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Town Report 1886
ANNUAL REPORTS
-- OF THE-
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS,
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
TREASURER AND. COLLECTORS,
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
AND OTHER OFFICERS.
-OF THE-
TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH,
For the Year ending February 28th. 1886.
ATTLEBOROUGHI, M.ASS: PRESS OF PERRY, BARNES & CO. 1886.
AT
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1885-6.
SELECTMEN AND ASSESSORS .- Charles T. Guild, Frank I. Babcock, Henry K. W. Allen.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR .- Samuel P. Lathrop, George B. Fittz, Charles T. Guild.
TREASURER .- Randolph Knapp.
TOWN CLERK .- Job B. Savery.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE .- Samuel P. Lathrop,* John White- hill,* Mark O. Wheaton, Charles S. Holden, Fred B. By- ram,* W. Henry Kling, George E. Osgood,¿ Harvey Clap,¿ Byron R. Hill .¿
TAX COLLECTORS .- East District, John Thacher; North District, Charles T. Guild; South and West Sections, George F. Idc.
ROAD SURVEYORS .- Districts 1, Charles E. Smith; 2, Henry K. W. Allen; 3, Henry C. Kent; 4, Oscar M. Draper; 5, Jonathan Cook; 6, Horace Eldredge: 7, Jesse Carpenter; S, Aashel H. Robinson; 9, Patrick McMann; 10, Lewis L. Read; 1I, William Norwood; 12, Charles A. Bowen; 13, Thomas Smith; 14, John I. Pike; 15, Patrick Gorman; 16, George F. Briggs; 17, Everett S. Brown; 18, Lyman M. Stanley; 19, James H. George; 20, Elmer W. Atwell.
CONSTABLES .- James W. Riley, Elisha C. Brown, George F. Stone, Andrew M. Sperry, Elijah Capron, John W. Cody,* Thomas K. Gay,* Elijah R. Read, George F. Ide, Eben L. Sylvester, Lyman M. Stanley, Abel C. Thornton, Charles H. Dillon, Samuel D. Clark, Jr., Charles H. Chap- pell, David A. Swift, Liston Coolum.#
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ANNUAL REPORT.
BOARD OF HEALTH .- Dr. George Mackic, Elisha G. May, Joseph G. Barden, George N. Crandall, Dr. James R. Foster.
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS .- For three years, Charles T. Guild; for two years, Samuel P. Lathrop; for one year, Frank I. Babcock.
TREASURER OF SINKING FUND .- John T. Bates.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES .- Lyman M. Stan- ley.
FENCE VIEWERS .- Phillip Brady, Lyman M. Stanley, Patrick F. Grady, Elisha G. May, Joseph G. Barden.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER .- Arthur B. Carpenter, John Dwyer, Bernard Lennon, Edmund S. Cargill, Eben French.
SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND BARK .- Lucius Z. Carpenter, Charles T. Guild, George A. Monroe, S. W. Carpenter, Henry L. Carpenter, Thomas A. Barden, Charles A. Car- penter, N. Hicks, Jonathan Follett, J. H. George.
WEIGHERS OF COAL AND HAY .- C. T. Guild, N. Hicks, Charles H. Sturdy, Arthur B. Carpenter, George A. Mon- roe, Robert C. Parker, James Orr, W. H. Riley.
TRUANT OFFICERS .- Elijah Capron, E. Carlisle Brown, George F. Ide.
AUDITORS .- George W. Cheever, William P. Shaw, George A. Dean.
POUND KEEPER. - William Norwood.
COMMITTEE ON BUILDING PINE STREET SCHOOL HOUSE .- George N. Crandall, Frank I. Babcock, Charles E. Bliss.
COMMITTEE ON SEWERAGE .- Charles T. Guild, George N. Crandall, Frank I. Babcock, Elisha G. May, Joseph G. Barden.
* Resigned. # Appointed.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
CURRENT EXPENSES.
1885.
March 12. Providence Telephone Co., Clerk's Office telephone, $ 10.50
James W. Riley, Notice to abutters, 10 50
Warning town meeting, May, 1881, 5 00
Warning town meeting,
March, 1882, 5 00
Warning town meeting, March, 1883, 5 00
Warning town meeting,
March, 1884, 5 00
Services as constable, Nov. 1884, 4 00
34 50
N. A. Gas Light Co.,
Gas, selectmen's room, 2 75
" Falls fountain, 2 .50
" Falls bridge, 2 50
7 75
George F. Ide,
Collecting taxes,
98 72
Stamps, II 78
IIO 50
L.M.Stanley, serving notices on abutters, 3 50
6
ANNUAL REPORT.
March 26. D. S. Hall, services as reg- istrar, 14 00
John W. Cody, services as registrar, 14 00
Job B. Savery, services as registrar, 14 00
Perry, Barnes & Co.,
Advertising town warrants, 25 00
75 bond circulars, 2 00
50 bond circulars,
-
1 50
advertising bonds,
2 50
31 00
E. H. Sweet & Co., board of
health notices, 4 75
E. S. Metcalf & Co., directory for clerk's office, 2 00
F. H. Sweet & Co.,
Printing abutters' notices
and warrants, 17 80
Town reports, 423 CO
200 extra school reports, 12 00
Advertising reward II 75
Annual warrants,
32 25
l'rinting yes and no ballots,
12 50
Overseers orders,
3 00
512 90
I. M. Stanley,
Services as sealer of
weights and measures, 75 00
Moderator, 2 days,
10 00
85 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
March 26. Board of Health, Salary, 200 00
Paper and postage, 2 25
202 25
April 3. E. S. Williams, coal for se- lectmen's room, 10 30
E. C. Brown, services at
8 00
town meeting, 2 days, C. T. Guild, collecting taxes 1884, 299 20
Postage,
11.08
310 28
E. R. Read,
Warning town meeting, 5 00
Services at polls, 3 00
Notifying town officers, 10 00
-
18 00
Elijah Capron, services at polls, two days, 8 00
George F. Stone, posting
warrants, N. A. Gas Light Co.,
5 00
Gas, fountain Falls, 3 00
bridge 3 00
" selectmen's room, 3 25
9 25
Perry, Barnes & Co.,
Warrants, 3 50
Advertising warrants, 10 00
13 50
Charles K. Darling, collec- tor's tax books, 12 IO
April 9.
ANNUAL REPORT.
April 16. Fred W. Barry, books and paper, 9 00
.
Providence Telephone Co., Clerk's office, 6.20
Fred W. Barry,
Ledger and cash book, 3 90
I doz. blank books, 3 50
6 doz. time books, 18 00
25 40
Union Gas Co., clerk's of- fice, 2 03
April 23. B. Loughlin, services as mod- erator, 5 00
W. J. Luther, surveying,
96 96
30. Forbes Lithograph Co., 40 $ 1000 bonds, 21 00
May 7. Sanford Daggett, surveying,
94 00
Warren Co., license blanks,
2 25
N. A. Gas Light Co.,
Gas, bridge at Falls, 2 50
fountain " 6 2 50
selectmen's room, 3 50
8 50
Addick Connega, care town clerk's office, 2 12
Perry, Barnes & Co., print- ing auction notice, 16 75
May 21. E.H. Sweet & Co., printing warrants, 31 35
28. Elijah Capron,
Notifying abutters, 2 50
Posting town warrants, 5 00
7 50
ANNUAL REPORT.
June 4. Perry, Barnes & Co., Bill heads, (green) 5 25
66 (white) 5 50
Advertising warrant, 10 00
- 20 75
C. A. Witherell,
Rent of town elerk's office,
33 33
Water rates, 2 50
35 83
N. A. Gas Light Co.,
Lock-up, 25
Fountain at Falls, 2 50
Bridge
2 50
Selectmen's room, 75
6 00
B. Loughlin, services as moderator, 5 00
Prov. Telephone Co., select- men's room, 7 50
Sanford Daggett, surveying, 108 00
June 4 June 18 G. W. Cheever, services as auditor, 5 50
H. K. W. Allen, part salary as selectman and assessor, 125 00
C. T. Guild, postage for selectmen's office, .5 15
June 25. E H. Sweet & Co., printing for board of health, 9 75
E. H. Sweet & Co., advertising town warrants, 10 50
July 2
Winkley, Dresser & Co., supplies for selectmen's room, 8 27
Union Gas Co., gas for clerk's office, I 35
·
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ANNUAL REPORT.
July 2.
Akerman & Co., assessor and . record books, 40 50
Perry, Barnes & Co., advertising warrants, 7 00
R. Knapp, 3 months' services as treasurer, 125 00
E. S. Williams, wood and coal for selectmen's office, 7 25
Elijah Capron, posting warrants, 5 00
James H. Sturdy, rent of town clerk's office, 112 50
July 9
Aurora Lodge, rent of selectmen's room, 51 00
Bernard Loughlin, services as moderator,
5 00
N. A. Gas Light Co.,
street lights, 5 50
selectmen's room, 50
6 00
W. J. Luther, surveying, 100 75
Addick Connega, care clerk's office, 3 00
Elijah Capron, posting town warrants, 5 00
July 16. Providence Telephone Co., telephone clerk's office, 10 50
July 21. John Thacher, collecting taxes for 1884, 316 22
July 23. George H. Herrick, repairing clock, town clerk's office, 2 00
August 1.
N. A. Fire District No. 1,
water, fountain, Park St. 37 50 water for fountain, Wash- ington street, 37 50
75.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
August 6. Addick Connega, care of clerk's office, 3 00
North Attleboro Gas Light Co., Street lights, 13 00
Selectmen's room, 1 25
14 25
Pierce & Carpenter, coal town clerk's office, 1 80
August 13. Carter, Dinsmore & Co., supplies, town clerk's office, 4 00
August 20. Charles K. Darling, collector's warrants, 5 00
Ezra Davol, ruling and abridging mortgage blank book, 8 00
Frank I. Babcock, 6 months salary, selectman and assessor, 250 00
C. T. Guild, 6 months salary, sc- lectman and assessor, 250 00
H. K. W. Allen, 3 months salary, selectman and assessor, 125 00
August 27. Charles H. Whiting, supplies for town clerk's office, 2 00
John W. Cody, services as registrar of voters, 21 00
D. S. Hall, services as registrar of voters, 21 00
Job B. Savery, services as registrar of voters, 17 50
Patrick F. Grady, services as registrar of voters, 10 50
John Thacher, postage for collector, 16 55 Addick Connega, care of clerk's office, 3 00
Sept. 3.
12
ANNUAL REPORT.
Sept. 3. Providence Telephone Co., clerk's office, 10 50
selectmen's room, 7 50
18 00
R. Knapp, 3 months' services as treasurer, 125 00
Carpenter & Co., paper and envel- opes for collector, 1 95
North Attleboro Gas Light Co., gas for street lights, 9 75
gas for selectmen's room,
25
10 CO
October 1. Winkley, Dresser & Co., supplies for selectmen's room, 13 92
E. H. Sweet & Co., printing, 30 00
Charles K. Darling, assessor's war- rants and papers, 8 88
Akerman & Co., supplies for clerk's office, 3 50
October 7. North Attleboro Gas Co.,
street lights, II 25
selectmen's room, I 25
12 50
Richard Donnell, clearing gutters per order board of health, IO 50
Farmers and Mechanics Associa- tion, rent of hall and grounds to year 1886, 1000 00
James H. Sturdy, rent of rooms, 112 50
North Attleboro Fire District No. I, water for fountains, 75 00
October 9, Addick Connega, care of clerk's office, 3 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
October 9 E. L. Sylvester, killing dogs, I CO
E. R. Read, police duty, 3 00
Henry B. Pierce, for registrar of voters, 3 15
October 22. Perry, Barnes & Co., advertising removal town clerk's office, 12 00
H. K. W. Allen, services as town officer for one month, 41 67
A. R. Block, supplies for select- men's office, 6 95
October 29. Sanford Daggett, surveying, 56 25
Job B. Savery, 3-4 years salary as town clerk, 300 00
Union Gas Co., gas for clerk's office, 2 25
Nov. 4. North Attleboro Gas Light Co., repairs selectmen's room, 8 70
E. S. Williams, fuel selectmen's room, 6 50
Nov. 12.
Addick Connega, care clerk's office, North Attleboro Gas Light Co., street lights, 19 50
3 00
selectmen's room, 3 25
22 75
E. H. Sweet & Co., advertising warrant special meeting, 19 50
Perry, Barnes & Co., printing and advertising warrants, printing yes and no ballots, advertising registrars notices, 23 00
Nov. 19.
Patrick F. Grady, services as registrar, 45 50
D. S. Hall, services as registrar, 49 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
John W. Cody, services as registrar, 45 50 Job B. Savery, services as reg- istrar of voters, 49 00
part services clerk of registrars. 62 50
111 50
Winkley, Dresser & Co., envelopes, 4 50
Elijah Capron, posting town war- rants, 5 00
Dec. 3. Providence Telephone Co., select- men's room, 7 50
E. R. Read, Insurance on Falls school house, 38 50
3 00
Addick Connega, care clerk's office, C. T. Guild, postage and paper for assessors, 7 61
H. M. Daggett, Jr., & Co., insur- ance on Falls school, 40 50
C. T. Guild, envelopes and postage for collector, 43 40
Dec. 10.
North Attleboro Gas Light Co., street lights, 22 80
selectmen's room, 3 50
26 30
Providence Telephone Co., clerk's office, 10 50
Perry, Barnes & Co., printing col- lectors warrants and envelopes, 9 50
Dec. 17.
R. Knapp, 3 months salary as treasurer, 125 00
F. I. Babcock, 1-4 years salary as selectman, 125 00
Nov. 25.
15
ANNUAL REPORT.
H. K. W. Allen, to balance due on quarters salary, 83 00
Dec. 24.
Job B. Savery, to balance of salary, town clerk, 100 00
E. S. Williams, fuel for selectmen's room, 8 00
Dec. 31. Perry, Barnes & Co., printing and advertising, 7 75
J. H. Sturdy, rent of rooms, town clerk's and selectmen's, 112 50
1886.
Jan. 7.
A. M. Sperry, returning deaths for 1885, 17 50
L. M. Stanley, returning deaths for 1885, 18 50
Dr. C. S. Holden, returning births for 1885, 3 25
Addick Connega, care clerk's office, 3 00
N. A. Gas Light Co., selectmen's rooms, fountains and bridges, 20 75
Dr. H. C. Bullard, returning births for 1885, 11 75 Aurora Lodge,
Rent, selectmen's room, 72 00 Rent, rooms for weights and measures, 30 00
102 00
Jan. 14. Dr. Mary Battershall, returning births for 1885, 17 00
E. R. Read, renewal of policy No. 6,418, Sanford St. school house, 23 50 Drs. Burden and Gerould, return- ing births for 1885, 12 50
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Jan. 21. Perry, Barnes & Co., printing tax bills and advertising, 26 25
Dr. James R. Foster, returning births for 1885, 7 00
February 4. James W. Riley, services at
town meeting, March, 1885, 4 00
Posting notices, old brick yard road, Park St., Circular
St., and old Post road, 10 00
Posting warrants, Novem-
ber, 1885,
5 00
Attending Nov. election,
4 00
E. R. Read, insurance on
23 00
school house at Farmers, 28 00
Dr. Thomas P. McDonough, Returning births for 1885,
7 75
N. A. Gas Light Co., Gas at selectmen's room, 2 50
" street fountains, 9 50
12 00
Addick Connega, care of clerk's office, 3 00
Board of Health, services for 1885, 200 00
N. A. Gas Light Co., Gas, R.R. bridge and fountain at Falls, 8 50
Feb. If. Job B. Savery,
Recording births, 135 50
deaths, 33 45
marriages, 18 45
Office supplies, express and postage, 35 61
223 OI
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Feb. II. C. T. Guild, office expenses, express, freight and stamps, 22 90 Dr. L. V. G. Mackie, Returning births for 1885, 14 00
$7,556 60
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
18-5.
March 17. Job B. Savery, witness fee in Dan- iel Wilmarth case, 30 46
Flora Williams, damage to estate East street, 60 00
April 3. George Biddle, lettering door town clerk's office, 3 75
W. E. Carpenter, repairing chairs town clerk's office,
E. C. Brown, serving summons case George F. Stone, 24 20
April 9.
James H. Engley, care of horses, on account of O'Brien circus, 5 00 Perry. Barnes & Co., advertising bonds, 9 00
George Biddle, lettering door, se- lectmen's room, I 25
Charlotte Barton, damage defect in highway, causing death of daughter, 300 00
April 16. Cornell Bros., curtains for clerk's office, 3 95
18
ANNUAL REPORT.
April 16. Boston Daily Advertiser, advertis- ing bonds, 15 30
Commercial Bulletin, advertising bonds, 17 00
Post Publishing Co., advertising bonds, 20 00
Providence
Journal, advertising
bonds, 3 00
April 30. L. Taylor, moving office effects, town clerk, 4 75
May 7. J. McAvoy, unloading and carting road machine and flag stones, 3 25
Goff & White, flag stones and cement pipe, 37 55
F. Herring, repairing filter, E. I. Richards & Co., 16 02
C. T. Guild, selling school houses, 5 00
T. B. Hazzard, painting road machine, 8 00
Manchester & Hudson, catch basin covers, II 23
Boston & Providence R.R., freight on road machine and pipe, II 33
II. George W. Taft, one road machine, 230 00
14. Henry R. Jenks, repairs on fountain Attleboro, 3 15
Patrick Redmund, removing rock and building wall, Pleasant street, 4 00
21. Hattie Dean, change of grade, 38 65
A. Harris, Etna powder, 3 42
28. Ames Plow Co., highway tools, 24 61
William S. Wilbur, labor at town clerk's office, 22 70
ANNUAL REPORT.
June 4. George W. Taft, edges for road machine, 10 00
High Rock Granite Co., 50 bound- ary posts, 27 50
Addick Connega, cleaning clerk's office 3 00
Morss & Whyte, wire for screens, 10 69
C. B. Wood, repairs on fountain, Falls, 1 00
Jonathan Cook, repairs on fountain Falls, 85
J. N. Franklin, repairs and lock, selectmen's room, 5 45
II. L. M. Stanley, setting curbing and paving gutters on Pleasant and Peck streets, 492 64
12. S. M. Holman, award of county commissioners, 1400 40
A. Harris, Giant powder, 3 20
. Holmes Manufacturing Co., 2 tables, selectmen's room, 45 00
County commissioners, expenses on Holman case, 45 00
Junc 18. Boston & Providence R.R., freight fountain castings, 7 60
C. T. Guild, seals, expressage, etc., 5 70
H. Weatherby, resetting fence, Oak street, IO 75
J. D. Richards, stones and rebuild- ing bridges, Arnold and Elm streets, 37 00
Boston & Providence R.R., freight on tables,
20
ANNUAL REPORT.
June 18. A. Brigham, setting curbing on Grove street, 35 30
20. B. D. Aldrich, cement pipe, 178 41
W. F. Shattuck, book cases and cupboards, clerk's office, 120 65
25. W. F. Shattuck, repairs to scraper, County street bridge and Com- mon fence, 18 20
L. M. Stanley, concreting on Park street, 200 50
July
2. A. Harris, Giant powder, 11 00
R. Knapp, sundry items, 18 86
Ivan Mabey, laying carpet in selectmen's room, 1 50
A. Phillips, 15 street signs, setting and painting same, 38 62
July
2. A. Weatherby, re-setting fence, 8 75
George W. Hopkins, six window screens for Selectmen's room,
9 00
A. Bishop, 15 chairs Selectmen's room, 30 00
William M. Fales, building catch basin South Main street, 88 75
Boston & Providence R. R., freight on cement pipe, 22 15
J. N. Franklin, building foundation, piping and setting up drinking fountain, 164 38
L. Taylor, moving table, 35
A. Harris, Etna powder, caps and fuse, 10 06
9. Manchester & Hudson, cement, 5 20
21
ANNUAL REPORT.
July 9. Fuller Iron Works, traps and covers, Attleboro, 13 59
N. A. Gas Light Co , labor and ma- terial fountain lamp, 5 21
Elijah Capron, police duty July 3d and 4th, 6 00
William O'Connors, police duty July 3d and 4th, 6 00
Horne Bros', stone chips for setting curb, 20 00
R. I. Cement & Drain Pipe Co., ce- ment pipe, 30 00
Horne Bros', setting curbing Peck street, 35 40
Manchester & Hudson, cement, 9 50
George L. Sorries, damage to estate and costs on East street, 65 00
Jacob Weis, damage to estate and costs on East street, 65 00
16. E. R. Read, notices on Solomon case, 75
police duty July 3d and 4th, 6 00
6 75
John Whitehill, services and ex- pense as chairman school house building committee, 100 00
C. T. Guild, expense witness fees Bowen case, 18 18
expense witness fees in
McGuire case, 8 58
26 76
Richard Donnell, grading B. I. Draper, Washington street, in lieu of damage, 45 00
22
ANNUAL REPORT.
July 16. A. A. White, I seal press, I 25
23. David Dooley, removing loam from B. I. Draper lot, 7 00
L. M. Stanley, setting curbing and paving gutters, Park street, 103 25 E. C. Brown, police duty, July 3d and 4th, 6 00
E. C. Brown, watching lock-up, 4 00
Richard Donnell, clearing out gut- .
ters, per order Board of Health, 10 50
C. O. Seavy, resetting fences, IO 75
30. Catherine McGowen, land damage on East street, 115 00 High Rock Granite Co., curbing and iron bridge cover Church St., 15 15
G. E. Williams, services as auditor in cases of E. Bowen and Thomas McGuire, 89 90
A. Brigham, curbing andl paving gutters on Elm, High and Wash- ington streets, 276 43
August I. E. Bowen, award of auditors damage to Church street property, 689 II
Thomas McGuire, award of audi- tors damage to property, 266 98
Attleboro Fire District No. 1, iron pipe, 46
6. High Rock Granite Co., curb for sluice way, 8 10
J. W. Gifford & Co., mop handle and key, clerk's office, 70
George C. Hopkins, window screen for clerk's office, 6 75
23
ANNUAL REPORT.
Aug.
6. George H. Bowen, painting street sign posts, IO 27
Eudora Fairbanks, 611 cubic yards gravel, at .05, 30 55
J. N. Franklin, repairs on fountain, 28 88
13. E. I. Franklin, cleaning gutters and wells, 7 87
20. Mark S. Millard, town seal, 13 50
A. R. Crosby, damage by reason of regrading Manchester street, 53 76
22. Charles N. Kent, damage to horse by reason defect in highway, 56 00
27. C. II. Dillon, police duty, July 3d and 4th, 6 00
Jesse L. Carpenter, gravel pit on Maple street, 1000 00
Sept. 3. L. M. Stanley, catch basin, Park and Union streets, 98 12
Goff & White, 131 ft. of curb, 40 72
C. E. Smith, grading and resetting fence, Broad street, 36 39
Carpenter & Co., cement, etc., 9 50
Sanford Daggett, surveying street lines, 75 25
John Thacher, damage to carriage, South Main street, 2 25
10.
C. T. Guild, cleaning out 19 catch basins, order of Board of Health, 23 50 New England Powder Co., cartra- ges and fuse, 5 40
Richard Donnell, labor in settle- ment of land damage to M. W. Blackinton, 14 30
24
ANNUAL REPORT.
Sept. 10. George A. Adams, Legal service, McGuire
case 43 42
Legal service, Bowen case, 63 40
106 82
18. A.H. Tucker, brick for catch basin, 5 II
W. J. Luther, surveying, 77 50
October I. Mary Johnson, damage by change of grade, Grove St., 50 00
Halsey W. Draper, damage, re-lo- cating Elm St., 75 00
Elijah Capron, services and witness fee in Handy and Howland cases, 24 60 Elijah Capron, additional expense on same case, 14 30
7. William M. Hall, storing stoves, stove linings and pipe, 13 38
8. O. P. Richardson, Jr., renewal of insurance on Sanford St. school house, 135 00 A. Brigham, setting curbing, Wash- ington St., 200 00
15. L. M. Stanley, setting curbing and paving gutters on North Main, South Main, Dunham, Park and Union Streets, 418 62
King Bros., iron hooks for fence, I 50
A. Brigham, 86 yards concrete and paving Washington St., 38 70
L. M. Stanley, setting curb and paving gutters, Park St., 202 77
25
ANNUAL REPORT.
Oct. 15. P. Handy, damage, 75 00
costs of suit, 28 07
H. E. Howland, costs of suit, 28 07 damage, 75 00
Mary A. Howland, damage, 600 00 costs of suit, 45 07
851 21
22. A. Brigham, setting curb and pav- ing on Washington, Grove, Orne, Elm, Division, Tifft and High streets, 258 OI
C. E. Smith, labor removal gravel front of A. E. Dean, 78 02
H. C. Bullard, damage by change of grade, 33 45
Dean & Blackinton, damage by change of grade, 82 15
Bennett & French, Resetting fence, Washing- ton street, 7 25
Repairing blinds and fen- ces, Leonard street, 6 34
Repairs, selectmen's room,
4 55
Resetting steps, Oak St.
2 40
Resetting steps and fence, B. I. Draper, II 74
Resetting fence, Leonard street, 5 72
Railing for Hatch bridge, 5 96
43 96
Nov. 4. Dr. C.S. Holden, services as expert witness in Howland and Handy case, 30 00
26
ANNUAL REPORT.
Nov. 4. A. Flavin, resetting steps and fence, 28 12 W. D. Whiting, award made 1882 by relocating West street, 100 00
12. J. S. White, castings, well covers, .9 30
Horne Bros., crossing stone and setting curb, 36 35 George A. Adams,
Expenses in H. E. Howland case 30 28
Expenses in Paschal Han- dy case, 37 28
Expenses in Mary A. Howland case 67 98
135 54
16. C. E. Smith, removing gravel, A. E. Dean, 36 39
C. E. Smith, labor, rebuilding wall on Leonard street, 149 47
B. D. Aldrich, cement pipe, 17 00
C. E. Smith, labor on sewer and wells, 28 53
21. W. H. Riley & Son, cement and pipe, 17 00
25. Lavinia D. Curran, land damage on East street, 200 00
John Shaw, services at lock up, 3 50
3. J. N. Franklin, repairs on fountains, 6 50
W. J. Luther, plan of highway in Howland case, 17 50
Richard Donnell, clearing catch basin at Falls, N. A., 19 50
Boston & Providence R R., freight, 3 02
W. J. Luther, surveying, 44 25
Dec.
27
ANNUAL REPORT.
Dec. 10. Boston & Providence R.R., freight, 3 12 Fuller Iron Works, castings for catch basin and traps, 4 24
A. Brigham, setting steps and pav- ing gutters, Broad and Elm Sts., 80 41
A. H. Tucker, cementing catch basin, 1 50
A. H. Tucker, making dry wells, Leroy street, 37 00
I7. Richard Donnell, repairing defects in sidewalk, Orne street, 3 50
Horne Bros , labor on curbing, 46 40
A. Brigham, paving gutters, Broad street, 29 15
24. George A. Adams, service in case Stone vs. Attleborough, 187 74
H. K. W. Allen, removing dead horse from highways, 3 30
1886.
Jan. 7. W. H. Riley, drain pipe, 6 00
W. F. Shattuck, repairs clerks office, 45
James W. Gifford, fixtures clerks office, I 42
J. N. Franklin,
Stove lining, selectmen's
room, 50
Cut-off on fountain, 2 IO
2 60
14. Kinnicutt & Brown, gas fixtures, selectmen's room, East, 20 00
28
ANNUAL REPORT.
Feb. II. Perry, Barnes & Co., advertising removal of town clerk, 8 00
50 reward posters, I 75
9 75
25. L. M. Stanley, two drain grates, 16 70 Crapo, Clifford & Clifford, expenses in Stone case, 170 30 Howlands & Handy case, 103 00
273 30
$11,757 75
SUMMARY OF INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
JUDGMENTS AND COSTS.
Holman case,
$1,445 40
Bowen & McGuire cases,
1,179 57
Curran & McGowan cases,
315 00
Howlands & Handy cases,
1,176 15
Costs in Stone case, 382 24
Settlements and costs in other cases,
679 03
$5,177 39
Curbing,
2,678 05
Charlotte Barton,
300 00
Gravel Pits,
1,030 55
All other bills,
2,571 76
==== $11, 757 75
29
ANNUAL REPORT.
EDUCATIONAL.
-
STATEMENT.
DR.
Unexpended balance, March 1, 1885, $2,986 79 Dog fund, 867 62 School fund, 213 09 Appropriation,
25,000 00
--- $29,067 50
CR.
Paid teachers' salaries,
22,462 77
Music teacher,
800 00
" Janitors' services,
2,558 72
" Fuel,
2,365 38
Unexpended balance,
880 63
-$29,067 50
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENCY.
DR.
March
I.
Unexpended balance, 1885,
$471 21
Appropriation,
1,500 00
$1,971 21
30
ANNUAL REPORT.
CR.
April 30. A. W. Edson,
$200 00
May 21.
100 00
June 4.
100 00
18.
100 .00
July 9.
66
100 00
Oct.
9. John Whitehill,
65 75
9.
H. M. Maxson,
75 00
Nov.
5.
150 00
Dec. 3.
150 00
18.
66
100 00
1886.
Feb.
4.
125 00
25.
125 00
Unexpended balance, 580 46
$1,971 21
INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL.
1885.
March 26. William M. Hall, coal hod, shovel and poker, 90
Champlin Bros., coal hod,
75
John H. Jillson, cleaning clocks, 4 50
James W. Gifford & Co., care of stoves, etc., 6 20
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