Town of Arlington annual report 1895-1897, Part 3

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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


71


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


72


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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