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$423 75
Kate Farlin, sewing
75 00
Frances K. Dolley, sewing .
40 63
W. Firth Eastwood, manual training
468 00
Leon R. Maxwell, music
487 50
$1,494 88
JANITORS
Clement Gleason
$900 00
William Killam .
710 00
Robert Powers
150 00
William Kidder .
412 50
Mrs. Ara Pratt
315 00
Timothy Cummings
117 00
Oscar Rounds
58 50
Chas. F. Bessom .
30 00
Benj. Hartshorn .
17 50
Priscilla Gleason
97 50
J. W. Saunders .
25 00
Wendell C. Black
10 00
$2,843 00
FUEL
Bancroft, Wendell & Co.
. $2,880 03
Barrows, H. C. .
6 00
Boston & Maine R. R.
258 76
Eames, J. H.
6 50
Nelson, C. W.
40 50
Parker, Asa
36 60
Rounds, Oscar
4 00
Shackford, G. A.
66 04
The Russell Co. .
338 88
Upton, Henry A.
11 00
$3,648 31
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TRANSPORTATION
Borthwick Bros. . .
$288 00
Boston & Northern St. Ry. Co. .
282 00
$570 00
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT
Allen Shade Holder Co.
$36 39
American Express Co.
32 45
American Painting & Decorating Co. .
2 85
American Seating Co.
1 80
Austin, H. K.
75
Babb, E. E. & Co.
34 05
Badger, W. B. & Co. .
8 00
Baird, A. F.
7 50
Bancroft, Lewis M.
39 20
Bancroft, Wendell & Co.
64 67
Bond, Mrs. J. S.
1 00
Bosson, Harry P.
18 00
Brooks, A. P.
3 50
Carpenter-Morton Co.
15 40
Chandler & Barber
2 79
Clapp, R. D.
66 76
Cook, A. S. & Co.
4 87
Cook, W. F.
147 31
Cummings, T. J.
13 00
Ditson, Oliver, Co.
2 25
Edgerley & Bessom
2 50
Farquhar's, John, Sons
282 00
Fife, T. C. .
51 36
Foster, F. W. Mfg. Co.
18 60
Francis Bros.
154 37
Franklin, Albert B.
45 60
Gill, Geo. E.
35 79
Gleason, Clement
2 00
Gleason, J. W.
9 00
209
Hanscom, E. C.
30 00
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co.
85
Holt, Edith F.
2 00
Hoyt-Martin Co.
4 25
Jeffrey, W. B. & Sons
3 00
Johnson, H. R.
54 22
Jordan, Marsh Co.
4 00
Kempton, W. H.
8 96
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
2 00
Ladd, Frederick A.
9 00
Library Bureau .
75
MacDonald, F. G.
7 38
Merrill, F. D.
1 75
Metcalf, E. C.
4 08
Miller, Henry F. & Sons, piano
12 00
Morss & White Co., grill guards
24 00
Municipal Light Board
3 50
Murphy, J. A.
4 50
N. E. Tel. & Tel Co.
123 50
Osol, Henry
14 00
Park, H. L.
321 15
Parker, F. H. & Son
100 14
Peoples' Gas & Electric Co.
44 49
Pierce, Geo. E.
3 00
Pratt, Mrs. Ara .
14 65
Prentiss & Viall .
1,036 78
Reading Police Department
8 00
Reading Water Works
198 61
Remington Typewriter Co. .
2 55
Rounds, Oscar
2 00
Sennett, F. S.
3 00
Smith, A. A.
80 00
Stone, Melville A.
138 43
Studley, Edward H.
10 75
Surette, A. M.
24 05
The Standard Electric Line Co.
2 50
210
Thorp & Martin Co. .
5 25
Turner, J. E. Wagon Co.
21 85
Twombly, W. E. & J. F.
164 46
Typewriter Exchange
41 80
Wadsworth, Howland & Co.
2 40
Wakefield Daily Item
1 25
Ward, Samuel Co.
6 00
Weston, Nelson R.
2 00
Whittier, Sumner C ..
3 00
Wightman, Wm. H.
31 50
$3,705 46
SUPPLIES ACCOUNT
Allyn & Bacon
3 97
American Book Co.
115 29
Appleton, D. & Co.
6 00
Atkinson, Geo. H. Co.
29 26
Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover
266 85
Babb, E. E. & Co.
308 87
Baird, A. F.
21 83
Barnard, F. J. & Co. .
99 97
Beattie Zinc Works Co.
1 25
Bent, L. G.
9 12
Bradley, Milton Co.
119 49
Carter, Rice & Co.
12 65
Chandler & Barber
54
Charles, M. F.
4 75
Chase, C. L. & Son
1 65
Cook, A. S. & Co.
5 05
Dallman, H. I.
51 00
Dimond, H. C. .
1 00
Ditson, Oliver Co.
4 60
Dodd, Mead Co.
40 00
Eagle Pencil Co.
65 35
Eimer & Amend
49 83
Francis Bros.
14 78
211
Ginn & Co. .
215 63
Greenough, W. S. & Co.
2 08
Gregg Publishing Co.
87
Hammett, J. L. Co.
20 81
Haynor, Norman C. Co.
34 00
Heath, D. C. & Co.
36 42
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
20 21
King, George F. & Co.
6 00
Knott, L. E. Apparatus Co.
40 23
Ludlam, Chas.
2 75
Orient Mfg. Co.
51 45
Sanborn, Benj. H. & Co.
15 50
Schoenhoff Book Co.
5 65
Scribner's, Chas. Sons
21 20
Silver, Burdett & Co.
75 72
Spon-Chamberlain
1 00
Stone, Melville A.
5 97
Talbot Chemical Co.
15 00
Thompson, Brown & Co.
11 25
Thorp & Martin
1 70
Turner, J. E. Wagon Co.
167 36
Typewriter Exchange
27 30
Van Nostrand, D. Co.
1 23
Willis, W. H.
2 90
Winchester, Geo. A.
11 35
Wood, W. A.
10 00
Ward, Samuel Co.
8 49
$2,037 62
THIRTEENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Electric Light Commissioners
For the Year Ending December 31 1907
OFFICERS OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER DEPARTMENT
Commissioners
GEORGE L. FLINT, Chairman · Term expires 1909
FRANK W. WILLIS, Secretary
Term expires 1908
WILLIAM C. BUCK
Term expires 1910
Manager JOSIAH CROSBY NORCROSS
OFFICE :
Room 9, Masonic Block
REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD
CASH ACCOUNT, 1907
DR.
January 1, to balance $851 87
To refund, overpayment Electric Goods Mfg. Co. 40 16
To appropriation .
$7,240 00
To appropriation for Commissioners' salaries 225 00
To appropriation for Superintendent's salary 1,000 00 - $8,465 00
To Receipts from Customers :
Commercial light
. $5,879 37
Domestic light
9,126 97
Power
1,657 49
Meter rents
533 20
--- $17,197 03
To Sundries Received :
Interest on deposits
$12 74
Rental of poles
73 30
Sale of scrap
328 51
Sale of lamps
304 44
Sale of wiring stock
1,486 00
Refunded on overpayment to Westing-
house Electric & Mfg. Co. 135 60
$2,340 59
$28,894 65
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CR.
By Cash paid for Account of Construction :
Electric plant
$9 65
Lines . ·
3,171 27
Meters
1,047 15 ·
Converters
579 27
.
$4,807 34
By Cash paid for Account of Maintenance :
Fuel
$4,707 30
Oil and waste
326 63
Water
234 97
Station wages
4,837 15
Repairs real estate
141 94
Repairs steam plant
269 61
Repairs electric plant
176 72
Station tools and appliances
134 86
Wages, care of lights
120 53
Repair of lines
1,613 62
Carbons
58 31
Incandescent lamps
772 67
Repairs globes
62 88
Distribution tools and appliances
48 61
General salaries
1,534 87
Board expense
17 00
General office expense
585 56
Rents
110 00
Insurance
666 39
Law expenses
9 38
Stable expenses
437 07
Repairs motors
17 15
Salaries Light Board
225 00
-- $17,108 22
By cash paid for interest
1,440 00
Amount carried forward
$23,355 56
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Amount brought forward
$23,355 56
By cash paid for wiring stock, motors and fixtures .
1,076 31
By cash paid for bonds
2,000 00
By cash paid for office furniture .
35 50
By cash paid Town, light acct. refund
50
By cash paid accts. payable Jan. 1, 1907 $1,889 92
By cash paid accts. payable, overpaid 135 60
2,025 52
By cash paid for Special Committee
11 06
By cash paid Town Treasurer, being Depre- ciation cash refunded from overpayment By Shortage in cash, being sundry errors prior to March 4, 1907
40 16
25 25
Rent of poles
13 40
Bills receivable, to correct errors ·
97
By balance, cash on hand petty cash
$100 00
Cash on hand in Town Treasury
187 21
Cash on hand in bank .
23 21
310 42
$28,894 65
MANUFACTURING ACCOUNT
DR.
For Manufacturing :
Fuel
$5,699 29
Oil and waste
241 05
Water
406 03
Station wages
4,837 15
Repairs real estate
322 38
Repairs steam plant
258 43
Amount carried forward
$11,764 33
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Amount brought forward
$11,764 33
Repairs electric plant
49 82
Station tools and appliances
7 69
$11,821 84
For Distribution :
Wages, care of lights .
$120 53
Repair of lines
1,089 43
Carbons
117 41
Repairs of globes
48 82
$1,376 19
For Miscellaneous Expenses :
General salaries
. $1,534 87
Board expenses ·
17 00
General office expenses
591 05
Salaries, Light Board
225 00
Rents .
110 00
Insurance
423 52
Law expense
9 38
Stable expense
437 07
Repairs motors
17 15
Rent for poles
13 40
$3,378 44
Total .
$16,576 47
Profit in manufacturing
1,553 95
$18,130 42
CR.
By sales of commercial light, less discount . $5,868 75 By sales of domestic light, less discount 9,270 31
By sales of electric power ·
1,787 24
Meter rents
560 60
Supplied and charged to Town buildings 570 22
Rent of poles
73 30
-- $18,130 42
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CONSTRUCTION
Total cost of plant as shown in Town Re-
port of 1906 . $93,106 72 Less depreciation charged off June 30, 1906, included in error . 54 22
Cost of plant, Jan. 1, 1907 .
. $93,052 50
Electric plant
9 65
Lines .
3,287 84
Meters
1,154 35
Converters .
579 58
$98,083 92
Amount received for sale of arc lamps
10 80
Total cost of plant Dec. 31, 1907 .
$98,073 12
PROFIT AND LOSS CHARGES
DR.
January 1, 1907, to balance .
. $26,939 88
Interest paid
1,440 00
Loss on incandescent lamps
361 45
Depreciation
3,000 00
Income used for construction
1,151 80
Shortage in cash, being sundry errors prior to March 4, 1907 .
25 25
Stable
200 00
$33,118 38
CR.
Appropriation, maintenance . $2,240 00
Appropriation, depreciation ·
. 3,000 00
Appropriation, Commissioners' salaries
225 00
Appropriation, Superintendent's salary
1,000 00 .
Motor not in inventory Dec. 31, 1906
157 59
Motor not in inventory Dec. 31, 1906
75 00
Amount carried forward
$6,697 59
·
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Amount brought forward
6,697 59
Profit in wiring account
328. 77
Profit in manufacturing
1,553 95
Interest on deposits ·
12 74
$ 8,593 05
Balance, Dec. 31, 1907
. 24,525 33
$33,118 38
BALANCE SHEET
DR.
Cash in bank
23 21
Cash in treasury, Superintendent's acct.
187 21
Petty cash
100 00
Cash in Mechanics' Savings Bank, cus- tomers' deposits .
342 85
Due from customers, commercial accounts
964 63
66
66
66
town accounts
927 02
66
electric power accounts
263 03
66
meter rents
85 80
66
66
wiring, labor, fixtures
95 64
66
66 incandescent lamps 34 04
Wiring stock, etc., on hand 299 64
Real estate
12,316 87
Steam plant
7,748 25
Electric plant
7,657 61
Lines
. 18,572 21
Arc lamps
3,528 55 .
Meters
6,205 48
Converters
5,594 19
Office furniture
372 95
Fuel on hand
519 20
Oil and waste on hand
46 82
Amount carried forward
$67,310 90
·
domestic accounts
1,425 70
.
.
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Amount brought forward
$67,310 90
Station tools and appliances on hand . 153 55
Repairs, lines, stock on hand
687 81
Carbons on hand
9 47
Globes on hand .
19 76
Distribution tools and appliances on hand
34 15
Incandescent lamps on hand
511 05
Stable account
330 00
Insurance account
242 87
Due from special committee
11 06
Bad debts
115 94
Motors
333 47
Repairs steam plant
10 25
Repairs electric plant
110 00
Profit and loss
24,525 33
-- $94,435 61
CR
Bonds outstanding
$34,000 00
Appropriations for bond payments
. 16,000 00
Appropriations for note payments
. 18,500 00
Appropriations for construction
. 20,645 04
Overdraft construction
3,211 64
Accrued interest
360 00
Deposits in Mechanics' Savings Bank
342 85
Accounts payable
1,376 08
$94,435 61
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We would call attention to the fact that all costs of Incandes- cent Lamps in last year's report were charged to the Manufacturing Account to the amount of $295.00. If this had been charged to Profit and Loss direct, as this year, last year's loss in Manufacturing would have been $458.47. This year $361.45 is charged to Profit and Loss for incandescent lamp cost, and profit in Manufacturing is $1,553.95.
The department has no night patrolman for the arc circuits. As such is the case we would deem it a favor if any citizen would report when an arc light near his property is out.
Eighty-six new customers have been added during the year, which adds about 2,000 lights to our connected load, making a total of 11,319 lamps connected.
Table showing earnings of light and power for four years :
LIGHTS
1904
1905
1906
1907
Total
$12,893.33 $13,477.41 $15,737.45 $18,619.16
Less discounts allowed
for cash payments
982.38
1,120.23
1,867.39
2,349.28
Net
$11,910.95 $12,357.18 $13,870.06 $16,269.88
POWER
Total .
1906 $434.41
1907 $1,787.82
Less discounts allowed for cash payments
1.75
.58
Net
$432.66
$1,787.24
NET TOTAL LIGHT AND POWER
1904
1907
$11,910.95
1905 $12,357.18
1906 $14,302.72
$18,057.12
GEORGE L. FLINT
FRANK W. WILLIS
WILLIAM C. BUCK
Municipal Light Board.
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation $900 00
Proceeds of Dog Tax, 1906
666 80
Credit (refund, Library Bureau )
6 75
EXPENSES
Rent :
Odd Fellows' Building Association
.
$600 00
Salaries :
Bertha L. Brown, librarian . $275 00
Clover Granger, assistant
·
35 00
C. H. Stinchfield, janitor
38 00
$348 00
Books :
A. W. Wilson Co. $10 00
Chas. Scribners' Sons
5 50
H. M. Meek Pub. Co.
2 50
Chas. E. Lauriat Co.
51 71
Old Corner Book Store, Inc.
.
361 06
$430 77
Periodicals :
A. W. Danforth, subscriptions .
$64 45
Sundries :
Insurance $60 00
H. R. Johnson, repairs
9 63
Municipal Light Board 1 20
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing 31 00
Library Bureau, supplies
28 50
$130 33
$1,573 55 $1,573 55
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FINE ACCOUNT
Amount on hand Jan. 1, 1907
$127 68
Received from sale of catalogues, cards, fines, etc. ·
70 75
$198 43
Paid expressage and incidentals
$16 92
Paid bookbinding
40 20
$57 12
Balance
$141 31
The following volumes have been presented to the library :
NAMES OF DONORS .
NO. OF VOLUMES
U. S. Documents
9
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
23
Others
15
47
Number of new volumes added Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1907
222
Total number in library
11,108
Circulation, year ending Dec. 3, 1907
17,895
Largest single month, March
2,071
Smallest, September
1,034
The volumes of fiction contained in the second alcove of the library have received new numbers. The change is thus described in a report made by the librarian to the Trustees :
" The new numbers are made up of the first letter of the author's name, an arbitrary number, and the first letter of the title. For example, The Shuttle, by Burnett, carries the number "B934s." Juvenile fiction has the letter J preceding the number. Thus Barbour's Four in Camp carries the number "JB234f." This sys- tem of numbering makes it possible to always keep together the books by a given author, a great convenience to the librarian and to those who go to the open shelves to select them. The only dis-
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advantage is that the numbers have been changed from those in the printed catalogues for works of fiction numbered from 211.1 to 288.27. The books are correctly numbered on the card catalogue, and the bulletins issued of books purchased in 1906-07 have the correct numbers, since all fiction purchased during the last two years has been given the new notation. Those who cannot come to the library to consult the card catalogue, or who prefer to pre- pare their lists at home, may send the title and author desired, as the books can then be found quite readily by the librarian.
The change in numbering has caused no special inconvenience to patrons. The work of re-numbering the remainder of the fiction will be carried on in the spare time not occupied by regular library duties."
The librarian also says :
" The children between the ages of 10 and 14, who were first given library privileges last year, still remain interested. Their coming and going after the schools close renders the library less quiet than formerly at that hour, but this can hardly be avoided as long as the delivery and reading rooms are not separated. On the whole, the younger children give less trouble on account of disci- pline than some of the older boys. Limiting the access to the open shelves to those over 14 years of age, and an arrangement of bars so that those going to the alcoves must pass directly by the attend- ant at the delivery desk, facilitates the control of the library."
During the year 222 volumes have been added to the library, not including, however, about 181 volumes purchased out of the ap- propriation for the year but not received in time to catalogue before January 1. These have since been placed in circulation.
As usual the new books have been displayed on open shelves for the immediate inspection of readers. The librarian will at all times refer persons interested to the newest accessions, and give all possible aid in making a selection of interesting and important new books.
Besides a considerable number of books intended for young readers and the fiction added during the year, the following are a few of the recent titles in different departments of literature.
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In Biography, we have Ralph Waldo Emerson (by Prof. Wood- berry ; literary criticism); Walter Pater, by Wright; Longfellow (Sketch by Prof. Norton ) ; Carl Schurtz (Autobiography ); William Pitt Fessenden ; Washington (Seven Ages, popular treatment of his life, brief and readable); Patrick Henry (the true Patrick Henry); Napoleon; Cavour; Whittier; John Harvard (interesting and popular treatment); Jay Cooke; Alfred Tennyson. All of these are late publications.
In the field of Travel many excellent books have been added, nearly all of them profusely illustrated. Both sides of the Congo question will be found fully presented in different volumes. The Opening of Thibet outlines explorations in a country until recently but little known. Peary's Nearest the Pole, and Hoare's Arctic Explorations, narrate important events in the far north, from the earliest times to the recent voyages of Abruzzi and Wellman. From Uganda to Khartoum is a record of travel, adventure and missionary work on the Upper Nile. There are also The Top of the Continent (discovery and adventure in Alaska); In Widest Africa (with the flashlight and rifle in the wilderness); the Land in the Mountains (past and present in the Tyrol); books relating to South America, that comparatively little known part of our own Continent; Italy (its art, literature and romance ); Holland, Mexico, Germany, Poland, Old and New Japan, and others perhaps equally noteworthy.
The department of Science, Natural History, Out-door Life, etc., includes among others, Elementary Meteorology, by Davis ; Practical Meteorology, by Ward; Bird Life, by Chapman ; Book of the Ocean, by Ingersoll; Useful Birds and their Protection, by Forbush (an exceedingly interesting and useful treatment of the subject); New Creations in Plant Life (Burbank); Health through Self-Control (Spinney); Nutrition of Man ( Chittenden ); Soils (im- portant for farmers and gardeners); also Our Domestic Animals, Practical Farming, and several books on Gardening; Camp and Trail; Bait Angling for Fishes; Mosses and Lichens; Earthquakes (popular treatment of the subject); The Field and Forest Handy Book; Book of Camping and Woodcraft; Experiments in Acro- dynamics; and the Training of Wild Animals (Bostock).
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In History we have several new volumes in the " American Nation " series, including Hosmer's readable civil war volumes, The Appeal to Arms and the Outcome of the Civil War; and Dun- ning's Reconstruction Period. Volume 6 of McMaster's History of the People of the United States has also been added. There are also condensed and readable histories of England, Ireland and Scotland ; France ; Germany ; Italy ; Russia ; and Spain; Old New York ; Old Steamboat Days; and Ancient Athens. The history of the Churches of America; The Spirit of Old West Point; The Last Days of Marie Antoinette; From Sail to Steam ; and the History of Commerce, as well as the very interesting Old Paths and Legends in New England should be mentioned.
There are books relating to Art and Music, such as Music to the Death of Schubert; and The National Gallery ( Early and Later British Art); and various miscellaneous works of present interest or relating to current affairs, such as Municipal ownership (in Great Britain, by Meyer); and The Dangers of Municipal Ownership, by Porter; The Romance of Steel (popular account of the develop- ment of the steel industry in the United States); Money and Invest- ments, and others.
We have pointed out a few of the leading accessions in the hope that the attention of readers may be drawn to them. The titles of these, and of all other recent additions may be found on the card catalogue, which has now become a permanent feature of the library, promoting, we trust, the convenience of those who wish to take out books.
In the selection of books for purchase the Trustees have endeavored to supply something of interest to all classes. In a small library like ours, with limited resources, only representative works in each department of literature can be added each year. We have this year purchased some of the best books for young readers, and some of the leading novels, especially those by writers of reputation. Many of the works of fiction that are now published however, are of but temporary vogue, stimulated by skilful adver-
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tising, and after a few months are forgotten. Among the titles we have added in the department of fiction will be found Helena Richie ; Alice-for-Short; Joseph Vance ; The Stooping Lady ; Frau- lein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther ; The Shuttle ; The Doctor ; The Crested Seas ; Major Vigoreaux ; Sir John Constantine; The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square; The Cruise of the Shining Light; Capin Eri ; Mr. Pratt ; Marcia ; Running Water ; New Chronicles of Rebecca ; Aunt Jane of Old Kentucky ; The Lady of the Decora- tion ; Lady Betty Across the Water; Puck of Pook's Hill; The Broken Road; The Loves of Pelleus and Etarre; Arethusa ; The Ancient Law ; The Old Peabody Pew ; With Juliet in England ; The Port of Missing Men ; The Fruit of the Tree ; Money Magic ; etc.
There are, in the department of juvenile fiction, books espec- ially for boys, some especially for girls, as well as standard works of general interest, such as Myths every Child should Know, (Mabie); Book of Ballad Stories, King Arthur and His Noble Knights; Book of Folk Stories, and Book of Legends ( Scudder); Famous Leg- ends, etc.
We close this reference list of new titles by mentioning a brief history of the town of Reading, England, which ought to have some interest for us, since but for that town Reading, Mass., would not have existed.
The librarian, Miss Brown, is entitled to our acknowledgment of faithful service rendered during the year.
Mr. Henry G. Kittredge and Mr. Arthur N. Mansfield, two members of the Board, have removed from town for the year. The vacancies have not been filled by us, but will require to be filled at the ensuing town meeting.
We recommend an appropriation at least as large as that granted during the present year, namely: $900 in addition to the dog tax. During the year ensuing we shall be obliged to pay for the electric lighting of the library, an expense which for the last twelve months has been borne by the Municipal Light Depart-
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ment. To that extent, unless our appropriation is enlarged, the amount to be spent for books will, for the coming year, be di- minished, since no other item of expense can be reduced.
Respectfully submitted,
HORACE G. WADLIN, Chairman CYRUS M. BARROWS, Secretary EDWARD P. GUILD J. WOODWARD MANNING
Trustees.
SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS
APPROPRIA- 'TION
SUNDRY CREDITS
TOTAL AMOUNT INCLUDING APPROPRIATI'N
EXPENDED
UN- EXPENDED
OVER- DRAWN
Salaries of Town Officers.
$3,700 00
$3,700 00
$3,724 49
.. ..
$24 49
Town Building and Office.
450 00
$51 48
501 48
531 53
30 05
Printing.
700 00
700 00
734 70
34 70
Election Expenses
300 00
300 00
248 00
$52 00
Soldiers' Relief
1,000 00
1,000 00
944 97
55 03
Soldiers' Relief, Acct. Town of North Reading.
78 00
78 00
Soldiers' Relief, Acct. Town of Marblehead.
48 00
48 00
Burial Agent's Account.
179 00
179 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 Akl.
2,800 00
2,800 00
2,621 00
179 00
Account. Charles L. Hang
92 65
92 65
Rent of Playground.
342 00
342 00
342 00
70 07
Swan Estate ...
1,131 60
1,131 60
GG 00
1,065 60
Band Concerts
100 00
100 00
100 00
Reading Water Works.
12,750 00
12.750 00
12,750 00
Municipal Light and Power Plant.
40 16
9,124 16
8,936 95
187 21
Municipal Light and Power Plant, Special Committee
26,000 00
26,000 00
6,829 74
19,170 26
Interest. on School House Bonds.
3,100 00
3,100 00
3,080 00
20 00
Interest on School House Notes.
1.455 00
1,455 00
1,455 00
School House Notes
8,000 00
8,000 00
8,000 00
School House Bonds.
2,000 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
High School Building
1,200 00
6,688 36
5,611 53
Haven Street Note ..
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Interest. ..
800 00
2,298 99
2.598 99
3,352 46
753 47
Abatement of Taxes
900 00
52 32
939 45
12 87
Miscellaneous Expenses
1,000 00
14 00
1,029 30
15 30
Taxes on Property Taken
368 97
356 41
12 56
Highways, Bridges and Repairs of Sidewalks.
4,000 00)
4,919 42
8,919 42
8,919 42
Street Sprinkling .
450 00
450 00
424 67
25 33
Concrete Work ..
350 00
350 00
349 30
Removal of Snow and Ice.
500 00
352 81
852 81
852 81
Kingston Street.
300 00
13 15
313 15
313 15
High Street .
100 00
100 00
100 00
Fire Department.
5,000 00
5,000 00
4,970 29
29 71
Forest Fires. ..
150 00
150 00
199 54
49 54
600 00
600 00
600 00
200 00
200 00
198 00
2 00
Fire Department- Special Appropriation Box 48. ....
200 00
200 00
185 98
14 02
.
..
...
.
.
..
.
. ..
.
Care and Improvement of Common and Parks
150 00
150 00
79 93
.
....
.
.
.
.
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Fire Department Special Appropriation Hose ... ... Fire Dept. Special Appropriation Extension Ladder ..
.
..
....
...
...
5,488 36
1,076 88
952 32
1,014 00
368 97
70
9,084 00
...
Laurel Hill Cemetery .
61 09
Tree Warden ..
800 00 150 00 1,846 00 3,300 00
911 50 3 50 9,266 78 1,985 71
1,711 50 153 50
1,762 59 149 61 11,112 78
3 89
Moth Account. .. Overseers of the Poor.
11,112 78 5,285 71
4,619 34
666 37
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
324 98
324 98
City of Cambridge ..
168 74
168 74
Town of Wilmington . Town of Norfolk ..
113 25
113 25
Town of Canton.
44 28
44 28
Schools ..
28,000 00
1,442 39
29,442 39
29,442 39
5,000 00
743 32
5,743 32
5,743 08
24
900 00
673 55
1,573 55
1,573 55
$107,002 00
$55,785 22
$162,987 22
$142,856 01
$22,654 50
$2,523 29
Unexpended.
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