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Charles Gott, Asst. Engineer, 1876, 40 00
Charles Gott, on account, Asst. Engineer, 1877, 25 00
A. B. Moulton, Asst. En- gineer, 1876, 20 00
A. B. Moulton, on account,
Asst. Engineer, 1877, 25 00
Abel Lawrence, hose carriage harness, 48 00
Blake Hose Co., 850 feet of hose, 1,000 00
Hunneman & Co., 1
horse hose carriage, $800 00
Less credit for old car- riage, 300 00
Paid Joseph S. Smith, 1 50-foot
500 00
Bangor extension ladder,
120 82
Boston, Lowell & Nashua
R. R. Co., freight on lad- ders, 7 36
Belt & Leather Stuffing Co., 1 bbl. hose oil, 79 20
George A. Stearns, on ac-
count, Asst. Engineer and Secretary, 1877, 30 00.
Henry W. Schwamb, ringing
School-house bell, 5 00
Amounts carried forward,
$3,560 03
$17,432 03
45
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $3,560 03
$17,432 03
Paid Hunneman & Co., repairing hose, 13 00
Arlington Water Commis-
sioners, water for Wm. Penn Hose House, 25 00
Arlington Water Commis-
sioners, water for Highland Hose House, 10 00
Arlington Gas Light Co., gas
for Wm. Penn Hose House, 22 00
Arlington Gas Light Co., gas for Highland Hose House, 5 60
Wm. Saunders, medical attend- ance on horse, 12 00
Matthew Rowe, 2d, labor on hydrants and hose, 38 00
George D. Tufts, painting and papering Hook and Ladder Co.'s room, 22 00
W. A. Peirce, Treasurer, on account repairing room Wm. . Penn Hose House, 30 00
R. B. Harwood, thawing hy- drants, 5 00
C. L. Sands, thawing hydrants, 5 00
J. W. Peirce, coal, 13 75
J. A. Wellington, coal, 34 50
C. F. Hartwell, carpenter work, 10 34
J. E. Shirley, labor at High- land Hose House, 2 50
A. B. Moulton, labor at High- land Hose House, 3 00
' Amounts carried forward, $3,811 72
$17,432 03
.
46
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $3,811 72 $17,432 03
Paid John Mahoney, labor on hy- drants, 1 50
John Gee, watchman at fire, 3 00
C. W. H. Moulton & Co., re- pairing ladder, 9 00
Hill & Gott, blacksmith work, 33 55
Brooks, Rushton & Co., ex- pressing, 2 85
E. J. Ober, desk for H. & L. Co., 12 50
A. W. Mitchell & Co., repair- ing badges, 65
Arlington Press Association, printing, 7 85
Jesse Bacon, mason work at Wm. Penn Hose House, 4 00
Wm. L. Clark & Co., repairs harness, etc., 34 84
Grenville P. Peirce, refresh- ments, 4 50
George White, oiling hose, 6 00
George H. Hutchinson, ex- pressing, . 1 15
Robert Jost, labor, 25
James Farrell, « 50
R. W. Shattuck, repairs and sundries, 7 59
Sylvester Stickney, repairs and sundries, 10 22
A. Ferguson & Co., painting roof of Highland Hose House, 2 00
Concreting at Wm. Penn Hose House, 16 67
Amounts carried forward, $3,970 34
$17,432 03
47
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $3,970 34 $17,432 03
Less credit of 118} days' work of horse on the highways, at $1.50 per day, 177 75
3,792 59
Repairs of Hearse.
Paid F. Ivers' bill, 123 00
Incidentals.
Paid Napoleon Underwood, care of town clock, $25 00
C. F. Hartwell, ringing bell July 4th, 3 00
Franklin Litchfield, ringing bell July 4th, 3 00
Orin N. West, ringing bell July 4th, 3 00
Isaac Wood, ringing bell July 4th, 2 00
H. B. Peirce, Sec'y of State, register of voters, 1 20
Hugh Rowe, setting stone bound Cambridge line, 4 00
Abel R. Proctor, services as auditor 1876, 12 50
George M. Morse, services as auditor 1876, 12 50
James C. Blanchard, for old reports, 5 00
H. C. Whittemore, for old re- ports, 5 00
Amounts carried forward, $76 20
$21,347 62
48
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $76 20 $21,347 62
Paid J. B. Hartwell, undertaker, re- turning deaths, 10 25
J. H. Hartwell, services as janitor, etc., 498 38
J. H. Hardy, costs and ex- penses in lawsuits, 131 45
R. M. Yale & Co., repairing flag, 4 75
M. F. Whiton & Co., halliards for flag, 2 00
George M. Stevens, repairs of town clock, 14 48
F. E. Fowle, stamps, en- velopes, etc., 34 75
Geo. Y. Wellington, record book, 2 75
Brooks, Rushton & Co., 2 38
A. Needham,
1 65
M. R. Warren, liquor licenses, 2 08
C. K. Darling, legal blanks,
60
Doane & Greenough, books and stationery, 47 76
Arlington Press Association, printing, 100 83
D. F. Jones & Co., printing,
336 25
D. F. Jones & Co., binding registers, 9 00
Homer, Lane & Co., lamp shade, 1 15
1,276 71
Amounts carried forward, $1,276 71
$21,347 62
49
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,276 71 $21,347 62 Credit,
Received of B. Poland for auctioneer's li-
cense, $2 00
C. S. Jacobs, Jr., billiard license, 2 00
Wm. L. Sweatt, for billiard li- cense, 2 00
J. H. Hartwell, court fees, 9 60
15 60
1,261 11
Insurance.
Paid George Y. Wellington, agent, as follows, viz :
Premium on Policies for $6,000, on Cutter School-house, $68 50
Premium on Policy for $2,000, on Cutter School-house and furniture, 45 00
Premium on Policy for $1,800, on Stone Crusher, building and machinery, 27 00
Premium on Policies for $4,000, on School-house at Heights, 80 00
$220 50
Less, return premium received,
28 00
192 50
Amount carried forward, 4
$22,801 23
50
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $22,801 23
Interest on Town Debt.
Paid Provident Institution for Sav- ings, $700 00
Heirs of Wm. Rand, 36 00
Estate of George Holden, 1,400 00
Plymouth Savings Bank, 2,100 00
Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts, 3,640 00
Heirs of John Albree, 137 50
John Peabody, 970 00
O. A. Taft, 420 00
Six months' interest on $8,000
coupon notes at 5 per cent, 200 00
Water Commissioners on loan, .
36 59
Faneuil Hall National
Bank, $568 50
Less, interest on de-
posits, 141 58
426 92
Trustees of Town Library,
6 00
Trustees of Wm. Cutter School Fund, 321 24
Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund, 36 79
Treasurer of Citizens' Soldiers' Fund, 20 99
Credit,
$10,452 03
Interest received on taxes, 326 94
10,125 09
Amount carried forward,
$32,926 32
51
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $32,926 32
Interest on Water Debt.
Paid Water Commissioners to pay interest on Water Scrip, 7,000 00
Public Library.
Paid L. J. Newton, salary as libra- rian, $425 00
L. J. Newton, extra work on catalogue, 63 50
Benjamin Adams, rebinding books, 84 75
J. F. Sampson & Co., covering paper, 8 00
Estes & Lauriat, books, $12 00
Henry A. Clark, 32 00
Lockwood, Brooks & Co., books, 426 84
Melvil Dewey, books,
5 00
475 84
Less, received for old books,
12 00
463 84
Paid Brooks, Rushton & Co., cx-
pressing, 1 95
Winn's. Express, expressing, 1 45
Edward Storer, work on book- cases, 2 90
D. F. Jones & Co., printing supplement to catalogue, 30 00
Amounts carried forward,
$1,081 39
$39,926 32
52
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,081 39 $39,926 32
Credit,
Amount received for fines, 93 00
988 39
Police.
Paid John H. Hartwell, $487 53
Garrett Barry, 637 33
Patrick J. Shean, 473 33
B. F. Durgin, special police July 4th, · 6 00
John Nolan, special police
July 4th, 7 50
Michael Welch, special police July 4th, 7 50
C. F. Hartwell, special police July 4th, 3 00
O. W. Durgin and J. Arm- strong, special police at fire, 14 75
A. W. Mitchell & Co., 6 badges, 9 00
Winn's Express, expressing, 15
1,646 09
Salaries of Town Officers.
Paid John Schouler, services as selectman, etc., one year to March 1, 1878, $450 00
James Durgin, services as selectman, etc., one year to March 1, 1878, 250 00
Amounts carried forward, $700 00
$42,560 80
53
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $700 00 $42,560 80
Paid William G. Peck, services as selectman, etc., one year to March 1, 1878, 200 00
Dr. R. L. Hodgdon, services as water commissioner, one year to March 1, 1878, 200 00
John Fillebrown, services as water commissioner, one
year to March 1, 1878, 150 00
George Hill, services as water commissioner, one year to March 1, 1878, . 150 00
Henry Mott, services as asses- sor, one year to March 1, 1878, 200 00
Thomas P. Peirce, services as assessor, one year to March 1,1878, 200 00
B. Delmont Locke, services as assessor, one year to March 1,1878, 300 00
Benjamin Poland, services as water commissioner for the years 1873, 1874 and 1875, 574 69 J. W. Peirce, services as water commissioner for the year 1873, 118 00
B. Delmont Locke, services as treasurer, town clerk, collec- tor of taxes, water registrar, etc., one year to January 1, 1878, 2,000 00
4,792 69
Amount carried forward,
$47,353 49
54
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$47,353 49
Street Hydrants.
Paid Water Commissioners for use of hydrants for the year 1877,
1,000 00
Street Lamps.
Paid Arlington Gas Light Co., gas, $954 72 T. K. Hutchinson, lighting and care of lamps, 468 00
J. Burbank & Co., alcohol for thawing, 11 70
George D. Tufts, repairs of lanterns, 4 50
R. W. Shattuck, repairs of lan- terns, 3 75
Winn's Express, expressing, 15
1,442 82
State Aid.
Paid Ellen Ferguson, $48 00
Alice M. Scanlan, 48 00
Susan Moore, 48 00
Hannah C. Murphy,
48 00
Ann Campbell, 48 00
Eveline C. Henry, 48 00
Charlotte L. Danforth,
20 00
308 00
Town House.
Paid Arlington Gas Light Co., gas, $418 40 Arlington Water Commis- sioners, water, 30 00
Amounts carried forward,
$448 40
$50,104 31
55
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $448 40 $50,104 31
Paid J. A. Wellington & Co., coal, 95 63
Robert Jost, putting in coal, 5 95
Aiken & Woodard, charcoal, 13 20 .
Edward Storer, repairs, 9 55
J. M. Chase, book-case, 68 07
C. F. Hartwell, repairs, police station, etc., 34 63
Lawrence, Wilde & Co., furni- ture, 12 00
Mrs. D. Benham, cleaning, 11 40
C. W. Bastine, soap, 40
43 02
R. W. Shattuck, repairs, etc., Sylvester Stickney, repairs, etc., 1 75
George D. Tufts, setting glass,
2 25
F. A. Fessenden, green Hol- land curtains, 14 00
760 25
Town Debt.
Paid Note to heirs of Wm. Rand, dated January 3, 1867, $1,200 00 Note to heirs of John Albree, dated July 1, 1862, 5,000 00
Note to Provident Institution for Savings, dated July 11, 1867, 5,000 00
Note to Provident Institution for Savings, dated July 11, 1867, 5,000 00
Amounts carried forward,
$16,200 00
$50,864 56
56
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $16,200 00 $50,864 56
Deduct amount borrowed on town
notes, as per entry on the debit
side of Treasurer's account cur- rent, May 1st, 8,000 00
Amount appropriated for the pay- ment of debt, 8,200 00
Amount carried forward to page 61,
$59,064 56
SCHOOLS.
Teachers' Salaries.
Paid Charles W. Stickney,
$1,739 00
E. O. Grover, 1,600 00
S. J. Dunbar,
1,600 00
L. B. Marshall,
800 00
J. A. Mowry,
417 10
H. J. Williams,
273 17
E. A. Simmons,
550 00
O. M. Hobart, 550 00
C. C. Turner,
509 76
Lizzie A. Gould, 32 91
A. Pillsbury,
348 79
A. M. Frost,
171 93
A. E. Flanders,
550 00
L. R. Warren,
550 00
L. E. Schouler,
550 00
S. F. Packard,
550 00
E. R. Fessenden, 550 00
E. J. Locke, 550 00
S. F. Gibbs,
550 00
Olive R. Wood,
270 49
Mary Thompson,
296 32
Amount carried forward, $13,009 47
57
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $13,009 47
Paid J. F. Richardson,
550 00
Annie C. Snelling,
201 21
L. M. Farrington,
296 32
M. F. Scanlan,
550 00
K. I. Bowers,
550 00
Emma S. Hill,
550 00
$15,707 00
INCIDENTALS.
Russell School.
Paid James Thaxter, janitor, $800 00
H. Wellington & Co., coal, 249 68
J. A. Wellington & Co., coal, 144 85
Richard Welch, putting in coal,
2 50
Thomas Welch, 66 5 37
Robert Jost, 66
9 58
Aiken & Woodard, charcoal,
20 00
Arlington Water Commission- ers, water, 100 00
Edward Storer, carpenter work, 18 48
R. W. Shattuck, sundries, 23 94
Walker, Pratt & Co., repairs of boiler, 2 56
J. L. Hammett, sundries,
34 05
C. H. Taylor, grades for con- creting, 8 00
Highway Department, concret- ing, 437 55
Wakefield Rattan Co., mat, 5 08
Hill & Gott, repairing furnace, 1 60
Winn's Express, expressing, 1 50
Brooks, Rushton & Co., ex- pressing, 1 20
Amounts carried forward, $1,865 94
$15,707 00
58
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,865 94 $15,707 00
Paid Alfred Brooks, building cess- pool, 85 93
Arlington Gas Light Co., gas, 7 20
E. J. Ober, repairing and cur- tains, 3 27
Frothingham & Co., stationery, 3 50
George D. Tufts, setting glass, 8 87
A. E. Rowe, bell-pull, 75
1,975 46
Cutter School.
Paid Kimball Farmer, janitor, $216 64
J. A. Wellington & Co., coal, 147 73
Robert Jost, putting in coal, 8 00
Aiken & Woodard, charcoal, 17 62 Arlington Water Commission- ers, water, 25 00
Hiram W. Smith, repairing clock, 3 00
Theodore Schwamb, rent one year, 175 00
Highway Department, grading,
gravelling and concreting, 251 25
George D. Tufts, painting, 224 67
Alfred Brooks, mason work, 17 85
Jesse Bacon, 17 36
L. B. Marshall, music, 5 60
Frothingham & Co., paper,
5 35
J. L. Hammett, sundries,
13 01
E. J. - Ober, repairing,
85
S. J. Dunbar, books, etc.,
9 14
Brooks, Rushton & Co., ex- pressing, 15
Amounts carried forward, $1,138 22
$17,682 46
59
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,138 22
$17,682 46
Paid Ammi Hall, fencing, etc., 136 67
S. Stickney, repairing, etc., 233 68
R. W. Shattuck, repairs, etc., 3 52
Ebenezer Clapp, pencils,
1 00
Davies Dodge, sundries,
1 02
H. G. Goodrich, repairing blackboards, 36 64
1,550 75
East School.
Paid Patrick Daily, janitor, Daniel Sweeny,
$80 00
40 00
Patrick Daily, removing ashes,
3 00
J. A. Wellington & Co., coal,
68 38
Robert Jost, putting in coal,
3 73
Aiken & Woodard, charcoal,
13 57'
George D. Tufts, painting,
166 32
John Lawrence, setting glass,
8 80
Edward Storer, carpentering,
18 16
Sylvester Stickney, sundries, 2 00
R. W. Shattuck,
19 75
423 71
High School.
Paid Kimball Farmer, janitor, $133 32
Robert Jost, 66 50 00
J. A. Wellington & Co., coal, 55 96
Robert Jost, putting in coal,
3 04
Aiken & Woodard, charcoal,
7 87
Arlington Water Commission- ers, water, 20 00
Arlington Gas Light Co., gas, 3 20
Arthur W. Peirce, expense, 10 00
Amounts carried forward, $283 39
$19,656 92
60
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $283 39 $19,656 92
Paid Jesse Bacon, repairing chim- neys, 19 50
Edward Storer, repairs, 125 60
Arlington Press Association, printing, 13 00
Lockwood, Brooks & Co., book, 1 74
George D. Tufts, setting glass, 15 55
R. W. Shattuck, repairing fur- nace, etc., 37 40
Sylvester Stickney, repairs, 17 46
Davies Dodge, sundries, 2 01
O. W. Whittemore, 66
50
Joseph L. Ross, furniture, 8 75
H. B. & W. O. Chamberlain, sundries, 4 76
529 66
Heights School.
Paid S. A. G. Bailey, rent of hall, $237 50 Sarah Carr, 66 137 50
Ammi Hall, carpenter work, 3 75
R. W. Shattuck, repairs, 1 87
Winn's Express, expressing, 1 00
George H. Hutchinson, " 1 05
382 67
Sundries.
Paid Rev. D. R. Cady, services as Chairman 1876, $50 00
C. E. Goodwin, services
as
Secretary 1876 and 1877, 100 00
Amounts carried forward,
$150 00
$20,569 25
.
61
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $150 00 $20,569 25
Paid Rev. George W. Cutter, ser- vices for two years, . 100 00
D. F. Jones & Co., printing, 34 25
B. D. Locke, collecting and recording names of school children, 25 00
Hiram W. Smith, cleaning clocks, 14 00
J. L. Hammett, paper, 6 00
Davies Dodge, sundries, 54 02
F. E. Fowle, postal cards and postage, 5 89
O. W. Whittemore, sundries, 2 00
391 16
Total school expenses,
$20,960 41
Amount brought from page 56, 59,064 56
Total expenditures for the year 1877, $80,024 97
62
TREASURERS' REPORT.
TABULAR STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1877.
Objects of Appropriations.
Amount
Appropriations.
Amount
Expended.
Expended more
Expended less
Appropriations.
Almshouse
$1.600 00
$1.472 14
$127 86
Counsel Fees
8:0 00
733 40
66 60
Cemeteries.
400 00
365 94
34 06
Discounts and Abatements.
4 500 00
4.693 16
$193 16
Fire Department.
3 800 00
3,792 59
7 41
Hearse, Repairs of. .
15" 00
123 60
27 00
Highways and Bridges .. Sidewalks
8,350 00 }
8,523 13
326 87
Incidentals.
1,600 00
1,261 11
333 S9
Insurance.
300 00
192 50
107 50
Interest on Town Debt .6
7.000 00
7.000 (0
Library.
1,433 02
98S 39
444 63
Monuments
500 00
5 0 00
Outside Poor
2.000 00
1,644 26
355 74
Police ..
2 000 00
1.646 09
353 91
Schools
21.429 81
20,960 41
460 40
Salaries of Town Officers.
4.792 69
4 792 69
Street Hydrants, use of ..
1,000 00
10 0 00
Street Lamps
1 500 00
1,442 82
57 18
State Aid.
500 00
308 00
192 0
Town House repairs and inci- dentals.
1,112 50
760 25
352 25
Town Debt ..
8,200 00
8 200 00
Balance of Appropriations 3
$3,413 05
unexpended.
$83,463 02
$$0,024 97
$3,761 30
$3,761 30
NOTE .- Amount raised by taxation as anthorized at Town Meetings held March 5th and 13th, and April 17, 1877.
$78,900 00 .
LIBRARY. Unexpended balance, Dec. 30, 1876. Dog Tax of 1876. ..
$431 49
395 58
Income from Prat' Fund. 599 95
6 00
Amonnts taken from " Excess and Deficiency " account, viz :
For Repairs of Hearse.
$150 00
Salaries
692 69
Counsel Fees. 300 00
Highways, ( Vine Street). 850 00
1,992 69
SCHOOLS. Interest from William Cutter School Fund. $321 24
Amount received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for proportion of School Fund .. 108 57
429 81
TOWN HOUSE. Amount of rents received.
712 50
Total amount of appropriations as stated above.
$83,468 02
than
Appropriations.
than
500 00 3
10 000 00
10,125 09
125 09
Water
of
Interest on note $100, applied to this account.
1,433 02
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Estimated Value of the Real and Personal Estate of the Town of Arlington, as shown on the books, Dec. 31, 1877.
Town House, land and building, $20,000 00
66 66 furniture and fixtures, 1,000 00
Almshouse, land and buildings, 12,000 00
furniture and fixtures, 600 00
66 stock and tools, 3,500 00
Cutter School-house, land and furni- ture,
12,500 00
Russell School-house, land and fur- niture,
60,000 00
Adams School-house, land and fur- niture, 8,000 00
Winter Street School-house, land and furniture,
6,000 00
Cotting High School-house, land and furniture,
8,000 00
Blue Gravel Lot of Land,
4,000 00
Grove Street
1,500 00
Training Field " 66
1,000 00
Cemetery Land,
30,200 00
Public Library,
2,500 00
Town Scales,
200 00
Hospital Building,
600 00
Town Clock, 500 00
William Cutter School Fund,
5,354 00
Poor Widows' Fund,
613 11
" William Penn" Hose House, land and Apparatus, 14,000 00
" Highland" Hose House, land and apparatus, 6,000 00
Stone Crusher, building and machin- ery, 2,000 00
Water Works, at cost on books, 218,039 54
Amount carried forward, $418,106 65
64
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Amount brought forward, $418,106 65
Amount of Taxes due Dec. 31, 1877, as shown on the Trial Balance, $11,087 05
Amount of Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1877,
2,064 61
$13,151 66
Less balances due on Pay Rolls Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12,
2,008 62
11,143 04 .
$429,249 69
Statement of Amounts received and unexpended, Dec. 31, 18777.
Balance of Appropriations unexpended
as per Tabular Statement on p. 62, $3,443 05
State Aid refunded by the State, 387 00
Overlayings of Tax, 496 20
Receipts from Scales,
69 20
Rents of land and Adams School- house, 195 30
Licenses to sell intoxicating liquors,
750 00
Amount of Premium received on $16,000 coupon notes sold, 185 60
Balance of account, " Corporation and Bank Tax," 186 43
$5,712 78
Balance of "Excess and Deficiency " account, unexpended and unap- propriated, $729 82
Balance of account, "Income from Poor Widows' Fund," unex- pended, 438 05
Amounts carried forward, $1,167 87
$5,712 78
65
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Amounts brought forward, $1,167 87 $5,712 78
Unexpended balance Dec. 31, 1877,
of $8,000 borrowed for the School-house at the Heights, 2,827 80 Balance of account, "Lots in New Cemetery," 1,400 00
Balance of account, "Lots in Old Cemetery," 270 00
5,665 67
$11,378 45
Amount of debits to Water Works in 1875, 1876, 1877,
$62,982 40
Amount of proceeds of sales of Water Scrip, as follows, viz :
1875, $31,000, sold for
$32,260 00
1876, 24,000,
· 25,127 00
1877, 5,000, 66
5,412 50
62,799 50
Balance of this account,
$182 90
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STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT, DEC. 31, 1877.
To Whom Due.
Date of Note.
When Due.
Rate of Interest.
Amount.
George Holden.
Dec.
15, 1873
Dec. 15, 1878
7 per cent.
$5,000 00
Feb.
6,1874
Feb.
6,1879
5,000 00
John Peabody . ..
Dec.
18, 1871
Dec.
18, 1881
1,000 00
Plymouth Savings Bank.
Sept. 25, 1872
Sept. 25, 1882
30,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 9, 1873
April 9, 1883
7
21,000 00
O. A. Taft. .
June
26,1873
June 26, 1883,
7
6,000 00
George Holden .
June 26, 1873
27,1873
Oct. 27, 1883
7
10,000 00
April 9, 1873
April 9,1885
7
21,000 00
John Peabody
Nov. 23, 1872
Nov. 23, 1887
7
2,500 00
Dec.
2,1872
Dec.
2, 1887
7
2,500 00
Jan.
1,1873
Jan.
1,1888
7
1,000 00
April
1,1872
April
1,1892
7
7,000 00
Nov.
1,1877
Nov.
1,1892
5
8,000 00
May
1,1877
May
1,1897
5
8,000 00
Trustees of Town Library.
April
1,1856
On demand
6
100 00
Dec.
31,1861
6
349 85
Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund ..
Jan.
1,1871
6
375 61
"
Jan.
1, 1875
6
237 50
Trustees of William Cutter School fund .
Jan.
1,1871
6
5,354 00
Due on Land sold for Taxes.
27 00
Arlington Water Scrip ..
Jan.
1,1872
Jan. 1,1892
6
66
$144,443 96 215,000 00
Total amount as shown on Trial Balance ..
$359,443 96
7
6
7
10,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Oct.
.
TOWN DEBT.
66
16
Eight Coupon Notes, each $1,000
Treasurer of Citizens' Soldiers' Fund.
June 26, 1883
67
TRIAL BALANCE.
TRIAL BALANCE DEC. 31, 1877.
DR. CR.
Public Property.
$418,106 65
Assets and Debts, (excess of assets over liabilities) ..
$55,626 98
Excess and Deficiency .
729 82
Taxes for 1875.
192 19
Taxes for 1876.
2,186 80
Taxes for 1877.
8,708 06
Corporation and Bank Tax.
186 43
Cash. .
2,064 61
Notes Payable
144,443 96
Arlington Water Scrip.
215,000 00
Cemeteries.
34 06
State Aid
192 00
State Aid, (refunded by the State)
387 00
Insurance.
107 50
Counsel Fees
$ 60
Monuments.
500 00
Discounts and Abatements.
193 16
Overlayings.
496 20
Receipts from Scales
69 20
Rents
195 30
Pay Rolls Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12, (balance unpaid this date) ..
2,008 62
Income from Poor Widows' Fund.
438 05
Lots in New Cemetery
1,400 00
Lots in Old Cemetery .
270 00
Licenses.
750 00
Repairs of Hearse. .
27 00
Premium on Water Scrip.
2,800 30
326 87
Interest on Town Debt.
125 09
185 60
School-house at Heights.
2,827 80
Almshouse.
127 86
Fire Department
7 41
Incidentals .
338 89
Public Library
444 63
Street Lamps
57 18
Outside Poor.
355 74
Police
353 91
Public Schools
469 40
Town House.
352 25
$431,576 56
$431,576 56
Highways and Bridges.
Premium on Notes Payable.
68
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
DR. 1876.
B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
Dec. 30, To balance cash on hand.
$3,520 87
Amount of uncollected Taxes at this date. 10,908 79
1877.
Jan. 1, Cash borrowed of Faneuil Hall National Bank, on demand.
3,000 00
17,
rent of Hall of Ephraim Clow
10 00
19,
of L. J. Newton, librarian, fines collected .. 29 00
14 00
25,
" State Treasurer, income School Fund
108 57
27,
" " Universalist Society, rent of Hall.
22 00
31,
" Mrs. Rebecca Whittemore, for work done, moving fence, &c. 40 00
Feb.
1,
" Robert Speatman, on account rent of shop ..
10 00
2,
" " John Gee, on account.
1 00
" borrowed of Water Commissioners, on demand.
1,000 00
7,
" of A. S. Estabrook, on account board of Endor Esta- brook
11 84
12,
" borrowed of Water Commissioners, on demand. . .. of Robert Speatman, on account rent of shop .. ..
3 00
15,
" " Methodist Society, in settlement of rent of Hall in 1874 68 00
15,
" " S. P. Prentiss, rent of Hall.
10 00
19,
" Jacob Bassing, for loam
22 00
21,
"
" Amos Stone, County Treasurer, Dog Tax.
395 58
24,
" " Water Commissioners, on account bill paid. ..
35 12
" High School Alumni, rent of Hall .. 6 00
27,
" S. E. Kimball, for 12 bbls. apples sold.
18 90
" borrowed of Faneuil Hall National Bank, payable August 2d.
5,000 00
28,
" of sundry persons, interest on taxes ..
14 57
Mar. 1,
" " Arlington Reform Club, rent of Hall. . 5 00
1,
" " H. Pattee, use of room in Adams School-house ..
5 30
19,
" " Bethel Lodge, rent of Hall.
60 00
27,
" borrowed of Faneuil Hall National Bank, payable August 2d.
5,000 00
31,
" of sundry persons, interest on taxes.
5 30
April 6,
" " Arlington Catholic T. A. Society, rent of Hall ...
10 00
7,
" Faneuil Hall National Bank, interest on deposits to March 31st. 3 75
16,
" " Arlington Catholic T. A. Society, 3 months' rent of room in Adams School-house to April 1st ...
12 50
Carried forward.
$31,060 30
" on demand.
1,200 00
" Robert Speatman, on account rent of shop .....
" sundry persons, interest on taxes.
9 21
500 00
69
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR. 1876.
Dec. 30, By amount of unpaid bills this date, in Pay Rolls Nos. 10, 11 and 12. $3,338 10
1877.
Jan. 5, Cash paid Note to Heirs of William Rand, dated Jan. 3, 1867. 1,200 00
17, " 6 months' interest on the same. 36 00
Provident Institution for Savings, 6 months' interest to 11th, on notes, $10,000 350 00
31. Amount of Pay Rolls No. 1. 4,774 18
Feb. 3,
Cash paid Estate of George Holden, 6 months' interest to 6th, on note, $5,000. 175 00
27, " interest on loan of $5,000 from Faneuil Hall National Bank, 5 months 6 days. 108 34
Amount of Pay Rolls No. 2.
3,633 68
28, Mar. 24, Cash paid 6 months' interest to 25th inst., on note $30,000 to Plymouth Savings' Bank.
1,050 00
27, " interest on loan of $5,000 from Faneuil Hall National Bank. 87 50
31,
" John Peabody, 6 months' interest to April 1st, on note, $7,000. 245 00
Amount of Pay Rolls No. 3.
3,430 44
April 7,
Cash paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 6 months' interest on notes, $42,000, to 9th inst .. ....
1,470 00
Carried forward.
$19,898 24
.
70
TREASURERS' ACCOUNT.
DR.
B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
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