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REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN and TREASURER
OF THE
TOWN OF WILLIAMSBURG,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1889.
NORTHAMPTON, MASS. : GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY. 1889.
REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN and TREASURER
OF THE
TOWN OF WILLIAMSBURG,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1889.
NORTHAMPTON, MASS .: GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY. 1889.
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Selectmen's Report.
TREASURY RECEIPTS.
Remainder in Treasury, Feb. 1, 1888, $ 851 52
Taxes of current year, 13,261 24
Rent of Town Hall,
65 00
For old plank and use of derrick rope,
1 50
For Schooling of Town of Conway,
25 50
66 66 City of Northampton, 21 00
Income of Collins School Fund,
930 48
66 State School Fund, 435 92
66 Dog Fund,
168 06
Town's interest in tax on Northampton Bank Stock, 57 25
Dividends on N. H. & N. R. R. Stock, 276 00
Trustees of Whiting Street Fund, 230 00
State Corporation Tax, 214 88
" National Bank Tax, 1,159 13
" Military Aid, 468 50
Borrowed of Haydenville S. Bank, Apr. 12, 1,400 00 66 Trustees of Forbes Library, 10,000 00
Auctioneeer and Druggists' Licenses, 5 00
-- $29,571 28
PAYMENTS.
State Tax, County Tax, Greenfield Bank Tax,
$1,170 00
1,434 95
44 09
Memorial Committee,
50 00
4
Almoners Whiting Street Fund,
$230 00
Schools, 1888,
914 25
1888-9,
4,357 86
Smith Charities,
10,000 00
State Aid,
388 00
Military Aid,
276 00
BREAKING ROADS.
Paid Geo. W. Lawley,
$37 71
Chas. K. Merritt,
27 04
R. P. Loud,
9 15
Dorus B. Bradford,
32 50
A. P. Miller,
50 66
Francis Loomis,
29 23
Chas. R. Damon,
11 54
John O'Neil,
11 37
E. L. Cranson,
3 15
Joseph S. Graves,
9 47
John G. Miller,
2 22
Lemuel C. Graves,
7 42
Wm. W. Nash,
10 92
Frank Clapp,
14 34
H. S. Warner,
2 80
C. D. Graves,
2 10
H. G. Chapman,
8 00
H. H. Cranson,
2 63
Geo. Loomis,
3 50
Chas. H. Cheeney,
3 00
W. H. Hitchcock,
4 50
C. D. Farnsworth,
17 15
C. E. Tileston,
9 00
Willis Guilford,
4 37
F. E. Hyde,
7 87
G. M. Bradford,
7 00
J. B. Rogers,
7 00
D. C. Wade,
1 75
P. J. Kelley,
8 62
H. G. Hill,
5 25
$351 26
5
HIGHWAYS UNDER ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Paid Orrin Wade, for labor,
$ 7 82
Henry L. 'Graves, 66
63 00
Lemuel C. Graves,
54 82
John Phinney, 66
94 06
L. B. Warner,
66
1 50
Robert Damon,
13 80
C. D. Graves,
6 00
C. Truhart,
7 50
Geo. Loomis,
66
29 25
J. B. Rogers,
66
68 52
Wm. P. Leonard,
66
24 75
Willie O'Brine,
66
4 87
Patrick F. O'Brine, 66
1 12
Phillip McGowan,
17 24
Chas. D. Farnsworth, "
97 35
G. M. Bradford, 66
and material, 58 96
Frank Clapp, 66
5 50
Chas. H. Cheeney,
3 00
Thos. Culver, 66
18 75
John O'Neil,
53 50
Lawrence Dolan,
2 85
Henry S. Leonard,
66
16 00
E. J. House,
3 30
Chas. L. Hyde,
8 25
H. H. Nichols,
66
45 00
Clarence Nichols,
66
12 37
Geo. W. Lawley,
26 25
John Elliott,
10 80
Chas. E. Baggs,
66
2 25
H. H. Cranson,
8 25
Medad C. Hill, 66
15 75
Champion M.Brown, "
10 50
$792 SS
Appropriated $1,000.
STREET LIGHTS.
Paid F. M. Holmes, H. M. Porter,
$266 40
197 05
Appropriated $450. $463 45
6
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid 50 members Hope Co. at $2 each, $100 00
47 66 66 20c 9 40
Watching Wells and Angell fires, 3 00
$112 40
Appropriated $150.
REPAIRS ON BASEMENT HAYDENVILLE SCHOOL HOUSE BY SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid J. A. Sullivan, for material, $163 20
L. Loomis & Son, labor, 20 00
H. W. Sampson, 58 21
F. M. Holmes,
20 50
Cyril Babineau,
8 13
Esbon Sharp,
21 00
Henry Hebert,
4 50
Clarence Loomis,
14 60
I. C. Hill, 14 00
Sundry bills for labor, material & freight, 172 83
$497 97
Appropriated, $400.
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT.
Paid C. H. Rivenburg, services as Constable, $7 75
Herbert Russ, 66 9 65
" repairs on stove and Road Machine, 3 55
Gazette Printing Co., bill printing,
29 00
Boston Herald, adv. town loan,
8 00
H. S. Gere, adv. 1887, 1 87
Home Newspaper Co., for Warrants, 3 50
H. M. Porter and H. W. Hill, services as Auditors, 1887, 4 00
O. G. Spelman and C. W. Fay, services as Auditors, 1888, 8 00
Dewey Williams, care of Town Hall, 18 00
H. B. Brush, painting roof " 66
50 00
Smith & Fuller, insurance “ 66 100 00
Sundry expense and repairs " 18 67
7
H. A. Bisbee, care of Hearse, $34 38
Board of Registrars for 1887-8, 23 00
Benson Munson, services as Elector, 10 00
A. H. Kimball, for scraper plate, 10 00
H. W. Sampson, for labor and material on Strang house, 5 63
H. W. Sampson, services as truant officer 1887-8, 5 00
Haydenville Mfg. Co., force pumps, &c., 9 21
Geo. Tower, abatement of tax on real estate, 1 40 G. F. Miller, 66 66 2 80
Smith Charities,
66
66
5 60
Lewis Masson,
66
66
66
1 40
Wm. Wheeler,
66
4 49
Margaret Larkin, “
66
21 00
Lorenzo Willcutt, for storage of Road Machine, 1 75
John M. & W. Williams, for repairs on water pipe, 2 35
I. C. Hill, services as School Committee,
91 00
H. W. Hill, « 66 75 00
F. A. Stebbins, repairs on stove pipe,
3 73
W. E. Thayer, for nails, 4 98
H. M. Porter, T. M. Carter, and L. D. James, nails, 2 00
Insurance, Haydenville School House, 31 25
E. R. Wright, for services, 2 00
Wilson Dewey, John O'Neil, and T. M. Carter, services, 300 00
Martin G. Wells, services as Collector, 135 00
Paper, postage and expressage, 10 30
Two field books and Collector's book, 2 85
Clerk's expense to Hadley,
3 00
T. M. Carter, services as Clerk and Treas. 100 00 Recording and indexing 21 marriages, 3 15
66
35 deaths, 12 25
66 66 31 births, 15 50
Abatement 13 poll taxes,
26 00
Discharging mortgage, Smith Charities,
25
Appropriated $1,000.
$1,218 26
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BRIDGE DAMAGES.
Paid Catherine T. Hall, $1,200 00
Anna D. Edwards, 500 00
Martha A. Walkley, 1,400 00
Fanny E. Hawkes, 139 00
R. B. Davis, services in Hawkes' case, 8 00
H. P. Smith, repairs .. 66 15 00
Byron Loomis, services and teams, 10 25
Dr. Wm. M. Trow, professional advice, 10 00
J. C. Hammond, legal services, 3 00
$3,285 25
Appropriated towards $1,800.
POOR ACCOUNT.
Paid for Joseph Upton, deceased, $51 92
Walter Strang, 25 00
Dennis Larkin, 66
142 21
David Pittsinger, to May 1, 1888,
65 00
Walter S. Warner, discharged,
19 00
Ella Washburn, 66 10 80
Edward Ryan and family, to Feb. 1, 27 50
Phineas Morton, to Feb. 1, 104 31
Catherine Ellsworth and family, to Feb. 1, 84 00
Mrs. Wm. Mahar and family, to Feb. 1, 84 00 Mrs. John O'Brine and family, to Feb. 1, 132 00 Mrs. Margaret Moakler and family, Feb 1, 88 00 Mrs. Michael Fenton and family, Feb. 1, 135 00 Ellen M. Williams and family, to Feb. 1, 174 32 Mrs. Johnnie Williams & family, Feb. 1, 66 00
Abner Hemingway, to Feb. 1, 87 06
Truman M. Carlton, to Feb. 1, 130 12
Chas. A. Williams, to Feb. 1, 10 00
Mrs. Caroline and Thomas Wait, Feb. 1, 10 09
James M. Nichols, to July 1, 91 00
Mrs. Helen L. Witherell, to July 1, 104 00
Tramps, 8 50
Henry Hebert and family, State poor, 10 00
Appropriated $1,700.
$1,659 83
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INTEREST ACCOUNT.
Arlington 5-cent Savings Bank on $5,000 to Jan. 1, $250 00
Attleborough Savings Bank on $5,000, to Jan. 1,
250 00
Lynn Institution for Savings, on $5,000 to Jan. 1,
250 00
Smith Charities on $10,000 to Sept. 1, 336 11
450 05
Temporary loans,
- $1,536 16
Appropriated $100 and Bank and Corporation Tax.
SCHOOL ASSETS.
Due from town, Feb. 1, 1888, $990 75
Town appropriation for current year, 3,000 00
66 " school books and
repairs,
500 00
Income of Collins School Fund,
930 78
66 State School 66
435 92
Dog
168 06
Schooling of town of Conway,
25 50
city of Northampton,
21 00
- $6,072 01
Paid for Schools 1887-8, to Feb. 1,
$ 914 25
66 current year Feb. 1,
4,357 86
$5,272 11
Due Schools, Feb. 1, 1889,
$799 90
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LIST OF JURORS.
Henry E. Wright, Byron Loomis, James Scully, John G. Miller, Hiram G. Hill, Gilbert M. Bradford, Charles C. Con- nell, Alfred A. Nichols, James Mullaley, James H. O'Brine, Charles H. Warner, Henry W. Graves, Frank C. Richards, James Hulme, Lester W. Carr, Lawrence Morissey, Wilson Dewey, Calvin Loomis, Daniel Sheahan, Charles L. Hosford, John W. Hill, Thomas Moakler, Charles K. Merritt, William Noble, Fred A. Stebbins, John N. Sawtell, John Coughlin, Henry C. Nash, Onslow G. Spelman, Andrew J. Breckenridge.
Respectfully submitted,
T. M. CARTER, Selectmen JOHN O'NEIL, of
WILSON DEWEY, Williamsburg.
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The Committee of the Whiting Street Fund submit the fol- lowing statement of their work for the year ending Feb. 1st, 1889. Received $230 00 from the Town Treasurer, which has been expended by us as follows :
Mr. Charles Marks,
$10 00
" Thomas Wade, 10 00
" George Chenney, 10 00
Miss Lucy Russ,
7 00
66 Addie Alvord,
7 00
Mrs. Isabella Johnson,
5 00
Lewis Black,
8 00
" Dennis Fogarty,
10 00
66 Henry Smith,
10 00
Aminda Stebbins,
5 00
' John Williams,
10 00
" B. F. Rhodes,
5 00
" Hugh McGee,
10 00
" Michael O'Neil,
8 00
Mr. Lyman Ames,
10 00
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Grace,
10 00
Mrs. Margaret Coogan,
10 00
" Ellen Landergan,
10 00
Mary Malloy,
10 00
66 Mary Blanchfield,
10 00
66 William Connley,
10 00
Thomas Foran,
10 00
66 Morris Foran,
10 00
66 Frank Dunlavey,
10 00
Edward Coogan,
5 00
Patrick Butler,
5 00
' John Butler,
5 00
Respectfully submitted,
ABNER DAMON, - Committee.
W. W. NASH,
TREASURER'S STATEMENT.
Total Receipts,
$29,571 28
$29,571 28
Paid State Tax, $1,170 00
County Tax,
1,434 95
Greenfield Bank Tax, 44 09
Memorial Committee,
50 00
Almoners Whiting Street Fund, 230 00
Schools, 5,272 11
Smith Charities,
10,000 00
State and Military Aid, 664 00
Highways,
1,144 14
Street Lights,
463 45
Fire Department,
112 40
Repairs on H. School House basement, 497 97
Contingencies,
1,218 26
Bridge Damages,
3,285 25
Poor Account,
1,659 83
Interest,
1,536216
Remainder,
788 67
$29,571 28
ASSETS.
Remainder in Treasury, $788 67
Due Dec. 1, for State Aid, 388 00
66 Military Aid, 138 00
276 Shares R. R. Stock,
19,320 00
Balance,
8,834 33
Note Lucy E. Pendleton, 300 00
Due Collins School Fund, 755 67
Due Schools, 799 90
Other claims,
350 00
$29,519 00
$29,519.00
The assets of the Collins School Fund remain the same as last year, and are as follows, namely :
21 Shares of Stock in First National Bank of Greenfield.
28
First National Bank of Northampton.
21 66 66 Hamp. Co. Nat'l Bank of Northampton.
31
Northampton Nat'l Bank of Northampt'n.
20
66 Mechanics National Bank of Worcester.
755 -67 dollars due from the Town of Williamsburg, 100
Respectfully submitted,
T. M. CARTER, Treasurer.
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LIABILITIES.
Notes due Jan. 1, 1893, $15,000 00
Note Trustees Forbes Library 10,000.00
Note Haydenville S. Bank, 2,100 00
Note Nellie E. Hillman Est., 213 43
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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, seven hundred eighty-eight and sixty-seven one-hundredths dollars.
O. G. SPELMAN
C. W. FAY,
Auditors.
WILLIAMSBURG, Feb. 21, 1889.
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Warrant for Town Meeting.
FIRST .- To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
SECOND .- To choose all necessary Town Officers for the en- suing year.
THIRD .- To choose an Elector under the provisions of the Will of Oliver Smith, Esq.
FOURTH .- To revise and accept the list of Jurors prepared by the Selectmen.
FIFTH .- To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the current expenses of the town, and appropriate the same.
SIXTH. - To provide for the current expenses of the town in anticipation of taxes.
SEVENTH .- To hear the report of the Selectmen and Treas- urer, and act thereon.
EIGHTH .- To hear the report of the School Committee, and act thereon.
NINTH .- To hear the report of any committee of the town.
TENTH .- To vote Yes or No in answer to the question, " Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale of intoxica- ting liquors ?"
ELEVENTH .- To see if the town will authorize the Williams- burg Cemetery Association to regulate the price to be charged for burial lots in the cemeteries deeded to them by vote of the town, April 6, 1885.
TWELFTH .- To see what action the town will take in relation to a claim of A. P. Miller, for damages caused by an alleged de- fect in the highway, and for which he has begun a suit at law.
THIRTEENTH. - To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for Memorial Day and choose a committee to expend the same.
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