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$ 1,216.48
$ 1,039.33
$ 177.15*
946.00
244.09
701.91*
$ 2,162.48
$ 1,283.42
$ 879.06
$ 76,699.77
$ 65,901.62
$ 10,798.15
142ND
ANNUAL REPORT
253
TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department
$ 4,800.00
$ 4,800.00
Salary of Chief
4,200.00
4,200.00
Salary of Lieutenant
7,600.00
7,600.00
Salaries of Sergeants
84,000.00
83,679.20
320.80*
Salaries of Regular Patrolmen and/or Substitutes Therefor
2,000.00
1,641.40
358.60*
Substitution
2,296.80
2,296.80
Salary of Clerk
1,400.00
1,399.95
.05*
Uniform Allowance
7,374.98
7,049.55
325.43*
Other Expense
1,375.00
1,362.30
12.70*
New Automobile
7,400.00
7,281.78
118.22*
New Ambulance
300.00
300.00
Mass. Police Training School
274.00
230.60
43.40*
Building Equipment
2,305.00
2,305.00 **
New Boat House
$ 125,325.78
$ 121,841.58
$ 3,484.20
Fire Department
$ 4,800.00
$ 2,892.00
$ 1,908.00*
Salary of Chief Salary of Captain
4,200.00
4,200.00
Salaries of Lieutenants
3,800.00
3,800.00
Salary of Mechanic
69,100.00
67,685.71
1,414.29*
Salaries of Regular Firemen and/or Substitutes Therefor
250.00
250.00
Other Substitution
3,632.37
3,632.37
Pensions
800.00
800.00
254
TOWN OF
WAKEFIELD
19,000.00
19,000.00
Uniform Allowance Salaries of Call Men Other Expense New Equipment
6,600.00
6,502.49
97.51*
4,431.29
4,430.96
.33*
5,481.54
5,284.14
197.40*
75.00
75.00*
2,270.00
2,270.00
Out of State Travel Hydrant Rental Forest Warden
200.00
89.50
110.50*
$ 124,640.20
$ 120,837.17
$ 3,803.03
Civil Defense
Salary of Clerk
1,790.00
1,541.83
248.17 **
Other Expense
222.66
222.30
36*
Other Expense 1951
746.34
744.31
2.03*
Other Expense 1952
$ 4,507.70
$ 4,257.14
$ 250.56
Building Inspector
$ 3,000.00
$ 3,000.00
Salary of Building Inspector
1,252.80
1,094.00
158.80*
Clerk Hire
200.00
200.00
Auto Allowance
225.00
221.73
3.27*
Other Expense
$ 4,677.80
$ 4,515.73
$ 162.07
Wire Inspector
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
Salary of Wire Inspector Clerk Hire
626.40
546.82
79.58*
60.00
56.00
4.00*
Clerical Assistance
100.00
100.00
$ 1,748.70
$ 1,748.70
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Auto Allowance Other Expense
310.00
258.95
51.05*
$ 1,596.40
$ 1,461.77
$ 134.63
Plumbing Inspector Salary of Plumbing Inspector Auto Allowance
$ 1,000.00
$ 1,000.00
100.00
100.00
$ 1,100.00
$ 1,100.00
Sealer Weights and Measures Salary, Sealer Weights and Measures Truck Allowance Other Expense Fire Loss
$ 1,100.00
$ 1,100.00
200.00
200.00
100.00
45.36
54.64*
518.61
343.60
175.01 **
$ 1,918.61
$ 1,688.96
$ 229.65
Dog Officer - Salary
$ 800.00
$ 800.00
Dog Officer - Veterans' Pension
$
664.47
664.47
Animal Inspector - Salary
$
400.00
$
400.00
Compensation Account
$
450.00
$ 394.25
$ 55.75*
$ 266,080.96
$ 257,961.07
$ 8,119.89
Health Department
Salaries of Board
$ 414.00
$ 414.00
Salary of Agent
738.30
738.30
Salary of Nurse
2,600.00
2,600.00
Salary, Substitute Nurse
80.00
80.00
Salary, Milk Inspector
738.30
738.30
256
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Auto Allowance
500.00
500.00
1,697.40*
8,045.01
5,847.61
500.00*
786.00
786.00
$ 13,901.61
$ 11,704.21
$ 2,197.40
$ 279,982.57
$ 269,665.28
$ 10,317.29
TOTAL PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Public Works Department
$ 8,400.00
$ 8,400.00
Salary of Director
4,250.00
4,250.00
General Supervisor
260.00
260.00
Clerk of Board
2,704.00
2,600.00
104.00*
Department Clerk
3,763.62
3,763.62
Timekeeper
Assistant Timekeeper
2,871.00
2,871.00
Engineering
19,000.00
18,843.95
156.05*
Salaries
5,977.63
5,968.23
9.40*
Other Expense
1,000.00
956.14
43.86*
Other Expense
10,500.00
10,456.71
43.29*
Transportation and Equipment
8,000.00
7,997.39
2.61*
Garage Labor
7,000.00
7,000.00
Garbage Collection
$ 73,726.25
$ 73,367.04
$ 359.21
Buildings
Town Hall Maintenance
$ 1,588.14
$ 1,477.45
$ 110.69*
Town Hall Labor
3,251.67
3,245.66
6.01*
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REPORT
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Other Expense Unpaid Bills
Lafayette Building Maintenance Lafayette Building Labor Fire Dept. Maintenance
2,925.00
2,600.12
324.88*
3,496.00
3,493.00
3.00*
4,545.00
4,262.46
282.54*
Police Station Maintenance
2,679.00
2,402.93
276.07*
Police Station Labor
4,260.18
4,257.14
3.04*
Highway Maintenance Highway Labor
2,609.00
2,484.65
124.35*
2,791.30
2,791.30
Road Machinery Fund
744.03
744.03 **
$ 28,889.32
$ 27,014.71
$ 1,874.61
Moth and Tree Division
Salary, Supervisor
$ 4,032.45
$ 4,032.45
Labor
8,853.15
8,843.69
9.46*
Pensions
1,820.31
1,820.31
Other Expense
1,235.00
1,105.51
129.49*
New Equipment-1953 Garbage Collection Contract Acct. Art. No. 2
12,750.00
6,375.00
6,375.00 **
Police Station Lavatories
389.37
106.42
282.95
$ 25,999.37
$ 19,341.42
$ 6,657.95
Park Division
Salary of Supervisor Auto Allowance Labor
$ 2,016.23
$ 2,016.23
150.00
150.00
13,186.55
13,100.58
85.97*
Other Expense
2,233.05
2,000.77
232.28*
258
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
$ 15,940.91
5 15,801.96
$ 138.95
$ 12,860.00
$ 12,860.00
Repairs to Cannons on Park
280.88
280.88
$ 17,866.71
$ 17,548.46
$ 318.25
$ 2,016.22
$ 2,016.22
150.00
150.00
4,693.33
4,693.33
2,695.00
2,664.20
30.80*
$ 9,554.55
$ 9,523.75
$ 30.80
Water Division
Salary of Supervisor
$ 2,832.45
$ 2,832.45
Salary of Clerks
7,099.20
7,057.20
42.00*
Veterans' Pension
2,779.40
2,779.40
Labor and Materials
107,167.72
107,157.19
10.53*
1952 Other Expense
221.40
221.40
Water Bonds
34,000.00
34,000.00
Water Interest
5,229.25
5,229.25
Lake Quannapowitt-Treatment
500.00
172.40
327.60*
$ 159,829.42
$ 159,449.29
$ 380.13
Sewer Division
Salary of Supervisor Labor
$ 1,200.00
$ 1,200.00
5,585.00
3,898.41
1,686.59*
Veterans' Pension
253.50
253.50
Maintenance
382.59*
5,165.44
3,482.41
1,300.00 **
Sewer Connections
20,500.00
19,502.62
997.38*
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Cemetery Division Salary of Supervisor Auto Allowances Labor Other Expense
Sewers - 1951
14.63
14.63 **
Sewerage Survey and Land Damages Lowell St .- Pine Hill Circle School Site
9,944.59
9,944.59* *
5,581.29
1,756.41
3,824.88 **
Lowell St .- No. End of Quannapowitt
800.00
245.40
554.60 **
Sewer Construction, Various Streets
7,300.00
7,300.00
Low Level Station-New Boiler
775.00
775.00 **
$ 57,119.01
$ 37,638.75
$ 19,480.26
Highway Division
Salary of Supervisor
$ 4,032.45
$ 4,032.45
Salary of Clerk
2,296.80
2,296.80
Labor
62,746.00
57,875.74
4,870.26*
Veterans' Pension
6,968.36
6,968.36
Maintenance
45,750.00
42,387.68
3,362.32*
Equipment Rental
7,000.00
6,832.17
167.83*
Chapter 90 Main St .- 1951
41.03
41.03 **
Chapter 90 Main St .- 1952
7,660.46
7,231.31
429.15 **
Chapter 90 Main St .- 1953
40,000.00
35,951.90
4,048.10 **
Chapter 90 Maintenance-1953
3,000.00
3,000.00
Rebuilding and Resurfacing Sidewalks 1952
2,265.48
1,832.49
432.99* *
Rebuilding and Resurfacing Sidewalks 1953 New Sidewalks 1953
5,000.00
5,000.00
8,500.00
8,420.22
79.78 **
Replacing Concrete Curbs Various Streets 1951
943.02
710.52
232.50 **
Replacing Concrete Curbs Various Streets 1952
1,278.40
63.00
1,215.40 **
Replacing Concrete Curbs Various Streets 1953 Sidewalks and Curbing Vernon Street
6,500.00
5,228.23
1,271.77 **
668.90
668.90 **
2,124.62
2,124.62
Sidewalks and Curbing Easterly Side Lowell St. Special Drainage-1951
2,423.20
876.15
1,547.05 **
260
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Special Drainage-1952
6,909.55
807.48 **
Special Drainage-1953
22,000.00
6,102.07 20,561.05
1,438.95 **
Sanitary Drainage-Various Streets
3,000.00
1,200.52
1,799.48 **
Foster's Lane Construction
629.73
629.73 **
Repairs to Linden and Cooper St. Bridges
435.50
435.50 **
Barriers Quann. Boulevard
131.87
131.87 **
Board of Survey
100.00
74.26
25.74*
Construction Public Ways 1953 Appr.
7,300.00
7,300.00
Repairs to Wall Beebe's Cove
3,000.00
1,008.25
1,991.75 **
Chain Link Fence
2,396.50
2,396.50
Field House Lake Quann.
5,500.00
5,346.44
153.56 **
$ 260,601.87
$ 234,820.73
$ 25,781.14
TOTAL PUBLIC WORKS
$ 649,527.41
$ 594,506.11
$ 55,021.30
CHARITIES AND VETERANS' BENEFITS
Salaries of Board
$ 690.00
$ 690.00
General Relief
18,000.00
14,524.43
3,475.57*
General Relief Administration, Other Expense
775.50
775.50
Unpaid Bills for 1950
287.21
287.21 **
Unpaid Bills
590.08
581.81
8.27*
Unpaid Bills 1952 Special Acct.
335.00
335.00
Unpaid Bills 1950 Art. 3
60.00
60.00
Unpaid Bills 1949-1950
1,234.00
1,234.00
Charities
Disability Assistance Recipients-Town
$ 15,702.90
$ 15,702.90
Dist. Asst. Administration-Town
575.50
575.50
Disability Assistance Recipients-Federal
10,395.04
8,653.25
1,741.79 **
261
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ANNUAL REPORT
Disability Assistance Administration-Federal Aid Dependent Children-Town
908.54 20,214.66
20,214.66
Aid Dependent Children Administration-Town
575.50
575.50
14,675.52
9,774.57
4,900.95 **
Aid Dependent Children Recipients-Federal Aid Dependent Children Administration-Federal
1,259.10
1,154.25
104.85 **
Old Age Assistance Recipients-Town
189,148.15
189,148.15
Old Age Assistance Administration-Town
9,783.50
9,783.50
Old Age Assistance Recipients-Federal
137,253.88
130,097.60
7,156.28 **
Old Age Asst. Administration-Federal
9,733.10
9,548.32
184.78 **
Willard Donnell Trust Welfare
534.81
232.45
302.36 **
Town Home Salary and Wages
3,702.15
3,702.15
Town Home Veterans' Pension
941.70
941.70
Town Home, Other Expense
9,900.00
9,897.30
2.70*
$ 447,275.84
$ 428,929.36
$ 18,346.48
Veterans' Benefits
Veterans' Veterans Recipients
$ 29,857.35
$ 29,857.35
Veterans' Agents Salary
800.00
800.00
Veterans' Benefits-Clerical Asst.
2,242.40
2,242.40
Veterans' Benefits-Car Allowance
150.00
150.00
Veterans' Benefits Administration Expense
589.00
589.00
$ 33,638.75
$ 33,638.75
Veterans' Services Veterans' Services Salary Director Veterans' Services Administration Exp.
$ 200.00
$ 200.00
100.00
100.00
726.82
181.72 **
262
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Veterans' Services Vet. Pension
609.70
609.70
CA 909.70
$ 909.70
TOTAL CHARITIES & VETERANS' BENEFITS
$ 481,824.29
$ 463,477.81
$ 18,346.48
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Salaries
$ 618,178.08 6,004.87
$ 613,381.69
$ 4,796.39*
Veterans' Pensions
6,004.87
75.23*
Other Expense
157,597.75
157,090.52
426.00 **
Out of State Travel
250.00
193.15
56.85*
Trade Schools
7,575.00
4,523.10
3,051.90*
Athletic Fund
15,010.07
9,920.29
5,089.78 **
Lunch Fund
38,259.83
37,623.27
636.56 **
High School Additions Plans
143.88
143.88*
High School Planning Committee Expense
2,734.68
2,734.68*
Elementary Schools Planning Comm. Exp.
1,520.62
1,520.62*
Mass. Teachers' Retire. Assn., Military Credit Serv.
152.77
56.63
96.14*
Western Ave. School Construction Appn.
46,955.66
14,301.82
32,653.84 **
High School Site-Main Street
7,500.00
75,000.00
Montrose School Repairs
2,319.65
900.00
1,419.65*
Land Taking Eminent Domain-Western Ave.
50.00
50.00*
$ 904,252.86
$ 851,495.34
$ 52,757.52
142ND
ANNUAL REPORT
TOTAL SCHOOL DEPARTMENT School Department
$
7,500.00 $ 7,500.00
263
Additional Land Taking, High School Lowell Street Elementary School Appr.
35,000.00
35,000.00 **
$ 946,752.86
$ 858,995.34
$ 87,757.52
LIBRARY
Salaries
$ 34,779.00
$ 34,719.05
$ 59.95*
Other Expense Moving Children's Room Youth Library Periodical Room
15,969.22
15,962.46
6.76*
4,160.00
4,160.00
1,435.00
1,435.00
547.00
547.00
$ 56,890.22
$ 56,823.51
$ 66.71
TOTAL EDUCATION
$ 1,003,643.08
$ 915,818.85
$ 87,824.23
Miscellaneous Account
$
1,526.00
$ 1,424.94
$ 101.06*
Recreation-Super. Sal.
750.00
750.00
Assistants Salary
3,720.00
3,720.00
Expense
2,000.00
2,000.00
New Equip. Art. 65 Mar. 1953
1,500.00
1,500.00
New Equip.
451.95
451.95
Head of Lake Area
1,293.95
1,293.95
Finance Com. Cler. Asst. Expense
700.00
700.00
Rifle Range Co. E 182nd Inf.
1,122.55
1,101.55
21.00*
Rifle Range Med. Tank Co.
800.00
762.83
37.17*
Planning Board
125.00
87.75
37.25*
Board of Appeals
325.00
216.42
108.58*
Insurance
41,545.00
37,787.89
3,757.11*
264
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
300.00
293.45
6.55 **
Aid to Visiting Nurse Assn. Vet. Foreign Wars-Quarters
1,000.00
1,000.00
600.00
600.00
American Legion-Quarters
1,200.00
1,200.00
Memorial Day-Vet. Org.
1,700.00
1,625.60
74.40*
Armistice Day-Vet. Org.
250.00
75.00
175.00*
Town Hall Bldg. Com.
4,000.00
3,500.00
500.00 **
Repairs to Town Hall
500.00
500.00 **
Insurance Damage-Town Hall
47,120.79
4,000.00
43,120.79 **
Town Hall Study Com.
200.00
200.00 **
Capital Outlay Exp. Com.
1,000.00
1,000.00 **
Form of Gov. Study Com.
559.08
551.06
8.02*
Wage, Hour and Class. Com.
2,500.00
2,402.33
97.67*
Improv. Hall Park-North Ave.
1,375.00
1,189.18
185.82 **
Round Mem. Park-Plaques
400.00
391.54
8.46*
Purchase of Land Traffic Signal-Elm St.
1.00
1.00 **
$ 118,565.32
$ 68,625.44
$ 49,939.88
STATE AND COUNTY ASSESSMENTS
County Tax
$ 71,833.84
$ 70,157.85
$ 1,675.99 **
Middlesex County Hospital
19,405.59
22,644.63
3,239.04
Boston Arena Authority
2,567.50
2,567.50
Purchase of Land Met. Dist. Comm.
1.00
1.00 **
Charles River Basin
1,178.92
1,178.92
Metropolitan Parks Loan
764.51
764.51
Metropolitan Parks Reservations
26,377.06
25,558.44
818.62 **
Met. Sewerage Loan-North System
42,832.21
42,061.15
771.06 **
State Charges-Audit. Mun. Accounts
74.40
74.40
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State Charges-Smoke Inspection State Charges-Cont. Retirement System Joseph DeRenne Perp. Care Fund
455.28
362.04
93.24 **
1,092.33
2,174.15
1,081.82
100.00
100.00
2,778.80
2,746.40
32.40 **
Dog Licenses from Town Clerk Ret. System Pension Accumulation Fund
80,744.00
80,744.00
Ret. System Expense Fund
3,067.90
3,067.90
Ret. System Credit Members Military Service
622.43
622.43
$ 251,328.27
$ 254,824.32
$ 3,496.05
TOTAL STATE AND COUNTY ASSESSMENTS AGENCY AND TRUST
Blue Cross Deductions
177,884.52
161,762.47
16,122.05 **
Federal Tax Deductions
27,783.18
25,530.31
2,252.87 **
Teachers' Retirement Deductions
$ 225,428.12
$ 205,947.18
$ 19,480.94
TOTAL AGENCY AND TRUST
Light Operation
1,183,739.93
1,065,044.49
118,695.44 **
Depreciation
120,373.54
104,588.66
15,784.88 **
Construction
60,503.32
60,503.32
Street Lights
28,750.00
28,750.00
Fire Alarm, Police Signal and Traffic Lights
11,678.59
11,678.59
Interest
42,006.64
42,006.64
Maturing Debt
135,000.00
135,000.00
BOND ISSUES: Street Construction 1948 No. 2
$
2,274.88
$
2,274.88 **
266
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
19,760.42
18,654.40
1,106.02 **
Street Construction 1951 Street Construction 1953
4,023.28
155.86
3,867.42 **
108,000.00
71,733.59
36,266.41 **
Special Bond Issue Transfer 1951
1,270.98
1,270.98 **
Water Supply Addition (Const. of Wells and Pump. Sta.)
Water Construction 1952
35,573.35
35,573.35
Water Construction 1953
50,000.00
31,143.35
18,856.65 **
Water and Sewer-Power Shovel
1,433.94
1,433.94 ***
Sewer Construction 1948
1,773.48
1,433.86
339.62 **
Sewer Construction 1949
10,577.50
264.90
10,312.60 **
Sewer Construction 1950
744.04
744.04
Sewer Construction 1951
39,487.63
6,638.82
32,848.81 **
Sewer Construction 1953
175,000.00
124,881.67
50,118.33 **
Sewers for Drainage-Highway 1948
24,954.35
10,110.59
14,843.76 ***
Sewers for Drainage-Highway 1949
489.37
489.37 **
Sewer Const .- School Site 1952
4,032.21
448.47
3,583.74 **
Hurd School Addition
11.41
11.41 **
Lowell Street School
165,550.80
161,807.93
3,742.87 **
Western Avenue School
101,155.62
101,155.62
High School Building 1952
62,950.00
62,950.00
High School Building 1953 No. 2
2,000,000.00
669,086.20
1,330,913.80 **
High School Site
72,000.00
71,363.22
636.78 **
Light Construction 1952
66,495.55
66,495.55
TOTAL BOND ISSUE
$ 2,928,094.35
$ 1,415,987.02
$ 1,512,107.33
* Appropriation Balances December 31, 1953-Transferred to Revenue
** Appropriation Balances December 31, 1953-Carried Forward to 1954
$ 50,601.70
$ 1,851,050.53
142ND
ANNUAL
REPORT
267
295.96
295.96 **
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1953
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Revenue Cash
$ 792,042.99
Temporary Loans
$ 32,000.00
Non-Revenue Cash
1,512,107.33
Reserve for State and County Aid-Highways 2,214.14
Premium on Notes and Bonds 10,525.31
Sewer Connection Deposits
3,070.60
Real Estate Taxes 1953
48,664.28
Trust Fund Income
15.68
Perpetual Care Funds Income
1,167.29
Personal Property Tax 1951
$ 1,186.80
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
11,268.16
Personal Property Tax 1952
245.00
Excise Tax Revenue
24,058.29
Personal Property Tax 1953
2,479.91
Overlay 1949
70.72
Overlay 1950
3.20
Poll Tax 1951
$ 30.00
Overlay 1951
2,148.21
Poll Tax 1952
38.00
Overlay 1952
695.96
Poll Tax 1953
180.00
Overlay 1953
7,035.03
$
248.00
Excise Tax 1950
$ 74.64
Excise Tax 1951
1,547.81
Excise Tax 1952
1,168.88
Excise Tax 1953
21,266.96
$ 24,058.29
Betterments 1952
$ 377.73
Betterments 1953
3,844.08
$ 4,221.81
Sewers 1952
$ 81.48
268
TOWN
OF
WAKEFIELD
$2,304,150.32
Real Estate Taxes 1952
10,587.47 €A
$ 59,251.75
$ 3,911.71
Sewers 1953
39,460.02
$ 39,541.50 $ 2,634.55
Sewers Not Apportioned
Committed Interest 1952
$ 236.73
Committed Interest 1953
760.61
$ 997.34
Tax Collector-Petty Cash
$ 100.00
School Athletic Fund Petty Cash
800.00
School Lunch Fund Petty Cash
300.00
Light Dept. Petty Cash
400.00
Tax Titles
$ 25,727.35
Accounts Receivable :
Accounts Receivable :
Health Department
$ 12,268.07
Old Age Assistance
$
218.80
Welfare Department
2,191.10
Disability Assistance 231.68
Aid Dependent Children
2,827.98
Comm. of Mass. Veterans' Benefits 1,136.23
Disability Ass't. Adm.
329.52
School Department
19,064.67
Betterments Not Apportioned
$ 1,116.06
Overlay Surplus
5,060.24
Excess and Deficiency
440,392.83
Departmental Revenue
35,784.32
State Aid-Highways
$ 5,197.73
Special Assessment Revenue
46,241.58
County Aid-Highways
2,598.89
Municipal Light Revenue
108,928.94
$ 7,796.62
Water Rates
$ 2,414.46
Water Revenue
$
3,961.46
Water Services
1,547.00
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances 700.00
$ 3,961.46
Reserve for Petty Cash- School Lunch Fund 300.00
Municipal Light Bills Special Cash-Municipal Light Guarantees
$108,928.94
44,670.47
Reserve for Petty Cash-
142ND
ANNUAL REPORT
$ 1,586.71
Infirmary
551.48
Comm. of Mass .- Veterans' Burials
138.21
$ 37,371.03
Tax Title Revenue $ 25,727.35
269
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund 7,445.00 School Athletic Fund 600.00
Sewer Assessments Apportioned $ 56,462.95
Sewer Assessments Apportioned:
Due in 1952
$ 288.10
Due in 1954
8,551.85
Due in 1955
8,331.79
Due in 1956
8,111.24
Due in 1957
7,377.79
Due in 1958
6,671.42
Due in 1959
5,263.85
Due in 1960
5,259.07
Due in 1961
4,058.49
Due in 1962
2,549.35
$ 56,462.95
Betterment Assessments Apportioned $104,545.61
Betterment Assessments Apportioned:
Due in 1954
$ 15,326.37
Due in 1955
14,574.65
Due in 1956
14,226.80
Due in 1957
14,101.16
Due in 1958
14,028.11
Due in 1959
13,271.32
Due in 1960
9,616.63
Due in 1961
5,660.12
Due in 1962
2,987.86
Due in 1963
752.59
$104,545.61
$ 56,658.39
Tax Title Possessions Revenue Sale of Real Estate
11,976.00
270
$ 1,600.00
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Tax Title Possessions
$ 56,658.39
Sale of Lots and Graves 3,275.00
Perpetual Care Bequests
625.00
Partial Payments-Sale of Lots-Cemetery
80.00
Partial Payments-Perpetual Care-Cemetery
85.00
Old Age Assistance Recovery
6,789.40
Disability Assistance Recovery
181.02
Municipal Light Guarantee Deposits
44,670.47
Land Taking
800.00
Legal-Other Expense
2,500.00
Police Department-New Boat House
2,305.00
Civil Defense- Other Expense
248.17
Sealer Weights & Measures-Fire Loss Account
175.01
Health Department-Other Expense
500.00
Board of Public Works:
Road Machinery Fund
744.03
Garbage Collection
6,375.00
Sewer Division Maintenance
1,300.00
Sewers 1951
14.63
Sewerage Survey-Montrose
9,944.59
Sewer Construction-Lowell Street
3,824.88
Sewer Construction-Head of Lake Area
554.60
Chapter 90 Main Street 1951
41.03
Chapter 90 Main Street 1952
429.15
Chapter 90 Main Street 1953
4,048.10
Rebuilding and Resurfacing Sidewalks
432.99
New Sidewalks 1953
79.78
Replacing Curbing-Various 1951
232.50
Replacing Curbing-Various 1952
1,215.40
142ND ANNUAL REPORT
271
Replacing Curbing-Various 1953
1,271.77
Replacing Curbing-Vernon Street 668.90
New Boiler-Low Level Sewer Station
775.00
Special Drainage 1951
1,547.05
Special Drainage 1952
807.48
Special Drainage 1953
1,438.95
Foster's Lane Construction
629.73
Barriers Quannapowitt Boulevard
131.87
Repairs to Wall-Beebe's Cove
1,991.75
Field House-Lake Quannapowitt
153.56
Drainage-Greenwood and Madison Avenues
1,799.48
Welfare Department-Unpaid Bills 1950
287.21
Disability Assistance Rec. Federal Funds
1,741.79
Disability Assistance Adm. Federal Funds
181.72
Repairs to Linden & Cooper Street Bridges 435.50
Aid to Dependent Children Rec. Federal Funds $ 4,900.95
Aid to Dependent Children Adm. Federal Funds 104.85
Old Age Assistance Rec. Federal Funds
7,156.28
Old Age Assistance Adm. Federal Funds
184.78
Willard Donnell Trust
302.36
School Department-Other Expense
426.00
School Department Athletic Fund
5,089.78
School Lunch Fund
636.56
Western Avenue School Construction App'n.
32,653.84
Lowell Street Elementary School App'n. 35,000.00
Town Hall Building Committee
500.00
Repairs to Town Hall 500.00
Insurance-Fire Loss-Town Hall
43,120.79
272
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Middlesex County Hospital State Charges Contributory Retirement System
$ 3,239.04
2,567.50
1,081.82
Town Hall Study Committee
200.00
Capital Outlay Committee
1,000.00
Improvements Hall Park Property-North Ave.
185.82
Purchase of Land-Traffic Circle-Elm Street
1.00
County Tax
1,675.99
Purchase of land-Metropolitan District Comm.
1.00
Metropolitan Parks Reservation
818.62
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan-North System
771.06
State Charges-Smoke Inspection
93.24
Dog Licenses from Town Clerk
32.40
Blue Cross Deductions
1,106.02
Federal Tax Deductions
16,122.05
Teachers' Retirement Deductions
2,252.87
Municipal Light Department:
Operation
$118,695.44
Depreciation
15,784.88
$134,480.32
Total Revenue
$ 1,388,964.12
Bond Issues-Non-Revenue Cash : Highway Construction Bond Issue No. 2 $ 2,274.88
Street Const. Loan 1951 3,867.42
Highway Spec. Bond Issue Transfer 1,270.98
Construction Public Ways 1953
36,266.41
Water Supply Addition 295.96
Relaying Water Mains 1953
18,856.65
Water and Sewer Dept. Power Shovel 1,433.94
142ND
ANNUAL
REPORT
273
Sewer Construction-Various Streets 1948 339.62
Sewer Construction Lowell Street $ 3,583.74
Sewers for Drainage-New Const.
14,843.76
Sewer Const .- Various Streets 1949
10,312.60
Sewers for Drainage New Const.
Highway
489.37
Sewer Loan 1951
32,848.81
Sewer Loan 1953
50,118.33
Sewer Construction-Lowell Street
11.41
Lowell Street School Construction
3,742.87
High School Bldg. Const. 1953-
No. 2
1,330,913.80
High School Bldg. Const. 1953-
No. 1
636.78
$ 1,512,107.33
Grand Total
$ 2,901,071.45
$ 2,901,071.45
SUPPLEMENTARY BALANCE SHEET
TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
Cash on Hand, December 31, 1953
$ 99,000.08
Sweetser Lecture Fund
$ 10,371.91
Sweetser Lecture Guarantee Fund
3,687.59
Jonathan Nichols Temperance Fund
1,862.04
Forest Glade Cemetery Funds
43,860.00
Library Trust Funds
16,389.26
Park Trust Funds
5,748.76
274
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
1953 Indebtedness Account
Outstanding January 1, 1953 Bonds Issued 1953 Payments 1953 Outstanding December 31, 1953
$ 2,017,000.00 2,333,000.00
$ 174,000.00 4,176,000.00
$ 4,350,000.00
$ 4,350,000.00
RECAPITULATION
Sewers
$ 611,000.00
Street
235,000.00
Water
315,000.00
School
2,796,000.00
Light
85,000.00
Highway Building and Police Station Loan
134,000.00
$ 4,176,000.00
Loans
Due
Due
Due
Due
Due
Due 1959
Due 1961
Due 1962
Due 1964
Due 1965
Due 1966
Due 1967
Due
Due
Due
Due
Due
Due
Sewer Loan 1948
70,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
$ 5,000.00
10,000.00
$ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00
$ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00
Sewer Loan 1950
47,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
3,000.00
48,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Sewer Loan 1953
175,000.00
13,000.00
13,000.00
13,000.00
13,000.00
13,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
Street Loan 1947
27,000.00
9,000.00
9,000.00
9,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Street Loan 1949
32,000.00
7,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
3,000.00
Street Construction Loan 1951
32,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
Street Bond 1953
108,000.00
12,000.00
12,000.00
12,000.00
12,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
Water Mains Relaying Loan 1939
2,000.00
2,000.00
Water Mains Relaying Loan 1946
21,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,000.00
1,000,00
Water Mains Loan 1948
40,000,00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000,00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Water Mains Loan 1949
55,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000,00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Water Mains Loan 1950
79,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
Water Mains Loan 1951
24,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Water Construction Loan 1952
44,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
Water Bonds 1953
50,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Highway Bldg. & Police Station Loan 1947
54,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
Police Station Loan 1949
80,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00 10,000.00
5,000.00 10,000.00
5,000.00 10,000.00
28,000.00
25,000.00
High School Bldg. Site
114,000.00
9,000.00
9,000.00
8,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
High School Construction
1,000,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
High School Const. Loan No. 2
1,000,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
Municipal Light Const. 1952
85,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
$ 4,176,000.00 $288,000.00 $281,000.00 $280,000.00 $262,000.00
$260,000.00
$254,000.00 $248,000.00
$242,000.00 $226,000.00 $220,000.00
$205,000.00 $192,000.00
$183,000.00 $180,000.00 $175,000.00
$165,000.00 $150,000.00 $140,000.00 $115,000.00
$110,000.00
$ 68,000.00
$ 6,000.00
$ 6,000.00
$ 6,000.00
$ 6,000.00
$ 6,000.00
$ 6,000.00
$ 6,000.00
$ 5,000.00
$ 5,000.00
$ 5,000.00
$ 5,000.00
$ 3,000.00
$ 3,000.00
Sewer Loan 1949
203,000.00
13,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
Sewer Loan 1946
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1960
1963
Street Loan 1948, Second Issue
15,000.00
Street Construction Loan 1950
21,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Hurd School Bldg. Loan 1948
165,000.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
28,000.00
28,000.00
28,000.00
28,000.00
5,000,00
School Loan 1951
517,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
28,000.00
28,000.00
28,000.00
28,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Due
Due
5,000.00
Sewer Loan 1951
7,005.73 10,074.79
$ 99,000.08
$ 99,000.08
SUPPLEMENTARY BALANCE SHEET RETIREMENT SYSTEM FUNDS - CASH AND SECURITIES
Balance January 1, 1953 Audit Entry
2,700.13
Pensions and Annuities
$ 62,488.77
Investment Income
3,981.37
Administrative Expense
3,419.68
Transfers from Payroll Deductions
41,198.78
Refunds-Members Deductions
4,864.42
From Town Appropriations:
Balance, December 31, 1953
344,482.98
For Pensions
$ 80,744.00
Members Military Service
622.43
Expense Fund
3,067.90
$ 84,434.33
$415,255.85
$415,255.85
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN J. MCCARTHY,
Town Accountant
142ND
ANNUAL REPORT
275
Old Cemetery Trust Funds School and Scholarship Funds
$282,941.24
Payments:
276
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Index to Town Officers' Reports
Page
General Government:
Appeals Board
12
Assessors' Board
9
Contributory Retirement Board 12
Planning Board
11
Selectmen's Report
5
Town Clerk
7
Town Officers
3
Protection of Persons and Property:
Animal Inspector 24
Building Inspector 21
Civil Defense Director 25
Dog Officer 24
Fire Department 19
21
Plumbing Inspector
23
Police Department
14
Sealer of Weights and Measures 25
Wire Inspector
22
Health and Welfare:
Compensation Agent 37
Health Department 28
Milk and Food Inspector 29
Recreation Commission
39
Veterans' Services and Benefits 38
Welfare Department
29
Maintenance:
Board of Public Works 40
Director of Public Works Report
40
Engineering Division
41
Highway Division
49
Moth and Tree Division
42
Park and Cemetery Division
43
Sewer Division 48
Water Division 44
Education :
Library Trustees 87
School Department 55
Forest Warden
277
142ND ANNUAL REPORT
Public Service Enterprises:
Municipal Light Department
95
General Government, Technical Reports:
Births 167
Deaths
190
Dog Licenses 161
Election Results
101
Jurors
162
Marriages
179
Sporting Licenses
161
Town Meetings
102, 114, 121, 132
Town Meetings, Special
106, 133, 146
Treasurer's Report, Trust Funds
195
Index to Town Accountant's Report
Page
Analyses of Light Department Account
249
Balance Sheet
268
Excess and Deficiency
250
Expenditures and Receipts Chart
218
Indebtedness Account-Insert following
275
Payments
235
Accounting Department
235
Agency and Trust
247
Assessors' Department
236
Board of Public Works
239
Buildings
240
Cemetery Division 241
Highway Division 242
Moth and Tree Division
240
Park Division
241
Sewer Division
242
Water Division
241
Bond Premium
248
Building Inspector
238
Civil Defense
238
Collector's Department
236
Compensation
239
Dog Officer
239
Election Expense
237
Election and Registration 236
Fire Department 237
278
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Health Department
239
Interest
248
Legal Department 236
Library
246
Light Department
247
Maturing Debt 248
Miscellaneous 246
Plumbing Inspector 238
Police Department
237
Recreation
246
Refunds
248
School Department
245
Sealer of Weights and Measures
238
Selectmen's Department
235
Town Clerk's Department
236
Treasurer's Department 235
244
Welfare Department 243
238
Receipts for 1953
220
Appeals Board
221
Agency and Trust
224
Board of Public Works
222
Highway Division
223
Cemetery Division
222
Park Division
223
Sewer Division 223
223
Bond Interest
224
Bond Premiums
224
Building Inspector
222
Collector
221
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
223
County
224
Federal Govt.
223
Fire Department 222
General Loans
224
Health Department
222
Infirmary
222
Interest
221
Library
222
Licenses and Permits
221
Light Department
223
Motor Vehicle Excises
221
Old Age Assistance
222
Petty Cash 224
Plumbing Inspector
222
Police Department
222
Refunds
224
School Department 222
Sealer of Weights and Measures 222
Veterans' Benefits and Services
Wire Inspector
Water Division
279
142ND ANNUAL REPORT
Special Assessments
221
Taxes-current year 220
Taxes-prior years 220
Town Clerk
222
Trust Funds
195
Veterans' Services and Benefits 222
Welfare Department 222
Wire Inspector 222 Reserve Fund 250
Statement of Appropriations and Expenditures 251
Supplementary Balance Sheet 275
Town Accountant's Summary
219
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