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TMEN'S OFFIC
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN . OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN,
For the year ending Feb. 16, 1896.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN,
COMPRISING THOSE OF THE
Collector, Treasurer, Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor,
For the Year Ending Feb. 16, 1896.
NEW BEDFORD : E. ANTHONY & SONS, Incorp., PRINTERS. 1896.
List of Town Officers for the Year 1895-96.
TOWN TREASURER AND COLLECTOR.
FRANCIS DE P. TAPPAN, 4 months.
CHARLES F. SWIFT, 13 days.
FRANCIS W. TAPPAN, 7 months, 18 days.
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. DANIEL W. DEANE, ALBERT B. COLLINS. NATHANIEL SEARS.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
NATHANIEL SEARS,
ALBERT B. COLLINS, DANIEL W. DEANE.
ASSESSORS. ALBERT B. COLLINS, HENRY T. AKIN, GEORGE A. PIERCE.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
J. C. HANNA, JR., C. C. CUNDALL, GEORGE H. PALMER, GEORGE W. STEVENS,
Term expires in 1896. Term expires in 1896. Term expires in 1897. Term expires in 1898.
SEWER COMMISSIONERS.
WESTON HOWLAND, ELBRIDGE G. PAULL, FRED S. GIFFORD,
Term expires in 1899. Term expires in 1898. Term expires in 1897.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. LUTHAN T. DAVIS.
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS. EBENEZER G. GRINNELL.
CONSTABLES. JOSHUA R. DELANO, THOMAS W. NYE. SPECIAL CONSTABLES. JOHN I. BRYANT, ROBERT W. PEASE, HARRISON G. O. NYE.
FINANCIAL.
UNPAID TAXES FOR 1893.
Manter, John H.,
$2.95
Peck, James N.,
2.00
Non-resident.
Delano, Ursilla M.,
1.02
Riley, Peter J.,
3.40
Thorp, Joseph,
2.04
$11.41
UNPAID TAXES FOR 1894. .
Alden, John,
$2.00
Alden, William K.,
2.00
Austin, Loring M.,
10.25
Babbitt, James M.,
2.00
Babbitt, Joseph M.,
2.00
Battles, Benjamin,
2.00
Bliss, Alexander F.,
2.00
Briggs, Benjamin T., Jr.,
2.00
Brooksby, Mary,
5.70
Carpenter, Charles L.,
2.75
Chaquette, Louis,
6.95
Cook, Charles W.,
2.00
Corson, James,
3.50
Cumming, Arthur,
2.00
Delano, Charles A.,
2.00
Dexter, Frederick C.,
2.00
Drew, Charles Le B.,
2.00
Eldred, Lemuel D.,
2.00
Gifford, Herman W.,
2.00
Gifford, Joseph T.,
2.00
4
Hanna, William A.,
$2.00
Holcomb, Charles R.,
3.80
Jenney, James A.,
65.15
Manter, John H.,
2.75
Padelford, James C.,
2.00
Peck, James N.,
2.00
Perry, Joseph J.,
2.00
Perry, Manuel J.,
2.00
Peters, William L.,
2.00
Quirk, Fred J.,
2.00
Rounseville, Silas H.,
2.00
Tripp, Herbert L.,
4.40
Non-resident.
Bamforth, Henry,
1.50
Butler, Julia,
1.23
Davis, James,
1.20
Davis, Thomas,
2.25
Delano, Ursilla M.,
.90
Doyle, Patrick J.,
3.30
Dugan, Mary A.,
6.30
Gro, Mary,
4.50
Hingham, Elizabeth,
1.50
Millette, Felix,
1.35
Parkinson, Albert E.,
1.20
Powers, Ellen,
1.05
Riley, Peter .J.,
3.00
Thorp, Joseph H.,
1.80
Welch, John,
30.00
Whittaker, Benjamin,
1.50
$211.83
UNPAID TAXES, 1895.
Akin, Frederick W.,
$2.39
Alden, Silas D.,
2.00
Alden, William K.,
2.00
Allen, William M.,
2.00
5
Anthony, Joseph S.,
$2.53
Ashley, William J.,
2.39
Astin, William,
2.00
Austin, Loring M.,
9.93
Austin, Reuben,
36.252
Babcock, George A.,
2.00
Babbitt, Isaac N., 3d,
2.00
Babbitt, Joseph W.,
2.00
Babbitt, James N.,
2.00
Baker, James P.,
2.00
Baker, William H.,
2.00
Ball. Isaiah L.,
2.00
Barrows, Irving M.,
2.00
Bassett, George M.,
2.00
Battles, Benjamin,
2.00
Benson, James P.,
2.00
Besse, James T.,
2.00
Bliss, Asaph F. L.,
2.00
Bliss Bros.,
1.30
Bond, Stephen H.,
2.00
Briggs, Benjamin T.,
2.00
Briggs, Peleg A.,
2.00
Bryant, William H.,
10.71
Butman, William T.,
2.00
Brooksby, Mary,
11.31
Cathcart, Charles E.,
2.00
Cathcart, Frederick N.,
2.00
Cathcart, William J.,
2.00
Cardwell, Paul,
2.00
Carpenter, Charles L.,
2.00
Carpenter, Bart W.,
2.00
Caswell, David P.,
2.00
Chapman, James E.,
2.00
Clark, Charles E.,
2.00
Clark, Thomas F.,
2.00
6
Cook, Charles W.,
$2.00
Corcoran, James F.,
2.00
Cordes, John,
2.26
Cowen, Jonathan,
2.00
Cummings, Arthur L.,
2.00
Cummings, Arthur,
2.00
Cummings, Arthur H.,
2.00
Curran, William W.,
3.30
Curran, Edward M.,
2 00
Damon, Herbert A.,
2.00
Damon, John F.,
2.00
Davis, James,
2.00
Davis, William R.,
3.30
Danforth, George A.,
2.00
Day, Nathan J.,
2.00
Dean, Valentine,
2.00
Delano, Calvin,
2.00
Delano, Charles A.,
2.00
Dexter, Frederick C.,
2.00
Delano, George H.,
2.00
Delano, William B.,
2.00
Doe, Harry A.,
2.00
Dowd, Walter J.,
2.00
Drew, Charles,
22.05
Drew, Charles D.,
2.78
Drew, Charles B.,
2.00
Dunn, Frank E.,
2.00
Dufresne, Maxim,
2.00
Delano, Francis,
2.00
Eagan, John,
2.00
Eager, Edward M.,
2.00
Eldred, Lemuel D.,
3.95
Eldredge, Peter V.,
2.00
Enos, Jack, et als.,
2.86
Ellis, Ebenezer,
2.00
7
Enos, Jack,
$0.78
Ellis, William E.,
2.00
Farnham, Daniel S.,
2.00
Fahey, Frank,
5.38
Finnell, Thomas,
2.00
Fish, Charles F.,
2.58}
Fletcher, William B.,
2.00
Fastine, Antonio De S.,
5.72
Francis, Manuel, (Centre street, )
2.00
Francis, William H.,
2.00
Frawley, George S.,
2.00
Gifford, Benjamin R.,
2.00
Gifford, Charles H., (Fort street, )
2.00
Gifford, Joseph F.,
2.00
Gravel, Henry,
:50
Hammond, Charles E.,
8.30}
Hammond, Frederick F.,
2.00
Hammond, Henry W.,
2.26
Hammond, William A.,
2.26
Hamblin, William,
2.00
Hanna, J. Herbert,
2.00
Hanna, William A.,
2.00
Harding, Walter L.,
2.00
Harrington, Arthur H.,
2.26
Haskell, William W.,
2.00
Hackett, Clifford E.,
2.00
Hammond, Francis W.,
2.00
Helm, Edward P.,
2.00
Hill, Nahum S.,
2.00
Howland, Abner C.,
2.00
Howland, William S.,
2.00
Howard, Albert F.,
2.00
Hubbard, George A.,
2.00
Hulson, John S.,
2.00
Jacques, Charles,
2.00
.
8
Jacques, Mary,
$9.36
Jacques, Emil,
2.00
Jarvis, Manuel,
6.94
Jenney, Frank B.,
2.00
Jenney, Julia E.,
11.96
Jenney, James A.,
55.04
Jenney, Rufus B.,
2.00
Jenney, Mary M.,
3.25
Jennings, Roland F.,
2.52
Jones, Caleb S.,
2.00
Kelley, Jeremiah R.,
2.00
Kelley, Samuel,
2.00
Kelley, William L.,
2.00
Kenney, Jacob F.,
2.00
Kenney, John,
2.00
Kerns, Michael,
2.00
King, Fred,
4.34
King, Peter,
6.03
Lawton, George D.,
2.91
Lawton, Robert T.,
2.00
Lemos, Matthew,
8.89
Leonard, Charles A.,
2.00
Lincoln, Nathaniel,
2.00
Linden, Thomas,
2.00
Livesey, William,
2.00
Luscomb, George A.,
2.00
Longley, Henry,
2.00
Manter, John H.,
2.91
Martin, Frank F ..
2.00
Montaiew, Demas.
4.60
Matteson, Frederick,
2.00
Matthewson, George A.,
7.802
Matthewson, George C.,
2.00
McGee, Levi,
2.00
McLane, John H.,
2.00
9
McLane, William H.,
$2.00
Merrihew, James,
2.00
Middleton, Samuel, 2.00
Miller, Eugene W ..
2.00
Miller, Walter C.,
2.00
Moore, Alonzo C.,
2.00
Morse, George A.,
2.00
Munroe, Edward S.,
2.00
Negus, Herbert E ,
2.00
Nickerson, Alexander G.,
2.00
Nolan, Frederick F.,
2.00
Nourjain, Mark H.,
2.00
O'Donnell, Thomas,
2.00
Paine, Clarence M ,
2.00
Padelford, James C.,
2.00
Paine, Frank P.,
2.00
Parker, Dennis,
4.34
Parris, Job C.,
4.47
Parr, Elmira H.,
16.77
Parker, Benjamin C.,
2.00
Paine, Ellen A.,
14.17
Pease, Allen, estate,
9.75
Peck, James N.,
2.00
Peckham, Samuel S.,
2.00
Pell, John,
35.28
Perry, Cæsar E.,
2.00
Perry, Joseph J.,
2.00
Perry, Thomas,
2.00
Pierce, Henry N.,
2.00
Pierce, James, 2d,
2.00
Pierce, Walter S.,
2.00
Quirk, Frederick J.,
2.00
Quirk, George M.,
2.00
Quirk, John P.,
2.00
Reed, Charles E.,
2.00
10
Reed, Henry,
$9.15
Roderiques, Joseph,
2.00
Rogers, William K.,
2.00
Rose, Antone,
2.00
Rose, Frank.
2.00
Rose, John,
2.00
Rosa, Joseph F ..
2.00
Rosa, Manuel F.,
2.00
Royce, Ashley A.,
2.65
Ricketson, William L.,
2.00
Rounseville. Silas H.,
2.00
Sampson, Arabia,
2.00
Sawin, Lewis L.,
15.97}
Sawyer, Albert H.,
2.00
Saunders, Horace E.,
2.00
Sears, Charles B ..
2.00
Shepherd, Henry,
5.64
Sherman, Charles D ..
4.99
Shurtliff, George H.,
2.00
Shurtliff, Herbert P.,
2.00
Silver, William,
2.00
Sisson, William H. H.,
2.00
Smith, Charles E.,
2.00
Staples, William H.,
2.00
Starbuck, Curtis J ..
2.00
Stevens, Dennis L.,
2.00
Swain, Andrew J.,
2.00
Sylvia, Joseph,
2.00
Sylvia, Joseph F.,
2.00
Shaw, Allen S.,
2.00
Taber, Frank A.,
2.00
Taber, Frank R.,
2.00
Taber, Franeis.
2.00
Taber, Walter V.,
2.00
Taylor, George H.,
2.00
11
Thomas, John,
$2.00
Tinkham, Harris M.,
2.00
Tinkham, John, heirs,
20.67
Tootle, William,
12.40
Townsend, Lewis E.,
2.00
Tripp, Ansel,
22.54
Tripp, Jabez D.,
2.00
Tripp, Philip G.,
2.00
Tripp, Dexter,
2.00
Victory, Manuel D.,
2.39
Waldron, Frederick E.,
2.00
Waldron, Leonard F.,
2.00
Wadsworth, Harvey S.,
2.00
Washburn, Arthur H.,
2.00
Washburn, William V.,
2.00
Weeks, Daniel H ..
2.00
West, Rodolphus,
8.89
Westgate, Arthur C.,
2.00
Westgate, Andrew, Jr.,
2.00
Westgate, Andrew J.,
2.00
Westgate, Charles E.,
2.00
Westgate, George A.,
2.00
Westgate, George F .. ,
2.00
Westgate, Joseph T.,
2.00
Westgate, Martin S .:
15.71}
Westgate, William H., (Allen street, )
2.00
Westgate, William H., ( Water street, )
2.00
Wilcox, Arthur H.,
2.00
Williams, William,
9.96
Whitaker, Henry,
2.00
Winchester, Nathaniel W.,
2.91
Woodward, William J.,
2.00
Young, John W.,
2.78
Young, Lydia A.,
10.53
12
Non-resident.
Butler, Julia, 4.29
Brownell, Chas. E. and Thos. West,
1.04
Cote, Armidas,
1.04
Davis, Joshua V., estate,
1.43
Delano, Ursilla M.,
.78
Dionne, Joseph,
2.86
Doyle, Patrick J.,
2.86
Dugan, Mary A.,
5.46
Durocher, Mariel,
1.77
Galligan, C. A., and Peter J. Riley,
4.29
Green, John,
9.36
Gurl, James,
1.17
Guilbert, Edward,
2.86
Gordon, Elexandria A.,
.78
Hackett, Catharine,
2.08
Haslin, William,
1.04
Hingham, Elizabeth,
1.30
Hopkins, Margaret, and Hannah Smith,
6.50
Howland, Harriet,
10.40
Inglesbee, Catharine C.,
1.30
Jones, William F.,
4.42
Kempton, Leander C.,
1.30
Murphy, Thomas H.,
6.50
Normandin, Pantaleon,
4.16
Parkinson, Albert E.,
1.04
Platner, James E.,
.65
Proude, John,
2.99
Peters, Ellen R.,
2.34
Rosa, Jeus da Pereira,
1.17
Smith, Bessie J.,
6.50
Tinkham, Harris M.,
2.60
Whittaker, Benjamin,
1.30
Nouvelle, Susan R.,
16.90
$1,001.27
13
Your Selectmen having been authorized at a town meeting held March 2d, 1896, have employed F. A. Booth, Account- ant, of New Bedford, to examine the books and accounts of the Treasurer for the preceding fiscal year, beg leave to re- port as follows :
RECEIPTS.
Feb. 15, 1895. Cash on hand, $3,554.58
HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.
Loan, No. Main street,
$2,500.00
Loan, State Highway,
1.000.00
From State Treasurer,
8,505.42
Miscellaneous,
1,130.01
13,135.43
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
Loan,
$19,000.00
Bank and Corporation tax,
3,698.59
Rent, Post Office,
304.00
Rents, Town Hall,
417.00
Miscellaneous,
271.49
23,691.08
TAX COLLECTOR,
29,079.29
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Loans, Almshouse,
$3,500.00
Sundry towns,
257.23
Miscellaneous,
449.56
4,206.79
SCHOOLS.
Loan,
$700.00
State Treasurer,
668.53
Miscellaneous,
37.00
1,405.53
SEWERS.
Loans,
70,761.17
Cash over. Books do not show what it was
received for, hence have not credited to any particular account, 143.80
Total receipts, $145,977.67
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PAYMENTS.
Highways,
$19,136.36
Bridges,
225.26
Town Hall,
1,795.58
Police Department,
1,318.89
Board of Health,
196.60
Soldiers' Relief.
85.65
Military Aid,
312.00
State Aid,
1,245.00
General Incidentals,
5,667.43
Debt,
$20,400.00
Interest,
1,886.57
22,286.57
Poor Department,
$2,631.63
New Almshouse,
4,155.92
6,787.55
Fire Department,
$1,537.28
Hydrants,
2,000.00
3,537.28
Salaries,
1,558.85
Street Lights,
1,266.00
Sewers,
69,495.04
Schools,
8,480.64
Total payments,
-$143,394.70
Leaving balance cash on hand,
$2,582.97
BALANCE SHEET, March 1st, 1896.
ASSETS or Debit balances.
LIABILITIES or Credit balances. William street, $1,000.00
Overdrafts :
Incidental acct., $1,300.01
Fort street, 450.00
Fire Department, 132.38
East Oxford street,
2.80
Salaries, 3.39
Highway,
593.64
Highways, due from
Poor Department,
95.27
State, 383.74
Street Lights,
41.21
Cash on hand. 2,582.97
Sewers,
1,993.54
Schools, 82.23
Cash over.
143.80
$4,402.49
$4,402.49
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In view of the foregoing statements your committee would respectfully recommend action as follows: That a special appropriation be made for the sum of $1,435.78, said sum being placed to the credit of the following accounts, viz. :
Incidental, $1,300.01
Fire Department, 132.38
Salaries, 3.39
Total,
$1,435.78
By so doing it will provide for the overdrafts as shown in the above balance sheet, starting the new year clean. Would also recommend that the credit balances remain as they are.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN H. HOWLAND, W. P. WINSOR, CHARLES F. HOWARD,
Selectmen.
Fairhaven, March 21, 1896.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Of Board of Selectmen, for the Year ending Feb. 16, 1896.
INCIDENTALS, DR.
Appropriations :
Incidentals,
$2,000.00
Bond and interest,
1,070.00
Soldiers' lot,
50.00
Interest,
500.00
$3,620.00
Loans in anticipation of taxes,
19,000.00
State Treasurer :
Bank and corporation tax,
59.16
Bank and corporation tax,
3,698.59
Josiah C. Hunt, fines,
10.00
Third District Court, fines, 52.88
Interest overpaid, .50
Rental town hall,
417.00
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Rental post office,
$304.00
Rental Rickett's lot,
5.00
License, L. M. Snow,
1.00
City of Boston, soldiers' relief,
10.70
License, L. M. Bisbee,
2.00
T. S. Corson, discount on bill,
10.75
License, Kickapoo Indians,
5.00
Rent, grammar school lot,
3.00
Rent, E. Stevens, town farm,
32.00
License, George E. Reeves,
1.00
License, scallop fisherman,
70.00
N. S. Taber, board of health,
6.50
License, George H. Taber,
2.00
Taxes collected in excess of appropria-
tions,
5,709.29
Overdraft,
1,300.01 $34,320.38
CR.
Paid on orders of Selectmen :
Debt and interest,
$22,286.57
Incidentals,
5,667.43
New Bedford bridge,
158.38
Coggeshall street bridge,
112.07
Town hall,
1,795.58
Police,
1,318.89
Board of health,
196.60
Soldiers' relief,
85.65
Military aid,
312.00
State aid,
1,245 00
Overdraft 1894-5,
1,142.21 $34,320.38
Street Lights.
DR.
Appropriations :
March 9, 1895,
$450.00
July 15, 1895,
850.00
1,300.00
Balance to credit Feb. 16, 1895,
7.21 $1,307.21
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CR.
Paid on orders of Selectmen : 1 New Bedford Gas & Electric Light Co., $1,266.00 Balance to credit, Feb. 16, 1896, 41.21 $1,307.21
Fire Department. DR.
Appropriations :
Fire department,
$1,250.00
Hydrants,
1,500.00
Contest Engine House,
150.00 $2,900.00
Bal. to credit fire depart-
ment, Feb. 16, 1895, 4.90
Bal. to credit hydrants, Feb. 16, 1895,
500.00
Overdraft,
132.38 $3,537.28
CR.
Paid on orders of Selectmen :
Fire department, $1,537.28
Hydrants, 2,000.00 $3,537.28
Poor Account. DR.
Balance to Poor account, Feb. 16, 1895, $28.53
Balance to New almshouse, Feb. 16, '95, 147.50
Appropriation, Poor,
2,500.00
Loans, new almshouse,
3,500.00
State Treasurer, State pauper,
29.50
State Treasurer, 66
5.18
State Treasurer,
10.00
Mattapoisett,
161.97
Freetown,
5.50
Middleborough,
6.35
New Bedford,
16.92
Nantucket,
16.99
Dartmouth,
20.00
.
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Mrs. Hewens, sale of milk,
$78.32
W. H. Monk, sale of produce,
220.81
David Burgess, sale of cows, 99.75
H. H. Rogers, rent of land, 30.00
N. J. Lawton, burial certificate, .50
John Lomba, burial of child,
5.00
$6,882.82
CR.
Paid on orders of Selectmen :
Almshouse,
$1,471.19
State Almshouse,
197.60
Taunton Lunatic Asylum,
361.27
Outside poor,
316.03
Other cities and towns,
107.44
State paupers,
37.33
New almshouse,
4,296.69
Balance to credit of account, Feb. 16,
1896,
95.27 $6,882.82
School Account. DR.
See School Committee Report. Bal- ance found by expert as unex- pended, $82.23
Sewers Account.
DR.
Balance in treasury, March 16, 1895, $727.41
Loan, January 27, 1896, 61,323.61
Loan, January 28, 1896, 9,437.56 $71,488.58
CR.
Paid on orders of Sewer Com'rs, see
Com'r's report, $69,495.04 Balance to credit of acct., Feb. 16, '96, 1,993.54 $71,488.58
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Salary Account. DR.
Balance in treasury, March 16, 1895,
$55.46
Appropriation,
1,500.00
Overdraft,
3.39
$1,558.85
CR.
Paid on orders of Selectmen,
$1,558.85 $1,558.85
Highway Account.
DR.
Balances, Feb. 16, 1895 :
Highways,
$96.45
East Oxford,
48.60
William street,
1,000.00
Bridge street,
2,178.00
Sconticut road,
5.94
Appropriations :
Highway,
4,000.00
Fort street,
450.00
Loans :
State highway,
1,000.00
North Main street,
2,500.00
State Treasurer, on account of State
highway, 8,505.42
Dirt sold,
64.75
School Committee, use of roller,
12.50
Fairhaven Water Co.,
17.50
H. H. Rogers, work and stone,
960.62
H. H. Rogers, work and stone,
32.70
Mass. Broken Stone Co.,
6.95
New Bedford Bridge, stone,
45.19
Errors in payments and remittances on
over-payments in Treasurer's office, 47.68
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Stone sold Roger Sherman, $12.03
General Highway, stone for State road, and charged on opposite side of ac- count to State road, No. 64,
160.00 $21,144.33
CR.
Paid on orders Selectmen :
General Highway,
$3,506.24
State Road, contract No. 21,
6,197.90
State Road, contract No. 64, 3,944.40
Bridge street, (including work done for H. H. Rogers,) 3,504.76
North Main street,
1,883.47
Morgan street,
248.51
East Oxford street,
35.80
160.55
Overdraft on State Highway in 1894-5, Balances to following accounts, Feb.
16, 1896 :
William street,
$1,000.00
Fort street, 450.00
East Oxford,
2.80
General Highway,
209.90
Total balance to Highways,
1,662.70 $21,144.33
Trial Balance.
DR.
Balances :
Street Lights,
$41.21
Poor,
95.27
Schools,
82.23
Sewers,
1,993.54
William street,
$1,000.00
Fort street,
450.00
East Oxford,
2.80
General Highway,
209.90
1,662.70
.
.
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State Highway, due from State, $383.74
Receipts by Treasurer, which cannot
143.80
$4,402.49
be credited to any account, CR.
Overdrafts :
Incidental account, 1894-5, $1,142.21
Incidental account, 1895-6, 157.80
$1,300.01 132.38
Fire Department,
Salaries, 3.39
State Highway, due from State, not yet paid, 383.74
Cash balance in the treasury, Feb. 16, 1896, 2,582.97 $4,402.49
ACCOUNTS IN DETAIL.
Debt and Interest.
Fairhaven Inst. for Savings, bond, $1,000.00
New Bedford Inst. for Savings, notes,
loan in anticipation of taxes, 1896. Dated March 12, 1895, paid Novein- ber 12, 1895, 15,000.00
Dated September 9, 1895, paid De- cember 10, 1895, 4,000.00
New Bedford Inst. for Savings, loan for fire department, dated October 10, 1894, 400.00
Fairhaven Inst. for Savings, interest on bond, 70.00
New Bedford Inst. for Savings, inter- est paid on loans, 1,816.57 $22,286.57
General Incidentals.
Anthony, E. & Sons, printing, $150.00
Alger, Arthur M., probate copies, 8.00
22
Akin, Henry T., committee on town farm, $20.00 Bryant, John I., stamps, Town Clerk, 24.00 Bryant, John I., postage stamps, Selectmen, 15.03 Briggs, George A., surveying, 60.75
Brownell, C. F., carriage hire for serving notices, 16.50
Baudoin, L. N., services for forest fires, 4.35
Bisbee, M. L., registrar of voters, 3.50
Bumpus, S. S., Memorial Day, 50.00
Bertram & Oesting, building Sycamore st., 439.10 Braley, Wm. H., taxes remitted, 8.25
Carsley, William, tax remitted,
.52
Brownell, C. F., carriage hire,
1.00
Copeland, Helen B., copying for assessors, 13.50
Copeland, Helen B., clerical services for collector of taxes, 24.75
Crowell, Henry P., registrar of voters,
13.65
Cundall, C. C., returning births, 5.00
Collins, Albert B., supplies,
2.85
Collins, Albert B., legal services,
9.50
Collins, Albert B., assessing bank tax,
3.09
Collins, W. H. & Co., account book,
town clerk's office, 4.00
Cornell, Pardon, rent of crusher lot,
25.00
Delano, Joshua R., election officer.
9.00
Delano, Joshua R., serving notices,
24.50
Durand, H. C. & Co., stamp,
1.25
Dehn, Healey & Co., remittance of tax,
1.95
Dean, D. W., travelling expenses,
17.45
Election officers, pay roll,
82.00
Everts & Richards, atlas, 19.00
Gardner, Susan R., typewriting, .40
Gifford, Annie E., tax remitted, 5.55
Gifford, Henry B., registrar of voters, 13.65
Greenough, H. A. & Co., directory, assessors, 2.00
23
Greenough, H. A. & Co., directory, town clerk, $2.00
Hutchinson, H. S., supplies, 16.75
Hatch & Co., express, 6.80
Howard, Henry T., tax remitted,
1.92
Hammond, Charles E., election, 2.00
Hallett, Fred & Co., blanks, 3.50
Hoey, James F., insurance, Rogers school, 337.50
Hoey, James F., bond of town clerk, 75.00
Hoeg, Wm. H., moderator's fees, 5.00
Johnson, Sarah E., returning births, .25
Kendall, Mrs. E. V., typewriting, 7.95
Loomis, James W., taxes remitted,
19.50
Mercury Publishing Co., printing, 71.77
Massachusetts, State of, license fees, .25
Monroe, Mrs. Maggie, claim for damages,
75.00
Peck, Joseph B., canvassing for assessors, 21.25
Peck, Joseph B., special auditor, 22.00
Paull, Norman M., inspecting St. R. R., 77.24
Pratt, Thomas B., registrar of voters, 5.25
Palmer, George H., taxes remitted,
26.00
Palmer, George H., investigating com., 2.00
Rahl, Hannah, remittance of tax, 24.78
Riverside Cemetery, care of Ricket's lot, 3.00
Stevens, Cora, remittance of tax, 8.32
Stevens, Mrs. George, remittance of tax, 8.32
Spooner, E. G., photograph, Howland case, 2.00 Sears, J. P., tax remitted, 15.65
Sawin, Frank E., clerical services on report of 1894-5, 21.00
Sears, Nathaniel, election officer, 5.00
Sears, Nathaniel, committee on almshouse, 10.00
Shaw, J. C., returning births,
1.75
Snow, L. M., supplies, 3.60
Southworth, Geo. W., blank books, 6.25
24
Swift, Charles F., copying for assessors, $42.25
Tripp, Job C., special auditor, 22.00
Tripp, Job C., moderator, 33.00
Tripp, Job C., stamps,
1.00
Tappan, Francis W., registrar of voters and election officer, 11.90
Tappan, Francis W., recording births and deaths, 40.65
Tappan, Francis W., collecting bank tax, 3.11
Tappan, Francis W., street car fare, 2.85
Truant School, board of truants,
194.54
Thrasher, F. A., express. .25
Terry, Clarence A., copying for assessors. 6.25
Terry, Clarence A., distributing tax bills, 5.50
Thompson, Zebulon, remittance of tax, 16.13
Tripp, Arnold G., committee on new almshouse, 20.00
Terry, Cordelia, remittance of tax,
1.82
Waldron, C. D., printing,
235.38
Wood, May E., typewriting,
2.40
Douglas, Moses, remittance of tax.
1.95
White, C. Warren, returning births, 3.50
Drake, A. B., engineering, 11.50
Slocum, C. R., supplies, town clerk. 3.50
Vaughan, Weston C., returning births,
4.75
Pierce, George A., assessing bank tax,
3.09
Akin, Henry T., assessing bank tax,
3.09
Sears, Nathaniel, registrar of voters,
4.95
$2,643.05
George A. Pratt, county tax, (no order),
$3,018.95
Sundry bills paid by Treasurer with- out orders, 5.43
3,024.38
$5,667.43 .
25
Town Hall.
Allen, F. H., care of clock, $7.00
Corson, Temple S., coal,
314.85
Delano, William F., labor,
.10
Duff, David & Son, coal,
116.55
Electric Light Company, lighting,
383.47
Ellis, J. P., supplies,
5.00
Forrest & Long, supplies,
25.32
Gifford, A. F., labor,
2.25
Hutchinson, H. S., supplies,
3.70
Howland, A., labor,
.80
Hathaway, H. H., supplies,
21.81
Harrington, A. H., labor,
.30
Howland, E., labor,
.40
Hayes, N. P., supplies,
1.29
Hammond, F., labor,
.40
Ireland, R. D. & Co., globes,
4.50
Jones, Caleb, labor,
.30
Iron Foundry, Fairhaven, lawn mower,
1.00
Knipes, Charles, labor,
.95
Pay roll,
16.07
Manchester, E., Jr., carting,
1.00
Mackie, George, labor,
.30
Nye, H. G. O., janitor,
508.76
Nye, Alfred, supplies,
3.37
Pardee & Dodge, repairs,
2.88
Sears, E. H., supplies,
3.40
Simas, L. D., labor,
1.19
Sherman, C. R., repairing safe,
2.89
Terry, Clarence, labor,
11.75
Taber, R. H., supplies,
7.20
Townsend, Samuel, labor,
.60
Wrighting, E., labor,
.35
Wilson & Wordell, fertilizer,
7.15
Whitfield, M. P., stage manager,
35.00
26
Whitfield & Omey, labor and material,
$14.08
Wingate, J. I., repairs,
69.28
Water Company, 123.06
Water Company, meter,
50.00
Valentine, George R., hose,
26.00
Valentine, George R., repairs,
2.70
Miller, Eugene, labor,
.36
Wilcox, Sylvanus, labor,
.20
King, George W., supplies,
.35
Pierce, E. H., supplies,
4.60
Taber Bros., supplies,
.25
Burke, H. D. & Co., supplies,
6.30
Wing, C. F., chair,
5.90
Wilcox, S. P. & S. H., supplies,
.60
$1,795.58
New Bedford Bridge Account.
Alton, Joseph B., labor, $2.35
Anthony, E. & Sons, advertising, .67
Bates, F. M., labor and material,
5.18
Eldredge, E. H., labor,
7.50
Ellis, Stephen H., labor and team,
3.85
Enos, Manuel, labor,
4.50
Fleming & Co., road roller,
10.00
Freitas. A. D., labor,
1.84
Fairhaven Highway Department, stone,
45.19
Howard, Edwin J., labor and team,
4.50
Jenney, Joseph C., labor and team,
16.00
James, A. F., engineer road roller,
3.89
Perkins, O. T., labor and team,
26.35
Hern, Michael, labor,
1.67
Mercury Publishing Co., advertising,
.68
Nve, Thomas, labor,
4.00
Pierce, George A., labor and material,
4.61
Reeves, George E., labor and team,
11.10
Sylvia, Joseph F., labor, 4.50
$158.38
27
Coggeshall Street Bridge.
Geddis, H. S., labor and team, $20.03
Jenney, J. C., labor and teams, 49.59
James, Alfred F., watching draw, 5.00
Rogers, Amos, watching draw,
12.50
Tripp, E. B., labor and team, 23.60
Wilde, H. F., supplies,
1.35
$112.07
Police Department.
Bryant, J. J., patrol, $70.00
Barney, H. W., patrol, 50.00
Burgess, J. A. W., election officer,
5.00
Baudoin, L. N., special officer, May 30th,
2.00
Brownell, C. F., carriage hire, 48.00
Delano, J. R., constable, 820.57
Forrest'& Long, supplies,
1.98
Hathaway, F. L., services and charges,
31.35
Nye, H. G. O., keeper of lockup,
83.40
Nye, Thomas W., services,
140.50
Nye, Alfred, supplies,
.88
Pope, Nathaniel, badges,
3.25
Pay Roll, special police,
32.00
Paull, James H., special,
20.00
Snow, L. M., telephone service,
.75
Sears, E. H., supplies,
5.46
Waterson, George W., special,
2.00
Waldron, C. D., printing,
1.75
$1,318.89
Board of Health.
Brownell, C. F., carriage hire, $8.00
Brownell, Frank, burying dog,
.50
Delano, J. R., health officer,
50.00
Nye, Thomas W., police service,
9.00
Waldron, C. D., printing,
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