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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE,
FROM
FEB. 1, 1892, TO FEB. 1, 1893,
TOGETIIER WITH THE
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
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OBSERVER JOB PRINT. GREEN & PRESCOTT. 1893.
ANNUAL REPORT
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RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE,
FROM
FEB. 1, 1892, TO FEB. 1, 1893,
TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
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OBSERVER JOB PRINT, GREEN & PRESCOTT. 1893.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1892.
Town Clerk. SAMUEL A. BATES.
Town Treasurer. PETER D. HOLBROOK.
Selectinen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor.
ANSEL O. CLARK, NATHANIEL F. HUNT, J. FRANKLIN BATES.
Water Commissioners.
JAMES T. STEVENS, JOHN V. SCOLLARD, T. HAVEN DEARING.
School Committee.
ALBERT E. AVERY,*
ANN M. BROOKS,
HENRY L. DEARING,
REBECCA H. MORRISON,*
OLIVER HUCKEL,
THOMAS A. WATSON,
SAMUEL C. BRIDGHAM,
A. C. DRINKWATER.
Auditors.
DANIEL POTTER, L. WILLARD MORRISON,
CHARLES G. SHEPPARD.
Trustees of Thayer Public Library.
NATHANIEL F. HUNT,
E. WATSON ARNOLD.
Fence Viewers.
FREEMAN G. CROSBY, JOHN V. SCOLLARD,
L. WILLARD MORRISON.
Superintendent of Streets. ANDREW DYER.
Constables.
HORACE FAXON, ALBERT HOBART,
EDWIN L. CURTIS, HENRY M. STORM,
JAMES R. QUALEY, JAMES A. REYNOLDS,
BENJAMIN J. LORING, JR. THOMAS FALLON,
WILLIAM HILL,
JOHN KELLEY.
School Fund Committee.
JOSEPH DYER, WILL W. MAYHEW, FRANCIS A. HOBART, CHARLES G. SHEPPARD, JAMES D. LEATHERBEE, GEORGE D. WILLIS,
ALVA S, MORRISON.
*Resigned.
L. H. H JOHNSON,* GEORGE D. WILLIS,*
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REPORT
OF THE
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE.
In accordance with the By-Laws of the Town of Braintree, the Board of Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor herewith respectfully submit their Annual Report, showing the appropriations and expenditures for the financial year ending January 31, 1893.
ANSEL O. CLARK, NATHANIEL F. HUNT, J. FRANKLIN BATES,
Selectmen, Assessors, und Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Braintree.
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APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES.
At the annual Town Meeting the following sums were raised and appropriated :
For support of schools besides school
funds and dog tax $12,000 00
Superintendent of schools . 1,200 00
Incidentals for schools 500 00
Incidentals for schoolbouses
1,000 00
Textbooks and supplies
700 00
Conveyance of pupils .
200 00
Support of poor, including sol- diers' relief 4,000 00
State aid, Chap. 279
350 00
Stone roads
3,000 00
General repairs
4,000 00
Public library
800 00
Distribution of books
100 00
Interest on town debt
2,500 00
Interest on bonds
1,425 00
Hydrant rental
3,575 00
Sinking fund 5,000 00
Fire Department
1,500 00
Abatement and collection of taxes
1,000 09
Removal of snow
1,000 00
Janitor
600 00
Town lands
100 00
Insurance on public buildings
1,000 00
Towu incidentals
1,200 00
Town officers
2,600 00
Bill of J. Herbert Shedd
2,065 00
State tax
2,500 00
County tax .
3,000 00
Amount carried forward . $56,915 00
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Amount brought forward $56,915 00
G. A. R.
175 00
Grading land of new schoolhouse
500 00
Painting of engine houses and
building addition to hook and ladder house 700 00
Ladder truck and ladders 750 00
Electric light note of 1892
2,000 00
Electric light maintenance
3,500 00
Less bank and corporation tax
8,000 00
$56,540 00
SCHOOLS, PAY OF TEACHERS.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid Charles E. Stetson, teaching 40
weeks
$1,200.00
Carrie M. Bassett, teaching 40 weeks
600 00
Sarah W. Lane, teaching. 20
weeks
250 00
$2,050 00
UNION SCHOOL.
Paid Julia A. Williams, teaching 2 weeks
$20 00
Fanny Hayward, teaching 1} weeks 18 00
Abbie A. Mills, teaching 20 weeks 275 00
Ella F. Wilkes,
66
240 00
Cora L. Beard, 66 40 66
400 00
Hannah C. Whelan, teaching 40 weeks 400 00
Amount carried forward
$1,353 00
$64,540 00
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Amount brought forward $1,353 00
Martha J. Farwell, teaching 193 weeks 196 00
Estelle Robinson, teaching 173
weeks
.
176 00
Avis A. Thayer, teaching 20 weeks 225 00
Mabel L. Bates, teaching 20 weeks 200 00
$2,150 00
POND SCHOOL.
Paid Frank W. Brett,
teaching 21
weeks
$420 00
Sarah M. Aldrich, teaching 20
weeks 240 00
Emily A. Lapham, teaching 40 weeks 400 00
Sarah L. Arnold, teaching 20
weeks
200 00
Sarah L. Arnold, teaching 20
weeks
225 00
Annie M. Brooks, teaching 20
weeks 160 00
Annie M. Brooks, teaching 20 weeks 200 00
Carrie L. Whiting, teaching 20
weeks 225 00
Alice C. Jenkins, teaching 20
weeks 200 00
$2,270 00
MONATIQUOT SCHOOL.
Paid Frank W. Brett, teaching 20
weeks
$450 00
Frank W. Brett, extra 12 00
Amount carried forward
$462 00
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Amount brought forward $462 00
Abbie A. Mills, teaching 20
weeks 275 00
Sarah M. Aldrich, teaching 20 weeks 240 00 . · Josephine B. Colbert, teaching 20 weeks 240 00
Susan A. O'Rourk, teaching 20 weeks 240 00
Carrie F. Spear, teaching music 20 weeks 300 00
Elizabeth J. Hilles, teaching draw- ing 16 67
$1,773 67
IRON WORKS SCHOOL.
Paid Victoria P. Wilde, teaching 20g weeks
$357 00
Victoria P. Wilde, teaching 20 weeks 400 00
Mary L. Crowe, teaching 40
weeks 480 00
Nellie E. Bowles, teaching 40 weeks 400 00
Avis A. Thayer, teaching 20
weeks 200 00
Helen A. Nevers, teaching 20 weeks 200 00
Olive R. Wright teaching } week 2 00
$2,039 00
EAST SCHOOL.
Paid Theresa M. Jenkins, teaching 20 weeks $200 00
Mary E. Stull, teaching 20 weeks 200 00
$400 00
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MIDDLE STREET SCHOOL.
Paid Mabel L. Bates, teaching 20%
204 00 weeks
Estelle Robinson, teaching 20 weeks 200 00
$404 00
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Paid M. E. C. Bannon, teaching 20
weeks ·
$240 00
M. E. C. Bannon, teaching 20 275 00
$515 00
WEST SCHOOL.
Mary E. Vining teaching 20%
weeks
163 20
Mary E. Vining, teaching 20
weeks
200 00
$363 20
Total
$11,964 87
JANITORS.
Paid John H. Dinsmore, Union school $200 00 John H. Dinsmore, Monatiquot school 250 00
J. R. Carmichael, Pond school 40 00
John Taylor, Iron Works school 160 00
Louis F. Bates, East school
40 00
Whitfield Witherell, Middle
school 40 00
Mrs. M. A. Holbrook, South school 40 00
Elisha Saville, West school 40 00
Total for janitors . $810 00
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SCHOOLS, FUEL ACCOUNT.
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal for Union school . $126 39
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal for Pond school 76 53
M. L. Tupper, coal for Pond school 18 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal for Monatiquot school 578 39
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal for Iron Works school . 93 78
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal for East school 31 85
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal for Middle street school 13 37
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal for South school 17 25
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal for West school 11 62
C. H. Potter, kindlings for Union school 9 30
C. H. Potter, kindlings for Pond school 7 80
C. H. Potter, kindlings for Iron Works school 7 20
C. H. Potter, kindlings for East school 3 60
C. H. Potter, kindlings for Middle street school 2 70
C. H. Potter, kindlings for South school 4 80
C. H. Potter, kindlings for West school 6 00
C. H. Potter, kindlings for Mona- tiquot school . 31 85
$1,040 43
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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Appropriation®
$1,200 00
Paid Clarence W. Fearing, 5 months $583 33
Irving W. Horne, 6 months 600 00
$1,183 43
INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLS.
Appropriation
$500 00
Paid F. A. Sullis, window shades $8 00
C. W. Fearing, for supplies 12 10
Joseph I. Bates, for supplies 5 00
J. H. Malvena, labor .
22 50
J. R. Carmichael, supplies .
2 30
J. R. Carmichael, truant officer
6 20
Matthew Finnan, labor
1 00
Baker Hardware Co., supplies
60
Braintree Water Dep't, water, etc.
122 54
J. H. Dinsmore, supplies
29 52
C. V. Cottrall, labor 1 25
Frank A. Bates, labor and sup- plies
21 17
Woodsum Express Co., express-
ing . 18 40
Henry L. Dearing, supplies 3 00
Irving W. Horne, supplies, etc. .
21 20
Edward P. Hayward, repairs and tuning piano 5 00
Old Colony Railroad, freight
2 72
C. H. Hobart, supplies , 3 88
S. E. Fitch, 66
3 10
John Taylor
3 05
J. L. Hammett 66
23 95
Francis Doane 66
5 00
J. Frank Adams
6 00
James T. Weeks
76
Amount carried forward
$327 48
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Amount brought forward $327 48
Braintree Reporter, printing
39 75
C. A. Belcher, services
3 00
George F. Perry, supplies .
17 74
Silver Burdett & Co., supplies
82 68
J. F. Bowditch 66
7 60
Bryant & Co. 66
77
Green & Prescott, printing
5 00
H. B. Vinton, truant officer and expressing
10 40
R. Allen Gage, expressing .
·
14 23
$510 41
SCHOOLS, TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Appropriation
$700 00
Paid J. L. Hammett .
$40 10
George F. King & Merrill
112 30
American Book Co.
49 02
George F. Perry .
107 51
Charles E. Stetson
3 75
M. R. Warren
2 20
Carter, Rice & Co.
40 71
Wallace Spooner
71 25
Thorp Adams Manufacturing Co.
90
Boston School Supply Co.
59 25
Ginn & Co. .
86 08
Thompson & Brown
9 58
D. C. Heath
13 00
Little & Brown
107 18
Allen & Bacon
3 00
Carl Schoenof
34 94
Educational Publishing Co.
15 40
Silver, Burdett & Co. .
3 00
Greenough, Adams & Cushing
5 00
$764 17
Cr.
By money paid for damage to books , $5 33
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SCHOOLS, CONVEYING PUPILS.
Appropriation
$200 00
Paid Old Colony Railroad $165 38
Whitfield Witherell 2 00
$167 38
INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOL HOUSES.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Paid J. H. Dinsmore, labor and
supplies $63 41
C. A. Belcher, rent of Winter's building 210 00
C. W. Hobart, labor
50
T. W. Herrick & Co., labor
29 01
Fore River Engine Works, labor and supplies 21 89
Nelson H. Brown, clock
4 50
Electric Lighting Co., fixtures
29 27
Peter Ness, painting Union and West 65 95
Pond Desk Co., desk
30 70
John Taylor, labor
30 00
Mrs. M. A. Holbrook, labor
1 00
A. M. Young, labor
2 00
W. Witherell, labor 10 25
T. A. Watson, cloth for curtains 1 53
Joseph I. Bates, repairs on stoves 11 73
George H. Holbrook, repairs
19 11
J. R. Carmichael, for labor
9 00
Francis A. Bates, labor and repairs
13 25
'A. E. Bradford, painting
21 78
Frank W. Brett, labor
11 00
H. H. Snow, cleaning clocks
4 50
S. E. Richie & Sons, supplies
125 18
Amount carried forward $715 56
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Amount brought forward
$715 56
George S. Perry, supplies
30 00
Brooks, Baldwin & Robbins,
supplies 59 10
C. W. Allen, supplies
59 40
J. F. Sullivan, repairs
4 50
Louis F. Bates, labor
15 00
Elisha Saville, labor
3 50
(). M. Rogers, supplies and re- pairs 45 71
Hayward Brothers, repairs .
.
3 66
H. W. Borden, repairs
48 64
A. H. Holbrook, repairs
1 80
$986 87
Cr.
To old desks sold
$1 25
ALMSHOUSE.
Dr.
To appraisal February 1, 1892 . $1.676 65
C. H. Potter, service as superin- tendent
480 00
C. H. Potter, cash paid sundries Hired Girl
141 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
184 48
Horace Dana, groceries
58 37
Christian Hansen 66
·
54 19
James T. Weeks 66
54 89
J. M. Arnold 66
57 67
Bryant & Co. 66
54 95
C. H. Hobart 66
43 25
H. M. White 66
53 12
Bradford & Mansfield
59 18
Bridgham Brothers, meat and pro- visions
93 62
Amount carried forward
.
$2,367 31
.
27 54
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Amount brought forward
$3,038 91
John F. Eaton
42 53
C. W. Hollis 66
66 40 94
J. Dexheimer, Jr., fish 6 86
George E. Jones,
41 00
Ambler & Hobart, grain
100 98
M. B. Woodsum, bread and crack- er's . 11 78
J. H. Schraut, bread and crack- ers .
34 44
O. Q. Ball, oil 12 57
Braintree water department, wa- ter 53 00
W. A. Torrey, medicine
20 40
Peter Ness, paint and labor
21 00
T. H. Libby, plowing and manure
30 50
T. H. Libby, wood
9 00
Joseph Dyer, " 28 00
Edward Hobart, "
9 00
Braintree Clothing Co., boots,
shoes and clothing 44 15
N. H. Hunt, wood 20 00
Edward A. Thayer, two pigs 9 00
H. H. Thayer, blacksmith work 2 50
Edward Shay, 18 55
S. E. Fitch, dry goods, 54 88
B. D. Litchfield, mason work 5 35
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber
13 01
H. B. Whitman, repairs and sup- plies 7 75
Frank A. Bates, repairs and sup- plies 9 64
Josephus Sampson, killing hogs 7 50
W. H. Cobb, tools and garden seeds 10 64
O. M. Rogers, supplies
11 63
$3715 51
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Cr.
To appraisal Feb. 1, 1893
$1560 05
Kindlings for schools and pro- duce sold ·
119 90
$1,679 95
Cost of Poor in Almshouse
$2,035 56
Received for care of Jane Simpson.
$108 00
For care of Abigail Hobart
10 00
$118 00
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APPRAISAL OF PROPERTY AT THE ALMSHOUSE
FEBRUARY 1, 1893.
1 horse $125 00 Am't brought forward, $456 05
1 covered wagon
60 00 5 hay rakes, 2 iron
1 pung . 30 00
8 forks
3 00
·
1 tip cart . 12 00
1 brush and 1 bill
1 farm wagon
5 00
hook 75
2 ploughs
4 00
1 manure hook 75
4 scythes 4 snaths 3 50
6 shovels 2 picks 1 00
2 00
1 snow plough . 6 00
1 rocker and drag 1 00
1 iron bar 1 00
1 wheelbarrow . 2 50
3 wood saws 4 axes 6 00
1 grindstone
4 00
Steel wedges 1 00
3 harnesses .
35 00
2 blankets and sur-
cingle
2 00
2 ropes
50
1 fly net
1 50
1 bench and vise 9 00
Steel balances . 2 50
wrench .
1 25
Horse and carriage 2 50
Meadow shoes .
50
50 ft. large hose 3 00
Brushes 3 00
75
Grain
4 00
Wood
95 00
12 meal bags
2 40
32 barrels kindlings
9 60
4 measures
75
Coal .
90 00
2 pigs
20 00
80 barrels 8 00
Manure
25 00
21 hens
16 00
50 lbs. fertilizer
90
3 wash tubs 1 bench 1 00
80 lbs. shells
50
3 baskets 4 wash
45 lbs. fence wire
2 25
boards
2 00
Am'ts carried forward, $456 05
$710 40
1 harrow . 1
5 00
1 whipple tree and 6 chains 4 50
7 hoes
1 sickle 1 sodcutter
75
1 50 1 hand saw and tools 3 ladders . 4 00
1 wheel jack and
Hay, straw and bed- ding
50 00
Steps
1 coal shovel and sifter 1 00
.
rakes 1 25
1 hay wagon 35 00
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Amt's brought forward, $710 40
$926 65
8 pails 50
Office table and chairs 15 00
Desk
5 00
Bureau
5 00
3 clothes horses 3
3 clocks
10 00
lines 2 00
Hand cuffs 1 00
6 flat irons
2 00
Sewing machine 5 00
Brooms and brushes
3 50
8 cuspidors 4 00
1 force pump
2 50
1 carpet
15 00
Ice chest .
25 00
Ice cream freezer
3 00
Potatoes and other
Watering pot 50
vegetables 34 00
Oil and barrel . 3 50
Sugar
14 00
2 stoves and range
45 00
Raisins and spices .
1 00
1 steam cooker 3 00
Molasses and vinegar
50
1 coal hod
25
Crackers .
2 00
Lamps and lanterns
8 50
Beans and cranberries
5 00
Coffee and tea
8 25
6 tables and covers
12 00
Preserves and pickles
15 00
42 chairs .
10 00
3 dining tables
17 00
Soap and washing powder 6 50
4 odd tables
2 00
Tobacco and cutter 16 00
Grass seed 1 15
1 wheel chair 10 00
3 sick chairs 1.50
1 bed pan 1 50
Atomizers, syringe
Crockery and glass ware
12 00
and medicines 1 00
Knives and fork
3 00
2 air cushions 3 00
Spoons ·
4 00
Curtains and fixtures 10 00
1 chest of drawers
3 00
27 iron bedsteads 175 00
24 chairs .
15 00
2 wooden bedsteads
4 00
Baskets
50
Mattresses 25 00
5 rocking chairs
7 00
Feather beds 75 00
1 looking glass
50
28 pillows
15 00
Am'ts carried forward, $926 65
$1,434 55
Extra burners and chimneys 1 00
Lard
3 50
Table cloths
5 00.
Towels
3 00
Iron, stone, wooden and tin ware
15 00
4 boilers .
5 00
2 wringers 2 00
Pork
20 00
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Amt's brought forw'd, $1,434 55
$1,530 55
93 pillow cases 12 00
1 commode 1 00
73 sheets 30 00
10 toilet tables 7 50
21 pairs blankets 20 00
Chambers 4 50
28 comforters
33 00
3 window grates 14 00
2 bed spreads .
1 00
2 extra stove linings 2 50
Am't carried forw'd, $1,530 55 Total
$1,560 05
The Auditors made their annual visit to the Almshouse and made the required appraisal of the property as printed above. They take pleasure in testifying to the neat and orderly appear- ance of the same under the able management of Mrs. and Mr. C. H. Potter.
The Auditors recommend the discontinuation in the future of the printing of the details of the appraisal.
DANIEL POTTER, L. W. MORRISON, Auditors. CHAS. G. SHEPPARD,
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INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
NAME
AGE
DAYS
Charles Hayden,
86
223
George Littlefield,
67
366
Ezra Dyer,
75
366
Andrew J. Eagan,
68
366
Samuel H. Cranston,
62
366
George N. Thayer,
67
118
Isaac Bass,
62
51
John E. Eagan,
36
54
Cameron G. Ratcliff,
12
18
Johanna McMahan,
97
366
Maria Kelley,
28
366
Mary E. Nolan,
75
366
Mary Goodman,
55
366
Elizabeth O. Penniman,
83
366
Maggie Richardson,
· 22
366
Jane Simpson,
63
366
Sarah McCornish,
55
123
Lizzie Allison,
21
20
John F. Ailison,
1
20
Abby Hobart,
75
49
Tramps
801
Prisoners,
23
Total number of days,
5021
Total number of weeks,
717%
Cost per week,
$2 83
.
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POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Taunton Lunatic Hospital for William Kincaide $169 92
Worcester Lunatic Hospital for Emma Holbrook 203 81
State Almshouse for John Hen- nesey 146 40
State Almshouse for Patrick Carrigan . 16 28
$536 41
City of Boston for Emma A. Hol- brook 8 57
City of Boston for Catherine Mc- Carty 52 00
City of Boston for Mrs. James Egan 30 47
City of Boston for Margaret Bowers
11 00
City of Boston for Mary H. Dal- ton . 22 00
$124 04
City of Taunton for Robert Tip- ping 56 57
City of Chelsea for Sarah A. Thayer 2 00
City of Brockton for Geo. Pratt . 18 01
$76 58
MRS. WILLIAM HEARN AND FAMILY.
Paid cash, aid,
$129 00
J. M. Arnold, groceries 15 00
$144 00
BERTIE AND ANNIE JONES.
Paid George B. Jones, support of $56 00 $56 00
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MRS. SANDERSON AND FAMILY.
Paid Town of Randolph, coal $6 10
F. C. Granger, medical attendance 11 25
H. M. White & Co., groceries 108 72
$126 07
ANDREW NIGHTINGALE.
Paid Town of Randolph, wood .
$2 50
$2 50
MRS. O'SULLIVAN AND CHILD.
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 56 15
W. H. Doble, groceries 8 00
T. J. Deasy, groceries
2 00
$66 15
WILLIAM H. MILLIGAN.
Paid S. F. Newcomb, groceries
$2 00
$2 00
WILLIAM A. HOLMES AND FAMILY.
Paid M. L. Tupper, coal
$16 25
S. C. Bridgham, medical attend- ance 73 00
Bridgham Brothers, provisions 9 92
C. H. Hobart, groceries 9 00
A. R. Dickinson, medicine . .
14 30
$122 47
THOMAS F. MULLIGAN.
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal $5 40
C. Hansen, groceries
6 00
Bryant & Co.
2 00
$13 40
LIZZIE CORKERY.
Paid W. A. Torrey, medicine . 30.
Noah Torrey, medical attendance 4 50
$4 80
22
. ELIZABETH HOBART.
Paid W. A. Torrey, medicine $ 6 20
Noah Torrey, medical attendance 3 00
C. H. Hobart, supplies 2 96
S. E. Fitch, 66 5 00 $17 16
SARAH MCCORNISH.
Paid W. A. Torrey, medicine $0 35
C. L. HOLBROOK.
Paid W. A. Torrey, medicine $4 65
SUSAN STEVENS.
Paid cash, aid $2 00
CAMERON G. RADCLIFF.
Paid A. D. Tirrell, shoes $ 1 50
Braintree Clothing Co., clothing 13 00
$14 50
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THOMAS LEAVITT.
Paid Morrill Williams, care of
$25 00
CHARLES HAYDEN.
Paid Morrill Williams, care of
$ 3 00
.
CALEB H.
HAYDEN.
Paid J. T. Weeks, groceries $5 00
T. J. DALTON AND FAMILY.
Paid Bryant & Co., groceries .
$6 00
John Crane, shoes
8 50
$14 50
23
JOSEPH AND MARTHA PENNIMAN.
Paid Joseph W. Huff, wood and cut-
$15 00 ting up
C. H. Hobart, groceries
7 12
$22 12
HOLMES BOY.
Paid Braintree Clothing Co., clothing $7 75
MRS. MORRIS O'CONNOR AND FAMILY.
Paid Bryant & Co., groceries $2 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal ·
3 75
$5 75
Paid Dr. S. C. Bridgham, services as town physician $75 00
Vinton & Son, removing paupers 1 25
C. L. Rice, burial of 'unknown child 6 00
POOR OF OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS.
MRS. SARAH A. MURRAY, (BOSTON).
Cash aid
$8 00
ALVA M. NIGHTENGALE, (DUXBURY).
C. H. Hobart, groceries
$9 23
JOHN F. DWELLE, QUINCY.
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
$4 13
Cost of poor out of almshouse .
$1,499 81
Cr.
Due from City of Boston
$8 00
From City of Quincy
4 13
From Town of Duxbury
9 23
$21 36
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STATE AID, Chap. 301.
NO APPROPRIATION.
Paid to soldiers and families of soldiers
from Feb. 1, 1892, to Feb. 1, 1893 .
$1,304 00
For payments for December, 1891, and January, 1892 . 212 00
Due from State .
$1,516 00
SOLDIERS' AID, Chap. 279.
Appropriation
$350 00
Paid S. G. Buker
$60 00
Charles Remington
48 00
Benjamin F. Torrey
4 00
Orrin H. Belcher
16 00
Hiram E. Abbott
48 00
George H. Randall
8 00
Samuel E. Whitmarsh .
144 00
For burial of James E. Wheeler . 34 00
$362 00
Refunded .
$8 00
$354 00
One-half due from State
$177 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF, Acts of 1889.
Paid Town of Pembroke for S. E. Whitmarsh and family $338 75
Town of Milford for George A. Mower · 110 50
$449 25
25
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
Appropriation ·
$175 00
Paid M. A. Perkins, Quartermaster . $175 00
HOSPITAL ACCOUNT.
Paid hospital for board of insane $486 24
Cr.
Cash refunded by friends
$415 53
Due from C. Hansen .
70 71
Received from C. Hansen old account $75 98
Discount on claim settled in assign- ment
224 02
Cr.
Amount of old claim $300 00
Dr.
Amount received from friends insane $415 53
Received from C. Hanson 75 98
Cr.
Amount paid P. D. Holbrook, tr.
$491 51
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
Paid Andrew Dyer, 98} days $246 25
Andrew Dyer, 100}
150 50
T. F. Finnegan and team, 94} days 330 16
T. F. Finnegan, man and team 785 days 256 20
Amount carried forward $983 11
26
Amount brought forward $983 11 T. F. Finnegan, horse 3 days 4 50
Michael Brandley, man and team 1533 days 499 42
Michael Brandley, horse 3} days 5 00
James Maher, 89} days 179 00
James Maher, team 83 days ·
124 50
Michael Preston and team 23 days 74 75
Michael Preston, horse 3 days
4 50
Michael Preston 5 days
8 75
Thomas Killian and team 12}
days 40 62
Thomas Arthur and team 381 days 124 29
Thomas Arthur 73 days 13 12
Matthew Smith and team 10 days 32 50
Wm. Morton and team 375 " 11 64
J. E. Hayward and team 1 day
3 25
T. P. Fogg and team 213 days 69 87
T. P. Fogg, 13 day
2 13
John Haley and team 8₺ days
26 81
George E. Fogg, man and 4 horses 38 days . 30 67
George E. Fogg, man and horse 2 days . 6 50
George E. Fogg, man 3 days
5 25
George E. Fogg, horse 2 "
3 00
John J. Maher, 80g days
141 45
John J. Maher, team 6 days
9 00
John Maher, 832 days
146 12
George Hill, 4} 66
7 87
Eli Frazer, 4
7 00
John Digman & 66
87
J. M. Arnold, supplies
23
J. B. Poore, blacksmith work
2 70
John McMahon, 274 days
47 68
Garret Haley, 22} 66
39 37
Amount carried forward · $2,655 47
27
Amount brought forward ·
$2,655 47
Michael Quinn, 23} 66 41 12 ·
Judah Loring, 3} 66
8 75
Hayward Bros., labor and lumber 42 47
Loud & Pratt, lumber and drain
pipe
37 81
Judah Loring, oil and labor on bridge 65
Theodore Edson, stone 2 00
Nathaniel White, 2} days
5 00
Jacob Dexheimer, 92 66
17 05
T. J. O'Keefe, 4] 66
7 87
James Croke, 1
1 75
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber
61 31
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, posts 4 80
Bryant & Co., supplies 1 08
W. I. Jordan, blacksmith work
13 24
Thomas South, blacksmith work
70
7 90
Daniel Hayward, 158 loads stone Daniel Hayward, 9 loads of gravel and carting
2 25
Francis Leben, 104 loads of stone
5 20
David Newcomb, 53 loads of grav- el and carting 13 25
David Newcomb, 20 loads of grav- el and carting 7 00
David Newcomb, 25 loads of grav- el and carting 10 00
Luther Thayer, 20 loads of stone
5 00
Lnther Thayer, 5 loads of stone
1 75
James Murdock, 328 loads of gravel
19 68
Jenkins Manufacturing Company 56 loads of ashes 5 60
Geo. E. Arnold, 1065 days' labor,
186 94
J. F. Holbrook, 855 days' labor
150 20
.
Amount carried forward $3,315 84
28
Amount brought forward
$3,325 84
A. H. Holbrook, 78} 66 66
137 37
H. F. Hunt, 88% 6: 66
155 43
C. H. Hunt, 85g 66 66
150 18
A. W. Dyer, 43} 66 66
75 82
J. C. Holbrook, 8 66 66
14 00
John Malvena, labor on bridge
13 62
Thomas Penniman, labor on fences 25 00
T. J. Leary, 1 92
Hiram French, 94 loads of gravel 9 40
W. L. Faxon, 236 66 66
23 60
L. B. Hollis, 1670 66 66
133 60
Jonas R. Laws, 30 66
5 00
J. Willie Hayden, 98 loads of gravel 7 84
Otis Thayer, 140 loads of gravel 8 40
C. S. Hollis, 60 66
6 00
N. H. Hunt, 109 66
8 72
Morse & Whyte, gravel screen
7 50
Michael O'Brien, labor and gravel
3 50
C. H. Hobart, supplies 2 51
M. L. Tupper, drain pipe 14 57
C. G. Anderson, wood work 9 45
H. H. Thayer, iron work 14 30
Thayer Academy, 78 loads of gravel 13 00
Baker Hardware Co., supplies .
2 88
William Allen, setting flag stones 12 64
A. A. Libby & Co., setting curb stone 53 75
George H. Holbrook, building
fence
25 57
Edward Shay, iron work
1 65
$4,253 06
Cr.
By sale of cart
30 00
By money overdrawn
1 00
$31 00
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29
DRAWBRIDGE AND BUOYS.
NO APPROPRIATION.
Paid A. W. Whitmarsh, labor .
$2 00
T. D. Bagley, labor 6 50
Judah A. Loring, care of bridge 90 00
$98 50
STONE ROADS.
Appropriation
, $3,000 00
Paid Andrew Dyer and team, 52 days $208 00
T. F. Finnegan and team, 37 days James Maher and team, 8} days Thomas Killian and team, 5 days Nelson & Robery, man and team 7 days , Nelson & Robery, carting 812
120 25
29 17
16 25
22 75
loads of stone . 284 20
Charles O. Miller, carting 146 loads of stone 51 10
Simon Rogers, carting 152 loads of stone
53 20
T. H. Libby, carting 312 loads of stone
109 20
T. H. Libby, man and team 10 days . 32 50
T. H. Libby, man and 2 horses 64 days 31 25
T. H. Libby, wood
6 00
T. H. Libby, moving roller
1 00
Theodore Edson, carting 288 loads of stone 100 80
Theodore Edson, for 399 load of gravel 39 90
Amount carried forward $1,105 57
30
Amount brought forward $1,105 57 Theodore Edson, man and team 5 days . 16 25
George E. Fogg, man and 4 horses 8} days 66 67
George E. Fogg, man and 2 horses 12 days 8 75
George E. Fogg, man and 1 horse 30} days . 99 12
Thomas Arthur and team 393 days
128 37
Thomas Arthur, 13 days ·
2 62
Thomas Arthur, carting 9 loads of stone 3 15
Thomas Arthur, care of lantern .
3 50
Michael Preston, man and team 37 days 120 25
Michael Preston, carting 33 loads of stone 11 55
John Haley and team, 37 days .
120 25
Matthew Smith and team, 37 days
120 25
David Strathdee, carting 425 loads of stone .
148 75
George H. Arnold, carting 199 loads of stone 69 65
John C. Holbrook, 22 days' work 44 00
John C. Holbrook, 4} days' work 7 87
J. J. A. Delano, 17} days' work 35 00
J. J. A. Delano, 9 days' work 15 75
Michael Quinn, 3 days' work 5 25
Michael Quinn, 38} days' work 77 00
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