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$6,686 21 $6,709 65
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Amount brought forward $6,686 21 $6,709 65 L. W. Allen, supplies and miscellaneous expenses 23 44
$6,709 65 $6,709 65
STREET SPRINKLING
Appropriation
EXPENDED
$449 00
O. O. Ordway, repairs $ 16 80
J. S. Bond, awning 3 00
Prentiss & Viall, insurance watering cart 3 00
J. J. Cameron, supplies
3 00
L. W. Allen, supplies 25
John Stock, labor and use of horses 285 75
Herbert Stock, labor and use of horses 136 50
Unexpended
70
$449 00
$449 00
CONCRETE SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES
(Abutters to pay one-half )
Appropriation $200 00
Amount received from Old South M. E.
Church 48 39
Amount received from account of Im- provement of Common (Civic League) ·
12 04
Amount received from account of
School Dept.
.
39 92
$300 35 Amount carried forward
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EXPENDED
Amount brought forward
$300 35
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
$ 29 75
Lovejoy Granite Co., edgestones
108 23
John Muse, setting edgestones
63 98
Unexpended
98 39
$300 35
$300 35
CONCRETE
GUTTERS, CROSSWALKS AND PAVED
GUTTERS
Appropriation
$250 00
EXPENDED
Labor
$ 25 84
Labor and teams
3 67
Geo. W. Killorin, concreting
12 00
Unexpended
208 49
$250 00
$250 00
REPAIRS OF CONCRETE
Appropriation
$350 00
A portion of amount received from street railway franchise and excise tax
28 37
EXPENDED
Geo. W. Killorin, concreting $378 37
$378 37
$378 37
80
BEACH STREET
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDED
Labor
$99 08
Labor and teams
41 33
Unexpended
9 59
$150 00
$150 00
BRIDGE AT READING-NORTH READING LINE ON MAIN STREET
Appropriation
$450 00
EXPENDED
Aberthaw Construction Co., part payment of
contract
$450 00
$450 00
$450 00
REMOVAL OF SNOW AND ICE
Appropriation
$800 00
A portion of amount received from street railway franchise and excise tax
641 96
Amount received from bill overpaid
10 50
Amount received from bill underpaid .
4 00
EXPENDED
Labor and teams, 1903
$ 78 68
Labor and teams, 1904 .
.
812 62
Amount carried forward
$891 30
$1,456 46
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Amount brought forward
$891 30 $1,456 46
Labor
346 46
A. G. Emerson, labor and team
191 20
Samuel Brown, repairs
11 75
O. O. Ordway, repairs
75
R. C. Totten, repairs
12 50
John Blunt, repairs
1 50
F. Wallace, supplies
1 00
$1,456 46 $1,456 46
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF STREET RAILWAY TAX
Unexpended balance
$ 40 43
Amount received from excise tax, 1904
2,098 23
Amount received from franchise tax, 1904
2,310 02
EXPENDED
Account repairs of concrete
$ 28 37
Account highways
3,662 24
Account snow and ice
641 96
Unexpended
116 11
$4,448 68 $4,448 68
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 four.
During the year the Department have responded to 24 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 Street.
Hose No. 3, seven men, North Main Street.
Hose No. 4, seven men, Hopkins Street.
Hose No. 5, Volunteer Co., Grove Street, at Elwin J. Roundy's.
Mr. Leonard T. Eames was re-appointed Supt. of the Fire Alarm and the system is in good condition. The Storage Battery is doing all that was expected from it and in another year will have saved in supplies the amount expended to install the same. We have replaced with new, five miles of old wire and poles for same, this being a part of the original system and had been in use from ten to fifteen years.
We have had the house of Hose No. 2 painted, also the wagon of Hose No. 2 and the Hook and Ladder, and the buildings and apparatus are all in good condition.
We have by vote of the Town placed Tower Strikers on the houses of Hose No. 3 and No. 4, and they have proved to be a great help to the members of those companies, as well as to school
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children, by enabling them to hear the alarm for no-session of the schools.
We have by vote of the Town located a new fire alarm box, No. 68, on Haven Street, opposite the G. A. R. Hall, and relocated box No. 17 on Prescott Street, near the corner of Arlington Street.
The Department held its third Field Day on Wednesday, Sept. 28. The Committee thought it best not to hold the exhibitions on So. Main Street, and instead the Board of Engineers gave the Department a trial run by pulling in box 46, corner of Charles and Pearl Streets, at 12.50 P. M. The first piece of apparatus arrived at the box in 4 minutes and 2 seconds, and the last in 9 minutes and 55 seconds, bringing every piece of apparatus to the box inside of 10 minutes. Considering that the horses were at their stables and that no one knew just when nor what box was to be pulled, and that the distance from the nearest house is 6-10 of a mile, and from the farthest 1 and 6-10 miles, we consider this a very good show- ing. We wish to thank the citizens, members of the Department and the drivers for the interest taken in making the day a success.
We were unable to pay off the Department Jan. 1, 1905, from the 1904 appropriation, owing to the fact that from March 25 to May 1 we responded to eleven alarms which ran our pay roll up to over $1,700. We would recommend that the Town vote to pay the members of the Department a stated sum per year so that the pay roll can be figured on to a certainty.
We would call attention to the need of a fire alarm box near the corner of Main and Forest Streets.
We would also call attention to the need of building something suitable to carry the ladders on during the winter months, as there are times every winter when it would be impossible to get the Hook and Ladder to a fire.
We would recommend the purchase this year of 1,000 feet of new hose, also a life-saving net.
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 & 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, Ass't Engineer, Board of Engineers, Reading Fire Department.
DETAILED STATEMENT OF FIRES FOR THE YEAR 1904
Date
Box
Time
Owner
Occupants
Loss on Building
Ins. on Building
Ins. Paid
Cont'ts Cont'ts
Paid
Feb.
25
64
11.10 a m
Town of Reading. .... S. E. Claggett ..
Union Street School. S. E. Claggett.
$848 50
$4500 00 800 00
$848 50 450 00 100 00
None $200 None
None $175 None
Unknown ..
Mar.
25
15
7.25 p m
Sparks from Chimney
Mar.
27
33
10.45 p m
Careless use of Matches.
April
4
33
10.25 a m
S. E. Winslow.
B. F. Allen.
1200 00
April
5
13
4.15 p m
Brush Fire.
April
6
24
3.10 p iM
Brush Fire.
April
15
37
10.30 a m
Defective Chimney
April
18
18
1.45 p m
Bl'st of Rocks. No. Main st.
April
19
1.42 p m
Caught fiom Fireplace ..
April
21
64
5.30 a m
Mrs. H. F. Bigelow ...
Dr. F. L. Smalley. ..
100 00
100 00
100 00
Small 75
1500 None None
None
Unknown
April
22
15
Albert Ells . ..
Albert Ells ..
175 00
1000 00
175 00
None None 150
None
None
Caught from Sparks.
May
26
61
1.45 p m
A. F. Newhouse
A. F. Newhouse.
4000 00
3000 00 800 00
None None
None None
None
Incendiary ..
Jnne
15
16
11.55 p m
Charlotte Nokes.
Unoccupied.
20 00
June
25
6.35 p m
Unknown.
July
2
18
1.13 p m
July
4
24
1.12 a m
July
30
35
3.20 a m
Reuben Friedman ..
Reuben Friedman
75 00
500 00
75 00
10
None
None None
|Naptha
Aug.
1
68
1.43 p m
Fowle, Leonard and C. C. W. Hill.
Tillinghast, Executors
Grass Fire ..
Nov.
12
44
4.21 p m
Brash Fire.
Dec.
1
27
2.40 p m
Unoccupied.
650 00
16 00 3000 00 Unsettl'd
None
None
Lightning.
May
26
15
3.15 p m
None
Incendiary .
June
9
24
11.30 p 11
Richard McCoy
Thomas Turner.
Thomas Turner
None
1000 00
Small
False Alarm
Canght from Oven
Small
1500 None
1500
Burning Grass
April
5
16
1.30 p m
None
Burning Grass
Robert Hodson.
Robert Hodson.
10 00
Small $175 50 None 2000 None
Loss on Ins. on
Ins.
Cause
450 00
Highland Rubber Co ... | Highland Rubber Co ...
125 00
100 00
Mrs. Ambrose Froton |Mrs. Ambrose Froton
25 00
.
Est. Jeremiah Driscoll
15 00
None
None
Unknown.
May
20
24
8.40 p m
Richard McCoy.
Richard MeCoy ..
Mrs. Jennie H. Gould C. D. Wells.
16 00
250 00
Lightning.
1
9.55 ₽ m
The Department has travelled 252 miles. Laid 17,950 feet of hose. Used 452 feet of ladders. Used 45 gallons of chemicals.
Caught from Heater.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation $4,000 00
Appropriation, available assets 1,000 00
Amount received from sale of material 15 00
EXPENDED
F. G. Nichols, salary Chief Engineer, from May 1, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1904 125 00
F. G. Nichols, labor 3 00
Geo. L. Pratt, salary engineer, May 1, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1904 100 00
Geo. L. Pratt, clerk of Board and postage to April 30, 1904 6 50
O. O. Ordway, salary engineer, May 1, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1904 100 00
I. T. Eames, salary engineer Steamer 1, Jan. 1, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1904 75 00
Adolph Turner, salary ass't engineer Steam- er 1, May 1, 1903, to Aug. 31, 1904 66 72
W. H. Bancroft, steward Hose 2, Nov. 1, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1904 .
75 00
E. H. Crowe, steward H. & L. No. 1, May 1, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1904 · H. E. McIntire, steward Hose 4, Sept. 1, 1903, to May 30, 1904 · Parker Nichols, steward Hose 3, May 1, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1904 50 00
75 00
22 50
WV. S. Tucker, steward, June 1, 1904, to Aug. 31, 1904 7 50
Geo. A. Shackford, horse service, Nov. 1, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1904 587 33
R. A. White, horse service, May, 1903 33 33
Amount carried forward
$1,326 88 $5,015 00
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Amount brought forward $1,326 88 $5,015 00
E. P. Bancroft, horse service, Nov. 1, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1904 116 67
Parker Nichols, horse service, May 1, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1904
77 50
John Stock, horse service, Nov. 1, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1903
41 66
John Stock, horse service, Jan. 1, 1904, to Aug. 31, 1904 166 67
Herbert G. Stock, horse service, Sept. 1, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1904 83 34
C. H. McIntire, horse service, May 1, 1902, to Sept. 30, 1904 .
92 50
Wm. C. McKinley, horse service, May 1, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1904
25 00
O. O. Ordway, repairs
25 34
Samuel Brown, repairs
75
Wm. C. Taylor, repairs
3 15
J. J. Cameron, harness and repairing
63 65
Otis H. Brown, horse service, May 1, 1903, to April 30, 1904 32 50
Otis H. Brown, use of pung
6 00
Jason Zwicker, labor and team, use of wagon
17 00
Chas. J. Haag, care of hose and labor, Nov. 1, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1904
53 85
Firemen's pay roll, year ending April 30, 1904
1,704 34
Chas. M. Garry, labor
3 50
Alfred Dulong, labor
2 50
F. A. Butters, labor and supplies
3 50
L. T. Eames, labor and supplies
15 62
M. E. Nichols, labor and supplies
1 55
C. K. Littlefield, care of flag
2 00
E. H. Crowe, labor
25 00
Amount carried forward
$3,890 47 $,5015 00
Amount brought forward $3,890 47 $5,015 00
H. E. McIntire, labor 5 17
W. S. Tucker, fire service 2 75
H. G. Stock, fire service 7 08
C. L. Martin, supplies 4 25
E. L. Chamberlain, supplies 1 00
J. A. Murphy, supplies 2 50
E. C. Metcalf, supplies 1 12
Geo. M. Stevens Co., Inc., supplies 30 75
Henry K. Barnes, supplies 1 30
W. Bancroft & Co., supplies and fuel, 1903 18 79 W. Bancroft & Co., supplies and fuel, 1904 25 40
F. Wallace, supplies . 12 85
Geo. H. Atkinson, supplies
5 86
Nathan Bancroft Est., supplies
11 25
O. P. Symonds & Sons, supplies
2 00
Boston Coupling Co., supplies
1 50
Francis Bros., supplies
6 87
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., supplies
1 50
Jas. A. Healey & Co., supplies
60
Wm. H. Wightman, insurance
23 00
Municipal Light Board, electric light and supplies, 1903 10 98
Municipal Light Board, electric light and supplies, 1904 19 52
Reading Water Works, water rates, 1903 6 00
Reading Water Works, water rates, 1904 6 00
Walter F. Cook, painting hose houses 65 00
Mitchell Mfg. Co., badges and replating 12 60
Fred Batchelder, labor 50
Merrill Hutchinson, painting H. & L. and supplies 45 00
Cummings Express Co., expressing 11 45
F. W. Danforth, painting hose wagon 25 00
Amount carried forward $4,258 06 $5,015 00
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Amount brought forward Field Day Expenses 150 00
$4,258 06 $5,015 00
$4,408 06
FIRE ALARM
EXPENDED
L. T. Eames, salary Supt. fire alarm, year ending Dec. 31, 1904 $100 00
L. T. Eames, labor, material and car fare 94 64
J. W. Gleason, labor 69 88
Henry F. Haag, labor
17 26
F. G. Nichols, labor
49 35
A. B. Matthews, horse hire
26 75
Harry Walter, supplies
82 73
O. L. Milbury, supplies
75
Municipal Light Board, supplies
16 40
R. Mitchell & Co., supplies
22 98
Geo. M. Stevens Co., Inc., supplies
13 88
T. C. Fife, supplies
3 46
W. Bancroft & Co., supplies
6 50
Francis Bros., supplies
13 53
J. A. Blunt, repairs
35
American Express Co., express
50
Unexpended
87 98
$5,015 00 $5,015 00 .
FOREST FIRES
Appropriation .
$150 00
EXPENDED
J. N. Weston, salary, year ending April 30,
1903
$15 00
Amount carried forward $15 00
$150 00
90
Amount brought forward $15 00 $150 00
W. A. Bancroft, salary, May 1, 1902, to Dec. 31, 1904 40 00.
A. G. Nichols, salary, May 1, 1903, to Dec. 31,1904 25 00
H. E. McIntire, salary, Sept. 1, 1903, to Apr. 30, 1904 10 00
Geo. Lampro, salary, May 1, 1902, to April 30, 1903
15 00
Asa Parker, salary, May 1, 1903, to Apr. 30, 1904
15 00
J. W. Davies, salary, May 1, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1904 10 00
C. W. C. Trask, salary, May 1, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1904
10 00
Labor
5 10
Labor and teams
8 75
Overdrawn
3 85
$153 85 $153 85
FIRE ALARM BOXES NO. 17 AND 68
(Installing No. 68 and relocating No. 17)
Appropriation
$75 00
EXPENDED
Geo. M. Stevens Co., Inc., fire alarm box and keys $43 00
Labor installing same and relocating No. 17 16 01
Unexpended 15 99
$75 00 $75 00
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FIRE ALARM TOWER STRIKERS ON HOSE HOUSES NOS. 3 AND 4
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
Geo. M. Stevens Co., Inc., tower strikers
$404 50
Wendell Bancroft & Co., material
13 29
Francis Bros., supplies
12 06
American Express Co., expressing
1 55
Labor and team
5 00
Labor
53 07
Unexpended
10 53
$500 00
$500 00
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE ALARM
READING, JAN. 1, 1905.
To the Honorable Board of Fire Engineers of the Reading Fire Department :
I submit the following report :
There have been added to the fire alarm system during the year two tower strikers: one at Hose 3 house, the other at Hose 4 house; and one signal box, No. 68, corner of Gould and Haven Streets.
Box 17 has been moved from Lincoln Street, near the depot, to Prescott Street, near Arlington Street.
The storage battery continues to give the best of satisfaction.
The keys taken from boxes 13, 15, 16, 24, 27, 28, 29, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 44, 45, 46, 47, 67 have been replaced as voted by the Town.
Three miles of old wire has been replaced by new.
LOCATION OF BOXES
13-Corner of Ash and Avon Sts.
15-Corner of Walnut St. and Summer Ave.
16-Main St., near South.
17-Prescott St., near Arlington.
18-Park Ave., corner of Minot St.
22-No session, High School House.
23-Corner of Woburn and Temple Sts.
24-Mineral St., corner of Hancock.
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25 -Prospect St., near King. 26-Hose 2 House, Woburn St.
27-Summer Ave., south of Prescott St.
28-West St., near W. A. Bancroft's. 29 -- Corner of West and King Sts. 32 - Franklin St., opp. second house from Grove.
33-Lowell St., Eastern Rubber Co. Works. 34-Corner of Grove and Forest Sts. 35-Corner of Main and Locust Sts. 36-Corner of Bancroft Ave. and Locust St.
37-Main St., near Brooks Nichols'. 39-Corner of Franklin and Main Sts. 41-Corner of Village and Green Sts. 42-Corner of John and Haven Sts.
44-Corner of Salem and Pearl Sts. 45-Corner of Salem and Belmont Sts.
46 -- Corner of Charles and Pearl Sts.
47-Corner of Haverhill and Charles Sts.
55-Reading Rubber Mills.
61-Corner of Main and Washington Sts.
62-Corner of Main and Haven Sts.
63-Congregational Church.
64-Central Fire Station.
65-Corner of Bancroft Ave. and Middlesex Ave.
67-Corner of High St. and Middlesex Ave.
68-Corner of Gould and Haven Sts.
I would recommend that some of the old wire be replaced by new.
Yours Respectfully, LEONARD T. EAMES, Supt. Fire Alarm.
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
READING, MASS., JAN. 1, 1905.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN :- I have the honor of submitting to you my annual report of the doings and condition of the Police Department for the year ending Dec. 31, 1904. The department at present consists of
Chief-Frederic D. Merrill.
Patrolmen-J. Henry Orr and William H. Manning.
Reserves-Robert Powers, Jason Zwicker, Reuben J. LeFave, Asa Parker, Eugene L. Lovejoy, Samuel Brown, J. J. Cullinane, John W. Saunders, Clement Gleason, Frank A. Butters, J. Mande Doucette, John Stock, Herbert Stock.
Keeper of Lockup-Frederic D. Merrill.
Number of arrests during the year
88
ARRESTS BY MONTHS
January
9
July . 12
February
5 August
.
5
March
8
September
24
April
5 October
2
May
2
November
5
June
5 December
·
6
Males, 77; Females, 11; Adults, 69; Minors, 19; Residents, 49 ; Non-residents, 39. Tramps lodged, 187.
CRIMES FOR WHICH ARRESTS WERE MADE
Assault
. 10
Adultery
.
.
.
. 3
.
95
Bigamy
1
Cruelty to animals
2
Disturbing the peace
8
Drunk
39
Breaking street lamp
1
Exceeding speed limit
1
Illegal gaming
4
Insane
5
Larceny
7
Non-support
1
Truancy
2
Trespass
1
Violation of milk law
2
Vagrancy
1
VOCATIONS OF PERSONS ARRESTED
.
Boiler maker
1 Paver
1
Broker
2
Paper maker
1
Blacksmith
3
Student
4
Clerk
1
Shoe worker
8
Cabinet maker
2
Salesman
1
Dress maker
1 Stone mason
1
Druggist
1
Steam fitter
2
Fisherman
1
Saloon keeper
1
Farmer
5
Metal polisher
1
Gasfitter
1
Tailor
1
Housekeeper
7
Telephone operator
1
Kitchen man
1
Tobacconist
1
Laborer
9
Teamster
8
Laundry
1
Rubber worker
4
Peddler
3
None
9
Painter
5
NATIONALITY OF PERSONS ARRESTED
America
·
61
British Provinces
9
Greece
1 Russia
6
.
.
96
Germany
2 Scotland . 1
Ireland
.
DISPOSITION OF CASES IN COURT
Fined 42
Committed for non-payment
10
Sentenced to House of Correction
10
Sentenced to Reformatory
1
Discharged
5
Placed on file
10
Nol Prossed
2
Sentenced to Reform School
1
Ordered to leave county
1
Committed to hospital
·
Total of sentences, one year, seven months, ten days.
MISCELLANEOUS WORK
Accidents reported
6
Dogs killed
11
Dead bodies cared for
3
Disturbances quelled
8
Defective water pipes
2
Defective electric wires
8
Defective streets and sidewalks
.
7
Fire alarms given
2
Fires extinguished without an alarm
2
Cases investigated
68
Complaints received
75
Horses found cast
14
Injured persons assisted
13
Lost children restored
5
Lanterns placed in dangerous places
7
Officers in Court, days
103
Officers at fires
44
Places of business found open
. 183
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.
.
5
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.
.
.
8
97
Requests for police
· 26
Runaway boys found and returned home
2
Persons reported missing
3
Stray teams and horses cared for
8
During the past year there have been 88 arrests. Of this number 77 were males, and 11 females ; 49 were residents and 39 non-residents; 69 adults and 19 minors ; number of tramps lodged, 187.
The life and activities of a community are sometimes guaged by the Police Court record. It is a factor, variable it is true, but nevertheless a factor in determining the life and character of a community. It has been said that a place whichi cannot find business for the police must be dead ; for it is reasoned that where there is life and business activity there must also be the inevitable accompaniments, namely, vice and crime.
Strangers in the town, while remarking on the great number of people brought in on the many lines of electric cars, have also commented on their good behavior. This may not be due to police supervision alone, but to respect for the law. When each tries to do his share towards the maintenance of good order by observing the general law and local ordinances, when each feels for the town as he should for his own household, the result cannot but be an exalted and peaceful community. I am sensible of the fact that this lies at the bottom as cause of peace and good order which characterizes today the life of this community.
An item in the work of the department which does not appear on the surface, except when a sensational capture is made, is the sharp lookout for rogues, who, when suspected of evil intent, are followed up and driven out of town. Reading is certainly not a safe place for the habitual tramp or the crook. I wish to call attention to the fact that there has been a steady decrease for twelve years in the number of tramps, which I attribute to the manner in which they have been dealt with. Each and every one has been sharply questioned, and if not able to give a good account of their doings previously, they have been ordered to leave town.
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I wish once more to call the attention of the merchants to the care of their places of business. One or two acts of forgetfulness may be excusable, but when such becomes frequent it amounts to blameful negligence; and not until a heavy loss occurs will such merchants realize that it is a duty they owe themselves to see that their places of business are properly secured at night, and not depend entirely upon the police to discover and remedy such carelessness, for it must be remembered that the sleepless vigilance of a police officer cannot cover every detail, and that to watch a place found open until the owner is notified and arrives on the scene often prevents the officer from continuing his rounds of inspection.
Some time ago I directed the officers to insist on a better observance of the By-Law regarding loafing in doorways and public places, and of the ordinance of the Board of Health in regard to spitting upon sidewalks. In these matters there has been an improvement but, as in everything else, best results require the co-operation of the individual citizen, for it is just as easy to be a clean town as it is to be considered an orderly one.
The number of arrests made during the past year has been the greatest in the history of the town. The instalment of a day patrolman would, in my opinion, have a tendency to decrease crime, for a crime is seldom committed in the presence of an officer.
In concluding my report, I wish to acknowledge my apprecia- tion of the courtesies extended the police by your honorable Board, the Judges and Clerk of the Fourth District Court, and the many citizens who have aided us by kindly acts and words. 3 I also wish to thank the members of the department for the faithful discharge of their duties, and kindly treatment to me in the past.
Most respectfully submitted,
FREDERIC D. MERRILL, Chief of Police.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation . Appropriation for Police at fair, 1902 . Amount received from 4th District Court fines 153 00
$2,800 00
83 40
Amount received from Master of House of Correction 33 00
Amount received from County Treas-
urer for transportation of patients 24 00
Amount received for police duty at private parties 6 42
Amount received for use of telephone 30
EXPENDED
F. D. Merrill, salary, 1904 $819 00
F. D. Merrill, miscellaneous expenses 24 00
F. D. Merrill, transportation of prisoners 33 94
F. D. Merrill, use of horse 25 00
Wm. H. Manning, salary, 1904
780 00
J. H. Orr, salary, 1904
780 00
J. H. Orr, special duty
5 89
J. H. Orr, car fare and expenses
2 98
Wm. II. Manning, special duty
3 50
Robert Powers, special police
215 91
J. W. Saunders, special police
15 00
H. G. Stock, special police
2 14
R. J. Lefave, special police
14 22
Amount carried forward
$2,721 58 $3,100 12
100
Amount brought forward $2,721 58 $3,100 12
C. H. Stinchfield, special police at fires, 1903 2 50
B. F. Manning, special police at fires, 1903 3 14
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone rent 53 32
O. O. Ordway, repairing cell
50
L. M. Ham & Co., repairing lock 1 50
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing
4 85
F. W. Barry, Beal & Co., supplies
2 80
E. C. Metcalf, supplies
75
Francis Bros., supplies
75
A. A. Magee, supplies
4 75
H. A. Winship, supplies 3 50
Geo. W. Nichols, stop watch 7 00
Newton Graphic Publishing Co., automobile register 1 00
S. M. Spencer, badges
9 00
Borthwick Bros., carriage hire
5 00
Geo. E. Lang, carriage hire
4 00
W. Bancroft & Co., fuel
1 95
F. Wallace, supplies .
45
Special police, July 3d, 4th and 5th 112 88
George A. Shackford, carriage hire 27 00
F. H. Martin, meals for prisoners, 1903 18 25
C. W. McDougall, special police at fair, 1902 10 80
Jason Zwicker, special police at fair, 1902
11 40
John Stock, special police at fair, 1902 14 40 Samuel Brown, special police at fair, 1902 11 40
W. J. Allen, special police at fair, 1902 9 90
Asa Parker, special police at fair, 1902 11 70
W. A. Bancroft, special police at fair, 1902 1 80
F. W. Davis, special police at fair, 1902 17 25
Robert Powers, special police at fair, 1902 12 00
Unexpended 13 00
$3,100 12
$3,100 12
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Citizens of the Town of Reading :
Your Board of Health herewith submit its annual report of the doings of the Board and health conditions in the Town.
Number of contagious diseases reported
23
Diphtheria
3
Scarlet fever
6
Measles
4
Membraneous croup
1
Typhoid fever
Complaints of nuisances received
51
Permits to do plumbing granted
81
Permits to lay drains granted
41
Burial permits issued
78
Whole number of deaths in Reading
78
Appendicitis 1 Gastritis
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