Town of Arlington annual report 1874-1877, Part 9

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38


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $2,243 28 $25,032 76


Paid Charles Gott, cleaning, &c. 7 75


Aiken & Woodard, charcoal 6 00


Grenville P. Peirce, oil 1 38


S. A. Fowle, grain and hay 14 26


D. F. Jones, printing 6 00


A. B. Moulton, account Assistant Engineer, 1875 20 00


Sundry persons for services at the .


"Shoddy Mill " fire . 30 99


T. E. Rowe, refreshments at " Shoddy Mill" fire . 8 35


Geo. Russell, refreshments at


" Shoddy Mill " fire . 25 00


Matthew Rowe, sundries 16 34


Engine Co. No. 4, Cambridge, ser- vices at " Shoddy Mill " fire . 10 00


Henry Hastings Hose Co., services at " Shoddy Mill " fire .


10 00


Hunneman & Co., rubber hose, &c. 39 75


A. J. Jones, repairs and storage of hose carriages . 30 00


T. Callahan, putting in coal ·


2 40


A. Needham, expressing . 2 10


Theodore Diehl, washing hose . . 2 00


Wm. Farrell, jun. " 2 00


$2,477 60


Incidentals.


Paid J. H. Hartwell, as janitor, &c. . 452 00


J. H. Hartwell, collecting births 27 75


J. B. Hartwell, undertaker, return- ing deaths 10 75


Napoleon Underwood, care and re- pairs of town clock, 1874 . 26 50


Napoleon Underwood, care of town clock, 1875 25 00


Amounts carried forward,


$542 00 $27,510 36


39


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $542 00 $27,510 36 Paid Geo. M. Stevens & Co., repairs of town clock 3 00


E. M. McPherson, repairing safe lock 1 50


W. N. Winn, expressing . 1 05


J. B. Beers, atlas Middlesex County 12 00


Matthew Rowe, 2d, labor 8 00 ·


T. E. Rowe, 66 ·


8 00


E. T. Russell, jun., expressing 5 85


Church's Express, 66 3 10


Boston, Lowell, & Nashua R.R. Co. express 20 15


B. D. Locke, town clerk, for record- ing, indexing, and returning


births, marriages, and deaths . 45 15 B. D. Locke, paid registrar of deeds 2 90


Davies Dodge, sundries 4 45


Jas. Baston . 10 86


Charles S. Parker, printing . 135 95


D. F. Jones & Co., . 323 20


Blinn's Express 2 15


J. F. Allen, balance services, 1874 .


11 11


J. B. Stanwood, stationery 1 00


Doane & Greenough, account-books and stationery . 41 90


W. H. Forbes & Co., printing . 60 00 ·


Geo. Y. Wellington, insurance 83 75


Wm. Read & Sons, sundries 9 00


A. S. Hill, ringing bell 4th July . 3 00


O. N. West, 66 66 3 00 ·


Kimball Farmer 66 66 66 66


·


3 00


Isaac Wood, 66 66


and 19th of April 6 00


G. P. Peirce, use of horse 6 00


C. S. Jacobs, jun., dinners for County Commissioners . 10 00


Amounts carried forward,


$1,367 07 $27,510 36


40


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $1,367 07 $27,510 36 Paid F. E. Fowle, stamps and envelopes . 26 00


James Pratt . 490 00


Frederic Hartwell, rigging flagstaff . 5 00


Whiton, Brother, & Co., halyards for flagstaff 3 75


J. C. Hobbs 30 00


R. W. Shattuck & Co., sundries 5 20


M. R. Warren, licenses and bonds 2 50


E. J. Ober, sundries 3 00


Murphy, Leavens, & Co., brushes, &c. 3 65


I. O. Carter, services 5 00


J. H. Hartwell, summoning town officers 4 40


$1,945 57


Less received of Benj. Poland


for auctioneer's


license 2 00


of Andrew Well-


ington for auc-


tioneer's license, 2 00


of C. S. Ober, for auctioneer's


license . 2 00


of U. S. Circus


for license . 10 00


$16 00 $1,929 57


Interest.


Paid Provident Institution for Savings Paid Plymouth Savings Bank 2,100 00


700 00


Arlington Five - Cent Savings Bank . 536 37


Commonwealth of Massachusetts 3,640 00


George Holden 1,458 33


Amounts carried forward,


$8,434 70 $29,439 93


41


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward,


$8,434 70 $29,439 93


Paid Heirs of William Rand 372 00


John Albree .


275 00


John Peabody . 1,040 00


O. A. Taft .


420 00


Charles H. Russell


37 75


Water Commissioners on loan


42 20


Trustees of Town Library . 6 00


66 Wm. Cutter School


Fund 321 24


Trustees of Poor Widow's Fund . 36 79


Treasurer of Citizens' Soldiers' Fund


20 99


$11,006 67


Credit,


Received of Faneuil Hall National


Bankinterest on deposits 333 20


interest on taxes . . 250 20


" amount for


lot in cemetery 6 00


- $589 40 -$10,417 27


Public Library.


Paid L. J. Newton, librarian . . 337 49


Phelps, Dalton, & Co., counter 12 00 ·


Charles S. Parker, printing . 21 85 J. F. Sampson & Co., paper 5 95


Benjamin Adams, binding books


42 75


2 00


J. H. Hartwell, cleaning room . Winn's Express, expressing


1 55


Church's


1 15


Blinn's 66 66


1 50


A. Needham,


1 40


Estes & Lauriat, books


18 00


W. B. Clark, 66


. 303 43


Amounts carried forward,


$749 07 $39,857 20


42


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward,


$749 07 $39,857 20


Paid A. W. Lovering . 200 43


Edward Storer, window-screens 16 97


Doane & Greenough, paper 3 25 .


Credit, $969 72


Amount received at sundry dates for fines


35 00


$934 72


Street Lamps.


Paid Arlington Gas-Light Co., gas . 1,036 00


T. K. Hutchinson, care and lighting 502 50 R. W. Shattuck & Co., repairing lanterns 8 95


Geo. D. Tufts, repairing lanterns 11 00


J. Burbank & Co., alcohol 7 30


Winn's Express, expressing


15


$1,565 90


Salaries of Town Officers.


Paid John Schouler, services as select- man, &c., to March 1, 1876 . 500 00


James Durgin, services as selectman, &c., to March 1, 1876 . 300 00


William G. Peck, services as select- man, &c., to March 1, 1876 . 200 00


Henry Mott, services as assessor, to March 1, 1876 . . 200 00 .


Thomas P. Peirce, services as asses- sor, to March 1, 1876 . 200 00


B. Delmont Locke, services as asses- sor to March 1, 1876 . 300 00


B. Delmont Locke, services as treasu- rer, &c., one year to Jan. 1, 1876 2,000 00


$3,700 00


Amount carried forward,


$46,057 82


43


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward,


$46,057 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 .


Abby Grant


48 00


Patrick Dailey


12 00


Charles Henry


72 00 ·


Emeline C. Henry .


48 00


$420 00


Brick or Concrete Sidewalks.


Paid Walter Bates, concrete sidewalks . 877 34 . 66 25


H. J. Bacon, brick


$943 59


Less amount received of D. Dodge .


.


18 47


$925 12


Street Hydrants.


Paid Water Commissioners for use of hy- drants for the year 1875 . 1,000 00


Town House.


Paid Arlington Gas-Light Co., gas . . 355 61


H. Wellington & Co., coal 112 20


Aiken & Woodard, charcoal 16 00


H. D. Trask, furnace regulator . 15 00


T. Callahan, putting in coal 4 50


30 00


Arlington Water Comm'rs, water Howard Watch & Clock Co., repair- ing clock . 3 00


Robert Renwick, cleaning clock 2 50


Boston Lightning Rod Co., repairing rods . 53 50


Amounts carried forward,


$592 31 $48,402 94


·


44


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $592 31 $48,402 94


Paid James Anderson & Co., gas burners 75 05


James M. Chase, carpenter work 5 21


James Baston,


1 21


Edward Storer,


66


5 98


R. W. Shattuck & Co., sundries 60 05


H. J. Bacon, mason work 17 25


Geo. D. Tufts, setting glass 8 00


John H. Hartwell, cleaning 10 40


T. H. Russell, soap . 25


$775 71


Lock-Up, Repairs of.


Paid James Baston, carpenter-work . 155 07


E. J. Ober, mattress 3 00


Glover & Willcomb, blankets and mattresses 15 00


Geo. D. Tufts, painting . 7 60


R. W. Shattuck & Co., sundries · 4 05


$184 72


Centennial Celebration.


Paid Battery C, firing salute . . 176 00 Win. Read & Sons, use of saddles . 320 00 W. H. Pattee, dinners for cavalcade 226 00 American Band, music . 220 00 C. S. Jacobs, jun., refreshments, band and battery 51 50 . C. S. Jacobs, jun., refreshm'ts, police 15 00


J. W. Peirce, care of horses and teaming . . 130 00


W. C. Currier, carriages . . 137 00


R. M. Yale, use of tent . . 50 00 O. N. West, ringing bell . 3 00


Kimball Farmer, 3 00


A. S. Hill, 66 3 00


Amounts carried forward,


$1,334 50 $49,363 37


45


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $1,334 50 $49,363 37 Paid twenty-four special policemen two days and nights 144 10


James M. Chase, decorations . ·


120 48


Raymond Kennedy, 66


71 00


F. Bryant & Co., 66


2 31


R. W. Shattuck & Co., " 5 57


C. C. Sawyer & Co.,


5 00


Geo. T. Wellington, decorations, express, &c. . 34 99


Wm. N. Winn, expressing


·


16 55


Bean & Co.,


flags .


22 25


R. D. Blinn,


10 80


Arlington Press Association, print- ing . 21 85


Benjamin Poland, equipment . 22 00


F. W. Bacon, banner


16 50


George M. Wethern, rib- bon for badges $34 00


Less received for badges sold,


9 40


24 60


George D. Tufts, painting decora- tions


95 75


Cyrus H. Cutter, paid chaplain


·


10 00


- $1,958 25


Interest on Water Debt.


Paid Water Commissioners to pay cou- pons on Water Scrip $3,277 50


Almshouse Stable.


Paid A. L. Teel, carpenter work . $2,090 14 Matthew Rowe, 2d labor on foun- dation ·


74 25


J. W. Peirce, lime, cement, and sand


18 00


$2,182 39


Amount carried forward,


$56,781 51


46


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward,


$56,781 51


Police.


1


Paid John H. Hartwell . . $450 00


B. F. Durgin


200 00


Wm. H. Barnes


92 00


Charles Gott .


50 00


A. B. Moulton


90 00


S. B. Moore .


10 00


Michael Waugh, for 1874


50 00


Bernard McGowan, special police .


45 00


J. P. Lovell & Sons, handcuffs and billies 20 25


Grenville P. Peirce, sundries 1 35


James Doyle, special police


7 50


Patrick Dacy,


7 50


John Wells, ·


12 00


Charles F. Hartwell, "


12 00


$1,047 60


Less amount received of C. L. Stein-


krauss for police service . 6 00


$1,041 60


Amount carried forward to p. 51.


$57,823 11


SCHOOLS, 1875.


Teachers' Salaries.


Paid W. H. H. Tuttle


$2,200 00


E. O. Grover . 780 48


H. F. Howard


1,097 50


S. J. Dunbar .


1,800 00


L. B. Marshall


1,000 00


Amount carried forward, $6,877 98


47


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward,


$6,877 98


Paid S. B. Abbott .


800 00


C. C. Turner .


550 00


Eva J. Locke .


550 00


S. F. Gibbs


550 00


L. DeBlois


550 00


A. Pillsbury


550 00


S. F. Packard


550 00


O. M. Hobart .


550 00


K. I. Bowers .


550 00


M. F. Scanlan


550 00


L. R. Warren .


550 00


L. E. Schouler


550 00


E. A. Simmons


550 00


J. F. Richardson


550 00


A. A. Anderson


335 37


M. J. Stevens


80 49


E. R. Fessenden


469 51


Effie E. Cutter


335 36


Addie E. Flanders .


214 63


S. J. Elder, evening school


$101 50


-- $16,364 84


INCIDENTALS.


Russell School.


Paid James Thaxter, janitor . $1,000 00


Horatio Wellington & Co., coal 294 79


Wellington & Hunnewell


304 45


J. W. Peirce, 66


10 00


Aiken & Woodard, charcoal .


50 00


Arlington Water Commissioners water for 18 months 150 00


Arlington Gas-Light Co., gas . 17 58


Joseph L. Ross, settees . 459 64


Mason & Buffum, repairing bells 3 25


Wakefield Rattan Co., mats .


20 48


Amounts carried forward,


$2,310 19 $16,364 84


48


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward,


$2,310 19 $16,364 84


Paid Edward Storer


306 22


Robert Renwick, repairing


clocks ·


3 00


R. K. Carpenter, stone work .


45 12


Dennis Collins, labor


3 00


O. M. Hobart, books


3 00


Michael Welch, labor


9 50


Hill & Gott, poker .


75


Geo. D. Tufts, painting, &c. .


14 99


R. W. Shattuck & Co., sundries 77 54


H. F. Howard, paper for ex- amination .


9 00


J. L. Hammett, ink .


2 05


T. K. Hutchinson, labor . . .


1 50


Gilbert Cutting, tuning piano .


2 00


L. E. Schouler, books


1 34


Jesse Bacon, mason work


85 31


Winn's Express, expressing


1 85


Daniel Benham, labor


3 75


John Carroll,


2 48


C. Linehan, jun., " .


·


1 00


$2,886 09


Cutter School.


Paid Kimball Farmer, janitor . ·


$250 00


Wellington & Hunnewell, coal 15 30


209 44


Horatio Wellington & Co., “ Horatio Wellington & Co, coal, primary .


37 75


Aiken & Woodard, charcoal . 19 50


6 50


Aiken & Woodard, charcoal . J. L. Hammett, globes, maps, &c. .


76 08


Amounts carried forward,


$614 57 $19,250 93


J. Crosby, removing ashes 2 50


49


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward,


$614 57 $19,250 93 .


Paid Thompson, Brown, & Co., globes, maps, &c. 52 65


Howard Watch & Clock Co., clock .


25 00


Geo. D. Tufts, painting, &c. .


7 25


Ammi Hall, carpenter work


51 39


A. B. Moulton, 66


22 94


T. K. Hutchinson, labor . 1 50


Gilbert Cutting, tuning piano .


2 00


Arlington Water Commission- ers, water for 18 months . Robert Renwick, repairing


37 50


clocks 8 50


E. J. Ober, sundries


3 00


Thomas Higgins, sundries


1 30


H. D. Trask, furnace regulator


15 00


H. J. Bacon, mason work 35 75


Jesse Bacon,


25 50


S. J. Dunbar, paid for books and paper 2 30


J. L. Ross, furniture, &c. 37 47


W. G. Baker & Co., shades .


19 00


J. M. Chase, carpenter work . 19 15


Edward Storer .


5 13


R. W. Shattuck & Co, furnace and sundries ·


348 89


Theodore Schwamb, rent one year


200 00


S. J. Dunbar, books


7 89


.


East School.


Paid Horatio Wellington & Co., coal . $113 25


John Lawrence, painting 5 50


Wakefield Rattan Co., mats .


3 50.


$1,543 68,


Amount carried forward,


$122 25 $20,794 61


50


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward, $122 25 $20,794 61


Paid R. W. Shattuck & Co., sundries 21 62


Aiken & Woodard, charcoal 8 50


Edward Storer, carpenter work 2 40


Daniel Benham, putting in coal 3 75


Josiah Crosby, care of schoolhouse 180 00


paid for key . 65


removing ashes 2 00


S. W. Sanford, blackboard . 20 00


$361 17


Adams School.


Paid James Thaxter, care evening school 22 50


John Lawrence, painting 6 50


Edward Storer, carpenter work 1 50


R. W. Shattuck & Co., sundries . 3 35


Wellington & Hunnewell, coal


7 65


$41 50


High School.


Paid Kimball Farmer, janitor 250 00


Aiken & Woodard, charcoal 17 50


Wellington & Hunnewell, coal 26 77


Horatio Wellington & Co., “


90 60


Arlington Water Comm'rs., water for 18 months 30 00


John Lawrence, painter


1 00


Edward Storer, carpenter


34 10


Arlington Gas-Light Co., gas


1 28


Arlington Press Asso., printing


3 00


T. K. Hutchinson, labor


3 50


A. L. Teel, inside sash


2 00


L. B. Marshall, music


37 52


J. H. Hardy, books 15 00


Town of Arlington, use of hall 4 00


Josiah Crosby, labor 2 00


Robert Renwick, repairs clock


4 00


Amount carried forward,


$522 27 $21,197 28


51


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward,


$522 27 $21,197 28


E. J. Ober . 1 00


George D. Tufts, painter 3 00


R. W. Shattuck & Co., sundries 40 43


H. D. Trask, furnace regulator 15 00


$581 70


Arlington Heights School.


Paid S. A. G. Bailey, rent of hall 225 00


J. W. Peirce, moving seats, &c. . 4 50


Joseph L. Ross, furniture, &c. 51 91


$281 41


Sundries.


Paid Robert Renwick, repairing . 9 50


Davies Dodge, sundries 42 52


J. L. Hammett,


15 33


D. R. Cady, services on committee for year 1874 .


25 00


American Tablet Man'f. Co.,black- board erasers 3 50


J. A. Swasey, blackboards .


7 00


20 00


Arlington Press Asso., printing . B. D. Locke, collecting names of school children ·


25 00


S. W. Sanford, blackboard rubbers


5 00


Church's Express


30


T. Callahan, labor


11 85


J. Mahony, 66 ·


4 00


Josiah Crosby, services 2 years as


prudential committee . ·


75 00


Josiah Crosby, labor and expense paid 6 75


$250 75


Total school expenses .


$22,311 14


Amount brought from p. 46


57,823 11


Total expenditures for the year 1875,


$80,134 25


.


52


TREASURER'S REPORT.


TABULAR STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1875, WITH ESTIMATES FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1876.


Objects of Appropriations.


Amount of


Appropriations.


Amount


Expended.


Expended more


than Appropria-


Expended less than Appropria-


tions.


Almshouse .


$2,000 00


$1.628 98


Almshouse Stable


1,830 16


2,182 39


$18 79


Counsel Fees


1,000 00


541 72


458 28


Centennial Celebration


2,000 00


1,958 25


41 75


Cemeteries .


1,000 00


901 73


98 27


Discounts and Abatements


5,095 09


4,641 31


453 78


Fire Department


2,500 00


2,477 60


22 40


Highways and Bridges


16,616 30


16,565 59


50 71


Incidentals


2,000 00


1,929 57


70 43


Interest on Town Debt


11,000 00


10,417 27


582 73


Water


3,277 50


3,277 50


Library .


1,440 20


934 72


505 48


Lock-Up, repairs o


500 00


184 72


See Note.


Outside Poor


600 00


753 43


153 43


Police.


1,200 00


1,041 60


158 40


Schools .


22,848 60


22,311 14


537 46


Salaries of Town Officers


5,000 00


3,700 00


1,300 00


Sidewalks, Brick or Concrete


1,000 00


925 12


74 88


Street Hydrants, use of .


1,000 00


1,000 00


Street Lamps


1,600 00


1.565 90


34 10


State Aid .


600 00


420 00


180 00


Town House, repairs and incidentals


1,013 33


775 71


237 62


Tower of Wm. l'enn Hose House . .


500 00


500 00


Balance of Appropriations unex-


$5,171 65


$85,621 18 $80,134 25


$5,325 08


$ 5,325 08


NOTE. - The money for the above appropriations has been obtained from the follow- Ing sources : viz., -


Amount raised by taxation, authorized at Town Meetings held March 8 and April 9


Amounts transferred to Highway account from "Excess and Defi- ciency " account (which represents unexpended balances at the beginning of the year), viz., -


Appropriation, June 29, for Extension of Park Avenue . 2,500 00


A portion of appropriation of $2,500 00, Nov. 20, for Eastern Avenue .


1,801 02


Also balance of " Repairs of Lock-Up," transferred to Highway acct. . 315 28


4,616 30


Amount Dog Tax applied to Library


357 39


income Pratt Fund applied to Library


76 81


interest on Note, $100 00, applied to Library


6 00


440 20


received from Insurance Companies for loss of Almshouse Stable ·


1,830 16


transferred from last year's balance, interest on Water Debt accrued interest received on Water Scrip sold .


3,000 00


277 50


3,277 50


95 09


rents of Town House received


513 33


interest on Wm. Cutter School Fund applied to Schools 321 24


16 from State, balance due for proportion of School Fund . 27 36


348 60


$85,621 18


$73,700 00


Debt maturing .


pended


transferred from last year's balance, account Discounts and Abatements salaries, last year's balance transferred


800 00


tions. ..


PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Estimated Value of the Real and Personal Estate of the Town of Arlington, Dec. 31, 1875.


Town House, land and building . $20,000 00


66 furniture and fixtures, 1,000 00


Almshouse, land and buildings 12,000 00


furniture and fixtures . 600 00


stock.and tools . 3,500 00


Cutter School House, land and fur- niture


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 · . Training Field 66


1,500 00


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


Amount carried forward, $198,067 11


54


PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Amount brought forward, $198,067 11


Stone Crusher, build'g and mach'ry, 2,000 00


Water Works, at cost on books 159,705 13


$359,772 24


6 add damages paid . 16,630 04


Amount of Taxes of 1874 due Dec. 31, 1875


211 75


66 66 " 1875 66 66 66


6,215 91


Cash on hand 66


66


16,646 62


due from Town of Belmont, Dec. 31, 1875 65 19


shown in items on Trial Balance, . $399,541 75


55


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.


Statement of Amounts received and unexpended. in 1875.


Balance of appropriations unexpended


as per Tabular Statement on p. 52 . $5,171 65


Corporation and Bank Tax received of State .


474 93


State Aid refunded by State


438 80


Overlayings of Tax


524 92


Receipts from Scales .


96 84


Rents of land and Adams School House


125 00


Licenses to sell intoxicating liquors .


525 00


Sales of two Hose Carriages


600 00


$7,957 14


Proceeds of $31,000 Arlington Water Scrip sold


$32.260 00


Water Works damages settled to Dec. 31, 1875 . . $16,630 04


Paid Geo. H. Norman for laying pipe in Maple and Summer St's in 1874 4,822 15


Cost of laying pipe in Linwood Street 427 53


of fencing land on line of Win- ship's land


198 00


Cost of laying pipe in Dudley-st. Ct. 111 53 - $22,189 25


Balance of proceeds of Scrip, unex- pended Dec. 31, 1875


$10,070 75


STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT, DEC. 31, 1875.


To Whom Due.


Date of Note.


When Due.


Rate of Interest.


Amount.


Heirs of William Rand. ..


July 1, 1866


July 1, 1876


6


per cent


$5,000 00


John Peabody . ..


Nov. 15, 1873


Nov. 15, 1876


7


1,000 00


Heirs of William Rand.


Jan. 3, 1867


Jan. 3, 1877


6


66


1,200 00


Heirs of John Albree.


July


1, 1862


July 1, 1877


53


=


5,000 00


Provident Institution for Savings .


July 11, 1867


July 11, 1877


7


66


.


6.


July 11, 1867


July 11, 1877


7


66


5,000 00


George Holden.


Dec. 15, 1873


Dec. 15, 1878


5,000 00


Feb.


6, 1874


Feb. 6, 1879


7


5,000 00


John Peabody.


Dec. 18, 1871


Dec. 18, 1881


6


66


1,000 00


Plymouth Savings Bank .


Sept. 25, 1872


Sept. 25, 1882


7


30,000 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


April 9, 1873


April 9, 1883


7


66


66


6,000 00


George Holden


June 26, 1873


June 26, 1883


7


"


10,000 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


Oct. 27, 1873


Oct. 27, 1883


7


46


10,000 00


April 9,1873


April 9,1885


7


21,000 00


Nov. 23, 1872


Nov. 23, 1887


7


16


2,500 00


Dec. 2, 1872


Dec. 2, 1887


7


2,500 00


Jan. 1,1873


Jan. 1, 1888


7


66


1,000 00


April 1, 1872


April 1, 1892


7


66


7,000 00


April 1, 1856


On demand


6


100 00


Treasurer of Citizens' Soldiers' Fund.


Dec. 31, 1861


..


6


66


349 85


Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund.


Jan. 1, 1871


6


375 61


Jan.


1,1875


66


6


237 50


Trustees of Wm. 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


.


..


. ....


.


.


.


. .


.


. .


John Peabody.


.. ...


. . .


. ..


.


.


$150,643 96 186,000 00


Total Amount as shown on Trial Balance.


$336,643 96


TOWN DEBT.


56


June 26, 1873


June 26, 1883


7


21,000 00


O. A. Taft.


Trustees of Town Library.


66


5,000 00


57


TRIAL BALANCE.


TRIAL BALANCE, DEC. 31, 1875.


DR


CR.


Public Property


$359,772 24


Assets and Debts (excess of assets over liabilities)


$49,428 79


Pay Rolls No. 1, for 1876


91 34


Excess and Deficiency


70 45


Taxes for 1875.


6,215 91


Corporation and Bank Tax.


474 93


Cash (balance on hand)


16,646 62


Notes Payable .


150,643 96


Arlington Water Scrip


186,000 00


Salaries of Town Officers


1,300 00


Highways and Bridges. .


50 71


Brick or Concrete Sidewalks.


74 88


Almshouse .


18 79


Outside Poor.


153 43


Cemeteries .


98 27


Fire Department.


22 40


Police. .


158 40


Town House.


237 62


Interest on Town Debt.


582 73


Incidentals.


70 43


State Aid.


180 00


Centennial Celebration


Counsel Fees.


. .


65 19


Public Schools.


537 46


Discounts and Abatements.


453 78


Public Library ..


505 48


Tower of " Wm. Penn " Hose House.


.


34 10


Taxes for 1874


211 75


Overlayings.


524 92


Receipts from Scales.


125 00


Rents.


Pay Rolls Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (balance unpaid this date) .


3,227 66


Income from Poor Widows' Fund.


955 00


Lots in New Cemetery (sold)


155 00


« " Old


525 00


Water Works' Damages (paid)


16,630 04


1,260 80


Premium on Water Scrip.


Sales of Hose Carriages . ...


600 00


.


.


.


438 80


66 " (refunded by State)


41 75


458 28


Town of Belmont.


. . .


. . .


.


500 00


Street Lamps.


96 84


75 19


Licenses


$399,856 97 $399,856 97


.


58


TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.


DR.


B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN


1874.


Dec. 31, To balance cash on hand


$13,738 88 .


uncollected Taxes of 1874


9,098 22


1875.


Jan. 12, Cash rent of hall, Choral Society


5 00


20,


of C. D. Warner on account lot No. 372, in New Cemetery


51 62


23,


of T. R. Teel for loam .


2,60


25,


" B. F. Woods "


2 00


66 " B. F. Locke ·


2 00


66 " Wm. A. Bock for loam


15 00


26,


66 " Chas. Adams, jun., Treasurer, income School Fund


132 65


27, " Brewster, Basset, & Co., proceeds of sale of U. S. 66 5-20 Bonds, $200 belonging to Poor Widows' Fund, for which a town note is given to Trustees of said Fund


237 50


30,


rent of hall, Washburn


10 00


Feb. 4,


of L. C. Tyler, weighing fees


11 27


8,


" Chas. Adams, jun., Treasurer, on account Corpora- tion Tax


209 23


23,


66


"


Methodist Society, use of Hall


4 00


24,


66


Dumb Animals Fair


4.00


25,


Universalist Society


15 00


26,


J. F. Allen, balance taxes of 1873 .


74 60


27,


66


Amos Stone, County Treasurer, 95 per cent of Dog Tax for 1874 357 39


March 9, 66


17,


Estate of J. Leary, amount advanced M. Shean, Stephen Butman for lot No. 370 in New Cemetery


75 00


20,


Hiram Lodge, for use of Hall


16 00


66


C. M. Rust


30 00


April 3,


Faneuil Hall National Bank, interest on deposits,


43 12


17,


66


J. P. Wyman, for use of horses


23 00


19,


for badges


9 40


23,


66


" J. Bassing, for loam .


2 80


27,


66


" Water Commissioners temporary loan


3,500 00


=


" H. J. Bacon, for lot No. 377, in New Cemetery


100 00


30,


" Geo. Phillips, for loam


2 00


66


Borrowed of Arlington Five-Cents Savings Bank on


1,500 00


May 1,


of Wm. H. Pattee on account, rent of tent .


10 00


" J. A. Bailey, for loam


2 00


" Patrick Slattery, for lot No. 601, in New Cemetery .


20 00


May


3,


" Est. J. Leary, amt. advanced M. Shean 15 00


4 00


7,


66


" A. Durgin and S. E. Kimball, for lot No. 320 in New Cemetery 100 00


10,


" J. McCarthy, on acct. assistance rendered him . 10 50


11,


66


" B. Poland, for auctioneer's license


2 00


Carried forward


$29,500 19


on account burial Thomas Miller


10 00


interest on the same


19 41


25 00


of Redpath Opera Co., rent of Hall


10 00


24,


demand .


6,


" W. H. H. Tuttle for use of hall


59


TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.


ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.


1874.


Dec. 31, By amount unpaid bills at this date in Pay Rolls Nos. 6, 8, 9, 11, 12. 3,043 87


1875.


Jan. 11, Cash paid Provident Institution for Savings 6 months interest to date on note $5,000


175 00


6 months interest to date on note $5,000 175 00


13, Cash paid J. H. S. Pearson abatement on Tax of 1873 . 2 94


26,


" R. W. Roberts abatement Tax of 1873 . 2 42


30, Amount of Pay Rolls No. 1 .


4,263 29


Feb. 2, Cash paid income of Poor Widows' Fund to Five Poor Widows


35 81


6, paid Geo. Holden, 6 mos. interest to date on note $5,000


175 00


66 W. H. Foran, abatement Tax of 1873 8 65


5 53


Amount of Pay Rolls No. 2


3,671 50


March 24, Cash paid Plymouth Savings Bank, 6 months interest, on note $30,000 1,050 00


31,


Amount of Pay Rolls No. 3




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