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Income Tax
37,682.39
Corporation Tax-
Chapter 58; Sec-
tion 20 G. L .-
Business 40,272.20
Corporation Tax
Business (Utilities) 1;259.91. 79,214.50
Licenses & Permits :
Licenses :
Liquors
13,108.00
Pedlars, Hawkers
& Junk
177.50
Sunday Store
192.00
Common Victual-
lers & Innholders
153.00
Pool, Billiard &
Bowling 113.00
Pasteurizing, Milk
& Oleomargarine 96.50
149
GENERAL REVENUE (Continued)
Auto Dealers
30.00
Auctioneers
8.00
Taxis & Drivers
88.00
Firearms
51.00
All Other
45.00
14,062.00
Permits :
Garage
58.50
Gas Station, Gas-
oline & Motor Oil
21.75
Kerosene & Fuel Oil
1.00
All Other
1.00
82.25
Fines & Forfeits :
Court Fines
497.50
497.50
Grants & Gifts :
Vocational & Am- erican Education Classes
12,130.70
Vocational Educa-
tion of Defense
Workers
14,010.53
George Deen
School Fund
11,108.46
Smith Hughes
School Fund
3,240.19 40,489.88
County - Dog Li-
censes
1,359.28
1,359.28
Highway Aid - State & County :
Highway Gas Dis- tribution Chapter 504-Accounts of 1939 22.373.62 22,373.62
150
GENERAL REVENUE (Continued)
Chapter 90
State 2,600.89
County
1,882.43
4,483.32
Federal :
P. W. A. School
Project
13,864.08
Aid to Dependent Children 4,028.10
Old Age Assistance
30,310.44 48,202.62
All Other General Revenue :
Tax Demands
210.70
210.70
Total General Revenue 762,958.34
Commercial Revenue
Departmental :
General Government:
Selectmen :
Sale of Lumber from Cole Lot 786.54
Sale of Iron Rails
115.20
Sale of Safe & Two Files
150.00
All Other Revenue
5.52
1,057.26
Sale of Elm Street School
3,830.00
Town Hall Rental
1,445.00
Tax Collector
1.00 6,333.26
Protection of Persons & Property : Police :
Station Rental 1,250.00
151
COMMERCIAL REVENUE (Continued)
By Fire Loss Ad- justment 150.00
All Other Revenue
3.65 1,403.65
Fire :
Sale of Old Mate- rials
36.15
Fire Loss Adjust-
ment
245.80
Fire Assistance to
Other Towns
175.00
456.95
Sealer of Weights & Measures
94.66
94.66
Ambulance-Rental Fees
270.00
270.00
Services of Dog Of-
ficer
153.00
153.00
2,378.26
Health & Sanitation :
Contagious Diseases & Tuberculosis* _ 2,002.64 2,002.64
Highways:
Sale of Old Mate- rials 19.65
Resurfacing Morris
Street, Lebanon
Hill & Fisk St. for
Southbridge Water
Supply Company
439.66
Machinery Rental 729.75 1,189.06
Public Welfare & Charities :
Reimbursements from Individuals 151.50
152
COMMERCIAL REVENUE (Continued)
Public Welfare & Charities (Continued)
Reimbursements
from Cities &
Towns
4,864.31
Reimbursements
from State
18,262.64
Aid to Dependent
Children :
From State 9,494.15
Old Age Assistance :
From Cities &
Towns
393.10
From State
17,809.63 50,975.33
Soldiers Benefits :
State Aid
910.00
Military Aid
435.00
Soldiers Burials
100.00
1,445.00
Schools :
Tuition-High &
Cole Trade
Schools
13,238.32
Transportation &
Tuition of State
Wards
264.09
Sale of Books &
Supplies
257.70
Telephone Calls
1.29
Registration Fees
203.34
13,964.74
Library :
Fines
648.90 648.90
Total Departmental Revenue 78,937.19
153
COMMERCIAL REVENUE (Continued)
Special Assessments :
Sewer Assessments :
Sewers Added to Taxes
1,208.68
Unapportioned
Sewers
2,076.64
Sewer Assessments
Paid in Advance
69.42 3,354.74
Sidewalk Assessments :
Sidewalks
Added
to Taxes
123.03
Unapportioned
Sidewalks 1,336.86
Sidewalk Assess-
ments Paid in Ad-
vance
59.76
1,519.65
Total Assessments Revenue 4,874.39
Interest :
Taxes
2,512.69 2,512.69
Special Assessments :
Sidewalks :
Committed Interest
25.66
Added Interest
.48
Sewers:
Committed Interest 137.86
Added Interest
7.82
171.82
Trust & Investment
Funds :
Ella M. Cole (Needy
School Children) 65.00
Mary Mynott (Li- brary)
25.00
Cemetery
1,994.87
2,084.87
Total Interest 4,769.38
154
COMMERCIAL REVENUE (Continued)
Municipal Indebtedness :
Temporary Loans :
Anticipation of Revenue 425,000.00 425,000.00
Total Municipal In- debtedness
425.000.00
Cemeteries :
Sale of Lots &
Graves
515.00
Graves Opened 339.00
Foundations In-
stalled 32.50
Total Cemetery Revenue
886.50
Agency, Trust & In- vestment :
Agency :
Dog License Fees- County 1,573.60
Trust & Investment:
Cemetery Perpetual Care 655.00
Total Agency, Trust & Investment
2,228.60
Refunds :
General Departments :
Accountant 2.20
Assessors
10.00
Election & Regis-
tration 4.38
155
COMMERCIAL REVENUE (Continued)
Refunds (Continued)
Highways
1.00
Schools
5.00
Tax Collector
8.00
Public Welfare
31.72
Old Age Assistance
25.00
Old Age Assistance
Federal Grant
25.00
Insurance
267.18
Estimated Receipts
117.61
Total Refunds
497.09
Recoveries & Reim- bursements :
General Government:
Public Welfare
58.00
Old Age Assistance
631.07
Total Recoveries &
Reimbursements
689.07
Total Commercial Rev-
enue
517,882.22
Total General & Com- mercial Revenue _
1,280,840.56
Cash on Hand January 1, 1940 :
General Cash
136,387.74
P. W .A. Cash
5.49
Total Cash on Hand January 1, 1940 _
136,393.23
1,417,233.79
156
EXPENDITURES 1940
General Government
Moderator
40.00
Selectmen :
Salaries & Wages:
Chairman
550.00
Two Members
900.00
Assistant Clerk
600.00 2,050.00
Other Expenses :
Stationery & Post- age'
84.40
Printing & Adver- tising
44.53
Travel Expense
21.50
Telephones
191.32
Office Equipment
& Furniture
247.96
Overhauling Type- writer
10.00
75 Taxi Drivers' Badges
29.85
Recording Fees
7.49
Association Dues
6.00
Auctioneer's Fees
50.00
Funeral Flowers -
5.00
698.05
2,748.05
Accountant :
Salaries & Wages: Accountant 2,000.00
Clerical Assistance 199.43 2,199.43
157
EXPENDITURES (Continued) Accountant (Continued)
Other Expenses :
Stationery, Postage
& Supplies
58.63
Telephone
21.15
Printing
64.50
Office Equipment
52.42
Office Equipment
Maintenance
74.30
Binding Expense
8.70
Association Dues _
12.00
Association Meet-
ings & Travel Ex-
penses
33.40
Miscellaneous
4.50
329.60
2,529.03
Treasurer :
Salaries & Wages:
Treasurer
1,500.00
Clerk®
525.00 2,025.00
Other Expenses :
Stationery & Post-
age
286.21
Printing
144.95
Office Equipment
26.41
Office Equipment Maintenance
50.50
Telephone
35.00
Surety Bonds & In-
surance
293.65
Certification of
Notes
38.00
Tax Lien Foreclos-
ure & Recording
30.61
158
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Treasurer (Continued)
Association Dues
2.00
Germicide
1.10
908.43
2,933.43
Tax Collector :
Salaries & Wages:
Collector
1,998.20
Clerk
901.80
2,900.00
Other Expenses :
Stationery, Postage
& Supplies
415.65
Printing & Adver- tising
193.55
Telephone
48.45
Surety Bond & In- surance
497.23
Office Equipment
128.50
Office Equipment Maintenance
6.50
Travel & Auto Ex- pense
71.57
Expense of Tax Ti- tles, etc.
29.26
Association Dues -
2.00
Tracing Tax Delin- quents
5.00
1,397.71
4,297.71
Assessors :
Salaries & Wages :
Two Members 900.00
Clerk of Board 1,800.00
159
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Assessors (Continued)
*Clerical Assistance
209.83 2,909.83
Other Expenses :
Stationery & Post- age
54.67
Printing
86.10
Travel & Auto Hire
269.33
Telephone
55.50
Office Equipment -
89.41
Office Equipment Maintenance
15.00
Probate & Registry
of Deeds
118.89
Photographs
11.00
699.90
3,609.73
* (Refunded to Cler- ical Asst'ce $10)
Law Department :
Salary of Town Counsel
800.00
Town Clerk :
Salaries & Wages:
Town Clerk
1,140.00
Clerical Assistance
650.00
1,790.00
Other Expenses :
Stationery, Post- age & Supplies
131.02
Printing & Adver- tising
72.48
Telephone
93.38
Surety Bond
7.50
Office Equipment
163.29
Binding Birth Rec- ords
29.50
Miscellaneous
.10
497.27
2,287.27
160
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Election & Registration :
Salaries & Wages:
Board of Registrars
Three Members -
100.00
Clerk of Board 100.00 200.00
Relisting of Poll
Tax Lists & Wo-
men Inhabitants
512.94
Election Officers,
Counters & Tellers
2,279.39
Other Expenses :
Stationery & Post-
age
89.90
Printing & Adver-
tising
758.63
Meals
337.05
Equipment-Files,
etc.
26.25
1,211.83
4,204.16
Engineering :
Salaries & Wages:
Engineer
2,500.00
Assistant Engineer 1,049.76
Helpers, etc.
1,937.00
5,486.76
Office Expenses :
Equipment & Maintenance 33.58
Stationery, Post-
age & Supplies
59.28
Telephone
37.48
Field Expenses :
Materials & Sup- plies
108.03
Equipment &
Maintenance 36.45
161
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Engineering (Continued)
Mileage & Travel
212.34
Miscellaneous
12.04 499.20
5,985.96
Town Hall :
Salary of Janitor
1,572.87
Other Expenses :
Fuel
1,594.20
Lights
883.57
Water
44.59
Janitor's Supplies _
247.88
Repairs & Main-
tenance
637.46
Chairs
138.64
Telephone
19.41
Flowers, etc.
10.50
3,576.25
Annex (Elm Street
School) Water &
Lights
15.12
5,164.24
Planning Board :
Architectural Ser-
vices
350.00
Clerical Services
25.20
Map Making
29.48
Printing Notices, Circulars, etc.
173.00
Postage, Station-
ery & Supplies
45.72
Travel Expenses -
9.80
Association Dues _
15.00
648.20
Total General Goverment
35,247.78
.
162
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
PROTECTION OF PERSONS & PROPERTY
Police Department :
Salaries & Wages:
Chief
2,400.00
Patrolmen
26,424.30
Special Police
2,299.13
Traffic Duty at
Schools
232.63
Caretaker of Sta-
tion
1,205.85 32,561.91
Equipment & Main- tenance :
Motor Equipment Repairs
462.09
Gasoline, Oil, etc.
495.63
Equipment for Men
193.77
Photography &
Fingerprinting
Supplies
33.04
Materials for Shoot- ing Gallery 53.91
1,238.44
Horse Hire
6.00
Fuel
480.98
Light
244.00
Maintenance of Build-
ings & Grounds :
Repairs
362.26
Janitor's Supplies
313.76
Water Service
35.13
Removal of Ashes, etc.
21.00
Miscellaneous
17.04
749.19
Officers' & Prison-
ers' Expenses :
Officers' Travel Ex-
penses
131.51
163
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Police Department (Continued)
Medical Care,
Matrons & Guards
for Prisoners 7.74
Feeding of Prison- ers
261.00 400.25
Traffic Control Ex-
penses :
Labor
388.51
Signs, Posts, Paint, etc.
742.54
· Flood Lights
on
Main St. at Cen-
tral & Hamilton Sts.
300.00 1,431.05
Other Expenses :
Printing, Stationery
& Postage
130.47
Telephones, Police Signals, etc.
1,276.67
Office Equipment,
Furnishings, Water Cooler, etc. 359.04
Dues & Supplies-
N. E. Revolver
League
39.87
Miscellaneous Items 8.95
Liability, Fire,
Theft & Collision
Insurance
215.06 2,030.06
39,141.88
Fire Department : Salaries & Wages:
Chief
2,400.00
Deputy Chief
350.00
164
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Fire Department (Continued)
Permanent Fire-
men
17,024.81
Call Firemen
3,205.00
Supt. of Alarms
300.00
Assistant Clerk
25.00
Other Employees
172.50
23,477.31
Equipment, Main-
tenance & Repairs :
Hose
425.00
Equipment for men
197.08
Materials & Sup- plies
33.19
Repairs
649.43
Gasoline & Oil
176.34
Alarm Boxes, etc.
190.86
New Tires & Tubes
415.58
2,087.48
Hydrant Rental
15,711.01
Fuel
456.40
Light
202.43
Water
57.33
Maintenance of
Buildings &
Grounds :
Repairs
880.48
Furniture &
Grounds
85.48
Laundry Work
76.80
Janitor's Supplies
262.16
1,304.92
Other Expenses :
Stationery, Printing
& Postage
33.07
Telephones
138.08
Travel Expense
44.25
Food, etc. for Men
18.80
Miscellaneous
6.11
240.31
43,537.19
165
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Fire Department (Continued)
Forest Fire Department :
Salaries & Wages:
Warden
200.00
Fighting Fires
10.00
210.00
Other Expenses :
Apparatus Equop-
ment
67.97
Hose
220.50
Materials & Sup-
plies
61.34
349.81
559.81
Ambulance :
Repairs & Main- tenance
13.51
Gasoline, Oil, etc.
20.00
Laundry & Supplies
50.47
Liability, Fire &
Theft Insurance
109.26
193.24
Sealer of Weights & Measures :
Salary of Sealer
1,050.00
Other Expenses :
Printing & Adver- tising 6.56
Automobile Travel
Allowance 200.00
Tools, Dies, Seals,
etc. 13.82
166
EXPENDITURES (Continued) Sealer of Weights (Continued)
Portable 50 Gallon
Test Tank
336.60
Telephone 1.35
Lettering Equip-
ment
3.00
561.33
1,611.33
Animal Inspector- Salary 125.00
Dog Officers' Ex-
penses & Fees
192.50
Game Warden-Salary
100.00
Street Lighting :
Street Lights
13,502.54
Traffic Flood
Lights
139.04
13,641.58
Building Inspector-
Salary
200.00
Wiring Inspector:
Salary of Inspector 300.00
Other Expenses :
Travel Expenses _ 28.15
Printing, Station-
ery & Supplies _ 44.49 72.64
372.64
167
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Planting & Trimming Trees :
Salaries & Wages :
Tree Warden
193.00
Labor
164.50
357.50
Other Expenses :
Stationery, Postage & Printing
9.00
Tools, Materials & Supplies
153.71
Truck Hire
123.00
Tool House Rental
5.00 290.71
648.21
Gypsy & Brown Tail Moth Extermination :
Salaries & Wages:
Superintenden
76.50
Labor
72.00
148.50
Other Expenses :
Tools, Materials &
Supplies
20.54
Truck Hire
30.96 51.50
200.00
Total Protection of - Persons & Property 100,523.38
168
HEALTH & SANITATION
Health :
General Administration :
Salaries & Wages:
Boad Physician 300.00
School Physician
500.00
Agent
500.00
Nurse
1,600.00
Plumbing Inspector
1,800.00
Food & Provision
Inspector
100.00
Milk Inspector
125.00
Slaughtering In-
spector
350.00
Dentists-(Dental
Clinic)
700.00
5,975.00
Other Administration Expenses :
Stationery & Post-
age
50.10
Printing & Adver-
tising
46.48
Telephone
58.50
Typist-T. B. Con-
sultation Clinics
24.00
Typist-Dog Vac- cination Clinic
9.50
Map of Southbridge
4.69
Miscellaneous Sup-
plies
7.16
200.43
Quarantine & Con-
tagious Diseases :
Medical Attendance
143.50
Drugs & Medicines
45.84
Milk
175.68
Hospital Care
137.86
169
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Quarantine & Contagious Diseases (Continued)
Transportation of
Patients
68.00
Miscellaneous Sup- plies
13.50
State & County
Sanatoriums,
Board & Care
4,257.00
4,841.38
Vital Statistics :
Birth Returns
71.50
Death Returns
37.75
109.25
Inspection & Other Expenses :
Travel & Taxi Hire 63.93
Travel-Slaughter-
ing Inspector
212.00
Dental Clinic Sup- plies
127.30
Milk Laboratory Equipment
546.25
949.48
Garbage Collection
(Contract)
1,999.92
14,075.46
Sewer Maintenance :
Administration- Salaries & Expenses :
Commissioners
300.00
Stationery, Print- ing & Postage 11.41
Telephone
35.76
Typewriter Stand
6.50
Travel Expense
11.10 64.77
170
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Sewer Maintenance (Continued)
General Expenses :
Labor (Caretaker &
Assistant)
2,388.00
Tools, Supplies & Equipment
109.28
Pipe & Fittings
135.40
Gas, Oil, Truck &
Tractor Maintenance
227.18
Insurance on Equip- ment
43.72
Lights
9.00
Lumber, etc.
53.28
Repairs to Dead-End
Sewer at Hamilton
& Hook Sts.
45.75 3,011.61
3,376.38
Total Health & Sanita-
tion
17,451.84
HIGHWAYS & SNOW & ICE
Highways:
General Administration :
Salary of Superinten- dent 1,695.00
Other Expenses :
Stationery, Supplies &
Postage
113.36
Telephone
148.84
Typewriter,
Adding
Machine,
Files
&
Shelving
330.57
592.77
171
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Highway & Snow & Ice (Continued)
General Maintenance :
Labor
16,585.98
Truck Hire
108.50
Equipment Rental
Compressors, Power
Shovel, Grader, etc.
1,566.25
Equipment & Main-
tenance
694.24
Broken Stone, Gravel, etc.
826.07
Tarvia, Road Oil & Surfacing
4,812.61
Other Materials &
Supplies
719.54 25,310.19
Automotive Equipment :
Supplies & Repairs -
115.98
Gasoline, Oil, etc.
2,328.96
Insurance - Ford Wrecker
13.95
1931 Ford with Lift _
150.00
2,608.89
Buildings & Grounds :
Maintenance & Repairs
114.44
Fuel, Lights & Water
264.42
378.86
Road Machinery Main- tenance :
Repairs, Parts, Tires, etc.
3,034.31
Liability & Fire Insur- ance
308.82
3,343.13
Other Expenses :
Identification Tags -
31.83
33,960.67
172
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Highway & Snow & Ice (Continued)
Town Dump & Rubbish :
Labor
758.84
Equipment Rental
112.00
Rental of Dump
125.00
Poster Signs
3.75
Rubbish Collection
By Contract
1,375.00
2,374.59
Snow & Ice Removal :
Labor
11,881.40
Truck Hire
5,503.37
Tools & Equipment
126.61
Rock Salt
163.06
Calcium Chloride
83.41
Sand & Gravel
18.60
Plowing & Sanding Country Roads
216.99
17,993.44
New Road Machinery :
1931 Ford with Lift -See Highways - Automotive Equip- ment
Chapter 90 Maintenance -State & County Aid : 1939 Contract No. 7193-Cont.
North Woodstock Road: -; Labor 551.50
173
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Highway & Snow & Ice (Continued)
Truck Hire
52.20
603.70
Sandersdale Road :
Labor
72.00
Truck Hire
14.40
86.40
690.10
1940 Contract No. 7596 North Woodstock Road :
Materials & Supplies _
553.14
Labor
1,125.53
Truck Hire
111.00
1,789.66
Sandersdale Road :
Materials & Supplies
102.59
Labor
715.10
Truck Hire
12.00
829.69
River Street :
Labor
45.85
Truck Hire
3.00
48.85
Hamilton Street :
Labor
50.00
2,718.20
Total Highway Depart-
ment
57,737.00
CHARITIES, SOLDIERS BENEFITS & SOCIAL WELFARE (W. P. A.)
Public Welfare :
Salaries & Wages :
Board
450.00
Supervisor
800.00
174
EXPENDITURES (Continued) Public Welfare (Continued)
Clerk
400.00
Child Welfare Super-
visor
780.00
2,430.00
General Administration :
Stationery, Postage &
Supplies
167.64
Telephones
151.16
Automobile Allowances
300.00
Other Travel & Mile- age
115.42
Miscellaneous Items .
1.92
736.14
Outside Relief Expenses :
Groceries & Provisions 18,331.33
Fuel
3,863.37
Medicine & Medical
Care
5,082.84
Hospital Care
3,892.57
Rent
3,810.50
Clothing
1,344.48
Cash Grants
5,224.00
Board & Care
-
(Local)
4,724.75
Board & Care (Coun- ty & State Institu- tions)
271.79
Board & Care-(Pri-
vate Institutions) _
695.10
Household Furnishings & Moving 73.48 47,314.21
Relief Rendered by Other Cities & Towns :
Cities 1,448.63
Towns
4,723.19
6,171.82
175
EXPENDITURES (Continued) Public Welfare (Continued)
All Other Expenses :
Truck Expenses :
Maintenance
149.55
Gasoline, Oil, etc.
206.63
Insurance & Registra- tion, etc.
52.18 408.36
Electric Power at In- firmary
60.00
Water Service-Bene-
fit Street Building
23.34
Warehouse Surplus commodities
96.00
Miscellaneous Paper Bags, etc.
92.81
57,332.68
Aid to Dependent Chil- dren-(Town Appro- priations) (See also Federal Grants)
Salaries & Wages :
Supervisor
400.00
Clerk 100.00 500.00
Administration Expenses :
Aid Rendered :
Cash Grants
11,979.87
12,479.87
Aid to Dependent Chil- dren-Federal Grants)
Salaries & Wages :
Supervisor
Clerks
172.50
176
EXPENDITURES (Continued) Public Welfare (Continued)
Administration Expenses :
Stationery, Postage &
Supplies
33.51
Automobile Allowances 45.00
Other Travel & Mile- age
3.00
81.51
Aid Rendered :
Cash Grants
3,309.64
3,563.65
Old Age Assistance - (Town Appropria- tions) (See also Fed- al Grants)
Salaries & Wages:
Board
450.00
Supervisor
800.00
Clerk
400.00
1,650.00
Aid Rendered :
Cash Grants
32,949.38
Aid by Cities & Towns
843.39
Burials
200.00
Board & Care
5.00
33,997.77
35,647.77
Old Age Assistance - (Federal Grants)
Salaries & Wages :
Board
25.00
Supervisors - Over-
time)
300.00
Investigators
50.00
177
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Old Age Assistance-(Federal Grants)-(Continued)
Clerk-(Overtime) 200.00
Other Clerks
438.50 1,013.50
Administration Expenses :
Stationery, Postage &
Supplies
75.59
Travel Mileage
11.00 86.59
Aid Rendered :
Cash Grants 28,267.49
Aid by Cities & Towns
501.39 28,768.88
29,868.97
Infirmary or Town Farm :
Salaries & Wages :
Superintendent
1,800.00
Other Expenses : Groceries & Provi-
sions
2,517.86
Dry Goods & Clothing
190.53
Buildings, Grounds & Water
155.88
Fuel & Light
758.21
Medical Attendance & Supplies
121.67
Burials
200.00
Telephone
38.76
Miscellaneous Items -
16.35 3,999.26
5,799.26
Soldiers' Benefits :
State Aid-Cash Grants 1,120.00
Military Aid - Cash
Grants 1,050.00
178
EXPENDITURES (Continued) Soldiers' Benefits (Continued)
Soldiers Relief :
Administration Ex-
penses
136.90
Fuel
580.52
Groceries & Provi-
sions
2,249.73
Rents
497.00
Cash Grants
3,119.75
Medical & Hospital
Care, etc.
744.84
Clothing, etc.
233.25
Burials
7,561.99
9,731.99
Social Welfare-W. P. A.
General Administration :
Salaries & Wages :
Co-ordinator
1,200.00
Clerical Assistance
507.90 1,707.90
Other Expenses :
Stationery, Postage & Supplies
27.31
Truck Repairs & Main- tenance
318.42
Truck Tires & Tubes _
251.99
Gasoline, Oil, etc.
507.85
Liability & Fire Insur- ance
107.16
Traveling Expenses -
395.70 1,608.43
179
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
W. P. A. (Continued)
Projects :
Forest Fire Hazards :
Materials & Supplies _ 60.37
Labor
134.50 194.87
(Sewers : )
Clark Street Sewer
(225 ft.)
Materials & Supplies
403.96
Labor
257.55
Truck Hire
365.27
1,026.78
Charlton Street Sewer
(510 ft.) (From Tra- vinski's to McMahon)
Materials & Supplies -
495.61
Labor
124.43
Truck Hire
11.00
631.04
Mckinstry Brook Sewer
(Relaying of Sewer
at Pleasant & Mill Streets)
Materials & Supplies Labor
12.61
2.00
14.61
Paige Hill Sewer
(1400 ft.) (To be
completed in 1941)
Materials & Supplies
800.95
Labor
68.75
__ Shovel & Compressor Hire
504.63
1,374.33
Womens' Sewing
Materials & Supplies
2,889.30
Fuel & Light
233.82
3,123.12
World War Memorial
Landscaping Materials
37.50
180
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
W. P. A. Projects (Continued)
Inventory of Town Property
Supplies
8.82
Historical Records of
Town
Supplies
23.60
Surplus Commodities
Division
Assessment Maintain- ing Distributing Of- fice, etc. 240.04
Toys-New & Repaired
Materials & Supplies
374.86
Cole Park - Clearing, Grubbing, Cord Wood, etc. Materials & Supplies
275.96
Labor
221.95 497.91
Water Holes - Dams, Roads & Clearing Labor 12.00
Registration of Veter- ans' Graves Materials & Supplies
46.80
Airport
Preliminary Engineer- ing, etc. 297.15
(Sidewalks)
Charlton Street Side- walk (615 ft.) (From E. Donais to G. Me- tras)
Materials & Supplies 835.08
Labor 193.00 1,028.08
181
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
W. P. A. Projects (Continued)
Dupaul Street Side-
walk (140 ft.) (From
Goddard Court to Nuisance Brook)
Materials & Supplies 133.97
Fairlawn Avenue Side- walk (570 ft.) (From
Charlton Street to Me- tras)
Materials & Supplies
427.95
Labor
42.88
Truck Hire
33.00
503.83
Wall Street Sidewalk
(835 ft.) (Pleasant
Street to Chas. Proulx)
Materials & Supplies Labor
807.41
129.01
936.42
Bellevue Avenue Side-
walk (446 ft.)
Materials & Supplies
266.21
Labor
54.70 320.91
(Drains)
Morris Street Drain
(325 ft.) (To be com-
pleted in 1941)
Materials & Supplies 708.80
Labor
27.75
Truck Hire
16.50 753.05
Kingsley Street & North
182
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
W. P. A. Projects (Continued)
Woodstock Road (424 ft.) (To be completed in 1941)
Materials & Supplies
349.66 349.66
15,245.68
Total Charities, Soldiers Benefits & Social Wel-
fare
169,669.87
SCHOOLS & LIBRARIES
Schools :
General Control Salaries :
Salary of Superinten-
dent
4,182.71
Salary of Clerks
1,450.84
Salary of Attendance
Officer
347.77 5,981.32
General Control Expense :
Printing, Stationery & Postage
316.39
Telephone
99.89
Traveling Expenses
219.46
School Census
107.68
Books, Periodicals, etc.
12.09
Miscellaneous Supplies, etc.
82.34
837.85
Instruction Salaries :
High School Principal 3,311.46
High School Teachers 31,862.33
183
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Schools and Libraries (Continued)
Elementary School
Teachers
60,387.16
Evening School Teach-
ers
569.50
Household Arts Teach-
ers
2,620.48
Continuation
School
Teachers 258.34 99,009.27
Auxilary Agencies
Salaries :
School Physicians 1,193.63
School Nurse 1,440.68
Clerks in Principal's Office
1,161.69
3,796.00
Operation of Plant
Salaries :
High School Janitors 3,553.16
Elementary School Janitors
5,605.23
Evening School Jani- tors
58.50
Helpers, etc.
107.08 9,323.97
Instruction Expense :
High School :
Text & Reference
Books
1,206.39
Supplies
2,134.18
Typewriters, Ma-
chines, etc.
857.23 4,197.80
Elementary Schools :
Text & Reference
Books 1,643.31
184
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Schools and Libraries (Continued)
Supplies
2,772.83
Manual Department
Equipment
142.74 4,558.88
Household Arts-Sup- plies
127.95
Continuation Classes
-Supplies
13.77
Evening Classes
8.51
Auxiliary Agencies
Expense :
Transportation of pu- pils
6,855.61
Transportation of
Nurse
190.00
Transportation of Teachers
272.41
Nurses Telephone
35.85
Tuition - Other Schools
113.48
Supplies
15.20
7,482.55
New Furnishings &
Equipment :
High School
885.25
Elementary School
978.18
1,863.43
Operation of Plant Ex- pense :
Fuel, Light & Water:
High
3,907.81
Elementary
6,150.13
10,057.94
Telephones :
High School
66.59
Elementary Schools
242.37
308.96
Janitors' Supplies :
High School
427.84
185
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Schools and Libraries (Continued)
Elementary School - 790.15 1,217.99
Maintenance of Plant
Expense :
Repairs :
High School
845.80
Miscellaneous
38.09
883.89
Elementary
Schools
1,726.47
Bicycle Sheds
47.98
Miscellaneous
167.34
1,941.79
Other Expenses :
Graduation Exercises,
etc.
132.87
Miscellaneous Print-
ing & Postage
102.12
All Others
7.00
241.99
Robert H. Cole Trade
School :
General Control & Salaries :
Salary of Director 3,775.66
Salary of Clerks
1,330.79
Salary of Instructors
17,340.78
Salary of Janitors &
Helpers
1,355.80
23,803.03
General Expenses :
Phones,
Stationery,
Supplies, etc.
206.70
Traveling Expenses -
65.65 272.35
Instruction Expense :
Textbooks, Supplies & Materials 3,369.84
Shop Equipment
4,212.24 7,582.08
186
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Schools and Libraries (Continued)
Maintenance of Build-
ings & Grounds :
Repairs
704.94
Janitors' Supplies
91.65
All Other
162.53
959.12
Evening Classes :
Salaries of Instruc-
tors
1,374.81
Materials & Supplies
246.00
All Other
10.54
1,631.35
Other Expenses :
Fuel, Light & Water
1,352.03
Furniture & Furnish-
ings
92.45
Miscellaneous Print-
ing
5.15
Graduation
Expenses
55.47
1,505.10
187,606.89
Smith Hughes School Fund :
Teachers' Salaries :
Continuation Classes 117.29
Household Art
Classes
224.63
Vocational Classes
2,843.63
Vocational Evening
Classes
54.64
3,240.19 3,240.19
George Deen School
Fund :
Teachers' Salaries :
Vocational Classes _
11,274.98
187
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
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