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1,758 47
Disinfectants
26 50
Express
30 06
Supplies
33 69
Hose
104 00
Storage, machines .
90 00
Repairs to tools
12 50
Sprayer .
4 50
Telephone
10 89
Printing
12 75
Government envelopes
21 32
Liability insurance
92 99
·
6,911 58
200
FOREST WARDEN
Appropriation
$450 00
RECEIVED
Telephone tolls
.
1 69
TRANSFERRED
From Excess and Deficiency Account 258 23
709 92
EXPENDED
Pay roll, labor at fires . $531 95
H. E. McIntire, Warden
20 00
W. W. Newhouse, Deputy Warden 15 00
W. W. Newhouse, Steward . 10 00
J. N. Weston, Deputy Warden
15 00
George F. Blanchard, Deputy Warden
15 00
W. A. Bancroft, Deputy Warden
15 00
A. E. Batchelder, Deputy Warden 15 00
Telephone
15 12
Supplies
27 75
Repairs .
1 15
Lunches .
28 95
709 92
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
500 00
EXPENDED
H. M. Donegan, services
$50 00
Pay roll
182 38
Express
1 50
Repairs
14 15
Printing
4 50
Supplies
22 55
Trees
38 00
313 08
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 86 92
Transferred to Moth Department 100 00
500 00
201
INSPECTION INSPECTOR OF WIRES
Appropriation
: $100 00
EXPENDED
Arthur G. Sias, Inspector
$100 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES' SALARY Appropriation 225 00
EXPENDED
Carl M. Smith, services
.
.
$225 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation 25 00
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account 50 38
75 38
EXPENDED
Rent
$35 00
Supplies
15 38
Printing
10 50
Moving
6 00
Transportation
8 50
75 38
BUILDING INSPECTOR'S SALARY
Appropriation
300 00
EXPENDED
George H. Sidebottom, Inspector 300 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
30 00
EXPENDED
Telephone
$28 46
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account
1 54
30 00
202
HEALTH AND SANITATION HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SALARIES Appropriation
$250 00
EXPENDED
George L. Flint, two months $16 66
L. W. Allen, ten months
83 34
E. M. Halligan, M. D.
75 00
Dr. C. H. Playdon
75 00
250 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
1,084 00
RECEIVED
From sundry sources
20 00
TRANSFERRED
From Excess and Deficiency Ac- count
95 88
1,199 88
EXPENDED
$600 00
David Taggart, Inspector of Plumbing Dr. C. H. Playdon, Inspector of Animals 200 00 J. Howard Eames, Inspector of Slaugh- tering 99 04
Carl M. Smith, Inspector of Milk 100 00
999 04
Rent
57 13
Lighting
3 80
Express
5 09
Printing
10 00
Supplies
76 12
Incidentals
8 18
Telephone
30 52
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE
Appropriation
1,000 00
RECEIVED
From refund B. Dow
48 00
From refund G. Hickey
95 14
1,143 14
.
.
1,199 88
203
EXPENDED
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
$30 50
North Reading Sanatorium
52 00
City of Cambridge
234 00
City of Malden
236 00
Rutland Sanatorium
34 86
587 36
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 555 78
$1,143 14 1
SEWER DEPARTMENT SALARIES
Appropriation .
225 00
EXPENDED
H. A. Bancroft, salary .
$12 50
Edward J. Dahill .
62 50
John W. Owen
75 00
Charles R. Herrick
75 00
225 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation .
.
250 00
EXPENDED
Telephone
·
$33 33
Post Office box rent
2 25
Rent
65 00
Printing
11 75
Moving
2 50
Office furniture
30 50
J. W. Owen, expense
7 61
152 94
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 97 06
250 00
204
SEWER DEPARTMENT CONSTRUCTION
Balance from 1917 RECEIVED
$18,056 83
From Highway Department .
36 87
EXPENDED
E. H. Rugg, right of way
$500 00
Ettore Forte, contract .
5,261 05
Bruno & Pettiti, contract
4,232 15
Susi & Williams, contract
30 48
F. A. Barbour, engineer
1,321 08
P. N. Sweetser, contract
2,900 52
O. W. Dolloff, repairing paving
132 80
Incidentals
3 88
14,381 96
Balance to 1919
3,711 74
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$15,350 00
RECEIVED
Sundry receipts
181 12
TRANSFERRED
From Main Street .
257 45
From Excess and Deficiency Account . 115 95
15,904 52
Amount due from sundry parties
355 50
EXPENDED
E. H. Crowe, Superintendent . $1,274 00
Pay roll :
Patrol
559 29
Catch basins
756 00
Ditches .
420 25
.
16,260 02
18,093 70
205
Culverts .
$375 00
Tar patching
340 00
Dragging
824 50
Reshaping
1,410 00
Gravel sidewalks
1,100 00
Cleaning gutters
2,240 00 .
Macadam Lowell Street .
1,100 00 .
General
1,670 27
12,069 31
Auto maintenance
446 53
Stone
1,280 56
Grates .
216 00
Drain pipe
174 43
Insurance auto
56 85
Tarvia
682 88
Liability insurance
231 18
Telephone
26 20
Gravel
80 00
Miscellaneous
996 08
-
$16,260 02
SNOW AND ICE ACCOUNT
Appropriation
2,500 00
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account
676 39
3,176 39
EXPENDED
Pay roll :
LABOR
TEAMS
Sanding
$341 40
$502 85
Ploughing
151 31
523 30
Breaking roads
100 30
317 47
Gutters and catch
basins
275 96
284 00
Teaming sand
129 43
138 25
998 40
1,762 87
-- $2,764 27
206
Sand pit
$150 00
Plows
127 52
Supplies
34 05
Repairs
80 35
Miscellaneous
20 20
$3,176 39
DUST LAYING
Appropriation
EXPENDED
Pay roll .
$13 20
Pay roll, teams
384 96
Oil
2,492 30
Freight
15 00
2,905 46
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Account
594 54
3,500 00
CONCRETE SIDEWALK REPAIRS
Appropriation
500 00
EXPENDED
O. L. Hoffman & Sons, contract
$500 00
PROSPECT STREET
Appropriation
500 00
Balance to 1919 .
500 00
FOREST STREET
Appropriation
650 00
O. E. Carter, plans
Balance to 1919
.
574 35
650 00
WEST STREET SURFACE WATER
Appropriation
500 00
Balance to 1919
.
500 00
.
.
EXPENDED
$125 65
3,500 00
207
HANSCOM AVENUE
Appropriation $500 00 Transferred from Excess and De- ficiency Account 50
EXPENDED
Labor and teams
$494 50
O. E. Carter, plans
6 00
500 50
DRINKING FOUNTAINS
Appropriation
100 00
EXPENDED
Reading Water Works .
100 00
HIGH STREET
Balance from 1917
394 09
Balance to 1919 394 09
LINCOLN STREET
Balance from 1917
188 49
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account
7 86
196 35
EXPENDED
P. N. Sweetser, pipe
$196 35
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
11,000 00
EXPENDED
Municipal Light Department
. $11,000 00
CHARITIES
POOR DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
3,000 00
RECEIVED
Sundry sources
46 00
3,046 00
500 50
208
EXPENDED
Salaries:
Edgar O. Dewey
$100 00
Otis B. Ruggles
16 66
Edwin L. Hutchinson
100 00
J. Edward Frost
83 34
$300 00
Burials .
25 00
Boots and shoes
3 50
Cash aid
689 00
Clothing
39 30
Fuel
298 87
Groceries and provisions
468 04
Professional services
199 94
Board
175 00
Rent
68 00
Incidentals
28 01
Cities and Towns :
City of Lynn
21 00
City of Boston
52 00
City of Melrose
16 74
Other Institutions :
Mass. General Hospital . 53 00
State Board of Charity · 373 82
Mt. Vernon Street Hospital . 213 50
N. E. Home for Little Wanderers
15 49
3,040 21
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 5 79
$3,046 00
(Amount paid Mt. Vernon St. Hospital to be refunded, $213.50)
209
UNPAID BILLS
W. Bancroft & Co.
$18 75
E. M. Halligan
2 00
Hall & Macfarland
17 00
W. W. Newhouse
8 85
Pratt's Market
19 16
Fred Wallace
13 08
78 84
TOWN HOME
Appropriation
$3,700 00
From sundry sources
140 35
3,840 35
EXPENDED
L. A. Deming, Superintendent
$600 00
Lillian Howe, services .
210 00
La bor
192 25
1,002 25
Hay and grain
559 41
Barbering
32 75
Seeds
9 25
Medical attendance
5 00
Groceries and provisions
978 79
Telephones
30 32
Screens
16 25
Repairs .
279 15
Incidentals
169 91
Fuel
430 03
Burials
55 00
Boots, shoes and clothing
51 80
Water
45 78
Lighting
38 96
3,704 65
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 135 70
3,840 35
.
RECEIVED
210
UNPAID BILLS
Hall & Macfarland
$ 80
A. E. Batchelder
3 00
W. H. Willis .
4 35
Hodson Brothers
5 15
Adams Co.
9 53
F. Smith
63 36
W. J. Brown, M. D.
32 60
G. H. Atkinson Co.
31 20
149 99
MOTHERS' AID
Balance from 1917
$512 44
Appropriation
1,000 00
TRANSFERRED
From Excess and Deficiency Ac-
count
.
142 11
1,654 55
EXPENDED
Aid sundry persons . $1,654 55
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
RECEIVED
From the Commonwealth of Mass. 1,944 57
TRANSFERRED
From town appropriation 5 88
1,950 45.
EXPENDED
Balance from 1917
940 19
Aid sundry persons
2,212 04
3,152 23
Amount due from the Commonwealth
of Mass. .
1,201 78
211
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Balance from 1917
$460 69
EXPENDED
Aid sundry parties
555 61
Due from Commonwealth of Mass.
$1,016 30
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS-STATE AID
RECEIVED
From the Commonwealth of Mass. 2,725 44
From refund
14 00
2,739 44
EXPENDED
Balance from 1917
. $2,635 46
Aid sundry persons
3,290 34
5,925 80
Due from the Commonwealth of Mass.
3,186 36
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDED
Aid sundry parties
879 45
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency
Account
120 55
1,000 00
BURIAL OF SOLDIERS
RECEIVED
From the Commonwealth of Mass.
50 00
Balance from 1917 .
40 00
EXPENDED
Burial one soldier .
50 00
90 00
Due from the Commonwealth of Mass. 40 00
90 00
212
EDUCATION SCHOOL DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$64,650 00
RECEIVED
From sundry sources
.
13 50
64,663 50
EXPENDED
Teachers' and Superintendent's sal-
aries
.$42,759 16
Janitors' salaries
4,056 75
Attendance Officer's salary ·
250 00
Medical inspection
150 00
47,215 91
Transportation
1,034 00
School Tuition
104 00
Books
1,460 17
Supplies for pupils
2,799 91
Apparatus for teaching
529 83
General Expenses :
Printing and advertising
339 00
Office supplies
186 64
Telephones
253 01
Graduation, miscellaneous
84 05
Insurance
245 10
Fuel
6,135 83
Building Maintenance :
Gas and lighting
408 10
Water
437 30
Trucking
·
225 79
Janitors' supplies
511 51
Repairs :
Buildings
2,356 61
Furniture
356 94
Grounds
313 87
64,661 96
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 1 54
64,663 50
1
213
TUITION
Appropriation
$350 00
EXPENDED
Tuitions paid $192 84
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account
157 16
350 00
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$4,400 00
RECEIVED
2 68
1
Sundry sources
4,402 68
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account 4 78
4,407 46
EXPENDED
Teachers' salaries .
. $3,056 33
Janitors' salaries, light, fuel, repairs 622 33
Books and supplies
728 80
4,407 46
SMITH-HUGHES FUND
Amount received
$425 39
EXPENDED
Teachers' salaries
$164 00
Supplies
.
105 00
269 00
Balance to 1919
. .
156 39
214
WHAT IS THE SMITH-HUGHES ACT ?
The Smith-Hughes Act is a Federal act to provide for the promotion of vocational education by the Federal government ; to provide for co- operation with the States in the promotion of such education in agricul- ture, home-making, the trades and industries ; to provide for co- opera- tion with the States in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects ; and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditure.
STATEMENT OF THE FEDERAL BOARD FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
The Federal Board states emphatically that vocational schools and classes are not fostered under the Smith-Hughes Act for the purpose of giving instruction to backward, deficient, incorrigible, or otherwise sub- normal individuals, but that such schools and classes are to be estab- lished and maintained for the clearly avowed purpose of giving thorough vocational instruction to healthy, normal individuals, to the end that they may be prepared for profitable and efficient employment.
These funds should not be used to decrease the amount of appropria- tion made for established vocational education, but should be used to extend and promote vocational education.
The Smith-Hughes funds never become State or local funds -- they are Federal funds until the time they are finally expended by the schools. The State and local treasurers act simply as custodians.
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation
$2,860 00
Balance from 1917
77 06
RECEIVED
Fron Library Bequest Fund
325 12
From refund .
10 00
From sale of material
25 00
TRANSFERRED
From Building Account
123 74
2,420 92
EXPENDED
Salaries :
Bertha L. Brown
$400 00
Grace Abbott
109 02
M. E. Wiley
5 00
Charles H. Stinchfield
340 42
Mrs. Hadley
35 00
889 44
215
Janitor's services .
$60 00
Fuel and heating
541 93
Rent, Y. M. C. A. building
300 00
Books
361 98
Periodicals
84 00
Lighting
27 92
Binding
21 56
Express
6 64
Supplies
127 17
Printing
34 25
Mats
35 94
Furniture
135 19
Carpets
448 75
Horace Wadlin, expenses
36 03
Moving
25 74
Painting
64 05
Pictures
107 80
Inspection
2 00
Repairs
65 88
Flag
4 50
Bertha Brown, expenses
37 49
3,418 26
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 2 66
$3,420 92
UNPAID BILLS
Percy N. Sweetser, fuel $138 02
NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING
RECEIVED
From Carnegie Corporation
5,593 00
Balance from 1917
3 86
TRANSFERRED
From Library maintenance
123 74
127 60
216
EXPENDED
Adden & Parker
$156 55
James Miles & Sons
2,830 78
T. A. Ridlon, boiler
383 55
McKenney & Waterbury
160 00
Paine Furniture Co.
220 00
Leavens & Co. 187 35
Grecian Iron Works
220 00
W. H. Mclellan, shades
49 25
Sears, Cook Corporation, desk
75 00
Readsboro Chair Co.
231 00
E. T. Burrows & Co., screens
97 00
$4,738 08
Balance to 1919
854 91
RECREATION AND CELEBRATIONS
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
250 00
EXPENDED
G. A. R. Post 194
. $250 00
RENT OF PLAYGROUND
Appropriation
342 00
EXPENDED
Mrs. Delia Sweetser
.
342 00
CARE OF COMMON AND PARK
Appropriation
150 00
TRANSFERRED
From surplus overlays .
·
.
150 00
300 00
217
EXPENDED
Albert Green, care of Common
$60 00
A. Zanni, contract
131 50
Smith & Cushman, shrubs and labor
75 90
Repairs
8 00
Supplies
11 30
286 70
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 13 30
$300 00
MEMORIAL PARK
500 00
From sundry sources
108 00
608 00
EXPENDED
Filling
$33 90
Plans
3 00
Supplies
104 62
Legal expenses
10 85
Labor
38 15
Printing
2 25
Repairs .
15 20
Express .
. 1 48
Stewart & Robertson, repairs
251 14
Service pipe
42 89
Shrubs
67 50
570 98
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account .
2 47
573 45
Balance to 1919
34 55
UNPAID BILLS
E. A. Meekins
$31 50
O. O. Ordway .
3 05
34 55
Appropriation
RECEIVED
218
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY
Appropriation
$1,575 00
RECEIVED
Foundations
$30 00
Use of tomb .
10 00
Perpetual care
889 00
929 00
TRANSFERRED
From cemetery special
4.800 00
7.304 00
EXPENDED
A. W. Danforth, Secretary
8100 00
A. W. Danforth, expenses
11 50
Pay roll .
2,210 10
Plans and surveys
109 80
P. Capone, contract
3,404 00
Material
125 75
Repairs .
15 65
Supplies
115 60
Bouquets
314 35
Printing
6 50
Fertilizer
55 75
Labor
95 60
Water pipe and supplies
75 65
Pots
60 10
Curbing .
40 00
Shrubs
195 45
Incidentals
1 10
6,936 90
Transferred to Cemetery Special
Account 367 10
7,304 00
219
MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIES MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT AND WATER DEPARTMENT (For details see respective reports)
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS MATURING IN 1918
Appropriation
$25,248 76
Balance from 1917
841 24
RECEIVED
From Water Department .
.
3,200 00
TRANSFERRED
From Excess and Deficiency Account . 1,500 00
30,790 00
EXPENDED
Water Bonds
. $14,000 00
High School
4,000 00
Grouard Estate
1,000 00
Auto Truck
1,500 00
Current Expense Bonds
1,200 00
Public Library
1,000 00
Hook and Ladder and Combination Trucks,
1,500 00
Richardson Estate
500 00
School Extension Loan
1,000 00
Brown Estate
750 00
Sewer Construction
1,000 00
Town Office Building
2,000 00
Grading Grounds .
1,340 00
Municipal Light Department
11,000 00 .
41,790 00
(Balance of $11,000 due from Mun. Light Dept.)
INTEREST ACCOUNT
Appropriation
14,500 00
EXPENDED
Interest on Temporary Loans . $8,902 31
Interest on Sewer Bonds
4,250 00
Interest on School Loans
1,680 00 .
Interest on General Loans
3,654 31
18,486 62
Balance to 1919
3,986 62
18,486 62
220
SCHEDULE OF REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY TOWN OF READING DECEMBER 31, 1918 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
Central Fire Station
$21,400 00
Grouard Estate
10,700 00
Police (personal)
311 50
New Town Office Building
50,000 00
New Library Building
20,000 00
102,411 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
221
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, 1918 .
$660,718 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, 1918 :
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-ninth Annual Report
OF THE
WATER COMMISSIONERS
For the Year Ending December 31 1918
224
OFFICERS OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT
Commissioners
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Chairman Term expires 1919
HARVEY A. BANCROFT
Term expires 1920
EDGAR N. HUNT
.
Term expires 1921
Superintendent and Registrar LEWIS M. BANCROFT
Superintendent of Pumping Station FRANK F. STROUT
Fireman GROVER O. EATON
OFFICE OF THE WATER BOARD Room 15, Municipal Building
OFFICE HOURS 8.30 to 12 M., 1.30 to 3.30 P. M., except Saturday Saturday, 8.30 A. M. to 12 M., 7.30 to 9 P. M.
225
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
TO THE CITIZENS OF READING :
The Board of Water Commissioners herewith submit their twenty-ninth annual report :
MAINTENANCE
Received fines and summons
$25 69
Paid pay roll
. $1,008 10
Superintendent and Registrar
1,550 07
F. E. Gray, P. M.
140 85
Burglary insurance
14 25
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
65 20
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
64 50
Fire and Water Engineering
3 00
Rent
140 00
Weeks & Dotten
2 59
Adding machine
185 00
Liability insurance
55
Addressograph
3 90
C. W. Crafts
22 20
R. A. Todd Paper Co.
15 00
Fred F. Smith
2 25
Francis Brothers
29 85
Clarence E. Carter
8 50
Municipal Light Board
5 30
Engineering News Record
5 00
The Globe-Wernicke Co.
2 95
Commissioners' salaries
225 00
M. F. Charles
4 15
Stationery
8 70
Harvard Envelope Co.
2 60
226
Car fares
$27 16
Towels
2 00
Keys
4 50
Balance
$3,517 48
$3,543 17 3,543 17
MAINTENANCE OF PUMPING STATION
Received rent of house
$180 00
Coal on hand, 100 tons
1,033 00
Paid pay roll
$2,680 63
B. &. M. R. R.
346 51
New England Coal & Coke Co.
2,868 01
Francis Brothers
9 02
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
46 88
Percy N. Sweetser
451 13
Municipal Light Board
13 82
Cummings Express
2 82
Eagle Oil and Supply Co.
110 24
Jankins Bros.
13 72
Adams Co.
4 48
Hodge Boiler Works
77 57
Liability insurance
43 20
Braman, Dow & Co.
7 52
Woburn Machine Co.
15 31
The Fairbanks Co.
2 44
J. W. Borthwick
3 00
Shawmut Chemical Co.
61 74
Chandler & Farquhar
49
G. H. Atkinson Co.
8 13
Town of North Reading
2 60
Bader Coal Co.
741 01
Lund-Farquhar Co.
2 24
O. O. Ordway
2 50
H. L. Bond Co.
4 00
M. F. Charles
42
Balance
6,306 43
$7,519 43 $7,519 43
227
MAINTENANCE OF FILTERS
Paid pay roll
. $1,327 82
Francis Bros.
1 45
Municipal Light Board
474 21
B. & M. R. R.
36 00
Fonda Lime Kilns
598 29
· Percy N. Sweetser
18 00
Lawrence Machine Co.
4 59
$2,460 36
MAINTENANCE OF METERS
Paid pay roll
$974 38
Meter Appliance Co.
9 00
Francis Bros.
64
Cummings Express
90
Dodge-Haley Co.
6 71
B. & M. R. R.
1 79
G. F. McDonald
22 00
Hersey Mfg. Co.
26 28
G. H. Atkinson Co.
4 84
National Meter Co.
154 74
Neptune Meter Co.
19 29
Thompson Meter Co.
17 35
Batteries and lamps
6 00
$1,243 92
MAINTENANCE OF SERVICE PIPES
$356 98
Received for pipe repairs Paid pay roll .
$962 73
A. D. Gordon .
5 75
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co.
16 00
Chase & Finnegan .
5 00
G. F. McDonald
95 00
Municipal Light Board
802 00
Cummings Express
68
W. J. McAllister
2 00
T. C. Fife
12 98
W. R. Taylor Co.
1 67
Car fares
7 15
Balance
1,553 98
$1,910 96 $1,910 96
228
MAINTENANCE OF MAIN PIPE
Paid pay roll .
$76 14
Susi & Williams
75 08
Francis Bros. .
5 50
Wendell Bancroft & Co.
3 20
G. F. McDonald
1 00
$160 92
MAIN PIPES
Paid pay roll . $170 10
Old Colony Trust Co.
10 00
Harold L. Bond Co.
93 10
B. & M. R. R.
3 43
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co.
117 20
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co.
34 58
$428 41
SERVICE PIPES
Received for pipe laid
$1,052 55
Paid pay roll .
$1,487 58
Susi & Williams
139 73
A. M. Morton & Co.
252 79
Ware Coupling & Nipple Co.
63 45
Francis Bros. .
8 69
American Express Co.
4 93
The Garland Co.
30 00
R. B. Field & Co.
4 50
Cummings Express .
6 45
Braman, Dow & Co.
365 42
B. & M. R. R.
5 44
Harold L. Bond Co.
27 23
F. O. Dewey Co.
21 00
Metcalf Store .
2 62
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.
31 91
Liability Insurance
216 76
G. F. McDonald
152 00
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co.
20 23
G. H. Atkinson Co.
7 79
J. E. McManus
20 00
T. O. Fife
7 19
229
United Brass Mfg. Co.
$27 00
O. O. Ordway .
35 70
J. J. Cameron .
2 10
Time book
16
Balance
$1,888 12
$2,940 67 $2,940 67
METERS
Paid A. B. Field & Co.
$2 00
American Express Co.
87
Modern Iron Works
1 80
Hersey Mfg. Co.
14 17
Neptune Meter Co.
60 00
A. M. Morton & Co.
10 58
B. &. M. R. R.
87
Gamon-Meter Co.
135 00
$225 29
BONDS
Received for bonds sold
$9,101 70
Paid bonds
. $3,200 00
INTEREST
Received interest on deposits
$152 19
Paid interest on bonds
$6,000 00
Balance
5,874 91
$6,000 00 $6,000 00
AIR COMPRESSOR MAINTENANCE
Paid Municipal Light Board
$463 44
Pettengill-Andrews Co.
4 20
Bay State Belting Co.
2 85
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.
25 25
B. & M. R. R.
77
$496 51
AUTOMOBILE TRUCK MAINTENANCE
Paid Reading Garage
$71 20
Howe & French
3 05
$74 25
230
AUTOMOBILE TRUCK
Paid Bates Garage Co.
$665 00
Registration
10 00
Francis Bros.
20
Reading Garage
4 50
C. L. Jeanes & Co.
192 80
O. O. Ordway
4 25
$876 75
ARTESIAN WELLS
Paid Builders' Iron Foundry Co. $22 47
Trask Artesian Well Co.
15 00
Cummings Express
3 25
F. H. Hayes Machinery Co.
200 70
$241 42
AIR LIFT
Paid O. W. Whiting, Engineer $624 84
Pay roll .
1,134 18
W. E. & J. F. Twombly .
2 00
Braman, Dow & Co.
621 94
Fred F. Smith
47 90
B. & M. R. R.
110 92
A. M. Morton & Co.
1,634 15
Percy N. Sweetser
90 00
Jenkins Bros.
38 40
Oliver Whyte Co.
2 80
The Fairbanks Co.
101 59
Wendell Bancroft & Co.
25 74
American Express Co.
10 17
G. F. McDonald .
4 00
Chandler & Farquhar
71
Wm. B. Merrill Co.
66 00
Francis Bros. .
5 27
Cummings Express
2 65
Sullivan Machinery Co. .
4,588 00
Municipal Light Board
811 20
Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co. 51 00
Allis, Chalmers Mfg. Co.
6 60
Eagle Oil & Supply Co. . .
44 28
231
H. R. Johnson
$31 88
Clapp & Leach
151 94
Reading Garage
6 91
T. O. Fife
1 20
(. O. Ordway .
7 05
L. M. Ham Co.
2 61
Car fares
13 15
-$10,239 08
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
Cash balance from 1917
$4,979 68
Bonds sold
9,101 70
Rent of house
180 00
Interest
152 09
Main pipe
29 96
Service pipes
1,052 55
Service pipe repairs
356 98
Fines and summons
25 69
Meter rates
23,024 33
Hydrant rent
6,030 00
Water for drinking fountains
100 00
Paid maintenance
. $3,543 17
Pumping Station maintenance £ . 7,519 43
Filter maintenance
2,460 36
Meter maintenance
1,243 92
Service pipe maintenance
1,910 96
Main pipe maintenance
160 92
Air compressor maintenance
496 51
Automobile truck maintenance
74 25
Main pipe
428 41
Service pipes
2,940 67
Meters
225 29
Interest
6,000 00
Bonds
3,200 00
Artesian wells
241 42
Air lift
. 10,239 08
Automobile truck
876 75
Cash on hand
3,471 84 .
$45,032 98 $45,032 98
232
COST OF PLANT
Reported last year
$381,431 34
Main Pipe
398 45
Service Pipes
1,908 12
Meters
225 29
Artesian Wells
241 42
Air Lift .
10,239 08
$394,443 70
UNPAID BILLS DECEMBER 31, 1918
Artesian Well & Supply Co.
$2,050 00
American Express Co.
16 87
Francis Bros.
1 64
Cummings Express
8 17
Walworth Mfg. Co.
29 76
Braman, Dow & Co.
43 07
Fred F. Smith
18 55
Wendell Bancroft & Co.
13 91
O. W. Smith
13 70
$2,195 67
The Board recommends that $6.030 be raised and appro- priated for hydrant rentals, that $100 be raised and appro- priated for water for drinking fountains, and $100 be raised and appropriated for water for street sprinkling.
The interest the current year amounts to $5,637.50, as follows :
$23,000 bonds for twelve months at 4 1-2% . $1,035 00
1,000 bonds for six months at 2 1-4% 22 50
108,000 bonds for twelve months at 4% 4,320 00
13,000 bonds for six months at 2% 260 00
$5,637 50
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY R. JOHNSON
EDGAR N. HUNT
HARVEY A. BANCROFT
Water Commissioners.
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233
REPORT OF WATER REGISTRAR
Amount of bills rendered in 1918
$24,314 17
Amount collected and paid Treasurer $21,758 89
Amount uncollected 2,399 74
Amount abated
155 54
$24,314 17 $24,314 17
Amount of bills of previous years uncollected
83,051 03
Amount collected and paid Treasurer
1,274 36
Amount uncollected 1,370 51
Amount abated
406 16
$3,051 03
$3,051 03
Amount of service pipe bills rendered in 1918
$1,041 72
Amount of bills of previous years uncollected
271 20
Amount of bills of previous years charged off and recharged
184 06
Amount collected and paid Treasurer
1,026 58
Amount uncollected
461 38
Amount charged off
9 02
$1,496 98
$1,496 98
Amount of service pipe maintenance bills rendered in 1918
465 85
Amount collected and paid Treasurer
356 98
Amount uncollected
108 87
$465 85
$465 85
LEWIS M. BANCROFT, Registrar.
234
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT
READING WATER COMMISSIONERS :
GENTLEMEN - The twenty-ninth annual report of the Superintendent is submitted for the year ending December 31, 1918.
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