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SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWOOD,
FOR THE
Year ending January 31st, 1878.
BOSTON : T. O. METCALF & CO., PRINTERS, NO. 101 MILK STREET. 1878.
1000
SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS -
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWOOD,
FOR THE
Year ending January 31st, 1878.
BOSTON : T. O. METCALF & CO., PRINTERS, NO. 101 MILK STREET. 1878.
TOWN OFFICERS-1877-1878.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health. * SAMUEL E. POND,
TYLER THAYER, GEO. H. MORSE. * Deceased Sept. 13th.
Town Clerk: FRANCIS TINKER.
Treasurer: L. WALDO BIGELOW.
Collector: GEORGE H. METCALF.
School Committee:
FRANCIS M. CRAGIN, Chairman, Term expires Mar. 1878.
REV. JOSEPH P. BIXBY, 1879.
C. WILLIS MORSE, 66 1880.
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, SUMNER BAGLEY, MARCUS M. ALDEN, * GEO. E. DRAPER. * Deceased July 16th.
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Surveyors of Highways:
JOSEPH W. ROBY,
NATHAN A. JOHNSON,
WILLIAM C. FISHER, GEO. H. MORSE,
ALBERT L. DEAN, SYLVESTER HAWES; LEWIS D. ELLIS.
Trustees of Public Library:
REV. EDWIN BROMLEY,
HERBERT F. MORSE,
REV. J. P. BIXBY, FRANCIS TINKER,
REV. THERON BROWN.
Fence Viewers:
E. N. FALES, JOHN NUGENT.
Surveyors of Lumber:
F. A. FALES, GEO. H. MORSE, ALBERT G. WEBB.
Measurers of Wood and Bark: JOSEPH W. ROBY, ALBERT G. WEBB.
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. COLBURN, GEO. R. COTTLE,
R. D. HARTSHORN, JOHN KERRISEY, MILTON H. HOWARD.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1877, Which were raised by Tax.
Support of Schools, $6,500 00
. 4 Public Library. 300 00
Repair of Highways, Culverts and Bridges.
3,000 00
Removing Snow.
500 00
Fire Department,
1,400 00
Lighting Streets,
125 00
Support of Poor,
2,200 00
Care of Cemetery,
50 00
Salaries of Town Officers.
1,400 00
Printing and Stationery,
160 00
Incidental and Miscellaneous Expenses and Rents.
600 00
Widening Walpole Street,
700 00
66 Wilson ،،
800 00
Washington Street,
260 00
Dean
500 00
66 Phillips
75 00
Purchasing Hose,
550 00
Painting Engine Houses,
175 00
State Tax,
1,410 00
County Tax,
1,447 55
Overlayings,
374 02
$22,526 57
1410 144755 285755
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, 1878 ; 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 1877.
SCHOOLS.
EVERETT SCHOOL.
PAID
Horace T. Atwood, for teaching 40 weeks from
Jan. 26, '77 to Jan. 25, '78,
$1,300 00
Marion Endicott, for teaching 40 weeks to Jan. 25,
475 00
Emma F. Wheelock; 66 33 to Jan. 25, '78, 412 50 66 450 00
S. L. Rhodes, 66 40 66
Maria L. Wheelock, 40 66
66 450 00
Carrie M. Morse,
40 66
66 420 00
A. Lizzie Park, 40 420 00
Salary for teachers three weeks in 1876,
308 61
E. Wheelock & Son, supplies of books, 29 22 Geo. Kingsbury, 4 30
W. W. Dexter, setting glass and painting, 11 32
H. T. Atwood, supplies and books,
6 65
M. E. Webb, furnishing and setting trees, 11 00 Jarvis Fairbanks, janitor to Mar. 16, '77, 171.12
Honora Leonard, cleaning house,
75 31
John Nugent, wood,
16 10
William H. Ivers, rent of piano,
20 00
Sarah P. Hamilton, 7 66 to Mar. 16, '77, 105 00
6
J. L. Hammett, supplies,. 15 33
C. W. Hartshorne, 89,600 lbs of coal, 235 20
French, Brothers, repairing slate, 22 25 .
F. M. Cragin, supplies, 47 33
Ingalls & Kendricken, extras to heating apparatus, 16 00
Willard Gay, insurance policy,
57 00
E. C. Stevens, repairing pump,
1 25
Village Hall Co., rent of hall four evenings
for educational purposes,
12 00
E. Wheelock & Son, books, 8 06
13 20
A. G. Whitcomb, supplies, Tyler Thayer, repairs,
31 34
$5,145 09
Total payments for teachers,
$4,341 11
" fuel,
251 30
66
" repairs,
93 16
" supplies,
124 09
66
" care of house,
246 43
66
" insurance,
57 00
66
" rent of piano,
20 00
66
66 " Village Hall,
12 00
$5,145 09
BALCH SCHOOL.
PAID.
Millie J. Blaisdell, teaching 8 weeks, $90 00
Fannie N. Perkins, 33 to Jan. 25 '78, 371 25
Viola Littlefield, 41 66 66 430 50
Geo. Force, in full as Janitor to Mar. 16 '77,
57 70
S. E. Pond, Wood, 7 00
John Nugent, 5 32
C. W. Hartshorne, for 22,400 lbs coal, 58 80
Thomas Ford, sawing wood, 4 00
Norcross Regulation Co., for damper, . 18 70
T. Currier, repairing pump, 2 00
7
E. C. Stevens, repairing pump, 1 70
C. W. Morse,
30
W. W. Dexter, repairs, 4 83
E. C. Stevens, stove pipe, 1 75
F. M. Cragin, repairs and supplies,
30 24
Mary Fitzgerald, cleaning house,
10 20
L. W. Bigelow, curtains and fixtures,
3 68
E. Wheelock & Son, books,
8 73
J. L. Hammett, supplies,
1 35
Willard Gay, insurance policy,
60 00
L. W. Bigelow,
16 00
E. Wheelock & Son, books,
1 71
2 30
A. G. Whitcomb, supplies, Tyler Thayer, repairs,
12.37
$1,200 43
Total payments for teachers,
$891 75
66 66
fuel,
75 12
66
repairs,
41 65
66 66 66 supplies,
48 01
66
" care of house, 67 90
" insurance, 76 00
$1,200 43
PRIMARY SCHOOL.
PAID
Abbie A. White, 20 weeks to June 29 '77, $210 00
66 3 salary in '76, 31 50
Lucy A. Guy, 20 66
to Jan. 25, 210 00
E. F. Talbot, one years rent,
150 00
C. W. Hartshorne, 10,000 lbs coal,
26 25
Herbert A. Corbett, janitor to Mar. 31 '77,
20 00
E. Wheelock & Son, books, 3 25
F. M. Cragin, supplies, 2 50
C. Willis Morse, supplies, 1 05
8
W. W. Dexter, setting glass,
7 63
E. C. Stevens, stove pipe and labor,
2 20
..
$664 38
Total payments for teachers,
$451 50
" rent,
150 00
" fuel,
26 25
66
" care of house,
20 00
66
" supplies,
5 75
66
" repairs,
10 88
$664 38
RECAPITULATION.
Total payments for teachers.
$5.684 36
66
" fuel,
352 67
66
" repairs,
145 69
66
" supplies,
177 85
66
" care of houses,
334 33
66
66
" rents,
162 00
66
66
" of piano,
20 00
66
" insurance,
133 00
$7,009 90
Appropriation,
$6,500 00
Teachers salary 3 weeks in '76, 361 S6
$6,861 86
ROADS.
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
PAID
Joseph W. Roby, repairs of ways,
$488 07
William C. Fisher,
66
413 75
Nathan A. Johnson, " 66
396 09
Lewis D. Ellis, 66 66
200 00
Geo. H. Morse,
66
409 61
9
Albert Dean, repairs of ways, 161 05 Sylvester Hawes, 180 04
$2;248 61
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURES FOR ROADS.
WASHINGTON STREET.
PAID
Mathew Clay, blasting stone near house of E. F. Talbot, 35 05
Joseph W. Roby, labor and gravel, 24 76
E. A. Morse, carting rocks,
5 70
J. W. Roby, sharpening drills, 3 43
$68 94
PAID
J. W. Roby, repairing sidewalk near engine house No. 1, $40 50
66 iron drain pipe near engine house, 6 50
66 sharpening drills, 6 60
$53 60
PAID
J. W. Roby, labor and gravel near high bridge and Joseph Page's, $197 73
PAID
H. N. Clark, lumber for railing near Winslow station,
6 60
Tyler Thayer, labor, spikes and irons, 5 99
$12 59
PAID
Mathew Clay, rebuilding culvert near Joseph Page's, $30 50
E. A. Morse, drawing stone, 5 10
Geo. P. Morey, covering stone, 19 50
Nathan A. Johnson, drawing covering stone, 4 00
L. S. Rhodes, grading east side near house of J. Page, 42 34
Waldo Brothers, drain pipe used near house of A. Ellis, 5 40
$106 84
RAILROAD AVENUE.
PAID
J. W. Roby, raising and draining, $56 00
10
Geo. B. Talbot, drain pipe, labor and stone work, 39 80
$95 80
PROSPECT STREET.
PAID
J. W. Roby, repairing road from J. Fairbanks,
to Winter Street, $46 23
Tyler Thayer, putting up railing near high bridge, 6 00
1 $52 23
NAHATAN STREET.
PAID
Pat. Leyden, building culvert,
$20 00
Geo. P. Morey, covering stone,
9 37
N. A. Johnson, drawing covering stone,
3 00
J. W. Roby, making sidewalk from house of Josiah Tisdale to N. White's, 82 72
$115 09
CHAPEL STREET.
PAID
Matthew Clay, making culvert near G. O: Peterson's. $5 50
4 50
William Fisher, repairing sidewalk, 2 00
$12 00
PAID
Matthew Clay, blasting rocks near house of W. Gillooly, $4 15
Thomas Ford, labor, 2 40
William Coughlin, labor,
2 40
Joseph Roby, sharpening drills,
1 20
$10 15
Appropriation,
$3,000 00
Total payments for repairs, 2,973 58
REMOVING SNOW.
PAID
Sylvester Hawes, removing snow to Mar. 29 '77, $22 69
Geo. H. Morse,
66 39 17
.
Albert L. Dean, covering stone,
11
Nathan A. Johnson, removing snow to Mar. 29 ,77,
28 14
Albert L. Dean,
66
17 18
J. W. Roby,
66
50 95
Isaac Ellis, 66
66 32 15 66
W. C. Fisher,
31 20
Total payments,
$221 48
Appropriations,
$500 00
STREET WIDENING.
DEAN STREET.
PAID
Frederick Endicott, for survey plans and estimates,
$19 00
Michael Burke, land damage,
20 00
John Burke, for building retaining wall
and abutments to bridge, 92 40
46 00
Albert L. Dean, land damage,
Geo. H. Morse, for labor and. money
paid for drawing stone,
136 50
Sylvester Hawes, fifteen sleepers,
15 00
Albert L. Dean, stone for bridge,
40 00
building road,
350 00
Tyler Thayer, for lumber and labor building bridge, 26 81
$745 71
Appropriation, $500 00
unexpended of 1876, 61 16
$561 16
WASHINGTON STREET.
PAID
Matthew Clay, for building retaining: wall
near the house of Joseph Page, $50 75
L. S. Rhodes, filling and grading, 199 00
Matthew Clay, digging foundation for wall, 12 00
E. A. Morse, for furnishing and drawing stone, 47 60
Nathan A. Johnson, drawing stone, 4 25
66
12
Geo. B. Talbot, widening opposite Joseph Page's Frederick Endicott, surveying,
100 00
2 50
$416 10
Appropriation $260 00
WALPOLE STREET.
PAID
Geo. E. Metcalf, filling and grading near the
house of Albert Guild, $90 00
W. Reed & Sons, powder and fuse, 17 50
Dodge & Gilbert, cast steel for drills,
15 73
C. F. Whitney, express on powder and fuse, Thomas Kerrissey, filling and grading near the
2 80
house of Lewis Guild, 90 00
John Nugent, filling and grading opposite house of William Leary, 13 81
N. A. Johnson, sidewalk near F. M. Cragin's,
24 33
Mathew Clay, blasting, 133 82
S. E. Pond, filling and grading near his house, 121 50 for labor and cash paid, 206 25
Charles Mackenzie, making sidewalk, 24 00
John C. Pond, 26 days labor,
39 00
Thomas Ford, 33} days labor on ledge, 50 25
William Coughlin, “ 66
50 25
Dennis McCarty, 2 days labor with team, 6 00
John Ellis, carting drills to be sharpened, 20 50
Eugene Sullivan, making sidewalk, 22 24
N. A. Johnson, 66
89 32
Geo. E. Metcalf, filling near bridge,
100 00
· labor " ledge,
251 00
pipe and carting gravel, 29 00
Mathew Clay, building culvert near the house
of E. F. Winslow 19 25
Geo. P. Morey, for covering stone, 16 12
N. A. Johnson, carting sleepers to ledge, 1 00
J. W. Roby, sharpening drills,
39 71
.
.
carting stone for culvert, cutting
13
J. W. Roby, irons for railings at Hawes' brook, Henry N. Clark, lumber for railing, 10 18
7 52
Tyler Thayer, building railing, 8 82
John Ellis, 100 loads of gravel,
8 00
Albert L. Guild, damage to house in blasting rocks, 1 50
Thomas Ford, 6 days labor on ledge,
9 00
$1,518 40
Appropriation,
$700 00
unexpended in '76. 396 98
$1,096 98
PHILLIPS STREET.
PAID
John Nugent, labor,
$75 00
Appropriation,
$75 00
WILSON STREET.
PAID
John Nugent, balance for making 54 rods of road,
$225 00
Geo. E. Metcalf,
120 .‹ 66
900 00
$1,125 00
Appropriation,
$800 00
unexpended in '76, 384 00
$1,184 00
WASHINGTON STREET BELOW HIGH BRIDGE.
PAID
S. E. Pond, labor and materials at culvert, Tyler Thayer, lumber and labor on railing,
34 00
John Nugent, carting lumber,
1 25
3 47
N. Y. & N. E. Railroad Co., for freight, S. E. Pond, 12 days labor and money paid, Matthew Clay, setting iron posts in culvert,
32 80
3 20
$306 05
To be paid from corporation tax,
$231 33
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
PAID
R. D. Hartshorn, rent of room one year
to Dec. 1, '77, $75 00
Francis Tinker, care of library one year to Sept. 1 '77, 125 00 C. F. O. Tinker, book case, 17 00
Estes & Lauriat, for books,
104 18
10 quires paper, 7 50
H. T. Johnson, binding 130 volumes, 30 14
Francis Tinker, for preparing supplement to
library and covering books, 25 00
books,
9 84
Moses H. Sargent & Sons, books,
94 59
$488 25
Appropriation,
$300 00
Dog Tax,
236 82
$536 82
ADVERTISING, PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
PAID
T. O. Metcalf & Co., printing 550 Town and
school reports, $68 50
order book, 9 00
teachers' bills, 4 00
66
66
66
town meeting warrants, 7 00
66
66
1,000 tax bills,
4 50
66 66 66 66
tax collectors' notices,
75
66
66
66
blanks,
3 75
66
66
66
posters and notices,
9 50
1,500 tickets, 8 25
44
L. W. Bigelow, postage stamps and stationery,
Charles K. Darling, stationery, for selectmens' room,
5 05
Willard Gay postage stamps, 2 97
Charles K. Darling, tax book, 2 00
15
Maynard & Noyes, for ink, For book for register of voters, T. O. Metcalf & Co., printing on dog licenses, 3 00
40
80
$129 91
Appropriation, $160 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON ENGINE, No. 1.
PAID
F. A. Fales, pay of men to May 1 1877, $673 50
James Boyd & Sons, 200 feet cotton hose, 66 washers,
1 00
66 66 spanners and belts,
5 00
J. W. Roby, repairs, 6 75
W. J. Wallace, supplies,
18 22
M. E. Webb, coal hod,
95
L. W. Bigelow, paper,
3 15
Geo. E. Metcalf, drawing engine three times,
6 40
William Gillooly & Son, masonry, 18 00
W. W. Dexter, painting house,
50 00
E. Wheelock & Son, supplies, 5 63
Tyler Thayer, repairs, 3 81
Hunneman & Co., 2 shut off gates,
28 00
C. A. Brooks, care of house, engine and
washing house after repairs, 30 75
66 removing snow from reservoirs, 15 00
$1,066 16
AMERICA ENGINE, No. 2.
PAID
Winslow L. Morse, pay of men to May 1, 1877, $631 50
drawing engine to fires, 7 00
James Boyd & Son, 350 feet cotton hose, 350 00
66 2 spanner belts, 2 50
Geo. H. Morse, cash paid for spanners,
1 00
€
200 00
16
W. J. Wallace, supplies,
7 50
66 pulleys, 50
Tyler Thayer, repairs,
37 73
Sumner Bagley: care engine and house,
24 85
Joseph Cheney, four straps,
3 50
Joseph Nickerson, ropes and block,
4 94
Bagley & Cuff, painting house,
50 00
$1,121 02
Appropriation,
$1,400 00
Paid from Corporation tax,
650 00
For hose,
550 00
For painting house,
175 00
$2,775 00
Total payments for fire department, $2,187 18
PAYMENTS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR.
JOEL TALBOT AND WIFE.
PAID
Geo. Talbot, for full support of Joel Talbot and wife ending January 31, 1878, $291 00
MRS. EMELINE M. POND.
PAID
Her for weekly allowance 26 weeks,
$52 00
James McClane, wood in 1876,
8 85
A. J. Norris, groceries,
32 50
Amory Fisher, coal,
18 80
S. W. Whitney, 5 months rent,
40 00
H. Guild, sawing wood,
1 75
T. Currier, stove pipe,
1 75
C. F. Whitney, moving furniture,
8 00
E. Wheelock & Son, groceries,
97 58
L. W. Bigelow, shoes,
12 30
66 goods,
3 65
Jerry Horgan, shoes and repairing,
2 60
17
Geo. E. Metcalf, wood and coal,
24 97
Geo. E. Pond, sawing and splitting wood,
1 50
M. I. Ellis, meat, 4 79
C. F. Whitney, rent,
39 75
John Nugent, moving furniture,
3 50
E. C. Stevens, stove lining,
1 25
C. F. Everett, meat,
4 50
N. B. White, milk,
3 06
$363 10
MRS. L. P. LUND.
PAID
C. F. Everett, meat in 1876 and '77,
$31 50
M. I. Ellis,
31 10 .
Willard Dean, milk,
8 12
L. W. Bigelow, goods,
26 15
Geo. H. Morse, wood and potatoes,
18 95
Moses E. Webb, groceries,
167 00
William Fisher, flour,
34 25
H. B. Baker,
10 00
Sylvester Hawes, wood,
5 25
Arthur Dean, sawing wood, .
1 75
John J. Fiske,
6 50
Geo. E. Metcalf, coal,
44 07
Peter S. Corbett, rent one year,
72 00
J. Edward Everett, potatoes,
2 00
$458 64 .
JOSEPH L. MORSE.
PAID
E. Wheelock & Son, groceries in 1876, $17 00
66
36 00
M. E. Webb, 24 50
M. I. Ellis, meat,
5. 00
John Nugent, rent,
66 00
$148 50
18
MRS. JOANNA FITZGERALD.
PAID
M. E. Webb, groceries,
$10 00
E. Wheelock & Son, groceries, 20 00
N. A. Johnson, 1 cord wood, 7 50
Sylvester Hawes, 7 50
7 16
H. B. Baker, groceries,
5 00
$57 16
JOHN A. NUDD .*
PAID
Geo. E. Metcalf, coal,
$20 86
H. B. Baker, rent,
110 00
$130 86
* Paid by Town of Walpole,
MARY SMITH .*
Support of herself and child 4 weeks,
$8 00
* Charged to the Commonwealth.
MRS. AMELIA W. FISHER. *
PAID
Fannie B. Morse, 2 months rent,
$20 00
L. W. Bigelow, goods,
2 00
* Paid by Town of Dover.
JOSEPH H. BAKER.
PAID
Peter Reidell, board,
$88 00
M. I. Ellis, meat, 19 40
M. E. Webb, groceries,
56 88
F. E. Everett, meat,
2 97
Geo. E. Metcalf, coal,
6 60
$173 85
Geo. E. Metcalf, coal,
$22 00
19
JOHN FARRELL.
PAID
William Fisher, for flour,
$20 25
JOHN R. DRAPER.
PAID
City of Boston for aid,
$7 64
MRS. A. OBER AND DAUGHTER.
PAID
Mrs. Brown, board 19 weeks,
$57 00
Town of Canton for aid,
43 50
$100 50
GEO. V. DEAN.
PAID
Ira L. Moore, rent,
$56 00
Sylvester Hawes, wood,
4 50
Geo. E. Metcalf, coal,
20 92
$81 42
MRS. F. TIMLER.
PAID
Geo. E. Metcalf, coal and wood,
$18 14
BENJAMIN D. GUILD.
PAID
A. C. Southworth, board for 11 weeks and 1 day, $50 22
PATRICK CASEY.
PAID
H. B. Baker, flour and potatoes,
$11 10
PATRICK COTTER.
PAID
Geo. H. Morse, wood, $7 95
C. L. Farnsworth, bread,
11 10
H. B. Baker, groceries, 3 00
William Fisher, “ 1 00
20
M. I. Ellis, meat, 30
Patrick Cotter Jr., board for 21 weeks and 4 days, 52 93
$76 28
EUGENE PHIPPS.
PAID
City of Newton, for aid in 1876 and '77,
$136 63
TIM. M. SMITH .*
PAID
M. E. Webb, groceries,
$18 00
E. N. Fales, wood,
3 25
$21 25
* Paid by Town of Needham.
MAGGIE SLATTERY .*
PAID
D. S. Fogg, for professional services,
$28 00
E. Wheelock, books, 1 25
$29 25
* Paid by Town of Dedham.
PAUPERS HAVING MILITARY SETTLEMENTS.
PAID
Town of Dedham, one fifth part of $390 99 being the cost of sundry persons having military settlements in Dedham, $66 19
POOR TRAVELERS.
PAID
R. D. Hartshorn, foi 1372 meals and lodgings,
$687 50
A. C. Southworth, 274 95 90
$783 40
PAID
D. S. Fogg, 1 year professional services,
$50 00
S. E. Pond, taking Tim Hallisey to Taunton,
4 95
Dr. Chase, examination of " as to his sanity,
2 00
S. E. Pond, expenses to Newton in pauper case,
2 50
$59 45
21
D. S. Fogg, professional services in case of
Bridget Connely,* $11 40
* Paid by the Commonwealth.
RECAPITULATION.
Resident poor,
$2,120 07
Settlements elsewhere,
203 36
State paupers,
19 40
Lodgings and meals for 1646 tramps,
$783 40
Total payments,
$3,126 23
Appropriation, $2,200 00
STATE AID.
PAID
*Julia B. Hale, for 1 year ending Dec. 31 1877, * Will be refunded by the State.
$48 00
LIGHTING STREETS.
PAID
Mrs. C. G. Morse, lighting one lamp one year in '76,
$12 50
Harvey L. Hayford, 66
9 00
Samuel Howard, 66 66
66 9. 00
D. P. Pond,
66 60
66
66
9 00
N. F. Ware,
66
66
9 00
Moses Rhodes,
9 00
Geo. H. Morse,
9 00
Sumner Bagley,
60
9 00
Geo. F. Force,
66
66
17 months,
12 75
Albert Morse,
66
6
4 50
Jarvis Gay,
66
66
6
4 50
D. S. Fogg,
66
1 year,
9 00
$115 25
66 9 00
Tyler Thayer, 66
22
TOWN OFFICERS.
PAID
J. P. Bixby, in full of balance for services as school committee ending Mar. 5, 1877, $5 00
F. M. Cragin, services 1 year
1878,
40 00
S. E. Pond, 66
58 75
J. P. Bixby,
to Mar. 4, 1878,
40 00
S. E. Pond,
66
as selectman, Assessor,
Overseer of poor and Board of
health, ending March 5, '77,
200 00
Tyler Thayer, services 1 year as selectman, Assessor,
Overseer of poor and Board of
health, ending March 5, '77, 200 00
Geo. H. Morse, services 1 year as selectman, Assessor, . Overseer of poor and Board of
health, ending March 5, '77, 200 00
L. W. Bigelow, treasure 1 year to
75 00
Francis Tinker, balance as town clerk
66
12 50
66
37 50
Caleb Ellis, collector in '76, 50 00
for collecting tax of S. Davis,
5 00
Geo. E. Draper, constable to Mar. 5 '77. 38 50
Samuel Howard,
14 50
Sumner Bagley, and police, 11 50
Adin R. Fuller, services as police, 8 10
Wm. J. Wallace, “ 6.
8 10
Franklin Farnsworth, 8 10 .‹
E. Shumway, services as engineer to May 1, '77, 12 00
Geo. H. Morse, “
60
12 00
Wm. J. Wallace, “
12 00
66
and cash paid as committee
purchasing hose, 2 75
Geo. H. Morse, " and cash paid as committee purchasing hose, 2 75
$1.054 05
Appropriation,
$1,400 00
23
MISCELLANEOUS.
PAID
Geo. Kingsbury, sealing and adjusting weights and
measures, $15 75 66 rent of weights and measures, 10 00
M. E. Webb, supplies in selectmens' room in '76, 30
S. E. Pond, services and cash paid in bastard case, 10 75
Hill & Macintosh, professional services in “ 42 00
S. E. Pond, collecting and registering names of children in 1876, 18 00
66 erecting stone monuments on Dean
and Wilson Streets, 3 00
66 com. on Dean, Wilson and Walpole Sts., 17 00
Tyler Thayer, 66 66 15 00
Geo. H. Morse, "
66 66 15 00
66 66 auctioneer 3 times on Walpole and once on Dean St., 10 00
L. W. Bigelow, use of Village Hall 6 times,
48 00
66 car fare as Treasurer, 3 20
5 56
John Nugent, wood for selectmens' room, John P. Stevens, collecting and registering names of. school children in '77, 20 00
R. D. Hartshorn, rent of selectmen's room Feb. 1 '78,
75 00
S. E. Pond, horse and carriage out of town, 6 00
J. W. Talbot, maintaining watering place, 5 00
Francis Tinker, sundries and express, 6 71
Tyler Thayer, repairing reservoir near R. D. Hartshorn, 3 00
Caleb Ellis, survey and plans of Washington, Dean, Wilson and Phillips Streets, 9 00
66 on Washington St. and reference on Robbins case, 3 00
Cape Ann Granite Co. for sixteen stone monuments, 28 80
William Gillooly, lettering and setting monuments, 25 00
Caleb Ellis, copy of survey of town line furnished Dedham, 75
66 establishing bounds for monuments, 4 75
Sylvester Hawes, 18 posts for street boards, 9 00
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W. W. Dexter, painting street boards, 12 18
Geo. H. Morse, setting street posts, 4 50
Tyler Thayer, making and putting up 30 st. boards, 14 87
3 00
Frederick Endicott, surveying town line, N. N. Sumner, care of cemetery 1 year,
50 00
66 returning 31 deaths,
7 75
$501 87
Appropriation,
$600 00
RECAPITULATION.
Total amount paid for Schools,
$7,009 90
Highways,
2,973 58
66
Street Widening,
4,186 26
66
66
Removing Snow,
221 48
66
Public Library,
488 25
66
Printing and Stationery,
129 91
66
66
Fire Department,
2,187 18
66
66
Support of Poor,
3,126 23
66
State Aid,
48 00
66
Lighting Streets,
115 25
66
Town Officers,
1,054 05
66
6.
Miscellaneous, 501 87
$22,041 96
Total amount of orders drawn during the year,
$22,041 96
The resources of the Town applicable to the payment of ex- penses the current year, are Cash in Treasury Feb. 1, '78, per Auditors' report, $4,771 82
Uncollected Taxes of '77, 66
2,565 78
$7,337 60
The liabilities as estimated, are
For Schools to April 1, 1878, $1,300 00
" Town Officers to March 1877,
1,040 00
.
25
For Fire Department to May 1878, 1,300 00
" Support of Poor to March 1878, 400 00
" Street Lamps to April 1878, 100 00
Land damage on Walpole St., due the county, 400 00
" Miscellaneous and incidental expenses, 100 00
" Removing snow, 300 00
$4,940 00
Balance in favor of the Town,
$2,397 60
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L. W. BIGELOW, Treasurer, in account
1877.
DR.
$4,829 81
Feb. 1. To Cash in Treasury,
Mar. 7. 66 balance of Corporation tax for '76, 19 54
" of National Bank tax
108 12
May 17. of Francis Tinker for license for H. R.
Ellis to keep Billiard Tables 1 year to April 30. '78, 2 00 May 17. To Cash of J. Pickering & Moseley, 2,000 00
2,000 00
June 7. 66 of Geo. H. Morse auctioneers' license, 2 00
July 17. 66 borrowed of J. Pickering & Moseley, 2,000 00
Aug 30. Town of Needham for wood and supplies furnished T. M. Smith to June 28 '77, 21 25
Sept. 4. Town of Dover rent and supplies for Mrs. A. Fisher to April 19 '77, 22 00
Oct. 17. Geo. W. Blatchford of Wrentham as a hawker or peddler in Norwood, 6 00
Dec. 3. Corporation tax of State Treasurer, 80 69
National Bank tax, 708 24
66 State aid, 48 00
1878.
Jan. 25 Town of Walpole rent and fuel J. A. Nudd from Jan. 23 '77, to Jan. 1 '78, 133 19
66 State income of Mass. school fund, 195 48
Jan. 30 6 Treasurer of Norfolk Co. balance due Norwood on account of dog license after deducting
damage done by dogs under chapt. 250 act 69 (year'77,) 150 18 Jan. 31. To Cash Town of Dedham Doctors' bill $28 00, school books $1 25, for Slattery family, 29 25
1 00
old lumber sold,
66 " Geo. E. Metcalf uncollected taxes and interest on same for year 1875, 90 31
66 " Caleb Ellis uncollected taxes and interest on same for year 1876, 3,547, 91
66 " .G. H. Metcalf, collector taxes '77, 18,520 00
$34,514 97
1
1
27
with Town of Norwood.
1877.
CR.
Nov. 3. By Cash paid J. Pickering & Moseley,
$4,000 00
Dec. 4.
2,000 00
66 interest
123 09
66
State tax,
1,410 00
66
66 Selectmens' orders,
22,041 96
Assessors' orders for Abatements, 168 10
1878.
$29,743 15
Feb. 1. Cash in Treasury,
4,771 82
$34,514 97
.
We hereby certify that we have examined the books and accounts of L. W. Bigelow, Treasurer of the Town of Nor- wood, and find them correctly kept, and the payments duly vouched ; and that the foregoing is a true statement of the con- dition of the Treasury, the first day of February 1878.
GEORGE EVERETT, WILLIAM FISHER. } Auditors.
The Town of Norwood have on interest the amounts, at the following institutions :
Dedham Institution of Savings, $1,000 00
Boston Five Cent Savings Bank, 1,000 00
Mercantile Savings Institution,
1,000 00
Elliot Five Cent Savings Bank,
1,000 00
$4,000 00
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Norwood, January 31st, 1878
To the Auditors of the Town of Norwood.
To balance of Taxes assessed and committed to me to collect for the year 1875.
To balance of taxes, $83 90
To interest,
6 41
$90 31
GEO. E. METCALF.
We certify that we have examined the books and accounts of Geo. E. Metcalf, Collector of 1875, and that the above is a correct statement of taxes committed to, and payments made by him.
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