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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS.,
FOR THE
YEAR 1902.
MIDDLEBORO, MASS. : MIDDLEBORO GAZETTE OFFICE. 1903.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS.,
FOR THE
YEAR 1902.
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MIDDLEBORO, MASS. : MIDDLEBORO GAZETTE OFFICE. 1903.
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1902.
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector. AMOS H. EATON.
Selectmen and Assessors.
EDWIN F. WITHAM
Term expires 1904
LYMAN P. THOMAS .
66 1905
CHARLES W. KINGMAN .
66 1903
Overseers of the Poor.
SYLVANUS MENDALL
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.
Term expires 1903
ANDREW M. WOOD .
1905
ALVAN P. VAUGHAN
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.
School Committee.
BERT J. ALLAN .
Term expires 1904
JOHANNA T. LEONARD
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WILLIAM A. ANDREWS
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.
1903
NATHAN WASHBURN
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1903
WARREN H. SOUTHWORTH
1905
WILLIAM C. LITCHFIELD
66
1905
Superintendent of Schools. CHARLES H. BATES.
Municipal Light Board.
THOMAS S. HODGSON, M.D. .
Term expires 1905
66
1904
HENRY W. SEARS
66
1903
Board of Health.
BERT J. ALLAN .
Term expires 1905
JAMES A. BURGESS .
1904
THOMAS S. HODGSON, M.D. . · .
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66
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66
1903
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66
1904
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1904
66
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JOHN A. MILLER .
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Constables.
JOSIAH T. CARVER.
BRADFORD HARLOW.
SAMUEL HATHAWAY.
EVERETT T. LINCOLN.
SAMUEL S. LOVELL.
JOHN M. LUIPPOLD.
SIMEON L. NICKERSON.
CHARLES C. TINKHAM,
WILLIAM L. WADE,
(resigned May 24.) (resigned June 14. )
B. FRANK WHITE.
Superintendent of Streets. SAMUEL N. SHIVERICK.
Registrars of Voters.
THOMAS C. COLLINS (deceased September 6, 1902).
LORENZO WOOD (appointed September 13) .
Term expires 1903
PETER M. RAMSEY
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1905
JAMES H. RUSSELL
66 1904
Fish Wardens.
EDWIN F. WITHAM.
CHARLES W. KINGMAN.
Trustees of Public Library.
C. D. KINGMAN
W. H. SOUTHWORTH
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1905
NATHAN WASHBURN
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60
1904
ANDREW M. WOOD
66
1904
DAVID G. PRATT .
66
1903
JOSEPH E. BEALS
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66
1903
WARREN B. STETSON
.
1903
Fence Viewers.
JARED F. ALDEN. GEORGE R. SAMPSON.
CHESTER E. WESTON.
Tree Warden. LUTHER S. BAILEY.
Auditors.
W. R. MITCHELL
LORENZO WOOD
PERCY W. KEITH
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66
1904
E. S. HATHAWAY ·
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Term expires 1905
66
1905
GEORGE BRAYTON
SYLVANUS MENDALL.
ICHABOD B. THOMAS.
WILLISTON B. CHANDLER.
(resigned April 5, 1902 ) (appointed May 1, 1902 ; resigned Sept. 13, 1902) (appointed October 18, 1902 )
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS For the Year Ending December 31, 1902,
APPROPRIATIONS MADE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING HELD MARCH 3, 1902,
And Adjournments held March 19, 1902, also Special Meetings held September 21, 1901, and October 29, 1901.
To defray the expense of exterminating the elm
leaf beetle ..
$293 71
Tree warden . .
500 00
Incidental expenses .
299 00
Incidentals
2,500 00
Support of schools, including superintendent's
salary
. 23,500 00
Schoolhouse, North Middleboro
2,500 00
Schoolhouse, East Middleboro
2,000 00
Repairs and alterations on school property
500 00
Special music teacher
500 00
School committee's salary
150 00
Lighting bonds .
1,500 00
Interest on lighting bonds
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.
3,268 00
Suburban lighting .
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.
. 400 00
Municipal light construction
832 00
Municipal light board salary .
150 00
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Interest on town debt
. $3,500 00
Highways
. 10,000 00
Night watch and police
900 00
Support of poor and insane
.
7,500 00 .
Soldiers' relief
3,500 00
Drainage, West side
3,000 00
Town officers
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2,500 00
Military aid .
800 00
Town House committee
400 00
Water supply
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1,500 00
Board of Health
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.
400 00
Grade crossing debt
4,747 04
Interest on above
594 51
Post 8, G. A. R.
200 00
Sprinkling streets
600 00
Concrete sidewalks
200 00
Moderator
15 00
$79,249 26
Less corporation and bank tax
7,000 00
To raise by tax .
. $72,249 26
Voted by the Town, including grade crossing tax, $72,249 26
State tax
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2,205 00
State highway tax
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71 76
County tax
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· 4,689 80
Non-resident bank tax
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135 00
Overlayings ·
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1,349 02
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$80,699 84
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Assessed on 2011 polls ·
$4,022 00
Assessed on personal property
· . 16,950 60
Assessed on real estate
. 59,592 24
Assessed on non-resident hank stock
135 00
$80,699 84
Number of polls assessed, 2011. 1 .
Value of buildings, excluding land . $1,816,175 00
Value of land, excluding buildings .
1,494,506 00
$3,310,681 00
Value of personal estate
941,700 00
$4,252,381 00
Persons, firms, etc., assessed on property,
residents
1,416
Persons, firms, etc., non-residents 321
Persons assessed for polls only ·
1,095
Total number of persons assessed, 2,832
Number of horses assessed
811
Number of cows assessed
.
576
Number of sheep assessed
15
Number of neat cattle other than cows
103
Number of swine
27
Number of dwelling houses
1,505
Number acres of land
40,260
Number of fowl
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1,325
Population of town
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6,588
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Amount of taxes remitted, 1899
$64 36
Amount of taxes remitted, 1900
122 66
Amount of taxes remitted, 1901
537 60
Amount of taxes remitted, 1902
269 69
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Rate of tax, $18 on $1000.
EDWIN F. WITHAM, LYMAN P. THOMAS, CHARLES W. KINGMAN, Assessors of Middleborough, Mass.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN For the Year Ending December 31, 1902.
The Selectmen have drawn orders upon the Town Treas- urer for the amounts hereinafter given under the several ap- propriations made by the town.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation
. $2,500 00
Overdrawn
31 60
$2,468 40
Orders drawn :
C. W. Kingman, selectman and as-
sessor for 1901 $108 18
C. W. Kingman, selectman and as- sessor 193 50
A. T. Savery, selectman and assessor for 1901 55 00
A. T. Savery, selectman and assessor, 85 00
E. F. Witham, selectman and assessor for 1901
108 06
E. F. Witham, selectman and assessor, 242 15
L. P. Thomas, selectman and assessor, 135 00
Amos H. Eaton, town clerk, treasurer and collector 1,016 65
10
Amos H. Eaton, one of the board of registrars . $65 00
Peter M. Ramsey, one of the board of registrar's . 60 25
James. H. Russell, one of the board of registrars 61 75
Sylvanus Mendall, serving summons, 14 40
S. N. Shiverick, tree warden, 1901, 83 33
S. N. Shiverick, tree warden . 16 67
Election officers, precinct 2 100 00
Percy R. Harlow, election officer 4 00
Election officers, precinct 1
34 50
Lorenzo Wood, auditor .
15 00
Lorenzo Wood, one of the board of
registrars . 25 00
W. R. Mitchell, auditor, 1901 75 00 .
$2,503 44
Overdrawn
$35 04
INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation
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. $2,500 00
Overdrawn as per transfer by auditor
and treasurer
11 11
$2,488 89
Appropriated, 1901
293 71
Received from S. S. Lovell, sealer of
weights and measures
16 57
11
Received from herring account, 1901, $19 34
Received from herring account, 1902, 119 55
$2,938 06
Orders drawn :
A. T. Savery, traveling expenses, etc., 1901 $20 00
A. T. Savery, traveling expenses ·
10 00
E. F. Witham, traveling expenses, 1901 ·
66 50
E. F. Witham, traveling expenses 53 80
C. W. Kingman, traveling expenses, 59 35
J. F. Shurtleff, M. D., return of births 3 00
H. L. Thatcher & Co., printing 121 21
C. P. Keith, V. S., 1901, inspection, 20 50
C. P. Keith, V. S., inspection 246 00
Wood & Tinkham, printing town l'e- ports, poll list, etc. 577 81
W. F. Fryer, M.D., return of births, 7 25
Henry Swan, M.D., return of births, W. F. Whitmarsh, M.D.
75
50
A. H. Eaton, administering oaths,
· returning state and military aid for 1901
25 00
A. H. Eaton, returning state and military aid 25 00
A. H. Eaton, returning births, deaths, etc. 115 60
A. H. Eaton, treasurer, printing, sta- tionery, etc. 21 53
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James A. Burgess, inspection, 1901, $58 50
James A. Burgess, inspection of
dressed meat 103 90
James A. Burgess, stamps 2 50 .
Thomas W. Blanchard 65
· Nathan Washburn, legal advice, etc., 100 00
George H. Hermann, fighting fire 1 00
Sarah A. Phinney, dinners of elec- tion officers 14 00
Emery Record Preserving Co., bind-
ing books, etc. 13 75
Southern Mass. Telephone Co. .
27 09
D. H. Holmes, M.D., returning births, 1 50
J. E. Benson, forest fire ward 27 50
C. W. Kingman, fire ward 11 00
Benjamin C. Shaw, fire ward 68 20
Josiah H. Thomas, fire ward 9 40
C. E. Weston, fire ward 3 20
George H. Vaughan, fire ward 20 70
E. H. Cromwell, fire ward 73 40
A. G. Harvey, fire ward 8 35
Walter T. Bryant, fire ward 15 97
C. W. Maxim, fire ward 26 20
C. F. Cushman, inspector of vinegar, 53 00
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., printing 25 75
P. B. Murphy, printing . 5 00
M. M. Copeland, printing 90 25
A. M. Bearse, P.M., envelopes etc., 105 92
W. L. Beals, surveying . 10 50
13
Hobbs & Warren, printing $1 61
E. E. Hobart, recording deed . 3 00
S. S. Lovell, liquor case 20 00
S. S. Lovell, sealer of weights and measures 24 00
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., lumber 30.02
John B. Washburn, transfers
35 00
George Soule, recording deaths
15 75
Mary C. Eaton, copying
15 00
John B. Carver, release of land
50 00
James H. Dalton, dinners 2 00
E. W. Thomas, release of land 25 00
T. G. Sisson, teams 7 00
C. E. Ryder, typewriting
.
5 00
The Carter Ink Co., ink . 1 25
Sylvanus Mendall, dog warrant 25 00
W. B. Stetson, copying . ·
81 95
George W. Stetson, attorney for set- tlement of Matthewson case ·
150 00
K
Jones Brothers Co., return of deaths, 8 25
A. S. Buckman, pump 17 00
Otis Briggs, teams .
4 50
$2,772 36
Unexpended
$165 70
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation for repairs of high- ways, snow bills, etc., including superintendent's salary $10,000 00
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Unexpended .
$1. 60
Other receipts as per report of super-
intendent of streets 7,058 01
$17,059 61
Orders drawn :
General highway bills, approved by
superintendent of streets 16,935 50
Unexpended
.
$124 11
WATER SUPPLY.
Appropriation .
. $1,500 00
Orders drawn
$1,500 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
The selectmen, acting upon the advice of the State Aid Commissioners, on May 1st contracted with Dr. A. Vincent Smith to furnish medical attendance and supplies to such soldiers, sailors and marines in the town as were person- ally unable to pay for same. The amounts paid to other physicians, as noted in foregoing report, were for services rendered prior to this date.
Appropriation
. $3,500 00
Overdrawn
1,476 77
$2,023 23
Received from City of Waltham
235 25
Received from E. S. Bradford for
burial of soldiers
140 00
$2,398 48
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Orders drawn :
Benjamin F. Mosher
.
$15 00
A. O. Standish
35 00
Mrs. A. Bliss
52 00
John Luippold, guardian
104 00
Mrs. C. H. Crandall
52 00
C. W. Clark .
65 00
Mrs. Hannah Bates
104 00
Mrs. Solomon Kitterell
104 00
Mrs. Caleb H. Perry and child
130 00
Charles A. Howes, account of Mrs.
C. H. Perry 13 50
Solon Robertson
90 00
Mrs. Eugene Blackwell .. 220 00
Town of Bourne, account of Esther Gibbs
18 00
Town of Sandwich, account of H. P.
Lovell 216 23
George Temple, account Plymouth . 65 00
Wilson Orr . 38 00
Abiel Gibbs .
50 00
George H. Holmes
56 00
William Egger, account of George
Holmes 10 00
Thomas E. Wilmot .
65 00
John N. Main
27 50
Daniel F. Wilbur .
140 00
Benjamin F. Lane, account of Mrs.
Bates 212 00
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Mrs. Louisa Parry
$65 00
George Powers
15 00
Charles O. Cook
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58 00
Eben H. Atwood
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100 00
Harrison Haskins
78 00
Simeon Harlow
48 00
James E. McMann
126 00
Mrs. Maria S. Haines
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35 00
John T. Haskell
30 00
Job N. Cole .
20 00
James L. Jenney, account of C. H.
Perry 3 50
William F. Thompson
40 00
J. B. LeBaron, account of T. Wilmot, 16 88
C. A. Howes, account of T. Wilmot, 15 00
John J. Perkins
20 00
Theodore P. Holmes
47 45
Bernard Glancey ·
5 00
Lizzie H. Gifford ·
2 50
William A. Coombs
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20 00
Isaac M. Foye
28 00
Saulisbury Frisbee .
5 00
H. L. Thatcher & Co.
.
4 25
George H. Shaw, 2d
25 00
Sanford Weston
30 00
Stephen H. Hammond
20 00
Earle T. Smith
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20 00
Mrs. Isabel H. Finney
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54 00
William E. Bump .
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60 00
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Samuel Williams .
$22 00
George L. Finney . .
20 00
Mrs. G. L. Finney
10 00
Massachusetts Hospital for Dipso-
somaniacs, account of George L. Finney .
74 28
C. S. Cummings, account of G. L. Finney 32 00
W. F. Fryer, account of A. Bliss, 1901 30 00
W. F. Fryer, account of A. Bliss 66 00
W. F. Fryer, M. D., S. Bisbee 20.50
W. F. Fryer, M. D., A. L. Dorr 48 00
C. S. Cummings, M. D., account of S. Robertson ·
11 25
C. S. Cummings, M. D., account of Abiel Gibbs .
4 50
C. S. Cummings, M."D., account of T. Wilmot 62 25
C. S. Cummings, M. D., account of W. Orr 5 50
A. Vincent Smith, M. D., from May 1st to January 10th, 1903 300 00
A. Vincent Smith, M. D., account of C. H. Perry .. 33 00
Shaw & Childs, account of C. H. Perry 20 78
Drs. Hodgson & Wilbur, account of B. F. Lane 8 00
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Drs. Hodgson & Wilbur, account of
H. Bates .
$54 50
J. F. Shurtleff, M. D., account of J. H. Tripp 77 50
Amos B. Paun, M. D. , account of J. H. Tripp 107 00
Massachusetts General Hospital, ac- count of J. H. Tripp . 59 75
J. M. Clark, account of J. H. Tripp, 157 80
E. F. Witham, account of J. H. Tripp, 20 00
D. H. Holmes, M. D., account of H. Vaughan ·
158 50
Smith & Hathaway, H. Vaughan ·
19 65
William E. Chase, watching ·
5 00
Mrs. Albert Hennessey, account of T. E. Niles 22 00
Miss Minnie Standish, account of T. E. Niles 4 00
Mrs. Truman E. Niles
5 00
Mrs. Dorcas Brown ·
10 00
C. A. Howes, account of Dorcas Brown 10 00
Charles W. Turner, administering
oaths, State aid, etc. . 14 25
Sparrow Bros., account of A. Morse, 15 00
Charles A. Howes 20 00
$4,401 82
Overdrawn
$2,003 34
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POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$900 00
Unexpended
299 22
Received from H. S. Porter, sheriff,
50 00
Received from Fourth District Court, 315 72
- - $1,564 94
Orders drawn :
Herbert L. Leonard, chief of police, 1901
$62 00
Herbert L. Leonard, chief of police,
234 00
George E. Hatch, night watch
200 00
Herbert L. Leonard, night watch
428 00
Herbert L. Leonard, keeper of lock-
up
92 00
D. D. Sullivan, legal advice in liquor
cases
76 00
W. B. Chandler, police duty
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44 .50
S. S. Lovell, police duty 67 00 .
Everett T. Lincoln
31 00
F. C. King
18 00
Samuel Hathaway .
61 00
John M. Luippold
36 00
Sylvanus Mendall
18 00
Ichabod Thomas
22 00
Benjamin W. Bump
37 52
1,427 20
Unexpended
$137 92
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TOWN HALL ACCOUNT.
Appropriation $400 00
Received for rents 1,251 92
From Fourth District Court 402 94
$2,054 86
Overdrawn
702 94
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$1,651 92
Orders drawn :
Middleboro Gas & Electric Plant $471 24
Amos H. Eaton, agent, salary 150 00
B. F. Johnson, janitor, salary 420 00
· Repairs and supplies
70 45
Fred C. Sparrow
2 25
J. & G. E. Doane
.
14 75
Thomas W. Peirce
15 31
F. A. Johnson
14 50
India Alkali Works
6 37
J. B. LeBaron
22 50
Ichabod Thomas 3 00
Samuel Hathaway, police duty . 1
15 00
W. B. Chandler, police duty . 1 00
Bryant & Soule, coal . ·
64 68
Whitman, Sparrow & Co.
2 50
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1,273 55
Unexpended .
$378 37
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SEWERS.
Unexpended
$463 76
From sewer permits
125 00
$588 76
Orders drawn :
Martin O. Rounseville
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$58 00
A. G. Hayes
5 00
63 00
Unexpended .
$525 76
SPRINKLING STREETS.
Appropriation
$600 00
Assessed on abuttors
600 00
$1,200 00
Orders drawn
$600 00
CONCRETE SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation
$200 00
Unexpended
11 37
$211 37
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Orders drawn from appropriation for board of health for salaries :
James A. Burgess .
$320 00
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TREE WARDEN.
Appropriation
$500 00
T. S. Phinney
31 25
L. S. Bailey .
32 35
Mrs. H. O. Peirce
5 80
Fletcher L. Barrows
6 90
Orders drawn :
Bowker Chemical Co.
$160 35
C. W. H. Moulton
34 00
Luther S. Bailey
360 00
J. & G. E. Doane
10 95
C. W. Maxim
7 30
572 60
Unexpended
$3 70
For details, see tree warden's report.
EDWIN F. WITHAM, LYMAN P. THOMAS, CHARLES W. KINGMAN, Selectmen of Middleborough, Mass.
$576 30
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REPORT OF FISH WARDENS.
To divide with Lakeville, 1901
$21 75
Paid Lakeville, July 16, 1902
$2 41
Credited incidental account
19 34
$21 75
Received from sale of herrings
$206 00
Received from towns down the river, 110 00
$316 00
Orders drawn :
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D. D. Sullivan
$5 00
D. F. Wilbur
17 40
William B. Thomas
130 00
Charles H. Tobey .
5 00
E. F. Witham ·
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5 00
C. W. Kingman .
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5 00
C. N. Simmons
15 00
182 40
To divide with Lakeville
$133 60
Paid town of Lakeville, Dec. 30
$14 05
Credited to incidentals
119 55
$133 60
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E. F. WITHAM, C. W. KINGMAN, Fish Wardens of the Town of Middleboro, Mass.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
To the Board of Selectmen :
The following are highway, State highway, snow and town team bills, etc., as rendered since January 1st, 1902 :
Appropriation for highways, 1902 ·
. $10,000 00
Unexpended balance 1901 1 60
Received for sprinkling
1,288 20
Received of East Taunton Street R'y Co. 73 57
Received of Brockton & Middleboro Street Rail-
way Co.
873 66
Received of Middleboro, Wareham & Buzzard's
Bay Street R. R. Co.
2,448 23
Received of Peirce trustees
320 31
Received of John Caples
2 25
Received of W. S. Barden
20 00
Received of L. Green'
4 50
Received of C. E. Leonard
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8 00
Received of Catholic Society
2 60
Received of Paul Silva .
18 00
Received of Acme Machine Co.
12 00
Received of Thomas J. Connors
8 00
Received of New England Telephone Co.
14 91
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Received of State Treasurer ·
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$1,853 09
Received of A. M. Peckham, for hogs
65 19
Received of State road account
45 50
$17,059 61
The following orders have been approved for payment of teams, labor, etc., to assistants in their sections, of which there are sixteen :
S. N. Shiverick
. $5,359 95
A. R. Dunham
426 70
Charles Cobb
31 61
Charles E. Pratt
261 72
Charles H. Shaw
255 43
Elijah S. Ober
192 13
H. A. Thompson
77 96
H. W. Atwood
226 11
Walter Bryant
374 06
S. L. Pratt ,
369 88
Ichabod Thomas
191 38
Shadrack Atwood
166 93
W. A. Shaw
374 93
Abner Wood
164 70
J. H. Tripp. .
18 89
Amos S. Buckman
195 96
Henry C. Tinkham
23 18
William Clark
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452 48
Orlando F. Carver
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205 20
Josiah H. Thomas
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343 52
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EXPENSES ON ACCOUNT OF SNOW SINCE JANUARY 1ST, 1902.
$274 83
A. R. Dunham
64 70
Charles Cobb
29 80 -
Charles H. Shaw
20 00
Elijah S. Ober
18 00
H. A. Thompson . .
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25 00.
Walter Bryant
82 83
S. L. Pratt
98 23
Ichabod Thomas
67 70.
Shadrack Atwood
8 37
W. A. Shaw
40 40
Abner Wood
37 05
J. H. Tripp
26 40
Amos S. Buckman
21 74
Henry C. Tinkham
61 47
William Clark
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44 29
Orlando F. Carver
39 70
GENERAL EXPENSES.
Wylie Brothers, machinists $19 90
John McNally, teaming, etc. 11 64
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., lumber ·
190 57
M. H. Cushing & Co., grain and hay 380 06
T. W. Pierce, merchandise 37 24
A. J. Bailey, painting sprinklers, signs, etc. 55 00
C. W. Maxim, lumber and milling . ·
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Taylor Steel Co., castings $21 00
Taunton Locomotive Co., iron, steel and re-
pairing ·
57 50
Acme Co., cheek plates and bushings · .
20 00
E. H. Cromwell, repairing
2 50
F. F. Tillson, balance on bridge work
13 25
O. S. Kelly Co., yoke, glands, etc. 52 41
Alexander Eaton, freight on yoke and horse hire
13 07
E. W. Thomas, for land taken on Wareham street 25 00
John McCormick, account of Water street bridge, etc. 696 13
F. C. Norris, cushions .
4 40
C. W. Baker, damage to team . - · ·
12 00
W. F. Dean, sawing and stakes .
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H. C. Stoehr, stable goods 5 68
A. R. Dunham, repairing pump, North Middle- borough 2 00
J. & G. E. Doane, merchandise 234 70
E. O. Parker, grain 101 13
A. C. Cooseboom, blacksmithing and shoeing 60 45
Walter Beals, surveying
7 00
G. W. Tibbetts, scraper blades and bolts 17 50
Waters Governor Co., gears . ·
1 60
A. C. Norris, harness repairing and stable goods, 14 55
A. A. Clafflin, valve and packing 6 73 · ·
Bryant & Soule, coal . .
97 05
Bryant & Soule, hay and grain · 269 65
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Howard Bishop, labor on snow $2 50
Good Roads Co., tools . 23 25
E. Downing, 193 tons, 1565 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 96 88
H. Green, 41 tons, 1145 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 20 79 Alex Eaton, 82 tons, 275 lbs. stone at 50 cts. . 41 07
Alex Eaton, 84 tons stone at 35 cts.
29 40
C. E. Weston, 116 tons, 1145 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 58 29
T. B. West, 259 tons, 985 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 129 74
O. Warren, 97 tons, 445 lbs. stone at 50 cts. . 48 61
C. H. Thomas, 52 tons, 560 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 26 14
C. H. Thomas, 108 tons, 1415 lbs. stone at 35 cts. 38 04
George Sampson, 28 tons, 800 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 14 20
F. Stets, 22 tons, 710 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 11 18
G. Simmons, 425 tons, 875 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 212 72 C. H. Shaw, 136 tons, 650 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 68 16
I. Porter, 14 tons, 1570 lbs. stone at 50 cts. .
7 39
S. L. Pratt, 92 tons, 230 lbs. stone at 50 cts. . 46.06
A. B. Paun, 50 tons, 710 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 25 18
A. B. Paun, 84 tons, 1 lb. stone at 15 cts. 12 60
E. S. Ober, 129 tons, 170 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 64 54
J. B. Knowland, 12 tons, 340 lbs. stone at 15 cts. 1 82
Edward Matthews, 55 tons, 1340 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 27 83
John McNally, 99 tons, 1590 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 49 90
John Mullens, 24 tons, 120 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 12 03
Galen Lovell, 100 tons, 1350 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 50 34
Lewis Hathaway, 55 tons, 350 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 27 59
Ednah Drake, 13 tons, 770 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 6 69
William Downing, 41 tons, 1500 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 20 88 John Deane, 30 tons, 1695 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 15 42
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O. F. Carver, 55 tons, 1660 lbs. stone at 50 cts. $27 91
John Caples, 35 tons, 1300 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 17 82
C. H. Carpenter estate, 12 tons, 890 lbs. stone at 25 cents 3 12
John Chace, 68 tons, 1395 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 34 35
T. Cleverly, 44 tons, 1470 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 22 37
Sylvanus Bump, 32 tons, 1975 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 16 49
W. S. Barden, 99 tons, 1680 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 49 92
Job Braley, 126 tons, 160 lbs. stone at 50 cts. 63 04
Job Braley, 108 tons, 1415 lbs. stone at 15 cts. 16 31
Ames Plow Co., two carts
277 89
Keystone Lubricating Co., grease · . .
2 00
William Downing, two scythes · . .
1 50
Horace Ryder, tools, whiffletrees, etc. .
13 05
G. H. Simmons, cord of pine wood 2 50
Enameled Iron Co., 39 street signs at 60 cents,
23 4,0
Thomas T. Peirce estate, hay
200 00
M. O. Rounseville, stone work *
452 95
Middleboro Harness Co., stable supplies, etc.
14 55
C. E. Weston, 3 acres of grass
50 00
M. T. Soule, blacksmithing
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Dr. A. G. Walker, veterinary
3 00
John Chace, car fares paid . .
54 15
John Chace, dynamite
3 75
Joseph Canovan, stone work .
7 50
Frederick Standish, painting signs
4 00
J. H. Vaughan, on bridge work
12 00
Electric Light Co., stable light
6 00
A. S. Buckman, driving well .
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L. Dean, sledge handles .
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Smith & Hathaway, books 3 03 · ·
Edward Sisson, blacksmithing 4 15 · .
L. B. Pratt, carting sand .
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C. P. Washburn, grain . 30 72 .
Winslow Pratt estate, building for scales . 10 00 .
T. G. Ford, blacksmithing 25 90 . .
John Miller, water tanks . .
7 00
Dennis Perkins, pair of shoats
7 00
L. P. Thomas, plank and dynamite . .
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B. Caswell, killing two hogs 3 50
S. N. Shiverick, concrete crossings and repairs, 1901, 89 00
S. N. Shiverick, roofing cart shed .
14 40
S. N. Shiverick, freight on carts ·
7 70
S. N. Shiverick, freight on elevator 5 25
S. N. Shiverick, incidental account .
26 62
S. N. Shiverick, for services, January 1, 1902,
. to January 1, 1903 900 00 .
Paid State Treasurer on account State road
71 76
$17,007 26
Appropriation and credits $17,059 61
Expended
17,007 26
Balance .
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RECEIPTS FROM TOWN TEAMS AND STABLE, JANUARY, 1902, TO JANUARY, 1903.
Hours worked by teams per pair, 7,064 hours ; $2.50 per day of nine hours; three pairs of horses, including hired team $1,962 22
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Grain and hay, January 1, estimated
$160 00
Received for manure 20 25
Manure at stable
20 00
Received of W. S. Barden, on cart . ·
20 00
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Manure exchanged for stone
21 00
$2,268 66
MAINTENANCE OF TOWN TEAMS.
Paid M. H. Cushing & Co., grain and hay $375 06
E. O. Parker, grain 101 13
Bryant & Soule, grain and hay ·
269 65
C. P. Washburn, grain .
114 72
A. C. Cooseboom, shoeing .
50 45
T. G. Ford, shoeing
25 90
Edward Sisson, shoeing .
4 15
Middleboro Harness' Co.
12 10
Electric light . ·
6 00
Thomas T. Peirce estate, hay ·
200 00
C. E. Weston, grass 50 00
Stable rent 50 00
A. T. Eaton, use of horses for sprinkler 165 00
Stable care of horses 200 00
A. C. Norris, harness repairing, etc. 14 55
Ames Plow Co., two new carts 277 89
$1,916 60
Balance in teams' favor, not including buying two new carts $352 06
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In 1900 the County Commissioners issued a decree to straighten Wareham street, necessitating the building of one and one-half miles of new road, beginning near the residence of John Carver and terminating near the residence of Mr. Wilbur. Three-fourths of a mile of the same was built in 1901, except gravelling or grading suitable for crushed stone. The past year the balance has nearly been completed suit- able for macadamizing. In 1902 the State Commission was petitioned to grant an extension of the State Highway, and recognized the request by meeting the town half way in cost of building the above balance of three-fourths of a mile, and also an extension of one and one-half miles of macadamizing to be added to State road, including three-fourths of a mile of the new road. Cost, as estimated by State Commission, $5,280 00.
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