inmate 48 weeks 48 00
City of Melrose, list of share holders L. S. Mining Co. stock for assessors 18 75
W. W. Bessey, team hire 8 50
167
J. R. Reid, care fountain
$8 00
W. A. Prescott, life-saving outfit
2 24
J. W. Grace, life-saving outfit
5 32
J. A. Bancroft, plans for assessors
9 75
$1,349 36
RECAPITULATION.
Board of Health expenses
$1,136 18
Town Clerk returns
256 15
Election expenses
423 65
Legal expenses
1,290 81
Extraordinary
1,349 36
Printing, advertising and stationery
1,434 86
Transfer to Moth Department
800 00
Transfer to Military Aid
120 00
$6,811 OI
Balance unexpended
376 49
$7,187 50
FURNISHINGS "TOWN HALL VAULT."
April 23, 1907, appropriation authorized
$150 00
Art Metal Construction Co.
$145 00
Balance unexpended
5 00
$150 00
TOWN HALL EXPENSES.
Feb. 1, 1907, balance unexpended
$200 00
Appropriation authorized
1,800 00
Income for year as voted
738 00
Received for telephone tolls
35
$2,738 35
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168
Expended :
Rufus F. Draper, janitor to Feb. 1, 1907 $750 00
Mun. Light Plant, gas lighting 316 16
electric lighting 794 25 66 supplies 5 65
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., tolls
12 33
N. E. Towel Supply Co., washing towels
4 50
W. A. Prescott, repairs
22 54
G. H. Taylor, repairs .
45 92
Talbot Chem. Co., tabo I 60
Dustbane Mfg. Co., supplies
7 00
D. Dudley, labor and supplies
8 15
D. Taggart, labor and supplies
35 83
J. McGlory, chopping wood
2 00
Milwaukee Brush Co., floor brushes
6 00
H. I. Dallman & Co., supplies
3 50
Hugh Morgan, repairs I 75
H. L. Badger, repairs
2 65
E. B. Nye, tuning piano Nov. 1, 1906, to Nov. I, 1907 10 00
J. W. Grace, labor and supplies 4 70
Goldena Mfg. Co. 3 00
Water Department, rates to June 1, 1908
60 00
J. Flanley, supplies 2 50
C. W. Sunman, roofing repairs 76 74
T. Hickey, 70 tons coal 437 50
A. H. Thayer & Co. 2 05
Wetherbee & Whitney, frictional machine 14 00
Morrison Stoddard & Co. I 91
E. I. Purrington, labor and supplies 7 85
Geo. A. Luck, inspection boiler 5 00
Lucas Bros. I 00
Geo. E. Howard, substitute janitor vacation 30 00
J. B. Wiley, mason work 5 00
Alkali Chem. Co. I 00
Orient Mfg. Co.
4 00
Am. Ex. Co. 50
Geo. T. Johnson & Co., toilet paper
6 50
169
H. M. Dolbeare, printing $1 50
Nat. Tripoli Co., one-half bbl. sapolio 7 50
W. H. Frawley, teaming ashes 12 25
Middlesex Traders' Ice Co., Jan. I, to Nov. 1, 1907
12 14
J. W. Poland, supplies Cutler Bros., supplies .
3 29
7 80
$2,737 56
Balance unexpended
79
$2,738 35
Unpaid bills :
D. W. Hunt, teaming ashes
$10 30
H. A. Pinkham, dustbane
2 00
Telephone tolls
I 25
$13 55
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
March II, 1907, appropriation authorized
$2,450 00
Nov. II, 1907, appropriation authorized
. 200 00
Nov. II, 1907, transfer from night watch (Vacation substitutes paid out of police. )
69 04
$2,719 04
Expended as follows :
H. G. Brockbank, chief, to Feb. 1, 1908
$900 00
J. A. McFadden, day officer 900 00
Mrs. N. Hathaway, team hire
26 00
G. H. Taylor, supplies I 85
Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., supplies 15 65
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone for chief
22 35
H. G. Brockbank, incidentals for year
46 41
C. L. Sopher, M. D., professional services
5 00
J. W. Grace, supplies
7 20
G. A. Anderson, burying dogs
2 00
H. G. Brockbank, July 4th pay-roll
117 15
I. B. Winter, dragging pond
2 00
170
E. Bowditch, dragging pond
$2 00
Lucas Bros., supplies
15 00
Cutler Bros., supplies
4 72
M. C. Foster, supplies
2 00
P. Corbett, teaming ballot box
1 00
F. J. Black, services
IOI 15
E. P. McDonnell, services
30 85
E. Nelson,
6 75
E. McDuffie, 66
21 30
Geo. H. Potter,
47 10
E. F. Poland, 66
9 55
H. A. Simonds,
I 50
A. H. Gould,
54 50
Henry, DeRoche, 16
171 65
J. L. Preston,
106 50
Wm. Shaw,
42 20
C. Latimer, team hire
I 25
A. H. Thayer, supplies
4 10
J. Flanley, linoleum
14 50
W. W. Bessey, team hire
12 50
E. Embree, services
I 20
H. Taylor, services
I 20
L. J. Tainter, services
4 50
$2,702 63
Balance unexpended
16 41
$2,719 04
NIGHT WATCH.
March 11, 1907, appropriation authorized . $1,869 04
Expended as follows :
E. F. Poland, salary, to Jan. 31, 1908 . A $900 00
L. S. Tainter, salary, to Jan, 31, 1908 : 900 00
Transfer to police, appropriation for vacation sub- stitutes . 69 04
$1,869 04
171
"CO A," RICHARDSON LIGHT GUARD.
Feb. 1, 1907, balance unexpended $27 94
Appropriation authorized 600 00
Appropriation authorized sewer connection . 150 00
$777 94
Expended as follows :
Sewer connection :
J. W. Grace, supplies
$117 0I
Sewer Dept.
28 OI
D. Taggart, labor
25 00
H. A. Feindel & Co.
3 38
$173 40
Mun. Light Plant, gas and elec. lighting and lamps $1I2 74
Water Dept., rates to June 1, 1908 60 00
J. H. Keough, care boiler Jan. I to July 1, 1907 50 00
Bay State Military Rifle Asso., use of range, 1906
123 80
J. W. Grace, labor and supplies . 47 07
H. A. Feindel & Co., labor and supplies 69 60
J. Flanley, shades 4 00
T. Hickey, 16 tons coal
100 00
J. Toomey, wood . 8 00
J. F. Sherritt, painting
12 34
D. Taggart, repairs
3 20
P. Curran, labor .
5 00
W. A. Prescott, repairs
I 75
Cutler Bros. .
35
Geo. H. Taylor
55
Geo. A. Luck, inspecting boiler
2 50
$774 30
Balance unexpended .
3 64
$774 94
Unpaid bills :
Mass. Rifle Asso., use of range
$104 25
Bay State Military Rifle Asso.
78 25
172
H. A Feindel & Co., repairs and supplies
$33 71
J. Flanley, supplies
2 50
Cutler Bros., supplies .
7 60
J. H. Keough, 6 months' janitor
50 00
Municipal Light Plant .
33 98
Wm. E. Gilson, electric work
4 23
$314 52
SUPPRESSION OF GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTHS.
Balance unexpended
$210 56
1906 tax bills
639 93
1906 reimbursement by State . 1,295 42
$2,135 91
Transferred from miscellaneous account
800 00
Appropriation spring meeting
825 00
Appropriation fall meeting
3,000 00
1907 tax bills
1,129 65
Cash receipts for private work
406 90
Bill refunded
4 03
1907 reimbursment by State
2,268 99
$10,570 48
Expended as follows :
W. W. Whittredge, pay rolls . $7,016 65
Geo. H. Taylor, supplies
30 14
O. & W. Thum Co., tanglefoot
107 58
National Coal Tar Co., creosote 81 55
A. B. Comins, express 9 03
W. W. Whittredge, superintendent 191} days 574 50
J. W. Grace, supplies .
2 78
Frost Insecticide Co., burning outfit
14 30
Dock Square Hardware Co., supplies .
2 40
Stoddard, Haserick, Richards & Co., burlap and twine
67 85
7 30
T. E. Giles, labor and material . . G. O. Maxim, oil . I 43 .
173
Merrimac Chemical Co., arsenate lead
$256 00
W. M. Farwell, hose and appliances
183 00
M. F. Gould, damages . ,
28 00
Olds Gas Power Co., supplies 8 15
E. I. Purrington, repairs and supplies IO 35
F. E. Coyle, supplies 45 92
A. W. Chesterton & Co., brushes
14 85
Cutler Bros., supplies
3 08
Killorin Contracting Co., horse hire
61 00
H. M. Dolbeare, printing
3 75
E. I. Purrington, extra material and labor on sprayer . 85 00
W. F. Chisholm, ladders
6 90
J. W. Henry, teaming .
I 50
M. A. Pope, clerical services
19 88
W. W. Whittredge, sundry expenses Dec. 28, 1906, to Jan. 30, 1907 49 83
S. T. Parker, locating property 5 00
J. D. Alden, labor and material
2 62
$8,700 34
Balance unexpended .
1,870 14
$10,570 48
MILITARY AID.
March 11, 1907, appropriation authorized $300 00
Transferred from Miscellaneous acct. per vote of selectmen
120 00
$420 00
Expended as follows :
Augustus G. Baxter
$144 00
William Beattie
120 00
Thomas B. Reed
120 00
Albert J. Mayer
36 00
$420 00
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SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
March II, 1907, appropriation authorized
$4,000 00 .
Amount refunded 8 00
$4,008 00
Expended :
Mrs. John W. Adams
$88 00
John F. Alexander 72 00
This amount has been refunded
8 00
James F. Burchstead
96 00
Mary V. Brown
24 00
Georgianna H. Bumpus
120 00
Mary L. Carey
96 00
Edwin Carter
96 00
Julia A. Colby
48 00
Mary Connell
72 00
Lizzie S. Cutter
120 00
Angelina Davis
72 00
Martha Davis
72 00
Elizabeth M. Douglas
56 00
Eliza A. Eaton
96 00
Honora Evans
96 00
Benj. F. Gibbs
72 00
Margaret Hamilton
48 00
Elizabeth Haughlin
120 00
Laura J. Harmus
72 00
Harriet W. Hart
92 00
Dolly Hawkes
90 00
Frank W. Hayden
72 00
James Hennessey
37 00
Hannah Kalaher
96 00
Matilda L. Kidder
96 00
Susan E. Leathers
96 00
Margaret Madden
48 00
Francis M. Ellis
30 00
William O. Evans
72 00
175
Margaret Marble
$96 00
Elmira Oliver
72 00
Laura E. Richardson
120 00
Florence A. B. Ryder
96 00
O. G. Sanborn
72 00
Elizabeth Shanahan
100 00
Amelia J. Shepard
96 00
Ann M. Skinner
72 00
Fannie L. Stoddard
96 00
Lucy M. Stubbs
120 00
Wm. Sweeney
72 00
Mary J. Taylor
140 00
Hannah M. Wheeler
72 00
Jacob Whitney
56 00
Mary F. Whitten
72 00
F. F. Wilder
10 00
Elvira S. Willan
84 00
Vasti Woodis
72 00
Isabel Kilton, board of Haggerty child
117 00
Ann M. Whitford
40 00
$3,948 00
Balance unexpended
60 00
$4,008 00
STATE AID.
March 11, 1907, appropriation authorized
. $4,000 00
Expended as per State Aid rolls
$3,853 00
Balance unexpended
147 00
$4,000 00
176
SALARIES TOWN OFFICIALS.
March 11, 1907, appropriation authorized
$5,830 00
March 25, 1907,
66
300 00
April 2, 1907,
300 00
April 16, 1907,
450 00
$6,880 00
Expended as follows :
Board of Selectmen, to Feb. 1, 1908 $441 67
66 " Overseers, to Feb. 1, 1908 300 00
" Assessors, to Feb. 1, 1908 900 00
" Fire Engineers, to Feb. 1, 1908 450 00
" Light Commissioners, to Feb. 1, 1908 300 00
" Sewer Commissioners, to Feb. 1, 1908 300 00
" Health, to Feb. 1, 1908 . 100 00
" Auditors, to Feb. 1, 1907
215 00
" Registrars, to Feb. 1, 1907
215 00
Clerk of Selectmen, to Feb. 1, 1908
200 00
Town Treasurer, to Feb. 1, 1908 .
400 00
Town Clerk, to Feb. 1, 1908
200 00
Inspector of Milk, to Feb. 1, 1908
150 00
Collector of Milk Samples, to Feb. 1, 1908 . 50 00
Sealer, Weights and Measures, to Feb. 1, 1908
100 00
Clerk Finance Committee, to Feb. 1, 1908 50 00
Highway Surveyor, to March 1, 1908 . 900 00
Forest Fire Wards, to Feb. 1, 1907
75 00
Town Counsel, to March 1, 1908 .
500 00
Tax Collector, balance 1905, $50 ; on account 1906, $50; an account 1907, $550 . 650 00
Board of Water Commissioners, to Feb. 1, 1908 300 00
Tree Warden 25 00
$6,821 67
Balance unexpended
58 33
$6,880 00
177
TREE WARDEN EXPENSES.
March II, 1907, appropriation authorized
$75 00
Nov. II, 1907, appropriation authorized 25 00
Receipts
18 00
$118 00
Expended :
J. Laybolt, filing saw
$0 25
G. H. Taylor, supplies
I 62
Labor, pay rolls
104 18
E. P. Felt, book
4 00
J. Laybolt, supplies
2 35
$1I2 40
.
Balance unexpended .
5 60
$118 00
CEMETERY COMMITTEE EXPENSES.
February 1, 1907, balance unexpended
$466 23
Income for year, as per vote of town 244 00
$710 23
Expended as per report Cemetery Commissioners, $645 65 * Balance unexpended $64 58
$710 23
COMMON AND PARK.
March 11, 1907, appropriation authorized
$700 00
March 11, 1907, 66 new seats, 66 100 00
Nov. 11, 1907,
66
50 00
Nov. 11, 1907,
monument
repairs
100 00
Interest received from Nancy White bequest
40 00
Received from sale stone wall and wood 85 00
$1,075 00
* A. M. Tuttle & Co., balance due on bill, $75.00.
178
Expended as follows :
Combination Ladder Co., 25 settees $121 88
A. B. Comins, expressing IO 52
P. J. Dunn & Co., fence castings
35 00
A. A. Butler, stone 8 00
Hammond Boynton Paint & Chem. Co. II 45
Labor, ball ground, Hart's Hill Reservation 46 25
C. Bowering, labor 3 09
E. L. Rowe & Son, repair flag
2 60
A. M. Tuttle & Co., two beds shrubs 20 00
H. M. Dolbeare, printing 17 00
J. W. Grace, supplies . 7 02
Mun. Light Plant, light and supplies . 20 05
R. & J. Farquhar & Co., bulbs and plants 31 46
W. A. Prescott, repairs 1906 44 41 85
W. A. Prescott, repairs
Killorin Con. Co., labor
13 00
J. F. Sheritt, paint
6 00
Water Dept.
55 34
J. Minikin, repair work
16 85
E. S. Hinckley, incidentals
3 00
W. Kendall, lettering sign
2 00
W. H. Murray, services
454 30
J. Lahey, leading Soldiers' Monument
21 38
Balance unexpended
I23 55
$1,075 00
RAILROAD STREET LAND DAMAGE.
Feb. 1, 1907, balance available . $315 00
Paid Morrill-Atwood Ice Co., as per award . 150 00
Balance
165 00
$132 40
$951 45
$315 00
179
MAIN STREET WIDENING DAMAGES.
Received from B. & N. St. R.R. . . $1, 104 62
Expended :
Overdraft (due from county ) brought forward $894 20
E. Eaton, as per award 325 00
W. G. Eaton, administrator as per award 663 80
Flora A. Bowdlear, as per award .
80 00
$1,963 00
Less overdraft
858 38
$1,104 62
*County owes town $1, 871.39.
WATER STREET DAMAGES.
Feb. 1, 1907, balance unexpended
$620 00
Paid :
Heirs Cyrus Wakefield, as per award . $245 00
Hannah O'Neil, as per award 10 00
A. L. Wiley, administrator, as per award 100 00
Byron S. Hone, as per award
150 00
J. H. Stark, trustee, as per award
75 00
$580 00
Balance unexpended .
40 00
$620 00
BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY.
Feb. 1, 1907, balance unexpended
$4 60
March 11, 1907, appropriation authorized
500 00
Dog tax, 1906
947 90
Income as per Treasurer's report
343 29
$1,795 79
Expended as per Treasurer's report
$1,794 04
Balance unexpended : I 75
$1,795 79
180
PUBLIC READING ROOM.
March II, 1907, appropriation authorized $250 00
Expended as per Treasurer's report $250 00
INTEREST.
Feb. I, 1907, balance unexpended $124 31
March 11, 1907, appropriation authorized 7,568 50
Voted from Water depart. receipts 8,920 00 .
Light plant receipts 6,070 50
Sewer assessments
9,590 00 -
Interest on deposits
142 63
$32,415 94
Expended as per Treasurer's report .
. $34,523 68
Less overdraft
.
2,107 74
$32,415 94
HEATING GREENWOOD HOSE HOUSE.
April 9, 1907, appropriation authorized $325 00
Nov. 18, 1907, appropriation authorized 46 00
$371 00
Paid G. H. Taylor, as per contract
$369 50
H. M. Dolbeare, printing
I 50
$371 00
GREENWOOD BRANCH TOWN LIBRARY.
April 16, 1907, appropriation authorized Expended :
$500 00
W. A. Prescott, as per contract
$451 00
W. B. Badger & Co., table . .
13 50
J. Flanley, window shades
8 25
Municipal Light Plant, fixtures
6 30
D. C. Greany, concreting
15 50
$494 55
Balance unexpended .
5 45
$500 00
181
PLUMBING LINCOLN SCHOOL.
April 16, 1907, appropriation authorized $3,000 00
Expended as follows :
H. M. Dolbeare, advertising bids $1 50
Sewer Dept. .
68 00
Water Dept. 42 50
J. J. Hogan, plumbing as per contract 1,020 39
Chas. Doyle, as per contract 297 00
E. W. Tomlinson, as per contract 24 00
Smith & Anthony Co., material 820 25
Union Soapstone Co. .
242 85
W. E. Wanamaker, as per contract
474 10
$2,990 59
Balance unexpended
9 4I
$3,000 00
FISH COMMITTEE EXPENSES.
March 1I, 1907, appropriation authorized ·
$25 00
Paid Samuel Parker, labor on lakes and rivers $25 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
April 2, 1907, appropriation authorized ·
$300 00
Paid N. C. Hunter, for committee $300 00 ·
INDEPENDENCE DAY.
April 16, 1907, appropriation authorized $500 00
Paid F. W. Harnden, for committee $50 00
Paid M. Low, for committee 450 00
$500 00
MARKERS FOR REVOLUTIONARY GRAVES. Feb. 1, 1907, balance available $42 25
BELL AT BOYNTONVILLE.
Feb. 1, 1907, balance available $350 00
182
MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT. GENERAL ACCOUNT.
April 2, 1907, appropriation authorized . $4,487 40
Nov. 11, 1907, appropriation authorized Income for year as voted
10,000 00
· 50,484 90
Refunded error in payments .
I6
$64,972 46
Expended for maintenance as per report Light
Board
$52,492 05
Notes and bonds .
8,550 00
Interest payments .
. 6,210 50
$67,252 55
Less overdraft
2,280 09
$64,972 46
NEW STREET LIGHTS.
Feb. 1, 1907, balance unexpended
$63 55
Expended as per report Light Board
$43 70
Transferred to Depreciation Account 19 85
$63 55
DEPRECIATION ACCOUNT.
Feb. 1, 1907, balance unexpended
$3,396 67
April 2, 1907, appropriation authorized
· 7,410 00
Merchandise credits 419 58
Balance transferred from new street lights
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