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Pneumonia. Apoplexy.
Cerebral Hemorrhage.
7 George Chapman Bosson,
74
4
24
Jonathan I). and Lydia Palfry,
Phthisis, Valvular Disease of Heart.
8 Edwin Oliver Ruggles,
55
8
26
Ira W. and Caroline J. Leach,
10
Ralph Henderson, twin,
-
1
27
4
17
John and Annie Smart,
19
Helen M. Demeritt Hodgman,
62
5
11
Stilson H. Dow,
22
Hannah Sullivan Barrett,
76 44
9
16 Jonathan B. and Abigail Russell,
24
Orianna Shute,
29
Harriet Ann (Weston) Bancroft, Elizabeth B. (Hartwell) Nichols,
79 5
5
14
David Henry Nichols,
Apr. 2 Charles James Oliver,
3 Isabella (Hurd) Richardson,
6 Frederick W. Burke,
5 58
4
23
William A. and Mary Dyer,
Consumption.
14
Susan S. (Styles) Williams,
81
11
1
25
-
23 Granville S. Weston,
54
6
14
Jacob and Lydia Batchelder,
Gastric Hemorrhage.
66
7 Frederick A. Warren,
29
10
21
Alby J. and Elvira Curtis,
Abscess of Buttock.
Elizabeth M. Lynch,
50
7
3 James and Annie Woodbury,
Pulmonary Phthisis.
= 12 Jessie McMillan,
13 Sarah A. (Gould) Buckle,
58
10
2
James Buckle,
55
4
1 George A. Stratton,
DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
Carcinoma of Liver.
Scarlet Fever. Cardiac Dilatation.
Old Age.
Heart Failure.
Feb. 1 66 3 Lillian Gertrude Carter,
-
-
-
20
Charles and Margaret Raymond,
Heart Disease.
Cardiac Insufficiency.
Myocarditis, Nephitis. Exhaustion following Fractured Femur. Stillborn.
Marasmus, premature child.
66
13 Willard W. Henderson, twin,
9
George W. and Ella M. Mason,
Pyomphisis, following surgical operation.
20
Angile C. Lord Dow,
60
1
Patrick Barrett,
Cerebral Hemorrhage. Phthisis Pulmonalis.
64
4
6 Francis JJ. Bancroft,
Heart Failure.
2
21
72
4
23
Alfred L. and Sophia Finger, Robert Richardson,
Apoplexy Acute Endocarditis.
9 William H. Mathews,
Pneumonia.
13 Jaques Gowing
3
4
Jabez and Hetty Eames,
James Williams,
Old Age. Phthisis.
May 3 George Sanford Martin,
1
1
George S. and Grace B. Bosworth,
Acute Nephritis, from mother. Pneumonia.
7 Lizzie Rosa (Carr) Batchelder,
36
2 Freddie J. Batchelder,
-
4 3
23 Eunice McMillan,
Congenital Heart Disease.
Chronic Nephritis.
Uraemia, Valvular Disease of Heart.
7
10
7 Alexander Bloom,
68
Marasmus, premature child.
19 Frederic William Walker,
Andrew L. Hodgman,
Pneumonia. Pneumonia.
General Paresis, Pneumonia.
31
Pneumonia.
2
8
John J. and Agnes Aylward,
9 George H. and Mary F. Marden,
16 Edward L. Damon,
13 Mary Ann (Damon) Stratton,
NAMES OF PARENTS OR HUSBAND.
21
6 26 Samuel B. and Susan Bowen,
Jeremiah C. Cook.
7 Leon Henry Fleming,
6
George W. and Ella M. Mason,
.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1900.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
May 14
Grace Blanch (Bosworth) Martin,
26
5 21
George S. Martin,
Bronchitis.
19 John MeCurdy,
84
11
-
=
21
Amanda C. (Allen) Barr,
68
8
26
27
Margaret A. Pigueron,
46
6 27
27 Ira Gadbois,
-
-
3
28 Hazel E. LaBonte,
8
8
28
June 11
Annie Card (Wells),
42
1
16
12
Mary B. Trull (Brown),
85
8 10
12
Herbert A. Harvey,
44
Paul Harvey and Sarah Unknown,
17 James A. Whitton,
48 1 17
James H. and Harriett R. Fargo,
July 6
Clarissa D. (Scrivin) Harris,
98
1 12
Ebenezer Harris,
Apoplexy. Fracture of Hip. Cerebral Hemorrhage.
15
Joseph Hibbard Hanaford,
81
5
97
=
25
John Thomas Holloran,
-
11
9
Martin J. and Margaret Collins,
28 Ellen ( Dunn) Mellen,
83
John Mellen.
Aug. 7
William Edward Lamprey,
1
16
11 Ethel E. (Real) Hall,
30
5
1
66
14
Helen Margaret Lamprey,
1
23
=
15
Elma (Sheak) Wight.
62
17
22
Abby M. (Hooton) Prentiss,
17
0
22
Henry Prentiss.
Enteritis, Tuberculosis.
Ileo Colitis.
Entero Colitis.
Sept. 4
5 Timothy John White,
19
3
11
8
Simeon Froton,
14
Carrie Mary (Barstow) Mitchell, Muth Hutchinson,
1
3
24
68
1
15
Neal and Unknowel,
90
George Swan,
34
6 -
James W. Lynes,
..
24 Eliza Tappan (Emery) Tilton,
81
3
6
66 24 Needham Nichols,
90
6
6
88
11
13
30 Frutilla ( Wakefield) Emerson,
75
11
22
-
19
Silas G. Emerson, Benjamin and Mary Clement,
Oct. 5 John R. White, 5 Stillborn, 66 8 George Erastus Dow,
37
7
1 Stillson H. and Syrena Merrill,
DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
Aente Bright's Disease.
Bronchitis, Nephritis.
Meningitis.
Exhaustion.
Tubercular Meningitis, Appendicitis.
Carcinoma.
Marasmus, consequent upon old age. Pulm'y Embolism Carcinoma of Liv. & Stom.
Bright's Disease. Urasmia. Stillborn.
21 Stillborn,
11 Mary H. (Daverson) Clement,
86
5
29
Moses Clement,
Dentition. Apoplexia. Malnutrition.
Septicemia. Malnutrition, Premature Birth.
Cystoma of Left Ovary.
Cardiac.
4 Rodinan J. Mellen, Edith May Turner, Walter Augustus ('Brien, 30 Alice P. Dow (Kent),
4
18
39
1
-
Peter and Mary A. Surette,
Congenital Diarrhoea. Phthisis.
Septicemia.
Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Rickets, Diarrhoea. Valvular Disease of Heart.
Senile Debility, Entero Colitis. Paralysis Corder.
Stillborn. Old Age. Cerebral Hemorrhage, Lumbago. Phthisis.
Softening of the Brain.
Cholera Infantum, Enteritis. Stillborn. Pernicious Anemia.
-
-
1
1
John J. and Mary E. Shaw, Charles A. Kent and Adaline Richardson,
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
6
Jason W. and Mary C. Harnden,
10 Mary Gertrude (Melanson) Froton.
71
1
6
George B. Mitchell,
George A. and Bessie M. Briggs,
16
19 John Walker,
22 23 24
Eliza C. Swan,
Bessie R. (Chatten) Lynes, Stillborn,
-
Frank and Molly Cameron,
Henry L. Hall,
Frank and Molly Cameron,
James Wight,
10
15 William H. and Rose A. Maulonson, Adolphe and Sadie Melonson,
6
NAME OF PARENTS, OR HUSBAND.
Gilbert Mccurdy and Annie Mckinley,
Jacob Allen and Lydia Bartlett,
David and Louise Coleman, Ira and Anna Froton,
William H. and Eva F. Bemis, Joseph Card,
John Trull,
Peter and Mary Davis,
5 Bessie Harnden Richardson,
35
Josiah H. Tilton, Amos and Molly Pratt, Asher and Elizabeth Atwell,
28 William orter,
Oct. 12 Howard Parker Nichols,
68
7
17 Daniel and Elvira Parker, Elisha and Ann Howland,
Anurism Embolus. Pernicious Anemia. Pelvic Abscess.
66
21 Maud M. (Dyson) Gjertz,
28
71
7
23
Samuel C. Young,
Carcinoma of Liver. Old Age.
30 Temperance (Rich) Hawes,
83
5
4 Aaron Rich and Temperance Atwood, hineas and Debra Dearborn,
31 Erdix Tenney Swift,
89
10
22
Disease of Heart, Valvular. Bright's Disease.
Nov. 9 Ethel Roby Lloyd,
25
6
1 Alfred H. and Luella R. Janes, Unknown-Unknown. Greenleaf S. and Sarah E. Butman,
Consumption.
66
28 Mary J. (Richardson) Capron,
93
49
11 9
Dec. 1 Lydia F. (Knight) Richardson,
Valvular Disease of Heart.
66
6 Alathea L. (Adams) Demsey,
58
1
66
13 Fannie Fay Cotterell,
67
8
26
Joseph H. Cotterell,
30 Stillborn, Twin,
31 Sarah Hetler,
88
24 Adam Hetler.
..
13 Mehitable McLearn,
69
Cerebral Hemorrhages.
25 Rosamond E. (Tukey) Wakefield,
25
3 3
General Debility. Hemorrhage of Lungs, Pneumonia.
5 Charles Frederick Grover,
18
8 Charles E. and Annie Williams,
Diabetes, Mellitus.
6 Benjamin P. and Mehitable Averill,
Pneumonia.
Chronic Myelitis Nephritis. Stillborn. Old Age, Cerebral Hemorrhage.
15 Mary Jane (Dunbar) Palmer,
72
1 28
7 19 Otto Gjertz,
27 Sarah Jane (Tolman) Young,
28 E. Frank Amsden,
85 11 25
10 1 Loami Richardson and Judith Foster, Elbridge and Harriett Spaulding, Thomas Richardson,
Whole number of deaths recorded, 99; males, 53; females, 46. Nativity : American-males, 41; females, 44. Foreign-males, 2; females, 12. Ages : 90 to 100, 4; 80 to 90, 14; 70 to 80, 11; 60 to 70, 15; 50 to 60, 8 ; 40 to 50, 6; 30 to 40, 6; 20 to 30, 7; 10 to 20, 2; 1 to 10, 6; less than one year, 20.
DOGS LICENSED IN THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 1, 1900.
Whole number licenses issued, including two
issued in Dec., 1899
207
For males, 184 at $2 each $368 00 ·
" females, 23 at $5 each . . 115 00
$483 00
Less fees for 207 licenses at 20 cents each
41 40
$441 60
Amount due County $441 60
1900, June 1st, paid J. O. Hayden, County Treasurer 176 40
1900, Dec. 1st, paid J. O. Hayden, County Treasurer
265 20
$441 60
JAMES REID, Town Clerk.
SELECTMEN'S GENERAL REPORT.
FOR FISCAL YEAR OF 1900-ENDING DEC. 31st.
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Reading:
In compliance with the By-Laws we submit herewith our report for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1900:
Speaking collectively :- We have endeavored to carry out the wishes of the citizens of the town, as expressed by their votes at the last annual meeting, in referring matters to this Board for special consideration or action.
We take this opportunity to call your attention to the fact that the expenses of the several departments are increasing each year, and we believe it our duty at this time to caution the citizens and heads of departments against advocating any increase in the ap- propriations unless found to be absolutely necessary for the needs and conduct of the business of the town.
STREET DEPARTMENT.
This department, the most important and the appropriation for which is the largest of any under our immediate charge, has demanded a large share of our attention.
The mild weather and absence of snow carried the highway work into December, rendering an increase in the expenditure on account of this department necessary, to meet which we made- draft upon the Street Railway Tax fund sufficient to cover said
20
The foregoing are a few of the many matters which have demanded our attention the past year; but for further information, in detail, we invite your perusal of the financial statements pertain- ing to the various appropriations, which follow.
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
$3,400 00
Support of Poor 4,000 00
Soldiers' Relief
1,200 00 .
State and Military Aid
2,500 00
Abatement of Taxes
700 00
Printing
500 00
Town Building
300 00
Election Expenses
200 00
Highways, Bridges and Repairs of Sidewalks
5,500 00
Concrete Sidewalks and Edgestones (abutters paying one-half ) 400 00
Concrete Gutters, Crosswalks and Paved Gutters
500 00
Repairs of Concrete
300 00
Removing Snow and Ice
600 00
Miscellaneous Expenses
800 00
Care and Improvement of the Common, Elm Park and
Mayall Park
150 00
Forest Fires
150 00
Interest .
1,000 00
WILLIAM I. RUGGLES, OLIVER L. AKERLEY, GEORGE A. SHACKFORD,
Selectmen.
SELECTMEN'S ACCOUNT.
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation $3,300 00 .
EXPENDED.
James Reid, Town Clerk to Jan. 1, 1901 $75 00
James Reid, Clerk Board of Registrars, Jan. 1,1901 40 00
Wm. I. Ruggles, Salary Selectman and Overseer of Poor, Jan. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1,1901 291 67
Oliver L. Akerley, Salary Selectman and Overseer of Poor, Jan. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1,1901 250 00
Geo. A. Shackford, Salary Selectman and Overseer of Poor, Jan. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1,1901 258 33
E. N. Hunt, Salary Auditor, 1899 33 33
W. M. Scott, Salary Auditor, 1899 .
33 33
A. P. Dane, Salary Auditor, 1899
33 33
Geo. L. Flint, Moderator March 5, 1900, May 16, 1.900 15 00
Amount carried forward $1,029 99 $3,300 00
22
Amount brought forward $1,029 99 $3,300 00
J. HI. Carleton, Salary Electric Light Com- missioner, March 1, 1899, to March 1, 1900 100 00 A. N. Howes, Salary Electric Light Com- missioner, Jan. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1, 1901 75 00
C. L. Martin, Salary Water Commissioner, Jan. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1, 1901 75 00
II. R. Johnson, Salary Water Commission- er, Jan. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1, 1901 . 75 00
E. B. Drake, Salary Water Commissioner, March 7, 1899, to March 4, 1901 125 00
Owen McKenney, Registrar, May 1, 1899, to May 1, 1900 30 00
WV. S. Kinsley, Registrar, May 1, 1899, to March 1, 1900 . J. F. Turner, Registrar, May 1, 1899, to May 1, 1900 30 00
25 00
Edw. F. Parker, Treasurer, Jan. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1, 1901 400 00
Edw. F. Parker, Assessor, Jan. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1, 1901 300 00
J. H. Adden, Assessor, Jan. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1,1901 310 00
W. W. Davis, Assessor, Jan. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1, 1901 310 00
F. D. Merrill, Sec'y Board of Health to Jan. 1, 1901 50 00
Geo. F. Dow, Board of Health, Jan. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1, 1901 25 00
Amount carried forward
$2,959 99 $3,300 00
23
Amount brought forward $2,959 99 $3,300 00
C. H. Playdon, Board of Health, Jan. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1, 1901 . 25 00
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1899 140 75
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1900 ·
423 91
Overdrawn
249 65
$3,549 65 $3,549 65
TOWN BUILDING AND OFFICE.
Appropriation .
$250 00
EXPENDED.
S. S. Bell, Manager, electric light and sup- plies . 68 39
H. M. Viall, expressing and stamps 4 80
C. L. Martin, fuel, 1899 93 75
C. L. Martin, fuel, 1900
23 00
C. M. Barrows, order book 13 00
Kirk A. Parker, typewriting
5 95
H. Prentiss, postmaster, stamps
20 00
T. Groom & Co., tax collector's books, re- ceipt books and cash books, assessors' letter book and tax record . 23 95
M. R. Warren Co., books and stationery 7 75
Reading Water Works, water rates
5 54
F. E. Merrill, care of building
32 75
Arthur Peaton, pens
2 50
Geo. F. King & Co., mortgage book
4 25
Amount carried forward . $305 63 $250 00
24
Amount brought forward $305 63
$250 00
H. M. Meek Pub. Co., directory 1900 2 00
Francis Bros., labor and repairs on heater, broom and door check
16 00
W. Bancroft & Co., fuel
55 03
N. W. Broad, repairs
77
M. F. Charles, stationery
2 53
H. Stock, labor
1 75
M. E. Nichols, setting glass
1 31
Almshouse, fuel
1 25
Overdrawn
136 27
$386 27
$386 27
ELECTION EXPENSES.
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDED.
John Connolly, election officer Nov. 7, 1899 5 00
E. C. Parker, distributing notices 1 00
W. H. Perkins, teller Mar. 5, 1900 3 00
J. C. Phinney, teller Mar. 5, 1900
3 00
J. C. Phinney, extra labor .
7 00
J. C. Phinney, election officer Nov. 6, 1900
5 00
HI. A. Parker, distributing ballots Mar. 5, 1900. 3 00
H. A. Parker, distributing ballots Nov. 6, 1900
5 00
W. F. Eaton, teller Mar. 5, 1900
3 00
Amount carried forward $35 00
$200 00
25
Amount brought forward $35 00
$200 00
W. F. Eaton, election officer Nov. 6, 1900 5 00
F. D. Merrill, posting notices and warrants 4 00
Lyceum Hall Ass'n, rent of hall
60 50
G. L. Pratt, ballot clerk Mar. 5, 1900
3 00
G. L. Pratt, election officer Nov. 6, 1900
5 00
E. Wight, distributing ballots Mar. 6, 1900
3 00
G. L. Flint, moderator Aug. 6, 1900 . 5 00
W. I. Ruggles, election officer Nov. 6, 1900 5 00
O. L. Akerley, election officer Nov. 6, 1900 5 00
G. A. Shackford, election officer Nov. 6, 1900 5 00
W. S. Prentiss, election officer Nov. 6, 1900 5 00
F. K. Black, election officer Nov. 6, 1900 5 00
G. L. Flint, election officer Nov. 6, 1900 5 00
J. E. Dennehy, election officer Nov. 6, 1900, 5 00
W. H. Perkins, election officer Nov. 6, 1900
5 00
C. H. Stinchfield, election officer Nov. 6, 1900
5 00
J. C. Nichols, election officer Nov. 6, 1900 D. T. Bickford, election officer Nov. 6, 1900
5 00
G. H. Atkinson, paper bags
18
Cummings Express, expressing
20
A. W. Danforth, election officer Nov. 6, 1900 Unexpended
5 00
19 12
$200 00
$200 00
PRINTING.
Appropriation
500 00
EXPENDED.
H. M. Dolbeare, dog licenses, posters, and property returns .
10 32
Amount carried forward
$10 32
$500 00
5 00
26
Amount brought forward $10 32
$500 00
P. B. Murphy, assessors' notices 1 50
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, town reports, ex- tra warrants and miscellaneous printing Unexpended
468 30
19 88
$500 00
$500 00
ESTATE OF ELIZA C. SWAN.
Balance in hands of Town 38 04
EXPENDED.
Cash and fuel
10 75
Danvers Insane Hospital, bo ard . 123 98
Overdrawn 96 69
$134 73 $134 73
Mrs. Swan died Sept. 22, 1900. This property is now in posses- sion of the Town and rented at 88.50 per month.
WILLARD WELSH vs. TOWN OF READING.
(No Appropriation.)
EXPENDED.
Arthur P. French, settlement in full
$45 00
IPSWICH MILLS cs. TOWN OF READING.
(No Appropriation.) EXPENDED.
Arthur P. French, Attorney, on account 300 00
1
27
MARGARET ALLEN vs. TOWN OF READING. (No Appropriation.)
James W. Grimes, settlement in full $105 00
James W. Grimes, services 25 00
$130 00
DECORATION AND CARE OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
Appropriation
$175 00
EXPENDED.
Veteran Post 194, G. A. R. . $175 00
$175 00
$175 00
BANDSTAND.
Appropriation
EXPENDED. $500 00
Stewart & Robertson, labor and material $500 00
E. P. Bancroft, labor and team . 3 00
S. S. Bell, Mgr., electric fixtures and labor . 7 05
Overdrawn . 10 05
$510 05
$510 05
MUNICIPAL LIGHT AND POWER PLANT.
MAINTENANCE.
Appropriation
$4,500 00
Amount carried forrard
$4,500 00
28
Amount brought forward
$4,500 00
EXPENDED.
Municipal Light Board . $4,500 00
$4,500 00 $4,500 00
CONSTRUCTION.
Appropriation
$1,500 00
EXPENDED.
Municipal Light Board
.
.
$1,500 00
$1,500 00 $1,500 00
INTEREST ON BONDS AND NOTES.
Appropriation
$2,276 50
EXPENDED.
Municipal Light Board . $2,276 50
$2,276 50 $2,276 50
ARC LAMPS.
(Bancroft Avenue and Mineral Street.)
Appropriation
$165 00
EXPENDED.
Municipal Light Board .
. $165 00
$165 00
$165 00
29
REDUCTION MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEBT. (Note issued May 1, 1896.)
Amount raised by taxation $1,400 00
EXPENDED.
Edw. F. Parker, treas., note paid by him . $1,400 00
Amount raised by taxation
$1,400 00 $1,400 00. $1,000 00
EXPENDED.
Edw. F. Parker, treas., bond No. 6, issue 1894, paid by him . $1,000
$1,000 00 $1,000 00.
SCHOOL HOUSE NOTE.
Appropriation
$2,000 00
EXPENDED.
Edw. F. Parker, treas., note due May 1, 1900, 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.
Edw. F. Parker, treas., bond No. 3, issue Aug. 1, 1895, paid by him . $1,000 00
$1,000 00
$1,000 00
30
INTEREST ON SCHOOL HOUSE NOTES.
Appropriation
$520 00
EXPENDED.
Susan T. Howard $200 00
Granite Savings Bank
35 00
Edw. F. Parker, treas., interest paid by him 235 00
Unexpended
50 00
$520 00
$520 00
INTEREST ON SCHOOL HOUSE BONDS.
Appropriation ·
$1,520 00
Unexpended balance 1899 .
20 00
EXPENDED.
Edw. F. Parker, treas., coupon 1899, and coupons 1900, paid by him .
.
$1,460 00
Unexpended
80 00
$1,540 00
$1,540 00
INTEREST ON WATER LOAN.
Appropriation
$2,470 00
EXPENDED.
Reading Water Works
.
$2,470 00
·
$2,470 00 $2,470 00
HYDRANT RENTALS.
Appropriation .
$3,930 00
EXPENDED.
Reading Water Works
.
3,930 00
$3,930 00 $3,930 00
31
DRINKING FOUNTAINS.
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDED.
Reading Water Works . $300 00
$300 00
$300 00
REDUCTION OF WATER LOAN.
Amount raised by taxation . .
$7,000 00
EXPENDED.
Edw. F. Parker, treas., water bonds 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 155 and 156, paid by him . $7,000 00
$7,000 00 $7,000 00
STATE AND MILITARY AID.
Appropriation
$2,300 00
EXPENDED.
State Aid.
Marietta Baker
$48 00
William H. Baker
48 00
Marcus M. Bancroft
48 00
Eben B. Bickford
48 00
Sarah J. Bickford
48 00
William Bryden
48 00
Emmons Buck
12 00
Julia Buck .
8 00
Edmund Buxton
44 00
Amount carriea forward
$352 00 $2,300 00
32
Amount brought forward
$352 00
$2,300 00
Mary J. Capron .
44 00
Reuben R. Coates
48 00
David P. Cook
48 00
Mary M. Cook
48 00
Harriet M. Crouch
24 00
Ellen M. Damon
48 00
John Damon
48 00
Sarah A. Deadman
24 00
Elizabeth W. DeRonde
48 00
John D. DeRonde
48 00
Harriet Dow
20 00
Stillson H. Dow
48 00
Charles C. Frost
48 00
Mary P. Goodwin
48 00
Samuel Goodwin
48 00
Theodore F. Gould
48 00
Jaques Gowing
12 00
Sarah Hetler
48 00
Jonathan Heselton
36 00
Richmond Heselton
72 00
R. Melissa Hollis
8 00
Squire Holt
48 00
William H. Jones
28 00
William L. Jones
24 00
William LaClair
36 00
Clara A. Leathe
48 00
Gustavus Loring
24 00
Susan R. Lovejoy
48 00
Edwin Manning
28 00
William H. Mathews
12 00
Amount carried forward
$1,512 00
$2,300 00
1
33
Amount brought forward
$1,512 00 $2,300 00
Mary McIntire
48 00
Charles W. Milbery
48 00
Sarah M. Milbery
48 00
Horace A. Parker
54 00
Margaret Pinkham
48 00
Susan R. Poor
24 00
David G. Richardson
48 00
Susan M. Richardson
48 00
Henry F. Scruton
48 00
Helen M. Sherman
48 00
William H. Sherman
72 00
Harriet M. Symonds
3 00
George Thayer .
24 00
Eliza J. Upton
48 00
George A. W. Vinall
48 00
Harriet B. Vinall
48 00
Janet C. Varney
48 00
Daniel H. Wadlin
60 00
James Whittaker
3 00
Marcella Woods
48 00
To be paid by the State
$2,376 00 $2,300 00
MILITARY AID. .
Henry Batchelder
30 00
Newell C. Flanders
50 00
Benj. F. McAllister
18 00
George Thayer .
60 00
One-half to be paid by State
$158 00
Overdrawn
$234 00
$2,534 00 $2,534 00
34
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Appropriation
$800 00
EXPENDED.
Marcus M. Bancroft, rent aud fuel
$194 21
Henry Batchelder, supplies 48 00
William Bryden, supplies and fuel
14 55
Martha Bessey, supplies
48 00
Chas. H. Champney, supplies and fuel
127 19
Sarah A. Deadman, supplies
100 49
Elizabeth W. DeRonde, supplies
24 00
Sarah Hetler, rent, supplies and fuel
90 46
John H. Jennings, supplies and fuel
73 65
Benj. F. McAllister, supplies, medicine, medical aid, nursing and fuel
202 00
Mary J. McAllister, supplies
15 00
Horace A. Parker, rent
64 00
Susan M. Penny, supplies
48 00
David G. Richardson, supplies
156 00
Wm. H. Sherman, rent, fuel and nursing
162 70
Marcella Woods, rent
24 00
Janet C. Varney, supplies
48 00
Overdrawn
640 25
$1,440 25 $1,440 25
PAID ACCOUNT TOWN OF NORTH READING.
SOLDIERS' RELIEF ACT.
Amount due from town of North Reading EXPENDED.
$93 30
Mrs. Fred C. McIntire and family, fuel, sup- plies and rent $93 30
$93 30
$93 30
35
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Appropriation
$800 00
Amount received for Auctioneers' licenses 4 00
Slaughter House license, 1898 1 00
Carriage licenses
11 00
F. W. Parker, sealer weights and measures, fees
4 88
Jas. A. Bancroft, collector tax 1872
3 88
EXPENDED.
Labor trimming trees
$96 39
Labor on ditches
129 12
Veteran Post 194, G. A. R., electric lighting
50 00
W. H. Wightman, insurance premium
4 00
S. Brown, guide board
40
F. W. Danforth, painting sign
75
M. F. Charles, stationery
1 40
J. A. Bancroft, plan
1 00
S. W. Bowker, carriage hire
2 75
O. C. B. Nason, M. D., reporting births
3 25
Geo. F. Dow, M. D., reporting births 5 50
Mrs. S. Porter, reporting births .
2 25
Mrs. E. Rosson, reporting births
2 00
James Reid, recording deaths, births and marriages, postage, stationery and extra labor
96 85
Solon Bancroft, legal services 8 25
E. W. Bancroft, legal services
10 00
J. H. Adden, investigating records
20 00
Miss M. L. Andrews, typewriting
50
Amount carried forward
$434 41
$824 76
36
Amount brought forward $434 41
$824 76
Edgerley & Bessom, reporting deaths. 6 75
Boston & Maine R. R., freight 1 26
E. C. Parker, distributing notices 1 00
J. F. Burnham, distributing town reports 1899 10 00
W. A. Bancroft, painting water trough 2 00
U. S. Flag and Decorating Co., decorating Town Building 15 00
E. F. Parker, miscellaneous expense 13 30
Cummings Express, expressing 1 55
American Express, expressing
75
F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., record book
85
Francis Bros., repairing pump
5 50
Allen Bros., steel stamps and figures
2 45
J. H. Rowe, repairing roof Town Building 24 90
Lyceum Hall Ass'n, rent of hall for caucuses 16 00
A. W. Danforth, telephoning 1 00
Old South M. E. church, care of clock 50 00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, supplies 41 75
C. H. Playdon, Inspector of Animals and Provisions, Jan. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1, 1901 112 50
F. W. Parker, salary and sundries 32 18
Priest, Page & Co., scales, weights, etc.
75 00
W. I. Ruggles, cash paid B. F. McAllister on account of assignment and record- ing deed
1 99
Overdrawn
25 38
$850 14 $850 14
37
CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF COMMON AND PARKS.
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDED.
Reading Water Works, water rentals $12 00
Jason Zwicker, labor and fertilizer 13 00
Francis Bros., wire ·
1 35
George H. Atkinson, grass seed .
2 59
E. H. Forbes, labor and teams
50 00
Orne Green, labor
65 25
Unexpended
.
5 81
$150 00
$150 00
VALUATION REPORTS.
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDED.
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, reports
$207 60
W. W. Davis, labor
40 00
J. H. Adden, labor
40 00
H. M. Viall, expressing
1 75
Unexpended
10 65
$300 00
$300 00
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Appropriation
$400 00
EXPENDED.
Harley Prentiss, collector
$370 20
Herbert M. Viall, collector
28 71
Unexpended
1 09
$400 00
$400 00
38
INTEREST.
Appropriation $200 00 Amount received from First National Bank, interest on deposits 151 10
Amount received from rent of Swan estate to Jan. 1, '01 24 23
Amount received from H. Prentiss, collector 1898 773 94
Amount received from H. M. Viall, collector 1899 489 32
Amount received from H. M. Viall, collector 1900 89 77
EXPENDED.
Discount on four notes $10,000 each, tem- porary loan
$925 56
Discount on two notes $10,000 each, tempo- rary loan 558 25
Interest on Howard Place and Haven street notes, $2500 and $1000 131 25
Discount on one note $10,000, temporary
loan
282 63
Discount on one note $5,000, temporary loan . 90 63
Interest on two notes $5,000 each, and two notes $10,000 each, temporary loan · A. W. Danforth, Sec'y, interest on trust funds 243 50
259 37
Overdrawn 762 83
$2,491 19 $2,491 19
1
REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FOR THE YEAR 1900.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
GENTLEMEN :- I would recommend that the salary of the Sealer be $75 for the coming year.
The work will be harder, and a great deal more of it than ever before. Other towns have gone to great expense fitting up a room for the Sealer. It has cost this town nothing the past year for a place for the Sealer to do his work.
I think when the people of the town become aware how much the Sealer has to do, and the time it requires, they will realize the stated salary is none too large.
Respectfully yours,
FRANK W. PARKER.
CORRECT ADJUSTED TOTAL WEIGHTS
No. of scales over 5000 lbs.,
1
4
5
32
under 5000 lbs.,
2
17
19
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