Town annual report of Chelmsford 1899, Part 1

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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


OF THE


TOWN OF CHELMSFORD


TOGETHER WITH THE


School Report and Report of the Trustees ot the Adams Library


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1899.


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LOWELL, MASS .: COURIER-CITIZEN COMPANY, PRINTERS, 1899.


Officers of the Town of Chelmsford, 1898.


Selectmen, Assessors, and Overscers of the Poor - Joseph E. Warren, Arthur H. Sheldon, Joseph A. Parkhurst, William H. Shedd, Walter R. Winning.


Town Clerk - George A. Parkhurst.


Town Treasurer - Ervin W. Sweetser.


Auditors - George F. Snow, Martin Robbins, Elisha H. Shaw. School Committee- Three years: Stewart Mackay ; two years :


Edward H. Chamberlin ; one year : Daniel P. Byam, Henry R. Hodson, Ralph W. E. Milliken.


Trustees of Adams Library -Three years : J. Adams Bartlett, Emma L. Gay ; two years : A. Heady Park, Albert H. Davis ; one year : Mrs. Harriet M. Bartlett, Luther H. Sargent.


Collector of Taxes - Arthur M. Warren.


Highway Surveyor - David Higgins.


Constables - James P. Emerson, E. Lincoln Russell, William M. Lee (declined), James S. Wotton, William J. Quigley, Augus- tus F. Whidden, Michael H. Norton, Samuel J. Garland.


Fence Viewers - James P. Emerson, Daniel P. Byam, Fred L. Fletcher.


Appraisers of Personal Property at the Town Farm - James P. Emerson, Daniel P. Byam, James S. Wotton.


Weighers of Hay-S. Waldo Parkhurst, Paul Dutton, Daniel W. Bickford, Henry H. Emerson, Elisha H. Shaw, Marcus 11. Winship, James P. Emerson.


Measurers of Wood- S. Waldo Parkhurst, Paul Dutton, Newell E. Parker, James P. Emerson, Daniel A. Reardon, Elisha H. Shaw, Marcus H. Winship, Myron A. Queen, John Mari- nel, Jr.


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Surveyors of Lumber - Edwin K. Parkhurst, R. Wilson Dix, Stewart Mackay, Hubert Bearce, George E. Spaulding, E. Lincoln Russell, Myron A. Queen.


Field Drivers - Henry T. Ripley, Robert W. Polley, Charles O. Stevens, Fred L. Fletcher.


Committee on Appropriations - Henry S. Perham, Ziba Gay, George F. Snow, Newell E. Parker, William H. Shedd.


APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN.


Weighers of Coal- S. Waldo Parkhurst, Paul Dutton, Daniel W. Bickford, Hubert Bearce, Elisha H. Shaw, Marcus H. Winship, Myron A. Queen, Stewart Mackay, Patrick P. McMahon, Henry H. Emerson.


Superintendents of Burials - Arthur H. Sheldon, Daniel P. Byam, Alfred G. Parkhurst, Albert P. Perham, Walter Perham.


Superintendent of Burials of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors - Arthur H. Sheldon.


Inspector of Animals and Provisions, and Agent of the Board of Health -Edwin C. Perham and Walter R. Minning. Sealer of Weights and Measures - William J. Randall. Fish Warden - George W. Whidden.


Janitors of Public Buildings - John H. Nichols and Warren B. Cotton, Centre Village ; William J. Quigley, North Village. Firewards - Daniel P. Byam, Frank C. Byam, Almon W. Holt, Amos B. Adams, George W. Wright. George G. Stetson, John O'Connor. George C. Moore, Charles F. Scribner, Franklin Guyotte, Thomas Smith, William J. Quigley.


Forest Firewards - William H. Shedd, Amos B. Adams, War- ren Berry, James S. Wotton, George F. Snow, Fred L. Fletcher, George M. Wright, Fred A. Hazen.


Special Police Officers- George C. Moore, Thomas Brown, Warren B. Cotton, James J. Hackett, Scott O. Sabine, War- ren Berry, Frank C. Byam, John H. Nichols.


Superintendent of Town Farm - Scott O. Sabine.


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Registrars of Voters - Eben T. Adams, Chairman; John F. McManomin, Preston L. Piggott, George A. Parkhurst, Clerk, ex-officio.


Precinct Wardens - (1) John P. Scoboria; (2) Charles H. Dutton ; (3) John J. Quessy.


Deputy Wardens - (1) Patrick H. Haley ; (2) Patrick J. Ward ; (3) Edward F. Coburn.


Precinct Clerks - (1) Howard S. Adams; (2) Frederick K. Ripley ; (3) Samuel Naylor.


Deputy Clerks-(1) Herbert C. Sweetser ; (2) Charles H. Holt ; (3) Josiah E. Marshall.


Inspectors-(1) Arthur E. Reed, Robert S. Ross; (2) George Hyde, Hubert Bearce; (3) Alfred G. Parkhurst, John J. Dunn.


Deputy Inspectors - (1) Daniel P. Byam, George H. Wilson, John H. Nichols, Melvin Walker; (2) John C. Hobbs, George H. Ripley, James B. McQuaid, James W. Ward ; (3) Charles Edwards, John A. Toye.


REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK


For the Year Ending February 28, 1899.


BIRTHS.


Males


.


36


Females


· 29


Total .


65


Births of native parentage


. 25


Births of foreign parentage .


23


Births of foreign and native parentage


17


N. B .- Births occurring late in the year are sometimes returned without the Christian name. In all such cases parents should return the name to the Town Clerk as soon as selected, as an incompleteness of the record may involve much trouble in the future.


MARRIAGES.


Whole number


32


Between natives


17


Between foreigners


6


Between natives and foreigners


9


Chelmsford grooms


14


Chelmsford brides


18


Solemnized in Chelmsford


23


Solemnized in Lowell


.


7


One each in Cambridge and Westford.


.


6


DEATHS.


Date. Names. Jan. 12. Albert W. Ober


49


14.


Cecil Roy Shepherd


4 II


15. Joseph Desiree Gagnon


16


18. Jerome B. Gilbert


7 1


6


17


25. Victorine Miner


44


II


25. George E. Trubey


66


6


26. Louise Mitchell


84


3


2I


29. Eli P ·Parker .


86


9


Feb. 4 .


Herman Miner


I3


4 Caroline Roby


74


5


24


14. Abbie H. Sleeper


89


IO


14. Edwin H. Warren


73


IO


7


25.


Harold W. Smith


3


9


I 2


April 6.


Marie Tremblay


3


9. (Stillborn)


16. Charles S. Reed


62


II


17


19.


Alonzo L. Melvin


68


5


14


20. George Webster


48


7


21. Jennie W. (Hodgdon) Revere


62


I


17


24.


Andrew Kelley


76


I I


24


25 Thomas P. Duffy


2


3


13


26. Vera Leslie Dunn


I


IO


21


May


2. Julia L. Sheldon


69


IO


28


4. Arthur Biennan


IO


3


4.


Winnifred Larkin


19


9. Anne Gaudette


5


IO.


Gladys I. Gahan


I


9


IO


12.


Frank A. Lamphere


22


5


22. Allen F. Davis


70


4


5


23. Bessie M. Warley


4


IO


23


24. Laura A. Adams


57


II


24


27. Horace Holt


77


8


4


30.


Melvin E. Dam


54


8


4


June 9.


Lucy A. Huntoon


61


10


18 Elmira Upham


78


I


24


29. Annie (Shield) Trubey


58


3


July 10.


Hiram J. Brown


62


9


22


Aug. 21.


Mar, Fox


.


.


74


.


.


.


Yrs.


Mos. Days.


7


Sept. 2. Asenath C. Lewis


82


IO


4. Ada J. Meads


I7


2


7. Thomas Durant


86


10


7. Hannah Ivory


56


I2. Edwin King Parkhurst


.


70


6


I2


21. William F. Carter


88


5


22. Walter C. A. Stevens


23


5


17


25. Joseph P. Winn


68


9


Oct.


5. Ellen McGlinchey


.


62


5. Harriet Ober Larcom


.


82


22


9. Samuel Blood


77


12. Lucy Heywood Worthen


2


3


4


29.


Selma S. Westburg


I2


II


13


31. Alice McNally


24


Nov. I.


Thomas P. Duffy


.


38


7. George W. Proctor


40


15. Albion J. Lamphere


58


4


26


18. Leonard Meads


81


6


13


24. Elisha H. Shaw


5I


2


27. Mary Burnis McQuade


I


2


Dec.


I. Alice Bray


5h


9. John H. Nichols


70


7


2


14. Abigail W. Foster .


70


8


4


24. (Stillborn)


.


27. George E. Butters


70


7


30. Mary E. (Horr) Wheeler


61


Males 34. Females 31. Total 65.


DOG LICENSES.


EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS., June 2, 1898.


Received of George A. Parkhurst, Town Clerk of Chelmsford, fifty-one dollars and sixty cents on account of dog licenses, as per his return of June 2, 1898. $51.60.


J. O. HAYDEN, County Treasurer.


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.


.


.


.


.


26. Mary Brett


52


.


.


.


7


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EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Dec. 3, 1898. Received of George A. Parkhurst, Town Clerk of Chelmsford, four hundred forty-three dollars and forty cents on account of dog licenses, as per his return of Dec. 1, 1898. $443.40. J. O. HAYDEN, County Treasurer.


Number of dogs licensed


250


Males


235


Females


15


Amount received for licenses


$545 00


Amount of fees (20 cents per license)


50 00


Paid to the County Treasurer


495 00


Refunded to the Town. 95 per cent.


470 25


GEORGE A. PARKHURST,


Town Clerk.


REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER.


For the Year Ending February 28, 1899.


Your Treasurer charges himself with cash received as follows : Balance in treasury at last annual settlement $ 1,161 30 Of State Treasurer, on account of corporation tax of 1896 and 1897 12 14 .


on account of corporation tax of 1898 ·


1,168 78


National Bank tax for 1898 .


857 89


on acc't of aid to State paupers .


34 86


" inspection of cattle


212 50


" State Aid .


.


1,002 00


66 " Military Aid


92 75


" Armory rent


300 00


" income of Mass. School Fund . .


244 43


Of County Treasurer, " " dog licenses .


470 25


town to H. K. Ferrin as land damage .


Of City Institution for Savings, as interest on Day Fund for 1897


4 02


Marshall Fund for 1897


4 02


Marshall 1898


3 00


Kimball


.


3 00


Day 66


3 00


Shed


3 00


Wheeler 66


.


2 00


Wood


8 50


Amount carried forward


·


$5,687 44


.


" amount paid by the


100 00


.


.


10


Amount brought forward $5,687 44


Edwards


4 85


Coburn 66 3 00 .


Emerson 66 66 3 00


Carlton 66 2 25


J. E. Warren, for slaughter house license fees 6 00


City of Lowell, aid rendered pauper ·


3 00


Town of Tyngsboro, aid rendered pauper 7 50


Town of Concord. " 6 50


2 40


17 25


James F. Savage, fines collected and due the town C. H. Hanson & Co., for sale of horse (highways) Lowell and Suburban Street R. R Co, to reim- burse the town for amount paid as land damage on account of widening road at North Chelmsford Lowell and Suburban Street R R. Co., to reim- burse the town for amount paid R. E. Bean as damage received on road at North Chelmsford . Lowell and Suburban Street R. R. Co., on account of grading road at North Chelmsford . .


13 00


206 77


Wm. Ware, for old school books 9 00 .


Ginn & Co., " 21 00


E. H. Chamberlin, for sale of supplies . 4 07


66 Chairman of District Commit-


tee. as Chelmsford's part of the amount received from the state, on account of salary of Superin- tendent of Schools 750 00


John H. Nichols, for rent of Town Hall 15 00


W. B. Cotton, ·


٠١ 11 00


A. B. Paasche, for old cart body


3 00


L. K. Howard, on account of sale of lots in ceme- tery (Centre) 47 00


Estate of A. P. Perham, on account of sale of lots in cemetery (Centre) . 10 00


Arthur H. Sheldon, on account of sale of lots in cemetery (North) 19 00


D. P. Byam, on account of sale of lots in cemetery (South) I 50


Amount carried forward


·


$7,268 03


414 50


11


Amount brought forward $7,268 03 A. G. Parkhurst, on account of sale of lots in ceme- tery (West) . 10 00 .


Arthur H. Sheldon, on account of sale of grass in cemetery (North) 2 00


S. O. Sabine, as proceeds of Town Farm 903 57


Geo. F. Snow, executor, as a trust fund, the income to be used for the perpetual care of the Samuel F. Wheeler lot in cemetery at West Chelmsford Cash borrowed as temporary loan in anticipation of taxes


100 00


Cash received on account of taxes as follows :


Of Albert P. Perham, on account of tax of 1896


1,969 65


interest, 1896 239 66


· tax of 1897


2,550 00


interest, 1897 126 23


Hannah F. Perham, on account of tax of 1897 625 69


interest, 1897 54 00


Arthur M. Warren, on account of tax of 1898 19,933 43


interest, 1898 128 42


Making a total of


$41,910 68


And is credited as follows :


By cash paid State Tax, 1898


.


$ 1,305 00


County Tax, 1898


2,163 89


care of Marshall lot, 1897


4 02


care of Day lot, 1897 .


4 02


care of Day lot, 1898


3 00


care of Marshall lot, 1898


.3 00


care of Kimball . 6


·


3 00


care of Shed


3 00


care of Wheeler 66


2 00


care of Wood 66


(and repairs) .


8 50


care of Edwards 60


(and repairs) .


4 85


care of Coburn 66


3 00


care of Emerson


3 00


care of Carlton 66


2 25


Amount carried forward


$3.512 53


8,000 00


12


Amount brought forward $3.512 53


By cash deposited in City Institution for Savings, the Wheeler Fund .


100 00


paid temporary loan in part


5,500 00


interest on same .


729 80


note borrowed to pay land damage at North Chelmsford 537 50


interest on same


15 68


bills approved by Selectmen


31,091 28


Cash on hand


423 89


$41,910 68


E. W. SWEETSER,


Town Treasurer.


CHELMSFORD, March 3, 1899.


REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS.


For the Year Ending Feb. 28, 1899.


VALUATION MAY 1, 1898.


Real estate (resident)


$1,796,000 00


Real estate (non-resident)


258,730 00


$2,054,730 00


Personal estate (resident) .


$296,525 00


Personal estate (non-resident)


8,800 00


305,325 00


Total valuation of assessed estate


$2,360,055 00


Rate of taxation, $11.00 per $1,000.00. Number of polls · . 1,048 assessed on polls only 409


assessed on property (resident), individuals 834


assessed on property (resident), firms, cor- porations, etc. . £ 95


. assessed on property (non-resident), indi- viduals · 259


assessed on property (non-resident), firms, corporations, etc. 49


Total number assessed


1,646


Number of horses assessed


·


647


cows assessed . 990


14


Number of neat cattle other


than cows as- sessed . 185


sheep assessed


·


I


swine assessed


210


fowl assessed


. 11,700


dwellings assessed


879


acres of land as- sessed


· 14,210


Valuation of buildings $1, 197,260.00


Valuation of land · $857,470.00


TAXES.


State tax


$1,305 00


County tax


2,163 89


Appropriation for public schools . 8,000 00


school apparatus 100 00


school incidentals


250 00


text-books and sup-


plies .


750 00


school superintend-


ent


450 00


for highways . ·


5,000 00


support of poor ·


2,000 00


indigent soldiers and sailors .


100 00


repairs of public


buildings ·


650 00


town officers and


committees . .


1,500 00


cattle inspection ·


100 00


collection and abate-


ment of taxes .


700 00


village clock .


30 00


care and improve- ment of cemeteries


150 00


Adams Library


800 00


·


Amount carried forward . $24,048 89


15


Amount brough forward .


$24,048 89 ·


Appropriation for miscellaneous ex-


penses . .


400 00


completion of sol-


diers' records


30 00


note, school - house


loan


1,200 00


interest on school-


house loan 432 00


town seal


60 00


Memorial Day


100 00


North Chelmsford


Library


400 00


street lighting .


1,000 00


grading, Adams


Library grounds . 500 00


transportation of


pupils . ·


500 00


water supply at


Almshouse . .


600 00


$29,270 89


Overlayings .


.


85 71


$29,356 60


Less estimated receipts


1,300 00


Total tax committed


$28.056 60


Tax on 1,048 polls


$ 2,096 00


Tax on property


25,960 60


$28,056 60


MISCELLANEOUS.


The valuation of buildings in Chelmsford has in-


creased since 1897 valuation $81,650 00 land increased 20,440 00 personal property decreased 5,345 00


Total increase in valuation . · · Increase in number of dwelling houses 29


$96,745 00


·


16


Comparative statement, showing increase or decrease in the State in 1898 as compared with 1897 :


The valuation of buildings has increased land has increased 29,472,046 00


$35,235 968 00


personal estate has decreased 2,793,284 00


Total valuation increase in the State . $61,914,730 00 Total valuation in the State, real and personal . $2.764,242,7$4 00 Number of persons assessed . · 1,004,629 polls . 745.947


Assessed on polls only .


523,954


Number of horses assessed


. 199.435


cows assessed 175.734


other neat cattle assessed


41.653


swine assessed


34.724


fowl assessed


662 799


sheep assessed


33,457


dwelling houses assessed 433,515 acres of land assessed . · 4,500,752


Decrease in number of horses .


969


.


4,249


Increase in number of cows . sheep


2,089


Decrease in number of swine


3,239


Increase in number of fowl .


44,166


dwelling houses 9,198


Highest rate of tax in the State, $32.00 on $1,000.00, in the town of Burlington, County of Middlesex.


Lowest rate, $5.18 on $1,000.00, in the town of Gosnold, County of Dukes. 6


Rates from $6.00 to $9.90, assessed in 21 towns ; $10.00 to $14.80 in 3 cities and 106 towns ; $ 15.00 to $19 90 in 27 cities and 158 towns ; $20.00 to $24.00 in 2 cities and 34 towns.


Of the 32 cities and 321 towns in the Commonwealth, there are but 36 towns that have a lower tax rate than Chelmsford.


ARTHUR H. SHELDON, JOSEPH E. WARREN, WILLIAM H. SHEDD, JOSEPH A. PARKHURST, WALTER R. WINNING,


Assessors


COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


COLLECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1896. Taxes on list of 1896, uncollected Feb. 28, 1898 $1,988 65


Interest on list of 1896, uncollected Feb. 28, 1898 .


139 20


Interest accrued since Feb. 28, 1898


IOI 79


$2,229 64


Cash paid Town Treasurer as tax $1,969 65


Cash paid Town Treasurer as interest . 239 66


Uncollected tax to new account 19 00


Uncollected interest to new account


I


$2,229 64


ALBERT P. PERHAM. Collector.


COLLECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1897. Taxes on list 1897, uncollected Feb. 28, I 898 .


$6,963 89


Interest on list 1897, uncollected Feb. 28, 1898 ·


208 91


Interest accrued since Feb. 28, 1898 236 49


$7,409 29


Cash paid Town Treasurer as tax $3,175 69


Cash paid Town Treasurer as interest ISO 23


Uncollected tax to new account 3,788 20


Uncollected interest to new account


265 17


$7,409 29


HANNAH F. PERHAM. Collector.


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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1898.


Taxes on list of 1898


$28,056 60


Additional Taxes


38 53


Interest collected since Oct. 1, 1898 . .


128 42


Accrued interest on uncollected taxes ·


238 05


$28,461 60


Cash paid Town Treasurer as tax


$19,933 43


Cash paid Town Treasurer as interest


128 42


Uncollected taxes to new account


.


8,161 70


Accrued interest on same to new account


238 05


$28.461 60


ARTHUR M. WARREN, Collector for 1898.


SELECTMEN'S REPORT.


PUBLIC SCHOOLS.


PAID FOR TEACHING.


Dist. I, C. W. Averell, 34 2-5 weeks . $722 40


I, W. R. Failing, I 2-5 weeks 29 40


I, Susie S. McFarlin, 36 weeks 378 00


I, Frances Clark, 13 3-5 weeks . 142 20


I, Grace C. Litchfield, 35 4-5 weeks . 333 60


I, Christina Ashworth, 1-5 week I 25


I, Sadie M. Devine, I week 5 00


I, Helen G. Fulton, 35 weeks


326 00


I, Lizzie F. Webber, 35 1-5 weeks 327 90


I, Elsie M. Dearborn, 22 3-5 weeks 203 40


I, Gracie E. Mansfield, 23 weeks


207 00


I, Mary E. Devine, 2-5 week


3 80 $2,679 95


2, Hortense E. Averell, 12 weeks


96 00


2, Addie E. Merrill, 1 week


8 00


104 00


3, Elsie M. Dearborn, 12 weeks


108 00


3, Hortense E. Averell, I week .


9 00


3, Elsie R. Cowdrey, I week 9 00


3, Marion Gee, 19 weeks . 180 50


306 50


4, Evelyn A. Wilson, 13 weeks .


IIO 50


4, Susan B. Marshall, 23 weeks .


184 00


294 50


5, Grace E. Mansfield, 13 weeks


104 00


104 00


6, Annie D. Hodgins, 13 4-5 weeks 138 00


6, Alice A. Kennedy, 23 weeks . 207 00


345 00


S, Arthur W. Trubey, 36 weeks 756 00


8, Laura G. Hoyt, 36 weeks


360 00


Amount carried forward -


. $1, 116 00 $3,833 95


20


Amounts brought forward


. $1, 116 00 $3,833 95


Dist. 8, Ethel L. Byfield, 13 weeks


123 50


S, Ethel M. Bates, 13 weeks


123 50


8, Bertha M. Allen, 13 weeks


IIO 50


8, Elinor L. Coburn, 23 weeks


218 50


8, Josephine Eaton, 23 weeks 207 00


8, Ethel L. Stratton, 21 weeks .


199 50


8, Edna Harper, I 1-5 weeks


IO SO


8, Myra H. Allard, 10 4-5 weeks


97 20


2,206 50


9, Agnes Naylor, 35 weeks


350 00


9, Bertha H. Long, 36 weeks


360 00


710 00


Golden Cove, Hattie M. Hall, 36 weeks


. 311 00


311 00


Total


. $7,061 45 ·


CARE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.


Districts.


I. John H. Nichols, care .


$128 08


I. Warren B. Cotton, care


55 92


I. E. H. Chamberlain, cleaning


2 40


$186 40


2. Le Roy Barclay, care


6 50


6 50


3. Winthrop Center, care .


6 00


3. D. P. Byam, cleaning


8 00


14 00


4. H. Stewart Redman, care


25 90


4. R. W. E. Milliken, cleaning


4 50


30 40


5. Grace E. Mansfield, care


6 00


6 00


6. Frank R. Durgin, care .


19 50


19 50


8. Peter Lumbert, care


113 50


8. Stewart Mackay, cleaning


II 25


8. Stewart Mackay, Jr., care


S 25


8. M. Harrington, sanitary


3 00


136 00


9. Charles Jordan, care .


50 00


Mrs. Ida George, cleaning


II 09


61 09


Golden Cove. Arthur I. Hall, care


27 00


27 00


$486 89


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SCHOOL FUEL.


Dist. I, H. L. Parkhurst, I 1-2 tons coal $ 10 13


I, E. L. Russell, 3 cords hard wood, sawed 16 75


I, E. L. Russell, 3 2-8 cords kind- lings .


16 15


I, E. R. Marshall, sawdust


3 30


$ 46 33


2, Le Roy Barclay, soft wood .


25


2, E. L. Russell, 1-2 cord hard wood, sawed 2 88


2, E. L. Russell, kindlings


50


3 63


3, D. P. Byam, 6 cords 3 1-2 ft. hard wood prepared 38 74


3, W. E. Lapham, I cord soft wood prepared and housed 4 25


3, Harry Hartwell, sawing and hous- ing wood .


1 00


43 99


4, E. L. Russell, 3 cords hard wood sawed


16 50


4, E. L. Russell, 1-2 cord soft wood sawed


3 50


20 00


6, H. L. Parkhurst, 6 tons coal .


39 00


6, E. L. Russell, I cord hard wood sawed


5 50


6, E. L. Russell, 1-2 cord kindlings


2 50


47 00


8, P. T. McMahon, 33 tons coal


190 00


8, Peter Lumbert, sawing and hous- ing wood


I 50


8, Fred Gline, kindling wood


2 00


193 50


9, H. R. Hodson, 9 cords hard wood


45 00


9, H. R. Hodson, I cord soft wood .


4 00


9. John Marinel, 10 ft. hard wood 5 63


9, Fred Santamour, sawing wood .


6 75


9, Charles Jordan, housing wood .


4 00


65 38


$419 83


SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.


Dist. I, E. T. Adams, supplies . $ 16 49


I, I. H. Knight, desk and repairs 55 50


I, S. W. Parkhurst, supplies ·


21 37


Amount carried forward . · $93 36


22


Amount brought forward


· $ 93 36


Dist. I, W. J. Randall, repairs . IO 45


I, Adams & Co , window shades 8 00


I, Milo D. Clay, painting, etc. .


40 00


I, Geo. H. Knowlton, supplies .


1 00


I, Holcomb & Hoke Mfg Co., brushes


2 25


I, C. E. Parkhurst, new floor, etc.


80 00


I, E. H. Chamberlain, freight 2 50


I, H. W. Lamphere, labor


2 70


I, Robbins & Sweetser, sundries 6 38


I, W. B. Cotton, truant officer . 1 25


I, A M. Warren, removing snow 6 30


I, H. H. Wilder, damper and rods 50


I, Geo. M. Wright, sundries


5 15


I, W. A. Mack & Co., repairs on fur- nace 24 65


$284 49


3, D. P. Byam, brooms, etc. I 61


3, Newell E Parker, sundries


3 00


3, Warren Berry, truant officer . 5 00 9 61


4, C. T. Melvin, repairing pump 2 25


4, John Brock, repairing flag rope 50 2 75


6, I. H. Knight, repairing seats 16 85


6, G. H. Knowlton, ink wells


50


6, James Stanley, repairing clock


6, H. H. Wilder & Co., repairing furnace 8 70


6, Adams & Co., mats


2 50


6, Orin Pierce, sundries


3 00


32 55


8, Amasa Pratt & Co., lumber .


5 58


8, Bartlett & Dow, supplies


4 65


8, J. J. Gaynor & Co., wick


15


8, Stewart - Mackay, book, postage stamps, etc. 5 25


8, Stewart Mackay, varnishing desks, I 75


8, Stewart Mackay, supplies 15 41


8, W. E. Hatch, doors, etc. 4 20


8, A. J. Boies, supplies 7 10


8, E. Shaw & Son, supplies


14 94


Amounts carried forward $59 03


$329.40


23


Amounts brought forward $59 03 $329 40


Dist 8, Haywood Bros. & Co., desks and seats · 221 20


8, J. F. Wotton, rent of school room 20 00


8, C. B. Coburn & Co., sundries 7 05


8, Peter Lumbert. labor 3 50


8, Robertson & Co., 4 dusters


I 20


8, North Chelmsford Foundry Co., flagstaff repairs I 75


8, Gookin Bros., table and chairs 3 50


8, North Chelmsford Supply Co., I brush


I 25


8, John Barnes & Co., envelopes, etc.


5 50


8, H. H. Wilder & Co., sundries


3º 35


S, M. H. Allard, sundries .


I 50


356-01


9, H. R. Hodson, flag rope ·


.


9, G. H. Mason, labor ·


30 60


9, J. L. Hammett Co., maps and sup- plies


II 75


9, Martin & Houston, plumbing


14 30


58 46


Golden Cove, H. H. Wilder & Co., sundries for furnace


4 15


4 15


Stewart Mackay, salary as Secretary School Board .


10 00


10 00


Stewart Mackay, salary as Purchasing Agent


45 10


45 IO


Beal Press Co , high school diplomas .


10 00


10 00


$813 12


SCHOOL, APPARATUS.


I. H. Knight, tables


$ 20 00


E. H. Chamberlin, apparatus


4 90


Ginn & Co., music charts and easels . 17 50


Talbot Dyewood Co., glass tubing and alcohol .


2 20


Bartlett & Dow, saw, plane, etc.


8 12


J. L. Hammett Co., apparatus 14 25 .


Zeigler Electric Co. . .


68 48


$135 45


24


SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.


George H. Knowlton .


$900 00


Received from the state


. 750 00


SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.


J. L. Hammett Co , books $127 87


American Book Co., books


I20 44


D. C. Heath & Co., books .


67 64


G. F. King & Co., books


24 00


Warner School Book Co., books . 12 80


Ginn & Co., books 146 17


Harper Bros., books


4 67


Silver, Burdett & Co., books


16 67


Wm. Ware & Co., books 25 00


Maynard, Merrill & Co., books


24 90


B. H. Sanborn & Co , books


· 6 67


Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books


21 25


D. Appleton & Co., books .


94 00


Allyn & Bacon, books .


39 67


Rand, McNally & Co., books


33 73


Leach, Sherwood & Co., books .


18 33


783 81


G. H. Knowlton, freight and express


5 03


G. H. Knowlton, ink and pens .


2 33


7 36


Stewart Mackay, freight and express .


9 82


9 82


G. F. King & Co., pens


7 50


7 50


Ginn & Co., new gradatim .


5 15


L. Gourveau, book binding .


7 10


W. A. Davis & Co., ink


. 5 00 17 25


$825 74


TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS.


J. J. Devine, Dist. No. 6 $194 50


E. H. Chamberlain, Dist. No. 5 . 98 00


H. R. Hodson, Dist. No. 2 . 92 00


J. S. Wotton, Dist. No. 8 (Lowell line) 18 00


William Wightman, Dist. No 8 (Lowell line)


89 30


Walter E. Trubey, Dist. No. 8 (Tyngsboro line) 77 00


$568 80


25


STREET LIGHTING.


Odd Fellows Association, I light, I year $ 4 00


E. A. Stevens, lighting


248 18


Charles Jordan,


104 84


E. W. S. Dutton,


155 00


John H. Cooper, 66


54 40


Thomas Smith,


32 75


Charles O. Corliss, " 22 40


S. W. Parkhurst, oil, etc. . 53 12


E. Shaw & Son,


16 08


R. C. Wotton & Co., "


12 32


D. W. Bickford,


15 90


Wm. H. Shedd, 13 05


Lowell Co-operative Association, oil, etc. 5 35


Arthur H. Sheldon, labor on posts I 50


W. R. Winning, paint and labor 5 60


A. B. Adams, posts 13 55


Daniel P. Shea, chimneys II IO


Leighton Bros., chimneys, wicks, etc.


4 10


Martin & Langley, I dozen lamps, etc. ·


3 59


George H. Smith, painting lamps and posts 18 50


Joseph Carpentier, repairing lamps . I 25


C. B. Coburn & Co., lamps, wicks, etc. I7 24


M. H. Winship, oil, etc. .


26 08


Wm. H. Lewis, 66


6 32


George C. Moore,


2 30


$848 52


STATE AND MILITARY AID.


Paid under Chapter 301, Statutes 1894 . $1,045 00


Paid under Chapter 279, Statutes 1894 .


160 00 - $1,205 00


HIGHWAYS.


B. O. Robbins, 12,603 lbs. hay $107 78


George A. Coburn, 5,510 lbs. hay


18 72


Dutton Bros., grain I35 04


Amount carried forward . $261 54


26


Amount brought forward $261 54


B. M. Fiske, 9,310 lbs. hay .


84 49


D. W. Bickford, grain S5 96


E. Shaw & Son, grain .


43 03


J. F. Whittemore, repairing carts, shoeing, etc. 109 35


J. Quirk, shoeing




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