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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF SAUGUS,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1890.
F
SAUG
US
1629.
1815.
LYNN, MASS. : THE NICHOLS PRESS - THOS. P. NICHOLS, 7 MUNROE STREET, CORNER MARKET, 1891.
LOCAL HISTORY Ref. 352 Saugus v. 3
ANNUAL REPORT
, OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF SAUGUS,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1890.
SAUGUS PUBLIC LIBRARY 295 Central St. Saugus -MA-1906
TOV
GUS.
1629:
1815
LYNN, MASS. : THE NICHOLS PRESS -THOS. P. NICHOLS, 7 MUNROE STREET, CORNER MARKET,
1891.
TOWN OFFICERS, 1890.
Selectmen.
HARMON HALL, ARTHUR B. SMITH, THOMAS P. PARSONS.
Town Clerk. WILLIAM H. NEWHALL.
Treasurer. JOSEPH WHITEHEAD.
Assessors.
BENJ. F. CALLEY, B. F. ROBINSON,
GEORGE N. MILLER,
JAMES M. MAXWELL,
JOSHUA COBURN.
Overseers of Poor.
JOHN ARMITAGE, GEORGE FAULKNER, JOHN M. BERRITT.
Collector of Taxes. A. DUDLEY JOHNSON.
Constable. CHARLES F. CLARK.
Sinking Fund Commissioners. HERBERT B. NEWHALL, SAMUEL HAWKES, HERBERT O. PRATT.
School Committee.
E. G. SMITH, STACY FOWLER,
HENRY J. MILLS.
Road Commissioners.
W. A. TREFETHEN, SOLON V. EDMANDS, ANTHONY HATCH.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Board of Engineers, Fire Department. CHARLES I. HITCHINGS, Chief, W. S. DODGE, JAMES F. PRATT.
Trustees Free Public Library.
W. F. GILLETTE, THOMAS P. PARSONS,
M. B. FAXON, BENJ. F. CALLEY, CHARLES H. BOND.
Board of Health.
HARMON HALL, ARTHUR B. SMITH, THOMAS P. PARSONS.
Water Commissioners.
WILBUR F. NEWHALL, CHARLES BOND, EDWARD BREWER.
Registrars of Voters.
A. CLARKE NEWHALL, S. A. D. FORRISTALL,
EDWARD PRANKER, WM. H. NEWHALL,
Auditors.
CHARLES A. NEWHALL, H. H. ATHERTON, GEORGE PARSONS.
IN THE Reports of the several officials of the Town, as con- tained in the following pages, we hope much may be found to interest our citizens, and at the same time give them a knowledge of the condition of the several departments, by reference to them in their respective places where details are given.
We think the Town can be congratulated upon the manage- ment of its affairs for the year past, because we have been able to reduce our deficiency by about $10,000, as compared with the year ending Dec. 31, 1889. Those officials having in charge the expenditure of money seem to have been alive to the importance of exercising an economy consistent with good judgment and progress, and it is quite refreshing to know that in no case has the expenditure exceeded the appropriation.
Never before, we believe, in our history have our citizens been in possession of so many of the benefits that belong to a progressive town, which we cannot hope to have unless proper appropriations of money are made with which to pay for them, incurring of necessity greater burdens to be borne by taxation.
We are fast recovering from the relapse caused by the re- missness of duty on the part of a former Collector of Taxes, and for the future we suggest that a more rigid course be followed, looking to a prompt and, if possible, yearly settlement of all taxes, especially those where a poll tax only is assessed. The prompt collection of all dues to a town is as vital to its success as the same course would prove to an individual, and we would sug- gest the propriety of allowing the Collector to employ an assistant, whose duty shall be to proceed at once to the collection of all poll taxes immediately upon receipt of the warrants authorizing the same. Dilatory measures in this respect mean the loss of many dollars to the treasury, hence an attempt should be made to collect them soon after assessment.
We have examined the accounts and vouchers of the several officers, and would report that to our best knowledge and belief they are correct.
H. H. ATHERTON, CHAS. A. NEWHALL, AUDITORS. GEORGE PARSONS,
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1890.
Schools $9,000 00
Highways
3,500 00
State Aid, . 1,000 00
Salem Turnpike
1,000 00
Selectmen's Incidentals
5,500 00
Overseers of Poor
3,500 00
Water Loan
1,000 00
Interest
7,000 00
Sinking Fund
1,230 00
Salaries
1,715 00
Extension of Water Pipes
500 00
Culvert, Felton Street .
60 00
Road Commissioners (deficiency of 1889)
571 77
Memorial Day
100 00
Police .
500 00
Street Lights
1,200 00
Flagstaffs
150 00
Grading Central Square
300 00
Cemetery
1,000 00
Hesper Street Repairs
100 .00
New Hose House .
2,500 00
Liquor Law
500 00
$41,926 77
AUDITORS' REPORT.
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT. STATE AID.
Appropriation
$1,200 00
EXPENDITURES. (Under Chapter 301.)
Franklin Andrews $12 00
Aug. A. Bruce
36 00
Elisha Bragg . 36 00
Thomas Gavin 48 00
Isaac A. Fiske
48 00
Annie J. Holbrook
48 00
Charlotte Holbrook 48 00
Robert Ireson 6 00
Abby A. Ireson
12 00
Abbie Mansfield
24 00
George H. Newhall 48 00
William Noble 24 00
Mary Tiemany
48 00
James Webb .
36 00
Joseph Wiggin .
48 00
Charles H. Williams
24 00
Joel E. Whittemore
36 00
David A. Ireson
36 00
Samuel Chase 48 00
Baxter I. Wiley
18 00
Judith Moulton
12 00
$696 00
(All of the above is repaid by the State. ) MILITARY AID. (Under Chapter 279.)
William E. Gabriel
$120 00
Amounts carried forward,
$120 00 $696 00
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amounts brought forward,
$120 00 $696 00
Bimsley P. Guilford .
60 00
Alfred B. Roots
72 00
Baxter I. Wiley
40 00
Solomon Moulton
24 00
$316 00
$1,012 00
(Half of the above is repaid by the State .. )
STREET LIGHTING.
Appropriation
$1,200 00
EXPENDITURES.
C. F. Clark, January
$81 60
February
90 35
March
88 40
April
96 93
May
104 87
June
99 62
July
119 81
August
116 68
September
106 23
October
107 67
November
95 78
December
91 69
- $1,199 63
POLICE.
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Chas. F. Clark .
$58 83
Thos. Newhall
25 00
G. Jordan
106 75
John S. Ross
93 50
Amount carried forward, $284 08
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$284 08
John Flye .
21 00
Charles Florence
3 00
Levi Florence
3 00
Francis Clark
2 50
J. Gunnison
4 75
J. L. Estes
3 00
S. H. Baker
2 50
Percy Wilson
1 00
$324 83
ENFORCEMENT OF LIQUOR LAW.
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Massachusetts Law and Order League . $226 22
Benjamin N. Johnson, legal advice 75 00
City of Lynn, police department 30 00
Horace D. King
15 00
Reed & Costello, use of barge and wagon 25 00
M. J. Mead 5 40
$376 62
CEMETERY.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
James E. Stone, surveying $176 83
W. T. McFarland, stakes 10 00
Thomas MeRowe . 3 00
H. A. Nowell, labor and material . 618 25
Portland Stone Ware Co., pipes 156 76
W. L. Newhall, painting stakes 6 12
Levi Florence, labor 2 00
$972 96
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
SALEM TURNPIKE.
Appropriation $1,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
D. B. Willis, labor and material $35 77
Thomas Gallagher, labor, 25 days 43 75
Peter Woods, labor, 19} days . 34 12
W. F. Coates, labor, 25} days 44 62
Peter McTeague, labor, 23} days .
41 12
Edward Day, labor, 15} days 27 12
Daniel Cunningham, labor, 13 days 22 75
Michael Hickey, labor, 20} days 35 87
Frederick Stocker, 1288 loads gravel 128 80
Frederick Stocker, teams and labor 199 51
Frederick Stocker, labor, gravel and lumber 156 14
J. W. Blodgett, man and two horses, 21 days 110 25
Anthony Hatch, man and two horses, 22 days 115 50
$995 32
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURE.
Post 95, G. A. R., expenses for same $100 00
DOG TAX.
Appropriated for purchase of new books for
Public Library
$325 62
EXPENDITURES.
DeWolfe, Fiske & Co. $82 98
W. F. Gillette
16 74
W. F. Gillette
19 97
DeWolfe, Fiske & Co.
78 12
W. F. Gillette 11 13
DeWolfe Fiske & Co.
116 68
$325 62
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
SURVEYING & GRADING SQUARE FOR MONUMENT.
Appropriation $300 00
EXPENDITURES.
James E. Stone, surveying . $73 44
Benj. F. Robinson, grading square and about
monument
216 00
$289 44
NEW HOSE HOUSE IN WARD 2.
Appropriation
$2,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
H. A. Nowell, cellar, foundation, etc. $226 87
Paul & Willis, building house and extras . 1,968 24
McGilvray & Wiley, plumbing 213 39
Henry W. Rogers, plans
40 00
W. R. Snow, painting 7 00
Pliny Abbott, labor .
6 00
S. V. Edmands, labor and gravel . 2 35
Charles I. Hitchings, sundry small bills 22 77 $2,486 62
REPAIRS ON FLAGSTAFF.
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDITURES.
John Flye, repairs on flagstaff at East Saugus $91 24 W. L. Newhall, painting 20 33
John Flye, removing flagstaff, Saugus Centre 13 50
$125 07
SALARIES.
Appropriation $1,555 00
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
EXPENDITURES.
Benjamin F. Calley, Assessor $213 50
Levi G. Hawkes, Assessor . 3 75
Benjamin F. Robinson, Assessor 63 50
George A. Miller, Assessor 42 75
J. H. Coburn
37 50
J. M. Maxwell .
39 00
School Committee
250 00
Town Treasurer
350 00
Selectmen
300 00
Chas. F. Clark, Constable
30 00
Road Commissioners
120 00
Board of Health
25 00
Town Clerk
50 00
Engineers Fire Department
30 00
$1,555 00
HESPER STREET.
Appropriation
· $100 00
EXPENDITURE.
W. A. Trefethen
$99 88
SELECTMEN'S INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation
$5,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
I. F. Galloupe, M. D., returning births . . $4 25 A. V. Lynde, examining title to Fiske estate 27 00
G. H. & W. A. Nichols, printing . 6 50
B. C. Reed, settlement of damages to estate 75 00
Hall & Newhall, insurance . 22 50
B. N. Johnson, services in W. P. Copp case 750 00
Amount carried forward,
$885 25
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $885 25
G. W. Gale, returning births . 5 00
W. F. Hitchings, descriptions, two-thirds cost of bonds, books, tax deeds, etc. 76 02
M. V. Putnam, auditor 11 00
Miss Winifred Lamkin, type writing 3 00
C. F. Clark, distributing reports 9 00
A. Philbrook, repairs on school house, Wd. 4 3 80
M. R. Donovan, M.D., examining Mr. Chase 3 00
Lynn Water Board, 15 00
E. S. Kent, lime 1 25
George E. Day, services as Registrar 10 00
A. B. Smith, license blanks 1 60
Hall & Newhall, insurance 27 00
Charles F. Clark, printing
1 50
Charles F. Clark, services Board of Health . 4 50
Adelia M. Guilford, property burned, per order Board of Health. 25 00
I. W. Pierce, type writing 4 00
Charles A. Newhall, Moderator and Auditor
11 00
C. W. Oliver, repairs on tomb 21 75
Daniel Cunningham, lumber and labor 5 83
W. F. Paul, repairs on Town Hall 6 09
John Taylor, repairs on Ireson house, Clif- tondale 19 30
B. F. Calley, Assessor 30 37
W. A. Trefethen, gravel, school house yard, Ward 4 50 00
A. Dudley Johnson, printing tax bills, etc. . 11 25
A. E. Davis & Son, labor in Cemetery 28 50
F. Bamford, labor in Cemetery 3 50
John Dowling, labor in Cemetery
13 30
D. Mansfield, labor in Cemetery 1 75
Warren Coates, labor in Cemetery 13 30
H. L. Newhall, labor in Cemetery 10 50
Charles Hanson, labor in Cemetery 12 25
Lynn Water Board, repairs on water pipe 15 10
J. Halliday, advertising 1 00
Thos. P. Nichols, printing 192 50
Amount carried forward, $1,533 21
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $1,533 21
E. A. L. Francois, returning births 2 75
B. N. Johnson, legal services 85 60
Lynn Water Board, water service 224 00
A. S. Edmands, repairs on Town Hall 1 40
George Townsend, labor in Cemetery
8 75
Henry Townsend, labor in Cemetery 8 75
Charles Hanson, labor in Cemetery 5 25
W. J. Coates, labor in Cemetery 8 75
F. M. Avery, repairs on pump, Ward 1
1 00
Goodridge & Courtney, printing 16 00
Pratt Bros., printing 11 00
George P. Sanger, legal advice 5 00
Thos. P. Nichols, printing . 6 00
Alley & Lamper, funeral exps., S. C. Chase 35 00 J. W. Tedford, use of carriages for perambu- lating Town lines . 9 50
Walter L. Newhall, repairs on school house, Ward 4 6 73
Dearborn Bros., repairs on do. 9 37
J. Wesley Paul, repairs on do. 36 27
E. A. L. Francois, return births, and vaccin. R. Y. Russell, printing, . 6 50
5 25
Levi Florence, expressage 90
John Flye, labor on voting booths and rail . 1 00
DeLaile & Co., glass, school house Ward 5 16 20
Henry Mitchell and W. A. Parsons, design- ing and engraving Town Seal 63 50
L. A. May & Co., supplies . 1 38
Hall & Newhall, insurance . 30 00
H. A. Nowell, repairing foundation Town Hall and old Cemetery sidewalk . 58 50
Charles A. Newhall, Moderator 10 00
C. W. Galloupe, returning births 2 00
George A. Learoyd, ballot Clerk 5 00
A. Clarke Newhall, Registrar 21 00
Thos. P. Nichols, printing 26 00
W. A. Paul, ballot Clerk 5 00
S. A. D. Forristall, Registrar 21 00
Amount carried forward,
$2,287 56
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $2,287 56
McGilvray & Wiley, repairs on furnaces at
Town Hall . 50 58
Edward Pranker, Registrar 41 00
W. H. Newhall, Registrar . 35 00
Fred Grover, ballot Clerk
5 00
Levi G. Hawkes, surveying boundary line, Saugus and Revere 60 00
James Oliver, lighting hall for Registrars 1 50
Charles H. Bond, rent of hall for Registrars 6 00
Charles Florence, ballot Clerk 5 00 James Oliver, labor on school house Ward 4 2 00
J. Wesley Paul, labor on do. . 13 89
J. Wesley Paul, labor in Cemetery 5 98
W. F. Hitchings, examining titles, etc. 62 64
W. F. Hitchings, deeds, legal fees, etc. 101 65
W. F. Hitchings, collecting taxes . 398 08
Roswell Hitchings, Cemetery 11 00
W. H. Stocker, postage 4 58
Joseph Whitehead, supplies 28 01
J. R. Hughes, repairs on furnaces Town Hall 39 03
A. Dudley Johnson, printing and advertising 14 05
Anthony Hatch, lighting . 1 50
George N. Miller, Assessor 5 75
S. A. Guilford, lumber, Salem Turnpike . ·
24 50
J. W. Darcey, funeral expenses, S. Moulton 35 00
Charles I. Hitchings, coal for hall 40 25
A. Dudley Johnson, collecting taxes 759 00
B. N. Johnson, legal services . 150 60
Anthony Hatch, labor on Fulton St. culvert 26 24
E. E. Wilson, perambulating Town lines . 9 00
E. A. Francois, M. D., returning births 1 00
Samuel Hobbs & Co., stationery 54 00
J. N. Ramsdell, janitor 214 20
Lynn Water Board, repairs on pipes, etc. 27 50
W. F. Paul, repairs on hall, drawers in safe 31 72 Mary A. Fiske, aid (under Chap. 447,) .. 12 00
W. H. Newhall, recording births, marriages, deaths, etc. .
81 75
J. N. Knight, reporting births 6 50
$4,653 06
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
EXPENDITURES.
Amerige & Price, water for Hose No. 2 . . $10 85
American Hose Mfg. Co., repairs on hose 8 00
James F. Pratt, rent of stable 12 00
J. F. Dodge, sundries . 3 84
Charles I. Hitchings, coal 83 39
Charles I. Hitchings, salting hydrants 19 95
Benj. F. Calley, rent of stable
12 00
William Sutton Lodge, rent of room 6 25
Herbert O. Pratt, rent of stable 35 00
G. B. French & Co., furniture, Hose No. 3 . 13 40
James R. Hughes, lamps, etc., Hose No. 3 . 7 00
James R. Hughes, stove, Hose No. 3 . 9 00
James R. Hughes, lamps, etc., Hose No. 1. 8 75
Charles I. Hitchings, sundry supplies . .
23 60
C. O. Thompson, running boiler, Hose No. 2 6 00
C. I. Hitchings, sundries 6 76
Pliny Abbott, painting hydrants and paint . 32 63
City of Lynn, laying pipe, Hose No. 1 . . 13 38
A. S. Edmands, shades for house, Hose No. 1 D. S. Newhall, supplies, Hose No. 3 3 22
8 50
C. A. & A. H. Bean, furniture, Hose No. 1 19 00
H. A. Raddin, supplies, Hose No. 2 10 05
Essex St. Grocery, supplies, Hose No. 2. . 5 72
Joseph Whitehead, supplies, Hose No. 1 . . 3 18
Amerige & Price, rent hose house . 250 00
A. B. Smith, trustee, rent hose house 25 00
$636 47
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
EXPENDITURES.
Henry H. Clark, catalogues $16 00
J. G. Roberts & Co., binding books . 23 60
W. F. Gillette, salary, cataloguing, etc. 93 15
$132 75
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
SUMMARY SELECTMEN'S INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation
$5,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
General incidentals
$4,653 06
Fire Department
636 47
Public Library
132 75
$5,422 28
$77 72
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT SUMMARY.
Appropriation.
Expended. $5,422 28
Incidentals
$5,500 00
State and Military Aid
1,200 00
1,012 00
Street Lighting
1,200 00
1,199 63
Salem Turnpike
1,000 00
995 32
Salaries
1,555 00
1,555 00
Police
500 00
324 83
Enforcement of Liquor Law
500 00
376 62
Cemetery
1,000 00
972 96
Memorial Day
100 00
100 00
Library Appropriation (Dog Tax) .
325 62
325 62
Surveying and Grading Square, Ward 2
300 00
289 44
Hose House, Ward 2 .
2,500 00
2,486 62
Repairs on Flagstaff
150 00
125 07
Grading Hesper Street
100 00
99 88
$15,930 62
$15,285 27
SCHOOLS.
Appropriation .
. $9,000 00
Received from State 172 80
Received for Incidentals . 1 00
$9,173 80
2
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' salaries $7,205 10
Books and supplies 551 22
Janitors 472 39
Fuel
454 96
Repairs on buildings
67 39
Cleaning school rooms
84 01
Printing .
42 75
Diplomas
7 00
School census
15 00
Expressing
10 75
Care of supplies and distribution
40 00
School Reports .
25 00
Repairs on stoves
129 32
For furniture
8 61
Incidentals
60 11
Unexpended balance
19
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$9,173 80
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Appropriation, general work $3,500 00
Felton Street 60 00
$3,560 00
EXPENDITURES.
Road Commissioners, general work . $3,593 18
Felton Street 86 24
$3,679 42
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EXTENSION OF WATER PIPES.
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURE.
Paid Water Commissioners .
$499 28
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
Bequest of Henry E. Hone $10,000 00
EXPENDITURE.
For Monument . $10,000 00
ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Special appropriation
$571 77
EXPENDITURE.
Paid deficiency of 1889
$571 77
SINKING FUND.
Appropriation
$1,230 00
EXPENDITURE.
Paid Commissioners of Sinking Fund
$1,230 00
RECAPITULATION.
State Aid
$1,012 00
Street Lighting .
1,199 63
Police .
324 83
Liquor Law 376 62
Salem Turnpike 995 32
Cemetery
972 96
Memorial Day
100 00
Public Library
325 62
Grading Central Square
289 44
New Hose House .
2,486 62
Flagstaffs
125 07
Hesper Street
99 88
Salaries
1,555 00
Amount carried forward,
$9,862 99
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$9,862 99
Incidentals,
4,653 06
Fire Department
636 47
Public Library
132 75
Schools .
9,172 91
Highways and Bridges .
3,560 00
Extension Water Pipes
499 28
Soldiers' Monument .
10,000 00
Road Commissioners
571 77
Sinking Fund
1,230 00
$40,319 23
OVERSEERS' DEPARTMENT.
OUTSIDE SUPPLIES.
EXPENDITURES.
Board of Helen M. Newhall at Hospital . $173 41
Board of Eliza J. Kidder do. 172 41
Board of Mrs Mary Conner do. 19 96
Board of John O. Rhodes do.
169 46
Board of John H. Newhall, Mass. School for Feeble-Minded 169 46
Board of Lottie Litton do. 11 54
City of Lynn, supplies to Mrs. G. O. New-
hall's and Mrs. F. Stevens' families 101 70
Groveland, supplies to James Wessels 13 00
John Roach, supplies to Mrs. Witherell . 11 00
Dr. Gale, attendance on Mrs. Towns . 8 00
Care of Cornelius Hooley . 54 00
D. S. Newhall, supplies to Mrs. Scanlon 17 00
do. to Mrs. W. H. Towns 8 00
Stocker & Hitchings, fuel to Mrs. Witherell 6 50
do. to Mrs. Wormstead 3 25
George W. Sisson, supplies, Mrs. Timoney 26 00
Amount carried forward,
$964 69
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $964 69
G. W. Sisson, supplies to Mrs. Wormstead 26 00
C. D. Fiske, supplies to Mrs. Witherell . . 42 00
Joseph Whitehead, supplies, Mrs. M. Rowe 32 00
do. Mrs. Samuel Newhall 26 00
do D. G. Pinkham 37 50
do. Mrs. Dorgan 10 90
do. Charles Roots 4 50
City of Lynn, supplies, Mrs. Stevens' family 27 00
do. Mrs. Newhall's family. 29 25
B. Rhodes for rent to Wm. Parker 18 00
7 50
Wm. M. Newhall & Son, fuel, Wm. Parker do. to Mrs. Scanlon
7 00
Stocker & Hitchings, fuel to Mrs. Timoney 4 75
do. to William Gabriel 18 38
Evan Evans, supplies, G. O. Newhall family 56 23 D. S. Newhall, supplies to Mrs. Scanlon 26 00
Stocker & Hitchings, fuel, Mrs. Wormstead 4 53 do. to Mrs. Timoney 4 50
Joseph Whitehead, supplies, Mrs. M. Rowe 33 00 do. to Mrs. Samuel Newhall . 26 00
D. S. Newhall, supplies to Mrs. Scanlon 9 00
do. to Mrs. W. H. Towns 2 00
do. to Mrs. Hannah Pevear 2 00
Geo. W. Sisson, supplies to Mrs. Wormsted 26 00
do. to Mrs. Timoney 26 00
Wm. M. Newhall & Son, fuel, Wm. Parker do. to G. O. Newhall . . 11 25
9 63
do. to Mrs. Scanlon 10 00
Benj. Rhodes, rent to William Parker 18 00
A. Wentworth, fuel to Mrs. Mary Rowe 20 00
Henry Fiske, supplies to Mrs. Crowell 3 11
Dr. Gale, medical attendance
25 00
Evan Evans, supplies, Mrs. G. O. Newhall
28 05
B. F. Robinson, repairs on buildings 197 00
H. A. Nowell, building wall . 36 00
Hall & Newhall, insurance 22 00
Appraising Committee 9 00
Incidentals 6 00
Overseer's salary 160 00
$2,025 77
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
Received for labor $53 65
from sale of stock
171 00
for milk
1,716 09
for wood
50 50
for hay and straw
67 20
for pork
99 28
for vegetables
49 25
for board .
111 00
for Noble. state aid
24 00
cash from Treasurer
1,873 62
$4,215 59
EXPENDITURES.
Dry goods and clothing
$100 21
Stock
527 00
Groceries
995 83
Labor
668 62
Grain
940 21
Fuel
101 96
Manure
142 02
Incidentals
289 74
Keeper's salary
450 00
$4,215 59
SUMMARY.
Overseers' orders for Outside Supplies . . $2,025 77 Overseers' orders for Almshouse . 1,873 62
Total orders on Treasury, $3,899 39
TOWN FARM ACCOUNT.
Dr. To rent of Farm $560 00
Cash, sundries
1.873 62
$2,433 62
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Cr. By increase of personal property . . $270 22 Support of 13 inmates, 580 weeks, at $3.73 per week $2,163 40
$2,433 62
JOHN ARMITAGE, GEORGE FAULKNER, APPRAISING JOHN M. BERRITT, COMMITTEE.
OVERSEERS' DEPARTMENT.
Dr. To orders drawn on Treasurer . $3,899 39
Cr. By cash received from other towns. . $90 65
Repairs on buildings
197 00
Repairs on cellar wall .
36 00
Insurance on personal property .
22 00
Paid Appraising Committee
9 00
Appropriation
$354 65 $3,500 00
$3,854 65
Excess of expenditure over appropriation .
44 74
$3,899 39
In accordance with the requirements of the By-Laws of the Town, we estimate the expenses for 1891 the sum of $3,800 00. We have now six insane persons - two more than last year - which will increase our expenses $340 over the past year.
J. ARMITAGE, for the Overseers.
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ROAD COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
IN making their report for the year 1890, the Road Commissioners would call the attention of the citizens of Saugus to the need of specific repairs on the Bridges and Highways of the Town.
The bridge at Hone's Mill is in an unsafe condition. We would recommend that a new bridge be built the ensuing year. The Ballard Street bridge will also need to be newly planked the coming year.
During the past year less money has been spent than for a number of years. In view of this fact, and of the many needed repairs, we would recommend for the ensuing year that the sum of four thousand dollars be appropriated.
W. A. TREFETHEN, ANTHONY HATCH, SOLON V. EDMANDS, Road Commissioners.
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EXPENDITURES.
Ward 1.
Labor
$410 83
Gravel
76 20
Blacksmith
2 80
Tools
1 00
Powder
40
Moving snow
8 65
$499 88
Ward 2.
Labor
$789 59
Amounts carried forward
$789 59
$499 88
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ROAD COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
Amounts brought forward,
$789 59
$499 88
Gravel .
71 90
Blacksmith
20 80
Iron posts
6 00
Hammer
1 68
Shovels
.4 13
Sign posts
6 00
Painting signs
7 00
S. N. Breed & Co., lumber
5 94
J. Whitehead, post
1 00
W. F. Paul .
19 76
Repairs on bridge
3 00
Expressing
1 70
$938 50
Ward 3.
Labor
$809 08
Gravel 78 60
Work on snow plough
7 00
Sign boards .
3 60
Painting and lettering
10 70
B. S. Hone, for posts
7 50
Blacksmith
36 70
Tools
5 94
Stationery
1 84
Setting posts
3 75
$964 71
Ward 4.
Labor
$792 55
Gravel .
76 20
Repairs on bridge at East Saugus, less $27 19 paid by City of Lynn
27 19
Blacksmith
9 95
Drainage
15 00
Ward 5.
Labor
$247 63
Blacksmith
2 50
Moving snow
9 80
Repairs on plough .
2 00
Amounts carried forward,
$261 93 $3,323 98
$920 89
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ROAD COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
Amounts brought forward,
$261 93 $3,323 98
Tools
5 62
Nails and lumber
1 50
Expressing
15
$269 20
Total expenditures on account general appropriation, $3,593 18
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION - FELTON STREET CULVERT.
Labor
$70 01
Blacksmith
1 85
Use of derrick 3 00
Lumber
2 58
Teaming derrick . 3 00
Repairing derrick
3 00
Stones
2 80
$86 24
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
THE Assessors herewith submit to the citizens of Sau- gus their Report for the year 1890.
Number of polls assessed, males 1023 Gain of 48
Number of polls assessed, females
3 Loss of 7
Number exempt from poll tax
40 Loss of 10
Total number registered . 1066
Gain of 31
Number of persons paying poll tax only . 583
Gain of 25
Number of persons paying property tax . 948 Gain of 23
Total number of persons assessed 1531
Gain of 48
AMOUNT OF PROPERTY ASSESSED.
Number of houses 787
Gain of 28
acres of land 5788
*Loss of 214
horses
349
Gain of 13
colts
20
Net gain
COWS
596
Gain of 79
heifers
20
Net gain
neat cattle
7 Same in '89
swine
422
Gain of 68
dogs in 1889
283
VALUATION OF REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.
Personal property assessed
$238 993
Buildings exclusive of land
$1,414,878
Land exclusive of buildings
838,997
2,253,875
Total valuation of assessed estate $2,492,868
* The difference in acres of land is on account of Jand taken by Lynn, for water purposes, land assessed twice, and several instances where more land was given in than shown afterwards by deed and records.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Divided as follows :
Resident real estate
$1,813,580
Gain of
$37,155
Resident personal estate
215,808
Gain of
53,095
Non-resident real estate .
440,295
Gain of
8,807
Non-resident personal estate .
23,185
Gain of
1,855
$2,492,868
$100,912
VALUE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Money at interest .
$43,190
Gain of
$9,414
Stock in trade
59,000
Gain of
1,300
Live stock
56,135
Loss of
84
Machinery
53,750
Gain of
2,950
Carriages
16,985
Loss of
2,660
Wood, lumber, etc.
9,933
Loss of
258
$238,993
Total valuation of assessed estate May 1, 1890
$2,492,868
Total valuation of assessed estate May 1, 1889 2,391,956
Showing a gain of
$100,912
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