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Respectfully submitted,
ROGER P. CLEMONS, Acting Town Counsel.
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ANIMAL INSPECTOR
Report of Animal Inspector
Wakefield, Mass., January 8, 1940.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen:
At this time I submit my report as Animal Inspector for year ending December 31, 1939.
I have inspected 223 head of cattle.
There have been 24 cow barns inspected.
Seventy-nine dogs have been placed in quarantine. Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. BENNETT,
Animal Inspector.
Report of Dog Officer
Wakefield, Mass., January 8, 1940.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen:
At this time I submit my report as Dog Officer for the year ending December 31, 1939.
I have answered 256 calls and have canvassed the town four times for unlicensed dogs.
There have been 38 dogs returned to rightful owners.
There have been 85 dogs destroyed and 23 dogs have been sent to the Animal Rescue League.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE A. BENNETT,
Dog Officer.
Report of Sweetser Lecture Committee
SEASON OF 1939 Receipts
Income from invested funds $ 264.23
Received from sale of tickets:
Season tickets sold by pupils 349
261.75
Season tickets sold at lectures 40 30.00
Single tickets sold at lectures 572 143.00
Season tickets sold by stores 31 23.25
Bonney & Dutton 9
Greenwood Pharmacy 3
.
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Smith's Drug Store 6
Nat Eaton's Drug Store 0
Nagle's Drug Store 2
Item Office
11
Cataldo Pharmacy
0
$ 722.23 Total
Expenses
Oct. 25, 1939 Leonard Craske $ 75.00
Nov. 1, 1939 John Claire Monteith 100.00
Nov. 8, 1939 Marie Peary Stafford 75.00
Nov. 15, 1939 James H. Powers 50.00
Nov. 22, 1939 Gardner E. Campbell 50.00
$ 350.00
Daily Item Advertising and Printing $ 80.85
Ticket Boys
15.00
Police and Firemen at lectures
30.00
James Logan-care of screen Screen purchased Screen cover
40.00
2.50
Tel., postage, misc.
4.28
G. E. Campbell, Jr., operating lantern Screen rental 1
5.00
5.00
Donald Murray, music
5.00
193.63
$ 543.63
Balance to Sweetser Charities
178.60
Total
$ 722.23
GEORGE E. POTTER HARRY I. REED
CHARLOTTE R. FITZ
CYRUS M. DOLBEARE
E. V. YEUELL CHARLES J. PETERSON
THOMAS F. KENNEY
Report of Sweetser Charity Fund
January 1, 1939 - January 1, 1940 Receipts
Balance brought forward January 1, 1939 $ 483.42 Dividends:
Wakefield Savings Bank February 1, 1939 1.46
Wakefield Savings Bank August 1, 1939 3.23
6.00
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Received from Sweetser Lecture Committee
December 1939
178.60
Total receipts
$ 666.71
Expenditures
for Charity January 1, 1939-January 1, 1940 $ 257.56
For printing of order blanks at Item Office 2.50
Total expenditures
$ 260.06
Leaving balance on hand January 1, 1940
$ 406.65
In Wakefield Trust Company $ 66.67
In Wakefield Savings Bank 339.98
$ 406.65
Respectfully submitted, CHARLOTTE R. FITZ, Treasurer Sweetser Charity Fund.
Report of Contributory Retire- ment Board
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Wakefield, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The Contributory Retirement Board submits the fol- lowing report for the year ending December 31, 1939.
The total membership as of December 31, 1938, was one hundred and fifty-eight, of this number thirteen had been retired. During the year 1939, thirty-one (31) new members have been taken into the system; four (4) left the service of the Town; six (6) died, three (3) of whom were Pensioners. Fourteen were retired during the year 1939. The total membership, including Pensioners, as of December 31, 1939, is one hundred and seventy-nine (179).
Those retired during the year 1939, were divided among the following departments: Highway, three (3); School, three (3); Municipal Light, three (3); Health, one (1); Cemetery, one (1); Assessors, one (1); Town Counsel and Town Clerk. Of the number retired during 1939, twelve were of the age of seventy or over when the sys- tem became operative on July 1, 1937, and were granted permission to continue in the service of the Town for a period not to exceed two years, and therefore were auto- matically retired on July 1, 1939. Mr. Frederic S. Hart-
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shorne, former Town Clerk, having attained the age of seventy, was retired on June 14th, 1939. Leo T. Gerrior, a Highway employee, met death by accident on Septem- ber 13, 1939 in the performance of his duties, and as provided for in the Retirement Act, Chapter No. 318, Section 31 (b), Acts of 1936, his widow, Eleanor M. Ger- rior and children were granted benefits he would have received at the age of retirement.
During the year there has been paid out in Pensions and Annuities to retired members the sum of $13,373.10. At the present time the total amount of monthly pen- sion payments is $1,422.49.
Presented below is a cash statement for the year 1939.
Receipts
Balance December 31, 1938
$ 30,748.39
Contributions of Members
10,974.05
Appropriations by Town:
Pension Accumulation Fund and
Interest Deficiency 18,477.00
Expense Fund
782.00
Dividends and Interest on Stocks
and Bank Deposits 683.24
$ 61,664.68
Expenditures
Pensions Paid
$ 13,373.10
Refunds of Members' Deductions
691.19
Operating Expense
Salaries
750.00
Printing and Stationery
18.51
Postage
5.55
Office Supplies and Expense
14.49
Expense of Board Members in con-
nection with Mass. Asso. of Re-
tirement Boards 17.65
$ 14,870.49
Balance December 31, 1939
$ 46,794.19
Assets
Stocks
$ 6,187.50
Deposits in Trust Co. (not on interest)
301.79
Deposits in Trust Co., and Savings Bank on interest 40,114.29
Cash in Office 190.61
$ 46,794.19
Liabilities
Annuity Savings Fund
$ 26,093.66
Annuity Reserve Fund 390.09
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W.P.A. AGENT
Pension Accumulation Fund
Expense Fund Undistributed Income
20,073.38 5.74
231.32
$ 46,794.19
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM P. HURTON, Chairman, JAMES M. HENDERSON, CHARLES C. COX, Secretary, Contributory Retirement Board.
Report of Town W. P.A. Agent
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I respectfully submit the following report of the activi- ties of W. P. A. Projects during the year ending Decem- - ber 31, 1939:
The program followed out during the year was prac- tically made up of Construction Projects which required a substantial amount of sponsor's contribution.
The projects consisted of the following:
The completion of Coolidge Park and Wilson Avenue in its entirety.
The grading and seeding of Gladstone Street to its completion.
The grading and seeding and any necessary walls on Central Street and Oakledge Road, which completed the projects.
The macadam surface, cement sidewalks, water mains and grading and seeding of Eastern Avenue to its com- pletion.
The completion of the road bed and concrete side- walks and curb on Howard Street and Flint Street.
The completion of a water main on Vale Road, approx- imately 500 feet.
The building of necessary walls on Converse Street, completing the project.
The laying of 5,848 feet of sidewalks on Main, Rich- ardson and Green Streets.
The completion of a rip-rap wall on the shore of Lake Quannapowitt at the end of Spaulding Street for the Fire Department.
The completion of an addition on the north side of the Town Infirmary.
The completion of a supplementary project at the Lafayette Building, consisting of varnishing, painting, plastering and plumbing.
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The completion of a Police Records Project consisting of a new and up-to-date filing system.
The operation of a Toy and Furniture Project which brought a joyful Christmas to many Wakefield children. The furniture was given out to needy families by the Welfare Department.
The operation of a Precast Curb Project which com- pleted approximately 18,000 lineal feet of precast curb, some of which was set during the summer under other projects.
The completion of the Light Conduit Project, laying conduits in the streets of Wakefield.
The operation of the Crystal Lake Sewer Project, this still being under construction and is expected to continue, to be completed during the coming year.
The operation of a Sewing Project, the products being sent to the Surplus Commodities Division for distribution.
The operation of a Street Numbering Project which consisted of drawing plans, and compiling necessary data to enable the Highway Department at their will, to renumber the streets of Wakefield.
The Housekeeping Aid Project has started and is giv- ing much assistance to needy families where the head of the home is convalescing.
The Hart's Hill Project operated for a short period grading the ball field and building a road to the skating pond in the rear of the lot.
The Moth Project operated under the Moth Depart- ment in the wooded area which was infested with ob- noxious insects. This work was done on a larger scale than the town normally could afford.
The completion of the Crystal Lake Clearing Project which was operated on the shore of the water shed, clearing the decayed trees and debris.
The Surplus Commodities Division operated during the year, distributing such produce as the Government sup- plied.
The completion of a repair project to the streets and sidewalks of damage done by the hurricane in Septem- ber, 1938.
During the winter months of 1939 there were approxi- mately 20 men employed in Carlisle on a State Fire Haz- ard Project for which the town paid their transportation.
The operating of a project on the Moulton Playground, which consisted of building fences, the construction of two concrete tennis courts, and four quoits courts in their entirety, also seeding and grading.
The operation of a school nursery project for a period of time at the Franklin School.
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The completion of a wooden constructed bath house with a capacity of approximately 266 patrons, on Spauld- ing Street on the shore of Lake Quannapowitt.
The starting of a project at the Nasella Playground which produced approximately 3,000 cubic yards of loam to be used on W. P. A. Projects.
The starting of a remodelling project at the Town Infirmary which consisted of reconstructing decaying floors, plastering, enlarging the heating system, also enlarging the dormitory in the men's quarters.
The operation of a project at Camp Curtis Guild spon- sored by the State Quartermaster's Department.
As shown in the accompanying chart the cost of spon- sor's contribution was $60,903.16 against $189,222.00 Fed- eral Funds.
There was an average of 249 men working with an average cost to the town of $244.59 per man year, and an average cost to the Government of $759.93 per man year. There were 323 men employed January 1, 1939, closing the year December 31, 1939, with 189 men.
It was felt advisable to purchase 620 feet of steel side- walk forms, these being of a more permanent nature and having no waste.
It is expected during the coming year that there will be a large sidewalk program, and inasmuch as there have been complaints of annoyance due to the storage of aggregate piled in the streets during the construction of sidewalks, I recommend the aggregate be stored at some central location and loaded into trucks equipped to batch it and deliver directly to the mixer, thereby eliminating the storage in the streets. To do this effi- ciently I wish to recommend that the town purchase one 11/2 ton or 2-ton second hand truck at an approxi- mate cost of $250.00.
It must also be noted that the supply of gravel at the Town Pit on Nahant Street controlled by the Highway Department is depleting and that the Stoneham pit has practically run out. I would recommend to the town that it purchase a tract of land in the outskirts with a substantial gravel bed for future use.
I wish to thank the Wakefield Rotary Club and its committee for their plans and assistance given on the new Bath House.
I wish to thank Mr. J. Theodore Whitney for his able assistance as a consultant engineer.
I wish to thank the Wakefield Municipal Light De- partment and its manager, Major Brooks, for their fine cooperation during the operation of their underground conduit project. Also their willingness to loan their
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equipment on other W. P. A. Projects, thereby substan- tially saving town funds.
I wish to thank the Wakefield Water and Sewer De- partment and their able Superintendent, Mr. Merrill, for their fine cooperation during the operation of the laying of water pipe on Vale Road and constructing of a sewer at Crystal Lake, and their ever-willingness to loan equipment on other W. P. A. Projects not under their jurisdiction, thereby saving town funds.
I wish to thank the Highway Department and Super- intendent Harry Denning, who have most ably assisted in the efficient operation of their projects and who were always willing to loan equipment to other W. P. A. pro- jects, which means substantial savings which would be direct cost to the town.
I wish to thank the Board of Welfare for their assis- tance in the operation of their projects and their will- ingness to co-operate with their equipment, especially in the transportation of surplus commodities to and from the warehouse in Cambridge and transporting furniture and toys for the needy under the Toy and Furniture Repair Project.
I wish to thank those Government officials, namely: Dennis Delaney, State Administrator; John J. Fitzger- ald, Acting Director of Operations; Clifford White and Kelvin Dwyer and their staff, of the State Office; Mr. Shanahan and his successor, Mr. Como, and Mr. F. J. Leary, and George F. Fitzgerald of the office of District No. 2, for their unceasing effort and time in solving the problems confronting the town during the past year. Also I wish to thank Mr. Maurice Rogovin and Mrs. Alice Byron of the Professional and Technical Division for their effort in obtaining the efficient and coopera- tive manner in which their projects operate. I wish to thank Mr. Cronin for his cooperation in operating the Wakefield Station of Surplus Commodities.
I wish to thank Chairman William R. Lindsay of the Honorable Board for his untiring efforts and the many hours spent endeavoring to solve the various problems pertaining to this department; also those town officials who have assisted and co-operated in behalf of the town.
I wish to thank Mrs. Vera North for her co-operation and efficient operation of the Town W. P. A. office.
Respectfully submitted,
AARON T. BUTLER,
Town W. P. A. Agent.
TotalSpent TownFunds Gen.WPA Playground BathHouse TownFunds Spent1939 FundsSpent
Appro. Appro.
Materials
Breakdown Equipment OtherCosts
Name of Project Addition to Town Infirmary
$1,989.97
$1,795.72
$1,795.72
$1,602.84
$ 81.97
$ 110.91
Toy and Furniture Repair
1,303.38
983.65
983.65
359.55
2.98
621.12
Administration
4,243.24
4,243.24
4,243.24
161.34
274.24
3,807.66
Police Records
417.86
157.16
157.16
123.12
32.50
1.54
Miscellaneous
126.32
126.32
126.32
.51
12.00
113.81
Sidewalks
6,599.93
6,599.93
6,599.93
4,120.59
1,978.66
500.68
Eastern Avenue
4,395.93
2,564.68
2,564.68
1,663.96
778.22
122.50
Precast Curb
5,321.54
4,517.93
4,517.93
3,621.63
492.04
404.26
Hart's Hill
1,717.32
1,518.82
499.60
46.14
1,422.38
49.70
Rip Rap Wall
1,427.38
1,176.79
1,176.79
2,094.00
260.53
829.98
86.28
Commodities
1,104.14
1,104.14
1,104.14
135.72
19.72
948.70
Sewing Project
833.10
311.90
311.90
97.89
3.06
210.95
Gladstone Street
7,646.61
142.65
142.65
43.97
34.16
64.52
Recreation
548.27
93.36
93.36
73.62
19.74
Lafayette School
1,472.49
547.84
547.84
479.16
20.75
47.93
Stock
901.25
901.25
901.25
390.38
173.49
337.38
Street Numbering
511.98
481.38
481.38
151.74
116.37
213.27
First Aid
50.86
50.86
50.86
49.38
1.48
NYA
317.35
297.97
297.97
72.72
128.38
96.87
Moth Project
521.01
355.33
355.33
342.69
3.80
8.84
Central Street
2,865.35
22.32
22.32
9.47
3.50
9.35
AGENT
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$1,018.62
TotalSpent TownFunds Gen. WPA Playground BathHouse TownFunds Spent1939 FundsSpent Appro. Appro.
Breakdown Materials Equipment OtherCosts
17.60
27.47
Converse Street
7,107.25
5.81
5.81
5.81
Crystal Lake Clearing
20.68
20.68
20.68
1.80
18.25
63
Storm Project
511.22
5.20
5.20
3.60
1.60
Carlisle (State Fire Hazard)
760.00
760.00
760.00
760.00
Coolidge Park
5,211.70
5,146.42
5,146.42
2,831.62
2,128.76
186.04
Wilson Avenue
2,620.79
2,593.97
2,593.97
1,500.95
970.92
122.10
Sewerage Outlook Road
23.20
23.20
23.20
23.20
Moulton Playground
6,448.83
2,094.99
2,094.99
158.56
1,910.77
25.66
NYA Silver Screen Printing
101.18
101.18
101.18
101.18
Storage
367.64
367.64
367.64
367.64
Water Pipes-Eastern Avenue
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15
Nursery School
14.67
14.67
14.67
14.67
Howard Street
2,606.10
2,572.91
2,572.91
1,013.33
1,475.09
84.49
Bath House
2,958.98
2,958.98
2,958.98
2,699.21
47.25
212.52
Flint Street
1,111.17
1,111.17
1,111.17
462.10
620.42
28.65
Water Pipes-Vale Road
414.11
414.11
414.11
392.95
20.05
1.11
Grafton Street
9.48
9.48
9.48
9.48
Crystal Lake Sewerage
See Below
18.00
18.00
9.70
8.30
NYA Sewing
28.74
28.74
28.74
28.74
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
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Name of Project
Oakledge Road
2,380.34
45.07
45.07
Housekeeping Aid
18.00
Nasella Playground
1,370.68
1,370.68
1,370.68
114.58
1,104.30
151.80
Town Infirmary (New Project)
339.26
339.26
339.26
332.92
4.09
2.25
$47,995.95 $40,552.68
$4,484.29
$2,958.98. $23,339.34 $14,730.78
$9,925.83
Projects Sponsored and Financed by Town Departments:
Underground Conduits (Light Dept.)
$10,436.14
. Crystal Lake Sewerage (Water Dept.) 1,694.59
Misc. Expenditures (Highway Dept.) 776.48
Grand Total
$60,903.16
*Federal Funds Spent in Wakefield for the Year of 1939
$189,222.00
*Due to a change in the procedure on W. P. A. Projects in 1939, Federal Payrolls are not available. This figure was given us by the Division of Finance in the W. P. A. State Office.
The total cost of W. P. A. in Wakefield for the year ending December 31st, 1939, was $250,125.16, with the town's share amounting to 24.3% and the Federal share 75.7.%
W.P.A. AGENT
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The following projects have been approved and are available for operation:
Spon.
No. Name of Project
Fed. Money
Spon. Funds
104
Nasella Playground
$ 27,545.00
$ 15,380.00
98 Crystal Lake Sewerage
16,350.00
3,900.00
107 Housekeeping Aid
5,000.00
500.00
121 Sewing
6,100.00
1,800.00
100 Rip Rap Wall
8,100.00
1,250.00
125 Toy and Furniture Repair
12,300.00
3,000.00
128 Town Infirmary
3,543.00
1,557.00
76 Forest Glade Cemetery
8,540.00
2,860.00
131
Street Drainage
116,234.00
56,802.00
132
Police Records
3,587.00
559.00
132a Library Project
5,123.00
2,726.00
112
Tree Surgery
13,712.00
4,539.00
123
School Floors
5,129.00
2,728.00
103
Planning Project
18,733.00
3,060.00
114 School Building Repairs
51,830.00
10,362.00
106
Moulton & Hart's Hill Project 28,285.00
8,146.00
The above are all year round projects.
The following summer projects:
130 Grafton Street
$ 5,713.00
$ 1,303.00
96 Sidewalks
92,039.00
33,400.00
School Areas
8,179.00
816.00
$465,561.00
$161,755.00
Note: The above figures show a Sponsor's Contribution to the amount of 25.9% of the total money.
PAID FROM W. P. A. FUNDS FOR PERSONAL SERV- ICES FOR THE YEAR OF 1939
Aaron T. Butler, Town W. P. A. Agent
$1,820.00
Vera North, Secretary W. P. A. Office 1,300.00
Charles Glynn, Janitor W. P. A. Building 430.00
Charles H. Buxton, Janitor W. P. A. Building
490.00
John Hickey, Assisting Janitor 63.60
9.10
Clyde Simonds, Shovel Operator
612.49
Matthew Curran, Trench Machine Operator 112.00
John Doherty, Truck Driver
255.06
Raymond Gallugi, Supervising NYA
128.86
Ernest Kelloway, Changing Bucket on Trench Machine 2.38
22,665.00
4,335.00
129 Moth Project
6,864.00
2,732.00
65 North Ave. Playground
Henry Harper, Assisting Janitor
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James Collins, Changing Bucket on Trench Machine 2.38
G. W. Muse, Changing Bucket on Trench Ma- chine 2.38
Joseph Albani, Roller Operator
269.63
Edward M. Melonson, Truck Driver
27.31
J. H. Landry, Removing Trees 36.75
Louis DeCecca, Grading Stone
4.75
Phillip Riley, Pit Man 63.54
Ralph Flannigan, Fireman and Supervising NYA
220.29
F. A. Muse, Removing Trees
10.50
Leo Gerrish, Truck Driver
5.25
Julian Loubris, Office Work
147.48
John A. Walsh, Fireman
1.00
Frank DeFelice, Shovel Operator
1.63
Charles Pond, Fireman
1.00
F. M. Hartshorne, Engineering on Outlook Road Sewerage 23.20
H. J. Morgan, Bricklaying (Supervisor) at In- firmary 36.00
Joseph Fredette, Fireman
4.45
Frank Greel, Shovel Operator, Hoist Operator
80.38
Total
$6,429.89
PAID FOR TRUCKING AND EQUIPMENT RENTALS FOR 1939
Charles Doyle, Sr.
11/2 Ton Truck
$ 12.00
2 Ton Trucks 83.00
5 Ton Trucks
35.00
2 Ton Trucks with Driver
297.00
5 Ton Trucks with Driver
1,796.75
Concrete Mixer
90.00
Charles Doyle, Jr.
5 Ton Truck
70.30
5 Ton Truck with Driver
978.00
Aaron T. Butler
Steam Shovel
386.39
Pump
60.00
Derrick
295.50
Percy McWhinnie
5 Ton Truck
39.90
5 Ton Truck with Driver
551.87
Joseph Cardillo
5 Ton Truck
70.30
Tony Ross
11/2 Ton Truck
18.75
11/2 Ton Truck with Driver
13.75
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Lorenzo Pizzano
11/2 Ton Truck
49.50
11/2 Ton Truck with Driver
457.08
Louis Capone
11/2 Ton Truck
7.50
11/2 Ton Truck with Driver
637.16
Guiseppe Gentilucci
112 Ton Truck
28.50
11/2 Ton Truck with Driver
223.14
George Dunn
11/2 Ton Truck with Driver
11.88
Sam Benedetto
11/2 Ton Truck with Driver John Burbine
126.26
11/2 Ton Truck
18.13
112 Ton Truck with Driver
588.08
Frank Greel
Shovel Rental and Operator Sante Benedetto
109.88
11/2 Ton Truck
22.50
2 Ton Truck with Driver
148.00
George Benedetto
2 Ton Truck with Driver Joseph L. Burbine
198.00
11/2 Ton Truck with Driver
144.63
Stanley Robbins
11/2 Ton Truck with Driver
35.00
$7,603.75
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
Wakefield, Mass., Jan. 15, 1940. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen:
I respectfully submit the following report for the year 1940:
Adjusted Sealed Condemned
Platform over 5,000 lbs. 1 6
Platform 100 to 5,000 lbs.
3 29
Counter 100 lbs. or over
3 7
Counter under 100 lbs.
21
Beam 100 lbs. or over
1
1
Spring 100 lbs. or over
1 7
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Spring under 100 lbs.
6
61
4
Computing under 100 lbs.
14
57
Computing 100 lbs. or over
5
Personal weighing (slot)
10
Prescription
7
Avoirdupois
357
Apothecary
67
Metric
57
Liquid
24
Meters 1 in. inlet
14
98
16
Meters over 1 in. inlet
20
26
Gasoline Pumps
16
Grease Meas. Pumps
7
Quan. Meas. on Pumps
1
18
Yard Sticks
12
Fees collected
$176.35
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES J. DEVLIN,
Sealer.
Report of the Board of Assessors
January 5, 1940
To the Citizens of Wakefield:
We herewith submit the Annual Report of the Assess- ors' Department for the year ending December 31, 1939. State Tax $ 60,300.00
Charles River Basin (Loan Fund) 2,389.39
Metropolitan Parks Loan S. Fund 10,013.01
Metropolitan Planning Division 146.11
Metropolitan Parks Loan Fund Ser. 2 978.86
Metropolitan Parks Loan Fund (Nantasket Maintenance) 634.92
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan S. Fund N. System 16,885.12
Wellington Bridge Maintenance 19.36
Abatement of Smoke Nuisance 231.26
Auditing Municipal Accounts 88.55
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$ 91,686.58
Under-estimated Charges for 1938: State Tax $ 30,150.00
West Roxbury and Brookline Parkway
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Hospital or Home Care to Civil War Veterans 45.00
30,195.15
$ 121,881.73
County Tax for 1939 $ 28,792.88
Under-estimated County Tax for
1938 to enter 1939 Levy 47.81
Total County Tax 28,840.69
Total State, Metropolitan and
County Charges 150,722.42
Total Charges to enter into Levy for State, Metropoli-
tan, County and Town: Charges for Town Purposes
1,003,447.95
Estimated State and Metropoli- tan Charges
91,686.58
Under-estimated State and Met- ropolitan Charges for 1938
30,195.15
County Charges
28,792.88
Under-estimated County Charges in 1938
47.81
Transferred from Overlay Sur-
plus to Reserve
10,000.00
Overlay for 1939
23,406.83
Total Gross Levy
$ 1,187,577.20
Estimated Receipts:
Total Town Receipts
$230,394.98
Total Credits from State
99,242.59
Free Cash
45,000.00
Transfer from Light Depart-
men to Treasury 15,805.97
Transfer from Overlay Surplus to Reserve 10,000.00
$400,443.54
5,457 Polls at $2.00 each
10,914.00
$411,357.54
$
411,357.54
Net Levy
$ 776,219.66
Rate of Taxation, $37.60 per $1,000.00
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BOARD OF ASSESSORS
TOWN VALUATIONS
Buildings Land Personal
$15,863,340.00 3,893,430.00 887,370.00
Total Valuations
$20,644,140.00
Loss in Valuations, 1939
112,745.00
Bonded Debt of Town January 1, 1939
481,000.00
Payments made in 1939
138,000.00
Balance of Bonded Debt $ 343,000.00
New Bonds Issued (Water)
55,000.00
Bonded Debt of Town January 1, 1940 $ 398,000.00
Assets of Town including Land and Build- ings, Municipal Light Plant, Water Works, Sewer and Tangible Prop- erty $ 4,850,189.00
Less Bonded Debt
398,000.00
Assets above Liabilities $ 4,452,189.00
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Land and Buildings
United States of America, Land and $ 140,500.00
Buildings
88,450.00
Literary Institutions
183,300.00
Benevolent Institutions
23,350.00
Organizations of Veterans
6,700.00
Houses of Religious Worship
547,900.00
Cemeteries, Land and Buildings
69,200.00
Tangible Personal Property 15,500.00 Parsonages 19,225.00
Total
$ 1,094,125.00
Number of Polls assessed (a gain of 24
since date of Tax Levy) 5,481
Number of Motor Vehicles assessed 4,410
Valuation of Motor Vehicles
$983,890.00
Excise Tax Committed in 1939
$29,529.60
Number of Dwelling Houses assessed
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