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Lena Hayward
Walter Pearson
Leon Morse
Paul Robinson
Myrtle Ramsdell
Third Year
Jackson Gilson
Frederick Gove
Raymond Pearson Hazel Phillips
Corinne Rogers
Fourth Year
Ethel Eaton
Nellie Hayward Ruth Peabody 1
Helen Gould
Florence Westover
*Doris MacMahon
*Hubert Law
*L. Lucius Turner
PEABODY HIGH SCHOOL Scholars Graduated June, 1917
Emily Munroe Ruth Abbott
SCHOLARS ATTENDING 1917-1918 First Year
Hilda Abbott
Helen Tebbetts
Sylvia Gaines
Muriel Ingraham Carrie Nickerson * Albert Newhall
Third Year Cecelia Lynch
Fourth Year * Myles West
Edward Averell LYNN
HIGH SCHOOL Marjorie Pelton Paul Upton * Attended only a part of said time.
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Year Ending December 31, 1917
RECEIPTS
Balance, December 31, 1916 $ 736.52
Appropriation, March, 1917
6,800.00
Appropriation, Painting
150.00
Appropriation, Shingling 250.00
Massachusetts Fund 805.14
Sale of Car Tickets
21.26
City of Lynn, Tuition 175.00
City of Peabody, Tuition
60.00
Parents' Refund on Tuition
31.00
Parents' Refund on High School Tuition
100.00
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS:
Superintendent's Salary
208.33
Tuition, State Children
164.00
Tuition, High School
896.25
Tuition, Industrial School
7.00
Refund on Transportation
355.55
Refund from Board of Education
36.47
$10,796.52
DISBURSEMENTS General Expense
School Committee's Salary $ 25.00
Other Expenses
72.26
Superintendent's Salary
365.00
Other Expenses
24.56
Supervisors' Salary
315.00
Principal's Salary
1,411.00
Teachers' Salary
1,815.00
Text Books
70.50
Supplies
176.81
$4,275.13
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Expenses of Operating
Janitor's Wages $ 720.00
Fuel
887.77
Miscellaneous
199.86
$1,807.63
Maintenance
Repairs, etc 137.94 $137.94
Auxiliary Agencies
Health 26.00
Transportation 1,437.24
$1,463.24
Miscellaneous Expense
Tuition
$ 1,772.50
Sundries
141.36
$1,913.86
Outlay
New Grounds and Buildings $ 508.00
New Equipment 134.05
Interest on South School Note
315.00 $ 957.05
$10,554.85
Balance Unexpended
$
241.67
GENERAL EXPENSE
School Committee's Salary $ 25.00
*Superintendent's Salary 365.00
F. E. Howe, Clerical Work 25.00
H. R. Williams, Expense 24.56
F. E. Howe, Expense 12.46
$452.02
*Including $100 for Massachusetts Retirement Fund.
Special Instruction
George E. Wales, Supervisor of Music $ 105.00
Francis Findlay, Supervisor of Music 15.00
Alice M. Genthner, Supervisor of Music 45.00
Isabella Hirst, Supervisor of Drawing. 150.00
$315.00
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Medical Inspection
F. W. Freeman, M. D., Services $ 26.00 $26.00
School Census
Hattie F. Russell, Services $ 12.00
Florence R. Howe, Services 12.00
$24.00
High School 'Account
Town of Wakefield, Tuition $ 1,362.50
City of Peabody, Tuition 210.00
City of Lynn, Tuition
200.00
$1,772.50
Parents' Transportation, High School .$ 764.24
$764.24
Special School Printing
Wright & Potter Pub. Co., School Accounts $
.80
Wakefield Daily Item, Reports 10.00
$ 10.80
Total General Expense $3,364.56
CENTRE SCHOOL Teachers
Mass. Re- tirement Fd.
Ethel Hobbs
Salary $369.00
$ 21.00
$390.00
Florence Howe, substitute
21.00
21.00
Alice Wilber
280.00
280.00
Florence Young
590.00
35.00
625.00
Avice Riggs
108.00
7.00
115.00
$1,431.00
Janitor
Louis Southworth
.$220.00
$220.00
Books, etc.
Books and Supplies
$106.88
$106.88
Fuel and Light
F. W. Freeman, Coal
$200.00
Andrew Mansfield, wood
9.00
Municipal Light Co. . 8.25
$217.25
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Transportation
Everett B. Richards $300.00
Walter Wilkinson 195.00
Charles McCarthy 130.00
$625.00
Other Expenses
Louis ,Southworth, extra labor $ 55.97
George M. Roundy, supplies
2.25
Perkins & Bancroft, labor 41.07
L. L. Hoffman & Sons, labor 13.88
F. E. Rowell, labor 10.00
J. L. Hammett, Flag and new equipment 31.75
A. F. Killiam, tuning piano 9.25
B. M. Parker, labor 15.00
J. W. Maxwell, labor 13.00
Sarah Russell, insurance
67.50
Electric Light System
Municipal Light Co.
$ 30.89
Perkins & Bancroft
74.11
$432.18
Total, Centre School $3,032.31
SOUTH SCHOOL Teachers
Salary
Mass. Re- tirement Fd.
Harriett Jeffers $720.00
$720.00
Helen M. Littlefield
354.00
21.00
375.00
Ruth Chandler
279.00
21.00
300.00
Mabelle Bagley
186.00
14.00
200.00
Elizabeth Winston
186.00
14.00
200.00
$1,795.00
Janitor
William Griffin
.$500.00 $500.00
Books, etc.
Books and Supplies
$140.43 $140.43
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Fuel and Light
F. W. Freeman, coal $ 632.27
E. & A. W. Mansfield, wood 46.50
Peabody Electric Lighting Co. . . . 12.10
$690.87
Transportation
Bay State Railroad Co. $48.00 $48.00
Other Expenses
First National Bank, Interest $ 315.00
Othet West, fuses .40
Perkins & Bancroft, supplies 10.65
H. I. Dallman & Co., Mats and supplies 44.75
J. L. Hammett, Flag
6.00
A. N. Palmer & Co., Pins
1.00
Daniel E. Houghton, expressage
3.36
William A. Fay, lumber 9.79
Havey's Grocery, supplies
1.25
William Griffin, extra labor
12.54
Joseph L. Smith, spring water 54.40
Ed. F. Masterson, Boiler Inspector 2.00
J. F. Cabeen, plumbing 13.79
Peabody Electric Lighting Co.
.75
$475.68
Total, South School . $3,649.98
Special Contracts
J. W. Maxwell, painting $143.00
B. M. Parker, shingling 365.00 $508.00
Total Payments School Funds
$10,554.85
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF
Town Accountant
Showing Receipts and Expenditures of the Town
For the Year Ending DECEMBER 31, 1917
ALSO
REPORT OF TRUST FUNDS
TAXES OUTSTANDING CASH IN HAND, ETC.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS
SELECTMEN
Salary
Expense Total
C. J. Bolton $ 58.34
A. P. Mansfield
58.33
D. G. Harvey 58.33
C. J. Bolton, telephone, etc. $ 8.10
A. P. Mansfield, telephone, etc. 15.51
D. G. Harvey, telephone, etc. 13.45
C. J. Bolton, perambulation 20.00
A. P. Mansfield, perambulation 20.00
D. G. Harvey, perambulation 15.00
The Item Press, supplies 1.75
E. A. Russell, stamped envelopes 10.80
Hobbs & Warren, Supplies .40
The Item Press, supplies
1.75
$175.00
$106.76
$281.76
ACCOUNTANT
G. H. Bancroft, salary 11 months $183.33
O. E. Phillips, salary 1 month 16.67
G. H. Bancroft, telephone, etc. '16 & '17
15.00
Item Press, 600 town reports
133.40
G. H. Bancroft, dist. town reports 6.50
Item Press, printing payrolls 10.75
$200.00
$165.65
$365.65
TREASURER
F. W. Freeman $150.00
F. W. Freeman, supplies 4.97 George W. Abbott, treasurer's books 18.50
Bureau of Statistics, reg. of notes 12.00
E. A. Russell, stamped envelopes 21.60
Wakefield Trust Co., rental Safety Vault 5.00
Thomas Groom & Co., supplies 2.10
$150.00 $64.17 $214.17
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COLLECTOR
F. W. Freeman $150.00
E. A. Russell, stamped envelopes 44.41
George W. Abbott, printing 4.00
George W. Abbott, tax bills 8.75
F. W. Freeman, stamps 2.00
F. W. Freeman, expense of tax sale 37.65
Allen & Smith, tax deed 7.00
Chester W. Clark, tax refunded (1914)
8.25
$150.00
$112.06 $262.06
ASSESSORS
C. J. Bolton $ 73.75
H. W. Hodgdon, 10 months
88.50
A. P. Mansfield, 2 months
25.00
George Hatch
23.59
C. J. Bolton, telephone 1.40
H. W. Hodgdon, telephone 1.70
Item Press, tax tables .35
Item Press, Assessors' Notices, etc. 4.85
Lilla D. Stott, Abstracts of Records 13.40
Commonwealth, Fines on returns 15.00
$210.84 $36.70
$247.54
TOWN CLERK
O. E. Phillips $100.00 $14.50
O. E. Phillips, telephone, etc.
O. E. Phillips, recording births, deaths and marriages 13.60
E. A. Russell, stamped envelopes
10.62
Annie Blanchard, typewriting
3.00
Wright & Potter, printing
1.25
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
2.00
Edgerly & Bessom, returns of deaths 1.75
George Abbott, printing dog notices 4.75
$100.00 $51.47 $151.47
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REGISTRARS
H. W. Hodgdon, 2 months
2.50
W. H. Copeland, 10 months
12.50
Sidney Eaton
15.00
E. B. Richards
15.00
George W. Abbott, printing voting list
32.75
George W. Abbott, Notices of Reg. 2.75
Item Press
9.75
$45.00 $45.25 $90.25
ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES
Payroll of Election Officers
$ 57.00
Ella D. Roundy, dinner 12.00
George W. Abbott, printing ballots 24.50
Item Press, Annual Warrant 5.00
A. G. Tedford, posting warrants and services at hall 28.00
George W. Abbott, Tally Sheets 12.50
Reading Chronicle, pub. warrant 2.25
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, pub. warrant 2.00
Item Press, pub. warrant
3.25
Payroll, State Primaries and Elections 65.00
George W. Abbott, printing 4.00
F. W. Freeman, Transportation 2.00
$122.00 $95.50 $217.50
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Printing reports $15.00
LEGAL EXPENSE
Rutherford E. Smith
$50.00
$50.00
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MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
TOWN HALL
Heat and Light:
Reading Light Board $ 27.34
A. L. Mansfield, Wood
12.00
A. L. Mansfield, Wood
18.00
Frank W. Freeman, Coal
39.06
A
$96.40
JANITOR
L. F. Southworth, services
$190.67
REPAIRS, ETC.
Perkins & Bancroft, rep. stove pipe . . 2.82
Perkins & Bancroft, labor on pump
... 7.20
Henry F. Miller, tuning piano
3.10
Albert P. Mansfield, 1 flag
20.05
George M. Roundy, incidentals
2.05
A. P. Mansfield, keys
1.20
Perkins & Bancroft, thawing pipes
.
3.75
$40.20
Total payment, town hall
$327.27
HALL, PRE. 2
Heat and Light
Peabody Light Plant $ 26.23
George W. Pickering, Coal 34.50
Andrew Mansfield, Wood
7.00
$67.73
JANITOR
George Williams, care of hall $54.00
REPAIRS, ETC.
A. P. Mansfield, 1 flag
$ 20.00
Daniel G. Harvey, labor & sundries . . 31.17
O. M. West, wiring
4.30
$55.47
INSURANCE
S. L. Russell
35.50
A. S. N. Hickford
23.55
$59.05
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CARE OF GROUNDS
Sylvester Nugent 5.00
D. G. Harvey 7.00 $12.00
Total payment, hall, Pre. 2
$248.25
Total payment to both halls, $575.52
INTEREST, TAX LOANS
Wakefield Savings Bank $116.67
Wakefield Savings Bank 112.50
Wakefield Trust Co. Note No. 31 104.15 $333.32
INTEREST-MOTOR CHEMICAL NOTES
Malden Savings Bank, House No. 1 $40.00
Wakefield Trust Co., House No. 2 .. 6.75
Malden Savings Bank, House No. 1 . 20.00 $66.75
400.07
Total payments General Government
$2,870.99
RECEIPTS
Appropriation, March, 1917 $2,500.00
Unexpended Balance
87.21
Interest on Taxes
273.31
License fees, pedlars 45.00
Other licenses 9.00
Interest on Daily Bank Balance . 71.70
Rent of Town Hall 124.70
Rent of Chemical Hall
134.75
Total Receipts
$3,245.67
Total payments
2,870.99
Balance Unexpended
374.68
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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
PAYMENTS
BOARD OF HEALTH
Charles J. Bolton
10.00
A. P. Mansfield
5.00
Daniel G. Harvey
5.00
F. W. Freeman, M.D., services
disinfectant
2.00
E. F. Mahady Co., disinfectant
6.00
20.00
8.00
28.00
POLICE
Charles J. Bolton, services as chief Daniel G. Harvey, police services . . 40.00
25.00
Albert G. Tedford, police services
60.46
Daniel J. McCarthy, police services Lewis F. Pope, police services . .
4.00
J. M. Lynch, police services
3.65
O. E. Phillips, serving dog warrant
15.00
O. E. Phillips, burying dog
1.00
Willis E. Peabody, police services
5.40
156.51
156.51
INSPECTION
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Oscar E. Phillips, services .
50.00
Daniel J. McCarthy, transportation
1.00
George M. Roundy, use of truck ..
9.00
26.23
W. & L. E. Gurley, new equipment B. M. Parker, labor and stock town scales
3.00
II. N. Cummins, labor town scales
2.35
50.00
41.58
91.58
71
2.00
Barns and Animals:
L. W. Hastings, services '16, 10 mos. 41.67
L. W. Hastings, services 1917 50.00
1
91.67 91.67
Slaughtering:
Edward A. Doyle, services
50.00
Total payments
$417.76
RECEIPTS
Appropriation, March 1917 400.00
Appropriation balance, 1916, 22.51
Received from Commonwealth,
Account of inspection barns and animals
50.00
Sealers fees
10.06
Court fines
92.59
Total receipts
575.16
Total payments
417.76
Unexpended balance
$157.40
FOREST WARDEN
PAYMENTS
Pay rolls, labor and teams 185.35
State Forester, acid and soda
8.55
Lewis F. Pope, lunch furnished ..
1.86
George M. Roundy, lunch furnished State Forester, 6 fire extinguishers
1.25
54.00
A. G. Tedford, care of forest wagon F. Newhall, care of forest wagon Lewis F. Pope, telephone .
10.00
10.00
12.00
Lewis F. Pope, posting notices, etc
4.40
72
Lewis F. Pope, fire permits issued
16.50
F. Newhall, fire permits issued . 6.30
A. G. Tedford, fire permits issued
2.70
W. Wilkinson, fire permits issued
.70
Total payments
$185.35 $128.26 $313.61
RECEIPTS
Appropriation, March. 1917 - 200.00
Appropriation balance of 1916
96.28
Appropriation telephone
12.00
From Boston & Maine
32.84
Total receipts
341.12
Total payments
313.61
Unexpended balance
27.51
TREE WARDEN PAYMENTS
A. M. Tuttle, 25 maple trees
43.75
Payroll tree warden, for labor
26.25
Payroll tree warden, trimming
15.77
trees, etc.
$ 85.77
Total payments
RECEIPTS .
Appropriation, March, 1917
100.00
Unexpended balance
7.41
107.41
Total payments
85.77
Unexpended balance
21.64
ELM TREE BEETLE
PAYMENTS
Payrolls, tree warden, labor . .
70.63
W. D. Corliss & Co., arsen. of lead
78.00
148.63
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RECEIPTS
Appropriation, March, 1917
150.00
Unexpended balance .90
Total payments 148.63
Unexpended balance 2.27
FIRE DEPARTMENT
PAYMENTS
HOUSE NO 1
Fuel:
F. W. Freeman, coal 17.83
H. F. Nesbitt, coal 21.85 39.68
Light:
Reading Light Board 12.83
General Expense:
George M. Roundy, gaso. & sund. 29.95
Akron Tire & Rubber Co.,
1 shoe, '16 33.00
William E. Gilson, labor
3.47
W. E. Harris, ex. of water supply 15.51
General Appl. Co., 1 foot rest 1.32
J. J. Hughes, labor and supplies 4.20
W. F. Gerry, expense 6.10
The White Co., expense
15.46
Henry K. Barnes, expense
11.00
Davidson Auto. Supply Co., two 31x4 casings; two 31x4 tubes 47.40 167.41
Janitor:
Edward A. Russell, services, 1916 18.00
Edward A. Russell, services, 1917 18.00
36.00
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Other Payments:
O. F. Cress & Sons, repairs to motor chemical 203.12
E. W. Savage, watch. fire, June 5 3.00
J. A. Powell, watch. fire, June 5 Payroll of watchmen, July 3-4 . . 18.00
3.00
State Foresters, supplies ..
66.10
293.22
Total payments of House No. 1 $549.14
HOUSE NO. 2 PAYMENTS
Fuel: .
Andrew Mansfield, wood 12.38
George W. Pickering, 1916, coal 20.63
George W. Pickering, 1917, coal
34.50
67.51
Light:
Peabody Light Plant, lighting, '16 25.87
Peabody Light Plant, 1917
54.10
79.9%
General Expense:
D. G. Harvey, supplies 4.07
W. H. Griffin cleaning engine . . 6.60
Thos. R. Evans, labor and stock 2.15
Perkins & Bancroft, repairs to furnace, 1916 9.80
E. E. Walker, tire chains & rep. 10.40
J. B. Blood Co., 18 fire pails .. 5.40
O. M. West, labor 3.25
Elliot Grocery, supplies 3.73
Harper Garage, supplies
4.30
49.70
Janitor:
George Williams, services, '16 .. 18.00
G. Williams, services 3 mos., '17 18.00
36.00
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Fire Alarm:
Wm. H. Griffin, care system, '16 75.00
Wm. H. Griffin, expense, '16 . .. 3.02
Stuart Howland, zincs, '15 21.20
A. H. Whidden & Son, blue vitriol 22.74 121.96
Other Payments:
E. J. Campbell, watchman fire, Walnut street 3.00
E. C. Baxter, watchman,
fire,
Walnut street
3.00
6.00
Total payments House No. 2 .. 361.14
Total payments of Department $910.28
RECEIPTS
Appropriation, March 1917 600.00
From Emergency Fund 300.00
. Sale of material 10.62
Sale of lumber 4.00
ยท Total receipts
$914.62
Total payments
910.28
Unexpended balance
4.34
UNPAID BILLS
Fire Department:
Peabody Light Plant $ 23.73
Reading Light Board .60
George M. Roundy, supplies 25.05
William H. Griffin, care of fire alarm 75.00
William H. Griffin, labor and supplies 6.50
E. E. Walker, tire chains 19.50
A. H. Whidden & Son, supplies 2.30
A. J. Killam, care of Ford Chemical 35.00
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The White Company, new batteries 30.44
George Williams, care of fire 18.00
Henry W. Talbot, labor and stock 19.50
Harvey Grocery, gasolene, etc. 18.95
F. W. Freeman, coal 11.40
$285.97
MOTORIZING CHEMICAL ENGINE House No. 2:
PAYMENTS
Peabody Garage $1,400.00
C. W. H. Moulton Co., ladders . 256.25
Wm. H. Moxham, ropes, etc. ..
4.00
Total Payments $1,660.25~
RECEIPTS
Appropriation $1,600.00
Sale of Wagon 60.00
Sale of Harness 12.00
Total receipts $1,672.00
Total payments 1,660.25
Unexpended balance
11.75
PAYMENTS
Water System, Chemical Building. Precinct 2 PAYMENTS
Pay Roll, D. G. Harvey et al. $ 50.50
A. A. Butler, Contractor
161.76
(Selectmen's account)
$212.26
J. Comer Jones Co., pressure tank, motor, etc. 312.62
O. M. West, labor
4.00
Wm. H. Griffin, labor 43.53
L. E. Roberts, labor 21.38
W. W. Moxham, expense
3.19
(Committee's account)
Total payments $384.72
$596.98:
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RECEIPTS
Appropriation, March 12, 1917 .. .$200.00 Appropriation, August 20, 1917 .. 400.00
Total receipts 600.00
Total payments 596.98
Unexpended Balance
3.02
Storage Battery and Fire Alarm Extension PAYMENTS
Albert P. Mansfield, expense .$90.00
O. M. West, labor 11.75
Total. payments $101.75
RECEIPTS
Appropriation, March 12, 1917 $400.00
Total payments 76.75
Unexpended balance
323.25
LIABILITY INSURANCE
PAYMENTS
George H. Bancroft, Agent,
Travelers' Ins. Co.
$147.03
RECEIPTS
Appropriation
$150.00
Total payments 147.03
Unexpended balance
2.97
MEMORIAL DAY
PAYMENTS
Isaac H. Mitchell, expense, Pre. 1 ... $44.22
City Hall Market, supplies
10.23
$54.45
E. Q. Moulton, expense, Pre. 2
45.55
Total payments $100.00
RECEIPTS
Appropriation
$100.00
Total payments
100.00
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CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
PAYMENTS
Administration:
Charles J. Bolton,
Overseer of Poor 25.00
Albert P. Mansfield,
Overseer of Poor
25.00
Daniel G. Harvey,
Overseer of Poor
25.00
Daniel G. Harvey, telephone
$ 10.00
Albert P. Mansfield, telephone
6.00
Transportation:
E. H. McGregor, trans. to Tewksbury 8.00
Daniel G. Harvey, automobile service 27.00
Food and Clothing:
W. L. Finney, groceries 26.84
Eugene Nigro, shoes 4.00
Medical Aid:
Boston City Hospital 8.57
Mothers With Dependent Children:
Cash allowance 162.00
Partial Support:
Cash allowance 139.00
75.00 $391.41
Total charities $466.41
Soldiers' Relief:
Cash allowance 96.00
State Aid:
Cash allowance 626.00
$1,188.41
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RECEIPTS
Appropriation, March 12, 1917 ... $ 600.00
Balance on hand, 1916 acct 317.08
Estate of Joseph Wiley 25.00
Soldiers' Exemption
21.57
State Aid Refunded. . 779.00
Total receipts
$1,742.65
Total payments 1,188.41
Unexpended balance
554.24
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
PAYMENTS
Administration:
Salary
Expense
1
School Committee
$ 25.00
$72.26
School Superintendent
365.00
24.56
Teaching:
Salaries
$3,541.00
Janitors:
Salaries
$ 720.00
Fuel
.$ 887.77
Transportation:
South School
48.00
Centre School
625.00
High School
764.24
High School tuition
1,772.50
Books and supplies
247.31
Medical Inspection
26.00
Miscellaneous accounts
479.16
Repairs to Center School
508.00
New Equipment
134.05
Interest on South School Notes
315.00
$4,651.00
$5,903.85
.
Total payments
.$10,554.85
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RECEIPTS
Balance on hand of 1916 acct $ 736.52
Appropriation, March, 1917 6,800.00
Appro. painting Center School . 150.00
Appro. shingling Center School . 250.00
State School Fund 805.14
State Salary, Supt. 208.33
State Board of Education 36.47
State High School tuition 896.25
State High School trans. 355.55
Tuition of State Children 164.00
Industrial School
7.00
City of Peabody 60.00
City of Lynn 175.00
Parents' Refund, tuition 131.00
Sale of car tickets 21.26
Total receipts
$10,796.52
Total payments 10,554.85
Unexpended balance
$241.67
PUBLIC LIBRARY
PAYMENTS
MAIN LIBRARY
Heat and Light:
Reading Light Board $ 12.47
Curley Bros.
2.95
T. E. Cox & Sons, wood 11.00
L. E. Bennett, coal 2.65
$29.07
Janitor
Seth H. Russell $ 42.52
Librarian
Elizabeth W. Green 78.00
Extra labor, Elizabeth W. Green
7.25
$85.25
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Books and Magazines:
W. B. Clarke, magazines 9.00
N. J. Bartlett, books 60.91
E. E. Campbell, books 12.00
$81.91
Other Expense:
Fred A. Russell, work on flag pole $7.00
Fred A. Russell, repairs
1.00
George M. Roundy, supplies
2.10
E. W. Green, supplies
4.87
S. L. Russell, ins. on books
25.00
$39.97
Payments Main Library
$278.72
BRANCH LIBRARY
Janitor
Wm. H. Griffin, care of room $16.50
Librarian
Cora F. Pike, due on 1916 $21.50
Cora F. Pike, 1917 80.00
$101.50
Books and Magazines:
George E. Houghton 23.09
W. A. Butterfield, books
49.74
$72.83
Other Expense:
George E. Houghton, supplies . . .85
Daniel E. Houghton
1.75
$2.60
Payments Branch Library
$193.43
Total payments
$472.15
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RECEIPTS
Appropriation, March 12, 1917 .. $ 200.00
Balance on hand, 1916 acct 94.78
Dog Tax 158.21
Interest George L. Hawkes Fund .. 20.00
Interest, Mary U. Nash Fund 40.00
Interest, George N. Blake Fund . . 140.00
Fines, Main Library 9.70
Fines, Branch Library 2.00
Total receipts . .
$664.69
Total payments 472.15
Unexpended balance
$192.54
CEMETERIES Precinct 1
General Care:
Seth D. Russell, labor $ 62.40
E. B. Richards, dressing 4.0,0
Perkins & Bancroft, labor on pump 12.65
$79.05
Setting Bounds :
John Dyer, surveying $16.87
Seth H. Russell, labor 5.94
Deering Lumber Co., stakes
7.00
$29.81
Grading Avenues:
Pay Rolls, labor and teams $140.00
John H. Hewes, gravel 10.30 $150.30
Care of Endowed Lots:
Seth H. Russell, care of lots Forest Hill, Old Burying Ground 55.50
Jos. T. Bancroft, care of lots in West Cemetery 39.00
$94.50
Payments Precinct I
$353.66
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Precinct 2
General Care:
Willis E. Peabody, labor $30.50
Care of Endowed Lots:
Willis E. Peabody $19.00
E. W. M. Gilman 8.00
$27.00
Payments Precinct 2
$57.50
Total payments
$411.16
RECEIPTS
Appropriation for Grading $150.00
Appropriation, general care 100.00
Balance on hand, 1916 account 110.08
Interest drawn from trust funds 121.50
Sale of lots 45.00
Total Receipts 526.58
Total payments 411.16
Unexpended balance
$ 115.42
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
PAYMENTS
General Care:
Labor and Teams $3,837.59
Other Expense:
C. E. Carter, settings bounds, 1916 $ 8.83 Frank Newhall, telephone 3.90
George M. Roundy, tools, etc. 20.80
N. E. Machine Co., rep. to drag. 11.26
J. H. Savage, Telephone 1.30
Harvey Grocery, supplies
4.30
J. H. Savage, cash for guide board
4.00
54.39
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Gravel and Sand:
Mabel S. Savage, gravel $65.00
Mrs. Chas. Berry, gravel 38.20
John H. Hewes, gravel 20.80
Anson L. Strong, gravel 10.00
T. E. Cox, sand 4.80
D. J. McCarthy, sand 4.00
Frank Newhall, sand 8.25
L. O. Newhall, gravel 107.20
258.25
Road Oil and Tarvia:
The Barrett Co., Tarvia .$ 965.66
The Alden Spears Sons' Co., oil 1,075.43
2,041.09
Total payments $6,191.32
RECEIPTS
Appropriation, March, 1917 $5,000.00
Balance, 1916 42.84
City of Lynn
59.38
Highway Commission 71.35
Appropriation, Aug. 20
1,200.00
Total receipts
$6,373.57
Total Payments 6,191.32
Unexpended balance $ 182.25
NEWBURYPORT TURNPIKE
PAYMENTS
Labor and teams
$1,206.31
Other Expense:
Geo. H. Sampson Co., explosives $132.25
Elliott Grocery, oil 6.48
Hamblet Co., tools
2.75
J. B. & W. A. Lamper, coal
43.22
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Curley Bros., coal, etc. 81.35
Hutchinson Co., lumber 7.20
David J. Sheehan, use of teams, Watering cart, steam drill, Labor and supplies, 572.83
Daniel G. Harvey, cash for coal,
gravel and sundries
101.50
947.58
$2,153.89
RECEIPTS
Appropriation, Aug. 20, 1917 ... $ 650.00
From State Highway Commission 1,503.89
Total receipts
2,153.89
Total payments 2,153.89
Note .- Rec'd from St. Hwy Com. $4.000.00
Applied to Turnpike acct. 1,503.89
Applied to Salem street work
$2,496.11
SALEM STREET WORK
PAYMENTS
Labor and teams $2,934.69
Other Expense:
Geo. H. Sampson, Explosives $33.00
Winchester Brick Co., brick 25.00
W. E. Knox, drain tile 4.86
Barford Stockwell, sundries 35.50
Curley Bros., coal 43.00
H. L. Bond Co., small tools 8.53
George H. Taylor, lanterns, etc. .. 13.78 W. C. Whittredge & Co., cmt & tile 89.40 D. G. Harvey, sundries 56.62 City of Lynn, 1/2 exp. relaying brdg. 33.63
343.32
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Macadam Account:
Rowe Cont. Co., br. stone .... .$1,850.15
C. J. Sweeney, use of st'm roller 296.00
Standard Oil Co., Tarvia 648.00
Engineer for steam roller 136.00
2,930.15
$6,208.16
RECEIPTS
Appropriated
$ 900.00
County Commissioner 2,065.00
Highway Commissioners 2,496.11
$5,461.11
STREET LIGHTING
PAYMENTS
Town of Reading, Pre. I $1,574.54
City of Peabody, Pre. II 861.00
$2,435.54
RECEIPTS
Appropriation, old contract $1,978.00
Balance, 1916 acct. 370.22
For addition, lights 175.50
Total receipts $2,523.72
Total payments 2,435.54
Unexpended balance $ 98.18
6208.16 5461. 74705 87
1503.89 2496 11 a 206500 60650
MISCELLANEOUS CARE OF COMMON PAYMENTS
C. J. Bolton, cash expended .$5.00
RECEIPTS
Appropriation
$100.00
Total payments 5.00
Unexpended balance
$95.00
SUNTAUG PARK
RECEIPTS
Appropriation $50.00
Balance 1916 account 15.30
Unexpended balance
.$65.30
REBUILDING WALK AT TOWN HALL
Appropriation
$150.00
Unexpended balance 150.00
REBELLION WAR RECORDS
Appropriation
$50.00
Unexpended balance 50.00
EMERGENCY FUND
Appropriation $300.00
Balance 1916 account
182.58
$482.58
Transferred to Fire Department
$300.00
Unexpended balance .$182.58
PLANS FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TOWN HALL
Appropriation
$100.00
Unexpended balance
100.00
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SUPPRESSION OF BROWN TAIL AND GYPSY MOTH
PAYMENTS
To Treasurer of Commonwealth 1
for cash expended $1,361.58
RECEIPTS
Appropriation, March 12, 1917 . .$ 576.85 From Moth Tax, 1916 533.84
From L. H. Twiss, supt. work 156.51
Total receipts
$1,267.20
Treasurer, Commonwealth
State Tax $3,080.00
License Fees returned 637.50
Treasurer, Essex County
County Tax
$2,188.53
REDUCTION OF DEBT
First National Bank, note due
South School Loan $1,000.00
Malden Savings Bank, Note due on Motor Chemical House No. 1 $1,000.00
Wakefield Trust Co., Note due on
Motor Chemical House No. 2 $ 600.00
$2,600.00
TAX LOANS
Wakefield Savings Bank $5,000.00
Wakefield Trust Co. 5,000.00
First National Bank 4,000.00
Total payments
$14,000.00 $60,841.64
1
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RECAPITULATION
PAYMENTS
General Government $ 2,870.99
Protection, Board of Health, Police, etc. 417.76
Forest Warden 313.61
Tree Warden
85.77
Moth Work
1,361.58
Elm Tree Beetle
148.63
Fire Department 910.28
Motorizing Chemical House No. 2 1,660.25
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