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Estimate of Property Endangered
$171,700.00
Loss on Same
13,259.49
Insurance Paid on Same
12,471.49
Insurance on Same
183,085.00
Transit Value
2,600.00
Transit Loss
265.00
CONCLUSION
In closing this report. I wish to extend to the Honorable Board of Se- lectmen my sincere thanks for the interest and co-operation manifested by them in all matters pertaining to this department.
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REPORT OF WIRE INSPECTOR
To Herbert D. Anderson for his hearty co-operation and interest dur- ing the past year on matters pertaining to this department as Committee on Fire Department.
To all other Town Departments who have rendered valuable assistance during the past year, you have my sincere thanks.
To the officers and members of the Fire Department, and to the mem- bers of the Auxiliary Fire Force for the prompt and faithful discharge of their duties during the past year, I extend my sincere thanks.
During the year, Lieutenants Harry A. Russell and Alfred C. McGrath and Private James W. O'Donnell were retired after long and faithful service.
This year the 70-Hour-Bill was accepted by the Town at the Annual Town Meeting. This meant the reduction in hours of firemen from 84 hours per week to 70 hours per week. This meant the increasing of the permanent force to 20 men or the addition of four new men. The follow- ing were appointed to fill the existing vacancies by retirements and the ad- ditional men, Ralph E. McCann, John F. Sullivan, Charles W. Richards, Clarence L. Melanson, Donald C. Jacobs, Charles C. Curran and Melvin A. King.
Respectfully submitted, CLIFFORD E. JACOBS, Chief of Fire Department.
Report of Wire Inspector
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit the following report of Wire Inspector for the year ending
December 31, 1946.
Permits granted
623
Inspections made
482
Wiring jobs condemned
7
Defects in wiring located and corrected
34
Wiring without filing applications
47
Notices sent to owners of unsafe wiring
16
Wiring jobs suspended, violation of national code
8
Permits refused
5
Wiring in public buildings inspected
21
Wiring without license, work suspended
7
January 2, 1947
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
In closing this report I wish to extend my sincere thanks to Mr. James M. Whitehead, Manager of Municipal Light Department and Chief Clifford Jacobs, for the interest they have shown and the valuable aid they have given to this department.
To the working force of the Municipal Light Department and all mas- ter and licensed electricians and helpers who have rendered valuable as- sistance by their hearty co-operation during the past year to this depart- ment, you have my sincere thanks.
Respectfully submitted, J. W. MacINNIS,
Wire Inspector.
Report of the Forest Warden
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To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
January 1, 1947 Gentlemen:
During the year there was a total of 167 woods and grass fires. Respectfully submitted, .
CLIFFORD E. JACOBS,
Forest Warden.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
Report of Superintendent of Streets
January 16, 1947
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I respectfully submit the annual report of the work done and the ex- pense incurred in the Highway Department for the year ending December 31, 1946.
Appropriation - March
$ 54,867.66
Expenditures
54,845.92
Balance
$ 21.74
EXPENDITURES
Overhead
Salary of Superintendent
$ 3,500.00
Salary of Clerk
1,758.40
Office
218.45
Pensions
1,604.12
$ 7,080.97
General Maintenance
Patrol
$ 1,310.40
Patching
5,997.00
Street Cleaning
4,759.15
Cleaning Catchbasins
1,603.38
Repairs to Sidewalks
1,549.53
Repairs to Equipment
3,238.89
Resurfacing and Repairs
129.68
Street Signs
649.59
Miscellaneous
1,075.33
Supplies
3,136.18
Buildings
1,015.31
Traffic Lines
547.59
Tar and Sand
575.45
Repairs to Guardrail
9.74
Drainage: New and Maintenance Saturday Afternoons Holidays
$ 25,597.22
4,716.99
2,971.89
1,147.96
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Vacations Snow and Ice Sidewalks-Cement
589.00 11,477.79
1,054.30
Curb
59.80
Tar
150.00
$ 1,264.10
GENERAL MAINTENANCE
Patrol-The cleaning of the gutters in the business section daily, with a truck and two men once a week cleaning the business section in Green- wood.
Resurfacing and Repairs-Little of this work was done this year in order to take care of drainage.
The cost:
Labor
$ 24.45
Material
105.23
$ 129.68
Tar and Sand:
Labor
$ 185.61
Material
285.84
Rental
104.00
$ 575.45
Street Cleaning-This item includes the cleaning of the streets and gutters of the Town in the spring and fall of the year.
The cost:
Labor
$ 4,759.15
Repairs to Equipment-The following is a list of equipment, showing the model, year and the money spent to keep same in repair. Much of the equipment is old and requires more repairs and parts.
Labor
Material
Total
Oldsmobile Coupe 1940
$ 41.99
$ 44.75
$ 86.74
Dodge Pick-up 1937
84.32
24.00
108.32
Mack Truck 1938
98.32
79.24
177.56
Dodge Truck 1941
52.73
68.20
120.93
Dodge Truck 1935
82.44
30.50
112.94
Dodge Canopy Truck 1938
21.36
26.90
48.26
Dodge Truck 1936
114.01
160.74
274.75
Air Pump
1.01
1.01
Shovel 1/2 YD Marion 1932
11.39
11.39
Shop
25.00
8.15
33.15
Snow Loader
11.55
28.80
40.35
14 Ton Gas Roller 1931
58.80
17.66
76.46
6 Ton Gas Roller 1929
22.84
22.84
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
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Stone Spreader
3.15
3.15
Grader
7.12
1.83
8.95
Stone Drag
21.50
44.50
66.00
Tools
48.62
48.62
Cletrac 1935
32.29
2.00
34.29
Cletrac 1936
33.30
606.22
639.52
Cletrac 1937
33.46
474.05
507.51
Cletrac 1941
87.95
10.64
98.59
Best Tractor
2.00
2.00
Sweeper
1.57
4.00
5.57
Cement Mixer
9.45
345.53
354.98
Crusher (1928 Motor Plant)
1.05
1.05
Compressor
30.45
72.45
102.90
Hydraulic Jack
3.15
3.15
Supplies
230.62
230.62
Miscellaneous
17.29
17.29
$ 956.11
$ 2,282.78
$ 3,238.89 $ 3,238.89
Supplies
Gasoline
$ 1,508.08
Kerosene
76.36
Oil
227.14
Miscellaneous
1,324.60
$ 3,136.18
Street Signs-This item includes the erection of new signs for street direction and traffic control, and the repair and painting of signs. This year we have been able to secure more metal signs. Much pressure has been put upon this item in the past year for additional traffic signs.
The cost:
Labor
Material
$ 343.08 306.51 $ 649.59
Traffic Lines-This item is for traffic lines in the business section, schools and churches, bus stops, stop lines, taxi stands and at traffic lights. All traffic lines are painted twice a year and the markings are made to conform with State Highway Specifications.
The cost:
Labor
Material
$ 368.48 179.11-
$ 547.59
Buildings:
Light, Water, Heat
Repairs and Upkeep
$ 700.09 315.22
$
1,015.31
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Repairs to Guardrail-This item is for repairing and repainting of Guardrails.
The cost:
Labor
$
9.74 $
9.74
Repairs to Sidewalks-This item is for repair to damaged sidewalks and curbs.
The cost:
Labor
Material
$ 1,052.10 497.43 $ 1,549.53
DRAINAGE
This item includes the laying of new drainage and the repairs to old drainage, and cleaning of brooks, culverts and basin tops.
The cost:
Labor Material
$ 2,932.17 1,784.82
$ 4,716.99
SNOW AND ICE
The following are the expenditures for this work: Snow Removal and Hauling
Labor
$ 1,220.34 1,135.77
$ 2,356.11
Street Plowing
Labor
$ 1,243.03 3,052.25
Rental
$ 4,295.28
Sidewalk Plowing
$ 156.28
$ 156.28
Sanding
Labor
$ 1,754.17
Material
899.40
Rental
12.00
$ 2,665.57
Repairs to Plows Labor Material
$ 469.17 622.61
$ 1,091.78
Snow Fence Labor
$ 344.08
$ 344.08
Rental
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Coasting Signs Labor
$
9.01
$ 9.01
Drainage Labor
$ $401.76
$ 401.76
Miscellaneous Material
$ 157.92
$ 157.92
Total
$ 11,477.79
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
Appropriation by Town Allotment from State
500.00
Allotment from County
500.00
Total
$ 1,500.00
Expended :
Labor
$ 177.90
Balance
$ 1,322.10
CHAPTER 90 NORTH AVENUE
Appropriation by Town Appropriation by County
3,750.00
Appropriation by State
7,500.00
$ 15,000.00
Expended: Labor Material Rental
$ 7,834.51 5,010.29 2,155.20
$ 15,000.00
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
Morgan Avenue-This was a continuation of the work started last year. Balance 1945 $ 1,397.13 Expended : Labor $ 642.05 747.36 Material
1,389.41
Balance
$ 7.72
$ 3,750.00
$ 500.00
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TOWN OF . WAKEFIELD
White Circle Balance 1945 Expended : Material
$ 312.95
$ 21.47
21.47
Balance
$ 291.48
Water Street Sidewalks
$ 465.10
Balance 1945 Expended: Labor
$ 446.28
Material
8.33
454.61
Balance
$ 10.49
Cutter Street Balance 1945 Expended :
$ 1,140.23
Labor
$ 676.51 355.79
1,032.30
Balance
$ 107.93
Willow Street Balance 1945 Expended: Labor
$ 1,623.02
Material
$ 700.07 285.38
985.45
Balance
$ 637.57
Wolcott Street Balance 1945 Expended : Labor
$ 2,106.69
Material
$ 813.17 870.93
1,684.10
Balance
$
422.59
Aborn Avenue is now under construction and will be completed as soon as conditions are favorable. Appropriation $ 8,600.00 Expended:
Labor Material
$ 783.05 5,563.23
6,346.26
Balance
$ 2,253.74
Material
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
Davidson Road-Due to lack of materials in other departments we have been unable to enter this road in 1946. Appropriation $ 4,250.00 Expended: 63.40 Material $ 63.40
Balance
$ 4,186.60
Outlook Road-The same condition exists on this street as on David- son Road. Appropriation $ 10,789.00 Expended:
Material
$ 241.00
241.00
Balance
$ 10,548.00
New Way-Water to Crescent Street. Appropriation Expended : Material
$ 500.00
$ 415.00
415.00
Balance
$ 85.00
Preston Street-We have been unable to secure pipe for this culvert, but hope same will be available shortly.
Appropriation $ 500.00
NEW EQUIPMENT
Appropriation Expended:
$ 30,000.00
Snow Loader
Sidewalk Roller
$ 5,542.72 2,666.00 7,750.60
Sweeper
Power Lifts for Snow Plows:
Lifts
$ 255.00
Installing
150.00
405.00
16,274.32
Balance
$ 13,725.68
This equipment was purchased by a special committee, and the above is equipment that we have received from this appropriation.
At this time I wish to express my appreciation for the support given me by the Board of Selectmen, and the heads of the several Town De- partments.
Respectfully submitted, ROBERT B. MacKENNA, Superintendent of Streets.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Supt. of Moth Department and Tree Department
January 7, 1947
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I respectfully submit the annual report of the Moth and Tree Depart- ment for the year ending December 31, 1946.
We found the Tent Caterpillars and Satin Moths about the same as last year. There are no Brown Tail Moths at all. Gypsy Moths have in- creased in the woodlands near the Saugus and Lynnfield lines. There was an increase in Elm Beetles this year, due to the weather and insufficient help to complete the spraying of our elm trees while the beetles were eat- ing. If we had one extra man during our spraying season, we would be able to complete this work at a more satisfactory time.
We have 4,590 shade trees on our streets, 3,588 maples; of these 700 are young trees and need care each year, 592 are elms and 410 are a variety of trees. We have 1,500 young trees in our nursery on Broadway and care must be given them each year. 100 trees were planted on various streets that were grown in the nursery. We removed 24 trees that were dead or in a dangerous condition and on advice from the State, we removed all the bark from the elm wood that was stored in the Highway Yard and burned it, as we found many nests of the European Beetle, which is a carrier of the Dutch Elm Disease. About 12 cords of wood were put in the Town Hall from the trees we removed.
We spent:
Tree Work
$ 3,159.00
Moth Work
2,686.60
Spraying
1,993.40
Cutting Brush
611.00
Insecticides
602.00
Truck and Sprayer
321.05
Other Expenses
323.47
Balance
$ 3.47
Income for the year beginning April 1, 1945, and ending March 31, 1946, was $1,047.21.
At this time I wish to express my appreciation for the support given me by the Honorable Board of Selectmen and several of the town depart- ments. John A. Landry, retired superintendent, has been most co-opera- tive, in a number of instances. To him I extend my sincere thanks.
Respectfully submitted, ERNEST J. McWHINNIE, Superintendent of the
Moth and Tree Department.
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REPORT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR
Report of Building Inspector
January 2, 1947
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit the following report of my activities for the year ending De- cember 31, 1946.
Permits granted
292
Building inspections
732
Sidewalk permits
32
Signs
28
Awning permits
6
Sign inspections
38
Awning inspections
14
Shingle permits
106
Rooming houses inspected
5
Elevator inspections
37
Public buildings inspected
26
Convalescent home inspections
5
Fire escapes inspected
21
Buildings torn down
14
Buildings condemned
4
Fire inspections
19
Permits refused
18
Chimneys condemned
19
Complaints investigated
26
Building without permits
17
Construction suspended, violation of building laws
3
Cases to Appeal Board
20
Elevators condemned
1
Notices sent to owners of unsafe condition of buildings
16
Notices posted on dangerous and unsafe buildings
4
Approximate valuation of permits issued
$775,440.00
Permit fees received
784.40
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH W. MacINNIS, Building Inspector.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Compensation Agent
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January 14, 1947
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
There were forty-nine (49) compensation cases in 1946, requiring an expenditure of $943.71 out of an appropriation of $1,000.00.
COMPENSATION ACCOUNT
Appropriation for 1946 Spent for 1946
$ 1,000.00
943.71
Balance
$ 56.29
Expenditures by Departments for 1946:
Highway
$ 139.35
School
230.25
Water and Sewer
467.51
Board of Health
58.50
Welfare
20.00
Lafayette building
14.00
Other expenses
2.10
Total
$ 943.71
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH W. MacINNIS, Compensation Agent.
125
REPORT OF ANIMAL INSPECTOR
Report of Animal Inspector
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January 14, 1947
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
My report as Animal Inspector for the year 1946, January 1 to Decem- ber 31, 1946, inclusive, is as follows:
Sixty (60) dogs have been placed in quarantine. None were rabid. Ninety-nine (99) animals were picked up on Town highways, having been killed or injured by automobiles, and were properly taken care of. Twenty-five (25) barns were inspected.
There are 55 head of cattle in the Town.
There are 61 goats, 1 sheep, 11 hogs, and 30 horses.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. BENNETT,
Animal Inspector.
Report of Dog Officer
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January 14, 1947
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
My report as Dog Officer for the year 1946, January 1 to December 31, inclusive, is as follows:
Have canvassed Town twice for unlicensed dogs.
Have answered 358 calls.
Have fed and given shelter to 114 dogs.
There have been 25 dogs whose owners were found and they were re- turned.
Eighty-nine dogs were disposed of.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. BENNETT,
Dog Officer.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Contributory Retirement Board
January 1, 1947
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Wakefield, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The Contributory Retirement Board submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1946.
The total membership for the year ending December 31, 1945, was 176 active members and 17 inactive members, also 38 members who are on the Pension List, making a total of 231 members. During the year of 1946, 34 new members were admitted to the system, and also during the year, 6 members resigned, having withdrawn their accumulated deductions by re- fund payments. There were 3 members who passed away and payments covering deductions and interest were paid to the beneficiaries and 9 mem- bers were retired who are now on the Pension List of which 3 retired from the Fire Department, 1 in the School Department, 1 in the Highway De- partment, 1 in the Moth Department, 1 in the Water and Sewer Depart- ment and 1 from the Municipal Light Plant, also 1 from the Welfare De- partment. Six of our members on the Pension List passed away during the year.
The total active members as of December 31, 1946 are 192 members and members on the Pension List number to 41 members making total of en- rollment of 233 members.
Presented below is a statement for the year ending December 31, 1946. Balance as of January 1st, 1946 $112,811.91
1946 RECEIPTS
Contributions of Members
$ 18,209.84
Member Transfer from Town of Arlington
250.44
Investment Income
3,510.56
Town Appropriations 1946
Pension Fund
36,366.00
Expense Fund
1,110.00
Interest Deficiency
470.79
Military Service Fund
997.70
$ 60,915.33
$173,727.24
1946 EXPENDITURES
Pensions and Annuities Paid
$ 32,660.42
Refunds to Members
3,185.07
Administrative Expense
1,026.74
$ 36,872.23
Balance
$136,855.01
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REPORT OF CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT BOARD
ASSETS
United States War Bonds, Series "G"
First National Bank of Boston, Bank Stock National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Bank Stock
3,900.00
2,287.50
16,585.81
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
55,081.70
$136,855.01
LIABILITIES
Pension Fund
$ 18,051.76
Annuity Savings Fund
98,692.74
Annuity Reserve Fund
16,698.06
Expense Fund
333.39
Investment Income Account
259.60
Military Service Fund
2,819.46
$136,855.01
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM P. HURTON, Chairman CHARLES C. COX, Secretary ROLAND B. OLIVER
Wakefield Trust Company balance checking account Wakefield Co-operative Bank, Paid-up Shares Merrimack Co-operative Bank, Paid-up Shares Brighton Co-operative Bank, Paid-up Shares Congress Co-operative Bank, Paid-up Shares Merrimack Co-operative Bank, Matured Shares Brighton Co-operative Bank, Matured Shares Congress Co-operative Bank, Matured Shares 20 Co-operative Banks 40 Serial Shares each
$ 45,000.00
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Sweetser Lecture Committee
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SEASON OF 1946
RECEIPTS
Income from Invested Funds
$ 201.00
Received from sale of tickets
457 at .35 159.95
Sales by Stores:
Smith's Drug Store
55
Nagle's Drug Store
55
Lane's Drug Store
7
Cataldo's Pharmacy
17
Greenwood Pharmacy
16
Crystal Pharmacy
3
Item Office
8
161 at .35
56.35
Sale of Electrotype
.75
Total
$ 418.05
EXPENSES
Oct. 30 Irwin Williamson Lecture
$ 100.00
Nov. 6 Philip Jones Lecture
50.00
Nov. 13 Capt. George Bailey Lecture 50.00
200.00
Wakefield Item, Advertising and Printing
$ 63.95
Ticket Boys
7.50
Loud Speaker Operators
6.00
Janitors at Lectures
36.00
Federal Tax on Admissions
41.04
154.49
Balance to Sweetser Charities
$ 63.56
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$ 418.05
$ 354.49
GEORGE E. POTTER HARRY I. REED EDWARD A. RICH EB V. YEUELL CHARLOTTE R. FITZ
CHARLES J. PETERSON THOMAS F. KENNEY
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REPORT OF SWEETSER CHARITY FUND
Report of Sweetser Charity Fund
JANUARY 1, 1946-JANUARY 1, 1947
RECEIPTS
Balance brought forward Jan. 1, 1946 Interest Wakefield Savings Bank :
$ 596.86 10.01
Total Receipts
$ 606.87
EXPENDITURES-None
Leaving Balance on Hand, January 1, 1947 In Wakefield Trust Company In Wakefield Savings Bank
$ 606.87
$ 98.22
508.65
Total
$ 606.87
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLOTTE R. FITZ, Treasurer Sweetser Charity Fund
130
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
January 6, 1947
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I respectfully submit the following report:
Adjusted Sealed Condemned
Platform scales over 10,000 lbs.
Platform scales, 100 to 5,000 lbs.
4
8
Counter scales over 100 lbs.
1
Counter scales under 100 lbs.
1
8
Spring scales over 100 lbs.
2
Spring scales under 100 lbs.
5
19
Computing scales over 100 lbs.
3
4
Computing scales under 100 lbs.
3
31
Personal weighing scales
2
Prescription scales
4
Avoirdupois weights
61
Apothecary weights
36
Metric weights
61
Gasoline meters
5
70
1
Oil truck meters
9
26
1
Gasoline pumps
7
63
2
Yard sticks
12
Fees collected, $103.80.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES J. DEVLIN,
Sealer.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Report of the Board of Assessors -
January 6, 1947
To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield:
We herewith submit the annual report of the Assessors' Department for the year ending December 31, 1946.
State Tax
$ 18,000.00
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
2,810.19
State Examination of Retirement System
106.93
Smoke Inspection Service
225.63
Charles River Basin
2,162.89
Reservations
5,884.02
Nantasket Beach Maintenance
642.51
Boulevards
147.57
Metropolitan Sewerage, North System
20,946.39
Under-estimated Charges for 1946
425.50
$ 51,351.63
Estimated County Tax for 1946
$ 35,446.22
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
8,434.24
Under-estimated County Tax for 1945
82.26
$ 43,962.72
Total State, Metropolitan and County Charges
$ 95,314.35
Charges for Town Purposes
$ 1,149,573.80
Overlay for 1946
17,000.00
$ 1,166,573.80
Gross Levy
$ 1,261,888.15
Estimated Receipts :
Total Town Receipts
$ 246,404.75
Total Credits from State
128,861.04
Transfer from Light Dept. to Treasury
35,000.00
Transfer from Overlay Surplus to Reserve
33,000.00
Transfer from Available Funds
17,902.87
Transfer from Surplus Revenue
67,000.00
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
$ 528,168.66
Net Levy 6137 Polls @ $2.00
$ 721,445.49
12,274.00
Total Tax Levied on Polls and Property December Assessment (Real Estate)
$ 733,719.49
56.45
$ 733,775.94
Rate of Taxation, $31.80 per $1,000.00
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
TOWN VALUATIONS
Buildings Land
$17,584,650.00 3,895,685.00
Personal Property
1,206,630.00
Total
$22,686,965.00
December Assessments (Real Estate)
1,775.00
Gain in Valuation for 1946
Property of the Town including Land and
Buildings, Municipal Light Plant, Water Works, Sewer System and Tangible Property $ 4,317,789.00
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$ 178,750.00
United States of America
88,450.00
Literary Institutions
134,350.00
Benevolent Institutions
72,850.00
Houses of Religious Worship
580,175.00
Cemeteries, Land and Buildings
71,100.00
Tangible Property
36,995.00
Parsonages
29,750.00
$ 1,192,420.00
Number of Polls assessed (88) added Polls since Tax Levy
6,225
Number of Motor Vehicles assessed
5,062
Excise Tax Committed in 1946
$ 23,283.26
Number of Dwelling Houses assessed
3,934
Number of Persons, Partnerships and Corporations assessed
5,404
Value of assessed Stock in Trade
$ 386,965.00
Value of Real Estate assessed including $275 Dec. Assessment $21,480,610.00
Value of Live Stock assessed
$ 17,840.00
Value of Machinery assessed
$ 193,325.00
Value of all Other Ratables assessed
$ 608,500.00
Number of Horses assessed
23
Number of Cows assessed
42
Number of Goats assessed
48
Number of Swine assessed
55
Number of Fowl assessed 11,533
Number of Sheep assessed
4
Number of Ducks assessed
20
Number of Geese assessed
20
Number of Turkeys assessed
26
Number of Acres of Land assessed
3,604.46
$22,688,740.00 $ 75,290.00
REPORT OF TOWN PLANNING BOARD
133
Number of Acres, Lake Quannapowitt
247.94
Number of Acres, Crystal Lake
82.86
Number of Acres, Town Common
2.5
Number of Acres, Park at Lakeside
6.75
Number of Acres, Hart Hill Park
23.06
Number of Acres, Cemetery on Church Street
4.14
Number of Acres, Cemetery on Lowell Street
35.0
Area of Town Rockery
4,300 sq. ft.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE E. BLAIR, Chairman
LEO F. DOUGLASS, Secretary
GEORGE H. STOUT
Board of Assessors.
Report of the Town Planning Board
To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield:
The Town Planning Board submits its report for the year ending De- cember 31, 1946.
During the past year the efforts of the Board have been devoted to a number of town problems.
The Board has continued its policy of being represented at public hear- ings and has had conferences with groups of citizens from different sections of the town as well as with civic organizations and has held one confer- ence at which members of the Reading and Stoneham Planning Boards were present.
The Board has considered methods of relieving traffic congestion in Wakefield Square and is of the opinion that the problem can be solved by the construction of a new street, with an off-street parking area, east of Main Street from Water to Crescent Streets.
The Planning Board believes that to serve the Town to better advan- tage it should function under General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 81A (Acts of 1936, Chapter 211) and that the Town should adopt a by-law at the An- nual Town Meeting of 1947 that will make the change possible.
Respectfully submitted, FITZROY WILLARD, Chairman KENNETH W. THOMSON, Secretary EDWARD M. BRIDGE DR. FRANK T. WOODBURY ARTHUR E. HARDING
134
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of the Board of Health
To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield:
In reporting for the year 1946 the Board of Health would call atten- tion to the relative freedom from serious contagion and tuberculosis as will appear from the comparative tables which will follow. During the year the Board has continued its pre-school immunization clinic against diph- theria under the direction of Dr. Ira W. Richardson. This clinic while quite satisfactory did not produce the results the Board of Health would have liked. Later in the season following advice of the State Board of Public Health Dr. Richardson held a second immunization clinic at which time a total of 791 were immunized including the booster doses.
That immunization against diphtheria has proven its value is shown by a comparison of conditions in 1946 with previous conditions, for ex- ample: The report of the Board of Health for the year 1899 showed that the town had seven cases of diphtheria and eleven cases of typhoid fever, in 1946 there was no typhoid and but one case of diphtheria. This im- provement in the incidence of diphtheria has resulted without any ques- tion from the immunization clinics of previous years, while the improve- ment in typhoid is without doubt the result of better drinking water con- ditions and the pasteurization of milk. The one case of diphtheria in 1946 was that of a Wakefield settled case who had been away from town for more than two weeks, and unexpectedly appeared at a doctor's office in Wakefield, and was immediately taken to the Haynes Memorial Hospital where he died within twenty-four hours.
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