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Art. 31. To see if the town will vote to macada- mize or otherwise repair Elm street, from Main street
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southerly, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of its incorporation, and to appoint a committee to make the necessary ar- rangements for the celebration of the same; raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
Art. 33. To see if the town will vote to contract with the Southbridge Water Supply Company for hy- drants for fire protection at Lawson Villa and at San- dersdale, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
Art. 34. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 to continue the maca- dam road on South street, or act anything thereon.
Art. 35. To see if the town will vote to purchase a "Motor Drawn Hook and Ladder Truck" for the fire department, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
Art. 36. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the selectmen as to the re-location of Mill and Cliff streets, from Fiske street easterly, to the point of re-location on Cliff street, near the railroad bridge, as re-located by the Southern New England Railroad Corporation, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
Art. 37. To see if the town will vote to authorize the School Committee to procure plans and specifica- tions, including working drawings, for the proposed high school building to be erected at the corner of Main
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and Marcy streets, the same to be in accordance with the sketches prepared by Messrs. Peabody & Stearns, Architects, Boston, Mass., raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
Art. 38. To see if the town will vote to revise its by-laws and appoint a committee for that purpose, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
Art. 39. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of the Revised Laws of the Common- wealth, Chapter 102, Sections, 122-123-124-125-126- 127, and amendments thereto, relating to the Smoke Nuisance, or act anything thereon.
Art. 40. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Committee to select a site and pre pare plans for a police station, or act anything thereon.
Art. 41. To see if the town will vote to bring suit against Joseph Serletto to compel him to the speci- fic performance of his contract with the town in refer- ence to the purchase of the police station property on Central street, and to appoint the necessary agents therefor, or anything thereon,
Art. 42. To see if the town will vote to construct a police station building on the land of the town on Goddard court, and to appoint a committee for that purpose, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
Art. 43. To see if the town will vote to purchase apparatus for the use of the forest fire warden, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
Art. 44. To see if the town will vote to install
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three (3) luminous arc lights on Hamilton street, be- tween Main and Hook streets, raise and appropriate money therefor, or act anything thereon.
Art. 45. To hear and act upon the report of the Water Supply Committee.
Art. 46. To see if the town will vote to construct a cement concrete sidewalk on the westerly side of Worcester street, from the end of the present walk on the easterly side of said street, northerly to the land of Alfred E. Bonnette, raise and appropriate money there- for, or act anything thereon.
Art. 47. To see if the town will vote to maca- damize or otherwise repair Pleasant street, from West Main to River street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
Art. 48. To see if the town will vote to abandon the highway leading from the Eastford Road to the farm of A. B., C. M. and J. C. Wells, (locally known as Cohasse farm) or act anything thereon.
Art. 49. To hear and act upon the report of the Committee appointed to consider the subject of Town Engineer.
Art. 50. To see if the town will vote to install a watering trough on Mechanic street, raise and appro- priate money therefor or act anything thereon.
Art. 51. To see if the town will vote to purchase a tract of land and erect thereon a building suitable to be used as a town barn, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
Art. 52. To see if the town will vote to construct
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a sewer in School, Water and South streets, from Col- lier street to Litchfield ave., raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
Art. 53. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 19, and amendments thereto, of the revised Laws of the Commonwealth, relative to placing the police department under the Civil Service Act, or act thereon.
Art. 54. To see if the town will vote to build a cement concrete sidewalk on the northerly side of North street, from Mechanic street to the bridge over the canal on North street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by publishing an attested copy thereof twice in the South- bridge Press and Herald, the first publication being not less than nine days next preceding the day of the meeting,-or by posting up such attested copies in four conspicuous public places within the town, at least nine days, including Sunday,-before the day of hold- ing said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this War- rant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place hereinbefore named.
Given under our hands this first (1) day of Feb- ruary A. D. 1915.
ALEXIS BOYER, JR., W. J. LAMOUREUX. A. L. DESAULNIERS,
Selectmen of Southbridge,
A true copy : Attest
A. M. HIGGINS, Constable.
ERRATA.
Fire Department. Item of the C. C. C. Fire Hose Co., $4.00, should read $400.00. Total expenditures $4,382.96 should read $4,382.97.
Interest appropriation $850.00, should read $8,500.00, Item of State Treasurer, interest on notes, $1,608.00, should read $1,680.00.
Support of Poor, appropriation $300.00, should read $3,000.00.
Insurance, appropriation $1,200.00, should read $2,000.00.
Sinking Fund, $27,440.35, should read, $27,140.35.
Watering Troughs item, transferred to unappropriated funds, $25.00, should read $250.00.
Common Schools item of car tickets $48.00, should read $47.00.
Enginemen, total expenditures $5,468.16, should read $5,486.91.
Town Hall Contingent, total expenditures $3,201.36 should read $3,201.41.
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INDEX
Auditors' Report: -
Abatement Taxes. 28
Auditors' Certificate. 157
Auto Fire Truck 110
Board of Health
110
Bridges
122
Camp Ponce.
28
Care of Soldiers' graves
118
Cemetery Improvements.
28
Cemetery fund.
28
Chapin street macadam.
123
Chapin street sidewalk
147
Chapin and Dresser street culvert 115
Charlton street sidewalk.
-149
Cliff street retaining wall
124
Contingent.
30
Common schools.
50
Contingent schools.
52
Crane street repair.
125
Crystal street sidewalk
150
Curtis street layout.
125
Dedication of Soldiers'
Monu-
ment.
116
District Court fees
64
Dupaul street grading
135
Eastford road
126
Electrician
63
Engine men
63
Errata
326
Evening Schools
58
Everett street culvert.
63
Fire alarm.
114
Fire department
66
Goddard court
70
Hamilton street retaining wall.
127
·Highways.
118
High school
59
High school lot.
115
Insurance
71
Interest.
72
Main and Hamilton street clean-
ing 130
Main, East Main, Mechanic and
Crystal street sidewalk
152
Main street macadam
127
Main street Paving.
128
Mechanic street sidewalk ..
153
Memorial day.
73
Military aid.
74
Mynott fund.
94
North Woodstock road
133
Outside poor
73
Playgrounds.
83
Plimpton street extension.
133
Police department.
86
Police station.
88
Printing
90
Public band concerts
93
Public library
94
Railing highways
131
Repairs of farm building
97
River street sidewalk.
153
Salaries.
98
School street sidewalk.
154
School apparatus.
.61
Sidewalk repairs
145
Sinking fund
101
Soldiers' relief.
101
Soldiers' monument
114
State aid
102
Street lights
103
Street signs.
109
South street macadam.
132
Special committee concerning
new Police station
192
Support of Poor.
79
Table of accounts ..
158-59-60-61
Town hall contingent
103
Town pound.
107
Tree sprayer.
115
Union and Cross street
side-
walk
155
Unappropriated funds.
107
Water Supply
109
Water supply committee
114
Walcott street land taking
113
Watering trough.
113
Water and School street culvert. 116 Walcott and Plimpton street sidewalk 155
West Dudley road repairs.
133
Worcester street sidewalk
156
Worcester street macadam
135
Sewers :-
Sewer assessments.
135
62
Cliff street.
137
66
Chapin street
137
66
Contingent
136
Curtis street.
139
Dresser street.
139
66
Eastford Road.
139
Fairlawn ave. and Charl-
ton street.
140
Fiske street.
141
Hartwell street
142
Pleasant street
144
School and Winter street .. 143
66
South street and Oakes
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ave. 143
Wardwell court. 144
Plumbing Inspector
291
6 West Main street. 145
Sealer of Weights. 188
School Committee 233
Sewer Commissioners. 175
Fire engineers .. 299
Selectmen 164
Highway Surveyor 181
Sinking fund commissioners. 230
Inspector of Slaughtering 295
Tax Collector 297
Library Committee 195
Town Clerk 315
Milk inspector. 293
Town Treasurer
9
Overseers of Poor 311
Town Officers.
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Town Warrant 317
Playground Committee 277
Police Department. 283
Board of Health. 287
Cemetery Committee. 231
ANNUAL REPORTS
Of the Town Officers and Financial Statement of the Town of Southbridge
For the year ending December 31, 1915
FRANK J. WALSH, PRINTER SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS.
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Town Officers for 1915-16
TREASURER Solomon E. Blanchard.
· CLERK William W. Buckley.
Alexis Boyer, Jr.,
SELECTMEN Wilfrid J. Lamoureux,
Charles Proulx
Eugene Matte.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR Gedeon Pinsonneault, Jr.,
Daniel T. Morrill
ASSESSORS
W. H. McGilpin, Antoine Farland, Joseph Gagnon,
Term expires 1918 Term expires 1916 Term expires 1917
BOARD OF HEALTH
J. A. Caron, Jos. E. Donais, M. D., Wm. S. Conway, M. D.,
Term expires 1918 Term expires 1916 Term expires 1917
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR Aimee Langevin
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Joseph G. E. Page ..
Albert B. Wells, P. H. Hebert, F. A. Wald,
Albert J. Thibault, George L. Tully,
Term expires 1918 Term expires 1918 Term expires 1916 Term expires 1916 Term expires 1917
Term expires 1917
LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Joseph A. Allard, George W. Tully, F. E. Corbin, John E. Seagrave, Wm. C. Flood,
Hector M. Leclair, Alfred M. Blanchard, John J. Delehanty, Hector L. Peloquin,
Term expires 1918 Term expires 1918 Term expires 1918 Term expires 1916 Term expires 1916 Term expires 1916 Term expires 1917 Term expires 1917 Term expires 1917
CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Clarence F. Morse,
John E. Seagrave, M. D. Morrill,
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Wardwell M. Edwards,
Term expires 1918 Term expires 1918 Term expires 1916 Term expires 1916
Morris H. Marcy, Adolphe Peloquin,
Term expires 1917 Term expires 1917
Pierre Caplette,
CONSTABLES Andrew M. Higgins,
Patrick Donnelly
TAX COLLECTOR Eugene E. Gabree.
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PLANNING BOARD
Henry C. Cady, Wm. H. Campbell, Felix Gatineau, Herbert E. Wells.
George Grant, Jos. E. O'Shaughnessy, Louis O. Rieutord,
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SEWER COMMISSIONERS
Alfred M. Blanchard, G. E. Fred Lamoureux. James Pendergast,
Term expires 1918
Term expires 1916 Term expires 1917
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
Edward Leclair, Ephrem Chicoine, Louis Dupuis,
Term expires 1918 Term expires 1916 Term expires 1917
TREE WARDEN Pierre Benoit.
Appointive Officers
TOWN COUNSEL L. O. Rieutord.
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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Fred E. Corbin.
CARE OF TOWN CLOCK George T. Armes.
POUND KEEPER Joseph Payant.
KEEPER OF LOCKUP
Napoleon Giroux,
Assistant, Joseph D. Proulx
JANITOR OF TOWN HALL BUILDING Pierre Caplette.
6 TOWN ACCOUNTANT Joseph Lafleche, 2nd.
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TOWN OFFICERS
CATTLE INSPECTOR Wm. T. Pugh, V. S.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Felix Gatineau.
S. D. Perry,
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Moses Gagnon, J. J. O'Shaughnessy Wm. W. Buckley, Clerk.
FIRE ENGINEERS
Joseph E. Duchesneau, Chief.
Louis Lamothe, John J. Hogan, J. Willard Claflin,
Geo. W. Laughnane,
Thomas Heffernan, Superintendent of Fire Alarm.
FIRE WARDENS
Aimee Langevin, Louis Pontbriand, Alfred Giroux,
Frank Brissette, George Clemence, Alex. L'Heureux,
W. J. Wadleigh, Chas. Blackmer, John Keenan, Adelard Bouchard, Jos. Payant.
POLICE OFFICERS
John S. Hefner, Thomas Troy, Geo. H. Chaffin, Patrick Sheridan, Jules Theriault, Joseph Bachand, Louis Meunier, Prosper Proulx, George Hebert, H. S. Freeman, Dennis Dooley, Jos. Berthiaume,
Roy Sanders, Origene Lacasse, Louis Peloquin, Jules Blain, . D. A. Kenney, Joseph Payant, Thomas Nichols, Joseph D. Proulx, John Fitzpatrick, Joseph Roy, Napoleon Boiteau, J. H. Montigny.
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PUBLIC WEIGHERS
Frank E. Randall, E. C. Ellis, Mederic Duhamel,
Alfred Mckinstry, Thomas Hughes,
Frank B. Vinton,
Clarence Morse, Dennis Langevin, Wardwell M. Edwards, E. I. Knowles, Joseph Degrenier, John Adams,
Geo. E. Berry, Geo. E. Morse, C. Russell Morse, Herbert E. Carpenter. John St. Martin, A. D. Cornell, Leon Harwood, Aimee Langevin, George A. Clemence, Elliott Clemence, A. M. Badger.
Henry A. Morse,
FENCE VIEWERS George H. Clemence,
C. M. Morse.
FIELD DRIVERS
Hector Peloquin, Leon Gagnon, Wilson Sharp, Frank Brissette,
Wm. S. Conway, Ernest F. Waite, Geo. H. Hartwell, Jr.
Pierre Caplette,
TRUANT OFFICERS Miss Margaret Butler, Jules Theriault
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
E. C. Ellis, A. D. Cornell. Mederic Duhamel, James R. Harris, H. H. Clemence,
Thomas Hughes, Everett M. Morse, George H. Clemence, George Simpson, A. J. Harwood.
MEASURER OF LEATHER
Felix Gatineau
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TOWN OFFICERS
UNIFORM POLICE FORCE Napoleon Giroux, Chief.
Andrew M. Higgins, Oliver Paul, Jr., Pierre Cormier, Hormidas Duplessis, Ulric Brault,
Joseph Paquin, Patrick Donnelly, Daniel Blute, Honore St. Martin.
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ANNUAL REPORT .
OF THE
TOWN TREASURER
SOLOMON E. BLANCHARD, in account with the Town of Southbridge, Jan 1, 1915 to Jan 1, 1916.
Balance Jan. 1, 1915, $20,704 71
Receipts, 1915, 442,882 69
$463,587 40
Expenditures, 1915,
447,141 07
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1915,
$16,446 33
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Notes
NOTES OUTSTANDING
Mill and River street bridge, $8,000 00
Main street bridge, 2,000 00
Hamilton street paving,
5,000 00
Sewers: -
Filter beds, 1908-1927, 18,000 00
Filter beds, 1908-1917,
2,000 00
Outlet Pipe, 1908-1915, 2,000 00
Soldiers' monument, 7,000 00
Hamilton street improvements, 17,800 00
North Woodstock road,
2,000 00
Auto fire truck, 4,000 00
Cliff street sewer,
4,500 00
High school lot,
4,400 00
High school lot,
8,750 00
Main street paving,
900 00
Auto hook and ladder truck, 4,000 00
Marcy street school lot, 7,000 00
Permanent roads,
18,400 00
Dresser street extension,
2,000 00
Anticipation of taxes,
30,000 00
Pleasant street school lot,
3,000 00
Mechanic street sidewalk, 2,550 00
Public park, 3,000 00
Sewers, July, 1929,
30,000 00
May, 1930, 20,000 00
Main street paving,
14,000 00
Outstanding, Dec. 31, 1915,
$220,300 00
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REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
Invested Funds of the Town are Deposited as Follows:
CEMETERY FUND
Book No.
Name of Bank
6862 Amherst Savings Bank, $1,000 00
30460
Athol Savings Bank, 1,000 00
24902 Dedham Institution for Savings, 1,000 00
14744
Gardner Savings Bank, 1,000 00
3481 Leicester Savings Bank, 1,000 00
22841
Leominster Savings Bank, 1,000 00
9849
Millbury Savings Bank,
1,000 00
32073 Natick Five Cent Savings Bank, 1,000 00
40500 North Adams Savings Bank, 1,000 00
1498 Salem Five Cent Savings Bank, 1,000 00
8465 Southbridge Savings Bank, 3,112 85
153048 Springfield Institution for Savings, 1,000 00
3791 Ware Savings Bank, 1,000 00
11619 Webster Five Cent Savings Bank, 1,014 25
79028 Worcester County Institution for Savings, 1,000 00
54964 Worcester Five Cent Savings Bank, 1,000 00
47299 Worcester Mechanics Savings Bank, 1,000 00
55266 Worcester Peoples' Savings Bank, 1,000 00
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Sinking Fund
Book No. Name of Bank
16257 Amherst Savings Bank,
$ 865 67
34032 Clinton Savings Bank, 932 44
44901 Dedham Institution for Savings, 750 00
51856 Fitchburg Savings Bank, 789 77
4443 Leicester Savings Bank,
757 26
25862 Leominster Savings Bank,
1,104 06
39639 Natick Five Cent Savings Bank, 640 00
29970 Salem Five Cent Savings Bank,
896 24
21209 Southbridge Savings Bank,
1,928 49
42082
Ware Savings Bank,
765 00
21481 Webster Five Cent Savings Bank, 656 00
181879 Worcester County Institution for Savings, 679 14
130170 Worcester Five Cent Savings Bank, 795 90
73989 Worcester Mechanics Savings Bank, 735 08
50139 Worcester Peoples' Savings Bank, 969 72
City of Augusta Water Bonds, 16,000 00
MYNOTT FUND
Book No. Name of Bank
9529 Southbridge Savings Bank, $997 91
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
General Revenue
TAXES
Current year,
$151,849 98
Previous years,
22,088 71
From the State:
Corporation Tax,
7,575 48
Street Railways,
1,026 10
National Bank,
531 71
Total Taxes,
$183,071 98
LICENSES AND PERMITS
Liquor and Druggist,
$15,754 50
Junk,
45 00
Peddlers,
206 50
Pool and Billiards,
87 50
Milk,
16 00
Skating Rink,
5 00
Common Victualer,
93 00
Circus,
25 00
All others,
10 00
Total Licenses,
$16,242 50
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FINES AND PERMITS
Court,
712 30
GRANTS AND GIFTS
County Dog Licenses, 629 45
ALL OTHER GENERAL REVENUE
Unclaimed Check, 2 00
Commercial Revenue
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Unapportioned sewer, $2,204 55
Apportioned sewer, 20 56
Sidewalk, 3,951 63
Total Assessments,
$6,176 74
PRIVILEGES
Excise Tax, 1,383 17
GENERAL REVENUE
Town Hall rent, 175 00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police:
Care of Prisoners, $ 50 00 Sale of Station, 8,000 00
Total police, $8,050 00
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
Sale of old material,
$ 12 75
Sale of heater,
10 00
Town of Sturbridge,
25 00
Damage to fire alarm,
139 20
Total Fire, $186 95
INSPECTION
Sealer of Weights and Measures. 123 46
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Contagious diseases,
86 00
SANITATION
Sewer construction, Cliff street,
517 74
HIGHWAYS
From the State: N. Woodstock
road,
$3,997 00
Cleaning sidewalk,
3 25
Total Highways,
4,000 25
CHARITIES
Almshouse:
Sale of produce,
$602 25
Sale of horse,
60 00
Outside Relief:
Cities and Towns,
354 85
State,
27 10
Total Charities,
1,044 20
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SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid,
$986 00
Military Aid,
175 00
Soldiers' burials,
50 00
Total Soldiers' Benefits,
$1,211 00
SCHOOLS
Tuition, 256 00
Sale of books and supplies,
11 39
Rent of High School lot,
164 00
Car tickets,
34 50
All other, Total Schools, 466 50
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Sale of property and rent on new
school lots, 1,090 00
LIBRARY
. Fines, etc., 176 06
PLAY GROUNDS
Grass sold, 7 00
Exhibit prizes,
10 00
Total Play Grounds,
17 00
CEMETERY
Sale of lots and graves,
185 00
Grading lots,
104 00
Total Cemetery,
289 00
UNCLASSIFIED
Refund on insurance premium, 21 77
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INTEREST
Taxes,
$403 33
Trust Funds:
Mynott Fund,
39 39
Perpetual Care Funds,
888 76
Sinking Fund, Total Interest,
640 00
$1,971 48
DEBT
Temporary Loans:
Anticipation of revenue, 140,000 00 General Loans:
Auto truck,
4,000 00
Macadam roads,
18,400 00
Marcy Street School lot,
7,000 00
River Street School lot,
3,000 00
Dresser street extension, 2,000 00
Mechanic street sidewalk,
2,550 00
Dresser street Park,
3,000 00
Total Debt, 179,950 00
AGENCY
Tax collected for state, 17,940 00
Non-resident bank tax col-
lected for state,
1,029 05
Tax collected for county,
10,791 14
Liquor licenses for state,
5,251 50
Total Agency, 35,011 69
TRUST FUNDS
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund, . 100 00
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REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS
Refunds:
Taxes,
$ 1 10
Sidewalk assessment,
15 00
Departmental,
160 35
Transfers:
Almshouse from Soldiers'
Relief, 130 18
Outside relief from Board
of Health, 78 00
Town Hall, from High School, 600 00
Cliff street sewer, for 1914
transfers, 242 11
Eastford Road sewer, for
1914 transfers, 143 81
Total Refunds and Transfers,
1,370 55
Total Receipts and Transfers,
444,076 79
Cash Balance, Jan. 1, 1915,
20,704 71
$464,781 50
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Payments
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Legislative:
Moderator,
$50 00
Water Supply Committee expense,
2 85
Charlton street survey,
50 00
102 85
Selectmen:
Selectmen salaries,
800 00
Clerk salary,
50 00
Stationery and postage,
26 99
Printing and advertising, warrants, etc.,
260 72
Car fares, teams, etc.,
113 50
Telephones,
157 88
Relocation of Mill street,
22 00
Survey of school lots,
77 00
Engine house repairs, for women's club,
60 94
All other expenses,
234 06
1,803 09
Accountant:
Salary,
1,019 00
Extra help,
5 00
Stationery and postage,
17 35
Printing,
11 50
All other,
5 15
Treasurer:
Salary,
700 00
Stationery and postage,
73 08
Security bond,
80 00
1,058 00
853 08
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Collector:
Salary for 1914 and prior,
650 00
Salary for 1915, 500 00
Stationery and postage,
185 34
Printing and advertising,
53 30
Telephone,
27 20
Security bond,
100 00
All other,
5 30
1,521 14
Assessors:
Salaries,
1,734 00
Interpreters,
26 50
Stationery and postage,
42 63
Printing and advertising,
1,442 40
Car fares, teams, etc.,
75 25
Telephone,
28 86
Assessors' plans,
250 00
Abstracts and special services,
143 90
All other,
54.50
3,798 04
Other Finance Offices and Accounts: Certifying town notes,
70 00
Law:
Town Counsel salary,
600 00
Telephone,
90
All other,
42 28
643 18
Town Clerk:
Salary,
431 60
Stationery and postage, 15 60
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Printing, Telephone,
19 25
14 42
480 87
Election and registration :
Registrars' Salaries,
393 60
Election officers,
631 00
Printing and advertising,
375 75
Meals,
263 00
All other,
5 20
1,668 55
Town Hall:
Janitor's salary,
792 00
Extra work,
83 20
Fuel,
485 49
Light,
170 50
Janitor's supplies,
51 30
Repairs,
321 67
Grading lawn,
310 33
All other,
105 00
2,319 49
Less:
Amount for high school expenses, 600 00
1,719 49
Protection of Persons and Property
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and wages: Chief, 1,200 00
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Patrolmen, 8,382 57
Special police, 232 23
9,814 80
Auto and team hire, 320 00
Equipment and Repairs: Equipment for men, 97 27
Police signal repairs, 53 26
Fuel and Light:
Fuel,
86 75
Light, 147 36
234 11
Maintenance of Building:
Repair of station, 19 00
Janitor's supplies, 8 75
All other, 19 67
47 42
Other Expenses: Stationery, printing
and postage, 33 84
Telephone and police signal
rent, 588 02
Rent, 750 00
Transportation and
care of prisoners, 340 18
All other,
95 08
1,807 12
Total Police Department, 12,373 98
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and wages:
Engineers,
625 00
Chief,
300 00
Permanent chaf-
feur,
954 00
Call men,
4,446 87
Other employees, 5 00
6,330 87
Horse Hire,
1,081 77
Equipment and Repairs:
Apparatus, 54 26
Equipment for men, 74 30
Care and repair of fire alarm sys-
tem,
792 02
Other equipment
expenses, 60 32
980 90
Fuel and Light:
Fuel,
414 46
Light,
233 34
647 80
Maintenance of Building:
Repairs,
65 84
New Boiler, 345 00
Furniture and fur-
nishings, 50 95
Laundry work, 17 92
All other
69 42
549 13
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Other expenses:
Stationery, printing
and postage, 8 25
Telephone,
90 83
Chimney fires,
19 50
All other,
288 51
407 09
9,997 56
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Salary,
575 30
Stationery and postage,
4 75
Printing and advertising,
46 65
Carfare and teams,
43 50
Telephone,
.26 39
Equipment,
45 79
All other,
7 62
750 00
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Extermination:
Labor, 128 00
Teams,
22 50
150 50
Tree Warden:
Superintendent,
42 00
Labor spraying trees,
129 63
Labor cutting trees,
23 75
Tools,
11 97
Arsenate of lead,
80 00
All other,
12 65
300 00
Forest fires: Fighting fires, 932 80
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Apparatus,
304 00
Hose,
16 00
Auto and team hire,
302 05
Posting notices and inspecting, 47 00
All other,
79 50
1,681 35
Health and Sanitation
HEALTH
General administration:
Salary of Board of
Health,
150 00
Stationery and post-
age, 10 62
Printing and adver- tising,
18 50
All other, 8 89
188 01
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases: Board and treat-
ment,
58 00
Medical attendance, 18 60
Drugs and medi- cines, 67 50
Groceries and pro-
visions, 82 95
Hospitals, 70 00
Taking culture, 71 02
All other,
14 19
382 26
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Tuberculosis:
Board and treat-
ment,
390 57
Burials,
56 00
Dispensary,
100 05
546 62
Vital Statistics:
Births,
148 75
Deaths,
39 50
188 25
Other Expenses:
Plumbing Inspec-
tor,
900 00
Fumigation and
disinfectants, 217 75
Vaccination, 27 00
Rabies treatment, 54 00
Clean-up week,
76 97
All other,
71 00
1,346 72
INSPECTION
School children:
Salaries,
281 00
Expenses, 7 15
288 15
Animal Inspector:
Salary,
125 00
Expenses, 4 50
129 50
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Meats and Provisions:
Salary,
200 00
Expenses,
29 60
229 60
Milk:
Salary,
50 00
Expenses,
10 00
60 00
Total Health, 3,359 11
SEWER MAINTENANCE
Administration:
Commissioners, 300 00
Stationery, print-
ing and postage, 22 00
All other, 3 50
325 50
General:
Labor,
795 00
All other,
37 73
832 73.
Total Sewer, 1,158 23
Garbage:
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