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The contemplated underground line to Greenwood did not ma- terialize, but supplies are on hand and it is expected the work will be done this spring.
Harmonious and faithful work has been maintained throughout the organization during the year; each and every one has tried to do. his part in good faith.
Edwin C. Miller, Chairman John M. Cameron L. Wallace Sweetser, Secretary
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REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD
REPORT OF MANAGER
Messrs. E. C. Miller, L. W. Sweetser and J. M. Cameron, Municipal Light Board.
Gentlemen :-
I hereby submit for your consideration my third annual report showing the conditions of the Light Plant as of December 31, 1916. This is the twenty-third annual report of the business, financial and. operating conditions.
COMPARATIVE REPORT OF YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1916
Ending Dec. 31, 1916 2,892 hrs
Ending Dec. 31, 1915 2,816 hrs.
Sq. st. lights were operated .
3,519 hrs
3,445 hrs.
Number street lights in operation Totals number gas consumers .
592
580
Gain over previous year . .
128
217
Total number electric consumers Gain over previous year .
177
198
Gas services laid .
85
109
Electric service made
126
116
Gas ranges sold .
72
74
Hot plates sold
17
13
Water heaters sold
12
23
Coal gas made 32,395,000 cu. ft.
3
12
Watergasmade 12,905,000 cu. ft.
Total gas made . . 45,300,000 cu. ft. 44,058,000 cu. ft. : 35,681,600 cu. ft. 34,058,800 cu. ft. 9,618,400 cu. ft. 10,003,200 cu. ft.
Gas unaccounted for Or
22.7 per cent
Gain in gas sold .
Total current purchased .
Lighting current sold
Power current sold
Total current sold
Gain in current sold .
Regular street light current .
Square, street light current.
142,432 k.w.h. . 25,020 k.w.h. 167,452 k.w.h.
Total current for street lights . Decr. in current for street lights
2.6 per cent 14.3 per cent (incr.)
Coal used for boilers
none 73 tons
Coke used for boilers
655 tons
503 tons
Gas coal carbonized .,
3,286 tons
3,465 tons
Reg. st. lights were operated .
2,322
2,194
1,012
835
Gas room heaters sold
21.2 per cent 4.8 per cent 596,290 k.w.h. 245,347 k.w.h. 77,891 k.w.h. 323,238 k.w.h. 37.2 per cent 141,070 k.w.h. 22,081 k.w.h. 163,151 k.w.h.
1.7 per cent 506,075 k.w.h. 194,595 k.w.h. 41,004 k.w.h. 235,599 k.w.h. 20.4 per cent
Gas accounted for
156
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Gas oil used .
69,570 gals
51,072 gals
Stock on hand:
Gas coal
81 tons
265 tons
Tar
6,000 gals
9,000 gals
Gas oil
15,410 gals
12,012 gals
EXTENSIONS OF STREET LIGHT LINES
Sweetser St. to Court St. .
500 ft.
Herbert St. south of Bennett St. .
450
66
Total
950 ft.
EXTENSIONS OF ELECTRIC LINES
Salem St. near Lowell St. .
80 ft.
Birch Hill Ave. and Charles St.
690
Bennett, Traverse and Melvin Sts. .
1,400
Sweetser St., Pleasant and Court Sts.
475
Cordis St. to Pleasant St.
500
66
Broadway
635
66
Summer St.
275
Jordan Ave. and Albion St.
1,260
Park Ave., Greenwood .
140
Prospect St., from Summit Ave. to Morrison Rd West
900
Eaton St. to Supply No. 7 .
170
New Salem St. from Salem St. .
610
Wharton Park Place from Lowell St.
240
High St. .
115
Beacon St.
150
Nahant St.
945
6
Main St. north from Lowell St. .
840
66
Charles St. to Supply No. 29 .
140
66
North Ave. to Bates Garage
110
66
Total
9,675 ft.
EXTENSIONS OF GAS MAINS
Hart St.
1" pipe
390 ft.
Hopkins St from Prospect
2"
230
Park Ave.
11%"
66
115
Spring St.
130
66
Cottage St.
66
165
66
Jordan Ave.
Nahant St. .
Cedar St. from Albion St. .
4"
66
515
66
Crescent St., Lincoln to Water Sts.
4"
260
66
Nahant St. .
114"
210
66
3/4 " 2" 2"
66
125
70
66
72
High St.
REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD
157
Wharton Park Place from Lowell
1".
472
Hart St. from Valley St.
3/4 "
100
Vernon St.
2"
66
120
Linden St.
3/4"
166
Elm St.
2"
345
Total
3,485 ft.
Number of feet of each size laid:
3/4" W. I. Pipe 511 ft. 1"
66 862 “ 1 1/4" 66 66 210 “
66 60 72 “
2"
66 66 1,055 "
4" C. I. 66 775
MANUFACTURING ACCOUNTS
Actual earnings and expenses, the inven- tories as of December 1915-1916 respectively considered.
STATEMENT OF EARNINGS AND EXPENSES OF GAS MANUFACTURING ACCOUNT
Earnings:
Sales of gas .
$ 47,133.73
Less discounts
4,039.93
$ 43,093.80
Steam to electric department
180.00
Sales of coke .
3,222.90
Sales of tar
1,526.94
Inventory of tar, Dec. 1916
180.00
Sales of gas stoves
2,143.41
Sales and rentals of gas arcs
151.70
Inventory of gas arcs, Dec. 1916
53.60
Meter rentals .
160.23
Sales of jobbing gas .
1,660.77
Sales of gas services .
417.70
Interest on guarantee deposit
32.93
Stock Inventory:
Stoves
$ 316.15
Pipe, fittings and burners 1,780.24
2,096.39
11,826.57
$ 54,920.37
158 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Expenses :
Gas coal
$ 16,693.69
Repair steam plant
131.96
Repair mains .
764.60
Repair gas meters
206.64
Repair at works .
1,312.35
Repair real estate
1,404.99
Repair benches
36.15
Purifying, including labor
1,041.49
General salaries
2,048.17
Station tools gas .
229.06
Advertising
57.50
Distribution tools
132.81
Station wages
9,502.09
Distribution wages
3,606.69
Care of grounds, one-half
88.45
Stable and auto expense, two-thirds .
2,027.04
Office, printing and stationery, one-half
376.75
General expenses, one-half
8.00
Collections: E. E. Lee $69.52; Mont- rose $4.90
74.42
Jobbing gas
1,090.53
Gas service
1,033.27
Coke
621.90
Tar
74.82
Inventory of tar, Dec. 1915
294.50
Gas stoves
1,581.45
Gas arcs
123.27
Inventory of gas arcs, Dec. 1915
39.95
Incidental gas
9.52
Wages meter takers, two-thirds .
665.15
Distribution gas material
80.04
Telephone, one-half .
84.75
Interest on guarantee deposit
32.33
Insurance, one-half
494.29
Connecting stoves and appliances
387.08
Gas oil
2,649.96
Office furniture and fixtures .
109.17
Lighting. works six months ($203.29)
A gross profit .
$ 49,114.83 $ 5,805.54
REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD
159
The following to be deducted:
Commissioners' salaries, one-half
150.00
# Interst on bonds and notes
2,213.42
* Depreciation
4,898.00
7,261.42
A net loss of 1,455.88 * Interest and depreciation here stated are the same per cent of total interest and depreciation as electric plant is of the total com- bined plant, as shown by the books.
STATEMENT OF EARNINGS AND EXPENSES OF
ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING ACCOUNT
Earnings:
Sales of electricity
$ 36,089.20
Less discounts
7,778.04
$ 28,311.16
Sales of incandescent lamps
762.63
Sales of jobbing electrics
1,371.83
Sales and rentals of fans .
100.20
Electric meter rentals
270.20
Stock:
Incandescent lamps .
193.53
Incandescent street lamps
190.06
Poles, wire and equipment
671.32
Electric appliances and repairs
133.82
.
1,188.73
$ 32,004.75
Expenses
Steam from gas department .
$ 180.00*
Oil and waste .
80.95
Repair lines
4,366.90
Repair electric meters and transformers
39.37
Repair electric plant .
228.63
Repair real estate electric
195.53
General salaries .
2,047.68
Station wages
1,654.31
Distribution wages
824.07
Care of lights .
862.27
Care of grounds, one-half 88.46
Stable and auto expenses, one-third
1,030.50
General expenses, one-half .
8.00
Office, printing and stationery, one-half
376.76
160
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Incandescent lamps commercial .
889.74
Jobbing electrics .
1,003.04
Telephone, one-half .
84.75
Current bought
14,550.42
Insurance, one-half
494.29
Wages meter takers, one-third
332.57
Incidentals
4.96
Incandescent street lamps
1,260.43
Fans and rentals
85.77
Station tools .
82.07
Distribution tools
33.18
Water
10.00
Advertising electric
20.46
Lighting station six months ($183.94)
Total expenses
$ 30,835,11
A gross gain
1,169.64
The following to be deducted:
Commissioners' salaries, one-half 150.00
* Interest on bond and notes
1,602.83
*Depreciation
3,546.83
5,299.66
A net loss
$ 4,130.02
* Interest and depreciation here stated are the same per cent of total interest and depreciation as electric plant is of the total com- bined plant, as shown by the books.
ASSETS
Machinery & manufacturing appliances $ 37,976.89
Real estate gas
10,559.46
Gas mains
46,367.81
Gas meters
14,229.05
Real estate electric
6,559.46
Steam plant
9,712.58
1
Electric plant
10,464.76
Pole lines
1,860.11
Arc lamps
7,821.94
Electric meters
8,601.68
Station tools electric, inventory
555.20
Station tools gas, inventory . 467.60
Distribution tools electric, inventory 193.56
Distribution tools gas, inventory .
517.13
Office furniture and fixtures, inventory
624.85
Horses, wagons & automobile, inventory 1,907.18
37,550.11
Transformers
REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD
161
Hay and grain, inventory
28.35
Gas oil, inventory
724.27
Tar, inventory
180.00
Oil and waste, inventory .
17.23
Repair steam plant, inventory
14.87
Insurance fire protection
appliance,
inventory .
443.13
Insurance unexpired, inventory.
332.78
Garden tools, inventory .
31.80
Stable tools, inventory
8.05
Purifying material, inventory
270.00
Fire supplies, inventory .
73.20
Gas arcs, inventory
53.60
Repair mains material, inventory
33.22
Fans, inventory
279.81
Due from electric consumers, inventory . 4,496.42
Due from gas consumers, inventory . 4,051.14
Due from other accounts, inventory . 847.62
New fire alarm installation, inventory 7,257.01
Gas coal, inventory .
784.39
Due from gas meter rental
86.61
Due from electric meter rental
41.37
Guarantee deposits from consumers
1,849.00
Stock. Inventory:
Incandescent lamps .
193.53
Incandescent street lamps
152.06
Poles, wires and electric equipment
671.32
Stoves .
316.15
Jobbing gas
1,780.24
Repair lines
133.82
Total assets
$221,120.36
Balance to profit and loss
133,322.14
$ 87,798.22
LIABILITIES
Bonds outstanding original . $ 72,000.00
Bonds outstanding new gas addition
7,500.00
Town notes
5,000.00
Interest accrued but not due
832.92
Bills payable
616.30
Guarantee deposits appropriation
1,849.00
1
$ 87,798.22
162
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Appropriation notes, bonds, new con- struction, etc., paid to date:
Appropriation note payments $ 13,300.00
Appropriation bond payments 135,500.00
Appropriation extension gas mains . 21,948.24
Appropriation extension lines 9,600.72
Appropriation new construction electric . 1,780.02
Appropriation new street lights 1,217.87
Appropriation new fire alarm equipm't 5,080.50
Appropriation new gas extension . 6,814.29
Appropriation extension gas, Montrose
3,000.00
* $198,241.64
* While the above appropriation accounts are not strictly lia- bilities in the ordinary acceptation of the term, they belong in any proper system of accounting upon the same side of the ledger as bonds outstanding, and are for convenience grouped with them under the same designation.
RECEIPTS
Cash Statement:
Appropriation March, 1916
$ 24,400.00
Gas sales
42,944.33
Electric sales
27,412.20
Coke sales
3,584.32
Tar sales
1,350.56
Jobbing electric
1,343.60
Gas stoves
1,629.17
Incandescent lamps
747.33
Jobbing gas
1,108.98
Gas arcs
121.70
Fans and rental
34.84
Repair lines
668.11
Repair works .
12.50
Gas services .
477.70
Incandescent street lamps
31.71
Hay and grain
12.00
Electric meter rental .
270.20
Gas meter rental .
160.23
Stock
1.82
,
97.20
Telephone
REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT
BOARD 163
Interest on guarantee deposit
32.93
Profit and loss
5.00
$106,446.43
Transferred from depreciation (stock) .
593.82
$107,040.25
Transferred from fire alarm (stock) .
71.48
$107,111.73
Less amount set aside for depreciation
8,044.83
Bond payments
11,500.00
Note payments
2,000.00
$ 21,544.83
$85,566.90
GAS
Expenditures :
Gas coal, including freight and handling $ 15,967.12
Coke, teaming and handling
605.40
Station tools, gas
221.24
Distribution tools
95.65
Gas stoves
536.77
Repair mains
723.87
Repair meters®
206.64
Repair works
1,195.34
Repair real estate, gas
1,568.60
Repair benches
36.15
General salaries, gas .
2,048.17
Station wages
9,502.09
Distribution wages
3,606.69
Purifying
1,068.34
Incidental
16.04
Advertising
57.50
Tar
56.40
Jobbing gas
442.44
Wages meter takers .
996.82
Distribution gas material
80.04
Gas arcs
108.39
Connecting stoves and appliances
215.32
Gas oil
2,967.26
Gas service
714.11
$ 43,036.39
164
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
ELECTRIC
Expenditures:
Distribution tools
44.18
Oil and waste .
82.68
Repair electric plant
227.18
Repair steam plant
134.61
Repair electric lines
3,971.75
Repair real estate
11.62
Jobbing electric
1,071.47
Station tools
65.82
Repair electric meters and transformers
39.37
Incidentals
4.96
General salaries
2,047.68
Current bought
13,505.22
Station wages
1,654.31
Care of lights
862.27
Distribution wages, electric
824.07
Fans and rental
66.09
Water
10.00
Incandescent street lamps
30.72
Incandescent lamps
37.34
Advertising
20.46
$ 24,711.80
MISCELLANEOUS
Horses and wagons
384.67
Care of grounds .
173.16
Stable expenses
616.26
Hay and grain
997.42
General office expenses, printing, post-
age and envelopes
710.26
Insurance
663.30
Telephone
199.34
Interest on guarantee deposit
32.33
General expense .
16.00
Collections: E. E. Lee, $69.52; Mont- rose, $4.90 .
74.42
Interest
3,816.25
Commissioners' salaries
300.00
Office furniture and fixtures
126.52
Repair town hall office
8.82
Automobile
1,375.28
Refund on stove .
1.00
Stock bills paid .
8,315.54
17,810.57
$ 85,558.76
REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD
165
RECAPITULATION
Amount available for maintenance and
interest
$ 85,566.90
Cash expenditures
85,558.76
Balance general acct returned to town
$ 8.14
DEPRECIATION
Balance Jan. 1, 1916 .
$ .69
Appropriation March, 1916
400.00
Appropriation March, 1916
8,044.83
8,445.52
Less transfer to general account
593.82
$ 7,851.70
EXPENDED AS FOLLOWS
Labor
Material
Total
Machinery'and manufacturing
$ 33.82
$ 33.82
Gas mains
$ 871.09
508.58
1,379.67
Gas meters
1,259.48
1,259.48
Real estate gas
75.58
40.98
116.56
Real estate electric
1.18
1.18
Electric plant
423.30
2,842.74
3,266.04
Transformers
754.34
754.34
Electric meters
1,039.85
1,039.85
$1,369.97
$6,480.97
$7,850.94
$ 7,850.94
Balance of account
$ .76
FIRE ALARM
Appropriation March, 1915 .
$ 1,310.00
Expended on new fire alarm .
$ 335.66
Expended on repair fire alarm
865.07
Transferred to general account
71.48
$ 1,272.21
Balance returned to town . ·
$ 37.79
Pole lines
166
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
BONDS PAID
Appropriation to purchase bonds $ 9,000.00 Appropriation to new gas addition bond 2,500.00
$ 11,500.00
NOTES PAID
Appropriation
to
underground con-
,
struction
.
$
1,000.00
Appropriation to Water
St.
gas
ex-
ension
1,000.00
Respectfully submitted,
$
2,000.00
S. L. COLE, Manager.
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
167
Second Annual Report of Town Accountant 1916
RECEIPTS 1916
Cash on' hand Jan. 1, 1916 .
$ 59,770.08
C. E. Walton, Col. taxes, poll
$ 7,062.50
66 66 , personal
52,975.77
66 66 , real estate
244,925.75
304,964.02
66 66 moth assessments
1,872.71
66 66
apportioned sewers .
2,627.20
66 unapportioned sewers
3,879.36
66 sidewalk assessments excise tax
81.60
66
66 National Bank tax .
3,758.40
interest on deposits .
242.82
956.28
1,199.10
C. E. Walton, Col. interest on taxes
5,705.52
60
sewers
253.18
66 66 tax certificates George E. Walker, Treas. tax title redemption .
Com. of Mass. public service tax .
26.36
66
66 public service tax
3,237.90
66 66 business tax
4,494.89
66
66 National Bank tax
2,584.47
66 66 66 Street Railway tax
2,529.47
66 66 corporation tax
22.01
66
66
66 soldiers' exemptions
455.29
66
66 66 pedlers" licenses
36.00
Selectmen 66
16.00 52.00
Second-hand furniture
15.00
pool and billiards
35.0.0
66
junk
350.00
66
corporation tax
3,635.64
George E. Walker, Treas. 66 ·
13.00
988.48
2,301.53
168
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
66
bowling
5.00
66
auctioneers
10.00
Town Hall
438.67
Wakefield estate
326.00
66
pasture (Poor Farm)
15.00
66 insurance forms
6.45
Town Clerk, old paper
45.81
Town Counsel, execution for costs
128.49
Clerk of Courts, court fines .
650.03
Fire Dept., rent Greenwood hose house
83.25
sale junk
79.03
66
6. miscellaneous .
48.56
210.84
S. of W. and M. Dept., sealing fees .
154.04
W. W. Whittredge, moth dept. .
41.18
Forest Warden Dept., from B. & M. R.R.
6.45
Health Dept., re-imbursement (Lynn)
56.50
slaughter house
2.00
milk licenses
26.00
84.50
Highway Dept., sidewalks assessments 66
from State, Lowell St. .
2,000.00
from County, Lowell St.
1,853.33
3,899.10
Poor Dept., sale of produce
349.16
6:
sale of milk
467.83
66
66
sale miscellaneous (farm)
364.87
66
66
re-imbursements (relief)
300.06
66
mothers' aid
653.03
2,134.95
Com. of Mass., state aid .
2,952.00
6:
military aid
35.00
66
soldiers' burial
50.00
School Dept., tuition state wards
983.75
66 practical arts
789.41
66
66 tuition
2,536.85
46.07
66
evening school forfeits
41.00
4,397.08
Library Dept., fines, etc. .
193.14
Park Dept., from B. S. St. Ry. Co.
6.00
Middlesex County, dog tax .
831.06
Light Dept., sale of gas
42,944.33
65 sale of electricity
27,412.20
66
66 sale of coke, stoves, lamps,
etc.
11,689.90
82,046.43
Water & Sewer Dept., water rates
29,836.05
66
66
66
66 turn ons
25.00
29,945.85
66
66
66
66 miscellaneous
218.03
66
66
66
66
rents
240.00
458.03
66
66
66 water services
1,009.14
66 66 66 66 summonses
84.80
66 miscellaneous
45.77
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
169
922.80
66
66 66
construction
24.40
Cemetery Dept., sale of lots, etc.
165.90
Trust Funds Interest, Library
280.20
Park
120.00
66
66
all others
574.05
Treasury Dept., temporary loans 270,000.00
time loans, (highway)
10,000.00
(sewer)
2,200.00
School teachers' fund
1,727.00
Various Depts., refunds .
334.37
Total receipts
$821,281.17
APPROPRIATIONS 1916
Moderator's Salary
$ 25.00
Selectmen's Department:
Salaries of Board -.
$ 500.00
Dept. Expenses
350.00
850.00
Town Accountant:
Salary
1,000.00
Dept. Expenses
825.00
1,825.00
Treasurer:
Salary
750.00
Dept. Expenses
350.00
1,100.00
Collector:
Salary
650.00
Dept. Expenses
475.00
1,125.00
Assessors' Department:
Chairman
500.00
Secretary
500.00
Third Member .
400.00
Dept. Expenses
1,150.00
2,550.00
Town Clerk:
Salary
300.00
Dept. Expenses
500.00
800.00
Finance Committee:
Salary of Secretary
50.00
Dept. Expenses
15.00
65.00
Election and Registration :
Salaries of Registrars
315.00
Dept., Expenses
885.00
1,200.00
·
.
66 66
sewer connections
170
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Legal Department:
Salary of Counsel .
500.00
Dept. Expenses
865.00
1,365.00
Town Hall
4,300.00
Vital Statistics
150.00
Police Dept.
10,475.00
Fire Department:
Salaries of Engineers
1,475.00
Dept. Expenses
16,257.14
Fire Alarm
1,310.00
19,042.14
Rifle Range Account .
400.00
Inspector of Buildings Salary
500.00
Sealer of W. and M.
Salary
100.00
Dept. Expenses
75.00
175.00
Moth Dept.
5,000.00
Tree Warden Department:
Salary
25.00
Dept. Expenses
575.00
600.00
Forest Warden Dept.
275.00
Accident Compensation Account
2,000.00
Health Department:
Salaries of Board . .
100.00
Salary of Inspector of Plumbing
600.00
Salary of Inspector of Animals
200.00
Salary of Inspector of Milk
200.00
Collection of Garbage .
1,200.00
Dept. Expenses
3,960.00
6,260.00
Sewer Department:
Maintenance
1,100.00
Connections
1,000.00
Sewer Extensions 1916
600.00
Sewer Extensions 1916 (loan)
2,200.00
4,900.00
Highways:
Salary of Superintendent
2,000.00
Maintenance
16,440.00
Lowell St.
2,000.00
Lowell St. (loan)
4,000.00
Construction (loan)
6,000.00
30,440.00
Poor Department:
Salaries of Board .
300.00
Salary of Clerk
75.00
Dept. Expenses
13,000.00
13,375.00
State Aid
3,300.00
Military Aid
200.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
171
Soldiers' Relief
3,500.00
7,000.00
School Dept.
86,600.00
Trade Schools
1,200.00
87,800.00
Library
2,195.00
Park Dept.
2,650.00
Reserve Fund
2,000.00
Insurance Account
1,875.00
Miscellaneous Account
1,350.00
Light Dept., "General"
24,400.00
-"Depreciation"
400.00
24,800.00
Water Department:
Salaries of Commissioners
300.00
Maintenance
16,250.00
Construction
4,000.00
Bonds and Notes
12,000.00
Interest
8,303.75
Services
1,200.00
42,053.75
Cemetery Department:
Salaries of Commissioners
70.00
Dept. Expenses
680.00
750.00
Interest
19,800.00
Maturing Bonds and Notes
38,900.00
Oak St., land damage
269.50
Land damage (Slocumb)
100.00
Memorial Day, G. A. R. .
50.00
July 4th Celebration
500.00
Street Ry. Fare Revision (protest)
100.00
$341,340.39
State Charges:
State Tax
20,720.00
National Bank Tax
785.11
Charles River Basin, interest
528.62
66 66 66
maintenance
538.09
66
66 bonds
41.56
Met. Park Sinking Fund
215.37
66
interest
1,231.50
66
maintenance
3,754.98
66
66 Sinking Fund No. 2
73.76
66
66 interest
519.62
66
maintenance
685.59
66
bonds
42.26
Nantasket
172.42
Wellington Bridge
2.49
350.00
U. S. W. V.
bonds
43.69
172
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Met. Sewer SinkingFund, (No. system)
2,346.53
66
66
66 interest
4,761.28
66
66 66 66
maint.
3,318.80
66
66
66 66 bonds 293.45
Penalty failure make return, Chap.
81, Sec. 42 .
12.00
40,087.12
Middlesex County Charges
13,371.48
Time Loans:
Lowell St., construction
4,000.00
Main St.,
6,000.00
Sewer extensions 1916
2,200.00
12,200.00
Overlay 1916
10,747.00
RECAPITULATION
Town purposes
$353,540.39
State 66
40,087.12
County
13,371.48
Overlay 1916
10,747.00
$417,745.99
TAXES 1914
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1916
41,112.95
Re-assessments
193.63
Added by Collector
112.68
Cash paid Treasurer
38,356.00
Abated by Assessors
3,063.26
41,419.26
41,419.26
TAXES 1915
Uncollected January 1, 1916
117,041.24
Re-assessments
401.16
Cash paid Treasurer
67,637.67
Abated by Assessors
4,685.66
Outstanding December 31, 1916
45,119.07
117,442.40 117.442.40
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
173.
TAXES 1916
Commitment by Assessors
302,207.74
Commitment by Assessors, additional
424.44
Cash paid Treasurer
198,436.37
Abated by Assessors
5,401.68.
Outstanding December 31, 1916
98,794.13
302,632.18 302,632.18,
DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS 1916
Commitment by Assessors
2,761.64
Cash paid Treasurer
533.98:
Outstanding December 31, 1916
2,227.66
2,761.64 2,761.64
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1914
Uncollected January 1, 1916
376.31
Cash paid Treasurer
372.81
Abated by Assessors
3.50
376.31 376.31
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1915
Uncollected January 1, 1916
819.70
Cash paid Treasurer
399.83
Abated by Assessors
9.29
Outstanding December 31, 1916
410.58
819.70 819.70
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1916
Commitment by Assessors
1,955.40
Commitment by Assessors, additional
1.35
Cash paid Treasurer
1,100.07
Abated by Assessors
2.15
Outstanding December 31, 1916
854.53
1,956.75 1,956.75
174
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1914
Uncollected January 1, 1916
759.57
Cash paid Treasurer
759.57
759.57 759.57
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1915
Uncollected January 1, 1916
1,731.92
Cash paid · Treasurer
1,035.42
Outstanding December 31, 1916
696.50
1,731.92
1,731.92
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1916
Commitment by Assessors
2,011.77
Cash paid Treasurer
625.28
Outstanding December 31, 1916
1,386.49
2,011.77
2,011.77
SEWER ASSESSMENTS (Not Apportioned)
Uncollected January 1, 1916
3,661.93
Commitment (Park Avenue)
4,320.48
Transferred to Revenue
1,994.82
Abatements by Sewer Com.
279.50
Cash paid Treasurer
3,879.36
Outstanding December 31, 1916
1,828.73
7,982.41
7,982.41
SEWER ASSESSMENTS (Apportioned)
Outstanding January 1, 1916
9,759.81
Sewers apportioned (Park Avenue)
1,994.82
Transferred to Revenue (1916)
1,532.48
Paid in full
206.93
Outstanding December 31, 1916
10,015.22
11,754.63
11,754.63
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 175
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS
Uncollected January 1, 1916
123.82
Commitment
42.63
Cash paid Treasurer
56.63
Outstanding December 31, 1916
109.82
166.45 166.45
COMM. OF MASS. (State Aid)
Due from State, January 1, 1916
2,952.00
Payments 1916
3,043.33
Cash received from State
2,952.00
Due from State, December 31, 1916
3,043.33
5,995.33 . 5,995.33
COMM. OF MASS. (Military Aid)
Due from State, January 1, 1916
70.00
Cash received from State
35.00 .
Abatement
35.00
70.00 70.00
COMM. OF MASS. (Soldiers' Burials)
Due from State, January 1, 1916
50.00
Payments 1916
100.00
Cash received from State
50.00
Due from State, December 31, 1916
100.00
150.00 150.00
SOLDIERS' EXEMPTIONS Chapter 299, Acts 1916
Due from State, December 1, 1916
455.29
Cash paid Treasurer
455.29
455.29
455.29
176
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
WATER DEPT. (Water Rates)
Uncollected January 1, 1916
300.00
Commitments (June)
16,379.56
Commitments (November)
13,808.26
Cash paid Treasurer
29,836.05
Abatements by Water Com.
651.77
30,487.82
30,487.82
WATER DEPT. (Water Services)
Outstanding January 1, 1916
75.87
Commitment 1916
1,025.57
Cash paid Treasurer . .
1,009.14
Uncollected December 31, 1916
92.30
1,101.44 1,101.44
MUNICIPAL LIGHT BILLS
Outstanding January 1, 1916
9,135.49
Commitment
94,710.77
Cash paid Treasurer
82,046.43
Discounts allowed
12,276.67
Outstanding December 31, 1916
9,523.16
103,846.26 103,846.26
TAX TITLES (Held by Town)
Unredeemed January 1, 1916
10,967.36
Taken by town 1916
1,713.73
Redemptions 1916 .
988.48
Held by town December 31, 1916
11,692.61
12,681.09
12,681.09
SEWER DEPT. (House Connections)
Commitment 1916 .
922.80
Cash paid Treasurer
922.80
922.80
922.80
EXCISE TAX
Commitment 1916
3,635.64
Cash paid Treasurer
3,635.64
3,635.64
3,635.64
1
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
177
NATIONAL BANK TAX
Commitment 1916
3,758.40
Cash paid Treasurer
3,758.40
3,758.40
3,758.40
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS 1916
Commitment to Collector
85.25
Cash paid Treasurer. .
67.60
Outstanding December 31, 1916
17.65
85.25
85.25
OVERLAY
1914
Deficit, January 1, 1916
4,764.62
Abatements 1916
3,063.26
Total deficit, account closed .
7,827.88
OVERLAY 1915
Balance January 1, 1916
2,970.50
Abatements 1916 .
4,686.51
Deficit, December 31, 1916
1,716.01
4,686.51
4,686.51
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