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Equipment and repairs 185 76
General expenses and supplies
270 47
$4,964 42
Unexpended to 1912
$35 58
LIST OF UNPAID BILLS
E. O. Hanscom, Engineer $46 04
E. P. Bancroft, horse hire 75 00
M. F. Charles, supplies 60
Municipal Light Department
3 40
Municipal Light Department, supplies
· and labor 21 87
115
G. F. Blanchard, horse hire
$17 50
J. J. Cameron, repairs .
6 30
N. E. T. & T. Co., telephone
1 67
$172 38
FIRE ALARM
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
L. T. Eames, Supt. Fire Alarm
$83 33
L. T. Eames, labor
162 09
Municipal Light Department, labor
15 65
Horse hire
39 00
Supplies and equipment
180 92
Repairs .
19 73
Express
3 15
$503 87
Overdrawn to 1912
$3 87
LIST OF UNPAID BILLS
Municipal Light Department, labor $2 50
G. F. McDonald, horse hire . 17 00
$19 50
Box 43, CORNER SALEM AND JOHN STREETS
Appropriation
$60 00
EXPENDED
Box
$46 00
Labor and supplies
. ·
6 70
$52 70
Unexpended to 1912
$7 30
116
RENEWAL OF LADDERS
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDED
Combination Ladder Company $150 00
$150 00
$150 00
NEW WAGON, HOSE NO. 5
Appropriation
.
$300 00
O. O. Ordway
$300 00
$300 00
$300 00
NEW HOSE
Transferred from Corporation Tax
$443 29
Transferred from Overlay 1910 226 71
$670 00
EXPENDED
Boston Coupling Company ·
$345 00
$345 00
Unexpended to 1912
$325 00
PATROL COVERS
Transferred from Overlay 1910
$35 00
Unexpended to 1912
.
$35 00
RENTAL OF HYDRANTS
Appropriation
$5,550 00
EXPENDED
Water Department
$5,550 00
$5,550 00 $5,550 00
EXPENDED
117
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$2,358 75
RECEIVED
From Highway Commission
$40 00
From sale of barrels
5 40
From sundry sale of material
11 70
From spraying
580 41
From moth work
483 00
From moth work, Collector
634 39
$1,754 90
TRANSFERRED
Balance from 1910
$498 08
From Tree Warden
276 00
$774 08
$4,887 73
Balance from 1910
. $1,178 34
EXPENDED
H. M. Donegan, Supt.
$900 00
Payroll
4,230 74
Stamped envelopes
69 64
Printing
20 75
Expressing
28 00
Storage
60 00
Teams
427 32
Supplies
22 99
Repairs .
15 02
Expense H. M. Donegan
3 90
$6,956 70
$2,068 97
Less amount transferred to Common- wealth of Massachusetts Moth Ac- count .
$932 75
Overdraft to 1912
$1,136 22
Made good by bills out for collection and due from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts $1,136 22
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.
·
INSPECTION INSPECTION OF WIRES
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDED
A. G. Sias, Inspector
$100 00
$100 00
$100 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation
$100 00
Received from fees
34 27
$134 27
EXPENDED
F. W. Parker, Sealer
$100 00
Supplies
·
12 37
$112 37
Unexpended to 1912
$21 90
118
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Appropriation $1,765 25
RECEIVED
From Mrs. Noble Bunker 78 50
$1,843 75
EXPENDED
F. D. Merrill, salary, to March 1, 1911. $12 50
H. B. Howard, salary, 1911 75 00
G. L. Flint, salary, 1911 62 50
M. E. Brande, salary, 1911 62 50
G. S. Tukey, Inspector of Plumbing 600 00
G. S. Tukey, expenses 3 00
C. H. Playdon, Inspector of Slaughter Houses, 1910 500 00
C. H. Playdon, balance salary, 1910
6 25
Rent
E. M. Halligan, M. D., Smallpox, 1910 96 00
T. C. Fife, labor and material 50 50
Fuel
15 15
Telephone
22 27
Desk
20 00
Lighting
8 53
Supplies
26 01
Miscellaneous expenses
54 11
$1,693 56
Unexpended to 1912
$150 19
119
79 24
120
LIST OF UNPAID BILLS
C. H. Playdon, Inspection to May 1, 1911 220 00
O. H. Playdon, Inspector of Animals, 1911 125 00
T. C. Fife, repairs 1 63
N. E. T. & T. Co., telephone 2 27
$348 90
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS -SMALLPOX
Balance due Dec. 31, 1910 $785 89
RECEIVED
Received
$763 40
Balance due from Commonwealth 22 49
$785 89
$785 89
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$3,000 00
RECEIPTS
From sale of material
$15 39
From concreting and edgestones
46 29
From Commonwealth of Mass.
46 40
TRANSFERRED
From Bay State R. R. C., Excise
Tax .
1,721 09
From Bay State R. R. C., Common-
wealth of Massachusetts
3,195 15
From individual sidewalks and
edgestones
58 23
From Corporation Tax
624 73
From Salem street .
.
.
TRANSFERRED
To Salem street
$33 44
To Snow and Ice Appropriation
578 94
$612 38
EXPENDED
L. W. Allen, Superintendent
$589 75
E. H. Crowe, Superintendent
310 95
Payroll, labor and teams
4,047 26
Gravel
.
62 56
Signs and guide boards .
67 71
8 20
$8,715 48
121
122
Oil for streets
$389 13
Concreting and repairs
1,067 71
Grader
140 00
Stone
529 88
Repairs, general
313 59
Repairs to roller
178 29
Fuel
11 59
Draining surface water, Summer ave.
126 00
Telephone
22 53
Inspecting boiler
5 00
Express and freight
23 34
Edgestones
15 00
Supplies
126 31
Miscellaneous expenses
43 45
$8,682 43
Unexpended to 1912
$33 05
STREET WATERING
Appropriation
$1,500 00
EXPENDED
John Stock, labor and team
$613 73
Water Department, water
500 00
Oil .
363 37
Supplies
1 95
$1,479 05
Uuexpended to 1912
$20 95
DRINKING FOUNTAINS
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDED
Water Department, water
$300 00
$300 00
$300 00
.
.
.
123
SALEM STREET
Appropriation
$1,000 00
RECEIVED
From Commonwealth of Mass. $900 00
From sundry parties .
6 00
TRANSFERRED
From Corporation Tax
175 27
From Highways
33 44
-
$2,114 71
EXPENDED
Payroll .
. $1,401 93
Stone and gravel
490 59
Freight .
292 96
Bound stone
1 50
Fuel
16 54
Oil .
2 99
$2,206 51
Transferred to Highways
8 20
-- $2,214 71
To be refunded by Com. of Mass.
$100 00
SIDEWALK EXTENSION, NO. MAIN STREET
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
Labor and payrolls
$476 84
Unexpended to 1912
$23 16
124
REBUILDING SO. MAIN STREET
Appropriation
$800 00
EXPENDED
Payrolls
$272 49
Gravity Asphalitoilene
190 00
Stone and dust
179 25
Freight
125 15
$766 89
Unexpended to 1912
$33 11
CONCRETE WALK REPAIRS
Appropriation
$250 00
EXPENDED
Killorin Constructing Co., concreting .
$250 00
$250 00
$250 00
SNOW PLOWS
Appropriation
$320 00
EXPENDED
A. B. Black Road Mfg. Co.
$300 00
Freight on plows
14 44
$314 44
Unexpended to 1912
$5 56
SNOW AND ICE TRANSFERRED
From Highways
$578 94
EXPENDED
Payroll, labor and teams
$578 94
$578 94
$578 94
125
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
$5,800 00
EXPENDED
Municipal Light Department . $5,800 00
$5,800 00 $5,800 00
INSTALLATION OF NEW LIGHTS
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDED
Municipal Light Department .
. $1,000 00
$1,000 00 $1,000 00
Report of OVERSEERS OF THE POOR For Year Ending Dec. 30, 1911
Overseers of the Poor GEORGE L. PRATT, Chairman OLIVER L. AKERLEY, Secretary EDWIN L. HUTCHINSON
Superintendent of Town Home WILLIAM O. SMITH
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
To the Citizens of the Town of Reading :
We herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1911 :
The number of inmates at the Town Home for the entire year was four and the number for a portion of the year was two.
William O. Smith was re-appointed Superintendent of the Town Home.
The Overseers will be obliged to secure a new Superin- tendent the coming year, as Mr. Smith has accepted a posi- tion to manage a large dairy farm for a prominent business man of Boston.
In the matter of uniting the Town Home with those of other towns nearby, or arranging for boarding our inmates with other towns, the Secretary of this Board took the mat- ter up by letter with three of the adjoining towns. Up to the present two of the towns have not replied. The third one replied, saying that "they were not interested in such a proposition." This would indicate that Reading is, per- haps, the only one of the towns which would be benefitted by any proposed consolidation. Therefore, the matter still remains where it has been for several years.
The inventory at the Town Home this year is practically the same as last year. The cost per week per inmate shows a decrease of nearly two dollars per week over last year, notwithstanding last summer was a very dry season, and the cost of grain and provisions has been very high.
The Town Home should be painted and shingled the coming year.
130
We would recommend that the Overseers be instructed to appoint a Town Physician.
The financial statement of this department will be found on the following pages.
GEORGE L. PRATT, OLIVER L. AKERLEY, Overseers of the Poor.
131
CHARITIES-TOWN HOME RECEIVED
Sale of milk
$2,554 02
Sale of eggs
93 02
Sale of poultry
14 89
Sale of apples
32 25
Service of bull
17 45
Sale of hay
267 62
Sale of calves
31 50
Sale of vinegar
3 15
Sale of pigs
85 06
Sale of cows
234 50
Sale of dressing
6 10
Sale of corn, etc.
9 95
Sale of flour and squash
15 95
$3,365 46
From board, account of Henry Weston
147 00
$3,512 46
EXPENDED SALARIES AND WAGES
Wm. O. Smith, Superintendent
$550 00
Henry Tobin
100 00
Hattie Skidmore
234 56
W. Lawrence
25 00
Frank Macomber
125 00
Edw. Green
6 00
George Rexford
50 00
Hay
880 01
Freight on hay
144 17
Grain
1,505 74
Flour
44 40
Freight on flour
80
.
$1,090 56
132
LIVE STOCK
Cows and bulls
$372 00
Shoats, sows and pigs
62 50
Hens
16 25
OTHER EXPENSES
Wm. O. Smith, expenses
$59 34
Provisions
318 08
Groceries
347 44
Use of pasture
10 00
Pasturing
18 25
Veterinary services, 1910-1911
47 00
Medicines
46 70
Lumber .
25 41
Repairs .
71 36
Boots and shoes and repairs
39 81
Horse shoeing and repairs
18 50
Fuel
221 02
Telephone
12 45
Water rates
93 50
Lighting
53 80
Ice
35 57
Supplies
183 84
$5,718 50
Overdraft to Poor Account
$2,206 04
LIST OF UNPAID BILLS
N. E. Telephone Co., service $1 82
Municipal Light Department, lighting 7 14
Municipal Light Department, lamps .
50
Reading Water Works, water .
20 96
$30 42
133
SCHEDULE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE TOWN HOME DEC. 30, 1911
Live stock
$1,325 50
Hay, grain and bedding
157 05
Wagons, carts and sleighs
225 00
Manure .
120 00
Harness, blankets, etc.
42 25
Spraying machine
35 00
Barrels, boxes and blankets
13 75
Fuel
142 62
Farming tools and implements
218 87
Beds and bedding
114 60
Household furniture and utensils
447 73
Provisions and supplies
209 99
$3,052 36
CHARITIES - POOR DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$3,300 00
EXPENDED
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
George L. Pratt, salary
$100 00
Oliver L. Akerley, salary
100 00
James W. Killam, salary, 1910-'11
100 00
Edwin L. Hutchinson, salary
83 33
$383 33
RELIEF GIVEN BY CITIES AND TOWNS
Town of Revere
$8 29
Town of Winchester
159 08
Town of Amesbury
22 00
City of Woburn
139 65
134
HOSPITALS
Massachusetts Hospital School $207 43
Commonwealth of Mass., Tewksbury 32 91
North Reading Sanatorium
40 57
PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS
Children's Mission
$276 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Aid
$146 00
Groceries and supplies
403 98
Fuel
164 15
Medical attendance and medicine
163 85
Burial
35 00
$2,182 24
Transferred from Town Home
2,206 04 ·
$4,388 28
Overdrawn to 1912
$1,088 28
OUTSIDE RELIEF BY TOWN Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Balance from 1910
$604 53
Expended in 1911 .
275 25
$879 78
Received in 1911
298 98
Balance due from Commonwealth
$580 80
CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Balance from 1910
$165 40
Expended, 1911
165 72
.
$331 12
Received in 1911
247 66
Bal. due from City of Cambridge . $83 46
135
TOWN OF WILMINGTON
Balance from 1910
$19 55
Received in 1911
.
$19 55
$19 55
$19 55
CITY OF LYNN
Balance from 1910
$27 00
Received in 1911
.
$27 00
$27 00
$27 00
TOWN OF NORFOLK
Balance from 1910
$279 91
Expended
135 16
Received in 1911
342 93
Due from Town of Norfolk
$72 14
TOWN OF CANTON
Balance from 1910
$76 50
Expended
.
.
$154 50
Received in 1911
114 00
Due from Town of Canton
$40 50
CITY OF SOMERVILLE
Expended in 1911
$43 38
Received in 1911
$43 38
$43 38
$43 38
.
$415 07
78 00
136
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS STATE AID
Balance from 1910 . . $2,220 00
Expended, 1911
.
.
.
.
1,999 00
$4,219 00
Received, 1911
2,222 00
Due from Commonwealth
$1,997 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation
. $1,000 00
Expended
731 58
Unexpended to 1912
$268 42
TOWN OF MARBLEHEAD
Balance from 1910 . . .
$48 00
Expended · .
. ·
.
$76 00
Received in 1911
$76 00
BURIAL OF SOLDIERS
Balance from 1910
$37 00
Expended
105 00
.
$142 00
Received in 1911 ·
37 00
Due from Commonwealth
$105 00
.
28 00
EDUCATION SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$30,000 00
RECEIVED
North Reading tuition .
$1,973 75
City of Boston
52 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
168 00
Salary returned
6 00
$32,199 75
EXPENDED ADMINISTRATIVE SALARIES
H. T. Watkins, Superintendent
$799 92
1
OTHER GENERAL SALARIES
Wm. Kidder, Truant Officer
$100 00
Teachers' salaries
24,382 00
Janitors' salaries
3,003 77 ·
Transportation
598 00
Fuel
1,078 66
Teaming fuel
173 50
Freight on fuel
944 25
-$31,080 10
Transferred to Incidentals
$1,119 65
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS
Appropriation
5,000 00
TRANSFERRED
From School Department, general
1,119 65
RECEIVED
From sundry sources
19 93
$6,139 58
137
138
EXPENDED
For books
$1,029 58
For supplies
1,495 75
Furniture and furnishing
109 14
Lighting
120 46
BUILDING AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE
Painting
$339 85
Repairs
1,614 20
Labor on grounds
74 75
Water rates .
246 35
.
INCIDENTALS
Telephone
$129 49
Inspection of school children
200 00
Board of truant
70 71
Printing
161 23
Incidentals
203 20
Expenses H. T. Watkins
56 84
Binding books
83 20
Miscellaneous
202 67
$6,137 43
Unexpended to 1912
$ 2 15
LIST OF BILLS REMAINING UNPAID
Percy N. Sweetser, coal $174 00
Russell Coal Co., coal . 117 45
B. & M. R. R., freight . .
177 60
Edgerly & Bessom, use of chairs . 3 50
American Express Co., expressing 1 96
Middlesex Co. Training School, board of truant . 17 43
.
.
·
·
.
139
Francis Bros., repairs
$36 77
Fred D. Sperry, velour
5 82
R. D. Clapp, repairs
10 96
Wendell Bancroft .
1 60
E. J. Roundy, repairs
5 25
F. Wallace
2 30
West Disinfecting Co., soap
7 40
A. Parker, labor
54 65
Henry C. Dougherty, supplies
5 50
Oliver Ditson, supplies .
12 65
T. C. Fife, repairs
20
M. F. Charles, supplies .
10 85
B. & M. R. R., freight .
1 10
Cummings' Express, expressing
6 75
W. H. Willis, supplies .
1 92
E. C.Metcalf, supplies .
2 28
Milton Bradley Co., supplies
45
Municipal Light Department
42 67
People's Gas & Electric Co., lighting 1 65
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
11 99
$714 70
SANITARY TOILETS, PROSPECT STREET SCHOOL
Appropriation $1,100 00
EXPENDED
E. C. Hanscom, cesspool
126 00
Balance to 1912
$974 00
LOWELL STREET SCHOOL BUILDING Balance from 1910 . $4,253 09
EXPENDED
Stewart & Robertson, Contractors . $2,691 50
Francis Bros. 945 76
Adden & Parker, Architects
46 00
·
140
Chamberlain Weather Strips $50 00
Clapp & Leach, electrical work · 65 00
Furniture Electrical Sale Co.
319 00
Badger Co., furniture
68 00
Fuel
67 50
$4,252 76
Unexpended to 1912
33
LIBRARIES PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation
$1,050 00
RECEIVED
From Dog Tax
$694 08
From fines and catalogues
100 00
$1,844 08
EXPENDED SALARIES AND WAGES
Bertha L. Brown, services
$301 70
Grace J. Abbott, services
36 00
C. H. Stinchfield, janitor
47 18
C. H. Stinchfield, care of heater
10 00
$394 88
Books
209 74
Periodicals
92 30
Printing, etc.
42 50
Binding books
79 35
Expressing
2 45
Lighting
52 09
Rent
593 32
Supplies
3 00 - $1,469 63
Unexpended to 1912
$374 45
141
LIST OF UNPAID BILLS
American Express Company, express $ 25
Mrs. Stephen H. Tyng, table 18 00
Hodson Bros., painting
22 75
Old Corner Book Store, books
68 32
$109 32
RECREATION AND CELEBRATIONS RENT OF PLAYGROUND
Appropriation .
$342 00
EXPENDED
Kirk Sweetser, rent .
$342 00
$342 00
$342 00
CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF COMMON
Appropriation .
$100 00
EXPENDED
Orne Green, labor
$45 00
Water
12 00
Supplies .
72
$57 72
Unexpended to 1912
$42 28
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE
Appropriation .
$175 00
EXPENDED
G. A. R. Post No. 194 · $175 00
$175 00
$175 00
142
UNCLASSIFIED TAXES ON PROPERTY TAKEN
Balance from 1910 .
.
$199 85
EXPENDED
Taxes on property taken
371 73
Balance to 1912
$571 58
C. L. HAAG
Balance from 1910
$241 67
EXPENDED
Supplies
124 57
Balance to 1912
$366 24
.
.
143
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES WATER DEPARTMENT
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1910
$415 03
Water income
15,919 34
Appropriation, hydrant rentals
5,550 00
Appropriation, street sprinkling, water
500 00
Appropriation, fountains
300 00
Con., main and service pipe
963 66
Miss. receipts
363 39
$24,011 42
PAYMENTS
Operation and maintenance .
$9,984 78
Interest
7,625 00 .
Bond payments
2,000 00
Construction and maintenance
.
4,152 49
Cash on hand Dec. 30, 1911
249 15
$24,011 42
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1910 .
$221 09
Appropriation for bond payments
3,000 00
Appropriation for note payments
1,500 00
Appropriation for interest
1,300 00
Appropriation for new street lights
1,000 00
Appropriation for new construction
2,200 00
Receipts from customers
33,962 38
Interest
30 65
Sundry receipts
2,039 67
$45,253 79
PAYMENTS
Paid for construction
$8,430 51
Paid for bonds
3,000 00
Paid for notes
1,500 00
Paid for interest
2,767 00
Paid for salaries Commissioners
225 00
Paid for maintenance
29,202 58
Cash on hand Dec. 30, 1911
128 70
.
$45,253 79
.
.
144
CEMETERY
Appropriation
$1,100 00
RECEIVED
From interest on bequests
$645 00
From sale of material
6 85
EXPENDED
Payroll .
. $1,252 75
A. W. Danforth, secretary
75 00
A. W. Danforth, expenses
7 50
Survey
13 50
Printing
3 25
Supplies
10 71
Repairs
6 85
Planting beds
170 50
Flowers .
29 00
Holders
24 00
Lawn seed
34 50
Concreting
116 34
Lettering
3 30
$1,747 20
Unexpended to 1912
$4 65
REMOVAL OF LEDGE
Transferred from Cemetery, special ac- count
$500 00
RECEIVED
8 50
From sale of stone
$508 50
.
$1,751 85
145
EXPENDED
A. Michelini, removing ledge $492 88
J. A. Bancroft, survey . 10 40
$503 28
Unexpended to 1912 $5 22
CEMETERY SPECIAL
Balance from 1910
$1,710 27
RECEIVED
From sales of lots and graves
$990 00
$2,700 27
TRANSFERRED
To Municipal indebtedness for notes $100 00
To ledge account
500 00
$600 00
$2,100 27
Note: Interest is added to this January, 1912, amounting to $72.01, omitted in December by error.
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS MATURING IN 1911
Appropriation
$14,500 00
TRANSFERRED
From Municipal Light Dept. 4,500 00
From Water Dept. Bond Acct.
2,000 00
From Cemetery Special
100 00
$21,100 00
EXPENDED
Cemetery Note .
$100 00
Highland School house .
3,000 00
High School building
6,000 00
Lowell Street School building
1,500 00
Water Bonds
7,000 00
.
TRANSFERRED
To Bond Account, Municipal Light
4,500 00
$22,100 00
Overdraft
$1,000 00
Error recording notes issued Dec. 21, 1906, as maturing 1912 to 1917, should have been recorded as maturing 1911 to 1916.
INTEREST ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$3,939 90
Interest on deposits
304 04
Premiums on loans
97 70
Interest on taxes
1,991 15
Accrued interest
.
173 33
$6,506 12
146
.
.
RECEIVED
147
EXPENDED
Interest on temporary loans ·
2,505 01
Interest on school loans 3,240 00
Interest on expense loans, $12,000 4% 240 00
Interest on Cemetery bequests 474 17
Interest on Library bequest
66 17
$6,526 35
Overdraft to 1912
$20 23
NOTE. - The Municipal Light Department paid interest on notes and bonds, $2,767.00. The Water Department paid interest, $7,625.00.
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
STATE TAX
From tax levy 1911
$8,085 00
EXPENDED
To Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$8,085 00
$8,085 00
$8,085 00
COUNTY TAX
From tax levy 1911
.
$5,162 00
EXPENDED
To Treasurer of Middlesex County
$5,162 00
$5,162 00
$5,162 00
HIGHWAY TAX
From tax levy 1911
·
.
$187 00
EXPENDED
To Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$187 00
$187 00
$187 00
WELLINGTON BRIDGE
From tax levy 1911
$65 12
EXPENDED
To Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$65 12
$65 12
$65 12
148
149
CORPORATION AND BANK TAX Received from Com. of Mass.
Corporation tax .
$4,915 22
Bank tax
545 31
$5,460 53
TRANSFERRED
To sundry sources $1,793 29 ,
EXPENDED
To Com. of Mass. bank tax . 467 24
$2,260 53
Balance used in levy . $3,200 00
BAY STATE STREET RAILWAY
RECEIVED
From Bay State Railway
$1,721 09
From Com. of Mass. .
3,195 15
$4,916 24
To highways
$4,916 24
CEMETERY BEQUEST
Balance from 1910
$13,650 66
Sundry bequests
700 33
Interest
·
672 47
$15,023 46
TRANSFERRED
RECEIVED
150
EXPENDED
Town of Reading note, temporary
loan
. $14,000 00
Interest to Cemetery account · 645 00
Cash on hand
378 46
$15,023 46
LIBRARY BEQUEST
Balance from 1910
$200 00
Received interest
.
.
66 17
Cash on hand
$266 17
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SCHEDULE OF REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN OF READ- ING DEC. 30, 1911.
SCHOOLS
Buildings and land .
$214,000 00
Personal .
15,000 00
$229,000 00
PARKS
Common .
$10,000 00
Band stand
500 00
Mayall Park
500 00
Washington Park
500 00
$11,500 00
TOWN BUILDINGS
Town Buildings
$21,400 00
Grouard estate
10,700 00
Police, personal
311 50
$32,411 50
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Fire houses
$6,600 00
Personal
.
13,855 00
$20,455 00
LIBRARIES
Personal .
·
9
.
$3,500 00
WATER DEPARTMENT
Building .
$1,000 00
Personal .
2,500 00
$3,500 00
HIGHWAYS
Tool house
$500 00
Personal .
.
3,502 10
$4,002 10
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POOR DEPARTMENT
Town Home
$9,500 00
House Federal street
1,550 00
Personal, Town Home
3,052 36
$14,102 36
CEMETERY
Land (estimated)
$25,000 00
Tool house
100 00
Personal .
200 00
$25,300 00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Building and land .
$11,526 59
Personal .
91,371 50
$102,898 09
Total value of real and personal
property Dec. 30, 1911
$446,669 05
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. 30, 1911 :
Baptist Society $19,500 00
Congregational Society
38,500 00
Old South M. E. Church
6,500 00
Christian Union Society
20,500 00
St. Agnes' Roman Catholic Church
44,000 00
Home for Aged Women
5,500 00
Y. M. O. Association
11,000 00
Quannapowitt Agricultural Associa- tion 13,800 00
Total
$159,300 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT
To the Citizens of the Town of Reading :
In accordance with the vote passed at the annual Town meeting in March, 1911, there has been issued $12,000 in bonds bearing 4 per cent. interest to pay the Cemetery Bequest Fund indebtedness. These mature $1,200 in each year, 1912 to 1921.
A note for $2,200 has been issued at 4 per cent. interest for new construction in connection with the Municipal Light Plant. This was authorized by vote at the annual meeting.
At a special Town meeting held June 19, 1911, a vote was passed authorizing the purchase of the Grouard Estate, and the Treasurer was instructed to issue the note or notes of the Town to the amount of $10,700 to pay for the same. In accordance therewith, I have issued the notes of the Town for the above amount at 4 per cent. interest, $1,700 payable in 1912 and the balance payable $1,000 each year, 1913 to 1921.
Notes have been issued the past year for temporary loans, in anticipation of taxes, to the amount of $109,000; of this amount $59,000 remains unpaid and will mature in 1912.
The average daily balance of temporary loans for 1911 was $78,021.92; the average rate of interest paid for tem- porary loans for 1911 was 3.64 per cent.
Yours respectfully, WARD C. MANSFIELD,
Treasurer.
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154
TREASURER'S REPORT, TOWN OF READING, DEO. 30, 1911 WATER DEPARTMENT DR.
1911
Jan. 2, To cash, balance from Dec. 31, 1910 $415 03 To cash, deposits by Water Commissioners . 23,530 10
Interest
66 29
Total
$24,011 42
OR.
By payments as per vouchers $23,762 27 Dec. 30, By balance cash on hand 249 15
Total $24,011 42
WARD (. MANSFIELD,
Treasurer.
155
TREASURER'S REPORT, TOWN OF READING, DEC. 30, 1911 MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD DR.
1911
Jan. 2, To cash balance from Dec. 31, 1910 $221 09 To cash, deposited by Munic- ipal Light Board 45,003 77 Interest 28 93 .
Total
$45,253 79
OR.
By payments as per vouchers $45,125 09 Dec. 30, By balance cash on hand 128 70
Total
$45,253 79
WARD C. MANSFIELD,
Treasurer.
156
TREASURER'S REPORT, CEMETERY BEQUEST FUND, DEO. 30, 1911 DR.
To cash from Town of Read-
ing, as per report, Dec. 31, 1910, " Permanent Fund" $12,780 49
To cash, accrued interest 870 17
To cash, sundry bequests
700 00
Interest
672 80
Total
$15,023 46
OR.
By invested funds
. $14,000 00
By payments, care of lots
645 00
·
1911
Dec. 30, By balance cash on hand
378 46
Total
$15,023 46
WARD C. MANSFIELD,
Treasurer.
157
TREASURER'S REPORT, PUBLIC LIBRARY BEQUEST FUND, DEC. 30, 1911 DR.
To cash, Town of Reading note, as per report Dec. 31,
1910
$200 00
Interest
66 17
Total
$266 17
OR.
1911
Dec. 30, By balance cash on hand
$266 17
WARD C. MANSFIELD,
Treasurer.
158
DR.
TREASURER'S REPORT
1911
Jan. 2 To balance of cash from Dec. 31, 1910.
$4,119 9%
To Cash, H. M. Viall, Collector, Tax 1909 $26,431 54
H. M. Viall, Collector, Tax 1910. 11,302 21
H. M. Viall, Collector, Tax 1911. 84,285 01
H. M. Viall, Collector, return postage. 10 02
H, M. Viall, Collector, certificate of taxes. 4 00
School Department, tuition North Reading. 1,973 75
School Department, City of Boston .
52 00
School Department, Commonwealth of Mass 168 00
School Department, sundry items.
25 93
Town Home.
3,712 46
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, sundry items
5,472 73
.. Middlesex County, Dog Tax.
694 08
Sale of current expense bonds
12,000 00
Accrued interest, current expense bonds 173 33
Premium, current expense bonds. 97 20
10,700 00
Temporary loans
106,686 05
City of Cambridge, Poor Department. 247 66
City of Somerville, Poor Department. 43 38
76 00
Town of Canton, Poor Department
114 00
Town of Wilmington, Poor Department
19 55
Town of Norfolk, Poor Department.
342 93
City of Lynn, Poor Department.
27 00
Moth Department, private work.
1,103 41
Moth Department, material sold .
17 10
Police Department.
114 50
Highway Department, sundry payments .
7 79
Cemetery Department, labor.
645 00
Cemetery Account, sale of lots and graves
990 00
Cemetery Bequest
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