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3 1-2%
1919
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1920
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1921
4,000 00
31-2%
1922
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1923
4,000 00
31-2%
1924
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1925
1,000 00
$51,000 00
LOWELL STREET SCHOOL BUILDING
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4%
1914
$1,000 00
4%
1915
1,000 00
4%
1916
1,000 00
$3,000 00
SCHOOL DEFICIENCY LOAN
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
5%
1914
$2,700 00
$2,700 00
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WATER LOANS
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
1%
1914
$8,000 00
4%
1915
8,000 00
4 %
1916
13,000 00
4%
1917
13,000 00
1%
1918
13,000 00
1%
1919
13,000 00
1%
1920
13,000 00
+%
1921
13,000 00
1922
13,000 00
4%
1923
11,000 00
4% .
1924
11,000 00
4%
1925
11,000 00
4%
1926
6,000 00
1%
1927
6,000 00
4%
1928
6,000 00
4%
1929
6,000 00
4%
1930
6,000 00
4%
1931
1,000 00
1%
1932
1,000 00
4%
1933
1,000 00 $173,000 00
GROUARD ESTATE LOAN
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4%
1914
$1,000 00
4%
1915
1,000 00
4%
1916
1,000 00
4%
1917
1,000 00
4%
1918
1,000 00
1%
1919
1,000 00
4%
1920
1,000 00
4%
1921
1,000 00
$8,000 00
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AUTO CHEMICAL TRUCK
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4 1-2%
1914
$1,500 00
4 1-2%
1915
1,500 00
4 1-2%
1916
1,500 00
4 1-2%
1917
1,500 00
4 1-2%
1918
1,500 00
$7,500 00
CEMETERY AND LIBRARY BEQUESTS
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
1914
$1,200 00
+%
1915
1,200 00
1916
1,200 00
+%
1917
1,200 00
+%
1918
1,200 00
1%
1919
1,200 00
+%
1920
1,200 00
4%
1921
1,200 00
$9,600 00
Total Indebtedness December 31, 1913
$366,800 00
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TEMPORARY LOANS
$55,000 00 Balance from 1912 .
BORROWED IN 1913
Bond & Goodwin, 4.95%, due Oct. 8, 1913 $30,000 00 Bond & Goodwin, 4.98%, due Nor. 5. 1913 30,000 00
T. S. Mosley & Co., 4.55%, due April 15, 1914 . 30,000 00 C. D. Parker & Co., 3.84%, due April 10, 1914 . 20,000 00
Bond & Goodwin, 4.20%. due May 15. 1914 .
5,000 00
115,000 00
$170,000 00
PAID IN 1913
Loring, Tolman & Tupper, 3.84%, due April 10, 1913 . Bond & Goodwin, 3.84%, due April 10, 1913 Geo. A. Fernald & Co., 3.84%, due April 10, 1913
$15,000 00
15,000 00
15,000 00
The Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, 4 1-2%, due July 22. 1913 10,000 00 Bond & Goodwin, 4.95%, due Oct. 8,1913 30,000 00
Bond & Goodwin, 4.98%, due Nov. 5, 1913 30,000 00
$115,000 00
Total outstanding temporary loans
$55,000 00
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TEMPORARY LOANS OUTSTANDING
T. S. Mosley & Co., 4.55%, due April 15, 1914 $30,000 00 C. D. Parker & Co., 3.84%, due April 10, 1914 . 20,000 OD Bond & Goodwin, 4.20%, due May 15, 1914 5,000 00
$55,000 00
TOWN DEBT DECEMBER 31, 1913
DUE IN 1914
NOTES AND BONDS
Mar. 27 $1,000 3 1-2% Municipal Light 7
Apr. 16 1.500 + 1-4% Municipal Light
July 15 2,000 4 % Municipal Light
$106,000 00
Oct. 1 3,000 # 1-2% Municipal Light
Oct. 15 1,500 4 1-4% Municipal Light
June 1 8,000 4 % Water Department 173,000 00
Aug. 1 3,000 4 % Highland School Bldg. 6,000 00
Nov. 1 4,000 3 1-2% High School Bldg.
Dec. 21
1,000 3 1-2% High School Bldg.
51,000 00
Sep. 27 1,000 4
% Lowell St. School Bldg. 3,000 00
Dec. 12 2,700 5 % School Deficiency Loan 2,700 00
Apr. 15 1,200 4 Current Expense Bonds 9,600 00 July 21 1,000 4 % Grouard Estate 8,000 00
Oct. 15 1,500 4 1-4% Auto Chemical Truck 7,500 00
$32,400
Total Debt
$366,800 00
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FINANCES
The assessed valuation of the Town April 1, 1913, was :
Real estate
$5.720,380 00
Personal estate
1,251,403 00
Total valuation $6,971,783 00
Assessed at $18.70 per $1000 gives . $130,375 14 1954 polls at $2.00 3,906 00
$134,281 14
This tax is divided as follows :
For Town purposes . $119,614 94
Less Corporation Tax, estimated 5,700 00
8113,914 94
County Tax
6,013 46
State Tax .
11,920 00
Highway Tax
187 00
Wellington Bridge
50 50
Overlay
2,195 24
$134,281 14
December supplementary addi-
tional property :
Personal
. $216,605 00
Real
1,675 00
$218,280 00
Assessed at $18.70
4,076 37
Seven additional polls 14 00
This amount credited to 1913 Over-
lay
$4,090 37
The valuations of estates in this town for the year men- tioned in the preceding table are the figures originally made by the Board of Assessors on April 1 of each respective year.
The valuations are subject to changes in each year by additional taxable property being found.
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Net valuation of estates in the Town of Reading for the past three years, including all supplementary warrants and deducting all abatements :
YEAR
TOTAL VALUATION
ABATEMENTS
NET VALUATION
1911
$6,343,567 00
$141,275 00
$6,202,292 00
1912
6,546,867 00
46,100 00
6,500,767 00
1913
7,190,063 00
21,190 00
7,168,873 00
$20,080,497 00
$208,565 00
$19,871,932 00
BORROWING CAPACITY
The average net valuation of the Town of Read-
ing for 1911, 1912, 1913, is . . $6,623,977 00
The indebtedness of towns is limited by Chap- ter 719 of the Acts of 1913, Section 12, to 3% of the average valuation for the pre- ceding three years, the valuation being first reduced by the amount of all abate- ments thereon previous to the 31st day of December of each year.
Three per cent. is Total Town Debt is $366,800 00
$198,719 00
Of this amount the following loans are not included in the debt limit, being exempt by Acts of the Legislature :
Water loans $173,000 00
Electric Light loans 106,000 00
$279,000 00
Net Municipal Debt Decem- ber 31, 1913 87,880 00
Borrowing capacity January 1, 1914 $110,839 00
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TRUST FUNDS
Bequest of Nancy Wakefield
$100 00
Thomas Sweetser
100 00
Sabrina Nichols
100 00
Martha Pike
25 00
Sarah Batchelder
25 00
..
T. T. Greenwood
500 00
66
Mark Temple
100 00
..
Susan Wright, Elizabeth Preston and Margaret Gilman 75 00
66
Sevena Coggin
100 00
6.
Margaret Towne .
100 00
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Lucretia A. Hopkins and Elias Board-
man 150 00
..
Sarah Smith
100 00
..
Gilman D. Kingman
100 00
Rosamond C. Pratt
100 00
66
Mary F. Harnden
100 00
6 6
Mary B. Wakefield
100 00
James A. Bancroft, Ex. P. Jane Batch- elder 100 00
66 Arthur D. Kingman, Ex. Gardner French . 50 00
..
Estate of P. A. Corkins
100 00
. .
Dorinda R. Pratt, Ex. T. B. Pratt 200 00
66
Mary Ann McAllister 100 00
..
Gilman A. Coggin 100 00
Mary Ann Mc Allister for Jos. Bryant
50 00
.6
Mary Evans
50 00
Frederick Bancroft, Ex. Harriet B. Bancroft 60 46
66
Estate of Samuel Pierce 100 00
6 6
66
D. W. Berry, Ex. Caroline Hammond 100 00 William L. Crowe 100 00
.6 Heirs of George C. Coney
100 00
Elizabeth B. Eames and Ida L. Nelson 100 00
137
Bequest of Heirs of Sherman Chase
$75 00
Estate of Isaac M. Clark
100 00
Estate of Anna G. Butler
150 00
Mary E. Badger
100 00
Estate of Heil J. Nelson
200 00
Estate of John Burrill
100 00
.6
Estate of F. O. Dewey
300 00
Estate of S. H. Dinsmore
100 00
Mary J. Kimball
50 00
.6
Alden and Lois D. Batchelder
100 00
Estate of Charles A. Weston
100 00
Henry F. Parker
100 00
Sarah D. Eaton
100 00
66 Heirs of James H. Bancroft
75 00
Mary W. Pratt 50 00
Climena Wakefield
100 00
66 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
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
.6 Estate of Francis Kingman
100 00
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 Wiley
150 00
·
.
138
Bequest of John Draffin
$100 00
66
Hattie D. Pond, Ex.
100 00
Trustees of Laura Frost
50 00
66
Abby C. Clapp
100 00
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Emily Alice Jones
100 00
66
Emma M. Brown .
75 00 .
· .6
Edward T. Pendergrace
.
100 00
66 Lewis M. Bancroft
50 00
Caroline L. White
50 00
66
Hannah C. Cochrane
50 00
66
Charles W. Cochrane
200 00
6 6
Edgar M. Knight
100 00
Reuben Weston
100 00
J. B. Hopkins
100 00
66
Joseph H. Gleason
50 00
Mary Norwood
50 00
. .. Lyman Whiting
50 00
66
Ellen M. Carr
100 00
6 6
Emma S. Nelson .
100 00
66
Henry E. Holden, Adm.
50 00
66
C. E. Skillings
100 00
Isaac Monroe
100 00
66
William H. Wightman
100 00
6 6
Lizzie B. Davis
100 00
66 Hubbard E. Cox .
80 00
Helen C. Prentiss
100 00
Louise Leathe
100 00
.6
Arthur M. Coons .
75 00
. 6
Thomas and F. E. Appleton
150 00
Mary A. Gilman .
100 00
A. Newell Howes
100 00
Mrs. Frances Todd
100 00
66
James F. Wright
100 00
66
Ella M. Damon
100 00
.
100 00
66
F. Eliza Kingman
100 00
Fannie A. Morton
.
.
I. P. M. Wiggin .
$100 00
139
Bequest of M. Elizabeth Broad
$100 00
Walter H. Norris
75 00
6 6
Mary J. Harris
50 00
Estate of Milton D. Parker
100 00
.6
Margaret O. Pinkham
150 00
6.
Irma E. Mayo
100 00
66
Mrs. A. B. Matthews .
100 00
Eunice E. Damon .
100 00
Estate of Ellen M. Damon
75 00
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
66
Florence W. Temple (per Treasurer's Report, 1906) . 75 00
66
Nathan Bancroft
100 00
Caroline E. Wright
100 00
Selinda H. Pratt
S5 00
6 6
Estate of Eliza A. Barrows
100 00
. 6
Rachel A. Coggin
50 00
Mrs. E. A. Lovejoy
100 00
Estate of H. H. Howard
100 00
66 Estate of Mrs. H. E. Shackford .
100 00
.6 Mary S. Goodwin
60 00
66
Estate of Susan Cummings
50 00
Maria P. Howard
100 00
..
O. P. Symonds & Son . 125 00
Estate of Henry Damon 100 00
Estate of Daniel Pratt 100 00
.6 Elizabeth A. Abbott
150 00
66
Estate of Wm. I. Ruggles 100 00
Geo. H. Prescott 100 00
Estate of Wm. Carter .
100 00
Estate of D. N. Tuttle
100 00
6 6 Ida R. Bickford
50 00
Mary G. McIntire
50 00
.
Mrs. Charles O. Tweed
$50 00
140
Buquest of Estate of Priscilla Leathe ·
$10C 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
Augusta K. Barrows . 100 00
Estate of Clara C. Parker
150.00
PAID IN 1913
Bequest of E. Bently Young .
$100 00
Wm. A. Dennison
100 00
Estate of Martha M. Nelson
100 00
.6 Estate of Joseph H. Gleason
50 00
Estate of Geo. A. Carter
100 00
Stillman E. Parker
50 00
Helen Ruggles Smith, Helen Ruggles Beebe and Guy Hall Ruggles 100 00
٠٠
Mrs. Emma L. Reynolds
50 00
66
Mrs. Emma L. Reynolds
50 00
Estate of Samuel T. Sweetser
75 00
Geo. Crother
40 00
Caroline A. Badger
100 00
Estate of Ellen G. Ruggles . 100 00
Estate of Thomas F. Richardson 100 00
Estate of John N. Sanborn
100 00
$15,280 95
Interest accrued on the above unexpended .
938 -44
$16,219 39
141
CEMETERY BEQUEST FUND
The Treasurer Cemetery Trustees and Select- men, acting as Trustees of the Cemetery Fund, held on Dec. 31, 1913, cash and se- curities amounting to
$16,219 39
Balance from 1912 . $14,953 25
Received from bequests $1,215 00
Interest 736 14
$1.951 14
Less interest paid for
perpetual care 685 00
1
1,266 14
16,219 39
This fund is invested as follows : Town of Reading bonds, Electric Light, Wilmington extension, 4%, interest payable January and July . $15,000 00
Interest due Dec. 31, 1913, not paid 276 67
Cash in Mechanics Savings Bank 942 72
16,219 39
LIBRARY BEQUEST FUND
The Treasurer and Trustees of the Public Library held on Dec. 31, 1913, cash amounting to $271 49 This amount is invested as follows :
Cash held by the Treasurer 271 49
CASH HELD BY TREASURER OF FUNDS
Cemetery Bequest Fund
$942 72
Library Bequest Fund . 271 49
1,214 21
142
TAXES
The taxes committed, abated and collected during the fiscal year, together with the balance unpaid Dec. 31, 1912, and Dec. 31, 1913, are as follows :
TAXES, 1909
Balance from 1912
$147 00
Balance uncollected (in litigation )
$147 00
TAXES, 1910
Balance from 1912
$190 24
Refunded
2 00
$192 24
Collected
863 86
Abated .
39 73
$103 59
Balance uncollected (in
litigation)
SS 65
TAXES, 1911
Balance from 1912
$13,189 56
Refunded
12 32
$13,201 88
Collected .
$10,565 61
Abated .
726 76
11,292 37
1,909 51
TAXES, 1912
Balance from 1912
$46,095 09
Refunded
17 17
$46.112 26
Collected
. $34,848 79
Abated . .
·
277 96
35,126 75
10,985 51
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TAXES, 1913
Amount assessed .
$134,281 14
Supplementary warrant
4,090 37
$138,371 51
Collected
$94,352 67
Abated
392 55
94,745 22
43,626 29
Total amount outstanding Dec. 31, 1913
$56,756 96
ASSESSMENTS
The assessments Dec. 31, 1912, assessments levied, amount paid during the year, and the balance unpaid Dec. 31, 1913, are as follows :
COLLECTOR MOTH ASSESSMENTS, 1911
Balance from 1912
$169 95
Collected in 1913
. $164 00
Abated
1 00
165 00
Uncollected
$1 95
COLLECTOR MOTH ASSESSMENTS, 1912
Balance from 1912
$498 99
Collected in 1913
.
. $321 82
Abated
.
·
5 50
327 32
Uncollected
$171 67
COLLECTOR MOTH ASSESSMENTS, 1913
Amount levied
$1,170 50
Collected in 1913
.
. $728 50
Abated
2 50
·
731 00
Uncollected 439 50
Total uncollected Moth Assessments . $616 12
.
.
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ASSETS
Trust Funds :
Cemetery Bequest
Wilmington Extension
Bonds, Town of Reading
£ $15,000 00
Interest due Dec. 31. 1913
276 67
Cash held by Treasurer
942 72
Library Fund
Cash held by Treasurer
271 49
$16,490 88
CAPITAL ASSETS"
Public Property . . $866,451 44
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FROM ASSETS
Cash held by Treasurer .
.
$7,335 80
Collector Taxes, 1909 . 147 00 .
Collector Taxes. 1910 .
88 65
Collector, 1911 .
1,909 51
Collector, 1912
10,985 51
Collector, 1913
43,626 29
Collector Moth Assessment, 1911
4 95
Collector Moth Assessment, 1912
171 67
Moth Assessment, 1913
439 50
Sundry parties, spraying
767 25
Water Department, insurance
106 60
Moth Department, Commonwealth of Mass. Tree Warden
29 45
Commonwealth of Mass., Poor Department
606 87
Town of Norfolk, Poor Department
128 25
Town of Methuen, Poor Department
.
104 97
City of Somerville, Poor Department
114 51
Chapter 763, Acts 1913, Poor Department 305 65
Chapter 763, Acts 1913, Commonwealth of Mass. 192 00
31 00
State Aid, Commonwealth of Mass.
1,694 00
Lowell Street.Macadam
2,052 54
Lowell Street, Special
229 47
$73,237 80
.
2,166 36
Burial of Soldiers, Commonwealth of Mass.
.
145
LIABILITIES
Trust Funds :
Cemetery Bequest
$16.219 39
Library Bequest
271 49
$16.490 88
CAPITAL ASSETS
Town Debt .
$366.800 00
Balance, Town of Reading .
. 499.651 44
$866,451 44
APPROPRIATIONS, DECEMBER 31, 1913
LIABILITIES
Overlays, 1910
8379 13
Overlays, 1911
221 74
Overlays, 1912
1,42$ 78
Overlays, 1913
5,893 06
Cemetery Special, sale of Lots and Graves 4,390 89
Suspense (assessments unpaid)
1.383 37
Grouard Estate Income
108 78
Taxes on Property Taken
102 86
Survey Block System
117 76
Miscellaneous Expenses, Sewer Committee
501 90
Repairs Central Fire Station 17 63
Fire Loss, Library
1,202 68
Laurel Hill Cemetery
210 26
Temporary Loans
55,000 00
Contingent (excess revenue )
2,278 96
$73,237 80
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Detailed account of the appropriations made by the Town during the year, together with the transfers, the ex- penditures and the unexpended balances Dec. 31, 1913 :
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
LEGISLATIVE
MODERATOR :
Appropriation .
$25 00
Transferred from Contingent . 20 00
$45 00
EXPENDED
Geo. L. Flint, Moderator
$45 00
EXECUTIVE
SELECTMEN, SALARIES :
Appropriation .
$500 00
EXPENDED
To Alvah W. Clark
$33 34
Frederic D. Merrill
25 00
Edwin L. Hutchinson
191 66
James W. Killam
125 00
Otis B. Ruggles
125 00
$500 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation . . .
$200 00
146
147
EXPENDED
Office supplies
$31 60
Express
6 55
Rent of Post Office box .
1 50
Directory
3 50
Printing .
30 25
Telephone and tolls
5 63
Incidentals
1 61
$80 64
Transferred to Contingent
119 36
$200 00
UNPAID BILLS
W. E. & J. F. Twombly .
.
$23 90
FINANCIAL
TOWN ACCOUNTANT :
Appropriation .
$750 00
EXPENDED
To John H. Sheldon, 2 months
$83 34
John H. Sheldon, 10 months 625 00
$708 34
Transferred to Contingent
41 66
$750 00
TREASURER :
Salary appropriation .
$600 00
EXPENDED
Ward C. Mansfield, Treas., 2 months . $66 66
Ward C. Mansfield, Treas., 10 months . 500 00
Transferred to Contingent 33 34
$600 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
$225 00
.
148
EXPENDED
To repairing stamp
$ 50
Treasurer's bond
60 00
Office supplies .
6 70
Certification of notes
57 00
Express
35
Vouchers .
19.00
Government envelopes
22 00
$165 55
Transferred to Contingent
59 45
$225 00
ASSESSORS' SALARIES :
Appropriation . .
$1,150 00
EXPENDED
Millard F. Charles .
$369 40
Alvah W. Clark
·
369 40
George E. Horrocks
369 40
$1,108 20
Transferred to Contingent
41 80
$1,150 00
ASSESSORS' EXPENSES :
Appropriation .
$600 00
EXPENDED
Street Lists, 1912
$150 00
Street Lists, 1913
171 60
Field Books
8 00
Printing
9 50
Express .
30
Tax return blanks .
3 50
Horse hire
5 00
Abstracting mortgages
.
31 05
Abstracting deeds .
59 60
Assessors' scale
4 00
149
Supplies .
$13 69
Writing Valuation Book
75 00
Car fares
5 75
$536 99
Transferred to Contingent
63 01
$600 00
UNPAID BILLS
C. W. Smith, abstracts . $31 50
E. Wentworth Prescott, infor- mation stockholders for- eign corporations 20 00
TAX COLLECTOR'S SALARY :
Appropriation .
975 00
Transferred from Contingent .
18 32
$993 32
EXPENDED
Herbert M. Viall .
.
$993 32
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
130 00
Receipts from postage
5 81
$135 81
EXPENDED
Stationery
$43 15
Government envelopes
84 96
Ink well
1 58
$129 69
Transferred to Contingent
6 12
$135 81
UNPAID BILLS
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
.
$31 00
150
TOWN CLERK
Appropriation .
$150 00
EXPENDED
Millard F. Charles, salary . .
$150 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation .
$225 00
EXPENDED
Reporting births .
$31 25
Recording births, marriages and deaths
103 90
Reporting deaths
35 75
Dog blanks and posters
4 00
Printing .
17 30
Recording oaths
14 25
Postage and supplies
15 59
$222 04
Transferred to Contingent
2 96
$225 00
UNPAID BILLS
Doherty Bros., death returns $2 25
Elwin H. Wells, M. D., reporting births
25
Geo. F. Dow, M. D., reporting births .
8 00
$10 50
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Appropriation, salaries Registrars
$145 00
EXPENDED
Arthur C. Copeland, 1912
$15 00
Arthur C. Copeland, 1913
30 00
Millard F. Charles, Registrar and Clerk 40 00
Walter S. Prentiss 30 00
Owen McKenney
30 00
$145 00
151
ELECTION EXPENSES
Appropriation
$600 00
Transferred from Contingent
58 81
$658 81
EXPENDED
Typewriting warrant
$5 00
Election officers
260 00
Posting warrants
10 00
Attendance Registration
6 00
Printing
156 00
Rent of hall
142 00
A. M. Allen, services at polls
16 00
Express
30
Recount Representative and Senator 23 00
Lunches 3 03
Millard F. Charles, services at election
20 00
Storage of booths
5 00
Putting up and taking down booths
12 00
Supplies
48
$658 81
OTHER GENERAL ACCOUNTS
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Appropriation Sewer Committee
750 00
Transfer from sale of Haag property
874 00
$2,824 00
EXPENDED
Sewer Committee :
McClintock & Woodfall, services
$200 00
Printing reports 48 10 $248 10
Lighting Old South Clock
86 14
Lighting G. A. R. Hall
50 00
Legal Services :
Jesse W. Morton, services 166 97
152
Jas. W. Grimes, services La Chance vs. Town . $15 00 La Chance vs. Town judg- ment 42 55
Mrs. Galvin, damages 20 00 $244 52
Typewriting Building Laws ·
6 00
C. W. Smith, affidavit Haag prop- erty 3 00
Flowers, Officer Cullinane 7 50
Burglary Insurance, Collector's safe
7 12
Typewriting Playground Laws
10 00
Telephone, Moth Department 23 77
Town Report . 610 65
F. L. Springford, Sec'y Finance Com. 25 00
Printing Financial Reports
35 50
Flag Pole, Common
182 89
George H. Allen, veterinary services cows, Adelbert E. Batchelder
5 00
Express .
1 45
Incidentals
2 35
Scales, Sealer Weights and Measures
19 80
Battleship Maine Tablet
4 80
Recording deeds 3
60
Edward L. Hutchinson, telephone tolls
and expenses . 1 73
Services State Aid
5 00
Liability Insurance, Moth Department 168 50
Sign Boards 21 88
Jury list
2 50
Printing
25 85
Henry M. Donegan, vacation
36 00
Transferred to Contingent
486 45
2,322 10
Unexpended balance available for
Sewer Committee 501 90 -- $2,824 00
-
$1,835 65
153
TOWN BUILDING
Appropriation
$600 00
RECEIVED
Express refund
45
Town Home
1 00
1 45
$601 45
EYPENDED
Fuel
279 78
Lighting
217 41
Miscellaneous supplies .
6 91
Express .
60
Water
4 86
Telephone
13 23
Care of rooms
8 58
Chair
1 00
Repairing table
5 00
Putting up awnings
2 00
Cleaning walls
16 95
General repairs
30 31
Janitor's services
14 58
Transferred to Contingent
21
INSURANCE
Appropriation .
$1,200 00
Sundry policies
$919 06
Transferred to Contingent
·
280 94
$1,200 00
BLOCK SYSTEM SURVEY
Appropriation .
$500 00
Balance from 1912 .
310 96
$810 96
.
$601 21
$601 45
EXPENDED
154
EXPENDED
O. E. Carter, surveys and plans
$652 40
Indexing plans
37 50
Supplies
3 30
693 20
Balance to 1914
117 76
$810 96
UNPAID BILLS
O. E. Carter, surveys and plans $103 15
PROTECTION TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
. $4,400 00
RECEIVED
Court fines
161 00
$4,561 00
EXPENDED
For Salaries of Officers :
William E. Swain, Chief . $1,001 00
William H. Manning
288 75
Robert W. Powers .
288 75
John M. Cullinane .
115 50
Jeremiah Cullinane
808 50
Oscar H. Low
730 25
George Stock
733 00
T. J. Cullinane
295 23
C. M. Skidmore
27 50
J. W. Sias
13 75
A. M. Allen
1 38
$4,303 61
Special Officers July 3 and 4
42 00
$4,345 61
155
Telephone
$57 72
Transportation of prisoners
9 30
Signs
12 00
Auto hire ·
18 00
Horse hire
6 50
William E. Swain, expenses
18 92
Auto list
10 00
Services Robert T. Murray, Town vs. Nickerson
27 00
Helmets
7 05
Professional services Dr. Halligan
3 00
Printing
7 50
Laundry
2 50
Express
1 24
Incidentals
13 75
$4,540 09
Transferred to Contingent
20 91
$4,561 00
UNPAID BILLS
N. E. T. & T. Co.
$ .55
FIRE DEPARTMENT .
Appropriation
$6,000 00
RECEIPTS
Sale of old hose
$10 00
Sale of barrel
3 67
Sundry telephone tolls
8 20
Miscellaneous
11 25
33 12
$6,033 12
EXPENDED
O. O. Ordway, Chief
$100 00
George O. Putnam
.
28 33
Edwin C. Hanscom
.
25 00
156
Frank E. Gray
$56 67
Luke McKenney
70 00
L. T. Eames, Engineer Steamer 280 00
25 00
L. T. Eames, Supt. Fire Alarm
191 33
M. J. Shannon, Assistant Engineer
80 22
E. H. Crowe, Steward 60 00
C. H. Heselton, Steward 65 00
D. Weston, Steward 30 00
E. F. Davis, Steward
30 00
G. F. Blanchard, Steward
15 00
Pay Roll call men
2,596 44
Pay Roll permanent men :
Hugh Eames, driver
120 72
M. J. Shannon, Assistant
107 43
Horse hire
1,161 88
Extra labor
199 13
Repairs to equipment
128 52
General repairs
115 83
Supplies
186 94
Express .
15 09
Fuel
61 36
Use of horse and wagon
17 50
Water rates
17 76
Lighting
26 79
Telephone
30 06
Teaming
1 75
Storing pung
2 00
Printing
16 40
Lunches
8 20
New Equipment Box
45 00
Wire and incidentals
91 65
Hugh Eames, expenses, Springfield
25 00
Repairs Hancock engine house
110 57
Rent
15 00
157
Pole
$24 15
Box recorder .
. 125 00
Transferred to Contingent
6 40
- $6,033 12
UNPAID BILLS
Wendell Bancroft Co. $1 53
Municipal Light Board .
1 80
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
4 93
Fred Wallace
4 40
Francis Bros.
2 04
Cummings Express
50
AUTO CHEMICAL TRUCK
By Loan .
$7,500 00
Knox Automobile Co. 7,500 00
REPAIRS CENTRAL FIRE STATION
Appropriation
$550 00
TRANSFERRED
From Licenses and Permits
60 00
$610 00
EXPENDED
H. R. Johnson, contract
$295 74
T. C. Fife, plumbing
146 00
George L. Flint, laying floor
35 00
Beds
28 00
Sheets
17 68
Furniture
6 00
Labor, L. T. Eames
36 50
Labor, Hugh Eames
22 50
Supplies
4 95
592 37
Balance to 1914 . .
$17 63
.
6,026 72
.
EXPENDED
158
HYDRANT RENTALS
Appropriation $5,640 00
EXPENDED
Reading Water Works .
. $5,640 00
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $2,618 75
Received from assessments and Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts . $2,596 15
Tree Warden Department
280 00
2,876 15
$5,494 90
Balance due from Commonwealth of
Massachusetts Dec. 31, 1912 . . $2,165 48
EXPENDED
Henry M. Donegan, Supt. $900 00
Pay roll
3,761 91
Pay roll, teams
522 53
Rent of barn
60 00
Express
28 03
Filing saws
6 40
Oil .
78 55
Repairing cart
71 00
Printing .
39 35
General repairing .
19 31
H. M. Donegan, expenses .
8 70
5,495 78
$7,661 26
Balance due from Com- monwealth of Mass. and Moth Assessments out- standing
2,166 36
·
- $5,494 90
159
FOREST WARDEN
Appropriation
$500 00
Receipts from telephone tolls
2.24
$502 24
EXPENDED
H. E. McIntire, Warden
$20 00
Geo. F. Blanchard, Deputy Warden 15 00
Willard A. Bancroft, Deputy Warden 15 00
John N. Weston, Deputy Warden 15 00
A. E. Batchelder, Deputy Warden 15 00
H. W. Newhouse, Deputy Warden 11 25
$91 25
Pay roll, forest fires
271 00
Repairs .
14 10
Telephone
11 25
Printing
5 00
Water
2 31
Supplies
31 29
$426 20
Transferred to Contingent
76 04
$502 24
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
$500 00
RECEIVED
Sundry parties, spraying
32 00
$532 00
Balance due from sundry parties spray- ing Elm Tree Beetle, Dec. 31, 1912 $118 72
160
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
8158 18
Labor, Moth Department
280 00
Printing 4 00
Filing saws
55
442 73
Balance to 1914
$29 45
Made good by amounts due from sundry parties
INSPECTION
INSPECTOR OF WIRES
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDED
A. G. Sias, Inspector $66 67
J. W. Sias, Inspector 33 33 .
$100 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation
$125 00
RECEIVED
From sundry parties
34 30
$159 30
EXPENDED
F. W. Parker, salary
$100 00
F. W. Parker, expenses
12 22
Printing
3 25
Repairs
1 50
$116 97
Transferred to Contingent
42 33
$159 30
.
$561 45
1
161
HEALTH AND SANITATION HEALTH DEPARTMENT SALARIES
Appropriation
$250 00
Transferred from Contingent
6 25
$256 25
EXPENDED
E. M. Halligan, M. D., 1912, salary $6 25
E. M. Halligan, M. D., 1913, salary 75 00
M. E. Brande
75 00
Geo. L. Flint, secretary
100 00
$256 25
HEALTH DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$995 00
RECEIPTS
Mrs. Batchelder
1 00
Transferred from Contingent
101 97
$1,097 97
EXPENDED
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