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FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWOOD,
FOR THE
Year ending January 31, 1876 :
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 1875.
NORWOOD, MASS. : PRINTED BY T. O. METCALF & CO. 1876.
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MORRILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY - NORWOOD 3 2405 00348 5326
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWOOD,
FOR THE
Year ending January 31, 1876 :
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 1875. 1
NORWOOD, MASS. : PRINTED BY T. O. METCALF & CO. 1876.
NORWOOD COLLECTION 974.4 Norwood 1876
TOWN OFFICERS-1875-1876.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health.
SAMUEL E. POND, Chairman ; WILLIARD GAY, J. E. EVERETT, Clerk.
Town Clerk. FRANCIS TINKER.
Treasurer. L. WALDO BIGELOW.
Collector. GEORGE E. METCALF.
School Committee.
FRANCIS M. CRAGIN, CHAIRMAN, Term expires, Mar. 1878. SAMUEL E. POND, Term expires, 1877. GEORGE W. GAY, SECRETARY, Term expires, Mar. 1876.
Engineers of Fire Department.
TYLER THAYER, Chief ; ISAAC ELLIS, JOSEPH W. ROBY, JOHN E. MORSE, Clerk.
Auditors.
GEORGE B. TALBOT, GEORGE EVERETT,
GEORGE S. WINSLOW.
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Constables.
ALVAN L. ELLIS, SUMNER BAGI.EY, WARREN ELLIS.
SAMUEL HOWARD, appointed by the Selectmen in place of Alvan L. Ellis, deceased.
Surveyors of Highways.
WM. C. FISHER, GEO. E. METCALF, GEO. H. MORSE,
JOHN E. MORSE, J. EDWIN HARTSHORN, ISAAC ELLIS,
SYLVESTER HAWES,
J. ED. EVERETT, ALBERT L. DEAN, JOHN NUGENT.
Trustees of Public Library.
Rev. GEO. HILL, Rev. J. P. BIXBY,
Rev. EDWIN BROMLEY,
WARD L. GAY, FRANCIS TINKER, HERBERT F. MORSE.
MOSES RICHARDS,
Fence Viewers. JOHN NUGENT, SIDNEY E. MORSE.
Field Drivers. ELIAS GALLUP.
E. E. SHUMWAY,
Surveyors of Lumber. GEORGE H. MORSE, ALBERT G. WEBB.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
GEORGE E. DRAPER, ALBERT G. WEBB.
Weighers of Coal and Hay.
FRANK D. DRAPER, EUGENE F. HARTSHORN.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. GEORGE KINGSBURY.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1875.
Support of Schools, . $7,300 00
68 Public Library, . 400 00
Repair of Highways, Culverts and Bridges, 3,500 00 Removing Snow, 500 00
Fire Department, . 750 00
Support of Poor, 1,500 00
Salaries of Town Officers, 1,400 00
Lighting Streets, 250 00
Care of Cemetery,
100 00
Printing, .
200 00
Incidental Expenses, 500 00
Construction of Reservoirs, 1,200 00
New Roads, including land damages, 1,693 00
State Tax, .
1,720 00
County Tax,
1,172 96
Overlayings,
9 85
$22,195 91
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
The Selectmen of the Town of Norwood, as required by the By-Laws of the Town, herewith present an account of mon- eys for which orders have been drawn on the Town Treasurer, during the year ending January 31, 1876; together with the accounts of the Treasurer and Collectors, with the reports of the Auditors thereon. Also the Vital Statistics of the Town for the year 1875.
SCHOOLS.
EVERETT SCHOOL.
Paid Horace T. Atwood, principal for teaching
41 weeks to Jan. 8, 1876, $1,332 50
Marion Endicott, teaching 41 weeks 66 486 86
Sarah P. Hamilton,
66 615 00
S. Louise Rhoads,
461 25
Maria L. Wheelock, 30
337 50
Viola F. Littlefield, 66 22 to July 3, 1875, 239 25
430 50
A. Lizzie Park,
for supplies,
36 14
Maynard & Noyes,
66 3 00
66
2 50
George W. Gay,
66
1 19
L. W. Bigelow,
66
6 57
James Engles, J. L. Hammett,
7 90
Maynard & Noyes,
" ink,
1 50
Packard & Burrill,
" feather dusters, 24 25
E. Wheelock & Son,
" school books, 18 61
Carrie M. Morse, 41 " Jan. 8, 1876, 66 430 50
Horace T. Atwood,
S
Paid Brewer & Tileston, for dictionary, $7 00
W. G. Shattuck, 66 desks and settees, 56 73
William W. Dexter,
repairs, 15 21
George W. Gay, 66
60
James Engles,
45 22
George Kingsbury, 66 12 65
William R. Tibbetts,
6
66
1 00
Phillip H. Clark,
slating blackboard,
18 50
Mrs. Patrick Leonard, care of School house, 16 wks. 32 00 66 66 "' cleaning 21 08
Alvan L. Ellis, for care of fires 2 weeks, 6 00
George V. Dean, 66
7
21 00
Jarvis Fairbanks, sweeping school house, 54 00
John D. Chickering, " stove,
5 00
C. W. Hartshorn,
coal, 298 46
S. E. Pond,
wood, 4 50
John Nugent,
8 00
" carting gravel and grading school ground, 92 73 William M. Adams, for repairing slating, 4 50
Fisher & Seavy, painting school house per contract, 210 00 66 chimneys, 3 00
66 sanding privy, 3 00
S. E. Pond, cash paid for carting gravel, 10 50
66
" cementing underpining, 1 50
" examining furnaces, 2 50
spreading gravel and cleaning furnaces, 5 00
J. A. Brennan, care of fires one week,
3 00
Daniel Wilson, concrete around well, 22 58
Whitney's Express, expressage,
2 50
$5,402 78
Total payments for teachers,
$4,333 36
" fuel,
310 96
66 66
" supplies, 116 16
66
66 " repairs, 505 22.
.
66
" care of house, 137 08
$5,402 78
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BALCH SCHOOL.
Paid Millie J. Blaisdell, teaching 41 w'ks to Jan. 8, '76, 461 25
Charlotte E. Eaton, " 24 July 3, " 252 00
Viola F. Littlefield, 17 " Jan. 8, " 178 50
Millie J. Blaisdell, for school books, 13 76
supplies, 1 50
George W. Gay, 66 9 13
James Engles, 66
5 74
Packard & Burrill, feather dusters,
5 00
William W .. Dexter, repairs, 28 29
James Engles, 66
64 83
William R. Tibbetts, " 3 00
J. L. Hammett, maps, 10 00
2 00
A. G. Whitcomb, 4 chairs and pedestal,
5 15
C. W. Hartshorn, coal,
115 09
S. E. Pond, wood,
6 00
John Nugent, "
8 00
Newell Fisher, sawing and splitting wood,
4 00
Elias Gallup,
66
3 50
66 care of house, 93 72
C. A. Noyes, 40 ft. lightning rods, 12 00
S. E. Pond, cash paid Mrs. Dyer cleaning house, 12 02
N. A. Johnson, cleaning privy vault,
2 00
$1,296 48
Total payments for teachers,
$891 75
66
" fuel,
136 59
66
" supplies,
47 13
66
66
" repairs,
113 27
66
66
" care house,
107 74
$1,296 48
PRIMARY SCHOOL,-Railroad Avenue.
Paid Abbie A. White, teaching 41 w'ks to Jan 8, '76, $430 50 Packard and Burrill, feather duster, 2 25
George W. Gay, supplies, 1 08
·
Maynard & Noyes, supplies,
10
Paid W. G. Shattuck, 1 chair, $1 88 James Engles, repairs, 8 20
C. W. Hartshorn, coal,
26 38
A. E. Clapp, care of room one year to Mar. 1, '75, 34 00 66 66
E. F. Talbot, rent
150 00
$654 29
Total payment for teacher,
$430 50
" fuel,
26 38
"' supplies,
5 21
" repairs,
8 20
66
" care of school room,
34 00
" rent " £
150 00
$654 29
MUSIC.
Paid Horace Bird, teaching 38 w'ks to Jan. 15, '76, $269 42 RECAPITULATION.
Total payments for teachers' salaries,
$5,655 61
" fuel,
473 93
" supplies,
168 50
66
" care of school houses, 278 82
66
" teaching music,
269 42
" repairs,
626 69
$7,622 97
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid Francis Tinker, care library 1 year to Mar. 1, '75 $125 00 Edward Everett Post, chairs and settees, 15 40
Estes & Laureat, books, 272 35
R. D. Hartshorn, rent of room 1 year to Dec. 6, '75 75 00 Chas. G. Wheelock, printing catalogue, 24 00
Francis Tinker, on acc. care of library since Mar. 1, 50 00
561 75
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FIRE DEPARTMENT. WASHINGTON ENGINE No. 1.
Paid C. W. Hartshorn, coal, $10 12
Tyler Thayer, supplies,
25 29
E. F. Roby, care of engine and house from Dec. 18,
1874, to May 2, 1875, 32 75
Geo. E. Metcalf, drawing engine to fires 3 times, 12 00
66 refreshments, 18 00
F. A. Fales, pay of men 1 year to May 1, 1875,
586 00
J. W. Roby & Co., repairs, 3 50
$687 66
AMERICA ENGINE No. 2.
Paid John E. Morse, drawing engine to fires 3 times, $6 00
Sumner Bagley, care of engine and house 1 year, 15 00
supplies, 2 25
Winslow L. Morse, "
3 30
repairs,
4 00
66 care of house to May 1, 1875, 12 00
pay of men 1 year to May 1, '75, 275 00
Willard Gay, renewal of policy on engine house, 10 00
$327 55
Total payments for the fire department,
$1,015 21
STATE AID.
Paid Julia B. Hale, for 1 year ending Dec. 31, 1875, $48 00* *Will be refunded by the State.
LIGHTING STREETS.
Paid E. Wheelock & Son, care 4 lamps, 1 year,
$50 00
1 9 months, 9 38
.
66 66
5 6 " 31 25
Henrietta Turner, care
1 1 year,
12 50
E. F. Lovejoy,
1
66 1 «
12 50
W. A. Talbot,
5 1 6 62 50
12
D. S. Fogg, care 1 lamp & year,
9 37
Tyler Thayer,
1
1 10 00
John .E. Smith, .
1
2 24 00
Charles W. Guy, 1
66
6 00
Jarvis Gay, 1
66
1
66,
12 50
Fannie B. Morse,
1
2
25 00
D. P. Pond,
1
66
1
66
12 50
$277 50
NEW RESERVOIRS.
Reservoir at junction of Washington &. Walpole Sts. Paid Willard Gay for cash paid for labor of men and teams excavating and grading, $206 96
" cash paid J. Engles lead pipe & labor, 2 80 for labor 16 days, 48 00
$257 76 Reservoir near house of J. M. Winslow. Paid S. E. Pond, labor, cash paid for labor of men and teams excavating and grading, $201 62
H. C. Fuller & Co., constructing reservoir as per contract, 180 00
Tyler Thayer, making cover, 7 90
$389 52
Reservoir near house of N. A. Johnson. Paid J. E. Everett, labor, cash paid for labor of men and teams, 135 75
J. E. Everett, cash paid for lumber,
22 51
James Engles, soldering pipe, 50
H. C. Fuller & Co., labor and materials furnished, 177 24
$336 00
ROADS AND BRIDGES. SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS. Paid George E. Metcalf, repair of ways, $419 50
13
J. Edward Everett, repair of ways,
$350 00
George H. Morse,
249 87
Sylvester Hawes,
66
224 96
Albert L. Dean, 66 66
273 11
John Nugent,
317 98
J. Edwin Hartshorn, 66
327 67
Isaac Ellis,
66
382 83
John E. Morse,
66
66
156 04
William C. Fisher,
,6
291 87
$2,993 83
Paid J. Edwin Hartshorn, balance appropriation '74, $72 95
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid George E. Metcalf,
$86 00
J. Edward Everett,
68 25
George H. Morse,
66 80
Sylvester Hawes,
18 80
Albert L. Dean,
50 32
John Nugent,
56 25
J. Edwin Hartshorn,
73 74
Isaac Ellis,
39 75
John E. Morse,
42 20
William C. Fisher,
84 30
$586 41
GUILD STREET WIDENING.
Paid J. Edward Everett, land damage,
$18 00
Heirs William Guild, "
10 00
Wm. E. & Alvin Fuller,“
25 00
J. Edward Everett, grading,
458 72
Nathaniel Smith, survey and plan,
18 50
$530 22
NAHATAN STREET EXTENTION.
Paid John Nugent, labor of men and teams,
$34 75
14
E. F. Talbot, 300 loads of gravel, $21 00
J. Edwin Hartshorn, labor of men and teams, 72 40
Lyman Smith's Sons, "
66 6 00
Willard Gay, cash paid " 66 6 00 66
9} days labor, 28 50
C. Willis Morse, survey and plan, 3 00
John E. & Charles L. Smith, land damage, 300 00
Tyler Thayer, lumber, and lowering reservoir, . 6 80
$478 45
VERNON STREET EXTENTION.
Paid S. E. Pond, for labor and cash paid for labor of men and teams grading, $585 25
Nathaniel Smith, survey, plan and levels, 17 00
$602 25
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURES FOR ROADS.
Paid J. E. Morse, draining water from Washington St. near Balch School house, $62 20
C. Willis Morse surveying for same, 2 00
Clark & Leatherbee, plank for bridge on Everett St. 17 97 N. Y. & N. E. Railroad Co., for freight, 2 29
Daniel Wilson, concrete near Balch school house, 84 00
J. Edward Everett, repairing bridge on Short St. 87 36 Water “ 8 91
sidewalks, 59 50
Henry N. Clark, lumber for railing on Water St. 5 04
" 2 bridges on Neponset " 28 99
Francis Morse, labor repairing railing, Water " 9 00
W. Gay, cash paid repairing culverts on Cross " 5 00 labor 60 4 50
Geo. P. Mowry, covering stones, for culverts, 53 75 J. E. Morse, making sidewalks on Washington St. 109 10 John M. Robbins, land damage on Chapel Street. 65 00 Jolin Nugent, repairing culverts on Washington and Cemetery Streets and Railroad Avenue, . 49 71
15
Paid S. E. Pond, repairing culvert on Walpole St.
$23 38
George E. Metcalf,
" Washington St. 11 75
66
66
" Nichols 66
54 75
66
66
" Prospect near High Bridge,
- 48 25
66
66
" 'on Prospect St., near house of E. N. Fales, 9 25
66
" making new culvert on Prospect St., near house of Peter Readel,
23 50
66
"' making new culvert on Prospect Street, near house of Sam. Page, 45 00
.6 " carting stones for culvert to be 1 built on Nahatan Street,
4 00
.66
66
" covering stones, for do. for culvert on Walpole Street,
6 00
" making sidewalk on Cottage St.
8 00
66
6 " Vernon "
8 00
66 66 66 " Wash'n " 10 50
66
66
66 66 " Nahatan " 15 75
-- - 66
66
66
" Beach 4 00
66
cash paid sharpening tools, 4 00
Nat. Smith, setting street bounds on Nichols St., 5 00
$939.45
PAYMENTS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR.
GEORGE V. DEAN.
Paid L. W. Bigelow, goods,
$2 97
E. Wheelock & Son, groceries, 76 00
C. W. Hartshorn, coal, 16 63
Moses Rhodes, board of family 11 4-7 weeks, 43 25
R. D. Hartshorn, rent of house, 30 00
D. S. Fogg, Medical attendance,
11 50
Town of Dedham, board of two children at the Alms house, 9 2-7 weeks each, 65 00
66
66 for school books, 55
L. W. Bigelow, goods furnished Hattie,
7 01
Mrs. F. Tinker, “ 66
14 88
$267 79
4 00
.
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MRS. L. P. LUND.
Paid D. B. Farrington, goods,
$1 30
John Nugent, wood, 18 51
C. W. Hartshorn, coal, 21 11
George E. Metcalf, "
23 25
Moses E. Webb, groceries,
263 25
L. W. Bigelow, goods,
7 79
Willard Fuller, wood,
4 50
James R. Fisher, board of family 2} weeks,
12 50
Jeremiah Horgan, shoes,
4 25
E. F. Winslow, rent of house,
73 00 50
Austin E. Boyden, sawing wood,
P. S. Corbett, rent of house 3 months, to Nov. 6, '75, 21 00
4 50
Walter Colburn, meat furnished in 1873,
18 43
C. F. Everett meat furnished,
2 70
Anthony Lavine, sawing wood,
3 00
Francis Tinker, medicine,
65
$484 49
MRS. JULIA CONNELLY.
Paid C. W. Hartshorn, coal,
19 81
John Nugent, wood, 6 75
Francis Tinker, medicine,
50
D. B. Farrington, goods,
10 00
E. Wheelock & Son, groceries,
10 00
$47 06
1 JOSEPH L. MORSE.
Paid Moses E. Webb, groceries,
$21 00
Joseph B. Draper, rent of house to Sept. 1, '75, 74 00
$95 00
GEORGE R. DUNHAM.
Paid Thomas Kerrissey, wood, $5 00
MRS. EMELINE M. POND.
Paid her for weekly allowance 54 w'ks to Jan. 19, '76, $108 00
sawing and splitting wood, 4 25
D. S. Fogg, medical attendance,
1
17
Paid Sarah W. Whitney, rent of house 1 year, Amory Fisher, coal, James McLane, wood,
$96 00
46 50
5 40
JAMES H. BOYDEN.
Paid C. W. Hartshorn, coal,
$11 00*
*Paid by the Town of Norfolk. JOSEPH H. BAKER.
Paid Franklin Fisher, board 8 weeks, $32 00
SALLY D. WHITE.
Paid James T. Crooker, board and nursing 9 2-7 w'ks, $111 43* *$18 57 paid by the Town of Walpole. FREDERICK TIMLER.
Paid George E. Metcalf, wood, $9 36
coal, 17 00
JOEL TALBOT.
Paid C. W. Hartshorn, coal,
$19 67
JOHN FARRELL. .
Paid D. S. Fogg, medical attendance,
$35 00
SAMUEL ARCHIBALD.
$3 00
POOR TRAVELLERS.
Paid R. D. Hartshorn, 712 meals and 698 lodgings,
$526 00
S. E. Pond, assistance rendered, Willard Gay, cash paid for car fares, 1 95
4 50
$532 45
PAUPERS HAVING MILITARY SETTLEMENTS. Paid Town of Dedham, one-fifth part of $581 67, being the cost of the support or relief of sun- dry persons having military settlements in Dedham,-the Town of Norwood, being by the 3rd section of the act of incorporation, required to pay annually to the Town of Ded- ham one fifth part of all such costs. $116 33 $2,042 48
Total payments for the support of the poor,
15 50
64850 02725
$255 90
$26 36
Paid D. S. Fogg, for examination,
18
INVESTMENT.
Deposit in Mercantile Savings Institution, Boston,
$1000 00
" Eliot Five Cents Savings Bank, 66 1000 00
" Five Cents 66
66 66 .
1000 00
" East Boston 66 1000 00
66 " Franklin 1000 00
66 " Dedham Institution for Savings, Dedham, 1000 00
$6000 00
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Alvan L. Ellis, services as Constable and Police Officer to Mar. 1, 1875, $39 50
Francis Tinker, balance of salary as Town Clerk for the year ending March 1, 1875,
25 00
66 " on account of salary as Town Clerk, since March 1, 1875, 50 00
J. Edward Everett, services as Selectman and Overseer of the Poor for the year ending Mar. 1, '75, 170 00
J. Edward Everett, balance for services as Asses- sor for the year ending Mar. 1, 1875, 25 20
Tyler Thayer, services as Assessor in 1874, $22 00
S. E. Pond, balance of services as Assessor for the year ending Mar. 1, 1875, 10 00
"' services as Selectman and Overseer of the Poor for year ending Mar. 1, '75 260 00
66 " services as School Committee for the year ending Mar. 1, 1875, 50 00
Theron Brown, services as School Committee for the year ending Mar. 1, 1875,
50 00
George W. Gay, services as School Committee for the year ending Mar. 1, 1875,
50 00
L. W. Bigelow, services as Treasurer for year ending Mar. 1, 1875, 75 00
Willard Gay, services as Selectman and Overseer of the Poor for the year ending Mar. 1, 1875, 165 00
Willard Gay, on account of services as Selectman,
Assessor and Overseer of the Poor since Mar. 1, '75, 80 00
Tyler Thayer, services as Engineer, 1 year to May 1, 1875, 15 00
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Paid Isaac Ellis, services as Engineer 1 y'r to May 1, '75, 15 00
John E. Morse, " 66 15 00
Samuel Howard," Police Officer to Jan. 1, '76, 10 00 Caleb Ellis, balance of services as Collector, '74, 25 00
$1,151 70
PRINTING AND STATIONARY.
Paid Francis Tinker, stationary and postage, $1 95
H. H. McQuillen, printing 550 copies town reports, 62 00 66 town meeting warrants, 10 50 66 100 blanks, teachers' qualifications, 2 25 66 school reports, 38 00
66
100 blanks, Surveyors' limits, 3 25
66
Assessors' Notices, 2 00
66
blanks for dog licenses, 6 25
300 blank receipts, 2 50
T. O. Metcalf & Co., printing 400 school reports, 8 00
66 66 300 tickets for poor travellers, 1 75
66
300 35 posters, 3 40
66 66 tax bills and notices, 6 00
66
town meeting warrants, 3 25
60
Assessors' notices, 1 25
L. W. Bigelow, stationary, 09
Charles K. Darling, " 66
5 05
66 tax Collectors' book, 2 00
$159 59
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURES.
Paid Alvan L. Ellis, distributing town reports, 3 00
S. E. Pond, travelling expenses out of town, 6 05
L. W. Bigelow, cash paid Dedham National Bank interest on money borrowed in anticipation of taxes, 205 42
J. W. Talbot, maintaining public watering place two years ending Mar. 31, 1875, 10 00
F. Tinker, recording births, deaths and marriages in 1874 and 1875, 66 05
20
Paid Francis Tinker, cash paid for expressage, $1 94
Village Hall Co., use of Hall for 3 town meetings, 24 00 John Nugent, wood for Selectmens' room, 5 32
S. E. Pond, for taking names and ages of school children, as required by Sec. 1, Chap. 303, Acts of '74, 20 00 Adams Express Co., expressage, 50
Willard Gay, cash paid for recording and publish- ing amendment to By-Laws, 3 50
Wm. Gilluly, repairing reservoir near house of C. W. Hartshorn, 5 48
J. W. Roby & Co., wrench for reservoir near the house of Tyler Thayer, 80
Warren E. Rhodes, damage to his horse, wagon and harness, by reason of defect in bridge on Short St., 50 00 James Engles, oil and burners for Selectmens' room, 1 08 N. N. Sumner, return of deaths in 1874 and 1875, 10 25
care of cemetery, 82 50
James Kaler, sawing and splitting wood for Select- mens' room, 3 00
George Kingsbury, services as sealer of weights and measures, 11 25
66 storage and care of weights and
measures from Aug. 18, '73 to Mar. 1, '76, 20 00
R. D. Hartshorn, rent of Selectmens' room from Aug. 1, '74, to Feb. 1, '76, 112 50
Willard Gay, cash paid Mrs. Hennessy washing Selectmen's' room,
90
postage stamps, 82
Tyler Thayer, making wood box for Selectmens'
room, 9 76
Samuel Howard, cash paid, Police Officers' badge, 1 25
$655 37
RECAPITULATION.
Total amount paid for Schools,
$7,622 97
Public Library, 561 75
Fire Department, 1,015 21
66
66 State Aid,
48 00
66 .. . 66 Lighting Streets, 277 50
285.
40050
9 5- 0
Total amount paid for New Reservoirs,
$983 28
Roads and Bridges,
6,203 56
Support of Poor,
2,042 48
66
66
Investment,
6,000 00
60
66
Town Officers,
1,151 70
66
66 Printing and Stationary,
159 49
66
Miscellaneous,
655 37
$26,721 31
Total amount of orders drawn during the year, $26,721 31
6900 $250 42
21
66
66
22
L. W. BIGELOW, Treasurer, in account
1875.
DR.
Feb. 1. To Cash in Treasury, $11,426 66
" National Bank Tax for year 1874, 26 43
" Cash of J. W. Talbot, in part payment for culvert near S. Talbot's house, 3 00
May 6. " Cash borrowed of Dedham National B'k, 2000 00
June 3.
2000 00
July 2. 66 66 66 2000 00
" 9. 66 " from Town of Norfolk, one ton coal furnished J. H. Boyden previous to date, 11 00
Aug. 7. Cash of Geo. H. Morse, auctioneers' license, 2 00
12.
Jason Ellis, 2 00
Sept. 2. Town of Walpole, board of Sally D. White, 18 57
“ 8. 66 Dedham National Bank, 2000. 00
Oct. 11. 66 Albert Dean, for old plank, 1 00
Dec. 27.
66 Corporation tax of State Treasurer, 314 88
66 State Aid, 48 00
66 National Bank tax in part, 893 38
1876. Jan. 26.
Cash of State, Income of Massachusetts School Fund, 230 80
27.
Balance National Bank tax, . 36 48
66 Caleb Ellis, balance of uncollected taxes for 1874, 1,233 25
" 28.
Geo. E. Metcalf, Collector, taxes for 1875, in part, 17,386 73
" 31.
Treasurer of Norfolk County, two hundred and five dollars and thirty cents, balance due Town of Norwood on account of dog license, after deducting am- mount of damages done by dogs under Chap. 250, Acts of '69, (for the year 1875.)
205 30
$39,839 48
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with the Town of Norwood.
1875.
CR.
Dec. 3.
By Cash paid Dedham National Bank,
$2000 00
3.
66
2000 00
66 66
4000 00
66
for State tax,
1,720 00
66
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outstanding orders previous to Feb. 1875,
141 75
66
" Selectmens' orders,
26,721 31
66
Assessors' orders for abatements, 97 16
Feb. 1, '76. On hand,
3,159 26
$39,839 48
L. W. BIGELOW, Treasurer. 1
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, 1875.
GEORGE EVERETT,
GEORGE B. TALBOT,
Auditors. GEORGE S. WINSLOW.
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GEORGE E. METCALF, COLLECTOR, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF NORWOOD.
1875.
DR.
To amount of State Tax,
$1,720 00
County Tax, 1,172 96
66 Town Tax, 19,293 00
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66 Overlayings, 9 85
$22,195 81
CR.
By Cash paid L. W. Bigelow, Treasurer, $17,386 73
66 " C. C. Churchill, County Treasurer, 1,172 96
Balance of uncollected taxes, 3,636 12
$22,195 81
We certify that we have examined the accounts of George E. Metcalf, Collector, and that the above is a correct statement of taxes committed to, and of payments made by, him.
GEORGE EVERETT,
GEORGE B. TALBOT, Auditors. GEORGE S. WINSLOW.
Norwood, February 7, 1876.
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CALEB ELLIS, COLLECTOR, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF NORWOOD.
1874.
DR.
To balance due Town as per Audit of Feb. 1, '75, $1,194 76
" Cash received as interest, 76 70
$1,271 46
CR.
By Cash paid L. W. Bigelow, Treasurer, $1,233 25
" Balance uncollected taxes,
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38 21
1,271 46
We hereby certify that we have examined the books and accounts of Caleb Ellis, Collector in 1874, and that the above statement of his account is correct.
GEORGE EVERETT,
GEORGE B. TALBOT, Auditors. . GEORGE S. WINSLOW.
Norwood, February 7, 1876.
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Vital Statistics of the Town of Norwood, for the year 1875.
BIRTHS.
Jan. 6. George Freeman Cushman, son of Ferdinand B. and Annie S.
31. Irving Charles Metcalf, son of George E. and Lydia A.
Feb. 17. Gustavus Ward Shackley, son of Charles H. and Sarah Jane.
Mar. 6. Daniel Cronan, son of James and Nancy.
24. - Rhoads, son of Warren E. and Cynthia.
Apl. 30. Joseph Henry Riley, son of Peter and Bridget.
30. Sheldon Collins Morrill, son of George H. and Louisa J.
May 2. Joseph Patrick Tobin, son of Michael and Mary.
7. David Henry Connor, son of Dennis and Margaret.
10. John Foley, son of Michael and Catharine.
20. William Callihan, son of Mortimer and Catharine.
27. Arthur Berry Clarke Dexter, son of Charles B and Carrie E. June 5. James Murphy, son of James and Joanna.
21. Francis John Duncan, son of Christopher and Hannah.
29. Walter Alvin Hewes, son of Walter and Elizabeth.
July 3. Charles Martin Leonard, son of Michael J. and Bridget.
21. Lincoln Dix Robbins, son of Charles W. and Marianna H.
Aug. 3. John Quincy Peterson, son of George S. and Susan.
6. Charles Earnest Hayford, son of Harvey L. and Ida M.
8. Herbert Daniels Fisher, son of William and Almira S.
24. Frank Edward Brooks, son of Marshall and Amelia S.
25. Peter Feney, son of Daniel and Margaret.
Sep. 15. Peter Joseph Conners, son of Henry and Mary. Freeman Evans, son of Frank H. and Julia.
Nov.18. Jeremiah Donovan, son of Jeremiah and Margaret.
20. William John Hanson, son of Andrew A. and Elizabeth.
Dec.30. John Lyden, son of Martin and Bridget.
Bernard Nelson Roby, son of Joseph W. and Charlotte.
Feb.18. Harriet Elenor Davenport, daughter of Ambrose Jr, and Saraphine C.
28. Nellie E. Fletcher, daughter of Eben F. and Sophia. 28. Julia Madora Lawrence, daughter of William and Matilda.
Mar.16. Ella Frances Ellis, daughter of Warren and Eliza C.
19. Ella Chamberlain; daughter of Augustus and Julia.
22. Annie Nugent, daughter of John and Mary.
Apl. 13. Emma Paulena Storm, daughter of Nicholas and Emma.
May 8. Edith Mary Wetherbee, daughter of Joel and Mary C.
12. Mary Elizabeth Nugent, daughter of David and Catherine.
June 1. Catherine Brodrick, daughter of Lawrence and Catharine.
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June23. Elizabeth Sanborn, daughter of Jeremiah and Catharine.
30. Mary Alice Merrifield, daughter of James and Isabella.
July 15. Jessie Wilson Stewart, daughter of George E. and Anna L.
Aug.28. Nettie Ryan Dennison, daughter of Hiram A. and Carrie.
Sept 13. Grace Bromley, daughter of Rev. Edwin and Sarah E.
26. Carabell Hartshorn, daughter of Frederick and Isabella. Emily Etta Tower, daughter of Thomas J. and Ellen.
Oct. 17.
Nov.11. Morse, daughter of Albert and Mary M.
19. Annie Agnes Wagner, daughter of John P. and Josephine.
22. Ethel Josephine Bagley, daughter of Lewis and Emma J.
Dec. 6. Martha Tower Rich, daughter of Charles W. and Clara B.
12. Mabel Ada Fisher, daughter of James A. and Sarah M.
20. Emma Rief, daughter of George H. and Mary.
MARRIAGES.
Feb. 2 .- By Rev. J. P. Bixby, John B. Page and Nancy M. Chamberlain, both of Norwood.
April 28 .- By Rev. Edwin Bromley, Theodore E. Robinson and Hattie E. Cocking, both of Dedham.
29 .- By Rev. Edwin Bromley, Stephen M. Condon and Ann B. Creighton, both of Norwood.
May 3 .- By Rev. Edwin Bromley, George W. Fuller of Salem, and Harriet A. M. Guy, of Norwood.
Sept. 1 .- By Rev. George Hill, Charles S. Teel and Jennie Newton, (the res- idence of both given as Norwood.)
15 .- By Rev. H. B. Smith of Walpole, George W. Gudey of Syracuse, N. Y. and Antoinette E. Fisher of Norwood.
16 .- By Rev. George Hill, Henry L. Friefield and Mary A. Guild, both of Walpole.
17 .- By Rev. George Hill, Francis H. Dean of Dedham, and Tillie E. Goodale of Deering, N. H.
24 .- By Rev. George Hill, George H. White and Elvira G. Holway, both of Canton.
30 .- Daniel Ballou and Olive M. Ridley, both of Dedham.
Oct. 16 .- By Rev. Calvin S. Locke of Dedham, Atkins C. Beals and Maggie V. Cotter, both of Norwood.
25 .- By Rev. George Hill, Josiah W. Hodgkins of Rockport, and Jennie E. Ellis, of Walpole.
Nov. 3 .- By Rev. George Hill, Stanford Mitchell of Boston, and Emma Frances Talbot of Norwood.
10 .- By Rev. J. P. Bixby, Frank D. Draper of Norwood, and Sarah K. Coburn of Walpole.
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Nov. 30 .- By Rev. George Hill, Joshua A. Crocker of Provincetown, and Emma R. Kingsbury of Norwood.
DEATHS.
Jan. 9. John Slattery ; 33 years, 2 months.
11. Martha H. Hartshorn ; 62 years, 2 months.
30. John F. Bragdon ; 65 years, 11 days.
Feb. 11. Bridget Brennon ; 55 years.
12. Julia Sullivan ; 42 years.
15. Parlando O. Norris ; 65 years, 11 months, 15 days.
Mar. 17. Eliphelet Fisher ; 76 years, 10 months, 17 days.
Apr. 19. Alfred F. Hartshorn ; 35 years, 4 months.
June 5. James Volkmann ; 1 year, 7 months, 12 days.
6. Lawrence O. Brian, 7 years, 5 months, 5 days.
9. Nathaniel W. Pond ; 55 years.
29. Alonzo W. Hawkins ; 35 years, 9 months.
July 4. Nellie E. Fletcher ; 4 months, 6 days.
13. Timothy Nevels ; 1 year, 6 months,
Aug. 14. Bertha Heymann .; 11 years, 2 months, 2 days.
15.
Betsey Fisher ; 70 years, 25 days.
18.
James K. Lyman ; 65 years.
27. Jabez Boyden ; 87 years, 11 months, 22 days.
Sept. 14. John Scannell ; 5 years, 9 months, 24 days.
21. Maryann Horgan ; 6 years, 3, months, 19 days.
30. Frank E. Brooks ; 1 month, 5 days.
30. Carabell Hartshorn ; 5 days.
Oct. 6. Jessie O. Williamson ; 6 years, 7 months, 18 days.
17. Edith Mary Wetherbee ; 5 months, 8 days.
Nov. 28. Minnie Agnes McCarty ; 4 years, 2 months.
Dec. 5. Joseph P. Apel ; 3 years.
6. Clara R. Harrington ; 29 years.
16. Joseph W. Storm ; 2 months, 20 days.
26. Reuben G. Metcalf ; 81 years, 6 months.
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REMARKS.
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The foregoing accounts show that the payments in some departments have exceeded the appropriations. The excess on highways was for repairing bridges, draining Washington Street near the Balch School House, building new culverts and repair- ing old ones damaged by the freshet last season ; for the sup- port of the poor, it is accounted for in part, by reason of the large number of tramps furnished with food and lodgings, and the amount paid the Town of Dedham for the support of pau- pers, since Oct. 1, 1874, having military settlements. The cost ($266 31) of such support previous to the date named, was al- lowed in the settlement with said town, and did not appear in the annual reports.
Three reservoirs have been constructed, two of which have been paid for in full. The contract for the masonry for the one at the junction of Washington and Walpole Streets, was a- warded to William R. Tibbetts for the sum of $334 50, to be paid when it is finished, to the acceptance of the Selectmen. It not having been so finished, no money has been paid on the contract.
Previous to the last financial year, the Treasurer paid the interest on money borrowed in anticipation of taxes, without an order from the Selectmen ; during the past year orders have been drawn for that purpose, the amount of which appears un- der the head of miscellaneous expenditures.
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The resources of the Town applicable to the payment of expenses the current year, are
Cash in Treasury Feb. 1, 1876, per Auditors' report, $3,159 26 Uncollected taxes of 1874, 38 21
" 1875, 3,636 12
$6,833 59
The liabilities, as near as can be estimated, are
For Schools to April 1, 1876. 1,787 30
Town Officers to Mar. 6, '76,
1,200 00
" Fire Department to May 1, '76, 700 00
" Support of Poor to Mar. 6, " 350 00
"' Reservoir,
334 50
" Land damage on Guild Street,
50 00
" Lighting streets to April 1, '76, 235 00
" Miscellaneous and Incidental expenses,
200 00
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$4,856 80
As required by the By-Laws, the Selectmen submit the fol- lowing estimates for the ordinary expenses of the Town for the ensuing year.
For Schools, $6,540 00
" Repairs of Roads and Bridges, 3,500 00
" Removing Snow, 500 00
" Fire Department, 750 00
" Lighting Streets, .
300 00
66 Support of Poor,
1,700 00
" Public Library,
300 00
"' Care of Cemetary,
50 00
" Salaries of Town Officers,
1,200 00
" Printing and Stationary, 150 00
" Incidental and Miscellaneous Expenses, .
500 00
$15,490 00
To which must be added the amount of the State and County Taxes, and such sums for extraordinary expenses, as the Town shall vote to expend.
Respectfully submitted.
SAMUEL E. POND, 2 Selectmen WILLARD GAY. S of Norwood.
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