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1 horse sled 12 00
1 sleigh
10 00
1 stone wagon
15 00
Hay
100 00
Grain
4 00
Manure
45 00
Posts and lumber
20 00
Wood and coal
95 75
Snow Plough
5 00
Farming tools, etc. .
115 50
Provisions
223 95
Furniture, crockery and tin-ware
321 79
Beds and Bedding
219 25
Stoves and hollow ware
79 00
$1,579 14
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
VALUATION OF ESTATES, REAL AND PERSONAL, TAXED IN THIS TOWN, MAY 1, 1887.
Real estate . .$2,229,029 00
Personal estate 228,634 00
$2,457,663 00
Whole number of polls, 907, at $2.00 1,814 00
Amount of town appropriations .$36,650 50 .
. . . state tax 2,925 00
66 county tax 1,367 77
overlaying 193 33
$41,136 60
Rate of taxation, $16.00 per $1.000
Total number of horses .
325
COWS 336
60 neat cattle 41
swine 90
Dwelling houses 746
Acres of land .
. 5,735
Total value of real estate in 1887 . $2,229,029 00
1886 2,180,912 00
Increase in 1887 $48,117 00
Total value of personal estate in 1887 $228,634 00
6 6 66 1886 211,203 00
Increase in 1887 $17,431 00
Respectfully submitted,
R. DEXTER TEMPLE, HORACE L. CUMMINGS, STILLMAN M. PRATT.
Assessors of Reading.
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SELECTMEN'S ACCOUNT.
CONCRETE SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation
$500 00
Received from John B. Lewis.
$14 88
66 J. H. Carlton 31 40
William Proctor 80 78
D. F. Hunt 47 13
Solon Bancroft 25 09
Nathan Bancroft 63 76
George L. Pratt
19 17
. Charles H. Danforth 6 65
66 Congregational Society 80 87
$369 73
Paid Sweatt & Davis, edgestones 365 31
Sylvan B. Muse, labor.
122 88
Dominique Doucette, labor 136 35
Mrs. Imogene Moulton, teaming
34 57
66 T. R. Newhall, edgestones
28 90
66 C. A. Weston, self and team
24 75
66 Michael Forbes, self and team
7 10
66 Patrick Conoly, labor ..
9 75
66 Emerson Smith, labor. 5 25
J. P. Riordan, labor. 5 25
66 Timothy Riordan, labor 5 25
66 Patrick Burns, labor 11 37
Joseph Stokes, self and team 13 20
66 Solon Bancroft, gravel. 3 42
Isaac Draper, labor 1 00
66 T. Littlefield, labor 1 40
$775 75
Unexpended. .
93 98
$869 73
$869 73
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GAS LIGHT AT TOWN PUMP.
Appropriation $35 00
L. Descalzo & Co., labor and material 19 71
Wheeler Reflector Co .. lantern, etc 5 05
Patrick Conoly, labor. 1 50
Michael Hennesey, labor
1 00
Henry Gorus, labor
1 00
Cummings' Express
60
$28 86
Unexpended
6 14
$35 00
WILSON STREET.
Appropriation
$100 00
Willard A. Bancroft, self and team. 15 60
Timothy Riordan, labor. 9 10
Emerson Smith, labor
9 10
James Kelley, labor.
7 80
W. A. Graves, labor
8 75
Oliver A. Swain, labor
7 35
Patrick Burns, labor . 6 45
Luther Woodworth, labor
5 60
Amos Damon, 2nd, labor
4 38
Joseph Stokes, self and team
3 00
Isaac Draper, self and team
2 50
Charles A. Weston
20 00
Unexpended.
$99 63 37
$100 00
OLD SOUTH CLOCK.
$50 00
Appropriation
Edwin Basset 50 00
$50 00
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GREEN STREET GRADE.
Appropriation
$150 00
Joseph Stokes, man and team. 24 90
Willard A. Bancroft, self and team 18 90
Charles C. Green, self and team 13 50
Emerson Smith, labor 11 90
Jolın P. Riordan, labor
11 90
Timothy Riordan, labor
11 90
Luther Woodworth. labor
11 02
Patrick Burns, labor.
7 00
Michael Hennesey, labor
6 13
Oliver A. Swain, labor
2 80
Amos Damon 2d, labor
2 10
George W. Atkinson, gravel.
78
Stillman M. Pratt, man and team
75
James Kelley, labor
5 25
C. A. Weston, self and team
21 00
Unexpended.
$150 00
MAIN STREET WIDENING.
Appropriation
$200 00
Dominique Doucette, labor, men and team 90 00
Charles C. Green, self and team 21 00
Newell C. Flanders, labor 15 00
Timothy Riordan 12 25
John P. Riordan
12 25
Michael Hennesey .
10 50
James Kelley.
10 50
Patrick Burns
7 00
Emerson Smith
7 00
Luther Woodworth
3 50
Stillman M. Pratt, team
3 00
Isaac Draper
2 50
Charles A. Weston
5 50
$149 83 17
$200 00
22
HANCOCK AND WOODBINE STREETS.
Appropriation $350 00 Willard A. Bancroft 45 00 John Flukes 29 75
W. A. Graves 28 00
Luther Woodworth 27 48
Michael Forbes
30 75
Emerson Smith
26 25
Timothy Riordan
25 38
Oliver A. Swain
21 00
James Kelley .
15 00
Amos Damon, 2nd
11 38
Patrick Burns
12 25
M. H. White.
10 50
James A. Bancroft, surveying
6 00
Charles A. Weston
57 00
$345 74
Unexpended
4 26
$350 00
PRINTING.
Appropriation .
$225 00
C. M. Barrows, annual report. 116 90
66 printing . 21 00
William H. Twombly & Sons
76 88
$214 78
Unexpended.
10 22
$225 00
ENFORCEMENT OF LIQUOR LAW.
Appropriation
$300 00
S. K. Hamilton, attorney at law 50 00
Unexpended. 250 00
$300 00
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REMOVING ICE AND SNOW.
Appropriation $350 00
Imogene Moulton, man and team 40 00
Dennis P. Babb, self and team 28 65
Henry Stock, labor 17 10
Alden S. Johnson, man and team 17 04
Stillman M. Pratt, man and team
21 50
C. A. Weston, self and team .. 14 05
Edward E. Nichols, self and team
15 93
Richard B. Nichols, self and team
11 65
Michael Forbes, man and team.
10 10
Hiram Litchfield, labor 6 00
Henry S. La Clair, self and team
7 67
Wendell Bancroft, man and team. 9 70
Samuel Brown, labor 3 50
Robert C. Totten, labor. 2 25
A. G. Nichols, self and team
1 80
Michael Hennesey, labor. 1 80
Milton D. Parker, self and team
1 50
Henry Gorus, labor. 1 00
W. J. Draffin, labor
1 20
Oliver A. Swain, labor 1 00
N. W. Broad, labor 82
A. J. Varney, labor 75
Emerson Smith, labor 88
Henry M. Brown, labor 60
$216 49
Unexpended
133 51
$350 00
STEAM HEATING FOR ALMSHOUSE.
Appropriation
$500 00
L. Descalzo, labor and material . 459 00
Stephen M. Hall, labor and material 38 37
Unexpended. 2 63
$500 00
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CEMETERY.
Appropriation $400 00
Oren N. Jones, labor, self, man and team 288 42
12 50
trustees 4 50
James A. Bancroft, surveying
12 50
66 plan
4 00
indexing book for use of
trustees 4 50
James A. Bancroft, labor 4 75
Ivory Sanborn, labor. 35 35
Timothy Riordan, labor
20 32
James Siddle, labor
26 75
Goodnow & Wightman, locks.
80
William Frost, labor 78 59
George Earley, labor 25 50
Wendell Bancroft, posts and stakes
13 18
Edward S. Gleason, labor 1 75
N. W. Broad, labor .
10 38
S. B. Muse, concrete
124 22
668 01
In hands of Treasurer
100 99
Received on account of Cemetery $369 00
$769 00
COMMITTEE ON WATER SUPPLY.
Appropriation
$500 00
Imogene Moulton, team. 4 00
Calvin Horton & Son, labor 100 00
Albert F. Noyes
95 13
$199 13
Unexpended.
300 87
$500 00
William W. Davis, surveying. 66 indexing book for use of
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INTEREST ON TOWN DEBT.
Appropriation
$1,900 00
Blackstone Bank.
164 29
$2064 29
Warren Institution for Savings
460 00
Institutions for Savings, Newburyport & vicinity.
790 00
Oren N. Jones, interest on trust fund
40 20
Chrisje Ridder 21 67
A. W. Beard, treasurer 300 00
Mrs. Mary Stimpson
80 00
L. W. Piper. ....
160 00
Richard Robinson 18 00
$1,869 87
Unexpended.
194 42
$2064 29
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation
$800 00
George Beasley, Keeper
219 64
Wheeler Reflector Co
287 00
Citizens Gas Light Co 209 74
Warren Parker
74 62
L. Descalzo & Co.
2 75
Mike Hennesy
75
B. & M. R. R.
25
W. Hazen Bancroft
5 00
Lang's Express 25
$800 00
CROSS WALKS AT LINDEN AND SANBORN STREET.
$100 00
Sylvan B. Muse 32 60
Harry Gorquard
42 40
Dominique Doucette
9 30
Charles A. Weston
10 80
$95 10
Unexpended
4 90
$100 00
Appropriation
26
STATE AID.
Appropriation
$1000 00
Sarah Hetler 48 00
Mary A. McAllister 48 00
Dorcas Berry 24 00
Merrill Hutchinson 36 00
Mary A. Blanchard
48 00
Edgar Damon
30 00
Ellen M. Damon
20 00
Henry F. Scruton
72 00
Charles B. Leathe
72 00
Clara A. Leathe
48 00
Harriet C. Robinson
48 00
Marcella Wood
48 00
Elizabeth W. DeRonde
48 00
Lambertus W. Krook.
48 00
Samuel S. Crouch
48 00
Eliza A. Hobbs
48 00
Noble Bunker
36 00
Mary Bunker.
36 00
John M. Houseman
9 30
Rosetta A. Houseman
21 07
Eliza J. Upton
8 00
John Owens. 72 00
To be reimbursed by the Commonwealth
$916 37
Thomas A. Evans. .
72 00
$72 00
One-half to be reimbursed by the Commonwealth Unexpended .
11 63
$1000 00
NIGHT WATCHMAN.
Appropriation
$700 00
Henry Stock .
624 00
Michael Hennesey
2 00
Unexpended 74 00
$700 00.
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NEW TOMB.
Appropriation $1,000 00
Unexpended 1,000 00
CONCRETE GUTTERS.
Appropriation $300 00
Sylvan B. Muse, concrete 265 95
Harry Gorquard, concrete. 26 35
Fred Hatch, gravel. 7 32
$299 62
Unexpended.
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$300 00
EDGESTONE AROUND COMMON.
Appropriation
$500 00
Sweatt & Davis, edgestone 273 17
Dominique Doucette, setting edgestones 102 59
Joseph Stokes, man and team 35 33
Imogene Moulton, man and team 28 26
James A. Bancroft, surveying 1 75
Emerson Smith, labor 88
John P. Riordan, labor.
88
Timothy Riordan, labor.
88
Luther Woodworth, labor
88
M. A. Stone, oil.
26
Charles A. Weston, self and team
28 25
Unexpended. 36 87
$500 00
NEW HEARSE.
Appropriation
$600 00
Received for old hearse 100 00
$700 00
George Brownell. 665 00
B. & M. R. R., freight 12 00
Unexpended. 23 00
$700 00
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SOLDIERS' GRAVES DECORATION.
Appropriation $150 00 Paid Harley Prentiss, quartermaster 150 00
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation
$2000 00
Edward Appleton, Auditor 10 00
James A. Bancroft, Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Poor to April 4, 1887 . 15 00
R. Dexter Temple, Selectman, Assessor and
Overseer of Poor to April 1, 1887 50 00
G. F. Woodworth, Auditor. 10 00
Newell A. Howes, Auditor . 10 00
Stillman M. Pratt, Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Poor to April 4, 1887 50 00
Henry Stock, returning unlicensed dogs . . 8 00 .. Edward F. Parker, Treasurer to March 1, 1888, 200 00
Edward F. Parker, School Committee to Marchi 1,1888 50 00
Henry E. Holden, Registrar
30 00
R. Dexter Temple, Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Poor to March 1, 1888 .... 300 00
Stillman M. Pratt, Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Poor to March 1, 1888 . 250 00
James H. Griggs, Moderator 10 00
H. L. Cummings, Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Poor 225 00
Gilman L. Parker, School Committee to April 1, 1887 50 00
C. M. Barrows, School Committee to March 1, 1887 . 45 83
Henry Robinson, Registrar 40 00
William M. Titus 6 67
James A. Bancroft, School Committee 50 00
Amount carried forward, $1440 50
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Amount brought forward, $1440 50
Ephraim Wight, Constable 6 00
James Reid, Town Clerk 50 00
James Reid, Clerk of Registrars. 40 00
John C. Gleason, Collector, bal. due on 1885. 100 00
66 66 on account as collector 1887. 200 00
Walter S. Parker, School Committee 50 00
H. G. Wadlin, School Committee 50 00
$1,936 50
Unexpended 63 50
$2000.00
TOWN OFFICE.
Appropriation $75 00
Henry Stock, janitor 10 40
W. I. Ruggles, stamps 5 50
James Reid, stationery and stamps 7 82
Fred. W. Barry, books and stationery 3 45
L. Descalzo, gas fixtures. 3 71
C. M. Barrows & Co., printing 1 50
Citizens Gas Light Co., for gas
2 10
M. R. Warren, stationery.
1 50
A. J. Wilkinson, thermometer
1 00
W. A. Stone, oil and can.
48
Cummings' Express .
15
George F. King & Merrill
75
38 36
Unexpended. .
36 64
$75 00
CISTERN, COR. PIERCE AND SALEM STREET.
Appropriation
$500 00
Wendell Bancroft 358 40
Citizens Gas Light Co 5 60
$364 00
Unexpended.
136 00
$500 00
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HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Appropriation $3,000 00
Material sold 17 35
$3,017 35
Charles A. Weston, self and team $421 30
Patrick Burns, labor. 190 59
Amos Damon, 2d, labor
203 88
Luther Woodworth, labor
137 23
Oliver A. Swain, labor
134 22
Josephi Stokes, self, man and team
124 70
Emerson Smith, labor.
119 17
Henry S. La Clair, self and team
105 85
Timothy Riordan, labor.
110 44
Arthur G. Emerson, self and team
107 27
Joseph W. Killam, self and team
95 55
Edwin P. Nichols, labor
78 65
Willard A. Bancroft, self and team
86 40
Charles C. Green, self and team
59 85
George W. Atkinson, gravel. .
77 76
Charles Wakefield, man and team
51 27
John P. Riordan, labor
65 11
James Kelley, labor
49 65
W. A. Graves, labor 42 70
Michael Hennessy, labor 52 51
Simeon Margison, labor 49 98
Dominique Doucette, self and men 15 50
William J. Draffin, self and team 43 80
Michael Forbes, self, men and team 60 90
Daniel C. Sanborn, gravel. 35 10
Howard W. Batchelder, labor 33 08
Frank Sherman, labor. 44 72
Lewis Simpson, labor
31 80
Thomas B. Pratt, gravel 32 52
Adelbert E. Batchelder, gravel. 24 24
Amount carried forward, $2785 74
31
Amount brought forward, $2785 74
Edward E. Nichols, self and team. 19 50
Willie B. Emerson, labor. 19 25
Stillman M. Pratt, man and team
15 75
Frederick W. Hatch, gravel
22 80
Oren N. Jones, man and team
20 78
N. W. C. Carter, gravel 19 50
Robert C. Totten, stock and labor
20 56
Horace L. Cummings, man and team 25 50
Frank L. Johnson, labor
16 50
Chester B. Pratt, labor 14 85
Henry F. Parker, man and team 14 70
Edwin Manning, gravel 10 44
Jason W. Richardson, gravel
12 25
Charles W. Hadley, labor 10 50
Bartholomew Murphy, labor 13 35
George D. Putnam, labor 6 00
William W. Davis, man and team 4 50
Charles H. Ballard, labor 4 50
Gardner French, gravel 4 08
Newell C. Flanders, labor 2 70
Henry Gorus, labor 1 05
J. Allen Eames, labor 1 75
John C. Stone, labor 2 44
George H. Porter, self and team 9 00
A. J. Green, self and team 14 10
Luther E. Nichols, labor 60
Lewis M. Bancroft, gravel 4 02
Edward S. Gleason, labor
6 13
John A. Blunt, material and labor
8 81
Milton D. Parker, gravel. 90
L. G. Richardson, labor 75
Unexpended -
$3,014 30
3 05
$3,017 35
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POLICE.
Appropriation
$200 00
Henry Stock, Services 19 30
Ephraim Wight. 21 75
W. W. Davis. 30 00
Charles S. Coney 19 50
Newell B. Hawes, special 5 00
William La Clair, special 5 00
John D. Canty, special. 5 00
Percy Russell, special 5 00
Reuben Melendy, special 5 00
E. Bassett, special . 5 00
Lafayette Ford, special
5 00
John P. Lovell & Co., badges and lantern. 7 50
2 00
Unexpended
64 95
$200 00
JOHN STREET.
Appropriation $250 00
J. Stokes, man and team 55 15
Dominique Doucette, labor, self and mnen 50 27
Jolın P. Riordan, labor 14 88
Timothy Riordan, labor
14 88
James Kelley, labor
9 00
N. W. Broad, labor
9 18
Washington P. Damon
20 00
Gardiner French, gravel
18 18
Emerson Smith, labor. 14 88
Milton D. Parker, gravel.
10 98
Sweatt & Davis, granite
28 86
Imogene Moulton, teaming
3 90
John Norwood, care of lanterns 50
$250 66
Overdrawn 66
$250 00
W. H. Twombly & Son
$135 05
33. HAVEN STREET WALK.
Appropriation
$300 00
Received from Martin E. Kingman 62 75
Gilman Kingman 45 00
66 Martha J. Greenwood heirs . 90 00
$197 75
Paid Dominique Doucette, labor 28 65
" Patrick Burns, labor
3 50
" Joseph Stokes, self and team. 6 00
66 Sylvan B. Muse, concrete
127 78
Nathaniel W. Broad, labor and stock 8 67
Sweatt & Davis, edgestones 89 34
66 Charles A. Weston, self and team 6 00
" Martin E. Kingman 25 00
" Imogene Moulton, men and team 9 64
Unexpended .
193 17
$497 75
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$2,250 00
Firemen's pay roll. 999 95
Wendell Bancroft, fuel and labor 185 09
William E. Moulton, drawing machines 51 00
Imogene Moulton, drawing machines 50 00
George M. Stevens, fire alarm, ex. line and box, 57 50
L. T. Eames, steward 99 11
R. F. Philbrook, engineer 75 00
Henry Stock, janitor
46 30
W. H. Bancroft, glazing .
1 50
A. S. Richardson, engineer and clerk
28 00
Moses E. Nichols, 6 6 66 20 00
W. L. Crowe, engineer
20 00
Amount carried forward,
$1633 45
$497 75
304 58
3
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Amount brought forward, $1633 45
F. E. Richardson, janitor
24 14
Edward C. Nichols, chief engineer 35 00
Henry Gorus, labor 14 25
Samuel Brown, labor and materials 11 75
W. Henry Bancroft, steward 48 00
Walter Bessey, services 9 75
Andrew J. Morse & Son, material 9 50
David C. Temple, labor and stock 10 38
Ardenne Parker, supplies 7 98
S. W. Bowker, drawing machines. 8 00
H. R. Heselton, care of hose 17 50
Citizens Gas Light Co. 8 40
M. A. Stone, supplies
7 77
F. O. Dewey & Son, lanterns 6 25
Patrick McCall, repairs 6 10
H. Litchfield, labor. 6 00
A. J. Bancroft, labor. 5 50
Congregational Society, material 5 40
Albert Anderson, 4 00
Andrew S. Jackson,
3 90
T. Littlefield, labor and material
3 50
W. A. Bancroft, drawing machine 3 00
George E. Lang, expressing . 1 70
Holland & Daniels, material .
3 40
W. H. Twombly & Son, printing 3 50
F. W. Danforth, printing. ... 3 00
Joseph Stokes, drawing machine 3 00
Cummings Express, expressing 2 50
Wadsworth & Howland, material 1 40
Greenleaf S. Tukey, repairs 1 00
H. C. Watson, repairs 90
$1,909 92
Unexpended.
340 08
$2,250 00
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MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT.
Received for auctioneer's license 2 00
66 " lock-up fees. 1 50
Appropriation . 500 00
$503 50
Everett C. Parker, labor 2 63
Lyceum Hall Association 50 00
John C. Gleason, express bill. 15
Greanleaf S. Tukey, repairs on pump.
5 25
Henry Stock, lock-up keeper and dog notice 23 00
J. L. Hammett, treasurer's book 3 75
A. J. Pratt, stamp. 1 50
J. H. Hanaford, returning births 3 25
Gilman C. Gleason, returning deaths for 1886 . 8 00
E. F. Brooks, blankets for lock-up. 4 50
C. M. Barrows, printing . 9 25
A. S. Richardson, milling 1 50
Fred. W. Barry, order book 8 00
Thomas Groom & Co., tax book 1 50
D. C. Temple, repairs 21 94
Beal & Clement, expressing 1 20
James Reid, recording births, marriages, deaths 76 35
S. E. Parker, census of school children. 12 00
Wendell Bancroft, watering trough . 7 00
A. Hodson, painting inside Town Office 104 46
Charles K. Darling, stationery. 2 00
J. C. Cook, painting town building. 39 75
Frederick Bancroft, teller. 3 00
Lewis M. Bancroft, teller. 6 00
James A. Bancroft, surveying and plans 13 50
Dr. John O. Dow, medical attendance 3 75
Town of North Reading, repairs of bridge 2 63
Sylvan B. Muse, concrete work 6 45
T. Littlefield, material and labor 75
George E. Lang, expressing. 1 65
Amount carried forward, $424 71
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Amount brought forward, $424 71
William W. Davis, surveying . 4 50
Solon Bancroft, drawing deed, &c., 2 00
Edward F. Parker, expenses. 8 55
Dr. F. F. Brown, returning births 15 25
C. H. Thompson, plough. . 13 20
R. Dexter Temple, undertaker returning 58 deaths 14 50
Greenleaf S. Tukey, repairs pump. 1 50
Dr. Hanaford, returning births 50
George Beasley, distributing town report 6 00
490 71
Unexpended
12 79
$503 50
DEFICIENCIES ACCOUNT.
Appropriation $150 00
A. Hodson, painting signboards. 85 00
R. Dexter Temple, selectman, assessor and over- seer of poor 50 00
T. R. Newhall 2 80
Unexpended. 12 20
$150 00
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Appropriation
$275 00
J. C. Gleason, collector on 1885 tax list, per- sonal estate 210 52
J. C. Gleason, real estate on 1885 list 37 51
Frank Parker, real estate in 1885 7 37
Martin M. Cummings 1 60
J. C. Johnson 4 80
Arthur G. Emerson 1 20
L. B. Gorham's heirs
.3 20
C. A. Wells.
1 60
Gilman L. Parker 5 52
Amount carried forward, $273 32
37
Amount brought forward,
$273 32
John Steele 7 60
John Murray
4 80
Herick Batchelder's heirs
1 60
$282 32
Overdrawn
12 32
$275 00
We herewith present for your consideration the following list of appropriations :
Salaries of town officers
$2,000 00
State aid
1,000 00
Street lights
1,000 00
Printing
225 00
Abatement of taxes
300 00
Town Office
75 00
Miscellaneous.
350 00
Highways and bridges
3,000 00
Concrete Gutters
300 00
Concrete sidewalks and edgestones
500 00
Removing snow
350 00
R. DEXTER TEMPLE, Selectmen HORACE L. CUMMINGS, STILLMAN M. PRATT.
of Reading.
38
DR.
EDWARD F. PARKER, TREASURER, IN
To cash in Treasury, March 1, 1887, cemetery bequest and interest. $ 745 00
66 for paying Town debt. 5,781 00
8,023 32
To cash rec'd from State Treasurer corporation tax 1,093 53
66 66
66 National Bank Tax. 589 83
66
66 66
66 State Aid, Chap. 252, Acts 1879. 53 00
66 301, Acts 1879. 807 00
. 6
66 bal. of corporation tax 1886 .. 166 37
66
66
" for support State poor . .
32 41
County Treasurer, dog tax 449 73
66
66 Blackstone Bank, interest
164 29
66
R. Dexter Temple, auctioneer's license
2 00
66
66
Trustees of Cemetery, hearse sold. 66 for lots sold . 369 00
29 89
. 6
66
town of Woburn, support of Mrs. Benj. Wood. city of Malden, support of S. L. Penney .. .. 26 05
36 00
66
66 town of Lynnfield, support of E. L. Hewes. 77 58
21 27
Highway Surveyor, materials sold .
13 50
66
School Committee, from Mass. school fund.
190 09
344 86
To cash paid back to Treasurer, on orders drawn
received from Selectmen, concrete account.
567 50
66
66 night watchman, lock-up fees
1 50
hired money, temporary loans
8,850 00
66
66 John C. Gleason, Col., for estates of C. H.
Thwing, sold for taxes of 1885, Mar. 5, 1888. .
75 00
66
John C. Gleason, Col., List, 1885
3,007 31
66
66
1886
5,293 35
66
66
66
1887 31,445 81
$68,802 65
ACCOUNT OF MASSACHUSETTS
Received from State Treasurer . $190 09
100 00
66
66 School Committee, books and supplies sold.
Overseers of the Poor, almshouse account ..
446 46
66
6 . town of Sherborn, support of C. H. Leland.
66
66
66
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ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF READING. CR.
By paying State Tax. $2,925 00
Selectmen's orders 65,644 53
Cash in Treasury 233 12
$68,802 65
SCHOOL FUND.
190 09 Expended for Tuition
EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
JOHN C. GLEASON, COLLECTOR,
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF READING. DR.
To uncollected taxes of 1885 .$2,733 70
" uncollected taxes of 1886
. 7,612 80
" committed tax list of 1887 .41,136 60
" additional assessments 16 00
" collected interest on 1885 taxes 273 61
" collected interest on 1886 taxes 186 98
" collected interest on 1887 taxes 84 04
- -- $52,043 73
CR.
By cash paid Edward F. Parker, treasurer on 1885 taxes . . .$2,733 70
By cash paid Edward F. Parker, Treasurer on 1886 taxes . . 5,106 37 By cash paid Edward F. Parker, Treasurer on 1887 taxes . .31,361 77
By cash paid Edward F. Parker, Treasurer for interest on 1885 taxes 273 61
By cash paid Edward F. Parker, Treasurer for interest on 1886 taxes 186 98
By cash paid Edward F. Parker, Treasurer for interest on 1887 taxes . 84 04
By cash paid J. O. Hayden, County Treasurer . 1,367 77 By uncollected taxes of 1886 . 2,506 43
By uncollected taxes of 1887
. 8,423 06
--- $52,043 73
JOHN C. GLEASON, Collector.
READING, March 19, 1888.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1888.
LIABILITIES.
Town notes outstanding March 1, 1887 . $48,250 00
Town notes outstanding March 1, 1888 .
36,500 00
Temporary loan in anticipation of unpaid taxes 1000 00
Interest accrued on town notes to March 1, 399 65
Due Fire Department, estimated 800 00
Miscellaneous debts, estimated .
205 00
TRUST FUNDS.
Bequest of Nancy Wakefield.
$100 00
Thomas Sweetser. 100 00
66 Sabina Nichols 100 00
66 Martha Pike
25 00
Sarah Batchelder 25 00
George L. Smith . 200 00
66 Susan A. Martin .
100 00
66 Susan Wight, Elizabeth Preston,
75 00
and Margaret Gilman
725 00
Interest accrued on above fund not yet
expended
5 05
Amount carried forward,
$39,634 70
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Amount brought forward, $39,634 70
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Unpaid taxes of 1886
2,506 43
66 66 " 1887 8,423 06
Interest accrued on unpaid taxes
423 61
Due from Commonwealth of Massachusetts
on Corporation Tax
218 36
Due from Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on account of State Paupers
34 75
Due from City of Boston .
84 50
66 Town of Sherborn
36 00
66 66 Woburn .
6 87
State Aid account
916 37
66 Military Aid 36 00
Cash in Treasury
233 12 12.919 07
$26,715 63
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
Net debt March 1, 1887
· $24,066 81
Net debt March 1, 1888 26,715 63
The above statement shows an increase of $2648.82 over last year, but the town property has increased $12,889.15 by the addition of School Houses, &c.
SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY.
Town farm and buildings .
$5,000 00
Personal property at town farm 1,579 14 -
$6,579 14
Cemetery land not lotted, about 2 acres, and
125 lots not sold 3,500 00
Hearse and hearse house 675 00
$4,175 00
Steamer and hose carriage 3,700 00
Harnesses, tools and furniture
542 75
Eagle Engine and hose carriage .
150 00
Hancock Engine and hose carriage
225 00
$4.617 75
Amount carried forward,
$15,471 89
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Amount brought forward,
$15,471 89
Hancock engine house
1,100 00
Hook and ladder truck and tools, and John- son pumps 162 50
Hose and pipes
3,064 00
$4,326 50
Also for use of fire department 28 cisterns and wells.
School houses and lots 38,000 00
Furniture and school books, piano, &c. 3,200 00
Engine house and town offices and lot . 9,000 00
Land in rear of engine house
1,000 00
Public library, books and furniture 4,000 00
Property in town offices 300 00
Property deeded to town by John Dennett
575 00
56,075 00
$75,773 39
We have examined the accounts of the Tax Collector and find $41,114.24 has been received by him for taxes and interest, $39,746.47 of which has been paid to the Town Treasurer, and $1367.77 to the County Treasurer.
The accounts of the Selectmen and Treasurer we have also examined, and find them correctly kept, with satisfactory vouchers for disbursements.
The balance of cash in hand, as stated by the Treasurer, $233.12 is correct.
The following notes mature during the ensuing twelve months. $500.00 July 9, 1888, $3000.00 September 14, 1888, $1000.00 March 1, 1889. The usual appropriations for this purpose will provide about one-half the necessary money to pay these notes, and the balance must be raised and appropriated or a new loan be made. Of the outstanding notes $4000.00 bears interest at 32 per cent., and the balance bears interest at 4 per cent.
LEWIS M. BANCROFT, WM. W. DAVIS, Auditors. A. NEWELL HOWES, ~
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The Engineers of the Fire Department would respectfully submit the following report.
The fire department has been called out nine (9) times since the last report as follows :
1887. May 15. Dwelling, Village St., owned by C. Wells, Loss, nominal. Cause, spontaneous com- bustion.
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