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SELECTMENS OFFICE
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN,
COMPRISING THOSE OF THE
COLLECTOR, TREASURER, SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR . AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
For the year ending February 15, 1886.
NEW BEDFORD : E. ANTHONY & SONS, PRINTERS. 1886.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN,
COMPRISING THOSE OF THE
COLLECTOR, TREASURER, SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
For the year ending February 15, 1886.
NEW BEDFORD : E. ANTHONY & SONS, PRINTERS. 1886.
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REPORT.
The Selectmen herewith submit their annual report for the consideration of the town :
F. DE P. TAPPAN, Collector,
In account with Town of Fairhaven.
DR.
Amount taxes,
$19,096.72
Bank tax,
1,247.40
Interest collected,
.87 $20,344.99
CR.
Abatement,
$1,127.66
County tax,
1,501.40
Bank tax,
12.47
Taxes remitted,
68.39
Paid Town Treasurer,
17,133.36
Taxes uncollected,
501.71 $20,344.99
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TAXES UNPAID FEBRUARY 15, 1886.
John J. Allen,
$2.00
Thomas P. Ames,
2.00
Frederick W. Akin,
2.00
William H. Braley,
2.00
John I. Bryant,
9.25
Harriet S. Bowen,
16.25
Thomas R. Brownell,
2.00
Benjamin T. Briggs, Jr.,
2.00
John Backus, balance,
4.54
Edward E. Baker,
2.00
Frederick S. Barrows,
2.00
George B. Baker,
3.26
Eugene Braley,
2.00
James Chapman,
2.00
Herbert F. Chandler,
2.00
Arthur Caswell,
2.00
Nathaniel S. Clark,
2.00
George H. Chase,
2.00
Thomas F. Clark,
2.00
John F. Damon,
2.00
Charles A. Delano,
2.00
Thankful J. Delano, balance,
2.29
Calvin Delano,
2.00
George W. Doe, balance,
3.15
Herbert A. Damon,
2.00
John Dunham,
2.00
Humphrey Delano,
2.63
William B. Delano,
2.00
George H. Ellis,
2.63
Albert Eldred,
2.00
John Enos,
2.00
Isaac H. Francis,
2.00
Charles F. Fisher,
2.63
Manuel Francis,
4.01
Albert D. Gelatt,
2.00
5
Catherine C. Gelatt,
24.57
John A. Gifford,
2.00
Francis H. Hammond, Jr.,
2.00
Francis H. Hammond, balance,
5.30
Charles E. Hammond,
5.72
Henry W. Hammond,
2.00
William A. Hammond,
2.00
Calvin B. Hackett,
3.01
Charles E. Hackett,
4.58
Ebenezer Holmes,
8.93
Peter Hemmer,
2.00
George R. Heath,
2.00
L. Augustus Hodsden,
2.00
Joseph C. Jenney,
16.94
Mary M. Jenney,
3.15
Charles A. Johnson,
14.98
Frank T. Lambert,
2.00
Andrew B. Landers,
2.00
William Mc Lane,
2.00
Isaiah T. Mosher,
2.00
Joseph W. Morse,
2.00
Peter J. McGowan,
2.00
Munson Miller,
2.00
Charles Muxsom,
2.00
William P. Macomber,
2.00
Henry Monk,
2.00
Israel Norris,
3.26
James Paul,
2.00
Alvan H. Payne,
2.00
Alvan H. Payne estate,
7.88
Henry N. Pierce,
2.63
Frank T. Perry,
36.15
George Reeves,
6.47
George E. Reeves, balance,
1.40
George M. Ring,
4.65
Myra F. Ring,
8.63
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Thomas Reynolds,
2.00
Ashley Royce,
2.00
Allen Reed,
2.00
William F. Stowell,
3.26
George F. Slocum,
2.00
John Sullivan,
2.00
Lewis L. Sawin,
3.89
Horace Saunders,
2.00
Joseph Stowell, Jr.,
2.00
Wilfred M. Stowell,
2.00
Edwin E. Simmons,
2.94
Nathaniel S. Taber,
62.74
Nathaniel D. Taber,
2.00
Benjamin F. Tripp,
2.00
Samuel P. Townsend,
2.00
Herbert L. Tripp,
2.00
Ephraim B. Tripp,
2.00
Caleb Thomas,
2.00
Albert Thacher,
2.00
Frederick J. Vaughan,
2.00
William Washburn, Jr.,
2.00
George Westgate,
2.00
Richard A. West,
24.11
Rodolphus West,
8.62
Burgess Willcox, Jr.,
2.00
Edwin T. Willcox,
2.00
James Winslow,
2.95
George W. Watterson,
2.00
NON-RESIDENTS.
William Ashley,
1.26
Joshua V. Davis,
1.39
James B. Hamblin,
1.89
Matthew M. Lemas,
6.74
George F. Mosher,
1.45
Cyrus T. Lawrence,
3.78
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Linus Ryder, Mary C. Sanford, Joseph White,
17.33
20.03
.44 $501.71
WILLIAM M STETSON, former Collector,
In account with the Town of Fairhaven.
DR.
To uncollected taxes for 1884,
$596.78 $596.78
CR.
By cash paid Eben Akin, Jr., Town Treasurer,
$540.82
By uncollected taxes,
55.96 $596.78
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EBEN AKIN, JR., Treasurer, In account with the Town of Fairhaven.
DR.
He is charged with cash in the treasury
February 17th, 1885,
$1,493.54
To cash for fish licenses,
72.00
Town of Bourne, 16.25
11.25
City of Fall River,
Town of Hingham,
1.75
Town of Rochester,
27.00
Town of Nantucket,
5.00
New Bedford Inst. for Savings, 8,000.00
Town of Middleborough, 9.75
City of New Bedford,
141.58
T. Hanna, for sand,
.50
Seth Alden, for turnips, 11.40
L. M. Snow, liquor license, 1.00
Rent of James Ricket's lot, 5.00
State Treasurer, corporation
tax, 1,567.91
State Treasurer, National Bank
tax, 1,630.91
State Treasurer, state aid, chapter 301, 509.00
State Treasurer, state aid, chapter 252, 305.50
George A. Briggs, use of organ,
4.00
John F. Gurney, for hay, 22.16
Charles H. Taber, side walk, 2.00
C. F. Howard, ox sold, 70.84
State Treasurer, school fund,
175.41
County Treasurer, dog tax, 272.69
Filling sch. C. L. Jeffrey,
7.50
Dr. Atwood, for old lumber, 1.00
S. H. Willcox, on school books, 14.71
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To cash Weston Howland, concreting, 24.00
Julia A. Hadley, for produce, 385.99
Frank L. Davis, rent of hall, 6.00
E. S. Whiting, for produce,
126.10
15.00
Joseph B. Peck, for produce, F. De P. Tappan, collector of taxes,
17,133.36
William M. Stetson, former collector, 540.82 $32,610.92
CR.
By Town orders paid,
$29,929.31
State tax paid, 1,395.00
National Bank tax paid, 866.65
4 liquor license paid State Treasurer,
.25
Cash in the Treasury,
419,71 $32,610.92
B
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Highway Department.
DR.
To Balance of last year received from
Incidental account, $86.29
Appropriation, 2,000.00
Appropriation for Washington street sidewalk, 150.00
Amount received Weston Howland
for sidewalk, 24.00
Amount received C. H. Taber for sidewalk, 2.00
Amount received Thos. Hanna for sidewalk, .50
$2,262.79
CR.
By amount expended upon the High-
ways, $2,078.23
By amount expended upon New Bedford
and Fairhaven Bridge, 125.00
By balance to next account,
59.56
$2,262.79
HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES IN DETAIL.
John J. Allen,
$10.95
R. W. Austin,
118.25
Seth Alden,
125.90
Arthur Austin,
3.90
John A. W. Burgess,
1.80
George A. Briggs,
8.50
Charles F, Blossom,
6.00
John Bertram,
16.13
Edwin Blossom,
77.40
John L. Baker,
8.25
Jeremiah Bumpus,
9.60
John W. Bradford,
24.60
Thomas Clark,
6.60
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James Dahl,
139.85
T. S. Dahl,
48.68
W. Damzell,
1.88
Daniel W. Dean,
3.15
Charles A. Delano,
4.50
George F. Drew,
3.00
Ephraim Delano,
4.50
N. J. Day,
4.62
Robert W. Early,
3.60
George Ellis,
14.25
John Enos,
7.00
John P. Ellis,
18.40
William C. Ford,
87.61
Roland Fish,
9.90
A. Godfrey,
5.60
John Gifford,
6.90
A. E. Hibbard,
3.30
Joseph Hammond,
8.25
George H. Howland,
51.70
N. P. Hayes,
4.00
John M. Howland,
6.10
William V. Haney,
22.95
Henry T. Howard,
28.85
Arthur C. Hammond,
4.50
George F. Howard,
23.81
Charles F. Howard,
133.62
Albert M. Howard,
15.97
Abner Howard,
123.90
H. M. Hoxie,
6.00
John F. Howard,
8.40
Joseph C. Jenney,
112.30
Andrew P. Jenney,
12.45
Albert S. Jenney,
8.10
Frederic Jenney,
.75
George W. King,
8.94
Charles L. Morse,
9.90
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Thomas Morse,
6.30
Joseph Millett,
3.60
Frank Paine,
3.30
John C. Pease, Jr.,
43.65
Amos T. Pierce,
7.25
Charles S. Paisler,
16.11
C. G. Purrington,
10.50
Curtis Parker,
4.50
Dennis Parker,
.75
Frederic D. Rounseville,
4.50
George F. Robinson,
27.45
Manuel Rosa,
9.65
Amos Rogers, Jr.,
4.50
George M. Ring,
3.60
E. W. Reed,
17.48
Allen Reed,
20.10
Moses Stone,
41.40
Seth O. Stevens,
18.50
Thomas Sekell,
10.73
A. W. Spooner,
37.42
Charles D. Sherman,
10.73
W. E. Spooner,
3.97
Charles Stetson, Jr.,
82.55
Rufus A. Spooner,
47.78
Nelson H. Stevens,
6.00
Seth E. Stevens,
34.50
James D. Slocum,
1.00
Willis Skiff,
8.10
Aaron Savory,
2.40
John B. Stone,
6.75
John Sylvia,
4.50
Lewis D. Simonds,
3.00
Ephraim Tripp,
15.50
Samuel A. Tinkham,
9.00
Tillinghast & Terry,
3.85
Benjamin W. Terry,
2.55
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£. Tinkham,
2.25
James Terry,
18.90
George H. Taber,
.60
T. M. Wright,
15.60
Richard A. West,
9.00
Fairhaven Iron Works,
13.80
Oliver Wilcox,
27.90
C. D. Waldron,
.75
Perkins & Staples,
205.85 $2,203.23
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES F. HOWARD, JAMES DAHL, ABNER HOWARD, Road Commissioners.
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School Department.
Statement for year ending February 15, 1886.
DR.
To Balance last account,
$231.11
Appropriation,
5,000.00
Special appropriation,
1,000.00
Cash for use of organ,
4.00
Cash of State Treasurer, school fund, 175.41
Cash of County dog fund,
272.69
Cash account of school books, 14.71
Amount P. W. Record's salary as truant officer last year, allowed here, 5.25 $6,703.17
CR.
By Amount teachers' salaries, $4,522.00
Amount janitor's salary, 498.00
Amount paid for fuel, 226.23
Amount paid school book agency,
749.82
Amount paid school incidentals, 533.50
Balance to next account,
173.62
$6,703.17
SCHOOL EXPENSES IN DETAIL.
Paid for Fuel,
$226.23
T. S. Corson, coal,
$39.25
E. H. Sears, wood,
3.62
B. Jenney, cutting wood,
1.00
H. T. Howard, wood,
19.81
C. D. Sherman, wood,
3.00
A. Fish,
155.17
Maria Skiff, shoveling,
.75
J. W. Howland, wood,
3.63
$226.23
Paid School Book Agency account, D. J. Kane & Bro., books and sta- tionery, $32.15
$749.82
D. Lathrop & Co., books, 20.20
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S. Hutchinson, books and stationery, 557.26 A. C. Stockin, 13.50
D. H. Knowlton, books, 4.00
S. H. Wilcox, covering books, and commission, 73.81
Holden Manufacturing Co., books and covers, 21.75
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, books, 15.00
E. Dews, stationery, 12.15
$749.82
Paid School Incidentals, $533.50
George M. Eddy & Co., curtains,
$4.00
J. H. Taber, carting organ, 1.50
Mrs. J. Damon, rent, 3.00
L. C. D. Stoddard, rent, Green st., 15.00
C. W. Knight, programmes and cards, 9.73
P. Howland, Jr., note heads, &c.,
8.95
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Atlantic portraits, 5.60
B. F. Cottelle, rent organs, ' 15.00
Cyclostyle Co., cyclostyle and paper, 16.00
A. D. Bourne, labor and materials, 81.93
B. W. Peirce, framing pictures, 25.31
M. Holtzer, 6 maps, 12.00
Taber Brothers, paint and putty, 6.47
H. H. Hathaway, glass and putty, 2.04
R. A. Dunham & Co., horse hire, 16.25
S. F. Perry & Son, horse hire, 3.00
E. Boden, Jr., drum, 6.50
C. D. Waldron, printing, 18.37
Maria Skiff, cleaning, 3.00
C. R. Sherman, battery and air pump, 10.58
J. F. Jones, cleaning, 1.75
I. N. Babbitt, Jr., labor and materials, 40.29
H. Wadsworth, labor and materials, 10.25
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Photo-Engraving Co., plates of build-
ing, 25.00
Briggs & Lawrence, six stools, 3.60
R. H. Taber, fire extinguishers, 10.50
Frank Hammond, cleaning,
3.00
J. M. Lawton, Jr., rent organs, 11.67
F. A. Keith, carting, 4.25
J. W. Kemp, supplies,
6.17
Fairhaven Iron Works, labor,
2.50
John Mills, cleaning,
.75
N. S. Taber, pumping wells, 2.00
Abbie A. Sherman, cleaning, 3.00
Mary S. Lannin, cleaning,
3.00
F. R. Fish, drum head,
1.00
J. C. Tripp, expenses,
3.65
A. B. Collins, expenses,
5.40
C. C. Cundall, expenses,
13.89
Boston Music Store, rent piano,
8.00
Fairhaven Iron Works, labor,
1.58
B. F. Beetle, repairs, 13.86
L. M. Snow, chemicals,
3.40
H. W. Tripp, supplies,
24.51
G. H. Freeman, ink,
3.33
N. S. Taber, carting,
8.10
H. H. Hathaway, gravel,
2.05
S. S. Swift & Co., supplies,
.50
I. N. Babbitt, Jr., supplies,
41.00
Amos T. Pierce, repairs,
1.00
J. M. Hathaway, repairs,
5.75
S. P. & S. H. Wilcox, supplies, .77
F. A. Keith, carting, 1.50
W. C. Ford, teaming, 2.25
$533.50
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Poor Department.
Statement for year ending February 15, 1886.
DR.
To Appropriation,
$2,500.00
Cash of town of Bourne,
11.25
City of Fall River, 16.25
Town of Hingham,
1.75
Town of Rochester,
27.00
Town of Nantucket,
5.00
Town of Middleborough,
9.75
City of New Bedford,
141.58
Seth Alden, turnips,
11.40
John F. Gurney, hay,
22.16
C. F. Howard, ox,
70.84
Mrs. Hadley, produce,
46.20
E. S. Whiting, produce,
126.10
J. B. Peck, produce,
15.00
Mrs. Hadley, 59.20
Amount received from sale of produce, 280.59
Amount received from Incidental ac't, 821.48 $4,165.55
CR.
By amount paid for Alms-house,
$2,487.65
outside poor, 641.90
other cities and towns, 478.57
66 Taunton Lunatic
Hospital, 557.43 $4,165.55
POOR EXPENSES IN DETAIL.
Alms-house,
$2,487.65
Keeper of alms-house,
$450.00
J. W. L. Hillman, supplies, 191.92
Wm. H. Monk, labor, 204.00
J. G. Ellis, supplies,
242.80
E. Anthony & Sons, Standard,
9.00
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Richard Davis, phosphate,
149.00
W. C. Vaughan,
13.00
S. S. Swift & Co., supplies, 208.55
C. F. Howard, oxen,
150.00
T. P. W. Perkins, shoeing,
11.34
Parker & Haskell, coal,
35.50
H. F. Wilde, supplies,
196.30
H. H. Hathaway, paint, &c.,
4.50
Oscar Perkins,
17.00
G. W. King, labor,
14.80
I. N. Babbitt, Jr.,
24.14
R. Fish, coal,
63.75
C. E. Hammond, killing hogs,
3.00
A. D. Bourne, repairs,
8.50
O. E. Gifford,
1.73
E. S. Whiting,
150.75
J. B. Peck,
57.48
Sundry supplies for alms-house,
280.59
$2,487.65
Outside poor,
$641.90
J. A. Alden,
$64.62
Sarah Snow,
105.00
Mary Hammond,
9.65
Mary H. Murray,
20.60
Mrs. Sturtevant,
131.94
Alfred Jenney,
54.00
Sarah Delano,
78.00
Mary Ellis,
52.00
Emily Jones,
16.00
Mrs. Hutchins,
20.50
Mrs. Burgess,
1.75
W. B. Brown,
3.25
M. J. Snow,
2.00
E. L. Baker,
26.40
F. P. Hammond,
24.68
Mrs. Rounseville,
4.00
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Clara Delano,
6.00
J. T. Besse,
2.75
Henry Kendrick,
10.00
Lucy Blyth,
8.76
$641.90
Other cities and towns, to be returned,
$478.57
Cotuit Port,
$1.70
New Bedford,
156.19
Taunton,
266.84
Fall River,
13.75
Dartmouth,
10.00
Acushnet,
30.09
$478.57
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Incidental Account. Statement for year ending February 15, 1886.
DR.
To balance of last accounts,
$1,262.43
Appropriation for town debt,
2,000.00
town salary,
1,200.00
for fire department, 1,000.00
for lighting streets, 475.00
66 for gravel pits, 625.00
general incidentals, 1,000.00
Cash of G. L. Hiller, fish license, 10.00
Joseph Rose, fish license, 10.00
Chas. H. Pease, fish license, 20.00
F. H. Pease, fish license, 10.00
R. W. Pease, fish license, 20.00
W. H. Bryant, fish license,
2.00
New Bedferd Institution for Savings, 7,000.00
State Treasurer, corporation fund, 1,567.91
State Treasurer, National Bank tax, 1,630.91
Account state aid, chap. 301, 509.00
state aid, chap. 252, 305.50
L. M. Snow, liquor license,
1.00
Rent of Rickett's lot,
5.00
Received schr. Chas. L. Jeffrey, 7.50
Dr. Atwood, old lumber,
1.00
F. L. Davis, rent of hall,
6.00
Collector in excess of appro- priation, 1,724.18 $20,392.43
CR.
By amount paid Fire Department,
$1,248.49
66 " Lighting Streets, 574.04
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By amount paid Board of Health, 90.70
Town Salaries, 1,555.21
Town Debt, 10,581.55
66 Military and State Aid, 992.00
General Incidental ac't, 5,163.91
Balance cash on hand to new account, 186.53 $20,392.43
TOWN INCIDENTAL EXPENSES IN DETAIL.
Paid for Fire Department, $1,248.49
B. F. Drew, care of engine, $52.32
H. F. Wilde, provisions, 5.67
Am. Supply Co., polish, 3.00
Am. Tack Co., cotton waste, 1.30
J. F. Butman, hauling engine, 75.00
J. P. Terry, hauling engine, ' 75.00
Fairhaven Iron Works, labor,
2.28
L. F. Waldron, engineer,
150.00
Pay-roll Relief Engine Co.,
445.63
Contest Engine Co.,
199.16
Hook and Ladder Co., 59.16
Engineers, 40.00
J. C. Jenney, hauling engine, 5.00
H. Saunders, hook and ladder, 9.00
Gifford's Foundry, hose nozzle, 1.27
J. R. Sawyer, king bolt, 1.34
New Bedford Gas Co., coal, 6.75
C. G. Nye, cleaning hose, 2.50
Painting engine house, 5.45
G. A. Jennings, cleaning hose, 2.50
Wm. F. Nye, naptha and oil, 8.30
G. W. King, labor, 6.05
R. A. Dunham & Co., 5.75
T. S. Corson, coal, 20.50
J. S. Robinson, ringing bells, 2.00
J. W. L. Hillman, dozen candles, .45
R. M. Simmons, wheel, .80
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Harvey Caswell, labor,
.25
Taber Brothers, glass, 1.46
I. N. Babbitt, Jr., gal. pipes, 9.02
Est. Frederick C. Hursell, 5.00
B. F. Drew, repairs, 4.00
F. R. F. Harrison, cleaning hose, 3.50
N. B. Cordage Co., rope,
1.08
De Wolf & Vincent, supplies,
29.28
W. P. Ferry, cleaning hose,
.50
Alfred Nye, supplies,
4.22
J. A. W. Burgess, cleaning hose,
4.00
$1,248.49
Paid for Lighting Streets,
$574.04
Wheeler Reflector Co., $556.44
W. H. Washburn, posts and pins, 5.00
Fairhaven Iron Works, lantern tops, .80
Alexander Tripp, painting posts,
1.18
John A. Gifford, carting posts,
1.75
S. N. Townsend, fitting posts,
.90
G. W. King, labor,
3.40
I. N. Babbitt, Jr., lanterns,
2.75
G. W. King, freight on lanterns,
1.82
$574.04
Paid for Board of Health,
$90.70
C. D. Waldron, advertising, $15.37
John Francis, filling drain, .30
Stephen N. Townsend, labor,
.60
Peter Hemmer, labor, .45
Edward McCabe, labor,
.90
Dr. Chas. L. Swasey, physician to the board, 6.00
L. M. Austin, labor and board of pigs, 20.50
Judge Borden, advice, 5.00
P. W. Reccord, serving notices, 11.88
Thos. M. Hart, bunting, .50
Dr. E. L. Warren, 2.00
Dr. C. C. Cundall,
1.00
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Miss E. C. Reccord, making bags, .50
C. H. Pease, expenses, 9.25
Mercury Publishing Co., 9.00
R. A. Dunham, 5.25
Levi M. Snow, chlorid lime, .90
J. E. Blake, disinfectants, .80
S. P. & S. H. Wilcox, flannel, .50
$90.70
Paid Town Salaries,
$1,555.21
F. De P. Tappan, collector, $250.00
J. C. Tripp, school committee, 73.25
C. C. Cundall, school committee, 98.00
A. B. Collins, school committee, 54.75
J. H. Howland, assessor, 75.00
Wm. M. Stetson, assessor,
95.26
Jos. Millett, assessor,
85.00
Eben Akin, Jr. clerk and treasurer, 250.00
Dr. Atwood, town physician, 100.00
Abner Howard, road commissioner,
12.00
C. F. Howard, 22.40
James Dahl,
12.00
P. W. Reccord, constable,
99.25
B. F. Tripp,
57.00
P. W. Reccord, truant officer,
7.00
Registrars of voters,
22.30
J. B. Peck, truant officer, 2.00
Hervey Tripp, school consus,
20.00
Daniel W. Deane, selectman,
73.33
George W. King, selectman,
73.33
F. C. S. Bartlett, selectman,
73.33 $1,555.21
Paid Town Debt,
$10,581.55
Bonds Nos. 23, 24, Fairhaven Bank, $2,000.00
Coupons on do., 1,470.00
Temporary loan in anticipation of taxes at N. B. Inst. for Savings, 7,000.00 Interest on do. 111.55 $10,581.55
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Military and State Aid paid,
$992.00
Military aid, State aid,
$516.00
476.00
$992.00
Paid General Incidentals,
$5,163.91
S. Jenkins, returning deaths, $5.25
J. C. Tripp, moderator, 10.00
H. L. Tripp, gravel, 4.00
C. D. Waldron, printing, advertising, 77.30
P. Howland, Jr., printing, 6.00
P. Howland, Jr., reports 1885,
52.70
W. J. Lawton, gravel pit, 500.00
H. N. Stetson, burying dogs, 2.00
E. H. Sears, sawing wood, 4.00
J. F. Tripp, memorial services,
30.00
Dr. Cundall, reporting births, &c., 3.75
Frederick Jenney, gravel pit, 125.00
Mercury Publishing Co., stationary, 9.75
Perkins & Staples, Center street, 383.53
Geo. A. Briggs, surveying,
8.00
J. C. Jenney, labor, 20.70
E. McCabe, cleaning, 1.50
F. De P. Tappan, office supplies,
11.00
W. H. Cobb, Perry case, 24.42
Taber Bros., painting mill bridge,
.60
Rent Phoenix Hall,
95.00
Dr. Atwood, Butman case,
25.00
Ins. on Rogers school house, $25,000, 375.00 R. A. Dunham & Co., 2.50
Amos T. Pierce, care town clock,
25.00
H. P. Crowell, trees,
52.50
E. Anthony & Sons, advertising, 26.00
T. S. Corson, coal, 6.00
W. C. Vaughan, returning deaths, 5.50
Messrs. H. Tripp & G. E. Dean, auditors, 4.00
Est. John Allen, rent pound, 4.00
25
J. L. Gillingham, advice, 2.00
Levi M. Snow, sealing wax, .06
Est. J. V. Cox, tax refunded, 13.60
J. A. Lewis, tax refunded, .59
J. F. Webster, returning deaths, 5.75
W. P. Winsor, tax refunded, 1.78
S. Hutchinson, stationery, town clerk, 1.28 J. P. Ellis, wood, 2.00
Alfred Nye, supplies,
5.31
Jos. Westgate, tax refunded,
1.53
Chas. S. Whiting,
2.00
Dr. Atwood, returning births, &c., 2.00
Seth Alden, tax refunded,
.59
Eben Akin, Jr., justice fees,
3.25
W. K. Raymond, tax refunded,
1.18
Eben Akin, Jr., expense,
7.58
Eben Akin, Jr., returning births, 33.70
Dr. Cundall, certificate deaths, 2.25
R. W. Pease, tax refunded, 1.19
D. W. Dean, expense,
1.35
State tax,
1,395.00
National Bank tax,
866.65
Paid State Treasurer,
.25
Amount paid poor account,
821.48
Amount paid highway account, being
balance of last year's account, 86.29
Amount of P. W. Reccords salary as truant officer last year, allowed the school department, 5.25
5,163.91
Present Town Debt,
$20.000.00
Bonds, $19,000.00
Note N. B. Inst. for Savings, 1,000.00 20,000.00
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Your Selectmen respectfully suggest that the following amounts be appropriated for the expenses of the coming year, viz. :
For Highways,
$2,500.00
Schools,
6,000.00
Poor,
2,500.00
Salaries,
1,500.00
Lighting streets,
500.00
Town debt,
3,500.00
Incidentals,
1,000.00
Fire department,
1,200.00 $18,700.00
FAIRHAVEN, Feb. 17, 1886.
Respectfully submitted.
DANIEL W. DEANE, GEORGE W. KING, FRED'K C. S. BARTLETT, Selectmen of Fairhaven.
FAIRHAVEN, Feb. 16, 1886.
We have examined the foregoing accounts and believe them to be correct.
HERVEY TRIPP, G. E. DEAN, P,} Aud Auditors.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN.
1885.
A. B. COLLINS, TERM EXPIRES 1886. JOB C. TRIPP, TERM EXPIRES 1887. C. C. CUNDALL, TERM EXPIRES 1888.
NEW BEDFORD : E. ANTHONY & SONS, PRINTERS. 1886.
REPORT.
TO THE CITIZENS OF FAIRHAVEN :
Your Committee herewith submit its annual report, trust- ing that in the main you will find it worthy of your commen- dation.
It has been the pleasure and ambition of your committee to properly care for, and improve the condition of the school property of the town, and to bring its schools up to the high- est standard of scholarship attainable with the appropriations placed at its disposal.
It has been the aim of your committee to make the school- room a place where what is best in the mind of the pupil may be brought out, and where the demands on the pupil shall be reasonable and practicable in order that the end to be at- tained may be good rather than brilliant scholarship.
School-book Agency and Free Supplies.
Our citizens are probably aware that an increased expen- diture has been necessary during the last two years under the new law for free text books. Nearly $1,700 has been expended during the last two years for this purpose, while no appropriation has been made by the town except $1,000 at a special town meeting. The depot for text books and supplies is now located in one of the rooms of the Rogers building, and is under the immediate supervision of the com- mittee. The duty of buying at the best possible rates, of keeping an adequate and yet not unreasonable stock always at command, of issuing them only when and where needed, and of keeping a system of checks so that no book can be
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lost or supply wasted, is an onerous one. Undoubtedly there are some scholars who get the impression that free supplies means unlimited supplies and corresponding wastefulness. Your committee is somewhat astonished as to what disposi- tion has been made of the old school-books, held by pupils prior to the new law. We fear that some parents are mak- ing unwarrantable demands for new text books where old ones would have answered, but the committee of course are powerless to control this matter.
Your committee expect to avail themselves of the discounts which publishers and school supply dealers now give to towns, which are placed in the position of wholesale buyers, thus enabling us to save from 10 to 25 per cent. of the money formerly paid for these purposes.
The present value of permanent books and supplies fur- nished by the town to the different schools is as follows. The second column indicating the amount per scholar, based on the average membership.
High school,
$328.00
$7.00
Rogers School, Miss A. F. Sears,
Room 8,
136.00
3.00
Miss L. F. Winchester,
7,
106.00
2.44
66
Miss S. B. Clark,
4,
80.00
1.80
66
Miss I. E. Cundall,
3,
37.00
1.00
Miss R. E. Sears,
66
2,
37.00
.90
Miss L. A. Chubbuck,
..
1,
35.00
.80
Oxford school,
63.00
1.78
Naskatucket school,
50.00
2.23
New Boston school,
55.00
2.34
Sconticut school,
35.00
1.76
$962.00
The above does not include stationery, slates, blank books, copy and drawing books, crayons, ink, pens, pencils, &c., or any material which is spoiled in the using.
Supplementary Reading.
The reading books in use in our schools are read and re- read until the act oftentimes becomes monotonous and tire-
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some to the extent of repulsiveness. The purchase of ad- ditional sets of readers to overcome this defect being unwar- ranted by the appropriations, the committee has subscribed for several copies of two monthly magazines, specially adapted for school purposes. These go from one school to another in regular order, so that, by rotation, each school in town has two new sets of fresh illustrated readers every month, and at a less cost for the year than would be neces- sary to supply a single school with low priced readers. As a result money has been saved and increased interest in the reading exercises developed.
High School.
This school, during the Winter and Spring terms was held in the High school building under charge of Mr. F. W. El- liott, as principal.
The Fall term opened in the Rogers school building with Mr. Z. W . Kemp as principal. Mr. Kemp brought to his aid experience as a teacher and honest enthusiasm for his work. The result thus far attained has been very gratifying to your committee. The progress in study, the gain in good disci- pline have been very marked during the past year. We feel that this has been accomplished in all the Rogers schools, not only by the faithful teachers under the guidance of an earnest and competent leader, but a spirit of honor and zeal- ous endeavor is shown on the part of the pupils also.
The revision of the course of study, which was foreshad- owed in our last report, has been completed, and now em- braces two distinct schedules, viz. : an English course, and a Classical course.
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