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Inspections and calls made
319
Number of fixtures .
253
Water closets ,
49
Bowls
46
Bath tubs
39
Sinks
54
Trays
62-
Drip sinks
1
Shower baths .
2
Fountain cuspidore
1
Alterations
14
Repairs and ventilations .
11
Examinations for journeyman .
2
Several inspections have been made at the request of the Board, and defects remedied.
There has been one violation of the ordinance placed in your hands for rectification.
I again call the attention of the Board to the fact of the absolute necessity of a sewer system for the center of the Town.
That an epidemic has not come to us, knowing the existence of so much filth the Board have to contend with, is simply remark- able, and to my mind, the Board deserve much credit for the man- ner of handling same.
103
I sincerely hope the selfishness of those opposed to a sewer system will not be the cause for future regret.
The Board in the last year have been very unjustly censured for the disposal of said filth, fighting to give the Town the best possible service, with tied hands, and although my sympathy is with the kickers, we should not find fault with your Honorable Board, but rectify the trouble in Town meeting.
I am lead to believe that some property owners in the center of the town would make great improvements could the drainage be properly taken care of. Some cases have been forced to discon- tinue fixtures they wished to retain as it was impossible to dispose of their waste without becoming bankrupt, and when necessity forced it to be carted to this place and that, someone finds fault with your Board for doing so.
Thanking the Secretary, the Board, my craft and the citizens at large for their kind co-operation, I am
Respectfully submitted, GREENLEAF S. TUKEY,
Inspector of Plumbing. Jan. 1, 1909.
ASSESSORS' REPORT
We respectfully submit the following report of the valuation of real and personal property assessed in the Town of Reading during the year 1908.
Valuation of real estate
Buildings, excluding land . . $2,750,010 00
Land, excluding buildings
.
1,733,020 00
Total real estate $4,483,030 00
Personal estate, excluding Resident
National Bank stock . $730,442 00
Resident National Bank stock
.
25,150 00
·
Total personal estate .
755,592 00
Total real and personal property
$5,238,622 00
Increase in real estate
$201,667 00
Increase in personal estate
45,429 00
Total increase in valuation
$247,086 00
Tax on real estate
$89,660 60
Moth tax on real estate
1,126 80
Tax on personal estate
15,111 84
Tax on polls
3,332 00
Total assessed May 1, 1908
$109,231 24
Tax assessed on polls since May 1,1908
28 00
Additional supplementary tax as- sessed Dec. 16, 1908 . 375 88
105
Street Railway Excise tax, 11.720 miles in Reading
2,392 40
Total taxes assessed from all
sources
$112,027 52
Wellington Bridge tax
$493 25
State Highway tax
186 80
State tax .
7,920 00
County tax
4,994 00
13,594 05
Balance used for Town purposes
$98,433 47
Rate of taxation, $20 on $1,000
Total number persons assessed on property
· 1,575
Total assessed on polls only
993
Total number of polls May 1, 1908
1,666
Number polls added since .
14
Total polls assessed
1,680
Decreased from 1907 .
12
Number of horses
457
Number of cows
486
Number of neat cattle
47
Number of sheep
2
Number of swine
110
Number of fowls
5,806
Number of dwellings .
1,319
Number of new dwellings
14
Number of acres of land
5,734
JOHN H. ADDEN, MILLARD F. CHARLES, MERRICK A. STONE,
Assessors of Reading.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT
MERRICK A. STONE, Collector
To TOWN OF READING
DR.
Committed list taxes for 1908
. $109,635 12
Excise tax for 1908
2,392 40
Interest
121 35
Amount collected account postage
5 30
CR.
By cash paid Edward F. Parker, Treas.
$74,645 24
Uncollected taxes, 1908
37,341 18
Abatements .
162 45
Postage account
5 30
$112,154 17 $112,154 17
MERRICK A. STONE, Collector. READING, DEC. 31, 1908.
H. M. VIALL, Collector
To TOWN OF READING
DR.
Uncollected taxes, 1906
$8,269 80
Uncollected taxes, 1907
37,426 16
Re-assessments added to 1907
368 00
Interest, 1906
742 24
Interest, 1907
1,155 20
Amount collected after abatement 10 60
Amount collected on account postage . 68
107
Amount collected from R. A. Trenholm, account redemption of property taken by Town . .
39 01
Amount collected from L. B. Thomp- son, account redemption of prop- erty taken by Town 22 26
Amount collected from J. Pendergrace, account redemption of property taken by Town
10 05
CR.
By cash paid E. F. Parker, Treas. :
In full for account 1906 $9,012 04
Account 1907 30,025 00
Uncollected taxes, 1907 8,924 36
Account paid after abatement
10 60
Account postage .
68
Account redemption of property
taken by Town
71 32
$48,044 00
$48,044 00
H. M. VIALL,
Collector 1906 and 1907.
READING, MASS., DEC. 31, 1908.
REPORT OF
Overseers of the Poor
For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1908
Overseers of the Poor OLIVER L.FAKERLEY, Chairman GEORGE L. PRATT, Secretary
JAMES W. KILLAM
Superintendent of Town Home H. L. BOSQUET
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Reading:
We herewith submit the following report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1908.
There were six inmates at the Town Home up to October 30, at which time James S. Wyatt died.
A few weeks later, on November 12, occurred the death of Mrs. Margaret Sullivan, which leaves at the present time four in- mates.
Owing to the resignation of Wm. C. Smith as Superintendent of the Town Home, we engaged Herbert L. Bosquet to fill the vacancy. On account of the drouth of the past summer the receipts from farm products were lighter than otherwise would have been had the weather conditions been normal.
Temporary aid has been dispensed to 22 adults and 22 chil- dren.
The calls for outside aid have been larger this year than last, partial cause being on account of the general depression in business and a large amount of sickness.
On the following pages can be found the financial statement of this department.
OLIVER L. AKERLEY, GEORGE L. PRATT, JAMES W. KILLAM, Overseers of the Poor.
111
TOWN HOME-INMATES
James Hunter
aged 65 years.
Margaret Sullivan, died Nov. 12, 1908
75
Henry W. Weston
61
Charles H. Ballard
62 66
Frank C. Gilchrist
62 66
James S. Wyatt, died Oct. 30, 1908
66
84
PERSONAL PROPERTY AT TOWN HOME JAN. 1, 1909
Live stock .
$497 00
Hay and grain
35 00
Wagons, carts and sleighs
213 00
Manure
30 00
Harnesses, blankets, etc.
44 50
Two snow plows
15 00
Spraying machine
35 00
Barrels, boxes and baskets
19 30
Fuel
164 50
Farming tools and implements
175 80
Beds and bedding
114 25
Household furniture and utensils .
410 10
Provisions and supplies
102 95 -
$1,856 40
TOWN HOME
Amount received from sale of farm products, live stock, gravel and use of teams on highway
$1,148 86
EXPENDED
W. C. Smith, salary Superintendent, Jan. 1 to March 31, 1908 $125 00
W. C. Smith, miscellaneous supplies 14 42
H. L. Bosquet, salary Superintendent, April 1 to Dec. 31, 1908 375 00
H. L. Bosquet, miscellaneous supplies .
36 18
112
Eliza J. Bennett, wages 51 97
John Lynch, wages · 137 80
Delia Herond, wages . 22 25
Mary E. Rand, wages . 49 10
Mary L. Larson, nurse for Mrs. Sullivan
40 00
Mary E. Mead, wages . 7 75
G. E. Ramsdell, labor . 7,00
G. H. Atkinson Co., grain and groceries 535 59
Reading Co-op. Ass'n, grain and groceries 157 54
F. Wallace, groceries . 221 58
E. L. Chamberlain, meats and provisions 252 82
C. L. Martin Co., fuel . 153 50
Rockport Fish Market, fish 39 65
Quincy Market, meats
24 95
WV. A. Rich, meats 24 39
Wm. Taylor, meats 20 64
C. L. Nichols, meats
63 66.
M. F. Holt, meats
18 23
H. W. Wilson, crackers 3 52
A. W. Danforth, medicines 17 50
J. C. Oxley, medicines 39 80
W. H. Willis, medicines 9 30
Francis Bros., hardware and supplies 30 76
N. Bancroft Estate, shoes and repairing
17 25
F. G. McDonald, dry goods
16 81
A. S. Cook Co., dry goods .
9 36
H. O. Copeland Co., dry goods
5 79
F. Bartley, clothing 25 80
E. C. Metcalf, supplies 22 26
H. P. Hubbard, horse shoeing 4 75
R. J. Daley, horse 65 00
Municipal Light Board, electrical supplies and lighting 37 80
Reading Water Works, water rates 73 38
C. S. Pettengell, cows 85 00
C. D. Wells, horse shoeing . 3 50.
113
J. J. Cameron, repairs 16 00
W. Bancroft & Co., lumber and supplies 6 88
F. W. Parker, barber work for inmates 21 65
P. J. Seaman, repairs . 7 45
Edgerley & Bessom, burial expense, James Wyatt . 40 00
Doherty Bros., burial expense, Margaret Sullivan 35 00
E. H. Crowe, distributing Town Reports 3 25
C. E. Mellen, crackers and supplies 4 72
Mrs. L. J. Walker, rent of land and stand- ing grass 40 70
55 00
R. H. Gleason, cord wood and 20-ft. ladder Jason Zwicker, cord wood and standing grass 20 00
C. S. Jacobs, standing grass
4 00
G. D. Kingman Estate, standing grass
10 50
Clara Perkins, standing grass
5 00
A. A. Hooper, standing grass
28 00
Margaret Cox, labor .
16 00
J. E. Wilkins, standing grass
4 00
T. E. Cox, standing grass
10 00
J. B. Nichols, standing grass
15 00
C. N. Eames, standing grass
3 00
F. T. Simpson, standing grass
6 00
H. B. Butters, standing grass
3 00
E. L. Milbury, distributing Town Reports 3 00
1 45
Dana Dudley, filing saws Francis Harper, labor .
2 85
Kate Collins, labor
1 71
F. L. Johnson, wall paper
2 46
Mrs. Frank Hamlin, fowls .
13 80
Chas. Wakefield, standing wood .
18 75
H. G. Stock, cleaning cesspool
28 90
C. W. Lerned Co., disinfectant Carried to Poor account
5 00
2,130 81
$3,279 67 $3,279 67
114
POOR OUT OF TOWN HOME
EXPENDED
Jane Green, supplies and medical attendance $31 87
Ellen Hastings, supplies 26 20
Reuben White and family, fuel and supplies 13 98
Frank L. Johnson and family, fuel and sup- plies 10 95
Delia Casey, fuel
4 15
Lottie Laws, medical attendance
7 00
Theresa Froton and family, supplies
91 02
P. S. Doucette, supplies
15 00
Joseph Card, medical attendance 25 29
2 00
Sarah Jones, supplies
26 48
J. Wm. White and family, fuel and supplies
38 37
John Casey, medical attendance
3 00
Marion G. Kenyon, medical attendance
15 00
James Doucette, fuel
3 85
Julia A. Morton, supplies
104 00
Winifred Bunker, medical attendance
10 50
Gertrude Cederberg and family, supplies and medical attendance 290 98
Eugene F. Knight and family, medical at- tendance 88 00
Carried to Poor Account
$807 64
$807 64
$807 64
HOSPITAL ACCOUNT
Massachusetts School for Feeble Minded, Harold Southwell, board for 1908 $127 67
Carried to Poor Account $127 67
$127 67 $127 67
Josephine Devine, medical attendance
115
SUMMARY
Appropriation
.
$3,000 00
EXPENDED
Net expenses Town Home
. $2,130 81
Poor out of Town Home
807 64
Hospital Account
127 67
Overdrawn
66 12
$3,066 12 $3,066 12
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF READING
Amount received from Commonwealth of Massachusetts $97 21
Amount due from Commonwealth of Massachusetts
236 19
EXPENDED
Annie Melonson and family, fuel and sup-
plies
$93 19
Amy L. Ballou and family, supplies 139 00
Mary E. Skinner, fuel and supplies
80 94
George W. Gregory and family, fuel and supplies
20 27
$333 40
$333 40
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Amount due from City of Cambridge .
$169 12
EXPENDED
Charlotte White and family, fuel and supplies,
$169 12
$169 12
$169 12
116
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF TOWN OF WILMINGTON Amount received from Town of Wilmington, $63 61
EXPENDED
Sarah White and family, fuel and supplies $63 61
$63 61 $63 61
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF TOWN OF NORFOLK Amount due from Town of Norfolk $120 17
EXPENDED
Herman Seifert and family, supplies
$120 17
$120 17
$120 17
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF TOWN OF ANDOVER Amount due from Town of Andover $6 85
EXPENDED
Horace J. Hatch and family, fuel and supplies
$6 85
$6 85
$6 85
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF TOWN OF CANTON
Amount received from Town of Canton $80 93
EXPENDED
Raymond and Elsie Hobby, supplies
$80 93
$80 93
$80 93
POLLY CONNELL vs. TOWN OF READING No appropriation.
EXPENDED
J. W. Grimes, legal services and expenses . $60 00
Damage awarded and costs of court 275 59
Witness fees 63 25
Overdrawn .
$398 84
$398 84
$398 84
117
MIDDLESEX COUNTY TRUANT SCHOOL No appropriation.
EXPENDED
Account of board for Roger A. Harris from May 26, 1906, to August 31, 1908 $108 00
Overdrawn .
$108 00
$108 00
$108 00
FOURTEENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Electric
Light Commissioners
For the Year Ending December 31
1908
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OFFICERS OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER DEPARTMENT
Commissioners
WILLIAM C. BUCK, Chairman
Term expires 1910
GEORGE L FLINT, Secretary
Term expires 1909
JAMES M. MAXWELL, JR. Term expires 1911
Manager JOSIAH CROSBY NORCROSS
OFFICE : Room 9, Masonic Block.
122
CASH ACCOUNT, 1908.
DR.
January 1, to balance .
$123 21
To appropriation . 8,000 00
To appropriation for Commissioners' salaries 225 00
To appropriation balance from 1907
187 21
$8,535 /42
To receipts from customers :
Commercial Light
. $5,896 61
Domestic Light
. 10,438 13
Power
1,984 09
Meter rents .
647 90
-$18,929 73
To Sundries Received :
Interest on deposits
$8 49
Rental of poles
78 10
Sale of scrap, etc.
373 23
Sale of lamps
657 89
Sale of wiring stock
965 29
Bills receivable
195 00
$2,278 00
$29,743 15
CR.
By Cash paid for Account of Construction :
Steam Plant
$154 88
Incandescent St. Lamps
1 70
Lines .
768 75
Arc Lamps
204 00
Meters
391 94
Converters
539 55
$2,060 82
.
123
By Cash paid for Account of Maintenance :
Fuel
$4,292 43
Oil and waste
· 231 41
Water .
171 06
Station wages
5,364 28
Repairs, real estate
630 14
Repairs, steam plant
292 21
Repairs, electric plant .
28 40
Station tools and appliances .
193 69
Wages, care of lights .
169 57
Repair of lines
1,398 25
Carbons
113 79
Incandescent lamps
478 24
Repairs, globes
94 04
Distribution tools and appliances
123 35
General salaries .
2,401 70
General office expense .
793 76
Rents .
110 00
Insurance
896 50
Law expenses
5 00
Repair meters
45 85
Stable expenses
520 94
Repairs, motors
6 94
Salaries Light Board
225 00
By Cash paid for interest 2,530 00
Cash paid for wiring stock, motors and fixtures
604 22
Cash paid for bonds
3,000 00
Cash paid for office furniture 13 46
Cash paid accts. payable Jan. 1, 1908
2,190 02
Cash paid for motors
233 10
Cash paid for Special Committee . 270 63
Balance cash on hand petty cash . 100 00
Cash on hand in bank .
154 35
.
$29,743 15
124
MANUFACTURING ACCOUNT DR.
For Manufacturing :
Fuel
$6,069 76
Oil and waste
383 24
Water .
86 25
Station wages
5,364 28
Repairs, real estate
268 78
Repairs, steam plant
348 88
Repairs, electric plant .
26 55
Station tools and appliances .
37 48
$12,716 26
For Distribution :
Wages, care of lights
$168 91
Repairs of lines
1,561 02
Carbons
146 84
Repairs of globes .
114 78
Distribution tools
25 95 $2,017 50
For Miscellaneous Expenses :
General salaries
. $2,401 70
General office expenses
848 38
Salaries, Light Board
225 00
Rents .
120 00
Insurance
1,004 41
Law expense
5 00
Stable expense
583 94
Repairs motors
6 94
Office furniture
6 56
Repairs meters
45 85
$5,247 78
$19,981 54
125
CR.
By sales of commercial light, less discount . $5,559 92 By sales of domestic light, less discount . 10,697 07 By sales of electric power 2,004 49 Meter rents . 677 20
Supplied and charged to Town buildings 412 65
Rent of poles
78 10
--- $19,429 43
Loss in manufacturing .
552 11
$19,981 54
From the foregoing report of the manufacturing account you will note that the cost of manufacturing increased about 20 per cent. over the previous year, but the output of the station was about 25 per cent. larger, as shown by the station meters.
You will by comparison see that the largest amount of the increased cost was in the following accounts :
Fuel
$370 47
Station wages .
527 13
Repairs of lines 471 59
General salaries
866 83
Insurance
580 89
Fuel was on account of increased output.
Station wages on account of eight hour law, while last year's report included only nine and one-half months under this law.
Repair of lines was needed to put outside lines in proper con- dition.
General salaries on account of manager's salary, while last year's report included only about six months.
Insurance, additional cost of liability insurance on account of increased size of pay roll.
126
CONSTRUCTION
Cost of plant as shown in Town Report of
1907
$98,073 12
Real estate
48 05
Steam plant
4,947 46
Electric plant
5,583 71
Electric lines
143 26
Incandescent street lamps
9 91
Arc lamps
2,188 69
Meters .
801 54
Converters
629 39
$112,425 11
PROFIT AND LOSS CHARGES
DR.
Jan. 1, 1908
$24,525 33
Interest paid
2,731 25
Incandescent lamps .
387 13
Depreciation
3,000 00
Loss in manufacturing
552 11
Extraordinary repairs
13,320 92
$44,516 74
CR.
Appropriation, interest
$2,000 00
Appropriation, depreciation
3,000 00
Appropriation, Commissioners' salaries
225 00
Profit in jobbing
53 92
Interest on deposits .
8 49
Balance, Dec. 31, 1908
39,229 33
$44,516 74
BALANCE SHEET
DR.
Cash in bank .
$154 35 .
Cash in treasury, appro. special committee 104 59
Petty cash
100 00
.
$5,287 41
127
Cash in Mechanics' Savings Bank, cus- tomers' deposits
489 09
Due from customers, commercial accounts 1,077 59
Due from customers, domestic accounts .
1,673 06
Due from customers, town accounts . ·
927 02
Due from customers, electric power ac- counts ·
280 93
Due from customers, meter rents
114 60
Due from customers, wiring, labor and fixtures
321 32
Due from customers, incandescent lamps .
103 52
Sundry accounts
8 21
Wiring stock, etc., on hand
250 23
Real estate
.
11,913 34
Steam plant
12,305 21
Electric plant
12,868 44
Lines
17,754 57
Arc lamps
5,540 82
Incandescent lamps, street
9 91
Meters
6,653 90
Converters
5,928 98
Office furniture
379 85
Fuel on hand
1,015 15
Oil and waste on hand
10 51
Station tools and appliances on hand
475 95
Repairs, lines, stock on hand
200 93
Carbons on hand
14 02
Globes on hand
42 92
Distribution tools and appliances on hand
341 60
Incandescent lamps on hand
346 14
Stable account
593 00
Insurance account
424 00
Due from special committee
949 08
Bad debts
101 52
Motors
296 57
Repairs steam plant .
67 10
128
Repairs electric plant
241 30
Repairs real estate .
1 91
Profit and loss .
39,229 33
$123,310 56
CR.
Bonds outstanding . . $57,000 00
Appropriations for bond payments
19,000 00
Appropriations for note payments
18,500 00
Appropriations for construction
20,645 04
Overdraft construction
3,211 64
Accrued interest
561 25
Deposits in Mechanics' Savings Bank
489 09
Accounts payable
3,903 54
-$123,310 56
Table showing earnings of light and power for five years :
LIGHTS
1904
1905
1906 1907
190€
Total
$12,893.33 $13,477.41 $15,737.45 $18,619.16 $19,917.21
Less discounts allowed
for cash payments $982.38
$1,120.23
$1,867.39
$2,349.28 $2,602.77
Net .
$11,910.95 $12,357.18 $13,870.06 $16,269.88 $17,314.44
POWER
Total .
1906 $434.41
1907 $1,787.82
1908 $2,051.39
Less discounts allowed
1.75
.58
14.50
Net
$432.66
$1,787.24
$2,036.89
NET TOTAL LIGHT AND POWER
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
$11,910.95 $12,357.18 814,302.72 $18,057.12 819,351.33
WILLIAM C. BUCK, GEORGE L. FLINT, JAS. M. MAXWELL, JR.,
Municipal Light Board.
NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
Water Commissioners
For the Year Ending December 31 1908
OFFICERS OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT
Commissioners
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Chairman
Term expires 1910
GEORGE A. SHACKFORD
יי 66 1909
EARLE H. GOWING
66 1911
Superintendent and Registrar LEWIS M. BANCROFT
Engineer at Pumping[Station FRANK F. STROUT
Assistant Engineer ALBION G. NICHOLS
OFFICE OF WATER BOARD Room 2, Masonic Block
OFFICE HOURS 8.30 to 11 A.M., 2.30 to 4 P.M., except Saturday. Saturday 8.30 A.M. to 12 M., 7.30 to 9 P.M.
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
To the Citizens of Reading :
The Board of Water Commissioners hereby submit their nine- teenth annual report.
MAINTENANCE
Received rent
$66 00
Fines and summons
5 50
Paid pay roll
$1,449 25
Municipal Light Board, lights
14 68
Engineering News
5 00
Engineering Record
3 00
Reading Masonic Temple Corp., rent
132 00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. .
51 28
Insurance
6 00
American Express Co. .
2 90
The Bristol Co., repairing gauge
3 80
F. H. Parker & Son, expressing
25
Francis Bartley, brush .
25
Oliver Typewriter
62 75
Addressograph Co.
10 22
C. W. Abbott, P. M., stamped envelopes
48 51
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., rubber stamps
5 21
Francis Bros. 2 64
Union Safe Deposit Vaults .
10 00
F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., stationery
18 72
Car fares
22 85
Balance
1,799 06
$1,870 56 $1,870 56
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing
21 25
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PUMPING STATION MAINTENANCE
Received rent of house
$180 00
Received for grass sold
5 00
Received for telephones 1 00
Paid Pay Roll $1,331 35 .
Walworth Mfg. Co., pipe and fittings 27 15
George A. Shackford, teaming 246 75
E. Russell Norton, coal 165 97
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
48 45
C. A. Claflin & Co., packing
22 35
The Fairbanks Co., valve discs
8 40
L. T. Eames, wiring
15 40
F. H. Parker & Son, express 2 00
Insurance 56 95
John A. Blunt, iron work 1 00
Walter F. Cook, painting 29 50
Municipal Light Board, lighting 31 66
Spencer Regulator Co., repairs 4 70
Braman, Dow & Co., pipe and fittings .
8 75
Eagle Oil & Supply Co., oil and packing 82 34
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight
256 45
Boiler insurance . 100 00
John Stock, teaming 93 82
F. F. Strout, supplies
3 45
E. G. Langley, horse hire
82 35
Hodge Boiler Works, grate bars and castings 63 37
Wm. A. Jepson, coal .
362 53
Andersen Coal Mining Co., coal 297 14
Francis Bros. 9 90
W. Bancroft & Co.
16
Geo. H. Atkinson Co., fertilizer, brooms and oil , 30
Town of North Reading, taxes 1 50
Woburn Machine Co., valve rods 11 00
Jason Zwicker, teaming coal 21 21
135
Paid Alvard H. Parker, teaming coal . 21 92
W. N. Gray, repairing roofs 68 28
The Bader Coal Co., coal
76 05
O. O. Ordway, fire tools
50
E. C. Hanscom, teaming ashes
14 00
Geo. F. Blake Mfg. Co., valves and springs
7 96
Car fares
1 10
Stationery
40
W. H. Kempton, frame
1 00
American Express Co., express Balance
30
3,398 41
$3,584 41
$3,584 41
MAINTENANCE OF FILTERS
Paid Pay Roll $887 00
Braman, Dow & Co., fittings 3 45
G. A. Shackford, teaming
20 00
Boston & Maine R. R., freight 88 04
General Chemical Co., alumina
359 75
Eimer & Amend, chemicals .
11 37
F. H. Parker & Son, express and teaming 24 80
American Express Co. . 2 65
E. M. Dart Mfg. Co., valves
5 18
W. Bancroft & Co., lime and lumber
25 90
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., pipe .
1 10
F. W. Hunt & Co., alcohol .
2 85
Insurance
41 95
J. A. & W. Bird & Co., acid
4 20
Waldo Bros., lime
46 40
Lawrence Machine Co., pump repairs
2 00
C. A. Clafflin & Co., packing
1 14
Francis Bros.
2 20
Car fares
20
Municipal Light Board
9 90
$1,540 08
136
MAINTENANCE OF SERVICE PIPES
Paid Pay Roll
$66 00
J. E. Margeson, horse hire . 3 00
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., valves . 28 78
$97 78
MAINTENANCE OF METERS
Paid Pay Roll
$256 75
J. E. Margeson, horse hire . 11 50
F. H. Parker & Son, express
3 95
American Express Co., express 1 75
Thompson Meter Co., repairs
4 65
Union Meter Co., repairs
13 05
Hersey Mfg. Co., repairs
13 19
Henry R. Worthington, repairs
2 25
Geo. H. Atkinson Co., oil
85
R. J. Hook, horse hire .
3 50
National Meter Co., repairs .
72 75
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
66
$384 85
MAINTENANCE OF MAIN PIPE
Paid Pay Roll
$60 00
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., gate and hydrant parts . 45 35
J. E. Margeson, horse hire . 1 50
Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., hydrant parts . 1 50
O. O. Ordway, iron work 50
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
1 05
$109 90
INTEREST
Received interest on deposits
$35 57
66 accrued interest on bonds sold
3 89
hydrant rent
4,980 00
137
Received for water for drinking fountains .
300 00
for water for street sprinkling
500 00
from receipts for water
1,875 54
Paid interest on notes .
$475 00
Interest on bonds
7,220 00
$7,695 00 $7,695 00
NEW BOILER
Paid Boston & Maine R. R., freight $3 10
Pay roll
53 00
Eastern Clay Goods Co., fire brick
23 30
J. E. Margeson, horse hire
5 00
John Stock, teaming brick
1 50
M. H. O'Brien, setting boiler
137 75
F. H. Parker & Son, express
55
Hodge Boiler Works, boiler
458 44
Martin Ellis & Co., moving boilers
60 00
F. F. Stockwell, Assignee, piping
46 32
H. W. Johns Manville Co., asbestos
2 75
Braman, Dow & Co., pipe and fittings .
11 95
W. Bancroft & Co., bricks
36 60
Asa Parker, sand .
4 50
American Express Co. .
80
Car fares
5 45
$851 01
METERS
Paid Braman, Dow & Co., fittings
$1 34
H. Mueller Mfg. Co., fittings
19 31
Pay roll
33 25
W. H. Vinton, washers
1 25
F. H. Parker & Son, express
2 35
National Meter Co., meters .
362 30
$419 80
138
EXPERIMENTAL WELLS
Paid Braman, Dow & Co., pipe $48 76
Pay roll 21 00
Smith & Thayer Co., well points 8 40
J. E. Margeson, horse hire 15 00
Moore & Co., driving wells .
275 25
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
2 15
F. H. Parker & Son, express
2 65
T. C. Fife, pipe
10 01
R. J. Hook, horse hire .
10 50
F. H. Martin, board of men .
10 00
J. W. Borthwick, teaming
6 50
G. H. Atkinson Co., oil
2 65
Whitall Tatum Co., bottles
1 22
Car fares 3 65
$417 74
MAIN PIPE
Paid Geo. A. Shackford, teaming $11 45
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
127 13
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., gates and hydrants .
143 27
F. H. Parker & Son, express
2 90
Pay Roll
853 50
J. E. Margeson, horse hire 79 00
E. C. Hanscom, teaming
15 75
Edson Mfg. Co. 1 50
Lynchburg Foundry Co., pipe 366 71
Nathan Bancroft Estate, rubber boots . 7 50
Eastern Clay Goods Co., drain pipe 5 22
Builders' Iron Foundry, specials .
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