Wilbraham annual report 1932-1940, Part 9

Author: Wilbraham (Mass.)
Publication date: 1932
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 956


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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


·


$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


-


$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


33


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


.33


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


.31


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


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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


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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


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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.


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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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