Norwood annual report 1878, Part 1

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: The Town
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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


24


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


26


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


28


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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