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$28,000.00 11.90 $28,011.90
SUMMARY OF DISBURSEMENTS
General Administration
$ 1,330.72
Center School
11,676.21
South School
12,301.01
$25,307.94
Unexpended balance
$ 2,703.96
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DISBURSEMENTS
School Committee Salaries :
General
Total
Nelson B. Todd
$
8.34
Edward A. Russell
8.33
Martha D. Mansfield
8.33
$ 25.00
Other Expenses
Edward A. Russell
$ 1.24
Wright & Potter
2.47
Wakefield Daily Item
15.00
Martha D. Mansfield
63.15
Nelson B. Todd
50.00
$ 131.86
Superintendent
Salary
$ 561.25
Other Expenses
157.61
$ 718.86
Expenses of Instruction
Supervisors' Salaries :
Alice Genthner
$ 225.00
Dorothy Durham
120.00
Doris Nutter
80.00
$ 425.00
Teachers' Salaries:
Center School
South
School
Total
Margaret V. Lamb
$ 780.00
Marion E. Swett
1,140.00
Grace E. Hughey
1,300.00
Ona K. Ridley
$ 1,340.00
Angelyn Chase
660.00
Joanna Daly
300.00
Florence L. Towne
660.00
Nellie G. Treamer
343.00
Catherine Hill
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Helen M. Lundgren
400.00
Margaret Hamblen
480.00
Gladys Mann
180.00
Audrey Jones
520.00
Bertha Phipps
3.20
Hattie F. Russell
6.00
$ 3,746.00
$ 4,786.20 $ 8,532.20
Text Books and Supplies
Edward E. Babb & Co.
$ 122.08
$ 143.73
Houghton Mifflin Co.
.92
14.07
Little Brown & Co.
1.10
Macmillan Co.
3.07
25.94
Public School Publishing Co.
4.96
J. L. Hammett Co.
100.27
64.18
Hinds, Hayden & Eldridge
5.88
Benjamin Sanborn & Co.
6.81
Charles Scribner & Son
.69
American Book Co.
42.15
42.52
J. C. Heath & Co.
3.42
Boni & Leveright
7.00
Harry Houston
6.29
7.34
Silver Burdett & Co.
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1.40
Elementary Lettering
1.08
Ginn & Co.
8.70
28.11
Harvey Grocery
1.10
F. I. Barnard & Co.
23.75
Current Events
7.20
7.20
$ 327.36
$ 353.60
$ 680.96
Expenses of Operating School Plants
Janitors Wages
Louis Southworth
$ 1,000.00
William Griffin
$ 775.50
$ 1,000.00
$ 775.50
$ 1,775.50
Fuel
Thomas Hickey
$ 545.62
$ 484.71
$ 1,030.33
Miscellaneous
Reading Light Plant
$ 31.44
Peabody Light Plant
13.48
Lynn Gas & Electric Co
1.32
Perkins & Bancroft
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11.10
13.50
George M. Roundy
66.94
4.85
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E. E. Babb & Co.
34.85
H. A. Lovell
W. E. Roundy . .
12.00
Earl Trecarten . .
12.00
$ 156.33
$ 46.15
$ 202.48
Maintenance Repairs
Perkins & Bancroft
$ 14.55
$ 4.50
E. A. Russell
6.00
Hutchinson Hardware
11.00
Reformatory for Women . .
8.46
B. F. Norton
1.50
Arthur Locke
34.35
William Griffin
1.25
H. E. Todd
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42.25
13.75
W. E. Knox . .
2.70
O. M. West
4.00
Hugh Morgan
7.00
Lyman Twiss
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L. F. Southworth . . . . .
8.00
$ 73.50
$ 90.81
$
164.31
Auxiliary Agencies Health
Franklin W. Freeman, Gen.
$ 30.00
Lynn Red Cross
$ 50.00
Etta Carlton
110.00
Martha D. Mansfield
- 7.23
$ 110.00
$ 57.23 $ 167.23
Transportation :
Charles McCarthy, Grammar High
402.50
. Lynnfield Com. Inc., Gram. High
$ 232.46
1,363.92
Reimbursement to Parents . 327.97
435.12
$ 1,730.47
$ 2,031.50
$ 3,761.97
Tuition :
Town of Wakefield
$ 3,426.30
City of Melrose 120.00
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$ 1,000.00
1.00
City of Lynn City of Peabody ....
682.50 2,471.25
$ 3,546.30
$ 3,153.75
$ 6,700.05
Sundries :
Angelyn Chase
$ 59.00
Mary J. Henfield
$ 96.00
Ona K. Ridley
28.00
Helen Lundgren
8.50
Martha D. Mansfield . .
12.00
Hattie F. Russell
12.00
Nelson B. Todd
3.20
Franklin W. Freeman ...
5.00
L. F. Pope
3.00
Commissioner of Pub. Safety
2.00
2.00
$ 121.20
$ 109.50
$ 230.70
Outlay :
New Grounds
Hanscom Contracting Co. ..
$ 73.91
Ralph E. Cox
$ 6.50
W. E. Roundy
5.83
Edward Fletcher
50.00
$ 12.33
$ 123.91
$ 136.24
New Equipment
Crown Shade & Screen Co. .
$ 22.26
Robert Robertson Co. ....
9.84
American Weatherstrip Co.
$ 54.45
American Seating Co. ....
64.95
$ 32.10
$ 119.40
$ 151.50
Insurance
Ernest Westover
$ 275.00
George H. Bancroft
$ 56.25
Dewick & Flanders
112.50
$ 275.00
$ 168.75
$ 443.75
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FINANCIAL, STATEMENT of
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Showing Receipts and Expenditures of the Town for the Year Ending December 31, 1922
ALSO Report of the Trust Funds Taxes Outstanding Cash in Hand, etc.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
RECEIPTS FOR 1922
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1922
$ 6,409.57
F. W. Freeman, taxes, polls
$ 1,763.00
F. W. Freeman, property
43,267.68
F. W. Freeman, polls 1921
15.00
F. W. Freeman, property 1920-21
14,950.26
F. W. Freeman, interest on taxes
738.65
F. W. Freeman, moth assessments
483.15
$61,217.74 87.82
F. W. Freeman, Treas., Interest on deposits
Com. of Mass. corp. tax
$ 986.29
Com. of Mass. income tax
1,240.00
Com. of Mass. bank tax
285.67
Com. of Mass. soldiers' exemption
40.30
Com. of Mass. interest on taxes
80.24
$ 2,632.50
Essex County dog licenses
230.90
Board of Selectmen, hall rent
$ 349.00
Board of Selectmen, various licenses
59.50
$ 408.50
Protection (Police) court fines
75.00
Sale of junk
15.00
Sealers of Weight and Measures, fees
14.33
104.33
Fire Department, B. & M. fire damage
101.38
Highway Department, for material
$ 30.50
Com. of Mass. State aid
$ 384.00
Com. of Mass. inspection of animals
25.00
409.00
Com. of Mass. for Schools:
Income Tax
1,215.00
Supt. salary (small Town's acct.)
290.00
Transportation
2,406.26
Tuition
688.14
4,599.40
Tuition all other
352.25
Insurance
25.00
Sale of junk
1.06
Sale of tickets
8.95
Library Department, Fines
34.95
Cemetery Department, sale of lots
$ 40.00
Cemetery Department, sale of wood
18.00
58.00
Wakefield Trust Co., Temporary loans
32,500.00
Teachers' Retirement Fund
485.00
Suntaug Fund
1,000.00
Trust Fund Income
487.00
Refunds: School Department
11.90
Refunds: Gen. Gov. Dept.
6.80
Refunds: from County for killing dogs ....
6.00
24.70
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Com. of Mass. for Salem St. construction
657.08
Essex County for Salem St. construction 579.74
Total
$112,445.37
APPROPRIATION FOR 1922 FROM THE TAX LEVY
General Government
$ 3,800.00
Town Hall repairs
1,500.00
Protection (Police, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Inspector of Animals, Board of Health)
1,000.00
Fire Department
3,400.00
Heating system, Engine House 1
350.00
Moth Department
824.03
Tree Warden
750.00
Storm Emergency
1,500.00
Compensation
500.00
Highway Department
9,000.00
Street Signs
275.00
Charities
1,300.00
State Aid
240.00
Schools
28,000.00
Library
550.00
Park Department
75.00
Streets Lights
2,680.38
Reserve Fund
500.00
Memorial Day
125.00
Cemeteries
400.00
Interest Account
2,000.00
Maturing Debt
5,500.00.
Total for Town Purposes
$64,269.41
State Charges:
State Tax
$ 4,200.00
Reimbursement of Bank Tax
45.79
Civilian War poll tax
1,200.00
$ 5,445.79
Essex County tax
3,351.46
Overlay of 1922
1,239.91
RECAPITULATION
Town purposes
$64,269.41
State purposes
5,445.79
County purposes
3,351.46
Overlay
1,239.91
$74,306.57
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TAXES OF 1919
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1922
$ 6.00
Abatements
$ 6.00
$ 6.00
$ 6.00
TAXES OF 1920
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1922
$ 5,105.24
Cash paid Treasurer
$ 4,917.69
Abatements
187.55
$ 5,105.24
$ 5,105.24
TAXES OF 1921
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1922
$17,007.79
Cash paid Treasurer
$10,047.57
Abatements
.
298.24
Balance December 31
6,661.98
$17,007.79
$17,007.79
TAXES OF 1922
Commitment
$63,371.77
Cash paid Treasurer
$45,030.68
Abatements
361.03
Balance December 31
17,980.06
$63,371.77
$63,371.77
STATE AID
Due from State Jan. 1, 1922
$ 384.00
Payments 1922
240.00
Cash from State
$ 384.00
Due from State Dec. 31
240.00
$ 624.00
$ 624.00
DECEMBER ASSESSMENT 1922
Commitment
$ 213.88
Balance December 31
$ 213.88
$ 213.88 $ 213.88
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OVERLAY 1919
Balance Jan. 1, 1922 Abatements
$ 6.00
Balance December 31
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$ 298.23
$ 298.23
OVERLAY 1920
Balance Jan. 1, 1922
$ 1,059.42
Abatement 1921
$ 187.55
Balance December 31
871.87
$ 1,059.42
$ 1,059.42
OVERLAY 1921
Balance Jan. 1, 1921
$ 1,509.35
Abatement
$ 298.24
Balance Dec. 31
1,211.11
$ 1,509.35
$ 1,509.35
OVERLAY 1922
Commitment
Abatement 1922
$ 361.03
Balance December 31
878.88
$ 1,239.91
$ 1,239 91
TEMPORARY LOAN
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Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922
$ 4,000.00
Borrowed 1921
32,500.00
Payments
$26,500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31
10,000.00
$36,500.00
$36,500.00
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$ 1,239.91
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$ 298.23
GENERAL GOVERNMENT CREDIT
Appropriation March 13, 1922
Transferred from Reserved Fund . .
$ 3,800.00 236.67
Refunded from advertising
6.80
DEBIT SELECTMEN
Salary:
Albert P. Mansfield, Ch. 1 yr. $ 166.67
Frank C. Newhall, Sec. 1 yr.
166.66
Carl H. Russell, 1 yr .. ... 166.66
$ 499.99
Expense :
Hobbs & Warren, supplies .. $ 5.84
Arthur M. Elliott, stamped
envelopes 35.28
Wakefield Daily Item, bill heads and warrants 5.00
Hastings & Son, advertising. .
6.80
Com. of Public Safety, permit blanks .75
Carl H. Russell, perambulation and auto 8.50
Albert P. Mansfield, perambul.
5.00
Albert P. Mansfield, miscel.
expense
19.90
Frank C. Newhall, miscel. ex.
16.86
Frank C. Newhall, perambul.
5.00
$ 108.93
ACCOUNTANT
Salary :
Oscar E. Phillips, 1 year. .
$ 300.00
Expense :
Hazel M. Phillips, typ'g report $ 10.00
E. A. Russell, mailing reports 2.09
Wakefield Item Press, 500 Town Reports
198.15
Kalamazoo Bind'g Co. new sys.
87.95
L. L. MacMaster, supplies ..
6.95
Wake. Item Press, supplies ..
42.00
H. A. Simonds, instruction .. O. E. Phillips, office expense. .
36.70
8.89
$ 392.73
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TREASURER
Salary :
Franklin W. Freeman, 1 year ..
$
300.00
Expense :
Thomas Groom & Co., Journal $ 2.38
E. A. Russell, stamped envel. 35.64
Wakefield Trust Co., box rent 6.00
F. W. Freeman, office expense
4.20
$
48.22
COLLECTOR
Salary :
F. W. Freeman, 1 year
$
150.00
Expense :
Wake. Item Press, tax bills
$
17.00
F. W. Freeman, tax sale
26.70
F. W. Freeman, expense . .
4.20
$
47.90
ASSESSORS
Salary :
Chas. J. Bolton, 314 hrs., at 50c $ 157.00
Geo. H. Bancroft, 290 hrs., 50c 145.00 $ 302.00
Expense :
Chas. J. Bolton, auto $ 10.00
Chas. J. Bolton, miscel. 11.50
Geo. H. Bancroft, miscel. .
8.80
Hobbs & Warren, supplies ..
16.30
Lilla D. Stott, tax titles .. . . .
23.41
Wakefield Daily Item, supplies
7.90 $ 77.91
TOWN CLERK
Salary :
Oscar E. Phillips, 1 year .... Expense :
$
200.00
Wakefield Item Press, supplies $ 11.50
O. E. Phillips, recording births, marriages and deaths ... 43.50
O. E. Phillips, office expense .. 17.73 $ 72.73
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REGISTRARS
Services :
Sidney M. Eaton, 1 year $ 15.00
Everett B. Richards, 1 year
15.00
Geo. Pillsbury, 1 year . ... 15.00
$
45.00
Expense :
George A. Westover, transport. $ 2.00
Arthur M. Elliott, transport. 5.00
E. A. Russell, transport. ..
3.00
G. W. Abbott, notices
4.75
$ 14.75
ELECTIONS
Pay roll, 4 election officers,
Annual meeting $ 20.00
G. W. Abbott, ballots, tally sheets 45.00
Wakefield Item, warrants 26.75
E. A. Russell, auto for return to Lynn 2.00
Pay roll, 8 men, State and
Primary Election
56.00 $ 149.75
TOWN HALL
Janitor :
Edward L. Phillips, 1 year ..
$ 231.71 Fuel and Light:
Reading Light Board
$ 42.41
Lynn Gas & Elec. Co.
.68
Geo. M. Roundy, light bulbs ..
4.20
Banford Eisner, sawing wood 96.00
Pay roll, carting wood .
22.80
$ 166.09
Repairs :
Lewis F. Pope, labor on toilet $ 2.00
Perkins & Bancroft, labor
on pumps
27.80
$ 29.80
All Others:
E. L. Phillips, miscel.
$ 1.40
G. M. Roundy, pencils
.30
Henry F. Miller Co.,
tuning piano
4.70
$ 6.40
Total for Town Hall $434.00
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PRECINCT 2 HALL
Janitor :
Geo. Williams, 1 year
$ 124.00 Fuel and light :
Peabody Light Plant $ 22.04
Lynn Gas & Elec. Co. 1.54
Harry W. Munroe, cord wood 15.00
Thos. Hickey, ton coal
13.40
Ralph Cox, teaming wood
4.00
$
55.98
Repairs :
B. K. Norton Co., repairs
to basin waste $ 1.75
A. H. Whidden & Son, gal. tur. 1.55
$
3.30
All Others:
Aaron A. Butler, cleaning
cesspool $ 20.00
Frank C. Newhall,
removing ashes
6.00
$
26.00
Total for precinct 2 Town Hall $209.28 Other Gen. Gov. Expense: Insurance :
Geo. H. Brancroft, Ins. on Engine House 1. $ 26.85
Geo. Hatch Ins. on Town Hall 115.00
Geo. H. Bancroft Ins. on
Town Hall 44.72 $ 186.57
Miscellaneous :
Edgerly & Bessom, returns
of deaths $ 1.25
Director of Account. Reg. of of 4 notes 8.00
S. A. Wormstead, cutt. limbs 23.00
Harold B. Pope, cutt. limbs .. 18.00
Com. of Mass. auditing
Town Accounts 152.70
Davis & Abbott, relocating
and setting bound 119.00
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Rutherford E. Smith, Town Counsel service 181.76 $ 503.71
Total payment to General Government:
$ 4,043.47
$ 4,043.47
TOWN HALL REPAIRS CREDIT
$ 1,500.00,
Appropriation March 13, 1922 DEBIT $ 296.38
Price & Russell, labor
Price & Russell, nails
2.31
Price & Russell, window cord ..
1.50
Wm. E. Knox, lumber
251.40
Otto Johnson, painting exterior 456.60
E. L. Phillips, Janitor
33.08
$ 1,041.27
Balance December 31, 1922
458.73
$ 1,500.00
$ 1,500.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police, Sealer, Inspector of Animals and Board of Health CREDIT
March 13, 1922, Appropriation $ 1,000.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund . ·
100.00
DEBIT
Board of Health:
A. P. Mansfield, ser. 1 yr. .. $ 10.00
Frank C. Newhall, ser. 1 yr. 5.00
Carl H. Russell, ser. 1 yr. .. . . . 5.00
Chas. E. Montague, med. ser.
3.00
Essex County Sanatorium
Hospital tax 237.30
$ 260.30
Police :
Albert G. Tedford, duty
$ 196.80
Fred W. Bryant, duty
176.80
John F. Currier, duty
12.40
John F. Currier, traf. officer.
116.35
Pay roll, July 3-4, duty
50.40
L. F. Pope, duty .
3.60
Arthur Elliott, duty
1.00
Allison Tedford, duty . . 5.00
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Stephen J. Daley, duty 6.00
Louis Gersinovitch, auto hire $ 29.00
Louis Freedman, auto hire .. 7.00
Alexander Stewart 7.00
Geo. Badaracco, auto hire
3.00
D. J. McCarthy, auto hire . .
5.00
J. F. Currier, auto hire
22.00
W. J. Hackett, auto hire 10.00
O. M. West, spot light
6.00
$ 657.35
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Ralph E. Cox, 1 year salary .. $ 50.00
Ralph E. Cox, auto hire . 20.00
The Fairbanks Co. weigh book
1.25
Dover Mfg. Co., measures
27.75
W. & L. E. Curley, supplies ..
9.28
$ 108.28
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Salary :
Walter Gray, 1 year
$ 50.00
Total payment to protection $ 1,075.93
Balance December 31, 1922
. . 24.07
$ 1,100.00
$ 1,100.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT CREDIT
Appropriation March 13, 1922
$ 3,400.00
DEBIT
E. A. Russell, chief 1 year
$ 100.00
Permanent men:
Louis F. Pope, 1 year $ 75.00
Wm. Griffin, 1 year 75.00
O. E. Phillips, 1 year 50.00
Lyman Twiss, 1 year 50.00
Raymond Pope, 1 year . .
35.00
Harold Pope, 1 year
35.00
Charles Pratt, 1 year
35.00
Geo. A. Westover, 1 year
35.00
Elvin Russell, 3 mos. .
7.75
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Minot Carter, 9 mos.
26.25
Harry Griffin, 1 year
35.00
Arthur Elliott, 1 year ... 35.00
Lester Preston, 1 year .... 35.00
Wm. Moxham, 1 year
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35.00
Louis Moxham, 1 year
35.00
Wm. Griffin, Supt. of fire
alarm, 1 year
75.00
Wesley H. Ellis, Dept.
Mechanic, 1 year 60.00
Pay roll, extra hours and
watchmen
79.25
$ 813.25
HOUSE 1 EXPENSE
Fuel and Light:
Reading Light Board,
years account $ 13.15
G. W. Pickering, 7 tons coal 105.00
Pay roll, carting wood
4.80 $ 122.95
Janitor :
D. J. McCarthy, 12 weeks .. $ 36.00
E. A. Russell, Oct., Nov. & Dec. 18.00 $ 54.00
Auto Expense :
Albert P. Mansfield,
2 tires and tubes $ 88.50
Standard Tire & Rubber Co. 6 plugs
5.40
L. F. Pope, labor
2.00
Raymond Pope, labor .
4.25
Harold Pope, labor .
3.00
L. W. Hastings
1.00
E. A. Russell, supplies
7.87
F. W. Freeman, spark plug ..
.90
Rose Elec. Co., bat. & lab .....
75.24
La France Eng. Co., 2 acid jrs.
36.00
Rose Elec. Co., rep. to White 12.50 Badger Exting. Co., supplies. . 9.88 O. F. Cress & Sons, repairs to White 7.50
G. M. Roundy, gas, oil and soda
17.86
$ 271.90
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All Others :
Perkins & Bancroft, labor on
pump and stove $ 10.55
E. A. Russell, grate for stove 2.10
Boston Badge Co., 8 badges .. 16.00
Raymond Pope, lab. in house ..
2.00
G. M. Roundy, supplies ...
15.09
L. F. Pope, recharg. exting ...
6:00
Pay roll, watchmen
47.50
Harold B. Pope, extra work in house
2.50
$ 101.74
Total expense to House 1. $550.59
HOUSE 2 EXPENSE
Fuel and Light :
Peabody Light Plant,
1 year's light $ 41.20
Peabody Light Plant,
1 year's power 34.86
Peabody Light Plant, supplies 13.21
Thos. Hickey, 1 ton coal.
13.40
$ 102.67
Janitor :
Geo. Williams, 6 mos. . Auto Expense :
$ 36.00
J. A. Donovan & Co. (1921 bill) $ 13.14
Harry F. Griffin, labor on loco. 10.79
W. H. Griffin, care of Ford and supplies
15.93
E. A. Russell, supplies
2.90
L. H. Twiss, care of loco. ..
8.00
J. A. Donovan & Co., 3 fuses
.54
Rose Elec. Co., sup. & rep .....
29.80
23.04
Rose Elec. Co., rep. to Ford .. Vatcher Auto Service Co., repairs loco.
270.08
Harvey's Grocery, supplies ..
46.40
Harper & Donovan, supplies. .
7.43
Rose Elec. Co., rep. to loco ... Albert P. Mansfield, 2 tires and tubes for loco.
73.00
G. M. Roundy, supplies
18.20
Arthur Elliott, errand
1.00
229.51
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J. A. Donovan, supplies 2.10
Whiting Fire Appliance C.,
soda and acid
23.31 $ 775.17
All Others:
Boston Badge Co., 7 badges .. $ 14.00
Pay roll, watchman
23.50
$ 37.50
Total Expense to House 2, $951.34
FIRE ALARM
Labor as per pay roll
$ 476.58
Pettingell Andrews Co.
26.26
F. C. Newhall, exp. and freight
6.47
A. H. Whidden, paint & sup.
8.16
A. F. Clarke Lumber Co.,
30 spruce arms
16.80
Pettingell Andrews, safety belt ..
6.40
Elec. Storage Battery Co., sup ..
23.89
Gen. Elec. Co., 6 tungar bulbs .. L. F. Pope, supplies
.60
W. H. Griffin, supplies
.25
Foster McDonald Co., tree insul.
5.93
Charles P. Quirk, fire alarm box
32.50
$ 628.00
FOREST WARDEN
Labor as per pay roll
$ 157.38
Wakefield Item Press, cards
. .
9.50
Dept. of Conservation, car and acid, (1920) bill
10.88
A. G. Tedford, care of forest wag.
10.00
R. E. Cox, general expense ...
15.00
R. E. Cox, 29 fire permits ..
2.90
A. G. Tedford, 40 fire permits ..
4.00
E. A. Russell, 158 fire permits ..
15.80
L. H. Twiss, 130 fire permits . .
13.00
$ 238.46
Total payment fire dept.
$ 3,281.64
Balance December 31, 1922
118.36
$ 3,400.00
$ 3,400.00
67
24.16
PRECINCT 2 ENGINE HOUSE CREDIT
Unexpended balance Jan. 1, 1922 ...
$
328.29
DEBIT
John F. Currier, painting .
$
74.25
A. H. Whidden & Son, 7 gal var. 34.25
Griffin & Merrow, rep. to fur. .. 18.90 $ 127.40
Balance December 31, 1922
200.89
$ 328.29
$
328.29
HEATING SYSTEM ENGINE HOUSE 1 CREDIT
Appropriation March 13, 1922
DEBIT
$
450.00
Perkins & Bancroft, contract
$
340.00
Balance December 31, 1922
10.00
$ 450.00
$
450.00
MOTH DEPARTMENT CREDIT
Appropriation March 13, 1922
DEBIT
$
824.03
Labor as per pay roll
$
591.03
L. H. Twiss, auto for transport. 173.75
L. H. Twiss, Tel. and incident. .. 24.47
Frost Insecticide Co., lime sulp.
7.50 $ 796.75
Balance Dec. 31, 1922.
27.28
$ 824.03 $ 824.03
TREE WARDEN CREDIT
Appropriation March 13, 1922
$
750.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 15.00
DEBIT
Labor as per pay roll
$
573.04
L. H. Twiss, auto
162.66
· 68
L. H. Twiss, filing saws 1.75
Frost Insecticide Co., 2 fig. 635
1.81
Samuel Cabot, 15 gal. tree paint
10.00
R. E. Henderson & Co., tree prun.
4.00
L. H. Twiss, Incidentials
5.59
$ 758.85
Balance Dec. 31, 1922
6.15
$ 765.00
$ 765.00
STORM EMERGENCY
CREDIT
Appropriation March 13, 1922
DEBIT
$ 1,500.00
Overdraft Dec. 31, 1921
$ 954.98
Labor as per pay roll, Jan. & Feb., 1922
538.87
Fitzhenry Guptill Co., 3 saws
4.50
G. L. Mckenzie, 1 gal. tree cement
1.19
$ 1,499.54
Balance Dec. 31, 1922
.46
$ 1,500.00
$ 1,500.00
COMPENSATION
CREDIT
Appropriation March 13, 1922 $ 500.00
DEBIT
Wakefield Trust Co. (Liability Trust Fund) $ 500.00
$ 500.00
$ 500 00
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
CREDIT
Appropriation March 13, 1922
..
$ 9,000.00
DEBIT
Labor : Various persons as per pay roll $ 2,824.45
Teams :
Various persons as per pay roll
932.25
69
Sand and gravel : New Eng. Sand Co., 227 1/6 yards sand at $1.60 $ 363.47 New Eng. Sand & Gravel Co. 17 1/2 tons of gravel at $1.75 . . .
30.63
Lynn Sand & Stone Co., 6475 tons at $2.50 16.19
Lynn Sand & Stone Co., 13 tons at $2.50 31.51
E. O. Skinner, 18 loads gravel at 20 cents 3.60
L. O. Newhall, 76 loads gravel at 20 cents 15.20
L. O. Newhall, 177 loads gravel at 10 cents 17.70
C. J. Bolton, 249 loads gravel at 20 cents 49.80
Frank C. Newhall, gravel .70
John Hewes, 122 lds. gravel .. 24.40
Fred E. Russell, 12 lds. gravel 2.40
$ 555.60
Tarvia :
The Barrett Co., 6 bbls. $ 43.65
The Barrett Co., 294 gal at 18c 52.92
The Barrett Co., 11,130 gal. at 13c 1,446.90
Independent Tar Co.
99.00
Independent Tar Co., 2,100 gal. at 121/2℃
262.50 $ 1,904.97
Oil :
Sweeney Contracting Co., 600 gal. at 7c . 42.00
Standard Oil Co., 19,001 gal. road oil at .0615 1,168.56
Standard Oil Co., 289 gal.
road oil at 10c
28.90
$ 1,239.46
Removal of Snow: Labor and teams as per pay roll $ 436.85 Equipment :
N. E. Road Mac. Co., tar kettle and supplies $ 194.00
G. M. Roundy, supplies 3.30
Dodge Haley Co., supplies .. 13.71
70
H. F. Nesbitt, 48 ft. sheet
metal at 7c .
3.36
L. Scott Row, I danger signal
25.00
N. E. Road Mac. Co., 1 snow plough
90.00 $ 329.37
Munroe Street:
Hanscom Const. Co., labor .... $ 383.05
Lynn Sand & Stone Co., 13.15 tons of stone
31.24 $ 414.29
All Others:
R. E. Cox, express, freight,
telephone and repairs .....
47.03
'O. G. Poor, lumber and wire .. 38.20
Perkins & Bancroft, repairs to Town pump
32.65
C. H. Russell, auto hire
4.00
Thomas Hickey, drain pipe
1.26
Mass. Highway Com. work
on Turnpike
49.25 $ 172.39
$ 8,809.63
Balance December 31, 1922
190.37
·
$ 9,000.00
$ 9,000.00
SALEM STREET CONSTRUCTION
CREDIT
*Unexpended balance Jan. 1, 1922 $ 4,476.42
Received from State
657.08
Received from County 579.74
DEBIT
Hanscom Const. Co., freight
on basin $ 17.78
Standard Oil Co., (taken from
Hanscom payment) 3,000.00
Hanscom Const. Co., bal. of 1st payment on 1922 1,219.40
Frank C. Newhall, lab. and grav. 18.50
Hanscom Const. Co., 2nd payment in 1922 1,093.38
Standard Oil Co., 1,900 gal.
71
road oil at .0615
116.85 $ 5,465.91
Balance December 31, 1922
247.33
$ 5,713.24
$ 5,713.24
*The Salem Street construction appropriation, March 14, 1921 was to be $10,000 each by the State, County and Town; it was not to go over that amount and whatever was expended to be shared equally by each. This has not been done as the following figures will show
Total expenditures $28,852.02
Received from State
9,463.34
Received from County
9,636.01
Paid by Town
9,752.67
$28,852.02
Equal payments would be $9,617.34.
$9,617.34 $9,463.34-$154.00 State owes.
$9,636.01 $9,617.34-$ 18.67 over paid by County.
$9,752.67 $9,617.34-$135.33 due the Town.
STREET SIGNS CREDIT
Appropriation March 13, 1922 DEBIT
$ 275.00
Fred N. Leman, street signs . .
$
183.00
Pay roll, placing signs
34.90 $ 217.90
Balance Dec. 31, 1922
57.10
$ 275.00
$
275.00
CHARITY AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS CREDIT
Appropriation March 13, 1922
$ 1,300.00~
DEBIT
Salary :
Albert P. Mansfield, 1 yr.
$
25.00
Frank C. Newhall, 1 yr. 25.00
Carl H. Russell, 1 yr. · 25.00 $ 75.00
Fuel :
Frank E. Russell, 110 gal. oil
$
20.90
72
Food:
G. M. Roundy, groceries $ 15.60
Frank E. Russell, groceries .. 45.21
$ 60.81
Clothing :
Morse A. Esner, clothing
$ 4.00
Frank E. Russell, clothing . .
2.00
$ 6.00
Board:
Peabody almshouse
$
374.00
Essex Sanatorium
436.80 $ 810.80
Medical Aid :
Richard Dutton
$ 8.00
Soldiers' Relief :
Cash allowance
$ 72.00
Partial support :
Cash allowance
$ 156.00
All Others :
A. P. Mansfield, use of auto
$ 3.00
$ 1,212.51
Balance December 31, 1922
87.49
$ 1,300.00
$ 1,300.00
STATE AID CREDIT
Appropriation March 13, 1922
$
240.00
DEBIT
Cash allowance
$ 240.00
$ 240.00 $ 240.00
*SCHOOL DEPARTMENT CREDIT
Appropriation March 13, 1922 Refunded
11.90
School Committee
DEBIT $ 125.00
Supt. salary
561.25 .
Teachers' salary
9,249.20
Janitors . . .
1,750.00
Transportation . . . . 3,761.97
$28,000.00.
73
Books and supplies
794.28
Tuition
6,690.05
Fuel and light
1,086.57
Care of buildings
. . . .
446.41
All Other
. . . . . .
843.21
$25,307.94
$28,011.90
$28,011.90
Balance Dec. 31, 1922 2,703.96
*For itemized account see school committee report.
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT
CREDIT
Appropriation March 13, 1922
$ 550.00
Dog tax of 1921
230.90
Trust fund income withdrawn
301.75
DEBIT MAIN LIBRARY
Salaries and wages:
Elizabeth W. Green, librarian $ 130.00
Seth H. Russell, janitor ..
56.00
$ 186.00
Fuel and light :
Pay roll for cutting wood
$ 6.60
Reading Light Board
8.90
$ 15.50
Books and magazines:
Herman Goldberger, sub.
$ 14.75
Current Opinion subscriptions
4.00
De Wolfe & Fiske Co., books ..
73.05
$ 91.80
All other:
Geo. E. Lambert, Jr., fil. cards $ 4.43
Lewis F. Pope, setting glass .. 4.90
Elizabeth W. Green, office ex.
1.70
$ 11.03
Total for Main Library $304.33
BRANCH LIBRARY
Salaries and wages : Gertrude A. Chipman, librarian $ 130.00
Fuel and light: Curley Bros., 700 lbs. coal $ 6.50
Rent:
Gertrude A. Chipman $ 52.50
74
Books and magazines:
Louis M. Newhall, subscrip. $ 18.50
Louis M. Newhall, books 2.00
DeWolfe & Fiske Co., books ..
129.80
$ 150.30
All other:
Hanscom Const. Co., team. gav. $ 118.25
Boston Index Card Co., sup ... 3.20
O. M. West, wiring & supplies 9.85
E. M. Fletcher, use of team ..
4.50
Andrew Mansfield, freight
and incidentals
4.37
$ 140.17
Total to Branch Library $479.47
Total payments to Dept.
$ 783.80
Balance December 31, 1922.
... 298.85
$ 1,082.65
$ 1,082.65
PARK DEPARTMENT CREDIT
Appropriation March 13, 1922
$ 75.00
Transferred from reserve fund
50.00
DEBIT
Edward Q. Moulton, labor Suntaug Park
$ 60.45
Harry B. Nesbitt, care of common
27.00
$ 87.45
Balance December 31, 1922
37.55
$ 125.00
$ 125.00
STREET LIGHTS CREDIT
Appropriation March 13, 1922. DEBIT
$ 2,680.38
Reading Light Board for Prec. 1 $ 1,694.94
Peabody Light Plant for Prec. 2
916.43
$ 2,611.37
Balance December 31, 1922
69.01
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