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Tree Warden
$ 420.00
Supt.
3,835.00
Laborers and Climbers
14,038.91
$ 18,293.91
Expense
Fuel, Light and Water
$ 111.28
Printing, Postage, Advertising
60.10
Telephone
223.60
Supplies
410.53
Truck and Sprayer Expense
1,754.11
Trees
400.00
Arsenate of Lead
1,647.00
Insecticides
329.75
Signs
35.00
Loam
49.50
187
Dues
Car Expense
5.00 267.00
Other
10.10 $ 5,302.97
Town Forest, Art. 10
$ 650.65
Used Sprayer Purchase, Art. 11
998.95
Used Truck Purchase, Art. 13
491.00
Helicopter Spraying, Art. 21
1,199.98
Inspector of Buildings
Salary
$ 3,575.00
Expense
Car
$ 200.00
Telephone
80.05
Dues and Subscriptions
17.25
Printing and Forms
31.11
$ 328.41
Inspector of Wires
Salary
$ 500.00
Expense
Car
$ 137.23
Dues and Subscriptions
13.00
Equipment
49.77
$ 200.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salary
$ 650.00
Expense
$ 194.00
Supplies
36.82
$
230.82
Game Warden's Salary
$
105.00
Dog Officer
Salary
$ 375.00
Expense
Car
$ 160.72
Telephone
139.67
Light
10.50
Fuel
69.52
Supplies
40.60
Repairs to Dog House
135.17
$ 556.18
Traffic Control - Pearl St.
Pay Roll
$ 661.50
Civil Defense
Administrative
$ 27.04
Police
814.50
Fire
68.35
$ 909.89
Total Protection of Persons & Property
$227,299.10
188
Car
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health
Personal Services
Doctors, two at $125.00 yr.
$ 250.00
Clerk
1,144.00
Health Agent
550.00
Plumbing Inspector
1,208.00
$ 3,152.00
Expense
Telephone
$ 120.82
Supplies
74.29
Disposal of Animals
96.50
Car
200.00
Other
155.23
$ 646.84
Inspector of Animals
$ 220.00
Inspector of Milk and Food
Salary
$ 350.00
Expense
50.00
$ 400.00
Care of Contagious Diseases
$ 3,177.35
Garbage Collection
6,500.00
Dental Clinic
Personal Services
Dentists
$ 1,840.00
Nurse
563.32
$ 2,403.32
Expense
Dental Supplies
$ 91.00
Other
4.75
$ 95.75
Child Welfare
Doctor
$ 200.00
Reading Visiting Nurse
200.00
$ 400.00
Total Health and Sanitation
$ 16,995.26
Public Works
Administrative
Pay Roll
$ 7,900.00
Expense
Telephone
446.17
Supplies
946.91
$ 9,293.08
Engineering Division
Pay Roll
$ 2,600.00
Expenses
647.22
$ 3,247.22
189
Consulting Engineers Expenses
$ 4,927.72
Highway Department
Pay Roll
$ 48,065.35
Expense
Machinery Rental
5,031.80
Light
147.54
Phone
282.86
Supplies
3,578.70
Fuel Oil
1,411.49
Curbing
2,392.93
Mixed Patch
3,200.31
Road Oils
7,430.14
Hired Equipment
5,680.93
Sand and Stone Conc.
2,706.98
Other
34.72
$ 79,963.75
Chapt. 90 Constr., - Charles Street, 1951
Expense
Advertising
$ 6.40
Guard Rail Posts
260.00
Contract Payment
11,492.76
$ 11,759.16
Chapt. 90 Constr. - Charles Street, 1952 Pay Roll
$ 2.78
Expense
Manhole Covers and Frames
43.50
Advertising
35.50
Supplies
16.00
Contract Payment
11,733.94 $ 11,831.72
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Pay Roll
$
707.52
Expense
Machinery Rental
$ 322.00
Crushed Stone
859.25
Asphalt
803.15
Fine Patch
308.08
$ 3,000.00
Snow and Ice Removal
Pay Roll
$ 18,971.18
Expense
Plowing
1,686.28
Supplies and Tools
4,550.66
Calc. Chloride/Salt
1,850.85
Sand
2,186.81
Hired Equipment
2,257.00
190
New Equipment
850.00 2,839.29
$ 35,192.07
Machinery Rental
Maintenance Storm Drains
Pay Roll
$ 5,500.00
Expense
Supplies
275.95
Machinery Rental
385.63
Hired Equipment
2.365.63
Grates and Frames
467.50
$ 8,994.71
Drainage Construction
Pay Roll
$ 11,600.00
Expense
Supplies and Tools
4,087.51
Pipe
4,806.90
Manhole Covers and Frames
2,337.50
Hired Equipment
114.00
Survey
72.75
Machinery Rental
2,070.96
$ 25,089.62
Sidewalk Construction and Maintenance
Pay Roll
$ 12,594.81
Expense
Supplies
$ 2,656.25
Sand and Gravel
232.21
Stonedust
415.20
Machinery Rental
135.50
Loam, Seed, Fertilizer, etc.
1,491.00
Tar Patch
280.28
$ 17,805.25
Sewer Maintenance and Operation
Pay Roll
$ 12,953.48
Expense
Supplies and Pipe
5,897.20
Oil, Light, Misc.
879.01
Hired Equipment
1,421.00
Insurance
1,017.30
Interest on Bonds
480.00
Machinery Rental
1,537.01
$ 24,185.00
Sewer House Connection
Pay Roll
$ 5,000.00
Expense
Hired Equipment
362.83
Supplies
849.12
Pipe
760.92
Machinery Rental
557.65
$ 7,530.52
191
John Street Dump
Pay Roll
$ 4,200.00
Expense
Guard Rail Posts
97.84
Chain Link Fence
100.00
4.397.84
Park Department
Memorial Park
Pay Roll
$ 3,905.60
Supplies
853.04
Hired Equipment
260.39
$ 5,019.03
Leach Park
Pay Roll
$ 63.53
Sturges
Pay Roll
$ 769.14
Lights
19.86
$ 789.00
Commons
Pay Roll
$ 1,055.44
Lights and Supplies
185.22
$ 1,240.66
Washington Street
Pay Roll
$ 1,948.57
Lights and Supplies
565.73
Hired Equipment
70.00
$ 2,584.30
-
Birch Meadow
Pay Roll
$ 2,575.11
Lights and Supplies
291.08
Hired Equipment
25.00
$ 2,891.19
Little League
Pay Roll
$ 219.74
Supplies
16.19
Hired Equipment
75.00
$ 310.93
Miscellaneous
Pay Roll
$ 568.62
Supplies and Repairs
1,414.82
Machinery Rental
789.51
New Equipment
441.00
$ 3,213.95
192
Water Department
Office, Salaries
$ 5,362.24
Office, Supplies
577.06
Road Machinery Fund
6,333.05
Phone and Miscellaneous
396.88
Bonds and Interest
17,610.00
Insurance
3,154.48
Water Works Convention
127.00
$ 33,560.71
Pumping Station - Mill Street
Pay Roll
$ 625.34
Supplies
89.45
$ 714.79
Pumping Station - Strout Avenue
Pay Roll
$ 4,815.72
Phone
118.02
Lights and Power
7,754.70
Fuel Oil
281.38
Express
23.04
Supplies
672.13
Weston and Sampson
502.11
$ 14,167.10
Filtration Plant
Pay Roll
$ 487.10
Wells
Pay Roll
$ 2,140.55
Supplies
3,141.63
$ 5.282.18
Garage
Lights
$ 13.37
Phone
36.00
Fuel Oil, Supplies
795.72
$ 845.09
Meter Maintenance
Pay Roll
$ 5,659.86
Supplies and Fittings
2,644.92
Express/Freight
15.68
New Meters
2,300.94
$ 10,621.40
Service Pipe Maintenance
Pay Roll
$ 15,516.41
Supplies
1,884.87
Express
18.43
Range Oil
148.89
Pipe
468.48
Hired Equipment
40.00
$ 18,077.08
193
Main Pipe Maintenance
Pay Roll
Supplies
$ 694.33 5.95 $ 700.28
Service Pipe Construction
Pay Roll
$ 4,473.37
Supplies
8,481.20
Pipe
2,106.31
Hired Equipment
1,579.40
$ 16,640.28
Main Pipe Construction
Pay Roll
$ 8,229.39
Supplies
5,796.40
Pipe
12,364.64
Express/Freight
84.63
Hired Equipment
1,263.37
$ 27,738.43
Hydrant Maintenance and Construction
Pay Roll
$ 805.97
Supplies
176.02
New Hydrants
1,881.25
$ 2,863.24
Miscellaneous
Pay Roll
$ 9,098.65
Supplies
168.85
$ 9,267.50
Street Betterments
61,309.06
Street Lighting
17,000.00
Pensions
6,536.56
New High School Engineering
111.88
Road Machinery Operating Account
Water
$ 3.373.93
Highway
5,171.92
Sewer
711.64
Drainage
654.72
Snow and Ice
4,325.64
Parks
427.58
Maintenance Storm Drains
176.64
Street Betterments
188.36
Dumps
567.15
Engineering
74.69
New Equipment
17,797.87
Chapter 90 Maintenance
73.35
$ 33,543.49
Total Public Works
$522,796.42
194
Charities and Aid
General Aid Administrative
Personal Services
$ 4,313.32
Travel Expense
26.14
Office Supplies
82.95
Telephone
85.36
Printing and Postage
25.22
Office Equipment
37.18
Gasoline and Oil
25.50
Station Wagon Maintenance
76.01
Office Building Maintenance
322.04
Other
12.07
$ 5,005.79
General Aid
Cash Aid
$ 14,867.93
Shelter
370.35
Fuel and Light
390.53
Clothing
64.65
Board, including nursing homes
1,480.00
Tewksbury State Hospital and Infirmary .... 802.18
Medical:
Doctor
$ 436.00
Hospitals
1,453.30
Medicine
617.63
Optical
27.00
Dental
195.00
Nursing
9.00
Police Ambulance
10.00
Taxi from hospital
6.00
Burials
351.00
Payments to other cities and towns
2,784.26
Unallocated
32.85
$ 23,897.68
A.D.C. Administrative
Personal Services
$ 2,605.79
Travel Expense
15.51
Office Supplies
26.54
Telephone
51.24
Printing and Postage
15.93
Office Equipment
12.40
Gasoline and Oil
15.80
Station Wagon Maintenance
36.06
Office Building Maintenance
170.16
Other
21.74
$ 2,971.17
Aid to Dependent Children
Regular Cash Assistance
$ 23,310.89
195
Special Cash Allowances Medical:
Doctors
$ 577.50
Hospitals
211.20
Medicine
255.26
Optical
130.00
Dental
367.00
$ 24,851.85
Old Age Assistance Administrative Personal Services
$ 10,334.83
Expense
Building Maintenance
$ 614.10
Office Supplies and Equipment
138.09
Travel Expense
295.57
Stationery and Printing
72.68
Postage
89.37
Telephone
181.62
Other
54.55 $ 11,780.81
Old Age Assistance
Regular Cash Assistance
$193,993.27
Special Cash Allowances
Medical
Doctors
$ 8,063.00
Hospitals
6,924.50
Medicine
5,099.57
Optical
357.40
Dental
565.50
Nursing
513.75
Chiropodists
243.00
Police Ambulance
182.30
Other
90.29
Payments Acct. Deceased Persons
Medical
Doctors
$ 1,025.25
Hospitals
2,528.82
Medicine
236.31
Nursing
96.00
Optical
7.00
Chiropodist
6.00
Police Ambulance
47.00
Burials
400.00
Payments to other Cities and Towns
$ 5,152.35
$225,531.31
Disability Assistance Administrative
Personal Services $ 915.25
Travel Expense
9.96
196
Office Supplies
21.83
Telephone
25.32
Printing and Postage
6.85
Office Equipment
12.40
Gasoline and Oil
9.33
Station Wagon Maintenance
21.53
Office Building Maintenance
124.56
Other
5.92
$ 1,152.95
Disability Assistance
Regular Cash Assistance
$ 4,697.66
Special Cash Allowances
Board, including Nursing Homes
$ 4,366.72
Tewksbury State Hospital & Infirmary .... 1,164.21
Medical
Doctors
$ 227.50
Hospitals
490.32
Medicine
635.73
Optical
11.00
Nursing
192.00
Burials
150.00
$ 11,935.14
Total Charities and Aid
$307,126.70
Veterans' Benefits
Administrative:
Personal Services
Agent
$ 1,200.00
Clerk
408.59
Expense
Car
$ 232.46
Telephone
182.24
Supplies
64.70
Other
55.00
$ 2,142.99
Aid
Cash Assistance
$ 7,556.85
Food
100.00
Fuel
1,160.36
Medicine
448.47
Hospital and Doctors
1,401.80
Other
734.62
$ 11,402.10
Total Veterans' Benefits
$ 13,545.09
197
Schools
Salaries
Supt., Clerks & Enf. of Law
$ 26,726.81
Supervisors
12,671.44
Principals
24,636.01
Teachers
368,153.77
Janitors and Matrons
47,061.13
Health
6,475.60
$485,724.76
Maintenance
Supt. Office Expense
$ 1,370.73
Research & Professional Study
295.70
Printing
481.46
Travel Expense
448.25
Prin. Office Expenses
703.36
Telephone
2,480.21
Travel Expense - Enf. of Law
141.15
$ 5,920.86
Instruction
Travel Expense of Supervisors
$ 592.08
Textbooks & Supplementary Books
9,575.24
Supplies - School
10,618.99
Supplies - Shop
1,456.06
Supplies - Domestic Science
450.23
Film
486.46
Physical Ed Equipment
791.78
Tests
1,234.00
Instructional Apparatus
3,598.70
Express Charges
584.04
$ 29,387.58
Operation of Plant
Fuel
$ 14,754.02
Water and Sewer
1,702.79
Electricity
5,405.56
Gas
61.59
Laundry and Summer Cleaning
409.19
Ash Removal
300.30
Exp. of Supr. of Bldgs. and Grounds
338.14
Janitors Supplies
5,913.28
$ 28,884.87
Maintenance of Plant
Grounds
$ 2,094.23
Buildings
10,761.33
Service System
739.26
Plumbing and Heating
3,727.23
Furniture Repair
507.52
$ 17,829.57
198
Auxiliary Agencies
Library
$ 869.21
Health Expenses
539.53
Commencement
314.12 $ 1,722.86
Capital Outlay
New Equipment and Furniture
$ 5,235.09
Additional Classroom
10,485.94
Fire Escape - Lowell Street School
1,309.75
$ 17,030.78
Vocational Tuition
2,840.54
Transportation
15.819.77
Athletics
7,858.86
Cafeterias
66,748.17
Highland School Repairs
375.00
School Land Purchase, Forest St., Art. 13
4,195.00
School Land Purchase, Tower Rd., Art. 14
70.00
Total Schools
$684,408.62
Library
Personal Services
Librarians
$ 6,227.44
Clerical
3,298.19
Janitor
2,444.55
$ 11,970.18
Expense
Fuel Oil
$ 582.73
Light and Gas
92.90
Water and Sewer
27.40
Telephone
142.22
Printing and Supplies
422.63
Building Maintenance
499.10
Books and Periodicals
3,328.24
Binding
624.09
Service Contracts
185.00
Other
23.59
$ 5,927.90
Total Library
$ 17,898.08
Unclassified
As in Appropriation and Expenditure Schedule
$ 90,684.28
Light Department
Maintenance, Operation and Depreciation
$1,005,875.60
Cemeteries
Personal Services
Superintendent
$ 4,108.00
Clerk
1,268.80
Labor
14,712.90 $ 20,089.70
199
Expense
Office Maintenance and Supplies
$ 365.04
Shop Maintenance
289.14
Trucks and Tools Maintenance
1,379.60
New Tools and Equipment
502.43
Fert., Seed, Loam, Cement, Water, etc.
1,040.15
Spraying Elm Trees
27.50
Patching Roads
95.00
Flowers for Perpetual and Annual Care Lots
68.50
Vandalism
120.00
Grave Liners
665.33
Cemetery Development and Improvements ...
1,634.99
$ 6,187.68
Care of Soldiers' Graves
1,151.05
New Truck Purchase, Art. 43
1,980.95
Total Cemeteries
$ 29,409.38
Municipal Indebtedness
Interest, on
School Loan, Pearl St.
$ 612.50
School Loan, Eaton
8,500.00
Library Addition Loan
1,000.00
$ 10,112.50
Maturing Debt, on
Sewer Loan
$ 8,000.00
School Loan, Pearl St.
5,000.00
School Loan, Eaton
25,000.00
Library Addition
10,000.00
$ 48,000.00
Total Municipal Indebtedness
$ 58,112.50
Agency, Trust and Investment
As in Appropriation and Expenditure Schedule
$353,651.95
Non-Revenue Accounts
New High School Construction $ 285,055.86
Portion of School Constr. Loan Invested
1,749,304.71
Library Addition Construction 345.00
Light Construction, Regular
60,874.00
Light Construction, Special, Wilmington
129,405.82
Portion of Light Constr. Loan Invested 74,697.00
Water Construction - 1949, Expense
31.14
Water Construction - 1950, Mains
19.18
Water Construction - 1950, Wells
19,839.38
Water Construction - 1952, Standpipe
10,884.09 $2,330,456.18
Refunds
Taxes, Assessments, Public Service Enterprise $ 10,893.40
Departmental 5,958.31
$ 16,851.71
Total Expenditures in 1952
$5,733,670.46
200
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Balance Appropriated from 1951 1952
Other Credits
Transfers Payments
Balance Dec. 31
General Government
Selectmen's Clerical
$ 1,036.00
$ 1,024.50
$ 11.50
Selectmen's Expense
1,500.00
1,400.66
99.34
Town Accountant's Salary
4,700.00
4,700.00
Town Accountant's Clerical
612.43
612.43
Town Accountant's Expense
600.00
591.54
8.46
Treasurer's Salary
2,000.00
2,000.00
Treasurer's Clerical
770.00
$ 75.00
833.73
11.27
Treasurer's Expense
1,100.00
954.05
145.95
Collector's Salary
3,948.00
3,948.00
Collector's Clerical
5,389.10
5,195.85
193.25
Collector's Expense
2,000.00
1,983.82
16.18
Assessors' Salaries
3,525.00
3,525.00
Assessors' Clerical
5,166.85
5.058.90
107.95
Assessors' Expense
2,645.00
2,061.16
583.84
Town Counsel's Salary
2,000.00
2,000.00
Town Counsel's Expense
1,200.00
150.00
1,348.73
1.27
Town Clerk's Salary
1,500.00
1,500.00
Town Clerk's Clerical
3,063.48
3,052.96
10.52
Town Clerk's Expense
700.00
692.89
7.11
Registrars' Salaries
450.00
450.00
Registrars' Expense
2,000.00
1,929.17
70.83
Election and Registration Expense
6,000.00
5,858.58
141.42
Board of Appeal Expense
350.00
203.44
146.56
Capital Exp. Planning Com. Expense
600.00
159.60
440.40
Planning Board Expense
500.00
120.84
379.16
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Balance Appropriated from 1951 1952
Other Credits
Transfers Payments
Balance Dec. 31
Finance Committee Expense
100.00
63.03
36.97
Personnel Board Expense
50.00
50.00
Municipal Building Janitor
2,886.00
2,886.00
Municipal Building Maintenance
3,650.00
3,562.21
87.79
Municipal Building Oil Burner, Art. 17
1,100.00
842.50
257.50
$ 61,141.86
$ 225.00
$ 58,559.59
$
2,807.27
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Dept. Salaries
$ 66,975.00
$ 63,117.06
$ 3,857.94
Police Dept. Pensions
8,765.14
8,470.64
294.50
Police Dept. Maintenance
9,535.00
8,519.51
1,015.49
Police Station Maintenance
3,414.00
3.161.27
252.73
New Cruising Car No. 1, Art. 8
462.50
462.50
New Cruising Car No. 2, Art. 9
462.50
462.50
New Uniforms for Policemen
$
213.10
950.00
760.60
402.50
New Two-Way Radio for Police and Fire Depts., Art. 22
4,300.00
4,182.50
117.50
Fire Dept. Salaries
54,590.12
54,548.64
41.48
Fire Dept. Callmen Salaries
5,700.00
5,235.12
464.88
Fire Dept. Pensions
2.750.00
1,692.28
1,057.72
Fire Dept. Maintenance
8,405.00
$ 2,056.72
10,452.38
9.34
Fire Stations Maintenance
2,950.00
2,710.81
239.19
Fire Alarm Maintenance
3,460.00
3,331.52
128.48
Fire Alarm Extension
1,800.00
$ 700.00
805.49
294.51
New Fire Truck
16,500.00
16,499.89
.11
New Chassis for Engine 4, Art. 12
2,585.00
2,407.13
177.87
New Uniforms for Firemen
50.00
425.00
350.00
125.00
Moth and Tree Dept. Salaries
18,446.00
18,293.91
152.09
Moth and Tree Dept. Maintenance
5,309.00
5,302.97
6.03
Town Forest, Art. 10
278.09
500.00
650.65
127.44
Used Sprayer Purchase, Art. 11
1,000.00
998.95
1.05
Used Truck Purchase, Art. 13
500.00
491.00
9.00
Helicopter Spraying, Art. 21
1,200.00
1.199.98
.02
Hydrant Rentals
5.000.00
5,000.00
Drinking Fountains
100.00
100.00
Inspector of Buildings Salary
3,575.00
3,575.00
Inspector of Buildings Expense
330.00
328.41
1.59
Inspector of Wires Salary
500.00
500.00
Inspector of Wires Expense
200.00
200.00
Sealer of Wts. and Measures Salary
650.00
650.00
Sealer of Wts. and Measures Expense
250.00
230.82
19.18
Dog Officer's Salary
375,00
375.00
Dog Officer's Expense
465.00
100.00
556.18
8.82
Game Warden's Salary ..
105.00
105.00
Traffic Control, Pearl St.
665.00
661.50
3.50
Civil Defense
5,973.44
909.89
5,063.55
$ 23,014.63
$216,699.26
$ 2,156.72
$ 700.00
$227,299.10
$ 13,871.51
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health Salaries
$ 1,394.00
$ 1,394.00
Board of Health Expense
650.00
646.84
$ 3.16
Health Officer's Salary
550.00
550.00
Inspector of Plumbing Salary
1,208.00
1,208.00
Inspector of Animals Salary
220.00
220.00
Inspector of Milk and Food Salary
350.00
350.00
Inspector of Milk and Food Expense
50.00
50.00
Care of Contagious Diseases
2,000.00
$ 2,500.00
3,177.35
1,322.65
Premature Babies
1,000.00
1,000.00
..
Balance Appropriated from 1951 1952
Other Credits
Transfers Payments
Balance Dec. 31
Garbage Collection
6,500.00
6,500.00
Dental Clinic
2,500.00
2,499.07
.93
Child Welfare, Article 51
400.00
400.00
$ 16,822.00
$ 2.500.00
$ 16,995.26
$ 2,326.74
Public Works
Administrative Salaries
$ 7,900.00
$ 7,900.00
Administrative Expense
1,400.00
1,393.08
6.92
Engineering Division Salaries
2,600.00
2,600.00
Engineering Division Expense
650.00
647.22
2.78
Highway Maint. and Oper. Salaries
48,500.00
$ 400.00
48,065.35
34.65
Highway Maint. and Oper. Expense
31,500.00
$ 400.00
31,898.40
1.60
Snow and Ice Removal Salaries
19,000.00
2,423.66
18,971.18
2,452.48
Snow and Ice Removal Expense
15,000.00
1,500.00
16,220.89
279.11
Sidewalk Constr. and Maint. Sals.
13,200.00
600.00
12,594.81
5.19
Sidewalk Constr. and Maint. Exp.
4,800.00
600.00
5,210.44
189.56
Drainage Constr. Salaries
12.500.00
900.00
11,600.00
Drainage Constr. Expense
12,500.00
1,325.00
318.50
13,489.62
16.88
Maint. Storm Drains Sals.
5,500.00
5,500.00
Maint. Storm Drains Exp.
3,500.00
3,494.71
5.29
John St. Dump Wages
4,200.00
4,200.00
John St. Dump Expense
200.00
197.84
2.16
Park Dept. Salaries
11,200.00
11,105.75
94.25
Park Dept. Expense
4,700.00
318.50
5,006.84
11.66
Sewer Maint. and Constr. Sals.
13,000.00
12,953.48
46.52
Sewer Maint. and Constr. Exp.
12,000.00
425.00
11,231.52
343.48
Sewer House Conn. Salaries
6,000.00
1,000.00
5,000.00
..
Sewer House Conn. Expense
2,600.00
2,530.52
69.48
Water Maint. and Oper. Sals.
43,000.00
$ 15,000.00
91.07 2,443.75
57,908.93
Water Maint. and Oper. Exp.
82,000.00
3,500.00
83,056.25
Pensions
5,016.96
1,519.60
6,536.56
Consulting Engineers, Art. 29
5,000.00
4,927.72
72.28 15,000.00
New High School Sewer Constr., Art. 30
15,000.00
New High School Engineering
$ 111.88
111.88
Chap. 90 Maint., Art. 27
1,000.00
2,000.00
3,000.00
Chap. 90 Constr., Charles St., Art. 26
16,828.90
5,000.00
12,000.00
23,590.88
10,238.02
Road Machinery Fund
22,223.55
20,585.56
22,000.00
20,809.11
Road Machinery Oper. Acct., Art. 25
52.61
17,600.00
22,000.00
33,543.49
6,109.12
Street Lighting
17,000.00
17,000.00
Mineral St. Bridge Plan
$ 250.00
250.00
Harvard St. Betterment
9.22
9.22
Wescroft Rd. Betterment
17.57
17.57
Barrows Rd. Betterment Sals.
62.40
62.40
Barrows Rd. Betterment Exp.
80.69
80.69
John Carver Rd. Betterment Sal.
137.77
137.77
John Carver Rd. Betterment Exp.
234.38
34.38
200.00
Dustin Rd. Betterment Exp.
61.94
61.94
Fielding Rd. Betterment Exp.
304.05
124.05
180.00
Plymouth Rd. Betterment Sals.
39.33
39.33
Plymouth Rd. Betterment Exp.
370.13
262.13
108.00
Winslow Rd. Betterment Sals.
318.19
318.19
Winslow Rd. Betterment Exp.
13.80
13.80
Pine Ridge Rd. Betterment Sals.
12.02
12.02
Pine Ridge Rd. Betterment Exp.
127.69
127.69
Pilgrim Rd. Betterment Exp.
80.16
80.16
Intervale Terr. Betterment Exp.
1.47
1.47
Parkman Rd. Betterment Sals.
678.51
500.00
178.51
Parkman Rd. Betterment Exp.
481.63
100.00
200.00
181.63
Balance Appropriated from 1951 1952
Other Credits
Transfers
Payments
Balance Dec. 31
Orchard Park Dr. Betterment Exp.
11.95
11.95
Bear Hill Rd. Betterment Sals.
1,357.77
300.00
703.51
354.26
Bear Hill Rd. Betterment Exp.
1,826.10
200.00
1,336.56
289.54
Bradford Rd. Betterment Exp.
9.17
9.17
Haven St. Betterment Sals.
405.16
405.16
Evergreen Rd. Betterment Sals.
$ 8,400.00
7,728.99
671.01
Evergreen Rd. Betterment Exp.
7,155.00
6,507.86
647.14
Crosby Rd. Betterment Sals.
2,000.00
580.23
1,419.77
Crosby Rd. Betterment Exp.
1,840.00
1,840.00
Edwin St. Betterment Sals.
1,700.00
506.06
1,193.94
Edwin St. Betterment Exp.
1,520.00
1,520.00
Wadsworth Rd. Betterment Sals.
935.00
899.54
35.46
Wadsworth Rd. Betterment Exp.
800.00
762.00
38.00
Tennyson Rd. Betterment Sals.
4,700.00
4,554.97
145.03
Tennyson Rd. Betterment Exp.
4,365.00
4,216.20
148.80
Whittier Rd. Betterment Sals.
7,700.00
7,696.74
3.26
Whittier Rd. Betterment Exp.
7,060.00
7,040.00
20.00
Winslow Rd. Betterment Sals.
2,900.00
2,810.00
90.00
Winslow Rd. Betterment Exp.
2,700.00
2,610.00
90.00
Glenmere Circle Betterment Sals.
4,000.00
3,938.99
61.01
Glenmere Circle Betterment Exp.
3,600.00
3,510.00
90.00
Drainage System Installation
996.50
996.50
Water Dept. Garage
23,930.97
23,930.97
Public Works Post War Plans
579.71
579.71
$ 71,615.22
$423,066.96
$144,547.32
$ 31,841.71
$522,796.42
$ 84,591.37
..
Charities and Aid
General Aid Adm. Salaries
$ 4,770.00 760.00
$ 4,313.32 692.47 23,897.68
2,102.32
Aid to Dep. Children, Adm.
2,100.00
1,847.48
252.52
Aid to Dependent Children
20,200.00
3,000.00
15,281.06
1,918.94
A.D.C. Federal Grants, Adm.
$ 320.73
$ 1,053.09
1,123.69
250.13
A.D.C. Federal Grants, Aid
864.56
9,635.46
9,570.79
929.23
Old Age Assistance, Adm.
5,700.00 127,000.00
5,000.00
132,000.00
O.A.A. Federal Grants, Adm.
1,784.80
6,332.26
6,442.72
1,674.34
O.A.A. Federal Grants, Aid
17,743.16
81,334.65
93,531.31
5,546.50
Disability Assistance, Adm.
691.65
58.35
Disability Assistance
9,000.00
3,000.00
9,283.10
2,716.90
D.A. Federal Grants, Adm.
606.86
461.30
145.56
D.A. Federal Grants, Aid
3,100.72
2,652.04
448.68
$ 20,713.25
$206,280.00
$116,063.04
$ 19,000.00
$307,126.70
$ 16,929.59
Veterans' Benefits
Administrative Salaries
$ 1,608.59
$ 1,608.59
Administrative Expense
600.00
534.40
65.60
Aid
12,000.00
11,402.10
597.90
$ 14,208.59
$ 13,545.09
$ 663.50
Education - Schools
General Salaries
$490,899.50
$ 3,000.00
$485,724.76
$ 2,174.74
General Maintenance
101,241.67
100,776.52
465.15
Vocational Tuition
2,000.00
$ 850.00
2,840.54
9.46
Transportation
16,000.00
15,819.77
180.23
Athletics
$ 547.10
3,500.00
4,621.82
7,858.86
810.06
$ 456.68 67.53
General Aid Adm. Expense
General Aid
39,000.00
$ 13,000.00
5,338.09
361.91
Old Age Assistance
750.00 6,000.00
Balance Appropriated from 1951
1952
Other Credits
Transfers Payments
Balance Dec. 31
Cafeterias
8,712.07
2,500.00
60,461.02
66,748.17
4,924.92
School Land Purchase Oak and Summer
589.50
589.50
School Land Purchase Birch Meadow
....
2,155.20
2,155.20
Junior High School Repairs
1,500.00
1,500.00
Highland School Repairs
842.00
375.00
167.00
School Land Purchase, Forest St., Art. 13
4,250.00
4,195.00
55.00
School Land Purchase, Tower Rd .. Art. 14
3,000.00
70.00
2,930.00
$ 14,345.87
$616,141.17
$ 73,182.84
$ 3,000.00
$684,408.62
$ 16,261.26
Public Library
Salaries
$ 12,261.00
$ 11,970.18
$ 290.82
Maintenance
5,945.00
5,927.90
17.10
$ 18,206.00
$ 17,898.08
$ 307.92
Unclassified
Recreation
$ 5,500.00
$ 5,491.64
$ 8.36
Insurance
23,870.31
$ 12,133.56
35,935.31
68.56
Memorial Day Observance
1,821.75
1,775.33
46.42
Damage Claims
500.00
500.00
954.50
45.50
Care and Lighting of Old South Clock
215.00
166.25
48.75
Printing Town Report
1,300.00
1,300.00
Printing Street List
800.00
789.55
10.45
Parking Area Maintenance
200.00
179.10
20.90
Recording Fees - Reg. of Deeds
100.00
75.00
25.00
Contributory Ret. Fund - Pension
36,842.00
36,842.00
Contributory Ret. Fund - Expense
1,200.00
1,200.00
Contributory Ret. Fund-Military Service
132.60
132.60
.
Land Court Expense, Art. 6
200.00
78.50
121.50
Legion Quarters Rent, Art. 48
1,500.00
1,500.00
V.F.W. Quarters Rent, Art. 49
650.00
612.50
37.50
Aid to Agriculture, Art. 50
100.00
100.00
25,000.00
$ 25,000.00
2,552.00
2,552.00
David R. Evans Claim, Art. 9
1,000.00
1,000.00
$ 74,931.66
$ 41,185.56
$ 25,000.00
$ 90,684.28
$ 432.94
Light Department
Maintenance
$1,070,504.70
$101,169.85
$969,334.85
Depreciation
$ 20,022.72
70,022.28
37,922.37
36,540.75
15,581.88
$ 20,022.72
1,140,526.98
139,092.22 $1,005,875.60
$ 15,581.88
Cemeteries
Maintenance Salaries
$ 20,000.00
$ 200.00
$ 20,089.70
$ 110.30
Maintenance Expense
2,500.00
3,739.41
6,187.68
51.73
Care of Soldiers' Graves, Art. 23
1,200.00
$ 48.95
1,151.05
New Truck Purchase, Art. 43
2,000.00
1,980.95
19.05
$ 25,700.00
$ 3,939.41
$ 48.95
$ 29,409.38
$ 181.08
Municipal Indebtedness
Interest, not incl. Sewer, Light and Water Maturing Debt, not incl. Light and Water
$ 11,487.50
$ 408.78
$ 10,112.50
$ 966.22
48,000.00
48,000.00
$ 59,487.50
$ 408.78
$ 58,112.50
$ 966.22
Reserve Fund
New Parking Area Land Purchase
Balance Appropriated from 1951 1952
Other Credits
Transfers
Payments
Balance Dec. 31
Agency, Trust and Investment
Dog Licenses due County
$ 87.60
$ 2,963.60
$ 2,975.60
$ 75.60
Fishing and Hunting Licenses due State
1,478.50
1,438.50
40.00
Parker Hospital Fund - Income
507.83
3,250.00
1,518.47
2,239.36
Grouard Hospital Fund - Income
2,051.30
2,051.30
Grouard Hospital Fund - Transactions
1,000.00
1,000.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
Bequests
455.00
5,600.20
5,980.20
75.00
Interest
912.50
1,575.00
2,487.50
Transactions
4,000.00
4,000.00
R.H.S. Scholarship Fund - Income
126.25
126.25
Stabilization Fund - Income
182.25
182.25
Stabilization Fund - Transactions
379.57 $ 55,000.00
44,817.75
100,197.32
Edward Appleton Library Fund
5,000.00
5,000.00
Premium on Loans
18,587.00
5,382.09
13,204.91
Tailings Account
355.18
133.44
50.86
437.76
Withholding Tax
9,863.43
122,847.63
122,015.63
10,695.43
Blue Cross - Blue Shield
1,074.21
14,235.20
13,977.76
1,331.65
Salvage Committee
6,444.48
143.64
91.50
6,496.62
State Parks and Reservations
2,391.66
2,574.84
183.18
Audit Municipal Accounts
242.14
242.14
Audit Retirement System
75.27
75.27
Metropolitan Sewerage
26,632.53
25,217.60
1,414.93
County Tax
54,130.34
46,269.74
7,860.60
County T.B. Hospital Assessment
10,902.27
10,797.13
105.14
$ 20,079.80 $ 55,000.00
$322,123.83
$353,651.95
$ 43,551.68
Non-Revenue Accounts
New High School Construction
$133,934.85
$2,250,000.00 1,749,304.71
$ 285,055.86 $2,098,878.99
Portion of School Constr. Loan Inv.
1,749,304.71
Library Addition Construction
523.17
178.17
Light Construction, Regular
76,786.53
48,396.18
345.00 60,874.00
64,308.71
Light Construction, Special, Wilmington
108,732.06
20,673.76
129,405.82
Portion of Light Constr. Loan Inv.
74,697.00
74,697.00
Water Construction - 1949 Exp.
31.14
31.14
Water Construction - 1950, Mains
19.18
19.18
Water Construction - 1950, Wells
19,949.30
19,839.38
109.92
Water Construction - 1952, Standpipe
....
150,000.00
10,884.09
139,115.91
$339,976.23
$4,293,071.65
$2,330,456.18 $2,302,591.70
Refunds
Taxes, Assessments, Public Service Ent. ....
$ 10,893.40
$ 10,893.40
Departmental
5,958.31
5,958.31
$ 16,851.71
$ 16,851.71
Totals
$509,767.72 $1,787,685.00 $6,156,374.06
$219,091.66 $5,733,670.46 $2,501,064.66
REPORT OF THE CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT BOARD
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The total active membership of the Contributory Retirement System on December 31, 1952 was two hundred and fifteen.
The following is the financial statement for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1952:
Cash
Bal. Jan. 1, 1952
$ 4,389.87
Receipts
1952 Receipts:
Investment Income
$ 4,619.17
Contributed by Members
29,520.99
City of Melrose
3.90
Appropriated by the Town:
Pension Fund
36,842.00
Expense Fund
1,200.00
Military Service Fund
132.60
72,318.66
$ 76,708.53
Expenditures
1952 Payments:
Investments
$ 17,880.00
Expenses
1,265.76
Annuities Paid
2,994.15
Pensions Paid
38,658.62
Refunds to Members
6,337.38
$ 67,135.91
Bal. Dec. 31, 1952
9,572.62
$ 76,708.53
Assets
Cash, Middlesex County National Bank
$ 9,572.62
Deposits on Interest
26,000.00
Cooperative Shares
34,312.80
Federal Savings and Loan Assoc.
6,399.20
U.S. Savings Bonds
165,000.00
Accrued interest on investments
1,222.92
---
$242,507.54
212
Liabilities
Annuity Savings
$151,334.00
Annuity Reserve
29,506.83
Pension Fund
58,941.02
Special Military Service Credit
2,562.36
Expense Fund
163.33
$242,507.54 L
Contributory Retirement Board
DONALD C. MITCHELL, Chairman BOYD H. STEWART, Secretary ARTHUR C. ALDRICH
STATEMENT OF TRUST FUNDS Gilman L. Parker Hospital Fund
Balance January 1, 1952
$199,804.17
Receipts:
Income from Savings Banks
$ 1,930.68
Income from U.S. Savings Bonds, Series G.
3,025.00
Inc. from Stock of First Nat. Bank of Boston
225.00
$ 5,180.68
$204,984.85
Disbursements:
Hospital Bills
$ 1,508.47
Safe Deposit Box
10.00
$ 1,518.47
Balance, December 31, 1952
$203,466.38
Invested as Follows:
Savings Banks
$ 76,164.02
U.S. Savings Bonds, Series G.
121,000.00
First National Bank of Boston, 100 Shares Home Bleach & Dye Works, Pfd., 20 Shares
11.00
Sharp Mfgf. Co., Preferred, 55 Shares
1.00
Sharp Mfg. Co., Common, 20 Shares
1.00
In General Cash
2.239.36
4,050.00
$203,466.38
213
Anne S. Grouard Hospital Fund
Balance, January 1, 1952
$ 85,658.93
Receipts:
Income from Savings Banks $ 104.28 Income from U.S. Savings Bonds, Series G
2,051.30 $ 2,155.58
Balance, December 31, 1952
$ 87,814.51
Invested as Follows:
$ 5,314.51
Savings Banks U.S. Savings Bonds, Series G
82,500.00
$ 87,814.51
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
Balance, January 1, 1952
$136,184.36
Receipts:
Bequests
$ 4,845.00
Income from Savings Banks 1,148.26
Income from U.S. Savings Banks, Series G
2,330.20 $ 8,323.46
$144,507.82
Disbursements:
For Work on Endowed Lots
$ 2,390.46
Balance, December 31, 1952
$142,117.36
Invested as Follows:
Savings Banks
$ 47,117.36
U.S. Savings Bonds, Series G
95,000.00
$142,117.36
Public Library Fund
Balance, January 1, 1952
$ 1,054.90
Receipts-Income from Savings Bank
26.53
Balance, December 31, 1952, in Savings Bank ....
$ 1,081.43
Horace G. Wadlin Library Fund
Balance, January 1, 1952
$ 1,820.61
Receipts-Income from Savings Bank
45.79
Balance, December 31, 1952, in Savings Bank ....
$ 1,866.40
Donald N. Tuttle, Jr., Library Fund
Balance, January 1, 1952
$ 548.89
Receipts-Income from Savings Bank
11.71
Balance, December 31, 1952, in Savings Bank .... $ 560.60
214
Edward Appleton Library Fund
Bequest, June 1952
Receipts-Income from Savings Bank
$ 5,000.00 12.50
Balance, December 31, 1952, in Savings Bank ....
$ 5,012.50
R.H.S. Scholarship Fund
Balance, January 1, 1952
$ 5,061.70
Receipts-Income from Savings Banks
126.50
Balance, December 31, 1952, in Savings Banks
$ 5,188.20
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
Balance, January 1, 1952
$ 5,525.40
Receipts-Income from Savings Bank
118.03
$ 5,643.43
To New High School Constr., Art. 33, 3/26/51 ...
5,000.00
Balance, December 31, 1952
$ 643.43
Stabilization Fund
Balance, January 1, 1952
$ 71,345.45
Appropriation, Art. 46, 3/17/52
$ 55,000.00
Receipts-Inc. from Securities and Sav. Banks
1,473.00
$ 56,473.00
$127,818.45
To New High School Constr., Art. 33, 3/26/51 ...
45,000.00
Balance, December 31, 1952
$ 82,818.45
I hereby certify that, in accordance with the provisions of Section 53, Chapter 41 of the General Laws, I have audited the accounts of the Commissioners of Trust Funds, have examined the securities and verified bank balances, and report the foregoing to be a true and accurate state- ment, December 31, 1952.
BOYD H. STEWART, Town Accountant
215
INDEX
Accountant's Report
169
Appropriations and Expenditures
201
Balance Sheet
170
Expenditures
181
Funded Debt
176
Receipts
177
Trust Funds
213
Animal Inspector's Report
99
Board of Appeals
112
Board of Assessors 162
Board of Health
97
Board of Public Welfare
138
Welfare Superintendent's Report
138
Board of Public Works
150
Highway Department 152
Sewer Department 154
Water Department 151
Building Inspector's Report
106
Cemetery Department
142
Superintendent's Report
142
Contributory Retirement Board Report
212
Custodian of Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves
143
Dog Officer's Report
103
Fire Chief's Report
104
Juror's List 10
Library Trustees' Report
108
Librarian's Report
109
Middlesex County Extension Service (4-H Club)
148
Moth Superintendent's Report 137
Municipal Light Board 155
Auditor's Report 158
Financial Statements 159
Manager's Report 156
Planning Board 112
Plumbing Inspector's Report 100
Police Dept. Report 101
INDEX
Recreation Committee Report
98
School Committee
113
Administrative Officers
114
Age-Grade Table
125 117
Budget
Commencement Exercises
133
High School Graduates
134
No School Signals
128
School Calendar
127
School Clinics
128
School Faculties
129
Superintendent's Report
120
Selectmen's Report
145
Statistics
9
Tax Collector's Report
163
Town Clerk's Report
13
Births
74
Marriages
82
Deaths
91
Notice to Parents, Housewives, Physicians and Midwives
96
Town Election
13
Presidential Primary
52
State Primary
58
State Election
65
Town Meetings
Annual
18
Special: March 24, 1952
27
Special: June 16, 1952
57
Special: December 1, 1952
68
Town Counsel's Report
139
Town Officers 2
Treasurer's Report
167
Tree Warden's Report
99
Veterans' Benefits Agent 141
Wire Inspector's Report 136
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