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4.00
School
15.00
Total
$974.81
$974.81
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
The following is submitted for comparison:
Year
Cases
Expenditure Appropriation
Balance
1935
34
$1,522.35
$2,500.00
$977.65
1936
31
2,094.76
2,100.00
5.24
1937
35
1,864.00
2,000.00
136.00
1938
42
1,103.00
1,500.00
397.00
1939
56
687.29
1,500.00
813.00
1940
56
974.81
1,200.00
225.19
Observe that the cases have almost doubled, while the expenditures and appropriations have been reduced by one half. This was brought about through the cooperation of the various departments, with the Compensation Agent.
All department trucks are equipped with first aid kits.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH W. MacINNIS,
Compensation Agent
Report of Town Counsel
February 10, 1941
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
My report from March 5, 1940, on which date I was appointed Town Counsel, to January 1, 1941 is as follows: The following cases were disposed of:
Casper vs Town of Wakefield, involving factory dump, so-called, was tried before a Master and report by him favorable to the Town.
Benedetto vs Town of Wakefield and Farpelha tried in Superior Court and decree entered in favor of Town.
White vs Town of Wakefield and Reardon vs Town of Wakefield, actions of tort for injuries caused by de- fective highways, both settled.
Boston vs Town of Wakefield (two cases) involving welfare matters, both settled.
Fairfield vs Town of Wakefield, involving drainage rights at Warren School, tried before Master and report favorable to the Town filed in Superior Court.
Levine vs Town of Wakefield, action of tort for injury caused by defective highway, settled.
Barrows vs Town of Wakefield, involving alleged damage by Water Department, tried in Malden, verdict for Town.
Strachen vs Town involving land damage, settled.
Macleod vs Town of Wakefield, involving case of lateral support at town pit, tried at Malden, verdict for the plaintiff for $75.00.
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ANIMAL INSPECTOR
There are still pending, four actions of tort against the Town of Wakefield, one case involving proceeding to abate a nuisance brought by the Town in the Superior Court, and one appeal case pending, involving zoning.
There are several notices on file alleging personal in- juries for defective highways and tax appeal matters. There have been several matters in the Land Court and hearings before other boards that have required my attention.
I have also rendered several written opinions to dif- ferent Town Departments and numerous oral opinions. The work necessary for the Department of Old Age Assistance and W. P. A. is constantly increasing, and several matters are now pending involving easements and rights of way.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN I. PRESTON, Town Counsel
Report of Animal Inspector
Wakefield, Mass., January 28, 1941 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
At this time I wish to submit my report as Animal Inspector for the year ending December 31, 1940.
I have inspected 15 cow barns and 178 head of cattle. There have been 49 dogs placed in quarantine.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE A. BENNETT, Animal Inspector
Report of Dog Officer
Wakefield, Mass., January 28, 1941 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen:
At this time I wish to submit my report as Dog Officer for the year ending December 31, 1940.
I have answered 358 calls. The town has been can- vassed twice for unlicensed dogs.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
There have been 20 dogs returned to rightful owners, and 33 dogs were gassed. Eighty-one dogs were sent to the Animal Rescue League.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. BENNETT, Dog Officer
Report of Sweetser Lecture Committee SEASON OF 1940
Receipts
Income from invested funds
$257.88
Received from sale of tickets
Season tickets sold by pupils
246 184.50
Door sales
147.50
Season tickets sold by stores
31
23.25
Bonney & Dutton's
15
Greenwood Pharmacy
1
Smith's Drug Store 3
Nat Eaton's Drug Store 4
Nagle's Drug Store
2
Item Office
5
Cataldo Pharmacy Total
1
$613.13
Expenses
Oct. 23, 1940-Sidney R. Montague
$100.00
Otc. 30, 1940-The Kaltenborns 100.00
Nov. 6, 1940-William G. Sutcliffe
50.00
Nov. 13, 1940-A. A. Moulton
50.00
Nov. 20, 1940-Harvard Glee Club
100.00
$400.00
Daily Item Advertising and Printing
$ 87.00
Ticket Boys
15.00
Police and Firemen at lectures
24.00
Tel., postage, misc.
1.81
127.81
$527.81
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SWEETSER CHARITY FUND
Balance to Sweetser Charities 85.32
Total
$613.13 GEORGE E. POTTER
THOMAS F. KENNEY CHARLES J. PETERSON CYRUS M. DOLBEARE CHARLOTTE R. FITZ HARRY I. REED E. V. YEUELL
Report of Sweetser Charity Fund
January 1, 1940 - January 1, 1941
Receipts Balance brought forward January 1, 1940 $ 405.65 Dividends:
Wakefield Savings Bank, February 1, 1940 2.38
Wakefield Savings Bank, August 1, 1940 . . 3.03
Received from Sweetser Lecture Committee
December, 1940 85.32
Total receipts $ 497.38
Expenditures
For Charity January 1, 1940-January 1, 1941 .. $ 197.96
Leaving balance on hand January 1, 1941 299.42
In Wakefield Savings Bank $ 245.39
In Wakefield Trust Company 54.03
$ 299.42
Respectfully submitted, CHARLOTTE R. FITZ Treasurer Sweetser Charity Fund.
Report of Contributory Retire- ment Board
January 24, 1941
. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen:
The Contributory Retirement Board submits the fol- lowing report for the year ending December 31, 1940.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
The total membership for the year ending December 31, 1939, including Pensioners, was one hundred and seventy-nine. During the year 1940, fourteen new mem- bers were admitted to the system; twelve withdrew; one died; and one Light Department employee was retired. The total membership, including Pensioners, as of Decem- ber 31, 1940 is one hundred and eighty.
Mr. James M. Henderson, a member of the Board, whose term expired on July 1, 1940, was reappointed for another three-year term.
During the year there has been paid out in Pensions and Annuities the sum of $18,086.33. At the present time there are twenty-five Pensioners, and the total amount of monthly payment to such Pensioners is $1538.37.
Presented below is a cash statement for the year ending December 31, 1940.
Cash on hand December 31, 1939 . $46,794.19
Receipts
1940 Receipts
Contributions of Members
$12,954.35
Town Appropriation
Pension Accumulation Fund
18,593.00
Expense Fund
800.00
Investment Income
1,587.65
33,935.00
$80,729.19
Expenditures
1940 Expenditures
Pensions and Annuities Paid
$18,086.33
Refunds of Members' Deductions 890.89
Operating Expense
Salary of Clerk
757.00
Printing and Stationery
17.16
Postage
5.45
Office Supplies 11.59
Expense in connection with the Mass.
Asso. of Retirement Boards, and the
Division of Insurance
14.00
$19,782.42
Balance as of December 31, 1940
$60,946.77
Assets
Stocks
$ 6,187.50
Wakefield Trust Co., Checking Account
97.75
Bank Deposits on Interest
Wakefield Savings Bank
36,251.08
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W. P. A. AGENT
Wakefield Trust Company
6,209.81
Melrose Savings Bank
12,200.63
$60,946.77
Liabilities
Annuity Savings Fund
$37,903.85
Annuity Reserve Fund
590.46
Pension Accumulation Fund
22,029.13
Expense Fund
.54
Undistributed Income
422.79
$60,946.77
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM P. HURTON, Chairman
CHARLES C. COX, Secretary JAMES M. HENDERSON 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, 1940. The program followed during this period, was made up of practically all Construction Projects; and due to the limitation of the 1940 Act of Congress, which reads that the Federal Expenditures on any W. P. A. Project shall not be more than 75 per cent of the total cost, and that the Sponsor's Contribution shall not be less than 25 per cent. This, and the fact that skilled labor was not available on W. P. A. roll, has a tendency to increase the Sponsor's Contribution. The work during the year consisted of the following:
Geodetic Survey:
This Project was operated under the Planning Board. and when completed, will give to the Town an accurate Engineering Survey with accompanying plans of all Public Streets.
Police Records:
This Project was operated with a small personnel and was used to install a more modern filing system and bring the records to date in the Police Department.
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Recreation :
This Project provided supervised recreation in our Parks during the summer, and in a Recreation Center at the Lafayette Building, during the winter. This Project is operated under the Recreation Commission. Sewing Project:
This Project was operated during the year to employ women. It produced the following: 3,440 women's dresses, 308 women's slips, 82 women's jackets, 510 girls' bloomers, 516 men's shorts. This Project is a State-Wide Blanket Project, co-sponsored by the Welfare Department.
Street Numbering:
This Project operated during the year employing white collar men, producing plans which show the streets throughout the entire Town, also all buildings that are butting them. These plans are used by the Highway Department, in renumbering streets as ordered by the Selectmen. This Project was sponsored by the Highway Department.
Toy and Furniture Repair:
This Project was operated during the year, the products of which were distributed to the needy throughout the Town of Wakefield. It produced the following: 27 wood beds, 45 metal beds, 50 bed springs, 38 couches, 73 rattan rockers, 72 wood rockers, 39 dining tables, 25 kitchen tables, 49 parlor tables, 178 kitchen chairs, 205 dining chairs, 119 bedroom chairs, 42 refrigerators, 78 bureaus, 28 cribs, 54 buffets, 28 baby carriages, 60 divans, and 100 overstuffed chairs. Also, various toys including sleds, tricycles, doll beds, doll carriages, dolls, rocking horses, mechanical toys and various other pieces. Total pieces of toys-1225. Total pieces of furniture-1,310, making a total production of 2,535 pieces.
PLAYGROUNDS:
Hart's Hill:
Work consists of drainage work, which will take care of the overflow in the pond in the rear of the reservation, which previously flowed into Main Street in the winter, causing a large amount of ice at the entrance.
Nasella Playground:
Work consists of laying a main line drain across the entire field, a distance of 400 ft .; also the building of one manhole. This work is not completed.
Moth Project:
Operated the first part of 1940 in the outlying areas. combing the woods for moth nests, and spraying in the spring.
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W. P. A. AGENT
N. Y. A. Boys :
These boys are used to repair equipment.
N. Y. A. Girls' Sewing Project:
This Project produced the following: 181 sheets, 188 pillow cases, 191 dresses, 138 slips, 14 sun suits, 18 sun hats, 150 panties, 73 pajamas, 4 nightgowns, 66 boys' shirts, 26-2 piece boys' pajamas, 78 boys' shorts, 40 men's shirts, which material was all delivered to the needy of the Town of Wakefield.
N. Y. A. Girls' Clerical Project:
This Project employed girls trained in office work. These girls assisted in the W. P. A. Office, Welfare Office, and the Town Clerk's Office.
Crystal Lake Sewerage:
This work consists of a large amount of ledge excava- tion. This Project was operated with a fairly small crew and as yet has not been completed.
Street Drainage:
Operated in the early spring of 1940 in the Nahant and Melvin St. area. These brooks take care of street drainage and are being closed in to save on maintenance cost.
SCHOOL REPAIRS:
Greenwood School:
Work consisted of wire lath and plastering, concrete floors and some painting.
Lincoln School:
Work consisted largely of wire lath and plastering and building partitions in the basement.
Woodville School:
Consisted of wire lath, and plastering dangerous old plaster, new cement floors, and a large amount of paint- ing and varnishing. This Project was sponsored by the School Department.
Housekeeping Aid:
This Project employs women who assist in the homes of needy families, where the head of the house is con- valescing. There were 109 families assisted. This Project is sponsored by the Welfare Department.
Town Infirmary:
This Project operated the first part of 1940 to con- clusion. Work consisted of wire lath and plastering, new cement floors and installing heating system in the new ell, also removing some partition on the first floor, largely in the men's dormitory.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Road Work:
Consists of laying 620 ft. of 10" and 12" pipe, building 12 catch basins and manholes, 50 c. y. of ledge removed, 45 c. y. loam dug and hauled, 2509 lin. ft. of 5' sidewalk built, 299 lin. ft. of granite curb set, 2430 ft. precast con- crete curb set, 27 c. y. retaining wall built, 1425 ft. of 24' gravel and pea stone roadway built, 2570 lin. ft. of gravel sidewalks built, 4500 lin. ft. of grass plots com- pleted, Flint street stoned, tarred and sanded. Catalpa Street stoned, tarred and sanded; Grafton Street, stoned, tarred and sanded; Morgan Avenue started ledge excava- tion. Pine Hill Circle started excavation and set some curb. Howard Street was stoned, tarred and sanded.
Sidewalks:
4650 lin. ft. of 5' walk, 2326 ft. of precast concrete curb, 1150 ft. of granite curb set, 12 catch basins and manholes built, 3260 lin. ft. of grass plots loamed, seeded and rolled.
During the year the Verge Building was bought and the new owner required the W. P. A. to vacate. The stock room, surplus commodities, and garage were moved to 84 and 86 Albion Street. The Sewing Project, Furniture Repairs, N. Y. A. Sewing and Housekeeping Aid moved to the Hamilton School. The Street Numbering and Geodetic Survey were moved to the top floor of the Town Hall. This, of course, is not the best set-up as the Pro- jects are distributed all over Town, also there is not storage space enough on Albion Street but, inasmuch as it was impossible to find a group of buildings large enough and as suitable as the Verge Building, this was the only procedure which could be taken. Due to the uncertainty of the future of W. P. A. and its Agencies, we feel it obligable to proceed with the equipment which we now have, but if there were a large amount of road work contemplated we would recommend that the monarch tractor be replaced with a more modern unit, as it is practically impossible to obtain parts for it.
The accompanying charts give the breakdown of the expenditures of individual projects, also the money spent for outside labor and equipment.
As is shown in the breakdown, the cost to the town of Sponsor's contribution was $39,084.72 against $123,092.66 Federal Government funds. There was an average of 159 men working with an average cost to the Town of $245.82 per man year and an average cost to the Government of $774.17 per man per year. There were 217 men em- ployed Jan. 1, 1940 closing the year Dec. 31, 1940 with 200 men.
OUTSIDE LABOR AND EQUIPMENT - W. P. A. 1940
Name J. L. Burbine, Equipment
Infirmary $ 6.25
Nasella Playground $ 64.39
Side- walks $ 31.75
Grafton Street $ 40.00
Catalpa Street $ 23.75
HIIl C
Woodville School
Toy Repairs
Geodetic Survey
NYA
Moving
Sewerage
Lincoln School $20.00
Moth Project
Howard Street
Stock Room
Sewing Project
Adminis- tration
Morgan Avenue 3.75
Hamilton School
Totals
$106.00
James Stafford
Chas. Doyle, Sr., Equipment
4.50
92.25
34.50
12.50
15.00
$ 53.37
$ 9.00
21.00
Chas. Doyle, Jr., Equipment
9.00
10.00
90.00
192,50
Raymond Gallugi
1.19
65,31
19.30
115.79
5.37
$ 8.88
8.31
$1.67
$107.18
Edward McMann
8.00
$ 18.40
F. M. Hartshorne
3.20
2.07
1.38
John Canavan
3.45
Joseph E. Robbins Ralph DeCecca
1.38
1.38
17.50
68.76
Stanley Robbins, Equipment
59.38
8.75
12.00
3.25
54.00
17.50
Lorenzo Pizzano, Equipment
5.63
Sante Benedetto, Equipment
60.88
4.50
17.87
$14.38
Clyde Simonds
156.89
21.75
195.31
129.74
23.00
.72
4.31 405.00
A. A. Butler, Equipment
77.25
482.25
Harold Butler
62.65
Charles Cardillo
25.38
11.00
George Dunn, Equipment
35.63
Joseph Doherty
5.00
5.00
John Doherty
10.32
69.44
256.50
Carl Chelman
2.87
96.31
Thomas Powers
109.56
Robert Grady
23.75
40.38
Sidney Brannen
19,00
$ 47.50
$ 16.62
$ 9.00
$ 4.75
William Buchan
33.06
23.77
14.25
246.97
Albert Funk
2.38
2.38
Robert Curran
64.43
5.34
69.77
Joseph Albani
13.50
6.75
18.00
G. H. Adams
18.00
J. J. Murphy
2.40
2.40
Albert McWhinnie
36.52
4.75
41.27
Samuel Mirabito
4.16
1.16
Olaf Johnson
9,50
4.75
14.25
John Melonson
4.15
10.69
William Jack
4.16
4.75
1.18
Matthew Curran
3.78
3.78
Julian Loubris
123.15
123.15
Charles Smith
2,00
3.27
9.50
14.77
Charles Terravecchia
4.75
4.75
Edward Barry
14.25
8.31
22.56
Harry Staples
4.75
4.75
2.37
Frank Dingle
12.76
35.93
65.91
Walter Melonson
31.18
9.20
50.18
Francis Glynn
26.13
Walter Joyce
24.34
Benjamin Tropeano
300.45
300.45
Fenwick Wheeler
17.21
17.21
Walter Muse
15.78
4.75
William Haley
4.75
Bernard McFadden
1.77
1.77
J. H. Landry
21.00
21.00
Fred A. Muse
21.00
21.00
Louis Surrette
21.00
Ruth Wells
23.10 9.50
William Doherty, Equipment
55.00
44.00
99.00
John Kardaseski
1.86
Winthrop Spencer
5.52
Nunzio Campanello
2.42
2.42
Anthony Christopher
5.52
5.52
James Foley
1.86
Thomas Curley
2.42
Louis DeCecca
.69
.69
4.55
3.71
29.60
1.38
1.38
Louis Capone, Equipment
51.26
154.88
5.63 83.25 546.10
62.65 36.38
35.63
10.32
9.63
126.50
5.54
24.75
75.47
3.59
5.75
2.88
5.75
16.63
92.93
16.63
9.20
119.05
225.12
8.31
17.52
31.41
1.78
116.87
7.50
45.75 18.00
4.16
19.00 10.09
11.87
.59
9.50
7.13
9.80
26.13 24.34
21.00
$ 23.10
Joseph Kittery
9.50
J. J. Barrett
4.75
4.75
1.86
5.52
1.86 2.42
Pine Greenwood School
Drainage $ 18.13
$
208.02
36.63
106.00 278.75 301.50 333.00 8.26
20.53
4.75
Commodities
7.94
John Martino George DeVeau Salvatore Terravecchia William Gerrish
15.75
8.91
10.50
59
85.25
Frank T. Eskrigge
40.00
6.21
6.21
6.21
6.21
4.14
4.14
17.00
Aaron T. Butler
1,820.00
Vera A. North
1,300.00
Charles H. Buxton
1,040.00
$175.00
1,215.00
Total
$11.94
$771.48
$324.61
$493.68
$656.28
$183.04
$115.92
$30.66
$111.21
$201.61
$2.39
$107.18
$417.03
$969.18
$39.00
$129.85
$150.81
$35.07
$1,191.15
$13.06
$3,143.10
$171.01
$175.00
$9,464.26
Trucking Costs for 1940:
Truck Rental
$ 1,172.80
Highway Mac Cost
291.65
Repairs to WPA Trucks
1,312.80
Supplies for WPA Trucks
523.03
Total Trucking Cost
$ 3,300.28
Total Town Funds
Town Funds 1940
Breakdown
Name of Project Roads
Catalpa Street
'$ 2,357.45
$ 2,357.45
$ 804.07
$ 1,063.04
$ 490.34
Coolidge Park
5,212.45
.88
88
Flint Street
1,161.86
50.69
8.03
36.95
5.71
Grafton Street
3,661.08
3,651.60
1,038.15
1,809.95
803.50
Howard Street
2,764.06
157.96
135.09
22,87
Morgan Avenue
478.61
478.61
254.22
109.93
114.46
Pine Hill Circle
1,264.86
1,264.86
725.53
258.50
Sidewalks
12,788.85
7,251.14
1,806.28
3,793.31
1,651.55
Commodities
2,794.22
1,690.08
210.67
372.50
1,106.91
Crystal Lake Park Sewerage
4,784.47
4,784.47
3,035.85
61.06
1,687.56
Street Drainage
3,166.28
3,166.28
244.77
2,239.34
682.17
Schools
Franklin School
.54
.54
.54
Greenwood School
1,674.09
1,674.09
225.56
1,033.77
414.76
High School
.55
.55
.55
Lincoln School
424.40
424.40
56.31
255.75
112.34
Woodville School
1,093.22
1,093.22
92.24
781.79
219.19
Housekeeping Aid
236.45
218.45
218.45
Town Infirmary
3,562.48
1,233.25
77.20
943.09
212.96
Library Project
30.70
30.70
25.00
5.70
Playgrounds
Hart's Hill
2,215.57
498.25
14.00
400.60
83.65
Maple Way
53
.53
53
Nasella
2,892.16
1,521.48
960.67
238.86
321.95
Moth Project
1,135.84
614.83
131.24
45.25
438.34
N. Y. A.
Boys
629.58
312.23
106.71
26.94
178.58
Sewing
775.39
746.65
336.97
409.68
Geodetic Survey
1,108.67
1,108.67
268.93
329.97
Police Records
639.22
221.36
35.33
65.74
120.29
Recreation
706.15
157.88
23.95
95.76
38.17
Sewing Project
3,022.01
2,188.91
46.11
1,504.56
638.24
Snow Removal
26.49
26.49
16.91
3.87
5.71
Stock
12.11
24.67
Street Numbering
754.83
242.85
24.28
85.38
133.19
Toy Repairs
2,883.30
1,848.59
143.43
726.48
978.68
Mass. Music Project
30.00
30.00
30.00
Total
$39,084.72
$10,183.69
$17,185.99
$11,715.04
7.94 8.91 15.75 10.50 146.44 59
61.19
Frank Greel
Gaetano Moccero
40.00
Leo Dowling
Charles Hogg
Louis Bonainto
Richard Muse
17.00
1,820.00 1,300.00
Total cost of operation of WPA trucks was $1,835.83 and allowance of credit from the Government was for 9,080 hours at an approximate value of $8,803.00.
Equipment
Material
Other
36.78
509.77
280.83
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 133
I wish at this time to thank all Officials, both Town and Federal, for their willingness to cooperate throughout the past year.
Respectfully submitted, AARON T. BUTLER, Town W. P. A. Agent
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
Wakefield, Massachusetts January 10, 1941
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: I hereby submit the following report.
Adj. Sealed Con.
Platform scale over 5000
8
Platform scale 100-5000
4 23
Counter 100 lbs. or over
10
Beam scale
1
Spring scale 100 lbs. or over
2
Spring scale under 100 1bs.
3
53
1
Computing scale over 100 lbs.
1
Computing scale under 100 lbs.
6 70
11
Personal scale
10
1
Prescription scale
8
Avoirdupois weights
245
Apothecary weights
91
Metric weights
79
Meters 1 in. inlet
6
111
18
Grease pumps
2
11
6
Quantity Measure on pumps
6
Yard Sticks
17
Fees Collected $182.42
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES J. DEVLIN,
Sealer
Report of the Board of Assessors
January 20, 1941
To the Citizens of Wakefield: We herewith submit the Annual Report of the Assessors' Department for the Year ending December 31, 1940.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
State Tax
$ 53,600.00
Charles River Basin (Loan Fund)
2,145.94
Metropolitan Planning Division
143.73
Metropolitan Parks Reservations
8,230.29
Metropolitan Parks Loan Fund (Nantasket Maintenance) 556.77
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan S. Fund (No. System) 17,868.38
Wellington Bridge Maintenance 18.78
Abatement of Smoke Nuisance
230.83
Auditing Municipal Accounts
2,505.81
Hospital and Home Care for Civil War Veterans
180.00
Boulevards
859.44
$ 86,339.97
Under-estimated Charges for 1939
West Roxbury and Brookline
Parkway .06
Hospital and Home Care for Civil War Veterans
81.00
Metropolitan Planning Division
22.22
$ 103.28
Estimated County Tax for 1940
28,792.88
Total State, Metropolitan and and County Charges $ 115,236.13
Total Charges to enter into Levy for State, Metropolitan and County and Town:
Charges for Town Purposes $997,721.78
Overlay for 1940
22,882.03
$1,020,603.81
Total Gross Levy
$1,135,839.94
Estimated Receipts:
Total Town Receipts $231,207.07
Total Credits from State
103,939.37
Free Cash 40,000.00
Transfer from Light Dept. to
Treasury
20,000.00
Transfer from Overlay to Reserve 16,000.00
$411,146.44
$ 86,443.25
135
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
5315 Polls at $2.00
10,630.00
421,776.44
$ 714,063.50
Net Levy Rate of Taxation, $34.40 per $1,000.00
TOWN VALUATIONS
Buildings
Land
Personal
$15,954,590.00 3,886,410.00 916,660.00
Total Valuations
$20,757,660.00
Gain in Valuations 1940
113,520.00
Bonded Debt of Town January 1, 1940
398,000.00
Payments made in 1940
93,500.00
Balance of Bonded Debt
$ 304,500.00
New Bonds Issued (Sewer)
55,000.00
New Bonds Issued (Water)
48,000.00
Bonded Debt of Town January 1, 1941 $ 407,500.00
Assets of Town including Land and Build- ings, Municipal Light Plant, Water Works, Sewer and Tangible Property
$ 4,791,029.00
Less Bonded Debt
407,500.00
Assets, above Liabilities
$ 4,383,529.00
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Land and
Buildings $ 140,500.00
United States of America
88,450.00
Literary Institutions
133,800.00
Benevolent Institutions
23,350.00
Organizations of Veterans
6,700.00
Houses of Religious Worship
541,850.00
Cemeteries, Land and Buildings
69,200.00
Tangible Personal Property
16,650.00
Parsonages
24,300.00
Total
$ 1,044,800.00
Number of Polls assessed (a gain of 140 since date of Tax Levy) 5,455
Number of Motor Vehicles assessed 4,909
Valuations of Motor Vehicles
$1,211,070.00
Excise Tax Committed in 1940
$34,512.81
Number of Dwelling Houses assessed
3,590
136
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Number of Persons, Partnerships and Corporations assessed
4,794
Value of assessed Stock in Trade
$160,800.00
Value of Real Estate assessed
$19,841,000.00
Value of Machinery assessed
$182,400.00
Value of Live Stock assessed
$21,740.00
Value of all other Ratables assessed
$551,720.00
Number of Horses assessed
23
Number of Cows assessed
140
Number of Mink assessed
15
Number of Goats assessed
46
Number of Swine assessed
77
Number of Fowl assessed
9,890
Number of Acres of Land in Town
4,000
Number of Acres in Lake Quannapowitt
247.94
Number of Acres in Crystal Lake
82.86
Number of Acres in Town Common
2.5
Number of Acres in Park at Lakeside
6.75
Number of Acres in Hart's Hill Park
23.06
Number of Acres in Cemetery on Church Street
4.14
Number of Acres in Cemetery on Lowell Street
35.00
Area of Town Rockery 4,300 Sq. Ft.
Respectfully submitted by Wakefield Assessors,
GEORGE E. BLAIR, Chairman ARTHUR C. VERGE, Secretary LEO F. DOUGLASS
Report of The Town Planning Board
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Town of Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen:
The Town Planning Board submits its report for the year ending December 31, 1940.
The Board has continued to hold its regular monthly meetings and through the year has met with other town boards, with Planning Boards of adjacent towns and with civic groups. Its members have represented the Board at hearings called by State Authorities and have devoted many hours to sub-committee assignments on matters before the Board.
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