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John H. Knights
61
5
0
Pneumonia
Jan. 15
Henry Damon.
77
4
6
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Jan. 20
Allie B. Whitcomb
71
2
16
Valvular Disease of the Heart
Jan. 22
Jessie Monroe.
4
0
Pneumonia
Jan. 28
Richard Lowell Burrage.
1
4
24
Broncho-Pneumonia
Jan. 30
Sarah J. Manning
86
0
25
Mitral Disease of the Heart
Jan. 31
Lorraine E. Gear.
49
9
13
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Feb. 2
Elzira A. Crockett
52
10
5
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Feb.
3
Angie M. Fields.
27
0
0
Pneumonia
Feb.
4
Mary Burke.
70
0
0
Myocarditis
Feb.
5
Gordon Tait.
0
0
16
Spinal Meningitis
Feb.
5 Emeline P. Sherman
73
10
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Feb. 7
Warren Parker
79
1
20
Heart Failure
Feb. 13
Mary F. Doran
50
0
0
Lobar Pneumonia
Feb. 17
Nancy J. Sleeper.
85
3
0
Gastritis
Feb. 21
Franklin Nash
67
0
4
Prostatitis Uremia
Feb. 23
Lafayette Ford .
82
7
20
Old Age
Feb. 26
Emma J. Norris
36
0
0
Nephritis
Mar. 2
Marguerite M. Stevens
72
11
20
Valvular Disease of Heart
Mar. G
Charles Brown .
81
0
Bronchitis
Mar. 6
Elizabeth A. Abbott.
73
9
10
Disseminated Sclerosis
Mar. 9
Richard Bennett
61
8
24
Cardiac Pneumonia
Mar. 9 James M. Gillispie
0
10
0
Shock of Opr.
Mar. 11 Frank M. Smith.
61
8
14
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Mar. 13 Anna Spinalla.
3
4
18 Accidental Burns
Mar. 14
George W. Goodridge
72
5
8
Valvular Disease of Heart
Mar. 16
Albert D. Morse. ..
70
8
6
Tubercular Perinephritis
Mar. 19
Mary E. Broad
68
11
1
Disease of Heart
Apr. 13
Margaret L. Avery
45
6
26
Poeumonia
Apr. 14
Katherine L. Hanna
61
9
6
Abdominal Carcimona
Apr. 15
Emma L. Knights.
38
7
9
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Apr. 27
Edward F. Barstow ..
22
2
20
Landrys Paralysis
May 8
Charles G. Rogers
74
7
11
Cardiac Dropsy
May 9
Otis A. Ruggles.
60
0
0
Arterio-Sclerosis
May 12
Sarah R. Griffiths
74
4
27
General Paresis
May 16
Harry A. Whitten
28
10
24
Chronic Nephritis
May 22
Samuel T. Sweetser
75
4
15
Paresis
May
29
William H. Wightman
71 6
1
0
Scarlet Fever
May 30
Mary R. Newell
57
10
18
Pneumonia
May 31
Alfred G. Nichols.
85
1
21
Cancer of the Rectum
June 4
Ellen Lough
58
11
21
Lobar Pneumonia
June 6
Sarah A. Roots
70
1
25
Cerebral Hemorrhage
June 7
Vida M. Williams
0
8
18
Convulsions
June 7
Mary J. Bailey
79
4
0
Cancer Right Breast
June 12
Octavus N. Willis
71
10
5
Cerebral Hemorrhage
June 14 Marie J. Lampro
86
3
14
Cerebral Hemorrhage
June 15 Margaret C. Scott.
80
4
30
Myocarditis
June 16
Simon B. Doucette
89
4
4
Valvular Disease of Heart
June 25
Eliza D. Smith
68
0
17
Sarcoma of the Brain
June 29
Charles Partelow .
88
3
5
Valvular Disease of Heart
June 29
Grace E. Copeland
32
5
16
Endocarditis
3
4
Endocarditis
May 30
Howard A. Skinner
57
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1910
DATE
NAME
Y
M
D
DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH
July
2
Eleanor M. Kinsman
17
6
24
Accidental Drowning
July
4
Lucy D. Meader. . .
78
10
25
Chronic Valvular Disease of Heart
July 7
Mary F. Bowser ..
68
10
6
Chronic Nephritis
July 8 Betsy S. Boyce.
78
0
0
Phthisis
July
10 Caroline A. Bemis
87
7
28
Valvular Disease of Heart
July
13
Bessie R. Dill. ..
12
6
3
July
15
Arthur E. Dickinson ·
12
9
2
July 19
Alice J. Gordon .
50
6
0
Cerebral Hemorrhage
July 20
Carrie F. Vermille.
78
3
28
Arterio-Sclerosis
July 23
Charles Shervanian
34
5
0
Bronchial Pneumonia
July 27
Charles Torrey
63
4
12
Cerebral Hemorrhage
July 28
Lydia C. Hinckley
79
4
9
Broken Neck
Aug. 2
Joseph Ainsworth
37
5
29
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Aug. 7
Leon A. White .
0
8
5
Gastro-Enteritis
Aug. 7
Edwin C. Farwell
69
8
21
Pernicious Anaemia
Aug. 7
George F. Gilman
76
2
6
Abdominal Carcimona
Aug, 15
Jennie H. Gould.
64
4
9
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Aug. 16
Henry Bodge.
54
9
12
Catarrhal Bronchitis
Aug. 20
George Edward Kershaw.
75
10
0
Valvular Disease of Heart
Aug. 21
Alfred D. Chandler .
72
5
4
Arterio-Sclerosis
Aug. 22
George J. Mansfield .
78
10
0
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Aug. 23
Mary E. Carlisle
81
0
25
Acute Diarrhoea
Aug. 24
John J. O'Brien
45
0
0
Empyema
Sept. 3
Arthur Dalzell
0
2
15
Cholera Infantum
Sept. 8
John Leahy
0
3
20
Entero-Colitis
Sept. 12
Elwood C. W. Jones.
0
3
15
Gastro-Enteritis
Sept. 17
Jeremiah Shannon
73
0
0
Myocarditis
Sept. 18
John B. Hale.
51
2
0
Oedema of the Brain
Sept. 19
Thelma I. Pippin .
0
0
14
Enteritis
Sept. 21
Thomas Cadwallader
71
3
29
Uraemia
Sept. 22
Benjamin P. Boyce ..
43
9
2
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Sept. 23
John H. Adden .
74
0
8
Acute Endocarditis
Sept. 26
Annis A. Nichols.
67
3
24
Dilatation of Heart
Sept. 26
Francis J. Sheehan
2
5
14
Diphtheria
Sept. 28
Joseph W. McFadden
1
7
28
Bronchial Pneumonia
Oct.
1
Julia A. Scott .
72
5
26
Valvular Disease of Heart
Oct.
3
Charles W. Davis
35
2
29
Sarcoma of Neck
Oct.
9
Robert C. Totten
73
4
29
Carcimona of Stomach
Oct. 14
Martha A. Carter
71
7
22
Peritonitis of Bowels
Oct.
14
Evelyn Worthen
57
10
0
Bronchial Pneumonia
Oct. 20 Ruth E. Harris .
0
0
21
Malformation of Heart
Oct. 26 Elizabeth Meadows
87
8
0
Myocarditis
Oct. 27
Frank W. Danforth. . . Burnadetta F. Turner
0
6
22
Malnutrition
Oct. 28
Henrietta L. Abbott
45
0
27
Intestinal Nephritis
Nov. 1
Nellie F. Nichols . .
50
7
13
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Nov. 11
Mary Ellen LaMarsh . .
57
0
0
Aortic Insufficiency
Nov. 16
John D. Estabrook
0
5
3
Chronic Intestinal Indigestion
Nov. 19
Mary Jane Bosson
82
11
22
Arterio-Sclerosis
Nov. 22
Rita M. Verrill.
0 39
11
7
Nov. 22
Gould G. Ruggles
74
5
16
Cerebral Embolism
Nov. 25
Octavus J. Dane.
50
0
0
Lobar Pneumonia
Nov. 27
John B. Lewis, Sr.
98
9
27
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Nov. 30
Henry IP. Closson .
68
11
27
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Nov. 31
Josephine H. Dewey
61
10
17
Angina Pectoris
1
29
Cholera Infantum Pernicious Anaemia
Nov. 22
Ella A. McDonald.
64
1
29
Apoplexy
Oct.
28
Purpura Themorrhogica Neuritis
58
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1910
DATE
NAME
Y
M
D
DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH
Dec.
?
Alice Gadbois .
65
0
0
Intestinal Obstruction
Dec.
6
William W. Davis
48
7
6
Pneumonia
Dec. 7 Emily L. Brackett.
65
5
20
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Dec.
9
Jesse C. Vanhon
0
4
14
Acute Meningitis
Dec. 12
Julia A. Squires.
41
2
0
Pneumonia
Dec. 20
Clarence E. Merrill
58
7
10
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Dec. 21
Timothy Spillane.
49
4
1
Pneumonia
Whole number of deaths, 129. Males 61; Females 68. Foreign born, Males 12; Females 13. Native born, Males 49; Females 55.
Report of Clerk of Selectmen
Annual Report
OF THE
TOWN OF READING
SELECTMEN'S OFFICE, Reading, Jan. 1, 1911.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
The undersigned herewith presents the annual state- ment of the receipts and expenditures of the Town of Read- iug for the financial year ending Dec. 31, 1910, together with such other information relating to the fiscal interests of the Town as may be of general interest.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN H. SHELDON,
Clerk of Selectmen.
62
APPROPRIATIONS
Appropriations voted at the March annual town meet- ing in 1910 and special meeting June 21, 1910. (Classified according to the requirements of the Commonwealth.)
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Salary of Town Officers $3,650 00 .
Salary of Clerk of Selectmen 500 00
$4,150 00
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
Police Department
$3,800 00
Fire Department
$6,000 00 ·
Fire Alarm Box No. 231
150 00
·
Fire Alarm Box, Oak and Prospect Streets
75 00
Pung, Hose 4
65 00
Painting Hose Houses
75 00
Storage Battery
150 00
Forest Warden
250 00
Tree Warden
500 00
Moth Department
2,182 00
Rental of Hydrants
· 5,370 00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health
$600 00
Smallpox
. 700 00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
Highways, Bridges and Sidewalks . $3,000 00°
Vine St. and Highland Ave. 300 00
Street Watering $500, Water $500 .
1,000 00
Salem St. 1,000 00
Rent of Drinking Fountain 300 00
Street Lighting .
10,000 00
Street Lights, Summer Ave. and Willow St. 160 00
Street Lights, Franklin St. 110 00
$18,617 00
$1,300 00
$15,870 00
63
CHARITY
Poor Department
.
·
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Soldiers' Relief
$1,000 00
State and Military Aid
.
·
2,500 00
$3,500 00
EDUCATION
School Department
$30,000 00
School Incidentals
.
5,000 00
.
School Insurance
1,000 00
Lowell St. School Building
. 2,500 00
$38,500 00
LIBRARY
Public Library
$1,000 00
RECREATION AND CELEBRATIONS
Rent of Playground
$342 00
Memorial Day
175 00
Band Concerts
200 00
Care and Improvement of Common
125 00
$842 00
CEMETERY
Laurel Hill . .
$1,250 00
UNCLASSIFIED
Abatements
$800 00
Election Expenses
300 00
Miscellaneous Expenses
1,100 00
Printing
750 00
Re-valuation of Town
1,000 00
Town Building
500 00
$4,450 00
INTEREST
Interest on School House Bonds and
Notes .
. $3,390 00
Interest General Account
.
2,000 00
$5,390 00
.
$3,300 00
64
INDEBTEDNESS
Maturing in 1910
$23,500 00
Less amt. paid by Water Dept. $2,000
Less amt. paid by Mun. Light 4,000
Less amt. from Available Assets 4,000
Less amt. Road Roller Notes 400
Less amt. Cemetery Notes
100
- 10,500 00 $13,000 00)
Total for Town purposes
$111,169 00
Less Estimated Receipts : Corporation Tax .
. $4,924 00
State Aid
2,500 00 .
$7,424 00
Amount raised for Town purposes
$103,745 00
Amount State Tax
8,085 00
Amount Highway Tax
187 00
Amount Wellington Bridge Tax
453 70
Amount County Tax .
5,607 21
Amount Overlays or Abatements
1,519 16
Total to Collector for Collection
$119,597 07
TOWN DEBT, DECEMBER 31, 1910
DUE IN 1911 NOTES AND BONDS OUTSTANDING
Apr. 28 $100
Cemetery Land Loan $300 00
June 1 7,000 Water Loan, 4%
196,000 00
Aug. 1 3,000 Highland School House 4% 15,000 00
Sept. 11 1,500 Lowell Street School Bdg., 4%
6,500 00
Oct. 1 3,000 Mun. Light Loan, 4 & 41-2% }
Nov. 15 1,000 Mun. Light Loan, 4 & 41-2%
66,300 00
Nov. 1 4,000 High School Bdg., 3 1-2 & 4%
67,000 00
Dec. 21
1,000 High School Bdg., 31-2 & 4%
$21,100 Total Town Debt .
. $351,100 00
65
1909
$340,300 00
SUMMARY OF TOWN DEBT 1910 $351,100 00
Increase
$10,800 00
The total indebtedness of the Town January 1, 1910, was : .
$340,300 00
This has been increased during the year as follows :
NOTES
Municipal Light Plant-
Extension of Line to Pumping
Station
. $1,800 00
Extension of Line to No. Reading . 12,000 00
Water Bonds . 14,000 00
Lowell St. School-house Building . 6,500 00
34,300 00
374,600 00
There has been a decrease by the payment of the following Bonds and Notes :
Cemetery Note
$100 00
Municipal Light Notes and Bonds
4,000 00
Road Roller Note
400 00
School Notes
. 12,000 00
Water Bonds
7,000 00 23,500 00
Total indebtedness Dec. 31, 1910
$351,100 00
The following is a statement of the total debt .of the Town with the rate of interest thereon :
CEMETERY LAND LOAN
DATE OF INT. WHEN DUE
AMT.
TOTAL
None
1911
$100
1912
100
1913
100
$300 00
66
MUNICIPAL LIGHT LOANS
·
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMT.
TOTAL
4 %
and 4 1-2%
191]
$4,500
4 %
and 4 1-2%
1912
3,000
4 %
and 4 1-2%
1913
4,800
4 %
and 4 1-2%
1914
4,000
4 %
and 4 1-2%
1915
4,000
4 %
and 4 1-2%
1916
4,000
4 %
and 4 1-2%
1917
4,000
4 %
and 4 1-2%
1918
4,000
4 %
and 4 1-2%
1919
4,000
1 %
and 4 1-2%
1920
4,000
4 %
and 4 1-2%
1921
4,000
4 %
and 4 1-2%
1922
4,000
4 %
and 4 1-2%
1923
4,000
4 %
and 4 1-2%
1924
4,000
4 1-2%
1925
2,000
4 1-2%
1926
1,000
4 1-2%
1927
1,000
4 1-2%
1928
1,000
4 1-2%
1929
1,000
4 1-2%
1930
1,000
4 1-2%
1931
1,000
4 1-2%
1932
1,000
4 1-2%
1933
1,000
$66,300 00
HIGHLAND SCHOOL HOUSE
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMT.
TOTAL
4%
1911
$3,000
4%
1912
3,000
4%
1913
3,000
4%
1914
3,000
1%
1915
3,000
$15,000 00
67
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
31-2% and 4%
1911
5,000
31-2% and 4%
1912
5,000
31-2% and 4%
1913
5,000
3 1-2% and 4%
1914
5,000
3 1-2% and 4%
1915
5,000
3 1-2% and 4%
1916
5,000
31-2% and 4%
1917
5,000
3 1-2%
1918
4,000
31-2%
1919
4,000
31-2%
1920
4,000
31-2%
1921
4,000
31-2%
1922
4,000
31-2%
1923
4,000
31-2%
1924
4,000
31-2%
1925
4,000
$67,000 00
LOWELL STREET SCHOOL BUILDING
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4%
1911
1,500
4%
1912
1,000
4%
1913
1,000
4%
1914
1,000
4%
1915
1,000
4%
1916
1,000
$6,500 00
68
WATER LOANS
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4%
1911
7,000
1%
1912
17,000
3 1-4%
1913
8,000
4%
1914
8,000
4%
1915
8,000
4%
1916
13,000
4%
1917
13,000
4%
1918
13,000
4%
1919
13,000
4%
1920
13,000
4%
1921
13,000
4%
1922
13,000
4%
1923
11,000
4%
1924
11,000
4%
1925
10,000
4%
1926
5,000
4%
1927
5,000
4%
1928
5,000
4%
1929
5,000
4%
1930
5,000
$196,100 00
Total Town debt, Dec. 31, 1910
$351,000 00
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IN ANTICIPATION OF TAXES, TEMPORARY LOANS Balance from 1909
$55,000 00
BORROWED
F. S. Mosley & Co., 3.45%
Due Sept. 15, 1910 $10,000 00
F. S. Mosley & Co., 3.45%
Due Oct. 6,1910 10,000 00
F. S. Mosley & Co., 3.44% Due Oct. 12, 1910 10,000 00
F. S. Mosley & Co., 3.45% Due Oct. 18, 1910 10,000 00
F. S. Mosley & Co., 3.92% Due Nov. 15, 1910 10,000 00
F. S. Mosley & Co., 4.12% Due Apr. 11, 1911 30,000 00
Bond & Goodwin, 4.32%
Due June 11, 1911 20,000 00
F. S. Mosley & Co., 3 1-2% Due May 15, 1911 5,000 00 $105,000 00
$160,000 00
EXPENDED
Elliott Nat'l Bank, 3.22%
Due Mar. 17, 1910 $20,000 00
Elliott Nat'l Bank, 4%
Due Mar. 11, 1910 5,000 00
Commonwealth of Mass., 4 1-2% Due Apr. 16, 1910 5,000 00
Commonwealth of Mass., 4 1-2%
Due May 16, 1910 5,000 00
Loring, Tolman & Tucker, 3.38%
Due June 4, 1910 20,000 00 F. S. Mosley & Co., 3.45%
Due Sept. 15, 1910 10,000 00
70
F. S. Mosley & Co .. 3.45%
Due Oct. 6. 1910 10.000 00
F. S. Mosley & Co .. 3.45%
Due Oct. 12, 1910
10.000 00
F. S. Mosley & Co., 3.45% Due Oct. 18. 1910
10,000 00
F. S. Mosley & Co .. 3.92% Due Nov. 15, 1910 10,000 00 $105.000 00
Balance unpaid
$55.000 00
NOTES OUTSTANDING
F. S. Mosley & Co .. 8 1-2%
Due May 15. 1911 $5.000 00
F. S. Mosley & Co .. 4.12% Due Apr. 11. 1911 30,000 00
Bond & Goodwin. 4.32%
Due June 11. 1911 20,000 00
Total
$55.000 00
71
FINANCES
The assessed valuation of the Town April
1, 1910, was :
Real Estate .
$4,878,580 00
Personal Estate
1,018,429 00
Total assessed valuation $5,897,009 00
Assessed at $19.70 per $1,000 gives
$116,171 07
1713 Polls at $2.00 gives
3,426 00
$119,597 07
This tax is divided as follows : For Town purposes $111,169 00
Less Estimated Receipts :
Corporation Tax $4,924
State Aid 2,500 7,424 00
$103,745 00
County Tax
5,607 21
State Taxes
8,085 00
Highways
187 00
Wellington Bridge
453 70
Overlay or Abatement of Taxes
1,519 16
$119,597 07
72
TOWN OF READING RECEIPTS TREASURY STATEMENT Transactions during the year ending Dec. 31, 1910. Actual revenue of the Town which establish no liabilities and may be used for any and all Town purposes known as :
REVENUE RECEIPTS
From Collector of Taxes, 1907 $78 40
From Collector of Taxes, 1908 13,155 10 .
. From Collector of Taxes, 1909 28,225 80
From Collector of Taxes, 1910
82.292 01
From Moth Assessments :
From Collector of Taxes, 190S
$394 27
From Collector of Taxes, 1909 318 00
From Collector of Taxes, 1910 498 08
From Special Taxes. Licenses, etc. :
Corporation Tax $3,413 90
National Bank Tax . 475 91
Dog Licenses
737 28
Licenses
84 00
From Department Receipts : 14.550 68
(Credited to Departments including Excise and Franchise Tax.) For detail state- ment see reports of Departments.
From Interest :
On Taxes . $2.583 61
On Deposits
316 96
Total Revenue Receipts $147,124 00
From money received from Loans. Notes. Bonds and other borrowings known as :
NON-REVENUE RECEIPTS
From Temporary Loans . $105.000 00
From Lowell-st. School house . 6,500 00
From Cemetery Trust Funds 435 00
From Cemetery Special Acct. 1.785 00
Total Non-Revenue Receipts
$113,720 00
Total Cash Receipts for Year
$260,844 00
73
TOWN OF READING PAYMENTS
REVENUE PAYMENTS
For Selectmen's Orders . . $113,661 51
For Interest :
On Temporary Loans $3,188 86
On Town Notes 3,390 00
On Cemetery Trust Funds, in- terest on Bequests 628 18
On Cemetery Special
28 02
For State and County Taxes :
State Tax
$8,085 00
County Tax
5,607 21
Highway Tax .
187 00
Wellington Bridge
453 70
Total Revenue Payments
$135,229 48
NON-REVENUE PAYMENTS
For Indebtedness :
Town Notes and Bonds $17,500 00
Temporary Loans
105,000 00
Total Non-Revenue Payments
$122,500 00
Total payments for the Year
$257,729 48
RECAPITULATION
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1910 $1,005 40
Cash receipts for the year
260,844 00
Cash payments for the year
$257,729 48
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1910
4,119 92
$261,849 40 $261,849 40
74
TAXES
The taxes committed, abated and collected during the fiscal year together with the balance unpaid Dec. 31, 1909, and Dec. 31, 1910, are as follows :
Taxes 1907 - Herbert M. Viall, Collector :
Balance unpaid Dec. 31, 1909 . $175 90
Amount of Interest . .
·
11 04
RECEIVED
From Collections $78 40
Interest
11 04
Abatements
97 50
$186 94
$186 94
Taxes 1908- M. A. Stone, Collector :
Balance unpaid Dec. 31, 1909 . $14,064 63
Amount of abatements allowed in 1909, but not taken by the Collector until 1910 282 50
Amount of Interest collected in 1910
1,321 03
RECEIVED
From Collections
$13,155 10
From Moth Assessments
394 27
From Interest .
1,321 03
From Abatements
797 76
$15,668 16
$15,668 16
Taxes 1909 - Herbert M. Viall, Collector : Balance unpaid Dec. 31, 1909 . $41,110 13 Amount of Interest collected in 1910 1,189 74
Additional Tax 18 60 ·
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RECEIVED
From Collections
$28,225 80
From Moth Assessments
318 00
From Interest £
1,139 74
From Abatements
1,327 21
Uncollected to 1911 .
11,257 72
$42,268 47
$42,268 47
Taxes 1910- Herbert M. Viall, Collector :
Total Commitment to collect $121,275 63
Total Moth Assessments . 965 13
Total Interest in 1910
111 80
Total Boston & Northern St. Ry.
Tax
2,615 11
RECEIVED
From Collection Real and Per- sonal Estate . .
$82,292 01
From Moth Assessments
498 08
From Interest .
111 80
From Boston & Northern St. Ry. Tax
2,615 11
From Abatements
698 07
Amount Uncollected Dec. 31, 1910
38,752 60
$124,967 67 $124,967 67
SUMMARY
Amount Uncollected on Real and Personal Estate $38,285 55
Amount Uncollected on Moth Assessments . 467 05
$38,752 60
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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE
RESOURCES
Cash on hand .
$4,119 92
Uncollected Taxes, 1909
$11,257 72
Uncollected Taxes, 1910
38,285 55
49,543 27
Due from Commonwealth :
State Aid .
$2,220 00
Moth
1,443 47
Poor Department
604 53
Smallpox .
785 89
Soldier's Burial
37 00
Due from Cities and Towns :
City of Cambridge
$165 40
City of Lynn
27 00
Town of Wilmington
19 55
Town of Norfolk
279 91
Town of Canton
76 50
Town of Marblehead
48 00
616 36
Due from Sundry Parties, Edgestones :
C. E. Judkins . $16 04
M. L. Stevens . 23 60
39 64
Due from Property Owners, Moth Account
392 79
Due from Collector, (Moth Assess- ments) 1910
467 05
Corporation Tax in excess of Asses- sors' estimate . .
1,510 10
199 85
Taxes on property taken by Town C. L. Haag Estate . ·
241 67
Amount carried forward to page 78
$62,221 54
5,090 89
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TOWN OF READING DEC. 31, 1910
LIABILITIES
Temporary Loans
$55,000 00
Appropriations Unexpended :
Printing
4 78
Re-Valuation of Town
1 62
Clerk of Selectmen .
111 67
Soldiers' Relief
12 85
Fire Alarm
296 92
Tree Warden
4 58
Police Department
17 82
Street Sprinkling
9 43
Macadamizing Salem Street
200 00
Outside Poor
1,644 36
Public Library .
2 55
Care and Improve. of Common
54 41
Cemetery
1 62
Unexpended Nat. Bank Tax .
4 92
Assessments Unpaid Moth Ac- count (Suspense) . .
859 84
Moth Assessments Available
498 08
Abatement of Taxes
2,320 28
Bal. of Accrued Int. on Taxes
888 38
Certificates of Taxes
5 96
Interest on Town Debt
$227 29
Lowell Street School House
4,253 09
Excess of Assets over Liabilties
2,983 16
Carried forward to page 79
$69,403 61
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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE
Balance brought forward from page 76
$62,221 54
Due from Departments and overdrafts :
Election Expenses .
78 25
Miscellaneous Expenses . .
80 04
Salaries of Town Officers ·
121 55
Town Building
80 37
Forest Warden
144 50
Insurance Water Dept.
106 60
Insurance Mun. Light Dept.
472 50
Insurance Overdraft
397 02
Health Department
538 36
Smallpox .
789 14
Moth Dept.
1,178 34
Highways : Snow and Ice
258 22
Town Home
2,769 25
School Dept.
65 93
Legal Dept.
102 00
Total Current Assets
·
$69,403 61
TRUST FUNDS
Town of Reading Trust Funds $15,560 93
$15,560 93
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TOWN OF READING DEC. 31, 1910 - Continued
Brought forward from page 77
$69,403 61
$69,403 61
TRUST FUNDS
Trust Funds and Bequests :
Library Bequest $200 00
Cemetery Bequests 12,815 62
Cemetery, Special Sale of Lots and Graves
1,710 27
Interest Available on Bequest
Funds
835 04
$15,560 93
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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE
Other Assets (Unavailable for Debts.) Property owned by the Town Dec. 31, 1910.
General :
Town Building
$21,400 00
Police Personal
288 75
21,688 75
Fire :
Fire Houses
$6,600 00
Personal
13,855 00
20,455 00
Highways :
Tool House
$500 00
Personal
2,982 45
3,482 45
Water Department :
Building
$1,000 00
Personal
2,500 00
3,500 00
Charities :
Town Home
$9,500 00
House, Federal St.
1,550 00
Personal .
3,060 22
14,110 22
Libraries :
Personal .
$3,000 00
3,000 00
Cemeteries :
Land (estimated)
$25,000 00
Tool House
100 00
Personal .
200 00
$25,300 00
Amount carried forward to page 82
$91,536 42
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TOWN OF READING DEC. 31, 1910-Continued
OTHER DEBTS
Town Debt :
Notes and Bonds Outstanding (For detail see Report)
$351,100 00
Balancing Account, Excess of "Fixed Assets" as valued by the Assessors over the out- standing notes and bonds 406,735 02
Carried forward to page 83
$757,835 02
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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE
Brought forward from page 80
$91,536 42
Parks :
Common
$10,000 00
Band Stand
500 00
Mayall Park
500 00
11,000 00
Education :
Buildings and Land, Schools . $204,500 00
Personal .
15,000 00
219,500 00
Municipal Light :
Building and Land .
$11,526 59
Personal .
87,128 00
98,654 59
Reading Water Works :
Cost of Plant
. $337,144 01
337,144 01
$757,835 02
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TOWN OF READING DEC. 31, 1910-Continued
Brought forward from page 81
$757,835 02
$757,835 02
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
To the Citizens of Reading :
We respectfully submit the following report for the year ended Dec. 31, 1910 :
The Town, having made an appropriation at the annual meeting in March for a Clerk to the Board of Selectmen, and in view of recent legislation having been passed to establish a uniform system of accounting by cities and towns, it seemed to this Board that the Town of Reading should at this time adopt a system that would meet with the require- ments of the Commonwealth.
Mr. John H. Sheldon was appointed Clerk, and after an examination of the Town Report for 1910 we feel that the citizens will agree that we were fortunate in being able to secure the services of one who was not only familiar with the State requirements but an expert accountant as well.
The Board decided to change the method of accounting and in conjunction with the Clerk and Town Treasurer adopted the system recommended by the Commonwealth and in addition adopted the voucher check for payment of bills, which precludes the liability of bills being lost, as with this system the bills do not leave the office.
We now have a system the adoption of which is costing some cities and towns from three to five hundred dollars for expert service while the cost to the Town has been nothing except for necessary books and stationery.
In order to conform to the classifications required we have changed the payment of some bills from one appropria- tion to another, as in the case of the Inspector of Animals, whose salary was formerly paid from the miscellaneous
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account and this year appears under the Board of Health, a credit having been transferred to that account to offset this amount.
The Board have endeavored to obtain and pay all 1910 bills of the departments coming directly under it, and in some departments bills of 1909 have been paid to quite an amount accounting for overdrafts in some departments. This has been done in order to show as near as possible the exact standing of the accounts, that the overdrafts may be provided for in 1911, and the departments required to keep within their appropriations.
HIGHWAYS
Mr. Lemuel W. Allen was reappointed Superintendent of Streets and under his direction considerable macadam work has been done on Woburn and Haven streets. Main street from the B. & M. R. R. to Minot street should be rebuilt in the spring, and on account of the amount of auto- mobile travel over the road, would advise that it be sur- faced with a heavy oil and binder such as has been used on the State highway.
Considerable of the light oil has been used this year on a macadam service : the results on a common gravel road are not so satisfactory. If the use of light oil is to be con- tinued we believe a separate appropriation should be made for it, or the appropriation for street sprinkling increased to cover the same. The use of this oil increases the amount of territory the street sprinkler is able to cover and should not be charged to the highway account.
The expense account of snow and ice was more this year than for several years.
Owing to the fact that the State was unable to give the Town an allotment to continue the macadam work on Salem street. we were obliged to expend quite a little from the highway appropriation in order to put the road in a safe condition.
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MOTH DEPARTMENT
Mr. Guy A. Hubbard was re-appointed Local Superin- tendent and early in the season resigned to engage in busi- ness for himself. Mr. Henry M. Donegan was appointed to fill the vacancy and the work has been carried on under his direction to the satisfaction of the State Department.
In comparing the expenditures of this department for 1909 and 1910 one might suppose that less work had been done in 1910. This is accounted for by the fact that in pre- vious years all supplies were bought by the department, the State reimbursing for all expenditures over the amount raised by the Town, while in 1910 the State furnished the Town with the supplies and no bills are rendered for the same, which reduces the total expenditures as shown by the financial statements.
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