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F. O. Clark Eng. Co., engraving 6 90
Melville A. Stone, travelling expenses for Committee 15 64
H. R. Johnson, travelling expenses for
Committee
20 30
Amount carried forward
$27,457 51 $40,017 45
.
72
Amount brought forward
$27,457 51 840,017 45
287 75
Geo. A. Shackford, labor and teams E. C. Hanscom, labor and teams
122 34
S. W. Bowker, labor and teams
44 50
M. J. Forbes, labor and teams
2 40
A. Michelini, labor
7 00
Unexpended
. 12,095 95
$40,017 45 $40,017 45
INTEREST
Appropriation
$900 00
Amount received from First National
Bank on deposits 150 20
Amount received from accrued interest
on High School Building notes .
190 08
Amount received from discount on Steam Road Roller
260 00
Amount received from H. M. Viall, Collector, 1903
959 75
Amount received from H. M. Viall, Collector, 1904
1,027 26
Amount received from H. M. Viall,
Collector, 1905
122 74
EXPENDED
Interest on temporary loans $2,223 85
Interest on Haven and Main Street Notes 80 00
Discount on Steam Road Roller Notes
227 50
A. W. Danforth, Sec'y, interest on Cemetery bequest funds Unexpended
368 50
710 18
$3,610 03 $3,610 03
73
ABATEMENT OF TAXES
Appropriation
$600 00
EXPENDED
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1903
$484 58
1904
95 00
64
1905
20 20
Unexpended
22
$600 00
$600 00
TAXES ON PROPERTY TAKEN BY THE TOWN
(NO APPROPRIATION )
Amount received from taxes refunded
$111 48
Amount received from interest 2 73
EXPENDED
H. M. Viall, Collector taxes
$285 13
Amount due .
170 92
$285 13 $285 13
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Received from auctioneers' licenses 2 00
Received from carriage licenses
4 00
Received from junk dealers' licenses
50 00
Received from fees sealing weights,
measures, etc. .
26 28
Received from sale of junk .
20
Received from work on trees
50
Amount carried forward
$1,082 98
74
Amount brought forward $1,082 98
EXPENDED
C. H. Playdon, Inspector of Animals and Provisions, 1904 $125 00
C. H. Playdon, Inspector of Animals and Provisions, 1905 125 00
M. F. Charles, recording births, marriages and deaths, clerical work and stationery M. F. Charles, Sec'y of Finance Committee 25 00
101 96
J. H. Adden, investigating records 25 00
E. F. Parker, miscellaneous expenses as Treasurer 3 17
H. M. Viall, recording affidavit of tax sales 2 34
H. M. Viall, postage 105 40
H. M. Viall, expense in connection with tax sales 44 13
H. M. Meek Publishing Co., birth return books . 1 63
Geo. F. Dow, reporting births 17 25
Mrs. L. Porter, reporting births 1 00
Edgerley & Bessom, reporting deaths 12 25
Labor on ditches 164 84
Thos. Groom & Co., Treasurer's record book 11 00
Thos. J. Russell, Collector's notices 1 75
A. P. Brooks, photograph of Ash st. crossing 50
E. C. Metcalf, Johnson pumps
17 00
Hobbs & Warren Co., blanks for Collector
4 05
Adden & Parker, tracing and blueprints for Assessors 5 35
Mrs. J. S. Bond, repairing flag
7 00
Samuel Brown, street signs
2 75
F. A. Butters, ringing bell and labor at band stand 1 85
Amount carried forward $805 22
1,082 98
75
Amount brought forward
Am. Express, expressing
$805 22 $1,082 98 50
Ida R. Whittier, clerical services for Asses- sors 16 50
George D. Putnam, forest fires 3 00
Lyman Abbott, forest fires
1 25
George A. Shackford, street signs
2 00
George A. Shackford, carriage hire for As- sessors 1 50
Jas. A. Bancroft, miscellaneous surveying 13 25
Lyceum Hall Association, rent of hall 7 00
W. C. Smith, Supt., distributing Town Re- ports, 1904 10 00
F. W. Parker, salary Sealer Weights and Measures 75 00
F. W. Parker, miscellaneous expenses 17 80
Miss M. E. Vermille, copying lists of jurors 1 50
Old South M. E. Church Society, care of clock 50 00
James W. Killam, State Aid examination 3 00
Jas. W. Killam, advertising reward for break 5 00
Stewart & Robertson, trough and platform for pump, West street 12 78
T. C. Fife, repairing pump 4 00
F. W. Moulton, ringing bell 1 00
F. W. Danforth, painting street signs
12 44
Story, Thorndike, Palmer & Thayer, legal
services on High School House bonds 40 00 Unexpended 24
$1,082 98 $1,082 98
STREET DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND REPAIRS OF SIDEWALKS
Appropriation
$3,000 00
Appropriation for Grove street
75 00
A portion of amount received from street railway franchise and excise tax 3,998 03
Amount received from State Treasurer
41 22
Amount received from material sold
18 95
Amount received for bill overpaid
3 50
Amount due from Massachusetts High- way Commission 401 67
Amount due from Boston & Northern Street Railway
299 62
EXPENDED
Labor and teams, 1903
$ 27 50
Labor and teams, 1904
12 00
Labor and teams, 1905
2,309 26
Labor
2,934 30
Gravel
101 92
Reading Co-Operative Association, supplies
3 90
W. H. Mears, supplies
3 10
W. F. Cook, supplies
30
F. O. Dewey Co., supplies
75
American Power Mills, supplies
41 45
Harold L. Bond, supplies
28 88
Amount carried forward
$5,463 36
$7,837 99
.
77
Amount brought forward
$5,463 36 $7,837 99
F. Wallace, supplies
8 52
Jas. E. Turner, supplies
1 05
Geo. H. Atkinson, supplies
3 83
Nathan Bancroft Est., supplies
23 45
O. O. Ordway, repairs
26 86
Good Roads Machinery Co., repairs 1 40
Samuel Brown, repairs
7 65
R. C. Totten, repairs
9 23
J. A. Blunt, repairs
10 78
T. C. Fife, repairs
2 00
L. W. Allen, supplies and miscellaneous ex- penses 2 76
H. R. Johnson, lumber and supplies 3 51
W. Bancroft & Co., drain pipe and supplies
61 46
Waldo Bros., drain pipe .
1 19
Municipal Light Board, supplies
55 12
R. J. Lefave, carpentering .
21 84
Cummings' Express, expressing 1 20
Geo. E. Gill, repairs on tool house and shed for steam roller and road machine 248 43
A. B. Day, painting tool house 10 00
Reading Water Works, iron fence for Grove street 73 60
Jas. A. Bancroft, surveying 22 35
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
21 72
Puritan Iron Works, catch basin covers
24 50
Killorin Contracting Co., crushed stone
405 24
Francis Bros., supplies
48 93
C. W. Perkins, rent of stable 12 00
Amount voted to be paid account of steam roller 400 00
L. W. Allen, salary Supt. of Streets, 1905 832 58
Mass. Broken Stone Co., crushed stone 33 43
$7,837 99 $7,837 99
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STREET SPRINKLING
Appropriation
$450 00
A portion of amount received from street railway franchise and excise tax 1 58
EXPENDED 3
Herbert G. Stock, labor and use of horses
$405 92
Merrill Hutchinson, painting watering cart
25 00
O. O. Ordway, repairs
2 95
Abbot-Downing Co., repairs
13 21
Prentiss & Viall, insurance
4 50
$451 58
$451 58
REMOVAL OF SNOW AND ICE
Appropriation
$800 00
A portion of amount received from
street railway franchise and excise tax
159 89
EXPENDED
Labor and teams
$511 08
Labor
384 71
W. F. Wheeler, adjustable snow plow
55 00
F. Wallace, supplies
4 10
Samuel Brown, repairs
1 50
O. O. Ordway, repairs
3 50
$959 89
$959 89
REPAIRS OF CONCRETE
Appropriation
$350 00 4
EXPENDED
Killorin Contracting Co.
$291 16
Jas. A. Bancroft, measuring concrete 1 75
57 09
Unexpended
$350 00
$350 00
79
PEARL STREET DRAINAGE
Appropriation
$750 00
EXPENDED
Labor
$158 53
Labor and teams
150 00
Gravel
16 92
Wendell Bancroft & Co., drain pipe
8 39
Puritan Iron Works, catch basin cover
12 00
Jas. A. Bancroft, surveying
3 75
Amount paid account of Steam Road Roller
400 00
Unexpended
41
$750 00
$750 00
STEAM ROAD ROLLER
Amount raised by loan
$2,200 00
Amount taken from Highway Account
400 00
Amount taken from Pearl street drain-
age account
400 00
EXPENDED
Buffalo Steam Roller Co., Steam Road Roller $3,000 00
$3,000 00 $3,000 00
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF STREET RAILWAY TAX
Unexpended balance
$ 116 11
Amount received from excise tax 1905
2,193 93
Amount received from franchise tax 1905
1,933 43
EXPENDED
Account highways
$3,998 03
Account snow and ice
159 89
Account street sprinkling
1 58
Unexpended
83 97
$4,243 47
$4,243 47
80
GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTHS SPECIAL APPRO- PRIATION
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDED
Labor $930 06
A. Chandler Manning, services Tree Warden 25 00
Francis Bros., supplies
18 51
Frederick Wallace, supplies
2 23
E. C. Metcalf, supplies
1 10
Unexpended
23 10
$1,000 00 $1,000 00
MOTH APPROPRIATION, STATE LAW
Appropriation
$922 69
Amount received from Commonwealth
of Massachusetts . 1,387 91
Amount due from Commonwealth of Massachusetts
24 05
EXPENDED
Labor $2,107 07
J. A. Blunt, repairs
6 28
Geo. F. Sawyer, local Supt., expenses 1 80
J. J. Cameron, safety belts
8 25
Bowker Insecticide Co., creosote
24 05
Geo. H. Atkinson Co., supplies
60
Boston Optical Co., field glasses
2 44
A. R. Prentiss, acting Postmaster, postage
19 04
F. Wallace, supplies .
75
Cummings' Express, expressing
1 00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing
8 25
Francis Bros., supplies
130 44
H. L. Frost & Co., supplies
24 68
$2,334 65 $2,334 66
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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 five.
During the year the Department has responded to 37 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, twelve men, Woburn street.
Hose No. 3, seven men, North Main street.
Hose No. 4, seven men, Hopkins street.
Hose No. 5, Volunteer Co., Forest street, at C. W. C. Trask's.
Mr. Leonard T. Eames was reappointed Supt. of the Fire Alarm and the system is in good condition.
The storage battery will have been in use three years the first of June and provision must be made for its renewal this year.
At the request of the Reading Rubber Mills we have removed the whistle from their plant, and have relocated it on the plant of the Electric Light Co. by permission of the Electric Light Commis- sioners.
We have, by vote of the Town, located a new fire alarm box, No. 38, on North Main street, near the corner of Forest street.
We have, by vote of the Town, purchased 1000 feet of new hose.
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We have, by vote of the Town, purchased a life-saving apparatus, which is carried at all times on the Hook and Ladder truck.
The Department held its fourth annual Field Day on Wednes- day, Sept. 20. After the usual parade the following exhibitions were given on South Main street. The Hook and Ladder ran 1000 feet and raised the Somerville extension ladder in 1 minute and 24 seconds.
Rules of the hose exhibitions : Start from pistol shot, run to and stop at white flag (distance 1000 feet ), pull off 100 feet of hose, connect with hydrant, break coupling, attach pipe, carry hose up ladder, pipe to rest on the top round with water through pipe.
Time : Hose 1 -1 minute, 30 seconds; Hose 2-1 minute, 27 1-2 seconds; Hose 3-1 minute, 10 1-2 seconds ; Hose 4-1 min- ute 24 1-2 seconds.
An exhibition of the life-saving net was given by members of the Department who jumped from the second and third story windows into the net held by other members of the Department. This proved to be one of the most interesting features of the day, as very few of those present had ever seen an exhibition of this kind.
We feel that the day was the most successful of any which have been held by the Department, and we wish to thank the citizens, the members of the Department, the drivers, and the Supt. of Water Works for the interest taken in making the day a success, and also the traders and the Supt. of Schools for their courtesy in closing the stores and schools on that day.
We would recommend that the Town purchase coats for the Department this year, as the coats now in use have been in use 14 or 15 years and are now beyond repair.
The buildings and apparatus are all in good condition and will require no special outlay this year.
In conclusion, we would thank the members of the Department and all who have in any way assisted the Department the past
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year, and especially the Reading Rubber Mills for the free use of steam for the fire whistle, and the Boston & Northern Street Rail- way Company for the free use of their current for charging the storage battery.
FRANK G. NICHOLS, Chief Engineer, ORVILLE O. ORDWAY, Ass't Engineer, GEO. L. PRATT, Sec'y,
Board of Engineers, Reading Fire Dept.
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DETAILED STATEMENT OF FIRES FOR
YEAR
1905
Date
Box
Time
Owner
Occupants
Loss on Building
Ins. on Building
Ins. Paid
Loss on Ins. on Cont'ts Cont'ts
Paid
March 31
26
3.45 p mn
..
:
45
4.55 p m
Burning Grass ..
April
1
45
2.45 p m
Burning Grass ....
3
15
3.16 p m
r. Ovans $ 711 00
$10500 00
$ 711 00 $ 80 00
$10050
$ 41 00
Cigar or Cigarette.
5
62
5.50 a m
H. G. Stock
W. P. Gleason
W. H. Hodgkins L. G. Bent
Brush Fire
8
45
10.55 a ml
Brush Fire.
8
33
4.15 p m
Brush Fire.
9
28
12.30 p m
Brush Fire.
10
29
11.25 a m
Brush Fire
=
14
27
12.05 p m
Brush Fire ..
14
24
12.20 p m
Brush Fire.
14
15
12.50 p m
Burning Grass
15
15
9.04 p m
Brush Fire.
17
24
10.17 a m
Brush Fire
18
33
10.20 a m
Brush Fire.
19
32
1.48 p m
Brush Fire
66
21
45
3 46 p m
Brush Fire
24
33
10.16 a m
Brush Fire
24
27
1.51 p m
Burning Rubbish.
-
29
36
12.36 p m
May
5
45
3.40 p in
Herbert Nelson
899 00 2000 00
2000 00 1200 00
899 00 1200 00
Total 2500 00
None 1700
No Alarm in Reading
..
17
G. H. Atkinson
G. H. Atkinson
Chas. Buck
Brush Fire.
June
3
28
4 02 p m
False Alarm.
July
3
45
9.50 D m
False Alarm.
..
28
Gasolene ...
Aug.
7
68
10.15 a m
False Alarm.
Oct.
4
18
4.48 1) 11
E. L. Chamberlain
1800 00
293 50
None
1500
None
Unknown
and C. W. Perkins ...
F. W. Wright
Ridion Bros.
53 00
1000 00
53 00
None
None
Nov.
20
18
7.55 p 111
Nora Desmond.
150 00
100 00
100 00
Total
None
None
Unknown ..
21
16
6.15 p m
Burning Grass
24
45
מזו קן 6.14
False Alarm
25
33
1.20 | 111
Wm. Proctor Estate .. Samuel Rounds. Nora Desmond.
Sparks from Chimney .... Chimney Fire.
29
17
9.28 a m
Geo. Lampro. E. L. Chamberlain
None 293 50
Children and Matenes.
12
62
10.15 Đ m
None 1700 00 Unknown Defective Flue
225
62
1.45 a m
6.
28
67
4.25 D m
4
39
2.25 a m
Open Circuit.
14
35
9 37 a m
24
68
5.40 p m
Brush Fire .. Burning Grass
·
Ins.
Cause
Burning Grass .. Burning Grass, still alarm Burning Grass.
4.10 p m
Lyceum Hall Ass'n ... A. S. Cook & Co.
Lillian Whitefield
The Department has travelled 404 miles. Laid 11,550 feet of Hose. Used 311 feet of Ladders. Used 24 gallons of chemicals. Served 34 hours.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation
$5,200 00
Amount received from sale of material
34 24
EXPENDED
F. G. Nichols, salary, Chief Engineer, 1905 $75 00
Geo. L. Pratt, salary, Engineer, 1905 60 00
Geo. L. Pratt, clerk of Board, and postage to April 30, 1905 6 65
O. O. Ordway, salary engineer, 1905 60 00
O. O. Ordway, repairs 7 35
L. T. Eames, salary engineer Steamer 1, 1905 75 00
L. T. Eames, labor and supplies 5 04
M. J. Shannon, salary asst. engineer Steamer
1, Sept. 1, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1905 66 67
W. H. Bancroft, steward Hose 2, 1905 67 00
David Weston, steward Hose 4, June 1 to Dec. 31, 1905 47 50
Parker Nichols, steward Hose 3, 1905 30 00
Parker Nichols, horse service, 1905 70 00
E. H. Crowe, steward H. and L. No. 1, 1905 60 00
Geo. A. Shackford, horse service, 1905 504 00
J. F. Buel, brake shoes 10 00
Boston Coupling Co., supplies
28 50
Jas. M. Baker, supplies
6 00
E. L. Chamberlain, supplies
36
J. J. Cameron, repairs
13 05
C. L. Martin, coal
9 20
Francis Bros., supplies
3 42
C. S. Knowles, supplies
1 50
F. Wallace, supplies
20 20
W. Bancroft & Co., fuel and supplies
37 75
W. B. Badger, supplies
20 50
Amount carried forward
$1,284 69 $5,234 24
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Amount brought forward
$1,284 69 $5,234 24
F. A. Butters, labor and supplies
4 00
Geo. H. Atkinson Co., supplies
5 65
H. K. Barnes, supplies
75
J. A. Doucette, labor
1 50
Hugh A. Eames, labor
25
American Express, expressing
50
Cummings' Express, expressing
14 47
R. D. Clapp, repairs .
35
E. P. Bancroft, horse service
100 00
H. G. Stock, horse service 150 00
Chas. J. Haag, care of hose and labor
41 92
W. A. Allen, use of pung
4 25
W. H. Wightman, insurance 23 00
O. P. Symonds & Sons, kindling wood
2 00
Reading Water Works, water rates, 1905
12 00
Municipal Light Board, electric lights and supplies 49 18
E. J. Roundy, horse service 2 50
F. W. Danforth, lettering firemen's coats 1 00
Jason Zwicker, labor
5 00
Field Day expenses
100 00
Franklin Rubber Co., rubber coats
20 50
Firemen's pay roll from May 1st, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1905 2,879 35
Walter F. Cook, painting and supplies 4 00
$4,706 86
FIRE ALARM
EXPENDED
L. T. Eames, salary Supt. fire alarm, 1905
$ 99 99
L. T. Eames, labor, material and car fare 135 70
Amount carried forward $4,942 55 $5,234 24
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Amount brought forward
$4,942 55 $5,234 24
J. W. Gleason, labor
37 22
J. W. Sias, labor
7 50
F. G. Nichols, labor
3 75
H. F. Haag, labor
10 00
Morrison Merrill, labor
5 00
Francis B. Hunt, labor
2 09
H. G. Stock, labor
1 75
A. B. Matthews, horse hire
34 50
W. Bancroft & Co., supplies
11 23
Boston Coupling Co., supplies
75
Harry Walters, supplies
28 00
Pettingell, Andrews Co., supplies
1 39
Geo. M. Stevens Co., Inc., supplies
39 50
Municipal Light Board, supplies
1 39
Boston Lumber Co., poles .
18 00
T. C. Fife, labor and material moving whistle 76 84
Francis Bros., supplies
5 52
Cummings' Express, expressing
1 75
Braman, Dow & Co., supplies
2 48
Unexpended
3 03
$5,234 24 $5,234 24
FIRE DEPARTMENT HOSE
Appropriation
$550 00
EXPENDED
Cornelius Callahan, hose
$272 66
Boston Coupling Co., hose
275 00
Unexpended
2 34
$550 00 $550 00
88
LIFE SAVING APPARATUS
Appropriation ( unexpended balance 1904)
$87 98
EXPENDED
Boston Coupling Co.
$75 00
Unexpended
12 98
$87 98
$87 98
FIRE ALARM BOX NO. 38
Appropriation
$50 00
EXPENDED
Geo M. Stevens Co. (Inc.) fire alarm box
and keys
$41 00
Labor installing same
7 25
Unexpended
1 75
$50 00
$50 00
FOREST FIRES
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDED
Labor
$144 31
Labor and teams
3 00
M. E. Nichols, painting cans
1 43
Henry E. Wright & Sons, cans .
15 00
J. N. Weston, salary year ending April 30, 1905 15 00
W. A. Bancroft, salary year ending Dec. 31, 1905 15 00
C. W. C. Trask, salary year ending Dec. 31, 1905
15 00
H. E. McIntire, salary May 1, 1905, to Dec. 31, 1905
10 00
Overdrawn
68 74
$218 74 $218 74
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE ALARM
READING, JAN. 1, 1906.
To the Honorable Board of Fire Engineers of the Reading Fire Department :
I submit the following report :
There has been added to the Fire Alarm System during the year-one ten inch Tapper in Central Fire Station. Box 62 has been replaced by a keyless box. The old box 62 has been changed to box 38 and located at the corner of Main and Forest streets.
The Steam Fire Gong has been removed from the Reading Rubber Mills and placed on the Municipal Light Plant. The Stor- age Battery which has been in commission three years has not been of any expense to the town during that time.
The elements will have to be replaced this year. Owing to the day circuit of the Electric Light some of the old bare wire should be replaced by insulated. for the good of the Fire Alarm and safety of the public.
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.
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24-Mineral St., corner of Hancock.
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'. 38-Corner of Main and Forest Sts.
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.
LEONARD T. EAMES,
Supt. Fire Alarm.
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
READING, MASS., JAN. 1, 1906.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN :- I have the honor of submitting to you my annual report of the doings of your Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1905. The Department at present con- sists of
Chief-Frederic D. Merrill.
Patrolmen-J. Henry Orr and William H. Manning.
Reserves -- Robert Powers, William J. Allen, Jason Zwicker, Asa Parker, Frank A. Butters, Jeremiah J. Cullinane, Samuel Brown, Reuben J. LeFave, John W. Saunders, Herbert G. Stock, Eugene L. Lovejoy, Clement Gleason, J. Mande Doucette, Arthur E. Davis.
Keeper of Lockup-Frederic D. Merrill.
Number of arrests for the year
112
ARRESTS BY MONTHS
January
3 July
11
February
6 August . 8
March
3 September
10
April
3 October
15
May
27
November
8
June
10
December
8
Residents, 39, non-residents, 73; American born, 79, foreign born, 33 ; males, 103, females, 9 ; adults, 104, minors, 8.
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CAUSES OF ARRESTS
Adultery
.
12
Breaking and entering
Cruelty to animals
4
Drunkenness
42
Disorderly house
1
Contempt of court
1
Violation speed law
27
Evading car fare
1
False pretence
1
Larceny
5
Non-support
1
Neglected children
3
Insane
5
Peddling without license
6
Kindling bon-fire
1
Trespass
12
Vagrancy
3
Violation of probation
1
Safe keeping
1
Walking on railroad
1
MISCELLANEOUS WORK
Accidents reported
10
Complaints received
52
Ca-es investigated
67
Dogs killed
13
Disturbances quelled
14
Dead bodies cared for
1
Defective gas pipes
1
Defective water pipes
Defective light wires
4
Defective streets and sidewalks
6
Fire alarms given
-
1
Suspect
Tampering with fire alarm
93
Fires extinguished without an alarm
1
Horses found cast
22
Houses reported vacant
5
Injured persons assisted
4
Lost children restored
3
Lanterns hung in dangerous places
16
Officers in court, days
161
Officers at fires
26
Places of business found open
. 232
Requests for police
17
Runaway boys found and returned home
6
Persons reported missing
.
1
Stray teams and horses cared for
.
5
DISPOSITION OF CASES
Fines imposed
. 53
Amount of fines paid
$362
Committed for non-payment
1
Sentenced to House of Correction
10
Sentenced to State Farm
2
Committed to State Hospital
3
Placed on file
17
Released
9
Discharged
3
Carried to Superior Court
4
Turned over to other officers
4
Committed to State Board of Charities
.
3
Total of sentences, 1 year, 7 months, 25 days
Number of tramps, 61 ; number of lodgers, not tramps, 8.
Five of the eight were men who were left over from last cars, and not having sufficient funds to pay for a night's lodging were put up at the station. The other three were put in court for vagrancy and sentenced.
We are not putting up any more tramps, but when one asks for a night's lodging he is told that he will be taken to court and sent away, and he invariably goes his way.
.
94
I shall again ask for an increase in the force, and request that you call for the sum of forty-five ($4,500) hundred dollars to pro- vide for two more men, one for night and one day patrol. The incident that occurred on the morning of Dec. 9 should be a sufficient argument in its favor.
Perfect harmony has prevailed in the department during the past year, each doing all in his power for the preservation of good order and enforcement of the laws of this Commonwealth. To them and to your honorable board I return my sincere thanks for the cordial support given me the past year.
Respectfully submitted, FREDERIC D. MERRILL, Chief of Police.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $2,800 00
Amount received from 4th District
court fines 362 00
Amount received for Police duty, pri-
vate parties 10 00
Amount received from County Treas-
urer for transportation of patients
32 00
EXPENDED
F. D. Merrill, Chief, salary, 1905 $860 50
Wm. H. Manning, salary, 1905
808 50
Wm. H. Manning, special duty
1 00
J. H. Orr, salary, 1905 808. 50
J. H. Orr, special duty 2 72
Robert Powers, special duty
188 80
J. W. Saunders, special duty
74 97
W. J. Allen, special duty
54 50
F. A. Butters, special duty
3 39
Asa Parker, special duty
2 00
J. A. LeFave, special duty
1 75
W. A. Bancroft, special duty, 1902 2 00
W. A. Bancroft, special duty, 1903 3 75
Mollie Lamprey, matron duty
2 00
F. H. Martin, meals for prisoners 1904 and 1905 27 50
W. Bancroft & Co., fuel 19 50
H. M. Meek Publishing Co., directory 2 00
Amount carried forward $2,863 38 $3,204 00
96
Amount brought forward
$2,863 38 $3,204 00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone rent 90 79
Raphael Masstrangralo, plating badges 1 50
Borthwick Bros., carriage hire
5 00
Geo. A. Shackford, carriage hire
11 00
J. W. Gleason, labor
5 50
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., badges
5 25
Oak Hall Clothing Co., supplies
8 00
Wm. Read & Sons, revolvers and supplies
26 70
Cummings' Express, expressing
1 25
W. C. Taylor, straps for clubs
1 00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing
7 75
Francis Bros., supplies
7 65
L. W. Thompson, supplies
2 10
Newton Graphic Publishing Co., auto reg- ister 1 00
Special police, July 3 and 4
110 70
L. T. Eames, labor and material for signal bells 14 08
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