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GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH EXTERMINATION
Labor,
57 31
Teams, 11 00
Stationery, printing and postage, 10 50
78 81
TREE WARDEN
Labor,
36 06
Trees,
28 80
64 86
FOREST FIRES
Fighting fires,
186 27
Apparatus,
51 25
Team hire,
94 02
Signs, labor putting up,
18 36
Printing,
13 76
All other,
3 25
366 91
28
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Health and Sanitation
HEALTH
General Administration:
Salary of Board of
Health, 300 00
Agent, 1917-1918, 183 38
Stationery and post-
age, 12 56
Printing and adver-
tising, 4 11
Telephone, 50
All other,
13 50
514 05
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases:
Medical attendance,44 78
Drugs and medi- cines, 12 50
Groceries and pro- visions, 13 00
Hospitals, 70 50
Taking culture, 10 50
All other,
26 00
177 28
Tuberculosis:
Board and treat-
ment, 1,730 98
Dispensary,
152 00
29
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
All other,
25 15
$1,908 13
Vital Statistics:
Births,
86 25
Deaths.
31 50
117 75
Other Expenses:
Plumbing inspec-
tor,
900 00
All other, 16 50
916 50
INSPECTION
School Children:
Salary of physicians, 419 30
Animal Inspection:
Salary,
125 00
Expenses, 1 77
126 77
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Meat and Provisions:
Salary,
350 00
Expenses,
59 10
409 10
Milk:
Salary, 91 62
30
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Expenses,
12 00
$103 62
Influenza:
Salaries, nurses,
283 57
Groceries,
105 43
Laundry,
61 25
Ambulance,
23 00
473 25
Total Health, 5,165 75
REFUSE AND GARBAGE
Collecting refuse and garbage, as per con-
tract,
1,999 98
CLEAN-UP WEEK
Paid by Board of Health, teams, 41 50
SEWER MAINTENANCE
Administration: Commissioners' sal- aries, 1917-'18, 600 00 Stationery, print- ing and postage, 2 00
602 00
General:
Labor,
1,821 75
31
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Teams, 3 00
Tools and equip- ment,
110 21
Pipe and fittings,
90
Insurance,
40 80
Surveys,
40 75
Investigation,etc., 215 00
Couplings,
28 16
All other,
16 80
2,277 37
Total Sewer, 2,879 37
STREET CLEANING
Cleaning Main and Hamilton Streets:
Labor,
879 97
Teams,
506 80
Equipment,
134 93
1,521 70
General Cleaning:
Labor,
588 15
Teams,
484 59
1,072 74
Sanitary Cleaning:
Labor, 409 66
Teams, 288 24
Catchbasins (new) 101 32
799 22
Total Street Cleaning, 3,393 66
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
HIGHWAYS
General Administration:
Highway sur-
veyor, 1,500 00
Clerk,
300 00
Telephone,
27 00
All other, station-
ery, etc.,
40 17
1,867 17
General Maintenance:
Labor, 2,148 69
Teams,
2,329 26
Crushed stone, 1,564 92
Equipment and
repairs, 721 45
Repairs on town
barn,
182 08
All other,
8 50
6,954 90
Sidewalk Repairs:
Labor, 719 76
Teams,
343 55
Materials, 870 77
Repairs to mixer, 21 00
Valve, 12 50
All other,
32 31
1,999 89
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Snow and Ice:
Labor,
1,145 77
Teams,
481 86
Sand,
52 00
Dynamite,
25 60
All other,
24 18
1,729 41
Street Sprinkling:
Labor,
29 46
Teams,
62 62
Oil,
2,306 77
Hose couplings,
62 75
2,461 60
Total Highway, 15,012 97
STREET LIGHTS
Contract,
13,373 03
BRIDGES
Labor,
9 75
Teams,
29 16
Materials,
90 75
Contract,
580 10
All other,
17 70
727 46
RAILING
Labor,
115 90
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Teams,
56 97
18 93
Equipment, All other,
7 05
198 85
MAINTENANCE OF PERMANENT ROADS
Labor,
622 07
Teams,
762 81
Tarvia,
760 97
Sand,
33 00
Coal,
9 50
Crushed stone,
157 19
Supplies,
31 95
2,377 49
CADY BROOK
Survey and plans,
45 75
Charities
General Administration:
Salaries,-1917,'18, 675 00
Stationery, post- age and print- ing, 47 92
Car fare, teams,
investigation,
146 05
868 97
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Outside Relief of Poor:
Groceries,
3,591 28
Coal and wood, 425 55
Board and care, 2,189 45
Medicine,
84 67
Med. attendance, 207 85
Town physician's
salary, 1917,-'18 416 00
Hospital care, 1,089 07
Telephone, 87 15
State institution, 157 00
Dry goods and
shoes, 347 47
Burials, 74 00
Office repairs, 93 60
Office furniture
and fixtures,
69 30
8,832 39
Relief by Other Cities and Towns:
Cities, 1,171 50
Towns, 195 87
1,367 37
Mothers' Aid:
By town,
4,009 00
Other cities and
towns, 40 00
Shoes, 16 69
36
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Fuel,
39 50
Moving,
25 00
4,130 19
Total Outside Relief,
15,198 92
Almshouse:
Superintendent,
830 00
Other employees, 440 75
Groceries and provisions,
2,689 96
Dry goods and clothing,
169 86
Buildings,
467 12
Fuel and light,
589 20
Hay and grain,
2,349 92
Telephone, 65
Supplies, seeds, hardware, etc., 78 08
Hospital care,
50 87
Horse shoeing and tools re-
paired,
81 19
Garbage,
26 40
Burial,
25 00
Shoe repairing,
17 22
Medicine,
15 31
All other,
51 40
Veterinary services, etc.,
36 60
Total Almshouse, 7,919 53
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
2,790 37
State Aid, Military Aid, 400 00
37
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Soldiers' Burials, 50 00
Soldiers' Relief:
Fuel,
232 60
Groceries and pro-
visions,
46 00
Cash,
854 50
Medicine and med-
ical attendance, 202 75
Dry goods and clothing, 75 00
1,410 85
Total Soldiers' Benefits, 4,651 22
SCHOOLS
Administration:
Salary of superin- tendent, 1917, 1918, 2,452 46
Truant officer, 279 75
Stationery, print-
ing and postage, 151 74
Telephone, 110 85
Traveling ex-
penses, 128 95
School census,
80 48
Team hire, 148 75
All other, 59 54
3,412 52
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Teachers' Salaries:
High, 9,223 75
Elementary,
21,999 69
Evening,
723 05
Supervisors,
1,440 00
33,386 49
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
High:
Text books, 577 16
All other school supplies, 737 18
1,314 34
Elementary:
Text books, 880 08
All other school supplies, 1,142 56
2,022 64
Evening:
Text books, 29 79
All other school supplies, 6 00
35 79
Tuition: Elementary, 106 75
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Transportation:
Elementary, 1,658 30
Support of truants,
34 30
Janitors' Services:
High,
875 76
Elementary,
2,360 60
Evening,
9 38
3,245 74
Fuel and Light:
High,
1,366 38
Elementary, 3,209 60
Evening,
13 35
4,589 33
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
High:
Repairs,
359 16
Hardware sup- plies, 79 79
Water supply, 57 48
Groceries, 25 77
All other,
73 88
596 08
Elementary:
Repairs, 1,313 89
Janitors' supplies, 23 52
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Town Hall, ac-
count rent, 600 00
Water supply, 220 12
Lumber,
66 62
Cleaning vaults,
and ashes, 49 50
Fire escape, 368 67
All other school
supplies,
228 22
2,870 54
Furniture and Furnishing:
High,
2,581 59
Elementary, 43 79
2,625 38
Other Expenses:
Diplomas and graduation ex-
ercises,
51 75
Miscellaneous
printing, 138 34
All other,
6 30
196 39
Total Schools, 56,094 59
LIBRARY
Salaries:
Librarian,
1,000 00
Assistants,
807 87
41
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Janitor,
807 55
2,615 42
Books, Periodicals, etc .:
Books,
680 72
Perioicals,
246 55
All other,
4 77
932 04
Binding:
Books,
72 67
Periodicals,
121 95
194 62
Fuel and Light:
Fuel,
653 85
Lights,
130 20
784 05
Building:
Repairs,
50 52
Furniture and fur-
nishing, 10 15
Water supply, 13 39
All other,
72 07
146 13
Other Expenses: Stationery, print-
42
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
ing and postage, 121 26
Telephone,
33 00
All other,
2 45
156 71
Total Library, 4,828 97
PLAYGROUNDS AND BATH HOUSES
Instructors,
958 08
Labor,
269 83
Sand,
32 00
Teachers' supplies,
419 93
Athletic supplies,
21 90
Repairs,
72 05
Rent, 1917-1918,
120 00
Teams,
14 50
All other,
91 84
2,000 13
Unclassified
BAND CONCERTS
Music,
250 00
MEMORIAL DAY
G. A. R., S. W. V.,
150 00
50 00
200 00
43
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
CARE OF GRAVES
G. A. R., 50 00
S. W. V., 50 00
100 00
ANNUAL REPORTS
Printing,
451 00
PENSIONS
Pension,
396 00
CARE OF TOWN CLOCK
Labor,
50 00
REIMBURSEMENT
Co. N, 18th Regt., M. S. G., 1,200 00
Reimbursement of taxes, 211 00
1,411 00
DAMAGE TO PERSONS AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Damages,
100 00
FIELD EQUIPMENT
Equipment M. S. G.,
932 80
INSURANCE
Town Hall, 321 75
44
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Schools,
608 58
Almshouse,
41 08
Fire Department,
184 96
Library,
354 65
Steam roller,
107 90
Town Barn,
38 28
Liability,
512 25
Total Insurance,
2,169 45
WATER AND ICE SUPPLY
Drinking fountains,
300 00
Care of fountains,
17 10
Hydrants,
6,262 08
Bubblers,
52 30
Ice,
230 42
6,861 90
CEMETERIES
Superintendent, salary, 200 00
Labor,
1,693 07
Teams,
74 19
1,967 26
Other Expenses:
Shrubs, etc.,
64 87
Markers,
50 00
Tools,
54 49
Weed killer,
52 50
All other,
27 64
249 50
Total Cemeteries, 2,216 76
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
INTEREST
Temporary Loans:
Anticipation of revenue,
5,003 50
General Loans:
Sewer,
2,757 50
Highway,
2,175 87
School,
3,728 12
Auto truck,
90 00
Soldiers' monument,
225 00
Public park,
23 34
14,003 33
DEBTS
Temporary Loans:
Anticipation of revenue, 194,000 00
General Loans:
Sewer,
2,000 00
Highway,
19,100 00
Schools,
7,350 00
Public park,
1,000 00
Auto truck,
1,000 00
Soldiers' monument,
1,000 00
Total Indebtedness,
225,450 00
AGENCY
State and Non-Resident Bank Tax:
Collected for State, 21,817 05
Collected for County, 10,036 00
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Liquor licenses collected
for State, 5,376 00
Auditing municipal ac-
counts, 364 85
State highway tax, 1,028 33
Total Agency, 38 622 23
TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Cemetery Perpetual Care, 1,785 00
Boyer's Trust Fund, 200 00
SINKING FUND
Interest deposited, 640 00
REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS
Refunds:
Outside poor, 69 00
Schools, 32 00
South Street mac-
adam, 729 86
Insurance, 128 00
Forest fires, 14 11
Fire Department,
2 71
975 68
Transfers:
School to Town Hall, 600 00
Board of Health to
Outside Poor,
114 86
47
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
State Aid to Out- side Poor, 24 00
738 86
Total Refunds and Transfers,
1,714 54
OUTLAY
Moon Street Sewer:
Labor,
524 42
Sand,
9 00
Oil,
1 50
Lines and grades, 6 50
Cement,
15 45
Assessment plans, 36 00
592 87
Dresser and various street sewers,
51 36
INSURANCE
Charlton Street Sewer:
Contract, 563 90
Total Sewers, 1,208 13
SIDEWALKS
Crane Street Walk:
Labor,
139 94
Teams,
41 50
Materials, 189 13
Total Sidewalks, 370 57
48
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
HIGHWAYS
South Street Macadam:
Contract,
3,483 49
Pipe,
61 00
Crushed stone, 1,342 08
4,886 57
- Mechanic Street Paving: -
Contract, 90 25
Pleasant Street:
Labor,
716 02
Teams,
380 00
Pipe, 680 28
Survey,
2 50
Grates, 72 80
Equipment and re- pairs, 2 70
1,854 30
Dudley River Road :
Contract,
1,804 55
Materials,
21 30
1,825 85
Total Highways, 8,656 97
CATCH BASINS
East Main Street Catch Basin:
Contract, 300 00
49
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
South Street Catch Basins:
Labor,
486 07
Teams,
107 77
Survey,
13 50
Pipe,
330 36
Lumber,
29 81
Cement,
36 80
Grates,
36 00
All other,
19 84
1,060 15
Total Catch Basins,
1,360 15
SCHOOLS
New High School:
Balance of contract, 200 00
Pleasant and River Streets School Lot: Taxes, Total Schools,
29 28
229 28
FIRE DEPARTMENT 1
New fire truck, 9,000 00
Total Payments and transfers, 498,507 26
Cash on hand, Dec. 31, 1918,
48,825 16
547,332 42
Appropriations
Unex- pended Balance Trans-
Balance Transferred Jan. 1,1918 to
Appro- priation
Total Credit
ferred to Revenue
Expen- ditures
Trans- ferred from
Total Debit
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1918
Moderator
$50.00
$50.00
$20.00
$30.00
$50.00
Selectmen
1,700.00
1,700.00
441.69
1,258.31
1,700.00
Accountant
1,300.00
1.300.00
64.43
1,235.57
1,300.00
Treasurer
1,300.00
1,300.00
86.08
1,213.92
1,300.00
Tax Collector
$105.00
1,350.00
1,455.00
9.75
1,445.25
1,455.00
Assessors
3,440.00
3,440.00
661.62
2,778.38
3.440.00
Town Clerk
625.00
625.00
66.34
558.66
625.00
Election and Registration
646.85
1,500.00
2,146.85
2,146.85
2,146.85
Law
615.08
615.08
615.08
615.08
Town Hall
600.00
2,800.00
3,400.00
609.41
2,700.59
3,400.00
Police Department
34.30
14,000.00
14,034.30
412.74
13,621.56
14,034.30
Fire Department
92.58
12,500.00
12,592.58
97.05
12,495.53
12,592.58
Tree Warden
300.00
300.00
235.14
64.86
300.00
Sealer
900.00
900.00
900.00
900.00
Forest Fires
500.00
500.00
118.98
381.02
500.00
Moth Extermination
10.50
100.00
110.50
31.69
78.81
110.50
Damage to Persons and Personal Property
500.00
500.00
400.00
100.00
500.00
Fire Pump
$9,041.15
9,041.15
41.15
9,000.00
9,041.15
Board of Health
6,825.00
6,825.00
37.07
6,673.07
$114.86
6,825.00
Sewer Maintenance
479.37
2,100.00
2,579.37
2,579.37
2,579.37
Main & Hamilton Street Cleaning
1,400.00
1,400.00
5.32
1,394.68
1,400.00
General Cleaning
1,200.00
1,200.00
.24
1,199.76
1,200.00
Sanitary Cleaning . .
800.00
800.00
.78
799.22
800.00
Charlton Street Sewer
563.90
563.90
563.90
563.90
Moon Street Sewer
592.87
592.87
592.87
592.87
Bridges
79.95
658.25
738.20
10.74
727.46
738.20
Highways
90.93
10,482.08
10,573.01
21.53
10,551.48
10,573.01
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Appropriations
Sidewalk Repairs
.11
1,999.89 198.85
2,000.00
Railing
200.00
Street Lights
14,000.00
Maintenance of Permanent Roads
381.23
2,381.23
6 26.97 3.74
2,377.49
2,381.23
Cody Brook
45.75 400.00
45.75
45.75
45.75
Crane Street Walk
400.00
Oiling Streets
2,500.00
2,500.00
38.40
2,461.60
2,500.00
Outside Relief of Poor
476.24
7,800.00
8,276.24
60.68
8,215.56
8,276.24
Mothers' Aid
6,000.00
6,000.00
869.81
4,130.19
1,000.00
6,000.00
Almshouse
1,927.62
4,200.00
6,127.62
6,127.62
6,127.62
State Aid
990.37
1,800.00
2,790.37
2,766.37
24.00
2,790.37
Military Aid
400.00
400.00
400.00
400.00
Soldiers' Relief
1,600.00
1,600.00
189.15
1,410.85
1,600.00
Soldiers' Burials
150.00
150.00
100.00
50.00
150.00
Schools
3,658.59
52,920.00
56,578.59
32.70
56,545.89
56,578.59
Primary School Plans
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361.02
Public Library
7.00
5,000.00
5,007.00
178.03
4,828.97
5,007.00
Playgrounds
315.87
1,800.00
2,115.87
115.74
2,000.13
2,115.87
Care of Town Clock
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
Insurance
128.00
2,400.00
2,528.00
230.55
2,297.45
2,528.00
Public Band Concerts
250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
Memorial Day and Care of Graves
300.00
300.00
300.00
300.00
Searching Parties
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Annual Reports
451.00
451.00
451.00
451.00
Water and Ice Supply
6,980.00
6,980.00
118.10
6,861.90
6,980.00
Pensions
396.00
396.00
396.00
396.00
Reimbursement M. S. G.
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Field Equipment, M. S. G.
1,000.00
1,000.00
67.20
932.80
1,000.00
Cemetery Improvements
1,064.39
1,200.00
2,264.39
47.63
2,216.76
2,264.39
Interest
15.25
16,129.36
16,144.61 2,141.28
14,003.33
16,144.61
Maturing Debt
2,700.00
28,750.00
31,450.00
31,450.00
31,450.00
Outstanding Bills, 1917
42.00
15,300.00
15,342.00
556.23
14,78 5.77
15,342.00
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2,000.00 200.00 14,000.00 2,000.00
2,000.00 200.00 14,000.00
1.15
13,373.03
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400.00
29.43
370.57
Appropriations-Continued
Balance Jan. 1,1918
Transferred
to 729.86
Appro- priation 4,886.57
Total Credit 5,616.43
Unex- pended Balance Trans- ferred to Revenue
Expen- ditures 5,616.43
Trans- ferred from
Balance on hand Debit Dec. 31, 1918 Total
South Street Macadam
5,616.43
South Street Catch Basins
1,062.60
1,062.60
2.45
1,060.15
1,062.60
East Main Street Catch Basin
300.00
300.00
300.00
300.00
Dudley River Road
2,243.00
2,243.00
1,825.85
1,825.85
417.15
Mechanic Street Paving
1,216.11
1,216.11
90.25
90.25
1,125.86
Elm Street Paving
99.16
99.16
99.16
Lebanon Brook Bridge
12.66
12.66
12.66
Mechanic Street Sidewalk
12.58
12.58
12.58
Mechanic Street Sidewalk
62.48
62.48
62.48
Chapin Street Sidewalk
32.73
32.73
32.73
River Street School Lot
72.46
72.46
29.28
29.28
43.18
Pleasant Street Grading
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,854.30
1,854.30
145.70
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$15,153.35
$15,732.67 $250,516.69 $281,402.71 $8,881.10 $269,070.23 $1,138.86 $279,090.19 $2,312.52
Balance Sheet December 31, 1918 REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Cash,
ASSETS
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes-
Levy of 1915, $21 52
Levy of 1916,
220 75
Levy of 1917,
7,420 67
Levy of 1918, 29,780 50
37,443 44
Special Assessments:
Street Oiling, 1916
477 85
5,886 27
Tailings,
21 92
Reserve Fund,
75 02
Overlay Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1916,
1,233 10
Levy of 1917,
4,353 27
Levy of 1918, 2,995 76
2,665 33
Committed Interest: Sewer Assessments, Departmental Bills,
10 26
Apportioned Sewers: Due in 1919,
231 34
From State:
Due in 1920,
185 70
State Aid,
2,732 37
Due in 1921,
57 24
Military Aid,
200 00
Due in 1922,
57 23
Soldiers' Burials,
50 00
2,982 37
Excess and Deficiency;
531 51 34,531 19
$90,406 21 53
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
$90,406 21
LIABILITIES
$47,290 81 Temporary Loans: $40,000 00 Anticipation of Revenue,
Appropriation Balances: Dudley River Road, Primary School Plans, 361 02
417 15
778 17
Revenue Accounts:
Sidewalk,
398 00
Sewer,
5,488 27
Sidewalk, 398 00
Apportioned Sewer, 1918
105 67
Apportioned Sewer, due 1919 to 1922,
531 51
Unapportioned Sewer,
1,152 30
8,582 13
14 00
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NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Cash,
$1,534 35
Appropriation Balances:
Mechanic Street Paving, $1,125 86
Elm Street Paving, 99 16
Lebanon Brook Bridge, 12 66
Mechanic Street Sidewalk,
12 58
Mechanic Street Sidewalk,
62 48
Chapin Street Sidewalk,
32 73
River Street School Lot, 43 18
Pleasant Street Grading,
145 70
1,534 35
1,534 35
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Sinking Funds, 33,000 48
Net Funded and Fixed Debt,
168,099 52
- -201,100 00
--- 201,100 00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Savings Deposits and Securities, 27,914 73
Mynott Library Fund,
1,043 80
Cemetery Funds, 26,670 93 Boyer Trust Fund, 200 00
27,914 73
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Funded Debt, 50,000 00
Serial Debt, 151,100 00
27,914 73
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
To the Citizens of Southbridge:
We respectfully submit our report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1918.
The funds are deposited in the following banks:
Book No.
Balance.
Interest 1918.
16257 Amherst Savings Bank,
$984 39
42 81
34032 Clinton Savings Bank,
1,050 04
40 76
44901 Dedham Institution for Savings,
844 58
32 78
51856 Fitchburg Savings Bank,
895 89
38 97
25862
Leominster Savings Bank,
1,243 30
48 26
4113 Leicester Savings Bank,
871 91
35 89
39639
Natick Five Cents Savings Bank,
725 99
31 58
29970
Salem Savings Bank,
1,014 22
44 12
390502
Suffolk Savings Bank,'
1,038 38
40 32
21209
Southbridge Savings Bank,
2,814 95
87 52
42082
Ware Savings Bank,
861 46
33 44
21481
Webster Five Cents Savings Bank,
1,074 61
41 09
130170 Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank,
896 2
34 78
73989 Worcester Mechanic Savings Bank,
827 76
32 12
50139
Worcester People's Savings Bank,
1,092 00
42 38
181879
Worcester County Institution for Savings, 16,000 00
640 00
33,000 48 1,296 50
Total Sinking Fund, Dec. 31, 1917, Interest to Sinking Fund, 1918,
31,703 98
1,296 50
Total Sinking Fund, Dec. 31, 1918,
33,000 48
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN
To the Voters of Southbridge:
Gentlemen-
Your Selectmen submit for your approval their re- port for the year ending December 31, 1918.
The Board organized as follows: Mr. Wilfrid J. Lamoureux, Chairman; Mr. Daniel T. Morrill, Clerk; they held weekly meetings on Mondays at 7.30 o'clock P. M.
ACCOUNTS
The accounts which are approved by the Board all show a balance to the credit of the account, except State Aid and Election and Registration; the amount
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needed for the State Aid account could not be made at the Spring election as we did not know how many would be called to the colors, therefore much more was needed than expected; this will be reimbursed by the State this year. The Election and Registration account has been too small for the last two years to meet the expenses of the elections and the appropriation should be larger this year.
ROADS
The unfinished portion of the Dudley River Road has been completed this year, and there still remains $7,000 to be expended on this road, the contract for which has not been given.
The Selectmen, in accord with the views of the Federal Government, advise that the town build a sec- tion of permanent road this year.
The building of the macadam road on South Street, voted by the town in annual meeting, was placed in the hands of the Road Committee to build, as they had the catchbasins under their control on the same street.
RAILROAD FARES
During the year two petitions have been presented to the Public Service Commission at Boston for increase in fares, and another petition is now before the Com- mission asking for another raise. The Selectmen are to appear before the Commission, and will oppose the petition because of the poor service rendered the people of the town,
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AMBULANCE
The Southbridge Visiting Nurse Association has offered its ambulance to the town, and we have inserted an article in the warrant so that the voters can take whatever action needed on this matter; if accepted, an appropriation will be needed for its upkeep and main- tenance.
RIENDEAU SQUARE
The Selectmen recommend that, in recognition of Sergeant Arthur Riendeau, the first Southbridge soldier to give his life for his country in the Great World War, the square at the junction of River and Cross Streets be called " Riendeau Square."
HON. ALEXIS BOYER FUND
At a special meeting the gift of $200 left the Town in the last will of Hon. Alexis Boyer, Jr., was accepted, and is to be known as the "Alexis Boyer, Jr., Fund," the income to be used for the High School. The Se- lectmen appointed the following as trustees: Daniel T. Morrill, Arthur O. Boyer and Herbert E. Wells.
SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
The Board has appointed a committee, to be known as "The Soldiers' Memorial Committee," whose duties will be to ascertain what will be the most suita- ble memorial to show the Town's appreciation of the devotion shown by our soldiers and sailors in respond-
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ing to their country's call in the great war. Following are the names of the committee:
Channing M. Wells
George Litchfield
Calvin D. Paige
Robert Kershaw
Joseph Metras
Onorato Micheli
Patrick May
Constant Pantos
Felix Gatineau Wladyslaw Kania
E. B. Armstrong Adelard Laporte
Philip Dagenais James F. Earls
Joseph Ducheneau John F. Laughnane
Raymond A. Rice
Frank Dowd
William W. Buckley
Ralph Robbins
STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT
Following this report will be found the "Report of the Bureau of Statistics " for its audit of the books and accounts for the year 1917.
W. J. LAMOUREUX, DANIEL T. MORRILL, A. L. DESAULNIERS. Selectmen of Southbridge.
REPORT OF AN AUDIT OF
THE ACCOUNTS OF
The Town of Southbridge
For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1917
Made in Accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 598, Acts of 1910 and a Vote of the Town
February 28, 1918
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts BUREAU OF STATISTICS
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON
-
February 28, 1918
To the Board of Selectmen,
Mr. Wilfrid J. Lamoureux, Chairman, Southbridge, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the Accounts of the Town of Southbridge for the year end- ing December 31, 1917, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 598 of the Acts of 1910 and amendments thereto. The report is in the form of a report made to me by Edward H. Fenton, Chief Ac- countant of this bureau, who was placed in charge of the work.
Very truly yours, CHARLES F. GETTEMY, Director
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Mr. Charles F. Gettemy,
Director, Bureau of Statistics,
State House, Boston.
Sir:
As directed by you, I have made an audit of the accounts of the Town of Southbridge for the year end- ing December 31, 1917, and submit the following re- port:
The financial records of the several departments were examined, and comparison was made with those in the accountant's office.
The books in the accountant's office were checked in detail. The appropriation accounts were checked with the records of appropriations made at town meet- ings, the receipts with the amounts reported by the Town Treasurer and with departmental reports, and the payments to the total of the warrants and to the Treasurer's books.
Committed accounts were checked, balances were reconciled, the ledger was footed, and a trial balance was taken off proving the books to be in balance.
The classification book showing the receipts and payments for the year in a classified form was exam- ined and checked to the ledger.
The accounts are well kept, and served as an accu- rate check in the audit of the several department ac- counts.
The books and accounts of the Treasurer were ex- amined. Receipts were checked by comparison with departmental records and with the Accountant's books;
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payments were proved by comparison of the voucher checks with the warrants and with the Accountant's books.
The sewer assessment accounts were examined and checked. Receipts and outstanding accounts were found to be as reported.
Debt and interest accounts were checked by com- paring the reported payments with cancelled vouchers on file and with the amounts falling due during the year.
Cash on hand was verified and bank balances were proved.
The accounts are kept in a businesslike manner and were easily verified.
Tables showing a reconciliation of cash and a sum- mary of the unapportioned sewer assessment account are appended to this report.
The accounts of the Tax Collector were checked in detail. The commitments, collections and abatements were compared with the records in the Treasurer's and Accountant's offices. The outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the Accountant's ledger.
Attention is again called to the importance of ac- curate recording of collections where as many accounts are involved as is the case in the Collector's office. The cash book should correspond at all times with the pay- ments recorded on the detail list; if differences are found in the totals, a great deal of detail checking is necessary to prove the outstanding accounts.
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