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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF MERRIMAC,
FOR THE
Year Ending January 31,
1898.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Selectmen, Town Officers and School Committee OF
The Town of Merrimac,
FOR THE
Year Ending January 31,
1 898.
MERRIMAC, MASS., PRINTED BY THE MERRIMAC BUDGET, CLIFTON B. HEATHI, MANAGER. IS98.
APPROPRIATIONS.
For the Year ending January 31, 1898.
Schools,
$8,300
Highways,
1, 800
Sidewalks,
200
Poor,
2,000
Street Lights,
700
Miscellaneous,
600
Fire Department,
1,500
New Hose,
700
Town Officers,
1,500
Interest,
200
Discount,
850
Public Library,
500
Memorial Day,
75
Superintendent of Schools,
350
Constable Ives,
98
Old Cemetery Fences,
100
$19,473
TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN. R. H. SARGENT, R. S. BAILEY, T. L. GOODWIN. CLERK. BAILEY SARGENT.
TREASURER. D. J. POORE.
COLLECTOR. JOHN S. CLEMENT.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. B. B. WOOD.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
F. F. PHILBRICK, BAILEY SARGENT, JAMES T. LOCKE, ARTHUR W. CHASE.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
T. H. HOYT,
BION GREEN,
FRANK E. PEASE,
Term expires March ISOS.
66 66 66 1899.
66
66 1900.
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
S. A. McCONNELL,
Term expires March 1898.
GEORGE G. LARKIN,
66
66
66
66
1899.
66
66
1900.
66 66
1900.
I SOS.
JAMES F. PEASE,
IS99.
CHARLES W. SAWYER, GEORGE O. GOODWIN, R. S. BAILEY,
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TOWN OFFICERS.
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. WILLIAM M. CHASE, CHIEF, JOHN B. THORN, WILLIAM JONAH.
TRUSTEES LOCUST GROVE CEMETERY.
J. A. LANCASTER, Term expires March 1898.
GEORGE G. LARKIN,
. ( IS99.
C. E. ROWELL, 66 66 I900.
FOREST FIRE WARDS. WILLARD B. KELLEY, WALTER H. SARGENT.
POLICE.
J. FRED IVES, THOMAS PARKIN, ALEX. HANNA.
AUDITOR. PHILIP C. MEANS.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER AND MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
L. B. BLAISDELL, B. B. WOOD.
FENCE VIEWER. CALVIN B. ROBINSON.
FIELD DRIVERS.
FRANK K. McLEOD, JAMES P. TITCOMB.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
R. H. SARGENT, SNOW BILL, JANUARY 30, 1897. William H. Goldsmith, 25 hours at .20 per hour, $ 5 00
E. Grant, 21 hours at .20 per hour, 4 20
D. Bunker, 20 hours at .20 per hour, 4 00
F. S. Heath, 7 hours at .20 per hour, 40
M. Luce, 9 hours at .20 per hour, I So
A. Coombs, 10 hours at .20 per hour, 2 00
W. J. Carpenter, 10 hours at .20 per hour, 2 00
J. Doonan, 9 hours at .20 per hour, So
Geo. F. Kendrick, 20 hours at .20 per hour 4 00
Z. Fourtin, 10 hours at .20 per hour, 2 00
T. Keogh, 10 hours at .20 per hour. 2 00
$ 30 20
BILL OF FEBRUARY.
F. Thurlow, 2 1-2 hours at .20 per hour, 50
E. Grant, 9 hours at .20 per hour, I So
R. H. Sargent, 16 hours at .20 per hour. 3 20
R. II. Sargent, horse, 30 hours at . 10 per hour, 3 00
J. Coiley, 10 hours at .20 per hour, 2 00
A. Coombs, 10 hours at .20 per hour, 2 00
12 50
JOHN L. BLAISDELL, SNOW BILL, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
John L. Blaisdell, 35 hours at .22 1-2 per hour, 7 87
J. L. Blaisdell, horse, 29 hours at . 10 per hour, 2 90
J. Cahill, 10 1-2 hours at .20 per hour, 2 10
D. Morrison, 48 3-4 hours at . 20 per hour, 9 75
G. Grant, 21 hours at .20 per hour, 4 20
D. Williams, 3 hours at .20 per hour, 60
H. Evans, II 1-2 hours at .20 per hour, 2 30
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
Geo. F. Mason, 25 hours at .20 per hour, $ 5 00
I. Heald, 10 1-2 hours at .20 per hour, 2 30
G. Gilday, 11 hours at .20 per hour, 2 20
L. D. Goddard, 6 1-2 hours at .20 per hour, 30
L. D. Goddard, I horse, 13 hours at . 10 per hour, 30
L. B. Blaisdell, 6 1-2 hours at .20 per hour, 30
L. B. Blaisdell, I horse, 13 hours at . 10 per hour, 1 30
P. Neal, 16 1-2 hours at .20 per hour, 3 30
HI. Ordway, 6 hours at .20 per hour, 1 20
T. Coleman, 4 hours at . 20 per hour,
So
T. Collins, 17 hours at .20 per hour,
3 40
C. Noyes, 6 hours at .20 per hour, I 20
So
J. Currier, 4 hours at .20 per hour,
S. C. Blaisdell, 6 hours at .20 per hour, I 20
Chas. Tibbetts, 17 1-2 hours at .20 per hour,
3 50
D. Willis, HI hours at . 20 per hour, 2 20
F Bailey, 22 hours at .20 per hour, 4 40
J. Connor, 5 hours at .20 per hour, 1 00
M. Connor, 7 hours at .20 per hour, 1
40
Rolla Bailey, 6 hours at .20 per hour, I 20
M. Bailey, 2 1-2 hours at .20 per hour, 50
W. Il. Eastman, 3 hours at .20 per hour, 60
Geo. Eaton, 3 1-2 hours at .20 per hour, 70
M. Cahill, 3-4 hour at .20 per hour, 15
M. Burke. S hours at :20 per hour, 1 60
F. Chase, 10 hours at .20 per hour, 2 00
Ashes 33 loads at .20 per load, 6 60
Homer R. Sargent's snow bill, 10 35
James II. Foster, 15 hours at .20 per hour, 2 00
BILL OF MARCH.
HI. Hughes, 3 1-4 at .20 per hour, 65
C. Tibbetts, 7 1-2 hours at .20 per hour, 1 50
J. Cahill, 11 hours at .20 per hour, 2 20
G. Gilday, 2 1-2 hours at .20 per hour, 50
D). Williams, 4 1-4 hours at .20 85
R. Bailey. 24 hours at .20 per hour, 4 So
G. Grant, 4 hours at .20 per hour, So
A. Williams, 4 hours at .20 per hour, So
D. Morrison, 15 hours at .20 per hour, 3 00
$ 94 52
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
J. L. Blaisdell, 33 hours at .22 1-2 per hour, $ 7 42
J. L. Blaisdell, horse, 70 1-2 hours at . 10 per hour, 7 05
M. Travers, 29 hours at .20 per hour, 5 80
L. Goddard, 18 1-2 hours at .20 per hour, 3 70
L. Goddard, 2 horses, 18 1-2 hours at .20 per hour, 3 70
M. Connor, 1-2 hour at .20 per hour, 10
T. Collins, 1 1-2 hours at .20 per hour,
30
C. A. Bridges, care of crossing,
2 00
9 loads ashes at .20 per load,
I SO
Wood Bros., 35 hours at .20 per hour, 7 00
W. H. Emerson and team, 27 3-4 hours at .40, II IO
J. Hartt, 8 hours at .40 per hour, 3 20
E. Emerson, 14 hours at .20 per hour, 2 So
T. Grant, 15 hours at .20 per hour, 3 00
M. W. Sargent, 4 hours at .20 per hour, So
C. Simmons. I. hour at . 20 20
F. Stevens, 5 1-2 hours at .20 per hour, I IO
J. Woodman, 2 1-4 hours at .20, per hour, 45
J. McNannie, 5 hours at .20 per hour, 1 00
W. Veal, 2 hours at .20 per hour, 40
Chas. A. Stevens, 24 1-4 hours at .20 per hour, 4 85
W. B. Kelley, 15 40
B. H. Battis, 12 07
E. I. Grant, 20 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 3 50
J. T. Crosby, 4 horses, and 3 men, 10 hours at $1.00, 10 00 R. H. Sargent, removing snow, 9 50
BILL OF APRIL.
John L. Blaisdell, 29 1-2 hours at .22 1-2 per hour, 6 64
John L. Blaisdell, 2 horses, 29 1-2 hours at .20, 5 90
D). Morrison, 29 1-2 hours at .20 per hour, 5 90
R. Bailey, 29 1-2 hours at .20 per hour, 5 90
J. Mason, 19 1-2 hours at .20 per hour, 3 90
L. Goddard and team, 5 1-2 hours at .40 per hour, 2 20
B. B. Wood, 167 hours at .22 1-2 per hour, 37 57 1-2
Thomas Goodwin, 108 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 18 90
M. Travers, 35 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 6 12 1-2
Daniel Bunker, 150 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 26 25
Charles Stevens, 152 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 26 60
Wayne Sargent, 105 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 18 37 1-2
$ 133 34
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
William W. Sargent, 85 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 14 87 1-2 John Scanlan, 30 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 5 25 Bert Coombs, 45 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 7 87 1-2
T. Grant, 35 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 6 12 1-2
John Parker, 10 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 175
Otis Currier, 10 hours at . 12 1-2 per hour, 1 25
M. Ordway, 10 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 1 75
L. Goddard and team, 15 hours at .40 per hour, 6 00
E. C. Little and team, 10 hours at .40 per hour, 4 00
R. H. Sargent and team, 13 hours at .40 per hour, 5 20
I. M. Gould and team, 49 hours at .40 per hour. 19 60 Wood Bros. and team, 227 hours at .40 per hour, 90 So
W. H. Emerson and team, 15 hours at .40 per hour, 6 00
BILL OF MAY.
Theo. Grant, 10 hours at .20 per hour, 2 00
B. B. Wood, 210 hours at . 22 1-2 per hour, 47 25
Thomas Goodwin, 24 1-2 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 4 28 Frank Goodwin, 10 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 1 75
T. Grant, 23 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 4 03
John Parker, 132 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 23 10
John Scanlan, 38 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 6 65
Charles Stevens, 50 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 8 75
Daniel Bunker, IS2 hours, at . 17 1-2 per hour, 31 85
Albert Coombs, 87 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, . 15 23
John Woodman, 50 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 8 75
M. W. Sargent, So hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 14 00 Geo. Ordway, 82 1-2 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 14 43 Otis Currier, 40 hours at . 12 1-2 per hour, . 5 00
Edward Emerson, 30 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 5 25
Wood Bros., team 200 hours at .40 per hour, So 00
L. Goddard, team, 44 1-2 hours at .40 per hour, 17 So
J. H. Hartt, team, 50 hours at .40 per hour, 20 00
S. H. Connor, team, 30 hours at .40 per hour, 12 00
Gco. W. Sargent, team, 10 hours at .40 per hour, 4 00
Carriage Wheel & Gear. 73 loads gravel, 7 30
T. L. Goodwin, 23 loads gravel, 2 30
Ed. W. Morse, 46 loads gravel, 2 76
W'm. Emerson, team, 40 hours at .40, 16 00
$ 334 74
354 48
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
BILL OF JUNE.
B. B. Wood, 240 hours at .22 1-2 per hour, $ 54 00
Charles Bailey, 28 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 4 90
David Wadleigh, 10 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 1 75
James Cooper, 1 00
F. Bailey, 62 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 12 60
S. Blaisdell, 10 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 1 75
Thomas Goodwin, 155 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 27 13
Daniel Bunker, 197 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 34 47
W. W. Sargent, 145 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 25 38
Albert Coombs, 177 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 30 96
T. Grant, 35 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 5 13
John Parker, 30 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 5-25
Geo. Ordway, 150 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 26 25
John Woodman, 72 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 12 60
M. W. Sargent, 77 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 13 48
Otis Currier, raking stones, 4 00
Charles Chaplin, 110 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 19 25
Robert Noble, 90 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 15 75
Bert Farrington, 20 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 3 50
Wood Bros., teaming, 300 hours at .40 per hour, 120 00
I. M. Gould, teaming, 3 hours at .40 per hour, I 20
R. H. Sargent, teaming, 5 hours at .40 per hour, 2 00
L. D. Goddard, teaming, 110 hours at .40 per hour, 44 00 Wm. Emerson, teaming, 67 1-2 hours at .40, 27 00
Geo. W. Sargent, teaming, 56 hours at .40. 22 40
J. H. Hartt, teaming, 50 hours at .40 per hour, 20 00
L. B. Blaisdell, 60 hours at .40 per hour, 24 00
Wheel & Gear Co., 10 loads gravel, 1 00
BILL OF JULY.
B. B. Wood, 60 hours at .22 1-2 per hour, 13 50
Wood Bros., team, 83 hours at .40 per hour, 33 20
3 50
David Wadleigh, 20 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, W. W. Sargent, 40 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, T. Grant, 10 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 1 75
7 00
Daniel Bunker, 62 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour,
10 85
Geo. Ordway, 66 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, II 55
Albert Coombs, 10 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 75
I, Heald, 20 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 3 50
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$ 560 75
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
J. H. Hartt, team, 5 hours at .40 per hour, $ 2 00
Wm. Battis, team, S hours at .40 per hour, 3 20
Mrs. Hall, 1 00
Geo. Kendrick, 2 00
L. Goddard, team, 28 1-2 hours at .40 per hour, 11 40
R. Evans, 5 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 87
$ 107 07
BILL OF AUGUST.
B. B. Wood, 75 hours at .22 1-2 per hour, 16 87
D. Bunker, 75 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 13 13
Geo. Ordway, 65 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, II 38
W. W. Sargent, 45 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 7 87
T. Grant, 30 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 5 25
J. Fitzgerald, 20 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 3 50
Wood Bros., teanı, 140 hours at .40 per hour, 56 00
Wheel Factory. S loads gravel at . 10 per load, So
Wheel Factory, 6 loads ashes at .25 per load, 1 50
: 116 30
BILL OF SEPTEMBER.
B. B. Wood, 90 hours at .22 1-2 per hour, 20 25
D. Bunker, 45 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 7 87
W. W. Sargent, 20 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 3 50
T. Collins, 55 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 9 62
J. Fitzgerald, 45 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 7 88
T. Grant, 30 hours at , 17 1-2 per hour, 5 25
Geo. Ordway, 20 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 3 50
11. Jones, 5 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, SS
M. Connor, 10 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 1 75
Wood Bros., team, 45 hours at .40 per hour, 18 00
W. H. Emerson, team, 20 hours, at .40 per hour, 8 00
B. Battis, team, 25 hours at .40 per hour, 10 00
L. B. Blaisdell, team, 21 hours at .40 per hour,
8 40
G. G. Davis, rolling sidewalk,
1 75
Mr. Jackman, paving-stone, 2 00
F. A. Sargent, cleaning ditch, 3 50
112 15
BILL OF OCTOBER.
Wm. Battis, team, 28 hours at .40 per hour, II 20
II 20
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
BILL OF NOVEMBER.
B. B. Wood, 55 hours at .22 1-2 per hour, $ 12 37
Wood Bros., team, S2 1-2 hours at .40 per hour, 33 00
James Cooper, labor, 1 00
I). C. Bunker, 105 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 18 38
Will Bunker, 75 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour,
13 12
W. W. Sargent, 61 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour,
10 68
J. Evans, 27 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour,
4 73
R. II. Sargent, team, 7 hours at .40 per hour,
2 So
M. Connor, labor, 7 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 1 22
J. Connor, 14 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 2 45
L. B. Blaisdell, team, 3 hours at .40 per hour, 1 20
J. Fitzgerald, 9 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 1 58
J. Parker, 27 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 4 72
B. HI. Battis, 73 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 12 78
B. 11. Battis, team, 32 hours at .40 per hour, 12 So
BILL OF DECEMBER.
B. B. Wood, 27 hours at . 22 1-2 per hour, 6 o8
M. W. Sargent, 42 1-2 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 7 44
T. Grant, 24 1-2 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 4 28
S. Blaisdell, 24 1-2 hours at 17 1-2 per hour, 4 28
J. Woodman, 32 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 5 60
Wood Bros., team, 70 1-2 hours at .40 per hour, 28 20
E. Little, 54 hours at .40 per hour, 21 60
S. HI. Connor, 27 hours at .40 per hour, 10 80
R. HI. Sargent, 27 hours at .40 per hour, IO So
J. H. Hartt, 27 hours at .40 per hour, 10 80
L. B. Blaisdell, 27 hours at .40 per hour, 10 So
T. L. Goodwin, 126 loads gravel, 12 60
2-5 Amesbury's proportion of Rocks Bridge, 99 79
MISCELLANEOUS BIILS FOR HIGHWAYS.
J. E. Currier, lumber, tile, etc .. $ 75 56
F. S. Hardwick, Mgr., repairs on road machine, 1 50
C. A. Barton, damage caused by defect in highway, 12 50 J. E. Currier, supplies, 42 71
David Wadleigh, jobbing, 6 20
Frank Anderson, jobbing, 6 68
Chemford Foundry Co., grate, 8 00
$ 132 83
233 07
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
D. D. Chase, cement, 1 30
F. S. Hardwick, repairs on road machine, 2 00
J. E. Currier, supplies, 28 83
D. D. Chase, cement,
1 25
Isaie LaBrie, labor on ditch,
1 50
ISS 03
L. B. Blaisdell, snow bill, '98,
13 89
13 So
$ 2,435 07
Appropriation for Highways,
$ 1,800 00
Tax on Bicycles, 67 66
Overdrawn,
567 41
$ 2,435 07
SIDEWALKS.
T. Grant, moving sand and brick, $
1 25
Michael Connor, labor, 30 hours at . 17 1-2,
5 25
Nicholas Powers, setting curbing and paving, 95 00
A. HI. Saltmarsh & Co., concreting sidewalks, 142 89
Bion Green, freight on stone curbing, IO 61
R. H. Sargent, to drawing curbing, 5 00
T. Grant, 36 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour,
6 30
M. Connor, 25 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour,
4 38
D. Wadleigh, 14 1-2 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour,
2 54
R. H. Sargent, 15 hours at .20 per hour,
3 00
S. E. Connor, sand and labor,
3 90
C. H. Bragdon & Son, curbing,
40 40
Thomas Lahey, curbing,
20 18
$ 340 70
Appropriation,
$ 200 00
Received from Geo. Nichols estate,
23 27
Overdrawn,
117 43
$ 340 70
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT. 13
BRIDGE DEPARTMENT.
Bion Green, freight on stone, $ 42 00
C. H. Bragdon & Son, covering stone, 78 00
R. H. Sargent, drawing stone, 10 00
T. Grant, 53 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 9 28
M. W. Sargent, 33 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour. 5 78
John Parker, 25 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 4 37 Charles Stevens, 43 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 7 52 M. Travers, 33 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 5 78
M. Connor, 25 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 4 37
John Fitzgerald, 43 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 7 52
C. A. Wallace, 20 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 3 50 G. A. Ordway, 38 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 6 65 W. W. Sargent, 28 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 4 90
P. Legassy, 32 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 5 60 Edward Beughon, 21 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 3 67 William Beughon, 22 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 3 85 E. W. Roberts, 70 00
Bion Green, freight on stone, 25 60
E. W. Roberts, . 100 00
T. Grant, 200 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 35 00
J. Fitzgerald, 20 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 3 50 E. Beughon, 81 3-4 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 14 32 P. Legassy, 40 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 7 00
C. Stevens, 30 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 5 25
W. W. Sargent, 55 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 9 63
M. W. Sargent, 64 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, II 20
W. H. Emerson, team, 45 hours at .40 per hour, 18 00
W. H. Emerson, team, 31 hours labor at .30, 9 30 R. H. Sargent, team, 17 hours labor at .40 per hour, 6 So C. H. Bragdon & Son, covering and base stone, 67 50
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
II. II. Bean & Son, cement, 241 20
I. HI. Pendergast, teaming, 17 1-2 hours at .40, 7 00
Wood Bros., teaming, 24.45
Exeter Machine Works, railing for bridge, 39 40
E. C. Little, stone for bridge, 59 00
E. W. Roberts, 166 53
Mrs. Charles II. Nichols, sand, 35
F. C. Williams, jobbing, 3 .00
J. P. Titcomb, surveying, 7 75
J. E. Currier, II 66
B. B. Wood, 165 hours at . 22 1-2 per hour, 37 12
D. Bunker, 145 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 25 38
Geo. Ordway, 60 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 10 50
M. W. Sargent, 162 1-2 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 28 43
T. Grant, 160 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 28 00
M. Connor, 4 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 70
J. Fitzgerald, 150 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 26 35
D. Wadleigh, 90 1-2 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 15 84
T. Collins, 65 hours at . 17 1-2 per hour, 11 37
Wm. Battis, team, 10 hours at .40 per hour, 4 00
Wood Bros., team, 170 hours at .40 per hour, 68 co
S. H. Connor, team, 35 hours at .40 per hour, 14 00
J. H. Hartt, team, 10 hours at .40 per hour. 4 00
W. H. Emerson, team, 20 hours at .40 per hour, 8 00
Power Station, 14 loads ashes at .25 per load, 3 50
M. Connor, 25 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 4 37
D. E. Wadleigh, 75 hours labor at 17 1-2 per hour, 13 05
C. A. Wallace, 16 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 2 So
J. Fitzgerald, 20 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 3 50
T. Grant, 20 hours labor at . 17 1-2 per hour, 3 50
Wm. Jones, painting bridge and stock, 10 62
W. Burlingame, treas., supplies,
78
F. Mitchell, jobbing,
3 60
N. L. Howe, labor on railing,
34 40
$1,509 04
Received from HI., M. & A. on bridge,
200 00
$1,309 04
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
STREET LIGHTS.
E. S. McKay, care of street lights, $ 332 10
J. H. Cleary, supplies, 234 54
Globe Gaslight Co., lamps and posts, 34 20
J. Muldoon, repairs, 2 So
F. C. Williams, repairs, 4 30
W. W. Lydston, repairs,
78
$ 608 72
Unexpended,
91 28
$ 700 00
Appropriation,
$ 700 00
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT.
Mrs. E. W. Smart, postage, $ 2 00
Merrimac Budget, printing and town reports, 189 25
W. H. Emerson, abating nuisance on plains, 23 IO
Merrimac Budget, printing, 8 50
A. W. Brownell, printing notices, 2 50
M. P. Sargent, council on Chase and Holbrook case, 3 00
John Muldoon, labor on town hall, 2 25
Mrs. E. W. Smart, postage, 2 00
F. S. Hardwick, jobbing, 2 So
R. S. Bailey, expense to Boston acc't N & A. R. R., 1 70
John Donahue, painting bank room, 56 43
J E. Currier, bill of supplies for bank room, IS 05
T. L. Goodwin, tax collector's book, 2 00
Goodwin & Kendrick, paint for bank, 22 60
W. W. Lydston, supplies, stock and labor, 14 61
J. B. Heath, stock and labor on bank, 90 25
Merrimac Budget, printing, 26 25
Mrs. E. W. Smart, postage and box rent, 3 75
Albert Coombs, mowing cemetery, 12 00
J. T. Crosby, cleaning vault, 2 00
J. E. Muldoon, repairs on pump, 2 35
J. J. Woodman, mowing lower cemetery, 5 00
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
Mrs. I. Head, cleaning town hall, 3 60
Geo. N. Goodwin, stationery, 5 83
R. S. Bailey, expense to Boston, highway com., 3 00
C. A. Wallace, disinfecting watering trough, 5 00
Charles E. Ware, receiver, insurance, 9 .00
Andrew Wilson, repairs on town hall, 21 13
Goodwin & Kendrick, paint,
Bailey Sargent, insurance on town hall,
73 90
Merrimac Budget, printing notices, etc.,
7 00
A. F. Nason, charcoal, 18 00
Merrimac Budget, printing,
R. S. Bailey, expense to Salem, highway com.,- 1 50
J. W. Nichols, guide boards, 1 00
J. Muldoon, labor on town hall furnace, 4 55
11 00
Greenough, Adams & Cushins, town ink,
75
C. W. Chapman, stock and labor on bank,
8 28
Story & Co., telephone, 1 55
17 50
J, C. Libby, putting up booths, 3 00
5 00
W. C. Russell, expressage,
4 10
Geo. F. Mason, labor on watering trough, 2 00
A. H. Pierce, return of births,
F. E. Sweetsir, return of births,
+ 75
C. H. Hughes, care of watering trough, 5 00
Mrs. E. W. Smart, postage stamps, 1 00
W. W. Lydston, supplies, 3 00
John Cleary, supplies, Sargent hall, police station, 14 54 N. L. Howe, labor on awning, 1 15
Bailey Sargent, recording marriages, births, deaths, 28 97 Charles A. Ayers, board of J. Hammergrin, New- -
buryport jail, . 75
$ 767 65 Overdrawn, 167 65
Appropriation, $ 600 00
$ 767 65
6 41
2 00
Sargent Coal Co., coal for police station,
Bailey Sargent, insurance on town hall,
James Whittier, damages,
1 00
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Wm. P. Fitzgerald, salary, $ 6 38
C. H. Fellows & Co., supplies, 4 00
Sargent Coal Co., coal at centre, . 6 00
Sargent Coal Co., coal at Port, 6 00
New England Gamewell Co., supplies, 7 40
The Rollins Press, book, 1 00
Bailey Sargent, insurance, 91 25
Frank E. Wiggin, clerk Steamer Co., 534 60
L. J. Whittier, clerk, Gen. McClellan Co., 399 34
J. W. Brady, clerk, Hook and Ladder Co., 113 10
S. II. Connor, drawing steamer, 5 00
S. H. Connor, drawing Hook and Ladder, 2 50
W'm. H. Blodgett, services, fireman and engineer, 35 00
J. B. Thorn, services as fireman and engineer, 35 00
Wm. M. Chase, services as fireman and engineer, 35 00
Cornelius Callahan Co., 1200 feet of hose,
600 00
John Donahue, services as steward,
7 00
Cornelius Callahan Co., supplies.
3 25
E. P. Sargent, stock and labor,
2 00
Everett M. Heath, labor, So
F. S. Hardwick, pole and whiffletree,
3 75
D. W. Gould, pole straps, 3 50
F. C. Williams, chains, 3 60
I. B. Little & Co., supplies,
84
C. H. Perkins & Co., supplies,
4 75
Bion Green, freight,
25
Manchester Locomotive Works;
I SO
David E. Wadleigh, jobbing,
: 75
Sargent Coal Co., coal, 42 40
E. W. Roberts, labor, 8 92
I. B. Little & Co., supplies, 3 35
Sargent Coal Co., coal for Merrimacport, 22 20
Albert Russell & Sons, cover for well, 3: 00
Oak Hall Clothing Co., overcoats, 35 00
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
L. D. Goddard, grading, $ 11 60
Kimball & Co., supplies, 1 05
J. E. Muldoon, labor, 1 75
A. E. Colman labor, 2 00
J. F. Brown,
1 15
Bion Green, freight,
25
I. B. Little & Co., supplies,
I. B. Little & Co., horse blankets,
13 75
Merrimac Budget, printing,
1 00
James Cooper, stock and labor,
2 25
J. E. Currier, stock and labor, 5 17
C. H. Hughes, repairs, 1 00
H. C. Colby, labor on alarm,
1 50
Sargent Coal Co., wood,
2 75
J. W. Bailey, work on fire alarm,
75
J. C. Libby, stock and labor,
8 56
Story & Co., supplies,
35
F. C. Williams, jobbing,
25
L. D. Goddard, jobbing,
2 50
J. H. Murphy, acid,
25
C. H. Perkins & Co., supplies,
6 70
American Express Co., expressage,
1 05
W. C. Russell, expressage,
2 30
C. E. Rowell, supplies,
5 03
R. R. Sorenson, supplies,
5 51
J. H. Cleary, supplies,
7 76
James Cooper, labor,
1 00
A. M. Waterhouse Estate, painting, I 25
J. E. Currier, lumber, 4 66
J. A. Heath, labor,
4 50
W. W. Lydston, labor and supplies,
II 68
Wood Bros., trucking and supplies,
20 75
I. H. Pendergast, trucking, etc.,
9 50
$ 2,170 90
Unexpended,
29 10
$ 2,200 00
Appropriation, Appropriation for New Hose,
$ 1,500 00
700 00 - $ 2,200 00
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
TOWN OFFICERS.
R. H. Sargent, chairman selectmen, $ 215 00
R. S. Bailey, selectman, 125 00
T. L. Goodwin, selectman, 125 00
Bailey Sargent, clerk and registrar of voters, So 00
D. J. Poore, town treasurer and library treasurer, 75 00
J. S. Clement, collector, 300 00
J. F. Ives, constable and police, 168 00
Alex. Hanna, police officer to January Ist, 25 00
F. F. Philbrick, registrar of voters, 20 00
James T. Locke, 66 66
20 00
Arthur W. Chase, 66 20 00
T. H. Hoyt, school committee, 55 00
Bion Green, 66 50 00
50 00
Clarence A. Morrill, auditor, 20 00
C. A. Wallace, inspector of cattle, 75 00
John J. Woodman, moderator at March meeting, 5 00
C. B. Heath, ballot clerk, March and November, 6 00
A. Wesley Colby, 66 6 00
Horace W. Haskell, 66 66 6 00
R. J. Eaton, 66 66 66
6 00
Edward P. Sargent, teller, 3 00
Geo. B. Patten. teller, March and November, 6 00
E. S. Ricker, teller for November, 3 00
L. B: Blaisdell, teller, March and November, 6 00
F. E. Hale, teller, March and November, 6 00
H. K. Emery, teller for March, 3 00
Thomas Parkin, janitor of town hall, . 86 25
Thomas Parkin, police, 50 00
$ 1,615 25
Appropriation, $1,500 00
Due from State from cattle com'r salary, 37 50
Overdrawn, 77 75
$ 1,615 25
F. E. Pease, .. 66
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
OVERSEERS' DEPARTMENT.
Support of Mrs. Allison.
Mrs. Hattie A. Currier, board, $ 75 00
C. A. Bridges, shoes, 1 50
J. S. Evans, shoes, 1 50
Little & Co., supplies, 2 50
$ 80 50
Support of Andrew J. Heath.
Mrs. Julia B. Heath, board,
156 00
156 00
Support of Alice R. Gray and daughter.
Calvin Sargent, board,
200 00
Calvin Sargent, supplies, 2 45
F. E. Sweetsir, medical attendance, 2 25
204 70
Support of Alice Allison.
Ingleside Home, board,
110 00
110 00
Support of Ann Waining.
A. P. Chaples, board,
104 00
104 00
Support of Otis S. Currier.
Caroline Johnson, rent,
- 44 00
J. H. Cleary, groceries, 34 66
R. R. Sorenson, groceries,
15 00
G. A. Titcomb, provisions,
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