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Our American Kings
Egan
Farmer
The Bible and Common Sense
86
Mind in the Making Torquemada Uncommon Americans The Spirit of the Hive St. Joan
Sara Shriner's Selections
Home Book of Modern Verse
Compiled by Stevenson
Kate D. Wiggin as Her Sister Knew Her
Smith Thomas
Six Days of the Week
Van Dyke
Piper of Pax
Wade
Lure. of the Labrador Wild
Wallace Walsh
Calm Yourself
Walton
Evolution for John Doe
Ward
Up From Slavery
Washington White
Life of Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge-His Ideals of Citizenship.
Whiting Wild
Shackleton's Last Voyage
Lure of Monte Carlo
Williamson
Walks and Talks in Geoligical Fields Heredity
Winchell Winship
JUVENILE FICTION
The Cricket of Carador
Alger & Nash
When Peter Rabbit Went to School
Almond
Peter Rabbit Goes A-Visiting Almond
Peter Rabbit's Birthday Almond
Peter Rabbit, Jack-the-Jumper and the Little Boy Almond
Almond
Peter Rabit and Jack-the-Jumper Peter Rabbit, Jack-the-Jumper and the Little White Rabbit Almond
Peter Rabbit, Jack-the-Jumper and the Old Witch Woman Almond
Peter Rabbit and the Tiny Bits
Almond
When Peter Rabbit Went A-Fishing
Almond
Robinson Sabatini Seitz Sharp Shaw Shriner
With Lawrence in Arabia
Mastery of Fear
87
Peter Rabbit and the Two Terrible Foxes Peter Rabbit's Easter
Tinker Town Tom
The Jatakas
Peter Pan in Kensington Garden
Peter and Wendy
Bases Full
Barbour
Dot and Tot in Merryland
Baum
Mysterious Tutor
Blake
Merry Animal Tales
Bigham
Rosalie Dare
Brooks
Rosalie Dare's Test
Brooks
Radio Boys Seek the Lost Atlantic
Breckenbridge
Happy Jack
Burgess
Picture Tales from the Russian
Carrick
Davy and the Goblins
Carryl
Tom of Peace Valley
Case Chaffee
Pathway to Reading (Primer)
Coleman
Pathway to Reading (1st Reader)
Coleman
The Children of Odin
Colum
The Wish Fairy of the Sunshine and Forest
Colver
Simon Kent, Scout
Corby
The Boys' Book of Mounted Police
Crump
A Yankee Girl at Gettsburg
Curtis
Cinderella
Duffield
Jack and the Bean-Stalk
Duffield
Poor Cock Robin
Duffield
The Story of Chicken Little
Duffield
Story of Sonny Sahib
Duncan
Tales from Silver Lands
Finger
The Junior Cup
French
Uncle Zeb and His Friends
Frentz
All for Andover
Fuess
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Graham
How Peter Rabbit Went to Sea
Graham
Peter Rabbit's Christmas
Graham
Almond Almond Ames & Hicks Babbitt Barrie Barrie
Tom and the Big Top
88
Peter Rabbit at the Farm The Birch and the Star Viking Tales Making the Freshman Team
Graham Gudrum Hall Hare Hare
A Sophomore Half Back
A Junior in the Line
Hare
A Senior Quarter-Back
Hare
A Graduate Coach
Hare
Katrinka
The Young Franc Tireurs
Haskell Henty Henty
With Wolf in Canada
Col. Thorndyke's Secret
Henty
The Curse of Carnes' Hold
Henty
The Lost Heir
Henty
For the Temple
Friends Tho' Divided
About Harriet
Mopsa, the Fairy
In the Days of the Guild
The Cock, the Mouse and the Little Red Hen
Dr. Doolittle's Zoo
Marjorie Dean, College Freshman
Lester
Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore
Lester
Marjorie Dean, College Junior
Lester
Marjorie Dean, College Senior
Lester
Marjorie Dean, Post Graduate
Lester
Marjorie Dean, Marvelous Manager
Lester
Marjorie Dean's Romance
Lester
Marjorie Dean's Hamilton Arms
Lester
The Cruise of the Cuttlefish
Lynde
Peter Rabbitt and the Big Brown Bear
MacLeod Marshall
Mother Goose
Abbie Ann
The Here and Now Primer
The Cuckoo Clock
The Night Before Christmas
Teddy and Carrots
Henty Henty Hunt Ingelow Lamprey Lefevre Lofting
Martin Mitchell Molesworth Moore Otis
89
Two Little Confederates Wee Ann
Among the Farmyard People
Top of the World Stories Nancy Rutledge
Rootabaga Stories
Sinopah, The Indian Boy
Little Jarvis
Gabriel and the Hour Book
Stein Speed
Mollie Brown's College Friends
Zodiac Town
Turner Wallace White
Wilderness Castaways
The Blue Aunt
Winona's Way
Widdermer Wiggins Wilkins
The Weaver's Children
With
Swiss Family Robinson
Wyss
JUVENILE NON-FICTION
Heroes of the Nation
Alhouse
Great Inventors and Their Inventions
Bachman
Shasta of the Wolves Stories of Pioneer Life
Bass
Hero Stories from American History
Blaisdell and Ball
Dutch Boys, Fifty Years After
Bok
True Story of Christopher Columbus
Brooks
Stories of the Old Pioneer State
Brooks
Animal Heroes of the Great War Polaris
Baynes
Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts Pied Piper of Hamelin
Browning
About Animals
Carter
Boys' Book of Chemistry
Clark
Boys' Book of Physics
Clark
The Golden Staircase
Chisholm
Page Phillips Pierson Poulsson Pyle Sandburg Schultz Seawell
Baker
Tales of Laughter
The Mouse Story
Baynes
Brown
90
When I Was a Girl in Holland Joan of Arc
The Story of the Forest
Insect Adventures
Real Stories of Geography Makers
Fairies and Chimneys
The Wonders of the Jungle, Book No. 1
The Wonders of the Jungle, Book No. 2
Ghosh
Stories of Early American History
Gordy
Stories of Later American History
Gordy Gordy
Abraham Lincoln Stars and Their Stories Ballads and Tales
Griffith Haarem
The Strange Adventures of a Pebble
Hawksworth Hewins Humphrey
A Traveler's Letters to Boys and Girls
How New England was Made
Dog Heroes of Many Lands
Ives Lang
Our Own United States
Lefferts Mills
The Book of the Ancient World
Milne
A Treasury of Plays for Children
Moses
Boy's Life of Abraham Lincoln
Old Greek Stories Told Anew Stories of Starland Stories of the Pilgrims
Nicolay Peabody Proctor Pumphrey Popular Mechanic Popular Mechanic Popular Mechanic Popular Mechanic
The Boy Mechanic, No. 1
The Boy Mechanic, No. 2
The Boy Mechanic, No. 3
The Boy Mechanic, No. 4
Rhymes of Childhood
Boys of the Ages Wilderness Babies
Five Little Strangers
Old, Old Tales from the Old, Old Book
A Child's Garden of Verses Bird Stories
Riley Scales Schwartz Schwartz Smith Stevenson
From St. Nicholas
De Groot De Monvel Dorrance Fabri Faris Fyleman Ghosh
Story of General Gordon
When We Were Very Young
91
Ten Boys from History Ten Girls from History American Hero Stories Boys' Book of the Earth Boys' Book of Electricity
Sweetser Sweetser Tappan
Small
Small
CHARLOTTE L. WILLIAMS, Acting Librarian.
Report of Chief of Police.
During the past year there have been 158 complaints investigated, 2 liquor raids, 32 automobile accidents, 45 arrests, and 49 summons served.
The arrests were as follows: 4 assault, 1 assault and battery, 2 bastardy, 2 cruelty to animals, 12 drunkenness, 2 keeping and exposing, 2 larceny, 2 lewdness, 3 non-sup- port, 2 profanity, 2 violating fish and game laws, 9 violat- ing motor vehicle laws, 2 vagrants.
One person committed to the Insane Hospital at Taun- ton.
The Treasurer has received $104.41 in Court fines.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY O. DAVENPORT, Chief.
Report of Town Accountant.
RECEIPTS
TAXES
Current year :
Property and Polls
$54,728.33
Previous years
29,974.37
From State:
Income tax
4,704.19
Income tax, schools
6,684.75
Corporations
1,707.51
National Bank
84.51
Soldiers' Exemptions
87.16
Street Railroad
535.85
$98,506.67
Licenses :
Junk
$100.00
Used Car
70.00
Sunday and Victuallers'
64.00
Slaughtering
5.00
Fish, Fruit and Vegetables
60.00
$299.00
FINES AND FORFEITS
Collectors' Receipts : Costs and Demands
$197.87
Fines-Court $104.41
94
GRANTS AND GIFTS
From State:
Schools-Superintendent's Salary $1,271.97
Massachusetts School Fund 6,597.31
Vocational Education 37.96
From County-Dog Licenses
626.93
$8,534.17
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Town Hall, rent $480.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Sealer of Weights and Measures
$48.46
Gypsy Moth :
Reimbursement from State
$1,067.91
Gypsy Moth, lead
47.46
Gypsy Moth, George P. Booth
2.50
Gypsy Moth, Edith Blanchard
35.00
$1,162.87
Tree Warden
$400.00
HEALTH
Reimbursement from individuals
$60.00
Cleaning out cesspools 94.00
$154.00
HIGHWAYS
From State: East Centre St. $3,619.96
From State: Maintenance 2,628.33
From County : East Centre St.
3,619.97
$9,868.26
95
CHARITIES
From State:
Reimbursement of Mothers' Aid $1,295.00
Reimbursement of Relief given 372.49
From Cities and Towns 96.50
From Individuals
19.00
$1,782.99
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
From State:
State Aid
$476.00
Military Aid
30.00
$506.00
LIBRARY
Fines, etc. $62.76
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Water Department:
Sale of Water, rates
$16,249.26
Construction
534.27
Turning on water
3.00
$16,786.53
INTEREST
On Taxes On Deposits
$1,719.09 294.17
$2,013.26
96
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Revenue Loans
$54,000.00
School Loan
14,000.00
Water Loan
5,000.00
$73,000.00
AGENCY AND TRUST
Agency :
State Tax
$5,477.00
County Tax
4,290.00
$9,767.04
Trust :
Income, Cemetery Perpetual Care
Funds
$73.00
Income, Library Funds
950.66
REFUNDS
Schools
$240.58
Hall
.45
Highways
1.34
Health
2.40
Insurance
9.17
Interest
15.56
$269.50
$224,957.45
Cash Balances : General Water
$10,194.18
.63
$10,194.81
$235,152.26
97
PAYMENTS
DEPARTMENTAL-GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Moderator:
Salary
$15.00
Selectmen :
Salaries
$675.45
Auto hire and expense
115.15
Stationery and postage
4.00
Printing and advertising
47.58
Posting warrants
7.00
State Census
60.00
$909.03
FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT
Town Accountant :
Salary
$600.00
Telephone
80.86
Stationery and printing
15.56
Postage
2.00
$638.42
Auditing Municipal Accounts
$294.27
Collector and Treasurer :
Salary
$1,000.00
Advertising
33.74
Bonds and Insurance
154.60
Stationery and postage
100.50
Printing and advertising
67.40
Telephone
36.33
Traveling expenses
40.40
Rent of safe deposit box
3.00
$1,435.97
Assessors :
Salaries
$934.38
Auto hire
59.50
98
Clerk 1263.25
Transfers
34.00
Stationery and postage
1.25
Printing and advertising
23.04
Maps
175.00
$1,390.42
Town Clerk:
Salary
$399.96
Administering oaths to Town Officers
9.00
Stationery and postage
4.25
Printing and advertising
9.60
Bond
4.00
Traveling expenses
19.00
Posting notices
1.50
Repairing typewriter
3.50
$450.81
Law:
Town Counsel
$15.00
List of Jurors
6.00
Printing
2.50
Examining land title
28.00
$52.35
Other finance officers and accounts : Certification of notes
$20.00
Election and Registration :
Registrars
$36.75
Clerk
7.50
Election Officers
84.75
Equipment
5.00
Auto hire
3.00
Printing and advertising
23.25
Meals
20.53
Traveling expenses
5.25
$186.03
99
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
Town Hall and Offices :
Janitor
$910.00
Telephone
79.26
Fuel
687.58
Light
108.78
Janitors' supplies
7.77
Repairs
83.28
Water
21.00
Directory
10.00
Sign
62.50
Seal
2.00
Typewriter
45.00
$2,617.17
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police :
Wages
$731.18
Telephone
38.37
Auto hire
225.15
Clerk
10.00
Printing
13.00
Equipment
3.90
Uniforms
47.50
Traffic stand
14.00
Gas tanks
37.90
Supplies
2.40
Lock-up Fees
16.05
Express
7.06
Matron
20.00
Analysis
10.00
$1,176.51
Dog Officer
$8.25
Fire Department :
Wages, fires
$509.45
100
Station duty
87.00
Alarm system and wiring
62.20
Equipment
681.98
Repairs
149.21
Supplies
155.58
Telephone
93.27
Express and freight
10.17
Bonus
200.00
Printing
9.50
Clerk
2.00
Insurance
36.50
Water for Hydrants
$1,996.96 $1,189.00
FORESTRY EXTERMINATION
Superintendent, wages
$921.75
Labor
1,066.25
Team, spraying
110.00
Supplies
10.99
Printing
1.20
Equipment
70.70
Repairs, truck
49.84
Gas and oil, truck and sprayer
113.08
Telephone
9.04
Insurance
108.00
Traveling expenses
5.39
Storing sprayer
15.00
Repairs, sprayer
69.20
Freight
1.34
Tools
1.05
Lumber
10.40
$2,563.23
Tree Warden:
Wages
$447.50
Supplies
6.69
101
Tools
31.70
Repairs
3.40
$489.29
INSPECTION-SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Wages
$66.50
Equipment
25.54
Insurance
14.24
$106.28
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health, quarantine, vital
statistics, and other expenses :
Salaries
$21.25
Inspection
5.00
Quarantine
40.30
Vital statistics
108.25
Laboratory work
8.00
Brockton Dep. Sheriffs
6.45
Plymouth County Hospital
75.40
Mass. Hospital School
66.00
$330.65
Plymouth Co. Hospital, Maintenance
$795.68
DRAINAGE-NORTH ELM ST.
Labor
$747.00
Truck and teams
170.00
Gravel and use of steam shovel
538.04
Lumber
1.79
Gas and oil
43.17
$1,500.00
102
INSPECTION-ANIMALS AND SLAUGHTERING
Animals : Salaries Slaughtering : Salaries
$100.00
$361.50
Telephone
32.35
$393.75
SEWERAGE
Sewer pump
$155.25
Pumping out cesspools, labor
152.50
307.75
HIGHWAYS
Superintendent's Salary
$690.00
Labor
4,857.50
Sand, gravel and cement
698.34
Lumber
44.70
Equipment
105:04
Repairs on scraper
73.05
Gas and oil
438.80
Repairs on truck
478.51
Rent
40.00
Insurance
13.97
Freight
74.14
Oil and oiling
1,209.60
$8,723.65
State highway tax
$632.20
MATFIELD STREET
Construction $9,790.12
103
EAST CENTRE STREET
Construction
$13,317.25
SNOW REMOVAL SNOW REMOVAL, STREET SIGNS, SIDEWALKS, AND BRIDGES
Snow removal
$1,765.69
Sidewalks
1,031.00
Bridges
228.68
$3,025.37
STREET LIGHTS
Edison Electric Illuminating Co.
$1,395.51
Edison Electric Illuminating Co.,
new lights
159.90
$1,552.41
CHARITIES
Salaries
$45.00
Printing
.52
Aid rendered persons settled in
town residing elsewhere
1,389.35
Aid rendered persons in town settled elsewhere
1,775.91
Aid rendered persons settled
and residing in town
454.43
Medical attendance
74.73
Brockton Hospital
102.50
$3,842.44
104
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid
$420.00
Soldiers' Benefits
399.00
Military Aid
120.00
$939.00
EDUCATION
General :
School Committee, salaries
$350.00
Superintendent, salary
2,000.02
Superintendent, expenses to con- vention
78.30
Clerical work
119.00
School Physicians
200.00
Attendance officer
75.00
Stationery, printing and postage
41.13
Telephone
128.59
Traveling expenses
419.63
Tuition, Town of Bridgewater
142.50
Continuation School
44.20
Teachers' Salaries :
Elementary
17,762.34
High
11,466.69
School Nurse, salary
666.68
Traveling expenses
159.50
Text and reference books: Elementary
698.51
High
527.11
Equipment and Supplies :
Elementary
728.02
High
387.34
Transportation, elementary
3,186.00
Transportation, insurance
230.00
Janitors' service, elementary
2,376.28
Fuel and light, elementary
1,598.91
105
Gas, high 21.01
Furniture and Furnishings, element-
ary 496.05
Diplomas and graduating exercises
82.97
Maintenance, Buildings and Grounds :
Water rates, high
21.00
Water rates, elementary
189.00
Jaintors' supplies, elementary
84.99
E. Elec. Ill. Co., elementary
18.18
Repairs, elementary
2,023.23
Express, freight and carting
39.53
$46,361.71 $450.00
Sunset Avenue School Lot
Sunset Ave. School House Addition :
Advertising
$27.22
Construction
12,308.82
Architect
839.92
Plumbing, heating and ventilating
1,690.00
Fittings
46.30
Grading
75.00
$14,987.26
LIBRARY
Salaries and wages
$457.28
Books
714.92
Supplies
36.77
Repairs
222.70
Fuel
44.50
Janitor
102.00
Light
11.75
Stationery and printing
1.50
Janitors' supplies
5.85
$1,597.27
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RECREATION
Celebrations and Entertainments : Memorial Day
$78.75
PARKS
Repairing Flag rope
$18.50
Putting up Flag
5.00
$23.50
Care of Monument Grounds
$40.50
UNCLASSIFIED
Printing and distributing reports
$391.00
Adjustment
.25
Record ink
4.24
Insurance, liability
480.98
Insurance, fire
623.96
Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture
100.00
Damage settlement
12.00
Protest charges
4.04
WATER DEPARTMENT
Administration :
Commissioners' salaries
$150.00
Clerk
142.25
City of Brockton, water
6,334.99
Stationery and postage
71.00
Printing and advertising
26.70
Bonds
4,200.00
Interest
2,741.16
Truck registration
2.00
Liability insurance
131.28
$13,799.38
107
Maintenance :
Labor
$427.00
Pipe and fittings
437.56
Repairs
2.04
Gas and oil
47.46
. Repairing truck
23.58
Equipment
14.93
Supplies
16.38
Auto hire
1.00
Sidewalk boxes
52.35
Repairing pump
5.00
Express
.50
$1,027.80
Construction 6-inch Mains :
Labor
$637.00
Pipe and fittings
743.36
Certification of notes
30.00
Printing coupons
34.68
Trucking
12.00
Repairing truck
59.89
Gas and oil
51.12
Dynamite
5.20
Equipment
8.00
Sidewalk boxes
12.90
Tools
.50
$1,594.65
Construction, New Mains, Less than
6-inch Pipe :
Labor
$621.00
Pipe and fittings
879.32
Certification of notes
10.00
Printing coupons
11.56
Equipment
15.23
$1,537.11
$17,958.94
108
CEMETERIES
Care of Cemeteries
$121.00
INTEREST
On temporary loans
$1,121.21
On highway loans
637.50
$1,758.71
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Temporary loans
Highway loans
$49,000.00 8,000.00
57,000.00
Taxes :
State Tax
$4,920.00
County Tax
5,477.04
$10,397.04
REFUNDS
Taxes
$379.78
$212,960.19
Cash balances : General Water
$18,364.85 3,827.22
$22,192.07
$235,152.26
BILLS UNPAID JAN. 1, 1926
Highways Schools
$36.00 32.91
$68.91
Balance Sheet.
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1925.
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Cash :
In banks and offices :
General
$18,364.85
Water 3,827.22
Library 25.00
$22,217.07
LIABILITY
Appropriation Balances : Water Department: *Maintenance $1,958.98
Construction 6-inch main 405.35
Construction less
than 6-inch main 1,462.89
Accounts Receivable : Catherine M. Howard, Collector :
Taxes :
Overlay (reserved for abatements) :
Levy of 1923 $221.28
Levy of 1923 $483.74
Levy of 1924 5,843.91
Levy of 1924 179.63
Levy of 1925
29,577.68
Levy of 1925 1,079.99
$35,642.87
$3,827.22
Towi Farm account reserve
$6,000.00
$1,743.36
Water Rates, 1921 $1.75
Surplus overlay $3,973.52
Water Rates, 1922
14.00
Water Rates, 1923
10.53
Water Rates, 1924
42.04
Water Rates, 1925
2,178.31
$2,246.63
Revenue loan, anticipation of taxes Water Revenue
15,000.00
2,246.63
Soldiers' War Fund Bonus
1,540.32
Permanent Road, E. Centre St. 7,682.75
Surplus revenue
$31,650.70
Commonwealth of Mass .:
Highways:
Small Town's Account $296.67
Construction E. Cen- tre St. 3,380.04
Military Aid
60.00
State Aid 420.00
$4,156.71
County of Plymouth :
Highways:
West Centre St. $6,021.19
East Centre St. 3,380.03
$9,401.22
$73,664.50
$73,664.50
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Water Loans
$67,740.00
Net Debt
$87,740.00
Highway Loans
6,000.00
School Loan
14,000.00
$87,740.00
$87,740.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds :
William Burke fund $152.58
Davis Copeland fund 200.00 Mrs. Henry Copeland fund 106.25 Samuel G. Copeland fund 205.36 Martha K. Crosby fund 104.84
Mary A. Dewyre fund 118.96
Julia M. Hooper fund 102.50
S. Nelson Howard fund 103.77 Isabelle Howard fund 105.53 Harriet M. Jennings fund 104.30
Henry J. LeLacheur fund 104.70
Dosa R. Shaw fund 282.90
Oren Smith fund 154.76
Trust Funds : Cash and Securities $22,495.97
So. St. Cemetery fund 275.41 Charles C, Thayer fund 180.34 $2,299.20
Library Funds:
Cornelia Alger fund $744.54
Nathan Copeland fund 529.17
Mary N. K. Edgerly fund 548.65
Francis E. Howard fund
548.65
Mary L. Perkins fund
1,136.11
Mary P. Whitman fund 16,689.65
$20,196.77
$22,495.97
$22,495.97
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STATEMENT OF TRUST FUNDS
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Savings Bank Deposits Totals
On hand at beginning of year
$1,980.80 $1,980.80
On hand at end of year
2,299.20 2,299.20
Receipts
Income
$91.40
Deposited Deposited in Savings
Bequests
300.00
Bank
$391.40
Expenditures $73.00
$391.40
Withdrawn from
Savings Bank
73.00
$464.40
$464.40
Name of Fund
Jan. 1, 1925
Receipts $7.58
Withdrawn $5.00
$152.58
Davis Copeland
200.00
200.00
200.00
Mrs. Henry Copeland
106.43
4.82
5.00
106.25
Samuel G. Copeland
204.09
9.27
8.00
205.36
Martha K. Crosby
105.07
4.77
5.00
104.84
Mary A. Dewyre
113.81
5.15
118.96
Julia M. Hooper
102.50
102.50
Samuel Nelson Howard 100.00
3.77
103.77
Isabelle Howard
105.74
4.79
5.00
105.53
Hattie M. Jennings
99.77
4.53
3.00
101.30
Henry J. LeLacheur
103.99
4.71
4.00
104.70
Rosa R. Shaw
280.16
12.74
10.00
282.90
Oren Smith
156.65
6.11
8.00
154.76
So. St. Cemetery
282.56
12.83
20.00
275.41
Charles C. Thayer
172.51
7.83
180.34
$1,980.80 $391.40
$73.00
$2,299.20
Jan. 1, 1926
William Burke
$150.00
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LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
Savings Bank Deposits Totals
On hand beginning of year
$20,171.27 $20,171.27
On hand at end of year
20,196.77 20,196.77
Receipts
Deposited
Income
$970.12
Deposited in
Withdrawn from
Bank
$970.12
Bank
944.62
Expenditures 944.62
$1,914.74
$1,914.74
Name of Fund
Jan. 1, 1925
Receipts
Withdrawn
Jan. 1, 1926
Cornelia Alger
$780.06
$39.48
$75.00
$744.54
Nathan Copeland
503.69
25.48
529.17
Mary N. K. Edgerly
535.67
23.60
10.62
548.65
Francis E. Howard
535.67
23.61
10.63
548.65
Mary L. Perkins
1,081.38
54.73
1,136.11
Mary P. Whitman 16,734.80
803.22
848.37
16,689.65
$20,171.27 $970.12 $944.62
$20,196.77
ARTHUR C. PECKHAM, Town Accountant.
Fire Department.
In compliance with the requirements, I submit the re- port of the West Bridgewater Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1925, which will include the loss of property, and fires as near as can be ascertained.
CALL FORCE
The force consists of twenty men, one chief, one as- sistant chief, three captains, one lieutenant, and five for- est wardens.
WIRE DEPARTMENT
There has been about 1,000 feet of insulated wire in- stalled, taking the place of old iron wire, four bells changed, and two new bells inserted.
APPARATUS
One Triple Combination. Two Auto Combination. One Horse drawn hose wagon.
FIRES AS THEY OCCURRED
Jan. 23 Chimney fire, Evan Golders, Molis Avenue.
Feb. 4 Chicken brooder and grass, H. H. Howland's, East Street.
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15 Aid call to Bridgewater.
15 Frame barn owned by A. Eberson, South Street.
Mar. 1 Brush fire, West Street.
2 Signal station, N. Y., N. H. & H., Matfield Street.
12 Grass land owned by E. P. Dunbar.
13 Brush fire owned by Joseph Bragga.
15 Grass side of road, River Street.
21 Woods fire, land owned by H. O. Davenport, Cope- land St.
21 Grass fire, land owned by Mrs. M. Mason, S. Elm Street.
21 Grass fire, land owned by F. Pillsbury, N. Elm Street.
21 Grass fire, land owned by B. Brooks, N. Elm Street.
21 Brush fire, land owned by S. Smith, E. Center Street.
23 Brush fire, land owned by H. Bartlett, Crescent Street.
23 Wood fire off West Street.
24 Chimney fire, Albert Barker's, Copeland Street.
26 Dump fire on Spring Street.
26 Frame barn and grass owned by Barney Waugh, Belmont Street.
2 Woods fire, land owned by P. Chassey & Hamond, East Street.
3 Woods fire, land owned by Cliff Denley, Prospect Street.
7 Grass off Matfield Street.
7 Woods fire, land owned by J. Perry Estate, Wall Street.
7 Woods fire, land owned by M. Roach and A. Bar- ker, Copeland Street.
8 Grass fire, land owned by R. L. Richardson, Union Street.
9 Woods fire off Aldrich Road.
10 Grass fire off Spring Street.
Apr.
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12 Woods fire, land owned by M. Asac, Crescent Street.
13 Woods fire, land owned by H. W. Wilber, East Street.
15 Grass fire, land owned by W. Murphy, Wall Street.
16 Woods fire, land owned by M. Asac and Katwitch.
18 Woods fire, land owned by Mrs. F. L. Howard and I. Sagreen.
19 Woods fire, West Meadow.
19 Fire in frame house owned by G. Smith, defec- tive stove pipe, West Center Street.
20 Grass fire, land owned by W. Murphy, East Street.
23 Grass fire, land owned by David Copeland, N. Main Street.
25 Woods fire, off South Main Street.
26
Woods fire, land owned by Alexander, S. Elm Street.
2 Woods fire, land owned by H. Wilber, Sand Street. 2 Woods fire, land owned by H. Wilber; fire broke out again.
5 Grass fire, near Matfield depot.
12 Brush and grass land, owned by M. Thayer, Mat- field Street.
13 Woods fire, land owned by J. McFadden, East Street.
13 Grass fire, side of road, South Street.
18
Woods fire, land owned by N. Tursky, West Street.
21 Woods fire, off Belmont Street and Matfield Street.
21 Woods fire, land owned by John Hayward, East Street.
June 3 Chimney fire, James McFadden, East Street.
23 Railroad Bridge, N. Elm Street.
May
119
July 3 Fire in old ruins of Eusure's shop, W. Center Street. Set by boys.
3 Fire in old ruins of Freeman's, W. Center Street. Set by boys.
3 Wagon of hay, W. Center St. Set by boys.
3 Wagon, West Center St. Set by boys.
3 Wagon of hay, W. Center St. Set by boys.
3 Rubbish fire, Malois Avenue.
4 Frame building, owned by O. F. Kinney, N. Elm Street.
4 Fire of fence rails on N. Y., N. H. & H. railroad. Set by boys.
13 Fire in frame house owned by B. Conant, Charles Street.
13 Fire in garage owned by H. C. White, South Main Street.
27 Fire in frame barn owned by Albert Howard, River Street.
Sept. 1
Woods fire, land owned by H. Bartlett, Lincoln Street.
1 Woods fire, land owned by H. Bartlett. Old fire broke out.
1 Frame brooder house, owned by M. Farrah, Bel- mont Street.
2 Woods fire, land owned by H. Bartlett. Old fire broke out.
4 Two frame barns, owned by Eben Wood, Spring Street.
26 Call to aid Bridgewater, State Farm barns.
27 Fire in frame building, owned by W. Bosworth, Walnut Street.
30 Chimney fire, A. Cassiani, Brooks Place.
Oct. 12 Chimney fire, P. Paganes, S. Main Street.
30 Fire in boiler room, Bragga's garage, Central Square.
Nov. 17 Chimney fire, old Copeland house, N. Main Street.
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Dec. 7 Chimney fire, house owned by Mrs. E. Hartwell, Manley Street.
9 Chimney fire, E. Gummos, Bryant Street.
11 Fire in tar house owned by M. Roach, Copeland Street.
In performing this service the apparatus has traveled 235 miles. The department has laid 7,200 feet of 212 and 3 inch hose, 2,200 feet of chemical hose. It has raised 530 feet of ladders and used 1,136 gallons of chemical.
In closing, I wish to thank the Selectmen and all others who have in any way helped the department. To the offi- cers and members of the Department, I entend my hearty thanks for their co-operation.
WARREN P. LAUGHTON, Chief.
Report of Collector of Taxes
TAXES OF 1921
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1925
$57.27
Collections Abatements
$38.55
18.72
$57.27
TAXES OF 1922
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1925
$1,889.42
Collections
$1,841.14
Abatements
48.28
$1,889.42
TAXES OF 1923
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1925 Adjustment
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