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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 5th, 1887.
NEW BEDFORD : E ANTHONY & SONS, PRINTERS. 1887.
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 5th, 1887.
NEW BEDFORD : E. ANTHONY & SONS, PRINTERS. 1887.
REPORT.
The Selectmen herewith submit their annual report for the consideration of the town :
F. DE P. TAPPAN, Collector,
In account with the Town of Fairhaven.
DR.
Taxes for 1886,
$22,830.96
Bank tax for 1886,
1,507.50
Uncollected February 15, 1886,
501.71
Interest collected,
9.97 $24,850.14
CR.
Paid County tax.
$1,693.25
Collecting Bank tax,
15.07
Discount for prompt payment,
1,309.59
Taxes remitted,
245.39
1885 taxes uncollected,
70.22
1886 taxes uncollected,
955.31
Paid Town Treasurer,
20,561.31 $24,850.14
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TAXES FOR 1885 UNPAID.
Harriet S. Bowen,
$16.25
John F. Damon,
2.00
Herbert A. Damon,
2.00
Humphrey Delano,
2.63
Manuel Francis, balance,
2.75
Albert D. Gelatt,
2.00
Mary M. Jenney,
3.15
Wm. Mc Lane,
2.00
Isaiah T. Mosher,
2.00
Israel Norris,
3.26
Geo. M. Ring, balance,
1.90
Lewis L. Sawin,
3.89
B. F. Tripp,
2.00
S. P. Townsend,
2.00
Herbert L. Tripp,
2.00
Ephraim B. Tripp,
2.00
James Winslow,
2.95
James B. Hamlin,
1.89
Linus Ryder,
13.55
$70.22
TAXES FOR 1886 UNPAID.
John J. Allen,
$2.00
John G. Adams,
2.00
Wm. H. Bates,
2.00
Wm. H. Bryant,
2.00
Harriet S. Bowen,
19.35
James L. Butman,
10.99
George B. Baker,
2.38
C. T. Bowen,
2.00
John W. Baker,
2.00
Henry P. Baker,
2.00
James C. Chapman,
2.00
Chas. L. Carpenter,
2.45
Chas. H. Coombs, Jr.,
2.00
John F. Damon,
2.00
5
George W. Doe,
2.00
Hannah Drew heirs,
12.90
Herbert A. Damon,
2.00
Charles L. Drew,
2.00
Timothy Driscoll,
2.00
Albert F. Eldred,
2.00
Edward Ellis,
2.00
Fairhaven Iron Works,
234.00
Joseph Francis, balance,
19.27
Manuel Francis, balance,
3.20
Albert D. Gelatt,
2.00
John A. Gifford,
2.00
Wm. S. Guild,
24.65
Francis H. Hammond,
9.50
Chas. E. Hammond, balance,
7.93
Chas. E. Hackett,
4.70
Eben Holmes,
10.63
Benj. Jenney, balance,
8.31
Mary M. Jenney,
3.75
Chas. A. Johnson,
17.07
Wm. Jenkins,
6.87
Marcus R. Kiff,
3.50
F. T. Lambert,
2.00
Almon Libby,
2.00
Jos. Millett, Jr.,
2.00
Isaiah T. Mosher,
2.00
P. E. Merrihew,
2.00
Irving W. Merrihew.
2.00
Munson Miller,
2.00
Walter C. Miller,
2 00
Wm. H. Monk,
2.00
Wm. K. McLane,
2.00
Nathan D. Maxfield,
2.00
James Merrihew,
2.00
George F. Mosher,
2.00
Israel Norris,
2.00
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Andrew J. Norton,
2.00
H. W. Nichols,
2.00
Alvin H. Payne,
2.00
Alvin H. Payne heirs,
9.38
Allen Pease estate,
10.50
Edw. H. Peckham,
2.00
F. T. Perry, balance,
4.57
James J. Perry,
2.00
Geo. M. Ring,
5.15
Myra F. Ring,
6.16
Ashley A. Royce, balance,
.30
Wm. H. Rogers,
2.00
Geo. M. Ryder,
2.00
John Stoddard,
2.00
Wm. F. Stowell,
2.00
Lewis L. Sawin,
4.25
Daniel J. Sullivan,
2.00
Andrew J. Shooks,
2.00
Louis D. Simas,
2.00
Edward G. Simas,
2.00
Lewis E. Simas,
2.00
N. S. Taber,
75.96
Frank R. Taber,
2.00
B. F. Tripp,
2.00
James H. Tripp heirs.
24.08
Sam P. Townsend,
2.00
Herbert L. Tripp,
2.00
Ephraim B. Tripp,
4.55
George H. Tripp,
2.00
Samuel P. Tozier,
3.50
A. S. Tallman,
2.00
Alice B. Train.
219.00
Fred. J. Vaughan,
2.00
Wm. Washburn, Jr.,
2.00
James Winslow,
3.58
R. H. Weed,
2.00
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John Williams,
7.25
Thos. A. Westgate,
2.00
George Westgate,
2.00
Leander Washburn,
2.00
NON-RESIDENTS.
Thos. S. Butman,
3.00
Freeman Dean,
21.00
Richard Davis,
.53
John Ellis heirs,
1.20
Mary Gro,
4.50
James B. Hamlin,
1.50
Stephen Hathaway,
.75
M. Lemas,
8.02
Linus Ryder,
16.13
James Weeks,
3.00
$955.31
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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 15th, 1886, $419.71
To cash of P. W. Reccord, old taxes collected,
9.43
To cash of City of Fall River,
13.75
Town of Dartmouth,
10.00
Town of Hyannis,
1.70
City of New Bedford,
160.29
City of Taunton,
266.84
City of Boston,
17.32
Town of Acushnet,
34.59
State Treasurer, corporation tax. 1,619.01
State Treasurer, National Bank tax, 1.722.59
State aid, chap. 252, 270.00
State aid, chap. 301, 480.00
For fish licenses, 20.00
New Bedford Inst. for Savings, 6,000.00 Julia A. Healey, for produce sold,
97.55
For eggs sold,
1.50
Frank L. Davis, for rent of hall, 60.00
L. M. Snow, liquor, 1.00
Geo. H. Taber, school-house sold, 52.00
Amos Rogers, school-house sold, 52.00
Charles F. Howard, wood shed sold, 10.25
Ebenezer Pierce, old bell sold.
20.20
Philip Willcox, old lumber, 3.00
George Reeves, 16.54
Abutters on Bridge street, 164.25
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Reuben Nye, concreting, 19.58
N. F. Benson, for hay, 6.62
W. P. Winsor, 4.00
W. C. Stoddard, 2.50
J. W. Loomis, concreting,
49.00
Oscar T. Perkins, for stone,
6.90
J. W. Loomis,
1.50
G. R. Valentine, earth sold,
4.25
A. R. Wright, (Wm. N. Alden fine,) 50.00
C. F. Howard, for pair oxen, 126.44
State Treasurer, school fund, 182.23
County Treasurer, dog fund, 331.83
Jas. L. Gillingham, concreting,
78.33
Noah Stoddard, for straw,
13.75
I. D. Packard, for produce sold, 46.43
Geo. H. Cox, for lantern, 6.15
F. De P. Tappan, collector of taxes, 20,561.31
I. D. Packard, produce sold,
37.95 $33,052.29
CR.
By Town orders paid,
$28,702.92
State tax, 1,350.00
National Bank tax paid, 1,021.23
25 per cent paid on liquor licenses, .25
Cash in the Treasury,
1,977.89 $33,052.29
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Highway Account.
DR.
Balance February 15, 1886.
$59.56
Appropriation. 2,500.00
Cash of Oscar T. Perkins, stone and dirt, 1.90
Appropriation sidewalk Mattapoisett road, 100.00 .. sidewalk Chestnut street, 100.00
Cash of Walter P. Winsor, 4.00
Wm. C. Stoddard,
2.50
Geo. R. Valentine, dirt,
4.25
Oscar T. Perkins,
5.00
$2.777.21
CR.
By cash paid J. M. Hathaway.
$605.40
A. J. Barney,
192.47
James Dahl,
160.70
Wm. C. Stoddard,
251.78
Levi Blossom,
298.21
Henry T. Howard,
182.75
Abner Howard,
384.33
General account,
13.23
Gorham B. Howes,
76.56
Elisha Babcock,
88.00
To new account,
523.78
$2,777.21
HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES IN DETAIL.
JOHN M. HATHAWAY, Agent.
Charles D. Sherman,
$44.95
Manuel Joseph,
29.40
Thos. R. Sekell,
38.33
Eugene Falvey,
3.00
Chas. H. Edwards,
7.00
Geo. A. Gardner,
16.95
Frank Frates,
35.40
J. M. Hathaway,
105.45
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J. De Costa,
16.50
John Jenney,
4.80
Wm. M. Stetson, Jr.,
4.80
Chas. F. Stetson,
60.50
John Allen,
13.95
Matthew Merry,
24.60
Allen Reed,
17.20
Ezekiel W. Reed,
16.87
Oliver Lapham,
21.15
Joseph Rose,
14.10
Wm. T. Lavare,
18.90
John F. Howard,
4.80
Edwin Blossom,
14.40
Roswell Clark,
6.30
C. F. Howard,
6.80
S. E. Studley,
26.85
S. P. Dunn,
15.60
Seth Alden,
14.40
Eben Mott,
4.50
D. W. Deane,
17.50
G. W. King,
.40
$605.40
ALBERT J. BARNEY, Agent.
Albert J. Barney,
$36.00
Joseph C. Jenney,
32.70
Geo. F. Robinson,
15.30
Oliver H. Wilcox,
34.35
Henry M. Hoxie,
1.20
Edward Simas,
4.50
Louis Simas,
2.70
Arthur L. Peck,
3.97
S. N. Townsend,
9.00
George H. Grant,
3.30
R. W. Austin,
26.00
Zenas E. Bourne,
3.15
Benj. T. Randall,
6.30
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Amos Rogers, Samuel Jenkins,
2.40
6.30
George H. Taber,
4.80
John Bradford,
.50
$192.47
JAMES DAHL, Agent.
James Dahl,
$52.70
Andrew Spooner,
26.25
Seth O. Stevens,
23.85
R. W. Austin,
35.95
Annie E. Hibbert,
11.00
Amos Rogers,
7.50
E. Simas,
3.45
$160.70
WILLIAM C. STODDARD, Agent.
Ira A. Reed,
$10.20
American Tack Co.,
1.42
John Quirk,
26.15
Manuel Francis,
5.25
Geo. P. Sabenas,
33.28
Wm. C. Stoddard,
44.84
Geo. M. Quirk,
8.55
S. S. Bumpus,
4.05
Louis Cabal,
23.40
George Jones,
1.50
Philip Westgate,
17.85
N. P. Hayes, wire screen,
1.00
Herbert Chandler,
3.75
Lewis Hart,
3.00
Fairhaven Iron Works,
2.80
George W. King,
2.95
Fred. Rounseville,
3.75
Wm. Westgate,
1.28
John P. Ellis,
4.05
Manuel Garcia,
4.73
Manuel Pera,
4.73
Joseph C. Jenney,
25.70
David Duff & Son,
17.55
$251.78
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LEVI BLOSSOM, Agent.
Dennis Parker,
$5.25
Jeremiah Bumpus,
11.10
Allen Brownell,
3.00
Eben Holmes,
6.00
Albert M. Howard,
5.55
Seth E. Stevens,
28.95
Wm. V. Haney,
18.98
Arthur C. Hammond,
6.00
John F. Howard,
2.25
Fred. W. Akin,
2.25
Chas. F. Stetson,
10.80
Joseph Hammond,
1.50 '
John Baker,
1.50
Andrew Jenney,
8.55
Edwin Blossom,
57.30
Wm. M. Stetson, Jr.,
4.20
Arthur H. Austin,
12.75
Chas. F. Howard,
18.58
Levi Blossom,
51.10
Ephraim Delano,
7.35
George F. Howard,
1.50
Seth Alden,
33.75
$298.21
HENRY T. HOWARD, Agent.
R. A. West,
$9.00
John Gelatt,
13.12
Willis Skiff,
6.00
Ann M. Godfrey,
7.80
Chas. F. Jenney,
25.35
John F. Howard,
2.55
Joseph Hammond,
9.90
Patrick Galligan,
9.00
George W. Howland,
18.00
Nelson H. Stevens,
15.90
R. A. Spooner,
3.00
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Henry T. Howard,
58.10
Chas. F. Howard,
4.57
George W. King,
.46 $182.75
ABNER HOWARD, Agent.
Samuel A. Tinkham,
$2.33
Fairhaven Iron Works,
2.25
Manuel Rose,
3.90
W. C. Ford,
22.20
Joseph C. Jenney,
76.00
Charles R. Shaw,
1.50
Abner Howard,
42.50
John C. Pease,
9.75
James F. Besse, Fort street drain,
3.40
Levin S. Morse, “
7.96
Arnold G. Tripp, “
7.85
S. N. Townsend, “
6.45
Chas. S. Paisler,
9.27
Wm. Rogers,
4.50
Thomas Mallony,
7.20
·
Manuel Francis,
6.45
Manuel Garcia,
3.00
Chas. C. Morse,
12.60
Chas. G. Purrington,
23.27
Ashley A. Royce,
12.20
Edward Simas,
1.80
John Francis,
15.60
Oliver Wilcox,
20.70
Andrew Westgate,
2.00
George W. King,
3.86
George W. King,
6.93
Joseph Millett,
2.70
John F. Howard,
11.25
Calvin Hackett,
6.75
Daniel Sullivan,
10.40
Chas. C. Harris,
.75 .
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John Stone,
.68
B. F. Tripp,
2.85
Thomas Reynolds,
2.48
R. A. Spooner,
2.25
J. P. Ellis,
10.50
John V. Brawley,
.60
Philip Westgate,
4.80
Seth Alden,
4.05
James P. Terry,
7.65
N. S. Taber,
.75
S. S. Swift,
.40
$384.33
GENERAL HIGHWAY APPROPRIATION.
John F. Howard,
$ .60
George Tyler, road scraper,
8.00
Asa West, road scraper,
2.50
Fairhaven Iron Works,
.48
George W. King, road machine,
1.65
$13.23
GORHAM B. HOWES, Agent.
Naskatucket sidewalk, $76.56
$76.56
ELISHA BABCOCK, Agent.
Chestnut street sidewalk,
$88.00
$88.00
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School Account. DR.
Balance Feb. 15th, 1886,
$173.62
Appropriation, care, fuel and salaries,
5,600.00
Incidentals, 400.00
School book agency, 500.00
Cash of State Treasurer, school fund, 182.23
Cash of County Treasurer, dog fund,
331.83
$7,187.68
CR.
By amount paid teachers' pay roll, $4,406.00
Amount paid janitors' pay roll,
625.00
Amount paid for fuel, 388.69
Amount paid for school book agency,
636.33
Amount paid for incidentals, 404.35
Balance to new account,
727.31
$7,187.68
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS IN DETAIL.
INCIDENTALS.
Fairhaven Iron Works, repairs, $12.50
C. D. Waldron, supplies,
3.00
American Tack Co., supplies,
10.15
Levin S. Morse, labor,
4.00
George M. Ring, labor,
3.30
E. H. Sears, supplies,
1.86
A. J. Barney, repairs,
2.00
E. Manchester, teaming,
2.80
James McFarlin, teaming,
2.00
Taber Bros., painting,
21.31
Frederick Jenney, supplies,
10.92
H. W. Tripp, repairs,
1.55
Asa West, labor,
4.80
L. C. D. Stoddard, rent,
15.00
J. H. Mills, cleaning,
6.75
A. D. Bourne, repairs, &c.,
62.53
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Maria Skiff, cleaning,
3.00
Geo. A. Grant, mason work,
20.65
D. C. Potter, labor,
7.25
F. E. Cushman, labor,
.50
I. N. Babbitt, Jr., supplies,
76.66
H. H. Hathaway, labor,
39.00
C. R. Sherman, supplies,
3.17
Babbitt & Wood, repairs,
31.09
Thos. J. Gifford, repairs,
1.75
Paul Howland, cards,
5.00
Abbie Sherman, cleaning,
3.00
J. G. Ellis, cleaning,
5.00
B. F. Beetle, labor,
6.25
Edwin Jenney, labor,
.80
C. C. Cundall, supplies,
8.80
Perkins & Staples, asphalt,
14.40
Job C. Tripp, supplies,
1.17
L. M. Snow, supplies,
.80
Dunham & Stackpole, carriage,
4.50
Jesse Warner, repairs,
.75
Myra F. Ring,
1.25
Z. W. Kemp,
3.59
George W. King,
.50
Jos. C. Jenney,
1.00
$404.35
School Book Agency,
$636.33
Copperthwaite & Co.,
$34.30
Geo. F. King & Merrill,
14.40
Harper Bros.,
114.54
Ginn & Co.,
32.86
J. L. Hammet,
70.94
D. H. Knowlton & Co.,
6.00
Harrison & Hume,
6.67
H. Holt & Co.,
9.90
D. Appleton & Co.,
25.84
Thompson, Brown & Co.,
7.00
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A. S. Barnes & Co.,
8.33
Clark & Maynard.
21.55
Wm. Ware & Co.,
94.13
Chas. H. Whiting,
50.72
C. C. Cundall, supplies.
49.97
Kane & Bro.,
1.62
Geo. H. Freeman,
12.33
Lee & Shepard,
10.00
Prang Ed. Co.,
26.80
Geo. S. Perry,
16.40
IIolding Book Covering Co.,
22.03
$636.33
Fuel, $388.69
Fairhaven Iron Works, slabs,
$4.50
T. S. Corson, coal,
5.00
Seth Delano, wood,
17.50
Parker & Haskell, coal,
290.00
Parker & Haskell, coal,
40.50
Maria Skiff,
7.51
R. Fish,
10.00
Alden Rounseville, wood,
11.43
C. D. Sherman, wood,
2.25
$388.69
Janitors' Pay Roll,
$625.00
H. S. Lumbert,
$532.50
Jas. M. Hammond,
23.25
Abbie A. Sherman,
23.25
Maria W. Skiff,
22.75
Dennis Stevens,
11.75
Mrs. Geo. M. Ring,
11.50
$625.00
Teachers' Pay Roll,
$4,406.00
Z. W. Kemp,
$1,200.00
Annie J. Fairchild,
60.00
Amanda F. Sears,
350.00
Lucy S. Winchester,
280.00
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Sadie P. Clark,
280.00
Ida E. Cundall,
280.00
Ruth E. Sears,
136.00
Lena A. Chubbuck,
280.00
Clara A. Bourne,
368.00
Alice P. Winchester,
280.00
Anginette Chase,
280.00
Annie F. Merrill,
48.00
Luella Snow,
101.50
Ellen H. Akin,
204.50
M. J. Lemunion,
144.00
Mary E. Haney,
105.00
Lilly E. Page,
9.00
$4,406.00
SALES OF SCHOOL PROPERTY.
By cash of George H. Taber, school-
house sold, $52.00
Cash of Amos Rogers, school-house sold, 52.00
Cash of C. F. Howard, wood shed sold, 10.25
Cash of Philip Willcox, old lumber sold, 3.00
Cash of Ebenezer Pierce, old bell sold, 20.20 $137.45
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Poor Department. DR.
To amount appropriated,
$2,500.00
Cash of Fall River,
13.75
Dartmouth,
10.00
Julia A. Hadley, produce,
97.55
Hyannis,
1.70
New Bedford,
160.29
Taunton,
266.84
Eggs sold,
1.50
Boston,
17.32
George Reeves,
16.54
I. D. Packard, produce,
37.95
N. F. Benson, for hay,
6.62
C. F. Howard, pair of oxen,
126.44
I. D. Packard, potatoes sold,
18.75
Acushnet,
34.59
Noah Stoddard, for straw,
13.75
I. D. Packard, produce,
27.68
$3,351.27
CR.
By amount paid for alms-house, $1,835.18
,6 outside poor, 401.98
other towns and cities, 320.45
Taunton Hospital, 650.89
Balance to new account, 142.77
$3,351.27
POOR DEPARTMENT IN DETAIL.
Alms-house,
W. H. Monk, labor, $12.00
J. W. L. Hillman, supplies, 140.70
E. Manchester, Jr., teaming, 1.50
Julia A. Hadley, keeper, 112.50
Mrs. John A. Gifford, keeper, 7.50
Nichols & Damon, shoes, 3.00
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Chas. E. Hammond, dressing hogs, 4.00
H. F. Wilde, supplies, 213.39
John P. Morse, cow, 36.00
Oscar T. Perkins, fertilizer, 128.75
C. D. Waldron, advertising,
1.00
S. S. Swift, supplies,
225.03
J. G. Ellis, supplies,
123.80
E. Anthony & Sons, Standard, 6.00
I. D. Packard, keeper,
337.50
W. P. Wilson, mowing machine, 53.00
Dennis Holmes, labor, 7.00
T. P. W. Perkins, shoeing, 11.76
Acushnet Saw Mill, shingles, 16.45
F. A. Sowle, cedar posts, 5.75
De Wolf & Vincent, supplies, 33.66
Asa West, labor,
1.00
I. N. Babbitt, Jr., supplies,
25.88
Geo. W. King, shoeing and Mary Ellis' fare, 7.86
E. M. Dean, boots and shoes,
4.75
E. W. Reed, seaweed, 3.75
Parker & Haskell, coal,
16.50
F. R. Slocum & Co., bedsteads,
16.25
S. P. & S. H. Willcox, supplies, 30.87
John M. Howland, use of horse, 11.25
Geo. M. Eddy, supplies,
21.42
L. M. Snow, supplies,
4.55
P. W. Record, expenses, &c.,
8.75
C. F. Howard, 470 lbs. beef, 30.68
Dr. Geo. Atwood, physician,
75.00
Alfred Nye, supplies, 9.21
E. S. Whiting, balance on account, 87.17 $1,835.18
Outside poor.
Clara A. Delano, $24.50
Sarah Delano, 78.00
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Jane A. Alden,
57.46
Mrs. Hutchins,
18.50
E. S. Baker,
30.00
Mrs. Mary Reeves,
18.54
Lucy Blythe,
38.49
Mary Hammond,
13.25
Mrs. Sturdevant,
43.50
Fred. Hammond,
14.14
Mary Murray,
12.00
Emory P. Dwelley,
16.35
J. P. Ellis,
2.50
Mrs. Burgess,
3.25
Mrs. Snow,
4.50
Louisa Ellis,
26.00
$401.98
Other towns and cities.
New Bedford,
$127.50
Taunton.
167.86
Freetown,
12.00
Fall River,
11.09
Middleborough.
2.00
$320.45
Taunton Lunatic Hospital,
$650.89
$650.89
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Incidental Account.
DR.
To balance Feb. 15, 1886, $186.53
Appropriation to liquidate town debt, 3,000.00
Appropriation for salaries,
1,200.00
for soldiers lot,
30.00
for fire department, 900.00
for lighting streets, 600.00
general incidentals,
1,000.00
for Mill bridge, 300.00
for Spring street, 100.00
for Fort street, 300.00
for Bridge street, 200.00
66 for Laurel street, 30.00
Cash of State Treasurer, corporation tax, 16.95
Cash of N. B. Inst. for Savings, 6,000.00
L. M. Snow, liquor license, 1.00
J. W. Loomis, for concrete, 50.50 State Treasurer, corporation tax, 1,602.06
State Treasurer, National Bank tax, 1,722.59
State Treasurer, state aid, chapter 252, 270.00
State Treasurer, state aid, chapter 301, 480.00
A. R. Wright, Wm. N. Alden fine, 50.00
Abuttors, Bridge street, 164.25
Reuben Nye, concreting, 19.58
J. L. Gillingham, concreting, 78.33
For fish licenses, 20.00
Frank L. Davis, rent of hall, 60.00
24
Geo. H. Cox, for lantern, 6.15 Taxes in excess of appropria- tion, 1,210,74 $19,598.68
CR.
By amount paid for Fire Department, $1,108.83
Lighting Streets, 699.61
State Aid, 910.00
Town Salaries,
1,185.55
" Town Debt and
Interest, 10,465.45
General Incidentals, 690.58
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Mill bridge, 346.01
New Bedford bridge, 18.69
Spring street sidewalk, 178.75
Fort street sidewalk, 748.75
Laurel street sidewalk, 39.15
Bridge street sidewalk, 389.25
State Treasurer, liquor license, .25
" National Bank tax, 1,021.23
State tax, 1,350.00
Balance new account, 446.58 $19,598.68
INCIDENTALS IN DETAIL.
Paid Fire Department,
$1,108.83
Parker & Haskell, coal,
$21.00
T. S. Corson, coal, 5.00
Jas. P. Terry, hauling engine,
150.00
Eugene Braley, cleaning,
3.50
C. D. Waldron, printing,
2.50
Pay-roll Contest Co.,
208.33
60 Hook and Ladder Co.,
60.00
No. 5,
420.93
American Supply Co.,
2.10
25
Pay-roll Engineers,
40.00
L. F. Waldron, Engineer,
150.50
Taber Bros., setting glass,
.80
Albert Williams, cleaning,
2.00
R. H. Taber, candles, .40
E. H. Sears, slabs,
1.00
Geo. A. Jenney, cleaning,
1.00
N. B. Cordage Co., supplies,
.73
De Wolf & Vincent, supplies,
.18
Hart & Akin, coal,
5.00
John G. Adams, labor,
2.20
Wood, Brightman & Co., labor,
.25
H. F. Wilde, supplies,
1.98
J. H. Delano,
.15
I. N. Babbitt, Jr.,
4.49
J. H. Pease,
14.50
B. F. Drew, care of Engine No. 5,
6.00
Geo. W. King,
.75
Alfred Nye,
3.54
$1,108.83
Lighting Streets,
$699.61
Wheeler Reflecting Co.,
$686.84
W. H. Washburn, lantern posts,
6.25
David West,
1.35
Acushnet Iron Co.,
1.12
John A. Gifford, setting posts,
2.25
Taber Bros., setting glass,
1.80
$699.61
Military and State Aid,
$910.00
Military aid,
$526.00
State aid,
384.00
$910.00
Town Salaries,
$1,185.55
Registrars of voters,
$25.60
B. P. Tripp, assessor,
63.75
John H. Howland, assessor,
67.50
D
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F. De P. Tappan, assessor, 73.50
F. De P. Tappan, collector, 250.00
Geo. W. King, selectman, 12.00
D. W. Deane, selectman, 12.00
P. W. Record, constable, 147.70
J. A. Loomis, truant officer. 24.50
J. B. Peck, truant officer,
6.00
Emily Sherman, census,
12.00
Geo. H. Taber, selectman,
76.33
F. C. S. Bartlett, selectman, 78.34
C. F. Howard, selectman, 76.33
F. De P. Tappan, clerk to selectmen, 10.00
Eben Akin. Jr., treasurer, 250.00
$1,185.55
Town Debt.
Loan in anticipation of taxes, $7,135.45
Bonds and Interest, 3,330.00 $10,465.45
General Incidentals, $690.58
Patrick Galligan, tax refunded, $1.80
C. D. Waldron, advertising, &c., 111.10
E. Anthony & Sons, town report and advertising, 91.40
Geo. E. Dean, auditor,
2.00
Hervey Tripp, auditor,
2.00
Daniel W. Dean, Stone suit,
15.35
Geo. A. Briggs, Stone suit,
15.35
J. F. Webster, returning deaths, 2.00
Riverside Cemetery, care of Rickett's lot, 3.00
Job C. Tripp, moderator, 10.00
Mercury Publishing Co., advertising, 5.75
E. H. Sears, wood for watch house, 2.00
Geo. B. Richmond, recording deed, .85
T. W. Cole, lettering soldiers monu- ment, 3.00
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R. Fish, lumber, 14.77
John H. Howland, assessors book, 1.75
J. F. Tripp, memorial services, 30.00
L. LeB. Holmes, legal advice, 10.00
J. W. L. Hillman, supplies, .80
J. L. Gillingham, legal advice, 1.00
Str. Wm. O. Brown, towing whale,
25.00
H. M. Knowlton, legal advice, 2.00
C. F. Howard, cask, 2.50
F. De P. Tappan, express, assessors
expenses and office supplies, 14.18
Phoenix Hall Asso., rent, &c., 115.00
Amos Peirce, care of clock,
25.00
Geo. A. Briggs, surveying,
4.00
Benj. F. Tripp,
2.00
Chas. Record, 4.65
Albert C. Swain, finding body,
10.00
Geo. B. Wheeler, surveying,
8.00
Zenas Winsor, 4.71
Geo. H. Taber, office table.
5.00
Aaron Savary,
4.71
John H. Mills,
4.00
S. Doane & Son, blankets,
5.95
John Allen, rent of pound,
4.00
T. S. Corson, coal, 6.50
Elisha Babcock, 4.50
N. J. Day, bridge,
10.47
Wm. M. Stetson, bridge,
5.70
Paul Howland, printing, 1.75
H. S. Hutchinson, paper, 2.10
Chas. W. Coggeshall, pump,
21.00
Alfred Nye, watch house,
3.21
C. C. Cundall, returning deaths, 2.75
W. C. Vaughan, returning deaths, 11.50
E. Akin, Jr., returning deaths and expenses, 50.50
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Dunham & Co., (King,)
3.50
J. P. Ellis. watch house,
2.25
$690.58
Mill Bridge,
$346.01
Abner Howard,
$289.10
Geo. W. King,
1.41
Geo. A. Briggs,
5.00
R. W. Austin,
4.90
N. J. Day,
5.56
Luther Cole,
10.65
S. N. Townsend,
3.08
Manuel Enos,
1.12
Tillinghast & Terry,
17.50
Taber Bros.,
5.56
I. N. Babbitt, Jr.,
1.40
S. S. Swift,
.73
$346.01
New Bedford Bridge.
Tillinghast & Terry,
$15.43
Hervey Wardsworth,
2.00
S. S. Swift,
1.26
$18.69
Spring Street Sidewalk.
Joseph C. Jenney,
$18.10
Perkins & Staples,
160.65
$178.75
Fort Street Sidewalk.
Perkins & Staples, concrete.
$737.30
Abner Howard,
11.45
$748.75
Laurel Street Sidewalk.
Perkins & Staples,
$39.15
$39.15
Bridge Street Sidewalk.
Joseph C. Jenney,
$60.75
Perkins & Staples,
328.50
$389.25
Present town debt,
$17,000.00
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Cash in Treasury,
$1,977.89
Balance Incidental account,
$446.58
School
727.31
Poor
142.77
Highway
523.78
School property sold,
137.45
$1,977.89
To be collected.
Due from ahuttors Fort street sidewalk,
$400.73
Due hay sold from town farm,
185.30
$586.03
Your Selectmen respectfully suggest that the following amounts be appropriated for the expenses of the following year, viz. :
Highways,
$2,000.00
Schools,
6,000.00
Poor,
2,300.00
Salaries,
1,200.00
Lighting Streets,
700.00
Town Debt,
2,000.00
Incidentals,
1,000.00
Fire Department,
700.00 $15,900.00
GEORGE H. TABER, CHARLES F. HOWARD, Selectmen.
February 16, 1887.
We have examined the foregoing accounts and believe them to be correct.
G. E. DEAN, HERVEY TRIPP.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN,
1886.
JOB C. TRIPP, TERM EXPIRES 1887. E. G. PAULL, TERM EXPIRES 1887. C. C. CUNDALL, TERM EXPIRES 1888. J. L. GILLINGHAM, TERM EXPIRES 1888. D. C. POTTER, TERM EXPIRES 1889. FREDERICK JENNEY, TERM EXPIRES 1889.
NEW BEDFORD : E. ANTHONY & SONS, PRINTERS. 1887.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
TO THE CITIZENS OF FAIRHAVEN :
The schools of Fairhaven during the past year have been attended by 518 scholars. The census taken last May shows 448 children from 5 to 15 years of age. The yearly appro- priation for teachers, care, fuel, school-books, stationery, and incidental expenses, amounts to twelve and one-half dol- lars, nearly, per scholar. None of this money has been expended to develop any experiment, whim, or unusual method in imparting instruction. We have adopted only legitimate methods, and such as long usage and the best ex- perience sanction.
Just what course to pursue in building up or developing the mind of the child is to some extent as yet an unsolved problem, and we claim no superior wisdom over others in this matter. The tastes and inclinations of young people are dissimilar. No two scholars think alike any more than they dress or look alike, and yet we require all to pursue a certain and uniform course, studying the same branches until they leave the grammar school. Whatever the tastes of the child, the statutes have wisely decided that the common branches, reading, writing, spelling, grammar, arithmetic, geography, history, and physiology as it relates to the use of alcohol and narcotics, are absolutely essential to the welfare of every child. It is only when the pupil enters the High school that a departure from this course can be made. Then the mind of the child begins to mature, and his nature reaches out in an- ticipation of the time and place which he expects to be called upon to fill in the great world around him. The regular and elective studies pursued there, with the aid of the wise teacher,
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will all be found necessary to the earnest student who decides to enter either of the great professions, or to the young man or woman whose tastes lead to business pursuits or the various branches of industry or trade. It is a well known fact, how- ever, that the great majority of our pupils never advance beyond the grammar grade. With this fact in view, and in justice to the donor of the Rogers building, who desired that the edifice should primarily be devoted to grammar school purposes, your committee have aimed to make the schools in the building as efficient as possible, by the employment of competent teachers and by making the grammar course cover a period of five years, so that, including the primary course. the child now receives nine years of instruction. We think there can be no parent who desires his child to receive less.
The course of study adopted a year ago for our schools, while in the main judicious, has developed a few defects, and corresponding changes will doubtless be made to adapt it still better to the needs of all the pupils.
Let us not believe that the object of education is the mak- ing of money or even the getting of a living, but that, while an education will be found a powerful aid in achieving success in any calling, its prime object is in making good citizens, who will be loyal to their country, faithful to its laws, and above all governed by a sense of honor and integrity. Our schools are not designed to create the Vanderbilts, the Astors, or the Jay Goulds, but rather that citizenship the types of which are found in the Abraham Lincolns, the Henry Wilsons, and the Charles Sumners, all of whom died in comparatively moderate circumstances. The main purpose of Massachusetts to-day, and of vastly more importance than all her industries, is to thoroughly educate her children for their duties as citi- zens. This fact alone gives her that supremacy and influence which she possesses over all the other states in the Union.
Your committee, after another year's experience, congratu- late the citizens upon the great aid to our efforts in furthering the educational interests of this town found in the Rogers
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school building. We consider it in every way a success. It is a place to which children from all parts of the town love to come. The evident desire manifested by even the smallest scholar that the building and furniture shall not be injured is a constant object lesson in ethics of which our town should feel proud.
The four country schools are working with good results, under faithful and competent teachers. The Oxford school- house has been repaired and painted, much to the improve- ment of that locality. The Sconticut school-house lot is very small and cramped. Your committee recommend its enlarge- ment by the purchase of additional land, and the erection of suitable outbuildings.
The evil of truancy has been much lessened during the past year, largely through the faithful services of the truant officers. We are glad to report that every child in town attends school, except a very few who have a sufficient excuse for absence.
The increased number of children demanding admission into the primary school will render it necessary to employ another teacher next year. This can be accomplished with no addi- tional appropriation from the town over that of last year.
At the last annual town meeting the school committee were instructed to appoint a superintendent of schools, who shall be the principal of the High school. We therefore appointed Mr. Z. W. Kemp superintendent of schools, but he declined to accept the position, and the committee have therefore gone through the year in the usual way, doing the work themselves. In our judgment the services of an efficient superintendent of schools for Fairhaven can only be obtained by our union, if possible, with two or three of the neighboring towns in the support of a superintendent who will have the ability to do the work and will give his entire time to it.
TABULAR STATEMENT OF FIRST TERM, 1886. January 11 to March 26-11 weeks.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Wages per
Whole No.
Average
membership.
attendance.
Percentage of
attendance.
of absence.
Number of
tardy marks.
No. not absent
or tardy.
High, 66
Annie J. Fairchild,
40
Amanda F. Sears,
40
44
44
39.5
89.7
10.3
52
5
Lucy F. Winchester,
32
44
43
39
90.7
9.3
14
6
Sara B. Clarke,
32|
41
35.4
31.8
88.7
11.3
12
34
4
66
2, ,
Ruth E. Sears.
32
41
35
33.2
94.8
5.2
3
5
Lena A. Chubbuck,
32
40
34.5
26.3
76.2
23.8
8
1
Oxford,
Clara A. Bourne,
32
41
36.6
30.5
83.3
16.7
126
1
Naskatucket.
Alice P. Winchester, .
32
18
15
11.4
76
24
166
New Boston,
Anjenette Chase.
32
26
23.6
19.2
81.3
18.7
56
1
Sconticut Neck,
Annie F. Merrill,
32 25
21
16.5
78.5
21.5
84
()
9
Z. W. Kemp,
$120
54
53
51.5
97.1
2.9
81
4
Rogers. room 8,
7,
4,
3.
Ida E. Cundall,
32
38
35
33
94.2
5.8
1,
month.
enrolled.
Average
Percentage
TABULAR STATEMENT OF SECOND TERM, 1886.
April 12 to July 2-11 weeks. High School, 12 weeks.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Wages per
Whole No.
Average
membership.
attendance.
Percentage of
attendance.
of absence.
Number of
tardy marks.
No. notabsent
or tardy.
High, ..
Z. W. Kemp.
$120
49
48.6
45
92.6
7.4
155
11
Rogers, room 8,
Amanda F. Sears.
40
43
42.1
38.3
90.9
9.1
29
10
Lucy F. Winchester.
32
43
41.5
38.7
93.2
6.8
25
Sara B. Clarke,
32
45
44.9
40.2
89.2
10.8
13
7
6.
3.
Ida E. Cundall,
32
35
34
23
67.6
32.4
80
2
6.
..
2.
Ruth E. Sears,
32
41
39.3
36.1
91.8
8.2
18
6
Lena A. Chubbuck.
32
57
48.6
45.3
93.2
6.8
14
5
Oxford,
Alice P. Winchester,
32
46
36.1
33.6
93.1
6.9
89
0
Naskatucket,
Ellen H. Akin.
28
26
21.7
17
78.3
21.7
74
()
New Boston,
Anjenette Chase,
32
34
29.1
23.5
80.7
19.3
60
Sconticut Neck,
Lehella M. Snow.
26 25
24.7
21
85
15
115
2
7
Clara A. Bourne,
40
4,
..
1,
month.
enrolled.
Average
Percentage
TABULAR STATEMENT, THIRD TERM, 1886. September 6 to December 24-14 weeks. High School, 16 weeks.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Wages per
Whole No.
Average
membership.
attendance.
Percentage of
attendance.
of absence.
Number of
tardy marks.
No. not absent
or tardy.
High,
Z. W. Kemp,
$120
43
41.2
39
94.6
5.4
126
Clara A. Bourne.
40
Amanda F. Sears.
40
40
39.4
37.2
94.4
5.6
33
8
Lucy F. Winchester,
32
44
39.5
37.6
95.1
4.9
38
Sara B. Clarke,
32
45
41.3
38.1
92.2
7.8
42
6
Ida E. Cundall,
32
46
43.7
40.8
93.3
6.7
158
1
2.
Mary W. Leymunion,
32
56
47.2
41
86.8
13.2
248
6
1.
Lena A. Chubbuck,
32
68
58.1
52.2
89.8
10.2
21
Oxford,
Alice P. Winchester,
32
44
39
34.1
87.4
12.6
237
2
Naskatucket,
Ellen HI. Akin,
30
25
22.7
16.9
74.4
25.6
133
0
New Boston,
Anjenette Chase.
32
31
29.4
24.1
81.9
18.1
69
0
Sconticut Neck,
Mary E. Haney.
30.
24
21.1
17.2
81.5
18.5
66
0
S
Rogers, room 8,
66
4.
3,
month.
enrolled.
Average
Percentage
SUMMARY FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.
January 1, 1886, to January 1, 1887-36 weeks. High School, 39 weeks.
SCHOOLS.
No. of pupils
enrolled.
Average
membership.
attendance.
Percentage
attendance.
Percentage
No. of tardy
Not absent
nor tardy.
High,
56
46.8
45
96.1
3.9
362
3
May F. Macomber, Lulu H. Lomis, Norman G. Paull.
6
Rogers, room 8,
46
39:1
38.2
97.6
2.4
114
4
Carrie Jenkins, Anna Maxfield, Alton Paull, Geo. Taber.
49
41.2
38.3
92.9
7.1
77
1
4,
50
41.6
36.6
87.9
12.1
67
3
45
38
32.9
86.5
13.5
272
49
41
37.6
91.7
8.3
299
2
79
47.7
42.1
88.2
11.8
43
1
Oxford,
51
37
32.8
88.6
11.4
452
Naskatucket,
26
20
15.2
76
24
373
New Boston,
37
28.6
22.3
77.9
22.1
185
Sconticut Neck,
30
22.1
17
76.9
23.1
265
518
7,
Walter Taber.
Mabel Bates, Warren Maxfield, John Sweet.
3,
2,
Grace Dodge, Jesse Gifford. Linnie Morton.
1,
absence.
marks.
Average
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount unexpended, Feb. 15, 1886.
$173.62
Town appropriation,
6,500.00
Income from state fund,
182.23
Income from county,
331.83 $7.187.68
BILLS APPROVED.
Teachers' salaries,
$4,406.00
Care,
625.00
Fuel,
388.69
School-books and stationery.
612.74
Incidentals,
427.94
6,460.37
Balance unexpended, Feb. 5, 1887,
$727.31
Your committee would recommend an appropriation, for teachers' salaries, care, fuel, school-books, and incidentals, of sixty-five hundred dollars, or the same as last year. With this sum the High school can be kept ten months, and all the other schools nine months through the year.
JOB C. TRIPP.
FREDERICK JENNEY.
C. C. CUNDALL.
E. G. PAULL.
J. L. GILLINGHAM.
D. C. POTTER.
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