Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1910, Part 10

Author: Reading (Mass.)
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 254


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A note has been issued for $1,800 for the purpose of extending the Municipal Light and Power lines to the Pumping Station, as per vote passed at a special meeting held Nov. 30, 1909. This note falls due Jan. 21, 1913.


For the purpose of extending the Municipal Light and Power lines into the Town of North Reading there has been issued twelve notes of $1,000 each, the first falling due March 27, 1914, and one each year thereafter until 1925, when all will have been paid. This is in accordance with the vote passed at a special meeting held June 21, 1910.


All the above notes bear interest at 4 % per annum, payable semi-annually.


On June 18, 1907, at a special meeting, a vote was passed authorizing the sale of Water Bonds to an amount not exceeding $14,000, for the purpose of remodelling the water filter. In accordance therewith I have sold bonds for the above amount - seven $1,000 bonds being sold in February at a premium of $35 for each bond and the balance sold in June at a premium of $3.62 for each bond.


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Notes have been issued the past year for temporary loans in anticipation of taxes to the amount of $105,000. Of this amount $50,000 has been paid, leaving a balance of $55,000, maturing in 1911.


The average daily balance of Temporary Loans for the year 1910 was $76,767.12; the average rate of interest paid for Temporary Loans for 1910 was 3.91 per cent.


Yours respectfully, WARD C. MANSFIELD, Treasurer.


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TREASURER'S REPORT, TOWN OF READING MUNICIPAL LIGHT AND POWER DEPARTMENT. DR.


1910


Jan. 1. To balance cash from 1909 Report $104 32 To cash from Municipal Light Board Commissioners 38,204 66


To cash, proceeds of note. Pumping Station Extension To cash, proceeds of note, North Reading Extension . To interest, First National Bank, Reading, deposits .


1,800 00


12,000 00


52 91 - 852,161 89


CR.


By payment Municipal Light Board Commissioners' or- ders 851.940 80


By balance cash on hand Dec. 31. 1910 221 09


852,161 89


WARD C. MANSFIELD,


Treasurer.


237


TREASURER'S REPORT, TOWN OF READING WATER SUPPLY DEPARTMENT DR.


1910


Jan. 1, To balance cash from 1909 Report


$49 83


To cash from Water Commis- sioners ·


24,891 49


To cash from sale of bonds .


14,000 00


To cash, premium on bonds 270 34


To cash, accrued interest on


bonds


69 22


To interest, First National


Bank, Reading, deposit 76 74


$39,357 62


OR.


By payment Water Commis- sioners' orders ·


.


$38,942 59


By balance cash on hand Dec. 31, 1910


415 03


$39,357 62


WARD O. MANSFIELD,


Treasurer.


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DR.


TREASURER'S REPORT


1910


Jan. 1, To cash balance from Dec. 31, 1909


$1,005 40


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Highway Department. 1,005 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporation Tax. 267 33


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, National Bank Tax


41 73


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Temporary Aid . 197 97


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Moth Department 1,249 80


County of Middlesex, Dog Tax, 1909. 737 28


Proceeds of Notes, Temporary Loans


102,611 03


Proceeds of Notes, Lowell St. Schoolhouse


6,500 00


H. M. Viall, Collector, Tax 1907


89 44


H. M. Viall, Collector, Tax 1909 .


29,683 54


H. M. Viall, Collector, Tax 1910 82,901 89


M. A. Stone, Collector, Tax 1908.


14,870 40


Town of Canton, Outside Poor


79 56


Town of Marblehead, Soldiers' Relief.


48 00


City of Cambridge, Outside Poor


176 89


City of Lynn, Outside Poor.


41 05


Overseers of the Poor, Town Home


3,258 67


Highway Department, Rent of Road Roller


330 00


Highway Department, Sundry Payments and Material Sold. . 106 49


46 15


Police Department, Third District Court Fines


148 00


Police Department, Telephone Tolls and Lost Badge


1 30


Sundry Payments, Edgestone Account, 1909


89 96


Board of Health, C. W. Smith, Trustee


14 00


Board of Health, Sundry Payments and Material Sold


9 10


Water Department, Account Payment of Bonds


2,000 00


School Department, Tuition, North Reading. 2,103 75


School Department, Tuition, City of Boston


31 50


School Department, Material Sold -


27 60


Moth Department, Collections


955 69


Cemetery Department, Labor


15 00


Cemetery Account, Sale of Lots and Graves ..


1,785 00


Interest Account, Interest on National Bank Deposits ...


316 96


Excise Tax


2,615 11


Insurance, Rebates and Return Charges


61 02


Cemetery Bequest, Mrs. Mary S. Goodwin


60 00


Cemetery Bequest, Estate Susan Cummings


50 00


Cemetery Bequest, Estate Henry Damon


100 00


Cemetery Bequest, Mrs. Maria P. Howard ..


100 00


Cemetery Bequest, O. P. Symonds & Sons.


125 00


H. M. Viall, Collector, Redemption of Land Taken for Taxes


56 29


Tree Warden Department, Woman's Club


15 00


License Fees


84 00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


27 42


H. M. Viall, Collector, Certificate of Taxes and Abatement.


5 00


M. A. Stone, Collector, Return Postage.


72


Forest Warden, Cash Returned


1 75


Sundry Departments . 5,802 16


$261,849 40


Fire Department, Sundry Payments and Material Sold .


239


TOWN OF READING


OR.


By Payment of Sundry Vouchers Approved by Board of Selectmen. $257,729 48


By Balance Dec. 31, 1910


4,119 92


$261,849 40


WARD O. MANSFIELD,


Treasurer.


REPORT OF AUDITORS


TRUST FUNDS


Bequest of Nancy Wakefield . $100 00


، Thomas Sweetser . 100 00


Sabrina Nichols 100 00


Martha Pike 25 00


.6 Sarah Batchelder 25 00


T. T. Greenwood .


500 00


Mark Temple


100 00


.6


Susan Wright, Elizabeth Preston and Margaret Gilman 75 00


Elizabeth B. Eames and Ida L. Nelson 100 00


66 Sevena Coggin 100 00


Margaret Towne


100 00


Lucretia A. Hopkins and Elias Board-


man 150 00


66


Sarah Smith


100 00


66 Gilman D. Kingman 100 00


Rosamond C. Pratt 100 00


Mary F. Harnden


100 00


Mary B. Wakefield


100 00


James A. Bancroft, Ex. P. Jane Batchelder 100 00


Arthur D. Kingman, Ex. Gardner French 50 00


Estate P. A. Corkins


100 00


Dorinda R. Pratt, Ex. T. B. Pratt 200 00


Mary Ann McAllister


100 00


Gilman A. Coggin .


100 00


Mary Ann McAllister for Joseph Bryant 50 00


Mary Evans 50 00


241


Bequest of Frederick Bancroft, Ex. Harriet B. Bancroft $60 13


Estate of Samuel Pierce


100 00


..


D. W. Berry, Ex. Caroline Hammond 100 00


66


William L. Crowe


100 00


66


Heirs of George C. Coney


100 00


66


Heirs of Sherman Chase 75 00


66


Estate of Isaac M. Clark 100 00


6.


Estate of Anna G. Butler 150 00


66


Estate Heil J. Nelson 200 00


66


Estate F. O. Dewey


300 00


66


Estate S. H. Dinsmore


100 00


66


Mary J. Kimball . 50 00


66


Alden and Lois D. Batchelder 100 00


66


Estate of Charles A. Weston 100 00


66


Henry F. Parker 100 00


6 6


Sarah D. Eaton


100 00


66 Heirs of James H. Bancroft 75 00


Mary W. Pratt 50 00


٩٩


Estate Louisa M. Eaton


100 00


Maria E. Waitt 100 49


6 6


Adrien Mertens


200 00


66


Albert P. Gleason


50 00


66


Frances P. Dow


100 00


66


Helen M. Sherman


50 00


6 6


Fannie Cottrell


50 00


66


Charles E. Hall


100 00


Lucy W. Parker


75 00


66


Estate Martha R. Temple


100 00


Estate Needham Nichols


100 00


66


Mary W. Pratt


50 00


66


Mrs. James T. Norris


.


30 00


.


Estate Mary E. Badger 100 00


Estate John Burrill


100 00


Climena Wakefield


100 00


Estate Thomas Richardson


100 00


242


Bequest of Estate Francis Kingman


$100 00


Estate Albert Nichols


100 00


66


George L. Smith


200 00


Susan A. Martin


100 00


Maria Carter


100 00


6 6 Hubbard and Elbridge Copeland and Leander Willey


150 00


66


John Draffin


100 00


Hattie D. Pond, Executrix


100 00


Trustees of Laura Frost


50 00


66


Abby C. Clapp


100 00


66


Emily Alice Jones


100 00


66


F. Eliza Kingman


100 00


66


Edward T. Pendergrace


100 00


Fannie A. Morton


100 00


Lewis M. Bancroft


50 00


Caroline L. White


50 00


66


Hannah C. Cochrane


50 00


Charles W. Cochrane


200 00


Edgar M. Knight .


100 00


Reuben Weston


100 00


I. P. M. Wiggin


100 00


Joseph H. Gleason


50 00


Mary Norwood


50 00


66


Lyman Whiting


50 00


Ellen M. Carr


100 00


Emma S. Nelson .


100 00


Henry E. Holden, Adm.


50 00


C. E. Skillings


100 00


Isaac Munroe


100 00


William H. Wightman


100 00


Lizzie B. Davis


100 00


Hubbard E. Cox . 80 00


Helen C. Prentiss


100 00


J. B. Hopkins


100 00


Emma M. Brown


75 00


2443


Bequest of Louise Leathe


$100 00


.6 Arthur M. Coons


75 00


..


Thomas and F. E. Appleton


150 00


.. Mary A. Gilman . 100 00


A. Newell Howes


100 00


Mrs. Frances Todd 100 00


James F. Wright . 100 00 ..


Ella M. Damon 100 00


. . M. Elizabeth Broad


100 00


.6 Walter H. Norris


75 00


6. Mary J. Harris


50 00


..


Estate of Milton D. Parker


100 00


Mary G. McIntire


50 00


Margaret O. Pinkham .


150 00


Irma E. Mayo


100 00


..


Mrs. A. B. Matthews


100 00


66


Eunice E. Damon


100 00


Estate of Ellen M. Damon


75 00


Abby C. Spokesfield 100 00


100 00


٩٩


Heirs of Clinton B. and Wm. J. Hol-


100 00


.. Florence W. Temple (per Treasurer's report, 1906) 75 00


50 00


Nathan Bancroft ..


100 00


66 Caroline E. Wright


100 00


.6


Selinda H. Pratt .


85 00


.6 Estate of Eliza A. Barrows


100 00


.. Rachel A. Coggin 50 00


Mrs. E. A. Lovejoy


100 00


66 Estate of H. H. Howard


100 00


Estate of Mrs. H. E. Shackford


100 00


Mary S. Goodwin


60 00


Estate Susan Cummings


50 00


66 Maria P. Howard


100 00


Estate of Susan Bancroft


den (per Treasurer's report, 1905)


Mrs. Charles O. Tweed


.


241


Bequest of O. P. Symonds & Son . $125 00 Estate Henry Damon . 100 00


$12,815 62


Interest accrued on above funds not yet expended 835 04


Total


$13,650 66


We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen. Water Commissioners and Electric Light Commissioners and found satisfactory vouchers for all expenditures.


We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer, Col- lector and Town Clerk and found them correct.


We have also examined the bonds and notes paid during the year and found them, with the exception of Highland School Bonds Nos. 23 and 24, for $1,000 each, which had not been presented for payment and for which checks are still outstanding, to be duly paid and cancelled.


We believe the Town is to be congratulated on the new system of keeping the accounts at the Town office. The work has been much simplified and it is possible to obtain a comprehensive report of the financial condition of the Town at any time during the year.


FRANK H. NUTTING, WILLIAM H. WILLSON, OSCAR W. BATCHELDER,


Auditors.


INDEX


Report of Assessors


.. .. Auditors


240


. .. " Board of Engineers 132


66 " Board of Health


150


" Chief of Police


128


66 " Cemetery Trustees


139


66 " Clerk of Selectmen 61


66 " Forest Warden 138


.. " Inspector of Animals and Provisions 231 .


.6


" Light Commissioners 181


66 " Overseers of the Poor 105


" " Plumbing Inspector and Agent of Board of Health 152


" Public Library 226


66 " School Committee 193


66 " Sealer of Weights and Measures . 142


"' Selectmen 85


66 " Superintendent of Fire Alarm 135


66 " Tax Collector 148


66 ' Tax Collector, 1908


230 .


"' Town Clerk, Town Meetings


13


66 66 Dogs Licensed . 47


66 66 66 Births Registered 50


66 .. 66 66 Marriages Registered 53


66 . 6 Deaths Registered 56


Town Indebtedness, Special


Town Officers, 1909-1910


5


Report of Treasurer


233


" Tree Warden


137


" Water Commissioners .


154


.


" Inspector of Wires . 143


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