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by their licenses. In two instances where the Board found otherwise the licenses were summarily and completely revoked.
The finance board have attained thru their experience of the past several years a comprehensive knowledge of the Town's capabilities and necessities. Their recommendations deserve thorough consideration in order that Wilbraham may remain alert but conservative in policy and sound as ever financially.
The financial condition of the town may be conscientiously described as excellent. The taxpayers deserve great commenda- tion for their cooperation with the collector who has worked so consistently under arduous conditions. Your officials realize the difficulties entailed by the taxpayers in the accumulation of tax money, and especially call attention to the change effective in the tax law January 1, 1935 by which the tax year begins January 1st instead of April 1st as formerly. This will event- ually space tax dates the usual period of one year apart but will bring during this year, the year of transition, two tax assessments, those for 1934 and 1935 in quite rapid sequence.
The Board wishes to express appreciation for the support and patience of our populace in these days so trying to all of us. To the Collins Manufacturing Company, the Ludlow Manu- facturing Associates, the Federal departments, the State de- partments and all the town departments who have consistently accorded us such complete coordination we convey our sincere thanks.
Respectfully,
W. H. McGUIRE FRED W. GREEN GEORGE E. MURPHY, JR. - Wilbraham
Selectmen of
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REPORT OF PUBLIC WELFARE INVESTIGATOR
Special appropriation
$500.00 440.00
From Reserve
$940.00
Paid Helena R. Driscoll
930.00
Unexpended balance
$10.00
PUBLIC INVESTIGATOR
Appropriation
$12,500.00
Total number of cases aided
74
Total number of persons aided
380
Having a settlement in town 283
Having a settlement elsewhere
97
Wilbraham cases living elsewhere
16
Aid rendered settlement in town
5,414.23
Aid rendered settlement elsewhere
1,806.32
Not charged to personal accounts
271.90
Care
1,099.65
Cash
479.95
Clothing
274.28
Food
2,416.13
Fuel
388.54
Medical Aid
1,165.92
Miscellaneous
240.50
Rent .
1,155.58
Not charged to personal accounts
271.90
$7,492.45
Miscellaneous account:
Burial 169.00
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$7,492.45
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Ambulance
3.00
Eye glasses
12.00
Moving
8.00
Stoves-moving and repairs.
5.56
Water rent
10.00
Transportation
32.50
Tooth brush and paste
.44
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$240.50*
Not charged to personal accounts :
Express and storage on food stuffs (ERA)
$ 37.43
Paper bags
12.26
Larvex
1.09
Standing wood: ERA project
Mrs. Rose Driscoll
$ 12.50
Henry J. Morin
70.00
John F .. O'Leary
112.00
194.50
Hauling wood :
Mrs. Sarah Bull
26.62
$271.90
Expenditures
Wilbraham cases living elsewhere:
Chicopee
$ 21.00
Lakeville State Sanatorium
153.00
Ludlow
36.40
Palmer
90.50
Springfield
2,057.52
West Springfield
191.80
In care State Division Child Guardianship
602.00
$3,152.22
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Expenditures in Wilbraham
Personal Not assigned accts. personal accts.
January
$ 142.32
$ .50
February
269.97
1.50
March
194.03
14.26
April
234.23
5.20
May
328.06
6.14
June
199.95
2.20
July
276.51
3.43
August
356.44
September
319.47
3.13
October
394.54
3.38
November
399.73
December
953.08
232.16
$4,068.33
$271.90
Total expenditure in Wilbraham
$4,340.23
Total expenditure outside Wilbraham
3,152.22
$7,492.45
Total unexpended balance
$5,007.55
E. R. A. Commodities Distributed During 1934 185 Pounds of Grass Seed
114 Dozen Eggs
1810 Pounds of Smoked Pork
624 Pounds of Butter
431/2 Pounds of Cheese
2091 Pounds of Roast Beef .
127 Pounds of Lard
490 Pounds of Flour
248 Pounds of Cereal
152 Pounds of Veal
300 Pounds of Sugar
1560 Pounds of Cabbage
504 Pounds of Rice
2040 Pounds of Potatoes
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American Red Cross Commodities Distributed During 1934
22 Bloomers
59 Suits Underwear
29 Overalls
16 Sweaters
8 Pairs Pants
12 Shirts
40 Pairs Socks
28 Blankets
3 Comforters
67 Pairs Stockings
7 Nightgowns
645 Yards Cotton Material
3283 Pounds Flour
HELENA R. DRISCOLL, Agent Board of Public Welfare.
REPORT OF CIVIL WORKS
At the time when your administrator rendered his report for 1934 the Civil Works Administration program was at what later developed to be its fullest heighth. In the month of February the Federal government began the weekly diminui- tion ofthe employed forces and shortly after on March 31st the demobilization of the C.W.A. was completed.
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration which had previously directed the distribution of the government food supplies was vested with the authority of administering work relief.
The National Re-Employment service was discontinued and the selection of workers employed was placed within the responsibility of the local administrators. The local C.W.A. administrator continued in office and was subsequently ap- pointed E.R.A. administrator.
Work on the Monson Road while operated with a greatly depleted force continued without interruption and was com- pleted August 2nd.
Since the beginning of August a diversified succession of smaller projects have followed enumeration of which is included in the financial supplement to this report. Under the rules set forth by the Federal Administration the expenses incurred for trucking and materials used on local E.R.A. projects must be
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supplied by the town. It has been dfficult to provide acceptable projects because of that reason and because of the fact that the town owns but very little property on which to perform works of a public nature. An added difficulty encountered has been that total disbursements under classifications B1-B10 are iim- ited to thirty per cent of the monthly allotment of funds. This field includes highway construction and the construction and repair of public buildings. This ruling has very good logic as its basis, for it thereby attempts to prevent municipalities from loading their ordinary responsibilities on to the E.R.A. whose primary purpose is to create additional work and not to supplant workers ordinarily paid by cities and towns with federal paid labor.
The command is to submit projects of a useful nature which would not otherwise be attempted by local assessment of funds. Town forests, playgrounds and parkways are stressed and recommended as especially acceptable, but we own no property at present available for such activity. However for the month of December we were able to secure removal of the thirty per cent limitation for the Boston Road sidewalk by special permission of the Boston office, granted because of its extreme worthiness of purpose. This sidewalk project will not be completed until the spring weather is sufficiently warm to allow the application of the bituminous top.
The selection of those assigned to labor on the different projects has been an unenviable task. It has been my policy to assign those who seemed to be in greatest need and thereby relieve the town of the obligation of providing direct relief and I sincerely believe that the financial report of the Board of Public Welfare makes apparent the widsom of this policy. Distribution of public work, especially when the applications outnumber the opportunities at a three to one ratio will always fall short of meeting the satisfaction of everyone. The situation is one which we must all work out mutually with the good of the many as the real objective.
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The clerical and statistical work required in the office has assumed tremendous proportions and to Miss Helena R. Driscoll, agent of the board of public welfare who has attended to these matters and the distribution of the Federal commodi- ties, I wish to express gratitude for her faithful, efficient service. On December 17th the State headquarters realizing the need for more assistance in the office authorized the engagement of Miss Helen Boden in the work and the assistance rendered by her has been of great measure.
On December 1st the Regional Offices of the E.R.A. were established in Springfield and most matters for Hampden County are now administered from there instead of Bost9n. Along with this change the local payroll formerly disbursed by Mr. G. A. LaPlante from the Ludlow office is now disbursed from the County office at Springfield.
To the School Committee, Library Trustees, Cemetery Commissioners, Fire Commissioners, my Colleagues on the Board of Selectmen and all those who have labored with me in such mutual helpfulness I render a hearty thank you.
Respectfully yours,
GEORGE E. MURPHY, JR. Local Administrator.
AMOUNTS PAID IN WILBRAHAM PAYROLLS
Project Number
Type of Project Amount Expended
6281 1-2
Monson Road
19-448
Monson Road
19-1492
Monson Road
16343 B2-1
Monson Road
$9,426.05
16343 B15-2
Regrading East Wilbraham Cemetery 1,903.50
16343 B20-5A
Water Hole-Kimball Property
Mountain Road 451.76
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16343
B15-4
Resurfacing section of Glendale Cemetery 374.40
16343
B4-6
Building Concrete Ramp at Fire Station 322.68
16343
B4-8
Painting outside of Fire Station
96.00
16343
B4-10
Painting Town Office and Furniture
16343
B4-10A
Painting Town Office and Furniture 288.00
16343
B4-12
Painting Town Library Exterior 656.00
16343
B15-9
Straightening and Resetting Headstones and Grading Adams Cemetery
16343
B15-9A
Straightening and Resetting
Headstones and Grading Adams Cemetery
16343
B15-11
Straightening and Resetting
Headstones and Grading Adams Cemetery
1,914.55
16343
B12-13
Filling and Grading School Yard No. 8 259.20
16343
D3-15
Wood Cutting for Welfare Dept.
741.75
16343
B1-14
Sidewalk Project-South Side Boston Road 1,800.40
16343
B18-16
Apple Pest and Gypsy Moth Project (Continued into 1935) 16.80
Labor-Total
$18,251.09
S.G .- 2
Administrative Project
60.91
Total
$18,312.00
CWA and ERA
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
1,560.62
CWA-Monson Road Project
$4,060.62
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Labor
Teams
Leon Bennett
45.00
Alphonse Bergeron
54.50
C. P. Bolles
83.00
Sarah Bull
60.50
Mario Campora
218.50
D. C. Ellinwood
35.00
Edward Evans
52.25
John Rauh
33.00
$581.75
Trucks
Walter Clark
$396.82
Jerry Donohue
135.00
David J. Menard
27.00
John Piscor
297.26
Harold Porter
129.69
Charles Vandall
231.20
Wilbraham Academy
15.75
$1,232.72
Town Tractor
16.00
Workmen
John Anderson
$9.12
H. W. Burbank
10.00
Mario Campora
4.00
John Chase
11.25
Robert Doolittle
8.00
A. F. Friend
15.00
Harry Hall
6.50
Thomas McNally
4.75
Elliott P. Walker
20.00
88.62
Total Labor
$1,919.09
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CWA and ERA-Monson Road Project Material Used
American Red Cross, First aid kit and text books
7.35
John Anderson, Dynamite, caps, fuse 34.58
Mrs. Ira Belcher, Gravel 88.30
Birnie Sand & Gravel Co., Gravel
1.30
Brown Fence and Wire Co., Fence wire and posts
102.52
M. L. Bruuer, Gravel
5.90
E. G. Burbank, Gravel
8.30
The Cutler Company, Staples
.80
R. E. Faulkner, Bolts, washers, etc.
10.58
Gebeau's Garage, Repair parts for tractor, spark plugs, battery 20.05
F. C. Johnson Co., Plank
11.52
Fred T. Ley, Machine rental
21.00
Hedge & Mattheis Co., Torch wicks
1.50
Merrill and Sears, Blue prints
3.00
J. W. Rice, Repairing tractor
34.35
Rathbun Federal Truck Co., Gear shifter (used), Hinge pins, rivets, bolts 25.57
George W. Robbins & Sons Co., Paint
2.90
J. Russell Co., Picks, shovels and handles
28.43
Robert M. Sears, Survey Monson Road 285.75
Standard Oil Co. N. Y., Gas and oil
78.43
Thacker Craig Paper Co., Flat columbia cups
1.94
Adolph Thiebe, Sharpening tools
4.90
H. S. Thomas, Bolts and nails Miscellaneous Items
.32
E. G. Burbank, Clerical work 29.00
Helena R. Driscoll, Clerical work 16.00
A. F. Friend, Signatures, ERA
6.00
Elliott P. Walker, Fare Framingham to Boston
1.00
Western Union Telegram
.37
Total
$831.66
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ERA
East Wilbraham Cemetery Project
Labor-Trucks Walter Clark Jerry Donohue
$144.00
193.50
$337.50
Adams Cemetery Project
Labor-Trucks
Jerry Donohue
$39.00
Victor Pirosseno
19.50
$58.50
Material
Columbia Transfer Co., Express on
wheelbarrows 1.00
The Cutler Co.
Cement
62.85
Nails
.30
Paint
1.00
64.15
Helena R. Driscoll, Express charges paid .50
$65.65
$124.15
Glendale Cemetery Project
Material
Hall's Hardware Co. Inc., Shovels and wheelbarrows
$57.80
Water Hole Project
Labor-John Anderson $1.00
Trucks
Walter Clark
$57.94
Jerry Donohue
66.94
Victor Pirosseno
36.00
$161.88
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Material
John Anderson, Dynamite fuse caps $1.21
Cook Builders' Supply Co., Sewer piep 7.32
8.53
$170.41
Concrete Ramp Project
Trucks
$36.00
Victor Pirosseno
Material
Morrissey Bros., Street broom
$1.10
A. M. Soule, Pails
6.00
7.10
$43.10
Painting Library Building Project
Material
The Cutler Co., Cement 85
Morrissey Bros., Railing, elbows, tees, screws, etc.
16.50
George W. Robbins & Sons Co., Cement, wire brads, etc. 1.61
$18.96
School Yard Project
Truck-Jerry Donohue $12.00
Sidewalk Project
Trucks
Jerry Donohue
$120.00
Victor Pirosseno
132.00
$252.00
Material
The Birnie Co., Gravel
$18.60
Andrew Gruszka, Cement blocks 4.40
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Merrill & Sears, Layout, grades, plans
$73.75
J. Russell & Co., Wheelbarrows 56.00
$152.75
$404.75
Wood Cutting Project
Teams
$18.00
Material
The Cutler Co., Axes
6.75
$24.75
CWA and ERA Miscellaneous Expenses
American Red Cross
Text books
$2.40
Kit and supplies 8.39
$10.79
A. H. Bartlett Co., Time books, twine, files, etc.
9.60
Henry I. Edson, Mapping Silver Street
3.00
A. F. Friend, Two trips to Boston
12.00
Morrissey Bros., Containers for drinking water 3.30
George E. Murphy, Jr., Trip to Boston
6.50
O'Connell Quirk Paper Co., Paper cups J. Russell Co.
8.30
A. L. Damon, M. D.
13.50
$74.24
Total expenditure
$4,018.41
$42.21
Unexpended balance
7.25
Sarah Bull
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ERA Expense Borne Within the Budgets of Town Departments
Adams Cemetery :
$21.00
Trucking Paint
68.55
Lawn seed, nails, cement
29.00
Cemetery appropriation
$118.55
East Wilbraham Cemetery:
Paint and brushes
$22.94
Painting Library building:
Putty, glass, nails, etc.
$8.14
Material for painting
129.12
Library appropriation
$137.26
Concrete Ramp and Painting Fire Station:
Cement
$101.40
Gravel
15.62
Paint
50.84
Trucking
18.00
Fire Department appropriation
$185.86
School yard:
Cinders
$64.00
Trucking
64.50
School appropriation
$128.50
Total
$593.11
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CONTINGENT
Appropriation
$600.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
125.00
$725.00
Stationery and Printing
A. H. Bartlett Co., Bill heads, letter heads,
welfare orders, etc.
$25.80
Carter Ink Co., Ink 2.11
Commissioner Public Safety, Blanks,
license to carry firearms
1.35
J. A. Daigle, Building inspector's warning cards 2.50
Helena R. Driscoll, Postage
.54
Hobbs and Warren, Books, blanks, cards, forms 30.70
Johnson's Bookstore, Carbon, pens, pen-
cils, ink, folders, blotters, clips 11.81
James B. Logan, Stamps and stamped envelopes
40.46
John C. Moore Corporation, Blanks
3.16
Palmer Register, Bill heads
6.25
Underwood, Elliott Fisher Co., Type- writer ribbons 3.00
$127.68
Miscellaneous
Jennie T. Abbott
Vital statistics
$55.00
Administering oaths
19.75
Care of rooms
25.00
Traveling expense
7.00
Town Clerks meeting
$106.75
H. Burns
Repair adding machine $6.85
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Repair typewriter
$16.60
Adding machine paper 7.40
30.85
Aubrey Ballantyne, Vital statistics 1.25
Charles M. Calhoun, Filing Stony Hill and Tinkham Road Petitions 6.00
Helena R. Driscoll, Floor wax and ink eradicator .69
Dow Manufacturing Co., Dog tags
10.58
Hobbs and Warren
Recutting dies $3.01
Ideal moistener
.58
3.59
Johnsons Bookstore, Files and thumb tacks
8.75
Edmund Jones, Refund on check .90
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., Toll calls 71.24
A. H. Phillips Inc., Pail, mop, broom, soap, bulbs 4.31
Thacker-Craig Paper Co., Paper towels, toilet paper 11.20
Springfield Union, Advertisement for pro-
posals for material, Stony Hill Road 6.46
Theodore Waddell, Certifying notes 4.00
Elliott P. Walker, Trips to Boston (CWA) 13.96
$280.53
Elections
Augustus F. Friend, Posting town warrants
$9.00
Palmer Register, Ballots 76.75
Wilbraham Grange, Rent
50.00
Election Officers
Daniel C. Ellinwood
$12.00
Augustus F. Friend
18.50
30.50
Tellers
Elizabeth P. Bacon
$11.00
Marie A. Boylan 7.50
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Clara O. Bradway
$13.50
Elizabeth G. Burbank
3.00
Florence G. Crossett
17.00
Mary L. Lynch
13.50
Marie Pirosenno
7.50
Frank J. Boden
6.00
Herbert W. Burbank
9.00
Harry C. Hall
17.00
Leonard E. Hill
6.00
George E. Keyes
7.50
Harold J. Murphy
6.00
Thomas McNally
11.00
William H. McClelland
7.50
14300
$309.25
Total expenditure
$717.46
Unexpended balance
7.54
Town Officers
Appropriation
$3,300.00
Selectmen:
William H. McGuire
$350.00
Fred W. Green
300.00
George E. Murphy, Jr.
300.00
$950.00
Assessors :
Henry I. Edson
$84.50
Fred W. Green
239.25
Charles W. Vinton
183.00
506.75
Town Clerk: Jennie T. Abbott
50.00
Treasurer: George Milo Green
350.00
Tax Collector: Oren K. Gilbert
600.00
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Sealer of Weights and Measures: Charles W. Vinton $200.00
50.00
Building Inspector: Herbert F. Swetland
100.00
Cattle and Barn Inspector: James M. Pickens
44.00
Milk Inspector: H. W. Burbank
35.00
Moderator: Frederick A. Upham
35.00
(1933, $25.00-1934, $10.00)
Registrars:
Jennie T. Abbott
$30.00
John F. Baldwin
30.00
James Keefe
30.00
Harold Porter
30.00
120.00
Town Counsel: Ernest E. Hobson
50.00
Clerk for Selectmen: F. G. Burbank
145.75
Total expenditure
$3,236.50
Unexpended balance
$63.50
Contagious Diseases
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
650.00
C. B. Dolge Co., Formaldehyde
$6.31
Dr. J. E. Dwyer
2.00
Hampshire County Sanatorium
1,971.39
David E. Harriman, M. D.
10.00
Lakeville State Sanatorium
243.00
New England Laboratories
6.00
Westfield State Sanatorium
365.00
$2,603.70
$46 30
Unexpended balance
$2,650.00
Auditor: William E. Porter
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Insurance and Bonding
Appropriation
$1,200.00
W. F. Logan:
Compensation Insurance
$697.08
Contents Town Office
41.00
Tax Collector's Bond
190.00
Town Clerk's Bond
5.00
Treasurer's Bond
90.00
Total expenditure
Unexpended balance
$1,023.08 $176.92
Report of Police Department
$400.00
Appropriation
Lewis A. Bryant
$7.50
William E. Day
5.00
D. C. Eliinwood
10.50
A. F. Friend
80.90
Oren K. Gilbert
17.70
John B. Tupper
20.70
Total expenditure
$142.30
Unexpended balance
$257.70
Old Age Assistance
Appropriation $1,500.00
Number of cases aided residing in Wilbraham 8
Number of cases aided in other places 2
Number of cases having a settlement in Wilbraham
4
Number of cases aided in Wilbraham having settlement in Wilbraham 2
Number of cases aided in Wilbraham with settlement elsewhere 6
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Total number cases aided
10
Cost to Wilbraham $216.57
Chargeable to other cities, towns and Commonwealth $1,218.75
Total expenditure
$1,435.32
Unexpended balance
$64.68
Soldiers' Relief
Appropriation
$400.00
Number of cases aided
2
Number of persons aided
12
Total amount expended
$54.75
Unexpended balance
$345.25
Town Office Repair
Appropriation $200.00
Hall's Hardware Co., Turpentine $ .82
Highland Paint and Wall Paper Co.,
Paint, etc. 66.59
William Kavanaugh Furniture Co.,
Battleship linoleum $74.25
Charge for cementing on felt
paper 14.85
89.10
Morrissey Bros., Dull varnish
2.50
George W. Robbins and Sons Co.,
Plaster, nails, putty, etc.
4.06
Ira E. Whitney
Material for electric wiring
13.55
Labor '
11.75
25.30
Total expenditure $188.37 Unexpended balance $11.63
Entire labor cost except for electric wiring, furnished by E. R. A.
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RESOURCES
Cash in Treasury
$43,240.75
Old Age Assistance
(Due from other cities, towns and Commonwealth) 806.42
Public Welfare Accounts
(Due from other cities, towns and Commonwealth)
1,609.58
Tax Titles
12,873.74
Uncollected Taxes
28,196.13
Water Rents
3,386.65
Welfare Bill (Aid)
44.50
$90,157.77
LIABILITIES
Estimated liabilities to other cities and towns because of current relief cases
$1,000.00
School Bonds
18,000.CC
Water Bonds
68,000.00
$87,000.00
SUMMARY
Account
Appropriation Expenditure
Balance
Aid to Agriculture
$60.00
$60.00
Article 7
1,000.00
$1,000.00
Assessors' Expense
16.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
99.87
117.05*
1.18
Auditing Municipal Accounts
461.25
Care of Parks
150.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
60.00
189.61
20.39
Cemetery
175.00
From Trust Funds
196.27
379.94
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Transferred from Reserve Fund
9.00
Cemetery Trust Funds
100.00
Contagious Diseases
2,000.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
650.00
2,603.70
46.30
Contingent
600.00
From Reserve
125.00
717.46
7.54
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County Tax
County Tuberculosis Hospital
420.00
4,236.85 419.49
.51
CWA and ERA
2,500.00
From Reserve
1,560.62
4,018.41
42.21
Dental Clinic
400.00
From Reserve
37.50
437.50
Excise Tax Refunds
61.86
Fire Department
2,900.00
2,896.89
3.11
Forest Warden
100.00
From Reserve
3.00
102.65
.35
Gypsy Moth
500.00
500.19*
.19
Hampden County, dog licenses
686.60
Highways:
Miscellaneous
1,000.00
From Reserve
1,000.00
1,991.42
8.58
Chapter 81
6,450.00
State
6,450.00)
12,899.69
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Chapter 90-Stony Hill Road
4,000.00
County
2,500.00
State
6,500.00
13,050.75
.25
From Reserve
51.00
Chapter 90-Tinkham Road
1,000.00
County
1,000.00
State
2,000.00
4,000.79
.21
From Reserve
1.00
Hydrants
1,650.00
1,650.00
Insurance and Bonding
1,200.00
1,023.08
176.98
Interest
2,000.00
647.22
1,352.78
Legal Claims
300.00
300.00
Library
1,000.00
Dog Tax
643.48
1,644.31
36.48
From Trust Funds
37.31)
Licenses Refunded
116.17
Memorial Day
75.00
57.50
17.50
Office Rent
144.00
144.00
Office Repair
200.00
188.37
11.63
Old Age Assistance
1,500.00
1,435.32
64.68
Police
400.00
142.30
257.70
Printing Town Reports
148.00
146.39
1.61
Public Welfare
12,500.00
7,492.45
5,007.55
Public Welfare Investigator From Reserve
500.00
440.00
930.00
10.00
Road Machinery
500.00
182.36
317.64
36
Schools
64,455.00
62,504.99
1,950.01
School Bond
3,840.00
3,840.00
Soldiers' Relief
400.00
54.75
345.25
State Tax
4,500.00
State Parks and Reservations
31.34
Street Lights
2,000.00
1,645.93
354.07
Tax Collector's Expense From Reserve
425.00
624.17
.83
Tax Refunds-Real Estate
18.00
Temporary Loans
50,000.00
Town Clerk's Expense
8.00
2.94
5.06
Town Officers
3,300.00
3,236.50
63.50
Treasurer's Expense
50.00
From Reserve
28.57
71.24
7.33
Tree Warden
100.00
From Reserve
75.00
174.92
.08
Water Bonds
6,880.00
6,880.00
Water Department
2,500.00
From Reserve
236.52
2,736.52
Total expenditure for 1934
$202,352.87
*Overdrown.
W. H. McGUIRE,
FRED W. GREEN,
GEORGE E. MURPHY, JR.
Selectmen.
200.00
37
Report of Assessors
Appropriations, February 5, 1934
Public Welfare
$12,500.00
Highway Miscellaneous
1,000.00
Highway, Chapter 81
6,450.00
Highway, Chapter 90
5,000.00
General Contingent
600.00
Stationery and Printing, Treasurer
50.00
Stationery and Printing, Assessors
16.00
Stationery and Printing, Town Clerk
8.00
Stationery and Printing, Tax Collector
200.00
Town Office Rent
144.00
Contagious Diseases
2,000.00
Fire Department
2,900.00
Schools
64,455.00
Dental Clinic
400.00
School Bonds, Interest and Retirement
3,840.00
Water Bonds, Interest and Retirement
6,880.00
Street Lights
2,000.00
Hydrants
1,650.00
Town Officers Compensation
3,300.00
Memorial Day
75.00
Care of Parks
150.00
Printing Town Reports
148.00
Gipsy Moth
500.00
Tree Warden
100.00
Forest Warden
100.00
Care of Cemeteries
175.00
Police
400.00
Insurance and Bonding
1,200.00
County Tuberculosis Hospital
420.00
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Library
$1,000.00
Interest
2,000.00
Soldier's Relief
400.00
Old Age Assistance
1,500.00
Road Machinery
500.00
Maintenance of Water System
2,500.00
County Aid to Agriculture
60.00
Liquor Law Enforcement
1,000.00
Town Office Repairs
200.00
Public Welfare Investigator
500.00
Legal Claims
300.00
$126,621.00
From Overlay Surplus
Reserve Fund
· $5,500.00
C. W. A. Work
2,500.00
$8,000.00
Total Appropriation for Town Purposes
$134,621.00
State Tax
$4,500.00
State Parks and Reservations
31.34
State Audit
461.25
$4,992.59
County Tax
$4,236.85
Overlay
2,843.02
$146,693.46
Estimated Receipts
Income Tax
$9,536.16
Corporation Tax
3,139.10
Bank Tax
51.87
Motor Vehicle Excise
2,500.00
Schools
14,000.00
Public Service Enterprises
3,500.00
Licenses
1,200.00
Interest on Deposits
200.00
State Game Farm
105.10
Old Age Assistance
275.00
39
Fines
$25.00
Chapter No. 344, F. E. R. A.
837.26
Available Funds
8,000.00
$43,369.49
Net amount raised by Taxation
Polls, 844 at $2.00
$103,323.97 1,688.00
Amount raised on property
$101,635.97
Value of Personal Estate
$482,087.00
Tax on Personal Estate
15,908.74
Value of Land
$837,042.00
Value of Buildings 1,760,749.00
Total Value of Real Estate 2,597,791.00
Tax on Real Estate
85,727.23
Total Valuation
3,079.878.00
$101,635.97
Tax Rate $33.00 on $1,000.00
Number of Dwellings
645
Number of Horses
100
Number of Cows
381
Number of Sheep
6
Number of Goats
7
Number of Neat Cattle
101
Number of Swine
71
Number of Fowls
6,445
Number of Turkeys
19
Number of Geese
10
Number of Ducks
38
Acres of Land Assessed
13,087.09
Automobile Excise Tax
Amount of Valuation
$117,585.00
Total Tax $3,203.08
Amount of Abatements
282.39
FRED W. GREEN, CHARLES W. VINTON, HENRY I. EDSON, Assessors of Wilbraham.
40
Assessor's Expense
Appropriation
$16.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
99.87
$115.87
Patrick J. Courtney, Disclaimers
$16.80
Hobbs and Warren, Books, blanks, posters, etc.
14.87
Superior Printing Co., Blanks
12.00
Charles A. Titus, Services at Registry of Deeds
59.88
E. G. Burbank, Arranging and typing poll lists
13.50
Total expenditure
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