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4,000 00
July 21
1,000 4
% Grouard Estate Loan
9,000 00
Apr. 15
1,200 4
Current Expense Loan
10,800 00
Apr. 28
100
Cemetery Land
100 00
$26,100
Total debt
$341,700 00
80
FINANCES
The assessed valuation of the Town April 1, 1912, was :
Real estate
$3,408,985 00
Personal estate
1,137,882 00
Total valuation $6,546,867 00
Assessed at $19.50 per $1,000 gives $127,666 76
1,871 polls at $2.00 3,742 00
$131,408 76
This tax is divided as follows :
For Town purposes .
$119,561 71
Less Corporation Tax estimated 4,900 00
$114,661 71
County tax
5,056 64
State tax .
9,187 50
Highway tax
187 00
Wellington Bridge
42 20
Overlays .
2,273 71
$131,408 76
TRUST FUNDS
Bequest of Nancy Wakefield
$100 00
Thomas Sweetser
100 00
66 Sabrina Nichols
100 00
Martha Pike
25 00
Sarah Batchelder
25 00
T. T. Greenwood .
500 00
6 6 Mark Temple
100 00
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
66
Lucretia A. Hopkins and Elias Board-
man
150 00
81
Bequest of 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 Batch- elder
100 00
Arthur D. Kingman, Ex. Gardner French . 50 00
Estate of P. A. Corkins 100 00
Dorinda R. Pratt, Ex. T. B. Pratt 200 00
Mary Ann McAllister . 100 00
100 00
66
Mary Ann McAllister for Jos. Bryant .
50 00
66
Frederick Bancroft, Ex. Harriet B. Bancroft 60 46
66
Estate of Samuel Pierce
100 00
66
D. W. Berry, Ex. Caroline Hammond 100 00
William L. Crowe 100 00
100 00
66
Heirs of Sherman Chase
75 00
Estate of Isaac M. Clark
100 00
Estate of Anna G. Butler
150 00
66
Mary E. Badger . 100 00
66
Estate of Heil J. Nelson
200 00
66
Estate of John Burrill
100 00
.6
Estate of S. H. Dinsmore
100 00
Mary J. Kimball . 50 00
Alden and Lois D. Batchelder 100 00
Estate of Charles A. Weston
100 00
Henry F. Parker .
100 00
66 Sarah D. Eaton
100 00
66
Heirs of James H. Bancroft
75 00
66
Mary W. Pratt
50 00
Climena Wakefield
100 00
66
Gilman A. Coggin
Mary Evans .
50 00
Heirs of George C. Coney
Estate of F. O. Dewey
300 00
82
Bequest of Estate of Louisa M. Eaton . $100 00
Maria E. Waitt
100 49
..
Adrien Mertens .
200 00
Albert P. Gleason
50 00
Frances P. Dow .
100 00
Estate of Thomas Richardson
100 00
Helen M. Sherman
50 00
Fannie Cottrell
50 00
66
Charles E. Hall
100 00
Lucy W. Parker .
75 00
Estate of Martha R. Temple
100 00
Estate of Needham Nichols
100 00
Mary W. Pratt
50 00
Mrs. James T. Norris .
30 00
Estate of Francis Kingman
100 00
.6
Estate of Albert Nichols
100 00
George L. Smith .
200 00
Susan A. Martin .
100 00
Maria Carter
100 00
Hubbard and Elbridge Copeland and Leander Willey
150 00
66
John Draffin
100 00
66
Hattie D. Pond, Ex.
100 00
Trustees of Laura Frost
50 00
Abby O. Clapp
100 00
Emily Alice Jones
.
100 00
Emma M. Brown
75 00
66
F. Eliza Kingman
100 00
Edward T. Pendergrace
100 00
Fannie A. Morton
100 00
Lewis M. Bancroft
50 00
Caroline L. White
50 00
66 Hannah O. Cochrane
50 00
6 6 Charles W. Cochrane
200 00
Edgar M. Knight
100 00
66
Reuben Weston .
100 00
66
J. B. Hopkins
.
100 00
.
.
83
Bequest of I. P. M. Wiggin .
$100 00
Joseph H. Gleason
50 00
Mary Norwood
50 00
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
66
Lizzie B. Davis
100 00
66 Helen C. Prentiss
Louise Leathe
100 00
Arthur M. Coons
75 00
Thomas and F. E. Appleton
150 00
Mary A. Gilman .
100 00
וי
A. Newell Howes
100 00
Mrs. Frances Todd
100 00
66
James F. Wright
100 00
Ella M. Damon
100 00
M. Elizabeth Broad
100 00
Walter H. Norris
75 00
.6
Mary J. Harris
50 00
. 6
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
Eunice E. Damon
100 00
Estate of Ellen M. Damon
75 00
66
Abby C. Spokesfield
100 00
Estate of Susan Bancroft
100 00
66
Heirs of Clinton B. and Wm. J. Holden (per Treasurer's Report, 1905) 100 00
.6 Florence W. Temple (per Treasurer's Report, 1906)
75 00
Hubbard E. Cox .
80 00
100 00
84
Bequest of Mrs. Charles O. Tweed $50 00 66 Nathan Bancroft .
100 00
66
Caroline E. Wright
100 00
66 Selinda H. Pratt .
85 00
Estate of Eliza A. Barrows .
100 00
Rachel A. Coggin
50 00 66
100 00
6 6
Estate of H. H. Howard
100 00
66
Estate of Mrs. H. E. Shackford .
100 00
66
Mary S. Goodwin
60 00
6 6 Estate of Susan Cummings .
50 00
66 Maria P. Howard
100 00
O. P. Symonds & Son .
125 00
6 6
Estate of Daniel Pratt
100 00
.6
Elizabeth A. Abbott
150 00
Estate of Wm. I. Ruggles
100 00
Geo. H. Prescott . 100 00
66
Estate of Wm. Carter .
100 00
66
Estate of D. N. Tuttle
100 00
Ida R. Bickford .
50 00
PAID IN 1912
Bequest of Estate of Priscilla Leathe 100 00
Estate of Cassadana B. H. Temple 50 00
Estate of Mary L. Temple 50 00
Ellen R. Parker
50 00
Ellen R. Parker . 50 00
100 00
66
Estate of Clara C. Parker
150 00
$14,065 95
Interest accrued on the above unexpended .
887 30
$14,953 25
Augusta K. Barrows
Estate of Henry Damon
100 00
Mrs. E. A. Lovejoy
85
CEMETERY BEQUEST FUND
The Treasurer, Cemetery Trustees and Select- men, acting as Trustees of the Cemetery Fund, held on Dec. 31, 1912, cash and secu- rities amounting to
$14,953 25
Balance from 1911 . $14,378 46
Received from sundry parties
in 1912 . $550 00
Received interest 690 79
$1,240 79
Less interest paid for per-
petual care
666 00
574 79
$14,953 25
This fund is invested as follows : Town of Reading bonds $14,000 00
Wilmington extension, 4%, interest payable January and July :
Interest due to Dec. 31 not paid 258 22
Cash held by the Treasurer 695 03
$14,953 25
LIBRARY BEQUEST FUND
The Treasurer and Trustees of the Public Library held on Dec. 31, 1912, cash amounting to $266 17
This amount is invested as follows :
Cash held by the Treasurer $266 17
CASH HELD BY TREASURER OF FUND
Cemetery Bequest Fund
$695 03
Library Bequest Fund 266 17
TAXES $961 20
The taxes committed, abated and collected during the fiscal year, together with the balance unpaid Dec. 31, 1911, and Dec. 31, 1912, are as follows :
86
TAXES, 1909
Balance from 1911
$434 25
Collected
$258 10
Abated
29 15
287 25
Balance uncollected
$147 00
TAXES, 1910
Balance from 1911
$14,231 48
Re-assessment
84 71
Error in refund
2 00
$14,318 19
Collected
· . $13,799 34
Error in refund
25
Abated
382 36
14,181 95
$136 24
TAXES, 1911
Balance from 1911
$41,309 35
Error refund
2 20
$41,311 55
Collected
. $27,479 91
Abated
642 08
28,121 99
13,189 56
TAXES, 1912
Amount assessed
$131,408 76
Additional tax
18 00
Supplementary warrant
701 66
Re-assessed
106 27
Refunded
11 75
Bay State Railway tax
2,653 67
$134,900 11
Collected
$85,755 63
Bay State Railway tax
2,653 67
Abated
395 72
$88,805 02
46,095 09
.
·
Total amount outstanding Dec. 31, 1912 . $59,567 89
87
ASSESSMENTS
The assessments Dec. 30, 1911, assessments levied, amount paid during the year, and the balance unpaid Dec. 31, 1912, are as follows :
COLLECTOR MOTH ASSESSMENTS, 1910
Balance from 1911
$207 00
Collected in 1912
$148 75
Abated
4 25
153 00
$54 00
COLLECTOR MOTH ASSESSMENTS, 1911
Balance from 1911
$426 15
Collected in 1912
. $253 45
Abated .
2 75
256 20
169 95
COLLECTOR MOTH ASSESSMENTS, 1912
Amount levied
$1,095 66
Error in commitment
2 00
$1,097 66
Amount collected
595 17
Abated .
3 50
598 67
498 99
Total uncollected Moth Assessments .
$722 94
EDGESTONE ASSESSMENT
Balance from 1911
$74 27
Assessed
.
44 83
$119 10
Collected
74 27
Balance unexpended
$44 83
·
·
88
ASSETS
Trust Funds :
Cemetery Bequest
Wilmington Extension
Bonds, Town of Reading
$14,000 00
Interest due Dec. 31, 1912
258 20
Cash held by Treasurer
695 05
Library Fund
Cash held by Treasurer
266 17
$15,219 42
CAPITAL ASSETS
Public Property . . $786,901 89
$786,901 89
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FROM
ASSETS
Cash held by Treasurer
$6,872 22
Collector Taxes, 1909
147 00
Collector Taxes, 1910 .
136 24
Collector Taxes, 1911 .
13,189 56
Collector Taxes, 1912 .
46,095 09
Collector Moth Assessment, 1910
54 00
Collector Moth Assessment, 1911
169 95
Collector Moth Assessment, 1912
498 99
Sundry parties, spraying
579 25
Sundry parties, edgestones
44 83
O. L. Haag Estate
161 00
Water Department Insurance
106 60
Moth Department, Commonwealth of Mass. Tree Warden
118 72
Commonwealth of Mass., Small Pox .
22 49
Commonwealth of Mass., Poor Department
617 13
City of Cambridge, Poor Department
82 28
Town of Norfolk, Poor Department
136 27
Town of Canton, Poor Department
42 00
State Aid. Commonwealth of Mass.
1,780 00
Burial of Soldiers, Commonwealth of Mass.
179 00
City of Somerville
55 81
$73,253 91
2,165 48
89
LIABILITIES
Trust Funds :
Cemetery Bequest ·
$14,953 25
Library Bequest .
266 17
CAPITAL LIABILITIES
$15,219 42
Town Debt
. $341,700 00
Balance Town Reading
445,201 89
$786,901 89
APPROPRIATIONS, DECEMBER 31, 1912 LIABILITIES
Overlays, 1910
$364 86
Overlays, 1911
948 50
Overlays, 1912
2,703 92
Cemetery Special
3,325 71
Suspense (assessments unpaid)
1,347 02
Fire Loss, Library
1,236 14
Survey Block System .
310 96
Grouard Estate Income
187 96
Taxes on Property Taken
483 69
Drain Pipe, Gould street
582 70
School Street Construction .
45 12
Contingent Account
5,600 64
Sanitary Toilet, Union Street School . 116 69
Lowell Street Macadam
1,000 00
Temporary Loans
55,000 00
$73,253 91
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Detailed account of the appropriations made by the Town during the year, together with the transfers, the expen- ditures and the unexpended balances Dec. 31, 1912 :
GENERAL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE
Moderator :
Appropriation $25 00
Unexpended balance, Dec.
30, 1911
5 00
$30 00
EXPENDED
Geo. L. Flint, Moderator . $25 00
Unexpended, to Contingent 5 00
30 00
EXECUTIVE
SELECTMEN :
Appropriation Salaries
550 00
Overdrafts from 1911 50 00
EXPENDED
To Geo. L. Pratt, salary . 33 34
Oliver L. Akerley, salary · 25 00
Alvah W. Clark, salary 166 66
Edwin L. Hutchinson, salary 125 00
Fred'k D. Merrill, salary . 150 00
550 00
90
91
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation . ·
344 71
Transfer from Printing and
Stationery . ·
105 29
$450 00
EXPENDED
Printing and Supplies . $109 01
Ledger Accountant .
20 00
Stamps and envelopes
21 36
Expressing
1 15
151 52
Unexpended, to Contingent . 298 48
450 00
FINANCIAL
TOWN ACCOUNTANT :
Appropriation . 500 00
EXPENDED
To John H. Sheldon, services .
500 00
TREASURER :
Salary appropriation . 400 00
EXPENDED
Ward O. Mansfield, Treas.
400 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation .
225 00
92
EXPENDED
To Binders $5 75
Certification of Notes .
42 00
Envelopes
43 24
Printing
13 75
Supplies
95
Numbering stamp
14 00
Treas. Bond premiums
60 00
Voucher checks .
19 00
198 69
Unexpended, to Contingent
26 31
$225 00
TAX COLLECTOR :
Salary
Balance from 1911
240 58
Appropriation
319 42
Transferred from Contg't .
379 74
939 74
EXPENDED
To Herbert M. Viall, Collector
Taxes 1909, 2% $8,022 22
Taxes 1910, 2% 15,639 02
Taxes 1911, 3% 30,821 92
$54,483 16 $272 30
Taxes 1912, 2% 88,991 69 667 44
939 74
$143,474 85
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
.
125 00
Receipts . . .
5 55
130 55
93
EXPENDED
For Books .
$15 25
Express
25
Printing
28 75
Supplies
5 45
Stamped Envelopes
74 34
124 04
Transferred to Contingent 6 51
$130 55 ·
ASSESSORS :
Salaries
Balance from 1911 .
45 01
Appropriation
854 99
900 00
EXPENDED
For Arthur C. Copeland, 2 mo.
4 dys. . $44 15
M. F. Charles, 2 mo. $41 67
M. F. Charles, 10 mo. 250 00 291 67
Alvah W. Clark,
2 mo. 41 67
Alvah W. Clark,
10 mo. 250. 00 291 67
George E. Horrocks, 10 mo. 250 00
877 48
Transferred to Contingent 22 52
900 00
EXPENSES
Appropriation
200 00
94
EXPENDED
To Arthur O. Copeland, ex. ser. $26 25
Arthur C. Copeland, exp. . 10 00
Alvah W. Clark, expense 9 41
M. F. Charles, expense 2 50 ·
Geo. Horrocks, expense 2 50
James W. Grimes, services 5 00
Abstract Cards
37 05
Printing
21 15
Recording Deeds .
54 55
Supplies
11 57
Use of horse and wagon
5 00
184 98
Transferred to Contingent
15 02
$200 00
UNPAID BILLS
W. E. & J. F. Twombly . . $150 00
TOWN CLERK :
Salary
Appropriation 150 00
EXPENDED
To M. F. Charles, services 150 00
EXPENSES
Appropriation ·
200 00
EXPENDED
For reporting births . $21 25
Reporting deaths 18 75
Recording births,
mar-
riages and deaths 82 20
Stationery and supplies . 62 77
$184 97
Transferred to Contingent
15 03
200 00
95
UNPAID BILLS
Edgerley & Bessom . .
.
$16 75
OTHER GENERAL ACCOUNTS
PRINTING AND STATIONERY
Balance from 1911
$105 29
Transferred to Selectmen ex-
penses
105 29
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
By balance from 1911
58
Appropriation .
590 00
Sundry receipts
74 76
Transferred from Contingent .
524 91
$1,190 25
EXPENDED
To F. G. McDonald, Sec. Fi- nance Com. 1911-1912 .
$50 00
Professional services .
20 00
Administering oaths .
19 00
Printing Town Reports
574 44
M. F. Charles, Record at State House .
25 00
Liability Insurance
288 13
Repairing flag
2 00
Printing
20 50
Recording deeds .
7 19
Vacation H. M. Donegan
36 00
Services auctioneer
5 00
96
Perambulation town bounds
$50 00
Legal services
40 40
Services State Aid
5 00
Braided cotton
6 40
Sundries
22 25
Telephone
18 94
-
$1,190 25
TOWN BUILDING
Appropriation .
580 68
Balance from 1911
.
19 32
600 00
Transferred from Contingent .
43
-
600 43
EXPENDED
To Combination of vault .
15 50
Fuel
196 50
Lighting
152 62
Municipal light services
21 87
Repairs
38 37
Expressing
22 80
Supplies
10 10
Furniture
15 00
Water .
5 31
Janitor services .
25 00
Repairs to building
97 36
600 43
UNPAID BILLS
Wendell Bancroft Co.
·
$15 89
Municipal Light Board
·
22 53
97
INSURANCE
Balance from 1911
.
$472 17
Appropriation
500 00
Receipts .
75
972 92
EXPENDED
For sundry policies
. $263 98
Transferred to Contingent . 708 94
972 92
FIRE LOSS-LIBRARY
Balance from 1911 702 55
RECEIVED
From sundry Companies .
1,090 15
1,792 70
EXPENDED
For la bor
$7 38
Furniture and fixtures
38 47
Repairs
86 99
Binding books
257 45
Rent Y. M. C. A.
9 00
Books . 157 27
556 56
Balance to 1913 .
1,236 14
FIRE LOSS -- HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
Balance from 1911 $24 27
From sundry Companies $24 30
RECEIVED
Transferred to Contingent
03
24 30
.
.
98
FIRE LOSS-TOWN BUILDING
Balance from 1911 $18 37
RECEIVED
From sundry Companies $19 50
Transferred to Contingent 1 13
19 50
TOWN VAULT ALTERATIONS
Balance from 1911 $2 51
Transferred to Contingent 2 51
LIGHTING G. A. R. HALL
Appropriation .
$50 00
EXPENDED
For lighting
50 00
BLOCK SYSTEM SURVEY
Balance from 1911
$424 50
Appropriation .
500 00
924 00
EXPENDED
To James A. Bancroft, survey . $599 29
Cabinet
14 25
613 34
Balance to 1913 .
310 46
GROUARD ESTATE INCOME
Balance from 1911
$132 97
RECEIVED
For rent . 500 04
633 01
99
TRANSFERRED
To maturing indebtedness . $424 66
EXPENDED
For repairs and sundries . 20 39
445 05
Balance to 1913 .
187 96
C. L. HAAG PROPERTY
Balance from 1911
. $366 24
Appropriation .
$366 24
RECEIVED
On account of sale of property 50 00
EXPENDED
Auctioneer's services
10 00
Burial expenses
50 00
Fuel .
24 25
Groceries .
18 87 .
Nurse's services
10 00 .
Professional services
79 50
Water
6 00
Supplies
12 38
211 00
Balance to 1913 . 161 00
NOTE .- Since closing $1,035.00 has been paid in full for sale of property.
100
TAXES ON PROPERTY TAKEN
Balance from 1911 . . $571 58
EXPENDED
To Herbert M. Viall, Collector 90 78 Herbert M. Viall, Collector 350 75
$1,013 11
RECEIVED
Town property sold . 1,496 80
Balance to 1913 . 483 69
KINGMAN PROPERTY, ASH STREET
Transferred from Overlay Ac-
count
$1,100 00
EXPENDED
Miss Zelia M. Kingman, land 1,100 00
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT
OVERDRAWN UNEXPENDED
Interest Account
$241 43
Moderator
10 00
Treasurer's Expense
26 31
Selectmen's Expense
298 48
Tax Collector's Expense .
6 51
Assessors' Salaries .
22 52
Assessors' Expense .
15 02
Town Clerk's Expense
15 03
Insurance .
708 94
Fire Loss, High School Building
03
101
Fire Loss, Town Building
1 13
Town Vault Alterations .
2 51
Police Department
301 10
Fire Department
447 24
Health Department .
261 92
Street Watering
178 65
Salem Street
125 77
Poor Department
1,199 25
Soldiers' Relief
246 47
School Department .
10 46
Lowell Street School House
33
Prospect St. School Sanitation
4 00
Public Library .
13 24
Care of Common
32 98
Cemetery .
77
Cemetery Ledge
5 22
Corporation Tax
808 05
Bank Tax .
25 18
Concrete Walk, Main Street
36 20
Highway .
1,124 57
Excess Appropriation, 1911
Trust Funds
437 85
Tax Collector's Salary
$379 74
Election and Registration
63 30
Miscellaneous Expenses
524 91
Town Building .
43
Sealer of Weights and Measures
11 18
Forest Warden
26 96
1,006 52
Balance to 1913 .
5,600 64
6,607 16
6,607 16
.
.
102
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Appropriation Salaries $130 00
EXPENDED
Millard F. Charles, Registrar
and Clerk . $40 00
W. S. Prentiss, salary 30 00
Owen McKenney, salary . 30 00
Arthur B. Nichols, salary to
July 1
15 00
115 00
Unexpended to Contingent 15 00
EXPENSES
Balance from 1911
$17 28
Appropriation 507 72
$525 00
Transferred from Contingent .
78 30
603 30
EXPENDED
Pay Roll, Election Officers 290 00
A. Mellen, services at primaries 12 00
Owen McKenney, services re- count .
5 00
5 00
W. S. Prentiss, services recount Arthur B. Nichols, services re- count .
5 00
M. F. Charles, services recount 5 00
M. F. Charles, services recount, Woburn 3 00
M. F. Charles, services at elec- tion 20 00
Posting warrants
8 00
103
Lunches $8 20
Rent of hall . 103 00
Printing warrant, ballots, etc. 129 25
Preparing and posting warrants 6 00
Supplies 3 85
$603 30
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTEMNT
Appropriation
$4,600 00
RECEIVED
From court fines
248 00
From salary returned Officer Orr
16
4,848 16
EXPENDED
For Salaries of Officers :
W. T. Leggett, Chief
$248 97
W. E. Swain, Chief
709 50
Wm. H. Manning, patrolman
974 00
Rob't Powers . 6
974 00
J. M. Cullinane 6 6
974 00
C. M. Skidmore
79 06
O. H. Low
54 47
Sam'l Brown
56 00
T. J. Cullinane
111 93
W. J. Murphy
6 6
2 75
4,184 68
Pay Roll Special Officers
64 13
4,248 81
104
Transportation of prisoners
$13 45
Printing
5 55
Telephone and tolls
69 00
Legal services
40 00
Furniture
10 00
Repairs
3 25
Supplies
40 86
Use of team .
6 50
Expenses W. E. Swain
14 42
Stretcher
6 00
Auto List
10 00
Helmets
7 35
4,475 19
Overdraft from 1911
71 87
Unexpended balance to Contingent
301 10
$4,848 16
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Balance from 1911
$35 58
Appropriation
6,000 00
Receipts
19 37
TRANSFERRED
From Fire Alarm Box, John St.
7 30
Fire Alarm Box, Curtis St.
123 00
Fire Alarm Box, Chute St.
13 50
Fire Alarm Box, Howard St.
4 75
$6,203 50
EXPENDED
F. G. Nichols, salary to April 1 $25 00
O. O. Ordway, salary, Engineer 95 72
E. O. Hanscom, salary, Engineer 79 50
George D. Putnam, salary, Clerk
81 25
L. T. Eames, salary, Eng. of Steamer 25 00
.
.
.
105
L. T. Eames, salary, Superintendent of Fire Alarm $100 00
M. J. Shannon, salary, Ass't Engineer 100 00
E. H. Crowe, salary, Steward 60 00
C. H. Heselton, salary, Steward 65 00
D. Weston, salary, Steward 30 00
Parker Nichols, salary, Steward
30 00
G. F. Blanchard, salary, Steward
15 00
Pay Roll
2,875 77
Horse Hire
1,193 50
Fuel and Light
85 02
Equipment and Repairs
407 32
Supplies
143 58
Telephone
24 79
Extra Labor
249 17
Water
18 21
Express
12 19
Storage .
2 00
Rent, Hose 5
34 37
5,752 39
Transferred from Fire Alarm
3 87
5,756 26
Balance to Contingent
$447 24
FIRE ALARM
Balance from 1911 $3 87
Transferred from Fire Department
$3 87
Box 43, JOHN STREET
Balance from 1911 $7 30
Transferred to Fire Department
$7 30
106
NEW HOSE
Balance from 1911 .
$325 00
Appropriation
.
650 00
$975 00
EXPENDED
New Hose
.
$975 00
PATROL COVERS
Balance from 1911 $35 00
EXPENDED
Covers
$35 00
HYDRANT RENTALS
Appropriation
$5,610 00
EXPENDED
Reading Water Works
. $5,610 00
FIRE ALARM BOX, CURTIS STREET
Appropriation
$175 00
EXPENDED
Material, wire, etc.
$52 00
Transferred to Fire Department 123 00
$175 00
FIRE ALARM BOX, CHUTE STREET
Appropriation
$60 00
EXPENDED
Labor and material
$55 25
Transferred to Fire Department ·
4 75
$60 00
107
INSPECTOR OF WIRES
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDED
Arthur G. Sias
$100 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Balance from 1911 . 21 90
Appropriation
53 10
Receipts
38 17
Transferred from Contingent
11 18
124 35
EXPENDED
Salary, F. W. Parker
100 00
Expenses, F. W. Parker
9 50
Printing .
8 75
Supplies . .
6 10
124 35
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
2,543 37
Received from Collector from assess-
ments
.
997 37
Received from spraying
1,110 60
Transferred from Tree Warden for labor
280 00
4,931 34
Balance from 1911 . 1,136 22
EXPENDED
Pay rolls . $5,167 43 .
Teaming, E. C. Hanscom
165 63
Teaming, Frank Forbes
140 56
Teaming, Charles Cullinane .
72 19
Teaming, T. J. Cullinane
17 50
108
Teaming, G. F. McDonald
.
$2 00
Rent of barn .
85 00
Expressing
21 21
Repairs .
20 60
Supplies .
12 33
Government envelopes .
47 70
Printing .
20 00
Spraying machine, Town Home
35 00
6,943 37
Balance to 1912
2,012 03
$4,931 34
Bal. made good by Moth Assessments Out- standing and Commonwealth of Mass.
FOREST WARDEN
Balance from 1911 . 28 10
Appropriation . .
471 90
Transferred from Contingent .
26 96
526 96
EXPENDED
H. E. McIntire, salary . $20 00
Geo. F. Blanchard, salary 1911 ·
15 00
Geo. F. Blanchard, from Sept. 15 to Jan. 1, 1913 19 37
W. A. Bancroft, salary .
15 00
John N. Weston, salary 10 00
A. E. Batchelder, salary, May 1, 1911 to April 30, 1912
15 00
A. E. Batchelder, salary, April 30, 1912 to Dec. 31, 1912 10 00
Pay roll
374 50
Printing
7 50
109
Repairs .
$9 55
Supplies .
22 00
Lunches .
9 04
$526 96
TREE WARDEN
Balance from 1911 .
8 28
Appropriation
491 72
RECEIVED
Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 13 50
Received sundry parties, beetle spraying
70 75
584 25
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$364 92
Expressing
1 25
Oil .
37 50
Repairs .
8 30
Printing .
9 25
Supplies .
1 75
422 97
Transferred to Moth Department, labor
280 00
702 97
Made good by bills outstanding
118 12
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, MOTH DEPARTMENT
Balance from 1911 . $976 19
Received from Commonwealth of Mass. 822 74
Due from Commonwealth of Mass. 153 45
110
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Balance from 1911 .
$150 19
Appropriation
1,500 00
Receipts from sundry sources
4 57
1,654 76
EXPENDED
Geo. L. Flint, salary
.
$100 00
Dr. H. B. Howard, salary
68 75
Dr. M. E. Brande, salary
75 00
Greenleaf S. Tukey, Inspector Plumb- ing .
200 00
Greenleaf S. Tukey, expenses
10
Daniel Taggart, Inspector Plumbing
300 00
Chester McDougall, May and June
66 00
Dr. C. H. Playdon, Inspector Animals 1911 .
125 00
Dr. C. H. Playdon, Inspector Slaughter Houses, 1911
220 00
J. Howard Eames, Inspector Meats and Provisions
25 00
Rent, W. J. Brown
80 00
Rent, Masonic Temple
16 68
Lighting .
14 15
Telephone
23 35
Germ Destroyer
26 24
Supplies .
5 50
Fuel
13 20
Expressing
3 19
Repairs
1 93
Postage .
4 00
Moving safe
8 00
Printing .
2 75
Damage to carpet
14 00
1,392 84
Balance to Contingent . 261 92
$1,654 76
111
INSPECTOR SLAUGHTER HOUSES ( Special)
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDED
Dr. C. H. Playdon . $1,000 00
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS
Balance from 1911 .
$33 05
Appropriation
3,938 17
Appropriation, Main Street .
500 00
Transferred from Railway Tax
5,899 96
Transferred from sundry sources
89 65
RECEIVED
From sundry sources 123 73
$10,584 56
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
. $5,424 85
E. H. Crowe, Supt., salary
851 20
Supplies
101 83
Repairs .
58 93
Survey and plans
94 50
Telephone
20 65
Extra labor
10 00
Freight and express
159 29
Inspection of boiler
5 00
Gravel and stone
520 36
Pipe
151 57
Lettering signs
16 50
Rubber boots .
4 50
112
Oil .
$58 33
Fuel
21 33
Asphalt and concrete
733 73
Edgestones
32 18
Liability insurance
197 50
Teams, Town Home
47 64
8,509 89
MAIN STREET ( Special)
Pay roll .
$257 50
Crushed stone
242 50
500 00
Transferred to Snow and Ice
450 10
Transferred to Contingent
1,124 57
1,574 67 $10,584 56
CONCRETE WALK REPAIRS, MAIN STREET
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDED
Concrete
$163 80
Balance to Contingent .
36 20
200 00
STREET WATERING
Balance from 1911
$20 95
Appropriation
1,179 05
1,200 00
EXPENDED
Reading Water Works, water
$500 00
Pay roll
504 35
Supplies
12 00
Storage, Watering Cart
5 00
1,021 35
Balance to Contingent
178 65
.
1,200 00
.
113
OILING STREETS
Appropriation .
$1,000 00
RECEIPTS
J. B. Lewis
35 50
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$10 55
Oil
1,013 95
Freight
11 00
1,035 50
DRINKING FOUNTAINS
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDED
Reading Water Works, water .
300 00
SALEM STREET MACADAM
Appropriation
$1,000 00
RECEIPTS
From Commonwealth of Massachusetts 974 24
1,974 24
Balance from 1911, Com. of Mass. $100 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
1,001 12
Rock
409 76
Freight
282 22
Gravel
41 25
Bound stone
1 65
Supplies
12 47
1,848 47
Balance to Contingent
125 77
1,974 24
1,035 50
114
SIDEWALK EXTENSION, NORTH MAIN STREET
Balance from 1911
$23 16
Transferred to Highways 23 16
LOWELL STREET MACADAM
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Balance to 1913
1,000 00
RE-BUILDING SOUTH MAIN STREET
Balance from 1911
$33 11
Transferred to Highways
.
33 11
SNOW PLOW
Balance from 1911
$5 56
Transferred to Highways . .
5 56
SNOW AND ICE
Transferred from Highways .
.
$450 10
EXPENDED
Pay roll
$408 10
Teams
.
.
33 75
Repairs .
8 25
450 10
GOULD STREET DRAIN
Appropriation
$700 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll
$46 75
Pipe
70 55
.
117 30
Balance to 1913
582 70
700 00
115
ELLIOTT STREET DRAIN
Appropriation .
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