Town of Arlington annual report 1876-1880, Part 16

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970 00


O. A. Taft, 420 00


One year's interest on $16,000


coupon notes, at 5 per cent., 800 00


Commissioners of Sinking Fund, on loan, 100 03


Water Commissioners, on loan,


67 50


Faneuil Hall National Bank, $372 27


Less int. on deposits, 79 10


293 17


Trustees of Public Library,


6 00


" Wm. Cutter School


Fund,


321 24


Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund, 36 79


Amounts carried forward,


$10,154 73


$20,420 01


TREASURER'S REPORT. . 47


Amounts brought forward, $10,154 73 $20,420 01


Paid Treasurer of Citizens' Soldiers' Fund, 20 99


$10,175 72


Credit.


Interest received on taxes,


466 16


9,709 56


Interest on Water Debt.


Paid Water Commissioners, amount of appropriation to pay inter- est on Water Scrip, 5,000 00


Public Library.


Paid L. J. Newton, salary as Libra- rian, $450 00


W. B. Clarke, books, 5 00


Frank Rivers, 66 10 00


Lee & Shepard, "


324 56


W. T. Coggeshall, books,


4 00


Lydia Meyers,


3 50


G. Twing, rebinding books,


4 50


Benjamin Adams, rebinding


books, 25 50


J. F. Sampson & Co., covering paper, 8 00


D. F. Jones & Co., printing supplements, 13 50


Charles S. Parker, printing, 8 50


R. W. Shattuck, library steps, 3 75


Amounts carried forward,


$860 81


$35,129 57


48


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $860 81 $35,129 57


Paid Sylvester Stickney, altering gas fixtures, 10 71


Brooks, Rushton & Co., ex- pressing, 1 90


Winn's Express, expressing, 15


$873 57


Credit.


Amount received for fines, 60 00


813 57


Police.


Paid John H. Hartwell, $466 68


Garrett Barry, 536 00


Patrick J. Shean, 560 00


John Nolan, special police July 4th, 6 75


Michael Welch, special police July 4th, 6 75


C. F. Hartwell, special police July 4th, 6 75


1,582 93


Salaries of Town Officers.


Paid Henry Mott, services as se- lectman, etc., one year to March 3, 1879, $250 00


James Durgin, services as select- man, etc., one year to March 3, 1879, 200 00


William H. Allen, services as selectman, etc., one year to March 3, 1879, 150 00


Amounts carried forward, $600 00


$37,526 07


49


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $600 00 $37,526 07


Paid Dr. R. L. Hodgdon, services as water commissioner, one year to March 3, 1879, 150 00


John Fillebrown, services as water commissioner, one year to March 3, 1879, 100 00


Warren Rawson, services as water commissioner, . from April 16, 1878, to March 3, 1879,


88 33


George Hill, services as water commissioner, from March 4, 1878, to April 16, 1878,


11 67


Henry Mott, services as asses- sor, one year to March 3, 1879,


125 00


Thomas P. Peirce, services as assessor, one year to March 3,1879, 125 00


B. Delmont Locke, services as assessor, one year to March 3, 1879, 200 00


B. Delmont Locke, services as treasurer, collector of taxes, town clerk, water registrar, clerk of selectmen and water commissioners, etc.,


2 months to March 1, 1878, at $2,000 per annum, $333 33 10 months to January


1,1879, at $1,600 per annum, 1,333 34


-- 1,666 67 3,066 67


Amount carried forward,


$40,592 74


4


50


TREASURER'S RERORT.


Amount brought forward,


$40,592 74


Street Hydrants.


Paid Water Commissioners for use of hydrants for the year 1878, 1,000 00


Street Lamps.


Paid Arlington Gas Light Co., gas for 51 lamps, $1,052 64


T. K. Hutchinson, lighting and care of lamps for 4 months, 154 00


Bishop Brothers, 3 ladders, 7 50


Patrick J. Shean, lighting and care of lamps for 8 months, 60 00


Garrett Barry, lighting and care of lamps for seven months, 54 75


Wm. Sweeney, lighting and care of lamps for 1 month, 7 50


John H. Hartwell, labor on lamps, 4 00


Globe Gas Light Co.,


for furnishing light


in November for 38


lamps, at $1.50, } m., $19 00


In December, for 40


lamps, at $1.50, 60 00


79 00


Tufts Brothers, burners,


5 50


George D. Tufts, repairing lan- terns, 24 50


Amounts carried forward,


$1,449 39


$41,592 74


1


TREASURER'S REPORT.


51


Amounts brought forward, $1,449 39 $41,592 74


Paid R. W. Shattuck, repairing lan- terns, burners and gas cocks, 14 50 Winn's Express, expressing burners, 30


1,464 19


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


288 00


State Aid, Act of 1878.


Paid Francis Henson,


$25 50


Cornelius Ryan,


3 00


John Nolan, 2d,


12 00


Robert Jost,


12 00


Charles Cunningham,


9 00


A. C. Nichols,


22 50


84 00


Town House.


Paid Arlington Gas Light Co., gas, $491 20 Arlington Water Commission- ers, water, 30 00


Amounts carried forward,


$521 20


$43,428 93


52


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $521 20


$43,428 93


Paid J. W. Peirce, 18 tons of coal, 93 60


Aiken & Woodard, 18 bushels charcoal, 5 25


Edward Storer, stock for ante- room, 10 08


C. F. Hartwell, labor on ante- room, etc., 10 27


F. A. Fessenden, window shades, 4 58


Murphy, Leavens & Co., duster, 2 75


O. W. Whittemore, carbolic acid,


1 15


George D. Tufts, setting glass, 4: 25


R. W. Shattuck, repairs of fur- nace, etc., 26 32


T. H. Russell, brushes and soap, 1 35


Ann Benham, cleaning, 9 80


John Lawrence, painting, 22 14


.


Sylvester Stickney, kerosene oil, 25


712 99


Town Debt.


Paid Note to estate of George Hol- den, December 15, 1873, pay- able in five years, 5,000 00


Sinking Fund.


Paid Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, amount of appropri- ation, 5,497 97


Amount carried forward, $54,639 89


53


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward, $54,639 89


Monuments.


Paid R. K. Carpenter for five granite memorial tablets, $360 50


F. N. & O. G. Leman, painting letters on tablets, 10 00


Jesse Bacon, stock and labor on foundations for five tablets, 48 20


418 70


Locke School-house.


Paid John T. White, 15,608 sq feet of land, at 5 cents, $780 40


Moses Fairbanks, Treasurer of Arlington Land Co., 7,200 sq. feet of land, at 5 cents, 360 00


Kern & Fitch, examining titles, &c., 48 50


Whitman & Breck, surveying, 38 00


D. F. Jones & Co., printing 20 copies of specifications, 18 50


H. B. Dennison, architect, 250 00


David Allen, building cellar, 130 00


Henry F. Ross, contractor, 5,270 52 Jesse Bacon, 3 extra steps and mason work, 49 75


Jesse Bacon, stock and labor on furnace and vault, 22 44


McCormick & Haley, slating, 75 00


J. A. Swasey, blackboard sur- face, 33 90


Amounts carried forward,


$7,077 01


$55,058 59


1


54


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $7,077 01 $55,058 59


Paid Lawrence Leary, 12 days' labor, grading, sodding, etc., 18 00


Patrick Collins, 10} days' labor, 15 75


J. W. Peirce, teams, 51 75


Joseph Breck & Sons, grass seed, 9 30


Highway Department, grading around school-house, 696 80


Highway Department, filling and concreting cellar, on ac- count, 131 39


$8,000 00


Deduct amount expended during the year 1877, 5,172 20


2,827 80


Damages at Elm Tree.


Paid Execution of Michael Fallon vs. Town of Arlington, dam- ages and costs of suit in con- sequence of the upsetting of a carriage at old elm tree, near Alewife Brook, $672 23 Frank A. Johnson in settlement of a claim for damages caused by upsetting of a carryall at old elm tree, 40 00


712 23


Amount carried forward to page 60,


$58,598 62


55


TREASURER'S REPORT.


SCHOOLS.


-


Teachers' Salaries.


Paid Charles W. Stickney,


$ 983 39


George F. Chace,


561 96


Edward O. Grover,


1,373 65


Simeon J. Dunbar,


1,373 65


L. B. Marshall,


686 84


Harriet J. Williams,


618 99


Eliza A. Simmons,


486 36


Olive M. Hobart,


486 36


Elizabeth A. Gould,


450 98


Anna Pillsbury,


179 52


Addie E. Flanders,


486 36


Louisa R. Warren,


486 36


Emma S. Hill,


486 36


Louisa E. Schouler,


486 36


Sarah F. Packard,


486 36


E. R. Fessenden,


486 36


.


Mary F. Scanlan,


486 36


Kate I. Bowers,


486 36


Eva J. Locke,


486 36


Sarah F. Gibbs,


486 36


Mary Thompson,


457 08


L. DeBlois,


302 94


L. M. Farrington,


457 08


A. M. Frost,


274 40


J. F. Richardson,


183 42


$13,740 22


Amount carried forward,


$13,740 22


1


56


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward,


$13,740 22


INCIDENTALS.


Russell School.


Paid James Thaxter, janitor, $739 99


Arlington Water Commission- ers, water, 100 00


Arlington Gas Light Co., gas, 10 00


J. A. Wellington & Co., 35} tons coal, 163 30


J. W. Peirce, 35 tons coal, 182 00


Robert Jost, housing coal, 8 63


Aiken & Woodard, charcoal, 22 33


Gilbert Cutting, tuning piano, 3 00


Clark & Phillips, repairing teachers' desks, 2 00


S. C. Buckman, 1 wheelbarrow, 9 50


R. W. Shattuck, brushes, dus- ters, repairs, &c., 16 58


George D. Tufts, setting glass,


3 00


Joseph L. Ross, desks and chairs, 28 00


Joseph W. Ross, 7 ink wells,


2 45


Edward Storer, repairs, seats, hanging blackboard, doors, &c., 29 87


J. L. Hammett, erasers and ink, 29 20


Winn's Express, expressing, 2 50


Brooks, Rushton & Co., ex- pressing, 65


D. G. Currier, repairing clock, 50


Amounts carried forward, $1,353 50


$13,740 22


57


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $1,353 50 $13,740 22


Paid E. O. Grover, books, 3 97


John Lawrence, setting glass, 1 00


1,358 47


Cutter School.


Paid Kimball Farmer, janitor, $231 24


Arlington Water Commission- ers, water, 25 00


Theodore Schwamb, 6 months' rent, 87 50


J. W. Peirce, 28 tons coal, 145 60


Aiken & Woodard, charcoal, 7 00


Joseph L. Ross, chairs, 5 50


D. F. Jones & Co., printing, -


1 00


J. L. Hammett, ink, slates, pencils, &c., 3 90


Frothingham & Co., paper, &c., 3 25


O. B. Marston, carpenter work, 5 92


A. G. Whitcomb, desk,


25 00


Sylvester Stickney, 6 floor mats and screws, 20 10


Ammi Hall, carpenter work, 8 75


O. W. Whittemore, books and pencils, 1 21


Winn's Express, expressing, 3 30


574 27


Crosby School.


Paid Daniel Sweeney, janitor, $116 00


J. W. Peirce, 15 tons coal, 78 00


Amounts carried forward, $194 00


$15,672 96


58


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $194 00


$15,672 96


Paid Aiken & Woodard, charcoal, 8 75


M. F. Scanlan, books, 1 65


204 40


Locke School.


Paid Kimball Farmer, janitor, $40 20


Lawrence Leary, janitor, 7 50


Lawrence Leary, care of build- ing and labor, 39 57


J. A. Wellington & Co., 10,790 lbs. coal, 24 80


J. W. Peirce, 15 tons coal, 78 00


Aiken & Woodard, charcoal, 7 70


Ammi Hall, carpenter work,


7 95


O. B. Marston, carpenter work, Norcross Regulator Co., fur- nace regulator,


18 18


15 00


R. W. Shattuck, furnace and fixtures, 185 00


R. W. Shattuck, rubber mats, brushes and sundry articles,


33 26


A. G. Whitcomb, 47 seats, 109 35


F. L. Pulsifer, 12 00


Winn's Express, expressing, 8 25


Sarah Carr, rent of hall, 75 00


Highway Department, portion of cost of filling and concret- ing cellar, 50 51


L. M. Farrington, waste basket,


95


Sylvester Stickney, ink wells, ink and repairs, 8 58


Amounts carried forward, $721 80


$15,877 36


59


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $721 80 $15,877 36


Paid A. P. Beddeos, glass and set- ting, 4 60


Thomas Brady, labor, 4 50


Mrs. James Canniff, cleaning, 4 79


735 69


Cotting High School.


Paid Robert Jost, janitor, $138 75


Arlington Water Commission- ers, water, 20 00


Arlington Gas Light Co., gas, 40


J. A. Wellington & Co., 8,500 lbs. coal, 23 37


J. W. Peirce, 15 tons coal, 78 00


Aiken & Woodard, charcoal, 8 75


J. P. Daniels, housing coal, 1 00


George D. Tufts, setting glass, 1 00


Edward Storer, building stage, 3 00


Edmund W. Noyes, printing


programmes, 7 00


Sylvester Stickney, furnace lin- ings and repairs, 13 75


George F. Chace, books and chemicals,


12 72


Edward Storer, carpenter work,


17 30


D. F. Jones & Co., printing 150 cards, 3 50


Winn's Express, expressing, 50


Amounts carried forward, $329 04


$16,613 05


1


60


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $329 04 $16,613 05


Less amount received of Varnum Frost, for the tuition of his son, Lewis, for the first term, in advance, 20 00


309 04


Sundries.


Paid Charles E. Goodwin, services as Secretary for 1878, $50 00


American Metric Bureau, appa- ratus and charts for teaching the Metric System of weights and measures, 93 75


B. D. Locke, collecting and re- cording names of school chil- dren, 20 00


J. L. Hammett, paper for ex- aminations, 9 50


Wm. Tomlinson, paper,


D. F. Jones & Co., printing Rules and Regulations, 43 50


1 20


Examination papers, 28 00


Truant laws, 3 50


75 00


O. W. Whittemore, school books, &c., 66 26


315 71


Total school expenses, $17,237 80


Amount brought forward from page 54, 58,598 62


Total expenditures for the year 1878,


$75,836 42


6.1


TREASURER'S REPORT.


TABULAR STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1878.


Objects of Appropriations.


Amount


41


Appropriations.


Amount


Expended.


Expended more


Appropriations.


Expended less


Appropriations.


Almshouse.


$1,500 00


$1,492 69


$7 31


Cemcteries.


400 00


267 63


132 37


Counsel Fees


300 00


209 05


90 95


Damages at Elm Trec.


712 23


712 23


Discounts and Abatements


4,500 00


3,916 42


583 58


Fire Department ..


2,300 00


2,286 56


13 44


Highways and Bridges


6,000 00


7,457 40


*1,457 40


Incidentals


900 00


1,193 75


*293 75


Insurance ...


1,400 00


1,354 50


45 50


Interest on Town Debt ..


10,000 00


9,709 56


290 44


Library


1,460 49


813 57


646 92


Locke School-house


2,827 80


2,827 80


Monuments.


500 00


418 70


81 30


Outside Poor


1,800 00


2,242 01


*442 01


Police


1,600 00


1,582 93


17 07


Schools


17,409 23


17,237 80


171 43


Salaries of Town Officers


3,000 00


3,066 67


*66 67


Sinking Fund


5,497 97


5,497 97


Street Hydrants, use of


1,000 00


1,000 00


Street Lamps


1,500 00


1,464 19


35 81


State Aid ..


350 00


288 00


62 00


Town House, repairs and incidentals


873 00


712 99


160 01


Town Debt.


5,000 00


5,000 00


Balance.


..


* Additional appropriations of $1,500 for Highways, $500 for Outside Poor, $300 for Incidentals and $66.67 for Salarics, were made at the town meeting, held Sept. 23,. 1878, but have not yet been credited to these accounts, as the receipts belonging to the year will furnish funds without borrowing, consequently the balances ap- pear on this side.


| NOTE .- Funds for the above appropriations have been obtained from the following sources, viz. :


Amount raised by taxation, authorized at town meetings held March 14 and April 16, 1878 .


$63,650 00


MONUMENTS .- Amount of unexpended appropriation Dec. 31, 1877 ..


500 00


LIBRARY .- Dog Tax of 1877 ..


$407 34


Unexpended balance Dec. 31, 1877.


444 63


Income from Pratt Fund ..


602 52


Interest on note $100, applied to this account,


6 00


SCHOOLS .- Interest from Wm. Cutter School Fund.


321 24


Amount received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for proportion of School Fund ..


87 99


409 23


OUTSIDE POOR .- Amount from income of Poor Widows' Fund passed to the credit of this account ..


200 00 .


TOWN HOUSE .- Amount of rents received


573 00


SINKING FUND .- Amount taken from "Excess and Deficiency " account.


5,497 97


LOCKE SCHOOL-HOUSE .- Amount of unexpended balance Dec. 31, 1877


2,827 80


$75,118 49


-


,


than


than


- - -


. .


84 00


84 00


717 93


+$75,118 49


$75,836 42


$3,056 06


$3,056 06


" Water Debt,.


5,000 00


5,000 00


Act of 1878 ..


1,460 49


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TREASURER'S REPORT.


PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Estimated Value of the Real and Personal Es- tate of the Town of Arlington, as shown on the books, Dec. 31, 1878.


Town House, land and building, $18,000 00


furniture and fix-


tures,


800 00


Almshouse, land and buildings,


11,000 00


furniture and fixtures, 700 00


66 stock and tools,


3,000 00


Cutter School-house, land and furniture,


10,000 00


Russell School-house, land and furniture,


50,000 00


Adams School-house, land and furniture,


5,000 00


Crosby School-house, land and furniture,


6,000 00


Cotting High School-house, land and furniture,


6,000 00


Locke School-house, land and furniture,


8,000 00


Blue Gravel Lot of Land,


4,000 00


Grove Street " ". "


1,500 00


" Training Field " Lot of Land,


1,000 00


Amount carried forward, $125,000 00


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Amount brought forward, $125,000 00


Cemetery Land,


25,000 00


Public Library,


3,500 00


Town Scales,


200 G0


Hospital Building,


300 00


Town Clock, 500 00


William Cutter School Fund,


5,354 00


Poor Widows' Fund,


613 11


" William Penn " hose house, land and apparatus, 12,000 00


" Highland " hose house, land and apparatus, 5,000 00


Stone Crusher, building and ma- chinery,


2,000 00


Pratt Fund, for the Poor


Widows' Fund, $5,000


Pratt Fund, for the Public Library, 10,000


Pratt Fund, for the High School, 10,000


25,000 00


Sinking Fund,


5,622 28


High School Fund Income, 1,954 28


Water Works, at cost on the books, 304,210 77


$516,254 44


Amount of Taxes due Dec. 31, 1878, as shown on the Trial Balance, $8,267 77


Amount of cash on hand Dec. .


31,1878, 1,413 80


$9,681 57


Less balances due on Pay Rolls, Nos. 10, 11 and 12, 417 51


9,264 06


$525,518 50


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TREASURER'S REPORT.


Statement of Amounts received and unexpended, Dec. 31, 1878.


State Aid refunded by the State, $ 308 00


Receipts from Scales, 68 57


Rents of land and Adams School- house, 196 70


Overlayings of Tax, $778 11


Less Corporation


and


Bank Tax, amount


received less than the


estimate of $3,000, 47 46


730 65


$1,303 92


Deduct excess of expenditures


over appropriations, as shown by Tabular State- ment, page 61, 717 93


$585 99


Balance of "Excess and Defi- ciency" account, unexpend- ed and unappropriated, $380 88


Balance of account " Income from Poor Widows' Fund," un- expended, 425 59


Balance of account, "Lots in New Cemetery," 1,560 00


Balance of account, "Lots in Old Cemetery," 320 00


2,686 47


$3,272 46


65


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amount of proceeds of sales of Water Scrip during the year 1878, as follows, viz. :


Jan. 24, $5,000, 6 per cent., sold at 110.03, $5,501 50 July 18, $68,000, 5 per cent., soldat 101.57, 69,067 60 Aug. 3, $5,000, 5 per cent., sold at 101.57, 5,078 50


Dec. 2, $7,000, 5 per cent., soldat 102.65, 7,185 50


$86,833 10


Amount paid the Water Commis- sioners during the year 1878, to settle claims for damages, etc., $86,228 37


Balance of this account Dec. 31, 1877, 182 90


86,411 27


Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1878,


$421 83


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STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT, DEC. 31, 1878.


TO WHOM DUE.


Date of Note.


When Due.


Rate of Interest.


Amount.


George Holden . .


Feb.


6, 1874


Feb.


6, 1879


7 per cent.


$5,000 00


John Peabody .


Dec.


18, 1871


Dec.


18, 1881


6


1,000 00


Plymouth Savings Bank . Commonwealth of Massachusetts .


Sept.


25, 1872


Sept.


25, 1882


7


4


30,000 00


O. A. Taft. . .


June


26, 1873


June


26,


7


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


6


66


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


66


2,500 00


Jan.


1,


1873


Jan.


1, 1888


1,000 00


April


1, 1872


April


, 1892


7


7,000 00


Nov.


1, 1877


Nov.


1, 1892


8,000 00


Eight Coupon Notes, each $1,000.


May


1, 1877


May


1, 1897


5


66


8,000 00


Trustees of Town Library .


April


1,


1856


On demand


6


100 00


Dec.


31, 1861


6


66


349 85


Treasurer of Citizens' Soldiers' Fund.


Jan.


1, 1871


6


66


66


375 61


Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund. 66 66


Jan.


1, 1875


66


6


237 50


Trustees of William Cutter School Fund .


Jan.


1, 1871


6


5,354 00


Due on Land sold for Taxes ..


$139,443 96


Arlington Water Scrip. ...


Jan.


1, 1872


Jan.


1, 1892


6


220,000 00


July


1, 1878


July


1, 1898


5


80,000 00


Total amount as shown on Trial Balance. ..


$439,443 96


TREASURER'S REPORT.


66


. .


. . .


.


April


9, 1873


April


9, 1883


21,000 00


1883


10,000 00


27 00


67


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TRIAL BALANCE DEC. 31, 1878.


DR.


CR.


Public Property


$516,254 44


Assets and Debts, (excess of assets over debts) .


$72,546 40


Excess and Deficiency


380 88


Corporation and Bank Tax.


47 46


Cash.


1,413 80


Notes Payable.


139,443 96


Arlington Water Scrip.


300,000 00


Cemeteries


132 37


State Aid.


62 00


State Aid, (refunded by the State)


308 00


Insurance


45 50


Counsel Fees


90 95


Monuments.


81 30


Discounts and Abatements


583 58


Overlaying's


778 11


Receipts from Scales .


68 57


Rents


196 70


Damages at Elm Tree.


712 23


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


417 51


Income from Poor Widows' Fund ..


425 59


Lots in New Cemetery


1,560 00


Highways and Bridges


1,457 40


290 44


Taxes for 1877


843 88


Almshouse .


7 31


Fire Department.


13 44


Incidentals .


293 75


Public Library


646 92


Street Lamps.


35 81


Salaries of Town Officers


66 67


Outside Poor


442 01


Police. .


17 07


Public Schools


171 43


Town House.


160 01


Taxes for 1878.


7,423 89


State Aid, Act of 1878


84 00


$529,039 53


$529,039 53


Old


320 00


Loans .


5,622 28


Premium on Water Scrip.


4,633 40


Interest on Town Debt


68


TREASURER'S REPORT.


DR. 1877.


B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN


Dec. 31, To balance of cash on hand. $2,064 61


Amount of uncollected Taxes at this date . 11,087 05


1878. Jan. 9, cash of A. F. Estabrook, on account board of En- dor Estabrook. 13 25


19,


" of Rev. M. Harkins, use of hall . 10 00


22, borrowed of Faneuil Hall National Bank, on demand . 5,000 00


24, of Brewster, Basset & Co., for $5,000 Arling- ton 6 % Water Scrip, Nos. 216 to 220, each $1,000, at 110.03.


5,501 50


23 days accrued interest. 19 17


25,


cash of State Treasurer, income of School Fund ..


87 99


31,


" sundry persons, interest on taxes . .


71 57


Feb. 8,


" D. G. Currier, rent of shop


10 50


9,


" " Chas. Endicott, State Treasurer, balance of Corporation and Bank Tax 79 73


11,


High School Alumni, use of Hall.


5 00


16,


יו borrowed of Water Commissioners, on de- mand .


3,000 00


26,


66 of Amos Stone, County Treasurer, dog tax ..


407 34


28,


Unitarian Society, for gravel. 10 00


21 87


Mar. 1,


66 D. G. Currier, rent of shop


10 50


" Menotomy Royal Arch Chapter, use of hall, Bethel Lodge, use of hall.


48 00


13,


66 Arlington Catholic Total Abstinence Soci- ety, use of room in Adams School-house, 3 months, to April 1st. 12 50


" " Warren A. Peirce, use of hall.


10 00


19,


" borrowed of Faneuil Hall National Bank, on demand.


5,000 00


23,


" borrowed of Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, on demand .


5,497 97


29,


66


of Arlington Reform Club, use of hall. 5 00


30,


66 Washburn, use of hall 10 00


66


" John Nolan, rent of land for 1878 40 00


" sundry persons, interest on taxes. 22 52


Apr. 3,


66 " C. K. Ross, use of hall


8 00


6,


66 " Benevolent Society, on account expense for Jenny Campbell 8 00


8,


" D. G. Currier, rent of shop 10 50


Amount carried forward


$38,087 57


66 sundry persons, interest on taxes


15 00


69


TREASURER'S REPORT.


ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR. 1877.


Dec. 31, By amount of unpaid bills this date, in Pay Rolls, Nos.


9, 10, 11 and 12. $2,008 62


1878.


Jan. 31, Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 1. 11,164 54


Feb. 9, cash.paid estate of George Holden, 6 months' inter- est to 6th inst., on note, $5,000 175 00


28, amount of Pay Rolls, No. 2 4,849 52


Mar. 23,


cash paid Plymouth Savings Bank, 6 months' in- terest to 25th inst., on note, $30,000 .. 1,050 00


23, cash paid Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, amount of appropriation . 5,497 97


30, cash paid John Peabody, 6 months' interest to April 1st, on note, $7,000 245 00


amount of Pay Rolls, No. 3. 3,900 75


Amount carried forward.


$28,891 40


70


TREASURER'S REPORT.


DR. B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN


1878.


To amount brought forward. $38,087 57


Apr. 9,


Cash of Faneuil Hall National Bank, interest on deposits to March 30th . 1 50


12, borrowed of Faneuil Hall National Bank, on


denand . 5,000 00


13,


of John Curtin, for new shaft to wagon. 2 50


13,


" Patrick Mead, for horse " Charlie ". 50 00


15, " Samuel B. Tappan, for auctioneer's license. 2 00


16,


66 " C. W. Stickney, use of hall ..


10 00


30 " A. F. Estabrook, on account board of En- dor Estabrook. 11 26


66 " Water Commissioners, for labor at Great Meadows, by the highway dep't 71 25


May 3,


11,


66 " C. S. Jacobs, Jr., for billiard license


2 00


17,


" H. W. Huguley, for concreting.


5 00


25,


borrowed of Faneuil Hall National Bank, on demand . 4,000 00


27,


66


of R. W. Hopkins, for gravel. 12 00


31,


" sundry persons, interest on taxes


25 29


June 1,


" Arlington Reform Club, use of hall.


30 00


3,


" D. G. Currier, rent of shop.


10 50


4,


" Chas. W. Langell and Alex. F. Rhodes, for lot No. 604, in New Cemetery 20 00


18,


66 " Dennis Reardon, on account cart. 10 66


20,


66


" John D. Freeman, for gravel . 5 00


2 00


21,


" Edwin P. Henderson, for auctioneer's license amount of Tax List for 1878.


67,180 80


22,


cash of L. C. Tyler, weigher, on account weighing fees 30 00


24,


" Geo. H. Lawrence, for conereting.


1 75


66 " F. E. Fowle, 3 months' rent of room, to April 1st.


37 50


26, " borrowed of Faneuil Hall National Bank, on demand .


4,000 00


29,


66 of sundry persons, interest on taxes 10 44


July 1, borrowed of Faneuil Hall National Bank, on demand ..


6,600 00


2, of Faneuil Hall National Bank, interest on de- posits to 1st inst. 1 00


Amount carried forwar.


$125,262 54


sundry persons, interest on taxes 20 02


" D. G. Currier, rent of shop. 10 50


" Wm. L. Sweatt, for billiard license. ..


2 00


71


TREASURER'S REPORT.


ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.


1878. By amount brought forward. $28,891 40


Apr. 9, Cash paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 6 months' interest to 9th inst., on notes, $42,000 .. . 1,470 00


27, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 6 months' interest to 27th inst., on note, $10,000 .. 350 00


30, amount of Pay Rolls, No. 4 4,753 56


May 31, cash paid 6 months' interest, due 1st inst., on 15 cou- pon notes, each $1,000, @ 5 % per annum. 375 00


3,304 08 amount of Pay Rolls, No. 5.


June 28,


cash paid estate of George Holden, 6 months' inter- est to 15th, on note, $5,000 175 00


6 months' interest to 26th, on note, $10,000 350 00


" " O. A. Taft, 6 months' interest to 26th inst., on note, $6,000 210 00


29, amount of Pay Rolls No. 6. 4,365 22


Amount carried forward .




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