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L. T. Eames, labor and supplies
7 44
T. C. Fife, labor and material
6 56
T. J. Whall, repairing boiler, 1902 Janet C. Varney, cleaning office
2 60
J. F. Burnham, Supt., fuel Overdrawn
8 00
193 16
$493 16
$493 16
PRINTING
Appropriation .
$750 00
EXPENDED
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, Town Reports, 1902
$366 00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, extra copies Water, Light and School Reports 30 50
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, Finance Commit- tee Report 14 00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, miscellaneous printing 276 25
P. B. Murphy, Assessors' posters 1 25
Wakefield Daily Item, dog licenses, posters and Assessors' returns 6 05
Amount carried forward $694 05 $750 00
$300 00
2 01
74
Amount brought forward
$694 05
$750 00
Hobbs & Warren Co., Collector's warrants 3 00
B. H. Irving, election officers' returns
2 50
Unexpended
50 45
$750 00
$750 00
ELECTION EXPENSES
Appropriation .
$300 00
EXPENDED
Lyceum Hall Ass'n, rent of hall for caucuses and registration of voters · Y. M. C. A., rent of hall, March 2d, 3d and April 21, 1903
$12 00
60 00
Masonic Temple Corp., rent of hall, Dec. 23, 1903 · J. H. Orr, services at elections, April 21st and Nov. 3d, 1903
8 00
5 50
Henry Stock, services at elections, March 3, 1902, Nov. 4th, 1902, and March 2d, 1903 7 00
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., election pencils
88
M. F. Charles, recount of Representative vote, Nov. 11th, 1903 5 00
Owen McKenney, recount of Representa- tive vote, Nov. 11th, 1903 5 00
W. S. Prentiss, recount of Representative vote, Nov. 11th, 1903
5 00
Amount carried forward
$108 38
$300 00
75
Amount brought forward $108 38 $300 00
W. M. Scott, recount of Representative vote, Nov. 11th, 1903 5 00
Geo. E. Adams, ballot clerk, March 3d and April 21st, 1903 10 00
Wm. H. Perkins, ballot clerk, March 2d, April 21st and Nov. 3d, 1903 15 00
Geo. L. Pratt, ballot clerk, March 2d, April 21st and Nov. 3d, 1903 15 00
Wm. E. Parkins, ballot clerk, March 3d, 1903 5 00 Reuben J. Lefave, ballot clerk, Nov. 3d, 1903 5 00 H. M. Donegan, teller, March 2d, April 21 and Nov. 3d, 1903 15 00
John Connelly, teller, Nov. 4th, 1902, and March 2d, 1903 10 00
S. G. Stewart, teller, March 3d and Nov. 3d, 1903 10 00
W. I. Ruggles, teller, March 3d and Nov. 3d, 1903 10 00
J. W. Killam, teller, March 3d and Nov. 3d, 1903 10 00
O. L. Akerley, teller, March 3d and Nov. 3d, 1903 10 00
J. C. Nichols, teller, March 3d and Nov. 3d, 1903 10 00
B. F. Flanders, teller, March 3d and April 21st, 1903 10 00
C. H. Stinchfield, teller, April 21st and Nov. 3d, 1903 10 00
II. E. McIntire, teller, April 21st and Nov. 3d, 1903 10 00
Amount carried forward $268 38
$300 00
76
Amount brought forward $268 38
F. E. Hutchins, teller, March 3d, 1903 5 00
G. A. Shackford, teller, March 3d, 1903 5 00
J. S. Robinson, teller, March 2d, 1903 D. T. Bickford, teller, March 2d, 1903
5 00
W. F. Cook, teller, March 2d, 1903 5 00
W. F. Eaton, teller, March 2d, 1903 5 00
C. W. MacDougall, teller, March 2d, 1903 5 00
H. E. Eames, teller, March 2d, 1903 5 00
F. A. Bessom, teller, March 2d, 1903
5 00
C. W. Lee, teller, March 2d, 1903
5 00
W. L. Crowe, teller, April 21st, 1903
5 00
C. L. Newell, teller, April 21st, 1903
5 00
A. E. Nichols, teller, Nov. 3d, 1903 5 00
5 00
O. B. Ruggles, teller, Nov. 3d, 1903
5 00
H. S. LaClair, teller, Nov. 3d, 1903 Overdrawn
5 00
48 38
$348 38
$348 38
BURIAL AGENT'S ACCOUNT
Amount due from Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$35 00
EXPENDED
Ephraim Wight for burial expenses David
G. Richardson $35 00
$35 00
$35 00
.
5 00
$300 00
A. W. Danforth, teller, Nov. 3d, 1903
77
DECORATION AND CARE OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES Appropriation
$175 00
EXPENDED
Veteran Post 194, G. A. R. . . $175 00
$175 00
$175 00
ELECTRIC LIGHTS G. A. R. HALL
Appropriation
$50 00
EXPENDED
Veteran Post 194, G. A. R. $50 00
$50 00
$50 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation .
$1,500 00
EXPENDED
Marcus M. Bancroft, fuel and groceries
$68 88
Charles II. Champney, fuel, groceries, nurse, medicine and medical attendance . 312 09
Sarah A. Deadman, groceries
97 62
Elizabeth W. DeRonde, supplies
24 00
John H. Jennings, fuel and groceries .
123 19
Charlotte A. Mathews, supplies .
48 00
Benj. F. McAllister, supplies
71 50
Mary J. McAllister, supplies
19 50
Amount carried forward
$764 78 $1,500 00
78
Amount brought forward
$764 78 $1,500 00
Kate V. Norris, supplies
99 78
Susan M. Penney, supplies .
72 00
David G. Richardson, supplies
108 00
Samuel Rounds, fuel, groceries and rent
74 69
Helen M. Sherman, fuel, rent and medical attendance .
137 15
Janet C. Varney, supplies
48 00
Marcella Woods, rent
24 00
Unexpended
171 60
$1,500 00 $1,500 00
PAID ACCOUNT CITY OF BROCKTON
SOLDIERS' RELIEF ACCOUNT Amount rec'd from City of Brockton $115 46
EXPENDED
Mary E. Freeman, groceries, nurse, supplies, medical attendance and funeral expenses $115 46
$115 46
$115 46
PAID ACCOUNT TOWN OF WAKEFIELD SOLDIERS' RELIEF ACCOUNT Amount rec'd from Town of Wakefield $10 25
EXPENDED
Mary L. Carey, fuel and groceries
$10 25
$10 25
$10 25
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PAID ACCOUNT TOWN OF NORTH READING SOLDIERS' RELIEF ACCOUNT
Amount due from Town of North Read- ing .
$44 43
EXPENDED
Mrs. Fred C. McIntire, rent, fuel, dry goods and shoes
$44 43
$44 43
$43 43
STATE AND MILITARY AID
Appropriation
$2,800 00
EXPENDED
Eben B. Bickford
$72 00
Sarah J. Bickford
48 00
Wm. H. Baker
48 00
Marietta Baker
48 00
Marcus M. Bancroft
48 00
Emmons Buck
72 00
Julia Buck
48 00
Edmund Buxton
48 00
Lydia R. Bryden
48 00
Mary L. Carey
28 00
Reuben R. Coates
48 00
John H. Corrie
48 00
Ellen M. Damon
48 00
John Damon
48 00
Amount carried forward
$700 00 $2,800 00
80
Amount brought forward
$700 00 $2,800 00
Sarah A. Deadman
48 00
John D. DeRonde
4 00
Eliza W. DeRonde
48 00
Elizabeth W. DeRonde
48 00
Harriet Dow
48 00
Stillson H. Dow
42 00
Ida F. Flanders
48 00
Charles C. Frost
48 00
Samuel Goodwin
48 00
Mary P. Goodwin
48 00
Mary Gowing
48 00
Jennie H. Gould
48 00
Jonathan Heselton
36 00
Richmond Heselton
72 00
Melissa R. Hollis
48 00
Wm. A. Hunter
48 00
Wm. L. Jones
48 00
Wm. LaClair
6 00
Clara A. Leathe
48 00
Gustavus Loring
24 00
Susan R. Lovejoy
40 00
Sarah J. Mason
48 00
Charlotte A. Mathews
48 00
Mary McIntire
48 00
Charles W. Milbery
54 00
Sarah M. Milbery
28 00
Ansel Nickerson
72 00
Kate V. Norris
48 00
Clarkson Parker
48 00
Amount carried forward
$1,990 00 $2,800 00
81
Amount brought forward
$1,990 00 $2,800 00
Margaret Pinkham
48 00
.
David G. Richardson
28 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
Roxanna C. Underwood
16 00
Eliza Upton
48 00
Janet C. Varney
48 00
George A. W. Vinall .
48 00
Harriett B. Vinall
8 00
Daniel H. Wadlin
60 00
Josephine Watts
8 00
George W. Wiggin
32 00
Isabella Wildman
20 00
Marcella Woods
48 00
To be paid by the Commonwealth $2,642 00
MILITARY AID
Henry E. Putnam (one-half to be paid by
the Commonwealth ) .
$36 00
Unexpended
122 00
$2,800 00
$2,800 00
ACCOUNT CHAS. L. HAAG
Due from Charles L. Haag
85 54
EXPENDED
Charles L. Haag, supplies
$85 54
$85 54
$85 54
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GRACE MCKAY vs. TOWN OF READING (No appropriation) EXPENDED
Arthur P. French, Attorney, expenses acc't of filing exceptions in Grace McKay suit
$61 60
CARE OF OLD SOUTH CLOCK
Appropriation $50 00
EXPENDED
Old South M. E. Society
$50 00
$50 00
$50 00
RENT OF PLAYGROUND
(No appropriation )
Kirk Sweetser, rent from April 1st to Oct. 1st, 1903
$171 00
CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF COMMON AND PARKS
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDED
F. A. Butters, repairing seats $ 4 75
Joseph White, labor
78
Martin Forbes, labor
28 67
J. S. Doucette, labor
15 75
Amount carried forward
$49 95
$150 00
83
Amount brought forward
$49 95
$150 00
John Doucette, labor
10 50
James McKenney, labor
9 00
Orne Green, labor
67 25
Reading Water Works
12 00
Unexpended
1 30
$150 00
$150 00
EDGESTONE AROUND COMMON
(Southwesterly Portion)
Appropriation - $150 00
EXPENDED
John Muse, edgestone and setting same $148 88
1 12
Unexpended
$150 00
$150 00
SPRAYING APPARATUS
Appropriation
$65 00
EXPENDED
Chas. J. Jager Co., spraying apparatus $58 60
E. C. Brown & Co., one brass "Auto-Spray" 4 75
Unexpended 1 65
$65 00 $65 00
READING HOME FOR AGED WOMEN
Appropriation
$75 00
EXPENDED
Reading H. A. W., cash, electric lights and water rates, 1903 $75 00
$75 00
$75 00
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SWAN ESTATE
Amount received from rent
EXPENDED
Repairs, water rates, etc.
$11 85
Net income .
.
.
96 15
$108 00
$108 00
READING WATER WORKS
Appropriations
$7,290 00
Amount raised by taxation
7,000 00
EXPENDED
Reading Water Works, service pipes $1,000 00
street sprinkler 500 00
66 66 drinking fountains 300 00
hydrant rentals
4,890 00
interest on water
600 00
Edw. F. Parker, Treas., reduction of water loan, water bonds 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 161, 162 paid by him .
7,000 00
$14,290 00 $14,290 00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT AND POWER PLANT
Appropriations
$11,280 00
Amount raised by taxation 1,000 00
Amount raised by loan 1,400 00
EXPENDED
Municipal Light Board, arc lights
. $8,280 00
construction
·
3,000 00
Amount carried forward
$11,280 00 $13,680 00
$108 00
loan .
.
85
Amount brought forward $11,280 00 $13,680 00
Edw. F. Parker, Treas., note paid by him . 1,400 00
66 Bond No. 9, issue
1894, paid by him
1,000 00
$13,680 00 $13,680 00
INTEREST ON SCHOOL HOUSE BONDS
Appropriation $1,320 00
EXPENDED
Edward F. Parker, Treas., coupons 1903
paid by him
$1,300 00
Unexpended (Coupon No. 20 unpaid )
20 00
$1,320 00 81,320 00
INTEREST ON SCHOOL HOUSE NOTES
Appropriation $312 50
EXPENDED
L. G. Howard
$81 25
J. A. Howard
81 25
R. L. Day & Co.
35 00
Chas. W. Ranlet
40 00
Edward F. Parker, Treas., interest paid by
him
75 00
$312 50
$312 50
SCHOOL HOUSE BONDS
Amount raised by taxation $2,000 00
EXPENDED
Edward F. Parker, Treas., Bonds No. 8 and 9, issue Aug. 1st, 1895, paid by him . $2,000 00
$2,000 00 $2,000 00
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HAVEN STREET NOTE (Issued Nov. 27, 1899)
Amount received from new loan .
$1,000 00
EXPENDED
Edward F. Parker, Treas., note paid by him . . $1,000 00
$1,000 00 $1,000 00
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Received from Auctioneers' licenses 8 00
66 carriage licenses .
8 00
66 fees sealing weights,
measures, etc. 5 71
Received from estate of C. N. Mellen
removing wire from Black's block
75
EXPENDED
F. D. Merrill, posting warrants . $3 00
Y. M. C. A., rent of hall special Town meet- ing 10 00
Lyceum Hall Assn., rent of hall for caucuses 6 00
Duparquett, Huot & Moneuse, 6 drinking cups
1 20
H. C. Derby, rubber stamp
1 00
Hobbs & Warren Co., poor blanks and type- writing .
40
Hobbs & Warren Co., letter copy book 2 75
Amount carried forward
$24 35 $1,022 46
87
Amount brought forward
$24 35 $1,022 46
Ina L. Eames, typewriting 2 00
Ida R. Whittier, clerical services 15 00
J. H. Morris & Co., repairing roof on Town building .
32 90
Thos. Groom & Co., Collector's cashbook
9 00
Stewart & Robertson, repairing and paint- ing band stand 50 00
Manning's Nursery, Maple tree . 1 50
H. R. Johnson, hardware and labor on elec- tion booths 10 85
Francis Bros., hardware for Tree Warden 1 95
Francis Bros., new pump ·
28 00
Francis Bros., hardware and repairs 5 00
Francis Bros., faucets and drinking cups for fountain 6 50
J. F. Burnham, Supt., sods and loam for Common 28 95
J. F. Burnham, Supt., labor moving trees 12 00
J. F. Burnham, Supt., distributing Town Reports, 1902 10 00
Reading Water Works, labor and material on drinking fountain 7 67
J. H. Adden, investigating records 25 00
James A. Bancroft, plans and surveys 40 25
F. W. Danforth, street signs 6 00
M. E. Nichols, repairs on windows of Town building 1 12
M. F. Charles, Sec'y of Finance Committee 25 00
M. F. Charles, recording births, marriages and deaths, clerical work and stationery 86 94
Amount carried forward
$429 98 $1,022 46
88
Amount brought forward $429 98 $1,022 46
James Reid, recording births, marriages and deaths 11 80
J. A. O'Leary, reporting birth 50
Geo. E. Pierce, reporting deaths 11 25
G. W. Killorin, rolling playground 5 00
W. I. Ruggles, investigating block system and stationery 1 70
E. F. Parker, expenses as Treasurer 1 74
L. T. Eames, labor removing wire from Black's block 75
Samuel Brown, filing saws for Tree Warden 1 70
R. C. Totten, iron bolts for Tree Warden 1 50
J. W. Gleason, trimming trees 21 00
Dennie Doucette, trimming trees 12 25
A. B. Mathews, teaming trees .
30 00
R. A. White, labor on trees, 1902 2 00
R. A. White, labor on trees, 1903 3 00
R. A. White, carriage hire for Tree Warden 2 00
American Express Co., expressing .
60
Cummings' Express, expressing
60
Robert Horrocks, ringing bell July 4th 1 00
F. W. Parker, salary sealer of weights and measures, 1903 75 00
F. W. Parker, postage, supplies and mis- cellaneous expenses 7 67
George L. Flint, Moderator special Town meeting 5 00
A. P. French, legal services, 1903 11 39
A. E. Batchelder, labor and team 35 00
Amount carried forward
$672 43 $1,022 46
89
$672 43 $1,022 46
Amount brought forward
W. O. Dockendorff, labor and team on Common 17 67
C. H. Playdon, inspector of animals and pro- visions, 1902 100 00
H. R. Johnson, labor and material at play- ground 1 94
J. S. Doucette, ditching
2 72
Jos. W. Killam, 66
10 50
D. W. Pratt,
26 25
A. G. Emerson,
23 00
J. H. Brown,
1 75
E. P. Bancroft,
18 00
F. Chusong, 66
10 50
J. E. Wilkins, 66
12 44
Jos. W. Killam, labor on dump
2 33
F. Castine 66
78
W. K. Pratt,
66
2 34
M. Forbes,
66 66
1 34
D. W. Pratt,
1 56
A. G. Emerson,
6.
2 34
J. HI. Brown,
66
2 34
F. Chusong,
66
3 06
J. E. Wilkins,
66
2 33
Unexpended
106 84
$1,022 46
$1,022 46
INTEREST
Appropriation
$ 600 00
Amount received from interest on con-
crete account 6 36
Amount carried forward $606 36
1
66
90
Amount brought forward $606 36
Amount received from First Nat. Bank on deposits . 169 61
Amount received from H. M. Viall, Col-
lector, 1900 19 07
Amount received from H. M. Viall, Col- lector, 1901 . 1,040 99
Amount received from H. M. Viall, Col-
lector, 1902 .
591 51
Amount received from H. M. Viall, Col- lector, 1903 . 82 79
EXPENDED
Interest on temporary loans . $2,451 27
Interest on Haven st. note 37 50
A. W. Danforth, Sec'y, interest on cemetery bequest funds 305 29
Overdrawn
283 73
$2,794 06 $2,794 06
ABATEMENT OF TAXES
Appropriation
$600 00
EXPENDED
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1900 $ 53 27
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1901 399 14
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1902
147 36
Unexpended 23
$600 00
$600 00
STREET DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND REPAIRS OF SIDEWALKS
Appropriation $3,000 00
A portion of amount received from
street railway franchise and excise tax 3,216 74
Amount received from loan 1,000 00
Amount received from B. & N. Street
Railway Co. 38 67
Amount received for material sold 31 57
Amount received from State Treasurer
11 60
EXPENDED
Labor and teams, 1901
$ 55 33
Labor and teams, 1902
91 00
Labor and teams
1,816 52
Labor
1,869 31
Gravel, 1901
17 16
Gravel
405 64
J. A. Blunt, repairs
20 22
R. C. Totten, repairs
11 53
II. K. Austin, labor and material 49 81
Reading Water Works, labor and material 49 65
W. Bancroft & Co., drain pipe and supplies 254 47
Francis Bros., tools and supplies 8 07
Amount carried forward
$4,648 71 $7,298 58
92
Amount brought forward Frederick Wallace, tools and supplies 1 03
$4,648 71 $7,298 58
Joseph Breck & Sons Corp., tools American Powder Mills, supplies H. L. Bond Co., supplies
7 00
29 28
1 67
Reading Co-op Ass'n, supplies
65
Barbour, Stockwell Co., iron grate
15 00
Osgood & Witherly, iron grate
13 00
John Muse, edgestones and setting
33 02
E. L. Lovejoy, storing roller and scraper
7 00
Cummings' Express, expressing
25
Ferranti & Maguire Co., crushed stone and use of roller 200 75
A. M. Barnard estate, rent
36 00
A. G. Emerson, labor and teams
706 11
A. G. Emerson, clerical services
50 00
$5,749 47
MACADAMIZING MAIN ST. FROM MINOT ST.
TO THE B. & M. R. R. CROSSING
EXPENDED
Ferranti & Maguire Co., Contractors
1,549 11
$7,298 58 $7,298 58
STREET SPRINKLING
A portion of amount received from Street Railway franchise and excise tax EXPENDED
$426 25
Merrill Hutchinson, painting watering cart $ 25 00
Prentiss & Viall, insurance on watering cart 3 00
John Stock, labor and use of horses . 398 25
$426 25
$426 25
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CONCRETE SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES
(Abutters to pay one-half)
Appropriation
$200 00
Am't received from Antonio Michelini 19 24
Am't received from Robert F. Fitz 38 30
29 89
Am't received from Henry R. Johnson EXPENDED
Lyceum Hall Ass'n, allowance for concret-
ing
$ 3 66
John Muse, edgestones and setting
146 72
MacDonald Bros., concreting
25 24
Unexpended
111 81
$287 43
$287 43
CONCRETE GUTTERS, CROSSWALKS GUTTERS
AND PAVED
Appropriation
$250 00
Amount refunded by E. B. Richardson
3 25
EXPENDED
Labor
$126 41
Labor and teams
22 44
McDonald Bros., concreting
96 65
Unexpended
7 75
$253 25
$253 25
REPAIRS OF CONCRETE
Appropriation
.
$300 00
Amount received from S. W. Bowker
1 49
Amount carried forward
$301 49
94
Amount brought forward A portion of amount received from Street Railway franchise and excise tax
$301 49
53 19
EXPENDED
George W. Killoran, concreting
$ 11 40
McDonald Bros., concreting
327 28
Labor and teams
16 00
$354 68
$354 68
REMOVAL OF SNOW AND ICE
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
Labor and teams
$389 04
Labor
27 19
A. G. Emerson, labor and team
50 37
Samuel Brown, repairing snow plow
1 00
Unexpended
32 40
$500 00 $500 00
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF STREET RAILWAY TAX
Unexpended balance
$ 84 28
Amount received from Excise tax, 1903 2,075 48
66 Franchise tax, 1903 1,576 85
EXPENDED
Account repairs of concrete 53 19
" Highways
3,216 74
Street Sprinkling
426 25
Unexpended
40 43
$3,736 61
$3,736 61
FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Reading :
The Board of Engineers herewith submit their annual report for the year nineteen hundred and three.
During the year the Department responded to 27 bell alarms.
The Department consists of
One Chief Engineer and two Assistant Engineers.
Steamer No. 1, two enginemen.
Hook and Ladder 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 re-appointed Supt. of the Fire Alarm, and the system is in good condition with the exception of some of the old wire and poles, which will have to be replaced with new in the near future.
The apparatus and buildings are in good condition, except that the Hook and Ladder, Steamer and Hose No. 2 should be touched up and varnished this year, and the house of Hose No. 2, Woburn St., should have a coat of paint this spring.
We have by vote of the Town, replaced the gravity battery of the Fire Alarm with a storage battery, and for the six months it has been in use it has proved all that we claimed for it in the mat-
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ter of economy, as, aside from the cost of installing, it has cost noth- ing for supplies, and the Boston and Northern Street Railway Co. furnish us the current free of charge. We find it much easier to handle and more satisfactory in every way than the old system.
We have added one new Fire Alarm Box, No. 41, located at the corner of Green and Village Sts.
We would recommend that a new box be located on Haven St. near the G. A. R. hall, and that Box 17 be moved to the corner of Prescott and Arlington Streets. As now located Box 17 covers too much property and an alarm from it does not inform the De- partment which side of the B. & M. R. R. to look for the fire.
We would again recommend that the Town appropriate a sum sufficient to place Tower Strikers on houses of Hose 3 and 4.
We would also again call the attention of the voters to the need of a new house and horses for the Department in the centre, and would recommend that a committee of five be appointed to look into the cost and advisability of the Town remodeling the present building to accommodate all the Town officials, and the building of a new station for the Fire Department on Town land east of the Town building on Pleasant Street, and report with recommenda- tions at a future meeting.
The Department again held a successful Field Day, and we feel that the exhibition of the Department was a credit to the town. The money appropriated by the Town was used to pay for the music and banquet of the invited guests.
At a special Town Meeting the Board of Engineers were in- structed to change the financial year of the Fire Department to correspond with the financial year of the Town, but as no money was appropriated for that purpose we were unable to do so this year.
In conclusion, we would thank the members of the Department and all who have in any way assisted the Department the past year,
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and especially the Reading Rubber Mills for the free use of steam for the fire whistle, and the Boston and Northern Street Railway Company for the free use of their current for charging the storage battery.
FRANK G. NICHOLS, Chief Engineer. GEORGE L. PRATT, Secretary. ORVILLE O. ORDWAY, Asst. Engineer. Board of Engineers, Reading Fire Dept.
DETAILED STATEMENT OF FIRES FOR THE YEAR 1903
Date
Box
Time
Owner
Occupants
Loss on Ins. on Building Build'g
Ins. Paid
Loss on Contents
Ins. on Cont'ts
Ins. Paid
Cause and Remarks
Jan.
3
15
8.20 p m
A. L. Esterberg.
A. L. Esterberg. E. F. Johnson ..
$20 Tvone 100
$20 None None
$50 None None
$50 None None
Overturned Lamp .. Kerosene Lamp Explosion
Jan.
6
17
10.03 p m
Feb.
14
26
2.55 a m
Mar.
11
34
10.03 p m
Mar.
19
17
12.35 p m
M. E. Brande
Borthwick Bros.,G. T. Eames and W. Ellis .. LG Bent, W Hodgkins H. LaClair
None None
None None
May
1
37
9.10 a nì
Brush Fire.
May
5
29
11.45 a m
Brush Fire ..
May
20
18
1.15 p m
Brush Fire.
May
20
18
4.00 p m
Brush Fire
May
22
39
1.40 p m
Brush Fire
May
24
24
3.15 p m
Brush Fire.
May
25
16
1.10 p m
False Alarm
May
27
28
10.15 p m
Incendiary .
May
30
16
11.50 p m
Brush Fire ..
June
4
25
2.40 p m
Incendiary
June
6
17
2.15 a m
G. H. Buckle .
300
300
300
2500
1500
1500
June
19
35
1.05 a m
False Alarm
July
3
25
10.20 p m
False Alarm
July
4
27
2.15 a m
Call to Stoneham.
July
5
64
1.45 a m
Incendiary.
July
41
3.15 a m
35
Oil Stove ....
July
22
26
11.57 a m
Chimney Burned Out ..
Oct.
10
18
4.00 p m
False Alarm.
Oct.
26
61
6.15 p m
False Alarm
Oct.
26
45
8.26 p m
Brush Fire.
Dec.
16
64
6.20 p m
...
E. F. Johnson ..
S. P. Burton, Jr
S. P. Burton, Jr.
None
None
Incendiary .. False Alarm Unknown
Apr.
11
62
7.00 p m
Lyceum Hall Ass'n .. H. LaClair
475
225
Chimney Burned Out.
1000
1000
Unsettl'd
Laura A. Paul ..
Laura A. Paul.
.
Unoccupied ..
125
Fowle, Leonard, Chas. Tillinghast, Executors G. H. Buckle.
Lister Fielding ......
875
400
Lister Fielding .. . ...
35
B. Hunter.
None None
None
$2500
$1800
The Department has travelled 297 miles. Laid 10,900 feet of hose. Used 213 feet of ladders. Used 24 gallons of chemicals. Served 30 hours.
99
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation $3,600 00
66 Field Day 150 00
66 Storage Battery 700 00
Amount received from J. B. Lewis, Jr., one-half expense of building fence
7 85
EXPENDED
F. G. Nichols, salary chief engineer, year ending April 30, 1903 $75 00
G. L. Pratt, salary engineer, Nov. 1, 1902, April 30, 1903 35 00
G. L. Pratt, postage 1 50
O. O. Ordway, salary engineer, year ending April 30, 1903 60 00
L. T. Eames, salary engineer Steamer 1, year ending Dec. 31, 1903 75 00
L. T. Eames, labor and supplies 11 50
Adolph Turner, salary ass't engineer Steam- er 1, June 1, 1902, to April 30, 1903 . W. H. Bancroft, steward Hose 2, year end- ing Oct. 31, 1903 65 00
45 83
E. H. Crowe, steward H. & L. No. 1, year ending April 30, 1903 35 00
H. E. McIntire, steward Hose 4, May 1, 1902, to Aug. 31, 1903 40 00
Firemen's pay roll year ending April 30, 1903 1,323 49
R. A. White, horse service 200 00
E. P. Bancroft,
103 00
Parker Nichols,
35 00 :
Amount carried forward
$2,105 32 $4,457 85
.
100
Amount brought forward
$2,105 32 $4,457 85
John Stock, horse service 225 00
G. A. Shackford & Son, horse service
250 00
Borth wick Bros., carriage hire
1 00
Cummings' Express, expressing
6 30
American Express Co., expressing
65
W. H. Wightman, insurance
23 00
F. W. Davis, repairs
7 70
O. O. Ordway,
26 20
Sam'l Brown, 66
1 75
Parker Nichols, steward Hose 3, year ending April 30, 1903
30 00
John Stock, labor
9 00
F. A. Butters, labor and supplies
10 70
W. F. Cook, labor and supplies
16 02
J. M. Saunders, building fence .
10 00
Chas. J. Haag, labor and care of hose
63 75
Geo. M. Stevens Co., Inc., supplies
5 95
H. K. Barnes,
3 00
Eagle Oil and Supply Co., si
5 50
Boston Excelsior Co.,
3 50
Pettingill, Andrews Co.,
72
T. F. Hannaford,
4 50
W. C. Taylor,
11 00
F. Wallace,
50
Francis Bros.,
20 73
George H. Atkinson,
3 72
W. Bancroft & Co.,
19 82
A. W. Danforth,
75
C. L. Martin, fuel
8 67
C. K. Littlefield, care of flag
2 00
Amount carried forward
$2,876 75 $4,457 85
101
Amount brought forward
$2,876 75 $4,457 85
J. B. Logan, labor 23 50
Chas. E. Berry, harness, etc. 22 65
S. S. Bell, Mgr., electric light and supplies 20 59
Reading Water Works, water rates 18 14
Field Day expenses
150 00
$3,111 63
FIRE ALARM
EXPENDED
L. T. Eames, salary Supt. fire alarm, year ending Dec. 31, 1903 $100 00
L. T. Eames, labor, material and car fare
71 56
Merrill Hutchinson, lettering signs 2 00
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