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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF RUTLAND
FOR THE
Year Ending March 1, 1914
INDED FEB.
23, 17/3
F
*
SETTS+EL
HOME OF RUFUS PUTNAM . 1781-1788
168
WORCESTER:
PRINTED BY EDWARD H. TRIPP 377 MAIN STREET
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TOWN OFFICERS
For the Year Ending March 1, 1914
TOWN CLERK
LOUIS N. HANFF
Term expires 1916
SELECTMEN
WILLIAM C. TEMPLE J. WARREN MOULTON *THOMAS P. O'HERRON
Term expires 1914 Term expires 1916
Term expires 1915
ASSESSORS
*DENNIS A. SMITH JOSEPH E. WARE GEORGE H. MILES
Term expires 1914
Term expires 1916 Term expires 1915
*DENNIS A. SMITH JOSEPH E. WARE LOUIS M. HANFF
Term Expires 1916 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1914
TREASURER, H. EDWARD WHEELER COLLECTOR, CHARLES J. CAMPBELL
WATER COMMISSIONERS
WILLIAM WHITE GEORGE H. MILES D. J. FITZGERALD
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
GEORGE N. LAPHAM LOUIS M. HANFF WILLIAM C. TEMPLE
Term expires 1914 Term expires 1916 Term expires 1915
BOARD OF HEALTH
WILLIAM E. CHAMBERLAIN BAYARD T. CRANE WALTER A. WHEELER
Term expires 1916 Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915
LIBRARY TRUSTEES
WILLIAM C. TEMPLE MRS. MARY E. CONVERSE MRS. SADIE P. MORRIS
Term expires 1916 Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR, FRANK D. FORBUSH AUDITOR, CLIFFORD J. GRAY TREE WARDEN, FRANK D. FORBUSH CONSTABLES
MATTHEW J. CULLEN HOWARD S. DAVIS
MICHAEL H. SCOTT
*Resigned
Term expires 1915 Terin expires 1916 Term expires 1914
OVERSEERS OF POOR
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OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK AND SURVEYORS OF LUMBER JOSEPH E. WARE
CLARENCE W. GRIFFIN ARTHUR E. CODDING
FIELD DRIVERS
JOSEPH E. WARE
HOMER B. LOVERIN HORACE E SMITH
POUND KEEPER, JOHN H. GRIFFIN
CATTLE INSPECTOR, CLINTON B. SCOTT
MEAT AND PROVISION INSPECTOR, CLINTON B. SCOTT (Appointed by Board of Health)
SEALERS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, LOUIS M. HANFF
FENCE VIEWERS
WESTON R. UPHAM
HOWARD S. DAVIS MATTHEW J. CULLEN SOLDIERS' BURIAL AGENT, ROLAND C. PRESCOTT DOG OFFICER, DENNIS A. SMITH
MOTH INSPECTOR, H. EDWARD WHEELER
SPECIAL POLICE
WALTER C. BROWN GEORGE C. ERISKINE WILLARD J. TURNER
DENNIS A. SMITH JOIN W. McGANN FRED J. TUCKER
PUBLIC WEIGHERS
WALTER C. BROWN JOIIN W. McGANN
DEXTER MARSH
LESTER E. GRAVES
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
The following Births, Marriages and Deaths were recorded for the year 1913:
BIRTHS
NAMES
PARENTS
DATE 1913
Ralph E. Clifford L. aud Nellie (Griffin) Parker
Doris Arthur F. and Eva A. (Lucas) Fales
James R. Roland C. Jr. and Ada (Metcalf) Prescott
Clorinda Giovanni and Littizia ( Pari) Cellucia
Francis Joseph and Sophia (Kania) Karp
May 30)
Marion Madeline Lewis R. and Elsie H. (Peabody) Bigelow May 31
Hazel Henry M. and Kathryn (Bogle) Harris June 3
Charles S. Malcolm M. and Edith (Bent) Grant
Evlyn Elizabeth Herman N and Laura E. (Henderson) Bray Mary Germaine Anna Alexander and Blanche ( Collin) Gulsonnet
Burton Henry . John C. and Harriet E. (Weed) Fiske
James F. John H. and Jemima (Flate) Denton
Aug. 8
Edna Louise A. Clifford and Mercie E. (Upham) Wheeler
Aug 17
Fred'k Joseph William A. and Nellie H. (Cahill) Curtis Aug. 17
Evelin Margaret Patrick J. and Beatrice M. (Saulnier) Myers Aug. 25
Edward Michael J. and Mary (O'Connor) Moran
Sept. 5
In Worcester
Oct. 8
Oct. 22
Oct. 25
Mildred Leona Ervin L. and Elizabeth F. (Harrington) Maynard
Minot L. Louis and Mabel (Valeskarp) Cabot
In Worcester Nov. 2 Nov. 12
In Worcester
March 19 In Worcester April 3
In Worcester April 10 In Worcester May 29
June 23
In Worcester
July 4
July 6 In Warren July 15
Mary Alaxander Alexander and Addie L. (Lawless) Henderson Henry Converse James H. Jr. and Mae E. (Converse) Ward Charles P. Alexander and Katherine (Pacol) Lebeaux
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MARRIAGES
DATE 1913
January 20
Ernest J. Hilton
Rutland
Rutland
Inez M. Cameron
Rutland
Jannary 22
James HI. Ward, Jr.
Rutland
Rutland
January 29
Herbert F. Gammon
Holden
Rutland
Emma T. McBride
Rutland
February 11
Morris Swartz
Worcester
Rutland
February 23
William H. Corey
Worcester
Rutland
March 23
Arthur B. Peebles
Andover
Rutland
June 2
Paul S. Wellington
Holden
Rutland
June 10
Thomas P. O' Herron
Clinton
Rutland
June 22
Nutge George
Oakham
Oakham
August 24
Peter Stenwic
Lawrence
Rutland
Iva Barisinte
Lawrence
September 8
Frank H. Parker
Rutland
Rutland
Hilda Josephson
Rutland
September 9
Ralph W. Temple
Worcester
Rutland
Madeline Russell
Worcester
September 18
Merrill H. Wheeler
Rutland
Rutland
Edith G. Cannon
Rutland
October 18
George F. Fay, Jr.
Holden
Rutland
Flora L. Belhumear
Rutland
November 25
William K. Edson
Rutland
Rutland
Mildred P. Chandler
Rutland
DEATHS Residents of Rutland
DATE
NAME AND DISEASE
AGE
1913
y. m. d.
-- male, stillborn
-
78
7 17
April 2
Thomas F. Campbell
45
3 22
NAME
PLACE OF MARRIAGE
RESIDENCE
Mae E. Converse
Rutland
Jennie T. Nayman
Worcester
Addie D. Blanchard
Rutland
Annie L. Thayer
Malden
Rena M. Saulnier
Rutland
Mary G. Fitzsimmons
Clinton
Edith Strong
Rutland
March 19 In Worcester March 31
Mary J. (Williamson) IIudson Broncho Pneumonia
Pastoria Spinal Sclorasis
6
DATE
NAME AND DISEASE
AGE
1913 April 29
52
9 11
May 14
Mary Jane ( Preston) Longhman Paresis John M. Rauser Pulmonorary Tuberculosis
48
3 28
June 19
Herman N. Bemis Angini Pectoris
71
10 23
July 21 In Worcester July 27 In Westfield Sept. 5
Emma S. (Laurence) Watson Pulmonary Tuberculosis
48
7 20
James E. Robinson Chronic Nephritis
76
1
Sept. 19
Lola A. Brown Senile Paresis
87
2 8
Oct. 5
Stephen Broderlck Bright's Disease
32
7
The following persons were in Rutland for treatment in State or Private Institutions :
DATE
NAME AND DISEASE
AGE
RESIDENCE
1913
y.
m. d.
Jan. 1 Mary V. Hogan Pulmonary Tuberculosis
21 - -
Worcester
Jan 6
Mary McGauley
18
9
1 Newton
Jan. S
William F. Tinnell
43
6 22
Boston
Jan. 21
William H. Gilbert
38
7 28
Chelsea
Feb. 9
Ford A. Gale
31
3
25
Plymouth
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Feb. 10
Charles H. Borden
25
9 4 Fall River
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Feb. 12
Dennis Joseph Bagley Pulmonary Tuberculosis
29 9 - Boston
Feb 19
William J. McDonald
29
East Dedham
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Feb. 27 Charles Burns
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
27
14 Everett
8
Nov. 2 In Worcester Nov. 21
General Peritonitis
Pliny Moore Howe
64
3
1
Papiecona of Bladder
y.
m. d.
Avaline S. Bigelow Myocarditis
61
- 50
In Charlton
Walter H. Booth
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Laryngeal and Pul. Tuberculosis
- -
7
DATE 1913
NAME AND DISEASE
AGE
RESIDENCE
y.
m. d.
Feb. 28 Ivar Paulson Pulmonary Tuberculosis
27
1
2 Worcester
Mar. 18
Flora Burchstead
22
8
18 Beverly
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
20
7 - Malden
Mar. 30 John F. McCarthy Pulmonary Tuberculosis
37
9
6 Brookline
Apr. 9 James W. Downey Hæmoptysis Pul. Tuberculosis
30
10
27
Boston
Apr. 14 Elnora Hubbell Williams Intestinal and Pul. Tuberculosis Apr. 17 William Griffin Pulmonary Tuberculosis
25
7
17
Boston
Apr. 19
Frederick Simons
18
7
22
Chicago, Ill.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis Daniel Haley
39
2
10
Malden
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
34
10
9
Brookline
May 2 · Bessie Glenn
20
8 Danvers
May 13
Pulmonary Tuberculosis Clara Finley
53
3
S
Lawrence
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
May 20
Timothy J. Reardon Pulmonary Tuberculosis
49
10
7 Boston
May 21 Henry J. Casey
22
8
3 Boston
May 23
Pulmonary Tuberculosis Alexander Bird
34
7
20
Springfield
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
May 27
Elizabeth McPartland Tubercular Meningitis
37
8 10
Worcester
May 31
Charles J. McCarthy
41
11
21
Boston
June 2
Henry Bejean
30
Haverhill
Tubercular Meningitis
June 2
Walter C. Ollander
23
2
5 Cambridge
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
35 11
20
Taunton
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
June 13 Amos T. Adams Valvular Heart Disease
70 -
6
Hubbardston
June 14 George C. Strong
61
8 28
New London, Ct.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
29
4 30
Shelton, Conn.
Apr. 22
May 1 John J. Murphy Tubercular Meningitis
1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
-
June 9 John H. Magone
Mar. 21 Leroy F. Leonard Pulmonary Tuberculosis
DATE
NAME AND DISEASE
AGE
RESIDENCE
1913
y. m. 1 33
7 Milford
June 22 Effie A. Pope
22 9 21
Brookline
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
3S
21
Boston
July 14 Ivanhoe Sclatter Pulmonary Tuberculosis
58
25
Richmond, Va.
July 15 Maik P. Hannon
31
4
14
E. Killingly, Ct.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
20
11
13 Lynn
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
37
1
14
Woburn
July 21
Daniel F. Bowen
21
S
19
Boston
Pneumo-thorax Pul. Tuberculosis
Aug. 4
Louis Stevens Endocarditis
36
3 10 Boston
Aug. 24 James W. Smith
55 - - Quincy
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Aug. 26 William Moore
Acute Gastritis
Aug. 28
Harold F. Turner
19
10
Roxbury
Pyopneumothorax
Sept. 16
Edward Pryce
40
10
14 Pittsfield
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Sept. 17
William F. Williams
29
10
5
Cambridge
Laryngeal and Pul. Tuberculosis
Sept. 28
William E, Keegan
23
4
21
Roxbury
Oct. S
Cyrill Joseph Babineau
31
Gardner
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Oct. S
James E. Williams
25
3 2
Worcester
Nov. 2
Hannah E. Hooper
38
7 17
Nantucket
Nov. 2
Mary Ann Rogers
23
11
11
Springfield
General Miliary Tuberculosis
Nov. 19
Charlotte Kellar Pulmonary Tuberculosis
26
3
18
Taunton
Nov. 25
Charles Owen O'Connor Pulmonary Tuberculosis
37
7 11 Holden
Nov. 25 Lawrence A. Kennedy
25
1
7 Lawrence
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
d.
June 14 Christine Gaskill Pulmonary Tuberculosis
July 4 Henry C. White Pul. and Laryngeal Tuberculosis
July 19 Dennis J. Dineen
July 19 Winfield R. Lang
Tubercular Meningitis
54
10 11 Spencer .
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- -
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
9
DATE 1913 Dec 7
NAME AND DISEASE
AGE
RESIDENCE
y. m. d.
Elmer Jacobs
26
9 5 Needham
Dec. 11
Gertrude B. Parkhurst
28
8
9 Beachmont
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Dec. 11
Daniel W. Hurley Pulmonary Tuberculosis
65 1 3 Whitman
Dec. 25
George A. Weathers
44
25
Dedham
Dec. 26
Tubercul of Meninges William Linsberg Pulmonary Tuberculosis
27
7
11
Stoughton
Dec. 30
William J. Finnegan Pulmonary Tuberculosis
34
10 21
Jamaica Plain
DOGS LISENSED DURING THE YEAR 1913:
Cash received for 91 Male Dogs @ $2.00
$182 00
Cash received for 7 Female Dogs @ $5.00
35 00
Total
$217 00
Less 98 fees @ 20g
19 60
Paid County Treasurer
$197 40
During the year 1913 there were 109 Resident Hunters Certificates issued.
The following List of Jnrois were selected by the Selectmen in June 1913 and returned to the Town Cierk :
Thomas P. O'Herron
William L. Locke
Edward C. Allen
Charles E. Carroll
William J. Prescott
Daniel J. Fitzgerald
Walter B. Ware
George E. Smith
Walter H. Bartlett
Wenzell J. Brodmerkle
Homer B. Loverin
George H. Rice
William H. Maynard
A. Clifford Wheeler Roland C. Prescott Richard Loughman
Louis M. Hanff Maurice Menges
Joseph M. Moulton
Respectfully submitted,
LOUIS M. HANFF,
Rutland, March 1, 1914
Town Clerk
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
Of the Financial Condition of the Town for the Year ending March 1, 1914
The report of the Selectmen for the year ending March 1, 1914 is herewith submitted.
We have drawn orders on the Town Treasurer, amounting to $41,047.56, as follows :
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS
Appropriation
$1100 00
Received from State one-half com-
pensation inspection of animals 25 88
Amount available
$1125 88
TOWN CLERK
Louis M. Hanff
$51 75
$51 75
SELECTMEN
William C. Temple
$70 00
J. Warren Moulton
85 00
Thomas P. O'Herron
50 00
$205 00
ASSESSORS
Dennis A. Smith
$66 75
Joseph E. Ware
69 50
George H. Miles
61 75
$198 00
11
OVERSEERS OF POOR
Joseph E. Ware Louis M. Hanff
$25 00
20 00
Dennis A. Smith
5 00
$50 00
WATER COMMISSIONERS
George H. Miles
$10 00
Daniel J. Fitzgerald, 3 years
30 00
William White
10 00
$50 00
COLLECTOR
Charles J. Campbell, taxes
$322 50
water rents
44 01
$366 51
TREASURER
H. Edward Wheeler
$125 00
$125 00
AUDITOR
Clifford J. Gray
$17 50
$17 50
REGISTRARS
Louis M. Hanff
$17 00
William C. Temple
12 00
J. Warren Moulton
12 00
$41 00
12
ELECTION OFFICERS
Wm. J. Prescott
$2 00
Matthew Delehanty
2 00
Fred W. Hatstatt
4 00
George E. Smith 4 25
Richard M. Loughman
6 00
Joseph E. Ware
6 00
Matthew J. Cullen
2 00
Howard S. Davis
2 25
.
$28 50
CONSTABLES
Howard S. Davis
$13 33
Michael H. Scott
18 00
Matthew J. Cullen
3 00
$34 33
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Clinton B. Scott $51 75
$51 75
DOG OFFICER
Dennis A. Smith $5 00
$5 00
Amounts expended for town officers salaries
$1244 34
Amount overdrawn
118 46
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Appropriation
$4975 00
Receipts from other sources
2269 01
Total
$7244 01
Orders drawn
7102 57
Amount not drawn
$141 44
(See report of School Committee)
13
POOR
Appropriation Orders drawn
$400 00
436 82
Amount overdrawn
$36 82
(See report of Overseers)
HIGHWAYS
Appropriation for highways
$1600 00
66
" sidewalk
200 00
$1800 00
Orders drawn
1886 97
Amount overdrawn
86 97
Balance due departmenr
18 00
$68 97
(See report of Highway Surveyor)
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
$50 00
Orders drawn 50 00
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation (dog fund)
$103 71
Balance unexpended of last year
20 58
Total
$124 29
Orders drawn
100 00
Amount unexpended
$24 29
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Appropriation $25 00
Paid Wmn. E. Chamberlain 25 00
14
LIGHTS
Appropriation $200 00
Paid Ray K. Peebles, lighting lamps $80 00
James E. O'Connor, lighting lamps 54 90
C. W. Griffin, supplies
56 80
W. M. Bullfinch
60
G. H. Miles, repairs
85
$193 15
Balance unexpended
$6 85
SOLDIERS RELIEF
Appropriation
$60 00
Orders drawn
110 00
Due from State
$50 00
LIQUOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
Appropriation
$100 00
Paid Fred J. Weyand, detective work
$77 60
Howard S. Davis, officer's services 6 63
M. H. Scott, officer's services 12 52
$96 75
Unexpended
3 25
REPAIRS ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Appropriation
Paid Stone, Underhill Co., repairs on furnace
$67 85
Prouty Bros., new pipe 26 48
P. A. Scott, labor 4 00
$100 00
$98 33
Balance unexpended 1 67
15
STATE ROAD WORK
Appropriation
$1500 00
Received from State to date
2000 00
Total
$3500 00
Paid Bonfiigilo Perrini, on contract
2817 93
Amount of Town money unexpended
$682 07
Amount of State money unexpended
1050 00
$1732 07
DEBTS AND INTEREST
Appropriation
$5800 00
Paid State of Mass., on water loan
$1000 00
State of Mass., building loan 1000 00
Peoples Savings Bank, refund loan 2000 00
Worcester Five Cents Bank, building loan 400 00
National Shawmut Bank, water loan
500 00
$4900 00
Worcester Trust Co., temporary loan
8000 00
Worcester Five Cents Bank, temporary loan 7500 00
$15500 00
$20400 00
INTEREST
Paid State of Mass. $765 01
Worcester County Institution
350 00
Worcester Five Cents Bank
117 47
Worcester Trust Co.
236 00
Peoples Savings Bank
40 00
Hersom Bros.
35 00
National Shawmut Bank
8 75
Total
$1552 23
Total orders drawn for notes and interest
$21952 23
16
Deducting from this total the tempoary loan paid $$15500 00
Interest on water loan assnmed by Water Department 500 00
The Collector has received interest on taxes 605 60
Total
$16605 60
Which amount deducted from order leaves
$5346 63
Appropriation
5800 00
Amount unexpended
$453 37
PUBLIC BUILDING ACCOUNT
Paid Michael H. Scott, janitor $540 00
66 . 6 supplies and repairs 11 20
C. W. Griffin, oil and supplies
41 93
W. E. Weeks, wrenches
3 38
F. B. Cannon, express
4 95
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
176 10
R. K. Pratt Co., coal
169 07
Geo. HI. Clark & Co , supplies
1 75
HI. W. Calkins, drawing coal
36 35
P. A. Scott, labor
2 25
Duncan, Goodell Co., hardware
7 38
Brewer & Co.
7 25
Geo. II. Miles, plumbing
2 50
Dennis ('Herron, wood
36 00
W. J. Prescott
25
James E. O'Connor, express
75
E. D. Marsh, coal
123 70
Perkins & Butler
14 00
$1178 81
The rentals received from the Hall have been
265 87
Net expense $912 94
17
Of the foregoing amount two-thirds or $608 63 is charged to school account and one-third or 304 31
is charged to public building.
SIDEWALK AND ELECTRIC LIGHT FITTINGS AT WEST RUTLAND
Appropriated $450 00
Unexpended 450 00
TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY
Appropriation
$100 00
Unexpended
100 00
BOARD OF HEALTH BILLS
Appropriation
$250 00
Unexpended
250 00
TOWN SCALES
Appropriation
$200 00
Unexpended 200 00
By vote of the town all unexpended balances, not otherwise pro- vided for, and all unappropriated money received by the Treasurer, are added to incidental appropriation.
Appropriation by town $1500 00
Street lights, unexpended
6 85
Liquor law enforcement, unexpended
3 25
Repairs on public building, unexpended
1 67
Debts and interest, unexpended
453 37
Unappropriated money
119 57
Total amount available
$2084 71
18
SNOW BILLS
Paid E. C. Allen $4 60
F. A. Kehoe 9 47
J. J. Marsh 5 90
B. J. Welch 9 20
T. F. Welch
6 20
Matti Mattson
8 20
L. F. Hanff
1 20
H. B. Loverin
8 80
John H. Boquist
11 50
Carl Boquist
4 50
Geo. Mixter
9 60
Malcolm C. Bulfinch
1 60
James Strong
10 00
Joseph Strong
9 20
Hugh Hickey
1 20
M. R Sargent
6 70
F. H. Parker
1 20
W. H. Prescott
5 80
Mark Sedusky
8 20
Geo. E. Pearson
5 40
Geo. M. Taylor
15 40
W. H. Hammond
7 60
George Hammond
3 00
A. E. Hammond
6 90
Matier Iverson
5 40
Normau Allen
45
George N. Jenkins
19 60
C. E. Prescott
39 40
N. I. Sargent
8 70
W. M. Bulfinch 1 60
J. J. Carr 10 50
J. R. Barton
6 85
19
Paid Gordon Calkins $1 70
Nelson Calkins
7 90
Frank Calkins 4 10
C. C. Allen
1 00
W. II. Maynard
12 20
F. D. Forbush
4 60
Merrill Forbush
6 10
M. J. Cullen
6 50
J. J. Welch
23 30
Matthew Delehanty
34 80
Thomas Connor
4 20
James Connor
4 40
Alexander Lebaux
6 40
H. R. Robinson
6 80
II. E. Wheeler
2 00
G. M. Davis
10 50
C. J. Campbell
4 60
Wm. Morasky
2 40
John Briggods
4 60
E. H. Crosby
3 40
Ed. Flaherty
10 00
G. H. Rice
27 80
John Malin
1 50
R. E. Abbott
8 60
Albert Spencer
1 40
F. B. Cannon
5 80
Clifford Gray
40
Isaac Johnson
5 20
W. H. Sargent
1 60
A. E. Codding
26 60
M. II. Wheeler
1 10
W. L. Allison
1 80
John Hendrickson
1 00
Michael McGann
1 00
Total
$499 27
20
INCIDENTALS
Paid Davis & Banister. office supplies 85
Edward H. Tripp. printing reports 114 20
M. H. Scott, court fees 14 14
Frost Stamp Co., stamp and files 5 03
Wakefield Daily Item. assessors' supplies 4 20
H. W. Calkins, wood to Fire Dept. 1 50
Sanford. Putnam Co., record books 2 25
C. W. Griffin, election supplies 48
State of Mass .. corporation tax overpaid
Bureau of Statistics, certifying notes
89
P. B. Murphy, dog blanks 2 25
W. & L. E. Gurley, sealer's supplies 84
Brewer & Co .. chemicals for fires 14 22
Gordon Calkins, trimming trees 4 50
H Edward Wheeler, trimming trees and tree warden expenses 11 75
Franklin Sq. Garage Co .. fire auto repairs 16 80
Hobbs Title Co., property transfers 10 65
Brierly. Lombard Co .. fire extinguisher supplies 2 19
C. J. Campbell, collector. postage and supplies 8 35
Duncan, Goodell Co., hardware
1 21
Carter Ink Co . record ink 1 25
F. A. Kehoe, care of dumping ground 5 00
Denholm & McKay Co .. table cloth 75
Sentinel Printing Co., adv. highway bids 1 13
The Boston Post, adv. for highway bids 4 20
F. B. Cannon, express 65
Frank A. Smith & Son, insurance 14 40
Boston Journal, adv. for highway bi's 3 45
Town of Holden. one-half expense of boundary stone 6 02
21
Paid W. M. Bulfinch, dinners for election officers $3 67 Worcester County Abstract Co., exam- ing titles 20 00
Telegram Co., adv. for highway bids 1 40
Erskine & Felton, legal advice 7 50
State Board of Health, branding outfit 2 65
E. W. Merrick, court fees 9 50
R. C. Prescott & Son, death returns 14 75
Ilenry Converse, oil and gasolene 3 62
E. H. Tripp, tax bills and notices 20 50
H. E. Wheeler, expense on loans and postage 14 25
M. H. Scott, court fees, express, etc. 11 75
Howard S. Davis, court fees 9 34
Ross Bross, lawn mower and trimmer
10 60
E. H. Tripp, printing valuation reports 53 50
sundry printing 24 00
L. M. Hanff, collector's bond 15 00
IJobbs & Warren, overseer blanks 3 41
J. E. Ware, maintaining watering trough 5 00
Wm. C. Temple, postage and telephoning 3 00
66 perambulating town lines
12 00
66 " trips to Boston and Wor- cester on highway 9 00
J. Warren Moulton, postage, telephone, stationery 5 60
J. Warren Moulton, perambulating town lines 12 00
J. Warren Moulton, trip to Worcester, highway hearing 3 00
J. Warren Moulton, 3 trips to Boston on highway contract and legislature hear- ings 18 00
Louis M. Hanff, 3 trips to Boston on ac- count of water dept. and settlement bill 18 00
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Paid Louis M. Hanff, returning births and deaths $47 25
Louis M. Hanff, postage and telephone 9 75
Louis M. Hanff, agent board of health 15 00
Louis M. Hanff, administering oath to town officers 4 00
Total $646 19
Paid H. E. Wheler, moth work $118 63
E. A. Graton, 66 66
9 50
Gordon Calkins, 66
12 37
F. D. Wellington "
74 26
J. W. Moulton, moth notices 5 50
$220 26
Paid Henry Converse and others, forest fires $233 42
James E. O'Connor
5 00
G. M. Davis
10 75
J. M. Moulton
75
J. E Ware and others
23 50
G. H. Willis
15 00
$288 42
The town has received from Boston & Maine
R. R. for railroad fires 56 75
Net amount paid
$231 67
Paid Henry Converse appropriation for common $25 00 John W. Monroe appropriation for Old Cemetery 100 00
Paid Lash Studios appropriation for asbestos curtain 108 00
The town has received from the curtain com- mittee 58 00
$50 00
Total incidentals
Snow bills
$1273 12 499 27
Total $1772 39
Amount not drawn
312 32
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Incidental balance $312 32
Income from Water Department, above amount
used by Assessors in tax levy
371 75
$684 07
From this amonnt is deducted the overdrawn appropriations :
Town officers
$118 46
Poor department
36 82
Highways
68 97
Maintenance of public building
304 31
$528 56
Which shows a balance in favor of the town in
its running expenses the past year of $155 51
RECAPITULATION
Town officers
$1244 34
Public schools
6493 94
Poor
436 82
Highways
1886 97
Memorial Day
50 00
Public Labrary
100 00
Street Lights
193 15
School Physician
25 00
Soldiers relief
110 00
State aid
316 00
Liquor Law enforcement
96 75
Repairs on Public Building
98 33
State road work
2817 93
Notes
20400 00
Interest
1552 23
Public Building
1178 14
Removal of snow
499 27
Incidentals
646 19
Moth work
220 26
Forest fires
288 42
Common
25 00
Old Cemetery
100 00
Asbestos curtain
108 00
Water Department
2185 15
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT LIABILITIES
State Treasurer, water loan
$13000 00
66
1500 00
Herson Bros.
500 00
State Treasurer, building loan
5000 00
Wor. Five Cents Bank, building loan
2700 00
Wor. County Institution, refund loan
10000 00
Wor. Trust Co., temporary loan
8000 00
$40700 00
RESOURCES
Due from State Aid
$316 00
Due from State for soldier's burial
50 00
Unpaid water rents
574 05
Uncollected taxes in Collector's hand
8366 11
Cash in treasury
5387 79
Total $14693 95
Net debt of town
$26006 05
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM C. TEMPLE, J. WARREN MOULTON,
Selectmen of Rutland
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APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED FOR 1914
The Town Officers submit the following list of appropriations for the ensuing year :
Schools
$5200 00
Notes and Interest
5000 00
Town Officers' Salaries
1100 00
Support of Poor
500 00
Highways
1600 00
Incidentals and Srow
1500 00
Repairs on Public Buildings
500 00
Soldiers' Relief
60 00
Memorial Day
50 00
School Physician
25 00
Liquor Law Enforcement
100 00
Street Lights
200 00
State Road
1000 00
Two Hundredth Anniversary
300 00
Total
$17135 00
The Assessors estimate the valuation to be near that of last year, with the same state and county tax. The above amount of appro- priations will give the town a tax rate of between $20 and $21. For every $850 additional raised $1 will be added to the rate.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1914
PAID
NUMBER FULLY SUPPORTED
No. 1 Charlton Poor Farm Association $215 93 $215 93
NUMBER PARTIALLY SUPPORTED
Nos. 1 and 2 Town of Berlin $52 00
3 Charlton Poor Farm Association 23 50
3 City of Worcester 67 14
4 Charlton Poor Farm Association 30 50
5 City of Worcester 10 00
6 Town of Rutland 11 50
7 Town of Rutland 20 00
$214 64
L. M. Hanff, expense and fares for inmates
6 25
$436 82
Respectfully submitted,
DENNIS A. SMITH, ) Overseers JOSEPH E. WARE, of
LOUIS M. HANFF, Poor
Rutland, Mass., March 1, 1914.
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YEARLY REPORT OF THE
CHARLTON POOR FARM ASSOC'N
FEBRUARY 1, 1913 TO FEBRUARY 1, 1914
EXPENDITURES
Salary of warden and matron
$650 00
Outside help
626 98
Inside help
416 41
Dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes
359 39
Groceries
1318 56
Meat
427 06
Grain
1312 75
Medicine and medical attendance
91 20
Miscellaneous
482 57
Fish and oysters
49 58
Tobacco
25 02
Rent and interest
585 96
Coal
203 69
Stock
205 00
Wagons, farm implements, tools, seeds
401 48
Hardware
71 75
Replenishing
56 58
Phosphate
109 40
Blacksmithing
123 00
Filling silo
81 20
Harvesting ice
52 20
Veterinary
44 25
$7694 03
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The number of inmates who have been supported by ths Charlton Poor Farm Association from Feb, 1, 1913 to Feb. 1, 1914, consti- stitutes the following apportionment:
TOWN
INMATES
WEEKS '
PRICE
AMOUNT
Charlton
3
766
$3 89.7
$299 44
Leicester
4
1364
3 89.7
532 15
Paxton
2
642
3 89.7
250 44
Westminster
2
654
3 89.7
253 65
Princeton
1
521
3 89.7
203 13
Holden
1
52₮
3 89.7
203 13
Hubbardston
6
826
3 89.7
322 81
Auburn
1
13亭
3 89.7
51 69
Rutland
4
69֏
3 89.7
269 93
Millbury
6
2315
3 89.7
902 92
Sterling
1
344
3 89.7
132 93
Holland
1
196
3 89.7
77 26
$3499 48
RECEIPTS
Milk
$2757 10
Eggs and poultry
132 60
Stock
115 50
Outside labor
851 05
Miscellaneous
10 81
Vegetables
22 07
Hay
59 82
Board received from sundry persons
245 60
CASH RECEIVED
Charlton
$299 44
Leicester
532 15
Paxton
250 44
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Westminster
$253 65
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