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Town of Braintree.
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:
Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures
THE-
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
-FROM -
DEC. 31, 1898 TO DEC. 31, 1899.
-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.
NGOIR ROR
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BEE JOB PRINT: PRATT & PRATT, PRINTERS, BRAINTREE, MASS. 1900.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1899.
Moderator. F. A. HOBART.
Town Clerk. HENRY A. MONK. Town Treasurer. BENJAMIN F. DYER.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of Poor und Highway Surveyors ANSEL O. CLARK,
WILLIAM W. MAYHEW, J. PARKER HAYWARD.
Water Commissioners and Sinking Fund Commissioners. JAMES T. STEVENS, T. HAVEN DEARING, JOHN KELLEY.
School Committee.
MRS. ANNIE M. BROOKS,
MRS. CARRIE F. LORING,
ALBION C. DRINKWATER, THOMAS A. WATSON.
C. F. HILL CRATHERN, WILLIAM C. HARDING.
Auditors.
DANIEL POTTER,
NATHANIEL F. HUNT.
CHARLES S. BATES.
Fence Viewers.
F. W. CROOKER, EDWARD M. WIGHT, WILLIAM A. KANE.
Trustees of Thayer Public Library. E. WATSON ARNOLD, NATHANIEL H. HUNT.
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, CONRAD MISCHLER,
JAMES C. STARKEY, WILLIAM E. MAYBURY
ALBERT R. HOBART.
REPORT
-OF THE
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF POOR AND HIGHWAY SURVEYORS
OF THE-
TOWN OF BRAINTREE,
For the Year Ending December 31st, 1899.
In accordance with the By-Laws of the Town of Braintree, the Board of Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of Poor and High- way Surveyors, respectfully submit their Annual Report, show- ing the appropriations and expenditures for the year ending December 31, 1899.
ANSEL O. CLARK, WM. W. MAYHEW, J. PARKER HAYWARD,
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of Poor, and Highway Surveyors.
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LIST OF APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 1899.
Pay of School teachers in addition to
school fund and dog tax . $14,950 00
Supt. of schools 1,400 00
janitors of schools 1,808 00 ·
text books and supplies .
1,600 00 ·
incidentals for schools .
400 00
schoolhouse improvements
1,000 00 ·
fuel for schools
1,200 00
conveyance of pupils
750 00
support of poor .
4,000 00
soldiers relief
400 00
soldiers aid
75 00
incidental expenses
2,500 00
Town officers .
3,650 00
general repairs of highways and bridges 5,400 00 .
widening Commercial street 2,500 00
removal of snow 3,500 00
collection and abatement of taxes
1,500 00
insurance
700 00
drawbridge
.
.
100 00
town hall
.
100 00
town lands
50 00
court fees. and expenses .
100 00
janitor of town hall and library
600 00
water dept. hydrant service
4,175 00
water dept. sinking funds
5,120 00
electric light dept street lights
8,500 00 ·
fire dept. pay of members
1,225 00
general expenses and repairs . new hose
325 00
extension of fire alarm
400 00
repairs of fire alarm
300 00
changing system fire alarm
300 00
general repairs of sidewalks
700 00
sidewalk Franklin street 300 00
notes payable Perkins school . 3,100 00
notes payable Monatiquot school
3,300 00
electric light dept. 2 notes
2,500 00
night police
2,190 00
interest on town debt
5,000 00 ·
public library
.
.
1,000 00
$87,918 00
less bank and corporation tax
7,000 00
$80,918.00
.
900 00
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PAY OF SCHOOL TEACHERS.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid Joseph A. Euart
. $1,200 00
Celia F. Stacy
810 00
Julia E. Ellsworth
227 50
Ella Macgregor
616 00
Harry A. Wasson
240 00
Angie M. Dresser
137 50
Conrad W. Crooker, music
24 00
S. Emma Keith
112 50
Bertha P. Chase
87 50
$3,455. 00
MONATIQUOT . SCHOOL.
Paid W. Stanwood Field
$780 00
Josephine B. Colbert
480 00
Margaret E. C. Bannon
477 33
Mabel F Alden
408 00
Florence L Elliott
240 00
Theresa G. O'Rourke
346 00
Rosalie S. Bayley
80 00
Amy W Shaw
160 00
M. Esther Pike
137 00
Alice M. Lilly
110 00
Helen L. Galvin
40 00
$3,258 33
JONAS PERKINS.
Paid Victoria P. Wilde
$900 00
Nellie E. Bowles
450 00
Mary A. Vining
480 00
Elizabeth Simmons
255 00
Grace M. Ward
416 00
Carrie A. Rogers
200 00
Nellie F. Monk
,
462 00
Fanny Ellsworth
255 00
Theresa G. O'Rourke
85 00
Grace Randall
371 00
Florence G. Fish
320 00
Viola Bicknell
160.00
Bertha H. Waldron
36 00
Mary E. Kennedy
24 00
.
.
$4,414 00
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UNION SCHOOL.
Paid Avis A. Thayer
$514 00
Hannah C. Whelan
469 50
Mabel L. Bates
.
450 00
Elizabeth B. Pray
400 00
Nina B. Gage
24 00
Belle R. Newton
36 00
$1,893 50
POND SCHOOL.
Paid Sarah L. Arnold
$570 00
Ethel E. Roberts
.
170 00
Rosalie S. Bayley
·
.
167 50
Annie M. Brooks
459 45
Emily A. Lapham
191 25
Ella M. Philips
80 00
Margaret F. Fielden
240 00
Harriet M. Hill
400 00
Florence G. Fish
.
12 00
Clara E. Breitling
14 10
Mabel E. Whitcomb
24 00
$2,328 30
MIDDLE STREET SCHOOL.
Paid Mabel F. Knight ..
$400 00
$400 00
SOUTH WEST SCHOOL.
Paid Marion L. Rogers .
$400 00
$400 00
DRAWING.
Paid Helen E. Hews
$280 00
$280 00
MUSIC.
Paid Mary L. French
$160 00
$160 00
SUBSTITUTE.
Paid Harriet C. Taylor .
: $4 00 $4 00
Total for teachers
·
$16,593 13
·
.
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JANITORS FOR SCHOOLS.
Appropriation,
$1,808 00
Paid John H. Macandrew
$608 00
William Orr .
600 00
J. Franklin Bates
264 00
Sewell Nye
144 00
John Whitty .
120 00
Willie P. Reed
40 00
Francis H. Thayer .
40 00
$1,816 00
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Appropriation
$1,400 00
Paid I. W. Horne
$1400 04 ·
FUEL FOR SCHOOLS.
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Paid J. W. Sheppard & Sons 1,037 70
B. H. Woodsum.& Co. 19 20
F. F. Finnegan wood .
42 75
J. P. Rabery
.
10 00
C. W. Middleton
.
1 80 -
$1,111 45
CONVEYANCE OF PUPILS.
Appropriation
$750 00
Paid Albert A. Drollett
350.00
Braintree St. Railway Co., 100.00
Quincy
150.50
$600 50
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Appropriation
$1,600 00
Paid American Book Co.,
$270 92
George S. Perry & Co.
216 28
Willard Small
41 73
Storrs Bement Co., 1 90
Rand, McNally & Co.,
96 00
Jacob H. Studder
12 50
Frank A. Bates
15 95
Silver, Burdett & Co.,
159 27
8
J. L. Hammett & Co. 228 20
Ginn & Co. .
101 81
Joseph Gillotts & Sons
22 00
Carter, Rice & Co.,
150 87
Boston School Supply Co.
25 14
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co
55 90
Wm. Ware & Co. .
33 34
D. C. Heath & Co. . ·
74 14
Thorp, Martin Co. .
8 80
Mayhew Pub. Co. .
14 49
R. Frampton .
50
Oliver Ditson Co. .
6 40
Educational Pub. Co.
4 80
Wadsworth, Howland Co.
11 09
Benjamin H. Sanborn
83
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
42 55
Frank A. Smith
2 32
Wm. S. Butler
5 39
Sibley Ducker
58
Dewolf Fish
90
Western Pub. House
10 80
Joseph.A. Ewart 4.50
Prang Educational Co.
88 80
F. H. Castor
1 19
Bates, Torrey Co.
9 25
Lee & Sheppard
6 42
Tracy, Gibbs & Co.
22 80
White & Wetherbee
50 00
John P. Lovell Arms Co.
3 50
George H. Holden .
18 75
Allyn & Bacon
33
Isaac Pitman & Sons
8 24
McMillan & Co.
28.13
Harper Brothers
12 66
Frost & Adams
18 46
Kasson Palmer
5 00
Suffolk Ink Co.
10 25
Edward E. Babb
22 57
Thompson, Brown & Co.
23 52
Buncio Matsuke
5 00
$1,954 77
INCIDENTIALS FOR SCHOOLS.
Appropriation
$500.00
Geo. W. Prescott & Sons · $124 33 Weymouth & Braintree Pub. Co. 23 35
9
Pratt & Pratt
42 16
Wallace Spooner
22 75
Woodsum Ex. Co. .
39 05
Browns Braintree Ex.
32 35
New York & Boston Ex
12 15
Thorp Martin & Co.
47 71
Edward E. Babb
16 71
J. L. Hammett & Co.
8 97
Ginn & Co.
3 33
D. B. Litchfield
6 45
Sheppard & Samuels
3 18
Braintree Electric Light
12 83
D. C. Heath & Co.
92
E. M. Jackson agt.
70
W. F. Humphrey
50
H. C. Woodsum
5 00
Joseph A. Ewart
18 44
John Gallivan
9 00
A. J. Wilkinson
40
Horace F. Hunt
8 00
Wm. C. Bates
25 00
R. Frampton .
5 70
J. W. Bailey
/14 70
John P. Robery
. 1 00
I. W. Horne
13 55
J. D. French
35 75
Library Bureau
2 95
American Book Co.
.28
Langman Green & Co.
1 80
Harper Bros. .
85
Houghton Mifflin & Co.
83
Willard Small
1 84
Willie P. Reed
1 40
$543 -94
SCHOOL HOUSE REPAIRS AND. INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Chas. O. Miller $400 57
Wm. May
224 30
Geo. H. Holbrook
227 26
Braintree Electric Light Dept.
45 47
J. D. Jewett & Co.
10 65
A. W. Hastings
5 80
H. M. White
38
A. T. Stea ns Lumber Co.
25 36
A. J. Wilkinson
20 46
10
Jordan, Marsh & Co.
34 93
W. A. Torrey
·
1 95
J. M. Arnold
1 30
Braintree Water Dept.
134 55
Grand Rapids Furniture Co. .
142 47
Sheppard & Samuels
10 50
John E. Orr
2 50
J. B. Rhines & Co.
6 46
O. M. Rogers
136 02
E. M. Jackson
71
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.
4 88
Wolworth Mfg. Co.
16 99
A. Worcester & Sons
4 00
William Orr
7 00
Elihu Oliver
2 25
C. F. Loring
1 00
E. G. McGill
2 00
James Connell
4 80
J. T. Weeks
4 70
Sewell Nye
5 60
S. F. Brown
12 03
A. L. Hobart
35 75
C. D. Harlow
4 85
H. W. Borden
32 46
Burdette & Williams
4 00
M. M. Bates .
6 65
Frank A. Bates
39 89
W. Stanwood Field
17 00
I. W. Horne
18 80
J. H. Malvena
39 50
Peter Ness
55 86
Fore River Engine. Co.
75
Bon Ami Co. .
10 00
S. R. Eaton
12 05
A. E. Bradford
10 50
Nelson H. Brown
12 00
Wadsworth Howland Co.
3 33
J. L. Hammett & Co.
16 33
Waldo Bros. .
102 00
B. D. Litchfield
68 53
Richard Belya
7 50
New York, N. H. & H. R. R.
50 76
White & Wetherbee
122 16
Allen & Lotts
50
Irving W. Wheeler
7 20
Barbour, Stockwell & Co.
106 68
Dorchester Building Co
10 20
Walworth Construction Co.
50 75
11
Geo. S. Perry & Co.
21 45
C. H. Hobart
15 93
Mrs. F. R. Fitch
65
F. O. Whitmarsh
6 00
Morss & Whyte
12 00
W. P. Browns Ex.
2 75
Houghton & Dutton
10 98
Wm. M. Hall
12 00
Willie P.Reed
10
F. A. Smith
1 00
$2,430 75
BRAINTREE POOR DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$1,500 00
ALMSHOUSE-Dr.
To appraisal January 1st, 1899 $2059 65
Paid E. C. Litchfield, Superintendent
480 00
hired girl
153 00
Henry W. Marshfield, groceries
57 88
, J. Marcus Arnold, groceries
64 -15
C. H. Hobart, groceries
58 49
James T. Weeks groceries
46 98
H. M. White, groceries
7 06
Dyer & Sullivan, groceries
37 37
Bridgham Brothers
37 08
John F. Eaton
46.31
George. E. Jones, fish
34 79
Ambler & Hobart, grain
183 60
C W. Hollis
35 71
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
182 18
Ambler & Hobart, bill of 1898
88 17
Water Department
53 00
. Perry's Express
1 75
B. D. Litchfield, mason work .
21 80
W. P. Brown, ex. .
26 85
S. William E. Dailey
48 62
A. W. Fay, burial of A. J. Eagan
20 00
Ralph Houghton, burial of Charles Hayden
20 00
T. R. Fitch, dry goods
11 76
Mrs. R. Frampton, dry goods
13 27
N. B. Whitman, two years
12 60
E. C. Litchfield, cash paid supplies and labor 26 15
12
H. R. Proctor 7 23
S. F. Brown, oil
13 58
B. H. Woodsum Co., brick 3 00
John B. Thomas, agent, standing grass 40 00
T. H. Libby, fertilizer
16 25
Waldo Holbrook, labor
18 80
Royal Chemical Co.
2 00
John P Robury, brick
7 00
W. A. Torrey, supplies .
8 06
E. H. Mattewson, standing grass
15 00
Francis Abele jr., vet. surgeon
4 00
J. B. Rhines
15 85
William N. Cobb, tools and supplies
32 77
Thomas J. Cain, removing Rebecca J. Thayer 3 00
John Gallivan, extending pipes .
steam
22 00
Braintree Clothing Co .
43 72
H. H. Thayer, blacksmith
2 70
Edward Shay .
21 85
J. H. Schrant, bread
17 00
D. H. B. Thayer, express
5 00
$4,127 03
ALMSHOUSE-Cr.
To appraisal January 1st, 1900 $1,847 10
Kindling for schools
25 82
Kindling for Town Hall
15 60
Kindling for Public Library
9 40
Ploughing snow
15 25
Wood furnished Martha Penniman
24 00
Sale of cow .
52 50
Standing grass
10 00
Care of sick person 10 00
21 00
Due for board of Mrs. R. Thayer
39 00
810 tramps at 10cts.
81 00
35 prisoners at 25cts
8 75
.
$2,159 42
$1,967 61
.
.
·
·
Cash cr. to board of Mrs. R. Thayer
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INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
AGE. DAYS
Charles Hayden
92
294
Abraham Mead
81
365
George Littlefield
72
365
William Patterson
64
365
Napoleon Benjamin
37
365
Andrew Eagan
72
14
Edward Mellen
69
365
Joseph Whiteley
65
101
Maria Kelley
35
160
Mary Goodman .
62
365
Sarah McCormick
60
238
Rebecca Thayer
83
140
Lydia Whitmarsh
25
52
Number of days
3,189
Number of weeks, 455₺
Cost per week, $4.32+
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Appropriation
$2,500 00
Paid Medfield Asylum, support of Emily C. Hansen
$146 00
Medfield Asylum, support of Lulin- da R. Shaw .
146 00
Westborough Hospital, support of
169 46
Massachusetts Hospital for epileptics Isabel C. Foster
169 46
Massachusetts Hospital, John Hen- nessy
146 00
Massachusetts Hospital, Margaret Richardson
146 00
Massachusetts General Hospital, William Richardson
11 00
City of Boston, aid to William A: Holmes
31 60
75 00
City of Boston, aid to Mary Egan . City of Boston, aid to Thomas J. Welch
17 57
City of Boston, aid to Alice M. Reed 43 75 . City of Boston, aid to John Dolan . 4 49 00
City of Worcester, aid to Thelma E. Jacks
55 72
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NAME.
Margaret Downey .
14
City of Chelsea, aid to Sarah Ann Thayer . City of Quincy, aid to William H. Mulligan . 12 40
4 00
Town of Weymouth, aid to Maurice Dowd and family 259 83
Town of Melrose, aid to George E. Pratt and family 223 04
Town of Wakefield, aid to George E. Pratt . 1 50
Town of Pembroke, aid to Etta E. Whitmarsh 5 00
Paid Cash aid to Mrs. William
Hearn and family.
$212 00
$212 00
Paid George B. Jones, support of Annie L. Jones
$78 00
$78 00
THOMAS J. DALTON AND FAMILY.
Paid Wm. B. Gutterson, groceries $33 25
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 20 10
A. D. Tirrell, shoes 3 60
$56 95
MARTHA PENNIMAN.
Paid Mrs. Reuben Newcomb, nursing $52 50
George Gerrior, meat
40
C. H. Hobart, groceries .
50 08
W. A. Torrey, medecine
1 20
Elmer E. Dyer, wood
7 00
$111 18
JOSEPH WHITELEY.
Paid James Wilson groceries $68 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 18 75 .
Codman & Shurtleff, truss 4 00
T. H. Dearing medical attendance .
1 50
A. D. Tirrell, shoes .
2 25
Cash aid
1 00
$95 50
PAUL DELOREY.
Paid C. W. Hollis, provisions $18 50
R. A. Gage, fuel
.
.
3 25
James T. Weeks, groceries, . 15 00
$36 75
.
.
4
15
MRS. ARTHUR O'CONNOR AND FAMILY.
Paid Wm. B. Gutterson, grocerics $119 03
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 24 58
Annie O'Connor, rent .
40 00
A. D. Tirrell, shoes 9 40
T. H. Dearing, medical attendance
4 50
$197 51
MRS. C. F. PACKARD AND FAMILY.
Paid F. A. Hobart, house rent
$110 00
Bridgham Brothers provisions 78 00
$188 00
JOHN D. LOREY.
Paid Gutterson & Dame, groceries $6 04 $6 04
JAMES E. HOLBROOK.
Paid James T. Weeks, groceries $3 00
$3 00
MRS. L. E. CALLAGHAN.
Paid James T. Weeks, groceries . $6 00
R. Allen Gage, fuel 3 25
Caleb J Dimmock, rent . 18 00
$27 25
EDWARD G. BUKER AND FAMILY.
Paid Henry W. Mansfield, groceries $93 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel . 9 05
$102 05
JULIA A. FRENCH.
Paid Lydia H. Bishop, rent . $52 00
$52 00
MRS. STEPHEN P. JONES AND FAMILY.
Paid Cash aid $64 00
$64 00
MRS. S. A. F. MANSFIELD AND FAMILY.
Paid Dyer & Sullivan, groceries $55 00 $55 00
SARAH MCCORMACK.
Paid H. M. White, groceries
$1 00
Bridgham Bros. 1 50 .
$2 50
16
CHARLES E. HOLBROOK AND FAMILY.
James T. Weeks, groceries $8 00
R. Allen Gage, fuel 5 50
$13 50
WALTER JOHNSON AND FAMILY.
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal $3 15 $3 15
LEONARDO MORALES.
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons . $20 40
$20 40
MRS. S. G. LEAVITT.
Paid R. Allen Gage, fuel
$ 70
T. H. Dearing, medical aid 5.50
$6 20
SIMON DE YOUNG AND FAMILY.
Paid L. W. Spaulding shoes.
$4 95 $4 95
MRS. E. K. CHAMBERLAIN.
Paid Elmer E. Dyer, wood .
$7 00 $7 00.
POOR OF OTHER TOWNS AND STATE.
JOHN, D. MCDONALD AND FAMILY. (Charged to State.)
Paid James T. Weeks, groceries · $20 80
J. M. Arnold, יו 12 00 ·
R. Allen Gage, fuel 2 00 .
T. H. Dearing, medical aid
·
5 50
$40 30.
BENJAMIN DECOSTE. (state)
Paid Gutterson & Dame, groceries $20 75
James Wilson, groceries 2 00 .
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal . .
13 00
Theodore Edson, milk
.
6 58
A. D. Tirrell, shoes ·
1 25
$43 58.
MOSES BOY. (state.)
Paid L. W. Spaulding, shoes .
$1 35
$1 35.
17
JOHN NEVILLE AND FAMILY. (state)
Paid B. H. Woodsum Co., fuel
$3 40
H. M. White, grocceries · . . 3 00
$6 40
MRS. ELLEN FULLER. (state.)
Paid R Allen Gage, coal
$7 00 $7 00
JOHN MATTHEWS AND FAMILY. (state.)
Paid T. J. Cain, transportation
$2 25 $2 25
FRANK MORRISON. (state.)
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons. coal .
$3 15 $3 15
ALVA M. NIGHTINGALE. (Duxbury.)
Paid Bridgham Bros., groceries $19 00 $19 00
Cost of poor, .
$3,178 29
Credit.
Due from state
$104 03
Due from town of Duxbury . 19 00
$123 03
HOSPITAL ACCOUNT.
Paid Hospitals for support of insane . $526 24
Credit.
By cash refunded
$484 92
Balance due
$41 32
SOLDIERS RELIEF. ACTS OF 1890.
Appropriation $400 CO
Paid E. H. Doble & Co., groceries to Michael Sullivan $83 90
Francis Collamore, med. att., 'S. E. Whitmarsh .
34 25
Cash aid to Jonathan R. Clark 40 00
Cash aid to Emma M. Randall 100 00
Cash aid to George-B. Jones 120 00
18
Town of Randolph, aid to Olive M. Jones 60 00
Dr. F. C. Granger, med. att. to Olive M. Jones 23 00
J. M. Arnold, groceries to Caleb H. Hayden 17 00 · Dr. F. W. Brett, med. att., to Caleb H. Hayden . 16 67
Albert A. Drollett, wood to Caleb H. Hayden . 2 00
J. M. Arnold, groceries to Fred W. Ingraham 6 00
R. Allen Gage, fuel to Fred W. Ingraham 3 62
$506 44
STATE AID CHAPTER 374 ACTS OF 1899.
Appropriation $2,600 00
Cash paid soldiers and families of sol- diers · $2,360 00
Cash paid for burial of soldiers 70 00
Cash paid soldiers and families of soldiers for December 1898 1 95
$2,625 00
Due from State
$2,625 00
.
STATE AID CHAPTER 561, ACTS OF 1898.
Cash paid familes of soldiers .
$48 00
66 66 " December 1898 24 00
$72 00
Due from State
·
$72 00
MILITARY AID CHAPTER 372, ACTS OF 1899.
Paid Samuel E. Whitmarsh
.
$144 00
66
December 1898
12 00
$156 00
One-half due from State .
A
$78 00 .
REMOVAL OF SNOW.
Appropriation
$3,500 00
Paid A. O. Clark, sundry bills labor
$776 95
Thomas F. Finnegan 63 20
·
Michael J. Brandley
.
.
32 85
.
George H. White
.
10 00
19
Elmer E. Dyer
26 20
J. M. Cutting, Jr.
1 00
H. H. Thayer, repairing plough 3 35
C. G. Anderson, building new plough
22 50
Richard Belyea, building new
25 00
H. W. Borden, cutting trees .
40 37
Electric Light Dept, cutting trees on Adams and Commercial streets 7 50
$1,008 92.
Paid Wm. W. Mayhew, sundry bills labor $747 46
Albert A. Drollett .
142 12
William, May .
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121 30
R. Allen Gage
76 80
Andrew and Bernard Burns
6 90
A. A. Joan
4 50
Benjamin Hawes
2 00
Frank A. Bates, tools
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$1,103 08
Paid J. P. Hayward, sundry bills labor $1,025 69
George E. Fogg
104 42
Elmer H. Vinton
107 68
John P. Rolery
57 17
W. P. Brown .
8 10
$1,303 06
$3,415 06
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Appropriation
$2,500 00
Paid Weymouth & Braintree Pub. Co. . $431 05
Pratt & Pratt, printing . 114 95 ·
Geo. W. Prescott, printing 76 50
W. A. Torrey, stamps and stationery Geo. Maguire, County of Norfolk
44 25
M. A. Minchin, stamps .
2 00
White & Wetherbee, assessors' plans
328 45
E. W. Hobart, inspector of cattle and provisions 182 00
E. W. Hobart, inspector's supplies 10 00
E. W. Hobart, measuring roads 25 00
E. W. Hobart, putting up} street signs 5 00
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2 00
plough
34 84
20
Electric Light, for Co. K, 5th Regt. 43 62
Dr. F. C. Granger, returning births 6 00
Dr. H. L. Dearing, returning births 50
Dr. T. H. Dearing, returning births Dr. G. D. Bullock, returning births
8 75
3 75
Dr. A. L. Chase, returning births Dr. J. C. Frazier, returning births . Dr. Wm. D. Holmes, returning births .
1 25
Francis L. King, returning
deaths
11 00
Ralph Houghton, returning deaths . 2 00
Wales Bros., repairing pumps
9 00
W. A. Kane, refreshments for Reg- istrars 10 00
W. A. Kane, election officer 5 00°
Will H. Shaw, election officer
5 00
C. A. Belcher, election officer
5 00
J. T. Powers, election officer
5 00
R. L. Arnold, election officer
5 00
D. E. Dugan, election officer
5 00
Geo. W. Stevens, election officer
5 00
Albert F. Hollis, election officer 3 00
Caleb Thompson, election officer 3 00
F. W. Crooker, election officer
3 00
B. T. Dyer, election officer
3 00
C. G. Jordan, election officer .
3 00
C. G. Jordan, distributing Town Re- ports 5 00
John J. Maher, distributing Town Reports 2 50
R. Allen Gage, distributing Town Reports
3 00
E. O. Smith, distributing Town Re- ports 3 00
Aaron R. Gay, supplies .
1 38
Samuel Hobbs, supplies .
1 17
M. R. Warren, books, etc.,
14 55
S. F. Blanchard, supplies
1 75
D. B. Fletcher & Co. supplies
3 60
James Gill, land damages on Wash- ington street 127 00
John F. Kemp repairing and retub- ing steam roller 292 67
Men for forest fires .
111 50
John Gallivan, forest fires 21 10 .
Alden H. Holbrook, forest fires
1 50
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50
50
21
J. F. Gallivan, forest fires .
1 80
C. E. Smart, forest fires . 2 25 .
Geo. A. Call, forest fires 4 80
Kent & Lothrop, refreshments at forest fires 1 80
H. M. White, refreshments at forest fires 1 29
Thomas B. Stoddard, making and painting signs 73 50
2 75
Thomas B. Stoddard, repairing flag National Granite Bank, rent for Ar- mory 400 00
National Granite Bank, heat for Ar- mory
100 00
City of Quincy, use of lock-up .
2 20
Myron L. Hobart, posts and putting up signs
14 82
B. F. Dyer, postage stamps
1 00
P. D. Holbrook estate 37 85
Emma Sumner, refreshments elec- tion day 17 00
Daniel Potter clerk, of committee on Morrison Electric Light 20 00
Daniel Potter, clerk of committee on appropriations 10 00
E. Bourk, expense on Town Reports
10 00
Knights of Pythias, room rent 4 00
Stephen Penniman, carriage hire
5 00
L. E. Burdakin, for Transcripts
20 00
Wallace Wilson, services on Mor- rison Electric Light case ·
100 00
H. L. White, witness and plans on Morrison Electric Light case 10 50
White & Wetherbee, plans for Mill lane
9 25
18 75
Thomas J. Cain, horse hire . Hartley L. White, witness on Hol- brook case .
8 15
Thomas Downey, witness on Hol- brook case
8 00
Phillip H. Sullivan, witness on Hol- brook case 8 25
E. A. Dustin, witness on Holbrook case · A. O. Clark, witness on Holbrook case ·
2 00
18 85
J. R. Qualey, witness on Holbrook case
6 00
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22
F. A. Hobart, witness on Holbrook case 2 75
Elisha Thayer, witness on Holbrook case 2 75
Sarah L. Arnold, witness on Hol- brook case 2 75
Adam W. Hobart & Son, witness on Holbrook case 19 25
Charles F. Minchin, witness on Hol- brook case 8 25
Thomas Frichette, witness on Hol- brook case 8 26
Sundry bills and expenses on Hol- brook case .
14 26
J. W. McAnarney, on Holbrook case
972 78
White & Wetherbee, on Holbrook case 8 70
R. E. Belcher, special police .
3 00
James H. King, special police 2 00
Eugene Coy, special police ·
2 00
J. F. Mohan, special police ·
3 00
Azra H. Keith, special police
3 00
C. M. Revere, special police
2 00
J. F. Galligan, special police .
3 00
E. H. Mathewson, special police
3 00
C. H. Hobart, supplies 8 09
Joseph W. Stetson, killing dog 1 00
R. Allen Gage, Plain Street Cem- etery 3 00
R. Allen Gage, putting up road signs 3 50
H. A. Monk, recording marriages, births and deaths 94 90
H. A. Monk, copying
30 00
H. A. Monk, cash expenses . .
4 26
B. F. Dyer, cash expenses 13 80
A. O. Clark, cash expenses 34 10
W. W. Mayhew, cash expenses 9 48
J. P. Hayward, cash expenses 4 40
J. R. Carmichael, car fare 70
D. H. B. Thayer Boston express
3 25
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, tally board 5 00
Thorp, Martin & Co., supplies
80
Water Dept. labor on water tank, Granite street 27 04
Geo. H. Holbrook, stock and labor 5 67
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Dr. G. W. Tinkham, medical attend- ance on prisoner 3 00
Wm. S. Tracy, refreshments for Registrars and tellers and elec- tion officers 25 00
$4,249 17
Credit.
Received from State Armory rent,
400 00
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation
$3,650 00
Paid Ansel O. Clark, Selectman, Assess- or, Overseer of the Poor and High- way Surveyor
$650 00
William W. Mayhew, Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor and Highway Surveyor
650 00
J. Parker Hayward, Selectman, As- sessor, Overseer of the Poor and Highway Surveyor
650 00
Benjamin F. Dyer, Treasurer
533 00
Henry A. Monk, Clerk
500 00
F. A. Hobart, services as Moderator
30 00
James T. Stevens, Water Commis- missioner
100 00
T. Haven Dearing, Water Commis- sioner
100 00
John Kelley, Water Commissioner A. S. Morrison, Registrar of Voters A. E. Avery, Registrar of Voters
35 00
35 00
Daniel Potter, Auditor .
110 00
Horace Faxon, Constable
14 00
John Kelley, Constable
3 00
James R. Qualey, Constable
33 80
Thomas Downey, Constable.
7 00
Conrad Mischler, Constable
11 00
John Gallivan, Constable
8 33
Horace F. Hunt, Constable
9 33
Henry Dugan, Jr. Constable
8 33
Edward M. Wight, Constable
3 00
P. D. Holbrook estate
27 00
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$3,650 79
133 00
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HIGHWAYS.
A. O. CLARK, SURVEYOR.
Paid Andrew Dyer, superintendent and team
$454 14
Thomas F. Finnegan, team and man 323 33
Michael J. Brandley and team 169 27
John M. Brandley .
90 00
John E. Finnegan .
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241 10
Alden H. Holbrook
147 42
Eugene O. Smith
121 65
John McManus
90 77
William B. Lincoln
17 00
Benjamin C. Bannon
16 00
Thomas Penniman .
2 25
George E. Sampson
2 00
N. Augustus White, 78 loads gravel
4 68
Frank W. Brett, 48 loads gravel
6 00
J. Willie Hayden, 203 loads gravel 20 30 Hannah F. Courser, 35 loads gravel 2 80
15 52
D. T. Perkins, 22 loads gravel
2 20
Whitfield Witherell, 15 loads gravel Charlotte A. Hayden, 51 loads gravel Stephen Thayer, 36 loads gravel
5 10
Cornelius Sullivan, 48 loads gravel
4 80
Thayer Academy, 94 loads gravel
15 67
N. H. Hunt, 328 loads gravel 26 24
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Peter J. Link, carting crusher 9 38 ·
. C. M. Patterson, carting stone to crusher
11 29
Hunt Brothers, carting crusher ·
15 32
A. A. Drollett, carting stone to
4 75
William May, carting stone to
2 29
N. E. Hollis, carting stone to crusher
14 00
William E. Dailey, stone 3 15
Mrs. E. Dunkerly, 200 loads stone 10 00
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