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SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts
xpenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWOOD
FOR
The Year ending January 31, 1874;
TOGETHER WITH THE
Reports of the Auditors on Treasurer's and Collector's Accounts for the same year.
ALSO,
THE REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR FOR THE YEAR 1873.
DEDHAM, MASS. : PRINTED BY HUGH H. MCQUILLEN. 1874.
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MORRILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY - NORWOOD 3 2405 00348 5300
SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWOOD,
FOR THE
Year ending January 31, 1874 ;
TOGETHER WITH THE
Reports of the Auditors on Treasurer's and Collector's Accounts for the same year.
ALSO,
THE REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR FOR THE YEAR 1873.
DEDHAM, MASS. : PRINTED BY HUGH H. MCQUILLEN. 1874.
NORWOOD COLLECTION 974.4 Norwood 1874
TOWN OFFICERS 1873-74.
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Health. SAMUEL E. POND, Chairman ; WILLARD GAY, J. EDWARD EVERETT, Clerk.
Assessors.
TYLER THAYER, Chairman ; GEORGE H. MORSE, CALEB ELLIS, Clerk.
Town Clerk.
FRANCIS TINKER.
- Treasurer. L. WALDO BIGELOW.
Collector. (Appointed by Selectmen in place of GEORGE H. METCALF, who declined to serve.) CALEB ELLIS.
School Committee.
F. O. WINSLOW, Chairman ; THERON BROWN, Secretary ; GEORGE W. GAY.
Engineers of the Fire Department. TYLER THAYER, Chief ; ISAAC ELLIS,
JOHN E. MORSE, Clerk.
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Auditors.
GEORGE B. TALBOT, GEORGE EVERETT, GEORGE S. WINSLOW.
Constables.
ALVIN L. ELLIS,
CHARLES B. DEXTER.
Surveyors of Highways.
WILLIAM C. FISHER, GEORGE E. METCALF, GEORGE H. MORSE,
NATHAN A. JOHNSON, JOHN E. MORSE, SYLVESTER HAWES.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. GEORGE KINGSBURY.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1873.
Support of Schools,
$7500 00
Repairs of Highways,
3000 00
Completion of Chapel Street,
700 00
Completion of High and Fulton Streets,
300 00
Completion of Gay Street,
100 00
Fire Department,
500 00
Support of Poor,
900 00
Public Library,
137 84
Salary of Town Officers,
1300 00
Lighting Streets,
250 00
Repair of Cemetery,
150 00
Printing, Stationery, &c.,
500 00
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves,
150 00
Incidentals,
500 00
State Tax,
1935 00
County Tax,
1317 00
Overlays,
165 00
$19,404 84
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
As required by the By-Laws of the Town, the Selectmen have caused to be printed the following statements, showing in detail the expenditures of the town for the year ending January 31st, 1874, for which orders have been drawn on the Treasury ; together with the accounts of the Collector and Treasurer, and the reports of the Auditors thereon. Also, the vital statistics of the town for the year 1873.
SCHOOLS.
EVERETT SCHOOL.
Paid L. V. N. Peck, Principal, to April 1st, 1873,
$292 68
Joseph W. Cross,
" February 1st, 1874,
1237 50
Anna L. Boyden for teaching to April 1st, 1873, 131 71
Sarah Boyden 66 "
66 66
132 00
Mary E. Sleeper " 66 " January 1st, 1874, 559 72
Abbie A. White "
66
132 00
S. Louisa Rhodes “
66
66
452 25
Maria L. Wheelock 66 66 66
452 25
Carrie Morse 66 66
304 50
H. Lizzie Park
126 00
Anna L. Savills " 66
66
66
66
100 00
Emma F. Chesley 66
66
66
66
147 00
F. O. Winslow for slating roof,
430 33
Alvin Ellis for care of school house,
6 00
Ralph Fogg 66
74 00
C. W. Hartshorn for coal,
230 37
N. A. Johnson for wood,
25 56
Mrs. P. Leonard for cleaning school house,
48 33
Willard Gay for insurance,
134 00
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66
66
66
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Paid Tyler Thayer for repairs,
$111 66
F. O. Winslow for an organ,
55 00
James Engles for repairs, 41 65
William W. Dexter for repairs, 20 35
31 00
George W. Gay for supplies, 71 54.
E. Wheelock & Son for books and stationery,
13 83
Francis Tinker for books and stationery,
1 76
F. O. Winslow for supplies, George Kingsbury for cleaning clocks, &c.,
8 25
$5429 69
Total payments for teachers,
$4067 61
" Fuel,
255 93
66
66
" Repairs,
612 24
66 " Supplies,
231 58
" Care of school houses,
128 33
66
66 " Insurance, (2 policies,)
134 00-$5429 69
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BALCH SCHOOL.
Paid Emma C. Perkins for teaching,
$310 54
Marion Endicott
301 50
Carrie S. Heath
66
73 50
Angie S. Morse 66 66
135 00
Lucy M. Loring
.
42 00
C. H. Hartshorn for coal,
105 17
James Engles for repairs,
18 50
Albert E. Ware for care of school house,
52 00
W. W. Dexter for setting glass,
8 62
George Kingsbury for cleaning clocks, &c.,
2 00
George W. Gay for sundries, -
17 62
F. O. Winslow for sundries,
8 19
$1074 64
Total payments for teachers,
$862 54
" Fuel,
105 17
66
" Repairs,
29 12
"
66
" Care of school houses, 52 00
66
" Supplies,
25 81-$1074 64
Ginn Bros. for charts, &c.,
58 45
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PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Paid Abbie A. White for teaching,
$304 50
W. G. Shattuck for furniture,
115 20
C. W. Hartshorn for coal,
10 50
Willard Gay for wood,
3 00
George W. Gay for cutting wood,
1 50
Tyler Thayer for fitting up school room,
75 78
James Engles for stoves and labor,
59 30
$569 78
Total payments for teaching,
$304 50
" Fuel,
15 00
.
" Furnishing and fitting up
school room, 250 28
$569 78
RECAPITULATION.
Total payments for teachers' salaries,
$5234 65
66
" Fuel,
376 10
66
" Repairs,
641 36
" Supplies,
257 39
66
" Care of school houses,
180 33
66
66
" Insurance,
134 00
66
" Furnishing and fitting up
Primary school room, 250 28
C. C. Whiting for teaching music, and books, 155 00.
$7229 11 .
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON ENGINE No. 1.
Paid Tyler Thayer for supplies,
$57 19
F. A. Fales for pay of firemen, 296 50
Willard Babbitt for painting signs, &c.,
12 50
$366 19
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AMERICAN ENGINE NO. 2.
Paid John E. Morse for supplies, $40 85
Winslow L. Morse for pay of firemen,
251 00
Willard Babbitt for painting signs, &c ..
4 00
$295 85
ROADS.
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
Paid George E. Metcalf, $499 18
N. A. Johnson, 585 00
William C. Fisher,
492 80
John E. Morse,
228 08
George H. Morse,
425 52
Sylvester Hawes,
250 15
$2480 73
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURES ON ROADS.
Paid J. E. Everett for labor on Chapel street, as per bill, $700 28 66 66 " High and Fulton streets, as per bill, 320 57.
S. E. Pond for labor on Gay street, as per bill, 102 72
Maria Guild for land damage on Gay street, 150 00
S. E. Pond for labor on Lovis street,
144 60
James Engles for pipe and labor on Lovis's well, 26 45
Tyler Thayer for labor on Lovis street, 11 40
Isaac Ellis for balance due from 1872, as Surveyor of highways, 19 74 -
Isaac Ellis for labor on Walpole street, 6 00
S. E. Pond for repairs of bridge on Water street, 48 34
Hartshorn Brothers for covering stone for culverts, 45 56
J. E. Everett for drawing stone for culverts, and cash paid for tools, &c., 34 42
James Edmonds & Co. for drain pipe for culvert, 25 05
Thayer's express for carting drain pipe, 4 00
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Paid George E. Metcalf for building culverts on Winter and Nahattan streets, and repairing culverts on Cottage and Cemetery streets, $106 12
S. E. Pond for building culverts on Centre street, near J. W. Talbot's, and at end of Gay street, 62 24
S. E. Pond for cash paid for 50 monument posts, 31 00
" " carting 50 monument posts, 8 33
N. A. Johnson for repairing culverts,
13 29
$1860 11
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid Isaac Ellis,
$34 40
Sylvester Hawes,
63 40
George H. Morse,
69 20
N. A. Johnson,
115 05
George E. Metcalf,
24 40
John E. Morse,
109 80
William C. Fisher,
157 80
$574 05
SUPPORT OF POOR.
George „V. Dean.
Paid D. S. Fogg for medical attendance, $12 00
Moses E. Webb for goods delivered, 5 00
E. Wheelock & Son for goods delivered, 20 00
$37 00
Mrs. Lund and Family.
Paid D. S. Fogg for medical attendance, 4 00
C. W. Hartshorn for coal,
32 19
L. A. Holt for wood,
6 50
F. H. Tisdale for wood,
4 00
Willard Hartshorn for rent,
29 00
James R. Fisher for board,
13 00
Moses E. Webb for goods delivered,
141 83
Francis Tinker for medicine,
1 27
231 79
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Joseph L. Morse.
Paid D. S. Fogg for medical attendance, 2 00
Moses E. Webb for goods delivered, 60 03
Joseph B. Draper for rent, 21 65
E. Wheelock & Son for goods delivered, 5 00
188 68
E. W. Powers .- Paid by town of Wrentham.
Paid Dr. S. E. Stone for medical attendance, 5 00
Dr. D. S. Fogg “ K 5 00
S. E. Pond for time and expenses preparing papers and attending Probate Court, 6 00
Taunton Lunatic Asylum for board, 46 00
62 00
POOR TRAVELLERS.
Paid George E. Metcalf for keeping poor travellers, 169 50
J. E. Everett for car-fares, 7 30
176 80
$596 27
STATE AID.
Paid Julia B. Hale, 12 months, $48 00
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Theron Brown for services as School Committee to March 1st, 1873, $55 00
F. O. Winslow for services as School Committee to March 1st, 1873, 65 00
George W. Gay for services as School Committee to March 1st, 1873, 10 00
E. A. Wyman for services as School Committee to March 1st, 1873, 5 months, 20 00
Tyler Thayer for balance due Board of Assessors to March 1st, 1873, 240 00
George H. Metcalf, Collector of taxes, to March 1st,'73, 150 00
Francis Tinker for services as Town Clerk " 75 00
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Paid L. W. Bigelow for services as Treasurer to Mar. 1st '73, $75 00 Samuel E. Pond for services as Selectman and Over- seer of the Poor to March 1st, 1873, 200 00 Willard Gay for services as Selectman and Overseer of the Poor to March 1st, 1873, 200 00
J. E. Everett for services as Selectman and Overseer of the Poor to March 1st, 1873, 200 00
Tyler Thayer for services for the Board of Engineers to March 1st, 1873, 45 00
Caleb Ellis on account of salary as Assessor for 1873,
80 00
66 66
" Collector of taxes
for 1873, 20 00
$1435 00
PRINTING, ADVERTISING AND STATIONERY.
Paid Charles K. Darling for stationery, $6 40
Thomas O. Metcalf for printing, 13 00
George H. Metcalf for cash paid for printing, 4 00
William Bense for report of School Committee, 57 25
Hngh H. McQuillen for printing valuation and Select- men's reports, 248 00
Nathan Sawyer & Son for printing,
17 50
John Cox, Jr., & Co., “
15 00
Francis Tinker for stationery,
1 59
L. W. Bigelow “
17 80
J. E. Everett for cash paid for stationery, 1 62
$382 16
LIGHTING STREETS.
Paid Thomas A. Hewes for care of 2 street lamps,
21 87
L. W. Bigelow 66 66 66 one year, 25 00
Jarvis Gay
66 66 1
66
66 12 50
A. B. Beal
66 66
66
66
66
12 50
Elijah Wheelock
66 2 66
66
66 " and
seven months, 32 29
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Paid Daniel P. Pond for care of 1 street lamp one year,
$12 50 12 50
John E. Smith
66
66
66
12 50
Charles E. Pond
12 50
Curtis G. Morse
66
66
66
66 12 50
Lewis Day
66
66
66
66
66
12 50
Tyler Thayer
66 66
66
66
66
12 50
$191 66
DECORATION DAY.
Paid Edward Everett Post for Decoration day $150 00
TOWN LIBRARY.
Paid Lewis Guild & Son for furnishing library room, $185 00
Francis Tinker, appropriation for town library, 115 00
$300 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Francis Tinker for recording births, deaths, and marriages, $17 65
Caleb Ellis for surveying of town lines, 10 00
for estimates of land in Dedham for survey-
ing, and plans of Chapel, Fulton and High streets, 33 00
J. W. Talbot for maintaining one watering place, 5 00
Rent to Village Hall Co.,
50 00
Willard Babbitt for 18 guide boards, and painting and lettering same, 25 00
J. E. Everett for posts and setting, 20 00
Francis Tinker for expressage, 2 85
Otis Morse for care and repairs of cemetery,
151 11
R. D. Hartshorn for rent of Selectmen's room for six months ending January 31st, 1874, 37 50
Otis Morse for returning deaths, 6 45
Lewis Guild & Son for repairing furniture, 2 00
Erastus Worthington for recording By-laws, 5 90
$366 46
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Mrs. Henrietta Turner " 66
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RECAPITULATION.
Total amount expended for schools,
$7229 11
" Fire department,
662 04
" Highways,
4914 89
66
" Support of poor,
596 27
66
" State aid,
48 00
66
" Town officers,
1435 00
66
"
" Advertising and stationery,
382 16
"
66
66
" Lighting streets, 191 66
66
' Decoration day,
150 00
66
" Town library,
300 00
66
66
" Miscellaneous,
366 46
$16,275 59
66
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DR.
L. W. BIGELOW, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT
1873.
March 1. To cash in Treasury,
$5859 82
May 20. of Dedham National Bank, 1500 00
June 30. 66 " Sarah F. Gay, 1000 00
July 1.
" Esther P. Gay, 1000 00
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" Dedham National Bank, 1500 00
" George E. Metcalf for taxes for . year 1872, 132 87
Aug. 19.
66
" City of Boston for expense incurred in transportation, &c., of James T. Holmes to State Lunatic Asy- lum at Taunton, 27 40
" Town of Dedham, being their pro- portion of expense in transporta- tion, &c. of J. T. Holmes to State Lunatic Asylum, 12 00
George H. Morse for auct. license, 2 00
Sept. 22. 66 66 Dedham National Bank, 1500 00
Dec. 66
66 State Treasurer-Corporate tax, 339 04
66
66 National Bank tax, 858 03
66 66
State aid, 64 00
1874.
Jan. 26. 66 County Treasurer, dog tax refunded, 206 20 66 66 State Treasurer, school fund, 176 05
" Town of Wrentham for expense incurred in the care of Enos W. Powers at Taunton Lunatic Asy- lum, and medical professional services, &c., 62 00
Feb.
" State Treasurer, balance of Corpo- rate tax, 1 28
" State Treasurer, balance of Nation- al Bank tax, 129 52
« " Caleb Ellis, Collector, 16,685 25
$31,055 46
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WITH THE TOWN OF NORWOOD.
CR.
1873.
Interest.
Sept. 22.
Cash paid Dedham National Bank
66
35 13
1,500 00
7.
66
13 87 .
1,500 00
10. 66 " Esther P. Gay .
25 27
1,000 00
22.
Sarah F. Gay ·
27 60
1,000 00
For interest during year ·
137 75
Dec. 1.
For State tax
1,935 00
Selectmen's orders
16,670 09
In Treasury
5,812 62
$31,055 46
L. W. BIGELOW, Treasurer.
We hereby certify that we have examined the books and accounts of L. W. BIGELOW, Treasurer of the town of Norwood, and find them correctly kept, and the payments duly vouched, and that the foregoing is a true statement of the condition of the Treasury, the first day of February, 1874.
GEORGE B. TALBOT,
GEORGE EVERETT, Auditors. GEORGE S. WINSLOW,
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. $35 88 $1,500 00
Nov. 6.
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CALEB ELLIS IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF NORWOOD.
1873.
DR.
To Amount of State tax .
$1,935 00
" County tax
·
.
1,317 00
Abatements of taxes ·
78 94
Town grant
·
. 15,500 00
Cash paid L. W. Bigelow, Treasurer
16,685 25
Overlayings
·
· 165 82
Balance uncollected taxes
· 836 63
Total
$18,917 82
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.
. $18.917 82
1873. CR. Cash paid C. C. Churchill, County Treas. $1,317 00
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We certify that we have examined the accounts of CALEB ELLIS, Collector, and that the above is a correct statement of taxes committed to, and of payments made by, him.
GEORGE B. TALBOT, .GEORGE S. WINSLOW, Auditors. GEORGE EVERETT,
NORWOOD, February 12, 1874.
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VITAL STATISTICS OF NORWOOD.
BIRTHS.
Jan. 16. George Albert Turner, son of C. Henry and Harriet E.
20. Anne O'Brien, daughter of Timothy and Mary O.
19. John Murphy, son of John and Hannah.
Feb. 9. Stephen E. Shattuck, son of Henry F. and Hannah J.
14. Patrick Foley, son of Michael and Catherine.
16. John Parker, son of Patrick and Bridget.
20. John Peter Riley, son of Peter and Bridget.
March 4. James Ernest Holmes, son of James F. and Mary M.
6. Annie Fahy, daughter of Patrick and Bridget.
10. George Clifton Cleveland, son of George S. and Julia.
30. Patrick Henry Casy, son of Patrick and Catherine.
April 1. Mary Louisa Heymann, daughter of Henry and Margaret.
11. Timothy Cronan, son of James and Nancy.
21. Helen Antionette Gallup, daughter of Elias and Eliza A. Walter Hudson Byther, son of Hudson B. and Eliza J.
May 12.
15. Alice Pendergast, daughter of James and Mary.
12. Edward James Peterson, son of George O. and Susan W.
29. Richard Elliot Winslow, son of John M. and Martha D.
29. Catherine Ella Cora Tobin, daughter of Michael and Mary.
31. Walter Francis Sample, son of John and Mary L.
June
8. Francis John Fahy, son of Edward J. and Annie.
9. Sarah Ann Fletcher, daughter of Elem F. and Sophia.
12. Emma Mabel Wellington, daughter of Herbert W. & Maria
14 George Henry Stewart, son of George E. and Ann L.
27. William Louis Irving Mckenzie, son of Chas. S & Mary H.
29. Amy Wagner, daughter of Jein P. and Josephine.
28. Charlotte Frances Bagley, daughter of Geo. F. & Lydia L. July 10. Edwin Ellis Hartshorn, son of Charles E. and Ellen M. 19 Ella Brooks, daughter of Marshall E. and Amelia S.
Aug.
1. Mary Nugent, daughter of John and Mary.
8. Walter A., son of Catherine Reidel.
20. Margaret Callahan, daughter of Mortimer and Catherine.
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10 Joseph Daniel Sullivan, son of Cornelius and Julia.
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22. Mary Murphy, daughter of James and Johanna.
22. Mary Honora Byer, daughter of John J. and Catherine.
Sept. 9. Carl Hartshorn, son of Frederick and Isabella.
10. Edward Tebbets, son of William R. and Eliza H.
Oct.
2. Frank Newell Spear, son of George P. and Nettie H.
8. Edward William Johnson, ) twin children of Edward and
8. Ellen Jane Johnson, Catherine.
Nov. 10. John Gerry, son of William and Mary.
13. Timothy Neville, son of Thomas and Ellen.
14. George Conrad Apel, )
twin sons of John A. and Annie.
14. Joseph Peter Apel,
23. John Ellis Bird, son of George K. and Harriet A.
26. Joseph William Storm, son of Nicholas and Emma.
Dec. 5. John Tobin, son of John and Catherine.
7. Ellen Dalton, daughter of John and Ellen.
12. William Hudson Corbett, son of Peter S. and Rachel.
27. Addison Getchel Grant, son of Theodore, Jr., & Caroline M.
MARRIAGES.
April 3. Arthur Tillotson and Edna B. Burke.
15. E. Forestello Farrington and Isabella Drake.
16. James A. Davis and Martha Draper.
17. Peter S. Corbett and Rachel Lewellen.
24. Charles J. Rhoades and Ann L. Ellis.
28. Warren Ellis and Eliza C. Hues.
Sept. 4. Nathaniel G. Piper and Lydia J. Johnson.
Nov. 17. John A. Hutchinson and Annie D. McIntosh.
20. William W. Dexter and Eliza M. Blake.
Dec. 4. Alfred Ellis and Margaret Donoly.
4. William Fisher and Almira Frances Daniels.
11. Harry J. Parkers and Mary Elizabeth McIntosh.
25. Nathan A. Johnson and Sarah A. Strout.
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DEATHS.
Jan. 20. Mrs. Irene Ellis ; 78 years. Old Age.
21. William M. Preston ; 3 years 6 months. Scarlet Fever.
27. Ezra Morse ; 81 years 6 months 27 days. Pleurisy.
Feb. 28. Betsey Fisher ; 87 years 17 days. Old Age.
Mar. 18. Thomas B. Nugent ; 22 yrs. 1 mo. 10 days. Consumption.
21. William A. Estabrook ; 24 years 7 mos.
26. Elizabeth Murphy ; 4 yrs. 3 mos. Congestion of the Brain.
30 Mary Friary; 83 years. Old Age.
April 12. Samuel S. Morrell ; 40 years 6 mos. 9 days. Consumption.
18 Lucy A. Sanders ; 44 years 9 mos. 6 days. Pneumonia.
21 Catherine B. Sanders ; 69 years 2 mos. 7 days. Old Age.
May 4. Ellen Higgins ; 35 years. Consumption.
27. Anna G. Cowell; 24 years 27 days. Consumption.
June 15. Sophia S. Hunt ; 67 years 2 mos. 23 days. Pneumonia.
July 4. Azubah Fairbanks ; 77 years 5 months 23 days. Old Age.
8. Catherine Nugent ; 32 years 5 months. Consumption.
9. Lucy A. Fairbanks ; 56 yrs. 11 mos. 23 dys. Consumption.
26.
9. Roselle S. Bateman ; 30 years 6 months 3 days. Cancer. Josiah Talbot ; 88 years 5 months 2 days. Old Age.
29. Mary M. Chickering ; 28 yrs. 11 mos. 22 days. Scrofula.
Aug. 3. Ebenezer C. Day; 56 year's 10 mos. 9 days. Paralysis.
4. Stephen E. Shattuck ; 5 months 26 days. Convulsions.
11. Robert Smith ; 85 years 2 months. Old Age.
Sept. 11. Carl Hartshorn ; 2 days. Jaundice.
Oct. 5. Ella M. Morrell ; 9 months 15 days. Cholera Infantum.
7. Albert J. Foster ; 25 yrs. 4 mos. 26 days. Typhoid Fever.
12. Henry W. Ellis ; 9 months 17 days. Consumption.
Nov. 1. James Shapleigh ; 71 years 15 days. Old Age.
16. Martin Coughlin ; 70 years. Scrofula.
27. Bridget Hunt; 93 years. Old Age.
Dec. 8. Harriet A. Achorn; 69 years 5 months 5 days. Dropsy.
17. Mary A. Boyden ; 72 years 6 months 15 days. Erysipelas. 26. Mary H. Byer ; 4 months 4 days. Unknown. 31. William H. Leonard ; 1 yr. 2 mos. 20 days. Consumption.
Two of this number were residents of other towns ; seven were under five years of age ; while the average age of ten-nearly one- third of the whole number-exceeds eighty years, and giving to the twenty-five who safely passed the first five years of life an average age of fifty-nine years, seven months and fourteen days.
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REMARKS.
The second year of the organization of the Town of Norwood is drawing to a close, and in accordance with the By-Laws, we present to the inhabitants the Annual Report.
For Schools there was appropriated $7500, of which $7229.11 has been expended, as per statement, leaving in the Treasury a balance of $270.89.
The Fire Department has been called upon for very little active service, no large fires having occurred in the town. The appropria- tion for this department was $500, the expenditures $662.04, being 162.04 over the appropriation. $500 is too small an amount, even under favorable circumstances, to support this department.
The general condition of Highways is good. The appropriation, (including that for the completion of Chapel, High, Fulton, and Gay streets, with an unexpended balance on Lovis street, and the land damage of Gay street) amounts to $4412.60. The expenditures, including $574.05 for removing snow, (for which no appropriation was made) amount to 4986.65; showing a balance against this de- partment of $501.51.
The vote of the town as to guide-boards has been carried into effect.
There has been expended, for support of Poor, $596.27, and there is still an unsettled account of the past two years, with the Town of Dedham, probably amounting to $400.
We hope the foregoing report will give all a satisfactory idea of the financial condition of the town.
Agreeably to the By-Laws of the town, requiring the Selectmen to make estimates, in detail, of the amount of money required for the current year, we recommend the following appropriations :
The School Committee recommend the same amount for schools as last year.
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APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1874.
For Schools,
$7500 00
Repair of Highways,
2500 00
Incidental expenses of Highways,
500 00
Moving Snow,
500 00
Fire Department,
750 00
Support of Poor,
900 00
Public Library,
300 00
Salaries of Town Officers,
1400 00
Lighting streets,
225 00
Repair of Cemetery,
150 00
Printing and Stationery,
200 00
Decoration Day,
150 00
Incidentals,
500 00
. $15,575 00
Respectfully submitted.
S. E. POND, Selectmen WILLARD GAY, of
J. E. EVERETT, Norwood.
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