Town annual reports of the selectmen, overseers of the poor, town clerk, and school committee of West Bridgewater for the year ending 1955-1959, Part 15

Author: West Bridgewater (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1955
Publisher: Town Officers and Committees
Number of Pages: 1110


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Lawrence Moneghan appointed to steering committee of the Southeastern Massachusetts Economic Conference.


Commission adopts policy to communicate with all new and expanding business in the community.


Selectmen appoint Frank S. Miller to fill vacancy left by resig- nation of Gordon A. McDonald.


Chairman attended meeting sponsored by Brockton Chamber of Commerce. At this meeting the Greater Brockton Regional Development Agency was formed, consisting of representatives from Brockton, Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater, Holbrook, Whitman, Avon, Abington, Easton, Stoughton, and Rockland.


Chairman appointed Herbert Gordon to head a committee to compile a directory of all business, industry, and tradesmen in West Bridgewater. This directory will tell us what we have in


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West Bridgewater. A vital part of our program is to maintain a healthy climate for all business presently located here.


Chairman appointed Lawrence Moneghan as Chairman of Industrial Zone Committee. This Committee to study Business and Industrial Zones and make recommendations to Zoning Board for areas to be included in Zoning By-law amendments.


The Commission attended joint meetings of Zoning Board and Planning Board making recommendations for Business and Industrial Zones for proposed Zoning By-law amendments.


The Commission met with one local manufacturer discussing ways of assisting established industry in the town. A meeting was also held with an industrial developer discussing the problems of locating in West Bridgewater.


The Commission is grateful to the Zoning Board for its co- operation and understanding in handling our zoning recommenda- tions. It is a tribute to the oneness of purpose of two boards which can iron out their differences and come to a common ground in the future development of our fine community.


The Commission extends a special note of thanks to Select- man H. Roy Hartshorn for his counsel and his presence at many of our meetings.


Respectfully submitted,


Advisory Committee


Development & Industrial Comm.


William R. May


Herbert G. Gordon


Francis LeBaron


Arthur L. Read


Cortland A. Mathers


DeSales J. Heath


William W. Phillips


Frank S. Miller


LIBRARY SURVEY COMMITTEE


This committee was appointed by the town moderator to make a survey of the facilities of the town library.


The library is being used to an increasing extent by the towns-


Merton H. Ouderkirk, Chm.


Lawrence T. Moneghan, Sec.


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people. It now serves 550 families and had a circulation in 1956 of 19,871. We recently found it necessary to open the library two extra days a week. The present library is inadequate in many ways to meet the growing needs of the townspeople; the reference room is too small; the children's corner is very limited; there is no decent place for the storage of books-the cellar is too damp for storage, because books will mildew, and the attic is small and too inacces- sible. The heating system is inadequate, while lighting is poor in the main room and totally inadequate in stacks. To remedy this situation there seemed to be three possibilities:


1. An addition to the present library building.


2. A new library.


3. A combination of library and town office building.


Let us take these in order:


1. The library trustees in 1956 received a rough estimate of $17,000.00 to add to the West side of the present library. This did not include the heating or furnishing of the addition nor the cost of remodelling the present building. When an addition is made to the present Junior-Senior High School, the present library will have to be torn down; so that the expenditure of any large sum of money for this purpose will not be advisable.


2. A new library could be built on land owned by the town: on Howard Street, in back of the police-fire station; or on West Center Street, East of the police-fire station. Either location would be easily accessible to the school children. The committee has in- vestigated the possibility of Federal or State aid on this project, and there are no funds available for the building of a library or for the purchase of land for a library. In connection with our study the committee visited a newly-built library in Westwood, Massa- chusetts, and a new branch library in Cochituate, Massachusetts.


3. A third choice is that of a library in combination with some other town building. It has been brought to our attention that a new town office building is needed. It is not the function of this committee to determine this need, but we feel that if a town


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office building is being considered, it would be wise to combine a new library with a town office building.


We have made arrangements with the State Division of Library Extension to make a survey of our library facilities and to make recommendations which will be available by town meeting.


Respectfully submitted,


KENNETH BUKER, Chairman WARREN ANDERSON WINFIELD LEAVITT ANNA HOWE JEAN MURDOCK


TREASURER


The financial transactions of the Town for the year 1956 may be briefly summarized as follows:


Cash on hand December 31, 1956:


General Fund $206,774.10


High School Construction Fund Balance 2,091.74


Elementary School Construction Account 11,345.78


Receipts from Tax Collector 502,591.72


Receipts from Other Sources


362,685.47


Payment of Selectmen's Warrants


1,104,419.20


Tax Title Account December 31, 1956 9,718.08


Tax Title Redemptions in 1956 976.85


The report of the expenses of the Treasurer's Office and a de- tailed account of the New School Construction Fund, Federal Withholding Taxes and Plymouth County Retirement Deductions may be found in the Town Accountant's Report.


PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS


12-31-56


Name of Fund


Balance


Name of Fund


Evrard-Alger


$210.89


Samuel Iloward


Alfred E. Alger


204.92


Harrict M. Jennings


100.57


Nathan Alger


101.76


Abbie B. Joncs


100.80


Sanford Alger


50.66


Frank H. Jones


164.64


William Burke


155.80


Smith R. Kelly


520.47


M. A. Clapp


408.98


Sumner D. Keith


116.72


Davis Copeland


203.72


Warren C. Kinney


203.87


Mrs. Henry Copeland


101.84


Henry J. LeLacheur


102.95


Lyman & Pardon Copeland


669.91


Elihu Leonard


313.30


Samuel G. Copeland


205.44


Axel Lothrop


164.64


Samuel G. & James Copeland


1,130.10


Joshua Morse


123.92


Martha K. Crosby


103.78


Emma F. Packard


312.31


Mary A. Dewyer


101.42


Fred A. Perkins


100.96


Michael Dewyer


100.80


Rosa R. Shaw


359.10


John E. & Desire L. Gould


100.40


Sarah F. Shipman


101.28


The Hartwell Fund


302.56


Orrin A. Smith


154.45


Etta L. Hartwell


351.01


South St. Cemetery


120.61


Frank P. Hatch


160.15


Flora Snell


100.57


Julia M. Hooper


195.73


Robert Tibbetts


101.16


Alba Howard


101.11


Charles C. Thayer


259.21


Isabelle Howard


102.19


Mary E. Wilson


202.26


S. Nelson Howard


101.12


$8,989.68


12-31-56 Balance $101.60


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SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND


W. J. & Anna C. Howard


$5,193.30


SUMMARY


Name of Fund


1-1-56 Balance


Receipts


Payments


12-31-56 Balance


Cemetery Trust Funds


$ 8,955.97


$ 270.21


$ 236.50


$ 8,989.68


Library Trust Funds, Principal


34,745.18)


(34,740.31


Library Trust Funds, Interest


1,469.73)


1,156.96


772.42


( 1,859.14


W. J. & Anna C. Howard Scholarship Trust Fund


5,225.61


43.25


75.56


5,193.30


Post War Rehabilitation Fund


4,324.62


130.70


4,455.32


Stabilization Fund


6,034.31


157.03


6,191.34


$60,755.42


$1,758.15


$1,084.48


$61,429.09


Name of Fund Cornelia Alger Edith Dunbar Blanchard


12-31-56 Balance $675.00


Name of Fund Francis E. Howard


$500.00


13,717.00


W. J. & Anna C. Howard


2,598.31


Nathan Copeland Lliza P. & M. O. Dalton


500.00


Mary L. Perkins


1,000.00


250.00


Mary P. Whitman


15,000.00


Mary N. K. Edgerly


500.00


Total This Column


$15,642.00


Total This Column


$19,098.31


Brought Forward


15,642.00


Total


$34,740.31


Interest Account No. 1


$988.09


Interest Account No. 2


570.03


Interest Account No. 3


301.02


$1,859.14


LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS


12-31-56 Balance


BONDED INDEBTEDNESS


SCHOOL LOANS


WATER LOANS


Date of


2% Bonds 1.90% Bonds 21/2 % Bonds


Maturity


Issued 1950


Issued 1952


Issued 1955


Total


Date of Maturity


2% Bonds Issued 1948


2% Bonds Issued 1955


3.40% Bonds Issued 1956


Total


1957


$ 50,000


$ 15,000


$ 20,000


$ 85,000


1957


$ 15,000


$ 1,000


$ 4,000


$ 20,000


1958-69


600,000


180,000


240,000


1,020,000


1958


15,000


1,000


3,000


19,000


1970


48,000


15,000


20,000


83,000


1959-60


20,000


2,000


6,000


28,000


1971-72


30,000


40,000


70,000


1961


10,000


3,000


13,000


1962


10,000


2,000


12,000


1963


9,000


2,000


11,000


1964-70


14,000


14,000


Totals


$698,000


$240,000


$380,000


$1,318,000


Totals


$79,000


$4,000


$34,000


$117,000


DEBT FUND


Cash and Securities


$1,435,000.00


School Loans Water Loans


$1,318,000.00


117,000.00


$1,435,000.00


$1,435,000.00


TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS


$61,429.09


Stabilization Fund


$6,191.34


Rehabilitation Fund


4,455.32


Library Funds


36,599.45


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds


8,989.68


Wm. J. & Anna C. Howard Scholarship Fund


5,193.30


$61,429.09


$61,429.09


Respectfully submitted,


H. ROY HARTSHORN


Treasurer


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Cash and Securities


1973-75


60,000


60,000


92 COLLECTOR OF TAXES


Following is a list of unpaid Taxes and Water Rates as of December 31, 1956:


1953 Personal Taxes


$ 4,356.00


1954 Personal Taxes 896.00


1955 Motor Vehicle Excise 83.94


1955 Personal Taxes


336.30


1956 Personal Taxes


4,731.30


1956 Motor Vehicle Excise


9,566.32


1956 Water Liens


719.67


1956


Real Estate Taxes


19,179.50


1956


Poll Taxes


22.00


Total


$ 39,891.03


Water Rates Unpaid


5,713.67


Total Gross Collections, 1956


$502,591.72


Respectfully submitted,


WALTER C. DUNBAR Tax Collector


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN ACCOUNTANT


OF


WEST BRIDGEWATER


Massachusetts


For the Year Ending December 31 1956


To the Board of Selectmen:


I submit herewith my Annual Report in accordance with Sec- tion 61, Chapter 41, General Laws, for the year ending December 31, 1956, giving a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Town, and showing the amount of each specific appropriation with statements showing the Town debt and Trust funds.


Respectfully submitted,


ARTHUR E. CHAVES Town Accountant


TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER Balance Sheet as at December 31, 1956 General Fund


ASSETS


LIABILITIES AND RESERVES


Cash


$220,219.62


Unexpended Appropriations: Gencral (Schedule A) $27,168.50


Taxes Receivable:


Water (Schedule A) 17,005.73 $44,174.23


Poll


$ 22.00


Real Estate


19,179.50


Federal Grants (Schedule B)


9,607.06


Personal Property


4,731.30


23,932.80


Special Accounts (Schedule C)


7,553.10


Other Accounts (Schedule D)


1,468.68


Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus


13,107.24


Personal Property


336.30


Reserve for Abatement of Taxes:


1954:


1956


2,559.75


Personal Property


896.00


1955


336.30


1953:


1954


896.00


Personal Property


4,356.00


5,588.30


1953


4,356.00


8,148.05


Motor Vehicle Excise:


Revenue Reserved Until Collected:


1956


9,566.32


Motor Vehicle Excise


9,650.26


1955


83.94


9,650.26


Tax Titles & Possessions


12,636.12


Departmental


7,755.34


Tax 'Titles


9,718.08


Water


6,433.34


Tax Possessions


2,918.04


12,636.12


Ilighway


6,613.14


43,088.20


1956:


1955:


94


Departmental Receivables: I Icalth


160.72


Public Welfare 700.38


General


159,784.59


Old Age Assistance 5,587.98


Watcr


6,651.40 166,435.99


Disability Assistance


321.48


Aid to Dependent Children


371.95


Veterans' Services


612.83


7,755.34


Water Receivables:


Rates and Services


5,713.67


Liens


719.67


6,433.34


Aid to Highway:


State Aid


4,075.44


County Aid


2,537.70


6,613.14


Underestimates:


Plymouth County Tax Assessment 128.97


Plymouth County Hospital


218.03


State Parks & Reservations


406.63


753.63


TOTAL


$293,582.55


TOTAL


$293,582.55


DEBT FUND


Net Funded or Fixed Debt


$1,318,000.00


School Loans Water Loans


$1,318,000.00 117,000.00


$1,318,000.00


$1,435,000.00


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Surplus Revenuc:


TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS


Cash and Securities


$61.429.09


Stabilization Fund


$ 6,191.34


Rehabilitation Fund


4,455.32


Library Funds


36,599.45


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 8,989.68


Wm. J. & Anna C. Howard Scholarship Fund 5,193.30


$61,429.09


$61,429.09


BONDED INDEBTEDNESS


Date of Maturity


27 Bonds Issued 1950


1.90% Bonds 21/2% Bonds Issued 1952 Issued 1955


Total


Date of Maturity


2% Bonds Issued 1948


2% Bonds Issued 1955


3.40% Bonds Issued 1956


Total


1957


$ 50,000


$ 15,000


$ 20,000


$ 85,000


1957


$15,000


$1,000


$ 4,000


$ 20,000


1958


15,000


1,000


3,000


19,000


1958-69


600,000


180,000


240,000


1,020,000


1959-60


20,000


2,000


6,000


28,000


1970


48,000


15,000


20,000


83,000


1961


10,000


3,000


13,000


1962


10,000


2,000


12,000


1971-72


30,000


40,000


70,000


1963


9,000


2,000


11,000


1973-75


60,000


60,000


1964-70


14,000


14,000


Totals


$698,000


$240,000


$380,000


$1,318,000


Totals


$79,000


$4,000


$34,000


$117,000


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TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER Balance Sheet as at December 31, 1956 General Fund


SCHEDULE A - UNEXPENDED APPROPRIATIONS


General:


Town of West Bridgewater vs Rich Bros. Construction Co. $ 2,269.64


Civil Defense Equipment 1,184.46


Chapter 90 Construction


9,256.13


Snow Removal Expenses (Overdraft)


-797.63


Snow Removal Equipment


600.00


Land Damages 572.35


Elementary School Construction 11,395.78


High School Construction 2,041.74


Elementary School Construction Building Committee


258.14


High School Construction Building Committee


100.00


Industrial Commission Committee


150.00


Tercentenary Celebration


137.89


Total


$27,168.50


Water:


Commonwealth of Massachusetts-Claim Expressway


$ 1,401.82


Trunk Line-North Main Street


12,007.46


New Well Construction


3,396.45


Land Takings


200.00


Total


$17,005.73


Total Unexpended Appropriations


$44,174.23


SCHEDULE B - FEDERAL GRANTS


Old Age Assistance:


Aid


$ 2,362.88


Administration


644.17


Aid to Dependent Children: Aid


6,148.47


Administration


259.33


Disability Assistance:


Administration


192.21


Total Federal Grants


$ 9,607.06


SCHEDULE C - SPECIAL ACCOUNTS


Sale of Real Estate


$ 2,307.00


Fire Loss Reimbursement


750.00


Recovery from Individuals, Estates, and Liens


796.06


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Westdale Improvement Society


174.76


Surplus War Bonus Fund


540.32


1,785.83


Servicemens' Fund-Town Field Road Machinery Fund William J. and Anna C. Howard Scholarship Fund


1,126.42


72.71


Total Special Accounts


$ 7,553.10


SCHEDULE D - OTHER ACCOUNTS


Unclaimed Checks


$ 186.03


School Hot Lunch


1,046.08


School Athletics


236.57


Total Other Accounts


$ 1,468.68


RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS RECEIPTS


GENERAL REVENUE:


Taxes:


Current Year:


Property


$380,090.32


Poll


2,386.00


Lieu Taxes (State, Cities, Towns)


185.06


$382,661.38


Previous Years:


Property


25,215.61


Poll


14.00


Tax Title Redemptions


2,669.72


27,899.33


From the State:


Income:


Valuation Basis


9,928.22


Education Basis


55,549.09


Corporation


15,309.10


80,786.41


LICENSES AND PERMITS


Liquor


4,810.00


Other


499.00


5,309.00


FINES AND FORFEITS: Court 173.00


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GRANTS AND GIFTS:


From the Federal Government:


Old Age Assistance


22,874.80


1,320.96


Aid to Dependent Children Disability Assistance


2,539.60


26,735.36


From the State Government:


Old Age Assistance


25,140.85


Aid to Dependent Children


618.48


Disability Assistance


4,084.38


Vocational Education


3,371.46


School Tuition


3,344.03


School Transportation


20,743.60


School Union Superintendency


2,488.89


Other School Purposes


749.87


Health, Tuberculosis, Etc.


813.28


School Building Aid


45,109.90


Hurricane Reimbursements


1,628.57


School Hot Lunches


9,936.42


Meals Tax


1,343.22


119,372.95


PRIVILEGES:


Motor Vehicle Excise


44,296.41


Trailer Fces


908.00


45,204.41


GENERAL GOVERNMENT:


Treasurer


168.57


Collector


16.00


Town Clerk


36.25


220.82


TOWN HALL AND OFFICES:


Rents and Privileges


432.75


PROTECTION OF PERSONS & PROPERTY:


Sealing of Weights and Measures


54.40


HIGHWAYS:


Chapter 90 Construction, State & County 7,878.25


Machine Fund


784.00


Other


5.15


8,667.40


CHARITIES:


Public Welfare:


Reimbursements for Relief:


Cities and Towns


2,612.26


State


92.60


2,704.86


Old Age Assistance: Cities and Towns


1,163.83


100


VETERANS' SERVICES: Reimbursements for Relief: State


5,901.89


SCHOOLS:


Tuition


411.50


School Athletics


2,077.80


School Lunches


23,733.23


Miscellaneous


399.09


26,621.62


LIBRARY:


Fines


105.71


Miscellaneous


10.00


115.71


PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES:


Sale of Water and Services


48,817.29


INTEREST:


Deferred Taxes


1,161.79


Miscellaneous


21.75


1,183.54


MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS:


Anticipation Revenue Loan


75,000.00


Water Loan


34,000.00


Premium on Water Bonds Sold


67.43


109,067.43


AGENCY, TRUSTS AND INVESTMENTS:


Agency:


Dog Licenses


1,388.60


Trusts:


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds


236.50


Public Trust Funds


2,112.84


Other Funds and Accounts:


Retirement Deductions


5,920.96


Federal Withholding Taxes


35,484.36


45,143.26


OTHER:


Tercentenary Celebration


150.50


REFUNDS:


Miscellaneous


1,237.65


TOTAL RECEIPTS


$939,624.79


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DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS PAYMENTS


MODERATOR


Appropriated and Expended


$ 25.00


FINANCE COMMITTEE


Appropriated


100.00


Expenses:


Office Supplies


$ 21.14


Association Dues & Meetings


32.00


53.14


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


46.86


CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT


Appropriated and Expended 4,327.90


SELECTMEN


Appropriated


2,300.00


Salaries


1,600.00


Expenses:


Clerk Hire


81.00


Office Expenses


176.78


Travel


150.00


Engineering Services


148.00


Association Dues & Meetings


85.00


Miscellaneous


10.00


2,250.78


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


49.22


ACCOUNTING


Appropriated


2,050.00


Salary


1,450.00


Expenses:


Clerk Hire


339.00


Office Expenses


101.15


Association Dues & Meetings


61.39


Equipment


43.80


1,995.34


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


54.66


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TREASURER


Appropriated


3,881.52


Salary


1,800.00


Expenses:


Clerk Hire


431.50


Office Expenses


205.45


Tax Titles


773.07


Travel


100.00


Surety Bond


211.50


Association Dues & Meetings


10.00


Equipment


288.00


* 3,819.52


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


62.00


COLLECTOR


Appropriated


4,327.00


Salary


2,800.00


Expenses:


Clerk Hire


342.00


Office Expenses


603.50


Travel


75.00


Surety Bond


407.75


Association Dues


2.00


4,230.25


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


96.75


ASSESSORS


Appropriated


5,310.00


Salaries


3,750.00


Expenses:


Clerk Hire


458.00


Office Expenses


251.32


Travel


380.00


Transfers


108.98


Association Dues & Meetings


44.00


Equipment


28.35


5,020.63


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


289.37


TOWN CLERK


Appropriated


1,548.00


Salary


1,300.00


* Includes Additional Funds Transferred From Reserve


103


Expenses:


Office Expenses


121.34


Travel


40.00


Surety Bond


7.50


Association Dues & Meetings


38.50


1,507.34


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


40.66


ELECTION & REGISTRATION


Appropriated


2,150.00


Salaries


260.00


Expenses:


Counters, Checkers and Observers


697.50


Clerk Hire


160.00


Office Expenses


331.10


Printing Street Lists


165.00


Census Takers


406.50


2,020.10


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


129.90


PRESERVING OLD RECORDS


Appropriated and Unexpended Reverting to Revenue


50.00


OTHER FINANCIAL OFFICES


Appropriated and Unexpended Reverting to Revenue


25.00


LAW


Appropriated and Expended


200.00


TOWN COUNSEL


Appropriated and Expended


500.00


TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER VS RICH BROS., INC.


Appropriated


5,000.00


Expenses:


Attorneys Fees and Expenses


2,730.36


Unexpended Balance Carried to 1957


2,269.64


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TOWN HALL & OFFICES


Appropriated


5,666.00


Salaries


2,236.00


Expenses:


Repairs


1,132.11


Janitor Supplies


78.41


Telephone


436.03


Gas, Electricity & Water


319.19


Fuel


1,203.83


5,405.57


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


260.43


PAINTING TOWN HALL


1955 Unexpended Balance Carried to 1956 Expenses:


723.27


Painting Town Hall


723.27


POLICE


Appropriated


20,304.63


Expenses:


Chief


4,600.00


Patrolmen


10,634.95


Special Police


693.00


Matron


53.60


School Traffic


987.00


Office Expenses


225.78


Police Supplies


129.31


Equipment for Men


323.75


Radio Repair and Maintenance


76.84


Car Repairs


207.49


Insurance


208.44


Telephone


517.10


Care of Telephone


156.00


Fuel, Gas & Tires


1,322.41


Association Dues & Meetings


168.96


*


20,304.63


NEW POLICE CAR & EQUIPMENT


Appropriated


1,565.00


Expenses:


New Car and Radio Equipment


1,559.80


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


5.20


* Includes Additional Funds Transferred From Reserve


105


FIRE


Appropriated


13,687.50


Expenses:


Chief


1,000.00


Firemen


3,835.50


Hose and Fittings


1,248.86


Insurance


1,340.99


Clerk Hire


41.25


Office Expenses


50.50


Telephone


468.07


Gas and Oil


305.64


Repairs


819.44


Fire Alarm Maintenance


872.93


Care of Telephone


480.00


Tools and Supplies


85.76


Equipment for Men


297.99


Travel


147.00


Association Dues and Meetings


171.00


Maintenance:


Fuel


929.39


Electricity


490.37


Janitor Supplies


128.48


Repairs


150.77


Painting


300.00


* 13,163.94


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


523.56


FIRE - EQUIPMENT


Appropriated


1,430.00


Expenses:


Equipment


1,427.75


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


2.25


HYDRANTS


Appropriated and Expended


4,806.00


DOG OFFICER


Appropriated and Expended


300.00


* Includes Additional Funds Transferred From Reserve


106


ZONING COMMITTEE


1955 Balance Carried to 1956


159.82


Expenses:


Advertising


20.70


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenuc


139.12


PLANNING BOARD


1955 Balance Carried to 1956


187.48


Expenses:


Office Expenses


22.45


Printing and Advertising


94.80


Maps


30.60


Association Dues


12.50


160.35


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


27.13


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Appropriated


200.00


Expenses:


Salary


176.25


Travel


15.40


Supplies


5.82


197.47


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


47.53


INSPECTOR OF WIRES


Appropriated


600.00


Expenses:


Salary


243.75


Travel


89.00


332.75


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


267.25


INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS


Appropriated


675.00


Expenses:


496.50


Travel


143.00


Clerk Hire


11.25


Office Supplies


12.11


662.86


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


12.14


Salary


107


TREE WARDEN


Appropriated


6,821.30


Expenses:


1,971.20


Labor


3,673.20


Office Expenses


11.73


Insurance


12.60


Gas and Oil


228.77


Tools and Supplies


114.48


Repairs


277.29


Poison Ivy Killer


284.43


Association Ducs


4.00


* 6,577.70


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


243.60


* Includes Additional Funds Transferred From Reserve


INSECT PEST CONTROL


Appropriated


2,588.00


Expenses:


Salary


640.00


Labor


1,200.00


Electricity


19.60


Insurance


104.21


Gas and Oil


112.82


Tools and Supplies


90.01


Repairs


86.34


Insecticides


335.02


2,588.00


TOWN ELMS


Appropriated


3,100.00


Expenses:


Salary


640.00


Labor


1,194.00


Tree Climber Hire


595.00


Repairs


58.72


Insecticides


299.64


Fertilizer and Lime


156.52


Gas and Oil


79.32


Tools and Supplies


70.80


* 3,094.00


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


6.00


Salary


* Includes Additional Funds Transferred From Reserve


108


TOWN NURSERY


Appropriated and Expended


300.00


FORESTRY EQUIPMENT


Appropriated


3,700.00


Expenses:


New Truck


2,971.26


Generator


480.89


3,452.15


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


247.85


CIVILIAN DEFENSE


1955 Balance Carried to 1956


246.78


Appropriated


203.00


Total


449.78


Expenses:


Telcphone


133.75


Supplies


15.61


149.36


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


300.42


HEALTH & SANITATION


Appropriated


9,060.00


Expenses:


Medical Supplies


181.00


Vital Statistics


187.00


Equipment Hire


119.00


Travel


20.00


Polio Clinic


1,180.00


Association Dues


10.00


Care of Dump


1,200.00


T. B. Hospital


886.50


Mosquito Control


2,446.75


6,230.25


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


2,829.75


VISITING NURSE


Appropriated and Expended


800.00


109


WELL CHILD CONFERENCE


Appropriated and Unexpended Reverting to Revenue


100.00


DIPHTHERIA CLINIC


Appropriated and Expended


110.00


DENTAL CLINIC


1955 Balance carried to 1956


165.00


Appropriated


235.00


Total


400.00


Expenses:


Dental Nurse


130.00


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


270.00


INSPECTION OF ANIMALS


Appropriated


400.00


Expenses:


Inspections


391.00


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


9.00


INSPECTION OF SLAUGHTERING


Appropriated and Unexpended Reverting to Revenue


100.00


MOSQUITO & PEST CONTROL


Appropriated


2,500.00


Expenses:


Advertising


5.75


Spraying


2,441.00


2,446.75


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


53.25


HIGHWAY


Appropriated 33,984.00


Expenses:


Superintendent


3,900.00


Labor


10,470.00


Insurance


216.47


110


Electricity


35.99


Materials


3,188.55


Drainage


1,168.76


Equipment Hire


2,409.33


Mix-In-Place


7,140.33


Tools and Supplies


991.57


Street Signs


119.66


Bridges and Railings


13.34


Gas and Oil


1,701.61


Tires and Tubes


332.81


Repairs


2,044.03


33,732.45


Unexpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


SNOW REMOVAL


Appropriated


11,846.86


Expenses:


Labor


4,200.55


Equipment Hire


4,666.76


Plowing Route 106


621.00


Salt, Sand, Etc.


1,472.23


Repairs


415.42


Hire of Highway Trucks


784.00


Tools and Supplies


132.53


* 12,292.49


- 445.63


Uncxpended Balance Reverting to Revenue


352.00


Overdraft to be Raised from 1957 Revenue


- 797.63


HIGHWAY - SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT


Appropriated


6,400.00


Expenses:


New Truck


4,400.00


Tailgate Spreader


1,400.00


5,800.00


Unexpended Balance Carried to 1957


600.00


CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION


Appropriated


18,000.00


1955 Balance Carried to 1956


1,760.45


Total


19,760.45


251.55


111


Expenses:


Highway Construction-Manley Street


10,504.32


Unexpended Balance Carried to 1957


9,256.13


CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE


Appropriated and Expended


3,000.00


STREET LIGHTS


Appropriated and Expended


8,477.00


LAND DAMAGES


1955 Balance Carried to 1957


572.35


MACHINE FUND


1955 Balance Carried to 1956


2,342.42


Appropriated-Highway-New Truck


2,000.00


Balance


342.42


Add-Hire of Highway Trucks-Snow Removal


784.00


Unexpended Balance Carried to 1957


1,126.42


PUBLIC WELFARE Administration


Appropriated


1,202.00


Expenses:


Salary-Board Members


252.00


Salary-Agent


400.00


Clerk


400.00


Telephone


53.23


Office Expense




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