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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLETON
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1917
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLETON
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1917
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MIDDLETON
PUBLIC
LIBRARY
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Cr.
Unexpended Balance last year
$ 168 11
Town Appropriation 3,200 00
State School Fund 802 19
Received for Superintendent 187 50
Received from State Tuition of children
187 00
Received County for dog tax
222 49
Received Town of North Andover for tuition 50 00
Received from Clifton Berry for tuition 50 00
Overdrawn 119 05
$4,986 34
Dr.
Walter E. Smith, transportation children $600 00
Henry A. Jones, transportation 883 20
H. R. Williams, Superintendent 200 00
Eli E. Richardson, services as janitor 400 00
Eli E. Richardson, cash paid and service 7 00
C. Alice Manning services, as teacher
624 00
Caroline M. Knight, services as teacher 507 00
Fannie C. Hinkley, services as teacher 507 00
Elizabeth Henderson, services as teacher 507 00
Genie F. Kimball, teaching music 156 00
Paula L. Clough, teacher of drawing
40 00
Elizabeth Burnham, teacher of drawing
32 00
Gertrude Haywood, teaching sewing 84 00
J. A. MacDougall, Superintendent 126 64
Danvers Water Board
30 00
Oscar Sheldon, coal
243 25
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
James W. Ogden, wood 5 50
A. N. Palmer & Co., certificates for graduation 5 05
Newcomb & Gauss, programs 5 60
Marion Dunham, substituting 1 10
Gladys Cronin, substituting 22 00
$4,986 34
High School Department
Town of Danvers, tuition
$1,178 00
Town of Peabody, tuition
100 00
Town of Reading, tuition
60 00
$1,338 00
School Books and Supplies
Town appropriation
$300 00
Wm. G. Webber's bill reimbursed
14 07
Overdrawn 50 97
$365 04
Overdrawn last year
$34 26
Milton Bradley Co., sewing material
4 43
Oliver Ditson Co., music
6 80
Deland & Co., carpenters' tools
11 70
Wm. G. Webber Co., material for sewing
14 07
A. N. Palmer & Co., writing material
9 35
Newcomb & Gauss, tickets and postage 1 70
H. R. Williams, cash postage, etc.
3 39
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Ginn & Co., books
9 12
Wm. G. Webber Co., ribbon
1 80
C. Alice Manning
85
Davenport & Brown, wood for Sloyd work
8 25
Little, Brown & Co., school supplies
6 64
McMullan & Co., text books
12 80
J. L. Hammett & Co.
8 84
Library Bureau, record cards
1 37
Edward E. Babb & Co., books, paper etc. 230 17
$365 04
School Incidentals
Town appropriation
$750 00
Overdrawn
105 07
$855 07
Overdrawn last year
$328 60
Leland J. Ross, brushes, etc.
4 00
H. M. Bixby, supplies for janitors
3 34
George A. Smith, cement work
20 01
A. M. Clark, sundries
5 43
Milo A. Newhall & Co., printing reports
28 75
H. R. Williams, postage, etc.
4 65
M. E. Tyler, use of team, postage, etc.
11 55
C. F. Tomkins, chiffonier
5 20
Eli E. Richardson, cleaning and repairing
41 00
Paine Smith Co., repairing toilets
152 66
George W. Newman, painting outside of school house
230 60
L. B. Philbrick, paint supplies
7 30
A. P. Tyler, incidentals
11 98
$855 07
CURRENT EXPENSE DEPARTMENT
Town Officers
M. E. Tyler, services as assessor Jan. to Mar. $11 25
M. E. Tyler, work on last year's accounts 59 00
M. E. Tyler, services as registrar 4 50
Frank B. Tyler, services as auditor 35 00
F. E. Campbell, services as treasurer January to March 25 00
F. E. Campbell, services as sealer 10 00
Oscar Cram, services as constable 1915 36 60
H. K. Richardson, work on last year's accounts 55 50
H. K. Richardson, services as registrar 4 50
J. W. Ogden, work on last year's accounts 40 50
J. W. Ogden, services as registrar 4 50
Lyman S. Wilkins, services as registrar 1915 9 00
M. E. Tyler, services as Selectman 150 75
M. E. Tyler, time spent with special auditor Winslow 30 00
H. E. Howe, time spent with special auditor Winslow 12 25
H. E. Howe, services as Selectman 107 50
M. E. Tyler, services as assessor 147 50
H. K. Richardson, services as Selectman 75 00
H. K. Richardson, work on statistics 12 00
H. K. Richardson, services as registrar 5 00
M. E. Tyler, services as registrar
9 50
H. E. Howe, services as registrar 9 50
H. K. Richardson, services Jan. to Mar. 1916 10 00
B. T. McGlauflin, services as Overseer 35 00
A. P. Tyler, services as Town Clerk, car- fare, etc. 53 86
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CURRENT EXPENSE DEPARTMENT
Lyman S. Wilkins, services as Registrar 10 50
Frank B. Tyler, auditing tax books, etc. 11 50
Lyman S. Wilkins, services as Assessor 87 00
Fred E. Campbell, services Treasurer, March 1 to November 15 89 25
Ansel P. Tyler, services as School Committee 35 00
B. T. McGlauflin, services as Moderator 5 00
B. T. McGlauflin, services as Water Commissioner 10 00
B. Frank Phillips, services as Assessor 55 00
W. A. Russell, constable 35 00
H. E. Howe, services as Overseer 30 00
George W. Ewing, School Committee and School Physician 45 00
William T. Martin, Treasurer, November 15 to December 30 19 25
Fred E. Campbell, services as Water Com- missioner 5 00
Oscar Sheldon, services as Water Com- missioner 5 00
William E. Sanford, Overseer of Poor 25 00
$1,420 71
Miscellaneous Bills
James W. Ogden, team on Swiderski case $1 00
M. E. Tyler, team, carfare and postage 2 87
Globe Stamp Works, stamp 50
Danvers Water Works, cleaning hydrants 7 00
Electric Light Dept., light in Town Hall 7 95
George Ogden, labor or flag staff 3 00
Oscar H. Sheldon, coal and wood for Town Hall 2 75
8
MISCELLANEOUS
Oscar H. Sheldon, coal for Lockup 70
T. J. Russell, stationery 5 00
Lyman S. Wilkins, Cattle Inspector for 1915 50 00
Milo A. Newhall, printing warrant 4 50
Danvers Hardware Co., door bolt 5 00
W. P. Early, stock and labor in Town Hall 7 00
George W. Ewing, damage to auto on Boston Street 48 75
M. E. Tyler, carfare, postage and cash paid for supplies 2 72
Electric Light Dept., light in Town Hall 3 15
D. E. Woodward, lamps and fuse plugs for Town Hall 7 15
T. J. Russell, 500 blanks 2 00
O. H. Sheldon, wood for Town Hall 2 00
F. A. Butler, labor on toilets 1 22
Danvers Mirror Print, printing ballots 9 75
O. H. Sheldon, two tons coal for Town Hall 16 50
Danvers Water Board, water for Town Hall 9 00 F. E. Campbell, cash paid for Election Officers 24 00 Electric Light Dept., light for Town Hall 6 75
Danvers Water Board, repairing water main 6 75
Charles F. Gettemy, certifying Town Note 2 00
Oscar Cram, stamps for Town reports 3 40
Caskin & O'Connell, repairs on furnace 7 60
Lyman S. Wilkins, Inspector of Slaugh- tering 1915 40 00
O. H. Sheldon, blowing out hydrants 3 00
J. A. Atwood, clearing snow in cemetery 5 25
Milo A. Newhall & Co., printing Town Reports 59 55 D. E Woodward, lamps for Hall 1 30
A. M. Clark, supplies at Election and Hall 2 81
H. A. Hatch, services as committee on auditing account 10 00
Ira W. Kitchin, services as committee
on auditing account 10 00
9
MISCELLANEOUS
C. T. Bagnall, printing order books 10 01 Guy Pope Co., Treas. and Tax Collectors bonds 50 00
H. O. Hatch, services as moderator 15 00 C. R. Tapley, bond for electric light manager 2 50 M. E. Tyler, use of team, assessing, care- fare, postage, etc. 7 42
Wakefield Item, canvassing books for assessors 1 85
B. T. McGlauflin, labor on water pipe on Liberty Street 15 00
O. H. Sheldon, labor on water pipe (special) 12 02
M. B. Paige, drain pipe 25 00
F. E. Campbell, cash paid Election Officers 10 50
Allan E. Crosby, repairing traffic signals 1 25
Milo A. Newhall, 500 letterheads 4 00
Electric Light Dept., light in Town Hall 9 75
O. H. Sheldon, wood and coal for Hall 9 25 F. E. Campbell, stationery, carfare and postage 6 15 Ira W. Kitchin, services as committee auditing account 27 00
H. A. Hatch, services as committee auditing account 10 00
L. M. Winslow, auditing account
50 75
Weeks & Dotin Co., printing 1 40
George W. Newman, labor and stock, painting flag staff 8 00
Electric Light, light in Town Hall
8 55
M. E. Tyler, team, assessing, carfare and expressing 5 76
H. A. Hatch, services as committee, car- fare and telephone auditing account 27 60
Ira W. Kitchin, services as committee auditing account 3 10
O. H. Sheldon, grading at three roads, special 9 98
O. H. Sheldon, work on catch basin at Newman's 5 76
10
MISCELLANEOUS
A. M. Clark, rope for flag staff 58
Merchants Bank, use of vault draw 3 00
Edward E. Vaughan, recount of tree warden vote 1 50 Oscar Cram, stamps for auditors' notice 3 64
M. E. Tyler, team, assessing, postage and carfares 2 04
Electric Light Department, light in Town Hall 4 65 Oscar Cram, addressing and mailing reports 5 12
Cecil T. Bagnall, printing voting lists, warrants and stationery 17 92
Oscar H. Sheldon, coal for Town Hall 62 00
Leslie M. Winslow, auditing accounts 94 80
George B. Ogden, labor on flag staff 3 50
Electric Light Department, light in Town Hall 3 60 W. and L. E. Gurley, supplies for sealer 3 46
Cecil T. Bagnall, printing list of assessed polls 10 75 Wakefield Item, posters and dog blanks 2 50 Electric Light Department, light in Town Hall 3 15 Milo A Newhall & Co., reports for auditing committee 23 00
Hobbs & Warren, Tax collector's book 3 58
M. E. Tyler, postage, carfare and cash paid for labor 3 43
Ropes Brothers, Cement for gutter on Maple Street 8 63
W. P. Early, stock and labor for sealer 75
F. E. Campbell, carfares, postage, tele- phone and receipt book 5 60
A. M. Clark, supplies for Hall 98
Fairbanks & Co., supplies for sealer 4 62
H. E. Howe, carfare and expenses 3 37
Hobbs & Warren, supplies for Poor Dept. 12 83
Electric Light Depatrment, light in Hall 75
Cecil T. Bagnall, printing tax bills 6 00
M. E. Tyler, team, carfare, postage and telephone 3 49
11
MISCELLANEOUS
Mrs. Chandler, cleaning Town Hall 2 20
F. E. Campbell, cash paid Election Officers 20 00
Henry A. Young, stationery and postage 15 00
Danvers Water Board, water for Hall 9 00
Fairbanks Company, Inspection book 4 28
Danvers Mirror Print, envelopes 2 75
W. and L. E. Gurley, sealers' supplies 7 14
Electric Light Department, light for Hall 4 05
Henry A. Young, expense on advertising 4 50
O. H. Sheldon, coal for Town Hall 1 20
M. E. Tyler, use of team, telephone, and expenses 7 72
F. E. Campbell, cash paid Election Officer 36 00
O. H. Sheldon, moving Kelley building 9 54 .
R. J. Walsh, express on pipe and cement 3 40
Leland J. Ross, cuspidors for Town Hall 8 00
Electric Light Department, light for Hall 6 90
Boston & Maine R. R., wire privilege 5 00
B. T. McGlauflin, labor on water pipe 8 52
M. E. Tyler, use of team, postage, tele- phone cash paid for sundries 5 55
Edward K. Tolman, ballot box 50 00
C. R Tapley, liability insurance 50 00
M. B. Paige, drain pipe 2 82
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, boiler for Hall 3 25
Caskin & O'Connell, repairing furnaces 43 75
F. E. Campbell, carfare and stationery 3 40
A. P.Tyler, registraring, searching records etc. 19 49 Henry A. Young, cash paid for Town Hall lawn 2 50 A. M. Clark, lunch for Election Officers 2 69
A. M. Clark, supplies for Hall 1 45
Electric Light Department, light in Hall 5 85
B. Frank Phillips, team for assessing 7 00
Lilla D. Stott, abstracts 15 70
F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., stationery 2 25
12
MISCELLANEOUS
Hobbs & Warren, book for sealer and tax summons 1 56
W. T. Martin, carfare, and postage, etc. 2 24
O. H. Sheldon, moving safe 1 50
W. E. Sanford, postage stamps 1 00
J. A. Atwood, Superintendent of Burials 15 00
Danvers Water Board, repairing hydrants 66 78 Lyman S. Wilkins, services as Cattle Inspector 75 00 M. E. Tyler, expense out of Town, cash paid and telephone 3 36
Lyman S. Wilkins, Inspector of Slaughtering 40 00 H. K. Richardson, incidentals 20 00
Henry A. Young, services janitors of Hall 119 15 Electric Light Department, light in Town Hall 6 15 G. P. Pope, insurance on moth work 74 66
$1,816 66
Account of Expert Auditing of Books
Dr.
Leslie M. Winslow, services rendered $145 55
H. A. Hatch, services as committee 47 60
Ira W. Kitchin, services as committee 40 10
Milo A. Newhall & Co., getting out report 23 00
Oscar Cram, posting and addressing reports 5 12
M. E. Tyler, time spent with auditor 30 00
H. Erskine Howe, time spent with auditor 12 25
$303 62
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STATE AID DEPARTMENT
Soldiers' Relief
Waldo Wilkins
$36 00
Sarah P. Johnson
36 00
Lucy W. Peabody
36 00
Mary E. Groce
36 00
Mary R. Trask, rent for Sarah P. Johnson
40 00
$184 00
State Aid Department
John E. Jones
$48 00
Alexander Murray
48 00
Henry Peabody
72 00
Benjamin F. Gould
72 00
Scott Williams
72 00
Annie J. Sheldon
48 00
Henry A. White
48 00
Elmira W. Flagg
72 00
Sarah P. Johnson
72 00
Lucy W. Peabody
72 00
Mary E. Groce
72 00
Susan A. Stewart
72 00
Mureatt A. Shepard
72 00
Abbie J. Parsons
72 00
Laura E. Peabody
48 00
Addison Stone
54 00
Mary A. Leavitt
72 00
Wilson T. Nye
72 00
Olive Boutwell
72 00
Augusta C. Bousley
48 00
$1,278 00
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TOWN HALL ACCOUNT
State Aid (Mexican Border)
Mildred E. Peabody
$45 00
Eva M. Butler
50 00
Henrietta F. Smith
45 00
Vinnie D. Sheldon
50 00
$190 00
TOWN HALL ACCOUNT
Dr.
Henry A. Young, janitor service
$119 15
Henry A. Young, cash paid on lawn 2 50
Oscar Sheldon, coal and wood for Hall
92 50
Danvers Water Board, water
18 00
A. M. Clark, supplies
2 43
Electric Lighting Co., light for Hall
71 25
$305 83
Cr.
Received of Improved Order of Red Men
$67 00
Received of Middleton Grange 39 40
Received of Congregational Church
11 25
Received of entertainment and dances
48 40
$166 05
Balance against the Town
139 78
$305 83
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
Board of Health
Dr. C. F. Deering, returning births $ 75
M. E. Tyler, burial permits 2 20
Town of Peabody, board of Mrs. Anton Swiderski 16 72
Mrs. Frank Bendal, nursing Mrs. Swiderski 16 25
Eugene Brown, burying two dogs 1 00
L. Earl Collins, cleaning Henry Peabody's house 6 41 A. M. Clark, supplies 1 32
Dr. Geo. W. Ewing, care of Mrs. Swiderski 13 50
Dr. George W. Ewing, attending Henry Peabody 1 50
Hobbs & Warren, record book 1 32
M. E. Tyler, time and team, etc. 14 00
George W. Ewing, disinfecting W. B. Perkins' house 5 00
J. A. Atwood, returning deaths 3 50
$83 47
Police Department
First District Court, Carrie E. Morgan case 2 38
W. A. Russell for District Court, in case
of J. J. Kelley and Jennie Kelley 4 49
W. A. Russell, for District Court in case of Frank Swiderski March 11 6 39
W. A. Russell, for District Court, in case of Samuel L. Peabody 4 84
Eugene L. Brown, to Danvers about Samuel L. Peabody 5 00
Harry Richardson, care of prisoner 2 75
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FOREST FIRES
W. A. Russell, from District Court in case of Fred Mayberry 5 19
M. E. Tyler, use of team 1 00
George I. Rowley, July 4th police 5 00
John Bent, July 4th police 5 00
Oscar Sheldon, July 4th police 5 00
Oscar Sheldon, two trips to park 2 00
Everett Bryer, July 4th police 5 00
Harry Richardson, night watchman
2 00
A. R. Richardson, care of prisoner 2 50
W. P. Early, auto service 1 00
Harry Richardson, services at lockup
2 37
Oscar Sheldon, coal for lockup 80
Albert Sheldon, service at lockup
3 00
Oscar Sheldon, to Red Inn 1 00
W. A. Russell, officers fees in case of Chas. B. McKenney 3 28
W. A. Russell, officers fees in case of Anderson Smith 4 33
W. A. Russell, officers fees in boys' case 3 69
A. M. Clark, use of truck 1 00
M. L. Sullivan, in McKenney case 10 00
Burton McGlauflin, team 1 00
W. A. Russell, officers fees Carrie E. Morgan 3 38
W. A. Russell, police work for year 166 62
$260 01
Building and Forest Fires
L. G. Estey, work at fire at J. F. Hayward $ 5 00
L. G. Estey, work at fire, at Maplewood Inn 17 50 L. G. Estey, work at fire at Boarding house South Middleton 17 80
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CURRENT EXPENSE ACCOUNT
L. G. Estey, work at fire at Log bridge, etc. 22 90 Oscar Sheldon, work at fire, at Bryon Chicks 3 00
L. G. Estey, work at fire at Haswell Park 7 65 Oscar Sheldon, work at fire at Fred Bous- ley's house 10 40
Oscar Sheldon, work at fire at River Street 2 00
Oscar Sheldon, work at fire at Early's garage 6 00
Oscar Sheldon, work at fire at John Richardson's house 12 20
Oscar Sheldon, extinguishing a fire on automobile 3 00
L. G. Esty, forest fire work Howe's and North Main Street 13 40
Oscar Sheldon, fire at John Bent's and Frank Gould's house 59 90
Oscar Sheldon, fire work at H. A. Towne's camp 10 90
L. G. Estey, work at fire off Maple Street 2 00
L. G. Estey, work at fire South Main Essex and Liberty Street 26 80
Oscar Sheldon, work at fire at E. S.
Hutchinson's house 17 20
$237 65
Current Expense Account
Cr.
Town Appropriation $3,000 00
Received from Merchants Bank, interest 74 38
First District Court account fines 93 85
Received from State, on account of Mothers' Aid 41 67
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CURRENT EXPENSE ACCOUNT
Received from State, compensation of In-
spector of Animals 25 00
Received from State, public service tax 155 51
Received from State, corporation business tax 117 73
Received from State, National Bank tax 54
Received from State, part reimbursement for loss of taxes 68 96
Received from State, Soldiers' exemptions
45 31
Received from State, Burial of Indigent
Soldiers 50 00
Received from State, State aid 1,140 00
Received from State, Department of weights and measures 6 00
Town of Danvers, tax on land around pond 108 00
Received of G. P. Pope, return premium 4 38
Received from junk dealers' license 20 00
Received from Hinkley and Hart, butchers' license 1 00
Received from R. D. Hurlburt, butchers'
license 1 00
Received from B. T. McGlauflin, auc- tioneer's license 2 00
Received from F. E. Campbell, sealer's fees
40
Received from J. W. Milberrry, sealer's fees 9 49
Received from Ed. F. and M. Merrill, for cemetery lot 15 00
Received from C. R. Stiles, balance on cemetery lot 5 00
Received from Eli E. and Hannah Rich- ardson, cemetery lot 18 00
Received from J. W. Milberry, for cem- etery lot 18 00
Received from Roland Peabody, for cem- etery lot 18 00
Received from W. B. Perkins, for cem- etery lot 18 00
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Received from Henry A. Young, receipts for rent of Hall 166 05
Received from Daniel Richardson, out house sold 10 00
Received from M. L. Hayward, for old record books
14 19
Received from L. P. Fletcher, for ink
25
Cummings Fund to pay part of Soldiers' Relief 151 76
$5,398 87
Dr.
Town Officers' bills
$1,420 71
Miscellaneous bills
1,742 03
Soldiers' Relief bills
184 00
State Aid account
1,278 00
State Aid, Mexican border
190 00
Board of Health
83 47
Police Department
260 01
Building and forest fires
237 65
$5,395 87
Unexpended balance
3 00
$5,398 87
Highway Department Cr.
Unexpended balance $1,061 54
Town Appropriation
900 00
Bay State St. R. R. Co., Excise tax
1,144 19
Received for extra labor at Ferncroft
10 00
$3,115 73
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Dr.
J. P. Langmaid & Co., drain pipe $11 60
John T. Hood, hauling stone 4 30
Allen E. Crosby, repairing tools 11 35
O. F. Kress & Son, shafts for road machine 2 50
A. M. Clark, supplies for highway
6 42
N. E. Road Machine Co., repairs for road machine 19 10
A. M. Clark, supplies
1 10
Benjamin Metcalf, drain pipe
4 00
N. E. Road Machine Co., repairs
5 55
Ropes Brothers, Cement
5 63
Ames Plow Co., tools
32 92
Joseph Friend
6 00
W. E. Sanford, labor and team
118 41
W. E. Sanford, gravel
22 95
Fred A. Richardson
50
Albert Daniels
48 36
Otto Currier
3 63
Thomas Knight
3 13
James Rier
1 88
L. Earl Collins
30 13
Charles O. Currier, labor and team
131 76
Oscar Sheldon, labor, team and cash paid
552 64
Harry Richardson
20 14
Frank Curtis
63
Joseph Lewis
19 39
Arthur Fuller
4 00
Charles F. Floyd
2 50
George Ogden
14 50
Arthur Gould
10 00
Will Gould
9 25
James Derrah
13 50
Ralph Currier
44 01
Arthur Nichols
108 97
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Frank Evans
126 60
Ralph Richardson
25 51
Boston & Maine R. R. freight
60
William Harkness
21 38
Jesse Peabody
5 38
H. K. Richardson, gravel
17 40
John G. Hood, labor and team
157 60
W. W. Wilkins
38 83
Alfred Kitchen
5 13
Eugene Grady
14 50
Sam Peabody
17 75
G. A. Smith
1 50
Roland McDonald, gravel
1 50
John Jones
5 16
William Cavanan
1 55
Richard Walsh
4 22
Milton Collins
1 69
Porter Durkee
84
Clyde Hood
3 00
George E. Smith
4 75
Albert Sheldon
6 44
Henry A. Young
6 00
Benjamin Merrifield, labor and team
154 73
F. C. Skinner, labor and team
38 88
Roy Eaton
62 47
H. Erskine Howe
11 26
Thomas Bott
25
C. O. Floyd
13 63
Milton W. Berry
9 38
John P. Fuller
80 64
George E. Currier
11 50
Arthur Curtis
35 66
Charles Gould
33 97
Ernest Curtis
13 97
John Lord
5 00
Arthur Gould
2 00
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
George Durkee
19 50
H. A. Hatch
26 01
Frank Smith
7 13
Morrill Young
2 00
Henry Groce
4 13
Ira Kitchen
4 38
Jeremiah F. Currier
122 77
Wilson Floyd
2 00
$2,399 34
Cost of removing snow 1916
655 60
Actual amt. used for improving highways $1,743 74 Entire cost of highway work including snow 2,399 34 Balance of Excise Tax not used . 716 39
$3,115 73
Boston St. Special Appropriation
Balance unexpended
$581 10
Received from Essex County
500 00
$1,081 10
Allen L. Crosby, repairing tools
$ 17 00
Danvers Hardware Co., dynamite
9 45
Leland J. Ross, dynamite and fuse
9 23
Arthur Peabody, kerosene
99
Oscar Sheldon, labor and cash paid
358 70
Frank Evans
129 10
Jeremiah F. Currier
113 35
Samuel Peabody
60 48
Albert Daniels
83 68
H. Erskine Howe
17 36
A. R. Richardson
15 19
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BRIDGE DEPARTMENT
Henry A. Young, labor and team
140 43
Eugene Grady Henry T. Cousins
76 64
57 65
$1,079 25
Balance unexpended
1 85
$1,081 10
Bridge Department
Unexpended balance
$84 52
Town Appropriation
50 00
$134 52
Overdrawn
245 53
$380 05
Frank Evans
$27 42
Jeremiah F. Currier
22 36
Eugene Grady
18 42
Henry T. Cousins
27 70
Oscar Sheldon
63 97
Henry A. Young
33 75
Albert Sheldon
2 25
B. & M. R. R., freight
6 30
Arthur M. Clark, nails, pails, and lanterns
4 05
Ropes Brothers, cement
41 73
George McQuestion, lumber
38 09
J. P. Langmaid & Sons, cement
25 00
Calvin Putman Lumber Co., lumber
33 14
Charles I. Gould, sand
5 00
Town of Peabody, half cost of work at South Middleton 28 77
Allen L. Crosby, making bolts
2 10
$380 05
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SIDEWALK DEPARTMENT
Sidewalk Department
Unexpended balance
$309 38 100 00
Town Appropriation
$409 38
George A.Smith, building concrete sidewalks $250 00 Oscar Sheldon, labor and cash paid 57 63
$307 63
Unexpended balance
101 75
$409 38
Tree Warden
Unexpended balance
$ 19 06
Town Appropriation
250 00
Bay State St. R. R.
41 00
$310 06
B. T. McGlauflin
$148 30
J. A. Lewis, labor
26 15
Allan E. Crosby
2 00
W. H. Fuller
6 00
George Durkee, labor
56 10
Burton McGlauflin, labor
4 78
L. N. Russell, labor
39 38
James A. Punchard, labor
6 75
Fred A. Richardson, labor
12 38
A. M. Clark, pails and twine
1 36
John Tupper, ladder
3 13
$306 33
Unexpended
3 73
$310 06
25
MOTH ACCOUNT
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Account
Cr.
Tax to town by requirement of State
$369 60
Received from the State 256 54
Received from private work 19 30
Due for private work on tax collector's book 238 44
Received from State Highway Commission
11 15
Due from State
461 97
Overdrawn on Town Appropriation
12 79
$1,369 79
Dr.
Overdrawn last year
$ 48 58
J. A. Lewis
251 65
George G. Durkee
185 06
Lewis N. Russell
199 40
Burton McGlauflin
78 88
Henry T. Cousins
11 25
Frederick A. Richardson
2 25
C. O. Floyd
2 00
Eugene Grady
18 00
H. E. Howe
20 72
John P. Fuller
39 38
E. B. Woodberry
17 50
James A. Punchard
6 75
Benjamin T. McGlauflin, superintendent
464 16
J. Allen Atwood, gasoline
4 20
J. Jones, gasoline
1 96
Oscar Cram, 260 stamps
2 60
M. E. Tyler, work on notices
4 75
H. E. Howe, work on notices
4 00
A. W. Brownell, moth notices
4 70
26
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
Ansel P. Tyler, administering oaths 1 00
Fred E. Campbell, taking oaths 1 00
$1,369 79
Accounts of Dec. recorded last year 157 75
$1,212 04
Cemetery Department
Unexpended balance
$ 10
Town Appropriation
300 00
$300 10
Danvers Water Board, water
6 00
J. Allen Atwood
57 00
Archie Jones
15 38
Frank Johnson
7 25
Chester Rogers
23 75
Wallace Gerry
51 13
Alfred Kitchin
85
L. E. Collins
1 00
Walter Clayten
124 00
Carter Seed Company
6 25
H. O. Hatch, plumbing
5 50
A. M. Clark, paint and brush
1 40
$299 51
Unexpended
59
$300 10
27
POOR DEPARTMENT
Poor Department
Unexpended balance $388 08
Town Appropriation 400 00
Received from No. Reading, account of Charles and John Cross 10 00
Due from No. Reading, account of Charles and John Cross 27 12
Received from Salem, account of Rose Kelley 185 60 Due from Salem, acct. of Rose Kelley, supplies 36 70 Due from Salem, account of Rose Kelley, medical aid 74 50
Due from Salem, account of Joseph Camere, medical aid 31 25
Received from Town of Franklin, account of O. J. Daniels 36 44
Due from Town of Franklin, account of O. J. Daniels 55 75
Received from State, account of sick paupers 43 00 Due from State, account of Rose Kelley 70 47
Oscar Sheldon, wood and coal for Rose Kelley 5 25 O. H. Sheldon, wood and coal for Rose Kelley 35 00 A. M. Clark, groceries for Rose Kelley 115 17
George E. Currier, wood for Rose Kelley 11 00
E. L. Rogers, medicine for Rose Kelley 16 35
Levy & Son, shoes for Rose Kelley 2 00
Eugene L. Brown, transporting Mrs. Swiderski to Peabody 3 00
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