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Menovitch, Martin
Temple, Allan Buck Trevor, Phyllis Upton, Joshua Walker, Helen Frances
Merritt, Elmer Bradford
Merritt, Francis Sumner
Weigmann, Lois Anna
Mount, Joseph Warren
Westcott, Jessie Gertrude
Murphy, Henry Arthur, Jr.
White, Blanche Mary White, Clarence Joseph
Wile, Grace Alma
Woods, Jennette Elizabeth
O'Brien, Nelson Paul
Parker, George Stevens Parker, Marguerite Louise Parker, Philip Goddard Perry, Dorothy Thelma Phillips, Harold Francis Phinney, Carlton Clifford Poole, Alice Colby Pratt, Edith May Riley, Francis Paul
Riseman, Sadie Dorothy
Roxbee, Ralph Eliott
Sardell, George Richard Sheehan, James Francis Sias, Donald Bragdon Skidmore, Earl Francis Smith, Helen Mildred
Smith, Virginia Constance
Spurr, John Abram Stanley, Edward Palmer Stone, Marion
Straka, Chester Ervin, Jr.
Taylor, Stuart Franklin
Tebeau, Frank Sylvester
Weafer, Margaret Chase
Nichols, Leonard Frank
Nichols, Lionel Strout
Noyes, Eleanor Martha
Wright, Dorothy Mary
TEACHERS IN SERVICE, DEC. 31, 1926, WHERE EDUCATED, YEAR APPOINTED ALSO ENROLMENT FOR FOUR MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1926
SCHOOL
GRADES OR SUB- JECT
NAMES OF TEACHERS
WHERE EDUCATED
Year
Appointed
Salary
Total
Enrolment
Average
Average
Attendance
Per cent. of
Attendance
High School
Superintendent - Principal ...
Adelbert L. Safford, M. A ....
*Bates College ..
1913
$3800
2018 1909.88 1798.6 94.
Rudolf Sussmann, B. S. .
1917
3300
551
545.5
510.6
93-5
Phys. Tr., Civics
Joseph A. Aldred, B. S. . .
1925
2200
Mathematics, .. .. Com. Eng., Geog.
Elizabeth A. Batchelder.
1916
1900
M. Tr., Mech. Dr.
Alfred Boehm ..
Trade School, Hamburg, Germ'y
1920
2200
English .
Clarissa I. Brown, B. S.
Boston University .
1924
1500
Asst. Com. Dept.
Elva A. Buckley .
Bay Path Institute.
1924
1700
Head Eng. Dept.
Lyla R. Davis, B. A.
Ohio Wesleyan University
1925
1900
B'kkeeping, Pen.
Alberta F. Drury .
Salem and Posse Normal
1917
1900
Sten. and Type. Mathematics .. ..
Luke Halpin, A. B.
1922
2200
English . . ..
Maveret Hughes, A. B.
Syracuse University
1926
1700
Spanish, German
Lillian Jefts, B. A. . ..
St. Lawrence University
1917
1900
French and Latin
Helen G. Kershaw, A. B. ..
Radcliffe College . .
1919
1900
Sec. Supt., Dean
Abigail H. Mingo, A. B.
1918
2000
Phys. Training . . Sci., World Hist,
Ruth Osborne, B. A ..
Wheaton College.
1926
1300
Head Sci. Dept .. French ..
Marian T. Pratt, A. B ..
1919
1900
Eng., Math.
Bates.
1926
1300
Latin . ..
Mildred B. Sussmann, A. B. ..
1919
1900
History ..
Russell P. Taylor, A. B.
Bates.
1922
2200
French, English -
Wellesley College ..
1925
1600
Biol., Civ, Health
Ellen S. Wright, B. A .. ..
Mt. Holyoke College
1926
1300
Agriculture
Herman T. Wheeler, B. S. ...
Mass. Agricultural College
1924
2000
Principal .. Raymond W. Blaisdell, A. B ..
Bates College
1923
3100
Math., Asst. Prin
Emma S. Page.
N. H. State Normal.
1899
1900
French, English
Ramona Beil .
Mt. Ida School, plus courses.
1924
1500
English . . .
Doris G. Blaisdell, A. B.
Tufts College ...
1925
1700
36
35.2
33.97
96.31
Cooking·
Elizabeth Chalmers .
Practical Arts High, plus courses
1924
1500
Gen. Science
Marion Day .
Beverly High, plus courses
1924
1700
Drawing
Eleanor F. Emerson.
Salem Normal. ..
1915
1700
43
43.15
41.55
96.29
Manual Training
Lyman E. Fancy
Mass. Nor. Art ..
1918
2000
Social Studies. ..
Lestina M. Goddard .
Gorham Normal.
1920
1700
46
44.66
43.30
96.96
. .
1925
1800
Frederick J. Pope, B. S. .
Colby College
1922
2200
Wellesley College
Margaret Richardson, A. B ..
Willimantic Nor., Bay Path Inst. Bowdoin College
1914
1900
E. Frances Greenhalgh .
Masz. Inst. Technology. B. U. .. Salem Normal.
1926
1900
George D. Anderson ..
Conn. Agric., M. A. C., B. U .... Bowdoin College ..
Boston Univ., Chandler Sec.
Lydia A. Nelson. A. B. ..
Syracuse University
Radcliffe College .
Eleanor L. Warren, A. B. ....
Highland and Junior High
Membership
TEACHERS IN SERVICE, DEC. 31, 1926, WHERE EDUCATED, YEAR APPOINTED ALSO ENROLMENT FOR FOUR MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1926 (Continued)
SCHOOL
GRADES OR SUB- JECT
TEACHER
WHERE EDUCATED
Year
Appointed
Salary
Total
Enrolment
Average
Membership
Attendance
Per cent. of Attendance
Highland and Junior High. ..
English .
Alice E. Hood
Concord, N. H., Training School
1902
1700
49
48.57
47.53
97.86
Sewing
Rita Lahaise . ..
1921
1700
Gorham Normal.
1923
1700
45
44.46
43.48
97.78
Pys Tr, Hy, Math
Kenneth Lucas, S. B.
Mass. Inst. of Technology .
1925
1800
40
39.08
38.05
97.36
Pen, Soc. Studies
Ida F. Spencer ..
Farmington, Me., Normal
1925
1700
Eng., Bus. Prac.
Ethel S. Williams.
Salem Normal. .
1922
1700
45
45.
40.10
88.16
Phys. Training ..
Margaret E. Tyacke.
Harvard School of Phys. Educ ..
1926
1600
Grades
Grade 6. .
A. Louise Fogg
Colby College (2 yrs.) .
1919
1500
40
39.33
38.54
97.83
Grade 5.
Matilda J. Gamble. ..
Woburn High School .
1920
1500
47
47.
45.08
95.75
Grade 6 ..
Carolyn C. Grace.
No. Adams Normal School
1919
1500
42
40.04
38.35
93.75
Grade 5.
Annie W. Quillen
Salem Normal-
1916
1500
92
30.
28.91
94.
Grade 5.
Margaret E. Whittier
Salem Normal.
1916
1500
46
45.44
43.69
96.07
Center.
Prin. Cen & Union
M. Grace Wakefield ..
Salem Normal .
1890
2000
44
43.42
44.39
95.28
Grade 4 ..
Vera Buckle, A. B. ..
Caribou High. plus summer work
1919
1500
36
35.24
34.38
95.53
Grade 3.
Genevieve Quinlan·
Salem Normal. ..
1921
1500
15
15.
14.57
97.32
Grade 4.
Genevieve Quinlan
Salem Normal ...
1921
1500
30
30.
28.53
95.11
Grade 3.
Helen G. Quinlan
1915
1500
52
45.42
44.01
96.75
Grade 2 . .
Jessie Little ..
1926
1000
45
44.39
42.39
95.45
Grade 2.
Alberta Mathieson .
Salem Normal.
1924
1500
46
43.55
41.77
95.93
Union St. . ...
Grade 1.
Winifred Cochrane. .
Plymouth, N. H., Normal .
1919
1500
46
43.59
41.69
90.22
Grade 1 . ..
Addie A. Copeland ·
1925
1200
28
25.07
23.77
94.78
Grade 1 ..
Dorothy Newcomb . .
1926
1000
46
43.57
39.53
91.26
Grade 1 . . ..
Dorothy E. Williams
1926
1100
19
19.
17.92
94.33
Grane 2.
Dorothy E. Williams.
Bridgewater Normal
20
19.83
18.59
92.85
Lowell St ...
Prin. and Grade 3
Nellie P. Beaton
*Danvers High.
1919
1700
30
26.77
25 55
95 45
Grade 4.
Nellie P. Beaton.
*Danvers High. .
96.2
Grade 1 . .
Dorothy L. Burgess .
1926
1000
37
32.42
30.50
94.22
Grade 2 . .
Helen C. Laing.
1926
1400
38
35.45
23.47
94.50
Grade 5 ..
Florence A. Potter.
*Plymouth, N. H., Normal.
.. 1926
1400
24
21.97
21.08
95.88
Grade 6.
Florence A. Potter.
* Plymouth, N. H., Normal.
24
2.125
21.7
97.68
Music, Eng, S St.
Louise B. Maxwell.
Bridgewater Normal ...
1920
1700
Boston University .
1915
1500
Grade 3.
Glenna Dow
Salem Normal.
Bridgewater Normal .
*Dover, N. H. H. S .. plus courses Aroosotok Rtate Mormal .. Bridgewater Normal
Lesley Normal .. Lesley Normal .
21
19.03
18.32
Average
W. Roxbury High, plus courses . .
Mathematics.
Inez H. Lewis ...
Prospect St. . ....
Prin. Grade 2 .... Grade 3
Ada E. Dow .. Ada E. Dow ..
*High School, plus courses.
1909
1700
26 25 32
25.76 23.70 31.35
26.06 22.77
95.42
Grade 1 ..
Marion P. Adams ..
1919
1500
17
17.
13.66
96.24
Grade 5 ..
Dorothy Mudgett
1924
49
45.77
43.35
95 21
Grades 4 and 5. . .
Olive S. Perry
* Wheelock Training ..
1916
1500 1500
45
39.50
38.44
97.56
Chestnut Hill . ..
Prin. Grade 1 .. ..
Isabelle P. Kissock.
*Dean Academy
1911
1700
9
8.77 10.56
8.50
96.92
Grade 2.
Isabelle P. Kissock.
Grade 3.
Isabelle P. Kissock.
13
13.
12.51
96.23
Grade 4 ..
Annie B. Reid .
*Framingham Normal. ..
1925
1800
8
8. 8.64
8.54
97.07
Grade 6.
Annie B. Reid . .
16
15.67
15.51
97.31
Oppotun'y School
Josephine H. Carleton . . ...
1925
2000
21
19.86 14.
13.31
95.06
Ida C. Lucas
Worcester Normal ..
1917
1900
M. Adeline Lahaise
Mass. Normal Art.
1919
1800
C. Francis Woods
Brown University
1926
1200
Evening School .. Principal
Josephine H. Carleton
*Boston University.
1926
300
40
Albert W. Carleton ..
*Tufts College .. . Salem Normal.
1926
240
Elizabeth Guarnaccia.
1926
180
.
97.23
Wheelock Training.
98.61
Grade 2. .
Marion P. Adams .
*Keene. N. H., Normal
11
10.26
97.16
Grade 5. .
Annie B. Reid ..
9
7.72
96.58
Elizabeth Guarnaccia
Boston University Salem Normal.
1926
14
18.68
94.4
Super. of Stand. and Guidance .. Super. Drawing Super. of Music
*Has taken courses of college grade and graduate work at B. U., Simmons, Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, or at Normal Schools
28.35
BUDGET SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, TOWN OF READING, 1927
1927 Estimated Appropriation
Expended 1926
Expended 1925
Expended 1924
GENERAL ACCOUNT: SALARIES
1. Salaries-Teachers and Supt.
$123,520.22
$107,420.79
$102,635.39
2. Janitors
9,102.97
9,019.00
8,078.00
3. Other Salaries:
Attendance Officer
500.00
400.00
350.00
Medical Inspector
600.00
500.00
500.00
School Nurse
1,700.00
1,600.00
1,500.00
$152,337.91
Total Salaries
$135,423.19
$118,939.79
$113,063.69
4,225.00
4. Transportation of Pupils
3,831.15
3,228.90
2,756.25
200.00
5. School Tuition
37.15
6,000.00
6. Books
4,278.96
4,906.33
3,138.98
5,000.00
7. Supplies for Pupils
4,157.77
5,757.59
5,144.12
1,500.00
8. Apparatus for Teaching
1,980.03
835.08
690.00
9. General Expense:
275.00
368.67
138.79
Office Supplies
561.42
261.18
312.57
Telephones
762.79
493.77
410.27
Graduation, Miscellaneous
185.20
114.36
172.55
Supt. 's Expense
102.00
114.52
14.00
Lectures, Public Meetings
49.75
34.50
Insurance
46.07
402.53
986.83
51.00
Supervisor's Expense
$ 2,384.76
$ 2,341.33
$ 1,133.68
2,000.00
Printing and Advertising
.
.
1927 Estimated Appropriation $ 8,000.00
Expended 1926
Expended 1925
Expended 1924
$ 5,267.30
$ 7,126.73
$ 7,195.67
11. Building Maintenance
1,300.00
Gas and Electricity
951.83
976.14
787.67
1,700.00
Water and Sewer
1,776.60
1,524.60
1,407.60
500.00
Trucking, etc,
347.64
373.40
334.87
1,600.00
Janitors' Supplies
1,372.11
1,264.26
1,316.96
8,200.00
12. Repairs
14,076.62
14,524.42
Buildings
7,862.36
Furniture
1,668.40
Grounds
883.20
$ 14,076.62
$ 10,413.96
$ 14,524.42
40,225.00
TOTAL FOR MAINTENANCE
$ 40,424.77
$ 38,747.32
$ 38,467.37
Less Transfer to Agriculture
379.45
$ 40,045.32
192,562.91
TOTAL EXPENDITURES-General
$175,468.51
$157,513.86
$151,531.06
$ 11,925.00
$ 11,935.00
Receipts not from tax levy : State Reimbursement, Chap. 70, G. L. Tuition, etc.
$ 12,605.40
9,386.60
8,399.21
5,989.01
Due, but not paid
714.03
1,580.65
.
.
.
$ 4,448.17
$ 4,138.40
$ 3,847.10
·
.
10. Fuel
BUDGET SCHOOL DEPARTMENT (Continued)
AGRICULTURAL ACCOUNT
2,937.50
1. Teachers', Supt. 's, and Janitors' Salaries Smith-Hughes' Fund
.
$ 2,833.36
$ 3,615.78
$ 4,367.75
287.58
2. Light, Fuel, Repairs
70.76
500.00
3. Books, Apparatus, Supplies
500.00
230.48
400.42
$ 3,333.36
$ 4,133.84
$ 4,838.93
Receipts not from tax levy :
State Aid to Industrial School
1,614.62
877.74
1,000.83
Smith-Hughes' Fund
313.29
287.58
296.06
Tuition
668.66
2,082.67
3,050.35
Due, but not paid
442.11
211.93
$ 2,596.57
INDUSTRIAL TUITION
800.00
Tuition paid Reimbursement from State
$ 750.01
$ 585.77
$ 675.00
408.46
315.01
165
DETAIL OF EXPENDITURES OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT FOR YEAR ENDING 31, 1926 General Account
Transportation:
North Reading
$ 16.25
Eastern Mass. St. Ry. Co.
250.00
James Mason
3564.90
$ 3,831.15
Books:
Allyn & Bacon
$ 169.17
American Book Co. .
217.85
American Child Health Assn.
4.50
American Library Assn.
16.21
American Viewpoint Soc.
37.04
D. Appleton & Co.
3.08
Arlo Publishing Co.
7.09
The Atlantic Monthly Co.
4.66
Edward E. Babb & Co.
250.32
Walter H. Baker Co.
1.50
F. J. Barnard & Co., Inc.
299.63
A. S. Barnes & Co.
4.12
M. Barrows & Co.
8.92
C. C. Birchard & Co.
20.58
P. Blackiston's Son & Co.
3.60
Bobbs-Merrill Co.
29.73
The Bookshop for Boys and Girls
1.55
The Boston Music Co.
2.73
The Bruce Publishing Co.
1.96
The Century Co.
2.50
The Children's Foundation
45.00
Child Study Assn. of Am.
5.00
The Davis Press
3.00
The John Day Co.
4.83
Oliver Ditson Co.
19.52
Dowling School Supply Co.
58.01
E. P. Dutton & Co.
3.30
Fairbairn Art Co.
2.78
The Gregg Pub. Co.
.48
Ginn and Company
299.43
Hall & McCreary Co.
14,20
Harcourt, Brace & Co., Inc.
13.06
Harvard Co-operative Soc., Inc.
5.45
Harvard Univ. Press
3.00
D. C. Heath & Co.
152.23
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
134.81
Laidlow Brothers
1.72
Charles E. Lauriat Co
126.87
. .
166
J. B. Lippincott Co.
38.18
Longmans, Green & Co.
8.25
Lyons & Carnahan.
141.64
Elizabeth McCormick Mem. Fund.
1.28
McIntosh Pub. Co
3.86
John Jos. McVey
3.00
Macmillan Co.
199.67
City of Melrose
1.00
Charles E. Merrill Co
100.22
A. H. Mingo
12.92
The Old Corner Book Store
167.44
The A. N. Palmer Co.
70.32
Rand, McNally Co.
44.62
Regents Publishing Co.
2.52
Patterson's Am. Educ. Director
6.00
Progressive Educ. Assn.
19.75
Prospect Union Educ. Exch.
1.00
Public School Publishing Co.
18.85
The Republic Publishing Co.
9.25
Research University
1.25
Harold Rugg
299.00
Benjamin H. Sanborn Co.
33.77
E. C. Schirmer Music Co.
1.88
Schoenhof's
.50
Charles Scribner's Sons
65.45
Scott, Foresman & Co.
9.66
Silver, Burdett & Co.
65.72
South Western Pub. Co
41.32
Stanford University
9.68
Supt. of Documents, Gov. Print. Office.
2.50
The Survey
2.00
Russell P. Taylor.
5.90
Teachers' College
23.50
University of Chicago.
14.50
The University of Chicago Press
10.90
Univ. Supply and Book Co
3.36
Warwick & York, Inc.
22.26
H. W. Wilson Co ..
2.50
Winnetka Public Schools.
85.30
John C. Winston Co
217.67
World Book Co.
537.14
$ 4,284.96
Supplies for Pupils:
Adams Co
39.17
American Type Founders Co.
3.15
Mona Lisa Ames.
3.60
G. H. Atkinson Co.
10.00
167
Art Extension Society
2.50
Edward E. Babb & Co
70.81
Walter H. Baker Co
4.40
W. Bancroft & Co.
1.56
Barris Lumber Co.
32.25
Harold W. Batchelder
1.00
Berry and Withington
13.90
Boston School Committee.
3.00
Milton Bradley Co.
449.63
Joseph Breck & Son.
6.12
George W. Craigie
23.78
Danforth Pharmacy
.25
C. L. Deming.
13.10
Dowling School Supply Co.
65.60
Esterbrook Steel Pen Mfg. Co
23.47
A. Flanagan
29.24
Francis Brothers
37.14
Fulton Specialty Co.
4.59
Wilbur D. Gilpatric.
104.60
Ginn and Co ...
97.32
The Gregg Writer
2.00
J. L. Hammett Co
2657.16
C. S. Hammond Co.
3.00
Hodson Brothers
14.89
H. S. Horne & Co., Inc
8.94
George E. Horrocks
4.85
Houghton Mifflin Co.
99.32
Houghton & Dutton Co.
38.50
Howe & French, Inc.
39,79
Iroquois Pub. Co.
24.12
Jennings Publishing Co
9.60
Kardex Rand Sales Corp
2.25
Laidlaw Brothers
10.46
J. B. Lippincott Co.
9.34
Kenneth Lucas
1.00
R. H. S. Lunch.
3.85
H. B. McArdle.
303.20
McIntosh Publishing Co
17.82
Jennie Mackie
2.88
E. F. Mahady
6.29
B. L. Makepeace.
2.55
Geo. W. Marshall
37.15
Geo. F. Miller
4.50
National Safety Council.
16.00
Office Appliance Co.
39.66
Palmer & Parker Co
1.66
The Papercrafter, Inc
5.96
16S
Parker & Page Co.
79.57
Perry Pictures
2.48
Public School Publishing Co
2.47
Rand, McNally & Co
45.23
George P. Raymond Co.
3.75
Reading Custom Laundry
8.78
Remington Typewriter Co
25.00
Royal Laundry Service.
.73
Ryan & Buker, Inc
37.03
Josephine H. Rourke
10.00
Harold Rugg
9.14
F. F. Smith.
2.25
Otis P. Symonds & Sons
4.00
Leon T. Tarpin
12.53
Winnetka Public Schools.
10.18
Winnetka Individual Materials, Inc.
79.43
Webster Publishing Co
5.19
Wheeler Publishing Co
3.22
W. H. Willis
4.43
A. W. Wiley.
5.00
World Book Co
39.58
$ 4,796.91
Apparatus for Teaching :
Edward E. Babb & Co.
285.25
James W. Brine & Co.
11.03
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co 36.25
Central Scientific Co.
161.18
The Chemical Rubber Co.
75.77
Oliver Ditson Co
14.40
Francis Bros.
99.17
J. L. Hammett Co.
5.51
The Horace Partridge Co
15.87
Howe & French, Inc.
39.20
A. M. Hume Music Co
2.25
Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co.
21.15
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
10.25
Paul Matteson
45.00
Esther Millett
3.00
Narragansett Machine Co.
69.13
Rand, McNally Co ..
22.25
Royal Typewriter Co., Inc.
510.00
Sims Song Slide Corp.
40.50
L. C. Smith Brothers Type. Co.
70.00
Fred F. Smith.
18.39
Underwood Typewriter Co.
385.00
169
A. J. Wilkinson & Co.
22.20
Wright & Ditson. 11.28
-
$
1,974.03
Administration Expense :
Adams Company
6.00
American Educ. Digest
5.00
American Medical Assn.
5.00
Jewel & Andrews.
67.50
F. J. Barnard & Co., Inc
4.50
Col. Stewart Barrows
2.00
F. A. Bessom
6.50
Raymond W. Blaisdell.
14.45
Board of Educ., Lincoln, Nebraska.
16.46
Mabel M. Brown.
6.55
Brooks, Gill & Co.
4.90
Bruce Publishing Co
9.00
Cummings Express Co
22.50
M. F. Charles.
1.80
Children
5.00
College Entrance Exam. Board.
.70
Louis Davis
46.07
L. W. Dickinson
32.15
Lora Vivian Francois
25.00
J. L. Hammett Co
18.86
High School Prin. Assn. of Mass.
3.00
Mary E. Hilton
34.80
Hodson Brothers
3.75
Jordan Marsh Co.
15.20
Kardex Rand Sales Corp
151.75
Kenney Service Station.
9.59
Ida C. Lucas
80.00
H. B. McArdle
84.25
H. M. Meserve & Co. .
8.98
Municipal Light Board
35.40
Nat. Educ. Assn. Dept. of Super
27.00
Nat. Com. for Mental Hygiene.
3.00
New Eng. Assn. of Col. & Secon.
2.00
The New Eng. Publishing Co
4.00
The New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
762.79
The Office Appliance Co.
12.43
Dana F. Perkins.
12.00
Edward W. Perry
7.00
Progressive Educ. Assn.
4.00
William Pierpont
3.00
W. E. Pratt.
6.00
Rand, McNally & Co.
10.00
.
2.56
National Safety Council.
17
George P. Raymond Co.
9.25
R. H. S. A. A.
10.00
Reading Greenhouses & Nurseries
1.50
R. H. S. Lunch.
3.00
Reading Motor Co
110.21
Reading Tire Shop.
7.00
Josephine H. Rourke
5.00
Russia Cement Co.
1.00
Adelbert L. Safford
107.19
The Science Press.
5.00
H. A. Shepard & Co
12.23
Charles N. Smart
6.00
Fred F. Smith
5.75
Carl M. Smith.
.50
S. R. Stembridge
7.00
Rudolf Sussmann
13.64
Teachers' College
3.00
James T. Twohill Co.
11.50
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
405.40
Ungraded
1.50
United States Post Office
37.59
University Publishing Co
.
6.49
Webster Publishing Co.
4.38
Wensell & Co.
6.00
R. H. White Co.
8.40
A. W. Wiley
7.00
W. H. Willis
1,25
World Book Co.
.46
Wright & Potter Print. Co.
4.08
$ 2,383.76
Fuel:
Municipal Light Board.
1,687.37
Waldo Reed
60.00
O. P. Symonds
25.00
Percy N. Sweetser
3,886.93
$ 5,659.30
Gas and Electricity:
Mal. & Mel. Gas Light Co.
245.76
Municipal Light Board.
707.27
$ 953.03
Water and Sewer:
Town of Reading, Sewer Dept.
950.10
Town of Reading, Water Dept.
826.50
$ 1,776.06
Ashes and Trucking:
American Railway Express Co 26.01
Harold W. Batchelder.
.75
171
Boston & Maine R. R.
7.23
Chase's Auto Express
.50
Cummings Express Co
132.32
J. L. Hammett Co
36.90
G. T. Lewis. 142.73
$
346.44
Janitors' Supplies :
Andrews Paper Co
86.00
G. H. Atkinson
30.23
Edw. Babb & Co.
5.54
Boston Mill Remnant Co
60.25
Clapp & Leach, Inc
.42
Cudahy Packing Co
33.15
H. I. Dallman Co
63.09
C. B. Dodge Co
60.17
R. P. Eldredge
8.76
T. C. Fife
1.25
Francis Brothers
183.51
L. M. Glover
35.40
J. L. Hammett Co
10.00
Norman C. Hayner Co
111.62
Hodson Brothers
53.49
Joseph E. La'Gassa
4.00
Lightfoot Schultz
33.00
Harry S. Lovejoy
2.00
Mass. State Prison
96.98
The Metropoiltan Refining Co.
111.72
Middlesex County-House of Correction
5.91
Ernest B. Nourse.
21.56
Ira S. Noyes
96.25
J. Fred Richardson
2.75
Ryan & Buker
38.00
The Sani-Cross Co.
2.50
F. F. Smith
27.35
The Sterling Products Co
38.81
Stone & Forsyth Co.
141.15
F. Wallace
7.15
Repairs:
Adden & Parker.
206.50
Allen Shade Holder Co
269.34
American Abrasive Metals Co
276.46
O. W. Austin
4.50
Wendell Bancroft & Co 31.35
Barris Lumber Co.
7.45
Harold W. Batchelder
16.50
Beacon Steel Furniture Co.
2.75
. . .
$ 1,372.11
172
Brooks, Gill & Co
22.50
Boston Metal Ceiling Co.
109.65
W. A. Burns 153.60
M. F. Charles
38.00
Leonard Clarkson 2.00
Clapp & Leach.
296.40
E. B. Currell & Son.
955.66
H. I. Dallman Co.
15.09
Matthew Devaney
12.00
C. L. Demming
7.73
T. C. Fife
3,068.37
Francis Brothers
117.96
F. G. Hall.
.75
J. L. Hammett Co. 2,177.21
Heywood Wakefield Co.
36.40
Miles C. Higgins, Treas.
39.00
The Hodge Boiler Works
368.62
Hodson Brothers
353.21
Hulse Roofing Co.
550.00
The Ideal Song Shop
10.50
Arentie L. Inman.
4.00
W. E. Johnson
6.25
Jordan Marsh Co
64.00
B. J. Leathers 26.25
42.75
George T. Lewis 88.00
86.10
John McCarthy
...
235.50
Chester MacDougall
35.00
Harold R. McIntire.
2.50
J. M. Maxwell, Jr. & Son
306.05
D. O. Miller Co.
41.80
Municipal Light Board.
405.67
J. A. Murphy
5.00
Lewis E. Myers & Co
300.00
The National Pipe Bending Co 386.10
Dana F. Perkins
33.00
Richard Pomfret
3.20
W. E. Pratt
30.00
Reading Greenhouses & Nurseries
15.00
Reformatory for Women
28.16
Royal Laundry Service
3.01
Adelbert L. Safford. . .
6.25
P. J. Seaman
7.84
D. Sheehan
10.50
The Song Shop
2.75
W. A. Snow Iron Works.
1,280.72
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.
.
J. A. LeFave
Robert Luther
.
.
173
A. M. Surrette
1,170.24
Fred F. Smith
22.29
Percy N. Sweetser
253.80
O. P. Symonds & Son, Inc.
2.40
Roy C. Taylor
9.25
Underwood Typewriter Co.
4.57
Wales Adding Machine Co
5.70
A. J. Wilkinson & Co.
2.88
Winchester Laundry . . 1.59
$ 14,077.62
AGRICULTURAL ACCOUNT
Books and Supplies:
American Produce Grower
.98
Joseph Breck & Sons.
26.12
The Century Co
2.10
Francis Brothers
4.76
Hodson Brothers
1.30
Market Growers' Journal.
1.50
G. P. Putnam's Sons.
3.25
United States Veterans Bureau
40.00
Hermon T. Wheeler
·
4.80
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
37.74
.
$ 120.55
INDUSTRIAL TUITION
Tuition Paid :
City of Boston
565.83
City of Malden
42.24
City of Somerville
138.44
Town of Wakefield
3.50
. ..
$ 750.01
Thirty-second Annual Report
OF THE
Electric Light Commissioners
For the Year Ended December 31
1926
176
OFFICERS OF ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER DEPARTMENT
Commissioners
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Chairman Term expires 1929
HERBERT G. EVANS, Secretary
Term expires 1927
HARRY B. BAKER
Term expires 1928
Manager ARTHUR G. SIAS
Office MUNICIPAL BUILDING
MANAGER'S REPORT
To the Municipal Light Board :- Gentlemen:
I respectfully submit herewith iny report of the operations of the Municipal Light Plant for the year ending December 31, 1926.
Electric Operating Revenues
Metered Sales to Private Consumers :
Lighting
$116,173.78
Power 32,556.89
22,638.70
Cooking & Heating
$171,369.37
Flat Rate Sales to Private Consumers :
Private Street Lights 579.03
177
Municipal Revenues :
Street Lighting-Reading
$12,000.00
Street Lighting-Lynnfield Centre 1,768.56
Street Lighting-North Reading
3,909.82
Street Lighting-Wilmington
7,633.28
Municipal Lighting-Reading
1,807.75
Municipal Power-Reading
2,714.39
Power sold to Wakefield
57.44
Power sold to Lowell Elect. Lt. Corp.
116.39
$30,007.63
Total Revenue from Sales of Electric Energy
$201,956.03
Rent from Property Used in Operation :
Rental of Pole Lines
467.05
Total Electric Operating Revenues
$202,423.08
OPERATING EXPENSES-ELECTRIC Production
Operation :
Superintendents and Labor
$ 20,275.84
Boiler Fuel
37,245.06
Water for Steam
429.87
Lubricants
257.83
Station Supplies and Expenses
881.02
$ 59,089.62
Maintenance :
Maintenance of Station Structures $ 433.10
Maintenance of Boiler Plant Equipment 3,528.30
Maintenance of Turbo Generator Units
1,334.00
Maintenance of Electric Generating Equip.
399.87
Maintenance of Accessory Electric Equip.
350.78
Maintenance of Misc. Power Plant Equip. .. $ 6,046.05
Electric Energy Purchased 23,343.27
Total
Production Expenses
$ 88,478.94
Transmission, Distribution and Storage
Operation :
Operation of Transmission and Distribution Lines
$ 12,102.85
Transmission and Distribution Supplies and Expenses 776.77
Inspecting and Testing Meters 1,283.60
178
Removing and Resetting Meters
784.47 Removing and Resetting Transformers 521.17
$ 15,468.86
Maintenance :
Maintenance of Transmission and Distribu- tion Lines $ 7,737.51
Maintenance of Consumers' Meters 67.14
Maintenance of Transformers 306.58 $ 8,111.23
Total Transmission, Distribution & Storage Expense
$ 23,580.09
Utilization
Operation :
Municipal Street Lamps-Labor
$
1,083.78
Municipal Street Lamps - Supplies and Expense 1,736.66
$ 2,820.44
Maintenance :
Maintenance of Municipal Street Lamps $ 322.91
Maintenance of Consumers' Installations 2,626.02 $ 2,948.93
Total Utilization Expenses
$ 5,769.37
Commercial
Commercial Salaries
$
8,120.14
Commercial Supplies & Expenses
2,183.21
Total Commercial Expenses
$ 10,303.35
New Business
New Business, Salaries
$ 1,477.70
New Business Supplies and Expenses
6.00
Advertising
687.76
Total New Business Expenses $ 2,171.46
General and Miscellaneous
Salary of Manager $ 4,680.00
Salaries of General Office Clerks
3,242.51
General Office Supplies and Expenses 885.10
Law Expense-General 74.71
Insurance 3,827.61
Accidents and Damages
58.17
Store Expenses 393.58
Transportation Expenses
2,898.46
Inventory Adjustments
2,032.27
Depreciation
22,637.93
179
Miscellaneous General Expense 599.88
Total General and Miscellaneous Expenses
Grand Total Operating Expenses
$ 41,330.22 $171,633.43
Income Statement for the Year
Operating Income:
Operating Revenues
$202,423.08
Operating Expenses
171,633.43
Net Operating Revenue
$ 30,789.65
Uncollectible Operating Revenue
$ 1,873.86
Taxes Assignable to Electric Operations
472.50
2,346.36
Net Operating Income
$ 28,443.29
Non-Operating Income :
Merchandise and Jobbing Revenue
$ 3,931.87
Interest Income
42.83
Total Non-Operating Income 3,889.04
Gross Income
$ 24,554.25
Deductions from Gross Income:
Interest on Bonds and Notes $ 5,100.14
Total Deductions from Gross Income .. $ 5,100.14
Income Balance trans. to Profit and Loss ..
$ 19,454.11
Profit and Loss Statement
Credit Balance at Beginning of Fiscal Period
$ 48,066.04
Credit Balance Transferred from Income Acct.
19,454.11
Other Deductions from Surplus (Bonds and Notes Paid)
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