Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Douglas, for the year ending 1918, Part 1

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ANNUAL REPORTS


TOWN OFFICERS


TOWN OF DOUGLAS


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Year Ending


DECEMBER 31, 1918


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF DOUGLAS


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1918


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Warrant for Town Meeting


Monday, March 17, 1919.


WORCESTER SS.


To any Constable of the Town of Douglas in the County of Worcester,


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the town of Douglas, qualified to vote in elections, and in town affairs, to meet in the town hall, East Douglas, in said Douglas, on Monday, the seven- teenth day of March next, at 5.45 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :


ARTICLE 1. To elect a moderator, a town clerk, a town treasurer, six constables, a tax collector, an agent of Devise of Moses Wallis, one highway commissioner a tree warden, an auditor, all for the term of one year, also one assessor, for the term of two years; one selectman, one assessor, one overseer of the poor, one water commissioner, two members of the school commit- tee, one trustee of the public library, one town cemetery commis- sioner, all for the term of three years, and to vote Yes or No on the question "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town the ensuing year? "


ART. 2. To choose all other necessary town officers for the year ensuing.


ART. 3. To hear the reports of the town officers and out- standing committees and act thereon.


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ART. 4. To raise by tax and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for support of poor, for schools, for debts and interest, for salary of superintendent of schools, for maintaining street lights, for highways and bridges, for extermin- ating browntail and gypsy moths, for salaries of town officers, and for all other expenses of the town for the ensuing year.


ART. 5. To see what compensation the town will pay each member of the Hose Company for their services for the ensuing year.


ART. 6. To see what disposition the town will make of the dog fund.


ART. 7. To see of what number the acting superintending school committee shall consist, and what their compensation shall be.


ART. 8. To see what sum the town will raise and appro- priate for the relief of disabled soldiers and their families.


ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to oil the macadam roads, and raise and appropriate money therefor.


ART. 10. To see what salary the town will pay its tax col- lector the ensuing year.


ART. 11. To see what salary the town will pay its treasurer.


ART. 12. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1919, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.


ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to pay twenty-five dollars for the repair of town clock, so-called, to be paid from the contingent fund.


ART. 14. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the Simon Fairfield public library.


ART. 15. To see if the town will vote the sum of one hun- dred and twenty-five dollars to Lambert B. Simmons Camp 123, S. of V., for defraying expenses for Memorial Day.


ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money for railing highways.


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ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to be used for the repair of stone roads, under super- vision of the selectmen, or act or do anything in relation to the same.


ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to instruct its board of selectmen to petition the State Highway Commission under Chapter 155 of the General Acts of 1918 and to raise and appro- priate the money required thereunder.


The polls may close at 2 o'clock.


You are directed to serve this warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof, at the Post Office in East Douglas, and at the Post Office in Douglas Center, ten days at least before the time of holding said meeting.


HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.


Given under our hands this eighteenth day of February in the year one thousand, nine hundred and nineteen.


W. R. WALLIS, W. E. SCHUSTER, W. L. CHURCH,


Selectmen of Douglas.


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Report of the Selectmen.


The Selectmen of Douglas respectfully submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1918.


Orders have been drawn on the Town Treasurer amounting to $46,830.46, for the following purposes :


Schools, appropriation . $11,500 00


Received from State


2,344 64


other sources 44 42


66 town fund .


56 48


Unexpended balance


1,363 57


$15,309 11


Orders drawn (see school re- port) 15,552 02 $15,552 02


Overdrawn. .


$242 91


Railing highways, appropriation


$150 00


Highways, appropriation


$2,000 00


Expended .


1,954 54


$1,954 54


Balance


$45 46


Oiling road, appropriation


$1,000 00


Expended


957 00


$957 00


Balance


$43 00


Douglas stone road, appropriation


$500 00


Expended


588 31


$588 31


Overdrawn. . $88 31


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Special appropriation, highways $1.975 00 Received from State . 1,336 16


Expended


$2,229 37 2,229 37


Balance


$1,081 79


Street lighting, appropriation $1,750 00


Expended


$1,749 96


$1,749 96


Balance $ 04


Soldiers and widows relief, appropriation $100 00


Expended


131 00


$131 00


Overdrawn ..


$31 00


Support of poor, appropriation .


$3,000 00


Expended


3,650 00 $3,650 00


Overdrawn


$650 00


Collector of Taxes, appropriation .


$250 00


Expense, 1917


$33 49


Salary, 1917


200 00


Expense, 1918


40 23


Salary, 1918


150 00


Bond, 1918


50 00


473 72


$473 72


Overdrawn. .


$223 72


Moth suppression, appropriation


$500 00


Expended


336 00


$336 00


Balance


$264 00


Hose company, appropriation


$240 00


Expended


242 50


$242 50


Overdrawn


$2 50


Library, appropriation


$100 00


Expended


167 34


$167 34


Overdrawn. . $67 34


$3,311 16


8


Memorial Day, appropriation


$100 00 Expended


100 00 $100 00


Water Bond appropriation . $800 00


Expended .


800 00


$800 00


Town clock, appropriation $25 00


Expended .


25 00


$25 00


SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.


Appropriation . . $1,400 00


Registrars . $60 00


Town clerk


184 83


Tree warden


27 50


School committee


50 00


Selectmen


100 00


Counsel and Clerk.


50 00


Treasurer


100 00


Water commissioners .


100 00


Overseers of poor


180 00


Assessors .


374 88


1,227 21 $1,227 21


Balance


$172 79


CONTINGENT.


Appropriation .


$2,000 00


Snow roads. .


$183 87


Cattle inspection


54 75


Meat inspection


62 00


Fire telephone


34 20


Election expenses


95 00


Printing .


149 55


Vital statistics


19 25


Auditor


31 38


Forest fires


104 11


Insurance


100 26


Board of health


188 55


Police


64 10


9


County tax $1,965 00


Taxes. .. 41 55


Repairs, town hall . 8 65


Care watering trough 5 00


Care monument lot


3 00


Expense Chas. Greene sale


12 50


Draft, auto hire.


2 00


Dog officer .


10 00


Debts and interest


1,542 02


Tuition, Quincy Industrial School 8 75


Expense, hearing consump-


tive hospital 5 00


Janitor, Town and Engine hall


80 00


4,770 49 $4,770 49


Overdrawn .


$2,770 49


Notes


$11,000 00


STATE AID 12 MONTHS.


James G. Adams


$48 00


Wellington Balcom .


78 00


Mrs. Catherine Barton


18 00


Horace Belding .


48 00


Mrs. Ruth A. Bowdish


72 00


George M. Church


72 00


Mrs. Lizzie Cook


72 00


Charles E. Green


72 00


Mrs. Ruhannah A. Marshall


48 00


Chandler Titus


48 00


Lena Gabrielson


180 00


Mrs. Laura Paine.


120 00


$876 00


$46,830 46


W. R. WALLIS, W. E. SCHUSTER, W. L. CHURCH,


Selectmen of Douglas.


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Treasurer's Report.


GILBERT W. ROWLEY, Treasurer.


1918


DR.


Cash on hand.


$4,665 58


Jan. 18 Interest Massachusetts Trust Co


23 75


23 Town hall rent, Joseph F. Cupka 3 00


26 School fund, State Treasurer.


1,104 64


Feb. 2 Income tax, State Treasurer. .


74 00


Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co.


15 95


15 Ezra Aldrich Cemetery Lot, B. F. Aldrich, Executor, Dec. 1913 100 00


Town hall rent, Epworth League


3 00


23 Transportation paupers, State Treasurer.


70


25 Frank E. Jones, Coll. No. 12 taxes, 1917.


623 20


13


163 81


14


52 11


26 Scott Cemetery Lot, People's Savings Bank 2 00 Whiting Cemetery Lot, People's Savings Bank 2 00


March 2 Interest Massachusetts Trust Co


13 15


6 Income tax, State Treasurer .


74 00


16 School tuition, Caroline Cranska


15 00


20 Cemetery Lot, W. Manahan


14 00


April


2 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co.


8 47


3 License, Auctioneer, W. H. Herendeen . .


2 00


11 Court money, Second District Court


39 82


26 Note, No. 8, W. E. Schuster. .


3,000 00


II


Apr. 29 License, Pool, Amos Goodness.


$20 00


66 Undertaker, Francisco Bowen . 1 00


May 2 Pool, Elmwood Club 10 00


4 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co.


4 60


17 State Treasurer, temporary aid. . $336 34 66 contagious dis-


eases 60 00


66


66 mothers depend-


ent children 90 00


486 34


28 School tuition, Annetter Woodrow


12 00


31 Note No. 9, Massachusetts Trust Co


5,000 00


3 License, Undertaker, E. E. Young . 1 00


Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co


4 52


10 Frank E. Jones, Coll. No. 15 taxes, 1917.


58 55


12 Cemetery Lot, Frank Copp


14 00


29


Note No. 11, Massachusetts Trust Co.


3,000 00


July


1 Soldier's widows relief, Charles E. Greene Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co


5 75


2 License, junk, I. Shor


50 00


5 Court money . .


3 10


11 School transportation, Guilford Dudley . .


35 00


August 5


. 00 137 75 13 Soldier's widow relief, Charles E. Greene Debts and Interest, Mass. Trust Co 3 62 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co. License, junk, Sam Handelman 50 00


9 Lucinda Reynold fund, Chas. O. Emerson


100 00


22 Books and supplies, The MacMillan Co ..


2 42


28 School tuition, James Cranska 15 00


Sept.


7 Frank E. Jones, Coll. No. 16 taxes, 1917 .


34 94


No. 1 1918.


5,582 06


14 State Treasurer :


Mothers dependent children $158 63 Compensation inspection of animals 27 12


185 75


23 Frank E. Jones, Coll. No. 2 taxes, 1918. .


123 75


2 66 No. 3 1918. .


4,676 44


3 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co. 4 45


15 00


9 Keeper of jail, Worcester Court money 59 01


11 Cemetery Lot, Whiting, People's Savings. Scott, 2 00 2 00


Oct.


3 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co. 2 96


300 00


June


I 2


Oct. 17 Frank E. Jones, Coll. No. 4 taxes, 1918. .


$5,128 79


26 School Union, State Treasurer 500 00


31 Frank E. Jones, Coll. No. 5 taxes, 1918. . 1,176 85


Nov. 2 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co.


7 32


16 State Treasurer :


Corporation tax, Public service $160 91


Corporation tax, business 12,458 53


Income tax, 1918


7,995 25


National Bank tax 253 69


Transportation of paupers


3 60


High school tuition, spe- cial


500 00


State Aid .


663 00


Soldier's exemption


8 42


22 State Treasurer :


Support of poor .


$24 00


Contagious diseases 13 60


Tuition of children


240 00


277 60


Dec.


2 Frank E. Jones, Coll. No. 6 taxes, 1918. .


1,076 81


5 Peddlers licenses, 4, State Commissioner .


32 00


7 Poor Department, Town of Webster


39 78


13 Corporation tax, Public service, State Treasurer


632 90


1,336 16


17 Highway Commission, State Treasurer License, butcher's, Alphonso Chase


1 00


31 Dog fund, County Treasurer Income tax, 1917, State Treasurer $37 00


131 02


1918, 111 00


148 00


1919


Jan. 3 Frank E. Jones, Coll. taxes, 1917


$47 59


66 1918


836 98


Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co. 21 70


$58,776 51


1918


Oct. 31 Highways, W. E. Schuster, gift $1,000 00


$59,776 51


$64,442 09


22,043 40


1918


CR.


Feb. 4 Selectmen's orders, 2239 to 2244


$1,766 77


15 People's Savings Bank, Ezra Aldrich lot. . 100 00


25 Frank E. Jones, Coll. abatements, 1917. . 163 81


March 4 Selectmen's orders, 2245 to 2253


2,150 71


18 Court money, G. Andrew Keith


24 29


April 3 Selectmen's orders, 2254 to 2264


1,969 68


29 6 2265 to 2273


1,472 24


May


1 Court money, Albert Dansereau


18 96


June


3 Selectmen's orders, 2274 to 2287


4,412 86


18 H. D. Mowry, temporary aid $336 34


66 mothers with de- pendent children 90 00


426 34


July


1 Selectmen's orders, 2288 to 2296.


3,979 51


5 Court money, Albert Dansereau. $18 40


66 E. P. Heath 10 40


28 80


Aug.


5 Selectmen's orders, 2297 to 2303


903 82


9 Court money, Albert Dansereau People's Savings Bank, Lucinda Reynolds fund.


100 00


Sept.


9 Court money, Albert Dansereau $35 51


66 Wm. H. Herendeen 6 52


42 03


Selectmen's orders, 2304 to 2316


3,697 23


19


H. D. Mowry, mothers with dependent children


158 63


Oct.


7 Court money, Albert Dansereau


10 26


Whiting Cemetery Lot, W. H. Herendeen . $2 00


Scott Cemetery Lot, W. H. Herendeen 2 00


4 00


Nov. 4


Selectmen's orders, 2317 to 2333 66 2334 to 2340


6,748 47


1,331 25


16 State Treasurer : State tax. $4,070 00


State highways repairs. . 212 50


4,282 50


Dec.


2


Selectmen's orders, 2341 to 2352


13,157 08


5 30


14


Dec. 7 H. D. Mowry, support of poor $24 00 66 66 39 78


$63 78


125 00 31 Soldier's widow relief, Charles Greene C. J. Batcheller, dog fund to library 131 02


1919


Jan. 3 Frank E. Jones, Coll. abatements, 1917. .


47 59


1918. . 128 37


6 Selectmen's orders, 2353 to 2373 5,240 84


$52,691 14


By cash . .


11,750 95


$64,442 09


ASSETS.


Cash on hand, Dec. 31, 1918.


$11,750 95


Due from F. E. Jones, Collector, 1918


671 75


Due from State Aid . 876 00


$13,298 70


In trust, Henry Whiting fund, People's Savings Bank, Worcester, for care of cemetery lot ... $137 68


In trust, Sarah E. Scott fund, People's Savings Bank, Worcester, for care of cemetery lot 58 98


In trust, Ezra Aldrich fund, People's Savings Bank, Worcester, for care of cemetery lot. 119 46


In trust, Lucinda C. Reynolds fund, People's Savings Bank, Worcester, for care of cemetery lot 100 00


GILBERT W. ROWLEY,


Town Treasurer.


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REPORT OF AUDITOR.


January 29, 1919.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Town of Douglas, Mass.


GENTLEMEN :


I have examined the books and accounts of the Town Treas- urer, Agent of Devise of Moses Wallis, Tax Collector and Over- seers of Poor, for the year ending December 31, 1918, and find them to be in excellent condition, and the funds fully accounted for.


The Treasurer's cash was verified with a statement of the Massachusetts Trust Co., as of December 31, 1918, and is as follows:


Balance per Bank statement . $13,573 13


Add deposits of December 31 and January 3 988 63


$14,561 76


Less checks issued since Jan. 1 and charged back into December, Nos. 1403 to 1428 1,221 09


$13,340 67


Less checks outstanding .


1,589 72


Balance per check book . $11,750 95


which agrees with the cash book balance.


WILLIE R. WALLIS, AGENT, FOR DEVISE OF MOSES WALLIS.


Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1917 $4 75


Received to Dec. 31, 1918


1,900 66


$1,905 41


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Payments to Dec. 31, 1918 $128 02 Deposits Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co. 1,772 89


$1,900 91


Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1918 $4 50


This fund on Dec. 31, 1918 amounts to $48,487 43


Less salary due W. R. Wallis, Agent . . 75 00


$48, 412 43


DOUGLAS WATER DEPARTMENT.


Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1917


$606 55


Receipts to Dec. 31, 1918 3,528 48


$4,135 03


Payments to Dec. 31, 1918


4,123 33


Balance on hand as per check book of Old Colony


Trust Co.


$11 70


Respectfully submitted,


WM. FRANKLIN HALL, C. P. A.,


Accountant and Auditor.


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Report of the


Water Commissioners.


The extremely cold weather the first part of this year was dis- astrous to water works throughout this section. Our troubles were small in comparison with some of the neighboring towns, yet we were compelled to go to heavy expense to keep our mains and connecting pipes thawed. The cost to have the electric company do all the thawing being so heavy, we purchased a transformer, and with the help of one expert electrician, did the thawing our- selves the latter part of the cold weather, thereby effecting a great saving in expense, and we now have the transformer for future needs. The amount of all these unusual expenses is reflected in the cash balance on hand at the end of the year.


In July, water bonds Nos. 9 and 10 were paid, leaving 30 more bonds outstanding of the original issue of 42. Nos. 11 and 12 will be paid on July 1 of this year.


With no hardship to the town, it now owns, all paid for, over one-fourth of the water system. We have as good water as any- where in New England and the best of fire protection.


On the close of our accounts for 1918, there were still due the water works, uncollected, $266.46.


RECEIVED FOR MAKING HOUSE CONNECTIONS.


1918 July 26 To received for making house connections $55 96


18


LABOR AND SUPPLIES IN MAKING HOUSE CONNEC- TIONS, THAWING FROZEN PIPES AND REPAIRING BROKEN PIPES.


March 2 By paid Charles Raguso, labor


$11 00


8


Harry Olson, on frozen pipes. 18 00


Herbert R. More, blacksmithing . . 11 40


13


Frank Lambert, labor


5 00


W. R. Wallis, supplies


15 00


Charles Raguso, labor


34 00


Harry Gambel, labor


46 50


Harry Olson, trucking pipe


3 00


Wor. Sub. Elec. Co., thawing pipes


95 50


66 66 66 transformer .


127 07


25


Harry Gambel, labor.


33 00


31


Whitin Machine Works, pipe


38 35


July


5


Harry Gambel, labor .


15 00


6


Walworth Mfg. Co., valves


10 36


Aug.


24


N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., re- pairing leak at crossing


17 55


28


James Mason, old lead pipe


1 75


Sept.


28


D. Terrian, labor


3 00


Oct.


26


Fred Nault, labor


9 00


Harry Gambel, labor


37 50


Nov.


2


Fred Nault, labor


9 00


Charles Raguso labor


4 50


26


H. Mueller Mfg, Co., brass goods


79 04


Herbert R. More, blacksmithing .


1 45


Washburn & Garfield, brass and lead goods 4 50


Dec.


9


Harry Gambel, labor


24 00


28


Adams Express and freight


3 88


31


Harry Gambel, labor .


13 00


$718 44


OPERATING RECEIPTS.


1918


Feb. 14


To received for water service $131 06


April 15


66


66


74 38


May


1


66 66 oil and fuses


3 30


66


66 66 current 16 02


National Meter Co., repair parts 27 77


61


April


15 To received for sprinkler service


$18 44


May 11


66


66 water service


340 44


June 7


66


66


126 09


19


66


66


66


200 94


July


26


66


66


66


66


161 96


66


66


sprinkler service


18 44


Nov.


7


66


66


66


water service


77 81


12


344 94


Dec.


7


66


66


123 43


31


1,010 07


66


66


sprinkler service


18 44


Cash income


$2,664 88


To 53 town hydrants, valued at


$1,590 00


Water for watering trough, library and bubbling foun- tain, valued at .


200 00


OPERATING EXPENSES.


1918


By paid E. R. Correll, Supt


$720 00


Wor. Sub. Electric Co., power for pumping . .


662 89


66 6 66


"


lights


7 50


$1,390 39


MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS.


1918


To received Town appropriation to help pay water bonds Nos. 9 and 10 $800 00


Interest on deposits 7 64


$807 64


MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS.


1918


By paid F. E. Jones, coal for pumping station $5 00


Eagle Printing Co., water bills. 9 25


Paying water bonds, Nos. 9 and 10 2,000 00


$2,014 50


66


18 44


66


66


66 66


66


66


20


RECAPITULATION.


Dr.


1918


Jan.


1 To cash in Town Treasury $606 55


To received for making house connections 55 96


water and sprinkler service 2,664 88


miscellaneous receipts. . . 807 64


$4,135 03


Cr.


1918


By paid labor and supplies making house connections, thawing and repairing frozen pipes


$718 44


Operating expenses . 1,390 39


Miscellaneous payments 2,014 50


Dec. 31 By cash balance in Town Treasury 11 70


$4,135 03


WILLIE R. WALLIS, CHARLES J. BATCHELLER, HERBERT N. LOUGEE,


Water Commissioners.


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Report of Treasurer DOUGLAS WATER WORKS.


1918


DR.


January 1


Cash on hand .


$606 55


Feb. 14


C. J. Batcheller, Commissioner .. .


131 06


April 15


66 66


92 82


May


11


66


66


340 44


June 7


66


66


66


126 09


29 Gilbert W. Rowley, Treasurer Town of Douglas .


800 00


July 19


C. J. Batcheller, Commissioner


200 94


26


66


66


236 36


Nov.


7


66


66


96 25


12


16


66


66


344 94


Dec.


7 66


66


. 6


.


123 43


1919


Jan. 10


66


66


66


1,028 51


Interest for year


7 64


$4,135 03


22


1918


CR.


February


Water Commissioner's Orders, 457


$48 00


March


66


66


458 to 460


34 00


April


66


461 to 467


402 90


May


66


468 to 473


418 39


June


2,177 85


July


66


66


66


477and 478


25 36


August


66


66


479 to 483


300 47


September


66


6


66 484 and 485


4 75


November


66


66


66 486 to 497


490 73


December


66


66


498 and 499


204 00


1919


January


66


66


500 and 501


16 88


$4,123 33


By cash on hand


11 70


$4,135 03


66


474 to 476


GILBERT W. ROWLEY, Treasurer.


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT 1918


BIRTHS.


Whole number 62


Number of males 31


Number of females 31


6.2


American parentage 15


Foreign parentage . 41


6


Mixed parentage


62


MARRIAGES.


Whole number ... 22


American birth 30


Foreign birth. 14


Residents of Douglas 32


Elsewhere . . 12


First marriage. .


43


Second marriage


1


DEATHS.


Whole number


54


Male


30


Female 24


54


24


American birth


39


Foreign birth .


8


Unknown


7


54


Number under 1 year.


Between 1 and 5 years


3


5 10


0


66


30


40 60


7


66 40


50


66


2


66 50


66 60


66


2


60


70


66


4


70


66 80


8


6.6


80


66 90


66


4


66


90 " 100 66


1


54


DOGS REGISTERED.


Whole number 77


Males, 71 at $2.00


$142 00


Females, 6 at $5.00


30 00


$172 00


Less fees 77 at 20 cents


15 40


$156 60


JOHN B. CHAPDELAINE, JR.,


Town Clerk.


20


5


20


30 66


3


15


10


25


REPORT OF TREASURER Simon Fairfield Public Library.


1918


DR.


January 1 Unexpended balances as follows :---


From Town appropriations. $167 34


Balance on deposit . 151 32


$318 66


Income for year as follows :


Town appropriation $100 00


Dog fund.


131 02


Fairfield fund


200 00


Smith fund


372 80


Schuster fund


42 50


Taft fund. .


20 00


Old Magazines


1 40


Fines


24 68


$892 40


$1,211 06


1918


CR.


Expenses for the year as follows :


Paid Rosalie E. Williams, librarian . $364 00


Martha Belding, assistant librarian ...


12 00


26


Paid Herbert E. Hughes, janitor


$84 00


Worcester Suburban Electric Co.


20 38


Magazine subscriptions


47 50


Books . .


223 15


Bookbinding


24 30


Newspapers


15 93


Supplies . ..


13 21


Frank E. Jones, coal


157 50


Accrued interest on bonds


59 83


$1,021 80


Dec. 31


Balance on deposit .


$89 26


Due from town appropriation 100 00


189 26


$1,211 06


The investment of the Smith fund was changed last February from Bank Certificates of Deposit, to Registered 44 Liberty Bonds, and $4,500 of the Savings Bank Deposits are to be changed on the next interest period, to 4} Registered Liberty Bonds. There will then be $2,200 remaining in Savings Banks.


ENDOWMENT FUNDS.


Mrs. Royal Keith fund


$200 00


James M. Fairfield fund


5,000 00


James Smith fund


6,000 00


Arthur M. Taft fund


500 00


Winfield S. Schuster fund


1,000 00


$12,700 00


CHARLES J. BATCHELLER, Treasurer.


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Annual Report of the OVERSEERS OF THE POOR From January 1, 1918 to January 1, 1919.


To the Selectmen and Citizens of Douglas :


Gentlemen : The report of the Overseers of the Poor from January 1, 1918 to January 1, 1919, is herewith submitted.


A. E. DIXSON, Supt. of Almshouse.


Personal property at almshouse as per inventory :


Household furniture and provisions in cellar


$1,268 99


Contents of woodhouse, wash-house, fowls and grain


509 95


Farming tools and wagons


465 25


One pair of horses .


300 00


Thirteen head of cattle


1,550 00


Five hogs


240 00


Six shoats


120 00


Thirty-five tons of ensilage


490 00


Fourteen tons of hay 350 00


Grain . 249 45


One-third interest in engine on truck, blower, belting and wood saw .. 111 99


$5,655 63


Increase


$1,597 27


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We have made the Superintendent debtor for what he has received for labor, produce, etc., as follows :


DR.


Cash on hand


$119 37


Received for sale of eggs


269 80


Team and labor


350 60


Fowls


118 17


Calves


90 00


Pigs. .


20 00


Board


125 00


Produce and potatoes .


55 75


Lumber


192 32


Butter


1,118 70


Cows


385 00


Pork


611 78


Cash from Overseers


300 00


Milk


14 39


Miscellaneous


66 30


$3,837 18


CR.


Grain, groceries and supplies


$1,925 99


Blacksmithing and repairs


107 05


Doctors bills and medicines .


44 91


Pigs and hogs .. .


112 00


Supplies furnished by J.W. Wixtead, 1917


122 23


Bull


75 00


Cows


292 00


Fertilizer


79 46


Filling silo


31 29


Telephone


5 50


Labor


283 88


Cash payments


518 53


One-third interest in engine, blower and saw


111 89


Miscellaneous


117 35


$3,827 08


Cash on hand


10 10


$3,837 18


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TOTAL PAYMENTS, TOWN ACCOUNT.


The Overseers have paid the following bills at Almshouse :


Salary of Superintendent at Almshouse. . $780 00


Cash for almshouse 300 00


Groceries and grain


1,275 62


Doctor's bill


2 00


Stove


63 55


W. R. Wallis


95 48


$2,516 65


SUMMARY.


Superintendent has paid for supplies as


per this report ...


$3,827 08


Overseers have paid out as per this report 2,516 65


$6,343 73


Supt. for labor, produce and board


$3,837 18


Increase as per inventory 1,597 27


$5,434 45


Cost at almshouse for 1918


$909 28


OUTSIDE POOR.


No. 1.


$65 00


2


72 00


3.


20 00


4


24 00


5


12 25


6 Mother's aid


285 67


$478 92


STATE AID ACCOUNT.


No. 1


$312 00


2


24 00


3


68 13


4


192 00


5


40 00


6


28 45


7 Mother's aid


125 33


$789 91


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Webster poor


$39 78


Oxford


224 00


Oxford, due 1917 $273 00


Lockup.


$28 00


Miscellaneous


49 34


$77 34


RECEIPTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.


Cash on hand January 1, 1918


$45 37


Received from Town Treasurer


3,650 00


66


State. .


608 97


Julian Kmiecik


33 58


66


Webster


39 78


$4,377 70


TOTAL PAYMENTS.


At almshouse


$2,516 65


Outside poor


478 92


State aid account


789 91


Oxford.


224 00


Webster


39 78


Lockup


28 00


Miscellaneous


49 34


Julian Kmiecik


33 58


$4,160 18


Cash on hand. $217 52


Amount due from State.


$661 33


COST OF POOR AT ALMSHOUSE.


Inmates at almshouse, January 1, 1919,


NO.


AGE


WEEKS


DAYS


1


90


52


1


2


44


52


1


3


66


52


1


4


64


52


1


5


61


52


1


6


73


52


1


7


70


10


1


Cost per week $2 75


3 I


OVERSEERS HAVE RECEIVED FOR THEIR SERVICES.


Henry D. Mowry


$100 00




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