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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD, MASS.,
TOGETHER WITH THE
SCHOOL REPORT,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING MARCH 28, 1887.
LOWELL, MASS . VOX POPULI PRESS, 130 CENTRAL STREET. 1887.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD (MASSACHUSETTS),
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1887.
LOWELL, MASS. : VOX POPULI PRESS: 130 CENTRAL STREET. 1887.
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF CHELMSFORD, 1886.
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor-HENRY S. PERHAM, CHAS. W. FLINT, JOHN Q. BATTLES, R. WILSON DIX, GEO. F. SNOW.
Town Clerk-GEO. A. PARKHURST.
Town Treasurer -EDWIN H. WARREN.
School Committee-Three years: EDWIN E. DUTTON, ROYAL S. RIPLEY, MARCUS H. WINSHIP; two years: NATHAN C. SAUNDERS, T. S. EDMANDS, JOHN C. HOBBS; one year: SAMUEL J. GARLAND, JAS. H. HAZEN, GEO. F. LOCKE.
Collector of Taxes - ARTHUR H. SHELDON.
Constables-JAS. P. EMERSON, ALFRED DAY, JOHN H. WHIDDEN, DANIEL W. SLEEPER, GEO. F. DYAR, SAMUEL J. GARLAND.
Highway Surveyor - LYMAN S. GALE.
Fence Viewers-ALBION J. LAMPHERE, DANIEL P. BYAM, JAS. P. EMERSON.
Appraisers of Personal Property at the Town Farm -ELISHA H. SHAW, DANIEL P. BYAM, JAS. P. EMERSON.
Auditors-ZIBA GAY, EDWARD F. RICHARDSON, J. ADAMS BART- LETT.
Weighers of Hay-GEO. A. PARKHURST, S. WALDO PARKHURST, GEO. W. PERRY, EBEN T. ADAMS, ELISHA H. SHAW, THOMAS M. GERRISH, MARCUS H. WINSHIP.
Weigher of Coal-MARCUS H. WINSHIP.
Measurers of Wood-GEO. A. PARKHURST, S. WALDO PARK- HURST, ELI P. PARKER, ELISHA H. SHAW, JAS. P. EMERSON, GEO. W. PERRY.
Surveyors of Lumber-R. WILSON DIX, ELI P. PARKER.
Sealer of Weights and Measures-TRUE MORTON.
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
For the Year Ending Feb. 28, 1887.
Births recorded - Males, 33; Females, 24; total. 57
Births of native parentage. 40
Births of foreign parentage. 8
Births of native and foreign parentage
9
Marriages recorded.
14
Marriages between natives
11
Marriages between natives and foreigners
3
Deaths recorded, 38 : Males, 20; Females, 18.
38
Number under 5 years of age.
8
Between 5 and 10
1 5
Between 20 and 30.
2
Between 30 and 40.
6
Between 40 and 50
Between 50 and 60
6
Between 60 and 70.
3
Between 70 and 80.
4
Between 80 and 90
1
Causes of Death -lung diseases, 11; heart disease, 5; paralysis, 3; Bright's disease, 2; apoplexy, 2; typhoid fever, 2; infantile, 2; other causes, 11.
REPORT ON DOG LICENSES.
Paid into the treasury of Middlesex County on account of dog licenses, as per receipts of the Treasurer on file, dated respectively June 22, 1886, and Dec. 1, 1886, the sum of three hundred and ninety-seven dollars and twenty cents ($397.20).
Number of dogs licensed
194
Males .
178
Females. 16
Amount received for licenses $436 00
Amount of fees (20 cents per license) 38 80
Paid to the County Treasurer, as per above statement. 397 20
Ninety per cent. refunded. 357 48
GEORGE A. PARKHURST,
Town Clerk.
Between 10 and 20
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
For the Year Ending Feb. 28, 1887.
Your Treasurer charges himself with cash balance in treasury, as fonnd at last annual settlement. $ 308 59 Cash received of -
State Treasurer, as State Aid for 1885. 443 00
Relief to indigent soldiers and sailors, 72 00
Corporation tax for 1886. . 1,377 86
National Bank tax for 1886.
1,427 15
Armory rent ..
100 00
Income Massachusetts school fund .. 179 54
County Treasurer, on account of dog licenses for 1886. . 357 48 City of Boston, on account of aid for paupers . 43 25
Town of Billerica, on account of aid to paupers. 5 00
Matthias Hutchins, on account of hospital bills ..
87 30
Rev. N. C. Saunders, on account of sale of prepared wood,
27 51
H. S. Perham, on account of sale of trash wood ..
9 00
Rev. J. H. Vincent, on account of sale of books and school supplies
39 79
City of Lowell, on account of tuition of non-resident pupils ..
22 75
R. S. Ripley, on account of tuition of non-resident pupils, George Hyde, on account of tuition of non-resident pupils, Rev. N. C. Saunders, on account of tuition of non-resi- dent pupils .
2 00
L. K. Howard, on account of sale of lots in cemetery at Centre 26 00
Dawson Pollard, on account of sale of lots in cemetery at West Chelmsford . 12 00
N. B. Edwards, M. D., on account of sale of lots in cemetery at North Chelmsford.
17 00
D. P. Byam, on account of sale of lots in cemetery at South Chelmsford . 7 00
A. J. Lamphere, on account of use of Town Hall at Centre. .
42 90
Amount carried forward $4,638 42
28 55
2 75
5
Amount brought forward. $4,638 42
George E. Spalding, on account of use of Town Hall at North Chelmsford
6 00
Overseers of Poor, as proceeds of Town Farm
713 15
George F. Snow, tax of 1884 in full
105 44
Interest on same.
11 02
A. H. Sheldon, as tax of 1885 553 48
Interest on same 24 39
As tax of 1886
15,278 24
As interest on same. 113 90
Hired for use of Town as temporary loan
4,500 00
Making a total of $25,944 04
And is credited as follows: -
By cash paid -
State tax for 1886. $ 1,380 00
· Outstanding orders of 1885 in full. 18 85
Orders drawn present year
18,252 40
For care of Kimball lot in Centre cemetery
5 00
Temporary loan in full
4,500 00
Interest on same .
92 63
Outstanding note of 1885
500 00
Interest on same (one year)
25 00
Balance in treasury as found on settlement
1,170 16
$25,944 04
E. H. WARREN, Treasurer.
CHELMSFORD, March 3, 1887.
·
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS
For the Year Ending Feb. 28, 1887.
VALUATION, MAY 1, 1886.
Real estate (resident) . $1,111,440 00
Real estate (non-resident) 204,790 00
-$1,316,230 00
Personal estate (resident) $263,615 00
Personal estate (non-resident)
2,500 00
266,115 00
Total valuation
$1,582,345 00
Number of polls
655
Number of horses
417
Number of cows
884
Number of other neat cattle.
30
Number of swine
190
Number of dwellings
568
Total number of tax payers
997
Number of property-tax payers.
714
Number of poll-tax payers only
283
Number of acres of land taxed.
14,132
Valuation of buildings
$665,280 00
Valuation of land .
650,950 00
TAXES.
Rate on $1,000, $10.00. Polls, $2.00 each.
$1,380 00
State tax
829 67
County tax .
$2,209 67
Amount carried forward
$2,209 67
-
7
Amount brought forward. $2,209 67
Appropriations for -
Public schools
$5,000 00
School incidentals.
450 00
Text-books and supplies
400 00
Poor.
2,300 00
Highways
3,500 00
Public buildings
350 00
Indigent soldiers and sailors .
100 00
Town officers and committees .
750 00
Collection and abatement of taxes
400 00
Enforcement of the liquor law.
400 00
Re-insurance of public buildings
300 00
School-house at the Center
2,500 00
Fire apparatus. .
600 00
Road at West Chelmsford.
400 00
Well at South Chelmsford
75 00
Miscellaneous expenses
250 00
$17,775 00
$19,984 67
Overlayings.
148 78
$20,133 45
Less estimated receipts
3,000 00
Total tax committed
$17,133 45
Tax on 655 polls.
$ 1,310 00
Tax on property
15,823 45
$17,133 45
MISCELLANEOUS.
Appropriations, March, 1886, $3,325 more than March, 1885, - the direct cause of raising the rate of tax $2 on $1000.
Average rate of tax in the State, $14.28 on $1000. Highest rate of tax in the State, $25.00 on $1000, in town of Florida. Lowest rate of tax in the State, $5.00 on $1000, in town of Groton.
Valuation of buildings in the State $752,669,001 00
Valuation of land in the State. 587,824,672 00
Excess in valuation of buildings $164,844,329 00
CHAS. W. FLINT, R. WILSON DIX, JOHN Q. BATTLES, HENRY S. PERHAM, GEO. F. SHOW, Assessors.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Collector's report for the year 1884.
Taxes on list of 1884, uncollected Feb. 27, 1886
$105 44
Interest on same to Feb. 27, 1886.
10 46
Interest accrued since Feb. 27, 1886
56
$116 46
Cash paid Town Treasurer as tax ..
$105 44
Cash paid Town Treasurer as interest
11 02
$116 46
GEO. F. SNOW, Collector, 1884.
Collector's report for the year 1885.
Taxes on list of 1885, uncollected Feb 28,
1886. .
$571 32
Interest on same to Feb. 28, 1886.
16 66
Interest accrued since Feb. 28, 1886
9 49
$597 47
Cash paid Town Treasurer as tax
$553 48
Cash paid Town Treasurer as interest
24 39
Uncollected taxes to new account
17 84
Uncollected interest to new account
1 76
$597 47
ARTHUR H. SHELDON, Collector, 1885.
Collector's report for the year 1886.
Tax list for 1886.
$17,133 45
Additional taxes
7 75
Interest collected since Oct. 1, 1886
113 90
Interest accrued since Oct. 1, 1886, on uncol- colted taxes
30 64
$17,285 74
Cash paid County Treasurer as County tax. . $ 829 67
Cash paid Town Treasurer as tax.
15,278 24
Cash paid Town Treasurer as interest
113 90
Uncollected taxes to new account
1,033 29
Interest accrued to new account.
30 64
$17,285 74
ARTHUR H. SHELDON, Collector, 1886.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN For the Year Ending Feb. 28, 1887.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
PAID FOR TEACHING.
No. 1, A. F. Gilbert, 33 weeks $646 25
1, Emma L. Pierce, 11 weeks.
110 00
1, Nellie M. Perham, 33 weeks.
264 00
1, Ada M. Sheldon, 22 weeks
176 00
1, Ray M. Hodsdon, 12 weeks
96 00
$1,292 25
2, Helen J. Gookin, 15 2-5ths weeks
123 20
2, S. Eva Worthen, 5 weeks. .
40 00
2, Blanche E. Henshaw, 13 weeks.
104 00
267 20
3, Araminta V. Paasch, 34 weeks.
272 00
272 00
4, Gertrude Byam, 34 weeks
272 00
272 00
5, Ida E. Byam, 18 weeks.
108 00
5, Lydia A. Haywood, 10 weeks
60 00
168 00
6, Susie S. McFarlin, 34 weeks.
289 00
289 00
7, Etta G. Locke, 22 weeks.
176 00
7, Mary L. Keith, 10 weeks.
80 00
256 00
8, Geo. F. Partridge, 22 weeks
440 00
8, Minnie A. Worden, 11 weeks
88 00
8, Laura G. Hoyt, 34 weeks.
272 00
8, Addie M. Taylor, 34 weeks
272 00
8, Hattie A. Burgess, 11 weeks
88 00
8, Katie Sleeper, 12 weeks.
96 00
8, Virgil B. Wells, 7 weeks
148 75
8, W. F. Parsons, 5 weeks
106 25
1,511 00
9, Agnes Naylor, 34 weeks ..
272 00
9, Carrie M. Robbins, 34 weeks
272 00
544 00
$4,871 45
10
PAID FOR CARE OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.
No. 1, Alvin R. Saunders, care
$17 60
1, C. H. C. Hall, care.
14 40
1, Walter Perham, care
32 00
1, Mrs. Hopkins, cleaning
1 35
1, Mrs. Nason, cleaning.
25
$65 60
2, Henry Smith, care ...
16 50
2, Mrs. John Smith, 2 days' cleaning
4 00
20 50
3, Edgar R. Parker, care
17 00
17 00
4, James H. Hazen, care .
17 00
4, James H. Hazen, cleaning
3 00
20 00
5, Charles Dutton, care
6 00
6 00
6, Thomas French, care
5 00
6, James Bowdin, care.
10 50
6, P. D. and T. S. Edmands
1 50
17 00
7, Guy E. Reed, care.
16 00
7, Geo. F. Locke, cleaning
3 00
19 00
8, Willie H. Hall, care.
71 50
8, Willie H. Hall, cleaning
9 45
80 95
9, John Dunn, care.
25 00
25 00
$271 05
PAID FOR FUEL.
No. 1, Harry L. Parkhurst, 42,840 lbs. coal .. 1, David Perham, prepared wood ..
1 25
1, C. H. C. Hall, preparing 96 feet wood,
9 00
$138 77
2, E. F. Richardson, 24 feet oak wood .. 2, Thomas Sheehan, preparing oak wood, 3, John Q. Battles, 32 feet oak wood .... 3, S. J. Garland, 4 feet prepared wood. . 3, William Wood, preparing wood .....
20 00
1 50
6 00
27 50
4, James H. Hazen, 4 feet hard wood ...
3 25
4, James H. Hazen, 5 feet pine wood. ...
2 94
4, Jas. H. Hazen, preparing 16 ft. wood,
3 00
9 19
5, E. E. Dutton, 20 feet wood.
10 00
10 00
6, P. D. & T. S. Edmands 16 feet pre- pared wood.
14 00
6, P. D. & T. S. Edmands, 32 feet pre- pared pine wood
20 00
34 00
7, Geo. F. Locke, 28 feet hard wood ...
19 25
7, Geo. F. Locke, 4 feet pine wood .
2 25
7, William Martin, preparing wood ....
4 00
25 50
8, S. P. Sampson, 152} ft. prepared wood,
95 81
95 81
9, Wm. C. Edwards, 64 ft. oak wood .... 9, Wm. C. Edwards, 9 ft. pine wood ....
44 00
4 50
9, John Dunn, preparing 73 feet wood ..
6 75
55 25
$416 27
$128 52
16 50
3 75
20 25
11
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.
J. H. Vincent, superintendent
$200 00
$200 00
J. H. Vincent, express and expenses buying books and supplies ..
10 41
J. H. Vincent, stationery .
1 15
11 56
Boston School Supply Co., desk and plies . sup-
43 96
43 96
J. Merrill & Son, ink .
13 85
13 85
Parmenter's Crayon Co., supplies
8 00
8 00
No. 1, N. C. Saunders, expense teacher
obtaining
5 00
5 00
1, S. W. Parkhurst, supplies
11 25
1, E. Nettel, supplies ..
2 55
1, Alvin Lawrence, clock .
00
1, James Stanley, repairing clock
35
1, Alvin R. Saunders, repairs
65
1, Bartlett & Dow, coal-sifter
75
22 55
3, S. J. Garland, repairing fence
1 25
3, A. G. Green, stove
4 00
3, N. E. Parker, repairs
1 00
3, D. W. Bickford, supplies
1 75
8 00
4, James H. Hazen, supplies
6 36
6 36
6, T. S. Edmands, supplies
55
1 55
8, E. Shaw & Son, supplies
5 55
8, Adams & Co., settees.
9 00
8, Willie Hall, supplies
1 50
8, S. P. Sampson, repairing wall.
00
8, Geo. E. Spaulding, truant officer
8 72
30 77
9, M. H. Winship, repairs
1 87
9, W. H. Brown, repairs
1 20
9, Dawson Pollard, repairs
25
9, M. H. Winship, supplies
1 68
5 00
$356 60
SCHOOL TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Boston School Supply Co., books and sta- tionery ..
$165 76
Harper & Brothers, books.
88 88
Thompson, Brown & Co., books .
102 96
Cowperthwait & Co., books and charts
165 84
Harrison Hume, books.
30 95
Chas. H. Whitney, books
21 68
Marden & Rowell, blanks.
8 50
Geo. F. King & Merrill, stationery
8 70
J. H. Vincent, service and expenses buying and delivering books and supplies .. . . .
87 70 $680 97
12
SUPPORT OF THE POOR.
PAID FOR EXPENSES OUTSIDE OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Worcester Lunatic Hospital, in support of Ephraim Buttrick .
$ 59 87
Worcester Lunatic Hospital, in support of Ella Hutchins .
88 23
$148 10
Worcester Asylum for Chronic Insane, in support of Daniel Gilligan .
175 26
175 26
Danvers Lunatic Hospital, in support of Laura E. Bailey and Catherine McMahon.
176 24
Danvers Lunatic Hospital, in support of Cath- erine McMahon ..
85 87
262 11
Northampton Lunatic Hospital, in support of Michael McKeon.
177 53
Northampton Lunatic Hospital, in support of Laura E. Bailey
101 53
279 06
St. John's Hospital, in support of Thomas Lawler
104 27
104 27
City of Lowell, in aid of children of Elizabeth Donahoe
37 50
37 50
City of Boston, in aid of Asenath Clapp ...
78 34
78 34
City of Lynn, in aid of Frank W. Wood.
72 75
72 75
E. Shaw & Son, in aid of Sarah Quessey (bill of 1885 ) .
4 03
4 03
E. Shaw & Son, in aid of Mrs. Jas. McEnnis, Amasa Howard, in aid of Mrs. Jas. McEnnis, E. Shaw & Son, in aid of Mrs. Geo. W. Copp, F. W. & F. F. Blodgett, in aid of Mrs. Geo. W. Copp.
1 44
26 40
S. W. Parkhurst, in aid of Jonathan Hopkins, Amasa Howard, in aid of Jonathan Hopkins, S. W. Parkhurst, in aid of Gilman Newton. . Mary W. Stevens, in aid of Gilman Newton . .
6 40
30 40
5 00
6 00
11 00
28 00
15 25
43 25
12 00
2 50
14 50
10 00
22 90
32 90
16 10
Annie Booth, in aid of Henry Drake ..
3 75
19 85
John J. Dunn, in aid of Thos. Charlesworth, Michael Corbett, in aid of Henry Stearns ... Wm. McClure, in aid of 40 tramps (bill of 1885).
4 75
4 75
5 00
5 00
20 00
Wm. McClure, in aid of 69 tramps
34 50
54 50
Amount carried forward.
$1,509 08
99 11
6 00
105 11
24 96
Albert Kemp, in aid of Mrs. Stillman Byam, Amasa Howard, in aid of Mrs. Stillman Byam, Sarah E. Whitten, in aid of Jeremiah Crowley, Seth Sampson, in aid of Mrs. Jane McEnnis, Daniel W. Bickford, in aid of George Hall .. Amasa Howard, in aid of Geo. Hall's family, Mrs. John Knowles, in aid of Henry Drake .
24 00
13
Amount brought forward.
$1,509 08
Geo. F. Snow, in aid of outside poor
$ 4 00
4 00
C. W. Flint, in aid of State paupers
4 75
4 75
Amasa Howard, in aid of tramp ...
1 50
1 50
Walter Winning, care Homer Thayer (bill of 1885)
9 38
9 38
A. H. Sheldon, funeral expense Geo. W. LaDuc
17 00
Dawson Pollard, burial expense Geo. W. LaDuc.
4 00
N. B. Edwards, medical aid Geo. W. LaDuc,
13 50
34 50
$1,563 21
EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE.
N. C. Bean, Superintendent
$375 00
$375 00
N. C. Bean, sundries.
6 15
6 15
Dutton Brothers, grain.
238 33
238 33
N. C. Bean, English hay, 3,175 lbs.
31 85
N. C Bean, meadow hay, 2,775 lbs
13 98
J. M. Fletcher, meadow hay, 2,260 lbs
11 25
Geo. Coburn, straw .
1 00
58 08
S. W. Parkhurst, groceries
290 54
290 54
Erwin W. Sweetser, provisions
211 86
B. Edwards, provisions
63 31
J. H. Redman & Co., provisions
48 26
Geo. F. Foss & Co., provisions
74 55
397 98
F. Severance, crackers
27 70
27 70
N. C. Bean, apples .
10 00
10 00
John E. Stevens, vinegar
3 24
7 44
C. A. Robinson, fish .
20 05
J. T. Lock, fish
2 43
22 48
Dutton Brothers, ice.
14 76
14 76
H. L. Parkhurst, 15,840 lbs. coal
45 54
45 54
S. N. Wood, feed
2 50
2 50
J. W. Cobb, soap
3 75
3 75
O'Donnell & Gilbride, dry-goods
16 36
Oswald & Co., dry-goods
3 40
19 76
L. H. Boardman, shoes .
3 75
3 75
J. F. Puffer & Son, furniture
7 60
60
D. C. Perham, 1 cow
49 00
J. B. Kimball, 1 cow
38 00
87 00
J. P. Emerson, 1 shoat.
7 00
7 00
Town Clerk, dog license
2 00
2 00
Amasa Howard, medical attendance
24 25
E. Preston, medical supplies
3 80
28 05
Amount carried forward
$1,655 41
H. S. Perham, 30 gals. vinegar
4 20
14
Amount brought forward
$1,655 41
W. H. Spalding, painting and supplies .
$ 9 17
9 17
Joseph Powell, whitewashing
5 00
5 00
W. E. Livingston, cement.
1 35
1 35
Bartlett & Dow, tools.
16 06
John S. Shedd, tools. .
7 97
24 03
Aaron Sawyer, repairs of harness
6 80
H. Snickle, repairs of harness
1 75
8 55
David Polley, blacksmithing. John Wozencroft, blacksmithing.
1.25
21 35
George French, labor
16 00
Michael Ward, labor
8 00
Frank Dalton, labor
10 00
Hannah Kelley, labor
85 00
D. W. Lane, labor
50
John Keats, labor.
. 25
Geo. F. Wright, labor
1 00
M. H. Vaugham, labor
1 00
Estella Miller, labor
36 00
Peter J. Brennan, labor
37 27
Hervey Thomas and others, labor
22 00
218 02
John Keats, care of Drake child.
6 21
6 21
R. W. Dix, services and expenses as Overseer,
8 00
C. W. Flint, services and expenses as Overseer,
28 75
H. S. Perham, services and expenses as Over- seer
12 00
John Q. Battles, services and expenses as Overseer .
5 00
Geo. F. Snow, services and expenses as Over- seer
7 50
61 25
Carried to account of highway, chopping and
17 00
17 00
$2,027 34
Proceeds of Town Farm.
Received for ınilk
$560 28
Received for cow
70 00
Received for calves.
5 75
Received for swine
45 92
Received for cranberries
23 00
Received for sundries.
8 20
20,000 lbs. hay (estimated) used by road horses, and charged to highways.
200 00
Board of men employed on highways, 216 weeks, at 3.25 per week .
702 00
1,615 15
Total expense of poor at almshouse
$412 19
teaming 17 cords fire wood ..
20 10
15
$1,563 21
Paid for aid of outside poor.
Received on account of outside poor.
From City of Boston, for aid rendered Mrs. Stillman Byam. $43 25 From Town of Billerica, aid rendered family of Henry Stearns 5 00
From Matthias Hutchins, hospital bills .
87 30
From Henry S. Perham, sail of trash wood ..
9 00
144 55
Expense of outside poor.
$1,418 66
Expense of poor at almshouse
412 19
Total
$1,830 85
Inmates, 7; Females, 6 ; Males, 1; Tramps, 682.
R. WILSON DIX,
CHAS. W. FLINT, HENRY S. PERHAM, JOHN Q. BATTLES, GEO. F. SNOW,
Overseers.
APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMS- HOUSE, MARCH 1, 1887.
Household furniture and bedding
$331 47
Provisions and supplies
278 36
Farm implements
57 62
3 hogs
32 00
1 cart
25 00
Farm wagon .
30 00
11 cords manure.
55 00
6 tons English hay
120 00
Lot bedding
3 00
3 tons meadow hay
30 00
1 horse.
100 00
1 heavy harness.
14 00
1 square wagon
40 00
Cart harness .
7 00
6 cows.
270 00
1 sled. .
6 00
1 pung
8 00
Horse hay-rake
20 00
Amount carried forward $1,427 45
16
Amount brought forward.
$1,427 45
14 fowls.
7 00
1 Buffalo robe.
10 00
1 mowing machine
25 00
1 Newfoundland dog
5 00
1 side-hill plow
12 00
$1,486 45
J. P. EMERSON, D. P. BYAM, ELISHA H. SHAW, Appraisers.
HIGHWAYS.
Dutton Bros., grain ..
$221 67
$221 67
S. W. Parkhurst, tools and supplies
26 08
E. Shaw & Son, tools and supplies
5 38
31 46
Bartlett & Dow, tools .
16 00
16 00
H. Hall, harness supplies
11 45
H. F. Ebert, harness supplies
23 35
34 80
David A. Polley, blacksmithing
77 08
John Wozencroft, blacksmithing.
59 36
Durant & Son, blacksmithing.
2 48
138 92
James P. Emerson, 4,470 lbs. straw.
26 82
26 82
J. M. Fletcher, standing chestnut timber
18 00
A. L. Brooks & Co., lumber ...
9 51
27 51
W. A. Josselyn, painting 46 guide boards. .
23 00
Eli P. Parker, repairing guide board.
1 00
24 00
Fiske & Spalding, paint.
8 19
8 19
Warren Johnson, building sleds.
20 00
20 00
John Marinel, Jr., labor
5 17
John Dunn, labor
3 00
Geo. F. Snow and others, labor
4 50
Joseph P. Winn, labor
1 00
13 67
Wm. Redmond, breaking roads
2 50
A. Scoboria, breaking roads .
1 50
J. H. Hazen, breaking roads .
3 00
John J. Sullivan, breaking roads
3 00
G. D. Smith & J. B. Coburn, breaking roads, Daniel P. Byam, breaking roads.
1 00
11 00
W. Z. Dupee, breaking roads ..
2 40
Geo. P. Mansfield, breaking roads.
2 00
7 40
John Marinel & Co., stone chips
2 00
E. F. Richardson, gravel, 252 loads.
12 60
Amounts carried forward
$14 60
$581 44
3 00
17
Amounts brought forward
$14 60
$581 44
John P. Crealin, gravel, 60 loads.
6 00
Solomon Spaulding, gravel, 102 loads
8 16
S. S. Sleeper, gravel, 425 loads .
42 40
F. W. Blodgett, gravel, 120 loads
60
Charles Sweetser, gravel, 100 loads
5 00
B. P. Marshall, gravel, 135 loads.
6 75
92 51
Lyman S. Gale, use of horse 60 days
75 00
Highway pay-roll, March
106 95
April
154 00
May
155 05
June
156 55
July
156 70
August
171 20
September
195 55
October
187 30
November
192 30
December
108 30
January .
101 30
February
97 05
1,782 25
Carried to Account of Poor, for board, 216
weeks, at $3.25 per week ..
$702 00
Carried to Account of Poor 20,000 lbs. hay ..
200 00
$902 00
Less highway bills, chopping and hauling 17 cords of wood.
17 00
$3,416 20
Highway pay-roll includes salary paid highway surveyor: $2.00 per day for eight months, and $1.75 per day for four months.
APPRAISAL OF HIGHWAY TEAMS AND TOOLS, MARCH 1, 1887.
4 horses
$550 00
2 2-horse sleds (new)
90 00
3 2-horse carts ..
150 00
1 drag.
4 00
1 jigger
50 00
1 Kimball road-scraper
160 00
2 road-scrapers . . ..
13 00
2 road-scrapers (old)
. 50
1 plow
5 00
Amount carried forward
$1,023 50
2
$2,531 20
$3,433 20
18
Amount brought forward. $1,023 50
Evener and whiffletrees
10 00
Cart spear and rocker
2 00
Wagon pole and shafts
6 00
2 sets double harness.
70 00
8 shovels.
5 60
8 picks.
8 00
4 grab-hoes
4 00
7 stone hammers.
7 00
3 axes, 2 bush hooks
5 00
Hames and chains
3 50
6 large wedges.
2 00
Drill and wedges
16 00
Feed trough .
1 50
4 halters
1 75
Old junk.
1 00
Grain . .
7 70
Chestnut fence poles.
10 00
Plank .
10 00
3 large chains
3 50
Pail and jug
75
3 lanterns .
. 50
Brushes, wrenches, and sponges
5 00
Pole straps and reins
1 50
2 hoes.
90
2 stone-pickers
2 00
1 large saw.
2 00
Feed-bags and horse-blankets
8 50
Iron bars and steel rakes.
8 00
Scythes and snaths
3 50
$1,231 70
J. P. EMERSON, D. P. BYAM, ELISHA H. SHAW, Appraisers.
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Geo. E. Spaulding, repairing Town Hall at North Chelmsford. $39 21 39 21
A. J. Lamphere, repairing Town Hall at
Centre . 4 12
G. H. Johnson, repairing Town Hall at Centre .
6 50
10 62
A. G. Green, shingling school-house No. 1 ...
61 00
61 00
Amount carried forward.
$110 83
19
Amount brought forward.
$110 88
A. B. Chapman, painting school-house No. 6,
$38 00
T. S. Edmands, repairing fence at school- house No. 6. . .
25
38 25
27 28
A. L. Brooks & Co., lumber for fence No. 8, Silver & Gay, lumber for fence No. 8.
1 77
James B. Coburn, labor on fence No. 8.
11 00
Chas. W. Flint, labor on fence No. 8
4 00
44 05
John Q. Battles, repairing horse-sheds at Centre.
5 60
5 60
#198 73
STATE AID.
Paid under chapter 301, statutes of 1879. $427 00
$427 00
Paid under chapter 252, statutes of 1879. . . .
121 00
121 00
$548 00
COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Geo. F. Snow, abatement of taxes 1884. .
$41 23
Geo. F. Snow, collecting $116.46 tax of 1884,
1 22
A. H. Sheldon, abatement of taxes 1885
90 08
A. H. Sheldon, abatement of taxes 1886.
62 57
A. H. Sheldon, collecting $553.48 tax of 1885, at .017
9 41
A. H. Sheldon, collecting $24.39 interest 1885,
41
A. H. Sheldon, collecting $16,107.91 tax of 1886, at .014
225 51
A. H. Sheldon, collecting $113.90 interest 1886,
1 59
$432 02
WELL AT SOUTH CHELMSFORD.
Warren Berry and N. E. Parker, labor
$25 00
W. E. Livingston, brick and cement 11 20
Allen Smith, teaming brick and cement
2 20
J. Q. Battles, labor and stock .
: 22
Bartlett & Dow, pump and tubing.
5 82
$50 44
INSURANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
E. M. Tucke.
$144 00
H. C. Church & Son 156 00
$300 00
20
ENFORCEMENT OF LIQUOR LAW.
Alfred Day, services $43 50
Attorney fees 5 00
Assistance 5 25
$53 75
ENLARGING SCHOOL-HOUSE NO. 1.
A. G. Green, labor and materials.
$1,857 00
Harry L. Green, freight. 3 45
A. G. Green, repairs and setting seats and desks .
44 06
Jona. Larcom, plans and specifications.
25 00
H. H. Wilder & Co., furnaces.
375 00
Michigan School Furniture Co., furniture.
156 46
H. L. Parkhurst, freight.
54
A. B. Chapman, finishing and varnishing
25 25
A. H. Sheldon, services as committee.
3 00
$2,489 76
FIRE APPARATUS.
Bishop & Brothers, ladders
$71 08
$71 08
C. B. Coburn & Co., 10 doz. fire-pails
30 00
C. B. Coburn & Co., paints.
3 00
C. B. Coburn & Co., 87 lbs. rope.
10 44
43 44
A. L. Brooks & Co., lumber for ladder-houses,
74 78
Geo. F. Snow, lumber for ladder-houses.
3 00
77 78
Bartlett & Dow, hardware
10 46
T. M. Gerrish, hardware.
2 85
S. W. Parkhurst, hardware
30
E. Shaw & Son, hardware.
1 81
15 42
D. Pollard, 5 days' labor
50
Geo. F. Snow, 4 days' labor
6 00
N. E. Parker, labor
12 00
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