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OF ATTLEB
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Date Dec. 1906 Nº 11913
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Attleborough
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1906
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Attleborough. Mass., SUN PUBLISHING COMPANY, Printers 1907
Attleboro Public Library Joseph L. Sweet Memorial Attleboro, Mass.
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TOWN OFFICERS
1906-1907
Selectmen : MILLARD F. ASHLEY, GEORGE M. WORRALL, GEORGE A. SWEENEY.
Town Clerk and Treasurer : FRANK I. BABCOCK.
Overseers of the Poor:
JOSEPH V. CURRAN,
BENJAMIN P. KING,
GEORGE M. GUSTIN.
Assessors of Taxes :
WILLIAM H. GOFF,
HARRY E. CARPENTER,
GEORGE M. WORRALL.
Collector of Taxes : SAMUEL M. HOLMAN.
Commissioners of Sinking Fund : EVERETT S. HORTON, CHARLES E. BLISS, *LOUIS J. LAMB, FREDERICK G. MASON.
Water Commissioners :
WILLIAM M. STONE,
GEORGE H. SNELL.
DAVID E. MAKEPEACE.
*Deceased.
4
ANNUAL REPORT.
Water Registrar and Superintendent. GEORGE H. SNELL.
Registrars of Voters:
JOHN W. CODY, FRANK I. BABCOCK.
HENRY A. STREETER, JOHN R. CURRY.
Auditors :
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, FRED LeBARON, WILLIAM L. ELLIOT.
Sealer of Weights and Measures: ABIJAH T. WALES.
Inspector of Cattle, Milk and Provisions: CALEB E. PARMENTER.
Constables :
FRANKLIN H. BONNEY, SETH R. BRIGGS, ARTHUR GAFFNEY, ROBERT E. HARRIS,
GEORGE F. IDE, JOHN H. NERNEY,
JOHN BORA, CHARLES E. WILBUR,
CHARLES E. RILEY.
Night Patrol :
ARTHUR GAFFNEY, FRANKLIN H. BONNEY.
Day Patrol:
ROBERT E. HARRIS.
Sunday Patrol: ERNEST G. HEMPLE.
5
ANNUAL REPORT.
Fence Viewers:
EVERETT S. HORTON, ISAAC ALGER, EUSTACE V. CARPENTER.
Park Commissioners :
KARL H. HYDE, CHARLES E. BLISS, EDWARD CAUFY.
Superintendent of Streets : HUGH A. SMITH.
Engineers of Fire Department : HIRAM R. PACKARD, Chief;
Assistants.
JAMES HOWARTH, EUSTACE V. HICKS,
School Committee :
CHARLES E. BLISS, Chairman ; WALTER J. NEWMAN, Secretary ; BENJAMIN P. KING, THOMAS G. SADLER, MISS LENORA P. BEERS, MRS. EMILY L. RICHARDSON, MRS. FLORENCE B. THEOBALD, HARVEY E. CLAP, GEORGE K. ROBERTS.
Superintendent of Schools: LEWIS A. FALES.
Board of Health:
CHARLES S. HOLDEN, M. D., Chairman ; GEORGE K. ROBERTS, M. D., Secretary ; WILLIAM O. HEWITT, M. D.
6
ANNUAL REPORT.
Trustees of Public Library :
EVERETT S. HORTON, Chairman ; CHARLES S. HOLDEN, Secretary ; *LOUIS J. LAMB, CHARLES H. WHEELER,
MRS. ALICE M. WALES,
JOSEPH L. SWEET,
MRS. IRENE T. HILL, MARK E. ROWE, MRS. ELEANOR CARPENTER.
.
Surveyors of Wood and Bark:
L. Z. CARPENTER,
GEORGE A. MONROE,
HUGH A. SMITH, EARL B. SMITH,
JAMES ORR, C. E. RICHARDS,
H. D. FAIRBROTHER, WILLIAM E. VICKERY, FRANK E. SHAW.
Fire Police :
SETH R. BRIGGS,
CHARLES E. WILBUR,
ERNEST HEMPLE,
GEORGE F. IDE,
WM. E. DUNHAM, DEXTER E. NEWELL.
Tree Warden: HUGH A. SMITH.
Pound Keeper : GEORGE S. DAY.
*Deceased.
Annual Report of the Board of Selectmen
The Selectmen respectfully submit the following re- port of their doings for the year ending December 31, 1906, together with recommendations for the year 1907: FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
CURRENT AND INCIDENTAL.
Dr.
To appropriation $11,500.00
Received from County Treasurer,
officers' fees, unlicensed dogs. . 80.75
Pool and billiard table licenses ... 409.00
Peddlers' licenses 180.00
Milk licenses
37.00
Other license fees
30.50
Brokers' licenses
75.00
Circus and merry-go-round licenses
52.00
Junk licenses
435.00
Fireworks licenses
20.00
Armory rent
400.00
Sale of schoolhouse and furniture at Briggs Corner 305.00
Sale of schoolhouse at Muggsville. .
50.00
Cr. $13,574.25
Salaries of Town Officers paid from Current and Inci- dental Account :
Selectmen.
Millard F. Ashley $ 500.00
George M. Worrall 350.00
George A. Sweeney
300.00
$1,150.00
8
ANNUAL REPORT.
Assessors.
William H. Goff, Chairman $ 500.00
Harry E. Carpenter, Clerk 300.00
George M. Worrall 300.00
$1,100.00
Town Clerk and Treasurer.
Frank I. Babcock, Treasurer. $ 400.00
Frank I. Babcock, Clerk. 400.00
Frank I. Babcock, clerk hire. 500.00
Frank I. Babcock, Treasurer of
Sinking Fund
50.00
Auditors.
$1,350.00
B. F. Lindsey
$ 75.00
F. L. LeBaron
75.00
$150.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures.
A. T. Wales
$ 137.50
Town Solicitor. $137.50
Frank I. Babcock.
$ 50.00
$50.00 Milk and Cattle Inspector.
Caleb E. Parmenter
$ 200.00
$200.00
Inspector of Wires.
Edgar Tregoning
$
100.00
$100.00
9
ANNUAL REPORT.
Inspector of Plumbing.
Henry H. Wilcox $ 344.50
$344.50
Registrars of Voters.
Frank I. Babcock. $ 75.00
Frank I. Babcock, Clerk. 40.00
John W. Cody 75.00
John R. Curry. 75.00
Henry A. Streeter
75.00
$340.00
Board of Health.
Charles S. Holden, M. D., Chairman $ 100.00
George K. Roberts, M. D., Clerk. . 100.00
William O. Hewitt, M. D .. 50.00
William O. Hewitt, issuing burial
permits
50.00
Collector of Taxes.
Samuel M. Holman
$1,512.2I
Harry E. Carpenter.
5.82
$1,518.03
Company I, Fifth Regiment, M. V. M.
Alfred Pierce, rent of Armory and rooms $ 720.00
Attleboro Gas Light Co., gas. 86.56
Olaf Wendall, rent of Range. 75.00
Repairs at Range 42.13
$923.69
$300.00
10
ANNUAL REPORT.
Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Births
$ 210.25
Marriages 43-35
Deaths
65.10
$318.70
Dog Officer.
William E. Dunham, salary
$ 70.00
Conveyance 15.00
Serving notices , 1.50
$86.50
Incidental Expenses of Selectmen.
Town reports
$ 338.25
Jurors' lists
6.00
Blanks, etc.
3.00
Billheads
24.30
Advertising-notices and hearings.
64.97
Traveling expenses
21.51
Carriage hire
7.00
Letter heads
6.50
Filing cabinet
17.05
License blanks
6.03
Posters
6.75
Incidentals
8.62
$509.98
Assessors' Expenses. Miss Rachel L. Bushee, clerical work $ 150.00
Miss Rena M. Goff, clerical work. 150.00
Poll Tax List books 62.40
Field books 21.80
Valuation books
13.75
William H. Goff, assessors' plats .. 200.00 Notices
4.00
11
ANNUAL REPORT.
Carriage hire 4.50
Posting notices
3.00
Ice
3.81
H. E. Carpenter, looking up tax
titles
17.00
Incidentals 4.40
$634.66
Expenses, Town Clerk and Treasurer.
Check books
$ 42.00
Typewriter supplies
8.75
Envelopes 68.36
Express
22.95
Box rent
3.00
Paper
9.02
Record and blank books
30.15
Blanks, etc. 17.25
Sundry supplies, stamps, etc.
50.96
Rents, Etc., Town Offices.
Selectmen and Town Clerk, rent .. $ 450.00 Assessors and Overseers of Poor .. 150.00 Janitor service. 60.00
Electric lights 29.19
Providence Telephone Co. 42.65
Providence Towel Supply Co 12.00
Registrars and Election Expenses.
Election officers, Spring election .. $ 55.00
Election officers, Fall election. I35.00 Meals for election officers. 28.85 Rents, caucuses and town meetings 90.00
Moderators 20.00
Town ballots 44.00
$252.44
$743.84
12
ANNUAL REPORT.
Town meeting warrants
17.00
Posting warrants
6.50
Voting lists
92.00
Repairing ballot boxes
2.88
Moving booths
3.00 .
Serving election warrants
5.30
Posting voting lists.
6.00
Advertising Registrars'
meetings,
etc
13.68
Incidentals
5.75
$524.96
Care of Common.
William Bowen
$ 20.00
Patrick Bowen
II2.00
Sharpening lawn mower
4.50
Expenses of Board of Health.
George K. Roberts, fumigation ... $ 13.00
George K. Roberts, vaccinations. . 46.00
Sign boards and rods
13.50
Printing 3.00
Stamp
3.50
Don't cards
2.50
Coal
2.10
Incidental Expenses.
Signs and placing $ 48.20
Numbering houses 45.85
Survey and plans, Hodges street. . 16.50
Survey and plans, John street ....
15.50
Maria Langdon, damages
104.50
Survey and plans in Johnson dam-
age case 10.75
Damage to J. P. Clark's wagon . 4.15
$136.50
$83.60
13
ANNUAL REPORT.
Witness fees in damage case. 4.60
Serving abuttors' notices 12.70
By-laws 60.43
Taxes illegally collected, Chap. 403, Acts of 1904. 3.57
Fidelity Co., Treasurer's bond. . . . 50.00
Ice bill II.23
Register of voters (book)
3.50
Law books
18.50
Carriage hire, Sealer of Weights
and Measures
6.25
Measure for Sealer of Weights and Measures
8.00
Labels, Sealer of Weights and
Measures
4.50
Eleanor I. Jones, typewriting hear- ings 55.92
Armory Hall, for hearings.
15.00
Caleb E. Parmenter, Inspector of Meat
145.30
Typewriting police investigation. . .
5.00
Police rules 7.00
Directories 4.00
C. E. Wilbur, services at Mill street 4.50 Branding outfit 1.90
Clarence Richardson, brown tail
moth investigation
42.00
Burying dogs
4.50
Work on flag pole
98.92
Repairs on Town clock 5.45
Recording deeds 16.65
H. E. Carpenter, services on de- linquent taxpayers 21.IO
H. E. Carpenter, services on by- laws 10.30
Incidentals 2.50
$868.77
14
ANNUAL REPORT.
Unexpended balance $1,750.58
$13,574.25
POLICE SERVICE, PATROL AND LOCK-UP EXPENSES. Dr.
Appropriation $4,500.00
Received from Clerk of Fourth
Bristol District Court, Court
fines 723.76
Received from I. G. Carrier, Keeper
of Bristol County Jail. . 95.00
Received from George F. Pratt,
County Treasurer, Court fines
for keeping unlicensed dogs ... 175.00
Cr.
$5,493.76
Franklin H. Bonney, night service. $ 910.00 Arthur F. Gaffney, night service ... 912.50
Robert E. Harris, day service ..... 750.00 Ernest G. Hemple, Sunday service. I30.00 John Bora, South Attleborough ... 100.00
Sidney Burton, lock-up keeper. . 25.00
Sidney Burton 21.98
George F. Ide, Hebronville 25.00
Warren Parker 20.00
Peter Gagner, Hebronville.
75.00
Charles E. Ladd, Dodgeville
100.00
Granville Field.
40.00
Charles Walton II.25
Thomas Stevenson 2.50
E. E. Gobın. 2.50
Charles E. Wilbur 25.00
Charles E. Wilbur, lock-up keeper. 25.00
15
ANNUAL REPORT.
William E. Dunham, services
restraining dogs 96.00
J. A. Welsh, supplies for lock-up
keeper 13.65
Rent
300.00
Fourth of July pay roll.
39.75
Telephone
25.45
Gas
11.89
Badges
10.00
Disinfectant
57.80
Incidentals
48.73
$3,779.00
Court Fees.
Franklin H. Bonney .
$ 22.25
Seth R. Briggs.
35.34
E. Carlisle Brown
25.13
Peter Benway
15.85
Lewis Bessom
1.35
John Bora
92.65
Eugene Colbaert
14.90
William E. Dunham
87.93
Granville R. Field
15.47
Peter Gagner
42.95
Arthur F. Gaffney
17.00
Edward E. Gobin.
21.16
Robert E. Harris
14.08
Ernest G. Hemple
24.04
George F. Ide.
37.23
L. Leslie Jones
.85
Charles E. Ladd.
21.86
Elton Martin
2.08
Levi Monast
7.77
John Nerney
909.60
Thomas H. Nelson
II.56
William Norwood
13.58
Warren Parker
57.02
16
ANNUAL REPORT.
William Sargeant 13.13
George Specht 4.82
Martin Tierney 4.64
Charles Walton
3.20
J. A. Welsh
5.42
$1,522.86
Unexpended balance
.
191.90
$5,493.76
ENFORCEMENT OF LIQUOR LAW.
Dr.
To appropriation $ 250.00
Cr.
John H. Nerney
$ 50.00
Unexpended balance
200.00
$250.00
MEMORIAL DAY.
Dr.
To appropriation
$ 300.00
Cr. $300.00
Wm. A. Streeter Post, No. 145,
G. A. R ..
$300.00
$300.00
Quarters Wm. A. Streeter Post, No. 145, G. A. R.
Dr.
To appropriation.
$348.00
$348.00
$250.00
17
ANNUAL REPORT.
Cr.
Wm. A. Streeter Post, No. 145, G. A. R. $348.00
$348.00
POLICE STATION.
Dr.
Balance from 1905
$268.19 .
Amount overdrawn on account. 119.24
$387.43
Cr.
Labor and materials.
$145.27
Electric lights and fixtures 68.38
Hardware
31.45
Painting
35.70
Furnishings
106.63
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Dr. $387.43
Appropriation $2,800.00
Medical attendance
200.00
Town of Grafton
72.00
City of Beverly
4.50
Overdrawn
341.60
Cr.
Mary E. Atkinson
$104.00
Catherine Allison
104.00
George H. Alfred
104.00
Ellen Appleton
104.00
Nancy Bradford
104.00
James Baines
104.00
$3,418.10
18
ANNUAL REPORT.
A. Frank Claflin
104.00
William H. Caswell.
198.00
Eveline Campbell
104.00
Hiram Danforth
88.00
Charles B. Des Jardins.
104.00
Joseph N. Drake.
104.00
Daniel K. Franklin
104.00
Mary Griffen.
32.00
Emma F .. Gay
104.00
Cyrus Getchell
72.00
Ephraim W. Harrington
104.00
Robert Hoffman
104.00
Joseph Hunt
104.00
Julia Hyland
104.00
Elizabeth Handy 104.00
*John Kimball 72.00
Charles Martin
104.00
Patrick Mangan
104.00
John McCracken 104.00
Lydia Robbins
104.00
Louisa Stafford
104.00
Adelbert Smith
36.00
Dora B. Savery
104.00
Nancy Tucker
36.00
George L. Titus.
104.00
Minerva Webster
104.00
*Mary Shepardson
16.00
Overseers of Poor, for Michael
Murray
66.41
$3,216.41
t Paid by Town of Grafton.
*To be paid by Town of Mansfield.
19
ANNUAL REPORT.
Medical Attendance.
J. W. Battershall, M. D
$141.59
Wm O. Hewitt, M. D.
2.47
F. V. Murphy, M. D. 10.85
G. K. Roberts, M. D.
45.78
$201.69
$3,418.10
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Dr
Appropriation $13,500.00
Sale of old junk. 17.15
Amount overdrawn on account
213.23
$13,730.38
Cr.
Salary, Chief Engineer. $475.00
Salary, Assistant Engineers 350.00
Salary, Clerk of Engineers 25.00
Salaries of Hose Co. No. I
1,140.00
Salaries of Hose Co. No 2.
971.25
Salaries of Hose Co. No. 3.
262.50
Salaries of Hose Co. No 4.
262.50
Salaries of Hose Co. No. 5.
262.50
Salaries of Hose Co. No. 6.
24.00
Salaries of Hose Co. No. 7. .
24.00
Salaries of Hook and Ladder No. I. Salaries of Hook and Ladder No. 2. 262.50
1,140.00
Salary, Janitor Hose Co. No. 3. . .. 52.00
Salary, Janitor Hose Co. No. 4. ...
52.00
Salary, Janitor Hose Co. No. 5. .. .
52.00
Salaries of permanent men. 4,571.43
Gas bills 53.91
20
ANNUAL REPORT.
Electric light bills
219.79
Horse
200.00
Shoeing
169.75
Telephone
77.55
Hay and grain
941.50
Hose
36.00
Insurance
33.75
Darius Briggs, painting hose wagon
148.00
J. L. Tobitt, supplies and labor ....
73.38
Grant Bros., repairs, labor and ma- terials
123.4I
L. Z. Carpenter Co., supplies.
54.66
Combination Ladder Co., supplies and fixtures
117.76
French & Brownell, supplies and re- pairs
85.61
N. Perry, supplies and repairs
109.91
Daniel Young, repairs
76.27
G. H. Snell, supplies and repairs .. Gamewell Fire Alarm Co., fire alarm box, wires and tapper.
46.85
Union Hardware and Electric Sup- ply Co., supplies. 104.63
Fred Clark, painting hose house ... 35.10
H. E. White, labor and materials ..
II.47
G. A. Sweeney, furnishings for hose house
74.30
Harness supplies and repairs
136.43
Coal
471.72
Clipping
20.00
Horse hire 67.50
Wood
9.00
Fire police
53.00
Nozzles
45.28
Sundry supplies and expenses.
70.97
$13,730.38
136.20
21
ANNUAL REPORT.
Deluge Nozzles. Dr.
Appropriation $350.00
$350.00
Cr.
Samuel Eastman & Co.
$320.00
Unexpended balance 30.00
$350.00
Fire Alarm Boxes.
Dr.
Appropriation
$325.00
Cr. $325.00
Gamewell Fire Alarm Co
$315.13
Unexpended balance
9.87
$325.00
Special for Hose.
Dr.
Appropriation $1,200.00
$1,200.00
Cr.
Boston Woven Hose Co. $548.75
Combination Ladder Co. 290.00
Eureka Fire Hose Co.
300.00
Unexpended balance
61.25
$1,200.00
22
ANNUAL REPORT.
Street Lighting. Dr.
Appropriation $12,000.00
$12,000.00
Cr.
Paid Attleborough Steam and Electric Co., lights for
January
$937.90
February
937.90
March
937.90
April
937.90
May
939.40
June
980.15
July
1,018.95
August
1,026.98
September
1,049.57
October
1,069.82
November
1,069.82
December
1,077.98
Unexpended balance
15.73
$12,000.00
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
Appropriation $12,000.00
Balance from 1905. 929.38
Excise tax from Interstate Street
Railway Co. 2,080.74
Norton & Taunton Street Railway, Excise tax. 1905.
345.20
Street railway tax
2,800.04
State of Massachusetts, repairs on State highway 62.40
Providence Telephone Co., use of streets
25.00
23
ANNUAL REPORT.
Providence Telephone Co., for work on Park and Pleasant streets 35.13
Norton & Taunton St. Ry. Co. ... 31.12 James E. Blake, for concreting .... 70.00
Rhode Island Co., for work on Peck street in connection with change
of grade on Attleborough
branch R. R. Co. line. 320.80
Eastern Clay Goods Co., rebate on bill for pipe 49.87
Herbert A. Smith, use of road roller 2.00
J. F. Keon & Co., for stone, use of road roller and watering cart .. 1,922.88
H. A. Smith, sale of old junk. 5.00
Received for sewer entrances
Sale of stone 150.00
577.43
Sale of dirt
178.35
Sale of sand
88.50
Sale of loam
176.00
Work done by Highway Depart-
ment on :
George street. 500.00
Hodges street. 300.00
John street 500.00
Mendon road 400.00
Richardson avenue 1,000.00
Peck street
761.00
Wall street
964.00
Pleasant street drain I14.00
New gravel walks
2,000.00
Work on sidewalks and paving
stones
105.00
$28,493.84
Cr.
North division, pay roll. $5,817.32
24
ANNUAL REPORT.
East division, pay roll 879.80
West division, pay roll. 1,179.88
South division, pay roll
1,836.34
Southwest division, pay roll 1,885.19
Street cleaning, pay roll. 2,424.60
Superintendent of Streets, salary .. 974.98
Stone
2,089.39
Surveying
462.94
Gravel
762.09
Redressing concrete 275.16
Lumber
316.06
Pipe
651.63
Freight
270.20
Grain and hay
869.36
Telephone
21.02
Shoeing
140.83
Tools and repairs
510.14
Repairs on carts.
203.70
Repairs on Town barn
39.II
Harness supplies and repairs
121.90
Roller and crusher, supplies and repairs
963.25
Snow
51.78
Incidental expenses
337.38
Lights in barn.
23.73
Work done by Highway Depart- ment on sidewalks
2,000.00
Labor
349.00
Repairs on fences and bridges. .
175.47
Catch basins, cleaning and repairs.
358.73
Horses (two)
475.00
Stand pipes
357.93
Unexpended balance
1,669.93
$28,493.84
25
ANNUAL REPORT.
Sidewalks. Dr.
Appropriation $4,000.00
Curbing, laying curbing and gutter
covers
302.70
Labor and curbing on Cliff street ..
100.00
Labor and curbing on Hayward street 400.00
Amount due from Betterment Tax.
1,634.60
$6,437.30
Cr.
Curbing
$2,770.30
Setting curbing
711.15
Paving
221.15
Surveying
138.00
Labor
413.39
Stone
26.43
Gutter crossings
36.90
New gravel walks
2,000.00
Work done by Highway Depart- ment and paving stones 105.00
Incidentals
2.10
Unexpended balance
12.88
$6,437.30
Street Sprinkling. Dr.
Appropriation
$3,550.00
Amount overdrawn on account
50.17
$3,600.17
26
ANNUAL REPORT.
Cr.
Daniel Callahan, sprinkling $477.00
Walter C. Goff, sprinkling. 488.62
R. D. Manchester, sprinkling 576.75
T. E. Perrin, sprinkling 362.25
A. W. Parmenter, sprinkling 642.50
Frank Shaw, sprinkling 404.75
Two new carts and repairs on carts
648.30
$3,600.17
Peck Street. Dr.
Balance from 1905 $38,999.90
Sale of stone steps.
19.00
Sale of sand 58.25
$39,077.15
Cr.
H. F. Conant, engineer and foreman $ 625.00 J. K. Ryan & Co., building arch. . . . 18,512.91 Mason work, stone and cement .... 1,713.53
Labor and pipe furnished by Water Department 1,270.12
Bonds
50.00
Pay rolls
3,508.95
Freight
338.83
Paving
48.15
Manholes
65.60
Setting curbing
138.00
Lumber
I35.95
Flag stones
374.77
Stone
374.86
Damages
3,100.00
Incidentals
17.10
Diaphrams
22.50
Concrete
108.75
27
ANNUAL REPORT.
Use of derrick.
25.00
Curbing 460.20
Work done by Highway Depart- ment
761.00
Unexpended balance
7,425.93
$39,077.15
Richardson Avenue.
Dr.
Appropriation
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Cr.
Work done by Highway Dept .... $1,000.00
$1,000.00
Mendon Road. Dr.
Appropriation
$400.00
Cr.
$400.00
Work done by Highway Dept.
$400.00
$400.00
John Street. Dr.
Appropriation
$500.00
Cr. $500.00
Work done by Highway Dept ..
$500.00
$500.00
28
ANNUAL REPORT.
Hodges Street. Dr.
Appropriation $300.00
$300.00
Cr.
Work done by Highway Dept .. $300.00 .
$300.00
Hayward Street.
Dr.
Appropriation $400.00
$400.00
Cr
Curbing and setting
$400.00
$400.00
Pleasant Street Drain.
Dr.
Appropriation
$350.00
Amount overdrawn on account.
19.38
$369.83
Cr
Labor
$219.98
Brick and cement
12.35
Gravel
19.50
Surveying
4.00
Catch basins
114.00
$369.83
29
ANNUAL REPORT.
Olive Street Extension. Dr.
Appropriation
$8,000.00
Sale of loam
100.00
$8,100.00
Cr.
Pay rolls
$1,500.54
Bridge, mason work
1,275.00
Damages
3,000.00
Surveying
93.75
Tools
6.77
Paving
14.40
Curbing
9.95
Gravel
43.65
Unexpended balance
2,155.94
$8,100.00
Turner Street.
Dr.
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Amount overdrawn on account. 16.77
Cr. $1,216.77
Pay rolls
$1,162.69
Pipe
54.08
$1,216.77
Street from County to South Main. Dr.
Balance from 1905.
$5,356.29
$5,356.29
30
ANNUAL REPORT.
Cr.
Oswego Bridge Co., bridge. $1,600.00
J. E. Blake, damages
675.00
Labor
618.79
Curbing, setting
203.85
Paving
104.70
Surveying
46.75
Curbing
730.00
Concreting
20.75
Stone
55.50
Posts
16.12
Materials and labor on fence. 281.24
Stone furnished by Highway Dept. 964.00
Unexpended balance
39.59
$5,356.29
Speedway.
Dr.
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Amount overdrawn on account.
1.03
$1,501.03
Cr.
Pay rolls
$1,348.23
Sub-soil
152.80
$1,501.03
Park Avenue Drain.
Dr.
Appropriation $450.00
Amount overdrawn on account.
36.18
$486.18
31
ANNUAL REPORT.
Cr.
Labor
$176.43
Surveying
12.00
Lumber
297.75
$486.18
George Street.
Dr.
Appropriation
$500.00
$500.00
Cr.
Work done by Highway Dept. $500.00
$500.00
Cliff Street.
Dr.
Appropriation $100.00
$100.00
Cr.
Curbing and setting
$100.00
$100.00
Military Aid. One-half paid by State. Dr.
To appropriation
60.00
Due from State.
60.00
$120.00
32
ANNUAL REPORT.
Cr.
Aid rendered Daniel K. Franklin .. $120.00
$120.00
STATE AID.
Paid by State under Chapter 301, Acts of 1894.
George H. Alfred
$60.00
Ellen Appleton 48.00
James Baines
54.00
James E. Baker 18.00
Nancy Bradford 48.00
Cynthia Belcher 48.00
Anna T. Brown 48.00
Martin Berry 24.00
William H. Cargill
72.00
William H. Caswell 69.00
Sarah Caswell
48.00
A. Frank Claflin
48.00
Sarah C. Chipman
48.00
Thomas F. Clark
72.00
Elijah Caswell 60.00
Sarah D. Dean 24.00
Joseph N. Drake 48.00
Hiram Danforth 60.00
Charles B. Des Jardins. 72.00
Elizabeth Fleet 48.00
Cyrus Getchell
54.00
Gilbert Goff
48.00
Mary Griffen
48.00
Mortimer Guild
48.00
Emma Gay
48.00
Margaret Hawkins
48.00
Phebe Hathaway
48.00
Andrew Hinckley
72.00
Isaac N. Johnson
72.00
Ralph Kay 42.00
Mary Kingman
24.00
33
ANNUAL REPORT.
John H. Kimball
72.00
Margaret Lyons
48.00
Thomas Lynch 72.00
Dexter P. Moulton
72.00
Margaret McKee
48.00
Susan McNally
48.00
Julia E. Miller
48.00
Michael Murray
30.00
John R. Nelson
72.00
Emma Randall
48.00
Charles Seagraves
72.00
Dora B. Savery
48.00
Adelbert Smith
18.00
James B. Smith
72.00
Joel Stratton
54.00
Charlotte Stratton
36.00
John J. Thayer
72.00
George L. Titus
48.00
John S. Upton
66.00
Josephine White 48.00
Emma Whaley
48.00
*Otis Williams
54.00
$2.763.00
* Deceased.
SUMMARY OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES AND APPROPRIATIONS OVERDRAWN ..
Unexpended. Overdrawn.
Current and Incidental 1,750.58
Police Service and Patrol 181.90
Furnishings for Police Station 119,24
Fire Department, Current and Inci- dental 213.23
34
ANNUAL REPORT.
2000 feet of hose
61.25
Fire Alarm Boxes. 9.87
Deluge nozzles 30.00
Highway and Bridges
1,669.93
Street from County to South Main
39.59
Peck Street Extension
7,425.93
Park Avenue Drain.
36.18
Pleasant Street Drain
19.83
Olive Street Extension
2,155.94
Speedway
1.03
Turner Street
16.77
Sidewalks 12,88
Street Sprinkling
50.17
Stand Pipe, South Attleborough. .
3.14
Street Lighting
15.73
Soldiers' Relief.
341.60
Enforcing Liquor Law
200.00
Pauper Department
922.45
General Account, School
Depart-
ment
1.913.07
New Sanitaries, School Depart-
ment
303.89
Capron Park
5.04
Sewerage
250.00
Public Library
99.57
Library Building Fund
163.73
$16,202.47 $ 1,820.07
Total unexpended $16,202.47
The following balances carried forward :
Highway Department. $1,669.93
Library Building Fund 163.73
Olive Street Extension
2,155.94
$3.989.60
.
35
ANNUAL REPORT.
Amount unexpended, less balance carried
forward to 1907 ..
$12,212.87
Amount overdrawn on accounts 1,820.07
Total unexpended balance. $10,392.80
JURY LIST
Prepared by the Selectmen of Attleborough, to be pesented for acceptance or revision, at the Annual Town Meeting, to be held on Monday, March 4, 1907.
Adams, George N.
. Jeweler
Addicott, John S. . Engraver
Aeschliman, Frank L. Toolmaker
Alger, Isaas . Farmer
Alger, Isaac, Jr. Farmer
Allen, George W. Farmer
Ashley, Millard F.
. Contractor
Atwell, Albert I.
Music Dealer
Bates, Gilman Grocer
Beck, Fred L. Jeweler
Bell, Anson R. Jeweler
Blaney, Samuel C. Painter
Bliss, Charles E. Retired
Briggs, Edward E. Jeweler
Brownell, Alonzo N. Contractor
Bullock, Edwin. . Clerk
Bunker, Joseph L. Farmer
Burbank, Charles M. Jeweler
Butterworth, Herbert A. Farmer
Callahan, Daniel Jeweler
Capron, Virgil H. Jeweler Card, Thomas P. . Jeweler Carlson, John A. Machinist Carnes, William L. . Jeweler
37
ANNUAL REPORT.
Cargill, Walter B. Farmer
Carlisle, George Laundryman
Carpenter, Charles E. Farmer
Carpenter, Eustace V. Farmer
Carpenter, Lucius J.
. Merchant
Carpenter, Lyman Retired
Chatterton, Alfred H. . Jeweler
Chace, Frank Carpenter
Claflin, Charles O. . Teamster
Claflin, Edward P. Manufacturer
Clark, Horatio L.
Real Estate Dealer
Cobb, George L. .Jeweler
Cole, Eugene S. Salesman
Collins, Charles E. Machinist
Collins, Simeon
Gardner
Cooper, Alvin V. Farmer
Coupe, William H. . Currier
Crosby, James J. Merchant
Currie, James A. Jeweler
Curry, Michael J. Merchant
Curtis, William M. Foreman
Cushman, Hiram Merchant
Daggett, Homer M., Jr. Real Estate Agent
Davis, Frank H. Mason
. Dean, Thomas F. . Grocer
Demmons, George E. Jeweler
Dexter, Horace L. Jeweler
Dix, Walter C. Grocer
Douglas, Henry F. Chaser
Draper, Robert J. Jeweler
Draper, Roy E. Foreman
Dunham, George O. Retired
Easterbrooks, Fred A. . Clerk Eddy, Ashton C. Insurance Agent Engley, Willard A. Retired
38
ANNUAL REPORT.
Finn, David Polisher
Follett, Walter Farmer
Forsythe, Charles E. . Jeweler
Foster, William E. Contractor
French, Thomas W. Insurance Agent
Fuller, Amos G. . Jeweler
Gaffney, Hugh . Jeweler
Grant, Walter J. Carpenter
Gray, James H. Machinist
Grover, George L. Jeweler
Groves, Walter Teamster
Gustin, George A. Carpenter
Halliday, Thomas J. Foreman
Hawkins, David P. . Jeweler
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