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REFERENCE
TOWN OF READING
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st
19 0 3
W. K. & J. F. Twomiilv, Printers, 11f.aiw.no, Mams.
1903
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TOWN OF READING.
ANNUAL REPORT
...OF...
Receipts ad Expenditures
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1903
W. E. & J. F. TWOMBIyY, PRINTERS, READING, MASS., 1904
TOWjST OFFICERS, 1903-1904.
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Fence Viewers
WILLIAM I. RUGGLES, Chairman
JAMES W. KILL AM, Secretary
OLIVER L. AKERLEY
Assessors
EDWARD F. PARKER, Chairman . . Terra expires 1905
JOHN H. ADDEN, Sec\j . “ 1904
MILLARD F. CHARLES ...» » 1906
Town Clerk
MILLARD F. CHARLES
Treasurer
EDWARD F. PARKER
Collector of Taxes HERBERT M. VI ALL
Auditors
EDGAR N. HUNT ALBERT P. DANE
GEORGE H. CLOUGH
Board of Health
CALVERT H. PLAYDON, Chairman . Term expires 1906 FRED D. MERRILL, Secretary ...» » 1905
GEORGE L. FLINT » » 1904
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School Committee
WALTER S. PARKER, Chairman . . Term expires
GILMAN L. PARKER, Secretary “
ELIZABETH H. BROWN .
HORACE G. WADLIN .
MARY L. NESMITH HENRY C. PARKER
MELVILLE A. STONE, Superintendent of Schools.
Water Commissioners
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Chairman . . Term expires
GEORGE A. SHACKFORD, Secretary E. HARLEY GOWING
Municipal Light Board
WM. S. KINSLEY, Chairmayi . . . Term expires
CHARLES W. LEE, Secretary .
GEORGE L. FLINT
Trustees ot Public Library
HORACE G. WADLIN, Chairman . . Term expires
CYRUS M. BARROWS, Secretary “
FREDERICK E. WHITTEMORE .
HARLEY PRENTISS .
HENRY G. KITTREDGE J. WOODWARD MANNING .
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Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery
GALEN A. PARKER, Chairman WILLIE E. TWOMBLY .... ALFRED W. DANFORTLI, Supt. and Sedy ALDEN BATCHELDER .... FRANK L. EDGERLEY' .... IIENRY T. LEAVIS
Term expires 1905
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Registrars
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Clerk OWEN M< KENNEY WALTER S. PRENTISS
WALTER M. SCOTT
Engineers of Fire Department
FRANK G. NICHOLS, Chief
GEORGE L. PRATT, Clerk
ORVILLE O. ORDWAY
Superintendent of Fire Alarm
L. T. EAMES
Forest Firewards
ASA PARKER, Chairman
ALBION G. NICHOLS WILLARD A. BANCROFT
JOHN N. WESTON HERBERT E. McINTIEE
FRED. D. MERRILL
Constables
J. HENRY ORR
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Police
FRED D. MERRILL, Chief, and Keeper of the Lock-up.
J. HENRY ORR WM. H. MANNING
Specials
SAMUEL BROWN EUGENE L. LOVEJOY
CHESTER W. McDOUGAL JASON ZWICKER ^
JEREMIAH CULLINANE ROBERT POWERS
ASA PARKER REUBEN J. LeFAVE
JOHN STOCK CLEMENT GLEASON
Truant Officer
AZRO A. SMITH
Superintendent of Streets
ARTHUR G. EMERSON
Keeper of Town Home
JOHN F. BURNHAM
Inspector of Plumbing
GREENLEAF S. TUKEY
Inspector of Animals, Slaughter Houses, Meats and Provisions
CALVERT H. PLAYDON, M. D. V.
Sealer of Weights and Measures
FRANK W. PARKER
Burial Agent of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors
EPHRAIM WIGHT
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Tree Warden
A. CHANDLER MANNING
Finance Committee
M. F. CHARLES, Secretary ,
G. A. PARKER M. A. STONE .
E. L. LOVE JOY SOLON BANCROFT
H. E. McINTIRE JOHN CONNELLY .
GEO. W. BEASLEY JOS. S. TEMPLE
F. W. B. PRATT JACOB MITCHELL, Chai ALDEN BATCHELDER F. E. CRAFTS .
II. P. BOSSON .
F. M. SMITH .
Term expires Dec. 31, 1904
Dec. 31, 1903
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Measurers of Wood and Bark
JAMES A. BANCROFT CHARLES WAKEFIELD
CALVIN L. MARTIN WENDELL BANCROFT
FRED’K WALLACE
Surveyors of Lumber
JAMES A. BANCROFT SAMUEL BROWN
WENDELL BANCROFT JOSEPH W. KILLAM
ORA L. MILBURY BURTON K. SYMONDS
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Weighers of Coal and Hay
CHAS. W. LEE
FRED M. PLATTS IRVING BANCROFT M. J. DALEY JOHN McKILLOP WENDELL BANCROFT
CALVIN L. MARTIN FREEMAN KELSO LUKE McKENNEY WM. WHITE WM. BUCHANAN JOHN LOGAN
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DOGS LICENSED DURING YEAR 1903
Whole number of licenses issued
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234 Males at $2.00 . . . . . |
. $468 |
00 |
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26 Females at $5.00 . |
. 130 |
00 |
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1 Kennel license . |
. 25 |
00 |
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Total receipts . . . . . |
. $623 |
00 |
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Less fees for 261 licenses at 20c. each |
52 |
20 |
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June 1, 1903, paid County Treasurer |
. $275 |
40 |
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Dec. 1, 1903, paid County Treasurer |
. 295 |
40 |
261
$570 80
Total paid $570 80
Number of dogs as returned by the Assessor to Town Clerk, 280
Males 251
Females .......... 29
280
Number of dogs licensed by me not returned by Assessors, 17
Males ......... 15
Females ......... 2
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Total dogs reported by Assessors . . . . . 270
Extra dogs reported Town Clerk . . . . . 17
Total dogs reported for license
287
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No. of dogs reported of this number as dead or left town 25
Total that should be licensed ...... 262
Total licensed ......... 260
Unlicensed ........ 2
More dogs have been licensed during the past year than ever before and with the co-operation of the Police there is no reason why every dog in town should not either be licensed or killed.
The number of dogs licensed in Reading the following years are as follows :
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1890, 211 |
1897, 186 |
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1891, 158 |
1898, 194 |
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1892, 171 |
1899, 167 |
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1893,203 |
1900, 207 |
|
1894, 227 |
1901, 193 |
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1895, 218 |
1902, 248 |
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1896, 207 |
1903, 261 |
Since 1890 the following amounts have been paid by the Town Clerk to the County Treasurer, and the second column shows the amount received by Town for the use of Public Library:
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YEAR |
PAID C. TREAS. |
rec’d by libr |
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1890 |
$336.60 |
$305.35 |
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1891 |
357.60 |
309.66 |
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1892 |
393.00 |
None |
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1893 |
434.40 |
361.56 |
|
1894 |
492.60 |
408.34 |
|
1895 |
467.40 |
475.36 |
|
1896 |
453.60 |
444.03 |
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1897 |
415.80 |
430.92 |
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1898 |
424.20 |
399.17 |
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1899 |
363.60 |
402.99 |
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1900 |
441.60 |
349.20 |
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1901 |
452.40 |
464.52 |
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1902 |
547.40 |
401.28 |
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MILLARD |
F. CHARLES, |
Town Clerk.
December 31st, 1903.
TOWN MEETINGS IN THE YEAR 1903
Proceedings of Town Meeting Held March 2d, 1903
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
George L. Flint was chosen Moderator.
The following election officers were duly appointed and sworn : Ballot Clerks, Charles W. Lee and Win. H. Perkins; Tellers, Waldo F. Eaton, James C. Nichols, Frank E. Hutchins, Frank A. Bessom, Henry M. Donegan, Joseph S. ltobinson, Chester Mc- Dougall, Walter F. Cook, John Connelly, Daniel T. Bickford, Horace E. Eames. Ballot Box was duly inspected and found empty and registered (0000.) Ballots were turned over to Ballot Clerks, the}7 receipting therefor, and polls were duly opened to receive bal- lots at 6.15 A. M.
Art. 2. To hear and act on the reports of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Assessors, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, School Committee, Water Commissioners, Municipal Light Board, Engineers of the Fire Department, Trustees of the Cemetery, Trus- tees of the Public Library, Auditors, Board of Health, Sewerage Committee, Finance Committee, Tree Warden and Special Com- mittees.
Voted that Art. 2 be laid on table.
Art. 3. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Towrn Clerk, Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, one member of Board of Asses-
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sors for three years, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one member of Board of Health for three years, two Constables, one Water Com- missioner for three years, one member of the Municipal Light Board for three years, one Trustee of Laurel Hill Cemetery to fill unexpired term of the late Edward F. Brooks, two Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery for three years, two Trustees of the Public Library for three years, two members of the School Committee for three years, three Auditors, and Tree Warden for one year ; also on same ballot Yes or No in answer to the following question : “Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?”
Voted that the Polls be closed at 4.45 o’clock P. M.
Voted that the regular Town business in the Warrant be post-
poned till seven o’clock P. M.
The Polls were duly closed at 4.45 P. M.
The Ballot Box registered as having voted . 2225
The Ballot Clerks reported Names checked . 794
The Tellers reported Names checked . . 794
(774 Men and 20 Women.)
The Ballot Box therefore registered Blanks . 1431
The Ballots were sorted and counted in open Town Meeting
with the following result :
Town Clerk
Millard F. Charles, 66 Bancroft ave. . . . 557
Alfred W. Danforth, 25 Woburn st. . 1
Blanks ....... 216
Selectmen
Oliver L. Akerlev, 65 Woburn st. . . 421
Elmer P. Crooker, 51 Prescott st. 260
James Warren Killam, 16 Arlington st. . . 488
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A. Chandler Manning, 128 High st. . . 370
William I. Ruggles, 23 Grand st. . . . 512
Blanks ....... 271
Overseers of Poor
Oliver L. Akerley, 65 Woburn st. . . 414
Elmer P. Crooker, 51 Prescott st. . . 255
James Warren Killam, 16 Arlington st. . . 480
A. Chandler Manning, 128 High st. . . 350
William I. Ruggles, 23 Grand st. 485
Blanks ....... 338
Assessor for Three Years
George E. llorrocks, 212 Main st. . . 158
Benjamin Y. Smith, 92 John st. ... 209
Herbert M. Viall, 88 Prospect st. 335
S. G. Stewart, Bancroft ave. . 1
Blanks . . . . . . 71
Treasurer
Edward F. Parker, 3 Salem st. 590
Samuel Brown ...... 1
Blanks ....... 183
Collector of Taxes
Herbert M. Viall, 88 Prospect st. 624
George Buck ...... 2
Blanks ....... 148
Board of Health Three Years Calvert II. Playdon, Salem st. ... 588
Blanks ....... 186
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Constables
Frederic D. Merrill, 27 Highland st. . . 505
John H. Orr, 31 Village st. . . . 380
Henry Stock, Pearl st. . . . . 356
Albert J. Francis, Woburn st. ... 1
B. J. Lehan, Temple st. .... 1
W. H. Manning, Green st. 1
Blanks ....... 304
Water Commissioner for Three Years Joseph S. Robinson, 84 Oak st. ... 226
George A. Shackford, 118 Ash st. . . 460
Blanks ....... 88
Municipal Light Board for Three Years William S. Kinsley, Main st. . . . 455
John V. Young, 86 Woburn st. . . . 217
Blanks • . . . . . . 102
Two Trustees Laurel Hill Cemetery for Three Years Alfred W. Danforthj 25 Woburn st. . . 559
Henry T. Leavis, 164 Main st. . . 518
Blanks . . . . . . . 471
Vacancy Trustees Laurel Hill Cemetery One Year Frank L. Edgerley, 17 Grove st. ... 589
George E. Pierce, Haven st. 2
Blanks . . . . . . . 183
Trustees Public Library for Three Years Henry G. Kittredge, Cor. Prospect and King st. . 541
Harley Prentiss, 44 Linden st. ... 533
Blanks . . . . . . . 473
Two School Committee for Three Years
Elizabeth H. Brown, 83 Prospect st. . . 588
Gilman L. Parker, 64 Washington st. . . 559
Samuel Brown ...... 1
Blanks ....... 440
Three Auditors
George H. Clough, 60 Lowell st. 549
Albert P. Dane, 16 Mineral st. ... 554
Edgar N. Hunt, 125 Summer ave. . . . 555
Blanks ....... 664
Tree Warden
A. Chandler Manning, 128 High st. . . . 599
Webster Berry ...... 1
Blanks ....... 174
Shall Licenses he Granted for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town?
Yes . . . . . . 153
No ....... 465
Blanks ....... 156
Meeting for Town Business was called to order pursuant to vote at 7 o’clock P. M.
Art. 4. To choose all other necessary Town Officers, and to determine what instructions they will give the Town Officers.
Voted to authorize Selectmen to appoint Measurers of Wood and Bark.
Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to act as Fence Viewers.
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Voted that Asa Parker, Willard A. Bancroft and John Stock serve as Field Drivers.
Voted that John H. Orr serve as Pound Keeper for the en- suing year.
Voted that the following persons serve as Surveyors of Lum- ber: James A. Bancroft, Samuel Brown, Ora L. Milbury, Wen-
dell Bancroft, Burton K. Symonds, Joseph W. Killam.
Voted that the Selectmen be and are hereby instructed to re- quest the Boston & Maine R. R. Co. to discontinue the services of the gateman in the tower at the Main and Ash street crossings of their road and place a gateman on the ground at each of the above named crossings.
Voted that the Selectmen be empowered to settle the matter of claims of Alfred Perkins and Smith P. Burton, Jr., with full power.
Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to appoint a commit- tee of five citizens to report a general plan for expenditure of the Highway Appropriation.
Art. 4. Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 2. Voted to take from the table.
Report of Committee on Taxation was read and their recom- mendation adopted, which follows :
First. We recommend that the Selectmen procure estimates of the cost of the survey and maps of the Town required to intro- duce the so-called Block or District system of assessing and report the same for action by the Town at the earliest possible date, to- gether with a plan for distributing the cost of such survey and maps over a series of years, if they deem this advisable.
Second. We recommend that the question of finding the existing debt be referred to a committee with instructions to con-
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sider the possibility of re-arranging or re-distributing the amounts to be paid annually so as to reduce annual payments, and if this is found possible, the course to be pursued with reference thereto.
A. N. HOWES, Chairman.
H. G. WADLIN, Secretary. ALDEN BATCHELDER.
H. H. HOWARD.
A. H. JEWETT.
Voted that the report of the Committee on Taxation, together with their recommendations, be printed in The Reading Chronicle at price of composition, by a rising vote. 113 voted yea and 3 voted nay.
Voted that the Committee recommended by Committee on Taxation consist of five and be appointed by the Moderator.
The Moderator appointed the following names on the Com- mittee : A. Newell Howes, Horace G. Wadlin, Henry H. Howard,
Arthur H. Jewett, Alden Batclielder.
Art. 2. Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 5. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for Schools, Incidental School Expenses, Superin- tendent of Schools, Repairs of Highways, Bridges and Sidewalks, Removing Snow and Ice, Concrete Sidewalks and Edgestones (provided abutters pay one-half), Fire Department, Forest Fire Wards, Support of Poor, Salaries of Town Officers, State and Military Aid, Soldiers’ Relief, Printing, Abatement of Taxes, Town Building, Cemetery, Public Library, Memorial Day, Board of Health, Care of Old South Clock, Interest Account, Care and Improvement of the Common, Mayall Park and Elm Park, Election Expenses, Concrete Gutters, Crosswalks and Paved Gutters, Repairs of Con- crete, for the Committee on Sewerage, Miscellaneous Expenses and Tree Warden.
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Art. 5. Voted that the Town raise and appropriate for regular School Expenses ....
Voted that the Town raise and appropriate for Inci- dental School Expenses .
Voted that the Town raise and appropriate for High- ways, Bridges and Sidewalks ....
Voted that the Town raise and appropriate for Re- moving Snow and Ice for fiscal year Voted to raise and appropriate for Concrete Sidewalks and Edgestones (provided abuttors pay one-half) Voted to raise and appropriate for support of the Fire Department for fiscal year .....
Voted to appropriate from available assets for use of the Fire Department for a Field Day Voted to raise and appropriate for Forest Firewards for present fiscal year .....
Voted to raise and appropriate for Support of Poor for the present fiscal year . . ...
Voted to raise and appropriate for Salaries of Town Officers for the present fiscal year Voted to raise and appropriate for Soldiers’ State and Military Aid for the present fiscal year Voted to raise and appropriate for Soldiers’ Relief for the present fiscal year .....
Voted to raise and appropriate for Printing the pres- ent fiscal year . ......
Voted to raise and appropriate for Abatement of Tax- es the present fiscal year .....
Voted to raise and appropriate for Town Building and Town Office Expenses for the present fiscal year .........
$22,500 00 3,500 00 3,000 00 500 00 200 00
3,600 00
150 00 150 00 4,000 00
3.500 00 2,800 00
1.500 00 750 00 600 00
300 00
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Voted to raise and appropriate for care of Cemetery (And appropriate the receipts from sale of lots and the unexpended balance of interest on fund for care of lots for the present fiscal year.)
Voted to raise and appropriate for support of Public Library ........
(And to appropriate the receipts of the Dog Tax for the present fiscal year.)
Voted to raise and appropriate for Memorial Day to be expended by Post 194, G. A. R.
Voted to raise and appropriate for Board of Health for the present fiscal year .....
Voted to raise and appropriate for care of the Old South Church Clock for the present fiscal year
Voted to raise and appropriate for Interest the pres- ent fiscal year .......
Voted to raise and appropriate for care and improve- ment of the Common, Mayall and Elm Parks for the present fiscal year .....
Voted to raise and appropriate for Election Expenses for the present fiscal year .
Voted to raise and appropriate for Concrete Gutters, Cross Walks and Paved Gutters the present fis- cal year ........
Voted to raise and appropriate for Repairs of Con- crete the present fiscal year . . . .
Voted that the part of Art. 5 calling for an appropria- tion for Sewers be indefinitely postponed.
Voted to raise and appropriate for Miscellaneous Ex- penses for the present fiscal year
900 00
900 00
175 00 600 00 50 00 600 00
150 00 300 00
250 00 300 00
1,000 00
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Voted to raise and appropriate for general expenses
of the Tree Warden the present fiscal year . 200 00
Art. 6. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of eighty-two hundred and eighty dollars for the purpose of maintaining one hundred and thirty-eight arc lights at sixty dollars per light, and appropriate the same together with receipts of Plant for maintenance and interest accounts of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year 1903, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 6. Voted that there be raised and appropriated for the maintenance of 138 arc lights at $60 per light, and appropriate the receipts of the plant for maintenance and interest accounts of Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year 1903, $8,280.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars and appropriate the unexpended balance of the year 1902 for construction and extension of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending December 31st, 1903, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 7. Voted that $3,000 be raised and appropriated and the unexpended balance of 1902 be appropriated for construction and extension of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year 1903.
Art. 8. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light at the corner of Haverhill and Wakefield sts., or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 8. Voted that the subject matter of this article be re- ferred to Board of Electric Light Commissioners.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to install two alternating arc lamps in the centre of the town, and eighty dollars for maintaining same
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from midnight until daylight, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 9. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 10. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light on South st. between the residences of Wm. Horatio Clarke and Joseph Mar- shall, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 10. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 11. To see what instructions the Town will give the Water Commissioners in regard to the claim for damages made by C. J. Norwood of Hamilton, Mass.
Art. 11. Voted that the subject matter of this article be re- ferred to the Water Commissioners with full powers.
Art. 12. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for service pipes, hydrant rental, water for drinking fountains, water for street sprinkling, interest on water loan and maintenance of water works.
Art. 12. Voted to raise and appropriate for Service Pipes of the Water Plant for the present fiscal year, $1,000.
Voted to raise and appropriate for Hydrant Rentals, $4,890.
Voted to raise and appropriate for water for Drinking Foun- tains, $300.
Voted to raise and appropriate for water for Street Sprink- ling, $500.
Voted to raise and appropriate $600, and the above amounts; for Hydrants, Drinking Fountains, for Street Sprinkling, and $2,440 be appropriated for Interest on Water Loans.
Voted that there be appropriated from receipts of Water Plant for maintenance the present fiscal year, $7,000.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Com-
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missioners to lay water pipes on Village st. from Green to W ash- ington st., and on Washington st. from Village st. to a point near Elliott st., and authorize the issue of bonds to pay for same, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 13. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 14. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the laying of a connecting water main from West st. near the Woburn line through South st. to a point near Walnut st., or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 14. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to hire money in anticipation of the taxes of the municipal year.
Voted that for the purpose of procuring a temporary loan, to and for the use of the Town of Reading in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to borrow from time to time with the ap- proval of a majority of the Board of Selectmen, a sum or sums not exceeding in the aggregate $86,000, and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the time the loan is made. Any debt or debts incurred by a loan or loans to the town under this vote shall be paid from the said taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 16. To determine the compensation of the Collector.
Art. 16. Voted that the compensation of the Collector of Taxes be 3-4 of one per cent, on all taxes collected during the fiscal year.
Art. 17. To see what instructions the Town will give the Board of Selectmen in relation to filling vacancies on the Finance Committee of the five members whose terms expire this year.
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Art. 17. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be instructed to fill all vacancies in Finance Committee for the present year 1903.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for the purpose of furnishing electricity for lighting Grand Army Hall on Haven street, or wdiat they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 18. Voted to raise and appropriate for electricity for G. A. R. Hall, Haven st., for the present fiscal year, $50.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars to furnish electricity for the Home for Aged Women.
Art. 19. Voted to raise and appropriate for electricity for Reading Home for Aged Women for present fiscal year, $50.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five dollars to furnish water for the Home for Aged Women.
Art. 20. Voted that there be raised and appropriated for water for Reading Home for Aged Women the present fiscal year, $25.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of thirteen hundred and twenty dollars to meet the interest on School House Bonds.
Art. 21. Voted to raise and appropriate to pay interest on School House Bonds due the present fiscal year, $1,320.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred twelve dollars and fifty cents to meet the interest on School House notes.
Art. 22. Voted that there be raised and appropriated to pay interest on School House notes due present fiscal year, $312.50.
Art. 23. To see what action the Town will take to meet pay-
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ment of Electric Light and Power Plant note for fourteen hundred dollars due May 1, 1903.
Art. 23. Voted that for the purpose of paying the Electric Light and Power Plant note for $1,400, due May 1, 1903, the Town Treasurer under direction of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow the sum of $1,400 and issue the note of the Town therefor bearing interest at a rate not exceeding live per cent, per annum, payable within a period of 10 years.
39 voted in favor, none opposed.
Art. 24. To see what action the Town will take to meet pay- ment of Haven street paving note for one thousand dollars due November 27, 1903.
Art. 24. Voted that for the purpose of paying the Haven street paving note for $1,000 due Nov. 27, 1903, the Town Treas- urer under the direction of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow the sum of $1,000, and issue the note of the Town therefor bearing interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent, per annum, payable within a period of 10 years.
45 voted in favor, none opposed.
Art. 25. To see what instructions the Town will give to the Selectmen in the suit of Charles G. Tucker, administrator of the estate of Charles G. Tucker, Jr., vs. Town of Reading and New England Telephone and Telegraph Company jointly.
Art. 25. Voted that the subject matter of this article be re- ferred to the Selectmen with full power.
Art. 26. To see if the Town will accept the offer of Mr. An- drew Carnegie to give twelve thousand five hundred dollars for the erection of a Public Library building in Reading upon condition that the Town will provide a suitable site therefor and agree to raise and appropriate annually at least one thousand two hundred
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and fifty dollars for the maintenance of a Public Library thereon ; and to see what further action, if any, they will take in relation thereto.
Art. 26. Voted that the subject matter of this article be re- ferred to the Trustees of the Public Library, with instructions to consider the same and to report their conclusions at a future Town Meeting, and in connection therewith the said Trustees may, if they see fit, procure preliminary sketch drawings or otherwise de- termine whether or not it is possible to obtain adequate accommo- dations for the library within the amount named in Mr. Andrew Carnegie’s offer.
Art. 4. Voted to take from the table.
Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to arrange for sprink- ling the streets for the ensuing year and that funds be taken from Highway Appropriation.
Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to appoint an Inspector of Wires.
Voted to lay Art. 4 on the table.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will purchase the estate of Oliver W. Austin on the corner of Harnden and Pleasant sts. for the use of the several departments of the Town, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will remodel the present Town Building on Pleasant st. for the exclusive use of the several de- partments of the Town and how much money they will raise and appropriate for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 29. To see if the Town will vote to erect a Fire De- partment building on land of the Town east of the Town Building on Pleasant st., and how much money they will raise and appro- priate for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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Art. 30. To see if the Town will take some action whereby the officers of the different departments of the Town may be con- centrated, and a saving in expense thereby be brought about, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 27, 28, 29, 30, voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 31. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a suffi- cient sum of money to place Tower Strikers in houses of Hose No. 3 and No. 4, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 31. Moved to raise $500 for Tower Strikers in Hose Houses No. 3 and No. 4. Not carried ; ayes 51, no 76.
Art. 32. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a suffi- cient sum of money to purchase a Storage Battery for the Fire Alarm System, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 32. Voted to raise and appropriate for a Storage Battery for the Fire Alarm System, if the cost exceeds this the balance to be taken from regular appropriation for the Fire Department, $700.
Art. 33. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Fire Engineers to establish a Fire Alarm Box at the junction of Green and Village streets, and raise and appropriate the sum of seventy- five dollars therefor, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 33. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of seventy- five dollars to establish a Fire Alarm Box at the junction of Green and Village streets.
Art. 34. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for the purpose of setting edgestones around the south-westerly part of the Common where the drinking fountain now stands, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 34. Voted that the Town raise and appropriate one hun- dred and fifty dollars for the purpose of setting edgestones around
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the south-westerly part of the Common where the drinking foun- tain now stands.
Art. 35. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to have the car tracks paved from Summer Avenue to West street, and from opposite Linden street to the foot of Haven street, or what action will the Town take in relation thereto.
Art. 35. Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to enforce the franchise of Woburn and Reading Electric Street Railroad.
Voted to adjourn to meet in this hall at 7.30 P. M. Tuesday, March 3rd, 1903.
Reading, March 3, 1903, Adjourned Annual Town Meeting
Met at time and place specified and was called to order by Moderator.
Art. 2. Voted to take from the table.
Voted, to reconsider the vote whereby it was voted to accept report of Committee on Town Taxes and adopt their recommenda- tions.
Voted, that as the information relating to the local taxation of the poles and wires of Telephone and Telegraph Co’s, was fur- nished the Committee under a misconception, to strike said refer- ence from their report.
Voted, to accept report as amended and adopt recommenda- tions.
Art. *2. Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 4. Voted to take from the table.
Voted that the Collector of Taxes be instructed to collect all taxes (so far as possible) on or before Oct. 1, 1903, and upon all
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taxes unpaid at that time to add interest at six per cent, from said date until paid, and also to collect all taxes unpaid January 1st forthwith by process of law unless delinquents procure an order from the Selectmen releasing them from immediate payment.
Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to compel the Electric R. R. and Electric Light Companies to insulate all wires belonging to them that are within twelve inches of any limb or branch of a tree with efficient insulators.
Voted signs for avenues or paths in the Cemetery be left writh Trustees of Cemetery.
Voted that the Selectmen and Supt. of Streets be instructed to give a reasonable preference in the work on Highways and Watering Cart to horses employed by the Fire Department.
Art. 4. Voted to lay on the table.
Voted to reconsider vote whereby Art. 30 was indefinitely postponed.
Voted that Article 30 be referred to a committee to be ap- pointed by the Moderator to consider and get the necessary legis- lation for a Board of Public Works. The following were appointed on this committee: Jacob Mitchell, Charles H. Nowell, James W.
Grimes, James H. Carleton, Millard F. Charles.
Art. 36. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate to construct a sidewalk on the southerly side of Auburn street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 36. Voted that the subject matter of this article be re- ferred to the Selectmen.
Art. 37. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for the purpose of building a sidewalk on Oak st., from West st. to the estate of Joseph S. Robinson, and for removing bushes on the north side of said street from West
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street to the estate of Charles B. Eames, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 37. Voted that the subject matter of this article be re- ferred to the Board of Selectmen.
Art. 38. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the purpose of raising the grade of the sidewalk at the corner of Haven and Chute sts., or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 38. Voted that the subject matter of this article be re- ferred to the Board of Selectmen.
Art. 39. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate two thousand dollars or a sufficient sum for the purchase of a portable stone crusher, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 39. Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed.
Art. 45. To see if the Town will purchase land for a Public Playground, and how much money they will raise and appropriate therefor, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 45. Voted to consider this article.
Voted to lay article on the table.
Art 2. Voted to take from the table.
Committee on Playground made a verbal report.
Voted that report of Committee on Playground be accepted.
Art. 2. Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 45. Voted to take from the table.
Voted that the Town acquire for the purpose of a playground at an expense not exceeding $9,000, land of Messrs. Pratt and Claggett together with the so-called Dewey lots with frontage on Summer avenue, substantially in accordance with the report of the Committee on Playground submitted at the meeting and to do everything necessary to secure a conveyance of said land to the
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Town in accordance with this vote, in such parcels and to such an extent as regards aggregate acreage as they may deem wise within the limit of expenditure hereinbefore fixed. And for the purpose of paying for the land acquired under this vote the Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to issue under the direction of the Selectmen the notes of the Town to such an amount as may be required, not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of $9,000, bear- ing interest at a rate not exceeding 4 per cent, per annum, and pay- able at such times and in such amounts as will extinguish the entire debt hereby created within a period of 80 years.
Carried by 108 yeas to 4 nays.
Art. 40. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to close up the highway, crossing the Common from Woburn to Union streets, and make such alterations at the extreme south end of the Common as will seem to them to best accord with public convenience without injury to the Common.
Art. 40. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 41. To see what action the Town will take toward se- curing sewerage for the center of the Town, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 41. Voted to refer subject matter of this article to Com- mittee on Sewerage.
Art. 42. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate sixty- five dollars, or a sufficient sum to purchase an apparatus for spray- ing trees, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 42. Voted that there be raised and appropriated for Tree Sprayer, $65.
Art. 43. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate to widen and deepen the open drain from the easterly end of King street to Woburn street, or what they will do in rela- tion thereto.
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Art. 44. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a suffi- cient sum of money to build an inlet in the ditch on both sides of Green st. and pipe said ditch from the southerly side of said Green st. to Mr. D. F. Whelton’s stable, or wThat they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 43, 44. Voted that the subject matter of these articles be referred to Board of Selectmen.
Art. 46. To see if the Town will take any action in relation to the observance of Old Home Week during the current year, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 46. Voted that the subject matter of this article be re- ferred to Board of Selectmen.
Art. 47. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of thirty-four hundred dollars for the maintenance of the Police Department for the year ensuing, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 47. Voted to raise and appropriate for the maintenance of the Police Department the present fiscal year, $2,600.
Art. 48. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to appoint a day patrolman, or what action they will take in relation thereto.
Art. 48. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 49. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to grant licenses for the collection and sale of old junk and paper stock, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 49. Voted that the subject matter of this article be re- ferred to Board of Selectmen.
Art. 50. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of twelve hundred dollars for the purpose of employing as Superintendent of Schools one who shall devote all his time to the schools of Reading, or wThat they will do in relation thereto.
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Art. 50. Voted to pass over.
Art. 51. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to appoint an Inspector of Milk, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 51. Voted that the subject matter of this article be re- ferred to Board of Selectmen.
Art. 52. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chapter 103 of the Revised Laws in regard to the stfpervision of plumbing, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 53. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to in- vestigate and report whether the cost of maintaining the Towm Home can be reduced, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 52, 53. Voted to pass over.
Art. 54. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of the extension of Prospect st. from Scotland Road to Oak st., and to determine if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for that purpose.
Art. 54. Report of the Selectmen on the laying out of Pros- pect street extension from Scotland Road to Oak street :
We, the subscribers, Selectmen of the Town of Reading, after giving due notice to all parties interested, have laid out for the use of the Town as a public way described as follows :
Beginning on the southerly side of Scotland Road at a stake at lot 29 on a plan of house lots of Bailey and Heath, then the line runs south 15° 15’ east along lands of said Heath and others across Ellis avenue 724 3-10 feet to the northerly side of Oak street, said line is the westerly line, the easterly line is parallel to and 45 feet distant at right angles from the westerly line and runs from Scot- land Road to Oak street. The above description is intended to conform to the lines showm in red on a plan of the same made by James A. Bancroft, dated Feb. 13, 1903, which is to be considered
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a part of this report. The grade of said way is shown by the red line on a profile accompanying said plan. We have estimated the cost of building said Town way $50. No damages being claimed we have allowed none.
That any action taken by the Town in the building of the same be taken under the provisions of law, authorizing the assess- ment of betterments, we would recommend that the said way be named Prospect Street Extension and when the report is accepted and adopted by the Town the said way shall thereafter be known as a public Town way.
GEORGE A. SHACKFORD, ) Selectmen WILLIAM I. RUGGLES, [■ of JOHN F. TURNER, ) Reading.
Reading, Mass., Feb. 14, 1903.
Voted to accept Selectmen’s report on Prospect Street Exten sion and adopt their recommendations, and that $50 be appro- priated for same from appropriation for Highways, Bridges and- Sidewalks.
Art. 55. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of Sigsbee ave., from Howard st. to Scotland Road, and to determine if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five dollars for that purpose.
Art. 55. Report of the Selectmen on the laying out of Sigs- bee avenue from Howard street to Scotland Road.
We, the subscribers, Selectmen of the Town of Reading, after giving due notice to all parties interested, have laid out for use of the Town as a public way, described as follows : Beginning on
the southerly side of Howard street at a stake at lot 24, Section A, on a plan of house lots of Messrs. Bailey & Heath, then the line runs south 11° 28’ east along land of said Heath 275 feet to the northerly side of Scotland Road. Said way is 40 feet wide and is
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laid on the easterly side of the above described line. The above description is intended to conform to the lines shown in red on a plan of the same made by James A. Bancroft dated Feb. 13, 1903, which is to be considered a part of this report. The grade of said way is shown by the red line on a profile accompanying said plan. We have estimated the cost of building said Town way at $25. No damages being claimed we have allowed none. That any action taken by the Town in the building of the same be taken under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, we would recommend that the said way be named Sigsbee avenue and when the above report is accepted and adopted by the Town the said way shall thereafter be known as a public Town way.
GEORGE A. SHACKFORD, ) Selectmen WILLIAM I. RUGGLES, [ of JOHN F. TURNER, ) Reading.
Reading, Mass., Feb. 21, 1903.
Voted to accept report of Selectmen on Sigsbee avenue and adopt their recommendations, and that $25 be appropriated from regular appropriation for Highways, Bridges and Sidewalks.
Art. 56. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen in relation to guide posts, and to determine if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of thirty dollars for the repairs of the same.
Art. 56. Report of Selectmen on Guide Posts.
Guide Posts or suitable substitutes therefor are erected and maintained at the following locations, viz :
Corner Summer Ave. and Main St.
“ Walnut St. and Summer Ave.
“ Walnut St. and South St.
“ West St. and Woburn St.
“ West St. and Summer Ave.
“ Woburn St. and Summer Ave.
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Corner Main St. and Ash St.
“ Main St. and Washington St.
“ Main St. and Pleasant St.
“ Pleasant St. and Parker St.
“ Village St. and Haven St.
“ Main St. and Harnden St.
“ Main St. and Salem St.
“ Woburn St. and Lowell St.
“ Lowell St. and Salem St.
“ Salem St. and Harnden St.
“ Main St. and Charles St.
“ Main St. and Pearl St.
“ Main St. and Franklin St.
“ Franklin St. and Grove St.
“ Mill St. and Short St.
“ Franklin St. and Haverhill St.
“ Haverhill St. and Charles St.
“ Haverhill St. and Pine St.
“ Pine St. and Salem St.
“ Pearl St. and Charles St.
“ Lowell St. and Wilson St.
“ Lowell St. and High St.
“ Lowell St. and Middlesex Ave.
GEORGE A. SHACKFORD, ) WILLIAM I. RUGGLES, [ JOHN F. TURNER, )
Reading, Mass., Feb. 21, 1903.
Selectmen
of
Reading.
Voted that the report of Selectmen on Guide Posts be ac cepted and their recommendations adopted and that $30 be appro
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priated from regular appropriation for Highways, Bridges and Side- walks for Guide Posts for the present fiscal year.
Art. 57. The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, present the following list pf persons who in their judgment are qualified to serve as jurors :
Adams, George E. Bancroft, Frederick Batchelder, Alden Batchelder, Howard W. Batcheller, Warren A. Beaudry, Charles B. Bessom, Charles F. Bosson, Harry P. Brown, Samuel Brown, Joseph H. Canty, Daniel T.
Carter, George Chandler, Alfred D. Chase, John E. Connelly, John Cook, George W.
Cook, Walter F.
Davis, Arthur E.
Eames, George T. Eames, Leonard T. Eaton, John H.
Eaton, Waldo F. Emerson, Arthur G. Flint, George L.
Foster, Arthur J. Goodwin, Edwin H. Grimes, John H.
Clerk Broker Retired Farmer . Carpenter Organ Pipe Maker Farmer Insurance Agent Wheelwright Laborer . Cabinet Maker Laborer Real Estate . Carpenter . R. R. Employe Bookkeeper Painter R. R. Employe Real Estate . Electrician Carpenter Organ Pipe Maker . Superintendent . . Carpenter
Farmer Organ Pipe Mfgr. . . Salesman
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Howard, Luther G. Hunt, Edgar N. Jackson, Charles S. Jones, William H. Kidder, William Kimball, Charles D. Knight, Edgar M. Krook, Lambertus W. Krook, Matthys H.
La Clair, Henry S.
Lee, Charles W. MacDougall, Chester W McCrum, David Mclntire, Herbert E. Mack, George Manning, Edwin Merrill, Clarence E. Nichols, Amos C.
Oakes, George F. Perkins, Alfred Parker, Asa Parker, Fred H.
Parker, Horace A. Pratt, Wilmot K. Prichard, Augustus D. Rounds, Samuel Sargent, George A. Smith, Benjamin Y. Temple, David C. Temple, Warren K. Wickens, John Wyman, Fernando O.
Real Estate . Bookkeeper Organ Pipe Mgfr.
Farmer . Carpenter Machinist . Machinist Cabinet Mfgr. Cabinet Mfgr. F armer . Merchant Plumber Machinist . Carpenter Upholsterer Clerk
R. R. Conductor Caterer Engineer Retired F armer . Expressman . Cabinet Maker Laborer Farmer . Carpenter Shoe Maker Organ Pipe Mfgr.
. Carpenter Shoe Cutter Printer Shoe Worker
Wight, Ephraim Johnson, J. Dana
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. Carpenter Shoe Worker
GEORGE A. SHACKFORD, ) Selectmen WILLIAM I. RUGGLES, [ of JOHN F. TURNER, ) Reading.
Reading, Mass., Feb. 10, 1903.
Voted to strike off the following names from the above list :
Batchelder, Alden ....... Retired
Temple, David C. ...... Carpenter
Voted to add the following names to above list:
Horton, William R. Clerk
Eames, Edward B. ....... Salesman
Horrocks, George E. ..... Real Estate
Symonds, Burton K. ..... Box Mfgr.
Nichols, Albion G. ....... Fireman
Eames, Webster ....... Laborer
Voted to accept above list as amended.
Art. 2. Voted to take from table.
Voted that the Reports of Town Officers and Committees enumerated under this article be accepted and placed on file.
JAMES REID, Assistant Town Clerk. A True Copy of Record.
Attest : MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
Special Town Meeting March 3, 1903
To fill vacancy caused by the death of Edmund C. Cottle, Representative to General Court.
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Pursuant to a Warrant issued, a Town Meeting was held and called to order by Wm. I. Ruggles, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen. Prayer was offered by Rev. William W. Wakeman. The Warrant read, the following Ballot Clerks were duly sworn : George L. Pratt, George E. Adams, William E. Parkins.
The following Tellers were duly sworn : George A. Shack-
ford, Spencer G. Stewart, Bennie F. Flanders.
The Ballot Box was opened and shown as empty and the reg- ister as (0000) and the Polls were duly declared open. The bal- lots were duly receipted for by the Ballot Clerks.
Voted to close Polls at 5.15 o’clock P. M.
The Polls were declared closed at 5.15 P. M. The Ballot Clerks reported that 747 ballots had been given out. The check list showed that 747 had voted.
The following shows the number of votes cast for the various eandidates for Representative to General Court :
R. Kelsie McKeen of Reading .... 67
Charles II. Nowell of Reading .... 634
Wm. II. O’Brien of Woburn . . . . 17
Daniel S. Jones of Woburn .... 12
Henry R. Johnson of Reading .... 3
George A. Jones of Reading .... 1
Blanks ....... 13
Total vote cast . . . . .747
Voted to adjourn without date.
JAMES REID,
Town Clerk Pro Tern.
A True Copy of Record.
Attest :
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX
In accordance with the provisions of Section 257, Chapter 11 of the Revised Laws, the City Clerk of Woburn and the Town Clerk of Reading, being the City and Town Clerk of every City and Town in Representative District number twenty-eight (28) within said County, met at Woburn at noon Saturday, March 7, 1903, being the fourth day succeeding the day of the special elec- tion held on Tuesday, March 3, 1903, to fill vacancy in the office of Representative in said district, and then and there opened, exam- ined and compared the copies of the records of votes cast at said election for the office of Representative, and determined therefrom that Charles H. Nowell of Reading was elected to the office of Representative.
The following is a schedule of the names of all persons for whom votes for Representative were given in said District, and the
number of votes given for each person, viz :
R. Kelsie McKeen of Reading, ninety-four 94
Charles H. Nowell of Reading, thirteen hundred fifty-two 1352 William H. O’Brien of Woburn, two hundred five 205
Daniel S. Jones of Woburn, six hundred seventy-six 676
Henry R. Johnson of Reading, three 3
George A. Jones of Reading, one 1
Defective, twenty-eight 23
Blanks, fifty-four 54
Whole number of ballots, twenty-four hundred thirteen 2413
In witness whereof, we the City Clerk of Woburn and the Town Clerk of Reading, hereunto set our hands this seventh day of March, A. D. 1903.
John H. Finn, City Clerk, Woburn.
Millard F. Charles, Town Clerk, Reading.
A True Copy of Record.
Attest: MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
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Special Town Meeting Held March 26, 1903
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
George L. Flint was chosen Moderator.
Art. 2. To hear and act on the report of the Sewer Com- mittee to whom was referred the subject matter of Article 41 of the Warrant for the annual Town Meeting March 2, 1903.
Art. 2. Report of Sewerage Committee received and the fol- lowing recommendations made by them :
1st. That the Sewer Committee be directed to specially con- sider the proper financeering of a sewerage system in view of the present indebtedness of the town and to secure the passage of an act of the legislature authorizing the Town to install such a sewer- age system under the usual conditions and restrictions.
2nd. We are of the opinion that a sewer system should, like a water system, be made to a considerable extent if not wholly self- supporting by annual payments made by those connected with and using the sewers, and we would recommend that the Sewer Com- mittee be directed to investigate the methods used by other munici- palities and report a plan whereby a system of equitable annual or semi-annual rates from those who use and derive benefits from the sewers will pay a considerable portion of the yearly expense, in- cluding interest on the first cost of the works.
Voted to accept report and adopt the recommendations of the Sewerage Committee.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will instruct the Engineers of the Fire Department to change the financial year of the Fire Depart- ment to conform to the financial year of the Town, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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Art. 3. Voted to instruct the Engineers of the Fire Depart- ment to change their financial year to conform with the financial year of the Town.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will reconsider the action taken at the last Annual Meeting whereby it was voted to pass over Arti- cle 52 concerning Chapter 103 of the Revised Laws relative to plumbing.
Art. 4. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will reconsider the action taken at the last Annual Meeting whereby it was voted to indefinitely post- pone Article 39 concerning the Stone Crusher.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to ap- point an Inspector of Milk, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 7. To determine what instructions the Town will give the Town Officers.
Art. 8. To see if the Town wdll purchase the Old South Church property to be used for public assemblies and for com- mencements of the High School, or any other Town purposes, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 5, 6, 7, 8. Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will reconsider its vote in relation to a Playground, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 9. Voted to reconsider the action taken by the Town at the last annual Town Meeting in relation to Playground.
Art. 9. Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 7. Voted to take from the table.
Art. 7. Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 9. Voted to take from the table.
Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to lease a suitable field for a Playground for one year if it can be done for a reasonable
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sum in their opinion, with the privilege of purchasing the same at the end of that time at the present valuation.
Voted to adjourn without date.
A True Copy of Record.
Attest: MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
Special Town Meeting Held April 21, 1903
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. Art. 1. George L. Flint was chosen Moderator.
Art. 2. To bring in their votes on one ballot for one member of the Board of Assessors to fill the unexpired term of Herbert M.
Viall, resigned.
Millard F. Charles, 66 Bancroft ave. . . . . 189
George E. Ilorrocks, 212 Main st. . . . . 155
Blanks .......... 3
Total votes cast ....... 347
A True Copy of Record.
Attest : MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
Special Town Meeting Held June 18, 1903
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. Art. 1. George L. Flint was chosen Moderator.
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Art. 2. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commission to construct the proposed State Highway in this Town or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 2. Voted that the Selectmen are authorized to execute a waiver of the rights of the Town guaranteed by Chapter 47, Sec- tion 10 of the Revised Laws to contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commission for the construction of the proposed State Highway within its limits.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will adopt By-laws authorizing the Selectmen to license dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals and second-hand articles and providing under what rules, regulations and restrictions the business may be carried on, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 3. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 4. To hear and act on the report of the Committee ap- pointed to draft By-laws regulating the inspection, construction and use of buildings for the prevention of fire and the preservation of life.
Art. 4. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Sec- tion 24, Chapter 32, and Section 9, Chapter 208 of the Revised Laws, which refer to the setting of fires in the open air between the 1st day of April and the 1st day of October and negligently setting of fires and not extinguishing the same.
Art. 5. Voted to accept and adopt Section 9, Chapter 208 of the Revised Laws which refers to setting of fires in the open air and negligently leaving the same.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will take any action as to re- adjusting the compensation of the Forest Fire Wards and those assisting them in their work.
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Art. 6. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Voted to adjourn sine die.
A True Copy of Records.
Attest: MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
Special Town Meeting Aug. 25, 1903
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 1. George L. Flint was chosen Moderator.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to grant the Peoples’ Gas and Electric Company of Stoneham per- mission to extend its gas pipes in the streets of the Town, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 2. Voted not to grant the Peoples’ Gas and Electric Co. of Stoneham permission to extend their pipes in the Town of Reading.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will take any action with regard to purchasing of the Peoples’ Gas and Electric Company of Stone- ham that part of their plant and franchise which said Company claims to have in the Town of Reading.
Art. 3. Voted that a Committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to make a thorough investigation of the question of the Town of Reading obtaining a gas supply and to report in writing to the Town within ninety days from this date such plans as they find available with their recommendations. The Committee ap- pointed were A. Newell Howes, Franklin T. Kurt and William S. Kinsley.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, un-
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der the direction of the Selectmen, to issue the note or notes of the Town for an amount not exceeding nine thousand dollars for the purpose of purchasing from the Peoples’ Gas and Electric Company of Stoneham that portion of their plant and franchise which said Company claims to have in the Town of Reading.
Art. 4. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Voted to adjourn without date.
A True Copy of Record.
Attest: MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
Proceedings of Town Meeting Held Nov. 3, 1903 State Election
Meeting called to order by Wm. I. Ruggles, the Presiding Election Officer. Prayer was offered by Rev. Wm. W. Bowers. Warrant was read by the Town Clerk.
Ballot Clerks — George L. Pratt, Wm. H. Perkins, Reuben J. LeFave.
Tellers — Alfred W. Danforth, James C. Nichols, Charles H. Stinchfield, Arthur E. Nichols, John Connelly, Spencer G. Stewart, Otis B. Ruggles, Henry S. LeClair, Herbert E. Mclntire, Henry M. Donegan.
Names checked as having voted, 943.
Polls closed at 4 o’clock and 25 minutes, P. M.
Result of ballot :
Governor
John L. Bates of Boston
683
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Thomas F. Brennan of Salem ..... 3
John C. Chase of Haverhill ...... 45
Oliver W. Cobb of Easthampton ..... 8
William A. Gaston of Boston . . . . . 171
Blanks . ......... 28
Lieutenant Governor
John Quincy Adams of Amesbury .... 57
Curtis Guild, Jr., of Boston . ..... 675
William F. Merrill of Malden ..... 14
Richard Olney, 2d, of Leicester . . . . . 154
Moritz E. Ruther of Holyoke ..... 9
Blanks . ......... 34
Secretary
Olof Bokelund of Worcester ..... 54
John F. Coyle of Lynn ...... 9
Alfred L. Cutting of Weston ..... 16
Ezekiel M. Ezekiel of Springfield . . . . . 128
William M. Olin of Boston . . . . . 679
Blanks .......... 57
Treasurer and Receiver General John A. Billings of Rockland ..... 60
Edward S. Bradford of Springfield . . . . . 673
Napoleon B. Johnson of Milford ..... 9
Frederick A. Nagler of Springfield ..... &
Thomas C. Thacher of Yarmouth . . . . . 136
Blanks .......... 62
Auditor
John II. Hagan of Lynn ...... IS
Joseph Orr of Chicopee ...... 49
Alfred E. Steele of Northampton ..... 14
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Francois X. Tetrault of Southbndge . . . . 125
Henry E. Turner of Malden ..... 665
Blanks .......... 72
Attorney General
John A. Anderson of Gardner ..... 26
William J. Carroll of Lowell ..... 33
Henry M. Dean of Hyde Park ..... 13
John J. Flaherty of Gloucester . . . . . 118
Herbert Parker of Lancaster . . . . . 678
Blanks .......... 75
Councillor Sixth District
Oscar C. Hulsman of Malden ..... 53
William J. McCluskey of Lowell . . . . . 123
Walter S. Watson of Lowell ..... 666
Blanks .......... 101
Senator Sixth Middlesex District Chester W. Clark of Wilmington ..... 659
John P. Farley of Lowell . . . . . . 140
Benjamin Staveley of Tewksbury ..... 59
J. W. Grimes ........ 1
Blanks .......... 84
Representatives in General Court 28th Middlesex District
Henry M. Aldrich of Woburn 123
George L. Flint of Reading . . . . . . 271
R. Kelsie McKeen of Reading ..... 52
Charles H. Nowell of Reading ..... 684
William H. O’Brien of Woburn ..... 10
Iver Poulson of Woburn ...... 8
Herbert S. Riley of Woburn . . . . . . 538
Blanks 200
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Middlesex County Commissioner
George R. Duren of Carlisle . . . . . . 136
Samuel O. Upham of Waltham ..... 656
Charles W. Ussher of Cambridge ..... 57
Blanks .......... 94
Register of Probate and Insolvency Middlesex County
Emanuel Bernier of Medford ...... 52
Samuel H. Folsom of Winchester ..... 659
Frank J. Simonds of Lowell ...... 135
Blanks .......... 97
Register of Deeds Middlesex Southern District
Edwin O. Childs of Newton ...... 690
Charles F. Drury of Natick ...... 94
Blanks .......... 159
Middlesex County Treasurer
Joseph O. Authier of Cambridge . . . . . 124
Charles G. F. Claus of Malden ..... 57
Joseph O. Hayden of Somerville ..... 664
Blanks 98
Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen
hundred and three, entitled “An act to provide for joint caucuses
or primaries of all political and municipal parties,” be accepted?
Yes 185
No 319
Blanks 439
A True Copy of Record.
Attest :
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Middlesex.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 257, Chapter 11 of the Revised Laws, the City Clerk of Woburn and the Town Clerk of Reading, being the city and town clerk of every city and town in Representative District number twenty-eight within said County, met at noon Friday, November thirteenth, 1903, being the tenth day succeeding the day of election held November third, 1903, and then and there opened, examined and compared the copies of the records of votes cast at said election for the officers of Rep- resentative, and determined therefrom that Henry M. Aldrich of Woburn and Charles H. Nowell of Reading were elected to the office of Representative.
The following is a schedule of the names of all persons for whom votes for Representative were given in said District, and the
number of votes given for each person, viz:
Henry M. Aldrich, Woburn, thirteen hundred eighty-three 1383 George L. Flint, Reading, twelve hundred twenty-five 1225
R. Kelsie McKeen, Reading, one hundred and two 102
Charles H. Nowell, Reading, sixteen hundred and two 1602
William H. O’Brien, Woburn, one hundred and forty-seven 147 Iver Poulson, Woburn, seventy-eight 78
Herbert S. Riley, Woburn, thirteen hundred and eighty-two 1382 Frank E. Wetherell, one 1
(jefective, twenty-two 22
Blank, nine hundred and twenty-eight 928
Whole number of ballots, sixty-eight hundred and seventy 6870
In witness whereof, we the City Clerk of Woburn and the Town Clerk of Reading hereunto set our hands this thirteenth day of November, A. D. 1903.
John H. Finn, City Clerk, Woburn.
Attest: Millard F. Charles, Town Clerk, Reading.
A true copy of record,
MILLARD F CHARLES, Town Clerk.
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Special Town Meeting December 23, 1904.
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 1. George L. Flint was chosen Moderator.
Art. 2. To hear and act on the report of the Committee appointed at the meeting of Aug. 25th last, to make a thorough investigation of the question of the Town of Reading obtaining a gas supply.
Art. 2. The Committee on Gas appointed at the meeting of Aug. 25 submitted a report on the question of a gas supply for the Town of Reading. They recommended that no action be taken by the Town in regard to gas but leave matters as they are. It was voted to accept report of Committee and adopt their recommenda- tions.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to execute a release to indemnify and save harmless the Common- wealth of Massachusetts against all claims and demands for dam- ages which may be sustained by any person whose property is taken for or is injured by the construction of the highway which the Massachusetts Highway Commission proposes to construct as a State Road on Main st., in this Town.
Art. 3. Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to execute a release to indemnify and save harmless the Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts against all claims and demands for damages which may be sustained by any person whose property is taken for or is injured by the construction of the Highway which the Massachusetts High- way Commission proposes to construct on Main st., in this Town.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will adopt by-laws authorizing the Selectmen to license suitable persons to be collectors, dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals and second hand articles, and prescribing regulations under
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which the business of collecting or trading in junk, old metals and second hand articles may be carried on or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 4. Voted that the Town adopt the following By-Laws in regard to licensing collectors and dealers in old junk.
(By-Laws of the Town of Reading on Junk, Old Metals and Second Hand Articles.)
Sec. 10. The Selectmen may license suitable persons to be dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals and second hand articles.
Sec. 11. The Selectmen may also license suitable persons as junk collectors, to collect by purchase or otherwise, junk, old metals and second hand articles from place to place within the Town.
Sec. 12. Every keeper of such shop shall put in some suitable and conspicuous place on his shop a sign having his name and occupation legibly inscribed thereon in large letters.
Sec. 13. Every junk collector shall display upon each side of all vehicles used by him when engaged in collecting, transporting or dealing in junk, old metals or second hand articles, his name, residence and number of his license in letters and figures that may be distinctly seen.
Sec. 14. Every such shop and all articles of merchandise therein, and any place, vehicle or receptacle used for the collection or keeping of the articles aforesaid, may be examined at all times by the Selectmen or any person by them authorized thereto.
Sec. 15. Every keeper of a shop for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals or second hand articles within the limits of the Town, shall keep a book in which shall be written, at the time of every purchase of any such article, a description thereof, the name, age and residence of the person from whom, and the day and hour when such purchase was made. Such book shall at all
times be open to the inspection of the Selectmen or of any person by them authorized to make such inspection.
Sec. 16. No keeper of such shop, and no junk collector shall,, directly or indirectly, either purchase or receive by way of barter or exchange any such goods of a minor or apprentice, knowing or having reason to believe him to be such.
Sec. 17. No keeper of such shop shall sell or permit to be sold any article purchased or received by him until at least one week from the date of its purchase or receipt has elapsed.
Sec. 18. No keeper of such shop shall have his shop open for the transaction of business, nor shall he or any junk collector pur- chase any of the aforesaid articles, except between sunrise and nine o’clock in the evening of any week day.
Voted that Solon Bancroft be a Committee of one to present said By-Laws to the Superior Court for approval.
Art. 5. To see what action the Town will take to carry away the water which accumulates on the southerly side of Green st., near the residence of Mrs. S. J. Manning, and others.
Art. 5. Voted to instruct Selectmen to open drain to carry away water which collects near residence of Mrs. S. J. Manning and others if in their opinion and judgment it is best so to do.
Voted that a vote of thanks be given to the Special Committee on Gas for their fine and comprehensive report on the same.
Voted to adjourn without date.
A true copy of record.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
Attest :
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Reading :
Following the time honored custom, as well as the provisions of the By-Laws, your Board of Selectmen respectfully presents its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1903.
Department of Streets
In compliance with the vote of the Town at the Annual Meet- ing of 1902, Main street between Minot street and B. & M. R. R. crossing has been macadamized, the work being performed by the contractors who had the contract for the State Highway work on North Main street. This gives the Town a continuous macadam- ized road from the B. & M. R. R. crossing to the Stoneham line, and with the completion of the work on North Main street, for which the State Highway Commission has allotted the Town $9,000.00, Main street will be entirely macadamized. Having an opportunity to obtain a steam roller which the State Highway con- tractors were working in Town, we macadamized a piece of road on Woburn street, west of the B. & M. R. R. crossing, with, we think, very satisfactory results, both financially and as an illustra- tion of what it is possible for the Town to do in this line of work. The portion of the road constructed was 315 feet in length, 22 feet in width, 5 inches in thickness after rolling ; total cost of work $295.64. We would recommend similar work in some other part of the Town this year, as it will undoubtedly be possible to again
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obtain a steam roller to advantage, and purchase broken stone of the State Highway contractors.
As instructed, we have removed the bushes on the southerly side of the westerly end of Oak street and began the construction of a sidewalk, which we recommend to be completed this year.
During the summer we received a petition from residents on the Private Way known as Beech street, and others in that vicin- ity, praying that said Private Way be laid out as a Public Town Way. The petitioners were heard, and our report on same will be presented at the coming Annual Meeting.
For many years the surplus water on Pearl street near the Town Home has caused a great deal of annoyance, not only to abutters in that vicinity, but to the travelling public, and we shall present a plan with a recommendation for a special appropriation at the coming Annual Meeting, which we believe should overcome what has been a very perplexing condition of affairs.
Gatemen’s Tower, B. & M. R. R., Ash & Main Streets
Agreeable to instructions given at the last Annual Meeting, we have had several conferences with the officials of the B. & M. R. R. Co., and a plan is now being worked out by said R. R. Company, which, if adopted, will mean the abandonment of the tower and a return of the gate tender to his former location on the street.
Block or District System of Assessing
We have made a careful investigation of this subject and shall present our report in detail at the coming Annual Meeting.
Insulating Wires
Your instructions, with reference to compelling the Street Rail- way Company and Municipal Light Board to insulate all wires
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owned or controlled by them, have been carried out so far as it was found possible and practicable.
Edgestones around Common
This work was completed early in the season, and we have in- serted an article in the Warrant for the coming Annual Meeting for similar edgestones to be placed around the southeasterly por- tion of the Common. When this work is completed our Common will be entirely enclosed with edgestones.
Law Suits Against the Town
Grace McKay vs. Town of Reading.
In the Superior Court the jury found for the plaintiff and as- sessed damages at $2500. Our Attorney carried the case to the Supreme Court on exceptions, which were sustained.
The case of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (account of Henry H. Nowell) vs. Town of Reading has been settled out of court.
The suit of the Middleton Paper Mills vs. Town of Reading is still in the hands of our Attorney.
Playground
We have complied with your instructions given at the special Town Meeting of March 26 last, and leased the property owned by Mr. Kirk Sweetser on the southerly side of Washington street, for one year from April 2d, 1903, with a condition embodied in said lease that the Town has the right to purchase the property at the expiration of the lease for a sum equal to the Assessors’ valuation of said property for the year 1902. It is our opinion that the action of the Town in this matter has been greatly appreciated by the young people, and has been the source of much pleasure and rec- reation for all, and we heartily recommend the purchase of the property.
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Street Railway Matters
On petition of the B. & N. St. Ry. Co., a public hearing was held on August 10th last for a re-location and new location of said Company’s tracks on Main and Lowell streets. As there was an apparent strong opposition to granting further privileges to this Company under the then existing conditions, with the exception of notifying the Company of our position in this matter, no further action was taken. Since the hearing referred to above, a Starter in uniform has been placed in Reading Square and a much better ar- rangement of the arrival and departure of the cars in said Square has been instituted. Also a new waiting room in the drug store of A. W. Danforth has been established.
We have further to report that the special work on said rail- ways tracks on Summer avenue, Prescott and Haven streets was completed early in the season. We are firmly of the opinion, how- ever, that the service given its patrons in this Town by the B. & N. St. Ry. Company is of a kind that will admit of very great improve- ment, and we would recommend that unless a very great change is made in the near future, an appeal be taken to a Board to whose requests or orders said St. Ry. Company in our opinion will give immediate attention.
We invite your perusal of the financial statements pertaining to the various appropriations which may be found on the succeed- ing pages.
Our recommendations for appropriations for the various De- partments under the control of the Board of Selectmen will be transmitted to the Finance Committee in season for said Committee to give them due consideration previous to the coming Annual Meeting.
WILLIAM I. RUGGLES, JAMES W. KILLAM, OLIVER L. AKERLEY,
Selectmen.
SELECTMEN’S ACCOUNT
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS Appropriation ..... $3,500 00
EXPENDED
|
M. F. Charles, Town Clerk, Jan. 1, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1903 W. I. Ruggles, salary Selectman and Over- seer of Poor, Jan. 1, 1903, to Dec. 31, |
$ 75 00 |
|
1903 |
291 67 |
|
James W. Killam, salary Selectman and Overseer of Poor, March 2, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1903 O. L. Akerley, salary Selectman and Over- seer of Poor, March 2, 1903, to Dec. 31, |
208 33 |
|
1903 |
208 33 |
|
Geo. A. Shackford, salary Selectman and Overseer of Poor, Jan. 1, 1903, to March 2, 1903 John F. Turner, salary Selectman and Over- seer of Poor, Jan. 1, 1903, to March 2, |
50 00 |
|
1903 E. F. Parker, Treasurer, 1903 |
41 67 400 00 |
Amount carried forward
$1,275 00 $3,500 00
71
Amount brought forward E. F. Parker, Assessor, 1903 John H. Adden, Assessor, 1903 .
M. F. Charles, Assessor, 1903
M. F. Charles, Clerk Board Registrars, Jan.
1, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1903 .
Owen McKenney, Registrar, May 1, 1902, to
Dec. 31, 1903
W. S. Prentiss, Registrar, Nov. 1, 1902, to
Dec. 31, 1903
W. M. Scott, Registrar, May 1, 1902, to Dec. 31, 1903 ......
Est. A. S. Tuttle, salary A. S. Tuttle, Reg- istrar, April 1, 1900, to June 16, 1901 W. S. Kinsley, salary Electric Light Com- missioner,Nov. 1, 1902, to Dec. 31, 1903 C. W. Lee, salary Electric Light Commis- sioner, March 1, 1902, to March 1, 1903 G. L. Flint, salary Electric Light Commis- sioner, Jan. 1, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1903 II. R. Johnson, salary Water Commissioner, year ending Dec. 31, 1903 E. II. Gowing, salary Water Commissioner, year ending Dec. 31, 1903
G. A. Shackford, salary Water Commission
er, March 2, 1903, to Nov. 30, 1903 E. B. Drake, salary Water Commissioner, Jan. 1, 1903, to March 2, 1903
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1900 H. M. Viall, Collector, 1901
|
$1,275 |
00 $3,500 00 |
|
250 |
00 |
|
250 |
00 |
|
250 |
00 |
|
40 |
00 |
|
50 |
00 |
|
35 |
00 |
|
50 |
00 |
|
30 |
00 |
|
87 |
50 |
|
75 |
00 |
|
75 |
00 |
|
75 |
00 |
|
75 |
00 |
|
56 |
25 |
|
12 |
50 |
|
8 |
06 |
|
104 |
44 |
Amount carried forward
$2,798 75 $3,500 00
|
Amount brought forward |
$2,798 |
75 $3,500 00 |
|
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1902 |
144 |
93 |
|
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1903 |
433 |
13 |
|
E. N. Hunt, salary Auditor, 1902 |
33 |
33 |
|
G. H. Clough, salary Auditor, 1902 |
33 |
33 |
|
F. D. Merrill, Sec’y Board of Health, 1903 |
50 |
00 |
|
C. H. Playdon, Board of Health, 1902 |
25 |
00 |
|
G. L. Flint, Board of Health, 1903 G. L. Flint, Moderator, March 2d and 26th, |
25 |
00 |
|
April 21st, Aug. 25 and Dec. 23d |
30 |
00 |
Overdrawn ..... 73 47
$3,573 47 $3,573 47 TOWN BUILDING AND OFFICE
Appropriation ..... $300 00
EXPENDED
C. M. Barrows & Co., order book . . $ 12 75
Hobbs & Warren Co., invoice book, ledger
and supplies ..... 9 25
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., pauper registers . 9 50
Little, Brown & Co., copy of Town Officer 4 00
H. Prentiss, Postmaster, postage stamps . 25 00
S. S. Bell, Manager, electric light and sup- plies ....... 97 22
. Bancroft & Co., fuel, 1902 ... 42 36
. Bancroft & Co., fuel, 1903 . . . 244 12
L. Martin, fuel . . . . . 11 00
Amount carried forward
$455 20
$300 00
73
|
Amount brought forward |
$455 20 |
$300 |
00 |
|
American Express Co., expressing |
30 |
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Cummings’ Express, expressing |
5 35 |
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Reading Water Works, water rates |
3 00 |
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Chevasse Pen Co., supplies |
2 50 |
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Francis Bros., supplies .... |
20 |
||
|
L. T. Eames, labor and supplies |
7 44 |
||
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T. C. Fife, labor and material |
6 56 |
||
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T. J. Whall, repairing boiler, 1902 |
2 01 |
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Janet C. Varney, cleaning office |
2 60 |
||
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J. F. Burnham, Supt., fuel |
8 00 |
||
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Overdrawn ..... |
193 |
16 |
|
|
$493 16 |
$493 |
16 |
|
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PRINTING |
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Appropriation ..... |
$750 |
00 |
|
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EXPENDED |
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W. E. & J. F. Twombly, Town Reports, |
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1902 . . . |
$366 00 |
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W. E. & J. F. Twombly, extra copies |
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Water, Light and School Reports |
30 50 |
||
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W. E. & J. F. Twombly, Finance Commit- |
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|
tee Report ..... |
14 00 |
||
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W. E. & J. F. Twombly, miscellaneous |
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printing ...... |
276 25 |
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P. B. Murphy, Assessors’ posters |
1 25 |
||
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Wakefield Daily Item, dog licenses, posters |
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and Assessors’ returns |
6 05 |
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|
Amount carried forward |
$694 05 |
$750 |
00 |
74
Amount brought forward Hobbs & Warren Co., Collector’s warrants B. H. Irving, election officers’ returns Unexpended ......
$694 05 $750 00
3 00 2 50 50 45
$750 00 $750 00
ELECTION EXPENSES
Appropriation ..... $300 00
EXPENDED
Lyceum Hall Ass’n, rent of hall for caucuses
and registration of voters . . . $12 00
Y. M. C. A., rent of hall, March 2d, 3d and
April 21, 1903 60 00
Masonic Temple Corp.,rent of hall, Dec. 23,
1903 8 00
J. H. Orr, services at elections, April 21st
and Nov. 3d, 1903 .... 5 50
Henry Stock, services at elections, March 3,
1902, Nov. 4th, 1902, and March 2d,
1903 7 00
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., election pencils . 88
M. F. Charles, recount of Representative
vote, Nov. 11th, 1903 ... 5 00
Owen McKenney, recount of Representa- tive vote, Nov. 11th, 1903 . . 5 00
W. S. Prentiss, recount of Representative
vote, Nov. 11th, 1903 ... 5 00
Amount carried forward
$108 38 $300 00
75
|
Amount brought foncard |
$108 |
38 |
|
W. M. Scott, recount of Representative vote, Nov. 11th, 1903 |
5 |
00 |
|
Geo. E. Adams, ballot clerk, March 3d and April 21st, 1903 .... |
10 |
00 |
|
Wm. H. Perkins, ballot clerk, March 2d, April 21st and Nov. 3d, 1903 |
15 |
00 |
|
Geo. L. Pratt, ballot clerk, March 2d, April 21st and Nov. 3d, 1903 |
15 |
00 |
|
Wm. E. Parkins, ballot clerk, March 3d, 1903 |
5 |
00 |
|
Reuben J. Lefave, ballot clerk, Nov. 3d, 1903 |
5 |
00 |
|
H. M. Donegan, teller, March 2d, April 21 and Nov. 3d, 1903 .... |
15 |
00 |
|
John Connelly, teller, Nov. 4th, 1902, and March 2d, 1903 |
10 |
00 |
|
S. G. Stewart, teller, March 3d and Nov. 3d, 1903 |
10 |
00 |
|
W. I. Ruggles, teller, March 3d and Nov. 3d, 1903 |
10 |
00 |
|
J. W. Killam, teller, March 3d and Nov. 3d, 1903 |
10 |
00 |
|
O. L. Akerley, teller, March 3d and Nov. 3d, 1903 |
10 |
00 |
|
J. C. Nichols, teller, March 3d and Nov. 3d, 1903 |
10 |
00 |
|
B. F. Flanders, teller, March 3d and April 21st, 1903 . . . . |
10 |
00 |
|
C. II. Stinchfield, teller, April 21st and Nov. 3d, 1903 |
10 |
00 |
|
11. E. Mclntire, teller, April 21st and Nov. 3d, 1903 |
10 |
00 |
|
Amount carried foncard |
oo co (N *X? |
38 |
$300 00
$300 00
76
Amount brought forward
F. E. Hutchins, teller, March 3d, 1903
G. A. Shaekford, teller, March 3d, 1903 J. S. Robinson, teller, March 2d, 1903 D. T. Bickford, teller, March 2d, 1903 W. F. Cook, teller, March 2d, 1903
W. F. Eaton, teller, March 2d, 1903 C. W. MacDougall, teller, March 2d, 1903
H. E. Eames, teller, March 2d, 1903 F. A. Bessom, teller, March 2d, 1903 C. W. Lee, teller, March 2d, 1903 W. L. Crowe, teller, April 21st, 1903 C. L. Newell, teller, April 21st, 1903 A. E. Nichols, teller, Nov. 3d, 1903 A. W. Danforth, teller, Nov. 3d, 1903 O. B. Ruggles, teller, Nov. 3d, 1903 H. S. LaClair, teller, Nov. 3d, 1903
Overdrawn .
$268 38 $300 00
5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00
48 38
$348 38 $348 38
BURIAL AGENT’S ACCOUNT Amount due from Commonwealth of
Massachusetts ..... $35 00
EXPENDED
Ephraim Wight for burial expenses David
G. Richardson ..... $35 00
$35 00 $35 00
DECORATION AND CARE OF SOLDIERS’ GRAVES
Appropriation
$175 00
EXPENDED
Veteran Post 194, G. A. R. . . . $175 00
$175 00 $175 00
ELECTRIC LIGHTS G. A. R. HALL Appropriation ..... $50 00
EXPENDED
Veteran Post 194, G. A. R. ... $50 00
$50 00 $50 00
SOLDIERS’ RELIEF
Appropriation ..... $1,500 00
EXPENDED
|
Marcus M. Bancroft, fuel and groceries |
Oi oo |
88 |
|
Charles II. Champney, fuel, groceries, nurse, |
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|
medicine and medical attendance . |
312 |
09 |
|
Sarah A. Deadman, groceries |
97 |
62 |
|
Elizabeth W. DeRonde, supplies |
24 |
00 |
|
John II. Jennings, fuel and groceries . |
123 |
19 |
|
Charlotte A. Mathews, supplies . |
48 |
00 |
|
Benj. F. McAllister, supplies |
71 |
50 |
|
Mary J. McAllister, supplies |
19 |
50 |
Amount carried forward
$764 78 $1,500 00
78
\
8764 78 81,500 00 99 78 72 00 108 00 74 69
137 15 48 00 24 00 171 60
81,500 00 81,500 00
PAID ACCOUNT CITY OF BROCKTON soldiers’ relief account Amount rec’d from City of Brockton 8115 46
EXPENDED
Mary E. Freeman, groceries, nurse, supplies,
medical attendance and funeral expenses 8115 46
Amount brought forward Kate Y. Norris, supplies .
Susan M. Penney, supplies .
David G. Richardson, supplies Samuel Rounds, fuel, groceries and rent Helen M. Sherman, fuel, rent and medical attendance ......
Janet C. Varney, supplies .
Marcella Woods, rent .
Unexpended ......
8115 46 8115 46
PAID ACCOUNT TOWN OF WAKEFIELD soldiers’ relief account
Amount rec’d from Town of Wakefield 810 25
EXPENDED
Mary L. Carey, fuel and groceries . . 810 25
810 25 810 25
79
PAID ACCOUNT TOWN OF NORTH READING
soldiers’ relief account
Amount due from Town of North Read- ing $44 43
EXPENDED
Mrs. Fred C. Mclntire, rent, fuel, dry goods
and shoes ..... $44 43
$44 43 $43 43
STATE AND MILITARY AID
Appropriation
Eben B. Bickford Sarah J. Bickford Wm. H. Baker Marietta Baker M arcus M. Bancroft Emmons Buck Julia Buck Edmund Buxton Lydia R. Bryden Mary L. Carey Reuben R. Coates John II. Corrie Ellen M. Damon John Damon
EXPENDED
$2,800 00
$72 00 48 00 48 00 48 00 48 00 72 00 48 00 48 00 48 00 28 00 48 00 48 00 48 00 48 00
Amount carried forward
$700 00 $2,800 00
80
Amount brought forward Sarah A. Deadman John D. DeRonde Eliza W. DeRonde Elizabeth W. DeRonde Harriet Dow Stillson H. Dow Ida F. Flanders Charles C. Frost Samuel Goodwin Mary P. Goodwin Mary Gowing Jennie H. Gould Jonathan Heselton Richmond Heselton Melissa R. Hollis Wm. A. Hunter Wm, L. Jones Wm. LaClair Clara A. Leathe Gustavus Loring Susan R. Lovejoy Sarah J. Mason Charlotte A. Mathews Mary Mclntire Charles W. Milbery .
Sarah M. Milbery Ansel Nickerson Kate V. Norris Clarkson Parker
|
o o |
00 $2,800 00 |
|
48 |
00 |
|
4 |
00 |
|
48 |
00 |
|
48 |
00 |
|
48 |
00 |
|
42 |
00 |
|
48 |
00 |
|
48 |
00 |
|
48 |
00 |
|
48 |
00 |
|
48 |
00 |
|
48 |
00 |
|
36 |
00 |
|
72 |
00 |
|
48 |
00 |
|
48 |
00 |
|
48 |
00 |
|
6 |
00 |
|
48 |
00 |
|
24 |
00 |
|
40 |
00 |
|
48 |
00 |
|
48 |
00 |
|
48 |
00 |
|
54 |
00 |
|
28 |
00 |
|
72 |
00 |
|
48 |
00 |
|
48 |
00 |
Amount carried forward
$1,990 00 $‘2,800 00
81
|
Amount brought forward |
$1,990 |
00 $2,800 00 |
|
Margaret Pinkhara ..... |
48 |
00 |
|
David G. Richardson ..... |
28 |
00 |
|
Susan M. Richardson ..... |
48 |
00 |
|
Henry F. Scruton ..... |
48 |
00 |
|
Helen M. Sherman ..... |
48 |
00 |
|
Julia A. E. Smith ..... |
48 |
00 |
|
George Thayer ..... |
48 |
00 |
|
Roxanna C. Underwood .... |
16 |
00 |
|
Eliza Upton ...... |
48 |
00 |
|
Janet C. Varney ..... |
48 |
00 |
|
George A. W. Vinall ..... |
48 |
00 |
|
Harriett B. Vinall ..... |
8 |
00 |
|
Daniel H. Wadlin ..... |
60 |
00 |
|
Josephine Watts ..... |
8 |
00 |
|
George W. Wiggin ..... |
32 |
00 |
|
Isabella Wildman ..... |
20 |
00 |
|
Marcella Woods ..... |
48 |
00 |
|
To be paid by the Commonwealth |
$2,642 |
00 |
|
MILITARY AID |
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|
Henry E. Putnam (one-half to be paid by |
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the Commonwealth) .... |
$36 |
00 |
|
Unexpended ...... |
122 |
00 |
$2,800 00 $2,800 00-
ACCOUNT CHAS. L. HAAG Due from Charles L. Haag . 85 54
EXPENDED
Charles L. Haag, supplies . . . $85 54
$85 54 $85 54
82
GRACE McKAY vs. TOWN OF READING (No appropriation)
EXPENDED
Arthur P. French, Attorney, expenses acc’t of filing exceptions in Grace McKay suit . . . . . . . $61 60
CARE OF OLD SOUTH CLOCK Appropriation .....
EXPENDED
Old South M. E. Society .... $50 00
$50 00
RENT OF PLAYGROUND
(No appropriation)
Kirk Sweetser, rent from April 1st to Oct.
1st, 1903 . . . . . . $171 00
CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF COMMON AND Appropriation .....
EXPENDED
|
F. A. Butters, repairing seats |
$ 4 |
75 |
|
Joseph White, labor .... |
78 |
|
|
Martin Forbes, labor |
28 |
67 |
|
J. S. Doucette, labor |
15 |
75 |
|
Amount carried forward |
$49 |
95 |
$50 00
$50 00
PARKS $150 00
$150 00
83
|
Amount brought forward |
$49 |
95 |
$150 |
00 |
|
John Doucette, labor .... |
10 |
50 |
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|
James McKenney, labor .... |
9 |
00 |
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|
Orne Green, labor ..... |
67 |
25 |
||
|
Reading Water Works .... |
12 |
00 |
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|
Unexpended ...... |
1 |
30 |
||
|
$150 |
00 |
$150 |
00 |
|
|
EDGESTONE AROUND COMMON |
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(Southwesterly Portion) |
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Appropriation ..... |
$150 |
00 |
||
|
EXPENDED |
||||
|
John Muse, edgestone and setting same |
$148 |
88 |
||
|
Unexpended ...... |
1 |
12 |
||
|
$150 |
00 |
$150 |
00 |
|
|
SPRAYING APPARATt |
rs |
|||
|
Appropriation ..... |
$65 |
00 |
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|
EXPENDED |
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|
Chas. J. Jager Co., spraying apparatus |
$58 |
60 |
||
|
E. C. Brown & Co., one brass “Auto-Spray” |
4 |
75 |
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|
Unexpended ...... |
1 |
65 |
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|
$65 |
00 |
$65 |
00 |
|
|
READING HOME FOR AGED |
WOMEN |
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Appropriation ..... |
$75 |
00 |
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EXPENDED |
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|
Reading H. A. W., cash, electric lights and |
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water rates, 1903 .... |
$75 |
00 |
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$ / 5 |
00 |
$75 |
00 |
84
SWAN ESTATE Amount received from rent
EXPENDED
Repairs, water rates, etc. Net income
$108 00
READING WATER WORKS
Appropriations .... Amount raised by taxation .
EXPENDED
U tt
a a
a a
a a
loan
|
service pipes |
$1,000 |
00 |
|
street sprinkler |
500 |
00 |
|
drinking fountains |
300 |
00 |
|
hydrant rentals |
4,890 |
00 |
|
interest on water |
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|
. |
600 |
00 |
|
reduction of water |
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36, 37, 38, 39, 40, |
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ra . |
7,000 |
00 |
$108 00
$11 85 96 15
$108 00
$7,290 00 7,000 00
$14,290 00 $14,290 00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT AND POWER PLANT
Appropriations .... Amount raised by taxation . Amount raised by loan
EXPENDED
$11,280 00 1,000 00 1,400 00
Municipal Light Board, arc lights “ “ “ construction
. $8,280 00 . 3,000 00
Amount carried forward
$11,280 00 $13,680 00
85
Amount brought forward $11,280 00 $13,680 00
Edw. F. Parker, Treas., note paid by him . 1,400 00
“ “ “ “ Bond No. 9, issue
1894, paid by him .... 1,000 00
$13,680 00 $13,680 00
INTEREST ON SCHOOL HOUSE BONDS Appropriation ..... $1,320 00
EXPENDED
Edward F. Parker, Treas., coupons 1903
paid by him ..... $1,300 00 Unexpended (Coupon No. 20 unpaid) . 20 00
$1,320 00 $1,320 00
INTEREST ON SCHOOL HOUSE NOTES Appropriation . . . . . $312 50
EXPENDED
|
L. G. Howard ...... |
$81 |
25 |
|
|
J. A. Howard ...... |
81 |
25 |
|
|
R. L. Day & Co. ..... |
35 |
00 |
|
|
Chas. W. Ran let ..... |
40 |
00 |
|
|
Edward F. Parker, Treas., interest paid by |
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|
him ....... |
75 |
00 |
|
|
$312 |
50 |
$312 50 |
|
|
SCHOOL HOUSE BONDS |
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|
Amount raised by taxation |
$2,000 00 |
EXPENDED
Edward F. Parker, Treas., Bonds No. 8 and
9, issue Aug. 1st, 1895, paid by him . $2,000 00
$2,000 00 $2,000 00
86
HAVEN STREET NOTE (Issued Nov. 27, 1899)
Amount received from new loan . 11,000 00
EXPENDED
Edward F. Parker, Treas., note paid by
him ....... $1,000 00
$1,000 00 $1,000 00
$1,000 00 8 00 8 00
5 71
EXPENDED
F. D. Merrill, posting warrants ... $3 00
Y. M. C. A., rent of hall special Town meet- ing ....... 10 00
Lyceum Hall Assn., rent of hall for caucuses 6 00
Duparquett, Iluot & Moneuse, 6 drinking
cups ....... 1 20
H. C. Derby, rubber stamp ... 1 00
Hobbs & Warren Co., poor blanks and type- writing ...... 40
Hobbs & Warren Co., letter copy book . 2 75
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Appropriation ..... Received from Auctioneers’ licenses “ “ carriage licenses .
“ “ fees sealing weights,
measures, etc. ....
Received from estate of C. N. Mellen removing wire from Black’s block
Amount carried forward
$24 35 $1,022 46
|
Amount brought forward |
$24 |
35 $1,022 46 |
|
Ina L. Eames, typewriting |
2 |
00 |
|
Ida R. Whittier, clerical services J. H. Morris & Co., repairing roof on Town |
15 |
00 |
|
building ...... |
32 |
90 |
|
Thos. Groom & Co., Collector’s cashbook Stewart & Robertson, repairing and paint- |
9 |
00 |
|
ing band stand ..... |
50 |
00 |
|
Manning’s Nursery, Maple tree . H. R. Johnson, hardware and labor on elec- |
1 |
50 |
|
tion booths ..... |
10 |
85 |
|
Francis Bros., hardware for Tree Warden |
1 |
95 |
|
Francis Bros., new pump .... |
28 |
00 |
|
Francis Bros., hardware and repairs Francis Bros., faucets and drinking cups for |
5 |
00 |
|
fountain ...... J. F. Burnham, Supt., sods and loam for |
6 |
50 |
|
Common ...... |
28 |
95 |
|
J. F. Burnham, Supt., labor moving trees J. F. Burnham, Supt., distributing Town |
12 |
00 |
|
Reports, 1902 ..... Reading Water Works, labor and material |
10 |
00 |
|
on drinking fountain .... |
67 |
|
|
J. IT. Adden, investigating records |
25 |
00 |
|
James A. Bancroft, plans and surveys |
40 |
25 |
|
F. W. Danforth, street signs M. E. Nichols, repairs on windows of Town |
6 |
00 |
|
building ...... |
1 |
12 |
|
M. F. Charles, Sec’y of Finance Committee M. F. Charles, recording births, marriages |
25 |
00 |
|
and deaths, clerical work and stationery |
86 |
94 |
Amount carried forward
$429 98 $1,022 46
88
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Amount brought forward |
$429 |
98 $1,022 46 |
|
James Reid, recording births, marriages and |
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deaths ...... |
11 |
80 |
|
J. A. O’Leary, reporting birth |
50 |
|
|
Geo. E. Pierce, reporting deaths |
11 |
25 |
|
G. W. Killorin, rolling playground |
5 |
00 |
|
W. I. Ruggles, investigating block system |
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and stationery ..... |
1 |
70 |
|
E. E. Parker, expenses as Treasurer |
1 |
74 |
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L. T. Eames, labor removing wire from |
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Black’s block ..... |
75 |
|
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Samuel Brown, filing saws for Tree Warden |
1 |
70 |
|
R. C. Totten, iron bolts for Tree Warden |
1 |
50 |
|
J. W. Gleason, trimming trees . |
21 |
00 |
|
Dennie Doucette, trimming trees |
12 |
25 |
|
A. B. Mathews, teaming trees |
30 |
00 |
|
R. A. White, labor on trees, 1902 |
2 |
00 |
|
R. A. White, labor on trees, 1903 |
3 |
00 |
|
R. A. White, carriage hire for Tree Warden |
2 |
00 |
|
American Express Co., expressing |
60 |
|
|
Cummings’ Express, expressing |
60 |
|
|
Robert Horrocks, ringing bell July 4th |
1 |
00 |
|
F. W. Parker, salary sealer of weights and |
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measures, 1903 ..... |
75 |
00 |
|
F. W. Parker, postage, supplies and mis- |
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cellaneous expenses .... |
7 |
67 |
|
George L. Flint, Moderator special Town |
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meeting ...... |
5 |
00 |
|
A. P. French, legal services, 1903 |
11 |
39 |
|
A. E. Batchelder, labor and team |
35 |
00 |
Amount carried for ward $672 43 $1,022 46
89
|
Amount brought forward |
$672 |
43 |
$1,022 |
46 |
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W. 0. Dockendorff, labor and team on |
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Common ...... |
17 |
67 |
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C. II. Playdon, inspector of animals and pro- |
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visions, 1902 ..... |
100 |
00 |
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H. R. Johnson, labor and material at play- |
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ground ...... |
1 |
94 |
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|
J. S. Doucette, ditching .... |
2 |
72 |
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Jos. W. Ivillam, “ .... |
10 |
50 |
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D. W. Pratt, “ .... |
26 |
25 |
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A. G. Emerson, “ .... |
23 |
00 |
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J. H. Brown, u .... |
1 |
75 |
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E. P. Bancroft, “ .... |
18 |
00 |
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F. Chusong, “ .... |
10 |
50 |
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J. E. Wilkins, “ .... |
12 |
44 |
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Jos. W. Killam, labor on dump . |
2 |
33 |
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|
F. Castine “ “ . |
78 |
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|
W. K. Pratt, “ “ . |
9 |
34 |
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M. Forbes, “ “ |
1 |
34 |
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D. W. Pratt, “ “ |
1 |
56 |
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A. G. Emerson, “ “ . . . |
•> |
34 |
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J. H. Brown, “ “ . . . |
2 |
34 |
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F. Chusong, “ “ • |
3 |
06 |
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J. E. Wilkins, “ “ |
2 |
33 |
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Unexpended ...... |
106 |
84 |
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|
$1,022 |
46 |
$1,022 |
46 |
|
|
INTEREST |
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Appropriation ..... |
$ 600 |
00 |
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Amount received from interest on con- |
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crete account ..... |
6 |
36 |
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Amount carried forward |
$606 |
36 |
90
Amount brought forward Amount received from First Nat. Bank on deposits ......
Amount received from H. M. Viall, Col- lector, 1900 ......
Amount received from H. M. Viall, Col- lector, 1901 .
Amount received from H. M. Viall, Col- lector, 1902 ......
Amount received from H. M. Viall, Col- lector, 1903 ......
EXPENDED
Interest on temporary loans . . . $2,451 27
Interest on Haven st. note . . . 37 50
A. W. Danforth, Sec’y, interest on cemetery
bequest funds ..... 305 29
Overdrawn ..... 283 73
$2,794 06 $2,794 06 ABATEMENT OF TAXES
Appropriation ..... $600 00
EXPENDED
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1900 . . . $ 53 27
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1901 . . . 399 14
H. M. Viall, Collector, 1902 . . . 147 36
Unexpended . . . . . 23
$606 36 169 61 19 07 1,040 99 591 51 82 79
$600 00
$600 00
STREET DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND REPAIRS OF SIDEWALKS
Appropriation ..... 83,000 00
A portion of amount received from
street railway franchise and excise tax 3,216 74
Amount received from loan . . 1,000 00
Amount received from B. & N. Street
Railway Co. ..... 38 67
Amount received for material sold . 31 57
Amount received from State Treasurer 11 60
EXPENDED
|
Labor and teams, 1901 .... |
8 55 |
33 |
|
Labor and teams, 1902 .... |
91 |
00 |
|
Labor and teams ..... |
1,816 |
52 |
|
Labor ....... |
1,869 |
31 |
|
Gravel, 1901 |
17 |
16 |
|
Gravel ....... |
405 |
64 |
|
J. A. Blunt, repairs ..... |
20 |
22 |
|
R. C. Totten, repairs .... |
11 |
53 |
|
H. K. Austin, labor and material |
49 |
81 |
|
Reading Water Works, labor and material |
49 |
65 |
|
W. Bancroft & Co., drain pipe and supplies |
254 |
47 |
|
Francis Bros., tools and supplies |
8 |
07 |
Amount carried forward
84,648 71 87,298 58
92
|
Amount brought forward |
$4,648 |
71 $7,298 58 |
|
Frederick Wallace, tools and supplies |
1 |
03 |
|
Joseph Breck & Sons Corp., tools |
7 |
00 |
|
American Powder Mills, supplies |
29 |
28 |
|
H. L. Bond Co., supplies .... |
1 |
67 |
|
Reading Co-op Ass’n, supplies |
65 |
|
|
Barbour, Stockwell Co., iron grate |
15 |
00 |
|
Osgood & Witherly, iron grate |
13 |
00 |
|
John Muse, edgestones and setting |
33 |
02 |
|
E. L. Lovejoy, storing roller and scraper |
7 |
00 |
|
Cummings’ Express, expressing |
25 |
|
|
Ferranti & Maguire Co., crushed stone and |
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use of roller . ... |
200 |
75 |
|
A. M. Barnard estate, rent |
36 |
00 |
|
A. G. Emerson, labor and teams |
706 |
11 |
|
A. G. Emerson, clerical services |
50 |
00 |
|
$5,749 |
47 |
MACADAMIZING MAIN ST. FROM MINOT ST.
TO THE B. & M. R. R. CROSSING EXPENDED
Ferranti & Maguire Co., Contractors . 1,549 11
$7,298 58 $7,298 58
STREET SPRINKLING A portion of amount received from Street Railway franchise and excise tax
EXPENDED
Merrill Hutchinson, painting watering cart $ 25 00 Prentiss & Viall, insurance on watering cart 3 00
John Stock, labor and use of horses . . 398 25
$426 25
$426 25
$426 25
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CONCRETE SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES
(Abutters to pay one-half)
Appropriation .
Ain’t received from Antonio Michelini Am’t received from Robert F. Fitz Am’t received from Henry R. Johnson
EXPENDED
Lyceum Hall Ass’n, allowance for concret- ing
John Muse, edgestones and setting MacDonald Bros., concreting Unexpended ......
$ 3 66 146 72 25 24
111 81
$200 00 19 24 38 30 29 89
$287 43 $287 43
CONCRETE GUTTERS, CROSSWALKS AND
GUTTERS
Appropriation .....
Amount refunded by E. B. Richardson
EXPENDED
Labor $126 41
Labor and teams ..... 22 44
McDonald Bros., concreting . . . 96 65
Unexpended ...... 7 75
$253 25 $253 25
PAVED
$250 00 3 25
REPAIRS OF CONCRETE
Appropriation ..... $300 00
Amount received from S. W. Bowker 1 49
Amount carried forward
$301 49
94
Amount brought forward $301 49
A portion of amount received from
Street Railway franchise and excise tax 53 19
EXPENDED
|
George W. Killoran, concreting |
. $ 11 40 |
|
|
McDonald Bros., concreting |
327 28 |
|
|
Labor and teams .... |
16 00 |
|
|
$354 68 |
$354 68 |
|
|
REMOVAL OF SNOW |
AND ICE |
|
|
Appropriation .... |
$500 00 |
|
|
EXPENDED |
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|
Labor and teams .... |
. $389 04 |
|
|
Labor ...... |
27 19 |
|
|
A. G. Emerson, labor and team . |
50 37 |
|
|
Samuel Brown, repairing snow plow |
1 00 |
|
|
Unexpended |
32 40 |
|
|
$500 00 |
$500 00 |
|
|
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND |
EXPENDITURES OF |
|
|
STREET RAILWAY |
TAX |
|
|
Unexpended balance |
m oo 4- oo |
|
|
Amount received from Excise tax, 1903 |
2,075 48 |
|
|
“ “ Franchise tax, 1903 |
1,576 85 |
|
|
EXPENDED |
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|
Account repairs of concrete |
. $ 53 19 |
|
|
“ Highways .... |
. 3,216 74 |
|
|
“ Street Sprinkling |
426 25 |
|
|
Unexpended ..... |
40 43 |
$3,736 61 $3,736 61
FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the TIoJiorable Board of Selectmen of Reading :
The Board of Engineers herewith submit their annual report for the year nineteen hundred and three.
During the year the Department responded to 27 bell alarms.
The Department consists of
One Chief Engineer and two Assistant Engineers.
Steamer No. 1, two enginemen.
Hook and Ladder No. 1, twelve men.
Hose No. 1, thirteen men, Central Fire Statical.
Hose No. 2, fifteen men, Woburn St.
Hose No. 3, six men, North Main St.
Hose No. 4, six men, Hopkins St.
Hose No. 5, Volunteer Co., Grove St., at El win J. Roundy’s.
Mr. Leonard T. Eames was re-appointed Supt. of the Fire Alarm, and the system is in good condition with the exception of some of the old wire and poles, which will have to be replaced with new in the near future.
The apparatus and buildings are in good condition, except that the Hook and Ladder, Steamer and Hose No. 2 should be touched up and varnished this year, and the house of Hose No. 2, Woburn St., should have a coat of paint this spring.
We have by vote of the Town, replaced the gravity battery of the Fire Alarm with a storage battery, and for the six months it has been in use it has proved all that we claimed for it in the mat-
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ter of economy, as, aside from the cost of installing, it has cost noth- ing for supplies, and the Boston and Northern Street Railway Co. furnish us the current free of charge. We find it much easier to handle and more satisfactory in every way than the old system.
We have added one new Fire Alarm Box, No. 41, located at the corner of Green and Village Sts.
We would recommend that a new box be located on Haven St. near the G. A. R. hall, and that Box 17 be moved to the corner of Prescott and Arlington Streets. As now located Box 17 covers too much property and an alarm from it does not inform the De- partment which side of the B. & M. R. R. to look for the fire.
We would again recommend that the Town appropriate a sum sufficient to place Tower Strikers on houses of Hose 3 and 4.
We would also again call the attention of the voters to the need of a new house and horses for the Department in the centre, and would recommend that a committee of five be appointed to look into the cost and advisability of the Town remodeling the present building to accommodate all the Town officials, and the building of a new station for the Fire Department on Town land east of the Town building on Pleasant Street, and report with recommenda- tions at a future meeting.
The Department again held a successful Field Day, and we feel that the exhibition of the Department was a credit to the town. The money appropriated by the Towrn was used to pay for the music and banquet of the invited guests.
At a special Town Meeting the Board of Engineers were in- structed to change the financial year of the Fire Department to correspond with the financial year of the Town, but as no money was appropriated for that purpose we were unable to do so this year.
In conclusion, we would thank the members of the Department and all who have in any way assisted the Department the past year,
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and especially the Reading Rubber Mills for the free use of steam for the fire whistle, and the Boston and Northern Street Railway Company for the free use of their current for charging the storage battery.
FRANK G. NICHOLS, Chief Engineer. GEORGE L. PRATT, Secretary.
ORVILLE O. ORDWAY, Asst. Engineer. Board of Engineers , Beading Fire Dept.
DETAILED STATEMENT OF FIRES FOR THE YEAR 1903
|
Ins. Paid |
$50 None None mnn |
35 |
|
Loss on Ins. on Contents Cont’ts |
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> l |
|
$50 None None 225 None None 2500 400 35 None |
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Ins. Paid |
$20 None None Unsettl’d 300 |
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The Department has travelled 297 miles. Laid 10,900 feet of hose. Used 213 feet of ladders. Used 24 gallons of chemicals. Served 30 hours.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation .
44 Field Day
44 Storage Battery
Amount received from J. B. Lewis, Jr., one-half expense of building fence .
$3,600 00 150 00 700 00
7 85
EXPENDED
F. G. Nichols, salary chief engineer, year
ending April 30, 1903
G. L. Pratt, salary engineer, Nov. 1, 1902,
April 30, 1903 .
G. L. Pratt, postage .
O. O. Ordway, salary engineer, year ending April 30, 1903 .
L. T. Fames, salary engineer Steamer 1, year ending Dec. 31, 1903 . . . .
L. T. Eames, labor and supplies Adolph Turner, salary ass’t engineer Steam- er 1, June 1, 1902, to April 30, 1903 W. H. Bancroft, steward Hose 2, year end- ing Oct. 31, 1903 . . . .
E. II. Crowe, steward II. & L. No. 1, year ending April 30, 1903 II. E. Mclntire, steward Hose 4, May 1, 1902, to Aug. 31, 1903 Firemen’s pay roll year ending April 30, 1903 . . .
R. A. White, horse service
E. P. Bancroft, 44 ....
Parker Nichols, 44 ....
$75 00
35 00 1 50
60 00
75 00 11 50
45 83
65 00
35 00
40 00
1,323 49 200 00 103 00 35 00
Amount carried forvmrd
$2,105 32 .$4,457 85
100
|
Amount brought forward |
$2,105 |
32 $4,457 85 |
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John Stock, horse service |
225 |
00 |
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|
G. A. Shackford & Son, horse service |
250 |
00 |
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|
Borthwick Bros., carriage |
hire . |
1 |
00 |
|
|
Cummings’ Express, expressing |
6 |
30 |
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|
American Express Co., expressing |
65 |
|||
|
W. H. Wightman, insurance |
23 |
00 |
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|
F. W. Davis, repairs |
. |
7 |
70 |
|
|
0. 0. Ordway, “ |
. |
26 |
20 |
|
|
Sam’l Brown, “ |
. |
1 |
75 |
|
|
Parker Nichols, steward Hose 3, year ending |
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|
April 30, 1903 . |
. |
30 |
00 |
|
|
John Stock, labor |
. |
9 |
00 |
|
|
F. A. Butters, labor and supplies |
10 |
70 |
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|
W. F. Cook, labor and supplies |
16 |
02 |
||
|
J. M. Saunders, building fence . |
10 |
00 |
||
|
Chas. J. Haag, labor and care of hose |
63 |
75 |
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|
Geo. M. Stevens Co., Inc., |
supplies |
5 |
95 |
|
|
H. K. Barnes, |
u |
3 |
00 |
|
|
Eagle Oil and Supply Co., |
u |
5 |
50 |
|
|
Boston Excelsior Co., |
u |
3 |
50 |
|
|
Pettingill, Andrews Co., |
u |
72 |
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|
T. F. Hannaford, |
u |
4 |
50 |
|
|
W. C. Taylor, |
u |
11 |
00 |
|
|
F. Wallace, |
u |
50 |
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|
Francis Bros., |
u |
20 |
73 |
|
|
George H. Atkinson, |
a |
3 |
72 |
|
|
W. Bancroft & Co., |
u |
19 |
82 |
|
|
A. W. Danforth, |
a |
75 |
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|
C. L. Martin, fuel |
. . |
8 |
67 |
|
|
C. K. Littlefield, care of flag |
2 |
00 |
Amount carried forward $2,876 75 $4,457 85
101
|
Amount brought forward |
$2,876 |
75 |
|
J. B. Logan, labor ..... |
23 |
50 |
|
Chas. E. Berry, harness, etc. |
22 |
65 |
|
S. S. Bell, Mgr., electric light and supplies |
20 |
59 |
|
Reading Water Works, water rates |
18 |
14 |
|
Field Day expenses ..... |
150 |
00 |
|
$3,111 |
63 |
|
|
FIRE ALARM |
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|
EXPENDED |
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|
L. T. Eames, salary Supt. fire alarm, year |
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|
ending Dec. 31, 1903 |
$100 |
00 |
|
L. T. Eames, labor, material and car fare . |
71 |
56 |
|
Merrill Hutchinson, lettering signs |
2 |
00 |
|
F. W. Danforth, lettering signs |
6 |
50 |
|
O. P. Symonds & Son, labor and material . |
14 |
50 |
|
James A. Healey Co., “ “ “ |
2 |
25 |
|
T. C. Fife, “ “ “ |
17 |
12 |
|
Morrison Merrill, labor .... |
16 |
25 |
|
J. W. Gleason, “ .... |
49 |
43 |
|
H. F. Haag, “ .... |
10 |
00 |
|
L . G. Nichols, “ .... |
25 |
00 |
|
W. H. Lynch, repairs .... |
6 |
50 |
|
R. A. White, horse hire .... |
2 |
00 |
|
A. B. Mathews, horse hire |
46 |
50 |
|
Harry Walter, supplies .... |
13 |
05 |
|
Electric Gas Lighting Co., supplies |
2 |
00 |
|
Pettingill, Andrews Co., supplies |
1 |
15 |
|
Beattie Zinc Works, “ |
47 |
00 |
|
Francis Bros., “ |
6 |
70 |
|
Geo. M. Stevens Co., Inc., “ |
108 |
88 |
Amount carried forward
$548 39 $4,457 85
102
' ■ Amount brought forward W. Bancroft & Co., “
Cummings’ Express, expressing .
Geo. M. Stevens Co., Inc., storage battery
$548 39 $4,457 85
4 13
5 90 850 00
$1,408 42
Overdrawn ........ 62 20
$4,520 05 $4,520 05
FOREST FIRES
Appropriation ..... $150 00
EXPENDED
Asa Parker, salary, two years ending April
|
30, 1903 |
$30 |
00 |
|
A. G. Nichols, salary, year ending April 30, |
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|
1903 |
15 |
00 |
|
Jason Z wicker, salary, year ending April 30, |
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|
1903 |
15 |
00 |
|
H. E. Mclntire, salary, May 1, 1903, to Aug. |
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|
31, 1903 |
5 |
00 |
|
M. E. Nichols, painting cans |
1 |
21 |
|
B. J. Lehan, sandwiches and coffee |
1 |
50 |
|
C. H. Frost, cans ..... |
7 |
80 |
|
Labor ....... |
58 |
25 |
|
Labor and teams ..... |
13 |
75 |
|
Unexpended ...... |
2 |
49 |
$150 00
$150 00
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FIRE ALARM BOX NO. 41 (Green and Village Sts.)
Appropriation . . . . $75 00
EXPENDED
Geo. M. Stevens Co., Inc., fire alarm box
and keys ...... $62 53
L. T. Eames, installing same ... 3 49
Unexpended ...... 8 98
$75 00
$75 00
REPORT OF
SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE ALARM
Reading, Jan. 1, 1904.
To the Board of Fire Engineers of the Beading Fire Depart- ment :
I submit the following report. There has been added to the Fire Alarm System during the year one box, No. 41, corner of Village and Green sts. The gravity battery has been replaced by a system of storage batteries giving entire satisfaction.
The system now consists of 150 jars of storage battery, one 5 circuit repeater, one steam whistle, two tower strikers, and 33 boxes.
LOCATION OF BOXES
13 — Corner of Ash and Avon Sts.
15 — Corner of Walnut St. and Summer Ave.
16 — Main St., near South.
17 — Lincoln St., near Depot.
18 — Park Ave., corner of Minot St.
22 — No session, High School House.
23 — Corner of Woburn and Temple Sts.
24 — Mineral St., corner of Hancock.
25 — Prospect St., near King.
26 — Hose 2 House, Woburn St.
27 — Summer Ave., south of Prescott St.
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28 — West St., near W. A. Bancroft’s.
29 — Corner of West and King Sts.
32 — Franklin St., opp. second house from Grove.
33 — Lowell St., Eastern Rubber Co. Works.
34 — Corner of Grove and Forest Sts.
35 — Corner of Main and Locust Sts.
36 — Corner of Bancroft Ave. and Locust St.
37 — Main St., near Brooks Nichols’.
39 — Corner of Franklin and Main Sts.
41 — Corner of Village and Green Sts.
42 — Corner of John and Haven Sts.
44 — Corner of Salem and Pearl Sts.
45 — Corner of Salem and Belmont Sts.
46 — Corner of Charles and Pearl Sts.
47 — Corner of Haverhill and Charles Sts.
55 — Reading Rubber Mills.
61 — Corner of Main and Washington Sts.
62 — Corner of Main and Haven Sts.
63 — Congregational Church.
64 — Central Fire Station.
65 — Corner of Bancroft Ave. and Middlesex Ave.
67 — Corner of High St. and Middlesex Ave.
Owing to the number of false alarms that have been rung in, the keys from boxes 13, 15, 16,24,27,28,29,32,34,35,36,37, 39, 44, 45, 46, 47, 67 have been taken from the boxes and placed in the houses near by.
Would recommend* that some of the old wire should be re- placed with new. Yours respectfully,
LEONARD T. EAMES,
tSupt. Fire Alarm .
POLICE DEPARTMENT
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Appropriation ..... |
$2,600 |
00 |
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Amount received from 4th District Court fines ..... |
82 |
00 |
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Amount received from Master of House of Correction ..... |
9 |
00 |
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Amount received from State Board of Charities, transportation of patients |
25 |
00 |
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Amount received from Danvers Insane Hospital, transportation of patient |
6 |
00 |
EXPENDED
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F. D. Merrill, salary, 1903 |
$780 |
00 |
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F. D. Merrill, miscellaneous expenses |
10 |
85 |
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F. D. Merrill, transportation of prisoners |
29 |
02 |
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F. D. Merrill, posting warrants |
2 |
00 |
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F. D. Merrill, use of horse |
25 |
00 |
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J. H. Orr, salary, 1903 .... |
780 |
00 |
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W. H. Manning, salary, 1903 |
780 |
00 |
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Robert Powers, special police |
138 |
68 |
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C. W. MacDougall, special police |
16 |
75 |
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E. L. Lovejoy, special police |
3 |
00 |
|
B. F. Manning, special police |
5 |
75 |
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Samuel Brown, special police |
6 |
00 |
|
J. J. Cullinane, special police |
o |
50 |
Amount carried forward . $2,579 55 $2,722 00
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Amount brought forward |
$2,579 |
55 $2,722 00 |
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Asa Parker, special police |
7 |
50 |
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R. J. Lefave, special police |
9 |
85 |
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Clement Gleason, special police |
2 |
50 |
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N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone rent |
64 |
45 |
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Borthwick Bros., carriage hire |
6 |
75 |
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G. A. Shackford & Son, carriage hire |
6 |
00 |
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S. W. Bowker, carriage hire |
8 |
00 |
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R. A. White, carriage hire |
21 |
00 |
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Cummings’ Express, expressing |
75 |
|
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A. S. Cook & Co., blankets |
1 |
97 |
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Berry & Rich, disinfectant |
50 |
|
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T. C. Fife, labor and material |
3 |
36 |
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Merrill Hutchinson, lettering curtain |
4 |
16 |
|
L. T. Eames, installing electric lights |
8 |
81 |
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Overdrawn .... |
3 15 |
0
$2,725 15 $2,725 15
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
January 1, 1904.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Reading :
Gentlemen : I have the honor of submitting to you the annual report of the doings and condition of the Police Depart- ment for the year ending December 31, 1903.
This Department at present consists of Chief, Frederic D. Merrill.
Patrolmen, J. Henry Orr, Wm. H. Manning.
Reserves, Chester McDougall, Jason Zwicker, John Stock, Jeremiah J. Cullinane, Robert Powers, Samuel Brown, Reuben J. LeFave, Eugene L. Lovejoy, Asa Parker.
Keeper of Lockup, Frederic D. Merrill.
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Number of arrests during the year |
. 76 |
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January 3 |
ARREST BY MONTHS Males 3 |
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F ebruary 5 |
“ 5 |
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March 5 |
“ 4 |
Females 1 |
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April 7 |
“ 6 |
1 |
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May 5 |
“ 4 |
1 |
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June 6 |
“ 6 |
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July 13 |
“ 13 |
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August 8 |
“ 8 |
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September 5 |
“ 5 |
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109 |
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October 6 |
Males |
6 |
Females |
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November 4 |
u |
4 |
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December 9 |
u |
9 |
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76 |
“ < |
IS |
“ 3 |
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NATIVITY |
OF PERSONS ARRESTED |
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American born |
• |
53 |
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Foreign born |
23 |
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Non-residents |
33 |
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Minors |
12 |
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On Warrants |
27 |
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Tramps put up |
. 410 |
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Males 407, Females 3. |
OFFENCES
Assault and Battery ........ 7
Arson ........... 1
Bastardy .......... 2
Breaking and Entering ....... 2
Cruelty to Animals ........ 1
Contempt of Court ........ 3
Disturbing the Peace ........ 3
Disorderly Conduct ........ 2
Drunkenness ......... 31
Insane ........... ,7
Larceny .......... 7
Malicious Mischief ........ 2
Neglected Children ........ 4
Non-support ......... 1
Trespass .
Vagrants .
Violation of Town By-Law .
110
1
1
1
DISPOSITION OF CASES
Discharged ......
Delivered to other officers
Fined .......
Committed for non-payment Sentenced to House of Correction Placed on file .....
Committed to State Hospital
Held for Grand Jury ....
Nol prossed ......
Still in Court .....
Committed to Home for Destitute
Rec’d from Fourth Dis’t Court for fines Rec’d from House of Correction for fines . . .
76
8
7
26
6
. 11 6 6 2 1 2 1
$87 00 9 00
$96 DO
Rec’d from Middlesex County . . 25 00
$121 00
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
Accidents ......... 3
Amount of property reported stolen .... $333 00
Amount of property recovered ..... $233 00
Buildings found open and secured .... 87
Cases investigated ....... 33
Court attendance, days . . . . . • . 126
Ill
Dangerous poles, etc. ....... 4
Dangerous dogs reported ...... 4
Dead bodies cared for ....... 3
Defective street lamps and wires reported ... 14
Dog notices served ....... 4
Disturbances suppressed . 3
Dogs killed ......... 18
Defective streets and sidewalks ..... 6
Fire alarms given ....... 3
Fires extinguished without alarm .... 1
Horses found cast ....... 6
Horses killed ........ 1
Lanterns hung in dangerous places .... 4
Lost children found and restored .... 2
Street obstructions removed ..... 4
Stray teams put up ....... 1
Sick and injured persons assisted . . . . 3
Officers at fires ........ 43
Officers at special occasions ...... 68
Notices posted . • . . . . . . 60
MORALE OF THE TOWN AND FORCE
No very serious offences have occurred the past year; good order has generally prevailed. No serious accidents have occurred on the highways — none, I think, where the Town could be held liable.
A police force, by the very nature of its work and organiza- tion, must be subject to strict discipline.
The ideal policeman is noted for his universal good conduct and behavior at all times, both on and off duty, with a quiet dignity of manner, with his eyes and ears always open, and he never talks while on duty, unless he has “something to say.”
The year just closed has been a creditable one in the work of
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this Department. The conduct of the officers has been excellent. It has been the constant effort of the officers to discharge the duties devolving upon them without undue officiousness or an assumption of arbitrary power, at the same time having due regard for the maintenance of good order and a fair enforcement of the laws and ordinances. We do not expect to escape criticism.
Often harsh criticism is made when, if the true facts were fully known, commendation would be in order.
The time has arrived when it is very desirable, and in fact is absolutely necessary, that immediate action should be taken to secure the services of another patrolman for day duty. And I shall ask for an appropriation sufficient for that purpose.
CONCLUSION
To your Honorable Board I hereby extend thanks for courtesy and kindness accorded me on all occasions. Also to the Judges and Clerks of the District and Superior Courts.
Most respectfully submitted,
FREDERIC D. MERRILL, Chief of Police.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Citizens of the Town of Reading :
Your Board of Health herewith renders its annual report for the year 1903 :
Number of cases of contagious diseases reported. . IT
Diptberia ....... 3
Scarlet fever ...... 5
Typhoid fever ...... 6
Measles ....... 3
Number of rooms fumigated ..... 34
Complaints of nuisances ...... 13
Examinations for plumbers’ licenses .... 3
Plumbers’ certificates issued ..... 3
Permits to do plumbing granted ..... 67
Permits to lay drains ....... 28
Number of returns of death received .... 75
Burial permits issued ....... 75>
Causes of death :
Apoptexy 5
Brights disease 1
Bantis disease 1
Capillary bronchitis 2
Cardiac dilatation 1
Chronic nephritis 1
Diabetes 2
Disease unknown 1
Accident 2
Bronchitis 2
Carcimona 3
Cerebral hemor’ge 3
Cancer 4
Convulsions 1
Disease of heart 3
Endocarditis 2
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Erysipelas 1
Gastro enteritis 1
Leukremia 1
Myocarditis 2
Malnutrition 1
Obstructive jaundice 1
Paresis 1
Phthisis Pulmonalis 4
Pneuihonia 6
Pernicious ancemia 1
Still born 2
Tubercular laryngitis 1
Deaths by months :
January 15
February 7
March 7
• April 8
May 1
June 3
Gastritis 1
Gangrene 1
La grippe 1
Metrol Insufficiency 1
Meningitis 2
Old age 2
Paralysis 1
Pulmonary Tuber- culosis 7
Rheumatism 1
Septisaemia 1
Typhoid fever 1
J uly 7
August 7
September 3
October 4
November 4
December 9
Total 75
The duties of the Board of Health are marked with something of a sameness from year to year ; but in this instance two excep- tions must be noted : we are called upon by the city of Cambridge to pay one hundred and forty dollars ($140) for the treatment of a scarlet fever case, the patient having legal residence in this town. No good reason appears why this bill should not be paid.
Last year the Board of Health of the city of Melrose notified this Board that there was a case of small pox in their hospital, the expense of which would be chargeable to Reading. The bill, amounting to $471.61, having been received, the members of this
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Board pronounced it exorbitant and took no further notice of it. Suit has now been brought by Melrose. We await your instruc- tions at the annual meeting.
W e earnestly hope for an early and satisfactory solution of the sewage problem.
Respectfully submitted,
CALVERT II. PLAYDON, ) Board
GEO. L. FLINT, l of
FREDERIC D. MERRILL, Sec’y, ) Health.
BOARD OF HEALTH
Appropriation ..... $600 00
Cash refunded ..... 4 30
EXPENDED
G. S. Tukey, salary, Inspector of Plumbing $200 00
G. S. Tukey, labor fumigating ... 5 00
0. W. MacDougall, salary, Inspector of
Plumbing ...... 100 00
C. H. Playdon, M. D. V., salary, Inspector of Slaughter Houses, Meats and Provis- ions ....... 50 00
F. D. Merrill, stationery . . . . 2 12
Melvin & Badger, repairing regenerator . 3 00
L. T. Eames, electrical supplies . . 2 20
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, letterheads 3 50
J. C. Oxley, disinfectant . . . . 16 00
E. C. Metcalf, window shades ... 3 80
Amount carried forward
$385 62 $604 30
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Amount brought forward H. B. Howard, rent to Oct. 24, 1903 H. B. Howard, cleaning office American Express, expressing Cummings’ Express, expressing Unexpended ..... |
$385 62 $604 30 80 00 1 00 2 55 8 90 126 23 |
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$604 30 $604 30 |
PLUMBING
To the Honorable Board of Health , Town of Reading :
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Gentlemen : I |
respectfully submit to you the following report |
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of duty performed |
from Jan. 1st, 1903, to Jan. 1st, 1904 : |
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Applications filed |
67 |
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Left over |
1 |
|
Water closets set |
40 |
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Bath tubs trapped |
30 |
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Bowls trapped |
31 |
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Sinks trapped |
68 |
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Trays trapped |
20 |
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Alterations |
6 |
All work has been inspected, tested and left in safe and satis- factory condition. Work inspected by Chester MacDougall, David Taggart, Greenleaf S. Tukey.
I thank the Secretary, also the Board, the craft, and all con cerned, for kind co-operation, also for kindness during my late illness.
Respectfully submitted,
G. S. TUKEY, Inspector.
Jan. 1st, 1904.
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES
Reading, Jan. 7th, 1904.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I submit the following report for the year ending Dec. 3 1st* 1903 :
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CORRECT |
ADJ. |
C. D. |
TOTAL |
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No. of |
scales over 5000 lbs. |
2 |
2 |
4 |
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|
a |
a |
“ under “ “ |
11 |
6 |
17 |
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|
a |
a |
small scales |
29 |
19 |
48 |
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|
a |
a |
pan scales |
17 |
17 |
||
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a |
a |
family scales |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
|
a |
a |
computing scales |
5 |
5 |
||
|
u |
u |
ice scales |
4 |
1 |
5 |
|
|
a |
a |
weights |
243 |
21 |
264 |
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|
it |
u |
spring balances |
5 |
5 |
||
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a |
a |
dry measures |
66 |
1 |
67 |
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a |
a |
wet measures |
29 |
29 |
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a |
a |
milk measures |
17 |
17 |
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a |
a |
yard sticks |
19 |
19 |
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u |
a |
bottles |
3818 |
17 |
3835 |
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Received for work done outside of office, |
$4.43v |
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I have in my charge one set of brass scales and |
weights, one |
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set of |
copper wine measures, one |
nest of dry |
measures, 500 lbs. of |
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50 lb. |
weights, and one 10 lb. and |
one 5 lb. ; |
one set of numbers |
from 0 up to 9, three letters, two R’s and C. I)., one glass cutter; all in good order. Respectfully yours,
FRANK W. PARKER,
S. of W. and M.
TRUSTEES LAUREL HILL CEMETERY
Reading, Jan. 25, 1904.
To the Selectmen :
The Trustees take satisfaction in being able this year to ask for a considerably decreased sum than it has been customary for the Town to allot yearly for the regular purposes of the cemetery.
We estimate the sum of $600 will be sufficient the coming year. The increase of receipts from the sale of lots makes this possible.
The Trustees could expend a much larger sum to good advan- tage, but the amount asked will permit a continuance of the general plan of improvements, which are contributing yearly to what some day will be a harmonious whole.
We have finished the laying of curved edgestones leading from the Lowell st. entrance and the result in improved appearance more than justifies the outlay. We hope to make satisfactory arrange- ments with the School Committee to put in edgestones matching those in the cemetery along the High School grounds, when the im- provement to both properties will be apparent.
An iron gate has been erected at the Highland st. entrance which serves well the purposes of convenience and ornamentation.
The improvements at the southeast corner abutting Main st. and the Old South property, consisting of removing the shrub growth and grading, has made an objectionable corner presentable and a source of additional attractiveness to the cemetery.
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The past year has continued to demonstrate the good fortune of the Town in being able to command the services of so interested and capable a Superintendent as Dr. Danforth, and his assistant Jason Zwicker has proved the right man in the right place.
For the coming year we recommend that the sum of $600 be appropriated as mentioned previously ; also the unexpended balance and the receipts from the sale of lots.
GALEN A. PARKER, Chairman,
A. W. DANFORTH, Secretary, ALDEN BATCHELDER,
F. L. EDGERLEY,
H. T. LEAVIS,
W. E. TWOMBLY,
Trustees Laurel Hill Cemetery.
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY
$900 00
417 75 305 29
740 00
EXPENDED
Fred Wallace, tools and grass seed . . $7 15
Wakefield Daily Item, printing . . 3 50
W. B. Jeffreys & Co., plants . . . 13 50
W. H. Pond, shrubs 25 00
Chas. Ingram, flowers . . . . 24 00
Appropriation .
Unexpended balance, interest on ceme- tery bequests ..... Interest on cemetery bequests, 1903 Amount received from sale of lots and graves ......
Amount carried forward
$73 15 $2,363 04
1*21
|
Amount brought forward |
$73 |
15 $2,363 04 |
|
W. C. Tingley, circle edgestones |
162 |
50 |
|
John Muse, setting edgestones |
5 |
00 |
|
E. T. Barnum, iron fence .... |
146 |
50 |
|
M. I). Jones & Co., vase and perpetual signs |
25 |
30 |
|
Hartford Rubber Works Co., rubber hose . |
16 |
00 |
|
W. Bancroft & Co., posts and lumber |
2 |
50 |
|
Reading Water Works, labor and material |
3 |
46 |
|
Francis Bros., tools and supplies |
2 |
58 |
|
0. 0. Ordway, repairing tools |
2 |
44 |
|
Clarkson Parker, lot No. 100 |
75 |
00 |
|
A. W. Danforth, salary Supt. |
75 |
00 |
|
Labor ....... |
534 |
70 |
|
Labor and teams . |
648 |
94 |
|
Unexpended ...... |
589 |
97 |
$2,863 04 $2,363 04
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit my report for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1903.
I have given permission for the removal of three Rock Maple trees on Temple st. opposite the property of Mr. C. L. Turner. These, with the exception of one or two dead trees, are the only trees that I have consented to have removed.
The work in connection with the removal of the nests of the Brown-tail Moth has been carried on as in the past. The total number of moths removed was about (9700) nine thousand seven hundred.
The same work will have to be done again next year, as the nests are still in evidence, as it is simply impossible to exterminate them, and all that can be done is to keep them in bounds by con- stantly looking after them every spring.
There has been no tree planting done this year, but I have had more or less urgent calls for some trimming, which I did, and which was necessary to be done on account of the decayed condi- tions of the limbs, which if left would be a menace to the travel- ling public.
I would recommend that $200 be raised and appropriated for the use of the Tree Warden for 1904.
I thank you for the courtesies shown me and remain Yours very respectfully,
A. CHANDLER MANNING.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation ..... $200 00
EXPENDED
Labor removing Brown-tail Moths Labor trimming trees Francis Bros., pruners Overdrawn ....
$200 94 $200 94
$165 70 33 24 2 00
For balance of the expenditures account of Tree Warden see Miscellaneous Expenses account.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS
Reading, Mass., Jan. 1, 1904.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I herewith submit my report of the inspection of animals within the year 1903 :
Number of cattle kept within the town limits . . . 401
Number of barns inspected . . . . . . .102
Number of sheep ........ 6
I was ordered to make my annual inspection early in Septem- ber, to be finished before Nov. 15. These regulations were com- plied with and reports sent to Mass. Board of Agriculture Cattle Bureau. The animals showing evidence of tuberculosis or other contagious disease were quarantined, duplicates being sent to State Board for attention.
Your inspector has investigated several cases in horses thought to be suspicious of contagious disease, but upon careful inspection only two proved to be of a serious nature and these were destroyed.
The farmers are still growing to realize how much better pro- ducts can be obtained from clean, well kept, healthy cattle and premises and each inspection shows much improvement over the last.
I feel justified in saying that the sanitary conditions connected with many and, in fact, most of our dairies are second to none in
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the State and within a short time the whole of our producing dairies will be in perfect condition.
The market products have been watched carefully and anything thought to be unfit for food destroyed.
I trust the townspeople will notify me of any suspicious case in either cattle or horses. This will be of great assistance in check- ing the spread of a disease which so often causes great loss to own- ers of stock.
Thanking the owners of stock for the assistance rendered when performing my duty, I remain,
Yours very truly,
CALVERT H. PLAYDON, M. D. V.
ASSESSORS’ REPORT
We respectfully submit the following report of the valuation of real and personal property assessed in the Town of Reading during the year 1903, and also some other data of interest.
Value of real estate .... $4,067,868 00
Value of personal property, not includ- ing resident National Bank stock $488,704 00
|
Resident National Bank stock |
33,400 |
00 |
|
|
Total value of personal property |
$522,104 00 |
||
|
Total value of real and personal property |
$4,589,972 00 |
||
|
Increase in value of real estate |
$ 117,650 |
00 |
|
|
Increase in value of personal estate |
36,108 |
00 |
|
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Value of buildings excluding land |
2,503,055 |
ou |
|
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Value of land excluding buildings |
1,564,813 |
00 |
|
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Total tax assessed on polls and estates |
|||
|
May 1, 1903 |
$88,073 58 |
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|
Tax on real estate .... |
$75,259 |
89 |
|
|
Tax on personal estate |
9,627 |
69 |
|
|
Tax on polls . . . . . |
3,156 |
00 |
|
|
$88,073 |
58 |
||
|
Tax assessed on polls since May 1, 1903 |
2 00 |
||
|
Personal tax ..... |
2 31 |
||
|
Street railway excise tax |
2,075 48 |
$90,153 37
State Highway tax State tax County tax
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$ 53 50
3,800 00 4,977 69
|
$8,831 19 |
|
|
Total tax for Town purposes |
$81,322 18 |
|
Rate of taxation, $18.50. |
|
|
Total number of persons assessed on property |
1531 |
|
Total number of persons assessed a poll tax only |
876 |
|
Number of polls May 1, 1903 |
1578 |
|
Number of polls added since .... |
1 |
|
Total polls assessed ..... |
1579 |
|
Increased number of polls for 1903 |
31 |
|
Number of horses ...... |
405 |
|
“ “ cows ...... |
307 |
|
“ “ neat cattle ..... |
46 |
|
“ “ sheep ...... |
10 |
|
“ u swine ...... |
167 |
|
“ “ fowls ...... |
4640 |
|
“ “ dwellings ..... |
1265 |
|
“ “ new dwellings .... |
. . 7 |
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“ “ acres of land .... |
5734 |
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Valuation, tax rate and amount of money ri |
lised and appropri- |
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ated at periods of five years from 1870 to 1900 : |
|
|
1870 Total valuation of Town |
$1,812,245 00 |
|
Total tax assessed .... |
$28,282 59 |
|
Rate per $1,000 ..... |
$14 48 |
|
1875 Total valuation ..... |
$2,367,018 00 |
|
Total tax assessed .... |
$36, / < 3 34 |
|
Rate per $1,000 ..... |
$14 60 |
1880
1885
1890
1895
1900
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Total valuation Total tax assessed Rate per $1,000 Total valuation Total tax assessed Rate per $1,000 Total valuation Total tax assessed Rate per $1,000 Total valuation Total tax assessed Rate per $1,000 Total valuation Total tax assessed Rate per $1,000
$2,457,816 00 $27,540 00 $10 50 $2,363,942 00 $27,320 07 $10 80 $2,837,130 00 $42,584 96 $14 30 $3,691,507 00 $59,798 35 $15 50
$4,412,574 00 $84,604 31 $18 50
EDWARD F. PARKER,
J. H. ADDEN,
MILLARD F. CHARLES,
Assessors of Reading.
COLLECTOR’S REPORT
H. M. Via ll, Collector ,
Dr.
To Town of Reading
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To am’t collected after abatement, 1900 |
$13 |
22 |
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Uncollected taxes, 1900 |
237 |
23 |
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u u |
1901 |
. |
12,573 |
27 |
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a a |
1902 |
26,976 |
52 |
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Am’t collected account Redemption |
6 |
00 |
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Committed list, |
1903 . |
88,073 |
58 |
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Additional list, |
u |
18 |
31 |
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Excise tax |
2,075 |
48 |
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Interest, 1900 |
19 |
07 |
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“ 1901 |
1,040 |
99 |
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“ 1902 |
. |
591 |
51 |
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“ 1903 |
• |
Cr. |
82 |
79 |
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By refund |
. |
. |
. |
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“ cash paid E. |
F. Parker, |
Treas., |
ac- |
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count 1900 |
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“ cash paid E. |
F. Parker, |
Treas., |
ac- |
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count 1901 |
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# , |
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“ cash paid E. |
F. Parker, |
Treas., |
ac- |
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$20 5$ 248 93 13,614 26 16,400 00
Amount carried forward
$131,707 97 $30,283 78
$131,707 97 $30,283 78
Amount brought foncard By cash paid E. F. Parker, Treas., ac-
count 1903 ..... 56,925 00
u cash paid E. F. Parker, Treas., ac- count Redemption ... 6 00
“ cash paid E. F. Parker, Treas., ac- count excise tax .... 2,075 48
“ uncollected taxes, 1902 . . . 11,168 03
“ “ “ 1903 . . . 31,249 68
$131,707 97 $131,707 97
Reading, Jan. 20, 1904.
H. M. VIALL, Collector .
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF
THE POOR
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Reading :
We respectfully submit the following report for the year end- ing Dec. 31, 1903.
TOWN HOME
Total number of inmates during the year . . . .13
Died during the year ........ 1
Number discharged ........ 4
Number at present time ....... 8
NUMBER OF PERSONS AIDED OUTSIDE OF TOWN HOME
Full support at Insane Hospital . . . . . .10
Temporary aid granted, adults ...... 29
“ “ “ children ...... 20
Tramps . . . . . . . . . .410
The average number of inmates at the Town Home has been much larger than for many years, while our calls for aid outside the Home have been a trifle less, the hospital account you will note also showing a decrease. At the beginning of the year when called upon for our recommendation for the appropriation for this Depart- ment, we were of the opinion that there would be a large decrease in our calls for assistance during 1903, and we accordingly recom- mended the sum which was afterwards appropriated by the Town. We regret to state that we were in error in our estimate and that there is such a large overdraw in the Poor Account. You will note the small number of tramps lodged, and it may be also interesting
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to compare the past year with the year 1894, when 1234 were en- tertained by this Department.
On Jan. 1st, 1904, the Commonwealth assumes the care of the Insane, which will cause a reduction in the appropriation this Board will recommend for the Poor Department the ensuing year. The Town’s proportion of the expense for the care of the Insane will necessarily appear in the State tax, and whether or not there will be any financial saving to the Town can only be determined after a trial of the new system. There will certainly be a saving of labor to the Overseers of the Poor in the various cities and towns in the Commonwealth.
The work in this Department is continually increasing. Every call for aid requires prompt investigation and a large amount of de- tail work to determine place of settlement of the applicant. Other Departments in the Town we believe are similarly effected and it occurs to this Board that in the very near future it would be econ- omy and much more satisfactory for the Town to employ one clerk to devote his entire time to all the Departments, with an office open during the business hours of every day, and prepared to give all information desired. Our financial statement will be found on succeeding pages.
WILLIAM I. RUGGLES, JAMES W. KILLAM, OLIVER L. AKERLEY,
Overseers of the Poor.
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TOWN HOME
INMATES
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James Planter ....... |
Aged 60 years |
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William S. Pease ...... Margaret Sullivan, discharged April 28,1903; |
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74 “ |
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readmitted May 4th, 1903 .... |
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70 “ |
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Henry W. Weston ...... |
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56 “ |
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Charles H. Ballard, discharged May 13, 1903 ; |
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readmitted Oct. 29, 1903 .... |
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57 “ |
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Joseph Stokes, admitted May 24, 1903; discharg- |
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ed Aug. 4, 1903 ..... |
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52 “ |
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Addie E. Fielding, admitted July 17, 1903 Marion E. Fielding, admitted July 17, 1903 ; dis- |
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31 “ |
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charged Oct. 21, 1903 .... |
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7 “ |
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Blanche G. Fielding, admitted July 17, 1903 ; |
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discharged Oct. 21, 1903 .... |
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4 “ |
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Gladys B. Fielding, admitted July 17, 1903 |
9 mos. |
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John H. Daland, admitted July 22, 1903 . Louisa M. Daland, admitted July 22, 1903 ; died |
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79 years |
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Oct. 20, 1903 |
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80 “ |
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Mary L. 11. Parker, admitted Jan. 22, 1903 ; dis- |
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charged April 31, 1903 .... |
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60 “ |
PERSONAL PROPERTY AT TOWN HOME Jan. 1, 1904
Live stock ...... $290 00
Hay and grain ...... 89 50
Wagons and sleighs . . . . . 148 00
Manure ....... 37 00
Amovnt carried forward $564 50
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Amount brought forward $565 50
Farming tools and implements . . . 148 70
Harnesses, blankets, etc. . . . . 66 50
Barrels, boxes and baskets . . . 31 10
Fuel 37 00
Beds, bedding, etc. ..... 94 45
Household furniture and utensils . . 376 75
Provisions and supplies . . . . 130 90
Two snow plows ..... 20 00
Spraying apparatus ..... 65 00
$1,534 90
TOWN HOME
RECEIPTS
Amount received from sale of milk and
eggs $ 25 7T
Amount received from sale of poultry 1 00
Amount received from sale of apples 5 50
Amount received from sale of junk . 25
Amount received from sale of cow and calf ....... 52 50
Amount received from sale of vinegar 9 10
Amount received from sale of wood . 11 00
Amount received from sale of gravel 35 85
Amount received from W. F. Burnham,
board ...... 105 02
Amount received for spraying trees . 59 13
Amount received from labor, mowing 3 20
Amount received from labor, removing
snow ....... 20 76
Amount carried forward $329‘ OS
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Amount carried forward |
$329 08 |
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Amount received from labor on high- |
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way |
2 00 |
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Amount received from labor moving |
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tree *...... |
12 00 |
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Amount received for bill overpaid |
5 97 |
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Amount received for distributing Town |
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Reports, 1902 ..... |
10 00 |
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Amount received for witness fees in |
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Fielding case ..... |
9 05 |
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Cash received from C. H. Ballard |
3 00 |
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Cash received from Joseph Stokes |
3 25 |
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EXPENDED |
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J. F. Burnham, salary .... |
$499 94 |
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J. F. Burnham, soap and washing powder, |
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clothing for Fielding children, vegeta- |
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bles, meadow grass, expressing and sun- |
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dry expenses ..... |
68 07 |
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Georgie Burnett, wages .... |
47 00 |
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Katie O’Hearn, wages .... |
1 50 |
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Hattie O’Connell, wages .... |
55 99 |
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Minnie Hutt, wages ..... |
23 50 |
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Mary J. Monahan, wages .... |
21 13 |
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Mrs. Mclntire, labor ..... |
1 53 |
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Mrs. Pratt, labor ..... |
1 50 |
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Mrs. Milbury, labor ..... |
4 00 |
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J. F. Burnham, two bedsteads, springs and |
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mattresses ...... |
8 00 |
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J. F. Burnham, expense of Fielding case . |
4 00 |
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C. L. Martin, fuel ..... |
150 75 |
Amount carried forward
$886 91
$374 35
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Amount brought forward |
$886 |
91 |
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W. Bancroft & Co., labor and supplies |
5 |
45 |
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Nathan Bancroft Est., shoes and repairs |
11 |
95 |
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C. D. Wells, horse shoeing |
9 |
88 |
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J. L. Eisenhaure, fuel |
18 |
00 |
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Hattie Forbes, wages |
10 |
50 |
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Bowker Insecticide Co., spraying |
supplies |
30 |
39 |
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W. J. Munroe, garden seed |
4 |
13 |
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W. H. Wightman, insurance |
15 |
00 |
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F. H. Dewey, hay |
51 |
28 |
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A. W. Danforth, medicine |
10 |
20 |
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J. C. Oxley, medicine |
16 |
15 |
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W. H. Willis, medicine |
11 |
35 |
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E. E. Nichols, ice |
14 |
35 |
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Charles Wakefield, vegetables |
1 |
65 |
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Hall & Macfarland, shoes . |
3 |
00 |
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A. Hodson, repairs |
15 |
55 |
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Wm. Taylor, meat and vegetables |
82 |
82 |
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H. S. Buck, meat and provisions |
5 |
49 |
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C. L. Nichols, meat and provisions |
19 |
94 |
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A. S. Nichols, meat and provisions, |
1902 . |
4 |
67 |
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A. S. Nichols, slaughtering hogs |
3 |
00 |
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A. S. Nichols, meat and provisions |
13 |
60 |
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E. L. Chamberlain, meat and provisions |
54 |
65 |
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Berry & Rich, meat and provisions |
54 |
57 |
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E. B. Stewart, crackers |
26 |
14 |
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C. F. Nichols, fish, 1900 |
4 |
82 |
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Thomas Ovans, fish |
53 |
24 |
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E. C. Metcalf, crockery, supplies |
9 |
20 |
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H. 0. Copeland & Co., dry goods |
7 |
92 |
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A. S. Cook & Co., dry goods |
9 |
31 |
Amount carried forward
$1,395 11 $374 35
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Amount brought forward F. G. MacDonald, dry goods Francis Bartley, clothing and supplies Beading Co-op. Ass’n, grain and groceries W. H. Mears, grain and groceries F. W allace, grain and groceries Geo. H. Atkinson, grain and groceries Cummings’ Express, expressing T. C. Fife, pipe fitting and supplies . Francis Bros., house furnishings and hard- ware ......
R. C. Totten, repairs. .
Reading Water Works*, water rates Carried to Poor Account
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$1,395 |
11 |
$374 |
35 |
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13 |
31 |
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29 |
35 |
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109 |
31 |
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170 |
50 |
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158 |
99 |
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219 |
74 |
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3 |
40 |
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15 |
31 |
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65 |
40 |
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6 |
95 |
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33 |
68 |
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1,916 |
70 |
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$2,291 |
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$2,291 |
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POOR OUT OF TOWN HOME
EXPENDED
Agnes E. Brown, hospital service
Delia Brown, board .....
Edw. Brown, board .
Frank A. Brown and family, physician’s services ......
Wm. H. Burnham and family, groceries and fuel .......
Joel O. Cederburg and family, fuel and sup- plies .......
Matilda Coulter and family, fuel
John H. Daland and family, groceries, fuel, medicine and medical attendance
$25 29 10 71
6 43
7 50
174 12
183 65 19 35
236 72
Amount carried forward
$663 77
138
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Amount brought forward |
$663 |
77 |
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Mrs. W. T. Eames and family, supplies |
160 |
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Jane Green, fuel and groceries . |
1 |
49 |
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Frank L. Johnson and family, fuel |
8 |
50 |
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Annie Kent, hospital services |
74 |
85 |
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Wm. Leonard and family, rent . |
91 |
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Miscellaneous expenses .... |
2 |
66 |
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Elizabeth H. Porter, fuel, provisions, sup- |
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plies and funeral expenses . |
146 |
12 |
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Mary T. Roach and family, fuel and grocer- |
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ies ...... |
81 |
94 |
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Margaret E. Russell, hospital services |
18 |
00 |
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Joseph Stokes, board and physician’s ser- |
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vices ....... |
33 |
75 |
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George A. Stratton and family, supplies |
33 |
25 |
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John Walsh and family, groceries, medicine |
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and medical attendance |
54 |
90 |
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Elmira Weston, supplies .... |
101 |
85 |
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Carried to Poor account .... |
HOSPITAL ACCOUNT
Danvers Insane Hospital :
Henry C. Brown, board . . . $169 47
Sarah E. Damon, “ ... 104 46
Josephine Devine, “ ... 169 46
Ernest Hazelton, “ . . . 169 46
Mary P. Foley, “ . . . 169 47
Sumner McAllister, “ . . . 169 47
Levi W. Newell, “ ... 138 36
Olive P. Roundy, “ ... 169 47
Worcester Insane Hospital :
Henry S. Buck, board . . . 169 46
Carried to Poor account . . . .
$1,429 08
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TRAMP ACCOUNT
F. D. Merrill, supplies . . . . $2 70
Carried to Poor Account ... $2 70
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
In Account with the Town of Reading
Amount received from the Common- wealth of Mass. ..... $49 15
Amount due from Commonwealth of
Mass. ....... 49 50
EXPENDED
Annie L. Melonson and family, fuel . . $35 00
Mrs. Charles Carr, fuel and groceries . 6 75
Annie Burke and family, fuel . . . 14 60
Bridget Greeley and family, fuel and groc- eries . . . . . . . 12 30
Joseph P. Oliver and family, groceries . 3 00
Mary O’Brien, nurse and medical attendance 25 00
Ernest Hill and family, groceries . . 2 00
$98 65 $98 65
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF CITY OF WOBURN
Amount received from City of W oburn $53 40'
Amount due from City of Woburn . 46 16
EXPENDED
Robt. C. Smith and family, groceries, fuel
and provisions ..... $61 65
Richard Burke and family, groceries . 37 91
$99 56
$99 56>
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PAID ON ACCOUNT OF CITY OF MELROSE Amount due from City of Melrose . $17 00
EXPENDED
Peter Ainsworth and family, fuel . . $17 00
$17 00 $17 00
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF CITY OF WALTHAM
Amount received from City of Waltham $96 00
Amount due from City of Waltham . 10 00
EXPENDED
Mrs. Frank A. Carey and family, supplies $106 00
$106 00 $106 00 TOWN OF WILMINGTON
Amount due from Town of Wilmington $20 63
EXPENDED
Edmund White and family, groceries, fuel
and provisions ..... $20 63
$20 63 $20 63
TOWN OF SAUGUS
Amount due from Town of Saugus . $117 13
EXPENDED
Eliza C. Amerige, groceries, fuel, provisions,
nurse, medicine and medical attendance $117 13
$117 13 $117 13
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SUMMARY
Appropriation ....
EXPENDED
Net expenses Town Home Poor out of Town Home Hospital account ....
Tramp account ....
Overdrawn ....
$4,000 00
$1,916 70 1,472 08 1,429 08 2 70
820 56
$4,820 56 $4,820 5
TOWN OF READING.
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
WATER
COMMISSIONERS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1903.
:
OFFICERS OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT
Commissioners
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Chairman . Term expires 1904
EARLE H. GOWING, .... “ 1905
GEORGE A. SHACKFORD, . . “ 1906
Superintendent and Registrar
LEWIS M. BANCROFT
Engineer at Pumping Station
FRANK F. STROUT
Assistant Engineer
ALBION G. NICHOLS
OFFICE OF WATER BOARD
Room 2, Masonic Block
OFFICE HOURS
8. BO to 11 a. m., 2.30 to 4 p. m., except Saturday.
Saturday: 8.30 to 12 m., 7.30 to 9 p. m.
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To the Citizens of Reading :
The Board of Water Commissioners hereby submit their four- teenth annual report.
MAINTENANCE
Received fines and summons
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Paid Engineering News .... |
$ 5 |
00 |
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S. S. Bell, manager electric lights |
38 |
26 |
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Reading Masonic Temple Corp., rent |
132 |
00 |
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Engineering Record .... |
5 |
00 |
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N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones |
34 |
82 |
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L. T. Eames, wiring and fixtures |
20 |
20 |
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•J. A. Murphy, repairing clock |
1 |
50 |
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The Bristol Co., dials |
1 |
97 |
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Little, Brown & Co., books |
j |
00 |
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Francis Bros. ..... |
1 |
20 |
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Harley Prentiss, P. M., stamped en- |
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velopes ..... |
46 |
90 |
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W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing |
30 |
40 |
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Thorp & Martin Co., books |
65 |
50 |
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O. P. Symonds & Sons, lumber . |
1 |
00 |
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Frost & Adams Co., paper |
1 |
20 |
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S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., rep. rubber |
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stamp ...... |
1 |
00 |
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Library Bureau cards |
1 |
00 |
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Pay roll ...... |
1,371 |
00 |
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A. W. Danforth, floor oil |
1 |
25 |
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American Express Co. |
15 |
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Car fares ...... |
12 |
35 |
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Ink, stationery, etc. .... |
5 |
80 |
Balance
$7 40
1,772 10
$1,779 50 $1,779 50
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PUMPING STATION MAINTENANCE
Paid W. A. Jepson, coal .... $688 24
M. H. O’Brien, repairing brick work . 36 00
S. S. Bell, manager electric lights . 27 45
R. A. White, teaming coal . . 40 00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone . 41 72
H. R. Johnson, outside windows . 12 91
W. F. Cook, painting . . . 18 00
S. W. Bowker, teaming coal . . 90 25
Ashton Valve Co., rep. safety valve . 4 00
B. & M. R. R., freight / . . 239 41
Geo. F. Blake Mfg. Co., pump repairs 18 68
Electric Gas Lighting Co., fixtures . 1 82
Francis Bros., fittings . . . 11 43
C. L. Martin, teaming coal . . 7 50
Municipal Light Dept., coal . . 74 25
Geo. W. Knowlton Rubber Co., pack- ing 26 82
Walworth Mfg. Co. ... 3 38
Beattie Zinc Works, zincs . 1 00
Eagle Oil and Supply Co., oil, wraste . 73 25
W. Bancroft & Co., fire brick, cement 51 65
F. H. Parker & Son, express and
teaming ..... 6 30
Forest Packing Co., packing . . 6 17
Curran & Burton, coal . . . 933 85
Geo. A. Shackford & Son, teaming . 119 72
Insurance . . . . . . 64 70
Town of North Reading, taxes . . 1 57
Braman, Dow & Co. . . . . 4 70
A. B. Matthews, horse ... 3 00
Amount carried foneard
$2,60
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Amount brought forward |
$2,607 |
77 |
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G. P. Anderson, packing . |
6 |
00 |
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R. P. Burgess, brick work |
1 |
75 |
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Chas. A. Claflin & Co., packing |
. 7 |
35 |
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Geo. H. Atkinson, brooms and oil |
2 |
28 |
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0. 0. Ordway, rep. fire tools |
1 |
25 |
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The Hodge Boiler Works, grates |
13 |
16 |
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Car fares . . . . . |
1 |
34 |
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Pay roll ..... |
. 1,275 |
44 |
$3,916 34
MAINTENANCE OF FILTERS
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Paid John A. Blunt, iron work . |
. $ |
50 |
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Boston Bolt Co., bolts |
1 |
27 |
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Francis Bros. .... |
98 |
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Merrimac Chemical Co., alum |
9 |
56 |
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Walworth M’f’g Co., fittings |
1 |
54 |
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B. & M. R. R., freight |
91 |
50 |
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Dodge M’f’g Co., hangers |
9 |
25 |
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F. H Parker & Son, teaming |
34 |
65 |
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Harrison Bros. & Co., alum |
443 |
70 |
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Isaac Winkler, alum |
19 |
80 |
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W. B. Fonda, lime |
97 |
50 |
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J. A. & W. Bird & Co., acid |
2 |
77 |
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A. B. Matthews, horse |
4 |
50 |
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C. A. Claflin & Co., packing |
1 |
00 |
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Pay roll ..... |
782 |
75 |
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American Express Co. |
15 |
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A. W. Danforth, muriatic acid . |
80 |
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Theodore Metcalf Co., chemicals |
80 |
$1,503 02
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MAINTENANCE OF METERS
Paid Pay roll . . . . . $188 38
B. & M. R. R., freight . . . 1 TO
Hersey M’f’g Co., rep. meters . . 38 16
F. H. Parker & Son, express . . 2 60
National Meter Co., rep. meters . 99 20
Union Meter