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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS,
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, ·
TREASURER AND COLLECTORS,
OF THE
TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH,
Dosept ( FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1885.
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1884-5.
SELECTMEN AND ASSESSORS. - Job B. Savery, Charles T. Guild, Charles E. Jordan.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. - Samuel P. Lathrop, George B. Fittz, B. Porter, Jr.,* Charles T. Guild.
TREASURER. - Randolph Knapp.
TOWN CLERK. - Job B. Savery.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. - John Whitehill, Samuel P. Lathrop, for one year; Charles S. Holden, William H. Kling, for two years ; Mark O. Wheaton, Fred. B. Byram, for three years.
FENCE VIEWERS. - Philip Brady, Lyman M. Stanley, Patrick F. Grady, Elisha G. May.
ROAD SURVEYORS. - Districts 1, 4 and 5, Charles E. Smith ; 2, Charles E. Jordan; 3, Lucian I. Sweetland; 6, Joseph Eldridge, t Horace Eldridge ;¿ 7, Jesse A. Carpenter ; 8 and 10, Louis L. Reed ; 9, George A. Whipple; 11, Henry H. Carpenter; 12, Sabin Knight ; 13, Thomas Smith ; 14, Benjamin A. Cummings ; 15, Patrick Gorman ; 16, Emery E. White ; 17, Everett S. Brown ; 18, Lyman M. Stanley; 19, James H. George; 20, Andrew S. Mason.
COLLECTORS. - East District, John Thacher; North District, Charles T. Guild; South Section, George F. Ide.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER. - Arthur B. Carpenter, John Dwyer, Bernard Lennon.
CONSTABLES. - Elijah Capron, Lyman M. Stanley, William E. Dunham, Elijah R. Read, E. Carlisle Brown, George F. Ide, Abel C. Thornton, James W. Riley, Eben L. Sylvester, Charles H. Dillon, George F. Stone, Daniel P. King, Samuel D. Clarke, Jr., Andrew M. Sperry.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. - Lyman M. Stanley.
SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND BARK. - Lucius Z. Carpenter, Charles T. Guild, George A. Monroe, Shepard W. Carpenter, Henry L. Carpenter, Thomas A. Barden.
AUDITORS. - Frank I. Babcock, George W. Cheever, William P. Shaw.
WEIGHERS OF COAL AND HAY. - Charles T. Guild, Nehemiah Hicks, Charles H. Sturdy, Arthur B. Carpenter.
TRUANT OFFICERS. - Elijah Capron, William E. Dunham, James W. Riley, E. Carlisle Brown, Geo. F. Ide.
POUND KEEPER. - William Norwood.
Resigned. t Deceased. Į Appointed.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT,
CURRENT EXPENSES.
1884.
March 8. R. M. Pulsifier & Co., advertising, 2 50
27. E. Capron, notifying town officers, 10 00
Attleboro Board of Health, Services of E. G. May, 25 00
66 G. N. Crandall, 25 00
66 J. G. Barden, 25 00
G. Mackie, 50 00
J. R. Foster, 50 00
- 175 00
Perry, Barnes & Co.,
Printing town report, 120 12
Advertising warrant, 25 00
Printing, 5 00
-
150 12
Williams & Wesley, advertising warrant, 16 00
Providence Telephone Co., rent of telephone, IO 50
W. J. Luther, services as surveyor, 65 91
L. M. Stanley, salary as sealer of weights and measures, 75 00
North Attleboro Gas Light Co., Gas for street lamps, 6 50
Gas for selectmen's room, 25 00
6 75
April 2. L. S. Learned, stationery, 10 00
184
ANNUAL REPORT.
April
2. Job B. Savery, selectmen's expenses out of town, 6 58
IO. C. K. Darling, collector's warrants and books, 12 85
M. R. Warren, road surveyor's books, etc., 8 48
W. H. Kling, services as moderator, three days, 15 00
17. North Attleboro Gas Light Co., gas for street lamps, 6 00
24. Attleboro Union Gas Light Co., gas for clerk's office, I 50
May
C. E. Bliss, services as auditor, 7 50
I. E. H. Sweet & Co., printing, 39 13
8. S. Daggett, surveying, 80 00
Dr. Geo. Mackie, fees for returning thirteen births, 3 25
Job B. Savery, physician's fees for re- turning seven births, I 75
E. R. Read, serving road notices, I 00
Attleboro Machine Co., repairs on fountain, 75
North Attleboro Gas Co.,
Gas for street lamps, 5 00
Gas for selectmen's room, 25
5 25
15. E. R. Read, warning town meeting, 5 00
E. H. Sweet & Co., printing and ad- vertising, 18 00
22. Perry, Barnes & Co., printing and ad- vertising, 23 00
June
5. Providence Telephone Co., rent of telephone, IO 50
E. Williams & Co., advertising, 10 00
I 2. C. A. Wetherell, rent of town clerk's office, 52 50
185
ANNUAL REPORT.
June 19. North Attleboro Gas Co., Gas for selectmen's room, $1 00
Gas for street lamps, 5 00
6 00
24 92
.26. R. Knapp, out of town expenses, pos- tage, etc., J. Thacher, collector's services, district 18, 1880 and 1881, 110 00 Collector's services for 1883, 319 24
- 429 24
July 3. Akerman & Co., assessor's books, 34 10
Aurora Lodge, I. O. O. F., rent of selectmen's room, 72 00
IO. S. Daggett, surveying, 71 00
17. Perry, Barnes & Co., printing, 9 00
24. North Attleboro Gas Co., gas for street lamps, 4 00
31. Perry, Barnes & Co.,
Advertising warrant, 5 00
Printing warrant, 2 50
7 50
E. Williams & Co., advertising war- rant, 5 00
Aug. 7. E. H. Sweet & Co., advertising war- rant, 7 50
E. C. Brown, warning town meeting, 5 00
G. W. Cheever, services as auditor, 8 25
28. R. Knapp, part salary as treasurer, 150 00
Sept. 4. Providence Telephone Co., rent of telephone, IO 50
25. C. E. Jordan, part salary as select- man, etc., 100 00
Oct. 3. Farmer's and Mechanic's Association, Rent of hall and grounds, to April 1, 1885, 1,000 00
24
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I86
ANNUAL REPORT.
Oct. 17. Aurora Lodge, I. O. O. F., rent of selectmen's room, $38 50
North Attleboro Gas Co., Gas for street lamps, 5 50
Gas for selectmen's room, I 50
7 00
S. Daggett, surveying, 85 00
30. C. E. Jordan, part salary, 100 00
North Attleboro Gas Co.,
Gas for street lamps,
15 00
Gas for selectmen's room, I 75
16 75
C. T. Guild,
Postage and paper for as-
sessors, 9 10
Clearing selectmen's room, 3 25
Supplies for selectmen's room, 9 89
13 14
Postage, etc., for collector,
36 50
Nov. 6. Perry, Barnes & Co.,
Printing voting list, 100 00
Printing and advertising, 9 25
109 25
R. Knapp & Co., supplies for select- men's room, 92
E. S. Williams, fuel for selectmen's room, IO IO
Nov. 13. T. I. Sherman, surveying, 37 00
E. Capron, warning town meeting, 5 00
J. F. Hall, express, I OO
J. W. Gifford & Co., repairing foun- tain, 8 42
W. F. Shattuck,
Repairs of clerk's office, 83
Repairs of ballot box, 2 29
3 12
187
ANNUAL REPORT.
Nov. 13. Job B. Savery,
Stamps for registration board, $22 00
Rubber stamps, 5 50
Express, etc., 2 43
29 93
G. A. Adams, legal services, 79 31
20. B. Porter, Jr.,
Services as overseer of poor, to May 15, 1884, 16 66
Postage, etc., 2 35
Services as collector for 1883, 360 83
Postage, etc., as collector, 36 25
Postage, etc., as selectman, 4 15
420 24
20. E. H. Sweet & Co., envelopes and posters, 5 75
F. W. Barry, paper for assessors, 19 09
Attleboro water district, fountain water, 75 00
E. R. Read, services at the polls, 4 00
Dec.
1. E. H. Sweet & Co., printing and ad- vertising, 36 50
Providence Telephone Co., rent of telephone, IO 50
J. W. Capron, surveying,
I 50
Job B. Savery,
Part services, 400 00
Office expenses, 40 00
440 00
II. C. A. Wetherell, rent of town clerk's office, 52 50
W. J. Luther, surveying grades, etc., 26 02
North Attleboro Gas Co.,
Gas for street lamps, 14 00
Gas for selectmen's room, 2 75
16 75
188
ANNUAL REPORT.
Dec. II. E. C. Brown, services at polls, $4 00
22. J. W. Cody, services as registrar of voters, 63 00
W. F. Boyd, services as registrar of voters, 35 00
D. S. Hall, services as registrar of voters, 63 00
J. B. Savery,
Services as registrar of
voters, 63 00
Clerical services, 62 50 -
125 50
1885. Jan. I. S. Daggett, surveying, 85 00
8. Trustees Aurora Lodge, I. O. O. F., Rent of selectmen's room, 36 00 Rent of weights and meas- ures room, 15 00
51 00
North Attleboro Gas Co., gas for street lamps, 9 25
H. C. Bullard, returning thirty eight- births, 9 50
E. S. Williams, fuel for selectmen's room, 16 45
I 5. Attleboro Union Gas Co., gas for clerk's office, 4 75
Pierce & Carpenter, coal for clerk's office, 14 25
J. R. Foster, returning 53 births, 13 25
G. Mackie, returning 19 births, 4 75
L. V. G. Mackie, returning 66 births, 16 50
22. M. H. Battershall, returning 45 births, II 25 L. M. Stanley, returning 81 deaths, 20 25
29. A. M. Sperry, returning 75 deaths, 18 75
189
ANNUAL REPORT.
Jan. 29. Job B. Savery,
Collecting and recording 385 births, $192 50 Collecting and recording 193 deaths, 28 80
Collecting and recording
I35 marriages, 20 25
Physician's birth returning fees, 2 25
243 80
Chas. K. Darling, collector's warrants, 5 00
Feb. 5. T. P. McDonough, returning 20
births, 5 00
North Attleboro Gas Co., Gas for selectmen's room, 3 00
Gas for street lamps, 6 50
9 50
12. E. S. Williams, fuel for selectmen's room, II 60
W. J. Luther, surveying, III 29
19. Burden & Gerould, returning 45 births, II 25
A. R. Block, supplies for selectmen's room, IO 65
R. Knapp,
Services as treasurer, 150 00
Paying State aid, 25 00
Postage, etc., 4 13
C. T. Guild, 179 13
Salary as selectman and
assessor, 400 00
Preparing valuation list for printing, 40 00
440 00
190
ANNUAL REPORT.
Feb. 19. C. E. Jordan,
Salary as selectman and assessor, $200 00
Preparing valuation list for printing, 20 00
220 00
J. B. Savery,
Salary as Selectman, etc., 200 00 Salary as clerk of Registrars, 62 50 Keeping State Aid account, 25 00
Preparing valuation list for printing, 40 00
26. Perry, Barnes & Co.,
327 50
Printing for collectors, 23 25
Advertising and printing, 8 00
Envelopes, 3 25
II 25
Job B. Savery, office expenses, stamps, etc., 31 20
Pierce & Carpenter, coal for clerk's office, 5 40
F. C. Brown, serving road notices, 12 00
27. E. R. Read, serving road notices, 2 50
$6,697 40
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
1884.' March 14. Jennie T. Barrows, damages on Church street, 200 00
27. E. Capron, special services at East Lock-up, 6 00
A. Luhdorff, damages on West street, 15 00
S. Rawcliffe, land damages on West street, 40 00
North Attleboro Gas Co., 6 24
191
ANNUAL REPORT.
April 2. K. McKay, balance on Hebronville bridge, 600 00
H. H. Warner, safe for treasurer, 182 25
Boston & Providence Railroad, freight on safe, 18 75
F. L. Staples, moving safe, 15 00
IO. C. S. Holden, medical services for T. R. Mace, 5 00
John Blaney, land damages on River street, 58 50
17. A. S. Bishop, carpet for Selectmen's room, 29 15
J. N. Franklin, supplies for Select- men's room, 27 80
J. H. Engley, repairs at clerk's office, I OO
E. R. Read, serving road notices, I OO
H. T. Marsh, damages on Washington street, 50 00
C. E. Hayward, land damages to Harris place on County street, 750 00
W. W. Albee, damages on Church street, 35 00
24. Henry Rice, insurance premium, ex- change of policies, 32 49
A. S. Bishop, desks for Town Clerk and Treasurer, 135 00
T. W. Draper, curtains for selectmen's room, 4 55
May 15. E. C. Brown, serving road notices, I 50
S. E. Aldrich, damages by grading Washington street, 75 00
22. H. B. Daggett, surveying school house sites, 12 00
E. R. Read, serving notice of Boston
& Providence Railroad Co., 3 80
192
ANNUAL REPORT.
.
A. Brigham, setting curbing on Broadway, 49 10
29. W. J. Luther, surveying grades and street lines, 70 II
W. J. Luther, surveying line of town division, 205 83
E. H. Bennett,
Counsel fee in Stone case, 50 00
Written opinion, 15 00
65 00
June 5. E. H. Sweet & Co.,
Ballots,-yes and no, 12 00
Advertising Board of Health, 12 75
J. L. Tobitt, 24 75
Setting curbing on South
Main street, 19 40
Paving gutters on South Main street, 18 90
38 30
19. Knowles, Anthony & Danielson, ad- vertising town bonds, 5 25
Perry, Barnes & Co., advertising town bonds, 3 50
June 19. W. F. Shattuck, repairs at clerk's office, 2 48
A. Brigham, setting curbing on
Church street, 129 40
26. Boston Daily Advertiser, advertising town bonds, 21 00
Perry, Barnes & Co., advertising for Board of Health, -
7 50
J. D. Richards, damages by grade of Church street, 15 00
F. H. Gould, damage by grade of Church street, 75 00
193
ANNUAL REPORT.
June 26. A. Brigham,
Setting curbing on Church street, $26 20 Paving gutters on Broadway, 150 00
176 20
E. Williams & Co., advertising town bonds, 2 00
July 3. Bennett & French, labor on street fences, etc., 32 43
A. Brigham,
Paving gutters, 131 00
Setting curbing, 17 40
148 40
T. B. Hazzard, painting street signs,
21 00
Forbes Lithograph Co., printing bonds, 50 00
E. D. Sturtevant, damages by grading Church street, 25 00
10. A. Brigham,
Setting curbing on Church street, 71 00
Paving gutters on Church street, 56 00
- 127 00
Mrs. S. E. Stanley, damages by grade of Elmwood street, 80 75
William O'Connor, services as special police officer, 6 00
William A. Engley, land damages on Starkey avenue, 40 00
E. A. Richardson, land damages on Starkey avenue, 100 00
G. W. Taft, Champion road machine, 250 00
S. M. Holman, cash in lieu of moving barn, 375 00
25
194
ANNUAL REPORT.
July 17. R. F. Simmons, damages by grade of Commonwealth avenue, $125 00
D. H. Harmon, labor and material on filter dam, 33 80
E. Capron, police services, July 3 and 4, 6 00
R. D. Manchester, land damages of Union street sewer, 400 00
A. Brigham,
Paving gutters on Church
street, 52 83
Setting curbing on Church street, 28 00
80 83
Mrs. Dora Donley, land damages on West street, 50 00
24. G. A. Adams, legal advice, and draw- ing papers for Overseers of the Poor, 15 00
J. Klebes, painting road machine, 7 00
Mrs. Mary A. Starkey, land damages on Starkey avenue, 75 00
E. R. Read, police services July 3 and 4,
6 00
31. C. T. Guild, damages by grade and location of West street,
Aug. 7. E. H. Sweet & Co., 169 50
Printing, I 25
Advertising bonds, 4 00
5 25
E.C. Brown, police services July 4, 3 00
14. G. D. King, land damages on West street, 35 00
D. Harmon, building wall on Pleasant street, 18 12
Gammons & Grant, moving Park street flagstaff, 21 95
195
ANNUAL REPORT.
Aug. 14. Catherine Driscoll, land damages on Circular street, $III 96 J. D. Richards, land damage on Cir- cular street, 200 00
2I. W. J. Luther, surveying, 39 30
A. Brigham, setting curbing and pav- ing gutter, 301 75
28. M. Gulski, damages on West street, 15 00
Sept. 4. A. Ball, re-setting fences on East street, 144 00
W. F. Shattuck, repairs on fountain and bridge, 3 94
J. T. Tobitt, paving gutters on South Main street, 12 90
G. A. Sweeney, care of store, clerk's office, 2 00
Horne Bros., setting curbing, 69 20
II. F. W. Barry, selectmen's ledger, 8 50
High Rock Granite Co., 50 street- bound stones, 27 50
A. Ball, re-setting fences, East street, 87 00
25. J. T. Tobitt, paving gutters, 52 80
L. M. Stanley, clearing catch basins,
E. H. Sweet & Co., 40 75
Printing for registrars of
voters, 35 00
Printing for collectors, 17 75
52 75
R. Bliss Manufacturing Co., posts for street signs, 29 00
C. T. Guild, removing obstructions, Elm street, 12 86
H. B. Pierce, book for registrars of voters, 3 50
26. A. Brigham, setting curb and paving gutters, 170 60
196
ANNUAL REPORT.
Oct.
3. Insurance on Sanford street school house, $38 50
9. W. J. Luther, surveying, 7 20
L. M. Stanley, setting curb and pav- ing gutters, 24 57
A. Brigham, setting curb and pav- ing gutters, 252 53
H. Rice, insurance on Bank street school house No. 2, 108 00
17. E. T. Thayer, I-5 expense of care and disposal of O'Brien's, circus horses, 5 60
W. H. Fox, court fees in Wilmarth's suit, 13 63
E. R. Read, insurance on Hebronville school house 81 00
Oct. 23. H. H. Carpenter, clearing catch basins,
19 78
A. Brigham, setting curb and paving gutters, 491 79
30. L. M. Stanley, grading Union street at catch basin, 57 20
H. Rice, insurance on Bank street school house No. I, 13 50
Heirs of F. Miller, land damages on Elm street, 35 00
Nov. 6. A. Brigham, curbing and paving, 268 08
E. S. Williams, land damage on Fac- tory street, 60 00
Nov. 13. H. Rice, insurance on Bank street school house, No. 2, 54 00
20. A. Alger, labor on Mill road, 60 00
J. S. Follett, sods for grading estates on Washington Street, 31 85
A. Brigham, labor grading estates on Washington street, 178 70
.
197
ANNUAL REPORT.
Nov. 20. Mrs. W. T. Nickerson, refreshments for officers at polls, $3 50
A. Bushee, setting curb on County street, 47 60
E. R. Read, insurance on City school house, 54 00
H. Rice, insurance on Park street school house, 81 00
Dec.
4. J. T. Tobitt, setting curb and paving gutters, 15 95
Horne Brothers, setting curb and pav- ing gutters, 55 60
II. Annie C. Cheever, land damages on West street, 50 00
A. Brigham,
Setting curb, 103 65
Paving gutters, 142 50
Changing catch basins, 20 05
22. L. M. Stanley, 266 20
Auctioneer at sale of two school-houses, 3 00
Police services at polls, 5 00
Removal of weights and measures, 3 00
II 00
L. M. Stanley, setting curb and pav- ing stones, 32 60
L. M. Stanley, grading yard of D. E. Holman estate, I22 62
1885. Jan. I. T. B. Hazzard, lettering street signs, 10 00 North Attleboro Gas Co., street signs, 8 50
15. T .. W. Draper & Co., curtains for selectmen's room, 3 32
J. Thacher, moving shed and fence on Thacher street, 75 00
198
ANNUAL REPORT.
Jan. 29. E. R. Read, insurance on City building, $40 50 E. R. Read, insurance on Sanford street building, 135 00
Feb. 5. O. P. Richardson, Jr., insurance on Dodgeville school house, 54 00
O. P. Richardson, Jr., insurance on Sanford street school house, 94 50
19. E. R. Read, insurance on Hebronville buiding, 54 00 High Rock Granite Co., granite for sluiceways, 12 18
23. D. Cudworth, land damages on East street, 40 00
26. H. Rice, insurance on Bank street No. 2 school house, 41 56
27. Estate of R. Carson, land damages on East street, 50 00
$10,047 35
EDUCATIONAL.
STATEMENT.
DR.
Unexpended balance, March 1, 1884, $487 50 Dog Fund, 812 57
Appropriation, 27,900 00
Fines for violation of labor law, 150 00
Tuition from non-resident pupils, 73 00
Overpayment to teacher refunded, 72 00
$29,495 07
199
ANNUAL REPORT.
CR.
Paid teachers' salaries,
$21,162 70
" Music teacher,
1,000 00
" Janitors' services,
2,218 59
" Fuel,
2, 126 99
Unexpended balance,
2,986 79
-$29,495 07
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENCY.
DR.
Unexpended balance, March 1, 1884, $396 27 Appropriation, 1,400 00
$1,796 27
CR.
Paid F. E. Burnette, salary,
$424 99
Paid A. W. Edson, salary,
900 00
Unexpended balance,
471 28 - $1,796 27
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INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES.
1884.
April 2. A. Brigham, labor on North high building, $52 40
IO. H. Rice, express and supplies, 16 61 J. N. Franklin, supplies, 7 II
17. J. N. Franklin, supplies, 22 47
Earle & Prew, express, I 00
E. Capron, services as truant officer, 16 00
24. J. W. Riley, services as truant officer, 26 75
200
ANNUAL REPORT.
May 8. E. H. Sweet & Co., printing and ad- vertising, $4 75
J. H. Jillson, repairing clocks, 7 25
J. Whitehill, postage and expenses, 6 03
Attleboro Water Supply District, Exchange of meters, Sanford street, 9 60
C. E. Bliss, expenses, 5 00
F. E. Burnette, postage and stationery, 5 OI
15. E. Williams, printing and advertising, 15 56
29. A Brigham,
Labor on School street, I 75
Labor on High street, 53 82
Labor on Bank street, 75
56 32
S. P. Lathrop, enumerating school chil- dren, 8 00
J. B. Savery, enumerating school chil- dren, 15 00
Perry, Barnes & Co., printing bill- heads, 3 75
J. Whitehill,
Supplies, 90
Cleaning Oldtown building, 2 80
3 70
G. H. Herrick,
One clock, 4 00
Repairing clock, I 00
5 00
Junė - 19. W. E. Dunham, services as truant officer, 21 25
E. L. Freeman & Co., printing diplo- mas, 65 00
W. Webster, cleaning vaults, 2 50
A. G. Slocum, repairing clocks, 2 50
J. N. Franklin, supplies, 15 5I
20I
ANNUAL REPORT.
July 3. L. A. Riley, car fare, $12 75
E. Williams & Co., printing and ad- vertising, IO 75
J. W. Gifford & Co., supplies, 4 23
Attleboro Water Supply District, Water for school buildings,
12 16
17. H. A. Bodman,
Repairing organs, 3 00
Use of piano for graduations, 24 00
27 00
J. Klebes, furnace tools, 3 45
Aug. 7. W. Webster, cleaning vaults, 3 50
L. Taylor, removing ashes, 5 00
H. B. Davenport, use of opera house for graduation, 20 00
Second Congregational Parish, use of church for graduation, 12 00
D. W. Aldrich, cleaning yard Park street, I 50
S. L. Travers, winding and repairing clock at city house (3 years),
I 50
W. H. Kling,
14 days extra service, as
school committee, 35 00
Car fare, 3 60
38 60
F. B. Byram,
14 days extra service as school committee,
35 00
Expenses, 4 00
Car fare, 3 50
14. J. Whitehill,
Services as committee,
57 50
Expenses, I 30
42 30
58 80
26
202
ANNUAL REPORT.
Aug. 14. G. W. Horton, cleaning Sanford street building, $22 50
28. D. W. Aldrich, cleaning Adamsdale building, 7 87
S. P. Lathrop,
Services as committee, 37 50
Expenses, 3 20
40 70
Perry, Barnes & Co.,
Printing, 9 00
Paper, 2 50
Advertising, I 25
12 75
M. Thayer, labor at Adamsdale house, 2 00
Sept.
4. J. Galvin, cleaning school house, 21 00
N. B. Follett, broom for Falls school, 45 Whittemore & French, blackboard, 7 00
A. A. Newell, carting furniture to Adamsdale, I OO
Baker, Pratt & Co., furniture for Adamsdale, 147 00
25. W. H. Kling, telegrams and postals, I 56
F. A. Bates, supplies, 4 15
J. F. Hall, teaming, 4 25
A. W. Edson,
Expenses, express, etc., 40 17
Expenses, express, etc., 16 38
56 55
L. A. Esten, cleaning Holmes build- ing, 4 50
Buffalo Hardware Co., six dozen ink wells, 4 50
Oct. 9. A. Brigham, labor at Bank street house, 78 35
A. G. Slocum, one clock, 5 00
203
ANNUAL REPORT.
Oct. 9. F. B. Byram, expenses and printing, $II 15 Perry, Barnes & Co., printing, IO 75
F. Fogg, lettering diplomas, 5 50
G. W. Horton, cleaning Sanford and Peck street houses, 13 50
Oct. 23. R. Knapp & Co., supplies for North high school, I 45
D. W. Aldrich, cleaning Park and School street buildings, 15 05
A. W. Edson, postage, express, etc., 16 98
J. N. Franklin, school supplies, 36 00
Nov.
6. Perry, Barnes & Co., printing, 27 75
O. A. Carlton & Co., printing, 7 50
A. G. Slocum, supplies, I 00
C. F. Dean, filling well at Farmers, 5 80
W. H. Kling, printing, etc., 4 50
L. S. Carpenter, labor on books, and supplies, 3 44
Cornell Brothers, supplies, II 39
North Attleboro Fire District Water Department,
Water for Park street building, 9 00
“ for High street 25 00
66 for School street " 16 00
66 for Bank street 10 00
- -
60 00
J. W. Gifford & Co.,
Supplies for City school, 6 62
for Muggsville 19 63
" for Sanford street 66 8 03
for Pleasant street “ 18 09
for Farmers I OO
53 37
20. T. N. Guild, setting trees on School street lot, 4 00
204
ANNUAL REPORT.
Nov. 20. R. Knapp & Co., supplies, $5 00 F. W. Kling, carting desks, 5 00
Boston & Providence Railroad, freight on desks, 5 08
W. H. Kling, services as school com- mittee, 25 00
Dec. 4. A. Williams, labelling and assorting books, 4 05
A. L. Atwell, repairing organ at Dodgeville, 4 50
Attleboro Water Supply District,
Water for Peck street building, 4 00
" Sanford 4 00
" South Main " 2 50
IO 50
J. L. Brigham, curtains for Briggs' Corner building, I 77
S. Cole, carting desks, 2 00
E. H. Sweet & Co., report book, IO 50
F. E. Nelson, curtains for Muggsville building, I 25
A. S. Bishop, chairs and tables, 22 65
F. W. Kling, moving furniture to Ellis building, 2 00
C. T. Guild, making lists of children, 15 00
Andrew & Soulis, shades for Ellis house, 7 50
C. T. Guild, grading Bank street lot, 153 49
C. M. Ellis, grading Ellis lot, I 30
18. A. W. Edson, express, freight, etc., 14 50 W. M. Hall, supplies for Oldtown, 60
22. Baker, Pratt & Co., eight teacher's desks, 80 00
J. L. Hammett, school supplies, 62 60
205
ANNUAL . REPORT.
1885.
Jan. 8. Earl & Prew express, $1 75
Perry, Barnes & Co,, advertising, 2 50
A. Williams, labeling books, I 95 Geo. H. Herrick, repairing clock, Oldtown, 75
F. W. Kling, carting desks, 3 25
Miller, McNeil & Co., 16 book cases, 148 00
15. E. A. Remington, clearing Hebron- ville building, 3 25
North Attleboro Gas Co., gas for North High building, 50
22. C. E. Jordan, making lists of children, 8 00
M. O. Wheaton, salary as school com- mittee, 25 00
C. S. Holden, salary as school com- mittee, 25 00
J. W. Gifford & Co., supplies, 5 73
Attleboro Union Gas Co., gas for East High building, 6 25
Feb. 5. S. P. Lathrop, .
Services as school committee, 25 00
Postage, etc., 85
25 85
I9. Hebron store, sending supplies, 5 65
North Attleboro Gas Co., gas for North High building, 2 50
26. F. B. Byram,
Services as committee, 25 00
Expenses and postage, I 20
26 20
J. Whitehill,
Services as committee, 25 00
Postage, 68
23 68
206
ANNUAL REPORT.
Feb. 26. E. Perry, cleaning Muggsville school house, $2 00
J. N. Franklin, supplies, 2 42
A. G. Slocum, repairing clock, I 00
Perry, Barnes & Co., printing postals, 6 50
A. W. Edson, freight, express, etc., 16 79
F. E. Nelson, key and repairing clock, 65
E. H. Sweet & Co., printing, 13 25
A. Williams, labor on books and supplies, 4 88
A. G. Whitcomb, two tables, 13 00
J. W. Riley, truant officer services, 18 75
W. E. Dunham, truant officer services, 8 75
$2,197 96
STATEMENT.
DR.
Balance unexpended March 1, 1884, $203 67
Appropriation, 2,000 00
$2,203 67
CR.
Bills paid, Unexpended balance,
$2,197 96 5 7I
$2,203 67
207
ANNUAL REPORT.
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TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
1884.
May 29. H. J. Whittemore, music reader, $5 07
A. R. Block, supplies, 3 57'
July 3. W. B. Clark & Carruth, books, 7 13
IO. H. J. Whittemore, music and books, 4 08
Sept. 25. Ginn, Heath & Co., books, 92 08
Knight, Adams & Co., supplies, 40 47
D. Appleton & Co., books, 5 21
J. L. Hammett, supplies, 82 80
Harper Brothers, books, 256 25
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