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HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
1. Road Commissioner, salary and expenses.
Appropriation, $2,000 00
Excise tax,
1,094 76
Street Railway tax, 1,218 75
$4,313 51
Orders drawn, as per report Road Com'r.
$4,527 40
Amount overdrawn, $213 89
$70 50
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CHARITIES.
1. Overseers of Poor, salaries and expenses.
Appropriation, Orders drawn :
$25 00
Hobbs & Warren, blanks,
$1 22
Harold S. Lyon, services,
8 00
Orvis F. Kinney, services,
11 70
Unexpended, $4 08
2. Almshouse.
Appropriation, $700 00
Receipts as per report of Overseers, 1,938 89
$2,638 89
Orders drawn as per report of Overseer,
$3,719 47
Amount overdrawn, $1,080 58
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Appropriation, $600 00
Orders drawn as per report of Board of Overseers,
649.39
Relief given by other cities or towns,
114 55
$763 94
Amount overdrawn, $163 94
4.
Soldiers' Benefits.
(a) State Aid.
Appropriation, None
Orders drawn :
Frank L. Howard, treasurer, $1,407 00
To be reimbursed by State.
$20 92
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(b) Soldiers' Relief.
Appropriation,
$400 00
Receipts,
37 00
$437 00
Orders drawn,
$357 00
Unexpended, $80 00
EDUCATION.
Appropriation,
$11,440 00
Mass. School Fund,
1,419 72
Receipts from other sources, 573 40
$13,433 12
Total orders drawn as per report
of School Committee, $12,472 69
Bal. of school fund unexpended, $56 67 Balance of town grant unexpended, $903 46.
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.
Balance of appropriation, $391 03
Orders drawn :
L. A. Tower, expenses, $10 00
H. C. Briggs, final payment,
260 48
A. D. Hatch, 16 chairs,
10 00
A. S. Lyon,
15 85
$296 33
Balance unexpended, $94 70
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LIBRARY.
Appropriation, Dog tax,
$100 00
473 04
$573 04
Orders drawn :
G. S. Drake, coal, $44 00
L. A. Tower, treasurer (dog tax,) 473 04
Alger's Express, expressage,
2 60
Clinton P. Howard, wood,
7 00
L. A. Tower, treasurer bal. of appropriation, 46 40
$573 04
MEMORIAL DAY.'
Appropriation, $135 00
Orders drawn :
Wm. E. Cobbett, wreathes and expenses, $21 00
7 08
Geo. D. Cogswell, quartette,
25 00
S. G. Bushnell, oration, 20 00
Lena L. Dexter, reading,
5 00
Edward Manning, band,
51 00
E. H. Crocker, carriage, markers, etc., 5 92
$135 00
PUBLIC LECTURES
Appropriation, $100 00
Orders drawn :
Lyceum Bureau, lecture,
$50 00
Ernest J. Sias,
40 00
Unexpended, $10 00
$90 00
James Edgar Co., flags,
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MONUMENT GROUNDS.
Appropriation, $13 00
Orders drawn :
Wm. E. Cobbett, care of ground, $13 00
UNCLASSIFIED.
Appropriation, $250 00
Orders drawn :
C. Weatherbee. care of lights at Elm Sq., $9 00
Kalamazoo Binder Co., canvas current R. M., 12 90
Gales, Sawyer Co., loose leaves, 11 10
L. & E. Copeland, wood,
7 50
Roland C. Bennett, distributing reports,
6 00
Arthur H. Willis, 800 Town Reports,
156 20
So. Mass. Tel. Co., Tel. charges, 11 76
B. F. Packard, postmaster, stamped envelopes, 10 62
E. H. Crocker, supplies for office,
.50
Sweet & McLeod, damages in McGary case (compromised) 150 00
Hobbs & Warren, cash books
13 00
Adams Express, expressage,
.25
Hunter Stationery Co., stationery,
1 25
. Wm. E. Fay, 3 cuts of Town seal 2 00
E. C. Frost, M. D., examination of Mrs Mc- Garry, 10 00
$402 08
Overdrawn, $152 08
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR INSURANCE.
Appropriation, $300 00
Orders drawn :
Lewis G. Lowe & Son, insurance on school-
houses and library, $295 00
Unexpended, $5 00
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CEMETERIES.
Appropriation, $30 00
Orders drawn :
Wm. E. Cobbett, care of cemeteries,
$30 00
Albert Manley, mowing Manley St. cemetery, 1 50
Amount overdrawn, $1 50 $31 50
INTEREST
Appropriation,
$600 00
Receipts
233 01
$833 01
Orders drawn :
Adams & Co., interest on school bond,
$260 00
Peoples Savings Bank, interest on Town Hall loan, 313 00
Peoples Savings Bank, interest on new school loan, 300 00
Estabrook & Co., discount on notes, 175 27
Home National Bank, discount on notes,
135 16
$1,183 43
Overdrawn $350 42
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Orders drawn:
W. B. Water Dep't., in payment of temporary loan, $6,500 00
Estabrook & Co., anticipation of tax note, 10,000 00
Home Nat. Bank, anticipation of tax note, 5,000 00
$21,500 00
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BONDS PAID FROM REVENUE.
Orders drawn:
Adams & Co., Center Grammar School Bond, $2,000 00
People's Savings Bank, Town Hall Loan, 1,000 00
People's Savings Bank, Sunset Ave. School, 1,000 00
$4,000 00
AGENCY .- TAXES.
Orders drawn:
State Treasurer, State Tax, $2,250 00
County Treasurer, County Tax,
1,913 10
State Treasurer, Highway Tax, 158 00
$4,321 10
CONTINGENT FUND.
Appropriation (unexpended), $300 00
HYDRANTS AND WATER.
Appropriation, $500 00
Orders drawn:
W. B. Water Dept., 50 hydrants,
$125 00
W. B. Water Dept., water,
22 50
$147 50
Unexpended, $352 50
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation (unexpended),
$223 60
SUMMARY.
Total overdrawn, $2,671.31
Total unexpended, 2,371 76
Deficit, $299 55
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APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED.
We recommend as follows:
Legislative Department.
1. Moderator, $25 00
Executive Department.
1. Selectmen, 400 00
Financial Department,
1. Auditor, 10 00
2. Treasurer and Collector, 500 00
3. Assessors, 500 00
4. Other financial offices and accounts,
15 00
Other General Departments.
1. Town Clerk, 150 00
2. Law, 75 00
3. Election and Registration, 175 00
Municipal Buildings.
1. Town Hall, 300 00
Protection of Life and Property.
1. Constables, 150 00
2. Sealer of Weights and Measures, 30 00
3. Forestry,
(a) Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Extermi-
nation, 613 84
(b) Care of Trees,
(1) Tree Warden, 225 00
(2) Forest Warden, 150 00
Health and Sanitation.
1. Board of Health, 25 00
2. Quarantine, 65 00
3. Inspection of Animals, 25 00
4. Inspection of Slaughtering,
200 00
Highways and Bridges.
1. Road Commissioner, 2,000 00
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Charities.
1. Overseers of Poor,
50 00
2. Almshouse, 800 00
3. Poor Out of Almshouse,
600 00
4. Soldiers' Benefits,
400 00
Library,
100 00
Monument Grounds,
10 00
Memorial Day,
100 00
Public Lectures,
110 00
Unclassified,
250 00
Cemeteries,
30 00
Interest,
800 00
Street Lights,
227 50
Contingent Fund,
300 00
Hydrants,
600 00
Deficit,
299 55
ELLIS S. LELACHEUR,
HAROLD S. LYON,
ORVIS F. KINNEY,
Selectmen.
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List of Jurors.
AS PRESENTED BY THE SELECTMEN.
Arthur H. Alger, Jacob Atwood,
Edward E. Browne, Everett Clark, Samuel G. Copeland,
John W. Darling,
Lars Eklund, Lester M. Fairbanks, John Fallon, Farnham Gillespie,
Frank M. Hayward, George H. Holmes, Herbert Holmes,
Clinton P. Howerd, Frank L. Howard, ' Frank L. Howland, John J. Kent, George H. Knapp,
Charles H. Leonard, Daniel J. Lothrop, Edwin H. Lothrop, Albert Manley, Clifford E. Merry, Donald McDonald, Carroll W. Pearl,
Manufacturer Retired Clerk Farmer Farmer Teamster Farmer Shoeworker Shoeworker Merchant Shoeworker Clerk Farmer Farmer Farmer
Shoeworker Foreman Merchant Shoeworker Shoeworker Retired Farmer Shoeworker Shoeworker Bookkeeper
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Arthur C. Peckham, Robert C. Pike,
Edwin L. Pratt, George P. Presby,
Ward Richards, Nathaniel G. Shaw, T. Prescott Snell, Chester Thayer,
Joseph E. Thayer, William H. Washburn,
Eben T. Wood,
Farmer Foreman Shoeworker Shoeworker Farmer Patternmaker Farmer Carpenter Machinist Farmer Shoeworker
JURORS DRAWN IN 1912.
Jacob Atwood
George C. Brown
James A. Hemenway
Elmer E. Howard
Frank L. Howland George F. Logue
Andrew M. Mills William G. Mitchell
T. Prescott Snell
Report of Overseers of Poor.
INVENTORY AT THE ALMSHOUSE, DEC. 31, 1912.
One ton of straw,
$20 00
20 tons of hay,
500 00
Grain,
107 00
10 cows,
700 00
3 heifers,
75 00
3 horses
600 00
64 fowl,
64 00
Manure and ashes,
100 00
Carts, wagons and pungs,
236 00
Harnesses and blankets,
60 00
Haying machinery,
50 00
Plows, harrows and cultivators,
100 00
Small farming tools,
100 00
Water trough, hose and sash,
40 00
Storm windows,
45 00
Lumber,
12 00
Barbed wire and tile,
12 50
Milk pails and boxes,
5 00
Wood,
70 00
Vegetables,
45 00
Groceries,
63 20
Coal,
10 00
Household furnishings,
380 00
Carpenter tools and vise,
30 00
Saw and power,
35 00
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Spray pump,
6 25
Robe,
12 00
2 swine,
34 00
Platform scales,
10 00
2 lawn mowers,
12 00
Grass seed,
8 00
Kerosene oil,
2 75
Salt Pork,
10 50
Other meat,
5 00
$3,560 20
EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Geo. F. Logue, groceries,
$323 44
W. H. King, fish,
35 75
E. J. Murphy, meat,
228 61
Estate of S. Winter, hams,
3 38
G. W. Jollimore, meat, 4 26
N. J. Wilbur, meat,
93
Arthur J. Keefe, tea and coffee,
22 55
Miley Soap Company, soap,
25 00
E. L. Shaw, two blankets,
4 00
B. E. Jones Company, sheeting, etc.,
9 38
B. E. Jones Company, clothing and oil heater,
7 14
B. E. Jones Company, cotton,
1 00
Met. Shoe Store, slippers,
50
C. D. Felch, salary, 366 63
Duncan McLean, wages,
264 00
Anson E. Cobbett, labor,
22 25
Annie Danell, labor,
33 00
E. F. Roberts, labor,
22 00
Mrs. Nathan Weatherbee, labor,
25 50
B. M. Field, labor,
70 00
Orrin W. Cobbett, labor,
28 00
Albert O. Hayden, labor,
23 00
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G. M. Hodgson, labor, 10 00
Clifton Finch, labor, 15 60
C. E. Kinney, team and labor, 42 00
F. H. White Company, repairs on heater, 4 05
C. M. Howard, plumbing, 39 22
Sheldon Crocker, painting wagons, 3 00
W. A. Snow, stanchions, 27 00
L. D. Leonard, mason work on barn cellar, 175 15
Andrew Gale, raising barn, etc.,
120 96
A. S. Lyon, lumber and carpentry on barn,
447 77
T. C. Baker, collar flange, 1 00
Flagg & Willis, carpeting and mattresses,
12 54
Daniel Cahill, balance on exchange of cows,
20 00
Pierce Hardware Co., two whitewash brushes,
3 30
Joseph Breck & Son, sulky plow,
42 00
J. Elmer Adams, blacksmith work,
29 90
E. L. Shaw, parts of harness, 8 90
C. A. Noyes Co., hardware, 8 27
A. H. White, fly nets, 2 00
Albert H. Shont, two cows, 150 00
E. S. LeLacheur, professional services, 12 75
G. S. Drake, grain, 693 17
Hall & Lyon, medicine,
1 73
Crocker Rubber Co., rubber gloves,
90
Cushing Bros., carriage for sick pauper,
2 50
Geo. F. Logue, fertilizer, 40 00
9 00
Hall & Lyon, medicine,
1 17
C. A. Noyes, paints, seeds, etc.,
10 74
Cedar Park Farm, strawberry plants,
2 00
John O. Dean Company, grain,
12 29
Albert Manley, calf, 2 50
J. E. Howard, hardware,
13 82
Martin Cunningham, pair of pigs,
6 00
D. J. Bergeron, brewery grain,
31 11
A. M. Mills, services,
55
Lewis G. Lowe & Son, insurance on alms-
house, 51 00
John O. Dean, grinding,
2 25
Grapevine Farm, lime, 15 75
William J. Harlow, ice,
17 52
Maplewood Stock Farm, cutting corn, etc.,
14 56
Albert Manley, sawing wood,
6 00
E. & A. M. Fullerton, stock food,
6 00
J. Elmer Adams, smith work,
48 43
J. K. Mason, M. D. V., veterinary services,
7 00
C. P. Howard, cedar posts,
3 30
Albert Manley, pasturing cattle,
25 00
$3,719 47
Inventory at Almshouse, Dec. 31, 1911,
$3,847 10
Inventory at Almshouse, Dec. 31, 1912,
3,560 20
Loss in inventory, $286 90
COST TO TOWN AT ALMSHOUSE.
Expenditures,
$3,719 47
Receipts,
1,938 89
$1,780 58
Loss in inventory on personal property,
286 90
$2,067 48
Permanent improvements to barn
786 63
Cost,
$1,280 85
Number of inmates at Town Almshouse, Dec. 31, 1911,
3
Number of inmates admitted during the year,
2
Number of inmates discharged 2
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Number of inmates died, 1
Number of inmates remaining Dec. 31, 1912, 2 Number of tramps lodged during the year, 0
The following aid has been rendered to persons residing in West Bridgewater and having a settle- ment therein: $155 25
The following aid has been rendered to per- sons having a settlement in West Bridgewater and residing elsewhere: $228 50
The following aid has been rendered to per- sons residing in West Bridgewater and having a settlement elsewhere: $380 19
SUMMARY
Appropriation, $1,300 00
Received for milk, 1,196 51
Other Almshouse receipts, 742 38
$3,238 89
Paid expenses at Town Farm,
$3,719 47
For aid rendered persons out of Farm
763 94
$4,483 41
Overdrawn, $1,243 52
ELLIS S. LELACHEUR,
HAROLD S. LYON, ORVIS F. KINNEY,
Overseers of Poor.
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
Appropriation, $35 00 Paid W. & L. E. Gurley, stamp and seals, ' 4 18
Jos. C. Howard, salary, 10 00
$14 18
Unexpended, $20 82 I have sealed as follows:
One platform scales over 5000 pounds ;
Nine platform scales under 5000 pounds ;
Seven computing scales ;
Seven other scales ;
Sixteen liquid measures ;
Three oil pumps ;
Forty-one weights. Condemned :
Three liquid measures ;
One platform scales ;
One spring balance ;
One counter balance.
JOS. C. HOWARD, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Report of Road Commissioner.
· RECEIPTS.
. Appropriation,'
$2,000 00
Street Railway Tax,
1,218 75
Excise Tax,
1,094 76
$4,313 51
PAYMENTS.
Bills approved to the following persons:
Paid Sumner Ames, labor,
$167 25
John Courtney, labor,
159 50
John Dunn, labor,
74 75
James Keenan, labor,
217 20
Warren Cobbett, labor,
239 30
Charles Eagan, labor,
75 75
John Blake, labor,
47 75
Warren Ridgeway, labor,
127 00
Orrin Cobbett, labor,
15 75
Charles Miller, labor,
38 25
Daniel Sullivan, labor,
63 50
Manuel Bittencourt, labor,
55 75
Terrance Keenan, labor,
45 25
George G. Tucker, labor,
227 10
George F. Ryder, team and labor,
154 24
Mrs. Arthur Packard, gravel,
4 30
Elmer E. Howard, team and labor,
216 12
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Roland Bennett, team and labor,
250 84
Frank Hatch, snow plow repairs, 75 81
Prescott Snell, team and labor,
132 90
Charles Fuller, team and labor,
94 45
Goodroads Machine Co., road scraper knife,
8 50
Henry Howard, team and labor,
25 28
John Peterson, team and labor,
23 24
Chester Thayer, labor,
45 83
William Cobbett, labor
2 25
Carl Anderson, team and labor,
51 12
J. E. Howard, tile,
16 00
E. H. Thayer, team and labor,
6 00
G. S. Drake, tools,
21 00
C. Kilty, team and labor,
42 37
Lyman Copeland, team and labor,
25 00
George G. Tucker, team and labor,
123 60
Frank Enos, team and labor,
90 00
George Alger, team and labor.
110 00
Walter Howard, team and labor,
40 00
Adolph Anderson, team and labor,
88 43
S. E. Ryder, lumber for bridges.
74 50
Brockton Gas Light Co , gas, tar and oil,
132 00
Fred Pillsbury, painting,
10 00
George Crosby, labor,
25 75
William N. Howard, gravel,
87 50
Albert Manley, team and labor,
109 72
J. E. Ryder, labor,
3 00
Frank Redman, labor,
5 50
J. Elmer Adams, repairs,
17 00
Clinton Howard, team and labor,
117 20
E. T. Snell, labor,
5 00
J. C. Howard, team and labor,
120 00
John L. Hayward, team and labor,
25 00
Marshal Farrar, team and labor,
63 36
F. P. Hatch, snow plow,
46 30
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Bradford Copeland, gravel,
88 80
Bradford Copeland, team and labor, 115 36
Orvis Kinney, team and labor,
72 80
111 12
Charles Kinney, team and labor, Henry Davenport, team and labor,
96 12
Overdrawn, $213 89
$4,527 40
GEORGE C. TUCKER, Road Commissioner.
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Report of Fire Department.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER:
In compliance with requirements of the Selectmen, I hereby submit the report of the West Bridgewater F. D. for the year ending Dec. 1, 1912, which will include cost of main- tenance, a list of apparatus, the loss of property, and causes of fires as near as could be ascertained, and insurance paid on same.
Appropriation, $150 00
Receipts from Rosco fire, 18 17
Receipts from N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., 30 30
Money due from N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., 801 53
$1,000 00
Cost and maintenance,
$981 75
Unexpended, $18 25
APPROPRIATION FOR FIRE HOSE AND APPARATUS.
Appropriation, 1912,
$600 00
Expenditures, 582 92
Balance on hand, Dec., 1912, $18 08
LIST OF APPARATUS PURCHASED.
Thirty fire extinguishers. One twenty foot extension ladder.
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Eight hundred feet 2} inch single jacket cotton rubber lined hose.
One dozen spanners.
Four hose straps.
Six spanner belts.
One 2} inch Y.
One fire axe.
One plaster hook.
Two Boston pipes, one Callahan nozzle, one Hart spray nozzle. Four tips, one 1} inch and }} inch, one 2 inch, and one } inch. Two hydrant wrenches.
CALL FORCE.
This force now has twelve men including one chief, one assistant chief, and four forest fire warden deputies.
FIRES AS THEY OCCURRED.
April 26 .- Forest fire in West meadow, cause unknown, loss slight.
May 9 .- Forest fire in Leonard's woods below South School, cause dropping match from smoking, loss slight.
May 20 .- Forest fire on Ash Street, no loss, old cut off. June 15 .- Forest fire on land owned by Rosco, loss $25.
July 4 .- Fire farm dwelling Cochesett, owned by Mrs. May, $200 insurance paid.
July 28 .- Call from Eastondale. Forest fire running into West Bridgewater, stopped on line.
Aug. 3 .- Fire in frame dwelling house owned by W. Gorman, value $1,200, total loss, insurance paid $600.
Sept. 18. - Fire by railroad bridge Matfield, set by train, no loss.
Oct. 4 .- Forest fire in front of Cochesett depot, fire in old cut off, no loss.
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Oct. 15 .- Forest fire on land owned by Lyman Copeland, loss $500.
Oct. 15-23 .- Forest fire in West meadow, started by train, loss $5,000.
Dec. 1 .- Fire in old frame house on Commonwealth Ave., value $50, no insurance.
Dec. 10 .- Fire in frame barn owned by Walter Bumpus, value $2,000, insurance paid $600.
Dec. 12 .- Fire in frame barn owned by Stillman Alger, valued $8,000, insurance paid $1,200.
Dec. 29 .- Fire in frame building used as slaughter house, owned by John Wilbur, insurance paid $500.
Jan. 5 .- Fire in frame building owned by Robert Alger, loss $10, no insurance.
Respectfully submitted,
WARREN P. LAUGHTON, Chief.
Report of Water Commissioners For Year Ending Dec. 31, 1912.
SINKING FUND.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand, Interest, Water takers,
$1,396 22
204 35
5,868 27
$7,468 84
EXPENSES.
Paid interest on bonds,
$2,580 00
Brockton for water,
2,002 59
Cash on hand and loan to construction,
2,886 25
$7,468 84
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1911,
$2,325 14
Received for connection and interest,
1,409 38
Transferred from sinking fund,
800 00
Transferred from general fund, Sale of bonds,
4,400 00
19,000 00
$27,934 52
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EXPENSES.
Paid for pipe, hydrants and meters, $9,434 66
Labor, findings, etc.
14,310 87
Transferred to general fund,
3,400 00
Cash balance,
788 99
$27,934 52
For details see Treasurer's report.
We have laid this year:
6 inch pipe,
3,535 feet
4 inch pipe,
16,754 feet
2 inch pipe,
6,300 feet
Hydrants,
60
Total number of connections,
400
Total number of meters,
267
We have laid pipe in the following streets:
Manley street,
6 inch
3,535 feet
Lincoln street.
4 inch
3,500 feet
Walnut street,
4 inch
2,832 feet
So. Elm street,
4 inch
904 feet
So. Elm street,
4 inch
2,017 feet
Union street,
4 inch
1,425 feet
Crescent street,
4 inch
4,075 feet
Howard street,
4 inch
264 feet
River street,
4 inch
1,735 feet
Brooks Place,
2 inch
1,310 feet
Black Betty Road,
2 inch
527 feet
Merritt street
2 inch
203 feet
High street
2 inch
45 feet
South Elm street,
2 inch
300 feet
Sunset Avenue,
2 inch
384 feet
Manley street,
2 inch
1,500 feet
Plain street
2 inch
535 feet
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Pleasant street, 2 inch 525 feet
Commonwealth Av. 2 inch
542 feet
Golder avenue 2 inch
439 feet
ORVIS F. KINNEY,
HERVEY DUNHAM, EDWIN H. LOTHROP,
Water Commissioners.
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Report of Treasurer of Water Department.
SINKING FUND.
1912.
RECEIPTS
Jan. 1. Balance, $396 22
15 Transferred from general fund,
1,000 00
Premium on $19,000 bonds,
193 80
Interest on $19,000 bonds,
10 55
Transferred from general fund,
1,100 00
Water for quarter ending Sept. 30, 1911, 22 67
Water for quarter ending Dec. 31, 1911, 129 39
Water for quarter ending Mch, 31, 1912, 1,461,68
Water for quarter ending June 30, 1912, 1,294 50
Water for quarter ending Sept. 30, 1912, 1,372 78
Water for quarter ending Dec. 31, 1912, 1,587 25
$8,568 84
PAYMENTS.
Jan. 1. Peoples Savings Bank, interest on $10,000 bonds, $200 00
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Jan. 15. Brockton Savings Bank, deposit and per- manent fund, $1,000 00
20. Peoples Savings Bank, interest on $15,- 000 bonds, 300 00
Feb. 29. Peoples Savings Bank, interest on $15,- 000 bonds 300 00
Mch. 1. Peoples Savings Bank, interest on $7,500 bonds, 150 00
26. City of Brockton, water, 93 61
Apr. City of Brockton, water, 185 23
July 1. Brockton Savings Bank, permanent fund, 1,000 00 Peoples Savings Bank, interest on $10,- 000 bonds, 200 00
8. City of Brockton, water, 415 21
Aug. 1. Peoples Savings Bank, interest on $15,- 000 bonds, 300 00
30. Peoples Savings Bank, interest on $15,- 000 bonds, 300 00
Peoples Saving Bank, interest on $7,500 bonds, 150 00
Oct. 15. City of Brockton, water, 744 33
Nov. 22. Transferred to general funds, $1,100 00
Dec. 3. Peoples Savings Bank, interest on $2,- 500 bonds, 100 00
4. Home Savings Bank, Boston, interest on $19,000 bonds, 380 00
31. Peoples Savings Bank, Prockton, inter- est on $10,000 bonds, .200 00
City of Brockton, water, 518 53
City of Brockton, water, 45 68
Transferred to Construction Acc., 800 00
Balance, 86 25
$8,568 84
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Permanent fund deposited in Brockton Savings Bank. Interest to Oct 15th, 1912,
$2000 00-
40 20
$2,040 20
CONSTRUCTION.
RECEIPTS.
1913.
Jan. 1, 1912. Balance as per last report, $2,325 14
Quarter ending Sept 40, 1911, 9 57
Quarter ending Dec. 31, 1911. 61 62
Quarter ending March 31, 1912,
566 33
Quarter ending June 30, 1912,
17 50
Quarter ending Sept. 30, 1912,
204 02
Quarter ending Dec. 31, 1911, 477 44
Transferred from general funds,
1,000 00
Transferred from general funds,
2,000 00
Transferred from general funds,
1,400 00
Transferred from sinking funds,
800 00
A. B. Leach & Co., sale of bonds,
19,000 00
Adams Express, rebate,
.10
Interest on deposits,
75 80
$27,934 52
PAYMENTS.
Paid Clinton P. Howard,
$1 50
So. Mass. Telephone Co.,
.51
George F. Howard,
16 25
Globe Gas Light Co.,
2 50
George F. Green Coal Co.,
5 35
John Peterson,
3 00
Peter Pivar,
15 30
70
Peter Pivar, Jr.,
7 60
Manuel Pivar,
12 30
Fred McPherson,
7 90
Chadwick Boston Lead Co.,
17 10
Henry M. Barnes Co.,
2 00
Walworth Mfg. Co.,
59 02
Manuel Tavares,
3 00
Antone Sousa,
3 00
Presson West,
5 50
Edward Pivar,
2 50
Frank P. Hatch,
39 10
John Zwaraites,
4 00
J. Waldo Brown,
4 00
Library Bureau,
15 11
Wm. E. Fay,
4 00
C. Merton Howard,
70 00
Chandler, Farquhar Co.,
1 10
John Silveria,
12 20
West Bridgewater post office,
12 00
E. B. & C. L. Hayward,
295 55
Nutter, King & O'Reilly,
6 20
Charles E. Leonard,
5 00
Prescott Snell,
2 50
Arthur H. Willis,
27 75
C. F. Dahlborg
18 30
E. S. LeLacheur,
5 00
Octave Belmore,
7 58
Warren P. Laughton,
9 48
George S. Drake,
7 12
J. S. Sargent,
6 50
Morrison Conrow Construction Co.,
316 27
First National Bank, Boston,
50 00
Home National Bank, Brockton, '
2 00
S. Ellis Ryder,
21 10
City of Brockton, 245 80
71
Algernon S. Lyon,
41 00
Fred A. Houdlette
846 10
Central Foundry Co.,
5,631 72
Joseph C. Howard.
1 00
Builders Iron Foundry Co.,
50 80
Darling Pump Mfg. Co.,
271 39
Martin Conley,
5 00
Patrick Gorman,
5 00
Transferred to general funds,
2,000 00
C. Tribino,
1 50
E. L. LeBaron Fourdry Co.,
136 96
Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co.,
536 17
Daniel Sullivan, .
31 50
Terence Keenan,
31 20
John Courtney,
33 75
Nils Johnson,
36 00
Charles Semino,
27 00
Warren V. Ridgeway,
10 25
A. P. Smith Mfg. Co.,
1,478 20
George Connor,
7 50
Henry Howard,
.75
Transferred to general funds,
1,400 00
James Keenan,
6 75
Bernard N. Cahoon,
4 50
Nathan W. Bradford,
2 45
Geo. F. Logue,
.95
Carl Carlson,
.50
Albert Manley,
51 00
Frank L. Howard,
5 25
Henry O. Davenport,
9 00
Henry C. Kinney,
54 50
Warren Kinney,
61 50
National Meter Co.,
407 20
Orvis F. Kinney,
225 33
Charles E. Kinney,
155 35
72
Adams Express,
11 43
Bay State St. R. R. Co., express,
2 25
Edwin H. Lothrop,
622 99
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co., Michael Roach,
563 02
215 83
Roach Webber Co,
$10,810 25
Dec. 31, 1912, balance, 788 99
$27,934 52
FRANK L. HOWARD, Treasurer.
Report of Collector of Taxes. For the year 1912.
1910 TAX.
Due by last report,
$162 28
Error adding commitment,
11 05
Cash paid Treasurer,
$143 44
Abatements,
29 89
Interest, $10 68.
1911 TAX.
Due by last report,
$5,097 77
Cash paid Treasurer,
$4,938 10
Abatements,
138 65
$5,076 75
Uncollected, Interest, $111 65.
$21 02
1912 TAX.
Total tax committed,
$31,595 64
Subsequent assessment,
255 26
Cash paid Treasurer,
$24,953 41
Abatements,
132 52
$25,085 93
Uncollected, Interest, $32 86.
31,850 90
$6,764 97
FRANK L. HOWARD, Collector of Taxes.
$173 33
$173 33
Report of Town Treasurer.
Consolidated Cash Statement for the year 1912.
Jan. 1, 1912 Cash balance, /
$2,303 42
Cash receipts from all sources, 68,867 27
Total, $69,170 69
Cash payments for all purposes,
64,730 08
Dec. 31, 1912, Cash balance,
$4,440 61
CASH STATEMENT IN DETAIL.
RECEIPTS.
Jan. 1, 1912, Cash balance, $2,303 42
Education, 1,732 87
General Government:
Town Officers, salaries and expenses, Town Hall, 326 73
Protection of Life and Property :
Constables, Gypsy Moth, Tree Warden, Fire Warden, 859 17
Soldiers' Benefits:
State Aid, Soldiers' Relief,
1,545 00
Highways,
3,617 47
Library,
473 04
Charities:
Almshouse, Outside Poor, 1,938 89
75
Health and Sanitation:
Inspection of Animals:
25 00
Miscellaneous:
Notes,
25,500 00
Licenses,
5 00
Interest:
Interest on deposits,
77 82
Interest on taxes,
155 19
Taxes:
Corporation tax,
576 14
Tax of 1910,
143 44
Tax of 1911,
4,938 10
Tax of 1912,
24,953 41
$69,170 69 .
PAYMENTS.
General Government:
Officers, salaries and expenses, Town Hall,
$3,060 22
Library,
488 29
Weights and Measures,
12 94
Interest on Bonds and Notes,
1,183 43
Protection of Life and Property, Fire Warden, Tree Warden, Gypsy Moth, Constables,
3,787 67
Health and Sanitation,
381 44
Soldiers' Benefits:
State Aid, Soldiers' Relief,
1,764 00
Charities:
Almshouse, Outside Poor,
4,504 33
Education,
12,472 69
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