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3,382.52
John Collins
3,349.20
Timothy Delaney
3,361.92
J. F. Scanlon
3,666.09
G. H. Oldham
2,968.44
H. B. Gates
2,973.47
J. D. Connaire
3,719.34
William Meade
3,476.87
L. J. Conway
3,623.33
A. P. Riccardo
2,490.86
R. J. Curley
2,127.58
A. R. Mackintosh
2,973.47
D. P. Curran
1,885.65
C. J. Sullivan
2,808.56
P. Malonson
627.00
C. O. Bayrd
967.20
P. F. Beaver
50.00
D. T. McAuliffe
270.00
J. M. Costello
465.00
J. T. Beaver
775.01
A. I. Levine
500.00
J. M. Crosby, Jr.
280.00
E. J. Russell
1,558.39
W. R. Smith
250.00
William Healey
195.00
M. J. Hurton
205.00
H. M. Shellenberger, Jr.
498.70
R. A. Morley
50.00
John Pannis
88.20
Roger Seabury, Jr.
10.00
W. Fall
13.18
F. Meuse
10.80
W. Curran
13.18
W. E. Reeves
100.00
$208,890.62
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS PAYROLL, 1953
Joseph H. DeFoe
$ 8,400.00
Frederic M. Hartshorne
4,894.00
Frank Reid, Jr.
4,894.00
James L. Palmer
4,819.54
Frank A. Butler
4,798.12
Glen Melton
4,401.80
Albert F. Funk
4,347.01
233
142ND ANNUAL REPORT
George H. Adams
4,250.00
Harold A. Butler Edward Butler
4,119.81
4,032.45
Matthew P. Curran
4,032.45
J. Henry Vik
4,032.45
Ernest McWhinnie
4,032.45
Francis A. Reed
3,977.00
Bradford L. Frautten
3,929.50
Franklin DeCecca
3,855.06
Armand E. Provost, Jr.
3,850.00
Harry Mohla
3,763.62
Arthur H. Anderson
3,763.62
Leon Dingle
3,695.20
Joseph Holloway
3,683.29
Frank F. Neeb
3,681.32
Carl Chelman
3,673.52
William Fall
3,639.19
Dominic Benedetto
3,632.36
Douglas P. Forbes
3,566.63
Joseph W. Melanson
3,565.84
Clifford Reardon
3,526.63
Pasquale Zagaria
3,486.67
Gerard Lenners
3,424.29
James P. Nardone
3,418.25
Cyril Oxford
3,412.12
John Heningar
3,393.00
John E. Roberts
3,385.78
Frank P. Spencer
3,336.45
James L. Tremblay
3,328.00
Salvatore Costantino
3,296.37
George Kondrup
3,266.44
Walter Joyce
3,256.60
Carl Locascio
3,244.67
Albion Hinds, Jr.
3,195.98
William Curran
3,185.35
James A. Adamczyk
3,169.76
George R. Smith
3,166.26
William O'Brien
3,145.66
Sabatino Confalone
3,137.82
Louis LeFave
3,072.53
John Canavan
3,053.17
Frederick A. Meuse
3,020.49
Francis M. Glynn
2,995.90
Louis Edwards
2,943.57
Henry D. Burbine
2,930.40
William J. Damory
2,910.52
Fred Doucette
2,882.50
Joseph H. Dulong
2,871.00
Frank Confalone
2,839.96
Irene C. Carr
2,835.00
Paul DiDonato
2,812.53
234
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
David Ingerton
2,811.90
John R. Baratelli
2,802.76
Harold Doyle
2,800.78
James J. Murphy
2,787.59
Frank Dulong
2,775.50
Theodore Manning
2,734.83
Leah F. Kinder
2,714.40
John Stentiford
2,703.16
Daniel Benjamin
2,678.76
Daniel Calore
2,537.90
Joseph J. LeFave
2,490.58
Thomas W. Joyce
2,435.26
Marion G. Costello
2,296.80
Elizabeth C. Hartenfels
2,212.40
Michele Cieri
2,161.07
Joan Stoddart
2,155.40
Thomas J. Gibbons
2,137.92
Foman LeFave
2,090.92
John M. Riley
1,784.60
Anthony Radocckio
1,726.07
Charles W. Stimpson
1,714.95
Clifford J. Muse
1,665.63
George A. Curtis
1,632.55
F. Robert Butler
1,485.89
George N. Winslow
1,203.45
Guiseppe Salesi
1,043.20
Harry L. Kirk
917.34
Francis L. Coye, Jr.
902.71
Charles J. Finlay
851.56
Serafino Volpe
799.07
Robert E. Titus
759.03
John McPhee
748.00
David J. Reynolds
735.01
Jean C. Anderson
729.81
Ernest W. Warnock
610.29
Joseph J. Tecce
592.49
Roger A. Curran
592.40
Charles J. Ehl
575.00
Frank A. Smith, Jr.
541.56
George Fay
530.86
Stanley Torla
526.58
Various Persons
5,800.71
$285,070.59
WELFARE DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION PAYROLL FOR 1953
Francis E. Wallace-Agent $ 4,540.00
Lewis Schlotterbeck-Principal Clerk
3,180.00
Mary E. McKenna, Social Worker 3,340.00
Harold A. McMann; Social Worker, part time
1,653.64
235
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Alice B. Whitney, Clerk Nellie T. Hurton, Clerk
2,500.00
2,580.00
Eloise R. Flannigan
2,220.00
$ 20,013.64
Infirmary :
Lena G. Peck, Matron
$ 2,137.86
Anne Miezwa, Cook
1,564.29
$ 3,702.15
PAYMENTS Expenditures for the year ending December 31, 1953
Salaries and
Wages
Expense
Selectmen's Department
Salaries of Board
$ 667.00
Clerk of Board
321.00
Clerical Assistant
974.63
$ 1,962.63
Veterans' Pension
208.65
Traffic Lights-Main St. Jct.
1,090.80
Parking Area Rental
160.65
Town Meeting Warrants
$ 1,011.32
Town Reports
1,930.50
Supplies, Printing, Telephones
800.27
3,742.09
$ 7,164.82
Accounting Department
Salary of Accountant
$ 4,500.00
Clerk
1,134.37
Clerical Assistant
2,401.20
$ 8,035.57
Adding Machine
$ 338.46
Printing
344.25
Supplies, Postage
407.67
1,090.38
$ 9,125.95
Treasurer's Department
Salary of Treasurer
$ 2,850.00
Paymaster
617.39
Clerical Assistant
626.40
Clerical Assistance
716.00
4,809.79
Tax Titles-Land Court
$ 1,251.95
Typewriter
175.00
Rental of 3 Add. Mach. (State Accts.)
148.50
Printing, Advertising
347.15
1,922.60
$ 6,732.39
236
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Legal Department Salary of Town Counsel
$ 2,600.00
$ 2,600.00
Damages
$ 1,011.86
Appraisal and Trial-Main St. Prop.
800.00
Constable Fees All Other
225.13
2,278.99
$ 4,878.99
Collector's Department
Salary of Collector
$ 3,250.00
Senior Clerk
2,349.00
Clerical Assistant
2,244.60
7,843.60
Deputy Collector
$ 50.00
Postage
739.55
Printing
1,031.91
Supplies, Telephone
309.18
2,130.64
$ 9,974.24
Assessors' Department
Salaries of Assessors
$ 4,002.00
Draftsman
3,744.00
Clerk
2,401.20
Clerical Assistant
2,061.90
Assistant Assessor
80.00
$ 12,289.10
Auto Allowance
$ 200.00
Adding Machine
340.00
Supplies, Books, Binding
716.91
Printing, Transfers, Telephone
728.09
1,985.00
$ 14,274.10
Town Clerk's Department
Salary of Town Clerk
$ 3,258.75
Clerical Assistant
2,296.80
$ 5,555.55
Advertising, Supplies, Postage
$ 134.93
Printing, Binding, Telephone
484.89
619.82
Vital Statistics
$
21.00
Election and Registration
Salaries of Registrars
$ 442.98
Clerk of Registrars
300.00
Assistant Registrars
2,118.61
Clerical Assistance
1,900.00
$ 4,761.59
$ 691.00 75.00
Adding Machine
$ 6,175.37
Printing, Advertising
242.00
237
142ND ANNUAL REPORT
Street Lists Transportation Postage, Supplies
425.00
105.78
288.11
$ 1,584.89
Selectmen-Election Officers $ 1,051.14
$ 1,051.14
Election Expense
Meals
$ 164.09
Care of Booths
80.00
244.09
$ 1,295.23
Police Department
Salary of Chief
$ 4,800.00
Lieutenant
4,200.00
Sergeants
7,600.00
Patrolmen
83,679.20
Substitution
1,641.40
Clerical Assistant
2,296.80
$104,217.40
Uniform Allowance
$ 1,399.95
New Automobile
1,362.30
New Ambulance
7,281.78
Police Training School
300.00
Police Station Building Equipment
230.60
Motor Vehicle Maint.
2,877.82
Equipment and Repairs
459.81
Supplies, Printing, Postage
657.19
Radio, Telephone
1,417.66
Meals, Laundry, Medical Att.
814.17
July 4th, Hallowe'en, Elections
872.90
$ 17,674.18
$121,891.58
Fire Department
Salary of Chief
$ 2,892.00
Captain
4,200.00
Lieutenants
19,000.00
Mechanic
3,800.00
Other Substitution
250.00
Firemen
67,685.71
Call Men
6,502.49
104,330.20
Pensions
$ 3632.37
Uniform Allowance
$ 800.00
New Equipment
5,284.14
Out of State Travel
75.00
Interim Pay
171.00
Equipment Maintenance
1,008.47
Apparatus Expense
1,716.83
1952 New Equipment
460.00
$ 6,346.48
238
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Office Supplies, Telephones All Other
340.30 734.36
$ 10,590.10
$118,552.67
Hydrant Rental
$ 2,270.00
Forest Warden
$ 89.50
Civil Defense Department
Salary of Clerk
$ 1,748.70
$ 1,748.70
Auxiliary Police
$ 482.17
Auxiliary Fire
223.09
Radio
197.17
Transportation
97.60
Supplies, Telephone
596.20
$ 1,596.23
1951 Expense
$ 222.30
1952 Expense
$ 744.31
$ 4,311.54
Building Inspector's Department
Salary of Inspector
$ 3,000.00
Clerical Assistant
1,094.00
4,094.00
Auto Allowance
$ 200.00
Supplies, Telephone
221.73
421.73
$ 4,515.73
Wire Inspector's Department
Salary of Inspector
$ 500.00
Clerical Assistant
546.82
Extra Clerical Assistance
56.00
$ 1,102.82
Auto Allowance
$ 100.00
Supplies, Telephone
283.95
383.95
$ 1,486.77
Plumbing Inspector's Department
Salary of Inspector
$ 1,000.00
$ 1,000.00
Auto Allowance
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
$ 1,100.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures Salary of Sealer
$ 1,100.00
$ 1,100.00
Truck Allowance
$ 200.00
239
142ND ANNUAL REPORT
Fire Loss Account Supplies, Other Expense
343.60
45.36
588.96
Dog Officer Salary
$ 800.00
$ 800.00
Dog Officer Pension
664.47
Animal Inspector Salary
400.00
400.00
Compensation Account
$ 8.25
8.25
Health Department
Salaries of Board
$ 414.00
Health Agent
738.30
Milk Inspector
738.30
Nurse
2,600.00
Substitute Nurse
80.00
$ 4,570.60
Auto Allowances
$ 500.00
Unpaid Bills 1952
786.00
Milk Analyses
168.00
Tuberculosis
4,115.50
Premature Births
259.75
Contagious Diseases
380.74
Supplies, Telephone, Printing
948.62
$ 7,158.61
$ 11,729.21
Public Works Department
Salary of Director
$ 8,400.00
General Supervisor
4,250.00
Clerk of Board
260.00
Department Clerk
2,600.00
Timekeeper
3,763.62
Assistant Timekeeper
2,871.00
Engineering Salaries
13,366.32
Garage Labor
7,997.39
$ 43,508.33
Transportation, Equip. Maint.
$ 10,456.71
Garbage Collection
9,804.00
Engineering Expense
5,968.23
$ 26,228.94
1953 New Equipment :
Power Mower
$ 1,043.70
1953 Chevrolet Suburban
1,650.00
Tractor
3,689.70
Utility Hoist
642.00
Paving Breaker
125.80
Various
63.50
Tractor
3,856.30
Chevrolet Pick-up Truck
950.00
Chevrolet Pick-up Truck
839.00
$ 12,860.00
Other Expense : Adding Machine
$ 183.30
$ 1,688.96
240
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Telephones Supplies
310.90 486.94
$ 981.14
Town Hall - Labor
$ 3,245.66
$ 3,245.66
Fuel
$ 785.88
Lights and Power
358.38
Repairs
138.80
Material, Supplies
194.39
$ 1,477.45
Lafayette Building Labor
$ 3,493.00
$ 3,493.00
Fuel
$ 1,276.45
Lights and Power
272.16
Repairs
505.99
Material, Supplies
545.52
$ 2,600.12
Fire Station
Fuel
$ 1,339.99
Lights and Power
333.88
Repairs
2,074.01
Material, Supplies
514.58
$ 4,262.46
Police Station
Labor
$ 4,257.14
Maint. Lavatory Facilities
106.42
$ 4,363.56
Fuel
$ 1,324.56
Lights and Power
521.20
Repairs
175.50
Material, Supplies
381.67
$ 2,402.93
$ 6,766.49
Highway Building
Labor
$ 2,791.30
$ 2,791.30
Fuel
$ 1,510.96
Lights and Power
197.00
Repairs
234.84
Telephones
302.85
Material, Supplies
239.00
$ 2,484.65
$ 5,275.95
Moth and Tree Division
Supervisor's Salary
$ 4,032.45
Labor
8,843.69
$ 12,876.14
Veterans' Pension
$ 1,820.31
$ 83,578.41
$ 4,723.11
$ 6,093.12
241
142ND ANNUAL REPORT
Equipment and Repairs Material, Supplies
$ 365.93
739.58
$ 1,105.51
$ 15,801.96
Park Division
Supervisor's Salary
$ 2,016.23
Labor
10,142.35
Labor, Bath House
2,958.23
15,116.
Auto Allowance
$ 150.00
Equipment and Repairs
596.69
Flagpole Painting
172.50
Material, Supplies
1,231.58
$ 2,150.77
$ 17,267.58
Cemetery Division
Supervisor's Salary
$ 2,016.22
Labor
4,693.33
$ 6,709.55
Auto Allowance
$ 150.00
Material, Supplies, Repairs
2,664.20
$ 2,814.20
$ 9,523.75
Water Division
Supervisor's Salary
$ 2,832.45
Clerks
7,057.20
$ 9,889.65
Veterans' Pension
2,779.40
Lake Quannapowitt Treatment
172.40
1952 Expense
221.40
Stations, Maintenance
8,300.74
Water Services
10,418.00
18,718.74
Vacations and Holidays
4,585.41
Maintenance
31,348.97
35,934.38
Equipment and Repairs
$ 14,343.74
Lights and Power
13,094.29
Supervision and Analyses
653.03
Meters and Pipes
8,305.05
Water Services
9,325.29
Fuel
1,580.50
Motor Vehicle Expense
1,406.83
Office Expense, Telephones
1,766.44
Repairs to Buildings
273.44
All Other
1,755.46 $ 52,504.07
1952 Water Construction Bond Issue Labor $ 8,953.00
242
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Expense
$ 26,620.35 $ 35,573.35
1953 Water Construction Bond Issue Labor
$ 6,417.01
Expense
$ 24,726.34 $ 31,143.35
$186,936.74
Sewer Division
Supervisor's Salary
$ 1,200.00
Maintenance
2,770.71
Vacations and Holidays
327.70
$
4,298.41
Veteran's Pension
$ 253.50
Sewer Connections
$ 11,872.20
$ 7,630.42
$ 19,502.62
Lights and Power
$ 1,850.58
Tools and Equipment
1,058.62
Fuel
169.71
Telephones, All Other
403.50
$ 3,482.41
1952 Sewer Construction Appn. $ 951.69
(Lowell Street School Site)
155.75
89.65
245.40
(North End of Lake Quannapowitt)
1953 Sewer Construction Appn.
1,035.59
6,264.41
7,300.00
(Various Streets)
1948 Sewer Construction Bond Issue
145.49
1,288.37
1,433.86
1949 Sewer Construction Bond Issue
264.90
264.90
1950 Sewer Construction Bond Issue
230.07
513.97
744.04
1951 Sewer Construction Bond Issue
2,543.22
4,095.60
6,638.82
1953 Sewer Construction Bond Issue
961.57
123,920.10
124,881.67
1952 Sewer Construction Bond Issue (Lowell Street School Site)
42,59
405.88
448.47
$171,250.51
Highway Division
Supervisor's Salary
$ 4,032.45
Clerk
2,296.80
$
6,329.25
Veterans' Pensions
$ 6,968.36
Dumps
$ 3,720.08
$ 286.07
$ 4,006.15
Street Cleaning
1,625.58
1,734.24
3,359.82
Patching
5,583.54
4,551.01
10,134.55
Repairs to Sidewalks
923.19
170.82
1,094.01
Sidewalks and Guardrails
35.98
577.77
613.75
Surface Treatment
2,930.23
20,641.86
23,572.09
Drainage
5,885.94
1,992.18
7,878.12
Catch Basins
2,214.14
28.33
2,242.47
Rubbish Collection
18,400.86
1,601.74
20,002.60
Street Signs and Traffic Lines
950.19
2,226.99
3,177.18
$ 804.72
$ 1,756.41
1953 Sewer Construction Appn.
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Vacations and Holidays
4,994.20
4,994.20
Miscellaneous
813.29
813.29
Snow and Ice
9,798.52
8,576.67
18,375.19
Equipment Rental
6,832.17
6,832.17
1952 Chapter 90 Main Street
7,231.31
7,231.31
1953 Chapter 90 Main Street
40.69
35,911.21
35,951.90
1953 Chapter 90 Maintenance
710.85
2,289.15
3,000.00
1952 Rebuilding and Resurfacing Sidewalks
1,832.49
1,832.49
1953 Rebuilding and Resurfacing Sidewalks
5,000.00
5,000.00
1953 New Sidewalks
41.92
8,378.30
8,420.22
1951 Replacing Concrete Curbing
710.52
710.52
1952 Replacing Concrete Curbing
63.00
63.00
1953 Replacing Concrete Curbing
5,228.23
5,228.23
Sidewalks and Curbing-Lowell Street
2,124.62
2,124.62
1951 Drainage
473.15
403.00
876.15
1952 Drainage
3,075.31
3,026.76
6,102.07
1953 Drainage
9,602.10
10,958.95
20,561.05
1953 Sanitary Drainage (Greenwood)
94.24
1,106.28
1,200.52
1953 Street Construction Appn.
1,038.15
6,261.85
7,300.00
1951 Street Construction Bond Issue
102.18
53.68
155.86
1953 Street Construction Bond Issue
859.73
70,873.86
71,733.59
1948 Sewers for Drainage Bond Issue
4,541.83
5,568.76
10,110.59
(Highway Division)
$307,995.32
Field House-Lake Quannapowitt) $ 11.25
$ 5,335.19
$ 5,346.44
Repairs to Wall-Beebe's Cove
1,008.25
1,008.25
Repairs to Cannons on Park
280.88
280.88
Board of Survey
74.26
74.26
Chain Link Fences
2,396.50
2,396.50
$ 9,106.33
Welfare Department
Salaries of Board
$ 690.00
Other Employees
645.66
$ 1,335.66
Administration
$ 179.84
Recipients
4,456.29
Relief by Other Cities and Towns
2,289.45
Hospital Care
4,579.41
Medical Care
1,637.87
Groceries
666.00
Burial Expense
150.00
Shoes, Clothing, Various
592.86
1952 Unpaid Bills
335.00
1950 Unpaid Bills
60.00
1949-50 Unpaid Bills
1,234.00
Other Unpaid Bills
581.81
$ 16,762.53
$ 18,098.19
244
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Disability Assistance Employees
$ 1,000.67
$ 1,000.67
Adminstration
$ 178.83
Recipients
$ 24,125.26
$ 24,304.09
$ 25,304.76
Aid to Dependent Children Employees
$ 1,000.67
$ 1,000.67
Administration
$ 729.08
Recipients
29,023.11
29,752.19
$ 30,752.86
Old Age Assistance
Employees
$ 17,366.64
$ 17,366.64
Administration:
$ 377.60
Office Supplies, Telephones, Various All Other
132.49
$ 1,965.18
Recipients
$305,502.31
Relief by Other Cities and Towns
$ 4,923.56
$310,425.87
Willard Donnell Trust
Town Infirmary
Salaries
$ 3,702.15
$ 3,702.15
Veteran's Pension
941.70
Medical and Hospital
$ 663.08
Care of Buildings
1,154.87
Telephone, Light and Fuel
1,605.08
Groceries and Provisions
4,893.72
Clothing
380.13
Household Supplies and Truck Expense
721.22
Other Expense
479.20
9,897.30
$ 14,541.15
Veterans' Benefits Department
Agent's Salary
$ 800.00
Clerical Assistant
2,192.40
Extra Clerical Assistance
50.00
$ 3,042.40
Recipients
$ 30,483.07
Car Allowance
150.00
Office Supplies, Printing, Telephone
589.00
$ 31,222.07
$ 34,264.47
Auto Expense
1,455.09
$329,757.69
$ 232.45
245
142ND ANNUAL REPORT
Veterans' Service Department Director's Salary
$ 200.00
$ 200.00
Administration
$ 100.00
100.00
Veterans' Pension
609.70
$ 909.70
School Department
Salaries:
Superintendence
$ 16,112.04
Clerks
8,440.00
Attendance Officer
3,500.00
Health
8,600.00
$ 36,652.04
Teachers - High Elementary
$202,428.87
317,788.13
$520,217.00
Janitors - High
$ 18,139.17
Elementary
35,062.98
$ 53,202.15
General Labor
3,310.50
Veterans' Pensions
6,004.87
School Athletic Fund
$ 988.80
$ 8,937.49 $ 9,926.29
School Lunch Fund
7,619.38
29,361.94
36,981.32
Military Service Credit
56.63
Out of State Travel
193.15
Trade Schools
4,448.10
Western Avenue School Const. Appn.
6,080.36
Western Avenue School Const. Bond Issue
101,155.62
$107,235.98
Lowell Street School Const. Bond Issue
$162,114.05
$162,114.05
High School Site Appn.
$ 7,500.00
High School Site Bond Issue
77,863.22
$ 85,363.22
High School Building Bond Issue
$ 44,450.00
High School Building Bond Issue 1953 No. 2
669,086.20
$713,536.20
Additional Land Takings-High School Montrose School Repairs
$
7,500.00
Maintenance Expense:
High
$ 18,830.18
Elementary
39,928.25
$ 58,758.43
Books and Supplies:
High Elementary
$ 17,024.55
20,474.05
$ 37,498.60
$ 900.00
$613,381.69
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Fuel and Light: High Elementary
$
9,862.46
15,429.40 $ 25,291.86
Transportation of Pupils Outlay
$ 17,756.30
Other Expense:
Telephones
$ 2,385.35
Motor Vehicle Expense
958.87
Supervisors Expenses
2,243.54
Supt's Office, Printing, Postage,
Material, Supplies, Various
7,418.05 $ 13,005.81
$ 1,904,913.02
Library Department
Salaries:
Librarian
$ 4,500.00
Assistants
26,254.05
Janitors
3,965.00
$ 34,719.05
Children's Room
$ 4,160.00
Youth Library
1,435.00
Periodical Room
547.00
$ 6,142.00
Other Expense :
Books
$ 6,103.89
Periodicals
1,002.57
Supplies
2,357.86
Maintenance
4,601.07
All Other
1,947.07
$ 16,012.46
$ 56,873.51
Recreation Department
Supervisor's Salary
$ 750.00
Assistants
3,720.00
Supervision-Head of Lake
1,000.00
$ 5,470.00
New Equipment-Little League
$ 1,500.00
New Equipment
451.95
Head of Lake Equipment
293.95
Other Expense
2,000.00
$ 4,245.90
Unclassified
Miscellaneous Account
$
1,424.94
Finance Committee Clerical Assistance
$ 293.45
Finance Committee Expense
$ 700.00 $ 993.45
Rifle Range Co. E 182nd Inf.
$ 1,101.55
$ 4,960.52
$ 9,715.90
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Rifle Range Medium Tank Co.
762.83 $ 1,864.38
Planning Board
$ 87.75
Board of Appeals
216.42
Insurance
37,787.89
Aid to Visiting Nurse Ass'n
1,000.00
Lease of Quarters-Veterans Foreign Wars
600.00
Lease of Quarters-American Legion
1,200.00
$ 1,800.00
Memorial Day-Veterans' Organizations
1,625.60
Armistice Day-Veterans' Organizations
127.50
$ 1,753.10
Town Hall Building Committee
3,500.00
Form of Government Study Committee
551.06
Wage, Hour and Classification Committee
2,409.83
Hall Park Improvements-North Avenue
1,189.18
John J. Round Memorial Park-Placques
391.54
County Tax
60,263.38
Middlesex County Hospital
22,095.91
Boston Arena Authority
2,567.50
Metropolitan Parks Reservations
23,814.52
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan-North System
39,979.53
State Charges-Auditing Municipal Accounts
74.40
State Charges-Smoke Inspection
311.51
State Charges-Contributory Retirement System
1,092.33
$150,199.08
Dog Licenses from Town Clerk
$ 2,744.80
Retirement System-Pension Accumulation Fund
$ 80,744.00
Retirement System-Expense Fund
3,067.90
Retirement System-Credit Members Military Service
622.43
$ 84,434.33
Blue Cross Deductions
$ 18,654.40
Federal Tax Deductions
161,762.47
Teachers' Retirement Deductions
25,530.51
$498,294.93
Light Department
Salaries :
Board Members
$ 414.00
Manager
6,790.64
Clerks
32,274.22
Labor
169,825.76
$209,304.62
Gas Purchased
$ 91,790.03
Current Purchased
$385,599.09
Insurance
6,832.21
Other Expense
174,507.89
$658,729.22
Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Traffic Lights
$ 497.26
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Street Lights Light Construction-Bond Issue
28,750.00
66,495.55
$963,776.65
Water Bonds
Water Interest
$ 34,000.00 5,229.25
$ 39,229.25
Interest
Temporary Loans
$ 473.95
Highway
3,231.50
School
28,679.19
Sewer
7,959.50
Light
1,400.00
Power Shovel
12.50
Police
1,650.00
$ 43,406.64
Maturing Debt
Highway
$ 36,000.00
School
54,000.00
Sewer
38,000.00
Light
5,000.00
Power Shovel
2,000.00
Police
5,000.00
$140,000.00
Anticipation of Revenue
$ 35,000.00
Temporary Loans
26,000.00
Premium on Notes and Bonds
2,535.76
$ 63,535.76
Refunds
Real Estate Taxes
$ 13,995.67
Personal Property Taxes
63.75
Poll Taxes
18.00
Excise Taxes
3,922.85
Sewer Connection Deposits
3,623.59
Water Rates
103.60
Special Assessments (Sewer)
33.13
Special Assessments (Streets)
377.73
Interest and Costs
5.79
Committed Interest
4.43
$ 22,148.54
Trust Fund Income
$ 465.84
Perpetual Care Bequests
3,120.00
Perpetual Care Trust Fund Income
956.03
Total Cash Expenditures for the year 1953
$ 5,364,376.32
Cash on Hand December 31, 1953
2,304,150.32
$ 7,668,526.64
249
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'ANALYSES OF LIGHT DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
Operation Account :
Balance January 1, 1953
$$ 95,503.32
Receipts for 1953
912,425.30
Transfers
175,811.31
Payments
$874,433.84
Transfer to Fire Alarm
684.81
Transfer to Revenue
35,000.00
Transfer to Depreciation
94,422.52
Transfer to Construction
60,503.32
Balance to 1954
118,695.44
$1,183,739.93 $1,183,739.93
Depreciation Account:
Balance January 1, 1953
$ 25,951.02
Transfers from Operation
94,422.52
Transfers to Operation
104,588.66
Balance to 1954 Account
15,784.88
$120,373.54
$120,373.54
Construction Account : Transfer from Operation Transfer to Operation
60,503.32
$ 60,503.32
$ 60,503.32
Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Traffic Lights:
Balance January 1, 1953
$ 733.08
Appropriation
10,260.70
Transfer from Depreciation
187.55
To correct duplicate payment
497.26
Cash
$ 497.26
Transfer to Revenue
462.00
Transfers to Operation
10,719.33
$ 11,678.59
$ 11,678.59
Guarantee Deposit Account :
Cash on Hand January 1, 1953
$ 44,872.29
Receipts
12,366.25
Payments
$ 12,568.07
Balance, Cash on Hand, Dec. 31, 1954
44,670.47
$ 57,238.54
$ 57,238.54
I have examined the above account and the balance is invested as follows: Wakefield Savings Bank
$ 40,000.00
Wakefield Trust Company-Checking Account
4,670.47
$ 44,670.47 JOHN J. MCCARTHY, Town Accountant
$ 60,503.32
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EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY
Balance January 1, 1953
$429,779.41
Outstanding Checks redeposited
1,773.02
Transfer to Fire Alarm Account
235.82
Audit Entries
6,227.77
Welfare Refunds-Prior Years
18.05
Sale Tax Title Land
3,987.26
Excess Revenue for 1953
115,118.62
Town Meeting Transfers
$ 46,897.62
Audit Entries
3,274.06
Correcting Entry-Collector
34.44
Tax Titles
1,541.00
Free Cash
65,000.00
Balance December 31, 1953
440,392.83
$557,139.95
$557,139.95
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation
Transfer from Overlay Surplus
6,000.00
Transfers:
Rifle Range-Company E
$ 322.55
Rifle Range-Medium Tank Co.
300.00
Selectmen-Other Expense
532.09
Interest Account
6,590.52
Sewer Maintenance
1,750.00
Sewer Connections
3,000.00
Compensation Account
400.00
Fire Other Expense
171.00
Election & Registration-Other Expense
284.89
Collector-Other Expense
186.42
Veterans' Benefits
1,857.35
Veterans' Benefits-Clerical
50.00
Transfer to Overlay Surplus
4,555.18
$ 20,000.00
$ 20,000.00
$ 14,000.00
Statement of Appropriated Funds, Expenditures and Balances December 31, 1953
Available Funds
Expended or
Bond Issues
For Year 1953 Transferred
Balances
GENERAL GOVERNMENT: Selectmen's Department
Salaries of Board
$ 690.00
$ 667.00
$ 2,300.00*
Salary-Clerk of Board
321.00
321.00
Salary-Clerical Assistant
974.63
974.63
Other Expense
3,742.09
3,742.09
Veterans' Pension
208.65
208.65
Pedestrian Traffic Lights
1,343.45
1,090.80
252.65*
200.00
160.65
39.35*
Parking Area Rental Land Taking
800.00
800.00 **
$ 8,279.82
$ 7,164.82
$ 1,115.00
Accounting Department
Salary of Accountant
$ 4,500.00
$ 4,500.00
Salary of Clerk
1,134.37
1,134.37
Salary-Clerical Assistant
2,401.20
2,401.20
Other Expense
1,095.00
1,090.38
4.62*
$ 9,130.57
$ 9,125.95
$ 4.62
Treasurer's Department Treasurer's Salary
$ 2,850.00
$ 2,850.00
142ND ANNUAL
REPORT
251
Salary of Paymaster Clerical Assistants Tax Titles Other Expense
617.39
617.39
1,500.00
1,342.40
157.60*
2,000.00
1,201.81
798.19*
850.00
670.65
179.35*
$ 7,817.39
$ 6,682.25
$ 1,135.14
Legal Department Salary of Town Counsel
$ 2,600.00
$ 2,600.00
5,127.98
Other Expense
9,906.97
2,278.99
2,500.00 **
$ 12,506.97
$ 4,878.99
$ 7,627.98
Collector's Department
Salary of Collector
$ 3,250.00
$ 3,250.00
Salary of Senior Clerk
2,349.00
2,349.00
Salary of Full Time Clerk
2,244.60
2,244.60
Deputy Collector
50.00
50.00
Other Expense
2,081.42
2,080.64
.78*
$ 9,975.02
$ 9,974.24
.78 **
Assessors' Department
Salaries of Board
$ 4,002.00
$ 4,002.00
Salary of Draftsman
3,744.00
3,744.00
Salary of Clerk
2,401.20
2,401.20
Salary-Extra Clerk
2,061.90
2,061.90
Assistant Assessor
80.00
80.00
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Auto Allowance Other Expense
Town Clerk's Department Salary of Town Clerk Salary of Clerical Assistant Other Expense
200.00
200.00
1,760.00
1,760.00
$ 14,249.10
$ 14,249.10
$ 3,258.75
$ 3,258.75
2,296.80
2,296.80
620.00
619.82
.18*
$ 6,175.55
$ 6,175.37
$
.18
$
50.00
$ 21.00
$ 29.00*
Vital Statistics
Election and Registration
$ 442.98
$ 442.98
Salaries of Registrars
300.00
300.00
Salary-Clerk of Registrars
2,125.00
2,118.61
6.39*
Assistant Registrars
1,900.00
1,900.00
Clerk Hire
1,584.89
1,584.89
Other Expense
$ 6,352.87
$ 6,346.48
$ 6.39
Election Expense, Selectmen Election Officers Other Expense
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