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1,001.47 42.54
Debit
Payments Balance
40.00 1,004.01
1,044.01
1,044.01
262
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
CORNELIUS SWEETSER LECTURE FUND ($10,000)
Principal invested in 414% U. S. Government Bonds.
Credit
Balance Jan. 1, 1925 Interest
10,000.00 425.00
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, 1925
1,536.91
Interest
69.91
Debit
Balance Dec. 31
1,606.82
1,606.82
1,606.82
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
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
1,000.00 42.50
Interest
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 the credit of the Park Department.
Credit
Balance Jan. 1, 1925 Interest
2,000.00 85.00
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Transfer to Park Dept. Balance Dec. 31
85.00
2,000.00
2,085.00
2,085.00
CORNELIUS SWEETSER CEMETERY FUND ($1,000.00)
Principal and Interest deposited in Wakefield Savings Bnak.
Credit
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
1,278.21 58.15
Debit
Payments
76.50
Balance Dec. 31
1,259.86
1,336.36
1,336.36
JANE K. VINTON CEMETERY FUND ($50.00)
Deposited in Wakefield Savings Bank
Credit
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
53.38
Interest
2.41
Debit
Payments
2 00
Balance Dec. 31
53.79
55.79
55.79
CLARISSA E. SWAIN CEMETERY FUND ($500.00)
Deposited in the Wakeifeld Savings Bank.
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
501.90
Interest
22.81
Debit
18.50
506.21
524.71
524.71
Credit
Payments Balance Dec. 31
Debit
Interest
264
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
FLINT OLD CEMETERY FUND ($2,000.00)
Principal invested in 414% U. S. Government Bonds, interest in the Wakefield Savings Bank.
Credit
Balance Jan. 1, 1925 Interest
2,000.03 85.00
Debit
Payments
11.50
Balance Dec. 31
2,073.53
2,085.03
2,085.03
EZRA EATON CEMETERY FUND ($100.00) Deposited in Blackstone Savings Bank, Boston.
Credit
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
117.68
Interest
5.33
Debit
Payments
4.00
Balance Dec. 31
119.01
1:23.01
123.01
SARAH BURBANK CEMETERY FUND ($100.00)
Deposited in Wakefield Savings Bank.
Credit
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
131.47
Interest
5.97
Debit
Balance
137.44
137.44
137.44
STIMPSON FAMILY CEMETERY FUND ($200.00)
Deposited in Wakefield Savings Bank.
Credit
226.06
Balance Jan. 1, 1925 Interest 10.29
265
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Debit
Payments Balance Dec. 31
6.00 230.35
236.35
236.35
LEVI FLANDERS CEMETERY FUND ($100.00)
Deposited in Wakefield Savings Bank.
Credit
Balance Jan. 1, 1925 107.70
Interest
4.89
Debit
Payments
4.00
Balance Dec. 31
108.59
112.59
112.59
GEORGE M. KELLEY CEMETERY FUND ($25.00)
Deposited in Wakefield Savings Bank.
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
31.11
Interest
1.40
Debit
Balance Dec. 31 32.51
32.51
32.51
GAD and CLARRISSA C. CARTER CEMETERY FUND ($200.00)
Principal deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank.
Balance Jan. 1, 1925 Interest
10.06
Debit
Payments
4.00
Balance Dec. 31
227.11
231.00 231.11
Credit
221.05
Credit
266
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
P. M. WILKINSON CEMETERY FUND ($50.00)
Principal deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank.
Credit
Balance Jan. 1, 1925 Interest
56.03 2.54
Debit
Balance Dec. 31
58.57
58.57
58.57
FRANCIS C. ROBIE CEMETERY FUND ($25.00)
Principal and Interest deposited in Wakefield Savings Bank.
Credit
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
25.56
Interest
Debit
Balance Dec. 31
26.71
26.71
26.71
JAMES and ELIZA WALTON CEMETERY FUND ($100.00)
Principal deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank.
Credit
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
100.00
Interest
3.00
Payments
3.00
Balance Dec. 31
100.00
103.00
103.00
ADAMS COBURN BURIAL LOT FUND ($100.00)
Credit
Fund Established
Debit
100.00
100.00
100.00
I hereby certify that the Treasurer has properly accounted for the above funds.
H. A. SIMONDS, Town Accountant.
100.00
Balance Dec. 31
Debit
1.15
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
BALANCE SHEET DEC. 31st 1925 REVENUE ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Revenue Cash
$76,419.44
Accounts Receivable :
Accounts Payable :
Taxes 1924
4,662.60
Temporary Loans $150,000.00
Taxes 1925
190,113.54
Moth Assessments, 1924
10.52
Surplus Revenue (Less 42,874.58
Motth Assessments, 1925
705.34
Excess abatements 1924 overlay 2,585.00
40,289.58
Sewer Assessments, 1925
1,046.33
Appropriation balances forward 1926:
Sidewalk Assessments, 1924
11.93
Franklin School Addition
15,418.80
Sidewalk Assessments, 1925
449.68
Police Signal System
6,550.00
Military History
966.25
Re-forestering Account
500.00
Department Bills :
Pension Committee
300.00
Light Dept. (Operation Acct.)
37,798.77
School Dept.
4,091.81
Light Dept. (Construction Acct.)
3,027.88
Poor Dept.
1,515.34
Light Dept. (Depreciation Acct.)
14,574.75
Health Dept.
230.00
5,837.15
Broadway Drain
300.00
Low Level Sewer Survey
53.50
Comm. of Mass. (State Aid) 840.00
War Bonus Funds (Special)
79,489.95 6,868.70
Sewer Assessments, (not apportioned)
1,077.43
Comm. of Mass (Military Aid ) 255.50 652.83
1,095.50
Water Dept. (Services) Water Dept. (Water Rates)
41.40
694.23 14,970.41
Tax Title Revenue
14,970.41
Municipal Light Bills
30,289.43
Overlay 1925
6,986.14
Apportioned Sewer Revenue:
Due 1926
2,837.96
Due 1927
2,659.76
Due 1928
2,432.02
Due 1929
2,146.65
Due 1930
1,906.49
Due 1931
1,747.61
Due 1932
1,725.04
Due 1933
1,670.42
Due 1934
680.50
17,806.45
Apportioned Sidewalks Revenue :
Due 1926
597.67
Due 1927
592.50
Due 1928
569.90
Due 1929
539.35
Tax Titles held by town)
Sidewalk Ass. (not apportioned) Municipal Light Bills
1,510.68
30,289.43
Apportioned Sewers (due 1926-1934)
17,806.45
Due 1930
454.22
Due 1931
255.53
Due 1932
199.90
Due 1933
128.00
Apportioned Sidewalks (due 1926-1934)
3,427.76
Due 1934
90.69
3,427.76
350,128.42
350,128.42
NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Non-Revenue Cash
9,166.34
Water Construction
2,576.83
New High School
663.13
Sewer Construction
4,201.84
Main Street Widening
1,700.00
Highway Construction
15.54
9,166.34
9,166.34
GUARANTEE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT (Light Dept.)
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1925 Received as Deposits
6,034.14
Deposits Returned Cash on hand Dec. 31
2,084.92
3,080.00
7,029.22
9,114.14
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9,114.14
DEBT ACCOUNT
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Bonded Debt (outstanding)
1,360,500.00
Construction Loans (Highways)
36,000.00
Construction Loans (Sewer)
210,000.00
Construction Loans (School)
730,000.00
Construction Loans (Water)
177,000.00
Construction Loans (Light)
207,500.00
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1,360,500.00
1,360,500.00
TRUST FUND ACCOUNT
"ash and Securities Dec. 31, 1925
31,030.31 Library Funds :
Flint Memorial Fund
1,0000.00
Francis P. Hurd Fund
2,500.00
Cyrus Wakefield Fund
500.00
Franklin Poole Fund
500.0J
Cyrus G. Beebe Fund
2,000.00
Merritt W. Gove Fund
500.00
John Gould Aborn Fund
1,601.81
Mary H. Pratt Fund
200.00
Frederick 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
1,259.86
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Jane K. Vinton Fund
Clarissa E. Swain Fund
53.79 506.21
Flint Old Burial Ground Fund
2,073.53
Ezra Eaton Fund
119.01
Sarah E. Burbank Fund
137.44
Stimpson Family Fund
230.35
Levi Flanders Fund
108.59
George M. Kelley Fund
32.51
Gad and Clarissa E. Carter Fund
227.11
P. M. Wilkinson Fund
58.57
Francis C. Robie Fund
26.71
James and Eliza Walton Fund
100.00
Adams Coburn Fund
100.00
5,033.68
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Miscellaneous Funds :
Nancy White, Hurd School
583.99
J. Nichols, Temperance Fund 1,004.01
C. Sweetser Lecture Fund 10,000.00
C. Sweetser Lecture Guarantee Fund 1,606.82
31,194.82
31,030.31
31,030.31
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Unpaid Bills 1925
Am. Educational Digest, School Depart.
5.00
Am. Oil & Gas Co.
11.40
Am. Railway Express Co.
15.68
Am. Type Founders Co.
4.40
Ames, S. K.
9.05
Appleton & Co.
1.41
Babb, Ed. E. & Co.
17.15
Bates Motor Sales Co.
640.40
Berry, S. & Son
3.00
Blue Print Co.
1.89
Boston Armature Works
52.00
Boudrow, P. J.
1.00
Bowser & Co.
66.85
Bradley, Milton Co.
97.04
Central Scientific Co.
1.59
Chandler & Farquhar Co.
26.38
Black, Clifford & Co.
2.75
Comins, A. B.
5.45
Curley Bros.
17.90
Donoyer-Geppert Co.
.80
Doyle, Charles
9.51
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.
5.60
Gen. Biological Supply House
2.05
Giles, Bros.
3.00
Ginn & Company
1.20
Gloucester Auto Bus Co.
45.00
Grace, J. Wallace Co.
5.15
Hall & McCreary Co.
52.00
Hallissey, Michael J.
12.50
Hammett, J. L. Co.
26.29
Harvard Univ.
5.00
Heath, D. C. & Co.
37.95
Heywood-Wakefield Co.
92.00
Holland Hardware Co.
1.93
Houghton Mifflin Co.
9.88
Knowles, C. S.
1.50
Knott, L. E. Apparatus Co.
105.20
Laidlaw Brothers
11.72
Locke, Arthur T.
26.34
Lucas Brothers
21.00
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Lyons & Carnahan
14.31
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Macmillan Company
2.65
Mason's Market
16.15
McArdle, H. B.
10.75
Morrill-Atwood Ice Co.
9.08
Nat'l Com. Mental Hygiene
.75
Oxidite Mfg. Co.
1.50
Reid, Geo. W.
4.49
Reid, John
33.15
Ryan & Buker, Inc.
1.49
Sederquest, A. T. & Co.
31.70
Swan Co.
185.00
Taylor, Geo. H. Co.
20.15
Tecce, Louis
10.00
Thurston Man'l Training Supply Co.
7.73
Underwood Typewriter Co.
2.61
Wadsworth, Howland & Co.
10.97
Wannamaker & Feindel
3.40
Watson, George
5.00
Wakefield Daily Item
40.64
Wakefield Garage
286.51
Woburn Machine Company
18.00
World Book Co.
4.60
Wakefield Laundry
1.44
Wakefield Coal Supply Co.
21.00
Young, W. L.
5.00
Hickey, Thomas
2,972.46
Wakefield M. L. P.
313.65
New Eng. Tel. & Tel.
60.63
5,550.77
274
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Surplus Revenue
The surplus revenue at the close of the year, as shown by the bal- ance sheet is $40,289.58.
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.
275
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Index to Town Officers' Reports
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Assessors 110
Births 112
Compensation Agent
54
Deaths
131
Dog Licenses
97
Forest Warden
56
Fire Department 61
Greenwood School Building Committee 186
Health Department 137
Highway Department
68
Hunter's Licenses
97
Inspector of Animals 56
52
Inspector of Milk 141
Inspector of Plumbing
140
Inspector of Slaughtering 140
Inspector of Wires
67
Jurors
6
Library Trustees
74
Light Department
188
Marriages
122
Moth Department
51
Planning Board
49
Police Department 57
Poor Department
143
Sealer of Weights and Measures
53
Selectmen
45
School Committee
145
Sewer Department
88
Sweetser Charity
67
Sweetser Lecture Fund
73
Town Counsel
55
Town Officers
3
Treasurer
98
Water Department
88
Inspector of Buildings
276
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Index to Town Accountant's Report
Accounting Department 211
Appropriations from Tax Levy 202
Assessors Department 213
Balance Sheet 267
Betterment Assessments (not apportioned) 208
Betterment Assessments (apportioned) 209
Care of Dumps 222
Cemetery Department
232
Collection of Garbage
222
Collector's Department
212
Committee on Pensions
234
Compensation Account
220
County Tax
237
Court Fines
234
December Assessments 1924 205
December Assessments 1925
205
Departmental Bills
207
Election and Registration
.215
Fire Alarm
242
Fire Department
217
Forest Fires
218
Franklin School Addition
249
Greenwood School Addition
251
Hamblen Property
237
Health Department
221
High School
250
Highway Department
223
Hydrant Rental
218
Inspector of Animals
222
Inspector of Buildings
219
Inspector of Wires 218
252
Insurance
235
Interest Account!
249
July Fourth
237
Legal Department 214
Legion Rent 238
Library Department 230
Light Bills 208
Indebtedness Account
TABLE OF CONTENTS
277
Light Department 240
Maturing Debt
249
Memorial Day G. A. R.
238
Memorial Day S. W. V.
239
Memorial Day Legion
239
Military Aid
207
Military Aid
226
Military History 240
Miscellaneous Account
233
Moderator 210
Moth Assessments 1924 .205
Moth Assessments 1925 206
Moth Department 219
Newburyport Branch 236
Overlay 1923 209
Overlay 1924
209
Overlay 1925
209
Park Department
231
Planning Board
235
Police Department
216
Police Signal System
236
Poor Department
224
Receipts 1925
199
Reforesting Account
233
Reserve Fund
240
School Department
226
Sealer of Weights and Measures
220
Selectmen's Department
210
Sewer Assessments 1924
206
Sewer Assessments 1925 206
Sewer Assessments (not apportioned) 207
207
Sewer Department
245
Sidewalk Assessments 1924
206
Sidewalk Assessments 1925
206
Soldier's Relief
226
Spanish War Veterans Rent
236
State Aid
207
State Aid
225
State Charges
234
Street Lights
238
Surplus Revenue
274
Tax Titles held by Town
208
Taxes 1923
204
Taxes 1924
205
Taxes 1925
205
Sewer Assessments (apportioned)
278
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Teachers Retirement Fund 232
Temporary Loans 209
Tingley Land 237
Town Clerk's Department 214
Town Hall®
216
Trade Schools
.227
Treasury Department 211
Trust Funds 258
Water Rates 208
Water Services 208
Water Department 244
Widening Main Street 251
Unpaid Bills
272
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