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42 52
Bell, J. E.
2 00
Berry & Rich
1 55
Bessom, Chas. F.
21 88
Bowker, S. W.
50
Burgess, R. P.
12 75
Caproni, P. P. & Bro.
8 50
Carney, Wm.
32 00
Chandler Adjustable Chair & Desk Co.
159 20
Amount carrried forward $551 48
232
Amount brought forward
$551 48
Chandler & Barber
4 19
Charles, M. F.
5 95
Clapp, R. D.
11 15
Cook, W. F.
68 89
Cooper, L. A.
51 80
Copeland & Bowser
22 66
Cummings Express
56 13
Cummings, Timothy
3 50
Derby Desk Co. .
9 00
Eames, L. T.
12 00
Electric Light and Power Department
38 05
Fife Bros., Carter & Co.
1 68
Francis Bros.
587 47
Hammet, J. L. Co.
15 50
Gleason, Clement
26 35
Gleason, J. W.
12 00
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspec. and Ins. Co. 112 50
Haynes, A. B.
41 00
Jeffrey, W. B.
1 50
Johnson, H. R.
772 66
Johns, H. W. Mfg. Co.
65 00
Kendal, H. C.
3 50
Kinnear & Gager
179 87
Lang, G. E. .
1 58
Metcalf, E. C.
66
Miller, H. F. Piano Co.
8 00
Muse, John
6 00
Murphy, Leavens & Co.
11 90
Myers, C. F.
18 87
Amount carried forward
$2,700 84
233
Amount brought forward
$2,700 84
Nichols, M. E.
110 14
Old South Church
20 00
Orpin Bros.
175 00
Parker, H. M.
3 00
Parker, S. C.
40 00
People's Gas & Electric Co.
17 72
Quinlan, M. S.
45 35
Reading Planing Mill .
7 11
Reading Street Department
153 30
Reading Water Works
119 45
Russell, C. H.
72 25
Sanborn, D. C.
3 00
Stock, John
59 00
Stone, Melville A.
86 11
Twombly, W. E. & J. F.
39 55
Typewriter Exchange
62 50
Vermille, F. S.
8 63
Whall, T. J.
72 91
White, R. A.
2 00
Wightman, W. H.
36 00
$3,833 80
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Ally & Bacon
$28 00
American Book Company
60 78
Atkinson, Geo. H.
11 04
Babb, E. E. & Co.
142 57
Baird, A. F.
8 00
Bancroft, Wendell & Co.
66 14
Barnard, F. J.
118 47
Amount carried forward
$435 00
234
Amount brought forward
$435 00
Beattie Zinc Works
60
Boston Music Co.
6 50
Canavan, Lillian .
2 05
Continental Brush Co.
16 80
Ditson, O. & Co.
3 77
Eagle Pencil Co ..
49 20
Francis Bros.
3 87
Ginn & Co. .
94 10
Gregg Publishing Co ..
41 00
Hammet, J. L. Co.
41 66
Heath, D. C. & Co.
61 10
Holden Patent Book Cover Co.
5 00
Holt, H. & Co.
9 88
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
21 30
King, Richardson & Co.
6 50
Knott, L. E. & Co.
112 64
Kurt, Sarah T.
3 51
McMillan Co.
28 13
Metcalf, E. C.
9 54
Morse Co.
13 50
Murphy, Leavens & Co.
10 00
Perry, Geo. S. & Co.
118 60
Rand, McNally & Co.
17 00
Red Cross Chemical Co.
5 95
Reese, W. S.
28 50
Russia Cement Co.
4 00
Silver, Burdett & Co.
30 86
Storrs, A. & Bement Co.
11 28
Strong, Wm. C. & Co.
61 65
Suffolk Ink Co. (A. G. Alley, Trustee.)
3 50
Amount carried forward
$1,256 99
235
Amount brought forward
$1,256 99
Talbot Co.
3 00
Twombly, W. E. & J. F.
6 75
Typewriter Exchange
14 64
Werner School Book Co
75 08
Willis, W. H.
2 55
Winchester, Geo. A.
36 11
$1,395 12
.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation
$1,000 00 Proceeds of dog tax, 1900 .
464 52
EXPENSES.
Rent.
Odd Fellows' Building Association $475 00
Light.
S. S. Bell, electric service
$37 90
Salaries.
L. S. Cox, librarian . $300 00
Jessie Grouard, assistant 30 25
B. Y. Smith, janitor
40 00
$370 25
Books.
C. E. Lauriat Company $270 96
Damrell & Upham
170 08
W. A. DePew
14 00
Desmond Publishing Co. 12 00
H. G. Wadlin, cash expended 9 48
A. W. Danforth, periodicals 34 60
E. H. Haines & Co. 2 00
$513 12
237
Sundries.
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, print-
ing
$21 00
Office, Bank & Library Co., cab-
inet and supplies 47 25
$68 25
$1,464 52 $1,464 52
FINE ACCOUNT.
Amount on hand Jan. 1, 1901
$136 53
Received for catalogues
.
10 10
Received for cards
4 00
Received for fines
44 63
$195 26
Paid for expressage
$4 30
Paid for cleaning
6 20
Paid for printing
40
Paid for incidental supplies
95
$11 85
Balance $183 41
The following volumes have been presented to the Library :
NAMES OF DONORS. NUMBER OF VOLUMES.
United States, Documents and Reports
10
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
10
Others
16
36
Number of new volumes added
291
Total number in library
9,167
Circulation, year ending Dec. 31, 1901
15,467
238
Largest single month, March
1,655
Smallest, August 1,093
The preparation of a card catalogue, referred to in our last report, has been begun and will be continued as fast as our resources permit. The additions made to the library during the year have been carefully selected, and include some of the more important works in the different departments of literature. A bulletin calling especial attention to some of these has been prepared for immediate publication, and will be followed by others from time to time.
The Trustees regret to say that certain young persons, no doubt thoughtlessly, have failed to observe the rule requiring quiet and orderly behavior within the library room. The library being a place devoted to literary and educational work such a degree of quiet should prevail that there may be no interference with these purposes. Loud or unnecessary conversation, rude and boisterous conduct, cannot of course be permitted. This is particularly neces- sary since the reading tables for periodicals have been provided, and the time of the librarian, which is fully required in serving patrons, cannot be devoted to maintaining order. The rule upon the subject has been posted in the vestibule, and will be strictly enforced. Failure to observe it will result in the suspension of the offender from library privileges.
The Trustees recommend the usual appropriation of $1,000 for the maintenance of the library during the ensuing year, in addition to the proceeds of the dog tax.
Two vacancies in the Board require to be filled at the annual town meeting, the terms of Frederic E. Whittemore and Cyrus M. Barrows expiring.
Respectfully submitted,
HORACE G. WADLIN, Chairman, CYRUS M. BARROWS, Secretary, J. WOODWARD MANNING, HENRY G. KITTREDGE, HARLEY PRENTISS,
FREDERIC E. WHITTEMORE,
Trustees.
READING, January, 1902.
SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS.
APPROP'ATION
SUNDRY CREDITS
TOTAL AMOUNT INCLUDING APPROP'ATION
EXPENDED
UNEX - PENDED
OVER- DRAWN
Salaries of Town Officers.
$3,400 00
$3,400 00
$3,598 72
$198 72
Town Building and Office
300 00
300 00
374 93
74 93
Printing.
500 00
500 00
496 27
$3 73
Election Expenses
200 00
200 00
211 83
11 83
Ipswich Mills vs. Town of Reading ..
....
.
1,995 77
1,995 77
Decoration and Care of Soldiers' Graves
175 00
175 00
175 00
Burial Agent's Account ..
105 00
105 00
Committee on Sewerage.
1,000 00
1,000 00
923 04
76 96
Municipal Light and Power Plant. Maintenance Construction.
4,000 00
4,000 00
4,000 00
Interest on Bonds and Notes ..
2,208 50
2,208 50
2,208 50
Reduction of Municipal Light Debt.
2,400 00
2,400 00
2,400 00
Arc Light Oak street ..
135 00
135 00
135 00
Interest on School House Bonds.
1,480 00
$80 00
1,560 00
1,480 00
80 00
Interest on School House Notes
430 00
430 00
371 25
School House Notes.
2,000 00
5,000 00
7,000 00
7,000 00
Issue of March 9, 1896
Issue of May 1, 1896
2,000 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
Reading Water Works
Reduction of Water Loan
7,000 00
7,000 00
7,000 00
Hydrant Rentals.
4,200 00
4,200 00
4,200 00
Interest on Water Loan
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Drinking Fountains.
300 00
300 00
300 00
Street Sprinkler
300 00
300 00
300 00
.
Service Pipes ...
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Account Charles L. Haag ..
70 84
70 84
State and Military Aid.
2,500 00
2,500 00
2,852 00
352 00
Soldiers' Relief.
1,200 00
98 00
1,298 00
1,283 22
14 78
..
..
.
. .
. .
. .
. ..
.
...
.
Notes issued May 1, 1896, and July 15, 1898. Bond No. 7, issue 1894
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
58 75
School House Bonds. Issue Aug. 1. 1895.
....
Soldiers' Relief, Account No. Reading
72 00
72 00
800 00
849 17
984 01
134 84
Care and Improvement of Comn. on and Parks.
150 00
150 00
75 00
75 00
1,000 00
1,976 73
2,976 73
2,234 54
742 19
Abatement of Taxes.
700 00
700 00
696 41
3 59
Highways, Bridges and Repairs of Sidewalks. ..
* 3,000 00
3,042 83
6,042 83
6,042 83
Concrete Sidewalks and Edgestones ( Abutters to pay one-half).
400 00
4 74
404 74
9 48
395 26
Concrete Gutters, Crosswalks & Paved Gutters
200 00
5 19
205 19
205 19
Repairs of Concrete ..
300 00
93 97
393 97
393 97
Vine street-Middlesex Ave. to Mmeral street ..
500 00
500 00
167 75
332 25
Removal of Snow and Ice.
519 85
519 85
519 85
Sprinkling Streets ..
500 00
500 00
381 19
118 81
Fire Department ..
3,600 00
3,605 42
3,636 31
30 89
Forest Fires ..
150 00
150 00
124 98
25 02
New Fire Hose.
550 00
550 00
548 45
1 55
Fire Alarm Boxes (New)
100 00
100 00
96 00
4 00
Hose No. 4 House, Hopkins street.
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,005 02
5 02
Police Department.
2,300 00
363 64
2,663 64
2,651 08
12 56
Board of Health.
600 00
19 75
619 75
594 38
25 37
Laurel Hill Cemetery
900 00
770 00
1.670 00
1,674 04
4 04
Overseers of the Poor Account
4,000 00
1.489 24
5,489 24
5,642 97
153 73
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
92 98
92 98
City of Malden.
104 00
104 09
104 00
('ity of Melrose.
14 00
14 00
21 00
7 00
City of Waltham
100 03
100 03
123 03
23 00
City of Brockton.
5 60
Town of Wakefield.
4 29
4 29
Town of North Reading
26 50
Schools ...
19,500 00
19,500 00
19.060 11
439 89
School Incidentals and Manual Training
3,900 00
306 20
4,206 20
4,738 62
532 42
High School Repairs ..
500 00
500 00
490 30
9 70
Superintendent of Schools
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Public Library
1,000 00
464 52
1,464 52
1,464 52
$86,878 50
$14,584 88
$101,463 38
$102,918 78
$2,419 41
$3,874 81
51 01
51 01
'Town of Stoneham
5 60
5 60
26 50
Interest.
Miscellaneous Expenses ...
72 00 49 17
5 42
SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS (Continued.)
Overdrawn.
3,874 81
Unexpended.
2,419 41
:$1,455 40
Expenses for the year 1901
102,918 78
Add Temporary Loans.
83,000 00
185,918 78
Total Selectmen's orders
Expenses above
102,918 78
Less Following Amounts due on Account Year 1901 :
Due from Sale of Bonds and Ipswich Mills Suit
1,995 77
State and Military Aid ...
2,761 00
Common wealth of Massachusetts.
92 98
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Account of Burial Agent.
105 00
City of Melrose.
7 00
('ity of Waltham
23 00
City of Brockton
51 01
Town of Wakefield
4 29
Town of North Reading
26 50
Chas. L. Haag.
70 84
5,137 39
Net Expenses.
97.781 39
Less Sundry Credits for the year 1901 as above ..
14,584 88
Amount Raised by Taxation and Appropriations from Available Assets ..
583.196 51
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DR
EDWARD F. PARKER, TREASURER,
To cash in Treasury, January, 1901.
$823 21
To cash received from State Treasurer, Corporation Tax, 1900.
..
National Bank Tax, 1900
116 21
Corporation Tax, 1901.
4,205 34
National Bank Tax, 1901.
760 55
.6
Military Aid, Chap. 372, Acts 1899
79 00
State Aid, Chap. 374, Acts 1899.
2,376 00
Street Railroad Tax
1,556 60
66
Support of State Paupers
28 23
66
66
66
Highway Account ....
10 30
66
" County Treasurer, Dog Tax, 1900 ..
419 52
" Hired Money, temporary loan, 66 in anticipation of taxes, 1901.
82,000 00
66 renewal of School House loan
5,000 00
" H. M. Viall, Collector, Street Railroad Tax.
1,331 75
" Cash paid Treasurer on orders drawn
708 08
66
" Selectmen, Concrete and Edgestone account
65 24
License fees ..
15 00
66
Middlesex avenue account.
153 30
46
..
66
" Fire Alarmı
5 00
.6
66
" Kelley estate
444 84
Overseers of the Poor, Account of Town Home
738 82
6 6
City of Malden, Outside Poor
183 55
44
66
Waltham 66
206 03
66
66
Melrose
21 15
" Town of North Reading, Outside Poor. .6
5 60
66
" First National Bank, interest on deposits.
115 61
" Superintendent of Streets, material sold
10 68
6 6
" Superintendent of Schools, supplies "
33 75
66
66
bills paid twice.
10 22
46
' Fire Department, bills paid twice.
42
" Fourth District Court, fines.
46 00
" Boston & Northern Street Railroad, account of Woburn street drain.
117 94
" Frank W. Parker, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
6 19
" Board of Health ...
19 75
" A. P. French, miscellaneous account ..
14 48
" Superintendent of Cemetery, lots sold ..
770 00
" Orlando M. Brooks, executor, Cemetery bequest
100 00
..
". Samuel Brown, ..
200 00
" Helen M. Sherman, Cemetery bequest
50 00
" Albert B. Gleason
66
100 00
" Estate of Thomas Richardson, Cemetery bequest.
100 00
..
· Susan B. Manley
66
50 00
Charles E. Hall
100 00
" Lucy W. Parker
75 00
66
" Mary W. Pratt
50 00
100 00
66
" Harley Prentiss, Collector of Taxes, 1898.
66
.6
1899 ..
12,000 04
66
..
66
6 6
..
66
1900
17,850 00
66
66
66
66
66 1901
58,975 00
$198,113 23
..
Account of Henry Batchelder. 66
98 00
66
Stoneham Swampscott ..
15 82
66
" Income from Swan estate.
72 63
50 00
" Frances P. Dow
66
Galen A. Parker. executor
66
1,447 93
" Herbert M. Viall,
131 55
66
..
06
3,000 00
..
1,148 90
245
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF READING. CR.
By paying County Tax .
$4,788 37
State Tax ..
2.660 00
..
National Bank Tax 352 44
Repairs of State Highway
26 12
Selectmen's orders.
185,918 78
By Cash in Treasury, Jan., 1902. 4,367 52
EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer. $198,113 23
1
246
DR. EDWARD F. PARKER, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT
To Cash in Treasury. Jan. 1, 1901.
35 35 .. received from Electric Light Commissioners 16,338 0%
$16,373 42
DR. EDWARD F. PARKER, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT
To cash in Treasury, Jan. 1, 1901. .
$48 93
6 received from Water Commissioners
17,314 28
. . " Water Bonds sold. 6,000 00
66
" Premium on Bonds sold 835 83
$24,199 04
.
247
WITH READING LIGHT & POWER PLANT. CR.
By paying Electric Light Commissioners' orders .. $16.341 88 By Cash in Treasury, JJan. 1, 1902. 31 54
$16.373 42
EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer.
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WITH THE TOWN OF READING WATER SUPPLY. CR.
By paying Water Commissioners' orders $24,175 06
By Cash in Treasury, Jan. 1, 1902. 23 98
$24,199 04 EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
LIABILITIES.
Water bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1902
$218,000 00
Interest accrued on water bonds
726 67
Electric Light bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1902
55,500 00
Interest accrued on electric light bonds
547 34
School bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1902
44,000 00
Interest accrued on school bonds
541 74
Due to Fire Department
1,000 00
Miscellaneous debts
667 29
Temporary loans
42,000 00
$362,983 04
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
.46
Geo. L. Smith
200 00
66 Susan A. Martin
100 00
Amount carried forward
$650 00
.
249
Amount brought forward $650 00
Bequest of T. T. Greenwood
500 00
Mark M. Temple
100 00
Susan Wright, Elizabeth Preston and Margaret Gilman ·
75 00
66 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
66
Mrs. Sarah Smith
100 00
Gilman D. Kingman
100 00
.66 Rosamond C. Pratt
100 00
Mary F. Harnden
100 00
Mary B. Wakefield
100 00
66
P. Jane Batchelder
100 00
66 Arthur D. Kingman . 50 00
66 Estate of P. A. Corkins
100 00
Dorinda R. Pratt 200 00
Mary Ann McAllister 100 .00
Gilman A Coggin
100 00
66
Mary Ann McAllister for Joseph Bryant 50 00
.66
Miss Mary Evans
50 00
Frederick Bancroft
36 92
66 Estate Samuel Pierce
100 00
66
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
.66
Estate Isaac M. Clark
100 00
Amount carried forward
$3,736 92
250
Amount brought forward
$3,736 92
Bequest of Estate Mary Butler ·
150 00
66 Mary E. Badger
100 00
Heil J. Nelson
200 00
John Burrill
100 00
יו
" F. O. Dewey
300 00
S. H. Dinsmore
100 00
Mrs. Mary J. Kimball
50 00
Alden Batchelder
100 00
Estate Charles A. Weston
100 00
Henry F. Parker
100 00
Sarah D. Eaton
100 00
Heirs of James H. Bancroft
75 00
Mary W. Pratt
50 00
66
Miss Climena Wakefield
100 00
،،
Estate Louisa M. Eaton
100 00
Maria E. Waitt .
100 49
Adrian Mertens
200 00
יו
Albert B. Gleason
50 00
Frances P. Dow
100 00
.6
Estate Thomas Richardson
100 00
Helen M. Sherman
50 00
66
Susan B. Moseley
50 00
Charles E. Hall
100 00
Lucy W. Parker
75 00
Estate Martha R. Temple
100 00
66
Estate Needham Nichols
100 00
Mary W. Pratt .
50 00
Interest accrued on the above funds not
269 49
yet expended .
6,806 90
$369,789 94
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AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Unpaid taxes Oct. 1, 1900
$12,238 66
Unpaid taxes Oct. 1, 1901
31,846 51
Interest accrued on unpaid taxes
551 06
Due from State Aid account
2,761 00
concreting account
205 84
66
Commonwealth of Mass.
92 98
Commonwealth of Mass.
105 00
City of Melrose
7 00
City of Waltham
23 00
City of Brockton
51 01
66
Town of Wakefield
4 29
Town of No. Reading
26 50
Hospital account
128 16
Ipswich Mills
1,995 77
Charles L. Hague 70 84
$50,107 62
Cash in Treasury
4,367 52
Cash in Treasury, water supply
23 98
Cash in Treasury, electric light
31 54
$54,530 66
Available assets in excess of liabilities, un- collected taxes and accounts due
$50,107 62
Cash in Treasury
4,367 52
$54,475 14
Bills payable
. $2,850 66
Interest on school bonds
541 74
Interest on bequests
269 49
Temporary loans
+2,000 00
$45,661 89
Net available assets
$8,813 25
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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, Auditors.
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BONDS AND NOTES OUTSTANDING.
SCHOOL.
ELECTRIC LIGHT. WATER.
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
Oct. 1, 1903
1,000 00
Nov. 27, 1903
1,000 00
1
May 1, 1904
2,000 00
1,400 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
Mch. 9, 1906
5,000 00
May 1, 1906
1,400 00
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
254
SCHOOL.
ELECTRIC LIGHT. WATER.
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
June 1, 1911
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
Ang. 1, 1913
3,000 00
Oct. 1, 1913
2,000 00
June 1, 1914
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 191+ 3,000 00
Oct. 1, 1914
2,000 00
June 1, 1915
7,000 00
Aug. 1, 1915
3,000 00
Oct. 1, 1915
2,000 00
June 1, 1916
12,000 00
Oct. 1, 1916 June 1, 1917
2,000 00
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
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SCH00L.
ELECTRIC LIGHT.
WATER.
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
June 1, 1925
10,000 00
June 1, 1926
6,000 00
TOWN WARRANT.
OF RE
TOWN
SETTLED
1639
COMMONWEALTH 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 third day of March, A. D. 1902, at six o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
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-
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tees of the Public Library, Auditors, Board of Health, Sewerage Committee, Committee on Appropriations, Tree Warden and Special Committees.
ART. 3. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Town Clerk, Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, one member of Board of Asses- sors for three years, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one member of Board of Health for three years, two Constables, one Water Com- missioner for three years, one member of the Municipal Light Board for three years, two Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery for three years, two Trustees of the Public Library for three years, two members of the School Committee for three years, three Auditors, and Tree Warden for one year; also on same ballot Yes or No in answer to the following question : " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
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, Superinten- dent of Schools, repairs of highways, bridges and sidewalks, remov- ing snow and ice, concrete sidewalks and edgestones (provided abutters pay one-half ), Fire Department, Forest Fire Wards, sup- port 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, Police Department, care of Old South clock, interest account, care and im- provement of the Common, Mayall Park and Elm Park, election expenses, concrete gutters, crosswalks and paved gutters, repairs of concrete, for the Committee on Sewerage, miscellaneous expenses and Tree Warden.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand and nineteen dollars, to pay the interest on bonds and notes issued for construction of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending December 31, 1902.
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ART. 7. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of four thousand dollars, and appropriate the receipts of the Plant, together with cash on hand, for maintenance of the Munici- pal Light and Power Plant for the year ending December 31, 1902, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars for construction and extension of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending December 31, 1902, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 9. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for service pipes, hydrant rental, water for drinking fountains, water for street sprinkling, interest on water loan and maintenance of water works.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Com- missioners to lay a water pipe on Summer avenue from oppo- site the residence of Frank W. Parsons to connect with the dead end near the residence of L. O. Ferson, and authorize the issue of bonds to pay for the same, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 11. 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. 12. To determine the compensation of the Collector.
ART. 13. To see what instructions the Town will give the Board of Selectmen in relation to filling the vacancies on the Ap- propriation Committee of the five members whose terms expire this year.
ART. 14. 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. 15. To see if the Town will defray the cost for electric lighting of the Reading Home for Aged Women for one year, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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ART. 16. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fourteen hundred dollars to meet the interest on School . House bonds, and appropriate the unexpended balance of eighty dollars in interest on School House Bond Account of 1901, to pay four coupons remaining unpaid December 31, 1901.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred twelve dollars and fifty cents to meet the in- terest on School House notes.
ART. 18. To see what action the Town will take to meet pay- ment of Electric Light and Power Plant note for fourteen hundred dollars, due May 1, 1902.
ART. 19. To see what action the Town will take to meet pay- ment of Howard Place note for twenty-five hundred dollars, due November 27, 1902.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will buy a portable stone crusher, and what appropriation they will make, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate seven hundred fifty dollars to take care of the surface water at the corner of Lincoln and Prescott streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 22. To see what action the Town will take to carry away the water which accumulates on the Southerly side of Green street, near the residence of Samuel Brown and others, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for that purpose.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the purpose of constructing a side- walk on the Northerly side of Mt. Vernon street from Linden street to Bancroft avenue in accordance with the survey of 1896, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars to construct a sidewalk on the Westerly side of Winter street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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ART. 25. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars for the purpose of grading and drain- ing Warren avenue, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will instruct the Water Com- missioners to extend the water pipe from its present terminus on Ash street below Cross street, to a point near the residence of Alex. C. Doucette on Brook street, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for this purpose, or what they will do in rela- tion thereto.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will defray the expense of sup- plying town water for the Reading Home for Aged Women for one year, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of forty dollars for the purpose of installing an arc lamp at the corner of Woburn and Prospect streets, or what they will do in re- lation thereto.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of forty-five dollars for the purpose of erecting an arc light on Washington street East of Main street, or what they will do in re- lation thereto.
ART. 30. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light at the corner of West and South streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars to erect an arch light on Temple street at or near the angle in said street, or what they will do in relation there- to.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred twenty-six dollars for the purpose of install- ing an arc light on West street near the residence of Jonathan B. Severance, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install an arc light on Village street op-
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posite or near the residence of Mr. Charles G. Rogers, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to purchase a Hose Wagon for Steamer Co. No. 1, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 35. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate to make an entrance to the Town Building for the use of the Hook and Ladder Co., or what they will do in relation there- to.
ART. 36. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate to build a Hose House on North Main street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 37. To see if the Town will vote to lease or buy a suit- able lot of land on North Main street, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 38. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars for the purchase of material and con- struction of a cell for women at the Town Building, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
ART. 39. To see if the Town will grant permission to the Trustees of the Old South M. E. church of Reading, to sell lots for burial purposes on their lot of land lying Northerly of their Chapel, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 40. To see if the Town will instruct the Trustees of the Public Library to renew the lease with the Reading Odd Fellows' Building Association, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 41. To see if the Town will adopt the following by- law, or what they will do in relation thereto. By-law : No person shall throw or drop, and suffer to remain in or upon any street or public ground any paper or rubbish or refuse matter or sub- stance of any kind.
ART. 42. To see if the Town will rescind the vote passed at
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the meeting of Jan. 13, 1902, whereby they voted under Article 2 of the Warrant calling said meeting, " that the Town authorize the payment of the sum of ten thousand four hundred and ninety-five dollars and seventy-seven cents ($10,495.77 ) to meet expenses in connection with the water department, to wit: in settlement of the claim for damages brought by the Ipswich Mills and for inci- dental counsel fees and expenses ; said sum to be provided by the issue of bonds in accordance with the vote of March 4th, 1901, and such portions of said amount as have already been advanced on ac count, out of the Town Treasury, to be reimbursed thereto from the proceeds of said bonds, and the Water Commissioners are hereby instructed to carry out the provisions of this vote."
ART. 43. To see if the Town will authorize their treasurer under the direction of the Water Commissioners to borrow on such time as they may deem advantageous, the sum of ten thousand four hundred and ninety-five dollars and seventy-seven cents, giving the note or notes of the town therefor, and appropriate the same to meet the liabilities incurred in settlement of the claim for damages brought by the Ipswich Mills and for incidental counsel fees and expenses connected therewith.
ART. 44. 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. 45. 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 ap- pointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands this seventeenth day of February, A. D. 1902.
WM. I. RUGGLES, GEO. A. SHACKFORD, OLIVER L. AKERLEY, Selectmen of Reading.
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LIST OF NAMES OF JURORS.
The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, present the following list of persons who, in their judgment, are qualified to serve as jurors :
Bancroft, Frederick, broker
Kidder, William, carpenter
Bancroft, Lewis M., superintend't Kimball, Charles D., machinist
Knight, Edgar M., machinist
Krook, Lambertus W., cabinet m'r
Krook, Matthys II., cabinet m'r LaClair, Henry S., farmer Lee, Charles W ., merchant
Lewis, John B., Jr., shoe manuf.
MacDougal, Chester W., plumber McCrum, David, machinist
Manning, Edwin, clerk Merrill, Clarence E., R.R. cond't'r
Nichols, Amos C., caterer
Oakes, Geo. F., engineer Perkins, Alfred, retired
Davis, Arthur E., R. R. employee Parker, Fred H., expressman
Eaton, John H. carpenter
Eaton, Waldo F., organ pipe m'r Pratt, Harland P., silk cutter Emerson, Arthur G., superind'nt Pratt, Wilmot K., laborer Flint, George L., carpenter Foster, Arthur J., farmer Gleason, Julius I., piano maker
Prichard, Augustus D., farmer Sargent, Geo. A., shoe worker
Smallidge, Frank W., paper cutter
Wyman, Fernando D., shoe w'k'r Wight, Ephraim, carpenter
WM. I. RUGGLES, GEO. A. SHACKFORD, OLIVER L. AKERLEY,
Selectmen of Reading.
Batchelder, Alden, retired Batchelder, Howard W., farmer Bacheller, Warren A., carpenter Beaudry, Chas. B., org'n pipe m'r Bessom, Charles F., farmer Bosson, Harry P., insurance agt. Lovejoy, Eugene L., merchant Bickford, Daniel T., clerk
Broad, Nathaniel W., carpenter Brown, Joseph II., laborer Canty, Daniel T., cabinet maker Carter, George, laborer Chase, John E., carpenter Cook, George W., bookkeeper
Cook, Walter F., painter
Parker, Horace A., cabinet maker
Goodwin, Edwin H.,o'g'n pipe m'r Smith, Benjamin Y., organ pipe m'r Grimes, John H., salesman Temple, David C., carpenter Wickens, John, printer Howard, Luther G., real estate Hunt, Edgar N., bookkeeper Winship, Frank A., bank cashier Jackson, Chas. S., organ pipe m'r Jones, Wm. H., farmer
READING, Feb. 17, 1902,
INDEX.
Town Officers, 1901-1902
PAGE 5
Town Clerk's Report, Births Registered
12
Marriages Registered
14
18
Report of Town Meetings .
21
Selectmen's General Report
59
Selectmen's Account .
65
Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures
83
Tree Warden's Report
84
Street Department
88 93
Report of Police Department
103
" Board of Health .
110
.. " Inspector of Animals and Provisions
114
" Trustees of Cemetery .
115
" Assessors
118
" Collector
120
" Overseers of the Poor
122
.. " Water Commissioners
133
.. " Electric Light Commissioners
161
" School Committee
181
Public Library
236
Summary of Accounts
240
Treasurer's Report
244
Auditors' Report
248
Bonds and Notes Outstanding
253
Town Warrant .
256
List of Jurors
263
Deaths Registered
.. Dogs Licensed
20
Fire Department
" Inspector of Plumbing
113
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