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REPORT
OF THE
Selectmen of Fairhaven
ON THE
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN,
FOR THE YEAR 1876-7.
NEW BEDFORD : E. ANTHONY & SONS, PRINTERS 1877.
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REPORT
OF THE
Selectmen of Fairhaven
ON THE
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN,
FOR THE YEAR 1876-7.
NEW BEDFORD : E. ANTHONY & SONS, PRINTERS. 1877.
CENTS
1
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
EBEN AKIN, JR., TREASURER,
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN.
1876, March 1.
To balance in treasury,
Cash from town of Marion,
174.00
Nantucket,
112.00
Acushnet,
10.00
City of Fall River,
183.00
66 Town of Falmouth,
45.50
Of James V. Cox, for oil,
2.25
66
For school books sold,
150.00
Dividend at First National Bank,
128.80
For board of D. C. Wood,
190.45
From city of New Bedford,
90.00
For corporation tax,
662.62
National bank tax,
2,145.40
" For State aid,
561.33
" For oil barrel sold,
1.50
Of George Jones, collector,
20,496.40
" State treasurer, school fund,
206.06
"' County treasurer, dog tax, 152.62 $32,638.24
1877, Feb. 15.
CR.
By town orders paid,
$23,788.38 250.00
Treasurer's salary,
8,599.86 $32,638.24
GEO. JONES, COLLECTOR,
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN.
DR.
1876, March.
Amount of uncollected taxes, $830.54
July. Tax bills from assessors, 28,302.26 Interest collected, 55.61 $29.188.41
Cash in the treasury,
DR.
$7,326.31
4
1877, Feb. CR.
Amount uncollected taxes charged T. Damon, Jr., as collected by him, not accounted for, $61.00
Amount remitted by assessors Jan. 31, 471.12
Discount for prompt pay, 1,435.47
Uncollected for 1875, $45.61
1876, 547.69
593.30
Paid state tax,
1,602.00
Paid county tax,
1,456.46
Paid bank tax,
2,730.93
Taxes refunded by order of assessors, 31.18
Cash paid town treasurer,
20,496.40
Salary and commissions,
310.55 $29,188.41
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN,
IN ACCOUNT WITH JOSEPH MILLETT, HIGHWAY SURVEYOR.
1876-7.
DR.
Paid S. P. Townsend,
$8.00
Charles Hackett,
14.60
Benjamin Gifford,
.75
Stephen Townsend,
159.30
James T. Bessie,
29.90
Eben R. Tripp,
33.40
Paving hammers,
4.00
C. A. Delano,
3.90
Gravel,
5.80
B. & F. H. Iron Works,
19.00
David Howe,
100.10
W. T. Butman,
1.40
Joshua Delano,
11.05
Elishup Allen,
2.00
John Curran,
55.00
Loring Austin,
28.75
William Bates,
2.00
Louis Long,
23.00
Lot Besse,
1.20
A. D. Bourne,
5.80
T. H. Bowen,
2.00
E. Rose,
61.00
A. J. Fuller,
15.80
Elisha Babcock,
1.00
Charles Goldsmith,
2.50
Rufus A. Dunham & Co.,
9.25
M. McLean,
49.50
A. M. Wright,
17.13
5
John Howard,
5.80
Alden Manter,
40.00
T. W. Taber,
13.40
Reuben Austin,
64.00
James Dall,
35.00
James A. Dall,
7.00
Calvin Hackett,
4.20
James T. Bradford,
163.75
Charles Blossom,
51.90
John Tinkham,
47.45
George F. Robinson,
26.50
Albert Eldredge,
8.40
Charles Eldredge,
2.67
William Mann,
.40
A. J. Bonney,
39.50
Peter Shurtleff,
1.00
S. A. Tinkham,
22.00
Thomas Nye,
60.00
Everett Stetson,
56.15
Oscar Stetson,
13.00
Osmond Stetson,
13.70
Dennis Stevens' estate,
10.00
Luther T. Howard,
17.10
H. T. Howard,
19.20
Samuel Hathaway,
7.40
Rufus Jenney,
78.70
Job Willcox,
18.00
Squire Stevens,
18.45
Henry Jenney,
7.00
Edward West,
15.00
Joseph H. Hammond,
12.00
Roland Fish,
1.00
H. Hammond,
4.00
Arthur Hammond,
4.00
J. F. Howard,
7.00
George Swain,
19.60
Seth Delano,
12.00
O. Willcox,
32.65
A. Delano, Jr.,
12.40
Edward McCabe,
5.80
Charles Hammond,
3.15
Joseph Jenney,
12.00
A. W. Spooner,
15.45
John Gelett,
10.00
. Edwin Jenney,
18.50
E. R. Baker,
10.00
Mr. Moulton,
6.00
6
E. G. Grinnell,
24.40
J. M. Howland,
21.50
Mr. Galligan,
21.00
S. S. White,
20.00
W. V. Haney,
14.60
Hervey Sears,
1.00
W. H. Hoeg,
1.00
S. S. Paine,
12.50
W. P. Sullings,
12.15
John P. Ellis,
13.80
John Morse,
2.25
William Mackie,
25.40
L. S. Judd,
10.00
John Wheeler,
10.80
William Hammond,
2.00
H. M. Eaton,
2.25
Henry Stetson,
.50
Town farm,
15.00
School committee,
10.00
James Tripp's estate,
22.25
T. S. Wrightington,
27.50
Alonzo Stone,
10.00
M. McDermott,
1.60
Seth Alden,
12.00
George H. Taber,
2.20
Jonathan Cowen,
2.10
Job A. T. Eddy,
17.40
George King,
17.25
R. P. Marshall,
8.00
John M. Hathaway,
8.00
Benjamin Dunn,
.50
Edwin Howard,
2.20
George Dean,
2.00
John Allen,
.80
Seth A. Mitchell,
1.00
James Terry,
6.00
W. Waterson,
1.00
Paul Hathaway,
10.65
Rufus A. Dunham & Co.,
3.30
Joseph Millett,
500.00
$2,595.25
CR.
By appropriation for highway department, $2,500.00
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Support of Public Schools.
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
D. A. Caldwell,
$1,410.00
M. E. Waldron,
33.33
Lucy B. Taber,
147.00
N. B. Stetson,
63.00
M. A. Fairfield,
384.00
D. P. Rand,
600.00
A. J. Fairchild,
410.00
M. E. Fairchild,
284.00
L. P. Miller,
72.00
A. H. Delano,
548.50
A. E. Burke,
192.00
A. L. Stevens,
74.98
S. R. Allen,
189.00
E. S. Dunham,
192.00
A. F. Sears,
229.50
G. Howland,
168.00
E. H. Akin,
168.00
C. B. Alden,
91.00
$5,256.31
CARE AND LABOR.
Loring Dexter,
$117.03
E. West,
1.67
J. W. Lawton,
134.56
A. E. Delano,
20.00
H. E. Burke,
24.55
Charles Sullings,
14.20
Joseph King,
3.85
A. H. Sherman,
23.53
Charles Clark,
18.55
L. M. Keen,
18.25
I. H. Severance,
14.40
Rufus Jenney,
1.00
H. Caswell,
2.25
A. Howard,
4.45
M. Skiff,
13.88
J. H. Taber,
9.00
421.17
SUPPLIES AND REPAIRS.
Almy & Hitch, high school exhibition,
$5.00
Brennan & Tileston, furniture,
39.00
A. G. Whitcomb, furniture,
280.00
J. A. T. Eddy, taking acct. of school children, 10.00
R. Bennett,
15.00
G. H. Taber,
5.00
W. S. Guild,
13.96
8
S. E. Studley,
11.00
Purrington & Taber,
12.50
William C. Ford,
1.50
R. A. Dunham,
1.50
L. M. Snow,
11.46
New Bedford Railroad,
6.00
I. F. Terry, rent,
15.00
George W. King,
3.37
John Hill, tuning piano,
2.00
N. J. Day,
8.60
S. Delano,
16.00
Amos T. Pierce,
.50
S. S. Swift,
1.76
D. K. Hathaway,
15.45
N. S. Taber,
2.00
C. A. Johnson,
67.12
Asa Dunham,
.35
C. H. Morton,
17.19
A. D. Bourne,
218.36
S. Hutchinson,
26.65
J. Tinkham,
31.46
A. Savery,
.40
O. F. Hitch,
10.62
G. H. Taber,
15.25
Fairhaven Coal Co.,
224.94
1,088.94
$6,766.42
CR.
Appropriation,
$6,300.00
State school fund,
206.06
Dog tax,
152.62
$6,658.68
Support of the Poor.
Orders drawn for support of the poor in alms-house,
$1,678.99
Orders drawn for outside relief,
1,830.97 $3,509.96
Expended by Perry Lapham,
340.47
$3,850.43
Balance salary due P. Lapham,
200.00
$4,050.43
CR.
Appropriation for support of poor, $3,500.00
Cash received of Marion, 174.00
Nantucket,
112.00
.
9
Cash received of Acushnet,
10.00
Falmouth,
45.50
Fall River,
183.00
New Bedford,
90.00
66 Lunatic hospital,
190.45
$4,304.95
Articles of produce sold from farm,
541.15
$4,846.10
Due from other towns for support paid this year, to go to the credit of the poor account when refunded :
City of New Bedford,
$205.55
Town of Marion,
104.00
Town of Acushnet,
7.50
Town of Tisbury,
5.00
Town of Nantucket,
96.00
$418.05
Number of tramps lodged in the alms-house and station-house this year,
551
Incidental Expenses.
State aid,
$578.00
Hooks and ladders,
$40.00
C. A. Johnson,
4.40
T. F. Morse,
2.00
Jireh Sherman,
4.80
William H. Hoeg,
8.90
A. J. Fuller,
1.75
J. G. Morse,
209.65
O. F. Hitch,
3.71
A. Savery,
.87
L. Brownell,
6.75
Boston & Fairhaven Iron Works,
1.23
J. Egan,
1.20
Luther Cole,
.75
C. H. Coombs,
2.70
William C. Ford,
15.00
Engine No. 5,
219.98
Engine No. 3,
200.00
George King,
11.00
William Mann,
18.60
B. Taber,
1.75
J. Bradford,
13.25
H. Hitch,
7.26
R. A. Dunham & Co.,
8.25
Fairhaven Coal Co.,
17.20
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
B
10
A. G. Tripp,
7.77
Fire wards,
50.00
Wamsutta Mills, coal,
21.55
Gifford & Allen,
3.48
R. M. Simmons,
12.35
896.15
SALARIES.
William H. Whitfield, committee on accounts, $12.00
George H. Taber, selectman,
190.00
A. G. Tripp,
30.00
Welcome J. Lawton,
30.00
G. H. Taber, assessor,
90.00
J. A. T. Eddy,
110.00
R. Bennett,
50.00
C. H. Morton, 1875-6, school committee,
50.00
Isaac Terry, 1875-6,
54.00
Matthew Merry, 1875-6,
22.00
James Davis, constable,
93.00
Thomas S. Butman,
52.00
Committee on accounts,
6.00
789.00
LIGHTING STREETS.
George Reeves,
$152.90
Asa Dunham,
4.20
O. A. Sisson,
8.82
O. F. Hitch,
11.43
Purrington & Taber,
2.54
Levi M. Snow,
.28
180.17
LIGHTING BRIDGE.
F. P. Sherman,
$54.00
S. S. Swift,
20.13
74.13
SUNDRY INCIDENTALS.
State Lunatic Hospital,
$860.76
Charles A. Johnson, sealer,
5.37
Bristol County Insurance Co.,
9.60
S. Hutchinson,
330.24
R. E. Leavitt, tax refunded,
41.40
G. H. Taber, moderator,
6.00
C. T. Bonney, advice, 1874,
25.00
E. Anthony & Sons, printing,
102.50
Fessenden & Baker, printing,
48.25
Oliver Prescott, advice,
7.00
S. Jenkins, recording deaths,
16.50
Edwin Dews,
9.00
Manuel Sylvia,
144.75
O. F. Hitch, lock-up,
.72
11
O. F. Hitch, administering oaths,
1.00
Aaron Savery, town pump,
8.66
William Butman,
.35
A. D. Bourne,
1.00
William H. Davis, bridge,
9.00
R. Fish, lumber for bridge,
56.56
William N. Alden, watching,
6.00
S. Hutchinson, stationery,
2.12
City of New Bedford, lumber for bridge,
105.88
C. D. Hunt, repairing drain,
17.50
James A. Lewis et al, bridge,
125.00
Purrington & Taber, 66
5.94
Abraham Chase, יי
71.97
George Atwood, pump,
20.00
George Atwood, book, health com.,
1.25
Charles A. Johnson, sundries,
7.60
Amos T. Pierce, care clock,
25.00
B. Taber, rent pound,
4.00
T. S. Butman, watching,
90.00
J. A. T. Eddy, use of horse,
1.50
Fairhaven Coal Co., lock-up,
8.02
B. Taber, expenses to Fall River,
5.00
A. G. Tripp, assistant assessor,
8.10
A. G. Tripp, sundries,
3.95
Jonathan Cowen, assistant assessor,
7.65
Ellery T. Taber, assistant assessor,
5.00
E. Akin, returning deaths and marriages,
28.70
City of New Bedford, balance bridge account,
75.96
E. Akin, office supplies,
7.74
J. B. Baylies, watch-house,
6.75
William Watkins, bridge,
9.00
Charles A. Johnson, sundries,
10.80
2,371.73
$4,889.18
BONDS AND INTEREST.
Bonds paid,
$2,000.00
Coupons paid,
2,730.00
Interest paid,
1,296.76 6,026.76
$10,915.94
6.00
Phoenix Hall, rent,
2.00
George Jones, office expenses,
20.44
Fairhaven Coal Co., office,
12
APPROPRIATIONS.
Liquidation bonds and interest,
$6,000.00
Fire department,
1,000.00
Incidental expenses,
2,000.00
Cash received state aid,
561.33
Cash for books sold,
150.00
Cash of J. V. Cox,
2.25
Barrel sold,
1.50
$9,715.08
Town Debt.
Bonds,
$37,000.00
Pease district note,
5,000.00
Fairhaven Institution for Savings,
7,000.00
Notes to individuals,
4,900.00 $53,900.00
School Book Agency.
Cash on hand 2 mo. 15, 1876,
$73.13
Books on hand 2 mo. 15, 1876,
244.68
Books purchased,
238.90
Profit on books sold,
47.11
Geographies introduced by committee,
165.71
$769.53
CR.
Books on hand 2 mo. 15, 1877,
$178.13
Books furnished schools,
81.53
Cash paid for geographies,
165.71
Cash paid by agent,
15.01
Cash paid town treasurer,
150 00
Cash paid agency,
47.11
Cash on hand,
132.04
$769.53
Debts Due Town.
Tucker Damon, Jr.,
$1,950.41
State of Massachusetts, state aid,
578.00 $2,528.41
GEORGE H. TABER, ARNOLD G. TRIPP, WELCOME J. LAWTON,
$ Selectmen.
The undersigned have examined the foregoing accounts, and believe them to be correct.
ROBERT BENNETT.
L. S. JUDD.
JONATHAN COWEN.
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