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Appropriation
$1,600 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
Teams . .
.
$672 19
418 46
136
Surveys and plans
$66 85
Pipe and cement
315 55
Catch basin grates
45 00
Gravel .
60 00
Repairs on tools
6 50
Express .
1 05
$1,585 60
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 14 40
$1,600 00
PRATT STREET
Appropriation
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$125 00
Teams
289 40
Gravel.
15 00
$429 40
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 60
$430 00
WOODWARD AVENUE
Appropriation
$100 00
Pay roll .
$41 50
Balance to 1916
. .
58 50
$100 00
ECHO AVENUE
Appropriation
$400 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$140 00
Teams
.
.
·
190 00
Survey
·
8 60
$430 00
EXPENDED
.
.
137
Repairs .
$1 35
Gravel .
57 75
$397 70
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 2 30
$400 00
FAIRVIEW AVENUE
Appropriation
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$326 00
Gravel
57 75
Survey
8 60
Repairs .
1 35
$393 70
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 6 30
$400 00
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
$11,000 00
EXPENDED
Paid Municipal Light Department
$11,000 00
DEERING STREET
Appropriation
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$585 38
Repairs .
14 62
$600 00
:
HILL CREST ROAD
Appropriation
$540 00
Pay roll . ·
$459 75
Balance to 1916
. . .
80 25
$540 00
.
$600 00
.
EXPENDED
$400 00
138
POOR DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $3,200 00
Transferred from Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 1,169 60
$4,369 60
EXPENDED
General Administration-Salaries :
Edgar O. Dewey
$100 00
Edwin L. Hutchinson
100 00
Otis B. Ruggles
99 99
$299 99
Cash aid .
303 00
Food
457 80
Fuel
101 50
Clothing .
40 34
Incidentals
25 80
Professional services
30 00
Cities and Towns :
Town of Stoneham .
45 85
City of Woburn
131 87
Town of Winthrop
59 24
City of Boston
49 28
City of Malden
40 65
Town of Wakefield
29 40
Other Institutions :
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
State Board of Charity
136 50
Carney Hospital
29 00
North Reading Sanatorium
25 71
$1,805 93
Transferred from Town Home 2,563 67
$4,369 60
NOTE. Since closing accounts, there has been received from City of Malden $58.10.
139
TOWN HOME RECEIVED
From board
$156 00
From sale of milk and produce
486 90
Transferred from Poor Account
2,563 67
$3,206 57
EXPENDED
Salary, L. A. Deming, Supt.
$500 00
Services, Mrs. Heilge .
182 00
$682 00
Cow
112 00
Grain
789 65
Fuel
195 53
Lighting
39 97
Water rates
37 55
Repairs .
111 83
Telephone
27 70
Dry goods
22 55
Clothing
33 30
Groceries and provisions
565 31
Professional services and medicines
115 35
Grass and hay
99 50
Radiator and plumbing
50 00
Furniture and carpets
77 32
Brooder .
20 25
Chickens
68 00
Incidentals
93 68
General supplies
.
.
65 08 -- $3,206 57
NOTE .- Since closing accounts, there has been received from Town of Norfolk $312 for board of two inmates.
140
UNPAID BILLS
Municipal Light Department, lighting
$2 52
Adams Co., dry goods 1 35
Hodson Bros., varnish
75
W. H. Willis, medicines
35 10
Percy N. Sweetser, fuel
8 25
Wm. E. Moran, barbering
2 55
P. J. Seaman, repairs
4 00
$54 52
MOTHERS WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN CHAPTER 763, ACTS 1913
Appropriation
$1,500 00
EXPENDED
For aid sundry parties .
· $1,143 99
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account .
356 01
$1,500 00
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS CHAP. 763, AcTs 1913
Balance from 1914
$526 12
RECEIVED
From Commonwealth of Mass.
$989 33
EXPENDED
For aid sundry parties .
. $1,781 16
$2,307 28
Balance to 1916
$1,317 95
$2,307 28
CITY OF SOMERVILLE, CHAP. 763, ACTS 1913
RECEIVED
From City of Somerville .
$237 33
Balance from 1914 . $246 00
141
EXPENDED
For aid sundry parties .
$326 68
$572 68
Balance to 1916
$335 35
$572 68
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, CHAP. 763, ACTS 1913 RECEIVED
From City of Springfield
$416 00
Balance from 1914 . . ·
$32 00
EXPENDED
For aid sundry parties .
.
$416 00
$448 00
Balance to 1916
32 00
$448 00
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD, CHAP. 763, ACTS 1913 RECEIVED
From Town of Wakefield . .
$35 00
EXPENDED
For aid sundry parties $39 67
Balance to 1916
4 67
$39 67
TEMPORARY AID COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
RECEIVED
From Commonwealth of Massachusetts $203 21
EXPENDED
Balance from 1914
$604 40
For aid sundry parties
.
112 54
$716 94
Balance to 1916 513 73
$716 94
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TOWN OF NORFOLK RECEIVED
Balance from 1914
$133 88
From Town of Norfolk
.
$133 50
EXPENDED
For aid sundry parties
27 40
$161 28
Balance to 1916
27 78
$161 28
TOWN OF METHUEN
Balance from 1914
$194 97
RECEIVED
From Town of Methuen .
$194 07
EXPENDED
For aid sundry parties .
18 00
$212 97
Balance to 1916 18 00
$212 97
CITY OF BOSTON
Balance from 1914
$7 55
EXPENDED
For aid sundry parties
12 00
Balance to 1916
$19 55
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation
$750 00
RECEIVED
Aid returned
8 00
.
$19 55
$758 00
143
EXPENDED
Pay roll and aid
$718 60
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency
Account . 39 40
$758 00
BURIAL OF SOLDIERS
Balance from 1914
$94 00
RECEIVED
From Commonwealth of Massachusetts $100 00
EXPENDED
Burial of soldiers
200 00
Balance to 1916 194 00
$294 00
STATE AID
Balance from 1914
.
$1,666 00
RECEIVED
From Commonwealth of Massachusetts $1,670 00
EXPENDED
For pay roll
.
1,938 00
$3,604 00
Balance due from Commonwealth
of Massachusetts 1,934 00
$3,604 00
EDUCATION
Appropriation
$43,000 00
RECEIVED
Tuition from North Reading
2,382 00
Tuition from Town of Middleton . .
24 00
Tuition from State, minor wards .
130 50
$294 00
144
Tuition from Boston, minor wards
$108 00
Reimbursement, Industrial Schools 163 35
Rent of John Street Schoolhouse .
36 00
Sale of Prospect Street out-building Telephone tolls
14 25
Refund, freight
6 20
$45,889 30
EXPENDED
Teachers' and Superintendent's salaries $30,989 43
Janitors' salaries
3,540 00
Truant Officer
104 00
Medical Inspector .
200 00
Census Enumerator
50 00
$34,883 43
Transportation of pupils
1,046 25
Tuition paid Industrial School
14 14
Books
1,353 20
Supplies for pupils
2,355 00 ·
Apparatus for teaching
190 71
General Expenses :
Printing and advertising
185 74
Office supplies and stationery
90 47
Telephones
138 13
School Committee, expenses
23 96
Lectures and public meetings
10 00
Insurance
193 00
Fuel
.
·
3,108 99
BUILDING MAINTENANCE
Light
215 95
Water
275 38
Removal of ashes . 93 25 · . .
Janitors' supplies .
422 99
25 00
145
REPAIRS
Buildings
913 73
Furniture
255 43
Grounds
119 50
$45,889 25
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 05
- $45,889 30
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SPECIAL REPAIRS
Balance from 1914 $487 19 .
EXPENDED
G. E. Betts, shingling Union St. school house
$346 00
Gibbons Contracting Co., grading
grounds
63 50
H. L. Parks, mason work
19 75
J. Woodward Manning, shrubbery
.
57 94
$487 19
NEW TYPEWRITERS
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
Underwood Typewriter Co., typewriter and biller $66 55
Remington Typewriter Co., typewriters 257 50
Royal Typewriter Co., typewriters 175 00
$499 05
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 95
$500 00
.
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IMPROVEMENT OF GROUNDS
Appropriation
$600 00
EXPENDED
Percy N. Sweetser, grading Highland
School grounds
$478 00
Percy N. Sweetser, grading Lowell St. School grounds
94 00
Incidentals
.
.
.
15 41
$587 41
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 12 59
$600 00
REPAIRING STACKS, HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
Appropriation $400 00
EXPENDED
H. R. Johnson, labor
.
$400 00
TUITION INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
City of Boston
$209 50
City of Somerville
.
175 00
Town of Wakefield
86 00
.
$470 50
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 29 50
$500 00
NOTE. - Under Section 7, Chapter 471, Acts 1911, the said town is entitled to reimbursement from the State to the extent of one-half of the amount expended.
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VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
Appropriation
$2,000 00
RECEIVED
From Town of Stoneham
434 00
From Town of North Reading
322 00
From Town of Wakefield
14 00
$2,770 00
EXPENDED
Salary, Instructor, 8} months . $1,487 50
Salary, Instructor, winter course, 12 wks. 47 50
$1,535 00
Books and papers .
252 55
Supplies and apparatus .
902 12 .
Building, repairs and alterations .
.
80 30
$2,770 00
RECREATION AND CELEBRATION
RENT OF PLAYGROUND
Appropriation
$342 00
EXPENDED
Delia E. Sweetser, rent
$342 00
CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF COMMON
Appropriation .
$100 00
EXPENDED
Albert Green, services
$49 25
Repairing settees .
5 55
General repairs
14 25
Supplies
50
$69 55
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 30 45
$100 00
.
148
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDED
Post 194 G. A. R.
$200 00
BAND CONCERTS
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDED
Chapman's Band
$100 00
Reading Brass Band
100 00
$200 00
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation
$2,325 00
From Dog Tax
662 95
From Refund
2 00
From Fines
82 00
$3,071 95
EXPENDED
Salaries :
Bertha L. Brown
$400 00
. Grace J. Abbott
80 00
C. H. Stinchfield
55 84
$535 84
Janitor's service
60 00
Fuel and heating
106 58
Rent
$600 00
Taxes 1914
227 41
Taxes 1915
229 60
$1,057 01
Books
487 51
Periodicals
79 73
Printing
.
50 70
.
RECEIVED
149
Lighting
$27 54
Binding books
.
53 95
Express .
7 17
Expenses, Bertha L. Brown .
7 88
Ruby Mansfield, extra services
4 50
Supplies
3 50
$2,481 91
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency account 590 04
$3,071 95
CEMETERIES LAUREL HILL
Appropriation
$1,200 00
RECEIVED
Interest for care of lots · .
748 25
TRANSFERRED
From sale of lots and graves
175 00
$2,123 25
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
. $1,532 50
A. W. Danforth, salary, Secretary
75 00
A. W. Danforth, expenses
5 50
Flowers and bouquets
277 75
Manure and fertilizer .
49 50
Survey and plans
35 15
Monumental work
29 46
Repairs .
6 25
Supplies
.
20 65
Signs
24 45
$2,056 21
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency account 67 04
$2,123 25
·
.
.
.
150
MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIES
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT AND WATER DEPARTMENT ( For details see respective reports)
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS MATURING IN 1915
$16,600 00
Appropriation . TRANSFERRED
Transferred from Excess and
Deficiency Account . .
1,100 00
RECEIVED
From Water Department 3,000 00
Paid by Municipal Light Dept.
9,500 00
$30,200 00
EXPENDED
Municipal Light Dept. loans
$9,500 00
Water Department bonds
8,000 00
High School building
5,000 00
Highland School building
3,000 00
Lowell St. School building
1,000 00
Grouard Estate Loan
1,000 00
Auto Chemical Truck
1,500 00
Current Expense Bond
1,200 00
$30,200 00
INTEREST ACCOUNT
Appropriation .
$3,500 00
RECEIVED
Interest on deposits
.
421 11
Interest on taxes
2,396 95
.
$6,318 06
Balance from Excess and De-
ficiency Account ·
160 26
$6,478 32
.
151
EXPENDED
Interest on temporary loans .
$3,455 65
Interest on school loans .
.
1,820 00
Interest on general loans
862 20
Interest on cemetery bequest .
170 08
Interest on cemetery special .
170 39
$6,478 32
AGENCY AND TRUST TRANSACTIONS
STATE TAX
From tax levy .
$14,527 50
EXPENDED
To the Commonwealth of Mass.
$14,527 50
COUNTY TAX
From tax levy
$7,553 19
EXPENDED
Treasurer Middlesex County .
$7,553 19
WELLINGTON BRIDGE TAX
From tax levy
$196 53
EXPENDED
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
$196 53
HIGHWAY TAX
From tax levy
$1,263 52
EXPENDED
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts . $1,263 52
FIRE PREVENTION TAX
Transferred from Reserve Fund .
$51 23
EXPENDED
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts . $51 23
.
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BAY STATE STREET RAILWAY TAX RECEIVED
From Commonwealth of Massachusetts $3,038 49
From Bay State Street Railway .
2,703 41
$5,741 90
Transferred for Highways
$5,741 90
CORPORATION TAX
RECEIVED
From Commonwealth of Massachusetts $8,622 29
EXPENDED
To Commonwealth of Massachusetts $3 84
Amount used in tax levy, 1915 6,400 00
Balance transferred to Excess and
Deficiency Account 2,218 45
$8,622 29
NATIONAL BANK TAX
RECEIVED
From Commonwealth of Massachusetts $724 54
EXPENDED
To Commonwealth of Massachusetts $469 44
Transferred to Excess and Defi- ciency Account 255 10
$724 54
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation
$700 00
TRANSFERRED
To Fire Prevention Tax $51 23
To Fire Alarm Boxes, schoolhouses 300 00
To Highways, guard rails
182 13
$533 36
Balance to 1916
166 64
$700 00
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SCHEDULE OF REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY TOWN OF READING DECEMBER 31, 1915
SCHOOLS
Buildings and land
$214,000 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 and land
$52,000 00
Machinery and tools
.
31,000 00
$83,000 00
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HIGHWAYS
Tool house
$500 00
Personal .
3,502 10
$4,002 10
POOR DEPARTMENT
Town Home . .
$9,500.00
Personal (Town Home)
.
.
2,488 20
$11,988 20
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, 1915 $590,606 80
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EXEMPTED PROPERTY
The following is a schedule of property used for religious and other purposes and by law exempt from taxation, as re- ported by the Assessors December 31, 1915 :
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 5,800 00
. Quannapowitt Agricultural Association 13,800 00
Fathers' and Mothers' Club 3,850 00
U. S. Government P. O Department, land
6,500 00
.
.
$260,400 00
H. M. VIALL, COLLECTOR,
DR.
Amount uncollected tax, 1912 $457 61 Interest collected, account 1912 90 68
Amount uncollected tax, 1913 Interest collected, account 1913 Amount uncollected tax, 1914
10,069 62
858 78
52,287 80
Interest collected, account 1914
1,339 70
Additional assessments, 1914
18 00
Abatement allowed in error, 1914
1 59
Amount committed list, 1915
166,152 92
Moth tax, 1915
1,464 50
Excise tax, 1915
2,703 41
Additional tax, 1915
18 00
Supplementary tax, 1915
1,927 51
Interest collected, 1915
107 79
Collected in excess, to be refunded .
4 00
Received account redemption of property
723 23
Received account certificates
10 00
Received account paid after abatement
4 33
Received account postage
4 34
$238,243 86
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IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF READING
CR.
Cash paid W. C. Mansfield, Treasurer,
account 1912
$490 31
Abatement, account 1912
57 98
Cash paid W. O. Mansfield, Treasurer, account 1913
9,112 72
Abatement account, moth tax account 1913 50
·
Abatement account, general tax ac- count 1913
406 73
Cash paid W. O. Mansfield, Treasurer, account 1914 .
·
41,287 35
Abatement, account 1914
317 32
Cash paid W. C. Mansfield, Treasurer, account 1915 .
115,640 27
Abatement, moth tax account 1915
50
Abatement, general tax account 1915 .
455 17
Cash paid W. O. Mansfield, Treasurer, account miscellaneous receipts
741 95
Uncollected taxes, 1913
1,408 45
Uncollected taxes, 1914
12,042 42
Uncollected taxes, 1915
.
56,282 19
$238,243 86
H. M. VIALL, Collector of Taxes.
Reading, Dec. 31, 1915.
Approved :
JOHN H. SHELDON, Town Accountant.
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REPORTS OF DEPARTMENTS
REPORT OF ASSESSORS, 1915
Valuation of Real Estate :
Buildings excluding land
$4,107,380 00 .
Land excluding buildings 2,385,095 00 .
Total real estate
$6.492,475 00
Personal estate excluding resident bank stock $1,388,723 00 Resident bank stock 24,300 00
Total personal estate
$1,413,023 00
Total real and personal estate assessed April
1, 1915
$7,905,498 00
Buildings increase over 1914
$271,305 00
Land increase over 1914 . 80,190 00
Personal estate increase over 1914
36,148 00
Total value increase
$387,643 00
Tax on real estate
$133,097 56
Tax on personal estate
28,969 36
Tax on polls . .
4,086 00
Tax on real estate for moth work
1,465 50
Total tax assessed April 1, 1915 $167,617 42
Personal estate assessed Dec. 17, 1915
$89,100 00
Real estate assessed Dec. 17, 1915 .
$4,925 00
Polls, 9 at $2 each $18 00
Tax assessed as supplementary on personal
estate Dec. 17. 1915
$1.826 55
160
161
Tax assessed as supplementary on real estate Dec. 17, 1915 $100 96 Street Railway Excise Tax on 12,020 miles of track . $2,703 41
Total personal estate assessed in year 1915 $1,502,123 00 Total real estate assessed in year 1915 . 6,497,400 00
Total valuation 1915, April and December $7,999,523 00 State highway tax . $1,263 52
Wellington Bridge maintenance
84 42
Wellington Bridge, special 112 11
State tax .
14,527 50
County tax
7,553 19
Total State and County tax, 1915 $23,540 74
Total State and County tax, 1914 20,578 72
1915 in excess of 1914 $2,962 02
Balance used for Town
$144,073 93
Rate of taxation, $20.50 per $1,000.
Number of persons assessed on property April 1, 1915 2095
Number of persons assessed for poll tax only April 1, 1915 1114
Additional in Dec., 1915, on property 12
Additional polls 9
Total number persons assessed on property in 1915 2107
Total number assessed on polls in 1915 1123
Total number separate assessments
3230
Polls assessed 1914
1959
Polls assessed 1915
2052
Increase of polls in 1915
93
Number horses
282
Number cows .
262
162
Number neat cattle
48
Number of swine
147
Number of fowls
16,168
Number dwellings .
1749
Number new dwellings
64
Number acres of land
5734
Population Town of Reading, 1915
6805
ASSESSORS' REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF LAND UNDER THE BLOCK SYSTEM
We have now completed 46 plans describing 1855 sepa- rate parcels of land. The past year we have had 14 plans completed containing 632 separate lots.
The following are the Plots in numerical order, as enumerated below.
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. (Sub plan-East of Main Street, west of John Street, between Green and Pleasant Streets.)
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.
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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, O. 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 Avenue.
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 Summer 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, Per- kins estate, etc.
Plot 28-North of Oak Street to Howard Street, east of West Street to Sigsbee Avenue, Scotland.
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Plot 29-North of Oak Street to Howard Street, Scotland Road, etc., Scotland.
Plot 30-North of Oak Street to Howard Street, west of Summer Avenue, Scotland.
Plot 31-North of Mineral Street and east of railroad to Grand Street.
Plot 32-Vine Street north of Yale Road, between High Street and R. R.
Plot 33-North of Harriman Avenue, Grand and High Streets, to Lowell Street.
Plot 36-East of Bancroft Avenue, north of Cemetery.
Plot 37-West of Main Street, south of Auburn Street to Cemetery.
Plot 38-North of Auburn Street, west of Main Street to Stand Pipe Hill.
Plot 41-North of Salem Street, east of Pearl Street to Thorndike Street.
Plot 42-North of Salem Street, between Pierce and Winter Streets.
Plot 43-South of Salem Street, east of Eaton Street.
Plot 44-North of Green Street to Pleasant Street. between Village and Eaton Streets.
Plot 45-Green and Washington Streets, between Elliott and John Streets.
Plot 46-East of Main Street, between Green Street and Railroad.
Plot 51-East of Main Street, between Avon and Cross Streets.
Plot 52-West of Minot Street, between Warren Avenue an l Pine Avenue.
We had a balance on hand of . $327 86
Raised and appropriated . 500 00
Making a total of
$827 86
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We have expended as follows: Clarence E. Carter, making plans and looking up records, $711.80.
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We have a balance on hand unexpended of $116.06, for the reason that the Engineer has actually done the work but has not presented his bill, as he has not completed several plans.
We recommend that the sum of $500 be raised and ap- propriated to continue this work the coming year.
We invite inspection of our work by any citizen or citi- zens who are interested.
MILLARD F. CHARLES GEORGE E. HORROCKS ARDINE M. ALLEN Board of Assessors.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
I herewith submit a general summary of the work of the Highway Department for the past year. The excessive rains during the past summer caused considerable damage to the gravel roads which necessitated a larger outlay than usual to keep them in any kind of condition. The State road on North Main Street was closed the larger part of the summer while repairs were being made, and the heavy traffic which this road carries was obliged to make detours via Charles Street, Haverhill Street and Franklin Street, or Lowell Street, Grove Street and Franklin Street. Lowell Street being a hard surfaced road withstood the heavy traffic, but Grove, Franklin, Haverhill and Charles Streets, being of common gravel construction, were unable to with- stand the increased traffic, and when the State road was opened to traffic the last of August these streets were left in very bad condition. As this department had no funds to repair them, they will require attention this spring.
Considerable gravel grading has been done this season, but I would recommend that this kind of construction be discontinued except where absolutely necessary, unless a different kind of gravel can be obtained from that which we are obliged to use at present. As the material in the gravel banks in which we are able to get any gravel at all contains a very large percentage of stone, which we are unable to use at present, but which has all to be handled, it makes the cost of the gravel more than it should be by the time it arrives on the job, as this stone is the best part of the gravel banks. I would again recommend the pur-
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chase of a portable stone crusher. I am strongly of the opinion that if this stone and gravel could be crushed to a uniform size, and after being spread evenly on the prepared road and rolled, then one or two applications of asphalt oil applied, it would make a road surface far superior to the present gravel roads.
CONSTRUCTION
Another section of Lowell Street has been constructed the past season of tar macadam, under the direction of the Mass. Highway Commission, 3000 feet in length and 18 feet wide. This brings the completed road to Middlesex Avenue on the east and to within about 1000 feet of the Wilming- ton line on the west. This should be completed this year, 1916. Considerable gravel work has been done on Green Street, Federal Street, Woburn Street, Summer Avenue, Franklin Street, Pearl Street, Berkley Street, Perkins Avenue and Prescott Street Extension; and Haverhill Street, Deering Street, Pratt Street, Echo Avenue, Hill Crest Road, Fairview Avenue and Woodward Avenue have been laid out as voted by the Town.
MAINTENANCE
The general routine work of this department has been attended to, but as I have already said, the excessive rains of last July brought the maintenance cost of this depart- ment to considerable more than usual, and some work that was planned we were unable to do.
SIDEWALKS
A new sidewalk has been constructed on North Main Street, from the residence of George Putnam to Wells Road, as voted by the Town. The sidewalk on South Main Street was completed to within about 75 feet of the Stone- ham line. The sidewalk on the west side of South Main Street, from Avon Street to beyond South Street (one mile) has been repaired, as voted by the Town. Short stretches
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of gravel grading has been done on a large number of side- walks, 3000 square yards of new concrete has been laid on Prescott Street, Woburn Street, High Street, Harnden Street and Middlesex Avenue, at a cost of 53 cents per vard.
DRAINAGE
An under drain has been constructed on Minot Street and connecting streets, consisting of 1200 feet of 12 inch pipe and eight (S) catch basins and three (3) inlets. In connection with this, Minot Street, Warren Avenue and Maple Street were regraded with the best gravel we could obtain. This was all done inside of the appropriation. There should still be a little work done on Centre Avenue to change the gutter lines.
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