Town annual report of the officers of Wakefield Massachusetts : including the vital statistics for the year 1926, Part 12

Author: Wakefield, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: Town of Wakefield
Number of Pages: 310


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Y. Kathleen Loubris Mary Rita MacInnis


Laura MacKay Helen I. Milligan


Joseph M. Murphy


Franklin E. Neat Gertrude Irene Nicholson


Mary G. O'Connor


George Hawley Perry


Elva Frances Richards


Bernice Robbins Gladys Mae Shanahan John Francis Sheehan Katherine Elizabeth Sheehan


Virginia Harriet Smith


Dorothy Mae White


Emil F. Zagaja


Nancy Cecelia Zappala


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE


In Memoriam


Elizabeth #. Ingram


1881-1902 Teacher in the Grades


1902-1926


Teacher in High School


Eunice IH. Hohes


1904-1926


Teacher in Lincoln School


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CHANGES IN TEACHERS


Resignations High School


Alice E. Donovan Helen B. Crocker


To be Married To Everett


Elementary


Helen L. Murphy, Greenwood Marie F. Whall, Woodville


Eva W. Merriam, Lafayette J. Weston Walsh, Lafayette Margaret Rice Ward, Warren


Mae T. McCarthy, Lincoln Edith S. Fish, Hurd Ruth L. Mount, Franklin Mildred F. Willey Doris Mildram Elizabeth Guarnaccia Walter Kyes Mary J. Willey, Woodville


To Arlington To Boston To be at Home To Portland To Conway Resigned To Univ. of Maine to study To Arlington To be Married To Boston Univ. to study To Reading To Keene Normal To be at Home


Transfers


Annie Baldwin, Woodville Ruth B. Spence, Montrose


To High School To Lincoln


Elections


High School


Harriet Dunning Ethel Armstrong Thelma Fletcher


From Braintree From Philadelphia, Penn. From Oxford


Elementary School


Bertha Bergner, Lafayette Lyford P. Beverage, Lafayette


From Norwood From Silver Bay, New York


REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE


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Mildred B. Turner, Lafayette Eva M. Chick, Lincoln Grace Evelyn Elliott, Warren Mabel Perry, Franklin


Mabel Johnson, Franklin Edna May Paulson, Woodville Dorothy Gilbert, Woodville Bella Rattray, Hurd Catherine A. Doran, Woodville Amanda Stephenson, Greenwood H. Louise Akers, Greenwood Gladys Mifflin, Lincoln Special Edward D. Peverley, Woodworking Dorothy Willey, Franklin Alice Scipione, Montrose


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REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD


Report of Municipal Light Board


To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield:


We submit herewith our Thirty-Third Annual Report which is for the year ending December 31, 1926.


The manager's report for the same period, including a detailed fi- nancial statement, the result of the year's operation and recommendations for the year 1927 you will find herein.


The Electric Department was operated for the year at a profit of $43,098.86. This profit is considerably less than that of 1925, but effec- tive June 1, 1926, the house lighting rate was reduced from 81/2 cents net per kilowatt hour to 71/2 cents net per kilowatt hour.


The Gas Department was operated for the year at a profit of $3,890.61. The manufacture of gas by the department was discontinued on December 9, 1926, and the purchase of all our gas from the Malden and Melrose Gas Light Company was started on. the same day. Detail figures for comparison purposes, of course, are not yet available as the arrangement has been in effect for less than a month.


.The Depreciation Fund, at the close of the year, amounted to $24,- 886.92 an increase of more than $10,000.00 as compared with December 31, 1925.


The Department has, during the year, replaced many small gas mains with mains of what we believe to be of adequate size to properly serve the consumers and we plan to continue this work in 1927 in addition to making what extensions as are found to be necessary.


We have notified the Board of Selectmen that the town will be given the street lighting service for 1927 at the same price as last year. That is $18,000.00 notwithstanding many new installations in 1926 and such as are made in 1927. This is the equivalent of a discount of approximate- ly 10% and is consistent with the reduction granted private consumers effective June 1, 1926.


Early in 1926 the books of the Department covering operations for


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the year 1925 were audited by Charles E. Stanwood & Sons, Certified Public Accountants, and an audit for the year 1926 is now in process.


In order to keep pace with consistent growth of the Department, the Board plans to ask the Town as it did last year to authorize the transfer from Operation Fund to Construction Fund the sum of $31,795.30. This, with the sum of $4,419.53, the balance in the Construction Fund at the close of the year, together with such amounts as are necessary from the Depreciation Fund, we believe will care for new construction and re- placements for the Year 1927 and eliminate the necessity of borrowing money by bond issue.


It is interesting to note that the book value of the Plant as a whole as of December 31, 1926 is $646,664.08 with outstanding bonds of $192,- 500.00, a reduction of $15,000.00 during the year 1926, and current and accrued liabilities of $11,738.46 having a net book value of $442,425.62 free and clear, the property of the Town of Wakefield.


An important accomplishment of the past year, we believe, is the placing of White Way lighting on Lowell Street a much used thorough- fare.


The Board pledges itself to serve the Town to the best of its ability and asks for the co-operation of all the citizens of the Town.


Very truly yours,


MARCUS BEEBE, 2nd Chairman A. STANLEY NORTH, Secretary CURTIS L. SOPHER


Board of Commissioners Municipal Light Department.


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WAKEFIELD MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD


Wakefield, Mass. January 15, 1927


Municipal Light Commissioners, Wakefield, Mass.


Gentlemen :


I present, herewith, the 33rd Annual Report of this department. The year just past has witnessed another of those changes, which has occured once before, of doing away with the manufacture of one of the commodi- ties which it dispenses. This past year the Town has voted to discontinue the manufacture of gas and purchase its entire output from the C. H .: Tenney Company's plant at Malden. Gas was officially turned on from the Tenney Company on December 9, 1926.


An inspection of the balance sheet will show that the department has total Assets of $646,664.08 Liabilities $536,671.32 leaving a Surplus of $109,992.76 as of December 31, 1926.


The commercial house lighting rate was reduced in April, effective June 1st, from 11 cents gross 81/2 cents net to 10 cents gross 71/2 cents net per kilowatt hour.


A scheme of renewal and extension of gas mains proposed at the beginning of the year has been carried out. Many small mains have been replaced with larger sizes and all extensions have been larger than here- tofore customary.


In anticipation of the increasing demand for gas in the high pressure districts, together with the necessity of having a stand by unit for the purpose, a 15" x 12" horizontal, single cylinder electrically driven com- pressor has been purchased from the Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation.


Continuing the comprehensive scheme of street light study of two years ago, ornamental lights now surround the Common, Lowell Street between Main Street and Vernon Street, which have been lighted with 15 high power lights. This was made possible by changes made by the New England Tel. & Tel. Company in their main trunk lines north, per- mitting space on the poles for high voltage wires for the lighting circuits. In addition six lights of a similar kind and capacity have been placed on


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Main Street, Greenwood District, giving satisfactory service to that civic center. In all, 69 street lights have been added to the lines this year making a total of 901 street lights of all kinds in use.


It is anticipated that a further extension of larger type lights will be continued in various sections of the town.


With the exception of the transformer manholes on Main Street and subway type transformers installed therein, no large extension of electric lines has been made. A new Constant Current Regulating Transformer for the street light circuits was installed at the Sub-station permitting larger loads to be carried on existing circuits.


The following is a condensed Financial Statement for the depart- ment for the year 1926:


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BALANCE SHEET ASSETS


PLANT INVESTMENTS:


Gas Department


Land


$6,591.75


Structures


21,170 50


Boiler Plant Equipment


2,318.49


Engines


6,877.23


Miscellaneous Power Plant Equipment


1,485.78


Benches and Retorts


13,502.01


Water Gas Sets


22,153.00


Purification Apparatus


8,443.56


Other Equipment at Works


3,407.13


Street Mains


111,776.15


Services


9,913.64


Consumers' Meters


23,558.14


Consumers' Meter Installation


2,118.36


Property Abandoned


365.72


$233,681.46


Electric Department


Land


213.57


Structures


19,349.06


Substation Equipment


38,201.77


Poles, Fixtures and O'Head Condrs.


84,177.72


Underground Conduits


22,562.46


Underground Conductors


34,109.80


Consumers' Meters


31,444.07


Consumers' Meter Installation


36.67


Line Transformers


23,790.33


Transformer Installation


1,798.77


Street Lighting Equipment


19,485.51


275,169.73


General Equipment


Office Equipment


6,653.86


Transportation Equipment


5,508.11


Laboratory Equipment


129.45


12,291.42


UNFINISHED CONSTRUCTION


65.00


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CURRENT ASSETS:


Operation Fund


$31,795.30


Construction Fund


4,419.53


Depreciation Fund


24,886.92


Change Fund


300.00


Special Deposits


7,641.00


Accounts Receivable


35,996.80


Materials and Supplies


19,998.75


$125,038.30


PREPAID GENERAL INSURANCE


418.17


TOTAL ASSETS


$646,664.08


LIABILITIES


BONDS $192,500.00


CURRENT LIABILITIES:


Accounts Payable


$316.57


Consumers' Deposits


7,641.00


Matured Interest Unpaid


246.41


3.203.99


ACCRUED LIABILITIES: Interest on Bonds Liability Insurance Premium


$2,928.82


605.66


3,534.48


OTHER LIABILITIES:


$280,800.00


Loans Repayment Appropriations for Construction


51,632.86


332,432.85


SURPLUS DECEMBER 31, 1926


109,992.76


TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS $646,664.08


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STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENSES-GAS DEPARTMENT


INCOME FROM SALES OF GAS:


Regular Meter Sales


Prepaid Meter Sales


Municipal Meter Sales


$121,153.40 4,079.12 502.49 125,735.01


DEDUCT OPERATING EXPENSES :


Production Expenses


77,542.84


Trans. & Dist. Expenses


16,933.19


Commercial Expenses


6,387.49


New Business Expenses


330.73


General and Miscellaneous Expenses


17,903.44


119,097.69


NET OPERATING REVENUE


6,637.32


INCOME FROM SALES OF APPLIANCES


122.51


GROSS INCOME


6,759.83


DEDUCT MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES :


Interest on Bonds


2,681.95


Interest on Consumers' Deposits


139.11


Taxes


32.88


Uncollectable Operating Revenue


15.08


2,869.02


NET INCOME


$3,890.61


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STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENSES-ELECTRIC DEPT.


INCOME FROM SALES OF ELECTRICITY :


Commercial Lighting


$96,748.64


Power Sales


38,723.40


3,322.64


Municipal Lighting Street Lighting


18,000.00


156,794.68


DEDUCT OPERATING EXPENSES :


Electric Energy Purchased


50,918.95


Transmission and Distribution Expenses


20,830.54


Utilization Expenses


5,577.17


Commercial Expenses


6,411.89


New Business Expenses


258.57


General and Miscellaneous Expenses


23,843.31


107,840.43


NET OPERATING REVENUE


48,954.25


INCOME FROM SALES OF APPLIANCES


51.60


GROSS INCOME


49,005.85


DEDUCT MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES:


Interest on Bonds


5,579.37


Uncollectable Operating Revenue


147.50


Interest on Consumers' Deposits Taxes


32.89


5,906.09


NET INCOME


147.23


$43,098.86


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PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT DEBITS


Bonds Retired


$15,000.00


Bad Bills


841.62


Surplus Adjustments (1925)


353.63


Deposits Seized and Refunded


9,17


TOTAL DEBITS


$16,204.42


CREDITS


Balance at the beginning of the Year


77,109.33


Profit on Electric Operations


13.098.86


Profit on Gas Operations


3.890.81


Interest Income


328.87


Discount on Purchases


168.93


Adjustment of Accounts Payable


1,600.38


TOTAL CREDITS


126,197.18


SURPLUS, DECEMBER 31. 1926


$109,992.76


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COST OF GAS


The entire cost of gas in the holder was $77,542.84. The gas manu- factured and purchased during the year amounted to 82,625,043 cubic feet, making the average cost of gas in the holder $.938 per thousand cubic feet. The amount of gas delivered to consumers amounted to 74,- 562,300 cubic feet so that the average total cost of gas delivered to con- sumers during the year 1926 was $1.705 per thousand cubic feet, which is a reduction of approximately $.01 per thousand cubic feet


COST OF ELECTRICITY


The cost of electricity on the switchboard amounted to $50,918.95. The electricity delivered to the board amounted to 3,212,795 kilowatt hours or at a cost on the board of $.015 per kilowatt hour. Electrically delivered to consumers amounted to 2,699,433 kilowatt hours so that the average cost of electricity delivered to the consumers for all classes of service is $.0423 per kilowatt hour, which is a reduction of $.0026 per kilowatt hour.


CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION


During the year 1926, there was laid 10,247 feet of gas main of vari- ous sizes at an approximate cost of $10,000.00 There have been installed during the year 102 gas services at a cost of $900.00.


We purchased 159 gas meters during the year at a cost of $1,635.85. At the beginning of the year 1926, there were 3,403 meters in use and we have installed since then 90 new, meters, making the total in use as of December 31, 1926, 3,493 gas meters.


During the year 1926, we installed 69 street lights of various sizes at an approximate cost of $3,600.00. We also installed 16 new trans- formers at a cost of $2,200.00.


At the beginning of the year, we had installed 3,605 electric meters and since that time we have added 384, making the total number of electric meters in use as of December 31, 1926, 3,989. We purchased 523 electric meters at a cost of $4,000.00.


We have extended our house lighting services, primary, and second- ary lines 61,216 feet and have set, replaced, or purchased 110 poles· on a joint ownership basis with the New England Tel. & Tel. Company at an approximate cost of $1,500.00.


In the matter of gas and electric extensions, it is proposed to spend .


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approximately $40,000 in new work. No definite allocation of expendi- ture has been made but, extensions of gas mains at the head of the Lake, in Brook Avenue, Parker Road area, and renewals of the high pressure line reaching the Montrose district are under consideration.


The extension of the three-phase power lines to include a larger area of the manufacturing district as defined by the zoning plans of the Town Planning Board, the addition of approximately 25 larger type units to the electric lighting circuits, the replacement of existing underground lines in the Main Street business section, and the abandonment of aerial conductors on Main Street between Water Street and Richardson Street are under consideration for activities in the electric division.


The statistics and details of this report have been omitted, but if they are desired by any, they can be obtained at the office of the Muni- cipal Light Department.


COST OF OPERATING ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES


All electric appliances are so marked by the manufacturer that a person can easily figure the cost of their operation.


Lamps are marked in watts, a 50 watt lamp, consumes 50 watts of electricity. In one hour it consumes 50 watt hours.


Electricity is sold by the kilowatt hour. A kilowatt hour is one thousand watt hours. Then a kilowatt hour is consumed when twenty 50 watt lamps are burning one hour or one 50 watt lamp is burning 20 hours. To find the cost of burning one 50 watt lamp one hour, divide the cost of one kilowatt hour of electricity by twenty. All electric light bills show the cost per kilowatt hour.


Electric irons, toasters, vacuum cleaners, fans, and other household appliances are marked in volts and amperes. Multiply these two figures together for the number of watts consumed by the appliances. For ex- ample; an electric iron marked "110 volts 5 amperes" uses 110x5-500 watts of current. In one hour it uses 550 watt hours, and with this in- formation the cost of operating the iron may be compiled as with the lamp.


I appreciate and am very grateful for the loyal support given me by the Board of Light Commissioners and the employees of the department and the citizens of Wakefield. all of whom are so largely responsible for the continued prosperity and success of this municipally owned public utility operated wholly for the convenience and welfare of the citizens of Wakefield.


Respectfully submitted,


SAMUEL H. BROOKS,


Manager Municipal Light Department


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Fire Alarm


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January 20, 1927.


Municipal Light Commissioners, Wakefield, Mass.


Gentlemen:


The Fire Alarm System is in excellent operating condition. No new boxes have been installed this year, but several units were added to the battery circuits.


The largest item was the underground connection between the Cen- tral Fire Station in Wakefield and the Central Fire Station in Melrose for the purpose of mutual aid.


General maintenance of the Fire Alarm System and what became necessary to do for the Police Signal System comprised the remainder of the work of this department.


It is strongly recommended that a furtherance of the mutual aid sys- tem be extended to Reading with suitable apparatus added to that at the Central Fire Station to take care of this and the Melrose connection.


Seven new boxes of the non-interfering type will be needed for re- placements and new locations, and changes in the Fire Alarm Board at the Central Fire Station to place the system in more up-to-date conveni - ent shape for the Fire Department.


Respectfully submitted,


SAMUEL H. BROOKS,


Superintendent Fire Alarm


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TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT


of the


TOWN ACCOUNTANT 1926


Accounting Department


RECEIPTS FOR 1926


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1926


$85,585.78


Chas. E. Walton, Taxes, Polls


$9,715.00


66


Personal


94,313.04


66


66


66


66 Real Estate


606,957.54


710,985.58


Moth Assessments


2,384.30


66 66 Sewers Apportioned


5,121.02


7,973.40


. 66 66


66 Sidewalk Assessments


5,565.51


66 66


Tax Certifications


25.00


66


66


66 Interest on Taxes


6,004.44


.


66


66 Tax Title Interest


171.69


66


66


66 Accrued Int. on Notes


176.00


66


66


Collectors Balance Interest


462.26


66


66


December Assessments


160.20


Arthur H. Boardman, Treas. tax titles


Interest


1,643.33


66


66


War Bonus Fund


337.36


66


General Trust Funds


1,236.04


66


Teachers Retirement Fund


7,446.90


66


Temporary Loans


400,000.00


66


Loans (bonds) Sewer


144,000.00


66


Premium on Bonds


526.90


Middlesex County Dog Tax


1,507.69


6


66


Sewers Not Apportioned


2,852.38


807.81


Beebe Library Funds


1,998.01


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Com. of Mass. Corp. Tax


23,036.08


Income Tax


64,741.91


National Bank Tax


988.72


Trust Co. Tax


2,673.65


Charles River Basin Loan


3,319.66


Street Railway Tax


988.34


State Aid


840.00


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Military Aid


248.00


Soldiers' Exemption


236.99


Board of Selectmen, Motor Vehicles Licenses


275.00


Junk Licenses


250.00


60


Pedler's Licenses


95.00


66


Pool & Bowling


25.00


66


Sunday Licenses


235.00


Victuallers Licenses


60.00


66


Bus Licenses


175.00


66


Miscellaneous Licenses


150.25


Police Dept. Court Fines


4,515.00


Fire Department


298.52


Town Hall


349.50


Health Department, contagious diseases


147.00


tuberculosis


318.00


66


milk licenses


11.00


other licenses


1.00


Sewer Dept., House connections


$3,977.78


Highway Dept., sale of material


178.25


Albion and Vernon Sts. (State)


5,391.16


" Albion and Vernon Sts. (County)


5,391.16


Poor Department, sale of produce


$121.50


sale of milk


419.13


66


Board


1,001.25


Poultry


865.75


sale of pigs


2,158.54


66


sale of cows


1,185.00


66


66


slaughtering


126 50


66


snow work


139.88


66


66


garbage collection


6,500.00


66


66


miscellaneous


Com. of Mass.


51.20


$12,568.75 237.90


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


213


School Dept., tuition State wards


2,374.93


Other tuition


12,076.07


66


66 Uniforms


481.49


66


66 Miscellaneous


167.35


66


66 Smith Hughes fund


225.24


$15,325.08


Library Department, fines, etc


623.28


Water Dept., water rates


66,034.86


services


6,960.78


60 summons


108.20


66


66


turn ons


90.00


66


66


material


15.00


66


house rents


315.00


73,523.84


Cemetery department


184.00


Fire loss, stone crusher


256.00


Sale of lumber, S. W. V. Monument


50.00


Refunds


171 52


Light Dept., sale of gas


$123,688.88


66


66


construction receipts


1,806.36


66


depreciation receipts


213.51


66


66 miscellaneous


37,759.41


303,709.97


Total


$1,904,565.61


APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1926 FROM THE TAX LEVY


Moderator's Salary


$25.00


Selectmen's Department:


Salaries


$500.00


Department Expenses


450.00


950.00


Accounting Department


4.050.00


Treasury Department: Salary of Treasurer


1,000.00


Department Expenses


650.00


1,650.00


Collector's Department : Salary of Collector


1,000.00


Department Expenses


1,100.00


2,100.00


electricity


140,241.81


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Assessor's Department : Salary of Board Department Expenses


2,900.00


4,300.00


7,200.00


Legal Department: Department Expenses


1,500.00


Town Clerk's Department: Salary of Clerk Department Expenses


500.00


1,000.00


1,500.00


Vital Statistics


150.00


Election and Registration


1,750.00


Town Hall Account


5,670.00


Police Department


38,000.00


Fire Department


36,860.00


Hydrant Rental


7,525.00


Fire Alarm


5,200.00


Forest Warden


150.00


49,735.00


Inspector of Wires


300.00


Moth Department


8,500.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


800.00


Inspector of Buildings:


Salary


1,000.00


Use of Auto


200.00


1,200.00


Compensation


3.000.00


Planning Board


600.00


Health Department:


Salaries of Board


300.00


Department Expenses


8,500.00


Collection of Garbage


6,500.00


Care of Dumps


900.00


16,200.00


Inspector of Animals


200.00


Highway Department:


Maintenance


110,000.00


Albion Street Construction


5,500.00


Columbia Road


2,000.00


Merriam Street Land Damage


700.00


118,200.00


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


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Poor Department: Salaries of Board Department Expenses


300.00


35,000.00


35,300.00


State Aid Military Aid Soldiers' Relief


1,500.00


1,500.00


5,500.00


School Department


251,500.00


(Appropriated from Revenue)


30,000.00


281,500.00


Trade School


600.00


Library Department


19,600.00


Park Department:


Salaries of Board


200.00


Park Maintenance


4,850.00


Elimination of Weeds


500.00


5,550.00


Cemetery Department :


1,200.00


Miscellaneous Account


3,000.00


Playground Commission


1,500.00


Street Lights


18,000,00


Insurance


5,500.00


Reserve Fund


2,500.00


July Fourth


800.00


Memorial Day, G. A. R.


250.00


Memorial Day, S. W. V.


150.00


Memorial Day, American Legion


250.00


650.00


Legion Rent


1,000.00


Spanish War Veterans' Rent


120.00


Spanish War Monument


5,000.00


McDonnell Indemnity Appropriation


1


455.00


Land Purchase Greenwood Plains (Worthley)


300.00


Land Purchase Greenwood Plains (Stockwell)


250.00


550.00


Re-foresting Account (Crystal Lake)


1,000.00


Survey of Crystal Lake


1,500.00


High School Fence


4,500.00


Hydrant, High School Grounds


800.00


216


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Water Department:


Salaries of Board


300.00


Maintenance


37,000.00


Services


10,000.00


Construction


2,000.00


Bonds and Notes


23,000.00


Interest


7,092.50


79,392.50


Sewer Department:


Maintenance


2,750.00


Connections


7,000.00


Low Level Sewer


5,000.00


Greenwood Sewer


15,500.00


30.250.00


Interest Account


52,000.00


Maturing Debt


68,500.00


Total


$862,547.50


TAXES 1924


Outstanding, Jan. 1, 1926


$4,662.60


Re-assessments


215.41


Added Committment (collector)


125.11


Cash Paid Treasurer


3,049 74


Abatements


1,953.38


5,003.12


5,003.12


TAXES 1925


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1926


190,113.54


Added Committment


2.00


Re-assessments


243.86


Cash Paid Treasurer


178.367.19


Abatements


5,920.34


Outstanding Dec. 31


6,071.87


190,359.40


190,359.40


TAXES 1926


Committment


760,536.71


Re-assessments


234.07


529,269.68


Cash Paid Treasurer Abatements


Outstanding Dec. 31


9,939.31 221,561.79


760,770.78


760,770.78


217


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS 1924


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1926 Abatement


4.00


4.00


4.00


4.00


DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS 1925


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1926


119.26


Cash Paid Treasurer


89.00


Abatements


10.68


Outstanding Dec. 31


19.58


119.26


119.26


DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS 1926


Committment


71.20


Cash Paid Treasurer




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