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Annual Reports
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Town Officers. 1903=1904. -
Selectmen :
GEO. A. SWEENEY, WM. P. ORR,
WM. H. GOFF.
Town Clerk and Treasurer :
FRANK I. BABCOCK.
Overseers of Poor:
BENJ. P. KING, GEO. B. FITTZ,
A. M. EVERETT.
Assessors of Taxes :
WM. H. GOFF, ALBION H. WATKINS,
WM. E. FOSTER.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Collector of Taxes : SAMUEL M. HOLMAN.
Commissioners of Sinking Fund :
CHARLES E. BLISS, EVERETT S. HORTON,
LOUIS J. LAMB.
Water Commissioners:
WM. M. STONE, GEO. H. SNELL,
DAVID E. MAKEPEACE.
Water Registrar and Superintendent:
GEO H. SNELL.
Registrars of Voters :
FRANK I. BABCOCK, EDMUND P. ALFRED,
JOHN W. CODY, HENRY A. STREETER.
Auditors :
BENJ. F. LINDSEY, FRED L. LeBARON,
BYRON R. HILL.
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
LYMAN M. STANLEY.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Inspector of Milk, Cattle and Provisions : CALEB E. PARMENTER.
Constables :
FRANKLIN H. BONNEY,
ARTHUR GAFFNEY,
SETH R. BRIGGS,
JOHN H. NERNEY,
WVM. E. DUNHAM, CHARLES E. RILEY,
GEO. F. IDE, CHARLES E. WILBUR,
GEO. H. PALMER.
Night Patrol:
FRANKLIN H. BONNEY, ARTHUR F. GAFFNEY,
Fence Viewers:
LYMAN M. STANLEY, ISAAC ALGER,
EVERETT S. HORTON.
Park Commissioners :
CHARLES M. ROBBINS, CHARLES E. BLISS,
EDWARD CAUFY.
Superintendent of Streets:
GEO. A. SWEENEY, Acting Superintendent.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Engineers of Fire Department : HIRAM R. PACKARD, Chief ; JAMES HOWARTH, E. V. HICKS, Assistants.
School Committee : CHARLES E. BLISS, Chairman ; WALTER J. NEWMAN, Secretary ; WM. H. GARNER,
BENJ. P. KING,
THOS. W. WILLIAMS, GEO. K. ROBERTS, M. D.,
MISS LENORA P. BEERS, MRS. EMILY L. RICHARDSON, MRS. FLORENCE B. THEOBALD.
Superintendent of Schools :
WM. P. KELLY.
Trustees of Public Library :
EVERETT S. HORTON, Chairman ; CHARLES S. HOLDEN, Secretary ;
LOUIS J. LAMB, CHARLES H. WHEELER,
MRS. ALICE M. WALES, WM. P. KELLY,
MRS. IRENE T. HILL, MARK E. ROWE,
MRS. ELEANOR CARPENTER.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Board of Health:
C. S. HOLDEN, M. D., Chairman; CHAS. E. BLISS, G. K. ROBERTS, M. D., Secretary.
Surveyors of Wood and Bark:
GEO. L. ADAMS,
WALTER J. HOWLAND,
FRANK E. SHAW, GEO. A. MONROE,
HUGH A. SMITH, LUCIUS Z. CARPENTER,
JAMES ORR, CLARENCE E. RICHARDS,
HENRY D. FAIRBROTHER, WM. E. VICKERY.
Fire Police :
SETH R. BRIGGS, FRED E. GOFF.
DEXTER E. NEWELL, CHAS. E. WILBUR,
FRANKLIN H. BONNEY.
Tree Warden : E. S. HORTON.
Pound Keeper :
FRANK E. LUTHER.
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Annual Report of the Board of Selectmen.
The Selectmen respectfully submit the following report of their doings for the year ending December 31, 1903, together with recommendations for the year 1904.
Financial Report.
Valuation of the town May Ist, 1903, $9,056,315.00
Valuation of the town May Ist, 1902, 8,544,845.00
Increase in valuation for the year, ... . $ 511,470.00
Rate of taxation, $17.00 per thousand,
Cash in treasury January Ist, 1904, $29,841.76
Cash due from State, 2,480.00
Uncollected taxes :
H. E. Carpenter, Collector, 3,671.49
S. M. Holman, Collector, 17,772.02
Total cash on hand and receivable,
$53,765.27
Floating debt, $56,500.00
Cash on hand and receivable, 53,765.27
Net floating debt $ 2,734.73
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Grade Crossings.
On this very important question we are pleased to report that all the details have been worked out, the report of the commission has been filed with the Superior Court, the Railroad Commissioners have given their ap- proval to the plans and have sanctioned and allowed the expenditure of the necessary sum of money to do the work, and we can see no good reason why this great work, described by a former Board of Selectmen as a "matter more vitally affecting and overshadowing the prosperity of our town than anything which perhaps the town within its history has ever considered and de- termined," will not be begun this coming spring.
The above quotation was written in 1893. How much greater is the need to-day, with a large increase in popu- lation, in business and in wealth?
When completed, we are assured from the plans we have seen, and what we have learned from citizens of other cities and towns where the crossings at grade have been abolished, although the cost will be considerable, that no one in our community will begrudge the cost when they take into consideration, first, that the great danger to human life has been eliminated, second, that as a matter of convenience and saving of time, at Pleasant, Park, Mill and South Main streets, if it could be esti- mated in dollars and cents, will more than repay the cost to the people of our town.
In this report we can give only the briefest outline of what will be done, but all the crossings at grade in our
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town will be abolished, commencing at what is known as the Fisherville Crossing.
We next come to Starkey Avenue: that crossing has been allowed to be boarded up for more than a dozen years. At this place then will be a crossing, a good street made that will connect with Holden Street, a great advantage to all who wish to travel from one side of our town to the other. On this bridge will be a bolted sidewalk for the convenience of travellers on foot.
The same plan will be carried out at Olive street (so called), formerly known as West Maple street, and will be of the greatest convenience to all who wish to cross in that section of our town.
At Park street there will be two forty-foot arches, with a solid support of masonry in the centre, thereby giving the travelling public an uninterrupted way of travel across this, our principal, and perhaps most dangerous crossing. This will be accomplished by a stone bridge.
The passenger station will be located on a portion of the vacant lot owned by Mr. J. M. Bates, and we are assured by the railroad company that this station when built will be one of beauty and convenience, and such a one as any of our citizens way well be proud of.
A smaller station will be built where the freight house now stands. at South Main Street. An iron bridge will be built. The bridge at Pleasant Street will be of iron. We have laborer earnestly and to the best of our ability, ably assisted at all times by our attorney, James M. Hallowell, Esq., and Mr. Charles E. Allen, our efficient
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engineer, and have got the very best possible arrange- ment we could for the town and we believe that when this great work is accomplished it will receive the ap- proval of all our citizens.
As it will be a permanent arrangement and improve- ment we see no reason why future tax payers should not pay a portion of the cost.
Sidewalks.
We would renew our suggestion of last year for a liberal appropriation for sidewalks, also that the appro- priation for re-dressing old concrete walks be continued.
Street Sprinkling.
The past season the work was performed in a very satisfactory manner, very few complaints were made, and many words of praise were said in regard to the manner the work was done.
Mr. Richard D. Manchester and Mr. Arthur Par- menter, each with two horses, were engaged, and to- gether with the Fire Department permanent men and horses did all the work.
At this time we wish to call the attention of the citizens and tax payers to the practice heretofore ad- hered to of employing the Fire Department horses and men on this work. They can earn at most only about $700 per season and we all know how quickly ten times that amount can be lost in the early stages of a fire.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
We not only take great risks by having our fire horses away from the station, but if the alarm is sounded on a dry windy day in summer, as it often is, the horses have to go full speed to the station from wherever they may be at the time, drawing a heavy watering cart, then hitched to the apparatus and a hasty run made to the fire. This is liable to spoil the horses, and at the same time the citizens are deprived of the benefits derived from the street sprinkler for the balance of that day.
We consider it a question of doubtful expediency to continue this custom any longer, and would recommend that the voters take this view of the matter under con- sideration when the appropriation is made for the Fire Department expenses.
Soldiers' Relief.
The amount of money necessary to furnish relief to the needy veteran soldier and his dependents did not vary much from the preceding year. While a few have died, others from necessity have been obliged to call for assist- ance and we have endeavored to help all needy appli- cants.
Police Department.
We are still the banner town in the Commonwealth in regard to the small police force.
The habits and character of our people are such that a large police force is not necessary.
While there may be an occasional need for an extra police force, we are as free from crime of every kind as
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any town of our population in the State, many of which pay five times as much as we do for police protection.
During the past year Mr. Arthur F. Gaffney and Mr. Franklin H. Bonney have been the night patrolmen, and they have given excellent satisfaction, no complaint whatever has been made in regard to them. The streets have been kept quiet and orderly. The people have respected and obeyed them, without resorting to any loud and boisterous arguments.
Thomas Gilroy has acted as Sunday patrolman during the year and has made an efficient and obliging officer.
We would recommend that one more officer be em- ployed at the same salary as now paid, and that he act as a day patrolman, as there are many times when an efficient officer will be of great value in ridding our streets of obnoxious persons, and violators of our town by-laws. These men, together with the help they can receive from the special officers and sheriffs, ought to be sufficient for the coming year.
Street Lighting.
The streets of our town are now lighted with both arc and incandescent lights as follows :
Jan. 1, 1903.
Added during year.
Number now in use.
Price per year.
Arc Lights.
79
7
86
$75.00
All-night lights.
4
O
4
38.75
64 C. P. Incandescents.
20
I
21
40.00
32 C. P. Incandescents
62
34
96
21.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
These lights are all obtained from the Attleboro Steam & Electric Company, who have endeavored at all times to give the town good service, and on the whole we have no reason to complain, as the company have at all times shown a disposition to try to remedy any cause of complaint within their power so to do, but electricity is a new commodity, and but little understood by the general public.
Another cause of complaint is the lighting of the lamps on the so called "moon schedule," which, if fol- lowed closely, deprives the town of lights on many nights when the moon is of little or no value for light- ing purposes. Mr. Edward Tregoning, the superintedent of the company, I am pleased to state, has informed the Board that the lights will be put on when necessary, and to give the town the benefit of the doubt in all cases. Wherever the lights have been placed they have been greatly appreciated by all, and we would recommend a liberal appropriation for this department, believing that the more lights we have on our streets, the less crime will be committed.
Thacher Brook Drain.
This drain will eventually be the means of draining the whole easterly side of our town, for when the grade crossing drainage reaches Forest Street it is provided that the drainage shall be at the proper grade to connect with Thacher Brook Drain.
We would recommend that the walls be brought to the proper height and that the drain be covered with plank,
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beginning at-Park Street and continuing in a northerly direction the length of Brook Street.
This is a narrow street and by putting the sidewalk over the drain we will have a wider street than it would be possible to obtain in any other way.
By having the drain covered it will prevent it from being filled or clogged by papers and all other kinds of rubbish that is now thrown or blown into it.
Current and Incidental Expenses.
As our town increases and expands in every direction, it is but natural to believe and expect that the expenses incurred that are absolutely necessary in this depart- ment must necessarily be larger.
In looking back we find that the same amount, $10,000, was appropriated in 1897 as was last year. As all . expenses incurred and payment for which is not other- wise provided for, comes to this fund for payment, we recommend a slight increase in this appropriation.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
CURRENT AND INCIDENTAL.
Dr.
To appropriation,
$10,000.00
Received from State, Armory rent, 300.00
Received from County Treasurer, court fines, 793.87
Received from County Treasurer, dog officer, 50.00
Received for licenses and fines, ..
585.25
Reveived from Attleboro Savings and Loan Association, . .
45.50
Received from Sun Publishing
Co., duplicate bill,
9.00
Overdraft,
421.18
Cr. $12,204.80
Company I, 5th Regt., M. V. M.
Rent of Armory and rooms,
$780.00
Rent of range,
36.00
Surveying range and labor
on
range,
107.77
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Moving range building, 12.00
Gas for Armory and rooms, 108.53
$1,044.30
Collectors of Taxes.
H. E. Carpenter,
$
30.03
S. M. Holman, 1,183.87
H. E. Carpenter, tax sale expen- ses, 23.66
S. M. Holman, tax sale expenses, . 98.71
Additional tax sale expenses,
II.70
$1,347.97
Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Births, $ 173.00
Deaths,
54.90
Marriages, 39.90
$267.80
Salaries of Selectmen.
G. A. Sweeney, Chairman, $ 500.00
Wm. P. Orr, Clerk, 350.00
Wm. H. Goff,
200.00
$1,050.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Salaries of Assessors.
Wm. H. Goff, Chairman, $400.00
W. E. Foster,
250.00
A. H. Watkins, 250.00
Miss Rachel Bushee, Clerk, 160.00
Clerical work,
4.40
W. E. Middleton, carriage hire,
24.00
$1,088.40
Salaries, Town Clerk and Treasurer.
Frank I. Babcock, Treasurer, .. $ 400.00
Frank I. Babcock, Town Clerk, .. 400.00
Frank I. Babcock, clerk hire, . .. ... .
200.00
Frank I. Babcock, Treasurer of Sinking Fund, 50.00
Frank I. Babcock, Clerk of Regis-
trars,
40.00
$1,090.00
Salaries of Auditors.
B. F. Lindsey, $ 33-34
F. L. LeBaron, 33.33
Byron R. Hill,
33.33
$100.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Salary and Expenses, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
L. M. Stanley, salary $ 100.00
L. M. Stanley, incidentals,
6.00
$106.00
Salary and Expenses, Town Solicitor.
F. I. Babcock, salary, $ 100.00
Expenses,
6.75
$106.75
Salaries, Inspector of Milk and Cattle.
Caleb E. Parmenter,
$ 187.50
Frank E. Shaw,
12.50
$200.00
Salaries of Registrars.
E. P. Alfred, $ 115.00
F. I. Babcock, II5.00
John W. Cody, 115.00
Henry E. Streeter,
115.00
$460.00
Salary and Expenses, Tree Warden.
L. M. Stanley, salary, $ 8.33
Labor trimming trees, 155.62
Incidentals,
7.75
$171.70
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Engineers.
Karl H. Hyde, $ 9.00
$9.00
Election Expenses.
Election officers, $ 192.00
Rent,
75.00
Moderator,
10.00
Warning Town Meeting, 16.50
Serving Election Warrants,
5.00
Meals, .
14.64
Incidentals, 2.70
$315.84
Court Fees.
Seth R. Briggs, $ 85.75
John Bora,
13.97
E. C. Brown,
33.93
Wm. E. Dunham,
4.73
Peter Gagner,
14.62
Thomas Gilroy, 2.92
E. E. Gobin, 13.96
Robert Harris,
84.14
George F. Ide,
49.09
Levi Monast, 13.58
John Nerney,
843.00
Warren Parker, 25.29
Richard Rossiter, 24.24
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T. H. Stevenson, 24.74
Charles Walton, 3.10
C. E. Wilbur, 508.49
$1,745.55
Police Station.
Care of Lockup. $ 100.00
Gas bills, 12.97
Incidental supplies and repairs, .
22.12
$135.09
Printing, Stationery, Advertising, etc.
Town Reports, $ 307.96
Town warrants, 47.50
Town ballots, 50.25
Assessors books and blanks, 32.68
Voting lists, 105.00
Jurors' lists, 6.00
Poll tax lists (books) 52.80
Blanks, letter heads, etc., 34.35
Advertising notices, 92.26
Tax collector's supplies, 12.50
Tally sheets,
12.00
Dog blanks, 6.25
Check books, 44.00
$803.55.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
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Incidental Expenses.
Numbering houses, $ 27.20
Work in vault, 119.98
Alice E. Hall, damages, 100.00
J. W. Battershall, services, case of Alice E. Hall, 53.50
W. H. Smith, damage to horse, .. 25.00
A. S. Phillips, damage to carriage, 25.00
Repairs and water bill for Dr. Roberts's house, 18.04
Notifying abutters, 3.10
W. E. Dunham, dog officer and ex- penses, 65.00
Rent of Y. M. C. A.,
10.00
Furnishings for room in basement, 37.75
Care of Common, . 109.00
Posting voting lists, 6.00
Ice, 7.83
Ralph Estes, searching records, 45.00
Binding old records, 10.00
Spraying trees, 8.60
Card Index,
8.25
$679.25
Expenses, Town Clerk's and Selectmen's Offices.
Electric light, $ 33.84
Telephones, 33.25
Rent of rooms,
525.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Janitor, 50.80
Supplies, 209.62
New chairs and repairs on old, 21.00
Repairs,
7.25
$880.76
Salaries and Expenses, Board of Health.
C. E. Bliss, salary, $ 50.00
C. S. Holden, M. D., salary, 100.00
G. K. Roberts, M. D., salary, 100.00
G. K. Roberts, M. D., vaccinations, 43.00
H. H. Amsden, M. D., vaccinations, 2.50
G. K. Roberts, M. D., fumigations, 5.00
Fumigating supplies, 85.80
Culture tubes, 2.00
H. H. Amsden, M. D., services,
smallpox case, 30.00
J. W. Clarke, M. D., services, small- pox case, 76.50
Furnishings for smallpox cases, ... 29.50
Provisions for smallpox cases, .. 36.41
Rent for smallpox cases, 7.50
Incidentals for smallpox cases,
34.63
$602.84
$12,204.80
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ANNUAL REPORT.
POLICE SERVICE AND PATROL.
Dr.
To appropriation, $2,000.00
$2,000.00
Cr.
Franklin H. Bonney, night service, $ 588.00 Arthur Gaffney, night service, .... 728.00
Robert E. Harris, night service, .. 140.00 Warren Parker, night service, . 42.00
John Bora, South Attleboro, 100.00
Peter Gagner, Hebronville, ·
66.67
Thomas Gilroy, Sunday service, .. 70.00
George Ide, Hebronville, 33.25
Richard Rossiter, Dodgeville, 100.00
C. E. Wilbur, 37.00
Police duty April 25th and July 4th, 28.00
Police box expenses, 27.86
Unexpended balance,
39.22
$2,000.00~
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
To appropriation, $ 8,500.00
Work done for School Depart- ment, 10.05
Sale of horse, I10.00
Sale of scrap zinc,
3.08
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ANNUAL REPORT.
To Current and Incidental De- partment, lockup keeper, .... 100.00 To Current and Incidental De- partment, for trimming trees, 53.42
To Sprinkling Department, labor, 663.65
Work on highway, 5.18
Overdraft, 934.86
$10,380.24
Cr.
Salaries of Engineers, $ 600.00
Salaries, Hose Co. No. I, 915.00
Salaries, Hose Co. No. 2, . 840.00
Salaries, Hose Co. No. 3, 60.00
Salaries, Hose Co. No. 4, 60.00
Salaries, Hose Co. No. 5,
60.00
Salaries, Hook & Ladder Co. No. I,
915.00
Salaries, Hook & Ladder Co. No. 2, 60.00
Janitor, Hose Co. No. 3,
40.00
Janitor, Hose Co. No. 4,
40.00
Janitor, Hose Co. No. 5,
40.00
Salaries of permanent men,
2,896.00
Fire Police, 45.50
Gas bills, 84.17
Electric light bills,
I39.49
Coal, 756.25
Wood, 5.00
Hay and Grain,
1,058.39
Shoeing,
194.38
Harness supplies and repairs, 71.40
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Telephones,
75.20
Painting, 30.00
Horse,
275.00
Insurance,
102.00
Incidental expenses,
1,017.46
$10,380.24
Heating Farmers Hose House.
Dr.
To appropriation, ...
$ 250.00
$250.00
Cr.
Nahum Perry, contract,
$ 208.58
Unexpended balance,
41.42
$250.00
New Hose.
Dr.
To appropriation, $275.00
$275.00
Cr.
Boston Woven Hose Co.,
$275.00
$275.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Fire Alarm Boxes.
Dr.
To appropriation, $326.10
Cr. $326.10
W. E. Decrow, 4 boxes, $300.00
Union Hardware Co., 26.10
$326.10
Painting Hook and Ladder Truck.
Dr.
To appropriation,
$125.00
Cr. $125.00
Geo. H. Snell, $125.00
$125.00
CAPRON PARK.
Dr.
To appropriation, $2,000.00
Duplicate bill,
.40
$2,000.40
Cr.
Pay roll, $1,214.76
Attleboro Coal Co.,
66.20
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ANNUAL REPORT.
J. W. Gifford Co.,
86.35
Care of Casino building,
43.00
R. D. Manchester, 284.81
Daniel Young, tool house, 40.00
G. A. Sweeney,
47.27
Reading nursery
II.75
Incidentals,
206.12
Unexpended balance,
.14
$2,000.40
STREET SPRINKLING.
Dr
To appropriation, $2,400.00
$2,400.00
Cr.
F. B. Parmenter, services,
$582.76
R. D. Manchester, services,
225.81
Water Department,
197.55
Geo. H. Snell,
72.10
Fire Department, services,
663.65
Unexpended balance,
658.13
$2,400.00
STREET LIGHTING.
Dr.
To appropriation,
$9,000.00
$9,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Cr.
Paid the Attleboro Steam & Electric
Co., lights for :
January $681.84
February,
681.84
March,
681.84
April,
681.84
May,
769.00
June,
786.67
July,
786.67
August,
786.67
September,
786.67
October,
786.67
November,
788.42
December,
770.75
Unexpended balance,
11.12
$9,000.00
OLD TOWN RECORDS.
Dr.
To appropriation, $200.00
Cr. $200.00
Filing and indexing old records, .... $200.00
$200.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
MEMORIAL DAY.
Dr.
To appropriation, $300.00
Cr. $300.00
Wm. A. Streeter Post, 145, G. A. R., $300.00
$300.00
QUARTERS FOR WM. A. STREETER POST, 145, G. A. R.
Dr.
To appropriation,
$250.00
Cr. $250.00
Wm. A. Streeter Post, 145, G. A. R., $250.00
$250.00
GRADE CROSSINGS.
Dr.
To appropriation, $1,500.00
Overdraft,
1,986.1I
$3,486.1I
Cr.
C. A. Allen, civil engineer, .. $1,977.01 Rogers & Jones, official steno- graphers, 829.50
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Hallowell & Hammond, attor-
neys,
330.93
Thomas F. Reddy, attorney, 198.22
Herbert Conant, civil engineer, . . 74.30
Incidental expenses,
76.15
$3,486.1I
ENFORCEMENT OF LIQUOR LAWS.
Dr.
To appropriation,
. $250.00
Court fines,
150.00
$400.00.
Cr.
Geo. F. Ide. $ 50.00
Chas. E. Wilbur, 50.00
John H. Nerney, 225.00
Unexpended balance. 75.00
$400.00
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING.
Cr.
H. H. Wilcox. services. $224.00
$224.00₽
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TEN MILE RIVER.
Dr.
To 1902 appropriation, $300.00
Cr. $300.00
Labor,
$152.56
T. E. McCaffrey, boots, 9.50
Unexpended balance,
137.94
$300.00
HORTON STREET.
Dr.
To appropriation, $1,000.00
Sale of dirt and loam, 76.00
$1,076.00
Cr.
Labor, $773.63
Gravel, 63.00
Surveying, 13.75
Labor, paving 7.50
Unexpended balance,
218.12
ORANGE STREET DRAIN.
Dr.
To appropriation, $300.00
$1,076.00
$300.00
32
ANNUAL REPORT.
Cr: -
E. O. Dexter, contract, $298.00
K. H. Hyde, surveying, 1.75
Unexpended balance,
.25
$300.00
REDRESSING OLD CONCRETE.
Dr.
To appropriation, $500.00
Cr. $500.00
R. H. Jones, $498.61
Unexpended balance,
1.39
$500.00
BROOK STREET.
Dr.
To appropriation, $2,500.00
$2,500.00
Cr.
By amount paid E. A. Sweeney, .. $2,500.00
$2,500.00
SIDEWALKS.
Dr.
Appropriation, $3,000.00
Received for curbing,
II2.00
33
ANNUAL REPORT.
Betterment assessments,
1,283.35
Due for curbing, 28.00
$4,423.35
Cr.
Paid for curbing,
$2,683.56
Setting curbing, 660.10
Labor,
117.90
Labor, paving,
263.25
Paving stones,
176.80
Surveying,
53.50
Sand, 4.00
Highway Department for work on
sidewalks,
436.24
Unexpended balance,
28.00
$4,423.35
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
To general appropriation,
$10,000.00
To balance from 1902, 2,615.22
Received from Interstate Street Railway Co., excise tax, ... 1,855-77
Received from Norton & Taunton Street Railway Co., excise tax, 30.32
Street railway tax, 2,258.15
Street railway tax, 792.69
Entrance to sewers, 200.00
Sale of crushed stone, 42.70
T 2
34
ANNUAL REPORT.
Sale of dirt and loam,
53.09
Sale of dressing, 10.00
Providence Telephone Co., use of streets, 25.00
Carting, stone, gravel, etc., for
Sidewalk Department, 436.24
J. M. Fisher, use of road roller, .. 18.75
Sale of horse, 76.00
Attleboro Gas Light Co., repair-
ing sidewalk, 10.15
$18,424.08
Cr.
Expended by H. A. Smith in the
South division, $1,812.21
Expended by O. S. Thayer in the East division,
636.08
Expended by G. W. Allen in the Southwest division, 2,345.60
North division pay roll, 4,277.36
Expended by Robert Sharkey in the West division, 854.18
Street cleaning,
1,530.54
Hay and grain,
751.37
Labor, 73.21
Catch basins,
105.25
Work on sheds and barns,
263.61
Snow bills,
56.95
Stone for crusher, 546.43
Bound stones, 1.00
35
ANNUAL REPORT.
.
Signs, 22.70
Bridges and repairs on bridges, ..
336.12
Repairs and supplies for crusher,
337.26
Horse,
225.00
Tools,
129.12:
Repairing tools,
15.55
Harness supplies and repairs,
139.68
Shoeing,
58.44
Caring for horses and medicine, .. 7.25
Walks,
43.75
Gravel,
199.81
Surveying,
132.25
Superintendent of Streets,
129.66
Fence,
40.53
Incidentals,
734.00
Unexpended balance,
2,619.17
$18,424.08
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Dr.
To appropriation, $3,000.00
$3,000.00
Cr.
Geo. H. Alfred,
$104.00
Charles H. Allison,
12.00
Catherine Allison, 92.00
Mary Atkinson,
116.50
John Appleton,
48.00
Maria Bishop, 104.00
36
ANNUAL REPORT.
Nancy Bradford, 104.00
Julia Craig, 104.00
John Campbell, 156.00
Wm. H. Caswell,
104.00
A. Frank Claflin, 104.00
Hiram Danforth, 72.00
Joseph N. Drake,
6.00
Daniel K. Franklin,
104.00
Emma Gay,
104.00
Robert Hoffman,
104.00
Julia Hyland,
52.00
Joseph Hunt,
104.00
Elizabeth Handy,
104.00
George H. Hatten, 51.60
Patrick Mangan,
100.00
Louisa Morse, 4.00
Charles Martin, 104.00
Wm. S. Richmond, 30.00
Lydia A. Robbins, 52.00
Louisa Stafford, 104.00
Dora B. Savery, 104.00
Eleanor Swift,
46.00
Nancy Tucker,
36.00
George L. Titus, 104.00
Otis Vickery, 134.00
Josephine White,
46.00
Minerva Webster, 78.00
Emily Rollins,
3.75
$2,695.85
37
ANNUAL REPORT.
Dr. H. H. Amsden, medical at- tendance, $ 21.42
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