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Town of Medford, expenses in 1885, in matter of Mystic sewer nuisance, 150 00
Wiggin & Wood, detective agency, for services, 78 34
$1,777 27
Less, amount received for 5
licenses to sell oleomargarine, 2 50
-
1,774 77
Insurance.
Paid George Y. Wellington, agent, premium on policies, as fol- lows, viz. :
Amount carried forward, $24,416 54
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Amount brought forward,
$24,416 54
Rochester German Insurance Co. of Rochester, N. Y., for one year from Nov. 4, 1886, on school text books, as follows : $1,150 in Russell school-house, at & per cent.,
$475 in Cutter school-house, at 1 per cent., $425 in High school-house, at 1 per cent.,
$100 in Locke school-house, at 1 per cent., 18 62
Connecticut Fire Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn., for 5 years from Oct. 25, 1886, at 24 per cent. :
56 25
$2,500 on Adams school-house, Franklin Fire Insurance Co. of Philadelphia, for 1 year from
July 1, 1886, at 1} per cent. : $300, on stone crusher building, $400, on stone crusher,
$800, on engine, boiler, etc., , 22 50
The Traders and Mechanics In- surance Co. of Lowell, for 5 years from March 25, 1886, at 2 per cent., $1750 on almshouse building, . 35 00
less dividend,
21 00
14 00
111 37
Amount carried forward,
$24,527 91
1
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Amount brought forward, $24,527 91
Interest on Town Debt.
Paid John Peabody, 1 year's interest
at 7 per cent. on notes $12,000, $840 00 Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, 1 year's interest on note $1000 to John Peabody at 7 per cent., 70 00
Six months interest at four per cent, on $5000 coupon notes due June 1. 100 00
One year's interest at four per cent. on $8500 coupon notes, 340 00 One year's interest, at five per cent., on $16,000 coupon notes, 800 00
Faneuil Hall National Bank, on loans, 207 04
Water Commissioners, on loan of $2,000, 23 34
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, 526 25
Trustees of Public Library, one year's interest on note, $100, 6 00 Trustees of . William Cutter School Fund, one year's in- terest on note, $5,354, 321 24
Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund, one year's interest on notes, $613.11, 36 79
Amounts carried forward, $3,270 66 $24,527 91
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Amounts brought forward, $3,270 66 $24,527 91
Paid Treasurer of Citizens Soldiers' Fund, one year's interest on note, $349.85, 20 99
$3,291 65
Credit.
Interest received on taxes, $518 67 Interest received of Faneuil Hall National Bank on deposits, 157 83
676 50
2,615 15
Interest on Water Debt.
Paid Water Commissioners, amount of appropriation for interest on Water Scrip, 9,000 00
Public Library.
Paid Lizzie. J. Newton, salary as li- brarian, $500 00
Marion B. Fessenden, services as assistant, 125 70
Emily Bucknam, services,
69 00
Myra Poland, services,
163 37
Jennie Scott, services,
54 00
Wm. L. Clark, Jr., services as janitor, etc., 110 25
Geo. C. Clark, services covering books, etc., 5 85
M. L. Dupee, services as assis- tant, 37 00
Amounts carried forward,
$1,065 17 $36,143 06
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Amounts brought forward, $1,065 17 $36,143 06
Paid Arlington Gas Light Co., gas, 175 50
Water Commissioners, water, 8 00
J. H. H. McNamee, for rebind- ing books, 70 37
Swan Brothers, rent 1 year, 400 00
Less rent received for rooms from Abby P. Nute, 20 82
" Julia Tolman, 86 67 - -107 49
-
-292 51
Cleaves, MacDonald & Co., books, 498 21
S. E. Casino & Co., for books, 6 00
E. L. Capen, for book, 15 00
A. Monigham, for book, 2 00
H. C. Nash, manager, for book, 5 00
L. Prang & Co., for books, 15 50
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., for books, 16 50
J. M. Stoddart & Co., for book, 5 00
V. H. Hall & Co., covering paper, 31 28
Library Bureau, supplies, 20 85
M. A. Richardson & Co., newspapers, 16 25
Edm. W. Noyes, for printing, 7 00
C. S. Parker, printing, and Ad- vocate for 3 years, 9 50
Mrs. D. Benham, for cleaning,
10 60
C. M. Hall, kerosene oil,
64
W. A. Peirce, for 16 tons
and 1300 lbs. coal, 81 43
Amount carried forward, $81 43
$2,270 88 $36,143 06
TREASURER'S REPORT. 49
Amounts brought forward $81 43 $2,270 88 $36,143 06
Paid W. A. Peirce, for remov- ing ashes, 1 50
82 93
W. N. Winn, expressing, 4 80
A. F. Brooks,
11 95
$ 2370 56
Less, amount received for fines collected by the librarian, $107 50
Amount received of Julia
Tolman for a second-hand desk, $5 00. 112.50
2,258 06
Police.
Paid Eugene Mead, services as chief,
$700 00
Garret Barry,
services,
737 00
William O. Austin, 66
737 00
Michael J. O'Brien,
737 00
Thomas Roden,
66
6 00
Henry Diehl,
66
8 00
Daniel Hooley,
6 00
C. M. Hall, crackers for tramps,
32
Davies Dodge, for disinfectant,
45
Ellen Farrell, washing blankets,
1 00
D. F. Jones & Co., paper and printing,
5 50
F. E. Fowle, postmaster, for stamped envelopes, 90
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co., for telephone service,
50 45
2,989 62
Amount carried forward,
$41,390 74
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.
Amount brought forward, $41,390 74
Salaries of Town Officers
Paid George D. Tufts, services as selectman, etc., year ending March, 1887. $250 00
Charles T. Scannell, services as selectman, etc., year ending March, 1887. . 175 00
Warren. A. Peirce, services as selectman, etc., year ending March, 1887. 175 00
Warren A. Peirce, services as water commissioner, year end- ing March, 1887. 100 00
Alfred D. Hoitt, services as water commissioner, year end- ing March, 1887.
100 00
Apollos J. Tillson, services as
water commissioner, year ending March, 1887. 100 00
Alfred D. Hoitt, services as as- sessor, year ending March, 1887. 140 00
Jacob Baird, services as asses- sor, year ending March, 1887. 140 00
B. Delmont, Locke, services as assessor and clerk of assessors, year ending March, 1887. 220 00
Amounts carried forward, $1,400 00 $41,390 74
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Amounts brought forward,
$1,400 00 $41,390 74
Paid B. Delmont Locke, services as treasurer, collector of taxes, town clerk, water registrar, and clerk of the boards of selectmen, water commission- ers, commissioners of sinking fund, and trustees of Pratt fund, one year to January 1, 1887.
1,600 00 ' 3, 000 00
Sinking Fund
Paid Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, amount of appropria- tion, 7,672 12
Soldiers' Monument
Paid Evans & Tombs for models, $130 00
Mitchell Granite Works, three payments on the monument, 3,500 00
Van Brunt & Howe, second pay- ment on account professional services, 150 00
C. S. Parker, printing,
4 50
3,784 50
Street Hydrants.
Paid Water Commissioners, for use of hydrants for the year 1886,
$1,000 00
Amount carried forward, $56,847 36
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Amount brought forward, $56,847 36
Street Lamps.
Paid Arlington Gas Light Co., gas for 12 months, 87 lamps, $1,508 40
Wheeler Reflector Co., for fur- nishing light for 12 months, at $11.50 per lamp, per year of 240 nights ; present num- ber, 136 lamps,
1,529 17
Wheeler Reflector Co., as fol- lows : 1 copper lantern, post and frame, for corner of Med- ford street and Arling- ton avenue, 15 00
1 copper lantern, post and frame, for Arling- ton avenue, near Ale- wife brook, 13 25
Repairing extra damages, 6 20 34 45
J. H. Fermoyle, care of gas- lamps for one year, 388 59
J. H. Fermoyle, setting post at Alewife brook, 1 00
Nathaniel Tufts, repairing 51 burners, 6 60
Braman, Dow & Co., 12 lantern cocks, arrow heads, 6 60
S. Stickney, setting post etc., 5 64
R. W. Shattuck, repairing lanterns, 10 93
Geo. D. Tufts, repairing lanterns, 14 50
Amounts carried forward, $3,505 88 $56,847 36
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Amounts brought forward, $3,505 88 $56,847 36
Paid Davies Dodge, alcohol for thaw- ing out gas pipes, 2 87
E. J. Sweeney, expressing, 25
3,509 00
Less, amount received of Cam- bridge Railway Co., for cost of post, lantern, and setting, at Alewife brook, 14 25
3,494 75
State Aid, Chapter 301.
Paid Ellen Ferguson,
$48 00
Alice M. Scanlan,
44 00
Hannah C. Murphy,
48 00
Ann Campbell,
48 00
Eveline C. Henry,
48 00
Eliza W. Locke,
48 00
284 00
State Aid, Chapter 252.
Paid Eber Hill,
$80 00
William H. Barnes,
40 00
Robert Jost,
50 00
Ammi Hall,
24 00
194 00
Town Debt.
Paid five coupon notes, each $1,000, dated June 1, 1883, payable June 1, 1886, with interest at 4 per cent, 5,000 00
Amount carried forward,
$65,820 11
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Amount brought forward, $65,820 11
Town House.
Paid Arlington Gas Light Co., for gas, $204 60 Water Commissioners, for water, 30 00
Warren A. Peirce, 20 tons coal, at $4.65, 93 00
Robert Fawcett, 30 baskets charcoal, 9 90 S. Stickney, repairs of furnace
and pump, new funnel, etc., 62 29
Boston Belting Co., 100 feet of rubber hose and pipe, 15 60
R. M. Johnson, cleaning cesspool, 15 00
Murphy, Leavens & Co., feather dusters, 4 31
E. O. & F. H. Merrill, fixtures, 3 90
E. F. Peirce & Co., one chair, 1 75
T. F. O'Brien, repairing chair, 90
Edward Storer, repairing windows, pump and floor, 4 25
Geo. D. Tufts, setting glass, 5 25
Ellen Farrell, cleaning, 13 50
George Clark, one broom, 35
Highway department, removing ashes, 3 00
R. W. Shattuck, 5 gals. kero- sene oil, 80
C. M. Hall, soap, broom and matches, 2 69
O. F. Derby, repairing clocks, 1 80
D. Dodge, for alcohol, 20
O. W. Whittemore, carbolic acid, 25
473 34
Amount carried forward,
$66,293 45
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Amount brought forward,
$66,293 45
Telephones.
Paid N. E. Telephone and Telegraph Co., for telephone service, amount of appropriation, (See Police and Fire Depart- ment accounts for additional charges).
100 00
Water Works, for pipes from Brattle St.
Paid Water Commissioners, amount of appropriation, 75 00
Water Works, for Fencing and Laying Pipes.
Paid Water Commissioners, amount of appropriation, 650 00
Amount carried to page 64, $67,118 45
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SCHOOLS.
Teachers' Salaries.
Paid A. Gardiner Fisher,
$1,800 00
Horace A. Freeman,
1,600 00
Nathan T. Soule,
1,338 00
Leonard B. Marshall,
770 00
Eliza A. Simmons,
360 00
Anna J. Newton,
650 00
May C. Hardy,
240 00
Olive M. Hobart,
500 00
Caroline C. Turner,
500 00
Anna Pillsbury,
500 00
Addie E. Flanders,
500 00
Georgie M. Tupper,
300 00
Sarah E. Deane,
135 00
Elisa A. Sargent,
50 00
Louisa R. Warren,
500 00
Elizabeth B. Blake,
500 00
Elizabeth L. Geer,
470 00
Lucy O. Fessenden,
270 00
Amount carried forward, $10,983 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $10,983 00
Paid M. Carrie Lawrence,
160 00
Mabel E. Blake,
500 00
Jennie A. Chaplin,
470 00
Mary L. Peirce,
540 00
Lizzie De Blois,
500 00
Mary F. Scanlan,
500 00
Annie C. Snelling,
500 00
Millie B. Farrington,
300 00
Lizzie A. Day,
420 00
Clara A. Farwell,
270 00
Mary M. Brady,
420 00
Mary J. Copeland,
135 00
Fannie E. Taylor,
160 00
Nellie C. Marston,
35 00
-- $15,893 00
INCIDENTALS.
Russell School.
Paid James Thaxter, janitor, .$700 00
Water Commissioners, water, 100 00
Robert Fawcett, 55 baskets of charcoal, 18 15
Warren A. Peirce, 75 tons
Lehigh coal, at $5.15, $386 25
3 tons coal, 16 65
402 90
Amounts carried forward,
$1,221 05 $15,893 00
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Amounts brought forward $1,221 05 $15,893 00
Paid R. W. Shattuck, supplies and repairs, 26 26 -
S. Stickney, supplies,
75 %
J. M. Chase, repairs, carpenter work, 133 21
T. F. O'Brien, repairs furniture,
8 00 ·
Geo. D. Tufts, painting and glazing, 25 37 *
A. G. Whitcomb, desks, ink wells, etc., 191 12
1
W. N. Winn, expressing,
18 30
A. F. Brooks, expressing, 50
Thos. Trefrey & Co., 10 tables,
26 67 /
H. E. Shepard, repairing melo- deon, 1 50 .
Chas. Gott, repairing poker,
2 25 ;
D. Dodge, carbolic powder,
3 74
D. F. Tripp, concreting,
377 85 /
Geo. S. Perry, call bell,
75
Parker & Wood, springs,
7 50
Harrington & Freeman, clocks, 48 75
J. L. Hammett, ink-well covers, 2 50
2,096 07
Cutter School.
Paid Kimball Farmer, janitor, $250 00
Water Commissioners, water, 25 00
W. A. Peirce, 25 tons coal at $4.65, $116 25
5 tons coal, 27 50
143 75
Amounts carried forward,
$418 75 $17,989 07
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Amounts brought forward, $418 75 $17,989 07
Paid J. E. Shirley, repairs, carpenter work, 83 90 -
S. Stickney, repairs furnace, 10 95 .
R. W. Shattuck, sundries,
1 55
A. F. Brooks, expressing,
1 75
W. N. Winn, expressing,
15
Russell & Cotton, mason work, 20 50 '
D. F. Tripp, concreting, 93 67
J. P. Beddeos, painting,
1 50 /
632 72
Crosby School.
Paid Daniel Sweeney, janitor, W. A. Peirce, 20 tons coal at $4.65,
$132 00
$93 00
1 ton coal, 5 25
98 25
Robert Fawcett, 30 baskets char- coal, 9 90
R. W. Shattuck, repairs,
42
A. F. Brooks, expressing,
25
J. M. Chase, repairs,
1 50 4
Geo. D. Tufts, glazing,
3 00 -
Daniel, Sweeney, sawing wood,
4 00
Jas. Baston, repairs,
3 95
D. F. Tripp, concreting,
39 50 /
292 77
Locke School.
Paid Kimball Farmer, janitor, $150 00
Amounts carried forward,
$150 00 $18,914 56
60
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $150 00 $18,914 56
Paid Robert Fawcett, 30 baskets of charcoal, 9 90
W. A. Peirce for coal, 25 tons, at $4.65, $116.25
5 tons, " " 27.50
143 75
S. Stickney, repairs, 7 75 *
R. W. Shattuck, repairs,
1 76 .
J. E. Shirley,
34 10
Edward Storer, 66
3 12 .
Russell & Cotton, mason work,
4 00 .
T. F. O'Brien, repairing furni- ture, 1 75 .
J. P. Beddeos, painting,
17 55
373 68
Cotting High School.
Paid Franklin Litchfield, janitor, $200 00
Water Commissioners, water, 20 00
Robert Fawcett, 35 baskets of charcoal,
11 55
W. A. Peirce, 25 tons coal at $4.65, 116 25
Edward Storer, repairs, chang- ing desks, etc., 131 68 -
R. W. Shattuck, repairs,
45 80 .
Arlington Gas light Co., gas,
6 60
W. N. Winn, expressing,
5 30
A. F. Brooks, 66
20
Geo. D. Tufts, painting, etc.,
22 22 ...
Amounts carried forward,
$559 60 $19,288 24
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $559 60 $19,288 24
Paid A. G. Whitcomb, desks, 135 00
T. F. O'Brien, window shades,
15 75
C. S. Parker, printing,
7 25
Oscar F. Howe, mats,
10 80
Jesse Bacon, mason work,
2 25 .
Harrington & Freeman, repair- ing clocks 1 25
D. F. Tripp, concreting, 34 29 /
A. G. Fisher, graduation expen- ses paid by him, etc., 22 02
Thomas Hall, repairing pumps, 1 00
789 21
Sundries.
Paid Warren W. Rawson, services as truant officer, $25 00
James A. Bailey, services as truant officer, 25 00
James P. Parmenter, services as
sec'ry of school committee, 100 00
Forbes Lithograph Mf'g Co., for 508 diplomas, 50 00
C. S. Parker, printing, 8 00
Burdett Business College, en- grossing 26 grammar diplomas,
6 50
B. D. Locke, for collecting and recording names of school children,
25 00
Geo, S. Perry, brushes, etc.,
12 60
Amounts carried forward,
$252 10 $20,077 45
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward,
$252 10 $20,077 45
Paid Francis Doane & Co., record and account books, 5 10
N. T. Soule, expenses paid by him, 6 95
W. N. Winn, Expressing, 2 15
266 30
Free Text Books and Supplies.
Paid Clark & Maynard, books, $15 20
Charles H. Whiting, books, 156 77
Willard Small, books, 28 55
Ginn & Co., books, 152 26
Warren P. Adams, books,
84
Wm. Ware & Co., books,
160 78
Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co., books, 5 68
Harper & Brothers, books, 28 86
Thompson, Brown & Co., books, 98 25
Carl Schoenof, books,
3 24
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, books,
19 00
Cowperthwait & Co., books,
64 65
D. Appleton & Co., books, 7 25
Harris, Rogers & Co., books, 4 80
Harrison Hume, books, 57 51
J. L. Hammett, erasers, ink filler and supplies, 26 30
Fred. W. Barry, blank books and paper, 12 34
Geo. S. Perry, slates, paper, inkstands, etc,, 150 67
Amounts carried forward,
$992 95 $20,343 75
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $992 95 $20,343
Paid Alfred P. Gage, physical appa- ratus, 99 60
Silver, Rogers & Co., globes,
maps and music charts, 177 20
Boston School Supply Co., black
board rolls, paper and chart, 23 25
Carter, Dinsmore & Co., Ink
6 00
Prang Educational Co., drawing
books,
41 60
Chas. B. Botsford, covering
paper, 5 50
Knight, Adams & Co., adhesive paper, 4 50
Adams & Ingraham, writing pa- per and supplies, 175 29
L. B. Marshall, music, 25 04
J. C. White, school cards, 6 35
J. W. C. Gilman, spelling slips, 1 50
Geo. Frost & Co., 3 pencil sharpeners, 17 00
C. S. Parker, printing,
10 80
-
$1,586 58
$21,930 33
Less, amount received of J. Herbert Frost, of Belmont, for tuition of his son and daughter at the High School, for three terms,
$120 00
Amounts carried forward,
$120 00 $21,930 33
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward,
$120 00 $21,930 33
Less, amount received of R. T. Hew- itson, of Lexington, for tui- tion of his daughter at the Cutter School for two terms, 20.00
140 00
Total School expenses, Amount brought from page 55,
.
$21,790 33
67,118 45
Total expenditures for the year 1886,
$88,908 78
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TABULAR STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1886.
OBJECTS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Amount of Appropria- tions.
Amount Expended.
Expended more than Appropria- tions.
Expended less than Appropria- tions.
Almshouse,
$1,600 00
$1.582 49
$17 51
Cemeteries,* -
1,269 33
1,095 26
174 07
Counsel Fees,
300 00
253 70
46 30
Decoration Day,
125 00
125 00
Drinking Fountains,
200 00
200 00
Discounts and Abatements,
4,500 00
4,086 80
413 20
Fire Department,*
2,936 29
2,864 00
72 29
Hillside Avenue,
800 00
732 96
67 04
Highways and Bridges,
10,000 00
9,990 15
509 85
Incidentals,
1,400 00
1,774 77
374 77
Insurance,
150 00
111 37
38 63
Interest on Town Debt, -
2,500 00
2,615 15
115 15
Interest on Water Debt, -
9,000 00
9,000 00
Library,*
2,760 28
2,258 06
502 22
Outside Poor,
2.500 00
1,711 41
788 59
Police, -
3.000 00
2,989 62
10 38
Schools,*
22,553 27
21,790 33
762 94
Salaries of Town Officers,
3,000 00
3,000 00
Sinking Fund,*
7,672 12
7,672 12
Soldiers' Monument,
4,265 73
3,784 50
481 23
Street Hydrants, use of, -
1,000 00
1,000 00
Street Lamps,
3.500.00
3,494 75
5 25
State Aid,*
915 00
478 00
437 00
Town Debt,*
5,000 00
5 000 00
Town House, repairs and in- cidentals,*
1,687 51
473 34
1,214 17
Telephones,
100 00
100 00
Water Works, for pipe from Brattle Street,
75 00
75 00
Water Works, for Fencing
and laying Pipes,
650 00
650 00
Balance of Appropriations unexpended;
5,050 75
*
#93,959 53
$88,908 78
$5,540 67
$5,540 67
Sidewalks,
500 00
4
66
TREASURER'S REPORT.
* Funds for the foregoing appropriations have been obtained from the following sources :
Amount raised by taxation, in 1886, authorized March 11, 1886,
$77,450 00
LIBRARY .- Dog Tax of 1885,
$515 07
Income from Pratt Fund, 316 90
Interest on note, $100, for this account, 6 00
Unexpended balance of this account, Dec. 31, 1885,
422 31
1,260 28
SCHOOLS .- Amount received from Common- wealth of Massachusetts for propor- tion of School Fund, 53 27
SINKING FUND. - Amount taken from "Ex- cess and deficiency" account,
2,672 12
STATE AID .- Amount refunded by the State,
465 00
TOWN DEBT .- Amount received from Com- missioners of the Sinking Fund, CEMETERIES. - Amount received for Lots sold in 1886, 415 00
5,000 00
1
Amount received income from Robbins Fund, ,
257 14
Unexpended balance of this account December 31, 1885, 297 19
969 33
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT. - Unexpended bal- ance of this account, Dec. 31, 1885, 2,325 00
Amount of the "Soldiers' Memorial Fund" received from the Trustee, .
1,940 73
4,265 73
FIRE DEPARTMENT .- Unexpended balance of this account, Dec. 31, 1885,
436 29
469 50
TOWN HOUSE .- Amount of rents received, Unexpended balance of this account, Dec. 31, 1885, 918 01
1,387 51
$93,959 53
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TRIAL BALANCE, DEC. 31, 1886.
DR.
CR.
Public Property
$530,330 36
Assets and Debts (excess of assets over debts)
$186,782 .72
Excess and deficiency
210 01
Notes Payable
43,916 96
Corporation and Bank Tax
2,353 24
Arlington Water Scrip .
300,000 00
Fines
12 00
Counsel Fees.
46 30
Overlayings
434 43
Income Wm. Cutter School Fund
869 59
Loans .
8,431 36
Income from Poor Widows' Fund
280 92
Insurance
38 63
Licenses
976 50
Soldiers' Monument
481 23
Hillside Avenue .
'67 04
Discounts and Abatements
413 20
Estate of Cornelius McCarthy
22 17
Pay Rolls Nos. 6, 7, 11, 12 (unpaid)
408 03
Rents
63 50
Public Schools
762 94
Interest on Town Debt .
115 15
Almshouse
17 51
Fire Department
72 29
Street Lamps .
5 25
Public Library
502 22
Incidentals
374 77
Police
10 38
Outside Poor .
788 59
Town House
1,214 17
Cemeteries
174 07
Taxes for 1884
20 60
Taxes for 1885
4,136 82
Taxes for 1886
8,615 06
State Aid
437 00
Cash
6,760 66
Receipts from Scales
46 32
Highways and Bridges .
509 85*
Dog Tax
5 00
$550,353 42
$550,353 42
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PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Estimated value of the Real and Personal Estate of the Town of Arlington, as shown on the Books, Dec. 31, 1886.
Town house, land and building, $17,000 00
66 furniture and fixtures, 800 00
Almshouse, land and buildings, 11,000 00
66
furniture and fixtures, 700 00
66 stock and tools, 3,000 00
Cutter School-house, land and fur- niture, 10,000 00
Russell School-house, land and fur- niture, 50,000 00
Adams School-house, land and fur- niture,
3,500 00
Crosby School-house, land and fur- niture, 6,000 00
Cotting High School-house, land and furniture,
6,000 00
Locke School-house, land and fur- niture,
8,000 00
Blue gravel, lot of land,
3,500 00
Grove street, 66
1,000 00
Russell Park,
8,000 00
"Training Field" lot of land,
1,000 00
Cemetery Land,
25,000 00
Public Library,
3,500 00
Amount carried forward, $158,000 00
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Amount brought forward, $158,000 00
Town Scales, 200 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, 7,000 00
Stone crusher, building and machin- ery,
2,000 00
Pratt Fund, for the Poor Wid- ows' Fund, $5,000
Pratt Fund, for the Public
Library,
10,000
Pratt Fund, for the High
School,
10,000
25,000 00
Sinking Fund,
8,431 36
High School Fund Income, 7,021 12
Water works, at cost on the books, 304,210 77
530,330 36
Amount of taxes due Dec. 31, 1886, as shown on the trial balance, 12,772 48
Amount of cash on hand, Dec, 31, 1886,
6,760 66
19,533 14
Less balances due on Pay Rolls Nos. 6, 7, 11 and 12, 408 03
Temporary loans 8,431 36
8,839 39
10,693 75
$541,024 11
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Staetment of amounts received and unexpended, .Dec. 31, 1886.
Balance of appropriations unexpend-
ed, as per tabular statement on page 65, 5,050 75
Receipts from scales,
46 32
Rents of land and Adams School- house, 63 50
Overlayings of tax,
434 43
Balance of account, " Corporation
and Bank Tax," 2,353 24
Balance of "Excess and Deficiency" account,
210 01
Fines, 12 00
Licenses,
976 50
9,146 75
Balance of account, "Income from
Poor Widows' Fund," unex- pended, 280 92
Balance of account, income from " Wm. Cutter School Fund," unexpended, 869 59
-
1,150 51
$10,297 26
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT, DEC. 31, 1886.
To WHOM DUE.
Date of Note.
When Due.
Rate of Interest.
Amount.
John Peabody
Nov. 23, 1872
Nov. 23, 1887
7 per cent.
$2,500 00
Dec.
2,1872
Dec.
2,1887
7
2,500 00
Jan.
1, 1873
Jan.
1,1888
7
1,000 00
June
1,1883
June
1,1888
4
4,000 00
June
1,1883
June
1, 1889
4
4,000 00
One Coupon Note
June
1, 1883
June
1,1889
4
66
500 00
John Peabody .
April
1,1872
April
1, 189
7
7,000 00
Nov.
1,1877
Nov.
1, 1892
5
66
8,000 00
66
"
66
May
1,1877
May
1, 1897
5
66
8,000 00
Trustees of Town Library
April
1,1856
On demand
6
100 00
Treasurer of Citizens' Soldiers' Fund
Dec.
31, 1861
66
6
66
349 85
Jan.
1,1871
6
375 61
Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund . 66
Jan.
1,187{
6
237 50
Trustees of William Cutter School Fund
Jan.
1,1871
66
6
66
5,354 00
Arlington Water Scrip
Jan.
1,1872
Jan. 1,1892
6 per cent.
220,000 00
July
1, 1878
July
1, 1898
5
80,000 00
Total amount as shown on Trial Balance .
#343,916 96
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
71
66
66
Four Coupon Notes, each $1,000
Eight Coupon Notes, each $1,000
66
$43,916 96
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DR.
B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
1885. Dec. 31
To balance of cash on hand this date .
$ 2,229 07 Amount of uncollected taxes at this date 13,864 34
1886.
Jan. 4
Cash of Julia Tolman, M. D., rent of room at Swan's Hall, for Dec., 1885 . 6 67 ·
5
Ancient Order of Hibernians, use of hall
12 00
66 Thos. Roden ' 66
15 00
8
66
66 T. E. Collins is 66
30 00
25
66
" Water Commissioners, amount of loan, Dec. 31, 1885
600 00
26
66
" Abby P. Nute, rent of rooms at Swan's Hall for Dec., 1885 4 14
27
66 " State Treasurer, income from Massachu- setts School Fund 53 27
66
' Emmet Boat Club, 6 months' rent to May 1st of lower room in Adams school- house .
25 00
29
66
" St. John's Church, use of room
3 00
30
66
" Edward Lacv, for board ·
21 90
sundry persons, this month, interest on taxes 14 37
Feb. 5
Boston & Lowell Railroad, for concreting
19 50
66
66 St. John's Church, use of room
3 00
66
66 Six Odd Associates, use of hall
8 00
6
66
" Julia Tolman, M. D., rent of rooms for January 6 67
9
66
" A. D. Hoitt, use of hall .
7 50
10
66
borrowed of Water Commissioners, on de- mand
2,000 00
13
66
of J. M. Cutter, for 4 loads of gravel . 5 00
8 00
66 " Arlington Catholic Total Abstinence So- ciety, use of hall .
15 00
23
66
" Edward Lacy, for board .
22 10
24
66
borrowed of Faneuil Hall National Bank, on demand
2,000 00
27
of Abby P. Nute, rent for January ·
4 17
66 " sundry persons, this month, interest on taxes
31 30
Amount carried forward,
·
· $21,009 00
.
18
" T. Coakley, use of hall
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
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