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CREDIT
Balance from 1922 Borrowed
5,497.24 27,200.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 317
DEBIT
Labor as per payroll
17,533.21
Material
B. & M. Railroad
544.46
Rensselaer Valve Co.
757.20
J. Wallace Grace Co.
3.401
A. F. Small
12.00
Gibby Foundry
127.84
Conard & Buzby
84.54
The Leadite Co.
254.60
Albert Winslow Co.
36.83
G. H. Taylor Co.
10.50
Lead Hydro-Tite Co.
98.00
H. A. Feindel
120.32
Cotter's Express
4.70
Lead Line Iron Pipe Co.
202.57
R. D. Woods & Co.
10,625.04
C. F. Hartshorne & Son
111.32
Waldo Bros. & Bond Co.
83.79
Standard Oil Co.
165.05
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co.
159.71
Sumner & Dunbar
435.11
A. P. Smith Mfg. Co.
65.08
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.
1.50
Builders Iron Foundry
61.71
S. Berry & Son
36.00
Wanamaker & Feindel
5.05
Connelly's Clothing Store
10.80
Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co.
4.60
American Tar Co.
600.00
14,621.73
32,154.94
Balance forward to 1924
542.30
32,697.24
32,697.24
Water Bonds and Notes
CREDIT
Appropriation
16,000.00
318
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
DEBIT
Haverhill National Bank
1,500.00
Commonwealth of Mass.
3,000.00
Commonwealth-Atlantic Bank
8,000.00
First National Bank
3,500.00
16,000.00
16,000.00
16,000.00
Water Interest
CREDIT
Appropriation Overdraft
6,113.75 578.00
DEBIT
Commonwealth of Mass.
1,580.00
First National Bank
1,438.00
Commonwealth Trust Co.
1,820.00
Haverhill National Bank
33.75
Commonwealth-Atlantic Bank
1,820.00
6,691.75
6,691.75
6,691.75
Sewer Maintenance
CREDIT
Appropriation
2,500.00
DEBIT
Morrison Merrill, Supt.
240.35
Clerk Hire
125.00
Labor as per payroll
1,626.70
1,992.05
Tools & Equpipment
A. F. Small
6.50
Hedge & Mattheis Co.
69.58
Waldo Bros. and Bond Co.
30.54
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 319
J. Laybolt
1.25
107.87
Pipe and Fittings
H. A. Feindel
1.45
All others:
B. L. Makepeace
37.76
C. F. Hartshorne & Son.
20.02
H. A. Feindel
66.90
Geo. H. Taylor Co.
2,89
Dana Dudley
11.65
Standard Oil Co.
76.09
American Express Co.
1.93
Wanamaker & Feindel
5.40
B. & M. Railroad
2.87
General Fireproofing Co.
71.50
C. M. White Iron Works
66.00
Hedge Mattheis Co.
4.75
Abbott & McKay
27.45
395.21
2,496.58
Balance to Revenue
3.42
2,500.00
2,500.00
i
Sewer Connections
CREDIT
Appropriation
5,000.00
DEBIT
Labor as per payroll 2,059.56
Pipe and Fittings:
Thomas Hickey
5.46
Sumner & Dunbar
338.37
H. A. Feindel
509.68
W. E. Knox
18.00
C. M. White Iron Works
33.00
Wendell Bancroft & Co.
9.72
914.23
320
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
All others :
B. & M. Railroad
3.99
H. A. Feindel Standard Oil Co.
6.00
42.44
3,016.23
1,983.77
5,000.00
5,000.00
Sewer Construction
CREDIT
Balance forward from 1922
5,286.12
Borrowed
,
15,000.00
DEBIT
Labor as per payroll
10,396.34
Material
B. L. Makepeace
11.05
H. A. Feindel
1,764.26
Waldo Bros. & Bond Co.
224.55
Edw. S. Hitchcock
1.80
C. E. Waning
14.73)
R. J. Berke
82.55
J. W. Grace Co.
18.15
Light Dept.
3.00
J. LLaybolt
14.85
C. M. White Iron Works
239.00
G. H. Taylor Co.
1.67
B. & M. Railroad
58.21
Standard Oil Co.
126.98
Connelly's Clothing Store
10.80
Ransellaer Valve Co.
133.56
Wanamaker & Feindel
27.98
· Curley Bros
9.00
Clifford Mortimer
5.10
American Tar Co.
175.00
Hedge & Mattheis Co.
21.07
C. F. Hartshorne & Son.
121.35
Millerick & Muse
7.83
.
-
32.45
Balance to Revenue
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 321
Holland Hardware Co.
7.39
W. E. Knox
11.90
Chas. Doyle
37.50
Abbott & Mckay
40.39
Andrew J. Morse & Son
.80
Thomas Hickey
1.08
3,173.23
13,569.57
Balance forward to 1924
6,716.55
20.286.12
20,286.12
PAY ROLL
M. Merrill
$2,362.64
J. Fraughton
1,721.31
J. Hurton
1,667.01
A Gibbons
1,610.24
P. Curran
1,565.16
P. Sexton
1,534.44
J. Murphy
1,501.52
H. Powell
1,490.83
P. Keeffe
1,497.50
J. Dalton
1,420.98
W. Sullivan
1,413.87
L. Kinder
1,250.17
J. Jones .
1,089.86
Various persons
27,275.13
$47,400.66
INTEREST ACCOUNT
CREDIT
Appropriation Interest, sale of bonds Premium
41,000.00
566.09
1.75
DEBIT
Various persons, disc, tem. loans 8,363.19 6,473.75
Various persons, int. on sewers
322
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Various persons, int. on schools
Various perscons, int. on highway
25,871.14 584.38
Balance to Revenue
275.38
41,567.84
41,567.84
Maturing Debt.
CREDIT
Appropriation Premiums on bonds
38,500.00 1,734.27
DEBIT
Sewer
Commonwealth-Atlantic Bank
7,000.00
First National Bank
1,000.00
8,000.00
School :
Old Colony Trust Co.
8,000.00
First National Bank
22,500.00
30,500.00
Preparing bonds
First National Book
755.00
39,255.00
Balance to Revenue
979.27
40,234.27
40,234.27
41,292.46
323
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Indebtedness Account
Net Bonded Debt. (Balancing Account)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923
927,500.00
Bond issue (Light Debt.)
105,000.00
Bond issue (Greenwood School)
196,700.00
Bond issue (Water Dept.)
27,200.00
Bond issue (Sewer Dept.)
15,000.00
Bond issue (Highways)
27,500.00
Payments, 1923
68,000.00 1,230,900.00
Outstanding, Dec. 31
1,298,900.00
1,298,900.00
Highway Loan (Lakeside) 1923
Borrowed Outstanding Dec. 31
18,000.00
18,000.00
18,000.00
18,000.00
Main Street Widening Loan 1923
Borrowed Outstanding Dec. 31
9,500.00
9,500.00
9,500.00
9,500.00
Sewerage Loan (1st issue) 1900
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923 Payments 1923 Outstanding Dec. 31
148,000.00
6,000.00 142,000.00
148,000.00
148,000.00
324
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Sewerage Loan (2nd issue)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923 Payments 1923 Outstanding Dec. 31
13,000.00
1,000.00
12,000.00
13,000.00
13,000.00
Sewer Loan 1922
13,000.00
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923 Payments 1923.
1,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31
12,000.00
13,000.00
13,000.00
Sewer Loan 1923
15,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31
15,000.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
Montrose School Loan 1917
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923 Payments 1923
1,500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31
16,000.00
17,500.00
17.500.00
High School Site 1913
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923 Payments 1923
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
Borrowed
17,500.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
325
New High School Loan 1st Issue 1921
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923 Payments 1923 Outstanding Dec. 31
142,500.00
7,500.00 135,000.00
142,500.00
142,500.00
New High School Loan 2nd Issue 1922
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923
200,000.00
Payments 1923 Outstanding Dec. 31
190,000.00
200,000.00
200,000.00
New High School Loan (3rd Issue) 1922
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923
100,000.00
Payments 1923 Outstanding Dec. 31
95,000.00
100,000.00
100,000.00
.
Woodville School 1919
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923 Payments 1923 Outstanding Dec. 31
55,000.00
4,000.00
51,000.00
55,000.00
55,000.00
Greenwood School Loan 1923
Borrowed Outstanding Dec. 31
196,700.00
196,700.00
196,700.00
196,700.00
10,000.00
5,000.00
326
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Water Construction Loan 1903
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923 Payments 1923
123,000.00
8,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31
115,000.00
123,000.00
123,000.00
Water Extensions 1922
9,000.00
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923 Payments 1923
2,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31
7,000.00
9,000.00
9,000.00
Water Loan Act. 1922
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923
12,500.00
Payments 1923
1,500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31
11,000.00
12,500.00
12,500.00
Water Loan Act. 1922
27,200.00
Outstanding Dec. 31
27,200.00
27,200.00
27,200.00
Water Meter Loan (2nd Issue) 1913
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923
1,500.00
Payments 1923
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Borrowed
/
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 327
Crystal Lake Park Water Loan 1920
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923 Payments 1923
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Lakeview Park Water Loan 1920
Outstanding Payments 1923 Outstanding Dec. 31
4,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
Municipal Light Plant Loan 1st Issue 1894
Outstanding Jan. 1. 1923 Payments 1923 Outstanding Dec. 31
18,000.00
9,000.00
9,000.00
18,000.00
18,000.00
Water Gas Set Loan 1920
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923 Payments Outstanding Dec. 31
22,000.00
1,500.00
20,500.00
22,000.00
22,000.00
Municipal Light Plant Loan 1922
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923 Payments 1923 Outstanding Dec. 1st
45,000.00
3,000.00
42,000.00
45,000.00
45,000.00
328
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Municipal Light Plant Loan 1923 (1st Issue)
Borrowed Outstanding
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
Municipal Light Plant Loan 1923 (2nd Issue)
Borrowed
30,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
Municipal Light Plant Loan 1923 (3rd Issue)
Borrowed
25,000.00
Outstanding
25,000.00
25,000.00
25,000.00
Recapitulation
Highways
27,500.00
Sewers
181,000.00
Schools
683,700.00
Water
162,200.00
Light
176,500.00
1,230,900.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 329
Trust Fund Account
Ballancing Account
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1923
30,602.62
Interest 1923
1,328.76
Transferred to Library Dept.
430.61
Transferred to Park Dept.
127.50
Payments 1923
689.45
Balance Dec. 31
30,683.82
31,931.38
31,931.38
Nancy White Hurd School Fund ($500.00)
Principal and interest in Wakefield Savings Bank, income to be used for purchase of books for Hurd School.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
556.15
Interest 1923
25.29
DEBIT
Payments
43.35
Balance Dec. 31
538.09
581.44
581.44
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, 1923 Interest 1923
1,000.00
42.50
330
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
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, 1923 Interest 1923
2,500.00 106.25
DEBIT
. Transfer to Library
106.25
Balance, Dec. 31
2,500.00
2,606.25
2,606.25
Cyrus G. Beebe Library Fund ($2,000.00)
Principal invested in 41/4 U. S. Government Bonds, income to the credit of the Library.
CREDIT
2,000.00
Balance Jan. 1, 1923 Interest 1923
85.00
DEBIT
Transfer to Library Balance Dec. 31
85.00
2,000.00
2,085.00
2,085.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 331
Cyrus Wakefield Library Fund ($500.00)
Principal invested in 41/4 U. S. Government Bonds, income to the credit of the Library.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
Interest 1923
500.00 21.25
DEBIT
Transferred 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 Bonds, income to the credit of the Library.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
500.00
Interest 1923
21.25
DEBIT
Transferred to Library
21.25
Balance Dec. 31
500.00
521.25
521.25
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, 1923 Interest 1923
500.00
22.75
332
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
DEBIT
Transfer to Library
22.75
Balance Dec. 31
500.00
522.75
522.75
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 1923
71.89
DEBIT
Transferred to Lirary
71.89
Balance Dec. 31
1,601.81
1,673.70
1,673.70
Mary H. Pratt Library Fund ($200.00)
Principal deposited Wakefield Savings Bank, income to the credit of the Library.
CREDIT
Fund
200.00
Interest 1923
9.09
DEBIT
Transferred to Library
9.09
Balance, Dec. 31
200.00
209.09
209.09
.
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 333
Frederick Beebe Library Fund ($1,000.00)
Principal deposited in Cambridge Savings Bank, income to the cred- it of the Beebe Town Library.
CREDIT
December 1923
Interest 1923
1,000.00 50.63
DEBIT
Transfer to Library
50.63
Balance Dec. 31
1,000.00
1,050.63
1,050.63
Jonathan Nichols Temperance Fund ($1,000.00)
Principal invested in a 414% U. S. Government Bond, income de- posited in Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
1,005.90
Interest 42.75
DEBIT
John Mclaughlin
10.00
William W. Ward
10.00
James H. Keefe
10.00
George Allen Mayer
10.00
Balance Dec. 31
1,008.65
1,048.65
1,048.65
Cornelius Sweetser Lecture Funds ($10,000.00)
Principal invested in 41/4% U. S. Government Bonds.
: :
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
10,000.00
334
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Interest 1923
425.00
DEBIT
Payments Balance Dec. 31
425.00 10,000.00
10,425.00
10,425.00
Cornelius Sweetser Lecture Guarantee Fund.
Deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1923 Interest 1923
1,406.05 63.916
DEBIT
Balance Dec. 31
1,470.01
1,470.01
1,470.01,
Nancy White Park Fund ($1,000.00)
Principal invested in 41/4 % U. S. Government Bond, interest to the credit of the Park Department.
CREDIT
1,000.00
Balance Jan. 1, 1923 Interest 1923
42.50
DEBIT
Transfer to Park Dept. 42.50
1,000.00
1,042.50
1,042.50
Balance, Dec. 31
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 335
- Mary E. Aborn Fund ($2,000.00)
Principal invested in 41/4% U. S. Government Bond, interest to the credit of the Park Department.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
Interest 1923
2,000.00 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, 1923 Interest 1923
1,283.67 58.38
DEBIT
Payments Balance Dec. 31
52.50
1,289.55
1,342.05
1,342.05
Jane K. Vinton Cemetery Fund ($50.00)
Deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1923 Interest 1923
52.63
2.36
336
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
DEBIT
Payments
2.00
Balance, Dec. 31
52.99
54.99
54.99
Clarissa E. Swain Cemetery Fund ($500.00)
Deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
Interest 1923
515.37 23.42
DEBIT
Payments
39.10
Balance, Dec. 31
499.69
538.79
538.79
Flint Old Cemetery Fund ($2,000.00)
Principal invested in 41/4 % U. S. Government Bonds, interest in the Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance, Jan. 1, 1923 Interest 1923
2,112.73
90.11
DEBIT
Payments Balance, Dec. 31
49.50
2,153.34
2,202.84
2,202.84
:
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 337
Ezra Eaton Cemetery Fund ($100.00)
Deposited in Blackstone Savings Bank, Boston.
CREDIT
Balance, Jan. 1, 1923 Interest 1923
134.38 6.10
DEBIT
Payments Balance, Dec. 31
26.00
114.48
140.48
140.48
Sarah Burbank Cemetery Fund ($100.00)
Deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
120.31
Balance Jan. 1, 1923 Interest 1923
5.47
DEBIT
Balance Dec. 31
125.78
125.78
125.78
Stimpson Family Cemetery Fund ($200.00)
Deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance, Jan. 1, 1923 Interest 1923
217.10
9.85
338
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
DEBIT :
Payments Balance Dec. 31
4.00
222.95
226.95
226.95
Levi Flanders Cemetery Fund ($100.00)
Deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Jan. 1, 1923, Balance Interest
106.05 4.81
DEBIT
Payments
4.00
Balance Dec. 31
106.86
110.86
110.86
George M. Kelley Cemetery Fund ($25.00)
Deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1923 28.50
Interest 1,28
0
DEBIT
Balance Dec. 31
29.78
29.78
29.78
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 339
Gad and Clarissa C. Carter Cemetery Fund ($200.00)
Principal deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank. CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1. 1923
210.66 9.56
Interest
DEBIT
Payments
4.00
Balance Dec. 31
216.22
220.22
220.22
P. M. Wilkinson Cemetery Fund ($50.00)
Principal Deposited in Wakefield Savings Bank.
CREDIT
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
51.31
Interest
2.31
DEBIT
Balance Dec. 31
53.62
53.62
53.62
I hereby certify the Treasurer has properly accounted for the above funds.
H. A. SIMONDS,
Town Accountant.
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD S
BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1923 REVENUE ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Revenue Cash
$86,535.00
Accounts Receivable :
Accounts Payable :
Taxes 1922
$8,684.32
Temporary Loans
$150,000.00
Taxes 1923
140,261.17
$148,945.49
Moth Assessments 1923
575.47
Appropriate Balances :
Sewer Assessments 1922
20.29
Sewer Assessments 1923
558.18
578.47
Highway Dept. (Water St.)
$189.08
Betterment Assessments 1922 .
62.07
Re-modelling Town Hall
114.40
Betterment Assessments 1923 .
426.12
488.19
Smith Pond Lot
1,000.00
Sewer Assessments
(not apport.)
271.15
Military History
966.25
Comm. of Mass. (State Aid)
1,020.00
Planning Board
504.18
Comm. of Mass. (Military Aid)
500.00
Equipment for Town Hall
3,770.70
Comm. of Mass.
(Soldiers' Burial)
82.33
1,602.33
Light Dept.
Water Rates .
6.90
(Operation Acct.)
605.65
Water Service
320.26
327.16
(Const. Acct.)
56,850.84
Betterment Assessments
(Dep. Acct.)
4,636.05
(not apport.)
1,657.99
Overlay 1923 balance
68,637.15 2,206.20
Departmental Bills:
Surplus Revenue
27,030.54
Less, excess abatements (1922 overlay)
727.43
26,303.11
School
464.85
6,165.21 22,956.01
Municipal Light Revenue
22,956.01
Tax Titles, (held by town)
15,922.92
Apportioned Sewers
(due 1924-1933)
7,679.99
due 1924
1,190.11
due 1925
1,094.48
due 1926
1,038.30
due 1927
860.11
due 1928
692.33
due 1929
665.19
due 1930
665.30
due 1931
506.42
due 1932
483.74
due 1933
484.01
7,679.99
Apportioned Betterment Rev.
due 1924
585.43
due 1925
486.95
due 1926
410.51
due 1927
405.37
due 1928
371.27
due 1929
340.66
due 1930
324.11
due 1931
114.17
due 1932
58.47
3,096.94
.
.
$296,802.32
$296,802.32
.
Apportioned Betterments due 1924-1932 3,096.94
Poor Dept.
5,700.36
Municipal Light Bills
15,922.92
Tax Title Revenue Apportioned Sewer Rev.
NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Non-Revenue Cash
$210,384.83
Water Extensions New High School
Greenwood School Addition
Highway Const. (Lakeside) Overdraft ...
190.00
Sewer Construction Main St. Widening .
$542.30 25,472.45 176,143.53 6,716.55 1,700.00
$210,574.83
$210,574.83
GUARANTEE DEPOSITS MEMORANDUM ACCOUNT
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1923 .
4,449.78
Deposits returned Cash on hand Dec. 31
$1,205.28
Received as deposits ....
2,370.00
5,614.50
$6,819.78
$6,819.78
DEBT. ACCOUNT
Net Bonded Debt. Dec. 31, 1923
1,230,900.00
Construction Loans
(Light Dept.)
$176,500.00
Water Dept.) . .
162,200.00
(Sewer Dept.)
181,000.00
(Schools)
683,700.00
(Highways)
27,500.00
$1,230,900.00
$1,230,900.00
. .
. .
.
TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS
Dec. 31, 1923 Cash and Securities
$30,683.82
Library Funds :
Flint Memorial Fund
· $1,000.00
Francis P. Hurd Fund
2,500.00
Cyrus Wakefield Fund
500.00
Franklin Poole Fund
500.00
Cyrus G. Beebe Fund
2,000.00
Merritt 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 :
Cornelius Sweetser Fund
1,289.55
Jane K. Vinton Fund
52.99
Clarissa E. Swain Fund
499.69
Flint Old Burial Ground Fund
2,153.34
Ezera Eaton Fund
114.48
Sarah Burbank Fund
125.78
Stimpson Family Fund
222.95
Levi Flanders Fund
106.86
Geo. M. Kelley Fund
29.78
Gad and Clarissa C. Carter Fund
216.22
P. M. Wilkinson Fund
53.62
4,865.26
Miscellaneous Fundss
Nancy White Hurd School Fund
538.09
J. Nichols Temperance Fund Cornelius Sweetser
1,008.65
Lecture Fund
10,000.00
Lecture Guarantee Fund .
1,470.01
13,016.75
$30,683.82
$30,683.82
344
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Unpaid Bills, December 31, 1923
Highway Dept.
The Barber Asphalt Co.
420.00
Standard Oil Co.
100.83
Thomas Hickey
7.70
Scotland Derry
14.50
Eaton's Express
.50
American Express
6.16
Young Sign Studio
8.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
3.24
L. E. Bennett
3.00
Light Dept.
2.64
Edward S. Hitchcock
1.75
L. L. McMaster
1.50
N. E. Sand & Gravel Co.
5.25
J. Laybolt
3.49
Bates Motos Sales Co.
436.00
Henry A. Feindel
310.22
Wanamaker & Feindel
130.75
George H. Taylor Co.
2.82
William H. Grant
61.50
1,519.85
Board of Overseers
Lucy B. Chisfield
1.50
Scott A. Bullard
12.38
Clara L. Brownell
4.80
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
7.50
L. L. MaMaster
3.55
Wakefield Daily Item
12.75
42.48
Poor Dept.
Charles Montague, M. D.
3.00
Morrill-Atwood Ice Co.
37.55
Bonney & Dutton
1.30
W. E. Knox
57.70
J. Comer Jones, Power & Pump Co.
194.00
The Worcester Tram Rail Co. Inc.
142.85
Kirk Bros
138.58
J. Laybolt
19.28
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
345
Amos M. Gates
63.00
J. W. Short
16.00
J. W. Cushing
13.00
M. Halczewski
24.00
Rose Tea Co.
52.61
Mrs. Louis Lefave
11.07
Frank Lanzillo
18.00
C. W. Spear
4.65
B. & M. Railroad
10.18
Dr. C. H. Playdon
20.00
C. Latimer
12.00
Everett A. Roper
22.95
George H. Taylor
5.95
Edith Ives Cogan, M. D.
16.00
George E. Butterfield
21.26
Cardillo Bros.
137.00
Thomas P. Loughlin
122.84
Dr. Ernest Deland
74.00
Armour & Co.
16.10
Dodge Bros. Service Station
9.39
Wanamaker & Feindel
49.45
Kirk Bros.
80.78
Bates Motor Sales Co. Inc.
96.42
Wakefield Mun. Light Plant
221.21
Andrews Market
41.58
Rufus C. North
31.50
A. S. MacMillan
5.00
J. Laybolt
15.93
H. F. Mckenzie
5.40
Chadwick & Carr Co.
26.50
Curley Bros.
93.19
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
16.97
David T. Barry
104.92
Benjamin Stickney Cable Hospital
189.50
City of Malden
369.48
City of Lowell
8.00
City of Everett
124.23
City of Boston
416.28
City of Melrose
28.00
Melrose Hospital
40.00
Mass. General Hospital
84.00
Gaspare D'Agata
20.00
Antonio Cavalieri
25.00
Commonwealth of Mass
1,707.47
$5,065.07
346
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Light Dept.
D. T. Barry
.65
Atlantic Awning Co.
.94
Westmoreland Coal Co.
1,654.98
G. M. Clark & Co.
.57
Martin Bros.
49.25
Giles Bros.
16.05
A. B. Comins
10.00
H. A. Feindel
107.45
Cotter's Express
4.50
E. G. Nagle
1.19
G. W. Beasley
3.00
A. C. Purrington & Co.
2.72
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
21.84
Holland Hardware Co.
12.80
American Oil & Gas Co.
60.94
J. W. McInness
16.00
1,962.88
Less-Rebate on Stock
72.00
Total Accounts Payable
1,890.88
347
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Surplus Revenue
The surplus revenue at the close of the year, as shown by the bal- ance sheet is $26,303.11.
The accounts of the Treasurer have been examined and agree with the Accountant's books ( cash balances have been verified by bank state- ments. 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.
348
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Index to Reports of Town Officers
Assessors 194
Fire Department
60
Forest Warden
59
Health Department
129
Highway Department
67
Inspector of Animals
51
Inspector of Buildings
50
Inspector of Milk
132
Inspector of Plumbing
131
Inspector of Slaughtering
130
Inspector of Wires
66
Jurors
6
Library Department
74
Light Department
188
Moth Department
51
Planning Board
46
Police Department
55
Poor Department
133
School Department
137
Sealer of Weights and Measures
52
Selectmen
41
Sweetser Charity
73
Sweetser Lecture Committee
71
Town Counsel
54
Town Clerk:
Election
10
Town Meetings
13
Town Officers 3
Births
106
Marriages
115
Deaths
123
Dog Licenses
1:28
Hunters' Licenses
128
Treasurer
92
Tuberculosis Dispensary
136
Water and Sewerage Department 85
Workmen's Compensation Agent
53
349
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Index to Town Accountant's Report
Receipts
216
Appropriations, List of 218
Accounts Receivable :
Betterment Assessment, 1921 224
Betterment Assessment, 1922 224
Betterment Assessment, 1923 224
Betterment Assessment, (not apportioned) 226
Betterment Assessment, (apportioned) 227
December Assessment, 1921 222
Military Aid 225
Moth Assessment, 1921
222
Moth Assessment, 1922
222
Moth Assessment, 1923
223
Municipal Light Bills
226
Sewer Assessment, 1921
223
Sewer Assessment, 1922
223
Sewer Assessment, 1923
223
Sewer Assessment, (not apportioned)
224
Sewer Assessment, (apportioned)
224
Soldiers' Burial
225
State Aid
225
Taxes, 1921
221
Taxes, 1922
222
Taxes, 1923 222
Tax Titles (held by town) 226
Temporary Loans 227
Water Service Bills
226
Overlays, 1921
227
Overlays, 1922
227
Overlays, 1923
227
Appropriation Accounts :
Compensation Account 246
Accounting Department 229
Assessors' Department 232
Cemetery Department 289
Court Fines 297
Collector's Department 231
350
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Election and Registration 235
Fire Department .240
Hydrant Rental
Health Department 243
.247
Highway Department 251
Inspector of Animals
251
Inspector of Buildings
245
Interest Account
321
Land Purchased, Crystal Lake Terrace
.296
Legal Department
233
Library
285
Municipal Light Plant
301
Memorial Day, A. L. 294
Memorial Day, G. A. R. 294
Memorial Day, U. S. W. V. 295
Military History 300
Moderator's Salary
228
Moth Department
244
Municipal Light Department 301
Nahant Street Land Damage 299
New High School 282
289
Police Department
237
Poor Department
260
Sewer Maintenance
318
Sewer Connection
319
Sealer of Weights and Measures
246
Selectmen's Department 228
266
Soldiers' Relief
266
State Aid
265
State Charges
300
Street Lights
293
Spanish War Veterans, rent
298
Teachers' Retirement Fund
297
Town Clerk
233
Town Hall
236
Treasury Department
230
Water Street 256
Water Department 311
315
Water Construction 316
Balance Sheet 340
Maturing Department 322
Indebtedness Account 323
Trust Fund Account
329
Unpaid Bills 344
Park Department
School Department
Water Service
L
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