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William Burns, rent for Mrs. White, 16 00
J. M. Locke, rent for William Morrow, 25 00
Estate of T. O'Brien, rent for Mrs. Margaret Sullivan, 22 00
C. F. Oakman, rent for Mrs. E. B. Moore, 16 00
Patrick Mead, rent for Mrs. E. B. Moore, 28 00
David Scanlan, rent for Thomas McCarthy, 46 00
Patrick Rowe, assistance,
44. 00
Dr. R. L. Hodgdon, medical attendance, 55 00
J. Winslow Peirce,
fuel delivered the
following persons : viz.,
M. J. Butler, $10 50
Mrs. T. Diehl, 28 11
Mrs. Culinane, 14 99
John O'Brien,
28 24
Mrs. Ahern,
28 61
Mrs. Margaret Sulli-
van, 20 37
Amounts carried forward,
$130 82 $1,982 09
$9,096 96
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $130 82 $1,982 09 $9,096 96
Paid William Morrow, 6 75
Thomas Mccarthy,
14 62
Mrs. Henry Falls,
32 50
Mrs. J. McCarthy,
17 74
Mrs. J. Lee,
8 87
Mrs. E. B. Moore,
26 61
Mrs. Ellen McGrath,
15 12
Mrs. Dennis Dunn,
5 62
Miss L. Jones,
6 00
D. S. Nichols,
1 88
266 53
Clark & Sawyer, gro- ceries for the follow-
ing persons : viz.,
M. J. Butler, $51 00
Mrs. Henry Falls, 10 15
Mrs. Culinane,
24 00
85 15
Mrs. M. Waugh, gro-
ceries delivered the
following persons : viz.,
Mrs. Ahern,
$78 03
Mrs. Culinane, 6 00
84 03
Matthew Rowe, for
groceries for the
following persons,
viz . : -
John O'Brien, 75 00
William Morrow, 9 00
Mrs. J. Lee, 14 00
Mrs. Margaret Sulli-
van, 3 00
Amounts carried forward,
$101 00
$2,417 80
$9,096 96
35
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $101 00 $2,417 80 $9,096 96
Paid Mrs. E. B. Moore, 29 00
D. S. Nichols, 2 00
132 00
C. W. Bastine, for groceries for C. Mc- Auliffe,
$5 00
Crackers for tramps, 45
5 45
L. C. Tyler, shoes for the following per- sons, viz. : -
Mrs. Ahern, $6 60
John O'Brien, 1 85
M. J. Butler, 1 50
9 95
John H. Hartwell, expense of sending William Cody to Lowell,
1 70
John B. Hartwell,
burial of William L. Wilson, $23 00
Less amount received
of the Common- wealth, 10 00
13 00
John B. Hartwell, burial of John Haas, 4 00
George Sessions & Co., ex- pense on body of John Haas, John H. Hartwell, burial of Catherine Butler, 27 00
5 00
E. E. Upham, provisions for Thomas Mccarthy, 55 55
Amounts carried forward, $2,671 45
$9,096 96
36
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $2,671 45 $9,096 96
Paid James Stines, milk for Thomas McCarthy, 29 96
James Purcell, milk for Thos. McCarthy, 15 82
(). W. Whittemore, medicine as follows, viz .: -
For Thos. McCarthy, $2 55
6. Mrs. Ahern, 20
M. J. Butler. 60
3 35
C. S. Jacobs, Jr., food for tramps, 1. 00
.
2,721 58
Counsel Fees.
Paid John H. Hardy, legal services in Cambridge Annexation Case, $150 00 Charles D. Elliot, civil engineer. services in Cambridge An- nexation Case, 38 90
John H. Hardy, legal services in suit of Arlington vs. Dan- iel Lyons, 28 20
217 10
Cemeteries.
Paid John B. Hartwell, care of ceme- teries for 1880, $200 00
Robert Dinsmore, bedding
plants, and setting, 30 00
Water Commissioners, water, 25 00
William Pontefract, painting fence, 1 00
Amounts carried forward, $256 00
$12,035 64
37
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $256 00 $12,035 64
Paid Sylvester Stickney, labor on water-pipes, R. W. Shattuck, tools,
8 20
1 63
$265 83
Less amount received for loam, 1 50
264 33
Discounts and Abatements.
Allowed on taxes, 3,849 18
Fire Department.
Paid Highland Hose Co., services, 321 25
William Penn Hose Co., “ 307 87
Menotomy Hook and Ladder Co., services, 162 50
C. S. Jacobs, jr., board of horse,
240 00
F. Alderman, clipping horse, 3 00
Water Commissioners, viz. : - Water for Highland hose- house, 10 00
Water for William Penn
hose-house, 25 00
Arlington Gas Co., viz. : -
Gas for Highland hose-house, William Penn hose-
24 00
house, 16 65
Belt and Leather Stuffing Co.,
47 gals. hose oil, 57 75
Hunneman & Co., repairs, &c.,
64 75
J. W. Peirce, coal for
William Penn hose-
house, 5 tons, $28 90
Amounts carried forward,
$28 90 $1,232 77 $16,149 15
38
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $28 90 $1,232 77 $16,149 15
Paid J. W. Peirce, coal
for Highland hose- house, 3 tons, 17 34
Wood for William
Penn hose-house, 8 00
Wood for Highland hose-house, 3 75
57 99
Henry W. Schwamb, ringing school-house bell, 1880, 5 00
James J. Sullivan, whitewash- ing Highland hose-house, 5 00
F. A. Fessenden, and Major Bacon, oiling hose and repair- ing pump, 7 00
Daniel Webster Engine Co. of Cambridge, services at Peck fire, 10 00
Matthew Rowe, 2d, labor on engine and hose, 3 50
J. H. Ferguson, oiling hose, 1 50
O'Connor's Express, teaming hose, 1 35
C. W. Bastine, matches, 1 10
A. Lawrence, repairing harness, &c., 4 85
William L. Clark & Co., repair- ing harness, 87
Charles Gott, repairing appa- ratus, 9 05
R. W. Shattuck, repairs : -
William Penn Hose Co., ap- paratus, 6 97
Amounts carried forward,
$1,346 95
$16,149 15
39
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,346 95 $16,149 15
Paid R. W. Shattuck, Hook and Ladder Co. apparatus, 2 47
Highland Hose Co., appara- tus, 3 75
Matthew Rowe, sundries, 9 57
Fred W. Barry, record book for William Penn Hose Co., 1 35
C. S. Parker, printing for Hook and Ladder Co., 6 00
Menotomy Hook and Ladder Co., record books and station- ery, 4 72
George D. Tufts, lettering lan- terns, &c., 50
A. Needham, use of horse, 12 75
Highway Department, use of horses at fires, &c., 18 50
A. B. Moulton, balance for ser- vices as Assistant Engineer in 1879, 4 17
Charles Gott, Chief Engineer, 1880, 60 00
George A. Stearns, Assistant Engineer, 1880, 40 00
William S. Gibson, Assistant
Engineer and Clerk, 1880. 50 00
$1,560 73
Less credit for work done by the fire department horse on the highways, 25 00
$1,535 73
Amount carried forward,
$17,684 88
40
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $17,684 88
Incidentals.
Paid D. G. Currier, care of town clock for one year, $40 00
D. G. Currier, repairing measur- ing tape, 25
Franklin Litchfield, ringing bell July 4th, 3 00
C. F. Hartwell, ringing bell July 4th, 3 00
Isaac Wood, ringing bell July 4th, 3 00
Orrin N. West, ringing bell July 4th, 3 00
I. O. Carter, fees in two tru- ancy cases, 7 50
George M. Stevens, repairing town clock, 5 60
Sampson, Davenport, & Co., Boston Directory, 5 00
James Baston, repairs of Ad- ams Schoolhouse, 25 45
T. K. Hutchinson, labor on vault at Adams Schoolhouse, Almshouse Department, lead, oil, &c., for painting Adams Schoolhouse, 49 11
5 00
George D. Tufts, painting Ad- ams Schoolhouse, and setting glass, 39 05
J. H. Hartwell. services as jani- tor, &c., 442 00
J. H. Hartwell, undertaker, re- turning deaths, 14 00
Amounts carried forward, $644 96
$17,684 88
TREASURER'S REPORT. 41
Amounts brought forward, $644 96 $17,684 88
Paid A. R. Proctor, services as au- ditor, 15 00
D. F. Jones & Co., printing 900 annual reports, 222 00
C. S. Parker, printing, 91 50
F. E. Fowle, 1,000 stamped en- velopes, telegrams and post- als, 32 72
B. D. Locke, recording, index- ing, and returning births, marriages, and deaths, 41 75
J. M. Chase, repairs of flag-staff, 3 00 C. F. Hartwell, labor on flag- staff, 2 00
Doane & Greenough, valuation books and stationery, 32 82
George F. Morgan, abstracts of deeds and mortgages, 23 55
Day & Pratt, assessors' book, 2 00
W. C. Currier, horse hire, 26 00
Calvin Andrews,
5 25
O'Connor's Express, expressing,
30
Brooks & Co.'s Express, ex- pressing, 2 70
Winn's Express, expressing, 15
Charles Gott, repairing pump, 50
$1,146 20
Credit.
Received for auctioneers' licenses,
S. B. Tappan, $2 00
E. P. Henderson, 2 00
4 00
$1,142 20
Amount carried forward,
$18,827 08
1
42
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$18,827 08
Insurance.
Paid George Y. Wellington, agent, premiums on policies, as fol- lows, viz .: - North British & Mercantile In- surance Company, expires March 9, 1885.
On furniture and musical in- strument in Locke School- house, $300;
On furniture and musical in- strument in Crosby School- house, $300;
On philosophical and chemical apparatus in High School- house, $200, $16 00
Franklin Fire Insurance Com- pany, expires July 1, 1881. On stone crusher, building, and machinery, $1,800, 27 00
Traders & Mechanics Insurance Company, expires Nov. 26, 1885, $1,250.
Fire Association of Philadel- phia, expires Nov. 26, 1885, $1,250, distributed as fol- lows, viz. : -
$1,500 on almshouse, barn, and shed ; $600 on five horses ; $150 on harnesses ; $150 on road and farm tools; $100 on hay and grain, 77 50
Amount carried forward,
$120 50
$18,947 58
43
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $18,947 58
Interest on Town Debt.
Paid Plymouth Savings Bank, $2,100 00
Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,
3,640 00
Estate of George Holden,
700 00
John Peabody,
970 00
O. A. Taft,
420 00
One year's interest on $16,000 coupon notes, at 5 per cent., Commissioners of sinking fund, on loans,
800 00
179 56
Water Commissioners, on loans,
52 08
Faneuil Hall National Bank, $306 67
Less int. on deposits, 166 04
140 63
Trustees of Public Library, 66 " Wm. Cutter School
6 00
Fund,
321 24
Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund,
36 79
Treasurer of Citizens' Soldiers' Fund,
20 99
$9,387 29
Credit.
Interest received on taxes, 422 30
8,964 99
Interest on Water Debt.
Paid Water Commissioners, amount of appropriation for interest on Water Scrip, 9,000 00
Amount carried forward, $36,912 57
44
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Amount brought forward, $36,912 57
Public Library.
Paid L. J. Newton, salary as Libra- rian, . $450 00
L. J. Newton, for assistance in 1879, , 50 00
Lee & Shepard, for books,
566 63
Estes & Lauriat,
208 35
J. R. Osgood & Co., for books,
6 25
J. M. Stoddart & Co., “
10 00
F. E. Fowle, for book,
3 00
Peter Barr, rebinding books, 32 44
George Twing,
15 51
Readers and Writers Economy
Company, apparatus, book covers, &c.,
62 96
C. S. Parker, for printing,
9 00
Edm. W. Noyes, “
12 00
Doane & Greenough, blank books and ink,
4 75
Sylvester Stickney, repairs,
95
Geo. D. Tufts. repairing glass,
3 50
James Baston, book-case, &c.,
30 00
Brooks & Co., expressing,
2 85
W. N. Winn,
3 65
T. F. O'Brien, cushion and cord,
1 15
$1,472 99
Credit.
Amount received for fines,
76 00
1,396 99
Police.
Paid John H. Hartwell, services,
$450 00
Amounts curried forward, $450 00
$38,309 56
45
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $450 00 $38,309 56
Paid Garret Barry, services, 540 00
Patrick J. Shean, “
540 00
M. C. Parkhurst, Chief of Po- lice, Somerville, services of officers on the day of the Scotch Picnic, 25 80
Henry Johnson, services,
12 75
John Nolan, special police July 4th and 5th, 6 75
Michael Welch, special police July 4th and 5th, 4 50
Woodman C. Currier, horse hire, 11 75
Davies Dodge, carbolic acid, 23
1,591 78
Salaries of Town Officers.
Paid Henry Mott, services as select- man, &c., year ending March, 1881, $300 00
William H. Allen, services as selectman, &c., year ending March, 1881, 150 00
James A. Bailey, services as selectman, &c., year ending March, 1881, 150 00
Henry Mott, services as water commissioner, year ending March, 1881, 70 00
John Fillebrown, services as water commissioner, year end- ing March, 1881, 40 00
Amounts carried forward, $710 00
$39,901 34
46
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $710 00 $39,901 34
Paid William G. Peck, services as water commissioner, year end- ing March, 1881, 40 00
Henry Mott, services as asses- sor, year ending March, 1881, Thomas P. Peirce, services as assessor, year ending March, 1881,
. 125 00
125 00
B. Delmont Locke, services as assessor, year ending March, 1881,
B. Delmont Locke, services as treasurer, collector of taxes, town clerk, water registrar, clerk of selectmen, water com- missioners, and commission- ers of sinking fund,
200 00
1,600 00
2,800 00
Street Hydrants.
Paid Water Commissioners, for use of hydrants for the year 1880,
1,000 00
Street Lamps.
Paid Arlington Gas Light Company, gas for 52 lamps, Globe Gas Light Company, for furnishing light for the fol- lowing lamps, viz. : -
41 lamps at the north-west por- tion of the town ; 8 lamps on Arlington Ave., below Lake St. ; 5 lamps on Lake St .; 54 lamps in all.
$731 90
Amounts carried forward,
$731 90 $43,701 34
47
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, Paid 45 lamps, 1 month, at $1.50 each, $67 50
$731 90
$43,701 34
53 lamps, 2 months, at $3.00 each, 159 60
53 lamps, 2 months, at $2.00 each, 106 00
54 lamps, 7 months, at $1.00 each, per month, 378 00
710 50
Globe Gas Light Company, glass to repair lanterns, 16 83
Patrick J. Shean, lighting and care of lamps, 12 months, 90 00
Garret Barry, lighting and
care of lamps, 12 months, 90 00
Nathaniel Tufts, 2 copper frame lanterns, 15 00
George D. Tufts, repairing lan- terns, 15 50
R. W. Shattuck, repairing lamps, 18 55
Charles Gott, 66
2 30
Winn's Express, expressing lamps, 50
1,691 08
State Aid.
Acts of 1879, Chap. 301.
Paid Ellen Ferguson, $48 00
Alice M. Scanlan, 48 00
Susan Moore, 48 00
Hannah C. Murphy, 48 00
Amounts carried forward, $192 00
$45,392 42
48
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $192 00
Paid Ann Campbell, 48 00
Eveline C. Henry, 48 00
288 00
Acts of 1879, Chap. 252. Eber Hill, 80 00
368 00
Town House.
Paid Arlington Gas Light Co., gas, $474 30 Water Commissioners, water, 30 00
104 04
J. W. Peirce, 18 tons of coal, Aiken & Woodard, 25 baskets charcoal, 8 75
Adin Davis, slater, repairing roof, 87 00
Jesse Bacon, repairing chimney and plastering room, 27 62
T. K. Hutchinson, cleaning cess- pool, 8 00
Ann Benham, cleaning,
16 30
R. W. Shattuck, repairs of fur- nace, &c., 31 15
Sylvester Stickney, repairs of pump, &c., 12 25
Charles Gott, repairing pump,
50
C. W. Bastine, soap for clean- ing, 1 04
D. G. Currier, repairing clock, 75
George D. Tufts, setting glass, 1 25
802 95
Sinking Fund.
Paid Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, amount of appropria- tion, 8,669 82
. Amount carried forward,
$55,233 19
$45,392 42
49
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$55,233 19
Decoration Day. Paid Arlington Veteran Association, amount of appropriation for this account, 100 00
Filter at Water Works.
Paid Arlington Water Commission- ers, amount of appropriation for this account, 1,500 00
Amount carried forward to page 56,
$56,833 19
50
TREASURER'S REPORT.
SCHOOLS.
Teachers' Salaries.
Paid Charles M. Clay,
$1,700 00
J. Henry Wardwell,
. 780 50
Henry L. Armes,
390 24
Horace A. Freeman,
1,109 28
L. B. Marshall,
640 00
Sara A. Hamlin,
321 96
Ellen A. Stone,
58 54
Kate M. Richardson,
234 16
Eliza A. Simmons,
550 00
Olive M. Hobart,
460 00
Elizabeth A. Gould,
460 00
Anna Pillsbury,
460 00
Addie E. Flanders
460 00
Georgie M. Tupper,
423 43
Louisa R. Warren,
460 00
Ella F. Carpenter,
423 40
Louise E. Schouler,
460 00
Abbie H. Morrill,
423 40
E. R. Fessenden,
460 00
Mary E. Stiles,
327 85
Caroline C. Turner,
72 69
Mary L. Peirce,
423 40
Mary E. Thompson,
460 00
Annie C. Snelling,
460 00
Amount carried forward, $12,018 85
51
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$12,018 85
460 00
400 06
460 00
- $13,338 91
INCIDENTALS.
Russell School.
Paid James Thaxter, janitor,
$600 00
Water Commissioners, water,
100 00
Arlington Gas Light Co., gas,
9 73
Aiken & Woodard, 65 baskets of charcoal, 22 75
J. W. Peirce, 70 tons of coal,
404 60
10 25
J. L. Hammett, charts and ink, Fred. W. Barry, legal cap paper, O. W. Whittemore, slate-pencils, Edward Storer, carpenter work, R. W. Shattuck, radiator, and labor on heating apparatus, &c.,
7 00
50
14 85
48 55
George D. Tufts, setting glass,
3 25
Jesse Bacon, mason work,
23 17
H. L. Armes, paper and slates, $7 25
Less amount received
for books sold, 2 64
4 61
Hall & Whiting, paper and slates,
12 80
Winn's Express, 15
..
1,262 21
Cutter School.
Paid Kimball Farmer, janitor,
$225 00
Amounts carried forward, $225 00
$14,601 12
Paid L. De Blois, M. B. Farrington, Mary F. Scanlan,
52
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward,
$225 00 $14,601 12
Paid Water Commissioners, water, 25 00
Aiken & Woodard, 35 baskets of charcoal, 12 25
J. W. Peirce, 29 tons 450 lbs. coal,
168 92
Ammi Hall, labor,
1.75
James Baston, repairing desks,
2 50
J. L. Hammett, globe, ink, &c., 10 20
M. F. Whiton & Co., bell-rope, 2 08
Sylvester Stickney, brush,
broom, and repairs, 10 45
O. W. Whittemore, book, 22
Jesse Bacon, mason work,
16 25
R. W. Shattuck, sundries,
1 75
A. G. Whitcomb, 1 desk, 3 25
Edward Storer, repairs,
15 67
Knight, Adams, & Co., slates and pencils,
5 85
Winn's Express, expressing, 15
501 29
Crosby School.
Paid Daniel Sweeney, janitor, $111 00
Aiken & Woodard, 25 baskets charcoal, 8 75
J. W. Peirce, 15 tons of coal, 86 70
J. L. Hammett, charts,
7 50
T. F. O'Brien, 12 window shades,
18 00
R. W. Shattuck, sundries,
3 00
George D. Tufts, painting, 10 00
Sylvester Stickney, sundries,
14 08
James Baston, labor,
3 50
262 53
Amount carried forward,
$15,364 94
53
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $15,364 94
Locke School.
Paid Kimball Farmer, janitor, $75 00
Aiken & Woodard, 28 baskets charcoal, 9 80
J. W. Peirce, 15 tons of coal, 86 70
James Baston, repairing desk,
1 62
T. F. O'Brien, repairing chair, Sylvester Stickney, sundries,
85
6 80
R. W. Shattuck,
2 20
Edward Storer, repairing,
8 68
J. L. Hammett, soap-stone pen- cils, 35
192 00
Cotting High School.
Paid Franklin Litchfield, janitor, $135 00
Franklin Litchfield, extra labor,
6 50
Aiken & Woodard, 40 baskets charcoal,
14 00
J. W. Peirce, 15 tons of coal, 86 70
Water Commissioners, water,
20 00
George D. Tufts, painting, .
130 10
Edward Storer, repairs,
45 14
Jesse Bacon,
15 50
R. W. Shattuck,
70 71
Sylvester Stickney, “
8 65
T. F. O'Brien, repairing win- dow shades,
2 37
T. K. Hutchinson, moving ashes,
2 00
Thomas Hall, hemispheres and apparatus,
17 50
D. F. Jones & Co., printing cards, 8 50
Amounts carried forward, $562 67
$15,556 94
54
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $562 67 $15,556 94
Paid Arthur L. Allen, on account, ex-
penses of graduation exer- cises, $10 00
C. M. Clay, books, towels, and advertising, 52 48
Highway Department :-
Concreting, $39 00
Stone, and labor on wall, 117 56
Labor on grounds,
31 25
187 81
Codman & Shurtleff, skeleton and models, 105 33
$918 29
Less amount received of Varnum Frost of Bel- mont, for tuition of his son Lewis, $60 00
Amount received of insurance companies for damage by fire June 17, 45 27
Amount of Codman & Shurtleff's bill, charged to account, " Income from Wil- liam Cutter School Fund," 105 33
210 60
707 69
Amount carried forward,
$16,264 63
55
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$16,264 63
Sundries.
Paid Charles E. Goodwin, services as Secretary for 1880, $50 00
J. H. Hartwell, services as tru- ant officer, 1 year to April 1, 1881, 25 00
B. D. Locke, collecting and re- cording names of school chil- dren, 20 00
City of Lowell, board of Cor- nelius Reagan, at the House of Reformation for Juvenile Offenders, 34 44
J. H. Hartwell, cash paid, ex- pense of taking Cornelius Reagan to said institution, and of bringing him home,
6 75
D. F. Jones & Co., printing ex- amination papers, &c., 38 00
C. S. Parker, printing 50 cir- culars, 1 4 50
A. Williams & Co., books for teachers, 4 00
Marcus Morton, expenses to Middleboro', and telegram, 3 60
W. E. Parmenter, jr., expenses in procuring a substitute teacher, 1 95
Thomson, Brown, & Co., bill of arithmetics, 100 44
William Ware & Co., bill of spellers, 54 73
Amounts carried forward, $343 41 $16,264 63
56
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward,
$343 41 $16,264 63
Paid O. W. Whittemore, for school books, 30 87
Raymond Brothers, barometers, 1 00
Winn's Express, expressing, 4 45
2 05
Brooks & Co., 66 J. L. Hammett, ink, rubber caps, fountain covers, and erasers, 23 50
Ginn & Heath, 12 teachers' class- books, 3 24
408 52
Total school expenses,
$16,673 15
Amount brought forward from page 49, 56,833 19
Total expenditures for the year 1880,
$73,506 34
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
TABULAR STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES. FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1880.
OBJECTS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Amount of Appro-
priations.
Amount
pended.
Unexpended
Balances.
Almshouse
$1,400 00
$1,355 03
$44 97
Cemeteries .
300 00
264 33
35 67
Counsel Fees
400 00
217 10
182 90
Decoration Day
100 00
100 00
Discounts and Abatements
4,250 00
3,849 18
400 82
Fire Department
2,000 00
1,535 73
464 27
Highways and Bridges
7,500 00
7,741 93
258 07
Incidentals .
1,200 00
1,142 20
57 80
Insurance
200 00
120 50
79 50
Interest on Town Debt
9,150 00
8,964 99
185 01
Interest on Water Debt
9,000 00
9,000 00
Library
1,588 60
1,396 99
191 61
Outside Poor
2,735 00
2,721 58
13 42
Police .
1,600 00
1,591 78
8 22
Schools
17,179 33
16,673 15
506 18
Salaries of Town Officers
2,800 00
2,800 00
Sinking Fund .
8,669 82
8,669 82
Street Hydrants, use of
1,000 00
1,000 00
Street Lamps
2,100 00
1,691 08
408 92
State Aid
674 07
368 00
306 07
Town House, repairs and incidentals
818 50
802 95
15 55
Total
$76,665 32+ $73,506 34
$3,158 98
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* Additional appropriations (not included in above) were made at Town meeting held Nov. 9, 1880, viz. : $150 for concreting the sidewalk abutting the cemetery on Pleasant Street, and $75 for conereting the sidewalk abutting the High School grounds. The cost of said concreting is included in above expenditure.
t Funds for the above appropriations have been obtained from the following sources, viz. : -
Amount raised by taxation, authorized at Town meetings held March 9, and April 26, 1880.
$69,950 00
LIBRARY. - Dog tax of 1879.
$392 16
Unexpended balance Dee. 31, 1879.
600 93
Income from Pratt Fund.
589 51
Interest on note $100, for this account.
6 00
1,588 60
OUTSIDE POOR. - Amount from income of Poor Widows' Fund ered- ited to this account
435 00
SCHOOLS. - Amount received from the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts for proportion of School Fund.
179 33
TOWN HOUSE. - Amount of rents received.
518 50
SINKING FUND. - Amount taken from "Exeess and Deficiency " ac-
3,669 82
count
324 07
STATE AID. - Amount refunded by the State.
$76,665 32
-
Filter at Water Works
1,500 00
1,500 00
-
Sidewalks
500 00*
Ex-
58
TREASURER'S REPORT.
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Estimated value of the Real and Personal Estate of the Town of Arlington, as shown on the books, Dec. 31, 1880.
Town House, land and building, $18,000 00
66 66 furniture and fix-
tures,
800 00
Almshouse, land and buildings,
11,000 00
66 furniture and fix-
tures,
700 00
Almshouse, stock and tools,
3,000 00
Cutter Schoolhouse, land and furniture,
10,000 00
Russell Schoolhouse, land and furniture, 50,000 00
Adams Schoolhouse, land and furniture, 5,000 00
Crosby Schoolhouse, land and furniture,
6,000 00
Cotting High Schoolhouse, land and furniture,
6,000 00
Locke Schoolhouse, land and furniture,
8,000 00
Blue gravel, Lot of Land,
4,000 00
Grove Street 66 66
1,500 00
" Training Field " Lot of Land,
1,000 00
Amount carried forward, $125,000 00
59
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$125,000 00
Cemetery Land,
25,000 00
Public Library,
3,500 00
Town Scales,
200 00
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,
19,982 96
High School Fund Income, 3,321 47
Water works, at cost on the books, 304,210 77
$531,982 31
Amount of taxes due Dec. 31, 1880, as shown on the Trial Balance,
$9,657 37
Amount of cash on hand Dec. 31, 1880,
3,453 18
Amounts carried forward, $13,110 55 $531,982 31 -
60
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, Less balances due on Pay Rolls, Nos. 7, 9, 11, and 12, $249 34 Amt. temporary loans, 4,482 96 - 4,732 30
$13,110 55 $531,982 31
8,378 25
$540,360 56
Statement of amounts received and unexpended, Dec. 31, 1880.
Balance of Appropriations unex- pended, as per Tabular State- ment on page 57,
$3,158 98
Receipts from Scales,
72 53
Rents of land and Adams School- house, 219 16
Overlayings of Tax,
118 47
Balance of account " Corpora- tion and Bank Tax," 1,095 37
Balance of "Excess and Defi-
ciency " account, unex- pended and unappropriated, 81 00
$4,745 51
Balance of account " Income from Poor Widows' Fund," unexpended, 56 27 Income from " William Cutter School Fund," unexpended, 537 15 Balance of account "Lots in New Cemetery," 2,340 00
Balance of account "Lots in Old Cemetery," 330 00
Balance unexpended of proceeds of sale of Water Scrip as reported Dec. 31, 1879, 421 83
$3,685 25
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT, DEC. 31, 1880
To WHOM DUE.
Date of Note.
When Due.
Rate of Interest.
Amount.
John Peabody
Dec. 18, 1871,
Dec. 18, 1881,
6 per cent,
$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
21,000 00
O. A. Taft
June 26, 1873,
June 26, 1883,
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
10,000 00
April 9, 1873
April
9, 1885,
21,000 00
John Peabody
Nov. 23, 1872,
Nov.
23, 1887,
7
2,500 00
Dec.
2, 1872,
Dec.
2, 1887,
1
2,500 00
Jan.
1, 1873,
Jan.
1, 18SS,
7
1,000 00
April
1, 1872,
April
1, 1892,
7
7,000 00
Eight Coupon Notes, each $1,000
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