Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1900, Part 1

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Town of Braintree.


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1640. CHOS


1900.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Receipts and Expenditures


OF THE


Town of Braintree


FROM


DEC. 31. 1899, TO DEC. 31, 1900.


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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TOWN.


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TREE


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1640.


rs.


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BEE JOB PRINT: PRATT & PRATT STEAM PRINTERS BRAINTREE, MASS. 1901.


TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1900.


Moderator. F. A. HOBART.


Town Clerk. HENRY A. MONK.


Town Treasurer. BENJAMIN F. DYER.


Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and 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. CHARLES G. JORDAN. CHARLES H. HAYWARD.


Fence Viewers.


CHARLES S. HANNAFORD. CHARLES A. BELCHER. ALVERDOR H. MASON.


Trustees of Thayer Public Library. NATHANIEL H. HUNT. ROBERT E. BELCHER.


Constables.


HORACE F. HUNT. HENRY DUGAN, Jr.


WILLIAM H. MOIR.


BENJAMIN J. LORING.


ALBERT R. HOBART.


THOMAS SLAVIN. CHRISTOPHER T. BAILEY. JOHN H. LYONS. JOHN KELLEY, Com'l St. JAMES R. QUALEY.


CHARLES A. HOBART. JOHN GALLIVAN.


WILLIAM E. MAYBURY. ALBERT A. DROLLETT.


DAVID C. HASELTINE. 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, 1900.


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, 1900.


ANSEL O. CLARK, WM. W. MAHEW, J. PARKER HAYWARD,


Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors,


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LIST OF APPROPRIATIONS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1900.


For Pay of School Teachers, includ-


ing Dog Tax and School Fund, $17,976 50


Supt. of Schools 1,400 00


Janitors of Schools


2,016 00


Text Books and Supplies


1,600 00


Incidentals for Schools


500 00


Schoolhouse Repairs, etc.


1,000 00


Fuel for Schools


1,400 00


Conveyance of Pupils


825 00


Repairs of Highways


3,500 00


Stone Road


3,500 00


Sidewalks


2,000 00


Watering Streets ($500) and As- sessment of Abettors ($577.67),


1,077 67


Removal of Snow 500 00


Fire Department, Pay of Mem- bers 1,225 00


Incidental Expenses and Repairs,


800 00


New Hose


325 00


New Ladder Truck


1,000 00


Fire Alarm


300 00


Poor Department


5,000 00


Water Department (Hydrant Service, $4,475), Sinking Fund, $5,120) .


9,595 00


Electric Light Dept. (Operating, $8,500), (Revenue, $9,753.77). .


18,253 77


Night Police


2,190 00


Town Officers, including Con- stables' fees 3,640 00


Incidental Expenses, including Treasurer's Bond 2,600 00


Court Fees


100 00


Post 87, G. A. R.


175 00


State Aid, Chap. 374


2,300 00


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State Aid, Chap. 372 75 00


Soldiers' Relief


500 00


Care of Drawbridge 100 00


Collection and Abatement of


Taxes


1,500 00


Town Hall


500 00


Town Lands


100 00


Janitor Town Hall and Public Library 600 00


Distribution of Library Books .


100 00


Bowditch Street 600 00


Frederic Road


300 00


Stand-pipes for Street Watering,


500 00


Hospital Account


506 74


Payment of Maturing of Funded Debt


11,400 00


Interest on Maturing Funded


Debt 4,266 00


Interest on Loans in anticipa- tion of Taxes 1,800 00


Appropriations for School Teachers,


16,970 00


Dog Tax of 1900 656 50


School Fund 1900


350 00


$17,976 60


PAY OF SCHOOL TEACHERS.


High School.


Paid Joseph A. Ewart, 40 weeks 1,200 00


Celia F. Stacey, 28 weeks


652 50


Ella Macgregor, 24 weeks 384 00


Ella Macgregor, 16 weeks


260 00


Henry A. Wasson, 24 weeks


360 00


Henry A. Wasson, 16 weeks


260 00


Bertha P. Chase, 24 weeks


300 00


Bertha P. Chase, 16 weeks


260 00


Marion N. Nickerson


40 80


Mary M. Krim


12 00


Bessie A. Roberts


131 25


$3,860 55


7


Monatiquot School.


Paid W. Stanwood Field, 24 weeks . . $504 00


John L. Riley, 1.6 weeks . 280 00


Josephine B. Colbert, 24 weeks, 288 00


Josephine B. Colbert, 16 weeks, 200 00.


Marg't E. C. Bannon, 24 weeks, 288 00


Marg't E. C. Bannon, 16 weeks,


216 00


Mabel F. Alden, 40 weeks 420 00


Amy W. Shaw, 24 weeks


240 00


Amy W. Shaw, 16 weeks


176 00


Alice M. Lilley, 9 weeks


99 00


M. Esther Pike, 24 weeks


240 00.


Antonette M. Getchell, 19 weeks,


190 00


Iva L. McArdle, 22 weeks


242 00


Harriet E. Hosmer


22 00


Isabel Crooker


26 00


Ethel L. Brooks


4 00


Ellen M. Hamm


10 00


Carolyn S. Robinson


12 50


Bessie A. Chase


34 00


$3,491 50


Jonas Perkins School.


Paid Victoria P. Wilde, 40 weeks .. 900 00


Mary E. Vining, 24 weeks 288 00


Mary E. Vining, 16 weeks


/200 00


Nellie E. Bowles, 24 weeks


270 00


Nellie E. Bowles, 16 weeks


188 00


Grace M. Ward, 24 weeks 264 00


Grace M. Ward, 16 weeks 184 00


Nellie F. Monk, 24 weeks 288 00


Nellie F. Monk, 16 weeks 200 00


Viola Bicknell, 40 weeks 400 00


Florence G. Fish, 40 weeks 400 00


Grace Randall, 24 weeks 228 00


Grace Randall, 16 weeks 160 00


Mary A. Kennedy 36 00


8


Alice Adams 62 50


Helen L. Galvin


80 00


Edith P. Lowson


10 00


Alice M. Perry


260 00


Ingeborg Sellman


99 99


Frances E. Daley


144 00


$4,662 49


Penniman School.


Paid Louis T. Morse, 9 weeks $112 50


Maria Carter, 4 weeks 60 00


L. May Whitney, 16 weeks


160 00


Harriet G. Taylor, 16 weeks


160 00


Mabel F. Knight 158 80


Mary E. Kennedy


30 20


Alice Nowland


27 00


Margaret Steele


30 00


$738 50


Pond School.


Paid Sarah L. Arnold, 40 weeks $570 00


Rosalie S. Bayley, 40 weeks 400 00


Annie M. Brooks, 24 weeks 288 00


Annie M. Brooks, 16 weeks


200 00


Margaret L. Fielden, 24 weeks .. 240 00


Margaret L. Fielden, 16 weeks


176 00


Harriet M. Hill, 40 weeks


400 00


Mabel E. Whitcomb


36 00


Ethel L. Brooks


68 00


Union School.


Avis A. Thayer, 40 weeks $530 00


Hannah C. Whelan, 24 weeks .. 288 00


Hannah C. Whelan, 16 weeks .. 200 00


Mabel L. Bates, 24 weeks 270 00


Mabel L. Bates, 16 weeks


188 00


Elizabeth B. Pray, 40 weeks 400 00


Nina B. Gage 39 00


. .


$2,378 00


$1,915 00


9


Middle Street School.


Paid Mabel F. Knight, 24 weeks .. . . . $240 00 South West School.


Paid Marion L. Rogers, 40 weeks ...


400 00


Mary L. French, Teaching Music, 168 00


Helen E. Hewes, Teaching Draw-


ing 150 00


George T. Sperry, Teaching Drawing 100 00


$1,058 00


Total to Teachers


$18,104 04


JANITORS FOR SCHOOLS.


Appropriation $2,016 00


Paid John H. Macandrew $700 00


William Orr 600 00


J. Franklin Bates 264 00


John Whitty 264 00


Alfred H. Holbrook 108 00


Willie P. Reed


40 00


Francis H. Thayer 24 00


$2,000 00


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


Appropriation $1,400 00


Paid I. W. Horne $1,400 00


$1,400 00


FUEL FOR SCHOOLS.


Appropriation $1,400 00


Paid A. J. Richards $1,261 77


B. H. Woodsum 32 00


T. F. Finnegan 27 00


J. P. Robery 10 00


E. C. Litchfield


25 82


H. C. Somes 1 80


$1,358 39


10


CONVEYANCE OF PUPILS.


Appropriation .


$825 00


Paid Quincy & Boston St. Railway. . $ 630 00


Brockton Street Railway .. 225 00


Albert. A. Drollett 315 00


$1,170 00


TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.


Appropriation


$1,600 00


Paid Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $299 54


L. E. Knott Apparatus Co. 282 11


T. J. Barnard & Co. 197 35


Ginn & Co. 118 62


J. L. Hammett & Co. 106 95


Edward E. Babb


100 24


George S. Perry Co.


94 67


Silver, Burdett & Co.


76 17


George H. Walker


60 00


Wadsworth, Howland Co. 49 90


Thompson, Brown & Co.


44 66


D. C. Heath & Co. 27 82


Joseph Gillotts & Sons 21 25


Small, Maynard & Co. 20 00


Suffolk Ink Co. 11. 00


Frost & Adams


6 92


Thorp, Martin Co. 7 20


Chandler & Barber


21 63


Bates, Torrey Co.


40 50


A. T. Stearns Lumber Co. 22 79


J. B. Rhines & Co. 16 62


American Book Co.


8 68


Centuary Ink Co.


5 60


School Supply Co. 6 25


Tracy, Gibbs & Co.


6 00


F. H. Palmer 6 40


D. Appleton & Co.


5 60


Fore River Engine Co. 3 17


11


C. O. Miller 3 60


A. J. Wilkinson & Co.


3 84


Allen & Bacon


3 34


Atkinson, Mentzer Co.


2 10


Oliver Ditson


1 70


Mayhew Pub. Co.


1 00


New England Pub. Co.


80


Smith Premier T. W. Co.


75


$1,684 77


INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLS.


Appropriation .


$500 00


Paid J. L. Hammett & Co.


$182 70


George W. Prescott & Sons


112 72


I. W. Horne


109 71


Thorp, Martin & Co.


44 83


Pratt & Pratt


18 68


Neostyle Co.


18 50


New York & Boston Ex. Co. ..


4 40


Brown's Ex.


6 20


Woodsum Ex. Co.


28 10


R. Frampton


6 29


Willard Small


16 92


George S. Perry


4 60


Horace F. Hunt


8 00


DeWolfe, Fish & Co. 3 35


Charles E. Hill


3 00


Library Bureau


9 20


Houghton, Mifflin Co.


2 15


M. L. Belyea


2 00


Edward E. Babb


2 27


D. L. Brownell


2 50


D. C. Heath & Co


2 33


W. C. Harding


3 75


M. M. Bates


5 60


J. A. Ewart


2 00


J. D. Jewett & Co.


2 50


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12


Volta Bureau 2 82


Scott, Freeman Co. 2 40


John Gallivan 2 00


Jordan, Marsh Co.


1 10


George E. Sampson


1 50


Mc Millan & Co.


1. 00


H. P. Smith Pub. Co.


1 00


C. A. Rice & Co.


1. 50


Denison Mfg. Co.


1 75


Atkinson, Mentzer Co.


1 25


J. B. Rhines & Co. 1 26


Thompson & Brown


83


T. H. Castor 77


Longmans, Green & Co. 86


Thomas Y. Crowell 94


F. W. Bare, Beal & Co. 40


National Educational Co.


80


$624 48


INCIDENTALS AND REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES.


Appropriation


$1,000 00


Paid Braintree Water Dept. $161 32


George H. Holbrook 140 16


O. M. Rogers 132 61


Dean & Lobdell 125 00


Grand Rapids Furniture Co. 107 44


Smith & Anthony 103 57


Paul Monaghan 40 12


I. W. Horne


36 46


C. O. Miller 31 05


Braintree Electric Light Dept .. . 25 03


Frank A. Bates 36 17


J. L. Hammett & Co. 29 16


H. W. Borden 23 97


S. R. Eaton 20 63


A. J. Wilkinson 17 46


William May 16 75


. .


13


George S. Perry 18 25


Jordan, Marsh Co. .12 13


Eagle Oil & Supply Co. 12 64


J. B. Rhines & Co. 12 30


Frank A. Lock 12 50


George E. Sampson 15 00


Boston Belting Co. 10 54


George H. Arnold 10 00


E. W. Hobart 14 00


C. F. Loring


15 00


R. Belyea 10 80


Roberts Iron Works


9 36


L. E. Knott Apparatus Co. 6 45


John Whitty 6 30


James T. Weeks


9 67


A. L. Hobart


5 63


G. R. M. Bestic


3 75


J. E. Ludden


4 34


B. H. Woodsum Co.


2 66


C. D. Harlow


2 50


Peter Ness


3 25


R. H. White Co.


1 20


W. A. Torrey 1 63


A. D. Wilbur


1 50


Houghton & Dutton


1 02


Walworth Mfg. Co.


9 61


J. E. Connell 4 95


A. E. Bradford


3 50


Wm. S. Butler 3 00


Wm. Orr 6 95


C. W. Moulton & Co. 2 00


Baker Hardware Co. 1 70


1 15


Frank A. Smith 1. 90


L. R. Barnes


1 25


Willie P. Reed


1 65


J. M. Arnold' 1 17


T


American Net & Twine Co.


14


C. H. Vaughn 90


Chandler & Barber 68


E. H. Pray & Sons 65


M. M. Bates


50


H. W. Mansfield 44


S. F. Brown 1 30


$1,292 62


BRAINTREE POOR DEPARTMENT.


Appropriation $5,000 00


Almshouse Account-Dr.


To appraisal January 1st, 1900 $1,847 10


Paid E. C. Litchfield, Supt. 480 00


Hired girl


93 00


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 191 75


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, ice 34 55


T. H. Emerson, grain


193 32


Braintree Water Dept. 53 00


James T. Weeks, groceries


46 56


H. W. Mansfield, groceries


36 08


Dyer & Sullivan, groceries 62 69


J. Marcus Arnold, groceries 54 90


John F. Eaton, meat 48 26


H. B. Whitman, repairs 9 75


A. L. Watson, supplies 17 82


W. A. Torrey, supplies


27 34


C. H. Hobart, supplies


51 14


C. W. Hollis, supplies


44 15


O. M. Rogers, supplies


5 60


W. E. Dailey, supplies


79 48


George E. Jones, fish 16 25


Schraut Bros., bread


24 73


Bridgham Bros., provisions 42 24


Braintree Clothing Co.


37 67


15


E. W. Hobart, standing wood and posts 29 69


J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber . ..


32 02


Hayward Bros., carpenter work, 21 33


Edward Shay, blacksmith work, 52 33


Seth F. Brown, oil


21 42


Elmer E. Belcher


75 25


Wm. H. Cobb, tools


36 95


T. H. Libby, fertilizer


24 50


D. Griffin, standing grass


15 00


A. W. Baker, manure


35 00


F. W. Brett, medical attendance,


36 00


Farwell Bros., manure


22 50


H. M. White, supplies


16 99


H. M. White, supplies, 1899


23 87


J. Sampson, pasturing cow


9 50


W. A. Hollis, labor


7 95


Geo. E. Fogg, pigs


6 75


L. B. Hollis, cow


42 50


C. G. Anderson, stock and labor,


17 00


Cartwright & Shay, burial of George Littlefield 20 00


C. W. Learned, disinfectants 12 80


C. R. Bestick, fish 19 77


Sarah R. Fitch, supplies 8 77


John B. Thomas, standing grass,


35 00


George D. Newcomb, cow ....


18 00


D. H. B. Thayer, expressing ..


2 40


Hired man 28 50


Cash paid for manure 8 00


E. C. Litchfield, paid sundry bills, 14 50


Waldo Holbrook, labor 2 40


C. Richards, floor dressing


1 40.


Morrill Williams, labor 75


Cash for pigs


18 50


$4,214 72


16


Almshouse-Cr.


To appraisal of January 1, 1901 $1,902 30


Sale of cows 77 00


Sale of standing grass 10 00


Sale of pork


41 08


Sale of milk and produce


76 27


Distributing Town Reports


2 00


Plowing snow


2 50


Wood to poor person


31 20


Sale of wood


40 25


Kindlings, schools, Town and Library


Hall


50 10


Food and lodging, 1033 tramps


and 36 prisoners 106 90


$2,339 60


$1,875 12


INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.


Name.


Age.


Days.


Abraham Mead


81


365


George Littlefield


72


261


William Patterson


63


365


Napoleon Benjamin


37


365


Edward Mellen


65


365


Mary Goodman


62


365


Sarah McCornish


61


365


Lydia Whitmarsh


25


365


Lydia Whitmarsh's child


1++


365


Thomas Davis


82


100


Eliza Davis


64


100


Fred W. Ingraham


28


Charles M. Hobart


67


Mary V. Mastandred


14


Board of hired man


112


Number of days


3,602


Number of weeks, 5141/2.


Cost of Poor per week, $3.64+.


3,490


17


OUT-DOOR POOR.


Paid Mass. Hospital for Epileptics,


support of Isabel C. Foster .. $212 17


Medfield Asylum, support of Emily C. Hansen 146 00


Medfield Asylum, support of Lu- linda R. Shaw 146 00


Westborough Hospital, support of Margaret Downey .. 169 46 .. Northampton Hospital, support of Lawrence Doyle 217 75


State Hospital, support of John Hennesey 146 00


State Hospital, support of Mar- garet Richardson 146 00


Taunton Hospital, support of Mary Mulligan 59 89


$1,243 27


Paid City of Boston, aid to Mary Egan $56 14


City of Boston, aid to David A. Reed 84 00


City of Boston, aid to John W. Dolan 36 00


$176 14


Paid City of Melrose, aid to George E. Pratt and family 80 78


City of Quincy, aid to James E. Holbrook 30 00


City of Chelsea, aid to Sarah A. Thayer 14 00


$124 78


Paid Town of Weymouth, aid to Mor- ris Dowd and family $304 15


$304 15


.


18


Paid Town of Weymouth, aid to Walter Johnson and family .. $155 13 Dr. F. W. Brett, medical attend- ance Walter Johnson and family 6 67


$161 80


Paid Town of Wakefield, aid to Wil- liam A. Holmes and family ... $222 97 Town of Hingham, aid to Edgar Fogg 4 25


Town of Pembroke, medical at- tendance John Whitmarsh 25 00


252 22


Julia A. French.


Paid Lydia N. Bishop, room rent 52 00 52 00


Martha Penniman.


Paid E. C. Litchfield, wood 24 00


Elmer E. Dyer, wood 7 00


C. H. Hobart, groceries 50 66


R. F. Randall, stove 5 00


O. M. Rogers, setting up stove,


2 50


Dr. F. W. Brett, medical attend- ance 25 34


W. A. Torrey, medicine


60


$115 10


Mrs. E. K. Chamberlain.


Paid Elmer E. Dyer, wood


$10 50


$10 50


Thomas Davis and Wife.


Paid Dyer & Sullivan, groceries . $4 29


$4 29


Mrs. S. A. F. Mansfield.


Paid Dyer & Sullivan, groceries .... $4 00 $4 00


Annie L. Jones.


Paid George B. Jones, support . Dr. F. W. Brett, medical attend- ance 6 01


$78 00


$84 01


19


Mrs. Stephen P. Jones and Family.


Paid Cash aid $84 00 $84 00


Poor Person (Refunded).


Paid Cartwright & Shay, burial .. $20 00


$20 00


William Benjamin and Family.


Paid C. H. Hobart, groceries $59 58


Bridgham Bros., provisions .. 12 95


Dr. F. W. Brett, medical attend- ance 67


$73 20


William B. Lincoln.


Paid Miss E. J. Mansfield, room rent, $4 00


$4 00


Anselm Bassett.


Paid Dr. William D. Holmes, medi-


cal attendance, etc. $11 39 $13 39


Mass. Gen'l Hospital (refunded), 2 00


Sarah McCornish.


Paid Braintree Clothing Co., shoes .. $2 00


$2 00


Mrs. C. Packard.


Paid F. A. Hobart, rent $130 00


Bridgham Bros., provisions 128 25


$258 25


Joseph Whiteley.


Paid James Wilson, groceries $54 00


A. D. Tirrell, shoes 2 25


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 33 80


Dr. T. H. Dearing


2 25


$92 30


Leonardo Marales.


Paid Wm. B. Gutterson, groceries .. $6 00


Dr. T. H. Dearing, medical at- tendance 24 50


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 43 00


$73 50


1


20


Edward G. Buker and Family.


Paid H. W. Mansfield, groceries $104 00


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 16 50


A. D. Tirrell, shoes 5 10


Dr. F. W. Brett, medical attend- ance 18 67


$144 27


Miss Buker.


Paid Cash aid $4 00


$4 00


Joseph Dalton.


Paid T. H. Dearing, medical attend-


ance


$1 50


$1 50


Mrs. Wm. Hearn and Family.


Paid Cash aid


$48 00


W. B. Gutterson, groceries 12 00


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 18 45


$78 45


George L. Shaw. Paid Mass. Hospital for Inebriates .. $1 86


$1 86


T. J. Dalton.


Paid W. B. Gutterson, groceries $8 00


Frank H. Jordan, groceries 20 00


A. D. Tirrell, shoes 2 70


T. H. Dearing, medical attend'ce,


30 75


J. F. Sheppard, fuel


9 55


$71 00


Mrs. S. G. Leavett.


Paid Dr. T. H. Dearing, medical attendance $23 75


Charles E. Holbrook.


Paid James T. Weeks, groceries $18 00


R. A. Gage, fuel 3 38


E. L. Frampton, provisions. 6 00


21


Poor Person (refunded).


Paid R. A. Gage, coal $3 50


Joseph D. Hollis.


Paid B. H. Woodsum Co., fuel $2 20


H. W. Mansfield, groceries 2 28


Mrs. Margaret Nott,


wife .


nursing


15 00


E. G. McGill, repairing stove ... 1 60


C. H. Hayden.


Paid F. W. Brett, medical attendance on child


$2 00


Poor Person (Refunded).


Paid J. R. Qualey, removal to alms-


house $3 50


A. W. Fay, removal from alms- house 3 00


Charles M. Hobart.


Paid J. R. Qualey, care and transpor- tation


$7 50


T. H. Dearing, medical attend'ce, 6 00


Peter Bjorkman.


Paid Geo. H. Arnold, rent and milk, $20 40


J. M. Arnold, groceries 20 00


Francis L. King, burial of child, 10 00


John F. Eaton, meat 6 00


R. A. Gage, coal 3 50


Miss Sullivan.


Paid Dr. T. H. Dearing, medical at- tendance


$2 00


Poor Person (refunded).


Paid Dr. T. H. Dearing, medical at- tendance


$1 50


Paid Dr. F. W. Brett, fumigating house $1 50 $64 90


5


$97 71


$59 90


22


OUT-DOOR POOR WHO HAVE NO SETTLEMENT.


Francis E. Morrison (State).


Paid Wm. B. Gutterson, groceries .. $36 00 J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal . . . 9 75


$45 75


William McCausland (State).


Paid B. H. Woodsum Co., coal $2 75 $2 75


John Neville (State).


Paid Dr. F. C. Granger, medical at- tendance


$7 50


$7 50


Mrs. Ellen Fuller (State).


Paid R. Allen Gage, coal $13 50 $13 50


Mary V. Mastandrea (State).


Paid Dr. F. W. Brett, medical at-


tendance


$10 37


Cartwright & Shay, burial


15 00


$25 37


Eli Pillerain (State).


Paid W. G. Philbrook, provisions


$10 92


L. W. Spaulding, shoes 2 25


$13 17


Mrs. Mary Pitts (State).


Paid Cash aid


$37 00


$37 00


Child of George Lorenzo (State).


Paid Cartwright & Shay, burial ....


$10 00


$10 00


William Mathews (State).


Paid Woodsum's Express Co., trans-


portation'


$2 50


$2 50


J. A. McKinnon (State).


Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel


.


$4 15


$4 15


Due from State $161 69


23


John Daley (charged to Weymouth). 1


Paid William B. Gutterson, groceries, $2 00


Frank H. Jordan, groceries .... 4 00


$6 00


Michael Creeley (Ashland).


Paid Cash aid $4 00 $4 00


A. M. Nightingale (Duxbury).


Paid Bridgham Bros., provisions . $16 00


Braintree Clothing Co., clothing, 3 00


$19 00


Mrs. Celia B. Anderson (Stoughton), $3 00


$3 00


Ruth Randall (Weymouth) $7 00


$7 00


Alfred F. Howes (Franklin).


Paid Wm. B. Gutterson, groceries . . $21 38


E. A. Jordan, groceries 56 00


A. W. Blanchard, rent 14 00


John Coyle, milk


8 85


Dr. H. L. Dearing, medical at- tendance 26 67


C. D. Harlow, medicine 30 35


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 12 45


$169 70


Due from Towns


$208 70


Total Cost of Out-Door Poor


$3,986 98


STATE AID, CHAPTER 374.


Cash paid to soldiers and families of soldiers, from Jan. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1, 1901 $2,345 00


Paid to soldiers and families of soldiers for December, 1899. .. 204 00 Due from State 2,549 00


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SOLDIERS AID CHAPTER 372


Paid Samuel E. Whitmarsh 144 00


Samuel E. Whitmarsh for the


month of December 1899 12 00


156 00


One-half due from State


78 00


SOLDIERS RELIEF ACTS OF 1890.


Paid E. N. Doble & Co., groceries to Michael Sullivan 74 72


Town of Randolph, aid to Olive M. Jones 60 00


Dr. F. C. Granger, med. att. to


Olive M. Jones, 2 years 39 00


Cash aid to George B. Jones 120 00 . Cash aid to Emma M. Randall .. 120 00


J. M. Arnold, groceries to Mrs. Rose Ingraham 22 00


James T. Weeks, groceries to Mrs. Rose Ingraham 8 00


R. Allen Gage, fuel to Mrs. Rose Ingraham 4 00


Cash aid, to Mrs. Rose Ingraham


1 00


James T. Weeks, groceries to Fred W. Ingraham . 4 00 R. Allen Gage, fuel to Fred W. Ingraham 3 62


Dr. Francis Collamore, med. att., S. E. Whitmarsh 30 33


Town of Hanover, aid to S. E. Whitmarsh 40 00


Dr. F. W. Brett, med. att., to C. H. Hayden 8 00


$534 67


HOSPITAL ACCOUNT.


Cash paid for support in hospitals ...


$506 74


Refunded by friends


$464 03


Balance due


42 71


$506 74


$506 74


25


POST 87, G. A. R.


Appropriation $175 00


Paid C. G. Anderson, Q. M. 175 00


INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.


Including Treas. bond


$2,600 00


Paid Pratt & Pratt, printing town


Report


$307 65


Pratt & Pratt, printing and adver- tising


220 15


Geo. W. Prescott & Sons, print- ing and advertising 246 15


National Granite Bank, rent for Armory 400 00


A. Southworth, agent, heat for Armory .


100 00


Electric Light Dept., light for Armory 41 70


N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co., rent of land for Target 10 00


George H. Holbrook, building Target


69 77


Edward W. Hobart, inspector of milk, cattle and provisions . . . 285 00 Edward W. Hobart, distributing reports 4 00


H. A. Monk, recording births, marriages and deaths 105 50


H. A. Monk, cash paid for distri- buting By-Laws. . 3 60


H. A. Monk, cash expenses .


7 87


Charles B. Cummings, Treas- urer's Bond 105 00


Charles C. Mellen, atttorney, Glover case, 1898 50 00


Charles C. Mellen, attorney, Shaw tax case, 1898 110 00


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Charles C. Mellen, attorney, J. E. Holbrook case 175 00


C. W. Galloupe, medical witness J. E. Holbrook case 75 00


James H. Flint, attorney for Commitee on Bridges 100 00


White & Wetherbee, surveying Holbrook avenue 15 70


White & Wetherbee, surveying Frederic Road 18 40


White & Wetherbee, surveying Bowditch street 31 40


White & Wetherbee, surveying Safford street 31 20


White & Wetherbee, plan of Sunnyside Park 3 70


White & Wetherbee, making plans and setting bounds .. 68 00 Wales Brothers, repairing pumps, 1899 17 00


Wales Brothers, repairing pumps, 1900 9 00


Wales Brothers, new pump top, So. Braintree 20 00


W. A. Torrey, postage stamps and supplies 46 95


Wm. S. Tracey, meals for Town and Election officers 51 00


J. H. Burdakin, transcript of records 20 00


J. H. Burdakin, recording deeds, etc. 14 50


Philip H. Sullivan, atttorney for Board of Health 25 00


J. F. Gallivan, services for Board of Health 5 00


Frank A. Smith, supplies S 25


27


Dr. F. W. Brett, returning births, 14 25


Dr. F. C. Granger, returning births 8 00


Dr. Henry L. Dearing, returning births 11 00


Dr. C. M. Marstin, returning


births


75


Dr. G. D. Bullock, returning births 5 75


Dr. A. L. Chase, returning birth, 25


Dr. W. Record, returning birth . 25


Dr. Maybury, returning births . . 50 John Ford Co., returning deaths, 2 75 Ralph Houghton, returning deaths 2 25


Cartwright & Shay, returning deaths 6 25


Howard & Clark, returning deaths


50


Election officers, March meeting, 24 00


Election officers, November elec- tion


58 00


Special police and firemen, July 3 and 4 42 00


D. B. Fletcher, books and sta- tionery


3 95


Samuel Hobbs, books and sta- tionery 7 62


M. R. Warren, books and sta- tionery 1 70


R. Allen Gage, expressing and distributing Reports 5 00


John J. Maher, expressing and distributing Reports 2 50


Bradford Y .. Knight, expressing and distributing Reports . .. W. J. Orr, pay of men forest fire, 5 70


5 00


28


A. J. Wilkinson, flashlight . 3 00


Robert McNeff, paint for ceme- tery fence 6 00


Myron L. Hobart, sign posts . ..


3 00


George E. Sampson, setting sign posts 5 07


Grace Loring, typewriting


3 00


County Clerk, entrance fees, By- Laws 3 00


J. R. Qualey, killing dog 1 00


R. Allen Gage, cleaning dump . . 2 00


Aaron R. Gay, stationery


3 30


A. C. Libby, stationery . 1 10


Charles E. Hill, horse hire and damage to carriage 12 50


C. A. Hobart, repairing fence and removing tree 2 00


D. H. B. Thayer, expressing ·


3 70


Benj. F. Dyer, cash expenses ...


6 20


A. O. Clark, cash expenses .....


42 76


Wm. W. Mayhew, cash expenses,


9 42


J. Parker Hayward, cash ex- penses 8 25


C. H. Hobart, supplies ·


1 95


$3,126 70


Credit.


Received from State for rent of


Armory $400 00


E. W. Hobart, Inspector Li-


censes from Milk Dealers 22 50


TOWN OFFICERS.


Appropriation $2,704.20


Paid A. O. Clark, Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Poor $650 00


Wm. W. Mayhew, Selectman, As- sessor and Overseer of Poor .. 650 00


1


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J. P. Hayward, Selectman, Asª


sessor and Overseer of Poor . . 650 00


Henry A. Monk, Clerk 500 00


Benj. F. Dyer, Treasurer 525 00


Daniel Potter, Auditor


135 00


N. F. Hunt, Auditor


10 00


James T. Stevens, Water Com- missioner 100 00


T. Haven Dearing, Water Com- missioner 83 33


John Kelley, Water Commis- sioner


100 00


Albert E. Avery, Registrar of Voters


35 00


Alva S. Morrison, Registrar of Voters 35 00


Henry Dugan, jr., Constable 8 33


Horace F. Hunt, Constable 8 33


John Gallivan, Constable


10 33


J. R. Qualey, Constable


43 50


Conrad Mischler, Constable 17 00


John Kelley, Constable 6 00


Wm. E. Maybury, Constable


6 00


Thomas Slavin 3 00


F. A. Hobart, Moderator at 15 Town meetings 65 00


$3,640 82


REMOVAL OF SNOW.


Appropriation $500 00


Paid A. O. Clark, sundry bills $136 78


Wm. W. Mayhew, sundry bills .. 127 28


J. Parker Hayward, sundry bills,


114 00


·


$378 06


30


STONE ROAD, 1900.


Paid Andrew Dyer, self and team . . $213 70




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