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Town of Braintree
1640. CHUSE
1901
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
FROM
Dec. 31, 1900, to Dec. 31, 1901,
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.
1640.
OBSERVER AND REPORTER PRINT: GEO. W. PRESCOTT & SONS, BRAINTREE, MASS. 1902
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1901.
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, J. MARCUS ARNOLD, ALVERDO H. MASON. Trustees of Thayer Public Library,
NATHANIEL H. HUNT, ROBERT E. BELCHER
HORACE F. HUNT, WILLIAM H. MOIR, THOMAS SLAVIN,
Constables, HENRY DUGAN, Jr., BENJAMIN J. LORING, CHARLES A. HOBART,
CHRISTOPHER T. BAILEY, JOHN GALLIVAN,
JOHN KELLEY, Com'1 St., WILLIAM E. MAYBURY, DAVID C. HASELTINE,
JAMES R. QUALEY, CONRAD MISCHLER, FRANK (). WHITMARSH.
REPORT
Of the Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors of the
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
FOR THE YEAR ENDING, DECEMBER 31, 1901.
In accordance with the By-Laws of the Town of Braintree, 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, 1901.
ANSEL O. CLARK, WM. W. MAYHEW, J. PARKER HAYWARD,
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors.
List of Appropriations --- 1901.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
For pay of teachers, in addition to
dog tax and school fund, and for teacher of manual training, Superintendent, .
$17,650 00
1,400 00
Janitors, including care of build- ings during vacation, 2,132 00
Text books and supplies,
1,700 00
Incidentals for schools,
400 00
Schoolhouse improvements, pairs, and incidentals,
re-
700 00
Fuel,
1,400 00
Conveyance of pupils,
1,025 00
Repairing and shingling roofs of
Monatiquot and Pond school- houses,
500 00
$26,907 00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
For maintenances of highways, in ad-
dition to the amount received from the State for that purpose, Construction of stone road in ad- dition to excise tax,
1,700 00
3,500 00
Sidewalks, including one asked for in Article 23, .
1,725 00
Watering streets, in addition to assessment on abutters, ·
500 00
Removing snow, .
500 00
7,925 00
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
For pay of engineers and men in ad-
dition to remission of poll taxes,
$1,385 00
Expenses and repairs, . 800 00
New hose, . 325 00
New ladder truck (reappropriated)
1,000 00
Fire alarm box at the corner of
Washington and Common Sts., 100 00
Painting two pieces of apparatus,
100 00
Repairing and shingling hose-
house No. 2,
50 00
$3,760 00
POOR DEPARTMENT.
For support of poor, . 6,000 00
TOWN DEBT.
For payment of maturing funded
debt,
9,900 00
Interest on funded debt, 4,050 00
/
Interest on loans in anticipation
of taxes,
1,500 00
15,450 00
WATER DEPARTMENT.
For hydrant service,
4,550 00
Water loan sinking funds, . 5,120 00
9,670 00
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
For operating expenses,
7,500 00
NIGHT POLICE.
For pay of men,
.
2,190 00
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MISCELLANEOUS.
For general expenses, salaries, and
Special' Appropriations, Salar- ies of Town Officers, including tax collector,
$4,250 00
Treasurer's bond,
105 00
Miscellaneous expenses,
2,600 00
Court fees and expenses,
200 00
Post 87, G. A. R.,
175 00
Soldiers' relief, Acts 1890, .
500 00
Soldiers aid,
75 00
Abatement of taxes,
1,000 00
Town Hall, .
500 00
Janitor of Town Hall and Library,
600 00
Thayer Public Library,
900 00
Distribution of books, .
100 00
Fire Insurance, .
100 00
Grading of grounds at Penniman
school house,
250 00
11,355 00
Total,
$90,757 00
. Voted, to appropriate in the aggregate ninety thousand, seven hundred and fifty-seven dollars ($90,757.00) and that eighty-four thousand, five hundred and fifty-seven dollars ($84, 557.00) of that amount be raised by taxation.
Voted, that six thousand, two hundred dollars ($6,200.00) from the Bank and Corporation tax be applied to the foregoing appropriations.
Expenditures.
SCHOOLS.
Appropriations for pay of school
teachers
·
. $17,650 00
School fund
350 00
Dog licenses .
.
.
-
HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid Joseph A. Ewart, teaching 24 weeks
$720 00
Walter E. Severance, teaching 14 weeks ·
420 00
Harry A. Wason, teaching 24
weeks 390 00
28 Bertha Poole Chase, teaching weeks 483 75
Bessie A. Roberts, teaching weeks
750 00
Ella Macgregor, teaching 24
weeks
390 00
Lena P. Abby, teaching 16
weeks .
200 00
Minnie A. Graham, teaching 16 weeks 280 00
Miriam A. Thayer, teaching 16 weeks
231 67
Walter L. Gerry .
·
8 33
3,873 75
.
701 00
$18,701 00
40
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MONATIQUOT SCHOOL.
Paid John L. Riley, teaching 24
weeks
$420 00
Josephine B. Colbert, teaching 40 weeks . 500 00
Frank C. Heald, teaching 16
weeks
300 00
M. E. C. Bannon, teaching 40
weeks 540 00
Mabel F. Alden, teaching 40
weeks
420 00
Amy W. Shaw, teaching 24
weeks
264 00
Carolyn S. Robinson, teaching 16 weeks . 162 50
Bessie D. Rideout, teaching 12 weeks 110 00
Mabel L. Hobbs, teaching 16
weeks 160 00
Vandelia A. Dexter, teaching 16 weeks 160 00
$3,036 50
JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL.
Paid Victoria P. Wild, teaching 40 weeks
$900 00
Grace M. Ward, teaching 40
weeks
460 00
Mary E. Vining, teaching 22
weeks 275 00
Nellie E. Bowles, teaching 40
weeks 470 00
Frances E. Daley, teaching 40 weeks 360 00
Alice M. Perry, teaching 24
weeks .
240 00
Nellie F. Monk, teaching 40
weeks
500 00
10
Paid Viola Bicknell, teaching 28
weeks
$280 00
Florence G. Fish, teaching 40
weeks
400 00
Grace Randall, teaching 40
weeks 400 00
Emma J. Foster .
22 00
Emily V. White, teaching
16
weeks
160 00
Irene A. Holbrook, teaching 16
weeks
160 00
Edith P. Lawson, teaching 12
120 00
weeks
POND SCHOOL.
Paid Sarah L. Arnold, teaching 24 weeks
$342 00
Rosaile S. Bailey, teaching 40
weeks
400 00
Annie M. Brooks, teaching 40
500 00
Margaret L. Fielden, teaching 40 weeks 480 00
Ethel L. Brooks, teaching 40
weeks
192 00
Harriet M. Hill, teaching 40 weeks 400 00
Mary E. Kennedy, teaching 16 weeks
160 00
Helen A. Cuff, teaching 16 weeks .
72 00
UNION SCHOOL.
1
Paid Avis A. Thayer, teaching 40 weeks,
$530 00
Hannah C. Whelan, teaching 40 weeks, 500 00
2,546 00
·
$4,747 00
weeks .
11
Paid Mabel, L. Bates, teaching 40 weeks, ·
$470 00 Elizabeth B. Pray, teaching 40 weeks, 400 00
- - $1,900 00
PENNIMAN SCHOOL.
Paid Maud Carter, teaching 40 weeks, $600 00
L. May Whitney, teaching 40 weeks, 400 00 · Harriet C. Taylor, teaching 40 weeks, 400 00
Mabel T. Knight, teaching 40
weeks,
400 00
Mary E. Kennedy, teaching 24 weeks,
64 00
Nellie F. Galvin, teaching 4
weeks, 16 00
Alice R. Dow, teaching 12 weeks
64 50
Jessie L. Nolte, teaching 16 weeks,
106 00
Nina B. Gage,
9 00
Ada Cushing,
3 32
Bertha Mitchell, .
9.00
Frances L. Creed,
1 50
2,073 32
SOUTHWEST SCHOOL.
Paid Marion L. Rogers, teaching 40 weeks
400 00
DRAWING
Paid George T. Sperry, teaching $150 00
Cordelia J. Stanwood, teaching . 100 00
250 00
·
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MUSIC.
Paid Mary L. French, teaching
$108 00
George E. Crafts,
31 25
$139 25
$18,965 82
JANITORS FOR SCHOOLS.
Appropriation
$2,125 00
Paid John H. Macandrew
$700 00
William Orr
600 00
John Whitty
264 00
J. Franklin Bates
264 00
Alfred H. Holbrook
264 00
Willie P. Reed .
40 00
$2,132 00
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Appropriation
$1,400 00
Paid Irving W. Horne
1,400 00
FUEL FOR SCHOOLS.
Appropriation
$1,400 00
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons
$1,535 00
A. J. Richards & Sons
113 00
E. C. Litchfield, kindlings
26 30
Thomas F. Finnegan, wood
38 50
Somes Charcoal Co.
3 75
B. H. Woodsum Co., coal
8 00
James T. Weeks, kindlings
2 56
$1,727 11
CONVEYANCE OF PUPILS.
Appropriation
$1,025 00
Paid Albert A. Drollett
$385 00
Brockton Street Railway Co.
125 00
Old Colony Street Railway Co
525 00
$1,035 00
.
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TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Appropriation
$1,700 00
Paid Silver, Burdett & Co.
$ 57 49
Ginn & Co. .
225 24
American Book Co.
225 76
Edward E. Babb .
130 66
J. L. Hammett & Co.
286 42
George S. Perry & Co.
301 24
Joseph Gillotte & Son
29 18
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
75 00
Wadsworth, Howland & Co.
68 32
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co. .
62 55
A. T. Stearns Lumber Co.
54 76
Neostyle Co.
75 55
Rand, McNally & Co. .
48 00
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict
70 00
Thompson & Brown
116 10
Thorp & Martin Co.
4 80
Morse Co.
67 50
D. Appleton
24 02
D. C. Heath
69 47
Hammett School Supply Co.
11 18
Boston School Supply Co.
68 69
William Ware
10 40
Joseph A. Ewart, cash paid
11 14
Oliver Ditson Co.
20 70
Eagle Pencil Co. .
30 00
Sibley & Ducker .
1 87
Isaac Pitman & Sons
5 41
Yamanaka Co.
18 32
Century Ink Co. .
7 00
F. S. Webster Co.
1 12
J. B. Rhines & Co.
14 59
Bunkio Matsukio .
7 25
Library Bureau
4 00
A. J. Wilkinson .
1 65
Henry Holt
.
1 06
Chandler & Barber
5 06
14
Paid Sadler & Bow
$ 5 51
Frank A. Bates
11 77
Eliza S. Arnold
3 00
Allyn & Bacon
16 88
Kindergarten School Co.
65
Chandler & Farquhar
5 02
Smith Premier Typewriter Co.
75
White & Wetherbee
5 00
Carter, Rice & Co.
5 75
$2,265 79
INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLS.
Appropriation
$400 00
Paid George W. Prescott & Sons
$154 08
Pratt & Pratt
33 93
I. W. Horne, cash paid
295 04
Library Bureau .
39 00
Woodsum's Express Co.
36 70
American Book Co.
.
3 82
J. L. Hammett Co.
15 55
Curtis & Weld .
9 00
Thorp & Martin Co.
56 93
William A. Tupper
4 00
W. P. Brown
30 73
Edward W. Hobart
21 50
Charles E. Hill
3 50
Edward E. Babb
9 39
Motor Mental Education Co.
3 90
Josephine B. Colbert, cash paid
1 24
Joseph A. Ewart, cash paid
17 61
J. F. Gallivan
3 50
Horace F. Hunt, truant officer
.
25 00
Henry Dugan Jr., truant officer .
12 00
Boston Dispatch Express Co.
13 30
D. C. Heath & Co.
5 16
Damrell & Upham
94
Dennison Manufacturing Co. .
4 62
F. W. Barry, Beale & Co.
10 10
.
.
.
.
15
Paid De Wolfe, Fiske & Co.
$1 27
Carrie F. Loring
2 45
E. Bourk
25
Kindergarten Supply Co.
3 90
William Pierson
7 75
Longman Green & Co.
96
Walter L. Gerry
5 00
Charles O. Miller
2 00
Houghton, Mifflin Co. .
3 09
John S. Riley
2 00
Wadsworth, Howland & Co.
60 55
Little & Brown
1 10
Hinds, Noble & Co.
40
F. S. Webster Co ..
3 50
Boston School Supply Co.
54
J. W. Bailey & Sons Co.
2 40
O. M. Rogers
65
$908 35
INCIDENTALS AND REPAIRS OF SCHOOL HOUSES.
Paid George H. Holbrook, carpenter
work.
$252 82
O. M. Rogers 152 30
Continental Brush Co.
26 25
Geo. W. Prescott & Sons
17 00
William Allen
14 00
J. A. Glass Co.
33 25
John H. Macandrew
14 00
Water Department
213 98
Smith & Anthony
17 64
Peter Ness .
27 82
Electric Light Department
46 95
Grand Rapids Furniture Works
94 95
Irving W. Horne, cash paid
26 61
Frank O. Whitmarsh .
16 88
B. H . Woodsum Co.
6 31
George S. Perry
24 00
Paul Monaghan .
.
6 20
16
Paid John Whitty
$18 45
F. A. Smith
6 45
Walworth M'f'g Co.
75
Frank A. Bates
30 46
John S. Riley
2 90
C. H. Hobart
26 68
George E. Sampson
2 25
C. D. Harlow
4 30
Wakefield Co.
25
A. J. Wilkinson & Co.
4 50
J. L. Hammett Co. 3 25
James Bliss & Co.
4 40
J. B. Rhines & Co.
6 88
W. S. Holbrook .
5 89
Joseph Breck & Sons
6 00
Frank A. Locke ·
9 75
A. T. Stearns Lumber Co.
11 01
A. D. Wilbur
1 00
S. F. Brown
2 20
George W. Dearing
6 75
E. B. Whittier
1 00
Jordan Marsh & Co.
2 65
William S. Butler
2 19
George H. Arnold
2 25
Hammett School Supply Co.
21 96
Michael J. Branley
3 50
S. R. Eaton
17 30
Alfred H. Holbrook
5 93
Edward W. Hobart
13 50
John P. Robery .
6 30
Mrs. J. F. Bates
5 60
Willie P. Reed
1 40
William Orr
6 65
William H. Cobb.
75
James W. Rand .
2 25
Monatiquot Spring Co.
52 60
Whittier Wooden Ware Co.
2 60
W. G. Hallock
1 50
Chandler & Barber
.
4 55
.
.
·
.
17
Paid J. A. Piercy & Co.
$10 10
Garrett, Ford & Co.
1 45
William May
14 63
N. Thayer Wild .
8 20
Robert Tonner
50
J. Marcus Arnold
8 32
W. I. Jordan
1 00
$1,343 76
George H. Holbrook, shingling Monatiquot school house . $534 01
Special repairs :-- 276 83
Bill of 1900, on account of Pen- niman school house . 205 90
Bill of 1900, on account of Pen- niman school house, Smith & Anthony
145 30
1,162 04
$2,505 80
GRADING PENNIMAN SCHOOL HOUSE YARD.
Paid William May $246 50
White & Wetherbee, surveying ·
3 50
$250 00
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$6,000 00
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT-DR.
To appraisal of January 1, 1901 . $1,902 30
Paid E. C. Litchfield, superintendent 480 00
E. C. Litchfield, cash paid, sun- dries 24 50
Hired girls .
71 00
Hired man
15 00
18
Paid James T. Weeks, groceries $40 91
William E. Dailey, butter and cheese, 2 years 78 65
Charles G. Jordan, grain
135 43
T. H. Emerson, grain .
90 79
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
148 28
J. Marcus Arnold, groceries
50 64
Henry W. Mansfield, groceries
49 26
C. H. Hobart, groceries 63 48
Dyer & Sullivan, groceries 41 75
C. R. Bestick, fish 36 88
L. A. Watson, supplies
30 78
Braintree Clothing Co.
43 90
Mrs. R. Frampton 38 26
Mrs. T. R. Fitch .
2 65
Charles W. Hollis, provisions
40 33
Bridgham Bros., provisions .
.
51 59
Schraut Bros.
17 85
William H. Cobb
60 50
Cartwright & Shay, burial of
Thomas Davis . 20 00 .
Cartwright & Shay, burial of
William Patterson
20 00
Water Department
53 00
Joshua Wilkins, horse
100 00
Hayward Bros., carpenter work . 24 51
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber, etc. . 24 85
John B. Thomas, grass
40 00
George Wales, grass
·
Lewis Bass, grass
12 00
S. F. Brown, oil . .
19 08
Smith & Anthony, repairs . .
12 20
O. M. Rogers, repairs, etc. .
36 28
B. H. Woodsum Co., coal and drain pipe 39 27 ·
Abijah A. Glover, pigs 18 00 .
W. A. Torrey, medicine 15 89
Timothy H. Libby, fertilizer, etc. 26 25
Walworth Mfg. Co.
14 22
.
.
.
.
20 00
.
19
Paid Waldo Holbrook, labor
$11 80
Elmer H. Vinton, labor
14 29
B. D. Litchfield, labor
15 20
George E. Sampson, standing wood
39 75
H. B. Whitman
12 40
Edward Shay
12 17
F. W. Brett, medical attendance 31 88
Brown's Express Co. .
14 65
Woodsum's Express Co.
8 05
Herbert A. Vinton, papers 6 95 .
N. E. Soap Co. 1 25
Josephus Sampson 8 75
John H. Kazar, inspecting boiler
2 00
John Gallivan, repairing boiler
5 25
R. Allen Gage, labor
7 00
Morrill Williams, labor
.
1 25
H. H. Thayer, labor
1 25
C. H. Hobart, paint for buildings 81 90
Amos W. Goodnow 6 00
$4,292 07
Credit.
To appraisal of January 1, 1902 $1,958 95
By sale of standing grass .
10 00
Sale of milk and produce
98 95
Wood to Martha Penniman
24 90
Kindlings for Town Hall
20 15
Kindlings for schools .
20 10
Kindlings for Public Library
9 60
Plowing snow
8 86
Food and lodging for tramps and prisoners
125 00
2,276 51
$2,015 56
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INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
Age.
No. of Days.
Abraham Mead
82
365
Edward Mellen,
69
365
Napoleon Benjamin,
38
365
Charles M. Hobart,
55
365
William Patterson,
64
166
William B. Lincoln,
50
41
Thomas Davis,
82
123
Eliza Davis,
65
365
Sarah McComish,
63
365
Mary Goodman,
63
365
Lydia Whitmarsh,
26
365
Willie Whitmarsh,
2
365
Mary Farrow,
24
19
Farrow boy,
5
19
Farrow girl,
3
19
No. of days,
3,672
No. of weeks,
524
Cost per week,
$3 84
Due from the Town of Dedham, for support of Eliza Davis,
$125 00
OUT DOOR POOR.
Paid Medfield Asylum, support of
Emily C. Hansen · · $146 00
Medfield Asylum, support of Lu- linda R. Shaw . 146 00
Medfield Asylum and other hos-
pitals, support of James M. Briggs
137 72
Westborough Insane Hospital,
support of Margaret Downey . 169 46
Massachusetts Hospital for Epi- leptics, support of Isabel C. Foster
169 46
State Hospital, support of Law- rence Doyle 126 75
21
Paid State Hospital, support of John Hennesey $146 00
State Hospital, support of Mar- garet Richardson 146 00
State Hospital, support of Mary Farrow 60 29
State Hospital, support of Eunice Farrow
60 00
Depsomaniac Hospital, support of Thomas Walsh
32 50
Quincy Hospital, support of John Ahearn ·
115 72
City Hospital, Boston, support of James J. Murrin's children 294 00 . City Hospital, Boston, burial of Lizzie Corkery . 10 00
$1,759 90
Town of Weymouth for Morris Dowd and family $289 82
Town of Weymouth, for Walter Johnson and family 76 95
City of Quincy, for James E. Holbrook . 21 92
Dr. C. W. Garey, medical attend- ance James E. Holbrook . 9 00-
James T. Weeks, groceries for James E. Holbrook . 3 00
City of Quincy for Joseph White- ley 8 26
Joseph J. Bates for Joseph White- ley ·
5 25
Cash aid for Joseph Whiteley 2 00
City of Haverhill, aid to Walter A. Hayden 7 50
City of Chelsea, aid to Sarah Ann Thayer 10 00
City of Chelsea, aid to Walter H. G. Ford 23 00
22
Paid City of Boston, aid to Mary Egan and family $33 44
Town of Wakefield, aid to Mrs. William A. Holmes and family 103 60
City of Melrose, aid to George E. Pratt and family 279 05
$872 79
Mary E. Buker.
Cash aid 48 00
Mrs. C. Packard and family.
F. A. Hobart, rent 40 00
William S. Tracey, rent 70 00
Bridgham Brothers, groceries and provisions 185 32
Dr. R. F. Burleigh, medical at- tendance . 31 75
327 07
Annie L. Jones.
George B. Jones, support . 19 50
Dr. F. W. Brett, medical attend-
ance
3 00
22 50
Mrs. Jennie M. Jones and family.
Cash aid
Patrick J. Hennessey.
.W. B. Gutterson, groceries 2 00
Mrs. Hennessey, rent . .
10 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 17 75
Charles E. Holbrook.
1
James T. Weeks, groceries . · 21 00
Dr. T. H. Dearing, medical at-
tendance . 7 75
84 00
29 75
28 75
23
Edward G. Buker and family.
Paid H. W. Mansfield, groceries ·
$106 00
J. F. Sheppard, coal
27 50
A. D. Tirrell, shoes 13 80
Dr. F. W. Brett, medical attend-
ance .
13 00
$160 30
Martha Penniman.
E. C. Litchfield, wood .
.
31 20
Dr. F. W. Brett, medical attend-
ance . ·
45 00
Mrs. Z. M. Fournier, board and nursing ·
110 00
C. H. Hobart, groceries 29 36
Bridgham Bros., meat . ·
.
1 55
W. A. Torrey, medicine 1 35 .
O. M. Rogers, labor and stock 2 10
H. W. Borden, labor and stock 41 06
261 62
James D. Allen.
Dr. F. W. Brett, medical attend- ance on wife 8 00
Julia A. French.
Lydia N. Bishop, rent .
52 00
Sewell Nye.
Cash aid
10 00
William B. Lincoln.
Dr. R. F. Burleigh, medical at-
tendance . .
18 00
Cartwright & Shay, burial .
20 00
28 00
William Benjamin and family
C. H. Hobart, groceries
109 48
Bridgham Bros., supplies ·
13 23
C. R. Bestick, fish 8 31
131 02
24
Mrs. Chamberlain.
Paid Elmer E. Dyer, wood $10 50
Poor Person, refunded.
B. H. Woodsum Co., fuel .
3 00
William A. Hayden.
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
12 00
Jeremiah P. Frasier.
George Wales, rent $10 00
J. M. Arnold, groceries
11 98
21 98
Francis J. Mansfield.
People's Cash Store, groceries 14 00
Joseph D. Hollis.
J. M. Arnold, groceries,
3 66
Leonardo Morales.
Wm. B Gutterson, groceries 16 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 31 50
Dr. T. H. Dearing, medical at-
tendance .
6 55
54 05
Mrs. William Hearn and Family.
Wm. B. Gutterson, groceries
2 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 40 75
42 75
Jacob Klay and Family.
F. W. Brett, medical attendance
35 00
Simon DeYoung.
J. M. Arnold, groceries
4 00
Thomas J. Dalton.
Dr. T. H. Dearing, medical at-
tendance . ·
15 75
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel
6 50
22 25
Poor Person (refunded).
King & Pack, burial
.
20 00
25
Mrs. H. N. Goodspeed and Family.
Paid cash aid
$50 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal · 21 00
$71 00
Cartwright & Shay.
Burial of Marrinello child . 5 00
Burial of Lorenzo, charged to
State .
10 00
15 00
Mary A. Pitts.
Cash aid, charged to State . 27 00
Alfred F. Howes.
E. A. Jordan, groceries, charged
to Town of Franklin 102 00
Charles H. Parsons.
C. H. Hobart, groceries, charged to City of Lynn 21 99
$4,313 88
CREDIT TO OUT DOOR POOR
Aid to poor person, refunded $3 00
Burial of poor person, refunded . 20 00
Burial of two children, refunded by State 15 00
Aid to Mary Pitts, refunded by State
27 00
Aid to Charles H. Parsons, due from Lynn . 21 99
Aid to Alfred F. Howes, due from Franklin 102 00
Rent of house, Martha Penniman, of Rudolph Moore . 10 00
$198 99
SOLDIERS RELIEF, Acts of 1890.
Paid E. H. Doble & Co., goods to Michael Sullivan $64 00
Cash aid to Charles R. Smith and family 155 00
26
Paid Town of Randolph, aid to Olive M. Jones . $60 00
Cash aid to Jonathan R. Clark 10 00
Town of Hanover, aid to Samuel E. Whitmarsh . 45 00
Dr. Francis Collamore, medical attendance to Samuel E. Whit- marsh 16 00
Dr. F. W. Brett, medical attend- ance to C. H. Hayden and family ·
17 25
B. H. Woodsum Co., coal to C.
H. Hayden and family .
3 65
Cash aid to Emma M. Randall 10 00
Cash aid to George B. Jones 120 00
Dr. F. W. Brett, medical attend- ance to Eunice A. Thayer ·
13 00
Cash aid to Rose A. Ingraham 8 00
J. M. Arnold, groceries to Rose A. Ingraham
11 00
Dr. C. M. Marstin, medical attend- ance to Rose A. Ingraham .
26 00
Dr. N. C. King, medical attend- ance to Rose A. Ingraham .
55 50
R. Allen Gage, fuel ·
7 62
Charles E. Hill, transportation ·
4 00
$626 02
POST 87, G. A. R.
Appropriation
$175 00
Paid C. G. Anderson, Q. M. .
175 00
BOARD OF HEALTH ( Small Pox Case.)
Paid Dr. William D. Holmes, medi- cal attendance,
$39 00
Dr. C. M. Marstin, services 13 90
Dr. F. W. Brett, services 4 00
Dr. Henry L. Dearing, services 5 00
William Donohue, guard, .
99 00
27
Paid William Clark, guard $99 00
John Kirby, Jr., guard,
99 00
J. R. Qualey, officer of guard
116 10
James T. Weeks, groceries .
28 65
Pratt & Pratt
2 00
George Wales, rent
10 00
Robert E. Belcher, legal charges
6 00
R. Allen Gage
3 00
Frank A. Smith, medicine and disinfectants 31 64
J. F. Gallivan, services
4 00
$560 29
J. SARGENT ARNOLD.
Paid Water Department, water rates $6 00
Franklin E. Arnold, interest on mortgage. 15 00
Cash aid
175 25
STATE AID ( Chapter 374.)
Cash paid to soldiers and families of soldiers from January 1, 1901 to January 1, 1902 . $2,162 00
Paid to soldiers and families of sol- diers for the month of Decem- ber 1900
174 00
2,336 00
Credit by money over drawn ( re-
funded)
2 00
Due from state
$2,334 00
SOLDIERS AID ( Chapter 372.)
Paid Samuel E. Whitmarsh
144 00
Paid Samuel E. Whitmarsh for De-
cember 1900 12 00
156 00
One half due from state
1 $78 00
.
$196 25
28
HOSPITAL ACCOUNT.
Cash paid for support of persons in
hospitals, 1901 .
$442 92
Refunded 1901 338 92 .
Due for support of Annie E. Mellus
$104 00
ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS, 1900.
Paid E. H. Hunter, special police of-
ficer .
$167 24
John Gallivan .
2 00
Henry Dugan, Jr. 2 00
$171 24
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Appropriation, including Treasurer's
bond
$2,600 00
Paid Pratt & Pratt, Town Reports
$388 50
Pratt & Pratt, printing 248 60
Geo. W. Prescott & Sons, print- ing . 171 00
Henry A. Monk, recording births
82 00
Henry A. Monk, recording mar- riages 11 80
Henry A. Monk, recording deaths
20 80
Henry A. Monk, recording burial certificates
10 40
7 33
Henry A. Monk, cash expenses National Granite Bank, rent for armory
300 00
Electric Light Dept., light for armory
89 98
A. Southworth, agent, heat for armory
50 00
White & Wetherbee, surveying 52 65
White & Wetherbee, for maps . 26 70
29
Paid Edward W. Hobart, Inspector of
Milk, Cattle and Provisions . . Edward W. Hobart, distributing reports .
$200 00
6 50
Bernard Maquire, damages on Granite street . 125 00
C. Flynn, damages on Granite street 15 00
W. A. Torrey, postage stamps .
33 55
Dr. H. L. Dearing, returning
births
10 25
Dr. F. W. Brett, returning births 6 25 Dr. C. M. Marstin, returning births 3 75
Dr. F. C. Granger, returning births 3 00
Dr. G. D. Bullock, returning births
3 00
Dr. G. W. Tinkham, returning births 1 00
Dr. J. C. Fraser, returning births 50 Francis L. King, returning deaths 3 25
John Ford & Co., returning deaths
3 50
Ralph Houghton, returning
deaths 1 25
Charles B.Cummings, Treasurer's bond 105 00
Charles C. Mellen, professional services 248 00
F. W. Crooker, election officer 3 00
Eben Prescott, election officer 3 00
Will H. Shaw, election officer .
13 00
Hartley L. White, election of- ficer 3 00
Edward W. Hobart, election
officer 8 00
Eugene A. Dustin, election
officer
3 00
30
Paid Frank A.Gannon, election officer $3 00
Albert F. Hollis, election officer . 8 00
Nathaniel F. Hunt, election of- cer 8 00
3 00
Chas. A. Hobart, election officer . Wilford F. Woodsum, election of- ficer . 8 00
Norton P. Potter, election officer 3 00
David G. Doane, election officer . 8 00
Dennis E. Dugan, election officer 3 00
Daniel J. Gallivan, election officer
3 00
John W. Cuff, election officer
8 00
Wm. H. Cronin, election officer . 5 50
Francis A. Hobart, election of-
ficer ·
3 00
Edward M. Wight, election of-
ficer . ·
8 00
Richard L. Arnold, election of- ficer
8 00
Brainard T. Dyer, election officer
8 00
Wm. H. Howland, election officer 3 00
Wm. J. Orr, election officer 5 00
Peter B. Lawson, election officer
5 00
Stillman F. Pratt, election officer
5 00
Wm. H. Cuff, election officer
5 00
Chas. G. Anderson, election of- ficer . 5 00
John W. Simmons, election of- ficer 5 00 ·
Fred R. Carmichael, election of- ficer .
5 00
Harry L. Patten, election officer . 5 00
Geo. H. Wetherbee, election of- ficer . 5 00
Henry M. Storm, election officer . 8 00
Robert McDowell, election officer 5 00
John N. McDowell, election of- ficer . 2 50
John L. Delano, election officer . 5 00
31
Paid Walter L. McKean, election of-
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