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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF THE
TOWN OF WILLIAMSBURG,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1887, Comprising the Reports of the
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Survey- ors of Highways, Treasurer, and Auditors of Accounts.
Together with the Report of the
Whiting Street Fund Committee, and Revised List of Jurors for 1887.
TOWN OF WILLIAMSBURG INCORPORATED APRIL 24th, 1771.
NORTHAMPTON, MASS. : PRESS OF GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY. 1887.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Williamsburg,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1887,
Comprising the Reports of the
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Survey- ors of Highways, Treasurer, and Auditors of Accounts.
Together with the Report of the
Whiting Street Fund Committee, and Revised List of Jurors for 1887.
TOWN OF WILLIAMSBURG INCORPORATED APRIL 24th, 1771.
NORTHAMPTON, MASS. : PRESS OF GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY.
1887.
REPORT
OF THE
Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, and Highway Surveyors.
The Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Wil- liamsburg, hereby respectfully submit their Annual Report for the year ending Jan. 31, 1887.
The following table gives the amount appropriated for the dif- ferent departments for the year ending January 31, 1887.
Schools,
$3,000 00
Highways and Bridges,
1,100 00
Contingent,
1,200 00
Pauper Department,
1,600 00
Street Lights,
400 00
Fire Department,
200 00
Free Text Books,
150 00
School House Repairs,
100 00
Memorial Day,
50 00
Deficiency in school expense, 1885-6,
275 00
John Mack bridge,
275 00
Sidewalks,
400 00
$8,750 00
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A general statement of appropriations and expenditures under the different departments is given below, the details of which will appear in the proper place.
PAUPER DEPARTMENT.
The expense in this account exceeds the appropriation $180.93; this extra expense being caused by sickness. Six have died dur- ing the year, viz : Simon C. Phelps, O. D. Wait, Henry Baker, Norman McEachan, Miss Harriet Graves, Mrs. John Jesser.
The number of persons who have received full support during the whole or part of the year was eight. Of the above number, one was supported in the insane asylum. Five are now receiving full support. There is one child under twelve years of age in charge of the Board, who has a father and mother living, but they do nothing towards his support.
The number of families receiving aid, residing and having le- gal pauper settlement in this town, was fourteen, comprising thirty-four persons, seventeen males and seventeen females. Of these, five males and six females were under fourteen years of age.
Three families, comprising twelve persons-six males and six females-having a legal pauper settlement in this town, but now residing in other towns, have been aided by our order.
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
There are forty-six miles of public highways in this town. The same was divided into sections and placed in the hands of Francis S. Warner, John O'Neil, Robert Damon, and Henry C. Nash, as highway surveyors, to repair and keep in order.
The bridge near Obed Hemingway's was found to be in an un- safe condition, and a new one was built at an expense of $55.
There has been a very great expense this year in the way of plank for bridges and sluices. The bridge near James' mill and two iron bridges in Haydenville, have been new planked. We have bought during the year 27,420 feet of plank at an expense of $398.65 (which will appear in the Contingent Account Re- port), nearly all of which has been used. The bridges were con- sidered unsafe without new planking, and the surveyors consider
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the money well expended in putting in new sluices, a matter which on some of the roads had been neglected for a long time. We consider the repairs so made to be good for at least five years.
NEW TOWN WAYS.
Several sections of town ways have been laid out and accepted. The town voted to instruct the Treasurer to borrow, not to ex- ceed $250, to pay the expense of surveying and working said ways, the same to be assessed in the taxes for the ensuing year. The amount expended on account of these ways was $136.76.
For the bridge across Mill river, near John Mack's, $275 was raised, and $258.73 expended.
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT.
The amount of this account is much larger than usual, occa- sioned by the payment of $165 for School Committees' services in 1885, and the unusually large bill for bridge plank, $398.65, mention of which was made in the highway and bridge account.
SIDEWALK ACCOUNT.
For Sidewalks, the town voted to raise $400, one-half to be assessed on the abuttor, and $200 in addition, the same to be raised wholly as a town tax, thus making the town appropriation $400. Of this amount, $202.81 has been expended south of the Williamsburg depot, of which amount $47.28 was assessed upon the abuttors. $217.27 was expended north of the depot, of which amount, $23.66 was assessed upon the abuttors. In the new walks built in South street and Williams street, $25 was allowed by the Selectmen for each walk, and the balance of the expense was paid by the abuttors, which in each case amounted to over $25. The amount of money actually expended by the town for walks is $349.14, leaving a balance in the Treasurer's hands of $50.86 to the credit of Sidewalk account.
WHITING STREET WILL.
The Committee of the Whiting Street Fund submit the fol- lowing statement of their work for the year ending January
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31st, 1887. Cash received from Town Treasurer, $240 ; has been expended by us as follows :
Paid Phineas Morton,
$10 00
Thomas Wade,
8 00
George L. Damon,
5 00
Charles Marks,
5 00
Edward Fowler,
5 00
Mrs. Josephine Kingsley,
10 00
66 Dennis Fogarty.
10 00
John C. Williams,
7 00
Edwin Everett,
5 00
Michael O'Neil,
5 00
Eryphila Phelps,
5 00
Isabella Johnson,
6 00
H. W. Smith,
6 00
Lewis Black,
6 00
- Curtis,
7 00
Arminda Stebbins,
5 00
Miss Jemima Thayer,
5 00
Salome Warner,
5 00
Addie Alvord,
5 00
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Grace,
10 00
" Lyman Ames,
10 00
Mrs. Frank Dunlavey,
10 00
Edward Coogan,
10 00
Margaret Coogan,
8 00
66 Ellen Lundergan,
8 00
Mary Lawler,
8 00
Margaret Moakler,
8 00
66
Mary Malloy,
8 00
66 Mary Blanchfield,
8 00
William Connley,
8 00
66 O. G. Boss,
8 00
Patrick Butler,
8 00
M. H. Erskine,
8 00
$240 00
Respectfully submitted,
J. M. FOSTER, MRS. H. L. GRAVES, C. C. CONNELL,
Committee.
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The following statement gives the amount of Receipts and amounts expended in each department.
TREASURY RECEIPTS.
Remainder on hand, Feb. 1, 1886,
$552 94
Income Collins School Fund,
965 78
State
228 27
66 Dog
187 75
Whiting Street, "
240 00
Corporation Tax,
150 24
Balance Corporation Tax for 1885-6,
18 53
National Bank Tax,
1,325 11
Taxes of the current year,
10,930 86
State Aid,
250 00
Military Aid,
108 00
Rent of Town Hall,
68 75
Old plank,
4 00
Auctioneer's License,
2 00
$15,032 23
PAID.
State Tax,
$ 780 00
County Tax,
1,298 29
Collins Fund Tax,
39 74
Committee of Whiting Street Fund,
240 00
State Aid,
253 88
Military Aid,
218 00
Interest on Town Debt,
1,250 00
66
" Strang Loan,
18 00
6 : " Temporary Loans,
175 19
66 " Collins Fund "
37 78
School Committee, for Schools,
4,381 80
66
66 Free Text Books, 150 00
6:
66 School house repairs, 100 00
66
Deficiency in school expenses, 1885-6, 275 00
$9,217 68
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PAUPER DEPARTMENT.
Simon C. Phelps,
(deceased)
$163 38
O. D. Wait,
66
72 05
Miss Harriet Graves, 66
66 71
Mrs. John Jesser, 66
44 57
Henry Baker,
42 68
Norman McEachan,
19 15
Ellen M. Williams,
184 32
Johnnie Williams,
66 27
Mrs. Charles A. Williams,
107 99
Caroline and Thos. Wait,
18 60
James M. Nichols,
82 27
Walter Strang,
120 00
Albert Lacore,
80 98
Abner Hemingway,
22 97
Mrs. James Shea, discharged,
15 00
66 M. H. Erskine,
15 00
Wm. Mayher and family,
84 00
Catherine Ellsworth and family,
94 00
66 Michael Fenton and family,
180 00
66 Helen L. Witherell and family,
94 00
66 Margaret Moakler,
20 00
66 John O'Brien and family,
30 00
Miss Mary Wright, discharged,
24 57
Edward Ryan and family,
24 00
David Pittsinger,
65 62
Phineas Morton,
21 80
Truman M. Carlton,
14 00
31 tramps,
7 00
$1,780 93
Appropriation, $1,600.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Paid F. S. Warner,
labor,
$47 32
Peter Shea,
2 60
Michael O'Neil, 66
18 00
George Rummell,
6 85
John Wheel,
19 75
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Paid Napoleon Levassar, labor,
$25 95
Julius Bargervux,
66
21 75
O. N. Ames,
66
4 35
H. A. Bisbee,
43 14
Henry W. Graves, 66
128 75
Charles D. Farnsworth,
120 00
C. Trueheart, 66
5 00
C. W. Warner,
8 00
C. D. Loomis, 66
8 00
D. C. Graves,
3 25
J. S. Graves,
66
2 50
Thos. Ryan,
66
2 00
E. F. Miller,
6 00
H. C. Nash,
66
84 41
Smith & Fay, for nails,
4 88
Wm. E. Thayer, for nails, etc.,
9 98
H. C. Nash, for building Hemingway bridge,
55 00
A. W. Alexander, labor,
7 50
Henry Leonard,
4 50
E. Baggs,
66
2 78
Orrin Wade,
6 58
Samuel Merritt, 66
S 25
H. H. Nichols,
18 60
Halleck Nichols,
66
15 00
J. B. Rogers,
66
28 28
Wm. Leonard,
15 60
A. Bailey, 66
1 00
Henry W. Hitchcock,
5 25
G. M. Bradford,
66
5 00
Levi Bradford,
66
1 25
Charles Hyde,
10 50
George W. Lawley,
15 75
M. C. Hill,
15 00
C. W. Hill,
10 95
Frank McGowan,
13 50
Phillip
66
4 50
John O'Neil,
50 25
Lewis Welsh,
1 50
M. V. B. Williams,
3 00
Lawrence Dolan,
66
1 65
2
10
Paid Robert Damon,
labor,
$105 75
Charles Damon,
66
8 25
George L. Damon,
66
3 00
Lewis Guilford,
12 00
Harris Guilford,
75
John Clapp,
66
6 00
Thomas Culver,
66
10 50
Patrick J. Kelly,
66
4 50
J. P. Davenport,
66
2 25
George Cheney,
66
50
$1,027 17
Appropriation. $1,100.
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT.
Paid F. B. Mason, services as School Committee, 1885-6, $60 00
C. S. Wheeler, 66 66
66
55 00
H. W. Hill, 66
66 50 00
66
1886-7, 35 00
I. C. Hill,
66
23 00
C. S. Wheeler,
66
66
58 25
F. B. Mason,
66 66 1886,
25 00
T. P. Larkin, Admr. on liquor license cancelled, John O'Neil, for plank,
216 28
G. M. Bradford, for plank,
182 37
Services of Board of Registrars,
23 00
Fuel, oil, and glass for Town House,
23 50
Dewey Williams, for care of Town House, 20 90
A. H. Kimball, for steel plate for road scraper, 8 70
M. G. Wells, for watching fire at Coughlan's, 2 50
F. W. Thayer and C. D. Waite, auditors,
5 00
Levi Nash, damage to team,
5 00
Mrs. Rhoda Barrus, abatement of tax,
5 75
Wm. Wright,
9 25
" Harriet King,
11 50
Henry Tilton, 66
1 44
Sundry poll tax abatement,
30 00
Insurance on school house in Haydenville,
50 00
Express, postage and stationery,
8 80
Field books,
2 45
Collector's book, 1 10
32 81
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Paid For Voters' Lists,
$0 85
Six Ballot Boxes, 6 00
Advertising for proposals for Poor Farm, and in- cendiary reward, 3 25
Hill & Wainwright, att'ys in liquor case, 10 00
T. M. Carter, expense to Hadley,
2 50
Expense repairing road machine,
4 20
Services of Clerk and Treasurer,
65 00
Recording births, marriages and deaths,
25 25
H. A. Bisbeee, care of hearse,
31 25
Herbert Russ, services as constable,
15 45
G. H. Ames, repairs of lock-up stove,
2 70
M. G. Wells, services as Collector,
125 00
Copying valuation for State,
6 00
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor, 300 00
$1,544 05
Appropriation, $1,200 00
SIDEWALK ACCOUNT.
Paid G. M. Bradford, plank,
$116 08
Frank McGowan, labor,
9 00
Alonzo Angell,
6 00
Martin G. Wells,
14 40
Jessee Wells,
9 75
D. C. Graves,
19 25
Thos. Heffron,
13 42
Peter Shea,
6 37
John Wheel,
14 17
John Mack,
6 87
C. W. Warner,
4 00
C. D. Farnsworth,
43 00
H. W. Graves,
32 00
John O'Neil and Son,
31 56
M. V. B. Williams,
26 50
H. A. Bisbee,
6 6%
W. E. Thayer, nails, etc.,
10 91
F. S. Warner,
35 50
For drain tile,
9 10
For earth,
5 53
$420 0
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid expenses on fire apparatus and engine house in Haydenville, by order of Fire Engineers, $34 30
Appropriation, $200.
STREET LIGHTS. L. D. JAMES, H. W. SAMPSON, Committee.
Paid expenses for 25 lights in Williamsburg, $210 04 Expenses for 36 lights in Haydenville, 214 00
$424 04
Appropriation, $400.
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
Paid Soldiers' Committee,
$50 00
Appropriation, $50.
JOHN MACK BRIDGE.
Paid by order of Chas. E. Tileston,
$258 73
Appropriation, $275.
NEW TOWN WAYS.
Paid L. Loomis & Son,
$50 00
F. S. Warner,
13 60
Thos. B. Larkin,
8 10
C. D. Loomis,
22 60
John Mahoney,
1 35
Michael Phillips,
5 85
Peter Shea,
9 38
Wm. Crow,
9 68
E. C. Davis, for surveys and reports,
10 40
Martin G. Wells,
5 80
$136 76
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RECAPITULATION.
Paid State, County, and Collins Fund Tax,
$2,118 03
Whiting Street Fund Committee,
240 00
State and Military Aid,
471 88
Interest,
1,480 97
School Committee,
4,381 80
Paupers, support,
1,780 93
Highways and Bridges,
1,027 17
Contingent expenses,
1,544 05
Street Lights,
424 04
Fire Department,
34 30
Decoration of Soldiers' graves,
50 00
School House repairs,
100 00
Expense for Text Books,
150 00
John Mack bridge,
258 73
New Town Ways,
136 76
Sidewalks,
420 08
Deficiency in school expenses, 1885-6,
275 00
$14,893 74
REVISED LIST OF JURORS, 1887.
Alexander, A. W.
Miller, John G.
Bradford, Gilbert M.
Miller, Edwin F.
Belcher, John W.
Murphy, James D.
Clark, Wilmot L.
Mullaly, James
Carr, Lester W.
Nichols, Alfred A.
Clary, Edward C.
Noble, Christian
Clapp, Franklin D.
O'Brien, James H.
Dewey, Wilson,
Purrington, Wilbur M.
Farnsworth, Charles D. Russ, Herbert
Graves, Henry L.
Rice, Royal B.
Graves, Lemuel C.
Snow, Evander G.
Hawks, William A.
Scully, James
Hill, Jacob
Sampson, Henry W.
Loomis, Byron
Tileston, Charles E.
Morrissey, Lawrence
Thresher, George A.
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The Treasurer's report shows cash on hand $138.49, which amount would have been $275.25, but for the paying for the new Town Ways $136.75, which was paid from cash on hand.
The amount reported by our Treasurer as due on Collector's bills for the past two years, $434.71, is the amount due from Smith Charities. The question as to whom they shall pay their taxes is now before the Court for decision.
Ten thousand dollars of the town's indebtedness becomes due Jan. 1st, 1888, for payment of which the town must take action.
H. C. SMITH, E. F. MILLER, of
Selectmen
F. W. THAYER, Williamsburg.
WILLIAMSBURG, Feb. 1, 1887.
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TREASURER'S STATEMENT.
Total Receipts,
$15,032 23
Paid State Aid, $253 88
Military Aid,
218 00
Fire Department, 34 30
John Mack bridge,
258 73
Street Lights,
424 04
Highways,
1,027 17
Sidewalks,
420 08
Contingencies,
1,544 05
Support of Poor, 1, 80 93
New Highways, 136 76
Schools, 4,906 80
Interest on Town Loan, 1,250 00
Int. on Temporary Loans, 230 97
State Tax, 780 00
County Tax, 1,298 29
Collins Fund Tax, 39 74
Memorial Committee, 50 00
Almoners W. S. Fund, 240 00
Remainder in Treasury, 138 49
$15,032 23
$15,032 23
ASSETS.
LIABILITIES.
Remainder in Treasury, $138 49
Notes due Jan. 1, 18S8, $10,000 00
Due on Collector's Bills, 1895-6, 204 93
66 1886-7, 229 78
Due for State Aid. Dec. 1, 253 88
Due for Military, Dec. 1, 109 00
Remainder, 24,820 49
$25,755 67
$25,755 67
Other assets of the town, 276 Shares N. H. & N. R. R. Stock.
NOTES OF THE TOWN ARE HELD AS FOLLOWS :
1 of $5,000, due Jan. 1, 1888, by the Arlington Five Cent Sar- ings Bank.
1 of $5,000, due Jan. 1, 1893, by the Arlington Five Cent Sav- ings Bank.
1 of $5,000, due Jan. 1, 1893, by the Lynn Inst. for Savings.
1 of $5,000, due Jan. 1, 1893, by the Attleboro Savings Bank.
1 of $5,000, due Jan. 1, 1888, by the Lynn City Hall Sinking Fund.
66 1, 1883,
15.000 00
Collins School Fund. 755 67
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THE COLLINS SCHOOL FUND CONSISTS OF
21 Shares of Stock in First National Bank of Greenfield.
28
First National Bank of Northampton.
31
Northampton Nat'l Bank of Northampt'n.
21 66 66 Hamp. Co. Nat'l Bank of Northampton.
20 66 Mechanics National Bank of Worcester.
$755 67 due from the Town of Williamsburg.
Respectfully submitted,
T. M. CARTER, Treasurer.
The undersigned hereby certify that we have examined the foregoing accounts of the Selectmen and Treasurer of the Town of Williamsburg, find them correctly stated and vouched for, and that there is in the hands of the Treasurer one hundred thirty-eight and forty-nine one-hundredths dollars.
H. M. PORTER, { Auditors of H. W. HILL, Williamsburg.
WILLIAMSBURG, Feb. 12, 1887.
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