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EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWOOD,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 3Ist, 1880.
BOSTON:
PRESS OF T. O. METCALF & CO., IOI MILK STREET. 1880.
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MORRILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY - NORWOOD 3 2405 00348 5334
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWOOD,
FOR THE
Year ending January 31st, 1880.
BOSTON: PRESS OF T. O. METCALF & CO., IOI MILK STREET.
NORWOOD COLLECTION 974.4 Norwood 1880
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1879-1880.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health : TYLER THAYER, Chairman, GEO. H. MORSE, Clerk, J. EDWARD EVERETT.
Town Clerk : FRANCIS TINKER.
Treasurer : L. WALDO BIGELOW.
Collector of Taxes : GEORGE H. METCALF.
School Committee :
REV. GEORGE HILL, Term expires March, 1882.
REV. THERON BROWN, 66 1881.
STILLMAN C. DAVIS,
1880.
Engineers of Fire Department : GEORGE H. MORSE, Chief, WM. J. WALLACE, Clerk, ELBRIDGE E. SHUMWAY.
Auditors :
CHARLES E. POND, MARCUS M. ALDEN, GEORGE B. TALBOT.
Constables :
SAMUEL HOWARD, SUMNER BAGLEY, JOHN GILLOOLY. Surveyors of Highways :
TYLER THAYER, GEORGE H. MORSE, J. E. EVERETT.
Appointed Superintendent of Highways : JABEZ SUMNER.
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Trustees of Public Library :
DAVID S. FOGG, Term expires March, 1882.
FRANCIS TINKER, 66
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66
REV. GEORGE HILL, Term expires March, 1881. CHARLES E. POND, 66 STILLMAN C. DAVIS, Term expires March, 1880.
REV. THERON BROWN,
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Fence Viewers :
NEWMAN FALES, SUMNER BAGLEY,
D. B. FARRINGTON.
Surveyors of Lumber :
ALBERT G. WEBB, FRANK A. FALES, SUMNER BAGLEY.
Measurers of Wood and Bark : CHARLES T. WHEELOCK, WILLIAM FISHER, ALBERT G. WEBB.
Weighers of Coal and Hay :
GEORGE E. METCALF, FRANK D. DRAPER, A. C. SOUTHWORTH, GEO. H. MORRILL, JR. App. Nov. 13th -CHARLES BARRETT.
Sealer of Weights and Measures : Appointed - HARVEY L. HAYFORD.
Field Drivers :
JAMES F. BOYDEN, AUSTIN E. PRATT, EDWD. HOWLAND, WM. A. WILLIAMSON, GEO. H. MORRILL, JR., DAN'L C. FAIRBANKS, FRANCIS E. EVERETT, WILLIAM CUFF.
Pound Keeper : C. EASTMAN WEBB,
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1879, Which were raised by Tax.
Salaries of Teachers of Public Schools,
$4,800 00
Incidental Expenses of Schools, 700 00
Teaching of Music in Schools, 250 00
Support of Library,
300 00
Repairs of Highways, Bridges, &c.,
2,000 00
Widening of Guild Street,
700 00
Widening of Washington Street, near Chapel Street, 150 00 66 66 Moses Rhodes', 300 00
Removing Snow,
500 00
Reservoir on Nahatan Street,
400 00
Building of Lock-up,
1,100 00
Fire Department,
1,400 00
Removing Engine House No. 2,
300 00
Lighting Streets,
250 00
Support of Poor,
3,000 00
Care of Cemetery,
50 00
Salaries of Town Officers,
1,200 00
Printing and Stationery,
150 00
Incidentals,
500 00
State Tax,
470 00
County Tax,
1,234 03
Overlayings,
657 26
$20,411 29
Appropriations from money in the Treasury :
Catalogue for Library,
$150 00
Building Galway Street, 200 00
New Cemetery,
2,375 65
Furnishing Lock-up,
150 00
Road Scraper,
60 00
2,935 65
Total Appropriations,
$23,346 94
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 money's for which orders have been drawn on the Town Treasurer during the year ending January 31st, 1880, together with the accounts of the Treasurer and Collector - with the Report of the Auditors thereon. Also, the Vital Statistics of the Town for the year 1879.
`UNPAID BILLS OF 1878 TO FEB'Y 1ST, 1879.
Paid Samuel Howard, care of one street lamp, 1 year, $9 00
Dennis Horgan, 66
66 9 00
Peter Corbett,
66 9 00
John E. Smith, 2
66
.6
18 00
Francis M. Cragin, . 1
17 months 12 75
Francis Morse, 6. 66
3 2 25
E. L. Ingraham,
1 88
T. O. Metcalf & Co., printing valuation, 66 . . tickets and posters, 8 25
100 80
Tyler Thayer, salary, and extra work on valua- tion,
200 00
Geo. H. Morse, 66 66
200 00
J. E. Everett, 66
66
200 00
Geo. H. Metcalf, salary, as Collector of Taxes, 200 00
Francis Tinker, salary, six months Town Clerk, 37 50
60 three months, care of
library, 31 25
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Paid J. P. Bixby, balance salary school committee, $31 66 Payment of school teachers one week, 120 00
Geo. Kingsbury, sealer of weights and measures, 16 00
D. B. Farrington, goods delivered Mrs. Lund, 7 66
N. S. White, wood delivered Mrs. Ober, 5 00
E. F. Talbot, gravel, 2 04
Wm. Bateman, carrying children to school, 25 00
$1,247 04
SCHOOLS.
EVERETT SCHOOL.
Paid Horace T. Atwood, teaching 37 weeks to Jan'y
31st, 1880,
$1,082 25
Marion Endicott, . .
439 00
Emma F. Wheelock, 66
416 25
S. Louisa Rhodes, 66 374 62
Maria L. Wheelock, 17 weeks
. .
172 13
A. Lizzie Park, 37 weeks,
66
364 00
Lucy A. Guy, . (
351 50
Ida J. Everett, 20 weeks,
66
190 00
Carrie M. Morse, 17 weeks,
66
161 50
Kate L. Morse, 66
142 50
Fanny G. Morse, 5 weeks,
66
47 50
$3,741 25
BALCH SCHOOL.
Paid Fanny N. Perkins, 17 weeks to Jan- uary 31st, 1880, $178 50
Clara M. Pullen, 20 weeks 66 6: 210 00
Viola F. Littlefield, 37 66 351 50
740 00
Total payment for teachers,
$4,481 25
Appropriation,
$4,800 00
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TEACHER OF MUSIC.
Paid C. E. Whiting, 30 weeks to Jan. 31st, 1880, $157 91
music books, 3 90
$161 81
Appropriation, $250 00
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF EVERETT SCHOOL.
Paid Jarvis Fairbanks, janitor and supplies, $133 25
Horace T. Atwood, cash paid for sweeping,
74 00
..
books and supplies, 20 64
S. C. Davis, globe, 15 00
L. J. Hammett, supplies,
20 20
E. Wheelock & Son, books for poor children,
13 65
Francis Tinker, books,
80
Boston School Supply Co., supplies,
1 95
L. W. Bigelow, diplomas,
2 05
Geo. H. Brown, tuning piano,
2 00
T. O. Metcalf & Co., printing,
3 75
Daniel Wilson, cementing around well,
7 00
E. C. Stevens, repairs,
7 10
Wm. Gillooly & Son, repairs,
15 50
41 92
„Tyler Thayer, building fence,
54 50
E. D. Draper & Son, casting for heating,
15 72
Wm. W. Dexter, repairs,
8 78
C. W. Hartshorne, coal,
144 00
John Nugent, wood,
16 95
Woodward & Brown, interest on piano,
21 00
Willard Gay, insurance,
21 00
Total for Everett School (carried forward) $640 76
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Total for Everett School, (brought forward) $640 76
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF BALCH SCHOOL.
Paid George F. Force, janitor and supplies, $74 83
S. C. Davis, supplies, 16 25
Horace T. Atwood, supplies, 1 25
Francis N. Perkins, repairs,
75
Tyler Thayer,
24 39
E. Wheelock & Son, books for poor children, 4 53
John Nugent, wood,
5 00
Geo. O. Baullester, well and pump,
24 17
Geo. H. Morse, grading, 3 50
154 67
Total for Everett and Balch,
$795 43
Appropriation, $700 00
RECAPITULATION.
Total payment of teachers,
$4,481 25
66
teacher of music, 161 81
66 66 for fuel,
165 95
66 supplies,
115 15
66
repairs,
203 33
66 66 care of houses,
269 00
66
insurance,
21 00
66
interest on piano,
21 00
66
66 carrying children from Hawes Dist., 25 00
$5,463 49
Total appropriation for Schools, $5,750 00
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ROADS.
ACCOUNT OF JABEZ SUMNER.
Paid Jabez Sumner, 1,0094 hours at 20 cents,
$201 85
Thomas Ford,
769 15
115 35
Wm. Coughlin, 145 66
21 82
Patrick Conolley, 793
118 95
Patrick Lyden, 7293
109 88
Geo. F. Force,
6824 hours at 15 cents,
102 38
Michael Conley, 1043
66
15 70
Patrick Leonard, 60 66
66
9 00
Robert Oldham, 70 6.
10 50
Michael Folan, 5963 66
89 52
John Fisk, 84 66
66
12 60
John Hennessy, 544₺
66
81 68
John Reardon, 60
9 00
Pat'k McMannus, 332}
66
49 88
Fred. A. Fales, 76
66
11 40
James Pendergast, 29 66
66
4 35
Wm. Gerry,
10
66
66
1 50
Silas Capen, 37
66
6.
5 55
John C. Pond,
622
93 30
bills rendered for services and cash
paid for labor, 76 69
Thomas Dower, 48 hours,
7 20
Matthew McGrath, 10 hours,
1 50
Thomas Kerrissey, horse and cart,
26 25
F. D. Bullard, drawing stone,
50
N. A. Johnson, men and teams,
70 38
Geo. E. Metcalf, 66
186 50
E. A. Morse, 66 66
45 22
John Nugent,
15 75
Wm. C. Fisher, scraping roads,
3 45
Geo. H. Morse, men and teams,
29 10
J. E. Morse, 66
9 00
Francis Rooney, 66
9 00
J. E. Everett, 66 66
3 75
66
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Paid Joseph Hawes, labor and teams, $4 20
Wm. Cuff, 66 66
18 75
Edwin E. Fisher, 106 loads gravel,
8 48
David Ellis, 163
13 04
John Ellis,
39
66
3 12
W. Lyman Kingsbury, 92 loads gravel,
7 36
Increase Hawes, 104
8 32
Geo. Talbot, 54 66
4 32
E. F. Talbot, 1,138 66
91 04
S. E. Chamberlain, plowing and gravel, 4 70
E. J. Fuller, 12 loads gravel and carting, 4 20
N. N. Sumner, horse and labor,
6 33
Geo. F. Force, cash paid for shoeing horse and repairs, 11 62
Jabez Sumner, cash paid for powder, fuse, &c., 4 78
Joseph Roby & Co., repairs of tools,
8 29
McCann & Burns, for steel,
3 84
Grading sidewalk, Washington Street,
30 00
Clearing culverts,
3 01
J. E. Everett, keeping horse 27 weeks, . . use of cart and harness, 9 00
81 00
Tyler Thayer, lumber and labor on bridges,
23 41
George H. Morse, plank for culvert R. R. Ave., 12 50
$1,909 81
Appropriation, $2,000 00
GUILD STREET.
Jabez Sumner's Account.
Paid Jabez Sumner, 194 hours, at 20 cents, $38 80
J. Hennessey, 194 15 cents, 29 10
Patrick Lyden, 184 66
27 60
Thomas Lord, 184 66
27 60
Michael Folan, 184
27 60
Paid Patrick Conolley, 184 hours, at 15 cents, $27 60
Thomas Dower, 98 14 70 66
John C. Pond,
174
66
66
26 10
Geo. F. Force,
159
66
23 85
Pat'k McMannus, 70 66
10 50
John Fisk, 115 66 66
17 25
Wm. Cuff, horse and cart, 70 hours, 21 00
Geo. E. Metcalf, horse and cart, 80 hours, 24 00
J. E. Everett, man and oxen, 15 75
Luther Fisher, moving fence,
12 00
Burke Bros., building wall, 10 12
2 00
Powder, fuse and sharpening tools,
5 00
E. F. Talbot, 270 loads gravel,
21 60
J. E. Everett, cash paid for drain pipe,
29 03
Silas Boyden, land damages, 20 00
Geo. Talbot, 45 00
Chas. P. Shattuck, land damages, 220 00
$696 20
Appropriation, $700 00
WIDENING WASHINGTON ST., NEAR CHAPEL ST.
Jabez Sumner's Account.
Paid Jabez Sumner, 165 hours, at 20 cts., $33 00
Thomas Ford, 145 66 15 cts., 21 75
Patrick McMannus, 107 hours, at 15 cts., 16 05
Patrick Lyden, 100 66
15 00
Patrick Conolley, 138 66 66
20 70
Michael Folan, 180 66
27 00
Geo. F. Force, 153 66
66
22 95
John C. Pond, 65 60
9 75
John Hennessey, 118 66
17 70
N. A. Johnson, teams 80 hours, 66
12 00
Geo. E. Metcalf, " 30 66
66
4 50
Cash paid for covering stones,
I2
Paid Wm. Cuff and team, 10 hours, at 15 cts.,
$3 00
J. E. Everett, man and oxen, 75
Powder and fuse,
7 00
S. E. Morse, sharpening tools, 7 12
E. F. Talbot, 48 loads gravel,
3 84
$222 11
Less labor at Engine House No. 2,
$20 00
on highway account, 30 00
50 00
Total cost,
$172 11
Appropriation,
$150 00
GALWAY STREET.
Jabez Sumner's Account.
Paid Jabez Sumner,
95 hours, at 20 cts.,
$19 00
Thomas Ford,
95
15
14 25
Patrick Lyden, 105 60
15 75
Michael Foley,
90 60
13 50
Patrick Conolley, 90 66
66
13 50
Patrick McMannus, 40 66
6 00
John Hennessy, 73 66 60
10 95
Geo. F. Force, 80 66
12 00
Wm. Coughlin, 33 66
4 95
E. A. Morse, man and team,
50 70
J. W. Roby & Co., sharpening tools, Powder and fuse,
1 12
E. A. Morse, 350 loads gravel, at 6 cts., 1
21 00
$186 63
Appropriation,
$200 00
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66
66
3 91
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WIDENING WASHINGTON ST., NEAR HOUSE OF MOSES RHODES.
George Morse's Account.
Paid George H. Morse, 9} days at $2.00,
$19 00
Horse 263 days, at $1.50,
39 75
Men, 37 66 55 50
186 loads gravel, at 6 cts.,
11 16
Removing tree,
1 00
6 lbs. powder,
1 50
34 posts,
6 80
J. E. Morse, cash paid,
3 65
J. E. Everett, man and oxen, 3 days,
15 00
Burke Bros., building bridge and wall,
81 00
Tyler Thayer, railing,
20 70
S. E. Morse, labor and iron, .
2 62
$257 68
Appropriation, $300 00
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid Geo. H. Morse, removing snow in Feb.,
$22 70
J. C. Pond,
66 Feb. and Mar., 7 70
George H. Morrill,
66
6 82
Sylvester Hawes,
6.
4 95
N. A. Johnson,
16 65
J. E. Hartshorn,
9 30
E. A. Morse, ·
66
15 90
Geo. H. Morse,
66
March
14 90
Wm. C. Fisher,
26 59
Jabez Sumner,
66
as per bill,
70 35
66
December,
32 15
$228 01
Appropriation, $500 00
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ROAD SCRAPER.
Paid J. W. Roby & Co., $45 00
Appropriation, $60 00
RECAPITULATION.
Paid Superintendent of Highways,
$1,909 81
Guild Street,
696 20
Washington St., near Chapel St.,
172 11
Galway Street,
186 63
Washington St., near house of. Moses Rhodes,
257 68
Removing snow,
228 01
Road Scraper,
45 00
Total,
$3,495 44
Total appropriation, $3,910 00
RESERVOIR, Nahatan Street.
Jabez Sumner's Acc't.
Paid Jabez Sumner, 125 hours, at 20 cts.,
$25 00
Thomas Ford,
152 hours, at 15 cts., 22 80
Patrick Conolley, 138
20 70.
Michael Folan, 113
16 95
John Fisk, 44 6.
6 60
Patrick Lyden, 38 66
5 70
John Hennessey, 50
7 50
Patrick McMannus, 64
9 60
Silas Boyden,
66
9 90
Patrick Parker,
7
66
1 05
Wm. Coughlin,
18
66
2 70
Geo. F. Force, 38
66
5 70
John C. Pond, 15
2 25
E. A. Morse, 25
60
3 75
N. A. Johnson,
5
75
66
drawing stones, 2 25
15
Paid S. E. Chamberlain, $3 00
Geo. E. Metcalf, horse and cart,
2 50
J. E. Everett, man and oxen, 4 00
Burke Bros., laying wall,
6 08
J. W. Roby and Co., sharpening tools,
1 02
N. N. Sumner,
1 50
Jabez Sumner, grading,
3 65
Waldo Bros., 15 barrels cement,
25 75
N. Y. & N. E. R. R., freight,
3 37
H. B. Baker, cement,
2 40
F. A. Fales, 66
3 20
Fulton Iron Co., casting,
4 75
J. W. Hart & Co., bricks and freight,
51 30
Wm. Gillooly & Son, stock and labor, 38 50
Geo. P. Morey, covering stones,
18 75
N. A. Johnson, drawing stones,
6 00
S. B. Pullen, land,
34 36
N. Y. & N. E. R. R. Co., iron,
34 65
$387 98
Appropriation, $400 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT. WASHINGTON ENGINE, -No. 1.
Paid F. A. Fales, pay of men to May 1st, $185 0C
Lewis P. Baker, care of engine and hose to May 1st, 10 50
N. A. Johnson, drawing engine,
3 00
Geo. E. Metcalf, coal,
4 80
Wmn. Jeffers and Tenney, repairs,
11 60
E. C. Stevens, repairs and supplies,
4 95
J. E. Hartshorn, coal,
3 55
C. F. Whitney, alcohol,
2 75
E. Spaulding, straps,
2 80
E. Wheelock & Son, supplies, 2 56
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Paid John Nugent, drawing engine, $14 50
Lewis P. Baker, care of engine, 19 75
F. A. Fales, pay of men to Feb. 1, 589 50
J. W. Roby, repairs,
5 25
Milton H. Howard, drawing engine,
1 50
Wm. J. Wallace, cash paid sundries,
7 75
$869 76
AMERICA ENGINE, - No. 2.
Paid Winslow L. Morse, pay of men to May 1st, $176 00
Geo. F. Force, care of engine, 22 59
John E. Morse, drawing engine, 3 00
N. A. Johnson, 66
11 00
E. C. Stevens, stoves and labor,
29 44
J. E. Hartshorn, coal, 2 63
C. F. Whitney, alcohol, 2 50
Winslow L. Morse, pay of engine men to Feb. 1st, 530 50
$777 66
RECAPITULATION.
Washington, No. 1, $869 76
America, No. 2,
777 66
Engineers,
36 00
$1,683 42
Appropriation, $1,400 00
REMOVING ENGINE HOUSE NO. 2.
Paid Wm. and Alvin Fuller for land, $36 11
Greenwood Fuller, moving house, 65 00
Burke Bros., building cellar, 26 30
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Paid Frank A. Fales, lime, $1 00
J. E. Everett, labor, as per bill, 25 30
Milton H. Howard, building addition,
120 50
Burke Bros., digging and stoning well,
15 00
E. C. Stevens, pump and pipe, 16 50
Geo. H. Morse, cash paid and labor, 4 25
Jabez Sumner, grading, 20 00
$329 96
Appropriation, $300 00
LOCK-UP.
Paid Willard Gay, land,
$250 00
Wm. Gillooly & Son, contract, 413 50
French Bros., slating, 93 28
E. A. Morse, drawing stone and gravel,
37 75
J. W. Roby & Co., labor and iron doors, 26 00
Tyler Thayer, labor and material,
440 18
J. E. Everett, cash paid for furniture and bed- ding, as per bill, 77 63
H. B. Baker, lantern, 95
E. C. Stevens, labor on stove,
4 80
L. W. Bigelow, curtains, 2 34
Wm. W. Dexter, painting,
20 72
$1,367 15
Appropriation,
$1,250 00
SUPPORT OF POOR.
MRS. E. M. POND.
Paid C. F. Everett, meat to March 12th, 1879, $3 50
E. Wheelock & Son, groceries to March 22th, '79, 22 23
J. E. Hartshorn, milk, 3 03 66
J. E. Everett, wood, 3 75
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Paid Geo. E. Metcalf, coal, $23 60
F. D. Bullard, coal and wood,
17 50
John Fisk, sawing wood, Francis Tinker, medicine,
1 17
1 00
J. E. & C. L. Smith, one year's rent,
84 00
Cash allowance, 45} weeks at $2.00,
91 00
$250 78
MRS. L. P. LUND.
Paid L. W. Bigelow, goods,
$11 19
C. F. Everett, meat to March 12th, 1879,
6 60
M. E. Webb, groceries, 66 66
23 75
J. E. Hartshorn, milk,
66
3 96
coal,
24 62
Geo. H. Morse, wood,
17 00
J. Horgan, shoes,
8 20
S. E. Morse, one year's rent,
84 00
Wm. J. Faucett, repairing shoes,
60
Cash allowance, 47 weeks, at $3.00,
141 00
$320 92
GEORGE V. DEAN.
Paid H. W. Tilton, 4 months' rent,
$18 00
P. G. Plimpton, 8
36 00
David Fisher, coal,
20 61
Geo. H. Morse, wood,
13 00
$87 61
JOSEPH L. MORSE.
Paid Wm. Fisher, groceries,
$24 00
John Nugent, 13 months' rent,
71 50
C. F. Everett, meat,
1 00
$96 50
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PATRICK COTTER.
Paid L. W. Bigelow, goods,
$4 84
Dennis McCarty, board,
160 70
$165 54
JOHANNA FITZGERALD. .
Paid Wm. Fisher, groceries,
$38 13
Geo. H. Morse, wood, 8 50
John Fitzgerald, wood,
6 00
Michael Burke, wood,
6 00
J. E. Hartshorn, coal,
7 00
$65 63
JOSEPH H. BAKER.
Paid C. F. Everett, meat,
$11 15
L. W. Bigelow, goods,
8 21
M. E. Webb, groceries,
38 08
Geo. H. Morse, wood,
3 50
F. D. Bullard, coal and wood,
5 00
Geo. E. Metcalf,
10 00
Peter Reidel, board, 26 weeks,
130 00
$205 94
MRS. A. G. OBER AND DAUGHTER.
Paid Town of Canton, as per Bill,
$147 55
Daniel Fuller, rent,
31 50
Geo. H. White, milk,
: 6 36
Stove lining,
1 50
Oliver Dean, wood,
8 00
Alonzo Kingsbury, sawing wood,
5 90
$200 81
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JOHN FARRELL.
Paid Wm. Fisher, bbl. flour,
$7 00
MRS. F. TIMLER.
Paid E. Wheelock & Son, groceries,
$5 95
C. F. Everett, meat,
4 54
E. N. Fales, milk, 2 76
Francis Tinker, medicine,
2 55
$15 80
C. W. PATTERSON.
Paid Town of Russell, board,
$145 90
Medical attendance,
74 75
Sundries,
12 12
$232 77
MRS. WALTER HEWES.
Paid Ira L. Moore, 5 months' rent,
$35 00
(Paid by Town of Bridgewater.)
BENJAMIN GUILD.
Paid L. W. Bigelow, clothes,
$15 80
A. C. Southworth, board to June 28th,
91 29
$107 09
DENNIS CONNORS.
Paid HI. B. Baker, groceries,
$13 00
L. W. Bigelow, shoes,
4 00
$17 00
(Paid by the State.)
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FREDERIC SCHUPNOOSKI.
Paid N. N. Sumner, expense of burial, $10 00 (Paid by the State.)
JOHN R. DRAPER.
Paid City of Boston, $6 00
STATE REFORM SCHOOL.
James Morrissey, 11 weeks' board, $11 00
MARY CUFF.
Paid Town of Dedham, $20 20
PERSONS HAVING MILITARY SETTLEMENTS.
Paid Town of Dedham { of $638.17 - being cost of support of persons having military settle- ments in Dedham and Norwood, $127 63
David S. Fogg, medical attendance, $51 67
Francis Tinker, medicines, 9 65
CARE OF TRAMPS.
Paid A. C. Southworth, keeping 1,550 tramps to June 26th, $542 50
Mrs. Paul Ellis, board of B. Guild, keeper, 137 57
E. Wheelock & Son, crackers and supplies since June 26th, 40 52
F. D. Bullard, coal, 13 00
$733 59
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Number of tramps since June 26th, 1,380 - which have been provided for, at the Lock-up, at an actual cost to the Town of 3g cents a piece, as board of keeper would have to have been paid.
TOTAL EXPENSE OF POOR, $2,778 13
Appropriation,
$3,000 00
LIGHTING STREETS.
Paid D. Pond, lighting 1 lamp, 1 year,
$9 00
W. A. Metcalf, 1 9 00 66
Geo. F. Force, 2
66 66
18 00
Francis Morse, 1
66 66
9 00
Moses Rhodes, 1
66 66
9 00
N. F. Ware, 1 .66
9 00
Lyman F. Bigelow, 2 66
18 00
E. L. Ingraham, 1 66
9 00
Geo. H. Morse, 1
66 66
9 00
Sumner Bagley, 1
66 66
9 00
Tyler Thayer, 1
66
9 00
Henrietta Turner, 1 66 66
9 00
Albert Morse, 1 66
9 00
D. S. Fogg,
1
66
9 00
H. L. Hayford,
1
66
9 00
Samuel Howard, 1 66 10 months
7 50
F. M. Cragin, 1 66 2 months,
1 50
Peter Corbett, 1 9 months,
6 75
J. E. Smith, 1 60 10 months,
7 50
M. R. Perry, 5 66
(less 1 month) 44 25
$220 50
Appropriation,
$250 00
23
STATE AID.
Paid Julia B. Hale, $48 00
(Will be refunded by the State.)
CARE OF CEMETERY.
Paid N. N. Sumner, $50 00
Appropriation, $50 00
NEW CEMETERY.
Paid Willard Gay, for committee, $2,375 65
Appropriation from fund,
$1,475 65
Treasury,
900 00
$2,375 65
LIBRARY.
Paid Francis Tinker, Librarian,
$125 00
books and stationery, 194 09
66 book case,
17 00
Moses W. Sargent & Son, books,
13 67
Estes & Lauriat, books,
26 16
T. O. Metcalf & Co., printing catalogues,
138 00
cards,
7 00
Bridget Conley, cleaning, 2 55
24
Paid L. E. Hartshorn, rent,
$75 00
E. C. Stevens, cleaning stove,
50
$598 97
Appropriation,
$450 00
Dog fund,
101 27
$551 27
ADVERTISING, PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid T. O. Metcalf & Co., printing Town and School
Reports, $56 00
66
order book, war-
rants, tickets, posters, &c.,
39 00
J. E. Everett, cash paid for stationery, 9 50
Francis Tinker, stationery, 36
Willard Gay, postage stamps,
1 99
$106 85
Appropriation, $150 00
TOWN OFFICERS TO MARCH 1ST, 1880.
Paid Tyler Thayer, Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of Poor, Board of Health and Surveyor of High- ways, $200 00
Geo. H. Morse, . 66 66 200 00 66
J. E. Everett,
66 200 00
Francis Tinker, Town Clerk, 75 00
L. W. Bigelow, Treasurer, 75 00
Geo. H. Metcalf, Collector of Taxes, 200 00
Geo. Hill, School Committee, 40 00
25
Paid Theron Brown, School Committee, $40 00
Stillman C. Davis, 66 40 00
Samuel Howard, Constable,
10 40
Sumner Bagley,
13 00
John Gillooly,
13 00
$1,106 40
Appropriation,
$1,200 00
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Ames Plow Co., tools, $34 56
Sylvester Hawes, wood for Selectmen's room, 2 75
E. C. Stevens, filling reservoir corner Washington and Walpole Streets, 3 45
E. Wheelock & Son, oil, 96
J. E. Everett, cash paid for trees, Washington St., 4 00
Geo. Hill, enrollment of school children, 12 50
Hill and Randall, police service, July 4th, 20 00
J. E. Everett, expenses to Russell, pauper case, 10 00
L. W. Bigelow, expenses out of town, 6 34
E. C. Stevens, storing stove and labor, 2 25
Bridget Conley, cleaning Selectmen's room, 1 27
J. W. Roby & Co., repairs, 8 01
Francis Tinker, express and supplies.
3 06
N. N. Sumner, return of deaths, 5 00
Sumner Bagley, distributing Reports, 6 00
66 serving notices on owners of dogs, 10 00
Tyler Thayer, cash paid recording deeds, 1 88
L. W. Bigelow, use of Village Hall four times, 32 00
L. E. Hartshorn, rent for Selectmen's room, 75 00
Francis Tinker, recording births, deaths and marriages, 33 15
$272 18
Appropriation,
$500 00
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26
ACCOUNT OF SEWER.
Paid Caleb Ellis, for labor,
$841 52
H. Leatherbee, lumber,
1,053 49
Frederic Endicott, surveying,
38 00
J. E. Everett, labor,
25 00
F. D. Ely, legal advice,
15 00
Sidney E. Morse, repairing tools,
8 28
Land damages,
81 00
Tyler Thayer, labor, nails and carting,
183 20
$2,245 49
Paid by Lyman Smith's Sons,
$1,445 49
Town,
800 00
$2,245 49
RECAPITULATION.
Total amount unpaid bills of 1878,
$1,247 04
66
paid for schools,
5,463 49
66
66 highways,
3,495 44
66
66
fire department,
2,013 38
66
66 reservoir,
387 98
66
66
support of poor,
2,778 13
-
66
lock-up,
1,367 15
66
66
lighting streets,
220 50
66
66
State aid,
48 00
66
66
cemetery,
50 00
66
66 new cemetery,
2,375 65
66
66
library, .
598 97
66
66 printing and stationery,
106 85
66
salaries of Town officers,
1,106 40
27
Total amount paid for miscellaneous expenses,
$272 18
sewer, ' 2,245 49
Total payments,
$23,776 65
Total orders drawn,
$23,776 65
The resources of the Town applicable to the payment of expenses for the current year are :
Cash in Treasury Feb. 1st, 1880,
$1,192 25
Uncollected taxes 1878 and 1879,
3,641 72
$4,833 97
Mercantile Savings Bank, $633 09
28
GEORGE H. METCALF, COLLECTOR, in account with the TOWN OF NORWOOD.
DR.
Taxes of 1877.
To balance of uncollected taxes, as per last audit, $255 37 " cash received as interest, 31 00
$286 37
CR.
By cash paid L. W. Bigelow, Treasurer, $286 37
GEO. H. METCALF, Collector.
Norwood, January 31, 1880.
We hereby certify that we have examined the books and accounts of George H. Metcalf, Collector of Taxes for 1877, and that the above is a correct statement of the balance of taxes committed to, and of payments made by him.
CHAS. E. POND, Auditors.
MARCUS M. ALDEN,
29
GEORGE H. METCALF, COLLECTOR, in account with the TOWN OF NORWOOD.
DR.
Taxes of 1878.
To balance of uncollected taxes, as per last audit, $2,606 80 " cash received as interest, 105 45
$2,712 25
CR. 1
By cash paid L. W. Bigelow, Treasurer,
$2,317 00
Balance uncollected taxes',
395 25
$2,712 25
GEO. H. METCALF, Collector.
Norwood, January 31st, 1880.
We certify that we have examined the books and accounts . of Geo. H. Metcalf, Collector of Taxes for 1878, and that the above is a correct statement of the balance of taxes committed to, and of payments made by him.
CHAS. E. POND,
MARCUS M. ALDEN, Auditors.
30
DR. L. W. BIGELOW, Treasurer, in account
1879.
Feb. 1.
To cash in Treasury,
$3,113 51
24. " temporary support, 8 00
Mar. 1. " abated poll tax for 1876, and int. on same to date, 2 78
4. " dividend from Mercantile Bank,
115 10
Apr. 7. " balance of corporation tax for year 1878,
6 11
" balance of National Bank tax for year 1878,
23 55
May 6. " cash borrowed of John Pickering & Moseley,
2,000 00
7. " cash of G. H. Morse, for auctioneer's license 1 year,
2 00
10.
" cash of Francis Tinker, for license for H. R. Ellis to keep billiard saloon 1 year, ending April, 1880,
2 00
30.
" balance of Norwood's invested funds and interest (appropriated for use of cemetery) except am't in Mercantile Bank, 1,075 65
June
" cash borrowed of Caleb Ellis, 300 00
12. cash borrowed of John Pickering & Moseley, 3,000 00
2,000 00
26.
" cash from Town of Bridgewater, for house rent for Mrs. Hewes, 5 months, 35 00
Aug. 21.
" cash borrowed of John Pickering & Moseley, 2,000 00
Dec. 9.
" corporation tax,
60 64
" National Bank tax,
581 58
" State aid, 48 00
10 00
1880.
Jan. 24. " income of Massachusetts school fund, 191 80
27. " dividend from Mercantile Bank, 172 65
28.
" cash of Treasurer of Norfolk County, for dog license for 1879 (as provided by chap. 250, Acts of '69) 119 72
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