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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
1913 $7,190,063 00
$21,190 00
$7,168,873 00
1914 7,576,560 00
31,925 00 7,544,635 00
1915 8,099,523 00
17,655 00
8,081,868 00
$22,866,146 00
$70,770 00
$22,795,376 00
101
BORROWING CAPACITY
The average net valuation of the Town of
Reading for 1913, 1914, 1915
$7,598,459 00
The indebtedness of towns is limited by Chapter 719 of the Acts of 1913, Section 12, to 3% of the average valuation for the preceding three years, the valuation being first reduced by the amount of all abatements thereon previous to the 31st day of December of each year :
Three per cent. is
$227,954 00
Total Town Debt is
330,200 00
.
Of this amount the following loans are not included in the debt limit, being exempt by Acts of the Legislature :
Water loans $158,000 00
Electric Light loans 112,500 00
$270,500 00
Net Municipal Debt Dec. 31, 1915
59,700 00
Borrowing capacity Jan. 1, 1916
$168,254 00
TRUST FUNDS
Balance from 1915
$16,045 95
RECEIVED IN 1915
Helen Gilman
50 00
Nathan D. Pratt
100 00
Abigail T. Rich
100 00
William Barbour
75 00
Hollis A. Merrill and Herbert W. Bancroft 100 00
Mary E. Pratt
15 15
Wm. Wallace Davis Estate
200 00
Charles H. Danforth
100 00
John M. Bancroft
75 00
$16,861 10
Interest accrued on the above unexpended 1,089 08
$17,950 18
·
102
CEMETERY BEQUEST FUND
The Treasurer, Cemetery Trustees and Select- men, acting as Trustees of the Cemetery Fund, held on Dec. 31, 1915, cash and securities amounting to ·
$17,950 18
Balance from 1914 . $17,059 39
Received from bequests . $815 15
Received from interest
821 89
$1,637 04
Less interest paid for
perpetual care 746 25
890 79
$17,950 18
This Fund is invested as follows :
Town of Reading Electric Light, Wilmington Extension, 4%, in- terest payable Jan. and July . $12,000 00 Town of Reading Electric Light, Construction within the Town limits, 4% 4,000 00
Accrued interest to Dec. 31, 1915 293 33
Cash in Mechanics Savings Bank 1,656 85
$17,950 18
LIBRARY BEQUEST FUND
The Treasurer and Trustees of the Public Library held on Dec. 31, 1915 $293 83
This amount is invested as follows :
Cash held by Treas. Mechanics Saving Bank $293 83
GEORGE F. BUCK TRUSTEE FUND
The Treasurer and Trustees of the Cemetery held on Dec. 31, 1915 $208 00
103
This amount is invested as follows :
Cash held by Treas. in Mechanics Savings Bank $208 00
CASH HELD BY THE TREASURER
Cemetery Bequest Fund
$1,656 85
Library Bequest Fund . 293 83
George F. Buck Trustee Fund
.
208 00
$2,158 68
TAXES
The taxes committed, abated and collected during the fiscal year, together with the balance unpaid Dec. 31, 1914, and Dec. 31, 1915, are as follows :
TAXES, 1912
Balance from 1914
$455 54
Collected .
$399 63
Abated
55 91
$455 54
$455 54
TAXES, 1913
Balance from 1914
$9,953 37
Collected
$8,153 69
Abated
406 73
$8,560 42
$1,392 95
TAXES, 1914
Balance from 1914
$51,711 22
Additionals
.
·
19 67
$51,730 89
104
Collected
$39,491 65
Abated
317 32
$39,808 97
$11,921 92
TAXES, 1915
Amount assessed
$166,152 92
December Supplementary 1,945 51
Collected in excess (to be refunded) 4 00
$168,102 43
Collected
.
$112,024 07
Abated
455 17
-- $112,479 24
$55,623 19
Total uncollected Taxes Dec. 31, 1915
$68,938 06
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
MOTH, 1912
Balance from 1914
$2 07
Abated
$2 07
MOTH, 1913
Balance from 1914
$116 25
Collected
.
$100 25
Abated
·
.
50
$100 75
$15 50
MOTH, 1914
Balance from 1914
$576 50
Collected .
456 00
$120 50
105
MOTH, 1915
Amount assessed
$1,464 50
Collected
.
$805 00
Abated
50
$805 50
$659 00
Total uncollected Moth Assessment Dec.
$795 00 31, 1915 .
106
ASSETS
TRUST FUNDS AND INVESTMENTS
Cemetery Bequest
Wilmington Extension Bonds, Town of Read- ing, 4%
$12,000 00
Mun. Light Ext., within Town limits, Notes, 4% 4,000 00
Accrued Interest to Dec. 31, 1915 293 33
Cash in Mechanics Savings Bank
1,656 85
Library Fund-Cash held by Treasurer
293 83
George F. Buck Trustee Fund-Cash held by Treasurer
208 00
$18,452 01
CAPITAL ASSETS
Public Property
. $931,651 44
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FROM ASSETS
Cash held by Treasurer
$2,566 61
Collector Taxes, 1913 .
1,392 95
Collector Taxes, 1914 .
11,921 92
Collector Taxes, 1915 .
55,623 19
Collector Moth Assessment, 1913
15 50
Collector Moth Assessment, 1914
120 50
Collector Moth Assessment, 1915
659 00
Sundry parties, spraying
931 00
Taxes on property taken
457 97
Water Department, insurance
106 60
Moth Department, Commonwealth of Mass.
2,283 73
Fire Department, new hose
588 00
Commonwealth of Mass., Mothers with Depend- ent Children .
1,317 95
City of Somerville, Mothers with Dependent Children 335 35
Town of Wakefield, Mothers with Dependent Children
4 67
City of Springfield, Mothers with Dependent Children
32 00
Commonwealth of Mass., Temporary Aid .
513 73
Town of Norfolk, Temporary Aid
27 78
Town of Methuen, Temporary Aid
18 00
City of Boston, Temporary Aid .
19 55
Commonwealth of Mass., Burial of Soldiers 194 00
Commonwealth of Mass., State Aid .
1,934 00
$81,064 00
.
107
LIABILITIES TRUST FUNDS
Cemetery Bequests
$17,950 18
Library Bequests
293 83
George F. Buck, Trustee Fund
208 00
$18,452 01
CAPITAL LIABILITIES
Town Debt .
$330,200 00 ·
Balance, Town of Reading .
601,451 44
$931,651 44
APPROPRIATIONS, DECEMBER 31, 1915 LIABILITIES
Temporary loans
$60,000 00
Overlays, 1912
528 86
Overlays, 1913
.
3,167 17
Overlays, 1914
3,385 83
Overlays, 1915
1,580 76
Cemetery Special, sale of lots and graves .
4,730 84
Suspense (assessments unpaid) .
1,726 00
Reserve Fund
166 64
Survey Block System .
116 06
Concrete Sidewalks
96 95
Woodward Avenue
58 50
Hill Crest Road
80 25
Excess and Deficiency (excess revenue)
5,426 14
.
$81,064 00
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Detailed account of the appropriations made by the Town during the year, together with the transfers, the expen- ditures and the unexpended balance Dec. 31, 1915.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
LEGISLATIVE
MODERATOR :
Appropriation
$35 00
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account
15 00
$50 00
EXPENDED
George L. Flint, Moderator .
$35 00
Jesse W. Morton
15 00
$50 00
EXECUTIVE
SELECTMEN'S SALARIES
Appropriation
.
$500 00
EXPENDED
Edgar O. Dewey, Chairman
$191 67
Edwin L. Hutchinson
150 00
Otis B. Ruggles
158 33
$500 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
.
EXPENDED
Telephone .
.
$44 01
Office supplies
.
24 46
108
.
.
$200 00
109
Postage .
22 36
Printing
28 75
Rent of post office box
3 00
Directory
3 50
Examination State Aid
5 00
Express .
26
Auto hire
4 00
$135 34
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 64 66
$200 00
FINANCIAL
TOWN ACCOUNTANT :
Appropriation
.
$750 00
EXPENDED
John H. Sheldon, Accountant
$750 00
TREASURER : Appropriation
$600 00
EXPENDED
Ward C. Mansfield, Treasurer
.
$600 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation . .
$235 00
RECEIVED
Refund, revenue stamps .
18 00
$253 00
EXPENDED
Government envelopes
$86 48
Treasurer's bond
60 00
Certification of notes
30 00
Revenue stamps
18 00
Supplies
7 35
Express
.
22
Protectograph
.
34 30
$236 35
110
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account $16 65
$253 00
TAX COLLECTOR, SALARY :
Appropriation $1,200 00
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account 48 93 .
$1,248 93
EXPENDED
Herbert M. Viall, Collector, 3-4 of 1%
total collection .
$1,248 93
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation .
·
$175 00
Receipts from postage
4 34
Transferred from Excess and De- ficiency Account 7 42
$186 76
EXPENDED
Printing
$69 20
Postage
70 21
Record book .
21 00
Office supplies
26 35
$186 76
UNPAID BILLS
M. F. Charles, supplies 50
ASSESSORS' SALARIES : Appropriation
$1,150 00
EXPENDED
Millard F. Charles
$383 33
Ardine M. Allen
.
383 34
George E. Horrocks
.
383 33
$1,150 00
111
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
.
$500 00
RECEIPTS
·
Refund W. E. &. J. F. Twombly . 6 25
$506 25
EXPENDED
Information, Stockholders
$14 00
Information, Foreign Stockholders
35 00
List of Stockholders
12 00
C. W. Smith, abstracting
52 50
Street List
204 00
Auto hiré
8 35
Printing
.
15 00
Supplies
23 02
Millard F. Charles, expenses
4 81
George E. Horrocks, expenses
8 78
8377 46
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 128 79
$506 25
TOWN CLERK :
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDED
Millard F. Charles, Town Clerk
$150 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
$275 00
EXPENDED
Recording births
$59 00
Recording deaths .
.
22 20
Recording marriages
15 80
Reporting deaths
5 25
Reporting births
23 25
Mortgage book
15 50
·
.
.
112
Record book .
$6 00
Administering and recording oaths 14 00
Printing
18 24
Postage .
11 60
Supplies
40 23
Express .
25
$231 32
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 43 68
$275 00
UNPAID BILLS
Dr. Geo. F. Dow, reporting births $7 50
Edgerley & Bessom, reporting deaths . 14 75
Doherty Bros., reporting deaths 3 00
$25 25
OTHER GENERAL ACCOUNTS BLOCK SYSTEM SURVEY
Appropriation $500 00
Balance from 1914 . · . .
327 86
$827 86
EXPENDED
C. E. Carter, survey and plans
$711 80
Balance to 1916
116 06
$827 86
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Balance from 1914 .
$501 90
Appropriation
1.200 00
.
$1,701 90
EXPENDED
Sewer Committee, Mcclintock & Word- fall .
$489 00
Care of Old South Clock, 1914 and 1915 100 00
Lighting Old South Clock 101 10
113
Moth Department, telephone
$18 97
Moving watering trough 25 00
Printing town reports
650 00
Printing building laws . 46 50
Printing . Finance Committee's Report 30 00
Salary, Sec'y Finance Committee
50 00
Expenses, Sec'y Finance Committee 5 25
Bacon & Mudge, reporting Lowell St.
Bridge 63 86
Solon Bancroft, services, Lowell St.
Bridge
15 00
Repairing flag pole
.
30 00
Incidentals
64 10
$1,688 78
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency account . 13 12
$1,701 90
SALARY TOWN COUNSEL
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
Jesse W. Morton, Town Counsel
$500 00
TOWN BUILDING
Appropriation
$850 00
Balance from 1914
345 00
$1,195 00
EXPENDED
Repairs, Fire Station doors
$345 00
General repairs
35 08
Fuel
197 39
Lighting
179 26
New heater, T. C. Fife .
223 00
New cesspool, E. C. Hanscom
30 00
Cleaning cesspools
16 00
Express
.
40
.
114
Supplies
$7 78
Incidentals
2 00
$1,035 91
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 159 09 .
$1,195 00
LIGHTING G. A. R. HALL
Appropriation $50 00
For lighting
$50 00
Appropriation
$2,100 00
RECEIVED
Refund, Prentiss & Viall .
7 08
$2,107 08
EXPENDED
Walter K. Badger, premiums $772 65
Wm. H. Wightman & Co., premiums
27 98
George E. Horrocks, premiums
454 41
Prentiss & Viall, premiums
541 57
Lewis M. Bancroft, premiums
62 57
Harry P. Bosson, premiums
107 10
$1,966 28
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 140 80
$2,107 08
CERTIFICATION OF TAXES
RECEIVED
From sundry parties
.
$10 00
EXPENDED
Refund .
$3 00
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 7 00 ·
$10 00
EXPENDED
INSURANCE
.
115
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY ACCOUNT
Balance from 1914
$1,217 37
Certification of Taxes
7 00
Licenses and Permits
115 00
Corporation Taxes
2,218 45
National Bank Tax
255 10
Selectmen's Expenses
64 66
Town Treasurer's Expenses
16 65
Assessors' Expenses
128 79
Town Clerk's Expenses
43 68
Miscellaneous Expenses
13 12
Town Building
159 09
Insurance
140 80
Police Department
44 29
Fire Department
275 83
Repairs Fire Alarm
6 23
Forest Warden
136 57
Tree Warden
2 60
Sealer of Weights and Measures
70 70
Inspector of Buildings' Expenses .
.
21 54
Highway Maintenance .
95 44
Snow and Ice
41 59
Lowell Street Macadam
6 63
Haverhill Street
7 77
Street Watering
230 15
Oiling Streets
177 97
Sidewalk, Stoneham line
53 75
Minot Street Drain
14 40
Pratt Street
60
Soldiers' Relief
39 40
School Department
05
New Typewriters
95
Improvement of Grounds
12 59
Tuition, Industrial Schools
29 50
Public Library
590 04
Care of Common
30 45
Laurel Hill Cemetery
.
67 04
116
Echo Avenue
$2 30
Fairview Avenue
6 30
Mothers with Dependent Children
356 01
Lowell Street Macadam, 1914
76 23
December Supplementary Assessment
1,949 51
For Maturing Notes . . $1,100 00
Library Committee, Expenses
57 65
Interest Account
160 26
Moderator
15 00
Tax Collector's Salary
48 93
Tax Collector's Expenses
7 42
Election Expenses .
68
Health Department
714 96
Sidewalk Main to Hopkins St.
24 50
Fire Alarm Schoolhouse Boxes
1 00
Poor Department
1,169 60
$3,300 00
Unexpended (surplus)
5,426 14
$8,726 14 88,726 14
LIBRARY COMMITTEE
From Excess and Deficiency Account . $57 65
EXPENDED
Clarence E. Carter, levels and measure-
ments
.
6 85
Suffolk Engraving & Electro Co.
Account . .
10 80
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing . 40 00
57 65
LICENSES AND PERMITS
Junk and Auctioneers' licences
$115 00
Transferred to Excess and Defi- ciency Account $115 00
.
117
OVERLAY ACCOUNT, 1912
Balance from 1914 $582 59
RECEIVED
Additional
2 18
$584 77
Abatements .
$55 91
Balance to 1916
528 86
$584 77
OVERLAYS, 1913
Balance from 1914
$3,571 70
RECEIVED
Additional
2 20
$3,573 90
Abatements .
$406 73
Balance to 1916
3,167 17 ·
$3,573 90
OVERLAYS, 1914
Balance from 1914
$3,687 32
Additional
19 67
$3,706 99
EXPENDED
Refunded after abatement
$3 84
Abatement
317 32
Balance to 1916
.
-
OVERLAYS, 1915
Assessed
$2,035 93
Abatement
$455 17 ·
Balance to 1916 .
.
.
·
1,580 76
$2,035 93
RECEIVED
3,385 83 - $3,706 99
118
CEMETERY SPECIAL SALE OF LOTS AND GRAVES
Balance from 1914
$4,025 45
RECEIVED
From sundry parties in 1915
710 00
From Interest on Fund
170 39
$4,905 84
Transferred to Cemetery Account
$175 00
Balance to 1916
. 4,730 84
$4,905 84
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION SALARY OF REGISTRARS
Appropriation $130 00
EXPENDED
M. F. Charles, Clerk
$40 00
Walter S. Prentiss
30 00
Arthur C. Copeland
30 00
Owen McKenney
30 00
$130 00
ELECTION EXPENSES
Appropriation
$600 00
Transferred from Excess and Defi- ciency Account 68
$600 68
EXPENDED
Election Officers
$200 00
Printing ballots, warrants, and inci- dentals
166 25
Rent of Hall
137 00
Taking down and putting up booths .
20 00
Registrars, recount Tax Collector
23 00
Selectmen, services Primaries and Elections 15 00
119
Town Clerk's services
$15 00
A. M. Allen, services .
20 00
Lunches
4 43
$600 68
TAXES ON PROPERTY TAKEN
Balance from 1914
$617 79
Paid H. M. Viall, Collector .
564 41
$1,182 20
RECEIVED
From sales, H. M. Viall, Collector $724 23
Balance to 1916
457 97
$1,182 20
PROTECTION TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$5,100 00
From Court Fines .
112 00
$5.212 00
EXPENDED
Wm. E. Swain. Chief $1,183 00
Jeremiah Cullinane, Patrolman
1.092 00
Oscar H. Low. Patrolman
1,093 50
George Stock, Patrolman
1,095 00
$4,463 50
Special Officers
362 30
$4,825 80
Expenses W. E. Swain, meals and
transportation of prisoners $18 16
Auto hire 79 25
Telephone and tolls
117 60
Reward, Sylvester case
25 00
Auto List
13 00
RECEIVED
120
Signs
$49 15
Lanterns
5 00
Laundry
4 88
Professional services
6 00
Express .
75
Printing
6 25
Police belts
1 65
Postage .
2 05
Supplies
13 17
$5,167 71
Balance to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 44 29
$5,212 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$6,475 00
RECEIVED
From sundry sources
38 40
$6,513 40
EXPENDED
O. O. Ordway, Chief
$185 32
Luke McKenney, Engineer
.
118 70
W. R. Zwicker, Engineer and Clerk
143 70
$447 72
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
$552 72
Pay roll call men, poll taxes
2,020 27
$2,572 99
121
Pay roll permanent man, H. L. Eames $980 00 Pay roll permanent man, Wm.F.O'Brien 832 00
$4,384 99
Lighting
24 22
Water
37 55
Telephone
89 12
Supplies
197 71
Naphtha
55 73
Laundry
14 29
General repairs
149 60
Horse hire
600 00
Horse hire, fire alarms
39 50
Fuel
22 39
Express .
20 12
Equipment
5 08
L. T. Eames, Supt. Fire Alarm
100 00
L. T. Eames, labor
82 95
Repairs to equipment
60 42
Fire alarm box
45 00
Lunches
13 16
Rubber boots
75 93
Gas
13 58
Wire .
53 74
Nozzles .
89 49
Couplings
63 00
$6,237 57
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 275 83 - $6,513 40
UNPAID BILLS
Wendell Bancroft & Co., fuel
$8 60
Municipal Light, lighting ·
2 52
$11 12
122
NEW HOSE EXPENDED
Boston Woven Hose Co.
$294 00
C. C. Hose & Rubber Co.
294 00
$588 00
Balance to 1916
$588 00
REPAIRS ON FIRE ALARM
Appropriation
$450 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$66 00
L. T. Eames, labor
98 68
J. W. Poole, Inc., supplies and wire 185 38
Horse hire
31 00
Tape
10 78
Supplies
44 71
Repairs .
7 22
$443 77
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 6 23
$450 00
HYDRANT RENTALS
Appropriation
$5,790 00
EXPENDED
Reading Water Works $5,790 00
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$3,007 58
Received from assessments and
Commonwealth of Mass. . $2,422 43
$5,430 01
Balance due from Commonwealth of
Mass. Dec. 31, 1914 · . $2,580 95
123
EXPENDED
Henry M. Donegan, Supt. . $1,000 00
Pay roll .
·
3,839 96
Gasoline
52 36
Skale killer
57 36
Storing spraying machine, etc.
80 00
Government envelopes
21 00
Express .
25 89
Printing
21 00
Repairs
23 62
Supplies
4 75
H. M. Donegan, expense
6 85
$7,713 74
Balance due from Commonwealth of
Mass. and Moth Assessments out-
standing .
2,283 73
$5,430 01
FOREST WARDEN
Appropriation
$700 00
Receipts from telephone tolls 3 88
$703 88
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
W. A. Newhouse, Deputy Warden and Steward . 25 00
$105 00
Pay roll, forest fires
$327 15
Telephone
18 83
Printing
19 75
Repairs ·
.
11 30
.
.
.
.
124
Express
·
$ 65
Supplies
.
18 95
Lunches
5 68
Care of wagon
45 00
Storing .
15 00
$567 31
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account .
136 57
$703 88
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
$500 00
Received, sundry parties
5 25
$505 25
Balance from 1914
$4 68
EXPENDED
Pay roll . .
$490 53
Lantern and globes
2 94
Repairs .
2 50
Printing
2 00
$502 65
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 2 60
$505 25
FIRE ALARM BOXES, HIGH, HIGHLAND, CENTRE AND UNION STREET SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Transferred from Reserve Fund
$300 00
Transferred from Excess and Defi- ciency Account 1 00
$301 00
EXPENDED
Gamewell Fire Alarm Co., boxes $200 00 L. T. Eames, labor 46 25
Municipal Light Department, material 29 01
125
Fire Department, material $20 79
J. W. Poole, Inc., material · 4 95
$301 00
INSPECTION
INSPECTOR OF WIRES
Appropriation $100 00
Balance from 1914 . 25 00 .
$125 00
EXPENDED
A. W. Sias, Inspector, balance salary
1914
$25 00
A. W. Sias, Inspector, salary 1915
100 00
$125 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation
$250 00
Received from sundry parties 21 21
$271 21
EXPENDED
F. W. Parker, salary to Sept. 1, 1915 $66 67
F. W. Parker, expenses to Worcester 10 00
Cabinet 10 00
Printing .
2 50
Express .
2 60
Weights .
105 63
Supplies .
3 11
$200 51
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 70 70
$271 21
UNPAID BILLS
C. E. Mellen, salary to Dec. 31, 1915 $33 33
126
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS' SALARY Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDED
Robert E. Parker, Inspector $300 00
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS' EXPENSES
Appropriation
$50 00
Receipts, telephone tolls
63
$50 63
EXPENDED
Printing
$17 15
Telephone
11 94
$29 09
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 21 54
$50 63
HEALTH AND SANITATION HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SALARIES Appropriation
$250 00
EXPENDED
Geo. L. Flint, Secretary
$100 00
E. M. Halligan, M. D.
75 00
Dr. O. H. Playdon
75 00
$250 00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$1,570 00
Transferred from Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 714 96
$2,284 96
EXPENDED
David M. Taggart, Inspector of Plumb-
ing .
$600 00
C. H. Playdon, Inspector of Animals . 125 00
127
J. H. Eames, Inspector of Slaughtering
$150 00
Rent
100 08
Lighting
9 40
Telephone
22 84
Express .
7 65
Ambulance
1 75
Disinfectants
64 02
Printing
27 00
Nursing .
24 00
Professional services
1 00
General supplies and incidentals .
49 63
Burying dog .
1 00
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
City of Melrose
$53 29
City of Somerville
434 29
City of Malden
196 43
No. Reading Sanatorium
16 57
Edgerley & Bessom, burial
8 00
Doherty Bros., burial
70 00
Rent of house
15 00
Fuel
16 30
Groceries and provisions
85 31
Professional services
121 00
Ambulance
16 00
Nursing .
60 00
Supplies
9 40
--
$2,284 96
UNPAID BILLS
Town of Saugus
32 86
Telephone
2 63
W. H. Willis, drugs
1 33
M. F. Charles, supplies
45
F. Wallace, supplies
70
$37 97
.
128
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE Appropriation . $7,755 00
RECEIVED
From Bay State Street Railway .
$5,741 90
Refund Ford car . 50 00
Town of Wilmington, use of
roller ·
51 00
Town of No. Reading, use of
roller
34 00
Sundry sources
39 02
$13,670 92
TRANSFERRED
From Reserve Fund, for guard rails 182 13
$13,853 05
EXPENDED
For Maintenance
$1,589 60
Pay roll :
Pearl Street
221 52
Franklin Street
360 77
Woburn Street
147 00
Berkley Street
355 00
Prescott Street
780 90
Grove Street
66 00
Perkins Avenue
168 00
Summer Avenue
936 00
Federal Street
274 00
Green Street
497 00
Repairs
660 00
Washouts .
355 00
Gravel Sidewalks
395 00
Catch Basins
494 00
129
Ditching .
$435 00
Street Cleaning
.
2,298 00.
$10,032 79
Supt. E. H. Crowe, salary
1,001 00
$11,033 79
$4,885.40 of the above pay roll was for teams.
B. & M. R. R., repairs to tell tales $8 25
Repairs to road machines 75 90
Broken stone .
78 45
Catch basin grates .
66 35
Bound stones
32 50
Pipe
182 87
Tarvia
208 55
Repairs to roller
79 53
Coal and oil
87 54
Patching material
65 96
Repairs small tolls
62 98
Gravel
120 15
Auto
400 00
Maintenance of auto
217 82
Liability Insurance
265 08
Oil, kerosene .
10 50
Surveys .
61 64
Freight and express
65 46
Paint and oil .
41 10
Lumber for bridges
97 59
Supplies .
136 69
Incidentals
176 78
$13,575 48
GUARD RAILS EXPENDED
Pay roll
48 00
Paint and oil .
.
.
. 28 53 .
130
Lumber
$81 60
H. R. Johnson, labor
.
24 00
$13,757 61
Balance to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account ·
95 44
-- - $13,853 05
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Balance due from 1914 $258 61
RECEIVED
Bay State St. Ry.
220 61
Town of Wilmington .
17 00
O. W. Austin
18 00
G. A. Parker
3 00
$258 61
SOUTH MAIN STREET MACADAM
Received from Commonwealth of
Mass.
$1,079 12
EXPENDED
To John Gaffey, contractor .
1,079 12
SNOW AND ICE
Appropriation
$1000 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$339 75
Pay roll, teams
540 71
Repairs .
44 95
Sand pails
3 00
Sand
30 00
$958 41
Balance to Excess and Deficiency Account .
41 59
$1,000 00
.
.
.
131
LOWELL STREET MACADAM, 1913-1914 ACCOUNT Balance from 1914 .
$453 23
RECEIVED
From Bay State Street Railway
1,027 13
$1,480 36
EXPENDED
Bay State Street Railway . · . $1,027 13
TRANSFERRED
To Lowell Street, Wilmington Division,
1915 .
$147 53
To Lowell Street, Special 229 47
To Excess and Deficiency Account
76 23
$1,480 36
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Balance from 1914 $150 00
RECEIVED
From The Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts .
150 00
LOWELL STREET, SPECIAL ACCOUNT 1914
Balance from 1914
$229 47
TRANSFERRED
From Lowell Street, 1914
229 47
LOWELL STREET MACADAM, EAST
Appropriation
$2,000 00
RECEIVED
From Commonwealth of Mass.
2,000 00
From Middlesex County . .
.
2,000 00
Refund Barrett Co. . . .
18 13
$6,018 13
132
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
. $3,106 40
Stone
.
.
.
897 21
Freight
818 78
Tarvia
833 00
Coal and oil
56 97
Drain pipe
142 29
Cement
12 90
Grade stakes
4 25
Gravel
109 45
Repairs .
36 15
$6,017 40
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Account 73
$6,018 13
LOWELL STREET MACADAM, WEST
Appropriation
$666 67
RECEIVED
From Commonwealth of Mass.
666 67
From Middlesex County
666 66
$2,000 00
EXPENDED
For pay roll
$854 30
Broken stone
396 62
Tarvia
490 27
Freight .
251 18
Oil and repairs
5 70
$1,998 07
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Account
1 93
$2,000 00
.
133
LOWELL STREET, BETWEEN CAR TRACKS EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$80 38
Stone
42 03
Freight .
27 05
Transferred from Excess and Defi-
ciency Account $149 46
HAVERHILL STREET
Balance from 1914 .
$86 56
Appropriation
1,000 00
$1,086 56
EXPENDED
Pay roll
$367 09
Teams
447 28
Gravel
237 42
Repairs
13 20
Coal
13 80
$1,078 79
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Account 7 77
$1,086 56
STREET WATERING
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$262 25
Repairs . ·
.
.
7 60
$269 85
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Account
230 15
$500 00
.
.
.
$149 46
134
STREET OILING
Appropriation
.
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$119 50
Oil, Alden, Spear Co.
1,508 78 ·
Oil, Standard Oil Co.
798 29
Oil, John Baker, Jr.
376 46
Freight .
19 00
$2,822 03
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Account
177 97
$3,000 00
DRINKING FOUNTAINS
Balance from 1914 .
$150 00
Appropriation
150 00
$300 00
EXPENDED
Water Department, 1915
$150 00
Water Department, 1916
150 00
$300 00
CONCRETE SIDEWALKS
Balance from 1914 . $500 00
Appropriation
1,000 00
$1,500 00
EXPENDED
Killorin Contracting Co. .
. $1,403 05
Balance to 1916
96 95
$1,500 00
SIDEWALK WESTERLY SIDE OF MAIN STREET TO HOPKINS STREET
Appropriation
$375 00
$3,000 00
.
.
135
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$116 00
Teams
.
217 50
Gravel
30 00
$363 50
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 11 50
$375 00
SIDEWALK WEST SIDE MAIN STREET TO STONE- HAM LINE
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$78 50
Gravel
3 75
$82 25
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 17 75
$100 00
SIDEWALK EXTENSION MAIN STREET
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$170 00
Teams
310 00
Gravel
20 00
$500 00
SURFACE DRAINAGE, WARREN AND CENTRE AVENUES AND MINOT STREET
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