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$2,630,827 00
Whole number of polls, 959, at $2.00. .
$1,918 00
Tax for State, County, and Town pur- poses, including overlayings. . . . On real estate.
$45,710 40
$40,010 21
On personal estate
3,782 19
On polls.
1,918 00
$45,710 40
Rate of taxation, $16.60 per $1,000.
Number of horses.
386
" cows .
359
" neat cattle.
51
'. swine
64
" sheep .
3
" dwelling houses
824
" acres of land ..
5,738
Total value of real estate, 1889. $2,402,984 00
66
1888
2,312,383 00
Increase for 1889.
$90,601 00
Total value of personal estate, 1888 ...
$243,017 00
66 66 1889. . .
227,843 00
Decrease for 1889.
$15,174 00
Respectfully submitted,
HORACE L. CUMMINGS, ) Assessors R. DEXTER TEMPLE, of Reading.
STILLMAN M. PRATT,
SELECTMEN'S ACCOUNT.
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Horace L. Cummings, to April 1st, 1889. $75 00
Same on account of 1889 and 1890, 300 00
$375 00
R. Dexter Temple, to April 1st, 1889. $50 00
Same to March 1st, 1890. 250 00
300 00
Stillman M. Pratt, to April 1st, 1889. $50 00
Same to March 1st, 1890 250 00
300 00
Edward F. Parker, Treasurer, to March 1st, 1890, $200 00
Same Collector, to March 1st, 1890. . 125 00
Same School Committee, to March 1st, 1890 50 00
Same Expenses 10 70
385 70
Harley Prentiss, Collector, on account of 1888 $50 00
66 66 66 1889
and 1890 200 00
250 00
$50 00
James Reid, Town Clerk, to March 1st, 1890. ... Same Clerk of Board of Registrars, to March 1st, 1890 40 00
90 00
Walter S. Parker, School Committee, to March 1st, 1890 65 00
Gilman L. Parker, School Committee, to March 1st, 1890 . 50 00
Horace G. Wadlin, School Committee, 1889, and to March 1st, 1890. 100 00
Amount carried forward, $1915 70
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Amount brought forward, $1915 70
Cyrus M. Barrows, School Committee, 1889. .... 50 00
Warren E. Eaton, School Committee, to March 1st, 1890 .
50 00
Henry E. Holden, Registrar
30 00
Henry Robinson,
30 00
John G. Roberts,
30 00
Clarence J. Nichols, Constable
10 50
Henry Stock,
10 00
James H. Griggs, Moderator
15 00
Lewis M. Bancroft, Auditor
10 00
Harry P. Bosson,
1889
10 00
A. Newell Howes
1889
10 00
$2171 20
POLICE.
Appropriation $200 00
Henry Stock, services. $17 38
Clarence J. Nichols, services 12 00
Ephraim Wight, special
5 00
Webster Eames, special
5 00
Willard A. Bancroft, special
5 00
Edwin Bassett, special
5 00
William L. Crowe, special
5 00
William LaClair, special. 5 00
Lafayette Ford, special. 5 00
Walter B. Mears, meals for prisoners.
3 25
William H. Mears, meals for prisoners
2 00
Unexpended
$69 63 130 37
$200 00
CARE OF OLD SOUTH CLOCK.
Appropriation
$50 00
Edwin Bassett $50 00
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PRINTING.
Appropriation .
$225 00
C. M. Barrows & Co.
$120 00
W. H. Twombly & Son Pratt Bros.
74 88
4 25
Samuel G. Stiles
2 00
$201 13
Unexpended.
23 87
$225 00
NIGHT WATCH.
Appropriation .
$1500 00
Henry Stock ..
$714 00
Clarence J. Nichols
624 00
Ephraim Wight.
2 50
$1340 50
Unexpended
159 50
$1500 00
ALMSHOUSE BARN CELLAR.
Appropriation .
$600 00
Dominique Doucett, labor, self, and men .. $228 47
David C. Temple, labor, men, self and material. 219 13
William A. Smith, moving barn
80 00
T. R. Newhall, granite underpinning
38 70
N. W. Broad, labor and material. 27 19
Samuel Bowker, labor. 3 00
William W. Davis, leveling 2 50
25
Unexpended
76
John Holman & Co., milling
599 24
$600 00
William A. Smith, moving carriage house. .... $20 00
20
INTEREST ON PUBLIC DEBT.
Appropriation . Received from Blackstone National Bank, interest on deposits, 136 60
$1500 00
$1636 60
L. W. Piper, Secretary . $800 00
Warren Institution for Savings . 259 30
George A. Marden, State Treasurer 300 00
Oren N. Jones, Trust Fund. 53 50
Mrs. Mary Stimpson. 20 00
Unexpended
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation
George Beasley, lighting street lights $295 00
Citizen's Gas Light Co., gas . .. 179 41
Warren Parker, lighting street lights . 60 40
F. O. Dewey & Co., lamps and chimneys 54 40
George W. Atkinson, oil. 48 35
Wheeler Reflector Co., oil and chimneys 29 11
William Hazen Bancroft, repairs. 9 09
B. B. Burbank, labor and material 4 55
John Holman & Co., turning lamp posts
2 25
W. G. White, expressing. 1 15
John A. Blunt, labor. 50
Unexpended .
$684 21 315 79
ENFORCEMENT OF LIQUOR LAW.
Appropriation .
$200 00
Law and Order League . $24 96
Ephraim Wight, services 16 20
$41 16
Unexpended
158 84
$200 00
$1432 80 203 80
$1636 60
$1000 00
$1000 00
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CEMETERY.
Appropriation .$1000 00
Received on account of sales of lots
571 00
Standing wood sold 104 76
Cut wood and posts. 21 37
Use of hearse. 2 00
$1699 13
Oren N. Jones, labor $452 86
Charles C. Dike, concreting. 155 55
Noble Bunker, labor 109 20
William Frost, labor.
97 80
Dominique Doucett, stone work
87 65
W. J. Jones, granite for new tomb
74 63
Michael Hennesey, labor
79 80
Edmund Buxton, labor 15 30
Ivory Sanborn, labor
36 23
Samuel W. Bowker, teaming granite
10 00
Webster Eames, labor
14 25
Manuel Perry, labor
6 75
William W. Davis, surveying
8 00
Milton D. Parker, gravel
6 36
O. O. Ordway, labor 2 50
Cyrus K. Littlefield, labor.
1 00
G. S. Tukey, repairing pump.
1 00
William B. Jeffrey, labor .
50
R. Dexter Temple, paid for clearing snow
1 00
Same
auction bills .
2 00
Same 66 posting bills. . ...
1 00
Same 66 labor, lotting wood ...
50
Same
services as auctioneer. 2 00
Same
tools furnished .
3 00
Unexpended
$1168 88 530 25
$1699 13
Cemetery land not lotted, about two acres, and unsold lots. . $2700 00
Hearse. 600 00
$3300 00
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STATE AID.
Appropriation
$1200 00
John D. DeRonde . $72 00
John Owens. 72 00
Charles B. Leathe 72 00
Clara A. Leathe.
48 00
Mary McAlister
48 00
Helen James
48 00
Eliza Hobbs
48 00
Sarah Hetler.
48 00
Harriet C. Robinson
48 00
Samuel S. Crouch.
48 00
Elizabeth W. DeRonde
48 00
Henry F. Scruton
48 00
Eliza J. Upton
48 00
Marcella Wood
48 00
Seth Bessey .
47 00
Edgar Damon.
36 00
William Mears
34 50
Mary A. Blanchard
26 00
Noble Bunker. 24 00
Mary Bunker
24 00
Ellen Damon
24 00
Lambertus W. Krook
24 00
Dorcas Berry .
23 00
Merrill Hutchinson
3 00
To be reimbursed by the State.
$1009 50
Military aid to be reimbursed one-half by the State : Thomas A. Evans
184 00
Unexpended
6 50
$1200 00
SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
Appropriation .
$150 00
Horace E. Eames, Quartermaster $150 00
$1193 50
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TOWN OFFICE.
Appropriation $75 00
Henry Stock, janitor. $12 00
Fred W. Barry, order book and paper 8 85
Citizen's Gas Light Co., gas 8 55
M. R. Warren, stationery. 8 00
W. I. Ruggles, postage stamps. 3 25
C. M. Barrows & Co., printing 1 50
$42 15
Unexpended
32 85
$75 00
PUMP AT WESTON'S SQUARE.
Appropriation $35 00
Greenleaf S. Tukey, pump and labor $22 19
Unexpended 12 81
$35 00
COLE CASE.
Appropriation . $4500 00
Solon Bancroft, legal expenses and costs . . . $4442 14
Charles H. Davis, travelling expenses of jury and sheriff 23 00
$4465 14
Unexpended
34 86
$4500 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Appropriation . $350 00
Lockup fees . . 3 00
Auctioneer's licenses. 2 00
Licenses from Town Clerk 50
$355 50
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James Reid, recording births, marriages and deaths, $71 45 Henry Stock, lockup keeper, care of flag, etc ...... 33 00 Wendell Bancroft, watering troughs and repairs. . 24 76 W. H. Twombly & Sons, printing warrants. . 24 50 Charles H. Davis, services as Deputy Sheriff 22 67
R. Dexter Temple, returning deaths, etc. 20 50
Stillman E. Parker, census of school children .
18 00
S. G. Robinson, printing list of poll tax payers. . . . 15 00
C. M. Barrows & Co., printing . 14 00
N. W. Broad, labor and material for fence.
10 66
Dr. F. F. Brown, returning births.
9 00
Solon Bancroft, legal services on by-laws
5 50
Dr. John O. Dow, reporting births. 5 50
Greenleaf S. Tukey, repairs on pump. 3 00
H. G. Wadlin, type writing on water supply 5 00
Lewis M. Bancroft, teller 3 00
Thomas Groom, paper. 3 00
W. G. White, expressing. 2 35
Beal & Clement, expressing. 1 05
Cyrus K. Littlefield, labor 50
Unexpended
TOWN MEETINGS.
Lyceum Hall. $100 00
John Holman & Co., voting booths. 26 95
Walter M. Scott, election officer 9 00
John D. Canty, election officer 6 00
Ephraim Wight, election officer 6 00
Frederick Bancroft, election officer 6 00
William L. Crowe, election officer
3 00
James Dewhurst, election officer
3 00
Henry S. LaClair, election officer 3 00
James H. Griggs, election officer
3 00
L. M. Spencer, rubber stamps 1 50
Henry Stock, sundries . 91
W. M. Titus, labor. 60
$292 44 63 06
$355 50
$168 96
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We herewith present for your consideration the following list of appropriations for the ensuing year :
Salaries of Town Officers
$2500 00
Poor out of Almshouse
1800 00
Poor at Almshouse
1200 00
State Aid
1200 00
Street Lights
900 00
Miscellaneous
500 00
Abatement of Taxes 300 00
Printing. .
225 00
Town Office
75 00
HORACE L. CUMMINGS, - Selectmen R. DEXTER TEMPLE, of
STILLMAN M. PRATT, Reading.
ROAD COMMISSIONERS' ACCOUNT AND REPORT.
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Appropriation .
$3700 00
Mineral street bridge.
Henry Doucett, labor. $7 95
John Cerney, labor.
39 45
Elizabeth Cushing, gravel
4 32
Timothy Riordan, labor.
115 67
James Ward, labor
133 40
David Doucett labor.
123 45
Hiram Litchfield, labor
91 95
Frank P. Eaton, labor
155 66
Antonio Enos, labor
90 22
John Flakes, labor.
60 56
Joseph Williams, labor
97 82
O. A. Swain, labor
60 38
W. A. Bancroft, labor
34 80
P. Burns, labor
107 46
Henry F. Bunker, labor
128 29
James Marvin, labor
74 21
Frank Castine, labor.
107 80
Dennis Doucett, labor
8 25
Ira Gadbois labor 41 13
Alexandra Dulong, labor
41 70
Webster Eames, labor
27 00
C. W. Flint, gravel .. 82 80
W. D. Emerson, labor
18 60
150 00
$3850 00
John Logan, labor. 20 97
Amount carried forward, $1673 84
27
Amount brought forward, $1673 84
Simon Dulong, labor. 39 37
William Marvin, labor 42 18
Ellenwood & Robertson, stock and labor 4 95
James Kelley, labor.
25 50
Ferdinand Chisholm, labor 66 85
American Powder Co., dynamite, etc. 8 85
James Cronin, labor.
4 50
George D. Putnam, labor.
6 90
Sylvan Muse, labor.
15 00
Henry F. Parker, man and team
27 00
Charles C. Green, self and team
12 00
Simon Margison, labor
7 00
Simon Muse, labor. 4 50
N. C. Flanders, self and team .
55 80
Thomas Horn, labor
9 82
M. Forbes & Son, men and teams 165 98
Charles Nichols, labor 1 50
Henry S. LaClair, self and team
158 25
William J. Lawn, labor
18 20
Oren N. Jones, labor.
1 20
Adelbert Batchelder, labor
34 50
A. W. Carr, tools.
80
Emerson Smith, labor
1 75
Alfred G. Carter
67
Parker Nichols
9 00
E. M. Remmick, gravel
9 78
S. W. Bowker, self, men, and teams
458 71
Beals & Clement, expressing.
1 00
John G. Hutchinson, self and team
11 00
W. H. Bancroft, stock and labor
3 50
M. C. Barbrick, man and team 3 00
N. W. C. Carter. 9 72
' Howard W. Batchelder 3 75
Samuel Brown, team 21 00
Amount carried forward, $2917 37
28
Amount brought forward, $2917 37
Charles Wakefield, labor 5 00
Arthur G. Emerson, self and team 59 98
Cornelius A. Canty, gravel. 2 52
Amos Damon 2d, labor. 102 72
R. C. Totten, labor on. tools. 7 13
John A. Boyd, granite .
50
G. D. Kingman, gravel.
2 00
Milton D. Parker, gravel.
25 20
Edward E. Nichols.
4 50
J. C. Johnson
6 18
M. A. Stone 30
N. Crafts, gravel
1 50
Wendell Bancroft, stock and labor
51 50
James S. Wyatt, labor 3 50
James Wilkins, labor.
46 90
Osgood & Hart, grate and frame
11 00
Solon Bancroft, gravel ..
1 38
Frederick Bancroft, gravel ..
1 50
John A. Blunt, labor and tools
20 60
G. W. Atkinson, gravel 26 58
Jesse Pendergrace, gravel. 5 70
Oscar Foote, gravel. . 63 30
C. A. Weston, self and team
138 00
P. Burns, labor, Mineral street bridge
9 63
Charles N. Bancroft, labor 2 00
Hiram Litchfield, labor 3 75
T. R. Newhall, stone. 55 43.
Timothy Canty, post. 1 00
N. C. Flanders, self and team. 7 50
D. Doucett, self and men 211 28
Amos Damon 2d, labor 3 50
M. Forbes & Son, man and team 6 30
Wendell Bancroft, stock. 6 07
Merrill Hutchinson, labor 50
Amount carried forward, $3811 82
29
Amount brought forward, $3811 82
David C. Temple, labor 1 50
Samuel Brown, stock. 20
C. A. Weston, self and team 36 40
$3849 92 8
Unexpended
$3850 00
PEARL STREET.
Appropriation . $50 00
James Ward, labor
$11 20
David Doucett, labor
3 00
Simon Dulong, labor.
3 50
Alexandra Dulong, labor
6 00
S. W. Bowker, self, men, and teams
19 25
George Beasley, gravel.
7 50
$50 45
Overdrawn 45
$50 45
CHARLES STREET.
Appropriation .
$250 00
Timothy Riordan, labor $35 18
Henry Gorus, labor.
31 15
M. C. Barbrick, labor
3 25
Wendell Bancroft, stock.
9 84
Frank Castine, labor
41 30
James Wilkins, labor 27 48
A. J. Smith, labor
1 00
Henry F. Barker, labor
2 10
A. G. Carter, posts.
9 67
Charles Wakefield, labor
4 00
H. S. LaClair, self and team
77 76
$242 73
Unexpended
7 27
$250 00
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SUMMER AVENUE AND BROOKS STREET.
Appropriation
$1000 00
Jesse Smith, labor $26 40
George W. Putnam, oil stove and labor. 4 75
Asa Parker, man and team 42 60
O. A. Swain, labor 45 67
Eastman Austin, labor. 6 00
S. W. Bowker, man and team 2 50
C. A. Weston, self and team
162 50
Dominique Doucett, self and men 153 62
Charles C. Green, self and team 52 20
Amos Damon 2d, labor 71 92
R. C. Totten, labor
3 86
James R. Weeks, self and team.
3 83
Patrick Burns, labor 70 00
Henry Doucett, labor 49 50
Newell C. Flanders, self and team 102 00
Hiram Litchfield, labor 57 30
Zeba Lampro, labor. 59 15
Simon Dulong, labor 58 63
T. B. Black, moving wall. 10 50
8982 93 17 07
Unexpended
$1000 00
WOBURN STREET GUTTER.
Appropriation. .
$125 00
Charles C. Dyke, concrete $78 85
T. R. Newhall, stone.
2 50
S. W. Bowker, men and teams 24 91
25
Osgood & Hart, grate and frame
11 00
D. Doucett, labor. 18 02
10 80
Wendell Bancroft, pipe.
96 4
Milton D. Parker, gravel
$147 29
Overdrawn 22 29
$147 29
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
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IMPROVEMENT OF COMMON.
Appropriation
$200 00
Signs . . . . . $3 00
O. A. Swain, labor. 3 33
S. W. Bowker, stone and labor
3 90
Frank Castine, labor.
1 76
C. C. Dyke, concrete .
73 80
Patrick Burns, labor
5 25
Dominique Doucett, labor
19 45
Milton D. Parker, gravel
48
Wendell Bancroft, labor
50
C. A. Weston, labor
13 00
H. S. LaClair, self and team
1 75
$126 22
Unexpended .
73 78
$200 00
WASHINGTON AND ASH STEETS.
Appropriation
$600 00
Frank Castine, labor
$47 25
Samuel Brown, team. 28 50
James Wilkins, labor
4 37
Thomas Horn, labor.
13 50
Henry Gorus, labor
25 37
Boston and Maine R. R., freight.
83
Timothy Riordan, labor.
10 50
Henry F. Barker, labor.
31 04
S. W. Bowker, teams
28 50
Zeba Lampro, labor
2 63
D. Doucett, labor. 87 05
Hiram Litchfield, labor
1 50
G. W. Atkinson, gravel.
25 68
Osgood & Hart, grates, etc.
44 00
W. W. Davis, surveying.
1 00
Amount carried forward,
$351 72
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Amount brought forward, $351 72
Wendell Bancroft, pipe ..
138 36
James A. Bancroft, surveying 2 00
H. S. La Clair, self and team
82 40
Patrick Burns, labor
2 63
Milton D. Parker, gravel
1 74
T. R. Newhall, stone . 15 27
63
J. K. Foss, stone.
3 00
C. A. Weston
3 00
$600 75
Overdrawn 75
$600 75
CONCRETE SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES.
Appropriation .
$500 00
Received of John A. Roberts
40 22
St. Agnes Church
44 45
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Joseph Spokesfield
20 75
Ephraim Wight
19 15
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Jason W. Richardson
17 58
Oscar Foote.
33 50
66
Baptist Church
122 58
Wm. H. Mears
31 50
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C. H. Swain and others on Main street
75 00
D. Doucett.
1 00
66
T. R. Newhall 4 00
$909 73
Paid Charles C. Dyke.
$455 61
T. R. Newhall. 256 51
D. Doucett 66 55
$778 67
Unexpended
131 06
$909 73
M. A. Stone, oil.
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CROSS WALKS ON LINDEN AND WOBURN STREETS.
Appropriation
$50 00
Charles C. Dyke $59 50
9 50
Overdrawn
$59 50
CROSS WALKS ON WASHINGTON AND ARLINGTON STREETS.
Appropriation $50 00
Charles C. Dyke .
$32 45
Unexpended .
17 55
$50 00
SALEM STREET SIDEWALK.
Appropriation .
$100 00
Charles C. Dyke.
$85 10
Unexpended
14 90
$100 00
REMOVING SNOW.
Appropriation
$350 00
Henry S. LaClair
$9 25
C. S. Johnson .
6 42
Stillman M. Pratt.
6 92
C. A. Weston.
8 90
S. W. Bowker
22 50
Edward E. Nichols
3 00
Samuel Brown
3 15
Wendell Bancroft
5 50
M. Forbes & Son.
9 50
George Beasley
3 00
$78 14
Unexpended
271 86
$350 00
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PRESCOTT STREET SIDEWALK.
Appropriation
8250 00
Amos Damon 2d, labor $20 13
Patrick Burns, labor 32 38
John Flukes, labor. 18 39
O. A. Swain, labor 6 65
W. A. Bancroft, team
8 70
James Marrain, labor.
1 75
C. A. Weston, self and team
50 20
Hiram Litchfield, labor
22 20
C. W. Flint, gravel 16 92
M. C. Barbrick, labor 3 00
S. W. Bowker, stone and labor 8 40
M. Forbes & Son, labor 62
D. Doucett, labor 25 45
$214 79 35 21
Unexpended
$250 00
INCIDENTAL HIGHWAY.
Appropriation.
$300 00
Dodge, Haley & Co .. tools $16 33
Frank Clarke . 2 00
G. W. Atkinson, tools
1 95
Hiram Litchfield, labor.
17 55
W. W. Davis, surveying
4 00
Susan Holt
1 20
T. R. Newhall, stone 13 60
D. Doucett, labor
46 71
Patrick Burns, labor
29 75
James A. Bancroft, labor 10 75
C. A. Weston, self and team
81 16
Henry S. LaClair. 75 00
$300 00
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GUIDE POSTS.
Appropriation $25 00. C. A. Weston, . $6 50
Merrill Hutchinson
1 10
$7 60
Unexpended .
17 40
$25 00
PRATT STREET.
Appropriation
$100 00
James Ward
$9 62
David Doucett 8 25
Simon Dulong
9 62
S. W. Bowker
34 20
F. P. Eaton
9 62
Antonio Enos
8 25
John Logan
7 00
Thomas Horn
8 25
$94 81
Unexpended
5 19
$100 00
We herewith present the following list of appropriations which we deem necessary for the proper care and maintenance of streets, walks, and bridges, for the ensuing year :
Highways and bridges
$4000 00
Removing snow
350 00
Concrete sidewalks and edgestones, provided abutters pay one-half
500 00
Concrete gutters and cross walks.
300 00
Gould and Green street bridges. 200 00
New planks for Mineral street bridge
100 00
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For extending Mineral street 200 00
Incidental expenses. . 300 00
For repairing concrete sidewalks where worn and broken ... 150 00 For road roller. 250 00
For sidewalks. 300 00
For building bridge on Brook street.
400 00
The total amount of money expended by this department during the past year was seven thousand forty-one dollars and seventy-five cents ($7,041.75), of which a large part was for special localities. The gen- eral highway appropriation of thirty seven hundred dollars ($3700.00), spread over our forty-two and one-half miles of streets and sidewalks, leaves a much less amount per mile than most of our neighboring towns expend for the same purpose, but we fully believe that as a whole ou" streets will compare favorably with our neighbors. The past winter, like the preceding one, has been unusually hard on highways, as gen- erally they get a rest of three months or more ; whereas during the past winter they have received more wear than during several months of dry weather, when they are compact ; but owing to frost and moist- ure they have become rutted and flattened so as to retain water and fill gutters, all of which will require a large amount of labor to remedy that would not have been necessary had the ground been covered with snow.
Our sidewalks have been cared for in the past from the highway money, but we would recommend that we have an appropriation for that purpose, as with the growth of the town they become more exten- sive. A marked improvement has been made at the corner of Woburn and Linden streets, by placing edgestones and concreting the sidewalk surrounding the Baptist Church. Another, the concrete walk across the Common. Pratt street has been put in shape for travel. The side- walk has been constructed on Prescott street. Charles street has been widened, and a sidewalk built, and much other similar work. Guide- posts have been erected where necessary, and we believe that the close of the year finds the work laid out for us as near complete as the means at our disposal would allow it to be. There is a deficiency of one hun- dred and sixty-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents ($169.99), bills that
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are approved, but as they exceed this year's appropriation by about. that amount, they have not been paid.
Last year the County Commissioners ordered Summer avenue and Brooks street rebuilt, and the work is as near completion as practical ; but owing to the large amount of rainfall during the year it was not. possible to build the bridge on Brooks street on account of high water, and therefore we ask an appropriation for that purpose.
CHARLES A. WESTON, ) SAMUEL W. BOWKER, Road Commissioners HENRY S. LACLAIR, of Reading.
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Dr.
EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer,
To cash in Treasury, March 1st, 1889.
$3,196 58
" hired money, temporary loan .
10,000 00
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621 81
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6.
..
Trustees of Cemetery, lots sold 66 .6 standing wood sold
104 76
66
..
6
66
use of hearse.
2 00
6.
. .
. .
66
wood and posts sold.
21 37
..
. .
Road Commissioners, for Prescott street sidewalk ...
3 50
6.
..
..
66 concrete and edgestone account, Elizabeth B. Eames and Ida L. Nelson, cemetery gift,
100 00
City of Boston, for support of L. R. Lloyd. . .
12 00
29 05
6 .
..
R. Dexter Temple, auctioneer's license
2 00
Selectmen, from the estate of John R. Dennett.
429 00
6.
6. 'Town Clerk, license fees .
50
‹.
..
..
..
Blackstone Bank, interest on deposits
136-60
66
..
..
Night Watchman, lockup fees .
3 00
..
Arthur W. Temple, executor cemetery bequest.
100 00
66
..
6.
School Committee, books and supplies sold.
32 05
66
..
..
Fire Department. fuel sold . .6
7 50
66
..
..
Edward F. Parker, Collector, list of 1887.
926 12
66
66
66
66
66 for taxes paid after abatement . ..
10 30
66
Harley Prentiss, Collector, list of 1888.
9.102 84
66
..
1889
34,944 16
66
paid Treasurer on orders drawn
1,041 47
$65 471 41
ACCOUNT OF MASSACHUSETTS
Balance March 1st. 1889
$379 52
Received of State Treasurer 173 52
$553 04
..
.6
fire department
..
66
6.
Woburn, for support of Charles Hadley. ..
3 38
.6
Overseers of the Poor, almshouse account.
143 05
6. pension of Catherine O'Keefe.
144 00
..
6.
66
from Massachusetts School Fund.
289 96
1 85
66 ..
playpipe sold.
409 73
..
..
for support and burial of State paupers,
162 07
571 00
..
. 6
414 96
1.519 30
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in account with the TOWN OF READING.
Cr.
By paying Statetax.
$2,520 00
. 6
..
County tax.
1,953 64
Selectmen's orders.
53 561 30
$58,034 94
cash in Treasury for cemetery bequests . $1.425 00
..
. .
" paying town debt. 1.630 00
66 6.
4.381 47
7.436 47
865.471 41
SCHOOL FUND.
Expended for tuition . . $252 63
.. reference books 37 33
Balance in hands of Treasurer, March 1st, 1890. 263 08
$289 96
$553 04
EDWARD F. PARKER. Treasurer.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
HARLEY PRENTISS, COLLECTOR,
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF READING.
DR.
To uncollected taxes of 1888 $9,978 46
" committed tax list of 1889 45,710 40
" collected interest on 1888 taxes 372 26
66 “ 1889 83 13
$56,144 25
CR.
By cash paid Edward F. Parker, Treasurer on 1888 taxes $9,102 84 " cash paid Edward F. Parker, Treasurer on 1889 taxes 34,944 16
" uncollected taxes of 1888. 1,247 88
66 1889. 10,849 37
HARLEY PRENTISS, Collector.
- $56,144 25 Reading, March 18, 1890.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
EDWARD F. PARKER, COLLECTOR OF TAXES 1887.
DR.
To taxes collected after abatement, 1885 $3 89
66 66
66 66 1886 3 34
6 6
66
1887 2 00
"' interest on taxes after abatement. 1 07
$10 30
To uncollected taxes of 1887
$808 76
" interest on taxes of 1887.
117 36
926 12
$936 42
CR.
By cash paid Edward F. Parker, Treasurer, on 1885, 1886 and 1887 taxes. $936 42
EDWARD F. PARKER, Collector for 1887.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1890.
LIABILITIES.
Town notes outstanding March 1, 1889 . . .$31,000 00
Town notes outstanding March 1, 1890 ..
$30,000 00
Interest accrued on Town notes to March 1. 182 72
Due Fire Department, estimated. 800 00
Miscellaneous debts, estimated.
350 00
TRUST FUNDS.
Bequest of Nancy Wakefield
$100 00
66 Thomas Sweetser
100 00
Sabina Nichols
100 00
Martha Pike.
25 00
Sarah Batchelder
25 00
George L. Smith
200 00
Susan A. Martin
100 00
66
Susan Wright, Elizabeth Preston and Margaret Gilman 75 00
T. T. Greenwood
500 00
66 Sarah G. Temple 100 00
Elizabeth B. Eames and Ida L. Nelson, 100 00
1,425 00
Interest accrued on above funds not yet expended, 12 75
$32,770 47
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AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Unpaid taxes of 1888
$1,247 88;
1889 10,849 37
Interest accrued on unpaid taxes
352 47
Due from Commonwealth of Massachusetts on Corporation tax.
207 07
Due from Commonwealth of Massachusetts
on
account of State paupers
29 59
Due from City of Woburn
1 79
Town of Sherburne
36 00.
City of Cambridge
34 96
Town of Wakefield
2 00
66
66 State aid account.
1,009 50.
66
66 Military aid
92 00
Unexpended balance, School account
263 08
Cash in treasury, Trust Funds $1,425 00
Balance of appropriation for Town debt, 1889 1,630 00
Other cash. 4,381 47
7,436 47
$21,562 18
Net debt, March 1, 1890
11,208 29
$32,770 47
Net debt, March 1, 1889
$17,853 10
1890. 11,208 29
Decrease during year · $6,644 81
We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find satis- factory vouchers for all expenditures.
We have examined the accounts of the Collector and Treasurer and find them correct.
Of the outstanding notes, $28,000.00 bears interest at 4 per cent., and $2,000.00 bears interest at 32 per cent.
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One note of $1,000.00 comes due March 1, 1891, and one note of $7,500.00 comes due November 11, 1891.
It is the opinion of the Auditors, that the accounts of the Treasurer and Selectmen should be kept by one person ; and we recommend that the Selectmen be instructed to appoint a clerk, part of whose duties it shall be to keep the Town accounts.
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