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33 00
Geo. A. Shackford, salary Selectman and Overseer of Poor, Mar. 3rd to Dec. 31st, 1902
291 67
W. I. Ruggles, salary Selectman and Over- seer of Poor, Mar. 3rd to Dec. 31st, 1902
258 33
John F. Turner, salary Selectman and Over- seer of Poor, Mar. 3rd to Dec. 31st, 1902 208 33
Amount carried forward $873 33
$3,500 00
1
56
Amount brought forward $873 33 $3,500 00
O. L. Akerley, salary Selectman and Over- seer of Poor, Jan. 1st to Mar. 3rd, 1902 41 67
W. M. Scott, Salary Auditor, 1901 33 33
A. P. Dane, Salary Auditor, 1901 33 33
E. N. Hunt, Salary Auditor, 1901 33 33 .
E. F. Parker, Assessor, 1902 250 00
J. H. Adden, Assessor, 1902 250 00
W. W. Davis, Assessor, 1902
250 00
E. F. Parker, Treasurer, 1902
400 00
W. S. Kinsley, salary Electric Light Com- missioner, Oct. 1st, 1901, to Oct. 1st, 1902 75 00
C. W. Lee, salary Electric Light Commis- sioner, Mar., 1901, to Mar., 1902 75 00
G. L. Flint, salary Electric Light Commis- sioner, Mar. 3rd, 1902, to Dec. 31st, 1902 62 50
H. R. Johnson, salary Water Commissioner, year ending Dec. 31st, 1902 75 00
E. B. Drake, salary Water Commissioner year ending Dec. 31st, 1902 75 00
E. H. Gowing, salary Water Commissioner from Mar. 3rd to Dec. 31st, 1902 62 50
C. L. Martin, salary Water Commissioner from Jan. 1st to Mar. 3d, 1902 12 50
A. N. Howes, salary Water Commissioner from Jan. 1st to Mar. 3rd, 1902 12 50
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1900 90 93
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1901 155 06
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1902 406 41
Amount carried forward
$3,267 39 $3,500 00
57
Amount brought forward
$3,267 39 $3,500 00
G. L. Flint, Board of Health to Dec. 31st, 1902 25 00
Owen McKenney, Registrar, year ending May 1st, 1902 30 00
W. S. Prentiss, Registrar, Nov. 1st, 1901, to Nov. 1st, 1902 30 00
J. F. Turner, Registrar, May 1st, 1901, to Mar. 1st, 1902 25 00
W. M. Scott, Registrar, Mar. 1st, 1902, to May 1st, 1902 5 00
G. L. Flint, Moderator Annual Meeting Mar. 3rd, 1902 10 00
A. Chandler Manning, Tree Warden, 1901 Unexpended 82 61
25 00
$3,500 00 $3,500 00
TOWN BUILDING AND OFFICE.
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDED.
C. M. Barrows & Co., order book 12 75
S. S. Bell, Manager, electric light and sup- plies 66 42
Hobbs & Warren Co., invoice book, ledger and stationery 8 45
H. Prentiss, Postmaster, stamps 9 00
W. Bancroft & Co., fuel
171 75
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, stationery
9 25
Reading Water Works, water rates
3 52
Amount carried forward $281 14 $300 00
58
Amount brought forward $281 14 $300 00
Thomas Groom & Co., tax record and tax book 19 50
J. H. Roe, repairing roof 27 10
American Express Co., expressing
15
H. M. Meek Publishing Co., directory 2 00
J. F. Burnham, fuel 11 00 Overdrawn 40 89
$340 89
$340 89
PRINTING.
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED.
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, Town Reports, 1901 402 00
W. E. &. J. F. Twombly, extra copies Water, Light and School Reports 32 00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, Finance Commit- tee Report 21 00 .
W. F. & J. F. Twombly, stamped envelopes and miscellaneous printing 43 00
Wakefield Daily Item, dog blanks, posters, and assessors' returns 6 30
Overdrawn 4 30
$504 30
$504 30
ELECTION EXPENSES.
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDED.
G. L. Flint, moderator, Jan. 3rd, 1902 5 00
Amount carried forward $5 00 · $300 00
59
Amount brought forward $5 00
$300 00
G. L. Flint, moderator, May 1st, 1902 5 00
G. L. Flint, teller, Nov. 4th, 1902 5 00
B. F. Flanders, teller, Mar. 3rd, 1902 5 00
H. Stock, services at elections and posting warrants 5 00
John Connelly, teller, Nov. 5th, 1901 5 00
John Connelly, teller, Mar. 3rd, 1902
5 00
E. C. Parker, distributing notices
50
R. A. Carter, teller, Mar. 3rd, 1902
5 00
O. B. Ruggles, teller, Mar. 3rd, 1902
5 00
II. M. Viall, clerical services
5 00
C. W. Lee, teller, Mar. 3rd, 1902
5 00
F. A. Bessom, teller, Mar. 3rd, 1902 3 00
M. A. Stone, teller, Mar. 3rd, 1902
5 00
· C. W. McDougall, teller, Mar. 3rd, 1902 5 00
J. C. Nichols, teller, Nov. 4th, 1902 5 00
G. A. Shackford, teller, Nov. 4th, 1902 5 00
A. E. Nichols, teller, Nov. 4th, 1902
5 00
H. S. LaClair, teller, Nov. 4th, 1962 5 00
W. I. Ruggles, teller, Nov. 4th, 1902 5 00
W. H. Perkins, ballot clerk, Mar. 3rd, 1902 . 5 00
W. H. Perkins, ballot clerk, Nov. 4th, 1902 5 00 W. F. Eaton, teller, Mar. 3rd, and Nov. 4th, 1902 10 00
W. F. Cook, teller, Mar. 3rd and Nov. 4th, 1902 10 00
G. H. Clough, teller, Nov. 4th, 1902 5 00
S. G. Stewart, teller, Nov. 4th, 1902
5 00
A. W. Danforth, teller, Nov. 5th, 1901, and Nov. 4th, 1902 10 00
Amount carried forward $143 50
$300 00
60
Amount brought forward $143 50 $300 00
J. F. Turner, teller, Nov. 4th, 1902 5 00
D. T. Bickford, teller, Mar. 3rd and Nov. 4th, 1902 10 00
G. E. Adams, teller, Nov. 4th, 1902 5 00
C. L. Newell, teller, Nov. 4th, 1902 5 00
H. E. Sawyer, teller, Nov. 4th, 1902 5 00
G. L. Pratt, ballot clerk, Mar. 3rd and Nov. 4th, 1902 10 00
F. D. Merrill, posting warrants 2 00
G. E. Lang, check list depot to town office Oct. 25th, 1902 25
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing town warrants, official ballots and advertising town warrant 76 75
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing account of registration 11 00
Y. M. C. A., rent of hall Mar. 3rd and 4th, 1902 28 00
Y. M. C. A., rent of hall May 21st, 1902 8 00
Y. M. C. A., rent of hall Nov. 4th, 1902 20 00
Lyceum Hall Assn., rent of hall for caucuses and registration of voters 6 00
G. H. Atkinson, paper bags and twine 15 Overdrawn 35 65
$335 65
$335 65
DECORATION AND CARE OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
Appropriation
$175 00
EXPENDED.
Veteran Post 194, G. A. R.
.
175 00
$175 00
$175 00
61
BURIAL AGENT ACCOUNT.
Amount due from Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
35 00
EXPENDED.
Ephraim Wight for burial expenses William
Bryden 35 00
$35 00
$35 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Cash received from Benj. F. McAllister
in payment for aid furnished in 1900
217 00
Cash received from Henry Batchelder
48 00
EXPENDED.
Marcus M. Bancroft, supplies
112 96
Henry Batchelder, board and supplies
45 82
Martha Bessey, supplies
40 00
Wm. Bryden, supplies
6 75
Chas. H. Champney, supplies, nurse and medical attendance
332 93
Sarah A. Deadman, supplies
97 73
Elizabeth W. DeRonde, supplies
24 00
Ida F. Flanders, supplies
3 50
John H. Jennings, supplies
142 89
Mary J. McAllister, supplies
84 00.
Chas. W. Milbery, supplies
25 00
Kate V. Norris, supplies
7 88
Amount carried forward
$923 46 $1,465 00
62
Amount brought forward
$923 46 $1,465 00
Susan M. Penney, supplies
58 00
David G. Richardson, supplies
156 00
Samuel Rounds, rent and supplies
162 75
Helen M. Sherman, supplies
131 75
Janet C. Varney, supplies
48 00
Marcella Woods, rent
24 00
Overdrawn
,
38 96
$1,503 96 $1,503 96
PAID ACCOUNT TOWN OF LYNNFIELD.
SOLDIERS' RELIEF ACT.
Amount due from Town of Lynnfield
$101 50
EXPENDED.
Mrs. Lydia I. McArthur, physician, services
and burial expenses $101 50
$101 50
$101 50
PAID ACCOUNT CITY OF BROCKTON.
SOLDIERS' RELIEF ACT.
Amount due from City of Brockton $34 28
Amount due from City of Brockton 13 18
EXPENDED.
Mary E. Freeman, groceries
$47 46
$47 46 $47 46
63
ACCOUNT CHAS. L. HAAG.
Due from Charles L. Haag
83 99
EXPENDED.
Charles L. Haag, supplies $83 99
$83 99
$83 99
GRACE MCKAY vs. TOWN OF READING.
(No Appropriation. ) EXPENDED.
T. M. Durrell, M. D., expert testimony $100 00
G. L. Walton, M. D.,
100 00
D. Coggin, M. D.,
30 00
E. D. Richmond, M. D., « 66 25 00
George F. Dow, M. D., « 66 35 00
Arthur P. French, Attorney, disbursements,
acc't witness fees, official stenographer 143 10
Arthur P. French, Attorney, legal services 300 00
W. I. Ruggles, incidental expenses 12 20
$745 30
HOWARD PLACE NOTE.
(Issued Nov. 27, 1899.)
Appropriation
EXPENDED. $2,500 00
Amount paid Commonwealth of Mass.
. $2,500 00
$2,500 00
$2,500 00
64
MUNICIPAL LIGHT AND POWER PLANT.
MAINTENANCE.
Appropriation
$4,000 00
EXPENDED.
Municipal Light Board
$4,000 00 .
$4,000 00 $4,000 00
CONSTRUCTION.
Appropriation
.
$2,500 00
EXPENDED.
Municipal Light Board . $2,500 00 .
$2,500 00
$2,500 00
INTEREST ON BONDS AND NOTES.
Appropriation
.
$2,019 00
EXPENDED.
Municipal Light Board
$2,019 00
.
$2,019 00 $2,019 00
REDUCTION MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEBT.
(Note issued May 1, 1896.)
Appropriation
$1,400 00
Amount raised by taxation .
1,000 00
EXPENDED.
Edw. F. Parker, Treas., note paid by him . $1,400 00
Edw. F. Parker, Treas., Bond No. 8, issue 1894, paid by him $1,000 00
$2,400 00 $2,400 00
65
READING WATER WORKS.
REDUCTION OF WATER LOAN.
Amount raised by taxation . $7,000 00
EXPENDED.
Edw. F. Parker, Treas., water bonds 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 159, 160, paid by him . $7,000 00
$7,000 00 $7,000 00
HYDRANT RENTALS.
Appropriation
$4,830 00
EXPENDED.
Reading Water Works
$4,830 00
$4,830 00 $4,830 00
INTEREST ON WATER LOAN.
Appropriation
$1,500 00
EXPENDED.
Reading Water Works
.
.
. $1,500 00
$1,500 00 $1,500 00
DRINKING FOUNTAINS.
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDED.
Reading Water Works
.
$300 00
$300 00
$300 00
66
STREET SPRINKLER.
Appropriation
.
$300 00
EXPENDED.
Reading Water Works
$300 00
$300 00
$300 00
SERVICE PIPES.
Appropriation
.
$1,000 00
EXPENDED.
. Reading Water Works
$1,000 00
$1,000 00 $1,000 00
INTEREST ON SCHOOL HOUSE BONDS.
Appropriation
$1,400 00
Unexpended balance 1901 80 00
EXPENDED.
Edw. F. Parker, Treas., coupons 1901 and 1902 paid by him $1,480 00
$1,480 00 $1,480 00
INTEREST ON SCHOOL HOUSE NOTES.
Appropriation
$312 50
EXPENDED.
Edw. F. Parker, Treas., interest paid by him
$81 25
Amonnt carried forward
$81 25
$312 50
67
Amount brought forward
$81 25
$312 50
Granite Savings Bank
70 00
Charles W. Raulet
80 00
Susan T. Howard
81 25
$312 50
$312 50
SCHOOL HOUSE BONDS.
Amount raised by taxation
$2,000 00
EXPENDED.
Edw. F. Parker, Treas., bonds No. 6 and 7 issue Aug. 1, 1895, paid by him . . $2,000 00
$2,000 00
$2,000 00
PAID ACCOUNT TOWN OF NORTH READING. SOLDIERS' RELIEF ACT.
Amount received from Town of North
Reading
$77 15
Amount due from Town of North
12 00
Reading
EXPENDED. .
Mrs. Fred C. McIntire, rent, dry goods, and medical services
$89 15
$89 15
$89 15
STATE AND MILITARY AID).
Appropriation
$2,800 00
EXPENDED.
W. H. Baker $32 00
Amount carried forward
$32.00 $2,800 00
68
Amount brought forward
$32 00 $2,800 00
Marietta Baker
48 00
Marcus M. Bancroft
48 00
Eben B. Bickford
70 00
Sarah J. Bickford
48 00
William Bryden
16 00
Lydia R. Bryden
32 00
Emmons Buck
72 00
Julia Buck
48 00
Edmond Buxton
48 00
Reuben R. Coates
48 00
John Corrie
48 00
Ellen M. Damon
48 00
John Damon
48 00
Sarah A. Deadman
48 00
Elizabeth W. DeRonde
48 00
Eliza W. DeRonde
48 00
John D. DeRonde
48 00
Harriet Dow
48 00
Stillson H. Dow
72 00
Ida F. Flanders
48 00
Charles C. Frost
48 00
Samuel Goodwin
48 00
Mary P. Goodwin
48 00
Theodore F. Gould
36 00
Jennie F. Gould
- 12 00
Mary Gowing
48 00
Jonathan Heselton
36 00
Richmond Heselton
72 00
R. Melissa Hollis
48 00
William A. Hunter
16 00
Amount carried forward
$1,426 00 $2,800 00
69
Amount brought forward
$1,426 00 $2,800 00
William L. Jones
48 00
William H. Jones
16 00
William LaClair
36 00
Clara A. Leathe
48 00
Gustavus Loring
24 00
Susan R. Lovejoy
36 00
Edwin Manning
16 00
Sarah J. Mason
48 00
Charlotte A. Matthews
48 00
Lydia I. McArthur
12 00
Mary McIntire
48 00
Charles W. Milbery
54 00
Sarah M. Milbery
48 00
Franklin A. Nash
12 00
Ansel Nickerson
72 00
Kate V. Norriş
32 00
Clarkson Parker
48 00
Ellen A. Parker
24 00
Horace A. Parker
18 00
Margaret Pinkham
48 00
Susan R. Poor
34 00
Horace Prescott
12 00
David G. Richardson
48 00
Susan M. Richardson
48 00
Henry F. Scruton
48 00
Helen M. Sherman
48 00
Julia A. E. Smith
48 00
George Thayer
48 00
Eliza J. Upton
48 00
Janet C. Varney
48 00
Amount carried forward
$2,592 00 $2,800 00
70
Amount brought forward
$2,592 00 $2,800 00
George A. W. Vinall .
48 00
Harriet B. Vinall
48 00
Daniel H. Wadlin
60 00
Marcella Woods
48 00
To be paid by the Commonwealth
. $2,796 00
MILITARY AID.
Henry Batchelder
64 00
Henry E. Putnam
132 00
One-half to be paid by the Commonwealth $196 00 Overdrawn
$192 00
$2,992 00 $2,992 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Appropriation
$900 00
Received from R., W. & L. St. Ry.
13 50
Received from auctioneers' licenses
6 00
Received from Reading Water Works
9 80
EXPENDED.
F. D. Merrill, posting notice Special Town Meeting
$ 1 00
E. C. Parker, distributing notices
1 50
Henry Stock, care of flag .
12 00
Mrs. J. S. Bond, repairing flag
15 00
E. D. Richmond, reporting births
11 00
Amount carried forward
$40 50
$929 30
71
Amount brought forward
$40 50
$929 30
George F. Dow, reporting births 11 50
Mrs. S. Porter, " 1 75
H. M. Meek Pub. Co., birth return books 1 50
F. G. MacDonald, material for draping Town Bldg. honor of Pres. McKinley 3 2 98
J. F. Burnham, distributing Town Reports (1900) 10 00
J. F. Burnham, distributing Town Reports (1901) 10 00
M. L. Andrews, typewriting 1 00
Mrs. Julia M. Ide, 1 75
Miss Ida R. Whittier, clerical services 15 00
W. I. Ruggles, preparing official ballots 60
A. Chandler Manning, planting trees and postage 4 57
A. Chandler Manning, salary Tree Warden 50 00
A. P. French, legal services, 1900 15 95
A. P. French, “ 1901
40 55
A. P. French, 1902 4 85
Edgerley & Bessom, reporting deaths, 1901
5 00
Edgerley & Bessom, " 1902
8 75
Est. E. F. Brooks,
1901
10 25
Est. E. F. Brooks,
1902 5 25
James Reid, recording births and deaths, clerical work and stationery 94 80
D. C. Temple, trees
6 00
J. W. Gleason, trimming trees 54 25
L. I. Nichols,
26 25
J. W. Gleason, exterminating brown tail moths 43 76
Amount carried forward $426 81
$929 30
72
Amount brought forward $466 81 $929 30
Walter Locke, exterminating brown tail moths 43 76
J. Gardie Eames, exterminating brown tail moths 33 69
Alfred Ellis, exterminating brown tail moths 32 82 W. W. Rawson & Co., exterminating brown tail moths 5 40
Francis Bros., exterminating brown tail moths 5 20
J. F. Burnham, removing trees 34 00
S. S. Bell, Manager, electric light, Home for Aged Women 15 73
S. S. Bell, Manager, electric light, band stand 9 00 Reading Home for Aged Women, electric light 30 00
Reading Home for Aged Women, water rates 12 00 Veteran Post 194, G. A. R., electric light 50 00 Reading Water Works, Home for Aged Women 9 80
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, supplies and ad- vertising 120 50 .
M. F. Charles, stationery and supplies 5 05
M. F. Charles, dog warrants 1 50
C. W. Eaton, collector's blanks and postage 1 07
M. F. Charles, clerk Finance Com., 1901 25 00
M. F. Charles, 66 66 1902
25 00
Good Samaritan Lodge, rent of hall for Finance Committee 2 00
Lyceum Hall Asso., rent of hall for Caucuses and Registration 6 00
Amount carried forward $934 33 $929 30
73
Amount brought forward $934 33 $929 30
Reading Water Works, relocating drinking fountain 11 40
Francis Bros., hardware and repairs 8 10
F. W. Danforth, painting street signs . 7 25
F. H. Parker & Sons, expressing 7 10
American Express Co., 66
1 40
R. C. Totten, repairing waste barrels
2 00
Francis Doane & Co., assessors' books .
18 00
J. H. Adden, investigating records
25 00
Frank Geer, settlement of claim
75 00
J. W. Manning, labor and team . 6 74
Borthwick Bros., men and teams 24 50
J. F. Turner, perambulating town bounds 10 00
G. A. Shackford, 10 00 66
Old South M. E. Church, care of clock
50 00
W. K. Pratt, ditching 2 72
D. W. Pratt,
7 00
F. Castine,
14 00
F. Lamprey,
8 75
C. W. Milbery, “
24 33
Champion Iron Co., cell for women
75 00
E. F. Parker, expenses as Treasurer 5 17
A. Seaton, stationery 2 50
F. W. Parker, salary Sealer Weights and Measures 75 00
F. W. Parker, stationery, etc. Overdrawn .
2 76
492 75
$1,422 05 $1,422 05
A: G. Emerson,
14 00
74
CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF COMMON AND PARKS.
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDED.
J. Zwicker, labor and team 12 25
H. Litchfield, labor
50
Orne Green, 60 25
F. W. Danforth, painting signs
3 00
H. R. Johnson, labor and repairs
3 05
Reading Water Works, water rates
12 00
Unexpended
58 95
$150 00
$150 00
SWAN ESTATE.
Amount received from rent .
$108 00
EXPENDED.
Repairs, water, rentals, etc.
24 61
Net income
83 39
$108 00
$108 00
INTEREST.
Appropriation
$ 300 00
Amount received from First National Bank,
interest on deposits
129 07
Amount received from J. C. Oxley
2 68
A. S. Canty 18
Amount carried forward
$431 93
75
Amount brought forward
$431 93
Amount received from L. G. Howard .
9 32
H. M. Viall (1900)
1,023 57
66
H. M. Viall (1901)
626 76
66
66
H. M. Viall (1902)
103 64
EXPENDED.
Interest on note, temporary loan
$453 05
228 12
67 71
199 73
66
67 71
יל
65 62
67 71
66
66
150 00
66
281 25
91 25
223 13
66
273 75
66
41 66
A. W. Danforth, Sec'y, interest on trust
329 98
Overdrawn
345 45
$2,540 67 $2,540 67
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Appropriation
$600 00
EXPENDED.
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1900 $533 41
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1901
65 76
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1902
81
Unexpended
02
$600 00
$600 00
"
funds .
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FOR THE YEAR 1902.
READING, DEC. 31st, 1902.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Reading :-
I submit the following report for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1902 :
CORRECT.
ADJUSTED.
TOTAL.
No. of scales over 5000 lbs.
3
3
' Computing Scales
5
5
" Small Scales
29
22
51
66 " Pan 66
66
" Family "
4
1
5
Weights
284
28
312
" Balances
3
1
1
66
" Milk Measures
14
14
66
" Wet 66
41
41
Dry 66
71
C. D. 1
72
66 " Yard 66
17
17
66
" Bottles right, 4806; Bottles sent back, 142 ; Condemned, 92 ;
5040
I have in my charge one set of Brass Scales and Weights, one set of Copper Wine Measures, one nest of Dry Measures, 500 lbs. of 50-1b. Weights and one 10-lb. and one 5-1b .; one set of numbers from 0 up to 9, three letters, two R's and C. D., one glass cutter ; all in good order.
Respectfully Yours,
FRANK W. PARKER,
S. of W. und M.
66
9
8
17
STREET DEPARTMENT.
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND REPAIRS OF SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation $3,000 00
Amount received from material sold
13 76
Amount received from N. E. T. & T:
Co. 2 10
A portion of amount received from street railway franchise and excise tax 3,205 54
EXPENDED.
Labor and teams
3,127 68
Labor
2,161 76
Gravel 429 94
H. K. Austin, labor and supplies 9 31
H. R. Johnson, labor and material
6 00
W. Bancroft & Co., drain pipe and supplies
13 57
G. H. Atkinson, supplies
2 50
W. H. Mears, supplies
1 20
Reading Co-Op. Ass'n, supplies
60
I. F. Batchelder, supplies
7 43
American Powder Mills, supplies
29 86
Amount carried forward
$5,789 85 $6,221 40
78
Amount brought forward
$5,789 85 $6,221 40
A. W. Temple, labor and supplies 1 93
E. C. Metcalf, supplies
2 53
W. F. Cook, stock and labor
75
Francis Bros., tools and supplies
10 26
F. Wallace, supplies
1 10
Ames Plow Co., supplies
3 50
E. L. Lovejoy, storing roller and scraper
7 00
T. C. Fife, repairing pumps
11 35
R. C. Totten, repairs
14 60
J. Breck & Sons Corporation, tools
12 25
O. O. Ordway, repairs
26 25
A. M. Barnard, Est., rent
27 00
John Muse, edgestones and setting
9 10
A. V. Hildreth, granite
60 93
J. R. Camp, granite
11 97
G. E. Heath, stone 1 50
J. A. Blunt, repairs
29 77
C. O. Tay, concreting
81 13
Samuel Brown, measuring concrete, stone and repairs 7 40
N. Bancroft, rubber boots
3 00
F. W. Cail, drain pipe
12 80
F. II. Parker & Son, expressing
90
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
22 33
D. Doucette, labor and material
72 20
$6,221 40 $6,221 40
79
CONCRETE SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES.
ABUTTERS TO PAY ONE-HALF.
Appropriation
$300 00
Received from Jacob Mitchell 49 74
Received from E. L. Lovejoy
29 58
Amount due from Lyceum Hall Ass'n
8 94
Amount due from Warren E. Eaton
47 35
EXPENDED.
E. B. Richardson, concreting
38 94
John Muse, edgestones and setting
232 26
Unexpended
164 41
$435 61
$435 61
CONCRETE GUTTERS, CROSSWALKS AND GUTTERS.
PAVED
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDED.
Labor and teams
$ 62 41
Labor
134 06
Hill & Mulooney, concreting
5 00
C. O. Tay, concreting
92 65
E. B. Richardson, concreting Overdrawn
99 15
193 27
$393 27
$393 27
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80
REPAIRS OF CONCRETE.
Appropriation
$300 00
A portion of amount received from
street railway franchise and excise tax
109 52
EXPENDED.
E. B. Richardson, concreting $375 71
C. O. Tay
24 21
G. W. Killorin
9 60
$409 52
$409 52
REMOVAL OF SNOW AND ICE.
Appropriation
$600 00
A portion of amount received from street railway franchise and excise tax
82 90
EXPENDED.
Labor and teams
$495 02
Labor
178 33
G. H. Atkinson, salt
5 25
R. C. Totten, repairing snow plow
2 00
Francis Bros., supplies
18
O. O. Ordway, repairing snow plow
2 15
$682 90
$682 90
STREET SPRINKLING.
Appropriation
$400 00
EXPENDED.
John Stock, labor and use of horses $314 83
Prentiss & Viall, acc't insurance on cart 3 00
Amount carried forward $317 83 $400 00
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Amount brought forward
$317 83
$400 00
G. H. Atkinson, sponge
50
Abbott-Downing Co., repairing water cart
2 50
Unexpended
79 17
$400 00
$400 00
VINE STREET. ( Middlesex Ave. to Mineral St.)
Appropriation
EXPENDED. $300 00
D. C. Temple, land damages, as per vote Annual Meeting, March 4, 1901 $300 00
$300 00
$300 00
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF STREET RAILWAY TAX.
Unexpended balance
$1,183 37
Amount received in 1902
2,919 37
EXPENDED.
Account removal snow and ice
$682 90
highways
3,226 04
repairs concrete
109 52
Unexpended
84 28
$4,102 74 $4,102 74
NOTE .- The sum of $20.50 for labor, omitted in error, should be added to account Highway Expenditures.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Reading:
The Board of Engineers herewith submit their annual report for the year nineteen hundred and two.
During the year the Department responded to 19 bell alarms and one still alarm.
The Department consists of
One Chief Engineer and two Assistant Engineers.
Steamer No. 1, two enginemen.
Hook and Ladder Truck No. 1, twelve men.
Hose No. 1, thirteen men, Central Fire Station.
Hose No. 2, fifteen men, Woburn St.
Hose No. 3, six men, North Main St.
Hose No. 4, six men, Hopkins St.
Hose No. 5, Volunteer Co., Grove St., at Elwin J. Roundy's.
Mr. Leonard T. Eames was reappointed Supt. of Fire Alarm and the system is in good condition, and his report will be found on another page.
The apparatus and buildings are all in good condition.
We have by vote of the Town erected a house for Hose 3 on a lot of land purchased for the Town of Albion G. Nichols, on the east side of North Main St., the deed of which is in the Town Safe,
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and we would recommend that the Town appropriate a sum suffi- cient to place Tower Strikers on houses of Hose No. 3 and 4. This would not only aid the members of the Department in responding to fires but would enable the school children in these localities to get the alarm for no session of schools without having to come to the centre to find out if the alarm has been sounded.
We have by vote of the Town replaced the reel at the Cen- tral Station with a new Abbot-Downing wagon, and we have also added a two-horse pung at the Centre House and a one-horse pung at house of Hose 2. The doors voted by the Town have been cut in the Centre House in the rear of the Hook and Ladder Truck, making it possible to drive in from the rear, which is a great im- provement.
We have added three new Fire Alarm Boxes this year-Boxes 18, 23 and 67.
If some arrangement can be made by the Town whereby the horses hired for Fire Dept. purposes can be given a preference in the work on the highways, we think it would be the means of sav- ing the Town several hundred dollars.
We have looked into the question of a storage battery for the Fire Alarm System and would recommend that the Town install a storage battery as a means of economy, as the present system is constantly increasing in size and cost, and we believe a storage system would pay for itself in about three years.
The Department for the first time in a number of years held a Field Day, which created a great deal of interest in the Dept. and also among the citizens of the Town, and we believe it would be for the interest of the Town and the Department to make this an Annual Field Day, and would recommend that the expense of same be borne by the Town.
In conclusion, we would thank the members of the Department
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and all who have in any way assisted the Department the past year, and especially the Reading Rubber Mills for the free use of steam for the fire whistle.
FRANK G. NICHOLS, Chief Engineer, GEORGE L. PRATT, Secretary, ORVILLE O. ORDWAY, Ass't Engineer, Board of Engineers, Reading Fire Dept.
DETAILED STATEMENT OF FIRES FOR THE YEAR 1902.
Date.
Box.
Time.
Owner.
Occupants.
LOSS ON Building
Ins. on Build'g
Ins. Paid.
Loss on Contents.
Ins. on Cont'ts
Ins. Paid.
Cause and Remarks.
Jan.
9
13
6.15 p. m.
O. P. Symonds & Sons Akerley Mfg. Co.
$250
None
None
$750.00
$850
$750.00
Jan ..
26
33
8.00 p. m.
Mar.
18
39
2.45 p. m.
W. Hinckley ..
W. Hinckley.
100 Small
None
None None
None None
None None
None None
May
15
33
6.00 a. m.
Wendell Bancroft ..
June
10
17
11.40 a. m.
J. W. Borthwick ..
Incendiary
July
4
33
1.05 a. m.
Frederick Bancroft
800
$1000 1000
$800 801
950.00 497.00 Partial None
1500 600 1000 800 None 300
None None
Sparks from chimney .. Oil stove explosion. Unknown. Same fire .. Incendiary . .
Oct.
6
42
6.15 a. m.
Mrs. F. M. Davis
Unoccupied
150
2500
Oct.
13
33
8.55 p. m.
Still aların, ov. oil stove
Nov.
25
10.30 a. m.
L. G. Howard ..
Incendiary
Nov.
28
42
2.10 a. m.
Mrs. F. M. Davis ..
Unoccupied
Total
2500
Nov.
28
64
2.15 a. m.
Mrs. F. M. Davis ..
Unoccupied ..
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