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44.81
Interest
302.26
Maintenance
376.53
Serial Bonds
15.41
739.01
739.01
739.01
METROPOLITAN PARKS LOAN FUND (Nantasket)
CREDIT
Appropriation
158.30
DEBIT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Maintenance
158.30
158.30
158.30
WELLINGTON BRIDGE
CREDIT
Appropriation
20.22
DEBIT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Maintenance
20.22
20.22
20.22
1
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
285
METROPOLITAN SEWER LOAN SINKING FUND (North System)
CREDIT
Appropriation
DEBIT
10,878.06
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Sinking Fund
2,038.83
Interest
4,555.43
Serial Bonds
245.51
Maintenance
4,038.29
10,878.06
10,878.06
AUDITING MUNICIPAL ACCOUNTS
CREDIT
Appropriation
1,227.61
Common. of Massachusetts
1,227.61
1,227.61
1,227.61
NATIONAL BANK TAX
CREDIT
Appropriation
DEBIT
Common. of Massachusetts
704.15
704.15
704.15
BONDED DEBT ACCOUNT
FIRE STATION LOAN
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915 .
1,000.00
Payments (1915)
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
MOTOR FIRE APPARATUS LOAN
. Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915 . Payments (1915)
900.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915
3,600.00
4,500.00
4,500.00
DEBIT
704.15
4,500.00
286
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
SEWERAGE LOAN (First Issue)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915 .
190,000.00
Payments (1915)
5,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
185,000.00
190,000.00 190,000.00
SEWERAGE LOAN (Second Issue)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915 .
13,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
13,000.00
13,000.00
13,000.00
BYRON STREET SEWER (First Issue)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915
2,000.00
Payments (1915)
1,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
1,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
ELM AND ARMORY STREETS SEWER 1913
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915 . Payments (1915)
4,000.00
1,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915
3,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
MAIN AND FRANKLIN STREETS SEWER 1913
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915 .
2,000.00
Payments (1915) .
500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
1,500.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
UPPER GOULD STREET SEWER 1914
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915 . Payments (1915)
2,000.00
500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
1,500.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
287
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
BYRON STREET SEWER (Second Issue) 1914
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915
1,500.00
Payments (1915) Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
500.00
1,000.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
MAIN STREET CONSTRUCTION LOAN (1913)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915
12,000.00
Payments (1915)
6,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
6,000.00
12,000.00 12,000.00
MAIN STREET CONSTRUCTION LOAN (1914)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915 . Payments (1915)
18,000.00
6,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
12,000.00
18,000.00
18,000.00
GREENWOOD SCHOOLHOUSE LOAN
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915
3,000.00
Payments (1915)
1,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
2,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
JUNCTION SCHOOLHOUSE LOAN
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915
10,500.00
Payments (1915)
1,500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
9,000.00
10,500.00
10,500.00
HURD SCHOOLHOUSE LOAN
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915 . Payments (1915)
1,000.00
3,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
4,000.00
288
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
HIGH SCHOOL REPAIR LOAN
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915 . Payments (1915)
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
HIGH SCHOOL SITE LOAN 1913
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915
22,500.00
Payments (1915)
2,500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915
20,000.00
22,500.00
22,500.00
INSURANCE LOAN
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915 . Payments (1915)
1,000.00
500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915
500.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
UNDERGROUND WIRES (Wakefield Square)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915
3,000.00
Payments (1915)
1,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915
2,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
WATER CONSTRUCTION LOAN
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915
187,000.00
Payments (1915)
8,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
179,000.00
187,000.00 187,000.00
WATER METER LOAN (First Issue 1912)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915
12,000.00
Payments (1915)
1,500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
10,500.00
12,000.00 12,000.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
·- 289
WATER METER LOAN (Second Issue 1913)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915 . Payments (1915) Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
13,500.00
1,500.00
12,000.00
13,500.00
13,500.00
WATER MAIN LOAN, MAIN STREET (First Issue 1913)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915
7,000.00
Payments (1915)
1,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
6,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
WATER MAIN LOAN, MAIN STREET (Second Issue 1913)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915
1,000.00
Payments (1915)
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT LOAN (First Issue 1894) . .
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915 . Payments (1915)
90,000.00
9,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
81,000.00
90,000.00 90,000.00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT LOAN (Second Issue 1909)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915 . Payments (1915)
12,500.00
2,500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
10,000.00
12,500.00
12,500.00
GAS MAIN LOAN, WATER STREET (1914)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915 . Payments (1915) Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
6,000:00
1,000.00
5,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
290
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION LOAN 1915
Borrowed May, 1915 . .
6,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
LOWELL STREET CONSTRUCTION LOAN 1915
Borrowed May, 1915 .
4,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 . 4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
PARK AVENUE SEWER 1915
Borrowed May, 1915 .
4,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
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RECAPITULATION
Out. Dec. 31, '15 fire appar.
3,600.00
Out. Dec. 31, '15 sewerage
210,000.00
Out. Dec. 31, '15 highways ·
28,000.00
Out. Dec. 31, '15 schools . ·
14,000.00
Out. Dec. 31, '15 high sc. site
20,000.00
Out. Dec. 31, '15 insurance
500.00
Out. Dec. 31, '15 Light Dept.
98,000.00
Out. Dec. 31, '15 Water Dept.
207,500.00
Total
581,600.00
TRUST FUNDS NANCY WHITE SCHOOL FUND ($500.00)
Principal and interest deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank. Income to be used for the purchase of books for the Hurd School. CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 .
539.79
Interest for 1915 . 21.78
DEBIT
DeWolfe & Fiske Co., books 20.80
Milton Bradley Co., books . 6.37
Educational Associates, charts 10.00
37.17
Balance Dec. 31, '15
524.40
561.57 561.57
291
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
FLINT MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND ($1,000.00)
Invested in a certificate of deposit in the Liberty Trust Co. of Boston. Income to the credit of the Town Library.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 .
Interest for 1915 . DEBIT
Trans. to Library Dept. (int.)
40.00
Balance Dec. 31, '15
1,000.00
1,040.00 1,040.00
FRANCIS P. HURD LIBRARY FUND ($2,500.00)
Invested in a certificate of deposit in the Liberty Trust Co. of Boston. Income to the credit of the Town Library.
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 . 2,500.00 100.00
Interest for 1915 .
DEBIT
Trans. to Library Dept. (int.)
100.00
Balance Dec. 31, '15
2,500.00
2,600.00
2,600.00
CYRUS WAKEFIELD LIBRARY FUND ($500.00)
Invested in a certificate of deposit in the Liberty Trust Co. of Boston. Income to the credit of the Town Library.
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 . 500.00
Interest for 1915 .
20.00
DEBIT .
Trans. to Library Dept. (int.)
20.00
Balance Dec. 31, '15
500.00
520.00 520.00
FRANKLIN POOLE LIBRARY FUND ($500.00)
Invested in a certificate of deposit in the Liberty Trust Co. of Boston. Income to the credit of the Town Library. .
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 . 500.00
Interest for 1915 . 20.00
1,000.00 40.00
CREDIT
CREDIT
292
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
DEBIT
Trans. to Library Dept. (int.)
Balance Dec. 31, '15
20.00
500.00
520.00
520.00
CYRUS G. BEEBE LIBRARY FUND ($2,000.00)
Invested in a certificate of deposit in the Liberty Trust Co. of Boston. Income to the credit of the Town Library.
CREDIT
Interest for 1915 .
DEBIT
Trans. to Town Library (int.)
80.00
Balance Dec. 31, '15
2,000.00
2,080.00
2,080.00
MERRILL W. GOVE LIBRARY FUND ($500.00)
Deposited in the Blackstone Savings Bank of Boston. CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 .
500.00
Interest for 1915 .
20.20
DEBIT
Trans. to Town Library (int.) 20.20
Balance Dec. 31, '15
500.00
520.20
520.20
JONATHAN NICHOLS TEMPERANCE FUND ($1,000.00)
Invested in a certificate of deposit in the Liberty Trust Co. of Boston. Income deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank. CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 (fund) 1,000.00
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 (int.)
16.67
Interest for 1915 .
40.64
DEBIT
John C. O'Connell
10.00
Chester M. Cate
10.00
Chester R. Hall
10.00
William Bateman .
10.00
Adelbert C. Purrington
10.00
50.00
Balance Dec. 31, '15
1,007.31
1,057.31
1,057.31
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 . 2,000.00 80.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
293
CORNELIUS SWEETSER LECTURE FUND ($10,000.00)
Invested in a certificate of deposit in the Liberty Trust Co. of Boston.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1915
Interest for 1915 .
DEBIT
Harry M. Wheeler, Treas.
.
Balance Dec. 31, '15
10,000.00
10,400.00
10,400.00
CORNELIUS SWEETSER LECTURE GUARANTEE FUND
Deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1915
Interest for 1915 .
DEBIT
Balance Dec. 31, '15
1,047.64
1.047.64
1,047.64
NANCY WHITE PARK FUND ($1,000.00)
Invested in a certificate of deposit in the Liberty Trust Co. of Boston.
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 .
Interest for 1915 .
DEBIT
Trans. to Park Dept., (int.)
40.00
Balance Dec. 31, '15
1,000.00
1,040.00
1,040.00
MARY E. ABORN PARK FUND ($2,000.00)
Invested in a certificate of deposit in the Liberty Trust Co. of Boston.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 .
2,000.00 80.00
Interest for 1915 .
DEBIT
Trans. to Park Dept. (int.)
Balance Dec. 31, '15
80.00 2,000.00
2,080.00
2,080.00
10,000.00 400.00
400.00
1,006.98 40.66
CREDIT
1,000.00 40.00
294
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
CORNELIUS SWEETSER CEMETERY LOT FUND ($1,000.00)
Deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 . 1,240.20 50.10
Interest for 1915 .
DEBIT
Water Dept., water rates 3.00
C. C. Ball, flowers, etc. . ·
10.80
W. H. Murray, care of lot . 15.00
28.80
Balance Dec. 31, '15
1,261.50
1,290.30
1,290.30
JANE K. VINTON CEMETERY LOT FUND ($50.00)
Deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank. CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 (fund) 50.00
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 (int.)
.46
Interest for 1915 . .
2.02
DEBIT
W. H. Murray, care of lot .
2.00
Balance Dec. 31, '15
50.48
52.48
52.48
CLARISSA E. SWAIN CEMETERY LOT FUND ($500.00)
Deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 . (fund) 500.00
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 (int.)
19.58
Interest for 1915 . 20.96
DEBIT
C. C. Ball, plants, flowers 4.00
W. H. Murray, care of lot . 8.00
12.00
Balance Dec. 31, '15
528.54
540.54
540.54
295
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
FLINT OLD BURIAL GROUND FUND ($2,000.00)
Invested in a certificate of deposit in the Liberty Trust Co. of Boston. Income deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 (fund) 2,000.00
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 (int.)
34.72
Interest for 1915 .
81.38
DEBIT
Labor as per payroll .
65.63
W. E. Knox, lumber .
12.11
J. W. Grace, rakes, paint, etc.
6.50
Chas. C. Ball, plants . . 2.00
W. W. Whittredge, spr. trees,
13.43
W. H. Murray, care of lots .
4.00
103.67
Balance Dec. 31, '15
2,012.43
2,116.10
2,116.10.
EZRA EATON CEMETERY LOT FUND ($100.00)
Deposited in the Blackstone Savings Bank of Boston.
CREDIT
Appropriation (by town to re-
estab. fund, Mar. 15, '15)
100.00
Interest for 1915 .
2.00
DEBIT
Balance Dec. 31, '15
102.00
102.00
102.00
Total amount of Trust. Funds Dec. 31, 1915, $26,150.00; avail- 11 able interest Dec. 31, $384.30; total, $26,534.30.
The Deposit Books and Certificates of Deposits of the several banking institutions in which the above funds are deposited, have been examined and found as reported.
H. A. SIMONDS, Town Accountant.
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Balance Sheet-December 31, 1915 REVENUE ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Revenue Cash
58,351.60
Accounts Payable:
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes, 1914
41,112.95
Taxes, 1915
117,041.24
158,154.19
Moth Assessments, 1914
376.31
Moth Assessments, 1915
819.70
1,196.01
Sewer, Assessments, 1914
759.57
Sewer Assessments, 1915
1,731.92
2,491.49
Departmental Bills:
Poor Dept.
1,615.34
Highway, General
61.87
School Dept. ...
521.50
Cemetery Dept.
87.25
Highway (sidewalks)
123.82
Water Dept .. (services)
75.87
Water Dept. (rates) .
300.00
Sewers (not apportioned)
3,661.93
State Aid (Com. of Mass.)
2,952.00
Temporary Loans (anticipation of revenue) .
220,000.00
Selectmen's Orders (unpaid) 33.65
Appropriation (balances) :
High School Special Committee 96.80
Nahant Street (widening) .
356.00
Land for Boulevard
(Lake Quannapowitt) .
401.00
Water Street (widening)
200.00
Municipal Light Dept.
(depreciation)
.69
1,054.49
Overlay 1915 (remaining for abatement of taxes) . .
2,970.50
. Surplus Revenue
.
.
Overlay 1914 .
4,764.62
. 5,654.23
.
.
.
·
10,418.85
Less abatements in excess of
.
Military Aid (Com. of Mass.) Sold'rs Bur. (Com. of Mass.) Municipal Light Bills . ·
70.00
50.00
9,519.58
9,135.49
Municipal Light (revenue)
9,135.49
Tax titles (revenue) . .
10,967.36
Apportioned (sewer assess.)
9,759.81
Apportioned Sewer (revenue) :
Due in 1916 .
1,553.87
Due in 1917 .
1,536.71
Due in 1918 .
1,502.96
Due in 1919 .
1,437.59
Due in 1920 .
1,363.99
Due in 1921 .
1,006.15
Due in 1922
695.56
Due in 1923 .
499.06
Due in 1924 .
163.92
9,759.81
259,575.53
259,575.53
Muncipal Light Dept. (meter refund account) : Cash on hand .
MEMORANDUM ACCOUNT
1,599.00 Due Depositors ·
.
.
.
.
.
.
....
.
.
.
.
.
.
1,599.00
.
10,967.36
Tax titles (held by town). ·
·
.
NON-REVENUE GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Non-Revenue Cash: In Bank .
LIABILITIES
1,418.48 Appropriation Balances:
Water meters .
223.18
Permanent highways
.88
Lowell Street .
14.98
1,418.48
Park Avenue sewer
1,179.44
1,418.48
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Bonded Debt. (Bal. Acct)
581,600.00
Fire Department Loans .
3,600.00
Sewer Construction Loans .
210,000.00
Highway Construction Loans .
28,000.00
School Construction Loans .
14,000.00
High School Site Loans
20,000.00
Insurance Loans
500.00
Water Construction Loans
185,000.00
Water Meter Loans
22,500.00
Municipal Light Construct'n Loans
98,000.00
.
.
·
.
.
.
581,600.00
581,600.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds: Cash and Securities
26,534.30
Trust Funds: School Fund: Nancy White-Hurd School .
524.40
Library Funds:
Flint Memorial
1,000.00
Dr. Francis P. Hurd
2,500.00
Cyrus Wakefield
500.00
Franklin Poole .
500.00
Cyrus G. Beebe .
2,000.00
Merrill W. Gove
500.00
7,000.00
Park Funds:
Nancy White .
·
1,000.00
Mary G. Aborn .
2,000.00
3,000.00
Cemetery Funds:
C. Sweetser .
1,261.50
Jane K. Vinton
50.48
Clarissa E. Swain
528.54
Flint Old Burial Ground
2,012.43
E. Eaton .
102.00
3,954.95
Miscellaneous Funds:
J. Nichols Temperance Fund . 1,007.31
C. Sweetser Lecture Fund . 10,000.00
C. Sweetser Lecture Guar. Fund
1,047.64
12.054.95
26,534.30
26,534.30
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
·
.
300
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Note :- The surplus revenue shows a net balance of $5654.23 Dec. 31, '15 as against $4398.34 on Dec. 31, '14, making a gain in revenue for the year of $1255.89. In other words, if the town should collect all moneys due them, and pay all obligations (excepting. bonded indebtedness) there would remain a cash balance of $5654.23 at the close of the year.
The accounts of the Treasurer have been examined and agree with the Accountant's books; the cash balances have been verified by bank statements. All permanent and temporary loans cancelled during the year by the Treasurer have been examined, and found as reported.
Respectfully submitted,
H. A. SIMONDS, Town Accountant.
301
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
UNPAID BILLS DECEMBER 31, 1915
Highway Dept .:
Barrett Mfg Co.
89.37
Standard Oil Co. .
2.25
N. E. Road Machine Co.
100.00
W. H. Grant
10.00
Light Dept.
1.25
Curley Bros.
27.31
Dan E. Fessenden
.50
Water Dept.
300.00
Poor Dept. .
160.88
691.56
Light Dept .:
B. & M. R.R. .
1,116.34
Fort Wayne Elec. Works
242.25
W. H. Grant .
1.75
W. S. Greenough Co. .
117.10
J. Laybolt .
7.95
Standard Oil Co. .
267.50
Stuart-Howland Co.
6.88
Western Electric Co. .
20.18
Westmoreland Coal Co.
516.55
2,296.50
Cemetery Dept .:
Austin L. Mansfield
11.25
Forest Warden Dept .:
Payroll .
32.50
School Dept .:
M. J. Hallissey .
69.50
William A. Prescott
386.56
456.06
3,487.87
The bill of W. A. Prescott is the balance of a bill for fireproofing the basement at the Lincoln School, and for making an outside en- trance to the manual training room as an additional means of safety in case of fire.
The bill for M. J. Hallissey is for fireproofing the basement at the Hamilton School.
302
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
INDEX TO REPORTS OF TOWN OFFICERS
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Assessors .
Page 67
Cemetery Department
141
Collector's Statement
76
Fire Department .
51
Forest Warden
43
Health Department
54
Highway Department
124
Inspector of Animals
48
Inspector of Buildings
44
Inspector of Milk .
56
Inspector of Plumbing
55
Inspector of Wires
43
Jurors
6
Library Department .
57
Light Department
142
Park Department .
71
Planning Board
45
Police Department
48
Poor Department .
71
School Department
82
Selectmen
41
Sweetser Lecture Committee
158
Town Counsel
46
Town Clerk
Election and Town Meeting
8
Town Officers
3
Statistics
167
Treasurer .
159
Water and Sewerage Department
78
Workmens Compensation Agent
45
4
Sealer of Weights and Measures
44
Sweetser Charity .
47
303
INDEX
INDEX TO TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Page
Receipts
191
Appropriations, List of
194
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes, 1913
197
Taxes, 1914
197
Taxes, 1915
197
Tax Titles held by town .
198
Moth Assessments, 1913 .
198
Moth Assessments, 1914 .
198
Moth Assessments, 1915 .
198
Sewer Assessments, 1913
198
Sewer Assessment, 1914 .
198
Sewer Assessments, 1915
198
Sewer Assessments (apportioned)
199
Sidewalk Assessments
199
State Aid .
199
Military Aid
200
Soldiers' Burials
200
Water Service Bills
200
Water Rates
200
Light Department Bills
200
House Connections (sewer)
201
Excise Tax
201
National Bank Tax
201
Overlays, 1913
201
Overlays, 1914
201
Overlays, 1915
201
Appropriation Accounts :
Accountant's Department .
204
Assessors
206
Cemetery Department
281
Collector's Department
205
County Tax
262
Court Fines
262
Election and Registration
210
Ezra Eaton Cemetery Lot
260
Finance Committee
202
Fire Department
217
Fish and Game Warden
256
Fish Screen
260
Forest Warden
225
Guarantee Deposit Fund
257
Health Department
225
Sewer Assessments (not apportioned)
199
304
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
.
Highway Department
High School Special Committee
256
Inspector of Buildings
223
Insurance Account
258
Interest Account
282
July 4th Celebration
259
Law Department
207
Library .
253
Light Department
263
Maturing Debt
283
Memorial Day, G. A. R.
261
Memorial Day, U. S. W. V.
261
Military Aid .
241
Miscellaneous Fund
257
Moderator's Salary
202
Moth Department .
222
Nahant Street Widening
262
Park Department
255
Police Department
214
Poor Department
235
Quannapowitt Boulevard
262
Reserve Fund .
260
Rifle Range
225
Sealer of Weights and Measures
223
Selectmen's Department
202
Selectmen's Orders
257
School Department
241
Soldiers' Graves
262
Soldiers' Relief
241
State Aid
241
State Tax and other Assessments
283
Teachers' Retirement Fund
261
Town Clerk
208
Town Hall
212
Treasury Department
204
Treasury Re-imbursement
257
Tree Warden
224
Valuation Book
260
Water and Sewer Department
273
Water Street Widening
263
Balance Sheet
296
Bonded Debt .
285
Trust Funds
290
Unpaid Bills
301
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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT of WAKEFIELD MASS.
For The Year Ending DECEMBER 31, 1916
Compiled by THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
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1644
1868
W
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ITEM PRESS, WAKEFIELD
FORM OF BEQUEST
I hereby give and bequeath to the Town of Wakefield, Mass., for the benefit of the Beebe Town Library, the sum of
dollars, the income only of which shall be used for the purchase of books and magazines, under the direction of the Library Trustees.
105th ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF WAKEFIELD, MASS. FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1916 ALSO
THE TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS
OF THE
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
DURING THE YEAR 1916
1644
1868
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WAKE
D.
ITEM PRESS
WAKEFIELD, MASS.
1
Town Officers, 1916-1917
Selectmen John J. Round, Chairman
Frank H. Hackett, Secretary Nathaniel E. Cutler Earl H. Morton
John A. Meloney
Town Clerk - Frederic S. Hartshorne
Town Treasurer - George E. Walker
Tax Collector - Charles E. Walton
Light Commissioners
Edwin C. Miller, Chairman
Term expires 1918
L. Wallace Sweetser, Secretary
66
1917
John M. Cameron
66
66 1919
Assessors
Samuel T. Parker, Chairman
Term expires 1918
George H. Stowell, Secretary
66
1919
Charles A. Cheney
66 1917
Overseers of the Poor
Hugh Connell, Chairman
Term expires 1917
Albert D. Cate, Secretary
66
1918
George E. Zwicker
66 1919
Water and Sewerage Board
Hervey J. Skinner, Chairman
Term expires 1917
James H. Kimball, Secretary
66
1918
Charles H. Learoyd .
.
1919
4
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
School Committee
Arthur H. Boardman, Chairman
Term expires 1917
Ida Farr Miller, Secretary
1918
J. Lowe McMahon, Treasurer
66
1919
Charles E. Montague
66 66
1917
Eva Gowing Ripley
66
1919
Edward E. Lee
66
1918
Trustees Beebe Town Library
Winfield S. Ripley, Jr., Chairman
Term expires 1917
Elizabeth F. Ingram, Secretary
66
66
1919
Arthur L. Evans
66
1918
Edson W. White .
66
1918
Frank T. Woodbury .
66
66
1918
Richard Dutton
66
1917
Walter O. Cartwright
66
1917
Hervey J. Skinner
66
60
1919
Fiorence L. Bean
66
66
1919
Board of Health
Joseph W. Heath, Chairman .
Term expires 1918
Augustus D. Jenkins, Secretary
66
1917
David Taggart
66 1919
Park Commissioners * Eugene S. Hinckley, Chairman
George W. Abbott, Secretary Arthur P. Knight
* Died Aug 7, 1916
Cemetery Commissioners
Willie R. Blake, Chairman .
Term expires 1918
Harvey S. Parker, Secretary
.
66
66
1917
* John Miniken
* Removed from town
Constables
James J. Pollard Harry F. Peck
Frank H. Robinson Harry A. Simonds
Louis N. Tyzzer
Moderator - Theodore Eaton
Tree Warden - Frank T. Woodbury
66
1917
Samuel T. Parker, apptd to fill vacancy
.
66
1919
.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
Registrars of Voters
Fred E. Bunker, Chairman .
. Term expires 1919
James F. Curley .
1917
Patrick J. Kelly
1918
Frederic S. Hartshorne (ex officio)
Finance Committee
Warner V. Taylor, Chairman
Term expires 1919
Lewis J. Gordon, Secretary
1918
George A. Cowdrey
" 1918
Elmer C. Richardson
1918
Charles F. Winship
66
1918
Webster F. Gilcreast .
1918
Thomas Hickey
1917
C. Ernest Sanford
1917
A. Francis Harrington
1917
Clarence E. Learned .
66
1917
William H. Cartland
66
1919
Edward F. Preston
1919
Willis C. Robbins.
66
1919
Conant W. Ruth
1919
G. Ray Sargent
66 1917
Town Planning Board
Hubbard B. Mansfield, Chairman J. William O'Connell, Secretary Clide G. Morrill Curtis L. Sopher Selden W. Tyler
.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Population 1915 Census
12,781
8th Congressional District
6th Councillor District
6th Middlesex Senatorial District 19th Middlesex Representative District
LIST OF JURORS
Alden, Harry P.
Anderson, Andrew G.
Husson, John H.
Anderson, George A.
Johnson, Olof R.
Arnold, William E.
Jenkins, Augustus D.
Atherton, Arlon S.
Jones, C. Albert
Ayscough, Charles D.
Jones, Julius A. Jones, Roscoe F. .
Bears, Waldo W.
Jordan, Frank B.
Bessey, William W.
Kelley, Edward B.
Biggs, Charles H.
Kelley, Patrick J.
Bradford, Francis I.
Killorin, George W.
Branch, George E.
Lally, Patrick J.
Brown, Edward E.
Lavery, Willard S.
Brownell, Alstead W.
Lord, Albert E.
Butler, Aloysius P.
Lord, Frederick N.
Carlisle, Ralph E.
Malcolm, Zina B.
Carpenter, Charles W.
Mansfield, William J.
Cate, Albert D.
Marion, F. Herbert Marshall, Frank A. Maxwell, Joseph E.
Classen, Charles E.
Clough, Frank L.
McDonald, John A. H.
Connell, Hugh Connelly, Edward J.
McDonnell, Eugene P. Mellett, Arthur W.
Corey, Frederick W.
Meloney, John A.
Costello, Sylvester W.
Meloney, John A., Jr. Meloney, Patrick J.
Curley, James F. Cutler, Augustus L.
Merrill, Rufus A. Mckay, John G.
Cutler, Nathaniel E.
Davis, Henry
Miller, John A.
Derrick, John W.
Moore, Gaston B.
Dinan, Joseph C.
Morton, Hollis E.
Chesley, William W.
Hunter, Needham C.
Baxter, George N.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
Dodge, William J. Doherty, Hugh Donald, George E. Donegan, William Donovan, Cornelius Drake, Lowell N. Dunbar, George E. Evans, Charles A. Evans, Daniel Fairfield, Lewis P.
Fell, Thomas W. H. Findlay, James W. Foley, John J. Frye, William H.
Preston, Edward F.
Purrington, Elwin I.
Reardon, William H.
Rich, Edward A.
Richardson, Elmer C.
Ronan, Carroll V.
Ronan, J. Fred
Sahlholm, Herman
Sederquest, Harry E.
Shea, John F.
Smith, Frank W.
Smith, Taylor F.
Southworth, Ezra M.
Stanley, Josiah S.
Sullivan, Jeremiah J.
Swain, Burton S.
Thrush, William A.
Thwaites, John H.
Hellyar, Isaac N.
Henkel, Frank J.
Harrington, Peter W. Hill, Melvin J. Holmes, Eber Horne, Robert W. Howlett, Leroy E. Hoyt, Frank P.
Munier, Theodore L. Murray, John F. O'Donnell, John H. Oliver, Elden S.
Oxley, Albert D.
Parker, Harvey S.
Parker, Samuel T.
Patch, Chester C.
Phelan, John T. Pinkham, Henry P. Porter, Harry T.
Gerrior, Charles H.
Gerry, Maurice W. Glass, Alexander
Gordon, Lewis J. Gooch, Joseph L. Goodwin, Wesley S.
Gowing Henry G. Grace, J. Wallace
Greany, Dennis
Hall, Henry C. ,
Hanright, Frank R. Haskell, Henry Hatch, Louis F.
Hatch, Lewis G. Hawes, Charles H. Hawkes, Augustus A.
Titus, Kirk H. Tupper, Arthur M. Turner, Patrick J. Walsh, Edward J. Walsh, Maurice F. Wheeler, Philip W. Whipple, Frank M. Williams,Frank C. Young, Job C.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Result of Election March 6, 1916
*Indicates Election
Precincts I
II III Totals
Selectmen
John J. Butler .
511
84
287
882
** Nathaniel E. Cutler
645
220
283
1148
*Frank H. Hackett .
757
223
369
1349
*John A. Meloney
707
191
370
1268
*Earl H. Morton
609
239
285
1133
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