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2.50
$75.42
Fuel and Lights
Union Light & Power Co.
$ 93.15
W. K. Gilmore & Sons
476.40
Edward S. Cook
294.75
Harry Bullukian
160.00
$1,024.30
Repairs
Geo. L. Sims
$ 14.75
H. W. Hosie
776.21
J. A. Geb
15.59
$806.55
Labor
Margaret Minzy
$288.00
58.00
Edward Boulanger
45
Joseph Prue
42.00
E. H. DeWinter
25.00
H. S. Woolford
20.00
$433.00
Miscellanies
Water Dept.
$95.57
John A. Geb
28.90
Burns & Co.
35.65
E. A. Moore
10.50
G. L. Sims
31.50
Chemo Co., mdse.
67.75
H. W. Hosie
6.84
P. A. Woodward, insurance
109.50
Woonsocket Paper Co.
11.00
N. Y., N. H. & H. Co., freight
4.19
Marston Sanborn
60.28
Robert A. Doherty
2.05
A. Simon & Sons
33.00
Miley Soap Co.
22.40
Wm. Jordan, barbering
10.20
J. P. Costello
13.00
Harry Davis
4.00
$546.33
Outside Poor Salaries and Expenses
D. W. Corson, overseer
$75.00
Franklin Sentinel, printing
6.00
P. O. box
2.40
Hobbs & Warren, blanks
2.32
Groceries and Provisions
Geo. I. Peck
$17.99
F. P. Brunelli
30.00
DeBaggis & D'Errico Co.
119.00
E. B. Sherman
19.97
Harry Bullukian
4.00
M. D'Angelo
47.32
Board and Rent
Patrick McGroary, rent
$144.00
A. H. Yankee, board 240.10
$85.72
$238.28
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Am. Felt Co., rent
89.75
E. A. Young, board
148.00
Ellen L. Knowlton, rent
16.00
Harry Bullukian, rent
120.00
J. Forbes, rent
153.00
E. C. Clark, rent
117.00
Michael D'Angelo
132.00
P. Brunelli, rent
100.00
$1,259.85
Fuel
Harry Bullukian
$ 46.90
W. K. Gilmore & Sons
124.45
Arthur Bishop
36.00
E. S. Cook
12.00
Hospitals and Doctors
Dr. L. A. Smith
$59.50
Mass. Hospital School
395.99
Dr. C. B. Hussey
101.00
Milford Hospital
35.25
City of Boston, hospital
392.86
Dr. J. M. Crowley
25.00
Dr. Solon Abbott.
11.00
Carney Hospital
45.00
Dr. Carl E. Richardson
94.00
Boston Infirmary
130.00
City of Fall River Hospital
38.00
A. C. Dana & Son
9.25
$1,337.35
Aid-Cities and Towns
City of Leominster
$315.91
Pensions
Pensions
$9,634.01
Miscellanies
Thomas F. Keefe, burial
$25.00
D. Falcon, mdse.
4.00
Burns Co., mdse.
19.00
Harry Davis, mdse.
41.24
M. J. Costello, mdse.
2.00
C. E. Kemp, labor
3.00
Unexpended balance
$94.24 $7.15
$219.35
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STATE AID
Balance due from State Pay roll
$1,281.33 678.00
Received from State Aid
1,281.33
Balance due from State
$678.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation
$300.00
Pay roll
190.00
Unexpended balance
$110.00
SCHOOLS Expenses Superintendent
Arthur W. Hale, salary
$2,123.30
Office Salaries and Expenses
Clara Simmler, clerk $865.00
New Eng. T. & T. Co., telephone
135.08
A. W. Hale, expenses 153.77
C. B. Tupper, teams
70.00
Franklin Sentinel, printing
43.75
Wright & Potter Printing Co., blanks 7.12
Am. Ribbon & Carbon Co.,
mdse. 6.50
B. T. Callahan, P. M.
21.72
Call Pub. Co., notices
9.55
Neostyle Sales Agency, mdse.
4.91
Science Press, subscription
10.00
School Board Journal, subscription
9.00
Russ W. Harding, attendance officer 50.00
Wm. C. Buchanan, ' salary as secretary
50.00
University of Chicago Press, subscription 2.50
Columbia University Press, sub- scription 1.50
$1,959.33
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Harper Bros., book 1.76
$1,442.16
Books and Supplies
A. W. Hale
$ 2.88
Allyn & Bacon
20.54
Edward E. Babb
869.19
A. N. Palmer Co.
80.83
Milton Bradley Co.
117.52
Kerwin R. Jewett, teaming
9.55
Reilly's Express
.42
Franklin Sentinel
16.00
Marston Sanborn, mdse.
29.87
H. W. Hosie
6.04
University of Chicago, sub-
scription
1.50
Franklin Furniture Co.
2.00
Arlo Pub. Co.
2.58
Boston Music Co.
2.91
Oliver Ditson Co.
46.70
A. Flanagan Co.
2.10
American Book Co.
86.40
Houghton Mifflin
169.50
Macmillan Co.
52.00
Iroquois Pub. Co.
21.10
Little, Brown & Co.
18.36
J. B. Lippincott Co.
.72
Franklin Woolen Co.
24.95
D. C. Heath & Co.
61.30
Ginn & Co.
163.10
Silver Burdett
27.60
Lyons & Cornahan
16.87
Courtis Standard tests
16.15
J. C. Winston Co.
28.73
World Book Co.
74.70
Hopkinson & Holden
5.00
Russell Sage Foundation
5.00
A. J. Wilkinson & Co.
6.00
Wadsworth Howland & Co.
4.28
Masury-Young Co.
24.22
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
130.70
Geo. I. Peck
136.32
Franklin Lumber Co.
205.68
Frank V. Weaver, tuning pianos
6.00
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John A. Geb
1.47
J. W. Brine Co.
2.60
A. C. Mason
15.67
A. E. Smith
3.75
A. Simon & Sons
1.05
Manual Training Mag. sub
1.50
F. D. Ballou
1.40
Woonsocket Paper Co.
6.84
J. L. Hammett Co., mdse.
529.48
Am. Ribbon & Carbon Co.
19.50
E. S. Richardson
5.96
Nile Home Bakery
1.62
Eugene Pare
12.23
Row Peterson Co.
1.37
Ella G. Moore
.75
Geo. H. Locke, lumber
6.08
J. H. Dio
1.35
G. F. Ribero
1.80
B. H. Sanborn Co.
35.07
Joseph F. Ryan, Inc.
66.66
McIntosh Pub. Co.
23.33
Atkinson Menzer & Co.
6.85
J. W. Gilman Co.
6.00
Neostyle Sales Agency
4.91
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., fght.
5.58
Atlantic Clock Co.
3.00
A. S. Barnes Co.
1.86
D. Appleton & Co.
12.15
P. Blackistons Son & Co.
.88
Guy M. Jones Co.
1.25
Eimer & Amend
150.32
Charles Scribner's Sons
16.99
Ryan Baker
35.48
Shaw Walker Co.
12.60
Wright Potter Printing Co.
8.13
Funk & Wagnalls Co., mdse.
8.80
$3,509.65
Teachers
Charles B. Lamb
$2,237.50
Charles F. Frazer
1,508.00
Alice Wiggin
1,413.00
Frances E. King
1,128.00
Helen J. Goodspeed
1,187.50
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Beatrice Staples
624.75
Helen D. Bean
595.00
Mildred B. Ahlgren
524.50
(Mrs.) Doris C. Sampson
828.36
Ethel M. Simmonds
426.00
Mona Pendergast
408.25
Mary C. Hynes
390.50
Grace Bardsley
40.00
Rose Walsh
55.75
Helen J. Mullane
1,307.37
J. Etta McCabe
1,100.30
M. Helen Sullivan
984.68
Edna B. Meserve
1,017.54
Frances M. Cole
963.30
Marjorie E. Skinner
539.53
Willis M. Bachelder
809.29
Anna I. Morris
1,004.25
May E. Lennon
959.05
Maud E. Granger
1,079.26
Mrs. Herbert E. Darling
151.45
Dorothy K. Waldo
374.50
James M. Nowland
591.75
Gladys M. Russell
374.50
Elizabeth J. Howard
336.75
Mary L. Doherty
336.75
Anna E. McCusker
416.00
(Mrs.) Gertrude A. Curtis
1,090.07
(Mrs.) Ethel K. Foster
1,039.31
F. Hazel Gunning
836.55
Dorothy V. Gibson
431.53
Marguerite Kenney
336.75
Norfolk County Ag. Sch., ser- vices of Henry Egner
37.50
Rebecca Dunning
987.55
(Mrs.) Dollie S. Carroll
987.31
Jennie P. Baker
925.05
E. Francis Clarridge
472.47
Margaret Journeay
374.50
Beulah A. Woodward
1,018.51
Ellen G. Feeley
940.05
Anna T. McCabe
945.05
Eleanor B. Marston
542.10
Emma J. Holmes
1,039.55
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Lucy E. Tower
958.55
(Mrs.) Emma C. North
920.73
Mary E. McCarthy
574.05
Helen M. Stott
958.50
Hope Lincoln
915.10
Bernice Winslow
755.32
Edith L. Metcalf
989.55
Margaret McCabe
830.64
Mary F. Monehan
474.64
Esther A. Griffin
431.53
Ruth M. Meistre
568.02
(Mrs.) Ella G. Moore
809.13
(Mrs.) Rachel Farrington
77.00
Beatrice M. Driscoll
374.50
Nina M. Boothby
336.75
(Mrs.) Belle G. Nowland
394.50
Anna V. Miller
327.48
$46,408.22
Janitors
Charles Campbell
$1,279.33
Charles Clark
100.00
Peter Cahill
1,064.00
Wm. Smith
1,220.00
Alexander Haggart
1,244.00
Harry Norris
130.50
Arthur Kilburn
1,209.00
Herbert Duncan
152.00
Mrs. Peter Cahill
199.50
Dennis Feeley
228.00
Mrs. John Kaufman
76.00
Mrs. W. L. Woodward
95.00
Mr. Snodgrass
60.00
$6,957.33
Fuel and Lights
Union Light & Power Co.
$316.30
E. S. Cook, wood
350.00
W. K. Gilmore & Sons, coal
230.40
A. P. Bishop, wood
15.00
L. Bent, hauling coal
424.35
Eastern Coal Co., coal
398.10
Hinckley Coal Co., coal
104.18
N. Y., N. H. & H. Co., freight
1,712.99
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Golding Mfg. Co., coal 2,342.65
Edward Boulanger, cutting wood 35.88
Wravin Coal Co., coal
474.63
$6,404.98
Transportation
M. A. & W. R. R. Co.
$1,025.00
M. & U. R. R. Co.
600.00
C. B. Tupper
2,927.50
H. S. Woolford
105.00
$4,657.50
Outlay
Burditt & Williams Co., mdse.
$148.09
Lynd & Farquhar, mdse.
13.00
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., mdse.
1.72
General Electric Co., mdse.
74.02
N. Y., N. H. & H. Co., freight
.74
$237.57
Health
Franklin Sentinel, printing
$5.00
A. C. Mason, mdse. 6.00
$11.00
Pensions
Pensions
$1,791.10
Repairs
K. R. Jewett
$ 8.00
Fred L. Davis, labor
15.75
H. W. Hosie, mdse.
991.88
E. L. Blanchard, labor
11.02
J. A. Geb, mdse.
112.26
Wm. Paver, labor
4.00
A. E. Smith, repairing clocks
4.00
A. W. Robinson & Co., labor
287.50
J. D. Hatch, labor
3.00
J. T. Dauphinee, labor
13.90
Water Dept., mdse. and labor
6.85
Franklin Lumber Co., mdse.
48.89
Am. Seating Co., mdse.
26.60
James Barlow
5.00
L. Frank Perkins, labor
2.00
Geo. H. Locke, lumber
9.31
Franklin Woolen Co., lumber
2.48
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J. D. Hutchinson, painting 160.00
U. C. Holmes, painting
138.00
J. W. Stobbart, trimming trees
15.00
G. L. Sims, blacksmith
1.50
R. G. Munroe, Metcalf school
1,042.88
Geo. H. Priggin Co., Inc.
210.00
Boston Rebuilt Typewriter Co.
84.39
W. C. Clark, machinist
.50
Clarence C. Arnold
2.25
A. S. Greenwood, labor and ma- terial
20.39
A. J. Sutherland, labor
6.25
A. J. Laviolette, labor
3.75
C. A. Johnson, blacksmith
86.00
$3,323.35
Miscellanies
Union Light & Power Co., power $265.16
K. R. Jewett
26.35
Reilly's Express
14.63
H. W. Hosie, mdse.
27.80
P. A. Woodward, insurance
910.27
Sherman's Laundry
1.96
L. J. Bent, hauling ashes
104.40
City of Boston, tuition
20.74
Masury-Young Co., mdse.
101.38
Water Dept., water
258.95
High School Assn., rent
150.00
Standard Oil Co. of N. Y.
18.10
Mass. State Prison, mdse.
84.53
J. A. Geb, mdse.
3.00
Monument Mills, paper
142.50
J. L. Hammett Co., mdse.
47.50
H. I. Dallman Co., mdse.
88.78
Helen J. Mullane, expenses
3.88
C. B. Lamb, expenses
4.20
V. T. Lindvall, labor
18.15
Atlantic Clock Co., mdse.
9.08
New Method Varnish Co., mdse.
15.12
Warwick Fire Ext. Agency
5.00
Livermore & Knight Co., diplomas
97.18
Russ W. Harding, attendance officer
75.00
G. I. Peck, mdse.
8.60
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Ruth Rhodes, services
39.00
James Howard, services
3.00
Austin & Holt, use of Opera House 25.75
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Class of 1920, invitations
4.14
Harold Spencer, engraving di- plomas
16.45
C. B. Tupper, teams
.50
F. J. Feeley, labor
2.00
Town of Medway, tuition
158.90
John Kaufman, labor
4.00
M. P. Daily, teaming
5.00
Reformatory for Women, flag
34.71
Franklin Sentinel, printing
134.65
Commissioner of Public Safety
14.00
Franklin Job Print, printing
38.50
Wm. Paver, machinist
8.15
T. A. Caldwell, labor
2.50
$2,993.51
SUMMARY Receipts
Appropriation
$77,444.00
County of Norfolk, dog licenses
613.94
Metcalf School, fuel and repairs
716.66
M. A. & W. St. Ry. Co., refund
43.99
Manual Training Dept.
49.42
Miscellaneous receipts
19.05
State of Mass.
531.70
Bellingham, tuition
340.00
Flag Pole Dept., labor of janitors
29.15
M. & U. St. Ry. Co., refund
48.32
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., refund
2.00
High School Improvement Dept.
27.39
Total receipts
$79,865.62
Expenditures
Superintendent
$2,123.30
Office expenses
1,442.16
Books and Supplies
3,509.65
Teachers' Salaries
46,408.22
Janitors
6,957.33
Fuel and Lights
6,404.98
Transportation
4,657.50
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Repairs
3,323.35
Pensions
1,791.10
Health
11.00
Outlay
237.57
Miscellaneous
2,993.51
Total expenses
$79,859.67
Unexpended balance
$5.95
SCHOOL BONDS PREMIUM
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1920
$352.50
Bonds paid from premium 352.50
FRANKLIN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Paid Association
1,000.00
CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF COMMONS Appropriation $350.00
Expenses
Mrs. Geo. Lavoie, repairing flag $ 2.00
R. J. Farquhar, ground bone 78.00
Everett Patette, clearing flag on pole 5.00
C. H. Batchelder & Co., repair- ing flag
10.25
J. B. Crocker, telephone call
.35
Dr. J. M. Crowley, services
9.00
H. T. Hayward, labor and ma- terial 245.40
$350.00
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES 1
Appropriation Post 60, G. A. R.
$100.00 100.00
TOWN REPORTS
Appropriation Franklin Sentinel, printing
$1,387.25
1,387.25
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IMPROVEMENT OF HAYWARD FIELD
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1920 $8.00
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1920 8.00
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING NOTES
Notes outstanding Jan. 1, 1920 $10,000.00
Franklin National Bank, Note No. 52 1,000.00
Notes outstanding Dec. 31, 1920 $9,000.00
WATER LOAN BONDS
Bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1920
$188,000.00
Franklin National Bank, bonds due 10,000.00
Bonds outstanding Dec. 31, 1920 $178,000.00
SCHOOL LOAN BONDS
Bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1920
$66,000.00
Franklin National Bank, bonds due 7,000.00
Bonds outstanding Dec. 31, 1920 $59,000.00
SEWER LOAN BONDS
Bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1920
$97,000.00
Franklin National Bank, bonds due 5,000.00
Bonds outstanding Dec. 31, 1920 $92,000.00
SEWER LOAN NOTES
Notes outstanding Jan. 1, 1920 $2,000.00
Franklin National Bank, Note No. 45 2,000.00
NOTES IN ANTICIPATION OF TAXES
Borrowed of Franklin National Bank $75,000.00
Borrowed of Benj. Franklin Savings Bank 10,000.00
$85,000.00
Paid Franklin National Bank $75,000.00
Paid Benj. Franklin Sav. Bank 10,000.00
$85,000.00
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INTEREST Receipts
Appropriation
$9,000.00
Interest on deposits
258.19
Interest on taxes
456.03
Interest on sewer assessments 25.00
Water Dept. transfers
7,435.00
Total receipts $17,174.22
Expenses
Interest on Water Bonds
$7,435.00
Interest on School Bonds and
Notes
3,340.00
Interest on Sewer Bonds and
Notes
3,960.00
Interest on Revenue Notes
2,011.79
Total expenses $16,746.79 $427.43
Unexpended balance
CARE OF CEMETERIES
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1920
$37.90
Appropriation 50.00
Interest on Lucretia Pond Fund 42.95
$130.85
Expenses
John D. Whitney, labor
$31.80
Franklin Cemetery Association 10.00
$41.80
Unexpended balance from appropriation 8.20 Balance of interest from fund on hand Dec. 31, 1920 $80.85
HIGH SCHOOL HEATING APPARATUS
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1920 $27.39
School Department, labor 27.39
TOWN HALL IMPROVEMENTS
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1920 $111.83
Appropriation 100.00
$211.83
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Paid J. W. Stobbart, labor
170.00
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1920
$71.83
SCHOOL FLAG POLES
Appropriation $100.00
Expenses
H. W. Hosie, mdse.
$1.00
Geo. L. Sims, pole iron
2.50
M. P. Dailey, hauling poles
17.50
Geo. Boubeau, cutting poles
5.00
Union L. & P. Co., setting poles
31.55
W. K. Gilmore & Sons, cement
3.30
E. E. Waite, five poles
10.00
School Dept., labor
29.15
$100.00
LINCOLN STREET Receipts
Appropriation
$4,000.00
County of Norfolk
2,000.00
State of Mass.
3,992.42
Total receipts
$9,992.42
Expenses
Pay roll
$929.60
C. B. Tupper, teams
955.00
E. L. Metcalf, labor
1.00
Geo. McQuestion, teams
241.25
H. S. Woolford, teams
600.00
Percy G. Lloy, teams
247.00
E. S. Cook, posts
16.00
Alfred Bourque, teams
188.75
J. Herbert Baker, sand
72.30
Franklin Ice Co., teams
3.75
A. C. Clark, labor
38.25
Franklin Lumber Co., lumber
33.07
The Barrett Co., tarvia
630.00
Bishop Bros., lumber
15.00
Mrs. A. J. Riley, gravel
8.00
J. A. Geb, mdse.
34.27
H. W. Hosie, mdse.
43.75
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Road Dept., teams, roller and labor 2,320.00
L. Bent, trucking 90.00
C. A. Johnson, blacksmith
14.95
Overdraft
$11,673.79 $1,681.37
SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MEMORIAL
Appropriation $292.60 292.60
Unexpended balance
THERON METCALF SCHOOL AND FURNITURE
Receipts
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1920 $20,474.42
Appropriation 5,175.00
Huey Bros., refund
70.76
$25,720.18
Expenses
R. G. Munroe, contract
$19,608.00
A. S. Kellogg, engineer
640.75
Chandler & Barber Co., mdse.
13.41
Joseph Snodgrass, labor
52.50
M. P. Dailey, labor 77.00
Huey Bros., contract 2,445.34
Chas. Bassett, labor 3.50
Wm. N. McKenna Co., contract
514.00
Am. Seating Co., mdse.
328.92
Harry Norris, labor
3.50
School Dept., fuel and con- struction
716.66
F. M. Stevens & Co., shades
118.50
Chamberlain Metal Weather
Strip Co.
684.00
A. W. Robinson, paint
14.10
Unexpended balance
$25,220.18 $500.00
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AGENCY Receipts
State of Mass., business corpor- ations $9,876.75
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State of Mass., non-resident bank tax 201.96
State of Mass., income tax
25,613.49
State of Mass., soldiers' ex-
emptions
52.32
$35,744.52
Expenditures
State Civilians' War Poll Tax $4,962.00
State Tax
17,961.10
State Highway Tax 1,534.69
Non-resident Bank Tax
1,685.02
County Tax (Hospital assess- ment) 1,679.39
County Tax
7,724.67
$35,546.87
SCHOOL FIRE INSURANCE
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1920
$878.64
Expenses
R. K. Stevens, contractor $204.97
R. G. Munroe, chimney 10.30
A. N. Palmer Co., books 16.71
A. W. Robinson, painting
359.00
Pay roll
121.00
H. W. Hosie, mdse. and labor 52.16
U. C. Holmes, painting
114.50
$878.64
OVERLAYINGS
Balance of 1919 overlayings
$749.12
Abatements $196.17
Soldiers' Poll Taxes refunded 222.76
$418.93
1919 balance
$330.19
1920 levy for overlaying $1,372.78
Spanish War Tax refund
30.00
1920 balance
$1,342.78
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EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY Receipts
Balance Jan. 1, 1920
$5,151.04
Auto Licenses
25.00
Auctioneers' Licenses
10.00
Junk Dealers' Licenses
100.00
Pool Room Licenses
60.00
Peddlers' Licenses
24.00
Miss H. C. Bullard, rent of Populatic school house
21.00
Sale of waste paper
2.82
1918 Overlay 1,684.74
$7,078.60
Balances
2,173.83
Total receipts
$9,252.43
1920 Appropriation
5,150.52
Balance
$4,101.91
Unexpended balances over appropriations trans- ferred to excess and deficiency account :
Selectmen
$71.30
Auditor
7.17
Treasurer
3.15
Town Clerk
45.76
Elections
.78
Town Hall
3.13
Law Department
206.75
Finance Accounts
32.00
Police Department
217.88
Fire Department
4.34
Forest Fires
118.54
Weights and Measures
21.95
Moths
.64
Shade Trees
1.50
Board of Health
295.57
Road Department
8.46
Street Lights
10.25
Sidewalks
250.69
Tarvia
22.64
Poor Department
7.15
Soldiers' Relief
110.00
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Schools
5.95
Interest
427.43
Care of Cemeteries
8.20
Soldiers' Memorial
292.60
$2,173.83
AUDITOR'S REPORT
The foregoing detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Town of Franklin, for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1920, is correct as shown by the books of the several Town Officers and Depart- ments, and the vouchers on file.
The cash balances, as stated in the Treasurer's Reports, are in the hands of the Treasurer, to the credit of the Town of Franklin.
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES B. LAMB,
Town Auditor.
Report of the Board of Fire Engineers
We, as your Board of Engineers, would submit the following report of the Fire Department for the year just closed :
Under authority granted at the last annual town meeting, your engineers have put in effect and did at the time of the adjournment of said meeting the bonus system for paying the men of the department. We are pleased to report that the men of the department seemed to be satisfied with the system and as far as the Board is concerned it is securing for us the de- sired result both in way of better response to alarms and general interest in the work of the department. We have the past year put an entire new tire equip- ment on one of the trucks and we did take advantage of this opportunity to cut down the size of wheel, this being in the nature of standardization of, the vehicles of the department. We now have but one piece in the department of a wheel size different from the other three and this truck will probably be brought to standard size, or should be, the coming year. All the
FIRES SUBJECT TO REPORT TO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Value
Loss
No.
Date
Box
Owner
Place
Buildings
Contents
Buildings
Contents
-
Apr. 15
8 George R. Whiting
Cottage St.
$6,000
$2,500
$ 900
$ 200
Defective Flue
2
Apr. 19
344 Unknown
Wrentham
Call for aid, Large Forest Fire
3
May
6
124 George E. Green
Washington St.
Spark from Engine-Woodland
4
May 20
35|Town of Franklin
East St.
Overheating of Road-Binder
5
May 24
20
Everett Peck St.
3,500
3,000
5
0
Chimney
6
June 10
32
Crothers| West Central St.
4.500
2,500
50
5
Spark from Chimney
7
June 23
· 4 Michael Arena 32 Jacob F. Geb
Union St.
6,000
3,000
5
0
Rubbish in Cellar
9
Aug. 27
141 |R. Brunelli
City Mills
6,000
8,000
800
300
Cloths back of Stove
10
()cı. 3
6 Frank Mucciaroni
Uncas Ave.
3,000
1,500
10
10
Oilstove
1 1
Nov. 5
116 Wm. Smith, et. al.
Wrentham
10,000
5,000
19,000
5,000
Unknown
12
Nov. 8
61 Golding Mig. Co.
Dean Ave.
25,000
50,000
25
200
Not Determined
13
Dec. 19
24 Clark Machine Co. Union St.
5,000
25.000
3,000
15,000
Oil Heater
14
Dec. 25
13 james F. Ray
Main St.
8,000
1,500
0
0
Chimney
15
Dec. 30
116|Commonwealth of Massachusetts
State School
10,000
20,000
10,000
2,000
Not Determined
.
63
Union St.
3,000
1,500
10
10
Oil Stove
8
Aug. 22
Cause
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trucks of the department have been the past year re- painted, the work being done by men of the depart- ment so that all the pieces look as well as when first. put into service.
Your Board the past year has contracted for 350 feet of fire hose, more of which would have been pur- chased had not the money which had been allowed for this purchase gone to repair a motor breakdown on the air plant of the alarm. More hose should be purchased the coming year. At the occasion of the Clark Bros.' Fire the need of something to produce heavier streams of water was very apparent to your Board and they have ordered on approval a "Deluge Set" and trust that this will produce the desired re- sult. Streams in weight in proportion to the size of the fire is one of the first rules of fire engineering.
Your Board, knowing that the condition at the Emmons Street Engine House make it unsafe to fur- ther serve as alarm headquarters, would hereby enter a petition with your honorable Board to insert an arti- cle in the forthcoming warrant to either erect suita- ble quarters to house this (the right hand of the de- partment) where it will not be exposed to the ele- ments as is now the case, or to repair the said building regardless of the cost of so doing. Electrical appar- atus cannot be run successfully under water, and each time a rain storm accompanied by a little wind oc- curs, this is the exisitng condition at the alarm switch- board.
As a Board, appreciating the fact that the alarm system is the right hand of the fire department, ap- preciating the fact that no department can work a fire until apprized of the existence of said fire, and appreciating the fact that fire authorities all through the country are condemning the use of the telephone as a means of transmission of alarms of serious fires, do believe the time has come when something should be done to better conserve the interests of the proper- ty holders in that section of the town adjacent to West Central Street. It is estimated by conservative people that from Fisher Street to the Bellingham Four cor- ners on West Central Street and adjacent thereto, is situated property that is well up in value if not over the $1,000,000 mark. At the present time aside from
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what protection it receives by the transmitter service it is uncovered by the alarm system. We do therefore recommend that a new circuit with the necessary ap- paratus be added to the fire alarm system of the Town in order to assure a proper coverance of this, a large residential section as well as a section where some of our manufacturing plants are located.
The past year your Board has received a com- munication from the principal of Dean Academy ask- ing as to the ability of the fire department to ladder the buildings of Dean Academy for rescue work or fire fighting in case of a fire occuring in said buildings. We have had to acknowledge that at the present time we have not ladders available sufficient to side these buildings and on account of the possibility of a fire occuring here while school is in session, the depart- ment would be most seriously handicapped. In our estimate we have made allowance for the acquiring of a ladder sufficient to properly take care of this set of buildings. Your Board would take this opportuni- ty to commend the head of the school for calling this matter to our attention.
As our estimate for the year 1921, including all recommendations made, adopted by the Engineers the next year, the amount of $7,500 to run this de- partment.
ERNEST L. METCALF, G. F. RIBERO, WILLIAM REDPATH, Board of Fire Engineers.
Report of the Forest Warden
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
As your Forest Warden, I beg to submit the fol- lowing as a report of said department for the year 1920 :
Your department responded to twenty-three fires throughout the season and while none of them as- sumed dangerous proportions, they undoubtedly would have done so had it not been for the truck se-
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cured by the members of your Board for the use of this department. To this innovation as well as to the ready co-operation of the members of the fire depart- ment to respond to this class of fires, the Town can feel itself indebted for the arresting of what fires started in their early stages. The high acreage burned in any of the fires was ten while the high cost of any single fire was $35.13 and the low cost amount- ed to $3.70, while the average cost of payroll was about $6.50 per fire. I would report that the larger portion of the roads that would be available as fire roads have been gone over the past season in order to gain the assurance of their usability in case of fire
A system of inspection of the extinguishers of the department, those both in the center of the Town and those placed in the outlying territory, has been inaug- urated whereby each and every extinguisher is in- spected and examined by a competent man at least once in every season. The past season has also seen all tanks owned by this department painted a suitable color to facilitate the distinguishing of the property of the Town from the property of different individu- als in cases of large fire.
A thorough canvass of all the payrolls to be re- imbursed by the railroad company has been made by your Warden in conjunction with the claim agent of the road. While this credit to the department (which amounts to approximately $150) has not as yet been received by the Town, it can be taken into considera- tion when appropriations are being made for this de- partment at the coming Town Meeting as the Town of Franklin (Fire Account) as rendered has been ap- proved by the claim agent for payment and therefore will in all probability be settled in the near future.
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