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490.28
Geo. A. Caldwell Co.
55.16
Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co.
818.20
Light Department.
18.50
Cotters Express .
2.50
Union Water Meter Co
104.48
Rensselaer Valve Co
178.00
286
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Pittsburgh Meter Co.
13.07
Wanamaker & Feindel
20.00
$1,947.46
$4,742.69
Balance Dec. 31.
257.31
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
WATER CONSTRUCTION
CREDIT
Appropriation.
$3,000.00
DEBIT
Labor as per payroll
$1,537.23
Material:
F. A. Haudlette & Son.
$20.00
Waldo Bros. & Bond Co.
31.85
General Crushed Stone Co.
7.20
C. F. Hartshorn & Son. .
52.04
A. C. Purrington & Co.
51.52
Donaldson Iron Wks.
940.74
Quaker City Rubber Co.
1.84
Wanamaker & Feindel
8.92
Dodge-Haley Co.
8.33
Rensselaer Valve Co
307.65
H. A. Feindel.
8.00
Standard Oil Co.
.
9.10
Hedge & Mattheis Co. ...
3.87
$1,451.06
$2,988.30
Balance Dec 31.
11.70
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
WATER BONDS AND NOTES
CREDIT
Appropriation.
$14,000.00
287
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
DEBIT
Cambridge Savings Bank.
$1,500.00
Haverhill National Bank
1,500.00
Commonwealth of Mass.
3,000.00
Commonwealth Trust Co.
8,000.00
$14,000.00
$14,000.00
$14,000.00
WATER INTEREST
CREDIT
Appropriation.
$5,851.25
DEBIT
Commonwealth of Mass.
$1,760.00
Cambridge Savings Bank. .
30.00
Commonwealth Trust Co.
3,960.00
Ida L. Fox .
101.25
$5,851.25
$5,851.25
$5,851.25
SEWER MAINTENANCE
CREDIT
Appropriation. $2,500.00
DEBIT
Morrison Merrill, Supt.
$200.00
Clerk Hire.
100.00
Labor, as per pay roll.
1,611.55
$1,911.55
Tools and Equipment:
G. H. Taylor.
$11.09
B. L. Makepeace.
26.50
Waldo Bros. & Bond Co ..
138.58
Wadsworth Howland Co.
1.84
Edgar S. Holland. .
31.95
People's Clothing Store.
2.83
O. O. Ordway.
25.00
J. Laybolt.
3.70
Hedge & Matthias.
10.78
Slaters, H. H. Arronson
19.50
J. W. Grace.
1.25
$273.02
288
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
All Other:
B. L. Makepeace
$34.23
J. W. Grace
2.87
C. F. Hartshorne.
24.80
J. Laybolt. .
1.10
Chas. L. Auld.
1.71
G. H. Taylor
20.31
E. S. Holland.
.85
Geo. H. Sampson Co.
7.00
H. A. Feindel.
52.58
Commonwealth of Mass.
4.70
H. M. Dolbeare
11.67
Wanamaker & Feindel
6.15
$167.97
$2,352.54
Balance Dec. 31.
147.46
$2,500.00
$2,500.00
SEWER CONNECTIONS
CREDIT
Appropriation. $5,000.00
DEBIT
Labor as per pay roll
$2,480.57
Pipe and Fittings:
H. A. Feindel.
$569.62
Sumner & Dunbar.
210.67
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co
42.47
Thomas Hickey
14.76
Hedge & Mathias Co.
12.74
W. E. Knox
24.00
C. M. White Iron Wks.
8.70
Dana Dudley
2.50
$885.46
All Other:
Geo. E. Brewer
6.27
Geo. H. Sampson Co.
4.85
Standard Oil Co.
32.60
American Powder Mills
59.00
G. W. Abbott,
7.75
289
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Waldo Bros. & Bond Co.
7.31
H. M. Dolbeare
14.00
E. S. Holland.
1.36
Wanamaker & Feindel .
3.68
Boston & Maine R. R.
1.99
Cotters Express
3.25
H. A. Feindel
9.00
$151.06
$3,517.09
Balance Dec. 31.
1,482.91
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
SEWER CONSTRUCTION
CREDIT
Borrowed.
$13,000.00
DEBIT
Labor as per pay roll $5,127.90
Material:
H. A. Feindel.
$1,857.22
B. L. Makepeace.
37.82
Waldo Bros. & Bond Co.
197.67
C. M. White Iron Wks.
265.50
Eagle Oil & Supply Co 12.57
Standard Oil Co.
61.60
J. W. Grace.
10.35
Thomas Hickey .
3.36
Connelly's Clothing Store
19.50
C. F. Hartshorne & Son.
45.51
Albert Winslow Co.
14.77
Curley Bros .
6.90
People's Clothing Store.
10.17
Chas. Doyle .
30.00
Wanamaker & Feindel.
9.04
Sumner & Dunbar.
4.00
$2,585.98
$7,713.88
Balance Dec. 31.
5,286.12
$13,000.00
$13,000.00
290
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
SPECIAL SEWER APPROPRIATION-COGSWELL
CREDIT
Appropriation.
$83.75
DEBIT
C. N. Cogswell.
$83.75
$83.75
$83.75
1
PAYROLL-WATER DEPT.
M. Merrill.
$2,080.00
J. Hurton
1,591.79
A. Gibbons
1,563.47
P. Curran .
1,531.56
J. Fraughton.
1,516.15
J. Murphy.
1,471.28
P. Keefe.
1,427.14
W. Sullivan.
1,357.97
P. Sexton
1,332.69
J. Dalton.
1,303.11
H. Millar.
1,084.08
L. Kinder .
1,040.00
Various persons 17,537.53
$34,836.77
291
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
INTEREST ACCOUNT
CREDIT
Appropriation.
$37,000.00
Interest, sale of bonds.
2,030.66
DEBIT
Various persons, disc. tem. loans.
$12,278.06
Various persons, int. on sewers. . .
5,965.00
Various persons, interest on schools. .
16,695.00
$34,938.06
Balance Dec. 31.
4,092.60
$39,030.66
$39,030.66
MATURING DEBT
CREDIT
Appropriation.
$23,500.00
Premium on bonds .
1,556.35
DEBIT
Various persons, sewer .
$8,000.00
school. 15,500.00
$23,500.00
First National Bank, certification. .
725.00
$24,225.00
Balance Dec. 31.
831.35
$25,056.35
$25,056.35
292
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Indebtedness Account
NET BONDED DEBT (Balancing Account)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922. .
$596,000.00
Bond Issue, (New High School)
300,000.00
Bond Issue, Light Dept.
45,000.00
Bond Issue, Sewer Construction.
13,000.00
Bond Issue, Water Dept
21,500.00
Payments for 1922.
Outstanding, Dec. 31st.
$48,000.00 927,500.00
$975,500.00 $975,500.00
SEWERAGE LOAN (1st ISSUE) 1900
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922
$154,000.00
Payments, 1922.
$6,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31.
148,000.00
$154,000.00
$154,000.00
SEWERAGE LOAN, (2nd ISSUE)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922.
$13,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1st payment. . .
$13,000.00
Due in 1923.
$13,000.00
$13,000.00
LAKE STREET SEWER LOAN (1920)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922
$2,000.00
Payments, 1922.
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
SEWER LOAN (1922)
Borrowed.
$13,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31.
$13,000.00
$13,000.00
$13,000.00
293
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
MONTROSE SCHOOL LOAN 1917
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922.
$19,000.00
Payments, 1922 Outstanding, Dec. 31.
$1,500.00
17,500.00
$19,000.00
$19,000.00
HIGH SCHOOL SITE LOAN (1913)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922
$5,000.00
Payments, 1922
$2,500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31
2,500.00
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
NEW HIGH SCHOOL (1st Issue) 1921
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922.
$150,000.00
Payments 1922.
$7,500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31.
142,500.00
$150,000.00
$150,000.00
NEW HIGH SCHOOL (2nd Issue) 1922
Borrowed 1922.
$200,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31.
$200,000.00
$200,000.00
$200,000.00
NEW HIGH SCHOOL (3rd Issue) 1922
Borrowed 1922. .
$100,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31.
$100,000.00
$100,000.00
$100,000.00
WOODVILLE SCHOOL LOAN (1919)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922
$59,000.00
Payments, 1922 Outstanding Dec. 31.
$4,000.00
55,000.00
$59,000.00
$59,000.00
294
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
WATER CONSTRUCTION LOAN (1903)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922.
$131,000.00
Payments 1922.
$8,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31.
123,000.00
$131,000.00
$131,000.00
WATER CONSTRUCTION (1922)
Borrowed. .
9,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31. .
$9,000.00
$9,000.00
$9,000.00
WATER LOAN ACT OF 1922
Borrowed.
$12,500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31.
$12,500.00
$12,500.00
$12,500.00
WATER METER LOAN (1st Issue) 1912
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922
$1,500.00
Payments, 1922
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
WATER METER LOAN (2nd Issue) 1913
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922
$3,000.00
Payments 1922. .
$1,500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31.
1,500.00
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
CRYSTAL LAKE PARK LOAN (1920)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922
$2,000.00
Payments, 1922
$1,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31
1,000.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
295
LAKEVIEW PARK WATER LOAN (1920)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922
$6,000.00
Payments 1922.
$2,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31.
4,000.00
$6,000.00
$6,000.00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT LOAN (1894)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922
$27,000.00
Payments 1922.
$9,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31.
18,000.00
$27,000.00
$27,000.00
WATER GAS SET (1920)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922
$23,500.00
Payments 1922.
$1,500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31 ..
22,000.00
$23,500.00
$23,500.00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT (1922)
Borrowed. .
$45,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31. . .
$45,000.00
$45,000.00
$45,000.00
RECAPITULATION
Sewer Construction
$174,000.00
Water Construction
.151,000.00
Light Construction
85,000.00
School Buildings.
.517,500.00
$927,500.00
296
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Trust Fund Account
NANCY WHITE HURD SCHOOL FUND ($500.00)
Principal and interest in Wakefield Savings Bank, income to be used for pur- chase of books for the Hurd School.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1922. $548.27
Interest. 24.93
DEBIT
Payments
$17.05
Balance Dec. 31. .
556.15
$573.20
$573.20
FLINT MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND ($1,000.00)
Principal invested in a 414 U. S. Government Bond, income to the credit of the Library.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1922.
$1,000.00
Interest 42.50
DEBIT
Transfer to Library.
42.50
Balance Dec. 31.
$1,000.00
$1,042.50
$1,042.50
FRANCIS P. HURD LIBRARY FUND ($2,500.00)
Principal invested in 414 U. S. Government Bonds, income to the credit of the Library.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1922.
$2,500.00
Interest
106.25
297
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
DEBIT
Transfer to Library.
$106.25
Balance, Dec. 31.
2,500.00
$2,606.25
$2,606.25
CYRUS WAKEFIELD LIBRARY FUND ($500.00)
Principal invested in 414 U. S. Government Bond, income to the credit of the Library.
CREDIT
Balance, Jan. 1, 1922
$500.00
Interest
21.25
DEBIT
Transfer to Library.
$21.25
Balance, Dec. 31
500.00
$521.25
$521.25
FRANKLIN POOLE LIBRARY FUND ($500.00)
Principal invested in 414 U. S. Government Bond, income to the credit of the Library.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1922.
$500.00
Interest
21.25
DEBIT
Transfer to Library
$21.25
Balance, Dec. 31
500.00
$521.25
$521.25
CYRUS G. BEEBE LIBRARY FUND ($2,000.00)
Principal invested in 414 U. S. Government Bonds, income to the credit of the Library.
298
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
CREDIT
Balance, Jan. 1, 1922.
Interest
$2,000.00 85.00
DEBIT
Transfer to Library.
$85.00
Balance, Dec. 31.
2,000.00
$2,085.00
$2,085.00
MERRILL W. GOVE LIBRARY FUND ($500.00)
Principal deposited in the Blackstone Savings Bank, Boston, income to the credit of the Library.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1922.
$500.00
Interest, 1922. 25.30
DEBIT
Transfer to Library
$25.30
Balance Dec. 31.
500.00
$525.30
$525.30
JOHN GOULD ABORN LIBRARY FUND ($1,601.81)
$1,562.55 invested in second issue 414% Liberty Bonds, par value $1,650.00 balance deposited in Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Fund.
$1,601.81
Interest 1921
71.90
DEBIT
Transferred to Library
$71.90
Balance Dec. 31 1,601.81
$1,673.71
$1,673.71
299
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
MARY H. PRATT LIBRARY FUND ($200.00)
Principal deposited Wakefield Savings Bank, income to the credit of the Li- brary.
CREDIT
Fund
.
Interest 1922
$200.00 9.09
DEBIT
Transferred to Library
$9.09
Balance, Dec. 31 . ....
200.00
$209.09
$209.09
FREDERIC BEEBE LIBRARY FUND ($1,000.00)
Principal deposited in Cambridge Savings Bank, income to the credit of the Beebe Town Library.
CREDIT
December 18, 1922.
$1,000.00
Interest 1922. ..
12.50
DEBIT
Transfer to Library.
$12.50
Balance, Dec. 31 .
1,000.00
$1,012.50
$1,012.50
JONATHAN NICHOLS TEMPERANCE FUND ($1,000.00)
Principal invested in a 414% U. S. Government Bond, income deposited in Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance, Jan. 1, 1922.
$1,012.89.
Interest
43.01
300
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
DEBIT
Frank H. Horrigan
$10.00
Arthur R. Cade
10.00
Norman H. Hudson
10.00
Harry V. Wars.
10.00
Thomas L. Thistle.
10.00
Balance, Dec. 31
1,005.90
$1,055.90
$1,055.90
CORNELIUS SWEETSER LECTURE FUNDS ($10,000.00)
Principal invested in 414% of U. S. Government Bonds.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1922.
$10,000.00
Interest
425.00
DEBIT
Payments .
$425.00
Balance Dec. 31.
10,000.00
$10,425.00
$10,425.00
CORNELIUS SWEETSER LECTURE GUARANTEE FUND
Deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1922.
$1,344.87
Interest 61.18
DEBIT
Balance Dec. 31.
$1,406.05
$1,406.05
$1,406.05
NANCY WHITE PARK FUND ($1,000.00)
Principal invested in a 414% U. S. Gvoernment Bond, niterest to credit of the Park Department.
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
301
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1922. Interest 42.50
$1,000.00
DEBIT
Transfer to Park Dept
$42.50
Balance, Dec. 31 .
$1,000.00
$1,042.50
$1,042.50
MARY E. ABORN FUND ($2,000.00)
Principal invested in 414% U. S. Government Bond, interest to credit of the Park Department.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1922.
$2,000.00
Interest . 85.00
DEBIT
Transfer to Park Dept
$85.00
Balance Dec. 31.
2,000.00
$2,085.00
$2,085.00
CORNELIUS SWEETSER CEMETERY FUND ($1,000.00)
Principal and interest deposited in Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance, Jan. 1, 1922. 1,272.78
Interest
57.89
DEBIT
Payments . .
$47.00
Balance Dec. 31.
1,283.67
$1,330.67
$1,330.67
302
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
JANE K. VINTON CEMETERY FUND ($50.00)
Deposited in Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1922. $52.27
Interest. 2.36
DEBIT
Payments.
2.00
Balance, Dec. 31 .
52.63
$54.63
$54.63
CLARISSA E. SWAIN CEMETERY FUND ($500.00)
Deposited in Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1922. $514.97
Interest 23.40
DEBIT
Payments.
$23.00
Balance, Dec. 31
515.37
$538.37
$538.37
FLINT OLD CEMETERY FUND ($2,000.00)
Principal invested in 414% U. S. Government Bonds, interest in the Wake- field Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance, Jan. 1, 1922.
$2,123.72
Interest . 90.01
DEBIT
Payments .
$101.00
Balance, Dec. 31
2,112.73
$2,213.73
$2,213.73
303
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EZRA EATON CEMETERY FUND ($100.00)
Deposited in Blackstone Savings Bank, Boston.
CREDIT
Balance, Jan. 1, 1922. $129.82
Interest 6.56
DEBIT
Payments .
$2.00
Balance, Dec. 31
134.38
$136.38
$136.38
SARAH BURBANK CEMETERY FUND ($100.00)
Deposited in Wakefield Savings Bank
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1922.
$115.10
Interest
5.21
DEBIT
Balance Dec. 31. $120.31
$120.31
$120.31
STIMPSON FAMILY CEMETERY FUND ($200.00)
Deposited in Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance, Jan. 1, 1922 $213.40 . Interest 9.70
DEBIT
Payments. .
$6.00
Balance, Dec. 31
217.10
$223.10
$223.10
304
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
LEVI FLANDERS CEMETERY FUND ($100.00)
Deposited in Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Jan. 1, 1922, Balance $105.28
Interest 4.77
DEBIT
Payments .
$4.00
Balance, Dec. 31
106.05
$110.05
$110.05
GEORGE M. KELLEY CEMETERY FUND ($25.00)
Deposited in Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1922. . $27.29
Interest. . 1.21
DEBIT
Balance, Dec. 31 . $28.50
$28.50
$28.50
GAD AND CLARISSA C. CARTER CEMETERY FUND ($200.00)
Principal deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance, Jan. 1 1922.
$201.50
Interest 9.16
DEBIT
Balance Dec. 31.
$210.66
$210.66
$210.66
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
305
P. M. WILKINSON CEMETERY FUND ($50.00)
Principal deposited in Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1922. $50.00
Interest 1.31
DEBIT
Balance Dec. 31.
$51.31
$51.31
$51.31
The Trust Fund principal, Dec. 31, 1922 was $29,178.81 and interest of $1,423.81, total $30,602.62.
The above funds are invested as follows: United States 414 Liberty Bonds, $24,062.55, Wakefield Savings Bank, $4,905.69, Blackstone Savings Bank, $634.38 and Cambridge Savings Bank, $1,000.00.
I hereby certify the Treasurer has properly accounted for the above funds.
H. A. SIMONDS,
Town Accountant.
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Balance Sheet --- December 31, 1922
REVENUE ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Revenue Cash . .
$90,545.10
Accounts Receivable:
Accounts Payable :
Taxes 1921.
$48,585.07
Temporary Loans .
$200,000.00
Taxes 1922.
138,332.94
$186,918.01
Moth Assessment, 1921 .
218.14
Appropriation Balances:
Smith-Hughes Fund .
$32.51
Re-moval Account (Library) .. .
3,250.00
Sewer Assessment, 1922.
677.18
1,088.37
Library Building Fund. . .
35,384.68
Sidewalk Assessment, 1921 . .
97.74
Oak Street (widening).
20.00
Sidewalk Assessment, 1922. . .
440.55
538.29
Nahant Street, widening. .
336.00
Sewer Assessment (not apport.)
362.70
165.00
State Aid. . .
1,218.00
Water Street widening. Military History .
966.25
Military Aid. . .
505.00
Greenwood School Bld. Con. .
250.00
Soldier's Burial.
83.00
1,806.00
Land purchase Crystal Lake Ter.
2,500.00
Water Rates. .
36.30
Municipal Light operation, . ...
1,083.18
Water Services .. .
365.24
401.54
Municipal Light construction .
11.79
Sidewalk Assess. (not app.) . . .
1,430.09
Overlay 1922, balance .....
$43,999.41 2,516.60
Moth Assessment, 1922.
620.70
838.84
Sewer Assessment, 1921 .
411.19
Departmental Bills:
Surplus Revenue.
46,513.21
Poor Department.
5,570.12
Less, excess abatements, 1921. . .
2,922.72
43,590.49
School.
607.44
6,177.56
Municipal Light Bills. . .
22,027.14
Municipal Light (Revenue).
22,027.14
Tax Titles, (held by Town).
13,865.64
Tax Title, (Revenue) . .
13,865.64
Apportioned Sewers, due 1923-1931.
4,186.21
Apportioned Sewer Rev .- due 1923
1,052.57
1924
751.83
1925
646.39
1926
590.21
1927
412.02
1928
244.24
1929
233.08
1930
233.19
1931
22.68
4,186.21
App. Sidewalks, due 1923-1931. .... 2,741.71 App. Sideawalks Rev .- due ..
1923
463.97
1924
422.68
1925
366.69
1926
313.07
1927
307.92
1928
296.48
1929
265.85
1930
254.79
1931
50.26
$2,741.71
$332,927.20
$332,927.20
NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Non-Revenue Cash . . $151,725.59 Water Construction. New High School. . Sewer Construction. .
$5,497.24
140,942.23
5,286.12
$151,725.59
$151,725.59
MEMORANDUM ACCOUNT MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1922.
$3,724.78
Deposits returned .
$800.00
Received as deposits . . .
1,525.00
Cash on hand, Dec. 31.
4,449.78
$5,249.78
$5,249.78
DEBT ACCOUNT
Net Bonded Debt, Dec. 31, 1922. . .
$927,500.00
Sewer Construction Loans.
$174,000.00
Water Construction Loans.
151,000.00
Light Construction Loans .
85,000.00
School Buildings Loans. . .
517,500.00
$927,500.00
$927,500.00
TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS
Dec. 31, 1922 Cash and Securities
$30,602.62
Library Funds :
Flint Memorial Fund .
$1,000.00
Francis P. Hurd Fund .
2,500.00
Cyrus Wakefield Fund .
500.00
Franklin Pool Fund ..
500.00
Cyrus G. Beebe Fund.
2,000.00
Merrill W. Gove Fund.
500.00
John G. Aborn Fund. .
1,601.81
Mary H. Pratt Fund. .
200.00
Frederic Beebe Fund.
1,000.00
$9,801.81
Park Funds:
Nancy White Fund.
1,000.00
Mary E. Aborn Fund.
2,000.00
3,000.00
Cemetery Funds:
Jane K. Vinton Fund .
52.63
C. Sweetser Fund .
1,283.67
Clarisa E. Swain Fund . .
515.37
Flint Old Burial Ground Fund .
2,112.73
Ezra Eaton Fund. .
134.38
Sarah Burbank Fund .
120.31
Stimpson Family Fund. .
217.10
Levi Flanders Fund.
106.05
Geo. M. Kelley Fund . . .
28.50
Gad and Clarissa C. Carter fund
210.66
P. M. Wilkinson Fund. . .
51.31
4,832.71
Miscellaneous Funds:
Nancy White Hurd School Fund
556.15
J. Nichols Temperance Fund .. .
1,0005.90
C. Sweetser Lecture Fund . ....
10,000.00
C. Sweetser Lecture Guarantee.
1,406.05
$12,968.10
$30,602.62
$30,602.62
310
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Unpaid Bills, December 31, 1922 -
Highway Department:
Wanamaker & Feindel
$73.25
H. I. Dallman Co
42.28
A. Michelini 12.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
3.24
Bates Motor Sales Co., Inc
1.00
Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co.
6.50
Thomas Hickey .
.78
Bonney & Dutton .
3.70
Standard Oil Co. of N. Y.
63.80
$206.55
Park Department:
Bonney & Dutton
$2.53
Chas. Doyle
127.80
$130.33
Light Department:
Abbott, G. W.
$3.75
American Oil & Gas Co.
96.80
Bates Garage Company
103.44
Belcher Machine Company
.38
Berry, Shephard & Son. .
10.00
Boston Consolidated Gas Co.
20.00
Boston & Maine R. R.
1.60
Braman Dow Company
36.75
Brown Instrument Co.
9.68
Crane, William M. Co.
28.06
Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co
12.00
Edison Electric Ill. Co
3,871.35
Feindel, Henry A.
51.59
Gibby Foundry Company
.50
Grace, J. W. Company.
1.35
Hitchcock, E. S.
45.17
Holland, E. S.
17.57
Martin, C. J.
.50
McArdle, H. B.
1.00
Nagles Drug Store.
4.75
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
346.31
Patten, W. R .. .
16.25
Purrington, E. I.
45.97
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Scientific Heater Company
118.40
Scotland & Derry
8.20
Sederquest, A. T. & Co
8.80
Spencer, S. M .
20.11
Taylor, G. H.
2.67
Troy, Engine & Machine Co.
4.05
Wakefield Daily Item
46.75
Wakefield Garage
65.65
Wakefield Ice Company
59.75
Wanamaker & Feindel .
9.22
Weir Stove Company ..
1.20
Westmoreland Coal Company.
1,527.12
Wetmore-Savage Company .
120.56
$6,717.25
Police Department:
Bonney & Dutton
$13.02
Edward Hitchcock.
7.50
H. B. McArdle.
20.75
George H. Taylor
1.55
W. J. Sweeney, M. D.
9.00
L. L. McMasters.
19.00
Telehpone
21.21
Daily Item.
.75
David T. Barry
360.95
Henry DeRoche.
41.25
Charles F. Riley.
29.00
William L. Young
36.50
Dr. Simonds, Est
3.00
James J. Pollard .
60.61
Total.
$624.09
312
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
SURPLUS REVENUE
The surplus revenue at the close of the year, as shown by the balance sheet is $43,590.49.
The accounts of the Treasurer have been examined and agree with the Ac- countant's books, 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.
I take this opportunity to thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen, and all other town officials who have co-operated and assisted in the work of this department.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRY A. SIMONDS,
Town Accountant.
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Index to Reports of Town Officers
Page
Assessors
98
Fire Department
64
Forest Warden.
63
Health Department.
124
Highway Department.
69
Inspector of Animals.
56
Inspector of Buildings
55
Inspector of Milk.
127
Inspector of Plumbing
126
Inspector of Slaughtering.
125
Inspector of Wires.
68
Jurors.
6
Library Department
73
Light Department. .
174
Moth Dept.
56
Planning Board .
52
Police Department.
61
Poor Department.
128
School Department.
133
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
57
Selectmen
49
Sweetser Charity
131
Sweetser Lecture Committee
71
Town Counsel
59
Town Clerk :
Election and Town Meeting
10
Town Officers.
3
Births.
100
Marriages
108
Deaths.
118
Dog Licenses
123
Hunters' Licenses
123
Treasurer
86
Tuberculosis Dispensary. .
130
Water and Sewerage Department. .
81
Workmen's Compensation Agent
58
314
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Index to Town Accountant's Report
Page
Receipts. .
194
Appropriations, List of. .
196
Accounts Receivable :
Betterment Assessment, 1920. 202
Betterment Assessment, 1921 202
Betterment Assessment, 1922. 203
Betterment Assessment, (not apportioned). 205
Betterment Assessment, (apportioned) 205
December Assessments, 1920.
201
December Assessments, 1921.
201
Military Aid.
204
Moth Assessments, 1920.
201
Moth Assessments, 1921.
201
Moth Assessments, 1922.
201
Municipal Light Bills.
204
Sewer Assessments, 1920
202
Sewer Assessments, 1921.
202
Sewer Assessments, 1922. 202
203
Sewer Assessments (apportioned).
203
Soldiers' Burials.
204
State Aid.
203 200
Taxes, 1921.
200 200
Tax Titles Held by Town
205
Temporary Loans
206
Water Rates.
204
Water Service Bills
204
Overlays, 1920
205
Overlays, 1921
205
Appropriation Accounts:
Compensation Account. . 226
Accountant's Department .
208
Agriculture and Home Economics
200
Assessors . .
211
Cemetery Department
263
Court Fines. 268
Building Committee, Greenwood School.
264
Collector's Department. 210
County Tax . 270
Sewer Assessments (not apportioned)
Taxes, 1920.
Taxes, 1922.
315
Drain Pipe Account .
258
Election and Registration
214
Fire Alarm
280
Fire Department.
220
Fire Insurance Account
267
Hydrant Rental.
223
Health Department.
227 230 229
Inspector of Animals.
Inspector of Buildings.
225 291 269
Land Purchase, Crystal Lake Terrace.
Legal Department.
212
Library .
Municipal Light Appraisal.
Memorial Day, A. L ..
Memorial Day, G. A. R ..
Memorial Day, U. S. W. V
Military Aid.
Military History World War.
Miscellaneous Fund.
Moderator's Salary
Montrose School Ground.
Moth Department.
Municipal Light Department
Nahant Street Widening
New Barn
New High School.
Oak Street Widening.
Park Department
Police Department
Police Ambulance
Poor Department ..
Rent-American Legion.
Purchase of Land (Greenwood School)
Sewer Maintenance.
Sewer Connections.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Selectmen's Department.
School Department.
243
Soldiers' Relief.
242 242
State Tax and Other Assessments
270
Street Lights.
265
Spanish War Veterans Rent.
270
Sewer Construction. 289
Teachers' Retirement Fund.
268
Town Clerk.
213
State Aid.
258 269 267 266 266 242 264 265 206 264 223 271 268 233 257 268 261 217 220 237 270 263 287 288 225 207
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Highway Department.
Interest Account.
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