Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1926-1930, Part 11

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1926
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Assabet Inst. for Savings, Lowell road loan 2,000.00


Assabet Inst. for Savings, Lowell road loan 2,000.00


First Nat. Bank, Aver, tax loan 20,000.00


First Nat. Bank, Aver, fire dep't. loan 800.00


First Nat. Bank, Aver, fire dept. loan 800.00


First Nat. Bank, Aver, fire dept. loan 800.00


First Nat. Bank, Aver, fire dept. loan 700.00


First Nat. Bank, Ayer, Lowell road loan .. 800.00


First Nat. Bank, Ayer, Lowell road loan .. 800.00


Damage to school desks


52.12


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First Nat. Bank, Ayer, Lowell road loan .. 700.00


First Nat. Bank, Ayer, Lowell road loan .. 700.00


First Nat. Bank, Ayer, tax loan 25,000.00


Cemetery fund, care of lots 1,136.00


Library fund, book acct. 515.21


Surplus, cemetery acct.


171.00


$177,900.31


Chas A. Durkee, Collector :


1924 taxes


$126.30


1925 taxes


13,579.78


1926 taxes


20,296.66


1927 taxes


69,659.55


$103,662.29


$297,435.49


Paid Selectmen's orders


271,218.56


Cash on hand


$26,216.93


FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.


Treasurer's Report of Funds Held for Care of Cemetery Lots Perpetual care funds $30,350.00


Unexpended balances


3,477.93


$33,827.93


Received for care of lots :


Emma L. Cullis lot


$100.00


Wm. S. Kelley lot


100.00


W. A. Raynor lot


100.00


Jos. E. Chandler lot


50.00


Lewis B. Goodnow lot


50.00


Chas. B. Stone lot


100.00


Lewis Guy Mead lot


100.00


Cyrus Putnam lot


100.00


Chas H. Fairbanks lot


100.00


Wm. L. Lothrop lot


100.00


Willie S. Fletcher lot


100.00


Horace R. Hosmer lot


75.00


Wm. Chaplin G. A. R. lot balance


12.70


Phineas Wetherbee R. R. stock sold


78.96


$1,166.66


Income from : Water bonds


$210.00 Liberty bonds 305.67


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Maynard Trust Co. 103.27


Worcester North Savings


100.00


Charlestown Five Cent Savings 194.01


Home Savings


45.00


Worcester Five Cent Savings


67.50


B. & M. R. R. stock


5.00


Assabet Institute for Savings


190.76


Marlboro Savings 50.00


North Middlesex Savings


76.15


Middlesex Institute for Savings


125.28


North End Savings


30.26


Warren Institute for Savings


4.66


$1,507.56


Transferred to surplus account 115.20


$1,392.36


Paid town of Acton, care of lots


$1,136.00


Water District bonds


5,100.00


Liberty bonds


7,300.00


Maynard Trust Co.


3,228.96


North Middlesex Savings bank 1,800.00


107.65


Central Savings, Lowell


$1,000.00


Middlesex Inst. for Savings


2,475.00


Worcester North Savings


2,000.00


Home Savings Bank


1,000.00


Worcester Five-Cent Savings


1,500.00 1,000.00


North End Savings Bank


695.72


Charlestown Five-Cent Savings 3,893.62


Assabet Inst. for Savings


4,150.00


$3,638.95


Principal funds $31,516.66


Unexpended balance 3,734.29


Cemetery Suplus Fund.


Balance


$407.15


Transferred from cemetery fund


115.20


$522.35


Transferred to town account $171.00


Assabet Inst. for Savings, balance 351.35


$522.35


FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.


$36,386.95


Warren Institute for Savings


Marlboro Savings Bank


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Elizabeth White Fund


Principal fund


$25,000.00


Unexpended balance


2,183.43


Received interest :


Waltham Savings Bank 90.00


Charlestown Five Cent Savings


100.00


East Cambridge Savings 100.00


Lowell Inst. for Savings


90.00


Andover Savings


100.00


Lawrence Savings


100.00


Amherst Savings


100.00


Marlboro Savings


100.00


Worcester Five Cent


90.00


Worcester North Savings


50.00


Middlesex Inst. for Savings


100.00


North Middlesex Savings


90.00


Athol Savings


100.40


Assabet Inst. for Savings


89.81


$28,483.64


Paid out trustees orders


$915.00


Cash in :


Waltham Savings Bank $2,000.00


Charlestown Five Cent


2,000.00


East Cambridge Savings


2,000.00


Lowell Inst. for Savings


2,000.00


Andover Savings


2,000.00


Lawrence Savings


2,000.00


Amherst Savings


2,000.00


Marlboro Savings


2,000.00


Worcester Fine Cent


2,000.00


Middlesex Inst. for Savings


2,000.00


North Middlesex Savings


2,000.00


Athol Savings


2,000.00


Worcester North Savings


1,000.00


Assabet Inst. for Savings, balance


2,568.64


$28,483.14


FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.


Wilde Memorial Library Fund


Principal fund $9,000.00


Susan, Augusta and Luther Conan fund .. 1,000.00


Hiram J. Hapgood fund 200.00


Luke Tuttle fund 200.00


Unexpended balance 81.95


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Received interest :


Conant Fund Bond 40.00


Charlestown Five Cent Savings 151.88


Warren Inst. for Savings 91.01


Lowell City Inst. Savings 50.63


North End Savings 45.50


Home Savings


45.50


Middlesex Inst. for Savings 50.63


Maynard Trust Co.


21.89


$10.978.99


Paid town of Acton, book account Cash in :


$515.21


Warren Inst. for Savings . $2,000.00


Charlestown Five Cent Savings 3,000.00


Lowell City Inst. for Savings 1,000.00


North End Saving Bank


1,000.00


Home Savings Bank


1,000.00


Middlesex Inst. for Savings


1,000.00


West Shore R. R. bond


1,000.00


Maynard Trust Co.


400.00


Maynard Trust Co., balance


63.78


$10,978.99


FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.


Fireman's Relief Fund


Principal fund


$393.96


Interest, Middlesex Inst. Savings 19.91


$413.87


Cash in Middlesex Inst. for Savings


$413.87


FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.


19th of April Fund


Principal fund $279.19


Received interest, Middlesex Inst. 14.13


$293.32


Cash in Middlesex Institution for Savings,


$293.32


FRANK W. HOIT. Treasurer.


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William Chaplin Fund


$12.70


Balance on hand


$12.70


Transferred to G. A. R. Cemetery fund .. 12.70


$12.70 FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.


Outstanding Notes and Bonds


Note No. 58, Fire Dep't., due May 1928 $2,000.00


Note No. 62, Lowell road, due June 1928 2,550.00


Note No. 73, Special road, due June 1928 1,750.00


Note No. 84, Special road, due Oct. 1928 400.00


Note No. 97, Lowell road, due July 1928 2,000.00


Note No. 98, Lowell road, due July 1929 2,000.00


Note No. 99, Lowell road, due July 1930 2,000.00


Note No. 100, Lowell road, due July 1931 2,000.00


Note No. 101, Anticipation revenue, due Sept. 1928 20,000.00


Note No. 102, Fire house, due Oct. 1928 800.00


Note No. 103, Fire house, due Oct. 1929 800.00


Note No. 104, Fire house, due Oct. 1930 800.00


Note No. 105, Fire house, due Oct. 1931 700.00


Note. No. 106, Lowell road, due Nov. 1928


800.00


Note No. 107, Lowell road, due Nov. 1929


800.00


Note No. 108, Lowell road, due Nov. 1930


700.00


Note No. 109, Lowell road, due Nov. 1931


700.00


Note No. 110, anticipation revenue, due Dec. 1928 25,000.00


High school bonds, due 1928 6,000.00


High school bonds, due 1929 to 1945 56,000.00


FRANK W. HOIT,


Treasurer.


TRUSTEES' RERORT OF THE ELIZABETH WHITE FUND


The trustees have signed orders to the treasurer for $915.00 (nine hundred and fifteen dollars) for the year ending December 31, 1927. This has been distributed from time to time as in the best judgment of your trustees, after investigation and found to be worthy needy poor.


WARREN H. JONES, WM. H. KINGSLEY, WALDO E. WHITCOMB. Trustees of Elizabeth White Fund.


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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Acton, Mass. :


Gentlemen-I herewith submit my report for the year 1927.


Expenditures


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


Appropriation


$4,600.00


SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT


Paid :


Murray Brown, salary


$200.00


Waldo E. Whitcomb, salary 100.00


Howard J. Billings, salary 100.00


Murray Brown, telephone, postage


3.30


Waldo E. Whitcomb, postage


.70


Murphy & Snyder, printing cards 2.75


R .. S. Osterhout, printing town reports


490.00


$896.75


ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT


Paid :


Howard L. Jones, salary $400.00


Howard L. Jones, postage


10.00


James T. Towhee Co., envelopes, printing


27.75


Thorp & Martin Co., book


4.75


Murphy & Snyder, stationery


5.50


TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT


Paid


Frank W. Hoit, salary


$500.00


Frank W. Hoit, postage, telephone, carfares


41.07


Frank W. Hoit, books .. 8.50


Frank W. Hoit, paid for certifying notes


34.00


Murphy & Snyder, receipts


4.25


$448.00


$587.82


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PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT


Paid


Howard J. Billings, salary


$75.00


Murray Brown, salary 40.00


Waldo E. Whitcomb, salary


40.00


Howard J. Billings, postage, telephone


3.30


COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT


Paid


Charles A. Durkee, salary


550.13


Murphy & Snyder, tax bills, envelopes . 12.53


Hobbs & Warren, books


4.65


Charles A. Durkee, book


.50


ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT


Paid


Warren H. Jones, salary . $200.00


Henry L. Haynes, salary 200.00


Arthur W. Emerson, salary 200.00


Assessors' auto tax service, book


5.00


Hobbs & Warren Co., books, stationery ..


27.82


L. L. Applin, transfer notices


19.32


Carters Ink Co.


.67


Henry L. Haynes, postage, tel., etc.


10.59


Richard Haynes, clerk


50.00


$713.40 .


TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT


Paid :


Horace F. Tuttle, salary


$200.00


Horace F. Tuttle, recording births


37.00


Horace F. Tuttle, recording marriages


13.00


Horace F. Tuttle, recording deaths


15.50


Horace F. Tuttle, tel., postage, etc.


25.80


Murphy & Snyder, envelopes


5.40


P. B. Murphy, blanks


1.25


P. B. Murphy, dog book


2.50


$300.45


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Paid :


Thereon F. Newton, salary


$120.00


W. & L. E. Gurley, instruments 15.21


Hobbs & Warren, book


2.09


$158.30


$567.81


$137.30


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CATTLE INSPECTION


Paid :


Fred S. Whtcomb, salary


$175.00


ELECTION AND REGISTRATION


Paid :


Horace F. Tuttle, registrar


30.00


Charles J. Holton, registrar 20.00


Daniel W. Sheehan, Jr. registrar 2 yrs. 40.00


Fred S. Whitcomb, election officer


5.00


Leo McCarthy, election officer


15.00


Arthur Wayne, election officer


20.00


Lewis C. Hastings, election officer


5.00


Thomas Murray, election officers


5.00


Theron F. Newton, election officer 5.00


5.00


John W. Coughlin, election officer


15.00


Arthur F. Davis, election officer


5.00


Lewis C. Hastings, placing booths


1.25


Universalist church, rent


5.00


Robert S. Osterhout, warrants, ballots


78.00


H. S. Turner, voting lists


47.50


J. T. McNiff, trans., warrants 5.00


2.00


MODERATOR


Paid :


A. Brooks Parker


$30.00


$4,323.58


Unexpended balance


$276.42


$4,600.00


TREASURER'S AND COLLECTOR'S BONDS Appropriation


$175.00


Paid :


American Surety Co.


172.50


Unexpended balance


2.50


BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS


Appropriation


Paid :


American Woolen Co. 58.12


Arthur Wayne, janitor 128.25


Arthur Wayne, care of lawn


39.13


$175.00


$800.00


Enterprise Co., adv.


$308.75


T. J. Hennessey, election officer


48


Arthur Wayne, care of clock 30.00


M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies 61.60


So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal . 75.00


West & South Water Supply District 12.00


Thos J. Grey Co. care lawn mowers


9.30


O. D. Wood, enlarging coal bin 15.00


O. H. Greenwood, express


.50


C. H. Smith, Jr., graves shears.


2.25


N. H. Tenney, repairs on boiler 35.09


J. W. Livermore, mowing 1.00


L. T. Fullonton, painting blinds 45.00


John Peterson, wood 60.00


Alfred Harris, ceiling cap for bell


1.00


Geo. H. Braman, care of flag


5.00


E. H. Longley, cement work


3.00


Geo. H. Phelps, repairing roof


118.37


$699.61


Unexpended balance


$100.39


$800.00


Protection of Persons and Property POLICE DEPARTMENT


Appropriation


$800.00


Transferred from reserve fund 16.36


$816.36


Paid :


Michael Foley, services


$315.43


Michael Foley, paid for telephone service


32.44


Michael Foley, badges


3.00


Allen B. Frost, services


131.85


Allen B. Frost, telephone


15.51


Allen B. Frost, court fees


5.00


Dr. O. L. Clark, emergency call


3.00


J. T: McNiff, services


146.00


Harry B. Moore, services


54.75


Chas. Whitcomb, services


10.13


Ernest Rasmussen, services


25.50


Jesse Brigss, services


13.00


O. D. Wood, services


5.00


Daniel Curtin, court fees


20.20


Geo. S. Braman, services


15.25


A. W. Davis Co., traffic paint


11.70


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W. J. Costello, painting


3.00


Murphy & Snyder, envelopes 2.10


A. B. Frost, postage 3.50


$816.36


FIRE DEPARTMENT


Appropriation $1,200.00


Transferred from reserve fund 231.10


$1,431.10


Paid :


So. Acton Dept., salaries 1926-1927 $180.00


West Acton Dept., salaries 1926-1927 180.00


Acton Center Dept., salaries 1926-1927 177.50


Geo. S. Braman, janitor 60.50


Geo. S. Braman, pay rolls


79.75


American Woolen Co. 29.84


So. Acton Dept., pay roll 2.00


B. A. King, pay roll


94.50


A. W. Davis Co., coal


152.53


A. W. Davis Co., supplies


8.33


Acton Motor Co., labor, supplies


18.60


Fitzgerald garage, supplies


8.55


C. D. Cram, salary


5.00


C. D. Cram, telephone


10.50


C. D. Cram, investigations


8.00


J. S. Moore, pail


.85


Geo. H. Reed, brooms 2.25


85.00


Theron Lowden, shovelling hydrants


9.88


Wm. G. Lawrence, janitor


138.25


West & South Water Supply District


24.00


James A. Grimes, repairs 40.70


5.21


E. P. Gates, irons


7.50


Laffins Express


.45


W. A. Haynes, lumber 16.26


22.00


B. A. King, repairs on whistle


7.35


Andrew Edwardson, labor


6.00


Finney & Hoit, supplies


5.75


So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal 33.12


M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies


10.93


$1.431.10


Theron Lowden, janitor


Maynard & Acton Oil Co., gasoline


Henry K. Barnes Co., extinguishers


50 BRUSH FIRES


Appropriation Paid :


500.00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, shovels


$21.45


Eastern Drug Co., soda


23.40


A. B. Frost, express


1.83


Laffins Express, express


4.50


Merrimac Chemical Co., vitrol


29.73


So. Acton Fire Dept., pay rolls


62.00


A. B. Frost, pay rolls


146.66


B. A. King, pay rolls


4.00


Unexpended balance


$293.57 206.43


SPECIAL (HOSE)


Appropriation


$300.00


Paid :


Henry K. Barnes Co.


255.00


Unexpended balance


45.00


$300.00


NEW FIRE HOUSE


Appropriation


$900.00


Loans authorized 3,100.00


$4,000.00


Paid :


Geo. K. Hayward, on account of contract


$3,200.00


Balance due


800.00


$4,000.00


HYDRANT SERVICE


3,150.00


Paid :


West & South Water Supply District


$2,750.00


Town of Concord


184.00


Unexpended balance


216.00


$3,150.00


MOTH DEPARTMENT


$1,269.59


Appropriation Paid :


James O'Neil, labor


$601.50


James O'Neil, truck


215.00


James O'Neil, sundry expense 5.70


Underhay Oil Co., oil


3.25


$2,934.00


Appropriation


$500.00


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General Chemical Co., lead 418.97


Com. of Mass., repairs on engine


4.72


Arthur L. Stuart, repairs


16.05


Fitzhenry-Guptill Co., poles


3.82


Unexpended balance


$1,269.01 .58


TREE WARDEN


Appropriation


$150.00


Transferred from reserve fund


59.78


$209.78


Paid :


James O'Neil, labor


$151.00


James O'Neil, truck


41.00


James O'Neil, sundry expense


10.78


N. E. Nurseries Co., trees


7.00


$209.78


HEALTH AND SANITATION


Appropriation


$1,200.00


Transferred from reserve fund


97.59


$1,297.59


Paid :


Francis B. Farrar, land


$450.00


Chas. A. Durkee, services and expenses as agent


$199.12


Sears, Roebuck & Co., posts


29.00


R. F. Durkee, locating dump


10.00


James Kinsley, inspection


23.20


Fred Amberg, labor


29.75


Horace F. Tuttle, services in reference to land purchase 29.45


A. W. Davis Co., wire 42.50


E. P. Gates, account of quarantine 180.00


John Gagnon, account of quarantine 28.00


Waltham Hospital 74.00


W. J. Costello, signs


5.00


M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies 35.17


Bellows Stock Farm, milk 10.64


R. A. Logan, supplies 43.40


Ò. M. Swanson, supplies


14.86


Dr. E. A. Mayell, services 36.00


Dr. F. E. Tasker, chairman


25.00


$1,269.59


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Dr. G. H. Tuttle


10.00


R. F. Durkee, secretary


15.00


Acton Drug Co., supplies


7.50


$1,297.59


TOWN NURSE


Appropriation Paid :


$2,200.00


Esther Robinson, nurse


$1,000.08


Lillian E. Frost, nurse


675.72


Ethel R. Rawitzer, book, stamps


2.20


Chester T. Dolan, supplies


10.23


Acton Drug Co., supplies


26.65


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.


28.96


Rand, Kardry Co.


3.00


H. S. Turner, printing


8.00


Unexpended balance


$1,754.84 445.16


$2,200.00


HIGHWAYS-(General)


Appropriation


$10,000.00


Appropriation State under Chapter 81 .. 5,700.00


$15,700.00


Paid :


So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal, lumber, tile


$41.49


O. D. Wood, making signs 8.05


Harrison Sq. Foundry, catch basins 92.00


W. S. Darley & Co., signals


29.00


W. J. Costello, signs


2.00


Mrs. McCrossin, gravel


13.30


J. T. McNiff, irons, repairs


27.85


No. Acton Concrete Const. Co., mixer and labor 17.00


J. S. Moore, tile 4.85


O. F. Nelson, sharpening


1.25


Greenough Const. Co., removing trees .


30.00


Wm. H. Kingsley, gravel, stone


74.50


Conant Machine Co., parts


45.31


L. W. Perkins, gravel 10.35


Fred S. Whitcomb, gravel


3.15


Hall Bros. Co., lumber, stakes


6.35


M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies


14.12


N. E. Road Machinery Co., parts 44.94


E. P. Gates, three drags


43.00


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E. P. Gates, repairs 27.40


A. W. Davis Co., lead, oil


24.69


A. W. Davis Co., cement, supplies 83.73


Edward Anderson, gravel delivered 10.00


Barrett Co., tarvia


681.20


Mass. Broken Stone Co., stone


24.50


Samuel Knowlton, gravel


74.70


Standard Oil Co., oil


2,847.15


A. W. Fisher, gravel


36.90


W. H. Kingsley, c. stone


27.15


Jos. Gagnon, gravel


22.80


Fitzgeral's Garage, welding


3.75


Geo. H. Reed, bags, tools


18.74


Jas. Kinsley, sand


6.75


Geo. S. Tucker, Jr., gravel


9.75


Greenough Const. Co., trans. roller


50.00


A. W. Davis Co., resetting curbing


22.00


Geo. Greenough, scraper


9.00


A. H. Perkins, gas, oil


8.60


PAY ROLLS


Labor:


A. H. Perkins, superintendent $748.50


Hazelton Perkins


14.00


C. Whitcomb 359.00


Leo. Allard 190.50


F. Courville


312.00


Geo. Cann


181.50


Earl Barker


152.75


J. Bedard


16.00


A. Wessell


325.75


Jos. Gagnon


264.50


J. Penney


61.50


E. Leard


97.69


F. Leard


172.75


E. LeClair


172.75


G. Penney


34.00


Geo. Greenough


32.00


M. Sheehan


103.25


John Schofield


125.50


E. Hurley


9.00


W. Taylor


274.50


E. Lemay


64.00


C. Briggs


2.00


John Gagnon


84.44


A. Mauro


80.50


R. Boyce


49.50


N. Perkins


4.00


R. Perkins


12.00


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A. Leard 25.69


Albert St. Cyr


32.00


C. Monroe 158.00


L. Worden


58.00


R. Joy 28.50


J. Jones 1.00


G. Keyes


1.00


P. Callan 84.75


W. H. Kingsley, men 16.00


P. Coughlin 46.00


V. Smith


34.00


R. Harlow


61.00


E. Hallowell


18.00


W. Benere


3.00


L. Perkins


4.00


Horace Tuttle


1.00


J. Briggs


7.00


T. Monahan


12.00


J. Shed


4.00


Morins


6.00


Grennon


2.25


R. Sanborn


9.60


A. H. Perkins, payroll


124.75


3. D. Smith


4.00


Teams :


Henry Mekkelson 8.00


288.00


L. W. Perkins 394.50


E. Coons


94.50


A. H. Perkins


607.00


W. H. Kingsley


251.50


A. Christofferson


4.00


A. R. Jenks


88.00


A. W. Davis


4.00


Trucks :


Allen Frost 186.00


Jesse Briggs 693.75


George Greenough 1.50


W. H. Kingsley


869.25


George Morse 117.75


Harry Morse 684.00


R. Jones 571.50


A. W. Davis


168.00


A. H. Perkins, transportation 336.75


$14,550.74


Unexpended balance


1,149.26


$15,700.00


George Greenough


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HIGH STREET


Appropriation


$500.00


Transferred from reserve fund 118.50


$618.50


Paid :


Trimount Oil Co., oil


$85.00


Mrs. McCrossin, gravel


39.00


Payrolls-Labor :


A. H. Perkins, superintendent 6.00


E. Barker


14.00


E. Leclair


22.00


A. Wessell


24.00


C. Whitcomb 14.00


F. Leard 18.00


J. Schofield


30.00


Leo Allard


14.00


J. Gagnon


14.00


W. Taylor


14.00


M. Sheehan


6.00


George Cann


10.00


F. Courville


4.00


A. Mauro


1.50


L. Worden


2.00


Teams :


W. H. Kingsley


8.00


L. W. Perkins


8.00


Trucks :


H. Morse 72.00


W. H. Kingsley 48.00


F. Penney 18.00


J. Briggs


72.00


R. Jones


72.00


A. H. Perkins, transportation


3.00


$618.50


ARLINGTON STREET


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Paid :


Harrison Square Foundry, grate 9.38


Trimount Oil Co., oil


59.50


Berger Manufacturing Co., culvert 198.00


12.96


George H. Reed, coal Payrolls-Labor :


A. H. Perkins, superintendent 18.00


C. Whitcomb


22.00


R. Penney 20.00


W. Taylor


20.00


56


E. Leard 15.00


L. Worden 20.00


C. A. Monroe 12.00


E. LeClair


20.00


A. St. Cyr


16.00


-John Gagnon


8.00


Joseph Gagnon


6.00


A. Wessell


8.00


F. Courville


8.00


J. Sherd


8.00


R. Joy


8.50


R. Boyce


3.00


P. Callan


2.00


A. Mauro


1.50


Teams :


A. H. Perkins 24.00


W. H. Kingsley 16.00


L. W. Perkins 16.00


Trucks :


George Morse 36.00


W. H. Kingsley 66.00


R. Jones 75.00


J. Briggs 72.00


30.00


H. Morse


A. H. Perkins, transportation 7.50


Unexpended balance


$1,000.00


CENTRAL STREET


-


Received from state treasurer, under Chap-


ter 90


1,000.00


Received from county treasurer, under


1,000.00


Transferred from reserve fund


143.31


$3,143.31


Paid :


A. W. Davis Co., coal


$37.59


A. W. Davis Co., tile 99.10


E. G. Chisholm Co., pipe 24.69


A. H. Perkins, freight 8.74


A. H. Perkins, gas and oil for loader 27.40


R. A. Reid, gravel


185.70


George H. Reed, coal


68.06


South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber


4.67


Standard Oil Co., oil


152.35


$838.34 161.66


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Chapter 90


57


Conant Machine Co., repairs


28.19


Payrolls-Labor :


A. H. Perkins, superintendent 182.25


A. St. Cyr


176.00


C. Whitcomb


110.00


A. Wessell


114.25


J. Gagnon


107.19


F. Courville


86.00


E. LeClair


75.00


W. Taylor


65.00


E. Leard


61.63


F. Leard


20.00


R. Penney


78.00


M. Sheehan


18.00


L. Worden


71.00


C. A. Monroe


64.00


F. Bryan


4.00


R. Joy


8.00


R. Boyce


6.00


Teams :


A. H. Perkins 180 00


L. W. Perkins


8.00


Trucks :


Harry Morse 256.50


W. H. Kingsley 250.50


R. Jones 232.50


J. Briggs 217.50


G. Morse 28.50


A. H. Perkins, transportation 87.00


CONCORD STREET


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Paid :


A. W. Fisher, gravel $87.75


South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber 12.59


Payrolls-Labor :


A. H. Perkins, superintendent 30.00


George Cann


28.00


E. Barker


28.00


F. Courville


16.00


J. Gagnon


30.00


E. LeClair


31.00


A. Wessell


30.00


C. Whitcomb 16.00


F. Leard 32.00


J. Schofield 30.00


W. Taylor 16.00


I. Allard


22.00


$3,143.31


58


Teams :


A. H. Perkins 32.00


L. W. Perkins 4.00


Trucks :


H. Morse 90.00


W. H. Kingsley


84.00


J. Briggs 90.00


R. Jones


90.00


F. Penney


90.00


A. H. Perkins, transportation 15.00


Unexpended balance


$904.34 95.66


HOSMER STREET


Appropriation


$500.00


Transferred from reserve fund 14.00


$514.00


Paid :


W. H. Kingsley, gravel


$51.00


Payrolls-Labor:


C. Whitcomb


$32.00


P. Callan 32.00


P. Coughlin 32.00


L. Worden


24.00


A. Mauro


21.00


J. Penney


12.00


V. Smith


8.00


C. A. Monroe


30.00


W. Taylor


12.00


T. Newsham


12.00


Teams :


A. H. Perkins


8.00


Trucks :


R. Jones


48.00


W. H. Kingsley


96.00


H. Morse


96.00


MAIN STREET


Appropriation


$2,000.00


Loans authorized


11,000.00


Received from state treasurer


9,891.41


Received from county treasurer


9,891.42


$1,000.00


$514.00


$32,782.83


59


Paid :


Greenough Construction Co.


29,674.23


Unexpended balance


$3,108.60


SCHOOL STREET


Appropriation


$2,000.00


Received from state treasurer, under Chap-


ter 90


2,000.00


Received from county treasurer, under


Chapter 90 2,000.00


Transferred from reserve fund 149.95


$6,149.95


Paid :


Conant Machine Co., parts $40.56


E. G. Chisholm & Co., pipe 19.56


A. W. Fisher, gravel 199.05


Ole Granberg, gravel 26.55


Trimount Oil Co., oil 272.00


A. W. Davis Co., supplies 51.70


A. W. Davis Co., coal 19.21


South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber .


18.76


E. Christofferson, stone 60.00


A. H. Perkins, gas, oil for loader 42.85


A. H. Perkins, freight 6.24


George H. Reed, coal


56.07


George V. Mead, posts


20.50


W. A. Haynes Co., lumber 89.75


W. H. Kingsley, gravel 72.60


J. T. McNiff, repairs 8.55


Payrolls-Labor :


A. H. Perkins, superintendent 330.75


F. Courville 214.00


R. Joy 78.00


C. A. Monroe 194.25


J. Penney 68.00


A. Mauro


115.00


L. Worden


128.00


C. Whitcomb 130.00


73.50


E. Leard


91.50


W. Taylor


136.00


Joseph Gagnon


186.00


John, Gagnon


136.50


A. Wessell


170.00


P. Callen


110.00


P. Coughlin


84.00


A. St. Cyr


232.00


R. Boyce


60


T. Newsham 4.00


V. Smith 60.00


R. Harlow 16.00


George Penney


12.00


Teams :


A. H. Perkins 368.00


W. H. Kingsley 96.00


L. W. Perkins 64.00


Trucks :


J. Briggs 527.25


R. Jones 519.00


H. Morse 508.00


W. H. Kingsley 336.75


A. H. Perkins, transportation 157.50


$6,149.95


WILLOW STREET


Appropriation $1,000.00


Received from state treasurer, under Chap-


ter 90 1,000.00


Received from county treasurer, under


Chapter 90 1,000.00


Transferred from reserve fund


95.33


$3,095.33


Paid :


E. G. Chisholm & Co., pipe 23.48


South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber 3.10


Conant Machine Co., chain 17.25


F. S. Whitcomb, gravel 12.15


R. A. Reed, gravel


210.30


A. H. Perkins, cement


8.00


J. T. McNiff, repairs 8.80


187.00


Payrolls-Labor :


A. H. Perkins, superintendent 129.00


J. Gagnon 57.00


A. Wessell 84.00


F. Courville


62.00


Joseph Gagnon


50.50


A. St. Cyr


124.00


J. Penney


60.00


R. Joy


76.00


C. A. Monroe


76.00


· C. Whitcomb


68.00


W. Taylor


74.00


E. Leard


63.00


E. LeClair


76.00


Trimount Oil Co., oil


61


R. Penney 30.00


L. Worden 67.50


R. Boyce 31.50


A. Mauro 39.00


.J. Shedd 55.50


P. Callan 2.00


P. Coughlin 2.00


T. Newsham 2.00


F. Smith 2.00


Teams :


A. H. Perkins 177.50


W. H. Kingsley 32.00


L. W. Perkins 24.00


Trucks :


H. Morse 256.00


R. Jones 167.75


W. H. Kingsley 184.50


.J. Briggs 292.50


A. Frost


72.00


E. Hallowell


120.00


A. H. Perkins, transportation


68.00


$3,095.33


SNOW REMOVAL


Appropriation


$3,400.00


Transferred from reserve fund 18.10


$3.418.10


Paid :


A. Christofferson $295.75


Fred S. Whitcomb 4.00


A. H. Perkins


143.00


N. E. Road Machinery Co., parts 122.36


D. F. Penney


12.00


John Pederson 2,789.84


Fraser Laffin 10.00


H. F. Davis Tractor Co., repairs


11.50


J. T. McNiff, sharpening 15.65


E. P. Gates, repairs on plough 9.50


George H. Reed, shovels


4.50


$3.418.10


SNOW FENCE


Appropriation $400.00


62


Paid :


Eastern Tractors Co., snow fence $328.90


A. H. Perkins, freight 34.49


Unexpended balance


$363 39 36.61


STREET LIGHTING


Appropriation


$5,000.00


Paid :


American Woolen Co.


$4,930.82


Unexpended balance


69.18


$5,000.00


WIDENING ROAD AT KELLEY'S CORNER Appropriation $200.00


Appropriation unexpended


PUBLIC WELFARE


Appropriation


$1,800.00


Paid :


Orders as approved by board of public welfare .


$1,140.09


Unexpended balance


659.91


STATE AID


Appropriation


$400.00


Paid


$292.00


Unexpended balance


108.00


Amount due from state treasurer, $292.00


EDUCATION


Appropriation


$44,000.00


Paid :


Report of school committee


43,987.67


Unexpended balance


12.33


HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING


Balance


$404.59


Paid :


N. H. Tenney, hoist for ashes $75.00


O. P. Tucker, labor 30.09


$1,800.00


$400.00


$44,000.00


$400.00


63


E. E. Smith Co., hardware 37.32 Edgar H. Hall, balance of fund for equip- ment 262.18


$404.59


HIGH SCHOOL GROUNDS


Appropriation Paid :


$2,000.00


W. H. Kingsley, teams


$383.75


W. H. Kingsley, truck 14.00


W. H. Kingsley, labor 5.50


152.00


J. W. Livermore, teams


204.00


A. Dubey, labor 120.00


R. Dudley, labor


109.50




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