Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1894, Part 1

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1894.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE


TOWN OF BRAINTREE,


From Dec. 31, 1893, to Dec. 31, 1894,


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. 1895.


TOWN OFFICERS, 1894.


Moderator. HON. ASA FRENCH. Clerk. SAMUEL A. BATES.


Treasurer. PETER D. HOLBROOK.


Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of Poor and Highway Surveyors. ANSEL O. CLARK, JOHN V. SCOLLARD, WILLIAM W. MAYHEW.


School Committee.


THOMAS A. WATSON, ANN M. BROOKS,


CARRIE F. LORING,


SAMUEL C. BRIDGHAM,


HENRY L. DEARING,


ALBION C. DRINKWATER.


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


Auditors.


DANIEL POTTER, L. WILLARD MORRISON,


CHARLES G. SHEPPARD.


School Fund Committee.


GEORGE D. WILLIS,


ALVA S. MORRISON,


WILL W. MAYHEW,


FRANCIS A. HOBART, JAMES D. LEATHERBEE, PETER D. HOLBROOK.


Fence Viewers.


GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, ALBERT R. HOBART,


WILLIAM A. KANE.


Constables.


HORACE FAXON, ALBERT HOBART, JAMES R. QUALEY, FRANK E. RUDDERHAM, JOHN KELLEY,


LEWIS E. BEVERLY,


THOMAS DOWNEY,


CONRAD MISCHLER,


WILLIAM HILL, HENRY DUGAN, Jr.,


CHARLES R. DAMON,


BENJAMIN J. LORING, Jr.,


CHARLES H. LORING,


F. ALTON OLIVER, HERBERT A. HOLBROOK, THOMAS HOLLINGHEAD,


JAMES A. REYNOLDS.


Collector of Taxes. NATHANIEL F. HUNT. Representative to General Court, Sixth Norfolk District. JOHN KELLEY.


REPORT


OF THE


Board of Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways,


OF THE Town of Braintree,


FROM JAN. 1, 1894, TO DEC. 31, 1894, INCLUSIVE.


STATISTICAL.


Number of residents assessed on property, individuals, 961; firms and corporations, 20; total, 981.


Number of non-residents assessed on property, individuals, 230; firms and corporations, 17; total, 247


Number of persons assessed, on property, 1,228; for poll tax only, 802; total, 2,030.


Number of male polls assessed, 1,380; value of assessed real estate, buildings, excluding land $1,945,525; land, excluding buildings, $1,384,475; total, $3,330,000.


Value of assessed personal estate, excluding resident bank stock, $847,425 ; total valuation of assessed estate, $4,177,425 ; tax for state, county and town purposes, including overlayings, OD personal estate, $18,304.38; on real estate, $71,928.00; on polls, $2,760.00; total, $92,992.38.


Rate of taxation per $1,000, $21.60.


Number of horses assessed 575.


Number of cows assessed 448.


Number of dwelling houses assessed 1,145.


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Number of acres of land assessed 7,968.


In 1893 number of houses assessed 1,111, gain in houses in year 1894, 34.


It may be interesting to note that the valuation of land, exclud- ing buildings in 1890 was $1,041,000, making an increase in the assessed value of land in four years of $343,475. It may be also of interest to know that the total tax levy in 1890 was $46,777.52, against $92,992.38 in 1894, showing an increase in four years of $46,214.86, nearly double the amount.


STREET RAILWAYS.


The Braintree Street Railway Company was granted a location for tracks upon Hancock and Washington Streets to the Quincy line. The road has been constructed, and is now in practical operation. The Braintree and Weymouth Street Railway Co. was granted a franchise to build a line of road through the east sec- tion of the town, from the Weymouth line to the railroad station at Braintree. This road has been partially constructed. The board in each of the two franchises made arrangements for a half fare for the children of the public schools.


STATE HIGHWAYS.


Acting under the idea that our town should receive some benefit from the State appropriation for highways, and believing that Quincy avenue, being a street used almost exclusively by through travel, was a proper subject for State expenditure, the board had a survey made of the avenue and filed a petition with the Massachusetts Highway Commissioners praying that Quincy avenue be accepted and laid out as a State highway. We are confident that the justice of our petition will commend it for favorable action.


SUITS.


In the contested tax cases of Mrs. Elizabeth F., Curtis F., and Robert D. Perry, a decision was made in the Superior Court, Norfolk County, by Judge Hammond, in October last. The cases were decided in favor of the town. Judgment was rendered for


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the full amount of the tax in each case, with interest from Dec. 1,1892.


POOR DEPARTMENT.


The unusual depression in business has caused a considerable increase in the output in this department. However, in compar- ison with the expense of poor in some neighboring towns, we have reason to congratulate ourselves upon our comparative freedom from this expense.


ALMSHOUSE.


At the beginning of the year Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Potter resigned the positions of superintendent and matron of the institution. Their places were filled by the appointment of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Litchfield to the positions. Subsequent events have proved to our satisfaction that a wise selection has been made.


IMPROVEMENT OF GROUNDS AT ALMSHOUSE.


We think the townspeople generally have remarked the rough and unfinished appearance of the grounds around our almshouse. During the past year the board has made a special effort to have the grounds cleared up in a manner becoming property controlled by the town. We have succeeded in this to a large degree, and we hope that by next season, the work being continued, the grounds may be made a credit to the town, and not be an eyesore to the passerby. It is proper to state in this connection that nearly all the labor in clearing up the grounds has been performed by the superintendent, with the assistance of some of the inmates.


ELECTRIC LIGHTING SYSTEM.


Mr. Thomas A. Watson, by request of this board, continued as manager of the system during the past year. Towards the last of the year Mr. Watson notified the board that his private inter- ests demanded his attention and that he would have to relinquish the position. As we make up this report we have not as yet


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eppointed his successor. Mr. Watson has, as is well known, served in that capacity without pay, and we think we voice the sentiment of the town in extending the gratitude of the citizens and of this board to him for his successful management of the system in its incipient stages.


The plant is now established upon a satisfactory and substantial basis, and we believe that the town was fortunate in constructing. and operating its own system, instead of giving over an import- ant public function to stock jobbers and speculators.


HIGHWAYS.


The town having elected this Selectmen, a Board of Highway Surveyors, the management of streets was divided into districts, each surveyor having direct charge over the highways in his par- ticular district. The stone road appropriation was expended under the direction of Mr. John V. Scollard.


STEAM ROAD ROLLER.


Upon recommendation of the board the town voted to purchase a steam road roller. The method of payment was as follows : The sum of $1,500 was to be taken from the appropriation made for stone roads in 1894, and the balance of the payment was to be taken from the ordinary highway appropriation for 1895.


The purchase of the roller being left in the hands of this board, we spared no pains to secure a machine which would give satis- faction as to efficiency and durability. We examined the work- ings of the various standard machines upon the market, including the O. S. Kelley & Co. of Springfield, Ohio, the Aveling & Porter of England, and the Harrisburg of Pennsylvania. We became satisfied that the latter machine was best adapted for our use, and made a contract with the agents, W. R. Fleming & Co. of Boston, to furnish a machine under our specifications, for $3,800.


In our investigation into the comparative merits of the rollers, we were materially aided by the advice of Mr. Wm. E. Maybury, superintendent of water works, whose mechanical ability and expe- rience made him an exceptionally good critic upon this class of machinery.


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The machine arrived in town about the tenth of September. Immediately upon its arrival the town of Westfield made appli- cation for the use of the machine in constructing the state high- way in that town. As we had ample time to do our own work, the roller was rented to the above town for $15 per day, the lessees to pay the freight from Braintree to their town and back to Braintree. The Westfield people and the engineer of the state highway commission have expressed themselves as highly pleased with the efficiency of the machine. The cost of rolling per ton on the Westfield road was less than sixteen cents. Twenty cents per ton is considered a fairly reasonable cost for rolling macadam.


The machine was also rented to the Braintree and Weymouth Street Railway Company, for ploughing up the street. Its success in the work of tearing up frozen ground was ample proof of the ability of the machine to perform that kind of work. The result of renting the machine has been very satisfactory from a financial standpoint, and we believe it should be the policy of the town to rent the machine when not in use on our streets. If this policy is carried out the machine will have paid for itself in a very few years.


The macadam roads built during the past year have had the advantage of steam rolling, which is very manifest. Although we took $1,500 from the stone road appropriation for the pay- ment on the machine, and $160 to build a house for the roller, we have constructed more yards of macadam road than ever was built in any year when the entire appropriation for stone roads was expended for highways only.


The saving of cost in rolling has been an important item toward this result; and also the fact that when the road is rolled by machine it does not require the large amount of gravel which was used in covering the stone when the horse roller was used.


We have constructed a macadam road upon Union street, from residence of A. E. Avery, Esq., to the corner of Middle and Union streets, and on Union street from the foot of Edson's Hill to the residence of Mr. E. F. Parlee. We have paid out of the stone road appropriation for a fill of two feet with stone between the bridge on Union street and the junction of Union street and Cleveland avenue. This road-bed was covered with coal ashes


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and thoroughly rolled. This road should receive a light coat of fine macadam in the spring. This would insure a permanent road, thoroughly drained. As Union street is a main thoroughfare and receives heavy traffic, this work should be continued in sections until the whole street is completed.


RATE OF WAGES.


The scale of wages upon the highways has been $2.00 per day for a man and $1.00 per day for a horse.


LAKESIDE CEMETERY.


The matter of closing this cemetery was referred by the town to the Board of Health. During the past year the Board has taken definite action and ordered the cemetery closed. We believe that for the protection of our source of water supply this step was necessary. In order that the opinion of the town may be obtained on this matter, we have placed an article in the town warrant to get an expression of opinion upon this subject from the citizens.


INSPECTION OF PLUMBING.


The Board has adopted regulations for plumbing as required by the Statute of 1894. Mr. William E. Maybury has been ap- pointed inspector under the above law.


INSPECTION OF CATTLE AND PROVISIONS.


The Board has taken action in the matter as required and has appointed James M. Cutting, veterinary surgeon, as Inspector of Cattle and Provisions for this town. Dr. Cutting holds a like position in the city of Quincy.


Thanking our fellow citizens for their courtesy and considera- tion, we respectfully submit itemized accounts of the expendi- tures in the several departments.


A. O. CLARK, JOHN. V. SCOLLARD, WILLIAM W. MAYHEW, Board of Selectmen.


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LIST OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1894.


Pay of school teachers, besides dog


licenses and school funds .


$13,400 00


Janitors for schools .


.


1,300 00


Fuel for schools


1,400 00


Incidentals for schools 500 00


Incidentals for school houses 700 00


Text books and supplies


1,100 00


Superintendent of schools


1,300 00


Rent for kindergarten


150 00


Conveyance of pupils


1,325 00


Heating and ventilating Pond and Union school houses


5,000 00


Repairs of highways, bridges and sidewalks


5,000 00


Stone roads


3,000 00


Removal of snow


1,300 00


Town lands .


100 00


Incidental expenses . ·


2,000 00


Abatement and collection of


taxes


· 2,500 00


Town officers


2,700 00


Night police


1,800 00


Support of poor and soldiers' relief


4,000 00 -_


State aid, Chap. 279


150 00


State aid, Chap. 301 ·


1,300 00


"Town Hall repairs ·


500 00


.Janitor Town Hall, library and Pond school . 650 00


Thayer public library ·


.


800 00


Distributing books .


100 00


Grand Army of the Republic


175 00


Interest on town debt


5,000 00


Water damages, Glover estate . 950 00


.


.


·


.


Amount carried forward


·


$58,200 00


10


Amount brought forward, .


$58,200 00


Insurance


1,000 00


School house note


3,100 00


School house note


3,300 00.


Electric light note


2,000 00


Water loan, sinking fund .


5,000 00


Hydrant service


3,825 00


Operating expenses, street light- ing


5,150 00


Extension of street lighting


3,000 00


Connecting new users, domestic lighting


1,200 00


Hall avenue and Thayer place


800 00


Lisle street


300 00


Fire department, general 'ex- penses . .


2,000 00


Hose carriage and reel 9


500 00


Hose and fire extinguishers


.


500 00


Hose towers


800 00


Electric fire alarm


2,500 00


French's avenue


180 00


Court fees and expenses


300 00


Hospitals


.


500 00


$94,155 00


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SCHOOLS-PAY OF TEACHERS.


Appropriations


$13,400 00


School Fund


.


.


.


300 00


Dog Licenses


. .


733 66


$14,433 66


HIGH SCHOOL.


Paid, Oliver R. Cook, teaching 24 weeks


$780 00


Oliver R. Cook, teaching : 16


560 00


weeks · Carrie M. Bassett, teaching 13 weeks


195 00


Ella Macgregor, teaching 11


weeks .


112 50


Ella Macgregor, teaching 16


weeks .


208 00


Sarah W. Lane, teaching 13


195 00


Mary G. Osborne, teaching 26 weeks .


390 00


Mabel W. Jordan, teaching 10 00


William C. Burnham, teaching


16 weeks


160 00


MONATIQUOT SCHOOL.


Paid, Frank W. Brett, teaching 40 weeks


$1000 00


Hattie F. Weeks, teaching 37 weeks 444 00


Josephine B. Colbert, teaching 40 weeks 480 00


Susan A. O'Rourke, teaching 40 weeks 480 00


Amount carried forward . .


$5,014 50


·


weeks .


12


Amount brought forward . . $5,014 50


Julia Ellsworth, teaching 24


weeks . 240 00


Julia Ellsworth, teaching 16


weeks ·


170 00


M. Maria Kyte, teacning . · 26 80


IRON WORKS SCHOOL.


Paid, Victoria P. Wilde, teaching 40 weeks


$800 00


Mary L. Crowe, teaching 24 weeks


288 00


. Nellie E. Bowles, teaching 40 weeks 425 00


Mary E. Vining, teaching 40 weeks 425 00


Martha W. Locke, teaching 229 20


Nellie F. Monk, teaching 8 weeks ·


80 00


Helen A. Mitchell, teaching 16 weeks ·


160 00


UNION SCHOOL.


Paid, Avis A. Thayer, teaching 40 weeks


$480. 00


Mabel L. Bates, teaching 40


weeks 425 00


Hannah C. Whelan, teaching 40 weeks 425 00


Anna K. McKellar, teaching 24 weeks 240 00


Anna K. Mckellar, teaching 16 weeks 170 00


Amount carried forward


.


$9,598 50


13


Amount brought forward $9,598 50


POND SCHOOL.


Paid, Sarah L. Arnold, teaching 40 weeks ·


$480 00


Alice C. Jenkins, teaching 21 weeks ·


223 12


Annie M. Brooks, teaching 40 weeks 425 00


Emily A. Lapham, teaching 40 weeks 425 00


Emma M. Kane, teaching 3


weeks 30 00


Emma M. Kane, teaching 16 weeks 176 00


SOUTH SCHOOL.


Paid, M. E. C. Bannon, teaching 14


weeks 201 25.


MIDDLE STREET SCHOOL.


Paid, Estelle Robinson, teaching 24


weeks


240 00


Estelle Robinson, teaching 16 weeks 170 00


EAST SCHOOL.


Paid, E. Francis Hayward, teaching 24 weeks


240 00


Amount carried forward


·


$12,208 87


14


Amount brought forward $12,208 87


KINDERGARTEN.


Paid Robertina B. Trask, teaching


40 weeks


$450 00


Charlotte E. Hobart, teaching 24


weeks ·


192 00


Charlotte E. Hobart, teaching 16


weeks ·


160 00


Harriet M. Hill, teaching 24


weeks


192 00


Harriet M. Hill, teaching 16


weeks


160 00


DRAWING AND MUSIC TEACHERS.


Paid Carrie F. Spear, Music


$220 00


Elizabeth J. Hilles, Drawing


312 50


Total salaries, teachers


$13,895 37


Cr.


By Cash for Tuition of Children


.


$65 00


JANITORS.


Appropriation,


$1,350 00


Paid John H. Dinsmore, .


$755 60


John Taylor, .


66 40


Mrs. M. A. Holbrook,


24 00


Richard De Neil,


70 00


W. Witherell, .


35 50


J. R. Carmichael,


40 00


Asaph T. Arnold,


11 40


G. Henry Tuttle,


53 60


J. F. Bates,


17 00


Mrs. S. G. Leavitt, .


8 00


William Orr,


93 61


$1,175 11


15


CONVEYANCE OF PUPILS.


Appropriation, . $1,325 00


Paid A. A. Drollett, $350 00


W. B. Hollis, .


165 00


Joseph M. Foster,


2 50


N. Y. N. H. & H. Railroad Co.,


55 65


Braintree Street Railway Co.,


100 00


F. A. Burrell, .


202 80


C. A. Townsend,


70 00


Gamewell Co., school alarm, .


75 00


$1,020 95


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


Appropriation, · ·


$1,300 00


Paid I. W. Horne, 12 months,. $1,233 33


$1,233 33


HEATING AND VENTILATING POND AND UNION


SCHOOL HOUSES.


Appropriation, $5,000 00


Paid Smith & Anthony Co., on con- tract, . $3,122 00


J. Parker Hayward, labor and stock, . 408 04


50 00 1


A. E. Bradford, labor and stock, Daniel Potter, services as com- mittee, . 25 00


$3,605 04


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FUEL FOR SCHOOLS.


Appropriation,


$1,400 00'


Paid Elisha Morse, wood, $ 4 50


T. F. Finnegan, wood, 16 25


C. A. Belcher, wood,


10 00


E. C. Litchfield, wood, · 37 25


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal, 1,364 12


$1,432 12


Cr. on order overdrawn, 35 00


$1,397 12'


INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLS.


Appropriation


$500 00


Paid Weymouth & Braintree Publish-


ing Co., printing . $61 00


James Wilson, supplies


50


N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., expressing . 2 65


Henry B. Vinton, expressing 10 55


W. P. Brown, expressing .


15 90


Green & Prescott, printing


6 00


Thomas Hall, supplies


5 00


Frank A. Bates, supplies .


5 15


E. L. Ritchie & Sons, supplies


91 42


I. W. Horne, services as secre- tary of committee 25 00.


I. W. Horne, cash paid supplies 32 05 Braintree Water .Department, water 94 87


J. H. Dinsmore, supplies 8 55


Oliver R. Cook, supplies 13 79.


F. W. Brett, supplies 31 10


Wallace Spooner, supplies


7 50


Amount carried forward $411 13.


17


Amount brought forward


$411 03


C. E. Hill, supplies .


·


·


1 50


John Taylor, labor .


·


1 40


R. A. Gage, labor


7 00


W. Witherell, labor


3 60


J. L. Hammett, supplies


117 15


James Maher, labor


1 00


E. P. Hayward, labor


2 00


T. J. Cain, labor


1 00


E. J. Hilles, supplies


2 00


R. Frampton, supplies J. T. Weeks, supplies


2 02


Carrie F. Spear, supplies


5 00


W. A. Torrey, supplies


6 20


J. M. Arnold, supplies 1 58 .


Mrs. S. G. Leavitt, labor,


1 00


$568 04


INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLHOUSES.


Appropriation


$700 00


Paid Sewell Nye, labor .


10 60


George H. Holbrook, labor and stock 7 05


Peter Ness, painting ·


11 30


Frank A. Bates, labor


21 88


Richard DeNeil, labor


2 75


W. Witherell, labor . ·


4 25


Albert E. Bradford, labor and stock


112 72


Braintree water department, labor and stock 40 47


J. O. McFadden, supplies


10 55


F. O. Whitmarsh, labor, etc.


250 00


J. Parker Hayward, labor and stock . 189 28


Amount carried forward $660 85


.


4 56


18


Amount brought forward $660 85


W. H. Cobb, supplies 3 25


Underhill Warming and Venti-


lating Co., supplies 8 75


J. L. Hammett, supplies . 17 00


Baldwin Robbins Co., supplies . 9 55


H. H. Snow, cleaning clock 1 00


$700 40


RENT FOR KINDERGARTEN.


Paid N. E. Hollis, rent of room, Ly-


ceum Building $112 50


$112 50


TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.


Appropriation


$1,100 00


Paid Oliver R. Cook


$ 45 57


Ginn & Co.


.


138 43


J. L. Hammett


183 14


Maynard, Merrill & Co.


6 29


American Book Co. .


185 27


D. C. Heath & Co. .


57 39


Geo. S. Perry & Co.


86 94


Boston School Supply Co


215 00


Eagle Pencil Co.


7 25


Silver Burdett & Co


9 16


Geo. F. King & Merrill '


2 00


Franklin Educational Co.


22 80


Houghton, Mifflin & Co.


27 12


University Publishing Co.


22 69


Milton Bradley Co. .


5 40


Carl Schoenof


5 50


Carter, Rice & Co.


33 50


Amount carried forward · $1,053 45


19


Amouut bronght forward


$1,053 45


Little, Brown & Co.


·


4 12


Wright & Potter


,


2 50


M. R. Warren


.


2 00


Thorp, Martin Co. .


7 50


Charlotte E. Hobart, supplies


1 67


Carrie F. Spear


3 00


E. J. Hilles


.


$1075 81


Cr.


By cash for damage to books


16 08


REAPPROPRIATED TO PAY SUNDRY SCHOOL BILLS.


Paid J. F. S. Huddleston, supplies, $9 50


Maynard Merrill & Co., supplies, 26 04


O. M. Rogers, . 94 54


George W. Prescott & Son, 22 25


R. Hollings,


45 00


Weymouth & Braintree Publish- ing Co., 19 50


C. H. Hobart, .


12 53


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, ·


35 00


U. S. School Furniture Co., 19 55


F. C. Roberts,


10 00


W. A. Torrey,


8 90


R. Allen Gage,


4 75


F. W. Brett,


5 75


Fore River Engine Co.,


10 78


Wakefield Rattan Co., 9 50


W. P. Brown, . ·


28 05


Franklin Educational Co., 84 04


American Book Co., . 1 71


D. C. Heath & Co., 24 46


Boston School Supply Co.,


18 25


Amount carried forward $490 10


1 57


20


Amount brought forward


$490 10


J. L. Hammett,


179 30


George S. Perry,


13 50.


Lee & Shepard,


84


Ginn & Co.,


117 46


W. Witherell, .


1 00


C. E. Hill,


1 15


Williams & Rogers, .


99 '80


G. B. Bates Heating Co., .


9 93


Crocker Mf'g Co.,


4 00


Houghton Mifflin Co.,


14 03


Braintree Street Railway Co., 75 00


H. B. Vinton, .


50


Carrie F. Spear,


15 00


J. H. Dinsmore,


5 21


I. W. Horne, .


35 15


E. J. Hilles,


1 70


E. Bourk,


50


H. W. Borden,


5 47


Baker Hardware Co., .


7 40


Woodsum's Express Co.,


14 55


J. M. Arnold, .


31 20


$1,122 79


APPROPRIATION FOR POOR DEPT. $4,000.


ALMSHOUSE, Dr.


To appraisal January 1, 1894 . $1,496 45


Paid C. H. Potter, services as supt . 120 00


C. H. Potter, cash paid sundry bills ·


5 19


Edwin C. Litchfield, services as superintendent 360 00


Edwin C. Litchfield, cash paid sundry bills . .


30 71


Hired girl


213 00


Amount carried forward · $2,225 35


21


Amount brought forward $2,225 35


Horace Dana, groceries 53 86


James T. Weeks, groceries 50 97


J. M. Arnold, groceries


65 14


C. H. Hobart, groceries .


42 78


H. M. White, groceries


56 97


Bradford & Mansfield, groceries


54 17


Braintree Clothing Co.


47 70


George E. Jones, fish


21 99


Bridgham Brothers, meat, etc. 64 11


C. W. Hollis, meat, etc. . 24 84


J. F. Eaton, meat, etc. ·


54 88


J. H. Schraut, bread and crackers 60 38


155 14


Ambler & Hobart, hay and grain O. Q. Ball, oil


13 04


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal


188 50


Braintree Wood and Lumber Co. wood 12 76


N. H. Hunt, wood 30 00


C. A. Belcher, wood 23 88


T. H. Libby, hay, labor, etc. .


43 28


M. Brandly, standing grass and hay 19 00


Elmer H. Vinton, two pigs


10 50


Solon David, supplies 18 55


Solon David, burial of Johanna McMahan 20 00


W. H. Cobb, tools, etc. 31 30


H. H. Thayer, blacksmith work 41 77


Edward Shay, blacksmith work 27 43


Water department, water . 53 00


J. E. Shay, burial of Ezra Dyer 20 00


C. A. Belcher, standing grass 42 00


John Rennie, labor . 16 29


Mrs. Hosea Jackson, 1 cow 50 00


L. B. Hollis, 1 cow . 47 50


Amount carried forward $3,687 08


22


Amount brought forward . $3,687 08


R. Allen Gage, mowing, etc. 16 00


C. G. Anderson, labor and stock 26 46


W. A. Torrey, medicines, etc. .


13 71


Sarah E. Fitch, dry goods 58 31


B. D. Litchfield, mason work


10 00


H. B. Whitman, labor and stock


17 90


O. M. Rogers,labor and supplies


7 72


T. B. Stoddard, setting glass


.


2 10


Lewis Dyer, apples .


8 75


R. B. Watson, 2 pigs


7 00


Frank A. Bates, supplies .


85


Charles L. Sherman, supplies


1 75


J. Sampson, killing hogs . 1 75


Weymouth and Braintree Pub. Co., advertising . 1 50


H. H. Thayer, newj tip cart


70 00


C. H. Potter, celery plants .


2 00


W. A. Hollis, labor


8 50


$3,941 38


Cr.


To appraisal January 1st, 1895 $1,869 90


Kindlings for schools, labor and produce sold 128 27


1419 tramps, estimated cost 10 cents each.


141 90


$2,140 07


Cost of poor in almshouse


1,801 31


Expended for labor on grounds $153 79


23


INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.


NAME.


AGE.


DAYS.


George Littlefield,


68


365


Ezra Dyer,


76


56


Samuel N. Cranston,


63


365


William Patterson,


58


178


Abraham Mead,


76


365


Charles Hayden,


88


365.


Andrew Egan,


69


128


Michael McMurphy,


265


Johanna McMahon,


98


324


Mary Goodman,


56


365


Elizabeth O. Penniman,


84


365


Jane Simpson,


64


365.


Maria Kelley,


29


365


Maggie Richardson,


23


365


Sarah McComish,


56


223


Total number of days,


4459


Total number of weeks,


637


Cost per week,


$2 82


24


We as auditor's made our annual visit to the almshouse and made an appraisal of the property, which, according to our recom- mendation the Selectmen have decided not to have printed in de- tail. (Schedule of property in detail may be found on file at the office of the Selectmen. )


We found the property under the new management of Mr. and Mrs. E. Clifford Litchfield in first-class condition.


We especially noted a decided improvement in the appearance of the grounds in front of the almshouse, although not completed. Said improvement being under the personal supervision of Mr. Litchfield as advised by the Selectmen.


DANIEL POTTER, L. W. MORRISON, CHAS G. SHEPPARD,


January 1st, 1895


Auditors


25


POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.


Paid Taunton Hospital for William Kincaide ·


169 46


Taunton Hospital for Emily C. Hansen 169 46


Taunton Hospital for Lulinda




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