Town of Arlington annual report 1907-1908, Part 21

Author: Arlington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1907-1908
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Jan.


17


70


. .


. .


John Freeman Ward.


Jan.


19


67


8


28


Nickolas Sandstone.


Jan.


20


30


. .


Martha Marie Currier


Jan.


22


77


1


11


Margaret O'Connell


Jan.


22


1


11


Michael Nolan.


Jan.


2-1


78


Agnes Gallagher


Jan.


25


23


. .


. .


Bridget Duffy


Jan.


26


66


Michael Kelly


Jan.


26


7


. .


.


William B. Snowman, Jr.


Jan.


27


68


4


12


Elizabeth J. Harris


Jan.


15


72


8


15


Jane Ryan .


Feb.


6


64


. .


. .


Beatrice Brooks Anderson.


Feb.


7


2


11


3


Albert W. Cotton


"Feb.


8


78


. .


. .


..


Mary Foohey .


Feb.


10


68


. .


. .


Ellen O'Brien.


Feb.


13


30


. .


.


Thomas McGann.


Feb.


14


36


7


12


Ernest Peabody Frost.


Feb.


14


26


5


25


Sarah Ann Nightingale


Feb.


15


83


6


5


Walter B. Perkins.


Feb.


16


46


10


William Burns.


Feb.


22


64


.


.


Rebecca McElwain


Feb.


24


48


6


. .


Sarah P. Thomas.


Feb.


25


73


10


Bernard Bize.


Feb.


26


56


5


14


Rose Gerbich.


Mar.


2


23


4


7


Flynn


Mar.


4


. .


John J. Duffy.


Mar.


8


49


7


20


Margaret D. Breen.


Mar.


8


60


Reuben W. Hunting.


Mar.


13


44


.


Jacob Miller Schuyler


Mar.


13


54


11


25


Ernest Burton Holmes.


Mar.


15


43


7


. .


Elmira Storer ..


Mar.


15


84


8


12


Emma Maria Nickola.


Mar.


17


56


10


10


Eleanor Jane Locke.


Mar.


18


83


6


4


Robert Blinkton Hoar.


Mar.


18


90


5


12


Margaret Trainor ..


Mar.


18


44


. .


. .


Jane Flaherty.


Mar.


18


49


. .


.


Clara Maltena Dahlbeck.


Mar.


18


6


. .


17


Jan.


27


. .


7


Charles S. Jacobs.


Feb.


4


60


·


Lucy Maria Sawyer.


Feb.


9


65


Ellen Hayes.


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. .


. .


2


AGE.


241


TOWN CLERK.


DEATHS-Continued.


NAME.


DATE OF DEATH.


Years.


Mos.


Days.


Magnus Young.


Mar.


19


72


2


22


Dennis Lawton.


Mar. 21


41


10


21


Mary J. Quinn


Mar.


25


48


6


Philomena Barrieau


Mar.


31


59


Richard J. Butler.


Mar.


31


42


Alice Jefferson


Apr.


3


1


6


Clara Rhoda Spencer


Apr.


10


84


2


Charles Cunningham Dorr.


Apr.


12


56


4


. .


Chester M. Kelley


Apr.


14


20


11


. .


George Russell Dwelley.


Apr.


13


77


4


8


Patrick Slattery .


Apr.


14


56


. .


·


John Harris Perry.


Apr.


16


72


4


3


George Prentiss Winn.


Apr.


17


60


8


8


Flora A. Freeman


Apr.


17


42


. .


Caroline Peterson


Apr.


17


24


Thomas H. Carens


Apr.


26


55


..


. .


George Homer Hutchinson.


Apr.


28


63


10


1


Joseph T. Pichette


Apr.


30


24


11


5


Fred C. Griffin, Jr.


May


2


7


10


Charles S. Curtiss.


May


3


61


. .


2


William G. Baer


May


4


32


. .


. .


Thomas Mitchell


May


5


85


. .


·


William J. McCoy.


May


5


9


1


15


Emma Everson Trefry


May


6


70


10


11


Mary Eliza Fiske


May


7


66


5


14


- Donnelly.


May


7


Mary A. Claire.


May


9


44


. .


. .


Jesse Hartwell Johnson.


May


18


70


6


14


William Arthur Wells.


May


20


26


3


11


Martha Kendall Drury


May


22


91


12


McCormack .


May


24


. .


. .


. .


Margaret Howe Beebe


May


24


1


2


10


Philip Anderson Stubbs


May


30


Mabel Blanch Wildes.


June


5


26


Aaron Leventhal.


May


31


32


· ·


. .


Leonard Guard .


June


4


1


3


·


Ernest Banks .


June 18


27


7


7


Edward F. Garagan ..


June 19


28


Edwin Bainbridge Lane.


June 20


81


5


17


Elizabeth Carey Agassiz.


June 27


84


6


22


Lucy Carroll ..


June


27


99


4


25


Patrick J. Shean, Jr.


June


6


32


1


.


Jane Vanderbilt Tracy


July


7


68


10


. .


Marcelle D. Walton.


July


7


20


5


. .


Meta Louise Reid.


July


8


3


8


4


Elizabeth White.


July


17


56


9


9


Harriet M. Emerson


July


17


84


17


2


- Sacks .


July


18


..


.


7


Margaret Isadore Bacon


July


19


37


11


24


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·


Ohlund


Apr.


12


·


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May


24


·


. .


.


7


12


5


. .


. .


. .


Phillip Williams


AGE.


242


TOWN CLERK.


DEATHS-Continued.


AGE.


NAME.


DATE OF DEATH.


Years.


Mos.


Days.


Foradano


July


24


. .


·


O'Neil


July


25


. .


. .


. .


O'Brien


July


27


.


. .


. .


Olivia W. Mansfield.


Aug.


3


69


. .


4


John H. Redman.


Aug.


3


35


8


8


Maria A. Steele. .


Aug.


5


87


6


10


Dorothea Marie Loldrup.


Ang.


8


52


3


6


James Albert Blanchard .


Aug.


8


64


5


1


Andrew J. McCarthy


Aug.


12


7


2


8


T. Edward Keating


Aug.


12


21


Joseph Purcell


Aug.


14


. .


4


24


Ella Olive Andrews.


Aug.


17


54


9


George B. Reed


Aug.


19


78


. .


. .


Trainor


Aug.


21


.


. .


Anna B. Wilkinson


Aug.


21


. .


9


Theresa M. Franco


Aug.


22


·


1


7


Donovan.


Aug.


23


·


·


Eugene M. Kimball.


Aug. 24


48


Lucy Flora Trani


Aug.


28


15


2


27


Edward Nixon


Aug.


29


.


10


1


Peter L. Frazer


Aug.


29


1


1


8


Caroline Farrar Moody.


Aug. 31


69


3


24


Morgan .


Sept.


3


81


10


2


Mary A. Nolan. .


Sept.


7


46


7


28


Jolın McClary Perkins.


Sept.


11


73


3


8


Robert L. Magee


Sept.


12


73


11


.


Semanthe Maria Nourse.


Sept. 12


77


11


26


Robert Wetmore


Sept. 13


23


7


13


Patrick Ryder.


Sept. 13


98


.


Joseph Oram


Sept. 14


1


4


.


Abbie N. Brazier.


Sept. 25


72


4


19


Low. .


Sept. 2


4


4


4


17


Cecelia Callahan.


Oct.


7


61


Juliana Hodges Somerby.


Oct.


7


60


11


23


David Hill .


Oct.


8


3


4


Eliza Rickey.


Oct.


10


79


11


5


Patrick Hourty


Oct.


17


70


. .


Matilda Keaney


Oct.


22


54


. .


Charles W. Small.


Oct.


24


68


8


24


Matilda McLeod.


Oct.


24


72


3


1


Doris Angelina Bellamy


Oct.


26


1


1


26


Edward Wyeth Brown .


Oct.


29


76


8


1


Jacob Orlando Winchester


Oct.


30


73


5


3


Jolın J. Breen


Oct.


30


30


. .


. .


Bridget Daley.


Oct.


31


38


. .


Margaret T. Byrne


Nov.


5


32


5


28


Edmund Collins. .


Nov.


19


63


. .


Sarah Ann Darling


Nov. 21


73


2


21


.


.


.


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.


. .


. .


. .


Catherine Marshall Pierce.


Sept.


5


Francesco Guarino


Sept. 11


3


.


.


George Freeman Frost.


Oct.


.. .


. .


1


243


TOWN CLERK.


DEATHS-Concluded.


NAME.


DATE OF DEATH.


Years.


Mos.


Days.


Clara Cook Swan


Nov. 25


85


1


9


Charles Gott ...


Nov.


26


63


·


·


27


Annetta Bell.


Dec.


1


77


5


5


Matilda S. Morrison


Dec.


7


71


7


22


Ellen Canniff .


Dec.


9


74


. .


. .


George Hussey .


Dec.


10


4


3


. .


Nancy M. Metcalf.


Dec.


14


73


8


12


Warren Edward Dickson.


Dec.


17


1


25


John Shea. .


Dec.


19


2


5


Maurice Roach .


Dec.


22


62


Joseph Mitchell.


Dec.


23


36


1


23


Doherty


Dec.


23


49


6


18


Frieda Ponce ..


Dec.


24


51


3


16


James P. O'Brien.


Dec.


26


22


1


3


Mary E. Dwyer.


Dec.


26


Ernest L. Lalley.


Dec.


29


7


4


1


Mary McNamara


Dec.


28


67


6


. .


Woolley.


Dec.


28


Max James Beddeos.


Dec.


28


23


10


Bridget Maloney


Dec.


28


69


5


16


George Albert Gaddis


Dec.


29


31


1


25


Susan Hartley Swett.


Dec.


31


55


6


12


Dora Bitzer


Feb.


8


44


. .


. .


·


Edward Clarence Turner.


Mar.


27


59


6


24


Walter P. Lane.


June


7


51


2


9


Marshall T. McLellen.


June 28


14


3


..


Reuben W. Williams.


Sept. 21


12


1


21


·


. .


James A. Fraser


Dec.


24


7


. .


Mary Elizabeth Hammond.


Dec.


22


.. .


. .


John Haas.


Mar.


17


35


.


Dec.


26


8


21


Edward Campbell Bourne.


AGE.


TREASURER'S REPORT.


WILLIAM A. MULLER, Treasurer, in account with the Town of Arlington. Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1907 $12,615 62


RECEIPTS.


Loans in anticipation of 1907 taxes : -


Jan. 1, 1 year, 4 per cent. $2,500 00


Jan. 1, 1 year, 4 per cent. 4,500 00


Jan. 1, 1 year, 4 per cent. 2,000 00


Jan. 1, 1 year, 4 per cent. 5,000 00


Jan. 1, 1 year, 4 per cent.


2,000 00


Jan. 1, 1 year, 4 per cent.


5,000 00


April 30, 6 months, 4.63 per cent.


25,000 00


May 31, 6 months, 4.52 per cent.


25,000 00


June 1, 1 year, 4 per cent.


4,000 00


June 26, 6 months, 5.35 per cent.


15,000 00


July 1, 5 months, 4 per cent.


5,500 00


July 24 to Nov. 1, 5 per cent.


3,000 00


Sept. 30, 4 months, 5.50 per cent.


15,000 00


Dec. 31, 5 months, 4 per cent 1,700 00


$115,200 00


Sewer Loan of 1907, Note No. 1, Dec. 1, 5 years, 4 per cent ..


$1,000 00


Sewer Loan of 1907, Note No. 2, Dec. 1, 6 years, 4 per cent. ..


1,000 00


Sewer Loan of 1907, Note No. 3, Dec. 1, 7 years, 4 per cent. .


1,000 00


Sewer Loan of 1907, Note No. 4, Dec. 1, 8 years, 4 per cent.


1,000 00


$4,000 00


Water Pipe Renewal Loan of 1907, Note No. 1, Dec. 1, 4 years, 4 per cent.


$1,000 00


Water Pipe Renewal Loan of 1907, Note No. 2, Dec. 1, 5 years, 4 per cent. . Water Pipe Renewal Loan of 1907, Note No. 3, Dec. 1, 6 years, 4 per cent.


1,000 00


Water Pipe Renewal Loan of 1907, Note No. 4, Dec. 1. 7 years, 4 per cent.


1,000 00


Water Pipe Renewal Loan of 1907, Note No. 5, Dec. 1, 8 years, 4 per cent. Water Pipe Renewal Loan of 1907, Note No. 6, Dec. 1, 9 years, 4 per cent. Water Pipe Renewal Loan of 1907, Note No. 7, Dec. 1, 10 years, 4 per cent ..


1,000 00


Water Pipe Renewal Loan of 1907, Note No. 8, Dec. 1, 11 years, 4 per cent ..


1,000 00


Water Pipe Renewal Loan of 1907, Note No. 9, Dec. 1, 12 years, 4 per cent ..


1,000 00


Water Pipe Renewal Loan of 1907, Note No. 10, Dec. 1, 13 years, 4 per cent ..


1,000 00


Water Loan of 1907, Note No. 1, Dec. 1, 4 years, 4 per cent ...


$1,000 00


Water Loan of 1907, Note No. 2, Dec. 1, 5 years, 4 per cent. .


1,000 00


Water Loan of 1907, Note No. 3, Dec. 1, 6 years, 4 per cent


1,000 00


$3,000 00


$144,815 62


Amount carried forward.


1,000 00


1,000 00


1,000 00


$10,000 00


245


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amouut brought forward.


$144,815 62


Palmer, Wyman and Tanager Sts. and Avon Place


$1,000 00


Loan, Note No. 1, Dec. 1, 1 year, 4 per cent. ... Palmer, Wyman and Tanager Sts. and Avon Place Loan, Note No. 2, Dec. 1, 2 years, 4 per cent. .. Palmer, Wyman and Tanager Sts. and Avon Place Loan, Note No. 3, Dec. 1, 3 years, 4 per cent. . .


1,000 00


1,000 00


Palmer, Wyman and Tanager Sts. and Avon Place Loan, Note No. 4, Dec. 1, 4 years, 4 per cent. ..


1,000 00


Palmer, Wyman and Tanager Sts. and Avon Place Loan, Note No 5, Dec. 1, 5 years, 4 per cent ..


1,000 00


$5,000 00


From Collector :-


Taxes ..


$202,959 96


Water Rates ..


37,162 89


Sewer Assessments ..


452 87


Street Watering Assessments.


2,171 85


Apportioned Sewer Assessments.


1,930 06


Cemeteries


2,507 25


Water Division


1,542 77


Highway Department.


5,649 12


Treasury ..


1,511 95


Medford Street Estate


360 00


Town House Site.


480 00


Interest ..


2,168 87


Apportioned Betterment Assessments.


158 10


Town Hall Rent.


453 00


Cemetery Town Account.


1,328 00


Cemetery Perpetual Care.


2,000 00


Almshouse


422 56


Court Fines


580 20


Excise Tax.


380 73


Sale of Offal.


375 00


Health Department.


8 00


Outside Poor


674 29


Library .


226 64


Sewer Division


513 42


Board of Health.


32 00


Town House Site Lot.


129 35


Town Clerk's Incidentals.


41 00


Police


336 46


Fire


4 86


Schools.


587 32


Water Guarantee Funds.


47 60


Wellington Park


400 00


Street Watering Department ..


221 25


Gypsy & Brown Tail Moth Assessments.


1,045 40


Gypsy & Brown Tail Moth Account.


2,879 31


Tanager Street Appropriation.


15 93


Sealer of Weights and Measures


9 82


School General Repair Account.


7 37


Permanent Sidewalks.


635 84


Sidewalk Assessments


736 86


Non Resident Bank Tax


247 40


From State Treasurer :-


Gypsy Moth Allowance.


$11,879 40


Corporation and Bank Tax


13,526 66


Street Railway Tax ...


13,569 40


Boston Elevated Railway Tax


2,728 38


State Aid.


1,848 00


Military Aid.


183 00


Temporary Aid


68 61


Amounts carried forward.


$423,210 92


-


$273,395 30


246


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward.


$423,210 92


Burial Indigent Sailors and Soldiers


105 00


Treasury ..


45 00


$43,953 45


Interest :-


On Treasurer's Bank Balances


475 62


$467,639 99


Department Receipts : -


Almshouse.


$2 00


Cemeteries.


684 96


Outside Poor.


142 42


Schools ..


1,057 50


Treasury.


2 36


Dog Tax


755 86


Wm. E. Wellington Fund ..


800 00


Sewers


1,805 26


Board of Health.


40 71


Court Fees ..


278 95


C. H. Pattee Cemetery Fund.


300 00


Treasurer's Incidentals.


15 00


State Aid


8 00


Library


2,680 84


Water


7,000 00


Pratt Fund ..


1,357 21


Poor Widow's Fund.


46 74


Military Fund. .


45 00


Henry Mott Library Fund


100 00


17,122 81


DISBURSEMENTS.


Fixed Loans : -


Locke School Playground Note, due Jan. 1


$1,000 00


Locke School Bond, due April 1.


1,450 00


Cutter School Bond, due June 1


4,000 00


Parmenter School Bond, due July 1 ..


1,000 00


Russell School Loan of 1904 Note, due Dec. 15. . .


1,000 00


$8,450 00


Temporary Loans : -


Suspense Account Note, due July 1


$3,000 00


Anticipation of Taxes : -


Note due Jan. 1, 1907


$2,000 00


Note due Jan. 1, 1907


5,000 00


Note due Jan. 1, 1907


2,500 00


Note due Jan. 1, 1907


3,000 00


Note due Jan. 1, 1907


2,000 00


Note due Jan. 1, 1907


5,000 00


Note due April 30, 1907


25,000 00


Note due Oct. 30, 1907.


25,000 00


Note due Nov. 1, 1907.


3,000 00


Note due Dec. 1, 1907.


5,500 00


Note due Dec. 2, 1907.


25,000 00


Note due Dec. 31, 1907.


15,000 00


$118,000 00


State Treasurer : -


State Tax ..


$12,120 00


National Bank Tax


244 92


Metropolitan Park Tax.


4,682 75


Metropolitan Sewer Tax


6,101 25


Metropolitan Water Tax


14,738 41


$37,887 33


County Treasurer : -


County Tax


10,692 58


Amount carried forward


$178,029 91


.


$484,762 80


247


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward.


$178,029 91


Interest : -


On Water Loans


$13.040 00


Sewer Loans ...


4,000 00


Henderson Street Sewer Loan.


420 00


Park Loan ..


600 00


Town House Site Loan


1,820 00


High School Loan .


2,584 00


Locke School Loan.


725 00


Locke School Playground Loan.


20 00


Cutter School Loan ..


400 00


Cutter School Lot Loan.


107 94


Suspense Account Loan


360 00


Parmenter School Loan.


600 00


Kensington Road Sewer Loan


180 00


Russell School Repair Loan .


400 00


Police Signal Notes.


120 00


Loans in Anticipation of Taxes.


3,020 01


Auditor's Warrants Nos. 1 to 117


$28,396 95 269,219 60


Total Disbursements.


$475,646 46


Cash on Hand : -


First National Bank, Arlington.


$8,407 27


Fourth National Bank, Boston


709 07


$9,116 34


$484,762 80


ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1907.


I have examined the accounts of William A. Muller, Treasurer of the Town of Arlington, and find the same correct, agreeing with the Auditor's books.


Amount of cash on hand Dec. 31, 1907, is $9,116.34 as stated.


ELBERT L. CHURCHILL, Auditor.


REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


1905 TAX.


DR.


Amount uncollected December 31, 1906


$88 30


Reassessments. 5 64


CR.


Abatements ..


$15 64


Amount paid Town Treasurer.


72 30


Uncollected December 31, 1907.


6 00


$93 94


$93 94


1906 TAX.


DR.


Amount uncollected December 31, 1906.


$48,358 72


Reassessments.


27 44


CR.


Abatements ..


Amount paid Town Treasurer.


Uncollected December 31, 1907.


$809 39 47,537 38 39 39


$48,386 16 $48,386 16


1907 TAX.


DR.


Amount committed by Assessors.


$210,178 46


Additional commitments and reassessments. 743 82


CR.


Abatements.


Amount paid Town. Treasurer


Uncollected December 31, 1907


Error.


$1,694 14 155,350 28 53,877 85 01


$210,922 28


$210,922 28


STREET WATERING ASSESSMENTS, 1905.


DR.


Amount uncollected Dec. 31, 1906


$303 53


Amount paid Town Treasurer


CR.


$303 53


$303 53


$303 53


STREET WATERING ASSESSMENTS, 1906.


DR.


Amount uncollected Dec. 31, 1906


$2,160 86


249


COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


CR.


Abatements.


$3 58


Amount paid Town Treasurer.


1,868 32


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1907.


288 96


$2,160 86 $2,160 86


STREET WATERING ASSESSMENTS 1907.


Amount committed by Assessors Dec. 31, 1907


$2,554 27


WATER RATES.


DR.


Amount unpaid Dec. 31, 1906.


$49 13


Amount committed Jan. 1, 1907.


18,377 20


Amount committed July 1, 1907.


17,900 19


Additional commitments.


1,549 10


CR.


Rebates ..


Amount paid Town Treasurer


$712 73 37,162 89


$37,875 62 $37,875 62


SEWER ASSESSMENTS.


DR.


Amount collected on unapportioned assessments . .


$452 87


Amount paid Town Treasurer.


CR.


$452 87


$452 87


$452 87


APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS.


DR.


Amount unpaid December 31. 1906. $1,092 96


Apportionments for 1907 committed by Assessors ..


1,442 39


CR.


Amount paid Town Treasurer


$1,930 06


Uncollected December 31, 1907


605 29


$2,535 35


$2,535 35


INTEREST COMMITTED ON APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS.


DR.


Amount uncollected December 31, 1906 $377 82


Amount committed by Assessors, 1907. 456 71


CR.


Amount paid Town Treasurer


$634 88 199 65


Uncollected December 31, 1907.


$834 53 $834.53


250


COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


CRESCENT HILL AVENUE APPORTIONED' BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS


FOR 1906.


Uncollected December 31, 1906. DR. ·


$158 10


Amount paid Town Treasurer


CR.


$158 10


$158 10 $158 10


Committed Interest on Crescent Hill Avenue.


Apportioned Betterment Assessments for 1906.


Uncollected December 31, 1906


DR


$24 05


Amount paid Town Treasurer


CR.


$24 05


$24 05


$24 05


STREET RAILWAY EXCISE TAX.


DR.


Amount committed by Assessors ....


Boston & Nothern Street Railway Co .. $319 83


Lexington & Boston Street Railway Co. 60 90


- Amount paid Town Treasurer


CR.


$380 73


$380 73


$380 73


NON-RESIDENT BANK TAX.


Amount committed by Assessors DR. $247 40


Amount paid Town Treasurer


CR.


$247 40


$247 40


$247 40


MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS.


DR.


Amount collected for different departments. $24,351 63


Amount paid Town Treasurer


CR.


$24,351 63


$24,351 63 $24,351 63


INTEREST.


DR.


Amount collected on taxes. $1,224 39


Amount collected on Street Watering.


8 66


Amount on Sewer Account not committed ..


143 67


Interest on Bank Deposits


62 30


Interest on Betterment Assessments not committed


5 87


Amount paid Town Treasurer CR.


$1,444 89


$1,444 89


$1,444 89


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COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


COMMITTED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS.


DR.


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1906.


$619 88


Amount committed by Joint Board of Selectmen


and Board of Public Works, Aug. 12, 1907.


213 02


Oct. 14, 1907. 256 12


Dec. 23, 1907 244 36


CR.


Amount paid Town Treasurer.


$430 59


Uncollected December 31, 1907.


902 79


$1,333 38


$1,333 38


In addition to the above there has been collected and paid to the Town Treasurer for sidewalk assessments uncommitted, $306.27, which is included in Miscellaneous Receipts.


BOARD FOR SUPPRESSION OF GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTHS.


DR.


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1906.


$99 61


Amount committed by Assessors 2,393 77


CR.


Abated ...


$8 88


Amount paid Town Treasurer


1,045 40


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1907.


1,439 10


$2,493 38


$2,493 38


Dec. 31, 1907.


HARVEY S. SEARS, Collector of Taxes.


I have examined the accounts of Harvey S. Sears, Collector of Taxes for the Town of Arlington, Mass., and find the same correct, agreeing with the Auditor's books.


Dec. 31, 1907. ELBERT L. CHURCHILL, Auditor.


STATEMENT OF FEES.


DR.


Amount received during 1907 for fees in connection with Tax Sales and for Summonses.


$554 28


CR.


$176 68


150 50


136 50


Amount paid Mrs. G. W. Gowan work on tax bills Amount paid Geo. E. Ahern for preparing descrip- tions for tax sales ..


15 65


Amount paid V. Blandy, Stenographer.


20 00


532 64


$21 64


December 31, 1907.


HARVEY S. SEARS, Collector.


Amount paid C. S. Parker & Son for advertising ... Amount paid Helen L. Marston for clerical services Amount paid A. J. Wellington for Legal Services. . Amount paid A. J. Wellington for recording documents ...


16 80


16 50


AUDITOR'S REPORT.


The Auditor, in accordance with the provisions of Article 16 of the Town's By-Laws, adopted in March, 1903, presents his report for the financial year 1907.


The Auditor has examined the securities and accounts of the following trust funds, and finds the securities on hand as stated, and the accounts, as printed elsewhere, correct :


Elbridge Farmer Fund.


Commissioners of Sinking Fund.


Pratt Fund.


High School Income Fund.


E. Nelson Blake, Jr., Memorial Fund:


Martha M. W. Russell School Fund.


Martha M. W. Russell Poor Widows' Fund.


William Cutter School Fund.


Poor Widows' Fund.


Military Fund.


Citizens Soldiers' Fund.


Henry Mott Library Fund.


Timothy Wellington Fund.


Julia Fillebrown Fund.


Perpetual Care Fund.


Robbins Fund.


Samuel C. Buckman Cemetery Fund.


Soldiers' Monument Fund.


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The following deficits are shown in the Auditor's balances : -


a) Interest on Town Debt $357 95


(b) Abatement of Taxes 300 37


(c) Incidentals 1,075 19


(d) Almshouse Stable Repairs. 31 90


(e) Tax and Sewer Assessment Suspense Acc't. 4 03


a. Owing to the high rate charged for money, the latter part of the year, the Treasurer was obliged to pay more on temporary loans than was anticipated when the appropriation for this account was made, resulting in a deficit in this account which must be pro- vided for by


An appropriation of . $357 95


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AUDITOR.


b. A large number of abatements were made by the Assessors during the year,


Amounting in all to. $2,532 89


Less re-assessments 432 52


Net abatements $2,100 37


The appropriations for this account


Amounted to 1,800 00


Leaving a balance of $300 37


to be appropriated to make good this deficiency.


C. INCIDENTALS. Extraordinary legal expenses have been charged to this account in defending suits against the Town. These were not contemplated nor provided for when the appropria- tions were made.


Instead of opening an account for Claims and Awards, the Auditor deemed it best to approve this overdraft of $1,075.19 against the Incidental Account; therefore the Town is asked to appropriate this amount to close this account.


d. ALMSHOUSE STABLE REPAIRS. This overdraft was approved by the Auditor with the understanding that a sufficient credit would come from the Highway Department to make good the defi- ciency, but when the books were closed that department was unable to provide for this charge, therefore the Auditor requests


An appropriation of . $31 90


to close the account.


e . TAX AND SEWER ASSESSMENT SUSPENSE ACCOUNT. The entry in this account explains itself, and it is necessary, in order to close the account,


To make the appropriation of. $4 03


The Town authorized the following Loans, which the Treasurer found it was not necessary to make :


Street Watering. $2,500 00


Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth 6,128 00


This authorization constituted a contingent asset which ceases to be such after the 31st day of December, 1907.


The Auditor notices with great satisfaction the gradual introduc- tion of a system of numbered orders used in ordering supplies.


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AUDITOR.


This is a useful check in reducing the possibility of approving a second bill for the same item. This custom should be adopted by all departments at the earliest possible date.


The Auditor wishes to call the attention of the departments to the undesirability of making outlays and contracting bills the latter part of the year, for which they may not have a sufficient appropri- ation, necessitating thereby, either a special appropriation or impos- ing upon an incoming board the burden of an account, for which the new board were not responsible, and which they might not approve.


The following unpaid bills are reported to the Auditor by the several departments, in accordance to a vote of the Town April 7, 1904.


Department. To whom due.


For what due.


Amount.


Schools


.N. E. T. & Tel. Co


Telephones


$2 45


T. H. Magee


Repairs.


1 00


G. W. Mcclellan


Expressing.


1 50


Edison E. Il1. Co


Lighting ..


2 25


R. W. Shattuck


Repairs.


5 10


O. B. Marston


Repairs.


17 33


$29 63


Incidentals


I. G. Hersey


Appraising Buildings $300 00


A. C. Whitney


. Appraising Buildings


300 00


L. L. Pierce.


Expenses.


2 07


J. G. Lamson.


Expenses.


2 20


C. F. Atwood


Expenses


2 25


$606 52


Highway Division.


Mark Sullivan


Shoeing


$7 60


F. A. Magee. .


Labor


25 95


Pierce & Winn Co


Grain, etc.


222 69


Pierce & Winn Co


Cement, etc.


2 32


Pierce & Winn Co


Coal and Hay.


159 99


Chas. Gott & Son ..


Labor and Material ..


58 58


Pierce & Winn Co. Coal.


192 41


Pierce & Winn Co .... . Coal.


192 54


Blanch'd, Kendall & Co .. Lumber


35 81


G. W. Blanchard & Co .. Lumber


35 01


$932 90


Wellington Park


Nursery Exchange ...... Shrubs .


$15 50


Lex'gton Flag Pole Co ... Bal. Flag Pole


50 00


$65 50


Board of Health


. Town of Revere.


Hospital Service ..


$41 00


. City of Boston.


Hospital Service.


115 71


. City of Somerville.


Hospital Service.


22 14


H. A. Perham.


Culture Tubes . 9 25


Holy Ghost Hospital.


... Hospital Service


120 00


$308 10


Police Signal System ... . R. W. LeBaron. Labor


4 50


Fire Alarm Department. R. W. LeBaron. Labor


$6 00


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AUDITOR.


Department. To whom Due.


For what Due. Amount.


Police Department O. B. Marston Co


Door. $1 25


Police Department . .. Dwight T. Curtis


Gas Water Heater. 15 00


$16 25.


Celebration of 100th An- niversary of the Incor-


poration of the Town .. Caleb P. Buckman Co .. . Rosettes


$3 00


Outside poor. D. Hourty. Milk $2 17


J. J. Mulkerin. Milk.


3 72


City of Boston


Temporary Aid ... 79 88


Com. of Mass.


Hospital Service, Est. 69 11


. City of Somerville Board, Est.


92 00


Town of Winchester . Temporary Aid, Est .. 50 00


City of Cambridge. Temporary Aid, Est ..


5 00


$321 88


DUE TOWN OF ARLINGTON.


Outside Poor City of Boston Temporary Aid. $158 67


Com. of Mass.


Temporary Aid. 322 17 .


$480 84


Sidewalks .S. & R. J. Lombard ..... Edgestones. $372 94.


A list of unpaid taxes is in the Auditor's office and agrees with his books.


The Collector's and Treasurer's books have been examined, and agree with the Auditor's books.


The Cemetery account and Dog Tax Account, kept by the Town Clerk, have been examined and found correct.


In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation of the uniform courtesy and good will manifested by each and every one of the- officials and their subordinates toward the Auditor during his term. of office.


ELBERT LAWRENCE CHURCHILL, Auditor.


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AUDITOR.


FINANCIAL. PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Valuation December 31, 1906 $1,452,067 69


Water Works Extensions. 2,845 26


Sewer Extensions.


3,758 13


$1,458,671 08


SURPLUS.


Surplus December 31, 1906.


$807,919 05


Loans due and paid in 1907.


11,450 00


$819,369 05


Increase on Public Property


Water Works.


$2,845 26


Sewer ..


3,758 13


6,603 39


$825,972 44


Less Loans issued in 1907


Water Pipe Renewal


10,000 00


Constructing New Streets.


5,000 00


Sewer


4,000 00


Water


3,000 00


22,000 00


Surplus December 31, 1907


$803,972 44


Fixed Loans December 31,


654,698 64


1,458,671 08


DEBT STATEMENT.


Arlington Water Loans ..


Arlington Sewer Loans.


School Loans


High School


$64,600 00


Cutter. School.


8,000 00


Locke School.


17,400 00


Parmenter School.


14,000 00


Russell School.


9,000 00


Cutter School Lot.


2,698 64


115,698 64


Town House Site Loan


52,000 00


Park Loan.


15,000 00


Suspense Loan ...


6,000 00


Police Signal System Loan


3,000 00


New Streets Loan


5,000 00


$654,698 64


(See Detail Statement.)


TEMPORARY DEBT.


Loans in anticipation of Taxes


$41,700 00


Total debt.


$696,398 64


BORROWING CAPACITY.


Assessors Valuation May 1907. At 3 per cent is. Total Debt.




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