Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1899, Part 2

Author: Reading (Mass.)
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 210


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1899, October 2d, paid J. O. Hayden, County Treasurer . 175 80


1899, December 1st, paid J. O. Hayden, County Treasurer 39 00


1899, December 31st, Balance on hand not paid . · 3 60


$363 60


JAMES REID, Town Clerk.


SELECTMEN'S GENERAL REPORT.


FOR FISCAL YEAR OF 1899-ENDING DEC. 31st.


To the Inhabitants of the Town of Reading :


Under appropriate headings we herewith submit our annual report :


STREET DEPARTMENT.


In this department we have, so far as possible, followed the vote of the last annual Town meeting.


We have laid out and constructed the continuation of Haven Street, formerly known as Howard Place.


Scotland Road and the extension of Prospect Street have been completed.


Grand Street has been extended to Lowell Street, but could not be completed for lack of funds.


We have laid out and constructed Harriman Avenue.


Haven Street has been paved with granite blocks for about 200 feet, and we suggest that another appropriation be made to continue the paving the coming season.


Several new streets have been asked for, reports of which will be presented at the annual meeting.


In October, work was commenced by the Massachusetts High- way Commission on the section of state road in this town covered by their appropriation of $5000; work was discontinued on this road in December, but we have assurances that same will be resumed


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in the early Spring, when we shall have a fine piece of road, and we hope, in fact have assurances, there will be more of a similar kind from the same source.


Under the Street Railway Act of 1898 Reading received from the Street Railways operating in this town $728.17, amount due, account of the Franchise and Excise Tax imposed under that Act; $465.81 we have applied on removal of Snow and Highway ac- counts, as provided in the Act referred to above, leaving a balance of $262.36 available for use in 1900.


REMARKS AND SUGGESTIONS.


We would again call your attention to the fact that good road material is very scarce, and in order to keep our streets in proper repair, some means must be devised to procure proper material for that purpose.


LAW SUITS AGAINST THE TOWN.


Cases of Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Account of Henry H. Nowell) vs. Town of Reading, and Ipswich Mills vs. Town of Reading are still pending in Court, in charge of the Town's attorneys, and we have nothing new to report.


Grace Mckay vs. Town of Reading ; Margaret Allen vs. Town of Reading ; on the two latter cases we shall ask for your authority at the annual meeting.


In suit of Sarah F. Johnson vs. Town of Reading we have settled same in full by payment of two hundred dollars.


PEOPLES GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY.


The above named Company has submitted to this Board a proposition, whereby they offer to sell to the Town of Reading for $9000 that part of their plant and franchise which they claim to have in the Town of Reading, and we have inserted in the Warrant for the coming annual meeting an article which will bring the mat- ter before you for your consideration.


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Detailed statements of the finances of the several departments are presented on the succeeding pages; they have been carefully compiled and accurately transcribed. We submit them for your approval.


We recommend the following appropriations for the year :


Salaries of Town Officers . $3,300 00


Support of Poor 4,000 00


Soldiers' Relief 800 00


State and Military Aid


2,300 00


Abatement of Taxes


500 00


Printing


500 00


Town Building


250 00


Election Expenses


250 00


Highways, Bridges and Repairs of Sidewalks


5,500 00


Concrete Sidewalks and Edgestones (abuttors paying one-half) 400 00


Concrete Gutters, Crosswalks and Paved Gutters .


500 00


Repairs of Concrete


300 00


Removing Snow and Ice


1,200 00


Miscellaneous Expenses


1,500 00


Care and Improvement of the Common, Elm Park and


Mayall Park . 150 00


Forest Fires


150 00


Interest


. 400 00


GEORGE A. SHACKFORD,


WILLIAM I. RUGGLES, OLIVER L. AKERLEY,


Selectmen.


SELECTMEN'S ACCOUNT.


SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.


Appropriation,


EXPENDED. $3,300 00


James Reid, Town Clerk to Jan. 1, 1900 $75 00


James Reid, Clerk Board of Registrars, Jan.


1, 1898, to Jan. 1, 1899 40 00


James P. Clement, Salary Selectman and Overseer of the Poor, Jan. 1st, 1899, to March 7, 1899 41 67


William I. Ruggles, Salary Selectman and Overseer of the Poor, Jan. 1st, 1899, to Jan. 1st, 1900 300 00


George A. Shackford, Salary Selectman and Overseer of the Poor, Jan. 1st, 1899, to Jan. 1st, 1900 291 67


Oliver L. Akerley, Salary Selectman and Overseer of the Poor, March 6, 1899, to Jan. 1st, 1900 208 33


E. N. Hunt, Salary Auditor, 1898 33 34


W. M. Scott, Salary Auditor, 1898 33 33


A. P. Dane, Salary Auditor, 1898


33 33


Geo. L. Flint, Moderator, March 6, 1899


10 00


Henry Robinson, Salary Electric Light Com-


missioner, Jan. 1, 1899, to Jan. 1, 1900 100 00


Amount carried forward $1,166 67 $3,300 00


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Amount brought forward


A. Newell Howes, Salary Electric Light Commissioner, Jan. 1, 1899, to Jan. 1, 1900


$1,166 67 $3,300 00


100 00


J. H. Carleton, Salary Electric Light Com- missioner, March 1, 1898, to March 1, 1899


100 00


C. L. Martin, Salary Water Commissioner, Jan. 1, 1899, to Jan. 1, 1900 50 00


H. R. Johnson, Salary Water Commissioner, Jan. 1, 1899, to Jan. 1, 1900 50 00


O. L. Akerley, Registrar, May 1, 1898, to March 6, 1899


25 00


E. B. Drake, Registrar, May 1, 1898, to March 6, 1899 25 00


Owen McKenney, Registrar, May 1, 1898, to May 1, 1899


30 00


Edward F. Parker, Treasurer, Jan. 1, 1899, to Jan. 1, 1900 400 00


Edward F. Parker, Assessor, 1899 250 00


John H. Adden, Assessor, 1899 . 250 00


Wm. Wallace Davis, Assessor, 1899


250 00


F. D. Merrill, Secretary Board of Health to Jan. 1, 1900 50 00


Geo. F. Dow, Board of Health, Jan. 1, 1899, to Jan. 1, 1900 25 00


Calvert H. Playdon, Board of Health, March 6, 1899, to Jan. 1, 1900 20 83


Herbert M. Viall, Collector, 1899


391 88


Harley Prentiss, Collector, 1897


76 92


Harley Prentiss, Collector, 1898 130 00 Overdrawn 91 30


$3,391 30 $3,391 30


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TOWN BUILDING AND OFFICE.


Appropriation


$250 00


Francis Bros., step ladder and sundries $3 65


C. F. Nickerson, stock and labor 5 00


W. H. Twombly & Sons, envelopes


75


W. I. Ruggles, labor


1 25


First Nat. Bank, check book


3 00


A. W. Danforth, telephoning


80


F. E. Merrill, care of building


21 08


E. C. Metcalf, waste basket and paper


4 00


Thos. Groom & Co., tax collector's book


6 00


Reading Water Works, water rates .


8 44


James Reid, stamps and stationery


5 50


M. F. Charles, stamps and stationery


10 70


C. M. Barrows, order book


13 00


H. M. Viall, expressing


45


American Express Co., expressing


15


M. R. Warren Co., books and stationery


8 40


C. L. Martin, coal


88 85


S. S. Bell, manager, electric light and sup- plies ·


48 79


H. Prentiss, postage stamps


15 00


Chevasse Pen Co., pens


2 00


Unexpended


3 19


$250 00


$250 00


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ELECTION EXPENSES.


$200 00


Appropriation


EXPENDED.


W. H. Perkins, teller Mar. 6, 1899 . $3 00


W. H. Perkins, election officer Nov. 7, 1899 5 00


John Connelly, election officer Nov. 8, 1898 5 00


Geo. L. Flint, election officer Nov. 7, 1899 5 00


Geo. L. Pratt, teller Mar. 6, 1899 3 00


Geo. L. Pratt, election officer Nov. 7, 1899


5 00


J. C. Nichols, teller Mar. 6, 1899 3 00


J. C. Nichols, election officer Nov. 7, 1899 5 00


W. S. Kinsley, teller Mar. 6, 1899 3 00


H. A. Parker, teller Mar. 6, 1899


3 00


H. A. Parker, election officer Nov. 7, 1899 5 00


A. S. Tuttle, teller Mar. 6, 1899 3 00


W. S. Prentiss, election officer Nov. 7, 1899 5 00


W. F. Eaton, election officer Nov. 7, 1899 5 00


5 00


W. I. Ruggles, election officer Nov. 7, 1899 G. A. Shackford, election officer Nov. 7, 1899 5 00


O. L. Akerley, election officer Nov. 7, 1899 5 00


C. H. Stinchfield, election officer Nov. 7, 1899 5 00


S. G. Stewart, election officer Nov. 7, 1899 5 00 A. W. Danforth, election officer Nov. 7, 1899 5 00


D. T. Bickford, election officer Nov. 7, 1899 5 00


F. K. Black, election officer Nov. 7, 1899 B. F. Flanders, election officer Nov. 7, 1899


5 00


E. C. Parker, distributing notices 1 30


Lyceum Hall Asso., rent of hall


60 50


Ephraim Wight, distributing ballots Mar. 6, 1899


3 00


Amount carried forward $167 80


$300 00


5 00


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Amount brought forward $167 80


$200 00


F. D. Merrill, posting warrants . 3 00


H. Stock, constable Nov. 7, 1899 5 00


James Reid, preparing tally sheets, etc. Unexpended


15 00


9 20


$200 00


$200 00


PRINTING.


Appropriation


$500 00


EXPENDED.


W. H. Twombly & Sons, town reports, extra warrants, and miscellaneous printing $479 20


Unexpended , .


20 80


$500 00


$500 00


ABATEMENT OF TAXES.


Appropriation .


$400 00


EXPENDED.


Bertha Dole


$9 00


Harley Prentiss, collector


391 57


Overdrawn


57


$400 57


$400 57


ESTATE OF ELIZA C. SWAN.


Balance in hands of Town


$376 29


EXPENDED.


Cash, fuel, etc.


$338 25


Unexpended


.


.


38 04


$376 29


$376 29


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PAID ON ACCOUNT OF CHARLES W. KELLY.


Amount due from George E. Horrocks, guardian $59 90 EXPENDED.


Danvers Lunatic Hospital, board


.


$59 90


STATE BURIAL AGENTS' ACCOUNT.


Amount due from Commonwealth of Massachusetts $70 00


EXPENDED.


Ephraim Wight, for burial expenses Nath- aniel Ingerson $35 00


Ephraim Wight, for burial expenses James T. Norris 35 00


$70 00


$70 00


SARAH F. JOHNSON vs. TOWN OF READING.


(No Appropriation.) EXPENDED.


James W. Grimes, att'y, settlement in full . $200 00


$200 00


$200 00


$200 00


DRINKING FOUNTAINS.


Appropriation


$300 00


EXPENDED.


Reading Water Works, water rentals,


$300 00


$300 00


$300 00


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MUNICIPAL LIGHT AND POWER PLANT.


MAINTENANCE.


Appropriation


. .


$4,500 00


Municipal Light Board


.


. $4,500 00


$4,500 00 $4,500 00


INTEREST ON BONDS AND NOTES.


Appropriation


$2,372 50


EXPENDED.


Municipal Light Board .


. $2,372 50


$2,372 50


$2,372 50


CONSTRUCTION. -


Appropriation


$800 00


EXPENDED.


Municipal Light Board


$800 00


$800 00


$800 00


ARC LAMP. (Main and Pearl Streets.)


Appropriation


$100 00


EXPENDED.


Municipal Light Board


$100 00


$100 00


$100 00


NOTE ISSUED MAY 1, 1896.


Amount raised by taxation .


$1,400 00


EXPENDED.


Edw. F. Parker, treas., note paid by him


. $1,400 00


$1,400 00 $1,400 00


EXPENDED.


25


REDUCTION MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEBT.


Amount raised by taxation . $1,000 00


EXPENDED.


Edw. F. Parker, treas., bond No. 5, issue 1894, paid by him $1,000 00 .


$1,000 00 $1,000 00


SCHOOL HOUSE NOTE.


Amount borrowed on note for five years


$2,000 00


EXPENDED.


E. F. Parker, treas., note due May 1, 1899, issue May 1, 1896, paid by him . $2,000 00


$2,000 00 $2,000 00


SCHOOL HOUSE BOND.


Amount raised by taxation $1,000 00


EXPENDED.


E. F. Parker, treas., bond No. 2, issue Aug.


1, 1895, paid by him


$1,000 00


$1,000 00 $1,000 00


INTEREST ON SCHOOL HOUSE NOTES.


Appropriation


$520 00


EXPENDED.


Susan T. Howard $200 00


B. V. French, treas.


120 00


E. F. Parker, treas., interest paid by him 195 00


Unexpended


5 00


$520 00 $520 00


26


INTEREST ON SCHOOL HOUSE BONDS.


Appropriation


$1,560 00


EXPENDED.


E. F. Parker, Treas., by coupons 1899 paid $1,540 00 Unexpended . 20 00


$1,560 00


$1,560 00


INTEREST ON WATER LOAN.


Appropriation


$2,410 00


EXPENDED.


Reading Water Works $2,410 00 . .


$2,410 00


$2,410 00


REDUCTION OF WATER LOAN.


, Amount raised by taxation $7,000 00


EXPENDED.


E. F. Parker, Treas., water bonds 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 153 and 154, paid by him . $7,000 00


$7,000 00 $7,000 00


HYDRANT RENTALS.


Appropriation


$3,750 00


EXPENDED.


Reading Water Works . . . $3,750 00 .


$3,750 00 $3,750 00


27


INTEREST.


Appropriation


$600 00


Amount received from First Nat. Bank, int. on deposits 141 25


66


66 premium on note


11 60


66


H. B. Crandall


5 10


66


Tax Collector 1897


929 54


66


Tax Collector 1898


553 72


66 Tax Collector 1899 .


81 02


EXPENDED.


Discount on four notes $10,000 each, tempo-


$820 56


rary loan


Discount on two notes $10,000 each, tempo- rary loan


552 12


Discount on one note $5,000, temporary loan


148 95


O. N. Jones, interest on trust funds 240 33


A. W. Danforth, interest on trust funds 5 00


Unexpended 557 01


$2,324 04 $2,324 04


STATE AND MILITARY AID.


Appropriation


·


$2,300 00


EXPENDED.


State Aid.


Sarah J. Bickford


$48 00


Eben B. Bickford


48 00


Wm. Bryden


48 00


Edmund Buxton


36 00


Marcus M. Bancroft


48 00


Amount carried forward


$228 00


$2,300 00


66 Julia B. French 1 81


28


Amount brought forward


$228 00 $2,300 00


Wm. H. Baker


28 00


Marietta Baker


20 00


Harriet M. Crouch


24 00


Mary J. Capron


48 00


David P. Cook


34 00


Reuben R. Coates


24 00


John Damon


48 00


Ellen M. Damon


48 00


Henry Deadman


20 00


Sarah A. Deadman


24 00


Elizabeth W. DeRonde


48 00


Stillson H. Dow


48 00


John D. DeRonde


28 00


Alvin Drake, Jr.


8 00


Chas. C. Frost


48 00


Mary P. Goodwin


48 00


Samuel Goodwin


48 00


Theo. F. Gould


48 00


Jacques Gowing


48 00


Andrew J. Green


4 00


Richmond Heselton


68 00


Jonathan Heselton


36 00


Sarah Hetler


48 00


Squire Holt


48 00


Wm. L. Jones


24 00


Wm. LaClair


36 00


Clara A. Leathe


48 00


Jeremiah G. Lovejoy


26 00


Susan R. Lovejoy


48 00


Gustavus Loring


24 00


Amount carried forward


$1,328 00


$2,300 00


29


Amount brought forward


$1,328 00 $2,300 00>


Mary A. McAllister


4 00


Mary McIntire


48 00


Wm. H. Mathews


48 00


Louisa M. Munroe


16 00


Chas. W. Milbery


48 00


Sarah M Milbery


28 00


Horace A. Parker


54 00


Susan R. Poor


24 00


Margaret Pinkham


48 00


Hannah E. Palmer


12 00


David G. Richardson .


48 00.


Susan M. Richardson .


48 00


Wm. H. Sherman


72 00


Helen M. Sherman


48 00


Eliza J. Upton


48 00


Janet C. Varney


48 00


Geo. A. W. Vinall


48 00


Harriett B. Vinall


48 00


Daniel H. Wadlin


60 00


Marcella Woods


48 00


ACT 1898.


Annie Ellis


4 00


Mary R. Thistle


4 00


Ottilie F. Stock .


4 00


To be paid by the State ·


$2,186 00


MILITARY AID.


Henry Batchelder


72 00


George Thayer


.


120 00


One-half to be paid by State


$192 00


Overdrawn


78 00


$2,378 00


$2,378 00,


30


SOLDIERS' RELIEF.


Appropriation


$700 00


EXPENDED.


Marcus M. Bancroft, rent and fuel $127 08


Henry Batchelder, supplies 102 00


William Bryden, supplies 9 95


Martha Bessey, supplies


48 00


Charles H. Champney, fuel and supplies


55 70


Henry and Sarah A. Deadman, supplies


64 30


Elizabeth W. DeRonde, supplies


24 00


Sarah Hettler, rent and supplies


69 00


Susan M. Penney, supplies 12 00


David G. Richardson, supplies


117 00


William H. Sherman, rent and fuel


127 75


Lorenzo D. White, supplies


8 00


A. H. Whitman, burial expenses


15 00


Marcella Woods, rent


24 00


Janet C. Varney, supplies


54 50


Overdrawn


158 28


$ 858 28


$ 858 28


PAID OUT-ACCOUNT TOWN OF NORTH READING. SOLDIERS' RELIEF ACT.


Amount due from town of North Reading EXPENDED.


$5 50


Mrs. Fred C. McIntire and family, supplies $5 50


$5 50 $5 50


MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.


Appropriation


$1,500 00


Amount received for Auctioneers' licenses . 8 00


Amount carried forward $1,508 00


31


Amount brought forward


$1,508 00


Amount received for Hack licenses


9 00


66


Plumbers' licenses 7 50


66


66 " Old hearse


100 00


66


" Daniel Pratt's Sons


1 00


66 H. B. Crandall


2 00


EXPENDED.


Metallic Guideboard Co., street signs and guideboard


$ 8 30


Rosamond E. Tukey, typewriting 4 00


Solon Bancroft, legal services


3 00


E. F. Brooks, reporting deaths


17 50


A. W. Brownell, assessors' blanks


7 52


Harley Prentiss, postage stamps


3 00


Fred Hallett & Co., dog licenses and posters


3 50


Veteran Post No. 194, G.A.R., elec. lighting


50 00


Byron Bros., corporation returns


6 00


Frederic Wallace, horse hire


15 75


C. H. Playdon, salary as inspector of ani- mals and provisions, Jan. 1st, 1899, to Jan. 1st, 1900 150 00


Johnson & Sherman, painting fence 11 00


H. Strater & Sons, set sealers' measures 20 00


J. H. Adden, investigating records 18 00


Edward F. Parker, expenses treasurer and assessor


11 63


Old South M. E. Church, care of clock


50 00


H. G. Wadlin, estimate and drawing for proposed addition to town building Henry Stock, care of flag .


25 00


10 00


James A. Bancroft, surveys and plans


21 50


Amount carried forward $435 70 $1,627 50


32


Amount brought forward $435 70 $1,627 50


W. H. Twombly & Sons, advertising 26 25


A. G. Emerson, labor on guideboards and ditches, 34 69


R. B. Nichols, labor on guideboards 4 93


Samuel Brown, “ 66 1 50 ·


H. S. LaClair, 66


1 50


F. Chusong, labor on guideboards and ditches, 9 92


G. L. Ellis, labor on ditches 7 00


Martin Halloran, labor on ditches


3 50


W. K. Pratt, 66


5 06


F. Castine,


6.


20 84


Martin Forbes, 66 66 66


4 47


Jerry Doucette,


4 47


J. Ferrick, 66 .6


2 72


Alex La Fave, 66


66


16 37


Wm. Carney, .


66


3 50


E. H. Forbes, .6


10 35


David Muse,


4 67


J. H. Brown,


66


66


4 37


Thos. Riley, 66


66


8 56


John Stock, labor


50


American Express Co., expressing


90


Cummings Express, 30


Boston & Maine R.R., freight on guideboards 25


C. K. Littlefield, ringing bell 1 00


C. H. Swain, 1 00


A. P. French, legal services 30 00


W. F. Welch, trimming trees 8 75


W. A. Bancroft, trimming trees


33 30


Amount carried forward


$690 84 $1,627 50


66 66 66


.


66


.


4 47


E. F. Wall,


33


Amount brought forward


$690 84 $1,627 5@


D. C. Temple, maple trees 5 25


C. C. Frost, labor on pump 1 25


N. W. Broad, labor on fence


10 92


W. Bancroft & Co., lumber for fence, pipe for ditch, and guide posts 71 16


Francis Bros., hardware for guideboards, waste barrels, stock and labor 6 25


W. F. Turner, photographing 3 00


F. W. Danforth, painting waste barrels 7 82


W. I. Ruggles, typewriting


2 74


E. C. Parker, distributing notices


50


A. W. Danforth, stationery and telephone 1 00 James Reid, recording births, deaths and marriages 68 80}


O. C. B. Nason, reporting births


5 25


E. D. Richmond,


3 25


Geo. F. Dow,


3 75


D. W. Byers,


7 00.


Judith Porter,


1 50:


$890 28


DECORATION AND CARE OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.


EXPENDED.


Veteran Post 194, G. A. R. . . $175 00


BOARD OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


EXPENDED.


L. J. Bacigalupo, rent


$16 00


Mrs. F. H. Manning, rent


80 00


Amount carried forward $1,161 28


$1,627 50


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Amount brought forward $1,161 28 $1,627 50 9 00


A. Hodson, repairs


G. S. Tukey, salary plumbing inspector, rear ending Jan. 1, 1900


300 00


R. P. Burgess, repairs


9 00


A. J. Bancroft.


5 51


J. C. Nichols, safe


5 00


S. W. Bowker. moving safe


7 00


E. D. Richmond, medical services 35 00


F. D. Merrill, expressing and telephone 3 10


$469 61


CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF COMMON AND PARKS.


EXPENDED.


Reading Water Works, water rentals $12 00


Francis Bros., barbed wire . 68


O. N. Jones, fertilizer and labor


13 30


J. F. Ames, labor. Mayall Park


1 92


Orne Green, labor


43 00


$70 90


FOREST FIRES.


EXPENDED.


W. A. Bancroft, salary as fire warden,Jan. 1, 1899, to May 1, 1899 $5 00


Labor at forest fires 14 40


Estate of Chas. A. Weston, salary as fire warden, May 1, 1898, to Jan. 1, 1899 . 10 00


Amount carried forward


$1,635 19 $1,627 50


35


Amount brought forward $1,635 19 $1,627 50


A. G. Nichols, salary as fire warden, May 1, 1898, to May 1, 1899 . 15 00


O. N. Jones, salary as fire warden, May 1, 1898, to May 1, 1899 . 15 00


M. M. Cummings, salary as fire warden, May 1, 1898, to May 1, 1899 .


15 00


Asa Parker, salary as fire warden, May 1, 1898, to May 1, 1899


15 00


Labor at forest fires


8 75


C. E. Stratton, labor at forest fires


63


J. M. Pierce, 66


6 38


W. F. Welsh,


66 66 66 63


1 00


Geo. H. Bowers, 66


3 75


Chas. Kimball, 66 66 66 66


5 50


C. P. Weston, 66 66 66


66


2 00


Leon Chase,


66


66


6 75


Geo. Lewis,


66


66


5 25


R. A. Phillips,


66 66


1 25


Henry Haag,


66


1 50


W. H. Bancroft,


66


66


66


6 00


A. W. Bancroft,


66


2 50


E. P. Bancroft,


66


66


4 75


C. E. Shanley,


66


66


66


2 75


F. W. Davis,


4 00


P. Riley,


66


66


50


Jas. Lawn,


2 75


B. F. Manning,


66


66


66


3 25


Joe White,


2 75


Jas. Driscoll,


66


66


66


2 75


Amount carried forward


$1,770 58 $1,627 50


O. A. Nichols,


66


66


66


66


66


36


Amount brought forward


$1,770 58 $1,627 50


A. C. Manning,


labor at forest fire


7 35


John Welsh,


66 66


2 75


John Reardon,


66


2 75


H. W. Batchelder, “


2 13


M. J. Shannon,


2 75


Jas. Baxter,


3 25


Ambrose Froton,


2 75


T. Riley,


2 75


T. Murray,


5 25


A. G. Heselton,


3 00


W. B. Heselton,


66


6 50


H. E. McIntire,


66


66


2 75


Archie Day,


66


38


Wm. Dawes, refreshments and coffee


3 68


$212 83


Overdrawn


$191 12


$1,818 62


$1,818 62


66


66 66


66


STREET DEPARTMENT.


HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND REPAIRS OF SIDEWALKS.


Appropriation


$5,500 00


Material sold 22 94


A portion of am'nt received from street railways, franchise and excise tax . 36 07


EXPENDED.


F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., time book 60


American Express Co., expressing


45


Cummings Express Co.,


45


Geo. Tyler & Co., repairs on road ma- chine, etc. .


12 25


Francis Bros., supplies


45 83


W. Bancroft & Co., lumber, pipe, etc.


260 28


F. Wallace, tools and supplies


5 02


Osgood & Hart, castings


21 00


Smith & Anthony, castings


6 80


W. F. Chisholm, ladder


2 00


E. H. Stevens, storage


4 00


Mrs. A. M. Barnard, rent


42 00


Samuel Brown, repairs of tools


1 75


John A. Blunt, 66 66


1898-1899


29 22


O. O. Ordway,


32 67


R. C. Totten,


66 66


15 31


Amount carried forward


$479 63 $5,559 01


38


Amount brought forward $479 63 $5,559 01


Horton M'f'g Co., repairs of tools


40


Joseph Breck & Sons, tools 2 10


Boston & Maine R. R., freight and ties 1 62


James A. Bancroft, survey and plans


14 50


Francis Bartley, rubber boots and R. R. tickets, 1898 and 1899 8 05


Nathan Bancroft, rubber boots


2 50


W. I. Ruggles, typewriting and postage


60


T. F. Williams


.


3 00


Mrs. Hannah C. Cochrane, gravel


3 12


Geo. E. Dow, gravel


3 20


Wm. E. Wells, gravel


55 62


E. T. Reynolds, gravel


18 55


Wm. Carter, gravel


46 86


Geo. H. Atkinson, gravel


71 70


J. I. Gleason, gravel


7.2


Fred Bancroft, gravel 6 12


J. F. Burnham, supt., gravel


65 88


J. N. Weston, gravel 47 52


Albert Gould, gravel 4 25


John Muse, labor and team 53 35


J. B. Nichols, labor and team


100 17


A. H. Parker, labor and team


18 00


E. E. Nichols, 66


113 00


J. R. Morton,


3 33


Asa Parker, 66


81 94


F. A. Nichols,


83 03


H. S. LaClair, 66


157 50


A. B. Day,


66


4 50


W. O. Dockendorff, labor and team


72 00


Amount carried forward


$1,522 76 $5,559 01


39


Amount brought forward


$1,522 76 $5,559 0.1


J. W. Killam,


labor and team


147 88


C. L. Nichols,


50 17


J. F. Ames,


66


64 76


J. McKenney,


60 84


Z. Lampro,


48 00


W. A. Bancroft,


66


66


274 84


A. Michelini,


42 17


H. W. Batchelder,


66 66


118 65


C. C. Green,


67 50


S. W. Bowker,


66


66 66


92 34


John Stock, 66 66


166 42.


Geo. Lampro,


36 83.


F. W. Davis,


59 50.


Parker Nichols,


81 00


M. D. Parker,


54 00


A. G. Emerson,


66


66


66


481 10


Geo. E. Lang, 66


66 00


A. E. Batchelder, gravel, labor and team 113 90


S. P. Burton, Jr.,


78 25


W. H. Killam, gravel and labor


57 87


E. H. Forbes, material and labor 62 26


2 65


Wm. L. Jones, use of team


44 33


J. D. Canty, use of team 26 58


Town of No. Reading, labor


6 00


J. E. Wilkins, labor


27 03


Thos. Riley,


14 00


R. B. Nichols,


73 88


W. E. Coney,


31 69


H. Litchfield,


.


115 07


Amount carrried forward


$4,088 27


$5,559 01


66


66


יר


66


C. C. Frost, 66 66


40


Amount brought forward


$4,088 27 $5,559 01


J. H. Brown, labor


68 55


W. E. Beard,


16 72


Martin Forbes, «


140 58


W. F. Welch,


77 00


David Muse,


83 42


W. K. Pratt, 66


175 01


D. W. Pratt,


128 53


F. Castine, 66


147 20


D. W. McKenney, labor,


1 50


C. W. Milbury,


62 61


Stephen Hadley,


1 75


Joe. White,


12 84


J. H. White,


66


14 58


F. Chusong,


66


173 17


Willie Johnson, 66


14 67


E. J. Lampro,


66


5 25


Thos. Horne,


6 61


Henry Damon,


97


Wm. Carney,


104 03


Geo. D. Putnam,


66


73 70


Martin Halloran,


66


79 34


F. Lamphrey,


56 21


G. W. Allen,


2 00


Jacques Gowing,


3 50


H. W. Poor,


66


21 00


$5,559 01


$5,559 01


41


CONCRETE GUTTERS, CROSSWALKS AND PAVED GUTTERS.


Appropriation


$500 00


Amount received from material sold


2 90


EXPENDED.


E. H. Forbes, concrete


$198 18


Wm. Carney, labor, paving


134 56


A. G. Emerson, labor and team


17 50


W. A. Bancroft, 66 66


11 16


F. W. Davis, 66 66 66


4 50


W. J. Moody, 66 66


1 67


W. K. Pratt, labor


1 75


T. Riley,


1 75


W. F. Welch,


6 22


David Muse, 66


1 75


Martin Halloran, "


4 28


Geo. H. Atkinson, broom


75


Asa Parker, paving stones


53 50


Samuel Brown, measuring concrete


2 50


Unexpended


62 83


$502 90


$502 90


REPAIRS OF CONCRETE.


Appropriation


.


$200 00


A portion of amount received from street railways, franchise and excise tax $295 62


EXPENDED.


E. H. Forbes, concrete


$488 12


A. G. Emerson, labor and team 7 50


$495 62


$495 62


. 42


CONCRETE SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES.


ABUTTERS TO PAY ONE-HALF.


Appropriation


Amount received from E. H. Forbes


4 10


66


66


W. F. Spinney .


21 68


66


W. I. Ruggles .


15 38


66


66 Jacob Mitchell


22 81


due from T. J. Babcock .


31 98


66


66 J. C. Oxley


22 56


66


66 C. R. Henderson


27 06


66


L. G. Howard .


112 74


66


R. P. Burgess .


16 15


66 W. H. Willis .


45 46


66


A. D. Gordon .


17 11


EXPENDED.


E. H. Forbes, concrete and edgestone, $606 21


66 blasting


56 10


A. G. Emerson, labor and team . 7 00


Samuel Brown, measuring concrete and edgestone


1 50


Overdrawn


133 78


$670 81 $670 81


HOWARD PLACE.


Appropriation (Loan) $2,500 00


EXPENDED.


W. A. Bancroft, labor and team $27 50


A. G. Emerson, 66 66 103 25


Amount carried forward $130 75 $2,500 00


$200 00


43


Amount brought forward Jas. McKenney, labor and team


$130 75 $2,500 00


6 00


E. H. Forbes,


6 50


A. B. Day, 66 66


87 67


S. W. Bowker, 66


5 75


J. H. Brown, labor


33 25


W. K. Pratt,


34 03


Martin Forbes, 66


58 75


Frank Castine, 66


55 44


F. Chusong,


39 28


W. F. Welch, 66


8 75


D. W. Pratt, 66


42 39


Thos. Riley, 66


6 42


M. Halloran, 66


30 53


Simon Clement,


41 03


John F. Ames,


11 00


H. W. Poor,


5 25


J. Doucette, 66


3 50


H. H. Harvey, tool


50


Ames Plow Co., stone points


2 99


Boston and Maine R. R., freight


27


F. E. Newhall, granite


38 40


Smith & Anthony, castings


3 00


Osgood & Hart,


11 00


Francis Bros., drills, etc.




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