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Supervisor
Fred. A. Archibald
Holt's Inst. of Vocal Harmony
600
of Music
IX
Mary A. Whitney
special
Maude A. Bonner
Brown University
.
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Lillian E. Tibbetts
John St. Chestnut IIill
VI-IV
Isabel M. Wetherell
Jessie E. Dyer
of Drawing
new
room
Number of cases
176
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Appropriations :
General, for teachers, janitors and fuel, $17,500 00
Contingent, for incidental expenses and for books and supplies
3,000 00
Sundry receipts
53 10
For superintendent of schools 975 00 Total receipts $21,628 10
Paid for teachers, janitors and fuel 17,229 43 .
Paid incidental expenses 1,940 60
Paid for books and supplies 1,247 37
Paid superintendent of schools
1,087 50
Transportation 128 00
Total expenses
$21,532 80
Balance
104 80
General appropriation
$17,500 00
Paid teachers
. $14,158 75
Paid janitors
1,450 14
Paid fuel
1,620 54
Paid transportation
128 00
$17,357 43.
Balance
142 57
Appropriation for incidental expenses and for books and supplies . $3,000 00
Sundry receipts .
53 10
$3,053 10
Paid incidental expenses
. $1,940 60
books and supplies
1,247 37
$3,187 97
Overdraft
Balance
$134 87 7 70
177
Salary of Superintendent of Schools
Overdraft
$112 59
This overdraft on salary is due to paying on the last of each calendar month instead of at the close of each school month.
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
PAID TEACHERS.
F. E. Whittemore
$1,700 00
Christine M. Scott
800 00
Sarah T. Kurt
720 00
Mary A. Whitney
640 00
Frances M. Smith
180 00
Maud A. Bonner
405 00
Alice M. Barrows
820 00
Frances M. Wilson
500 00
Grace M. Dennison
540 00.
Nina A. Duley
75 00.
F. B. Wight
210 00
Emma S. Page
200 00
Ida M. Kimball
270 00
Florence E. Hunter
450 00
A. Helena Burnham
180 00
Mary W. Baker
240 00
Helen A. Parker
360 00
Laura C. Pollard
380 00
Lucy E. Morgan
45 00
M. Grace Wakefield
400 00
Annie P. Reid 400 00
Myra K. Parker
360 00
Lillian A. Tibbetts
420 00
A. Gertrude Dean
270 00
Amount carried forward
$10,565 00
178
Amount brought forward
$10,565 00
Jessie E. Dyer
400 00
Isabel M. Wetherell
160 00
Mary E. Barnes
160 00
Mary A. Perkins
78 75
A. Gertrude Demsey
450 00
Isabel M. Elliott
200 00
Alice G. Haskell
200 00
Alice M. Day
350 00
Bertha W. Bryant
195 00
Cora Jaquith
350 00
Mary A. Sargent
50 00
Annie B. Parker
400 00
F. W. Archibald
600 00
$14,158 75
PAID TRANSPORTATION.
Borthwick Bros. . .
.
128 00
PAID JANITORS.
Clement Gleason
666 64
D. C. Sanborn
440 00
Timothy Cummings
124 50
L. Adelbert Frost
24 00
Samuel Killam
56 00
Charles F. Bessom
59 00
O. H. Brown
80 00
$1,450 14
PAID FOR FUEL.
W. A. Allen
$38 75
T. F. Gould
.
.
3 00
Asa Parker
.
12 00
Amount carried forward
$53 75
179
Amount brought forward
$53 75
H. E. Cox .
5 00
Calvin L. Martin .
1,030 75
Howard W. Batchelder
24 50
A. Nichols .
3 00
Geo. E. Dow
58 50
Wendell Bancroft & Co.
445 04
$1,620 54
INCIDENTAL SCHOOL EXPENSES.
O. O. Ordway,
$ 75
Timothy Cummings
1 00
Peoples Gas and Electric Light
6 75
G. H. Atkinson
8 11
Murphy, Leavens & Co.
22 63
Fife Bros.
2 80
W. H. Twombly & Sons
64 05
N. W. Broad
4 96
W. B. Badger & Co.
29 75
Francis Bros.
208 95
H. M. Viall, Cummings Express
31 90
American Express Co.
10 81
Electric Light and Power Department
3 01
Reading Water Works
80 52
Wm. Hazen Bancroft
2 25
Geo. M. Stevens
25 00
Copeland & Bowser
4 41
Albert B. Franklin
21 46
Reading Planing Mill
3 77
Old South Church
40 50
Geo. E. Gill
1 50
S. W. Bowker
2 10
Amount carried forward
$576 98
180
Amount brought forward
$576 98
Henry M. Parker
3 00
F. I). Merrill
20 00
Shepard, Norwell
9 00
J. L. Hammett & Co.
8 00
H. C. Kendall
6 00
F. J. Barnard
5 45
Clement Gleason
3 40
Chas. E. Hussey
30 00
Jordan, Marsh & Co.
17 00
John Stock
23 00
Wendell Bancroft & Co.
24 47
Henry F. Miller & Sons
52 00
J. C. Wells & Co.
120 00
C. H. Russell
2 25
Standard Chemical Co.
10 53
Frank L. Johnson
20 05
C. A. Pickett
14 90
American School Furniture Co.
41 50
Chandler Adjustable Chair Co.
13 50
Mrs. A. M. Brown
4 20
Allen, Hall & Co.
189 75
A. W. Hodson
11 00
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co.
244 80
M. E. Nichols
160 57
D. C. Sanborn
3 00
Melville A. Stone
4 77
J. E. Bell
15 00
H. R. Johnson
94 92
M. S. Quinlan
158 96
S. E. Parker
40 00
Daniel Pratt's Son
12 60
$1,940 60
181
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Edward E. Babb
$348 46
Silver, Burdett & Co.
48 45
Allyn & Bacon .
24 84
Maynard, Merrill & Co.
42 84
D. C. Heath & Co.
19 57
D. L. Brownell
3 00
J. L. Hammett & Co. .
145 05
Educational Publishing Co.
1 50
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co. 5 05
T. H. Castor & Co. 7 04
Suffolk Ink Co.
5 00
Ginn & Co.
300 82
American Book Co.
51 36
Joseph Gillott & Co.
9 75
Thompson, Brown & Co.
3 00
Charles W. Homeyer
9 75
University Publishing Co.
4 00
Boston School Supply Co. .
33 80
L'ech de la Semaine
2 40
F. E. Whittemore
6 15
N. J. Bartlett
15 00
Werner School Book Co.
4 00
Carter, Rice & Co.
8 94
Lillian A. Tibbetts
95
Dennison Manufacturing Co.
4 70
Williams & Rogers
25 20
E. C. Metcalf
3 35
H. C. Dimond & Co.
2 25
F. J. Barnard & Co. .
67 33
Mineral Tablet Ink Co.
7 50
Amount carried forward
$1,210 05
182
Amount brought forward
$1,210 05
Holden Patent Book Cover
6 25
Sulpho-Napthol Co.
12 50
N. L. Wilson
1 00
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co.
9 57
Josef Sandburg .
8 00
$1,247 37
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation
$1,000 00 Proceeds of dog tax, 1×98 402 99
EXPENDED.
Rent.
Odd Fellows' Building Association $475 00
Light.
S. S. Bell, electric service
33 03
Salaries.
L. S. Cox, librarian $300 00
Jessie Grouard, assistant 26 00
B. Y. Smith, janitor
30 00
$356 00
Books.
C. E. Lauriat Company $427 90
E. H. Hames & Co. 4 00
H. M. Meek 2 00
E. E. Ball 3 60
D. S. Brownell
3 00
A. R. Taylor
3 00
E. P. Boon 2 00
A. W. Danforth, periodicals 33 50
H. G. Wadlin, cash expended 16 00
$495 00
Sundries. W. E. &J. F. Twombly, printing $12 00
F. J. Barnard, bookbinding 31 96
$43 96
$1,402 99 $1,402 99
184
FINE ACCOUNT.
Amount on hand Jan. 1, 1899
$67 43
Received for catalogues
4 90
Received for cards
3 30
Received for fines
47 47
$123 10
Paid for binding
$16 64
Paid for incidental supplies
4 62
Paid for expressage
2 05
Paid for new clock
12 00
$35 31
Balance
$87 79
"The following volumes have been presented to the library :
NAMES OF DONORS. NUMBER OF VOLUMES.
United States, Documents and Reports
16
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
14
Mrs. James Lodge
1
Other sources
15
46
Number of new volumes added .
375
Total number in library
8,589
Circulation, year ending Jan. 1, 1900
16,520
Largest single month, March
1,840
Smallest, June
1,134
During the year the use of the reading tables has shown a slight increase. The list of periodicals taken was revised and enlarged by the addition of two or three new selections at the close of the subscription year.
A new supplementary catalogue has been prepared in manu- script, covering all accessions to the library since the prior bulletin was issued, and will be at once printed.
185
Recent purchases comprise not only current works of timely interest, but a considerable number of standard volumes in each of the departments, including such as were needed to complete sets in biography and history, already on our shelves. The trustees hope to arrange for the beginning of a card catalogue of at least one department, for example, history, during the coming year; and by subsequent work in the same direction gradually complete a card catalogue of the entire library. The work, of course, must pro- ceed slowly, as our funds will not permit us to incur expenditures on this account at present, and whatever is done must be carried on gratuitously.
The trustees recommend the appropriation of $1000 and the proceeds of the dog tax for the support of the library during the coming year, this being the same appropriation as made in 1899.
Two vacancies occur in the board, to be filled at the annual town meeting, the terms of Harley Prentiss and Henry G. Kit- tredge expiring.
Respectfully submitted,
II. G. WADLIN, Chairman, F. E. WHITTEMORE, HARLEY PRENTISS, HENRY G. KITTREDGE, J. WOODWARD MANNING, CYRUS M. BARROWS, Secretary,
READING, January, 1900.
Trustees.
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
$3,391 30
$91 30
Town Building and Office
250 00
250 00
246 81
$3 19
Election Expenses.
200 00
200 00
190 80
9 20
Printing ...
500 00
500 00
479 20
20 80
Abatement of Taxes.
400 00
400 00
400 57
57
Estate of Eliza C. Swan
338 25
338 25
Charles W. Kelley ...
59 90
59 90
State Burial Agent's Account.
70 00
70 00
Sarah F. Johnson, claim
200 00
200 00
Drinking Fountain ..
300 00
300 00
300 00
Municipal Light and Power Plant
4,500 00
4,500 00
4,500 00
Interest on Bonds and Notes.
2,372 50
2,372 50
2,372 50
Construction
800 00
800 00
800 00
Arc Lamp, Main and Pearl Streets
100 00
100 00
100 00
Note, issue May 1, 1896.
1,400 00
1,400 00
1,400 00
Reduction of Debt ..
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
School House Note.
$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
520 00
520 00
515 00
5 00
Interest on School House Bonds
1.560 00
1,560 00
1,540 00
20 00
Interest on Water Loan.
2,410 00
2.410 00
2,410 00
Reduction of Water Loan
7,000 00
7,000 00
7.000 00
Hydrant Rentals
3,750 00
3,750 00
3,750 00
Interest ..
600 00
1,724 04
2,324 04
1,766 96
557 08
State and Military Aid.
2,300 00
2,300 00
2,378 00
78 00
Soldiers' Relief .
700 00
700 00
858 28
Soldiers' Relief Account, No. Reading.
5 50
Miscellaneous Expenses.
1,500 00
127 50
1,627 50
1,818 62
191 12
Highways, Bridges and Repairs of Sidewalks ...
5,500 00
59 01
5,559 01
5,559 01
Concrete Gutters, Crosswalks and Paved Gutters
500 00
2 90
502 90
440 07
62 83
Repairs of Concrete ..
209 00
295 62
495 62
495 62
Concrete Sidewalks and Edgestones (abutters to pay one-half).
200 00
337 03
1 537 03
670 81
133 78
158 28
5 50
Maintenance
Howard Place Haven Street.
2,500 00 1,001 05
2,500 00
2,292 01
207 99
3 22
Grand Street, Harriman Avenue, Draining Pearl Street, Culvert, Curtis Street.
1,100 00
1,100 00
1,085 48
14 52
Wakefield & Stoneham St. Ry. Co ..
201 89
201 89
201 89
Woburn & Reading St. Ry. Co.
120 64
120 64
120 64
Reading & Lowell St. Ry. Co.
47 66
47 66
47 66
Removal of Snow and Ice.
1,200 00
149 66
1,349 66
1,349 66
Fire Department ..
3,200 00
3,200 00
3,167 43
32 57
Fire Alarm Box 27.
50 00
50 00
48 76
1 24
New Hose.
250 00
250 00
250 00
Laurel Hill Cemetery
900 00
160 00
1,060 00
1,062 33
2 33
Police Department.
1,700 00
81 25
1,781 25
1,873 87
92 62
Overseers of the Poor Account
3,600 00
1,425 38
5.025 38
5,808 20
782 82
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
13 45
13 45
Town of North Reading.
95 55
95 55
114 05
18 50
City of Waltham
69 13
69 13
93 13
24 00
Schools ..
17,500 00
17,500 00
17,357 43
142 57
School Incidentals
3,000 00
55 60
3,055 60
3,190 47
134 87
Superintendent of Schools.
975 00
975 00
1,087 50
112 50
Public Library.
1,000 00
402 99
1,402 99
1,402 99
$77.337 50
$10.856 90
$88,194 40
$89,621 98
$1,080 21
$2.507 79
Overdrawn ..
$2,507 79
Unexpended
1,080 21
$1,427 58
Expenses for Year 1899
$89,621 98
Add Temporary Loans
75,000 00
Total Selectmen's Orders.
$164,621 98
Expenses above
$89,621 98
Less Following Amounts Due on Account of Year 1899 :
2,282 00
Estate Eliza C. Swan ..
338 25
.
.
.
Account of Concreting.
273 06
Commonwealth of Massachusetts ..
13 45
Mass., Account Burial Agent
70 00
Town of North Reading.
24 00
City of Waltham.
24 00
$3,084 66
Less Amount of School House, Howard Place
and Haven Street Notes
5,500 00
8,584 66
$81,047 32
Net Expenses .
.
.
State and Military Aid
Geo. E. Horrocks, Guardian Chas. W. Kelly ...
59 90
.
1,001 05
997 83
188
DR.
EDWARD F. PARKER, TREASURER,
To cash in Treasury January 1, 1899
$981 32
To cash rec'd from State Treasurer, balance of Corporation Tax, 1898
224 52
National Bank Tax, 1898.
25 76
Corporation Tax, 1899
3,100 63
..
..
Military Aid, Chapt. 78 Acts 1894.
96 00
66 State Aid, Chapt. 301 Acts 1894 .. .6 66
500 66 1898 ..
64 00
Burial of Indigent Soldiers.
70 00
Street Rail Road Tax .. 6.
66 Franchise Tax ..
536 35
Support of State Paupers
59 14
..
Hired Money, temporary loans
75,000 00
..
66
Howard Place Loan
2,500 00
Haven Street Loan ..
1,000 00
6 .
6 School House Loans
2.000 00
..
Premium on school house note
11 60
County Treasurer, dog tax, 1898.
402 99
64
Superintendent of Streets, material sold ..
23 09
..
edgestone and concrete account Overseers of the Poor. Almshouse account ..
24 50
. .
..
Cash Paid Treasurer on orders drawn
703 68
. .
..
Fourth District Court fines.
73 00
. .
Master of House of Correction fines.
5 00
6.
First National Bank, interest on deposits.
141 25
. .
66
Trustees of Cemetery. lots sold
160 00
Street Rail Roads Tax.
485 15
. .
Town of Stoneham, support of J. Bryant .. 66 North Reading, support of Charles MeIntire. .. 6 6 .6
75 10
..
City of Waltham, 66
66
69 13
..
H. Burr Crandall, on account of estate >old for taxes.
80 50
.. Henry F. Parker, cemetery bequest
100 00
..
.. Sarah D. Eaton. 66
125 00
..
Heirs of James H. Bancroft, cemetery bequest.
75 00
..
..
Edward F. Brooks. for old hearse
100 60
..
..
('ity of Woburn, snow and ice account
6 54
. .
..
New England Telephone Co., highway account.
2 75
..
.. H. E. Nichols ..
9 49
..
..
Police department, for services.
3 25
..
Harley Prentiss, Collector, list 1896. .. 66 1897
10,259 23
. .
..
.. 66
66 1898.
17,647 62
..
H. M. Viall, 66
66 1899
55,325 00
66
Street Rail Road Excise Tax.
191 82
$176,430 87
..
National Bank Tax, 1899.
697 59
2,073 50
..
..
..
471 14
. .
6 .
Superintendent of Schools. material sold
15 30
15 00
..
6.
916 99
..
Selectmen and Board of Health, license fees
J. B. Smith. 66 Carey. 66 Mrs. Perry.
54 65
30 00
Estate of Charles A. Weston, cemetery bequest
100 00
25 40
..
..
..
272 89
189
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF READING, CR.
By paying County Treasurer, County Tax
$4,119 81
46 State 46 State Tax 2,280 00
64
66
National Bank Tax
308 38
6 6
66 Selectmen's orders ...
164,621 98
16
Cash in Treasury Jan. 1, 1900
5,100 70
$176,430 87
EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer.
190
DR. EDWARD F. PARKER, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT
To cash in Treasury January 1, 1899.
$55 28
66 received from water bonds sold ..
5,000 00
60 premium on bonds sold ..
610 00
interest accrued on bonds sold
9 23
66
66
66 Water Commissioners ..
18,806 40
66
66 First National Bank, interest. 28 65
$24,509 66
DR. EDWARD F. PARKER, IN ACCOUNT WITH READ-
To cash in Treasury, Jan. 1, 1899.
$724 38
66 received from Electric Light Commissioners
13,961 22
66 .6 First National Bank, interest. 2 95
$14,688 55
191
WITH THE TOWN OF READING WATER SUPPLY, ' CR.
By paying Water Commissioners' orders. $23,276 48 1,233 18
By cash in Treasury January 1, 1900
$24,509 66
EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer.
ING ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER PLANT, CR.
By paying Electric Light Commissioners' orders. $14,675 51
By cash in Treasury January 1, 1900.
13 04
$14,688 55
EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
LIABILITIES.
Water bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1900
$216,000 00
Interest accrued on water bonds
720 00
Electric light bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1900
61,300 00
Interest accrued on electric light bonds
613 00
School bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1900
51,000 00
Interest accrued on school bonds
850 00
Due to Fire Department (estimated)
950 00
Miscellaneous debts
595 80
Estate of Eliza C. Swan .
38 04
Temporary loans
35,000 00
$367,066 84
TRUST FUNDS.
Bequest of Nancy Wakefield . $100 00
Thomas Sweetser
100 00
66 Sabrina Nichols
100 00
66 Martha Pike
25 00
Sarah Batchelder
25 00
66 George L. Smith
200 00
Susan A. Martin
100 00
T. T. Greenwood
500 00
Mark M. Temple
100 00
Amount carried forward
$1,250 00
.
.
193
Amount brought forward
$2,510 00 $367,066 84
66
Susan Wright, Elizabeth Pres- ton and Margaret Gilman 75 00
Elizabeth B. Eames and Ida L. Nelson 100 00
66
Savina Coggin
100 00
Margaret Towne
100 00
Lucretia A. Hopkins and Elias Boardman . 150 00
Mrs. Sarah Smith
100 00
66
Gilman D. Kingman 100 00
Rosamond C. Pratt
100 00
Mary F. Harnden
100 00
66
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
Mary Ann McAllister 100 00
66
Gilman A. Coggin
100 00
Mary Ann McAllister for Joseph Bryant 50 00
66
Miss Mary Evans
50 00
Frederic Bancroft
31 90
Estate Samuel Pierce
100 00
D. W. Berry, executor
100 00
William L. Crowe 100 00
Maria Carter 100 00
George C. Coney
100 00
Heirs of Sherman Case
75 00
Estate Isaac M. Clark
100 00
Amount carried forward
$3,731 90 $367,066.84
194
Amount brought forward
$3,731 90 $367,066 84
4 .6
66 of Mary Butler
150 00
לי
Mary E. Badger 100 00
Heil J. Nelson
200 00
"
John Burrill
100 00
יר F. O. Dewey .
300 00
S. H. Dinsmore
100 00
66 Mrs. Mary J. Kimball
50 00
Alden Batchelder
100 00
Estate Chas. A. Weston
100 00
.66 Henry F. Parker
100 00
Sarah D. Eaton
100 00
Heirs of James H. Bancroft
75 00
Interest accrued on the above funds not yet expended
$219 15
$5,426 05
$372,492 89
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Unpaid taxes Oct. 1, 1898 $8,925 17
Unpaid taxes Oct. 1, 1899
.
26,637 59
Interest accrued on unpaid taxes
1,002 36
Due from State Aid Account .
2,186 00
" Military Aid account
96 00
66 Guardian of Charles W. Kelly .
475 37
Commonwealth of Mass.
83 45
66
Town of North Reading . 24 00
ור
66
City of Waltham
24 00
66
Concreting
273 06
Cash in Treasury
$4,991 77
$39,727 00
195
Amount brought forward $4,991 77 $39,727 00
Cash in treasury water supply 6 .
1,233 18
electric light 13 04
66 66 66 Mass. school fund 108 93 $6,346 92
$46,073 92
Available assets in excess of liabilities,
uncollected taxes and accounts due $39,727 00 Cash in Treasury 4,991 77
$44,718 77
Bills payable .
$1,545 80
Estate of Eliza C. Swan .
38 04
Interest on school bonds
850 00
Temporary Loans
35,000 00
Interest on bequests
219 15
37,652 99
$7,065 78
We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Water Commissioners, and Electric Light Commissioners, and found satis- factory vouchers for all expenditures.
We have examined the accounts of the Town Clerk, Collector, and Treasurer, and found them correct.
EDGAR N. HUNT, ALBERT P. DANE, WALTER M. SCOTT.
196
BONDS AND NOTES OUTSTANDING
SCHOOL
ELECTRIC LIGHT WATER
May 1, 1900
$2,000 00
$1,400 00
June 1, 1900
$7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1900
1,000 00
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000 00
March 9, 1901
5,000 00
May 1, 1901
2,000 00
1,400 00
June 1, 1901
7,000 00
July 15, 1901
1,000 00
Ang. 1, 1901
2,000 00
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000 00
May 1, 1902
1,400 00
June 1, 1902
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1902
2,000 00 .
Oct. 1, 1902
1,000 00
Nov. 27, 1902
2,500 00
May 1, 1903
1,400 00
June 1, 1903
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1903
2,000 00
1,000 00
Oct. 1, 1903 Nov. 27, 1903
1,000 00
May 1, 1904
1,400 00
2,000 00
June 1, 1904
7,000 00
July 15, 1904
2,000 00
Aug. 1, 1904
2,000 00
Oct. 1, 1904
1,000 00
May 1, 1905
1,400 00
May 10, 1905
2,000 00
June 1, 1905
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1905
2,000 00
Oct. 1, 1905
2,000 00
May 1, 1906
1,400 00
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SCHOOL
ELECTRIC LIGHT
WATER
June 1, 1906
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1906
$2,000 00
Oct. 1, 1906
$2,000 00
June 1, 1907
$7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1907
2,000 00
Oct. 1, 1907
2,000 00
June 1, 1908
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1908
2,000 00
Oct. 1, 1908
2,000 00
June 1, 1909
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1909
3,000 00
Oct. 1, 1909
2,000 00
June 1, 1910
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1910
3,000 00
Oct. 1, 1910
2,000 00
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7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1911
3,000 00
Oct. 1, 1911
2,000 00
June 1, 1912
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1912
3,000 00
Oct. 1, 1912
2,000 00
June 1, 1913
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1913
3,000 00
Oct. 1, 1913
2,000 00
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7,000 00
Aug. 1,1914
3,000 00
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2,000 00
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7,000 00
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3,000 00
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2,000 00
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12,000 00
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2,000 00
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SCHOOL
ELECTRIC LIGHT
WATER
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12,000 00
Oct. 1, 1917
2,000 00
June 1, 1918
12,000 00
Oct. 1, 1918
2,000 00
June 1, 1919
12,000 00
Oct. 1, 1919
2,000 00
June 1, 1920
12,000 00
Oct. 1, 1920
2,000 00
June 1, 1921
12,000 00
Oct. 1, 1921
2,000 00
June 1, 1922
12,000 00
Oct. 1, 1922
2,000 00
June 1, 1923
10,000 00
Oct. 1, 1923
2,000 00
June 1, 1924
10,000 00
Oct. 1, 1924
2,000 00
TOWN WARRANT.
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IN
COMMONWEALTHI OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF READING-
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet in Lyceum Hall, in said Reading, on Monday, the fifth day of March, A. D. 1900, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the follow- ing articles, viz. :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To hear and act on the reports of the Selectmen,. Overseers of the Poor, Assessors, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, School Committee, Water Commissioners, Municipal Light Board,. Engineers of the Fire Department, Trustees of the Cemetery, Trus -. tees of the Public Library, Auditors, Board of Health, Sewerage;
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Committee, Committee on Appropriations, and Committee on Amendment to By-Laws.
Art. 3. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Town Clerk, Selectmen, one member of Board of Assessors for three years, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Constables, one Water Commissioner for three years, one member of the Municipal Light Board for three years, two Trustees of the Public Library for three years, two Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery for three years, one member of Board of Health for three years, Tree Warden for one year, three Auditors; also on separate ballot, two members of the School Committee for three years; also on separate ballot. "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" each ballot to be received at the same time in sepa- rate boxes.
Art. 4. To choose all other necessary Town Officers, and to determine what instructions they will give the Town Officers.
Art. 5. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for schools, incidental school expenses, superin- tendent of schools, repairs of highways, bridges and sidewalks, removing snow and ice, concrete sidewalks and edgestones (pro- vided abutters pay one-half), Fire Department, hydrant rentals, Forest Fire Wards, support of the poor, salaries of Town Officers, State and Military Aid, Soldiers' Relief, printing, abatement of taxes, town building, cemetery, public library, Memorial Day, Board of Health, care of Old South clock, interest account, interest on water loans, maintenance of the Water Works, service pipes, water rental for drinking fountains, care and improvement of the Com- mon, Mayall Park and Elm Park, election expenses, concrete gut- ters, cross-walks and paved gutters, repairs of concrete, for com- mittee on sewerage, and miscellaneous expenses.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-two hundred and seventy-six and fifty hundredths dollars, to pay the interest on bonds and notes issued for construc-
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tion of the Municipal Light and Power Plant, for the year ending December 31, 1900.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of forty-five hundred dollars, and appropriate the receipts of the plant, together with cash on hand, for maintenance of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending December 31, 1900, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for construction and extension of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending December 31, 1900, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will rescind the vote passed at the Special Town Meeting held November 7, 1899, under Article 6 of the Warrant, calling said meeting, viz .: "Voted, that the Town do extend the water pipes as called for, and that the Water Commissioners be instructed to lay said pipes from Main Street through Franklin Street to Haverhill Street, thence through Haver- hill Street to its junction with Wakefield Street, thence through Wakefield Street to Pearl Street," or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to hire money in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 11. To determine the compensation of the Collector.
Art. 12. To see what instructions the Town will give the Board of Selectmen in relation to filling the vacancies on the Appro- priation Committee of the five members whose terms expire this year.
Art. 13. . To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for the purpose of furnishing electricity for lighting Grand Army Hall on Haven Street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the
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sum of fifteen hundred and twenty dollars to meet the interest on School House Bonds, and appropriate the unexpended balance of twenty dollars in interest on School House Bond Account of 1899, to pay one coupon remaining unpaid December 31, 1899.
Art. 15. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the Town Building on Pleasant Street, the report of the Selectmen on said addition having been referred to this meeting by the Special Meeting of July 17, 1899.
Art. 16. To see what action the Town will take to meet pay- ment of School House note for two thousand dollars, due May 1, 1900.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred and twenty dollars to meet the interest on the School House Notes.
Art. 18. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of fire hose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to make the necessary repairs on their steam fire engine, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will erect and maintain a fire alarm box and connections at the junction of Main, Mill and Pearl Streets, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will build an addition to the Town Building on Pleasant Street to be used for Fire Department purposes, as recommended by the Board of Engineers, and give notes of the Town for the payment of same, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will change the name of that part of Parker Street, running from the easterly end of Haven Street to John Street, to Haven Street.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will appropriate the unexpended
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balance ($262.36) of the street railway franchise and excise tax- for the construction, repair and maintenance of the public ways. and removal of snow therefrom.
Art. 24. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars, unexpended balance of Howard Place appropria- tion, for the payment of amount due L. G. Howard, account land damages.
Art. 25. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars to complete the repairs on Haven Street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 26. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the. sum of three hundred dollars to complete the construction of Grand Street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the. sum of twenty-six hundred dollars for the support of the Police Department for the ensuing year, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars to construct a sidewalk on the easterly and southerly sides of Walnut Street, beginning at the junction of Walnut Street and Summer Avenue, and continuing on said Walnut Street to the intersection of Hopkins Street, and thence on either side of Hopkins Street to school house on said street, or what they they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 29. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Asses- sors to print the valuation list of 1900, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the payment of the same.
Art. 30. To see if the Town will change the name of that part of Main Street extending from Pleasant street to the North Reading line to Andover Road, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 31. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars to build a band stand on the Common, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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Art. 32. To see what action the Town will take on the proposi- tion of the Peoples Gas and Electric Company, to sell to the Town of Reading for nine thousand dollars that part of their plant and franchise which they claim to have in the Town of Reading.
Art. 33. To see if the Town will instruct the Overseers of the Poor to employ a Town Physician at a stated salary, the expense to be charged to the regular appropriations, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 34. To hear and act on the report of the committee appointed at Special Meeting of July 17, 1899, to consider the pur- chase of the Old South Church property.
Art. 35. To see what instructions the Town will give the Se- lectmen in the suit of Grace McKay against the Town.
Art. 36. To see what instructions the Town will give the Selectmen in the suit of Margaret Allen against the Town.
Art. 37. To see what instructions the Town will give the Selectmen in the claim of Willard Welsh against the Town.
Art. 38. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of ninety dollars for the purpose of erecting an arc light at the corner of Bancroft and Middlesex Avenues, or what they will will do in relation thereto.
Art. 39. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light at the corner of Curtis and South Streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 40. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light on Mineral Street, east of and near to the Boston and Maine Railroad bridge, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 41. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light on Main Street, ·equally distant from Summer Avenue and Hopkins Street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 42. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate tlie
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sum of one hundred dollars to extend the sidewalk on the North- erly side of Lowell Street, commencing at the land of Charles A .. Damon and extending in an Easterly direction to Highland Street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 43. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of the private way known as Hartshorn Street, run- ning in a northerly direction from the northerly side of Lowell Street, east of Grove Street, to lands of M. B. Hartshorn, and to determine if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for that purpose.
Art. 44. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of the private way known as Thorndike Street, run- ning in an easterly direction from Pearl Street to its junction with the private way known as Spring Street, and to determine if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for that purpose.
Art. 45. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of the private way known as Spring Street, running in a northerly direction from Orange Street to its junction with the private way known as Thorndike Street, and to determine if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for that purpose.
Art. 46. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen in relation to guide posts, and to determine if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of thirty dollars for the repair of the same.
Art. 47. To see if the Town will revise and accept the list of names of jurors as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands this 6th day of February, A.D. 1900.
GEO. A. SHACKFORD, WM. I. RUGGLES, OLIVER L. AKERLEY,
Selectmen of Reading.
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LIST OF NAMES FOR JURORS.
The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, present the following list of persons, who, in their judgment, are qualified to serve as jurors :
Austin, Oliver W., hotel keeper Kidder, William, carpenter Bancroft, Lewis M., superintend't Kinsley, W. S., real estate agent Krook, Lambertus W ., cabinet m'r Krook, Matthys H., cabinet m'r Kimball, Charles D., machinist LaClair, Henry S., farmer Moulton, Wilder C., milk dealer
Bancroft, Frederick, broker Bartley, Francis, merchant Batchelder, Howard W., farmer Bacheller, Warren A., carpenter Beasley, George, farmer Beasley, Geo. W., organ pipe m'r McCrum, David, machinist Black, Frank K., builder Merrill, Clarence E., conductor Milbury, Ora L., foreman Oakes, George F., engineer Ordway, Orville O., blacksmith Oliver, Alfred L., laborer Pratt, Harland P., silk cutter Parker, Horace A., cabinet maker Parker, Fred A., laundryman Parker, Harrison H., org'n pipe m'r Prentiss, W. S., freight agent Richardson, Henry M., shoework'r Stinchfield, Charles H., machinist Sargent, George A., shoeworker Bosson, Harry P., insurance agt. Broad, Nathaniel W., carpenter Brown, Joseph H., laborer Bessom, Charles F., farmer Canty, Daniel T., cabinet maker Canty, John D., mason Chase, John E., carpenter Davis, Arthur E., retired Davis, Wm. Wallace, auctioneer DeRonde, John D., laborer Eames, Leonard T., teamster Eaton, John H., carpenter Eaton, Waldo F., organ pipe m'r Smith, Benjamin Y., organ pipe m'r Emerson, Arthur G., superintend't Swain, Charles H., shoeworker Flint, George L., carpenter Temple, Joseph S., neck-tie man'r Temple, David C., carpenter Gould, Theodore F., laborer Goodwin, Edwin H., organ pipe m'r Warren, Chas. E., organ pipe m'r Gordon, Arthur D., shoe dealer Weston, Granville S., printer Horrocks, Geo. E., real estate agt. Wyman, Fernando D., shoew'kr Howard, Luther G., real estate Whelton, John H., machinist Jackson, Chas. A., organ pipe m'r Wight, Ephraim, carpenter GEO. A. SHACKFORD, WM. I. RUGGLES, OLIVER L. AKERLEY,
Selectmen of Reading.
READING, MASS., Feb. 17, 1900.
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