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FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures OF THE
TOWN OF NORWOOD,
FOR THE
Year ending January 31, 1877 :
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 1876.
NORWOOD, MASS. : PRINTED BY T. O. METCALF & CO. 1877.
TOWN OFFICERS-1876-1877.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health. SAMUEL E. POND, Chairman. TYLER THAYER, GEORGE H. MORSE, Clerk.
Town Clerk : FRANCIS TINKER.
Treasurer : L. WALDO BIGELOW.
Collector : CALEB ELLIS.
School Committee :
FRANCIS M. CRAGIN, Chairman, Term expires Mar. 1878. JOSEPH P. BIXBY, . . 1879.
SAMUEL E. POND, Secretary, 6 1877.
Engineers of Fire Department : GEORGE H. MORSE, Chief, E. E. SHUMWAY, WILLIAM J. WALLACE, Clerk.
Auditors :
GEORGE EVERETT, WILLIAM FISHER,
WILLARD GAY.
Constables :
SAMUEL HOWARD, GEO. E. DRAPER, . SUMNER BAGLEY.
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Surveyors of Highways:
JOSEPH W. ROBY,
WILLIAM C. FISHER,
ALBERT L. GUILD, NATHAN A. JOHNSON,
SYLVESTER HAWES, ISAAC ELLIS,
GEORGE H. MORSE.
Trustees of Public Library :
·
Rev. GEORGE HILL, Rev. J. P. BIXBY,
Rev. EDWIN BROMLEY, WARD L. GAY,
FRANCIS TINKER, HERBERT F. MORSE.
Fence Viewers : MOSES RICHARDS, JOHN NUGENT, E. N. FALES.
Surveyors of Lumber: F. A. FALES, GEO. H. 'MORSE, ALBERT G. WEBB.
Measurers of Wood and Bark : A. G. WEBB, F. D. DRAPER, W. L. MORSE.
Weighers of Coal and Hay: F. D. DRAPER, GEO. E. METCALF,
EUGENE F. HARTSHORN, GEORGE H. MORRILL.
Sealer of Weights and Measures : GEORGE KINGSBURY.
Field Drivers :
F. D. DRAPER, E. F. FLETCHER, F. W. TURNER, G. O. PETERSON, CHARLES HASTINGS.
Pound Keeper : ADNA W. ALDEN.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1876, Which was raised by Tax.
Support of Schools, . $6,500.00
66 Public Library, . 300.00
Repair of Highways, Culverts and Bridges, 3,500.00
Removing Snow,
500.00
Fire Department, . 750.00
Support of Poor,
1,700.00
Salaries of Town Officers, 1,075.00
Lighting Streets, 200.00
Care of Cemetery, . 50.00
Printing and Stationary,
150.00
Incidental Expenses,
500.00
Construction of Reservoirs,
300.00
Land Damage on Washington Street,
550.00
Retaining Wall
200.00
Land Damage on Dean
225.00
Widening Wilson 500.00
400.00
Balance of Land Damage on Walpole Street, 400.00
Retaining Wall near Winslow's, 205.00
Hoyle's land, 95.00
For building Bridge, 300.00
Filling and grading on Walpole Street,
600.00
State Tax, .
1,692.00
County Tax,
1,393.26
Overlayings,. 420.53
$22,505.79
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, 1877 ; together with the ac- counts of the Treasurer and Collectors, with the reports of the Auditors thereon. Also the Vital Statistics of the Town for the year 1876.
SCHOOLS.
EVERETT SCHOOL.
Paid Horace T. Atwood, Principal, for teaching
10 weeks to Jan. 26, $1,300 00
Marion Endicott, teaching 40 weeks, to Jan. 26, 475 00
Sarah P. Hamilton,
600 00
Fannie G. Morse, 13 146 25
S. Louisa Rhodes, 66 27 303 75
Maria L. Wheelock, 40 66
450 00
Carrie M. Morse, 40 66 .420 00
A. Lizzie Park, 40
420 00
C. W. Hartshorn for coal,
298 53
John Nugent, gravelling yard,
15 12
H. T. Atwood, for supplies,
9 61
J. L. Hammett, 13 55
E. Wheelock & Son, "
9 44
Daniel Cummings, 66
3 63
Maynard & Noyes, 3 00
M. E. Webb,
1 29
Willard Gay, writing table,
5 00
Towle Currier, repairing pump and supplies,
3 75
Tyler Thayer, repairs,
77 88
W. W. Dexter, “ 4 53
8
William Gillooly & Son, labor and stock on privy, 62 20
L. W. Bigelow, insurance policy, 37 00
D. P. Pond, labor, 4 50
Woodward & Brown, interest on piano, 21 00
Geo. E. Metcalf, wood, 10 42
John C. Pond, cleaning cellar, 2 25
H. B. Baker, expressing,
50
Jarvis Fairbanks, labor in cellar and sawing wood, 12 25
services as Janitor to March 17, 1876, 126 00
66
since 48 00
Honora Leonard, cleaning house, 25 17
Whitney's Express, 2 10
$4,911 72
Total payments for teachers,
$4,115 00
66
" fuel,
314 20
66
" repairs,
173 48
66
" supplies,
72 87
66
66 " care of house,
199 17
66
" insurance,
37 00
$4,911 72
BALCH SCHOOL.
Paid Millie J. Blaisdell, teaching 42 weeks, to Jan. 26, $472 50 Viola F. Littlefield, 41 66 430 50 Geo. F. Force, services as Janitor, to Mar. 30, '76, 35 00
. . since 25 00
for repairs, 4 55
M. J. Blaisdell, books for indigent scholars, & desk, 19 05 M. E. Webb, water pail and brush, 75
J. L. Hammett, supplies,
10 50
Maynard & Noyes, "
1 50
D. Cummings, 1 21
Geo. H. Morse, cleaning well and repairing pump, 10 25
Towle Currier, repairing pump, 2 00
Tyler Thayer, repairs on house, 3 42
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9
C. W. Hartshorn, coal, S. E. Pond, coal shovel, H. B. Baker, expressing,
85 67
1 25
25
$1,103 40
Total payments for teachers,
$903 00
66
" fuel,
85 67
66
66
" repairs,
20 22
66
66 supplies,
34 51
66
care of house,
60 00
$1,103 40
PRIMARY SCHOOL,-Railroad Avenue.
Paid Abbie A. White, teaching 38 w'ks to Jan. 26, Elmer E. Clapp, care of house to Apl 1, '76, 66
30 00
. since
10 00
J. L. Hammett, supplies,
35
E. F. Talbot, one years rent to April 1, 1876,
150 00
Sally Ford, wash house,
2 00
Tyler Thayer, repairs,
8 70
C. W. Hartshorn, coal,
28 05
$628 10
Total payments for teacher,
$399 00
66
66 fuel,
28 05
66
66 66 repairs,
8 70
66
supplies,
35
66
66
care of house,
42 00
66
rent, 150 00
$628 10
MUSIC.
Paid Horace Bird, teaching Music to April 1, 1876, $63 81
RECAPITULATION.
Total payments for teachers' salaries,
$5,417 00
66 " fuel,
427 92
. .. 66
66 supplies, 107 73
$399 00
10
care of school houses, 301 17
66
66 rent of house,
150 00
66
repairs,
202 40
66
66 £ insurance,
37 00
$6,643 22
PRINTING AND STATIONARY.
Paid T. O. Metcalf & Co., printing 550 Town reports, $52 00 " rules and regulations for Engineers, 7 00
66
66
" order book,
9 50
66
66
" 400 School reports, 26 50
66
" tax bills for collector, 4 50
66 66
". 40 copies voting lists, 16 50
66
" town meeting warrants, 20 50
66
66
" tickets for poor travellers 9 50 miscellaneous printing, 25 50
Charles K. Darling, stationary, 8 15
Geo. E. Metcalf, for printing 50 collector's blanks, 1 50
$181 15
FIRE DEPARTMENT. WASHINGTON ENGINE NO. 1.
Paid James Engles, lanterns, $6 00
F. A. Fales, pay of men one year, to May 1, 190 50
Geo. E. Metcalf, refreshments furnished and draw- ing engine to fire, 17 00
F. W. Turner, care of house and supplies, 15 90
Tyler Thayer, repairs and supplies,
15 90
Walter Fales, watching at fire May 1, '75, 3 00
Percie Ingraham, " 66 3 00
Currier & Niles, supplies, 6 40
William Gillooly & Son, repairs on house, 9 25
E. F. Roby, supplies, 5 75
Tyler Thayer, shingling house and repairs, 67 71
E. F. Hartshorn, refreshments for Co's 1 and 2 at
-
66
11
Draper's fire, Oct. 16, 1877, 18 00
$362 41
AMERICA ENGINE NO. 2.
Paid W. L. Morse, pay of men one year, to May 1, '76, $173 00
Sumner Bagley, care of engine 18 25
Moses Rhodes,
" house
66
66
14 50
Geo. H. Morse, cash paid repairing hose, 10 00
$216 25
Total payments for fire department,
$578 66
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid Francis Tinker, services in full to Mar. 1, '76, 75 00
H. T. Johnson, in full for binding books, 33 00
R. D. Hartshorn, one years rent to Dec. 1, 1876, 75 00
Francis Tinker, for books purchased, 214 50
66 on account, care library since Mar. 1, 62 50 T. O. Metcalf & Co., printing 1000 lib'y supplem'ts, 23 00
$483 00
HEATING EVERETT SCHOOL.
Paid Ingalls & Kendricken, apparatus as per contract, $1995 00. William Gillooly & Son, mason work, 20 50
Tyler Thayer, repairs on steam pipe, 16 39
Geo. E. Metcalf, coal, 18 10
Ingalls & Kendricken, extra work, 42 09
H. B. Baker, express, 90
E. F. Talbot, cask for steam, 2 50
$2,095 00
PAYMENTS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR.
JOHN FARRELL.
Paid M. E. Webb, for flour, $19 50
12
William Fisher, " 10 00
$29 50
JOEL TALBOT AND WIFE.
Paid Geo. Talbot, for full support of Joel Talbot and Wife, to Jan. 4, 1877, $186 00
SAMUEL ARCHIBALD.
Paid S. E. Stone, for professional services, $5 00
WALTER DEAN, SON OF GEO. V. DEAN.
Paid Chas. H. Spring for spinal apparatus collar, $30 00
Dr. Fogg for professional services to Mar. 1. '76. 12 00
$42 00
AMELIA W. FISHER .*
Paid E. Wheelock & Son, groceries and books,
$12 15
Geo. E. Metcalf, coal, 3 38
*Paid by the Town of Dover. 15 53
BRIDGET CONNELLY, State Pauper .*
Paid Geo. E. Metcalf, coal,
$4 50
Francis Tinker, medicine. 3 95
Margaret Dunn, washing,
6 00
M. I. Ellis, meat,
4 15
*Paid by the State. 18 60
MRS. EMELINE M. POND.
Paid her for weekly allowance 54 w'ks to Feb. 1, '77, $108 00 For extra allowance in sickness, 30 00
S. W. Whitney, house rent to Jan. 1, 1877, 96 00
Amory Fisher, coal,
53 14
A. J. Norris, groceries,
12 40
$299 54
JULIA CONNELLY.
Paid H. B. Baker, groceries, $5 00
13
M. I. Ellis, meat, 6 62
Nathan Johnson, wood,
7 56
Geo. E. Metcalf, wood and coal,
11 00
E. Wheelock & Son, groceries, C. W. Hartshorn,
6 00
9 63
$45 81
MRS. F. TIMLER.
Paid Thomas Kerrisey, wood,
$7 50
James Fairbanks,
7 00
Geo. E. Metcalf, coal,
13 75
$28 25
JOSEPH BAKER.
Paid William S. Gay, stove,
$12 00
Geo. E. Metcalf, coal, 8 25
$20 25
MRS. JOHANNA FITZGERALD.
Paid M. E. Webb, groceries,
$19 00
Sylvester Hawes, wood,
2 75
Geo. E. Metcalf, wood and coal,
10 75
Geo. H. Morse, potatoes,
5 47
$37 97
JOSEPH L. MORSE.
Paid M. I. Ellis, provisions,
$2 25
M. E. Webb, groceries,
46 00
E. Wheelock & Son, groceries,
27 00
Dr. Cragin, professional services,
19 00
J. B. Baker, burial of child,
9 00
John Nugent, rent to Nov. 1, 1876,
38 50
$141 00
JOHN A. NUDD.
Paid H. B. Baker, for house rent to Feb. 1, $2 33
14
MRS. L. P. LUND.
Paid P. S. Corbett, rent of house to Nov. 6, 1876, $78 00
sawing wood, 2 25
Francis Tinker, medicine,
2 25
Geo. E. Metcalf, coal,
35 21
wood,
6 50
Geo. H. Morse,
5 25
C. W. Hartshorn, coal,
8 50
William Fisher, flour and meal,
40 50
Joseph L. Morse, sawing wood,
1 07
Austin E. Boyden,
1 00
Arthur Dean, 1 50.
M. E. Dean, nursing and washing, 13 38
C. F. Everett, meat, 31 00
John Nugent, one-half cord wood, 3 16
D. S. Fogg, services previous to Mar. 1, 1876. 6 00
S. E. Pond, stove lining,
1 00
M. I. Ellis, meat,
76
L. W. Bigelow, goods, 27 97
M. E. Webb, groceries,
145 45
STATE AID. $411 15
Paid *Julia B. Hale, for one year ending Dec. 31. '76, $48 00 *Will be refunded by the State.
PAUPERS HAVING MILITARY SETTLEMENTS.
Paid Town of Dedham, 1-5 part of $377 94, being the cost of the support of sundry persons having mil- itary settlements in Dedham,
$75 59
Dedham for books furnished J. L. Morse,
2 72
$78 31
POOR TRAVELLERS.
Paid R. D. Hartshorn, 237 meals and lodgings, 66 66 1317 6 649 50
$177 75
Willard Gay, four car fares, 1 60
S. E. Pond, assistance rendered up to Mar. 6, '76, 4 70
$833 55
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid J. E. Everett, services as Selectman, Assessor, Over- seer of the Poor and Board of Health, to Mar. 1, '76, $210 00 S. E. Pond, services as Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor, and Board of Health, to March 6, 1876, 300 00
S. E. Pond, services as School Committee, 50 00
Francis Tinker, in full, balance as Town Clerk to March 6, 1876, 25 00
L. W. Bigelow, services as Treasurer to Mar. 6, '76, 75 00 Warren Ellis, services as Police to Mar. 6, '76, 7 50
Geo. W. Gay, services as School Committee one year, ending March 6, 50 00
Willard Gay, in full of balance for services as Selectman, Overseer of the Poor, Assessor,
and Board of Health, ending Mar. 6, '76, . 291 00 Alvan L. Ellis, for services as Constable to Oct. '75, 22 50 F. M. Cragin, services as School Committee to March 6, 1876, 50 00
Henry R. Ellis, services as Police, 9 00
Wm. H. Gay, 9 00
James Engles, 66 9 00
Warren Ellis,
66
66
9 00
Isaac Ellis, services as Engineer, ending May 1, '76, 15 00
Joseph W. Roby, . ( 15 00
Tyler Thayer,
15 00
John E. Morse, :6 60 15 00
J. P. Bixby, on account of services as School Com- mittee, 35 00
Francis Tinker, Clerk,
62 50
Caleb Ellis, as collector, on account for the year ending March 5, 1877, 150 00
Geo. E. Metcalf, services as Collector in 1875,
150 00
$1,574 50
LIGHTING STREETS.
Paid W. A. Talbot, care 5 lamps, one year, $62 50
a
16
E. Wheelock & Son, 5 lamps six months, 31 25
E. F. Lovejoy, care 1 " 9 00
D. P. Pond,
1
12 50
one year,
Tyler Thayer,
1
6
10 00
Lewis Day,
1
two
25 00
Henrietta Turner “ 1
66
one
12 50
Geo. F. Force,
1
three months,
66
3 00
Jarvis Gay,
1
66
one year,
12 50
Silas Boyden,
1
six months,
6 25
Charles W. Guy,"
1
66
6 00
D. S. Fogg,
1
66 .one year, 12 50
$203 00
STREET WIDENING.
WALPOLE STREET.
Paid Nathaniel Smith, for survey and levels with cal- culations of earth filling and masonry, $33 00
D. P. Pond, making sidewalk near Dr. Fogg's, 25 00
S. E. Pond, " C. S. Mackenzie's 25 00
Thomas Kerrisey, building wall on Hoyle's land, 35 40
digging stone and carting same, 23 00
J. L. Morse, 173 days labor, 28 88
John Nugent, making side walk near W. Leary's, 50 00
Mathew Clay, building two arch bridges, 183 00
blasting rocks, 9 50
E. A. Morse, filling near Charles Ellis',
28 60
Isaac Ellis, building retaining wall, 144 00
66 filling and grading, 179 20
S. E. Pond, lengthening culvert near L. Guild's, 9 00
J. W. Roby, sharpening picks and bars, 75
John Nugent, filling and grading near R. Mackenzie 28 69
$803 02
WILSON STREET.
Paid N. Smith, surveys, levels and specifications, $16 00
John Nugent, on account, building road, 100 00
$116 00
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WASHINGTON STREET.
Paid Mary E. Clapp, land damage, $50 00
J. O. Kenny, 36 00 66
Warren Ellis, Brothers and Sister, land damage
awarded by County Commissioners, 215 00
Warren Ellis, Brothers and Sister, land damage awarded by the Selectmen, 285 00
Betsey Morse, land damage,
100 00
Otis Morse, 66
80 00
W. A. Talbot,
69 00
Mathew Clay, building retaining wall and remov- ing fence, 91 62
E. A. Morse, making side walk, 35 70
Tyler Thayer, for sluice boxes and side walk on east side, 14 00
Tyler Thayer, side walk west side, near Paul Ellis' 9 85
Geo. E. Metcalf, drawing stone and and filling east side, 55 59
N. Smith, engineering services, 1 00
$1,045 76
DEAN STREET.
Paid Heirs of Ebenezer Dean, land damage, $100 00
Albert L. Dean, 60
125 00
Michael Burke, building road, 291 84
N. Smith, surveying plans, 16 00
surveys, levels and setting grade stakes, with profile of same, 31 00
$563 84
GUILD STREET.
Paid Wm. Hart and C. P. Clark, trustees of B. H. & E. R. R. Co., land damage, $50 00
ROADS.
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
Paid Joseph W. Roby, repair of ways, $694 00
Nathan Johnson, 300 34
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1
Geo. H. Morse, repair of ways, 500 00
William C. Fisher,
503 58
Albert Dean, 200 49
Sylvester Hawes,
234 87
Isaac Ellis, 66
511 06
$2,944 34
Paid J. E. Hartshorn, balance of appropriation, '75. $20 58 J. E. Everett, for repairing roads in Mar. '76, . 13 50
Geo. E. Metcalf, 66 יי .6
39 95
John Nugent, . . 5 36 6.
$79 39
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid Albert Dean, removing snow,
$15 17
J. E. Everett, . .
2 80
Geo. H. Morse, 66
7 00
Geo. E. Metcalf, 60
11 00
N. A. Johnson,
2 10
John Nugent,
7 00
$45 07
RESERVOIRS.
RESERVOIR NEAR RICHARD OLDHAM'S.
Paid Tyler Thayer, material and labor,
$254 24
Eben Fuller, laying brick as per contract,
45 00
J. W. Roby, sharpening picks and bars, 2 85
$302 09
RESERVOIR NEAR DR. CRAGIN'S.
Paid William R. Tebbetts, building reservoir,
$334 50
S. E. Pond, cash paid, labor and material, 45 55 Geo. Pond, labor, 3 50
$383 55
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURES FOR ROADS. WASHINGTON STREET. Paid William Williamson, repairing culvert, corner of
19
Washington and Winter Streets, $3 73
Geo. H. Morse, building retaining wall near My- lod Street, 16 90
Mathew Clay, repairing culvert near W. A. Talbot's 9 00 Tyler Thayer, railing opposite Catholic Church, and near Mrs. C. G. Morse, 90 25
$119 88
VERNON STREET .:
Paid Mathew Clay, rebuilding culvert near house of D. P. Pond, $6 00
D. P. Pond, labor, 2 00
Geo. E. Metcalf, drawing stone and gravel,
4 34
L. N. Fuller, covering stone,
2 00
$14 34
RAILROAD AVENUE.
Paid W. C. Fisher, rebuilding culvert,
$32 96
J. W. Roby, one snow plow, 66 side walk 7 65
24 00
sharpening picks and bars, 1 05
$65 66
NEW BRIDGES AND CULVERTS. WATER STREET.
Paid Geo. H. Morse, labor and cash paid,
$67 39
Mathew Clay,
18 98
Tyler Thayer,
69 98
H. N. Clark, lumber,
228 45
N. Y. & N. E. R. R., freight,
16 88
$401 68
MORSE STREET.
$20 60
Paid Geo. H. Morse, cash paid for labor, 66 lumber and freight,
74 46
T. Corbett, iron work and bolts,
8 27
$103 33
20
CULVERT ACROSS WINTER AND WALPOLE STREETS.
Paid Luther Fisher, labor,
$16 50
Geo. E. Pond, 5 25
Geo. P. Morey, stone,
26 12
S. E. Pond, labor and cash paid,
44 75
D. P. Pond, “
.5 25
$97 87
WIDENING AND RAILING WASHINGTON STREET, NEAR HIGH BRIDGE.
Paid N. Smith, surveying, $4 00
Greenwood Fuller, estimates for stone work & filling, 5 00
Sylvester Hawes, posts, 11 00
W. H. Leatherbee, lumber, 14 89
$34 89
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Waldo Colburn, professional services in 1874,
$8 00
William Gillooly, lowering reservoir near R. D. Hartshorn's, 1 00
Comstock & Cline, Norfolk County Atlas, 10 00
E. R. Morse, repairing safe lock, 3 80
Willard Gay, postage stamps, 1 32
J. W. Talbot, maintaining watering place,
5 00
Village Hall Co., use of hall 4 town meetings,
32 00
J. L. Hammett, for dictionary and ink stand, 4 75
F. D. Ely, professional services,
21 00
R. D. Hartshorn, rent of Selectmens' room,
75.00
T. L. Wakefield, legal advice pauper case of Julia Connelly, 5 00
Caleb Ellis, wood for Selectmens' room,
6 46
Mrs. C. G. Morse, wood for Selectmens' room,
2 50
Maynard & Noyes, ink,
40
J. L. Morse, sawing wood,
2 50
N. N. Sumner, returning 33 deaths,
8 25
66
burial of John Maloney,
16 00
66 . care of cemetery, 50 13
21
Francis Tinker, collecting, recording and return-
ing births, deaths and marriages, to Jan. 1, '77, 35 36 Francis Tinker, cash paid for express, - 2 83 carriage to Dedham, 1 00
D. S. Fogg, professional services, on account, 25 00
S. E. Pond, railing on Walpole Street, 2 00
" travelling expenses out of town, 8 60
$152 07
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION.
Paid F. O. Winslow, for celebration, viz :- Oration by Curtis Guild,
$50 00
Erection of speakers' stand,
9 50
Decoration of grove and stand, ·
13 50
Collecting statistical history,
27 00
$100 00
RECAPITULATION.
Total amount paid for Schools,
$6,707 03
Printing and Stationary,
181 15
66
6
Fire Department,
578 66
66
Public Library,
483 00
Heating Everett School,
2,095 48
Support of Poor,
2,195 54
.
. (
State Aid,
48 00
66
Lighting Streets,
203 00
66
60
Town Officers,
1,574 50
66
66
Roads and Bridges,
6,485 07
66
Reservoirs,
685 64
66
Miscellaneous,
427 90
$21,664 97
Total amount of orders drawn during the year, $21,664 97
22
L. W. BIGELOW, Treasurer, in account
1876.
DR.
Feb. 1. To Cash in Treasury, $3,159 26
Apr. 8. " Thomas Donahoe, grocers' license, 6 00
" 27. " Cash borrowed of Richardson, Hill & Co., 1500 00
May 16.
66 1500 00
June 9. To Cash, Jason Ellis, auctioneers' license, 2 00
" 9. Geo. H. Morse, 2 00
" 13. 66 H. R. Ellis, license on Billiard Tables, 2 00
" 13. borrowed of Richardson, Hill & Co., 1500 00
July 6. 66 Caleb Ellis, on account of Taxes, '74, 40 85
Aug. 4. borrowed of Richardson, Hill & Co., 1500 00
66 5. Commonwealth of Mass., State Paupers, 30 00 Sept. 1. 66 deposited East Boston Savings Bank, 1000 00 1. Interest on amount deposited, 82 05
deposited at Franklin Savings Bank, 1000 00
“ 1. Interest on amount deposited, 71 57
" 6. borrowed of Richardson, Hill & Co., 1500 00 1500 00
" 26.
2 00 Oct. 66 J. M. Robbins, auctioneers' licence, "' 14. borrowed of Richardson, Hill & Co., 1500 00 66 Dec. 2. 66 Corporation Tax of State Treasurer, 283 86
. 2. 66
National Bank Tax, 759 85
. 2.
State Aid, 18 00
1877.
Jan 18.
66 Town of Dover, assistance rendered Mrs. Amelia Fisher, wife of Charles Fisher,
15 53
" 22. Treasurer of Norfolk County, two hundred and thirty-six dollars and eighty-two cents, balance due Town of Norwood on account of dog license after deducting amount of damages done by dogs, under Chap. 250, Acts of '69, (for the year 1876,) 236 82
25. 66 66 State, income of Mass. School Fund, 212 95 Geo. E. Metcalf, uncollected taxes for 1875, in part, 3,706 06
Caleb Ellis, Collector, taxes for '76, in part, 17,815 54
$38,976 34
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with the Town of Norwood.
1876.
CR.
Sept. 1. By Cash paid Richardson, Hill & Co.,
$1500 00
" 26.
1500 00
Oct. 13.
66
66
1500 00
Dec. 2.
66
66
1500 00
6
5. 66
66
66
1500 00
66
6.
66
66
66
1500 00
6.
66
66
66
1500 00
66 for interest 66
142 17
66
for State Tax,
1662 00
" Selectmens' orders,
21,664 97
Assessors' orders for abatements,
147 39
$34,146 53
Feb. 1, '77. Cash in Treasury,
4,829 81
$38,976 34
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, 1877.
WILLARD GAY,
GEORGE EVERETT, Auditors.
WILLIAM FISHER.
The Town of Norwood have on interest the following a- mounts, at the following institutions :
Dedham Institution for Savings, $1000 00
Boston Five Cent Savings Bank, 1000 00
Mercantile Savings Institution, 1000 00
Eliot Five Cent Savings Bank,
1000 00
$4000 00
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GEORGE E. METCALF, COLLECTOR OF TAXES OF 1875, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF NORWOOD.
DR.
To balance due Town as per audit of Feb. 1, 1876, $3,636 12 " Cash received as interest, 153 84
$3,789 96
·CR.
By Cash paid L. W. Bigelow, Treasurer, $3,706 06
" balance uncollected Taxes, 83 90
$3,789 96
GEORGE E. METCALF, Collector, 1875.
Norwood, Jan. 31, 1877.
We certify that we have examined the books and accounts of George E. Metcalf, Collector of Taxes for 1875; and that the above is a correct statement of the balance of taxes com- mitted to, and of payments made by, him.
WILLARD GAY,
GEORGE EVERETT, Auditors.
WILLIAM FISHER.
Norwood, Feb. 13, 1877.
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CALEB ELLIS, COLLECTOR, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF NORWOOD.
DR.
To balance of Tax of 1874,
$38 21
" Cash received as interest,
2 64
$40 85
CR.
By Cash paid L. Waldo Bigelow, Treasurer,
$40 85
TAXES OF 1876. DR.
To Commitment of Taxes, $22,505 79
" Supplemental Tax, 6 00
" Cash received as interest, 36 03
$22.547 82
CR.
By Cash paid C. C. Churchill, County Treasurer,
$1,393 26
66 L. W. Bigelow, Treasurer,
17,815 54
Total Payments,
$19,208 80
Balance uncollected Taxes
$3,339 02
CALEB ELLIS, Collector.
Norwood, Jan. 31, 1877.
We certify that we have examined the books and accounts of Caleb Ellis, Collector, and that the above is a correct state- ment of taxes committed to, and of payments made by, him.
WILLARD GAY, GEORGE EVERETT, & Auditors. WILLIAM FISHER.
Norwood, Feb. 13, 1877.
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Vital Statistics of the Town of Norwood, for the year 1876.
BIRTHS.
Jan. 1. Walter Herbert Roby, son of Edgar F. & Isabella L.
15. Walter Lewis Baker, son of Lewis P. & Sarah Isabella.
26. James Joseph Reardon, son of John and Mary.
Feb28. Patrick James Welch, son of Patrick and Catharine. Mar.7. Albert Chandler Johnson, son of Edward & Catharine.
27. John Cushman Dupee, son of Albert E. and Mary E.
31. Morris Tobin, son of John and Catherine.
Apr11. William Everett Brooks, son of Charles A. & Madora.
21. Phineas Mahony, son of Patrick H. and Johannah.
27. William Albert Gallup, son of Elias and Eliza A.
May 21 George Elsworth Smith, son of Lewis E. and Clara J.
21. Wellington Hutchinson Tinker, son of Chas. F. O. and [Ann E.
June 26 John Patrick Crowley, son of Michael W. and Anna.
26. William John Bendell, son of Joseph and Catherine.
30. Jeremiah Cocklin, Jr., son of Jeremiah and Hannah. July 8. John O'Brien, son of Michael O. and Catherine.
22. Paul Horgan, son of Jeremiah and Margaret.
27. Arthur Curtis Morse, son of Herbert F. and Cora C.
Aug 8. Frederick Kenuth, son of Augustus and Minnie.
20. John Henry Donahoe, son of Thomas and Mary Ann. Sept 19 Charles Kulp, Jr., son of Charles and Frances.
22. Martin Lyden, son of Festus and Mary.
Oct. 1. Marcus Morton Alden, son of Marcus M. & Francena. Nov 10 Frank Hiram Dennison, son of Hiram and Carrie.
13. Carroll Winthrop Morse, son of Charles W. and Mary.
Dec. 5. Joseph Bernard Storm, son of Nicholas and Emma. 8. Thomas Kerrisey, son of John and Hannah.
13. John Feeney, son of Daniel and Margaret.
13. Cornelius Murphy, son of James and Johannah.
Jan .. 1. Lula Nathalie Eeams, daughter of Aaron F. & Mary S.
19. Alice Emma Sample, daughter of John and Mary L.
Feb. 4. Emma Abbott Morrill, daughter of Edw. H. & Jane E.
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23. Clara Emma Boyden, daughter of Warren & Mary A. Mar 11 Susan O'Brien, daughter of Timothy and Mary.
13. Clara Mason Bixby, daughter of Joseph P. & Jennie A.
27. Isabella Frances Guy, daughter of Timothy F. & Sophia April. Annie Frances Balduff, daughter of Julius and Lousia. May 7. Ellen Mary Logan, daughter of Thomas and Jane M.
25. Eunice Winslow Grant, daughter of Theodore J. and [Caroline M.
27. Mary Neville, daughter of Michael and Abbie. June22 Bridget Casey, daughter of Patrick and Catherine.
July 2. Tamzine Sullivan, daughter of Eugene and Mary G.
23. Margaret Higgins, daughter of Paterick and Catherine.
23. Margaret Elizabeth Fahy, daughter of Paterick and [Bridget.
25. Mary Sebastian, daughter of Charles and Christianna.
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