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Fred Scott Nathan Mudge Joseph Enos Frank Glynn
155.88
264
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
RECREATION PAYROLL
William D. Healey
$ 460.00
Leo P. Amirault Jr.
210.00
Ellen M. Ashenden
322.00
Margaret G. Costello
208.00
Alice M. Courage
208.00
Earle W. Crompton
280.00
Anna M. DeSantis
208.00
Jean P. Leone
208.00
Carolyn J. Mills
240.00
Richard A. Mills
280.00
Elizabeth S. Powers
208.00
Lois Purrington
208.00
Joseph Sardella
280.00
Robert Walsh
280.00
Harold Staunton
70.00
M. Leo Conway
6.00
Planning Board
$ 43.48
Board of Appeals:
Services and Expenses
$ 596.42
Finance Committee
$ 87.83
Miscellaneous Account:
Care of Veterans' Graves
$ 148.00
Veterans' Burials
235.64
Selectmen's Assn. Dues and Meetings
84.34
Bubbler in Square 41.00
60.00
Water Bills on town owned property-pur-
chased for Police Station site 152.52
Town Seal Electrotype 12.57
Entertainment Councillor Slater of Wakefield, England 163.38
Additional Service Telephone-Crystal 9-0703 22.47
$ 919.92
State and Metropolitan Charges
$ 45,766.65
Street Lights
24,000.00
Aid to Visiting Nurse Association
500.00
Rifle Range-Massachusetts National Guard
543.23
Memorial Day
1,313.35
Armistice Day
70.65
Middlesex County Hospital
6,265.81
Middlesex County Tax
41,920.62
Fire and Liability Insurance
8,844.70
Retirement System-Pensions
43,155.73
Perambulating Town Lines
$ 3,676.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
265
Retirement System-Expense
1,170.00
Retirement System-Members Military Service
164.28
Spanish War Veterans 50th Anniversary
149.92
Agency and Trust:
Federal Tax Deductions
$ 75,838.60
Teachers' Retirement Deductions
16,430.01
Blue Cross Deductions
6,704.58
$ 98,973.19
Department of Veterans' Services:
Salary of Director-Bertha L. Todd
$ 2,600.00
Vacation Substitute-Katherine Loughlin
70.00
Telephone
104.31
Postage, Printing, Stationery
55.55
Photo Supplies
41.31
$ 2,871.17
Light Department: Salaries of Board:
Marcus Beebe 2nd, Chairman
$ 138.00
Theodore Eaton, Secretary
138.00
Aubrey T. Quinlan
138.00
$ 414.00
James M. Whitehead, Manager
$ 5,607.60
Leonard H. DeMarco, Office Mgr.
4,297.60
Fred F. Fober
3,027.52
Edward R. Chambers
3,104.23
Fred L. Rich
2,916.01
Hugh M. Kelso
2,949.76
Myrtle I. Tyler
2,495.24
Gladys Edmands
1,496.37
Thomas Hennessy
2,217.00
Leonard F. Loughlin
886.05
Thomas R. Daley
2,770.20
Walter F. Alden
1,218.55
George E. Halloran
3,438.24
C. Orne Bayrd
1,328.30
William Muse
4,719.07
Labor-See Payroll
86,818.94
Material and Supplies
23,131.18
Fuel and Heat
1,749.36
Office Expense
4,065.10
Telephones
642.07
Meters and Transformers
10,324.11
Motor Vehicle Expense
5,262.64
Gas Purchased
106,489.61
Electric Current Purchased
199,298.68
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Tools and Equipment
3,037.89
Maintenance
2,253.41
Advertising
544.65
Insurance
6,321.07
All Other
21,960.64
$514,371.09
$514,785.09
WAKEFIELD MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT PAYROLL 1948
J. M. Whitehead, Manager
$ 5,607.60
L. H. DeMarco
4,297.60
F. F. Fober
3,027.52
E. R. Chambers
3,104.23
F. L. Rich
2,916.01
H. M. Kelso
2,949.76
M. I. Tyler
2,495.24
Gladys Edmands
1,496.37
Thomas Hennessy
2,217.00
L. F. Loughlin
886.05
T. R. Daley
2,770.20
C. O. Bayrd
1,328.30
W. F. Alden
1,218.55
G. E. Halloran
3,438.24
D. W. Martin
2,951.78
W. D. Scott
2,940.96
R. D. Turner
2,940.96
R. J. McGrail
2,951.78
C. H. Buxton
2,622.44
William Muse
4,719.07
R. J. Seabury
4,252.31
A. D. McIsaac
3,766.16
J. M. Murphy
3,681.17
R. W. O'Connor
3,477.79
L. E. Stinson
3,650.47
T. J. Dignan
3,635.42
J. F. Scanlon
2,848.71
L. J. Curran
2,193.60
Michael Hourihan
3,475.19
J. J. Curran
3,527.63
Patrick Quinn
3,233.67
Thomas Hanright
3,078.51
Daniel Flynn
2,778.95
D. J. Connaire
2,484.80
Joseph DeMarco
3,793.85
John Mohla
2,585.76
R. P. Hurton
2,888.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 267
John Collins Timothy Delaney
2,617.25
Patrick Meade
2,613.67
C. J. Sullivan
2,630.94
G. H. Oldham
2,161.19
A. R. Mackintosh
1,982.98
H. B. Gates
1,430.40
T. L. Doherty
1,001.20
Dominic Benedetto
7.37
Arthur Anderson
7.26
Thomas Jazakawiz
7.26
William Meade
3.63
A. J. Parker
6.60
$129,290.68
Water and Sewerage Department:
Salaries of Board:
Herman G. Dresser, Chairman
$ 138.00
Sidney F. Adams
138.00
John N. Bill
138.00
$ 414.00
Water Department:
Salary of Superintendent (in part) $ 3,434.65
Salaries of Clerks (in part)
5,224.66
Salary of Collector (in part)
690.00
Labor (see payroll)
33,905.78
Office Expense
861.52
Telephone
313.73
Meters, Pipes, etc.
11,316.05
Equipment and Repairs
5,900.50
Transportation Expense
3,461.54
Fuel
2,890.74
Power
12,227.35
Water Analyses
411.72
All Other
1,326.38
Water Services
5,927.21
Water Construction
48.91
Lake Quannapowitt
478.65
$ 88,419.39
Water Bonds
$ 18,500.00
Water Interest
$ 1,665.63
Bond Issues :
Water Mains Extensions (1947) $ 130.45
Water Mains Extensions (1948)
36,233.55
New Power Shovel
18,566.06
$ 54,930.06
$163,929.08
2,589.28
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Sewer Department:
Salary of Superintendent (in part) $ 365.35
Salary of Clerks (in part)
556.60
Salary of Paymaster (in part)
69.00
Labor-(See Payroll)
4,308.72
Tools and Equipment
2,317.86
Motor Vehicle Expense
1,577.33
Power
1,004.05
Telephone
21.05
Fuel
84.57
All Other
271.17
$ 10,575.70
Sewer Connections:
Labor-(See Payroll)
$ 7,063.31
Pipe
2,147.40
Motor Vehicle Expense
261.15
All Other
1,101.31
$ 10,573.17
Greenwood Street Sewer
$ 2,947.99
Park Avenue Sewer
1,668.12
Sewer Construction-Various Streets 1948
(See also Bond Issues)
6,000.00
Sewerage Survey Preliminary
1,508.17
Montrose Sewerage Survey
3,472.62
Sewer Construction-Bond Issues:
Construction Various Streets 1947
5,128.92
Construction Various Streets 1948
41,882.59
(See also above)
Eastern Avenue
244.78
Green Street
146.43
Morel Circle
120.77
Gail Circle
15.84
Main Street
20,125.79
Vernon and Lowell Streets
7,143.00
Orchard Avenue and Other Streets
356.79
$ 75,164.91
$111,910.68
Water and Sewer Office Payroll in Full: William L. Wenzel, Superintendent $ 3,800.00
Leah F. Kinder, Chief Clerk 2,441.52
Irene C. Carr, Clerk 1,834.62
Katherine Wilkinson, Clerk
1,324.32
Katherine M. Workman, Clerk 53.60
Carl W. Sunman, Collector-Paymaster 759.00
$ 10,213.06
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
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WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT PAYROLL 1948
Frederic M. Hartshorne
$ 3,803.22
William L. Wenzel
3,800.00
James L. Palmer
3,637.16
William F. Greany
3,294.95
George H. Adams
3,255.27
Frank A. Butler
3,163.05
Matthew P. Curran
3,043.67
Harold A. Butler
2,892.21
Albert F. Funk
2,816.99
Dominic Benedetto
2,780.75
Sabatino Confalone
2,713.66
Pasquale Zagaria
2,676.03
Daniel Calore
2,651.29
Serafino Volpe
2,647.90
Bradford L. Frautten
2,637.63
Frank Confalone
2,543.16
James J. Murphy
2,454.76
Leah F. Kinder
2,441.52
William L. Wenzel, Jr.
2,351.90
Arthur H. Anderson
2,087.68
Irene C. Carr
1,834.62
Camillo Benedetto
1,757.25
Benedetto Pizzuto
1,732.98
Joseph H. Dulong
1,667.85
Louis Edwards
1,656.56
John DelRossi
1,635.02
M. Joseph Moynihan
1,629.41
Patrick Moynihan
1,602.65
John R. Fraughton
1,574.56
Frank L. Hubbard
1,561.17
William H. Wells
1,554.72
Michele Cieri
1,542.53
Hans Anderson
1,333.16
Katherine Wilkinson
1,324.32
Joseph LeFave
1,322.12
Frank Nardone
1,288.77
Henry Palmerino
1,282.08
Paul DiDonato
1,276.79
Thomas W. Jazakawiz
1,275.65
Frederick A. Meuse
1,260.73
Charles Casey
1,171.09
Edward Kulacz
1,083.34
William Jack.
931.30
Various Persons
8,682.50
$ 99,673.97
270
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
TOTAL COMPENSATION OF OFFICIALS AND CLERICAL EMPLOYEES, PAID FROM VARIOUS APPROPRIATIONS
Charles C. Cox
Clerk, Board of Selectmen
Town Accountant
$ 300.00 3,450.00
$ 3,750.00
John I. Preston Town Treasurer
$ 1,650.00
Town Counsel
1,650.00
$ 3,300.00
Carl W. Sunman
Collector of Taxes
$ 2,050.00
Treasurer's Paymaster
508.00
Water Department Collector
690.00
Sewer Department Paymaster
69.00
Retirement System-Clerk
735.00
$ 4,052.00
Charles F. Young
$ 3,045.00
Town Clerk Board of Registrars-Clerk
165.00
Joseph W. MacInnis
Building Inspector
$ 2,415.00
Wire Inspector
345.00
$ 2,760.00
George A. Bennett
$ 828.00
Dog Officer Animal Inspector
414.00
$ 1,242.00
Kenneth G. Shaw
Health Agent
$ 690.00
Plumbing Inspector
690.00
$ 1,380.00
J. Henry Vik
Park Superintendent
$ 1,650.00
Cemetery Superintendent
1,450.00
$ 3,100.00
William D. Healey
School Department
$ 4,100.00
Recreation Commission
460.00
$ 4,560.00
Ida L. Weiss, Clerical
Selectmen's Department
$ 800.00
Accounting Department
900.00
Treasurer's Department
464.17
Finance Committee
60.00
$ 2,224.17
$ 3,210.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 271
Marion B. Connell, Clerical
Town Clerk Assistant
$ 1,740.00
Treasurer's Department
65.00
Park and Cemetery Department
300.00
$ 2,105.00
A. Mildred Hawkes, Clerical
Collector's Department
$ 1,870.92
Treasurer's Department
106.00
Retirement System
300.00
$ 2,276.92
Interest:
Sewer Bonds
$ 2,492.50
School Bonds
2,100.00
Highway Bonds
1,630.00
Highway Building and Police Station Bonds
562.50
$ 6,785.00
Maturing Debt:
Sewer Bonds
$ 16,000.00
Highway Bonds
9,000.00
Highway Building and Police Station Bonds
6,000.00
Temporary Loans-Highway Reimbursement
21,550.00
$ 52,550.00
Premium on Bonds-Expense Preparation and Printing of bonds issued
$ 860.11
Refunds:
Real Estate Taxes
$ 5,975.51
Personal Taxes
96.00
Poll Taxes
16.00
Excise Taxes
1,525.06
Sewer Deposits
1,670.56
Water Rates
16.80
Special Assessment
29.56
Interest and Costs
4.73
All Other
20.00
$ 9,354.22
Agency and Trust:
Sweetser Lecture Fund - Income Paid to Sweetser Lecture Committee $ 201.00
Annie L. Cox Scholarship Fund: Payments to: Paul Lazzaro Marianne Piazza
$
100.00
50.00
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Mary Tine Jean P. Leone Eleanor Confalone
50.00
50.00
50.00
$ 300.00 $ 501.00
Sarah Bryant Park Fund (in error-redeposited)
$ 45.97
In Escrow for Investment-Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds:
Payments to John I. Preston, Treasurer
$ 2,550.00
Total Payments Cash on Hand December 31, 1948
$ 2,816,972.93
899,907.15
$ 3,716,880.08
APPROPRIATIONS AND CHARGES TO ENTER THE TAX LEVY-1948
Appropriations-See Schedule
$ 1,487,284.45
Less Transfer from Overlay Surplus
$ 5,500.00
Less Appropriation from Sale of Lots and Graves -Cemetery
1,750.00
Less appropriation from Post War Funds
25,000.00
Less appropriations from Excess and Deficiency Account
22,525.94
54,775.94
$ 1,432,508.51
State and Metropolitan Charges: Auditing Municipal Accounts
$ 3,117.20
Examination Retirement System
78.66
Smoke Inspection Service
282.32
Charles River Basin
2,039.35
Metropolitan Parks Reservation
6,275.79
Nantasket Beach Maintenance
539.90
Metropolitan Parks Boulevard
84.50
Metropolitan Sewerage-North System
27,615.41
$ 40,033.13
County Tax County Hospital
7,144.27
Overlay for 1948
$ 25,076.08
$ 1,543,997.15
RECAPITULATION
$ 1,432,508.51
Town Purposes
40,033.13
State Purposes County Purposes
46,379.43
Overlay for 1948
25,076.08
$ 1,543,997.15
$ 39,235.16
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
273
AVAILABLE BALANCES AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1948 Including those from appropriations in prior years
Town By-Laws-New Publication
$ 490.00
Lafayette Building-Reconditioning Piano
83.50
Police Department-Boat House
2,305.00
New Police Station-Federal Advance
1,500.00
Greenwood Street Sewer
162.39
Stark Avenue Sewer
2,029.99
Sewerage Survey-Preliminary
3,491.83
Sewerage Survey-Montrose District
21,527.38
Highway Department-New Power Shovel
38.23
Highway Department-New Equipment 1948
2,741.00
Chapter 90 Main Street Construction
8,094.95
New Way-Water Street to Crescent Street
50.00
New Sidewalk 1948
385.49
Rebuilding and Resurfacing Sidewalks
314.66
Davidson Road Construction
4.71
Foster's Lane Construction
6,827.87
Aid to Dependent Children-Federal Funds
1,680.69
Aid to Dependent Children Administration-Federal Funds
12.31
Old Age Assistance-Federal Funds
6,348.57
Old Age Assistance Administration-Federal Funds
1,591.93
School Department Expense-Reserve for Teachers' Desks
193.00
High School Athletic Equipment
433.38
Franklin School Equipment of Auditorium 50.31
Library Department Expense-Reserve for Card Catalog in part
400.00
Library Department Card Catalog-Balance
375.00
Library Department Oil Burning Equipment
1,100.00
Route #28-Committee Expense
100.00
Capital Outlay Expenditures Committee Bond Issues:
762.40
Water Supply Addition 3,063.05
Water Mains-Forrester Road-Drury Lane
6,661.41
Water Mains Various Streets
28,766.45
Water and Sewer Department Power Shovel
1,433.94
Sewer Construction Various Streets 1947
8,762.03
Sewer Construction Various Streets 1948
38,117.41
Sewer Construction Orchard Avenue and Other Streets
191.79
Sewer Construction Eastern Avenue
3,664.47
Sewer Construction Main Street
4,912.21
Sewer Construction Morel Circle
1,692.08
Sewer Construction Vernon and Lowell Street
9,563.28
Drainage-New Construction-Madison Avenue and Bennett St. 27,986.50
New Highway Building 382.11
Highway Construction Public Ways 1947
3,845.61
Highway Construction Public Ways 1948 (First Issue) 3,863.85
Highway Construction Public Ways 1948 (Second Issue) 27,940.51
Hurd School Addition
29,080.92
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OTHER BALANCES CARRIED OVER FROM 1948
Federal Tax Deductions : Balance January 1, 1948 Receipts-Payroll Deductions Payments to Collector of Internal Revenue Balance to 1949
$ 8,292.54 74,362.40
$ 75,838.60
6,816.34
$ 82,654.94
$ 82,654.94
Teachers' Retirement Deductions : Balance January 1, 1948 Receipts-Payroll Deductions Payments to Mass. Teachers' Retirement Fund
$ 1,434.33
14,995.68
$ 16,430.01
$ 16,430.01
$ 16,430.01
Blue Cross Deductions : Balance January 1, 1948 Receipts-Payroll Deductions Payments to Mass. Hospital Service Inc. Balance to 1949
$ 298.41
6,420.03
$ 6,704.58
13.86
$ 6,718.44 $ 6,718.44
Old Age Assistance Reimbursements: Balance January 1, 1948 Received in 1948 Balance to 1949
$
1,675.00
1,250.00
$ 2,925.00
$ 2,925.00 $ 2,925.00
Temporary Loans-Anticipation of Highway Reimbursements: Balance January 1, 1948 Borrowed during 1948 Payments in 1948 Balance to 1949
$ 21,550.00 17,000.00
$ 21,550.00
17,000.00
$ 38,550.00
$ 38,550.00
Premium on Notes and Bonds: Balance January 1, 1948 Received in 1948 Expended for Preparation and Printing of Bonds Issued $ 860.11
$
613.00
1,626.66
Payment on Bonds Maturing in 1948
613.00
Balance to 1949 766.55
$ 2,239.66 $ 2,239.66
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
275
Perpetual Care Fund Income-Forest Glade Cemetery : Balance January 1, 1948 Receipts-Interest on Various Funds Payments for expenses-Cemetery Department Balance to 1949
$ 92.02
528.20
$ 546.38
ยท 73.84
$ 620.22 $ 620.22
Income on Post-War Rehabilitation Fund: Balance January 1, 1948 Received in 1948 Appropriation for Montrose Sewer Survey
$ 12,398.40
3,510.53
$ 13,000.00
Balance to 1949
2,908.93
$ 15,908.93
$ 15,908.93
Sale of Real Estate: Balance January 1, 1948 Received in 1948 (Hurd School Property) Balance to 1949
$ 9,426.00
2,550.00
$ 11,976.00
$ 11,976.00
$ 11,976.00
Sale of Lots and Graves-Cemetery: Balance January 1, 1948 Receipts for 1948
$ 2,063.00
2,087.00
Appropriation for Cemetery Department
$ 1,750.00
Balance available for appropriation
2,400.00
$ 4,150.00 $ 4,150.00
Analyses of Light Department Account: Operation Account:
Balance January 1, 1948
$ 43,274.72
Receipts for 1948
568,781.54
Transfers from Construction Account
52,313.29
Transfer from Depreciation Account Transfers from Fire Alarm Account Payments
$514,785.09
Transfer to Revenue
35,000.00
Transfer to Construction Account
8,274.72
57,275.92
Transfers to Depreciation Account Balance to 1949
55,709.27
1,675.45
5,000.00
$671,045.00
$671,045.00
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Construction Fund : Balance January 1, 1948 Transfer from Operation Account Transfer to Operation Account
$ 44,038.57 8,274.72
$ 52,313.29
$ 52,313.29
$ 52,313.29
Depreciation Account : Balance January 1, 1948 Transfers from Operation Account
$310,214.42
57,275.92
Transfer to Operation Account Balance to 1949 Account
365,814.89
$367,490.34
$367,490.34
Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Traffic Lights: Appropriation Transfers to Light Department Operation
$ 5,000.00
$ 5,000.00
$ 5,000.00
$ 5,000.00
Guarantee Deposit Account: Cash on Hand January 1, 1948 Receipts Payments
$ 35,402.76
9,967.29
$ 8,002.50
Balance Cash on Hand December 31, 1948
37,367.55
$ 45,370.05
$ 45,370.05
I have examined the above account and the balance is invested as follows:
Wakefield Savings Bank
$ 30,000.00
Wakefield Trust Company-Checking Account
7,367.55
$ 37,367.55
CHARLES C. COX,
Town Accountant
Overlay Surplus-Reserve Fund : Balance January 1, 1948 Audit Entry Transfers from Overlay 1946-1947
$ 5,592.43
29.05
1,717.03
Appropriation to Reserve Fund
$ 5,500.00
Transfer back from Reserve Fund
4,361.77
Balance December 31, 1948
6,200.28
$ 11,700.28
$ 11,700.28
$ 1,675.45
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
277
Tax Titles:
Outstanding January 1, 1948
Certificates of Takings
$ 71,339.90 9,093.12 20.00
Audit Entry Redemptions-Cash
$ 318.21
Audit Entries
37.14
Adjustment Entry
28.00
Sale of Property-Girl Scouts Outstanding December 31, 1948
80,019.67
$ 80,453.02
$ 80,453.02
Tax Title Possessions :
Outstanding January 1, 1948 Audit Entry Outstanding December 31, 1948
29.70
$ 1,981.04
$ 1,981.04
$ 1,981.04
Sewer Connections Deposits :
Cash Balance January 1, 1948
$ 311.81
Cash Received
$ 13,123.29
Cost of Connections
$ 10,153.69
Cash Returned
1,670.56
Balance Cash on Hand-December 31, 1948
1,610.85
$ 13,435.10
$ 13,435.10
Excess and Deficiency :
Balance January 1, 1948
$229,042.93
Tax Title Redemptions
318.21
Audit Entries
158.25
Adjustment Entry
28.00
Sale of Tax Title Property
50.00
Excess Revenue for 1948
89,832.18
Appropriations :
Construction of Public Ways
$ 6,600.00
Highway Unpaid Bills
1,500.94
Interest
2,300.00
Sewer Connections
500.00
Library-Oil Burner
1,100.00
Welfare-General Relief
3,000.00
Welfare-Aid to Dependent Children
2,500.00
School Salaries
3,825.00
School Expense
1,200.00
Free Cash to Revenue
65,000.00
Tax Takings
8,271.05
Audit Entry
20.00
Balance December 31, 1948
223,612.58
$319,429.57
$319,429.57
$ 1,951.34
50.00
Trust Fund Account
Cash on Hand, January 1, 1948
Funds Set Up in 1948
Interest for 1948
$ 79,140.23 2,550.00 1,595.31
Interest transferred to Library
$ 325.21
Interest transferred to Park Department
60.30
Payments and Transfers Perpetual Care Funds
534.98
Payments from Other Funds for 1948
594.00
Cash on Hand, December 31, 1948
81,771.05
$ 83,285.54
$ 83,285.54
ANALYSIS
Trust Fund
Accumulated Interest Jan. 1, 1948 $ 5,183.97
Interest 1948
Payments or Transfers 1948
Funds and Interest Dec. 31, 1948 $ 79,221.05
Total of all funds as reported Jan. 1, 1948 For details see Treasurer's Report New Funds Set Up in 1948:
Forest Glade Perpetual Care Funds
2,550.00
2,550.00
$ 76,506.26
$ 5,183.97
$ 1,595.31
$ 1,514.49
$ 81,771.05
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
$ 73,956.26
$ 1,595.31
$ 1,514.49
Appropriations Accounts 1948
GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
Bond Issues
Appropriations Additions
Expended
Balances
Selectmen's Department
$ 4,510.00
$ 4,275.53
$ 234.47
Accounting Department
5,535.00
5,436.44
98.56
Treasurer's Department
5,983.00
. $ 4.75
4,799.03
1,188.72
Collector's Department
6,793.37
R.
60.00
6,846.52
6.85
Assessors' Department
10,734.00
10,733.76
24
Legal Department
2,650.00
1,975.53
674.47
Town Clerk's Department
5,290.00
5,283.80
6.20
Vital Statistics
75.00
24.75
50.25
Election & Registration
5,679.00
110.00
5,678.34
110.66
Election Expense-Selectmen
3,136.56
2,947.75
188.81
Town Hall
8,473.00
265.00
8,249.41
488.59
Lafayette Building
4,458.69
R.
595.00
5,007.59
46.10
Lafayette Building-Piano
400.00
316.50
83.50
By-Laws-New Publication
B.
490.00
490.00
$ 63,717.62
$ 1,524.75
$ 61,574.95
$ 3,667.42
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Police Department
$ 75,323.79 A. $
25.00
$ 74,836.62
$ 512.17
Police Department Uniforms
1,050.00
1,045.99
4.01
Fire Department
81,093.52
R. 775.00
80,954.13
914.39
Hydrant Rental
9,875.00
9,875.00
Moth Department
12,110.00
12,088.30
21.70
Building Inspector
2,865.00
R. 200.00
3,045.49
19.51
Wire Inspector
405.00
393.75
11.25
Sealer of Weights and Measures
1,157.00
1,149.84
7.16
Dog Officer
828.00
828.00
REPORT
OF
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
279
R.
R.
Animal Inspector Forest Warden and Patrol Compensation Account Police-New Boat House New Police Station-Federal Advance
414.00 570.00
414.00
188.50
381.50
1,500.00
655.98
844.02
B.
2,305.00
2,305.00
B.
2,500.00
1,000.00
1,500.00
$187,191.31
$ 5,805.00
$186,475.60
$ 6,520.71
HEALTH AND SANITATION:
Health Department
$ 8,162.00
$ 7,712.69
$ 449.31
Care of Dumps
2.000.00
R. $ 160.00
2,151.15
8.85
Garbage Collection
6,916.00
6,916.00
Sewer Department
10,190.95
10,175.70
15.25
Sewer Connections
W.
10,500.00
1,000.00
10,573.17
926.83
Greenwood St. Sewer
B.
3,110.38
2,947.99
162.39
Stark Ave. Sewer
B.
3,698.11
1,668.12
2,029.99
Sewerage Survey-Preliminary
5,000.00
1,508.17
3,491.83
Sewerage Survey-Montrose
P.
25,000.00
3,472.62
21,527.38
Sewer Const .- Various Streets (1947)
B.
13,890.95
5,038.92
8,852.03
Sewer Const .- Various Streets (1948)
80,000.00
6,000.00
47,882.59
38,117.41
Sewers-Orchard Ave. and Other Streets
B.
548.58
356.79
191.79
Eastern Avenue Sewer
B.
3,909.25
244.78
3,664.47
Gail Circle Sewer
B.
15.84
15.84
Green Street Sewer
B.
146.43
146.43
Main Street Sewer
B.
25,038.00
20,125.79
4,912.21
Morel Circle Sewer
B.
1,812.85
120.77
1,692.08
Sewers-Vernon and Lowell Streets
B.
16,706.28
7,143.00
9,563.28
$ 80,000.00
$ 73,768.95
$ 70,036.67
$128,200.52
$ 95,605.10
280
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
R.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT: General Highways
$ 91,896.14
A.
$1.00 1,500.00
$ 93,138.70
$ 258.44
Drainage
7,500.00
7,499.35
65
11,000.00 B.
10,738.23
18,959.00
2,779.23
Aborn Avenue
B.
38.39
38.39
Cutter Street
B.
84.77
25.03
59.74
Davidson Road
B.
141.67
136.96
4.71
Foster's Lane
B.
13,091.64
6,263.77
6,827.87
Outlook Road
B.
3,285.67
3,285.67
White Circle
B.
277.65
277.65
Willow Street
B.
71.90
22.93
48.97
Public Ways-Various Streets (1947)
B.
24,997.95
21,242.34
3,755.61
Public Ways-Various Streets (1948)
W. 49,000.00
6,600.00
23,795.64
31,804.36
New Sidewalks 1947
B.
644.49
644.49
New Sidewalks 1948
10,000.00
9,614.51
385.49
Rebuilding Sidewalks
7,000.00
6,685.34
314.66
New Street-Mechanic to Center Street
B. 8,425.00
8,425.00
Parking Area-Rental
140.00
126.00
14.00
Chapter 90-Maintenance
1,000.00
L.
2,000.00
3,000.00
Chapter 90-North Ave. Construction
B.
6,652.66
6,564.84
87.82
Chapter 90-, Main St. Construction 1947
B.
949.45
927.21
22.24
Unpaid Bills-1947
W.
7,374.73
7,374.73
Chapter 90-Main Street Construction 1948
10,000.00
L. 15,000.00
16,905.05
8,094.95
New Highway Building
B. 64,414.97
64,032.86
382.11
Drainage-New Construction
28,000.00
13.50
27,986.50
New Highway Bldg .- Federal Advance
B. 5,200.00
5,200.00
$ 77,000.00
$152,510.87
$157,515.44
$303,921.31
$ 83,105.00
281
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
R.
New Equipment Construction :
CHARITIES AND VETERANS BENEFITS :
Welfare Department: General Relief
W.
$ 30,138.09
A. $ 394.52
$ 29,967.98
$ 564.63
20,670.00
20,670.00
138,845.00
138,845.00
Aid Dependent Children-Federal Funds
B.
4,334.29
-
A.
64.03
10,510.76
1,693.00
F.
7,805.44
B.
7,818.61
A.
1,237.88
93,246.98
7,940.50
F.
92,130.99
Infirmary
13,808.65
13,806.91
1.74
Veterans' Benefits
24,244.00
A.
484.56
24,644.19
984.37
Dept. of Veterans' Services
3,050.00
2,871.17
178.83
$230,755.74
$115,170.32
$334,562.99
$ 11,363.07
EDUCATION :
School Department
W.
$445,985.50
B. $ 366.00
$447,252.58
$ 1,028.92
Warren School Alterations
B.
6,094.00
6,094.00
West Ward School Alterations
B.
1,738.19
1,733.09
5.10
High School Athletic Equipment
5,000.00
4,566.62
433.38
Franklin School Auditorium Equipment
2,855.00
2,804.69
50.31
Hurd School-Purchase of Real Estate
B.
7,000.00
7,000.00
Hurd School Addition
240,000.00
B.
10,000.00
220,919.08
29,080.92
Library Department
D. 2,036.09
30,443.00
T. 3,048.23
34,747.15
780.17
282
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
R. $
1,930.00
Aid Dependent Children Old Age Assistance
W.
Old Age Assistance-Federal Funds
R.
900.00
Library-Oil Burner Equipment Greenwood Branch Library-Alterations
W.
1,100.00
4,000.00
3,999.59
1,100.00 .41
$240,000.00
$489,383.50
$ 32,212.51
$729,116.80
$ 32,479.21
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED:
Park Department
$ 16,490.38
A. $ 31.60
16,389.22
193.06
Water Street Playground
12,600.00
B. 50.00
12,646.29
3.71
Cemetery Department
G.
8,425.00
8,221.54
203.46
Recreation Commission
5,907.00
5,906.78
.22
Miscellaneous Account
923.00
919.92
3.08
Finance Committee
125.00
87.83
37.17
Street Lights
24,000.00
24,000.00
Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Etc.
5,000.00
5,000.00
Rifle Range
500.00
43.23
543.23
Fire and Liability Insurance
9,500.00
9.72
8,844.70
665.02
Planning Board
125.00
43.48
81.52
Board of Appeals
550.00
100.00
596.42
53.58
Visiting Nurse Association
500.00
500.00
Memorial Day-Veterans' Organizations
1,500.00
1,313.35
186.65
Armistice Day-A. L. and V. F. W.
125.00
70.65
54.35
Retirement Funds
44,490.01
44,490.01
Spanish War-50th Anniversary
150.00
149.92
08
Route #28-Committee Expense
100.00
100.00
Capital Outlay Committee
B.
762.40
762.40
$131,010.39
$ 1,057.25
$129,723.34
$ 2,344.30
R.
A.
R.
-
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
283
T.
60.30
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES:
Water Department Lake Quannapowitt Water Bonds
$ 89,002.19 500.00 18,500.00 1,665.63
$ 88,754.74
$ 247.45
478.65
21.35
18,500.00
Water Interest
1,665.63
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