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David M. Taggart, Inspector of Plumb- ing
$600 00
C. H. Playdon, Inspector Animals
125 00
J. H. Eames, Inspector Slaughtering 75 00
City of Lawrence, contagious diseases 31 43
Disinfectants
86 94
Express
1 95
Lighting
10 50
Printing
29 50
Office supplies
10 90
Rent
100 08
Professional services
3 00
Telephone
23 67
$1,097 97
162
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$3,500 00
RECEIVED
I. O. O. F., sidewalks
$44 83
Sundry receipts
248 25
Bay State Street Railway
6,602 30
TRANSFERRED
School Street appropriation -
.
20 64
Main Street sidewalk appropriation 26 76
West Street
440 84
7,383 62
$10,883 62
EXPENDED
Pay roll :
Maintenance
. $2,566 22
Construction
1,886 37
Street cleaning
1,206 23
E. H. Crowe, Superintendent
914 55
Stone and gravel
1,111 59
Road sweeper .
250 00
Tarvia
1,430 53
Freight and express
602 71
Fuel
47 98
Town Home, use of horse
22 82
Use of cart, Henry Upton
39 75
Supplies .
220 30
Hauling .
5 00
Liability insurance
147 55
Concrete
74 73
Edgestones
14 14
Lanterns .
13 50
Lumber
2 28
Horse hire
8 00
Telephone
21 41
163
Lettering signs
$8 00
Inspection of boiler
5 00
Repairs
80 90
Pipe .
86 89
$10,766 45
Snow and ice removal 103 57
(For detailed statement see Snow and Ice Acct. )
Bal. transferred to Contingent 13 60
-- $10,883 62
DRAIN GOULD STREET
Balance from 1912 $582 70
EXPENDED
Pay roll
$171 82
Lumber
219 68
Pipe
173 00
Plans
15 10
Grate forms
2 60
Expressing
50
$582 70
SNOW AND ICE ACCOUNT
Transferred from Highways . $103 57
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$64 69
Teams
28 38
Repairs
7 00
Supplies
3 50
$103 57
LOWELL STREET MACADAM
Balance from 1912
$1,000 00
Appropriation
1,500 00
$2,500 00
164
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
·
$3,273 61
Gravel
109 50
Rock
94 00
Tarvia
649 78
Lumber
195 11
Forms
16 80
Fuel
17 11
Pipe
69 12
Grate bars
15 55
Supplies
30 64
Express and freight
43 0:2
Bound stone .
3 30
Repairing tools
35 00
$4,552 54
Due from Commonwealth of Mass. 2,500 00
2,052 54
Unexpended
$447 46
NOTE .- The Unexpended balance of $447.46, is to provide for rock to be paid to the Bay State Street Railway.
LOWELL STREET MACADAM SPECIAL
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$180 63
Lumber .
21 09
Gravel .
27 75
$229 47
To be refunded by the Bay State Street
Railway Company.
HAVERHILL STREET MACADAM
Appropriation
$1,000 00
165
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$10 50
Irving F. Batchelder, contract
877 00
Irving F. Batchelder, gravel
99 50
Use of auto
3 00
Repairing tools
10 00
$1,000 00
WEST STREET MACADAM
Appropriation .
$1,000 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$945 70
Gravel
54 30
$1,000 00
LAYING OUT DUDLEY STREET
Appropriation
$1,200 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll
. $1,055 20
Survey
11 20
Supplies .
1 83
Pipe
35 96
Use of horse, Town Home
38 81
Gravel
57 00 -- $1,200 00
STREET WATERING
Appropriation
,
$1,000 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll
$561 96
Water Department, water
300 00
Repairs to cart
6 75
$868 71
Transferred to Contingent
131 29
$1,000 00
166
REMOVAL OF LIGHT, HOPKINS STREET
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDED
Municipal Light Board .
.
$100 00
OIL FOR STREETS
Appropriation $2,000 00
RECEIVED
L. B. Lewis oil
$57 60
Malden & Melrose Gas Co. .
57 00
114 60
$2,114 60
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$41 83
Oil
1,958 29
Tarvia
111 48
Freight
3 00
$2,114 60
NEW LIGHTS
Appropriation
$1,150 00
EXPENDED
Municipal Light Department . $1,150 00
DRINKING FOUNTAINS
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDED
Water Department, water $300 00
CATCH BASINS, PRESCOTT AND PRATT STREETS
Appropriation
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$156 50
Plans
3 50
Pipe
180 00
Grates
10 00
.
$350 00
$350 00
167
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
$6,000 00
EXPENDED
Municipal Light Plant . $6,000 00
SCHOOL STREET CONSTRUCTION
Balance from 1912
$45 12
EXPENDED
Labor, Highway Department $20 64
Pipe and cement
.
17 28
Grates .
7 20
.
$45 12
SIDEWALK, WEST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, FROM SOUTH STREET Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$115 74
Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co., labor 350 00
Gravel
7 50
$473 24
Transferred to Highway Dept.
26 76
$500 00
CHARITIES
POOR DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$3,200 00
RECEIPTS
From sundry persons
.
116 53
$3,316 53
168
EXPENDED
Salaries :
Edwin L. Hutchinson
$125 00
Alvah W. Clark
16 67
Frederic D. Merrill
16 67
James W. Killam
83 33
Otis B. Ruggles
83 33
$325 00
NOTE. - Error of Town Accountant in Mr. Hutchinson's salary refunded by him after closing ($25.00)
Groceries and provisions, sundry persons
156 39
Fuel, sundry persons
79 00
Cash aid .
104 00
Board
149 14
Clothing .
3 00
Repairing roof
2 75
Printing .
5 75
Drugs
7 75
Express .
40
Supplies .
12 75
Cities and towns :
City of Boston
· 21 43
City of Woburn
164 57
Town of Medford
4 00
Institutions :
Children's Mission .
68 93
$1,104 86
Mothers with dependent children,
Chap. 763, Acts 1913
291 35
Town Home, net
1,915 15
$3,311 36
Balance transferred to Contingent 5 17
- $3,316 53
.
169
MOTHERS WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN, CHAP. 763, ACTS 1913
EXPENDED
Sundry parties
$291 35
Transferred to Poor Department . 291 35
TOWN HOME
RECEIVED
From sale of :
Milk
$101 23
Apples
199 75
Calves
6 00
Eggs
36 07
Vinegar
3 70
Vegetables
30 62
$377 37
From Highway Dept., use of team
59 63
From sale of tools
40 00
From board
156 00
From telephone tolls
5 65
$638 65
EXPENDED
L. A. Deming, Superintendent
$500 00
Mrs. Heilge, services
133 00
Groceries and provisions
564 53
Fuel
247 96
Grain
265 01
Lighting
66 93
Water
55 56
Horse
153 00
Live stock
36 85
Telephone
38 39
Plumbing
61 50
Furnishings
42 79
Shoes
9 50
.
170
Clothing
$9 35
Medical attendance
22 00
Medicine
32 60
Labor, highways
15 75
Slaughtering .
4 50
Express
1 35
Shoeing .
15 75
Ice .
12 15
Repairs .
58 10
Incidentals
35 60
Supplies
171 63
$2,553 80
Balance carried to Poor Department
1,915 15
$638 65
TOWN HOME REPAIRS
Appropriation
$550 00
EXPENDED
R. Friedman, painting
$101 00
T. C. Fife, plumbing
345 28
Hodson Bros., paper hanging
17 95
Matting .
38 79
Advertisement
1 50
Labor
5 00
$509 52
Transferred to Contingent
40 48
$550 00
OUTSIDE RELIEF BY CITIES AND TOWNS Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Temporary Aid
RECEIVED
From Commonwealth
$177 00
171
EXPENDED
Aid and supplies
$166 74
Balance, 1912
617 13
$783 87
Balance due from Commonwealth
606 87
$177 00
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Mothers with Dependent Children, Chapter 763, Acts 1913
EXPENDED
Sundry persons
$305 65
Due from Commonwealth
CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
To balance, 1912
$82 28
Received
$82 28
TOWN OF NORFOLK
Received from 1913 $136 27
Balance from 1912
$136 27
EXPENDED
Supplies
$128 25
Due from Town of Norfolk
TOWN OF CANTON
Received from 1913 $42 00
Balance from 1912 $42 00
TOWN OF METHUEN
EXPENDED
Supplies-due from Town of Methuen .
$104 97
-
172
CITY OF SOMERVILLE
Mothers with dependent children, Chap. 763, Acts 1913.
EXPENDED
Due from City of Somerville
$192 00
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Appropriation $750 00
Received from aid returned . 17 87
$767 87
EXPENDED
Pay roll and aid
705 72
Transferred to Contingent
62 15
$767 87
BURIAL OF SOLDIERS
Balance from 1912 .
$179 00
Received from Commonwealth of
Mass.
$185 00
EXPENDED
Burial of soldier
37 00
$216 00
Due from Commonwealth
31 00
$185 00
STATE AID
Balance from 1912 . . $1,780 00
RECEIVED
From Commonwealth of Massachusetts $1,782 00
From return State Aid . 12 00
$1,794 00
173
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
. $1,708 00
- $3,488 00
To be refunded by the Commonwealth
of Mass. .
$1,694 00
EDUCATION
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$38,000 00
Tuition, Commonwealth of Mass.
261 00
Tuition, City of Boston
106 00
Tuition, North Reading
1,647 50
Rent, John Street School
132 00
Refund, freight
1 00
Refund, Russell Coal Co.
100 00
E. E. Babb, supplies
11 91
F. L. Reed .
2 98
Reading Woman's Club
2 00
Glass, Lowell Street School .
13 50
Refund, Phillips & Carlson .
2 50
Telephone tolls
2 45
Sundry sources
11 78
$43,024 62
Transferred from Center School, sanitary Transferred from Chestnut Hill School, sanitary .
$20 00
10 00
Transferred from Union Street School, sanitary .
69
30 69
$43,055 31
From loan
RECEIVED
2,700 00
174
EXPENDED
Administrative Salaries :
H. T. Watkins, Supt.
$533 28
Other Salaries :
Teachers . . 27,975 64
Janitors .
3,266 00
Truant Officer .
150 00
$31,924 92
Transportation
856 25
Fuel and freight
3,029 68
Building and ground maintenance
375 02
Repairs .
1,058 94
Incidentals
112 65
Heating apparatus, Prospect St. School
576 51
Heating apparatus, Chestnut Hill School
100 00
Inspection school children
200 00
Other general expenses :
Text books and supplies . 1,421 53
Tuition
191 10
Support of truants
36 70
Telephone
136 27
Diplomas
15 50
Professor Ballou, services
50 00
Howard W. Poor, expenses
8 00
Taxi hire
11 00
Music
58 33
Water rates
244 84
Lighting .
232 63
Traveling expenses, H. T. Watkins
21 85
Disinfectant
122 30
Taking census .
100 00
General supplies
1,696 24
Binding books
168 38
Printing .
132 65
$12,881 29
175
Transferred to Sanitary Toilets, Union Street School . $173 81
Unexpended balance transferred to Con- tingent
21
- $43,055 31
UNPAID BILLS
Municipal Light
$37 77
N. E. T. & T. Co.
9 72
Samuel Ward, supplies
75
West Disinfecting Co., disin-
fectant
1 50
Cummings Express, removing ashes 13 66
W. H. Willis, supplies 1 70
R. D. Clapp, repairs
2 00
T. C. Fife, repairs .
14 15
Francis Bros., repairs
6 42
E. C. Hanscom, teaming fuel .
86 62
$174 29
SANITARY TOILETS UNION STREET SCHOOL
Balance from 1912 . $116 69
Transferred from School Department 173 81
$290 50
EXPENDED
Louis Ellenwood, contract
·
$289 81
Transferred to School Department 69
$290 50
SANITARY TOILETS CENTER SCHOOL
Appropriation
$1,700 00
EXPENDED
Stewart & Robertson, contract
.
$1,680 00
Transferred to School Department
.
20 00
$1,700 00
176
SANITARY TOILETS CHESTNUT HILL SCHOOL
Transferred from Overlay
$1,000 00
EXPENDED
Stewart & Robertson, contract $990 00
Transferred to School Department 10 00
$1,000 00
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation
$1,325 00
RECEIVED
From Dog Tax
680 36
Fines and catalogues .
76 00
Refund, express
.
1 32
SALARIES
EXPENDED
Bertha L. Brown
$300 00
Grace J. Abbott
41 25
Charles H. Stinchfield, janitor
55 11
$396 36
Rent
600 00
Taxes
206 20
Fuel
158 50
Lighting
60 82
Express and expense
6 54
Books
390 13
Periodicals
71 10
Binding
65 61
Printing
37 25
Electrical repairs .
17 90
Francis Bros., tables
49 53
Incidentals and supplies
22 74
.
$2,082 68.
$2,082 68
177
UNPAID BILLS
Old Corner Book Store . $28 77 PUBLIC LIBRARY FIRE LOSS
Balance from 1912
$1,236 14
EXPENDED
Binding books
$33 46
Balance to 1914
1,202 68
$1,236 14
RECREATION AND CELEBRATIONS
RENT OF PLAYGROUND
Appropriation
$342 00
RECEIVED
From Wheeler & Downie Circus 10 00
$352 00
EXPENDED
Kirk Sweetser, rent
$342 00
Francis Bros., installing water
·
9 92
Transferred to Contingent
08
$352 00
CARE OF COMMON AND PARKS
Appropriation
$100 00
Transferred from Contingent
6 47
$106 47
EXPENDED
Orne Green, services
$50 00
Orne Greene, expense
50
Drinking fountains
10 75
178
Repairing band stand
$15 00
Painting Settees
17 36
Trimming shrubbery
12 50
Hardware
36
$106 47
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
$200 00
G. A. R. Post 194 .
$200 00
BAND CONCERTS
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDED
Chapman's Band
$100 00
Reading Brass Band
.
100 00
$200 00
CEMETERIES
Appropriation
$1,100 00
RECEIVED
From allowance on burial device
$5 62
From care of lots .
. .
685 00
Transferred from Cemetery Special
650 00
$2,440 62
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
. $1,352 50
Survey and plans
14 50
A. W. Danforth, salary
75 00
A. W. Danforth, expense
7 50
Lettering signs
26 00
Repairing lawn mowers
2 00
Hardware
5 70
Supplies .
8 00
Flowers . ,
101 70
EXPENDED
179
Repairs .
$4 70
Markers .
7 20
Planting shrubbery
143 00
Burial device
59 12
Lawn seed
31 50
Supplies .
3 50
Fence and Water Supply :
Reading Water Works,
pipe and labor . $138 59
Lumber and gravel . 8 90
Fence
237 95
385 44
Balance to 1914
210 26
$2,440 62
CEMETERY SPECIAL
Balance from 1912 .
$3,325 71
RECEIVED
From sale lots and graves . $1,650 00
From interest
.
165 18
1,815 18
$5,140 89
EXPENDED
Transferred to Cemetery Note $100 00
Transferred to Cemetery Appropriation 650 00
750 00
Balance to 1914
$4,390 89
MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIES
MUNICIPAL LIGHT-UNPAID CONSTRUCTION BILLS, 1912 Appropriation $3,826 19
$2,230 36
180
EXPENDED
. To Municipal Light Department . . $3,826 19 PAINTING STAND PIPE
Appropriation $2,000 00
EXPENDED
To Reading Water Department
. $2,000 00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES WATER DEPARTMENT MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT (For the receipts and expenditures see respective reports)
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MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS MATURING 1913
Appropriation
$10,125 00
Received from Water Department,
Water Board .
3,000 00
Transferred from Contingent
5,600 00
Transferred from Cemetery Special
100 00
Transferred from Grouard Estate In-
come
475 00
Municipal Light Department
6,800 00
$26,100 00
EXPENDED
Reading Water Works bonds · $8,000 00
Municipal Light bonds and notes .
6,800 00 ·
Highland School House building 3,000 00
High School building
. 5,000 00
181
Lowell Street School building
. $1,000 00
Grouard Estate loan
1,000 00 .
Cemetery Bequest note
1,200 00 .
Cemetery land
100 00
.
-- $26,100 00
INTEREST ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$4,393 00
RECEIVED
Interest on deposits
323 72
Interest on taxes
2,478 01
Interest on property taken .
88
Transferred from Contingent
74 48
$7,270 09
EXPENDED
Interest on Temporary Loans . $3,692 68
Interest on School Loans
2,500 00
Interest on General Loans .
769 65
Interest on Cemetery Special Account
165 18
Interest on Cemetery Bequests
142 58
$7,270 09
AGENCY AND TRUST TRANSACTIONS
STATE TAX
From tax levy 1913
$11,920 00
EXPENDED
Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
. $11,920 00
COUNTY TAX
From tax levy 1913
$6,013 46
182
EXPENDED
Middlesex County Treasurer . $6,013 46
HIGHWAY TAX
From tax levy 1913 $187 00
EXPENDED
Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
$187 00
WELLINGTON BRIDGE
From tax levy 1913
$50 50
EXPENDED
Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
$50 50
CORPORATION TAX
Received from Commonwealth of Mass.
$6,387 82
EXPENDED
Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
$7 69
To amount used in tax levy 1913 5,700 00
Unexpended balance to Contingent
680 13
$6,387 82
NATIONAL BANK TAX
Received from Commonwealth of Mass. $805 11
EXPENDED
Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
$448 22
Unexpended balance to Contingent
356 89
$805 11
BAY STATE STREET RAILWAY TAX
RECEIVED
From Commonwealth of Massachusetts $3,845 53
From Bay State Street Railway 2,756 77
$6,602 30
TRANSFERRED
To Highway Department . $6,602 30
183
UNCLASSIFIED CONTINGENT ACCOUNT
OVERDRAWN
UNEXPENDED
Balance from 1913
$5,600 64
Transferred to Maturing Notes
5,600 00
$ 64
Premium
10
Certification of Taxes .
5 00
Licenses and Permits
11 00
Corporation Tax
680 13
National Bank Tax
356 89
Selectmen's Expenses
119 36
Town Accountant's Salary
41 66
Assessors' Salaries
41 80
Assessors' Expenses
63 01
Tax Collector's Expenses
6 12
Town Clerk's Expenses
2 96
Treasurer's Salary
33 34
Treasurer's Expenses
59 45
Miscellaneous Expenses
486 45
Town Building
24
Insurance
280 94
Police Department
20 91
Fire Department
6 40
Forest Warden
76 04
Sealer Weights and Measures
42 23
Highways
13 60
Street Watering
131 29
Poor Department
5 17
Town Home Repairs
40 48
Soldiers' Relief
62 15
School Department
21
Rent of Playground
08
Interest Account
$74 48
Com. of Mass., Small Pox
22 49
Moderator
20 00
184
Tax Collector's Salary $18 32
Election Expenses 58 81
Health Department Salaries 6 25
Health Dept. Maintenance 101 97
Care of Common
6 47
$308 79
Balance forward
. 2,278 96
Available for 1914
. $2,587 75
$2,587 75
PREMIUMS
RECEIVED
From Temporary Loans . $ 10
Transferred to Contingent 10
CERTIFICATION OF TAXES
RECEIVED
From Collector of Taxes
5 00
Transferred to Contingent 5 00
LICENSES AND PERMITS
RECEIVED
C. L. Nichols, slaughter house
$1 00
Geo. L. Flint, auctioneer
4 00
Jacob Riseman, junk
25 00
Israel Horovitz, junk
25 00
Cummings express
1 00
American express
1 00
James Borthwick
3 00
Simon Castine
3 00
Robert Weston, garage
1 00
Downie & Wheeler, circus
5 00
Geo. Horrocks, auctioneer
2 00
$71 00
185
TRANSFERRED
Repair Central Fire Station .
$60 00
Contingent
11 00
$71 00
C. L. HAAG ESTATE RECEIVED
Sale of Property
$1,035 00
Balance from 1912
$161 00
Transferred to miscellaneous expenses
874 00
$1,035 00
TAXES ON PROPERTY TAKEN
Balance from 1912 .
$483 69
RECEIVED
From Tax Collector
90 07
$573 76
EXPENDED
To Collector of Taxes
$470 90
Balance to 1914
102 86
$573 76
GROUARD ESTATE INCOME
Balance from 1912 .
$187 96
RECEIVED
Rent
500 04
EXPENDED
Painting house
$75 00
Repairs .
17 93
Water rates
11 29
Transferred to maturing indebtedness
for note
$475 00
$579 22
Balance carried to 1914
108 78
$688 00
$688 00
186
SCHEDULE OF REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN OF READING DECEMBER 31, 1913
SCHOOLS
Buildings and land
· 8214,000 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 Building
$21,400 00
Grouard estate
·
10,700 00
Police (personal)
311 50
$32,411 50
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Fire houses
$6,600 00
Personal .
20,905 00
$27,505 00
LIBRARIES
Personal .
$3,500 00
WATER DEPARTMENT
Buildings
$15,300 00
Personal .
2,500 00
$17,800 00
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HIGHWAYS
Tool house
$500 00
Personal
. .
3,502 10
$4,002 10
.
·
187
POOR DEPARTMENT
Town Home
$9,500 00
Personal, Town Home
3,300 00
$12,800 00
LAND
Land off Grove st., near golf links $200 00
Land west of John street
50 00
Land west of John street
50 00
Land Ash street, near railroad
1,200 00
$1,500 00
CEMETERY
Land (estimated)
$25,000 00
Tool house
100 00
Personal .
200 00
$25,300 00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Building and land .
$18,600 00
Personal .
142,300 00
$160,900 00
Total value of real and personal
property Dec. 31, 1913 $526,218 60
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, 1913 :
Baptist Society $26,000 00
Congregational Society
86,350 00
Old South M. E. Church
43,000 00
Christian Union Society
26,500 00
St. Agnes' Roman Catholic Church 48,600 00
Home for Aged Women 5,700 00
Quannapowitt Agricultural Association 13,800 00
Fathers' and Mothers' Club
3,850 00
$253,800 00
REPORT OF COLLECTOR
H. M. VIALL, Collector,
DR.
Amount uncollected tax, account 1909
$147 00
Uncollected tax, account 1910
190 24
Interest collected, account 1910
12 73
Uncollected tax, account 1911
13,359 51
Interest collected, account 1911
1,095 35
Uncollected tax, account 1912
46,594 08
Interest collected, account 1912
1,217 51
Tax, committed list, account 1913
134,281 14
Moth tax, account 1913
1,170 50
Additional tax, account 1913
14 00
Excise tax, account 1913
2,756 77
Supplementary tax, account 1913
4,076 37
Interest collected, account 1913
152 42
Paid after abatement .
2 82
Account of certificates
5 00
11 00
Account of redemption of property Postage .
5 81
$205,092 25
188
189
IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF READING
CR.
Amount uncollected (suit pending) account 1909 $147 00
Uncollected (suit pending) account 1910 88 65
Abatement, account 1910 37 73
Cash paid W. C. Mansfield, Treasurer, account 1910
76 59
Cash paid W. C. Mansfield, Treasurer, account 1911
11,824 96
Abatement moth tax, account 1911
1 00
Abatement, account 1911
714 44
Uncollected, account 1911
1,914 46
Uncollected, account 1912
11,157 18
Abatement moth tax, account 1912 5 50
Abatement, account 1912
260 79
Cash paid W. C. Mansfield, Treasurer,
account 1912 .
36,388 12
Cash paid W. C. Mansfield, Treasurer, account 1913 97,990 36
Abatement moth tax, account 1913
2 50
Abatement, account 1913
392 55
Uncollected, account 1913
44,065 79
Cash paid W. C. Mansfield, Treasurer,
account Miscellaneous Receipts 24 63
$205,092 25
Respectfully submitted,
H. M. VIALL, Collector.
Reading, December 31, 1913.
Approved :
JOHN H. SHELDON, Town Accountant.
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MR. JOHN H. SHELDON, Town Accountant,
Reading, Mass.
DEAR SIR: - Herewith I hand you my report covering the year ending December 31, 1913.
For the information of the taxpayers, I would like to say, through you, a word in explanation of the unpaid taxes of 1909 and 1910 now in litigation. I am advised by the Town Counsel that this matter is now nearing a settlement' and I hope in the near future to report that it is entirely cleaned up. In regard to the unpaid balance of 1911 amount- ing to $1,914.46; since my report was made up, in one transaction $1,840 of this amount has been settled, and the balance will undoubtedly be paid by the time the Town Report is distributed. As to the 1912 and 1913 unpaid taxes ; in order to comply with the new laws governing Tax Col- lectors throughout the State, it will be necessary for the Collector to enforce collection on BOTH YEARS prior to the end of the present year. This public notice should prepare all those who are now delinquent for such action from the Col- lection Department.
Yours very truly,
HERBERT M. VIALL. Collector.
REPORTS OF DEPARTMENTS
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REPORT OF ASSESSORS
Valuation of Real Estate :
Buildings excluding land . . $3,529,975 00
Land excluding buildings . 2,190,405 00
Total real estate . $5,720,380 00
Personal estate excluding resident bank stock $1,228,303 00 Resident bank stock 23,100 00
Total personal estate .
$1,251,403 00
Total real and personal estate assessed April
1. 1913
$6,971,783 00
Real estate increase over 1912 $311,395 00
Personal estate increase over 1912 113,521 00
Total increase
$424,916 00
Tax on real estate
$106,971 55
Tax on personal estate
23,403 59
Tax on polls
3,906 00
Tax on real estate for moth work
1,170 50
Total tax assessed April 1, 1913 $135,451 64
Personal estate assessed Dec. 16, 1913 $216,205 00
Real estate assessed Dec. 16, 1913
1,675 00
Polls assessed since April 1, 1913-8 at $2.00 16 00 Tax assessed as supplementary on personal estate Dec. 16, 1913 . 4,043 05
Tax assessed as supplementary on real estate Dec. 16, 1913 31 32
Street Railway Excise Tax on 11.999 miles 2,756 77
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Total assessed from all sources 1913 .
$142,282 78
Total assessed in 1912
135,853 75
Gain in 1913 over 1912
$6,429 03
State highway tax
$187 00
Wellington Bridge tax
50 50
State tax
11,920 00
County tax
6,013 46
Total State and County tax 1913
$18,170 96
Total State and County tax 1912 14,473 34
1913 in excess of 1912
$3,697 62
Balance used for Town purposes $124,111 82
Rate of taxation $18.70 per $1,000
Total number of persons assessed on property . 1875
Total number of persons assessed on polls only 1130
Total number of separate assessments 3005
Total number of polls April 1, 1913
1953
Number of polls added since
8
Total number assessed
1961
Increase of polls over 1912
78
Number of horses
305
Number of cows
293
Number of neat cattle
58
Number of sheep
5
Number of swine
93
Number of fowls
15,048
Number of dwellings
1503
Number of new dwellings .
58
Number of acres of land
5734
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ASSESSORS' REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF LAND UNDER THE BLOCK SYSTEM
During the past year we had surveyed 15 plots or blocks of land divided up into 473 separate lots. This with the previous survey of 15 plots makes a total of 1128 separate lots of land situated as follows :
Plot 1-West of Reading Square, between Haven and Wo- burn streets, to Linden street.
Plot 2-South of Haven street and west of Main street to B. & M. R. R.
Plot 3-North of Green street to Pleasant street, east of Main street to John street.
Plot 4-North of Pleasant street to Salem street, east of Main street to John street.
Plot 5-North of Salem street to Charles street, east of Main street to Pearl street.
Plot 6-East of Main street, including parts of Charles, Harrison and Pearl streets.
Plot 7-North of Mt. Vernon street to Middlesex avenue. east of Kingston street to Lowell street.
Plot 8 -- West of Kingston street to School street, south of Middlesex avenue.
Plot 9-West of School street to High street, south of Mid- dlesex avenue.
Plot 10-North of Haven street, vicinity of B. & M. R. R. station.
Plot 11 -- South of Prescott street to Warren avenue, west of B. & M. R. R.
Plot 12-Sunnyside Land, C. S. Pratt's, south of Prescott street.
Plot 13-North of Prescott street, west of Arlington street. Plot 14-North of Prescott street to Temple street, east of Summer avenue.
Plot 15-South of Prescott street, east of Summer avenue. Plot 16-North of Middlesex avenue, east of Bancroft ave.
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Plot 17-South of Salem street to Pleasant street, easterly to Eaton street.
Plot 18-North of Avon street, between Minot street and Ash street.
Plot 19-South of Mineral street, B. & M. R. R., west of High street.
Plot 20-South of Washington street on Main street, Sweetser Homestead.
Plot 21 -- South of Woburn street to Howard street on West street, east of West street.
Plot 22-North of Woburn street to King street, west of Summer avenue to West street.
Plot 23-North of Temple street to King street, east of Summer avenue.
Plot 24-West of High street to Temple street, north of No. 1 Washington street.
Plot 25-North of King street to Mineral street, east of Sum- mer avenue to Hancock street extension.
Plot 26-North of Mineral street to Woodbine street, east of Summer avenue to Hancock street.
Plot 27-North of Howard street to Woburn street, Perkins estate, etc.
Plot 28-North of Oak street to Howard street, east of West street to Sigsbee avenue, Scotland.
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