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Office furniture
39 00
Use of auto
19 25
Office supplies
17 53
Lighting
2 25
Printing
115 00
Plans
101 00
Rent of post office box
50
Telephone
5 50
Rent
39 00
$939 03.
$1,200 00
.
To Excess and Deficiency Account 260 97
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE Appropriation $7,700 00
157
RECEIVED
From Street Railway Tax
$5,024 86
From sundry sources
9 80
TRANSFERRED
From sundry sources
·
524 95
$13,259 61
EXPENDED
E. H. Crowe, Superintendent
$693 00
IV. C. H. Stevenson, Superintendent 303 04
$996 04
Pay roll, labor and teams
8,158 63
Maintenance of auto
434 98
Fuel
66 53
Supplies
483 35
Express and freight
57 98
Liability insurance, 1915
272 51
Liability insurance, 1916
153 41 )
57 855
($171.12 of the amount charged to Street Depart- ment in error, adjusted from Moth Depart- ment in 1917. )
Telephone
23 76
Lumber
34 37
Repairing tools
62 49
Pipe and cement
708 58
Gravel
193 90
Office and supplies
8 00
Tarvia and tar binder
718 00
Drays
23 24
Grates and gaskets
134 96
Inspection of boiler
5 00
Stone
97 60
Plans
31 90
Repairs on steam roller
34 95
Labor
10 32
Painting street signs
124 50
Sidewalk patching
45 00
158
Wall, Main Street
$125 00
Incidentals
14 05
$13,076 90
Stone transferred from stone crusher 182 71
-813,259 61
UNPAID BILLS
Wendell Bancroft & Co., supplies $135 96
L. W. Dickinson & Co., signs 2 00
Francis Brothers, repairs
16 25
Fred Wallace, supplies
2 02
Fred Smith, supplies
4 05
W. E. Simon, inspection
5 00
E. H. Chapin, supplies
7 50
Reading Garage
25 26
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone
3 22
H. R. Johnson, labor
27 67
National Express, express
66
$229 59
SNOW AND ICE ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$2,500 00
Transferred from Excess and Defi- ciency Account 436 28
EXPENDED
For outside ploughs
$450 81
Pay roll
2,344 01
W. C. H. Stevenson, Superintendent
69 32
Supplies
25 69
Repairs
26 20
Gravel
7 20
Incidentals
13 05
$2,936 28
STREET WATERING
Appropriation
$500 00
.
$2,936 28
159
EXPENDED
Water, Reading Water Works
$150 00
Pay roll
348 99
$498 99
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 1 01
$500 00
OILING STREETS
Appropriation
$3,000 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll
$123 38
Alden, Spear & Co., oil
544 95
New England Petroleum Co.
558 56
Indian Refining Co.
1,225 37 .
Standard Oil Co.
488 00
Repairs
4 30
Freight .
17 00
$2,961 56
Transferred to Highway
38 44
$3,000 00
DRINKING FOUNTAINS
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDED
Reading Water Works, water
$150 00
NEW CONCRETE SIDEWALKS
Balance from 1915
$96 95
Appropriation
.
1,000 00
RECEIVED
From Christian Science Church
163 04
$1,259 99
Transferred from Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 7 91
$1,267 90
160
EXPENDED
F. L. Mulroney, Contractor .
$795 66
Thomas J. Hinds, Contractor 260 10
Killorin Construction Co., Contractor . 212 14
$1,267 90
LOWELL STREET MACADAM, WILMINGTON DIVISION Appropriation
$2,500 00
RECEIVED
From the Commonwealth of Mass. 2,058 35
Due from Middlesex County 2,058 34
$6,616 69
EXPENDED
James E. Watkins, Contractor . $5,198 53
Standard Oil Co., oil
841 50
Pay roll
84 53
Supplies and lumber
45 49
H. R. Johnson, labor
42 01
6,212 06
Balance to 1917
$404 63
MAIN STREET, HAVEN TO WASHINGTON STREET
Appropriation
$1,600 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll
$355 14
Fuel
25 92
Tarvia
238 68
619 74
Balance to 1917
$980 26
WOBURN STREET, BERKLEY STREET TO WEST
Appropriation
$700 00
Transfer stone from crusher
130 03
$830 03
161
EXPENDED
Pay roll
$557 50
Tarvia and stone
232 03
Fuel
30 77
$820 30
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 9 73
$830 03
WOBURN STREET, RAILROAD CROSSING TO SUMMER AVE.
Appropriation
$800 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$281 50
Stone
118 98
Tarvia
240 47
Freight .
107 14
$748 09
Transferred to Highways
51 91
$800 00
HAVEN STREET, LINDEN TO HIGH STREET Appropriation
$800 00
Pay roll .
$342 02
Tarvia
327 50
Stone
130 48
$800 00
ASH STREET
Appropriation
$400 00
Pay roll .
$329 54
Tarvia
54 06
Fuel
14 36
$397 96
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ficiency Account 2 04
$400 00
.
EXPENDED
EXPENDED
162
SIDEWALK REPAIRS, WEST SIDE OF NORTH MAIN STREET
Appropriation
$400 00
EXPENDED
For pay roll . $399 77
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 23
$400 00
-
SIDEWALK, LOWELL STREET
Appropriation
$600 00
Transferred from Stone Crusher
98 42
$698 42
EXPENDED
Pay roll
$558 00
Gravel
129 62
Lumber
10 80
$698 42
LOCUST STREET, SURFACE WATER
Appropriation
$600 00
EXPENDED
John Muse, contract
$152 00
Pipe
24 30
Pay roll .
94 89
Grates
24 50
Cement and lumber
13 05
Supplies
34 31
Freight .
25
343 30
Balance to 1917
$56 70
MINERAL STREET, SURFACE WATER Appropriation $500 00
163
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$73 78
Pipe
356 99
Grates, etc.
33 50
Freight .
68
$464 95
Transferred to Highway Depart-
ment .
35 05
$500 00
GRANOLITHIC SIDEWALK, SUMMER AVENUE Appropriation
$250 00
EXPENDED
Solomon Davis, et als .
$250 00
SIDEWALK, HILL CREST ROAD
Appropriation
$150 00
Pay roll .
$101 00
Transferred to Highway 49 00
$150 00
SIDEWALK, NORTH MAIN STREET
Appropriation
$500 00
Pay roll .
$431 31
Transferred to Highway 68 79
$500 00
WEST STREET, RESURFACING
Appropriation
$2,400 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
. $1,619 51
Superintendent, supervision
62 77
Stone from crusher
340 04
Supplies
14 12
Stakes
6 80
Gravel
51 80
$2,095 04
$304 96
EXPENDED
EXPENDED
164
No. MAIN STREET, REPAIRS NEAR OLD SOUTH CHURCH Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$298 63
Transferred to Highway 1 37
$300 00
WOODWARD AVENUE
Balance from 1915
$58 50
Pay roll
3 76
Balance to 1917
$54 74
HILL CREST ROAD
Balance from 1916
$80 25
Transferred to Highway $80 25
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
$5,000 00
EXPENDED
Municipal Light Department
$5,000 00
CEMETERY PATHS, MACADAM
Transferred from sales of lots and graves
$700 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$430 11
Stone
253 89
Grate
16 00
$700 00
STONE CRUSHER ACCOUNT, BROKEN STONE Received from stone sold and used on various streets $961 67
165
EXPENDED
Pay roll, labor and teams
. $1,263 40
Pipe
16 62
Power
21 20
Stone wall
5 00
Repairs
2 62
Rent of boiler and steam drills
116 00
$1,424 84
Returns from various streets
228 45
Stone on hand and due from various
parties
$691 62
$1,653 29 $1,653 29
STONE CRUSHER PLANT
Appropriation
$800 00
Due from Electric Light Department,
motor
250 00
$1,050 00
EXPENDED
Universal Manufacturing Co., rent $600 00
Case, Andrew Co., motor
354 00
Freight
40 80
Pulley
3 58
$998 38
Balance to 1917
$51 62
CHARITIES
POOR DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$3,800 00
RECEIVED
From sundry parties
101 10
$3,901 10
166
EXPENDED
General Administration-Salaries :
Edgar O. Dewey, Chairman .
$100 00
Edwin L. Hutchinson, Secretary
100 00
Otis B. Ruggles
100 00
Total salaries
$300 00
Burials
15 00
Boots and shoes
22 65
Cash aid
614 00
Clothing
8 90
Fuel
169 50
Groceries and provisions
672 87
Nursing
3 00
Professional services
255 00
Incidentals
48 43
$2,109 35
Cities and towns :
City of Woburn
318 56
City of Everett
12 10
City of Boston
17 00
City of Brockton
80 34
Town of Stoneham
8 55
Other Institutions :
State Board of Charity .
183 50
Mt. Vernon Street Hospital
36 00
$2,765 40
Balance transferred to Town Home 1,135 70
$3,901 10
UNPAID BILLS
Town of Stoneham
$120 00
E. W. Hancock, milk
5 75
W. H. Willis, supplies .
65.
G. H. Atkinson Co., groceries
50 89
Fred Wallace, groceries
19 71
Wendell Bancroft & Co., fuel
15 25
Edgerley & Bessom, burial
24 00
.
167
F. F. Smith, groceries . $22 50
G. H. Atkinson Co., groceries
16 03
P. N. Sweetser, fuel
42 75
State Board of Charity, board
46 00
Hall & MacFarland, boots
15 01
$378 54
TOWN HOME
RECEIVED
From board
$477 00
From sale stock and produce
626 10
Transferred from Poor Account
1,135 70
Transferred from Excess and Defi- ciency Account
1,281 39
$3,520 19
EXPENDED
L. A. Deming, Superintendent
$600 00
Mrs. Snow, services
80 00
Mrs. Piquette, services .
152 00
Lillian Howe, services .
49 00
$881 00
Grain
464 06
Provisions and groceries
752 80
Professional services and medicines
199 13
Fuel
146 50
Incidentals
109 08
Clothing and dry goods
78 93
Supplies
97 34
Repairs .
111 70
Lighting
52 83
Water rates
38 70
Telephone
34 60
Boots and shoes
28 30
Live stock
174 00
Burials
40 00
Fruit trees
30 92
Standing grass
170 00
.
168
Furniture
$43 80
Mower
45 00
Pasturing
21 50
$3,520 19
UNPAID BILLS
F. F. Smith, groceries
$3 83
Francis Bros. 45
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa Co., groceries
38 98
W. H. Willis, supplies .
4 30
W. H. Glidden, supplies
7 73
Dr. Geo. F. Dow, professional services 2 00
O. L. Nichols, provisions
34 51
Ourley Brothers, grain .
31 20
E. D. Richmond, professional services 57 00
Wm. J. Brown, M. D., professional ser- vices 35 00
Importers' Branch, coffee
6 25
Charles Wakefield, fuel
7 00
Municipal Light, light .
7 12
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone .
7 12
Cummings Express, express
25
Wendell Bancroft & Co., repairs .
25
F. Wallace, groceries
35 53
P. N. Sweetser, fuel
16 00
J. J. Cameron, repairs
35
Reading Water Works, water
14 28
Charles D. Wells, repairs 10 88
J. B. Van Buskirk, supplies
16 62
R. W. Totten, plumbing
82 00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing
2 00
$420 65
MOTHERS WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN CHAPTER 763, ACTS OF 1913
Appropriation
$1,500 00
EXPENDED
Aid sundry persons 1,246 74
Balance to 1917 $253 26
169
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Balance from 1915
. $1,317 95
RECEIVED
From Commonwealth of Mass.
$1,821 99
Balance due from Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1,088 19
EXPENDED
Sundry persons, aid .
1,592 23
$2,910 18 $2,910 18
CITY OF SOMERVILLE
Received
$300 34
Balance from 1915
$335 35
EXPENDED
One case
285 89
$621 24
Balance due
320 90
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
Received
$208 00
Balance from 1915
$32 00
One case
416 00
Balance due
240 00
$448 00
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Balance from 1915
$4 67
Received
$4 67
CITY OF SALEM
Received
$53 33
For one case .
$286 64
Balance due
EXPENDED
233 31
$286 64
$621 24
EXPENDED
$448 00
170
TEMPORARY AID THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS RECEIVED
From the State
$355 16
Balance from 1915
$513 73
EXPENDED
Sundry persons
275 85
$789 58
Due from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 434 42
$789 58
TOWN OF PROVINCETOWN EXPENDED
Aid
$54 00
Balance due .
$54 00
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation $750 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll and aid
$616 00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Account
134 00
$750 00
BURIAL OF SOLDIERS
Balance from 1915
$194 00
RECEIVED
From the Commonwealth of Mass. $200 00
EXPENDED
Burial of one soldier
.
50 0.0
$244 00
Balance due from Commonwealth 44 00
$244 00
171
STATE AID
Balance from 1915
. $1,934 00
RECEIVED
From the Commonwealth of Mass.
$1,938 00
EXPENDED
Sundry persons, aid
1,789 50
$3,723 50
Balance due from Commonwealth
1,785 50
$3,723 50
EDUCATION
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE Appropriation $48,150 00
RECEIVED
From Agricultural Account . 476 28
Tuition, North Reading
2,184 00
Tuition, Middleton
24 00
Tuition, Commonwealth of Mass.
368 00
Rent of John Street Schoolhouse
36 00
From telephones and sundries
27 75
Refund overpayments .
23 70
$51,289 73
Salaries :
Teachers
$35,584 81
Janitors
3,603 00
Truant Officer
102 00
Physician
200 00
Transportation
383 44
Tuition
78 00
Books
1,460 02
Supplies for pupils
2,588 56
Apparatus for teaching
193 96
General Expenses :
Printing and advertising . 8191 43
Office supplies and sta- tionery
22 29
172
Telephones . . $256 11
School Committee, expenses 26 82
Superintendent, expenses 17 50
Fuel
$514 15 3,666 09
Building Maintenance :
Lighting
292 22
Water
315 94
Removal of Ashes
118 95
Janitors' supplies
500 45
$1,227 56
Repairs :
Buildings
1,363 83
Furniture
155 37
Grounds
168 83
$51,289 62
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 11
-- $51,289 73
UNPAID BILLS
American Book Co., books
$4 10
Edw. E. Babb & Co., books .
257 96
Milton, Bradley Co., supplies
19 43
Oliver Ditson Co., music
38
Ginn & Co., books
119 08
J. L. Hammett Co., paper
58 20
$459 15
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$1,500 00
RECEIVED
From Commonwealth
729 17
From North Reading
563 00
From Wakefield
150 00
From Stoneham
991 00
From Wilmington .
262 00
From Middleton
36 00
.
$4,231 17
173
EXPENDED
Salaries . . $3,015 00
Books, apparatus and supplies
739 89
Janitors, lights and fuel
476 28
$4,231 17
TUITION, INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
Appropriation
$350 00
RECEIVED
From City of Boston
66 25
$416 25
EXPENDED
City of Somerville
$175 00
Town of Wakefield
190 00
City of Boston
12 71
Middlesex County .
26 00
$403 71
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 12 54
$416 25
PAINTING HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDED
H. D. Stokes, contract .
.
$200 00
PAINTING UNION STREET SCHOOL BUILDING Appropriation $150 00
EXPENDED
H. D. Stokes, contract .
.
$150 00
FIRE PROTECTION
Appropriation
$650 00
EXPENDED
L. T. Eames, labor $12 84
E. J. Roundy, contract 325 00
T. O. Fife, contract
312 16
$650 00
174
TRANSPORTATION
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
Bay State Street Railway, tickets $500 00
SCHOOL EXTENSION LOAN RECEIVED
From loan
$15,000 00
EXPENDED
Geo. L. Litchfield, land
$600 00
Geo. H. Sidebottom, Architect
874 30
Adden & Parker, Architects
100 00
Francis Bros., contract .
2,749 39
Stewart & Robinson, contract
6,363 00
Louis Ellenwood, contract
1,920 75
T. C. Fife, contract 922 00
Hayward Bros. & Wakefield, furniture 605 95
Clapp & Leach, wiring .
125 00
Hodson Bros., painting
310 00
Orpin Bros., furniture
70 00
Shades
153 20
Supplies .
62 00
$14,855 59
Balance to 1917
144 41
$15,000 00
GROUARD HOUSE SITE
RECEIVED
From loan
.
$975 00
TRANSFERRED
From Reserve Fund, surplus overlays . 2,025 00
$3,000 00
EXPENDED
Edith J. Poor, land
$975 00
Henry R. Johnson, contract .
1,622 66
H. D. Stokes, painting .
128 70
J. Woodward Manning, grading
273 64
$3,000 00
175
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation
$1,700 00
RECEIVED
From Dog Tax
622 08
From Fines
105 00
$2,427 08
EXPENDED
Salaries :
Bertha L. Brown
$400 00
Grace J. Abbott
82 83
C. H. Stinchfield
51 90
Janitor's services .
52 50
Fuel and heating
140 73
Rent
500 00
Books
382 18
Periodicals
77 40
Lighting
41 48
Binding
70 70
Express
5 07
Supplies
12 06
Printing
44 75
Bertha L. Brown, expenses
16 77
$1,878 37
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 198 71
$2,077 08
Balance to 1917
$350 00
UNPAID BILLS
National Express Co., express 36
Municipal Light Department, light 3 52
Clapp & Leach, repairs
1 10
$4 98
.
$534 73
176
NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING RECEIVED
From loans
$5,000 00
EXPENDED
Geo. T. O'Brien, contract $600 95
Geo. T. O'Brien, removing ledge 286 79
C. E. Carter, survey
3 95
.
$891 69
Balance to 1917
$4,108 31
RECREATION AND CELEBRATIONS RENT OF PLAYGROUND
Appropriation
$342 00
Mrs. Delia Sweetser .
$342 00
CARE OF COMMON
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDED
Seeds
$11 25
Albert Green, services
64 SO
Repairs .
2 25
$78 30
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 21 70
$100 00
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
$225 00
Post 194. G. A. R.
. .
$225 00
BAND CONCERTS .
$200 00
EXPENDED
Reading Brass Band
$100 00
Chapman's Band
100 00
$200 00
EXPENDED
.
Appropriation
EXPENDED
177
JULY 4 CELEBRATION Appropriation
$400 00
EXPENDED
Marston & Wells, fireworks . $350 00
Lester K. Pratt, Treasurer
50 00
$400 00
MAYALL PARK
Appropriation .
EXPENDED
Plans .
$11 90
P. N. Sweetser, contract 188 00
J. Woodward Manning, labor
100 00
$299 90
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Account 10
$300 00
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY
Appropriation
$1,200 00
RECEIVED
From interest for care of lots
883 75
From use of burial device
10 00
Transferred from sale of Lots and Graves
200 00
$2,293 75
EXPENDED
Pay roll
. $1,851 50
A. W. Danforth, Secretary
75 00
A. W. Danforth, expenses
6 25
Water vault for
5 00
Supplies
29 20
Repairs
5 30
Shrubs
30 00
Bouquets
267 50
Lumber
7 88
Survey
2 00
$2,279 63
Transferred to Excess and Defi- ciency Account 14 12
$2,293 75
.
$300 00
178
UNPAID BILLS
American Agricultural Chemical Co.,
dressing . $57 00
W. E. &. J. F. Twombly, printing 2 50
$59 50
RICHARDSON ESTATE LOT
RECEIVED
From loan .
$5,550 00
EXPENDED
E. H. Hall
$5,550 00
MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIES
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT AND WATER DEPARTMENT (For details see respective reports)
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS MATURING IN 1916 Appropriation . $15,000 00
TRANSFERRED
From Excess and Deficiency
Account
4,700 00
RECEIVED
From Water Department
3,000 00
$22,700 00
EXPENDED
Current expense bonds
$1,200 00
Water bonds ..
13,000 00
Combination Truck
1,500 00
Grouard Estate
1,000 00
Lowell Street School Building
1,000 00
High School Building
5,000 00
$22,700 00
INTEREST ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$3,300 00
179
RECEIVED
Interest on taxes
$2,428 26
Interest on deposits
452 57
Interest, other sources
.
32 09
$6,212 92
EXPENDED
Interest on Temporary Loans $3,392 00
Interest on School Loans
1,480 00
Interest on general loans
706 50
Interest on Cemetery Bequests
217 28
Interest on Cemetery Special
196 41
$5,992 19
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 220 73
$6,212 92
Dec. supplementary, additional property :
Personal property
$57,655 00
Real estate 5,225 00
$62,880 00
Assessed at $20.60
$1,295 34
Fourteen additional polls 28 00
Amount credited to Excess and
Deficiency Account .
$1,323 34
The valuations of estates in this Town for the years 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.
Net valuation of estates in the Town of Reading for the past three years, including all supplementary warrants and deducting all abatements :
180
YEAR
TOTAL VALUATION
ABATEMENT
NET VALUATION
1914
$7,576,550 00
$47,910 00
$7,528,640 00
1915
7,999,523 00
47,960 00
7,951,563 00
1916
8,318,975 00
28,100 00
8,290,875 00
$23,895,048 00
$123,970 00
$23,771,078 00
BORROWING CAPACITY
The average net valuation of the Town of Reading for 1914, 1915, 1916
$7,923,693 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 $237,710 00
Total Town debt is
$343.225 00 .
Of this amount the following loans are not included in the debt limit, being ex- empt by Act of the Leg- islature :
Water loans $147,000 00
Elec. Light . . 111,700 00
258,700 00
Net municipal debt Dec. 31, 1916 . .
$84,525 00
Borrowing capacity Jan. 1, 1917. . .
$153,185 00
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181
TAXES
The taxes committed, abated and collected during the fiscal year, together with the balance unpaid Dec. 31, 1915, and Dec. 31, 1916, are as follows :
TAXES, 1913
Balance from 1915
$1,392 95
Collected
Abated
$361 83 1,031 12
$1,392 95
$1,392 95
TAXES, 1914
Balance from 1915
$11,921 92
Collected
$10.145 49
Abated
473 71
10,619 20
$1,302 72
TAXES, 1915
Balance from 1915
$55,623 19
Refunded
47 05
$55,670 24
Collected
. $40,802 96
Abated
435 88
41,238 84
$14,431 40
TAXES, 1916
Amount assessed
$174,303 16
December Supplemen-
tary
1,323 34
Refunded
15 01
$175,641 51
Collected
. $121,395 95
Abated
593 88
121,989 83
$53,651 68
Total uncollected Taxes Dec. 31, 1916 $69,385 80
182
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS MOTH, 1914
Balance from 1915
$120 50
Collected
99 75
$20 75
MOTH, 1915
Balance from 1915 .
$659 00
Collected
478 53
$180 47
MOTH, 1916
Committed
$1,265 25
Collected
748 25
$517 00
Total uncollected Moth Assess-
ments Dec. 31, 1916
$718 22
OVERLAYS, 1912
Balance from 1915
$528 86
Transferred to surplus overlay reserve
fund
$528 86 ,
OVERLAYS, 1913
Balance from 1915
$3,167 17
Received, paid after abatement 2 20
$3,169 37
Transferred to surplus overlay . $1,956 50
Abatements
1,031 12 .
$2,987 62
Balance to 1917
$181 75
OVERLAYS, 1914
Balance from 1916
$3,385 83
Transferred to surplus overlays $1,087 81
Abatements .
473 71
$1,561 52
Balance to 1917
$1,824 31
.
.
183
OVERLAYS, 1915
Balance from 1915
$1,580 76
Abatements .
435 88
Balance to. 1917
$1,144 88
OVERLAYS, 1916
From Tax Levy
$1,917 88
Abatements .
593 88
Balance to 1917
$1,324 00
184
ASSETS TRUST FUNDS AND INVESTMENTS
Cemetery Funds
Wilmington Extension Bonds, Town of Reading, 4%
$10,000 00
Municipal Light Extension Notes, 4% .
3,500 00
Grouard Site Note
975 00
Public Library Building
3,000 00
Accrued Interest to December 31
247 50
Cash in Mechanics Savings Bank
1,700 56
Library Fund Cash
305 67
George F. Buck Trustee Fund Cash
216 40
$19,945 13
CAPITAL ASSETS
Public Property
. $931,651 44
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FROM
ASSETS
Cash held by the Treasurer
. $7,647 06
Collector of Taxes, 1914 .
1,302 72
Collector of Taxes, 1915
14,431 40
Collector of Taxes, 1916 .
53,651 68
Collector, Moth Assessments, 1914
20 75
Collector, Moth Assessments, 1915
180 47
Collector, Moth Assessments, 1916
517 00
Sundry parties, Moth Account
925 75
Taxes on property taken .
380 39
Water Department, insurance
106 60
Moth Department
2,247 94
Lowell Street Macadam .
1,653 71
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Chap. 763, Acts 1913
1,088 19
City of Somerville, Chap. 763, Acts 1913
320 90
City of Springfield, Chap. 763, Acts 1913
240 00
City of Salem, Chap. 763, Acts 1913
233 31
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Temporary Aid
434 42
City of Boston, Temporary Aid .
19 55
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Burial of Soldiers
44 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State Aid
1,785 50
Stone Crusher
198 38
Town of Provincetown, Aid
54 00
Parker Tavern .
3,500 00
Stone Crusher, Stone Account
691 62
$91,675 34
185
LIABILITIES TRUST FUNDS
$19,423 06
Library Bequests .
305 67
George F. Buck Trustee Fund
.
$19,945 13
Town Debt .
. $343,225 00
Balance, Town of Reading
. 588,426 44
$931,651 44
APPROPRIATIONS DECEMBER 31, 1916
LIABILITIES
Temporary Loans .
$70,000 00
Excess and Deficiency Account
2,583 16
Overlays, 1913
181 75
Overlays, 1914
1,824 31
Overlays, 1915
1,144 88
Overlays, 1916
1,324 00
Cemetery Special, sale of lots and graves
4,937 25
Suspense Account (Moth Assessment unpaid) .
1,643 97
Reserve Fund
366 64
Premiums
129 24
Reserve Fund from Surplus Overlays
325 17
Block System Survey
184 04
Central Fire Station Alterations
418 22
Electric Sign, "Reading"
17 94
New Town Building Committee .
240 00
Inspector of Buildings' salary
100 00
Main Street, Haven to Washington Street
980 26
Locust Street
58 83
West Street Resurfacing
304 96
Woodward Avenue
54 74
Mothers with Dependent Children
253 26
Public Library
350 00
School Property Extension Loan
144 41
Reading Public Library Building
4,108 31
$91,675 34
Cemetery Bequests
216 40
CAPITAL LIABILITIES
186
SCHEDULE OF REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY TOWN OF READING DECEMBER 31, 1916
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
HIGHWAYS
Tool house
$500 00
Personal .
3,502 10
$4,002 10
POOR DEPARTMENT
Town Home .
$9,500 00
Personal (Town Home)
2,589 60
$12,089 60
187
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, 1916
$590,718 20
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, 1916 :
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.
Uncollected taxes, account 1913 Interest collected, account 1913 Uncollected taxes, account 1914 Interest collected, account 1914 Uncollected taxes, account 1915 Interest collected, account 1915 Committed list, account 1916
$1,408 45
38 42
12,042 42
1,036 93
56,282 19
1,267 57
174,303 16
Moth tax, account 1916
1,264 25
Error Moth tax, account 1916
1 00
Excise tax, account 1916
2,894 33
Additional tax. account 1916
28 00
Supplementary tax, account 1916
1,295 34
Interest collected, account 1916
85 34
Received account redemption property
366 67
Received account certificates
8 00
Received account paid after abatement
2 20
$252,324 27
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IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF READING
CR.
Paid W. C. Mansfield, Treasurer, account 1913 $400 25 Abatement, account 1913 . 1,046 62
Paid W. C. Mansfield, Treasurer, account 1914 11,282 17
Abatement, account 1914 . 473 71
Uncollected taxes, account 1914
1,323 47
Paid W. O. Mansfield, Treasurer, account 1915 42,549 06 388 83
Abatement, account 1915
Uncollected taxes, account 1915
14,611 87
Paid W. C. Mansfield, Treasurer, account 1916
125,123 87
Abatement, account 1916 . 578 87
Paid W. O. Mansfield, Treasurer, account re- demption ·
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