USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Arlington > Town of Arlington annual report 1876-1880 > Part 16
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32
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
- --
62
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
63
TREASURER'S REPORT.
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
1
:
64
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
5
-
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
TREASURER'S REPORT.
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 .
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.