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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN,
COMPRISING THOSE OF THE
COLLECTOR, TREASURER, SELECTMEN, OVER- SEERS OF THE POOR AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
.. FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1882.
NEW BEDFORD : MERCURY PUBLISHING COMPANY, PRINTERS. ISS 2.
ERRATA.
The eleventh line under Incidentals on page 21 should read, George Jones, collector of BACK taxes instead of bank taxes.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN,
COMPRISING THOSE OF THE
COLLECTOR, TREASURER, SELECTMEN, OVER- SEERS OF THE POOR AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
·
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1882.
NEW BEDFORD : MERCURY PUBLISHING COMPANY, PRINTERS. 1882.
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REPORT.
The Selectmen of the Town of Fairhaven herewith sub- mit their annual town report for the consideration of the town.
GEORGE JONES, COLLECTOR,
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN.
DR.
1881, March. Amount uncollected
taxes,
$355.18
1881. August.
Amount tax bills, 22,345.70
Interest collected, 14.78 $22,715.66
CR.
Amount remitted by assessors,
$115.56
Amount discount for prompt pay,
1,200.39
Unpaid taxes, 1880, $53.88
Unpaid taxes, 1881,
685.13
739.01
Amount paid State tax,
1,335.00
Amount paid county tax,
1,640.30
Amount paid Eben Akin, Jr., treas., 17,685.40 $22,715.66
Unpaid Taxes for 1880.
Peter Crapo,
$2.80
John Delano,
2.73
Calvin Delano,
2.00
Edward W. Forest,
2.00
Seth Hiller,
2.00
Franklin Paire,
2.00
Ezra Smith's estate,
20.80
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.William T. Swift,
$3.60
Thomas R. Seekiel,
3.60
William H. Studley,
2.00
Jessie A. Warner,
2.00
Andrew Westgate, Jr.,
2.00
William A. Hersey.
2.35
James Paull,
2.00
Charles Pierce,
2.00
Unpaid Taxes for 1881.
Warren W. Allen,
2.00
Frank Alvers,
2.00
William T. Barton,
2.00
Edward E. Baker,
4.45
Benjamin Battles,
2.00
Nathaniel Battles,
2.00
James T. Besse,
2.00
William T. Butman,
2.00
Jeremiah Bumpus,
2.00
William H. Braley,
2.00
Herbert G. Bassett,
2.00
William F. Caswell,
2.00
Caleb Church,
2.00
Charles Chace,
2.35
George L. Cole,
2.00
Peter Crapo,
2.70
George H. Cunningham,
2.00
Calvin Delano,
2.00
George W. Doe,
5.70
Edward P. Dunn,
2.00
Ebenezer Ellis,
2.00
Job A. T. Eddy,
30.77
Warren A. Folger, balance,
.50
Fairhaven Iron Works,
203.00
Charles H. Gifford,
2.00
John A. Gifford,
2.00
Henry Gidley,
2.00
Charles E. Hammond, balance,
3.13
Louis Hamlin,
6.20
Albert M. Howard, balance,
4.30
Thomas H. Howland,
2.00
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William A. Hersey,
$2.34
Mary E. Hersey,
6.44
Seth Hiller,
2.00
Rufus B. Jenney,
2.00
Seth F. Jenney,
2.00
Joseph King,
11.59
Robert T. Lawton,
2 00
William T. Lavarre, Jr.,
2.00
George T. Lloyd,
2.00
Augustus F. Mayo,
2.00
Walter Miller,
2.00
Joseph W. Morse,
2.00
Andrew J. Norton,
2.00
James Paull,
2.00
Franklin P. Paine,
2.98
Alvin H. Paine, Jr.,
2.00
Alvin H. Paine, estate, balance,
4.24
Allen Pease, estate,
11.20
Reuben P. Reed,
10.75
Daniel F. Ricketson,
7.60
Simeon B. Rose,
10.40
Prince A. Rogers,
2.00
William L. Ricketson,
2.00
Stillman H. Ryder,
2.00
Eugene A. Ryder,
2.00
William Ricketson,
2.00
Aaron Savory,
2.00
Thomas R. Seckiel,
2.49
Herbert P. Shurtleff,
2.00
Hiram Stackpole's heirs,
21.00
Arthur Sisson,
2.00
John Stoddard,
2.00
Roland Smith,
10.05
Manuel J. Silvia,
2.42
William T. Swift,
3.40
Charles L. Smith,
2 00
William H. Studley,
2.00
Enoch Staples,
2.00
Alonzo Stone,
12.65
George F. Slocum, John B. Stone,
2.00
2.00
Nathaniel D. Taber,
2.00
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John B. Tarr,
$110.92
Ezekiel B. Taylor,
2.00
Jesse A. Warner,
2.00
Andrew Westgate, Jr.,
2.14
Richard A. West,
3.40
Edward West,
6.60
Burgess S. Willcox, Jr.,
2.42
Edwin T. Willcox,
2.00
Nancy Carver,
1.40
Mrs. Ezra K. Delano, admx.,
2.10
Jarvis Ellis,
.52
Lucinda C. Kempton,
1.40
James M. Maynard,
1.40
Frank Nickerson,
1.40
Frank T. Perry,
36.96
Asa H. Pease's heirs,
2.80
Mary C. Sanford,
22.26
Michael Shay,
4.20
Henry Taber,
.56
EBEN AKIN, JR., TREASURER,
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN. DR.
He is charged with cash in the treasury, February 17, 1881, $1,117.71
Cash from town of Middleboro, 48.90
From town of Mattapoisett, 96.54
From town of Barnstable, 67.29
From city of New Bedford, 78.00
From town of Nantucket,
100.50
From Fairhaven National Bank,
970.42
Of R. E. Snow, peddler's license, 8.00
Of R. Pease, fish license, 1.00
For hogs and junk sold,
34.42
From city of Boston,
45.05
From J. Pickering and Moseley's notes, 3,937.83
From town of Dennis,
3.43
From city of Taunton, 290.67
Of L. M. Snow, liquor license, 1.00
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From New Bedford Institution for Savings, $8,000.00
Of State treasury, corporation tax, 1,408.83
Of State treasurer, National Bank tax, 2,368.81
Of State treasurer, State aid, 418.56
Of State treasurer, indigent soldiers and sailors, 492.00
For oxen exchanged, 40.21
For pasture and produce sold, 39.50
Of State treasurer, school fund, 195.56
Of County Treasurerer, dog tax, 202.13
Of D. C. Potter, fish license, 10.00
For pork sold, 101.09
Of A. J. Barney, earth sold, 6.60
From town of Dartmouth, 93.86
For produce sold, 103.51
Of S. H. Willcox, school books sold, 20.00
Of S. P. Dunn, fish license,
12.00
For hay sold, 16.44
Men and team clearing snow, 10.00
Of George Jones, taxes collected, 17,685.40
Team work and calf sold, . 9.60
For old plank sold, 3.75 $38,038.61
CR.
By town orders paid,
$36,047.00
National bank tax, 1881, 1,069.72
Bal. corporation tax, 1880, 21.86
Bal. National bank tax, 1880, 82.48
Bal. cash in the treasury,
817.55 $38,038.61
Report of the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.
Highway Department.
Amount from last year account,
$20.76
Amount of appropriation,
2,000.00
Amount of appropriation on Main street sidewalk, 150.00
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Amount of appropriation on streets accepted, $75.00 Cash, earth sold, 6.60
Amount from incidental account to balance,
124.18 $2,376.54
VILLAGE DISTRICT.
Abner Howard, Surveyor.
Amount proportioned,
$900.00
Amount appropriated special sidewalk,
Main street,
150.00
Amount Laurel and Rodman streets, 75.00
Paid Manuel Rose, team work, $75.10
Alfred Delano, team work, 9.40
Edwin Blossom, team work,
26.00
Joseph Millett, team work,
16.80
Jacob Crapo, team work,
30.40
John W. Bradford, team work,
33.50
Edwin J. Howard, team work,
18.00
Philip C. Westgate, team work,
32.48
George Swain, team work,
30.97
A. J. Tarr, team work,
5.20
George H. Howland, gravel and team work,
49.75
George Dean, team work,
11.95
Welcome J. Lawton, team work,
22.50
William T. Lavarre, team work,
2.48
Seth Alden, team work,
20.50
William J. Mackie, team work,
14.32
Daniel W. Dean, team work, 9.25
Oliver H. Wilcox, team work,
10.50
John M. Hathaway, team work,
3.30
Charles F. Stetson, team work,
12.50
William C. Ford, team work,
42.65
John S. Tinkham, gravel, stone and team work, 25.41
Shay brothers, stone,
9.00
Frank C. Paulino, stone,
6.24
Alden H. Manter, stone,
4.00
Patrick Barrett, gravel,
3.00
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Herbert L. Tripp, stone,
$15.39
John P. Ellis, stone,
20.00
Charles Eldridge, stone,
2.00
Joseph Rose, stone,
6.00
Nathaniel Church estate, gravel,
6.60
Lewis S. Judd, stone,
1.50
Fairhaven Iron Works, sand,
15.45
F. A. Sowle & Son, lumber,
7.23
Tillinghast & Terry, lumber,
2.52
Roland Fish, lumber,
6.37
George W. King, blacksmithing,
10.65
Roland Smith, blacksmithing,
2.49
Asa West, tool handles,
.75
William N. Alden, posts,
.20
S. S. Swift & Co., nails,
.78
Benj. T. Randall, labor,
22.95
Stephen N. Townsend, labor,
91.82
George F. Robinson , labor,
26.40
Charles Sherman, labor,
9.77
Edwin Jenney, labor,
8.63
Barney Rall, labor,
3.75
George M. Ring, labor,
7.50
James Lynch, labor,
18.00
David Howe, labor,
44.63
Frank A. Blossom, labor,
1.50
John C. Pease, Jr., labor,
29.11
William V. Haney, labor,
7.50
Thomas Davis, labor,
3.75
Samuel A. Tinkham, labor,
42.75
Thomas Clark, labor,
6.75
Alonzo Stone, labor,
6.00
John C. Allen, labor and stone,
12.50
John Quirk, labor,
5.55
Ezekiel Reed, labor,
5.78
Amos T. Pierce, labor,
2.63
Abner Howard, labor,
194.55
Cleaning snow.
George R. Wixson, labor,
1.35
William C. Ford, labor,
3.00
Charles F. Stetson, labor,
2.00
George R. Deane, labor,
1.72
2
10
D. W. Deane, labor,
$3.97
Warren A. Folger, labor,
1.50
Abner Howard, labor,
3.00
Ezekiel W. Reed, labor,
1.50
C. E. Allen, labor,
1.13
Edward Simos, labor,
1.50
Welcome J. Lawton, labor,
2.00
Jacob Crapo, labor,
2.00
S. E. Studley, labor,
1.35
John C. Pease, Jr., labor,
.60
Joseph P. Rosa, labor,
2.40
George Swain, labor,
1.80
Charles D. Sherman, labor,
1.35
John J. Allen, labor,
1.20
John C. Allen, labor,
1.13
William T. Lavarre, labor,
1.20
George H. Winchester, labor,
.30
John Quirk, labor,
1.20
Stephen N. Townsend, labor,
2.25
William J. Mackie, labor,
.90
Joseph Mara, labor,
1.05
Frank Fraties, labor,
2.40
John M. Hathaway, labor,
2.55
$1,221.30
NORTH DISTRICT.
Albert J. Barney, Surveyor.
Amount proportioned,
$550.00
Earth sold,
6.60
Paid David O. West, labor,
$15.00
N. P. Hayes, picks, &c.,
3.00
Marcus Kiff, team work,
5.55
Joseph Millett, team work,
13.80
David West, labor,
2.70
Samuel S. White, team work.
7.35
Loring Austin, team work,
21.52
Moses Stone, team work,
4.50
Frank Paulino, team work,
8.55
Reuben Austin, team work,
30.50
Joseph Jenney, team work, 6.00
Seth E. Stevens, team work,
10.35
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John F. Hammond, team work, $2.40
John S. Tinkham, gravel and team work, 46.52
Oliver H. Wilcox, team work,
34.20
George H. Howland, gravel and team work, 39.72
Joseph B. Taber, gravel,
15.00
John A. Tripp, stone and labor,
32.40
Patrick Galligan, team work,
6.75
John W. Bradford, team work,
6.10
William A. Tripp, labor,
40.59
Andrew Spooner, labor,
38.18
George Drew, labor,
15.53
Levi Haskins, labor,
7.50
Herbert Tripp, labor,
1.50
Benj. F. Drew, labor,
1.50
Rodolphus West, labor,
8.85
Samuel A. Tinkham, labor,
6.60
Charles H. Coombs, labor,
1.20
Edward West, labor,
2.85
George F. Robinson, labor,
6.00
John Charry, labor,
3.00
Israel Norris, labor,
6.00
Charles Gelett, labor,
4.05
Benj. T. Randall, labor,
6.90
T. P. W. Perkins, blacksmithing,
3.32
Albert J. Barney, labor and team work,
92.10
Clearing snow.
Albert J. Barney, labor,
4.00
Patrick Galligan, labor,
1.50
Charles Gelett, labor,
2.40
Andrew Spooner, labor,
2.34
Frank Paulino, labor,
.60
Seth O. Stevens,
2.10
Benj. T. Randall, labor,
2.34
Edgar C. Taber, labor,
3.00
George H. Howland, labor,
6.40
Oliver H. Wilcox, labor.
2.40
Town farm, labor,
10.00
James Dall, labor,
7.00
$601.66
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NEW BOSTON DISTRICT. Seth Delano, Surveyor.
Amount proportioned,
$550.00
Paid George M. Ring, team work,
$15.45
Allen Brownell, team work, 7.50
Charles A. Delano, team work, 4.65
Jacob Crapo, team work,
14.00
Charles Howard, team work,
10.05
Edwin Blossom, team work,
31.50
Joseph W. Jenney, team work,
9.00
Charles F. Jenney, team work and gravel,
32.35
Charles F. Stetson, team work, 14.00
Luther T. Howard, team work,
11.20
N. H. Stevens, team work,
24.66
William Stetson, labor and gravel,
7.85
James Pierce, 2d, team work,
6.40
Andrew Jenney, team work,
13.50
Durfee Akin, team work,
14.00
Othniel Moulton, team work,
5.40
Reuben Austin, team work,
2.00
Charles F. Blossom, team work,
8.10
Welcome J. Lawton, team work,
17.50
William A Hammond, team work,
5.40
N. F. Benson, stone and labor, 2.35
Ann M. Godfrey, gravel,
14.70
Edward Baker, labor,
12.00
William Hersey, labor,
6.75
Joseph Hammond, labor,
20.70
Albert Howard, labor,
6.00
Arthur Austin, labor,
2.70
Arthur Hammond, labor,
8 75
Harry W. Delano, labor,
.97
Frank E. Blossom, labor,
6.75
John Gelett, labor,
28.35
Henry Hammond, labor,
12.75
Willis Skiff, labor,
4.50
Albert Gelett, labor,
9.75
William V. Haney, labor,
4.50
Ebenezer Ellis, labor,
2.70
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Joseph Francis, labor, $7.50
George W. King, blacksmithing, 3.35
Seth Delano, team work and labor, 125.65 Clearing snow,
Seth Delano, 1.60
William A. Hersey,
1.20
Joseph Francis,
.75
A. M. Howard,
1.20
Walter Jenney,
2.40
Frank Blossom,
1.20
Edwin Blossom,
2.80
Chas. F. Howard,
5.60
Arthur Hammond,
1.20
William M. Stetson,
.40
$553.58
Abner Howard, surveyor's bills,
1221.30
Albert J. Barney, surveyor's bills,
601.66
$2,376.54
School Department.
Amount from balance of last year's account,
$507.97
Amount of appropriation,
4,000.00
Amount of dog tax from county treasurer, 202.13
Amount of school fund from State treasurer, 195.56
Amount of appropriation for school incidentals, 500.00
$5,405.66
Paid by orders on treasurer on
account of George H. Tripp,
high school,
$637.50
J. D. Roberts, high school,
125.00
Lewis R. Wentworth, high school,
150.00
Anna J. Fairchild, high school, 501.25
Jennie A. Bogue, high school, 169.16
Evelyn S. Wardell, high school, 165.00
S. H. Robertson, grammar school, 448.13
Mira A. Barney, grammar school, 217.00
Mary E. Fairchild, grammar school, 118.75 Carrie Jenney, Spring street and grammar school, 203.50
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Amanda F. Sears, Oxford Village school, $277.50
Lizzie Delano, north primary school, 93.75
Carrie I. Taber, north primary school, 21.00 Gertrude S. Howland, south primary school, 179.50
Mary Haney, south primary school, 46 00 Lillian B. Allen, New Boston
school, 217.00
Ellen H. Akin, Naskatucket school, 217.00
Hattie M. Howland, Sconticut Neck school, 259.00
L. F. Winchester, Pease school, 215.01 $4,261.04
Care of School Houses.
Paid by orders on treasurer on account of James Allen, Jr., high school, $110.25
William H. Hoeg, grammar school, 107.75 James H. Taber, Oxford Village school, 42.00
Willie C. Card, north primary school, 26.50
Herbert Burke, south primary school, 15.20 Fredk. H. Bryant, south primary school, 15.15
George M. Ring, New Boston school, 29.87
Maria Skiff, Naskatucket school, 38.00
Abby A. Sherman, Sconticut Neck school, 29.90
Fuel for Schools.
Fairhaven, Coal Co., Naskatucket school, $7.00 Seth Delano, wood, New Boston school, 16.00 N. H. Stevens, wood, New Boston school, 2.00 T. S. Corson, coal, High school, 78.52 G. M. Ring, wood, New Boston school, 4.25
T. S. Corson, coal, grammar school, 45.77 Henry C. Tinkham, charcoal, all schools, 21.84 T. S. Corson, coal, Naskatucket school, 11.50 T. S. Corson, coal, north primary school, 11.50 T. S. Corson, coal, Oxford school, 10.50
$414.62
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T. S. Corson, coal, Sconticut school, $11.50 T. S. Corson, coal, south primary school, 11.00 T. S. Corson, coal, Pease district school, 14.38 G. M. Ring, wood, Sconticut school, 2.25
S. E. Skiff, wood, Sconticut school, 1.25 $249.26
School Incidentals.
Amount of appropriation, $500.00
Paid by orders on treasure on account of
J. D. Vaughan & Son, fixtures, etc., $3.75
B. F. Cottelle, moving and tuning piano, 4.00
Alexander H. Tripp, paint and set- ting glass, 9.73
James M. Allen, Jr., labor on high school house, 16.04
Henry J. Taylor, furnishings for schools, 9.30
Obed F. Hitch, supplies,
7.09
S. Hutchinson, stationery,
5.75
E. Anthony & Sons, printing, 4.75
William Ware & Co., books, 78.43
D. Lothrop & Co., books, 4.20
A. C. Stockton, books,
41.46
C. D. Waldron, advertising, 3.50
Nathan J. Day, repairs, 4.25
Albert J. Barney, repairs, 11.12
Frederick A. Sowle & Sons, lumber, 26.00 Philip C. Westgate, gravel for yards, 11.25 William H. Hoeg, cleaning and re- pairs, 51.90
Susan Beal, cleaning high school house, 23.00
George M. Ring, cleaning New Bos- ton school, 3.50
Charles C. Gerry, crayon erasers,
3.95
Charles Sherman, labor, 2.50
Taber Bros., setting glass,
.95
Thomas Davis, labor, 4.50
Maria Skiff, cleaning Naskatucket school house, 2.75
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Estate of E. P. Stoddard, rent of school house lot, $15.00
Levi M. Snow, chemicals for high school, 2.45
George E. Fuller, express, postage, etc., 7.61
New England School Furnishing Co., 7.00
H. H. Hathaway, paint and labor, 3.33
Lucy M. Davis, express,
.80
Leavitt & Taber, supplies,
4.70
Edwin Dews, books.
3.00
Robert H. Taber, fitting stoves,
4.37
Amos T. Pierce, repairs,
34.07
Caleb Maxfield, chairs,
2.25
E. Boden. Jr., rent of piano,
5.00
C. A. Johnson, stoves and repairs :
High school, 13.13
Grammar school, 14.75
Stone school, 1.25
S. Primary school, 2.85
N. Primary school, 2.25
Sconticut school, .05
Naskatucket school, .45
Pease district school, 2.10
E. A. Bates, supplies,
1.84
William L. Kelley, clock,
5.00
H. F. Wilde, supplies,
6.30
Samuel Bennett, call bell,
1.25
Edward West, labor,
2.75
A. D. Bourne, labor on Stone school house, 1.70
American Tack Co., poker, .50
$479.42
Care of schools, 414.62
Teachers,
4,261.04
Fuel for schools,
249.26
Balance to new account,
1.32
$5,405.66
Amount of appropriations and credits,
$5,405.66
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Poor Department in Almshouse.
Amount appropriated,
$2,500.00
Sales from Town Farm, Hay,
76.60
Corn fodder, 30.00
Pasture,
4.50
Team and labor, 12.80
Potatoes,
200.25
Eggs,
39.40
Chickens,
13.43
Exchange of oxen, 40.21
Calf,
6.80
Cowhide,
3.96
Tallow,
1.93
Turnips,
6.30
Milk,
.70
Beans,
2.25
Pork,
167.03
Sundry sales of
produce,
2.16
Green corn, 3.00
Apples,
7.95
Use of cart,
1.00
Harrow teeth,
1.86
Old plank sold,
3.75
Town of Middleboro,
48.90
Town of Mattapoisett,
96.54
Town of Barnstable,
9.85
City of New Bedford,
78.00
Town of Nantucket,
100.50
City of Boston,
45.05
Town of Dennis,
3.43
City of Taunton,
290.67
Town of Barnstable,
57.44
Town of Dartmouth,
93.86
$3,950.12
Paid by S. Howland, keeper.
Sundry groceries,
17.49
Meats,
43.20
Fish,
6.79
Sundry goods for farm,
22.82
Sundry dry goods,
43.75
Sundry clothing for inmates,
27.51
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Sundry medicines, $4.80
Sundry boots and shoes, 8.36
Purrington & Brown, paper, 7.08
Seaweed, 3.60
Crockery, .57
Strawberry plants, 1.40
Paid by orders on treasurer on account of :
Benjamin Dillingham, laborer, 10.00
Mrs. M. C. Hamlin, keeper, 150.00
Wilcox & Hammond, killing hogs, 3.00
Bristol Co. Mutual Fire Insurance Co., on buildings, 32.00
H. F. Wilde, grain and groceries,
148.08
Seth E. Stevens, meat, 35.19
Solomon Howland, keeper,
350.00
Philip G. Howland, laborer,
100.00
N. P. Hayes, farming tools,
19 60
Solomon Howland, seed potatoes,
25.00
William J. Mackie, pigs,
29.25
John G. Ellis, groceries, 320.10
Henry A. Allen, laborer,
26.00
Thomas P. W. Perkins, shoeing horse, 7.50
E. Anthony & Sons, Standard, 6.00
Geo. M. Eddy & Co., mats, 3.75
H. H. Hathaway, paint, &c., 1.66
Charles S. Paisler, fertilizers, 187.69
Albert J. Barney, masonry, 4.35
George W. King, shoeing oxen, 6.00
Wm. H. Bowen, undertaker, 23.00
Fairhaven Coal Co., 64.00
Levi M. Snow, for medicine, 1.57
S. S. Swift & Co., grain, 53.09
E. M. Deane, for boots and shoes, 5.95
E. B. Whiting & Co., cloth, &c., 10.64
A. D. Bourne, shingling and repairs, 20.57 John Wheeler, whitewashing, 10.50
C. A. Johnson, stove, tinware, &c., 24.05
John W. Bradford, killing hogs, 8.00
C. F. Cushing, robe, 15.00
Eben Akin, Jr., clothing, 15.92
Cyrus Peckham, pigs, 18.00
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David West, butchering,
$3.25
Geo. Atwood, medical attendance, 50.00
Roland Smith, blacksmithing,
1.05 $1,968.13
Poor Out of Almshouse.
Paid by orders on treasurer on account of :
Rebecca Wood,
$92.47
Emily Jones, 27.95
Porterfield Hutchins,
113.07
Exey Parker, 48.00
Harriet W. Braley, lunatic hospital, 190.31
Angenett Pierce, lunatic hospital,
185.46
Annie Craige,
3.75
John Alden,
82 34
Sarah Delano,
78.00
Mary Fuller,
39.00
J. L. Gillingham, counsel,
5.00
Frederick Hammond,
18.51
Lot Besse,
40.00
Andrew Wilcox,
51.56
Sophia (). Hallett,
66.66
Mary Hammond,
11.50
Nancy Fuller,
5.10
John Terry,
5.75
Delia Chandler,
10.05
Mrs. E. W. West,
19.50
Edward S. Baker,
43.70
Mike Nolan,
43.30
Sarah E. Snow,
51.00
Charlotte Barrows,
12.00
Mrs. Leonard Murray,
4.00
Mrs Edward West,
32.00
William Sekiel,
3.02
Joseph R. Williams,
9.00
Mrs. B. Cook,
1.06
$1,293.06
Due from Taunton,
$293.47
Acushnet,
106.91
Barnstable,
57.44
New Bedford,
38.94
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Nantucket,
$19.00
Middleboro,
11.55
Boston, Dennis,
10.45
8.70
$546.46
Amount expended in almshouse,
1,968.13
Amount expended out of almshouse,
1,293.06
Balance to new account,
142.47
$3,950.12
Amount of appropriation and credits,
$3,950.12
Fire Department.
Amount of appropriation,
$1,000.00
Amount from incidental account to balance,
62.04
$1,062.04
Paid by orders on treasurer on account of
Fairhaven Coal Co., coal, $13.00
T. S. Corson, coal, 11.50
E. M. Dean, repairs on hose, .85
J. G. Morse, care and running en- gine, 213.98
Leavitt & Taber, oil and lamps, 3.47
James M. Babbitt, lock hooks, 3.50
Engineers of Fire Department,
31.67
Pay-roll Relief engine, No. 5,
458.33
Pay-roll of Contest engine, No. 3, 200.00
Pay-roll hook and ladder company, 60.00
Taber Bros., setting glass., 1.00
George W. King, setting tires, 5.00
Hardy Hitch, canvas, etc., 4.19
Welcome J. Lawton, team work,
3.00
C. A. Johnson, furnishings, 7.15
John Wheeler, masonry,
3.50
William H. Hoeg, care of hose,
8.60
F. A. Sowle & Sons, lumber,
7.41
H. F. Wilde, sundries, 5.59
Benj. F. Drew, care of engine No. 5, 17.30
R. A. Dunham & Co., horse, 3.00
$1,062.04
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Lighting Streets.
Amount appropriated,
$250.00
Paid by orders on treasurer on account of
George Reeves, lighting streeet
lamps, $145.92
Leavitt & Taber, oil, 19.72
Eldridge Bros., oil, 6.52
Obed F. Hitch, supplies for streets, 1.66
C. A. Johnson, repairing street
lights,
.40
BRIDGE.
Paid George Reeves, 54.00
Leavitt & Taber, oil, etc.,
6.12
Obed F. Hitch, supplies for bridge,
.96
Eldridge Bros., supplies for bridge, 1.81
Amount carried to new account,
12.89
$250.00
Incidentals.
Amount of balance from last year,
$588.98
Amount appropriated,
$500.00
Fish pound licenses,
23.00
National bank tax
2,368.81
Peddlers' license, R. E. Snow,
8.00
L. M. Snow. license,
1.00
S. H. Wilcox, school books sold,
20.00
State aid,
418.56
Military aid,
492.00
Corporation tax,
1.408.83
George Jones, collector bank taxes, 210.40 $6,039.58
Paid Job. C. Tripp, moderator,
$10.00
Joshua R. Delano, constable,
5.40
Robert Bennett, auditor,
2.00
William F. Caswell, auditor,
2.00
E. L. Barney, counsel,
15.00
C. D. Waldron, printing and advertising,
46.75
Q. F. Collins, blank books,
22.25
R. E. Leavitt , expenses, postage, &c.,
10.70
Obed F. Hitch, justice fees,
1.00
22
Samuel Jenkins, death returns,
$14.00
Mercury Publishing Co., 59.66
Roland Fish, lumber, .83
S. Hutchinson, stationery, &c.,
16.78
Obed Eldridge, census, &c.,
24.00
Eben Bryden, labor on bridge,
27.25
Daniel J. Lewis, labor on bridge,
40.57
Charles H. Taber, labor on bridge,
26.80
William H. Hoeg, Jr., labor on bridge,
26.25
Tillinghast & Terry, lumber on bridge, 226.65
John Gurney, labor on bridge, . 26.25
T. P. W. Perkins, blacksmithing on bridge, 1.00
American Tack Co., spikes on bridge, 21.00
American Tack Co., kindlings, watch house,
.51
Taber Brothers, paint, glass, &c.,
8.30
Phoenix Hall Association, rent,
92.00
Estate of John Allen, pound lot,
4.00
Amos T. Pierce, town clock &c ..
61.72
George A. Briggs, engineering, and horse and carriage to Westport, 23.00
John S. Tinkham, fitting street crossing,
4.00
E. Anthony & Sons, printing, 15.00
.13
A. D. Bourne, fence, Main street,
4.50
John Wheeler, masonry,
2.00
C. A. Johnson, stove pipe,
2.38
Parker & Haskell, coal for office.
7.00
Weston C. Vanghan, death returns,
1.50
Eben Akin, Jr., soldiers' lot,
3.00
Eben Akin, Jr., justice fees, recording deaths, and office supplies, 45.70
Phineas W. Record, truant officer,
8.65
O. F. Perkins, truant officer, 2.75
George Jones, office supplies,
5.96
Aaron Savory, repairing pump,
3.00
Seth Delano, setting town bound,
.30
Alfred Nye, crackers for watch house, .63
George Atwood, vaccinating children, 150.00
Roland Smith, watching, 3d & 4th of July, &c., 18.00 Taxes refunded.
William S. Guild, $.82
Levi M. Snow, medicine,
23
John Quirk,
$1.32
Mary E. Loomis,
1.64
Pardon Cornell, S. M. Hall, W. K. Raymond.
2.63
1.31
4.47
$12.19
$1102.36
School Book Agency.
Paid by orders on treasurer on account of : S. Hutchinson, M. W. Tewksbury,
105.34
22.56
$127.90
Washington Street Sidewalk.
Amount appropriation,
$300.00
Paid by orders on treasurer on account of John S. Tinkham, contractor,
$300.00
Military aid under chapter 252,
$396.00
State aid under chapter 301,
547.00
Amount carried to highway account,
$124.18
Amount carried to fire department,
62.04
Amount carried to salaries,
76.75
Amount carried to debt and interest,
1,768.42
$2,031.39
Salaries of Town Officers.
Amount of appropriation,
$1,200.00
Amount from incidentals account to
balance, 76.75
$1,276.75
Paid by orders on town treasurer on account of Lucy M. Davis, school committee, $85.00
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Obed Eldridge, school committee,
$40.50
Matthew Merry, school committee,
75.75
George E. Fuller, school committee,
$ 75.00
Robert E. Leavitt, assessor,
73.33
George A. Briggs, assessor,
73.33
79.94
Daniel W. Deane, assessor,
73.34 ×
George A. Briggs, selectman,
73.34
Daniel W. Deane, selectman,
73.33
Robert E. Leavitt, selectman,
73.33
Eben Akin, Jr., clerk and treasurer,
250.00
1. 2
George Jones, collector,
250.00
James Davis, board of health,
10.00
Phineas W. Record, constable,
50.50
$1,276.75
Town Debt.
Amount appropriated for liquidating
debt and interest, $5,000.00
New Bedford Institution for Savings, 5,000.00
Fairhaven National Bank, 970.42
John Pickering and Mosley,
1,960.33
John Pickering and Mosley, 1,977.50
New Bedford Institution for Savings, 3,000.00
Amount from incidental account,
1,768.42
$19,676.67
Paid by orders on treasurer on account of
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