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Town Report 1884
ANNUAL REPORTS
-OF THE
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS,
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
TREASURER AND COLLECTORS
-OF THE-
TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH,
For the Year ending February 29th, 1884.
ATTLEBOROUGH, MASS : ATTLEBOROUGH CHRONICLE .- PERRY, BARNES & CO .. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
Attleboro Public Elbrary Joseph L. Sweet Memorial Attleboro, Mass,
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ATTLEBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY a31654001303939b
ANNUAL REPORTS
-OF THE-
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS,
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
TREASURER AND COLLECTORS
-OF THE-
TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH,
For the Year Ending February 29th, 1884.
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ATTLEBOROUGH, MASS : 9 74-48
ATTLEBOROUGH CHRONICLE .- PERRY, BARNES & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1884.
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1883-4.
SELECTMEN. - S. P. Lathrop, B. Porter, Jr., Job B. Savery.
ASSESSORS .- B. Porter Jr., S. P. Lathrop, Job B. Savery.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR .- G. N. Crandall, S. P. Lathrop, B. Porter, Jr. TREASURER .- Randolph Knapp.
TOWN CIERK .- Job B. Savery.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE .- S. P. Lathrop, Geo. E. Osgood,t Geo. A. Adams, t John Whitehill, Henry Rice, Chas. E. Bliss, Ralph M. Canfield,; II. C. Bullard.#
FENCE VIEWERS .- P. Brady, L. M. Stanley, A. M. Sperry, Elisha G. May.
ROAD SURVEYORS .- Districts 1, 4 and 5, H. Richardson; 2, C. E. Jordan; 3, Pliny B. Thomas; 6, Joseph Eldridge; 7, J. A. Carpenter; 8, Louis L. Read; 9, Geo. A. Whipple; 10, L L. Read; 11, John Thacher; 12, S. Knight; 13, E. Perry; 14, Arthur B. Torrey; 15, Patrick Gorman; 16, S. E. Briggs,* John G. White ;; 17, C. A. Thurber; 18, Lyman M. Stan- ley; 19, L. Morse; 20, Andrew S. Mason.
COLLECTORS .- John Thacher, B. Porter, Jr.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER. - A. B. Carpenter, E. S. Cargill.
CONSTABLES .- James W. Riley, A. M. Sperry, W. E. Dunham, Elijah Capron, E. C. Brown, E. L. Sylvester, Geo. F. Ide, A. C. Thornton, L. M. Stanley, E. R. Read, Chas. H. Dillon, J. L. Wetherell, George F. Stone, George W. Pelkey, Dan'l P. King.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES .- L. M. Stanley.
SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND BARK .- H. L. Carpenter, L. Z. Carpenter, S. W. Carpenter, G. A. Monroe, C. T. Guild, T. A. Barden, Lewis F. Robin- son. *
AUDITORS .- Chas. E. Bliss, G. W. Cheever, Wm. P. Shaw.
WEIGHERS OF COAL AND HAY .- C. H. Sturdy, A. B. Carpenter, C. T. Guild, N. Hicks.
TRUANT OFRICERS .- E. Capron, E. C. Brown, J. W. Riley, Geo. F. Ide, W. E. Dunham.
POUND KEEPER .- Wm. Norwood.
|Resigned.
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*Deceased.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
CURRENT EXPENSES.
1883.
March 10. Providence Telephone Co., rent of instrument, $10 50
School District, 18, rent of East High School room, 247 91
24. L. M. Stanley, services as Sealer of Weights and Measures, 20 00
L. M. Stanley, warning town meeting, 5 00 services as Moderator, 5 00
Eliot Hunt & Co., printing town war- rants 7 00
Eliot Hunt & Co., advertising war- rant, 20 00
Eliot Hunt & Co., ballots on License question, 2 00
North Attleboro Gas Light Co., gas for Falls lamp, 3 00
G. A. Sweeney, brush for Town Clerk's office, I 25
E. H. Sweet & Co., advertising war- rant, 6 75
E. H. Sweet & Co., 1250 town reports 97 00
blanks for Clerk, I 25
April 7 W. E. Dunham, notifying officers elected 10 00
6
ANNUAL REPORT.
April 7 G. K. Darling, Collectors' books, 12 20
21. M. R. Warren, Surveyor's time books, 5 00 North Attleboro Gas Light Co., gas for Falls lamp, 2 50
E. H. Sweet & Co., advertising war- rants, 38 00
May
Eliot Hunt & Co., advertising and printing warrants, 25 00
5. North Attleboro Gas Light Co., gas for Falls lamp, 2 25
19 E. H. Sweet & Co., advertising and printing 20 75
H. K. W. Allen, services as Auditor, IO 50
B. Porter, Jr., collecting District No. I taxes, 33 50
June 2. Providence Telephone Co., rent of telephone, 10 50
W. A. Wilmarth, kindlings for Clerk's office, I 00
16. L. M. Stanley, services as Moderator, 5 00
2I. Chas. E. Bliss, services as Auditor, 7 50
C. A. Wetherell, rent of Clerk's office, 52 50
July 7. Akerman Co., Assessors' and record books 32 95
14. Geo. W. Cheever, services as Auditor, 7 50
North Attleboro Gas Light Co., gas for Falls lamp, 3 75
F. C. Brown, guarding prisoners, North lock up, 4 00
E. C. Brown, warning town meeting, 5 00
Aug. 1I. E. Capron, warning town meeting, 6 00
Eliot Hunt & Co., advertising town warrant, 6 00
Jaduthan Fuller, repairing scraper, 2 00
7
ANNUAL REPORT.
Aug. 25. Pierce & Carpenter, coal for Clerk's office, II 24
Sept. I. Eliot Hunt & Co., Collectors' blanks and notices, 28 00
Providence Telephone Co., rent of telephone, 10 50
8. H. A. Davis, adjusting and sealing weights and measures, 8 75
North Attleboro Gas Light Co., gas for Falls lamp, 3 75
22. G. A. Sweeney, supplies for Clerk's office, 2 38
Eliot Hunt & Co., printing and office supplies, 7 18
Oct.
6. Providence Furniture Co., Linoleum for Clerk's office, 32 55
20. Eliot Hunt & Co., Collectors' blanks and envelopes 18 00
B. Porter, Jr., collecting taxes for 1882, 440 89 postage and stationery, 25 00
Attleboro Union Gas Light Co., gas for Clerk's office, I 00
North Attleboro Gas Light Co., gas for Falls lamp, 2 50
Nov. 3. E. H. Sweet, advertising and print- ing 21 50
IO. Farmers and Mechanics Association, rent to April 1, 1884, 1000 00
17. Job B. Savery, salary, 500 00
making copy of valua- tion for State, 25 00
R. Knapp, salary as Treasurer, 200 00
B. Porter, Jr., salary as town officer, 400 00
making copy of valua- tion for State, 25 00 .
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8
ANNUAL REPORT.
Nov. 17 E. R. Read, services of officers at the polls, 12 00
S. P. Lathrop, making copy of valua- tion for State, 15 00
North Attleboro Gas Light Co., gas for Falls lamp, 3 00
23. L. M. Stanley, warning town meeting, 5 00
Dec. I. Eliot Hunt & Co., printing bill heads and warrants, 22 25
Providence Telephone Co., rent of telephone IO 50
15. W. A. Wilmarth, wood for Clerk's of- fice, I 00
John Thacher, services as Collector, 1882, 281 62
E. H. Sweet & Co., advertising and printing, 24 00
E. H. Sweet & Co., printing voting lists, 67 41
C. A. Wetherell, rent of Clerk's office, 52 50
North Attleboro Gas Light Co., gas for Falls lamp, 3 25
Attleboro Mutual Savings Associa- tion, rent of room, 56 25
1884.
Jan. 12. Attleboro Water Supply District, water for fountain, 75 00
North Attleboro Gas Light Co., gas for Falls lamps, 9 00
L. V. G. Mackie, returning 43 births, IO 75
H. C. Bullard, returning 28 births, 7 00
26. Job B. Savery, collecting and record- ing vital statistics 249 80
A. M. Sperry, returning 66 deaths, 16 50
9
ANNUAL REPORT.
Jan. 26 L. M. Stanley, 95 23 75
M. H. Battershall, “ 49 births, 12 25
S. P. Lathrop, services as Overseer of Poor, 100 00
Attleboro Union Gas Light Co., gas for clerks office, 2 00
Burden & Gerould, returning 35 births, 8 75
J. W. Foster & Son, 23
births, 5 75
Feb.
9 W. J. Luther, services as surveyor, 8 00
S. Daggett, 130 00
Feb. 23 W. A. Wilmarth, wood for clerk's office, I OO
Mutual Savings Association, furni- ture for Selectmen's room, 40 00
E. C. Brown, serving notices for Board of Health, 5 40
North Attleboro Gas Light Co., gas and care Falls lamps, 8 75
Carpenter & Co., envelopes for Col- lector, I 60
Carpenter & Co., door mat for clerk's office, 3 00
O. P. Richardson, Jr. premium for insurance on Sanford St. house, 270 00
J. W. Gifford & Co., supplies for clerk's office. 2 65
R. Knapp, balance of salary as Treasurer, 100 00
R. Knapp, paying State aid, 25 00
stationery and stamps, IO 69
Job B. Savery, balance of salary, 100 00 postage, 12 18
10
ANNUAL REPORT.
Feb. 23 Job B. Savery, express, 4 05
office supplies, II 8I
car fares, etc., 2 35
T. A. Barden, collector for Dist. I, 33 06
4, 50 92
amt. over paid Treas-
urer School Dist. No. 4, 17 40
T. A. Barden, expense, Dist. 4, 3 50
collector for Dist. 5, 18 61
66 expense, 2 00
Perry, Barnes & Co., advertising special town meeting, 6 00
Feb. 29. S. P. Lathrop, balance of salary as town officer, 400 00
S. P. Lathrop, keeping State aid ac- count, 25 00
S. P. Lathrop, postage, stationery, etc., 4 22
B. Porter, Jr., balance of salary as town officer, 100 00
Pierce & Carpenter, coal for Clerk's office, 17 33
E. R. Read, serving road notices, 7 50
G. N. Crandall, services as Overseer of Poor, 100 00
G. N. Crandall, postage and stationery, 2 25
$6,092 03
11
ANNUAL REPORT.
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
1883.
March 10. B. Porter, Jr., filling tank at N. High building, $ 2 50
24. W. F. Shattuck, damage in defect on Pleasant street, 3 00
24. Mrs. Lucretia Jones, damage on sidewalk, Pine street, 100 00
April 7. H. Richardson, street sign posts, 43 12 Aurora Lodge, setting curb on Church street, 9 60
21. B. & P. Railroad Co., freight on road machine, 9 67
G. A. Adams, drafting petition to Legislature for confirmation of the acts of School District 18, 25 00
28. W. E. Johnson, Pennock's Road Machine, 150 00
May
E. Hunt & Co., printing report of Appraisers of School Property, 5 00
5. W. E. Johnson, points and blades for Road Machine, 48 00
B. & P. Railroad Co., freight on scraper blades, 25
19. John T. Tobitt, setting curbing and paving gutters, 43 80
A. Brigham, labor and material N. High school lot, 7 08
C. L. Watson, damage to team on highway, 200 00
12
ANNUAL REPORT.
June 2. W. C. Richardson, damage to daugh- ter and sleigh on highway, 100 00
16. P. Brady, land damage by relocation of West street, 50 00
D. Leary, land damage by location of River street, 35 00
S. Daggett, services as surveyor, 68 00
21. S. Blaisdell, 50 street bound stones, 27 50
30. L. M. Stanley, cleaning catch basins,
39 03
7. F. L. Burden, medical attendance on H. A. Blackinton, 5 00
14. F. B. Richards, services as Ap- praiser of School Property, 25 00
Wm. O'Connor, police duty two days, 6 00 Elijah Capron, police duty two days, 6 00 E. C. Brown, police duty of self and others nights of July 3d. and 4th., II 00
C. H. Dillon, police duty nights 3d, and 4th., 6 00
L. M. Stanley, labor and material on Forest street bridge, 13 31
John T. Tobitt, paving gutters and setting curbing, 172 90
28 G. N. Crandall, services as appraiser of school property, 25 00
John Shaw, special police service, 4 00
J. Whitehill, services as Chairman of
Aug. I High School building committee, 100 00
25 Wilmarth and Mackillop, street sign boards, 38 10 H. N. Daggett, services as appraiser of school property, 25 00
W. P. Shaw, services as appraiser of school property, 25 00
July
13
ANNUAL REPORT.
Aug. 25. J. G. Barden, services as appraiser of school property, 25 00
G. A. Dean, sevices as appraiser of school property, 25 00
E. G. May, services as appraiser of school property, 25 00
Sept. 8 A. R. Block, supplies for Selectmen's room, 2 IO
22 S. Daggett, services as surveyor, 116 00
Oct. 6 Fairbanks, Brown & Co., standard weights and measures, 14 50
John T. Tobitt, setting curbing and paving gutters, 39 75
Horne Brothers, setting street curb- ing, 14 85
Job B. Savery, rebates in excess of taxes for District 16, 342 26
20 Henrietta T. Barrows, rebate for Dist. 4, 60 72
Jesse F. Richards, tax for school Dis- trict No. 4, 1882, refunded, 14 80
S. Blaisdell, street bound stones, 27 50
E. C. Brown, guarding prisoners North lock-up, II OO
H. C. Soulis, painting street sign posts, 12 15
G. M. Horton, setting street curbing, 27 00
Nov. 3 George A. King, services as surveyor, 138 50
R. D. Manchester, stone for East High School lot, 2 00
G. A. King, engineer, Union street sewer, 24 00
C. V. Rollin, setting curbing East High School lot, 63 20
14
ANNUAL REPORT.
Nov. 17 F. S. Draper, balance of rebate on school property District No. 1, 112 64 A. H. Robinson, filling hollow on premises of Mrs. James H. Horton, 9 19
23. K. McKay, labor and material on Hebronville Bridge, 1000 00
Dec. I.
H. Richardson, grading lot, etc., Cal- vin G. Dean, 50 40
H. Richardson, setting street sign posts, 34 35
John T. Tobitt, paving gutters and setting curbing, 137 53
8. K. McKay, labor and material on Hebronville Bridge, 500 00
15. H. J. Fuller, legal advice, 5 00
. L. M. Stanley, material for street curbing, II 67
T. J. Gifford & Co., old bill for District 5, 5 24
Lucy M. Richards, rebate on school property, Dist. 4, 69 00
H. Richardson, grading C. G. Dean's lot, 21 27
C. V. Rollin, material and setting curbing on High School sites, 58 20
Harriet T. Richards,rebate on school property, Dist. 4, 77 28
T. B. Hazzard, painting street sign boards, 55 75
29. S. Manchester, land damage by re- location of West street, 50 00
Ira Richards, rebate on school prop- erty, District 4, 23 65
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ANNUAL REPORT.
1884.
Jan. £
12. H. Hornig, land damage by location West street (North), 40 00
H. C. Soulis, painting street sign posts, 19 56
Jan.
E. E. Barrows, rebate on School property, District 4, 3 53
12. North Attleboro Gas Light Co., labor and materials on Falls fountain, 19 90
A. Brigham, setting street curbing, 145 00
K. Mckay, labor and material on Hebronville bridge, 750 00
26. A. E. Codding, damage by grading Church street, 850 00
K. McKay, labor and material on Hebronville bridge, 500 00
Feb.
9. E. R. Read, refunded lock-up fees, 6 00
K. McKay, labor and material on Hebronville bridge, 500 00
23. C. P. Young, rebate in District I, 2 48
Harriet E. Richards, rebate in Dis- trict 4, 26 22
F. B. Byram, legal advice, Board of Health, 5 00
Knowles, Anthony & Co., advertising, I 62
Kenneth McKay, labor and material on Hebronville bridge, 150 00
Feb. 29. Hobart P. Richards, damages on ac- count of grading Washington st., 30 00
$7684 61
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ANNUAL REPORT.
EDUCATIONAL.
EAST HIGH SCHOOL.
J. O. Tiffany,
teaching,
$
1100 00
Helen W. Metcalf,
500 00
Fuel,
352 15
Janitor,
147 50
-- -- $2,099 65
NORTH HIGH SCHOOL.
H. M. Maxon,
teaching, $ 1100 00
Agnes Pierce,
500 00
Fuel,
311 00
Janitor, 108 00
-$2,019 00
$4,118 65
COMMON SCHOOL.S.
H. J. Whittemore, teacher vocal music, $ 806 00 Mrs. Angie M. Porter teaching Park street,
$195 00
Lizzie M. Thomson, teaching, Park street, 423 00
Ellie E. Whiting, teaching, Park street, 396 00
Hattie B. Paine, 150 00
Nellie F. Alexander, “ 66 207 00
Bertha Pierce,
210 00
Janitor, Park street and School street, 216 00
Fuel,
185 45
-- $1,982 45
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ANNUAL REPORT. .
Fanny L. Whittemore, teaching, School
street, $360 00
Lillian Albee, teaching, School street, 150 00
Caroline O. Pierce, " ¥ 360 00
Cora F. Barden,
360 00
Mary W. Phelps,
210 00
Fuel, 66
156 39
-$1,596 39
Jennie E. Ellis, teaching Ellis school, $324 00
Janitor, 18 00
Fuel,
13 83
$355 83
Mabel E. Slocum, teaching Holmes school,
324 00
Janitor, Holmes school, 21 50 Fuel, 66
30 03
375 53
Grace E. Smith, teaching, Bank street, $150 00
Amelia R. Amos,
66
581 00
J. Lewis Wightman, “
576 00
Lottie E. Smith,
150 00
Caroline T. Manning,
210 00
Lillian C. Albee,
210 00
Myra A. Safford,
210 00
Lizzie A. Riley,
209 00
Janitor,
66
226 35
Fuel,
174 47
$2,496 82
Hattie E. Avery, teaching, Falls,
$233 20
Mary G. Heald,
195 00
Laura E. Amos, 66
350 00
Lillian K. Williams,
350 00
Emma C. Taber, 66
13 20
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Elsie M. Dann, teaching, Falls, 149 60
Fred H. Saunders,
336 00
Janitor,
146 32
Fuel,
106 92
--- -- $1,880 24
Laura E. Comey, teaching Old Town, $150 00
Bessie H. Webber, 66
120 00
Mary G. Stroud,
66
90 00
Janitor,
6
17 55
Fuel, 66 66
21 55
--
$ 399 10
Theresa L. Pratt, teaching Adamsdale, $360 00
Janitor,
13 00
Fuel,
33 10
406 10
Lola R. Miller, teaching City, $468 00
Janitor,
30 00
Fuel,
56 75
---- $
554 75
Jennie S. Horton, teaching, Turnpike, $352 00
Janitor,
27 25
Fuel,
37 15
--
-$ 416 40
Blanche Brockway, teaching Read and
Ide,
$129 60
Lizzie E. Read, teaching Read and Ide, 108 00
Clara L. Fuller,
66 27 00
George B. Brown,
54 00
Janitor,
22 00
Fuel,
22 75
-- $ 363 35
19
ANNUAL REPORT.
Laura A. Hastings, teaching, Dodge- ville, $195 00
Carrie L. Perry,
396 00
Carrie E. Cobb,
273 00
Janitor,
106 00
Fuel,
56 74
-- $1,026 74
Mrs. Julia L. Brigham, teaching, Briggs-
ville,
$324 00
Janitor, Briggsville, 30 21
Fuel,
26 25
--- -$
380 46
Evelyn Slocum, teaching, Muggsville, $127 50
Martha E. Dean,
108 00
Fanny E. Nelson,
81 00
Janitor,
20 25
Fuel,
27 50
$
364 25 Eliza W. Smith, teaching Bear Swamp, $135 00
Janitor,
66 7 50
Fuel,
14 90
J. Addie Capron, teaching, Farmers, $238 00
Susie F. Brady,
30 00
Marianna McClatchey, “
96 00
Cornelia C. Bronson,
199 20
Lydia C. Peck,
57 20
Janitor,
24 50
Fuel,
84 92 -$
729 82
Lucie Alger, teaching, Pleasant street, $360 00
Janitor,
52 00
Fuel, 66
38 05
450 05
157 40
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20
ANNUAL REPORT.
Lena W. Briggs, teaching, Fisherville, $135 00
Janitor, 3 75
Fuel,
3 40
$ 142 15
Martha E. Dean, teaching New Boston, $135 00
Evelyn Slocum,
189 00
Janitor, 66
25 25
Fuel,
19 39
368 64 -$
Hanna M. Pratt, teaching, Sanford st., $396 00
Leonora P. Beers,
468 00
Mary E. Lamb,
360 00
Mrs. O. Cora Chatterton,
360 00
Cora L. Maynard,
360 00
Lucy C. Sweet,
66 360 00
Alice D. Graham,
6 6
360 00
Mary E. Wattles, 66 66
200 00
Lizzie A. Riley,
202 75
Janitor,
367 50
Fuel,
66 518 85
-- $3,953 10
Nellie H. Collar, teaching, So. Main st., $360 00
Janitor,
54 00
Fuel,
68 23
-$
482 23
Mrs. Lizzie W. Potter, teaching, He- bronville, $195 00
Sarah C. Bowen, teaching, Hebronville, 90 00
Clara G. Bourne,
122 40
Alice E. Whitaker,
270 40
Janitor, .
38 50
Fuel,
40 40
-$ 756 70
Total Common School expenses,
$20,444 50
" High
4,118 65
Total,
$24,563 15
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ANNUAL REPORT.
STATEMENT.
DR.
Unexpended balance March 1, 1883, $ 70 06 Appropriation, 24,000 00
State School Fund,
198 56 782 03
Dog Fund,
-$25,050 65
CR.
Expenditures, Unexpended balance,
$24,563 15 487 50 --- $25,050 65
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENCY.
1883.
F. E. Burnette, salary, $1,275 00
June 16. E. B. Bliss, office furniture, 116 48 1884.
Feb.
9. T. E. Hancock & Co., chairs
for North office.
12 25
-$1,403 73
22
ANNUAL REPORT.
INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES.
1883.
March 24. A. R. Block, school supplies, 8 7I
F. W. Barry, blank books for teachers, 5 60 E. P. Brown, services as Truant officer, 15 00 J. B. Savery, making list of school children, 15 00
April 7. Frost & Adams, pencils, 3 20
H. A. Bodman, repairing organ at Sanford street house, 8 00
C. H. Whiting, paper, ink, etc., 13 64
C. W. Clark, crayons, erasers, etc., 50 80
T. W. Illman, services as School Committee, 35 00
T. W. Illman, stationery. 2 74
21. J. W. Gifford & Co., school supplies, 18 80
P. E. Thayer & Co., school supplies, 55 00
C. W. Clark, school books, 6 04
C. B. Thompson, supplies, 1 97
28. E. Capron, services as Truant officer, 24 10
E. H. Sweet & Co., school blanks, I 75
C. F. Shourds, feather dusters, 2 00
J. N. Franklin, supplies for North High school, 8 68
G. A. Sweeney, supplies for Sanford street school, 9 50
D. S. Bowman, cleaning Sanford street house, 12 00
J. L. Hammett, ink wells, 6 05
J. H. Jillson, repairing school clocks, 17 50
new clock, 7 00
23
ANNUAL REPORT.
April 28. H. S. Nye, cleaning windows East High school house, 4 75
May 5. Attleboro Water Supply District, water for East High school, 9 15
S. P. Lathrop, services as School Committee, 46 75
S. P. Lathrop, postage, stationery, etc., I 45
19 A. T. Wales, school utensils, 2 85
W. P. Adams, grammars, 190 50
G. A. Adams, services as School Committee, 25 00
June 16. Daniel Leary, labor on Bank street yard, 9 54
Munroe & Pratt, brooms, 74
Angie M. Porter, drawing paper, 1 30
E. H. Sweet & Co., advertising school notice, I 00
J. W. Gifford & Co., school supplies, 28 98
P. E. Thayer & Co., feather dusters, 9 00
F. A. Bates, supplies for North High school, 70
Burton & Williams, supplies for North High school, 3 35
W. M. Hall, school supplies, 3 20
21. H. J. Whittemore, music for High school, 2 34
30. Eliot Hunt & Co., programmes and tickets for graduation, 38 75
B. A. Razee & Co., school supplies, I 35
J. Whitehill, school books and sup- plies, 3 67
B. A. Razee & Co., school books and supplies 3 68
Eliot Hunt & Co., advertising, 4 00
24
ANNUAL REPORT.
June 30. Corey Bros., use of piano, 12 00 Mrs. D. Reynolds, cleaning. Ellis house, 2 50
M. Johnson, broom for Ellis' house, 40
E. C. Stone, printing, 6 00
E. R. Read, insurance on Falls house, 27 00
July 7
H. Rice, " Park St. " 81 00
28 J. Whitehill, clock for Oldtown, 4 36
Aug. I Buffalo Hardware Co., school furni- ture for Peck St. grammar, 266 80
II W. H. Hardin, school books, 5 19
J. Whitehill, school supplies, I OO
A. R. Block, books and 3 45
American Soapstone Finish Company, black board material, 10 00
M. Hanlon, and J. Dolan, cleaning wells, 10 00
Wamsutta House, use of hall for grad- uation, 20 00
Sept. I J. Whitehill, services as school com- mittee, 22 50
F. E. Burnette, postage and stationery, 9 75
M. E. Society, use of church for grad- uation, 13 00
8 Carpenter & Co., books and supples, 2 70
John Whitehill, 2 87
B. & P. R. R. Co., freight, I 17
C. E. Bliss, books and supplies, 9 98
Oct.
6 H. Rice, carting supplies, 40
Mrs. H. F. Douglass, cleaning Pleas- ant street house, 3 00
Mrs. E. B. Thomas, cleaning Farmers house, 3 00
25
ANNUAL REPORT.
Oct. 6 J. W. Gifford & Co., school supplies, 27 30
20 C. W. Clark, teacher's desk, 14 00
Nov. 3 F. D. Morse & Sons, rebinding dic- tionaries, 4 65
17 F. Fogg, lettering diplomas, 4 50
E. H. Sweet & Co., printing, 6 25
23 A. S. Bishop, repairs on furniture, 14 20
J. O. Tiffany, supplies, 2 90
Dec.
I W. H. Smith, cleaning Dodgeville house, 5 00
I5 J.F. Hall, carting settees to City house, I OO
Mrs. M. Shea, cleaning Ellis house, I 35
J. Whitehill, supplies, &c., 78
29 Cornell Bros., supplies, &c., 5 86
Fulton & Dutton, clock for Ellis house, 4 49
H. J. Whittemore, music books, 3 12
Mrs. A. Collins, cleaning High and Bank St. houses, 5 00
J. Flemming, repairs blackboards and stoves, 6 00
Wamsutta Pharmacy. supplies, 6 61
1884
Jan.
I2 Geo. H. Herrick, repairing clocks, 3 75
Att. Water Sup. Dist., water for East schools, 22 00
L. Z. Carpenter, supplies, 5 60
C. E. Bliss, ink wells, 18 00
Feb.
9 H. J. Whittemore, music books, I 56
C. E. Bliss, books, 72 18
.
S. P. Clark & Co., school supplies, 75
E. H. Sweet & Co., stationery, cards, &c., 21 50
E. W. Hunt, supplies, I 50
C. W. Clark, ink, 9 00
26
ANNUAL REPORT.
Feb. 9 N. A. Gaslight Co., materials for Falls house, I 60
23 W. E. Dunham, services as truant officer, 6 50
Geo. H. Herrick, repairing clock, I OO
H. M. Maxson, supplies for No. High school, 3 61
H. M. Maxson, graduation expenses, 5 30
J. W. Gifford & Co., school utensils, 55
supplies South Main st., 7 03
J. W. Gifford & Co., 2 stoves for Dodgeville, 35 04
J. W. Gifford & Co., supplies for He- bronville, I 13
J. W. Gifford & Co., brooms, 2 87
Feb. 29. Attleboro Union Gas Light Co., pip- ing and fixtures for East High buil- ing 24 62
$1596 33
27
ANNUAL REPORT.
SCHOOL HOUSE REPAIRS.
1883.
March 10. J. W. Gifford & Co., material for Pleasant st., 12 04
24. J. W. Gifford, repairing boiler, San- ford st., 88 87
Nye Bros., repairing boiler, E. High, 73 46
Pleasant
st., 25 16
April 21. L. L. Read, Read & Ide, 6 80
28. Union Steam & Gas Pipe Co., heating apparatus, 26 31
May 5.
M. F. Ashley, Briggsville, 9 68
June 16. Cornell Bros., E. High, 85
J. Esten, Holmes,
6 57
Dan'l McPhae, New Boston, 20 25
Alena W. Briggs, Fisherville, 4 75
30. T. W. Draper & Co., New Boston,
30 12
Mrs. Wm. H. Smith. Dodgeville,
5 00
July 28. Frank Fountain, Sanford st.,
6 75
Geo. W. Pelkey, Oldtown,
7 60
E. Clark & Co., Sanford st. fire escape,
595 00
J. Flemming, Oldtown,
88 18
J. Whitehall, 17 97
J. Smith & Co.,
53 84
A. White, 24 75
J. Whitehill, 28 39
Attleboro Machine Co., Sanford st., I 88
Aug. 25 Wm. S. Wilbur, 4 20
28
ANNUAL REPORT.
Sept. I Nye Bros., Sanford Street, 102 59
Turnpike, 16 50
66 66
E. High, 46 62
W. S. Wilbur
33
Horne Bros., Sanford st.,
I 75
J. F. Hall, 6 75
A. F. & F. Bray, Turnpike,
8 79
A. H. Watkins, Farmers,
36
J. Flemming,
108 22
H. E. Snow,
13 50
J. Whitehill, Oldtown,
I 50
Turnpike,
4 29
Adamsdale,
66
D. D. Sweet & Co., Turnpike, 14 00
G. A. Whipple, 38 84
F. L. Gifford, Sanford st., 60 39
Geo. W. Pelkey, Turnpike,
34 00
J. T. Cottrell,
116 56
E. A. White, 40 88
66 Adamsdale, 2 25
8 D. Briggs, Briggsville,
52 60
S. Blaisdell, North High, 48 00
F. H. Gould & Co .. Farmers, 46 26
Turnpike, 66
16 97
J. Flemming,
51 37
C. S. Peirce, Park st.,
13 75
Bank st.,
24 00
66 Falls "
9 75
Ellis " .
9 25
66 Holmes st.,
7 50
Bennett & French, New Boston,
66 94
J. Marley, Falls, I 50
A. McNulty, School street, 3 50
N. High, “ I 23
29
ANNUAL REPORT.
Sept. 8 A. McNulty, Bank street, 35
Falls
I 66
Bennett & French, Falls,
3 60
Bank street,
2 80
.. .. N. High,
22 54
..
.. Bank st., 17 78
22 E. A. White, Turnpike,
I 25
Ira Matthewson, Falls,
5 00
W. F. Shattuck, Pleasant st.,
29 71
So. Main st., 17 55
Oct. 6. C. S. Peirce, N. High,
4 75
C. E. Jordan, Holmes,
I 08
J. B. Burns, Park and School sts.,
5 18
E. Perry, Muggs,
4 70
T. W. Draper & Co., Bank,
5 95
New Boston,
83
A. H. Tucker, Sanford st.,
IO OI
W. M. Hall, Park st.,
I 05
High st.,
1 58
Falls
45
New Boston,
60
J. W. Gifford & Co., Farmers,
18 56
Sanford st.,
28 16
S. Main “
3 85
E. High "
88 02
20 H. E. Snow, Sanford st.,
5 40
W. F. Shattuck, Sanford st.,
16 73
D. White,
7 88
Nov.
3 Thos. J. Gifford & Co., Falls,
74 60
Bennett & French,
154 93
I7 Marcus Cole, Falls,
2 25
J. N. Franklin,
31 57
N. N. Plath,
73 83
N. A. Gaslight Co., Falls,
I 20
30
ANNUAL REPORT.
Nov, 17 E. J. Lynch, Falls, 4 55
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