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L. S. Tainter
4
49 40
George H. Potter 66
6 60
188
W. A. Shaw, services $91 10
A. H. Gould
.
38 85
J. A. McFadden
II IO
J. Corbett
16 65
A. Callan
2 50
E. F. Poland
8 70
R. D. Jones .6
II IO
Harvey G. Brockbank, chief
900 00
J. A. McFadden, patrolman
900 00
$3,103 89
Balance unexpended .
15 15
$3,119 04
NIGHT WATCH.
March 10, 1908, appropriation authorized Expended :
$1,869 04
E. F. Poland, salary to Jan. 31, 1909
$900 00
L. S. Taintor.
900 00
Transfer to "police" appropriation for vacation substitutes
69 04
$1,869 04
TOWN HALL EXPENSES.
Mar. 10, '08, appropriation authorized
$1,900 00
Receipts as voted
494 00
Refund on telephone charges
I IO
$2,395 10
Expended as follows :
R. F. Draper, janitor
$750 00
G. H. Taylor, supplies
34 73
A. H. Thayer, supplies
I 90
Lucas Bros., repairing clock
4 00
N. E. Towel Supply Co., laundry
4 00
D. W. Hunt, teaming ashes
10 30
Morrill-Atwood Ice Co., ice
5 05
.
189
Municipal Light Plant, gas lighting
$252 52
Municipal Light Plant, electric lighting
561 45
Municipal Light Plant, supplies 46 02
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co .. II 67
H. A. Pinkham, dustbane
2 00
J. F. Sherritt, setting glass, etc.
9 35
Am. Express Co., .
55
H. I. Dallman & Co., brushes and dusters
8 50
W. H. Frawley, teaming ashes
16 50
D. Dudley, keys
I 63
Continental Mfg. Co., dustoline
5 00
E. B. Nye, tuning piano, .
10 00
Curley Bros., 85 tons coal
534 75
Orient Mfg. Co., Orient Spray .
8 00
Wm. E. Gilson, electrical repairs
22 89
Water Dept., water rates .
60 00
Hydro Carbon Chemical Co.
3 00
F. W. Foster Mfg. Co., grate bar
2 85
H. F. Miller Piano Co., repairs on piano
2 00
H. Morgan, repairs .
17 50
W. A. Prescott, repairs
II 02
E. I. Purrington, repairs .
3 50
H. M. Dolbeare, printing
I 50
J. B. Wiley, setting boiler grate
I 50
F. J. Black, vacation janitor
30 00
S. M. Seabury, repairs
51 00
J. W. Poland, supplies
4 15
$2,488 83
Less overdraft
93 73
$2,395 IO
190
UNPAID BILLS.
Wetherbee & Whitney, frictional mch.
$21 70
G. H. Taylor
I 60
Towel Supply Co.
2 00
W. H. Frawley, cleaning
I 50
Cutler Bros., supplies
4 02
Municipal Light, supplies
9 40
Gas and electric
277 99
Telephone
I 02
G. T. Johnson, toilet paper
6 50
$325 73
TREE WARDEN EXPENSES.
Feb. 1, 1908, balance available
$5 60
March 19, 1908, appropriation authorized
175 00
$180 60
Expended as follows :
Merrimac Chem. Co., arsenate lead
$60 50
Cutler Bros., supplies
55
Pay rolls
110 37
$171 42
Balance unexpended .
9 18
$180 60
SALARIES TOWN OFFICIALS.
March 10, 1908, appropriation authorized
$6,610 00
March 10, 1908, Water Board . 300 00
March 17, 1908, Sewer . .
150 00
April 13, 1908, Light
transferred .
300 00
$7,360 00
191
Expended as follows :
Board of Selectmen, to Feb. 1, 1909 . $450 00
" Overseers, to Feb. 1, 1909 . 300 00
" Assessors, to Feb. 1, 1909 . 900 00
" Fire Engineers, to Feb. 1, 1909 . 450 00
" Light Commissioners, to Feb. 1, 1909 300 00
" Sewer Commissioners, to Feb. 1, 1909 150 00
. 6 " Health, to Feb. 1, 1909
100 00
' Auditors, to Feb. 1, 1908 215 00
6 6 " Registrars, to Feb. 1, 1908 215 00
Clerk of Selectmen, to Feb. 1, 1909 . 200 00
Town Treasurer, to Feb. 1, 1909
400 00
Town Clerk, to Feb. 1, 1909 . . 200 00
Inspector of Milk, to Feb. 1, 1909 150 00
Collector of Milk Samples, to Feb. 1, 1909 50 00
Sealer Weights and Measures, to Feb. 1, 1909 . 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, 1908 75 00
Town Counsel, to March 1, 1909 500 00
Tax Collector, balance 1906, $50; on account 1907, $50; on account 1908, $550 ·
650 00
Board of Water Commissioners, to Feb. 1, 1909 300 00 Tree Warden 25 00
Inspector of Plumbing 480 00
Animals
125 00
Moderator
25 00
$7,310 00
Balance unexpended .
50 00
$7,360 00
BOARD OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
H. M. Dolbeare, printing $5 00
Mrs. L. M. Stanley, nurse 18 66
J. H. Kimball, M. D., professional services 23 00 . Ambulance Association, ambulance hire . 24 00
192
J. C .Oxley, formaldehyde $28 00
E. A. Tyler, burying cat . 50
J. C. Dinan, supplies 2 30
C. L. Sopher, M. D., professional services I 25
Highway Department, material and labor, drain off Sweetser street 37 50
C. F. Young, lettering sign 2 00
A. M. Cameron, nurse 130 25
Pay roll, cleaning Saugus River
64 75
F. Riley, labor .
6 00
Highway Dept., drain pipe
5 00
J. W. Grace, drain pipe
4 80
A. W. Jeffries & Co., formaldehyde .
21 60
Carney hospital, board of Severance children
34 00
F. T. Woodbury, M. D., professional services. 44 00
Bonney & Dutton, supplies
6 50
A. B. Comins, express
97
$460 08
TOWN CLERK RETURNS.
C. F. Hartshorne, returns to State
$181 40
Edgerly & Bessom, death returns
2 25
E. J. Brett, birth returns .
6 00
Oliver Walton, death returns
15 00
J. A. O'Leary, birth returns
32 50
$237 15
ELECTION EXPENSES.
Pay Roll, spring election
$154 00
Pay Roll, November election
156 00
Grattan Baking Co., catering
91 00
G. F. Leach, labor on booths
9 00
W. A. Prescott, labor on booths E. I. Purrington, labor on booths Pay Roll recount
4 20
21 75
10 00
.
$445 99
193
LEGAL EXPENSES.
C. L. Sopher M. D., professional services
$20 00
M. E. S. Clemons, incidentals 6 53
M. C. Fleming, loss on horse 90 00
E. C. Swain, photographs 4 00
E. K. Bowser, transfers 115 15
C. W. Eaton, examining titles and transfers
308 00
M. E. S. Clemons, settlement Rogers' suit
34 00
G. A. Richards, tax release 48 10
Settlement Shepard case
500 00
Settlement Robey case 675 00
M. E. S. Clemons, incidentals Robey case 17 86
W. W. Doherty, professional services 75 00
O. K. Morgan, expenses Am. Surety case 179 45
M. E. S. Clemons, incidentals Am. Surety case 40 13
R. C. Atkinson, professional services 25 00 .
Settlement Estey case 100 00
$2,238 22
MISCELLANEOUS EXTRAORDINARY.
A. B. Comins, teaming cannon $8 00
C. W. Cheever, destributing Town report, prec. 2 Middlesex Co., truant school, board, J. Petrillo 28 14
2 00
H. A. Simonds, committing above
2 15
H. A. Simonds, truant officer, posting notices, etc.
117 00
American Express Co.
1 00
P. Curran, labor cleaning safes
4 00
H. T. Mitchell, supper, registrars
7 40
J. A. McFadden, meals, prisoners
IO 25
F. S. Hartshorne, destributing Town reports
15 00
C. F. Hartshorne & Son, tax collector and treas- urer bonds 187 25
H. C. Derby, stamps and material ·
6 25
C. S. Knowles, photograph
I 25
E. C. Swain, photograph 6 00
The Fairbanks Co., set weights, sealer weights and measures 13 50
G. H. Taylor, repairing ballot box
4 15
194
D. Dudley, keys . $0 30
A. A. Mansfield, weighing 907 1-4 tons coal 45 36
J. A. Bancroft, surveying 46 50
H. A. Feindel & Co., work on cannon 8 00
Chandler & Barber, padlocks for cannon
2 25
J. C. Payro, photographs
I 50
J. E. Harrison, cement stones for cannon 15 50
P. Corbett, teaming ballot box 3 00
Malden Specialty Co., supplies, sealer weights and measures 2 75
Union Stamp Works, supplies, sealer weights and measures 3 00
J. J. Hargraves, supplies, sealer weights and measures I 50
Boston Nickel Plating Co., supplies, sealer weights and measures 5 60
G. H. Taylor, care fountains
5 00
J. R. Reed, .
8 00
E. I. Purrington,
2 50
J. W. Grace . .
I 40
Dept. of Health, N. Y., rabies treatment 50 00
W. D. Donovan, jury box
2 00
R. Woodman Mfg. Co., supplies, sealer weights and measures 7 60
50
James Ryan, stamp, sealer weights and measures Chadwick Boston Lead Co., lead, sealer weights and measures 96
Soldiers' burial
37 00
E. M. Urquhart, work on tax bills .. 66
12 90
E. H. Walton, 2d, 66
I IO
W. L. Jones,
I 80
W. A. Prescott, board for voting lists .
88
A., M. Tupper, angle iron for voting lists I 00
W. A. Prescott, labor on ballot box 2 15
Mrs. N. Hathaway, team hire 2 00
Chipman Bros., supplies I OO
$687 89
D. W. Hunt, care cannon
I 50
195
UNPAID BILLS.
E. I. Purrington
$6 00
Town Clerk returns
.
77 50
Municipal Light Plant .
I 40
Barstow's Express
19 00
C. W. Eaton.
3 00
Item Press
6 00
A. B. Comins
I 45
W. W. Bessey
4 50
Mrs. N. Hathaway
2 50
Jas. Ryan
3 75
J. W. Grace
3 45
A. H. Thayer
5 32
George H. Allen
2 00
H. A. Simonds
4 50
M. E. S. Clemons
I IO
J. A. McFadden
I
Am. Express Co. . .
48
$143 70
PRINTING, ADVERTISING AND STATIONERY.
A. W. Brownell, 2200 Town Reports $526 44
Wadsworth, Howland Co., tracing cloth IO 25
H. M. Dolbeare 591 48
S. B. Dearborn . 72 32
C. W. Eaton
2TI 70
W. S. Greenough & Co.
71 50
Library Bureau
52 57
C. E. Walton, typewriting Town Notes
2 00
Carter's Ink Co.
2 25
J. F. Parker ·
,
4 00
A. W. Brownell .
17 75
Lucas Bros.
2 85
$1,565 II
196
RECAPITULATION.
Board of Health
$460 08
Town Clerk Returns
237 15
Election expenses
445 95
Legal expenses
2,238 22
Miscellaneous extraordinary
687 89
Printing, advertising and stationery . .
1,565 II
$5,634 40
Less overdraft
627 72
$5,006 68
Overdraft is accounted for by Legal Expenses and a Board of Health Contagious case which had to be met after account was all drawn.
BOARD OF HEALTH EXPENSES.
Mar. 12, '08, appropriation authorized $300 00 Expended :
J. M. Cate, health officer . $165 73
A. D. Jenkins, services
96 00
$261 73
Balance unexpended
38 27
$300 00
BOARD OF HEALTH "BACK BILLS."
Mar. 12, '08, appropriation authorized $150 00
Expended :
A. D. Jenkins .
$117 00
J. M. Cate 13 52
$130 52
Balance unexpended
19 48
$150 00
197
COMMON AND PARK.
February 1, 1908, balance available .
$123 55
March 10, 1908, appropriation authorized
800 Co
Interest received from Nancy White bequest 40 00
Refund
5 92
$969 47
Expended as follows :
W. H. Murray, services .
$487 35
H. M. Dolbeare, printing 4 50
Cloudman & Ramey, painting cannon and work on flagpole
38 00
W. A. Prescott, repairs
2 97
Water Department
3 00
Killorin Contracting Co., work at Hart's Hill .
57 00
Killorin Contracting Co., concrete and cleaning shore at lake 17 50
Haskell Implement and Seed Co., fence
IO 25
H. A. Feindel & Co., fence (Hart's Hill) . II 84
23 85
J. W. Grace, supplies
16 68
R. & J. Farquhar & Co., roses and tulips
23 95
C. S. Knowles, sharpening mower
8 25
E. L. Rowe & Son, repairs on flag
I 60
S. H. Gowing & Son, supplies
75
J. W. Manning, elm trees
12 00
A. Wheeler Co., paint
14 70
A. A. Butler, gravel
$32 00
W. Kendall, painting
6 00
G. H. Taylor, supplies
I 63
J. F. Sherritt, labor and material
3 00
E. S. Hinckley, incidentals
2 00
$792 81
Balance unexpended
176 66
$969 47
Municipal Light Plant, current and supplies Otto Runge, shrubs .
13 99
198
"CO. A," RICHARDSON LIGHT GUARD.
Feb. 1, 1908, balance available $ 3 64
March 10, 1908, appropriation authorized 800 00
$803 64
Expended as follows :
Mun. Light Plant, lighting . $164 58
60 lamps .
3 90
Mass. Rifle Asso., range rent
256 25
Bay State Military Rifle Asso., range rent
78 25
H. A. Feindel & Co., repairs
97 71
J. H. Keough, janitor July, 1907 to July, 1908
100 00
J. Flanley, supplies
2 50
Cutler Bros., “
7 60
W. E. Gilson, electric repairs and wiring ·
78 23
Water dept., rates June 1, 1908 to Dec. 1, 1908 30 00
J. W. Grace, supplies .
19 32
$838 34
Less overdraft
34 70
$803 64
Unpaid bills :
Killorin Contracting Co., 2 cords wood
$13 00
Water department
30 00
J. H. Keough, ¿ year janitor
50 00
Mass. Rifle Asso., range hire
9 50
Bay State Rifle Asso., range hire
III 89
H. Morgan, repairs
3 45
W. E. Gilson, repairs .
I 50
H. A. Feindel & Co., fire escapes
70 75
Cutler Bros., floor brush
·
3 50
Municipal Light Plant .
26 98
$320 57
199
TAX REIMBURSEMENT.
Apr. 6, '08, appropriation authorized Paid :
$70 29
W. H. Godfrey
$22 95
Judson Hunt
29 64
J. Toomey
17 70
$70 29
GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL. MOTH DEPARTMENT.
Feb. 1, 1908, balance available . $1,870 14
March 30, 1908, appropriation authorized 1,500 00
Nov. 9, 1908, appropriation authorized
3,347 02
1908 tax bills
1,471 73
Cash receipts for private work
144 00
1908 reimbursement by State
4,297 83
$12,630 72
Expended as follows :
W. W. Whittredge, pay rolls
. $7,371 26
G. H. Taylor, supplies
31 77
E. Holden, supplies
8 00
National Coal Tar Co., creosote
63 25
F. E. Coyle, supplies .
24 29
W. F. Chisholm, ladders
3 90
O. & W. Thum Co., tree tanglefoot
253 12
Collins Hardware Co., axes
28 00
Quincy Market, crude oil
3 41
Municipal Light Plant, tar
I 20
W. H. Claflin & Co., burlap
32 18
J. W. Henry, labor
9 75
C. S. Knowles, repair work
7 85
C. W. Eaton, printing
I 75
A. B. Comins, express 20 45
Merrimac Chemical Co., arsenate lead
430 00.
Revere Rubber Co., hose and couplings 242 50 .
J. Breck & Son, supplies
·
. 32 17
.
200
Allen Bros., steel stamps $2 05
Frost Insecticide Co., pump and supplies 49 00
J. W. Grace, hose 15 00
Olds Gas Power Co., supplies 7 10
A. W. Chesterton & Co., brush I OO
W. W. Wilder, painting hand cart
6 00
E. I. Purrington, repairs
54 33
Killorin Contracting Co., horse hire
49 00
T. E. Giles, labor
I7 45
H. M. Dolbeare, printing
4 00
C. F. Hartshorne & Son, insurance, spraying machine 3 50
Barrett Manufacturing Co., creosote
I7 71
Wanamaker & Feindel, repairing cart I 00
Ames Plow Co., supplies 32 75
W. W. Whittredge, superintendent, 191 days
573 00
$9,397 74
Balance available
3,232 98
$12,630 72
FISH COMMITTEE EXPENSES.
March 10, 1908, appropriation authorized $25 00
Paid Samuel Parker, labor on lakes and rivers $25 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
March 23, 1908, appropriation authorized $300 00
Paid N. C. Hunter, for committee $300 00 ·
INDEPENDENCE DAY.
April 6, 1908, appropriation authorized $500 00
Paid H. M. Dolbeare, for committee $500 00
MARKERS FOR REVOLUTIONARY GRAVES.
Feb. 1, 1908, balance available
$42 25
.
201
BELL AT BOYNTONVILLE.
Feb. 1, 1908, balance available $350 00
GREENWOOD BRANCH TOWN LIBRARY.
Feb. 1, 1908, balance available $5 45
CEMETERY EXPENSES.
Feb. I, '08, balance available
$64 58
Income for year, as per vote of town
161 75
$226 33
Expended as per Report Cemetery Commissioners Balance unexpended 2 81
$223 52
$226 33
MILITARY AID.
Mar. 10, '08, appropriation authorized Expended as follows :
$500 00
Augustus G. Baxter
$144 00
William Beattie
120 00
Thomas B. Reed
120 00
$384 00
Balance unexpended .
116 00
$500 00
STATE AID.
March 10, '08, appropriation authorized
. $4,000 00
Expended as per State Aid rolls . . $3,812 00
Balance unexpended 188 00
$4,000 00
HYDRANT RENTAL.
Mar. 10, '08, appropriation authorized ·
. $4,805 00
Paid Water Dept., rates to June 1, '09, . 4,805 00 .
1/ 202
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
.... March 10, 1908, appropriation authorized . $4,000 00
Amount refunded
.
4 00
$4,004 00
Expended :
Mrs. John W. Adams
$64 00
John F. Alexander 72 00
This amount has been refunded
4 00
James F. Burchstead 96 00
Mary V. Brown .
72 00
Georgianna H. Bumpus
120 00
Mary L. Carey
40 00
Edwin Carter
96 00
Julia A. Colby
4.8 00
Mary Connell
72 00
Lizzie S. Cutter
120 00
Angelina Davis
72 00
Martha Davis
72 00
Hannah Doherty
16 00
Elizabeth M. Douglas
72 00
Eliza A. Eaton
96 00
Francis M. Ellis .
72 00
William O. Evans
72 00
Honora Evans
96 00
Benj. F. Gibbs
72 00
Wm. D. Giles
8 00
Margaret Hamilton
48 00
Sarah A. Haskell
36 00
Elizabeth Haughlin
140 00
Laura J. Harmus
72 00
Harriet W. Hart .
96 00
Dolly Hawkes
74 00
Frank W. Hayden
66 00
James Hennessey
36 00
Hannah Kalaher .
.
96 00
Matilda L. Kidder
96 00
110203
Susan E. Leathers
$96 00
Margaret Marble .
96 00
Elizabeth B. Moulton
24 00
Elmira Oliver
72 00
Laura E. Richardson
120 00
Florence A. B. Ryder
96 00
O. G. Sanborn
72 00
Elizabeth Shanahan
88 00
Amelia J. Shepard
96 00
Ann M. Skinner
72 00
Fannie L. Stoddard
96 00
Lucy M. Stubbs
120 00
Wm. Sweeney
48 00
Mary J. Taylor
75 00
Rebecca E. Tuttle
24 00
Solon Walton
4 00
Hannah M. Wheeler
72 00
Jacob Whitney
4 00
Mary F. Whitten
72 00
Elvira S. Willan .
84 00
Vasti Woodis
72 00
Isabel Kilton, board of Haggerty child
81 00
Ann M. Whitford
48 00
$3,844 00
Balance available
160 00
$4,004 00
RAILROAD STREET LAND DAMAGES.
February 1, 1908, balance available $165 00
WATER STREET LAND DAMAGES.
February 1, 1908, balance available $40 00
Received May 16, 1902, and credited to Main street incorrectly 400 00
$440 00
.
204
Paid claims as per awards Balance .
$115 00
.
325 00
$440 00
MAIN STREET LAND DAMAGES.
February 1, 1908, overdraft .
$858 38 May 16, 1902, credited to this account incorrectly, belonged to Water street (see above) .
400 00
Overdraft . $1,258 38
* County owes town $1,871.39.
LIST OF POLLS AND ESTATES.
April 6, 1908, appropriation authorized
$450 00
Paid L. B. Linnell, clerical work
$9 34
Balance
440 66
$450 00
BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY.
Feb. 1, '08, balance unexpended $1 75
Mar. 10, '08, appropriation authorized
700 00
Dog tax, '07, . .
755 16
Income as per Treasurer's report
375 28
$1,832 19
Expended as per Treasurer's report .
$1,831 22
Balance unexpended ·
97
$1,832 19
PUBLIC READING ROOM.
Mar. 10, '08, appropriation authorized $250 00
Expended as per Treasurer's report. 1 Balance .
$249 49
.
51
$250 00
205
INTEREST.
Mar. 10, '08, appropriation authorized
$14,351 85
Voted from Water Department receipts 8,760 00
Voted from Light Plant receipts
5,733 50
Voted from Sewer assessments .
6,049 33
Interest on deposits .
222 08
$35,116 76
Expended as per Treasurer's report .
$35,969 30
Less overdraft
852 54
$35,116 76
PAINTING TOWN HALL.
April 27, 1908, appropriation authorized . $738 73
Nov. 9, '08, appropriation authorized
50 70
$789 43
Expended as follows : S. M. Seabary, as per contract A. J. Wilkinson, gold leaf ball W. N. Gray, roofing repairs +
$541 56
I 65
50 47
W. A. Prescott, repairs. ·
195 75
$789 43
206
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD.
Auditors' final balance sheet for the year, showing amount for each department, together with the expenditures in each, amount overdrawn, or the unexpended balance :
Amounts available.
Amounts expended.
Unexpended balance.
Highways and bridges . $13, 303 49 $13, 290 43
$13 06
Albion street macadam
2,114 23
114 23
2,000 00
Albion street sidewalk .
149 03
149 93
Francis avenue drain
477 04
477 04
Gould street sidewalk
400 00
4.00 00
Street sprinkling .
1,800 00
1,800 00
Linden avenue bridge
700 00
700 00
Municipal Light Plant
"General "
67,234 04
66,014 36
1,219 68
Depreciation
9,379 39
8,654 80
724 59
Fire alarm
278 71
277 13
I 58
Water dept. maint'ance
15,628 II
15,605 50
22 61
Construction .
5,000 00
4,982 .72
17 28
Meters
III 96
106 60
5 36
Sewer department
922 13
749 63
172 50
Forest Warden
259 40
248 00
II 40
New steamer
165 35
85 00
80 35
Fire dept. "General "
9,575 02
9,546 90
28 12
60
new hose
325 00
325 00
66 new coats and
hats
200 00
198 60
I 40
Poor department .
12,343 17
12,638 20
*295 03
School dept. " General "
47,249 52
47,287 59
*38 07
Fire escapes
665 88
665 88
Fuel
4,500 00
4,488 08
II 92
Contingent
4,530 29
4,530 29
Supplies
3,572 07
3,572 07
Evening school
1,316 OI
948 21
367 80
Income account
2,510 26
2,510 26
Police department
3,119 04
3,103 89
15 15
Night watch
1,869 04
1,869 04
Town Hall expenses
2,395 10
2,488 83
*93 73
.
207
Tree warden expenses .
$180 60
$171 42
$9 18
Salaries town officials
7,360 00
7,310 00
50 00
Board of Health exp'ses
300 00
261 73
38 27
"' back bills
150 00
130 52
19 48
Miscellaneous account .
5,006 68
5,634 40
*627 72
Tax reimbursement
70 29
70 29
Common and Park
969 47
792 81
176 66
Richardson Light Guard Co. "A"
803 64
838 34
34 70
Cemetery
226 33
223 52
2 81
Brown Tail and Gypsy
Moth department .
12,630 72
9,397 74
3,232 98
Soldiers' relief
4,004 00
3,844 00
160 00
Military aid .
500 00
384 00
116 00
State aid
4,000 00
3,812 00
188 00
Hydrant rental
4,805 00
4,805 00
Fish committee expenses
25 00
25 00
Memorial Day
300 00
300 00
Independence Day
500 00
500 00
Railroad st. land damage
165 00
165 00
Water st.
440 00
115.00
325 00
Main street
**-
1,258 38
" Greenwood Branch "
Town Library
5 45
5 45
Markers Revolutionary
graves
42 25
42 25
Bell at Boyntonville
350 00
350 00
Beebe Town Library
1,832 19
1,831 22
97
Public reading room
250 00
249 49
51
Interest
35,116 76
35,969 30
*852 54
List of Polls and Estates
450 00
9 34
440 66
Painting Town Hall
789 43
789 43
$293, 366 09 $284,591 86 $10,716 02
WILLIAM O. ABBOTT, Secretary Board of Auditors.
WAKEFIELD, February 1, 1909. * Overdraft.
** Town to be reimbursed for land damage by county,
:
.
·
¢
208
Fourth of July Committee.
In account with Town of Wakefield.
Wakefield, Mass., July 13, 1908.
July 3, received from Town of Wake-
field
$500 00
Bal. on hand, 1907, M. Low, treasurer I 50
-- $501 50
Paid children's entertainment $60 00
Wakefield Military band
125 00
E. Nelson, ringing bells
2 50
A. A. Mansfield, ringing bells
2 50
G. O. Russell
2 50
J. H. Ringer
2 50
Prizes, Men's race ·
30 00
Boys' 66
12 00
Girls' .
9 00
For potatoes for race
75
Water committee for cash prizes
24 50
Cups for water sports .
13 50
Masten & Wells, fireworks .
.
200 00
Printing and stationery
6 00
.
490 75
$10 75
Bal. on hand on deposit at Wakefield Nat'l bank, to credit of H. M. D., Treas. 4th of July committee.
M. LOW, Chairman, GEORGE W. ABBOTT, Secretary, H. M. DOLBEARE, Treasurer.
209
Tax Collector's Statement.
TAX OF 1906.
Uncollected balance Jan. 31, 1908 $33,799 48
Re-assessed by Assessors 8 00
Received as interest
2,570 68 .
$36,378 16
Paid Town Treasurer
$34,473 59
Abated by Assessors
1,904 47
$36,378 16
TAX OF 1907.
Uncollected balance Jan. 31, 1908 $73,165 27
Re-assessed by Assessors
26 16
Received as interest
1,290 94
$74,482 37
Paid Town Treasurer
$41,611 49
Abated by Assessors
1,322 51 ·
$42,934 00
Balance uncollected
.
$31,548 37
TAX OF 1908.
Total amount assessed
$200,791 30
Bank Tax
2,480 31
Received as interest
.
172 88 .
$203,444 49
Paid Town Treasurer
$122,606 49
Abated by Assessors
3,244 27 ·
$125,850 76
Balance uncollected
.
$77,593 73
.
210
CONVERSE STREET SEWER TAX.
Balance uncollected Jan. 31, 1908
$601 10
Received as interest
II 78
$612 88
Paid Town Treasurer
$109 28
109 28
Balance uncollected
$503 60
SEWER APPORTIONMENTS PAID IN FULL.
Paid Town Treasurer
. $1,965 24
$1,965 24
C. E. WALTON, Collector.
WAKEFIELD, Jan. 30, 1909.
STATISTICS
FROM
TOWN CLERK'S REGISTER
1
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN WAKEFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1908.
7
Date.
Name of Child.
Sex.
Place of Birth.
Names of Parents.
Jan. 1 Winifred Maud Logan,
Female, Male,
Wakefield,
James J. and Nellie (Sullivan ).
William H. and Mary E. (Walsh).
3 Lawrence Henry Devine, 4 |Leonard Loughlin, 5 Lena Rachel Wood, 5 Laura Emeline Wood,
Female,
David M. and Florence M. (Tupper ).
7
McKay,
Male,
11 Myrton Parker Finney,
11 Edward Chadsey Severance,
13 Arthur Eugene Newcomb,
14 Arthur Kermit Vidito,
16 Olga Cornelia Giuseppina Culla, .
Female,
.€
19 John Louis Neiss,
Male,
21 Louis Jerome Amiro.
22 William Francis Smith,
John P. and Elizabeth V. ( McCormack ).
23 Charles Calvin Park, 23 Marie Storti,
Female,
66
23 Helen Gertrude Corcoran,
24 Wilfred Pierce Eaton, 25 Frederick LaRiccia,
Male,
Reading, Wakefield,
John E. and Mary E. (Gill). Wilfred P. and Ruth E. (Stone). Giuseppe and Juletta (Nasella). Liugi and Enrichetta (Pasquale). Thomas and Nellie F. (Lucey ).
26 Rosina Margherita Gilda dePamfeles, Female, 30|Julia Collins, Feb. 1 Otis Robinson Heath, 1 |Gladys Anna Doucette,
Male, Female, Male,
66
2 Tomaso Guttadauro,
3 James Arthur Hill, 3 George Henry Hill,
4 Pierino Petrucci, 6 Helen Agnes Lally,
Female,
Hugh A. and Flora N. (Robinson ). John E. and Annie F. (Sullivan). Giateno and Rose (Fazio). Frank A. and Rose E. (Pothier ). Frank A. and Rose E. (Pothier). Gioacchino and Assunta (Longo). Patrick J. and Annie T. (Casey ).
212
Henry M. and Fannie E. (Studley). Soccorso and Sabina (Leone).
Harry B. and Annie A. (Johnson). Arturo and Annita (Osella). Charles L. and Alice G. (Smerage). John L. and Mary (Kane). Louis F. and Mary (Burke).
18 Ella Loraine Blake,
Springfield, Wakefield, .
David M. and Florence M. (Tupper). Bedford A. and Mary J. (Culicett). Winsor L. and Ethel M. (Parker). Walter M. and Harriet B. (Chadsey). Arthur E. and Alma B. (Coombs).
Jeremiah F. and Ellen A. (Creaney).
6| Rose Mary Tighe, 7|Giovanni Terravecchia, 8 Genoaffa Santoro 9 Helen Agatha Hayes,
9 Catherine Elizabeth Malonson,
11 Catherine Theresa Sullivan,
12 Margaret Muriel Cronin,
13 William Carothers Cosman,
13 Lawrence Ellsworth Manley, 14 Roger Erne t Tyzzer,
14 Susan Leone,
16 Stillbirth
18 Eugene Joseph O'Brien,
19 Emilian Franciszel Zagaja,
19 Theodore Francis Palady, . 19 John Albert Smith,
21 Michael Joseph Mccarthy,
21 Dorothy Reed Johnson,
25 Giovanni Grassidonio,
26 Hazel Alberta Widfeldt,
27 Paul Dugas Staples, 29 Ira Stanley Harper, 1 Maurice Leo Walsh,
2 Hazel Woodis Poole,
Female, Male,
3 Norman Copeland, 4 Luchia LaRicca,
Female,
-
7 Alice Margherita Sipione, 8 Flora Elliot Skinner, 8 Ryland, 9 May Silvia Hubbard, 11 Ranionda Benedetto Gallucci,
Male, Female, Male, Female,
Boston, Wakefield,
11 Emma Frances Voltz, 12 Olijusky,
12 Doris Leola Frost,
13 Stillbirth
Male, Female,
Revere, Wakefield, -
.
Male,
Melrose, Wakefield,
Female,
Male, Male, 1
Wakefield, Medford, Wakefield,
Female, Male, Female, Male,
Waltham, Wakefield,
John F. and Mary L. (O'Donnell). Michael and Marie (Locash). Antonio and Maria (Tecci). Edward J. and Emma A. ( Ward). Anthony P. and Laura N. ( Doucette). Dennis and Hannah (Dennehy). Patrick P. and Edna H. (Wiley). Richard A. and Elvira E. (Carothers). Elmer E. and Edith M. (Stonehouse). Ernest E. and Jessie (Gowen) Pasquale and Maria (Nardone).
William E. and Bertha D ( Daly). Josef and Waleria (Guska). Joseph A. and Lucy B. (Ware). John E. and Nellie (LeBlanc). John and Annie (Hourihan). Frederick A. and Josee W. (Reed). Luigi and Nunziata (Maucere). Walter B. and Eva A. ( McMaster). Harry A. and Adelaide M. (Dugas). Ira J. and Charlotte E. (Downes). Maurice J. and Mary A. (Preston). Leslie G. and Jennie (McKinnon). Charles A. and Asenath W. (Hayward). Francesca and Maria M. (Romano). Silvio and Renie (Cieurzo). Hervey J. and Grace M. (Elliot). Francis J. and Ruth F. (Hurlburt). Enos P. and Mary P. (Landry ). Raffaele and Assunta (DeVito). Charles and Sophia E. (Smith). Martin and Maria (Sava). Ralph N. and Katherine M. (Nesbitt).
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