Town annual report of the officers of Wakefield Massachusetts : including the vital statistics for the year 1915, Part 13

Author: Wakefield, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Town of Wakefield
Number of Pages: 314


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Lena E. (Burnham) Kendall


52


7


4


13


George F. Robie


72


0


24


13


Etta F. (Young) Pratt


65


8


3


14


Oscar J. Doucette


1


1


13


16


Antonette Lazro


6


0


0


16


0


0


0


19 Francis M. Ellis


73


10


8


19 Frank O'Neil


53


0


0


20


Margaret (Walsh) McCarthy


82


0


0


21 Francesco Di Santis


0


6


0


21 Clifford Bushee


29


0


0


21 Steven F. Toth


1


3


0


22


William H. Sullivan


50


0


0


23


Ellen (Duhig) Geary


69


0


0


24


Gialsomini Benedetti


0


5


25


25


Grazietta Del Rosso


17


0


0


27


Phoebe A. (Meirs) Holt


63


8


19


27 Henry Tweed McNeill


65


11


1


28 Frank Doucette


0


0


15


29


Orlando Nelson Gammons


76


9


2


30


Lena Catherine Maloney


18


11


3


May


1 Mary Toth


0


2


21


2 James Hennessey


68


4


7


3 Bertha (Shtrumpfman)


Krauze


32


0


0


3 Morris Shtrumpfman


23


0


0


5 Gertrude E. Logan


1


4


12


5 Thomas J. Walsh


55


0


0


5 Albert G. Chappell


39


0


0


187


RECORD OF DEATHS


Date of Death


Name


Yrs


Age Mos Dys


May 11


Biago Falzone.


23


0


U


13 Grace Cobb


1


1


3


14 Charles Eleas Wheelock


74


5


6


14 George Estes Howard


70


8


5


20 Eliza L. (Hasty) McKenney


65


2


10


21


Winnifred Stella Gray


20


7


27


23 Georgia C. (Small) Thompson


50


1


24


24 Charles Edward Bullard


68


4


25


25 Arthur Condon


4


0


0


27


Margaret M. Gaffy


41


11


8


27 Guiseppe R. Chepapini


0


1


0


29 Andrew Pietro


0


0


1


30 Ina (Marble) Prescott


30


0


0


31


0


0


0


June


1 George F. Stewart


48


0


0


2 Warren B. Johnson


. 67


5


2


6 Mary Dorothy Corcoran


0


0


7


10 Jonathan Burton Heningar


. 74


0


26


11


Frances Undine (Reid) Ennis


27


11


27


12 Daniel F. Donahue


48


11


15


14


Ethel M. McCauley


1


5


0


15 Seth Crosby


74


5


14


18 James R. Montague


23


6


23


21 John Campbell


85


5


0


22


0


0


0


27 Mary Delia Doucette


0


9


11


30 Eugene Cushing Bryant


68


3


29


30 William Milton Christie


.63


11


4


July


2 Hoyt B. Parker


76


6


3


12 Myrtle Orton


19


7


26


12


Benjamin Tatelabum


18


9


27


23 Minrva (Richardson) Bryant


84


10


18


24 Mary B. Hurlburt


0


0


14


25


0


0


0


25


Arthur Russell


19


5


15


28


William Beattie


79


11


0


Aug.


3 John G. Dykeman


26


10


21


11 Laura Elizabeth Mosher


4


3


10


12 Christina Munroe


66


0


0


13


Clara Josephine Hollander


10


0


22


18 Sylvia Gilcreast


0


5


9


18 Harry Erickson


.


0


5


11


22 Anna Pauline Erickson


.28


8


0


24 William Edmund Tait


74


7


5


188


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Date of Death


Name


Yrs


Age Mos Dys


Sept. 1 William Frederick Stack, Jr.


0


2


8


2


Nellie M. (Brown) Appleton


79


1


5


2 Juletta (Sylvester) Clapp


70


4


19


4 Lawrence J. Curley


3


7


4


6 Mary M. White


0


6


24


11


0


0


0


15 Patrick Hennessey


57


0


0


16 Dondo Algheri Palmerino


0


5


0


17 Francis H. Dewey


33


10


3


19 Daniel Webster Hunt


62


10


4


24 Henrietta (Patience) Elliot


37


0


0


Oct.


1 George Poland


0


7


14


2 Lauren A. Widtfeldt


0


7


20


3 Mary A. (Shaw) Emerson


.92


0


24


3 Jacob Barnard Wiley


72


11


20


9 Frances (Towne) Briggs


81


3


23


9 Thomas Dillon


76


0


0


11 Robert Irvine


65


4


10


11


Josephine Brown


72


3


7


11 Marain Messinesse


0


5


22


13 Ann Lorrette Malonson


0


11


15


14


Agnes Isabelle (Adams) Allen


. 57


6


15


15 Robert Harvey Gove


67


1


14


18 James Colman Wheelock Walton


96


2


14


20


Ida Louise (Townley) Cobb


60


8


20


23


Patrick Francis Doyle


.49


10


0


24


Mary E. (Sederquest) Chaderton


57


11


13


24


Charles Bryant Stevens


.64


0


0


26


0


0


0


27


Peter P. Landry


0


4


22


29


Sarah Ann (Cheney) Cutler


75


0


7


Nov.


4


5 Sabina E. Wanelik


1


4


0


5 Mary C. (Flannery) Ronan


68


3


0


8 Carrie Viola (Haskins) Wright


41


0


3


11 Albert La Fave


2


9


0


11 Elizabeth (Gillespie) Wellington


71


9


29


18 Mary Frances Deveau


0


1


18


19 Walter Moore


67


11


16


20 Mary (Clark) Goodwin


41


5


5


20 Samuel N. Greene


62


3


13


21 Hulda K. (Besse) Hilton


72


8


7


26 John W. Muse


19


10


6


26


0


0


0


0


0


0


189


RECORD OF DEATHS


Date of Death


Name


Yrs


Age Mos Dys


Nov. 27


Norman J. Mckinnon.


72


0


0


28 Samuel Parker


90


3


20


29 Mary A. (Reynolds) Mckeon


63


3


29


29 Arthur M. Brown


.49


1


4


30 Susan Ellen (Perley) Learoyd


78


0


16


30 John Murdough


76


0


0


Dec.


1 Margaret A. C. (Barrett) Bulter


45


0


0


4 Edwin Sylvester Carter


90


0


4


5


0


0


0


5 Daniel A. Downing


68


0


0


8 James Fred Parker


55


11


4


9 Maria Louise (Grey) Eaton


81


2


27


12 Frances Ada Warren


.65


5


22


13


0


0


0


15 Margaret Hawthorne


26


3


25


17 Honora (O'Brien) Mahoney


75


6


6


18 Hittle Agusta (Sanders) Gray


51


6


0


18 Catherine (Doyle) Creedon


45


0


0


19 Ernestine (Stehfest) Laetzsch


.68


9


3


20 Caroline Brown (Waitt) Atwood


85


8


0


24 Janet (Henderson) Logan


.74


10


14


25 Herman Frank Laetzsch


70


9


9


27 Albert O. McLellan


0


4


14


28 Catherine Higgins (Stewart) Johnston


75


11


1


29 Harold W. Curtis


0


0


4


31 Charles Sumner Young


52


3


12


190


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


DOG LICENSES


Number of licenses issued 403


Males


352


Females


50


Kennel


1


403


Tax on 352 males at $2


$ 704.00


Tax on 50 females at $5


250.00


One kennel license at $50


50.00


1004.00


Deduct Clerk's fees


80.60


Cash paid County Treasurer $923.40


HUNTERS' LICENSES


Licenses issued to resident hunters 251.


FREDERIC S. HARTSHORNE, Town Clerk


191


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF


TOWN ACCOUNTANT


1915


RECEIPTS 1915


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1915 .


$ 36,279.96


Chas. E. Walton, Col. taxes 1915, poll $ 3,278.00


Chas. E. Walton, Col. taxes 1915, personal


41,271.91


Chas. E. Walton, Col. taxes 1915, real estate


151,108.35


Chas. E. Walton, taxes, pre- vious years, poll .


3,453.00


Chas. E. Walton, taxes, pre- vious years, personal . Chas. E. Walton, taxes, pre- vious years, real estate Geo. E. Walker, Treas., re- demption tax titles


9,016.67


91,082.53


646.40


Geo. E. Walker, Treas., re- demption interest . .


58.85


299,915.71


2,050.18


Chas. E. Walton, Col Moth tax Chas. E. Walton, Col. Sewer tax, unapportioned Chas. E. Walton, Col. Sewer tax apportioned


601.43


2,980.92


3,582.35


Chas. E. Walton, Col. interest on taxes


4,900.04


Chas. E. Walton, Col. interest on sewer


6.83


4,906.87


192


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Wakefield Nat'l Bank on dep. Various Trust Funds, inter. Com. of Mass. street ry.tax Chas. E. Walton, Col. st. ry. (excise tax) . Chas. E. Walton, Col. Nat'l Bank tax .


919.67 1,033.84


3,600.18


3,346.88


6,947.06


Com. of Mass. Nat'l Bank tax


2,722.29


6,174.69


Com. of Mass. Corporation. . tax, public service . .


1,960.96


Com. of Mass. Corporation tax, business


4,180.09


Com. of Mass. Military Aid


110.00


Com. of Mass. State Aid .


2,836.00


Com. of Mass. Burial of In- digent Soldiers


50.00


Selectmen, junk licenses ·


200.00


Selectmen, pedlars' licenses .


34.00


Selectmen, second-hand fur- niture licenses


30.00


Selectmen, pool & bowl. lic.


40.00


Selectmen, circus licenses .


30.00


Selectmen, other licenses ·


15.00


349.00


Board of Health, milk licenses


30.00


Board of Health, slaughter house license


1.00


31.00


Wilfred B. Tyler, Clerk,


court fines


477.00


Com. of Mass. Lowell street contribution


2,000.00


County of Middlesex, Lowell street contribution


2,000.00


4,000.00


County of Middlesex, dog tax


884.87


Selectmen, telephone toll .


.20


Selectmen, rents, (Wake. est.)


341.00


Selectmen, insurance forms


5.35


Selectmen, Town Hall .


631.00


977.55


Fire Dept. rent G. hose house


58.75


Fire Dept., other receipts .


14.47


73.22


Sealer of W .& M. for work


60.00


W. W. Whittredge, Moth Dept.


49.50


Highway Dept., sidewalks & curbing


527.79


Poor Dept., (Mothers' Aid


from State)


509.59


Poor Dept., relief by state


30.06


3,452.40


193


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


Poor Dept., relief by cities and towns .


358.04


Poor Dept., Almshouse,


produce ·


178.30


Poor Dept., Almshouse,


milk


753.98


Poor Dept.,


Almshouse,


all other


248.54


2,078.51


School Dept., tuition, cities, towns, individuals .


1,898.95


School Dept., reimbursement from state (Trade school) School Dept., reimbursement


344.70


from state Practical Arts


263.03


School Dept., books & sup.


33.74


School Dept., other receipts Library Dept., fines, cat. etc. Light Dept., electricity


22,535.31


Light Dept., gas


40,466.87


Light Dept., coke, tar, etc.


14,531.19


77,533.37


Light Dept., old machinery Water Dept., water rates ..


41,565.45


Water Dept., water summon.


114.20


Water Dept., turn-on charges


54.00


41,733.65


Water Dept., water services .


860.27


Sewer Dept., rents (dwelling Lakeside avenue)


240.00


Sewer Dept., sewer con.


851.94


Cemetery Dept., lots etc.


69.25


Various persons, temp. loans


300,000.00


Various persons, time loans (Highway)


10,000.00


Various persons, time loans (Sewer)


4,000.00


314,000.00


Teachers' Retirement Fund (deduction from payroll) .


1,501.50


Treasury Reimbursement (Art. No. 8 Mch. meeting) . Refunds 1915:


236.66


Boston, (B. of H. bill) .


30.00


Light Dept. (Guar. deposit)


10.00


Harold L. Bond Co. (Park


Ave. sewer)


2.29


Stoneham Tool & Mch. Co. (Highway) .


6.90


Town of Templeton (Poor)


41.67


Light Dept., (cash. adv) .


150.00


46.30


2,586.72


210.31


500.00


194


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Water Dept., (cash adv.) . 50.00


Library Dept., (cash adv. )


15.00


L. L. I. Pipe Co. (water)


1.00


306.86


Chas E. Walton, Col. (tax certification)


14.00


Total receipts .


$821,100.35


APPROPRIATIONS 1915


Salary of Moderator .


$ 25.00


Selectmen's Department:


Salary of Board . $ 500.00 .


Dept. Expenses


600.00 1,100.00


Town Accountant's Department:


Salary of Accountant .


1,000.00


Dept. Expenses


150.00


1,150.00


Treasury Department:


Salary of Treasurer


750.00


Dept. Expenses


350.00


1,100.00


Collector's Department:


Salary of Collector


650.00


Dept. Expenses


300.00


950.00


Assessors' Department:


Salary of Assessors


1,300.00


Dept. Expenses


900.00


2,200.00


Town Clerk:


Salary of Clerk


200.00


Dept. Expenses


350.00


550.00.


Finance Committee:


Salary of Secretary


50.00


Dept. Expenses


15.00


65.00


Election and Registration:


Salary of Registrars


315.00


Dept. Expenses


885.00


1,200.00


Legal Department:


Salary of Counsel


500.00


Dept. Expenses


100.00


600.00


Town Hall


4,000.00


Vital Statistics


150.00


Police Dept., .


10,475.00


Fire Department:


Salary of Engineers


1,475.00


Dept. Expenses


15,025.00


Fire Alarm .


1,200.00


17,700.00


Rifle Range Account


550.00


195


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


Sealer of W. and M .:


Salary of Sealer


100.00


Dept. Expenses


75.00


175.00


Moth Dept.


6,000.00


Tree Warden Department:


Salary of Warden .


25.00


Dept. Expenses


575.00


600.00


Forest Warden Dept.


250.00


Fish and Game Warden .


25.00


Board of Health Department:


Salary of Board 1914-1915


200.00


Salary of Ins. Plumbing


600.00


Salary of Ins. of Animals


200.00


Salary of Ins. Milk


200.00


Collection of Garbage


1,200.00


Dept. Expenses


3,600.00


6,000.00


Sewer Department:


Maintenance


800.00


House Connections


1,000.00


1,800.00


Highway Department:


Salary of Supt. .


2,000.00


General Highways


29,400.00


Lowell Street construction


2,000.00


Patrol


1,000.00


34,400.00


Poor Department:


Salary of Board


300.00


Salary of Clerk


75.00


Dept. Expenses


14,000.00


14,375.00


State Aid .


3,500.00


Military Aid


300.00


Soldiers' Relief


3,800.00


School Dept.


82,900.00


Trade School


1,200.00


84,100.00


Library Dept.


1,790.00


Park Dept.


2,150.00


Reserve Fund


2,000,00


Insurance Account


2,500.00


Miscellaneous Fund


3,800.00


Light Dept.


25,000.00


Water Department:


Salary of Board


300.00


Maintenance


25,800.00


Construction


4,000.00


Bonds and Notes


13,000.00


Interest


8,841.25


House services .


1,500.00


53,441.25


196


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Cemetery Department:


Salary of Commissioners Dept. Expenses


70.00


580.00


650.00


Interest


·


18,780.00


Bonds and notes .


29,900.00


Treasury reimburse., Art 6


236.66


Guarantee dep. fund, Art 19


1,404.00


Street Lights, Art. 21 .


800.00


Ezra Eaton Tr. Fund, Art. 27


100.00


Fish Screen, Lake Quanna- powitt, Art. 28


25.00


Val. book copy, Art. 30 .


75.00


Memorial Day (G.A.R.)


350.00


Memorial Day (U.S.W.V.)


50.00


July 4th


500.00


Care Soldiers' Graves Art. 44


100.00 $340,791.91


State Tax


23,985.00


Charles River Basin Fund, Interest .


414.13


Charles River Basin Fund,


Maintenance


471.93


Charles River Basin Fund, Serial Bonds


33.39


National Bank Tax


704.15


Met. Park Loan, Sink. Fund


283.76


Met. Park Loan, int.


1,606.31


Met. Park L'n, maintenance


2,472.70


Met. Park L'n, serial bonds


43.92


Metropolitan Park Loan,


Sinking Fund, Series 2


44.81


Met. Park Loan, int


302.26


Met. Park Loan, maintenance


376.53


Met. Park Loan, serial bonds


15.41


Met. Park Loan Fund, (Nan- tasket) maintenance .


158.30


Wellington Br. maintenance


20.22


Met. Sewer Loan, Sink. Fund, (North System)


2,038.83


Met. Sewer Loan, int


4,555.43


Met. Sewer L'n, maintenance


4,038.29


Met. Sewer L'n, serial bonds


245.51


Auditing municipal accounts


1,227.61


43,038.49


Middlesex (County tax)


12,470.36


396,300.76


Overlay by Assess. (1915)


9,159.53


405,460.29


.


197


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


NON-REVENUE (TIME LOANS)


Highway Construction, Art 8


6,000.00


High. Con. (Low. st. Art. 11)


4,000.00


Park ave. sewer, Art. 40 .


4,000.00 14,000.00


419,460.29


RECAPITULATION


For Town purposes . ·


354,791.91


For State purposes .


43,038.49


For County purposes . 12,470.36


Overlay for 1915


9,159.53


419,460.29


COLLECTOR OF TAXES. TAXES 1913


Uncollected Jan. 1st, 1915 . $ 35,830.87


Additional warrant


14.51


Added by Collector ('12 polls)


10.65


Adjustment entry


36.43


Cash paid Treasurer


$ 33,952.61


Abated by Assessors


1,939.85


35,892.46


35,892.46


COLLECTOR OF TAXES. TAXES 1914


Uncollected Jan. 1st, 1915 115,346.94


Additional warrants


62.72


Cash paid Treasurer


69,599.59


Abated by Assessors


4,697.12


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1915


41,112.95


115,409.66


115,409.66


COLLECTOR OF TAXES. TAXES 1915


Commitment by Assessors . 314,597.10


Additional warrants


4,291.43


195,658.26


Cash paid Treasurer . Abated by Assessors .


6,189.03


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1915


117,041.24


318,888.53 318,888.53


198


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


TAX TITLES


Held by town Jan. 1, 1915 . 9,606.21


Taken by town (1915) . 2,007.55


Redeemed by various persons


646.40


Held by town Dec. 31, 1915 .


10,967.36


11,613.76


11,613.76


MOTH TAX 1913


Uncollected Jan. 1, 1915


476.71


Adjustment entry


28.94


Cash paid Treasurer


505.65


505.65


505.65


MOTH TAX 1914


Uncollected Jan. 1, 1915 .


1,066.35


Cash paid Treasurer .


690.04


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1915 .


376.31


1,066.35


1,066.35


MOTH TAX 1915


Commitment to Collector


1,669.10


Additional warrant


5.09


Cash paid Treasurer .


854.49


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1915


819.70


1,674.19


1,674.19


SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1913


Uncollected Jan. 1, 1915


1,326.01


Cash paid Treasurer .


1,260.64


Adjustment entry


65.37


1,326.01


1,326.01


SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1914


Uncollected Jan. 1, 1915 .


1,748.86


Cash paid Treasurer .


989.29


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1915


759.57


1,748.86 1,748.86


199


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1915


Commitment to Collector 2,462.91


Cash paid Treasurer


730.99


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1915


1,731.92


2,462.91


2,462.91


SEWER ASSESSMENTS (Not Apportioned)


Uncollected Jan. 1, 1915 5,842.56


Transferred to revenue


1,638.84


Cash paid to Treasurer


. 541.79


Outstanding


3,661.93


5,842.56


5,842.56


SEWER ASSESSMENTS (Apportioned)


Uncollected Jan. 1, 1915 . .


10,073.50


Gould and Byron sts., sewers


1,638.84


Transferred to 1915 taxes


1,900.36


Paid in full


52.17


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915


9,759.81


11,712.34


11,712.34


SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS


Uncollected Jan. 1, 1915 . 123.82


Assessments for 1915 527.79


Cash paid Treasurer .


527.79


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1915


123.82


651.61 651.61


COM. OF MASS. (State Aid)


Balance due Jan. 1, 1915 . 2,836.00


Payments for 1915 . 2,952.00


Cash from Commonwealth


2,836.00


Balance due Dec. 31, 1915


2,952.00


5,788.00 5,788.00


200


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


COM. OF MASS. (Military Aid)


Balance due Jan. 1, 1915 . 110.00


Payments for 1915 .


70.00


Cash from Commonwealth


110.00


Balance due Dec. 31, 1915 .


70.00


180.00


180.00


COM. OF MASS. (Soldiers' Burials)


Balance due Jan. 1, 1915 .


100.00


Payments for 1915


50.00


Cash from state .


50.00


Error in set up Jan. 1, 1915


50.00


Balance due Dec. 31, 1915 .


50.00


150.00


150.00


HOUSE SERVICES (Water Dept.)


Uncollected Jan. 1, 1915 75.87


Commitment for 1915


.


860.27


Cash paid Treasurer


860.27


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1915 .


75.87


936.14 936.14


WATER RATES


· Uncollected Jan. 1, 1915 201.35


Commitment for 1915


42,036.69


Cash paid Treasurer


41,565.45


Abated by Commissioners


372.59


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1915


300.00


42,238.04


42,238.04


MUNICIPAL LIGHT BILLS


Uncollected Jan. 1, 1915 8,138.26


Commitment for 1915


89,099.42


Cash paid Treasurer


77,533.37*


Discounts allowed


10,628.82


Uncollected, Dec. 31, 1915 .


9,135.49


97,237.68 97,297.68


* Includes $60 from Guarantee Deposits.


201


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


HOUSE CONNECTIONS (Sewer)


Commitment for 1915 851.94


Cash paid Treasurer .


851.94


-


851.94 851.94


EXCISE TAX


Commitment to Collector


3,346.88


Cash paid Treasurer


3,346.88


3,346.88


3,346:88


NATIONAL BANK TAX


Commitment to Collector


3,452.40


Cash paid Treasurer .


3,452.40


3,452.40


3,452.40


OVERLAY 1913


Balance Jan. 1, 1915 .


. 3,239.12


Abatements during 1915


1,939.85


Deficit in overlay, (acc. clsd.)


5,178.97


5,178.97


5,178.97


OVERLAY 1914


Balance Jan. 1 ,1915 .


95.58


Abatements (1915)


4,697.12


Re-assessment


28.08


Excess of abatements


4,764.62


4,792.70


4,792.70


OVERLAY 1915


Overlay by Assessors . 9,159.53


Abatements during 1915 .


6,189.03


Balance Dec. 31, 1915 2,970.50


9,159.53 9,159.53


202


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


MODERATOR'S SALARY


CREDIT


Appropriation


25.00


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants: DEBIT


Theodore Eaton, salary March


1 to Dec. 31, 1915 . · ·


20.83


Balance Dec. 31, 1915 4.17


25.00


25.00


FINANCE COMMITTEE


Appropriation


CREDIT


50.00


DEBIT


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants:


Lewis J. Gordon, Sec'y, March


1 to Dec. 31, 1915 . · ·


41.66


Balance Dec. 31, 1915


8.34


50.00


50.00


FINANCE COMMITTEE EXPENSES


CREDIT


Appropriation


15.00


DEBIT


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants:


H. M. Dolbeare postal cards


Balance Dec. 31, 1915


12.00


3.00


15.00


15.00


SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT SALARIES OF BOARD


CREDIT


Appropriation


500.00


DEBIT


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants: John J. Round, chairman, March 1 to Dec. 31, 1915 £ 83.33


203


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


Nathaniel E. Cutler, March 1,


to Dec. 31, 1915 83.33 ·


John A. Meloney, March 1 to Dec. 31, 1915 .


83.33


Frank H. Hackett, Sec., Mar. 1


to Dec. 31, 1915 83.33


Earl H. Morton, March 1


to Dec. 31, 1915


83.33


416.65


Balance Dec. 31, 1915


83.35


500.00


500.00


DEPARTMENT EXPENSES


CREDIT


Appropriation


600.00


DEBIT


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants:


Stationery and Postage:


H. B. McArdle . 5.45


T. G. O'Connell, P.M. 6.00


H. M. Dolbeare 11.75


W. S. Greenough & Co.


7.25


30.45


Printing and Advertising:


H. M. Dolbeare . 90.13


Scott Printing Co. .


55.00


145.13


Other Expenses:


H. B. McArdle, dat. stamp


1.50


N. E. T. & T. Co., telephone


29.77


T. G. O'Connell, P. O. box


1.80


A. B. Comins, express .


.15


American Ex. Co. .


.27


H. M. Meek Pub. Co., direc.


3.50


Rem. Typew't"r Co., ribbon Adder Machine Co., supplies


.68


N. E. Cutler, per. Sau. line 5.00 J. A .Meloney, per. Sau. line 5.00


J. J. Hughes, use of auto


7.00


55.42


231.00


Balance Dec. 31, 1915.


369.00


600.00


600.00


.


.75


204


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT SALARY OF ACCOUNTANT


CREDIT


1,000.00


Appropriation DEBIT


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants:


H. A. Simonds, Jan. 1-Dec. 31 1,000.00


1,000.00


1,000.00


DEPARTMENT EXPENSES


CREDIT


Appropriation


150.00


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants:


DEBIT


Stationery and Postage:


H. M. Dolbeare


83.00


H. B. McArdle


3.40


T. G .O'Connell, P.M. .


1.00


87.40


Printing and Advertising:


Scott Printing Co., warrants


35.00


H. M. Dolbeare .


8.25


43.25


Other Expenses:


H. M. Dolbeare, rub. stamps


1.45


Manifold Mfg Co., binders


1.80


L. C. Braxton, cler. assist.


3.00


6.25


136.90


Balance Dec 31, 1915


13.10


150.00


150.00


TREASURY DEPARTMENT SALARY OF TREASURER


CREDIT


Appropriation


750.00


DEBIT


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants :


G. E. Walker, Mar. 1-Dec. 31


625.00


Balance Dec. 31, 1915


125.00


750.00


750.00


205


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


DEPARTMENT EXPENSES


CREDIT


Appropriation


350.00


DEBIT


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants:


Stationery and Postage:


W. S. Greenough & Co. 1.50


H. M. Dolbeare


23.50


25.00


Printing and Advertising:


W. L. Greenough & Co. ch'ks


. 12.50


Certification of Notes:


Charles F. Gettemy, director . 66.00


Other Expenses:


American Ex. Co., express .41


C. F. Hartshorne&Son, bond


125.00


Thomas Leighton, Jr., re- cording tax title deeds


77.38


202.79


306.29


Balance Dec. 31, 1915


43.71


350.00


350.00


COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT


SALARY OF COLLECTOR


CREDIT


Appropriation


DEBIT


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants:


Chas. E. Walton, balance 1913 50.00


Chas. E. Walton, balance 1914 50.00


Chas. E. Walton, March 1


to Dec. 31, 1915 ·


458.33


558.33


Balance Dec. 31, 1915


91.67


650.00


650.00


650.00


206


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


COLLECTOR'S EXPENSES CREDIT


Appropriation


DEBIT


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants:


Clerical Services:


Lizzie M. Jenkins 16.38


Marjorie Walton


20.50


Clara L. Brownell


10.00


46.88


Stationery and Postage:


H. B. McArdle


1.40


T. G. O'Connell, P.M. .


42.48


43.88


Printing and Advertising:


H. M. Dolbeare .


59.00


Distributing Tax Bills:


Walter Stanley


3.30


Paul Heywood


4.40


Curtis Taggart


4.60


Norman Kingston


3.70


16.00


Other Expenses:


Chas. F. Hartshorne & Son, collectors bond ·


75.00


T. G. O'Connell, box rent


2.25


H. B. McArdle supplies .


2.15


C. W. Eaton, exam. titles .


25.00


104.40


270.16


Balance Dec. 31, 1915


29.84


300.00


300.00


ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT SALARY OF ASSESSORS CREDIT


Appropriation


DEBIT


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants:


Samuel T. Parker, chairman,


March 1 to Dec. 31, 1915 333.33


George H. Stowell, Sec'y,


March 1, to Dec. 31, 1915 416.67


Chas. A. Cheney, March 1 to Dec. 31, 1915 .


333.33


1,083.33


Balance Dec. 31, 1915


216.67


1,300.00


1,300.00


300.00


1,300.00


207


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


DEPARTMENT EXPENSES CREDIT


900.00


DEBIT


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants:


Clerk Hire:


Lizzie M. Jenkins


554.04


Clara L. Brownell .


25.00


579.04


Stationery and Postage:


H. M. Dolbeare .


33.90


Library Bureau


2.64


36.54


Printing and Advertising:


H. M. Dolbeare .


178.30


A. W. Brownell


9.00


187.30


Other Expenses:


Light Dept., light & lamps


5.62


John I. Preston, prob. work


5.00


.50


O. L. Millbury, stock & labor E. Wentworth Prescott, in- formation owners of stock J. Fraughton, post notices Robinson News Service, list auto owners


34.00


2.00


9.00


H. B. McArdle, off. supplies


2.00


Sabas. Guarnaccia, inter.


10.00


W. W. Bessey & Son, teams


23.00


91.12


894.00


Balance Dec. 31, 1915


6.00


900.00


900.00


LAW DEPARTMENT SALARY OF COUNSEL CREDIT


Appropriation


500.00


DEBIT


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants: M. E. S. Clemons Mar. 1 to Dec. 31, 1915 . · · .


416.67


Balance Dec. 31, 1915


83.33


500.00


500.00


Appropriation


208


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


DEPARTMENT EXPENSES CREDIT


Appropriation


100.00


Transfers from Misc. fund


333.17


Transfers from Reserve fund


150.00


DEBIT


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants:


Printing and Advertising:


The Falcon Press


50.50


Lucy C. Braxton


. 1.08


51.58


Witness Fees and Expenses:


M. E. S. Clemons


5.65


Jas. A. McFadden


6.40


H. A. Simonds


24.75


36.80


Other Expenses:


Mabel L. Smiley, transcript


(L. L. I. Pipe case)


290.50


Bourdon Studio, photos ·


6.00


John J. Haley, settlement


of damages 10.00


John J. Butler, execution


(Ford case)


142.11


Levi W. Curtis, settlement of damages ·


30.00


M. E. S. Clemons, cash ad-


vanced, various purposes


16.18


James H. Hillsgrove, land damage (Wharton Pk. Pl.)


450.00


944.79


Overdraft, Dec. 31, 1915 (Hills- grove execution)


450.00


1,033.17


1,033.17


TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT SALARY OF CLERK CREDIT


200.00


Appropriation


DEBIT


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants: Fred'c S. Hartshorne, Mar. 1 to Dec. 31, 1915 . . Balance Dec. 31, '15


166.67


33.33


200.00


200.00


209


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


TOWN CLERK EXPENSES


CREDIT


Appropriation


350.00


DEBIT


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants:


Stationery and Postage:


H. B. McArdle . 10.85


Geo. H. Taylor


.20


W. S. Greenough & Co.


17.10


Hobbs & Warren


1.69


H. M. Dolbeare .


15.50


T. G. O'Connell, P.M. .


5.50


T. H. Ball . .60


51.44


Printing and Advertising:


H. M. Dolbeare .


11.00


Clyde M. Simonds


2.00


Geo. W. Abbott .


3.00


16.00


Other Expenses:


W. S. Greenough & Co. supplies .


1.70


C. F. Hartshorne & Son bond .


4.00


H. M. Dolbeare, stamps, binding, etc.


19.15


Fred'c S. Hartshorne, recording fees


223.60


A. B. Comins, express .


.30


H. B. McArdle, supplies


1.25


H. M. Meek Pub. Co., directory


3.50


G. H. Taylor, supplies


10


C. F. Young, sign . .


.50


Library Bureau, st. trays


26.50


280.60


348.04


Balance Dec. 31, '15


1.96


350.00


350.00


210


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


-


VITAL STATISTICS


CREDIT


Appropriation


150.00


DEBIT


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants:


O. H. Fessenden, death ret. 13.25


Oliver Walton, death ret. 26.50


J. T. Stringer, death ret. 4.75


Wm. H. Butler, death ret.


18.00


62.50


E H. Wells, birth returns


15.75


Rich. Dutton, birth returns


25.50


J. J. Loughlin, birth ret.


7.00


C. E. Montague, birth ret.


6.25


J. A. O'Leary, birth ret. 15.25


F. T. Woodbury, birth ret.


17.75


87.50


150.00


150.00


ELECTION AND REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT SALARY OF REGISTRARS CREDIT


Appropriation


315.00


DEBIT


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants: Fred E. Bunker, chairman,


Apr. 1 to Dec. 31, 1915 56.25


James F. Curley Apr. 1, to


Dec. 31, 1915 . 56.25


Patrick J. Kelley Apr. 1 to


Dec. 31, 1915


56.25


Fred'c S. Hartshorne, Sec'y


Mar. 1 to Dec. 31, 1915


75.00


243.75


Balance Dec. 31, '15


71.25


315.00


315.00


DEPARTMENT EXPENSES CREDIT


Appropriation


DEBIT 885.00


Payments on Selectmen's Warrants: Election Officers:


Wages as per payrolls


211


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


(March)


200.00


Wages as per payrolls


(Primary) · ·


87.00


Wages as per


payrolls


(Recount)


5.00


Wages as per payrolls


(November)


186.00


478.00


Stationery and Postage:


H. M. Dolbeare .


30.10


T. G. O'Connell, P.M.


1.60


Library Bureau .


6.50


38.20


Printing and Advertising:


H. M. Dolbeare .


156.40


Geo. W. Abbott .




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