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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE,
FROM
FEB. 1, 1890, TO FEB. 1, 1891,
TOGETHER WITH THE
BEPORT OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
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BOSTON: ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, 24 FRANKLIN STREET. 1891.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE,
FROM
FEB. 1, 1890, TO FEB. 1 1891,
TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
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BOSTON: ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, 24 FRANKLIN STREET. 1891.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1890.
Moderator. F. A. HOBART.
Town Clerk. SAMUEL A. BATES.
Town Treasurer. ANDREW J. BATES.
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor. ANSEL O. CLARK. J. FRANKLIN BATES. NATHANIEL F. HUNT.
School Committee.
ALBERT E. AVERY (3 yrs). JOHN REED (3 yrs.) (resigned). L. H. H. JOHNSON. H. L. DEARING. E. AUGUSTUS WILD. MRS. ANN M. BROOKS. MRS. REBECCA H. MORRISON.
Collector of Taxes. DAVID H. B. THAYER.
Water Commissioners.
ASA FRENCH. JOHN V. SCOLLARD. JAMES T. STEVENS.
Auditors. DANIEL POTTER. ALVERDO MASON. L. WILLARD MORRISON.
Trustee of Thayer Public Library (to fill vacancy). E. WATSON ARNOLD. School Fund Committee (to fill vacancies).
HENRY A. JOHNSON. FRANCIS A. HOBART.
Fence Viewers.
FREEMAN G. CROSBY. JOHN V. SCOLLARD. JOSIAH PENNIMAN.
Constables.
HORACE FAXON. EDWIN L. CURTIS.
ALBERT HOBART.
JAMES A. REYNOLDS.
GEORGE T. DEE.
HENRY M. STORMS.
CONRAD MISCHLER.
BENJAMIN J. LORING, JR.
JAMES R. QUALEY. EVERETT A. HARRIS.
THOMAS FALLON. ISAAC L. JONES.
JOHN KELLEY, of Quincy Avenue.
TABLE OF AGGREGATES SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND THE VALUE OF PROPERTY ASSESSED IN THE TOWN OF BRAIN- TREE, FOR THE YEAR 1890 : -
Number of persons assessed for poll-tax only 743
66 " residents assessed on property
857
" non-residents assessed on property 205
66 " firms and corporations in town 14
66
out of town .
5
Total number of persons, firms, and corporations
1,824
66
" polls ·
1,311
Value of assessed personal property
$840,475
66
" buildings
1,568,175
" land
1,041,000
Total valuation
$3,449,650
Number of acres of land
7,961
" dwelling-houses
990
" horses assessed
550
66 " cows assessed
551
66 " oxen assessed
4
66
" swine assessed
561
At the annual town meeting the following sums were raised and appropriated : -
For support of schools, besides school funds
and dog tax . $9,500 00
Incidentals for schools
300 00
Incidentals for schoolhouses
1,100 00
Text-books and supplies
700 00
Superintendent of schools
1,200 00
Conveyance of pupils
200 00
Support of poor
4,000 00
Repairs of highways
4,000 00
Stone road
3,000 00
Removal of snow
500 00
Public Library
700 00
Amount carried forward
. . $25,200 00
4
Amount brought forward . $25,200 00
For Janitor
600 00
Town lands
100 00
Interest on town debt
1,200 00
Interest on water bonds
2,500 00
Sinking fund
2,000 00
State aid, Chap. 279
400 00
Incidental expenses ·
1,200 00
Collection and abatement of taxes
700 00
Town officers
2,500 00
Law suits
5,000 00 ..
Post 87, G. A. R.
175 00
Fire department
1,200 00
Hose carriages
600 00
Delivering books
100 00
Celebration of 250th anniversary
2,000 00
Eliot Street
300 00
Flagstones
500 00
Committee on Sewerage
150 00
Moderator
25 00
$46,450 00
Less bank and corporation tax deducted
7,000 00
$39,450 00
SCHOOLS.
Appropriation
$9,500 00
HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid C. E. Stetson, teaching 40 weeks, at $30 . $1,200 00
Carrie M. Bassett, teaching 40 weeks,
at $15 600 00
$1,800 00
POND SCHOOL.
Paid Fred H. Saunders, teaching 40 weeks, at $17.50
$700 00
Amount carried forward
$700 00
5
Amount brought forward $700 00
Paid Sarah L. Arnold, teaching 40 weeks,
at $10 400 00 Helen C. Bacon, teaching 24 weeks,
at $10 .
240 00
Martha S. Harding, teaching 20 weeks,
at $10 200 00
Carrie L. Whiting, teaching 16 weeks, at $10
160 00
Emma M. Kane, teaching 18% weeks, at $3 56 40
Annie M. Brooks, teaching 10g weeks, at $3 32 40
Annie M. Brooks, teaching 8 weeks, at $5 40 00
Sarah M. Aldrich, teaching 12 weeks, at $10 120 00
Sarah M. Aldrich, teaching 4 weeks, at $12 .
48 00
Nellie Connors, teaching 3% weeks, at $10 38 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 70 38
C. H. Potter, kindlings .
7 20
$2,112 38
UNION SCHOOL.
Paid Herbert E. Walker, teaching 40 weeks, at $17.50 $700 00
Abbie A. Mills, teaching 20 weeks, at $10 200 00
Abbie A. Mills, teaching 20 weeks, at $12 240 00
Sarah L. Hadley, teaching 40 weeks, at $10 . 400 00
Adelaide E. Perry, teaching 20 weeks, at $10 . 200 00
Amount carried forward. . $1,740 00
6
Amount brought forward . $1,740 00 Paid Clara A. Holbrook, teaching 5 weeks, at $3 15 00
Hannah C. Whelan, teaching 14g weeks, at $3 . 44 40
Erminnie A. French, teaching 20 weeks,
at $8 160 00
Julia A. Williams, teaching 20 weeks, at $8 ·
160 00
O. Q. Ball, care of house ·
103 00
Michael Mohan, care of house 75 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
64 63
R. A. Gage, wood 9 00
C. H. Potter, kindlings 8 40
$2,379 43
IRON WORKS SCHOOL.
Paid Victoria P. Wilde, teaching 40 weeks, at $17.50 $700 00
Mary L. Crowe, teaching 20 weeks, at $10 . 200 00
Mary L. Crowe, teaching 20
weeks,
at $12 .
240 00
Mabel L. Bates, teaching 20 weeks, at $10 200 00
Avis A. Thayer, teaching 40 weeks, at $10 .
400 00
Nellie E. Bowles, teaching 20 weeks, at $10 200 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 82 89
John Taylor, care of house
160 00
John Gray, sawing wood ·
1 10
C. H. Potter, kindlings
7 20
$2,191 19
EAST SCHOOL.
Paid Theresa M. Jenkins, teaching 40 weeks, at $10 $400 00
Amount carried forward
.
$400 00
7
Amount brought forward $400 00
Paid William Kelley, care of house 60 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
19 78
C. H. Potter, kindlings
7 20
MIDDLE STREET SCHOOL.
Paid Edith A. Willey, teaching 20 weeks,
at $10 . $200 00
Mabel L. Bates, teaching 20 weeks, at $10 ,
200 00
Benjamin Hawes, Jr., care of house 15 00
J. F. Sheppard, coal .
18 99
C. H. Potter, kindlings
· 3 00
$436 98
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Paid Margaret E. C. Bannon, teaching 20
weeks, at $10
$200 00
Margaret E. C. Bannon, teaching 20 weeks, at $12
240 00
M. A. Holbrook, care of house
15 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 25 90
C. H. Potter, kindlings ·
5 40
·
$486 30
SOUTHWEST SCHOOL. Paid Lillian McCormick, teaching 20 weeks,
at $8
$160 00
Annie T. Dyer, care of house ·
7 50
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
13 39
WEST SCHOOL.
Paid Nellie E. Bowles, teaching 20 weeks, at $8
$160 00
Hannah C. Whelan, teaching 20 weeks, at $8
160 00
Elisha Saville, care of house
15 00
Amount carried forward : · $335 00
$486 98
$180 89
8
Amount brought forward $335 00
Paid Elisha Saville, kindlings . 1 00
C. H. Potter, kindlings 3 60
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
18 42
$358 02
Total for Schools
$10,432 17
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Appropriation .
$1,200 00 ·
Paid Clarence W. Fearing . $1,200 00
INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLS.
Appropriation .
$300 00
Paid O. Q. Ball, cleaning cellar, Union $1 05
Wallace Spooner, supplies 85 35
C. W. Fearing, cash paid for supplies 25 25
Frank A. Bates, repairing stoves, Union . 6 75 .
Frank A. Bates, stoves and supplies, Union and Middle Street 38 32
John W. Rowell, truant officer 1 50
E. L. Curtis, truant officer 9 30
John Kelley, truant officer .
18 00
H. B. Vinton, truant officer
2 25
Hooper, Lewis & Co., supplies . 1 25
Effingham, Maynard & Co., supplies 5 04
D. Appleton & Co., supplies
30
Carter, Rice & Co., supplies ·
1 28
University Publishing Company, sup- plies 5 21
H. Dana, supplies
30
Oliver Ditson & Co., supplies .
4 35
Silver, Burdett & Co., supplies . 90
M. W. Meserve, supplies .
30 00
Ford & McCormick, supplies
4 75
Amount carried forward $241 15
9
Amount brought forward $241 15
Paid Irverson, Blackman & Co., supplies .
98
E. A. Wild, cash paid, supplies . 2 25
Braintree Water Supply Company, water, Pond . 20 00
Braintree Water . Supply Company, water, Iron Works . 20 00
Braintree Water Supply Company, water, East . 6 00
William May, expressing and labor on well 21 50
Joseph I. Bates, repairs on stoves, East
17 29
George Sumner, repairs on Pond and West 8 00
A. H. Holbrook, cleaning vault, South, 2 00
M. A. Holbrook, cleaning room, South, 5 00
M. R. Warren, supplies 2 00
George S. Perry, supplies . 12 50
Mary Vigar, cleaning, East
4 50
W. G. Benham, labor, Pond 1 00
I. H. Clark, painting, 66 2 50
Mrs. DeYoung, cleaning, Union 6 75
O. C. R. R., freight on furniture 10 79
Globe Furniture Company, furniture . 82 81
Mrs. S. C. Loring, cleaning, Iron Works 12 00
J. L. Hammett, supplies 2 50
H. F. Pierce, surveying, Iron Works, 6 00
C. H. Hobart, supplies 5 23
H. G. Whitcomb, supplies 34 20
T. B. Vinton & Son, expressing 3 00
Gus B. Bates, repairs and supplies, Iron Works . 21 62
Michael Mohan, supplies, Union 60
S. E. Fitch, supplies, High 2 48
H. M. White, supplies, High 85
Amount carried forward $555 50
10
Amount brought forward $555 50
Paid H. H. Snow, cleaning clock, Pond 1 00
C. E. Woodbury, curtains, Union 11 15
H. L. Thayer, use of team 5 00
L. H. H. Johnson, supplies for com- mittee 3 25
F. A. Oliver, cleaning windows, Pond, 5 00
Hollis & Weeks, supplies, Union
23
J. M. Arnold, supplies, Union .
62
C. B. Woodsum, expressing
13 27
O. M. Rogers, supplies, South 2 30
Green & Prescott, printing 24 50
F. H. Saunders, material for repair-
ing flag 1 10
$622 92
INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLHOUSES.
Appropriation .
$1,100 00 .
Paid Peter Ness, setting glass, Pond and Union $10 05
H. H. Snow, cleaning two clocks, Pond, 1 50
William Kelley, labor, etc., East 8 55
George H. Holbrook, labor and stock, Union 16 78
M. L. Tupper, labor and stock, South, 25 75
George Gerrior, cleaning vault, Pond, 4 00
Mary Remington, cleaning Middle Street house . 3 00
H. K. Durling, shingling Pond house, 63 96
T. H. Jones, mason work, Pond house, 18 15
E. A. Wild, cash paid, repairs, Pond house 1 67
Boston Spar Company, flag-staffs for three houses . 159 63
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber, Pond house 117 27
Amount carried forward $430 31
11
Amount brought forward $430 31 Paid Hayward Brothers, labor and stock,
Iron Works 154 99
Hayward Brothers, labor and stock, East · Elisha Saville, cleaning house, West, 4 50
41 53
Robert Brooks, setting glass, Iron Works 6 90
A. A. Drollett, grading yard, West 3 00
J. H. G. Robinson, labor and stock, Union 20 27
C. C. Webster, mason work, East and Iron Works 13 50 . A. Downey, labor and stock, South 5 00
Globe Furniture Company, furniture, Union . 130 00 William G. Benham, labor and stock, Pond 14 00
C. A. Belcher, rent for schoolroom, Union 90 00
O. M. Rogers, labor and stock, Pond, · 9 61
M. L. Tupper, labor and stock, Pond, 60
$924 21
Cr.
From sale of shingles
1 00
$923 21
CONVEYING PUPILS.
Appropriation
$200 00
Paid Old Colony Railroad, conveying pupils,
$115 58
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Appropriation $700 00
Paid Boston School Supply Company,
books and supplies
·
.
$287 53
Thompson, Brown & Co., books and
supplies .
48 68
1
Amount carried forward
$336 21
12
Amount brought forward $336 21 Paid Thorp Adams Mfg. Company, books and supplies . 2 84
C. E. Stetson, books and supplies 9 00
J. L. Hammett, books and supplies 51 71
J. W. Lindsey & Co., books and sup- plies 1 80
William Ware & Co., books and sup- plies 27 30
Carter, Rice & Co., books and supplies, 21 29
Winkley, Dresser & Co., books and supplies 1 00
Educational £ Publishing Company, books and supplies 1 08
Samuel Ward & Co., books and sup- plies 14 40
University Publishing Company, books and supplies . 4 83
Geo. S. Perry, books and supplies 76 40
M. R. Warren, books and supplies 3 00
Cassell Publishing Company, books and supplies .
20 00
D. Appleton & Co., books and sup- plies
1 80
Potter & Coates, books and supplies . 1 75
D. C. Heath & Co., books and sup- plies .
124 05
Ginn & Co., books and supplies . .
148 74
Allen & Bacon, books and supplies ·
3 00
American Book Company, books and supplies
12 21
A. Worcester & Sons, books and sup- plies 4 50
F. H. Fearing, books and supplies ·
2 10
R. A. Gage, expressing .
15
·
$869 16
Cr.
2 77
To money refunded . .
$866 39
13
POOR IN ALMSHOUSE.
Appropriation
$2,500 00
Dr.
To appraisal Feb. 1, 1890 . $1,660 50
Paid W. A. Grant, superintendent
152 00
W. A. Grant, sundries . 12 62
Morrill Williams, services and expenses, 15 75
Charles H. Potter, services as superin- tendent 253 10 ·
Charles H. Potter, sundries 16 93
Lizzie Corkery, hired girl
159 00
Henry M. White, supplies
111 97
Horace Dana, supplies
38 57 ·
Hollis & Weeks, supplies
94 64
C. H. Hobart, supplies
162 73 .
J. M. Arnold, supplies
142 22
R. Porter, supplies
171 95
Bryant & Co., supplies
39 55
Braintree Clothing Store, clothing, boots and shoes 106 24
Ambler & Hobart, grain
. 148 39
M. B. Woodsum, bread and crackers .
87 51
Mrs. S. E. Fitch, dry goods .
54 69
John F. Eaton, meat
50 72
Bradford & Mansfield . 120 23
George E. Jones, fish . 4 32
Jacob Dexheimer, Jr., fish 26 28
L. Bradford Hollis, cow 42 00
Noah Torrey, medical attendance on in- mates, 2 years . 49 25
T. H. Dearing, medical attendance on inmates 14 00
A. C. Hollenbeck, burial of Charles Hay- den, 2d 15 00
Amount carried forward
. $3,750 16
.
14
Amount brought forward $3,750 16 Paid A. C. Hollenbeck, burial of Elizabeth
Saunders . 15 00
Josephus Sampson, killing hogs, 3 years, 9 00
Frank A. Bates, repairs on plumbing, stoves, etc., heater, and supplies 61 14
M. L Tupper, labor and stock
1 33
M. L. Tupper, coal
7 00
M. L. Tupper, fertilizer
10 80
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
168 71
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, ice
21 80
W. Austin Torrey, medicine
27 29
·
John Rennie, hay .
27 00
A. E. Bradford, painting, papering, etc. .
17 90
H. W. Bigelow Co., iron beds and Matresses . 38 75
A. W. McArthur & Co., carpet
20 90
G. R. M. Bestick, repairing chairs 4 50
G. Thompson, cleaning clock 1 50
H. H. Thayer, repairs and painting wagon 28 25
T. H. Libby, pigs 10 00
T. H. Libby, plowing . 3 50
T. H. Libby, wood 3 00
W. H. Cobb, new pump
12 10
H. B. Whitman, blankets and repairs on harness 11 55
O'Connor & Lyons, mason work ·
2 75
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber . 9 36
O. M. Rogers, tin-ware and repairs ·
29 45
Joseph Dyer, standing wood
30 00
N. H. Hunt, pine wood 20 00
C. B. Woodsum, expressing . 70
Edward Shay, blacksmith work 16 80
L. M. Ham, repairs on lockup 81 08
M. L. Tupper, stock for lockup 4 70
$4,446 02
15
Cr.
To appraisal, Feb. 1, 1891 .
$1,645 68
Kindlings for schools
51 08
Labor on highways and snow
4 55
Sale of cow
40 00
Due from Thayer Library for kindlings 3 60
$1,744 91
$2,701 11
Due from Christian Hansen .
$81 45
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
AGE.
DAYS.
Charles Hayden .
85
365
George Littlefield
65
365
Ezra Dyer .
73
365
Johanna McMahon
96
365
Elizabeth O. Penniman
82
365
Mary Goodman .
53
365
Mary E. Nolan .
73
365
Maria Gunning ·
68
365
Maria Kelley ·
26
365
George N. Thayer
1
313
Charles Hayden (died)
62
225
Emily C. Hanson
39
222
Sarah McCormish
53
146
Stillman H. Leavitt
13
89
Mary M. Leavitt
11
89
Catherine Leavitt
8
89
Joseph W. Thayer
76
82
Daniel F. O'Sullivan .
34
36
James N. Tower
54
33
Robert McDonnell
51
2
Number of tramps
286
Number of prisoners .
19
Total number of days
5,796
Total number of weeks
828
Total cost per week
$3,26+
.
.
.
.
.
·
.
.
65
329
William F. Kelley
90
289
Andrew J. Eagan
.
67
262
Elizabeth Saunders (died) .
·
.
·
.
·
16
APPRAISAL OF PROPERTY AT THE ALMSHOUSE,
JANUARY 31, 1891.
1 horse
.
$150 00
Am't brought forward, $564 15
1 brush and 1 bill
hook 75
2 scythes and 4 spaths, 3 00
2 brush scythes 1 50
1 sickle and 1 sod cut- ter. 80
1 farm wagon 8 00
1 express wagon
8 00
3 grub hoes 1 50
1 harness (new)
25 00
2 harnesses
12 00
Hay and straw
90 00
1 chain .
1 00
Manure
25 00
34 hens, at 75 cents
25 50
Grain and shorts 3 50
Meadow shoes . ·
50
12 mealbags ·
2 40
Grindstone 4 50 ·
2 meal chests .
1 00
4 measures 1 00
Curry-comb and brush, 75
2 blankets and sur- cingle .
5 50
1 wheeljack and wrench . 1 25
2 ploughs .
4 00
1 harrow 1 00
1 drag 1 50
1 wheelbarrow .
1 00
10 50
1 snow-plough .
6 00
2 hay and 2 iron rakes,
75
2 hay ropes
50
4 hoes
75
26 mattresses 33 25
1 iron bar . 1 00
7 forks 3 00
7 shovels and 2 picks, 3 75
20 00
1 cow
42 00
2 pigs
20 00
1 covered wagon
70 00
1 hay wagon
35 00
1 tip cart . 15 00
1 coal shovel and coal sifter 1 00
1 whiffletree and 5 chains . 3 50
5 axes and 3 saws 3 00
3 saw-horses 50
3 ladders .
4 00
Rubber hose and car- riage 6 00
50 feet large hose 6 00
15 cords wood . 75 00
Lot wood, cut . 24 00
Coal 78 00
Lot lumber 5 00
35 barrels of kindling, 74 barrels 7 40
27 iron bedsteads 180 00
2 wooden bedsteads . 4 00
17 feather-beds . 80 00
26 pillows and bol- sters
Am't carried forward, $564 15
Am't carried forward $1,118 85
17
A'mt bro't forward, $1,118 85
50 pillow-cases 7 50
58 sheets . 20 00
25 pairs of blankets . 25 00
25 comforters . 20 00
3 white bedspreads 1 50
Air pillows
4 00
35 window-curtains
.17 50
1 bedpan . .1 50
Brushes and brooms . 3 50
1 bell, 50c .; 1 bas- ket, 50c. 1 00
Knives and forks 4 00
¿ doz. silver spoons . 3 00
¿ doz. plated spoons,
1 50
3 table-cloths
3 00
17 towels . 2 00
Salt pork .
30 00
Lard .
6 70
Sugar 10 25
75
Looking-glass 1 00
Clock ·
10 00
3 window grates 14 00
1 bureau
5 00
Office table and 3
chairs 15 00 . ·
1 desk ·
5 00
2 stoves and range
45 00
4 boilers 7 00
·
1 steam cooker . 3 50
Tobacco, $10;
to-
bacco cutter, $2.50, 12 50
Soap
6 50
Potatoes 3 50
Coffee 45
Turnips and beets
50
¿ bbl. flour 3 50
Handcuffs
1 00
Am't car'd forward, $1,469 35
Am't bro't forward, $1,469 35 Crockery and glass-
ware
12 00
Lamps and lanterns . 8 00
1 chest of drawers, $2.50 ; 1 closet,50c. 3 00
8 spittoons 5 00
Sewing-machine 15 00
24 chairs .
18 00
30 chairs .
7 50
12 chairs . 4 50
6 rocking-chairs 8 50
1 wheel-chair 10 00
3 sick-chairs 1 50
2 rubber blankets 2 00
14 chambers 5 00
Carpet
20 00
4 door-mats and oil- cloth 2 00
Molasses and vinegar,
Butter
and butter
stamp 1 38.
Crackers 2 50
Raisins 1 40
Beans
1 50
Oil and barrel, $4;
2 oil cans, 50c. 4 50
Spices and preserves, 4 00
Apples
-
1 00
Extension table 7 00 .
2 dining-tables, $5, $2, 7 00
6 tables and covers 15 00
10 toilet-tables . 10 00
1 pine table
1 50
Iron, stone, wooden,
and tinware . 15 00
Am't car'd forward, $1,608 78
18
Am't bro't forward, $1,608 78
8 waterpails, $1;
3 washtubs and bench, $1 2 00
3 clothes-horses, $1 ; and 3 clothes-lines, $1 2 00
3 clothes-wringers,$1; and 6 flat-irons, $2 . 6 00
3 baskets and 4 wash- boards . 2 50
Am't bro't forward, $1,621 28 Steel balances, $2.50 ; stove-lining, $1.25, 3 75
Ice-chest and tongs . 3 00
Medicine . 2 00
Syringe, atomizer, and rubber gloves 1 65
Work-bench 2 00
1 vise 7 00
1 force-pump 4 00
Steps
1 00
Am't car'd forward $1,621 28 $1,645 68
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Appropriation .
$1,500 00
Paid Taunton Hospital, support of William Kincaide · $169 46
State Almshouse, support of John Hennessey 146 00
City of Boston, aid to Annie Egan 1 65
City of Boston, aid to James Egan 1 65
City of Lynn, aid to Mrs. Wm. Fogg . 17 00
Town of Weymouth, aid to Holmes's boy 19 98
Town of Weymouth, aid to Andrew Egan
48 24
City of Springfield, aid to Daniel Car- rigan
2 00
405 98
BETSY WILD.
Paid Town of Holbrook, doctor's bill $9 00
Lewis S. Belcher, wood 3 25 ·
12 25
MRS. WILLIAM HEARN AND THREE CHILDREN.
Cash aid .
$156 00
156 00
Amount carried forward
.
$574 23
19
Amount brought forward
TERENCE STARR AND FAMILY.
Paid T. H. Dearing, medical attendance, $8 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 13 95
James Wilson, groceries
1 00
W. A. Taylor, groceries .
4 00
John Crane, shoes
6 00
THOMAS J. DALTON AND FAMILY.
Paid A. W. Taylor, groceries
$20 00
Bryant & Co., groceries .
2 00
John Crane, shoes ·
12 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
. 13 80
47 80
LEONARDO MORALES AND FAMILY.
Paid Francis King, burial of child $6 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 9 90 ·
15 90
BERTIE AND ANNA JONES.
Paid George B. Jones, support $102 00
102 00
HARRIET L. MANSFIELD.
Paid Town of Randolph, aid
$60 00
Dr. A. L. Chace, medical attendance . 26 00
86 00
MRS. THOMAS SANDERSON AND TWO CHILDREN.
Paid Town of Randolph, aid
$3 58
Henry M. White, supplies . · 111 55
115 13
THOMAS LEAVETT.
Paid Morrill Williams, support 2 years
$50 00
50 00
ANDREW NIGHTENGALE.
Paid M. L. Tupper, coal . .
$8 00
8 00
WILLIAM H. MULLIGAN.
Paid S. F. Newcomb, supplies .
$3 00
3 00
Amount carried forward
. $1,035 01
32 95
20
Amount brought forward . $1,035 01
MRS. O'SULLIVAN.
Paid W. H. Dobb, supplies $10 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal . 25 30 .
35 30
THOMAS J. GRIFFIN.
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal .
$17 25
17 25
LUCINDIA PENNIMAN.
Paid Hunt & Holbrook, house rent
$67 50
67 50
JOSEPH W. THAYER.
Paid Horace Dana, supplies
$12 00
Hollis & Weeks, supplies .
24 00
J. M .¿ Arnold, supplies
15 00
Braintree Clothing Store, supplies
3 00
54 00
MARY RILEY.
Paid Murto Gallivan, aid .
·
$3 00
3 00
MARY GOODWIN.
Paid A. C. Hollenbeck, burial
$1 50
A. Dyer, digging grave .
1 00
2 50
SARAH MCCOMISH.
Paid C. H. Hobart, supplies
$5 00
5 00
SAMUEL CRANSTON.
Paid Braintree Clothing Store, supplies
$3 25
3 25
MARGARET RICHARDSON.
Paid Braintree Clothing Store, shoes
$1 95
1 95
GORMAN BOY.
Paid T. H. Dearing, medical attendance
$13 00
13 00
GEORGE N. THAYER.
Paid John Hall, removing to almshouse
.
$3 50
3 50
Amount carried forward
$1,241 26
21
Amount brought forward . $1,241 26 POOR OF OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS. DANIEL F. O'SULLIVAN (STATE).
Paid Mrs. Cronin, board
$9 00
9 00
RUFUS E. MANN (CANTON) .
Paid M. L. Tupper, coal .
$14 00
14 00
MATHEW FINNAN (BOSTON).
Paid M. L. Tupper, coal
.
$2 50
2 50
WILLIAM R. LYNCH (BROCKTON).
Paid C. H. Hobart, supplies $7 64
7 64
Total
$1,274 40
Cr. .
Due from State for D. F. O'Sullivan $9 00
from Canton for Rufus E. Mann . 14 00
from Boston for Mathew Finnan . ·
2 50
from Brockton for W. R. Lynch . ·
7 64
33 14
Net cost .
. $1,241 26
SOLDIERS' RELIEF, Act of 1890.
Paid City of Boston, relief to Catherine McCarty and family, 3 years . $199 28
City of Brockton, relief to Jacob C. Snow 3 00
Town of Pembroke, relief to Samuel
E. Whitmarsh and family 268 75
Hollis & Weeks, relief to C. Henry Hayden. 5 00
$476 03
EMERY WATKINS (SETTLEMENT HOPKINTON).
Paid M. L. Tupper, coal .
$2 63
R. Porter, supplies 24 68
Post 87, G. A. R., expense removing to Home 5 00
32 31
Amount carried forward
$508 34
22
Amount brought forward $508 34
MRS. E. BURKE (FOXBOROUGH).
Paid Noah Torrey, medical attendance $13 00
W. A. Torrey, medicine 7 80
R. Porter, supplies . 1 00 ·
C. H. Hobart, supplies
1 00
Mrs. Flye, nursing and supplies . 21 45
44 25
ALVA N. NIGHTENGALE (DUXBURY).
Paid H. M. White, supplies
$11 00
C. H. Hobart, supplies 5 04 .
16 04
JAMES E. WHEELER (BOSTON) .
Paid H. M. White, supplies
$2 00
2 00
Total
$570 63
Cr.
Due from Boston for James E. Wheeler, $2 00
from Duxbury, for A. M. Nightengale, 16 04
Received of Hopkinton, for Emery Watkins, 32 31
of Foxborough, for Mrs. E. Burke, 44 25
94 60
Net cost
$476 03
HOSPITALS.
NO APPROPRIATION.
Paid Taunton, Worcester, and State Hos- pitals, for board of insane $380 92
$380 92
Cr
To money refunded, see Treasurer's Ac- count
$338 21 ·
Due from Christian Hansen . ·
42 71
$380 92
·
23
STATE AID, Chap. 301. NO APPROPRIATION.
Cash paid soldiers and families of soldiers, from February, 1890, to February, 1891 . . $1,123 00
Cr.
Refunded
4 00
1,119 00
Cash paid soldiers and families of soldiers, for December, 1889, and January, 1890 .
182 00
Due from State, Chap. 301
$1,301 00
SOLDIERS' AID, Chap. 279.
Appropriation . .
$400 00
Paid Syms G. Buker
$120 00
George B. Jones
18 00
Constant S. Chandler
48 00
L. A. Dyer,
48 00
John O. Keefe
48 00
Henry O. Pratt .
48 00
Charles N. Richards
72 00
Charles Remington
96 00
James N. Tower
48 00
T. B. Stoddard .
28 00
G. H. Randall .
28 00
O. H. Belcher
44 00
S. F. Harrington
28 00
Jacob C. Snow .
120 00
Samuel E. Whitmarsh.
144 00
$938 00
One half due from State . $469 00
Due for December, 1889, and January, 1890 .
78 00
Total due, Chap. 279
$547 00
24
STONE ROAD.
Appropriation .
. $3,000 00
Paid Andrew Dyer, 69} days' labor, at
$2.00 .
$139 00 Andrew Dyer, 69 days' labor, team, at $1.50
103 50
Michael Brandley, 19 days' labor, man and two horses, at $5.00 97 50
Michael Brandley, 644 days' labor, man, at $1.75 113 40
Michael Brandley, 683 days' labor, team, at $1.50 102 90
Jacob S. Dyer, 48} days' labor, at $1.75 84 87
Jacob S. Dyer, 49} days' labor, team, at $1.50 . 74 25
William R. Lynch, 423 days' labor, self and team, at $3.25 . 138 45 William F. Dyer, 40} days' labor, self and team, at $3.25 131 62
Thomas Huston, 49 days' labor, self and team, at $3.25 161 85
Patrick Maguire, 391% days' labor, man and team, at $3.25 129 67
Patrick Moils, 45g days' labor, self and team, at $3.25 148 20
Thomas F. Finnegan, 18¿ days'
labor, man and team, at $3.25 60 45
Thomas F. Finnegan, carting 522 loads of stone, at 35 cents 182 70
L. Bradford Hollis, 35} days' labor, man, at $1.75 62 12 L. Bradford Hollis, 43} days' labor, team, at $1.50 .
65 25
L. Bradford Hollis, 247 loads of gravel, at 8 cents ·
19 76
· George E. Arnold, 60,8% days' labor, at $1.75 105 52
Amount carried forward
. $1,921 01
25
Amount brought forward . $1,921 01 Paid Alden H. Holbrook, 5 days' labor, at
$1.75 8 75
Alden H. Holbrook, 434 days' labor, at $2.00 87 60
Michael Tenney, 48% days' labor, at $2.00
96 60
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