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133 33
George W. Lane,
133 33
For services as Water Com-
missioners, for the year ending March, 1896.
George I. Doe, 265 00
Lucian C. Tyler,
285 00
Frank Y. Wellington, 450 00
For services as Assessors for
the year ending, March, 1896.
B. Delmont Locke, for services as treasurer, collector of taxes, town clerk, water registrar,
clerk of the selectmen and water commissioners, for one year, to Jan. 1, 1896,
1,850 00
C. T. Parsons, auditor,
12 50
L. D. Bradley
12 50
Wm. H. Pattee, registrar of voters
25 00
Walter Crosby, 66 25 00
Wm. A. Fitzpatrick, " 25 00
B. D. Locke, clerk of regis- trars of voters,
50 00
Edgar Crosby, teller,
10 00
Geo. H. Peirce,
66
10 00
J. E. Kimball,
10 00
O. W. Whittemore, 66
8 00
John J. Murray,
66
8 00
S. B. Wood,
66
5 00
J. S. Prendergast,
66
5 00
Amounts carried forward,
$4,306 00 $103,187 88
54
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $4,306 00 $103,187 88
Paid J. F. Sullivan, teller, 5 00
H. A. Weir, 66
5 00
W. H. Kenniston, «
5 00
D. W. Haley, 66
5 00
D. W. Grannan, 66
5 00
W. N. Bean,
5 00
H. T. Cleary, 66
5 00
J. P. Parmenter, 66 5 00
S. J. Gage, 66
5 00
B. H. Peirce, 66
5 00
A. L. Bridgham, 66
5 00
J. J. Mahoney, 5 00
J. B. Chalmers, 66
5 00
J. F. McCarty, 5 00
A. J. Wellington,
5 00
H. P Worthley, 66
5 00
R. A. Swan,
5 00
F. A. Fessenden, 66
5 00
J. Bitzer, 66
3 00
F, F. Russell,
66
3 00
Thos. Hogan, 66 3 00
4,405 00
State Aid, Chapter 279, Acts of 1894.
Paid John Nolan,
$72 00
Eber Hill,
48 00
120 00
State Aid, Chapter 301, Acts of 1894.
Paid Reuben Frost,
$68 00
Patrick Harkins,
60 00
Michael Sheehan,
54 00
Eveline C. Henry,
48 00
Amounts carried forward,
$230 00 $107,712 88
55
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $230 00 $107,712 88
Paid Mary A. Bagley, 48 00
Mary A. Sefton,
48 00
Alice M. Scanlan,
48 00
Anna W. Martin,
48 00
S. Jennie Emerson,
48 00
Arthur B. Moulton,
48 00
Fannie A. Bowers,
36 00
Margaret Burns,
24 00
578 00
Town House.
Paid Somerville Electric Light Co., light, $496 47
Arlington Gas Light Co., gas, 57 50
Water Commissioners, water, 30 00
Peirce & Winn Co., coal,
332 05
J. Halloran, charcoal, 8 96
Edward Mears, janitor, 416 70
E. O. Simonds; stock and labor, 83 11
J. M. Chase, 66
26 96
Geo. A. Sawyer, «
4 25
A. L. Bacon, mason work, 9 75
Geo. D. Tufts, painting, etc., 82 90
W. E. Bertwell, covering pipes, 31 07
A. F. Bishop, labor on boiler, 17 50 R. W. LeBaron, fixtures and labor 107 57 R. Hollings & Co., fixtures and shades, 38 25
Boston Gas Appliance Exchange, fixtures, 11 98
J. Goldthwaite & Co., carpets, 106 74
Smith Desk Co., furniture, 169 00
Amounts carried forward,
$2,030 76 $108,290 88
56
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $2,030 76 $108,290 88
Paid Chas. W. Allen, book case, table, etc. 59 25
Leavens & Co., chairs and cushions 42 00
Jordan, Marsh & Co., curtains and poles, 9 00
Wm. W. Robertson, shades, 2 85
Keeler & Co., umbrella stand, 5 00
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton, cus- pidores, 3 00
Peabody-Whitney Co., basket, 1 25
S. Stickney & Co., screens, ash barrels, and labor, 77 71
Bradley & Knowles, labor and sundries, 71 76
R. W. Shattuck & Co., sundries,
13 42
J. O. Holt, sundries, 4 74
A. M. Eaton, paper, 2 00
G. W. Stevens, keys,
1 80
O. W. Whittemore, fly paper,
05
C. F. Oakman, moving settee,
25
Ellen Farrell, cleaning,
5 00
R. A. Welch, loam,
3 00
Eugene Flynn, labor,
4 00
C. A. Collins,
2 00
T. H. Mullen,
2 00
James Twohig,
1 50
Richard Welch, 60
1 00
Jere. Crowley, Jr.
1 00
James Baston, 66
1 00
James Farrell, 66
75
R. M. Johnson, cleaning cesspool, 15 00
Amounts carried forward, $2,361 09 $108,290 88
57 .
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $2,361 09 $108,290 88
Paid Boston & Maine R. R., freight, 2 55
American Express Co., expressing 30
J. C. Fletcher, 66
25
Highway Department, for edge- stone, 28 35
$2,392 54
Less amount received of D. M.
Hooley, for stoves, 8 50
2,384 04
Telephones.
Paid N. E. Telephone and Telegraph Co., for telephone service,
519 05.
Soldiers' Monument.
Paid J. H. Hartwell & Son,
for care,
$25 00
sods and labor, 29 40
$54 40
R. A. Welch, sods and labor,
28 63
Peirce & Winn Co., loam, etc., 22 50
105 53
New High School Building.
Paid Smith & Anthony Co., heating apparatus, $1,353 48
Bragdon & Lowe, concreting, 116 25
O. B. Marston, moving fence, 28 15
H. S. Adams, surveying, 7 00
1,504 88
Amount carried forward,
$112,804 38
58
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $112,804 38
New High School Furnishing.
Paid Bobrick School Furniture Co., refinishing desks, $48 00
Sewell, Adams & Co., tables, etc. 41 25
Harrington & Freeman, clocks, 36 50
W. B. Badger & Co., book-cases, 31 50
Heywood Bros. & Co., lounge and chairs, 27 50
J. A. Glass & Co., curtains, 10 85
Jordan, Marsh & Co., inkstands, etc., 3 62
Bay State Nickel Plate Co., ink wells, etc., 2 40
M. C. Warren & Co., door checks, 8 00
Joseph Breck & Sons, window pulls, 2 70
R. W. LeBaron, electrical sup- plies and labor, 13 85
O. B. Marston, sundries, 1 20
Bradley & Knowles, hose, ladder, etc., 11 00
Sweeney's Express, expressing, 6 25
Johnson's Express, 66 1 50
American Express Co., " 1 05
247 17
Russell School Buildings.
Paid S. Homer Woodbridge, profes- sional services, $65 44
J. R. & W. C. Richards, plans, 84 00
O. B. Marston, construction, 2,654 08
Amounts carried forward, $2,803 52 $113,051 55
59
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $2,803 52 $113,051 55
Paid Wm. Mills & Co., plumbing, 1,350 00 W. E. Bertwell & Co., heating and ventilating, 382 98
A. L. Bacon, mason work,
216.90
H. S. Adams, resetting battens,
7 50
Bragdon & Lowe, concrete, 7 00
4,767 90
Crosby School House Land.
Paid Patrick Hurley, for land, 6,000 00
Crosby School Building.
Paid Gay & Proctor, services as architects, $576 50
Thomas S. Brown, on account of contract for construction, 11,400 00
M. Ernest Moore, filling,
34 51
Eli Fletcher, labor,
44 63
12,055 64
Park Commissioners.
Paid D. W. Butterfield, stereopticon views, $50 00
H. M. Chase, use of team, 4 00
54 00
Street Signs.
Paid Sewell, Adams & Co., sign boards, $10 09
Geo. D. Tufts, lettering signs, 98 00
108 09
Electric Light Investigation.
Paid Chas. H. Herrick, professional services as electrical engineer, $100 00
Amounts carried forward,
$100 00 $136,037 18
60
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $100 00 $136,037 18
Paid Stone & Webster, services as experts, 25 00
Hollis French, report and esti- mate, 100 00
P. H. Foster & Co., printing 87 50
Heliotype Printing Co., printing, 29 50
H. S. Adams, blue prints, 7 50
Garritt Barry, distributing re- ports, 9 00
H. M. Chase, use of team, 6 50
A. D. McLean & Co., use of 50
bicycle, 50
365 50
Sewerage Investigation.
Paid H. S. Adams, C. E., services, $1,424 30
Geo. A. Kimball, C. E., « 715 00
F. W. Hodgdon, C. E., “ 200 00
P. H. Foster & Co., printing, 150 00
Frank Wood,
12 00
2,501 30
Henderson St. District Sewer.
Paid Edward P. Fisk, on account connection with Metropolitan Sewer, $358 57
H. S. Adams, C. E., services, 377 97
Geo. A. Kimball, C. E. « 346 00
H. A. Hanscom, on account of contract for construction, 4,773 86
Peirce & Winn Co., pipe, etc., 1,423 42
David W. Lewis, 66 66 23 40
Ham & Carter, cement, 50 00
Amounts carried forward, $7,353 22 $138,903 98
61
4
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $7,353 22 $138,903 98
Paid Wm. H. Woods, gravel, sand, etc. 17 22
City of Medford, gravel, 2 00
Coffin Valve Co., valve, 27 97
Osgood & Hart, rings and covers, 290 00 Eli Fletcher, labor, 7 men, 2 horses, 110 00
Frederick M. Leonard, inspecting, 326 15
Walter C. Newell, 85 25
Herbert L. Kimball, 63 00
G. Herbert Brazer, 33 00
Aaron R. Gay & Co., field books, 20 00
Joseph Buckley, rent of room for office, 18 00
Engineering Record, advertising,
24 80
Engineering News Publishing Co., advertising, 24 40
Water Works. 8,395 01
Amount of Appropriation paid on this account, 1,000 00
Water Works .- High Service.
Amount paid on this account, 32,000 00
Lexington Tax.
Paid Town of Lexington, tax for 1895, 175 00
Mass. Avenue Damages.
Paid damages awarded by County Comm'rs, 219 00
Water Street Damages.
Paid Boston & Maine R. R. 60 00
Health Department.
Expenses of this Department are included in Highway account.
Amount carried to page 71,
$180,752 99
62
TREASURER'S REPORT.
SCHOOLS.
Teachers' Salaries.
Paid I. Freeman Hall, Supt., 8 mos., $1,000 00
True W. White, " 4 630 00
Ira W. Holt, 2,145 00
Anna J. Newton, 796 25
M. Helen Teele, 455 00
Esther Bailey,
32 50
Bessie Greenman,
601 25
Laura A. Davis,
682 50
Mary H. Cutler,
227 50
Grace H. Perkins,
503 75
Eudora T. Eltinge,
100 00
Mattie C. Roberts,
387 50
Ella J. Holmes,
536 25
Horace A. Freeman,
1,397 50
Irene S. Nightingale,
27 50
Stella M. Grimes,
552 50
Anna Pillsbury,
487 50
M. Evelyn Potter,
398 75
Mary J. Mayo,
146 25
Louisa R. Warren,
487 50
Edith M. Arnold,
292 50
Nellie A. Grimes,
487 50
Lila M. Taylor,
455 00
Elizabeth L. Geer,
536 25
Jane A. Forbush,
455 00
Amount carried forward, $13,821 25
63
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $13,821 25
Paid Lizzie A. Day,
536 25
Sarah L. Gifford,
487 50
Mary F. Scanlan,
552 25
Hattie A. Snell,
487 50
Theodora West,
216 00
Jennie A. Chaplin,
682 50
Mabel W. Fuller,
146 25
Rose A. Brady,
487 50
Elizabeth DeBlois,
468 75
Bertha E. Holbrook,
420 00
Mrs. W. D. Higgins,
56 00
Mrs. Harlan B. Bean,
315 00
Josie Davidson,
18 00
Emma Sawyer,
227 50
Margaret M. Oakes,
503 75
Lucy E. Evans,
487 50
Elizabeth ·VanDerveer,
357 50
Esther C. Glidden,
146 25
Blanche E. Heard,
747 50
Emma K. Parker,
438 75
Alfred C. Cobb,
485 00
Emma C. Hollis,
131 25
Flora A. Cole,
28 13
Mary J. Copeland,
97 50
$22,345 38
High School.
Paid William Gratto, janitor,
$165 27
William Finley,
570 85
Water Commissioners, water,
125 00
Arlington Gas Co., gas,
61 25
Amounts carried forward, $922 37 $22,345 38
64
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $922 37 $22,345 38
Paid Somerville Electric Light Co., light, 21 49
Peirce & Winn Co., coal and wood, $848 42
labor,
15 50
863 92
John Halloran, charcoal,
5 60
J. M. Chase & Co., stock and labor, 16 82
O. B. Marston, stock and labor, 14 53
Geo. A. Sawyer, "" 7 15
Bradley & Knowles, sundries and labor, 54 13
R. W. LeBaron, fixtures and labor, 11 40
Joel Barnard, labor on labora- tories, 45 00
J. E. Shirley, laying floor, 265 00
Wm. Lumb & Co., plumbing supplies and labor, 21 10
Geo. D. Tufts, shellac, oil, etc., 10 73
A. L. Bacon, mason work, 2 15
Smith & Anthony Co., labor, etc. 33 70
Edwin Prescott, 66 66 25
Carter, Rice & Co., paper, 3 50
Jordan, Marsh & Co., polish, 90
James O. Holt, sundries,
3 68
R. W. Shattuck, 66 1 50
O. W. Whittemore, 1 25
Central Dry Goods Co., dusters, 30
Chas. Gott, irons for flag-pole, 2 75
Amounts carried forward, $2,309 22 $22,345 38
TREASURER'S REPORT. 65
Amounts brought forward, $2,309 22 $22,345 38
Paid R. A. Welch, labor, 2 00
Timothy Hurley, setting posts, 1 00
Sweeney's Express, expressing, 5 30
Johnson's
1 85
American Express Co. " 30
2,319 67
Manual Training Department.
Paid American Tool and Machine Co., pulleys, $94 55
Wm. H. Field, shaft and pulley, 9 50
Edwin Prescott, belts, lathes, etc. 8 03
Wm. H. Wood & Co., lumber, 53 69
O. B. Marston, 2 50
Chandler & Farquhar, tools, 51 88
Chandler & Barber, 2 47
S. Stickney & Co., tools, etc., 16.09
Frost & Adams, tacks, 2 08
J. L. Hammett, drawing materials 9 25
Jordan, Marsh & Co., sewing " 23 93
Central Dry Goods Co., “ 2 63
Harriet A. Brown, charts,
30 00
Geo. S. Perry & Co., sundries, 6 48
J. A. Glass & Co., paper, 60
Geo. A. Sawyer, stock and labor, 44 62
W. E. Bertwell,
32 34
American Express Co., expressing 15
Sweeney's
15
390 94
Russell School.
Paid Nathaniel E. Whittier, janitor, $716 64
Water Commissioners, water, 50 00
Amounts carried forward,
$766 64 $25,055 99
5
66
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $766 64 $25,055 99
Paid Peirce & Winn Co., coal, $486 84 labor, 16 00
502 84
John Halloran, charcoal,
10 36
J. M. Chase & Co., 'stock and labor,
166 20
A. L. Bacon, stock and labor, 114 50
W. E. Bertwell & Co., grate, valve, etc., 45 83
Underhill Warming & Ventila- ting Co., labor, 27 00
Buildings Cleaning Co., labor, 15 00
A. W. Hastings, window glass, 12 77
Geo. D. Tufts, setting glass, etc., 5 62
Harrington & Freeman, repairing clocks, 15 00
Ames Plow Co., pulleys, ash- barrels, etc., 15 86
Geo. S. Perry & Co., mats, 11 10
J. A. Glass & Co., shades, 70
Bradley & Knowles, sundries,
18 70
R. W. Shattuck,
1 40
Chas. Gott, irons for roof,
8 95
O. B. Marston, labor,
2 55
R. A. Welch, gravel and labor,
24 05
Bragdon & Lowe, asphalt,
7 50
D. H. Johnson, expressing,
2 20
Sweeney's Express, expressing,
1 15
R. M. Johnson, cleaning cess- pool, $42 00
disinfectant, 2 00
44 00
1,819 92
Amount carried forward,
$26,875 91
67
4
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$26,875 91
Cutter School.
Paid Kimball Farmer, janitor, $250 00
Water Commissioners, water, 25 00
Peirce & Winn Co., coal, 157 88
John Halloran, charcoal, 11 20
C. A. Hardy, painting, etc.,
167 00
O. B. Marston, stock and labor, 27 72
S. Stickney & Co., stock and labor, 24 34
J. M. Chase & Co., stock and labor, 6 46
J. A. Glass & Co., shades, 11 00
R. W. Shattuck, sundries, 1 66
R. W. LeBaron, repairing bell, 96
R. M. Johnson, cleaning cesspool,
6 00
Town of Arlington, edgestone, 24 07
Sweeney's Express, expressing, 15
D. H. Johnson & Co., " 15
713 59
Locke School.
Paid Kimball Farmer, janitor, $250 00
Peirce & Winn Co., coal, 176 85
John Halloran, charcoal, 11 20
J. M. Chase & Co., stock and labor, 42 48
O. B. Marston, stock and labor, 12 58
S. Stickney & Co., stock and labor,
11 25
L. Davis, setting glass, etc.,
3 65
Harrington & Freeman, repairing clock, 1 00
Amounts carried forward,
$509 01 $27,589 50
68
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $509 01 $27,589 50
Paid R. W. LeBaron, repairing bell, 96
R. M. Johnson, cleaning cesspool, 6 00
Warner's Express, expressing, 4 35
Sweeney's 15
520 47
Crosby School.
Paid Edward J. Sweeney, janitor, $150 00
Water Commissioners, water, 20 00
John Halloran, charcoal, 9 80
S. Stickney & Co., stock and labor, 8 52
R. W. Shattuck, sundries, 95
Bradley & Knowles, sundries, 75
A. Smith, labor, 18 33
Harrington & Freeman, repair- ing clock, 1 50
Burditt & Williams, screws, 2 15
Sweeney's Express, expressing, 30
American Express Co., " 25
212 55
Sundries.
Paid Herbert H. Ceiley, services as secretary of school committee, $200 00
Warren W. Rawson, services as truant officer, 25 00
George D. Moore, services as truant officer, 25 00
F. Y. Wellington, collecting names of school children, 25 00
Forbes Lithograph Co., diplomas, 67 50
Burdett College, engrossing di- plomas, 4 20
Amounts carried forward,
$346 70 $28,322 52
69
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $346 70 $28,322 52
Paid Jordan, Marsh & Co., books, etc., 23 38 J. S. Blagdon & Co., plate and labels, 8 00
A. E. Martell & Co., letter book, 3 50
Louis H. Ross & Co., moving. piano, 10 00
Geo. S. Perry & Co., sundries, 84 37
J. L. Hammett, tables and chairs, 52 23
Murphy, Leavens & Co., brushes, etc., 13 63
W. W. Rawson & Co., lawn mower, etc., 11 40
Ames Plow Co., garbage barrels, 6 50
Geo. Z. Hamblen, pole and flags, 65 00
S. Homer Woodbridge, profes- sional services, 30 00
C. S. Parker & Son, printing, 20 50
E. W. Noyes, printing, etc., 17 00
F. J. Barnard & Co., binding reports, etc., 3 75
E. W. Bettinson, rebinding, 3 50
I. F. Hall, expenses, postage, etc., 13 65
H. H. Ceiley, 7 00
T. W. White, 4 58
I. W. Holt, 66 4 13
N. A. Grimes, rescating chairs, 2 25
John Waldron, moulding, 2 17
Bertha E. Holbrook, sundries, 80
J. O. Holt, sundries 75
American Express Co., expressing 16 50
Amounts carried forward, $751 29 $28,322 52
70
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $751 29 $28,322 52
Paid Sweeney's Express Co., expressing 5 70 Warner's 25
- 757 24
Free Text Books and Supplies.
Paid E. E. Babb & Co., books, $322 55
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn,
187 04
Ginn & Co.,
66 109 27
Willard Small, 108 48
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 66
86 74
American Book Co.,
75 93
D. Appleton & Co.,
56 00
Thompson, Brown & Co., 6
50 24
Lee & Shepard,
43 64
D. C. Heath & Co.,
42 95
T. H. Castor & Co.,
30 29
John E. Potter & Co.,
20 70
Maynard, Merrill & Co.,
18 44
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co.,
66
15 00
Wm. Ware & Co.
11 81
Carl Schoenhof,
66
8 69
W. B. Clarke & Co.,
5 71
E. P. Stiles,
4 75
Chas. R. Magee,
4 00
I. F. Hall, book,
1 50
Educational Pub. Co.,
84
N. E. Pub. Co.,
50
Silver, Burdett & Co., music
242 17
E. R. VanDerveer, 66
16 00
Oliver Ditson Co.,
9 17
Louis H. Ross & Co.,
1 87
Prang Educational Co., drawing books and materials,
614 75
Amounts carried forward,
$2,089 03 $29,079 76
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $2,089 03 $29,079 76
Paid J. L. Hammett, 104 52
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co., books, microscopes, etc., 86 55
Ziegler Electric Co., physical apparatus, etc., 202 91
Carter, Carter & Kilham, chem- icals, 13 26
I. W. Holt, books and chemicals, 9 02
Boston School Supply Co., globe, 15 00
Geo. S. Perry & Co., sundries,
312 85
F. J. Barnard & Co., rebinding books, 21 48
Geo. H. Richter & Co., paper, ink, etc., 10 00
Thorp & Martin Co., paper, etc. 9 40
A. Storrs & Bement Co., " " 2 00
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., paper, etc., 1 25
M. R. Warren, paper, etc.,
1 00
C. S. Parker & Son, cards, envel- opes, etc., 24 75
J. C. White, cards,
1 76
Allyn & Bacon, herbariums,
5 00
2,909 78
$31,989 54
Credit.
Received for use of room in
Russell School Building,
5 00
Town of Belmont for stove, 15 00
20 00
Total amount expended for Schools, Amount brought from page 61, 180,752 99
$31,969 54
Total Expenditures for the year 1895,
$212.722 53
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Tabular Statement of Appropriations and Expenditures. FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1895.
OBJECTS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Amount of Appropria- tions.
Amount Expended
Expende dj Expended more than Appropri- ations
less than Appropria- tions.
Almshouse
$2,500 00
$2,174 60
$325 40
Arlington Ave. Damages .
219 00
$219 00
Board of Health .
700 00
684 70
15 30
*Crosby School House, Land
6,000 00
6,000 00
* Crosby School Buildings
12,055 64
12,055 64
Crosby Dist., Plans School Buildings
200 00
Cemeteries
1,637 00
1,331 88
Counsel Fees
300 00
408 19
108 19
Drinking Fountains
250 00
246 60
3 40
Discounts and Abatements.
7,000 00
7,646 64
646 64
Electric Light Investigation .
200 00
365 50
165 50
Fire Alarm Signal
400 00
400 00
Fire Department
6,500 00
6,496 58
3 42
* Henderson District Sewer
8,395 01
8,395 01
+Highways and Bridges
30,236 70
1
214 86
Sidewalks
3,500 00
Incidentals
2,000 00
2,109 44
109 44
Insurance
800 00
1,993 88
1,193 88
Interest
3,200 00
3,161 84
38 16
Library
4,876 68
4,631 38
245 30
Memorial Day
150 00
150 00
*New High School Building
1,504 88
1,504 8S
*New High School Furnish- ing
247 17
247 17
Outside Poor
2,500 00
2,252 69
247 31
Police
6,380 37
6,149 95
230 42
Park Commission
300 00
54 00
246 00
Russell School Buildings
5,000 00
4,767 90
232 10
Lexington Tax
175 00
175 00
Lamps, Wollaston Ave. and Jason St.
75 00
75 00
Sewerage Investigation
2,000 00
2,501 30
501 30
Schools
32,246 47
31,969 54
276 93
Salaries of Town Officers
4,400 00
4,405 00
5 00
Sinking Fund
18,264 25
18,261 25
Street Hydrants, Use of
4,000 00
4.000 00
Street Lamps .
8,300 00
7,963 42
336 58
State Aid
704 00
698 00
6 00
Soldiers' Monument
105 53
105 53
Street Signs
200 00
108 09
91 91
Town House. Repairs
and
Incidentals
2,253 50
2,384 04
130 54
Amounts carried forward, $179, 557 20 $179, 143 48
$3,079 49 $3,493 21
· From Bonds sold.
+ Expenditures for collecting ashes and offal are included in this account.
₹33,521 84
200 00
305 12
TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To Garritt Barry, a Constable of the Town of Arlington, in said County, Greeting : In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington who are qualified to vote in elec- tions and town affairs, to assemble in the
TOWN HALL, On MONDAY, the Twenty-third day of MARCH, current,
at half past seven o'clock, P. M., then and there to act on the following Articles, viz :-
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for Memorial Day in addition to the sum named in Art. 26 of the March 2, 1896, meeting, or act in any manner relating thereto. (This Article is inserted at the request of C. S. Parker and others.)
Art. 3. To see if the Town will adopt the provisions of an Act of the Legislature of the year 1895, entitled: An Act relative to the watering of streets in towns, Chap. 186, viz :-
Any town the population of which exceeds three thousand, which shall adopt the provisions of this act at its annual town meeting or at a special meeting called for said purpose, may annually appropriate and expend money for watering its public streets, and may provide that its Board of Assessors may assess upon the estates abutting on the streets so watered the whole or any por- tion of the cost of such watering; and the amount of such assessments upon each estate, unless previously paid, shall be certified by such Board of Assessors to the Collector of Taxes of the town, who shall include the same in the next tax bill issued for an annual tax upon such estate, and the same shall be a lien upon such estate, and shall be considered as constituting a part of, and shall be levied, collected and paid or abated in the same manner- as the town taxes on real estate.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before said day and hour of meeting.
Given under our hands, at said Arlington, this fourteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.
EDWARD S. FESSENDEN, ) Selectmen
GEORGE D. TUFTS, of the
EDWIN S. FARMER, Town of Arlington.
HEREDITAS
A true copy. Attest: GARRITT BARRY, Constable of Arlington.
NOTICE! Town meeting of March 2d adjourned to Mon- day evening, 23d ist. at 7.30 o'clock.
OBJECTS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Amount of Appropria- tions.
Amount Expended.
Expended more thau Appropri- tions.
| Expended less thau Appropria- tions.
Amounts brought forward, $179,557 20 $179,143 48 $3,079 49 $3,493 21
Telephones
500 00
519 05
19 05
Trees on Highways
200 00
,
200 00
Water Street Damages
60 00
60 00
*Water Works, high service
32,000 00
32,000 00
Water Works
1,000 00
1,000 00
Unexpended balance
594 67
* From Bonds sold.
$213,317 20 $212,722 53
$3,693 21
$3,693 21
Funds for foregoing Expenditures have been obtained from Appropri- ations and from the following sources, viz :
CEMETERIES .- Appropriation,
$500 00
Received for sale of lots,
610 00
Income from Robbins Fund,
202 00
Received from fund for care of lots, 66 soldiers' monument fund, 25 00
$1,637 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT .- Appropriation, $5,500 00
Allowed by Highway Department for labor, men and horses,
1,000 00
$6,500 00
HIGHWAYS .- Appropriation in March,
November,
3,000 00
Health Department,
2,236 70
$30,236 70
LIBRARY .- Unexpended balance Dec. 31, 1894, $ 73 65
Income from Pratt Fund,
425 30
66
Mott Bequest,
208 00
60
Elbridge Farmer Fund,
1,532 04
Interest on note $100,
3 00
Dog Tax of 1894, Appropriation,
2,000 00
POLICE .- Appropriation,
$6,000 00
Fines collected by Court,
380 37
SCHOOLS. - Appropriation,
$30,800 00
Income from Pratt Fund used for High School,
634 03
Income from Russell School Fund, 66 66 Cutter 66
564 91
66 E. N. Blake, Jr., Memo- rial Fund, $100 00
less balance ou hand, 70 75
29 25
$32,246 47
SINKING FUND .- Appropriation,
$5,000 00
Appropriated from " Excess and Deficiency " account,
13,264 25
$18,264 25
STREET LAMPS .- Appropriation in March,
$7,600 00
66 July,
700 00
STATE AID .- Appropriation, Amount refunded by the State,
004 00
$704 00
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT .- Received from Trustees of Fund, TOWN HOUSE .- Appropriation, Amount of rents,
$1,275 00
978 50
$8,300 00
$100 00
$105 53
$2,253 50
631 69
$4,876 68
$6,380.37
218 28
$25,000 00
300 00
74
TREASURER'S REPORT.
TRIAL BALANCE, Dec. 31, 1895.
DR.
CR.
Public Property
$949,749 87
Assets and Debts
$678,702 23
New High School Building
64,617 32
New High School Building-Furnishing
62 66
New High School Building-Grading
386 04
Town Grant
4,275 00
Corporation and Bank Tax
1,780 98
Notes Payable
14,416 96
Arlington Water Scrip, due July 1, 1898
74,000 00
Arlington Water Loan, due Jan. 1, 1912
91,000 00
Arlington Water Loan, due Jan. 1, 1922
92,000 00
Arlington Water Loan, due April 1, 1924 Arlington Water Loan, due Oct. 1, 1925 Arlington High School Loan, due Nov. 1, 1913
64,600 00
Henderson Street District Sewer Loan
10,500 00
Crosby School Loan.
44,000 00
Loans
8,542 36
Excess and Deficiency
377 52
Overlayings
669 54
Income from Wm. Cutter School Fund .
581 53
Income from Poor Widows' Fund
1,136 91
Tax Sales .
148 19
Receipts from Scales
17 35
Insurance .
1,193 88
Outside Poor .
247 31
Police
230 42
Town House .
130 54
Salaries of Town Officers .
5 00
State Aid
6 00
Cash
21,033 27
Public Schools
276 93
Incidentals
109 44
Cemeteries
305 12
Street Lamps
336 58
Arlington Avenue Damages
219 00
Discounts and Abatements
646 64
Water Street Damages
1,115 00
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