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ACCOUNT OF THRIFT AND SAVING STAMPS
The following figures show the number of Thrift and Savings Stamps held by the pupils of the Lynnfield schools:
Number of pupils in schools
187
Number holding Thrift and Savings Stamps
114
Total amount held
$2,358.50
AMOUNT HELD AND PER CAPITA BY ROOMS
South School
Room
Pupils
Amount
Per Capita
Miss Winston's
26
$ 361.75
$13.91
Hiss Bagley's
29
432.00
14.89
Miss Marsh's
18
444.75
24.71
Miss O'Donnell's
27
470.00
17.41
$1,708.50
Center School
Miss Rigg's
37
$ 150.00
$ 4.05
Miss Wilber's
28
300.00
10.72
Miss Lamb's
22
200.00
9.09
$ 650.00
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
RECEIPTS
Balance December 31, 1918
$ 385.20
Appropriation March 1919
12,500.00
Bay State Street Railway
1.01
State School Fund
1,037.07
Refund Industrial School
2.50
Tuition State Children
354.75
City Lynn Tuition
175.00
Sale Railroad Tickets
7.00
Supt. School Salary
187.50
High School Transportation
600.76
$15,250.79
SUMMARY OF DISBURSEMENTS
General Adminstration
$ 825.70
Center School
6,303.40
South School
6,818.72
$13,947.82
Unexpended balance
$ 1,302.97
DISBURSEMENTS
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
General
Total
SALARIES :
Ernest J. Clark
$ 1.39
Edith F. Houghton
3.47
Nelson B. Todd
8.34
Edward A. Russell
6.94
Martha D. Mansfield
4.86
$ 25.00
56
OTHER EXPENSES :
Ernest J. Clark
4.17
Martha D. Mansfield
22.74
Edith F. Houghton
4.87
Wright & Potter
1.00
$ 32.78
SUPERINTENDENT :
SALARY :
H. R. Williams 412.50
OTHER EXPENSES :
H. R. Williams
19.17
$
431.67
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
SUPERVISORS' SALARIES :
Alice Genthner
185.00
Edith Savary
90.00
Sylvia McGill
26.25
$ 301.25
Center
South
School
School
Total
TEACHERS' SALARIES :
Alice E. Wilber
$ 940.00
$
$
Avice G. Riggs
730.00
Margaret V. Lamb
660.00
Elizabeth Winston
705.00
Ethel O'Donnell
775.00
Maybelle Bagley
755.00
Eliza Marsh
630.00
Vera I. Bagley
3.00
Madeline A. Bagley
6.00
Florence R. Howe
33.75
Benton Patterson
12.00
Annie M. Winslow
4.20
Hattie F. Russell
10.00
$2,356.20
$2,907.75
$5,263.95
57
Center School
South
School Total
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES :
J. L. Hammett Co.
$
79.67
$ 94.83
Ginn & Co.
15.79
2.21
Silver Burdett Co.
3.82
3.60
D. Appleton & Co.
2.46
Current Events
15.00
4.50
The MacMillan Co.
1.99
Edward E. Babb
29.42
25.54
$ 143.70
$ 135.13
$ 278.83
EXPENSES OF OPERATING SCHOOL PLANT
JANITOR'S WAGES :
Louis Southworth $ 495.30
William Griffin
600.00
$1,095.30
FUEL :
L. E. Bennett
$ 383.20
$ 473.12
L. E. Bennett (wood)
14.00
W. E. Roundy
16.00
Andrew Mansfield
26.50
$ 413.20
$ 499.62 $ 912.82
(Full amount of coal required during 1919-1920 has not been received.)
MISCELLANEOUS
Reading Mun. Light Plant .. $ 9.56
Peabody Mun. Light Plant
$ 18.14
L. F. Southworth 8.00
American Express Co. 27.56
The Ropes Drug Co. 3.13
George M. Roundy
30.69
W. Henry Hutchinson 9.25
58.
.
Center School
South School
Total
Thos. P. Gard Co.
5.00
Edith F. Houghton
3.72
$ 80.81
$ 34.24
$ 115.05
MAINTENANCE
REPAIRS :
Perkins & Bancroft
$ 14.00
$ 36.95
Elizabeth W. Green
2.25
Ernest E. Leavitt
2.50
Reformatory for Women
6.60
,
$ 16.25
$ 46.05
$ 62.30
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
HEALTH :
Franklin W. Freeman, M. D.
(General) $ 35.00
TRANSPORTATION :
Charles M. McCarthy
(Grammar)'
$ 750.00
(High)
237.10
Earl Guy MacLain (High) ..
$ 97.00
Lynnfield Community Inc.
(Grammar)
49.35
(High)
781.22
Parents and Guardians Refund
251.09
173.79
$1,238.19
$1,101.36
$2,339.55
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Financial Statement
OF
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Showing Receipts and Expenditures of the Town for the Year Ending December 31, 1919 ALSO Report of Trust Funds Taxes Outstanding Cash in Hand, etc.
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
TUITION :
City of Lynn
$ 100.00
City of Peabody
$ 80.00
631.34
Town of Wakefield
958.50
376.25
City of Qunicy
3.06
$1,041.56
$1,107.59
$2,149.15
SUNDRIES :
Edward F. Masterson
$ 2.00
Mary J. Henfield
$ 93.50
Hattie F. Russell
12.00
Edith F. Houghton
10.00
G. Elwood Houghton
1.48
$ 105.50
$ 13.48 $ 118.98
OUTLAY
NEW GROUNDS :
William Smith
$ 26.00
David Fullerton
8.13
Ralph Cox
4.20
L. H. Schefisch
5.00
$ 43.33
$ 43.33
NEW EQUIPMENT :
American Seating Co. . $ 313.11
Waterbury-Waterman Co.
$ 25.00
$ 313.11
$ 25.00
$ 338.11
OTHER PAYMENTS
INTEREST :
First National Bank, Boston
$ 225.00
Insurance
$ 56.25
123.50
$ 56.25 $ 348.50
$ 404.75 $13,947.82
Grand Total Disbursements
62
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
CREDIT
Appropriation March 10, 1919
$3,000.00
Unexpended balance of 1918 78.43
Interest on taxes
446.36
Interest on taxable property redeemed
12.50
License fees
38.00
Interest on daily bank balance
92.82
Rent of Precinct 2, Hall
81.75
DEBIT SELECTMEN
SALARY :
Charles J. Bolton, One Year $ 58.34
Albert P. Mansfield, One Year 58.33
Frank C. Newhall, One Year 58.33
$175.00
SELECTMEN'S EXPENSE :
Charles J. Bolton, 12 hours with auto $ 12.00
Charles J. Bolton, Telephone and stamps 6.16
Albert P. Mansfield, Telephone calls .... 12.10
Frank C. Newshall, 'Phone, stamps, etc. 14.35
Item Press, Exchange of envelopes .
1.50
George W. Abbott, Moth notices .
2.50
$ 48.61
ACCOUNTANT
O. E. Phillips, Salary for 1919
$200.00
ACCOUNTANT'S EXPENSE :
Office Expense $ 4.44
Walter Wilkinson, Delivering Town Reports
6.75
Annie J. Blanchard, Typewriting
9.50
Item Press, Printing Town Reports 188.45
$209.14
63
TREASURER
F. W. Freeman, Salary for 1919 $150.00
TREASURER'S EXPENSE :
E. A. Russell, Stamped envelopes
$ 32.94
Thomas Groom & Co., Treas. Journal .. 1.85
Office expense
8.60
Registration of three notes
6.00
Wakefield Trust Co., Box Rent
5.00
$ 54.39
COLLECTOR
F. W. Freeman, Salary for 1919 $150.00
COLLECTOR'S EXPENSE :
E. A. Russell, Stamped envelopes
$ 35.88
Cash expense 4.55
Advertising property 14.00
Expense of two tax sales
18.50
George W. Abbott, 1000 tax bills
9.75
$ 82.68
ASSESSORS
SALARIES :
Charles J. Bolton, 247 hours at 50c $123.50
Henry W. Hodgdon, 250 hours at 50c .. 129.00
George H. Bancroft, 102 hours at 50c ..
51.00
$303.50
ASSESSORS' EXPENSE :
Charles J. Bolton, Telephone,
statements, etc. $ 4.15
Henry W. Hodgdon, Telephone, calls 1.60
Wakefield Item Press, Books and blanks .. 6.25
Lilla D. Stott, Abstracts of Records 13.72
Hobbs & Warren, Tax lists
5.00
$ 30.72
64
TOWN CLERK
O. E. Phillips, Salary for 1919
TOWN CLERK'S EXPENSE :
Office Expense $ 18.98
Recording births, marriages and deaths 25.50
Edgerly & Bessom, Death returns 1.75
John J. Laughlin, Birth return .50
Wakefield Item Press, Blanks for returned Soldiers 2.75
E. A. Russell, Stamped envelopes 9.68
Wakefield Item Press, 500 Honor Rolls .. 3.75
Wakefield Item Press, Billhead & Env. .. 22.10
Frank L. Edgerly, Return of 2 deaths ..
.50
$100.00
$ 85.51
BOARD OF REGISTRARS
Sidney Eaton, Service 1919. $ 15.00
Everett Richards, Service 1919 15.00
Everett E. Harvey, Service 1919 15.00
Oscar E. Phillips, Service, 1919 15.00
$ 60.00
REGISTRARS' EXPENSE:
George W. Abbott, Printing voting list .. $ 41.75
George A. Westover, Transportation
of Registrars 2.00
Walter A. Wilkinson, Registration Box
to Precinct 2
2.00
$ 45.75
ELECTION AND PRIMARIES
George W. Abbott, Printing Tally Sheets and Ballots $ 28.50
Albert G. Tedford, Posting Warrants 6.50
Pay roll election officers, Annual Meeting 10.00
George M. Roundy, 12 pencils .50
65
Wakefield Item Press, Warrants for Two Special Meetings 7.50
George W. Abbott, State Primary Tally Sheets 6.75
Wakefield Item Press, 25 Primary Warrants 3.75
Albert G. Tedford, Posting Special and Primary Warrants 12.00
Albert G. Tedford, Services at Primaries 2.50
Pay roll at Primaries. Eight men at $5 each 40.00
Wakefield Item Press, 25 State Election Warrants 3.75
Edward A. Russell, Auto for ballots 1.00
George W. Abbott, Election Tally Sheets 4.00
Suntaug Inn, Dinner for Election Officers 7.50
Pay roll, State Election 42.00
E. A. Russell, Trans. Town Clerk to Lynn 2.00
Ella D. Roundy, Dinner for Election Officers. . 15.00
Albert G. Tedford, Posting Election Warrants and Services 6.50
Frank C. Newhall, Trans. Ballots, State
Election and Primaries 5.00
$204.75
LEGAL EXPENSES ·
Rutherford E. Smith, Services 1919 $ 79.00
Eastman & Bradford, Suntaug lake case 200.00
TOWN HALL
JANITOR :
L. F. Southworth, Services 1919 $174.15
L. F. Southworth, Supplies and Expense 3.50
FUEL AND LIGHT :
Reading Light Board, Year's Act. 17.01
Andrew Mansfield, One cord wood 13.00
OTHER EXPENSE :
Perkins and Bancroft, Labor on Pump .. $ 15.70
Albert P. Mansfield, Relief Valve for
Pump . 4.50
George M. Roundy, Supplies 2.32
$ 22.52
66
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INSURANCE :
Geo. Hatch, Insurance on Town Hall 126.00 Geo. Bancroft, Insurance on Town Hall 63.40
Total for Town Hall $419.58
HALL IN PRECINCT 2
JANITOR :
George Williams, Service 1919 $116.00
FUEL AND LIGHT
Peabody Light Plant, Year's Account 19.41
Andrew Mansfield, one one-half cords of wood 19.50
LABOR AND REPAIRS :
A. H. Whidden & Son, One lock $ 2.98
B. K. Norton, Repairs .75
William W. Moxham, Labor and locks . 1.15
Harper & Donovan, Five lamps 2.00
Frank C. Newhall, repairs 6.00
$ 12.88
Total for Hall, Precinct 2, $167.79
OTHER GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSE:
George M. Roundy, 1 qt. paint $ .90
Wakefield Trust Co., 6 mos. interest
11.25
Wakefield Trust Co., 6 mos. interest on Tax Loan 125.00
George H. Bancroft, 3 yrs. insurance on old Town Hall
28.95
George H. Jacobs Co., 2 flags for War Tablets 36.00
Hobbs & Warren, License book
1.46
Bank Discount on Note
271.81
6 mos. interest on Note
125.00
6 mos. interest on Engine Note
11.25
Bank Discount on Note
178.13
Frank Newhall, labor on fence 3.38
E. A. Lundahl, Laurel wreath for tablet 5.00
$798.13
67
REPAIRS TO TOWN SCALES
George McQuestion Co. Lumber $ 36.56
H. F. Nesbitt, 2 trips to Boston 15.00
Fred W. Northrup, labor 18.90
The Fairbanks Co., labor & repairs. . 106.34
A. T. Locke, Lumber 17.64
The Fairbanks Co., 1 Weigh book
1.24
George M. Roundy, Supplies 4.39
$ 200.07
Total Payment
$3,764.07
Amt. overdrawn Dec. 31, '19
$ 14.76
$3,764.62
$3,764.62
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
CREDIT
Appropriation March 10, 1919 $300.00
Unexpended balance of 1918 229.51
Court Fines 31.36
Sealer's Fees 13.64
State Refund, Inspector of Animals, Salary 18.75
Essex County Refund on dogs killed 3.00
Police badge
.75
DEBIT
BOARD OF HEALTH :
Charles J. Bolton, Services 1919 $ 10.00
Albert P. Mansfield, Services 1919 5.00
Frank C. Newhall, Services, 1919 5.00
F. W. Freeman, Fumigating and Warning Cards 14.00
F. H. Thomas Co., Supplies for
Board of Health 13.55
$ 47.55
68
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Oscar E. Phillips, Services 1919
$ 50.00
Walter E. Wilkinson, Labor 2.00
W. & L. E. Gurley, Sealer's supplies 5.70
George M. Roundy, 12 hours, Auto hire 5.00
$ 62.70
POLICE
Charles J. Bolton, Chief $ 25.00
Charles J. Bolton, 9 hours with auto 9.00
Charles M. McCarthy, Auto to Graf- ton and Peabody $ 30.00
W. A. Shea, Lunch
.35
Fred Bryant, Disposing of 3 dogs ..
3.00
Albert G. Tedford, police work
103.83
Albert G. Tedford, killing dog . .
1.00
Albert P. Mansfield, Trans. of nuis- ance
1.00
John F. Currier, police duty
9.00
O. E. Phillips, burying dog
1.00
12.80
Louis Roberts, Watchman, 32 hrs .. George Badaracco, auto to Peabody L. F. Pope, 12 hrs. police July 4 . ... 5.00 E. Harry Gerry, 12 hrs. police July 4 5.00
4.00
Wm. P. Cook, 12 hrs. police July 4 .. 5.00
Willis E. Peabody, 6 hrs police ·
2.40
O. E. Phillips, serving dog warrant . 15.00 $ 232.38
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Walter Gray, Services 1919
50.00
Walter E. Wilkinson, Auto for Insp. 2.00
INSPECTOR OF BEEF
Edward A. Doyle, work in Nov. and Dec.
8.33
Total payment
$ 402.96
Balance Dec. 31, 1919
194.05
$ 597.01 $ 597.01-
69
FOREST WARDEN
CREDIT
Appropriation March 10, 1919 $ 200.00
Unexpended balance of 1918 42.05
DEBIT
Pay roll, Labor and Teams $201.39
L. F. Pope, 46 fire permits at 10c. 4.60
A. G. Tedford, 33 fire permits at 10c 3.30
F. C. Newhall, 50 fire permits at 10c 5.00
A. G. Tedford, care of wagon
10.00
Frank C. Newhall, care of wagon . .. 10.00
Frank C. Newhall, posting notices ..
2.00
Total Payments
$236.29
Balance Dec. 31, 1919
5.76
$242.05
$ 242.05
TREE WARDEN
CREDIT
Appropriation March 10, 1919 $ 75.00
Unexpended balance of 1918 10.19
DEBIT
A. M. Tuttle Co., 17 Maple trees ... $ 30.00
Pay roll tree warden 7.23
1
Total payments
$ 37.23
Unexpended balance
47.96
$ 85.19
$ 85.19
70
FIRE DEPARTMENT
CREDIT
Appropriation March 10, 1919
1,000.00
DEBIT
HOUSE NO. 1
FUEL AND LIGHT :
Reading Light Board 20.17
L. E. Bennett, 6950 lbs. coal 42.53
62.70
JANITOR :
Palmer Hutchinson, 2 weeks in
Dec. 1918 3.00
D. J. McCarthy, 4 weeks in Dec. 1919 6.00
9.00
GENERAL EXPENSE : ,
George M. Roundy, supplies ... 81.99
Arthur Vaughn, cleaning engine 4.00
William P. Cook, cleaning engine 4.00
E. A. Russell, supplies & labor The White Company, supplies . 4.95
6.37
5.22
E. F. Gerry Co., oil and gas . .. The White Co., repair of trans- mission 103.32
Merrimac Chemical Co., vitriol . 4.91
Harper & Donovan, repairs to engine 14.11
L. F. Pope, brass valve & nipple 2.10
$ 230.97
Pay roll, 3 watchmen July 4th
16.80
William N. Willis, 1 flag 10.13
Total payments House No. 1 $ 329.60
71
HOUSE NO. 2
FUEL AND LIGHT :
Peabody Electlic Light Plant .. 45.91
Peabody Elec. Light Plant, pow'r 22.32
Andrew Mansfield, one-half cord 6.50
74.73
JANITOR :
George Williams, 6 months 36.00
GENERAL EXPENSE :
Harvey Grocery, supplies 72.72
John Boyle and Co., labor on
Ford
1.28
L. H. Twiss, care of engine .
16.80
The Locomobile Co., of Am., Re- pairs
76.87
B. K. Norton, repairs
1.50
Edward Hitchcock, inner tube . .
8.33
Griffin & Merrill, repairs
.75
Harper & Donovan, repairs
57.58
Harper & Donovan, supplies ...
20.89
Wm. H. Griffin, labor on truck 3.30
Merrimac Chemical Co., vitriol . 9.30
West Peabody Garage Company, repairs 8.95
Lester J. Crawford, repairing
manifold 2.50
Atlantic Motor Sales Company . 4.35
Total payments, House No. 2
$395.85
$
285.12
FIRE ALARM MAINTENANCE
William H. Griffin, care of alarm '18 $ 95.70
Albert P. Mansfield, battery charg- ing outfit 29.00
Louis W. Bills, Alarm box No. 33
15.00
72
Albert P. Mansfield, work on alarm 4.75
General Elec. Co., signalling instru- ment
30.93
Express on supplies
.96
William H. Griffin, labor of two men 41/2 days 36.00
Sampson Elec. Co., supplies
8.70
Phillips Storage Battery, recharg- ing battery 1.50
O. M. West, 4 hrs. work and supplies
5.00
4.00
Wm. H. Griffin, 1 day's labor .... The Gamewell Alarm Co., balance due on gong
10.97
Lewis F. Pope, keys, labor, etc. 8.75
$ 251.26
SUNTAUG FIRE:
Mrs. George Preston, house service 5.00
Huntts Restaurant, coffee, sandwiches, etc. 18.00
Total payments of Department $ 999.71
Unexpended balance, Dec. 31, 1919 .29
$1,000.00
$ 1,000.00
FIRE ALARM EXTENSION
CREDIT
Appropriation March 10, 1919 $ 600.00
DEBIT
$500.00 taken away June 24, 1919 to paint Chemical 2 House $500.00
The Gamewell Company, 2 gongs .. 70.48
3.50
Wm. Griffin, installing gongs . . Wetmore Savage Co., supplies .. The Gamewell Co., 1 Turtle gong 19.81
6.21
$ 600.00
Total payments
$ 600.00
$ 600.00
.
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CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
CREDIT
Appropriation March 10th, 1919
$ 800.00
Unexpended balance of 1918
106.21
State Aid refunded 600.00
Mothers' Aid, refunded from Danvers
and
State
491.44
Soldiers' Exemption
28.01
Refunded from Hospital case
12.86
DEBIT
ADMINISTRATION :
Chas. J. Bolton, Overseer of
Poor 25.00
Albert P. Mansfield, Overseer of Poor 25.00
Frank C. Newhall, Overseer of Poor 25.00
$ 75.00
TRANSPORTATION :
Chas. J. Bolton, 6 hrs. with auto 6.00
FOOD, CLOTHING AND FUEL
Charles M. McCarthy, groceries and provisions 132.79
A. F. Small, shoes 10.00
$ 142.79
MEDICAL AID :
Salem Hospital .
$
35.44
RENT :
E. Horace Spinney, 13 months 181.00
Joseph W. Cushing, 15 weeks .. 37.50 $ 218.50
PARTIAL SUPPORT :
Cash allowance
$ 298.00
74
MOTHERS' AID :
Cash allowance, 34 weeks at $9.
$ 306.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF :
Cash allowance
$ 96.00
STATE AID :
Cash allowance
$ 564.00
Total payments
$1,741.73
Unexpended balance Dec. 31,
1919
296.79
$2,038.52
$ 2,038.52
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
CREDIT
A
Appropriation March 10, 1919
$12,500.00
Unexpended balance of 1918
385.20
City of Lynn, tuition
175.00
State School Fund
1,037.07
Superintendent's Salary refunded
187.50
Tuition of State Children
354.75
High School Transportation, State Refund . .
600.76
Sale of Railroad tickets
8.01
Industrial School Refund
2.50
DEBIT
ADMINISTRATION :
School Committee's Salary
$ 25.00
Clerical work 19.17
$ 44.17
TEACHING :
Teachers' Pay Roll
$5,434.70
Superintendent's Salary
312.50
Retirement Fund
324.00
75
TRANSPORTATION :
Charles McCarthy, local 750.00
Earl Guy McLain 97.00
Lynnfield Community Bus 830.57
Parents' Refund, Transportation
424.88
Charles McCarthy,
Wakefield
High School Scholars 237.10
$2,339.55
JANITORS :
L. F. Southworth, Centre 480.00
William Griffin, South 600.00
$1,080.00
FUEL AND LIGHT :
Reading Light Board, Center
School
9.56
Peabody Light Plant, South
School
18.14
L. E. Bennett, coal, South School 473.12
L. E. Bennett, coal Center School 383.20
L. E. Bennett, one cord wood, Center 14.00
Andrew Mansfield, 11/2 cords
- trash wood, South 13.50
William E. Roundy, one cord
hard wood, Center 16.00
Andrew Mansfield, one cord
hard wood, South
13.00
$ 940.52
TUITION :
Town of Wakefield, High School Tuition $1,334.75
City of Peabody, High School Tuition 711.34
City of Lynn, High School
Tuition
100.00
City of Quincy, Industrial School 3.06
$2,149.15
76
NEW EQUIPMENT :
American
Seat Co., desk and
313.11
chairs
Waterbury Waterman and Co.
1
Fountain
25.00
$
338.11
INTEREST ON DEBT :
First National Bank of Boston,
Int. on $5,000 $ 225.00
INSURANCE :
South School, $5,000, three years 123.50
Center School, $2,500, 3 years 56.25 -
- $ 179.75
MISCELLANEOUS :
Perkins and Bancroft, labor and supplies 50.95
Subscription to Current Events
19.50
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies . .
174.50
Ginn & Company, supplies 18.00
Silver Burditt Co., supplies ·
7.42
George M. Roundy, supplies . ..
30.69
2.46
D. Appleton & Co., supplies .. Edith F. Houghton, census and supplies
18.59
Elizabeth W. Green, repairing flag
2.25
Ralph Cox, teaming gravel
4.25
William Smith, spreading gravel
26.00
David Fullerton, cleaning up ..
8.13
L. F. Southworth, extra work and supplies
23.30
The Macmillan Co., spellers
1.99
G. Elwood Houghton, expressing 1.48 L .. H. Schefisch, enlarging bridge Reformatory for Women, 1 Fed- eral flag 6.60
5.00
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Edw. F. Masterson inspecting boiler 2.00
Hattie F. Russell, Center School Census
12.00
H. R. Williams, supplies
19.17
Edward E. Babb & Co., books ..
. 54.96
W. H. Hutchinson, supplies ... American Express Co., express on furniture 27.56
9.25
The Ropes Drug Co., 1st aid sup- plies
3.13
Ernest E. Leavitt, tuning piano
2.50
Wright & Potter, account blanks
1.00
Thos. P. Gard & Co., ash truck
5.00
Martha D. Mansfield, office ex- pense
7.74
F. W. Freeman, School physician
35.00
$ 580.37
Total payments
$13,947.82
Unexpended balance Dec. 31
1919
1,302.97
$15,250.79 $15,250.79
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
CREDIT
Appropriation March 10, 1919 $ 6,000.00
Unexpended balance of 1918 1,086.40
Appropriation May 23, 1919
1,400.00
DEBIT
GENERAL CARE:
Labor as per pay roll $2,409.32
Teams as per pay roll
1,414.00
78
SNOW ACCOUNT:
Labor as per pay roll 30.75
Teams as per pay roll 30.75
TARVIA AND OIL :
15,210 gal. Tarvia at 101/2, Bar-
rett Co. 1,597.05
12,370 gal. oil, Alden Spears Sons Co. 1,105.51
The Barrett Co., tarvia for re- pairing on August 23rd 25.48
GRAVEL AND SAND :
Lucius Newhall, 18 loads at 10c 1.80
Lucius Newhall, 340 loads at 20c 68.00
M. Avadanian, 291 loads at 20c 58.20
J. C. Kallenberg, 191 loads at 20c 38.20
Thomas Cox, 29 loads at 20c .. 5.80
John Hewes, 125 loads at 20c .. 25.00
D. J. McCarthy, 11 loads sand at 50c 5.50
1
$ 202.50
OTHER EXPENSES :
Thomas P. Evans, jobbing $ 33.91
James Savage, repairs to snow plow 4.00
H. F. Nesbitt, telephone calls ..
3.00
Geo. M. Roundy, supplies
34.28
Perkins and Bancroft, repairs Town Pump 6.75
The Good Roads Machine Co., supplies 78.98
City of Peabody, road roller 37.50
· F. W. Freeman, 1 sieve
9.00
Wm. H. Vanderbilt, supplies 1.05
Curley Bros., 1 ton coal
10.00
A. T. Locke, Lumber
13.75
H. F. Nesbitt, express and 3 barrels 11.66
79
James Savage, telephone calls and cedar post 12.95
$ 256.80
TURNPIKE :
Mass. Highway Comm. Contract No. 408 of 1918 650.00
Mass. Highway Comm. Turn-
pike Acct. for 1919
750.00
Total payments $8,472.16
Unexpended balance Dec. 31,
1919
14.24
$8,486.40
$8,486.40
ALLEN'S TERRACE
CREDIT
Appropriation March 10, 1919 $ 200.00
DEBIT
Labor as per pay roll
103.80
Teams as per pay roll
76.88
L. O. Newhall, 95 loads gravel at 20c
19.00
Total payments
$ 199.68
Unexpended balance Dec. 31, 1919
.32
$ 200.00
$ 200.00
MAIN STREET SIDE WALK
CREDIT
Unexpended balance of 1918
$
80.49
80
DEBIT 1
Labor as per pay roll
21.51
Teams as per pay roll
13.50
John Hewes, 87 loads of gravel at 20c
17.40
Total payments
$ 52.41
Unexpended balance Dec. 31, 1919
28.08
$ 80.49
$ 80.49
MAIN STREET GRADING
CREDIT
Appropriation March 10, 1919 $ 1,000.00
DEBIT
Labor as per pay roll $ 559.34
Teams as per pay roll
299.38
John Hewes, 449 loads of gravel at 20c
89.80
Alden Spears Sons Co., 665 gals. Oil
51.48
Total payments
$1,000.00
$ 1,000.00
1
SUMMER STREET SPECIAL
1
CREDIT
Unexpended balance of 1918
$ 447.50
Transfers from Gen. Highway 12.37
DEBIT
Labor as per pay roll $ 281.99
Teams as per pay roll
177.43
H. F. Nesbitt, supplies
.45
Total payments
$ 459.87
$ 459.87
81
STREET LIGHTS
CREDIT
Appropriation March 10, 1919
$ 2,550.00
DEBIT
Reading Light Board, year's account
$1,642.54
Peabody Light Plant, year's account
871.70
Total payments
$2,514.24
Unexpended balance Dec. 31, 1919
35.76
$2,550.00
$ 2,550.00
SALEM STREET SPECIAL
CREDIT
Town Appropriation March 10, 1919 $ 2,500.00
State Allotment
2,500.00
County Allotment
2,500.00
1
DEBIT
Labor as per pay roll
$3,363.53
Teams as per pay roll
818.39
$4,181.92
The General Crushed Stone Co., 106 80-100 tons No. 4 Stone at $1.60 $ 170.97
793 42-100 tons No. 1 Stone at $1.25 991.77
$1,162.74
Sweeney Motor Trucking Co. Trans. of 848 77-100 tons of stone at 85c 721.45
William H. Vanderbilt, dynamite 11.00
Curley Bros., 23,040 lbs. soft coal 109.18
Curley Bros., brick and cement 43.65
Geo. M. Roundy, 7 shovels
14.00
A. H. Whidden, 2 picks, 2 brooms 6.70
J. Wallace, 1 fusible plug 1.00
82
W. H. Hutchinson, 2 push brooms 3.00
Harvey Grocery, 3 lanterns, 4 globes, 2 wicks 3.76
Frank Newhall, 42 loads sand at 20c 8.40
Thomas Evans, repairs on tools
15.55
Town of Wakefield, 7200 cubic feet water ... Barton Stockwell Co., frame & grate for basin 21.50
21.60
Penn. Metal Co., 1 colonial culvert 38.40
Frank Newhall, supplies
13.30
L. F. Schefisch, 910 loads gravel at 20c
182.00
Standard Oil Co., 4,400 gals. of applied as- phalt at 121/2 c 550.00
Andrew Mansfield, 1/2 cord wood for roller .
4.00
A. P. Mansfield, Telephone calls, July, Aug., Sept.
5.10
Arthur T. Locke, Posts and uprights
3.03
George H. Taylor, paint, oil and brush
2.55
C. J. Sweeney, Steam roller for six days
42.00
Standard Oil Co., Tarvia
350.00
Wm. C. Doherty, Cartage 37 59-100 tons stone
33.35
Total payments
$7,549.18
Amount overdrawn
49.18
$7,549.18
$ 7,549.18
ENLARGEMENT OF CENTER SCHOOL HOUSE
CREDIT
Appropriation June 24, 1919 $16,000.00
DEBIT
Edward B. Balcomb & Co., Arc Acct. to Aug. 1, 1919
500.00
Wakefield Item Press, Ad for Contractors 2.25
Bureau of Statistics, Registration of Notes from 37 to 51 inclusive 30.00
83
F. E. Rowell, 3 payments on Contract for $14,700.00 $10,540.00
Perkins and Bancroft, for extra heating
476.00
Total payments
$11,548.25
Unexpended balance Dec. 31, 1919
4,451.75
$16,000.00
$16,000.00
PUBLIC LIBRARY
CREDIT
Appropriation March 10, 1919
$ 100.00
Unexpended balance of 1918 181.18
Dog Tax of 1918 138.75
Dividends of Blake fund
140.00
Dividend of Nash Fund
45.00
Dividend of Hawkes Fund
20.00
Dividend of Clough Fund 8.13
Fines from Main Library
15.30
Fines and sales from Branch Library
16.91
DEBIT
MAIN LIBRARY :
Salaries and Wages:
Elizabeth W. Green, Librarian,
53 Wednesdays at $1.50 $ 79.50
Elizabeth Green, extra work 4.00
Seth Russell, Janitor 48.50 $ 132.00
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES :
N. J. Bartlett Co., books 75.97
FUEL AND LIGHT :
Reading Light Board, year's ac- count 7.95
84
Daniel J. McCarthy, labor 3.00
Curley Bros., 1 cord wood
16.00
L. E. Bennett, 1 ton coal 12.30
$ 39.25
OTHER EXPENSE :
B. M. Parker, repairs 2.50
Daniel McCarthy, auto 2.00
Geo. M. Roundy, supplies 1.00
Geo. W. Abbott, library cards .. 2.50
Eliz. W. Green, office expense ..
2.40
Total for Main Library, $257.62
$ 10.40
BRANCH LIBRARY :
Salaries and Wages:
Florence R. Howe, Librarian, 53
Wednesdays at $1.50 79.50
Florence R. Howe, cataloging 23.48
$ 102.98
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES:
W. A. Butterfield, books 56.42
Ralph W. Babb, magazine subs. 25.50
$ 81.92
OTHER EXPENSE :
Geo. E. Houghton, repairs 3.27
D. J. McCarthy, auto
2.00
Geo. W. Abbott, library cards .. 2.50
$ 7.77
Total for Branch Library, $192.67
Total payments
$ 450.29
Unexpended balance Dec. 31, 1919 . .
214.98
$ 665.27
$ 665.27
85
PARK DEPARTMENT
CREDIT
Appropriation March 10, 1919
$ 25.00
Unexpended balance of 1918
147.30
Income from Park 9.56
DEBIT
COMMON :
Geo. E. Eager, shrubs . . 7.00
John N. Hooper, mowing
15.00
Sidney M. Richards, labor 24.75
$ 46.75
LYNNFIELD SQUARE:
Henry Gove, labor 73 hrs at 20c
12.60
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