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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 1897-88 AND
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
For the year ending Feb. 15, 1888.
NEW BEDFORD : E. ANTHONY & SONS, PRINTERS. 1888.
REPORT.
F. DE P. TAPPAN, Collector of Taxes.
DR.
Tax list of 1887,
$22,539.56
Bank tax,
1,620.00
Taxes for 1885, uncollected,
70.22
Taxes for 1886, uncollected,
955.31
Interest collected,
18.15 $25,203.24
CR.
Discount for prompt payment,
$1,323.61
Assessing and collecting bank tax,
16.20
Taxes remitted,
178.07
Uncollected, 1885,
6.00
66
1886,
82.69
1887,
481.96
Paid Town Treasurer,
23,114.71 $25,203.24
UNPAID TAXES FOR 1885.
Wm. K. McLane,
$2.00
Herbert L. Tripp,
2.00
Ephraim B. Tripp,
2.00
$6.00
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UNPAID TAXES FOR 1886.
John J. Allen,
$2.00
Wm. H. Bryant,
2.00
Henry P. Baker,
2.00
James C. Chapman,
2.00
George W. Doe,
2.00
Hannah Drew's heirs,
12.90
John A. Gifford,
2.00
Charles E. Hammond,
2.93
Charles A. Johnson,
17.07
William Jenkins,
2.00
Marcus R. Kiff,
3.50
F. T. Lambert,
2.00
William K. McLane,
2.00
Nathan D. Maxfield,
2.00
Alvan H. Payne's heirs, balance,
2.63
William H. Rogers,
2.00
John Stoddard,
2.00
Benjamin F. Tripp,
2.00
James H. Tripp's heirs, balance,
4.08
Herbert L. Tripp,
2.00
Ephraim B. Tripp,
4.55
Samuel P. Tozier,
3.50
Non-residents.
Richard Davis, Acushnet,
.53
James Weeks, New Bedford,
3.00
$82.69
UNPAID TAXES, 1887.
John J. Allen,
$2.00
Fred W. Akin,
2.00
William H. Astin,
2.00
Charles T. Besse,
15.87
Charles F. Benson,
2.00
William H. Barrows,
2.00
George B. Baker,
2.00
5
Frank L. Blackwell,
2.00
George H. Chase,
2.00
Hannah Drew's heirs,
12.90
Henry G. Ellis,
2.00
Joseph Francis, balance,
7.28
John A. Gifford,
2.00
William S. Guild,
24.65
James A. Gammons,
2.00
Charles E. Hammond,
7.18
Henry M. Hoxie,
2.00
Pardon A. Howland,
2.00
Samuel Jenkins,
2.00
Charles A. Johnson,
17.07
William H. Jenkins,
2.00
Marcus R. Kiff,
2.00
Edgar L. Johnson,
2.00
David W. Luce,
2.00
Joseph Millett, Jr.,
2.00
John P. Morse,
20.75
Walter C. Miller,
2.00
William H. Monk, balance,
21.40
William K. McLane,
2.00
Alvin H. Payne's heirs,
9.37
Allen Pease's heirs,
10.50
Edward H. Peckham,
2.00
Frank T. Perry,
41.08
Walter S. Pierce,
2.00
Ira A. Reed,
4.25
George E. Reeves,
5.90
George M. Ring,
5.00
Myra F. Ring, balance,
4.73
Charles H. Rand,
5.00
Ezekiel W. Reed,
4.62
William H. Rogers,
2.00
William F. Stowell,
2.00
W. B. Sylvester,
2.00
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Thomas M. Shaw,
2.00
George F. Sylvia,
7.78
Benjamin F. Shurtleff,
2.00
Herbert Shurtleff,
2.00
Nathaniel S. Taber,
75.95
Ephraim B. Tripp,
3.50
Orrick S. Tilton,
2.30
Samuel P. Tozier,
3.50
Harvey Wardsworth,
18.20
Charles B. Westgate,
2.00
R. A. West,
21.50
William H. Westgate,
2.00
William Westgate,
2.00
Leander Washburn,
2.00
L. F. Wilde,
2.00
William B. Westgate,
2.00
Joseph T. Westgate,
2.00
George A. Westgate,
2.00
Non-residents.
William Ashley,
1.50
George S. Bolles,
2.25
Joshua V. Davis,
1.65
Perez S. Doty,
2.40
Richard Davis,
.37
Alexander Gillis,
7.50
Mary Gro,
4.50
Eben Holmes,
8.10
Stephen Hathaway,
.75
Linus Ryder,
16.13
James H. Sherman,
.90
M. J. Shay,
4.50
Oliver R. Taber,
3.00
Joseph White,
.60
Job H. Wilcox,
.53
James Weeks,
3.00
$481.96
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F. DE P. TAPPAN, Treasurer, DR.
To balance in treasury, Feb. 5th, 1887, $1,977.89
Street Railway, for hay,
185.30
C. D. Hunt, concrete, 152.00
American Tack Co., ·66
75.00
Est. of F. C. S. Bartlett, " .
173.73
Gideon Brightman,
10.00
Joshua R. Delano,
6.85
Mrs. Isaac Terry,
66
21.00
Joseph Pope, 66 °
5.25
Leonard Taber,
23.30
Mrs. H. B. Cady, 66
12.90
Mrs. Annie A. Ricketson, “ 9.90
Charles F. Howard, 17.95
Town of Freetown,
12.00
Middleborough,
14.00
Acushnet, 12.40
City of New Bedford,
127.50
Taunton,
167.86
Fall River,
17.59
J. C. Allen, fish license, . 2.00
F. H. Pease,
2.00
C. H. Pease, 66
2.00
F. A. Pease, 66
2.00
D. C. Potter,
2.00
Eben Mott,
2.00
W. A. Gammons, 2.00
Geo. H. Taber, auctioneer license, 2.00
L. M. Snow, liquor license, 1.00
State Treasurer, corporation taxes,
1,657.66
bank tax, 1,798.37
State aid, chap. 252, 265.00
301, 384.00
66 school fund, 178.24
County Treasurer, dog fund,
399.99
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N. B. Inst. for Savings, loan, 7,000.00
F. R. F. Harrisson, hose sold, 10.00
W. H. Dwelley, for school property sold, 4.75 J. P. Ellis, 3.05
John W. Bradford,
83.00
J. W. L. Hillman, books sold,
17.77
J. W. L. Hillman, straw sold, 7.80
I. D. Packard, produce, &c., sold, 102.69
P. Cornell, oxen sold,
140.00
W. H. Dwelley, plank sold,
16.89
C. B. Shaw,
2.00
Joseph C. Jenney,
1.00
T. P. W. Perkins, dirt sold,
1.75
Oscar T. Perkins,
10.00
Wm. F. Nye,
8.25
Mrs. J. A. Hawes,
3.00
Joshua R. Delano, stove sold, .40
Town of Mattapoisett, Simas family, 425.95
W. P. Winsor, for hay, 39.07
Tax Collector, 23,114.71 $38,714.76
F. DE P. TAPPAN, Treasurer, CR.
Paid Town bond,
$2,000.00
Interest on bonds,
1,190.00
Loan,
7,000.00
Interest on loan,
113.22
State tax,
2,025.00
County tax,
1,923.20
Bank tax,
983.89
Town orders,
22,034.92
By balance in treasury,
1,444.53 $38,714.76
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Poor Account. DR.
Balance, Feb. 5th, 1887, $142.77
Amount of appropriation,
2,500.00
Street Railway Co., hay sold,
185.30
Town of Freetown,
12.00
Town of Middleborough,
14.00
City of New Bedford,
127.50
City of Taunton,
167.86
I. D. Packard, supplies sold,
102.69
J. W. L. Hillman, straw,
7.80
City of Fall River, 17.59
. Pardon Cornell, oxen,
140.00
Walter P. Winsor, hay sold,
39.07
Town of Mattapoisett,
28.00
Incidental account to balance poor account, 127.33 $3,611.91
CR.
By amount paid for Alms-house, $1,629.85
Outside poor, 700.88
Other towns and cities, 411.91
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, 760.66
School for Feeble Minded,
108.61 $3,611.91
SUPPORT OF POOR IN ALMS-HOUSE.
I. D. Packard, keeper, $450.00
Charles F. Howard, oxen,
150.00
John G. Ellis, groceries,
124.83
J. W. L. Hillman,
86.62
Seth S. Swift & Co.,
80.88
Alfred Nye, 66
73.39
H. F. Wilde, 60
70.10
S. P. & S. H. Willcox, dry goods, 46.01
T. S. Corson, dressing, 57.82
R. W. Clark, cow and calf,
45.00
10
Dr. C. C. Cundall, services to Brennan, 50.00
Dr. C. C. Cundall, services at Alms-house, 34.00
T. S. Corson, coal, 71.69
Levi M. Snow, medicine, 33.81
Parker & Haskell, coal, 26.88
Eldridge Bros., groceries, 25.28
Charles F. Howard, beef, 22.23
Nye & Delano, beef, &c.,
19.84
Oscar T. Perkins, fertilizer, 19.00
Nichols & Damon, shoes, 17.10
T. P. W. Perkins, dressing, 16.05
E. T. Wilson, burial Mr. Bumpus, 15.00
T. P. W. Perkins, shoeing, 12.50
Seth Alden, 3 pigs, 10.50
W. J. Worth, seed potatoes, 10.25
Weston C. Vaughan, burial Mrs. Vaughan, 10.00
William H. Dwelley, cabbage plants,
10.00
George W. King, shoeing,
8.55
New Bedford Standard,
6.00
Charles F. Wing, supplies,
3.50
De Wolf & Vincent,
.90
Freeman Snow, care Brennan,
17.20
Levi M. Snow, medicine for Brennan,
4.92
$1,629.85
SUPPORT OF POOR OUT OF ALMS-HOUSE.
Louisa Ellis,
$125.50
Sarah Delano,
97.50
Jane A. Alden,
71.24
Edwin S. Baker,
63.50
Mrs. William R. Sturtevant,
58.25
Harriet S. Bowen,
46.83
Clara S. Delano,
40.00
Charles L. Morse, care of boy,
29.00
Andrew J. Rodman,
25.90
Sarah E. Snow,
25.00
Frederick Hammond,
32.25
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Emory P. Dwelley,
16.50
Mrs. Hutchins,
19.12
Fred LeBlanc,
13.00
Mrs. Burgess,
12.63
George Cunningham,
2.00
Joseph R. Williams,
12.00
N. B. Nott,
10.66
$700.88
Taunton Lunatic Hospital,
$760.66
School for Feeble Minded,
$108.61
Other cities and towns, to be returned :
Paid for city of New Bedford,
$220.81
City of Taunton,
134.60
City of Fall River,
16.50
Town of Middleborough,
12.00
Town of Mattapoisett,
28.00
Amt. due from the State for board, care, medicine, and doctor, for Frederic Brennan, to Jan. 1, 1888, as per bill rendered, 134.76 $546.67
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Highway Account. DR.
To balance on hand, Feb. 5,
$523.78
Appropriation,
2,000.00
Incidental account,
135.99
$2,659.77
CR.
By paid Wm. H. Dwelley, surveyor, $1,548.08
Levi Blossom, surveyor,
611.63
James Dahl, surveyor,
450.06
Mrs. Thomas, sidewalk,
50.00
$2,659.77
W. H. DWELLEY, SURVEYOR.
W'm. H. Dwelley, surveyor,
$264.88
Joseph C. Jenney, stone and team,
157.46
L. M. Austin, 66 134.95
Joseph Millett, team and labor,
100.30
S. S. White, stone, 99.00
Charles L. Morse, labor,
72.67
Philip C. Westgate, stone, 67.38
Charles F. Stetson, Jr., team and labor,
66.82
Peter F. Brownell, engineer of crusher,
46.40
Seth Alden, stone and labor,
44.10
John Quirk, labor,
40.79
Louis D. Simas,
33.83
John P. Ellis,
33.31
Wm. R. Eldred,
31.74
N. Clark,
29.47
Wm. C. Stoddard, stone,
19.02
De Wolf & Vincent, tools,
27.85
Patrick Eagan, labor,
18.32
Samuel H. Tinkham, labor,
16.73
John McCullough, canvas,
15.00
John Gelatt, Jr.,
labor,
14.93
Wm. Quirk,
14.78
Stephen N. Townsend,
14.36
13
Granville W. Taber, labor, 14.20
Thos. Dana,
13.50
H. M. Hoxie,
13.25
Greene & Wood, lumber,
11.95
Martin J. Swasey, labor,
11.05
A. A. Royce,
10.85
James L. Butman,
10.44
Charles G. Purinton,
66
10.13
Charles D. Drew,
66
10.12
Benj. W. Terry,
9.50
Geo. W. King, blacksmithing,
10.71
John Damon, labor,
8.46
Fairhaven Iron Works,
8.25
Manuel J. Mara, labor,
8.25
John Smith,
7.87
T. S. Corson, coal for crusher,
7.48
Eben Holmes, labor,
6.88
James Winslow,
6.60
William C. Ford,
5.75
N. F. Benson, stone,
5.40
Wm. M. Hawes, grease for crusher,
5.00
Alfred Nye, supplies,
4.84
Samuel Davis, labor,
4.50
A. W. Allen & Son, lumber,
4.06
Henry B. Gifford, lumber,
3.75
James Dahl, stone,
3.38
T. P. W. Perkins, sharpening,
3.56
Phineas White, supplies,
3.00
John W. Kempton, washing hose,
2.80
Wm. F. Nye, oil for crusher,
2.60
American Tack Co., nails,
2.50
A. J. Barney, labor,
2.25
Mrs. L. A. Howard, hammer,
2.00
Isaac Briggs, labor,
1.98
John Keys,
1.50
Clara D. Rogers, labor of man,
1.50
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Thos. M. Hart, waste for crusher,
1.26
John A. Gifford, labor, .75
Thos. J. Gifford, supplies,
.52
George Quirk, labor,
.45
Welcome J. Lawton, team,
3.30
Chas. F. Howard, wood for crusher,
3.25
$1,613.48
Cr. by stone sold Levi Blossom,
$42.40
Cr. by other sources,
23.00
65.40
$1,548.08
Mrs. Thomas, sidewalk,
50.00
LEVI BLOSSOM, SURVEYOR.
Edwin Blossom, team and labor,
$98.20
Levi Blossom, labor,
80.70
Seth Alden,
team and labor,
61.50
N. F. Benson,
56.70
Chas. F. Stetson, Jr., “
53.40
Wm. V. Haney,
labor,
48.23
Wm. M. Stetson, Jr.,
66
19.20
Arthur H. Austin,
18.45
Thomas Clark,
16.20
Jeremiah Bumpus,
13.05
H. T. Howard,
11.50
John F. Howard,
11.63
John B. Jenney,
8.25
Nelson H. Stevens, team and labor,
9.00
Seth E. Stevens,
7.50
John Gelatt, Jr., labor,
7.35
George W. King, sharpening tools,
6.60
John Hammond, labor,
6.00
Willis Skiff,
5.25
Geo. T. Howard, "
4.50
Rufus A. Spooner, «
4.50
Ephraim Delano, team and labor,
3.75
15
Anna W. Godfrey, gravel,
3.60
Thomas Seekel, labor,
3.37
John Baker,
3.00
Frank Blossom,
2.10
W. J. Lawton, 66
2.00
Andrew Jenney,
1.50
Chas. F. Howard, team,
2.20
Wm. Dwelley, crushed stone,
42.40
611.63
CAPT. JAMES DAHL, SURVEYOR.
James Dahl, team and labor,
$128.25
R. W. Austin,
66
78.50
Joseph C. Jenney, 66
54.45
A. W. Spooner, labor,
40.95
Geo. F. Robinson, “
35.70
Roland Fish, hard pine,
23.43
Albert J. Barney, labor,
20.95
Annie Hibbert, gravel,
13.40
Moses S. Stone, labor,
10.50
Samuel H. Tinkham,
10.50
Manuel J. Perry,
6.00
W. B. Burgess,
6.00
Frank Pauline,
5.25
E. M. Tripp,
3.00
John A. Tripp, stone,
4.00
N. P. Sowle, lumber,
1.78
George A. Briggs, gravel,
1.10
George H. Taber,
1.00
John M. Howland,
.80
Charles F. Howard, team,
4.50
450.06
Amount expended on highways,
$2,659.77
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Support of Schools.
DR.
To balance, Feb. 1887,
$727.31
Appropriation,
6,505.00
J. W. L. Hillman, books sold,
17.77
State Treasurer, Mass. school fund, 178.24
County Treasurer, dog fund,
399.99
$7,828.31
CR.
By amount paid teachers,
$4,677.01
Janitors,
709.00
Incidentals,
348.88
Truant officer,
14.25
Fuel,
427.45
School book agency,
404.92
Balance to new account,
1,246.80
$7,828.31
JANITORS' PAY-ROLL.
Hiram Lumbert,
$570.00
James W. Hathaway,
3.75
Maria W. Skiff,
23.25
Abby A. Sherman,
23.25
Mrs. Myra Ring,
21.75
Benjamin F. Randall,
67.00
$709.00
TEACHERS' PAY-ROLL.
Z. W. Kemp,
$1,175.01
Clara A. Bourne,
390.00
Annie H. Delano,
350.00
Lucy S. Winchester,
280.00
Sadie B. Clark,
136.00
Ida E. Cundall,
280.00
Mary W. Lemunion,
280.00
Lena A. Chubbuck,
280.00
Alice P. Winchester,
136.00
Angenette Chace,
40.00
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Ellen H. Akin,
271.50
Mary E. Haney,
261.50
Lillian E. Page,
25.00
Jessie B. Kemp,
240.00
Luella M. Snow,
90.00
Amanda F. Sears,
90.00
Carrie E. Jenney,
112.00
Lucia Allen,
144.00
Minnie L. Westgate,
8.00
Samuel W. Babbitt,
24.00
H. J. Lovejoy,
32.00
Dora Alden,
32.00
$4,677.01
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS IN DETAIL.
INCIDENTALS.
J. L. Gillingham,
$1.29
T. N. Morse, repairs,
.85
Z. W. Kemp, supplies,
2.60
Babbitt & Wood, repairs,
4.61
Methodist Church,
2.00
Levi M. Snow, chemicals,
12.79
I. N. Babbitt, Jr.,
88.91
A. D. Bourne, repairs,
75.70
A. J. Barney, 66
2.20
George A. Gardner,
2.00
F. J. Vaughan,
.65
John Stone, cleaning cistern,
2.00
F. H. Wilde,
2.88
E. Manchester, Jr., cartage,
6.15
Mrs. E. F. Sherman, school census,
12.00
Enoch Taber, labor,
3.90
B. F. Randall, cleaning high school,
39.65
C. C. Cundall, supplies,
7.36
James McFarlin, moving piano,
6.00
Joseph C. Jenney, carting sand, 5.60
Frederick Jenney, supplies,
2.20
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James T. White & Co., manikin,
15.00
Mrs. M. W. Skiff, cleaning, &c.,
4.20
Fairhaven Iron Works,
1.25
C. D. Waldron, printing,
11.75
Perry P. Jenney & Son,
2.62
Paul Howland, Jr., diplomas,
7.50
Taber Bros., repairs,
5.70
F. A. Keith, cartage,
.75
Abby Sherman, cleaning school-house,
3.00
H. H. Hathaway,
.15
Mary S. Lannon, cleaning,
3.00
James M. Lawton, moving piano,
2.50
Roswell Clark, supplies,
.50
Jireh Sherman,
2.31
C. D. Sherman,
3.45
Wm. F. Nye, oil,
.50
Fairhaven Iron Foundry, repairing mower, 2.90
E. H. Sears,
.46
$348.88
TRUANT OFFICER.
J. W. Loomis,
$14.25
SCHOOL BOOK AGENCY.
King & Merrill,
$13.95
Z. W. Kemp,
12.50
Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co.,
6.00
William Ware & Co.,
48.15
Holden Book Co.,
22.90
H. S. Hutchinson & Co.,
4.57
Cowperthwait & Co.,
6.78
A. Lovell & Co.,
2.00
J. L. Hammet,
114.95
James M. Lawton, Jr.,
1.52
Ginn & Co.,
24.53
Thompson, Brown & Co.,
4.00
Lee & Shepard,
18.00
D. Appleton & Co.,
22.40
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Harper & Bros.,
61.38
Clark & Maynard,
26.16
F. M. Ambrose, George H. Freeman,
10.00
5.13
$404.92
FUEL.
David Duff & Son, coal,
$402.75
Seth Delano, wood,
20.50
J. W. Flansburg, charcoal,
4.20
$427.45
Incidental Account.
DR.
To balance, Feb. 5,
$446.58
Appropriation, Fort and William sts., 300.00
Sidewalk, Washington st.,
150.00
Sidewalk, Spring street,
100.00
Soldiers' lot,
30.00
Stone crusher, '
2,000.00
Cor. Main and Spring streets,
80.00
Sconticut Neck school-house,
100.00
Town debt,
2,000.00
Salaries,
1,300.00
General incidentals,
1,000.00
Fire department,
700.00
Lighting streets,
700.00
Cash of C. D. Hunt, concrete,
152.00
American Tack Co., concrete,
75.00
Est. of F. C. S. Bartlett, concrete, 173.73
J. A. Allen,
fish license,
2.00
F. H. Pease,
2.00
C. H. Pease,
66
2.00
F. A. Pease,
2.00
D. C. Potter,
66
2.00
Eben Mott,
66
2.00
W. A. Gammons,
66
2.00
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State Treasurer, corporation tax, 1,657.66
66 bank tax, 1,798.37
State aid, chap. 252, 265.00
chap. 301, 384.00
L. M. Snow, liquor license, 1.00
Geo. H. Taber, auctioneer license,
2.00
Loan N. B. Ins. for Savings, 7,000.00
Frank R. F. Harrisson, hose sold,
10.00
School property transferred, 228.25
Cash of J. R. Delano, stove sold, .40
C. B. Shaw, plank, 2.00
Gideon Brightman, concrete,
10.00
J. R. Delano,
6.85
Mrs. Isaac Terry,
21.00
Joseph Pope,
5.25
Leonard Taber,
23.30
Mrs. H. B. Cady,
12.90
Mrs. Annie A. Ricketsons
9.90
C. F. Howard,
17.95
James C. Jenney, plank,
1.00
Wm. H. Dwelley, plank,
16.89
Town of Acushnet, running town line, 12.40
Mattapoisett, care Simas family, 397.95
Tax Collector, in excess of appro.,
3,649.71 $24,855.09
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
DR.
To Appropriation,
$700.00
Incidental account, to balance,
96.55
$796.55
CR.
James P. Terry, hauling engine,
$197.50
Parker & Haskell, coal,
13.00
A. J. Barney, lowering topmast,
1.50
William F. Nye, oil,
.50
L. F. Waldron, engineer of steamer,
160.00
Hook and Ladder, pay-roll,
60.00
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Board of Engineers, pay-roll,
40.00
Contest Engine Co., 200.00
E. H. Sears, supplies, 1.25
Fairhaven Iron Works, repairs to steamer, 11.94 .40
Joshua H. Delano, shavings,
Horace Sanders, washing hose,
4.00
Taber Bros., supplies,
.30
Geo. W. King, repairs,
1.40
Babbitt, Wood & Co., repairs to steamer,
49.25
John Quirk, carting hose,
1.50
American Tack Co., supplies,
1.26
Hart & Akin, coal, · 5.00
Nelson Shurtleff, washing hose, 1.60
Horace Sanders, watching fire, 1.25
John G. Adams, washing hose, 1.00
Walter Pierce, watching fire,
1.25
John P. Ellis, wood, 3.50
H. P. Shurtleff, labor, 1.40
Jerry Sullivan, washing hose, 1.00
Fairhaven Iron Foundry, repairs to steamer, 2.30
Wm. B. Townsend, labor,
1.00
American Supply Co., supplies, 3.53
R. A. Dunham & Co., hauling hook and ladder truck, 2.00
C. F. Cushing, straps, .15
I. N. Babbitt, Jr., repairs and supplies, 12.94
Alfred Nye, supplies, 3.76
T. S. Corson, coal, 11.27 $796.55
LIGHTING STREETS.
DR.
Amount of appropriation,
$700.00
CR.
Wheeler Reflector Co., lighting streets, $656.76 John A. Gifford, setting lamp-post, 2.50
I. N. Babbitt, Jr., repairs, 19.75
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Wm. H. Washburn, lamp-post, 1.40
Acushnet Iron Co., supplies, .35
Geo. W. King, lantern frame,
2.25
H. H. Hathaway, painting posts, 1.40
Alexander Tripp, setting glass,
.75
685.16
By balance to incidental account,
14.84
$700.00
CRUSHER ACCOUNT.
DR.
Amount of appropriation,
$2,000.00
CR.
Wm. E. Hawes, engine and crusher, $1,690.00
T. S. Corson, hauling engine and crusher, 14.50
S. S. Paine & Bro., supplies, 2.00
Benj. F. Tripp, digging well, 3.00
P. P. Jenney, lumber, and setting crusher, 50.71 T. S. Corson, coal, 29.79
Joseph C. Jenney, stone for foundation,
20.25
T. J. Gifford, supplies, 22.58
Wm. A. Tillinghast, lumber,
82.72
Wood, Brightman & Co., supplies,
1.05
A. J. Barney, labor,
4.75
Louis D. Simas, watching,
6.60
Greene & Wood, lumber,
19.94
Noble E. Reed, digging well,
8.00
Isaac L. Cowing, labor,
13.75
Taber Bros., paint,
6.35
Babbitt, Wood & Co., repairs,
10.68
Geo. W. King, repairs,
4.29
J. L. Butman, labor,
3.00
R. A. Dunham & Co., storage,
2.00
1,995.96
By balance to incidental account,
4.04 $2,000.00
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SCONTICUT NECK SCHOOL-HOUSE.
DR.
Amount of appropriation,
$100.00
To incidental account, to balance,
44.30
$144.30
CR.
Oliver Lapham, land bought,
$20.00
Allen Reed, moving wall,
4.05
James L. Gillingham, making deeds,
5.00
John P. Quirk, carting,
8.25
William A. Tillinghast, lumber,
53.12
B. F. Beetle, labor,
38.75
S. E. Studley, labor,
3.75
Alexander Tripp, painting,
11.38
$144.30
CORNER OF SPRING AND MAIN STREETS.
DR.
Amount of appropriation,
$80.00
To incidental account, to balance,
7.49
$87.49
CR.
Phebe N. Alden, land,
$22.36
Joseph Millett,
labor,
3.00
Nathaniel Clark,
5.05
Andrew J. Swain,
1.43
Lorin Austin,
2.60
M. J. Swasey,
3.15
Benj. W. Terry,
66
3.00
Chas. L. Morse,
3.00
Wm. H. Dwelley,
8.40
Stephen Townsend, 66
2.78
Chas. F. Stetson, 66
3.95
Perkins & Chase, concrete,
15.75
Samuel A. Tinkham, labor,
2.77
George A. Briggs, surveying,
2.00
Brownell & Murkland, curbing,
8.25
$87.49
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MILITARY AND STATE AID.
State aid, Military aid,
$573.00 742.00 $1,315.00
NEW BEDFORD BRIDGE ACCOUNT.
Bradley, Hastings & Co., spikes,
$33.89
Luther Cole, labor,
2.60
H. H. Hathaway, painting,
4.87
Zenas Winsor, labor,
28.10
Henry P. Bolles,
34.12
Nathaniel Clark,
13.65
Taber Bros., paint,
.36
James Hammond, labor,
46.95
Wm. H. Hoeg, Jr., “
47.25
Wm. H. Dwelley,
87.05
Geo. F. Neil,
46.50
B. F. Beetle,
66
3.33
S. S. Swift, supplies,
7.15
Martin J. Swazey, paving,
20.00
Charles L. Morse, labor,
· 6.00
Greene & Wood, lumber,
475.49
Roland Fish,
2.18
Benjamin W. Terry, labor,
22.06
Joseph Millett, 66
25.42
Wm. C. Stoddard, stone,
21.65
Wm. Quirk, labor,
4.73
Old Colony Railroad, freight,
2.22
Charles F. Stetson, labor,
29.14
James Winslow,
66
3.82
James L. Butman,
66
17.18
Edward Laws,
4.13
Louis D. Simas,
5.87
Patrick Eagan,
3.84
H. B. Gifford,
66
3.04
Daniel Gerstlauer,
66
12.77
25
S. S. White,
labor,
56.70
Manuel Perry,
.83
John Quirk, 66
16.27
John Gelatt, Jr.,
4.50
Peter F. Brownell,
8.50
Seth Alden,
43.57
Manuel J. Mara,
2.55
De Wolf & Vincent, supplies,
2.75
T. P. W. Perkins,
3.20
R. A. Dunham & Co.,
1.25
Joseph C. Jenney,
14.21
C. B. & F. Macy,
4.00
John M. Howland,
1.62
Oscar T. Perkins, post,
.35
William V. Haney,
3.84
W. J. Lawton, stone,
.40
Charles F. Benson, labor,
2.56
Brownell & Murkland, curbing,
9.63
John P. Ellis, stone,
8.85
William C. Ford, labor,
3.60
William F. Nye, oil,
1.00 $1,205.54
WASHINGTON STREET SIDEWALK.
DR.
To appropriation,
$150.00
CR.
By paid Perkins & Chase,
$58.00
Balance to incidental account, 92.00
$150.00
The responsibility of building this sidewalk was assumed by Mr. John I. Bryant, and the amount due from abutters was guaranteed by him, who is charged with the amount, viz., $29.00
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SPRING STREET SIDEWALK.
DR.
To appropriation,
$100.00
Incidental account, to balance,
99.35 $199.35
CR.
By paid Perkins & Chase, concreting,
$199.35
Amount secured of the abutters, (being one-half of the cost except the crossing at head of Stet- son's lane, ) $94.25
SALARIES.
DR.
To appropriation,
$1,300.00
CR.
Paid John I. Bryant, Selectman, Over- seer of the Poor, and Board of Health,
$125.00
L. S. Judd, Selectman, Overseer of the Poor, and Board of Health, 100.00
Charles F. Howard, Selectman, Overseer of the Poor, and Board of Health,
100.00
F. De P. Tappan, Collector and Treasurer,
500.00
B. P. Tripp, Assessor, 67.50
J. H. Howland, 66 72.50
F. De P. Tappan, 66
41.00
Registrars of Voters,
21.20
Joshua H. Delano, Constable, 76.50
P. W. Reccord,
92.36
1,196.06
Balance to incidental account,
103.94
$1,300.00
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TOWN DEBT AND INTEREST.
New Bedford Institution for Savings, $7,113.22
Bonds paid,
2,000.00
Paid interest on bonds,
1,190.00 $10,303.22
GENERAL INCIDENTALS.
Robert A. Slack, tablet, $97.00
Job C. Tripp, Moderator,
10.00
C. D. Waldron, printing,
105.40
James P. Terry, tax refunded,
3.74
Hervey Tripp, Auditor,
2.00
George E. Dean, 2.00
Expenses selling Hamlin lot,
9.60
Briggs & Lawrence, chairs, 6.00
State treasury, liquor license,
.25
E. Anthony & Sons, reports and advertising, 54.25 Tillinghast & Alden, insuring school-houses, 94.50 T. S. Corson, coal, 44.92
Geo. H. Taber, selling school-houses, 14.05
Samuel A. Tinkham, clearing snow, .75
J. M. Lawton, blank books, .90
F. De P. Tappan, recording deaths, births, and expenses, 52.82
John B. Stone, burying pig, .50
James F. Tripp, Memorial services,
30.00
Wm. C. Ford, freight, and carting scales, 9.96
Mercury Publishing Co., voting list, and printing, 20.87
J. H. Mills, cleaning police station, 10.00
Horatio Jenney, cleaning office, 2.00
Oscar T. Perkins, cedar posts,
9.46
A. B. Collins, hearing before County Commissioners, 10.00
Phoenix Hall Association, rents,
95.00
Amos T. Pierce's estate, care of clock, 25.00
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Benj. F. Beetle, fence, and crusher house, 46.87
John G. Ellis, supplies, .84
Roland Smith, watching, July 3 and 4, 1886, 6.00 County tax paid, 1,923.20
Charles Davis, scales, 100.00
John P. Ellis, supplies, 8.51
H. L. Card, lunch to firemen, 9.60
Perkins & Chase, concreting William st., 25.80
Levi M. Snow, medicine and disinfectants, 58.70 Henry L. Card, office supplies, .75
Albert Jenney, town line, 3.00
J. W. L. Hillman, office supplies, .75
John Gelatt, Jr., town line, 3 00
David Duff & Son, coal for station-house, 6.00
Geo. A. Briggs, town line, and surveying, 15.00
Weston C. Vaughan, death returns,
7.50
Eben P. Rounseville, nurse,
43.00
N. P. Hayes, supplies,
17.40
Frank Hammond, waiting and attending,
31.50
E. H. Sears, wood, 1.00
Andrew J. Swain, watching,
4.00
Frederick Allen, key to clock, .30
R. A. Spooner, town line,
3.30
Riverside Cemetery, care Rickets lot,
3.00
Thomas Reynolds, watching,
55.00
Mary Lannon, boarding Simas children,
20.00
Louis N. Baudoin, watching,
2.00
Frank Deming, nurse, 35.00
Henry Hammond, waiting and tending,
5.00
I. N. Babbitt, Jr., supplies and repairs,
11.35
Joshua R. Delano, watching,
57.50
Briggs & Lawrence, bedding,
8.25
Taber, Read & Gardner, bed,
1.25
Alfred Nye, supplies, 9.78
S. P. & S. H. Willcox, supplies,
7.62
Mrs. Bryden, meals,
40.00
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E. T. Wilson, burial, and death returns, 48.50 Chas. F. Howard, town line and moving bounds, 6.00
Seth S. Swift, supplies,
.89
Stetson & Greene, advice,
5.00
Benj. F. Drew, cleaning engine,
3.35
John W. Bradford, lumber,
5.20
Chạs. F. Howard, rents, Mattapoisett $8,
Freetown $4, 12.00
State tax paid,
2,025.00
Bank tax paid,
983.89
Eldridge Bros., groceries,
20.45
T. P. W. Perkins, tax refunded, 4.79
C. C. Cundall, return of births, 3.00
J. I. Bryant, cash furnished to arrest burglar, 6.00 $6,406.81
This amount overdrawn :
Highway account, to balance, 135.99
Poor account, to balance,
127.33
$6,670.13
Present town debt,
$15,000.00
Balance in the treasury,
$1,444.53
Balance, school account,
$1,246.80
Balance, incidental account,
197.73 $1,444.53
BOARD OF HEALTH.
DR.
Expended by Board of Health, $450.12
CR.
By received from Mattapnisett, $397.75
Amount due from Freetown, 49.76
Balance, 2.61
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