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LOW LIFT PUMP NO. 1
D. Goulds' Pumps, Incorporated-one single stage centrifugal pump, direct connected to 15 horse power, 550 volts, three phase slip ring motor, capacity 2.5 million gallons for twenty-four hours.
LOW LIFT PUMP NO. 2
E. Goulds' Pumps, Incorporated-one single stage centrifugal pump, direct connected to 15 horse power, 550 volts, three phase slip ring motor, capacity 2.5 million gallons for twenty-four hours.
Total station capacity-6.8 million gallons per day.
Purification statistics :
Installed: 1927
Type of treatment: aeration slow sand filters
Capacity of filters: 2.5 million gallons per twenty-four hours Kind of chemical applied: Liquid chlorine applied to filtered water
Distribution System:
Range in pressure in center of town, 80-90 pounds.
Kind of pipe: Cast iron Wrought iron Cement lined sheet iron
Sizes: 2 inch to 20 inch
Extended during the year-5471 feet
Total now in use-55.84 miles
Number of hydrants added-6 Number of hydrants in use-360
Number of stop gates in use-703 Range of pressure on mains-26 pounds to 115 pounds
Total number of service taps-3975 Number of service taps now in use-3775 Percent of active services metered-99.4%
In conclusion, I wish to extend my sincere thanks to each and every member of the Department for co-operation in all emergencies during the year.
I also extend my thanks to the heads and members of the various town departments for their support and co-operation during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
MORRISON MERRILL,
Superintendent.
ARTHUR H. BOARDMAN Town Treasurer 1917-1938
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REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
Arthur Henry Boardman
Whereas, the Town of Wakefield has suffered the loss of an official, a gentleman and a rare friend, be it hereby resolved
That his faithful service of over twenty years as Town Treasurer and over eight years as a school com- mittee member be hereby publicly recognized and
That his unusual Christian life and character, so long active by virtue of a warm heart and good works, be for long a shining example to our townspeople and
That his true friendship for the town and all of good within it be forever enshrined in the hearts of those who knew him and retold to those without that fine privilege and
Be it hereby resolved that these resolutions be spread upon the records of the Selectmen of the Town of Wake- field and that a suitable copy be sent to his next of kin.
DONALD WHITE, Chairman, CHARLES F. YOUNG, Secretary, WILLIAM R. LINDSAY, GEORGE J. EVANS. V. RICHARD FAZIO.
Board of Selectmen.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Town Treasurer
To the Citizens of Wakefield:
I herewith present my report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1938:
TRUST FUNDS
The Trust Funds and available income balances now in my hands are as follows:
Principal of Fund
Income Available
Cornelius Sweetser Lecture Fund
$10,000.00
Cornelius Sweetser Lecture Guarantee Fund
2,674.80
John Gould Aborn Library Fund
1,689.26
Cyrus G. Beebe Library Fund
2,000.00
Frederic Beebe Library Fund
1,000.00
Willard Donnell Library Fund
500.00
Reverend Thomas Albert Emerson Library Fund
500.00
Flint Memorial Library Fund
1,000.00
Merrill W. Gove Library Fund
500.00
Melvin J. Hill Library Fund
500.00
Dr. Francis P. Hurd Library Fund
2,500.00
Franklin Poole Library Fund
500.00
Mary H. Pratt Library Fund
200.00
Cyrus Wakefield Library Fund
500.00
Mary E. Aborn Park Fund
2,000.00
Nancy White Park Fund
1,000.00
Reverend Thomas Albert Emerson High School Fund 1,000.00
$551.04
Nancy White Hurd School Fund
500.00
9.87
Jonathan Nichols Temperance Fund
1,000.00
376.78
Annie L. Cox Prize for Advancement in Design Fund
100.00
24.89
Annie L. Cox Scholarship Fund for Italian Students
5,000.00
946.28
Mary Lizzie Smith Fund for care of Old Cannon on Common
100.00
10.81
Gad and Clarissa Chandler Carter Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
200.00
57.96
Adams Coburn Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
100.00
3.93
Ezra Eaton Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
100.00
16.73
Reverend Thomas Albert Emerson Old Cemetery Fund
1,000.00
37.91
Levi Flanders Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
100.00
3.78
Flint Old Burial Ground Fund
2,000.00
113.51
Carried forward
$38,264.06
$2,153.49
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
203
Brought forward
Principal of Fund $38,264.06
Income Available $2,153.49
Dr. John Hart Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery Harry E. Haskell Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
200.00
34.84
100.00
3.24
Oliver Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
50.00
3.25
Stimpson Family Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
200.00
32.72
Clarissa E. Swain Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
500.00
130.32
Elizabeth Stout Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
300.00
14.40
C. Sweetser Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
1,000.00
64.35
John Sweetser Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
200.00
18.85
Rev. Horace Eaton Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery Jane K. Vinton Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
50.00
12.87
James and Elizabeth Walton Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
100.00
2.39
*Robert Parker Dolbeare Library Fund
500.00
Milledge Elliot Library Fund
1,000.00
The income from the following funds is for care of lots in Forest Glade Cemetery:
Martha D. Wilson Fund
200.00
7.13
Reverend John M. Currie Fund
50.00
4.37
J. Walter Curley Fund
50.00
3.27
Sarah Burbank Fund
100.00
21.81
George M. Kelley Fund
25.00
2.47
P. M. Wilkinson Fund
50.00
3.66
Francis G. Robie Fund
25.00
3.17
Sylvester Burditt Fund
50.00
6.36
Isaiah Blake Fund
10.00
1.39
Lottie A. LeFave Fund
10.00
1.39
Michael Hennessey Fund
10.00
1.39
Joseph F. McNeil Fund
50.00
3.01
Mary B. Staples Fund
50.00
3.01
Joseph O. Surrette Fund
10.00
1.39
Fannie Doucette Fund
10.00
1.39
Mary Harwood Fund
10.00
1.26
Ellen Scott Fund
50.00
6.50
Masonic Lot Fund
100.00
6.55
George H. Collins Fund
50.00
3.96
Celia Moore Fund
10.00
1.17
Susan A. Champagne Fund
50.00
2.94
Eliza J. Church Fund
50.00
6.02
Patrick Grimes Fund
20.00
2.33
E. E. Burns Fund
10.00
1.11
Jane A. Gaston Fund
20.00
2.28
Carried forward
$43,559.06
$2,570.67
*Not yet accepted by Town
25.00
.62
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Principal of Fund
Income Available
Brought forward
$43,559.06
$2,570.67
Catherine North Fund
50.00
5.75
Marjorie Smith Fund John Meuse Fund
10.00
1.11
Daniel Cotreau Fund
20.00
2.28
John McCarthy Fund
50.00
5.48
D. J. Doherty Fund
10.00
1.06
Georgianna Patten Fund
50.00
5.32
Clara Sheperson Fund
10.00
1.04
P. J. McArdle Fund
10.00
1.04
George A. Brown Fund
50.00
4.92
Mary J. Giles Fund
25.00
2.46
William H. Burnham Fund
10.00
.96
Mary Derby Fund
50.00
4.79
Eber Holmes Fund
50.00
4.50
Kathryn Thurston Fund
20.00
1.72
Charles Mclellan Fund
50.00
4.37
Susie Callahan Fund
50.00
4.24
William E. Robinson Fund
50.00
4.11
Katherine Gates Fund
10.00
.81
John McCarriston Fund
50.00
3.98
Mary Cook Fund
10.00
.79
Mary G. Seabury Fund
50.00
3.98
Catherine Hyatt Fund
50.00
3.98
Benjamin D. Foss Fund
50.00
3.85
Jonathan N. McMaster Fund
50.00
3.71
Maria Short Fund
25.00
1.86
Lawton G. Holmes Fund
20.00
1.41
Nelson Bishop Fund
10.00
.71
Mary C. Gould Fund
50.00
3.32
Mary Marinelli Fund
25.00
1.67
Arthur S. Hill Fund
50.00
3.19
Annie Oldfield Fund
50.00
3.19
Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. White Fund
50.00
3.19
Maud Doucette Fund
20.00
1.20
Georgenna Bailey Fund
20.00
1.20
James W. Pitman Fund
20.00
1.15
Hannah Sullivan Fund
50.00
2.92
Edmund R. Inglis Fund
50.00
2.79
Iva G. Mohla Fund
20.00
1.10
Leander Muse Fund
50.00
2.67
William Spreadbury Fund
20.00
1.05
Edith A. Cahoon Fund
10.00
. 54
James Doyle Fund
10.00
. 54
Carried forward
$44,994.06
$2,686.37
50.00
5.75
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
205
Principal of Fund
Income Available
Brought forward
$44,994.06
$2,686.37
Richard Whittington Fund Joseph Nutile Fund
50.00
2.67
O. E. Thomas and Mrs. Myrtle Mortimer Fund
50.00
2.67
Margaret Galvin Fund
25.00
1.25
E. Walter Packard and Roland R. Packard Fund
50.00
2.53
Franklin M. Cummings Fund
10.00
.51
George G. Rogers Fund
20.00
.95
Mr. and Mrs. John Talbot Fund
50.00
2.41
Salvatore Cavalier Fund
50.00
2.41
John Serrentino Fund
50.00
2.41
William J. Henry Fund
20.00
.95
Harvey D. Cann Fund
50.00
2.41
William Cotter Fund
20.00
.95
Owen McKenney Fund
50.00
2.28
Henry J. Lamker Fund
50.00
2.28
James P. McClue Fund
50.00
2.28
Gertrude E. Colson Fund
50.00
2.15
George E. Blair Fund
50.00
2.15
James Thornton Fund
50.00
2.15
George L. Doherty Fund
10.00
. 44
Peter Froten Fund
20.00
.80
Fred Ghibellini Fund
20.00
.80
Margaret Ward Fund
50.00
2.02
Frank P. Martin Fund
50.00
2.02
James Cameron Fund
20.00
.75
Lillian V. Waite Fund
10.00
.39
Leo Bourdon Fund
20.00
.75
William H. Peters Fund
50.00
1.77
Sarah W. Bent Fund
50.00
1.77
Ida Smith Fund
50.00
1.77
George E. Smith Fund
50.00
1.77
Daniel Guitard Fund
10.00
.36
Harry Dalton Fund
20.00
.65
George Leonard Fund
25.00
.81
Robert McArthur Fund
10.00
.34
Charles M. Tyler Fund
50.00
1.65
Lavina J. T. Towle Fund
10.00
.34
William E. Muse Fund
10.00
.34
Annie Haladay Fund
10.00
.31
Edith A. Cahoon Fund
50.00
1.51
Catherine F. Goggins Fund
10.00
.31
Percy H. Callbeck Fund
50.00
1.51
James Rogers Fund
50.00
1.51
Carried forward
$46,454.06
$2,747.01
10.00
.54
206
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Principal of Fund
Income Available
Brought forward
$46,454.06
$2,747.01
Patrick O'Keefe Fund
50.00
1.51
John P. Brewer Fund
50.00
1.51
Carl H. Hoyt Fund
50.00
1.39
Peter Dididin Fund
10.00
.29
Herbert W. Murkland Fund
50.00
1.39
William D. Fox Fund
10.00
.29
Grace M. Eaton Fund
50.00
1.26
Sally White Fund
10.00
.26
Helen L. Bassill Fund
50.00
1.26
Francis J. McTague Fund
50.00
1.26
Linwood L. Ramsdell Fund
50.00
1.26
Angelo DeFeo Fund
50.00
1.15
Elizabeth Walsh Fund
50.00
1.15
John Roulston Fund
50.00
1.15
Gladys Doucette Fund
50.00
1.15
William Malonson Fund
10.00
.21
Edward H. Green Fund
10.00
.21
Harry J. McTague Fund
25.00
.52
Rose Rathe Fund
25.00
.47
Frank H. Baker and George O. Morrill Fund
50.00
.94
Urben J. Smith Fund
50.00
.38
Evelyn Brown Fund
10.00
.17
John MacLaren Fund
50.00
.84
Frances Palmerino Fund
10.00
.15
Alice Warren Fund
10.00
.15
Emilie LeBlanc Fund
10.00
.15
John and Elmer Beyea Fund
50.00
.10
Arthur M. Gibbons Fund
50.00
.10
Mary E. Cummings Fund
50.00
.10
Joseph Vieria Fund
10.00
.02
Howard Cameron Fund
50.00
.10
Charles E. Kimball Fund
25.00
.21
James Fitzpatrick Fund
50.00
.63
James L. Palmer Fund
50.00
. 42
John A. Surrette Fund
10.00
.04
Arthur E. Newcomb Fund
50.00
.63
Mabel A. Hynes Fund
10.00
.10
Charles Evangelista Fund
50.00
. 42
Pasquale Carosele Fund
50.00
.63
S. Morton Sherman and Perry A. Davison
50.00
.63
Michael J. Kelly Fund
20.00
.25
Alice Coffey Fund
50.00
.52
Mildred Fay Fund
10.00
.08
Carried forward
$47,979.06
$2,772.46
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
207
Principal of Fund
Income Available
Brought forward
$47,979.06
$2,772.46
George Costulis Fund Rose Donahue Fund Ralph Custa Fund Nettie B. Renz Fund
10.00
.08
10.00
10.00
50.00
Helen Gallant Fund
10.00
Charles L. Eekhoff Fund
50.00
Serena Serrentino Fund
50.00
Thomas J. Brogan Fund
10.00
Michael Cieri Fund
20.00
Frederick B. Card Fund
50.00
Edmund LaBlanc Fund
10.00
Asunta Sciulli Fund
20.00
Arthur Kierstead Fund
50.00
Delia Greene Fund
50.00
Horace Crowell Fund
50.00
Mary R. Puranen Fund
10.00
James A. Lilley Fund
50.00
Percival Newcomb and Pearl Johnson Fund
50.00
Charles F. Beecher Fund
50.00
Augusta Seifert Fund
20.00
Thomas J. Brogan Fund
10.00
Charles J. Price Fund
20.00
Jerome Doucette Fund
10.00
Jerome Doucette Fund
10.00
James L. Palmer Fund
50.00
Charles J. Miggos Fund
10.00
Camillo Luciani Fund
10.00
Genevieve Donaldson Fund
20.00
Margaret O'Donnell Fund
50.00
Daniel J. Lawlor Fund
25.00
Louis Melanson Fund
10.00
Albert Dulong Fund
20.00
Thomas P. Loughlin Fund
25.00
Francis B. Ross Fund
50.00
$48,929.06
$2,772.54
The above trust funds are invested as follows:
Wakefield Savings Bank
$28,928.32
Blackstone Savings Bank
616.73
Cambridge Savings Bank
6,005.13
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank
5,651.42
Malden Savings Bank
8,000.00
Melrose Savings Bank
2,500.00
$51,701.60
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
LOAN ACCOUNT
The following sums have been borrowed on Temporary Notes in an- ticipation of revenue during the year:
$150,000.00 at .474 per cent discount
100,000.00 at .337 per cent discount
100,000.00 at .279 per cent discount 150,000.00 at .20 per cent discount
$500,000.00
Of this amount $150,000.00 has been paid leaving a balance due in 1939 of $350,000.00 in anticipation of revenue.
PERMANENT DEBT
Permanent Debt January 1, 1938
$571,000.00
Short Term Note Public Welfare
16,000.00
Short Term Note Soldiers' Relief
2,000.00
Short Term Note Federal WPA Relief
10,000.00
$599,000.00
Paid during 1938
118,000.00
$481,000.00
The permanent debt has decreased $90,000.00 during the year 1938.
MATURITIES OF TOWN DEBT
Maturing in 1939
$138,000.00
1940
88,500.00
1941
73,500.00
1942
58,000.00
1943
41,000.00
1944
25,500.00
1945
18,500.00
1946
16,500.00
1947
16,500.00
1948
2,000.00
1949
2,000.00
1950
1,000.00
$481,000.00
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
209
The debt is chargeable to the following:
Public Welfare
$16,000.00
Soldiers' Relief
2,000.00
Federal WPA Relief
10,000.00
Water Department
97,000.00
Light Department
49,000.00
Metropolitan Sewer
20,000.00
Local Sewer
111,500.00
School Buildings
157,500.00
Streets
18,000.00
$481,000.00
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
CASH ACCOUNT
Dr.
John I. Preston, Treasurer
To Balance from last report, cash
$222,452.17
Borrowed on Temporary Notes
500,000.00
Board of Appeal, receipts
80.00
Building Inspector, receipts
223.50
Cemetery receipts
Sale of Lots
1,430.00
Perpetual Care Receipts from April 1, 1938 to December
1,190.00
31, 1938 Miscellaneous Receipts
1,132.00
Collector of Taxes Receipts:
Advertising Costs
13.60
Committed Interest
2,691.29
Costs
2,288.90
Excise Taxes
34,241.01
Moth Assessments
1,829.22
Sidewalks
10,293.21
Tax Certifications
50.00
Taxes and Interest
756,635.28
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Aid to Independent Industrial Schools
1,433.50
Contagious Diseases
185.82
Corporation Tax, Business
871.98
Corporation Tax, Part under Chapter 108, Acts of 1937
9,471.28
Corporation Tax, Public Service
198.59
Department of Public Works, Division of Highways
9,078.77
Director of Standards, Hawkers and Pedlers' Licenses
88.00
Federal Emergency Relief Fund
300.32
Highway Fund, Chapter 500 Acts of 1938
16,750.00
Income Tax
68,032.80
Income Tax, Section 4, Chapter 362, Acts of 1936
3,265.42
Military Aid
576.50
Old Age Assistance
28,187.79
Public Health, Subsidies to Towns and Cities
1,783.57
Reimbursement on Boulevard Maintenance
299.51
State Aid
1,280.00
Temporary Aid and Transportation
3,082.84
Veterans' Exemption
137.49
Court Fines
762.80
Fire Department Receipts
69.25
Health Department Receipts
258.50
Highway Department Receipts
44.17
Insurance Received for damage to School Department
23.50
Carried forward
$1,680,732.58
211
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
In Account with Town of Wakefield
Cr.
By cash paid, Discount on Temporary Notes cash paid, Selectmen's Warrants cash credit, Offset State Credits
$1,307.31 1,981,898.23 49,246.20
Cash in Treasury
$2,032,451.74 222,077.51
$2,254,529.25
Carried forward
$2,254,529.25
212
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Dr.
John I. Preston, Treasurer
Brought forward
$1,680,732.58
Insurance Received for damage to Highway Department
31.88
Insurance Received for damage to Water Department
50.00
Insurance Received for fire loss to Water Department 1,892.23
Library Receipts
882.91
Middlesex County :
Division of Highways
5,125.69
Dog Tax, 1937
1,412.46
For damage done by dogs
69.84
Joseph McElroy, Master at Cambridge, fines
6.50
Municipal Light Department, receipts
317,876.64
Police Department, receipts
16.00
Public Welfare Department, receipts
822.76
Town Infirmary
628.91
Old Age Assistance
1,336.18
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Aiding Mothers
2,992.17
Redemption Tax Title Deeds
29,087.90
Redemption Tax Title Deeds, Interest
4,718.39
Refunds:
Compensation Account
17.10
Fire Insurance
11.27
Highway Department
4.75
Highway Department, Gasoline Tax
436.74
Lafayette Building Maintenance
51.29
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, cash advanced
50.00
School Department, cash advanced
50.00
Park and Cemetery Salaries
45.00
Soldiers' Relief
243.99
State Aid
10.00
Treasurer's Account
.38
Treasurer's Account, from Land Court
47.50
Treasurer's Account, Land Court Costs Collected
26.25
Water Department, cash advanced
25.00
Welfare Department
830.59
Welfare Department, Mothers' Aid
20.00
Welfare Department, Old Age Administration
1.65
Welfare Department, Old Age Assistance
915.39
Welfare Department, cash advanced
25.00
WPA
.47
Rent on property owned by Town
272.00
Sale of Notes:
Public Welfare
16,000.00
Soldiers' Relief
2,000.00
Federal WPA Projects
10,000.00
Carried forward
$2,078,767.41
213
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
In Account with Town of Wakefield Brought forward
Cr.
$2,254,529.25
Carried forward
$2,254,529.25
214
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Dr.
John I. Preston, Treasurer
Brought forward
$2,078,767.41
Accrued Interest on above notes
1.23
School Department, receipts
17,992.50 248.48
Sealer of Weights and Measures, receipts
Selectmen's Receipts:
Rent of Factory Field
241.67
Rent of Lafayette Hall
98.75
Various Licenses and Receipts
4,893.10
Sale of Land on Overlake Road
580.00
Sale of House and Land 4 Wakefield Avenue
1,200.00
Sale of Land corner Lowell Street and Coolidge Park
162.60
Sewer Department, Receipts
10,613.83
Sewer Department, Connections Deposits
3,594.52
Sewer Department, Maintenance
12.23
Surplus War Bonus Funds, interest on deposit
2.89
Town Clerk, Receipts, dog licenses
2,292.00
Town Hall, receipts
141.30
Trust Funds, receipts
1,326.59
United States Grant, Aid to Dependent Children
3,428.50
United States Grant, Old Age Assistance
39,402.48
United States Grant, Cost of Administration
1,313.35
Wakefield Trust Company :
Income of Willard Donnell Trust for use of the Welfare
Department
341.37
For the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library:
Seventy-five per cent of the income from
Junius Beebe Trust
890.43
Marcus Beebe Trust
610.23
Decius Beebe Trust
541.07
Ninety per cent of the income from
346.97
Alice Beebe Carpenter Trust
240.50
Charles S. Beebe Trust
43.72
George O. Carpenter Trust
43.55
Sylenda B. Stearns Trust
78.26
Eleanor H. Beebe Trust
196.59
Katherine E. Beebe Trust
208.94
John H. Beebe Trust
96.09
Junius Oliver Beebe Trust
175.89
Water Department, Receipts
84,080.67
Water Department, Maintenance
171.54
Water Department, Construction
150.00
$2,254,529.25
Frederick Beebe Trust
215
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
In Account with Town of Wakefield Brought forward -
Cr.
$2,254,529.25
$2,254,529.25
216
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
TAX LIEN FORECLOSURES
During the year 1938, two tax lien petitions were presented by the town to the Land Court for foreclosure and both foreclosed. Three parcels of foreclosed property have been sold, one for $162.60, one for $580.00 and the other for $1,200.00. Eight petitions are now pending in the Land Court.
FINAL STATEMENT
During the year 1939, the following time loans will fall due and are to be included in the tax levy of 1939:
High School
$22,500.00
Montrose School
13,000.00
Woodville School
2,500.00
Franklin School
8,000.00
Greenwood School
9,500.00
Metropolitan Sewer
10,000.00
Extension of Sewer
18,500.00
Street
2,000.00
Public Welfare
16,000.00
Soldiers' Relief
2,000.00
Federal WPA Projects
10,000.00
$114,000.00
Water Loans (included in Water Department Appropriation)
14,000.00
Light Plant (paid from receipts of plant)
10,000.00
$138,000.00
There also will be required the following amounts to meet the interest payments:
High School
$3,168.75
Montrose School
545.00
Woodville School
56.25
Franklin School
320.00
Greenwood School
1,816.88
Metropolitan Sewer
700.00
Extension of Sewer
3,469.38
Street
297.50
Public Welfare
42.24
Soldiers' Relief
5.28
Federal WPA Projects
26.40
Temporary Loans (estimated)
3,552.32
$14,000.00
Water Loans (included in Water Department appropriation)
3,631.25
Light Plant (paid from receipts of plant)
1,916.88
$19,548.13
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REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
The borrowing capacity of the town, on temporary notes in antici- pation of 1938 revenue, was $840,599.17 as determined by the State Director of Accounts. Of this amount, the town borrowed the sum of $500,000.00, and of this latter amount $150,000.00 has been paid, leaving $350,000.00 to be paid in 1939.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN I. PRESTON,
Treasurer.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
For the year ending December 31, 1938
RECEIPTS FOR 1938
From Taxes-Current Year:
Real Estate
$482,155.76
Personal
27,947.02
Poll
7,762.00
$517,864.78
Taxes-Prior Years:
Real Estate
$219,450.28
Personal
6,231.88
Poll
1,646.00
$227,328.16
Tax Title Redemptions
$28,618.38
Tax Title Possessions Sold
1,942.60
$30,560.98
From Special Assessments:
Moth Extermination
$1,829.22
Sewers Unapportioned
3,273.24
Sewers Apportioned
6,647.67
Sewers Paid in Full
672.92
Betterments Unapportioned
4,615.09
Betterments Apportioned
3,751.39
Betterments Paid in Full
1,946.73
$22,736.26
From Motor Vehicle Excise
$34,241.01
From Licenses and Permits:
Liquor
$4,000.00
Motor Vehicle Dealers
275.00
Victuallers
125.00
Sunday
155.00
Pedlars
107.00
Second Hand Dealers
30.00
Trust Fund Account
Cash on Hand, January 1, 1938 Funds Set Up in 1938 Interest for 1938 Interest transferred to Library Interest transferred to Park Department Payments 1938 Cash on Hand, December 31, 1938
$48,580.49 3,115.00 1,332.70
327.06
90.68
908.85
51,701.60
$53,028.19 $53,028.19
ANALYSIS
Trust Fund
Accumulated Interest
Interest
Total
Payments or Transfers 1938
Funds and Interest
Name of Fund
Jan. 1, 1938
for 1938
Interst
Dec. 31, 1938
Total of all funds as reported, January 1, 1938. . .
$43,690.37
4,890.12
$1,327.64 $6,217.76
$1,326.59
$48,581.54
For detail of funds prior to 1938, see Treasurer's Report:
New funds set up in 1938:
500.00
$500.00
Milledge Elliot Library Fund. .
1,000.00
1,000.00
Charles F. Beecher Cemetery Fund .. .
50.00
50.00
.10
.10
50.10
Thomas J. Brogan Cemetery Fund ..
20.00
20.00
Howard Cameron Cemetery Fund.
50.00
.10
.10
50.10
Frederick B. Card Cemetery Fund.
50.00
50.00
Pasquale Carosele Cemetery Fund.
50.00
.63
.63
50.63
Michael Cien, Cemetery Fund.
20.00
20.00
Alice Coffey, Cemetery Fund.
50.00
.52
.52
50.52
George Costules Cemetery Fund.
10.00
.08
.08
10.08
Horace Crowell Cemetery Fund ..
50.00
50.00
Mary E. Cummings Cemetery Fund.
50.00
.10
.10
50.10
Ralph Cusata Cemetery Fund
10.00
10.00
Rose Donahue Cemetery Fund. .
10.00
10.00
Genevieve Donaldson Cemetery Fund.
20.00
20.00
Jerome Doucette Cemetery Fund. .
20.00
20.00
Albert Dulong Cemetery Fund ..
20.00
20.00
Charles L. Eckhoff Cemetery Fund ..
50.00
50.00
Charles Evangelista Cemetery Fund ..
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50.42
Mildred Fay Cemetery Fund.
10.00
. 08
.08
10.08
James Fitzpatrick Cemetery Fund.
. 63
.63
50.63
Helen Gallant Cemetery Fund ..
10.00
10.00
Arthur M. Gibbons Cemetery Fund.
50.00
.10
.10
50.10
Delia Greene Cemetery Fund.
50.00
50.00
Mabel A. Hynes Cemetery Fund ..
.10
.10
10.10
Michael J. Kelly Cemetery Fund ..
20.00
.25
.25
20.25
Arthur Kierstead Cemetery Fund .
50.00
50.00
Charles E. Kimball Cemetery Fund.
.21
.21
25.21
Daniel J. Lawlor Cemetery Fund.
25.00
25.00
Edmund LeBlanc Cemetery Fund ..
10.00
10.00
James A. Lilley Cemetery Fund ..
50.00
50.00
Thomas P. Loughlin Cemetery Fund.
25.00
25.00
Camillo Luciani Cemetery Fund ..
10.00
10.00
Louis Melonson Cemetery Fund. .
10.00
10.00
Charles J. Miggos Cemetery Fund ..
10.00
10.00
Arthur E. Newcomb Cemetery Fund. .
50.00
.63
.63
50.63
Percival Newcomb and Pearl Johnson Cemetery Fund.
50.00
50.00
Margaret O'Donnell Cemetery Fund.
50.00
50.00
James L. Palmer Cemetery Fund.
100.00
.42
100.42
Charles J. Price Cemetery Fund ..
20.00
20.00
Mary R. Puranen Cemetery Fund.
10.00
10.00
Nettie B. Renz Cemetery Fund.
50.00
50.00
Francis B. Ross Cemetery Fund.
50.00
50.00
Asunta Sciulli Cemetery Fund. .
20.00
20.00
Augusta Seifert Cemetery Fund .
20.00
20.00
Serena Serrentino Cemetery Fund.
50.00
50.00
S. Morton Sherman and Perry A. Davison Cemetery Fund.
50.00
.63
.63
50.63
Urben J. Smith (additional) Cemetery Fund.
30.00
30.00
John A. Surrette Cemetery Fund ..
10.00
.04
.04
10.04
10.00
.02
.02
10.02
Joseph Vieira Cemetery Fund.
50.00
50.00
10.00
25.00
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$46,805.37 $4,890.12 $1,332.70 $6.222.82 $1,326.59 $51,701.60
Robert Parker Dolbeare Library Fund.
John and Elmer Beyea Cemetery Fund
50.00
1938 Indebtedness Account
Outstanding January 1, 1938 Borrowed 1938
$571,000.00 28,000.00
Payments 1938
118,000.00
Outstanding December 31, 1938
$481,000.00
RECAPITULATION
Sewers
$131,500.00
Schools
157,500.00
Water
97,000.00
Light
49,000.00
Street
18,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan
28,000.00
$481,000.00
INDEBTEDNESS ACCOUNT, DUE 1939 TO 1950 INCLUSIVE
Loans Outstanding
Dec. 31, 1938
Due 1939
Due 1940
Due 1941
Due 1942
Due 1943
Due 1944
Due 1945
Due 1946
Due 1947 $1,000
Due 1948
Due 1949
Due 1950
Sewer Loan 1924.
11,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
$1,000 1,000
1,000
1,000
Sewer Loan 1925.
12,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
Sewer Loan 1926
24,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
4,000
4,000
4,000
Sewer Loan 1929
24,000
4,000
4,000
4,000
4,500
4,500
4,500
4,500
4,500
4,500
Sewer Loan 1937
40,500
4,500
4,500
4,500
Montrose School Loan 1929.
5,000
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