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We have not recently asked for an increased appropriation, knowing full well the demands made upon the town and the neces- sity for economy in every direction. On the other hand, we accepted without question a reduction of $100, made in 1903.
During the year just ended, however, our rent has been increased $125, and unless we are given a corresponding increase at the ensuing town meeting, this will operate as a further reduction in our resources. We recommend therefore that this increase in
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our annual expense, which we cannot avoid and for which we are not in any way responsible, be met by raising our appropriation from $900 to $1000, in addition to the proceeds of the dog tax. If this is done we shall then receive only the amount entrusted to us out of the tax levy in 1902 and for several years previously, when the demands upon us were neither as numerous nor as im- portant as they are now, and, as will be seen, we shall have no more money to apply to the work of the library than we have had this year, or in any year since 1902.
During the year the new books have been carefully selected, especially with reference to books other than fiction, having perma- nent as well as immediate interest. The titles of these books have been printed in The Reading Chronicle, entered upon the card catalogue at the library, and the books themselves put upon open shelves where they can be examined by our patrons.
We may, perhaps, attract the attention of some who would otherwise overlook the more important recent additions by briefly summarizing them here. In the field of biography we have recently acquired, largely in condensed and popular form, lives of James Russell Lowell, Paul Revere, James G. Blaine, Sidney Lan- ier, Charlotte Bronte, Andrew Marvell, Alfred Russell Wallace (autobiography ), Charles Lamb, Sir Thomas Browne, James Watt (by Carnegie ), John Knox, Mary Queen of Scots, Edward Fitz- gerald, Mohammed, St. Patrick, and St. Catherine of Sienna (letters). All of these are written from the modern point of view, and are among the publications of the year. In selection, they cover subjects famous in literature, political life, science, and religion.
In the domain of travel, descriptions of foreign countries, etc., we have The Dickens Country, The Far Eastern Tropics, The Fair Land of Tyrol, Chinese Life in Town and Country, The Jordan Valley, The St. Lawrence River, Old Provence, Modern India, With the Empress Dowager, (China ), and the Land of the Great White Czar (Russia).
In history : The Sea Power in the War of 1812, England and
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the Holland of the Pilgrims, The German Struggle for Liberty, The Brothers' War (view of the Civil War from a Southern standpoint), Life in the 18th Century, History of Egypt, Reminiscences of Peace and War, Reminiscences of the Civil War, History of Our Own Times, The Second French Empire, The American Nation, (the first ten volumes of the series of twenty-eight), The Valerian Persecution, and American Diplomacy.
In science, natural history, outdoorl ife, etc., we have : Man and the Earth, North American Land Birds, Young Folks' Cyclo- paedia of Natural History, Wasps, Social and Solitary, How to Make a Vegetable Garden, How to Keep Bees, Wild Wings, The Horse, First Book of Farming, Our Native Orchids, Home Life of Wild Birds, American Insects, The Outlook to Nature, The Tree Book and Roses, How to Grow Them.
In the field of art, music, etc., we have : The Paintings of the Louvre, The Greek Painters, The History of Architecture (Fletcher), History of Ancient Sculpture (Mitchell), The Inter- dependence of the Arts (Sturgis), Giotto (de Selincourt), Albert Durer (Moore), Old Masters and New (Cox), Musical Studies (Newman ), and the Story of the History of Music.
Miscellaneous books of timely interest include : Balloons, Air- ships and Flying Machines, Motors and Motoring, The Book of the Automobile, Russia and its Crisis, and The Camera in the Fields (practical hints on outdoor photography).
These are simply a few of the more important titles. Several important works of reference have been added, and the accessions include works in the departments of religion, poetry, essays, etc., as well as a carefully selected list of the best works of fiction published during the year, books for younger readers, etc. Certain volumes required for the use of teachers have been added from time to time and others purchased upon the request of readers.
The Trustees, in order that it may be made a part of our official record, regret to report the death of Mr. Harley Prentiss, one of our Board, which occurred on the fifteenth of June. He had been a member of the Board for several years, constant in
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his attendance at our meetings, enthusiastic in promoting the use- fulness of the library, efficient and helpful in the public interest. By his death the Town suffered the loss of a faithful and energetic servant. The vacancy thus created has continued, and should be filled at the ensuing Town Meeting.
The term of Henry G. Kittredge expires.
Respectfully submitted,
HORACE G. WADLIN, Chairman, CYRUS M. BARROWS, Sec'y, J. WOODWARD MANNING, HENRY G. KITTREDGE, ARTHUR N. MANSFIELD,
Trustees.
SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS
APPRO- PRIATION
SUNDRY CREDITS
TOTAL AMOUNT, IN- CLUDING APPROP'ATION
EXPENDED
UN- EXPENDED
OVER- DRAWN
Salaries of Town Officers.
$3,600 00
$3,600 00
$3,564 12
$35 88
Town Building and Office.
400 00
400 00
399 68
32
Printing ...
700 00
700 00
683 51
16 49
Election Expenses.
300 00
300 00
280 98
19 02
Soldiers' Relief
1,200 00
1,200 00
634 10
565 90
Soldiers' Relief Account Town of North Reading ...
$60 00
60 00
72 00
$12 00
Soldiers' Relief Account City of Malden
1 45
Burial Agent's Account ..
70 00
Decoration and Care of Soldiers' Graves.
175 00
175 00
175 00
Electric Lights G. A. R. Hall
50 00
50 00
50 00
State and Military Aid ..
2,800 00
2,800 00
2,319 00
481 00
67 60
Rent of Playground ..
342 00
342 00
342 00
Heater in Town Building.
200 00
200 00
186 50
13 50
Nowell Case, Counsel Fee ..
200 00
200 00
200 00
Care and Improvement of Common and Parks.
212 78
212 78
212 42
36
Reading Home for Aged Women ..
75 00
75 00
75 00
Swan Estate.
108 00
108 00
27 41
80 59
Band Concerts.
100 00
100 00
100 00
Reading Water Works.
12,720 00
12,720 00
12,720 00
Municipal Light and Power Plant.
10,990 00
10,990 00
9,900 00
Interest on School House Bonds ..
1,160 00
1,160 00
1,180 00
Interest on School House Notes.
482 50
482 50
482 50
School House Note ..
2,000 00
2,000 00
School House Bond.
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
High School Building.
40,017 45
40,017 45
27,921 50
12.095 95
Interest.
900 00
2,710 03
3,610 03
2,899 85
710 18
Abatement of Taxes ..
600 00
600 00
599 78
22
Taxes on Property Taken.
114 21
114 21
285 13
170 92
Miscellaneous Expenses.
1,000 00
82 98
1,082 98
1,082 74
Highways, Bridges and Repairs of Sidewalks.
3,075 00
4,762 99
7,837 99
7,837 99
Street Sprinkling.
450 00
1 58
451 58
451 58
Repairs of Concrete.
350 00
350 00
292 91
57 09
Removal of Snow and Ice
800 00
959 89
959 89
Pearl Street Drainage ..
750 00
750 00
749 59
41
Road Roller.
3.000 00
3,000 00
3,000 00
Fire Department
5,200 00
34 24
5,234 24
5,231 21
3 03
Forest Fires ... .
150 00
150 00
218 74
68 74
Fire Alarm Box 38
50 00
50 00
48 25
1 75
Fire Dep't Hose ..
550 00
550 00
547 66
2 34
.
1,090 00
20 00
2,000 00
1 45
70 00
67 60
Account Charles L. Haag.
159 89
24
.
Fire Dep't Life Saving Apparatus. ..
87 98
75 00
12 98 9 49
Police Department.
2,800 00
404 00
3,194 51
Board of Health ... Laurel Hill Cemetery.
600 00
6 35
606 35
663 00
56 65
985 77
993 50
1,979 27
1,941 03
38 24
Tree Warden ..
200 00
200 00
98 77
101 23
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths Special Appropriation Moth Appropriation, State Law ..
922 69
1,411 96
2,334 65
2,334 65
Overseers of Poor Account ..
3.425 00
1,051 55
4,476 55
4,550 15
73 60
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
283 67
City of Melrose. ..
21 75
21 75
City of Cambridge.
113 93
113 93
141 18
27 25
Town of Wakefield ..
74 78
74 78
89 05
14 27
Town of Wilmington
169 98
169 98
169 98
Town of Saugus.
6 25
6 25
6 25
Town of Canton.
1 50
1 50
Schools ...
27,000 00
27,000 00
26,999 38
62
School Incidentals
5,000 00
1,128 06
6,128 06
6,127 66
10
Public Library
900 00
555 53
1,455 53
1,455 53
93,415 74
59,055 24
152,470 98
138,008 04
15,360 33
897 39
Unexpended
15,360 33
Overdrawn
897 39
14,462 94
Expenses for Year 1905.
138,008 04
Add Temporary Loans.
83,000 00
Total Selectmen's Orders.
221,008 04
Expenses above. . .
138,008 04 5,000 00
143,008 04
Less following amounts due on account year 1905 : State and Military Aid.
2,302 50
Commonwealth of Mass., Account Burial Agent
70 00
Commonwealth of Mass., Poor Account.
283 67
City of Melrose.
21 15
City of Woburn.
7 99
City of Cambridge
27 25
City of Malden.
1 45
Town of Wakefield.
14 27
Town of North Reading.
12 00
Town of Canton ..
1 50
Chas. L. Haag.
67 60
2,809 98
..
Net Expenses ..
140,198 06
Less Sundry Credits for 1905, as above.
59,055 24
Amount raised by taxation and appropriations from available assets.
81,142 82
.
.
..
.
.
.
..
.
.
. .
.
.
.
1,000 00
1,000 00
976 90
23 10
283 67
7 99
7 99
City of Woburn ...
Temporary Loan Note. raised by taxation ..
.
...
87 98 3,204 00
Dr.
. EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer,
To Cash in Treasury, January, 1905 ..
To Cash received from State Treasurer, Corporation Tax, 1904 ..
58 44
66
66
66
National Bank Tax, 1904.
18 61
66
66
Corporation l'ax, 1905
2,920 20
66
66
60
State and Military Aid
2,530 50
66
66
Support of State Paupers
105 23
Repairs of State Highways
41 22
Burial of State Paupers
15 00
66
66
66
66
Hired Money, School House Loan.
2,000 00
66
66
66 Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Acct.
1,387 91
70 00
60
County Treasurer, Dog Tax, 1904.
554 23
.6
County Treasurer, Commitment of Insane.
32 00
66
Interest Accrued on High School Loan
190 08
66
Hired Money, Road Roller Loan
2,200 00
H. M. Viall, Collector, Railroad Excise Tax.
2,193 93
H. M. Viall, Collector, Redemption of Estate Sold for Tax Fee.
3 00
66
H. M. Viall, Collector, Cashi Received for Taxes Paid
111 48
66
..
H. M. Viall, Collector, Interest on Above.
2 73
66 Selectmen, License Fees.
56 00 90
66
Selectmen, Gypsy Moth Account Selectmen, Material Sold ..
50 30
66
Cash Returned.
3 50
66
Supt. of Streets, Material Sold.
18 95
66
High School Building Committee, Material Sold ... School Committee, School House Sold.
70 00
66
School Committee, Bills Paid Twice
90 65
Fourth District Court, Fines
362 00
Trustees of Cemetery, Lots Sold ..
625 00
66
66 Trustees of Cemetery, Interest on Bequests
368 50
66 Herbert C. Barrows, Executor, Cemetery Bequest and Interest ..
106 00
66
60 I. P. M. Wiggin, Executrix, Cemetery Bequest ... ..
100 00
66
Frank H. Gleason and Julius Gleason, Executors, Cemetery Bequest ..
50 00
66
66
Mary Norwood, Cemetery Bequest and Interest
52 50
Heirs of Clinton B. and William J. Holden, Ceme- tery Bequest
100 00
.6
6 6
Rev. Lyman Whiting, Cemetery Bequest.
50 00
66
Town of North Reading, Outside Poor
91 37
Town of North Reading, Tuition of Scholars.
840 00
66
Town of North Reading, Soldiers' Relief.
60 00
.6
Town of Wilmington, Outside Poor.
278 58
Town of Wakefield, Outside Poor
102 62
.. Town of Saugus, Outside Poor
6 25
..
City of Cambridge, Outside Poor
124 93 14 50
66
Municipal Light Board Note Paid from Town Office
30
6.
66 Board of Police Services.
10 00
6 6
Board of Health Services.
6 35
66
Frank W. Parker, Sealer of Weights.
26 28
Income from Swan Estate.
108 00
L. C. Page & Co., Bill Paid Twice.
1 00
6 6
Buffalo Steam Roller Co., Discount on Note
260 00
66
Highway Department ..
400 00
66
..
Pearl Street Drain Account.
400 00
66
Prentiss & Viall, Return Premium
19 20
6 6
H. M. Viall, Collector, List 1903.
11,940 30
١٠ H. M. Viall, Collector, List 1904
25,425 00
H. M. Viall, Collector, List 1905.
67,050 00
$253,537 05
66
66
National Bank Tax, 1905
690 83
66
..
Street Railroad Franchise Tax
1,933 43
..
66
66
Support of Sick Paupers
84 39
Tuition of Children.
67 00
Hired Money, Temporary Loans
78,000 00
66
Hired Money, High School Loan.
40,000 00
Overseers of the Poor, Town Home.
966 62
60
First National Bank, Interest.
150 20
6.
Supt. of Schools, Tuition, Rent and Material Sold ..
111 21
232 45
66
City of Melrose, Outside Poor ..
1,400 00
Municipal Light Board, Bill Overpaid
Fire Department, Material Sold.
34 24
Selectmen, Electric Light Bill Overpaid.
66
Burial of Indigent Soldiers.
$ 6,212 64
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF READING, Cr.
By Paying County Tax.
$4,795 26
State Tax
5,840 00
National Bank Tax.
481 47
.6 Repairs on State Highways.
186 80
Selectmen's Orders ..
221,008 04
6 Cash in Treasury, January 27, 1906. 21,225 48
$253,537 05
EDWARD F. PARKER,
Treasurer.
224
Dr. EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer, IN ACCOUNT
To Cash in Treasury, January, 1905. Received from First National Bank, Interest.
$ 26 45
41 44
.. Received from Water Commissioners.
17,079 56
66 Received from Water Bonds Sold.
6,000 00
Received from Premium on Bonds Sold
397 50
Received from Accrued Interest on Bonds Sold
114 67
$23,659 62
Dr. EDWARD F. PARKER, Treas., IN ACCOUNT WITH
To Cash in Treasury, January, 1905 ...
S 933 18
Received from First National Bank, Interest.
24 33
Received from Municipal Light Board
19,542 73
$20,500 24
:
225
WITH TOWN OF READING WATER SUPPLY, Cr.
To Paying Water Commissioners' Orders. $23,631 43
To Cash in Treasury, January, 1906.
28 19
$23,659 62
EDWARD F. PARKER, Treasurer.
TOWN OF READING MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD, Cr.
By Paying Municipal Light Board Orders
$20,160 04
By Cash in Treasury, January, 1906
340 20
$20,500 24
EDWARD F. PARKER,
Treasurer.
AUDITORS' REPORT
LIABILITIES
Water bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1906
$208,000 00
Interest accrued on same
754 79
Electric light bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1906
40,800 00
Interest accrued on same 393 22
School bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1906
82,000 00
Interest accrued on same
.
838 35
School bond due Aug. 1, 1905, not pre- sented for payment
1,000 00
Temporary loans
45,375 50
Interest accrued on same
414 74
Highway notes due Dec. 7, 1907 and 1908
2,000 00
Interest accrued on same
5 56
Road roller notes
2,200 00
Due to Fire Department
160 00
Miscellaneous debts
549 60
TRUST FUNDS
Bequest of Nancy Wakefield
$100 00
" Thomas Sweetser
100 00
" Sabrina Nichols
100 00
" Martha Pike
25 00
66 Sarah Batchelder
25 00
66
" T. T. Greenwood
500 00
" Mark Temple
100 00
Amount carried forward $950 00
227
Amount brought forward $950 00 Bequest of Susan Wright, Elizabeth Pres- ton and Margaret Gilman 75 00
66 " Elizabeth B. Eames and Ida L. Nelson 100 00
66
" Lavinia Coggin 100 00
" Margaret Towne 100 00
" Lucretia A. Hopkins and Elias Boardman 150 00
66
" Gilman D. Kingman 100 00
66
" Rosamond C. Pratt 100 00
66
" Mary F. Harnden 100 00
Mary B. Wakefield 100 00
66
" P. Jane Batchelder 100 00
66
" Arthur D. Kingman 50 00
66 " Estate of P. A. Corkins 100 00
66
" Dorinda R. Pratt 200 00
66
" Mary Ann McAllister 100 00
66
" Gilman A. Coggin 100 00
66
" Mary Ann McAllister for Joseph Bryant 50 00
66
" Miss Mary Evans
50 00
66
66 Frederick Bancroft 47 13
66
" Estate of Samuel Pierce
100 00
66 " D. W. Berry, executor
100 00
66 " William L. Crowe
100 00
66 George C. Coney
100 00
66 Heirs of Sherman Case
75 00
66 " Estate of Isaac M. Clark
100 00
Mary Butler
150 00
66
66 Mary E. Badger 100 00
66
66 Heil J. Nelson 200 00
66
66
66 John Burrill 100 00
Amount carried forward $3,897 13
" Mrs. Sarah Smith
100 00
228
Amount brought forward
$3,897 13
Bequest of Estate of F. O. Dewey
300 00
66 66 S. H. Dinsmore 100 00
" Mary J. Kimball
50 00
66 " Alden Batchelder
100 00
" Estate of Charles A. Weston
100 00
" Henry F. Parker
100 00
66 " Sarah D. Eaton
100 00
66
" Heirs James II. Bancroft
75 00
66
" Mary W. Pratt 50 00
" Miss Climena Wakefield 100 00
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" Estate Louisa M. Eaton 100 00
" Maria E. Waitt 100 49
200 00
66
" Albert B. Gleason 50 00
100 00
66
" Estate Thomas Richardson
100 00
66
" Helen M. Sherman 50 00
66
" Susan B. Moseley 50 00
100 00
" Lucy W. Parker 75 00
100 00
" Estate Needham Nichols 100 00
50 00
" Mrs. James T. Norris
30 00
" Estate Francis Kingman
100 00
" Estate Albert Nichols 100 00
66
" George L. Smith
200 00
" Susan A. Martin
100 00
" Maria Carter
100 00
66 " Hubbard Copeland 150 00
" John Draffin 100 00
" Hattie D. Pond, executrix 100 00
" Trustees of Laura Frost 50 00
Amount carried forward $7,177 62
66
" Charles E. Hall
" Estate Martha R. Temple
" Mary W. Pratt
" Adrien Mertens
" Frances P. Dow
229
Amount brought forward
$7,177 62
Bequest of Abby C. Clapp
100 00
" Emily Alice Jones
100 00
" Emma M. Brown
75 00
" F. Eliza Kingman
100 00
66 " Edward T. Pendergrast
100 00
" Fannie A. Morton
100 00
" Lewis M. Bancroft
50 00
" Caroline L. White
50 00
" Hannah C. Cochrane
50 00
66
" Charles W. Cochrane
200 00
66
" Edgar M. Knight
100 00
" J. B. Hopkins
100 00
" I. P. M. Wiggin
100 00
" Joseph H. Gleason
50 00
" Mary Norwood
50 00
66
" Lyman Whiting
50 00
$8,652 62
Interest accrued on above funds not yet
expended
517 04
$9,169 66
Total Liabilities
$392,661 42
ASSETS
Unpaid taxes due Oct. 1, 1904 . $ 9,293 82
Unpaid taxes due Oct. 1, 1905
. 29,980 58
Interest accrued on unpaid taxes
1,146 74
Due from State Aid account 2,302 50
Commonwealth of Mass. (burial) 70 00
Commonwealth of Mass. (poor) 283 67
Amount carried forward $43,077 31
100 00
" Reuben Weston
230
Amount brought forward
$43,077 31
Due from City of Melrose
21 75
66 City of Cambridge
27 25
Town of Canton
1 50
Town of Wakefield
14 27
City of Woburn
7 99
City of Malden
1 45
Town of North Reading
12 00
Chas. L. Haag
508 79
Hospital account
478 86
66 Concreting account
76 53
Cash in Treasury
21,225 48 .
Cash in Treasury ( water supply)
28 19
Cash in Treasury (electric light)
340 20
- $65,821 57
Available assets in excess of liabilities :
Uncollected taxes, accrued interest and accounts due
$44,227 70
Cash in Treasury
21,225 48 .
$65,453 18
Unpaid school bond Aug. 1, 1905 $ 1,000 00
Interest on school bonds
838 35
Interest on bequests .
517 04
Temporary loans and interest
. 45,790 24
Interest on Highway notes
5 56
Due to Fire Department
160 00
Miscellaneous debts
549 60
Unexpended balance Street Railway tax, available for Highway purposes only . 83 97
Unexpended balance of proceeds of High School bond issue
12,095 95
- $61,040 71
$4,412 47
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BONDS AND NOTES OUTSTANDING
MATURITY
SCHOOL
ELEC. LIGHT WATER
March 9, 1906
$5,000 00
May 1, 1906
$1,400 00
June 1, 1906
$7,000 00
August 1, 1906 2,000 00
October 1, 1906
2,000 00
November 1, 1906 5,000 00
December 7, 1906
1,400 00
April 21, 1907 2,000 00
June 1, 1907
7,000 00
August 1, 1907
2,000 00
October 1, 1907
2,000 00
November 1, 1907 5,000 00
April 21, 1908 2,000 00
June 1, 1908
7,000 00
July 10, 1908
2,000 00
August 1, 1908
2,000 00
October 1, 1908
2,000 00
November 1, 1908
5,000 00
April 21, 1909 2,000 00
June 1, 1909
7,000 00
August 1, 1909
3,000 00
October 1, 1909
2,000 00
November 1, 1909 5,000 00
April 21, 1910 2,000 00
June 1, 1910
7,000 00
August 1, 1910
3,000 00
October 1, 1910
2,000 00
November 1, 1910
5,000 00
June 1, 1911
7,000 00
August 1, 1911 3,000 00
October 1, 1911
2,000 00
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MATURITY
SCHOOL
ELEC. LIGHT
WATER
November 1, 1911
5,000 00
March 15, 1912 June 1, 1912
10,000 00 7,000 00
August 1, 1912
3,000 00
October 1, 1912
2,000 00
November 1, 1912
5,000 00
June 1, 1913
7,000 00
August 1, 1913
3,000 00
October 1, 1913
2,000 00
November 1, 1913
5,000 00
June 1, 1914
7,000 00
August 1, 1914
3,000 00
October 1, 1914
2,000 00
June 1, 1915
7,000 00
August 1, 1915
3,000 00
October 1, 1915
2,000 00
June 1, 1916
12,000 00
October 1, 1916
2,000 00
June 1, 1917
12,000 00
October 1, 1917
2,000 00
June 1, 1918
12,000 00
October 1, 1918
2,000 00
June 1, 1919
12,000 00
October 1, 1919
2,000 00
June 1, 1920 October 1, 1920
2,000 00
June 1, 1921
12,000 00
October 1, 1921
2,000 00
June 1, 1922
12,000 00
October 1, 1922
2,000 00
12,000 00
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MATURITY
SCHOOL ELEC. LIGHT
WATER
June 1, 1923
10,000 00
October 1, 1923
2,000 00
June 1, 1924
10,000 00
October 1, 1924
2,000 00
June 1, 1925
10,000 00
June 1, 1926
5,000 00
June 1, 1927
5,000 00
June 1, 1928
4,000 00
$82,000 00
$40,800 00
$208,000 00
40,800 00
82,000 00
Highway Notes :
December 7, 1907
. $1,000 00
December 7, 1908
1,000 00
2,000 00
Road Roller Notes :
June 20, 1906
$450 00
June 20, 1907
450 00
June 20, 1908
450 00
June 20, 1909
450 00
June 20, 1910
400 00
$2,250 00
Total Bonds and Notes $335,050 00
We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Water Commissioners and Electric Light Commissioners, and found satis- factory vouchers for all expenditures.
We have examined the accounts of the Town Clerk, Collector and Treasurer, and found them correct.
JOHN F. TURNER, ALBERT R. SHEPARDSON, J. HENRY WILSON, Auditors.
TOWN WARRANT
OF
TOWN
SETTLED
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1 639 : INC
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX S. S.
To EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF READING, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet in Lower Lyceum Hall, in said Reading, on Monday, the fifth day of March, A. D. 1906, at six o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, viz. :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Town Clerk, Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, one member of Board of Asses- sors for three years, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one member of Board of Health for three years, two Constables, one Water Com- missioner for three years, one member of the Municipal Light Board for three years, two Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery for three years, two Trustees of the Public Library for three years, two members of the School Committee for three years, three Auditors, and Tree Warden for one year ; also, on same ballot, Yes or No, in
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answer to the following question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ? "
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands this sixth day of February, A. D. 1906.
JAMES W. KILLAM, OLIVER L. AKERLEY, HENRY R. JOHNSON,
Selectmen of Reading.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
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To EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF READING, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet in Lyceum Hall, in said Reading, on Monday, the fifth day of March,
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A. D. 1906, at seven thirty o'clock in the evening, to act on the fol- lowing articles, viz. :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To hear and act on the reports of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Assessors, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, School Committee, Water Commissioners, Municipal Light Board, Engineers of Fire Department, Trustees of the Cemetery, Trustees of the Public Library, Auditors, Board of Health, Finance Commit- tee, Tree Warden, and Special Committees.
Art. 3. To choose all other necessary Town Officers, and to determine what instructions they will give the Town Officers.
Art. 4. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for Schools, Incidental School Expenses, Superin- tendent of Schools, Repairs of Highways, Bridges and Sidewalks, Sprinkling Streets, Removing Snow and Ice, Concrete Sidewalks and Edgestones (provided abutters pay one-half), Fire Depart- ment, Police Department, Forest Fire Wards, Support of Poor, Salaries of Town Officers, State and Military Aid, Soldiers' Relief, Printing, Abatement of Taxes, Town Building, Cemetery, Public Library, Memorial Day, Board of Health, Care of Old South Clock, Interest Account, Care and Improvement of Common, May- all Park and Elm Park, Election Expenses, Concrete Work, Miscel- laneous Expenses, Tree Warden and Rent of Playground.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will raise the sum of twelve thousand dollars and appropriate the same, together with the receipts of the Municipal Light and Power Plant, for the year 1906, for the maintenance, operation and repair of said Plant, and for the payment of the bonds, notes, interest and depreciation due by said plant during the year, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars for construction, extension, enlargement and addition to the Municipal Light and Power Plant, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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Art. 7. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of sixty dollars for the purpose of placing an electric light near Hose 5 house on Forest street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 8. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light at the junction of Salem and Winter streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the. sum of fifty dollars to furnish electricity for the Home for Aged Women.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five dollars to furnish water for the Home for Aged Women.
Art. 11. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for service pipes, hydrant rental, water for drink- ing fountains, water for street sprinkling, interest on water loan and maintenance of water works.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to hire money in anticipation of the taxes of the municipal year.
Art. 13. To hear and act on the report of the committee of five which was appointed to investigate the question of having a Board of Public Works.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chapter 405, Acts of 1903, an act to authorize the Town of Read- ing to elect a Board of Public Works to have control of its water works, public lighting and highways, or what they will do in rela- tion thereto.
Art. 15. To determine the compensation of the Collector.
Art. 16. To determine the compensation of the Town Clerk.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Fire Engineers to establish a fire alarm box at the junction of Salem and Pine streets and how much money they will raise and appropriate- for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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Art. 18. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for the purpose of furnishing electricity for lighting Grand Army Hall on Haven street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-six hundred dollars to meet the interest on School House Bonds.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of thirteen hundred six dollars and twenty-five cents to meet the interest on School House Notes.
Art. 21. To see what action the Town will take to meet the payment of School House Note for five thousand dollars, due March ninth, 1906.
Art. 22. To see what action the Town will take to meet the payment of the new High School Building Note for five thousand dollars, due November first, 1906.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will purchase land for a Play- ground and how much money they will raise and appropriate or otherwise provide for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 24. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred fifty dollars for the purpose of purchasing a safe for the use of the Collector of Taxes, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 25. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars for the purpose of taking care of the water on Orange street, between Pierce and Spring streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 26. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars to carry away the water on the south- erly side of Green street on land of Samuel Brown and others, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and twenty-five dollars for the purpose of con-
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structing a sidewalk on High street from a point near the residence of Melvin R. Batchelder to a point near the residence of John H. Robinson, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars to co-operate with the Boston & Maine Railroad in making a grass and shrubbery plot on High street at the foot of Haven street, and a plot on Lincoln street at the rear of Station, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 29. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen and Superintendent of Streets to pay five dollars per day of nine hours, for a double cart, and three and one-half dollars per day for a single cart, providing double cart holds forty cubic feet or more and single cart holds twenty cubic feet or more.
Art. 30. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Select- men to build crosswalks from the southerly end of the Common across Harnden and Ash streets, and raise and appropriate fifty dollars for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 31. To hear and act on the report of the committee of three chosen at the last annual meeting to confer with the Trustees of the Old South M. E. Church in regard to purchasing the lot of land adjoining the Cemetery.
Art. 32. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate or otherwise provide the sum of eight hundred dollars for the purpose of purchasing the lot of land adjoining the Cemetery, referred to in Article thirty-one.
Art. 33. To see if the Town will provide for one-half of the expense of lighting the Y. M. C. A. building by electricity and how much money they will raise and appropriate for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 34. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred fifty dollars to purchase coats for the Fire Department, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 35. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred fifty dollars for the renewal of the storage battery, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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Art. 36. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred fifty dollars to be used for Field Day purposes of the Fire Department, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 37. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars toward defraying the expenses of band concerts for the coming summer, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 38. To see if the Town will vote to furnish creosote free to citizens of the Town to paint Gypsy Moth nests, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 39. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Select- men to procure estimates of the cost of a survey and maps of the Town required to introduce the so-called Block or District System of assessing, and report on the same for action by the Town at some future meeting, together with a plan for distributing the cost of such survey and maps over a series of years, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 40. To see if the Town will adopt the report of the Com- mittee on Building Laws which was appointed at the annual Town Meeting, March, 1901, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 41. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen in relation to guide posts, and to determine if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for the repair of the same.
Art. 42. To see what instructions the Town will give the Board of Selectmen in relation to filling vacancies on the Finance Committee of the five members whose terms expire this year.
Art. 43. To see if the Town will revise and accept the list of names of jurors as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands this sixth day of February, A. D. 1906.
JAMES W. KILLAM, OLIVER L. AKERLEY, HENRY R. JOHNSON,
Selectmen of Reading.
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LIST OF NAMES OF JURORS
The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, present the following list of persons, who, in their judgment, are qualified to serve as jurors :
Adams, George E.
Adden, John H.
Allen, William J.
Bailey, Willard L.
Baker, William H.
Clerk Retired Clerk Merchant Carpenter
Bancroft, Frederick
Broker
Bancroft, Willard A.
Farmer
Batchelder, Warren A.
Carpenter
Beaudry, Charles B.
Bolton, Henry E.
Bosson, Harry P.
Brooks, Albert P.
Brown, John
Brown, Joseph H.
Brown, Samuel
Carter, George
Chandler, Alfred D.
Connelly, John
Cook, George W.
Cook, Walter F.
Davis, Arthur E.
Davis, William Wallace
Eames, Charles B.
Eames, Edward B.
Eames, Webster
Eaton, John H.
Flint, George L.
Organ Pipe Worker Organ Pipe Worker Insurance Agent Photographer Retired
Restaurateur Wheelwright Laborer Manufacturer R. R. Employe Bookkeeper Painter R. R. Employe Farmer
Shoe Worker Merchant Laborer Carpenter Carpenter
INDEX
PAGE
Town Officers, 1905-1906
5
Town Clerk's Report, Births Registered
12
Marriages Registered 16
" Deaths Registered
20
66 66 Dogs Licensed
22
Report of Town Meetings
Selectmen's General Report
23 55 58
Selectmen's Account
Street Department
76 81
Fire Department
Report of Superintendent of Fire Alarm
89
66 Police Department
91
Inspector of Animals and Provisions
97
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Trustees of Cemetery
98 99 101
Board of Health
.. Inspector of Plumbing
104
.. Tree Warden
105 107
Assessors
110
66 Overseers of Poor
111 123
.4 Water Commissioners
163
School Committee
Public Library
Summary of Accounts
Treasurer's Report
Auditors' Report
222 226 231
Bonds and Notes Outstanding
Town Warrant
234
List of Jurors
241
I
6. Electric Light Commissioners
181 214 220
Collector
¢
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