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Amount carried forward.
. $298,444 46
112
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR. B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT
1899.
To amount brought forward .. .$359,860 78
July 13. Cash of Wm. J. McAllister, for cemetery lot No. 570 50 00
14. 66 James Stewart & Co., for ola iron. 30 75
rent of buildings on Town House site. 40 00
29.
F. H. Pattee, et al., for edgestone.
157 54
31.
66 sundry persons this month, for care of cemetery lots, etc. 12 00
66 sundry persons this month, for watering streets, 1898. 5 06
66 sundry persons this month, on account sewer assessments. 447 76
sundry persons this month, on account sewer connections. 225 62
66 sundry persons this month, interest on taxes and sewer assessments. 167 64
Aug. 1. Amount of Tax List for 1899.
161,284 18
To Cash of John B. Tay, Supt., for milk, vegetables, and manure sold. 6 96
66
Garritt Barry, rent of Medford st. house ..
15 00
66
15 00
2.
Ann Sullivan, rent of Medford st. house .. First National Bank of Arlington, interest - on deposits.
7 46
4.
66 Warren W. Rawson, for offal, 6 mos. to Oct. 1, 1899.
160 00
7.
rent of buildings on Town House site. . ...
70 67
8.
Olny Robbins, for stone dust.
28 40
10.
rent of buildings on Town House site ....
8 00
18.
66
rent of buildings on Town House Site ....
12 50
22.
66 Jeremiah Crowley, for manure from High-
land Hose house for year ending June 1, 1899
10 00
28.
66 rent of buildings on Town House site ....
40 00
66 First National Bank of Arlington on non- resident stockholders, less 4 per cent dis- count
183 51
29.
"
Garritt Barry, rent of Medford st. house ..
15 00
Lexington and Boston Street Railway Co., amount deposited with the town of Ar- lington, in compliance with the terms and conditions upon which certain rights were granted to said Railway Co. on Mass. ave., under order dated Feb. 11, 1899
500 00
Amount carried forward.
$523,353 83
113
TREASURER'S REPORT.
WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR. 1899.
By amount brought forward. $298,444 46
July 31. Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 7. 15,586 49
Aug. 3. Cash paid Coupon No. 32, High Sch. Loan, due May
1, 1899. 20 00
19. " paid Note to Estabrook & Co., Feb. 18, 6 mos. 25,000 00
1
Amount carried forward.
$339,050 95
114
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR. B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT 1899.
To amount brought forward. $523,353 83 Aug. 30. Cash of Susan J. Emerson, for fifty loads of filling 7 50
31. First National Bank of Arlington, inter- est on deposits. 27 31
sundry persons this month, for care of cemetery lots, etc. 48 00
66 sundry persons this month, for watering streets, 1896. 5 -39
sundry persons this month, for watering streets, 1898. 188 56
sundry persons this month, on account sewer assessments.
3,405 17
sundry persons this month, on account sewer connections.
406 37
sundry persons this month, interest on taxes and sewer assessments.
399 18
Sept.
1.
son $12 00
John B. Tay, Supt., for milk sold ... 2 76
14 76
5. Ann Sullivan, rent of Medford st. house ..
15 00
7. Rev. J. M. Mulcahy, for edgestone, etc ....
7 25
Town of Belmont, for one-half expense of arc light to Sept. 1, 1899. .
56 67
8.
=
David Irwin, for cemetery lot No. 472.
65 00
9. M. E. Callahan, for license for pool table. 66
2 00
H. G. Porter, for stone dust.
4 80
11.
Georgianna P. Fultz, for edgestone.
32 06
13.
66
G. S. Cushman, for edgestone.
33 26
14.
rent for buildings on Town House site.
26 67
Thomas Doherty, for sewer pipe.
23 00
18.
rent of buildings on Town House site. ...
8 00
Cambridge Ice Co., for cleaning shores of Spy Pond.
100 00
25.
G. H. Johnson, on acct. edgestone. . .
27 00
26. Barritt Barry, rent of Medford st. house. 66
15 00
27.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts for tem- porary support of state paupers. 19 71
1 74
Fan'l Hall Nat'l Bank, int. on deposits.
59 52
28.
R. W. Hopkins, for stone dust.
11 60
Amount carried forward.
$528,496 35
66
Geo. W. White, for use of steam drill.
32 00
66 watering streets, 1896.
John B. Tay, Supt., for board of
115
TREASURER'S REPORT.
WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
1899 By amount brought forward. $339,050 95
Aug. 31. Cash paid Coupons due May 1, 1899, on High Sch. bonds, Nos. 31, 37, 38. . 60 00
Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 8. 14,652 53
Sept. 27. Cash paid New England Trust Co., note dated May 15, 1899. 25,000 00
Amount carried forward.
$378,763 48
116
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR. B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT
1899.
To amount brought forward. $528,496 35
Sept. 28.
Cash of Robert F. Munch, for edgestone. 24 50
29. John B. Tay, Supt., for board of son. 12 00
30. sundry persons this month, for care of cemetery lots, etc. 18 70
sundry persons this month, for watering streets, 1898. 28 12
sundry persons this month, on account sewer assessments.
3,501 07
" sundry persons this month, on account sewer connections. 470 85
sundry persons this month, interest on taxes and sewer assessments
369 21
Oct.
2.
David Urdang, for junk license.
2 00
3.
Emerson W. Law, Clerk, 3d Dist. Ct., for fines collected .
157 00
10 91
" Broadway Nat'l Bank, interest on deposits John R. Fairbairn, Master of House of Correction, fines for 3 mos., ending Sept. 30
27 00
4.
E. H. Norris, for edgestone.
24 50
15 00
Ann Sullivan, rent of Medford st. house .. First Nat'l Bank of Arlington, interest on deposits
34 55
5. Charlotte A. Bligh, for cemetery lot No. 428
65 00
9.
" Angus G. McDonald, for 300 loads surplus First Nat'l Bank of Arlington, interest on " deposits.
53 88
rent of buildings on Town House site.
: 00
P. H. Byron, for stone dust.
3 44
12. Lucius A. Austin, for cemetery lot No. 440
80 00
Annie A. Gorham, for edgestone, etc .....
43 56
13.
Fan'l Hall Nat'l Bank, int. on deposits ... rent of buildings on Town House site ...
26 67
E. J. Newton, Librarian, for fines. . $61 00 E. J. Newton, Librarian, for sale of fiction lists 3 60
64 60
16. William G. Kimball, cemetery lot No. 632
25 00
rent of buildings on Town House site.
18 75
Amount carried forward.
$533,634 61
1
45 00
10.
8 95
117
TREASURER'S REPORT.
WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR. 1899.
By amount brought forward. $378,763 48
Sept. 30. Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 9. 19,514 12
Oct. 2. Cash paid 6 mos. int. to Oct. 1, 1899, on $52,000, 910 00 Town House Site Loan at 312 per cent .... paid 6 mos. int. on $18,850, Locke Sch. Loan at 4 per cent. . 377 00
11. paid First Nat'l Bank of Arlington, amount borrowed Apr. 10, 1899.
5,000 00
paid 6 mos. int. on the same at 3 per cent .. 75 00
12. paid Cambridge Safe Deposit and Trust Co., amount borrowed June 1, 1899. 30,000 00
Amount carried forward
$434,639 60
118
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR. B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT
1899.
To amount brought forward. $533,634 61 Oct. 20. Cash of C. W. Allen, for edgestone, etc. 64 64
23.
W. D. Cousens, for stone dust. 34 40
" rent of buildings on Town House site. 69 00
G. A. Swan, for concreting
37 67
27.
C. D. Warner, on acct. loam.
48 20
30. Frank Bowman, on acct. slaughtering in- spection 100 00
31.
66 Borrowed of Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, on demand, int. 5 per cent ..
10,000 00
Garritt Barry, rent of Medford st. house .. 15 00
rent of buildings on Town House site. 40 00
sundry persons this month, for rent of Hall
42 00
66 sundry persons this month, for care of cemetery lots, etc.
263 30
sundry persons this month, for watering streets, 1898.
12 76
sundry persons this month, on account sewer assessments.
1,077 21
sundry persons this month, on account
sewer connections.
275 49
66 sundry persons this month, interest on taxes and sewer assessments.
209 12
Nov. 2.
John B. Tay, for board of son.
12 00
3.
W. C. Schouler, stone dust, labor, etc .. .. Broadway Nat'l Bank, interest on deposits Lawrence O'Brien, for pool table license ...
2 00
7. Horace E. Lewis, for one pump ..
7 00
borrowed of Atlantic Nat'l Bank of Boston, on note to order of Town Treasurer, Nov. 6, 1899, 4 mos., int. at 51/2 per cent. .
5,000 00
10.
66
borrowed of Charles A. Dennett, Treasurer, Nov. 6,1899, on demand, int. at 4 per cent Town of Belmont, for one-half arc light, for Sept. and Oct.
13 34
13.
Ann Sullivan, for rent of house on Med- ford street.
15 00
Lawson C. Webber, for cemetery lot No. 631 20 00
14.
66 Angus G. McDonald, one-third expense of building wall. 19 83
17.
" rent of buildings on Town House site.
8 00
Amount carried forward.
$554,607 67
67 25
6.
14 45
3,500 00
" E. F. Deering, balance on concrete, etc. 8 12
M. A. Gray, cemetery lot No. 590.
40 00
1
TREASURER'S REPORT.
119
WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR. 1899.
By amount brought forward. $434,639 60
Oct. 31. Cash paid Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, in- terest on loans, as follows: $5,000, dated Apr. 17, 1899, 6 mos. $100 00 $5,000 dated Mar. 21, 1898, for 6 mos., ending Sept. 21, 1899 ..... 100 00 $5,000 dated Mar. 28, 1898, for 6 mos., ending Sept. 28, 1899 ..... 100 00 $2,408.48 dated July 11, 1898, for 6 mos., ending July 11, 1899 .... 48 16
Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 10
348 16 20,972 49
Nov. 1. Cash paid J. O. Hayden, County Treasurer, Coun- ty tax. 8,375 14
2. paid interest due Nov. 1, 1899, viz .: " High Sch. Bond, Coupon No. 12 .. $200 00 High Sch. Bond, Coupon No. 12 .. 140 00 Crosby Sch. Loan, 5 coupons, each $76.00 380 00 Crosby Sch. Loan, 7 coupons, each $12.00 84 00 804 00
paid Crosby Sch. Loan, due Nov. 1, 1899, viz .: Bond No. 4. 600 00 Bond No. 14. 3,800 00
Amount carried forward.
$469,539 39
120
TREASURER'S REPORT.
B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT. 1899.
Nov. 17.
Cash of Henry A. Bellamy and Francis Jonsberg, for cemetery lot No. 430 80 00
20. rent of buildings on Town House site ... 26 67
27. Ellen I. Whittemore, for cemetery lot
No. 504 .. 100 00
66 Ellen I. Whittemore, for perpetual care of cemetery lot No. 504. 200 00
29.
66 Garritt Barry, for rent of house on Med- ford street. 15 00
25 00
66 rent of buildings on Town House site ... 66 sundry persons this month, for rent of Hall
61 00
sundry persons this month, for care of cemetery lots, etc. .
345 70
66 sundry persons this month, for water- ing streets, 1897.
5 73
66 sundry persons this month, for water- ing streets, 1898.
8 14
sundry persons this month on account sewer assessments.
914 48
66 sundry persons this month, on account sewer connections.
421 00
66 sundry persons this month, interest on taxes and sewer assessments.
202 77
66 sundry persons this month, for edge- stone, etc ..
222 96
66 sundry persons this month, for junk li- censes 8 00
sundry persons this month, for milk li- censes
13 50
Dec.
1.
Isaac Marcus, for conveyance of outside poor to Mass. General Hospital ..
5 00
dog licenses from June 1, 1899, to date .. .
467 00
5.
66 John B. Tay, Supt., for board for son ... Arlington First Nat'l Bank, interest on 66 deposits
13 95
6. Mystic Valley Street Railway Co., excise tax, under Chap. 578, Sec. 9, Acts of 1898
163 61
6 Metropolitan Water Board, for taking up and rebuilding bridge on Brattle street.
100 00
66 rent of buildings on Town House site ...
26 67
7.
66 Somerville Electric Light Co., on acct. street lights.
60 00
11.
66 Ann Sullivan, for rent of house on Med- ford street.
15 00
Treasurer of the Commonwealth, viz .:
Corporation tax. $6,090 58
National Bank Tax. 5,359 22
State Aid, chapter 301 935 00
Burial of deceased indigent soldiers 35 00
12,419 80
Amount carried forward
. $570,543 65
2.
15 00
-
To amount brought forward. $554,607 67
DR.
121
TREASURER'S REPORT.
WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
1899.
By amount brought forward. $469,539 39
Nov. 29. Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 11. .
15,289 48
Dec. 1. Cash paid J. O. Hayden, County Treasurer, dog tax to date .. 425 40
paid Town Clerk, for fees on dog tax.
41 60
11. paid Treasurer of the Commonwealth, viz .: State Tax.
4,635 00
paid Sewer Tax. Sinking Fund. $1,083 03
Interest 4,509 28
Maintenance 1,691 55
7,283 86
66 paid Bank Tax.
201 86
paid Metropolitan Water Tax.
1,846 35
paid discount on note, per contra, $10,000, 4 mos., at 4.19 per cent. 139 67
Amount carried forward.
. .
$499,402 61
-
122
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR. B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT 1899.
To amount brought forward. $570,543 65 Dec. 11. Cash of the Treasurer of the Commonwealth, for Street Railway Tax ... 8,573 69
"
R. L. Day & Co., for $7,000, Arling- ton Park Loan, bonds Nos. 9-15 inclusive, each $1,000; sold at $118.78 $8,314 60
Accrued interest on the same for 1 mo., 10 days 31 11
8,345 71
1
Estabrook & Co., on note dated Dec. 11, 1899, payable in 4 mos. 10,000 00
Frank Bowman, on acct. slaughtering in- spection 40 00
14. rent of buildings on Town House site.
40 00
18. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for pumps, etc., sold to Metropolitan Water Board
2,500 00
20.
.. watering streets, 1898. 1 32
26. State Treasurer, on acct. Boston Elevated Railroad Tax, Sec. 10, Chap. 500, Acts of 1897
1,833 63
28.
27. City of Cambridge, for aid to John Maguire G. M. Peatfield, Sec., for broken glass and injury to books, Cutter School
5 50
29.
66 C. P. Blake, for manure
13 50
€6 Faneuil Hall Nat'l Bank, int. on deposits. .
27 79
30. rent of buildings on Town House site.
18 75
Andrew McManus, for paving crossing on Pine street. 1 00
M. N. Rice, for stone dust. 4 70
66 Emerson W. Law, Clerk, 3d Dist. Ct., fines for 3 mos.
79 00
Garritt Barry, for rent of house on Med- ford street.
15 00
Patrick T. Hendrick, for cemetery lot No. 422 John B. Tay, Supt., for board of son. $12 00 John B. Tay., Supt., for vegetables sold 11 57
23 57
80 00
Elizabeth Kirlin, for cemetery lot No. 436. . Edward Lacy, for board from Dec. 2, 1898, to Sept. 9, 1899. 200 00
Arlington First Nat'l Bank, interest on deposits
20 15
" John R. Fairbairn, Master of House of Cor- rection, fines for 3 mos. 37 00
65 00
Amount carried forward
$602,544 20
75 24
123
TREASURER'S REPORT.
WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CB.
1899.
Dec. 12. By amount brought forward. $499,402 61
Cash paid coupons due Nov., 1899, High Sch. Loan. 200 00
paid coupons due Nov., 1899, High Sch. Loan. 320 00
paid coupons due Nov., 1899, High Sch. Loan. 400 00
paid coupons due Nov. 1, 1899, Crosby Sch. Loan, Nos. 17 and 18. . 152 00
paid coupons due Nov. 1, 1899, Park Bonds ... 160 00
"
paid coupons due Dec. 1, Sewerage Bond .... 2,000 00 paid coupons due May 1, 1899, High Sch. Loan No. 11 400 00
29. paid Faneuil Hall Nat'l Bank, 6 mos. int., due Nov. 1, on High Sch. Bond No. 32. 20 00
30. Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, int., viz .: 6 mos. int. to Dec. 30, 1899, on note for $3,000 60 00
6 mos. int. to Dec. 28, 1899, on note for $10,000
200 00
6 mos. int. to Nov. 1, 1899, on $600, Arling- ton High Sch. Loan .. 12 00
6 mos. int. to Nov. 1, 1899, on $10,500, Hen- derson St. Dist. Sewer Loan.
210 00
Amount carried forward.
$503,536 61
124
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR. B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT 1899.
To amount brought forward. $602,544 20
Dec. 30. Amount 1 year's interest on note, $5,200, per con- tra, for Robbins Library . 208 00
" 1 year's interest on note, $100, per contra, for Robbins Library. 4 00
66 1 year's interest on note, $5,354, W m. Cut- ler Sch. Fund.
214 16
1 year's interest on note, per contra, Poor Widows' Fund.
24 52
Cash of Warren W. Rawson, for offal
80 00
Ella J. Langley, for land on Mystic st. ..
186 28
Ann Sullivan, for rent of house on Med- ford st.
15 00
Estabrook & Co., on note dated Dec. 30, 1899, payable Apr. 30, 1900.
5,000 00
Also on note dated Dec. 30, 1899, payable July 9, 1900.
5,000 00
C. W. Ilsley, for pipe.
5 54
C. W. Ilsley, for cleaning the shores of Spy Pond
50 00
Charles D. Warner, for loam, on acct.
4 05
sundry persons this month, for dog taxes .. sundry persons this month, for rent of Hall
107 50
66 sundry persons this month, for care of cemetery lots, etc.
220 90
sundry persons this month, on account sew- er assessments ..
769 10
sundry persons this month, on account sew- er connections.
622 85
sundry persons this month, interest on tax- es and sewer assessments.
156 77
66 sundry persons this month, for edgestone, concrete, etc.
700 83
sundry persons this month, for milk li- censes
4 50
" Warren A. Peirce, weighing fees for 1899 ..
14 93
Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund.
2,059 35
Trustees of Pratt Fund, for Robbins Li- brary
423 24
Trustees of Pratt Fund, for Poor Widows' Fund
211 62
Amount carried forward.
$618,634 34
7 00
125
TREASURER'S REPORT.
WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CB.
1899.
By amount brought forward. $503,536 61
Dec. 30. Cash paid 1 year's interest to Dec. 31, on note to Trustees of Robbins Library, for $5,200, at 4 per cent. 208 00
paid 1 year's interest to April 1, 1899, on note, $100, to Trustees of Robbins Library 4 00
paid 1 year's interest to Jan. 1, 1900, on note, $5,354, at 4 per cent, to Trustees of Wm. Cutler School Fund. 214 16
66 paid Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund, 1 year's interest to Jan. 1, 1900, at 4 per cent: On note, $237.50 $9 50 On note, $375.61. 15 02
24 52
paid 1 year's interest to Jan. 1, 1900, on note, $349.85, at 4 per cent, to Treasurer of Citi- zens' Soldiers' Fund
13 99
paid coupons due Oct. 1, 1899, on Locke School Bonds, Nos. 14 to 20 inclusive, each $29 .... paid Arlington Water Works, amount bor- rowed March 17, 1899.
203 00
66 paid 9 mos., 13 days interest on the same at 4 per cent.
157 22
paid discount on note, per contra, $5,000, 5 mos., 28 days, at 414 per cent. ..
105 07
Also on note, per contra, $5,000, 3 mos., 19 days, at 414 per cent. 64 34
" paid Consolidated Board of Cemetery trus- tees, etc., amount received this year for per- petual care of cemetery lots. 800 00
paid Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, pre- mium on $7,000, Arlington Park Loan, due Nov. 1, 1946, sold at 118.78.
1,314 60
discounts and abatements on taxes. ..
4,946 35
taxes of 1892-1896, uncollected.
584 38
taxes of 1897 66
4,059 55
taxes of 1898 64
14,598 61
taxes of 1899 .....
37,814 98
Amount carried forward.
$598,299 92
5,000 00
Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 12
24,650 54
126
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR. B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT 1899.
To amount brought forward. $618,634 34
Dec. 30. Cash income of High School Fund, for expenditure at High School 161 25 income of Russell School Fund, to credit of Public Schools .. 218 28
66 received on account of cemeteries from Per- petual Care Fund 225 00
1
$619,238 87
TREASURER'S REPORT. 127
WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR. 1899. By amount brought forward. $598,299 92 Dec. 30. Cash balance in the treasury at this date 20,938 95
$619,238 87
B. DELMONT LOCKE, Treasurer.
Arlington, Dec. 30, 1899.
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUND.
The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund submit herewith their Annual Report :
1899.
July 12. Amount received Town appropriation of March 27, 1899. $7,252 88
Interest on the same from March 27 to July 12, 3 mos. 14 days at 4 per cent 83 81
Amount of Premium received on $52,000, "Site for Town House" Bonds 4,128 80
Amount of Premium received on $18,850, "Locke School Loan" ... 938 73
Dec. 30.
Amount of Premium received on $7,000, Arlington Park Loan, due Nov. 1,1946, sold at 118.78 .... 1,314 60 Received 6 months' interest to Oct. 1, on $10,150 Locke School Loan . 203 00
$13,921 82
1899. July 12. Amount paid Town of Arlington for 10,150 Locke School Loan, seven Bonds, each $1,450, 4 per cent, Nos. 14 to 20 inclusive, payable one in each consecutive year begin- ning with April 1, 1899, at par. . 10,150 00
Amount carried forward,
$10,150 00
1
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUND.
129
Amount brought forward, $10,150 00
Three months, ten days accrued in- terest 112 77
Amount paid Town of Arlington to pay on account loan of $2,408.48 of Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank 2,131 45
1
Dec. 30. Amount paid Union Safe Deposit Vaults, two rent of safe, to Sept. 1, 1900 20 00
Amount paid Town of Arlington to pay balance on loan of $2,408.48 $277.03, and interest $6.32. .. . .. Amount loaned Town of Arlington, on demand, interest at 5 per cent. 1,224 25
283 35
$13,921 82
INVESTMENT.
Town of Arlington, Locke School Loan, seven bonds each, $1,450, at 4 per cent, dated April 1, 1899, payable one in each con- secutive year, beginning with April 1, 1913 $10,150 00 Loan to Town of Arlington on demand, in- terest at 5 per cent. . 1,224 25
$11,374 25
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM G. PECK, THEODORE SCHWAMB, ALFRED D. HOITT, Commissioners of the Sinking Fund.
Arlington, Dec. 30, 1899.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PRATT FUND.
The Trustees of the Pratt Fund present the following Report to the Town for the year ending Dec. 30, 1899: INCOME.
Received one year's interest on note of Town of
Hopkinton, Mass., for $19,000, at 4 per cent. $760 00
Received one year's interest on City of Boston Water Bonds, $5,000, at 5 per cent. 250 00
Received interest of Arlington Five Cents Sav- ings Bank to January, 1899. 58 10
$1,068 10
Less amount paid rent of safe in
Union Safe Deposit Vaults. . .
10 00
$1,058 10
DISBURSEMENTS.
Amount paid Town Treasurer, for Poor Widows' Fund. . $211 62
Amount paid Town Treasurer, for Public Library . 423 24
Amount deposited in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, as a High School Fund. 423 24
$1,058 10
INVESTMENT.
Town of Hopkinton's note, dated March 10, 1884, payable in 20 years, interest at 4 per cent. ... $19,000 00
Amount carried forward, $19,000 00
131
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PRATT FUND.
Amount brought forward, $19,000 00 City of Boston Gold Water Bonds, due October 1, 1905, 5's ...... 5,000 00 Deposited in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, Book No. 3791. . 1,000 00
$25,000 00
HIGH SCHOOL FUND INCOME, AS FOLLOWS:
Amount on hand deposited in Ar- lington Five Cents Saving Bank, January, 1899. $9,813 89
Amount drawn from said bank and paid for Arlington Water Bonds 4's, Nos. 130, 131, 132, each $1,000, at par and accrued in- terest, $30. 3,030 00
$6,783 89
Interest on deposit to Jan., 1900. 274 04
One year's interest to July 1, 1899, on $2,000 Arlington Water Bonds 80 00
One year's interest to Oct. 1, 1899, on $3,000 Arlington Water. Bonds 120 00
Income on Fund for 1899. 423 24
$7,681 17
Less amount paid to Town Treas- urer for use of High School ... 161 25
$7,519 92
132
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PRATT FUND.
INVESTMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL FUND INCOME, Viz:
Deposit in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, Book No. 4,063. $7,519 92
TOWN OF ARLINGTON WATER BONDS, Viz:
Nos. 118 and 119, due 1922, 4's, each, $1,000; Nos. 130, 131, 132, due 1928, 4's, each $1,000 .... $5,000 00 $12,519 92
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM G. PECK, JAMES A. BAILEY, GEORGE HILL, WILLIAM E. WOOD, HENRY HORNBLOWER, B. DELMONT LOCKE, ex-officio, Trustees of Pratt Fund.
Arlington, Dec. 30, 1899.
ELBRIDGE FARMER FUND.
The Trustees of the Elbridge Farmer Fund herewith submit their annual report for the year ending Dec. 30, 1899:
RECEIVED.
Atlantic National Bank, amount on deposit. .. 61 21 Arlington Water Loan, 4's, 1928, 9 months' interest 360 00
Town of Orange, 4's 1922, 12 months' interest 400 00
Minneapolis Gold, 42's, 1922, 12 months' in- terest 450 00
City of Brockton, 4's, 1922, 12 months' in- terest 320 00
Great Barrington, 4's, 1912, 12 months' in- terest 400 00
Town of Bradford, 4's, 1900-1901, 9 and 10 days' interest. 6 33
Atlantic National Bank, interest on deposits. . 21 56
Premium on Town of Bradford, bonds sold, $6,000 50 25
$2,069 35
DISBURSEMENTS.
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., rent of safe. $10 00
B. Delmont Locke, Treasurer for Trustees of Robbins Library. 2,059 35
$2,069 35
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REPORT OF THE ELBRIDGE FARMER FUND.
INVESTMENTS.
Arlington Water Loan, 4's, due 1928 $12,000 00
Town of Orange, 4's, due 1922. 10,000 00
Minneapolis Gold, 42's, due 1922
10,000 00
City of Brockton, 4's, 1922. 8,000 00
Great Barrington, 4's, due 1912
10,000 00
$50,000 00
Respectfully submitted,
WM. E. PARMENTER,
J. Q. A. BRACKETT,
JOHN H. HARDY,
WM. G. PECK,
EDWIN S. FARMER,
WM. E. WOOD,
Trustees.
December 30th, 1899.
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REPORTS OF Consolidated Board of Trustees of Robbins Fund, and Soldiers' Monument Fund, and Trustees of Cemeteries.
ROBBINS FUND.
This fund is deposited in the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank.
January, 1899, it amounted to.
$5421 56
January, 1900, dividend added . 219 00
Total, January, 1900 $5,640 56
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT FUND.
The amount of this fund, January, 1899, de- posited in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, was
$2,706 38
Interest added to January, 1900
109 32
Total, January, 1900. 2,815 70
MARTHA M. W. RUSSELL SCHOOL FUND.
Amount as reported January, 1899. $5,403 75
One year's interest to January, 1900. 218 28
$5,622 03
Amount drawn and passed to the credit of "Pub-
lic Schools" 218 28
$5,403 75
Amount of fund deposited in the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank.
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REPORT OF CONSOLIDATED BOARD.
MARTHA M. W. RUSSELL POOR WIDOWS' FUND.
Amount as reported January, 1899 $2,248 55
Add interest to January, 1900. 90 82
$2,339 37
Amount of fund deposited in the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank.
HENRY MOTT'S BEQUEST TO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Amount temporarily loaned to the town at 4 per
cent.
$5,200 00
$208 passed to credit of Robbins Library.
BEQUEST OF SAMUEL C. BUCKMAN TO TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY, FOR CARE OF CEMETERIES. Amount deposited in the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank $2,010 00
Add dividend to January, 1900
81 20
$2,091 20
January, 1900.
E. NELSON BLAKE JUNIOR MEMORIAL FUND. 1899.
May 11. Received of E. Nelson Blake, and de- posited in the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, in the name of the Trustees of Pratt Fund. $2,500.00
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