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The Reading Room remains as popular as ever, and the attendance has become so great that the room has been reserved evenings for adults and those beyond the grammar school age. This measure has proved very satisfactory, but it brings up for early consideration the establishment of a children's room either in a new library building or in rented
BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY, WAKEFIELD, MASS. STATISTICS, 1895-1909.
Year ending Feb. 1,
Total Volumes.
Vol. worn out.
placed.
Vol. re- Total Circu- Greenwood lation.
Circulation.
Total Expendi- tures.
Income Receipts, Sale C't'l'gs Trust Funds Fines, etc. etc.
Paid Books.
Paid Paid Rebinding. Printing.
1895
11,76I
20
3I
20,566
$1,058.93
· $17.43
$170.00
$265.10
$45.48
$64.25
1896
12,157
42
56
21,849
1,126.71
16.27
160.00
430.90
41.34
26.25
1897
12,489
63
55
22,025
1,123.68
18.20
160.00
401.40
45.73
19.25
1898
12,847
87
58
23,506
1,169. 15
20. 39
260.00
395.65
60 . 75
35. 35
1899
13,139
I18
67
26,675
1,157.14
23.66
160.00
383.89
31.23
97.00
1900
13,461
IOI
IO2
26,785
1,251.69+
29.91
189.17
366. 32
84.37
66.25
I90I
13,796
I37
138
28,952
1,309.23
23.47
180.00
428.42
70. 53
48.88
1902
14,155
104
I22
29,556
1,264.93
26.96
220.00
435.34
75.07
54.25
1903
14,577
163
165
31,063
1,415.56
58.71
260.00
449.61
153.23
84.00
1904
14,973
152
85
31,124
1,430.26
49.82
260.00
469.54
109. 10
67.10
1905
15,384
45
74
32,166
876*
1,440.97
72.56
260.00
395.81
89.25
56.60
1906
15,622
165
I04
36,528
4,778
1,603.27
70. 26
260.00
320.98
83.56
218.75
1907
15,994
I43
I47
40,735
8,710
1,690. 14
77.49
260.00
400.94
II2.22
80.10
1908
16,17I
2II
148
44,443
10,663
1,794.04
83.29
260.00
420.28
103.06
62.50
I 909
16,645
227
175
49,433
12,058
1,831.22
106.76
268.75
364.99
194.83
97.31
Greenwood Branch opened Oct. 20, 1904.
+ Special appropriations 1900 to 1904 for Card Catalogue. Total $550.00 not included in table.
160
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private quarters. Other towns are making in their libraries rapid advances in the privileges they are furnishing the boys and girls, and Wakefield must do the same if she is to continue to appeal to present and prospective residents.
The following table shows the receipts and expenditures for the past year :
LIBRARY ACCOUNT, 1908.
Bal. Feb. 1, 1908
$ I 75
Trust funds .
268 75
Dog Tax, 1907
755 16
Sales Catalogues, fines, etc.
106 53
Town approp'n
700 00
$1,832 19
Paid Librarian
$600 00
Assistants
200 00
66 Books .
364 99
Rebinding
194 83
Printing
97 31
Incidentals .
41 18
Librarian's incidentals
76 20
66 Greenwood branch
256 71
Balance Feb. 1, 1909 .
97
$1,832 19
READING ROOM ACCOUNT, 1908.
Appropriation
-
$250 00
Magazines and papers .
$134 59
Daily attendant
60 00
Sunday attendant
42 75
Magazine covers
4 65
Repairs
7 50
Balance Feb. 1, 1909
.
51
$250 00
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For the eleven months ending Dec. 31, 1909, the Board of Trustees recommends that the town raise and appropriate $565 and the dog tax of 1908 ($878.94). This is on a basis of an appropriation of $700 and the dog tax for a full year. For the Public Reading Room they recommend an appropri- ation of $240, which is also on the basis of $250 for a year.
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD DUTTON, Chairman,
for the Trustees.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Number of volumes in the Library Feb. 1, 1908 . 16,175
Added by purchase during the year I55
to replace worn out volumes . 175
" donation
93
Magazines bound from Reading Room
29
Outlooks bound
21
Volumes in Greenwood Branch
.
234
16,882
Volumes worn out during the year
227
Total number of volumes in the Library Feb. 1, 1909 16,655
Number of volumes rebound including Greenwood 432
Magazines and Outlooks bound 50
482
Teachers' cards issued .
72
Total circulation for the year including Greenwood
49,433
Books and Magazines circulated at the Library 37,375 " Greenwood 12,058
Days open for circulation
305
Average circulation 122.5
Number of volumes used at Library for reference
3,35I
Postal cards used for waiting list . 439
Largest number of books on waiting list at one time Donations from :
State of Massachusetts . 23
United States 16
Estate of Mrs. Calista A. Winship IO
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. of Massachusetts 7
64
.
New names registered during the year
432
164
Mr. Charles N. Winship · 4
Mr. Frank P. Stearns . 4 .
Mr. Wilhelm Segerblom
.
4
Mrs. Lucy K. Emerson
.
4
Miss Irene F. Davis 4
Mr. George L. Raymond
·
3
Mr. Charles F. Mansfield
.
3
Mr. H. M. Dolbeare
.
2
Mr. J. H. Carfrey
I
Mr. Willis S. Mason
I
Mrs. Sarah Y. Morton .
I
Mr. Robert S. Peabody
I
Society for Prevention of Prema- ture Burial .
I
Mr. Glason Thompson . .
I
Mr. Charles Bradley
I
A friend
.
I
City of Boston
.
I
93
Mrs. Estabrook, series of pamphlets, Great Men and Famous Women, 65 numbers.
Estate Mrs. C. A. Winship, Plan of the City of Rome: Mr. G. Arthur Packard, Science Magazine. Mr. E. F. Poland, Farm Journal. Publishers, Dumb Animals.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT, GREENWOOD BRANCH.
Number of volumes in library, Feb. 1, 1908 . I72
Added by purchase during the year 50
Added to replace worn-out volumes. 3
Added by donation 14
239
·
165
Volumes worn out during the year 5 Total number of volumes in library, Feb. 1, 1909 234
Number of volumes rebound 37
Donations during the year from Mrs. Sarah Y. Morton, 2 books ; Mrs. Lawrence J. Pittman, 12 books ; Miss Isabel G. Flint, magazine ; Mrs. Edward E. Lee, magazine; "Our Dumb Animals" from the publishers.
Persons having signed application cards Feb. I, 1908, to Feb. 1, 1909 130
Persons having re-signed application cards Feb.
I, 1908, to Feb. 1, 1909 322
Total circulation for year 1908
12,058
Days open for circulation
I51
Average circulation
79.8
Largest
150
Smallest
31
Postal cards used for waiting lists
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GREENWOOD HOURS.
Mondays and Thursdays, 3-5 p. m. Saturdays
7-8 p. m.
H. GERTRUDE LEE,
Librarian at Greenwood.
LIBRARY HOURS.
Daily
Saturdays
2-5, 7-8.30 p. m. . 2-9 p. m.
READING ROOM HOURS.
Daily 8-12 a. m., 1.30-5, 7-9 p. m.
Sundays 2-5 p. m. ·
HARRIET A. SHEPARD,
Librarian.
Wakefield, Mass., February 1, 1909.
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Report of the Overseers of the Poor.
The overseers, in submitting their annual report, would say that they have endeavored to lay the foundation to put the farm on a basis that will nearly, if not quite, take care of its own expenses. We were fortunate in securing the ser- vices of Mr. and Mrs. Gault as superintendent and matron, both of whom came highly recommended, and they have proved themselves very efficient managers.
The sale of milk for the month of Jan., 1909, was $267 84 While in Jan., 1908, from the same number of cows, the sale was . 143 50
The milk used at the farm from April 1, 1908, to Dec. 31, 1908, amounted to 121 50
The hens have produced 205 doz. eggs, worth 71 25
The milk bill for Feb., 1908, amounting to $131.61, was not paid owing to the failure of G. Everett Giles. This amount added to our receipts for milk makes a total of . $2,295 84
About ten acres of the old pasture land on Nahant street has been plowed with the anticipation of putting in corn and thus reducing the grain bill. This land has not been plowed for more than thirty-five years, but seems as good land as any on the farm.
We have disposed of the cows that had outlived their use- fulness, and have substituted younger ones that have proved profitable. The horses that were on the farm last spring were exchanged for more suitable ones, as they were entirely unfit for hard work.
We paid last year's bills amounting to about $1,200, and we believe that nearly all our bills are paid up to January I, 1909.
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There are at present thirteen inmates at the farm, mostly old people.
There is now due the department bills amounting to some- thing over $600.
In taking account of the hay at the farm one year ago, the hay was estimated at twenty tons, but we were obliged to buy five tons to carry the stock through at a cost of $101.64. There must have been quite an error in the estimate, as the amount used from Jan. 31, 1908, to April, 1908, could not have been consumed by the amount of stock at the farm. Then, too, the estimate of one year ago claiming the farm produced thirty five tons of hay must have been an error, as the barn was nearly, if not quite, as full this year, but does not measure to weigh but about one half of thirty-five tons. We are endeavoring to make all the manure possible, so as to bring the farm up to a high state of cultivation, so it will be as nearly self-supporting as possible.
In our efforts to correct abuses during the year we have encountered some opposition by the interference of well- meaning persons, but poorly informed as to the duties and obligations of our office.
Respectfully submitted,
HUGH CONNELL, Chairman, WILLIAM C. STRONG, Secretary, EDWARD H. WALTON.
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POOR DEPARTMENT.
GENERAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Appropriation
$8,500 00
ALMSHOUSE RECEIPTS.
Sale of milk
. $2,163 84
eggs
14 30
cows, calfs and bull .
168 00
chickens .
28 30
436 1b. hog
34 88
logs .
123 12
66 potatoes
2 00
sand and nuts .
3 99
old copper boiler and tank. 4 70
old boiler
IO 74
Plowing
3 00
Labor with team .
50
Use of bull .
9 00
Use of telephone .
2 70
$2,571 07
MEMO. - Feb. '08, milk bill not paid, $13161. Milk sold to G. Everett Giles, bankrupt.
OUTSIDE RECEIPTS.
Town of Boxford, I. E. Farley
$199 69
Refunded
27 75
Cash for board
.
22 00
City of Boston, Mrs. Ross
278 63
Town of North Reading, E. R. Bowley
102 49
This amount refunded
170 23
Town of Braintree, Fannie E. Holmes
148 09
City of Haverhill, Mrs. Lapierre
275 58
Refunded
2 15
City of Lynn, J. H. Butler . .
24 49
Mowing
2 00
169
Cash refunded
$4 00
Commonwealth of Mass., State pauper burial .
15 00
Henry Kenny
2 00
$1,272 10
EXPENSES OF OUSIDE POOR.
EXPENSES AT INSTITUTIONS.
John Froton, Mass. school for feeble minded $169 92
Blanche Pratt, Mass. school for epileptics 169 93
Henry Curran, Mass. school for epileptics
169 93
John Roach, state hospital
80 29
Wm. Barry, Tewksbury
8 00
$598 07
This amount has been refunded to the town
169 92
$767 99
George Manders, State hospital .
$6 00
Louis I. Kenrick, Foxborough hospital
70 57
Emma Gintley, State hospital
72 80
Nelson Mulliken,
35 20
Emma Marshall,
28 86
$981 42
AID TO PERSONS RESIDING HERE WITH SETTLEMENTS
ELSEWHERE.
I. E. Farley, Boxford, Mass.
$199 44
Sarah E. Parker, State of Mass. .
6 39
Simon H. Berry, 6 62
J. H. Butler, City of Lynn .
32 73
Joseph Fredette, State of Mass.
114 99
Lena Phinney,
94 80
Mrs. A. J. Ross, City of Boston
305 31
Mrs. E. R. Bowley, Town of North Reading 107 08
Fannie E. Holmes, Braintree ·
148 09
Mrs.' Lapierre, City of Haverhill
295 12
.
$1,310 57
170
AID TO NON-RESIDENTS WITH SETTLEMENTS HERE.
Mrs. James Bransfield, Stoneham
$70 00
Daniel Trumbull, Melrose
12 20
Amy Meuse, Boston
41 43
Stiles C. Card, Lynn
20 94
Annie Murray, City of Malden
18 71
Mary E. Rowell, Town of West Newbury
.
18 00
Michael Hennessy, City of Boston
II 43
Eliza Hanglin,
63 79
Edna Hardy,
24 29
Edward Malcolm,
34 29
Lawrence Smith,
196 29
$51I 37
OUTSIDE HOME RELIEF.
Mary McTeague
$24 29
Lena H. Smith
12 62
Kate O'Cleary
84 44
Walter Severance
14 00
John Duncan
19 86
Lawrence Doucette
III 61
Geo. A. Smith
117 75
Mary L. Nickerson
171 41
Frank Seabury
12 28
Mrs. John Deveau
117 90
Mrs. John Doyle
57 91
F. G. Smith .
10 17
Paid
4 00
Ann Sweetser
24 69
Jemima Burns
26 00
Simon Doucette
130 26
Mary E. Holmes
66 25
C. Hurlburt . .
2 04
Lawrence Doucette
33 21
Mrs. Felix Muse
3 50
Michael Welch
·
64 00
171
Mrs. C. R. Marshall
$9 22
J. Doucette
13 62
A. B. Glines
140 55
Paid account
4 27
Mrs. Lucy Taylor
II 60
Mrs. E. Mayer
106 53
Mrs. Daniel Shannahan
25 23
Ellen McNally
126 79
Wm. O'Neil
76 78
Warren Sweetser .
16 48
Arthur O'Leary
96 00
Mrs. Peter Doucette
191 52
Mary Flynn .
146 33
John Henry .
43 86
Mrs. Dillon .
168 59
Wm. E. Goodhue
55 43
Mrs. Alice Stevens
214 17
Edgar A. Hallett .
278 68
Mrs. Annie Hanscom and family .
518 53
Mrs. J. Kelley
255 82
Mary E. Muse
72 64
Account paid
20 00
Mrs. M. Malonson
44 08
Mrs. Mary McGrath
66 41
Enos P. Hubbard
58 25
R. Hewes
10 00
Wm. Batchelder
3 00
$3,882 57
Less wood and potatoes delivered from farm
324 23
$3,558 34
Salaries and farm labor
$950 93
Seeds, tools and hardware
297 05
Fertilizers and manures
120 27
Stock expenses ·
.
925 40
Permanent improvements
256 71
.
·
172
Hay and grain
A
.
$1,202 90
Groceries
831 40
Provisions and fish
472 12
Dry goods
168 70
Blacksmithing and harnesses
127 28
Miscellaneous
923 74
$6,276 50
DETAILED ALMSHOUSE EXPENSES.
HAY, GRAIN AND FEED.
Curley Bros.
$714 43
Stanley & Harlow
·
·
IOI 64
L. H. Kirk .
35 15
W. H. Cunningham
136 18
Brewery grains
191 20
Feed molasses
24 30
$1,202 90
GROCERIES.
- Ira Atkinson
$682 55
F. C. Small & Co.
60 43
E. E. Gray
7 75
L. H. Kirk .
35 50
Cutler Bros.
23 5I
Sundries
21 66
$831 40
PROVISIONS AND FISH.
Union Supply Co.
$415 40
Tower Hill Fish Market .
.
.
.
45 37
E. A. Hanley
II 35
·
.
.
·
·
.
$472 12
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DRY GOODS, CLOTHING AND SHOES.
Bowser & Co.
$35 48
Wakefield Shoe & Clothing Co.
121 28
N. C. Hunter
I OO
J. W. Poland .
5 94
Fred Wilkins
2 50
Peoples Clothing Co.
.
2 50
$168 70
BLACKSMITHING, HARNESS, ETC.
R. C. North
$48 00
Wanamaker & Feindel
21 55
B. F. Fuller
2 85
J. T. Gosnay
22 30
Maxwell Harness Co.
12 50
George M. Kelley
5 00
T. E. Giles
12 23
Sundries
-
2 85
$127 28
SEEDS, TOOLS, HARDWARE, ETC. .
J. Laybolt
$7 38
W. W. Benjamin
.
.
.
34 78
Joseph Breck
47 99
Cutler Bros.
5 65
J. W. Scott.
15 00
Market wagon
132 50
R. & J. Farquhar
40 05
Collins Hardware Co ..
5 80
Schlegel & Fottler
3 40
Wanamaker & Feindel
.
4 50
.
.
.
$297 05
174
FERTILIZERS AND MANURE.
Am. Ag. Chemical Co.
$66 50
Paris green
6 99
Bradley Fertilizer Works
18 66
John Draper
4 12
Manure, Fire Department
24 00
$120 27
STOCK EXPENSES.
Cows
$405 00
Pigs
40 00
Esau Cooper, exchange in horses
·
400 00
G. S. Pettengill
30 00
D. C. Wright
3 50
M. C. Evans
I 50
Expenses
14 00
Driving cows
5 00
Bull
16 00
Killing hog
3 00
Eggs to set
2 40
Incubator chicks
5 00
$925 40
PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS.
L. E. Bennett
$13 78
David Taggart
62 75
E. B. Badger & Sons
46 65
Joseph Breck
18.13
Excavating cesspool
16 00
Digging ditch
17 38
Geo. Taylor .
24 19
H. A. Feindel
8 02
Wallace Grace
II 25
J. Laybolt
12 51
A. J. Mackay
.
13 75
Lumber
.
12 24
.
·
.
.
$256 71
175
SALARIES AND FARM LABOR.
Frank Rogers
$72 00
Emma Rogers
38 98
Geo. E. Donald
175 00
John McCleary
16 00
Mr. Gault and wife
375 00
Mr. Baxter and wife
174 33
Mr. Perry and wife
25 62
Mr. Westover and wife
42 00
Nellie Crowley
16 00
Mr. Gault, Jr.
15 00
Fred Oliver . .
1 00
$950 93
MISCELLANEOUS.
Geo. H. Taylor
$22 76
A. B. Comins
I 50
Edward Landers
26 26
A. H. Thayer
2 20
Sealer of weights and measures
62
Geo. W. Beasley .
27 78
J. A. Bancroft
2 00
A. Pinkham
2 00
W. Grace
2 85
Wakefield Item
3 50
Killorin Co. .
6 00
C. E. Classen
6 50
Dr. O'Connell
50
Dr. O'Leary
37 25
Dr. Roach
I 50
Bonney & Dutton
13 75
Ice
6 12
Water rates .
40 00
Sign
I 00
2 Razors
2 00
Tax on marsh land
.
9 12
Gowing's market .
.
.
50
.
176
Telephone
$35 24
People's Clothing Co.
I 50
John Flanley
28 70
J. R. Reed
I 00
Knox & Morse
4 35
J. W. Poland
36 09
Joseph Breck
5 00
Bowser & Co.
2 50
Wakefield Furniture Co.
2 50
Coal
313 60
H. A. Feindel
7 33
Cutler Bros.
77 82
J. Laybolt
13 76
Sundries
59 39
W. W. Benjamin .
85 00
Fire Department
5 00
Citizen & Banner .
2 00
Badger & Son
27 75
$923 74
Appropriation
. $8,500 00
Almshouse receipts
2,571 07
Outside
1,272 10
$12,343 17
Feb., 1908, milk bill not paid, $131 61. Milk sold to G. Everett Giles, bankrupt.
Expenses at institutions
$981 42
Aid to persons residing here with set- tlements elsewhere 1,310 57
Aid to non-residents with settlements here .
511 37
Outside home relief
3,558 34
$6,361 70
Almshouse
6,276 50
$12,638 20
Less amount overdrawn
295 °3
£
$12,343 17
177
TOWN FARM INVENTORY, JAN. 31, 1909.
Ten tons English hay .
$200 00
Four tons meadow hay
. 40 00
Grain and feed
20 00
Two mares .
500 00
Fourteen cows and bull
1,000 00
Harness
50 00
Fowls
55 00
Market wagon
150 00
Farm wagon and cart
100 00
Farm tools, etc.
160 00
Sleds
85 00
Blankets
17 75
Forty-four cords of cut wood
308 00
Thirty-six cords of pine cleft
216 00
Four cords of hard wood
20 00
Eleven cords of hard wood
44 00
Fifty-six cords manure
224 00
Eleven pigs .
60 00
One hundred bu. corn on ear, raised on the farm
50 00
Seventy-five lbs. pork
9 00
Carpenter tools
10 00
Thirty-one tons of coal
193 13
Six bushels onions 6 00
Groceries and provisions
50 00
Potatoes and vegetables
115 00
Household goods .
250 00
Five thousand ft. logs
40 00
$3,972 88
178
Auditor's Report.
APPROPRIATIONS 1908-1909.
Highway and bridges ($600 voted Nov. 9) $5,600 00
Albion street macadam 2,000 00
Street sprinkling 1,800 00
Gould street sidewalk
400 00
Linden avenue bridge (voted Nov. 9)
700 00
Municipal Light plant "General" ($5,000 voted Nov. 16)
11,803 47 .
Municipal Light plant "depreciation''
7,196 53
Fire Alarm ($50 voted
Nov. 16)
250 00
Water department "maintenance"
14,000 00
"construction"
5,000 00
Sewer department
900 00
Fire department ($600 voted Nov. 16)
7,600 00
66 66 new hose
325 00
new coats and hats
200 00
Forest warden ($150 voted Nov. 16)
250 00
Poor department ($2,500 voted Nov. 9)
8,500 00
School department, general
47,207 50
fire escapes
500 00
fuel
4,500 00
contingent 2,800 00
supplies 3,000 00
6 .
evening school .
1,000 00
Police department ($150 voted Nov 9)
3,050 00
Night watch
1,869 04
Town Hall expenses
1,900 00
Tree warden expenses
175 00
Salaries Town officials
7,360 00
Board of Health expenses .
300 00
.
179
Miscellaneous expenses
$5,000 00
Board of Health "back bills"
150 00
Tax re-imbursement 70 29
Common and park
800 00
Richardson Light Guard .
800 00
Brown Tail Moth dept. ($3, 347.02 voted Nov. 9)
4,847 02
Soldiers' relief
4,000 00
Military aid
500 00
State aid .
4,000 00
Hydrant rental
4,805 00
Fish Committee expenses .
25 00
Memorial Day
300 00
July 4th
500 00
Beebe Town Library
700 00
Public Reading Room
250 00
Interest
14,351 85
List of Polls and Estates .
450 00
Painting Town Hall ($50.70 voted Nov. 9)
789 43
Total
. $182,525 13
BALANCE AVAILABLE FROM LAST YEAR.
Highways and Bridges
$ 83
Albion street macadam
114 23
sidewalk
149 03
Francis avenue drain
477 04
Municipal Light Depreciation account Fire alarm
28 71
Water Department meters
III 96
New steamer
165 35
School Department "income account"
76
Evening school
268 41
Tree Warden expenses
5 60
Common and park
123 55
Richardson Light Guard
3 64
Cemetery expenses .
64 58
Brown Tail Moth Dept.
.
1,870 14
e
2,173 OI
180
Greenwood Branch Town Library
$5 45
Railroad street land damage
165 00
Water
440 00
Markers Revolutionary graves .
42 25
Bell at Boyntonville .
350 00
Beebe Town Library .
1 75
$6,561 29
RECAPITULATION.
Appropriations for 1908-1909
$182,525 13 .
Balance available from last year
6,561 29
Total
. $189,086 42
Divided as follows :
Voted at annual meeting .
$169,377 41
Voted at fall meeting
13,147 72
Balance available from last year
6,561 29
Total .
. $189,086 42
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Feb. 1, '08, balance available
$0 83
Mar. 24, '08, appropriation authorized . .
5,000 00
Nov. 9, '08,
600 00
Received from Street Railway and Excise Tax 6,454 25
B. & N. R. R. 700 00
abutters, sale crushed stone, etc. . 548 41
$13,303 49
Expended as per Report Supt. of Streets
. 13,290 43
Balance unexpended . $13 06
.
.
.
181
ALBION STREET MACADAM.
Feb. 1, '08, balance available
$114 23 Apr. 6, '08, appropriation authorized 2,000 00
$2, 114 23
Expended as per Report Supt. Streets.
114 23
Balance unexpended .
. $2,000 00
ALBION STREET SIDEWALK.
Feb. I, balance available $149 03 Expended as per Report Supt. Streets . 149 03 .
GOULD STREET SIDEWALK.
Nov. 9, '08, appropriation authorized . $400 00 Expended as per Report Supt. of Streets 400 09
FRANCIS AVENUE DRAIN.
Feb. 1, '08, balance available .
. $477 04
Expended as per Report Supt. of Streets . 477 04
LINDEN AVENUE BRIDGE.
Nov. 9, appropriation authorized $700 00 Balance available 700 00
STREET SPRINKLING.
Mar. 10, 1908, appropriation authorized . $1,800 00 Expended as follows : Killorin Contracting Co., July 4th work 15 00
Wakefield Fire Dept., labor, men and horses 1,785 00
$1,800 00
182
MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT.
GENERAL ACCOUNT.
April 13, 1908, appropriation authorized Nov. 16, 1908, appropriation authorized
. $6,803 47
5,000 00
Income for year as voted
. 55,430 57
$67,234 04
Expended for maintenance as per Report Light Board
$51,430 86
Notes and bonds .
8,550 00
Interest payments
5,733 50
Salaries of Commissioners
300 00
$66,014 36
Balance unexpended .
.
1,219 68
$67,234 04-
DEPRECIATION ACCOUNT.
Feb. 1, 1908, balance unexpended . $2,173 OI
April 13, 1908, appropriation authorized
7,196 53
Merchandise credits
9 85
$9,379 39
Expended as per Report Light Board
8,654 80
Balance unexpended .
724 59
$9,379 39
FIRE ALARM.
February 1, 1908, balance available
$28 71
March 17, 1908, appropriation authorized
200 00
November 16, 1908, “
50 00
$278 71
Expended as per Report Light Board .
277 13
Balance unexpended . $1 58
0
.
1
183
WATER DEPARTMENT.
MAINTENANCE.
March 10, 1908, appropriation authorized $14,000 00
Maintenance credits, house connections, etc. 1,628 II
$15,628 II
Expended as per Commissioners' report Balance unexpended .
$15,605 50
22 61
$15,628 II
CONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION.
March 10, 1908, appropriation authorized
$5,000 00
Expended as per Commissioners' report 4,982 72
Balance .
17 28
$5,000 00
WATER METERS.
February 1, 1908, balance available
$III 96
Expended as per Commissioners' report
$106 60
Balance .
5 36
$III 96
SEWER DEPARTMENT.
March 10, 1908, appropriation authorized
$800 00
Appropriation authorized, repairs Converse street and North avenue sewer .
100 00
Mdse credits
21 00
Refund
I 13
$922 13
Expended as per Commissioners' report
749 63
Balance .
$172 50
.
.
184
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
March 10, 1908, appropriation authorized $7,000 00 600 00
November 16, 1908, appropriation authorized
Receipts as per Engineer's report
1,975 02
$9,575 02
Expended as per Engineers' report
$9,546 90
Balance unexpended
28 12
$9,575 02
NEW HOSE.
November 30, 1908, appropriation authorized
$325 00
Paid Cornelius Callahan Co. .
$325 00
NEW COATS AND HATS.
March 30, 1908, appropriation authorized
$200 00
Expended as per Engineers' report $198 60
Balance .
I 40
$200 00
NEW STEAMER.
February, 1908, balance available
$165 35
Paid Chas. Waugh Co., 3-horse hitch
85 00
Balance .
80 35
$165 35
FOREST WARDEN.
Mar. 10, 1908, appropriation authorized
$100 00
Nov. 16, 1908,
150 00
Rec'd Town of Saugus
-
.
.
.
9 40
$259 40
Expended as per warden's report .
248 00
Balance . .
.
.
II 40
$259 40
·
185
POOR DEPARTMENT,
Mar. 10, 1908, appropriation authorized
$6,000 00
Nov. 9, 1908,
2,500 00
Income for year as voted
3,843 17
$12,343 17
Expended as per report overseers
12,638 20
Less overdraft .
295 03
$12,343 17
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
GENERAL.
March 10, 1908, appropriation authorized ·
$47,207 50
Received from tuition
42 02
$47,249 52
Expended as per report School Committee Less overdraft .
47,287 59
38 07
$47,249 52
SCHOOL FUEL ACCOUNT.
March 10, 1908, appropriation authorized
$4,500 00
Expended as per report School Committee
4,488 08
Balance .
II 92
$4,500 00
SCHOOL CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
March 10, 1908, appropriation authorized Received from tuition 1,730 29
$2,800 00
$4,530 29
Expended as per report School Committee 4,530 29
186
SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
March 10, 1908, appropriation authorized $3,000 00
Received from tuition 572 07
$3,572 07
Expended as per School Committee .
3,572 07
EVENING SCHOOL.
Feb. 1, 1908, balance unexpended $268 41
March 10, 1908, appropriation authorized
1,000 00
Received from tuition 47 60
$1,316 OI
Expended as per report School Committee Balance unexpended .
$948 21
367 80
$1,316 OI
FIRE ESCAPES.
April 6, 1908, appropriation authorized
$500 00
Transferred from income account ·
165 88
$665 88
Expended as per report School Committee 665 88
INCOME ACCOUNT.
Feb. 1, 1907, balance available .
$ 0 76
Received from tuition 4
.
2,509 50
$2,510 26
Expended :
Transferred to general account .
$42 02
contingent .
1,730 29
supplies .
.
.
572 07
fire escapes
165 88
$2,510 26
187
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Mar. 10, 1908, appropriation authorized $2,900 00 Nov. 9, 1908, 150 00
transferred from night watch 69 04
(Vacation substitutes paid out of police account)
$3,119 04
Expended as follows :
C. L. Sopher, M.D., professional services 16 00
Mrs. N. Hathaway, team hire 9 50
J. A. Bancroft, surveys IO 50
Municipal light plant 7 28
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. 20 40
Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., supplies 43 34
H. M. Dolbeare, printing .
6 50
E. E. Tyzzer, professional services
20 00
G. H. Taylor, supplies
3 70
J. W. Grace, supplies
4 83
July 4th pay roll 108 45
C. Latimer, team hire
I 75
William F. Wright, revolver
8 00
H. G. Brockbank, incidentals
29 24
H. M. Eastman & Co., auto hire
6 00
City of Malden, services and expenses, sergeant and six patrolmen . 32 25
W. W. Bessey & Son, team hire
7 00
A. H. Thayer, supplies
3 77
Cutler Brothers, supplies .
73
J. L. Preston, Jr., services
172 70
Henry DeRoche 66
232 50
F. J. Black
188. 45
Emil Nelson
3 45
Eugene P. McDonnell “
97 05
E. A. Tyler
2 40
J. Peterson
+
32 10
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