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ANNUAL REPORTS
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TOWN OFFICERS
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TOWN OF DIGHTON
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YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 9, 1901.
FALL RIVER, MASS. PRESS OF SAMUEL E. FISKE, GRANITE STREET. 1901.
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PRESS OF SAMUEL E. FISKE, GRANITE STREET. 1901.
Town Officers.
1900-1901.
Moderator -- Charles S. Chase.
Town Clerk-Dwight F. Lane.
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health-
E. Elsworth Lincoln, Ira P. Briggs, James N. Paul. Treasurer-Dwight F. Lane.
Auditor-J. Willis Andrews.
Collector of Taxes-Albert N. Goff.
Superintendent of Schools -Charles H. Shank.
School Committee-Samuel N. Codding, William P.Eddy, Henry D. Greenlaw, Ferdnand Waldron, Charles H. Shank, Andrew W. Turner.
Road Commissioners-Herbert A. Briggs, Charles A. Hor- ton, Darius M. White.
Assessors-George E. Gooding, Noah Chase, Leroy J. Wade.
Registrars of Voters-Nathaniel H. Rose, Clarence C. An- drews, J. Harvey Briggs, Dwight F. Lane.
Constables-Edmund Hathaway, Charles A. Horton, Leroy J. Wade, Eldorus Negus, Fred Millard, Clarence W. Waldron, John A. Negus, Josiah T. Horton. Sealer of Weights and Measures,-Charles E. Lincoln. Inspector of Cattle and Beef-William H. Walker.
Jury List.
The following is a list of Jurors, nominated by the Selectmen, to be presented to the annual Town Meeting to be held Monday March 4th, 1901, for their approval or re- jection.
14 George M. Chase, machinist John F. Driscol, moulder Willard J. Read, moulder John A. Briggs, carpenter George H. Townsend,farmer Clarence C. Andrews, clerk. Henry C. Lincoln, machinist Ferdnand Waldron, baker Nehemiah A. Walker,farmer Hiram W. Briggs, mason George I. Potter,prod.dealer Nathan O. Codding, moulder Andrew J. Hathaway,farmer Darius M. White, stable kpr. Almond B. Horton, farmer, Hiram G. Jones, moulder Nathan O. Walker, farmer, Edmund Hathaway, retired William T. Marston,moulder Rufus P. Horton, farmer James H. Luther, moulder James E. Macker, farmer
George A. Clark, farmer Norman W. Oaks, tinsmith Eugene F.Rose,patern maker Gaius E. Horton, farmer Herbert L. Horton, farmer, Daniel T. Wood jr., farmer J. Chester Talbot, teamster George T. Horton, finisher
JAMES N. PAUL, ) Selectmen E. E. LINCOLN, of
IRA P. BRIGGS, Dighton.
Dighton, Mass. Feb. 9th, 1901.
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Town Meeting.
To be held Monday, March 4th, 1901, at 9 o'clock a. m. to act on the following articles :
First. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Second. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing, including a Tree Warden, an Auditor, and to vote "Yes" or "No" on the question shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale of intoxicating liquors.
Third. To hear the report of the Town Officers, and act thereon.
Fourth. To hear the report of the Auditor, and act thereon.
Fifth. To see if the Town will accept and approve of the Jurors nominated by the Selectmen and act thereon.
Sixth. To raise and appropriate a sum of money for highways, Town ways and bridges, and to determine the expenditure of the same.
Seventh. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town charges for the year ensuing, and appropriate the same.
Eighth. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate a sum of money to purchase books for the Public Library.
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Ninth. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer to hire money under the direction of the Selectmen, to pay Town charges.
Tenth. To see if the Town will allow a discount to persons making a voluntary payment of their taxes on or before some date that may be fixed by the Town, and charge interest after a date the Town may fix.
Eleventh. To determine the compensation of the Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
Twelfth. To see if the Town will instruct the Overseers of the Poor, to hire a Superintendent of the Town Farm for the year succeeding their term of office.
Thirteenth. To choose three Fish Wardens.
Fourteenth. To choose three Oyster Wardens.
Fifteenth. To see if the Town will vote to alter and amend Section one of Article two, of the Town By-Laws, so that said Section shall read as follows : The financial year of the Town shall begin with the first day of January in each year, and end on the thirty-first day of the follow- ing December.
Sixteenth. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money to repair the outside of the Town Hall.
Seventeenth. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to collect by suit or otherwise any claim against any person or corporation on account of damage to Berk - ley Bridge during the last two years.
Eighteenth. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the protection of the shade trees of the Town, and to determine the expenditure of the same.
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Report of the Building Committee of the New
Schoolhouse at the So. Village.
BUILDING COMMITTEE.
J. S. PLACE, Chairman, C. H. SHANK, Secretary.
D. H. HORTON, J. N. PAUL,
E. D. PERRY, W. T. PLACE,
J. E. SEARS.
Appropriation
$5500 00
EXPENSES.
John A. Briggs, contractor
$3912 35
John A. Briggs, extra labor $33 12
Cr.
By allowance on lumber 32 30
Balance between extras and allowance 82
John A. Briggs, cementing cellar floor 15 00
John A. Briggs, grading yard 25 00
Dighton Furnace Co , contractors, heating and ventilating 523 00
Dighton Furnace Co., extras 17 89
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Caxton Co. seats and desks 329 90
The J. L. Hammett Co., blackboards
109 50
Wayne Freeman, moving old schoolhouse
125 00
Joseph M. Darling, architect
110 38
H. A. Briggs, grading and teaming
6 90
G. B. Walker, pipe for sink drains
3 00
J. S. Place, building sink drains
6 50
J. G. Tompkins, coal 5 85
Freight, on seats and desks
30 52
H. L. Davis, 23 curtains 27 00
E. D.Perry,labor and expense getting and put- ting up curtains . 5 60
E. D. Perry, setting up and fastening down seats and desks
30 15
E. D. Perry, 3 gross screws 66 carting seats and desks
1 00
C. H. Buffington, printing
4 50
J. D. Escoral, labor
3 45
H. W. Leonard, care of furnaces
1 25
E. D. Perry, superintending woodwork and other service 24 91
C. H. Shank, service, labor, car fare etc. 20 25
W. T. Place, 34 95
J. S. Place, supt. mason work and heating, lab- or and expense
55 50
J. E. Sears, service labor and expense
13 20
$5445 01
Balance unexpended
54 99
$5500 00
The cost of moving the old school-house was an item of expense which did not orignally enter into the calcula- tions of those who were planning the cost of the new house and with that amount reckoned out of the expenses there would have been an unexpended balance of $179.99. The
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committee, however, were very anxious to bring the cost within the appropriation,and were much pleased when they saw their way clear to do so.
The large expense of the committee was occasioned by the fact that they took the architect's place in superin- tending the work and also in looking after every detail with unceasing interest and care.
Respectfully submitted,
J. E. SEARS, - For the C. H. SHANK,
J. S. PLAGE, Committee.
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Report of the Tree Warden.
Agreeable to the provisions of Chapter 330, section 3 of the Acts of 1899, the Selectmen have determined the residential part of the Town to comprise Spring St., Lin- coln Ave., Somerset Ave., Elm, Main and Pleasant Streets, and three hundred feet in either direction from any house in the Town.
Seven permits have been given to trim trees. One public hearing has been held and permission given to cut one tree. In a number of places, the wires on the electric R. R. have been moved to protect the shade trees.
In August, the foliage on the Elm trees near the low- er four corners, was destroyed by the Elm Tree Beetles. They appeared first near the corner and went about half a mile in either direction, so that for a distance of nearly a mile the elm leaves looked as though they had been burned. These beetles continued to destroy the leaves until Sep- tember, when a few of the trees leaved out again, but on account of the drought, however, many trees did not. If this is allowed to continue in a few years the elm trees will be destroyed.
The inclosed letter from the State Entomologist seems to indicate that it will require much attention and care to save the elm trees from utter annihilation,
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Hatch Experiment Station, Division of Entomology, Amherst, Mass., Jan. 28, 1901.
Mr. James N. Paul,
Dighton, Mass.
Dear Sir :-
The beetles sent are the elm- leaf beetle and you are undoubtedly right in supposing the worms referred to as their young. The beetle is so gener- ally distributed now in Massachusetts that no treatment will be of any permanent use, for if you should exterminate it in Dighton, it would spread back into the Town from adjoining Towns.
I can therefore only advise the treatment of individual trees which may suffer so severely as to render it desirable to do something for them. I enclose an article on the sub- ject and shall be glad to aid you farther if I can be of any service.
Yours truly, H. T. Fernald.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
JAMES N. PAUL, Tree Warden.
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Road Commissioner's Report.
D. M. WHITE, ITEMIZED ACCOUNT FOR NORTH DISTRICT, TOWN OF DIGHTON.
1899.
Dec. 4 7 men and 4 horses 1,2,and 4th carting snow from electric road 11 60
1900.
Jan. 1 horse and snow plow 1 70
12 7-10 day horse and cart 1 05
15 2-10 " horse and man 40
Feb. 18 3-10 2 horses and plow
1 20
19 5-10 2
1 40
19 1/2 services 1 00
22 1/2 66 cleaning gutter, horse 1 40
60
23 4-10 horse and cart 66 60
Mar. 2 4-10 66
6 1/2 horse and service
1 50
21
1/4 66
services and horse
87
28 4-10 66
92
Apr. 4 1 66
horse and cart
1 50
5 7-10 66
1 05
11 1 4 horses and soraper
5 50
1/2
66
1 horse and cart 75
12 1/2 4 horses on scraper
2 75
1/2
66 services
75
1/2
horse and cart 75
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13
3-10
45
14
1
66
4 horses on scraper
5 50
1
1 horse and cart
1 50
3/4
66
services
1 50
16
1
4 horses on scraper
5 50
1
66
1 horse and cart
1 50
3/4
66
services
1 50
17
1
66
4 horses on scraper
5 50
1
66
1 horse and cart
1 50
7-10
66
services
1 40
20
1
66
4 horses on scraper
5 50
1
66
1 horse and cart
1 50
1
66 services
2 00
23
1/2
66 horse and cart
75
66
services
50
24 1
66
4 horses
5 50
3/4
66
services
1 50
25
1
4 horses
5 50
1
66
1 horse and cart
1 50
1
services
2 00
26
1
4 horses
5 50
1
66
1 horse and cart
1 50
1
66
services
2 00
May 1
1
66
3 horses and 2 carts
4 25
3/4
services
1 50
2
1
66 5 horses and 3 carts
7 00
3/4
services
1 50
5
1
66 5 horses and 3 carts
5 62
1/2
66
services
1 00
7
1
5 horses and 3 carts
7 00
1
66
services
2 00
8 4-10
5 horses and 3 carts
3 20
4-10 66 services
1 00
11 1
66 3 horses on plow,scrap. 3 75
1
66 services 2 00
12
20 ft. plank 40
66
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14 1
6 horses and 3 carts
8 00
1
services
2 00
15
9-10 66 6 horses and carts 7 21
9-10
66 services
1 80
16
1
66 6 horses and 3 carts
8 00
1
66
services
2 00
18
1 66
1 horse and cart
1 50
22
1
66
66
1 50
23 1
66
3 horses and 2 carts
4 25
3/4
66
services
1 50
24
1
66
2 horses and carts
3 00
4-10 66
services
75
25
1
3 horses and 2 carts
4 25
4-10
66
services
75
28
1/2
66
services and horse
1 75
29
4-10
66
75
31 3-10 66
60
June 5 1/2
66
66
1 00
8
1
66
horse and wagon
1 50
3/4
66
services and plank
2 60
12
1
66
horse and cart
1 50
13
1
66
66
1 50
14
1/2
66
66
75
15
1
66
1 50
19
1
66
66
1 50
4-10 66 services
80
20
1/2
ser., horse and cart
95
July16 1
66
4 horses and machine
5 50
3-10
66 services
60
17
1
66
5 horses on machine
6 50
services
50
18
1
66
5 horses and machine
9 00
services
1 50
19
3/4 1 5 horses etc. 66 9 00
1
66 services 2 00
20
1
66
horse, express wagon
1 50
66
66
1
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66
services
50
Aug.
61/2
66
66
1 00
34
66
horse and team
1 00
1/2
66 services D. E. W.
75
30 1/2
75
1
horse and cart
50
1/2
66
services
1 00
21
1
2 horses and 1 cart 2 75
3/4
services
1 50
22
1
3 horses and carts
3 50
3/4
66
services
1 50
23 1
66
3 horses and carts
2 95
3/4
services
1 50
24 1
2 horses and 1 cart
2 75
1/2
66
services
1 00
25 1/2
2 horses and 1 cart 1.37
1/2
66
services
1 00
27
1/4
66
50
28
1
66
2 horses and 1 cart
2 75
4-10
services
80
29
1/2
66
2 horses, 1 cart
1 37
1/4
66
services 50
Sept. 8 1
66
horse and team
1 00
services
50
10 1
66
horse and cart
1 50
services
50
Oct.
1
5 horses 2 carts
6 50
1
services
2 00
3
1
5 horses 2 carts
6 25
3/4
66 services
1 50
4
1
5 horses 2 carts
6 25
8
1
6
3 horses 2 carts
4 25
3/4
66 services
1 50
12
lumber and services
1 00
15
1
3 horses 2 carts
4 25
1
66 services
2 00
¢
6-10 66 services 1 20
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16
1
5 horses and carts
6. 25
1
services
2 00
22
1
66
4 horses and 2 carts
5 50
1
66
services
2 00
1-3
66
horse and cart
50
24
1
66
horse and wagon
1 50
1
66
services
2 00
25 1
services and posts
3 80
29
3/4
66
66
1 50
Nov. 1
1/4
66
50
1
66
horse and cart
1 50
5
1
66
1 50
1
66 services
2 00
8
9-10
66
2 horses and cart
2 47
9-10
66
services
1 80
9 3-10
66
40
3-10
horse and cart
45
13
1
66
66
1 50
1
60
services
2 00
23 9-10 66
horse and cart
1 35
Dec. 3
1/2
66
2 horses and cart
1 37
services
50
66
66
50
7 1-2 66
2 horses 1 cart
1 18
8-10 66
1 horse and cart
1 20
1/4
66
services
50
8
1-2
66 2 horses 1 cart
1 37
4-10 66
1 horse and cart
60
18
9-10 66
horse and cart
1 35
34
66
services
1 50
26
4-10
66
80
1-2
66 horse and cart
75
66 horse and team ctg.tools 1 00
31
9-10
66 horse and cart 1 35
1-4
66 services 50
J. A. Williams,
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Nov.25
15 hours labor and horse
3 15
Darius E. White, 3 8-10 days labor Jan. 1 12, 15, 18, 19, 22, and 23 5 75
Gilbert F. Wolfe,
1, 3, 2-10 days labor on snow,
Jan. 1 Feb. 18, 19, 22 2 70
Leon Whipple,
Feb. 19 1/2 day on snow plow 1 00
Timothy Waterman, 61/2 days labor,horse, cart and man, Mar. 7 May 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 17 16 65
Thomas Moran, ' 2 2-10 days labor,
Apr. 4 5, 12 3 30
A. W. Perry,
14 1-10 days labor,
Mar.28 Apr. 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 24, 25, 26, May 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, 31, June 21 George Booth, 16 3-10 days labor,
21 15
Apr.11 12, 14, 16, 17, 20, 24, 25, 26
May 1 2, 5, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 18 24 45
Darius E. White, 18 2-10 days labor,
Apr.11 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 21, 25, 26
May 2 5,7,8,11, 14, 15,16,23,24,25,27, 28,29 27 35 George Cobb,
15 7-10 days labor,
Apr.11 12, 13, 14, 16,17,20,23,24,25,26
May 1 2, 5, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 23 85
William Mansfield, 10 1-10 days labor, Apr.11 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 24, 25, 26, May 1, 2 15 15
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Bertrand Rose, 10 7-10 days labor,
Apr.20 23, 24, 25, 26, May 1, 2, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 16 05
John Mansfield,
15 3-10 days labor,
Apr.11 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 24, 25,26
May 1 2, 5, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 23 55
John Thornley, 21/2 days labor,
Apr.12 13, 14, 16 3 75
John Rose,
Apr.12 1/2 day labor 75
E. A. Anthony,
4 days labor, Apr.14 16, 17, 20 James Driscoll,
6 00
61/2 days labor,
Apr.16 17, Aug. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 9 75
Hiram Jones,
3 days labor,
May 1 2,5 4 50
George Francis,
Blowing rocks,
Apr.17 May 15 7 23
John Glynn,
912 days labor,
Apr. 26 May 1, 2, 5, 11, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25 14 25 Wm. Mansfield,
5 3-10 days labor, May 5 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 7 95
Chas. Reed,
Plowing snow
Thomas Moran, 2 00
6 1/2 days labor,
May 5 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31 9 75
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Fred Booth,
41/2 days labor,
May 23 24, 25, 28, 29 6 75
Albert Wheeler, 3 8-10 days,-horse, cart and man,
May 7 8, 14, 15, 16 10 80
Walter Wheeler,
Error in acct. 60
Wm. Ryan,
May 28 1 day labor 1 50
Win. T. Place, 4 8-10 days and horse and cart, May 26 28,29 7 20
Darius E. White, 2012 days labor,
June 8 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, July 18, 19, 20, Aug. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, Sept. 8, 10, Oct. 2, 3, 4, 8 30 75
John E. Anthony, 4 1/2 days labor,
June 12 13, 14, 15, 19 6 75
Charles Marble,
Jan. and Feb. Plowing snow 1 30
John Perry,
81/2 days labor, July 16 17, 18, 19,20,Aug. 21,22,23,27,30 12 75 G. W. Cobb,
5 12 days labor,
July 19 and 20, Oct. 8, 15, 16, 22 8 25
A. W. Perry,
312 days labor, July 17 18, 19, 20 5 25
John Hennessey,
3 1/2 days labor,
July 17 18, 19, 20 5 25
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George Driscoll,
21/2 days labor,
July 18 19, 20 3 75
George Booth, 18 3-10 days labor,
Aug.21 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, Sept. 8, 10, Oct. 2, 3, 4, 8, 15, 16, 22, 24, 25, Nov. 8, Dec. 3, 6, 7,8 27 75
Martin Mahar,
4 days labor,
Oct. 2 3, 4, 8 6 00
John Rose,
4 9-10 days labor,
Aug.21 22, 23, 24, 25, Oct. 8 7 35
James Markey,
4 days labor, Oct. 2 3, 4,16 6 00
George Rose,
4 3-10 days labor,
Aug.21 23, 24, 25,28 6 45
Clarence Perry,
212 days labor, Oct. 2 3, 4 3 75
Alfred Perry,
13 1/2 days labor,
Aug.21 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30
Oet. 2 3, 4, 8, 12, 15, 16, 22 20 25
Clarence Waldron,
1 4-10 days labor, 24 and 25 2 10
Jacob Horton est.
Oct. 2 3 and 4, 106 loads gravel 5 30
George Gooding,
Oct. 70 loads gravel 3 50
George Townsend, est.
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Oct. 16 36 loads gravel 1 80
Edward Almy,
Bill sundries 3 44
D. B. Williams,
Oct. 24 Post 1 00
Jessie Thornley,
12 6-10 days labor,
Oct. 15 16, 22, 24, 25, Nov. 8, 9, 13, 23
Dec. 3, 6, 7, 8, 18, 26, 31 18 90
Leon Whipple,
3 days labor,
Oct. 15 16, 22 4 50
Fred White,
Nov.10 1/2 day labor 75
Otis N. Walker,
Making box for gutter 2 00
J. R. Talbot,
Apr. 23 and 24, 72 load gravel 2 88
Geo. E. Gooding,
Apr. 25 and 26, 111 loads gravel 5 65
Thomas Moran,
157 loads gravel,
May 1 2, 22, 23, 24, 25 7 85
Geo. A. Crane,
May 7 and 8, 69 loads gravel 3 45
N. Allen Walker, 135 loads gravel
May 14 15, 16 6 75
C. V. Sanders & Co.,
Lumber for bridge Somerset ave. 3 91
James Maguire, July 21 Labor on D. & B. bridge 1 25
Total . $868 86 Lumber and labor on Dighton and B. bridge,
Aug. 6 and 30 17 30.
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Road Commissioner's Report.
SOUTH SECTION OF THE TOWN OF DIGHTON H. A. BRIGGS, R. C.
1899.
Dec. 2 to
1900.
Apr. 7 H. A. Briggs, 143 hours labor 28 60
Whitfield Veinot, 113 hours 16 95
clearing side-
walks of snow 34 hours 6 90
1 horse and snow plough 31 1-2 hours
6 30
John Hayes, 5 hrs. snow 1 00
2 horses, cart 54 14 85
1 horse, cart 143 1-2. 21 53
4 horses hauling scraper 30 hrs. 15 00
John Doyle, clearing gutters of snow 3 1-2 hours 70
Manuel Grassee, 89 hours 13 35
Joe Enos, 89 hours 13 35
Segus Dutre, 11
1 65
Manuel Dutre, 13 66
1 95
Joe Stores, 11 66
1 65
Antone Perry, 9
1 35
Pat McManus103 1-2" 15 68
Joe Dutre, 9 66 1 35
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Dynamite 1 20
Sharpening drills 20
Use of plough
50
$164 06
Paid Apr. 7, 1900.
Apr. 2 to May 4
H. A. Briggs, 70 hours $14 00
Whitfield Veinot, 84 66 12 60
2 horses and cart, 50 13 751/2
1 horse and cart, 951/2 "
14 33
4 horses hauling scraper 5 hours 2 50
Manuel Grassee. 861/2 " 12 98
Joe Enos, 67 1/2 "
10 121%
Pat McManus, 9
66
1 35
Antone Black,
5
66
75
Sharpening picks, 25.
Spikes 30
C. V. Sanders, 1000 spruce boards for fence along electric road 19 00
Charles Smith, 6 posts 75
C. N. Simmons, material, 2 H. L. 27 at 10 cts. per L. 2 70
1 H. L. 25 at 5 cts per L. 1 35
4 05
F. A. Whitmarsh, material,
2 H. L. 10 at 10 cts. per ld. 1 00
1 4 " 66 5 20
1 20
J. W. Earle, material
2 H. L. 17 at 10 cts per load 1 70
H. A. Briggs ashes 17 1 70
$111 54
Paid May 5, 1900.
May 5
to 19 H. A. Briggs, 72 hours 14 40
Whitfield Veinot, 46 6 00
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2 horses and cart 44 " 12 10
1 horse and cart 90
13 50
Dynamite fuse and caps 2 58
$48 58
Paid May 22, 1900.
May 21
to Jun. 1 H. A. Briggs, 57 hours 11 40
Whitfield Veinot, 45 “ 6 75
4 horses, 2 carts 47 1/2" 26 13
1 horse and cart 39
5 85
May 5
to Jun.1 Pat McManus, 66
9 90
Manuel Grassee,
79 66
11 85
Joe Enos,
151 66
22 65
Manuel Enos,
35
5 25
Antone Dutre, 50 66
7 50
Segus Dutre,
20
3 00
Joe Stors,
20 66 3 00
Manuel Dutre, 20
66
3 00
J. S. Place,3 shovels
2 55
C. A. Horton, posts 25 lbs. nails
1 00
D. & B. Bridge, posters
1 25
Sharpening drills
40
J. A. Briggs, material, 2 H. L. 84 at 10 cts. per L. 8 40
1 H. L. 39 at 5 cts. per L. 1 95
10 35
Ralph Strange, material, 2 H. L. 8 at 8 cts per load 64
1 H. L. 9 at 5 cts per load 45 1 09
$141 92
Paid June 2, 1900.
9 00
24
ANNUAL REPORT.
June 2
to Jun.15 H. A. Briggs, 64 hours 12 80
Whitfield Veinot,80
12 00
4 horses, 2 carts 62 66
34 10
1 horse and cart, 40 66
6 00
Tom Mack, 5
75
Pat McManus, 60
9 00
Manuel Grassee, 57 66
8 55
Joe Enos, 60 66
9 00
John Doyle, 70
10 50
Sam Kellam, 70
10 50
Sharpening picks
50
Spikes 35
John Pasche, material, 2 H. L. 138 at 10 cts per L. 13 80
1 II. L. 21 at 5 cts per L. 1 05 14 85
#128 90
Paid June 16, 1900.
June 22
to Aug.25 H. A. Briggs, 44 hours 8 80
Whitfield Veinot, 1331/2 hours
20 03
Tom Mack, 5
75
2 horses and carts, 28
7 70
1 horse and cart, 11512
. .
17 33
. Will Brightman, 5212
66
7 88
Manuel Grassee, 139 66
20 85
Joe Enos, 94 66
14 10
John Hayes, 10
66
1 50
Pat Mc Manus, 29
4 35
Globe St. Railway, material 2 H. L. 32 at 10 cts. per Id. 3 20
Capt. Smith,material 1 H.L.19 at 8 ets. per load 1 52
$108 01
Paid Sept. 1, 1900.
25
ANNUAL REPORT.
Sept. 18
to Oct.26 H. A. Briggs, 941/2 hours
18 90
Whitfield Veinot, 103
66
15 45
2 horses, cart,
116 66
31 90
1 horse and cart 68 66
10 20
John Hayes, 191/2 66
2 93
Manuel Grassee,
85 1/2 66
12 83
Pat Mc Manus, 55 66
8 25
Manuel Rosa,
621/2 66
9 38
Frank Mandoca, 46
6 90
Leroy Chace, material, 2 H. L. 46 at 10 cts per load 4 60
C. S. Chace, material, 2 H. L. 8 at 10 cts. per load 80
C. N. Simmons, material, 2 H. L. 32 at 10 cts. per L. 3 20
1 H. L. 9 at 5 66
45
3 65
F. A. Whitmarsh, material 2 H. L. 53 at 10 cts. per ld. 5 30
1 H. L. 9 at 5 66 45 5 75
Color Works, ashes 20 loads 2 00
$133 54
Paid Nov. 3, 1900.
Nov. 15
to Dec.22 H. A. Briggs, 48 hours 9 60
Whitfield Veinot, 72
10 80
4 horses, 2 carts, 60
33 00
Joe Dutre, 60 66.
9 00
Pat McManus, 56 66
8 40
Antone Dutre, 48
7 20
Manuel Grassee, 36
5 40
C. N. Simmons, material 2 H. I. 148 at 10 cts. per load 14 80
$98 20
Paid Jan. 8, 1901,
26
ANNUAL REPORT.
Nov. C. S. Smith,oak plank for elec- tric road crossing $16 56
The whole amount paid H. A. Briggs, from Dec. 2, 1899 to Jan. 8, 1901 $951 31
Loads of gravel put on highways paid for 740
taken from hills on highway 156
·
Total loads of gravel put on highway 896
Loads of dirt taken from gutters
360
66 stones picked from highway 32
ashes put on sidewalks .78
Respectfully submitted,
H. A. BRIGGS,
Road Commissioner.
27
ANNUAL REPORT.
Road Commissioner's Report.
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF THE TOWN OF DIGHTON FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 10, 1901.
Charles A. Horton, R. C.
The following amounts were paid for clearing the highways of snow :
J. N. Horton
5 hours
20c
$1 00
C. L. Horton
7
66
20
1 40
J. G. Horton
12
66
20
2 40
H. Horton
2
66
20
40
Henry Horton
2
66
20
40
O. N. Horton
2
66
20
40
Jesse Horton
2
66
20
40
L. A. Drown
4
66
20
80
horse
4
66
15
60
D. T. Wood, 66
66
1
66
15
15
4
66
20
80
H. Atwood
3
66
20
60
J. N. Paul and horse
3
66
35
1 05
G. F. Hathaway " 66
41/2 "
35
1 58
A. J. Hathaway 66
6 3 / 4 "
35
2 25
C. A. Horton
66
27
66
35
9 42
Everett Horton
2
66
20
40
-
$24 65
.
20
60
H. C. Briggs
3
28
ANNUAL REPORT.
Amount expended on highway from Mar. 6th to June 2nd 1900.
Apr.20 C. A. Horton and horse, 2 horses, cart and man
5
42
2 12
30 C. A. Horton
5
66
20 1 00
4 horses
5
2 50
May 1 C. A. Horton
10
66
2 00
6 horses, 2 carts, 2 men
10
66
11 00
2 C. A. Horton
2
66
2 00
4 horses, 2 carts, 2 men
10
66
11 00
9
C. A. Horton and 4 horses 5
66
3 50
10 66
6 horses, 1 cart, 1 man 10 hrs.
11 25
12
4
5
2 50
66
2 66
66
10
6 25
14
6
66
10 66 11 25
24
C. A. Horton, 4 horses, 2 carts,2 men 10 h.
10 50
25
60
10 50
26
66
66
10 50
28
10 50
29
10 50
James N. Horton, 1012 days at $1.50
. 15 75
May 1, 2, 9, 10, 12, 14, 25, 26, 28, 29
E. E. Horton, 7 days at 1.50
10 50
May, 1, 2, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29
Enoch Wheeler, 7 days at 1.50 10 50
May 1, 2, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29
3 00
O. N. Horton, 5 days at 1.50
7.50
May 1, 2, 26, 28, 29
D. S. Smith, 3 days at 1.50 May 10, 12, 14
4 50
G. E. Horton, 2 horses and cart 1 day 2 75
1 man 1 50
Geo. W. Paul, 2 days at 1.50
May 28, 29 3 00
5 hours at 35c
1 75
H. A. Horton, 2 days at 1.50 May 12, 14
66
29
ANNUAL REPORT.
Manuel Perry and his 2 men 11/2 day at 1.50 3 75
May 10
L. A. Drown, 1 day May 10
1 50
H. W. Horton, 2 horses, cart and man 5 days at 4.25
21 25
May 24, 25, 26, 28, 29
Lucinda B. Horton, 52 loads gravel at 6c 3 12
C. A. Horton
24
66
6
1 44
S. D. Nichols
66
8
66
5 28
J. G. Horton, 1012 days at 1.50
15 75
May 1, 2, 9, 10, 12, 14, 25, 26, 28, 29
$231 71
Amount expended on highway from June 2nd to July 7th, 1900.
June 2 C. A. Horton, 1 day 2 00
4 horses, 2 carts, 2 men 4 days at 8.50 84 00
2 12.75 25 50 6 66
2 horses, 1 cart, 1 man 1 day 4 25
June 4, 8, 15, 16, 19, 21
James N. Horton, 8 days at 1.50 12 00
June 2, 4, 8, 9, 15, 16, 19, 21
J. G. Horton, 8 days at 1.50 12 00
June 2, 4, 8, 9, 15, 16, 19, 21
G. E. Horton, 5 days at 1.50 7 50
June 2, 8, 9, 15, 16 4 50
Enoch Wheeler, 3 days at 1.50 June 2, 8, 9
O. N. Horton, 5 days at 1.50 June 2, 8, 9, 15, 16
7 50
A. A. Horton, 3 days at 1.50 June 2, 15, 16 4 50
H. W. Horton, 2 horses, cart and man 5 days 21 25
June 2, 8, 9, 15, 16
Joe White, 3 days at 1.50 June 8, 9, 21 4 50
30
ANNUAL REPORT.
C. A. Horton. 28 loads gravel at 6c 1 68
T. A. Briggs, 135 6 .. 8 10
R. P. Horton. 37 6
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