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913 73
Furniture
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232 18 .
255 43
Grounds .
163 35
119 50
1,208 61
1,288 66
$42,596 44
$45,889 25
SPECIAL ACCOUNTS :
Repairs and altera-
tions :
$1,162 81
Apparatus
.
499 05
Grounds
·
587 41
Repairs
887 19
Industrial school tui-
tion
470 50
Agriculture
2,770 00
5,214 15
$51,103 40
Total unexpended balances
43 09
$51,146 49
DETAIL OF EXPENDITURES, 1915-GENERAL SCHOOL ACCOUNT
TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS :
Bay State Street Railway Co., ticket books $950 00
Borthwick, James, barge service . 96 25
$1,046 25
TUITION PAID -- TRUANT SCHOOL :
Middlesex County, tuition 14 14
303
BOOKS :
Allyn & Bacon, books . $132 62
American Book Co., books · 49 46
American Express Co., expressage 9 55
Appleton, D. & Co., books
60 34
Babb, E. E. & Co., books
233 22
Barnard, F. J., rebinding books 64 67
Century Co., The, books
24 00
Cummings' Express, expressage
42 89
Dictionary of Thoughts Pub. Co., book . 3 75
Ditson, Oliver Co., music
86 85
Fisher, Carl, music
4 73
Funk & Wagnalls Co., book
1 20
Ginn & Co., books .
297 90
Goodyear-Marshall Pub. Co., drills 3 60
Gregg Publishing Co., books . 55 42
Hammett, J. L. Co., books 8 91
Heath, D. C. & Co., books
23 26
Houghton, Mifflin Co., books .
32 13
LaSalle Extension University, book 85
Little, Brown & Co., books
40 07
Macmillan Company, books
22 16
Meek, Henry M. Pub. Co., direc- tories 7 00
Milton Bradley Co., books 12 68
Rand, McNally & Co., books . 7 42
Scribner's Sons, Charles, books
27 35
Silver, Burdett & Co., books .
58 31
Thompson, C. W. & Co., music 27 82
Winston, John O. Co., books . 3 78
World Book Company, books
11 26
$1,353 20
SUPPLIES FOR PUPILS :
American Express Co., expressage $23 37
Atkinson, G. H. Co., supplies 13 65
Atkinson, Mentzer & Co., paper .
46 98
304
Babb, E. E. & Co., supplies . $585 84
Bowles, C. C. & Co., sewing machine 23 00
Caldwell, Edward, paper 8 00
Central Scientific Co., supplies 3 09
Chandler & Barber, manual train- ing supplies 3 16
Chapin, Earle H., supplies ·
3 80
Cummings' Express, expressage
36 99
Eagle Pencil Co., pens and pencils
84 48
Eastern Drug Co., supplies ·
9 49
Edgerley & Bessom, rent of chairs
2 50
Elmwood Inn, toweling
6 25
Emery, F. E., flowers for chemistry 50
Francis Bros., supplies
7 36
Ginn & Company, supplies 75 28
Globe Optical Co., tests
1 00
Hammett, J. L. Co., supplies ·
735 24
Knott, L. E. Apparatus Co., sup- plies . 129 73
Library Bureau, transfer cards
2 50
Macey-Stetson-Morris-Co., cards
11 45
McArdle, H. B., supplies
9 45
McIntosh, D. C., calculation pads
24 32
Milton Bradley Co., supplies
81 14
Morgan, Marion H., penmanship supplies . 1 28
Palmer, The A. N. Co., penman- ship supplies 14 56
Remington Typewriter Co., supplies
151 40
Robey-French Co., supplies 9 03
Rockport Fish Market, supplies for Zoology 2 15
Rosen's Talking Machine Shop, Spanish outfit 30 00
Royal Typewriter Co., shields
1 50
Silver, Burdett Co., cards 15 16
Smith, Fred F., biology supplies
3 58
305
Stone & Forsyth Co., supplies $24 90
Stuart-Howland Co., supplies 54 01
Thompson, A. T. & Co., supplies 25 50
Underwood Typewriter Co., tables 24 50
Wallace, F., supplies 2 45
Warren-Allen Carpet Co., lino
24 01
Wilkinson, A. J. & Co., supplies 40 05
Zwicker, Jason, teaming 1 75
$2,354 40
APPARATUS FOR TEACHING :
Clark, Henry N. Co., stoves . 51 00
Hammett, J. L. Co., blackboard 14 10
Macy, B. F., Domestic Science sup- plies . 86 76
Prescott & Co., wringer
4 65
Rosen's Talking Machine Shop,
Cortina B. B. outfit .
34 20
190 71
GENERAL EXPENSES
PRINTING AND ADVERTISING :
Burbank Engraving Co., halftones 8 55
Scott, O. L., photographs 2 50
Twombly, W. E. & J. F .. printing 174 69
185 74
OFFICE SUPPLIES AND STATIONERY :
Hill, Smith Co., supplies 9 98
Library Bureau, supplies 19 53
Macey-Stetson-Morris-Co., supplies
50 55 :
Manifold Manufacturing Co., snap wallets 7 50
Ward, Samuel, supplies
2 91
90 47
TELEPHONES : N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones 138 13
306
SCHOOL COMMITTEE EXPENSES :
Flint, George L., auctioneer . $1 00
Gilmore, Agnes M., ribbon for di-
plomas 9 50
Long, Richard W., engraving di- plomas 13 46
$23 96
LECTURES AND PUBLIC MEETINGS :
Berle, Rev. A. A., lecture 10 00
INSURANCE :
Prentiss & Viall, insurance 193 00
FUEL :
Bancroft, Wendell & Co., coal and wood 384 22
Boston & Maine R. R., freight . ·
1,014 11
Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co., gas
39 88
Russell Coal Co., coal 804 87
Sewell, Daniel, wood 3 00
Sweetser, Percy N., coal and teaming 849 91
Zwicker, Jason, wood 13 00
3,108 99
BUILDING MAINTENANCE
LIGHTS :
Municipal Light Board, lights
215 95
WATER :
Reading Water Works, water
275 38
REMOVAL OF ASHES :
Cail, F. W. 2 50
Cummings Express
75 75
Zanni, Angelo
15 00
93 25
JANITORS' SUPPLIES :
Adams Company, cheese and oil cloth
$2 50
Albany Supply Co., floor oil ·
1 80
307
Atkinson, G. H. Co., supplies $8 44 Barnes, Henry K. Co., fire extin-
guishers
34 00
Dallman, H. I.Co., soap and brushes
78 50
Knight & Thomas, supplies .
4 00
Knox & Morse Co., Pinoline .
50 18
Masury-Young Co., supplies .
98 13
Ordway, O. O., repairing .
2 25
N. E. Petroleum Co., paraffine
8 82
Pyrene Co. of New England, fire extinguisher 6 30
Somerville Brush Co., brushes 14 00
United Anti-Dust Co., Anti-dust 5 00
Wallace, F., supplies
2 60
Wilkinson, A. J. & Co., supplies . 92 63
Worcester, G. H. & Co., supplies . 13 84
$422 99
REPAIRS
BUILDINGS :
Bancroft, Wendell & Co., wood $53 25
Betts, George E., repairs 71 83
Burgess, R. P., repairing boiler 12 00
Clapp, R. D., repairs
249 51
Clapp & Leach, repairs
3 15
Eames, L. T., repairs
16 63
Ellenwood, Louis, repairs
6 50
Fife, T. O., repairs
224 40
Flint, George L., repairs
10 17
Foster, F. A. Co., burlap
5 44
Francis Bros., supplies for repairs
84 71
Gleason, Clement, setting glass
50
Hodge Boiler Works, handhole 1 75
Hodson Bros., repairs
51 56
Jackson & Newton Co., supplies 25 46
Johnson, Henry R., repairs 6 48
McKenney & Waterbury Co., lan- tern .
. 40 00
4
308
Pratt, Mrs. Ara A., cleaning $5 00
Stewart & Robertson, repairs 9 15
Stuart-Howland Co., supplies 11 55
Walworth Mfg Oo., steam trap 7 04
Wilkinson, A. J. & Co., supplies
17 65
$913 73
FURNITURE :
Allen Shade Holder Co., curtain rollers 85
Blodgett Clock Co., repairs on clock system 10 50
Brown & Batchelder, caning chairs 6 80
Caproni, P. P. & Brother, cast
3 00
Charles, M. F., repairing clock
1 75
Clark, Henry N. Co., grate
96
Hammett, J. L. Co., repairing pen- cil sharpener 83
Harrow, Stephen, repairing chairs 14 45
Harwood's Sons, H. J., desks 14 20
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., furniture . 112 37
Kempton Art Shop, repairing frame 2 00 Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, supplies 42 12
3 00
Ladd. Frederick A., tuning piano . Maxwell, J. M., repairs . .
·
4 35
Macey-Stetson-Morris Co., cabinet 25 00
Nye, Edward B., tuning piano
2 50
Prescott & Co., seats
9 75
Woburn Carpet Cleaning Works, cleaning rug
1 00
GROUNDS :
Carter, Clarence E., staking line . $4 00
Carter, M. M., dressing . 16 00
Devaney, Matthew, labor 50 00
Elwood, P. H., expenses
8 75
255 43
309
Fottler, Fiske & Rawson Co., ferti- lizer . $2 75
Kelch, William, removing rubbish and rock 14 00
Hanscom, E. O., cleaning cesspool 4 50
Stock, George O., cleaning cesspool 9 50
Sweetser, Percy N., sand and loam
10 00
$119 50
Total
$45,889 25
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
EXPENDED
TYPEWRITERS :
Remington Typewriter Co., type-
writers ·
$257 50
Royal Typewriter Co., typewriters 175 00
Underwood Typewriter Co., type- writers 66 55
$499 05
REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS :
Berry, William B. & Co., galvan- ized iron pans
$14 00
Betts, George E., shingling Union Street School
346 00
Gibbons Contracting Co., grading Union Street School
63 50
Johnson, Henry R., retopping High School chimneys 400 00
Manning, J. Woodward, shrubs ·
59 35
Park, H. L., repairing cesspool, Union Street .
19 75
Sweetser, Percy N., grading . .
572 00
1,474 60
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL TUITION :
City of Boston
$209 50
City of Somerville .
175 00
Town of Wakefield .
86 00
470 50
310
AGRICULTURE
SALARIES :
John G. Powers
. $1,487 50
Henry L. Livermore
40 00
O. M. Lingham
7 50
$1,535 00
BOOKS AND PAPERS
American Book Co., books
19 20
Babb, E. E. & Co., books
24 79
Better Fruit, magazine .
50
Blakiston's Sons Co., books
1 68
Breeder's Gazette, books
2 00
Bobbs-Merrill Co., books
33 83
Clarke, W. B. Co., books
54 88
Doubleday, Page & Co., books
2 80
Funk & Wagnalls, dictionary
10 80
Ginn & Co., books .
3 81
Henry-Morrison Co., books
3 96
Hoard's Dairyman, magazine
75
International Harvesting Co., book
1 00
Macmillan Co., book
14 39
Market Growers' Journal, magazine
75
Orange Judd Co., books
45 09
Pearson & Marsh, books
28 02
Scribner's, Chas. Sons
4 30
SUPPLIES :
Allen Bros., supplies $5 60
Central Scientific Co., apparatus
181 66
Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., sup- plies 7 40
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., furniture . 20 90
Hill, Smith & Co., supplies 5 73
Macey, Stetson, Morris Co., furni- ture . 89 25
252 55
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Moss, Chas. E. Co., supplies . $81 92
Orpin Bros., desks . 121 70
Remington Typewriter Co., type-
writer 25 00
Wallace, F., supplies 70
Wilkinson, A. J. & Co., supplies . 362 26
902 12
REPAIRS :
Fife, T. O., repairs
80 33
$2,770 00
Letter of Transmittal to Town Finance Committee Accom- panying Budget for 1916
READING, MASS., January 26, 1916.
TO THE HONORABLE, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF READING, MASS. :
GENTLEMEN-The School Committee begs leave to pre- sent herewith statements of expenditures for the fiscal year of 1915, together with estimates for the fiscal year of 1916 ..
The total amount estimated for the General School Account is $50,400, from which is to be deducted $2,250, the estimated receipts, leaving $48,150, the appropriation re- quested in addition to the receipts. The following special appropriations are requested : $200 for painting (one coat) the exterior woodwork of the High schoolhouse; $150 for painting (one coat) the exterior of the Union Street school- house ; $650 for alterations for fire protection, chiefly in the Centre and in the Chestnut Hill schoolhouses, as requested by the Fire Commissioner of the Metropolitan Fire District ; $1500 and receipts for the support of Vocational Education in Agriculture ; and $350 and receipts for tuition in State Industrial Schools in other towns and cities.
The total amount requested for all purposes is $51.000, which is $4000 more than was appropriated for the same purposes last year. The increase, it will be observed, is in the single item of teachers' salaries, which was $31,000 in
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1915 and is $36,000 in 1916, an advance of $5,000. Of this amount $3,800 is required on account of new positions cre- ated and salaries increased in 1915 for part of the year only ($2,363.11 are required on account of new positions and $1,436.89 on account of salary increases.)
The salary increases made last year were in accordance with statements made to your honorable board orally, and also embodied in the estimates and letter of transmittal for 1915. and contemplated a regular schedule : For the elemen- tary schools, grades 1 to 6, the minimum was $500 with $50 a year increase to $600, then $25 a year to $700, the maxi- mum for the first six grades. For the Intermediate School, grades 7 and 8, the same schedule applies except that the maximum is $800. For the High School the minimum is $600 and the maximum $900, except for teachers of excep- tional ability and value to the school, for whom the maxi- mum is $1,000. During the year 1915 four High School teachers left to receive more than $1000 each, and two others had equally good offers which were not accepted.
The new positions created in 1915 included two teachers in the Primary grades ($1,000), one in the Intermediate School, grades 7 and 8 ($500), one in the High School ($750) and a teacher of Household Arts ($600). Also the teachers of Manual Training ($400 increase) and Sewing ($175 increase) were employed for more time. A schedule of the salaries of all the teachers as of Jan. 1, 1916, is appended together with the changes in the salary rates for each posi- tion in 1915.
For 1916 it is proposed to expend $700 in maintaining the salary schedule of annual increases and $500 for new teachers in the elementary grades. In the Centre and Union Street over one hundred pupils may be expected to enter next September, only 25 are expected to be prepared for promotion to the Highland School. The first two grades are now on half time. Also there is a third first grade this year for the first time.
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The average number of pupils in the twenty-five rooms below the High School is 43 pupils per room. An average of 35 pupils per teacher is a conservative number. The School Committee has under consideration a plan to carry the work of the Lowell Street, Prospect Street and Chestnut Hill Schools through the sixth grades. This would require the addition of two more rooms at Prospect Street, finishing the upper story at Lowell Street, and opening the second room at Chestnut Hill. If such an arrangement should be deem- ed best by the School Committee a further communication will be forwarded to you explaining the plan in detail.
The special appropriations asked for this year have been reduced to a minimum. The two buildings to be painted can be taken care of with one coat of paint if attended to this year. If painting is deferred, two coats will be neces- sary. The appropriation requested for fire protection is con- servative and is required both by recommendation of the local Building Inspector and by the Fire Commissioner of the Metropolitan Fire District.
The budget for the Agricultural School is also conserva- tive. This school is doing excellent work and is worthy of the support it has received. The method of reimbursement by the Commonwealth has been changed this year so that we receive less this year, but will get the same amount in the end. The plan of State Aid for Agricultural depart- ments in high schools is now administered as follows: two- thirds of the amount paid for salaries (from Sept. 1 of one year to Sept. 1 of the next year) less one-half the amount received for tuition during the same period is repaid to the town in the fiscal year following that in which the amount has accrued. The budget for the payment of tuition in industrial schools in other towns and cities is estimated as accurately as possible, but local officials have no control over these expenditures and their payment is compulsory. Therefore, the amount required must be uncertain.
Very respectfully submitted,
ADELBERT L. SAFFORD, Supt. of Schools.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE BUDGET, 1916
EXPENDED 1916
1 Teachers' and Supt's. salaries
.
EXPENDED 1913 $28,510 27 3,276 00
EXPENDED 1914 $28,463 70 3,474 50
$30,989 43 3,540 00
3 Other Salaries :
Truant Officer .
150 00
1044 00
104 00
Medical Inspector
200 00
200 00
200 00
Census Enumerator
100 00
65 00
50 00
375 00
$450 00
$369 00
$354 00
1,000 00
4 Transportation of pupils .
867 25
850 00
1,046 25
150 00
5 Tuition paid
227 80
408 50
14 14
1,250 00
6 Books
1,274 48
1,291 17
1,353 20
1,800 00
7 Supplies for pupils ·
·
1,914 29
1,771 34
2,354 40
200 00
8 Apparatus for teaching
6 60
290 00
190 71
9 General Expense :
(a) Printing and advertising .
135 19
157 51
185 74
(b) Office supplies and stationery
50 80
40 39
90 47
(c) Telephones
136 27
124 46
138 13
(d) School Committee expenses
87 75
30 80
23 96
(e) Superintendent's expenses .
21 85
4 65
(f) Law enforcement and police service ·
4 00
(g) Lectures and public meetings
37 44
10 00
(h) Insurance
193 00
$473 30
$357 81
$641 30
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REQUESTED FOR 1916 $36,000 00 3,600 00
2 Janitors' salaries
.
.
.
575 00
$3,250 00 10 Fuel
.
$2,937 43
$3,153 74
$3,108 99
11 Building maintenance :
(a) Light .
211 73
147 06
215 95
(b) Water .
244 84
291 76
275 38
(c) Removal of ashes .
43 15
122 01
93 25
(d) Janitors' supplies . ·
385 87
397 24
422 99
1,000 00
$885 59
$958 07
$1,007 57
12 Repairs :
(a) Buildings .
1,687 99
813 08
913 73
(b) Furniture .
140 98
232 18
255 43
(c) Grounds
403 12
163 35
119 50
1,200 00
$2,232 09
$1,208 61
$1,288 66
$50,400 00
$43.055 10
$42,596 44
$45,889 25
2,250 00
Estimated receipts
$48,150 00
Appropriation requested with receipts
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EXPENDED 1915
REQUESTED FOR 1916
$200 00 Painting High Schoolhouse, outside trimmings, one coat
150 00 Painting Union Street Schoolhouse outside, one coat
650 00 Fire Protection : Principally Centre Schoolhouse basement and Chestnut Hill Schoolhouse basement
$1,000 00
Expended 1915 "Special Accounts" :
Typewriters ·
$499 05
Grounds ·
587 41
High School stacks
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STATE-AIDED VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE
Salaries : $2,100 00 Regular Instructor-8₺ months .
·
$1,487 50
250 00 Winter Course Instructor-12 weeks ·
47 50
2,350 00
$1,535 00
200 00
Books and papers
252 55
200 00
Supplies and apparatus .
902 12
50 00
Building repairs and alterations
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·
400 00
Union Street School
487 19
$1,973 65
$2,800 00
$2,770 00
.
80 33
SPECIAL ACCOUNTS
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
$400 00 Reimbursement to September 1, 1915 900 00 Tuition of pupils from other towns
$770 00
$1,300 00
$1,500 00
Appropriation requested with receipts
$500 00
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL TUITION Paid other towns and cities . ·
150 00
470 50 Estimated reimbursement to September 1, 1915
$350 00
Appropriation requested with receipts
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Dafa from Advance Sheets of the Forthcoming Report of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, Jan. 27, 1916
THE COST PER PUPIL IN THE AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP FOR ALL SCHOOLS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1914
Cost in Reading $31.59 per pupil; average cost for all towns in Massachusetts with a population of over 5000, $35.71 per pupil; average cost for all towns in the State having a population of less than 5000, $39.92 per pupil ; average cost for all the towns and cities in the State, $40.11 per pupil ; average cost for all the cities alone, $41.88 per pupil. There are 353 towns and cities. If they are arranged in order of cost per pupil with highest first, Reading ranks 291.
Below is given the cost per pupil in 30 representative towns with a population of over 5000.
Wakefield
$33 88
Whitman
33 91
Peabody
34 46
Natick
34 64
Belmont .
34 71
Arlington
34 79
Winthrop
34 92
North Andover
34 97
Franklin
35 23
Bridgewater
35 34
Orange
35 74
Norwood
36 42
Clinton
36 73
Stoneham
36 93
Chelmsford
37 52
Abington
37 56
Dedham
37 58
Andover
37 79
Watertown
37 85
Easton
37 99
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North Attleborough
38 90
Amesbury
40 34
Swampscott
40 76
Needham
42 80
Concord .
43 20
Fairhaven
44 07
Winchester
46 78
Wellesley
54 77
Milton
64 16
Brookline
.
66 15
COST OF HIGH SCHOOLS
The cost per pupil in the average membership of the High School of Reading, $58.44; the average cost per pupil for all the towns with a population of over 5000, $58.70; the average cost per pupil for all the towns with a population of less than 5000, $69.11 : the average cost per pupil for all towns and cities of the State, $70.31: the average cost per pupil for all the cities alone, $74.37. In tax rate per $1000 of valuation for school support Reading ranks 189 in the scale of 353 towns and cities.
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Accountant's Report
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
OF THE
TOWN OF READING
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Classified as prescribed by the Bureau of Statistics, Schedule A
FOR THE
Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1915
322
RECEIPTS SCHEDULE A-I FISCAL YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1915 REVENUE
GENERAL
I TAXES
1 Taxes Property . $132,821 07
2 Poll 3,656 00
3 Corporation 8,622 29
4 Street Railway
3,038 49
5 Bank . 724 54
II LICENSES
6 Permits
115 00
7 All others 4 38
III FINES AND FORFEITS
8 Court Fines 112 00
IV GRANTS AND GIFTS
9 County, Dog Licenses
662 95
V ALL OTHER REVENUE
10 Certification of Taxes 10 00
$149,766 72
COMMERCIAL REVENUE
VI SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
11 Moth Extermination
$1,361 25
VII PRIVILEGES
12 Public Service Street Railway . 2,703 41
4,064 66
VIII DEPARTMENTAL
13 General Government $28 59
14 Protection to Persons and Property . 1,130 55
15 Highways .
432 63
Amount carried forward .
$153,831 38
323
RECEIPTS-Continued SCHEDULE A-I
Amount brought forward .
$153,831 38
16 Charities . $2,852 24
17 Soldiers' Benefits 1,778 00
18 Education .
3,659 30
19 Libraries
84 00
20 Unclassified
731 31
10,696 62
IX PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
21 Electric
67,246 77
22 Water
24,626 72
X CEMETERIES
918 64
XI INTEREST
2,818 06
95,611 19
$260,139 19
NON-REVENUE
XII OFFSETS TO OUTLAYS
I DEPARTMENTAL
1 Highways
$7,607 71
XIII CEMETERIES
710 00
XIV ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST FUNDS 1,651 86
XV MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
2 Temporary Loans 150,000 00
3 Public Service Enterprises 20,000 00
XVI AGENCY AND TRUST TRANSACTIONS
4 Agency
(a) State 14,527 50
(b) County 7,553 19
(c) All others
1,511 28
XVII PETTY CASH
2,600 00
Total Receipts .
203,561 54
$466,300 73
324
PAYMENTS SCHEDULE A -- I FISCAL YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1915
MAINTENANCE
I DEPARTMENTAL
1 General Government $7,284 75
2 Protection to Persons and Property 24,174 99
3 Health and Sanitation 2,734 96
4 Highways . .
29,118 63
5 Charities . 8,562 37 .
6 Soldiers' Benefits .
2,856 60
7 Education . .
50,148 92
8 Libraries .
2,481 91
9 Recreation .
811 55
10 Unclassified 5,519 04
$133,693 72
II PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
11 Electric .
$51,695 33
12 Water .
.
10,450 76
62,146 09
III CEMETERIES .
2,056 21
IV ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST FUNDS 746 25
V INTEREST
13 Temporary Loans $3,455 65
14 General Loans . 2,682 20
15 Trust Funds 170 08
16 Public Service Enterprises 6,440 00
17 Cemetery . 170 39
18 Electric Light
4,640 42
17,558 74
VI MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
19 General, from Revenue
20,700 00
Amount carried forward
$236,901 01
325
PAYMENTS-Continued SCHEDULE A-I
Amount brought forward . $236,901 01
VII OUTLAYS
II DEPARTMENTAL
20 General Government $598 00
21 Protection to Persons and Property 1,205 73
22 Highways .
17,589 79
23 Charities
327 57
24 Education
754 48
20,475 57
VIII PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
25 Electric
$16,236 26
26 Water .
.
5,586 65
21,822 91
279,199 49
IX MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
27 Temporary Loans · . $147,000 00
28 Public Service Enter- prises
12,500 00
159,500 00
X AGENCY TRANSACTIONS
29 Agency
(a) State $14,527 50
(b) County 7,553 19
(c) All others .
1,511 28
23,591 97
XII PETTY CASH .
2,600 00
Total payments
$464,891 46
3:26
RECAPITULATION - RECEIPTS SCHEDULE A-II
REVENUE
Current Charges
. $260,139 19
Offsets to Outlays
8,317 71
Trust Funds .
1,651 86
Municipal Indebtedness
170,000 00
Agency Transactions
23,591 97
Petty Cash
2,600 00
Total Receipts
$466,300 73
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1914
6,186 25
Grand total
. 8472,486 98
RECAPITULATION - PAYMENTS
CURRENT CHARGES AGAINST REVENUE
Maintenance and Interest
. $216,201 01
Debt
33,200 00
Outlays
42.298 48
Temporary Loans
147,000 00
Agency Transactions
23,591 97
Petty Cash
2,600 00
Total Payments
.
$464,891 46 .
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1915
7,595 52
Grand total
. $472,486 98
.
.
.
.
.
·
327
RECEIPTS SCHEDULE A-III
SOURCES OF RECEIPTS
Revenue for Expenses
Revenue for Outlays
Total
General Revenue
1 TAXES
CURRENT YEAR
1 Property
$86,272 10
2 Polls
2,160 00
PREVIOUS YEARS
3 Property
46,548 97
4 Polls .
1,496 00
FROM THE STATE
5 Corporations
8,622 29
6 Street Railway
3,038 49
7 Bank
724 54
Total from Taxes
$148,862 39
$148,862 39
2 LICENSES AND PERMITS
8 Permits
$115 00
9 All Others
4 38
Total from Permits
$119 38
119 38
3 FINES
10 Court Fines .
$112 00
Total from Fines
$112 00
112 00
4 GRANTS AND GIFTS
$662 95
11 From County, Dog Licenses Total from Grants and Gifts .
$662 95
5 ALL OTHER GEN. REV.
12 Certification of Taxes
$10 00
Total from all other Gen. Rev.
$10 00
10 00
Commercial Revenue
6 SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
13 Moth Extermination
$1,361 25
Total from Special Assessm'ts
$1,361 25
1,361 25
7 PRIVILEGES
14 Public Service, Railway Tax
$2,703 41
Total from Privileges .
$2,703 41
2,703 41
Total forward
$153,831 38
662 95
328
RECEIPTS SCHEDULE A-III -- Continued
SOURCES OF RECEIPTS
Revenue for Expenses
Offsets to Outlays
Total
Total forward
.
$153,831 38
8 DEPARTMENTAL
8A GENERAL GOVERNMENT
15 Treasurer
$18 00
16 Collector
4 34
17 Assessors
.
6 25
.
Total from Gen'l Government
$28 59
28 59
Total forward
$153,859 97
.
329
PAYMENTS SCHEDULE A-III
OBJECTS OF PAYMENTS
Expenses
Outlays
Total
1 DEPARTMENTAL
1A GENERAL GOVERNMENT
LEGISLATIVE
1 Moderator (salary)
$50 00
EXECUTIVE
2 Selectmen
(a) Salaries . 500 00
(b) Other Expenses .
135 34
FINANCIAL
3 Accountant
(a) Salary
750 00
4 Treasurer
(a) Salary 600 00
(b) Other Expenses
206 35
5 Collector
(a) Salary 1,248 93
(b) Other Expenses
186 76
6 Assessors
(a) Salaries
1,150 00
(b) Other Expenses
377 46
7 Other Finance Accounts
(a) Certification of Notes
30 00
OTHER GENERAL DEPARTMENTS
8 Town Clerk
(a) Salary .
150 00
(b) Other Expenses
231 32
9 Law
(a) Salary Town Counsel
500 00
10 Election and Registration
(a) Salaries 130 00
(b) Other Expenses .
600 68
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
11 Town Building
(a) Expenses
437 91
$598 00
Total for General Government
$7,284 75
$598 00
$7,882 75
Total forward
$7,882 75
.
.
330
RECEIPTS SCHEDULE A-III-Continued
SOURCES OF RECEIPTS
Revenue for Expenses
Offsets to Outlays
Total
Total forward
$153,859 97
EB PROTECTION TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY
FIRE DEPARTMENT 18 Sale of Materials $38 40
INSPECTION
19 Inspection of Buildings 63
20 Sealer Weights and Measures 21 21
FORESTRY
21 Insect Pest Extermination 1,066 43
22 Forest Fires .
3 88
Total from Protection to Per- sons and Property
$1,130 55
1,130 55
SC HEALTH AND SANITATION HEALTH
INSPECTION
Total from Health and San- itation .
Total forward
$154,990 52
331
PAYMENTS SCHEDULE A-III-Continued
OBJECTS OF PAYMENTS
Expenses
Outlays
Total
$7,882 75
1B PROTECTION TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
12 Salaries and Wages
$4,825 80
13 Other Expenses
341 91
FIRE DEPARTMENT
14 Salaries and Wages
4,384 99
15 Horse Hire
600 00
18 Equipment and Repairs
$316 73
19 Hydrant Service
5,790 00
20 Fuel and Light
46 61
21 Repairs on Fire Alarm
443 77
22 New Hose
588 00
23 Fire Alarm Boxes, School Houses .
301 00
24 Other Expenses .
889 24
INSPECTION
25 Inspection of Buildings 329 09
26 Inspection of Wires
125 00
27 Sealing of Weights and
Measures
200 51
FORESTRY
28 Insect Pest Extermination
5,630 76
29 Forest Fires .
567 31
Total for Protection to Per- sons and Property .
$24,174 99
$1,205 73
25,380 72
1C HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH
30 General Administration 250 00
31 Other Expenses 908 37
32 Contagious Diseases
1,101 59
INSPECTION :
(a) Inspection School Children 200 00
(b) Inspection Animals .
125 00
(c) Inspection of Slaughtering
150 00
Total for Health and Sanitation $2,734 96
2,734 96
Total forward
$35,998 43
Total forward
332
RECEIPTS SCHEDULE A-III-Continued
SOURCES OF RECEIPTS
Revenue for Expenses
Offsets to Outlays
Total
Total forward
$154,990 52
8D HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
23 Construction
24 South Main Street
$6,528 59 1,079 12
25 Miscellaneous .
$432 63
Total from Highways and Bridges · .
$432 63
$7,607 71
8,040 34
8E CHARITIES
26 Town Home
(a) Sale of Products
$486 90
(b) Miscellaneous from Indi- viduals
156 00
27 Reimbursements
(a) From Other Cities and
Towns
328 47
(b) From the State .
203 21
27 Reimbursement for Mothers' Aid (a) From Other Cities and Towns 688 33
(b) From the State
989 33
Total from Charities
$2,852 24
2,852 24
8F SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
28 State Aid
·
$1,670 00
29 Soldiers' Burials
.
.
.
100 00
30 Soldiers' Relief
8 00
Total from Soldiers' Benefits
$1,778 00
1,778 00
.
Total forward
$167,661 10
333
PAYMENTS SCHEDULE A-III -- Continued
OBJECTS OF PAYMENTS
Expenses
Outlays
Total
Total forward
.
$35,998 43
1D HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
33 General Administration $1,001 00
34 General Highway
12,820 34
35 Construction
$15,240 99
36 Sidewalks .
2,348 80
37 Snow and Ice Removal
958 41
. 38 Street Sprinkling 269 85
39 Oiling
2,769 03
40 Drinking Fountains
300 00
41 Street Lighting
11,000 00
Total for Highways and Bridges .
$29,118 63
$17,589 79
46,708 42
1E CHARITIES
42 General Administration
$299 99
42 Town Home ·
2,879 00
$327 57
43 Outside Relief by Town
356 29
44 Relief Given by Other Cities and Towns .
169 94
45 Hospitals
(a) Other Institutions
191 21
46 Mothers Aid
(a) Relief Given by Town
1,147 88
(b) City of Somerville
326 68
(c) City of Springfield
416 00
(d) Town of Wakefield
41 67
(e) Commonwealth of Mass. .
1,775 27
47 Other Expenses
958 44
Total for Charities
$8,562 37
$327 57
8,889 94
1F SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
48 State Aid
49 Soldiers' Burials
200 00
50 Soldiers' Relief
718 60
Total Soldiers' Benefits .
$2,856 60
2,856 60
Total forward
$94,453 39
.
.
.
$1,938 00
334
RECEIPTS SCHEDULE A-III- Continued
SOURCES OF RECEIPTS
Revenue for Expenses
Offsets to Outlays
Total
Total forward .
$167,661 10
8G EDUCATION
SCHOOLS
31 Tuition, State Wards
$130 50
32 Other Tuition
2,677 35
35 Tuition Industrial Schools
770 00
36 Miscellaneous
81 45
Total from Education
$3,659 30
3,659 30
8H LIBRARIES
37 Fines and Sales
$82 00
38 Miscellaneous
2 00
.
Total from Libraries
$84 00
84 00
8I RECREATION
Total from Recreation
Total forward
$171,404 40
.
335
PAYMENTS SCHEDULE A-III-Continued
OBJECTS OF PAYMENTS
Expenses
Outlays
Total
Total forward
$94,453 39
1G EDUCATION
SCHOOLS
51 General Expenses (a) Salaries
$154 00
52 Teachers' Salaries
30,989 43
53 Text Books and Supplies
3,708 20
54 Tuition .
484 64
55 Transportation
1,046 25
56 Janitors' Services
3,540 00
57 Fuel and Light
3,324 94
58 Maintenance of Buildings
and Grounds
3,299 45
59 Furniture and Furnishings
$255 43
60 New Typewriters
499 05
61 Vocational School
2,770 00
62 Other Expenses
832 01
Total for Education . $50,148 92
$754 48
50,903 40
1H LIBRARIES
63 Salaries and Wages
$535 84
64 Books and Periodicals
567 24
64 Binding
53 95
65 Fuel and Light
134 12
66 Other Expenses
1,190 76
Total for Libraries
$2,481 91
2,481 91
1I RECREATION
67 Parks and Common
(a) Salaries and Wages
$49 25
(b) Other Expenses
20 30
68 Rent of Playground
342 00
69 Celebrations .
(a) Band Concerts
200 00
(b) Memorial Day
200 00
Total for Recreation
$811 55
811 55
Total forward
$148,650 25
336
RECEIPTS SCHEDULE A-III-Continued
SOURCES OF RECEIPTS
Revenue for Expenses
Offsets to Outlays
Total
Total forward
$171,404 40
8J UNCLASSIFIED
39 Receipts not recorded under previous classifications :
(a) Taxes on Property Taken
(b) Insurance
$724 23 7 08
Total from Unclassified .
$731 31
731 31
9 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTER- PRISES
40 Electric
(a) Income from Sale Light and Power ·
$54,298 07
(b) Street Lighting ·
11,000 00
(c) Miscellaneous .
1,948 70
41 Water
(a) Income from Sale of Water .
18,463 16
(b) Hydrant Rentals
5,790 00
(c) Miscellaneous
374 56
· Total from Public Service Enterprises
$91,874 49
91,874 49
10 CEMETERIES
42 Sale of Lots and Graves . · 43 Interest on Cemetery Special Account
$710 00
$170 39
44 Care of Lots and Graves
748 25
Total from Cemeteries
$918 64
$710 00
1,628 64
Total forward
$265,638 84
.
·
337 PAYMENTS SCHEDULE A-III-Continued
OBJECTS OF PAYMENTS
Expenses
Outlays
Total
Total forward .
$148,650 25
1J UNCLASSIFIED
70 Payments not recorded under previous classifications
(a) Block System Survey
$711 80
(b) Certification of Taxes
3 00
(c) Miscellaneous
65 33
(d) Commonwealth of Mass. Bank Tax
469 44
(e) Taxes on Property Taken
564 41
(f) Insurance .
1,966 28
(g) Lighting G. A. R. Hall
50 00
71 Miscellaneous
1,688 78
Total for Unclassified
$5,519 04
5,519 04
2 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTER- PRISES
72 Electric
(a) Maintenance and Opera- tion . ·
$51,695 33
(b) Construction
$16,236 26
73 Water
(a) Maintenance and Opera- tion .
10,450 76
(b) Construction
5,586 65
Total for Public Service En- terprises .
$62,146 09
$21,822 91
83,969 00
3 CEMETERIES
74 Maintenance
$2,056 21
Total for Cemeteries
$2,056 21
2,056 21 .
Total forward
.
$240,194 50
.
.
338
RECEIPTS SCHEDULE A-III-Continued
SOURCES OF RECEIPTS
Revenue for Expenses
Offsets to Outlays
Total
Total forward
$265,638 84
11 ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST FUNDS
45 Interest and Bequests . $1,632 46
46 Geo. F. Buck Trustee Fund 8 00
47 Library Bequest Fund . 11 40
Total from Administration of Trust Funds $1,651 86
1,651 86
12 INTEREST
Indebtedness
48 On Deposits $421 11
49 On Deferred Taxes 2,396 95
Total from Interest $2,818 06
2,818 06
13 MUNICIPAL INDEBTED- NESS
50 Loans in Anticipation of Revenue . ·
51 Loans for General Purposes
$150,000 00 3,000 00
52 Public Service Enterprises . 17,000 00
Total from Municipal Indebt- edness
$170,000 00
170,000 00
Total forward
$440,108 76
339
PAYMENTS SCHEDULE A-III-Continued
OBJECTS OF PAYMENTS
Expenses
Outlays
Total
Total forward
$240,194 50
4 ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST FUNDS
75 Care of Lots .
$746 25
Total for Administration of Trust Funds
$746 25
$746 25
5 INTEREST
Indebtedness
76 On Loans in Anticipation of Revenue . 77 On Loans, General Purposes
$3,455 65
2,682 20
78 On Trust Funds
170 08
79 On Public Service Enterprises .
6,440 00
80 On Loans for Cemeteries 170 39
81 On Electric Light
4,640 42
Total for Interest .
$17,558 74
17,558 74
6 MUNICIPAL INDEBTED- NESS -
82 Loans in Anticipation of Revenue .
83 Public Service Enterprises
$147,000 00 12,500 00
84 Bonds and Notes Revenue . $20,700 00
Total for Municipal Indebt- edness . $20,700 00 $159,500 00
$180,200 00
Total forward .
.
$338,699 49
1
340
RECEIPTS SCHEDULE A-III-Concluded
SOURCES OF RECEIPTS
Expenses
Temporary Accounts
Total
Total forward .
$440,108 76
14 AGENCY AND TRUST TRANSACTIONS
Agency 53 Taxes
$14,527 50
(a) State
7,553 19
(b) County .
(c) All others
1,511 28
Total from Agency and Trust Transactions
23,591 97
23,591 97
15 PETTY CASH
Petty Cash
$2,600 00
$2,600 00
2,600 00
16 BALANCES
Cash Balance
55 General
$3,388 02
56 Water Department
12 31
57 Electric Light Dept.
1,532 85
58 Cemetery Trust
770 64
59 Geo. F. Buck Trust
200 00
60 Library Trust
282 43
Cash on hand at beginning of vear .
$6,186 25 6,186 25
Grand Total Receipts and Cash on hand .
$472,486 98
341
PAYMENTS SCHEDULE A-III-Concluded
OBJECTS OF PAYMENT
Expenses
Temporary Accounts
Total
Total forward .
$338,699 49
7 AGENCY AND TRUST TRANSACTIONS
Agency 85 Taxes
(a) State
$14,527 50
(b) County .
7,553 19
(c) All Others
1,511 28
Total for Agency and Trust Transactions
$23,591 97
23,591 97
8 PETTY CASH
Petty Cash
$2,600 00
$2,600 00
2,600 00
9 BALANCES
Cash Balance
87 General
$2,566 61
88 Water Department
162 62
89 Electric Light Dept.
2,707 61
90 Cemetery Trust
1,656 85
91 Geo. F. Buck Trust
208 00
92 Library Trnst
293 83
Total cash on hand at end of
year
$7,595 52
7,595 52
Grand Total Payments and Cash on hand
$472,486 98
INDEX
PAGE
Report of Assessors · 160
Board of Fire Engineers
176
Board of Health
. 174
Building Inspector
184
Cemetery Trustees
189
Chief of Police
. 169
Collector
156
Electric Light Commissioners 221
Forest Warden 188 .
Inspector of Animals
. 190
. Inspector of Plumbing 175
. Inspector of Wires 182
Overseers of the Poor
81
Public Library
192
. School Committee 245
Sealer of Weights and Measures
186
Selectmen · . .
74
Superintendent of Fire Alarm
179
Superintendent of Streets 166 .
91
Town Clerk, Town Meetings
.
12
Dogs Licensed 63
.6 Births Registered 66
Marriages Registered 96
،، Deaths Registered 72
Treasurer
82
Water Commissioners .
.
197
Classified Receipts and Payments
.
321
Town Officers, 1915-1916
.
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Town Accountant .
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