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We would recommend that the annual appropriations be made to conform with the State requirements and would also recommend that the Town accept the provisions of Chapter 624 of the Acts of 1910, which authorizes the Board of Selectmen to appoint a Town Accountant.
We would extend to any of the citizens interested an invitation to visit the Town Office and examine the present system as adopted.
Detail of expenditures of the departments will be found on the following pages.
GEORGE L. PRATT, OLIVER L. AKERLEY, FREDERIC D. MERRILL, Selectmen of Reading.
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Detailed account of the appropriations and expenditures made by the Town during the year, together with the transfers, the expenditures and the unexpended bal- ances December 31, 1910 :
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS
Appropriation
$3,650 00
EXPENDED
George L. Pratt, Selectman and Over-
seer of the Poor, 1910 $291 67
Oliver L. Akerley, Selectman and Over- seer of the Poor, 1910
250 00
Frederic D. Merrill, Selectman, 1910
125 00
Ward C. Mansfield, Treasurer, 1910 400 00
M. F. Charles, Assessor, 1910
250 00
M. F. Charles, Town Clerk, 1910 .
150 00
M. F. Charles, Clerk Board of Regis- trars, 1910 40 00
M. F. Charles, Secretary Finance Com- mittee, 1910 25 00
J. H. Adden, Assessor to March 1, 1910 45 47
M. A. Stone, Assessor, 1910 250 00
M. A. Stone, Collector, 1908 104 35
A. S. Richards, Assessor, 1910 250 00 .
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1909 146 00
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1910 417 45
89
E. F. Parker, Jr., Executor Estate E.
F. Parker, Treasurer, 1909 $66 67
G. H. Clough, Registrar, 1909 30 00
G. H. Clough, Registrar, 1910 30 00
W. S. Prentiss, Registrar, 1910 30 00
Owen McKenney, Registrar, 1910 30 00
O. M. Spencer, Auditor, 1909 33 34
E. F. Parker, Jr., Auditor, 1909 33 33
A. W. Bancroft, Auditor, 1909
33 33
F. H. Nutting, Auditor, 1910
27 78
W. H. Wilson, Auditor, 1910
27 77
O. W. Batchelder, Auditor, 1910
27 77
G. L. Flint, Electric Light Commis- sioner, 1910 75 00
J. M. Maxwell, Jr., Electric Light Com- missioner, 1910 75 00
E. H. Robinson, Electric Light Com- missioner, 1910 45 00
W. C. Buck, Electric Light Commis- sioner, 1910 12 50
H. R. Johnson, Water Commissioner, 1910 75 00
E. N. Hunt, Water Commissioner, 1910 75 00
E. N. Hunt, Water Commissioner, 1909 44 96
A. R. Prentiss, Water Commissioner, 1909 6 25
A. R. Prentiss, Water Commissioner, 1910 75 00
G. L. Flint, Board of Health, 1910 4 16
F. D. Merrill, Board of Health, 1910 75 00
H. B. Howard, Board of Health, 1910 . 62 50
J. H. Carleton, Board of Health, 1910 Total
31 25
$3,771 55
Overdraft to 1911 121 55
$3,650 00
90
SALARY OF CLERK TO THE SELECTMEN Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
For John H. Sheldon, Clerk to Dec. 31,
$388733 1910
Balance to 1911
$111 67
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation .
$3,800 00
Received from Court fines and sundries
149 30
$3,949 30
EXPENDED
For William T. Leggett, Chief 895 00
William H. Manning
876 00
Robert Powers
876 00
John M. Cullinane
825 00
Samuel Brown
113 83
Oscar H. Lowe
86 36
Asa Parker
2 00
Special Police July 4th and 5th
78 00
Transportation of prisoners and mis-
cellaneous expenses
42 72
Supplies .
54 17
Telephone and tolls
80 40
Medical examination
2 00
3,931 48
Uenxpended to 1911
$17 82
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Fire Alarm Box No. 231 :
Appropriation . $150 00
EXPENDED
Labor and Supplies
$104 00
Gamewell Fire Alarm and Tel. Co., Box 231
46 00
$150 00
$150 00
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Fire Alarm Box Oak and Prospect Sts. : Appropriation
$75 00
EXPENDED
Gamewell Fire Alarm and Tel. Co., Box
46 00
46 00
Transferred to Fire Department
$29 00
Pung Hose No. 4 :
Appropriation .
$65 00
EXPENDED
(). O. Ordway .
.
65 00
$65 00
$65 00
Painting Hose Houses :
Appropriation .
$75 00
EXPENDED
W. F. Cook
$75 00
$75 00
Storage Battery for Fire Alarm : Appropriation .
$150 00
EXPENDED
Chemicals
$7 78
American Storage Battery Co.
94 33
Expressage
80
102 91
Transferred to Fire Department .
$47 09
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $6,000 00
Received from sundry sources
46 15
Transferred from Storage Battery ap- propriation . 47 09
Transferred from box Oak and Prospect Streets
29 00
$6,122 24
.
93
EXPENDED
Pay Roll $2,746 22
F. G. Nichols, Chief Engineer 100 00
O. O. Ordway, Asst. Engineer 75 00
A. G. Nichols, Asst. Engineer and Clerk 85 00
L. T. Eames, Engineer of Steamer 31 25
M. J. Shannon, Asst. Engineer, Steamer 100 00
E. H. Crowe, Steward, Hook & Ladder 60 00
O. H. Heselton, Steward, Hose 2 .
65 00
P. Nichols, Steward, Hose 3 .
30 00
D. Weston, Steward, Hose 4
30 00
H. G. Stock, horse hire, 1909 150 00
E. P. Bancroft, horse hire, 1909 62 50
E. P. Bancroft, horse hire, 1910
125 00
G. Stock, horse hire, 1910 500 00
J. Stock, horse hire, 1910 244 00
G. F. Blanchard, horse hire, 1910 . 22 50
P. Nichols, horse hire, 1910 . 42 50
W. McKinley, horse hire, 1910 40 00
J. B. McLane, Rent of Wagon 25 00
Abbott-Downing Co., Repairs to Hose 1 192 20
Heater, Hose 3 23 50 .
Telephone Rates and Tolls
68 53
Miscellaneous Repairs
91 38
Miscellaneous Supplies .
38 21
Municipal Light Plant, Lighting . 41 69
Reading Water Works, Water rates 17 76
Expressing
8 15
Storage and Rent
35 00
Fuel
99 65
Care of Hose
40 25
Extra Labor
78 12 5,268 41
Transferred to Fire Alarm
$853 83
94
FIRE ALARM
Transferred from Fire Department
$853 83
EXPENDED
L. T. Eames. Supt., balance salary, 1909 $25 00
L. T. Eames, Supt., salary, 1910
100 00
Box 21
46 00
Horse hire
16 00
Labor, supplies and repairs to line
349 44
Chime Whistle
17 50
Expressing
2 97
556 93
U'nexpended to 1911
$296 92
FOREST WARDEN
Appropriation
·
$250 00
Received from sundry sources .
1 75
$251 75
EXPENDED
H. E. McIntire, salary, 1910 . $20 00
J. N. Weston, salary, 1909
10 00
J. N. Weston, salary. 1910
15 00
F. W. Davis, salary to May 1, 1910
15 00
Labor and teams
304 50
Supplies .
18 50
Repairs .
3 50
Printing .
9 75
$396 25
Overdrawn
144 50
$251 75
95
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation .
$500 00
Received from Reading Woman's Club
15 00
$515 00
EXPENDED
Moth Department, use of sprayer
$106 53
Labor and teams
360 74
Supplies . .
38 20
Repairs .
4 95
510 42
Unexpended to 1911
$4 58
MOTH ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$2,182 00
RECEIPTS
From Spraying and Moth Work
$788 50
From Commonwealth
412 93
From Hubbard & Davis
80 00
From Tree Warden Department
106 53
From Highway Department
43 44
From Sundry Sources
1 75
From Commonwealth, Account 1909
$878 87
Amount charged Commonwealth, Ac- count 1909
684 62
194 25
Amount due from Commonwealth
1,443 47
Amount due from property owners
1,178 34
$6,431 21
96
TRANSFERRED
Amount shown as due from Property
Owners' Moth Account . $280 25
EXPENDED
Guy A. Hubbard. Local Superintendent
363 00
Guy A. Hubbard, expenses .
23 30
Henry M. Donegan. Local Superin- tendent
474 50
Henry M. Donegan, expenses
2 85
Labor
.
4,867 54
Labor and teams . .
253 96
Stationery and postage
58 48
Printing
21 50
Storage .
6 50
Repairs .
40 15
Supplies
12 02
Freight and express
27 16
$6.431 21 $6.431 21
RENTAL OF HYDRANTS
Appropriation
$5,370 00
EXPENDED
Paid Water Department . $5.370 00 $5.370 00
1
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation .
$600 00
Received from sundry sources
23 10
Transferred from Credit Account
of unpaid bills of 1909 as shown by Auditors under Liabilities 250 00
$873 10
EXPENDED
G. S. Tukey, Agent and Inspector of Plumbing
$537 52
Labor, fumigating and incidentals 143 05 .
C. H. Playdon, salary, Inspector of Animals, 1910
125 00
C. H. Playdon, salary, Inspector of Animals, 1910 125 00
C. H. Playdon, salary, Board of Health, 1908 . 25 00
C. H. Playdon, salary, Board of Health, 1909 .
25 00
C. H. Playdon, salary, Meat Inspector, 1908 50 00
C. H. Playdon, expenses, 1908
30 05
F. L. Smalley, M. D. 17 91
C. W. McDougal, Plumbing Examiner, 1909
10 00
Rent
24 00
Fuel
20 80
Lighting
6 21
Telephone
74 79
Printing
35 40
98
Disinfectant .
$86 94
Expressing
·
·
11 48
Miscellaneous supplies . .
63 31
1,411 46
Overdraft to 1911
$538 36
SMALL POX
Appropriation .
$700 00
TRANSFERRED
To Commonwealth of Massachusetts 785 89
$1,485 89
EXPENDED
Board
$25 50
Clothing .
12 53
Fuel
39 40
Disinfectant
68 56
Medical Attendance
936 50
Milk
10 80
Medicine
23 37
Groceries and provisions
217 10
Rent
49 45
Miscellaneous supplies
293 07
Transportation
12 00
Watching
586 75 $2,275 03
Overdraft to 1911
$789 14
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Small Pox :
Amount to be refunded .
·
$785 89
.
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Appropriation . $3,000 00
RECEIVED
From sundry sources
121 51
From rent of Steam Roller
330 00
Transferred from street railway fran-
chise and excise tax
5,756 19
Amount due from M. L. Stevens for
edgestones 23 60
$9,231 30
EXPENDED
L. W. Allen, salary, Supt. Streets, 1910 $925 00
L. W. Allen, Supt. Streets, expense 12 08
Salary Engineer Steam Roller
193 90
Road Roller, Note .
400 00
Standard Oil Co.
281 70
Boston & Maine R. R.
420 09
Essex Trap Rock & Stone Co.
757 90
Dominique Doucette
194 57
Gravel
176 31
Expressing
70 16
Municipal Light Board .
59 18
W. Bancroft & Co.
160 85
James A. Bancroft
41 25
Labor and teams
1,393 44
La bor
2,626 10
H. R. Johnson
48 99
H. E. Fletcher Co.
27 32
Francis Bros. .
33 42
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
27 60
100
John Muse
$40 00
A. D. Gordon
32 25
O. W. Austin
71 57
Miscellaneous repairs and supplies
231 33
8,225 01
Transferred to Snow and Ice .
$1,006 29
SNOW AND ICE Transferred from Highway $1.006 29
EXPENDED
La bor
.
$604 88
Labor and teams
645 12
Miscellaneous supplies
14 51 1,264 51
Overdraft to 1911
$258 22
GUIDE BOARDS Appropriated from Misc. Expenses $50 00
EXPENDED
L. W. Dickinson & Co. .
$30 00
Miscellaneous repairs .
7 40
37 40
Transferred to Highway
$12 60
VINE STREET AND HIGHLAND AVENUE
Appropriation .
$300 00
EXPENDED
Labor
$141 25
Labor and Teams .
98 76
Miscellaneous expenses and supplies
59 81
299 82
Transferred to Highway . 18
101
MINERAL STREET BRIDGE
Transferred from Salem Street Ap- propriation .
$500 00
EXPENDED
H. R. Johnson, contract $530 00
H. R. Johnson, extra .
10 00
540 00
Overdraft paid from Highway Ap-
propriation . $40 00
SALEM STREET
Appropriation .
$1,000 00
Transferred to Mineral Street Bridge $500 00
Transferred to Street Sprinkling .
300 00
800 00
Unexpended to 1911
$200 00
STREET RAILWAY TAX
Balance from 1909 $299 81
Received from Commonwealth
2,841 27
Received from Boston & Northern .
Street Railway
2,615 11
Transferred to Highways
$5,756 19
STREET SPRINKLING
Appropriation, including water .
$1,000 00
Transferred from Salem Street ·
300 00
$1,300 00
102
EXPENDED
Reading Water Works .
$500 00
John Stock, labor and team
671 62
Abbott-Downing Co.
43 25
O. O. Ordway
39 75
L. W. Dickinson & Co. .
30 00
Miscellaneous repairs and supplies
5 95
1,290 57
Unexpended to 1911
$9 43
DRINKING FOUNTAINS
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDED
Reading Water Works
.
$300 00
$300 00
$300 00
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
$10,000 00
EXPENDED
Municipal Light Board .
. $10,000 00
$10.000 00 $10,000 00
ELECTRIC LIGHT
(Cor. Summer Ave. and Willow St.)
Appropriation
$160 00
EXPENDED
Municipal Light Board . $160 00
$160 00
$160 00
103
ELECTRIC LIGHT (Grove and Franklin Sts.)
Appropriation
$110 00
EXPENDED
Municipal Light Board
$110 00
$110 00
$110 00
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR For Year Ending Dec. 31, 1910
Overseers of the Poor
GEORGE L. PRATT, Chairman OLIVER L. AKERLEY, Secretary
JAMES W. KILLAM
Superintendent of Town Home WILLIAM C. SMITH
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
To the Citizens of the Town of Reading :
We herewith submit the following report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1910 :
There have been four inmates at the Town Home dur- ing the entire year and two inmates during a portion of the year.
The list of inmates is omitted from this report in ac- cordance with Section 1 of Chapter 412, Acts of 1910, which prohibits the publication of the names of persons receiving aid.
William C. Smith was reappointed Superintendent of the Town Home.
The matter of uniting our Town Home with those of other towns has been taken up with other boards of Over- seers and we hope to be able to present some facts in regard to the same at the annual meeting.
The cost per week per inmate has been about the same as that of last year notwithstanding that there has been a decided increase in the personal property during the year.
The calls for outside aid this year have been larger than usual, mainly due to several extraordinary cases which in- volved considerable medical expense.
The financial statement of this department may be found on the following pages.
GEORGE L. PRATT, OLIVER L. AKERLEY, JAMES W. KILLAM, Overseers of the Poor.
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PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE TOWN HOME, JANUARY 1, 1911
Live stock
$1,473 00
Hay and grain
204 00
Wagons. carts and sleighs
178 00
Manure .
96 00
Harnesses. blankets, etc.
43 75
Spraying machine
35 00
Barrels, boxes and baskets
18 25
Fuel
92 00
Farming tools and implements
189 30
Beds and bedding
111 10
Household furniture and utensils
416 41
Provisions and supplies
203 41
$3,060 22
CHARITIES-TOWN HOME
Amount received from sale of farm products, live stock, gravel and use of team on highways
3,001 43
Received for board
60 00
$3,061 43
EXPENDED
W. C. Smith, Salary Supt., 1910 . $550 00
W. C. Smith, miscellaneous supplies and expenses .
40 20
W. C. Smith, cows
140 00
W. C. Smith, rent of farm
100 00
Wages and labor
563 74
G. H. Atkinson Co.
1,089 53
Smith & Jewett
195 84
F. Smith
262 32
109
F. Wallace
$458 41
Rockport Fish Co.
34 73
W. A. Rich
$108 41
Quincy Market
79 46
O. L. Nichols
71 87
W. Taylor
34 46
C. L. Martin Co.
121 25
C. Wakefield
23 40
F. G. McDonald
26 85
A. S. Cook
14 24
H. O. Copeland Co.
15 79
A. D. Gordon
10 80
F. Bartley
41 96
Hall & Macfarland
7 75
J. J. Cameron 10 90
Hodson Brothers 14 16
P. J. Seaman 43 26
W. Bancroft & Co. 84 52
H. R. Johnson
11 55
Francis Brothers
101 90
H. P. Hubbard
10 50
J. C. Oxley
10 00
E. C. Metcalf
20 41
W. H. Willis
27 30
C. D. Wells
23 25
F. W. Parker
11 95
W. H. Wightman
45 00
C. Pettengill .
600 00
Municipal Light Board .
58 99
Reading Water Works .
51 93
Reading Citizens Ice Co. 45 05
Collins Hardware Co.
43 04
A. W. Danforth
14 60
C. A. Cummings
323 47
Boston & Maine R. R. 55 80
C. H. Playdon
16 00
110
L. J. Ainsworth
$33 00
G. W. Weston
18 00
H. A. Huse
13 50
Miscellaneous repairs and supplies
151 59
5,830 68
Carried to Poor Account
$2,769 25
OUTSIDE POOR
Appropriation .
$3,300 00
Received from sundry sources
41 50
Transferred from amount set aside by Auditors, account 1909 bills
250 00
$3,591 50
EXPENDED
Medical attendance, fuel and supplies $1,947 14
Transferred from Town Home
2,769 25 4,716 39
Overdraft to 1911
$1,124 89
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
STATE AID
Balance from 1909 . $2,409 00
By appropriation
$2,500 00
Received from Commonwealth
2,409 00
Amount estimated by the Assessors 2,500 00
$4,909 00 $4,909 00
EXPENDED
By Payrolls
$2,220 00
(To be refunded by the Commonwealth)
111
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDED
For Supplies .
987 15
Unexpended to 1911
$12 85
BURIAL OF SOLDIERS
Balance from 1909 . . $111 00
RECEIVED
From the Commonwealth of Mass.
$111 00
EXPENDED
Burial of one soldier .
$37 00
(To be refunded by the Commonwealth of Mass. )
EDUCATION SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$30,000 00
Received from sundry sources 2,356 35
$32,356 35
Expended
30,481 12
Unexpended
$1,875 23
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS
Appropriation
$5,000 00
Expended
.
6,941 16
Overdraft
$1,941 16
112
RECAPITULATION
Unexpended balance, School Depart- ment
$1,875 23
Less overdraft, School Department In- dentals
1,941 16
Net Overdraft
.
$65 93
(For detail see Report of School Committee)
INSURANCE
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Expended
1,000 00
LOWELL STREET SCHOOL HOUSE
Appropriation
$2,500 00
Received from loan
6,500 00
Received from sale of material
15 00
$9,015 00
EXPENDED
Stewart & Robertson
$4,000 00
Adden & Parker
317 63
Francis Bros.
366 11
Reading Water Works .
62 92
W. Bancroft & Co.
15 25
4,761 91
Unexpended to 1911
$4,253 09
LIBRARIES PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation .
$1,000 00
Proceeds of Dog Tax, 1909
737 28
$1,737 28
Expended
1,734 73
Unexpended to 1911
$2 55
(For details see report of Library Trustees)
.
113
CEMETERIES LAUREL HILL CEMETERY
Appropriation
$1,250 00
Received from sundry sources
15 00
Interest on Cemetery Bequests
639 25
$1,904 25
Expended
1,902 63
Unexpended to 1911
$1 62
(For details see report of Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery)
CEMETERY SPECIAL
Received from sale of Lots and Graves
in 1910
$1,785 00
Received from interest on above fund
28 02
$1,813 02
EXPENDED
Paid Cemetery Note due April 28, 1910 $100 00
Paid interest on above note . 2 75
102 75
Balance in fund Dec. 31, 1910
$1,710 27
CEMETERY TRUST FUND
Balance from 1909 .
$12,377 77
RECEIVED
Mary S. Goodwin
$60 00
Estate of Susan Cummings
50 00
Maria P. Howard .
100 00
O. P. Symonds & Sons
125 00
Estate of Henry Damon
100 00
Interest on bequest of Frederick and Harriet Bancroft
2 85
Balance in fund Dec. 31, 1910 ·
$12,815 62
114
INTEREST ON CEMETERY BEQUESTS
Balance from 1909
$848 96
Interest on Trust Fund .
625 33
$1,474 29
EXPENDED
Paid Trustees Laurel Hill Cemetery
639 25
Balance available Dec. 31, 1910
$835 04
RECREATION AND CELEBRATIONS
RENT OF PLAYGROUND
Appropriation
$342 00
EXPENDED
Kirk Sweetser
$342 00
$342 00
$342 00
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
$175 00
EXPENDED
Veteran Post 194, G. A. R. .
$175 00
$175 00
$175 00
BAND CONCERTS
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDED
$200 00
F. Wallace, agent .
$200 00
$200 00
.
115
CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF COMMON AND PARKS
Appropriation
$125 00
EXPENDED
Reading Water Works
$12 00
Orne Green
50 50
Patrick Burke
7 00
Supplies
1 09
70 59
Unexpended to 1911 $54 41
UNCLASSIFIED REVALUATION OF TOWN
$1,000 00
Appropriation . EXPENDED
M. F. Charles, services .
$190 00
M. A. Stone, services
191 61
A. S. Richards, services
191 61
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, Printing
392 16
Express
3 00
Typewriting
30 00 998 38
Unexpended to 1911
$1 62
INSURANCE
RECEIVED
Transferred from School Insurance Ap-
propriation .
$1,000 00
Premiums overpaid
10 10
Dividends and Rebates .
533 18
$1,543 28
.
116
EXPENDED
Premiums paid
$2,519 40
Overdraft
$976 12
Amount due from Water Department . $106 60
Amount due from Municipal Light Dept. 472 50
Amount to be appropriated in 1911 397 02
$976 12
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
No Appropriation
EXPENDED
George W. Smith vs. Town of Reading :
J. W. Grimes, counsel . 50 00
Examination of titles .
50 00
Photograph, Ticknor Case
2 00
Overdraft to 1911
$102 00
STATE TAXES (Wellington Bridge)
Appropriation
$453 70
EXPENDED
Commonwealth of Mass.
·
$453 70
.
$453 70
$453 70
HIGHWAYS
Appropriation .
$187 00
EXPENDED
Commonwealth of Mass. . $187 00
$187 00
$187 00
.
117
STATE TAX
Appropriation .
$8,085 00
EXPENDED
Commonwealth of Mass. . $8,085 00
$8,085 00 $8,085 00
COUNTY TAX
Appropriation . .
$5,607 21
EXPENDED
Paid County Treasurer .
. $5,607 21
$5,607 21 $5,607 21
PRINTING
Appropriation $750 00
EXPENDED
W. E. and J. F. Twombly, Town Reports, 1909 . $377 52
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, extra copies Water, Light and School Reports .
30 00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, miscellaneous printing . 325 40
Miscellaneous printing for Assessors
12 30 745 22
Unexpended
$4 78
TOWN BUILDING
Appropriation .
$500 00
EXPENDED
W. Bancroft & Co., fuel $392 30
Municipal Light Board, lights and supplies . 77 59
Reading Water Works .
8 00
118
Expressing
$7 25
Janitor service
25 00.
Labor and repairs .
47 88
Miscellaneous supplies
22 35 580 37
Overdraft to 1911 $80 37
ELECTION EXPENSES
Appropriation $300 00
EXPENDED
Lyceum Hall Association, rent of hall
for caucuses, elections and Town meetings
$101 00
G. L. Flint, Moderator, 1910
30 00
Printing
57 25
Recount of votes for Senator
20 00
Payrolls- Ballot Clerks and Tellers, March 7 and November 8, 1910 145 00
Election Officers. November 8, 1910 15 00
Posting warrants 2 00
M. F. Charles, services at elections
8 00
378 25
Overdraft to 1911 $78 25
C. L. HAAG ESTATE
Balance from 1909
$119 38
Expended in 1910
·
122 29
Balance to 1911
$241 67
119
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Appropriation $1,100 00
Received from licenses
84 00
Received from fees, sealing weights, measures, etc. 27 42
Received from sundry sources
72
$1,212 14
Transferred to guide boards .
$50 00
EXPENDED
M. F. Charles, recording births, mar- riages and deaths $95 20
M. F. Charles, administering oaths to town officers 18 50
A. S. Richards, copying valuation lists
75 00
A. G. Sias, Inspector of Wires, 1910 75 00
F. W. Parker, Sealer of Weights and Measures, 1910 100 00
F. W. Parker, expenses and supplies 16 78
Reporting deaths 71 00
Typewriting . 5 50
H. M. Donegan, vacation 30 00
Lila D. Stott, services for the Assessors Old South M. E. Church, care of clock Registering of Town notes
46 35
50 00
65 00
Veteran Post 194, G. A. R., lighting hall 50 00
Insurance
108 33
C. W. Abbott, Postmaster
106 20
Reporting births
7 00
Collectors, books and stationery
53 87
Order book 18 50
Account of change in accounting 144 75
Moth Department telephone
22 96
1
120
Miscellaneous expenses and supplies for
Assessors ·
$11 75
Miscellaneous books, supplies and repairs
63 49
Recording Vine street deed . 1 00
H. M. Meek Publishing Co. . 3 00
W. Flint, labor
3 00
1,292 18
Overdraft to 1911
$80 04
TAXES ON PROPERTY TAKEN
EXPENDED
For taxes
$255 34
RECEIVED
From sundry parties
55 49
Balance to 1911
$199 85
TOWN INDEBTEDNESS, SPECIAL
BONDS AND NOTES DUE IN 1910
Appropriation
.
$13,500 00
TRANSFERRED
From Water Department, Bond Acct.
2,000 00
From Municipal Light Bond and Note Acct. . .
4,000 00
From available assets
4,000 00
23,500 00
EXPENDED
For School House Notes . $12,000 00
For Electric Light Notes
4,000 00 .
For Water Department Bonds
7,000 00
For Cemetery Note
100 00
For Road Roller Note
400 00
-- $23,500 00
INTEREST ACCOUNT
By Appropriation .
.
$5,390 00
TRANSFERRED
From available assets
1,751 04
From Water Department Bond Acct. . 7,765 00 From Municipal Light Bond and Note Acct. . 2,416 00
From Cemetery Special, Interest on Note of $100 2 75
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RECEIVED
From Premiums, Sale of Notes $1 60
From Interest on Deposits . 316 96
TRANSFERRED
$17,643 35
To Water Dept. Bond Account $7.765 00
To Municipal Light Bond Account
2,416 00
To Interest Cemetery Bequests 625 33
To Cemetery Account, Special 28 02
To Cemetery Trust Funds 2 85 .
EXPENDED
For Interest on Temporary Loans ·
3,188 86
For Interest School House Loans 3,390 00
17.416 06
Unexpended balance to 1911
$227 29
LIBRARY BEQUEST FUND
Balance from 1919
$200 00
Balance to 1911 .
$200 00
ACCRUED INTEREST ON TAXES
Amount estimated due by the Audi-
tors Dec. 31, 1909 $1.695 23
RECEIVED
From H. M. Viall, Taxes 1907 $11 04
From M. A. Stone, Taxes 1908
1,321 03
From H. M. Viall, Taxes 1909
1,139 74
From H. M. Viall, Taxes 1910
111 80
Balance unexpended to 1911 888 38
$2,583 61
$2,583 61
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SCHEDULE OF REAL ESTATE
Schedule of Real Estate owned by the Town of Reading as reported by the Assessors, and estimated, December 31, 1910 :
SCHOOLS
Buildings
Land
High
$92,000
$9,000
$101,000 00
Highland
58,000
5,000
63,000 00
Center
10,000
2,000
12,000 00
Union Street
9,500
2,000
11,500 00
Prospect Street
6,000
3,800
9,800 00
John Street
2,000
1,200
3,200 00
Hopkins Street
2,000
500
2,500 00
Lowell Street .
1,500
1,500 00
$204,500 00
PARKS
Common
Land $10,000
$10,000 00
Band stand
500 00
Mayall Park
500
500 00
11,000 00
FIRE STATIONS
Buildings
Land
Hose House
Woburn St.
$2,000
$1,000
3,000 00
Hose House
Hopkins St.
1,500
*
1,500 00
Hose House
No. Main St.
1,500
600
2,100 00
Town building
15,000
6,000
21,000 00
* On school house land
27,600 00
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POOR DEPARTMENT
Buildings
Land
Town Home
$5,500
3,000 9,500 00
Town Stable
1,000 S
House 58 Fed-
eral street
950
600
1,550 00
11,050 00
ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER STATION Real Estate (valued by the Com- missioners) $11,526 59
11,526 59
HIGHWAYS
Shop Pleasant street, on Town Building land
$1,000 00
Tool House
500 00
1,500 00
CEMETERY
Land (estimated) .
$25,000 00
Tool House
100 00
25,100 00
Total Real Estate
$292,276 59
Estimated Valuation of Personal Property be- longing to the Town of Reading Dec. 31, 1910 :
Town Rooms $400 00
Police Department
288 75
Fire Department
.
13,855 00
Electric Light Department · 87,128 00 (See their Report)
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Library
$3,000 00
School Department
15,000 00
Highways
2,982 45
Water Department
2,500 00
Cemetery
200 00
Town Home
3,060 22
Total Valuation Personal Property
$128,414 42
Total Valuation of Town Property
$420,691 01
EXEMPTED PROPERTY
The following is a schedule of property used for religious and other purposes and by law exempt from taxation as reported by the Assessors Dec. 31, 1910 :
Baptist Society . . $19,500 00
Congregational Society . 38,500 00
Old South M. E. Church . 21,000 00 ·
Christian Union Society 20,500 00
St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church 44,000 00
Home for Aged Women
5,500 00
Y. M. C. Association
11,000 00
Quannapowitt Agricultural Associa-
tion
13,800 00
Total
- $173,800 00
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REPORTS OF DEPARTMENTS
Police Board of Engineers
Superintendent of Fire Alarm
Tree Warden
Forest Warden
Trustees Laurel Hill Cemetery
Sealer of Weights and Measures Board of Assessors
Tax Collector
Board of Health
Inspector of Plumbing
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Honorable Board of' Selectmen :
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