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O. B. Marston, repairs, etc., 45 47
C. M. Hall, for oil, 98
Oscar F. Howe, 1 basket,
1 25
V. H. Hall & Co., covering paper, 42 92
Amounts carried forward,
$1,818 33$35,711 33
48
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Amounts brought forward, $1,818 33 $35,711 33 25
Paid O. W. Whittemore, glue,
Fuller, Leonard & Small, rubber bands, 75
Samuel Hollis, lettering case, 4 00
F. Doane & Co., record book, 75
R. L. Gay & Co., 1 desk pad, 1 10
W. Robinson, removing ashes, 1 50
Highway Department, removing ashes, 1 75 A. F. Brooks, expressing, 8 05
A. Needham, 85
Winn's Express, 6 80
Mrs. D. Benham; cleaning, 9 15
C. S. Parker, Advocate and printing, 5 50
T. F. O'Brien, repairing shade, 60
Geo. D. Tufts, labor and stock,
3 15
Sylvester Stickney, repairs, etc., 13 36
Augustus Nichols, newspapers, 21 00
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books, 16 50
M. Garrison & Co., books,
13 50
Cleaves, MacDonald & Co., books, 28 48
Laughton, MacDonald & Co., books,
462 25
Amer. Public Health Association, books, 1 00
S. F. G. Wilder, books, 1 50
J. M. Stoddart Co., books,
10 00
Interstate Publishing Co., books,
2 70
B. B. Russell, books, . 2 75
Henry C. Nash, manager, books,
9 00
Amounts carried forward, $2,444 57 $35,711 33
TREASURER'S REPORT. 49
Amounts brought forward, $2,444 57 $35,711 33 M
Paid Warren A. Peirce, as follows :
5300 lbs. of coal, $17 86
17 tons of coal @ 5.15 87 55
weighing 17 tons @ 10 cts. 1 70
107 11
$2,551 68
Less, amount received for fines col-
lected by the librarian, 96 00
2,455 68
Police.
Paid Eugene Mead, services as chief, $700 00
Garret Barry,
services, 732 00
William O. Austin
66 732 00
Michael J. O'Brien, 66
182 00
Daniel M. Hooley, 66
556 00
H. Bishop, 66
·
2 00
Jas. Irwin,
66
6 00
Geo. F. Reed,
66
10 00
Chas. H. Kimball, 66
16 00
Arthur Poland,
66
2 00
D. Mahoney,
66
2 00
L. J. Cloyes, services of 16 Cam- bridge officers June 17th, 49 00
Thomas Roden, services, 4 00
Edward Storer, making small closet, 3 50
Boston Incandescent Gas Lamp Co., for fixtures, 2 25
Calvin Andrews, teams in 1886, 16 50
Amounts carried forward,
$3,015 25 $38,167 01
4
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50
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Amounts brought forward, $3,015 25 $38,167 01
Paid J. P. Lovell's Sons, 1 dark lantern, 3 00
C. M. Hall, crackers for tramps, 51
O. J. Derby, repairing badges, 20
F. Doane & Co., blank book and pens, 2 50
T. F. O'Brien, repairing chairs, 1 50
E. C. Litchfield, photographs of burglar, 4 50
Estate of D. Dodge, chloride, 45
3,027 91
Salaries of Town Officers.
Paid James A. Bailey, services as select- man, etc., year ending March, 1888, $250 00
George D. Tufts, services as select- man, etc., year ending March, 1888, 175 00
George D. Moore, services as selectman, etc., year ending March, 1888, 175 00
Alfred D. Hoitt, services as water commissioner, year ending March, 1888, 100 00
Apollos J. Tillson, services as water commissioner, year ending March, 1888, 100 00
George W. Lane, services as water commissioner, year ending March, 1888, 100 00
Amounts carried forward,
$900 00$41,194 92
51
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Amounts brought forward, $900 00$41,194 92
Paid Alfred D. Hoitt, services as asses- sor, year ending March, 1888, James A. Bailey, services as as- sessor, year ending March, 1888,
140 00
140 00
B. Delmont Locke, services as clerk of assessors, year ending March, 1888,
220 00
B. Delmont Locke, services as trea- surer, collector of taxes, town clerk, water registrar, and clerk of the boards of selectmen, water commissioners, commis- sioners of sinking fund, and trustees of Pratt fund, for one year to January 1, 1888, 1,600 00 - 3,000 00
Sinking Fund.
Paid Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, amount of appropriation, 11,175 06
Soldiers' Monument.
Paid J. O. Goodwin, services as sur- veyor, $28 00
W. G. Peck, for Monument Com- mittee, balance of appropriation, 453 23
481 23
Amount carried forward,
$55,851 21
52
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Amount brought forward, $55,851 21
Soldiers' Monument, Grading, etc.
Paid Mitchell Granite Works, for curb- ing and edgestone, $549 70
D. F. Tripp, for concreting, 120 00
Warren A. Peirce, for labor, grad- ing and sodding, 64 21
Charles Gott, for wrenches and labor, 2 00
J. A. Marden, for labor, sods and signs, 11 00
S. G. Damon, for labor for founda- tion for curbing and other ex- penses, 29 23
W. N. Winn, for expressing,
25
W. W. Rawson, for manure, 6 00
Jesse Bacon, for stone, 5 00
787 39
Street Hydrants.
Paid Water Commissioners, for use of hydrants for the year 1887, 1,000 00
Street Lamps.
Paid Arlington Gas Light Co., gas for 12 months, 90 lamps, $1,347 90
Wheeler Reflector Co., for furnish- ing light for 12 months, at
$11.50 per lamp, per year of 240 nights (present number, 144 lamps), 1,614 60
Amounts carried forward,
$2,962 50 $57,638 60
TREASURER'S REPORT. 53
Amounts brought forward, $2,962 50 $57,638 60
Paid Wheeler Reflector Co., for 1 wood post and signs, 2 75
Arlington Gas Light Co., for pipe and labor, 27 00
J. H. Fermoyle, care of gas lamps for one year, at 36¿c. a-piece per month,
398'53
J. H. Fermoyle, for setting post, 75
R. W. Shattuck, for repairs, 9 55
Geo. D. Tufts, for repairs of lan- terns, 10 25
Chas. Gott, repairs of lanterns,
3 75
F. W. Lewis, painting 233 posts at 50 cents,
116 50
E. J. Sweeney, expressing,
2 10
$3,533 68
Less, amount received of F. E. Fowle, for one-half cost of mov-
ing lamp post, 5 00
3,528 68
State Aid, Chapter 301.
Paid Ellen Ferguson,
48 00
Alice M. Scanlan,
48 00
Hannah C. Murphy,
48 00
Ann Campbell,
48 00
Eveline C. Henry,
48 00
Eliza W. Locke,
20 00
Artemas Cutler,
36 00
Amounts carried forward,
$296 00 $61,167 28
.
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Amounts brought forward, $296 00 $61,167 28
Paid Mary J. Cutler, 4 00
Mary A. Dockerty,
4 00
304 00
State Aid, Chapter 252.
Paid Eber Hill,
$80 00
Robert Jost,
24 00
Ammi Hall,
96 00
Henry Johnson,
10 00
210 00
Town Debt.
Paid Notes to John Peabody, viz. :
One due Nov. 23, 1887, $2,500 00
One due Dec. 2, 1887, 2,500 00
5,000 00
Town House.
Paid Arlington Gas Light Co., for gas, $136 20 Water Commissioners, for water, 30 00
Warren A. Peirce, viz. :
18 tons of coal at $5.15 $92 70
Weighing 18 tons at 10 cents, 1 80
2 tons of coal, 13 73
Teaming rubbish, 4 50
112 73
Robert Fawcett, 30 baskets charcoal, 9 90
E. O. & F. H. Merrill, burner, 50
R. M. Johnson, cleaning cesspool, 15 00
Amounts carried forward, $304 33 $66,681 28
55
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Amounts brought forward, 2 $304 33 $66,681 28
Paid Geo. Clark, 1 broom, 30
C. M. Hall, soap, oil, matches, 5 29
O. W. Whittemore, sponges, etc., 1 21
A. A. Tilden & Co., chloride of lime, 15
O. J. Derby, repairing clock, 1 50
Jas. Pendergast, labor cleaning, 2 00
Mrs. Leonard, 66 66
1 20
Mrs. Farrell, 66
15 25
Mrs. Benham, 66
4 10
A. Conant & Co., 2 mirrors,
2 45
Geo. D. Tufts, setting glass, 3 50
Highway Department, removing rubbish, 2 75
James M. Chase, carpenter work, labor and stock, repairing roof, etc., 777 13
Jesse Bacon, mason's work, labor and stock, repairing, 80 19
Butler & Stenberg, frescoing and decorating hall and rooms, 165 00
Geo. D. Tufts, painting, etc., viz. :
tower, $85 14
inside work, 213 27
298 41
J. A. Cross, repairing roof,
40 03
S. D. Hicks & Co., copper work on roof, 182 32
Wm. T. Wood & Co., bolts, 37 65
Amounts carried forward, $1,924 76$66,681 28
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Amounts brought forward, $1,924 76 $66,681 28
Paid Sylvester Stickney, sundry re-
pairs, plumbing, etc., 122 35
R. W. Shattuck, 5 lbs. oakum, 50
Tuttle & Bailey M'f'g Co., four 36 inch ventilators, 26 00
Winn's Express, expressing, 1 40
E. J. Sweeney, expressing, 15
$2,075 16
Less, amount received for old junk, old lead, and charcoal, 6 65
2,068 51
Telephones.
Paid N. E. Telephone and Telegraph Co., for telephone service, 272 91
Water Works, for Laying Pipes.
Paid Water Commissioners, amount of appropriation, 600 00
Water Works, for Pipe on Grove St.
Paid Water Commissioners, amount of appropriation, 150 00
Water Works, for Pipe on Jason St. Paid Water Commissioners, amount of appropriation, 210 00
Amount carried forward, $69,982 70
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Amount brought forward, $69,982 70
Water Works, for P. Kenison's Suit.
Paid Water Commissioners, amount of appropriation, 1,220 00
"Wm. Penn," "Highland," and "Eagle" Hose Houses.
Paid Sylvester Stickney, repairs on plumbing at Wm. Penn Hose House, per contract, $75 00
J. E. Shirley, per contract, for building Eagle Hose House, 165 00
240 00
Amount carried to page 65,
$71,442 70
58
TREASURER'S REPORT.
SCHOOLS.
Teachers' Salaries.
Paid A. Gardiner Fisher,
$1,800 00
Horace A. Freeman,
1,600 00
Nathan T. Soule,
1,350 00
Leonard B. Marshall,
800 00
Eliza A. Simmons,
240 00
Anna J. Newton,
650 00
May C. Hardy,
360 00
Olive M. Hobart,
500 00
Caroline C. Turner,
500 00
Anna Pillsbury,
500 00
Addie E. Flanders,
500 00
Elisa A. Sargent,
500 00
Louisa R. Warren,
500 00
Elizabeth B. Blake,
500 00
Elizabeth L. Geer,
500 00
M. Carrie Lawrence,
420 00
Mabel E. Blake,
500 00
Lizzie A. Day,
470 00
Amount carried forward,
$12,190 00
59
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Amount brought forward,
$12,190 00
Paid Mary F. Scanlan,
520 00
Annie C. Snelling,
500 00
Jennie A. Chaplin,
500 00
Mary L. Pierce,
600 00
Mary J. Copeland,
470 00
Mary M. Brady,
470 00
Elizabeth De Blois,
500 00
Fannie E. Taylor,
420 00
Henrietta L. Shepard,
43 75
Mary E. Rogers,
180 00
--
$16,393 75
INCIDENTALS. .
Russell School.
Paid James Thaxter, janitor, $700 00
Water Commissioners, water, 100 00
Warren A. Peirce, 75 tons Lehigh coal, at $5.80, $435 00
Weighing, 9 15
11 tons of coal,
64 75
508 90
Robert Fawcett, 59 baskets of charcoal, 19 47
James M. Chase, repairs, 59 34
R. M. Johnson, cleaning cess- pool, 30 00
Amounts carried forward, $1,417 71 $16,393 75
..
60
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Amounts brought forward, $1,417 71 $16,393 75 1
Paid R. W. Shattuck, repairs, etc., 28 90
Geo. D. Tufts, repairs, glass, etc., 8 32
C. S. Parker, printing, 4 45
Winn's Express, expressing,
21 70
A. A. Tilden & Co., carbolic powder, 4 61
1,485 69
Cutter School.
Paid Kimball Farmer, janitor, $208 34
Water Commissioners, water, 25 00
Warren A. Peirce, viz. :
25 tons coal at $5.15, $128 75
Weighing, 2 50
7 tons coal, 40 75
2 feet wood, 2 50
174 50
Robert Fawcett, 25 baskets char- coal, 8 25
J. E. Shirley, for repairs, 233 88
S. Stickney, for repairs, 20 71
J. P. Beddeos, for painting,
119 81
O. M. Winship, one half cost of fence, 30 08
O. J. Derby, cleaning clocks, 3 00 .
Winn's Express, expressing,
3 60
C. F. Oakman,
25
827 42
Crosby School.
Paid Daniel Sweeney, janitor, $132 00.
Amounts carried forward,
$132 00 $18,706 86
TREASURER'S REPORT. 61
Amounts brought forward, $132 00 $18,706 86
Paid W. A. Peirce, 25 tons of coal at $5.15, $128 75
Weighing, 2 40
131 15
J. McCarthy's Sons, 30 baskets charcoal at 28c, 8 40
R. W. Shattuck, repairs, etc., 32 94
James Baston, repairs, 22 16
R. M. Johnson, cleaning cesspool, 6 00
Bastine & Gates, 1 bottle ammonia, 30
332 95
Locke School.
Paid Kimball Farmer, janitor, $208 33
W. A. Peirce, 30 tons of coal at $5.15, $154 50
Weighing, 2 60
1 ton coal, 5 75
162 85
Derby & Kilmer Desk Co, 1 desk,
28 00
'K. Farmer, cleaning cistern, , 2 00
R. W. Shattuck, repairs,
2 00
S. Stickney, 66
47 57
John E. Shirley,
61 70
J. P. Beddeos, painting,
11 23
Winn's Express, expressing,
4 70
Parker & Wood, 1 waste basket, 71
529 09
.
Amount carried forward,
$19,568 90
62
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Amount brought forward, $19,568 90
1
Cotting High School.
Paid Franklin Litchfield, janitor, $241 67
Water Commissioners, water, 20 00
W. A. Peirce, 20 tons of coal at $5.15, $103 00
Weighing, 2 60
105 60
Robert Fawcett, 25 baskets of charcoal. 8 25
J. McCarthy's Sons, 45 baskets of charcoal, 13 30
Thos. Hall, repairing apparatus, 1 20
7 50
Arlington Gas Light Co., gas, C. S. Parker, printing,
8 25
R. W. Shattuck, repairs,
2 25
L. B. Marshall, music, 14 95
A. G. Fisher, sundry expenses, 35 45
Jesse Bacon, mason work, 17 90
J. S. Merrill & Son, window fix- tures, 10 20
Winn's Express, expressing,
3 15
A. F. Brooks,
15
Edward Storer, carpenter work, 28 14
Geo. D. Tufts, setting glass,
75
518 71
Sundries.
Paid Warren W. Rawson, services as truant officer, $25 00
Amounts carried forward, $25 00 $20,087 61
63
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $25 00 $20,087 61
Paid Wm. A. Winn, services as truant officer, 25 00
Wm. A. Winn, services as chair- man of school committee, 100 00
James P. Parmenter, services as secretary of school committee, 100 00
Burdett Business College, for en- grossing diplomas, 6 75
B. D. Locke, for collecting and re- cording names of school children, 25 00
Geo. S. Perry, 1 doz. dusters, etc., 20 35
C. E. Moulton & Co., 2 ladders, 4 20
A. A. Benton & Co., 6 brooms, 9 00
Parker & Wood, ¿ doz. baskets, 4 25
M. C. Warren & Co., thermome- tors,
2 00
Winn's Express, expressing, 6 75
A. F. Brooks, expressing, 2 90
331 20
Free Text Books and Supplies.
Paid Wm. Ware & Co., books,
$114 04
Harper & Bros., books,
50 06
Ginn & Co., books,
61 56
Carl Schoenof, books, 27 42
Martin Garrison & Co., books,
48 00
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, books, 2 00
J. W. C. Gilman & Co., books, 4 30
Charles H. Whiting, books,
57 28
Amounts carried forward,
$364 66 $20,418 81
64
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, 4
$364 66 $20,418 81
Paid Harrison Hume, books, 11 75
Thompson, Brown & Co., books,
63 03
Willard Small, books, 12 72
Interstate Publishing Co., books,
50
Cowperthwait & Co., books, 31 80
Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co., books, 8 52
Boston School Supply Co., books, 8 30
Prang Educational Co., books,
39 60
Lee & Shepard, books, 85
D. Appleton & Co., books, 2 55
Clark & Maynard, books, 4 00
Silver, Rogers & Co., music read- ers, metronomes, books, etc., 354 43
Adams & Ingraham, paper and supplies, 116 53
J. L. Hammett, erasers and supplies, 57 93
Fred. W. Barry, blank books, paper, etc., 19 50
B. B. Russell, maps,
3 75
George S. Perry, "slates, paper, and supplies, 179 65
Hascall, Cullen & Co., books, 7 50
Carter, Dinsmore & Co., ink, 7 00
N. T. Soule, slate pencil sharp- ener, 3 00
C. B. Botsford & Co., covering paper, 19 50
J. C. White, cards, 6 42
C. S. Parker, labels and printing, 24 25
Geo. Frost & Co., pencil sharpener, 5 00
A. G. Fisher, books, 10 02
Amounts carried forward, $1,362 76 $20,418 81
65
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,362 76 $20,418 81
Paid B. A. Fowler & Co., chart, etc. .35 00
Thomas Hall, physical apparatus, 15 50
Alfred P. Gage, « 66
45 00
1,458 26
$21,877 07
Less, amount received of J. Herbert Frost, of Belmont, for tuition of his son and daughter at the High School, for two terms, ending June, 1887,
80 00
Total School expenses,
$21,797 07
Amount brought from page 57,
71,442 70
Total expenditures for the year 1887,
$93,239 77
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TABULAR STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1887.
OBJECTS OF APPROPRIATIONS
Amount of Appropria- tions.
Amount Expended.
Expended more than Appropria - tions.
Expended less than Appropria- tions.
Almshouse,
$1,700 00
$1,826 02
$126 02
Cemeteries,*
876 07
698 66
$177 41
Counsel Fees, -
300 00
287 51
12 49
Decoration Day,
125 00
125 00
Drinking Fountains,
200 00
200 00
Discounts and Abatements,
4,500 00
4,125 30
374 70
Fire Department,
2.500 00
2,432 82
67 18
Highways and Bridges
12,200 00
12,488 74
311 26
Sidewalks, -
600 00
Incidentals,
1,500 00
1,137 31
362 69
Insurance, -
350 00
417 75
67 75
Interest on Town Debt,
2,500 00
2,343 18
156 82
Interest on Water Debt,
7,000 00
7,000 00
Library,*
2,888 40
2,455 68
432 72
Ledge at Old Brick School House,
600 00
581 60
18 40
Mystic and Alewife Brook
Nuisances,
500 00
500 00
Outside Poor,*
2,050 00
2,047 44
2 56
Police,
3.000 00
3,027 91
27 91
Schools,*
22,624 82
21,797 07
827 75
Salaries of Town Officers,
3.000 00
3,000 00
Sinking Fund,*
11,175 06
11,175 06
Soldiers' Monument,
481 23
481 23
Soldiers' Monument, Grad-
ing, etc ,
1,200 00
787 39
412 61
Street Hydrants, use of
1,000 00
1,000 00
Street Lamps,
3,600 00
3,528 68
71 32
State Aid,*
831 00
514 00
317 00
Town Debt,*
5,000 00
5,000 00
Town House, repairs and in- cidentals,*
2,971 17
2,068 51
902 66
Telephones,
275 00
272 91
2 09
Water Works, laying Pipes,
600 00
600 00
Water Works, for Pipe on
Jason Street,* -
210 00
210 00
Water Works, for Pipe on Grove Street,*
150 00
150 00
Water Works, for P. Keni- son's suit,*
1,220 00
1,220 00
"Wm. Penn." "Highland," and "Eagle" Hose houses,
775 00
240 00
535 00
Bal. of App'ns unexpended,
5,262 98
* See Note on next page.
* $98,502 75 $93.239 77 $5,484 66
$5.484 66
67
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*Funds for the foregoing appropriations have been obtained from the following sources : Amount raised by taxation in 1887, authorized March 7 and 15, 1887, LIBRARY .- Dog Tax of 1886, $556 74
$78,525 00
Income from Pratt Fund, 323 44
Interest on note, $100, for this account, 6 00
Unexpended balance of this account Dec. 31, 1886, 502 22
- -- 1,388 40
SCHOOLS .- Amount received from Common- wealth of Massachusetts for proportion of School Fund, $64 32
Amount credited from " Income of Wm. Cutter School Fund," 60 50
1
124 82
SINKING FUND .- Amount taken from "Excess and Deficiency" account, 6,175 06
STATE AID .- Amount refunded by the State,
381 00
TOWN DEBT .- Amount received from Com- missioners of the Sinking Fund, CEMETERIES .- Amount received income from " Robbins Fund," $202 00
5,000 00
Unexpended balance of this account Dec. 31, 1886, 174 07
376 07
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT .- Unexpended balance of this account Dec. 31, 1886, 481 23
TOWN HOUSE .- Amount of rents received, $607 00
Unexpended balance of this account Dec. 31, 1886, 1,214 17
Amount appropriated Nov. 8, 1887, for seats for the hall, with authority to borrow, 650 00
2,471 17
Amount carried forward,
$94,922 75
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Amount brought forward, $94,922 75
LEDGE AT "OLD BRICK SCHOOL HOUSE."- Unexpended balance of this account Dec. 31, 1886, 600 00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES .- Amount appropri- ated Nov. 8, 1887, with authority to borrow, 1,500 00
WATER WORKS FOR PIPE ON JASON ST .- Amount appropriated Nov. 8, 1887, with authority to borrow, 210 00
WATER WORKS FOR P. KENISON'S SUIT .- Amount appropriated Nov. 8, 1887, with authority to borrow, 1,220 00
OUTSIDE POOR .- Amount credited to this ac- count from Income from Poor Widows' Fund, 50 00
$98,502 75
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TRIAL BALANCE, Dec. 31, 1887.
DR.
CR.
Public Property
$542,481 49
Assets and Debts (excess of assets over debts) .
#203,933 85
Mystic and Alewife Brook Nuisances . Excess and deficiency .
334 94
Notes payable
38,916 96
Corporation and bank tax
3,380 68
Arlington Water Scrip
300,000 00
Town Grant
3,580 00
"W.m. Penn," "Highland," and " Eagle " Hose houses
535 00
Fines
13 00
Counsel Fees
12 49
Overlayings
628 20
Income from Wm. Cutter School Fund .
1,130 33
Lots in New Cemetery
597 50
Loans
11,975 41
Income from Poor Widows' Fund .
419 43
Insurance
67 75
Licenses
1 50
. Soldiers' Monument, Grading, etc. ·
412 61
Estate of C. McCarthy
13 80
Ledge at " Old Brick School-house "
18 40
Taxes for 1884
20 60
Rents
121 75
Public Schools
827 75
Interest on Town Debt
156 82
Almshouse
126 02
Fire Department
67 18
Street Lamps
71 32
Public Library
432 72
Incidentals
362.69
Police
27 91
Outside Poor .
2 56
Town House .
902 66
Cemeteries
177 41
Taxes for 1885
658 57
Taxes for 1886
3,478 47
State Aid .
317 00
Cash
7,589 53
Receipts from Scales
58 45
Highways and Bridges
311 26
Telephones
2 09
Dog Tax
5 00
Discounts and Abatements
374 70
Taxes for 1887
8,985 12
$567,015 46
$567,015 46
500 00
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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, 1887.
Town house, land and building, $17,000 00
66 furniture and fixtures, 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 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, lot of land,
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
71
TREASURER'S REPORT.
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
Robbins Fund,
5,000 00
Sinking Fund,
14,975 41
High School Fund income,
7,628 20
Water works at cost on the books, 304,210 77
-$542,481 49
Amount of taxes due Dec. 31, 1887, as shown on the trial balance, $13,142 76 Amount of cash on hand, Dec. 31, 1887, 7,589 53
$20,732 29
11,975 41
Less temporary loans, 8,756 88
$551,238 37
72
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Statement of amounts received and unexpended, Dec. 31, 1887.
Balance of appropriations unex- pended, as per tabular statement on page 66, $5,262 98
Receipts from scales,
58 45
Rents of land and Adams school-
house, 121 75
Overlayings of tax,
628 20
Balance of account, "Corporation
and Bank Tax,"
3,380 68
Balance of "Excess and Deficiency" account, 334 94
Fines,
13 00
Licenses,
1 50
Lots in new Cemetery sold,
597 50
$10,399 00
Balance of account, "Income from
Poor Widows' Fund," unex- pended,
$419 43
Balance of account, income from "Wm. Cutter School Fund," unexpended,
1,130 33
1,549 76
$11,948 76
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT, DEC, 31, 1887.
TO WHOM DUE.
Date of Note.
When Due.
Rate of Interest.
Amount.
John Peabody -
Jan.
1, 1873
Jan. 1, 1888
7 per cent.
$1,000 00
Four Coupon Notes, each $1,000 -
June
1, 1883
June
1, 1888
4
66
4,000 00
-
66
66
June
1, 1883
June
1, 1889
4
66
4,000 00
One Coupon Note
June
1, 1883
June
1, 1889
4
500 00
John Peabody
April
1, 1872
April
1, 1892
7
66
7,000 00
Eight Coupon Notes, each $1,000 66 $6
Nov.
1, 1877
Nov.
1, 1892
20
8,000
00
May
1, 1877
May
1, 1897
5
8,000 00
Trustees of Town Library
April
1, 1856
On demand
6
100 00
Treasurer of Citizens' Soldiers' Fund
Dec.
31, 1861
6
66
349 85
Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund -
Jan.
1,
1871
66
68
6
375 61
Jan.
1, 1875
66
6
66
237 50
Trustees of William Cutter School Fund -
Jan.
1, 1871
66
G
5,354 00
Arlington Water Scrip
Jan.
1, 1872
1, 1892
6
66
-
220,000 00
July
1, 1878
1, 1898
5
80,000 00
Total amount, as shown on Trial Balance -
$338,916 96
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
TREASURER'S REPORT.
73
-
.
-
$38,916 96
Jan. July
74
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR.
B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
1886. Dec. 31
To balance of cash on hand this date $6,760 66 Amount of uncollected taxes at this date, . 12,772 48 ·
1887.
Jan. 10
Cash of C. T. Hartwell, rent of upper hall in Adams school-house, for one month .
4 25
13
66
P. J. Dale, for license to keep a sippio table 2 00
15
W. A. Peirce, rent of hall
17 50
17
A. D. Hoitt,
5 00
18
" W. A. Clark, subscription for watering the streets for 1886 2 00
19
St. John's Church, use of hall
8 00
22
Women's Christian Temperance Union, use of hall.
10 50
Atlantic Telegraph Co., for removing brush . 3 00
25
66
66
G. W. Austin, for pork sold
1 60
26
State Treasurer, income from sachusetts school fund
64 32
27
6
Six Odd Associates, use of hall .
8 00
31
sundry persons, this month, interest on taxes .
18 15
Feb.
1
Edward Lacy, for board
27 30
3
66
Patrick Slattery, for labor
10 00
8
66
J. O. Hayden, Treasurer of Middlesex County, 90 per cent. of dog tax for 1886 .
556 74
9
" " C. T. Hartwell, rent of upper hall in Adams school-house for one month
4 25
21
Daniel Hooley, use of hall
12 00
66 Benjamin Randall, for manure ·
25
Arlington Catholic Temperance So- ciety, use of hall 12 00
66
Bay State Band, use of hall
8 00
25
" '" Julia Tolman, M. D., rent of rooms for January .
6 67
26
66 66 C. L. Lewando, subscription for water- ing the streets for 1886
3 00
28
66
sundry persons, this month, interest on taxes 29 47
March 1
Julia Tolman, M. D., rent of rooms for February
·
6 67
Amount carried forward,
$20,353 81
.
·
Mas-
TREASURER'S REPORT. 75
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
1886.
Dec. 31
By amount of unpaid bills at this date, included in Pay Rolls, Nos. 6, 7, 11 and 12
$408 03
1887. Jan. 31 Feb. 28
4,785 95
Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 1 . No. 2 . . . 4,345 16
Amount carried forward, .
·
$9,539 14
76
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR. B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
1887. To amount brought forward,
$20,353 81 .
March 2
Cash of Mrs. J. A. Marden, use of hall . 10 00
3
66 High School Alumni, “ 6 2 5 00
6 Frank Peabody, 66 66 8 00
36 00
9
66 66
C. T. Hartwell, rent of hall in Adams school-house for one month 4 25
10
Six Odd Associates, use of hall
13 00
12
Geo. W. Austin, for auctioneer's license
2 00
15
66 T. R. Parris, use of hall
8 00
18
66 Young Men's Catholic Association, use of hall
8 00
19
Women's Christian Temperance Union, use of hall
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