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Bertram C. Loring, labor 85
Walter S. Parker, paid A. E. Winship
15 00
II. C. Kendall, engrossing diplomas 3 75
F. G. MacDonald 80,
Robert Jones, repairing flag 1 50
Samuel W. Bowker, making cesspools 19 00 .
Clement Gleason, miscellaneous supplies 4 60 .
John Stock, cleaning cesspools
16 00
E. HI. Forbes, labor and materials
24 00
Edwin E. Babb & Co., furniture
13 50
W. B. Badger & Co., furniture 46 25
Holcomb & Hoke M'fg Co., brushes
8 25
George S. Perry & Co., furniture
160 10
Koschivitz & Co., grammar school diplomas 6 75
W. P. B. Brooks & Co., furniture
6 25
Amount carried forward $1,000 68
184
Amount brought forward
$1,000 68
2 70
20 00
18 31
8 00
200 00
85 30
Daniel Pratt's Son, clock
10 00
William H. Wightman, insurance
80 00
Hartford Boiler Insurance Co.
112 50
Harry P. Bosson, insurance
18 00
J. F. Barnard & Co., rebinding books
31 19
Murphy, Leavens & Co., brushes
21 16
M. Forbes & Son 15 50
American Express Co.
7 35
Cummings' or Viall's Express
24 95
Sulpho Napthol Co., disinfectant 7 50
Copeland & Bowser. curtains
10 05
George II. Atkinson. miscellaneous supplies 6 13
41 95
E. C. Metcalf, miscellaneous supplies 1 2×
75
W. O. Dockendorff, labor
6 42
A. J. Bancroft, labor
6 25
Albert D. Damon, labor
5 00
Mrs. C. Stratton, labor
5 10
George E. Gill, labor and material
589 13
II. K. Austin, labor
1 25
Warren E. Beard, labor
84 27
Stanley Parker, labor
1 05
Raymond B. Parker, labor
1 50
L. M. Bancroft, insurance
24 00
John I. Canty, repairs
15 00
Amount carried forward . $2,462 27
Walworth M'fg Co., valves O. S. M. E. Church, use June 22 Wendell Bancroft & Co., stage Henry F. Miller & Sons, piano Boston Spar Co., flag staff . Fife Bros., labor and materials
W. H. Twombly & Sons, printing
(). O. Ordway, labor
1
Amount brought forward .
$2,462 27
H. R. Johnson, painting
8 75
R. A. White, carriage hire .
3 00
M. S. Quinlan, labor and material
53 32
George E. Lang, carriage hire
2 50
R. L. Beers, keys 3 50
*2,533 34
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
American Book Co.
$71 60
Leach, Shewell & Co.
43 06
Edwin E. Babb & Co.
238 90
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
40 25
D. C. Heath & Co.
48 06
Greenongh, Adams & Cushing
50 23
Ginn & Co.
117 29
Dennison M'fg Co.
75
William Ware & Co. .
6 25
Morse Co.
20 70
L'ech de la Semain
3 00
J. L. Hammett Co.
39 17
Thorp & Martin Co.
16 50
White, Smith Publishing Co.
12 9%
George F. King & Co.
23 62
Wadsworth, Howland & Co.
11 3×
Joseph Gillott & Son .
9 75
Oliver Ditson Co.
3 35
Maynard, Merrill Co.
73 61
Silver, Burdett & Co.
15 75
Allyn & Bacon
25 00
Carter, Rice & Co.
11 75
Lothrop Publishing Co.
10 00
Boston School Supply Co. .
62 30
New England Publishing Co.
1 20
Educational Publishing Co.
1 05
T. II. Castor
1 28
N. L. Wilson
4 30
$963 11
185
SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS.
APPROP' ATION
SUNDRY CREDITS.
TOTAL AMOUNT INCLUDING APPROP'ATION
EXPENDED
UNEX- PENDED
OVER- DRAWN.
Salaries of Town Officers.
$3,300 00
¥3,300 00
$3,460 80
$160 80
Town Office.
175 00
175 00
167 20
¥¥7 80
Election Expenses.
250 00
250 00
211 55
38 45
Printing
600 00
600 00
456 93
143 07
Abatement of Taxes
500 00
500 00
472 82
27 18
Estate of Eliza C. Swan
277 34
277 34
Eben Beard.
143 94
143 94
Charles W. Kelley
219 47
219 47
Decoration and Care of Soldiers' Graves
125 00
125 00
125 00
State Burial Agent's Account.
70 00
70 00
Ipswich Mills vs. Town of Reading.
100 00
100 00
Real Estate-H. B. Crandall, Acquired by Town. State and Military Aid.
2,300 00
2,300 00
2,329 50
29 50
Joseph B. Hopkins vs. Town of Reading
921 02
921 02
921 02
Drinking Fountain. ..
75 00
75 00
67 23
Municipal Light and Power Plant : Maintenance and Interest.
7,856 00
4,356 00
7,3356 00
Construction
500 00
$600 00
1,100 00
1,100 00
Note, Issite May 1, 1896.
1.400 00
1,400 00
1,400 00
Additional Dynamo for Incandescent Lighting.
3,000 00
3,000 00
3.000 00
Reduction of Debt ..
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
School House Notes
2,000 00
2.000 00
2,000 00
School House Bonds
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Interest on School House Notes
480 00
480 00
520 00
40 00
..
Bonds
1,600 00
80 00
1,680 00
1,680 00
.. Water Loan
2,230 00
22,230 00
2,230 00
Rednetion of Water Loan
7,000 00
7,000 00
7,000 00
400 00
1.636 89
2.036 89
2,236 11
199 22
Miscellaneous Expenses
1,500 00
19 00
1,519 00
1,619 32
100 32
Highways, Bridges and Repairs of Sidewalks ...
5,500 00
13 92
5,513 92
6,103 96
590 04
Concrete Gutters, Crosswalks, and Paved Gut- ters.
500 00
500 00
509 84
9 84
Repairs of Concrete
150 00
4 23
154 23
198 67
44 44
Concrete Sidewalks and Edgestones (abutters to pay one-half) ..
500 00
68 58
568 58
269 88
298 70
.
Interest
73 40
73 40
186
Woburn & Reading Street Railway Co ... Wakefield & Stoneham Street Railway Co.
10 68
10 68
15 15
4 47
145 88
145 88
241 79
95 91
Reading & Lowell Street Railway Co.
2 90
2 90
17 48
14 58
Removal of Snow and Ice ..
1,700 00
10 00
1,710 00
2,225 32
515 32
Fire Department.
6,630 00
2 00
6.632 00
6,732 39
160 39
Fire Alarm Box 32
90 00
91 60
1 60
Fire Alarm Repeater
500 00
500 00
516 93
16 93
New Hose.
250 00
250 00
250 00
Laurel Hill Cemetery
900 00
433 00
1,333 00
1,318 16
14 84
Police Department ..
83 00
1.783 00
1.872 05
89 05
Overseers of the Poor Account.
1.621 11
6,271 11
6,126 13
144 98
Commonwealth of Massachusetts ..
21 50
21 50
114 83
93 33
Town of Middleton, Account W. A. Melcher " Stoneham,
10 00
10 00
10 00
Joshua Bryant ..
19 80
19 80
34 80
15 00
City of Waltham, Acct. Mrs. F. A. Carey.
2 00
2 00
32 00
30 00
Town of North Reading, Acct. Chas. S. McIntire
34 20
34 20
Account Edith M. Holmes ..
20 00
20 00
20 00
Schools.
16,000 00
16,000 00
16,804 48
804 48
School Incidentals ..
3,500 00
13 15
3,513 15
3,496 45
16 70
Superintendent of Schools.
1,000 00
1,000 00
900 00
100 00
900 00
399 17
1,299 17
1,299 17
$77.182 02
$10.216 81
$87,398 83
$90.472 91
$799 49
$3,873 57
overdrawn.
$3.873 57
Unexpended
799 49
3,074 08
Expenses for Year 1898.
90,472 91
Add Temporary Loans ..
71.000 00
Total Selectmen's Orders.
Expenses above
Less Following Amounts Due on Account of Year 1898 :
State and Military Aid.
2,233 50
Geo. W. Parker, Concrete.
23 54
Geo. E. Horrocks, Guardian, Chas. W. Kelly
219 47
Jas. W. Grimes, Guardian Eben Beard ..
143 94
Estate Eliza C. Swan ..
277 34
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
93 33
" Mass., Account Burial Agent
70 00
Town of Stonehan.
15 00
Town of North Reading
34 20
City of Waltham.
30 00
Street Railway Companies.
114 96
$3,255 28
Less 'Amount of School House and Electric Light and Power Plant Notes.
5,000 00
.88,255 28
Net Expenses.
$82,217 63
.. .
...
.
. .
.
187
$161,472 91
$90,472 91
Public Library ..
1,700 00
4,650 00
90 00
188
DR.
EDWARD F. PARKER, TREASURER,
To cash in Treasury January 1, 1898.
$3,103 18
To cash rec'd from State Treasurer, National Bank Tax, 1897
42 00
Corporation Tax, 1897.
300 15
..
64
66
National Bank Tax, 1898
739 28
..
66
66
Military Aid, 1897
114 00
..
60
66
State Aid, 1897. Support of State Paupers.
61 02
.6
County Treasurer, dog tax, 1897.
399 17
..
66
Superintendent of Streets, material sold. 66 concrete and edgestone account
72 81
..
Overseers of the Poor, outside poor.
64 15
.6
66
Almshouse account.
947 16
..
66 License fees ..
18 00
Paid Treasurer on orders drawn.
644 28
Received from Engineers of Fire Department, fines for badges
2 00
66
Hired money, temporary loans.
75,000 00)
.6
Hired money, school house loans
2,000 00
..
..
Premium on school house note ..
1 00
..
Interest accrued on school house note
3,000 00
District Court fines.
73 00
. .
..
Master House of Correction. fines
30 00
..
..
('harlie A. Jones, executor of the will of Hiel J. Nelson, cemetery bequest.
200 00
. .
The estate of John Burrill. cemetery bequest .... . . F. H. Dewey, executor of the will of F. O. Dewey, cemetery bequest.
300 00
66
..
E. Harley Gowing, executor of the will of S. H. Dinsmoor, cemetery bequest.
100 00
.6
..
Alden Batchelder, cemetery bequest ..
100 00
First National Bank, interest on deposits
154 25
Error on interest account, 1897.
1 60
.6
Reading water supply, money borrowed.
1,000 00
..
Trustees of cemetery, lots sold.
433 00
..
..
Wakefield and Stoneham Street Railroad
156 48
..
..
Woburn and Reading Street Railroad
10 6%
66
Reading and Lowell Street Railroad.
2 90
6 .
Superintendent of Schools, material sold.
3 00
. .
Superintendent of Schools, cash overpaid on bill ...
10 15
. .
66
Town of Stoneham, support of J. Bryant
18 00
..
..
City of Waltham, support of A. P. Carey
2 00)
..
..
Reading Municipal Light Board, interest overdrawn
58 00
. .
..
Christian Union Society, highway account ..
2 07
Selectmen, grass sold ..
1 00
2 50
..
6 .
Collector of Taxes, list of 1896
8,681 41
..
6.
66
list of 1897.
16,642 77
66
66
66
list of 1898. 49,706 44
$168,856 09
66
66
Corporation Tax, 1898.
2,586 34
1,886 50
66
66
. .
..
..
Hired money, Municipal Light loan.
100 00
Mrs. Mary J. Kimball. cemetery bequest.
50 00
19 80
..
Town of Middleton, support of Melchor.
" Highway account. Harley Prentiss, Collector, estate sold for taxes
10 03
. .
6.
5 75
189
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF READING, CR.
By cash paid State Treasurer, Corporation Tax, 1897. 66 .6
$38 34
66
National Bank Tax, 1898 1898 2,280 00
302 94
66 County Treasurer, County Tax, 1898. 3,780 58
Selectmen's orders, 1898.
161,472 91
66
In Treasury Jan. 1, 1899.
981 32
$168,856 09
EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer.
190
DR. EDWARD F. PARKER, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT
To cash in Treasury January 1. 1898.
$6.439 43
.. received from bonds sold.
7,000 00
..
premium on bonds sold.
730 20
..
.. interest accrued on bond sale.
49 11
..
.. interest on deposits .. .
49 45
..
.. Water Commissioners
13.824 40
$28.092 59
DR. EDWARD F. PARKER. IN ACCOUNT WITH READ-
To cash in Treasury JJan. 1. 1898.
$49 5%
received from Electric Light Commission.
16.656 60
.. interest on deposit-
$16.714 63
191
WITH TOWN OF READING WATER SUPPLY, CR.
By paying Water Commissioners' orders. $28,037 31 55 28 By cash in treasury December 31, 1898
$28,092 59
EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer.
ING ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER PLANT, CR.
By paying Electric Light Commissioners' orders. $15,990 25 By cash in Treasury December 31, 1898 724 38
$16.714 63
EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
LIABILITIES.
Water bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1899 $215,000 00
Interest accrued on water bonds
716 67
Electric light bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1899
60,200 00
Interest accrued on electric light bonds .
587 17
School bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1899
52,000 00
Interest accrued on school bonds
763 55
Due to Fire Department (estimated)
1,100 00
Miscellaneous debts
665 80
Estate of Eliza C. Swan .
376 29
Temporary loans (discounted)
35,000 00
$366,409 48
TRUST FUNDS.
Bequest of Nancy Wakefield . $100 00
Thomas Sweetser
100 00
66 Sabrina Nichols
100 00
Martha Pike .
25 00
Sarah Batchelder
25 00
George L. Smith
200 00
Susan A. Martin
100 00
T. T. Greenwood
500 00
Mark M. Temple
100 00
Susan Wright, Elizabeth Pres- ton and Margaret Gilman . 75 00
Elizabeth B. Eames and Ida L. Nelson . 100 00
Amount carried forward ·
$1,425 00
193
Amount brought forward . $1,425 00
Bequest of Savina Coggin
100 00
Margaret Towne
100 60
66
Lucretia A. Hopkins and Elias Boardman . 150 00
Mrs. Sarah Smith
100 00
66
Gilman D. Kingman
100 00
6. Rosamond C. Pratt .
100 00
Mary F. Harnden .
100 00
Mary B. Wakefield . 100 00
66 P. Jane Batchelder .
100 00
Arthur D. Kingman
50 00
Estate of P. A. Corkins
100 00
Dorinda R. Pratt
200 00
64
Mary Ann McAllister
100 00
Gilman A. Coggin
75 00
66
Mary Ann McAllister for Joseph Bryant 50 00
Miss Mary Evans
50 00
Frederick Bancroft .
30.38
66
Estate Samuel Pierce
100 00
D. W. Berry, executor
.
100 00
66
William L. Crowe . .
100 00
Maria Carter
100 00
66
George C. Coney
100 00
Heirs of Sherman Case
75 00
Estate Isaac M. Clark
100 00
66 Estate of Mary Butler 150 00
Estate of Mary E. Badger .
100 00
66 Estate of Iliel J. Nelson . 200 00
Estate of John Burrell ·
100 00
Estate of F. O. Dewey . 300 00
Estate of S. II. Dinsmore . 100 00
Amount carried forward. . $4,655 38
194
Amount brought forward $4,655 38
Bequest of Mrs. Mary J. Kimball 50 00
AAlden Batchelder
100 00
$4,805 38
$371,214 86
Interest accrued on above funds not yet expended ! $$143 50
$371,358 36
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Unpaid taxes Oct. 1, 1897 . $9,096 82
I'mpaid taxes Oct. 1, 1898 26,019 07
Interest accrued on unpaid taxes
1,072 55
Due from State Aid account . .
2,137 50
..
.. Guardian of Charles W. Kelly 415 47
..
.. II. E. Nichols
9 49
..
66 Smith P Burton, Jr. 160 96
" Commonwealth of Mass. 163 33
..
Mrs. Julia B. French
22 61
Town of Stoneham 15 00
..
.. Town of North Reading 34 20
30 00
.. Guardian of Eben Beard
143 94
.. Geo. W. Parker 23 54
..
Wakefield & Stoneham St. R. R. 95 91
..
Reading & Lowell St. R. R. 14 58
..
.. Woburn & Reading St. R. R. . 4 47
$39,555 44
Cash in Treasury
$872 39
..
water supply
55 2×
..
..
electric light 724 38
.. .‹
.6 Mass. school fund
108 93
$1,760 98
$41,316 42
' Military Aid account
96 00
City of Waltham
195
Available assets in excess of liabilities,
uncollected taxes and accounts due $39,555 44 Cash in treasury 872 39 ·
$40,427 83
Bills payable
. $1,765 80
Due estate of Eliza C. Swan
376 29
Interest on school bonds
763 55
Temporary Loans
. 35,000 00
Interest on bequests
143 50
38,049 14
Balance available $2,378 69
Ve have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Water issioners, and Electric Light Commissioners, and found satis- vouchers for all expenditures.
have examined the accounts of the Town Clerk, Collector, surer, and found them correct.
EDGAR N. HUNT, ALBERT P. DANE, WALTER M. SCOTT, .Auditors.
196
BONDS AND NOTES OUTSTANDING.
May 1, 1899
$2000 00
ELECTRIC LIGHT $1400 00
WATER
June 1, 1899
$7000 00
Aug. 1, 1899
1000 00
Oct.
1, 1899
1000 00
May 1, 1900
2000 00
1400 00
June 1, 1900
7000 00
Aug. 1, 1900
1000 00
Oct. £ 1, 1900
1000 00
March 9, 1901
5000 00
May 1, 1901
2000 00
1400 00
June 1, 1901
.July 15, 1901
1000 00
Aug. 1, 1901
2000 00
Oct. 1, 1901
1000 00
May 1, 1902
1400 00
June 1, 1902
Aug. 1, 1902
2000 00
Oct. 1, 1902
1000 00
May
1, 1903
1400 00
June 1, 1903
Aug. 1, 1903
2000 00
Oct. . 1, 1903
1000 00
May 1, 1904
1400
June 1, 1904
7000 00
July 15, 1904
2000 00
Aug. 1, 1904
2000 00
(ct. 1, 1904
00
May 1, 1905
14 , 00
May 10, 1905
2000 00
June 1, 1905
7000 00
Aug. 1, 1905
2000 00
Oct. 1,1905
2000 00
SCHOOL
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