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ANNUAL REPORT :: . OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
TROM
Feb. 1, 1877, to Feb. 1, 1878.
TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
BOSTON: ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, 34 SCHOOL STREET. 1878.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
FROM
Feb. 1, 1877, to Feb. 1, 1878.
TOGETHER WITHI TIIE
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
BOSTON: ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, 34 SCHOOL STREET. 1878.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
In accordance with the usual custom, and in compli- ance with the By-Laws of the town, the following Report is respectfully submitted: -
The business connected with the several depart- ments of town affairs has been conducted, as we trust, to the acceptance of the citizens, and in the manner most conducive to their interests.
The cost has been, in nearly all cases, kept within the amount of the appropriations. The only excep- tion of any amount is for the support of the poor. The causes which have led to this result are manifest to the most careless observer. The severe and long- continued depression of business, and the consequent scarcity of employment, have caused many who have hitherto supported themselves to need the helping hand, and those who in the past have received aid in small amounts have been compelled to call for still larger ones. This condition of things will probably continue until a revival of business takes place, and employment is more plentiful and remunerative. For these reasons we have recommended a larger appropriation than that of last year.
The surveyors of highways have performed their duties faithfully and honestly, and the condition of the roads is as good as can reasonably be expected
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under the present faulty system, with the means at their command. In addition to the work performed by the surveyors, there has been a large sum of money (more than five hundred dollars) expended on Com- mercial Street by the Hon. Caleb Stetson, to whose liberality and public spirit the town is largely indebted.
The special appropriations, made at the last annual meeting, have been expended for the various pur- poses for which they were intended. The details of these expenditures will be found in the Auditor's Report.
Upon summing up the results of the business of the year, we find a reduction of the net debt of the town to the amount of $6,299.85.
ABIJAH ALLEN, Selectmen S. W. HOLLIS, of
DAVID H. BATES, ) Braintree.
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SCHOOLS.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Charles E. Stetson, teaching
$1,400 00
Martha Reed,
450 00
J. F. Sheppard, coal
10 67
George Hill,
.
40 62
E. T. Ellis, fuel
.
$1,907 29
POND SCHOOL.
Mary Fennesey, teaching 40 weeks, $10.50 .
$420 00
E. M. Thompson,
66
66
8.00
320 00
S. Ella Torrey, 66
66
66
66
320 00
J. F. Sheppard, coal
24 05
George Hill, 66
.
.
50 37
E. T. Ellis, fuel
.
$1,140 42
UNION SCHOOL.
Mary C. Copeland, teaching 20 weeks, $10.50
$210 00
Nellie M. Fernald,
12 66
66
126 00
Rachel A. Faxon,
66
8
66
66
84 00
S. Lizzie Burnham
40
66
8.00
320 00
Inez M. Rogers
66
66 66
66
320 00
George Hill. coal . .
50 37
Walter E. Arnold, care of house .
35 50
R. Allen Gage
66
66
34 00
E. T. Ellis, fuel
.
.
$1,194 87
IRON WORKS SCHOOL.
Sarah A. Hammatt, teaching 20 weeks, $10.50
$210 00
Sara M. Graham
66 66 66
210 00
Joanna W. Penniman
66
40 66 8.00
320 00
Alice M. Mason
66
66
66
320 00
George Hill, coal .
50 90
J. F. Sheppard, wood
13 75
A. H. Mason, care of house
17 00
W. A. Allen,
66
8 75
Galen E. Pratt, 66
66
35 50
E. T. Ellis, fuel
.
- $1,196 40
EAST SCHOOL.
Victoria P. Wild, teaching 39 1-5 weeks, $10.50 . $411 60 ·
15 37
Dennis Dugan, care of house .
·
17 00
Mrs. Robert Wilson, care of house
1 25
E. T. Ellis, fuel
.
. 12 00
$457 22
.
.
15 00
.
.
10 50
.
.
6 00
6 00
.
George Hill, coal .
66
6
SOUTHEAST SCHOOL.
Alice M. Cushing, teaching 40 weeks, $8.00 . .
· $320 00
George Hill, coal
.
· 5 00
Edgar W. Wild, care of house
· 15 50
E. T. Ellis, fuel
7 80
·
SOUTH SCHOOL.
M. E. C. Bannon, teaching 40 weeks, $8.00 .
$320 00
George Hill, coal .
10 30
Thomas Downey, care of house
15 00
Nelson Duicha, 66
.
.
85
E. T. Ellis, fuel
10 50
.
$356 65
SOUTHWEST SCHOOL.
Helen A. Williams, teaching 40 weeks, $8.00
. $320 00
Oscar E. Ellis, care of house .
16 00
Mrs. Newton Dyer, care of house .
1 50
E. T. Ellis, fuel
3 00
$340 50
WEST SCHOOL.
Avis A. Thayer, teaching 40 weeks, $8.00
$320 00
George Hill, coal
25 44
Elisha Savil, care of house
15 00
Mrs. King,
1 52
E. T. Ellis, fuel
.
$368 56
MIDDLE STREET SCHOOL.
Lottic E. Allen, teaching 40 weeks, $8.00
· $320 00
George Hill, coal
10 32
George F. Goodnow, care of house
15 00
E. T. Ellis, fuel
7 20
.
$352 52
Total cost of schools
$7,662 73
INCIDENTAL SCHOOL EXPENSES.
C. E. Stetson, cash paid for printing
$20 75
66 lamp
1 25
Lottie E. Allen, cash paid for erasers, etc.
1 10
E. H. Frary, repairing clock .
1 50
J. Marcus Arnold, brushes and brooms
2 20
J. E. Wheeler, sawing and splitting wood W. W. Ewell & Co., repairing chairs
1 20
2 00
T. J. McCormack, erasers
2 82
.
.
·
·
·
.
.
.
.
6 60
.
$348 30
7
C. G. Easterbrooks, printing .
$4 00
Green & Prescott,
5 75
A. J. Bates & Co., brushes, brooms, etc.
3 07
P. D. Holbrook & Co., sundries
10 90
Noah Torrey, chair for South School
2 15
Julia F. Hayward, erasers and crayons Elias Hayward, books for West School
7 10
66 66 Southwest School .
2 32
Union
66
10 48
66
66 Southeast 66
3 25
66
crayons, etc., Pond
66
4 67
66
books, crayons, etc., Iron Works School
13 44
66
South School
2 74
66
66
66
High 66
.
3 10
66
66
66
East 66
.
75
$110 23
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF SCHOOLHOUSES.
Wm. R. Penniman, labor and stock, Pond .
$54 59
Oscar B. Bushnel 66 66
11 85
Wm. H. Cobb, wire screens 66
8 25
Joseph I. Bates, tinning roof, Iron Works .
15 00
John J. Downs, labor and stock " 66
43 39
Robert Brooks, painting, 66
38 77
Jenkins & Jordan, repairing lightning rods, Iron Works
7 53
J. I. Bates, ventilators
66
66
35 24
Galen E. Pratt, cash for keys,
66
70
B. J. Loring, Jr., labor,
66
2 40
C. L. Wellington, repairs, East
1 75
Robert Gillespie, repairing lightning rod, East ·
2 37
Joseph I. Bates, 66 stoves, 66
5 65
Peterson & Carroll, labor and cement, Union .
6 63
R. Allen Gage, 66
66
2 75
S. W. Pratt, 66 " drainpipe, " .
9 13
H. A. Berry, 66
66 stock, 66
6 93
Geo. H. Arnold, 66 66 66
4 50
Charles W. Hobart, 66 66 66
11 27
R. A. Wilson, whitewashing, Southwest
2 00
F. B. Parks, repairing stove, 66
2 62
Joseph I. Bates, grate and poker, Southwest
3 20
F. B. Parks, zinc,
66
2 28
P. A. Wales & Son, repairing pumps, Southwest
5 00
T. B. Stoddard, glass and setting, 66
6 50
Elisha Savil, post and labor, 66
1 75
Wm. R. Penniman, stock and labor, 66
6 00
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber, 66
2 79
Pierce & Sanborn, repairing stoves, 66
24 50
.
.
.
$325 34
.
3 69
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APPROPRIATION FOR PAINTING SCHOOLHOUSES.
E. and F. King & Co., paint and oil
· $246 62
Edward G. Stoddard, painting Pond Schoolhouse . 66 66 stock 2 65
130 00
Jos ah Penniman, painting Union Schoolhouse
100 00
66
stock
3 84
Robert Brooks, painting Iron Works Schoolhouse
77 50
66 gilding vane
8 00
66 66 horse hire
1 00
L. R. Barnes, painting Middle Street, Southwest, and West Schoolhous .
28 00
W. K. Baker & Son, expressing ·
·
.
APPROPRIATION FOR SOUTH SCHOOLHOUSE.
Joseph Huff, labor on yard
$32 50
ALMSHOUSE.
Appraisal, Feb. 1, 1877 .
$1,880 49
Esek T. Ellis, superintendent's salary
300 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., groceries .
409 64
J. Marcus Arnold, 66
.
229 03
Henry M. White, 66
42 56
Thomas W. Sampson, meat
106 38
Henry Mann, . 66
.
30 43
Edwin F. French, 66
.
39 74
Jonathan S. Hollis, 66
.
10 99
J. Webster Hollis, 66
4 40
L. W. Hobart & Son, grain and meal
171 80
Joel F. Sheppard, 66
82 43
Ambler & Hobart, 66
37 15
W. A. Hodges, bread and crackers
69 69
Braintree school fund, 16 cords standing wood
32 00
Edward Hobart, 7} cords pine wood
31 75
Joel F. Sheppard, coal
3 95
George Hill, 66
10 23
Braintree Clothing Store, clothing
32 25
Wild & Shay, blacksmith work
40 75
Braintree School fund, rent .
200 00
E. B. Holmes, fish
13 93
Wm A. Kane, dry goods
7 57
Franklin Cram, 4 pigs
14 00
A. J. Towns, ice
9 98
Hiram A. French, ploughing .
6 00
F. B. Parks, stovepipe, lantern, and tin-ware
16 02
George H. Arnold, barrel onions .
2 00
.
1 00
$598 61
9
Loud & Pratt, lumber .
$11 84
E. T. Ellis, cash paid sundry bills
47 88
Noah Torrey, medical attendance
3 00
Harvey S. Page, medicines
3 50
Elias Hayward 66
.
70
Abijah Allen, Overseer .
12 00
S. W. Hollis, 66
.
20 00
D. H. Bates,
6
·
service on account of tramps
25 00
S. W. Hollis, 66
66
66
25 00
ALMSHOUSE CREDITS.
Appraised, Feb. 1, 1878
$1,823 16
Cash received for labor and produce
416 67
Due from Moses Hunt, for hay
5 05
Total cost of poor in almshouse
· $1,776 19
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
Age.
Days.
Isaac Wild
61
365
George W. Hall
51
365
Mary A. Littlefield
60
365
William Wild .
62
365
Sally White
72
365
George N. Thayer
42
365
William S. Fogg
66
365
Jerre Sexton
67
365
Thomas Buker .
43
276
Maria Kelley
16
168
Marston Cummings
70
48
John Carrigan .
27
64
Thomas Jordan
72
183
John Sheehan .
65
231
Katie Tallon ·
20
36
495 tramps
.
Total number of days
4,421
Total number of weeks .
6314
Cost of poor per week
$2814
Due from the town of Weymouth for board of John
Shechan
. $92 81
.
6 99
Julia F. Hayward 66
20 00
$4,021 07
$2,244 88
.
495
The auditors, in taking the valuation of the town property at the Poor Farm, have reduced the appraisal of several articles from last year on ac- count of age, wear, and reduction of 'current prices. The whole place
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shows evidence outside and inside of the house of the efficient industry and thrift of the superintendent and his wife. We noticed the good condition of the stock and carriages, also, a new improved snow plough and wagon body made by himself, all painted and in good order, the farming tools ready for immediate use, and that the inmates are well cared for.
JOHN B. ARNOLD, ASA T. PRATT,
Auditors.
POOR OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Taunton Hospital, support of C. E. Thayer . $218 40
66 66 Jacob Veazie . 254 15
66 66 66 William Kincaide . 190 30
66 Mary Goodman 197 03
G. C. Hallenbeck, funeral expenses of Alice Buker
20 00
City of Boston, aid to Mary Bailey
2 10
66 66 66 Bridget Callahan
20 20
66 66 child of John Hanlon 16 02
.
66
66 66 Anna Wild
18 02
N. R. Proctor, supplies to Almira Giles
6 00
Joseph Loud & Co., coal 66 ٤٠
3 37
A. Wyman, medicine for Mrs. Howard Francis Ambler " 66
75
Joel .F. Sheppard, coal 66
24 32
Susan Mulligan, nursing
31 00
T. H. Dearing, medical att.
6 00
A. J. Bates & Co., groceries 66
10 00
C. W. Smith, 66 66
23 00
John B. Allen, wood
4 50
C. W. Smith, groceries to Mrs. Bentley
18 00
R. C. Payne, coal to Mrs. E. Langley .
13 50
H. M. White, supplies 60
.
92 50
J. E. Sheppard, coal 66 . 66
5 50
P. D. Holbrook & Co., supplies to L. D. Stone
45 00
Douglas A. Brooks, tickets for L. D. Stone, wife and four chil- dren, to Texas . 120 00
T. J. Hill, goods to J. Frank Holbrook
14 00
A. S. Niles, meat 66
1 38
Alvin Mann, wood 66
.
3 50
W. O. Faxon, med att. “
153 00
Harvey S. Page, medicines to J. Frank Holbrook
5 70
Town of Randolph, supplies 66
50 70
Joel F. Sheppard, coal to M. Kirby 66 66 66 Mrs. A. H. Hunt
4 19
8 37
J. Marcus Arnold, groceries 66 66
3 71
T. H. Dearing, med. att. 66 66
.
3 00
66 66 60 Mary E. Hussey .
12 12
66 66 66 Rachel Nash
60 00
2 80
Northampton "
11
Elias Hayward, medicine, Mrs. A. H. Hunt . $3 55 Joel F. Sheppard, coal to Tristam Dalton 17 40
A. J. Bates & Co., groceries to Tristam Dalton John B. Allen, wood 66
42 00
Joel F. Sheppard, coal to Chas. F. Arnold .
4 19
J. Marcus Arnold, groceries to Chas. F. Arnold Joel F. Sheppard, coal to Sophia Lehman
14 37
J. Marcus Arnold, groceries to Sophia Lehman Joel F. Sheppard, coal to Robert Bentley 66
66 Jane Smith
2 10
Town of Weymouth, aid
30 25
William Buker, rent, Willard Wild
31 00
G. C. Hallenbeck, funeral expenses, Julia Dorety N. R. Proctor, goods to George Dorety
8 50
T. W. Sampson, meat 66
4 70
T. H. Dearing, med. att. 66 66
5 00
J. Marcus Arnold, groceries to James M. Bryant 14 00
26 32
Thomas H. Hays, rent Mrs. Thomas Kelley .
12 00
Ellen Shehan,
66 66
·
4 (0
C. W. Smith, groceries 66 66
1 35
66 66 66 James M. Bryant
1 00
John B. Allen, wood 66
3 00
C. W. Smith, goods to Maria Barton
11 00
Henry W. White, goods to Betsey Wild 43 36
19 50
William A. Kane, dry goods 66
3 00
David H. Bates, cash 2 00
15 00
E. T. Ellis, wood 66
3 00
H. M. White, goods to James E. Wheeler
9 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., goods to James E. Wheeler Noah Torrey, med. att.
4 00
Town of West Springfield, aid to Robert Tipping H. M. White, aid to Daniel O'Hearn
2 00
66 Daniel Halisey
6 00
J. F. Sheppard, coal to Michael Quinn .
5 30
John Crane, shoes 66 66
5 75
A. J. Bates & Co., groceries to Michael Quinn
5 00
W. K. Baker & Son, moving Edmund Burke
4 00
A. J. Bates & Co., goods to 66 66
41 00
66 John B. Allen, wood
3 50
Overseers of Poor, cash to Patrick Newman
H. M. White, goods to 66 66
.
5 00
P. D. Holbrook “ 66
5 00
J. F. Sheppard, coal to Thomas J. Dalton .
5 25
C. W. Smith, groceries 66
6 00
J. F. Sheppard, coal to Mrs. Thomas Kelley
3 40
.
Henry M. White, goods to Mrs. B. F. Hayden
24 00
35 10
Joseph Huff, wood 66
.
20 00
Joel F. Sheppard, coal
66
51 14
2 10
18 00
4 89
5 00
12
Joseph Loud & Co., coal to George Carney . 66 66
$3 37
Frederic E. Johnson .
3 37
George Hill, wood
3 50
James S. Holbrook, support of Jona. Holbrook .
8 03
A. J. Bates & Co., goods to Wm. McCormick
3 00
" 66 Harriet Dalton
21 50
66
66
66 William Tobin .
6 00
Town of Weymouth, aid to M. E. Nason
25 00
93 35
66 Stoughton 66
66
5 00
66
66 Elbridge Snow . 66
20 70
P. D. Holbrook & Co., goods to J. Martin
J. Webster Hollis, meat
66
3 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., goods to Mrs. J. B. Moore
8 03
66 66 66 66 (refunded) .
5 63
66
66
66
Mrs. Farnum
3 00
66
66
66 Thomas Buker
3 00
66
66
Edward Huff
60 00
Noah Torrey, medical attend. 66 66
2 50
Town of Quincy, aid to Delia W. Hayden and child
37 93
66 66 66 Chas. F. Arnold
4 25
R. W. Turner & Co., coal to Mrs. Nightingale
4 00
T. J. Hill, groceries
3 00
Abijah Allen, overseer
40 00
S. W. Hollis,
45 00
66 use of team
15 00
66 cash expenses .
6 00
D. H. Bates, overseer .
40 00
66
use of team
15 00
66
cash expenses
5 65
$2,783 92
CR.
By cash from Town of Randolph for aid to Almira Giles $9 37
Mrs. Patrick Howard, 102 37
By cash from Town of Foxboro', aid to Ed. Burke 48 50
Due from City of New Bedford for aid to Sophia Lehman . 65 51
66 City of Boston for aid to Robert Bently
20 10
66 66 66 J. E. Wheeler
33 00
66
66
66 George Carney 3 37
44 32
66
State for aid to F. E. Johnson
6 87
66
66
66 J. B. Moore .
8 03
66 Methuen for aid to Mrs. Farnum
3 00
Cash refunded .
5 63
$350 07
Total cost of poor out of almshouse .
. $2,433 85
Brockton Jacob C. Snow .
3 00
66 Brockton
11 96
21 00
6 William Mulligan .
Town of Hingham for aid to James M. Bryant
13
TAUNTON LUNATIC HOSPITAL.
To cash paid for board of insane persons
· $381 80
66 refunded by friends (see treasurer's account).
STATE AID ACCOUNT.
Cash paid families of soldiers
· $1,032 80
Bill due for January, 1877 .
85 00
Bill sent and due Jan. 1, 1878
· $1,031 80
Cash paid for January, 1878 .
86 00
- $1,117 80
GRAND ARMY APPROPRIATION.
Marcus A. Perkins .
$150 00
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS. SAMUEL S. FRENCH, Surveyor.
S. S. French,
labor 67 days $2 25 . $150 75
66
66 19 66 2 00
· 38 00
66
horse 127₺ 66 1 50
. 191 25
66
cart 81₺ 66 25 20 37
gravel 30 loads 10
3 00
66
66
stone
66
66 powder, fuse and tools .
16 50
Patrick Moils,
horse 5 days 1 50
7 50
66 self and cart 3
66
1 50
4 50
J. B. Woods, self, horse and cart
1
3 25
3 25
Patrick Maguire,“ "
5
6€ 3 00
15 00
John Rennie,
labor
354
6: 1 50
.
66
1 50
.
6 00
James E. Wheeler,
153
1 25
19 37
66
38}
1 50
·
66
2₺
66
1 50
3 75
Charles E. Minchin,
66
33
66
1 50
49 50
Albert H. Holbrook,
66
1
66
. 25
1 25
Willard M. Hunt,
66
8ª
66
1 50
18 12
Andrew Gott,
66
2
66
1 50
.
66
1 25
4 37
William Newman.
66
34
66
1 50
.
4 87
Thomas H. Shea,
66
2
66
1 50
3 00
Stewart Marland,
66
24
66
1 00
· 2 50
George Downey,
1
66
1 00
1 00
Henry H. Howe,
66
4
66
1 50
. 6 00
.
66 1 50
75
George E. Arnold, 66
72
66
1 25
9 37
3 00
F. R. Pratt,
66
2₺
53 62
John Finnegan,
6
66
57 75
Adam Hobart,
3 50
.
$1,117 80
14
Patrick F. Maguire,
labor
4& days
$1 25
$5 62
James Conley,
66
103
1 25
13 12
Daniel Ahearn,
66
10
1 50
15 00
Patrick Newman,
66
8₺
66
1 25
·
10 62
Benjamin Stevens,
66
14
66
1 50
21 00
Charles F. Saunders,
66
14
66
. 25
17 50
Thomas Finnegan, 66 66
66
323
66
1 50
48 75
Patrick McLaughlin,
66
7分
1 50
11 25
William H. French, 66 66
66
35
66
1 50
52 50
Peter Mooney,
66
34
60
1 50
. 51 00
James Finnegan,
66
days
1 25
6 87
Leonard Hunt,
66
31
66
1 50
46 50
66
66
25
10 62
R. D. Hobart,
gravel 524 loads
15
78 60
O. C. R. R.
80
66
5
4 00
Charles E. Minchin,
66
22
66
15
3 30
Mrs. J. H. Thayer,
66
21
5
. 1 05
N. H. Hunt,
66
59
66
8
4 55
Joseph A. Arnold,
66
28
17
4 76
Calvin French,
66
156
63
10 14
Wild & Shay, blacksmith work
1 33
H. H. Thayer, sharpening drills and picks
5 55
Hiram Wild, stone work .
1 84
Amasa Thayer, «
1 00
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber
THOMAS HILL, Surveyor.
Thomos Hill,
labor 78₺ days 66 61
$2 25
. $176 62
66
6 75
66
60
man 6
33
6
1 25
4 38
66
60
horse and boy
15
66
2 50
37 50
66
66
horse, cart and man
3
66 2 50
7 50
66
66 powder and use of stone tools
4 68
George Hill, self, horse and cart 29
days
3 25
94 25
Geo. W. Hill,
253 50
Samuel Hill,
66
66
35
3 25
. 113 75
John Hill, 66
66
66
68
66
3 00
204 00
labor
12
66
1 50
18 00
George Hill.
66
1
66
1 50
1 50
George W. Hill,
34
1 50
·
4 87
Charles F. Arnold,
66
7
66
1 50
10 50
John W. Cook,
66
134
66
1 50
. 20 62
John Mahar,
66
66
1 50
. 9 75
William Garrity,
66
17
66
1 50
25 50
Josiah Holbrook,
16
66
1 50
24 00
Thomas P. Fogg,
66
4
66
1 50
.
6 00
·
·
.
1 00
Alva Saunders,
·
·
·
.
6 67
·
.
.
.
·
66
3 25
.
·
.
17 50
14
66
1 25
.
.
66
17₺
66
1 25
21 87
.
.
60
$1,166 16
1 50
78
.
66
15
Richard McNair,
labor 5 days $1 50
· $7 50
Cornelius Maguire,
1
1 50
1 50
Michael Keene,
66
1 50
5 25
S. W. Hollis, gravel, 1,236 loads, 10
123 60
B. L. Morrison, " 12
66
12}
1 50
L. Lynch, blacksmith work
2 79
W. K. Bell, pump handle
85
BENJAMIN J. LORING, Surveyor.
Benjamin J. Loring, labor 8421 days, $2 25
. 190 24
Robert M. Loring
66
424 66 1 50 .
64 12
Willie J. Loring,
66 862%
66 481 66 66
66
66
12 00
Thomas J. Dalton,
66 178
66
66
25 95
James Bradley,
66
5326
66
66
80 02
Everett A. Harris,
66
374
66
55 87
Charles A. Cronin,
66
164
66
66
24 37
E R. Waterman, horse and cart, 26 days, $1 75
45 49
John B. Allen, 66
45%
66
80 14
66
2 horses and cart, 1313%
3 50
46 55
J. F. Sheppard, 2 horses and man, 20} 66 66 horse and cart, 16本 66 1 75
66 4 50
91 12
Francis Leben, horse and cart,
66
7 87
J. I). Guterson, use of double cart, 20} 66
33
6 76
Eben Denton, gravel, 228 loads,
163
38 00
Caleb Stetson,
66
740 66
16
118 40
Henry Dugan,
13
10
1 30
George E. Faxon,
66
10
66
20
2 00
Francis Leben,
66
102
10
10 20
Benj. Hawes, Jr.,
66
95
6
7
6 65
William McDowell, 66
33
10
3 30
Loud & Pratt, lumber and spikes
4 51
W. I. Jordan, sharpening tools
4 75
George S. Baker, shovels and scythe
7 75
W. G. Thayer, powder and fuse
79
$1,166 66
Amount expended on highways
$3,499 48
REMOVING SNOW.
Thomas Hill, cash paid .
$7 59
B. J. Loring, 66
6 50
John B. Allen .
.
.
11 25
William Allen .
6 00
E. T. Ellis
1 00
$32 25
66
44
66 2 00 . 9 00
66
128 93
William Mills,
72 15
John Preston,
66
8
.
28 43
66
.
$1,166 66
16
DRAWBRIDGE.
Samuel F. Whitmarsh, Superintendent
$100 00
John B. Allen,
labor, så days, $2 50
14 37
William Allen,
66
53 66 2 50
14 37
William Mills,
66
34 66 1 25
4 68
Jolın Preston,
2
1 25
2 50
B. J. Loring,
66
74
66
2 00
15 00
Willie J. Loring,
66
23
1 25
2 81
66
66
66 1 50
75
John B. Allen, horse and cart, 2}
66
1 75
3 93
66
66
derrick, 5
75
3 75
66
stone and carting
18 00
B. J. Loring, lighting bridge .
5 25
Loud and Pratt
3 31
A. J. Bates & Co., lantern and oil
1 10
Joseph I. Bates, 66 and repairing
1 15
S. W. Pratt,
66
1 00
T. D. Bagley, labor on buoys
4 75
William Allen, labor
50
B. J. Loring and cash paid
37
Samuel F. Whitmarsh, labor and material
3 72
Thomas South, steel key and bolts
2 25
MIDDLE STREET.
$214 56
N. M. Hobart, balance of contract
$40 00
Michael Brandley,
on
66
25 00
Joshua Bunker, gravel
7 00
Benj. Hawes, jr.
66
.
labor
20
days at $1 25
25 00
John W. Cook,
22 19
66
66
4
66 1 50
6 00
66
66 1 25
8 13
66
13₫
1 25
17 19
Thomas Hill,
26₺
66 1 50
39 75
66
66
horse, cart and man
21₺
2 50
53 75
66 66
66
4
66
1 50
6 00
E. T. Ellis, horse, cart and men
60 25
J. B. Rhines, lumber
31 73
J. Jarvis, French posts .
22 40
L. Lynch, blacksmith work .
7 95
Thomas South, iron posts and bolts
15 63
S. W. Hollis,
horse
212 days at
25
27 19
66
gravel 129 loads
10
12 90
Benj. Hawes, jr.
321
66
7
22 47
S. W. Hollis, posts 66 6 6 superintendence
8 00
$472 53
S. W. Hollis, returned to treasurer
8 47
$481 00
.
9 00
John Hill,
173
1 25
Simeon Thayer,
Josiah Holbrook,
66
.
·
5 00
.
17
QUINCY AVENUE.
N. M. Hobart, self, 2 horses, 2 carts and 2 men $7 50
$172 50
George E. Fogg, self, horse and cart 16 days
3 00
. 48 00
Andrew Gott, 66
42
66 3 00
14 25
Michael Whearty, “ 66
66
62
66 3 00
19 50
James Willis,
horse, cart and boy
6
66
2 75
16 50
John S. Hanson, 66 66
66
66
11} 66
2 75
31 63
horse
6:
3
66
4 50
Michael Hawkes,
double team
9
66 5 00
45 00
John B. Allen, 2 horses and 2 carts
6
66 3 50
21 00
Frank McDomel,
labor
22₺ 66 1 25
28 12
Thomas Ahearn,
27 50
Peter Curran,
66
17
66
1 25
21 25
Luke Mulligan,
11 87
Thomas J. Griffin,
66
20
66
1 25
25 00
Patrick Sullivan,
66
18
66
1 25
22 50
James F. Willis,
66
143
66
1 25
18 12
Michael Scanlan,
66
21
66
1 25
26 75
John Doyle,
17
66
1 25
21 25
Joseph Clinton,
20}
66
1 25
25 62
Michael Connors,
66
3₺
66
1 25
4 37
Vincent Rougasky,
66
14₺
66
1 25
18 12
Charles Remington,
66
2
66
1 25
2 50
James Willis,
66
11
1 25
13 75
Patrick Sullivan, 2d,
66
14
66
1 25
17 50
Hugh Rafferty,
66
7
66
1 25
8 75
Joseph Flood,
66
7
66
1 25
8 75
Thomas Mulligan,
3x
66
1 25
4 06
Timothy Keefe,
66
94
66
1 25
9 68
John Dorety,
66
10
66
1 25
12 50
Francis P. Wall,
66
2
66
1 25
2 50
Joseph S. Miller,
3
66
1 25
3 75
Thomas J. Griffin,
66
2
66
1 25
2 50
William Mills,
60
7
66
1 50
10 50
Thomas J. Dalton,
66
6
66
1 50
9 00
Willie Loring,
66
6
66
1 50
9 00
John Preston,
66
6
66
1 50
9 00
James Bradley,
66
2
66
1 50
3 00
E. A. Harris,
66
66
1 50
75
Benj. J. Loring,
66
6
66
2 25
13 50
Eben Denton,
gravel, 1015
loads
163
169 16
Daniel Hayward,
122
66
10 00
Michael Whearty,
stone
36
66 25
9 00
John S. Hanson, damage breaking glass
50
Concord Granite Co., stone and sharpening tools
3 27
William H. Cobb, 6 shovels
6 00
65
1 25
23 12
John Preston,
66
18₺
66
1 25
22
66 1 25
2
18
Robert Gillespie, sharpening tools
$6 05
W. I. Jordan, 66
.
: 60
Wendell & Co., powder
1 50
E. A. Harris, stone and fuse .
2 50
Ditmar Powder Co., dualin caps and fuse
6 70
A. J. Bates & Co., water pails and dippers .
.
105 00
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
C. Franklin David, printing town report $110 00
Rand, Avery & Co., 66 school « 45 00 .
A. Mudge & Son, 66 centennial documents 461 30
C. G. Easterbrooks,
66
warrants and notices
15 50
Green & P'rescott,
66
notices
2 50
E. F. E. Thayer, insurance
44 40
S. A. Bates, recording births, marriages, and deaths 60 stationery and postage 2 20
64 25
J. R. Osgood & Co., heliotyping deed . 27 50
14 50
R. D. Hobart, surveying and witness fees, 1876 John Cronan, horse hire
6 50
Thayer Bros.,
8 75
G. C. Hallenbeck, returning deaths
7 00
Samuel Curtis, 66
8 00
Asa French, legal services in McCue case
50 00
W. A. Allen, distributing town reports
2 25
H. B. Vinton, 66 66
4 00
E T. Ellis, 66 66 66
4 50
66
66 school 6
9 00
66
16 centennial reports
9 00
Wild & Shay, repairing pump
2 00
Joseplı I. Bates,
5 00
H. Woodsum, expressing
3 20
H. B. Pierce, secretary of commonwealth, voting register . .
1 60
Fiske Barret, services and express to Abington and Boston
6 45
Nichols & Hall, stationery
3 49
E. T. Ellis, removing town bounds
3 00
Elias Hayward, postage stamps A. Allen, blank books, etc.
6 87
66 cash expenses .
7 92
66 for telegrams
15 00
S. W. Hollis, use of team . . cash expenses
..
2 50
D. H. Bates, 66 use of team
15 00
Town of Quincy, running town lines
2 00
Patrick Purcell, carting stone, 1875
3 00
William Reed, team to Rockland, 1876 .
2 00
$995 18
2 79
2 66
3 25
$1,006 79
Peter A. Wales & Son, repairing pumps
11 30
19
TOWN OFFICERS.
Abijah Allen, selectman, assessor, and overseer .
. $315 00
S. W. Hollis,
·
300 00
David H. Bates, 66 66
66
315 00
Jonathan French, treasurer
200 00
Samuel A. Bates, town clerk
.
35 00
N. L. White, school committee
60 00
Noah Torrey, 66
50 00
Fiske Barrett,
75 00
Geo. H. Arnold, «
·
65 00
Jas. M. Cutting, «
50 00
Horace Faxon, constable
10 00
Eben Denton, auditor
7 50
N. F. T. Hayden, "
8 00
$1,490 50
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Isaac Porter,
night police, 4} months, at $50 00
$225 00
J. Franklin Bates,
66 66
225 00
Benjamin J. Loring, Jr.,
66
66
66
225 00
66 66
4 00
Horace Faxon,
66 66
.
66
1870 .
25 00
W. M. French, use of lock-up, 1876
10 50
Town of Quincy, " 66
29 00
$747 50
JANITOR
Of Town Hall, Public Library, High School and Pond School, George F. Leonard .
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