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Apr. 10 Edward T. Pendergrace 12 Eliza J. Beers
Meningitis Apoplexy Old Age Unknown Chronic Bronchitis Unknown Cerebral Hemorrhage Phthisis
Jonathan and Sarah ( Willoughby) Lovejoy
25
.6 12 Hannah Watkins Towns
72
3
-
Charles Towns (husband)
14 Stillborn
17 Harriet Wilkins
83
3
13
66
25 Henry W. Casey
24
2
3
Daniel and Delia (Lynch) Casey
27 Erastus Knight
67
5
Peter and Emma (Ricker) Knight
27 Joseph H. Gleason
89
11
21 Joseph and Lucy (Bancroft) Gleason
Myocarditis
30 Orlando Ames
76
1
7 Rufus and Sophia (Ballou) Ames
Mitral Incompetency
July 1 Sarah M. Damon
61
2
15
Elias and Esther (Austin) Damon Unknown
Acute Alcoholism
17 Marion W. Litchfield
4
10
82
11
13
George E. and Sally (Briton) Turner
5 Julia F. Hutchins
Dysentery
11 George H. Wiggin
15
Annie E. Hanscomb
Angina Pectoris
20
Frank A. Brown
62
3
8
Sarah Brown (wife)
Infantile Convulsions
:
22
Harry Twombly Dane
3
Meningitis
66
24
Alice D. Eames Mary Ella Leslie
Phthisis Pulmonalis
Sept. 1 ..
2
Samuel Goodwin
80
11
15
Myocarditis
13
Martha A. Carll
61
10
6
John H. and Sarah (Ring) Daland
Cerebral Softening
16
Jacob W. Manning
78
6
26
Soloman and Mary (Fletcher) Manning
Lobar Pneumonia
23 Charles L. Wiggin
40
2
9
John L. and Mary A. (Berry) Wiggin
fancer of Breast
24 Edward Doherty
3
10
Joseph B. and Kathrine L. (Cullinane) Doherty
Oct.
4 Nathan D. Stoodley
81
6
25
Nathan D. and Ann (Hodgdon) Stoodley
Marasmus Cancer of Stomach Pneumonia
20
Helen M. Sherman
70
6
12
William H. Sherman (husband)
Cancer of Breast
21 . Edmund White
36
19
Alexander and Rose White
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
26 George W. Grouard
82
2
19
Ephraim and Maria (Corson) Grouard Antonio and Annie G. (DeOlivie) Enos
Tubercular Meningitis
66
Lavinia M. Carter
68
-
18
2
18
William S. and Phebe (Carter) Phipps
Dropsy
18
Herbert W. Broad
37
23
Nathaniel W. and Mary E. (Luce) Broad
Pyaemia
..
20
Edward Augustus White
90
24
Amos and Nancy (Standish) Damon
Entero Colitis
26 James Reid
80
21
William and Anne (Parker) Reid
Bronchitis
Dec. 6 Jonathan B. Shute
79
11
8
2
2
66
22
S. Quincy Brown
24
6
6
25
Jennie B. Manning
36
8
29
Stillborn
66
30 Catherine Whitmore
88
1
6
Nelson Whitmore (husband)
Broncho Pneumonia
-
6
John E. Chase (husband)
Phthisis Pulmonalis
7 Clarence Ambrose Froton
1
26
Daniel and Charlotte (Wentworth) Goodwin Ambrose and Annie T. Froton Lindorf H. Carll (husband)
Pleura Pneumonia
15
John H. Daland
81
1
4
John L. Hanson (husband)
Cancer of Stomach
Nov. 5 Antonio Enos
6
6
Charles and Eunice (Weston) Carter
Accidental Hemorrhage
..
24
Amos Damnon
28358 8 8
9
William H. and Agnes White
Membraneous Croup
Jonathan and Elizabeth Plummer Shute
Pericarditis
Hendrick and Christina (Preeze) Ridder
Pneumonia
Phthisis Pulmonalis
Acute General Paralysis
1
Chronic Brights Disease
25 Saphronia R. Roberts
Embolism Acute Gastritis
Aug. 4 Mary E. Turner
62
3
7
1 Luther Hutchins (husband)
-
-
Phthisis
21 Arthur Page
1 1438
12 Harry L. and Grace S. (Twombly) Dane Charles B. and Eliza A. (Danforth) Eames John W. Leslie (husband) 11
Phthisis
30
Adelaide Grace Chase
34
8
13
Angina Pectoris
49
True and Martha (Marshall) Wiggin Herbert H. Hanscomb (husband)
Unknown
General Paresis
Cerebral Hemorrhage Phthisis Diabetis
Dilation of Heart
7 William Austin
50
12 1 George S. and Cora M. (Kidder) Litchfield 12 Jacob W. Roberts (husband)
79
63
27
26
Cholera Infantum
5 Rowena P. Hanson
77
4
8 Caroline Phipps
21 Christina Ridder
100
Samuel and Josephine P. (Pierce) Brown William H. Manning (husband)
Whole number of deaths, 91; Males, 46. Females. 45; Born in United States, 76; Born out of the United States, 15; Males born out of the United States, 4; Females, 11; Males born in United States, 42; Females, 33.
Richard D. Wilkins (husband)
DOGS LICENSED DURING THE YEAR 1904.
Whole number of licenses issued
264
234 Males at $2.00
$468 00
29 Females at $5.00
145 00
1 Kennel License
25 00
$638 00
Less fees for 264 Licenses
52 80
$585 20
June 1, 1904, paid County Treasurer $285 00
Dec. 1, 1904, paid County Treasurer
298 40
583 40
Balance in Town Clerk's hands
1 80
$585 20
Number of dogs as returned by the Assessors to Town Clerk :
Males
249
Females
29
278
Number of dogs licensed by me not returned by Assessors 27
Total reported for license
305
Whole number licensed
264
Killed and left town
41
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MILLARD F. CHARLES,
Town Clerk.
December 31, 1904.
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
To the Inhabitants of' the Town of Reading :
Your Board of Selectmen herewith submit the following report, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1904.
DEPARTMENT OF STREETS
The Highway Department, which is an important branch of the Town's work, has received our earnest attention. Early in the season a new road machine was purchased which has given very good results in general road work as well as in levelling off snow.
A stone crusher temporarily located in our Town made it possible to purchase 1000 tons of crushed stone at a price which seemed very advantageous to the Town. We have macadamized Haven Street for a distance of 754 feet, 15 feet wide and 6 inches thick, at a total cost of $814.47.
This cost includes the rebuilding of Woburn Street, from Sanborn Street to a point midway between Bancroft Avenue and Chute Street, with the material taken out of Haven Street.
We recommend that the macadam road-building be continued and that a steam roller be purchased in order that our road work may be done to the best advantage.
The work on Beech Street has been completed, the street put in good condition, and a sidewalk made on each side. This is. in accordance with instructions received at the annual Town meeting.
The sidewalk on the north side of Summer Avenue has been built and the wall in the Town drain in the Nichols estate has been completed.
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PEARL STREET DRAIN
Upon investigation it seemed inadvisable to build the Pearl Street drain. It was impossible to get a right of way across the . adjoining land and there was not sufficient appropriation to lay a covered drain through Pearl and Charles Streets to the ditch.
We recommend the same amount ($750) be appropriated for the purpose of taking care of the water on Pearl Street.
The sidewalk on Grove Street has not been constructed as the street lines are very irregular and a petition was received from residents of Grove Street and vicinity praying that the street lines be established on that portion of Grove Street, between Lowell Street and Forest Street. The petitioners have been heard and we will present a report in regard to the same at the next annual meeting.
ELEVATED TOWER AT THE MAIN AND ASH STREET CROSSING
In accordance with the vote passed at the annual Town meeting a petition signed by the Selectmen and others was sent to the Middlesex County Commissioners requesting that Ash Street be relocated in such a manner as to bring it into Main Street at the Crossing. At the hearing which was held at the Reading station so much opposition to the plan developed that it seemed best to the County Commissioners to again refer the matter to the Town.
A special meeting was held Sept. 26, 1904, and in accordance with instructions received at that time your Board has by corres- pondence and conference endeavored to have the gatemen replaced on the ground. Having failed to accomplish this we have petitioned the R. R. Commissioners.
LAW SUIT AGAINST THE TOWN
The suit of the Middleton Paper Mills vs. Town of Reading is still in the hands of our Attorney.
PLAYGROUND
In accordance with instructions received, that we secure a
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suitable field for a playground, we have leased the same field that was used last year. The conditions of the lease remain the same.
The financial statements concerning the various departments will be found in the following pages, and to these we invite your earnest attention.
JAMES W. KILLAM, . Selectmen OLIVER L. AKERLEY, of HENRY R. JOHNSON, Reading.
SELECTMEN'S ACCOUNT
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS
Appropriation
EXPENDED $3,600 00
M. F. Charles, Town Clerk, Jan. 1, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1904 $75 00
W. I. Ruggles, salary Selectman and Over- seer of the Poor, Jan. 1, 1904, to March 1,1904 50 00
Jas. W. Killam, salary Selectman and Over- seer of the Poor, Jan. 1, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1904 291 67
O. L. Akerley, salary Selectman and Over- seer of the Poor, Jan. 1, 1904, to Dec. 31,1904 250 00
H. R. Johnson, salary Selectman and Over- seer of the Poor, Mar. 1, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1904 208 33
E. F. Parker, Treasurer, 1904 400 00
E. F. Parker, Assessor, 1904 250 00
J. H. Adden, Assessor, 1904 250 00
M. F. Charles, Assessor, 1904
250 00
M. F. Charles, Clerk Board of Registrars, Jan. 1, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1904 40 00
Owen McKenney, Registrar, Jan. 1, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1904 30 00
Amount carried forward
$2,095 00 $3,600 00
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Amount brought forward $2,095 00 $3,600 00>
W. S. Prentiss, Registrar, Jan. 1, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1904 30 00 W. M. Scott, Registrar, Jan. 1, 1904, to Dec. 31,1904 30 00
W. S. Kinsley, salary Electric Light Com- missioner, Oct., 1903 6 25
W. S. Kinsley, salary Electric Light Com- missioner, Jan. 1, 1904, to Oct. 31, 1904 62 50 C. W. Lee, salary Electric Light Commis- sioner, March 1, 1903, to March 1, 1904 75 00 Geo. L. Flint, salary Electric Light Commis- sioner, Jan. 1, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1904 75 00 W. F. Cook, salary Electric Light Commis- sioner, March 1, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1904 62 50 H. R. Johnson, salary Water Commissioner, Jan. 1, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1904 75 00
E. H. Gowing, salary Water Commissioner, Jan. 1, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1904 75 00
Geo. A. Shackford, salary Water Commis- sioner, Dec. 1, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1904 81 25
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1902 88 68
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1903 139 68
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1904 426 74
E. N. Hunt, Auditor, 1903
33 33
Geo. H. Clough, Auditor, 1903
33 33
A. P. Dane, Auditor, 1903
33 33
H. L. Dane, Auditor, 1902 33 33
F. D). Merrill, Sec'y Board of Health, 1904 50 00
C. H. Playdon, Board of Health, 1903 25 00
Geo. L. Flint, Board of Health, 1904 25 00
Geo. L. Flint, Moderator, March 7, 1904, May 12, 1904, Sept. 26, 1904 20 00 .
Unexpended .
24 08
$3,600 00
$3,600 00
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TOWN BUILDING AND OFFICE
Appropriation
$400 00
EXPENDED
C. M. Barrows & Co., order book $ 12 75
Hobbs & Warren Co., ledger and supplies 6 15
F. W. Barry, Beal & Co., supplies 70
E. C. Metcalf, supplies
2 00
M. F. Charles, supplies
11 60
Thomas Groom & Co., tax record book
11 00
Jas. W. Killam, part payment flag Town Building 3 00
H. Prentiss, Postmaster, postage stamps 20 00
Municipal Light Board, electric light and supplies 109 95
W. Bancroft & Co., fuel, 1904 218 50
American Ex. Co., expressing
1 65
Cummings Ex., expressing
11 95
Reading Water Works, water rates
10 56
L. T. Eames, labor and supplies 3 82
W. N. Gray, repairing roof
19 20
"T. C. Fife, labor and supplies
9 75
F. A. Butters, bulletin board 1 60 Overdrawn 54 18
$454 18 $454 18
PRINTING
Appropriation
$700 00
EXPENDED
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, Town Reports, 1903
$382 80
Amount carried forward $382 80
$700 00
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Amount brought forward $382 80 $700 00.
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, extra copies Water, Light and School Reports 33 00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, miscellaneous printing 272 82
Wakefield Daily Item, dog licenses, posters, and Assessors' returns 6 00
Hobbs & Warren Co., Collector's warrants 4 55
Unexpended
83
$700 00
$700 00
ELECTION EXPENSES
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDED
Lyceum Hall Ass'n, rent of hall for caucuses, annual Town election, registration of voters and State election, 1904 $24 00
Masonic Temple Corp., rent of hall, March 7, 14 and Sept. 26 33 00
J. H. Orr, services at election, March 7 2 50
Robert Powers, services at election, March 7, 14 and Nov. 8 8 13
M. F. Charles, supplies
1 05
O. P. Symonds & Sons, fixtures
75
F. A. Butters, labor on booths
1 00
Geo. L. Pratt, ballot clerk, March 7 and Nov. 8, 1904 10 00
Wm. H. Perkins, ballot clerk, March 7 and Nov. 8, 1904 10 00
Reuben J. Lefave, ballot clerk, Nov. 8, 1904 5 00
Amount carried forward $95 43
$300 00
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Amount brought forward $95 43 $300 00
Chas. C. Wright, teller, March 7 5 00
Geo. E. Adams, teller, March 7 and Nov. 8, 1904 10 00
John Connelly, teller, Nov. 3, 1903, March 7 and Nov. 8, 1904 15 00
Robert A. Carter, teller, March 7, 1904 5 00
Horace E. Eames, teller, March 7, 1904 5 00
C. W. McDougal, teller, March 7, 1904 5 00
A. W. Danforth, teller, March 7 and Nov. 8, 1904 10 00
C. L. Newell, teller, March 7 and Nov. 8, 1904 10 00
A. W. Temple, teller, March 7, 1904 5 00
Henry S. LaClair, teller, March 7, 1904 5 00
F. A. Bessom, teller, March 7, 1904 5 00
W. S. Kinsley, teller, March 7, 1904
5 00
Chas. H. Stinchfield, teller, Nov. 8, 1904
5 00
E. S. Taylor, teller, Nov. 8, 1904
5 00
W. I. Ruggles, teller, Nov. 8, 1904
5 00
J. W. Killam, teller, Nov. 8, 1904
5 00
J. B. Champney, teller, Nov. 8, 1904
5 00
C. I. Alger, teller, Nov. 8, 1904
5 00
B. I. Granfield, teller, Nov. 8, 1904
5 00
Geo. F. Barbour, teller, Nov. 8, 1904
5 00
O. L. Akerley, teller, Nov. 8, 1904
5 00
H. R. Johnson, teller, Nov. 8, 1904 5 00
Geo. E. Horrocks, teller, Nov. 8, 1904 5 00 C. C. Richardson, teller, Nov. 8, 1904 5 00
S. G. Stewart, teller, Nov. 8, 1904 5 00 Unexpended 54 57
$300 00
$300 00
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SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation $1,500 00
Received State Aid of Helen M. Sher- man for Oct., 1904 4 00
EXPENDED
Helen M. Sherman, fuel, rent and medical attendance
$171 50
Susan M. Penney, supplies
72 00
Elizabeth W. DeRonde, supplies
24 00
Charlotte A. Matthews, supplies
53 00
Janet C. Varney, supplies
48 00
Kate V. Norris, supplies
98 84
Chas. H. Champney, fuel, groceries, nurse and medical attendance 219 71
John H. Jennings, fuel, groceries, nurse and medical attendance
188 02
Sarah A. Deadman, groceries
102 47
B. F. McAllister, supplies
96 00
Marcus M. Bancroft, fuel
33 25
Marcella Woods, supplies .
10 00
Albert H. Whitman, supplies
6 35
Unexpended
380 86
$1,504 00 $1,504 00
PAID ACCOUNT TOWN OF NORTH READING
SOLDIERS' RELIEF ACCOUNT
Amount due from Town of North
Reading
EXPENDED $77 50
Mrs. Fred C. McIntire, rent and fuel
$77 50
$77 50 $77 50
.
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BURIAL AGENT'S ACCOUNT
Amount due from Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$70 00
EXPENDED
Ephraim Wight, for burial expenses of John H. Jennings $35 00
Ephraim Wight, for burial expenses of Chas. H. Champney 35 00
$70 00
$70 00
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
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STATE AND MILITARY AID
Appropriation
$2,800 00
EXPENDED
Wm. H. Baker
$48 00
Marietta Baker
48 00
Marcus M. Bancroft
48 00
Eben B. Bickford
72 00
Sarah J. Bickford
20 00
Emmons Buck
72 00
Julia Buck
48 00
Lydia R. Bryden
48 00
Edmund Buxton
48 00
Reuben R. Coates
48 00
John H. Corrie
48 00
John Damon
48 00
Ellen M. Damon
48 00
Sarah A. Deadman
48 00
Eliza W. DeRonde
48 00
Elizabeth W. DeRonde
48 00
Harriet Dow
48 00
Ida F. Flanders
48 00
Chas. C. Frost
48 00
Jennie H. Gould
48 00
Mary Gowing
48 00
Samuel Goodwin
36 00
Mary P. Goodwin
20 00
Jonathan Heselton
36 00
Richmond Heselton
72 00
R. Melissa Hollis
48 00
Wm. A. Hunter
48 00
Merrill Hutchinson
8 00
Wm. L. Jones
48 00
Amount carried forward
$1,344 00
$2,800 00
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Amount brought forward
$1,344 00 $2,800 00
Clara A. Leathe
48 00
Gustavus Loring
24 00
Sarah J. Mason
48 00
Cora T. Marshall
40 00
Charlotte A. Mathews
48 00
Mary McIntire
48 00
Chas. W. Milbery
.
58 00
Ansel Nickerson
72 00
Kate V. Norris
48 .00
Clarkson Parker
48 00
Edmund B. Parker
44 00
Margaret Pinkham
48 00
Susan M. Richardson
48 00
Henry F. Scruton
48 00
Julia A. E. Smith
48 00
Helen M. Sherman
40 00
Geo. Thayer
48 00
Roxanna C. Underwood
48 00
Eliza J. Upton
48 00
Janet C. Varney
48 00
Geo. A. W. Vinall
52 00
Daniel H. Wadlin
60 00
Josephine Watts
48 00
Geo. W. Wiggin
32 00
Marcella Woods
20 00
To be paid by the Commonwealth $2,506 00
MILITARY AID
Henry Batchelder (one-half to be paid by the Commonwealth) $ 49 00
Unexpended 245 00
$2,800 00 $2,800 00
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ACCOUNT CHAS. L. HAAG
Due from Chas. L. Haag .
$77 54
EXPENDED
Chas. L. Haag, supplies
$77 54
$77 54 $77 54
RENT OF PLAYGROUND
(No appropriation )
Kirk Sweetser, rent from Oct. 1, 1903, to
Dec. 31, 1904
$427 00
COMMONWEALTH OF MASS. vs. TOWN OF READING
(No appropriation) EXPENDED
Arthur Lord, Attorney for Commonwealth,
in settlement of judgment entered for
the support of Henry H. Norwell at Danvers Insane Hospital . $1,000 00
CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF COMMON AND PARKS
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDED
Orne Green, labor
$51 50
Geo. E. Gill, repairing seats
3 75
Walter F. Cook, painting seats
10 00
J. Frank Ames, labor
1 50
Jas. McKenney, labor
97
Jas. A. Bancroft, survey for edgestones
7 50
Reading Water Works
12 00
Unexpended
62 78
$150 00 $150 00
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EDGESTONES AROUND COMMON (Southeasterly Portion )
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDED
John Muse, edgestones and setting same $196 66
Unexpended 3 34
$200 00
$200 00
READING HOME FOR AGED WOMEN
Appropriation
$75 00
EXPENDED
Reading H. A. W., cash, electric lights and
water rates, 1904
$75 00
$75 00
$75 00
SWAN ESTATE
Amount received from rent
$108 00
EXPENDED
Repairs, water rates, etc.
$22 76
Net income
85 24
$108 00
$108 00
IMPROVEMENT OF COMMON (CIVIC LEAGUE)
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDED
Boston & Maine R. R., freight on edgestones $15 98
Lovejoy Granite Co., edgestones 71 98
A portion of expense setting edgestones
12 04
$100 00
$100 00
J
J
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WALL SOUTHERLY SIDE OF DRAIN THROUGH LAND OF FRED A. NICHOLS
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDED
John Muse, laying wall
$75 00
Jas. A. Bancroft, survey
3 75
Unexpended
21 25
$100 00
$100 00
BAND CONCERTS
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDED
Fred Wallace, Mgr., expense of band $100 00
$100 00
$100 00
READING WATER WORKS
Appropriation
$6,990 00
Amount raised by taxation
7,000 00
EXPENDED
Reading Water Works, service pipes . $1,000 00
street sprinkler 500 00
drinking fountains 300 00
hydrant rentals 4,890 00
66 repairs 300 00
Edward F. Parker, Treas., reduction of water loan, water bonds 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 163, 164 paid by him .
7,000 00
$13,990 00 $13,990 00
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT AND POWER PLANT
Appropriation
$11,680 00 Amount raised by taxation 1,000 00
EXPENDED
Municipal Light Board, arc lights . $8,280 00
E. F. Parker, Treas., note paid by him 1,400 00
E. F. Parker, Treas., note paid by him ยท
2,000 00
E. F. Parker, Treas., Bond No. 10 issued 1894 paid by him 1,000 00
$12,680 00 $12,680 00
INTEREST ON SCHOOL HOUSE BONDS
Appropriation
$1,240 00
EXPENDED
E. F. Parker, Treas., coupons 1904 paid by
him
$1,240 00
$1,240 00
$1,240 00
INTEREST ON SCHOOL HOUSE NOTES
Appropriation
$312 50
EXPENDED
J. A. Howard $ 81 25
Chas. W. Ranlet
40 00
Robert Ranlet
40 00
J. A. Howard
81 25
E. F. Parker, Treas., interest paid by him 175 00 Overdrawn 105 00
$417 50
$417 50
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SCHOOL HOUSE NOTE
Appropriation $2,000 00 EXPENDED
E. F. Parker, Treas., note paid by him . $2,000 00
$2,000 00 $2,000 00
SCHOOL HOUSE BONDS
Amount raised by taxation $2,000 00
EXPENDED
E. F. Parker, Treas., Bonds Nos. 10 and 11 issue Aug. 1st, 1895 . $2,000 00
$2,000 00
$2,000 00
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING LOT
Amount raised by loan $8,000 00
EXPENDED
Adelaide M. Sheak for lot . $8,000 00
$8,000 00
$8,000 00
INTEREST
Appropriation $900 00
Amount received from First National
Bank on deposits 131 51
Amount carried forward
$1,031 51
72
Amount brought forward $1,031 51
Amount received from H. M. Viall,
Collector, 1902 865 57
Amount received from H. M. Viall, Collector, 1903 830 87
Amount received from HI. M. Viall, Collector, 1904 103 98
EXPENDED
Interest on temporary loans $2,171 49
Interest on Haven and Main Street Notes 80 00
A. W. Danforth, Sec'y, interest on Cemetery bequest funds
259 50
Unexpended .
320 94
$2,831 93 $2,831 93
ABATEMENT OF TAXES
Appropriation
$600 00
Amount received for taxes after abate-
ment
51 98
EXPENDED
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1900
.
$ 68 44
1901
59 50
66
1902
329 30
66
66
66 1903
124 50
66
1904
70 37
Overdrawn .
13
.
$652 11
$652 11
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INDEXING OLD TOWN RECORDS
Appropriation
.
$50 00
EXPENDED
M. F. Charles, indexing records
$40 00
Unexpended
10 00
.
$50 00
$50 00
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Appropriation $1,000 00
Received from auctioneers' licenses
8 00
Received from carriage licenses
8 00
Received from fees sealing weights, measures, etc.
11 69
EXPENDED
F. D. Merrill, posting warrants .
$ 1 50
Masonic Temple Corp., rent of hall May 12, 1904
5 00
C. H. Playdon, Inspector of Animals and Provisions, 1903 100 00
25 00
M. F. Charles, Sec'y of Finance Committee M. F. Charles, recording births, marriages and deaths, clerical work and stationery 100 90 J. H. Adden, copying valuation lists for Sec'y of State 40 00
J. H. Adden, investigating records 25 00
F. W. Parker, salary Sealer of Weights and Measures, 1904 . 75 00
Amount carried forward $372 40 $1,027 69
74
Amount brought forward $372 40 $1,027 69
F. W. Parker, postage, supplies and miscel- laneous expenses 7 11
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, miscellaneous printing 39 50
Francis Bros., supplies and repairs 7 50
Franklin T. Kurt, expense Gas Committee 6 17
Alfred Perkins, damage by water 50 00
W. I. Ruggles, miscellaneous expenses 40
Samuel Brown, street signs 1 50
F. W. Danforth, painting street signs 4 70
J. P. Feeney, legal services
15 00
O. O. Ordway, hardware 1 25
W. A. Bancroft, expense for labor forest fires 20 00
Geo. F. Dow, M. D., reporting births 7 75
Mrs. S. Porter, reporting births 2 75
Edgerley & Bessom, reporting deaths, 1903
8 75
Edgerley & Bessom, reporting deaths, 1904
10 00
Geo. E. Pierce, reporting deaths, 1904 8 75
P. J. Seaman, hardware 75
F. A. Butters, ringing bell 1 00
John Stock, ringing bell, 1903
1 00
Arthur B. Curtis, safe for Town Clerk 80 00
Wilbur F. Turner, witness fees for Mckay case 2 65
A. B. Matthews, carriage hire for Sealer of Weights and Measures 3 00
H. R. Johnson, expense account edgestones 4 14
Julia P. Ide, clerical services 3 00
M. E. Vermille, clerical services 3 00
Ida Whittier, clerical services 15 00
J. W. Gleason, repairs on flag pole 5 00
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., sheave for flag pole 1 11
Amount carried forward
$683 18 $1,027 69
75
Amount brought forward
$683 18 $1,027 69
Harry Morrison, damages . 50 00
W. C. Smith, Supt., miscellaneous expenses 3 75
M. J. Fay, expense account Playground 4 00
Thos. J. Russell, printing
2 00
Henry M. Meek Publishing Co., assessors' blanks 2 50
C. H. Stinchfield, labor at library
3 00
Yawman Erbe Mfg. Co., supplies
30
A. P. French, legal services
31 25
C. W. Nelson, labor forest fires
9 33
S. H. Parks, M. D., medical services
10 00
J. F. Burnham, Supt., distributing Town Reports, 1903 10 00
Geo. E. Lang, carriage hire, 1903
5 00
J. H. Roe, repairs on roof of Town Building
10 00
E. F. Parker, Treas., miscellaneous expenses J. A. Bancroft, miscellaneous surveys 14 68
1 85
Old South M. E. Church, care of clock
50 00
Hobbs & Warren Co., supplies
.
50
F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., supplies 25 .
Dominique Doucette, ditching
1 75
H. G. Stock, ditching
1 00
Jas. Wilkins, ditching
44 33
F. Chusong, ditching
6 03
Octavus Dane, ditching
3 50
J. M. Doucette, ditching
25 47
Jas. McKenney, ditching
1 75
W. K. Pratt, ditching
1 75
Unexpended
50 52
$1,027 69 $1,027 69
STREET DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND REPAIRS OF SIDEWALKS
Appropriation $3,000 00
A portion of amount received from street railway franchise and excise tax
3,662 24
Amount received for material sold
39 58
Amount received from State Treasurer 6 83
Amount received for bill overpaid
1 00
EXPENDED
Labor and teams, 1903
$ 41 00
Labor and teams
2,105 09
Labor
2,077 87
Gravel, 1902
3 90
Gravel, 1904
211 45
E. C. Metcalf, supplies, 1903
45
E. C. Metcalf, supplies
50
Francis Bros, supplies, 1903
83
Francis Bros., supplies
46 35
F. W. Danforth, supplies
5 50
Francis Bartley, supplies, 1903
2 50
Francis Bartley, supplies
6 50
W. F. Cook, supplies
75
T. C. Fife, supplies, 1903
5 45
T. C. Fife, supplies
3 43
Amount carried forward
$4,511 57 $6,709 65
77
Amount brought forward
$4,511 57 $6,709 65
C. L. Martin, supplies
21 33
Harold L. Bond Co., supplies
5 40
American Powder Mills, supplies
15 52
F. Wallace, supplies
3 05
Nathan Bancroft Estate, supplies
3 00
Geo. H. Atkinson, supplies
65
Municipal Light Board, supplies
50
Reading Co-operative Ass'n, supplies
60
WVm. H. Mears, supplies
2 25
Jas. A. Bancroft, surveying
28 42
E. L. Lovejoy, storage of roller and scraper 5 25
R. C. Totten, repairs
4 80
J. A. Blunt, repairs
33 67
Samuel Brown, repairs
38 30
O. O. Ordway, repairs, 1903
10 20
O. O. Ordway, repairs
16 50
P. J. Seaman, repairs 1 00
W. Bancroft & Co., drain pipe and supplies Reading Water Works, cast iron pipe 31 21
10 14
Reading Water Works, one-half cost of lowering water main on No. Main Street 65 92
Lovejoy Granite Co., granite curbing
8 38
Good Roads Machine Co., road machine
199 00
Good Roads Machine Co., supplies
35 30
A. M. Barnard estate, rent, 1903
9 00
A. M. Barnard estate, rent
36 00
Geo. W. Killorin, use of steam roller
117 95
R. F. Hudson, drain pipe 20 80
R. F. Hudson, crushed stone
705 23
A. G. Emerson, labor and team
25 07
A. G. Emerson, clerical services, 1903
50 00
L. W. Allen, salary Supt. of Streets, from April 1, 1904, to Jan. 14, 1905 670 20
Amount carried forward
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