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Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
Jesse W. Morton, salary $500 00 ·
NEW TOWN BUILDING COMMITTEE
Balance from 1916
$240 00
EXPENDED
Printing
$11 75
Warren H. Manning, services
58 80
$70 55
Balance to 1918
$169 45
OFFICERS' EQUIPMENT-STATE GUARD
Transferred from Reserve Fund $288 00
EXPENDED
Uniforms and equipment Officers State
Guard
$288 00
NEW TOWN OFFICE BUILDING
Received by loans .
$40,000 00
EXPENDED
Adden, Parker and Sidebottom, archi- tects
$1,941 89
James Miles & Sons Co., contract
. 21,434 18
Herring Hall, M. Safe Co.
700 00
·
Francis Brothers
·
1,275 00
$25,351 07
Balance to 1918
$14,648 93
277
E. M. BROWN ESTATE LOT
Received by loans .
$7,750 00
EXPENDED
Mrs. E. M. Brown . .
. $7,750 00
EXPERT ENGINEER - ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Transferred from Excess and De- ficiency Account $750 00
EXPENDED
O. W. Whiting, Engineer
$750 00
MINERAL STREET BRIDGE
Appropriation $2,500 00
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account 190 30
$2,690 30
EXPENDED
Henry M. Johnson, contractor · . $2,690 30
PRINTING COPIES OF BY-LAWS
Transferred from Overlay Account 50 00
EXPENDED
Printing By-Laws
45 00
Balance transferred to Excess and
Deficiency Account $5 00
PREMIUMS
Balance from 1916 $129 24
Rec'd premium on Town Building
752 00
$881 24
EXPENDED
Examination of Town Building bonds
40 00
Balance to 1918
$841 24
278
SEWER BOND PREMIUM Received from premium on bonds
$1,936 00
Printing
100 00
Balance to 1918
$1,836 00
PROTECTION TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$5,750 00
Sundry receipts
60 00
$5,810 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll, permanent men
. $4,643 50
Pay roll, special officers
337 50
Taxi hire
68 75
Care of signs .
20 00
Signs
18 00
Painting signs
4 25
W. E. Swain, expenses .
12 20
J. Cullinane, expenses .
19 81
Printing
8 90
Lockers
60 00
Express .
4 80
Motorcycle
250 00
Telephone
102 05
Supplies
103 37
Auto list
15 00
Billies, caps and badges ·
.
60 00'
$5,728 13
Balance to Excess and Deficiency Account
$81 87
UNPAID BILLS
James Borthwick .
$6 25
M. F. Charles
2 80
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
3 75
. . ·
$12 80
$69 07
.
.
.
EXPENDED
279
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $8,500 00
Transferred from Excess and Defi- ciency Account 284 07
Transferred from Fire Alarm re- pairs .
100 43
. Received from sundry sources .
24 46
$8,908 96
EXPENDED
For salaries :
O. O. Ordway, Chief $200 00
W. R. Zwicker, Engineer and Clerk 150 00
Edward B. Eames, Engineer . 125 00
Permanent Firemen
4,629 14
Call Men, Steward and Captain, includ- ing poll taxes .
2,068 50
$7,172 64
L. T. Eames, Supt. Fire Alarm
100 00
Labor
304 59
Repairs to equipment
257 40
Laundry .
45 10
Supplies
266 93
Gas
24 90
Gasoline and oil
202 50
Lighting
13 57
Water rates
14 99
General repairs
38 45
Horse hire
306 00
Fuel
27 65
Telephone
63 82
Express .
5 42
Signs
35 00
Lockers .
30 00
$8,908 96
280
UNPAID BILLS
Earl H. Chapin
$15 50
N. E. Tel. &·Tel. Oo.
3 88
O. O. Ordway
3 65
Francis Bros. .
25
M. F. Charles
60
F. Wallace
25
Municipal Light Department
3 75
M. & M. Gas Light Co.
2 10
$29 98
FIRE ALARM REPAIRS
Appropriation
$400 00
EXPENDED
For labor
$99 22
Supplies, wire, etc.
169 89
Freight
46
Horse hire
30 00
$299 57
Transferred to Fire Department
100 43
$400 00
HYDRANT RENTALS
Appropriation
$6,030 00
EXPENDED
Rea ling Water Works
$6,030 00
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$5,652 59
Transferred from Tree Warden
140 00
$5,792 59
EXPENDED
H. M. Donegan, Superintendent . . $1,000 00
Pay roll
4,321 45
Express
5 52
Printing
25 28
Insecticide
52 97
Supplies
134 48
.
281
Storing machines
$25 00
Rent of barn
60 00
Repairs
3 10
H. M. Donegan, expenses
10 46
Balance from 1916 .
Balance made good by Assess- ments outstanding and due from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ·
2,093 61
$7,886 20 $7,886 20
FOREST WARDEN
Appropriation
$500 00
RECEIVED
From telephone tolls
.
1 83
$501 83
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
75 00
Pay roll, labor at fires
289 75
Telephone
16 27
Repairs
1 60
Supplies
11 65
$499 27
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account $2 56
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
$500 00
K
$5,638 26
2,247 94
282
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
.
$225 35
Trees
48 00
Lumber
16 06
Supplies
58 27
Repairs
7 45
$355 13
Transferred to Moth Department
140 00
Transferred to Excess and De- ficiency Account 4 87
$500 00
INSPECTION INSPECTOR OF WIRES
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDED
Arthur G. Sias, salary . .
$100 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation
.
$300 00
EXPENDED
Carl M. Smith, Inspector .
$193 75
Office rent
45 00
Supplies
34 88
273 63
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account .
$26 37
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS' SALARY
Balance from 1916
$100 00
Appropriation
300 00
.
EXPENDED
Robert E. Parker, balance salary, 1916 $100 00
Robert E. Parker, salary 1917 262 50
George H. Sidebottom, salary
37 50
$400 00
.
.
. .
$400 00
283
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
$30 00
EXPENDED
Telephone and supplies $14 91
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account
15 09
$30 00
HEALTH AND SANITATION HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SALARIES Appropriation
$250 00
EXPENDED
George L. Flint, Secretary $100 00
Dr. O. H. Playdon
75 00
Dr. E. M. Halligan
75 00
$250 00
UNPAID BILLS
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
$4 98
HEALTH DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE
Appropriation $1,270 00
Received from sundry parties
18 00
Transferred from Excess and De- ficiency Account .
88 94
$1,376 94
EXPENDED
David Taggart, Inspector of Plumbing, salary .
$600 00
J. Howard Eames, Inspector of Slaugh- tering .
116 67
O. H. Playdon, Inspector of Animals .
125 00
Carl Smith, Inspector of Milk, balance salary 1916 66 67
Carl Smith, Inspector of Milk, salary 1917 99 99
$1,008 33
284
Board, Massachusetts Homeopathic Hos-
pital
$96 15
Cleaning cesspool
38 00
Express
2 36
Medical attendance
10 00
Lighting
8 87
Rent
91 74
Telephone
24 32
Supplies
91 17
Printing
6 00
--
$1,376 94
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Appropriation
$1,000 00
RECEIVED
From the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts
22 14
$1,022 14
EXPENDED
State Board of Charity
$4 00
North Reading Sanatorium, care and
board
260 57
City of Malden
177 43
Professional services
4 00
$446 00
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 576 14
$1,022 14
SEWER DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Appropriation
$900 00
EXPENDED
H. A. Bancroft, Chairman $62 50
J. W. Owen, Secretary . 62 50
O. R. Herrick
62 50
$187 50
285
Rent
$65 00
Telephone
14 31
Printing
2 25
Lighting
1 50
Furniture
160 52
Post Office box rent
3 00
Supplies and incidentals
12 22
$446 30
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 453 70
$900 00
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$15,300,00
RECEIVED
From sundry receipts
.
.
283 48
$15,583 48
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account 717 05
$16,300 53
EXPENDED
W. O. H. Stevenson, Superintendent . $949 45
E. H. Crowe, Superintendent 391 00
$1,340 45
Pay roll .
8,714 97
Ford car . .
231 60
Motor .
300 00
Liability insurance
438 77
Stone and gravel
237 71
Supplies
352 64 87 64
Fuel and supplies .
303 69
Printing 45 65
Tarvia
737 33
Auto storage and supplies
511 45
Repairs
286
Painting signs
$190 35
Express .
14 92
Catch basins and grates
142 84
Telephone
44 09
Transit and outfit .
125 00
Tools
200 28
Oil .
496 07
Freight .
.
106 20
Brick
28 88
Repairs to roller
1,650 00
-
$16,300 53
UNPAID BILLS
Earle H. Chapin
$16 14
Municipal Light Board .
1 40
J. J. Cameron
1 25
Francis Brothers
3 39
F. Wallace
85
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
2 45
(). O. Ordway
80
P. N. Sweetser
7 20
$33 48
SNOW AND ICE ACCOUNT
Appropriation ·
$2,500 00
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account
336 48
$2,836 48
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
. $2,241 27
Ploughing
187 44
Repairs
8 95
Supplies
29 97
Ploughs
332 50
Express .
8 50
Sand
23 60
Freight
.
4 25
.
$2,836 48
287
UNPAID BILLS
Francis Brothers
$17 75
O. O. Ordway .
.
3 50
$21 25
STREET WATERING
Appropriation .
$500 00
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account 255 68
$755 68
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$598 98
Repairs .
6 70
Water
150 00
$755 68
OILING STREETS
Appropriation
$3,000 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
. $1,028 68
Three horse hitch, complete
50 00
Repairs .
10 10
Freight
45 53
Gravel
152 38
Oil
1,269 80
Tar
436 02
$2,992 51
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account
7 49
$3,000 00
DRINKING FOUNTAINS
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDED
Reading WaterWorks, water
.
$100 00
NEW CONCRETE SIDEWALKS
.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
288
EXPENDED
A. T. Mulroney $999 90
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 10
$1,000 00
LOWELL STREET MACADAM, WILMINGTON DIVISION Received from Middlesex County $2,058 34
Balance 1916
1,653 71
$404 63
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$295 82
Tarvia
94 50
$390 32
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 14 31
404 63
MAIN STREET, HAVEN TO WASHINGTON STREET Balance 1916
$980 26
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$546 07
Supplies
10 34
Repairs .
9 80
Tar
·
722 81
Balance 1918
$257 45
LOCUST STREET SURFACE WATER
Balance 1916
$58 83
EXPENDED
Wendell, Bancroft & Co., lumber
$58 83
WEST STREET, RESURFACING
Balance, 1916 .
$304 96
Appropriation
2,000 00
Received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 4,000 00
Received from Middlesex County 4,000 00
$10,304 96
.
156 60
289
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
. $5,896 75
Supplies
183 95
Teams
337 24
Repairs
22 75
Fuel
120 49
Brick
57 76
Grates
147 97
Gravel and stone
1,377 96
Repairs on crusher
90 00
Teaming
319 71
Oil .
1,808 30
Freight
20 44
Pipe
121 65
$10,504 97
Balance due 1918
$200 01
Due from The Commonwealth of Massachusetts . $500 00
Due from Middlesex County
500 00
WOODWARD AVENUE
Balance from 1916 .
$54 74
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$51 87
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account
2 87
$54 74
SUMMER AVENUE
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account
19
$1,000 19
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$770 66
Supplies, pipe, etc.
126 78
Brick
26 25
Catch basins .
76 50
$1,000 19
290
WOBURN STREET DRAIN
Appropriation .
$668 00 Transferred from Excess and De- ficiency Account 12 49
$680 49
Pay roll .
$513 35
Pipe and supplies
98 89
Brick
31 50
Catch basin
36 75
680 49
HIGH STREET
Appropriation
$1,830 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$1,306 32
P. N. Sweetser, supplies
54 21
Bricks
28 88
Incidentals
16 00
Catch basins
30 50
$1,435 91
Balance to 1918
$394 09
VINE STREKT
Appropriation
$500 00
Pay roll .
$482 78
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account
17 22
$500 00
LINCOLN STREET DRAIN
Appropriation
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$302 22
Pipe
81 93
Catch basins
120 80
Supplies
6 56
511 51
Balance to 1918
$188 49
.
.
.
EXPENDED
$700 00
.
EXPENDED
291
UNPAID BILLS
P. N. Sweetser $196 35
TEMPLE STREET SURFACE WATER
Appropriation
EXPENDED
Pay roll . .
$89 71
Supplies
12 00
Catch basins
31 70
Pipe
29 70
$163 11
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 1 89
$165 00
HOWARD STREET SURFACE WATER
$180 00 Appropriation
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$51 67
Pipe
67 18
$118 85
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 61 15
$180 00
WASHINGTON STREET REPAIRS
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$483 52
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 16 48
$500 00
GRAND STREET
Appropriation
$300 00
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account 7 11
$307 11
$165 00
292
.
EXPENDED
Pay roll
$231 54
Pipe
43 87
Catch basin
31 70
$307 11
HANSCOM AVENUE
Appropriation
.
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account . 04 ·
$500 04
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$494 29
Survey
.
5 75
$500 04
SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Received from loans .
$105,000 00
EXPENDED
Susi & Williams . $25,308 42
Bruno & Petitti
34,273 35 ·
F. A. Barbour, Engineer
6,601 00
Theodore P. Berle, land
250 00 ·
P. N. Sweetser, pipe and hauling
17,633 90
Advertising
10 95
Printing
2 50
Compound
846 48
Gates .
373 47
Jute
503 20
Manholes
936 12
Incidentals
149 10
Freight
54 68
86,943 17
Balance to 1918
$18,056 83
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
$8,000 00
EXPENDED
Municipal Light Department
$8,000 00
$500 00
293
CHARITIES POOR DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$2,700 00
RECEIVED
From sundry parties
.
360 00
$3,060 00
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
24 00
Boots and shoes
34 61
Cash aid .
857 53
Clothing .
3 35
Fuel
226 60
Groceries and provisions
611 64
Professional services
37 00
Incidentals
34 20
Board
11 00
Rent
54 00
$2,193 93
Cities and towns :
City of Boston
337 56
City of Everett
7 50
Town of Wakefield .
16 85
Other Institutions :
Mt. Vernon Street Hospital
12 85
State Board of Charity
342 93
Carney Hospital
92 43
$3,004 05
Transferred to Excess and De- ficiency Account 55 95
$3,060 00
.
294
UNPAID BILLS
G. H. Atkinson Co.
$5 15
Hall & MacFarland
21 47
Wendell Bancroft & Co.
10 50
Dr. Geo. F. Dow .
.
22 00
$59 12
TOWN HOME
Appropriation .
$3,500 00
Received from sundry sources
101 30
Transferred from Excess and De- ficiency Account
112 56
$3,713 86
EXPENDED
L. A. Deming, Superintendent
$600 00
Lillian Howe, services .
350 00
$950 00
Grass
135 00
Professional services
128 00
Repairs .
172 15
Fuel
324 63
Groceries and provisions
1,024 02
Supplies .
182 82
Shoeing .
10 88
Grain
409 95
Lighting .
62 80
Express .
1 40
Water rates
31 78
Laundry
9 90
Clothing
13 25
Incidentals
128 53
Telephone
48 12
Matting .
24 38
Burial
56 25
- $3,713 86
295
UNPAID BILLS
New England Telephone Co.
$3 10
H. H. Brown Co.
15 00
W. H. Willis .
2 50
J. J. Cameron
2 65
F. F. Smith
7 92
Hodson Bros. .
32 29
Fred Wallace
42 16
Municipal Light Board
6 68
A. D. Gordon
7 25
Metcalf Store
24 87
$144 42
MOTHERS WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN
CHAPTER 763, ACTS OF 1913
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Balance from 1916
253.26
$1,753 26
EXPENDED
Aid sundry persons
1,240 82
Balance to 1918
$512 44
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Balance from 1916
. $1,088 19
RECEIVED
From the Commonwealth of Mass.
$2,057 10
EXPENDED
Sundry persons aid
1,909 90
Balance due from Commonwealth
of Mass.
940 99
$2,998 09 $2,998 09
296
CITY OF SOMERVILLE
Received
$85 33
Balance from 1916
$320 90
EXPENDED
One case
104 01
Balance due
338 58
$424 91
$424 91
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
Received
$128 00
Balance from 1916 .
.
$240 00
EXPENDED
One case
96 00
Balance due
208 00
$336 00
$336 00
CITY OF SALEM
Received
$106 66
Balance from 1916 .
·
$233 31
EXPENDED
One case
113 32
Balance due
.
.
239 97
$346 63
$346 63
TEMPORARY AID RECEIVED
From the State
$48 76
Balance from 1916 .
$434 42
EXPENDED
Sundry persons
75 03
Due from the State ·
460 69
$509 45
$509 45
TOWN OF PROVINCETOWN
Balance from 1916 .
.
$54 00
RECEIVED
From Town of Provincetown .
$54 00
.
297
CITY OF ATTLEBORO
Received
$96 00
EXPENDED
One case
$128 00
Due from the City of Attleboro
32 00
$128 00 $128 00
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Appropriation
$650 00
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account 518 23
$1,168 23
EXPENDED
Pay roll and aid
. $1,168 23
BURIAL OF SOLDIERS
Balance from 1916 .
$44 00
RECEIVED
From Commonwealth of Mass.
$54 00
EXPENDED
Burial of one soldier
$50 00
Due from the State .
.
40 00
$94 00 $94 00
EDUCATION SCHOOL DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE Appropriation
$60,500 00
RECEIVED
From sundry parties
.
81 12
$60,581 12
298
Salaries :
Teachers
.
$39,232 95
Janitors
3,478 00
Truant Officer
120 00
Physician .
200 00
Transportation
1.394 40
Tuition
135 16
Books
2,057 07
Supplies for pupils
3,703 33
Apparatus for teaching
855 90
General Expenses :
Printing and advertising . $130 15
Office supplies and sta-
tionery .
75 63
Telephones
313 14
Graduation and miscel-
laneous .
22 00
540 92
Fuel
4,213 23
Building Maintenance :
Lighting
508 35
Water
342 41
Removal of ashes
222 88
Janitors' supplies
795 90
1.869 54
Repairs :
Buildings .
2,002 64
Furniture .
479 85
Grounds
189 28
2,671 77
$60.472 27
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 108 85
- $60,581 12
SCHOOL HOUSE EXTENSION
Balance from 1916 $144 41
Louis Ellenwood contract 107 00
Balance to 1918
$37 41
.
.
299
GARDEN INSPECTION
Transferred from Excess and De- ficiency Account
$400 00
Transferred from Surplus Overlay 200 00
$600 00
EXPENDED
John Robinson, services
$262 50
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 337 50
$600 00
LIBRARIES PUBLIC LIBRARY
Balance from 1916
$350 00
Appropriation
2,850 00
$3,200 00
Transferred to Building Account .
$350 00
EXPENDED
Salaries :
Bertha L. Brown
$399 96
Grace J. Abbott
78 38
O. H. Stinchfield
52 78
$531 12
Janitors' services
67 50
Fuel and heating .
126 29
Rent, including taxes
901 32
Books
457 05
Periodicals
76 60
Lighting
27 88
Binding .
8 52
Express .
5 07
Supplies
12 57
Printing
48 25
Bertha L. Brown, expenses
10 77
$2,622 94
Transferred to Excess and De- ficiency Account 500 00
Balance to 1918
77 06
$3,200 00
.
300
STATE AID
Balance from 1916 $1,785 50
RECEIVED
From the Commonwealth of Mass. $1,785 50
EXPENDED
Sundry persons aid $2,635 46
Due from the Commonwealth of Mass. $2,635 46
NEW LIBRARY BUILDING
Balance from 1916 .
$4,108 31
TRANSFERRED
From Library Account .
350 00
RECEIVED
From the Carnegie Corporation
9,407 00
$13,865 31
EXPENDED
Geo. T. O'Brion, contract . $9,064 40
James Miles & Son, contract
2.736 55
Adden & Parker, services
928 77
Ridder & Co., contract
1,139 45
$13,869 17
Balance to 1918
3 S6
$13,865 31
RECREATION AND CELEBRATIONS MEMORIAL PARK RECEIVED
Mrs. Mary E. Temple
$1,500 00
From sale of building
150 00
From sale of grass
50 00
From sale of apples
18 00
$1,718 00
301
EXPENDED
J. F. LeFave, contractor . $1,026 65
La bor
286 45
H. R. Johnson, fence
330 46
Clarence E. Carter, survey
55 85
Incidentals
95
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Account
17 64
$1,718 00
RENT OF PLAYGROUND
Appropriation .
- $342 00
EXPENDED
Mrs. Delia Sweetser .
.
$342 00
CARE OF COMMON
Appropriation
$100 00
Transfer from surplus overlay
350 00
$450 00
EXPENDED
Albert Green, care of Common $56 00
Labor, Mayall Park
24 75
Repairing settees
4 50
Tools
11 40
Survey
6 35
Supplies
12 85
$115 85
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account
334 15
$450 00
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
$225 00
EXPENDED
Post 194, G. A. R.
$225 00
$1,700 36
302
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Transferred from surplus overlay RECEIVED
375 00
From Geo. F. Buck Trust Fund
168 60
From interest for care of lots
853 50
From sundry sources
5 00
$2,602 10
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
. 81,741 25
A. W. Danforth, Secretary, salary 75 00 ·
A. W. Danforth, expenses 7 25
Signs, Geo. F. Buck Trust Fund
168 60
Bouquets
323 60
Fertilizer
69 00
Printing .
8 25
Supplies .
110 80
Repairs
6 25
Tools
16 10
Pipe
5 25
Reading Water Works, water and sup- plies
49 70
Plans
2 00
$2,583 05
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 19 05
$2,602 10
LIBRARY AND TOWN OFFICE BUILDING-GRADING GROUNDS Received from loan
$2,640 00
EXPENDED
E. C. Hanscom, grading . $1,227 44
New England Brick Co., brick 250 12
Austin Ford & Son, steps
158 50
Prentiss & Viall, liability insurance
76 75
Warren Manning, services
45 86
$1,758 67
Balance to 1918
881 33
$2,640 00
303
MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIES
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT AND WATER DEPARTMENT (For details see respective reports)
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS MATURING IN 1917 Appropriation $22,225 00
TRANSFERRED
From Excess and Deficiency Ac-
count
1,000 00
From Premium Account 841 24
RECEIVED
From Water Department, Bond
Payments
3.000 00
$27,066 24
EXPENDED
Current Expense Bonds . $1,200 00
Water Bonds .
. 13,000 00
Combination Truck
· 1,500 00
Grouard Estate
1,000 00
High School Building
4,000 00
Library Building .
1,000 00
Hook and Ladder and Combination Trucks 2,000 00
Richardson Estate Lot .
550 00
School Extension Loan .
1,000 00
Grouard House Site
975 00
26,225 00
Balance to 1918
841 24
$27,066 24
INTEREST ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$9,500 00
RECEIVED
Accrued interest
.
$4 17
$9,504 17
304
EXPENDED
Interest on Temporary Loans $3.336 75
Interest on School Loans
1,879 50
Interest on General Loans
1,371 50
Interest on Sewer Bonds
2,000 00
8.587 75
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 916 42
$9,504 17
SCHEDULE OF REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY TOWN OF READING DECEMBER 31, 1917
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
.
.
305
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
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, 1917 $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 reported by the Assessors December 31, 1917 :
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
Twenty-third Annual Report
OF THE
Electric Light Commissioners
For the Year Ending December 31
1917
OFFICERS OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER DEPARTMENT
Commissioners
GEORGE L. FLINT, Chairman
Term expires 1918
FRANK E. CRAFTS, Secretary .
Term expires 1919
WILLIAM G. LONG
Term expires 1918
Manager ARTHUR G. SIAS
Office 179 MAIN STREET, Y. M. O. A. BUILDING
308
MANAGER'S REPORT
TO THE MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD, READING, MASS. :
GENTLEMEN-I respectfully submit herewith my report for the year ending December 31, 1917. The report consists of a financial statement, my comments upon the business and certain financial and physical data that may be of interest.
The financial statement consists of the Operating Ac- count, the Profit and Loss Account, and the Balance Sheet. It is presented in substantially the same form as I am obliged to use when reporting to the Board of Gas & Elec- tric Light Commissioners as of June 30th.
OPERATING ACCOUNT CREDITOR
By commercial lighting
$45,537 51
By commercial power.
7,057 42
By municipal lighting
850 67
By municipal power :
1,170 20
By cooking and heating
2,544 14
By power to Wakefield
36 48
By power to Lowell Electric Light Corporation .
90 18
By street lighting, North Reading
3,121 18
By street lighting, Wilmington 5,611 32
By street lighting, Lynnfield
1,574 54
By total income .
$67,593 64
DEBTOR
To fuel
. $18,629 54
To oil and waste
.
82 33
To water
.
42 10
309
310
To wages at station
$9,789 34
To repairs, real estate
198 81
To repairs, steam plant
1,267 49
To repairs, electric plant
38 67
To station, tools, etc.,
411 88
To manufacturing cost To distribution wages
$1,085 32
To repairs, lines, lamps and meters 5,129 30
To incandescent lamps, com.
4,424 49
To distribution tools, etc. .
157 92
To garage expense
3,760 78
To distribution cost
14,557 81
To general salaries
$5,019 07
To Municipal Light Board salaries
218 75
To Committee expense
913 38
To office expense
2,221 02
To rent of office .
435 00
To insurance
2,348 47
To taxes
316 37
To pole rentals
105 02
To miscellaneous expenses
11.577 08
To total operating expenses .
$56,595 05
Balance to profit and loss
.
10,998 59
$67,593 64
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT CREDITOR
By premiums and interest on bonds $889 07
By profit from jobbing account . 929 21
By pole rentals .
402 69
By interest on bank balances 201 95
By balance of Operating Account 10,998 59
By appropriation for street lights 8,000 00
By appropriation for investigation By correcting entries
750 00
67,239 16
By total
$89,410 67
30,460 16
311
DEBTOR
To balance of Dec. 31, 1916 . $18,891 26
To interest incurred .
5,070 43
To depreciation allowed
8,096 95
To preparation of bonds
160 00
To total · ·
. $32,218 64
Balance of Dec. 31, 1917
57,192 03
$89,410 67
BALANCE SHEET
ASSETS
Land .
· $1,100 00
Buildings
11,669 48
Steam plant
.
34,623 74
Electric plant
21,665 59 .
Lines .
. 108,002 97
Transformers
14,193 02
Meters
18,191 03 .
Street lights
13,007 78
Engineering (not yet disbursed) 1,746 69
Inventory of fuel
6,557 01
Inventory of oil and waste 71 90
Inventory of repairs, steam plant
410 11
Inventory of repairs, electric plant
168 20
Inventory of station tools, etc.
1,058 31
Inventory of repairs of lines
619 56
Inventory of stock
4,852 47
Inventory of repairs, street lights
448 73
Inventory of incandescent lamps, Commercial 1,146 70
Inventory of distribution tools, etc.
608 35
Inventory of garage expense
1.011 00
Inventory of jobbing account
3,860 58
Inventory of office expense
1,107 75
Unexpired insurance 261 68
Accounts receivable, electric
13,714 77
Cash in construction fund . 0 00
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