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5,000
Montrose School Loan 1930.
12,000
8,000
4,000
10,000
High School Loan 1921-First Issue. .
22,500
7,500
7,500
7,500
5,000
High School Loan 1922-Second Issue
40,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
High School Loan 1922-Third Issue ..
20,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
9,500
9,500
Woodville School Loan 1919
2,500
2,500
Greenwood School Loan 1923
47,500
9,500
9,500
9,500
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
Franklin School Loan 1924.
8,000
8,000
1,000
1,000
Street Loan 1937
18,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
Water Loan 1923.
5,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
Water Loan 1924.
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
2,000
2,000
1,000
1,000
Water Loan 1927.
72,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
Water Loan 1930.
13,000
3,000
2,000
2,000
Light Dept. Loan.
2,000
1,000
1,000
2,000
Light Dept. Loan 1922.
8,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,500
2,500
Light Dept. Loan 1923-First Issue .. .
12,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
1,500
1,500
Light Dept. Loan 1923-Second Issue.
7,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
2,000
2,000
2,000
Light Department Loan 1924
12,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
Light Department Loan 1925.
7,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
Municipal Relief Loan Act of 1938
28,000
28,000
$481,000 $138,000 $88,500 $73,500 $58,000 $41,000
$25,500 $18,500
$16,500
$16,500 $2,000 $2,000 $1,000
Sewer Loan-First Issue
$20,000
$10,000
$10,000
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
Water Loan 1925.
6,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
$1,000
$599,000.00
219
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Junk
$25.00
Signs and Awnings
22.00
Pool and Billiards
27.00
Dances
90.00
Inn Holders
15.00
Taxi
13.00
Circus
15.00
Auctioneer
14.00
Gasoline
1.00
Christmas Trees
1.00
$4,915.00
From Fines and Forfeits :
Court Fines
$769.30
Departmental Revenue:
From Treasurer:
Rent of Foreclosed Property
$513.67
From Collector:
Fees
$2,203.40
Costs
125.35
Certifications
50.00
$2,378.75
From Town Clerk:
Dog Licenses
$2,292.00
Board of Appeal-Fees
80.00
Town Hall Rentals
$141.40
Lafayette Hall Rentals
98.75
$240.15
Police Department:
Revolver Permits
$1.00
Use of Ambulance
15.00
$16.00
Fire Department:
Sale of Materials
$69.25
Inspector of Buildings-Permit Fees
$223.50
Sealer of Weights and Measures-Fees
$248.48
Health Department:
Contagious Diseases
$210.82
Milk and Food Inspector
123.50
Plumbing Permits
93.00
All Other Permits
17.00
$444.32
220
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Highway Department:
Sale of Materials
$18.00
Damages to Sign and Fences
31.88
Rent of Roller
18.63
Other Services
7.54
$76.05
Welfare Department:
Reimbursement Other Cities and Towns:
Outside Relief including Temporary Aid
$1,262.83
Old Age Assistance
2,172.25
$3,435.08
From Individuals-Outside Relief
5.11
Infirmary:
Sale of Produce
$239.91
Sale of Hay
30.00
Board
359.00
$628.91
School Department:
Tuition Town of Lynnfield
$11,956.73
Tuition City of Boston-Wards
4,473.39
Other Tuition
807.85
Woodworking Department Receipts
561.28
Rental Auditorium and Gymnasium
157.50
Sanitary Machine Receipts
15.20
Sale of Textbooks and Supplies
5.10
Reimbursement for Damages
24.60
All Other Receipts
14.35
$18,016.00
Library-Fines, etc.
882.91
Cemetery Department :
Sale of Lots and Graves
$1,430.00
Annual Care
198.00
Foundations
173.00
Interments
587.00
Lowering Device
126.00
Holiday and Saturday funerals
29.00
All Other Receipts
19.00
$2.562.00
Public Service Enterprises :
Light Department:
Sale of Electricity
$212,760.27
Sale of Gas
102,337.36
Miscellaneous
2,779.01
$317,876.64
221
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Water and Sewer Departments:
Water Rates
$80,880.20
Water Services and Maintenance
3,006.61
Water Construction
161.00
Water Turn Ons
135.00
Water Summons
219.40
Insurance from Fire Loss
1,892.23
Damage Claim D'Ambrosia
50.00
$86,344.44
Sewer Connection Deposits
3,606.75
From Interest:
Deferred Taxes
$11,442.34
Deferred Special Assessments
2,691.29
Tax Title Redemptions
4,718.39
War Bonus Fund
2.89
Trust Funds:
Library
$3,799.30
Park
115.68
Cemetery
279.70
School
17.25
Annie L. Cox Scholarship Fund
300.00
Jonathan Nichols Temperance Fund
10.00
Sweetser Lecture Fund
276.90
Willard Donnell Trust (Welfare)
341.37
$23,995.11
In Escrow for Investment:
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests
$1,190.00
From Loans:
Temporary Loans-Anticipation of Revenue
$500,000.00
Notes Issued-Relief
28,000.00
Accrued Interest on Notes
1.23
$528,001.23
From Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Income Tax
$71,298.22
Corporation Tax
10,541.85
Soldiers' Exemptions
137.49
Aid to Industrial Schools
1,433.50
Boulevard Maintenance Refunds
299.51
C
Soldiers' Benefits:
State Aid
$1,280.00
Military Aid
576.50
Hawkers and Pedlers' Licenses
66.00
222
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Health-Subsidies for town
$1,783.57
Highway Maintenance
631.31
Highway Construction
8,447.46
Highway Fund-Chapter 500
16,750.00
Welfare -Aid to Dependent Children
2,992.17
Welfare-Temporary Aid
3,082.84
Welfare-Old Age Assistance
26,906.54
$146,226.96
From U. S. Government, thru Common- wealth of Massachusetts:
Old Age Assistance
$39,402.48
Old Age Assistance Administration
1,313.35
Aid to Dependent Children
3,428.50
Emergency Relief Fund
300.32
$44,444.65
From Middlesex County:
Dog Licenses
$1,412.46
Health Department-Vaccine
69.84
Highway Maintenance
901.97
Highway Construction
4,223.72
$6,607.99
Town Refunds:
Highway Department
$441.49
W.P.A.
31.10
Soldiers' Relief
243.99
State Aid
10.00
Compensation Account
17.10
Welfare Department
850.59
Park Department-Salaries
45.00
Treasurer's Expense
47.88
Old Age Assistance
917.04
Lafayette Building Maintenance
20.66
Fire Insurance
11.27
$2,636.12
Total Receipts
$2,031,457.56
Cash on Hand, January 1, 1938
222,452.17
Total Receipts and Cash on Hand
$2,253,909.73
PAYMENTS
Expenditures for the year ending December 31, 1938.
Moderator, Thomas G. O'Connell $25.00
223
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Selectmen :
Salaries of Board:
Donald White, Chairman
$100.00
Charles F. Young, Secretary
100.00
George J. Evans
100.00
V. Richard Fazio
100.00
William R. Lindsay
83.33
William Blanchard
16.67
$500.00
Department Expenses :
Clerk Hire, Ida L. Weiss
$468.14.
Telephone
60.35
Printing Warrants
269.63
Printing Town Reports
736.90
Printing Jury Lists
12.50
Printing Finance Committee Reports
52.00
Repairs to Typewriter
16.50
3 Desk Pads
13.77
Postage
58.17
Stationery and other Supplies
42.03
All Other
9.00
$1,738.99
Accounting Department:
Charles C. Cox, Accountant
$2,650.00
Ida L. Weiss, Clerk
916.45
Postage'
197.59
Ledger and Classification Book Sheets
26.44
Treasury Warrants
14.50
Filing Envelopes
17.86
Cash Book
7.92
Repairs to Numbering Stamp
6.00
Stationery and Printing
12.75
All Other
8.65
$3,858.16
Treasurer's Department:
Salary of Treasurer-Arthur H.
Boardman
$150.00
Salary of Treasurer-F. S. Hartshorne Temporary
45.70
Salary of Treasurer, -- John I. Preston
787.63
$983.33
Department Expenses :
Carl W. Sunman, Paymaster
$410.00
Certification of Notes
40.00
Clerk Hire
8.50
Bonds
244.00
224
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Land Court Checks
$84.10
66.75
Expense on foreclosed property- Wakefield Ave.
63.32
Payroll Sheets
36.17
Stationery and Postage
56.99
All Other
22.95
$1,032.78
Foreclosure of Tax Titles-Special Ap- propriation $5.41
Collector's Department:
Salary of Collector-Carl W. Sunman
$1,595.00
Department Expenses :
Elsie B. Potter, Clerk
$1,302.13
A. Mildred Hawkes, Clerk
530.44
Postage
347.70
Printing
338.18
Office Supplies
84.20
Telephone
56.35
Bonds
493.00
New Adding Machine
60.00
Tax Sale Costs
258.87
All Other
57.65
$3,528.52
Assessors' Department :
Salaries of Board:
Hugh Connell, Chairman
$816.00
Arthur C. Verge, Secretary
1,268.00
George E. Blair
564.65
David Sliney
251.35
$2,900.00
Department Expenses:
Annie T. Santos, Clerk
$1,304.16
Everett E. Packard, Clerk
1,564.99
Sarah E. Loughlin, Clerk
1,147.67
Assistant Assessors
328.20
Telephone
43.48
Printing
99.35
Poll List
298.76
Supplies and Postage
115.29
Taxi Hire
132.25
Transfers
98.29
New Typewriter
52.00
Binding
26.50
All Other
17.00
$5,227.94
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
225
Assessors' Plans Revision
$36.41
Legal Department:
Salary, Town Couns: 1, M. E. S. Clemons
$1,200.00
Damages-Woodward Case
200.00
Damages-Russell Case
150.00
Damages-Chapman Case
44.04
Damages-Gallugi Case
15.00
Recording Fees
8.00
Constable Notices
10.30
All Other
16.05
$1,643.39
Town Clerk's Department:
Salary of Town Clerk, Frederic S. Hartshorne
$500.00
Department Expenses :
Recording Fees
$437.50
New Typewriter
131.40
New Loose Leaf Records
120.00
Postage
17.00
Printing, Stationery
91.99
Telephone
25.00
Binding Records
17.00
Clerk Hire
142.50
Advertising
19.75
All Other
9.75
$1,011.89
Vital Statistics-Births, Marriages, Deaths
$68.00
Election and Registration :
Salaries of Registrars:
Fred E. Bunker, Chairman
$100.00
Frederic S. Hartshorne, Secretary
125.00
James F. Curley
100.00
Owen A. Kenney
100.00
Election Officers
1,263.00
Postage, Supplies
33.65
Printing, Advertising
419.86
Meals for Election Officers
103.50
Care of Booths
46.50
New Equipment, Tables, Chairs and Desks
57.25
New Card System
110.60
Transportation
7.50
Clerk Hire
84.25
All Other
13.96
$2,565.07
226
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Town Hall :
James J. Logan, Janitor
$1,772.85
Thomas E. Giles, Night Janitor
612.82
Bridget Hopkins
313.00
Fuel
682.40
Light
673.78
Water
96.56
Storm Windows for Police Office
50.00
Thermostat for Boiler
105.00
New Vault Doors
674.00
Re-seating 41 chairs
50.02
Moving Safe
35.00
General Repairs
203.48
Emergency Roof Repairs
25.72
Janitor's Supplies
243.20
Ice
30.20
All Other
33.50
$5,601.53
Police Department :
John G. Gates, Chief
$3,000.00
· George B. DeRoche, Lieut.
2,600.00
. Walter E. Peterson, Sergt. John M. Wenzel, Sergt. Morton V. Griffin
2,400.00
2,400.00
2,190.00
· James F. Hartnett
2,184.00
, Eugene Hathaway
2,015.25
Eugene P. McDonnell, Retired
1,458.00
· Ernest J. Mc Whinnie John Peterson, Retired Joseph L. Preston
2,190.00
· Edwin M. Rowe
2,184.00
· George F. Sheridan Winslow R. Smith
2,015.25
· Gervase V. Stanley, Retired
720.00
Raymond Beane
366.21
John Mahoney
117.67
Harold Maloney
286.23
John Martin
368.60
Peter Quinn
327.90
Charles Sullivan
349.91
Various Other Officers
27.71
July 4th and Hallowe'en Special Officers Telephone
158.13
Radio Equipment and Repairs
205.60
Police Radio Rental
300.00
Police Signal
202.33
New Chevrolet Sedan
429.00
2,190.00
1,824.00
2,155.25
289.15
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
227
Motor Vehicle Expense
$1,685.24
Other Equipment
440.78
Supplies, Postage, etc.
318.64
Meals for Prisoners
69.20
Medical Attention
28.79
Laundry
35.37
Gervase V. Stanley, Retired-Pension
696.00
All Other
192.82
$38,421.03
Fire Department:
Fred D. Graham, Chief
$2,700.00
Clifford E. Jacobs, Capt.
2,400.00
· James W. Findlay, Capt
2,400.00
· Robert P. MacDonald, Lieut
2,275.00
· Harry A. Russell
2,190.00
« Alfred C. McGrath
2,190.00
· James W. O'Donnell John F. Coakley
2,190.00
· Henry L. Parker
2,190.00
· Frank J. Malonson
2,190.00
· Daniel J. Sullivan Arthur E. Goodridge
2,190.00
Charles T. George
2,190.00
· William P. Hurton Call Men
4,825.00
New Pumping Engine
9,500.00
New Heating Boiler
600.00
New Hose and Nozzles
223.10
Equipment and Repairs
256.85
Expense of Apparatus
908.96
Fuel and Light
519.75
Maintenance of Buildings
416.35
Office Expense
142.36
All Other
29.69
$49,097.06
Hydrant Rental:
354 Hydrants at $25 each
$8,850.00
Inspector of Wires-Fred D. Graham
$300.00
Forest Warden-Payments to Various Persons
$149.75
Moth Department:
John A. Landry, Superintendent
$2,300.00
James H. Landry
1,267.88
Frederick A. Muse
1,246.88
Louis Surrette
1,257.38
2,190.00
2,190.00
2,190.00
228
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Motor Equipment
$313.11
Other Equipment
162.49
Insecticides
441.00
Supplies
50.58
Trees Purchased
15.00
Advertising
19.00
All Other
21.94
$7.095.26
Compensation Account.
Employees of :
Highway Department
$574.95
Water Department
207.30
Sewer Department
1.40
Moth Department
220.10
School Department
85.00
Welfare Department
23.00
Health Department
9.00
$1,120.75
Inspector of Buildings:
Joseph W. MacInnis, Inspector
$1,000.00
Joseph W. MacInnis, Allowance for Auto
150.00
$1.150.00
Sealer Weights and Measures:
James J. Devlin, Sealer
$650.00
James J. Devlin, Allowance for Truck
200.00
Equipment
17.86
Stationery
19.19
$887.05
Inspector of Animals:
George A. Bennett, Inspector
$300.00
Dog Officer :
George A. Bennett, Salary
$600.00
Dog Licenses-Fees paid to County Treasurer
$2,292.00
Health Department:
Salaries of Board:
Wesley S. Goodwin, Chairman
$100.00
Ned C. Loud, Secretary
100.00
Dr. Carl E. Allison
100.00
$300.00
Department Expenses. David Taggart, Health Officer
$600.00
David Taggart, Plumbing Inspector
700.00
229
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Lawrence E. Doucette, Milk and Food Insp.
$500.00
Nellie B. Russell, R. N.
1,440.00
Ira W. Richardson, M. D.
200.00
John J. Mclaughlin, Acting Health Officer
24.00
Clerk Hire
59.35
Contagious Diseases
2,049.81
Tuberculosis
7,054.59
Dog Clinic
186.13
Milk Analyses
168.00
Supplies
87.73
Telephone
76.15
Allowance for Auto-Miss Russell
100.00
Allowance for Auto-Mr. Doucette
100.00
Allowance for Auto-Mr. Taggart
50.00
All Other
112.56
$13,508.32
Unpaid Bills for 1937
46.50
Care of Dumps :
John Joyce
$1,042.83
William Joyce
40.00
All Other
17.17
$1,100.00
Collection of Garbage:
John J. Farpelha & Son (Contract)
$4,800.00
Highway Department:
Harry H. Denning, Superintendent
$3,000.00
Robert B. MacKenna, Asst. Supt.
2,000.00
Mary MacDougall, Clerk
1,173.75
Other Clerk Hire
15.00
Labor-See Payroll
10,042.80
Trucks and Auto Expense
239.03
Patrol
1,192.45
New Mack Truck
5,000.00
Underframe attachment to truck
125.00
Equipment and Repairs
3,946.82
Supplies
3,094.88
Office Expense
285.84
Buildings
474.89
Gravel, Tar and Sand
4,580.85
Drainage
3,897.59
All Other
3,387.53
$42,456.43
230
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Sidewalks and Curbing:
Labor
$3,265.04
Trucking
41.75
Material
1,371.99
$4,678.78
Snow and Ice Removal:
Labor
$3,622.70
Trucks
2,949.07
Material
763.28
Sidewalk Plowing
579.00
$7,914.05
Chapter 90 Maintenance:
Labor
$1,385.20
Material
989.24
$2,374.44
Chapter 90 Rebuilding Vernon Street:
Labor
$2,087.67
Trucks
68.85
Materials
4,580.46
$6,736.98
Chapter 90 Rebuilding North Avenue:
Labor
$3,762.74
Trucks
263.36
Material
6,761.66
$10,787.76
Chapter 500 State Fund:
Street Repairs
$11,212.49
Storm Damage from hurricane
4,999.17
$16,211.66
Construction of Public Ways:
From Bond Issue :
New Streets-Converse Street, Cen- tral Street, Gladstone Street, Oak
Ledge Road, Eastern Avenue, Essex Street :
Labor
$527.01
Trucking
5,390.17
Material
9,743.87
W.P.A. General Town Fund:
Labor
$4,126.28
Trucking
8,286.55
Material
30,026.00
$15,661.05
$42,438.83
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
231
W.P.A. Project-Lafayette School:
Labor Trucking Material
$208.53
182.04
6,340.06
$6,730.63
Public Welfare Department:
Salaries of Board :
Harold C. Robinson, Chairman
$100.00
Dennis P. Hogan, Secretary
100.00
Helen M. Randall
75.83
. M. Leo Conway
69.43
Frank P. Wakefield
67.40
Ralph P. Rowe
27.77
Etta C. Stoddard
24.73
Elsie M. Gladwin
19.18
$484.34
Department Expenses and Disbursements :
Charles H. Buxton, Accountant
$500.00
Etta C. Stoddard, Agent
1,466.40
Mary E. McKenna, Clerk
1,043.33
Irene Kennedy, Clerk
886.83
Office Expense
717.68
Auto Expense
1,230.14
Rent
8,838.74
Groceries and Provisions
38,564.21
Shoes and Clothing
2,632.98
Fuel
4.185.37
Medical Attendance
2,470.32
Hospital Care
3,710.67
Burial Expense
435.50
Relief by Other Cities
499.65
Aid to Dependent Children
16,239.56
Board
7,332.66
All Other
1,729.39
Unpaid Bills for 1937 From Willard Donnell Trust Fund
Old Age Assistance Bureau: Recipients Payroll
$85,170.31
Old Age Assistance Administration : Frank B. Gladwin, Investigator Salary $1,304.17
Frank B. Gladwin, Allowance for Auto 302.30
Alice Biggs, Clerk 1,043.33
$92,483.43 $13,018.61 $263.77
232
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Office Rent Other Expense including office supplies etc.
$200.00
473.95
$3,323.75
Old Age Assistance Unpaid Bills for 1937
588.74
Infirmary :
Melvin W. Brown, Superintendent
$1,080.00
Other Employees
1,208.70
Groceries and Provisions
2,432.14
Fuel and Light
1,014.21
Dry Goods and Clothing
97.11
Care of Buildings
210.60
Household Supplies
522.91
Gasoline and Truck Expense
435.80
Medical and Hospital Care
442.73
Telephone
81.74
Water
355.96
Burial Expense
200.00
All Other
918.51
$9,000.41
Unpaid Bills for 1937
411.15
Soldiers' Benefits :
Soldiers' Relief Agent:
John Findlay, Jr., Salary
$500.00
Soldiers' Relief Disbursements :
Civil War Veterans
$359.50
Spanish War Veterans
495.76
World War Veterans
25,796.91
Other Expense
214.18
$26,866.35
Unpaid Bills for 1937
705.63
State Aid:
Civil War Veterans
$240.00
Spanish War Veterans
450.00
World War Veterans
580.00
$1,270.00
Military Aid:
World War Veterans
$815.00
School Department:
Willard B. Atwell, Supt.
$5,000.00
Willard B. Atwell, Allow- ance for Auto 400.00
233
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Clerk Hire:
Pauline Meads
$1,556.08
Doris Skinner 1,163.84
Olive G. Glover
1,404.33
$4,124.25
J. Edward Hatch, Attendance Officer
2,006.33
C. E. Montague, Physician
900.12
Mary English, Nurse
1,393.78
Health
695.45
Motor Vehicle Expense
683.87
Books and Supplies :
High School
$7,191.52
Elementary
4,142.43
$11,333.95
Care of Buildings :
High School
$6,063.68
Elementary
8,148.70
$14,212.38
Teachers' Salaries :
High School
$96,636.62
Elementary
113,280.65
$209,917.27
Janitor Services :
High School
$7,938.64
Elementary
11,162.06
$19,100.70
Fuel and Light:
High School
$3,169.86
Elementary
7,015.42
$10,185.28
Outlay
421.83
Telephones
599.58
Office Expense
17.99
Committee Expenses
246.47
Transportation of Pupils
1,371.20
All Other
2,624.60
$285,235.05 $2,731.00
Trade Schools
Library Department :
Helen Frances Carleton, Librarian
$2,350.00
Assistants :
H. Gladys Mackenzie
$1,518.00
Clara G. Wilson
1,500.00
Barbara LeNoir
1,083.56
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Elizabeth Black
$986.92
Eva G. Boyer
812.47
Etta F. Smith
547.20
Barbara M. Wemmell
498.08
Other Assistants
2,244.02
Janitors :
Herbert T. Mitchell
$1,800.00
Michael Neary
336.00
Other Janitors
92.90
Telephone
173.45
Books
4,705.37
Periodicals
470.89
Binding
1,205.66
Supplies
1,108.49
Maintenance
1,360.89
Furnishings
163.00
Light
494.19
Heat
633.28
All Other
312.61
$24,396.98
Park and Cemetery Commission:
Salaries of Board:
John T. Stringer, Chairman
$50.00
George W. Abbott, Secretary
100.00
John W. Macgillvray
50.00
$200.00
Salary Check W. J. Garden for 1937 refunded and paid out on execut- tion
45.00
$245.00
Park Department Expenses:
Arthur G. Abbott, Superintendent
$1,545.00
Raymond U. Johnson
625.00
Other Labor
219.00
Equipment
244.61
Bath House
1,064.95
Care of Lake
151.80
Water
49.72
Plants and Bulbs
146.68
Playgrounds
289.36
Repairing Soldiers' Monument
50.00
Repairing Fence-Storm Damage
134.00
Spraying Trees
94.50
All Other
119.72
$4,734.34
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Cemetery Department Expenses :
Frank LeGro, Superintendent
$1,145.25
Charles Lynch
805.00
Other Labor
50.00
Plants and Trees
223.39
Equipment
73.63
Clerical Services
25.00
Auto Hire and Telephone
52.10
Water
19.80
All Other
155.83
$2,550.00
From Various Trust Funds
$279.70
Recreation Commission :
Supervisors
$855.00
Equipment
38.89
Supplies
140.18
Moving Equipment
101.78
All Other
64.15
$1,200.00
Planning Board-Payments
$15.75
Board of Appeals-Services and Expenses
$122.69 .
Miscellaneous Account:
Finance Committee Expenses
$57.23
Building Inspector Supplies
28.36
Bubbler in Square
23.00
Selectmen's Association Dues
10.00
Association Town Finance Commit- tees-dues
10.00
Soldiers' Burials
200.00
Retirement Board Election
10.84
Perambulating Town Lines
30.00
Care of Soldiers' Graves
88.50
Decorating Christmas Tree
25.00
Repairs to Town Farm Mower
5.20
State Ink
3.48
All Other
4.95
Rifle Range-Company E-Payments Rifle Range-Medical Company-Payments
149.76
Aid to Visiting Nurse Association-Payments
500.00
Street Lights
20,000.00
Fire Insurance
4,309.14
Pension-Frank H. Robinson
985.50
Middlesex County Hospital
18,050.02
Middlesex County Tax
33,957.19
State Charges
85,525.79
$496.56
697.60
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Retirement Board Expense Fund
$880.00
Retirement System Pension Fund
21,000.00
Lafayette Building Maintenance
1,916.82
Lafayette Building Furnishings for Hall
500.00
Lafayette Building Equipment
263.42
Police Officer Stanley Injuries
50.00
Armistice Day-American Legion-Payments :
White & Johnson Co.
$18.00
Harding Uniform & Regalia Co.
14.40
$32.40
Memorial Day-War Veterans-Payments :
Bell Post No. 299 Band
$150.00
De Vita's Conservatories
85.00
White & Johnson Co.
78.50
Masten & Wells Fireworks Co.
70.50
Cosgrove Bros.
25.00
Joseph H. Fanck
25.00
A. S. Parker
24.00
Grattan Baking Co.
23.45
Harding Uniform & Regalia Co.
20.10
James A. Lilley
18.00
George W. Reid & Son
15.20
Wanamaker & Feindel
12.00
Wakefield Item Co.
11.50
All Other
41.30
$599.55
Light Department:
Salaries of Board:
Marcus Beebe 2nd, Chairman
$100.00
Curtis L. Sopher
100.00
A. Francis Harrington, Secretary (De- ceased)
86.67
Eugene J. Sullivan
2.75
$289.42
Samuel H. Brooks, Manager
3,060.00
James M. Whitehead, Office Manager
3,521.25
$6,581.25
Leonard H. DeMarco
$2,299.74
Howard W. Seabury
1,636.82
Edward R. Chambers
1,644.64
Hugh Kelso
1,622.27
Fred Rich
1,426.48
Myrtle I. Tyler
1,418.25
W. F. Wright
1,512.83
Walter Alden
1,432.11
$12,993.14
237
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Labor-See Payroll
$74,062.38
Material
26,022.55
Rent
1,690.00
Office Expense
4,654.47
Telephones
604.58
Insurance
2,480.46
Transportation Expense
5,401.42
Meters and Transformers
6,506.50
Gas Purchased
46,556.69
Electric Current Purchased
90,490.51
Coal
1,461.86
Damages
24.74
Tools and Equipment
1,876.80
Maintenance
992.82
Advertising
785.85
All Other
13,609.51
$297,084.95
Light Bonds
$10,000.00
Light Interest
2,330.63
$12,330.63
Water and Sewerage Department:
Salaries of Board:
William B. Stantial, Chairman
$100.00
George O. Sheldon, Secretary
100.00
Sidney F. Adams
100.00
$300.00
Department Expenses :
Morrison Merrill, Superintendent (Part of Salary)
$2,711.55
Leah F. Kinder, Clerk, (Part of
Salary)
1,556.50
Alice M. Loubris, Clerk, (Part of Salary)
836.67
Carl W. Sunman, Paymaster and
500.00
Office Expense
565.77
Telephones
193.13
Labor-See Payroll
24,633.53
Supervision and Analyses
301.04
Meters, Pipes, etc.
5,325.78
Equipment Repairs
3,206.56
Transportation Expense
1,395.67
Coal
861.50
Power
5,157.72
New Vacuum Pump
254.80
New Oil Burner
195.00
New Dodge Coupe
666.00
Collector (Part Salary)
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New Dodge Truck part cost
$535.00
Body for new truck
150.00
Taxes-Town of Stoneham
238.28
Repairs-account of Fire Loss
1,635.62
All Other
1,874.49
$52,794.61
Water Services:
Labor
$1,251.24
Material
1,387.18
$2,638.42
Water Construction:
Labor
$1,350.72
Material
2,596.42
Lake Quannapowitt
Water Bonds
$20,000.00
Water Interest
$4,263.75
Sewer Department Expenses:
Morrison Merrill, Superintendent, (Part of Salary)
$288.45
Leah Kinder, Clerk, (Part Salary)
165.00
Alice M. Loubris, Clerk (Part Salary)
90.00
Carl W. Sunman, Paymaster
50.00
Labor-See Payroll
3,594.97
Tools and Equipment
661.40
Motor Vehicle Expense
233.15
300.00
New Truck (Part Cost) All Other
1,701.53
$7,084.50
Sewer Connections:
Labor-See Payroll
$1,683.33
Pipe
507.39
Motor Vehicle Expense
109.20
All Other
199.03
$2,498.95
Air Compressor and Jack Hammer
$1,725.27
Bond Issues: North Ward Sewer Construction: Labor Material
$34.13
87.34
$121.47
$3,947.14 $287.80
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Greenwood Sewer Construction:
Labor Material
$169.06 205.08
$374.14
Crystal Lake Park Sewer:
Labor
$727.52
Material
2,002.80
$2,730.32
Interest :
Sewer Loans
$5,186.88
Highway Loans
332.50
School Loans
8,289.38
Discount on Temporary Loans
1,307.31
$15,116.07
Maturing Debt:
Sewer Bonds
$29,500.00
Highway Bonds
2,000.00
School Bonds
56,500.00
$88,000.00
Temporary Loans:
Anticipation of Revenue
$450,000.00
Refunds :
Taxes-Property and Poll
$1,863.39
Motor Vehicle Excise
862.13
Sewer Connection Deposits
689.18
Water Rates
60.27
Betterments
4.60
Moth Assessment
1.50
Tax Titles
75.00
Interest and Costs
3.48
$3,559.55
Agency and Trust:
Sweetser Lecture Fund Income paid to Sweetser Lecture Committee
$276.90
Nancy White Hurd School Fund
17.25
Mary Lizzie Smith Old Cannon Fund
25.00
Annie L. Cox Scholarship Fund:
Anthony R. Benedetto
$100.00
Fortunato Fallabella
100.00
Nicholas Gregorio
100.00
$300.00
Jonathan Nichols Temperance Fund: Payment to Richard S. Nutt 10.00
$629.15
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In Escrow for Investment-Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds:
Payments to John I. Preston, Treasu- rer $1,190.00
Total Payments Cash on Hand, December 31, 1938
2,031,832.22
222,077.51
Total Payments and Cash on Hand, December 31, 1938 $2,253,909.73
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PAYROLL 1938
· Harry H. Denning
$3,000.00
· Robert Mackenna
2,000.00
Joseph Albani Edmund Muise
1,892.11
· Clyde Simonds
1,831.92
Edward Butler
1,818.75
Leo Gerrior
1,738.79
Carl Chelman
1,734.40
& William Fall
1,705.63
William Gerrish
1,704.44
* Salvatore Terravecchia
1,687.45
· Robert Black
1,684.72
John Doherty
1,683.42
John White
1,632.76
Angelo DeFeo
1,581.88
Fred Doucette
1,515.30
William Scanlon
1,494.31
· Thomas Sullivan
1,426.23
Mary MacDougall
1,173.75
All Others (Less than $500.00)
13,219.10
Total
$46,497.76
Labor (Received more than $500.00)
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