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TOWN OF ANDOVER.
AUDITORS' REPORT
OF
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR, ENDING
FEBRUARY 10, 1873.
ANDOVER : PRINTED BY WARREN F. DRAPER. 1873.
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THE
AUDITORS' REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF ANDOVER.
For the Financial Year ending February 10, 1873.
ANDOVER : PRINTED BY WARREN F. DRAPER. 1873.
REPORT.
Selectmen's Account.
SCHOOLHOUSES.
PAID PER ORDER OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE:
WEST CENTRE DISTRICT.
Boston and Maine Railroad, freight, $9 03
Abbott and Jenkins, repairs, 13 08
W. O. Haskell and Son, furniture, 21 00
Gile and Allen, repairs,
3 00
E. H. Barnard, repairs,
6 87
J. E. Whiting, repairs on clock,
1 00
$53 98
FRYE DISTRICT.
J. A. Smart, insurance, 56 25
Abbott and Jenkins, repairs,
114 55
Jonathan Poor, repairs,
34 16
Terrence Henry, repairs,
11 50
William Barnett, repairs,
3 75
220 21
HOLT DISTRICT.
Henry C. Harnden, repairs, 5 29
H. S. Greene, repairs,
1 22
J. A. Smart, insurance,
30 00
36 51
Amount carried forward,
$310 70
4
VILLAGE DISTRICT.
Amount brought forward,
$310 70
Abbott and Jenkins, repairs,
$224 20
Bridget Abercrombie, cleaning,
4 32
George W. Craig, labor, 1 00
W. O. Haskell and Son, furniture,
257 79
E. Francis Holt, furniture,
106 55
Gile and Allen, repairs,
74 50
Terrence Henry, repairs,
11 50
William Barnett, repairs,
11 96
Boston and Maine Railroad, freight,
50
692 32
SOUTH CENTRE DISTRICT.
Abbott and Jenkins, repairs, 105 50
W. O. Haskell and Son, furniture, 27 50
Gile and Allen, repairs, 7 00
E. H. Barnard, repairs,
25 46
Hiram W. French, rent of land,
2 00
Terrence Henry, repairs,
26 00
William Barnett, repairs,
3 30
Bridget Abercrombie, cleaning,
2 00
198 76
GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Abbott and Jenkins, repairs,
360 68
W. R. Allen, repairs,
54 50
Smith, Manning, and Co., supplies,
1 87
J. A. Smart, insurance,
35 60
W. O. Haskell and Son, furniture,
17 50
J. E. Whiting, repairs on clock,
1 00
E. H. Barnard, repairs,
3 65
William Barnett, repairs,
22 48
497 28
Amount carried forward,
$1699 06
5
OSGOOD DISTRICT.
Amount brought forward, Hattie R. Abbott, cleaning,
$1699 06
$2 50
2 50
SCOTLAND DISTRICT.
W. O. Haskell and Son, furniture, 194 00
Boston and Maine Railroad, freight, 4 50
Thomas Howell, repairs,
218 85
John B. Abbott, repairs,
10 66
H. S. Greene, incidentals,
2 67
William Barnett, repairs,
3 00
James A. Treat and Co., paint,
19 19
452 87
PHILLIPS DISTRICT.
Thomas Howell, repairs, 22 16
E. H. Barnard, repairs, 2 58
Abbott and Jenkins, repairs,
2 00
H. S. Greene, repairs,
5 80
William Barnett, repairs,
4 35
36 89
BALLARD VALE DISTRICT.
H. S. Greene, repairs, 66 13
W. D. Stark, repairs, 282 42
J. S. Furber and Son, pump, 10 00
358 55
NORTH DISTRICT.
Mrs. Crowley, cleaning, 1 25
Littlefield, Sargent, and Co., repairs, 28 98
30 23
Total Amount,
$2580 10
6
SCHOOLS.
PAID PER ORDER OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
BALLARD VALE DISTRICT.
Mary E. Bixby, teaching, $360 00
Mary F. Brown, teaching,
360 00
Hattie E. Abbott, teaching,
408 00
J. P. Bradlee, coal, 42 57
$1170 57
GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Katie W. Cooke, teaching,
320 00
Agnes Donald, teaching,
240 00
Rosa L. Pratt, teaching,
206 66
M. A. Whitehouse, teaching,
533 33
Abbie B. Carter, teaching music,
72 00
Laura F. Pasho, teaching,
100 00
Edward Carter, tuning piano,
1 50
Robert Callahan, janitor,
24 00
John. T. Marland, janitor,
27 00
John Cornell, coal,
80 75
J. M. Richards, use of piano,
60 00
Geo. F. Blanchard, janitor,
24 00
Holt and Higgins, supplies,
641 00
W. F. Draper, books,
36 25
1731 90
VILLAGE DISTRICT.
Mary F. Merrill, teaching,
360 00
Ella F. Merrill, teaching,
180 00
Mary E. Gile, teaching,
360 00
Edward T. Cassiday, janitor,
15 00
Albert Saunders, janitor,
9 00
John Cornell, coal,
10 75
Amount carried forward,
$934 75 $2902 47
7
Amount brought forward,
$934 75 $2902 47
John Chandler, coal,
51 00
Ezra Farnham, sawing wood,
12 25
Holt and Higgins, supplies,
3 09
W. F. Draper, books,
5 22
1006 31
FRYE DISTRICT.
Carrie B. Holt, teaching,
360 00
Mary E. Jones, teaching,
360 00
Andrew A. Brown, janitor,
20 00
John Chandler, coal,
51 00
Isaac Carruth, wood,
6 76
W. F. Draper, books,
9 18
806 94
NORTH DISTRICT.
Annie L. Locke, teaching,
300 00
Nathan R. Bailey, janitor,
4 41
W. F. Draper, books,
3 70
308 11
SOUTH CENTRE DISTRICT.
Sara F. Jones, teaching',
180 00
Clara E. Clement, teaching,
360 00
Frances E. Chandler, teaching,
360 00
Robert Callahan, janitor,
12 00
George W. Holt, janitor,
6 00
Michael Hannon, janitor
6 00
Haven Loud, janitor and sawing wood,
17 50
George W. Chandler, wood,
14 50
Holt and Higgins, supplies,
66
John Cornell, coal,
41 25
W. F. Draper, books,
2 73
Amount carried forward,
1000 64 $6024 47
8
PHILLIPS DISTRICT. Amount brought forward,
$6024 47
Hattie P. Hervey, teaching,
$360 00
Lizzie B. Abbott, teaching,
180 00
Hattie P. Hervey, janitor,
9 00
Sylvester Abbott, wood
56 85
605 85
WEST CENTRE DISTRICT.
Hannah B. Abbott, teaching,
120 00
Lucia G. Merrill, teaching,
240 00
Joseph Chandler, wood,
6 82
John Cornell, wood,
6 00
Joshua H. Chandler, wood,
36 45
C. H. Merrill, sawing wood,
8 60
Eddie R. Merrill, janitor,
12 00
W. F. Draper, books,
11 20
441 07
OSGOOD DISTRICT.
M. A. Whitehouse, teaching,
133 33
Hattie R. Abbott, teaching,
240 00
John Driscoll, janitor,
6 00
Charles L. Bailey, janitor,
6 00
Isaac Carruth, wood,
19 50
W. F. Draper, books,
75
405 58
ABBOTT DISTRICT.
Hattie R. Abbott, teaching,
100 00
Hattie R. Abbott, janitor,
2 50
E. A. Barnett, teaching,
100 00
Jennie L. Smith, teaching,
100 00
Phonnie A. Bailey, janitor,
2 80
A. A. Bailey, janitor,
8 25
Holt and Higgins, supplies,
1 75
W. F. Draper, books,
2 10
317 40
Amount carried forward,
$7794 37
.
9
BAILEY DISTRICT.
Amount brought forward,
$7794 37
Fannie A. Hardy, teaching,
$360 00
Fannie A. Hardy, janitor,
2 00
George Boutwell, wood,
32 00
W. F. Draper, books,
5 60
399 60
SCOTLAND DISTRICT.
Fannie E. Callahan, teaching,
324 00
Hackett and Mason, wood,
11 59
John B. Abbott, wood,
43 80
Edward F. Hackett, janitor,
5 60
384 99
HOLT DISTRICT.
Julia M. Browne, teaching,
370 00
H. C. Harnden, janitor and wood, 55 35
W. F. Draper, books,
40
425 75
Total Amount,
$9004 71
SERVICES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
George H. Poor, School Committee, $125 00
Henry Boynton, School Committee (6 mo.), 75 00
H. S. Greene, School Committee, 100 00
- $300 00
John H. Flint, Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, 275 00
Benjamin Boynton, Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, 250 00
Lewis G. Holt, Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, 250 00
775 00
Amount carried forward,
$1075 00
2
10
Amount brought forward,
$1075 00
John Cornell, engineer,
$20 00
James H. Smith, engineer,
20 00
Charles O. Cummings, engineer,
20 00
George H. Taylor, engineer, 20 00
Charles Greene, engineer,
12 00
92 00
E. K. Jenkins, Treasurer, 100 00
E. K. Jenkins, collecting taxes,
430 00
E. K. Jenkins, bank tax, 1871, 25 50
555 50
John Clark, police, town warrants, and notices, 42 00
W. D. Hussey, police, 6 50
George F. Baker, police,
7 00
Henry Dane, police,
5 00 -
George W. Chandler, police (3 years),
18 00
R. M. Abbott, police,
17 00
Joshua H. Chandler, police,
11 00
106 50
$1829 00
STATE AID.
E. K. Jenkins, Treasurer,
$1870 25
HAY SCALES,
George H. Bean, salary,
$20 00
A. M. Morrison, book, (Received in fees $59 62.)
3 50
$23 50
SPRING GROVE CEMETERY.
Samuel Raymond,
$400 00
William G. Means,
565 00
George W. Chandler,
35 00
Charles O. Cummings,
51 21
$1051 21
11
TOWN HOUSE.
Thomas Smith, janitor and labor,
$211 11
John Cornell, wood and coal, 74 50
. Smith, Manning, and Co., supplies; 59 87
Ezra Farnham, setting lamps,
3 00
George W. Chandler, wood,
5 07
W. F. Draper, lamps,
24 00
William Barnett, supplies,
13 75
Cole and Hardy, repairs, (Received in rents $704 06.)
$401 55
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ANDOVER STEAMER No. 1.
Charles P. Rea, engineer, 140 32
Pay of members, 85 50
Remittance of 8 poll-taxes, 16 00
O. W. Hunt, engineer, 25 00
John Cornell, horses and supplies, 71 60
Smith, Manning, and Co., supplies
7 22
Boston and Maine Railroad, freight on hose, 1 00 J. Gates and Son, repairing hose, and supplies, 40 00 Hunneman and Co., lanterns, 13 00
Valpey Brothers, tallow,
8 07
James H. Smith, repairs,
8 25
Allen Fire Dept. Supply Co., supplies,
25 00
Charles Meyer, straps, etc.,
10 75
Holt and Higgins, supplies,
1 39
John C. Morse, oiling hose,
6 00
Alfred Hale and Co., supplies,
4 88
Samuel Carter, repairs on hose carriages,
19 50
William Barnett, supplies,
8 20
J. W. Faulkner, iron-work,
16 50
George H. Bean, horses,
1 50
$509 68
10 25
12
SHAWSHIN No. 2.
Amount brought forward,
$509 68
Pay of members,
$181 50
James McFadden, labor,
10 00
F. G. Haynes and Co., supplies,
2 33
Remittance of 22 poll-taxes,
44 00
Greene and Woodlin, supplies,
18 45
W. B. Allen, labor,
3 00
William Finn, labor,
8 75
268 03
Total Amount,
$777 71
RESERVOIR.
Albert Bancroft, labor,
$170 85
Benjamin Betts, labor,
96, 75
John J. Ragan, labor,
58 50
Cole and Hardy, labor,
2 00
John McGinley, labor,
1 00
Daniel Daley, labor,
21 00
John Barry, labor,
86 19
Jerry Driscoll, labor,
104 46
Robert Robertson, labor,
9 82
W. A. Kimball, ropes,
19 40
Henry Magoun, labor,
4 00
Patrick Lahee, labor,
110 87
George Goodwin, labor,
2 00
George W. Chandler, labor,
178 25
Bagnall and Loud, blocks,
8 50
Holt and Higgins, supplies,
8 42
James McFadden, labor,
47 00
James Smith, labor,
41 00
William White, labor,
1 50
Amount carried forward,
$971 51
13
Amount brought forward,
$971 51
Charles O. Cummings, labor,
126 00
J. W. Faulkner, iron work,
55 97
Mark Newman, labor,
21 36
Upton and Gile, mason-work,
139 80
George W. Chandler, Lawrence, stone cover,
27 50
James Donahue, labor,
1 75
Abbott and Jenkins, lumber and labor,
126 39
H. W. Abbott, tub,
75
T. E. Mayberry, labor,
3 25
Charles P. Rea, labor,
5 00
William and James Calahan, labor,
8 00
$1487 28
HIGHWAYS.
District.
Appropriation.
Expended.
Snow.
1. J. H. Flint,
$225 00
$236 62
2. John R. Loring,
175 00
189 65
$8 00
3. C. W. Hayward,
200 00
215 16
4.
William H. Green,
75 00
84 40
5. John B. Abbott,
60 00
43 95
6. Henry Brownell,
75 00
80 74
4 00
7. Rufus F. Caldwell,
65 00
69 00
8. Samuel Gilchreast,
30 00
30 00
9. John B. Jenkins,
110 00
95 50
10.
Daniel Shannon,
165 00
163 25
7 70
11. Wyman D. Hussey,
175 00
150 00
12.
C. M. Abbott,
175 00
220 00
13.
Gayton O. Ames,
175 00
194 50
14. A. B. Cutler,
115 00
75 05
15. Horatio Barnard,
100 00
96 65
16. Asa W. Livingston,
100 00
98 00
17. Harrison Hardy,
125 00
18. Frank C. Phelps,
120 00
148 00
Amt. carried forward, $2265 00
$2190 47
$19 70
14
District.
Appropriation.
Expended.
Snow.
Amt. brought forward, $2265 00
$2190 47
$19 70
19.
Elisha Grant,
50 00
68 00
20. Omar Jenkins,
150 00
171 00
21. Timothy P. Bailey,
150 00
150 00
22. George F. Baker,
125 00
153 79
1 50
23. W. D. Stark,
225 00
221 13
24. Stephen Lovejoy,
50 00
50 00
25. C. C. Blunt,
225 00
237 87
6 00
26. J. Towle,
250 00
260 00
27. C. O. Cummings,
125 00
133 72
28.
J. F. Whiteley,
110 00
134 50
17 50
28. Robert Stott,
3 50
W. Conness (watercourse),
5 42
Pat. Donavon,
66
7 60
John Driscoll, 66
16 60
14. George F. Baker, railing,
2 00
20. William S. Jenkins (1870),
2 00
Henry Burtt (snow-path),
17 50
$3725 00
$3804 10
$65 70
CULVERT, BALLARD VALE.
William Allen, railing,
$13 30
Hezekiah Jones, stone and labor,
46 82
Hiram Robbins, labor,
14 00
John Magoon, labor,
14 00
Henry Magoon, labor,
10 00
Alvian Magoon, labor,
6 00
Henry Brownell, labor,
27 00
Albert Bancroft, labor,
40 25
Wm. and James Callahan, labor,
26 12
$197 49
BRIDGES.
Abbott Village. George W. Chandler, 5 50
John Stack, 58 99
Abbott and Jenkins, railing, 17 03
$81 52
Ballard Vale. C. O. Cummings,
$36 00
15
DECORATION DAY.
W. F. Draper, printing, $4 50
John Pray, carriages, 12 00
C. L. Carter, carriages, 18 00
Thomas Smith, services,
7 80
J. M. Seymour, services,
10 00
Ballard Vale Cornet Band,
65 00
(Appropriation $150 00.) $117 30
MISCELLANEOUS.
Joshua H. Chandler, notifying town officers, $8 00
William Marland, postage and envelopes, 34 31
William Marland, rent of P. O. box,
1 00
Geo. W. Chandler, Lawrence, two stone troughs,
50 00
Thomas Groom and Co., books and stationery,
12 50
George S. Merrill and Co., printing, 76 50
Thomas E. Mayberry, culvert, new road,
100 00
Thomas E. Mayberry, new road,
550 00
Little and Brown, books,
3 60
Charles Mears, distributing envelopes,
1 50
J. A. Smart, insurance,
100 00
Asa A. Abbott, surveying,
5 00
E. J. Baker, insurance,
53 13
W. F. Draper, stationery,
14 84
W. F. Draper, printing,
249 20
William Barnett, dipper,
40
Enoch Abbott, damage on Highway Dist. 11,
3 15
S. K. Johnson, express,
13 20
J. H. Flint, Railroad fares, 17 50
Michael Nolan, returning deaths,
3 10
E. K. Jenkins, Railroad fares,
9 32
Frank C. Phelps, returning deaths,
1 60
S. D. and J. B. Abbott, bridge plank,
50 37 .
George S. Cole, serving notices,
2 00
E. K. Jenkins, recording births, marriages and deaths, 41 35 Amount carried forward, $1401 57
16
Amount brought forward,
$1401 57
E. K. Jenkins, returning militia, 4 00
George N. Pasho, returning deaths,
3 20
Robert Callahan, returning deaths, Henry Dane, returning deaths,
80
1 20
8 50
North Reading, schooling, George H. Bean, dinner for checkers,
3 90
$1423 17
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
George Boynton,
$5 92
Est. Charles Townsend,
8 10
Sarah Spaulding, bank tax,
16 61
Mary Haley, 7 50
103 89
$142 02
REMITTANCE OF TAXES.
E. K. Jenkins, collector, 1871,
$26 25
E. K. Jenkins, collector, 1872,
106 75
$133 00
SUMMARY OF SELECTMEN'S ORDERS.
School Houses,
$2580 10
Schools,
9004 71
$11584 81
Services of Town Officers,
1829 00
State Aid,
1870 25
Hay Scales,
23 50
Spring Grove Cemetery,
1051 21
Town House,
401 55
Amount carried forward,
$16760 32
E. K. Jenkins, collector,
17
Amount brought forward,
$16760 32
Fire Department, Steamer,
$509 68
Fire Department, Shawshin,
268 03
777 71 1487 28
Reservoir,
Highways,
3804 10
Snow,
65 70
Culvert, Ballardvale,
197 49
Bridges, Abbott Village,
81 52
Bridges, Ballardvale,
36 00
4184 81
Decoration Day,
117 30
Miscellaneous Expenses,
1423 17
Abatement of Taxes,
142 02
Remittance of Taxes,
133 00
$25025 61
3
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Overseer's Account.
RELIEF OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Ann E. Bean,
$65 00
Thomas Hayes, 26 04
Child of Mrs. Charles Burns,
72 00
Mrs. Thomas C. Mason,
48 00
Mrs. Edward Mason,
21 50
Honora Donahue,
4 50
Mrs. William E. Jones,
11 50
Mrs. Joseph Gile,
48 00
Mrs. Ann Farnham,
13 00
Anna Jones,
39 00
Child of Sophia Dane,
26 00
E. G. Wardwell,
5 25
Jerry Millett,
32 89
Delina Jones,
24 00
John Collins,
5 00
Mrs. Farrington,
6 00
Mrs. Jeffcock, 1 00
3 45
Terrence Henry, coffin for child of Mary Joyce,
4 00
Rob't Callahan, burial of David S. Morgan's child, 1869, 4 00
Mary Mills, 1 50
$461 63
PAID CITIES AND TOWNS.
Salem, Alex. Ross; $45 00
Salem, Mrs. Albert Goldsmith, 10 25
Wakefield, Richard Donaghy,
60 96
Amanunt carried forward, $116 21
Samuel W. Abbott,
19
Amount brought forward,
$116 21
Lawrence, Mrs. William Crowther, 31 43
Boston, Enos Dodge, 6 25
4 12
Boston, Flora Anrick, North Andover, Mrs. William Kimball,
34 09
$192 10
LUNATIC HOSPITALS.
Worcester, Mrs. Solon Johnson,
$183 30
Worcester, Luke Worthley,
215 75
Northampton, James Duncan,
189 90
$588 95
HOUSE OF CORRECTION.
Elmira Johnson,
$17 56
E. G. Wardwell,
8 56
$26 12
COMMITMENTS.
George F. Baker to Almshouse,
$1 50
DUE FROM CITIES AND TOWNS.
Lynn, Mrs. C. W. Brown,
$35 00
Lynn, John Parton,
9 64
Methuen, Emily Buswell,
87 50
Bridgewater, Children of Patrick Carroll,
5 00
$137 14
20
EXPENSES OF ALMSHOUSE.
Joel Barnes, groceries,
$373 70
Daniel Donovan, cow,
48 00
C. O. Cummings, salary,
587 50
Holt and Higgins, groceries,
419 12
Joseph R. Parlin, labor,
252 00
John Findley, fish, 88 75
Thomas Smith, repairing boots and shoes,
11 97
Smith, Manning, and Co., groceries,
941 93
John W. Faulkner, iron-work,
110 85
Farnsworth, Harding, and Co., groceries,
207 49
John Cornell, coal,
127 08
H. P. Holt, meat,
357 60
Valpey Brothers, meat,
340 15
B. F. Holt, ice,
17 00
George H. Parker, medicines,
31 65
Corse and Stevens, boots and shoes,
37 47
Benjamin Brown, boots and shoes,
36 40
J. W. Barnard, boots and shoes,
40 90
W. H. Kimball, medical attendance,
75 00
P. M. Jefferson, soap,
48 12
William Barnett, supplies,
81 67
Henry W. Abbott, gorceries,
28 06
$4262 41
EXTRA EXPENSES OF ALMSHOUSE.
E. H. Barnard, painting,
$708 93
Upton and Gile, mason-work,
161 75
Abbott and Jenkins, carpenter-work
1201 15
$2071 83
4
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SUMMARY OF OVERSEERS' ORDERS.
Relief out of Almshouse,
$461 63
Paid Cities and Towns,
192 10
Lunatic Hospitals,
588 95
House of Correction,
26 12
Commitments,
1 50
Due from Cities and Towns,
137 14
Expense of Almshouse,
4262 41
Extra Expense of Almshouse,
2071 83
$7741 69
REPRESENTATIVE FUND.
In accordance with the wishes of the donor, Edward Taylor, the interest of the above has been applied to the family of Mr. George A. Frye.
JOHN H. FLINT, OVERSEERS BENJ. BOYNTON, OF THE POOR.
22
Superintendent's Account.
DR.
To balance from last account,
$62 03
To cash for
Tile,
4 30
Vegetables,
25 70
Hay,
171 88
Balance on cow,
10 00
Labor,
507 04
Milk,
17 28
Custody,
7 75
Keeping cows,
1 75
Calf skins,
7 50
Use of bull,
5 25
Beef,
28 40
Oxen,
423 50
Pigs,
86 50
Oats,
2 45
Hide and tallow,
9 57
Calf,
9 70
$1380 60
CR.
To cash paid for
Crackers,
$16 28
Labor,
419 78
Repairs of harness,
6 25
Grinding coffee,
3 50
Clothing,
57 17
Rooster,
2 00
Seeds,
5 00
Amount carried forward,
$509 98
23
Amount brought forward,
$509 98
To cash paid for
Repairing furniture,
28 76
Superphosphate and plaster,
7 80
Tools and repairing,
43 80
Oil,
41
Oxen,
200 00
Calf,
12 00
Making cider,
10 52
Town Treasurer,
502 00
Washing,
15 90
Sawing logs,
5 10
One shoat,
9 00
Cash on hand,
35 33
$1380 60
CHARLES O. CUMMINGS, SUPERINTENDENT.
ALMSHOUSE.
Whole number of paupers in Almshouse during the year, 31
Whole number of weeks' board, . 1290
Whole number of foreign paupers entertained, 348
Whole number of weeks' board,
74
Whole number of persons in custody awaiting trial, 11
3
REMAINING IN ALMSHOUSE.
Over eighty years old,
1
Between seventy and eighty,
4
Between sixty and seventy,
5
Between fifty and sixty,
3
Between forty and fifty,
2
Between thirty and forty,
1
Between twenty and thirty,
5
Between one and ten,
4
25
Mary Wilson, died Sept. 15th, 1872, aged three months.
Whole number of weeks' board of prisoners,
24
INVENTORY OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.
Forty-nine iron bedsteads,
$150 00
Bedding,
425 00
Ten stoves,
110 00.
Four coal-hods,
4 00
Three lanterns,
3 00
Two bells, 2.00 ; table linen, 17.00,
19 00
Towelling, 14.00; cutlery, 12.00,
26 00
Silver, 4.00 ; curtains, 17.00,
21 00
Crockery, 50.00 ; refrigerator, 50.00,
100 00
Washing utensils,
15 00
Tinware, 45.00; desk, 5.00,
50 00
Tables and benches,
50 00
Wooden-ware,
20 00
Lamps, 10.00 ; clocks, 6.00,
16 00
Meat-block, benches, saws, and axes,
15 00
Meat, cider, and apple barrels,
22 00
Jugs and jars, 15.00 ; sad-irons, 3.00,
18 00
฿1064 00
PROVISIONS.
Flour and butter,
$59 00
Oil and lard,
14 50
Soap, salt, and beef,
57 38
Hams and salt pork,
85 00
Potatoes and beets,
207 00
Cranberries and vinegar,
23 00
Pickles and spices,
7 50
Molasses and currants,
51 53
Coffee and rice,
2 05
Tea and sugar,
82 06
Cream of tartar and saleratus,
3 00
Apples and cider,
92 00
Dried apples,
1 12
$685 14
CLOTHING.
Pants, shawls, boots, shoes, etc., $58 00
25
FARM IMPLEMENTS.
Two horse-wagons, harnesses, pung, sleigh, robe, blankets, and whip, $200 00
Ox-wagon, two ox-carts, sled, and harrows, 190 00
Hay-wagon, stone-truck, drag, and wheelbarrow, 72 00
Scythes, sickles, corn-cutter, and hoes, 20 00
Horse, hay, and garden rakes, 18 00
Horse, hay, and manure forks,
24 00
Ox-scraper, ploughs, horse-hoe, cultivator, and mowing-machine, 150 00
Shovels, spades, picks, iron-bars, axes, and blasting-tools, 35 00
Carpenter's tools, wood-saws, beetles, wedges, and ladles, 15 00
Feed-troughs, hay-cutter, measures, and feed-boxes, 10 00
Grindstone, ladders, blocks, and ropes, 35 00
Nails, spikes, old iron, and vises,
20 00
Winnowing-mill, meal-bags, and salt-sacks,
20 00
Snow-plough, ox-muzzles, pig-box, and barrels,
16 00
Grain-chests, scalding-tubs, steel yards, baskets, hay-caps, and drain-tile, 82 00
25 00
Hoisting-chains, platform, and tub,
$932 00
FARM PRODUCE.
· Oats, rye, and meal,
$28 05
Shorts and beans, 9 90
English and meadow hay, second crop, and straw, 725 00
Manure,
300 00
$1062 95
FARM STOCK.
Two oxen, four cows, two bulls, and heifer, $485 00
Horse, eleven swine, twenty-three fowls, 316 00
$801 00
4
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FUEL AND LUMBER.
Bridge-plank, boards, and other lumber,
$210 00
Dry wood, cut and split, and coal,
225 00
Green wood, hard and soft,
270 00
$705 00
SUMMARY.
Inventory of household furniture,
$1064 00
Provisions,
685 14
Clothing,
58 00
Farm implements,
932 00
Farm produce,
1062 95
Farm stock,
801 00
Fuel and lumber
705 00
$5308 09
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Treasurer's Account.
Town of Andover in account current with E. K. Jenkins Treasurer, A. D. 1872.
DR.
To paid County tax for 1872, $3173 70
State tax for 1872, 4620 00
Andover National Bank, money hired, 12000 00
Andover National Bank, interest on same, 163 53
Town notes,
1400 00
Interest on town notes,
1211.48
Discount on taxes at 6 per cent, $2266 02
Discount on taxes at 4 per cent, 136 97
- 2402 99
Selectmens' orders, current expenses,
13440 80
Selectmens' orders, schools,
9004 71
Selectmens' orders, schoolhouses, 2580 10
Overseers of the poor, orders,
7741 68
State Treasurer, tax on non-resident owners
of Shares in Andover National Bank, 271 21
Discounts on the same, 15 94
For assessing and collecting,
15 00
Treasurer of the Memorial Hall,
20737 69
Selectmen and Auditors,
37 00
To Balance of taxes unpaid, 350 25
To Cash on hand to balance,
6311 27
$85477 35
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CR.
By Balance of taxes unpaid Feb. 17th, 1872, $804 11 By cash on hand Feb. 17th, 1872, 12845 29
By cash received from -
Westford pauper account, 11 00
Salisbury pauper account, 9 00
Lowell pauper account,
19 75
Boston pauper account,
27 75
Haverhill pauper account,
12 00
North Andover pauper account,
6 50
Andover National Bank, money hired, 12000 00
County Treasurer, discount on county tax,
31 73
County Treasurer, for dog licenses,
367 50
Andover National Bank, interest on deposits,
375 25
Boston and Maine Railroad, damage by fire,
75 00
Henry S. Greene, for paint-cans,
1 30
Rent of Town House,
704 06
Rent of stores and hall at Ballardvale,
230 00
C. O. Cummings, Superintendent of Almshouse, 502 00 George H. Bean, hay-scale fees, 59 62
State Treasurer, discount on State tax,
43 89
State Treasurer, for corporation tax,
7617 39
State Treasurer, balance Bank tax 1871,
20 49
State Treasurer, for State paupers,
64 86
State Treasurer, for State aid,
2200 00
State Treasurer, for State school fund, 244 09
James Fleming, for tuition, 11 66
Assessors' warrant for taxes on non-resident
owners of shares in Andover National Bank, 302 15
Assessors' warrant for State, County, and Town tax,
43582 96
Subscriptions for Memorial Hall and Library, 3308 00 $85477 35
E. K. JENKINS, TREASURER.
ANDOVER, Feb. 19, 1873.
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LIABILITIES.
Notes payable as follows : viz. to
Jedediah Burtt,
$250 00
Estate of Daniel Abbott,
300 00
Mrs. Sarah Abbott,
1010 00
Rhoda Braddock,
800 00
Harriet Frye,
300 00
Theron Johnson,
1000 00
Mrs. Barbara Smith,
500 00
Mrs. Sally Flint,
1000 00
Susan Bancroft,
250 00
Susan Frye,
200 00
Trustees Free School,
1600 00
Enoch Frye,
950 00
Phebe Palmer,
484 00
Mrs. C. E. Putnam,
2000 00
Trustees Punchard School,
6000 00
Trustees Memorial Hall,
20000 00
Unpaid interest,
1286 80
Memorial Hall Library,
2452 11
.
$40382 91
ASSETS.
Cash on hand,
$6311 27
Taxes unpaid,
350 25
Cash in Supt's of Almshouse's hand,
35 33
Due from cities and towns,
137 14
Due for State aid,
2334 75
Due for corporation tax,
700 00
$9868 74
Balance against the Town,
$30514 17
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SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY.
Town house and fixtures,
$16000 00
Land under and adjoining,
2000 00
Weights and measures,
200 00
Safe in Town House,
166 00
Hay scales,
300 00
Engine-houses and land,
3636 00
Steam fire-engine and apparatus,
3564 00
Shawshin fire-engine and apparatus,
1000 00
Schoolhouse property,
69139 00
Town farm and buildings,
7500 00
Personal property, as per inventory,
5308 09
Library,
250 00
Memorial Hall,
40000 00
Spring Grove Cemetery,
4000 00
Reservoir,
1400 00
Memorial Hall Permanent Fund,
20000 00
Punchard Free School Fund,
54800 00
$231.263 09
Punchard Free School.
The undersigned, Trustees of the Punchard Free School, herewith render to the Town their Annual Statement of the condition of the Fund, and of the Receipts and Expenditures thereof for the year ending February 1st, 1873.
Amount of Fund as per last Report, $54,800 00
All of which is invested in Valid Notes and Real Estate Securities.
RECEIPTS.
Balance of cash on hand, as per last Report, $2917 25
Interest received since said Report from investments, 3605 37
Interest received of Trustees under the Will of B. H. Punchard, from January 1, 1872, to January 1,
1873, on Twenty Thousand Dollars, 1200 00
$7722 62
EXPENDITURES.
Cash paid :
William G. Goldsmith, Principal,
$1850 00
Fanny L. D. Strong, Assistant,
700 00
Ellen T. Brown, Assistant,
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