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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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STONE ROAD, 1900.
Paid Andrew Dyer, self and team . . $213 70
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