USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Arlington > Town of Arlington annual report 1898-1899 > Part 21
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36
Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co., gage, etc .. 3 35 R. W. Shattuck & Co., sup- plies for furnace. . 74 94
H. S. Adams, C. E., services. 75 15
Michael Kelly, grading .....
729 57
Geo. H. Lowe, concreting ..
209 70
Geo. W. White, labor
23 00
Wm. Caldwell, use of chairs
8 00
Wm. Bendix, orchestra.
20 00
F. H. Gray, printing. ·
5 00
C. S. Parker & Son, printing Locke School Building Com- mittee, expenses
2 00
45 22
McClellan's Express, express-
ing
1 60
Welch's Express, expressing .
40
Johnson's Express, expressing
1 00
Particular Sewer Dept, mater- ials and labor 46 91
9,387 20
CEMETERIES.
Amount expended (see Report of Cemetery Trustees) 3,381 91
Amount carried to page 90, $189,150 27
....
75
TREASURER'S REPORT.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS' SALARIES. Classified as to Schools.
HIGH SCHOOL AND NINTH GRADE.
Paid Ira W. Holt. $2,200 00
Anna J. Newton . 900 00
M. Cady Roberts 750 00
Susie L. Austin 700 00
Mary H. Cutler 691 25
Angelina L. Weeks. 658 13
Laura M. Sylvester
600 00
Lillian T. Wilkins
600 00
$7,099 38
RUSSELL SCHOOL.
Paid Frank S. Sutcliffe. $1,865 00
Lena H. Abbott. 534 19
Nellie A. Grimes
529 38
Mary J. Mayo.
550 00
Anna Pillsbury
550 00
Louisa R. Warren
541 75
Maude E. Gilman
516 25
Elizabeth L. Geer
550 00
Alice B. Hicok.
540 00
Helen E. True.
512 50
Lizzie A. Day
600 00
Sarah L. Gifford
600 00
Substitutes 39 80
7,928 87
Amount carried forward,
$15,028 25
-
76
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, CROSBY SCHOOL.
$15,028 25
Paid Mary F. Scanlan. $750 00
M. Evelyn Potter.
550 00
Florence R. Faxon.
550 00
Louise M. Wooster
512 81
Vina B. Rogers.
178 75
Hattie A. Snell.
550 00
Theodora West.
516 25
Esther G. Babson
120 00
Substitutes
12 50
3,740 31
CUTTER SCHOOL.
Paid Jennie A. Chaplin
$750 00
Mabelle E. Porter.
360 00
Mabel W. Fuller
13 75
Eva G. Jones.
178 75
Rose A. Brady.
550 00
Antoinette L. Canfield.
516 25
Josephine Davidson.
460 63
Helen H. Learned.
80 00
Substitutes
26 00
2,935 38
LOCKE SCHOOL.
Paid Martha Wentworth . $750 00
Sara N. Phelps.
371 25
Eulalia L. Herald.
178 75
Lucy E. Evans.
550 00
Florence S. Wiley
162 50
Alice M. Bean.
516 25
Amounts carried forward, $2,528 75
$21,703 94
77
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $2,528 75
$21,703 94
Ella R. Stearns.
371 25
Effie M. Philbrook.
178 75
Substitutes
2 00
3,080 75
Unclassified as to Schools.
MANUAL TRAINING.
Paid Alfred C. Cobb. $840 00
MUSIC.
Paid Blanche E. Heard. . $540 00
Sara N. Phelps. ... 188 75
728 75
DRAWING.
Paid Evelyn F. Cross .... $450 00
Harriett L. Tufts. . . 10 50
Harriet M. Simpson. 1 40
461 90
SEWING.
Paid Mary J. Copeland 400 00
2,430 65
Total
$27,215 34
GENERAL EXPENSES.
HIGH SCHOOL.
JANITOR.
Paid William Finley . $800 00
FUEL.
Paid Peirce & Winn Co., coal .... $675 00
John Halloran, charcoal. .. 5 60
680 60
Amount carried forward, $1,480 60
78
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, JANITOR'S SUPPLIES.
$1,480 60
Paid William Whytal & Sons, soap, etc. $8 44
William Finley, kerosene ... 09
S. Stickney & Co., glass, varnish, etc. 1 28
A. & E. Burton & Co., floor brushes 4 00
R. W. Shattuck & Co., nails, glass, etc. 5 82
$19 63
REPAIRS.
Paid R. W. Shattuck & Co., labor on pipes, etc. $6 05
R. W. Le Baron, repairing lights, etc. 1 40
Horace B. Johnson, labor on heating apparatus, etc ....
135 63
H. Mueller Manufacturing Co., Reg. I. P .. 12 00
Peirce & Winn Co., fertilizer and pipe. . 5 26
Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co., gage. 3 30
William Finley, repairing flag
50
Harrington & Freeman, clean- ing clock. . 1 25
John C. Waage, painting, etc. 94 00
Fred A. Smith, repairing clock 50
Amounts carried forward, $259 89
$1,500 23
79
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $259 89
$1,500 23
O. B. Marston, labor and
stock on sewerage. . ..... 4 20 Frank A. Locke, tuning piano piano 2 50
266 59
FURNISHINGS.
Paid F. A. Walker & Co., water cooler 7 00
LIGHTS.
Paid Arlington Gas Light Co., gas $14 80
Somerville Electric Light Co., light 11 49
26 29
GRADUATION.
Paid Edward Mearr, erecting stage,
etc.
$8 50
George W. Mcclellan, ex- pressing 1 50
C. S. Parker & Son, printing 13 50
Custer's Orchestra, music .. . 24 00
47 50
Total . $1,847 61
RUSSELL SCHOOL.
JANITOR.
Paid Nathaniel E. Whittier
$750 00
FUEL.
Paid Peirce & Winn Co., coal $263 40
Amount carried forward, $1,013 40
80
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, JANITOR'S SUPPLIES.
$1,013 40
Paid Burdett and Williams, bit- stock
$1 00
R. W. Shattuck & Co., dust- pans, oil, etc. 8 48
N. E. Whittier, sharpening lawn-mower 1 50
A. & E. Burton & Co., dusters 3 75
Peabody-Whitney Co., brooms 2 51
17 24
REPAIRS.
Paid Horace B. Johnson, labor on pipesand heating apparatus Arthur L. Bacon, plastering. 8 35
$146 24
R. W. Shattuck & Co., labor on sanitaries. 6 50
R. W. Le Baron, recharging batteries, etc .. 14 62
Gratto and Gamester, stock and labor 31 00
206 71
FURNISHINGS.
Paid Dalton-Ingersoll Co., seats. . $3 50
Oak Hall Clothing Co., flag. 10 90
Burdett & Williams, keys. . 45
R. W. Le Baron, lamp. .... 20
I. E. Robinson & Co,. cloth . 50
15 55
Amount carried forward,
$1,252 90
81
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $1,252 90
LIGHTS.
Paid Somerville Electric Light Co., light ..... 8 88
t
LAUNDRY.
Paid Mrs. N. E. Whittier, towels. 8 96
Total. $1,270 74
:
CROSBY SCHOOL.
JANITOR.
Paid Reneselaer A. Knight. $650 00
FUEL.
Paid Peirce & Winn Co., coal ... $287 43
Peirce & Winn Co., wood ... 7 50
294 93
JANITOR'S SUPPLIES.
Paid Knowles & Marden, brushes, paint, etc $12 87
I. E. Robinson & Co., cloth. . 30
William Whytal & Son, soap, etc. 2 30
R. W. Shattuck & Co., mop, oil, etc. · 1 01
Peabody-Whitney Co., brooms 62
A. & E. Burton & Co., brushes, etc. 9 00
S. Stickney & Co., shellac, etc. 1 05
27 15
Amount carried forward,
$972 08
82
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, REPAIRS.
$972 08
Paid Fred A. Smith, repairing clocks $6 50
Horace B. Johnson, labor on heating apparatus. 12 19
R. W. Le Baron, repairing bells, etc. 5 35
H. A. Emerson & Co., stock for pipes, etc. 3 70
S. Barker, labor and stock on chimneys
8 06
S. Stickney & Co., varnish, oil, etc. 4 03
C. A. Hardy, painting, glaz- ing, etc .. 64 34
George H. Lowe, rolling
lawn 3 25
O. B. Marston, labor on pipes 1 25
108 67
FURNISHINGS.
Paid J. L. Hammett Co., umbrella racks $33 00
Peabody-Whitney Co., waste baskets 4 40
Chandler Adjustable Chair & Desk Works, furniture ... 186 60
I. E. Robinson & Co., cloth . 90
224 90
LAUNDRY.
Paid R. A. Knight, towels. 7 44
Total $1,313 09
83
TREASURER'S REPORT.
CUTTER SCHOOL. (Including Robbins Spring House.)
JANITOR.
Paid Kimball Farmer $413 75
FUEL.
Paid Peirce & Winn Co., coal .... $205 22 Peirce & Winn Co., wood ... 4 25
209 47
JANITOR'S SUPPLIES.
Paid A. & E. Burton & Co., brushes and dusters ...... $9 33
Peabody-Whitney Co., brooms 62
Charles G. Sloan, soap, etc. . 90
10 85
REPAIRS.
Paid S. Stickney & Co., repairing furnace, etc. $23 10
R. W. Le Baron, repairing bells 50
R. M. Johnson, cleaning
vaults 7 50
R. W. Shattuck & Co., venti- lators 12 47
The Theodore Schwamb Co., ventilators 90
Fred A. Smith, cleaning clocks 3 00
47 47
Amount carried forward, $681 54
84
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$681 54
FURNISHINGS.
Paid Jordan, Marsh & Co., mats. $1 35
Sulpho-Napthol Co., sulpho-
napthol 6 00
Peabody-Whitney Co., waste- baskets 2 00
I. E. Robinson & Co., cloth. 25
9 60
LAUNDRY.
Paid Mrs. A. W. Turner, towels. 6 00
RENT.
Paid Robbins Spring Water Co 300 00
Total $997 14
LOCKE SCHOOL.
JANITOR.
Paid John L. Axtman. $575 00
FUEL.
Paid Peirce & Winn Co., coal ... $527 53
Peirce & Winn Co., wood ... 4 63
532 16
JANITOR'S SUPPLIES.
Paid A. &. E. Burton & Co., brushes, dusters. $19 04
S. Stickney & Co., dust pan. 2 40
Charles G. Sloan, soap, oil, etc. 6 94
Amounts carried forward, $28 38
$1,107 16
85
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $28 38
$1,107 16
Stoughton Rubber Co., hose. 2 59
L. D. Bradley, axe, screws, etc. 1 61
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., tools 8 82
41 40
REPAIRS.
Paid Fred A. Smith, cleaning
clocks $1 60
O. J. Derby, repairing clocks 10 00
Kenneth E. Crouse, general repairs 22 05
Horace B. Johnson, labor and
stock on heating apparatus 15 04
4.8 69
FURNISHINGS.
Paid S. Stickney & Co., hooks, wire, etc ..
$5 70
Peabody-Whitney Co., step ladder, etc. 50 52
Warner's Express, halyards. 1 65
Jordan, Marsh & Co., towels.
1 20
The Theodore Schwamb Co., bulletin-board 1 00
I. E. Robinson & Co., cloth. 50
Derby Desk Co., table. . 12 00
72 57
. LAUNDRY.
Paid Mrs. A. W. Turner, towel.
6 50
Total . $1,276 32
86
TREASURER'S REPORT.
FREE TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Paid F. F. Gray
$11 00
Ginn & Co. 153 66
American Book Co. 160 20
Silver, Burdett & Co
67 85
J. L. Hammett Co
1,406 21
H. W. Kibbs.
19 40
Forbes Lithograph Manufac- turing Co. . 9 50
C. S. Parker & Son 26 55
Ira W. Holt. 6 38
Allyn and Bacon. 51 25
Harper Brothers.
4 54
F. J. Barnard & Co
59 02
Gould and Cutler. 6 40
American Express Co
15
Evelyn F. Cross.
78
Adams, Cushing & Foster. .
2 18
Wadsworth, Howland & Co. 5 51
Frost and Adams
12 20
Edward M. Bragg
8 25
Greenough, Adams & Cush- ing 6 50
D. C. Heath & Co
145 35
Bunkio Matsuki.
4 87
George B. Haven
21 50
A. J. Wilkinson & Co
4 00
W. E. Clark 1 58
Helen G. Davis. 20 00
Boston School Supply Co ... 161 33
Dennison Manufacturing Co.
15
Oliver Ditson.
35 00
Total
$2,411 31
87
TREASURER'S REPORT.
MANUAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT.
Paid A. J. Wilkinson & Co., tools, etc. $46 27
Frost and Adams, repairing compasses 5 50
I. E. Robinson & Co., cloth. . 70
Carter, Rice & Co., paper, etc.
16 64
Spaulding Print Paper Co.,
paper
3 19
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., shellac, etc 3 61
H. A. Emerson & Co., lumber 46 97
F. E. Reed Co., T-rest. 1 20
The Theodore Schwamb Co., stock and labor. 4 15
R. W. Shattuck & Co., glass, nails, etc. 44
Total. $128 67
BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
(From the Pratt Fund.)
Paid Balch Brothers. $4 00
J. L. Hammett Co 28 66
Harper Brothers
3 75
Willard Small .
4 20
Edward E. Babb
17 20
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 9 08
Longmans, Green & Co. 5 78
$72 67
Amount carried forward,
$72 67
88
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $72 67
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS. (From the Pratt Fund.) Paid Zeigler Electric Co $38 58
SPECIAL INSTRUCTION BY LECTURE. (From the Pratt Fund.)
Paid Rev. Philip Moxom, D.D .. $50 00
Total
$161 25
SUNDRIES.
Paid Rockwell & Churchill, print-
ing $9 00
Margaret McCarthy, cleaning 5 40
Mary Noon, cleaning. ... 4 95
Andrew F. Reed, car fares. .
11 20
Ira W. Holt, stamps, etc. ..
5 10
McClellan's Express.
24 95
American Express.
7 55
J. H. Edward's Express
60
Warner's Express
4 15
Curtin's Express
50
Charles Woodman, expressing
12 50
N. E. Whittier, expressing. . 50
C. F. Oakman, expressing. . .
5 75
Wood Brothers, expressing ..
15
Fletcher's Express . 2 35
Maude Harriman, collecting
the names of children,
Sept. 1, 1899, as required by law. 20 00
Amount carried forward, $114 65
89
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $114 65
H. R. White, collecting the names of children, Sept. 1, 1899, as required by law. 25 00
Garret J. Cody, truant officer $25 00 Garritt Barry, truant officer. 25 00
J. A. Tole, repairs on Russell School . 87 00
Henry C. Weeden, repairs on Russell School. 50 00
Georgiana M. Peatfield,
secretary 200 00
$526 65
Total for Teachers
$27,215 34
GENERAL EXPENSES.
Total for High School. $1,847 6/1
Russell School 1,270 74
Crosby School 1,313 09
Cutter School
997 14
Locke School.
1,276 32
$6,704 90
TOTAL FOR TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Text-Books $2,411 31
Manual Training. 128 67
Books of Reference . 72 67
Philosophical Apparatus
38 58
$2,651 23
Amount carried forward,
$36,571 47
90
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$36,571 47
Special Instruction by Lecture .. . $50 00
Sundries 526 65
576 65
$37,148 12
CREDITS.
Received for misuse of materials by pupils, and for broken glass
7 95
Total amount expended for schools
$37,140 17
Total amount brought from page 74,
$189,150 27
Total expenditures for the year 1899 $226,290 44
91
TREASURER'S REPORT.
TABULAR STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES. FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 30, 1899.
OBJECTS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Amount of Appropri- ations.
Amount Expended.
Expended more than Appropri- ations.
Expended less than Appropri- ations.
Almshouse. .
$2,500 00
$1,943 04
$556 96
Board of Health
1,050 00
1,004 21
45 79
Board of Survey
500 00
280 77
219 23
Broadway ..
4,300 00
3,568 53
731 47
Cemeteries.
3,381 91
3,381 91
Counsel Fees.
500 00
150 00
350 00
Committee on Assessments . .
300 00
300 00
Discounts and Abatements . .
5,500 00
4,946 35
553 65
Drain off Chestnut st.
2,230 00
1,630 90
599 10
Fire Department.
9,000 00
8,985 29
14 71
Health Department
3,433 50
3,038 17
395 33
Highways and Bridges
22,134 59
18,676 83
3,457 76
*Sidewalks
3,500 00
5,270 74
1,770 74
Incidentals.
2,100 00
2,832 10
732 10
Insurance.
1,750 00
1,835 85
85 85
Interest. .
14,267 67
10,833 94
3,433 73
Locke Schoolhouse.
9,387 20
9,387 20
Memorial Day.
200 00
200 .00
Outside Poor
4,100 00
4,096 04
3 96
Park Commission
400 00
413 92
13 92
Public Parks.
202 67
202 67
Police . . .
8,626 97
8,883 80
256 83
Pine Street.
2,600 00
2,600 00
Park Suits, expenses .
1,256 73
1,256 73
Improvement Parks
of existing
521 58
521 58
Robbins Library
5,911 58
5,920 44
8 86
Salaries of Town Officers .
6,611 00
6,341 77
269 23
Schools
37,143 71
37,140 17
3 54
Sewers ..
50,015 96
50,015 96
Sinking Fund
13,635 01
13,635 01
State Aid .
1,135 00
1,044 00
91 00
Street Lights
11,600 00
11,437 61
162 39
Telephones
640 73
614 97
25 76
Town House.
1,597 00
1,487 01
109 99
Trimming Trees. .
200 00
199 93
07
Watering Streets, 1899
2,513 00
2,513 00
Unexpended balance
6,677 06
$232,967 50 $226,290 44 $11,323 67 $11,323 67
* Sidewalks. This account has a balance of $1770.74 standing to its debit. A corre sponding amount has been charged to sundry persons for edgestones and concrete laid not yet paid.
92
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Funds for foregoing Expenditures have been obtained from Appropriations and from the following Sources, viz. :
OUTSIDE POOR.
Appropriation .
$3,450 00
Amount transferred from Income from Poor Widows' Fund
650 00
$4,100 00
POLICE.
Appropriation
$8,400 00
Fines collected by Court .
226.97
8,626 97
ROBBINS LIBRARY.
Appropriation .
$2,700 00
Income from Pratt Fund .
423 24
Mott Fund .
208 00
Elbridge Farmer Fund
2,059 35
Interest on note, $100
4 00
Dog tax of 1898
516 99
SCHOOLS.
Appropriation .
$36,280 02
· Income from Pratt Fund used for High School
161 25
66 Russell School Fund . 218 28
66
66 Cutter School Fund
484 16
STATE AID.
Appropriation
$200 00
Amount refunded by State
935 00
TOWN HOUSE.
Appropriation ·
$1,300 00
Amount of rents
297 00
1,597 00
INTEREST.
Appropriation .
$13,240 00
Income from Town House Site as per vote of town
1,027 67
14.267 67
5,911 58
37,143 71
1,135 00
93
TREASURER'S REPORT.
TRIAL BALANCE, DEC. 30, 1899.
DR.
CR.
Public Property.
$1,148,949 67
Town House Site.
52,026 50
Assets and Debts.
$954,502 03
Town Grant.
730 48
Corporation and Bank Tax.
1,328 98
Notes Payable ..
6,416 96
Arlington Water Loan, due Jan. 1, 1912.
91,000 00
Arlington Water Loan, due Jan. 1, 1922.
92,000 00
Arlington Water Loan, due Apr. 1, 1924.
92,000 00
Arlington Water Loan, due Oct. 1. 1925.
10,000 00
Arlington Water Loan, due Oct. 1, 1926.
5,000 00
Arlington Water Loan, due Oct. 1, 1927 .
10,000 00
Arlington Water Loan, due Oct. 1, 1928.
15,000 00
Arlington High School Loan, due Nov. 1,1913 Crosby School Loan
26,400 00
Locke School Loan.
29,000 00
Arlington Park Loan, due Nov. 1, 1946.
15,000 00
Premium on Arlington Park Loan
1,314 60
Arlington Town House Site Loan.
52,000 00
Henderson Street District Sewer Loan. .
10,500 00
Arlington Sewerage Loan, due June 1, 1936 Loans.
71,977 03
Interest on Town Debt.
3,433 73
Income from Wm. Cutter School Fund.
320 12
Income from Poor Widows' Fund. .
462 47
Income from E. N. Blake, Jr., Memorial Fund . .
127 37
Sinking Fund .
1,314 60
Receipts from Sinking Fund.
2,131 45
Receipts from Scales.
14 93
Overlayings.
618 81
Discounts and Abatements.
553 65
Cash .
20,938 95
350 00
Insurance .
85 85
State Aid
91 00
Salaries of Town Officers
269 23
Incidentals .
732 10
Highways and Bridges
3,457 76
Bartlett Avenue .
563 20
Bartlett Avenue Betterments
1,345 00
Broadway
731 47
Sidewalks .
1,770 74
Land on Mystic Street
186 28
Street Lights.
162 39
Trimming Trees
07
Telephones .
25 76
Town House.
109 99
Amounts carried forward.
$1,227,112 09
$1,662,431 03
Counsel Fees.
100,000 00
64,600 00
94
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR.
CR.
Amounts brought forward.
$1,227,112 09
$1,662,431 08
Police ..
256 83
Fire Department.
14 71
Estate on Medford Street.
2,627 75
High School Building.
64,617 52
Crosby Schoolhouse Land
6,000 00
Crosby School Building
37,851 17
Locke Schoolhouse.
28,560 10
3 54
Robbins Library
8 86
Public Parks.
1,689 63
Park Commission
13 92
Improvement of Existing Parks.
521 58
Park Suits, Expenses.
1,256 73
Board of Survey
219 23
Cemeteries. .
35 49
Burial of Deceased Indigent Soldiers.
35 00
Almshouse
556 96
Outside Poor.
3 96
Board of Health
45 79
Health Department.
395 33
Sewers
235,163 80
Henderson Street District Sewer.
9,988 74
Sewer Assessments.
61,817 64
Sewer Connections
33 06
Sale of Main Sewer.
42,400 13
Drain through street from Chestnut Street. .
599 10
Watering Streets, 1896
53 80
Watering Streets, 1897
285 42
Watering Streets, 1898
85 92
Watering Streets, 1899 .
1,888 00
Water Works, High Service
102,000 00
Metropolitan Water District
15,000 00
Metropolitan Water Board ..
2,500 00
Metropolitan Sewerage 'Tax
897 75
Boston Elevated Railway Tax
1,833 63
Street Railway Tax.
15,573 69
Mystic Valley Street Railway Co., Excise Tax
163 61
Lexington and Boston Street Railway Co .... Arlington and Winchester Street Railway Co. Committee on Assessments.
300 00
Dog 'Tax
00
Taxes for 1892 to 1896.
584 38
Taxes for 1897.
4,059 55
Taxes for 1898.
14,598 61
Taxes for 1899.
37,814 98
500 00
1,000 00
$1,791,703 01
$1,791,703 04
Public Schools.
95
TREASURER'S REPORT.
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Estimated Value of the Real and Personal Estate of the Town of Arlington as shown on the Books, December 30, 1899.
Town House, land and building $17,000 00
Town House, furniture and fixtures 800 00
Almshouse, land and buildings. 11,000 00
Almshouse, furniture and fixtures. 700 00
Almshouse, stock and tools. 6,000 00
Cutter Schoolhouse, land and furniture. 6,000 00
Russell Schoolhouse, land and furniture
40,000 00
Crosby Schoolhouse, land and building 40,000 00
High Schoolhouse, land 12,310 95
High Schoolhouse, building 60,000 00
New Locke Schoolhouse, land and furniture.
33,700 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
Sewerage System
150,000 00
Robbins Library, land and building
150,000 00
Robbins Library, books and furniture
10,000 00
Town Scales
200 00
Town Clock
500 00
William Cutter School Fund .
5,354 00
Poor Widows' Fund. 613 11
Amount carried forward . $582,678 .06
96
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward . $582,678 06
"William Penn" hose-house, land and apparatus. 15,000 00
"Highland" hose-house, land and apparatus. 7,000 00
Park avenue hose-house, land and apparatus. .
5,000 00
Stone crusher, building and machinery 2,500 00
Estate on Medford street.
5,000 00
Pratt Fund, for the Poor Widows'
Fund $5,000 00
Pratt Fund, for Library 10,000 00
Pratt Fund, for High School 10,000 00
25,000 00
Soldiers' Monument Fund.
2,815 70
Robbins Fund
5,640 56
High School Fund income
12,519 92
Perpetual care of cemetery lots.
8,581 54
Henry Mott's bequest to Public Library.
5,200 00
Martha M. W. Russell, Poor Widows' Fund.
2,339 37
Martha M. W. Russell, School Fund.
5,403 75
Samuel C. Buckman's bequest for care of ceme- teries 2,010 00
Elbridge Farmer Fund.
50,000 00
E. Nelson Blake, Jr., Memorial Fund.
Town House site. 2,550 00
52,000 00
Land on Mystic street. 1,000 00
Water-Works, at cost on the books 304,210 77
Water-Works, high service. 52,500 00
$1,148,949 67
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT, DEC. 30, 1899.
To Whom Due.
Date of Note.
When Due.
Rate of Interest.
Amount.
Trustees of Town Library ..
April 1, 1856
On demand
4 per cent.
$100 00
Treasurer of Citizens' Soldiers' Fund .
Dec. 31, 1861
66
4
349 85
Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund .. 66
Jan.
1,1871
66
4
375 61
66
Jan.
1, 1875
4
237 50
Trustees of William Cutter School Fund.
Jan.
1,1871
4
5,354 00
Arlington Water Loau
Jan.
1,1892 1, 1892
Jan. 1, 1912
4
66
66
July
1. 1894
April 1, 1924
4
66
92,000 00
Oct.
1, 1895
Oct. 1, 1925
4
10,000 00
66
66
Oct. 1,1896
Oct. 1, 19.26
4
5,000 00
Oct.
1, 1897
Oct. 1, 1927
4
10,000 00
Oct.
1,1898
Oct. 1, 1928
4
66
15,000 00
Arlington High School Loan.
Nov.
1,1893
Nov. 1, 1913
4
64,600 00
Crosby School Loan, 12 bonds
Nov.
1,1895
4
66
26,400 00
Henderson Street District Sewer Loan
Nov.
1, 1895
4
10,500 00
Sewerage Loan . .
June 1, 1896
June 1, 1936
4
66
100,000 00
Park Loan . .
Nov.
1, 1896
Nov. 1, 1946
4
15,000 00
Arlington Town House Site Loan
April 1, 1899
April 1, 1939
31/2
52,000 00
Locke School Loan.
April 1, 1899
One to twenty years
4
29,000 00
Total amount, as shown on Trial Balance .
$618,916 96
Amount of temporary loans
$71,977 03
97
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Jan.
Jan. 1, 1922
4
66
92,000 00
.
.
66
One to six years On demand
91,000 00
$6,416 96
98
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR.
B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT
1898.
Dec. 31. To balance of cash on hand this date $24,529 78 Amount of uncollected taxes at this date 38,643 70
1899.
Jan. 9. Cash of Corn. Cronin, rent of greenhouse on Town House site. . 18 75
10.
66 Ann Sullivan, rent of house on Medford street 15 00
11. State Treasurer, balance allowed by Met- ropolitan Sewage Comm'rs on acct. of sale of Main Sewer, from Alewife Brook at Decatur street to Mass. avenue at Lowell street.
2,400 13
13. W. S. Durgin, on acct. of sewer pipe.
1 35
16. Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund, for 66 $12,000, Arlington Water Loan due Oct. 1, 1928, interest at 4 per cent, Nos. 118-129
12,000 00
Also accrued interest on the same to Jan. 1, 1899.
120 00
66
Rent of buildings on Town House site.
46 66
66
High Sch. Ath. Ass'n, use of Hall
8 00
17.
66 Hannah E. Bascom, edgestone.
21 68
66 Bertha W. Munch, edgestone.
40 38
18. Arlington Finance Club, edgestone. 66
9 00
Trustees of Pratt Fund for $3,000. 4 per cent Arlington Water Loan, Nos 130, 131, 132
3,000 00
Also accrued interest on the same to Jan. 1, 1899
30 00
19.
E. C. Hill, edgestone.
35 97
25.
66
S. D. Hicks, for removing two trees.
12 00
27. City of Cambridge, use of steam roller.
218 75
30.
Somerville Electric Light Co., for labor ...
8 50
66 Garritt Barry, for rent.
19 00
31.
sundry persons, for care of cemetery lots, etc.
81 00
sundry persons, for watering streets, 1896.
2 67
sundry persons, for watering streets, 1897.
9 24
sundry persons, for watering streets, 1898
244 08
sundry persons, on account sewer assess- ments
1,155 94
sundry persons, on account sewer connec- tions
101 27
Amount carried forward
$82,812 87
6 First National Bank of Arlington, int .... H. D. Piper, edgestone, etc.
8 56
11 46
66 Andrew Carlson, for lot in cemetery . 20 00
99
TREASURER'S REPORT.
WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
1899. Jan. 31. By Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 1. $14,218 28 By cash paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts for Metropolitan Water Board. 15,000 00
Amount carried forward.
$29,218 28
100
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DE. B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT
1899.
To amount brought forward. $82,812 87
Jan. 31. Cash of sundry persons, interest on taxes and sewer assessments 58 73
1. J. O. Hayden, County Treasurer, 95 per cent of dog tax for 1898.
516 99
2.
Rent of buildings on Town House site.
24 00
Ann Sullivan, rent of house on Medford st.
15 00
10.
F. G. Munch, edgestone, etc.
34 11
16.
" C. W. Whitney, for copper and zinc, account fire department.
60 70
20. Borrowed of Estabrook & Co., on note dated Feb. 18, 1899, on 6 mos. " Patrick J. Lennon, for stone, on acct. sewers
25,000 00
28.
" Garritt Barry, rent of house on Medford st. rent of buildings on Town House site.
40 00
sundry persons, for rent of Hall.
22 00
sundry persons, for care of cemetery lots, etc.
33 00
95 48
632 37
Mar. 4.
Pierce and Winn Co., for old Locke school building
400 00
7.
Ann Sullivan, rent of Medford street house rent of buildings on Town House site. .
8 00
8. Arlington First National Bank, interest ... rent of buildings on Town House site.
93 32
15.
Walter and Charles F. Crosby, for lot 509 in cemetery
75 00
17.
Borrowed of Arlington Water Commission- ers, on demand.
5,000 00
20.
Robert Kelly, for surplus on acct. sewers .. Annie W. Freeman, et al., for lot 100 in ceme- tery
150 00
24.
Arlington and Winchester Street Railway Co., for removing snow from tracks ..
159 50
27.
John Parker, for lot 477, in cemetery . . ... Garritt Barry, rent of Medford street house
19 00
31.
rent of buildings on Town House site.
40 00
sundry persons this month, for rent of Hall sundry persons this month, for care of cem- etery lots, etc.
54 00
Amount carried forward.
$115,796 98
21.
State Treasurer, on account Corporation tax
199 69
70 00
29.
15 00
sundry persons, for watering streets, 1898. . sundry persons, on acct. sewer assessments. sundry persons, interest on taxes and sewer assessments
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.