Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1913-1914, Part 5

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 344


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Ringing Town bell


5 00


Miscellaneous


2 90


$521 46


Deficit


11 46


$521 46 $521 46


Auditor's Department


Appropriation


$115 00


Payments


Salary


$100 00


Postage and stationery


·


25 15


Printing


1 75


.


$126 90


Deficit


$11 90


$126 90 $126 90


91


Treasurer's Department


Appropriation


$230 00


Payments


Salary


$200 00


Postage, stationery, telephone


27 50


$227 50


Unexpended


2 50


$230 00 $230 00


Tax Collector's Department


Appropriation


$660 00


Payments


Salary


$687 97


Postage and stationery


32 62


Printing


15 00


Telephone


15 33


$750 92


Deficit


$90 92


$750 92 $750 92


Assessor's Department


Appropriation


$500 00


Payments


Salaries


$495 00


Postage and stationery


3 98


Printing


16 50


Abstracts of deeds, etc.


28 80


$544 28


Deficit


44 28


$544 28 $544 28


92


Town Clerk's Department


Appropritaion


$125 00


Received for printed records . 2 50


Payments


Salary


$75 00


Postage and stationery


.


9 41


Miscellaneous


3 00


.


$87 41


Unexpended


40 09


$127 50 $127 50


Election and Registration


Appropriation


$230 00


Payments


Salaries, Election Officers


$110 00


Stationery


16 50


Miscellaneous


1 20


Salaries, Registrars of Voters


100 00


Printing


4 00


$231 70


Deficit


$1 70


$231 70 $231 70


Town Hall


Appropriation - . $160 00


93


Payments


Salary, Janitor


$75 00


Telephone


17 17


Lighting


14 45


Repairs


9 67


Supplies


5 10


Fuel


8 00


$129 39


Unexpended


30 61


$160 00 $160 00


Police Department


Appropriation


$600 00


Received from fines


50 00


Received from police duty


144 00


Payments


Salaries and wages


$685 00


Telephone


21 64


Car fare


2 19


Court fees


24 49


Uniforms and equipment


10 00


Printing


5 00


Medical services for prisoner


2 00


Team hire


2 00


Miscellaneous


10 35


$762 67


Unexpended


31 33


.


$794 00 $794 00


94


Fire Department


Appropriation


$1,000 00


Payments


Salaries and wages .


$686 54


Telephone


14 19


Horse hire


95 00


Whistle repairs.


21 38


Hardware, lumber, etc.


45 78


Supplies


3 99


Stable rent


36 00


Fuel


54 50


Building repairs


13 25


Whistle service


36 00


$1,006 63


Deficit


$6 63


$1,006 63


$1,006 63


Tree Warden


Appropriation


$250 00


Payments


Salaries and wages .


$132 20


Maple trees


31 45


Fertilizer


4 00


Arsenite of Lead


60 00


Tools, etc.


13 75


$241 40


Unexpended


8 60


$250 00


$250 00


.


1


95


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Appropriation


$25 00


Received from Sealers' Fees


17 00


Payments


Salary


$35 00


Stamps and dies


2 40


Printing


2 20


Nickle-plating weights


2 00


Expressage


20


$41 80


Unexpended


20


$42 00


$42 00


Forest Fires


Unexpended balance 1912


$292 10


Appropriation


500 00


Payments


Salaries and wages .


$694 15


Telephone


14 04


Horse hire


144 10


Pails, cans, lanterns, etc.


8 70


Repairs


10 57


Supplies


1 00


Miscellaneous


12 06


884 62


Overdraft


92 52


$884 62


$884 62


Overdraft


$92 52


Due from Town of Andover


$16 40


Due from B. &. M. R.R.


29 45


45 85


Deficit


$46 67


.


96


Suppression of Moths


Appropriation


$ 683 73


Appropriation (Spraying machine,


transferred)


600 00


Charged Property Owners


765 65


Received from Private Work .


·


128 90


Received from State


1,761 49


Payments


Salaries and wages .


$3,511 66


Stationery and postage


26 55


Freight and expressage


7 58


Team hire


325 50


Car fare.


1 66


Hardware


5 02


Printing


11 75


Telephone


10 35


Gasoline


28 16


Wheel jack


4 25


Repairs


1.25


Miscellaneous


16 00


$3,949 73


Deficit


9 96


$3,949 73


$3,949 73'


.


·


Moth Spraying Machine


Appropriation


$600 00


Note: As the State furnished the Spraying Machine, the sum of $600 was deducted from remittances due the Town for Moth work, therefore this sum is transferred to Moth account.


97


Health and Sanitation


Appropriation .


$325 00


Received from State, account In- spector of Animals ·


75 00


Received from inspection fees ·


27 00


Received from slaughter house


licenses


4 00


Payments


Salary, Board of Health Agent


$ 15 00


Fees, returning births, marriages


and deaths ·


50 40


Salary, Inspector of Animals


150 00


Salary, Inspector of Meats and Pro- visions


154 00


$369 40


Unexpended


61 60


$431 00


$431 00,


Highways, Roads and Bridges


Appropriation


$1,800 00


Received for posts .


23 20


Received for stone


34 27


Received for use road machine


30 00


Payments


Salaries and wages .


$617 74


Team hire


674 11


Repairs to Town Pumps


92 98


1


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98


Employees' Liability Insurance


$ 50 00


Repairs


42 25


Street plans ·


21 75


Snow plows (2)


120 00


Lumber, hardware, etc.


119 79


Freight .


7 00


$1,745 62


Transferred to School Account


100 00


$1,845 62


Unexpended


41 85


$1.887 47


$1,887 47


New State Highway


Appropriation


$1,000 00


Received from State


1,000 00


Payments


Wages .


$425 75


Team hire


268 57


Crushed stone


378 86


Freight on stone


348 46


Tarvia


467 12


Signs


10 10


Miscellaneous


122 63


$2,021 49


Deficit


21 49


$2,021 49


$2,021 49


99


Street Railway Tax


Unexpended balance, 1912


$4,930 34


Street Railway Tax, 1913


3,457 62


Franchise Tax, 1913


2,537 13


Received from private work


10 00


Payments


Salaries and wages .


$3,392 44


Team hire


2,183 99


Hardware, lumber, etc.


382 59


Gravel


276 88


Removing snow .


29 15


Repairs to tools, etc.


64 92


Freight .


1 77


Miscellaneous


10 00


$6,341 74


Unexpended


4,593 35


$10,935 09 $10,935 09


Electric Street Lights 3.


Unexpended balance, 1912


$1,086 15


Appropriation


1,700 00


Appropriation (new lights)


699 00


Paid for lighting


$2,999 16


Transferred to School Account


300 00


. Unexpended


185 99


$3,485 15


$3,485 15


State Aid


Due from State .


$448 00


Paid aid per schedule . $448 00 .


>


100


Soldier's Relief


Appropriation


$48 00


Paid Relief


$48 00


Public Library


Appropriation


$400 00


Payments


Salary, Librarian


$125 00


Lighting


18 83


Labor


11 62


Supplies


77


Repairs to building.


33 95


Fuel


7 00


Books and magazines


202 85


$400 02


Deficit


02


$400 02


$400 02


Memorial Day


Appropriation


$150 00


Payments


Refreshments .


$32 00


Music


59 00


Printing


2 85


Special car


6 00


Flowers


12 00


Memorial address


10 00


Flags


7 68


Miscellaneous


70


$130 23


Unexpended


19 77


$150 00


$150 00


.


.


101


Miscellaneous


Appropriation


$500 00


Received Corporation Tax


215 06


Received Business Tax 6 90


Received National Bank Tax


55 93


Received from licenses


35 00


Received from tax releases


20 06


Payments


Certification of Town notes


·


$12 00


Legal services


50 00


Printing Town Reports


222 08


Rent safe deposit box


10 00


Tax sale and taxes


38 32


Aid, paid under Dependent Mothers Act


54 00


Care town clock and flag


47 00


Sundries


1 96


Salary, Town Constable


50 00


Sealing Town scales


1 12


$486 48


Transferred to School Account


200 00


Unexpended


146 47


$832 95


$832 95


Cemetery


Appropriation


$400 00


One-half sale of lots


50 50


.


102


Payments


Wages .


$407 22


Hardware, paints, etc.


8 68


Horse hire


5 00


Fertilizer


1 00


$421 90


Unexpended


28 60


$450 50


$450 50


Public Schools


Appropriation


$11,400 00


Massachusetts School Fund


1,220 05


Dog Tax


358 51


Received from Town of Tewksbury (for tuition)


50 00


Tuition of State wards


67 50


Account Superintendent's salary


333 33


Massachusetts High School Fund


500 00


Old iron sold .


1 00


Lumber sold


73


Transferred from miscellaneous


200 00


Transferred from street lights.


300 00


Transferred from highways, roads and bridges


100 00


Payments


Salaries, books, supplies, fuel, etc. (for details see School Com- mittee Report) $14,556 86


Deficit .


25 74


$14,556 86 $14,556 86


103


Grading Walker School Lot


Appropriation


$200 00


Payments


Wages, labor


$53 81


Team hire


127 93


Sand


16 80


$198 54


Unexpended


1 46


$200 00


$200 00


Trust Funds


Received from Trustees of Trust Funds


$80 20


A


Payments


Sabra Carter Cemetery Fund


$1 50


S. D. J. Carter Cemetery Fund


4 85


Rich Carter Cemetery Fund .


2 65


James Frazer Cemetery Fund


4 25


Martha Temple Cemetery Fund


3 10


Susan S. Carlton Cemetery Fund


8 00


Thomas P. Eames Cemetery Fund


3 40


Isaac Cazneau Cemetery Fund


2 25


George W. and Minnie A. Sidelinker Cemetery Fund 4 00


Sarah G. Sheldon Cemetery Fund 7 75


Abner C. Childs Cemetery Fund


5 65


William H. Carter Cemetery Fund


8 00


Gilman Harnden Cemetery Fund


1 40


Dolly Harnden Cemetery Fund


75


Laura Parker Cemetery Fund


6 00


Sabra Carter (Jaques Lot) Cemetery Fund


2 50


Charlotte C. Smith Cemetery Fund


2 15


Sabra Carter Common Fund 12 00


SSO 20 SSO 20


104


New Trust Funds


Received for perpetual care fund Charles


Hopkins Lot .


$200 00


Paid to Trustees of Trust Funds $200 00


Abatement of Taxes


Appropriation


$100 00


Abated account 1911 Taxes


$108 26


Abated account 1912 Taxes


3 45


Abated account 1913 Taxes


14 79


Deficit


26 50


$126 50 $126 50


Interest


Appropriation


.


$100 00


Collected on taxes


665 00


Collected on deposits


53 20


Expended


Paid Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank:


On temporary loans $564 45


On Fire Department loan ·


11 26


On High and. Walker Schools loan


28, 80


Estabrook & Co .:


On Bond No. 1


200 00


Unexpended


13 69


1


$818 20 $818 20


105


Bond Payable


Received of Sinking Fund Com-


missioners


$10,202 43


Expended


Paid Estabrook & Co .:


Bond No. 1


$10,000 00


Unexpended


202 43


$10,202 43 $10,202 43


Notes Payable


Permanent Loans


Appropriation


$490 00


Expended


Paid Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank:


Balance on Fire Department


loan


$250 00


Partial payment on High and


Walker Schools loan . 240 00


$490 00 $490 00


Temporary Loans


Note No. 6, anticipation taxes 1912 . $6,000 00


Received of Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank :


Note No. S, anticipation taxes 1913 . 5,000 00


Note No. 9, anticipation taxes


1913 . 6,000 00


Note No. 10, anticipation taxes 1913 . 5,000 00


Note No. 11, anticipation taxes 1913 . 2,000 00


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106


Expended


Paid Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank:


Note No. 6


$6,000 00


Note No. 8


5,000 00


Note No. 10


5,000 00


Note No. 9, outstanding


6,000 00


Note No. 11, outstanding


2,000 00


$24,000 00 $24,000 00


HERBERT C. BARROWS, Chairman. ARTHUR W. EAMES, EDWARD N. EAMES,


Board of Selectmen.


107


REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR


Number of inmates in Almshouse 3


W. S. Benson, Superintendent.


Inventory of Personal Property at Almshouse January 1, 1913


Live stock $975 00


Farming tools and vehicles


739 35


Hay, grain, wood, manure, etc.


371 50


Household furniture


369 00


Groceries, provisions, etc.


114 70


$2,569 55


Inventory of Personal Property at Almshouse, January 1, 1914


Live stock $945 00


Farming tools and vehicles


785 65


Hay, grain, wood, manure, etc. 474 00


Household furniture


391 50


Groceries, provisions, etc.


169 15


$2.765 30


Increase in Personal Property


$195 75


108


Memorandum of Expenses at Town Farm paid on Town Orders


Salary, Superintendent


$500 00


Telephone


17 23


Stationery


3 50


Live stock


220 00


Hay and grain


97 14


Harness .


60 00


Insurance


60 06


Groceries, provision, etc.


14 40


Labor and repairs .


74 30


Hardware, etc.


24 16


$1,070 79


Receipts at Almshouse


Labor and team hire


$1,336 59


Milk


·


201 18


Butter and eggs


24 59


Live stock .


145 50


Vegetables


162 01


Miscellaneous


30 55


$1,900 42


Payments at Almshouse


Labor


$573 17


Clothing and shoes


65 30


Groceries and provisions


387 67


Blacksmithing.


40 63


Hardware, paints, etc.


23 56


109


Stable supplies


$ 4 65


Medical services and medicine.


10 30


Repairs


53 78


Household furnishings


63 24


Hay and grain


424 31


Live stock


6 00


Seeds and fertilizer


13 43


Fuel


15 00


Miscellaneous


7 83


$1,688 87


Paid Town Treasurer


211 55


$1,900 42


Payments Account Outside Poor


Groceries and provisions


$248 22


Fuel


63 65


Clothing and shoes


6 00


Cash


12 00


Medical aid and board


191 36


-


$521 23


Recapitulation of Poor Account 1913


Resources 1


Appropriation


$1,600 00


Received for aid rendered Outside.


Poor 47 27


Receipts at Town Farm .


1,900 42


1


110


Payments


On Town orders


$1,070 79


At Town Farm


.


1,688 87


Account Outside Poor


521 23


$3,280 89


Unexpended


266 80


$3,547 69


$3,547 69


Unexpended .


$266 80


Add increase in personal property


195 75


Total Credit balance


$462 55


EDWARD N. EAMES, Chairman, HERBERT C. BARROWS, ARTHUR W. EAMES,


Overseers of the Poor.


111


ASSESSORS' VALUATION, 1913


Real Estate


$1,567,455 00


Personal property


249 764 00


Amount of tax assessed


32,253 81


State tax assessed


3,280 00


State Highway Tax


183 50


County tax assessed


1,654 71


Rate of taxation per $1,000


17 10


Schedule of Town Property


Schoolhouses and lots


$30,000 00


Town Farm


5,000 00


Personal property at Town Farm.


2,666 30


Town Hall and lot


2,300 00


Cemetery land and lots


1,400 00


Public Library and lot


1,200 00


Contents of Public Library


2,200 00


Hearse house


100 00


Highway tools


300 00


Town hearse


200 00


Town scales


150 00


Cemetery tool house and tools


100 00


Furniture in Selectmen's Office


100 00


Six safes


875 00


Two fire engines . ·


1,000 00


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112


Two hose wagons


$ 250 00


Two fire engine houses and lots


1,600 00


Hose, ladders, horses, harness, etc.


600 00


Police equipment


35 00


Land account tax sales


95 00


Moth building


600 00


Sprayers, and fixtures


1,400 00


Sealer of Weights and Measures outfit


150 00


Forest fire outfit


100 00


$52,421 30


JAMES E. KELLEY,


GEORGE W. BUCK,


MILTON T. HOLT,


Assessors of Wilmington.


113


COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT


Account of 1911 Tax


Uncollected, January 1, 1913


$4,432 40


Taxes collected


$4,317 72


Taxes abated


108 26


4,425 98


Uncollected, January 1, 1914, on Town Tax Titles $6 42 Interested collected $386.83.


Account of 1912 Tax


Uncollected, January 1, 1913


$11,678 87


Taxes collected


$6,976 90


Taxes abated


3 45


6,980 35


Uncollected, January 1, 1914


$4,698 52


Interest collected $264.40.


Account of 1913 Tax


Commitment (with additions) $33,057 24


Taxes collected


$20,566 89 .


Taxes abated


.


14 79


$20,581 68


Uncollected, January 1, 1914


$12,475 56


Interest collected $13.77.


Excise tax collected


$2,537 13


JOSEPH PATCHETT,


Collector.


114


TREASURER'S REPORT


Receipts


Cash in Treasury


$1,361 85


Cash received from :


State Treasurer, Income Mass.


School Fund


$1,220 05


State Treasurer, Corporation Tax P. S. 315 06


State Treasurer, Corporation Tax Business 6 90


State Treasurer, National Bank Tax . 55 93


State Treasurer, State Aid


426 00


State Treasurer, Street Rail- way Tax


3,457 62


State Treasurer,


High School


Tuition 500 00


State Treasurer, Reimbursement for loss of taxes on land used for public institutions . 35


State Treasurer, suppression of moths .


1,686 44


State Treasurer, suppression of moths on State highway .


75 05


State Treasurer, Inspector of Animals ·


75 00


115


State Treasurer, account high-


way . '


1,000 00


State Treasurer, tuition of


children


67 50


County Treasurer, dog licenses . 358 51


Cemetery lots and graves 101 00


S. R. McIntosh, grading 28 53


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., account moth department .


36 00


Fourth District Court, fines


50 00


Boston & Maine R.R., forest fires . 39 40


Sinking Fund Commissioners, account Whitefield School 10,202 43


Town of Tewksbury, tuition 50 00


F. H. Roberts, crushed stones . 22 49


H. M. Horton, old iron, account schools 1 00


Town of Dracut, account Sup- erintendent Schools 333 33


F. H. Alexander, Exec. Estate of Charles Hopkins, perpet- ual care of cemetery lot 200 00


J. Howard Eames, inspecting slaughter houses 27 00


H. M. Horton, Sealer's fees 17 00


H. M. Horton, lumber, account schools 73


Trustees of Trust Funds, in- come 80 20


William B. McIntosh, Super- intendent of Streets, labor and materials 65 78


Oliver A. McGrane, Superin- tendent moth department . 78 90


First National Bank, Reading, interest 53 20


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116


John W. Dailey, board, Mrs.


Dailey, State Sanatorium . $ 47 27


William S. Benson, Superinten- dent Town Farm 211 55


Thomas H. McMahon, cutting elm tree 14 00


Thomas H. McMahon, posts


9 20


Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank, temporary loans 18,000 00


H. C. Barrows, licenses 31 00


James E. Kelley, licenses


8 00


James E. Kelley, printed records


2 50


Walter A. Hill, Chief, police


duty


144.00


Joseph Pachett, Collector :


On account tax 1911 4,317 72


Interest 386 83


On account tax 1912


6,976 90


Interest


264 40


On account tax 1913


20,566 89


Interest


13 77


Excise tax, Bay State


Street Railway 2,537 13


Deeds of release


20 06


-. $75,444 47


Payments


1


Paid Selectmen's orders . . $41,542 07


State Treasurer, State Tax


3,280 00


State Treasurer, repairs State Highway 183 50


County Treasurer, County Tax.


1,654 71


117


Woburn Five Cents Savings


Bank:


Temporary loans


$16,000 00


Interest


564 45,


Permanent loans


490 00


Interest


40 06


Estabrook & Co .:


Bond No. 1


10,000 00


Interest


200 00


Cash in Treasury


1,489 68


$75,444 47


FRED A. EAMES, Treasurer.


118


ASSETS AND LIABILITIES


Assets


Cash in Treasury


$1,489 68


Due on taxes 1911


6 42


Due on taxes 1912


4,698 52


Due on taxes 1913


12,475 56


Due from State, State Aid 448 00


Due from State, account Poor


33 41


Due from State, account Superintend- ent of Schools 166 66


Due from Town of Andover, account Forest Fires 16 40


Due from Boston & Maine R. R., account Forest Fires


29 45


Due from State under Dependent Mothers Act


14 00


$19,378 10


Liabilities


Note, dated September 15, 1905, for ten years account, High and Walker Schools, balance $480 00


Note No. 9, anticipation taxes 1913


6,000 00


Note No. 11, anticipation taxes 1913 2,000 00


Street Railway account 4,593 35


Excess of Assets 6,304 75


$19,378 10


119


SINKING FUND ACCOUNT WHITEFIELD SCHOOL


Commissioners' Final Report


The bond of the Town maturing on June 1, 1913, we withdrew the fund with the accumulated interest, amounting to $10,202.43, and paid the same to the Treasurer of the Town, on May 27, 1913, taking his receipt in return.


We thus have completed our duties and also our term of service.


Respectfully submitted,


JAMES E. KELLEY, JOSEPH PATCHETT, DANIEL T. BUZZELL, Commissioners -


120


AUDITOR'S REPORT


All Town bills have been audited, and recorded in Auditor's Voucher Journal in conformity with the classifications pre- scribed by the State Bureau of Statistics. I believe the tax-payers will appreciate the value of the present form of accounting, as it shows in a concise and business-like manner for what purposes "their "money" has been expended. I think it safe to say that the State system of municipal accounting will be made compulsory in the near future.


The Selectmen's accounts, and their orders on Town Treasurer have been checked and found correct.


The valuation book was examined and compared with the Commitment book before delivery of latter to the Collector.


The books and accounts of the Tax Collector were ex- amined and found correct.


The account and bank books of Trustees of Trust Funds have been audited and found in order.


The Treasurer's books and his orders from Selectmen have been checked, and the cash balance in Town Treasury, as appears in his account, one thousand four hundred eighty- nine and sixty-eight one-hundredths dollars ($1,489.68) is correct.


HARRY R. DEMING,


Auditor.


REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS OF TOWN OF WILMINGTON 1913


FUNDS DEPOSITED IN ANDOVER, BOSTON, READING AND WOBURN SAVINGS BANKS, AND BONDS HELD BY TRUSTEES IN SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS


NAME


Amount


Accumulated Interest


Withdrawal


Balance on Deposit


Burnap Library Fund


$200 00


$45 16


$245 16


Benjamin Buck Library Fund


500 00


214 22


714 22


Charlotte C. Smith Library Fund


500 00


52 02


552 02


Sabra Carter Common Fund


200 00


55 85


12 00


243 85


Isaac Cazneau Cemetery Fund .


100 00


12 80


2 25


110 55


Susan Carlton Cemetery Fund


75 00


17 79


8 00


84 79


George W. and Minnie A. Sidelinker Cemetery Fund


200 00


28 73


4 00


224 73


Sabra Carter (Jaques Lot) Cemetery Fund


200 00


32 74


2 50


230 24


William H. Carter Cemetery Fund


100 00


10 13


8 00


102 13


Dolly Harnden Cemetery Fund


100 00


32 96


75


132 21


Thomas P. Eames Cemetery Fund


100 00


11 96


3 40


108 56


Sabra Carter Cemetery Fund


100 00


15 20


1 50


113 70


Rich Carter Cemetery Fund


100 00


02


2 65


105 37


James Frazer Cemetery Fund


200 00


36 33


4 25


232 08


Martha Temple Cemetery Fund


100 00


22 52


3 10


119 42


S. D. J. Carter Cemetery Fund


200 00


34 44


4 85


229 59


Charlotte C. Smith Cemetery Fund


50 00


20


2 15


53 05


Charles H. Hopkins Cemetery Fund


100 00


2 21


65


106 56


Abner C. Childs Cemetery Fund


100 00


7 21


1 40


105 81


Gilman Harnden Cemetery Fund


50 00


56


6 00


52 56


Laura Parker Cemetery Fund


Sarah G. Sheldon Cemetery Fund


100 00


10 98


7 75


103 23


$3,575 00


$675 03


$80 20


$4,169 83


.


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.


.


200 00


200 00


.


122


S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund : Six $1000 Bonds Costing Interest


$5,541 50 240 00


$5,781 50


$578 50


Blackstone Savings Bank


34 92


Interest


613 42


$6,394 92 274 92


Paid Lecture Committee .


$6,120 00


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SELECTMEN'S RECOMMENDATIONS


The Selectmen recommend the following appropriation for the fiscal year 1914:


General Government:


Selectmen, salaries and general expenses $600 00 Town Accountant or Auditor, salary and general expenses 225 00


Treasurer, salary and general expenses . 280 00


Collector, salary and general expenses . 750 00


Assessors, salaries and general expenses .


700 00


Town Clerk, salaries and general ex- penses


125 00


Election and registration, salaries and general expenses 230 00


Town Hall, janitor, light, fuel and repairs 150 00


Constable


50 00


Total for General Government


$3,110 00


Protection of Life and Property :


Police Department


$600 00


Fire Department


1,000 00


Suppression of gypsy and brown-tail


moths (compulsory $726.49, and incidentals $25.00) 751 49


Sealer of Weights and Measurers (and fees) . 35 00


Tree Warden


250 00


Forest fires


500 00


Total for protection life and property


$3,136 49


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Board of Health Agent, quarantine


wages, Inspector of Animals, In-


spector of Meats and Provisions Highways, roads and bridges


$ 400 00


1,800 00


Poor, Town Farm and Outside Poor .


1,600 00


Soldiers' Relief .. 48 00


Dependent Widows


200 00


Schools, including books, supplies, re-


pairs to school buildings, and


salaries of Superintendent and


School Committee and tuition at Industrial Schools


12,000 00


Library


400 00


Memorial Day


150 00


Printing Town Reports, care of Town Clock, etc.


500 00


Cemetery ..


400 00


Interest


100 00


Notes payable


240 00


Abatement of taxes


100 00


Electric street lights .


3,500 00


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REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :


Gentlemen: I submit the following report of the work of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1913.


Number of arrests


14


Males


13


Females .


1


Residents


3


Non-residents


11


Causes of Arrest


Drunkenness


5


Larceny


1


Manslaughter


1


Vagrancy


2


Operating an automobile while under the influence of liquor


1 Having watered milk in his possession with intent to sell For watering milk 1


1


Operating a motorcycle at a greater rate of speed than


1 was reasonable and proper


For keeping open shop on the Lord's Day for the pur- pose of doing business therein 1


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Disposition of Cases


House of Correction


2


Placed on file


5


Discharged


1


Tewksbury State Hospital


2


Turned over to the Boston police


1


Number of fines imposed


3


Amount of fines imposed


$110


Search warrants


2


Cases investigated


11


Dogs killed


9


Respectfully submitted, WALTER A. HILL, Chief of Police.


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FIRE ENGINEER'S REPORT


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen: I hereby submit the annual report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1913, a roll call of members, record of fires and alarms, value of buildings damaged by fire and insurance on same.


There were fifteen alarms given in the past year of 1913. Eleven were for building fires and four were for brush fires. There were nineteen fires reported to the Chief in all, but some were for chimney fires and were extinguished without calling out the department.


Number of buildings destroyed by fire 5


Number of buildings damaged by fire 5 ·


Number of fires caused from overheated stoves ·


3 Number of chimney fires 5


·


Number of fires caused from exploded oil stove .


1


Three of the buildings lost by fire were gone before the department arrived. Cause: 1, wrong box number given for alarm; 2, house all burnt before alarm given; 3, could not get alarm in time. The other two lost by fire were burnt several hours before any word was received about them.


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February 8, 1913 - Box 32. House owned by E. G. Taylor. Cause, stove too near partition. No damage. Insured.


February 9, 1913- Box 63. House owned by H. G. Bedell. Cause, stovepipe and chimney burned out. Value $1700. Insured. No damage.


*February 23, 1913. House owned by R. J. White. Cause, stovepipe set woodwork afire. Value $1000. No damage.


*March 8, 1913. Shed used as tool house blown to pieces. Cause, dynamite exploded. Value $25.


March 19, 1913-Box 43. House owned by Frank Marshall. Cause, caught from brush fire. Damage, $10. Value, $700.


April 10, 1913 - Box 18. House owned by C. S. Harri- man. Cause, oil stove exploded in shed. Damage $500. Value, $1200. Insured, $1000.


April 26, 1913 - Box 36. House owned by C. O. Blaisdell. Cause, chimney fire. No damage. Value, $1400.


May 8, 1913-Box 62. House owned by H. F. Porter. Cause, stove near woodwork. Damage, $25. Value, $500. Not insured.


May 12, 1913-Box 36. Shed owned by F. E. Day. Cause, not known. Value of building, $450. Insured, $100. Value of contents, $3000. Insured, $2000. Loss, $2450.


*May 12, 1913. Camp owned by Emma Goodrich burned. Not reported. Cause, stovepipe through wall set tarred paper on fire. Value of building and contents $1060. Not insured.


May 13, 1913 - Box 41. Brush fire at Boutwell Street.


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May 20, 1913- Box 14. Brush fire at Andover and Tewksbury line.


May 26, 1913- Box 36. House owned by Anna Waisnor. Cause, lamp exploded. Value, $1300. Contents, $1000. Insured, $2000.


June 12, 1913- Box 36. Shed burned and house caught fire. Owned by H. W. Folger. Cause, reported ashes had been emptied near shed. Value of shed and contents, $75. Value of house, $2200. Damage to house $25. Insurance, $2000.




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