USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Reading > Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1908 > Part 2
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11
42 Machinist
Medford, Mass.
Helen B. Erskine
23 At Home
Winchester, Mass.
Dec. 2 Grover C. Eaton Nellie J. Balsor
22
Fireman
24
Operative
Dec. 5 George J. Waters
21
Clerk
23 Operative
Dec. 22 Frank Herbert Heselton
24
Silk Cutter
Ellen Franklin Stone
25 At Home
Dec. 31
Patrick Burke Elizabeth Jack
40
Gardener
42
Housework
New York City, N. Y. Roscommon, Ireland St. Johns, N. F.
Walter D. and Annebelle (Chandler) Eaton Wallace and Sophia (Wheelock) Balsor James A. and Nellie (Toohey) Waters Michael and Kate (Hennessey) Keady Herbert R. and Charlotte E. (Hayes) Heselton George F. and Josephine H. (Elwell) Stone Michael and Mary (Moran) Burke James C. and Elizabeth (Crute) Jack
Henry G. Gay, Minister Reading, Mass. Wm. T. O'Connor, Clergyman Cambridge, Mass. F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass. Denis F. Lee, Priest
Reading, Mass.
Mary Tobin Fred P. Heath
22
Reading, Mass. Malden, Mass. Moncton, N. B. Haverhill, Mass. Lawrence, Mass. Lawrence, Mass. Winchester, Mass. Andover, Mass. Malden, Mass. Lexington Tatamagouche, N. S. Musquodobort, N. S.
Edward H. and Emily M. (Viall) Palmer John J. and Harfiett L. (Leslie) Bradish Joseph and Ruth (White) MacMonagle Fred and Ida (Legalt) Sebernt
Harry and Mary (Young) Hurteau William and Margaret (James) Hamilton Hugh and Catherine (Duffy) O'Donnell John and Catherine (MacGowan) Tobin Geo. E. and Anna F. (Stubbard) Heath Ira F. and Annette (Drenan) Batchelder Peter and Mary (Ryndress) Laurie Samuel and Janie (Creelman) Hutchinson Whitman R. and Stella C. (Woodruff) Morton Andrew N. and Lillian F. (Gray) Howes Abram and Martha (Osterhout) Myers Walter R. and Jane (Cooper) Meins John G. and Araminta J. (Richardson) Esterbrook E. B. Marshall, Clergyman George E. and Martha (Seavey) Dodge
William H. Parker, Minister Reading, Mass. James E. Norcross, Minister Boston, Mass.
Reading, Mass.
F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass. Millard F. Charles, Justice Peace Reading, Mass. E. B. Marshall, Clergyman Reading, Mass.
Bertha M. Fisher
19 Necktie Stitcher
South Berwick, Me. Wilbraham. Mass. Ipswich, Mass. Haverhill, Mass. Woburn, Mass. Sweden
William H. and Rachel (Tracy) Vanhon William H. and Mary A. (King) Morrison Silas W. and Ellen (Bullis) Cochrane Charles S. and Ella A. (Streeter) Fisher John and Mary (Knight) Austin William T. and Catherine Bliss (Jenks) Langdon Arthur T. and Margarette E. (Chapelle) Jean Rufus H. and Myra A. (Morse) Stickney Franklin J. and Mary J. (Bradley) Perkins Erick J. and Sarah A. (Lundquist) Larson J. H. and Anna M. (Chase) Westcott John and Jessie (Burnett) Erskine
E. B. Marshall, Clergyman Reading, Mass. Wm. H. Parker, Minister Reading, Mass. Thomas Van Ness, Minister Brookline, Mass.
Marie W. Larson
26 Domestic
59 48 At Home 21 Elevator Attendant Clerk
Anna Sophia (Langdon) Alger Marchas Cleopas Jean
25
At Home
Marion Addie Howes
49 Clergyman
Jennie Florence Meins
Reading, Mass. W. W. Hains, Clergyman Chelsea, Mass. Henry G. Gay, Clergyman Reading, Mass. Denis F. Lee, Priest Reading, Mass. George E. Heath, Minister South Boston, Mass. F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass.
F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman
25
May Paris
19 Mill Operative
27 Rubber Turner
Ella Hutchinson
Whole number of marriages, 57. Nativity of persons married: Born in United States, Males 45; Females, 48; born out of United States, Males, 12; Females, 9.
No. Reading, Mass. Grafton, N. S. Jamaica Plain, Mass. Wakefield, Mass. Reading, Mass.
Margaret Keady
DEATHS REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1908
DATE
NAME
Y
M
PARENTS OR HUSBAND
Jan.
12
Elmira B. Weston
93
4
20
Joseph and Sally Perkins
16
Anna Quinlan
0
4
0
Thomas H. and Annie (Kelley) Quinlan
17
James Wilson
80
9
2
Andrew and Nancy (Crawford) Wilson
..
22
Appleton Mansfield
0
0
1
Arthur N. and Frances (Smith) Mansfield Samuel and Mary (Brackett) Stillings
=
24
Mary A. Pears
89
8
17
Jonathan and Phoebe Sheldon
..
25
Joseph H. Hopkinson
76
0
0
Uriah HI. Ilopkinson
..
29
Margaret A. Mooney
61
1
0
Daniel and Catherine (Maguire) Shea
30
Forest Sylvester
0
2
19
Fred L. and Addie M. (Bancroft) Sylvester
=
30
Susan Cummings
72
8
15
John and Mary (Nason) Murphy
..
31
Emeline A. Parker
86
1
25
Benjamin and Hannah (Weston) Pratt
Feb.
2
Rodney L. P. Stark
2
3
27
Burdett and Mary (McGowan) Stark
9
Mary M. Cutter
55
0
0
Winfield Cutter
..
14
Harry Muse
1
1
0
James H. Muse
.
20
Mary Elizabeth Swan
72
4
23
George and Elizabeth C. (Ramsdell) Swan
:
23
Mark A. LeFave
1
5
17
Reuben J. and Annie (Surrette) LeFave
..
25
Helen R. MacKillop
2
11
22
John C. and Annie (MacColl) MacKillop
26
James Driscoll
85
0
0
Cornelius and Catherine (Crimius) Driscoll
Mch.
3 Mary E. (Jackson) Mudgett
12
0
7
John H. Mudgett
7
Ellsworth W. Kingman
0
0
2
8
Infant Deal
0
0
2
..
10
James Mahoney
0
2
10
Daniel and Mary (Geddes) Mahoney
..
14 John W. Doucette
1
7
5
Alexander and Rose (Muse) Doucette
14
Solomon A. Rich
13
4
12
Solomon and Jeremah (Newcomb) Rich
..
16 Andrew L. Hodgman
70
3
21
John and Louise (Simpson) Hodgman
23
Russell M. Brown
0
0
14
Valence B. and Addie (McFarland) Brown
24
Charles Scott
82
7
11
Joel and Elizabeth (Hall) Scott
26 Clara M. Adams
77
6
25
Simon and Mary U. (Parke) Adams
April
4 Joseph B. Tufts
84
7
6
Bernard and Lucinda Tufts
8 Laurette L. Chadbourne
82
8
5
Benjamin Chadbourne
..
10
Infant Oliver
0
0
2
Joseph P. and Phoebe Oliver
..
15 Mary A. Norwood
88
6
18
John Norwood
Mạy
4 Susan J. McKay
35
0
22
Eben E. Mckay John Wickens
DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH
Lobar Pneumonia Palsy and Old Age
Marasmus General Debility Broncho-Pneumonia
Shock
Pneumonia Old Age and Cer. Hemorrhage
Paresis
Pneumonia Convulsions Phthisis Inflammation of the Bladder
Gastro-Enteritis Malignant Endocarditis Pneumonia Endocarditis
Tubercular Meningitis Broncho-Pneumonia
Old Age
Cancer of Rectum
Meningitis
Congenital Heart Disease
8 Irving H. Gleason
1
6
4
Chester E. and Minnie (Welch) Kingman Wellington L. and Maud (McIntire) Deal Frank E. and Eva F. (Hodson) Gleason
Accidental Burn Convulsions
Tuberculosis Cerebral Tumor, Hemiplegia Cardiac Pemphigus-Tetanus
Old Age, Endocarditis Bronchitis & Cardiac Dilitation
Cardiac Dilitation with Mitral Uraemia [Insufficiency
9
Oliver
0
0
2
Joseph and Phoebe Oliver
Premature Birth Premature Birth Valvular Disease of Heart
Pulmonary Tuberculosis Pulmonary Tuberculosis
5 Sarah A. Wickens
47
5
1
7
17
Levi and Betsey (Tapley) Parker
..
24
Elizabeth Stillings
83
0
0
Abiel and Mary L. (Felt) Chandler
9 Lydia B. Manning
68
3
19
19
Laura Parker
71
May
6 Artemas W. Conant 8 Helen D. Pearsons
12
Ellen M. Damon
76
4
1
1 Alpheus G. Hobbs
22 Elizabeth F. Perry
87
0
27
Phoebe C. Pippin
68
9
37
7
1
Joseph and Sallie (Parker) Spokesfield
June
2 Margaret Seaman
38
0
0
Palmer J. Seaman
11
Edward H. Desmond
3
11
0
Daniel J. and Nora (Driscoll) Desmond Thomas and Alice (White) Brogan
..
28
Harold F. Safford
0
4
1
DeForest and Mary D. (Goodhue) Safford
July
6 Eleanor Hendry
70
6
19
George Hendry
7
Mary A. Carver
75
11
7
John Carver
16
Isaac Wilkinson
78
6
10
William and
(Rhodes) Wilkinson
16
Frank Myerhoefer
0
4
1
Frank and Flora (Rother) Myerhoefer
30
Alathea A. James
81
11
24
William H. James
..
31
Margaret F. McCall
52
7
16
Patrick McCall
Aug.
6 John Elliot
80
11
26
12
John Edward Doucette
2
5
10
..
14
Florence W. Temple
67
10
7
19
Adelaide M. Sheak
63
0
0
..
19
Catherine Murray
32
3
10
..
19 James E. Richards
0
5
19
24
George H. Froton
0
8
2
24
Elizabeth Parker
76
0
0
28
Abbie J. Payne
72
0
0
Thomas Payne
30
John H. Orr
50
0
0
Elizabeth Orr
Sept.
4 Harold R. Doucette
0
0
24
11
Arnold M. Bemis
0
0
7
..
11
Alice May Williston
50
0
0
13
Hannah H. Drew
80
2
20
..
21
Stanley M. Barrett
27
2
3
Horace M. and Helen M. (Stanley) Barrett
Oct.
6
Clifford P. Weston
75
8
20
7
Frederick H. Parker
59
10
19
=
10 Cyrus S. Lombard
68
10
14
..
14
Ella J. Richardson
51
4
20
Everett B. Richardson
19 Lillian P. Stevens
35
0
0 Frank E. Stevens
24 Agnes M. Brown
34
5
10
Otis H. Brown
30 James S. Wyatt
84
0
0
Unknown
Cerebral Hemorrhage Myocarditis Double Pneumonia Renal and Cardiac Asthma Old Age Myocarditis Cerebral Softening
Arterio-Scelerosis Diphtheria Shock Arterio-Scelerosis Convulsions
Cancer Uterus Cancer of Stomach & Intestines Dilitation of the Heart Chronic Nephritis Diarrhœa Fatty Degeneration of Heart
Bronchitis Cholera Infantum Mitral Regurgation Angina Pectoris Cancer of Bowels
Cholera Infantum Cholera Infantum Arterio-Scelerosis Senile Decay
Diabetes
Entero-Colitis Heart Failure Purpura Hemorrhagia Cerebral Hemorrhage Cancerous Tumor
Apoplexy Peritonitis Chronic Nephritis Carcimona of Left Lung Acute Arsenical Poisoning Diff. Nephritis Brain Embolism
69
2
23 11
Artemas and
(Brown) Conant
82
7
Willard J. Pearsons Edgar Damon
18 Helen M. Hobbs
74
0
15
James Brogan
0
0
1
17
Gustavus Loring
80
1
26
Alden and Lucinda (Briggs) Loring
John and Fanny (Kemp) Elliot James A. and Mary (Hubbard) Doucette R. Dexter Temple
Frederick and Emma (Badgely) Sheak Thos. P. Murray
James and Margaret (Downie) Richards John and Annie (Hogan) Froton Unknown
Eugene M. and Mary E. (Booker) Bemis Lyman R. and Mary E. (Gale) Williston Elijah C. Drew
Aaron and Mary (Parker) Weston Henry F. and Luthera (Emerson) Parker John and Hannah (Guild) Lombard
0 Russell Perry 5 Frank E. Pippin
28 Joseph W. Spokesfield
DEATHS REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1908
68
4
0
Unknown
6
Arthur N. Smith
58
10
0
Josiah T. and Harriet A. (Blackington) Smith
6 Winslow R. Harding
0
6
19
Louis F. and Laura (Brooking) Harding
.
11
John Ferrick
5
2
6
James and Margaret (Higgins) Ferrick
..
12
Margaret Sullivan
80
0
0
Daniel Sullivan
Exhaustion and Old Age
..
12
Charles B. Goodhue
52
2
12
Addison and Harriet (Morse) Goodhue
Cerebral Hemorrhage
20
Mary A. Leavens
77
8
13
George H. Leavens
Shock due to fall
28
Irene F. Ruggles
67
4
2
Ira W. and Caroline J. (Leach) Ruggles
Exhaustion
Dec.
2
Mary L. Pratt
87
2
20
Joseph Pratt
Prostrater Hypertrophy
..
18
Charles E. Austin
52
11
21
John and Mary (Knights) Austin
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
..
22
Dennis A. Doucette
0
6
26
James A. and Elizabeth (Smith) Doucette
Broncho-Pneumonia
..
24
Edmond A. Hyde
70
1
26
Samuel A. and Abbie (Whitman) Hyde
Unknown, prob. Heart Disease
..
25
John Clark Proctor
38
11
15
H. I. and Marion (Dewey) Proctor
..
27
Lucy A. Guilford
89
7
3
Moses and Mary (Merrill) Wells
Cerebral Softening
..
29
John B. Gould
84
8
11
Robert and Rebecca (Binney) Gould
Senility
..
29
George H. Atkinson
51
1
2
George W. and Annie (Allen) Atkinson
Chronic Nephritis
30
Edward Barrett
53
0
0
Patrick and Hannah (Sullivan) Barrett
Uraemia
8
Wesley Nason
74
8
24
Joseph and Jane (Lord) Nason
Paraplegia
Ptomaine Poisoning Bulbar Paralysis Malnutrition Diphtheria
Nov.
3 Carlos I .. Buzzell
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Whole Number of Deaths, 99; Males, 52; Females, 47; Born in United States, Males, 47; Females, 43; Foreign Born, Males, 5; Females 4.
TOWN MEETINGS IN THE YEAR 1908
ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION MARCH 2, 1908.
Reading, March 2, 1908.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant and the return thereon an election was held at the time and place therein specified. The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, Millard F. Charles. Prayer was offered by the Rev. Walter C. Myers. The warrant was read by the Town Clerk and the Constable's return thereon.
The following ballot clerks were duly sworn by the Town Clerk: Chester C. Richardson, Fred A. Parker, John B. Champ- ney, Horace E. Eames, Harry E. Smith.
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Proceeded to vote for a Moderator and the ballot was duly opened and closed. George L. Flint had four votes, all that were cast, and was declared unanimously elected Moderator.
The ballots were delivered to the Moderator.
The ballot box was opened, duly examined and declared empty, and the keys delivered to John H. Orr, Constable in charge. The ballot box registered 0000 and the polls were declared open.
The following tellers were duly sworn by the Moderator: John F. Sawyer, Clinton L. Newell, Frank E. Gleason, Arthur J. Davis, Spencer G. Stewart, Henry M. Donegan, John Connelly, John D. Canty.
On motion of James W. Killam, seconded by Herbert M. Viall, voted that the polls be closed at four o'clock and fifteen min- utes. The polls were declared closed at the above mentioned time. The ballot boxes registered 923 votes as having been cast. The ballot clerks reported 923 votes cast: 901 men and 22 women. The following is the result of the ballot as declared:
TOWN CLERK
Millard F. Charles, 66 Bancroft ave.
603
Blanks . 298
24
SELECTMEN
Oliver I .. Akerley, 65 Woburn st. 619
William W. Atkinson, 20 Ash st. .
506
James W. Killam, 16 Arlington st.
536
George L. Pratt, 71 Salem st.
552
Blanks
490
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Oliver L. Akerley, 65 Woburn st.
612
William W. Atkinson, 20 Ash st.
476
James W. Killam, 16 Arlington st.
530
George L. Pratt, 71 Salem st.
552
Blanks
543
ASSESSOR FOR THREE YEARS
Ardine M. Allen, 77 Bancroft ave. .
287
George E. Horrocks, 25 Pleasant st.
176
Merrick A. Stone, 79 Woburn st.
379
Blanks
59
TREASURER
Edward F. Parker, 3 Salem st.
717
Blanks and scattering
184
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Merrick A. Stone, 79 Woburn st.
441
Herbert M. Viall, 42 Bancroft ave.
431
Blanks
29
MEMBER BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THREE YEARS
Frederick D. Merrill, 107 Haven st.
718
Blanks and scattering
183
CONSTABLES
Herbert G. Stock, 8 Ash st.
628
John Stock, Orange st · . .
30
George E. Horrocks, 25 Pleasant st.
14
Daniel F. Wiley, Mt. Vernon st.
14
.
25
Frederick D. Merrill, 107 Haven st.
13
Benjamin Y. Smith, Ash st. . 8
George E. Pierce, 72 Prescott st.
8
Robert Powers, Temple st.
5
J. Henry Orr, Village st.
5
Blanks and scattering
1077
WATER COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS
E. Harley Gowing, 50 Woburn st. . 650
Blanks and scattering 251
MEMBER OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD
Harvey A. Bancroft, 17 Mineral st. 200
John M. Cameron, 62 Lowell st.
84
James M. Maxwell, Jr., 67 Salem st.
267
Frank W. Willis, 11 Parker st.
261
Blanks
89
TRUSTEES LAUREL HILL CEMETERY
Galen A. Parker, 1 Charles st. 584
George E. Pierce, 72 Prescott st.
404
Charles HI. Stinchfield, 3 Parker st. 493
Blanks and scattering
351
TRUSTEES PUBLIC LIBRARY
Cyrus M. Barrows, 281 Lowell st. 670
Marion F. Davies, Walnut st. . ·
634
Blanks and scattering 497
TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC LIBRARY ( vacancy )
Henry C. Parker, 40 Chute st.
646
Blanks and scattering .
255
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, THREE YEARS
Walter S. Parker, 55 Walnut st. 545
Howard W. Poor, 27 Mt. Vernon st.
507
Ida A. Young, 86 Woburn st. 449
Blanks
345
26
-
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, ONE YEAR (vacancy )
Charles A. Loring, 129 Summer ave.
640
Ida A. Young, 86 Woburn st. Blanks
277
AUDITORS
William S. Badger, 4 Middlesex ave.
665
Edward F. Parker, Jr., 3 Salem st.
666
Carl M. Spencer, 51 Prescott st.
648
Blanks
724
TREE WARDEN
William W. Davis, 94 Orange st.
276
Guy A. Hubbard, 255 Main st.
499
Blanks
126
Yes or no in answer to the following question: Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors ?
Yes 144
No 590
Blanks . 126
Yes or no in answer to the following question: Shall the Town accept the provisions of Section 20 Chapter 106 of the Revised Laws?
Yes 336
No 257
Blanks . 307
The votes were counted in open Town Meeting and sealed and delivered to the Town Clerk, whereupon it was voted to adjourn.
MILLARD F. CHARLES,
Town Clerk.
READING, MASS., MARCH 2, 1908.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant and the Constable's return thereon a Town Meeting was held at the time and place therein specified and was called to order by the Town Clerk, Millard F.
6
27
Charles. The warrant was partially read when it was voted to dis- pense with further reading of the warrant, except the Constable's return.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 1. Proceeded to the election of a Moderator. George L. Pratt was appointed to check those voting for Moderator. The bal- lot was duly opened and closed with the following result: George L. Flint received four votes, all cast, and was declared elected Moderator.
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 Com- mittee, Tree Warden and Special Committees.
Art. 3. Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 3. To choose all other Town Officers, and to determine what instructions they will give the Town Officers.
Art. 3. Voted that the Selectmen act as Fence Viewers.
Voted that the Selectmen have full power in the suit of Polly Connell vs. the Town of Reading, for damage in the laying out by the County Commissioners of the Green street drain.
Art. 3. Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 4. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for Schools, Incidental School Expenses, Repairs of Highways, Bridges and Sidewalks, Sprinkling Streets, Removing Snow and Ice, Concrete Sidewalks and Edgestones (provided abutters pay one-half), Fire Department, Police Department, Moth Department, Forest Fire Wards, Support of Poor, Salaries of Town Officers, State and Military Aid, Soldiers' Relief, Printing, Abate- ment of Taxes, Town Building, Cemetery, Public Library, Memo- rial Day, Board of Health, Care of Old South Clock, Interest Ac- count, Care and Improvement of Common, Mayall Park and Elm Park, Election Expenses, Concrete Work, Miscellaneous Expenses, Tree Warden, and Rent of Playground.
28
Art. 4.
Voted to raise and appropriate for General School Ex- . $29,000 00 penses
Voted to raise and appropriate for Incidental School Ex- penses . 4,000 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Highways, Bridges and Sidewalks 4,000 00 Voted to raise and appropriate for the Sprinkling of Streets . 450 00
Voted that the amount necessary be taken from the ap- propriation for Highways, Streets and Bridges to take care of Snow and Ice for fiscal year.
Voted that the amount necessary for Concrete Sidewalks and Curbstones (provided that abutters pay one- half) be taken from the appropriation for Highways, Bridges and Sidewalks.
Voted that so much of Art. 4 as is related to Fire De- partment be laid on the table.
Voted to raise and appropriate for the Police Depart- ment 3,800 00 · Voted to raise and appropriate for the Moth Department 1,997 00 Voted to raise and appropriate for Forest Firewards 150 00 Voted to raise and appropriate for the Support of the Poor . 3,000 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Salaries of Town Officers . 3,500 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for State and Military Aid 2,800 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Soldiers' Relief 1,000 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Printing . 700 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Abatement of Taxes 700 00 Voted to raise and appropriate for Town Building 450 00 Voted to raise and appropriate for Care of Cemetery 700 00 (and to appropriate proceeds from sale of lots)
29
Voted to raise and appropriate for Public Library 800 00
(and appropriate proceeds of dog tax)
Voted to raise and appropriate for Memorial Day . 175 00
(to be expended by G. A. R. Post 194)
Voted to raise and appropriate for the Board of Health 600 00
Voted to raise and appropriate from amount raised for
Miscellaneous Expenses fifty dollars for care of Old South Clock.
Voted to raise and appropriate for Interest Account 700 00 Voted to raise and appropriate for Care of Common, Mayall Park and Elm Park 150 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for General Election Ex- penses . 300 00
Voted that the amount of money necessary for Concrete Work be taken from the appropriation for High- ways, Bridges and Sidewalks.
Voted to raise and appropriate for Miscellaneous Ex- penses . 1,000 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for the Rent of Play- ground . 342 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Tree Warden . 100 00 Voted to lay Art. 4 on the table.
Art. 5. To see what sum the Town will raise, and appropriate the same, together with the unexpended balance of $187.21 of last , year, and the receipts of the Municipal Light and Power Depart- ment for the year 1908, for the maintenance, operation, repairs and new construction of said plant, and for the payment of Bonds, In- terest and Depreciation due by said department during this year, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 5. Voted that the Town raise the sum of eight thousand dollars for payments of notes, three thousand toward depreciation and two thousand toward interest, and this sum of eight thousand dollars, together with five hundred thirty dollars of this year's re-
30
ceipts of the Municipal Light and Power Plant be appropriated as follows: Three thousand dollars for payment of notes, three thou- sand for depreciation and two thousand five hundred thirty for interest, and that the balance, $187.21, of last year and as much of this year's receipts of said Plant as may be needed, be appropriated for maintenance, operation, repairs, etc., of said Plant during this year.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Municipal Light Board to install an arc lamp on Kingston street, midway between Middlesex avenue and Mt. Vernon street, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Municipal Light Board to install an arc lamp at the junction of Willow street and Summer avenue, and how much money they will raise and appro- priate for that purpose or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Municipal Light Board to install an arc lamp at a point opposite the estate of the late J. B. Severance, on West street, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for that purpose, or what they will do in rela- tion thereto.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Municipal Light Board to install an arc lamp on Willow street near the Boston & Maine railroad crossing, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Municipal Light Board to install an arc lamp on South street at a point between the residences of W. H. Clarke and Joseph Marshall, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Arts. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 11. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for service pipes, hydrant rental, water for drinking fountains, water for street sprinkling, interest on water loan and
r
31
maintenance of water works, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 11. Voted that the Town raise and appropriate four thousand nine hundred eighty dollars for hydrant rental, three hundred dollars for water for drinking fountains, and five hundred dollars for water for street sprinkling, a total of $5,780, and that the above named sums, together with the receipts from water, be appropriated for interest on the water loans, maintenance of water works and service pipes, and that five hundred dollars be paid to the Town Treasurer to be used in part payment of the water bonds.
Art. 12. To authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year beginning January 1st, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 12. Voted that the Treasurer be, and hereby is author- ized, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow dur- ing the municipal year beginning January 1, 1908, in anticipation of the collection of taxes, the sum of one hundred thousand dol- lars (such sums of money as may be necessary for the current ex- penses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year) giving the notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year of the date thereof. All debts incurred under the authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 13. To determine the compensation of the Collector.
Art. 13. Voted that the compensation of the Collector of Taxes be one-half of one per cent. on each dollar collected and ex- pense of postage in said collection.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for the purpose of furnishing electricity for
32
lighting Grand Army Hall on Haven street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 14. Voted that the amount of fifty dollars be appro- priated for electricity for G. A. R. Hall from Miscellaneous Ex- penses.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of four thousand one hundred and fifty-five dollars to meet the interest on School House Notes and Bonds.
Art. 15. Voted to raise and appropriate for interest on School House Notes and Bonds, four thousand one hundred fifty-five dollars.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.