Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1893, Part 1

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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


OF THE


TOWN OF BRAINTREE,


FROM


FEB. 1, 1893, TO DEC. 30, 1893,


TOGETHER WITH THE


Report of the Board of School Committee,


ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT


WATER COMMISSIONERS, AND MANAGER OF ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT.


PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.


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REPORTER JOB PRINT :


WEYMOUTH AND BRAINTREE


PUBLISHING co.


1894.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


OF THE


TOWN OF BRAINTREE,


FROM


FEB. 1, 1893, TO DEC. 30, 1893,


TOGETHER WITH THE


Report of the Board of School Committee,


ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT


WATER COMMISSIONERS, AND MANAGER OF ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT.


PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.


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1640.


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REPORTER JOB PRINT : WEYMOUTH AND BRAINTREE PUBLISHING CO 1894.


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TOWN OFFICERS.


Clerk. SAMUEL A. BATES.


Treasurer.' PETER D. HOLBROOK.


Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor. ANSEL O. CLARK, J. FRANKLIN BATES, JOHN V. SCOLLARD ..


Water Commissioners and Trustees of Sinking Funds. JAMES T. STEVENS, T. HAVEN DEARING, JOHN V. SCOLLARD:


School Committee.


THOMAS A. WATSON, ANNE M. BROOKS, CARRIE F. LORING,


SAMUEL C. BRIDGHAM,


HENRY L. DEARING,


ALBION C. DRINKWATER ..


Trustees of Thayer Library.


ASA FRENCH, FRANCIS A. HOBART,


HENRY A. JOHNSON,. E. WATSON ARNOLD,.


NATHANIEL H. HUNT.


Fence Viewers.


FREEMAN G. CROSBY, L. WILLARD MORRISON,. ALBERT HOBART.


Superintendent of Streets. JOHN V. SCOLLARD.


Constables.


HORACE FAXON, WM. HILL, ALBERT HOBART, ROB'T M. LORING,


JAMES R. QUALEY, BENJ. J. LORING, Jr., JOHN KELLEY, J. A. REYNOLDS.


Auditors.


DANIEL POTTER, L. WILLARD MORRISON,. CHARLES G. SHEPPARD.


Collector of Taxes. NATHANIEL F. HUNT.


REPORT


OF THE


SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR


OF THE


Town of Braintree.


The Selectmen, Assessors]and Overseers of the Poor respect- fully present the following report of the respective departments of the Town, from Feb. 1, 1893, to Dec. 30, 1893, inclusive.


CHANGE IN THE FINANCIAL YEAR.


At the last annual meeting the town passed a vote that the financial year be closed on Dec. 31, instead of on Feb. 1, as heretofore. The wisdom of this action is clearly apparent. The report for the present year therefore includes the expenditure for but eleven months.


OFFICE FURNISHINGS.


At the beginning of the year, for the purpose of facilitating the transaction of business, the office of the board was refurnished at an expense of $170.


This included the purchase of a cashier's desk, a roll-top desk, and a suitable rail to enclose the business quarters of the town officials. We believe that the change in the office has been found beneficial to the public having business in the office as well as to the selectmen.


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ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY.


The Braintree Street Railway Co., a corporation holding a franchise by vote of the town, to construct and operate an electric railway, applied for an extension of its franchise, it having expired on Oct. 15 of this year. An extension was granted to June 15, 1894, the company giving satisfactory evidence that it in- tended to prosecute the work to completion.


When this road is being constructed the utmost care should be taken by the selectmen so that the streets may be left in a good condition. As far as the work has progressed during the present year, the engineers of the company have shown a disposition to do a thorough job, and interfere as little as possible with the street travel.


POOR DEPARTMENT.


The expense of this department is substantially the same as in - previous years. The unusual depression in business will undoubt- edly augment the expense of outdoor poor during the present year.


ALMSHOUSE.


As an incentive to a display of neatness by private parties about their grounds, we believe that all buildings and grounds owned by the town, should be well and neatly kept. We would suggest that the town make a small appropriation for the purpose of making smooth the land in front of the almshouse. Although this building has been constructed over ten years the grounds are in a rough and unsightly condition, and compare unfavorably with the appearance of the structure itself. We recommend the appro priation of two hundred dollars for this purpose.


ASSESSMENT OF TAXES.


A reassessment of all the property of the town has been made during the present year. While a substantial gain has been made in real and personal property, the loss by the division of the Estate of Sarah W. Glover amounting to $300,000 makes rather an un- favorable exhibit. The town also made a loss in corporation and


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bank tax on account of the sale of securities by the Glover estate. This loss coupled with the fact that the appropriations were larger than in previous years necessitated an advance in the tax rate to 16.80 per thousand.


SUITS AGAINST THE TOWN.


The suit of Henry Gardner for payment for services as an expert witness in the water 'suit has been settled by the payment of $100.00. As the amount claimed was $150, and the expense of suit would equal that sum we believe it the most economical solution of the matter.


In accordance with the vote of the town the claim of Stevens & Willis for damages sustained by the taking of the water of Little Pond has been settled by the payment of one thousand dollars.


The claim of the Estate of Sarah W. Glover for mill damages is in process of settlement, and will doubtless be adjusted without any legal expense.


The trustee of the estate of Wm. S. Perry has signified his intention of contesting the assessment of the personal property belonging to this estate. This tax was assessed upon personal property, returned to the probate court as belonging to the beneficiaries who are residents of this town, and taxable by us. The statement under which we assessed the tax was sworn to by the trustee of the estate. It does not appear by the statement of the trustee that this estate was assessed in any locality, but until the present year was allowed to escape taxation. The estate has engaged the services of Geo. R. Swasey, Esq., who proposes to contest the assessment on the grounds-that the law under which the tax was assessed is unconstitutional. The town has placed the case in charge of Henry A. Johnson, Esq., of this town.


HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.


The method of building and repairing highways has been sub- stantially the same as for the past few years. A member of the board has been appointed superintendent, and the work has been


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superintended by each member of the board in his respective section.


Better results may follow the engagement of a superintendent who would devote his whole time to the work ; this of course would necessitate an appropriation for salary.


HEALTH.


By provision of law in towns not having a Board of Health, the selectmen act as such, having all the authority bestowed upon such board. As the town is becoming more densely populated, stricter attention should be paid to the sanitary conditions. In some sections defective drainage is doubtless the prolific cause of diphtheria, scarlet fever and kindred diseases, and'stringent efforts should be made to effect a remedy.


Fumigation of infected premises should be effected thoroughly, and patient and attendant should be isolated as much as possible.


We believe that the carrying of curtains or canopies from house to house as is sometimes the custom of funeral undertakers is a frequent source of contagion, and the practice should be dis- countenanced.


ELECTRIC LIGHTING SYSTEM.


Mr. Thomas A. Watson has remained in charge of the plant as manager, serving free of charge. His report will be found in this volume. We are satisfied that the system is managed efficiently, and that the town has been fortunate in the supervision of the plant.


HOUSE LIGHTING.


The house lighting system has been put in operation during the present year. This has been in charge of a special committee whose report will be found in this volume. The loan for this pur- pose has been taken by the Trustees of the Water Loan Sinking Fund. As a matter of public record we publish the following correspondence in reference to the status of the private lighting enterprise, carried on in the north section of the town.


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FRANCHISE GRANTED.


BRAINTREE, MASS., September 20th, 1889. To the Selectmen of the Town of Braintree, Mass.


We the undersigned respectfully petition your Honorable Board for a permit allowing us to pass a wire over the public streets to connect our residences with a dynamo to be placed in the mill of A. S. Morrison & Brothers, for the purpose of lighting our several places.


(Signed by)


A. S. MORRISON & BROTHERS, AUBREY HILLIARD, SAMUEL W. THORNDIKE, A. C. DRINKWATER.


On the above petition it was voted :


That the above named petitioners be permitted to pass a wire over Adams, Elm, Myrtle and Middle streets for the above named purpose. Said wire to be twenty feet above the street. (Signed by)


ANSEL O. CLARK, NATHANIEL F. HUNT, R. ALLEN GAGE, Selectmen of Braintree.


A true copy, A. O. CLARK.


The selectmen applied in May, 1892, to the Board of Gas Com- missioners that the above parties be restrained from exceeding the terms of their franchise.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


BOARD OF GAS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONERS. No. 13 BEACON STREET, BOSTON, December 22, 1893.


IN re-PETITION OF THE SELECTMEN OF BRAINTREE VS. A. S. MORRISON & BROTHERS, ET AL.


Board of Selectmen of Braintree, Mass.


GENTLEMEN :-


On June 28th, 1892, this Board sent to the Attorney General of the Commonwealth a communication, a copy of which is enclosed and marked A.


On the 8th day of July, 1893, it received a communication from the Attorney General in reply, a copy of which is enclosed and. marked B.


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You will perceive from the enclosed communications that this Board has reported the matter to the Attorney General in pursu- ance with Section 12 of Chapter 314 of the Acts of 1885. This is, it seems, the only way in which this Board can proceed when there is a violation of law under Chapter 382 of the Acts of 1887, as amended by Chapter 274 of the Acts of 1892.


If your town desires a further action in the matter a consultation with the Attorney General and this Board would seem to be desirable.


Very respectfully, JOHN. T. WHEELRIGHT, Chairman.


Per J. T. LEARY, Clerk.


(Enclosure A.)


June 28th, 1892.


Hon. Albert E Pillsbury, Attorney General.


SIR :-


The Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners hereby gives notice that Alvah S. Morrison, W. E. Morrison, Ibrahim Morrison, F. G. Morrison, R. E. Morrison, Samuel W. Thorndike, William W. Mahew, Dean Southworth, Aubrey Hilliard, Albion C. Drinkwater, A. H. Mills, Charles C. Cregg and G. W. Caldwell, all of Braintree, have violated the provisions of Section 3, Chapter 382, Acts of 1887, and of Section 1, Chapter 274, of the Acts of the year 1892, by the erection and maintenance by said persons of wires across the streets of Braintree for the purpose of carrying on the business of furnishing electricity for light, without the consent of the selectmen of Braintree.


This notice is given in pursuance of Section 12, Chapter 314, of the Acts of 1885 and Section 2, Chapter 382 Acts of 1887.


By order of the Board.


(Signed) WALTER S. ALLEN, Clerk.


(Enclosure B).


June 8, 1893.


To the Honorable the Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners.


I regret that through inadvertence your communication to me relating to the complaint of the Selectmen of Braintree to your Board, that certain persons have erected electric lighting wires in


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the streets of Braintree without authority, has never been brought to my personal attention until this time.


If these wires constitute an obstruction of the streets in the sense of the law, or if they materially affect or impair the public safety and convenience in travel, I know of no reason to doubt that it is within the powers of the local surveyors of highways to remove them ; and there are expressions in some of the latter de- cisions of the court indicating that electric lighting wires may be so regarded. It is a general rule of law, applicable to these cases, that the court will not interfere if there is an adequate remedy in the hands of the local authorities ; and as a rule, therefore, it is held inexpedient by the occupants of this office to proceed in such a case. And if this were not so, I doubt if any Attorney General would regard the unlawful erection of an electric lighting wire in any part of the state as a sufficient violation of the public right to call for his interference by proceedings in court. So far as it is desired to remove these wires for the purpose of preventing or avoiding competitionwith an existing electric lighting company, it is clearly not the duty of the Attorney General to interfere ex- officio. If the case is within Chapter 382 of the Acts of 1887, as amended by Chapter 274 of the Acts of 1892, your Board, as you are aware, is at liberty to proceed in it if it is considered of suffi- cient importance to make it your duty so to do, but from your present communication I do not infer that you have so determined the matter.


Very respectfully, your obedient servant,


(Signed) A. L. PILLSBURY, Attorney General.


Appended will be found itemized accounts of the several de- partments.


ANSEL O. CLARK, J. FRANKLIN BATES, JOHN V. SCOLLARD,


Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor of Braintree.


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SCHOOLS-PAY OF TEACHERS.


Appropriations


$12,300 00


HIGH SCHOOL.


Paid, Charles E Stetson, teaching 20


weeks . $600 00


Oliver R. Cook, teaching 16


weeks 520 00


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Carrie M. Bassett, teaching 36 weeks 540 00


Sarah W. Lane, teaching 36


weeks


· 490 00


MONATIQUOT SCHOOL.


Paid Frank W. Brett, teaching 20 weeks


$450 00


Frank W. Brett, teaching 16


weeks ·


400 00


Abbie A. Mills, teaching 20


weeks .


275 00


Abbie A. Mills, teaching 57% weeks .


68 40


Sarah M. Aldrich, teaching 19} weeks


230 40


Susan A. O'Rourke, teaching 36 weeks


432 00


Josephine B. Colbert, teaching 36 weeks


432 00


E. Frances Hayward, teaching,


18 00


Emma J. Horne, teaching


7 20


Julia Ellsworth, teaching 17


weeks .


·


169 60


Hattie F. Weeks, teaching ·


86 40


Amount carried forward . $4,719 00


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Amount brought forward


$4,719 00


Sarah L. Arnold, teaching 9 60


Carrie F. Spear, teaching music,


347 50


Elizabeth J. Hilles, teaching drawing


202 10


UNION SCHOOL.


Paid Avis A. Thayer, teaching 20


weeks


$225 00


Avis A. Thayer, teaching 16


weeks .


192 00


Cora L. Beard, teaching 20


weeks . 200 00


Hannah C. Whelan, teaching 20 :


weeks 200 00


Hannah C. Whelan, teaching 16 weeks


170 00


Mabel L. Bates, teaching 20


weeks 200 00


Mabel L. Bates, teaching 16


weeks .


170 00


Anna K. McKella, teaching 16 weeks


160 00


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POND SCHOOL.


Paid Sarah L. Arnold, teaching 20 weeks .


$225 00


Sarah L. Arnold, teaching 16 weeks . 192 00


Alice C. Jenkins, teaching 20 weeks . 200 00


Alice C. Jenkins, teaching 16 weeks


170 00


Amount carried forward . $7,582 20


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$7,582 20


Amount brought forward . Annie M. Brooks, teaching 20 weeks 200 00


Annie M. Brooks, teaching 16 weeks 170 00


Emily A. Lapham, teaching 20 weeks . 200 00


Emily A. Lapham, teaching 16 weeks €


170 00


IRON WORKS.


Paid Victoria P. Wilde, teaching 36 weeks


$720 00


Mary L. Crowe, teaching 36


weeks .


432 00


Nellie E. Bowles, teaching 20


weeks 200 00


Nellie E. Bowles, teaching 16


weeks . .


170 00


Helen A. Nevers, teaching 12


weeks . .


120 00


Mary E. Vining, teaching 8


weeks .


80 00


Mary E. Vining, teaching 16 weeks


170 00


EAST SCHOOL.


Paid E. Frances Hayward, teaching 10g weeks


$102 00


Mary E. Stull, teaching 174 weeks ·


178 00


Hattie F. Weeks, teaching 8


weeks . .


90 00


Amount carried forward .


$10,584 20


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Amount brought forward .


$10,584 20


MIDDLE STREET SCHOOL.


Paid Estelle Robinson, teaching 36 weeks . $360 00


SOUTH SCHOOL.


Paid Margaret E. C. Bannon, teach-


ing 20 weeks


$275 00


Margaret E. C. Bannon, teach-


ing 16 weeks


230 00


WEST SCHOOL.


Paid Mary E. Vining, teaching 12


weeks . ·


$120 00


E. Frances Hayward 92 80 ·


Total salaries, teachers


$11,662 00


PAY OF JANITORS.


Appropriation .


.


$1080 00


Paid John H. Dinsmore, Monatiquot


School


$550 00


John H. Dinsmore, Union School 144 00


John Taylor, Iron Works School 144 00


Louis F. Bates, East School


20 00


Richard DeNeil East School


16 00


W. Witherell, Middle Street


School .


36 00


Mrs. M. A. Holbrook, South


School .


·


36 00


Elisha Saville, West School


22 00


$968 00


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FUEL FOR SCHOOLS.


Appropriation


$1,000 00°


Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal for Monatiquot school . $768 84


A. J. Richards & Sons, coal for Monatiquot school 26 41


C. H. Potter, wood for Monati- quot school . 43 80


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal for Union school 70 20


C. H. Potter, wood for Union school . 5 40


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal for Pond school . 76 93


M. L. Tupper, coal for Pond school . 13 00


C. H. Potter, wood for Pond school . 7 20


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal for Iron Works school 101 69


C: H. Potter, wood for Iron Works school 8 40


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal for East school 6 44


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal for Middle Street school 17 78


C. H. Potter, wood for Middle Street school 3 00


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal for South school 13 50


C. H. Potter, wood for South school . 4 80


Amount carried forward · . $1,167 39


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Amount brought forward . $1,167 39 J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal for West school . 32 02 C. H. Potter, wood for West school . 3 60 .


$1,203 01


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


Appropriation $1,200 00


Paid Irving W. Horne, salary, 11 months ·


$1,100 00


$1,100 00


CONVEYING PUPILS.


Appropriation .


$200 00


Paid Old Colony Railroad


$214 47


W. Witherell £ .


10 00


Albert A. Drollett


140 00


$364 47


KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL.


Appropriation .


$2,000 00


Paid Harriet M. Hill, teaching 27


weeks


$216 00


Charlotte M. Hobart, teaching 27 weeks .


216 00


Robertina B. Trask, teaching 16 weeks


180. 00


J. R. Carmichael, janitor 27 00


Asaph T. Arnold, janitor . 29 40


Richard DeNeil, janitor


16 00


W. B. Hollis, conveying pupils .


95 00


Amount carried forward $779 40


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Amount brought forward $779 40


J. L. Hammett, supplies 260 96


N. E. Hollis, rent .


112 50


Harriet M. Hill, supplies


23 83


T. W. Herrick,. supplies


4 75


J. M. Arnold, supplies


12 22


George H. Holbrook, supplies


13 19


Frank A. Bates, supplies .


6 11


O. M. Rogers, supplies


6 05


I. W. Horne, supplies 1 60 .


C. C. Webster, labor, &c. 4 25


Asaph T. Arnold, labor, &c.


2 00


R. A. Gage, expressing


9 25


W. P. Brown, expressing .


2 70


O. C. R. R. Co.


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85


J. F. Sheppard & Sons 33 92 .


C. H. Potter, fuel


2 70


$1,276 28


INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLS.


Appropriations


$500 00


Paid John H. Dinsmore, supplies $13 28


John F. Bowditch, supplies 10 50


Sarah W. Lane, supplies 5 58


American Book Co., supplies


12 00


I. W. Horne, cash paid supplies,


79 63


I. W. Horne, services las secre- tary of committee 37 50


Franklin Educational Co.


61 74


W. P. Brown, expressing .


.


6 44


O. C. R. R. Co., freight


1 59


Charles. A. Belcher, services


2 00


A. W. Taylor, supplies ·


1 80


Amount carried forward . $232 06


17


Amount brought forward $232 06


Vinton & Son, supplies 1 40


E. S. Ritchie & Sons, supplies . 15 10


George S. Perry, supplies 12 75


Weymouth & Braintree Publish-


ing Co., printing . 24 40


Frank A. Bates, labor 3 75


J. M. Arnold, supplies


2 00


W. Witherell, supplies


11 00


G. B. Bates, supplies


5 00


D. P. Hayward, tuning piano


4 00


H. P. Diman, supplies 65


Dennison Manufacturing Co.,


supplies


2 63


Samuel C. Bridgham, cash ex- penses . 2 40


R. Allen Gage, expressing


25 46


E. A. Page, supplies 1 90


George F. King & Merrill, sup- plies 8 00


J. L. Hammett, supplies


91 92


F. W. Brett, supplies


88


Wallace Spooner, supplies


14 00


O. M. Rogers, supplies


4 95


J. R. Carmichael, supplies


4 50


Horace Faxon, truant officer


2 00


Annie M. Brooks, supplies


1 95


Braintree Water Department,


water


51 00


N. Y. & Boston Express Co., expressing


1 20


Green & Prescott, printing


20 25


C. H. Hobart, supplies


8 29


Richard DeNeil, supplies .


1 25


Amount carried forward $554 69


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Amount brought forward $554 69


A. E. Bradford, supplies . 3 50


George H. Holbrook, labor and supplies 73 61


$631 80


INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOL HOUSES.


Appropriation $700 00


United States School Furniture Co., supplies $191 23


J. O. Whittemore, supplies 13 50


Richard DeNeil, supplies . 16 50


J. L. Hammett, supplies ·


49 77


R. Frampton, supplies ·


18 70


Frank A. Bates, labor and sup- plies 99 21


T. W. Herrick & Co., labor and supplies 96 55


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., labor and supplies . 11 53


George S. Parker, labor and supplies 5 75


John Taylor, labor and supplies 27 46 George H. Holbrook, labor and supplies 8 10


J. H. Dinsmore, labor and sup- plies


41 40


A. E. Bradford, labor and sup- plies 68 25


J. H. Malvena, labor and sup- plies . ·


6 00


F. F. Pulsifer, supplies


4 00


Thomas Huston, labor .


1 50


Amount carried forward $659 45


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Amount brought forward J. R. Carmichael, labor Chester A. Kane, labor


$659 45


8 00


5 00


W. F. Holbrook, labor


3 00


W. Witherell, labor .


17 70


Elisha Saville, labor .


60


Carter Rice & Co., supplies


2 50


Alden H. Holbrook, labor


2 00


J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber


7 92


O. C. R. R. Co., freight


6 06


R. A. Gage, freight .


1 00


Hayward Brothers, labor and


15 00


C. S. Hannaford, labor and stock 5 10


Garret Haley, labor .


1 00


$73.4 33.


TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.


Appropriation


$1,100 00


Paid American Book Co.


$144 52


University Publishing Co.


26 24


Ginn & Co.


188 87


George F. King & Merrill


107 29


J. L. Hammett


68 12


Milton, Bradley & Co.


5 29


Winkley, Dresser & Co.


4 10


Allen & Bacon


6 25


D. C. Heath & Co. .


25 52


Houghton, Miflin & Co.


46 94


New England Publishing Co.


15 35


Silver, Burdett & Co.


203 27


Carl Shoenof


11 96


Mills & Thompson


.


1 00


Amount carried forward


$854.72


stock


20


Amount brought forward


$854 72


D. Lothrop & Co.


8 15


Charles Scribner & Sons .


75


North Western Journal of Edu- cation .


3 00


Home Library Association


26 10


Educational Publishing Co.


16 00


Carter, Rice & Co. .


5 00


Maynard & Merrill .


11 00


Leach, Shewell & Sanborn


24 67


Lee & Shepard


23 40


William Ware & Co.


11 00


Boston School Supply Co.


2 90


George S. Perry & Co.


54 98


I. W. Horne


2 08


Victoria P. Wilde


1 75


Elizabeth J. Hilles .


3 00


Franklin Educational Co.


3 69


E. B. Treat


2 75


O. R. Cook


.


5 32


W. A. Torrey ·


5 25


$1,065 51


ALMSHOUSE.


Dr.


Appropriation


$2,000 00


To appraisal February 1, 1893 $1,560 05


Paid C. H. Potter, services as superin- tendent


440 00


C. H. Potter, cash paid sundries


31 50


Hired Girl


151 00


Horace Dana, groceries


53 44


J. Marcus Arnold, groceries


67 53


Amount carried forward


$2,303 52


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Amount brought forward $2,303 52


James T. Weeks, groceries 68 88


C. H. Hobart, groceries 78 08


Bradford & Mansfield, groceries 64 09


H. M. White, groceries 67 08


Christian Hansen, groceries 12 60


Bridgham Brothers, meat, &c. .. 65 37


C. W. Hollis, meat .


33 13


John F. Eaton, meat


45 83


J. H. Schraut, bread and


crackers


47 68


Ambler & Hobart, grain 113 14


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal


194 64


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, ice


12 14


Sarah E. Fitch, dry goods


43 07


George E. Jones, fish


35 29


Braintree Clothing Store, sup- plies . . 70 90 ·


O. Q. Ball, oil .


12 56


T. H. Libby, wood and labor


33 75


M. L. Tupper, coal .


6 00


Sarah A. Brown, wood


8 00


Braintree School Fund, wood 24 00


N. H. Hunt, wood


40 00


Frank A. Bates, three fire ex- tinguishers 45 00


Frank A. Bates, labor and sup- plies .


11 69


Keay & Shay, burial of Mary Nolan .


15 00


Keay & Shay, burial of Abigal · Hobart


20 00


W. A. Torrey, medicine


15 85


Amount carried forward


$3,497 13


T. H. Libby, milk · .


9 84


.


.:: 22


Amount brought forward $3,497 13


Noah Torrey, medical attend- ance


15 00


Noah Torrey, medical attend- ance, T. Kiley Braintree Water Department,


5 25


water . 26 50


H. H. Snow, cleaning clock ·


1 00


H. B. Whitman, repairs on rubber room . 6 75


7 55


H. B. Whitman, repairs and supplies · F. A. Oliver, care of W. Brown (insane) . .


2 00


O. M. Rogers, supplies ·


2 87


L. M. Ham, repairs on lockup 1 50


E. Shay, blacksmith work 13 50.


$3,579 05


Cr.


To appraisal Jan. 1, 1894


$1,496 45


To kindlings for schools, &c 156 22


$1,652 6,7


Cost of Poor in Almshouse


$1,926 38


Received for board of Jane Simpson


54 00


Received for board of Abigail Hobart


47 90


Due for board of Jane Simpson 54 00


Due from State for Timothy Kiley .


9 25


$165 15


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INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.


NAME.


AGE.


DAYS.


George Littlefield,


68 .


334


Ezra Dyer,


76


334


Samuel H. Cranston,


63


334


Johanna McMahon,


98


-


334


Elizabeth O. Penniman,


83


334


Jane Simpson,


64


334


Maria Kelley,


29


334


Maggie Richardson',


23


334


Mary Goodman,


56


334


Abigail Hobart,


75


328


Charles Hayden,


88


261


Mary E. Nolan,


75


135


Andrew J. Egan,


..


69


95


William Patterson,


58


122


John Andrews,


35


12


Timothy Kiley,


35


11


Ernest Madden,


11


7


Abraham Mead,


76


214


Sarah McCornish,


56


95


W. Brown,


1


22


2


Prisoners,


31


Tramps,


206


Total number of days,


4725


Total number of weeks,


675


Cost per week,


$2 85


24


APPRAISAL OF PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE


JANUARY 3, 1894.


1 horse


$75.00


Am't brought forward


$357 40


1 covered wagon 50 00 hook 75


1 pung ·


30 00


1 manure hook 75


1 hay wagon 35 00


Scythes and snaths - 3 00


1 tip cart 12 00


7 hoes ·


·


·


1 50


1 farm wagon 5 00


cutter .


75 1


1 harrow 5 00


1 iron bar


1 00


Wood saws and axes


5 00


chains 4 00


1 snow plough .




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