Town of Lynnfield, Essex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, annual report 1911-1920, Part 36

Author: Lynnfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1911-1920
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 984


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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


55


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


59


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


.


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


.


73


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


77


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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