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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Gown of Palmer.
AND OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1ST, 1892.
PALMER, MASS .: PRESS OF C. B. FISKE & CO. 1892.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
own of Palmer,
AND OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1ST, 1892.
PALMER, MASS .: PRESS OF C. B. FISKE & CO. 1892.
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Assessors' Report.
TOWN APPROPRIATIONS, 1891.
Teachers' salaries,
$11,500.00
Text Books and supplies, 800.00
Transportation of high school scholars,
1,200.00
Care of school houses,
700.00
Committees' salaries,
600.00
Repairs of houses,
1,000.00
Fuel for school houses,
900.00
School contingencies,
600.00
Bondsville school house,
1,700.00
19,000.00
Contingencies,
3,000.00
Railings,
400.00
Highways,
4,000.00
Sewers and Culverts,
600.00
Bridges,
1,200.00
Entrance to depot,
3,000.00
Cooley's Crossing,
1,000.00
Support of poor,
5,000.00
Discount on taxes,
2,400.00
Liquor prosecution,
800.00
Library,
500.00
Memorial Day,
100.00
Soldiers' and Sailors' aid,
400.00
Plans for sewers,
300.00
Thorndike sewer,
400.00
Flag staff for Memorial Hall,
300.00
23,400.00
County tax, 1891,
2,930.86
State tax, 1891,
1,995.00
Overlay,
115.55
Non-resident bank tax, ·
1,306.74
6,348.15
.
Total on Collector's Book,
$48,748.15
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VALUATION FOR 1891.
Personal,
$729,190.40
Resident bank stock,
24,900.00
$754,090.40
REAL ESTATE.
Buildings, .
$1,349,084.00
Land,
.
448,859.00
$1,797,943.00
Total valuation,
$2,552,033.40
Number of polls, 1891, 1517.
Tax on polls, $2.00.
Rate per $1,000, $17.40.
Number of residents assessed on property, . 686
Non-residents assessed on property,
112
Horses assessed, ·
531
Cows assessed, .
729
Sheep assessed, .
154
Neat cattle assessed,
317
Swine assessed,
123
Dwelling houses assessed,
916
Acres of land assessed,
16,949,320
C. F. SMITH, 1 Assessors H. T. BISHOP, S of Palmer.
Palmer, July 21, 1891.
APPROPRIATIONS OF FIRE DISTRICT, 1891.
Salary Chief Engineer, $ 100.00
1st Assistant Engineer,
20.00
2d Assistant Engineer,
15.00
Treasurer,
50.00
Firemen,
300.00
Janitor,
96.00
Engineer of steamer,
. 50.00
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Palmer Water Co., rent,
.
$ 975.00
Palmer Electric Light Co., rent,
2,300.00
Contingencies,
200.00
$4,106.00
Overlay,
31.50
Total,
$4,137.50
VALUATION OF FIRE DISTRICT, 1891.
Real estate, . ·
$738,305.00
Personal estate,
141,909.00
$880,214.00
Rate per $1,000, $4.70.
C. F. SMITH, 1 Assessors H. T. BISHOP, S of Palmer.
Treasurer's Report
OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 7TH, 1892.
Balance in the Treasury March 7th, 1891, . $10,553.65
Received of State Treasurer, Corporation tax,
1,468.10
National Bank tax, 208.37
State and Military Aid, . 591.45
Support of State paupers,
355.34
Temporary support State
paupers, ·
93.00
Burial of State paupers, .
54.00
Support of Essie Moore, .
42.45
Income Mass. School
Fund . .
134.56
County Treasurer, Dog Tax,
460.42
Income Merrick Fund,
.
34.34
Income Thompson Fund,
38.42
Town of Brimfield,
1.25
Town of Ashby, .
5.28
City of Holyoke, .
116.81
Town of Ludlow,
15.00
Town of Warren,
38.41
Town of Belchertown,
5.50
Town of Monson,
53.85
Town of Leominster,
72.00
Town of Charlton,
54.00
Cliffos Gerard, aid rendered,
125.40
Sewer licenses,
125.00
.
·
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Received of Pool license,
$ 14.00
Auctioneer license,
4.00
Circus license, .
5.00
Druggist license, .
4.00
Old plank,
7.00
School book,
.54
Town Histories, ·
105.00
Board of Bridget Bresnahan,
110.06
Palmer Savings Bank, temporary loan,
4,500.00
L. E. Moore, Tax Collector, 1891,
46,036.39
$65,432,59
EXPENDITURES.
Paid County Treasurer, County tax, .
$ 2,930.86
State Treasurer, State tax,
1,995.00
State Treasurer, National Bank tax,
1,207.92
State Treasurer, ¿ amount received for Druggists' licenses,
1.00
State Treasurer, set Weights and Measures,
80.05
Palmer Savings Bank, temporary loan,
4,500.00
Palmer Savings Bank, interest, .
972.53
Refunded to three buyers of Town Histories,
3.00
State and Military Aid, .
1,036.00
Outstanding orders, Overseers of Poor,
23.29
Outstanding orders. Selectmen,
26.50
Selectmen's orders,
24,093.48
Overseers of the Poor orders,
6,067.03
School Committee's orders,
.
19,355.78
$62,292.44
Total receipts,
$65,432.59 ·
Total expenditures,
.
.
62,292.44
Balance in treasury,
.
·
$ 3,140.15
·
·
J. B. SHAW, Treasurer.
Report of the Selectmen.
The Selectmen respectfully submit the following report :
Notwithstanding many unusual demands for money, the expendi- tures of the town in most of the departments for the current year have been kept within the appropriations.
The road department is carried on at a disadvantage, owing to the difficulty of obtaining good road material. It undoubtedly would be good policy to have gravel banks in different parts of the town purchased or taken for this purpose.
The bridges in town will require considerable expenditure the coming season. The Goddard and Burleigh bridges, the iron bridge at Three Rivers, and the long bridge at Thorndike will all have to be replanked.
We have built and overhauled a large number of culverts the past year, and there should be a liberal appropriation the coming year for this purpose, as there are between 400 and 500 culverts in town, many of them being built of round cobble stones, which are wholly unfit for this use.
We were very fortunate in being able to secure the services of Mr. J. J. Van Valkenburgh to make surveys and plans for a system of sewers for the Depot Village, the quality and price of his work being very satisfactory.
The grade crossings at Burleigh's over the Ware River track, and also the one nearer Three Rivers over the New London Northern R. R .. render travel upon these roads so dangerous that they should be abolished and under passageways substituted therefor. Only 10 per cent of the cost of the changes would fall upon the town, and considering the nature and location of these crossings the wisdom of such an expenditure would hardly seem to admit of doubt.
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CONTINGENCIES.
A. O. Allen, care of lock-up, $ 74.50
Palmer Journal, printing reports and ballots, 151.55
N. Coleman, labor in cemetery, Three Rivers, 12.00
E. F. Nichols, lighting Commercial street bridge, ·
6.75
Samuel Brown, freight on repairs for scraper, .65
Jos. Allen, damage to team on highway, ·
10.00
Palmer Water Co., water for 1889 and 1890 for tub at depot. 17.00
T. J. Moran, services as ballot clerk, 6.00
P. S. Trumble, damage to wagon on highway, 3.00
C. B. Fiske & Co., printing assessors' notices, 12.13
E. N. Hale, services as auditor, 1890, 10.00
John Dailey, damage to wagon on highway, . 5.00
D. W. Mack, services as ballot clerk, 5.00
L. E. Chandler, services as ballot clerk, 5.00
J. F. Hanafin, sharpening tools, 2.95
C. A. Brown & Co., scraper for Dist. No. 3, 6.00
B. P. Morse & Co., printing, 8.01
Geo. O. Henry, repairs on steamer, .
3.85
David Knox, services as assessor, 180.00 ·
H. T. Bishop, services as assessor, ·
185.00
Chas. F. Smith, services as assessor, 175.00
Daved Knox, book, stationery and postage, 9.50
David Knox. services with hearse, . 100.00
C. A. Brown & Co., repairs on water pipe, cemetery, 2.10
E. W. Burns, services as ballot clerk, 1890 and 1891, 10.00
Samuel Brown, support of water tub, 5.00
N. Coleman, labor, cemetery at Four Corners, 21.30
F. F. Marcy, labor on ballot boxes, . 4.25
W. E. Stone, oil for lock-up, 1.26
Geo. E. Allen, repairs on scraper, 9.30
W. H. Brainerd, for cash and labor dividing the town into precincts, 15.00
S. S. Taft, insurance on Memorial building, . 75.00
10
Flynt B. & C. Co., repairs on Memorial building, $ 8.58
F. F. Marcy, doors and labor Memorial build- ing, 20.35
W. H. Hitchcock, labor on Memorial building, 9.74
Chas. F. Place, support of water tub, 5.00 ·
John K. Knox, support of water tub, .
5.00
Honora and Josephine Gerald, support of wa- ter tub, . 5.00
W. E. Hancock, support of water tub, ·
5.00
H. D. Converse, horses on steamer, . 18.50
C. B. Fiske & Co., printing, .
51.61
J. D. Sawyer, water for Four Corners ceme- tery, 3.00
Jas. B. Carroll, services on Sanders case, 53.00
W. M. Trumble, labor on water pipe, Four Corners cemetery, 1.00
O. C. Marcy, team to Town House for election officers, March, 1891, 4.00
W. H. Hitchcock, repairs on engine house and steamer, 13.84 ·
Dr. H. A. Smith, returning 23 births, .
5.75
Dr. E. Sirois. returning 118 births, . 29.50
Dr. Wm. Holbrook, returning 12 births, 3.00
Dr. W. H. Bliss, returning 15 births, 1890 and 1891, 3.75
Dr. J. A. Dorval, returning 17 births,
4.25
Horace R. Paine, labor on election booths,
14.28
Dr. H. M. Auger, returning 6 births,
1.50
J. Stever Knox, opening 3 graves, 6.00
J. Stever Knox, services with hearse, 72.00
.75
J. Stever Knox, repairs on hearse, . H. A. Northrop, serving dog warrant, Palmer Savings Bank, rent of lock-up,
7.00
90.00
350.00
L. E. Moore, services as tax collector, Joseph Belanger, returning 35 deaths, 8.75 H. G. Loomis, returning 40 deaths, . 10.00 Jas. B. Shaw, cash paid for express and postage, 5.00
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Jas. B. Shaw, services as treasurer, . $ 50.00
Jas. B. Shaw, services as registrar of voters, 25.00
Jas. B. Shaw, recording births, marriages and deaths, . 144.75
Jas. B. Shaw, blankets for lock-up, · 8.00
Jas. B. Shaw, cash paid LeGro & Lynde for book, 2.40
C. P. Haynes, opening 16 graves, 32.00
W. H. Hitchcock, services for firemen, 48.00
W. H. Hitchcock, services as Chief Engineer, 50.00 C. E. Davis, surveying Blanchard's crosssing, 31.04
E. W. Burns, services as registrar of voters, 15.00
O. W. Marcy, services as registrar of voters, 15.00 Dr. Wm. Holbrook, services on Leary case, 12.00 C. L. Gardner, legal services, 38.81
H. T. Bishop, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 3.00
T. J. Moran, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 3.00
A. B. C. Deming, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 3.00
Michael Keefe, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 3.00
C. H. Hanks, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 3.00
John O. Hamilton, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 2.00
Joseph Kerigan, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 2-00
F. A. Upham, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 3.00
A. L. Warriner, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 3.00
E. P. Brown, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 3.00
F. A. Ruggles, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, . 3.00
C. P. Haynes, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 3.00
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Richard Nagle, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, $ 2.00
Horace R. Paine, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 2.00
H. A. Smith, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 3.00
L. R. Holden, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 3.00
John Shea, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 3.00
Wm. O'Regan, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 3.00
Ed. Ryther, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, . 3.00
John Hanafin, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 2.00
Chas. E. Shumway, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, ·
2.00
Jas. B. Shaw, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 3.00
W. W. Leach, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 3.00
C. L. Alexander, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 3.00
W. A. Weld, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 3.00
D. W. Mack, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 3.00
T. J. Dwyer, services as precinet officer, Nov., 1891, 2.00
F. E. Cady, services as precinct officer, Nov., 1891, 2.00
Chas. E. Getchell, services on board of health, 25.00
Chas. E. Getchell, services as selectman, ·
140.00
John F. Twiss, services as selectman, 140.00
W. H. Brainerd, services as selectman, 150.00
W. H. Brainerd, services on board of health, 35.00
W. H. Brainerd, for postage, 7.00
Daniel Graves, for rent of Baptist vestry for voting place, 3.00
$2995.25
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HIGHWAYS.
M. A. Sherman, labor on highways, $ 96.50
Wm. Miller,
86.55
Geo. A. Smith,
84.00
Mary St. John, breaking out roads, .
5.00
Calvin Blodgett, labor on highways, 181.47
W. H. Olney, .6 57.00
Joseph Kerigan,
112.00
Geo. D. Whiting,
11.00
Jerry Shea, 66
495.75
J. F. Holbrook,
.
122.00
H. W. Stimson,
164.14
W. H. Brainerd, Supt. of roads and bridges,
150.00
Michael Sullivan, labor on highways, ·
34.00
Dennis Mahoney,
·
John Harrington, 66
62.00
Aleck Reopell,
2.25
Daniel Lane, 66
38.78
Fred Lamerine,
12.00
John J. Foley,
11.25
N. Coleman,
7.50
Geo. Sanders,
4.13
John Brodieux, , 66
2.78
Geo. Fournier, 66
3.75
Chas. P. Haynes,
46.00
Richard Coyer,
13.50
Frank Connor, .6
15.45
Geo. Russell,
6.75
Frank Russell,
3.75
James Barber
3.00
Jerry Shea 2d,
2.25
Daniel Connor,
15.33
John Harrington,
42.48
A. Brosnahan,
66
28.44
T. J. Sullivan,
24.00
Martin Kennedy,
11.25
Wm. Riddle,
3.00
John Ritchie,
.
6.00
·
·
190.50
Ed. P. Brown,
34.28
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Edw. McKelligott, "
·
$
9.00
Geo. Mooers,
13.37
Michael Woods, gravel for highways, · 10.90
D. J. Sullivan, labor on highways, 3.00
T. J. Sullivan, 66
3.00
A. Brosnahan, 66
3.00
Samuel Brown, 66 66
561.60
Mrs. L. W. Tanner, gravel for highways, 6.00
John Dawson, lights and labor, Water St., 9.05
P. M. Shearer, lights and labor, Hastings bridge, 10.00 .
Mrs. E. N. Fay, labor on highways, · 4.00
J. M. Converse,
·
10.40
O. W. Studley, 66 66
2.00
Pat. Ryan, 66
3.00
E. R. King, gravel for highways, 8.40
Chas. T. Brainerd, labor on highways, 634.85
T. J. Chalk, gravel for highways, ·
14.90
John F. Twiss, labor on highways, 192.40
Cornelius J. Leary, damages on highways, . 300.00
$3,988.70
BRIDGES.
Samuel Brown, labor on Thorndike bridge, $ 1.90
Joseph Kerigan, plank for bridges, . 97.44
Samuel Brown, labor and material, Thorndike bridge, . ·
15.00
W. A. Thompson, labor on Burleigh bridge, 18.00
William Colgrove, labor on Burleigh bridge, 7.00
E. R. King, labor on Burleigh bridge, .
8.00
John F. Twiss, labor on Aldrich bridge, 7.00
Alonzo Edwards, labor on Cooley bridge, 3.00
Chas. Smith, labor on Cooley bridge, 3.00
F. F. Marcy, labor and material, Goddard bridge, . 7.61
E. A. Buck & Co., spikes for Cooley bridge, 3.80
C. P. Haynes, plank for Cooley bridge, 96.68
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Horace R. Paine, labor on bridges, . $ 12.32
Louis Bosquet, labor on Cooley bridge, 3.00
T. J. Chalk, labor on Cooley bridge, 3.00
M. Cashman, labor on Cooley bridge, 3.00
Joseph Merriam, labor on Cooley bridge,
3.00
Chas. T. Brainerd, labor on Cooley bridge,
4.00
Samuel Brown, labor on Cooley bridge,
2.00
Jerry Shea, labor on Dutton bridge, . 20.50
Louis Smart, labor on Thorndike bridge,
4.50
N. L. N. R. R., freight on carload plank for bridges, 16.90
J. F. Twiss, drawing plank, Dutton bridge, . E. D. Powers, 7 m. 128 ft. oak plank, bridges, C. P. Haynes, drawing plank to Thorndike bridge,
9.50
- Samuel Brown, labor on Thorndike bridge, .
4.35
T. D. Potter & Co., plank, etc., for Thorn- dike bridge, · 25.88
Joseph Kerigan, 1,050 ft. plank for Thorndike bridge,
21.00
Henry K. Ferrill, lighting Burleigh bridge, .75
Thomas Blanchard, labor with team, Burleigh bridge, 4.00
W. E. Hancock, labor on Blanchard bridge, . 1.00
Fred Lamarine, timber for Aldrich bridge, 5.00
Chas. S. Ruggles, labor and material on Aldrich bridge, 5.21
F. F. Marcy, labor on Goddard bridge, 17.69
Joseph Belanger, labor and material, Three Rivers bridge, . 10.65
H. W. Stimson, labor on bridges, 5.65
Samuel Brown, labor on Three Rivers bridge, 2.20
E. A. Buck & Co., spikes, etc., 1890 and 1891, for bridges, 18.48
H. R. Paine, labor and material for Three Rivers bridge, 11.35
C. A. Brown & Co., spikes and hardware, 9.49
Otto Smith, labor on Thorndike bridge, 2.70 .
Pat. Ryan, labor on Thorndike bridge, 4.20
Daniel Sullivan, labor on Thorndike bridge, . 4.50
$629.04
.
5.50
119.29
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SEWERS AND CULVERTS.
Albert King, labor on culvert, Water street,
Depot, . $ 16.63
Geo. M. Atkins, stone for culvert, Water street,
Depot, . ·
9.37
Oliver Fortune, labor on culvert, Water street, Depot, . 7.50 ·
W. A. Thompson, labor on culvert near
Russell Jenks', . 11.00
E. R. King, labor on culvert near Russell Jenks', . 4.00
Albert King, labor on culvert near Russell Jenks', . 12.25
Sam Brown, labor on culvert, Dist. No. 3, 3.90 Alex Dupell, labor on culvert near Russell Jenks', . 5.25
Joseph Lafortune, labor on culvert near Russell Jenks', . 2.25
Daniel Lane, labor on culvert near Russell Jenks', . 5.25
Samuel Brown, labor on culvert, Dist. No. 3, 11.25
H. W. Stimson, labor on culvert, Dist. No. 1, 5.50
Fred Lamarine, labor on culvert, Dist. No. 2, 6.00 J. F. Holbrook, labor on culvert, Dist. No. 12, 48.75 Dennis Mahoney, labor on culvert, Dist. No. 1, 9.50 William Olney, labor on culvert, Dist. No. 9, 13.00 N. K. Rogers, setting 2 sewer grates, 3.00
142.00
Jerry Shea, labor on culverts, Dist. No. 11, . C. D. Foster, labor on culverts, Dist. No. 4, Wm. Miller, labor on culverts, Dist. No. 6, . Jerry Shea, labor on sewer, Dist. No. 11, .
2.75
8.00
98.50
Daniel Connor, labor on culvert, Dist. No. 2, 1.50
2.00
J. F. Twiss, labor on culvert, Dist. No. 2, . John Harrington, labor on culvert, Dist. No. 2, Patrick Ryan, labor on sewers, 6.75
1.50
Sam Brown, labor on culverts, Dist. No. 3, . 2.40
H. W. Stimson, labor on culverts, Dist. No. 13, 7.00
M. J. Dillon, labor on sewers, Dist. No. 4, . 11.00
Mrs. Jas. Dunn, stone for culvert, Dist. No. 11, 5.00
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Richard Coyer, labor on culverts, Dist. No. 2, $ 6.00 Chas. P. Haynes, labor on culverts, Dist. No. 2, 6.00
John Harrington, labor on culverts, Dist. No. 2, 9.00
Frank Connor, labor on culverts, Dist. No. 2, 3.00
Jos. Lafortune, labor on culverts, Dist. No. 2, 7.50
Daniel Connor, labor on culverts, Dist. No. 2, 2.25
Jas. Ross, labor on sewers, Depot, . 7.50
H. W. Stimson, labor on culverts, Dist. No. 11, , 8.75
W. H. Hitchcock, pipes, grates, etc., 47.07
Otto Smith, labor on culverts, Dist. No. 3, 2.00
Palmer Mill, labor on sewers, Dist. No. 2, 10.67
M. J. Dillon, labor on sewers, Dist. No. 4, 2.30
C. A. Brown & Co., pipes, grates, etc., 46.45
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RAILINGS.
H. W. Stimson, 3 rods railing, Fred Lamarine, 93 rods railing, J. F. Holbrook, 5 rods railing, W. H. Olney, 14 rods railing, Jas. H. Clark, 60 rods railing, Geo. H. Smith, 29 rods railing, James Fuller, 13 rods railing,
$ 3.00
9.50
5.00
14 00
60.00
29.00
E. J. Barrett, 58 rods railing, 58.00 Wm. Miller, 26 rods railing, 26.00
1.50
F. H. Kendall, 29 rods railing,
29.00
25.00
10.00
.
7.00
$277.00
Appropriation, $400.
SEWER SURVEY, PALMER DEPOT.
J. J. Van Valkenburgh, services and plans, $297.00 Frank Holdsworth, labor on sewer survey, 11.25
$621.29
C. P. Haynes, 25 rods railing, F. H. Kendall, 10 rods railing, P. J. Mansfield, 7 rods railing,
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Chas. Smith, labor on sewer survey, $3.00
Louis Bosquet, labor on sewer survey,
1.50
Appropriation, $300.
$312.75
THORNDIKE SEWER.
J. J. Van Valkenburgh, survey and plans, . $ 14.50
C. A. Brown & Co., for sewer and extra pipe and labor, ·
374.90
$389.40
Appropriation, $400.
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE, BONDSVILLE.
T. D. Potter & Co., building committee orders, . $7,537.14
H. A. Smith, blackboards for new school house, . 232.26
E. A. Buck & Co., 72 lbs. sash cord for new school house, . H. A. Smith, furniture for new school house, Fuller & Warren, warming and ventilating and closets, .
1.94
708.30
2,000.00
O. A. Parent, (order of Canterbury,) for plans new school house, 190.62
H. A. Smith, furniture for new school house, 29.74
- $10,700.00
YOUNG MEN'S LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Louis E. Chandler, amount appropriated, .
$500.00
Appropriation, $500.
PROSECUTING ILLEGAL LIQUOR SALES.
James Healey, services as prosecuting officer, $308.00 Wm. Merriam, services as prosecuting officer, 120.00
C. L. Gardner, services in liquor cases, ·
53.00
Appropriation, $800. .
$481.00
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MEMORIAL BUILDING.
Tablets and lettering for Memorial Hall, · $126.00
MEMORIAL DAY.
E. G. Hastings, for expenses Memorial Day, $100.00 Appropriation, $100.
AID TO SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
L. L. Merrick Post, No. 107,
$400.00
Appropriation, $400.
MEMORIAL BUILDING.
L. L. Merrick Post, No. 107, for flag and fix-
tures for Memorial building,
$300.00
Appropriation, $300.
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COMMERCIAL STREET BRIDGE.
B. & A. R. R., & amount allowed by commis- sioners, . .
$1,875.00
Appropriation, $3,000.
CHANGING GRADE COOLEY CROSSING.
O. W. Studley, land damage, . $100.00
Geo. N. Stone, land damage,
· 300.00
Appropriation, $1000. $400.00
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SUMMARY.
Appropriations.
Contingencies,
$3,000
Expenditures. $2,995.25
Highways,
4,000
3,988.70
Bridges,
1,200
629.04
Sewers and Culverts,
600
621.29
Railings,
400
277.00
L. L. Merrick Post, No. 107, flag, fix- tures, &c., for Memorial Building, Soldiers' aid, ·
300
300.00
Memorial Day,
100
100.00
New School House at Bondsville,
10,700
10,700.00
Sewer survey, Depot Village,
.
300
312.75
Thorndike sewer,
400
389.40
Young Men's Library Association,
500
500.00
Prosecuting illegal liquor sales,
.
800
481.00
$22,700
$21.694.43
CLAIMS AGAINST THE TOWN, MARCH 1, 1892.
Palmer Savings Bank,
$6,942.88
Palmer Savings Bank, amount borrowed for high school building. 6.634.93
Palmer Savings Bank, amount borrowed for Memorial building,
6,835.00
Geo. W. Ely, services as tax collector, 1888, 215.00
Geo. W. Ely, services as tax collector, 1889,
350.00
9 outstanding school orders,
243.79
1 outstanding selectmen's order, ·
2.00
1 outstanding overseers of poor order, ·
2.00
$21,225.60
DUE THE TOWN MARCH 1, 1892.
Balance in treasury,
. $3,140.15
Geo. W. Ely, taxes, 1888, · ·
307.15
Geo. W. Ely, taxes, 1889, · ·
257.83
·
.
·
.
400
400.00
.
·
.
.
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State, for state and military aid,
$736.00
A. L. Hills, entering sewer, ·
75.00
H. P. Holden, entering sewer,
100.00
Mary A. Connor,
25.00
Geo. Robinson, old plank, .
5.00
.
$4,646.13
SEWER LICENSES.
Received from Mrs. Maria Lawrence,
$25.00
Mrs. E. T. French, .
25.00
Geo. A. Rice,
25.00
W. H. Hitchcock,
.
25.00
$100.00
RECOMMENDATIONS.
The selectmen would recommend the following appropriations :
Contingencies,
$3,500
Railings,
.
.
. 300
Highways, . . .
·
.
4,000
Sewers and culverts
600
Repairing bridges,
1,500
W. H. BRAINERD,
Selectmen CHAS. E. GETCHELL, of
JOHN F. TWISS, Palmer.
.
·
List of Jurors.
Charles D. Holbrook, Thomas J. Moran, James H. Tuthill,
John O. Hamilton,
James F. Fenton,
Enos Calkins, Calvin Blodgett, John W. Brainerd,
Horace H. Paine,
S. H. Hellyar, A. J. Northrop, H. M. Kendall, Wm. A. Weld, H. N. Sedgwick, Charles F. Smith, Daniel J. Mahoney,
Daniel E. Galleher,
William McCormick,
Daniel J. Sullivan, Jeremiah J. Sullivan, Michael Keefe,
Patrick J. Hurley,
Patrick Crowley,
O. W. Marcy, Albert Ferry, Frank A. Barker, J. S. Barrett, . Geo. A. Bills,
Charles P. Haynes,
Michael Riley, Joseph Kerigan, Jr., Frank A. Ruggles, H. T. Bishop, Albert H. Barber, Daniel Mulvihill, F. J. Wassum, Joseph Holbrook, O. W. Studley, H. W. Smith, Chas. H. Bannister, P. A. Forte, Samuel Brown, John F. Loftus, David P. Lamb,
Daniel Brosnahan, Chas. S. Smith, R. L. Bond, Matthew Gloster, John Desmond, George Fisherdick, C. D. Fuller, Wm. H. Higgins, Luke G. Parkhurst, Wm. R. Parks, William Rhodes,
T. J. Dwyer, Daniel Hartnett, G. W. Randall,
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O. A. Parent,
John Shea,
D. F. Holden, C. A. Brown,
M. J. Dawson,
John M. Converse.
F. M. Connor,
Patrick Halloran,
Butler Sedgwick,
Edward Langdreau,
C. E. Shumway,
W. E. Stone,
A. W. Warriner,
J. A. Hawkes,
Edward P. Brown,
Lewis A. Conant,
Daniel J. Lawlor,
Frank R. Lawton.
List of Jurors revised by the Selectmen March 7, 1892.
W. H. BRAINERD, Selectmen CHAS. E. GETCHELL, of
JOHN F. TWISS, Palmer.
Report of Sewer Survey,
DEPOT VILLAGE.
TO WILLIAM H. BRAINERD, CHARLES E. GETCHELL, AND JOHN F. TWISS, SELECTMEN OF PALMER, MASS.
Dear Sirs :- At your request I have made a survey of the town of Palmer, for the purpose of devising for it a system of sew- ers. And I herewith present you a plan which shows the location of the present and purposed systems of sewers ; the sizes of the sewers and their respective elevations at several points, and the location of the man-holes. And with it a table is furnished, giving the distances and average depth of the sewers on each street and the approximate cost of construction.
You did not ask that a report be made on the advisability of adopt- ing a system of sewers. Presumably for the reason that the necessi- ties of having such a system, are plainly manifest to all the residents of the town. Therefore, I shall simply write an explanation of my plan.
Considering the fact that sooner or later it may become necessary to prevent the crude sewage from flowing directly into the river, while there would be no objection to discharging surface drainage into it, and that for the latter purpose the present system could be exclusively devoted, it was deemed best to advise the town to adopt a separate system of sewers, in preference to a combined system.
The outlet of the present combined system-a 24-inch brick sewer -is on the southerly side of Commercial street, at Water street, and discharges into an open ditch which extends parallel with the former street, for a distance of four hundred and forty feet, to the river.
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At any time, but more especially during dry weather, when but lit- tle else than sewage flows through this ditch, the odor arising there- from is particularly offensive, and must of necessity be injurious to health.
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