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TOWN OF
BRAINTREE.
R.P.A.R.
R
1640.
SS
ETTS.
C
1898.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
FROM DEC. 31, 1897, TO DEC. 31, 1898. 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.
MOI
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REPORTER JOB PRINT. WEYMOUTH & BRAINTREE PUB. CO BRAINTREE, MASS. 1899.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1898.
Moderator. F. A. HOBART. Town Clerk. HENRY A. MONK. Town Treasurer. PETER D. HOLBROOK.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of Poor, and Highway Surveyors. ANSEL O. CLARK,
WILLIAM W. MAYHEW, J. PARKER HAYWARD.
Water Commissioner and Sinking Fund Commissioner. T. HAVEN DEARING, for three years. School Committee. Three Years.
MRS. ANNIE M. BROOKS, ALBION C. DRINKWATER,
MRS. B. J. LORING, T. A. WATSON. Two Years-C. F. HILL CRATHERN. One Year-WILLIAM C. HARDING. Auditors.
DANIEL POTTER, L. WILLARD MORRISON, CHARLES G. SHEPPARD.
Fence Viewers.
FRANCIS W. CROOKER, HENRY GARDNER, WM. A. KANE. Trustees of School Fund. GEORGE D. WILLIS, F. A. HOBART, A. S. MORRISON, WILL W. MAYHEW, PETER D. HOLBROOK. Constables.
HORACE FAXON, JOHN GALLIVAN,
CHRISTOPHER T. BAILEY, : JOHN KELLEY, JOSEPH W. STETSON, BENJAMIN J. LORING,
THOMAS DOWNEY, HENRY DUGAN, JR.
DAVID C. HASELTINE, HORACE F. HUNT,
JAMES R. QUALEY, J. MURRAY KNIGHT, .
JAMES ROURKE, EDWARD M. WIGHT,
CONRAD : MISCHLER.
REPORT
Of the Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors of the
Town of Braintree,
For the year ending December 31st, 1898.
In accordance with the By-Laws of the Town of Brain- tree, the Board of Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Highway Surveyors, respectfully submit their Annual Report, showing the appropriations and expenditures for the year ending Dec. 31, 1898.
ANSEL O. CLARK, WM. W. MAYHEW, J. PARKER HAYWARD,
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Highway Surveyors.
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LIST OF APPROPRIATIONS MADE AT THE AN- NUAL MEETING. 1
For Pay of School Teachers . $14,145 00
Pay of Superintendent of Schools
1,400 00
Pay of Janitors.
1,800 00
For Text Books and Supplies
1,600 00
Incidentals for Schools
.400 00
Incidentals for Schoolhouses
1,000 00
Fuel for Schools
1,200 00
Conveyance of Pupils
725 00
Fire Department General Expenses
$800 00
Repairs on Engine Houses .
100 00
New Hose
325 00
Pay of Members
·
1,225 00
Repairs on Apparatus
100 00
Hydrant Service
$4,150 00
Water Loan Sinking Fund
5,120 00
9,270 00
Electric Light Department
$9,000 00
9,000 00
Note Jonas Perkins School
$3,100 00
Note Monatiquot School
3,300 00
· Note Electric Light .
2,000 00
Interest on Town debt
$5,000 00
General repairs of High-
ways
3,000 00
Stone Roads
3,500 00
Sidewalks
1,000 00
Removal of Snow
.
1,500 00
9,000 00
$22,270 00
2,550 00
8,400 00
5,000 00
.
5
For Night Police $2,190 00 Janitor Town Hall and Li- brary 600 00
Town Hall 150 00
Town Lands ·
100 00
Insurance
700 00
Incidental Expenses .
2,500 00
Abatement and Collection of Taxes ·
1,500 00
Court Fees and Expenses . 100 00
Thayer Public Library
1,000 00
Distribution of Books
100 00
Grand Army of the Repub- lic 175 00
Support of Poor
.
4,000 00
Soldier's Relief, Acts of 1890, ·
400 00
Soldier's Aid, Chapter 279
100 00
Target and Furnishings, Co. K., 5th Regiment
250 00
Surveys and Plans for As- sessors .
1,000 00
Drain, Franklin Street 500 00
Town Officers .
3,650 00
$19,015 00
$84,505 00
Voted, That the sum of $7,000, from the Bank and Cor- poration taxes be applied to the payment of the fore- going appropriations 7,000 00
$77,505 00
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PAY OF SCHOOL TEACHERS.
Appropriation .
$14,145 00
School fund
350 00
Doğ tax . ·
.
656 19
$15,151 19
HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid I. W. Horne, 12 weeks, . $180 00
Ella Macgregor, 40 weeks . 600 00
Celia F. Stacey, 40 weeks . 750 00
Julia Ellsworth, 24 weeks . 360 00
Julia Ellsworth, 16 weeks . 280 00
Joseph A. Ewart, 16 weeks 480 00
Emily Streiferd, music
84 00
$2,734 00
MONATIQUOT SCHOOL.
Paid Joseph A. Ewart, 24 weeks
$564 00
Susan A. O'Rourke, 24
weeks . 288 00
Josephene B. Colbert, 40 weeks . 480 00
Annie E. Crowell, 24 weeks
255 00
Annie E. Crowell, 16 weeks 180 00
Margaret E. C. Bannon, 40 weeks ·
480 00
W. Stanwood Field, 16 weeks . 296 00
Mabel F. Alden, 16 weeks 160 00
Florence L. Eliott, 14 weeks . 140 00
7
Paid Josephine R. Fowle, 13
weeks .
$130 00
Clara West
12 00
$2,985 00
. JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL.
Victoria P. Wilde, 24
weeks .
510 00
Victoria P. Wilde, 16
weeks .
360 00
Nellie E. Bowles, 40 weeks 450 00
Mary E. Vining, 24 weeks
270 00
Mary E. Vining, 16 weeks
192 00
Elizabeth Simmons, 24
weeks
.
240 00
Elizabeth Simmons, 16
weeks .
170 00
Nellie F. Monk, 40 weeks .
450 00
Fanny Ellsworth, 24 weeks
240 00
Fanny Ellsworth, 16 weeks
170 00
Theresa G. O'Rourke, 24
weeks ..
.
240 00
Theresa G. O'Rourke, 16 weeks . 170 00
Grace Randall, 24 weeks . 204 00
Grace Randall, 16 weeks 140 00
Grace M. Ward, 16 weeks
160 00
Bertha Waldron
22 50
Mary A. McGoerty, 12
weeks .
120 00
4,114 50
UNION SCHOOL.
Paid Avis A. Thayer, 28 weeks $336 00 Avis A. Thayer, 12 weeks . 150 00
8
Paid Hannah C: Whelan, 32
weeks .
$360 00
Hannah C. Whelan, 8
weeks . 22 50
Mabel L. Bates, 40 weeks .
450 00
Elizabeth B. Pray, 40 weeks . ·
400 00
Marion L. Rogers, 24
weeks . 36 00
Belle R. Newton, 12 weeks 24 00
Agnes Hayward, 8 weeks .
67 50
Minetta A. Stevens, 24 weeks .
36 00
$1,882 00
POND SCHOOL.
Paid Sarah L. Arnold, 24 weeks,
$312 00
16 66 228 00
Ethel E. Roberts, 24 66 240 00
66 66 66 16 170 00
Annie M. Brooks, 40
450 00
Emily A. Lapham, 40 "
450 00
Harriet M. Hill, 40 400 00
Florence G. Fish
12 00
2,262 00
MIDDLE STREET SCHOOL.
Mabel T. Knight, 40 weeks
400 00
SOUTH WEST SCHOOL.
F. Gertrude Badger, 20 weeks, $160 00 E. M. Brigham, 8 weeks . 80 00
Marion L. Rogers, 16 weeks, 160 00
400 00
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DRAWING. Paid Helen E. Hewes, 40 weeks 300 00
MUSIC.
Paid Mary L. French .
82 00
SUBSTITUTE.
Paid Emma Keith
5 00
$15,164 50
JANITORS FOR SCHOOLS.
Appropriation
$1,800 00
Paid Elisha A. Belcher
$163 35
William Orr
575 01
J. Franklin Bates
264 00
Sewell Nye
264 00
John H. Macandrew
400 00
Joseph A. Eaton
11 66
Francis H. Thayer
40, 00
Willie P. Reed
40 00
$1,758 02
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Appropriation
$1,400 00
Paid I. W. Horne
$1,348 02
10
CONVEYANCE OF PUPILS.
Appropriation
$725 00
Paid Albert A. Drollett $350 00
Braintree Street Ry. Co. . 431 00
$781 00
FUEL FOR SCHOOLS.
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Paid A. J. Richards & Son,
· coal, 1897
$1,117 16
A. J. Richards & Son, coal, 1898
1,104 46
Braintree Almshouse, kind- lings
44 16
John P. Robery, wood 5 00
Elmer H. Vinton, wood
.
10 00
Thomas F. Finnegan
.
34 75
George E. Sampson . .
6 50
$2,322 03
INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLS.
Appropriation $400 00
Paid Weymouth & Braintree
Publishing Co.
$41 86
Pratt & Pratt 41 76
J. W. Horne, cash paid for supplies .
108 16
William M. Jordan, ex- pressing · 3 05
11
Paid John P. Lovell Arms Co., supplies .
$12 69
Thorp & Martin Co., sup- plies ·
10 31
Silver, Burdett & Co. . 82
Woodsum's Express Co. 11 50
D. B. Fletcher & Co., sup- plies 8 60
George W. Prescott &
Sons, printing .
60 27
Frank A. Bates, supplies . 10 36
Brown's Express, express-
ing .
14 10
Carter Rice & Co., supplies
2 40
Baker Hardware Co., sup- plies 89 .
Library Bureau ·
2 70
McMillan & Co., supplies . 1 84
Frank A. Locke, tuning
piano . ·
3 00
W. B. Clark, supplies 6 38
Ginn & Co. ·
1 50
H. C. Dimond & Co.
63
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. .
1 93
Joseph A. Ewart .
35 00
C. A. Belcher, Justice of
Peace 3 00
Smith Premier Type Writ-
ter Co . 45
Braintree & Weymouth Ry. Co., use of cars 6 00
Sarah L. Arnold, supplies, 1 00
Hannah C. Whelan, sup-
plies 1 00
12
Paid R. Frampton, supplies . $0 60
Mrs. C. E. French, clerk of committee . 56 00
J. L. Hammett & Co., sup- plies ·
1 75
John H. Macandrews 2 73
W. Stanwood Field . 1 60 ·
N. Y. & Boston Express Co. 1 25
A. J. Wilkinson, supplies . 4 75
Edward E. Babbe, supplies 2 03
Cong'l. Sunday School Pub. Co. 3 04
Horace F. Hunt, truant officer .
8 50
F. W. Barry, Beale & Co. 1 00
J. J. Downes . ·
90
Educational Pub. Co., sup- plies ·
1 21
John C. Haynes 50
George H. Holbrook, sup- plies
19 12
$496 18
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
$1,600 00
Appropriation
Paid J. L. Hammett & Co. $208 52.
Ginn & Co. 551 69
William Ware & Co. 128 97
American Book Co. . 138 52
John P. Lovell Arms Co 103 50
Geo. S. Perry . . 187 59
13
Paid Wadsworth Howland
$76 42
D. C. Heath & Co. .
61 41
Willard Small .
65 47
Thorp & Martin Co. .
4 25
Williams & Rogers
2 26
Prang Educational Co.
5 54
Silver, Burdett & Co.
23 11
E. L. Knot Apparatus Co.
12 94
Frank A. Smith
2 55
Allyn & Bacon
·
8 72
J. M. Arnold
·
87
New England News Co.
.
4 40
H. M. White
38
W. A. Torrey . ·
7 92
G. Putnam
65
Smith Premier Type Writer Co.
70 00
Leach, Shewell & Co.
·
40 21
Harner Brothers
25 61
F. W. Barry, Beale & Co.
8 00
Joseph Gillotte & Sons
12 00
Morse & Co.
20 10
Thompson Brown & Co,
59 38
A. M. Lombard
7 60
Boston Normal School of Gymnastics . ·
3 00
Carter, Rice Co.
·
83 70
J. B. Rhines & Co
. 13
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
34 81
Educational Publishing Co.
1 80
Edward E. Babb
16 51
William A. Davis
10 50
John J. Loud . .
1 50
Joseph A. Ewart 5 85
Boston School Supply Co. 24 00
·
14
Paid MacMillan Co. $0 81
T. H. Castor & Co. . 1 19
University Publishing Co. 1 92
N. J. Bartlett & Co.
10 00
Perry Picture Co. .
1 00
$2,035 30
Credit to School Department $151 18
SCHOOL HOUSE REPAIRS AND INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation . $1,000 00
Paid Braintree Water Depart-
ment
$305 40
Braintree Electric Light
Department . 47 67
Hayward Brothers, stock and labor .
131 12
Frank O. Whitmarsh, stock and labor 51 38
Charles O. Miller, stock
21 75
and labor · George H. Holbrook, stock and labor · O. M. Rogers, stock and labor ·
: 97 75
60 91
Frank A. Bates, stock and labor .
30 85
Peter Ness, stock and labor
291 24
J. B. Rhines & Co., lum- ber 24 26
C. H. Hobart, sundries . . . 11 79
-
15
Paid I. W. Horne, sundries $19 03
Sulpho Napthol Co., sun- dries 12 50
William H. Cobb, sundries 2 10
John H. Malvena, labor 9 00
R. Allen Gage, labor
4 50
J. F. S. Huddleson, sun- dries
2 50
Baker Hardware Co., sun-
dries ·
2 36
J. L. Hammett & Co., sun- dries .
17 05
Priest, Page & Co., .
10 00
Thorp & Martin Co. .
·
2 95
A. J. Wilkinson & Co.
8 60
Jordan, Marsh & Co. 3 50
James T. Weeks 13 74 ·
William Fenton
·
44 25
Robert Brooks .
1 00
William Orr
3 25
John J. Downes
90
E. M. Cundall .
6 00
A. G. Worcester & Sons
14 49
Fore River Engine Co.
1 00
Walworth Manufacturing Co.
2 70
Sewell Nye
5 60
Mrs. J. F. Bates
5 60
Willie P. Reed .
71
Morris Gurney. labor
7 50
James Towler, labor .
7 50
Albert Wilder, sundries
4 00
Marrs & White .
12 55
John S. Lane & Son. ·
41 12
Richard Bellyea
5 75
16
Paid Frank 4. Smith $1 00
Edward W. Hobart ·
10 50
J. Otis McFadden
2 40
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. 19 08
Haywood Brothers & Co. .
1 05
Sarah Eaton ,
4 83
C. H. Custance, labor
3 20
B. D. Litchfield, labor
2 00
A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., stock . , 6 68
George S. Perry, sundries . 17 63
C. D. Harlow, sundries
75
William May, sundries
3 00
Henry L. Kincaide, sun- dries 18 25
E. H. Mansfield Co., sun- dries 8 50
William S. Butler, sundries 4 12
R. H. White Co., sundries
7 50
Cleveland Stone Co., sun- dries 5 00
Irving W. Wheeler & Co., sundries 4 25
$1,465 61
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BRAINTREE POOR DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$4,000 00
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
Dr.
To Appraisal, January 1, 1898 $1,857 65
Paid E. C. Litchfield, Superin- tendent,
$480 00
Hired girl,
156 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
189 80
Ambler & Hobart, grain
71 09
James T. Weeks, groceries
51 29
J. M. Arnold, groceries
43 04
N. R. Proctor, groceries
34 06
H. M. White, groceries
39 23
C. H. Hobart, groceries
58 76
Henry W. Mansfield, gro- ceries .
58 75
Dyer & Sullivan, groceries
37 96
Charles W. Hollis, meat and provisions
19 77
Bridgham Brothers, meat and provisions 50 79
George E. Jones, fish, two years' bill 71 24
Thomas R. Fitch, dry goods
20 73
Joseph A. Eaton, meat and provisions 39 84
18
Paid Wm. E. Dailey, butter and
cheese .
$45 87
William H. Cobb, tools and supplies 49 31
F. W. Brett, medical at- tendance on inmates 36 50
F. W. Brett, medical at- tendance on J. H. Thayer 23 00
Wm. D. Holmes, med. at- tendance on J. H. Thayer 3 00 Morrill Williams, care of J. H. Thayer 23 00
Wm. A. Hollis, care of J. H. Thayer 11 60
Braintree Clothing Co., clothing 43 83
E. C. Litchfield, cash paid,
incidentals, two years . 48 98
Smith & Anthony, new
85 00
range
Braintree Water Depart-
ment, water . ·
53 00
Goodenough, Hunt & Rog- ers, standing grass 45 00
Waldo Holbrook, labor 35 20
William A. Hollis, labor 17 15
W. A. Torrey, medicine and supplies . . 20 74
W. P. Brown, potatoes and expressing 21 02
O. Q. Ball, oil . 4 40
S. F. Brown, oil 12 24
Abijah A. Glover, pigs 10 00
James M. Dyer, pigs ·
5 00
19
Paid H. H. Thayer, iron work . $6 65
Edward Shay, iron work . 20 70
Perry's Express, expressing 5 15
J. H. Schraut, bread and crackers 23 66
J. B. Rhines & Co., lum- ber 5 96
C. A. Hobart, labor and · stock 4 00
O. M. Rogers, repairs and supplies
4 81
C. G. Anderson 4 25
Josephus Sampson, sup-
plies
2 00
Elmer H. Vinton, labor,
plowing 12 00
Morrill Williams, labor 4 72
R. Allen Gage, labor 4 00
Timothy H. Libby, labor and supplies . 18 50
Kiley & Furlong 2 75
George D. Newcomb, cow
30 00
Frank A. Bates, repairs
7 75
H. B. Whitman, repairs .
9 78
T. J. H. Thayer, pasturing
COW
6 00
$4,046 52
Cr
To appraisal, January 1, 1899 . $2,059 65
Labor, removing snow 14 34
Kindlings for schools, town house and library . 43 63
Produce sold
91 90
20
To cash received for board of Mrs R. Thayer $35 00
Amount due for board of Mrs. R. Thayer 115 00
Due from Quincy for sup- port of J. H. Thayer
100 60
997 tramps, 10 cents ·
99 70
$2,559 82
$1,486 70
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INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
NAME.
AGE.
DAYS.
Charles Hayden
93
365
Abraham Mead
79
365
William Patterson
73
365
George Littlefield
63
365
Thomas Dana .
36
200
Napoleon Benjamin
35
365
David B. Thayer
63
293
Andrew Egan .
73
287
Mary Goodman
61
365
Maria Kelley .
34
365
Mrs. Rebecca Thayer
362
Joseph H. Thayer .
74
180
Total number of days .
3,877
Total number of weeks, 554. Cost per week, $2.68+.
.
.
21
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Taunton Insane Hospital, support of Charles W. Leben $71 96
Medfield Asylum for Emily C. Hansen 182 80
Medfield Asylum for Lulin- da R. Shaw 182 80
Westborough Hospital for Margaret Downey . 188 96
Westborough Hospital for Isabel C. Foster 169 92
State Hospital for John Hennesey 146 00
State Hospital for Margaret Richardson 67 20
City of Boston, aid to Mary Eagan . 110 00
City of Boston, aid to Wal- ter H. G. Ford 2 00
City of Boston, aid to Flo- rilla M. Haynes . 14 00
City of Boston, aid to Ed- ward Mellen . 85 00
City of Chelsea, aid to Sa- rah Aun Thayer 2 00
City of Cambridge, aid to
Walter H. G. Ford 2 50
City of Quincy, aid to Ar- thur McCloskey 5 50
Dr. T. H. Dearing, medi- cal attendance to Arthur McCloskey 8 00
22
Paid Town of Uxbridge, aid to Andrew Egan $12 00
Town of Weymouth, aid to Maurice Dowd 43 78
Town of Wakefield, aid to
George E. Pratt 28 96
Town of Hanover, aid to
Etta Whitmarsh 27 00
$1,350 38
JAMES E. HOLBROOK.
Paid R. Allen Gage, fuel
3.25
3 25
T. J. DALTON.
Paid Gutterson & Dame, gro- ceries $8 01
L. W. Spaulding, shoes 3 50
A. D. Tirrell, shoes . 3 25
J. F. Sheppard, coal
11 65
T. H. Dearing, medical at- tendance 14 75
41 16
MRS. E. K. CHAMBERLAIN.
Paid Elmer E. Dyer, wood
$7 00
7 00
MISS KIRBY.
Paid T. H. Dearing, medical at-
tendance
$6 00
6 00
POOR PERSON-REFUNDED.
Paid T. H. Dearing, medical at- tendance $3 00
J. F. Sheppard, fuel
.
4 25
7 25
23
MRS. COOK.
Paid T. H. Dearing, medical at- tendance $2 00
T. H. Dearing, medical at- tendance, man in lockup 1 00
$3 00
LEONARDO MORALES.
Paid J. F. Sheppard, fuel $16 15
16 15
WILLIAM H. MULLIGAN.
Paid L. M. Pratt & Co., gro-
ceries .
$16 00
T. H. Dearing, medical at-
tendance
3 50
19 50
EDWARD G. BUKER.
Paid J. F. Sheppard, fuel
$6 50
6 50
MRS. L. E. CALLIGAN.
Paid James T. Weeks, groceries $15 00
J. F. Sheppard, fuel 2 62
17 62
FRANK CUSTANCE AND FAMILY.
Paid Mrs. C. Starr, nursing
$24 00
Gutterson & Dame, gro- ceries . . 6 36
C. D. Harlow, medicine 9 90
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 2 00
42 26
24
MARTHA PENNIMAN.
Paid Thomas F. Finnegan, wood, $19 50
Elmer E. Dyer, wood 14 00
C. H. Hobart, groceries
39 46
Bridgham Bros., meat 43
Emery C. Thayer, meat
4 22
Dr. F. W. Brett, medical attendance 20 60
$98 21
MRS. S. A. F. MANSFIELD.
Paid Dyer & Sullivan, groceries
$64 00
64 00
JULIA A. FRENCH.
Paid Mrs. L. N. Bishop, rent . $52 00
52 00
S. G. LEAVETT.
Paid Dr. T. H. Dearing medical
attendance $92 50
R. Allen Gage, fuel . ·
6 25
R. Allen Gage . ·
5 38
A. W. Fay, burial
20 00
124 13
BENJAMIN LEVANGIE.
Paid R. Allen Gage, coal .
$6 76
6 76
JOSEPH WHITELEY.
Paid James Wilson, groceries $106 00
J. F. Sheppard, coal 41 03
A. D. Tirrell, shoes . .
3 25
Cash aid . . 2 75
153 03
25
MRS. WM. HEARN.
Paid cash aid .
$208 00
$208 00
DANIEL MCCARTHY.
Paid Elijah C. Hall, rent .
$10 50
B. H. Woodsum Co., fuel, 9 60
Braintree Clothing Co.
1 50
21 60
ANNIE JONES.
Paid George B. Jones, support
of
$78 00
78 00
ARTHUR O'CONNOR.
Paid John Ford, burial of
$20 00
Gutterson & Dame, grocer- ies for family
59 38
Braintree Clothing Co., clothing 4 00
A. D. Tirrell, shoes . .
8 90
J. Delorey, rent 4 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 14 75
111 03
. J. HERBERT CLARK.
Paid A. W. Fay, burial
$20 00
20 00
DAVID B. THAYER.
Paid A. W. Fay, burial .
$20 00
20 00
MRS. C. F. PACKARD.
Paid F. A. Hobart, rent
.
$38 00
38 00
26
ELIZABETH HOBART.
Paid Dr. Brett, medical attend-
ance
$2 00
C. H. Hobart, supplies 2 00
$4 00
SARAH MCCORMICK.
Paid Dr. F. W. Brett, medical
attendance $5 00
Braintree Clothing Store,
shoes .
4 00
H. M. White, groceries . 4 00
Cash aid .
2 00
MOSES BOY.
Paid E. G. Buker, care of R. -
Moses . $5 00
Braintree Clothing Co.,
clothing
2 25
PAUL DELOREY.
Paid E. L. Frampton, provisions $5 00
J. M. Arnold, groceries 18 00
R. Allen Gage, fuel .
17 38
WILLIAM RICHARDSON.
Paid Dr. F. W. Brett, medical
attendance
$5 00
CALEB H. HAYDEN.
Paid J. M. Arnold, groceries .
$10 00
Dr. F. W. Brett, medical attendance on boy 10 00
15 00
7 25
40 38
5 00
20 00
27
EDWARD DEYOUNG.
Paid J. M. Arnold, groceries . $14 50
$14 50
POOR OF OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS. CATHERINE TURLEY.
Paid J. M. Arnold, groceries $13 00
R. Allen Gage, fuel . 8 50
$21 50
RICHARD MOSES (State) .
Paid E. L. Frampton, groceries $29 70
R. Allen Gage, fuel .
10 14
T. H. Dearing, medical at- tendance 2 75
For transportation to Nova Scotia . 33 28
75 87
RICHARD DENEIL AND FAMILY.
Paid Gutterson & Dame, gro-
ceries .
$2 06
L. W. Spaulding, shoes ·
6 30
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 6 50
14 86
ALVA M. NIGHTENGALE.
Paid Bridgham Brothers, pro- visions . $16 00
Braintree Clothing Co.
1 88
17 88
28
JOHN D. MCDONALD (State).
Paid E. L. Frampton, pro- visions . $31 00
J. M. Arnold, groceries 12 00
$43 00
LEWIS YOUNG.
Paid R. Allen Gage, fuel .
$3 25
-
3 25
$2,797 32
Cr.
Due from Quincy for Catherine Turley .
$21 50
Due from State for Richard
Moses .
75 87
Due from State for John D. McDonald 43 00
Due from Randolph for Richard DeNeil
14 86
Due from Duxbury for A. M. Nightengale 17 88
Due from Worcester for Lewis Young 3 25
$176 36
HOSPITAL ACCOUNT.
Cash paid for support of Insane $773 29 Credit by cash 126 75
Due .
$646 54
29
STATE AID, CHAPTER 301.
Paid to soldiers and families of
$2,212 00 soldiers ·
to soldiers and families of
soldiers, December, 1897 180 00
Due from State, Dec. 31, 1898 $2,392 00
SOLDIERS AID, CHAPTER 279.
Paid Samuel E. Whitmarsh
144 00
Samuel E. Whitmarsh, De- cember, 1887 12 00
$156 00
· One-half due from State $78 00
STATE AID, CHAPTER 561, ACTS OF 1898.
Paid families of soldiers
$120 00
Due from State
$120 00
SOLDIERS RELIEF ACTS OF 1890.
Appropriation
$400 00
Paid Town of Randolph aid to · Olive M. Jones 81 00 · cash aid to Jonathan R. Clark 65 00
30
Paid E. H. Doble & Co., goods to Michael Sullivan $78 18
cash aid to George B. Jones 120 00
Dr. F. W. Brett, medical attendance C. H. Hayden . 10 67 Dr. F. W. Brett, medical attendance Eunice A. Thayer 20 00
Dr. F. Collamare, medical attendance S. E. Whit- marsh . 20 67
$395 52
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Appropriation $2,500 00
Paid T. King, agent, rent of Ar- mory, Co. K, 1897 and 1898 $700 00
T. King, agent, heat of Ar- mory, Co. K ·
200 00
A. O. Clark, manager of electric light, Co. K .
154 60
W. E. Morrison, water, Co. K . ·
24 00
Yale & Towne, manufact- uring locks, Co. K ·
26 95
A. J. White, land rent, Co. K . 20 00
Wm. May, land rent, Co. K 10 00
31
Paid Weymouth & Braintree Pub. Co., printing $157 88
Weymouth & Braintree
Pub. Co., town reports . 383 04
Braintree Reporter, print- ing 37 00
Dr. F. C. Granger, return- ing births 5 25
Dr. H. L. Dearing, return- ing births 12 50
Dr. T. H. Dearing, return- ing births 3 50 .
Ralph Houghton, returning deaths 4 75
John Ford Co., returning deaths .
2 25
F. L. King, returning
deaths . ·
7 00
Woodsum's Ex. Co., ex- pressing 28 40
Pratt & Pratt, printing 89 50
C. C. Mellen, professional services 60 00
W. A. Torrey, supplies 29 95
F. W. Barry, Beal & Co., supplies 7 25
Chas. G. Sheppard, elec-
· tion officer 10 00
B. Y. Knight, distributing reports . 5 00
E. O. Smith, distributing reports . 3 00
32
Paid James Maher, distributing reports . $2 50
R. Allen Gage, distributing reports . 2 50
E. C. Litchfield, distribut- ing reports 2 00
W. A. Kane, refreshments for registrars 27 00
H. G. Haynes, refreshments for election officers 4 70
H. A. Monk, registering births . 66 00
H. A. Monk, registering deaths . ·
18 20
H. A. Monk, registering marriages 9 80
Geo. W. Prescott & Son, printing 45 50
F. W. Crooker, election officer . 3 00
· E. F. Porter, election offi- cer 3 00
S. F. Pratt, election officer 3 00
Daniel Potter, election offi- cer
3 00
Wm. J. Orr, election offi- cer 3 00
Albert F. Hollis, election officer 3 00
Daniel Potter, secretary for appropriation committee,
10 00
Geo. A. Hunt, team for night police . 2 00
33
Paid John H. Ash, returning
births .
$ 25 E. N. Mayberry, returning births . ·
25
J. C. Fraser, returning births . .
1 00
Howard Clark Co., return- ing births 50
J. M. Cutting, inspector of cattle and provisions 87 50
C. F. Cavanagh, election officer . 5 00
M. R. Warren, license blank and tax books 4 33
1
County Treasurer, board of Geo. Maguire 100, 00
A. O. Clark, forest fires 3 60
Wm. W. Mayhew, forest fires 8 40
C. A. Belcher, election of- ficer 3 00
Henry M. Meek, book for S. A. Bates . ·
1 75
D. B. Fletcher & Co., sup- plies ·
1 95
O. B. Battles, pay of fire- men, forest fires . 17 25
Little, Brown & Co., bind- ing records 6 00
E. L. Burdakin, transcript of records ·
20 00
Town of Weymouth, use of lockup . 10 00
34
Paid C. V. Cottrall, police duty July 3 and 4 $2 00
O. B. Battles, police duty July 3 and 4 - 3 00
J. R. Carmichael, police duty July 3 and 4 2 00
G. E. Coy, police duty July 3 and 4 2 00
C. M. Reviere, police duty July 3 and 4 2 00
E. W. Hobart, inspector of cattle and provisions 83 00
T. B. Stoddard, painting road signs 45 00
H. A. Webber, dinner for election officers 15 00
White & Wetherbee, sur- veying Plain street cem- etery .
9 50
W. A. Kane, election offi- cer 5 00
Worth A. Green, election officer . 5 00
W. H. Shaw, election offi- cer
5 00
T. P. Harrison, election officer . 5 00 Richard L. Arnold, election officer . 5 00
Will W. Mahew, election .
officer, 1897 . 5 00
Chas. G. Jordan, election officer . 5 00
35
Paid Conrad Mischler, election officer : $5 00
D. Edward Dugan, election officer 5 00
J. F. Gallivan, election of- ficer 5 00
5 00
W. F. Woodsum, election officer . Geo. W. Stevens, election officer · H. A. Monk, cash expenses A. O. Clark, cash expenses Wm. W. Mayhew, cash ex- penses .
5 00
9 70
31 55
7 59
J. P. Hayward, cash ex- penses . .
8 20
Dr. Wm. D. Holmes, re- turning births .
50
Dr. G. W. Bullock, return- ing births 2 50
Dr. F. W. Brett, returning births .
5 25
C. H. Hobart, supplies . .
6 09
$2,755 68
Paid Wallace Wilson, counsel for Committee on Inves- tigation of the Morrison electric light plant
$250 00
White & Wetherbee, sur- veying and plan, electric light plant 21 75
Paid Richard W. Wright, expert accountant on investiga- tion of water department $72 50
271 75
36
Paid Daniel Potter, accountant $150 00
M. Sherry, typewriting .
10 00
$232 50
$3,259 93
Cr.
By pay of Armory rent from State
$400 00
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation .
$3,650 00
Paid Ansel O. Clark, Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor and Highway Sur- . veyor
$650 00
William W. Mayhew, Se- lectman, Assessor, Over- seer of the Poor and High- way Surveyor 650 00
J. Parker Hayward, Select- man, Assessor, Over- seer of the Poor and Highway Surveyor ·
650 00
Peter D. Holbrook, Treas- urer 581 00
Henry A. Monk, Clerk
500 00
F. A. Hobart, Services as Moderator .
50 00
T. Haven Dearing, Water Commissioner 150 00
37
Paid James T. Stevens, Water Commissioner $75 00
C. C. Mellen, Registrar of Voters, 3 years 105 00
Albert E. Avery, Registrar of Voters 35 00
Alva S. Morrison, Registrar of Voters
35 00
Daniel Potter, Auditor
95 00
L. Willard Morrison, Au-
ditor
20 00
Charles G. Sheppard, Au- ditor
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