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1920
11,300 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1921
11,300 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1922
9,300 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1923
7,300 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1924
6,800 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1925
4,800 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1926
3,800 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1927
3,800 00
4 and 41-2%
1928
3,800 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1929
3,800 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1930
3,800 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1931
2,500 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1932
2,500 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1933
1,500 00
4%
1934
500 00
4%
1935
500 00
4%
1936
500 00
$111,700 00
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
3 1-2 and 4%
1917
$4,000 00
3 1-2%
1918
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1919
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1920
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1921
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1922
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1923
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1924
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1925
4,000 00
$36,000 00
125
WATER LOANS
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4 %
1917
$13,000 00
4 %
1918
13,000 00
4 %
1919
13,000 00
4 %
1920
13,000 00
4 %
1921
13,000 00
4 %
1922
13,000 00
4 %
1923
11,000 00
4 %
1924
11,000 00
4 %
1925
11,000 00
4 %
1926
6,000 00
4 %
1927
6,000 00
4 %
1928
6,000 00
+ %
1929
6,000 00
4 %
1930
6,000 00
4 %
1931
1,000 00
4 %
1932
1,000 00
1 %
1933
1,000 00
4 %
1934
1,000 00
4 %
1935
1,000 00
4 %
1936
1,000 00
$147,000 00
GROUARD ESTATE LOAN
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4 %
1917
$1,000 00
1 %
1918
1,000 00
1 %
1919
1,000 00
4 %
1920
1,000 00
4 %
1921
1,000 00
$5,000 00
AUTO CHEMICAL TRUOK
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4 1-2%
1917
$1,500 00
4 1-2%
1918
1,500 00
$3,000 00
126 CEMETERY AND LIBRARY BEQUESTS
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4 %
1917
$1,200 00
4 %
1918
1,200 00
4 %
1919
1,200 00
4 %
1920
1,200 00
4 %
1921
1,200 00
$6,000 00
PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4 %
1917
$1,000 00
4 %
1918
1,000 00
4 %
1919
1,000 00
4 %
1920
1,000 00
4 %
1921
1,000 00
$5,000 00
HOOK AND LADDER AND COMBINATION TRUCKS
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
5 %
1917
$2,000 00
5 %
1918
1,500 00
5 %
1919
1,500 00
5 %
1920
1,500 00
5 %
1921
1,500 00
$8,000 00 -
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RICHARDSON ESTATE LOT
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4 %
1917
$550 00
4 %
1918
500 00
4 %
1919
500 00
4 %
1920
500 00
4 %
1921
500 00
4 %
1922
500 00
4 %
1923
500 00
4 %
1924
500 00
4 %
1925
500 00
4 %
1926
500 00
4 %
1927
500 00
$5,550 00
SCHOOL EXTENSION LOAN
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4 %
1917
$1,000 00
4 %
1918
1,000 00
4 %
1919
1,000 00
4 %
1920
1,000 00
4 %
1921
1,000 00
4 %
1922
1,000 00
4 %
1923
1,000 00
4 %
1924
1,000 00
4 %
1925
1,000 00
4 %
1926
1,000 00
4 %
1927
1,000 00
4 %
1928
1,000 00
1 %
1929
1,000 00
4 %
1930
1,000 00
+ %
1931
1,000 00
$15.000 00
GROUARD HOUSE SITE
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4 %
1917
$975 00
$975 00
Total Indebtedness December 31, 1916
$343,225 00
128
TEMPORARY LOANS
Balance from 1916
$60,000 00
BORROWED IN 1916
Cambridge Savings Bank, due Nov. 8, 1916. 2.73% $30,000 00
Cambridge Savings Bank, due Nov. 22, 1916. 2.79%
30,000 00
Cambridge Savings Bank, due Dec. 20, 1916, 2.83% 30,000 00
C. D. Parker & Co., due April 2, 1917, 32% . 40,000 00
O. D. Parker & Co., anticipation of bond issue, School Extension Loan. due Nov. 22. 1916, 3.29% Harry C. Grafton, Jr., due April 25, 1917, 3.49%
15,000 00
30,000 00
175,000 00
$235,000 00
PAID IN 1916
Cambridge Savings Bank, due Nov. 8, 1916, 2.73% . $30,000 00
Cambridge Savings Bank, due Nov. 22. 1916, 2.79%
30,000 00
Cambridge Savings Bank, due Dec. 20, 1916, 2.83%
30,000 00
F. S. Mosley, due April 12, 1916, 3.61%. O. D. Parker & Co., due April 5, 1916, 3.44% . C. D. Parker & Co .. due Nov. 22, 1916, 3.29%
30,000 00
30,000 00
15.000 00
165,000 00
Total outstanding temporary loans .
$70,000 00
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129
TEMPORARY LOANS OUTSTANDING
O. D. Parker & Co., due April 2, 1917, 3 3-4% $40,000 00
Harry O. Grafton, Jr., due April 25, 1917, 3.49% 30,000 00
$70,000 00
TOWN DEBT DECEMBER 31, 1916
DUE IN 1917
NOTES AND BONDS
TOTAL
Per Cent.
Mar. 27 $1,000 4
Municipal Light
Apr. 16
1,500 4 1-4
Municipal Light
May 15
1,500 4 Municipal Light
July 15
2,500 4 Municipal Light
$111,700 00
Sept. 15
500 41-2
Municipal Light
Oct. 1 2,000 4
Municipal Light
Oct. 1 1,000 4 1-2
Municipal Light
Oct. 15
1,500 4 1-4
Municipal Light
June 1
13,000 4
Water Loans
147,000 00
Nov. 1 4,000 3 1-2
High School
36,000 00
July 21
1,000 4
Grouard Estate
5,000 00
July 15
1,500 4 1-2
Auto Chemical Truck . 3,000 00
Apr. 15
1,200 4
Nov. 1 1,000 4
Nov. 1 2,000 4
Nov. 1 550 4
Nov. 15
1,000 4
School Extension Loan 15,000 00
Nov. 1
975 4
Grouard House Site
975 00
$37,525
Current Expense Bonds 6,000 00 Public Library Building 5,000 00 H. & L. & Com. Trucks 8,000 00 Richardson Estate 5,550 00
.
$343,225 00
130
FINANCES
The assessed valuation of the Town April 1.
1916. was
$8.256.095 00
Real Estate
$6.652.970 00
Personal Estate
1.573.125 00
88.256,095 00
Assessed at $20.60 per $1.000
gives .
$170.075 16
2114 Polls at $2.00
4.228 00
$174.303 16
This tax is divided as follows
for Town purposes :
Maturing indebtedness
$15.000 00
Interest
3.300 00
General Government
11.925 00
Protection to Persons and
Property .
23.352 81
Inspection
605 00
Health and Sanitation
1.995 00
Highways. Bridges and Side-
walks, including Lighting ($5,000)
Street
32.350 00
Charities .
5.300 00
soldiers' Benefits
750 00
Education
51.500 00
Public Library
1.700 00
Recreation and Celebrations
1.567 00
Cemetery
1,200 00
Unclassified
6,375 00
$156.919 81
Less Corporation Taxes
S,600 00
Total for Town purposes
$148,319 81
State Tax
$13.360 00
County Tax
8.621 76
Highway Tax
1.965 00
Fire Prevention
118 71
Overlay .
1,917 SS
.
.
$174.303 16
131
TRUST FUNDS
Balance from 1915
$16,861 10
RECEIVED IN 1916
George H. Grouard
. $100 00
Estate of Joseph Williams
100 00
Martha Converse
100 00
Roxanna Peabody
100 00
Eva S. Stone
100 00
Cora F. Adams
100 00
Estate Elnathan Brown
100 00
Orlando M. Brooks
100 00
Heirs Samuel T. Ruggles
80 00
William W. Watson
100 00
Mary A. Pillsbury
50 00
.Sarah A. Ayer
100 00
Estate of Betsy W. Symonds
200 00
Mrs. Joseph Temple
100 00
Henry Cook
50 00
$18,341 10
Interest accrued on the above unexpended 1,081 96
$19,423 06
CEMETERY BEQUEST FUND
The Treasurer, Cemetery Trustees and Select- men, acting as Trustees of the Cemetery Fund, held on Dec. 31, 1916, cash and securities amounting to . Balance from 1915 $17,950 18
$19,423 06 .
Received from bequests . $1,480 00
Received from interest 876 63
$2,356 63
Less amount paid for
perpetual care .
883 75
1,472 88
$19,423 06
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This Fund is invested as follows :
Town of Reading Electric Light, Wilmington Extension, 4%, in- terest payable Jan'y and July $10,000 00 Town of Reading Electric Light, construction within Town limits, 4% 3,500 00
Grouard House Site loan, 4%, in- terest due May and Nov. 975 00
Public Library Building, inter- est due April and Oct., 4% 3,000 00
Accrued interest to Dec. 31, 1916 247 00
Cash in Mechanics Savings Bank 1,700 56
$19,423 06
LIBRARY BEQUEST FUND
The Treasurer and Trustees of the Public Library held Dec. 31, 1916 $305 67
This amount is invested as follows :
Cash in Mechanics Savings Bank . $305 67
GEORGE F. BUCK TRUSTEE FUND
The Treasurer and Trustees of the Cemetery held Dec. 31, 1916 $216 40
This amount is invested as follows : Cash in Mechanics Savings Bank $216 40
CASH HELD BY THE TREASURER
Cemetery Bequest Fund $1,700 56
Library Bequest Fund . 305 67
George F. Buck Trustee Fund
216 40
$2,222 63
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, 1916.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE
MODERATOR :
Appropriation . $50 00
Transferred from the Excess and
Deficiency Account . .
15 00
$65 00
EXPENDED
Jesse W. Morton, Moderator . .
$65 00
EXECUTIVE
SELECTMEN'S SALARIES :
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
Edgar O. Dewey, Chairman
$200 00
Edwin L. Hutchinson, Secretary
150 00
Otis B. Ruggles
. 150 00
$500 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
$200 00
Receipts, sundry sources
4 50
$204 50
EXPENDED
Post office box rent
$2 25
Office supplies
73 90
Printing
.
.
39 65
.
.
133
134
Telephone
$60 56
Auto hire
15 00
Typewriting
10 00
Incidentals
1 65
$203 01
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ficiency Account 1 49
$204 50
UNPAID BILLS
N. E. Telephone Co., telephone $3 19
National Express Co., express 28
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing 7 25
$10 72
FINANCIAL
TOWN ACCOUNTANT :
Appropriation .
.
$750 00
EXPENDED
John H. Sheldon, services .
$750 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation .
$100 00
EXPENDED
F. L. Springford, services
$75 00
J. H. Sheldon, extra work 25 00
$100 00
TREASURER'S SALARY :
Appropriation. $600 00
EXPENDED
Ward O. Mansfield, services .
$600 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
$235 00
EXPENDED
Treasurer's bond .
$75 00
Certification of Notes
72 00
Voucher checks
19 50
Recording deeds
2 45
.
135
Office supplies
$24 40
Printing
6 14
Express .
27
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 35 24
$235 00
TAX COLLECTOR'S SALARY :
Appropriation
$1,200 00
EXPENDED
Herbert M. Viall, Collector, 5-8 of 1 %
on collections . $1,188 72
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 11 28
$1,200 00
TAX COLLECTOR'S EXPENSES :
Appropriation
$185 00
Transferred from Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 14 30
$199 30
EXPENDED
Books and office supplies
$26 24
Legal services
5 00
Envelopes and postage
125 56
Printing
38 00
Incidentals
4 50
$199 30
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
ASSESSORS' EXPENSES :
Appropriation
$500 00
Receipts refund
13 00
$513 00
.
$199 76
136
EXPENDED
Printing
$32 00
Service on plans
49 80
Supplies
34 31
Abstracting
24 75
Auto hire
6 00
Street List
216 00
Copying Valuation Book
75 00
Incidentals
14 00
$451 86
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 61 14
$513 00
ASSESSORS' RENT AND OFFICE EXPENSES :
Appropriation
$500 00
Received, telephone tolls
95
$500 95
Transferred from Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 1 34
502 29
EXPENDED
Desks and Chairs .
$121 65
Safe
135 00
Table
10 00
Adding Machine
166 25
Rent
52 00
Telephone
9 61
Lighting
1 50
Supplies
6 28
$502 29
REVALUATION :
Appropriation
$600 00
EXPENDED
Typewriting .
$25 00
Rent of Typewriter
3 00
Printing reports
.
350 00
137
M. F. Charles, services
$74 00
A. M. Allen, services
74 00
George E. Horrocks, services
74 00
$600 00
TOWN CLERK'S SALARY : Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDED
M. F. Charles, salary .
. ·
$150 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
$275 00
EXPENDED
Reporting deaths
$35 25
Reporting births
27 25
Recording births .
62 50
Recording marriages
14 20
Recording deaths .
20 60
Printing
29 00
Office supplies, stationery, expenses, etc 74 92
Typewriting By-Laws
5 00
$268 72
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 6 28
$275 00
UNPAID BILLS
Dr. Geo. F. Dow, reporting births
$8 00
Doherty Bros., reporting deaths 3 25
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing
2 75
Canton Pub. Co., supplies
1 25
$15 25
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION REGISTRARS' SALARIES
Appropriation
$130 00
M. F. Charles, clerk
$40 00
Walter S. Prentiss
30 00
Arthur C. Copeland
30 00
Owen McKenney .
30 00
$130 00
EXPENDED
138
ELECTION EXPENSES
Appropriation $650 00 Transferred from Excess and De- ficiency Account 113 71
$763 71
EXPENDED
Pay roll election officers
$253 00
Rent of hall .
172 00
Storing and care of booths
10 00
Labor on booths
67 22
Printing ballots, warrants, etc.
170 89
Counting board
5 00
A. M. Allen, services
31 00
Selectmen, services
45 00
Incidentals
9 60
$763 71
UNPAID BILLS
W. C. Morse, supplies .
$2 50
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing 61 76
$64 26
OTHER GENERAL ACCOUNTS MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Appropriation
$1,200 00
RECEIVED
From sundry sources
$56 14
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account 3 00
$1,259 14
EXPENDED
Revenue stamps
$18 00
Typewriting . 3 00
Lighting Old South Clock 113 40
Sec'y of Finance Committee 50 00
Sec'y of Finance Committee, expenses
5 32
Telephone, Moth Department
18 36
Printing town reports
.
692 56
.
139
Printing Finance Committee's Report $72 00
Legal services, French & Coolidge 125 00
Express 3 00
Flags
52 15
Incidentals
4 10
Printing By-Laws and Traffic Laws
102 25
$1,259 14
UNPAID BILLS
Prentiss & Viall, insurance .
$7 13
E. M. Halligan, professional services 17 00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing
93 50
$117 63
TOWN BUILDING
Appropriation
$600 00
Transferred from Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 58 .
$600 58
EXPENDED
Fuel
$216 87
Lighting
186 89
Cleaning cesspools
21 50
Repairs
35 47
Desks
78 30
Desk lamps
19 80
Inspection of boiler
2 00
Express .
3 22
Supplies
. 36 53
.
$600 58
UNPAID BILLS
Wendell Bancroft & Co., fuel
$110 00
E. J. Roundy, weather strips
15 00
Municipal Light, lighting
15 08
$140 08
140
INSURANCE
Appropriation
$1,800 00
RECEIVED
Dividends and return premiums .
57 12
$1,857 12
EXPENDED
Geo. E. Horrocks, premiums $555 00
Prentiss & Viall, premiums 439 68
W. K. Badger, premiums 244 40
H. P. Bosson, premiums 406 56
W. H. Wightman & Co., premiums 2 00
$1,647 64
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 209 48
$1,857 12
UNPAID BILLS
Harry P. Bosson, premiums $30 60
LIGHTING G. A. R. HALL
Appropriation
$50 00
EXPENDED
For lighting
$50 00
BLOCK SYSTEM SURVEY
Balance from 1915
$116 06
Appropriation
500 00
$616 06
141
EXPENDED
O. E. Carter, plans and surveys $432 02
Balance to 1917
$284 04
TOWN COUNSEL'S SALARY
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
Jesse W. Morton, salary $500 00
FIRE STATION ALTERATIONS AND FURNISHINGS Appropriation
$2,200 00
EXPENDED
Henry Johnson, contract . $1,558 89
Francis Bros., supplies
94 51
Francis Bros., beds
55 20
Lewis Electric Co., supplies
8 93
A. B. Condit & Co.
11 27
Adams & Co., sheets and blankets
25 38
J. W. Poole & Co., Inc., repairs 15 81
Robert E. Parker, expenses .
11 79
$1,781 78
Balance to 1917
$418 22
ELECTRIC SIGN, READING
Appropriation
$125 00
EXPENDED
The Flex Lune Sign Co., sign
$91 35
Express .
1 98
Labor
13 73
.
$107 06
Balance to 1917
$17 94
142
NEW TOWN BUILDING COMMITTEE Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDED
Plans and survey
$50 00
Printing
10 00
$60 00
Balance to 1917 $240 00
RIGHT OF WAY REIMBURSEMENT, MRS. BROWN Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDED
Mrs. Brown
$100 00
TOWN HOME REPAIRS
Appropriation
$450 00
EXPENDED
H. R. Johnson, contract
$447 50
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 2 50
$450 00
SEWER ENGINEER, SERVICES
Appropriation $300 00
EXPENDED
F. A. Barbour, services
$300 00
PARKER TAVERN EXPENDED
John Connelly
$700 00
M. JJ. Dillon .
2,800 00
Balance to 1917
. $3,500 00
PARKER TAVERN INCOME ACCOUNT
RECEIVED
From rent
$45 00
143
EXPENDED
Repairing pump 2 27
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account $42 73
$45 00
PREMIUMS
Received from loans
$129 24
Balance to 1917
$129 24
CERTIFICATION OF TAXES
RECEIVED
From sundry parties $8 00
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account $8 00
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY ACCOUNT
Balance from 1915
$5,426 14
Transferred from Corporation Tax
1,091 10
Interest 220 73
Certification of Taxes
8 00
Licenses and Permits
103 00
National Bank Tax
339 79
Wellington Bridge
169 73
Soldiers' Redemption
158 62
Selectmen's Expenses
1 49
Treasurer's Expenses
35 24
Tax Collector's Salary
11 28
Assessors' Expenses
61 14
Town Clerk's Expenses
6 28
Insurance
209 48
Town Home Repairs
2 50
Fire Department
38 32
Forest Warden
205 10
Tree Warden
10 17
Inspector of Buildings' Expenses
14 13
Health Department Maintenance
210 87
Street Watering
1 01
South Main Street Macadam
10
Town of Norfolk
3 62
144
Soldiers' Relief
$134 00
School Department
11
Tuition .
12 54
Public Library
198 71
Care of Common
21 70
Mayall Park
10
Cemetery
14 12
Parker Tavern Income .
42 73
Sewer Dept., Office Expense and Engi- neer
260 97
Woburn Street
9 73
December Supplementary Assessment
1,323 34
Tax Collector's Expenses
14 30
Moderator
15 00
Election Expenses
113 71
Miscellaneous Expenses
3 00
Town Building
58
Police Department
149 21
Fire Alarm Repairs
37 11
Sealer of Weights and Measures
2 94
Contagious Diseases
199 96
Snow and Ice
436 28
Concrete Sidewalks
7 91
Assessors' Expense
1 34
Town Indebtedness
$4,700 00
Stone Crusher
800 00
Town Home
1,281 39
$7,762 73
Unexpended (surplus)
2,583 16
$10,345 89 $10,345 89
LICENSES AND PERMITS
RECEIVED
From sundry sources
$280 00
Transferred to Hook and Ladder Truck $177 00
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 103 00
$280 00
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·
·
145
FIRE PREVENTION TAX
From tax levy .
$118 71
EXPENDED
To Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
$118 71
STREET RAILWAY TAX
RECEIVED
From the Commonwealth of Mass. $2,130 53
From Bay Street Railway Company 2,894 33
$5,024 86
TRANSFERRED
To Highway Department . .
$5,024 86
WELLINGTON BRIDGE REIMBURSEMENT
From the Commonwealth of Mass.
$169 73
TRANSFERRED
To Excess and Deficiency Account 169 73
SOLDIERS' EXEMPTION
RECEIVED
From Commonwealth of Massachusetts $158 62
TRANSFERRED
To Excess and Deficiency Account $158 62
TAXES ON PROPERTY TAKEN
RECEIVED
From H. M. Viall, Collector
$366 67 Balance from 1915 . $457 97
EXPENDED
To H. M. Viall, Collector 289 09
$747 06
Balance to 1917 $380 39
$747 06
146
RESERVE FUND
Balance from 1915
$166 64
Appropriation
$700 00
TRANSFERRED
$866 64
To Hook and Ladder and Fire Truck
$500 00
Balance to 1917
$366 64
CEMETERY SPECIAL
SALES OF LOTS AND GRAVES
Balance from 1915 .
$4,730 84
RECEIVED
From sales of lots and graves
910 00
From interest .
.
196 41
$5,837 25
TRANSFERRED
To Cemetery macadam :
Paths
$700 00
To Cemetery
200 00 $900 00
Balance to 1917
$4,937 25
CORPORATION TAXES
RECEIVED
From Commonwealth of Massachusetts $9,680 99
TRANSFERRED
To general tax levy
.
$8,600 00
To Excess and Deficiency Account
1,080 99
$9,680 99
NATIONAL BANK TAX
RECEIVED
From Commonwealth of Massachusetts $806 95
147
EXPENDED
Commonwealth of Massachusetts $457 05 Transferred to Excess and Defi- ciency Account 349 90
$806 95
AGENCY AND TRUST TRANSACTIONS
STATE TAX
From tax levy EXPENDED
$13,360 00
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts . $13,360 00
COUNTY TAX
From tax levy
$8,621 76
EXPENDED
Middlesex County
$8,621 76
STATE HIGHWAY TAX
From tax levy
$1,965 00
EXPENDED
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
$1,965 00
RESERVE FUND FROM SURPLUS OVERLAYS
TRANSFERRED
From Overlay Account, 1912 $528 86
From Overlay Account, 1913
1,956 50
Prom Overlay Account, 1914 .
1,087 81
$3,573 17
TRANSFERRED
To Fire Department
$900 00
To H. and L. Combination Truck 323 00
To Grouard House Site
2,025 00
3,248 00
Balance to 1917
$325 17
.
.
148
PROTECTION TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$5,300 00
RECEIPTS
From Court Fines .
.
.
117 00
$5,417 00
Transferred from Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 185 25
$5,602 25
EXPENDED
Pay roll, Chief and permanent men . $4,798 50
Pay roll, special officers 293 40
$5,091 90
Auto hire
60 50
Auto list
13 00
Express and supplies
54 70
Helmets and caps .
24 45
Printing
4 25
Professional services, Dr. E. M. Hal-
ligan
5 00
Signs (traffic)
38 20
Telephone
78 26
Laundering
1 00
Repairing motorcycle :
George W. Davis, repairs
89 94
Hendee Manufacturing Co. 101 05
A. V. Mann, legal expenses .
40 00
UNPAID BILLS
W. E. Swain, expenses
$9 55
Municipal Light, batteries
1 30
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone .
7 10
O. O. Ordway, supplies
50
M. F. Charles, supplies
3 05
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing
5 90
D. K. Colgate, printing
3 50
$5,602 25
$30 90
149
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$6,475 00
RECEIVED
From sundry sources . .
24 73
TRANSFERRED
900 00
$7,399 73
For salaries : EXPENDED
O. O. Ordway, Chief $200 00
W. R. Zwicker, Engineer and Clerk 150 00
Luke McKenney, Engineer 83 32
Edward B. Eames, Engineer
41 68
Permanent Firemen :
Hugh L. Eames
988 00
William F. O'Brien
919 00
Luke McKenney
264 00
William Vanhorn
264 00
John J. O'Brien
264 00
Call Men, Steward and Captain, includ- ing poll taxes
2,174 62
$5,348 62
L. T. Eames, Supt. Fire Alarm
99 97
Express .
28 63
Fuel
50 47
General repairs
18 24
Gas for heating
18 30
Horse hire
617 50
Laundry
12 86
Labor on Fire Alarm, etc.
227 14
Telephone and tolls
89 36
Oil and naphtha
116 84
Rubber boots
21 65
Water rates
11 75
Lunches .
9 48
Freight on ladders
37 68
From Surplus Overlay
.
150
Chemicals ·
$44 54
Wire and supplies
193 08
Repairs and equipments
79 74
Supplies
299 52
$7,325 37
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 74 36
$7,399 73
UNPAID BILLS
G. F. McDonald, horse hire . $7 00
E. H. Chapin, supplies .
11 17
J. J. Cameron, supplies 75
Malden & Melrose Gas Co., gas
2 70
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone
4 67
Knox motor, supplies 31
O. O. Ordway, supplies
1 75
Standard Oil Co., naphtha
17 00
Reading Water Works, water
8 99
Fred Wallace, supplies .
2 21
Municipal Light Department, labor
2 45
$59 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
NEW HOSE
Balance from 1915
$588 00
Appropriation
$588 00
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
For new hose
$500 00
FIRE ALARM REPAIRS
Appropriation $350 00
Transferred from Excess and Defi- ciency Account .
37 11
$387 11
151
EXPENDED
L. T. Eames, labor
$14 60
Pay roll, labor
265 50
Wire and supplies
79 28
Horse hire
12 00
Supplies
15 73
$387 11
HOOK AND LADDER AND COMBINATION TRUCKS
RECEIVED
From loan
$8,000 00
TRANSFERRED
From Reserve Fund
500 00
From surplus overlays .
323 00
From licenses and permits
177 00
From West Street Water Extension
500 00
$9,500 00
EXPENDED
Robinson Fire Apparatus Co.
$9,500 00
HYDRANT RENTALS
Appropriation
$5,940 00
EXPENDED
Reading Water Works . .
$5,940 00
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$3,199 81
RECEIVED
From spraying
2,325 78
$5,525 59
EXPENDED
H. M. Donegan, Superintendent . . $1,000 00
Pay roll .
3,634 66
Express . .
20 51
Filing saws
22 25
Commonwealth of Mass., supplies .
457 42
Chemicals and oil .
111 60
.
152
Envelopes
$42 00
Supplies
58 31
Printing
19 75
Storage of machines
90 00
W. O. Mansfield, services
25 00
H. M. Donegan, expenses
8 30
$5,489 80
Balance from 1915 .
2,283 73
Balance made good by assessments outstanding and due from the Commonwealth of Mass.
$2,247 94
$7,773 53 $7,773 53
UNPAID BILLS
Cummings Express, express
$ 60
George O. Crosby, printing .
7 25
American Express Co., express
1 44
$9 29
FOREST WARDEN
Appropriation
$500 00
From telephone tolls
2 32
$502 32
EXPENDED
H. E. McIntire, Warden
$20 00
W. A. Newhouse, Deputy Warden 15 00
W. A. Newhouse, Steward . 10 00
W. A. Bancroft, Deputy Warden . 15 00.
George F. Blanchard, Deputy Warden 15 00
J. N. Weston, Deputy Warden . 15 00
A. E. Batchelder, Deputy Warden 15 00
$105 00
Wagons and storage
45 00
Labor at fires
88 50
Telephone and tolls
19 49
RECEIVED
153
Supplies
$35 50
Repairs .
1 98
Printing
1 75
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 205 10
$502 32
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
$500 00
RECEIVED
From Malden & Melrose Gas Co. 50 00
$550 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll
$273 78
Moth Department, spraying
200 00
Trees
40 00
Teams
19 25
Repairs .
4 25
Supplies
55
Printing
2 00
$539 83
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 10 17
$550 00
INSPECTION INSPECTION OF WIRES
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDED
Arthur G. Sias, salary .
.
100 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation . RECEIVED
$175 00
From fees
40 32
Transferred from Excess and Defi-
2 94
ciency Account
$218 26
$297 22
154
EXPENDED
O. E. Mellen, salary, Dec. 31, 1915
$33 33
C. E. Mellen, salary, Dec. 31, 1916 100 00
$133 33
RENT OF OFFICE
Rent of office
$60 00
Carriage hire
5 00
Incidentals
10 12
Expenses
9 81
$218 26
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS' SALARY
Appropriation $300 00
EXPENDED
Robert E. Parker, salary
200 00
Balance due to 1917
$100 00
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS' EXPENSES
Appropriation
$30 00
EXPENDED
Telephone
$15 87
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 14 13
$30 00
HEALTH AND SANITATION HEALTH DEPARTMNET, SALARIES Appropriation .
$250 00
EXPENDED
Geo. L. Flint, Secretary
$100 00
Dr. O. H. Playdon, salary
75 00
Dr. E. M. Halligan, salary
75 00
$250 00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$1,245 00
RECEIVED
From sundry sources
53 45
$1,298 45
155
EXPENDED
David Taggart, Inspector of Plumbing $600 00 J. Howard Eames, Inspector of Slaugh- tering 100 00
C. H. Playdon, Inspector of Animals 125 00
$825 00
Rent
100 08
Lighting
9 35
Disinfectants
42 72
Supplies
11 36
Express .
1 81
Telephone
25 11
Geo. L. Flint, expenses
11 50
Printing
28 65
Professional services
5 00
Inspection of school children
5 00
Ambulance
22 00
$1,087 58
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account 210 87
$1,298 45
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Appropriation
$500 00
RECEIVED
From Town of Wakefield
.
$129 29
From Town of Newbury
95 00
Transferred from Excess and Defi-
ciency Account
199 96
$924 25
EXPENDED
No. Reading Sanatorium, care and board $117 14
Town of Saugus, care and board 32 86
Mass. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, care and board 27 15
Town of Brookline, care and board
44 28
City of Boston, care and board
138 57
156
Rutland Sanitorium, care and board $149 14 City of Malden, care and board 339 43
Mass. General Hospital, care and board 36 50
City of Everett, care and board
17 15
Prescriptions
1 33
Supplies
70
Professional services
20 00
.
$924 25
UNPAID BILLS
E. M. Halligan, inspection
.$10 00
N. E. Tel. &. Tel. Co., telephone
1 94
Municipal Light, light .
1 90
Mass. Homeopathic Hospital, board
96 15
C. H. Playdon, inspection
125 00
National Express Co., express
1 05
State Board of Charity, board
4 00
$240 04 SEWER DEPARTMENT ENGINEER AND OFFICE EXPENSES Appropriation
$1,200 00
EXPENDED
F. A. Barbour, engineer, services $600 00
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