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$ 4,655.11
Transfer from Overlay, 1921
46.62
Transfer from Overlay, 1923
366.75
241
Transfer from Overlay, 1924
1,299.11
Transfer from Overlay, 1925
396.67
Transfer to Taxes Spec.
$ 763.28
Transfer to Taxes Channel Prop.
215.10
Balance to 1927
5,785.88
$ 6,764.26 $ 6,764.26
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS Receivable
Balance Jan. 1, 1926
$
2,667.79
Charges in 1926
22,171.46
Received in 1926 & Credits
$ 20,700.76
Committed to Collector 1926
997.80
Balance to 1927 .....
3,140.69
$ 24,839.25
$ 24,839.25
WATER DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Dr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1926
$ 247.05
Meter rates, etc., charged in 1926
49,749.80
Cr.
Receipts 1926
$ 49,522.72
Discounts, Etc.
120.13
Balance Dec. 31, 1926
354.00
$ 49,996.85
$ 49,996.85
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Dr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1926
$ 35,066.44
Light, Power, etc., charged in 1926 255,748.46
Cr.
Receipts, 1926
$233,486.24
Discounts and Adjustments
18,183.84
Credit to balance
.36
Balance Dec. 31, 1926
39,144.46
$290,814.90
$290,814.90
242
CEMETERY RESERVE FUND
Cr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1926
Receipts, Sale Lots and Graves
$ 1,651.07 1,680.00
Dr.
Transferred to Laurel Hill Cemetery Acc.
$
2,642.24
Balance to 1927
688.83
$
3,331.07
$
3,331.07
TAX TITLES (HELD BY TOWN)
Dr.
Balance from 1925
$ 3,886.33
Taken by Town 2,413.58
Cr.
Redemption of Property
Balance to 1927
.
$ 825.14 6,797.35
$
7,622.49
$
7,622.49
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY ACCOUNT
Cr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1926
$ 10,296.12
Transferred Tax Title Revenue Acct.
860.18
Transferred Revenue Account
13,161.66
Dr.
Transferred to Maturing Debt Account. $ 10,000.00
Transferred to Tax Titles Revenue 2,413.58
Balance to 1927 chg. Trust Co. Tax
11,845.29
$ 24,317.96
$ 24.317.96
RESERVE FUND Cr.
Appropriation
· $ 3,000.00
Dr.
Transfers to Sundry Accounts
$ 2,992.68
Balance to Revenue
7.32
$ 3,000.00 $ 3,000.00
APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS Moderator's Salary Cr. $ 60.00
Appropriation
243
Dr.
Jesse W. Morton
$ 60.00
$ 60.00 $ 60.00
Selectmen's Expenses Cr.
Appropriation
$ 300.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
13.70
Dr.
L. G. Bent
$ 1.66
M. F. Charles
2.17
Comm. of Mass. Public Safety Dept.
1.25
New England Tel. & Tel.
95.39
New England Towel Supply Co.
16.80
Royal Typewriter Co.
40.00
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co.
1.23
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
129.80
U. S. Post Office
5.40
John N. Weston
20.00
Total Payments $ 313.70 $ 313.70
Selectmen's Clerical
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 1,310.00
Dr.
Leon G. Bent
$ 1,310.00
$ 1,310.00
$ 1,310.00
Town Accountant's Salary
Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Leon G. Bent
$ 2,000.00
$ 2,000.00
$ 2,000.00
Treasurer's Salary Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
$ 1,200.00
Wilfred A. Bancroft
$ 2,000.00
$ 1,200.00
$ 1,200.00 $ 1,200.00
244
Treasurer's Expenses Cr.
Appropriation ..
$ 400.00
Dr.
Am. Railway Express Co.
$ .50
W. A. Bancroft
6.75
M. F. Charles
1.65
Commonwealth of Mass.
62.00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
57.66
Prentiss & Parker
155.00
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co.
.50
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
13.75
U. S. Post Office
70.86
Ward's
1.80
Total Payments
370.47
Balance to Revenue
29.53
$ 400.00 $ 400.00
Tax Collector's Salary
Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Grace V. Viall
$ 2,000.00
$ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00
Tax Collector's Expenses
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 700.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
101.32
Dr.
Allen, Doane & Co.
$ .50
F. W. Barry, Beale Co.
3.54
H. L. Haseltine
4.10
Hobbs & Warren
25.25
Markrow R. C. Co.
3.32
G. W. Marshall
.15
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
60.86
New England Towel Supply Co.
7.20
Prentiss & Parker
310.00
Charles N. Smart
6.00
C. H. Smith
1.75
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
181.75
$ 2,000.00
245
U. S. Post Office
180.60
G. V. Viall, Exp. recording
16.30
Total Payments
$ 801.32
$ 801.32
Tax Collector's Clerical Cr.
Appropriation
$ 150.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
28.50
Dr.
Christine F. Atkinson
$ 89.00
Milton B. Viall
30.00
Jessie M. Staples
16.25
Vera Y. Cobb
43.25
Total Payments
$ 178.50
$ 178.50
Board of Assessors' Salaries Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
George E. Horrocks
$ 600.00
Alvah W. Clark
600.00
J. Fred Richardson
600.00
$ 1,800.00
$ 1,800.00
Board of Assessors' Expenses
Cr.
$
2,000.00
Marion P. Allen
$ 9.00
L. L. Applin
4.82
Am. Railway Express Co.
2.34
Assessors' Auto Tax List
5.00
C. F. Atkinson, Expenses
22.48
M. F. Charles
3.51
Alvah W. Clark, Auto exp.
64.50
Eleonora Crowe
68.00
Dalton Adding Mach. Co.
3.00
Philomena C. Doucette
861.25
George E. Horrocks, Exp.
15.00
Library Bureau
13.55
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
49.60
New England Towel Supply Co.
7.20
Alice M. Newell
68.00
$
1,800.00
Appropriation
Dr.
.
.
246
Quality Press
6.92
C. H. Smith
.75
Spaulding-Moss Co.
.30
Times Pub. Co.
2.00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
788.30
U. S. Post Office
4.00
Total Payments
1,999.52
Balance to Revenue
.48
$ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00
Board of Assessors' Clerical
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 1,300.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
25.00
Dr.
Christine F. Atkinson
$ 1,325.00
1
$ 1,325.00
$ 1,325.00
Block System Survey
Cr.
Balance from 1925
$ 5.50
Appropriation
Dr.
Davis & Abbott
$ 255.50
$ 255.50
$ 255.50
Town Counsel's Salary and Expenses Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
$ 125.00
Charles P. Howard
18.50
Melville F. Weston
375.00
Melville F. Weston
7.04
Margaret E. O'Niel
17.50
Total Payments
543.04
Balance to Revenue
56.96
$ 600.00 $ 600.00
Town Clerk's Salary Cr.
Appropriation
$ 350.00
. .
$ 600.00
Charles P. Howard
250.00
247
Dr.
Millard F. Charles
$ 350.00
$ 350.00
$ 350.00
Town Clerk's Expenses Cr.
Appropriation
$ 600.00
Dr.
C. F. Atkinson
$ 65.00
M. F. Charles
389.05
Edgerley & Bessom
17.75
P. B. Murphy
14.20
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
24.60
Ward's
4.81
Sundry Parties
29.50
Total Payments
544.91
Balance to Revenue
55.09
$ 600.00
$ 600.00
Board of Public Works Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
H. B. Collins
$ 3,000.00
Clerical Salaries
1,596.00
Adams Co.
1.92
Bank and Office Equipment Co.
14.85
F. W. Barry, Beale Co.
1.50
Blackbird Pen. Co.
1,75
Chase Auto Express
.75
Clapp & Leach
3.06
Clinton W. Crafts
2.30
H. B. Collins, Exp.
2.31
Cummings Express
Co.
5.70
E. B. Currell & Son
5.94
Davis & Abbott
1.00
L. W. Dickinson & Son
25.06
H. W. Dubois & Co.
. 1.94
Esterbrook Steel Pen Co.
1.64
Francis Bros.
.25
Frost & Adams
1.97
Graff-Underwood Co.
2.06
Thomas Groom & Co.
3.35
$ 5,100.00
248
Miles C. Higgins
.49
B. L. Makepeace
5.63
H. B. McArdle
14.58
Munroe Cal. Mach. Co.
2.25
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
205.48
John W. Owen, Exp.
1.70
Prentiss & Parker
22.95
Rand-Kardex Ser. Corp.
18.40
Reading Motor Co.
16.26
Reading Tire Shop
1.50
Registry Motor Vehicles
12.00
Charles N. Smart
6.08
F. F. Smith
1.35
Song Shop
6.75
Spaulding-Moss Co.
.19
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co.
6.16
Thorp & Martin Co.
2.10
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
52.50
U. S. Post Office
43.75
Ward's
2.38
Y. & E. Mfg. Co.
3.96
Total Payments
5,099.81
Balance to Revenue
.19
$ 5,100.00
$ 5,100.00
Board of Registrars' Salaries Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
$ 60.00
Owen McKenney
60.00
Preston F. Nichols
60.00
Millard F. Charles, Clerk
70.00
$ 250.00
$ 250.00
Election Expenses Cr.
Appropriation
$ 1,000.00
Dr.
Austin's Lunch
$ 5.10
Clapp & Leach
15.00
Comm. of Massachusetts
5.50
E. B. Currell & Son
105.65
Election Officers
774.87
$ 250.00
Watler S. Prentiss
249
Security Lodge, I. O. O. F.
222.00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
379.63
Total Payments
1,507.75
Balance to 1927
507.75
$ 1,507.75 $ 1,507.75
Miscellaneous Expenses
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 2,500.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
94.93
Dr.
Allen, Doane Co.
$ .50
American Railway Express Co.
2.64
Amstaco
4.80
Bank and Office Equipment Co.
12.43
A. Russell Barnes
7.12
L. B. Bent, Clerk Finance Committee Expenses
9.51
Bromley & Co.
3.01
Blackbird Pen Co.
10.50
Boston & Maine R. R.
12.89
Carter's Ink Co.
8.72
M. F. Charles
5.50
E. B. Currell & Son
13.60
Dalton Adding Mach. Co.
8.94
Davis & Abbott
9.00
Robert E. Doucette
91.50
T. C. Fife
5.35
G. H. Flint
3.85
Sarah Haag
50.00
Hodson Bros.
62.65
H. S. Horne Co.
.. 13.48
George W. S. Ide
25.00
G. W. Marshall
.30
H. B. McArdle
4.65
George Melanson
7.70
H. M. Meserve Co. 6.63
D. O. Miller Co.
14.69
Municipal Light Dept., O. S. Clock
223.51
Municipal Light Dept., Reading Sign 53.87
Municipal Light Dept. 6.00
Munson Supply Co. 4.00
North Wilmington Nurseries
10.00
Old South M. E. Society
50.00
50.00
250
Prentiss & Parker
10.00
Public Works Dept.
49.24
Reformatory for Women
20.62
Royal Typewriter Co.
70.00
B. Ryland
8.00
P. N. Sweetser
4.32
James T. Towhill Co.
60.50
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
1,538.35
U. S. Post Office
2,00
Ward's
10.41
Water Dept.
18.30
Y. & E. Mfg. Co.
10.85
Total Payments
$ 2,594.93
$
2,594.93
Municipal Building, Maintenance Cr.
Appropriation
$ 2,500.00
Refund
3.00
Dr.
American Railway Express Co. $ .44
G. H. Atkinson Co.
7.10
Calene Ch. Co.
2.50
H. J. Cloutier
20.00
Cummings Express Co.
.35
E. B. Currell & Son
43.85
H. J. Dallman Co.
5.25
G. B. Dolge Co.
6.12
T. C. Fife
30.08
Francis Bros.
15.35
Hodson Bros.
.85
William E. Johnson
3.00
William Kelch
11.00
W. H. Killam
709.50
Alex Lefave
2.63
Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co.
6.00
G. W. Marshall 3.70
F. A. Marr
8.50
Massachusetts State Prison
10.26
J. M. Maxwell, Jr., & Son
31.98
H. B. McArdle
21.25
Municipal Light Dept.
943.39
J. L. Peters
3.15
Reformatory for Women
20.62
Rochester Germicide Co.
22.50
Sani-Cross Co.
2.50
251
Sewer Dept.
46.50
F. F. Smith.
35.25
C. H. Stinchfield
201.50
P. N. Sweetser
65.87
Water Dept.
51.50
Total Payments
2,332.49
Balance to Revenue
170.51
$ 2,503.00 $ 2,503.00
Fire Stations, Maintenance
Cr.
$
1,600.00
W. Bancroft Co.
$ 5.55
A. G. Barker Lumber Co.
138.52
Clapp & Leach
.90
E. B. Currell & Son
2.95
T. C. Fife
59.97
Francis Bros.
4.90
Graybar Elec. Co.
112.03
L. B. Renfrew Gray
58.80
Hodson Bros.
130.72
J. M. Maxwell, Jr., & Son
2.88
D. O. Miller Co.
2.10
Municipal Light Dept.
460.21
H. H. Quigley
45.00
Sewer Dept.
66.00
P. N. Sweetser
353.04
Truscon Laboratories
38.66
Underwriters Equip. Co.
33.00
Water Dept.
56.43
Total Payments
1,571.66
Balance to Revenue
28.34
. .
Victory House, Lighting
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 150.00
Dr.
Municipal Light Dept.
$ 107.15
Balance to Revenue
42.85
$ 150.00 $ 150.00
. .
$ 1,600.00
$
1,600.00
Appropriation
Dr.
252
G. A. R. Rooms, Lighting Cr.
$ 25.00
Appropriation
Dr.
Municipal Light Dept.
$ 8.15
Balance to Revenue
16.85
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
G. A. R. Rooms, Rent Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
$ 360.00
$ 360.00 $ 360.00
Insurance Cr.
Appropriation
$ 4,500.00
Rebates, returns, premiums
64.35
Dr.
Arthur S. Cook
$ 2.00
Louis Davis
828.80
Irving F. Jewett
212.75
Kingman & Richardson
1,629.60
Prentiss & Parker
410.28
L. F. Quimby
70.00
Charles E. Reck
462.50
Arthur E. Roberts
231.25
W. H. Wightman Co.
79.61
Total Payments
3,926.79
Balance to Revenue
637.56
$ 4,564.35 $ 4.564.35
Interest Cr.
Appropriation
$ 18,500.00
Dr.
Second Nat'l Bank, Boston, Coupon Acct .: Interest on Bonded Debt $ 9,253.75 Atlantic Corporation Interest on Temporary Loans, Revenue 5,799.07
First Nat'l Bank, Boston, ditto 927.41
Manhattan Woolen Co., ditto
1,535.37
$ 360.00
M. E. Brande
253
Second Nat'l Bank, Boston, ditto 1,191.55
First Nat'l Bank, Boston,Interest on Serial Bond Loans, Junior High School
462.23
Old Colony Trust Co., ditto
760.31
Total Payments
19,929.69
Balance to 1927
1,429.69
$ 19,929.69
$ 19,929.69
Police Department, Maintenance
Cr.
Appropriation
1,633.00 $
Transfer from Reserve Fund
114.66
Dr.
A. G. A. Co.
$ 153.14
G. H. Atkinson Co.
7.90
Boston & Maine R. R.
2.52
Central Garage
451.99
M. F. Charles
7.45
Chase & Finnegan
3.50
J. Cullinane
80.60
Cummings Express
13.34
George W. Davis Co.
34.25
Francis Bros.
.40
Gamewell Co.
44.16
A. D. Gordon
13.00
E. M. Halligan, M. D.
9.00
Herrick Foote
52.94
Hodson Bros.
73.63
Iver, Johnson Sporting Goods Co.
63.76
Kenney Service Station
1.05
M. Linsky & Bros.
32.50
Charles H. Martin
122.54
Massachusetts Reformatory
72.00
Massachusetts Equip. Co.
90.87
Municipal Light Dept.
1.71
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
166.65
Thomas H. O'Brien
15.00
William F. O'Brien
9.16
Reading Tire Shop
4.00
J. W. Reardon
48.50
Registry of Motor Vehicles
15.00
L. Scott Roe
80.00
Fred F. Smith
.80
.
254
W. E. & J. F. Twombly F. Wallace
74.55
1.75
Total Payments
$ 1,747.66 $ 1,747.66
Police Department, Salaries Cr.
Appropriation
$ 20,808.92
Transfer from Reserve Fund
167.74
Dr.
Pay Rolls
$ 20,976.66
$ 20,976.66
$ 20,976.66
Police Department, Special Officers, Salaries Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
$ 1,121.58
Balance to 1927
921.58
$ 1,121.58 $ 1,121.58
Fire Department, Maintenance
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 3,836.00
Appropriation, additional. Fire Truck . . 6,000.00
Dr.
Adams Co.
$ 29.54
Am. Fire Equip. Co.
$ 109.58
American Ry. Exp. Co.
3.64
G. H. Atkinson Co.
25.65
W. Bancroft & Co.
14.19
Boston Coup. Co.
4.75
Boston Nickel Plating Co.
3.14
Boston Radiolite Co.
72.96
Campbell Motor Parts Co.
8.64
Central Garage
.40
M. F. Charles
15.98
Chase & Finnegan
13.30
Chase's Auto Express
.50
Clapp & Leach
6.21
Classen's Garage
2.50
W. J. Connell Co.
.17
H. O. Copeland Co.
1.50
Cummings Express Co.
.
27.33
$ 200.00
Pay Rolls
255
E. B. Currell & Son
Danforth's Pharmacy
1.25
L. W. Dickinson & Son
269.80
H. L. Eames
75.00
T. C. Fife
9.13
Fire Engineering
3.00
Fire Protection Ser.
11.40
Francis Bros.
30.67
A. Geissler
10.40 .
A. C. Gillis
150.00
Globe Newspaper Co.
21.60
A. D. Gordon
27.50
Gray-Aldrich Co.
3.07
Hodson Bros.
8.84
R. M. Hollingshead Co.
14.70
Kenney Service Station
49.71
Knox Motor Associates
110.21
Jos. E. LaGassa
4.00
Lungmotor Corp'n
19.60
Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co.
42.61
G. W. Marshall
3.30
Massachusetts Reformatory
59.50
Massachusetts State Prison
19.50
J. M. Maxwell Jr. & Son
3.40
Melrose Radiator Hospital
69.00
Massachusetts Safety Appl. Co.
99.38
Municipal Light Dept.
194.61
New Eng. Tel & Tel. Co.
139.36
O. O. Ordway
10.54
Portalite Co.
41.57
Reading Custom Laundry
154.13
Reading Garage
.
5.00
Reading Motor Co.
7.70
Reading Tire Shop
67.55
Ross Gloss Co.
2.62
R. P. Rowe Mch. Co.
344.53
Sanborn Hill Service Station
1.47
Seagrave Corp'n
6,500.00
F. F. Smith
24.58
Speedometer Equip. Co.
2.31
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co.
4.35
Standard Oil Co.
356.10
Steele Furniture Co.
2.50
S. R. Stembridge Co.
2.20
A. W. Turner
39.20
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
10.80
Underwriters Equip. Co.
159.96
.
12.38
256
U. S. Post Office
2.00
F. Wallace
13.22
Wetmore & Savage Co.
10.07
The White Co.
148.83
Winship-Boit Co.
12.50
Total Payments
$ 9,726.63
Balance to Revenue
109.37
$ 9,836.00 $ 9,836.00
Fire Department, Salaries
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 15,270.36
Transfer from Reserve Fund
290.94
Dr.
Pay Rolls
$ 15,561.30
$ 15,561.30
$ 15,561.30
Fire Department, Call Men, Salaries Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
$ 3,519.00
Balance to Revenue
25.00
$ 3,544.00 $ 3.544.00
Fire Alarm, Maintenance Cr.
Appropriation
$
1,410.00
Transfer, Appropriation for Extension
650.00
Dr.
Am. Railway Express Co.
S 1.12
Am. Steele & Wire Co.
162.85
W. Bancroft Co.
7.40
Boston & Maine R. R.
14.50
H. E. Bussell
80.40
M. F. Charles
2.75
Clapp & Leach
15.83
Thomas Classen
1.80
L. W. Dickinson & Son
6.40
H. L. Eames
.
Francis Bros.
33.84
Gamewell Co.
642.94
Graybar El. Co.
. .
379.93
.
77.95
.
S 3,544.00
Pay Rolls
257
Hodson Brothers
20.41
Kenney Service Station
14.00
George W. Marshall
2.00
F. L. McKenney
12.60
Merrimac Chem. Co.
3.90
Warren Middleton
.50
D. O. Miller Co.
.05
Municipal Light Board
358.43
Oxide Mfg. Co.
19.14
Reading Motor Co.
28.09
Reading Tire Shop
15.80
H. L. Robertson
12.60
R. P. Rowe Mch. Co.
52.13
F. F. Smith
.14
S. R. Stembridge
1.00
F. Wallace
4.90
Western Electric Co.
30.34
Wetmore-Savage Co.
4.67
Vye-Smith Co. Inc
4.10
Total Payments
$ 2,012.51
Balance to Revenue
47.49
$ 2,060.00
$
2,060.00
Forest Warden, Maintenance
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 500.00
Refund
3.00
Dr.
Pay Roll
$ 105.25
Am. Fire Equip. Co.
32.00
Central Garage
1.00
Division of Blind
25.00
H. M. Donegan
15.00
T. C. Fife
4.26
A. Geissler
2.65
F. H. Jackson
2.00
Merrimac Chem. Co.
18.19
R. P. Rowe Mach. Co.
10.56
Total Payments
$ 216.41
Balance to Revenue
286.59
$ 503.00 $ 503.00
258
Tree Warden Cr.
Appropriation
Transfer from Reserve Fund
$ 1,500.00 310.00
Dr.
Pay Roll
$ 1,189.80
W. Bancroft Co.
21.40
W. Barrett
28.40
Jos. Breck & Sons
39.42
Breck-Robinson Co.
21.00
H. M. Donegan
200.00
Francis Brothers
46.57
Harlan P. Kelsey
64.70
Mass. T. W. & F. Assoc.
3.00
C. J. Nesmith Jr.
18.00
No. Wilmington Nurseries
150.00
P. J. Seaman
2.00
F. F. Smith
1.20
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
9.33
George Wakefield
8.00
Zanni & Co.
6.00
Total Payments
$ 1,808.82
Balance to Revenue
1.18
$ 1,810.00
$ 1,810.00
Moth Department, Maintenance Cr.
Appropriation
$ 6,200.00
Dr.
Pay Roll
$ 4,387.01
Amstico
.30
W. Barrett
.96
Boston & Maine R. R.
10.96
Otis W. Butler
4.00
M. F. Charles
3.47
Cummings Express Co.
2.20
H. M. Donegan
96.00
Francis Brothers
23.84
Frost Insecticide Co.
608.05
John St. Garage
25.72
Kenney Service Station
100.05
John Lucas & Co., Inc.
396.48
Lucas-Kil-Tone Co.
57.00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
.
33.22
. . .
259
No. Wilmington Nurseries
4.50
Reading Tire Shop
198.35
Registry of Motor Vehicles
3.00
F. F. Smith
14.50
S. R. Stembridge Co.
165.38
W. E. & J. E. Twombly
29.33
Town of Wakefield
13.50
Total Payments
$ 6,177.82
Balance to Revenue
22.18
$ 6,200.00 $ 6,200.00
Hydrant Rentals Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Water Dept.
$ 7,035.00
$ 7,035.00
$
7,035.00
Drinking Fountains
Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Water Dept.
$ 100.00
$ 100.00 $ 100.00
Inspector of Buildings Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
A. Russell Barnes
$ 500.00
$ 500.00 $ 500.00
Inspector of Wires Cr.
Appropriation
$ 100.00
Dr.
$ 25.00
Arthur G. Sias
75.00
Chas. P. Stratton
$ 100.00 $ 100.00
$ 7,035.00
$ 100.00
$ 500.00
260
Sealer of Weights and Measures Cr.
Appropriation
$ 400.00
Dr.
Carl M. Smith
$ 400.00
$ 400.00 $ 400.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Expenses Cr.
Appropriation
$
100.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
1.80
American Railway Express Co.
$ 5.26
W. R. Borthwick
43.00
Boston Nickel Plate Co.
8.00
Hobbs & Warren
6.44
Carl M. Smith
25.50
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co.
13.60
Total Payments
$ 101.80
$ 101.80
$ 101.80
Board of Health, Salaries Cr.
Appropriation
$ 300.00
Dr.
E. M. Halligan, M. D.
$ 75.00
C. H. Playdon, M. D. V.
75.00
C. F. Atkinson
150.00
$ 300.00
$ 300.00
Boad of Health, Expenses Cr.
Appropriation
$
600.00
Dr.
Pay Roll Labor on Dumps
$ 118.14
American Railway Express Co.
1.27
W. D. Emerson
50.00
George L. Flint
150.00
John Murray
93.51
Nat. Coat & Apron Sup. Co.
8.25
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
41.48
Carl M. Smith
25.00
261
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
37.00
David Whelton
31.88
Total Payments
$ 556.53
Balance to Revenue
43.47
$ 600.00
$ 600.00
Inspector of Plumbing Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
David Taggart
$ 800.00
$ 800.00
$ 800.00
Care of Contagious Diseases Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
City of Boston
$ 168.23
Mabel M. Brown
2.89
City of Cambridge
42.50
Chase & Finnegan
32.35
Marion V. Harrington
100.00
City of Malden
76.00
William F. O'Brien
30.00
Total Payments
451.97
Balance to Revenue
1,548.03
$ 2,000.00
$ 2,000.00
Appropriation
Dr.
Blue Hog Breeding Co.
$ 1,980.00
$ 1,980.00
$ 1,980.00
Inspector of Animals
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 200.00
Dr.
C. H. Playdon, M. D. V.
$ 200.00
$ 200.00 $ 200.00
$ 800.00
$ 2,000.00
Garbage Collection Cr.
$ 1,980.00
262
Inspector of Milk Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Carl M. Smith
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
SEWER DEPARTMENT Construction and Maintenance
Cr.
Balance from 1925
$ 21,596.37
Receipts 1926
10,195.40
Dr.
Pay Roll
$ 2,302.32
Abbott & Mckay Corp.
4.52
Barbour & Dixon
65.70
Louis Balboni
721.15
W. Bancroft Co.
39.25
B. & M. R. R.
.59
E. L. Chamberlain
250.00
Clinton Foundry Co.
130.00
E. B. Currell & Son
2.05
W. S. Dailey & Co.
53.09
Louis Davis
60.81
L. W. Dickinson & Son
43.81
Elliot Co.
2.61
T. C. Fife
14.95
Francis Bros.
8.30
Hodson Bros.
25.20
Kingman & Richardson
1.00
Prentiss & Parker
85.97
Reading Motor Co.
4.78
Reading Tire Shop
3.50
Registry of Motor Vehicles
4.00
Arthur A. Sampson
15.00
F. F. Smith
754.15
C. H. Spring Co.
120.74
Standard Oil Co.
146.21
S. R. Stembridge & Co.
2.95
P. N. Sweetser
33.75
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
30.00
Underwriters Equip. Co.
352.21
$ 100.00
263
C. M. White Iron Wks.
75.00
Metropolitan Sewerage Comm.
11,829.64
Total Payments
17,183.25
Balance to 1927
14,608.52
$ 31,791.77 $ 31,791.77
SEWER DEPARTMENT House Connection Cr.
Balance from 1925
$
1,066.63
Receipts 1926
1,962.84
Dr.
Refunds
$ 136.65
Pay Roll
1,043.60
W. Bancroft & Co.
31.44
Carter Bros.
21.25
Clyde H. Cummings
109.02
Cummings Express Co.
.60
Francis Bros.
18.78
Frederick Frotten
8.80
Lumsden & VanStone Co.
52.42
Małden & Melrose Gas Lt. Co.
25.00
O. O. Ordway
46.40
Fred F. Smith
12.56
Standard Oil Co.
35.53
P. N. Sweetser
409.73
Waldo Bros. & Bond Co.
108.24
Total Payments
2,060.02
Balance to 1927
969.45
$ 3,029.47 $ 3,029.47
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 56,000.00
Refunds
94.83
Transfer from Reserve Fund
1,644.09
Dr.
Pay Rolls
$ 14,559.82
Abbott, Mckay Corp.
7.20
Alden Speare's Sons Co.
228.16
American Oil and Gasoline Co.
7.21
American Railway Express
1.29
264
Louis Balboni 1,290.72
Wendell Bancroft & Co.
34.64
Barber Asphalt Co.
200.00
Barrett Co.
13,979.45
Berger Mfg. Co.
70.56
Alexander Birnie
18.00
George W. Blanchard & Co.
6.60
Boston & Maine R. R.
474.11
E. A. Brophy
97.50
N. Brustin
69.30
Buffalo-Springfield Roller
67.42
E. A. Carpenter
1.12
M. F. Charles
.50
Chase's Auto Express
.50
Cummings Express
9.45
E. B. Currell & Son.
22.84
Curry Bros. Oil Co.
72.23
H. I. Dallman Co.
28.76
Davis & Abbott
202.55
Louis Davis
269.19
E. H. Day
90.56
L. W. Dickinson & Son
84.85
Orison L. Dickinson
6.79
Eastern Tractors Co.
11.27
T. C. Fife
2.38
H. E. Fletcher Co.
152.24
Francis Bros.
24.87
Frederick Frotten
46.00
General Crushed Stone Co.
1,647.44
Globe Newspaper Co.
13.20
Green Trap Co.
47.00
James J. Griffin
2.35
Hodson Bros.
81.15
E. A. Hurd, Inc.
897.25
Kenney Service Station
42.70
Lowell-Courier Citizen
3.43
Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co.
15.62
Warren H. Manning Offices, Inc.
62.61
George W. Marshall
.70
J. M. Maxwell, Jr., & Son 10.35
M. McDonough Co.
12,103.90
Mead-Morrison Mfg. Co.
3,964.14
Montrose Filling & Service Station
653.95
T. A. Mulroney
2,010.55
Municipal Light Dept.
96.11
N. E. Road Builders Ass'n
12.10
265
N. E. Road Machine Co.
33.37
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
77.83
Frank L. Noble
9.00
No. Main Street Garage
1.60
No. Reading Wagon Co.
21.00
L. P. Palmer & Son
48.00
D. W. Pingree Box Co.
30.00
Prentiss & Parker
757.75
Reading Motor Co.
539.00
Reading Tire Shop
807.95
Registry of Motor Vehicles
18.00
Roessler & Son, Inc.
50.34
Russell Coal Co.
132.88
Arthur A. Sampson
15.00
P. J. Seaman
.50
Simpson Bros. Corp.
143.31
Fred F. Smith
25.40
Spaulding-Moss Co.
8.82
Standard Oil Co.
937.61
S. R. Stembridge Co.
163.30
P. N. Sweetser
9.50
Trimount Oil Co.
17.85
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
24.00
Veeder Mfg. Co.
18.45
Waldo Bros. & Bond
43.65
Water Dept.
2.18
-
Total Payments
$ 57,738.92
$ 57,738.92
Snow and Ice Removal Cr.
Appropriation
$ 15,000.00
Dr.
Pay Rolls
$ 7,125.37
Sundry Parties, plowing and hauling
5,432.03
American Railway Express Co.
26.25
F. A. Bessom
18.00
Brownie's Lunch
21.65
Cummings Exp.
4.60
H. F. Davis Tractor Co.
321.30
L. W. Dickinson & Son
2.72
Eastern Tractors Co.
418.78
Four Wheel Drive Auto Co.
25.59
Francis Bros.
9.40
A. Geissler
14.55
General Cr. Stone Co.
37.94
266
Good Roads Mch. Co.
68.89
A. D. Gordon
6,50
Kenney Service Station
· 73.55
Meade-Morrison Mfg. Co.
1,846.58
Montrose Filling & Service Station
359.36
Municipal Light Dept.
3.81
New England Road Mach. Co.
39,05
Reading Garage
1.00
Reading Tire Shop
216.25
F. F. Smith
155.24
Standard Oil Co.
332.52
S. R. Stembridge Co.
29.55
Gus Suckow, Jr.
35.28
A. W. Turner
4.10
F. Wallace
9.00
Total Payments
$ 16,638.86
Balance to 1927
1,638.86
$ 16,638.86 $ 16,638.86
Cleaning Drainage Ditches Cr.
Appropriation
$ 3,000.00
Dr.
Pay Rolls
$ 2,229.82
Louis Balboni
255.00
W. Bancroft & Co.
30.40
Cummings Express Co.
1.50
James J. Griffin
6.45
Penn. Metal Co.
79.38
Puritan Iron Works
21.00
Fred F. Smith
4.30
Standard Oil Co.
5.95
P. N. Sweetser
177.80
Waldo Bros. & Bond Co.
13.72
Total Payments
2,825.32
Balance to Revenue
174.68
$ 3,000.00 $ 3,000.00
Drainage System Cr.
Balance from 1925
$
771.74
$ 13,000.00
Appropriation
267
Dr.
Pay Roll
$ 12.43
Louis Balboni
7,014.31
Barbour & Dixon
1,111.50
B. & M. R. R.
1,076.52
Boston Publishing Co.
26.25
Berger Mfg. Co.
495.33
Clinton Foundry Co.
564.79
T. C. Fife
59.00
Globe Newspaper Co.
51.60
P. J. Seaman
5.75
C. H. Spring Co.
2,120.59
P. N. Sweetser
58.60
Truscom Steele Co.
147.26
W. E.| & J. F. Twombly
2.00
U. S. Post Office
3.76
Waldo Bros. & Bond Co.
209.76
Total Payments
12,959.45
Balance to 1927
812.29 ·
$ 13,771.74
$ 13,771.74
Street Lighting Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Municipal Light Department
$ 12,000.00
$ 12,000.00
$12,000.00
Board of Public Welfare Clerical Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Leon G. Bent
$ 352.00
$ 352.00
$ 352.00
Board of Public Welfare Visitor Cr.
Appropriation
$ 400.00
Dr.
Helen A. Brown
$ 400.00
$ 400.00 $ 400.00
$ 12,000.00
$ 352.00
268
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE Aid, Board and Care Cr.
Appropriation
$
8,000.00
Dr.
Cash Payments
$ 2,584.00
Sundry Parties, board
1,314.43
Sundry Parties, rent
137.75
Sundry Parties, labor
50.00
Comm. of Mass., board and care
907.69
City of Boston
518.80
Adams Co.
8.90
G. H. Atkinson Co.
20.12
W. Bancroft Co.
38.00
Helen A. Brown
92.38
Cameron Hospital
191.00
Chase & Finnegan
29.90
E. A. Crosby
10.00
Cunard Steamship Co.
127.50
Louis DeWolfe, Trustee
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