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RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4%
1915
$8,000 00
4%
1916
13,000 00
4%
1917
13,000 00
4%
1918
13,000 00
4%
1919
13,000 00
4%
1920
13,000 00
4%
1921
13,000 00
4%
1922
13,000 00
4%
1923
11,000 00
4%
1924
11,000 00
4%
1925
11,000 00
4%
1926
6,000 00
4%
1927
6,000 00
4%
1928
6,000 00
4%
1929
6,000 00
4%
1930
6,000 00
4%
1931
1,000 00
4%
1932
1,000 00
4%
1933
1,000 00 $165,000 00
GROUARD ESTATE LOAN
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4%
1915
$1,000 00
4%
1916
1,000 00
4%
1917
1,000 00
4%
1918
1,000 00
4%
1919
1,000 00
4%
1920
1,000 00
4%
1921
1,000 00
$7,000 00
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AUTO CHEMICAL TRUCK
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
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
$6,000 00
CEMETERY AND LIBRARY BEQUESTS
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4%
1915
$1,200 00
4%
1916
1,200 00
4%
1917
1,200 00
4%
1918
1,200 00
4%
1919
1,200 00
4 %
1920
1,200 00
4%
1921
1,200 00
$8,400 00
Total Indebtedness December 31, 1914
$343,400 00
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TEMPORARY LOANS
Balance from 1913 . $55,000 00 .
BORROWED IN 1914
Bond & Goodwin, 3.70%, due Oct. 7,1914
$30,000 00
Bond & Goodwin, 3.70%, due Nov. 10, 1914
25,000 00
Bond & Goodwin, 3.70%, due Dec. 10, 1914 20,000 00
C. D. Parker & Co., 3.19%, due April 15, 1915 . Cemetery Bequest Fund, 5%, due July. 15, 1915
25,000 00
2,000 00
C. D. Parker & Co., 4.08%, due April 22, 1915 . 30,000 00
132,000 00
$187,000 00
PAID IN 1914 F. 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
Bond & Goodwin, 3.70%, due Oct. 7, 1914
30,000 00
Bond & Goodwin, 3.70%, due Nov. 10, 1914 25,000 00
Bond & Goodwin, 3.70%, due Dec. 10, 1914 20,000 00
130,000 00
Total outstanding temporary loans
57,000 00
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TEMPORARY LOANS OUTSTANDING
C. D. Parker & Co., 3.29%, due April 15, 1915 . $25,000 00
Cemetery Bequest Fund, 5%, due July 15, 1915 . 2,000 00
C. D. Parker & Co., 4.08%, due April 22, 1915
30,000 00
$57,000 00
TOWN DEBT DECEMBER 31, 1914
DUE IN 1915
NOTES AND BONDS
Mar. 27
$1,000 3 1-2%
Municipal Light ?
Apr. 16
1,500
4 1-4%
Municipal Light
July 15
2,000 4 %
Municipal Light
$106,000 00
Sep. 15
500
4 1-2%
Municipal Light
Oct. 1
3,000
4 1-2%
Municipal Light
Oct. 15
1,500
4 1-4%
Municipal Light J
June 1
8,000
4
%
Water Department
165,000 00
Aug. 1
3,000
4 %
Highland School Bldg.
3,000 00
Nov. 1
4,000
3 1-2%
High School Bldg.
46,000 00
Dec. 21
1,000
31-2%
High School Bldg.
2,000 00
Apr. 15
1,200
4
Current Expense Bonds
8,400 00
July 21
1,000
4
Grouard Estate
7,000 00
July 15
1,500
4 1-4%
Auto Chemical Truck
6,000 00
$30,200
Total Debt
$343,400 00
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Sep. 27
1,000
4 %
Lowell St. School Bldg.
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FINANCES
The assessed valuation of the Town April 1, 1914, was :
Real Estate
$6,141,980 00
Personal Estate
1,376,975 00
Total Valuation
7,518,955 00
Assessed at $19.20 per $1,000 gives $144,364 09
1958 Polls at $2.00 . . 3,916 00
148,280 09
This tax is divided as follows :
For Town purposes .
130,568 26
Less Corporation Tax, estimated 6,000 00
124,568 28
County Tax
7,149 78
State Tax .
13,037 50
Highway Tax
329 60
Wellington Bridge
51 84
Overlay
3,143 09
148,280 09
December supplementary additional property :
Personal Property
56,495 00
Real .
1,100 00
57,595 00
Assessed at $19.20
1,105 82
One additional poll .
2 00
Amount credited to Overlay Acct.
1,107 82
The valuations of estates in this Town for the year mentioned in the preceding table are the figures originally made by the Board of Assessors on April 1 of each respec- tive 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
ABATEMENT
NET VALUATION
1912
$6,546,867 00
$46,100 00
$6,500,767 00
1913
7,190,063 00
21,190 00 7,168,873 00
1914
7,576,560 00
31,925 00
7,544,635 00
$21,313,490 00
$99,215 00
$21,214,275 00
BORROWING CAPACITY
The average net valuation of the Town of Read- ing for 1912, 1913, 1914, is $7,071,425 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 preced- ing three years, the valuation being first reduced by the amount of all abatements thereon previous to the 31st day of Decem- ber of each year
Three per cent. is . $212,142 00
Total Town Debt is 343,400 00
Of this amount the following loans are not included in the debt limit, being exempt by Acts of the Legislature :
Water loans . $165,000 00 Electric Light loans 106,000 00
$271,000 00
Net Municipal Debt Decem- ber 31, 1914 72,400 00 . Borrowing capacity January 1, 1915 ·
$139,742 00
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TRUST FUNDS
Balance from 1913
$15,280 95
PAID IN 1914
Charles K. Gorus
100 00
George R. J. Walker
50 00
Estate of Edward S. Batchelder
100 00
James A. Bancroft
75 00
Estate of Orne Green .
40 00
Sarah F. Johnson
200 00
Estate of George F. Buck
200 00
$16,045 95
Interest accrued on the above unexpended 1,013 44
CEMETERY BEQUEST FUND
The Treasurer, Cemetery Trustees and Select- men, acting as Trustees of the Cemetery Fund, held on December 31, 1914, cash and securities amounting to ·
$17,059 39
Balance from 1913 $16,219 39
Received from bequests $765 00
Received from Interest 780 50
$1,545 50
Less interest paid for per-
petual care 705 50
840 00
$17,059 39
This Fund is invested as follows : Town of Reading Bonds, Electric Light, Wilmington Extension, 4%, interest payable January and July $14,000 00
Town of Reading Temporary Loan, 5%, due July 15, 1915 2,000 00
Accrued interest to Dec. 31, 1914 . 288 75
Cash in Mechanics Savings Bank 770 64
$17,059 39
$17,059 39
95
LIBRARY BEQUEST FUND
The Treasurer and Trustees of the Public Library
held on Dec. 31, 1914, cash amounting to
$282 43
This amount is invested as follows : Cash held by the Treasurer . $282 43
CASH HELD BY TREASURER OF FUNDS
Cemetery Trust Fund
$770 64
Library Bequest Fund
282 43
$1,053 09
TAXES
The taxes committed, abated and collected during the fiscal year, together with the balance unpaid Dec. 31, 1913, and Dec. 31, 1914, are as follows :
TAXES, 1909
Balance from 1913 .
$147 00
Collected
$90 00
Abated .
57 00
$147 00
$147 00
TAXES, 1910
Balance from 1913
· $88 65
Abated
.
$88 65
TAXES, 1911
Balance from 1913 .
$1,909 51
Collected
$966 94
Abated .
942 57
$1,909 51
$1,909 51
TAXES, 1912
Balance from 1913
$10,985 51
Collected
. $10,163 29
Abated
366 68
10,529 97
$455 54
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TAXES, 1913
Balance from 1913 .
$43,626 29
Refunded
79 01
43,705 30
Collected
. $31,430 57
Abated .
2,242 35
Abated refund
79 01
·
33,751 93
9,953 37
TAXES, 1914
Amount assessed .
$148,280 09
Supplementary warrant . 1,107 82
Error in assessment .
08
149,387 99
Collected
. $97,113 10
Abated .
· 563 59
97,676 69
51,711 30
Total amount taxes uncollected Dec. 31, 1914 $62,120 21
ASSESSMENTS
The assessments Dec. 31, 1913, amount levied, amount paid during the year and the balance unpaid Dec. 31, 1914, are as follows :
MOTH, 1911
Balance 1913
$495 00
Abated
$495 00
Мотн, 1912
Balance from 1913 .
$171 67
Collected
169 60
Uncollected
$2 07
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MOTH, 1913
Balance from 1913 .
$439 50
Collected
323 25
Uncollected
116 25
MOTH, 1914
Amount levied
$1,329 50
Supplementary
1 50
Error in assessment
1 00
1,332 00
Collected
755 50
Uncollected
576 50
Uncollected Moth Assessments
$694 82
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ASSETS
TRUST FUNDS AND INVESTMENTS
Cemetery Bequests
Wilmington Extension
Bonds, Town of Reading, 4%
$14,000 00
Town of Reading, note Temporary Loan, 5%
2,000 00
Interest due Dec. 31, 1914
288 75
Cash in Mechanics Savings Bank
770 64
Library Fund
Cash held by Treasurer
282 43
$17,341 82
CAPITAL ASSETS
Public Property .
. . $931,651 44
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FROM ASSETS
Cash held by Treasurer
$3,388 02
Collector Taxes, 1912
455 54
Collector Taxes, 1913 .
9,953 37
Collector Taxes, 1914 .
51,711 30
Collector Moth Assessment, 1912
2 07
Collector Moth Assessment, 1913
116 25
Collector Moth Assessment, 1914
576 50
Sundry parties, spraying
951 60
Taxes on property taken
617 79
Water Department, insurance
106 60
Moth Department, Commonwealth of Mass.
2,580 95
Tree Warden
4 68
Highway Department
258 61
Lowell St., macadam, Commonwealth of Mass.
150 00
Lowell St., macadam, special
229 47
Commonwealth of Mass., Poor Department
604 40
Commonwealth of Mass., Chapter 763
526 12
City of Somerville, Chapter 763
246 00
City of Boston, Poor Department
7 55
City of Springfield, Chapter 763
32 00
Town of Norfolk, Poor Department
133 88
Town of Methuen, Poor Department .
194 97
Burial of Soldiers, Commonwealth of Mass.
94 00
State Aid, Commonwealth of Mass. .
1,666 00
$74,607 67
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LIABILITIES
TRUST FUNDS :
Cemetery Bequests
$17,059 39
Library Bequest .
.
282 43
$17,341 82
CAPITAL LIABILITIES
Town Debt .
$343,400 00
Balance, Town of Reading . .
588,251 44
$931,651 44
APPROPRIATIONS, DECEMBER 31, 1914 LIABILITIES
Temporary Loans
$57,000 00
Overlays, 1912
582 59
Overlays, 1913
3,571 70
Overlays, 1914
3,687 40
Cemetery Special, Sale of Lots and Graves
4,025 45
Suspense (assessments unpaid) .
1,646 42
Miscellaneous Expenses, Sewer Committee
501 90
Town Building (fire doors)
345 00
Survey Block System
327 86
Inspector of Wires
25 00
Lowell St., macadam, 1913
447 46
Lowell St., macadam, 1914 .
5 77
Haverhill St., macadam
86 56
Drinking Fountains
150 00
Concrete Sidewalks
500 00
Special repairs, School Department
487 19
Contingent (excess revenue)
1,217 37
·
.
$74,607 67
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, 1914 :
GENERAL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE
MODERATOR :
Appropriation .
$50 00
EXPENDED
George L. Flint, Moderator . $30 00
Transferred to Contingent 20 00
$50 00
EXECUTIVE
SELECTMEN, SALARIES :
Appropriation .
$500 00
EXPENDED
To James W. Killam $25 00
Edwin L. Hutchinson
158 32
Otis B. Ruggles, Chairman
191 68
Edgar O. Dewey
125 00
$500 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
. ·
$200 00
EXPENDED
Government Envelopes
$25 09
Rent of Post Office box .
.
3 75
Office Supplies
30 65
Telephone
31 90
Printing
35 25
100
101
Express .
91
Signs
3 50
Auto hire
4 75
Accounting sheets (Accountant)
50 00
Typewriting .
5 00
$190 80
Transferred to Contingent
9 20
$200 00
FINANCIAL
TOWN ACCOUNTANT :
Appropriation
$750 00
EXPENDED
John H. Sheldon, Accountant
$750 00
TREASURER :
Appropriation
$600 00
EXPENDED
Ward O. Mansfield, Treasurer
.
$600 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDED
Printing
$4 00
Treasurer's Bond .
60 00
Certification of Notes
32 00
Government Envelopes
43 24
Office Supplies
26 00
Express .
46
Rent of Safe Deposit Box
5 00
$170 70
Transferred to Contingent
29 30
$200 00
102
ASSESSORS' SALARIES :
Appropriation .
$1,150 00
EXPENDED
Alvah W. Clark, two months
$63 SS
Millard F. Charles
383 33
George E. Horrocks
383 33
Ardine M. Allen
319 46
-- $1,150 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
.
$500 00
EXPENDED
Abstracting Deeds and Mortgages $31 50
Information, Stockholders (two years)
37 00
A. W. Clark, expenses .
3 46
George E. Horrocks, expenses
7 35
Ardine M. Allen, expenses
1 75
Office Supplies
20 66
Printing
27 50
Street Lists, 1914 .
188 10
Abstracting Mortgages, C. W. Smith
133 35
List of Stockholders
3 00
Auto hire
21 00
$474 67
Transferred to Contingent
25 33
$500 00
TAX COLLECTOR, SALARY :
Appropriation
$1,100 00
Transferred from Contingent
67 86
1,167 86
EXPENDED
Herbert M. Viall, Collector .
.
$1,167 86
103
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
$175 00
Receipts from postage
2 25
Transferred from Contingent
64
$177 89
EXPENDED
Printing
$40 00
Government envelopes
21 24
Special envelopes .
17 50
Numbering stamp
3 00
Postage stamps
76 18
Office supplies
19 97
$177 89
TOWN CLERK :
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDED
Millard F. Charles, salary .
$150 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
$250 00
EXPENDED
Recording births
$63 50
Recording deaths .
20 00
Recording marriages
16 00
Reporting deaths
2 25
Reporting births
45 75
Book for death returns
2 68
Office supplies
38 37
Serving summons
3 20
Printing
16 25
Express
45
208 45
Transferred to Contingent
- 41 55
.
.
$250 00
104
BLOCK SYSTEM SURVEY
Appropriation $500 00
Balance from 1913
117 76
$617 76
EXPENDED
C. E. Carter, survey and plans
$265 90
Supplies
24 00
289 90
Balance to 1915
327 86
$617 76
OTHER GENERAL ACCOUNTS MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Balance from 1913 $501 90
Appropriation
1,200 00
RECEIVED
From interest . 88
From return premium from Moth . 49 74
$1,752 52
EXPENDED
Care of Old South Clock $50 00
Printing Town Reports
696 00
Lighting Old South Clock
113 65
Liability Insurance, Moth Dept. . 168 50
Salary, Secretary of Finance Committee
25 00
Expenses, Sec'y of Finance Committee
5 98
Printing Finance Report
35 35
Vacation, H. M. Donegan, Supt., 2 wks.
36 00
Telephone, H. M. Donegan, Supt.
16 61
Signs, automobile .
13 92
Insurance, Collector's vault
7 13
Express .
3 45
Typewriting warrant
5 00
105
Mailing dog notices
$2 00
Printing
3 25
Incidentals
39 10
Circulars, Salem Relief
2 00
$1,222 94
Transferred to Contingent
27 68
1,250 62
Balance to 1915 for Sewer Committee
$501 90
SALARY TOWN COUNSEL
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
Jesse W. Morton, Town Counsel
$500 00
TOWN BUILDING
Appropriation
$600 00
Transferred from Contingent
350 00
$950 00
EXPENDED
Repairs
$87 92
Fuel
337 93
Express .
4 60
Lighting
101 30
Supplies
15 65
Awnings
15 00
Cleaning cesspools
11 00
$573 40
Transferred to Contingent
37 60
605 00
Balance to 1915
$345 00
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ELECTION AND REGISTRATION SALARY OF REGISTRARS
Appropriation
EXPENDED $130 00
M. F. Charles, Registrar and Clerk $40 00
Walter S. Prentiss, Registrar 30 00
Arthur C. Copeland, Registrar 30 00
Owen McKenney, Registrar . . 30 00
$130 00
ELECTION EXPENSES
Appropriation
$600 00
EXPENDED
Election Officers
$200 00
Selectmen, services Primaries a n d
Elections
30 00
Registrars, recount Counsellor 15 00
Registrars, recount Representative
15 00
A. M. Allen, services
19 00
Rent of hall
52 00
Printing ballots, warrants and inciden-
tals . 169 90
Taking down and putting up booths 3 00
Supplies
33 55
$537 45
Transferred to Contingent
62 55
$600 00
UNPAID BILLS
Lyceum Hall Association
$41 00
LIGHTING G. A. R. HALL
Appropriation
$50 00
EXPENDED
For lighting
$50 00
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INSURANCE
Appropriation
$400 00
EXPENDED
Burgess & Allen, premiums $110 70
Kingman & Davis, premiums
148 50
Walter S. Badger, premiums
54 00
Wm. H. Wightman & Co., premiums
26 79
Lewis M. Bancroft, premiums.
41 58
Prentiss & Viall, premiums
14 21
$395 78
Transferred to Contingent
4 22
$400 00
PREMIUMS
Received from loan
10
Transferred to Contingent
10
CERTIFICATION OF TAXES
RECEIVED
From sundry parties
$14 00
Transferred to Contingent
.
$14 00
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT
DR.
CR.
Balance from 1913 .
$2,278 96
Sundry receipts
1 55
From Library Fire Loss .
1,202 68
Premiums
10
Interest Account .
420 26
Certification of Taxes
14 00
Licenses and Permits
107 00
Corporation Taxes .
446 28
National Bank Tax
336 07
Grouard Estate Income .
20 74
Moderator
20 00
.
108
Selectmen's Expenses
$9 20
Assessors' Expenses
25 33
Treasurer's Expenses
29 30
Town Clerk, Expenses
41 55
Election Expenses
62 55
Miscellaneous Expenses
27 68
Town Building
31 60
Insurance
4 22
Police Department
113 52
Repairs, Fire Alarm
2 59
Repairs, Central Fire Station
17 63
Inspector of Wires
5 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
136 75
Prescott Street
6 65
Mt. Vernon St. Drain
4 75
Concrete Sidewalk Repairs
4 50
Oiling Streets
56 96
Soldiers' Relief
207 75
School Department
2 00
Public Library
31
Rent of Playground
5 00
Care of Common
47 94
Cemetery
35
Poor Department, Chap. 763
198 47
For Maturing Notes
$2,200 00
Fire Doors
350 00
Tax Collector's Salary
67 86
Fire Department
68
Forest Warden
268 26
Health Department
504 58
Highway Department
298 72
Snow and Ice .
199 79
Poor Department
781 84
Tax Collector, Expenses
64
$4,672 37
Unexpended (surplus)
1,217 37
$5,889 74 $5,889 74
109
LICENSES AND PERMITS
RECEIVED
Slaughter House
$1 00
Victuallers
11 00
Carriage .
5 00
Inn Holder
1 00
Circus
5 00
Junk
75 00
Express
2 00
Auctioneer's
6 00
Garage
Transferred to Contingent .
$107 00
OVERLAY ACCOUNT, 1910
Balance from 1913 .
$379 13
RECEIVED
Additional
2 00
$381 13
Abatement, 1910 Tax
$381 13
OVERLAYS, 1911
Balance from 1913 .
$221 74
RECEIVED
Additionals
5 84
$227 58
From 1912 Account
714 99
Abatement 1911 Tax
$942 57
$942 57
1 00
$107 00
110
OVERLAYS, 1912
Balance from 1913 .
$1,428 78
From Overlay, 1910
235 48
$1,664 26
Abatement, 1912 Tax
$366 68
To 1911 Overlay
714 99
$1,081 67
Balance to 1915
$582 59
OVERLAY, 1913
Balance from 1913 .
. $5,893 06
Abatement, 1913 Tax
. . 2,321 36
Balance to 1915
. $3,571 70
OVERLAY, 1914
Assessed .
. $3,143 09
December Supplementary
.
. 1,107 82
$4,250 91
Abatement, 1914 Tax
563 59
Balance to 1915
. $3,687 32
CEMETERY SPECIAL SALE OF LOTS AND GRAVES
Balance from 1913 . . $4,390 89
RECEIVED
From sundry parties in 1914 . $960 00
From Interest on Fund .
174 56
$5,525 45
Transferred to Cemetery Account for removal of Ledge
1.500 00
Balance to 1915
. $4,025 45
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GROUARD ESTATE INCOME
Balance from 1913
$108 78
Received from Rent
416 70
$525 48
Transferred as part payment of Note
due in 1914
$475 00
Paid for sundry repairs . .
29 74
$504 74
Transferred to Contingent
20 74
$525 48
TAXES ON PROPERTY TAKEN
Balance from 1913 . $102 86
RECEIVED
From sales, H. M. Viall, Collector
275 45
$378 31
EXPENDED
To H. M. Viall, Collector
$996 10
Balance to 1915
617 79
$996 10
$996 10
PROTECTION TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
.
$5,100 00
RECEIVED
From Court Fines
. 108 00
$5,208 00
112
EXPENDED
Pay Rolls Officers :
Wm. E. Swain, Chief . $1,179 00
Jeremiah Cullinane, Patrolman £
1,029 00
George Stock, Patrolman 1,064 20
Oscar H. Low, Patrolman
1,073 50
$4,345 70
Special Officers
451 84
$4,797 54
Expenses W. E. Swain, meals and
transportation of prisoners $40 95
Evidence, Town vs. Nickerson 35 00
Carriage hire 65 75
Telephone
61 29
Repairs .
21 19
Auto List
10 00
Professional services
8 00
Printing
24 50
Helmets and belts
11 50
Signs
5 00
Laundry
4 25
Supplies
9 00
Express
51
$5,094 48
Balance transferred to Contingent
113 52
$5,208 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$5,333 00
RECEIVED
From sundry sources
100 49
$5,433 49
113
EXPENDED
O. O. Ordway, Chief
$102 00
Frank E. Gray, Engineer
35 41
Luke McKenney, Engineer
77 00
W. R. Zwicker, Engineer
49 59
$264 00
Owen McKenney, Capt. Combination
10 00
E. H. Crowe, Capt. Ladder No. 1
10 00
Geo. F. Blanchard, Capt. Hose 1
10 00
O. H. Heselton, Capt. Hose 2
10 00
O. H. Heselton, Steward Hose 2 .
65.00
$369 00
Pay roll call men, poll taxes
. $1,400 87
Pay roll call men, July 3
52 00
$1,821 87
Pay roll permanent man, H. L. Eames
954 00
Pay roll permanent man, M. J. Shannon 736 00
Pay roll permanent man, Wm. F.O'Brien 112 00
Horse hire
645 00
Transmitter
115 00
Batteries
131 46
Naphtha and oil
142 53
General supples
151 96
General repairs
136 17
Lumber .
23 97
Water
22 81
Telephone
77 84
Laundry
19 65
Printing
14 50
Sounding board
4 50
Fuel and light
67 07
Rubber boots and coats
23 50
Services of Instructor
42 80
Incidentals
16 81
L. T. Eames, Supt. Fire Alarm
100 00
Labor
74 05
$5,433 49
114
NEW HOSE
Appropriation
$650 00
EXPENDED
Boston Woven Hose Co.
$325 00
C. Callahan Co.
.
325 00
$650 00
REPAIRS ON FIRE ALARM
Appropriation
$400 00
EXPENDED
Wire
201 08
La bor
102 00
L. T. Eames, labor
59 05
Horse hire
22 50
Supplies
12 78
$397 41
Transferred to Contingent
.
2 59
$400 00
TRANSMITTER
Appropriation
$175 00
EXPENDED
Gamewell Fire Alarm & Tel. Co.
$175 00
HYDRANT RENTALS
Appropriation
$5,730 00
Reading Water Works .
$5,730 00
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$2,788 71
Transferred from Tree Warden
235 00
Received from assessments and Commonwealth of Mass. .
2,264 28
$5,287 99
.
EXPENDED
115
Balance due from Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, Dec. 31, 1913 . .
$2,166 36
EXPENDED
Henry M. Donegan, Supt. . $900 00
Pay roll
. 4,463 13
Government envelopes
42 00
Printing
23 50
Incidentals
34 11
Oil
69 98
Repairs
15 64 .
Storing machine
10 00
Rent of barn
60 00 .
Naphtha
60 22 .
Supplies £
14 00
Refund assessment
10 00
$5,702 58
7,868 94
Balance due from Commonwealth of Mass. and moth assessments out- standing .
2,580 95
$5,287 99
FOREST WARDEN
Appropriation
$775 00
Receipts from telephone tolls
4 76
Received from B. & M. R. R.
·
17 50
Transferred from Contingent
268 26
$1,065 52
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
A. W. Newhouse, Deputy Warden
15 00
95 00
.
.
797 26
116
Pay roll, forest fires
$648 75
Extinguishers
144 00
Telephone
18 39
Supplies
17 06
Printing
15 75
Repairs .
27 65
Teaming
11 62
Repairs on wagon
15 00
Lunches .
7 0.1
Water
5 29
Care of wagon
45 00
Storing
15 00
$1,065 52
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
$500 00
Received from Malden &
Melrose
Gas Co.
500 00
Received from sundry parties,
spraying
10 00
$1,010 00
EXPENDED
Balance, 1913
$29 45
Pay roll .
598 29
H. M. Donegan, services
50 00
Trees
53 00
Loam
18 00
Repair of saws, etc.
11 15
Printing
3 50
Supplies
9 55
Incidentals
6 74
Transferred to Moth Dept.
235 00
1,014 68
Balance to 1915
4 68
Made good by amounts due from sundry parties
$1,010 00
.
117
INSPECTION
INSPECTOR OF WIRES
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDED
J. W. Sias, Inspector ·
$25 00
A. W. Sias, Inspector
45 00
Transferred to Contingent
5 00
75 00
Balance due A. W. Sias, Inspector $25 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation
$235 00
Received from sundry parties
25 52
$260 52
EXPENDED
F. W. Parker, salary
$100 00
Expenses
3 80
Seals
4 02
Horse hire
6 00
Printing
9 95
$123 77
Transferred to Contingent
136 75
$260 52
HEALTH AND SANITATION HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SALARIES
Appropriation
$250 00
EXPENDED
Geo. L. Flint, Secretary
$100 00
E. M. Halligan, M. D.
75 00
Dr. M. E. Brande (2 months)
12 50
Dr. O. H. Playdon (10 months)
62 50
$250 00
118
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$1,450 00
Received from overpayment bill
3 25
Received from City of Beverly
218 13
$1,671 38
Transferred from Contingent
504 58
$2,175 96
EXPENDED
David M. Taggart, Inspector of Plumb-
ing .
$600 00
C. H. Playdon, Inspector of Animals .
125 00
J. H. Eames, Inspector Slaughtering 100 00 Board of Health, N. Y., Virus Rabbies 125 00
Disinfectants
108 60
Rent
100 08
Printing .
15 50
Branding
2 65
Aid
8 74
Fuel
4 75
Express .
8 08
Ambulance
12 00
Provisions
19 07
Office supplies
12 10
Lighting
10 40
Telephone
21 28
Medical attendance
21 00
Contagious diseases :
City of Somerville' .
137 14
City of Boston
55 71
City of Malden
688 86
$2,175 96
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Appropriation .
$4,470 00
Transferred from Oiling Streets . 200 00
Transferred from Street Watering 300 00
119
RECEIVED
Bay State Street Railway . .
$6,568 96
Sundry sources 364 18
Transferred from Contingent
298 22
$12,201 86
EXPENDED
E. H. Crowe, Supt.
.
$1,004 00
Pay roll
.
7,683 22
Tarvia
1,039 33
Oil Cart
600 00
Stone and Gravel
484 02
Express and freight
264 47
Repairing lawns, Lowell St.
209 11
Liability Insurance
99 87
Catch basins
30 00
Signs .
4 00
Repairs on roller
79 10
Inspection of boiler
5 00
Tools
15 00
Plans
20 60
Rubber boots
4 50
Telephone
20 62
Horse hire .
124 00
Fuel
175 26
Concreting .
81 00
General repairs .
188 98
Sundry supplies
147 12
$12,460 47
Balance to 1915
258 61
$12,201 86
Made good by bills outstanding.
147 55
Drag
21 00
Gaskets
12 72
Cement and pipe
120
LAYING OUT PRESCOTT STREET
Appropriation
$700 00
EXPENDED
For land F. J. Bancroft
400 00
For land E. N. Dillaway
100 00
Pay roll .
190 75
Plans
2 60
$693 35
Transferred to Contingent
6 65
$700 00
SNOW AND ICE
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Transferred from Contingent
199 79
$1,399 79
EXPENDED
Pay roll and labor
. $1,155 99
Teams, Reading Ice Co.
16 80
Teams, E. C. Hanscom
46 00
Teams, Wm. Kelch
26 65
Teams, Jason Zwicker
44 10
Teams, W. A. Bancroft
26 25
Gravel .
63 60
Repairing plow
1 75
Pumping out cellar
8 00
Supplies
10 65
$1,399 79
SURFACE DRAINAGE, MT. VERNON ST.
Appropriation
$300 00
Pay roll .
$120 75
Catch basin
74 00
Pipe and cement
100 50.
$295 25
Balance to Contingent
4 75
$300 00
.
.
EXPENDED
121
LOWELL STREET MACADAM
Appropriation .
$2,000 00
Received from Commonwealth of
Mass.
4,250 00
Transferred to Commonwealth of Mass. ·
250 00
$6,500 00
EXPENDED
Balance from 1913
$2,052 54 .
Pay roll
2,654 00
Freight and express
301 38
Stone
489 68
Lumber .
7 44
Tarvia
498 23
Grates
9 10
Cement and pipe
18 15
Fuel
11 50
Supplies
4 75
$6,046 77
Balance to 1915
453 23
$6,500 00
LOWELL STREET MACADAM Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Balance due on 1913 account
$100 00
Balance due on 1914 account
150 00
Received from Commonwealth of Mass. 1913 account
$250 00
100 00
Balance due from Commonwealth of Mass. .
$150 00
122
HAVERHILL STREET
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll
$913 44
Balance to 1915
86 56
$1,000 00
CONCRETE SIDEWALK REPAIRS
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDED
F. L. Mulroney, concreting
.
$995 50
Balance to Contingent
.
4 50
$1,000 00
STREET WATERING
Appropriation
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