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Salaries and Wages:
Wm. H. Butler, supt. 1 year to Dec. 31, '15 . 60.00
Labor as per payrolls
576.93
636.93
Other Expenses:
Sumner & Gerard, soil pipe
45.36
Josiah Laybolt, supplies .
2.70
J. Wallace Grace, pipe .
1.71
49.77
686.70
Balance Dec. 31, '15
313.30
1,000.00
1,000.00
PARK AVENUE SEWER
CREDIT
Appropriation
4,000.00
Transfer balance Upper
Gould Street sewer . ·
504.07
Trans. bal. Byron St. sewer
645.58
Refund (H. L. Bond & Co.)
2.29
DEBIT
Payments on Selectmen's Warrants:
Labor as per payrolls .
2,590.30
Other Expenses:
B. L. Makepeace, pr, mate.
19.56
B. & M. R.R., freight . ·
150.49
F. M. Crosby, rel. land dam.
75.00
Thomas Hickey, pipe . £ ·
281.38
H. L. Bond, dynamite .
21.84
M. E. S. Clemons, rec. fees
4.54
A. A. Butler, exc. cesspools
14.00
Wm. E. Knox, cement .
73.80
Waldo Bros. stoppers .
9.80
Clinton Foundry Co., man- hole covers .
93.50
P. F. McDonald & Co., tools
157.00
Geo. H. Taylor, tools .
3.75
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
A. T. Locke, lumber Wakefield Planing Mill.,
15.82
lumber
1.00
J. W. Grace, sup. & repairs
7.13
H. A. Feindel, dry closet
6.95
Curley Bros., brick, pipe .
146.12
J. J. Millerick, painting
2.75
C. Doyle, teams & materials
123.00
Peoples' Clothing Store,
16.00
Trav. Ins. Co., compen. ins.
158.77
1,382.20
Balance Dec. 31, '15
1,179.44
5,151.94
5,151.94
UPPER GOULD STREET SEWER CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 .
DEBIT
Transf'r'd to Park Ave. sewer
504.07
504.07
504.07
BYRON STREET SEWER CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 .
645.58
Transf'r'd to Park Ave. sewer
645.58
645.58
645.58
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT SALARY OF COMMISSIONERS CREDIT
Appropriation
70.00
DEBIT
Payments on Selectmen's Warrants:
Willie R. Blake, chairman
Mar. 1 to Dec. 31 '15 .
16.67
H. S. Parker, secretary Mar. 1 to Dec. 31 '15 .
16.67
John Minnikin, superintend.
Mar. 1 to Dec. 31, '15 .
25.00
Balance Dec. 31, '15
11.66
70.00
70.00
rubber boots .
3,972.50
504.07
DEBIT
282
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
CREDIT
Appropriation
580.00
DEBIT
Payments on Selectmen's Warrants:
Labor as per payrolls .
427.50
Shrubs, Plants, Seeds:
West Nursery Co. .
10.00
Geo. B. Eager .
23.75
J. Wallace Grace
16.00
Chas. C. Ball
12.60
62.35
Other Expenses:
Wacco Sup. Co., drain pipe
67.43
Water Dept., water rates .
5.00
Dana Dudley, locks
.75
A. J. Wilkinson & Co.,
lawn mowers .
9.90
David A. Merrill, stove
and funnel
2.00
S. Berry & Son, teaming .
3.36
88.44
Balance Dec. 31, '15
1.71
580.00
580.00
INTEREST ACCOUNT
CREDIT
Appropriation
18,780.00
Overdraft .
833.03
DEBIT
Various persons (temp. loans)
9,021.03
Various persons (sewer) .
7,632.50
Various persons (highway)
1,205.00
Various persons (school)
1,517.50
Various persons (other loans)
237.00
19,613.03
19,613.03
.
Note :- Water and Light Dept. interest shown with Dept. reports.
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283
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
MATURING DEBT
CREDIT
Appropriation
29,900.00
DEBIT
Cambridge Sav. Bank (sewer)
2,000.00
T. E. Toomey, et als trustees (sewer) .
500.00
Liberty Trust Co. (sewer)
1,000.00
Com. of Massachusetts (sewer)
5,000.00
8,500.00
Cambridge Sav. Bank (high.)
12,000.00
Old Colony Trust Co. (school)
2,500.00
Common. Trust Co. (school)
2,500.00
Common. of Mass. (school) .
2,000.00
7,000.00
Camb. Sav. Bank (motor ap.)
900.00
Cambridge Sav. Bank (ins.)
500.00
Common Trust Co. (fire st'n)
1,000.00
29,900.00
29,900.00
Note :- Water and Light Dept. notes shown with Dept. reports.
STATE TAX
CREDIT
Appropriation
23,985.00
DEBIT
Com. of Massachusetts
23,985.00
23,985.00
23,985.00
CHARLES RIVER BASIN FUND
CREDIT
Appropriation
919.45
DEBIT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Interest
414.13
Maintenance
471.93
Serial Bonds
33.39
919.45
919.45
919.45
284
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
METROPOLITAN PARKS LOAN SINKING FUND
CREDIT
Appropriation
4,406.69
DEBIT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Sinking Fund
283.76
Interest
1,606.31
Maintenance
2,472.70
Serial Bonds
43.92
4,406.69
4,406.69
4,406.69
METROPOLITAN PARKS LOAN SINKING FUND (Series 2)
CREDIT
Appropriation
739.01
DEBIT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Sinking Fund
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:
158.30
158.30
158.30
WELLINGTON BRIDGE
CREDIT
Appropriation
20.22
DEBIT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Maintenance
20.22
20.22
20.22
Maintenance
285
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
METROPOLITAN SEWER LOAN SINKING FUND (North System)
CREDIT
Appropriation
DEBIT
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
DEBIT
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 .
4,500.00
Payments (1915)
900.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
3,600.00
4,500.00
4,500.00
10,878.06
704.15
286
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
SEWERAGE LOAN (First Issue)
:
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915 . Payments (1915) ·
190,000.00
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 . Payments (1915) .
1,500.00
500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
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 .
18,000.00
Payments (1915)
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 . Payments (1915)
10,500.00
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)
4,000.00
1,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915
3,000.00
4,000.00
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 .
1,000.00
Payments (1915)
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 . Payments (1915)
12,000.00
1,500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
10,500.00
12,000.00
12,000.00
289
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
WATER METER LOAN (Second Issue 1913)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1915
13,500.00
Payments (1915)
1,500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 :
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
12,500.00
Payments (1915)
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
6,000.00
Payments (1915)
1,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915 .
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
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
1,000.00 40.00
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.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 .
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.
CREDIT
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
2,500.00 100.00
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
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 . 2,000.00
80.00
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 .
Interest for 1915 .
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
Interest for 1915 . DEBIT
500.00
20.20
293
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
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 .
1,006.98
Interest for 1915
40.66
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.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1915 .
1,000.00
Interest for 1915
.
40.00
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.)
80.00
Balance Dec. 31, '15
2,000.00
2,080.00
2,080.00
10,000.00 400.00
400.00
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
Interest for 1915 . 50.10
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- 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
Temporary Loans (anticipation of revenue) .
220,000.00
Taxes, 1915
117,041.24
158,154.19
Selectmen's Orders (unpaid) .
33.65
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
.
.
.69
1,054.49
Overlay 1915 (remaining for abatement of taxes) . ·
2,970.50
Surplus Revenue
·
.
Less abatements in excess of
Overlay 1914
4,764.62
5,654.23
.
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)
.
.
.
10,418.85
.
.
Military Aid (Com. of Mass.) 70.00
Sold'rs Bur. (Com. of Mass.)
50.00
9,519.58
Municipal Light Bills .
9,135.49
Municipal Light (revenue)
9,135.49
Tax titles (held by town) .
10,967.36
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
NON-REVENUE GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
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
.
.
.
Non-Revenue Cash: In Bank .
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
!
Assessors .
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
Sealer of Weights and Measures
44
Selectmen
41
Sweetser Charity .
47
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
Page 67
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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, 1915 .
198
Sewer Assessments, 1913
198
Sewer Assessment, 1914 .
198
Sewer Assessments, 1915
198
Sewer Assessments (not apportioned)
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 Fish Screen
260
Forest Warden
225
Guarantee Deposit Fund
257
Health Department
225
State Aid .
199
Sewer Assessments (apportioned)
199
199
Sidewalk Assessments
198
Moth Assessments, 1914
256
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
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
204
Treasury Re-imbursement
Page 229
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